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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER 4TH 2, 20 22 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IT'S 7:00 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ FROM CALVARY CHAPEL.
NEW BEGINNINGS, WEST COVINA AND COUNCILMAN ABOUT TO BUY WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALL RISE, PLEASE LET JUST PRAY.
GOD, OUR FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, YOUR MERCY, AND YOUR GRACE.
UH, WE THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO LIVE IN THIS TIME IN HUMAN HISTORY.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY COUNCIL THAT YOU'VE APPOINTED THIS LEGISLATIVE BODY WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLICIES AND DIRECTION FOR THIS GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE THANK YOU FOR THE WISDOM AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT YOU IMPART UPON YOUR PEOPLE.
OUR INTELLECT, OUR HEARTS, OUR SPIRIT, OUR STRENGTH, OUR TALENTS, AND OUR GIFTS HAVE ALL BEEN GIVEN TO US BY YOUR SOVEREIGN WILL.
WE KNOW THAT EVERYTHING EXISTS BECAUSE OF YOU, AND EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN CREATED AND WAS CREATED TO BRING YOU GLORY IN HONOR.
WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE MEN AND THE WOMEN YOU'VE PLACED TO SERVE AND DIRECT THE CITY FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS MOST NOTABLY MAYOR DARIO COSTANOS, MAYOR PRO ROSEO DIAZ, COUNCILWOMAN LEDDY LOPEZ, VIDO COUNCILMAN TONY WOO.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN TIBA.
I HUMBLY ASK THAT YOU LORD, IMPART YOUR KNOWLEDGE, YOUR UNDERSTANDING, YOUR WISDOM UPON THEM IN ORDER THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING CAN EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO THE ISSUES AT HAND.
YOU KNOW, TONIGHT THEY'RE GONNA CONSIDER THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ENERGY SYSTEM UPGRADES INSTALLATION.
THEY'RE GONNA CONSIDER THE FINAL PARCEL MAP NUMBER 7 2 97.
THEY'RE GONNA CONSIDER ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 0 1 AND THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY AND CITY OF WEST COVINA FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.
AND I PRAY ALL THESE DECISIONS LORD MADE TODAY WILL BE FRUITFUL AND BENEFICIAL FOR ALL.
HELP US LORD TO BE UNITED FOR THE COMMON GOOD OF THE CITY.
HELP US TO SEE FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE AND NOT OUR OWN WITH THE SUPERNATURAL WISDOM FROM HEAVEN.
HELP US TO PRAY AND SUPPORT OUR LEADERS IN THIS CITY RENDERING HONOR TO WHOM HONORS DO.
AND LASTLY, LORD, HELP US TO BE THE LEADERS THAT BRING YOU GLORY AND HONOR.
AND IN CLOSING, LORD, I THANK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER AND THE LORD JESUS FOR GIVING US YOUR EAR TO HUMBLY TO HEAR THIS HUMBLE REQUEST AS YOU DIRECT US ALL.
WE CAN ALL FACE THE FLAG WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, ROUTINE, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND CLOSED SESSION WAS CANCELED TODAY.
SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT AT A CLOSED SESSION.
[PRESENTATIONS]
INTO OUR PRESENTATIONS.THE FIRST ONE IS FOR, UH, NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK PROCLAMATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE ASSISTANT CHIEF JIM RUFF TO THE FRONT, PLEASE.
THIS YEAR IS THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF FIRE PREVENTION WEEK AND THE 2022 FIRE PREVENTION THEME FOR THIS PERIOD IS FIRE WON'T WAIT.
WELCOME, CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF.
COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, WE DO ALL THE FIRE SAFETY, UH, PRESENTATIONS FOR THE CITY AND KEEP EVERYBODY, UH, SAFE.
AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS IS THE HUNDREDTH YEAR THAT THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION.
THAT THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN DOING FIRE SAFETY AWARENESS TRAINING.
UH, AND THE SLOGAN AND THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS, OF COURSE, FIRE WON'T WAIT.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE I GET A CHANCE TO TELL YOU ALL THAT YOUR EXITS ARE HERE,
THAT'S THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR, IS THAT NEW BUILDING MATERIALS THAT THEY USE IN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION ALLOW THE FIRES TO GROW EXPONENTIALLY
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FAST AND CAN TRAP INDIVIDUALS.FOR YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TEACHING ABOUT, UH, FIRE SMOKE ALARMS, CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS, UH, AND IT'S CRITICAL THAT THE PUBLIC REACT WHEN THEY DO HEAR THOSE ALARMS. AND THAT'S WHY THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION HAS CHOSEN THAT SLOGAN FOR THIS YEAR.
YOU NEED TO KNOW YOUR EXITS BEFORE IT'S TIME TO USE THEM.
WE HAD A WONDERFUL OPEN HOUSE THIS LAST WEEKEND AT, UH, FIRE STATION TWO.
IT WAS A KICKOFF TO OUR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
WE HAD A LOT OF CITIZENS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND.
UH, WE ALWAYS WELCOME THE FAMILIES, OF COURSE, AND ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO GET INTO THE SCHOOLS AND TEACH THE FIRE SAFETY AWARENESS MESSAGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE ERICA TAYLOR TO THE FRONT PLEASE.
AND MICROPHONE IS RIGHT THERE FOR YOU.
I AM THE CRIME ANALYST OVER AT WEST COVINA PD.
AND FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS I HAVE BEEN LEADING UP THE CHARGE ON BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AS PART OF THE PINK PATCH PROGRAM.
PINK PATCH PROGRAM, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, STARTED PROBABLY ABOUT 2013 IN IRVINE.
SEVERAL AGENCIES AT THAT POINT HAD GOTTEN TO TURN THEIR PATCHES PINK.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WEARING THE PINK PATCH.
BUYING THAT PATCH IS FUNDING FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.
SO HERE AT WEST COVINA, NO, HOW I'M GONNA DO THIS NOW WE HAVE OUR PINK PATCHES AND OUR PINK PATCHES ARE $10 CUZ I GOT POCKETS.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, SOME NICE LITTLE PINK PATCH BOTTLE OPENERS THAT ARE COMMEMORATIVE THAT ARE $15.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE T-SHIRTS THAT WE ARE SELLING, UH, UNISEX T-SHIRTS, WOMEN'S T-SHIRTS, LONG SLEEVE T-SHIRTS, HOODIES.
YOU CAN FIND A LINK TO BUY THOSE T-SHIRTS ON THE WEST COVINA POLICE FACEBOOK PAGE AND THE INSTAGRAM PAGE.
AGAIN, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH IS NOT JUST FOR WOMEN, IT'S FOR MEN TOO.
UH, THEY DON'T GET TALKED ABOUT A LOT, BUT MEN GET BREAST CANCER JUST AS WELL AS THE WOMEN GET BREAST CANCER.
SO WE'RE TAKING WHATEVER WE CAN TO RAISE FUNDS TO SEND THE MONEY, THE CITY OF HOPE FOR THE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US OUT WITH IT.
THE THIRD PRESENTATION IS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE DIANE FRANKLIN TO THE FRONT, PLEASE.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH WAS LAUNCHED NATIONWIDE AND OCTOBER, 1987 AS A WAY TO CONNECT AND UNITE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORKING ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES WHILE RAISING AWARENESS FOR
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THOSE ISSUES.MS. FRANKLIN FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HERE THIS EVENING TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
I AM SO HONORED TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW AMAZING WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS.
UM, AND I WAS HIRED IN 1999 AS THE VICTIM'S ADVOCATE, PRIMARILY FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
WE HAVE AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM THAT FOLLOW EACH VICTIM, THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE THROUGH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, THROUGH THE CIVIL DE JUSTICE SYSTEM AND THROUGH THE FAMILY JUSTICE SYSTEM.
WE HELP WITH RELOCATION, WE HELP WITH SHELTER COUNSELING, SUPPORT GROUPS IN ALL MANNERS, AND WE INTERACT WITH OUR LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTERS.
OUR PROGRAM IS REALLY, REALLY OUTSTANDING AS FAR AS I KNOW.
THERE'S ONLY ONE OTHER POLICE STATION IN SANDBROOK VALLEY WITH THEIR OWN VICTIMS ADVOCATE.
AND I'M ON A CALL 24 HOURS A DAY, AND I WORK WITH SOME WONDERFUL MEN AND WOMEN THAT REALLY CARE ABOUT MAKING FAMILIES SAFE AND LOVABLE.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
COMMUNICATIONS, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.HOW MANY SPEAKER CARDS DO WE HAVE? I HAVE THREE SPEAKER CARDS THIS EVENING.
MAYOR, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LISA MAYO, FOLLOWED BY TERRY PEREZ.
LISA, I LEFT THE OTHER MIC DOWN THERE.
COULD YOU PASS IT TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK PLEASE? YES, SIR.
I CAN THANK YOU THROUGH THE BOX.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? YOU GOT IT.
AND ALL THE MAYOR PRO AND LOPEZ VILLA, MAYBE COUNCILMAN BRIAN.
I'M NOT GONNA PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME.
AND OF COURSE, TONY, I CAME HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BUT IT IS TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS FILM THAT WILL BEGIN SHOWING OVER AT, UH, AND I GAVE YOU ALL A FLYER AND IT DOES COME WITH FREE POPCORN
I FIGURED THAT WOULD BE AN INCENTIVE.
UM, THE FILM, OBVIOUSLY, SINCE I HAVE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED THEY WILL KNOW, WHICH TEACHES AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
SO I JUST BROUGHT THIS OVER SO THAT, UH, MAYBE ONE OF YOU COULD COME AND SEE THE FILM AND IT'S ONE FOR AWARDS ALREADY.
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT THE POINT, UH, THE MOST TO ME THAT MY PASSION IS TO BRING THE MESSAGE OUT.
AND AT D A C, WHICH IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACTION COALITION, THAT IS, UH, WHERE DIANE, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I MET HER, UM, WHERE A LOT OF THE OTHER NONPROFITS THAT ARE HELPING THE MOTHERS AND THE CHILDREN GET TOGETHER.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THERE.
AND SO IT IS JUST A MATTER OF US GETTING TOGETHER.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY HAND AND HOPE THAT, UM, YOU COME AND SEE IT OR, UH, BRING AWARENESS.
AND, UM, AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN SUPPORTING ME THROUGH THE YEARS, AND I LOVE BEING A JUDGE, UH, FOR THE STUDENT FILMS. AND I WAS KIND OF A LITTLE BIT HEARTBROKEN THAT THE FILMS WERE NOT SHOWING HERE FOR THE KIDS.
UM, YOU KNOW, KIDS ARE OUR FUTURE AND, UM, WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THEM AND THE LITTLEST OF THINGS THAT THEY DO SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO SEE HOW SPECIAL THEY ARE AND WHAT KIND OF CHANGES THEY'RE GONNA MAKE TO OUR WORLD.
SO IF WE ARE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THEM, I, I THINK I KNOW THAT THE KIDS ARE GROWN UP AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
BUT LET ME TELL YOU, UH, ONE OF THE KIDS THAT WORKED IN
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MY FIRST MUSIC VIDEO, HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.HE CAME FROM A DIVORCED MOTHER.
THEY WERE RUNNING AWAY FROM A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SITUATION.
HE GRADUATED FROM USC FILM SCHOOL THROUGH DONATIONS AND GRANTS THAT HE GOT, THAT I HAD TO HELP HIM ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO I, I KNOW THAT I SPEAK WITH MY PASSION AND I HOPE THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT MAYOR CASTANOS, THAT YOU CAN BRING THAT AWARENESS ALSO FOR THE KIDS SO THAT THEY CAN ALSO INSPIRE OTHER CHILDREN AS WELL TO CONTINUE IN THEIR PASSION.
WASN'T THAT DRAMATIC? I LIKE THAT.
TERRY PEREZ, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE OGDEN.
ARE YOU GUYS DOING GOOD EVENING CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF? MY NAME IS TERRY PER AND I AM AN ENGINEERED PARAMEDIC WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST COVINA FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 3 2 26.
TONIGHT, I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF OUR LOCAL IN EXPRESSING OUR GRATITUDE.
SEE, IN MY YOUNG CAREER, I HAVE EXPERIENCED QUITE THE UPS AND DOWNS FROM BEING HIRED ON A SAFER GRANT WITH ONLY TWO YEARS OF GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT FACING RETALIATION AND THREATS FROM PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP, OPERATING OUTDATED APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT TO WORKING UNDER A LONG EXPIRED MOU.
AND BY OUTDATED, I DON'T MEAN A FEW WEEKS OR MONTHS, I MEAN A COUPLE YEARS.
HOWEVER, FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS UNDER OUR CURRENT COUNCIL STAFF AND OUR FIRE MANAGEMENT, WE'VE SEEN A DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT TO THE OPERATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND SUBSEQUENTLY, THE MORALE OF ITS MEMBERS STEPS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO IMPROVE THIS SAID, FAILING FIRE DEPARTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE AND APPARATUS.
FOR EXAMPLE, FIRE STATION FOUR HAD ITS SEVERELY CRACKED AND BROKEN PAVEMENT IN THE BACK OF THE APPARATUS.
BAY REDONE ENTIRELY DATED AN INOP INOPERABLE KITCHEN CABINETS THAT WERE REPLACED AND A SENSE OF PRIDE RESTORED AT THE STATION WITH NEW PAINT APPLIED BOTH INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR STATION.
TWO, WITH VERY SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS ALONG WITH THE REPAIRED ROOF THAT HAVE BEEN LEAKING INTO THE APPARATUS BAY FOR OVER A YEAR CLIMB EVENTS THAT WERE INSTALLED TO ALLOW FOR THE DIESEL EXHAUST TO FLOW AND ESCAPE INSIDE OF THE APPARATUS BAY.
AND LIMITING THE CONTAMINANTS THAT FIREFIGHTERS WERE EXPOSED TO, NOT ONLY IN THEIR PPE, BUT WHEN THEY'RE GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE RIG.
WE ALSO DO A LOT OF WORK IN OUR APPARATUS BAY, AND IT WAS QUITE A HAZARD.
WE NOW KNOW THIS IS A LARGE CONTRIBUTOR TO CANCER AND FIREFIGHTERS.
SOME OF YOU ALSO MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT FIRE STATION ONE HAS BEEN VACATED AFTER YEARS OF SEISMIC REPORTS CONDEMNING THE BUILDING IS ENTIRELY UNSAFE IN THE EVENT OF EARTHQUAKE CREWS NOW RESIDE TEMPORARILY IN A MODULAR IN THE BACK OF CITY YARD AS A CITY WORKS TO REPLACE FIRE STATION ONE ON A PERMANENT BASIS.
LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE TO RATIFY IN A SUCCESSOR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION AND THE CITY OF WEST CO.
THIS CONTRACT WILL CONTINUE ITS DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE, UH, OR I'M SORRY, EFFORTS TO BE COMPETITIVE IN WAGE AND BENEFITS WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA WHILE IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION, BUT WILL ALSO HELP THE CITY IN RECOVERING PENSION OBLIGATION RESPONSIBILITY, AND REDUCING OVERTIME.
WHILE WE MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE ON EVERY ISSUE, WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT THIS CURRENT COUNCIL AND STAFF HAVE GIVEN US AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A VOICE AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE OUR COMMITMENT TO THE CITY OF WEST COVENA AND ITS CITIZENS AND SERVING WITH PRIDE, INTEGRITY, AND DEDICATION.
GEORGE OGDEN, EVENING MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL STAFF IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE AND PARAMEDICS AND WOMEN PARAMEDICS.
UH, BASICALLY I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINO OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'M GONNA DIRECT MY ATTENTION TO IS CODE ENFORCEMENT AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING WITH THEM.
SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT THEY'VE BEEN CRITICIZED OVER THE INTERNET.
UH, PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY COME TO ME ABOUT CERTAIN SITUATIONS NOW, WHEN WE HAD SOME OF MONEY THAT BECAME AVAILABLE, UH, ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MOVING IN A DIRECTION OF BEING
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POSITIVE REQUESTED THAT, UH, WE HIRED 10 NEW POLICE OFFICERS AND ALSO 10, UH, BRING BACK 10 PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN ON, UH, THE WHAT COPY? 10 THAT WERE LAID OFF.AND THEN ALSO TO IMPROVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND THIS CITY HAS HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS IN THE PAST.
I THINK THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR ITS SIZE, HAS MORE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN COMPARISON.
HOWEVER, LESS, I MADE A A DUMB JOKE THAT, UH, THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE, WELL, THAT GOT COINED BECAUSE I SAID IT IN FRONT.
OTHER PEOPLE, I SHOULD HAVE NEVER SAID THAT.
BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS SOME PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN LIGHT OF THAT.
AND A COUPLE OF INCIDENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UH, A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER STOPPED OFF AT A LADY'S HOUSE.
THEY FINALLY WERE ABLE TO GET A WEEKEND OFF OF WORK TO REPAIR IT.
THEY FOUND THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE THAN THEY THOUGHT.
SO THEY STARTED RESTRUCTURING THE FRONT.
GRANTED, THEY DID IT WITHOUT A PERMIT.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE, UH, REPAIRS AND SHE WAS FORCED TO SPEND $380 OF MONEY SHE DIDN'T HAVE, UH, TO GET IT, UH, UH, A PERMIT TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THIS JOB.
AND NOW SHE'S AN 83 YEAR OLD WOMAN THAT WAS MARRIED TO SOMEBODY THAT WAS AN EMPLOYEE HERE FOR 30 YEARS.
DON ALMER, HE'S A COMBAT VETERAN, OKAY? AND HE PUT HIS TIME IN HERE AND HE'S HELPED OTHER PEOPLE.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE ALSO TICKETED PEOPLE.
AND AT THE TUNE OF $40 OF WHACK FOR THEIR TRASHCANS BEING OUT, THERE'S A 97 YEAR OLD VETERAN UP ON THE HIGH SIDE OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THAT HAS TROUBLE GETTING TO THE CURB TO GET HIS TRASHCAN IN, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
THE OTHER PERSON THAT GOT TICKETED, THE ONLY THING I KNOW ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE WAS GONE FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD FOR THAT ENTIRE WEEK.
AND HE GOT A TICKET WITH PICTURE IN THE MAIL ONLY FOR $40.
NOW, GETTING BACK TO THE 83 YEAR OLD WOMAN, AND YOU'RE ACQUAINTED WITH HER, I'M SURE THAT'S ELSIE ELMER.
SHE'S THE PRESIDENT OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS.
AND I THINK YOU'VE MET HER MORE THAN ONCE YOURSELF.
AND SHE'S IN A WHEELCHAIR NOW BECAUSE SHE FELL GETTING OUT OF HER CAR AND SHE BROKE HER NECK OR CRUSHED THE VERTEBRA IN HER NECK.
SHE'S BEEN IN A WHEELCHAIR FOR TWO YEARS.
SO IT'S DIFFICULT FOR HER TO GET THINGS GOING.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE USED TO HAVE HERE AS A REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY THAT WOULD GO OUT AND HELP OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS, WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT BECAUSE IT WAS TAKEN AWAY BY THE HIGHER UPS.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MECHANISM PUT IN PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HAVING HARDSHIPS FINANCIALLY WHERE WE COULD ACTUALLY HELP THEM OUT IN SOME WAY.
$380 MAY NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO YOU AND ME AND TO MANY PEOPLE, BUT IT IS A LOT OF MONEY TO THIS LADY.
WE PAY TO GET HER TO COME TO THE VFW FOR HER MEETINGS.
I'VE HAD THE VFW PAY THE AUXILIARY PAID, I'VE DONE IT OUT OF POCKET BECAUSE I'VE KNOWN THIS LADY FOR 35 YEARS.
AND WHAT WE DID IN THE OLD DAYS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, THEY WOULD STOP IF THEY SAW TRASH CANS OUT THERE.
THEY KNEW SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVED THERE.
THEY WOULD TAKE THE TRASH CANS IN.
AND IT'S ALSO A WELFARE CHECK.
THEY DO A DOOR KNOCK BECAUSE THAT TELEGRAPH THAT THERE MAY BE SOMETHING WRONG IN THE HOUSE.
I DON'T SEE WHY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CAN'T GET OUT OF THE CAR AND HELP OUR CITIZENS AND DO A DOOR KNOCK AND EXPLAIN TO THEM THAT WE CAN'T HAVE THESE TRASH CANS OUT THERE.
BUT IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU? MAYBE WE CAN CONTACT YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR NEIGHBORS COULD BRING THE TRASH CAN IN FOR YOU.
INSTEAD OF GIVING A $40 CITATION TO SOMEBODY THAT'S UNLIMITED FUND SAYS TO BEGIN WITH.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG PLUS FOR OUR CITY.
I THINK, UH, YOU'D GET A LOT OF ACCOLADES FOR, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST LOOKING AT IF EVERYBODY LEFT THEIR TRASHCAN OUT, WE WOULD HAVE OUR DEFICIT PAID OFF REAL QUICK HERE NOW, WOULDN'T WE? BUT, BUT, BUT IF, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND IF I COULD HEAR FROM YOU, YOU COULD PROBABLY NOTIFY THE CITY MANAGER.
I BET YOU MIGHT EVEN TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
AND I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOU ON THIS.
NO, I'M NOT TAKING IN EVERYBODY'S TRASH CAN, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME AND I'M SURPRISED SOMEBODY'S NOT HERE TONIGHT.
I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO SITTING NEXT TO 'EM.
REGARDING THE TRASH CANS, ATHENS ALREADY OFFERS THAT SERVICE FREE OF CHARGE.
WHO ATHENS SERVICES ARE TRASH HAULER OFF REALLY THAT SERVICE? WELL, WE NEED TO GET THAT MESSAGE OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, I BELIEVE.
AND WOULD, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I CAN PUT THAT IN A NEWSPAPER IF YOU WANT.
GET THAT REQUEST TO ME DETAILS.
I CAN ACTUALLY PUT YOUR CITY MANAGER TO WORK FOR CHANGE AND HAVE HIM GET THAT INFORMATION TO ME.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT WILL, WE WILL VERIFY WITH ATHENS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S FREE OF CHARGE FOR SENIORS WHO NEED THE SERVICE OR ANYONE WHO HAS A MEDICAL NECESSITY FOR THAT, THAT'S GET THE INFORMATION TOO.
AND, AND IF YOU WOULD, I KNOW I'M GOING OVER TIME HERE.
I'M, THANK YOU FOR STOPPING IT IN TWO SECONDS.
BUT, UH, IF YOU COULD ALSO LOOK INTO MAYBE
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A MECHANISM FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO GET, UM, GET A PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT IT'S NOT AFFORDABLE TO THEM, BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA HOLD PEOPLE BACK FROM REPAIRS THAT THEY NEED TO THEIR HOME OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT NEED.VOLUNTEERS SHOULD TAKEN THE TRASH OVER HERE.
I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
I'LL COVER THREE ISSUES TONIGHT.
ISSUE ONE, UH, THE GATES FOUNDATION THIS MONTH SAID IT WILL INVEST 200 MILLION IN DIGITAL ID PROJECTS, ENCOMPASSING DIGITAL PROJECT, UH, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING CIVIL REGISTRY DATABASES AND DIGITAL ID TO HELP MEET THE TWO THOU 2030 TARGET FOR REACHING THE UN'S, UH, SUSTAINABLE GOALS.
THE 200 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING IS PART OF AN OVERALL 1.27 BILLION.
COMMITTED BY THE FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT, UH, GLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS IS CLOSELY TIED TO, UH, GOALS 16.9 OF, UH, THE UN GOALS FOR WHICH, UH, DIGITAL ID PROGRAMS ARE SUPPOSEDLY NEEDED.
UH, RECLAIM THE NET REPORTED, UH, THE FUNDS ADDED TO SEVERAL EXISTING GATES SUPPORTED GLOBAL DIGITAL ID INITIATIVES.
EVEN AS SUCH, IN INITIATIVES COME UNDER FIRE FOR VIOLATING PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO PRIVACY.
DIGITAL SURVEILLANCE IS THE REAL MOTIVE BEHIND THE PUSH TO VACCINATE KIDS.
THE MOVE TO DIGITAL ID AND DIGITAL BANK ACCOUNTS IS A MOVE TO A SYSTEM OF TOP DOWN TOTAL, UH, TYRANNY, INCLUDING, UH, CASH, MONEY, HEALTH, EVERYTHING.
UH, TURNING BACK TO MEDICAL, UH, THE VACCINE CULT STILL WANTS TO CALL EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY.
FDA APPROVED AND SAFE, BUT IT'S UNSAFE AND INEFFECTIVE.
THE THE CURE IS UNSAFE AND EVERYONE IS BEGINNING TO KNOW IT.
I'LL BEWARE THE WINTER FLU SEASON BECAUSE THE FEDS ARE PLAYING WITH DATA AND MORTALITY NUMBERS TO TRICK THE PUBLIC.
SO GETTING, UH, BACK TO THE DIGITAL, UH, CASHLESS ECONOMY AND, AND THEN HAVING NOT ONE PAPER DOLLAR IN YOUR POCKET, UH, YOU, YOU CAN'T BUY CHEWING GUM AT THE, AT THE STORE WITHOUT GOVERNMENT PERMISSION.
YOU KNOW, ASK THE PEOPLE THAT THE CANADIANS THAT TRIED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE CANADIAN TRUCKERS CAUSE.
UH, NEXT, UH, LOOKOUT FROZEN BANK ACCOUNTS.
UH, NEXT LOOKOUT FOR, UH, EXECUTIVE ORDER 14,067 SECTION TWO DIGITAL BANK ACCOUNTS.
PEOPLE WILL BE SO DISTRACTED BY THE CHRISTMAS PARTY AND FAMILY SEASON THAT THEY WON'T REALIZE WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS HITTING THEM WITH THIS YEAR.
IF YOU WANNA LIVE IN A OPEN AIR PRISON COLONY PLUS DIGITAL BANKING, UH, PRISON CAMPS COME SOON, UH, COMING SOON.
JUST DO NOTHING AND LET THE EVENTS HAPPEN.
UM, LET THE DIGITAL, LET THEM DIGITALLY FREEZE OUR BANK ACCOUNTS.
OR YOU COULD MOVE TO RED CHINA AND, AND GET A TASTE OF THE SYSTEM, WHICH IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
UH, ISSUE TWO ASSEMBLY BILL, UH, 2098 IS CENSORSHIP WITH THE GOAL OF FURTHERING MEDICAL TYRANNY AND VIOLATES THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONS US CONSTITUTION.
CALIFORNIANS, NAZI NEWSOME ON FRIDAY SIGNED A BILL THAT SUBJECTS THE STATE'S DOCTORS TO DISCIPLINE, INCLUDING THE SUSPENSION OF THEIR MEDICAL LICENSES FOR SHARING MISINFORMATION OR DISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID 19 WITH THEIR PATIENTS.
THE VACCINE CULT IS FOSTERING A MASS DELUSION.
THE OFFICIAL NARRATIVE DOCTORS DON'T SPREAD LIES.
UH, WE NEED PUBLIC INQUIRY INTO THESE YEARS OLD PHYSICIAN GAG ORDERS.
EVEN PHYSICIANS DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN THE JAB, THEY'RE JUST FOLLOWING FDA ORDERS.
GRAND JURIES SHOULD STUDY THE UNCHECKED POWER THAT IS PRODUCING THIS CHALLENGE TO DEMOCRACY.
AS A BILL NEWSOME SIGNED, ESSENTIALLY CRIMINALIZED THIS FREE SPEECH BY SUBJECTING DOCTORS WHO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE COVID 19 NARRATIVE TO PENALTIES.
IT ALLOWS THE STATE'S MEDICAL BOARD TO REVOKE THE LICENSES OF ANY PHYSICIAN WHO EXPRESSES AN OPINION CONTRARY TO THE, THE, THE FAULTY SCIENTIFIC, UH, CONSENSUS, UH, TO THE STANDARD OF CARE.
UH, JUST LIT, LITERALLY STARTS
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TO OUTLAW OPINIONS OF PHYSICIANS.YOU GUYS OUGHT TO FIGURE THIS OUT TO, UH, TO PRETEND THERE IS A SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON A NOVEL DISEASE.
AND A NOVEL GENE THERAPY IS ABSURD.
SCIENTISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS AGREE THAT SCIENCE ADVANCES BY REPUTATION AND FALSIFICATION AND BY OBSERVATION AND EXPERIMENTATION.
INSTEAD, WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, TYRANNY OUT OF SACRAMENTO.
WHEN THE NAZIS CAME TO POWER IN 1933, THE GERMAN CONSTITUTION GUARANTEED FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS, UH, THROUGH LAWS THE NAZI ABOLISHED THESE CIVIL RIGHTS AND DESTROYED GERMAN DEMOCRACY.
DO WE HAVE ANY MORE SPEAKERS? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.
HOW FAR ARE CITY MANAGERS REPORT, WHICH WILL BE GIVE? OH, OH YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, CAN YOU CITY MANAGER ANSWERS, UH, SOME OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS OR COMMENTS? GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, I'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO RESPOND BRIEFLY TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS THAT WERE MADE.
FIRST, UM, LISA MAYO, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR SHARING WITH US YOUR WORK ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
I KNOW IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THIS COMMUNITY, IN ALL COMMUNITIES NOW.
AND DURING THE COVID SHUTDOWN, IT BECAME A, A CRIME WHICH WAS MUCH MORE, UM, FREQUENT AND, AND APPARENT AND DISTRESSING TO US ALL.
IT'S A, IT'S AN ASPECT OF COMMUNITY WELLNESS AND HEALTH THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ENOUGH.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU HIGHLIGHTING IT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION TO THE MOVIE SHOWING, UM, TO PRESIDENT PER AND THE, UM, ENTIRE MEMBERS OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
OUR, UM, NEGOTIATIONS THIS YEAR WERE, UM, FREQUENT.
I THINK WE MET SIX OR SEVEN TIMES, AND WE HAD SOME GOOD AND HONEST AND FRANK CONVERSATION IN THAT TABLE.
AND THE RESULT IS WHAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.
AND WE'RE HONORED TO BE SERVED BY THESE MEN AND WOMEN AND, UM, PROUD THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS CONTRACT APPROVAL TONIGHT, UM, IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR VOTE, WHO WILL HAVE, AGAIN, ALL OF OUR NINE LABOR UNIONS UNDER MULTI-YEAR CONTRACTS.
SO IT'S A A POINT OF PRIDE FOR US, AND WE DON'T GET TO SAY THANK YOU OFTEN ENOUGH IN PERSON TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, GEORGE OGDEN TALKED ABOUT, UM, A NUMBER OF ISSUES INCLUDING CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE ENHANCEMENT OF AN ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY AND POSITIVE IMAGE FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVE IN GOAL, WHICH ALL OF US HAVE A STAKE.
AND IF WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB OF REACHING OUT TO THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SOME, UM, UNBEAUTIFUL TRASH CANS OR WHATEVER, IF THERE'S A WAY WE CAN HELP WITH THEM, UM, WITH CITY STAFF OR CORPORATELY WITH THE ATHENS.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP ON YOUR SUGGESTION, MAYOR, THAT WE TRY AND GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT THE AVAILABILITY OF HELP SERVICES WHEN THEY'RE NEEDED.
UM, PEOPLE THAT HAVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, UM, I KNOW THERE ARE VERY MANY GROUPS IN THIS TOWN THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO STEP IN IN SOME OF THOSE SITUATIONS.
I'LL, I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU DIRECTLY.
UM, MR. ROBINSON, AGAIN SPOKE ABOUT COVID VACCINATIONS.
UM, I CONTINUE TO URGE EVERYONE TO GET THEIR MEDICAL ADVICE REGARDING THE, THE COVID PANDEMIC FROM A MEDICAL DOCTOR AND, UM, TO, TO BE VACCINATED IF THEY WANT, FOLLOW THE, THE SCIENCE.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
AND COUNCILMAN WOO, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, I WANT TO FOLLOW OUR RESIDENT, GEORGE ODEN, REGARDING THE ISSUE.
I DON'T THINK OUR CO ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FIND PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT? NO, SIR.
SO, SO WE NEED TO HELP, OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, TO ISSUE, HE MENTIONED WHY IS 83 YEARS OLD LADY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, GIVE THEM THE PER FEE FOR $380.
MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO AND SEE WHAT WE CAN HELP THEM HER TO SOMETHING.
IF SOME PEOPLE, UH, THE SENIOR THEY HAVE A ISSUE, MAYBE CITI CAN LOOK INTO, WE HAVE A DONATION OR SOMETHING TO HELP HER OUT.
AND REGARDING THE OKAY TRASH CAN, THE $40.
THAT I THINK OUR REINFORCEMENT SHOULD BE MAYBE, LIKE HE SAID, HELP TO PULL THE TRASH AND LEAVE A NO, SAY PLEASE LEAVE.
AND THE TRASH INSIDE THE NEXT DAY.
SO WITH THAT, I THINK WILL BE HELPING THE PEOPLE TO ACCEPT, TO KEEP OUR CT NICE AND CLEAN WITH SOMETHING TO SOLVE APPROACH.
AND, UH, RATHER THAN JUST GIVE THEM THE FILE, SEND A NOTICE.
I THINK THAT'S WAY THEY WOULD BE MORE APPRECIATED.
HOW CAN WE HELP EACH OTHER? OKAY.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK IN TOO LATE POSSIBLE TO HAVE OUR REINFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT TO TRAIN THE STAFF, SEE SOMETHING THEY CAN DO, OKAY.
TO HELP OUR RESIDENT AT SAME TIME KEEP OUR CT.
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AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT.AND THEY'RE PROUD CLEAN AND THE BEAUTIFUL CITY POINT COUNCILMAN ABOUT WHY, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, AGAIN, ON, ON THE SAME ISSUE, UH, I'VE HAD SEVERAL RESIDENTS REACH OUT AS WELL, UM, ABOUT THE, THE WAY THEY'VE BEEN APPROACHED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND SO I, I THINK IF WE CAN RE REEMPHASIZE THAT, UM, WE ARE IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY AND WE ARE PUBLIC SERVANTS.
AND IF WE CAN KEEP THAT FRONT OF MIND, UH, I UNDERSTAND RIGHT? WHEN YOU'RE, YOU'RE ENFORCING SOME OF OUR CODES, RIGHT? THE THE IDEA IS WE, WE HAVE THEM IN PLACE, RIGHT? TO KEEP OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL, TO KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, UM, BUT ALSO, RIGHT, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT IN THE, IN THE JOB OF, YOU KNOW, PUNISHING PEOPLE.
WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE JOB OF, OF SERVING THEM AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO WEST COVINA, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T GIVE YOU A PACKET ON, WELL, WHAT ARE THE RULES? AND FOR TRASH CANS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KIND OF LEARN BY JUST, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO NEIGHBORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, AND SO IF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT ALSO UNDERSTANDS THAT, THAT, THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE UNAWARE THAT THEY'RE EVEN VIOLATING RULES.
AND, AND AGAIN, JUST MAYBE COMING FORWARD WITH A MORE EDUCATIONAL, UH, APPROACH, UH, AND SERVICE APPROACH.
UH, SO THAT, UH, I THINK GOING FORWARD, IF WE COULD AGAIN, JUST EMPHASIZE THAT WITH OUR STAFF.
THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR APPROACH, MDS.
UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UM, I'VE HAD THE EXPERIENCE OF HAVING NEIGHBORS COMPLAIN ABOUT A LETTER THAT MAYBE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS GIVEN THEM.
AND SO THERE, THERE'S WARNINGS.
I DON'T THINK OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, YOU KNOW, FORCES THESE $40 FINES ON THEM ON THE FIRST, YOU KNOW, INCIDENT THEY HAVE.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY DO EDUCATE THEM AND THEY GIVE 'EM A LETTER AND THEY STILL GIVE THEM TIME.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GOTTA LOOK AT EACH CASE DIFFERENTLY.
I THINK, AND MAYBE THIS IS JUST AN ISOLATED CASE WHERE THEY DID THIS BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T THINK OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT IS, YOU KNOW, BAD OUT THERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO DO US ANY DAMAGE.
YOUR PROTIME, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO, UM, WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING IS THEIR MISSION IS TO CORRECT AND RECTIFY THE SITUATION.
THEY'RE NOT THERE TO, UM, THEY GIVE MULTIPLE CHANCES, MULTIPLE WARNINGS.
UM, I DON'T EVEN THINK THEY'VE REALLY COLLECTED ANY FINES, UM, UNLESS IT'S, THEY'RE JUST, I KNOW WE HAD ONE BUSINESS THAT JUST TOTALLY IGNORED THEM AND LET IT BE, UH, THEY'RE THERE TO GIVE MULTIPLE WARNINGS, MULTIPLE CHANCES.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAD, UH, ON MY STREET, THEY DID, UM, I GUESS THEY DROVE THROUGH AND THAT WAS THE, THE ONE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE A GARDEN
AND SO THE, THE FRONT OF THE SIDEWALK, THE GRASS WENT THROUGH AND IT COVERED THE, UM, THE NUMBERING SIGN ALONG WITH THE OTHERS AND, UH, MYSELF AND, UM, THE OTHERS.
SO I'VE RECEIVED A LETTER, TOOK CARE OF IT, NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO MENTION THAT WE DO HAVE OUR CDBG PROGRAM THAT WE CAN INFORMED ALL THE RESIDENTS OF MANDATORY REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED, SUCH AS ROOFING OR ANY HOUSING.
WE HAVE THAT ZERO INTEREST, UM, WHERE THEY CAN UTILIZE TO COVER THE COSTS SO THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY.
SO IF WE CAN LET, I'M HOPING THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT ALSO IS AWARE OF THIS SO THAT THEY CAN SHARE THIS, BUT I THINK THEY SAID THEY DID.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS, UH, BEING INFORMED WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS ON THAT AS WELL.
TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT IS THE ROLE OF OUR CO ENFORCEMENT, OKAY? TO MAKE SURE OUR CT IS PRETTY AND ORDERLY, OKAY? AND MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE WITH, UH, BUILDING PERMIT BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE, UH, BILL WITHOUT PERMIT POSSIBLE BECOME, UH, HAZARDOUS FIRE HAZARD ELECTRICAL ISSUE, PLUMBING ISSUE.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S NEEDED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I, I HAVE A REQUEST TO HOW CO ENFORCEMENT NOT ONLY ENFORCE THE RESIDENT PROPERTY, I THINK THEY SHOULD INVOLVE CITY POVERTY TOO, BECAUSE CITY HAS OUR MEDIAN OR SOME PUBLIC AREAS, OKAY? IF IT DIDN'T DO THE JOB OKAY, I THINK REINFORCEMENT SHOULD GIVE CITY MAYBE A TICKET OR SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, LET THINK WILL BE TAKEN CARE RIGHT AWAY.
SO WHAT I REQUEST IS, WHAT I NEED TO DO IS WE TREAT OUR RESIDENT AND CITY PUB, OKAY.
PROPERTY EQUALLY, OKAY? AND SO IN THAT WAY, IF YOU SEE THE GRAFFITI REINFORCEMENT SHOULD LET OUR PUBLIC WANT TO KNOW RIGHT AWAY.
SO, AND IF THEY HAVE A MEDIAN, I SAW SOME MEDIA AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN OKAY, TAKEN CARE, THEY NEED TO PURSUE AND MAKE SURE CITY MAINTENANCE GO OVER THERE, MAKE SURE IT'S NICE AND CLEAN BECAUSE PEOPLE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE THE PUBLIC AREA IS HORRIBLE.
AND SO WE WANT TO BE KIND OF TIGHTER SCHOOL IN THE CITY PERFORMANCE
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TOO.SO I THINK CO INFORM JOB IS DRIVING AROUND, NOT ONLY FIND THE CITY CLUB, OKAY, FIND THE RESIDENT DEPARTMENT.
THEY HAVE TO FIND THE CITY DEPARTMENT TOO.
AND I PREFER, OKAY, WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO OUR PARK COMING IN PUBLIC AREA, OKAY? OUR OLDER, OKAY, MEDIAN AND OLDER THEIL, OKAY.
AND TO FIND A PROBLEM AND IMPROVE THE PROBLEM OKAY.
SO I THINK THAT IS WHAT CO ENFORCEMENT'S ABOUT, NOT ONLY FOR RESIDENT, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY.
OUR CO ENFORCEMENT, SINCE THEY HAVE WHAT, FULL TIME RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE DRIVING AROUND ALL DAY AND WITH EACH DISTRICT, AND EACH INDUSTRY SHOULD COMPLETE EACH OTHER, OKAY? TO MAKE SURE THIS INDUSTRY IS NICE AND CLEAN, OKAY.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
SO LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CITY MANAGERS REPORT.UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE BRIEF ITEMS TO REPORT OUT TONIGHT.
UM, FIRST UP, FIRST SLIDE HERE, UM, WE HAVE A HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR, UM, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
NOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, WEEK SUNDAY, UH, FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS AND A NUMBER OF LOW COST HEALTH SCREENINGS.
IMMUNIZATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE.
A LOT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND EDUCATION CLASSES, UM, ABOUT HOW TO DO HEALTHY COOKING.
WE'LL HAVE SOME DEMONSTRATIONS, ET CETERA.
WE'LL HAVE SOME, UM, THINGS OF INTEREST TO CHILDREN IF PEOPLE WANT TO COME AND, UM, PARTICIPATE, THEY'D BE HIGHLY WELCOME.
WANTED TO REPORT ABOUT A COUPLE OF CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
UM, JUST OUTSIDE THESE CHAMBERS IS, UM, A REDO OF THE RESTROOMS. WE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS HERE AT COUNCIL A COUPLE OF TIMES ABOUT THEIR REALLY POOR CONDITIONS, UM, ANTICIPATED ON THIS IS, UM, THE END OF THIS WEEK.
I WAS IN THERE THIS MORNING JUST TO TALK TO THE WORKERS AND, UM, IT LOOKS, IT'S A NICE CRISP LOOK.
UM, I WANTED TO MAKE MENTION TO THE FACT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE USING THE LAST OF OUR CHANGE ORDER AT AUTHORITY UNDER THIS YEAR'S, UH, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT CONTRACT WITH RJ NOBLE TO TEND TO SOME STREETS THAT HAD FALLEN WELL BELOW STANDARD AND WERE, UM, MUCH NEEDED.
OUR, OUR GOAL UNDER OUR PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH WAS UPDATED IN 2020, IS TO GET THE ENTIRE STREET SYSTEM TO A MIRACLE SCORE OF A 70.
UM, MOST OF THESE STREETS ARE IN THE RANGE OF A 50, WHICH MEANS THEY HAD FAILED.
SO STARTING NEXT WEEK, WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME COLD PLANTING AND THEN SOME CRACK CEILING, AND THEN AN INCH AND A HALF ASPHALT CAP OVERLAY ON A NUMBER OF STREETS SOUTH OF SHADOW OAK, UM, EAST OF OMAR, FOX LAKE, HI LEVEL, GLEN AND HEDGE.
AND THEN THAT'LL USE THE LAST $400,000 REMAINING AUTHORITY UNDER THIS YEAR'S PAVING CONTRACT.
I ALSO THINK IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT OUR PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM GENERALLY.
SO I'VE ASKED CITY ENGINEERING TO BRUSH THAT UP, AND WE'LL RETURN TO COUNCIL WITH A ANOTHER REVIEW OF THAT SO WE CAN RIGHTLY, AGAIN, REPRIORITIZE FOR NEXT YEAR'S, UM, STREET PAVING PROGRAMS. UM, ANOTHER CAPITAL PROJECT I WANTED TO MENTION, THIS IS JUST A SNAPSHOT FROM THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT THE RESTROOMS AT CAMERON PARK.
WE'RE GOING WITH STANDING SEA METAL ROOFS WITH, UM, HARDY BOARD SIDING WITH, UM, VANDAL RESISTANT FIXTURES INSIDE CAMERON PARK IS ABOUT A MONTH AHEAD OF THE SAME THING OVER AT WALMART AUTO WITH A DIFFERENT CONTRACTOR.
THIS CONTRACTOR BEGAN HIS DEMOLITION AND HIS FURTHER ALONG BECAUSE THE OTHER CONTRACTOR, UM, DIDN'T ORDER HIS MATERIAL SOON ENOUGH AND GOT CAUGHT UP IN SUPPLY CHAIN STUFF.
BUT I LIKE THE LOOK, AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA BEGIN TO USE THIS AS A TEMPLATE FOR ALL OF OUR PARK RESTROOMS. I THINK IT BRINGS US, UM, INTO THIS CENTURY, AND I'M, I'M PROUD OF THAT.
WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF SOME OPPORTUNITIES WE HAD WORKING WITH ONE OF OUR LOCAL UTILITY PROVIDERS.
THEY'RE NOT A CITY CONTRACTOR, BUT THEY DO OPERATE UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
UM, THIS IS SOME TRENCHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH, UM, FRONTIER AND, AND FRANKLY, THEY GOT A LITTLE AHEAD OF THEMSELVES AND FELL BEHIND, UNACCEPTABLY BEHIND IN, UM, GETTING THEIR, UM, PERMANENT REPAIRS MADE.
AND SO THIS IS JUST A, A GOOD BAD EXAMPLE OF SOME ASPHALT RAMPING.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THEM IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THEY'VE MADE SOME COMMITMENTS TO, UM, TEND TO ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE, THEY'VE FLAGGED AND TO DO A MUCH BETTER JOB OF THE TRAFFIC CONTROL MEASURES TO FOLLOW THE WATCH MANUAL.
WE HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION WORKERS JUST WALKING DOWN STREETS, UM, PULLING WIRE AND, AND, AND PULL TAPE WITHOUT BENEFIT OF TRAFFIC CONTROL.
WE WANT, WE WANT 'EM TO, TO FOLLOW APPROVED PLANS.
SO, UM, THEY'VE ALSO AGREED TO, TO STEP UP THE PERMANENT REPAIRS.
AND, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM ON A LIST OF STREETS THAT WE THINK THEY'VE DAMAGED SUFFICIENT, THAT THEY'RE GONNA OWE US SOME SLURRY SEAL.
SO WE'RE, WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP ON THAT.
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WE HAD OUR, UM, ANNUAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK OPEN HOUSE LAST SATURDAY.WE HAD A REALLY GOOD PUBLIC TURNOUT AND THE DEPARTMENT DID A GOOD JOB OF PUTTING ITS, UH, BEST FACE FORWARD.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THAT COMMUNITY EVENT.
UM, COMING UP IS A COUPLE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, CELEBRATING, UM, HALLOWEEN ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29TH FROM FOUR TO 9:00 PM IN THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WESTCO, SOUTH SOUTHLAND OR AVENUE AREA.
AND THEN, UH, THE KIWANIS CLUB IS PRESENTING CARTO FEST, WHICH IS A, A TRUNK OR TREAT THING ON, UM, THE 15TH OF OCTOBER.
WE HAVE, UM, A MUNICIPAL ELECTION THIS FALL.
I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT COME TO THESE MEETINGS ARE GENERALLY AWARE OF THAT.
UM, THIS THURSDAY IN THESE CHAMBERS, THE, UM, LEGAL OF WOMEN VOTERS IS GONNA BE HOSTING A, UM, CANDIDATE'S FORUM.
WE ARE PROVIDING THE FACILITY, WE'RE PROVIDING THE VIDEO, WE'RE PROVIDING THE NORMAL, UM, POLICE PRESENCE, BUT THEY ARE RUNNING IT.
AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL STAFF IT APPROPRIATELY, WHICH MEANS WE'LL BE IN THE BACKGROUND TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING, UM, GOES OFF WITHOUT A HITCH.
THIS IS OUR CALENDAR OF THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
UM, AT THE NEXT MEETING WE'LL ANNOUNCE THE VOTE CENTERS, WHICH WILL BE OPEN, UM, BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, YOU DAVE.
UM, AND ONE MORE, UM, ONE MORE POINT REGARDING, UH, THE A, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, WE COULD PUT THAT IN THE DISCOVER AS WELL TO INFORM OUR RESIDENTS OF AVAILABLE SERVICES FOR ATHENS.
AND ALSO MAYBE TOP FIVE OR TOP 10 CODE ENFORCEMENT ISSUES.
CERTAINLY WHY I'VE, I'VE HEARD ALL YOUR COMMENTS TONIGHT AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS.
I KNOW WE DO TRY TO GET VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
THAT'S ALWAYS OUR FIRST APPROACH.
WE TRY NOT TO BE, UM, JACK BOOTED THUGS AS WE GO ABOUT THAT BUSINESS.
BUT OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF IS WORKING PRETTY HARD AND THEY NEED TO ALSO INFORM, UM, MANAGEMENT ABOUT PROBLEMS IN CITY FACILITIES.
WELL, THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR HEADS ON A SWIVEL WHEN THEY'RE OUT AND ABOUT.
SO WE WILL DO A, A JOB OF MARKETING THROUGH THE DISCOVER AS YOU SUGGEST AS WELL.
I MAY C REGARDING THE, UH, DISCOVER WEST.
INFORMATION INCLUDING THE, UH, ATHEN DISCOUNT FOR SENIOR MM-HMM.
AND THE, BECAUSE WATER BILL RIGHT NOW IS LIKE THREE TIMES, I CANNOT BELIEVE IN MY WATER BILL.
SO, SO THEY LIKE BECOME VERY EXPENSIVE AND SAME THING TO, OKAY.
AND THE UTILITY OF, UH, POWER EDISON.
SO, SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THE SENIOR FIXED INCOME, AND THEY HAVE A NUMBER TO APPLY OKAY.
TO GET A DISCOUNT BECAUSE WITH THIS INFLATION AND WITH YOU DIDLY GO UP SO HIGH, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE A REALLY ISSUE STRUGGLING.
OKAY? SO, UH, WE NEED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION, THE PHONE NUMBER AND, UH, AND THEN SO COIN, I KNOW ETHAN AND THE WATER AND THE, OUR LIKE GUESTS, I THINK THEY ALL HAVE, UH, A SENIOR, UH, DISCOUNT PROGRAM.
SO PROVIDE THE PHONE NUMBER AND HOPEFULLY ALL THAT OKAY.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
MOVING ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING? ALL RIGHT, COOL.
SO SCENE, NO ONE WANTS TO PULL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? ONE TIME I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I'LL SECOND GOT A FIRST AND A SECOND.
BEFORE I ROLL CALL, I HAVE AN ORDINANCE TITLED TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 51 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE SEVEN PURCHASES IN SALES OF CHAPTER TWO, ADMINISTRATION OF THE WEST COVINA MINAL CODE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOT TO BUY IN A SECOND BY COUNCIL WOMAN LOPEZ VITO, COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOT BUY.
AND I THINK COUNCILMAN WOO, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH.
UM, I WANTED TO THANK OKAY, ALL THE UNION NINE UNION GROUP AND, UM, TO PUT OUR CONTRACT TOGETHER, SET BOTH SIDE, HAVE A MEETING IN THE MINE.
OKAY? I KNOW IS, UH, ALWAYS A DIFFICULT TASK, OKAY? AND I'VE BEEN SITTING OVER HERE SINCE END OF 2015 AND, UH, TILL 2018, UH, I WENT THROUGH HELL ABOUT THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION AND I CANNOT SAY HOW APPRECIATE, OKAY, I AM TONIGHT AND TO SEE ALL THIS UNITY WITH ALL THE LABOR GROUP.
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HAPPY STAFF, THEN YOU HAVE A HAPPY CITY, THEN YOU HAVE A HAPPY RESIDENT.SO, BECAUSE THAT IS HOW WE TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY WORK TOGETHER AND YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF STAFF.
AND, UH, SO I WANNA THANK OKAY, AND TONIGHT THE FFA AND, UH, PUT THIS CONTRACT TOGETHER.
OKAY? I KNOW IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE ALWAYS HAVE TWO SIDE AND ON OUR SIDE WE WANNA PROTECT TAXPAYER ON YOUR SIDE, YOU WANT TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FAMILY.
SO WE WANT TO BE, BE FAIR, BUT AGAIN, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS.
I WANNA THANK THE STAFF, HELEN.
OKAY? I KNOW WITH YOU RIGHT THERE AND OUR OKAY, HR MANAGER, LISA.
OKAY? I WANNA THANK BOTH OF YOU AND ALL THE STAFF AND OF COURSE CITY MANAGER, OKAY? AND, UH, TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, THIS AND, UH, WORKING, NEGOTIATE WITH OUR FFA, OKAY? YOUR, UH, LEADERSHIP OKAY WITH, UH, TERRY AND, UH, CARLOS AND UH, AND ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I HAVE A SEEN FOR SITTING OVER HERE FOR LIKE THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO WORK WITH A LABOR GROUP, THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT.
AND WITHOUT THIS UNITY AND THE CITY CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD.
AND NOW WITH ALL THIS LABOR GROUP, PUT IT TOGETHER WITH THREE YEAR CONTRACT AND WE WILL SET FREE AT THE SAME TIME WITH YOUR CONTRIBUTION FOR YOUR RETIREMENT.
THE CITY FUTURE WILL BE MUCH MORE SAFER.
FINANCIALLY MUCH MORE HEALTHIER, OKAY? THEN I WANNA THANK YOU TO WILLINGNESS OKAY.
TO PITCHING FOR YOUR RETIREMENT.
AND I'M GOING TO SHUT UP, OKAY? I'M GOING TO, I KNOW OTHERWISE I WILL FOREVER, EVER TO THANK YOU.
LIKE NEVER END, BUT, BUT I KNOW, BUT MY TIME, MY TIME'S UP.
I REALLY APPRECIATE, GOOD JOB.
VIDO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ALL TONIGHT.
UH, WHEN I FIRST GOT IN, I DO REMEMBER HAVING TO MEET WITH YOU AND, AND THE CITY STAFF AND THE TENSION, THE TENSION AND MORALE WAS AT, IT'S ALL LOWEST WITH JUST POLICE, FIRE, JUST EVERY, EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
UM, AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, AND YOU'RE NOT KIDDING WHEN YOU SAID MANY YEARS TO GET, YOU KNOW, ALL THE CONTRACTS IN PLACE.
SO I WANTED TO THANK BOTH SIDES, CITI, AND FIRE THE UNIONS TO, UH, GET TOGETHER AND MEET IN THE MIDDLE COMPROMISE AND GET THIS GOING.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.
AND I'M GLAD THAT STAFF MORALE IS AT THE HIGHEST WITH EVERYONE IN THE CITY.
ANY, ANY MORE COMMENTS? WELL, I'LL SAY A FEW WORDS.
WE'VE COME A LONG WAY THESE LAST FOUR YEARS.
I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR FFA MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE AND OUR CITY STAFF AND EV EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM FOR DOING EVERYTHING THAT'S OCCURRED THESE LAST FOUR YEARS TO MAKE THE CITY A BETTER PLACE.
WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WILL KEEP IT GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND, UM, WELL THAT'S IT FOR CONSENT CALENDAR.
[6) CONSIDERATION OF DIAL-A-RIDE SERVICE AREA]
LET'S MOVE ON TO DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS.ITEM NUMBER SIX IS CONSIDERATION OF DIAL RIDE.
UH, THIS REPORT WAS REQUESTED AT THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 20TH, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
AND IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF THE DIAL RIDE SERVICE AREA.
UH, DIAL RIDES, A SHARED TRANSPORTATION FOR ELIGIBLE WEST COVINA RESIDENCE ELIGIBILITY, UH, AGE 55 AND OVER IN PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, SERVICE OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND PART-TIME ON, UH, SUNDAY FAR 50 CENTS EACH WAY.
CURRENT SERVICE AREA ALLOWS FOR, UH, FOR TRAVEL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS AND THREE MILES BEYOND FOR MEDICAL REASONS.
AND, UH, PUT A SURVEY OF THE LOCAL, OF LOCAL CITIES TOGETHER TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF, TO WHAT OTHER, UH, CITIES ARE DOING IF YOU WANT TO CONSIDER THAT.
AND SO, UM, JUST RECOMMEND THAT YOU PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION, UH, RELATIVE TO THE SERVICE AREA AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE UBER PROGRAM WAS, UM, THE SERVICE AREA WAS, UH, WE USED THE DIALER RIDE AS A BASIS FOR THAT.
SO S THAT YOU CONSIDER, UH, REVISING BOTH OF THOSE SERVICE AREAS, UH, FOR CONSISTENCIES CONCLUDES MY REPORT, HIM AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM MV AS WELL, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KELLY FROM THE COUNCIL? NO.
UM, SO, UM, WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE IT.
THE DIAL ARRIVE FROM THE THREE MILE ALREADY RATHER THAN OKAY, BUT, UH, LIMITATION OF THE CITY, RIGHT? IF THAT'S A COUNCIL'S WISH.
SO, SO, AND WHEN YOU TALKING ABOUT, UH, ON THE
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UBER, SO I THINK LAST TIME WE ALREADY APPROVE THE UBER 65 USER AND ORDER, THEY CAN ORDER WITH $20, THEY PAY $3 AND ANYTHING.SO I THINK THAT ONE IS ALREADY APPROVED.
AND SO TONIGHT WE ONLY TALK ABOUT THE, THE DIAL RIDE, RIGHT? UM, THESE, THE SERVICE AREAS ARE, ARE SIMILAR.
THE, UH, FOR THE, UH, UBER PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE DIAL RIDE PROGRAM, WE SAID YOU CAN TRAVEL WITHIN THE CITY, UM, AND JUST BEYOND THE CITY THREE MILES FOR MEDICAL REASONS.
SO BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE THE SIM SIMILAR SERVICE AREA AND CRITERIA REGARDING THAT GEOGRAPHIC, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
SO JUST KNOW WHAT I THINK WE WANT TO RE I WANT TO, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO REMOVE THE MEDICAL.
UH, ONLY SHOULD BE BASED ON THE DISTANCE AND TO HAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE A SERVICE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THEY ARRIVE WITH PEOPLE WITH WHEELCHAIR.
IF THEY WANT TO GO TO SUPERMARKET AND THEN THEY LIVE IN THE BORDER, THEY CAN JUST GO ACROSS OKAY.
OKAY? ANYTHING $20, WE PAY UP TO $20.
ANYTHING MORE THAN $20, THEY PAY $3.
AND ANYTHING ABOUT $20 THEY HAVE TO PAY, WE COVER IT, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO WE, SO SO FOR THIS KELLY, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A NUMBER, A HARD NUMBER, LIKE FIVE MILES OR SIX MILES? SEVEN AS WELL AS THE RESTRICTION.
IF THERE'S NO RESTRICTION, THAT'S FINE TOO.
CURRENTLY IT'S UH, THREE MILES FOR MEDICAL ONLY.
YOU WANT TO SAY THREE MILES FOR ANY REASON OUT OUTSIDE OF CITY, CITY LIMITS? THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S, I'M COOL WITH THAT.
I'M COOL WITH NO, NO LIMIT AND NO LIMIT.
SHOULD WE SAY SIX? SHOULD WE SAY SIX MILES? UH, UH, FOR
NOT JUST WITHIN THE CITY LIMIT, CORRECT.
NOT LIMITED TO BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT? LIKE ON THE BOARD OR BOULDER? YEAH.
OR AN APPOINTED BOULDER OR BO PARK OR, OKAY.
WALNUT, BOULDER OR COUNTY BOULDER.
SO I THINK MAYBE WE SHOULD DO FOUR MILES OR FIVE CUZ THREE THREE MIGHT BE LIMITING.
WILL THAT BE A COST FACTOR? WILL BE RUNNING OUT THE MONEY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVER, I I CAN, WE CAN EXPAND AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT I WANT NO, I GET YOUR, WE DON'T WANNA GO OVERBOARD, BUT WE DON'T WANNA GO.
WILL IT BE A, AN ISSUE THE COST IS BASED ON, IT'S AN HOURLY RATE.
SO WAS NOT SO MUCH THE IMPACT WOULD BE HAVING A VEHICLE POTENTIALLY BEYOND A SERVICE AREA, NOT BEING ABLE TO GET BACK, YOU KNOW, IMPACTING SERVICE IN THAT FASHION.
IF, IF YOU GO, LET'S SAY THREE MILE TO GO TO THE PICK UP THE GROCERY, OKAY.
AND THEN THREE MILE BACK THEN IT'S A SIX MILE ALREADY, RIGHT? OR THIS A TWO TRIP? UM, YEAH, WE'RE NOT, YOU SEND THEM, YOU CANNOT BE ONE TRIGGER HOW TO GET IT.
HOW CAN THEY COME BACK? WELL, THEY, THEY CAN COME BACK.
WE WE'RE JUST SAYING THE GEOGRAPHIC, GEOGRAPHIC RESTRICTION THAT THEY CAN GO OUT AS FAR AS THREE MILES BEYOND THE CITY LIMIT.
THAT, THAT WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE.
BUT HOW ABOUT WHEN THEY COME BACK? SO ONE TRIP OR THREE MILE TO GO TO THE DESTINATION.
HE'S ASKING IT FOR THE THREE IS INCLUSIVE OF THE ROUND TRIP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE ROUND EACH WAY OR, OR IS IT THREE EACH WAY? EACH WAY.
SO HOW WOULD THEY DO IT? SO I HAVE TO MAKE A TWO TRIP, MAKE IT TWO OLDER.
A BOOK MY TRIP AS A SENIOR OR, YEAH, I THINK THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE CURRENTLY.
AND THEN BOTH AHEAD OF TIME, BOTH AGAIN, MAYBE TWO O'CLOCK THEY CAN GET A CAR IN THE OUTSIDE, THE SUPERMARKET, THEN THEY CAN PICK THEM UP AND THEN GO HOME.
AM I RIGHT? UM, AM I RIGHT? CAN YOU HELP? I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU HELP ME WITH THAT? SO CURRENTLY, OH, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? SO NO WONDER YOU CAN ANSWER.
SO I'M JUST, I WOULD THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING.
SO WE CARRY, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OVER HERE.
AND UH, AND ANOTHER THING IS A COST FACTOR.
HOW MUCH WE COST US AND UH, IT, DOES IT MAKE SENSE OR NOT? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
SO THE COST FACTOR, I THINK KELLY CAN SPEAK ON THAT, BUT IT WOULDN'T ADD ANYTHING OR TAKE ANYTHING AWAY BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S HOURLY, BUT UM, PER TRIP, UM, IF WE TAKE YOU OUTSIDE OF THE SERVICE AREA, BE IT FOUR, SIX MILES, WE BRING YOU BACK.
SO ANY RESERVATION MADE, WE, IF WE TAKE YOU OUT, WE BRING YOU BACK, WE DON'T LEAVE ANYONE OUT.
UM, I THINK WHAT KELLY'S TRYING TO SAY IS, EXCUSE ME, THE, I HAVE A QUESTION HERE.
IF YOU'RE GONNA TAKE THE PERSON BACK AND YOU CHARGE OUR OKAY, OUR RATE, THEN THEY ACCUMULATE BECAUSE THEY GO INSIDE TWO, THREE HOURS, THEN YOU CHARGING OH, NO, NO.
UM, SO EACH TRIP IS, IS BOOKED SEPARATELY.
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GOT IT.AND SO WHEN THE WRITER CALLS IN, THEY SAY, I'M GOING TO THE MARKET, CAN YOU PICK ME UP AT NINE? AND WE SAY, SURE.
NINE 15 WE HAVE, WE NEGOTIATE.
UM, AND THEN THEY'LL SAY, I NEED A RETURN TRIP.
I'M GONNA BE ABOUT AN HOUR AT THE STORE, PHARMACY, WHATEVER.
AND WE BOOK THE RETURN TRIP, THEN WE GO BACK OUT AND BRING THEM BACK.
SO BASICALLY WE DON'T HAVE A, A BUZZ.
IDLING WAITING FOR THAT'S TOTALLY WASTE OF, UH, NO, THE, THE TRIPS ARE BOOKED CURRENTLY SEVEN DAYS OUT AND WE HAVE A ROUTER THAT DISPATCHES AND ROUTES AND SHARE RIDES IF POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN YEAH.
MAKE THEM EFFICIENT IF EVER IDLE.
AND, AND SO, SO, SO MILEAGE WON'T, WON'T BE AN ISSUE FOR COST FACTOR BASED ON WHAT YOU SAY.
SO RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THREE MILE AND WE WANT TO REMOVE THE MEDICAL ONLY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE LIVING ON WEST CO HUGE, WE HAVE A LOT OF, AND PEOPLE LIVING, WE HAVE HAD SOME DISPATCH ISSUES WHERE SOMEONE WILL CALL IN, IN SAY, WELL I LIVE RIGHT AT THE BORDER AND THE FOOD FOR LESS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WITH THE MEDICAL.
SO I MEAN, IT WOULD BE VERY CONVENIENT FOR RIDERSHIP.
I, I THINK BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY USING THE MEDICAL MAYBE ONCE A MONTH, BUT EVERYBODY WANT TO PICK UP THEIR GROCERY OR DOING SOME OTHER SHOW OF THEIR LIFE.
SO WE MOVE THE MEDICAL ONLY AND, BUT DO WE NEED TO EXTEND THE THREE MILE? WELL, YEAH.
AND THE OTHER CONSIDERATION TOO WOULD BE, ARE WE COMPETING WITH OUR SHOP LOCAL IF WE REMOVE QUITE TRUE, QUITE TRUE.
SO WE, LET'S DO THIS, LET'S KEEP THE THREE MILE, BUT WE ALLOW ANY RESTRICTION OKAY.
BASED ON THE DISTANT, NOT BASED ON THE MEDICAL NEED.
SO IN THAT WAY WE EXTEND THE PEOPLE LEAVE, SO WE THEN WE, WE EVALUATE.
AND, AND I THINK THIS IS A MUCH BETTER STEP BY STEP RATHER THAN RIGHT AWAY TOO MUCH DRASTIC CHANGE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE JUST CHANGING FOR PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE OKAY.
AND ESPECIALLY PEOPLE LEAVE ON THE BORDER OKAY? AND THEY'RE STRUGGLING.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS ONE CAN HELP THEM TO MOVE AROUND.
ACTUALLY, YOU, YOU BROUGHT UP THE, THE POINT I I WANTED TO BRING UP, WHICH, UH, I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH REMOVING THE JUST MEDICAL BECAUSE IT, IT, IT DOES, WE ARE THEN IN ESSENCE SUBSIDIZING PEOPLE TO GO OUTSIDE THE CITY AND SPEND THEIR MONEY NOT IN WEST COVINA.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I I THINK THAT WE WANT TO INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO SHOP WITHIN THE CITY.
AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO SUBSIDIZE, WE'RE GONNA USE OUR, OUR TAX TAX MONEY TO, TO GIVE PEOPLE RIDES.
CAUSE EVEN IF YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, YOU MAY SHOP AT THAT LOCAL LITTLE RESTAURANT.
MAYBE YOU BUY A COFFEE FROM THE COFFEE SHOP, MAYBE YOU, YOU KNOW, SO WE WANNA KEEP THEM WITHIN WEST COVINA TO SHOP.
SO, I, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO AND SHOP OUTSIDE THE CITY BY GIVING THEM THIS INCENTIVE AND THEN TO SUBSIDIZE IT.
I THINK IT GOES AGAINST, UM, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS TO GET PEOPLE TO SHOP INSIDE WEST COVINA.
SO, UM, I, I'M OKAY WITH, UM, EXTENDING THE RADIUS FOR THE MEDICAL, UM, BECAUSE, UH, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT, BUT, UM, I AM NOT FOR OPENING IT UP BEYOND THAT.
I, I KIND OF AGREE WITH YOUR POINT, BUT, UM, I WANT TO HAVE A, PEOPLE HAVE A CHOICE, OKAY? THE PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A CHOICE, OKAY.
TO DECIDE WHERE THEY WANT TO SHOP, OKAY? AND, UH, SO, UH, FOR SOME SENIOR, MAYBE SOMETHING CLOSER TO, IN WEST KOREA DOESN'T HAVE THE THING HE OR SHE NEED.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, OPEN THIS UP, OKAY? ESPECIALLY FOR SO MANY POPULATION DIFFERENT, THE BORDER, OKAY? THEY MAYBE WILL GO TO, NOT NECESSARILY JUST CLOSER SHOPPING, MAYBE SOME OTHER ISSUE THEY NEED TO DO.
THIS IS THEIR FRIEND, OKAY? THEY WANT TO GO TO SEE, OKAY.
SOME, THEIR RETIREMENT HOME FRIEND TO GO OVER THERE TO HANG OUT.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONLY, UH, THE SHOPPING, BUT, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP A TRY, OKAY? REMOVE THE MEDICAL AND THEN WE SEE HOW IT GOES, OKAY? BECAUSE WE WANT THE CONVENIENT FOR OUR SENIOR AND THE PEOPLE IN NEED.
IT IS NOT THAT MANY OF PEOPLE, BUT WE SHOULDN'T RESTRICT THEIR FREEDOM JUST BECAUSE WE WANNA FORCE THEM TO SHOP, OKAY? NEARBY WEST COVINA AND THE WEST COVINA, OTHER, THEY MAYBE CAN DO DELIVER OKAY.
THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET.
SO, SO THIS THREE MILE IS FOR THEM TO HAVE A FREEDOM, OKAY? WITH THEIR WHEELCHAIR, THEY CAN GO TO THE, MAYBE THE NEARBY PARK OR SOMETHING, AND THEY WENT TO WANT TO HAVE A WALK.
I THINK YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM THE CONVENIENCE RATHER THAN RESTRICT THEM LIKE BEFORE, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MY SURVEY FROM THE SENIOR, THEY TOLD ME, THEY NOT QUALIFY, OKAY? DUE TO THEIR ONLY GOING
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INTO THE CITY LIMIT.THAT'S WHY I THINK BASED ON THIS SURVEY, A LOT OF SENIOR, THEY WON'T HAVE A FREEDOM.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE FOR, TO CREATE, CREATE A BENEFIT FOR OUR SENIOR RESIDENT.
HAVE A FREEDOM TO MOVE AROUND.
GOT, UH, COUNCILMAN'S ABOUT TO BUY.
I THINK THAT THE, THE ISSUE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FREEDOM IS, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HAVE THE FREEDOM TO, TO GO AND SHOP WHERE YOU WANT WHEN YOU'RE USING YOUR OWN MONEY TO, TO PAY FOR THAT TRANSPORTATION.
NOW, WHEN YOU'RE USING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY TO FUND THAT, WELL THEN YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T GET THAT FREEDOM OF CHOICE BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING THE TAXPAYER TO SUBSIDIZE YOUR MOVEMENT.
AND SO IF WE'RE GONNA USE TAXPAYER MONEY, WE SHOULD USE THAT MONEY FOR THE BENEFIT OF, OF THE CITY AND THE BENEFIT OF THE TAXPAYER.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA SPEND REVENUE WITH SHOPPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN WE, WE REALLY NEED TO INCENTIVIZE SHOPPING, SHOPPING LOCAL.
UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YES, WE, WE DO HAVE FREEDOM OF CHOICE, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A FREEDOM WHEN YOU'RE USING YOUR OWN RESOURCES.
WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE USING GOVERNMENT RESOURCES, THEN YOUR CHOICES BECOME LIMITED.
UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY, THE, THE TAXPAYER WHO SUBSIDIZING IT, RIGHT? BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S OUR JOB.
OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE, WE'RE DOING OUR FIDUCIARY DUTY TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, NOT NECESSARILY TO THE INDIVIDUAL.
AND, AND SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS WHY I, I HAVE AN ISSUE.
WITH, WITH, WITH THAT, I THINK BOTH OF YOUR POINTS ARE CLEAR AND YOU BOTH MAKE VERY GOOD POINTS.
NOW, LET'S HEAR FROM OTHER, OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, WE SHOULD ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO GO AND GET MEDICAL CARE.
MAYBE, MAYBE MAKE THAT UNLIMITED, BUT, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING, UM, RIDES TO GO SHOPPING, THEY SHOULD SHOP IN OUR CITY.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN, UM, LIMIT THAT OR, UH, RESTRICT THAT OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT TO CONTROL THAT? IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, THEY CAN GO OUTSIDE, BUT YEAH, WE JUST DECIDE HOWEVER WE WANT RIGHT NOW, FOR SURE.
THANK YOU FOR ADDING COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
UH, I MEAN, WE SAY SHOP, PLAY LIVE IN WEST COVINA, UH, INSTEAD OF GOING TO ANOTHER PARK,
THE ONLY THING THAT I, I COULD THINK OF WITH THE BORDER IS, UM, LET'S SAY YOU DO HAVE FAMILY THAT IS, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A TWO MILE, THAT HELPS YOU MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, AND YOU NEED THAT.
UM, THAT'S THE ONLY WITH MEDICAL.
AND IF THAT THE FRIEND VISIT FALLS IN THAT LINE OF LIKE ASSISTANCE AND ALL THAT, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT IS OKAY TO TRAVEL, TO LIKE, GO TO A, A FAMILY MEMBER'S HOME OR TO GET TO THAT LOCATION TO BE ABLE TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT THEN THAT AGAIN, FALLS UNDER THE MEDICAL, UH, TERMS, WHETHER IT'S YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL HEALTH, OR ANY OF THAT.
SO THAT, I WOULD SAY, UM, IF THE TERM MEDICAL TRIPS ONLY WHAT THAT IS CLASSIFIED UNDER, UM, BECAUSE THAT ALSO HELPS WITH THE THREE MILE RADIUS OUTSIDE IF, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T AFFORD A DOCTOR, BUT THEY HAVE A FRIEND OR, YOU KNOW, SOVA OR, YOU KNOW,
SO, UM, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I WOULD LIKE TO PUT THAT AS AN IMPLEMENTATION.
BUT YES, SHOPPING, PLAYING ALL THAT STUFF, AND WE ARE COVERING THOSE COSTS.
AND, AND IF THEY WANNA SEE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE OTHER CITY HAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS LET US KNOW SO WE CAN IMPROVE THAT ASPECT SO THAT WEST COVINA CONTINUE TO BE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, SHOP, PLAY, ET CETERA.
BUT AGAIN, UH, I THINK THE GOVERNMENT OKAY, BENEFIT, OKAY, WE WANT TO DO IS SERVICE OUR RESIDENT AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RESIDENT HAVE A, A SENIOR OR DISABILITY NEEDER, WHEELCHAIR ASSETS.
SO WE WANNA ENCOURAGE THEM TO GO OUT, OKAY? NO MATTER WHERE THEY WANT TO GO, OKAY? WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND THEY DON'T CONFINE IN THEIR APARTMENT OR IN THEIR, IN THEIR PLACE.
SO, SO TO RESTRICT PEOPLE, OKAY? JUST FOR SOME BENEFIT FOR THE CITY, THAT TINY LITTLE MONEY IS VERY SELFISH.
WHAT I SEE, WHAT I SEE IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS FOR THE SENIOR AND BEEN WORKING SO LONG FOR THE, OUR COMMUNITY, NOW THEY RETIRE SOME OF THEIR DISABILITY.
WHY CAN WE KEEP THEM A SLACK ABOUT BENEFIT FOR THEM TO HAVE A OKAY AND, UH, UH, FREEDOM TO MOVE AROUND WITH THIS WHEELCHAIR ASSETS OF UH, OKAY, MOBILITY RATHER THAN JUST THINKING ABOUT MAKING A LITTLE BIT SALES TAX.
SALES TAX, WE ONLY GET ONE PENNY, UH,
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PER DOLLAR.SO WHAT THE BENEFIT FOR ALL THIS HEALTHY RESIDENTS SENIOR HAVE A BETTER LIFE AT THE END OF THEIR, THE, THE, THE, THE LIVING OUR CITIES TO HAVE A FREEDOM.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS HOW CAN WE HELP THEM TO EASIER TO MOVE AROUND? OKAY.
I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN HOW WE WANNA FORCE THEM TO ONLY IN THE WEST COVINA.
OKAY? SO, SO THAT IS HOW WHAT I SURVEY WITH THE SENIORS TO HELP THEM.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE RY IS ABOUT, THEY HAVE, UH, OKAY AND THE ACCESS FOR THE HANDICAP AND MOST OF PEOPLE USING THIS, THEY HAVE TO USE THE WHEELCHAIR.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS, UH, OKAY, I THINK BASED ON THE SURVEY, I'M THE SHOP LOCAL GUY, I WANT PEOPLE TO SHOP LOCAL, BUT FOR ALL THOSE SENIORS, I REALLY WANT THEM TO HAVE A FREEDOM, HAVE THEIR CHOICE IN THE END OF THEIR LIFE, HAVE MUCH EASIER TO MOVE AROUND, OKAY.
AND TO SEE THEN, AND THEN CAN I USE THE DIAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE OF LIMITATION IS VERY SAD.
SO OTHERWISE WHY I SHOULD DO THIS? OKAY.
TRY TO STUDY THIS THING BECAUSE THAT THE NEEDLE IS OVER THERE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S WHY I STILL PREFER OKAY, KEEP THEM, SEE HOW IT GOES LATER, THREE MILE LINE, ANY RESTRICTION, SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE APPLY AND LET'S SEE THE NUMBER OKAY.
AND, UH, I THINK IN THAT WAY, I THINK WE CAN BENEFIT MORE OF, UH, HELPING OUR SENIOR RESIDENT.
AND, AND NOT WAS ONE PURPOSE VIE, CAN I GET THE STATS OF WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE OF HOW MANY ACTUALLY USE FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES VERSUS HOW MANY ACTUALLY USE FOR OTHER PURPOSES SUCH AS SHOP OR VISIT? BECAUSE I KNOW THE THREE MILE IS NOT ONLY RESTRICTED TO THE THREE MILE RADIUS WHERE THEY LIVE, IT'S THE WHOLE WEST COA.
SO OBVIOUSLY ONE END OF WEST COA TO THE OTHER, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE THAN THREE MILES.
BUT I DO, WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ON WHAT THOSE STATS LOOK LIKE.
I DON'T HAVE IT AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, UH, MV TRACKS, UH, THE PURPOSE OF TRIPS.
CAN YOU COME TO MY, SO THAT THEY COULD HEAR YOU? WE HAVE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU.
WE HAVE A CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE USE THAT CAN ACTUALLY, UH, FILTER WHERE WE PICK UP AND WHERE WE DROP OFF.
UM, SO WE COULD PROBABLY GET THAT TO YOU GUYS WITHIN ABOUT A WEEK OR SO.
WELL, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
AND, UH, YEAH, AND I THINK WE SHOULD DO THAT GOING FORWARD.
UM, YOU, YOU HEARD THE DISCUSSION A LOT OF GREAT POINTS, BUT MY, MY COMMENT WILL BE, UM, DESPITE BOTH SIDES, I, I STILL THINK, UM, ALLOWING OUR RESIDENTS TO GO OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARIES FOR ANY REASON IS BETTER THAN EMPTY GHOST BUSES, AS YOU'VE ALL HEARD ME SAY A DOZEN TIMES.
UM, SO YEAH, WE, IF YOU COULD TRACK THAT FOR US, THAT WILL KEEP PUSHING US TOWARDS A BETTER SYSTEM FOR OUR RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THAT MAY BE, WHETHER IT'S DIAL RIDE, THE, THE TRANSIT LINES OR UBER, OR ANY VARIATION OF ALL OF THE ABOVE.
WELL, THIS ONE, I KNOW IT'S A PARTICULAR DIAL RIDE, AND I, I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS BECAUSE, UH, MANY YEARS AGO I HAD TO ASSIST MY GRANDMOTHER GETTING THIS DIAL AIDE.
SO THE ONLY THING, WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT DIAL RIDE, LIKE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, YOU HAVE TO BOOK IT SEVEN DAYS PRIOR THAT I DON'T LIKE, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN PLAN THAT ADVANCE.
AND SOMETIMES YOU'RE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU, YOU ARE SICK AND YOU NEED TO CALL THE DOCTOR AND YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO GO IN THE NEXT DAY.
SO THE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SEVEN DAYS BOOKED IN ADVANCE TO BE ALTERED.
UM, I KNOW THAT DIAL RIGHT, THIS IS POPULAR'S, THIS DIAL OF RIDE IS NEVER AN EMPTY MM-HMM.
SO THAT I ALREADY KNOW AND, AND I KNOW, WELL, I KNOW IT'S FULL.
SO EVEN EXTENDING IT TO THREE MILES, THAT TAKES THAT DIAL A RIDE AWAY FROM ANOTHER SENIOR WHO NEEDS IT.
UM, BECAUSE FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, I THINK ONE TIME I CALLED, I'M LIKE, YOU NEED THAT.
AND LIKE, WELL, UNLESS SOMEONE CANCELS AND I'M LIKE, CRAP.
WELL, THE POINT AND THE POINT I'M MAKING IS IT COMES FROM THE SAME BUCKET OF DOLLARS.
SO IF WE'VE GOT EMPTY GHOST BUSES PULLING FROM THAT BUCKET, PUT MORE ON THE DIAL.
AND EVEN FOR LIKE THE POINT YOU MAKE, IF THEY'RE NOT WHEELCHAIR BOUND, THAT'S WHERE UBER IS ON DEMAND.
AND, UM, AND THEN I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE LIKE, DOES MEDICAL TRIPS, DOES THAT INCLUDE, UM, MASSAGES, ACUPUNCTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, PSYCHOLOGICAL HEALTH? I MEAN, DOES THAT ALL FALL UNDER MEDICAL OR IS IT MEDICAL? JUST JUST DOCTORS STRICTLY HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS' OFFICE.
OUR STAFF IS NOT QUESTION THE WRITER, THE WRITER CALLS AND SAY IT SAYS THEY HAVE A MEDICAL TRIP.
UM, NORMALLY IT'S TWO MEDICAL BUILDINGS OUTSIDE, LIKE, UH, THE KAISER, UM, THOSE TYPES OF BUILDINGS.
UM, BUT WE, WE DON'T QUESTION THE WRITER.
THEY TELL US WHERE THEY'RE GOING IF IT'S A MEDICAL TRIP, AND WE, AND WE AS A BODY COULD SAY WE, WE MAKE THAT RULE UP RIGHT NOW THAT THAT'S ALL ACCEPTABLE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE.
I MEAN, IF THEY, UH, THERE ARE THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEIR MEDICAL IN A HOLISTIC APPROACH.
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THE HOLISTIC IS, LET'S DO THAT.WE RESPECT THE RIDERSHIP'S PRIVACY AND IF THEY SAY IT'S MEDICAL, IT'S BETTER.
AND IF ANY, I MEAN, YEAH, SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED TO DO THE FULL DELINEATION OF ALL THE BULLET POINTS, BUT YEAH, I AGREE THAT, THAT THINGS LIKE ACUPUNCTURE, MASSAGES, THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD FALL UNDER.
BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THE EXPANSION OF THREE MILE TO FIVE MILE WHEN IT COMES TO MEDICAL.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE YELP BEING
UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WITHIN THE CITY THERE, THERE IS NO NO MILEAGE, RIGHT? SO IF, IF I'M GOING FROM ONE SIDE OF WEST COVINA TO THE OTHER SIDE AND IT'S A SEVEN MILE, THAT'S FINE MM-HMM.
SO JUST, JUST TO TO BE CLEAR, UM, SO, UH, IF ANYONE WANTS TO RIGHT, DO ANY TYPE OF SHOPPING WITHIN THE CITY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NO THREE MILE SO, OR FIVE MILES CURRENT RULES.
I MEAN, COUNCIL, THIS RETURNED YOUR DIRECTION FROM LAST MINUTE WE STARTED YES.
WE'RE CONTINUING IT TONIGHT, BUT WITHIN THE CITY, THEY CAN GO FOR ANY PURPOSE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THE CURRENT RULES, JUST SAY THE SERVICE HERE EXTENDS THREE MILES BEYOND THE BORDER FOR MEDICAL TRIPS ONLY.
SO IF YOU WANNA AMEND THAT AS THE SUGGESTION WAS MOST RECENTLY, I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
AND BECAUSE I, I HEARD ABOUT SO MANY PEOPLE, THEY SAY WHEN THEY APPLY THAT, RIGHT, THEY HAVE BEEN DECLINING.
SO WHY IS THE QUALIFICATION FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY? OKAY.
AND THEN, AND NOW ONLY THAT, OKAY, I'VE TALKED TO MANY SENIORS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEY CANNOT USE A DIAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT QUALIFI AND BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, OUTSIDE THE CITY BOUNDARY.
SO, SO, AND THAT IS THE ISSUE WHAT I COLLECT AND OKAY.
AND, UH, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO TO MEDICAL AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GO TO MEDICAL BUILDING, OKAY? OTHERWISE THEY DON'T, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO TAKE YOU.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING, AGAIN, AGAIN, YOU RESTRICT THE SENIOR OR THE PEOPLE DISABLED THEIR RIGHT TO MOVE AROUND.
AND THEN THAT'S WHY IF A THREE MILE WE SHOULD REMOVE, OKAY? AND, UH, BECAUSE THE RESTRICTION FOR MEDICAL, JUST LIKE YOU SAY, WE LET THEM TO USE UTILIZE, LET THEM MOVE AROUND, OKAY? AND IN THE NAME OF SHOP LOCAL, OKAY.
I THINK JUST TO RESTRICT THE SENIOR TO UTILIZE THIS DIAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DECLINED BY YOU, OKAY.
SO CAN YOU GIVE US NUMBER WHAT TO APPLY AND WHY QUALIFICATION AND HOW CAN WE HELP THOSE PEOPLE? OKAY.
ESPECIALLY THEY HAVE NO FAMILY AND TO TAKE THEM AROUND.
AND WE CAN UTILIZE THIS SERVICE TO HELP THEM.
ACTUALLY, WE DON'T DO THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR, UM, DOLLAR RED IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THE, UM, YEAH, THE, THE ELIGIBILITY IS ONLY AN AGE BASED OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
IT'S 55 YEARS AND OLDER WHERE YOU HAVE A PHY PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
BUT KELLY, WHY ACTUALLY RECEIVE SO MANY COMPLAINT REGARDING THEY HAVE A HARD TIME TO, THEY'RE NOT QUALIFY, BUT THEY OVER 65.
SO MAYBE WE NEED TO HAVE PEOPLE TO APPLY MM-HMM.
BECAUSE REALLY THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, THE DIS DISQUALIFICATION ABOUT THE, WHEN THEY WANT TO APPLY.
UM, WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE OUT TO, UM, SENIOR HOMES AND, UH, DIFFERENT RESIDENCES, UM, TO TRY TO HELP THEM TO APPLY OURSELVES BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO GET THE RIDERSHIP UP FOR YOUR IN INSTRUCTIONS.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.
YEAH, WE HAVE, WE'VE GONE TO MARKETS, WE'VE, WE'VE DONE A LOT AND UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE REALLY SAY THEY HAVEN'T QUALIFIED BECAUSE IT'S THE ELIGIBILITY'S REALLY EASY TO GET MM-HMM.
IF THERE'S NEXT TIME I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ALL DEFINITELY DO OUTREACH.
YOU THE INFORMATION TO KELLY, PLEASE.
I THINK KELLY, YOU WE TALKING A COUPLE OF SENIOR, THEY TOLD ME, THEY EVEN SHOW ME YOU RECORDING MESSAGE REGARDING THE UBER ISSUE.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP THAT SENIOR LADY YES.
BECAUSE NOW THEM USING THE SMALL SMARTPHONE, RIGHT? JUST TO USE THE LAND LINE, THE SENIOR MM-HMM.
SO MAYBE WE CAN HELP THEM AGAIN.
AGAIN, THE GOVERNMENT JOB IS HELPING PEOPLE.
NOW WE ARE HERE TO HELP THE PEOPLE.
LET, THEY CAN MOVE AROUND USING THE TRANSPORTATION THAT PROVIDED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
WE'LL GET YOU THEIR INFO AND YOU COULD DO OUTREACH, PLEASE.
WE'LL DO, I MEAN WE'VE GONE OUT TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
ANYTHING TO ADD? I THINK WITH THE DENIAL, I THINK THE DENIAL IS, UH, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF RESIDENCY, RIGHT?
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YES.I THINK THAT'S PROB AND THEY PROBABLY DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, SHOW THE PAPERWORK OR THEY SHOULD, I KNOW YOU HAVE TO, IT'S NOT JUST 55 AND OVER, BUT PROOF OF RESIDENCY, RIGHT? AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE NO, THEY, THEY, THEY, THE LONG TERM RESIDENT DIPPING WEST COVINA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S THE ISSUE.
WELL THEN, OKAY, I CAN, I CAN FIND OUT.
WE CAN SEND THE EMAIL AND FIND OUT.
LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S THE ISSUE.
AND THEN THE SECOND THING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE IN REGARDS TO IF THEY GO TO THESE MEDICAL, UM, MEDICAL TRIPS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO JUST DO THEIR MEDICAL IF IT'S OUTSIDE THE CITY.
THEY DON'T JUST HAVE TO DO THEIR MEDICAL AND THEN, UH, GET PICKED UP RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE THEY CAN SCHEDULE A PICKUP TIME.
SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY OUTSIDE THE CITY, THEY CAN ENJOY WHATEVER'S IN THE OUTSIDE AREA AND THEN JUST GET PICKED UP FROM THAT SAME LOCATION.
BUT COUNCIL, SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO TONIGHT? ARE WE GOING TO MOVE MOTION OR SHOULD WE WAIT FOR THE INFORMATION? WHICHEVER YOU LIKE.
I'M OKAY WITH WHATEVER YOU GUYS WANT HERE.
WE GOT, FOR ME, I'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE IT WHERE IT'S FIVE MILES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY FOR MEDICAL TRIPS.
AND IF WE CAN GET THE DEFINITION OF MEDICAL TRIPS, UM, WE COULD MAKE THAT UP.
WELL I WOULD LIKE TO, IT'S, UH, IF WHATEVER'S CONSIDERED YOU'RE IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, YOU CAN LET US NO, BUT LIKE THE HOLISTIC OR YOU KNOW, THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO LIMIT THAT HELP YOU, THAT IMPROVE YOU MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER EVEN IT'S JUST A MASSAGE.
WELL, EVEN THOUGH WEST CO HAS A LOT OF MASSAGE PLACES, BUT YOU KNOW, DO TELL NO, OR YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, OR, UM, ANY HOLISTIC ACUPUNCTURE, UM, PSYCHOLOGY, UH, TALK THERAPY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS PART OF HOW ABOUT THEIR, HOW ABOUT THEY VISITS THEIR FAMILY IN THE BORDER NEXT CITY? UM, AND IF WE CAN THAT ONE, I DON'T MIND IF IT'S A, A FAMILY, BUT YOU ARE REALLY, YOU ARE.
BUT I MEAN, IS A MEDICAL, THERE IS A MEDICAL IF THEY GO TO SEE THEIR FAMILY MEMBER.
WELL THAT'S WHY IF, IF THE FAMILY MEMBER TAKES CARE OF THEM OR DOES A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THERE, YEAH.
THEY DON'T DRIVE IF THEY WANNA GO THERE TO HANG OUT.
SO WHEN YOU PUT A MEDICAL, YOU PUT MEDICAL, MEDICAL, IT'S QUITE ALRIGHT.
AND, UH, I'M GOING TO DO THIS SINCE WE HAVE THIS MOTION.
YOU HAVE A MOTION ALREADY? MM-HMM.
I LIKE TO MOTION THE EXTENSION OF THE FIVE MILES AND, UH, ADDING THE ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT FALL UNDER THE MEDICAL UMBRELLA.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN AND LOPEZ VIDO TO AMEND THE MILES TO FIVE MILES OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF WEST COLINA FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOT TOBA.
AND WE AGREE THAT THAT'S THE BROAD DEFINITION OF MEDICAL CORRECT.
AND, AND WERE YOU ALSO, INCLUDING WHAT YOU, WHAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, UH, SEEING FRIENDS AND FAMILY OUTSIDE TO INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF, UH, HOW COULD YOU DEFINE RIGHT.
IT'S WELL IF, IF POSSIBLE MEDICAL IS MEDICAL AREA MEDICAL, WHY SHE SAY IS MEDICAL IS MEDICAL.
ALL RIGHT THEN MEDICAL LIMITED TO MEDICAL ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCIL MEMBER TO BOTS BY AYE, COUNCILMAN WOO.
COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO, I MAYOR PRO TIM DIAZ, MAYOR COSTANOS, I ITEM PASSES FOUR ONE.
AND WE STILL EXPECT THE, THE DATA, UM, AS SOON AS YOU COULD GET IT FOR US AND ONGOING THAT WAY WE COULD CONTINUE TO MAKE CHOICES BASED ON HOW IT'S BEING USED AND, AND WITH THE DATA ITSELF.
UM, OBVIOUSLY LATER WE CAN CHANGE THAT BASED ON NEED AND STUFF.
SO THAT, BUT FROM WHAT, FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND FROM WHAT I REMEMBER, THAT DIAL A RIDE PARTICULARLY IS HEAVY USAGE.
AND ALL RIGHT, GOOD DISCUSSION THERE.
I THINK AS, AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE ALL WANT TO USE THESE DOLLARS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.
[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]
AND ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, REQUESTS OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN TOVA.UH, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A REQUEST.
UM, AND KELLY, THAT, THAT YOU'RE HERE, UH, I KNOW ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS WITH, WITH UBER WAS THE FACT THAT WE, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE FAIR AND, AND THE ALGORITHM THAT, THAT THEY USE.
AND, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS, IS A, A BIG CONCERN IS AS, AS WE INCREASE DEMAND, BECAUSE WE'RE SUBSIDIZING THE UBER, UH, THEY'RE SURGE PRICING.
SO PEOPLE WHO DON'T GET THE SUBSIDY ARE ALSO GONNA END UP PAYING MORE.
SO IS IS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT, THAT, THAT WE CAN, CAN LOOK TO ANOTHER PROVIDER TO ALSO, UH, PILOT TO, TO CREATE THE, THE COMPETITION TO CONTROL, CONTROL THE PRICING? LIKE LIFT, LIKE LIKE LIFT.
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YES.UM, I, I'M GONNA SECOND THAT AND SAY I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA CUZ IT CONTINUES TO SERVE THE PURPOSE OF DROPPING THE PRICE FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND IT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN PUSHING, SO, UM, YEAH.
AND SO YEAH, WE COULD THEN GIVE YOU DIRECTION TO LOOK AT, UH, LIFT AGREEMENT AS WELL TO BOLSTER COMPETITION AND PROVIDE MORE AVENUES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
ANY OTHER REPORTS? GO AHEAD, DO YOU? THANK YOU MAYOR.
UM, LATELY, UM, I HAVE BEEN, AND BEFORE I'VE BEEN GETTING SOME COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS WHERE, UM, PEOPLE ARE WALKING THEIR DOGS AND UM, THEY'RE NOT PICKING UP THEIR POOP.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SEE IN OUR PARKS AND UM, POSSIBLY OUR PALS IS, UM, A DOGGY STATION WHERE WE CAN HAVE BAGS AND A DISPENSARY SO WE CAN ELIMINATE THAT PROBLEM HOPEFULLY IF PEOPLE COMPLY.
AND UM, ALSO I THINK THAT WE SHOULD PUT A FINE IF PEOPLE DO NOT COMPLY, IF WE CATCH 'EM, REPORT 'EM SOMETHING, AT LEAST SHOW A SIGN WHERE WE CAN, UM, INSTALL SOME SORT OF A FINE IF THEY DON'T PICK UP THEIR DOG POOP.
COUNCILMAN WILL AND I WILL, UH, A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT, UH, YOUR OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE, AND I WALK IN THE SHADOW, I STEP ON A LOT OF DOOR POOP.
SO PEOPLE DON'T PICK IT UP AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAIN.
AND UH, SOME OF THEM MAY NOT POOL, MAYBE COYOTE POOL.
SO, SO, AND THEN OUR, I DON'T KNOW, OUR MAINTENANCE.
OUR CONTRACTOR, WHEN THEY CLEAN THE WALKWAY WITH UH, COYOTE POOL.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO FOR SANITATION REASON OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA TO PUT SOME KIND OF A DISPENSARY AND, UH, AND THE, THE POSTERS THE FINE THAT IF THEY'LL PICK UP YOUR OKAY.
THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME PREVIOUSLY, SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS BOTH AGREE AND BRING IT UP.
UM, NORMALLY WHEN THE COUNCIL MAKES THIS SERVICE REQUEST, WE BRING 'EM BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA.
WITH THIS ONE, I'D JUST LIKE TO SUGGEST WE'RE IN THE THROWS NOW OF RE-LOOKING AT OUR MAINTENANCE CONTRACTS AND I COULD ADD THAT TASK TO THOSE CONTRACTS.
AND YOU CONSIDER THIS SUGGESTION AS PART OF THOSE CONTRACTS, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
RATHER THAN HAVE IT BE A SEPARATE ITEM, I'LL JUST BRING IT BACK AS PART OF THOSE CONTRACTS.
I'M NOT HEARING ANYBODY OBJECTING, I'M GUESSING.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, MAYBE WE HAVE A ESTIMATION IF WE WANT TO PUT A DISPENSARY AND THE POST THE SIGN, HOW MUCH WOULD COST THE CITY? YEAH.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A 16 PARKS, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMON PUBLIC WALKWAY.
SO HOW WE POST, WHERE WE POST, OKAY.
WHERE WE PUT A DISPENSARY OF A DOOR POOL OR THE STATION AND HOW MUCH WE EACH ONE, HOW MUCH WILL COST US? OKAY.
I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW THE BUDGET, RIGHT? AND THEN CAN WE GET A GRANT FROM MAJOR A MONEY? OKAY.
THIS IS PARK IMPROVEMENT BECAUSE SANITATION.
AND THEN POSSIBLE IS QUALIFIED.
SO MAYBE WE CAN RATHER THAN USE THE GENERAL PHONE.
IT'S A, SOME SORT OF MEASURE
I MEAN IT'S A SANITARY CONCERN AS WELL.
YOU STEP ON AND IT GOES AND IT SPREADS.
UM, WHATEVER FECAL MATTER, UH, MATTER IT IS.
HAVE THE DOG OWNERS BE RESPONSIBLE CUZ I DON'T WANT THE RESIDENTS OR DOG OWNERS TO GET USED.
SO THE CITY WILL PICK IT UP, MAINTENANCE WILL PICK IT UP.
IT'S NOT REALLY THEIR JOB TOO.
I KNOW THEY, THEY PICK IT UP, BUT IT SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBLE OWNER DOOR, UH, WALKING.
BUT YES, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE, UH, TRASH AND STUFF, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO ADD ON.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO CARRY IT WITH YOU.
I PUT IT IN MY POCKETS, BUT YEAH.
BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING THERE AND THEY COULD AT LEAST START USING IT.
I KNOW, I EXACTLY COUNCILMAN IN PINK.
AND UH, ANOTHER ISSUE, I THINK THE FRONTIER, THE CABLE.
THE, UH, PHONE COMPANY, THEY INSTALLED THE FIBER AND THEY REALLY DESTROY OUR STREET.
AND THEN I SAW THE PICTURE, I WALK AND I SEE A LOT OF DAMAGE.
NOT ONLY THAT, THEY GRAFFITI TAKE A LOT ALL THE PLACES AND I THINK WE HAVE TO REQUEST THE CITY HAVE TO REQUEST FRONTIER.
TO BASICALLY PUT BACK TO WHAT IS ORIGINAL.
THE STREET LOOK LIKE, BECAUSE A LOT OF STREETS ARE VERY NEW, DESTROYED, THEY DESTROY EVERYTHING.
THEY DIG AND THEY DESTROY THE SIDEWALK AND THEY EVEN DESTROY WHEN THEY JACK HAM, THEY
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DESTROY SOMEBODY'S, OKAY.SO IS I HAVE, UH, SO MANY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE ISSUE AND THAT CITY, CITY NEED TO AND TELL THE RESIDENT, OKAY.
AND WE ARE GOING TO PURSUE, OKAY, THIS, YOU DID THE COMPANY TO BE RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE CALLING FRONTIER, THE FRONTIER TOLD THEM CALL YOUR CITY.
AND HOW CAN THAT BE IF THIS IS DESTROYED BY THEM? UH, OKAY.
AND WHY CITY HAVE TO PICK UP THE TAB.
UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR TAXPAYERS MONEY FOR WHAT THEY DOING FOR THEIR BENEFIT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO GET BUSINESS FROM THEIR FIBROTIC, MAYBE CABLES SPEED THIS AND THAT.
BUT, BUT WHAT TO DO WITH US WITH ALL THIS DISRUPTION.
SO I THINK CITY REALLY NEED TO REQUEST AND UH, WHO, WHO APPROVE THIS PER ME CITY MANAGER WHO APPROVE THIS PER ME.
AND WHY THEY DIDN'T SUPERVISE THEM TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHY.
AND THE RESIDENT DIDN'T GET NOTIFIED ABOUT ALL THESE THINGS.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WE HAVE THIS MASSIVE OF, UH, IMPROVEMENT BASED ON WHAT THEY SAY, BUT THEY DIG BECAUSE EVERYTHING UNDERGROUND.
BUT THEY, THEY DIG EVERYBODY IN THE, THEIR FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE.
THEY DIG EVERYTHING, EVEN INCLUDING THEIR DRIVEWAY.
SO, SO I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE AND UH, SINCE THEY ARE GOING TO TAKE EVEN MORE, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY.
AND THE LESS DESTRUCTION OTHERWISE, OKAY.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR COMPLAINT FOR OUR RESIDENT.
UM, NOT ONLY DOES IT LOOK UGLY, BUT IT, TO ME, IT'S A HAZARDOUS PROBLEM THERE FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS TO BE WALKING THERE BECAUSE IT LOOKS ALL BUMPY AND STUFF.
I MEAN, THEY CAN HURT THEMSELVES AND WE DON'T NEED ANY LAWSUITS.
AND ALSO IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS OCCURS WHEN FILES WAS FIRST BEING ROLLED OUT, UM, EARLY TWO THOUSANDS.
AND UH, WHEN, MY RECOLLECTION IS WHEN THE CITY CALLED 'EM OUT ON IT, THEY THREW A TANTRUM AND SAID WE'RE NOT DOING ANY MORE FILES.
AND THAT WAS THE CASE FOR MANY YEARS.
SO YEAH, IT'S, UH, COMING BACK TO HAUN.
SO WE DEFINITELY NEED A, A BETTER PATH FORWARD.
I THINK THE QUESTION IS, THE CITY KNOW THEY'RE COMING IN WITH A VENT.
MEANING ALL THE STREET AND TILE SOUTH SIDE, UH, ALL THE, THE ROAD HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT.
OKAY? AND SO THE CITY KNOW THIS MASSIVE PROJECT.
IF THIS COME FROM TRANSTECH, WHY THEY DIDN'T NOTIFY US FOR OUR ENGINEERING OR OUR BUILDING SAFETY BECAUSE THIS, THIS SHOULD BE KIND OF A LESS CITY KNOW.
AND THEN WE CITY MAYBE WE SAY WE'RE NOT GONNA GIVE YOU THE PERMIT UNLESS YOU YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE OUR CITY, UH, NICE AND CLEAN AND OTHERWISE WHY WE ALLOW THEM TO DO THIS.
BECAUSE NOW, OKAY, WE HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE HOW TO FIX ALL THIS TREE AND SIDEWALK.
AND THE, THE PATCHING IS BUMPY, OKAY? AND THE SIDEWALK THEY USE TAR ON THE CEMENT IS UNEVEN.
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A TREE TRIP HAZARD.
SO WHAT HAPPENED? OKAY, WHY? OKAY, NOBODY KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS, UH, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING CHANCE THEY HAVE TO TELL US WHY THEY PUT THIS WITH THIS MASSIVE PROJECT AND NOBODY KNOW OR OKAY.
OR THE CITY KNOW, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW.
BUT THIS IS LIKE MAYOR SAY BEFORE 2000 THEY DONE THIS, BUT WE SHUT IT DOWN BECAUSE WE WORRY ABOUT THE DESTRUCTION AND THE CONSEQUENCE.
I THINK WE NEED TO DO, FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HAVE DONE TO RESTORE, OKAY? THE WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE NICE AND CLEAN STREET AND THEY NEED TO FIX IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS OR REPORTS?
THIS IS MY, MY LAST STATEMENT.
I'M GOING TO TAKE STAY HERE TILL MIDNIGHT.
BUT OKAY, I WANT TO SAY THIS, OKAY? AND UH, AND UH, FOR ME TO WALK ON THE SHADOW OKAY.
AND WE SEE 20 YEARS OBOLE OF THE HILL.
THE HILL, OKAY? THE OVERGROWN TREE.
AND I THINK WE CANNOT KICK THE CAN DOWN TO THE ROW.
I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, OKAY? TO LOOK ALL THE, OUR HAIL THE TREE, SEVEN, THREE.
AND I THINK WE CLEAN THE, THE MOSQUITO, THE HILL.
NOW IT'S LOOK CLEAN, IT LOOK MUCH NICER.
BUT THIS IS ONLY ONE HILL AND WE MAYBE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HUNDREDS OF THEM OKAY.
NO SIDE, SOUTH SIDE, EAST SIDEWAY SIDE.
I THINK CITY HAVE TO LOOK INTO ALL THE HAIL.
I THINK WE NEED TO SYSTEMATICALLY CLEAN
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ALL THIS FIRE HAZARD.ANOTHER TREE HAVING BEEN TRIMED FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 20, 30 YEARS.
AND THIS GIGANTIC TREE, YOU COULD LIFT THE TREE NEXT TO PEOPLE'S HOME.
I THINK THAT IS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS.
OKAY? AND THEN THIS CITY, WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIND A WAY.
I, I, I KNOW WE PUT MORE TASK TO OUR PUBLIC WORK, BUT I THINK THAT IS THEIR JOB.
AND THE CITY JOB IS KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND, UH, TAKE OUT ALL THE POTENTIAL FICO OR CATASTROPHE.
SO LET'S IS SOMETHING, UM, PLEASE OKAY.
CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO IT AND MAYBE YOU CAN OKAY.
UH, ADDRESS TO US, UH, HOW WE GOING TO DO IT.
OKAY? SYSTEMATICALLY, WE, WITH ALL THE OKAY.
AND THE PLACES, I, I DON'T HAVE A CONFIDENCE.
I THINK THIS ADMINISTRATION, THEY'RE VERY PROACTIVE TO FIX THE THING.
SO WE NEED YOU TO GET OUR PUBLIC WORK WITH ROCK SENSE AND HELP WITH RAUL.
I THINK WE CAN DO IT, BUT JUST NEED TO TELL US OKAY? WHEN, OKAY.
THE SCHEDULE AND THE, TO LIKE YOU PAV IN THE STREET, HOW WE OKAY.
AND, UH, ALSO POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARDS, OKAY.
OR TREE COLLECT TO PEOPLE'S HOME WILL BE, UH, REALLY ADDRESSED.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
DON'T FORGET THE HEALTH FAIR ON SUNDAY.