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[Call to Order]
WELCOME TO OUR NOVEMBER 15TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.THE TIME IS 7:01 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
THIS EVENING, WE HAVE PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ, WHO WILL, UH, LEAD US IN TONIGHT'S INVOCATION.
AND RIGHT AFTER THAT WE WILL HAVE THE CUB SCOUT COLOR GUARD, PRESENT THE FLAGS.
AND MR. MARK ANDREWS WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RIGHT AFTER.
FATHER, HOW WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR GREAT LAND.
AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER FOR OUR COUNTRY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT SERVE IN THIS CITY.
NOW, WE ASK YOU FOR THIS EVENING THAT YOU GUIDE US AND THAT YOU LEAD US.
REMEMBER IN THE WORDS OF KING SOLOMON, THAT WISDOM IS A PRINCIPLE THING.
GIVE US WISDOM, GIVE US INSIGHT AND DIRECTION.
HELP US TO MOVE WITH THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING, A SPIRIT OF COUNSEL, A SPIRIT OF HUMILITY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN OUR CITY THIS YEAR.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS WEST COVINA.
WELL, THE AUDIENCE PLEASE RISE.
ABSOLUT, THE THOSE WITHOUT A UNIFORM, PLEASE PLACE YOUR HAND WILL COLORS, ADVANCE COLORS, BOTH COLORS.
COLOR GUARDS, PLEASE RECITE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGION.
JESUS, THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND PROBABLY FOR WHAT IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OF THOSE SESSION? NOTHING.
[PRESENTATIONS]
MOVING ON TO PRESENTATIONS.WE'VE GOT A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE CUB SCOUT COLOR GUARD PRESENTATION THAT WE JUST HAD.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MR. MARK ANDREWS TO COME TO THE FRONT, PLEASE.
CITY OF WEST COVINA WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BOY SCOUTS FOR THEIR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE AND VOLUNTEER FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, LISA SHERIK, ALSO HAS A PORTABLE MIC, IF YOU WOULD PREFER TESTING.
UM, WE'RE BASED IN, UH, COVINA, UM, UH, PACK 4 48.
UH, WE JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE HONOR.
IT IS TO HAVE US BRING UP THE COLOR FOR YOU.
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AND I KNOW THAT THE KIDS REALLY LIKE IT.THEY'VE BEEN PRACTICING SINCE THEY'VE BEEN KINDERGARTENS, BRINGING UP FLAGS TO OUR DEN MEETINGS AND PAC MEETINGS.
SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU GUYS.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY AND GOOD JOB ON EVERYTHING YOU DID TODAY AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO INVITE MATTHEW ANDREWS TO COME UP HERE PLEASE, ACTUALLY.
SECOND ONE IS MANNY RIETTA, GABRIEL BARBOZA.
NOW LET'S LINE UP, LET'S DO THREE ON EACH SIDE.
YOU GUYS COULD STAY RIGHT THERE ON THAT SIDE.
YOU, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO STAY UP HERE FOR A MOMENT.
UM, I THINK THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS THEY WANTED ASK.
SO THIS IS WHAT I'LL DO IS, IS I'LL LEAVE THIS MIC WITH YOU.
THAT WAY THEY COULD ADDRESS THE COUNSEL AND ASK THE QUESTIONS.
SO THESE QUESTIONS, BY ASKING THESE QUESTIONS THAT WILL HELP THEM EARN THE ARROW OF LIGHT, WHICH JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE THE HIGHEST RANK IN CUB SCOUTS.
SO I, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE BUSY AND, UM, YOU HAVE IMPORTANT BUSINESS TO DO.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO CUT IT SHORT, THAT'S FINE.
MATTHEW, WHAT IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT RESPONSIBILITY? GOOD QUESTION.
WOULD ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES LIKE TO TAKE THAT QUESTION? OH, LOOK AT ME.
MAYOR, PRO, MAYOR, UH, PA, FORMER MAYOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LO, LADY LOPEZ, YADO, ALL OF YOU.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE PEOPLE, THEY'RE OUR BOSSES, THOSE WHO VOTE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE FACING OUR COMMUNITY? TOUGH QUESTION.
TE WOULD YOU LIKE TO, I FEEL SURE.
WELL, WE HAVE TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT OUR BUDGET IS, UM, INTACT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN PAY OUR BILLS AND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY FUNCTIONS PROPERLY, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR CITY IS SAFE.
AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S, THOSE ARE PROBABLY IMPORTANT THINGS, THE BUDGET, AND MAKING SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR RESIDENTS ARE SAFE.
WHAT BACKGROUND OR EDUCATION PREPARED YOU FOR THIS JOB?
UH, WELL, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR ME, UH, I, I AM A GRADUATE OF UCLA, UH, AND THEN I ALSO HAVE A MASTER'S FROM, UH, CAL STATE LA.
UH, BUT I THINK WHAT REALLY, UH, HELPED ALL OF US, UH, TO DO THIS JOB IS, IS THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO SERVE AND, AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BEYOND WHATEVER EDUCATION YOU HAVE, YOU JUST HAVE TO HAVE A WILLINGNESS, UH, TO DO WHAT'S GOOD FOR, FOR PEOPLE AND WANNA MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, WHY DO YOU WANT TO BE A GOVERNMENT LEADER?
AND WELL, AND SIX YEARS AGO, ALMOST SEVEN YEARS AGO, WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME TO RUN AND I SAY, WHY SHOULD I RUN? OKAY, I'M A BUSINESS OWNER, OKAY.
WHY SHOULD I BECOME A CITY COUNCIL AND GET OUT ALL THE TIME? OKAY.
AND PEOPLE WILL HATE YOU, OKAY? NO MATTER WHAT DECISION YOU MAKE, OKAY? POSSIBLE 49% OF PEOPLE WILL SAY, YOU DID THE WRONG THING.
SO, BUT THE THING IS, IS GIVE BACK TO COMMUNITY.
OKAY? I'VE BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE THAT, OKAY, I HAVE BEEN HELPING THIS CITY AND DOING GOOD.
OKAY? I THINK THIS IS HOW YOU GROW
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UP, OKAY? AND WHEN YOU BECOME SUCCESSFUL LATER ON, YOU NEED TO GIVE BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY.YOU NEED TO SERVE, TRY YOUR BEST.
I KNOW YOU AS A BOY SCOUT, I WAS A BOY SCOUT WHEN I WAS A KID, AND THAT'S WHY I, TODAY, I'M STILL CONTINUE WANT TO SERVE, HOPEFULLY HELP OUR COMMUNITY TO BEST AND HELP, HELP OUR FAMILY TO RAISE THEIR FAMILY.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAKE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S YOUR DUTY TO SERVE.
WHAT TYPE OF ISSUES DOES OUR FACE, OUR COMMUNITY? I'LL TAKE THAT ONE.
THE TYPES OF ISSUES THAT FACE OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE DEAL WITH, ARE THINGS LIKE, UM, OUR STREETS AND MAINTAINING OUR STREETS, OUR PARKS, AND MAINTAINING OUR PARKS.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, WHICH IS OUR POLICE AND FIRE, OUR, OUR MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
SO THOSE WOULD BE THE TOP ISSUES THAT FACE OUR, OUR CITY IS TAKING CARE OF ALL THOSE THINGS FOR THE RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
HOW CAN CITIZENS HELP YOU BE MORE EFFECTIVE? WHO WOULD LIKE TO FIELD THAT ONE? GO AHEAD, MAYOR.
I THINK THE BEST ANSWER I COULD GIVE IS BY BEING INVOLVED, BY COMING TO THESE MEETINGS AND BY DOING WHAT, WHAT YOU YOUNG MEN ARE DOING, WHICH IS GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY, VOLUNTEERING, GETTING INVOLVED, AND JUST BEING AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN THE CITY.
SO KEEP IT UP AND COME VISIT US SOMETIME.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS, AND THANKS FOR YOUR TIME AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.
YOU GUYS, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
SO, MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE BOY SCOUTS FOR COMING.
UM, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.
I'D LIKE TO CALL MS. KAREN CODE TO THE FRONT, PLEASE.
AND LET'S SEE, WOULD YOU LIKE THE FIRE CHIEF UP HERE WITH YOU? WHY DON'T, WHY DON'T WE CALL OUR, UH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT FIRE CHIEF INS DIFFERENT PRESENTATION.
I'M WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
UM, SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS STARTED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S HELD ON THE SATURDAY FOLLOWING THANKSGIVING TO ENCOURAGE CONSUMERS TO, UM, SHOP LOCAL.
UM, WE AS A CITY, WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS OUR SMALL BUSINESS MAKES, THEREFORE, WE PUT TOGETHER THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE BOTH SMALL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.
WEST COA SMALL BUSINESSES CAN PARTICIPATE BY BEING A PART OF THE PROGRAM.
IN TURN, THE CITY WILL PROMOTE YOUR SMALL BUSINESS AS WELL AS PROVIDE YOU AMERICAN EXPRESS SHOP SMALL MERCHANDISE.
AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS, WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPREAD THE WORD AND REMEMBER TO SHOP SMALLS BUSINESS SATURDAY.
FOR ANY OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE, WE HAVE THE PARTICIPATION FORM AVAILABLE ONLINE.
AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, FEEL FREE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
UM, WE JUST WANNA CONTINUE TO CELEBRATE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO REMEMBER TO SHOP LOGO SHOP, SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, AND SHOP WITH COVINA.
YEAH, MOM IS SATURDAY IS ON NOVEMBER 26TH.
CAN'T NEXT SATURDAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU AT ALL.
MOM, IS THIS SATURDAY IS ON NOVEMBER 26TH, SO IT'S NEXT SATURDAY.
WHAT SMALL IS IT? SATURDAY? TESTING, TESTING, TESTING, MAYOR COUNSEL, STAFF.
SEE, UM, I'M SURE GLAD KAREN WENT AFTER THAT GREAT CUB SCOUT ONE.
THAT WAS A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW WITH ALL THOSE GOOD QUESTIONS, BUT THAT WAS GREAT.
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UM, ASK ENGINEER JEMELE GIBBS AND CAPTAIN SEAN WISE TO COME ON DOWN.THEY HAVE A PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR IN OCTOBER IS, UH, BREAST CANCER AWARENESS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND A LOT OF ORGANIZATIONS DO A LOT OF STUFF TO HELP BRING AWARENESS TO BREAST CANCER AND TO, UM, PROMOTE IT.
AND THE FIREFIGHTERS DID A GREAT THING.
RAISE SOME MONEY AND WE'RE GONNA PRESENT A CHECK.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF FOR LETTING US, UH, COME AND PRESENT TODAY.
MY NAME IS SEAN WISE, I'M THE SECRETARY FOR THE WEST COVINA FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, ENGINEER JEMELE GIBBS.
UM, HE DOES A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, FOR THE ASSOCIATION.
HE'S GONNA, UH, SAY, SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, UM, FUNDRAISER THAT WE PUT ON.
I'D LIKE TO, WE, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN SELLING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS T-SHIRTS, UH, THROUGH OUR ASSOCIATION, WHICH ARE THESE HERE, THAT BOY.
UH, AND WE, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE TO DONATE THESE T-SHIRTS.
AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE HAD A CITY OF HOPE IN OUR CITY, LIKE, HONESTLY, AND RECOMMENDED BY ONE OF OUR OWN, UH, SINCE ONE OF OUR OWN, UH, CAPTAINS.
THEIR WIVES WAS, THEIR WIFE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER YEARS AGO, AND THEN WE WERE TREATED BY CITY OF HOPE.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION CAME FROM HIM.
SO I COULDN'T THINK OF A BETTER PLACE OR A BETTER, UM, PLACE TO DONATE THAN THE CITY OF HOPE.
UM, ALSO WITH THE MONEY THAT WE RAISED, UH, THEY DO A WALK OF HOPE EVERY YEAR.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY THE LAST TWO YEARS THEY WERE UNABLE TO DO THE WALK IN PERSON, SO THEY'VE DONE IT ONLINE WITH VIRTUAL, I BELIEVE.
UM, BUT IT STARTED BACK IN 1997, AND IT'S RAISED OVER 45 MILLION IN THE, SINCE THEN, UH, 2019, THEY RAISED 2.5 MILLION FOR THE WALK OF HOPE.
SO WE ARE HOPING, I'M SO GLAD THAT WE GOT TO TEAM UP WITH THEM.
SO NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY COLLABORATE AND DONATE.
SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, ABBY VINCENT AND NICOLE AGUILAR FROM THE CITY OF HOPE SINCE I'M HERE.
AND WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THE CHECK THAT WE RAISE.
SO WE ARE ABLE TO RAISE OVER $2,000 THE LAST TWO YEARS SELLING T-SHIRTS.
AND WE'D LIKE TO DONATE THIS CHECK TO THE CITY OF HOPE.
ALL RIGHT, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1 MORE THANK.
AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO DONATE AT ANY TIME, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY OF HOPE.COM SO YOU GUYS CAN DONATE TO BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.
GREAT JOB BY OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS A COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT A YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKER CARDS DO WE HAVE? I HAVE FIVE SPEAKER CARDS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MATTHEW SMITH, FOLLOWED BY SAMUEL MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY RAMBOD SUAY.
MY NAME'S MATTHEW SMITH, AND I AM REPRESENTING THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION TONIGHT.
AND I AM VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ORGANIZATION, AND WE ARE A REGISTERED NONPROFIT.
UM, AND I CAME TO THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN OUR ASSOCIATION.
WE PLAY AT WEST SPORTS PLEX BATTING PRACTICE TUESDAY GAMES ON THURSDAY.
WE HAVE SIX, UM, TEAMS AND AN INFORMAL LEAGUE, NO STANDINGS, NO LEAGUE CHAMPION, NO T-SHIRTS HANDED OUT, NONE OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT THE GAMES ARE EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF AND THEN THE END.
BUT, UM, ALL OF US ARE 55 AND OVER.
UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 80, 80 PLAYERS OR SO BROKEN UP INTO THE 60 DIFFERENT TEAMS. MOST OF US PLAY ON TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS. SO WE GET TWO GAMES IN THE MORNINGS ON THURSDAY, AND WE PLAY YEAR ROUND.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, YOU KNOW, C BIG LEAGUE DREAMS GOING OUT, YOU GUYS STEPPED UP, AND I, I JUST WANNA LET YOU GUYS KNOW FROM OUR ORGANIZATION VIEW, IT'S HUGE, THE SUPPORT WE GET AT THE PARK, UM, THE LINES ARE IN, BASES ARE UP.
UM, THEY'VE GIVEN A STORAGE SPACE TO KEEP OUR EQUIPMENT AS WELL.
AND, UM, I'LL 80 OR 90 GUYS, UH, EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY, APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE FOR US.
IT'S, IT'S BETTER ORGANIZED NOW.
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FACILITIES ARE BETTER THAN IT WAS WITH BIG LEAGUE DREAMS. WE'RE THANKFUL FOR BIG LEAGUE DREAMS BEING THERE.THEY, THEY TREAT IT AS GREAT TOO.
BUT THERE'S A NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE.
AND, AND ALL OF YOUR EMPLOYEES ARE, ARE VERY CONSCIENTIOUS AND RESPECTFUL.
AND TODAY, I WAS OUT, UH, IN THE FIELD DURING BATTING PRACTICE AND ONE OF MY TEAMMATES SAID, UM, LOOK AT THIS, THE, THE DODGER STADIUM, A ACKLIN CONDITION.
UM, IT'S A SUNNY DAY, IT'S SEVEN DEGREES, AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF US ARE OUT PLAYING SOFTBALL, UH, AT, AT THE PARK AT THE FIELDS.
AND SO IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT SHORT TO SAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD A LOT TO DO WITH IT, AS THE, THE FIELD SAT EMPTY FOR QUITE A WHILE.
AND AT THAT POINT WE MOVED TO CAMERON PARK TO PLAY.
BUT CAMERON PARK'S NOT THE SAME AS PLAYING DODGER STADIUM OR FWAY PARK OR TIGER STADIUM OVER AT, UH, UM, THE WEST COMMUNITY SPORTS COMPLEX.
SO, UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
YOU CONTINUE SUPPORT, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE ORGANIZATION COULD DO FOR THE CITY, DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
WE'VE GOT A WEBSITE, PHONE NUMBER, EMAIL, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF TOO.
UM, BUT WE TRULY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT YOU'VE GIVEN US.
PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY RAMBOD, FOLLOWED BY KATHY NAVARRO.
THANK YOU, MAYOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ.
A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THE CITY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO COME AS I DID LAST YEAR, JUST TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THIS CITY, INCLUDING OUR CITY MANAGERS, CITY ATTORNEY, AND, UH, WHY THERE'S SO MANY OFFICE STAFF AND, UH, SUPPORT STAFF IN THE CITY.
I WORKED 21 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF, UH, FOR THE, NOT WITH CITY, BUT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT, UH, OFFICE STAFF AND SUPPORT STAFF ARE.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, I'M SURE YOU, YOU'VE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TOO, TO CROSS OVER TO, UH, MEXICO.
AND WHEN YOU CROSS OVER, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU BETWEEN TWO AND THREE HOURS SOMETIMES TO CROSS OVER.
I CROSSED THE BORDER, AND, UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT ASKED ME FOR, UH, UH, FOR MY STATUS, OF COURSE, I SAID, AMERICAN CITIZEN.
UH, BUT BEFORE WE, WE HAD ANY CONVERSATION, I SAID TO HIM, UH, SIR, WHEN IS THE LIFETIME THAT SOMEBODY THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE? AND HE SAID, UH, NOBODY EVER HAS, UH, ACTUALLY, HE DIDN'T EVEN GET THAT FAR.
HE, HE SAID, UH, UH, NO, NOBODY, EVERYBODY HAS EVERYBODY ALWAYS.
AND I CUT HIM OFF AND I SAID, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.
AND, UH, I BELIEVE THAT THAT YOUNG MAN WENT HOME AND PROBABLY SAID SOMETHING TO HIS WIFE ABOUT THIS CRAZY GUY THAT, UH, THANKED HIM FOR WHAT HE, FOR WHAT HE DOES EVERY DAY.
BUT, UH, UH, IT'S, IT'S A TIME OF THANKSGIVING.
SO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES YOU GUYS DON'T GET THE, THE THANKS THAT YOU SHOULD GET.
I'M THANKFUL FOR THE INNOCENCE OF CHILDREN AND THE WISDOM OF THE ELDERLY FOR EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND FIRST RESPONDER WHO KEEPS US SAFE.
I'M EVEN THANKFUL FOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY BRING ORDER TO OUR CITY.
I'M THANKFUL FOR TEACHERS, EDUCATORS, AND OF COURSE OUR CITY MANAGER AND, AND CITY ATTORNEY.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M THANKFUL FOR CHALLENGING TIMES BECAUSE THEY MAKE US GROW.
LET'S BE THANKFUL FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR SPOUSES, OUR MOMS AND DADS.
I'M THANKFUL FOR SINGLE MOMS CUZ UH, I WAS RAISED BY ONE, AND I'VE SAID MANY, MANY TIMES THAT, UH, THAT THERE IS NO ONE STRONGER IN LIFE IN THE NATURAL THAN A SINGLE MOTHER.
THE BIBLE ENCOURAGES US TO SAY THANKS FOR ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY.
IN FACT, ONE TIMOTHY CHAPTER TWO ENCOURAGES US TO PRAY FOR ALL IN AUTHORITY, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THANKS.
I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU A FEW BRIEF QUOTES ABOUT THANKFULNESS.
ALWAYS HAVE AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE.
THIS ONE, I'M SURE YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, GOT NO CHECKBOOK, GOT NO BANK.
STILL, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY THANK I GOT THE SON IN THE MORNING AND THE MOON AT NIGHT.
OF COURSE, THAT'S IRVING BERLIN.
SOME OF YOU'RE TOO YOUNG TO REMEMBER IRVING BERLIN.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS FORUM HERE IS TO COME AND EXPRESS THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE CITY.
BUT I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY AND THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING, YOU KNOW, VIA, VIA TV, UH, THAT, UH, WE CAN ALWAYS FOCUS ON WHAT'S WRONG AND FORGET WHAT'S RIGHT.
WILLIE NELSON OF ALL PEOPLE, I DIDN'T THINK OF HIM BEING SO PHILOSOPHICAL.
HE SAID, WHEN I STARTED COUNTING MY BLESSINGS, MY WHOLE LIFE TURNED AROUND.
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SAID, IT IS ONLY WITH GRATITUDE THAT LIFE BECOMES RICH, THAT THANKFUL HEART WILL FIND IN EVERY HOUR SOME HEAVENLY BLESSING.IN 19 97, 1 OF THE MOST FAMOUS SONGS IN CHRISTIAN DUN WAS WRITTEN, IT'S A VERY SIMPLE SONG.
IT'S CALLED COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED, TOSS, WHEN YOU'RE DISCOURAGED, THINKING ALL IS LOST.
NAME THEM ONE BY ONE, COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS.
SO I WANNA ENCOURAGE ALL MY FELLOW CITIZENS TO BE THANKFUL FOR OUR CITY AND TO THANK THOSE WHO SERVE IN OUR CITY.
WHEN STANDING BEHIND THIS PODIUM, EVEN TO EXPRESS A GRIEVANCE AT THE LEAST, JUST BE RESPECTFUL AND THANKFUL.
NOT EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH OUR CITY.
AND COLOSIANS, THE APOSTLE PAUL SAID, LET THE PEACE OF GOD RULE IN YOUR HEART INTO WHICH YOU ARE CALLED AND BE THANKFUL.
THAT WAS THE TITLE OF MY FIRST SERMON BACK IN 1985.
GOD BLESS WEST COVINA, AND GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU THAT SERVE IN OUR CITY.
I DIDN'T EXPECT TO DO THE INVOCATION TODAY, BUT, UH,
THANK YOU, MR. RAMAD SU FOLLOWED BY KATHY NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN SONG ON COUNCIL.
UM, UH, REGRETFULLY, AFTER I LEFT, I HEARD THE COMMENTS, UH, ABOUT MY, UH, LAST MEETING'S.
UM, NOTICE I'D LIKE TO SUBMIT THIS AS EXHIBIT PART OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS.
UM, WHEN I SAID WINDSHIELD ON THESE VEHICLES, I WAS REFERRING TO THE FRONT, UH, WINDOWS, UH, PASSENGER AND THE DRIVER, AND I HAVE THEM CIRCLED FOR YOU SO YOU COULD SEE WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED.
AND THAT'S IN VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE 26 7 0 8 AT IT'S, UH, ATTACHED TO, THIS IS THE EXACT SAME EXHIBIT THAT I SUBMITTED LAST TIME.
SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE THING THAT I NEEDED TO CLARIFY.
THE SECOND ISSUE WAS I WASN'T REALLY COMPLAINING ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WAS HERE FOR.
THE INTENT FOR MY, UM, PRESENT LAST TIME WAS TO BRING ABOUT, UH, THE ISSUE OF THE POLICIES THAT THE COUNCIL IS BRINGING THEM.
CODE ENFORCEMENT ESSENTIALLY ENFORCES WHAT THIS BODY TRICKLES DOWN TO THEM.
SO WHEN, AS I ALLUDED EARLIER ON MAY 17, THIS BODY IS SETTING UP CODOS TO HAVE CERTAIN CITATIONS ISSUES SO THEY CAN JUSTIFY THE EXISTENT, ESPECIALLY FOR ADDITIONAL STAFF THAT THE COUNCIL INTENDS TO HIRE FIVE TO 10.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS, UH, COMING ABOUT.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO BRING UP TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT SETTING THOSE NUMBERS, UH, MIGHT NOT BE FAIR TO THEM BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY NEED TO GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THEIR EXISTING IS JUSTIFIED.
AGAIN, I WANT TO REEMPHASIZE, IT'S NOT ABOUT CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR JOB.
AND THE NUMBER TWO THINGS THAT I WANTED TO EMPHASIZE, AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, MY POSITION WAS, UH, THE BUDGETING PURPOSES.
I'M SURE A LOT OF YOU ARE IN BUSINESS RIGHT NOW AND UNDERSTAND WITH THE INTEREST RATES GOING UP, THE MORTGAGES, UH, DROPPING DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
JUST THIS PAST WEEK, JUST YESTERDAY, UH, AMAZON LAID OFF 10,000 EMPLOYEES.
SO MANY OTHER TECH COMPANIES THAT GOES ALONG WITH WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY LAST TIME.
HERE WE ARE TRYING TO HIRE FIVE, 10 MORE EMPLOYEES AND WE WANT 'EM TO BE DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.
WE REALLY GOTTA THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN HERE.
IS IT GONNA BE FAIR TO BRING 'EM ON BOARD, HAVE THEM HERE, MONTH, TWO, MONTH, THREE, MONTH, WHATEVER IT THAT MIGHT BE, AND THEN SAY, OKAY, YOU NEED TO GO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY THAT THERE'S RECESSION.
AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW THE RECESSION IS COMING.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO BRING UP.
I WAS NOT TRYING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OPERATION.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO WASTE TIME COMING HERE.
ALL I WANT TO SAVE THE CITY AS MUCH AS WE CAN, THE EXPENDITURE.
SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO JUSTIFY ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAKING THE CORRECT DECISIONS FOR THIS BODY.
THAT, THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON I'M HERE FOR.
I WAS HERE FOR LAST TIME AS WELL,
SO JUST TO, UH, CLARIFY, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
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SIR.WHO SAID ANYTHING ABOUT QUOTAS? I'VE NEVER ONCE HEARD QUOTAS BE MENTIONED OR BROUGHT UP, BUT YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT A COUPLE TIMES.
SO JUST CURIOUS, WHERE, WHERE DID YOU, I'M, REPEAT THAT AGAIN.
QUOTAS, YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT THEY HAVE QUOTAS.
CURIOUS WHERE YOU HEARD THAT? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I PLAYED BACK TO MAY 17, UM, MEANING FOR YOU.
AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE BUDGET WORKSHOP.
I EXCLUSIVELY PICKED THE PORTION THAT, UH, THE COUNCILMAN BROUGHT UP.
AND, UH, I THINK I CAN PLAY BACK FOR YOU.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHAT, WHERE YOU GOT BASICALLY WHAT IT WAS ALLUDING TO.
THIS IS THE PERCEPTION I GOT AND YOU COULD LISTEN TO IT YOURSELF AND ANYONE ELSE.
UH, IT ESSENTIALLY BRINGS UP THE FACT IT IT GIVES THE PERCEPTION THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR OPERATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF CITATIONS THEY'RE ISSUING.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
AND, UH, DO YOU WANT A QUESTION, ANSWER? WE COULD MAKE COMMENTS THE END.
JUST IN, LIKE, I KNOW LOOK FORWARD TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING IN DECEMBER.
WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT COME IN AND PRESENT, ADDRESS ALL THESE ISSUES.
AND, UM, THEY DON'T GIVE CITATIONS.
THEY GIVE NOTICE TO CORRECT CITATIONS USUALLY IMPLIED WITH FEES ATTACHED TO IT.
UM, BUT THEY JUST WANT VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
SO, BUT THEY WILL BE COMING IN IN DECEMBER TO PRESENT.
AND THEN, UM, AND IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO EMAIL US AND WE'LL ADDRESS, WE'LL ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
BUT I DIDN'T WANT THEM TO WASTE THEIR TIME FOR ME.
SO THIS IS FOR GENERAL FOR THE THANK YOU.
AND BEFORE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT TOO? NO, IT'S OKAY.
YOU CAN, YEAH, YOU COULD HAVE A SPEAKER.
AND I JUST WANT TO SHARE, AS I REMEMBER, OUR BUDGET, WE ONLY APPROVE FOUR PERSON.
SO WE ARE NOT HIRING ANY, ANY PEOPLE AT ALL, SO, RIGHT.
AS I REMEMBER, OUR BUDGET THAT TIME, WE, AMANDA IS A FULL FOUR WELL, THAN 10 PART-TIME.
WE AMENDED TO FULL, FULL, FULL TIME.
AND COUNCILMAN TABBA TO COMMENT.
SO, UM, BECAUSE I, I WAS, I WAS THE VOICE ON THE TAPE AND I REMEMBER THE QUESTIONING.
UH, IT WAS THE QUESTIONING OF THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, UM, BECAUSE THOSE WERE ADDITIONAL HIRES THAT WERE NOT PART OF THE BUDGET.
AND, AND THE QUESTION WAS, UM, BECAUSE WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO US WAS THAT IT WAS GONNA BE A BUDGET NEUTRAL.
AND I, AND I ASKED WHERE THOSE FUNDS WOULD COME FROM, AND THE RESPONSE WAS THAT IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE GENERATED THROUGH, UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, THEIR FINES, THEIR ACTIVITIES.
SO, SO THAT'S, AND, AND SO I, I CAN SEE WHERE THE INFERENCE TO QUOTAS WOULD BE, UM, CONSIDERING IF IT'S GOING TO BE A BUDGET NEUTRAL, THERE WOULD BE AN AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WOULD'VE NEEDED TO BE GENERATED TO PAY FOR THEIR SALARIES.
AND SO I, UH, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT.
IF I TRY TO EXPLAIN SOCIETY, REMEMBER I TALKED TO THE, UH, UH, OKAY.
OUR, UH, FINANCE DIRECTORS REGARDING, UH, REGARDING OUR CO ENFORCEMENT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE, THE, THE FINAL TICKET WE GIVE OUT.
IT'S MORE ABOUT, OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF MY NEIGHBOR, THEY HAVE A ILLEGAL ADDITION.
OKAY? AND THEN THEY HAVE APPLY WITH PERMIT AND LET PERMIT FEES NOT GO TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT.
BUT LET'S GO INTO OUR CITY REVENUE.
SO MEANING IT GOING TO INCREASE A LOT OF, UH, APPLICATION OKAY.
TO OUR, UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY AND LET'S WHAT? OKAY.
I THINK THE REVENUE COMING FROM, I, I THINK WE ARE NOT TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE ALL THE TIME.
WE TRY TO MAKE SURE THE CITY PRESENTABLE.
AND LAST TIME I'M TALKING ABOUT CO ENFORCEMENT SHOULD FIND THE CITY, WITH THE CITY OBSOLETED, WITH THE STREET, WITH THE PARK AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE CO ENFORCEMENT OKAY.
WALKING, DRIVING THE STREET AND, UH, MAKE SURE AND LOOK INTO OUR CITY ISSUE AND THEN TELL, OKAY, THE CITY PUBLIC, OKAY.
AND, UH, OUR SERVICE TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN CLEAN UP OKAY.
AND WE WANT A PRESENTABLE CITY.
I THINK THERE'S A REINFORCEMENT, OKAY? NOT ONLY GO TO RESIDENT, BUT ALSO GO TO THE CITY ISSUE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATHY NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZONG.
HE'S ON OUR BOARD AND, UH, FOR, UH, PROJECT 29 11 FOR PROJECT 29 11.
AND WE'RE HERE AGAIN TO THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND SUPPORTING US AT OUR, UH, FUNDRAISING DINNER.
UH, FOR ALL OF YOU WHO CAME, IT WAS REALLY LOVELY.
UH, WE GOT TO, UH, RECEIVE A NICE CERTIFICATE.
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THE CERTIFICATE.AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE.
UH, EVEN YOUR PRESENCE HERE IS MAGNIFICENT.
I'M SITTING BACK THERE,
I I JUST, UH, GOING TO MISS THE ONES WHO ARE LEAVING.
SO, UH, WE, WE ALSO, UM, WANT TO, UM, TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TURKEYS TO GIVE OUT.
AND WE WANT TO REMIND YOU ONCE AGAIN TO PLEASE TELL CITIZENS THAT, UH, WE HAVE FRIDAY, EVERY FRIDAY, UM, OUR FOOD DISTRIBUTION, AND WE HAVE STILL MANY PEOPLE COMING.
AND WE, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR GENEROUS NA, YOUR GENEROSITY TO US.
I CANNOT TELL YOU, WEST COVINA HAS BEEN THE MOST GENEROUS.
COVINA IS FALLING REALLY SHORT,
AND SO, UH, WE NEED TO, UH, THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AND, UM, YOU ALL, AND GOD BLESS NEXT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT COME IN.
AND WE'LL BE, I'LL BE WATCHING FROM TV
UM, REAL QUICK, I, I AM NOT A CITIZEN FROM HERE.
I'M ACTUALLY COMING FROM GLENDORA, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS.
THOSE WHO DID SHOW UP TO THE DINNER, I THINK IT WAS, UH, TONY WOO WAS THERE HELPING US WITH A PRESENTATION, I THINK.
LET, WERE YOU THERE? NO, I COULDN'T MAKE IT ON TIME.
ROSARIO AND ROXANNE AND DAVID.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, I DID WANNA ASK FROM ANYBODY AROUND HERE WHO HAS, HAS BEEN TO OUR FOOD BANK, WHO'S BEEN TO THE, TO THE FACILITY.
WE GOTTA WORK ON THE REST OF THEM.
SO, SO JUST SO YOU GUYS COULD SEE AND APPRECIATE HOW THE FOOD BANK HAS RAN, IT'S FROM ALL THE OTHER FOOD BANKS.
I'M KIND OF THE NEWEST GUY ON BOARD.
SO IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS A GREAT, UH, FOOD BANK AND ORGANIZATION.
I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO GO CHECK OUT THE, THE FACILITY JUST SO YOU COULD KNOW, UM, HOW WE RUN IT AND WHAT WHAT HAPPENS AND THE SCOPE THAT WE DO.
UM, SO THEY, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, UM, AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ALL VOLUNTEERS THERE FROM, FROM OUR HEAD HONCHO DORA, WHO COULD NOT MAKE IT TODAY AS EVEN THOUGH SHE WANTED TO MAKE IT, UM, SHE HAD SOMETHING PERSONAL HAPPENING.
BUT, UM, JUST THAT WE'RE TAKING NOTE WHO HAS NOT BEEN THERE.
AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO GET YOU GUYS TO COME AND JUST SEE THE FACILITY AND JUST TO AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE GRANTS YOU HAVE GIVEN US OR ANY GRANTS THAT WE DO RECEIVE.
UM, AND YOU COULD SEE, UH, THE GRANTS IN ACTION AS WELL.
SO YEAH, WE ALWAYS HAVE EXPENSES AND, UH, THIS MONEY THAT WE GET FROM YOU WILL GO TOWARDS REPAIRING THE TRUCK AND ALSO BUYING EXTRA FOOD THAT WE NEED.
AND I GUESS WE HAVE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE RECEIPTS SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL LEGITIMATE.
WE'RE
AND COUNCILMAN MOVE DOES THAT.
I, I, I WENT TO YOUR FACILITY LAST YEAR.
IT'S A MAGNIFICENT FACILITY, AND THEY SHOW US, OKAY, SHOW ME ABOUT THEIR PROCESS AND, UH, HOW TO VOLUNTEER.
HOW THEY COLLECT THE FUEL AND THE BACK, BUT I WANT TO OKAY.
HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WAS THEN, AND TO MAYBE PUT THEIR INFORMATION SINCE WE ARE THE MAJOR GRANT OKAY.
I THINK WE SHOULD LET OUR RESIDENT KNOW THAT THEY PROVIDE EVERY FRIDAY.
SO IF WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE NEED FOOD, TURKEY, PLEASE GO TO THE, THEIR FACILITY 29 11.
PROJECT 29 11 TO RECEIVE THE HELP.
SO SOME PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WE HAVE THIS HELP.
SO MAYBE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP THOSE PEOPLE WITH INFORMATION AND THAT WE PROMOTE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WE, WE HAVE 120,000 POPULATION AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE POSSIBLE NEED HELP.
YOU, OH, ACTUALLY, DID SOMEONE HAVE A, OH, I JUST, UM, I'D LOVE TO GO CHECK IT OUT.
UH, IF YOU COULD JUST SEND ME THE ADDRESS, BEST DAY AND TIME TO GO VISIT, UH, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME.
I'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU JUST WATCH, DO ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE.
UH, I'M, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT, AND CERTAINLY WE WOULD SEND YOU AN ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO COME AT LEAST TO THE DINNER OPTION THAT WE HAD.
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YOU.MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MR. UM, CITY MANAGER, STAFF AND EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCHING AT HOME.
WELL, UM, THE LIBRARY STILL CLOSED AND WE STILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE I WORK SERVICE AND, UM, THIS, AND, UH, THE SERVICE HOURS ARE TUESDAY TO SATURDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, UH, 12 NOON TO 8:00 PM AND, UH, THURSDAY TO SATURDAY, 6:00 AM UM, SORRY, 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND, UM, BUT, UM, IF YOU NEED TO, UM, RESERVE MATERIALS AND PLEASE CALL THE LIBRARY.
BE HAPPY TO RESERVE THE, FOR YOU AND, UH, YOU PICK UP AT A SIDEWALK SERVICE.
AND, UM, THE BOOK DROPS ARE OPEN 24 7.
YOU CAN ALWAYS RETURN THE MATERIALS AT THE LIBRARY, AND WE ALSO HAVE LAPTOPS FOR YOU TO CHECK OUT, LAPTOP WITH OUR SPO CHECK OUT.
AND, UM, YOU NEED, UM, IN SERVING IN PERSON SERVICES, PLEASE VISIT OUR NEIGHBORING LIBRARIES.
AND THERE ARE QUITE A FEW LIBRARIES, UM, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, DIAMOND, NOT DIAMOND, BUT IS ONE OF THEM AND WANTED, AND, UM, UM, UM, ING PARK, LE AND AMOND, THEY'RE ALL ROUND OUT.
UH, WELL, THE LIBRARY, UM, I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE ABOUT THE LIBRARY REOPENING.
UM, THE LIBRARY WILL REOPEN NEXT OF SPRING, AND WE, I THINK ALL OF US ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LIBRARY OPENING OUR LIBRARY CAPITAL PROJECT STAFF AND OUR CONTRACTORS THAT WORKING VERY, VERY HARDER TO, UM, TO COMPLETE THE PROJECTS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
GUESS WHAT? WE MISS OUR CUSTOMERS SO MUCH.
WE MISS SERVING OUR COMMUNITIES, SERVING EVERY COMMUNITY FOLKS SO VERY MUCH.
AND I, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
WELL, NEXT WEEK IS THANKSGIVING.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU, CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF AND EVERYONE FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE LIBRARY.
I ALSO WANTED TO THANK OUR DEAR FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, AND THEY WORK EXTREMELY HARD.
THEY ARE SO PASSIONATE ABOUT THE LIBRARY, UM, AND JUST WE FEEL BLESSED TO HAVE ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I WISH ALL OF YOU AND YOURS A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
OKAY, ONE MORE, ONE MORE CARD CONTINUED FROM LAST TIME.
BUT GOING OFF SCRIPT, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE STATEMENT THAT, THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT IS BUDGET NEUTRAL IS ABSURD.
AND I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF CODE ENFORCEMENT.
IT'S EXPENSIVE, AND I DON'T THINK IT DOES MUCH FOR THE CITY.
AND I, I'M BIASED IN FAVOR OF, OF USING THOSE FUNDS FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT OR ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE.
I MEAN, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
I I WAS JUST PROMPTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS, UH, AND ALSO OFF SCRIPT, UH, IN FEBRUARY OF, UH, NEXT YEAR IS GONNA BE A HUNDRED, A HUNDRED YEARS FOR WEST COVINA.
I WONDER WHAT YOUR PLANS ARE FOR THE CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY BASH.
I'VE WASTED A MINUTE, UHOH, FOUR MORE MINUTES.
SO LET'S OFFER OUR, UH, THANKSGIVING THOUGHTS AND THANKFULNESS FOR AMERICAN VALUES THAT HAVE SUSTAINED AMERICA FOR OVER 240 YEARS THAT ARE EMBODIED IN THE CONSTITUTION AND BILL OF RIGHTS AS WE COLLABORATE TO MEET CURRENT NATIONAL AND LOCAL CHALLENGES AND, UH, AND GRATITUDE.
AND THANKS EVEN FOR THOSE CHALLENGES.
SO, UH, UH, WE'RE ADDRESSING, UH, CURRENT LISTS OF, OF, OF DIRE SOCIAL PROBLEMS. THE LIST INCLUDES CENSORSHIP, BOTH THE OFFICIAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOME SAY ONLY GOVERNMENT CENSOR CENSORSHIP IS BAD, BUT PRIVATE CENSORSHIP, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, GOOGLE PRIVATE CENSORSHIP IS OKAY, IF I DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU SAY, YOU'RE NOT INVITED TO MY HOUSE OR MY CORPORATION.
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LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, SO, SO I MEAN, IT'S THE, THE BIG C, THE BIG CENSORSHIP.AL ALSO EMERGENCY USE, AUTHORIZED LAW, UM, POSSIBLY RIGGED ELECTRONIC DIGITAL ELECTIONS, UH, A NOVO BALLOT RECEIPTS, NO VOTER ID, AND A LACKS BALLOT CHAIN OF CUSTODY.
UM, A NOW EMERGING CASHLESS DIGITAL TYRANNY, UH, IN, YOU KNOW, INFLATIONARY FINANCIAL CHALLENGES COMING SOON.
UH, REMEMBER THE CANADIAN TRUCKERS, UH, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS TO POLICE OUR BANK ACCOUNTS AND NO CASH.
SO IT'S A, UH, AN EMERGING DIGITAL SLAVE SYSTEM, UH, WHERE THE, THE GOVERNMENT EVEN GAINS CONTROL OF OUR PERSONAL MONEY.
UH, ALSO ON THE LIST, UH, ABSENT INFORMED CONSENT, UH, AND WHICH IS REQUIRED BY THE NUREMBERG CODE, WHERE WE'VE LOST CONTROL OF OUR OWN BODIES, EITHER TAKE THE MANDATORY JABS OR YOU'RE FIRED, UH, UH, DUE TO THE MEDIA GENERATED, UH, FAKE VACCINE, UH, GLOBAL, UH, COVID FRAUD.
UH, SO, SO WE'VE ENDURED, UH, TWO YEARS OF EMERGENCY USE, AUTHORIZED MARSHALL LAW, SPIKE PROTEINS, CENSORSHIP, UH, UH, MIGRATION ACROSS NATIONAL BORDERS.
UH, SOME PEOPLE IN ARIZONA ARE UPSET.
ASK, UH, KERRY LAKE, UH, CANDIDATE FOR GOVERN GOVERNOR.
SHE'S 20,000 VOTES BEHIND STILL.
AND OUT OF 2.6 MILLION VOTES CAST, YOU GOT THE CANCEL CULTURE DUE TO, UH, UNOFFICIAL OPINIONS.
UH, PUBLIC HEALTH, UH, OFFICE, UH, HEALTH PROBLEMS INCLUDE, UH, MEDICAL TYRANNY.
UH, THERE'S THE AUTISM EPIDEMIC IN CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY BOYS THAT HAVE BEEN, THAT'S BEEN ACCELERATING FOR DECADES.
SUDDEN DEATH SYNDROMES WHERE HEALTHY PEOPLE, EVEN ATHLETES, UH, JUST, JUST DROPPED DEAD SUDDENLY.
WE GOT, UH, MESSENGER RNA, THE CLOT SHOT, UH, EMERGENCY USE GENE THERAPY, UH, A VACCINE, WHICH IS, IT'S NOT A VACCINE, IT'S GENE THERAPY AND EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZED.
PLUS, WE'VE GOT, UH, GRAPHINE OXIDE.
MEDICAL DOCTORS DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT'S IN THE CLOT SHOT, BUT IT'S THERE ACCORDING TO THE PATENT FILE, UH, IGNORANCE ABOUT LIPID NANOTECHNOLOGY, UH, ALSO KNOWN AS HYDROGEL PLUS, UH, THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT AND THE 5G NETWORK.
AND THERE'S, UH, ACCORDING TO THE 1986 VACCINE ACT, UH, THE, THE PHARMACEUTICAL TO BE CONTINUED.
PICK UP RIGHT THERE NEXT TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER SPEAKERS? THANK YOU, BILL.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS AND EVERYONE HERE IN ATTENDANCE AND CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'LL TRY AND JUST BRIEFLY RESPOND TO THE COMMENTS WERE MADE TONIGHT.
APPRECIATE THE, THE SPIRIT OF GRATITUDE THAT REALLY CAME THROUGH IN THIS SEASON.
UM, MR. SMITH AND HIS SENIOR SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THURSDAY MORNINGS.
I DON'T GO EVERY WEEK, BUT SOMETIMES LIKE TO PUT MY EYES ON PROGRAMS, AND THEY ALL SEEM TO JUST BE VERY JOYFUL IN THEIR USE OF THAT FIELD, AND I'M GLAD HE CAME TONIGHT TO SHARE THAT WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC.
UM, PASTOR MARTINEZ, UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND, AND YOUR PRAYER TONIGHT.
UM, WE, UM, HAD SOME DEBATE HERE AT THE STAFF TABLE ABOUT WHO WAS GONNA PRAY SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A PASTOR LINED UP.
SO YOU GOT SEVERAL OF US OFF THE HOOK.
UM, MR. SOTA, UM, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON THE QUESTION ABOUT THE WINDSHIELDS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DID SCHEDULE AT COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, A CODE ENFORCEMENT PRESENTATION BY OUR MANAGER, UH, MATT MYLAN MERAKI, FOR THE DECEMBER 6TH MEETING.
SO WE'LL GET AN OVERVIEW AND, AND TALK ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES OF HOW WE ACHIEVE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
UM, QUOTES IS NOT IN OUR LEXICON.
WE WORK VERY, VERY HARD TO WORK WITH OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET THINGS IN, IN A SAFE CONDITION.
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UM, THE, THE PROJECT 29 11 FOLKS, UM, WE REALLY, UM, KNOW THAT THEY DO GOOD WORKFORCE WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS.THEY'RE BEING AT THEIR BANQUET.
THERE'S ONE SPEAKER THAT ESPECIALLY STUCK WITH ME, SHE SAID, UM, COUPLE YEARS AGO I WAS A RECIPIENT OF SOME OF THESE FOODS AND THEY NOT ONLY GAVE HER FOOD, BUT THEY GAVE HER, UM, HOPE FOR THE FUTURE AND A PLAN TO GET HER LIFE ON A BETTER PATH.
AND IT WAS REALLY, UM, A MOMENT TO, TO HEAR HER TELL THAT STORY.
SO I KNOW THEY'RE DOING GREAT WORK.
UM, WIN-WIN IS ALWAYS, UH, A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US.
WE HAD A REFERRAL TODAY THROUGH THE CONGRESSMAN'S OFFICE OF A VETERAN THAT WAS SO ANXIOUS TO GET THE PLACE BACK OPEN.
HE WROTE TO HIS CONGRESSWOMAN.
AND I, I ENDED UP WITH THE CONCERN, BUT I, I ASSURED EVERYBODY THAT THAT WIN-WIN IS DOING EVERYTHING SHE CAN TO GET THAT FACILITY OPEN.
AND IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE SIDEWALK SERVICES AVAILABLE.
IF PEOPLE WANNA CALL, THEY CAN ACCESS RESOURCES AT THE LIBRARY.
AND, UM, MR. ROBINSON, UM, ONE THING HE RAISED TONIGHT THAT WE HADN'T HEARD BEFORE WAS THE, THE CENTENNIAL.
WE'VE BEEN IN COORDINATION WITH A, UM, MARI PRO, TIM AND, AND COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALSO HAD IDEAS TOGETHER WITH THIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ABOUT WAYS WE CAN SEIZE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE CITY OF HUNDREDTH YEAR TO, UM, TO GATHER, TO CELEBRATE AND CONNECT.
WE ARE PLANNING A VERY SPECIAL DINNER AND SOME OTHER EVENTS AS WELL.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
YOU HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT FOR US? UM, THANK YOU.YES, MAYOR, I DO HAVE JUST A VERY BRIEF REPORT TONIGHT.
UM, I WANTED TO REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL YOU HAD DIRECTED THAT WE UPDATE THE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
THIS IS THE BASIS BY WHICH WE, UM, PLAN AND EXECUTE OUR ANNUAL PAVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE, UH, AN OVERALL CITY STREET RANKING OF 70.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE, WE'RE BELOW IT, BUT WE'RE GONNA RECAST THAT WHOLE PROGRAM AND TAKE A FURTHER LOOK BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF STREETS NOW THAT REALLY ARE GONNA BE HIGH ON THAT LIST.
THEY'RE NOT A 70, THEY'RE IN THE 50 CATEGORY.
SO WE'RE ISSUED AN RFP AND WE'LL GO OUT VERY SHORTLY.
WE'RE GONNA BRING THAT TO CONS COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, UH, AT THE VERY FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UM, ONE COMPONENT OF THAT WILL BE WE'LL HAVE A, UM, INTERACTIVE PORTAL ON OUR WEBSITE SO THE RESIDENTS COULD PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS AND KNOW WITH SPECIFICITY WHEN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR STREET IS SLATED TO BE PAVED.
I WISH WE COULD DO 'EM ALL AT ONCE, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE.
BUT WE WILL CYCLE THROUGH A, A NEW STREET PAVEMENT PROGRAM BASED UPON THE, THE NEEDS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS UPCOMING PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT.
AND AGAIN, THAT'LL BE ON YOUR AGENDA, UM, JUST AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
UM, I WANTED TO MENTION IN KEEPING WITH OUR DESIRE TO UP THE COMMUNICATIONS QUOTIENT, WE'RE GONNA DO A CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE.
WE'RE GONNA, UM, DISSEMINATE THAT, UM, BROADLY AND ELECTRONICALLY.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO DO THAT, UM, EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS JUST SO WE CAN KEEP OUR RESIDENTS INFORMED THROUGH THAT VEHICLE.
THE VETERANS DAY CEREMONY, I THOUGHT WAS A REAL BRIGHT SPOT.
KUDOS TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMA AND HER TEAM.
UH, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A REALLY SPECIAL DAY TODAY.
I WANTED TO MENTION FOR ANY VETERANS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.
WE DO HAVE SOME YARD SIGNS WE PUBLISHED THIS YEAR THAT SAY, PROUD HOME OF WEST COVINA VETERAN.
THERE'S AVAILABLE AT OUR SENIOR CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER, AND WE'VE GOT A FEW HERE AT CITY HALL.
IF SOMEBODY IS INTERESTED IN ONE, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET IT IN THEIR HANDS SINCE THEY CAN DISPLAY IT ON THEIR LAWN.
BUT THIS WAS A, A REALLY NICE, UM, EVENT THIS YEAR.
THE, THE, THE LUNCHEON AFTERWARD WAS SPECIAL.
I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A, A REALLY, UM, GOOD, GOOD DAY.
UM, SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY WAS MENTIONED BY KAREN CO.
WE HOPE EVERYBODY CAN SHOP SMALL AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.
UM, WE'VE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY OUR, UM, LET IT SNOW IN WESTCO EVENT FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.
THERE'S A LOT OF FUN THINGS GOING ON THAT NIGHT, INCLUDING A TREE LIGHTING, SOME GAMES, SOME MUSIC, SOME CAROLING.
LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, IT WAS AN ICE SKATING, BUT IT WAS SKATING OF SOME KIND AND THAT IT WAS A NICE WAY TO KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
UM, AND ALSO WANTED TO MAKE MENTION OF THE CHRISTMAS PARADE THAT THE WEST COVINA KIWANIS CLUB IS DOING IN COOPERATION WITH THE CITY.
UM, SATURDAY, DECEMBER THE 10TH IN THE OLD TOWN CENTER.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
AND A QUESTION FROM COUNCILMAN WOO.
OUR TREE LIGHTING AND HAVE YOU STARTED THE PROMOTERS? OKAY.
WE, LAST YEAR WE PREPARE A LOT OF STUFF, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS TIME WE CAN COOPERATE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT, SO WE CAN TELL ALL THE SCHOOL, THREE MAJOR SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT CAN RECEIVE THE FLYER SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN TO SHOW UP.
AND ALL THE EFFORT ON THE STAFF.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WE CAN HAVE A MORE PROMOTION.
AND REGARDING THE WEBSITE, HOPEFULLY ALL THIS INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE MANAGER REPORT, CAN BE UPDATE
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INTO OUR WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN CHECK AND DO OKAY, WHAT THIS ISSUE, WHAT THE IMPROVEMENT PAVING AND THIS AND THAT.I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR THE PEOPLE, SO HOW SOON WE CAN, SO TWO QUESTION ONE IS, UH, REGARDING THE OKAY PROMOTION.
SECOND THING IS HOW SOON WE CAN HAVE OUR WEBSITE READY TO, UH, UPDATE ALL THE INFORMATION, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A MUCH EASIER USE, UH, OKAY.
ON THE WEBSITE FOR PEOPLE TO SEARCH EVERYTHING THEY WANT.
SO I'M TAKING A LOOK IF I, OH, SORRY.
UM, SO I'M GONNA START WITH YOUR FIRST QUESTION, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, COUNCILMAN WILL, REGARDING THE LET IT SNOW EVENT AND THE POINT THAT YOU RAISED ABOUT, UM, PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, THE CITY HAS REACHED OUT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH THOSE GRAPHICS.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID POST THE GRAPHIC YESTERDAY AND WITHIN ONE DAY WE'VE ALREADY RECEIVED 571 LIKES AS WELL AS, UM, UM, INTEREST FROM, UM, SMALL BUSINESSES WHO'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE AS VENDORS.
SO WE'RE PRETTY PLEASED WITH, SO FAR SO GOOD.
THAT'S WITHOUT DOING ANY ADDITIONAL MEDIA BOOSTS OR PUSHES.
UM, SO THE WORD IS DEFINITELY GETTING OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT AROUND THE LET IT SNOW EVENT.
UM, SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING AMONG STAFF IS, DO WE NEED MORE SNOW? SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED FOR THAT EVENT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND HIGHLIGHTING THOSE AS WELL AS THE CITY MANAGERS REPORT ON, UM, THE CITY WEBSITES.
UM, SPECIAL EVENTS ARE TYPICALLY HIGHLIGHTED ON THE HOMEPAGE.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DOING, WE ARE PAYING THAT EXTRA FOCUS ON THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAYS, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE IS FEATURED PROMINENTLY IN THE, UM, UPDATED NEWS SECTION.
UM, WE WILL BE CREATING A, A OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS, UM, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO SUBMIT THEIR EMAILS TO RECEIVE.
UM, THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE VIA EMAIL TOO, JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE APPRECIATE THE CONVENIENCE.
WE'RE NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN VIEW, UM, THE MANAGER'S UPDATE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND OUR GOAL IS TO, WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, UPDATING THAT ON A REGULAR BASIS.
UM, THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS EVERY OTHER MONTH.
IF WE NEED TO INCREASE THE FREQUENCY, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL.
UM, THOSE WILL BE SEPARATE AND APART FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS, UM, THAT ARE PROVIDED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, WE JUST, AGAIN, WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO PROVIDE THEM WITH, UM, MORE INFORMATION, PICTURES, AND AGAIN, JUST UPDATES ON ALL OF THE FABULOUS WORK THAT THE STAFF AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS DOING.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.WE HAVE 11 ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT CALENDAR IS, ARE THERE ANY THAT ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PULL? COUNCILMAN TABBA BUY, UH, NUMBER EIGHT.
AND ANY OTHERS? LOOKS LIKE NONE.
SO CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE FOR ALL ITEMS EXCEPT FOR NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE.
YES, WE HAVE, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER TABBA BUY POLLING ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021 DASH 2022.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO.
IS THAT YOU? COUNCIL MEMBER? COUNCIL MEMBER TABBA TOBI.
BEFORE I TAKE WORLD CALL, THERE'S SOME ORDINANCES I NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 53 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING ARTICLE TWO OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 2022 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, WHICH ADOPTS BY REFERENCE THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND MAKING AMENDMENTS THERE TOO.
I HAVE ORDINANCE, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE BY AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN AND NINE OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE.
THE 2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING CODE.
TITLE 29, RESIDENTIAL CODE TITLE 30 AND EXISTING BUILDING CODE TITLE 33, WHICH ADOPT BY REFERENCE, THE 2022 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, ELECTRICAL CODE, PLUMBING CODE, MECHANICAL CODE, RESIDENTIAL CODE, AND EXISTING BUILDING CODE WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS THERE TOO.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 0 8 IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER SEVEN AND NINE OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE.
THE 2023 LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUILDING CODE.
TITLE 29, RESIDENTIAL CODE TITLE 30
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AND EXISTING BUILDING CODE TITLE 33, WHICH ADOPT BY REFERENCE, THE 2022 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, ELECTRICAL CODE, PLUMBING CODE, MECHANICAL CODE, RESIDENTIAL CODE, AND EXISTING BUILDING CODE WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS THERE TOO.UNDER THE CONSENT ITEM, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER TABBA TO BUY.
CONSENT PASSES FIVE ZERO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM EIGHT.
[8) FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22]
ON TO NUMBER EIGHT, COUNCILMAN ABOUT TO BUY ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS? UH, YES.UH, I THINK MY, UM, ONLY CONCERN, UM, WAS ON THE, THE SPORTS PLEX.
UH, I, I BELIEVE WHEN WE WERE ORIGINALLY PRESENTED, UM, WE ANTICIPATED, UH, THERE'D BE, UH, ABOUT A $300,000, UH, SHORTFALL BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEEDED TO, TO DO TO, TO BRING IT UP TO, UH, THE LEVEL IT NEEDED TO BE AT.
AND SO, UH, I, I GUESS MY CONCERN IS, IS THE, THE LONG TERM VIABILITY OF THE CITY RUNNING IT, UM, BECAUSE OF, UM, WHAT YOU ARE PRESENTING TODAY, WHICH SHOWS, UH, A NEARLY, UM, I BELIEVE $800,000, UM, A NEGATIVE, UH, ON THE SPORTSPLEX FUND.
COULD, COULD YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN, UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE AND, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT OCCURRED THAT THE NUMBERS ARE SO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PRESENTED.
UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, I RECEIVED A REQUEST I'D LIKE TO TRY TO HONOR TONIGHT AS ITEMS ARE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, THE REQUEST BEING THAT I ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY WHAT IT IS.
UM, THIS IS THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 21, 22, AND WE'VE INVITED OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, STEPHANIE SMA, WHO'S AT THE MICROPHONE AND PREPARED TO ANSWER, UM, YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE SPORTS FLAGS IN THE ESTIMATE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THAT ESTIMATE WAS FOR IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, I THINK IS WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO.
UM, NOW ALL I CAN SAY WITHOUT LOOKING INTO THE OPERATIONS AT THE SPORTS SPIKES IS THAT WAS SHUT DOWN.
SO WE KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE SHUT DOWN WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PROVIDED THE ESTIMATES, THERE WAS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN OPEN FOR MORE TIME THAN IT WAS.
AND SO THIS FIRST YEAR WAS OBVIOUSLY A BIGGER HIT THAN NORMALLY EXPECTED.
WE ALSO INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY IN THE FIELDS AND THE OPERATIONS THERE WITH NEW EQUIPMENT THAT HAD TO GO IN AND, AND THE FIELDS MAINTENANCE AND HIRING NEW STAFF.
SO THAT WOULD BE AN INFLUX THAT WE HOPED TO NOT SEE AS MUCH THIS FISCAL YEAR.
THAT BEING SAID, THE RESTAURANTS ARE SO CLOSED, SO THE BUDGET NOW PROJECTED A REVENUE THAT MAY BE HIGHER THAN WHAT COULD ACTUALLY BE EXPECTED GIVEN THAT SCENARIO.
BUT THEY DID STAY WITHIN THE BUDGETED EXPENDITURES.
WE JUST NEVER HAD IT BUDGETED A TRANSFER FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO COVER THEIR NET REVENUE LESS EXPENDITURES.
SO, SO I I, I THINK THE, THE CONCERN JUST, JUST GOING FORWARD IS THE, THE AMOUNT OF EX EXPENDITURE FOR US TO, TO MAINTAIN THE SPORTS FLEX GOING FORWARD, UM, REALLY IS, IS IS DEPENDENT ON US BEING ABLE TO GET THE, THE TWO RESTAURANTS GOING AND GETTING A FULL SCHEDULE OF, OF EVENTS CONSTANTLY GOING.
OTHERWISE, WE, WE SHOULD ANTICIPATE, UH, SUBSIDIZING THE SPORTS SUPPLIES CORRECT UNTIL WE CAN FULLY HAVE IT OPERATIONAL WITH REVENUE COMING IN AS WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
IF I COULD AMPLIFY THE RESPONSE, UM, DIRECTOR PLEASE EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF EXPENSES.
I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE.
WHEN WE GOT THAT FACILITY BACK, IT WAS IN, UM, UNSAFE DISMAL CONDITION.
WE HAD PROBLEMS WITH ALL THE MECHANICAL SYSTEMS NOT OPERATING, UM, INCLUDING THE, UH, METHANE MONITORING SYSTEM AND THE FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM, WHICH ARE LIFE SAFETY SYSTEMS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL.
WE WOULDN'T EXPECT TO HAVE THAT LEVEL OF EXPENDITURES GOING FORWARD, ALTHOUGH WE DO STILL HAVE A COUPLE OF FIELDS WE HAVE TO GET TO STANDARD AND THERE'S COSMETIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE DONE.
THERE'S PAINTING AND, AND GENERAL REPAIRS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY, BUT THAT FACILITY, WHEN WE TOOK IT BACK WAS IN QUITE POOR CONDITION, AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME LANDLORD TENANT LITIGATION ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, AND UH, I, I, I JUST THINK THE, THE, THE BIG CONCERN WAS, WAS THE, THE, THE HALF MILLION DOLLAR DISCREPANCY.
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IF, IF POSSIBLY THE, WE COULD BE PRESENTED MAYBE A, A MORE CONSERVATIVE VIEW OF THAT TYPE OF REVENUE WE'LL BE BRINGING IN, SO THAT WAY WE HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE.UM, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE LEVEL OF, OF NEED, THE SPORTSPLEX, UM, HAD TO HAVE INVESTED IN IT TO GET IT UP TO STANDARD, UM, WAS HIGH.
UH, AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT.
UH, SO JUST AS, AS WE GO FORWARD, UM, IF WE CAN JUST, UM, HOPEFULLY GET THE NUMBER CLOSER.
AND AS MENTIONED, I THINK I'LL JUST REPEAT CUZ IT'S IMPORTANT THE RESIDENTS NOT FORGET THIS CONDITION.
WE, WE TOOK IT OVER UNDER, IT WAS ABYSMAL.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME PEOPLE WHO TRY TO PAINT A PICTURE THAT THAT'S NOT THE CASE, BUT LET ME REITERATE, IT WAS ABYSMAL.
WE WE'LL TAKE YOUR DIRECTION IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET.
WE'LL PAY ATTENTION WHEN THAT COMES FORWARD.
I'LL SECOND, HUH? TIED FOR A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION FOR COUNT BY COUNCIL MEMBER.
THAT'S WHY I'LL LET HIM HAVE IT.
A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER ABOUT TO BUY WITH A SECOND WITH COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TWO.
MAYOR COSTANOS, I ITEM PASSES.
THE LAST DAYS WE CAN NOW ONTO TO PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER 12
[12) CONSIDERATION OF CODE AMENDMENT NO. 22-03 AND ZONE CHANGE NO. 22-02 CREATING THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE AND RELATED STANDARDS, AND MULTIFAMILY OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS]
IS CONSIDERATION OF CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO THREE AND ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 22 0 2, CREATING THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE AND RELATED STANDARDS AND MULTI-FAMILY OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS AS HAS BEEN PRESCRIBED TO US IN ALL CITIES BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTS OF, UH, WHAT I JUST READ, WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS TOPIC, AND THERE WILL FIRST BE A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC MAYOR.
OUR STAFF REPORT TIME WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR PLANNING MANAGER, JOANNE BURNS.
HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, THIS ITEM IS BEFORE YOU, UM, BECAUSE THERE ARE CERTAIN ISSUES THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO ADDRESS.
FIRST OFF, THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2016 ALLOWED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONES.
HOWEVER, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS DO NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THE COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL ZONES DO NOT HAVE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THE ZONING CODE.
SO THIS WOULD ADDRESS THE, THE, THE WHAT'S REQUIRED IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND WOULD MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN.
THE OVERLAY ZONE WILL ALSO ALLOW THE CITY TO MEET THE CITY.
THE NEW ARENA NUMBERS, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERUTILIZED PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED IN THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT DOCUMENT, WHICH WILL, WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE REVIEWING AT TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THE PROPOSED OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS WOULD APPLY TO ALL MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THE STATE REQUIRES CITIES TO APPROVE CERTAIN MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS WITHOUT DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, PROVIDING AT LEAST 20% HOUSING IN LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME CATEGORIES WITH DE RESTRICTIONS BY RIGHT.
FOR SOME CITIES, THIS FIGURE IS 10% ABOVE MODERATE INCOME.
UM, WE GOT THE WEST CAMINA GOT A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK THERE BECAUSE THE CITY WAS ABLE TO MEET ITS ARENA ARENA, UM, IN THE LAST CYCLE FOR THE MODERATE, UM, INCOME CATEGORY.
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WHEN, WHEN WE STARTED DRAFTING THE, THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WE UTILIZED COMMENTS WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE SUBCOMMITTEE, AND WE ALSO REVIEWED THE CITY'S CURRENT CODE PERTAINING TO MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.AND WE TRIED TO GET US CLOSE TO THOSE AS POSSIBLE.
AS FAR AS USES IS CONCERNED, THE, UH, THE MIX USE OVERLAY ZONE.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, IF THIS IS ADOPTED COMMERCIAL ONLY DEVELOPMENT IN COMMERCIAL ZONES WILL STILL BE ALLOWED.
THIS WOULD NOT PROHIBIT, UM, STRICTLY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN COMMERCIAL ZONES.
THIS IS ONLY A METHOD SO THAT WE CAN ALLOW MULTI-FAMILY OR MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMERCIAL ZONES IN ADDITION TO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AS FAR AS A PROCESS IS CONCERNED, THE, THE ORDINANCE WILL WORK WITH THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
A PRECISE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS WILL STILL BE REQUIRED.
AND PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW WILL STILL BE REQUIRED FOR PROJECTS THAT THE STATE DOES NOT MANDATE BE APPROVED BY.
SO FOR, FOR ANY MIXED USE PROJECTS AND FOR ANY PROJECTS INVOLVING COMMERCIAL PROJECTS OR SOME RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, IT STILL WOULD BE APPROVED THROUGH A PRECISE PLAN PROCESS, WHICH REQUIRES PLANNING, COMMISSION, REVIEW, AND APPROVAL IN CITY COUNCIL.
AS FAR AS THE DENSITY IS CONCERNED, THE MAX, THE MAXIMUM DENSITY IS REFERENCED AS WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
CURRENTLY, THE GENERAL PLAN ALLOWS FOR UP TO 20 UNITS PER ACRE OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN ALL COMMERCIAL ZONES.
SO THIS WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT.
AND IN AS FAR AS FLOOR AREA RATIO WAS CONCERNED, IN THE CODE AMENDMENT WE IN, THERE WAS A, INITIALLY A CONCERN THAT THIS MAY CAUSE THE CITY'S, UM, COMMERCIAL ZONE TO DISAPPEAR OR IT WOULD LIMIT THE COMMERCIAL AREAS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO WE INCLUDED, UM, A MINIMUM FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR, FOR COMMERCIAL
AND THAT IS AT CURRENTLY AT 15%.
AS FAR AS SETBACKS IS CONCERNED, THE FRONT REAR AND SIDE IS REQUIRED TO BE 15 FEET.
AND STREET SIDE IS REQUIRED TO BE 15 FEET.
THE SIDE WOULD BE, THE INTERIOR SIDE WOULD BE 10 FEET.
HOWEVER, IF IT'S A BU A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL, UM, ON THE FIRST FLOOR IT WOULD BE 15 FEET AND, AND THE SECOND FLOOR WOULD BE 25 FEET.
IN, IN, IF IT'S A A THREE STORY, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE 40 FEET.
AS FAR AS HEIGHT IS CONCERNED, THE THE MAX, THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED WOULD BE, JOANNE, LET ME INTERRUPT RIGHT THERE.
DID YOU SAY 40 FEET IS THE HEIGHT LIMIT? 45.
IF IT'S A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL, UM, IF IT'S A THREE STORY DEVELOPMENT, THE SETBACK IS 40 FEET.
BUT THE, BUT THE HEIGHT LIMIT IS STILL 45.
THE HEIGHT LIMIT IS 45 IF IT'S WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL.
AND IF IT'S A, A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S BEYOND 100 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL, THERE IS NO, THERE WOULD NOT BE ANY HEIGHT LIMIT.
AND THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT, THE CITY'S CURRENT CODE HAS IN TERMS OF THE COMMERCIAL ZONES ARE CONCERNED.
SO IT'S, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
UM, RECREATIONAL SPACE, WE REQUIRE 200 SQUARE FEET MINIMUM PRIVATE AND COMMON OPEN SPACE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MULTI-FAMILY.
UM, CURRENT MULTI-FAMILY REQUIREMENT IN THE CODE, THE LANDSCAPING, UM, ALL LANDSCAPE AREAS ARE REQUIRED.
ALL, ALL OPEN AREAS ARE REQUIRED TO BE LANDSCAPED IN.
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LANDSCAPING IS REQUIRED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMERCIAL STANDARDS.SO THERE'S, THERE'S CROSS-REFERENCING BETWEEN THE OVERLAY ZONE IN THE, THE COMMERCIAL STANDARD ZONE IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND ALSO THE, UM, WE'VE MADE IT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN THE MULTI, UM, TO THE MULTIFAMILY ZONE.
WHEN WE, WHEN STAFF MET WITH THE SUBCOMMITTEE, THE SUBCOMMITTEE DIRECTED STAFF TO PROVIDE SOME VISUAL OF WHAT 15, WHAT THAT 15% MINIMUM COMMERCIAL FLOOR AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, IN THIS EXAMPLE, WE'VE USED THE PACIFIC ISLAND SHOPPING CENTER.
SO THE PACIFIC ISLAND SHOPPING CENTER IS CURRENTLY SICK, UM, 614,164 SQUARE FEET.
UM, IT IS CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH A 26% FLOOR AREA RATIO.
UM, 40%, 26% OF THE LAW IS OCCUPIED WITH A COMMERCIAL, WITH COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
AND THE AREA THAT HAVE, THAT HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE IS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH OR AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH ABOVE IS WHAT WOULD, IS WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, WHAT WOULD REQUIRED TO BE RETAINED.
UM, IF THE 15% FLOOR AREA RACIAL MINIMUM WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
AGAIN, THE 15% FLOOR AREA IS A MINIMUM.
IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO PROPOSE MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, IN THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE, THEN THEY WILL BE WELCOME TO DO SO, AND THE CODE DOES WOULD ALLOW THAT.
BUT THEY HAVE TO RETAIN AT LEAST 15% OF THE COM OF, OF THE AREA FOR COMMERCIAL.
THE OTHER ASPECT OF THE OVERLAY ZONE IS THE MULTI, THE MULTIFAMILY OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH WILL APPLY TO ALL MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, BUT WOULD NOT APPLY TO THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN OR DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA.
UM, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AREA DOES HAVE ITS OWN DESIGN CODE STANDARDS THROUGH THE, THE FORM BASED CODE.
WE, WE HAVE THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE CONSULTANT HERE.
UM, IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE JOHN MORLIN REPRESENTING FOR, WITH RING CON, REPRESENTING K T G Y.
HE WILL GO OVER THE, THE DESIGN, THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ASPECTS OF THE MULTIFAMILY OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO HIM.
MAYOR PROAM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JOHN MORELAND WITH RANKON.
UM, REGARDING THE, UM, OBJECTIVE, UH, DESIGN, UH, THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN CENTERS, AS JOANNE MENTIONED, UM, ESSENTIALLY SB THREE 30, UM, DOES REQUIRE THE CITY TO EVALUATE, UM, FUTURE RESIDENTIAL PRO UH, RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY PROJECTS, AS WELL AS MIXED USE THAT ARE, UH, HAVE AT LEAST A 66% COMPONENT OF RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO EVALUATE A PROJECT BASED ON OBJECTIVE DESIGN CENTERS.
SO ESSENTIALLY, UM, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE MEASURABLE, UM, AND NOT SUBJECTIVE.
AN EXAMPLE OF AN OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARD IS A BUILDING SHALL BE SET BACK, APPROX, UH, 30 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
UM, A SUBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARD IS A STANDARD THAT IS, UH, THE MASSING SHALL BE IN SCALE WITH A SURROUNDING, IT COULD BE SUBJECT TO MULTIPLE INTERPRETATIONS.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE, UM, ESSENTIALLY, UH, CATEGORIZED THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS INTO, UM, THE CATEGORIES HERE.
SO NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, HOW, UM, A SITE, UH, INTERACTS WITH ITS SURROUNDING IN ITS CONTEXT.
SO ESSENTIALLY HOW THE, UH, PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL, UH, BUILDING, UH, WOULD BE ORIENTED TOWARDS THE STREET, UM, AS WELL AS ITS, UM, DECIDED IN RARE PROPERTIES.
UH, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO AVOID LONG EXPANSIVE, LONG EXPANSIVE WALLS WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF BREAKS.
SO, UH, INCLUDING REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, UM,
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UH, ITEMS SUCH AS WINDOWS OR, UH, SECOND STORY STEP BACKS THAT'S INCLUDED IN THAT SECTION.UH, ACCESS AND CIRCULATION, HOW PEDESTRIAN AND VE CIRCULATION, UM, INTERACT, UH, WITHIN THE SITE.
LANDSCAPING WALLS AND LIGHTING.
UM, SO PROVISIONS FOR, UH, UH, MINIMUM LIGHT, UH, MINIMUM LIGHT, UM, INTENSITY, AS WELL AS, UH, WALL DECORATION, UM, OR WALL MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS.
SO REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, UM, UH, ENTRIES, UH, ENTRY DESIGN, UH, WINDOWS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, UTILITIES AND SERVICE AREAS.
SO ONE, ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE BACK OF HOUSE, UM, PORTIONS OF THE RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY ARE, UM, OBJECTIVE, UH, HAVE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS FOR THE TRASH ENCLOSURE, UH, CLOSURES, AS WELL AS, UM, OTHER NECESSARY UTILITIES.
AND JUST TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT A, UM, A COUPLE OF THE, UM, OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, THE MASSING BREAKS, UM, THEY WILL MASSING BREAKS ARE REQUIRED.
UM, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY A LIST OF EIGHT DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES.
SO WHAT OUR GOAL IS WHEN WE, UH, DID THIS IS NOT TO BE, UM, EXTREMELY PRESCRIPTIVE IN THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
WE WANT THE, UM, THE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS OF THESE FUTURE RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENTS TO, UM, TO ENCOURAGE CREATIVITY.
UH, AND, AND SO THESE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS ARE NOT PRESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF AN ARCHITECTURAL STYLE, BUT RATHER ALLOW FLEXIBILITY AND COMBINED WITH THESE, UM, WITH THESE TECHNIQUES, BY REQUIRING TWO OF THEM, IT, IT DOES, UM, PROVIDE A, UH, ESSENTIALLY A SENSE OF, UM, MASSING BREAK AND ARTICULATION THAT WE WOULD DESIRE FOR THE ARCHITECTURE.
UH, THERE'S A MENU OF THREE ITEMS AND THEY WOULD REQUIRE ONE OF THEM.
UM, AND ARTICULATION, ESSENTIALLY THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS WOULD, UM, ESSENTIALLY PROHIBIT ANY BLANK WALL.
UM, THAT'S, UH, 15 BY 20 FEET IN DIMENSION AND BUILDING ELEVATIONS, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE JUST A SINGLE MATERIAL, UM, ON A BUILDING ELEVATION THAT'S VISIBLE FROM THE PUBLIC STREET.
UM, HOWEVER, WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER SCENARIO WHERE THERE'S, UH, SIX OR SEVEN DIFFERENT TYPE OF MATERIALS AND IT LOOKS PRETTY INCONSISTENT.
UM, SO THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, UM, HAVE AT LEAST TWO, BUT NOT MORE THAN FOUR, UM, ON THE PUBLICLY VISIBLE ELEVATIONS IN TERMS OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND JUST SOME ADDITIONAL KIND OF MORE DETAILED, UM, STANDARDS, UM, ENTRIES, UH, ENTRIES COULD HAVE A, UM, OVERHANG OR A RECESS OR A TRELLIS, BUT HAVE A MINIMUM DIMENSION OF THREE FEET PORCHES.
UH, WE WANT TO HAVE USABLE PORCHES, NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, TWO AND A HALF FEET LONG THAT YOU CAN CAN'T FIT A CHAIR IN.
SO THE REQUIREMENT, UM, HAVE A, UH, MINIMUM DIMENSION OF FIVE FEET BALCONIES AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS WILL BOTH HAVE A FOUR FEET MINIMUM DIMENSION.
AND, UM, AND THE STREET FELL IS FACING ELEVATION THAT I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.
COLORS ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT TO, UH, FOR ARCHITECTURALS.
WE DON'T WANT, UM, WE WANT THE EXTERIOR COLORS TO BE EARTH TONE, WHITE GRAYS, MUTE BLUES, UM, DARK, BRIGHT COLORS, AND REALLY DARK COLORS TO ONLY BE USED ON THE ACCENTS.
UM, AND WE DON'T WANT TO, WE DEFINITELY WANNA AVOID PASTELS, UM, NEON COLORS AND THE PRIMARY COLORS LIKE, UM, RED, UM, BLUE AND YELLOW NOT TO BE USED ESSENTIALLY AS THE PRIMARY, UM, THE PRIMARY, UH, BASE COLOR.
UH, AND THEN ALSO THE, UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE, UH, EXISTING COMMERCIAL AREAS ARE ADJACENT TO THE 10, UM, TO THE 10 FREEWAY ALSO INCLUDED A REQUIREMENT THAT, UM, THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BE CITED, UM, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE 10 FREEWAY AS, UM, AND THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS BE LOCATED FURTHER, UM, FURTHER AWAY FROM THE 10 FREEWAY WAY.
WITH, WITH THIS, UM, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE AND ALSO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 0 2 2 0 2 2 DASH 1 0 9.
AND, AND, UM, INTRODUCE ORDINANCES NUMBERS 2 5 0 7 AND 2 5 0 6.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER.
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WRITTEN PROTESTS, OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? NO, NOT FOR THIS.IT, MAYOR, ONE PRESENT WISHING TO COMMENT.
AND I SHALL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION.
ANY QUESTIONS OF CITY STAFF? THAT, THAT, THAT WAS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY, GO, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFO AT, AT THAT MOMENT, IT'D BE GOOD TO INCLUDE THAT ON, ON YOUR YELLOW CARD.
UH, MR. ROBINSON, UH, I'M SORT OF AN ADVOCATE OF FREEDOM IN SACRAMENTO, UH, SB THREE 30.
THEY SEEM TO LIKE TO REGULATE.
UH, I WAS, I WAS WONDERING, UH, IS JUST, IS THIS JUST A, UH, A SACRAMENTO CRAM DOWN AND YOU DON'T, YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY, UH, CHOICE OF THAT'S PRETTY WHAT, WHAT GOES ON HERE? BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T THINK, UH, THERE SHOULD BE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
IT GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP IS BAD, BUT PRIVATE CENSORSHIP OF FACEBOOK, TWITTER, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OKAY.
WELL, THIS IS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT HERE.
AND, UH, WHY IS SACRAMENTO GETTING INTO THIS? I MEAN, YOU ARE, IF I PUT A ROOF ON MY HOUSE OR, UH, AT AN ADDITION TO MY HOUSE, I HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE TO THE BILLING DEPARTMENT AND, YOU KNOW, UH, DISCLOSE EVERYTHING.
AND, AND YOU GUYS ALREADY REGULATE THAT.
UH, I THINK IF I DON'T MOW MY YARD ENOUGH, UH, YOU GUYS REGULATE THAT TOO.
BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THE, UH, CONDOS AND THE TOWNHOUSES THAT EXIST IN, IN WEST COVINA WERE NOTICED ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.
UH, UH, I MEAN, THERE WAS A DEVELOPMENT OVER ON, ON, UH, ROLAND, AND WE ARGUED ABOUT THAT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HAD PLANNING COMMISSION HEARINGS AND PEOPLE WERE PROTESTING.
AND THAT WAS BEFORE SB THREE 30.
UH, AND I NOTICED THE LETTER UPSTAIRS, UH, THEY WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, UH, BEING INADEQUATE.
AND, UH, I WAS HERE AND AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, RAISING HELL BECAUSE THERE WAS NO EIR FOR THE, THE DAMNED AMAZON PROJECT, WHICH ENDED UP IN COURT.
AND I'M HAPPY NOW BECAUSE NOT OF WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID ABOUT THAT IS THE COURT FIGURED IT OUT AND THE COURT STOPPED IT, CUZ YOU GUYS WOULDN'T.
BUT, UH, I MEAN, THIS IS ANOTHER CRAM DOWN FROM SACRAMENTO AND, UH, I THINK THE TOWNHOUSES AND THE CONDOS IN THIS CITY OUGHT TO BE NOTICED ABOUT THIS SUBJECT.
AND THEN MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE TABLED NOW AND REHEARD, BUT FROM WHAT I HEARD, YOU KNOW, UH, REGULATING THE COLORS OF THE PAINT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT SEEMS LIKE MICROMANAGEMENT AND, UH, YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE ENOUGH ON YOUR PLATE ALREADY.
AND, UH, THIS KIND OF A REGULATION, UH, BOY SACRAMENTO JUST LOVES STUFF LIKE THIS.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA WISH YOU HAPPY THANKSGIVING AGAIN, AND, AND I'M JUST GONNA SACRIFICE MY LAST TWO MINUTES.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I'M NOT THE BRIGHTEST GUY IN WEST COA, BUT YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT.
BUT, UH, ANYWAY, THAT, THAT WAS MY TWO STAND IS ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OKAY, NOW I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
UH, UH, JUST LIKE BILL, SAY, WE, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY.
THIS IS BASICALLY YOU KIND OF, UH, STORE IT TO US OKAY.
AND THEN WE JUST NEED TO, UH, GO THROUGH IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS BECAUSE THE LE AND THE REQUIREMENT OF SACRAMENTO TO STAY WAS TO BUILD MORE HOUSES.
SO NOW THEY GO INTO THE COMMERCIAL, OKAY.
OUR SHOPPING CENTER, THAT'S BASICALLY, WELL, US TO LET PEOPLE CONVERT THE SHOPPING CENTER INTO EXCUSE MAKES YOU A HOUSING.
SO THAT IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
AND THEN, UH, WE JUST, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE CONSULTANT AND THEY PAID BY THE STATE GRANT.
AND TO PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR THE CITY, HAVE TO COMPLY.
AND THAT'S BASICALLY MY COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE.
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TOO MUCH THING TO SAY, WE JUST HAVE TO APPROVE WHAT STAY AND THE WANTED TO DO BECAUSE WE BASICALLY HAVE NO LOCAL CONTROL ANYMORE.MEANING NOW THE SACRAMENTO WILL TELL US WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO AND THAT WE JUST HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY ASK US TO DO.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T LOSE OUR GRANT, WE DON'T LOSE OUR OTHER STUFF.
SO, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE SOME.
AND, UH, I THINK I WENT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE MAYOR, OKAY.
DARIO CIAN AND A COUPLE PLAN PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
WE WENT THROUGH HOW MANY TIMES? FOUR TIMES, FIVE TIMES.
AND, UH, WE TRIED TO ADD SOME OF, UH, AT LEAST WE HAVE SOME CONTROL, LIKE 50%, 15%, AT LEAST COMMERCIAL MIXED USE BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE A JUNGLE HOUSING.
THEN WHERE'S THE SERVICE? WHERE THE TAX DOLLARS OKAY.
COMING FROM THE CITY AND WHERE PEOPLE SHOP.
SO, SO THE, THE SHOPPING CENTER IS IMPORTANT TO, TO US, WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE AT LEAST A PLACE TO GO TO HAVE A DINNER, LUNCH, AND THIS AND THAT.
LOOK AT OUR, SOME OF OUR SQUARES VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND POSSIBLE IN SOME SQUARE, LIKE IN AZU, COUPLE OF THE PROPERTY, MAYBE THEY IN QUESTION, BUT AGAIN, IT'S A MANAGEMENT ISSUE.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN IMPROVE THEIR MANAGEMENT AND THEN THEY CAN HAVE A MUCH BETTER BUSINESS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO TOO MUCH.
UH, JOANNE, AM I THAT'S CORRECT.
WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CONTROL AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
SO BASICALLY WE, WE, WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING.
WE CANNOT EVEN CHANGE ANYTHING.
SO WE JUST, UH, WRAP A STAMPS.
SO, SO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, IF I MAY, I NEED A MOTION FOR EACH SEPARATE ITEM.
SO IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 5 0 7.
SO WE GOT TWO MOTIONS FOR EACH AND WELL, I'LL, I'LL, AND WE SECOND BOTH RIGHT NOW.
I NEED TO TAKE 'EM, UM, AN ORDER.
SO, SO FAR I HAVE A, UM, THANK YOU MOTION BY MAY I APPROACH M DIAZ AND, OR TONY? DID, DID YOU WANT A MOTION THAT SECOND ONE? AND, AND I'LL SECOND TONY'S MOTION ON THE FIRST PART, AND THEN WE'LL ROLL CALL, WHICH IS A ROBERT STAND.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN W AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PROTE FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 57, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 22 2, CREATING THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE.
AND THEN A MOTION FOR ORDINANCE NUMBER 2 5 6.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EXCUSE ME.
IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING CODE AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 0 3 RELATED TO THE MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONE STANDARDS.
AND THEN IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 22 1 0 9.
I'M MORE ABOUT I'LL SECOND COUNCIL MEMBER TABBA.
[13) PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CITY-WIDE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 22- 02 (2021-2029 HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE)]
13.MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 13, STAND PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER CITYWIDE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 DASH ZERO TWO.
HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTS OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 22 2 FOR THE YEARS 2021 THROUGH 2029.
WILL THE CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, PLEASE VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
AND AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROJECT.
IT WILL FIRST BE A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT, THEN WE'LL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND MR. CARMEN WHO WILL PRESENT THE REPORT.
THIS REPORT WILL ALSO BE GIVEN BY A PLANNING MANAGER, JOANNE BURNS.
THIS, THE CITY STARTED THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE LAST YEAR AND DATE.
THIS MEETING WILL BE THE SIXTH MEETING WHERE THE PUBLIC WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
IN ADDITION TO TAKING IN WRITTEN COMMENTS.
AND ALSO, THE CITY HA INCLUDED A SURVEY ON, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE,
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UH, REGARDING, UM, HOUSING, THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO COLLECT, UM, PUBLIC INPUT.UH, LATE UH, THIS MORNING, THE CITY DID RECEIVE A WRITTEN COMMENT FROM MITCHELL SI REPRESENTING THE SOUTHWEST REGION COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.
THE LETTER RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY REQUIRE THE USE OF A LOCAL SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKFORCE TO BENEFIT THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REDUCED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION.
A COPY OF THIS LETTER HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND IS ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC ON, ON THE WEBSITE IN A COPY UP NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
THE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATES ARE REQUI HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATES ARE REQUIRED BY THE STATE EVERY EIGHT YEARS.
THIS IS THE SIXTH CYCLE, UM, WHICH SPANS FROM 2021 TO 2029.
IF THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO ADOPT THE HOUSING ELEMENT TONIGHT AFTER CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ADOPTION, STAFF WILL SEND A COPY OF THE ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT TO H C D IN, IN HOPES OF OBTAINING CERTIFICATION.
THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HAVING A CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDE THE CITY BEING DISQUALIFIED FROM APPLYING FOR GRANT FUNDING IN THE FUTURE.
AND THERE IS ALSO A POTENTIAL FOR LAWSUITS, WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE CITY LOSING ITS AUTHORITY TO ISSUE OR GRANT ANY DEVELOPMENT PERMITS.
THE, UM, KEY REQUIREMENTS FOR THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDE HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.
AND, UM, THESE PE PERSONS ARE IDENTIFIED AS THE ELDERLY LARGE FAMILIES OF FIVE OR OR MORE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FEMALE HEADED HOUSEHOLDS AND FARM WORKERS.
THE, THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND ALSO AFFIRMATIVELY FOR, UM, FURTHERING FAIR, FAIR HOUSING AS MANDATED BY STATE LAW AND PREPARED BY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, WHICH I'M SCA FOR SHORT, THE REGIONAL, THE REGIONAL HOUSE HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHERE EACH CITY MUST ACCOMMODATE ITS ASSIGNED SHARE OF THE REGION'S NEW HOUSING NEED, UM, WHICH INCLUDES HOUSING FOR ALL ECONOMIC SEGMENTS.
AND FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, THE TOTAL ARENA THAT WE, THE CITY MUST ACCOMMODATE FOUR IS 5,346.
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL, UM, HOUSING FOR ALL INCOME CATEGORIES, VERY LOW, LOW, MODERATE, AND ABOVE MODERATE.
AND ON THE PROJECTOR IS THE, THE, THE SUMMARY OF THE TABLE, THE SITES IN, OF THE SITE'S INVENTORY.
UM, CURRENTLY THE CITY HAS APPROVED A TOTAL OF 379 HOUSING UNITS, WHICH INCLUDED THE SPECIFIC PLAN, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED WITHIN THE LAST, UM, YEAR.
UH, I, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT, UM, AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL FOR AUS IS CONCERNED, YOU NOTICE THAT THE NUMBER IS A 143, WHICH, UM, IN COMPARISON TO THE PLANNING APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, THAT NUMBER SEEMS LOW.
UM, HOWEVER, ALTHOUGH WE, THE CITY HAS APPROVED OVER 300 APPLICATIONS FOR ADU SINCE THE YEAR 2020, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM HAVE OBTAINED BUILDING PERMITS.
SO THE STATE ONLY ALLOWS US A LIMITED CAPACITY CONTRIBUTED BY ADU BECAUSE NOT ALL OF OUR ADU APPLICATIONS, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED, HAVE OBTAINED BUILDING PERMITS WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
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TOTAL INVENTORY, UM, IN THE SITE'S INVENTORY LIST FOR HOUSING IS 9,386, UM, IN COMPARISON TO OUR RE, UM, RETINA NUMBER OF 5,346, WHICH, UM, IN THIS CASE EXCEEDS THE ARENA BY A GENEROUS AMOUNT.HOWEVER, WHEN WE DO SEND THE, THE HOUSING ELEMENT DRAFT TO, TO THE STATE, THERE IS A POTENTIAL THAT THE STATE MAY NOT ACCEPT SOME OF THE SITES IDENTIFIED.
SO WE HAD LEFT THIS BUFFER SO THAT IF THERE ARE SOME SITES THAT ARE ELIMINATED, WE WOULD GET CLOSE CLOSER TO THE, TO THE ARENA AND BE ABLE TO MEET THAT.
SO, JUST TO SUMMARIZE ON SOME KEY, UM, TO SUMMARIZE ON SOME KEY POINTS REGARDING THE, THE ARENA, UM, THE, AGAIN, THE CITY MUST ENSURE THAT REGULATIONS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES TO ACCOMMODATE THE ARENA ALLOCATION FOR ALL INCOME CATEGORIES.
IN, IN THE LAST CYCLE, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET THE ARENA NUMBER FOR THE MODERATE AND ABOVE MODERATE INCOME CATEGORIES, BUT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MEET THE ARENA IN THE VERY, THE LOW AND VERY LOW INCOME CATEGORIES.
UM, IN THIS, AS FAR AS, UM, THE STATE HAS AN ASSUMPTION THAT AT LEAST 30 UNITS PER ACRE IS ASSUMED TO BE APPROPRIATE FOR LOWER INCOME HOUSING CATEGORIES, UM, WHICH WOULD BE SIMILAR TO DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THE COLONY, UM, OR, UM, MULTI POTENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT, THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE IN THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN PLAN.
UM, PROJECTS ARE NOT, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THE, THAT ANY PROJECT WOULD COMPLETELY MATCH, UM, THE INCOME ASSUMPTIONS.
HOWEVER, WE MUST HAVE DOCUMENTATION THAT WOULD SHOW THAT WE WOULD, WE WOULD HAVE AREAS THAT WHERE THOSE, WHERE THE ARENA CAN BE PROVIDED.
IF THE CITY DOES NOT PROVIDE, UM, OR ACCOMMODATE THE ARENA BY THE NEXT CYCLE, THEN THERE MAY BE STREAMLINED PERMIT PROCESSING REQUIRED FOR SOME PROJECTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE ARE IN THE LIST FOR SB 35, WHICH, UM, REQUIRES THAT THE CITY APPROVE, UM, MULTIFAMILY, UM, PROJECTS MINISTERIALLY AND STREAMLINED IF WE, IF THEY PROVIDE AT LEAST 50%, UM, IN THE VERY LOW AND LOW INCOME CATEGORIES.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PROJECTS, UM, FOR THE CITY THAT HAD AT LEAST 50 UM, PERCENT IN THE LOW, LOWER INCOME OR VERY LOW INCOME CATEGORIES.
BUT TH THIS IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THE STATE IMPOSED BECAUSE WE, WE DID NOT, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT HOUSING IN THOSE CATEGORIES IN THE LAST CYCLE.
THERE ARE SOME CITIES THAT HAVE, UH, THAT WITH STRICTER REQUIREMENTS, UH, BECAUSE THEY DID NOT MEET ALL INCOME CATEGORIES OR MEET ANY IN THE MODERATE TO, UM, HIGHER INCOME CATEGORIES.
AND IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WE, WE HAVE INCLUDED A LIST OF FAIR HOUSING PRO PROGRAMS WITHIN THE CITY AND HOW THE CITY PROMOTES FAIR HOUSING PRACTICES.
AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS ARE CONCERNED, THIS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE, THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT.
THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST MONTH.
THE CITY COUNCIL, IF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE HOUSING ELEMENT TONIGHT, WE WILL SEND H C D A COPY OF ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT, UM, IN HOPES THAT THEY WILL CERTIFY IT.
UM, IF, IF NOT, THEY WOULD PROVIDE VERY LITTLE, UM, CLERICAL COMMENTS SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY GET IT CERTIFIED SOON.
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UM, AFTER CERTIFICATION COMES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION, IF ANY CODE AMENDMENTS ARE REQUIRED, THAT WOULD TYPICALLY, IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE DONE WITHIN A YEAR.AND IN THE, IN THE PROCESS, THE CITY IS ALSO ADOPTING, IS ALSO WORKING ON THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.
SO IF THERE ARE ANY, ANY TWEAKS, UM, THAT NEED BE THAT IS REQUIRED OR NEEDED IN, IN THE THE HOUSING ELEMENT, THEN WE CAN ADDRESS THAT IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE THAT IS DUE TO BE COMPLETED NEXT YEAR.
THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT THAT IS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, UM, ADDRESSES ALL COM ALL COMMENTS, UM, PROVIDED BY H C D AND THE, THESE ALL HAVE ALSO THE SAME COMMENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE, UH, THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 22 DASH 10, UH, WITH, WITH, UM, A MINOR CHANGE TO THE RESOLUTION IN SECTION THREE.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE ANY TECHNICAL, TECHNICAL OR CLERICAL REVISIONS TO ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT THAT MAY BE NECESSARY TO OBTAIN A FINDING OF SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF THE STATE HAS VERY MINOR COMMENTS, THEN STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THOSE WITHOUT BRINGING IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, IF THE, IF THERE ARE MAJOR COMMENTS WHERE, WHERE, UH, THE ZONE, WHERE WHERE ZONING WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE OR, OR DENSITY WOULD HAVE TO BE INCREASED, THEN WE WILL BRING BACK THE HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
AND ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR RE ADOPTION WITH THAT STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MAY HAVE.
UM, MADAM, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS, OBJECTIONS, OR COMMENTS OR YELLOW SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM? YES, MAYOR.
IN ADDITION TO THE EMAIL THAT I HAVE SENT YOU TONIGHT FROM, UH, THE ATTORNEY, I ALSO HAVE A SPEAKER SLIP FROM MR. JUAN LUNA.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PROTE AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.
I WORK AND RE, UH, RECREATE IN THE VICINITY OF THE PROJECT.
I BELIEVE THAT I WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT.
UH, THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE THE PROJECT TO BE BUILT WITH CONTRACTORS THAT WILL HIRE LOCALLY, PAY PREVAILING WAGE, AND UTILIZE APPRENTICES FROM THE STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM.
WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS REDUCE CONSTRUCTION RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHILE BENEFITING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
IN A RECENT 2020 TITLED, UM, 2020 REPORT TITLED PUTTING CALIFORNIA ON THE HIGH ROAD A JOBS AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR 2030, THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONCLUDED THAT INVESTMENTS IN GROWING, DIVERSIFYING AND UPSCALING CALIFORNIA'S WORKFORCE CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT RETURNS ON CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS.
THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RECENTLY FOUND THAT LOCAL HIGHER REQUIREMENTS CAN RESULT IN AIR POLLUTANT, AIR POLLUTANT REDUCTIONS.
RECENTLY, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REITERATED ITS COMMITMENT TOWARDS ENCOURAGING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HIGH ROADS JOBS ACTS OF 2020, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ASSEMBLY 20, ASSEMBLY BILL 2011, UH, WHICH REQUIRES PROJECTS TO PAY WORKERS A PRE-BILL WAGE, AND HIRE FROM STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS FOR PROJECTS, MEETING CERTAIN, CERTAIN CITY AFFORDABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
MAY, UH, MAYOR, UH, MR. ALI CONTOS WANTED TO SPEAK AS WELL.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MADAME PROTE AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ONLY CAN'T TELLS WEST COVINA.
UH, IF I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, IF THE CITY COUNCIL COULD ASK STAFF ABOUT, UH, UH, THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE TO, TO, UH, MEET THIS ELEMENT IF IT'S ADOPTED, AND, AND TO ALSO EXPLAIN, UH, TO, UH, RESIDENTS, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, HOW THIS IS TO BE DONE IN, IN A MANNER THAT THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT, UM, UM, CONCERN OF RESIDENTS REGARDING DENSITY AS WELL AS THE NEED ALSO TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME AND MODERATE INCOME.
UM, BUT WOULD OUR CITY STAFF RESPOND PLEASE? SO THE MA THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S RE UM, ARENA, UM, WOULD BE THE MAJORITY OF THE, THE, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S ARENA BE MET BY THE, UH, MIX, MIX USE OVERLAY ZONE, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SOME RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN, IN COMMERCIAL AREAS IN THE CITY.
SO THE, THE, THE CITY SITE INOR THE CITY SITE INVENTORY THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE HOUSING, IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDES A LIST OF, OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE CONSIDERED UNDERUTILIZED.
AND A MAJORITY OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE MIX USE OVERLAY ZONE.
SO THESE PROPERTIES INCLUDE MOST COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES WITH, WITH, UM, AREAS THAT HAVE NO POTENTIAL FOR BEING EVER BEING RESIDENTIAL REMOVED, SUCH AS CAR, CAR DEALERSHIPS.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWING ANY, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ON CAR DEALERSHIP PROPERTIES, UM, GASOLINE STATIONS, UH, THE, THE, UM, AND RECENTLY DEVELOPED, UM, OR CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED PROPERTIES SUCH AS THE, THE SHOPPING CENTER WITH THE GROCERY STORE ON, ON GARVEY AND CITRUS, AND ALSO THE, UM, CERTAIN FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS SUCH AS MCDONALD'S OR IN AND OUT THAT WOULD NEVER, THAT WOULD NEVER BE, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CITY DOES HAVE A DOWNTOWN PLAN AND CODE AREA, WHICH REQUIRES FOR HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, HOUSING IN THE VERY LOW INCOME AND LOW INCOME CATEGORIES.
UM, IF IT IS PROPOSED BY A DEVELOPER, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY MEANS OF DEVELOPING, UM, PROPERTY IN ITSELF.
UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON INTERESTED DEVELOPERS TO COME, UM, TO THE CITY AND PROPOSE THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.
SO THIS, THERE IS ROOM FOR THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND CODE AREA AGAIN, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A HIGHER, UM, DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
YOU, JOANNE, AND IT LOOKS, AND WE'LL GET BACK TO, OH, UH, COUNCILMAN TABBA.
SO, UM, JUST, UH, ON, ON THE, THE COMMERCIAL ZONES, UH, JUST BECAUSE I'VE BEEN, UH, FOLLOWING, UH, OTHER, UM, CITIES, UH, AND, AND THEY'VE HAD THEIRS REJECTED, UH, BECAUSE THEY PROPOSED HOUSING ON COMMERCIAL SITES THAT THE STATE DEEMED, UM, I GUESS RIDICULOUS, UM, BECAUSE THOSE, THOSE SITES, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, NEWLY BUILT RIGHT BUSINESSES THAT HAD JUST BEEN CREATED ON THOSE SITES, AND THEN THE CITY CLAIMED THAT, WELL, NO, THOSE WILL BE DESTROYED, AND THEN HOUSING WOULD BE PUT ON IT.
SO I JUST, I GUESS I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT WE ARE PRESENTING TO THE STATE, UM, THOSE COMMERCIAL SITES THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, UM, WOULD BE SEEN AS LEGITIMATELY UNDERUSED COMMERCIAL SITES THAT COULD THEN BE HOUSING.
SO I, I JUST WANNA, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE, WE'VE, I IDENTIFIED PROPER SITES.
SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE PREPARE THE HOUSING SITE INVENTORY, WE LOOKED AT THE, THE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN RELATION TO THE VALUE OF THE LAND.
IF, IF THE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, LOW, LOWER THAN THE VALUE OF THE LAND, THEN IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, UM, I WILL,
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UM, GOOD FOR DEVELOP FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.BUT IF IT, IF, IF IT'S SIGN SIGNIFICANTLY, IF THE THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT'S SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, UM, THEN IT MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE.
WE STILL INCLUDED SOME OF THOSE SITES.
UM, BUT I LOOKED THROUGH EVERY SINGLE, UM, IN THIS PROCESS.
I, I LOOKED THROUGH EVERY SINGLE APN THAT WE, THAT WE INCLUDED, AND I MADE SURE THAT THAT, UM, IT IS SUITED AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE CRITICIZED PUBLICLY OVER BECAUSE IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE POS POSSIBLY DEVELOPED INTO, INTO HOUSING.
UM, THERE, THE, THE B WE INCLUDED A LARGE BUFFER, UM, BECAUSE WE DO REALIZE THAT THE STATE MAY REJECT SOME OF OUR SITES.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE SOME ROOM FOR, FOR, FOR ITS POTENTIAL.
BUT OVERALL, WE FEEL THAT WHAT WE HAVE IS, IS SUITABLE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ADD THAT WE DID INCLUDE SITES THAT WE, UM, CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, UH, PRO OR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED ON, UM, THAT MAY NOT HAVE ORIGINALLY OR, UH, BEEN INCLUDED BECAUSE IT WOULDN'T SEEM LIKE A POSSIBLE SITE FOR RESIDENTIAL.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO INCLUDE THOSE SITES AS WELL.
IN, IN ADDITION, WE, WE INCLUDED, UM, PROOF, UM, CERTAIN PROOFS, UM, THAT MAY BE NEEDED OR REQUIRED.
UH, IF WE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY A DEVELOPER ABOUT A CERTAIN SITE, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS INTEREST FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THAT SITE, WE'VE INCLUDED DOCUMENTATION THAT SHOWS THAT THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THAT SITE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAD JUST MADE UP CITY MANAGER, IF I COULD JUST STAND.
SO IN CONCLUSION, WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WE'RE SUBMITTING TO THE STATE.
I, I'D JUST LIKE TO ADD ONE THOUGHT.
I BELIEVE THIS IS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.
WE HAVE, WE DO HAVE ONE MORE PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE WAS, I'M NOT YET CONVINCED THAT THIS WILL BE APPROVED BY THE STATE, THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM AND THEY'VE STAFFED UP IN A WAY THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE, HISTORICALLY, TO REVIEW THESE LOCAL ELEMENTS.
BILL, SORRY, I DIDN'T, SO I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
I GUESS IT'S NOT BEEN APPROVED BY THE STATE YET, BUT HERE WE GOT SACRAMENTO MESSING IN THE LOCAL SITUATIONS, AND, AND I'M JUST, I MEAN, SB 35 WAS MENTIONED.
IS THAT A PENDING BILL? AND ALSO AB 2011, UH, UH, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE MONEY AND, AND WHO'S, WHO'S LOBBYING, UH, SB 35 AND AB 2011, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW, UH, WHO'S PAYING FOR THIS, WHO'S, WHO'S LOBBYING IN SACRAMENTO, AND MAYBE YOU COULD SOLICIT THE, UH, OPINION OF THE, UH, LOCAL REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATIONS.
THERE'S, UH, TO SEE WHERE THE, AND I'M, I'M, UH, KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, UH, WHAT THE LEAGUE OF CITIES THINKS ABOUT THIS GARBAGE.
UH, UM, SO, UH, WHEN THIS, AS THIS FURTHER DEVELOPS, THOSE QUESTIONS THAT I JUST, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, UH, POSITION OF THE, UH, THE REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY, THE LOCAL REAL ESTATE ASSOCIATION, AND THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, AND, UH, WHO'S, WHO'S PAYING FOR THESE? I MEAN, WHO'S, UH, THE PEOPLE IN SACRAMENTO.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THIS IS THE PARTISAN OR PROBABLY NONPARTISAN, BUT, UH, UH, UH, WHO'S FUNNELING MONEY INTO THE HANDS OF OUR LEGISLATURE TO, UH, TO DO THIS? GOOD QUESTION.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS BEFORE WE CONTINUE? OKAY, NOW, SCENE, SCENE.
NONE NOW, NOW WE'LL CONTINUE WITH, UM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AND, AND, UH, THE PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNSEL DISCUSSION.
I, I JOINED THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FOR A COUPLE YEARS ALREADY, AND I JOINED THE SCAG, OKAY.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT.
OKAY? AND WE HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH ALL THESE HUNDREDS OF CITY HAVE A ISSUE WITH SB NINE, SB 10, AND I HAVE A ISSUE WITH ALL THIS RE NUMBERS.
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UH, ONCE UPON TIME, WE, EVEN THE SCAG WANT TO AS PURSUE THE STATE, BUT, UH, AT THE END IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO.OKAY? AND, UH, BASICALLY, AND THE SACRAMENTO MAKE A DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT, MEANING WE HAVE TO CREATE HOUSING, UH, EVEN CHANGING TO OUR LANDSCAPE WITH SB IP 10 THAT PEOPLE CAN JUST BUY RIGHT? TO SPLIT THE LOT AND MAKE FOUR UNIT AND DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT THE PARKING.
AND NOW THIS ONE IS CALLED ABOUT, YOU HAVE TO GO TO THE SHOPPING MALL AND THEN LET THEM TO CONVERT INTO THE HOUSING AGAIN.
SO THAT IS BASICALLY, AND WHAT THE STAY WANT, AND IF WE DON'T COMPLY, AND THEY WILL RECKLESS WITH NO GRANT, THIS POSSIBLE LAWSUIT, OKAY? AND, UH, IMPOSED TO THE CITY, LET THE CITY DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO FIGHT WITH THEM.
AND THE PREVIOUS, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, AND IT, ITEM NUMBER 13 BASICALLY IS HANGING HAND, IS TRY TO COMPLY WITH WHAT THEY WANT.
WE HAVE TO BUILD, OR WE HAVE TO TELL THE STATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THIS, SO DON'T WHACK US, OKAY? SO THAT THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
BASICALLY WE, WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO SAY.
THIS IS ANOTHER RUBBER STAMP, OKAY? WE JUST HAVE TO COMPLY, OKAY? WITH WHAT? I JUST FEEL LIKE WE JUST ELECT FOR NOTHING.
CAN WE JUST HAVE TO APPROVE WITH WHAT THEY WANT? SO I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE TO SAVE TIME.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM DIAZ FOR ITEM NUMBER 13.
ALL RIGHT, SO IT TAKES US TO THE END OF OUR MEETING.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, REQUESTS OR COMMENTS? UH, I HAVE A REQUEST.COUNCILMAN WILL THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
I, I, I'M GONNA REQUEST THE CITY ATTORNEY TO LOOK INTO AND BOEN PART JUST APPROVES OVERWHELMING 75% AND APPROVE THE OKAY.
LIMIT, UH, CONTRIBUTION TO NOT ONLY THE CANDIDATE PLUS THE PACK, UH, POLITICAL, UH, ACTION COMMITTEE.
AND THEY BASICALLY SEVENTH HUNDRED $50.
SO I THINK WE ARE $5 OR THE, BECAUSE THE, UH, INFLATION BECOMES $600 OR SOMETHING.
SO I, I WANT TO LET CITY LOOK INTO IT, OKAY? PUT AGENDA FOR NEXT TIME TO SEE, UH, WE ARE GOING TO RESTRICT IT.
WE GONNA WASTE TO $650 TO PER PERSON, PER CANDIDATE, AND THE SAME THING, INCLUDING LIKE BO PART THE PACK AND TO RECEIVE, OKAY, $650 OKAY? AND CONTRIBUTION NEED TO BE DISCLOSED WHERE THIS MONEY COMING FROM, LIKE, LIKE EVERYBODY.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A SUPERPOWER, SPEND UNLIMITED MONEY TO ATTACK A CANDIDATE OR SUPPORT CANDIDATE.
AND THIS BECOME THE SO, SO UNFAIR, OKAY? FOR SPECIAL INTEREST TO COME TO THE CITY AND TO ALMIGHTY POWER, IT'S NO DIFFERENT THAN PREVIOUSLY THE BUSINESS SPENDING THEIR TOP DOLLAR TO BUY THE VOTE.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD RESTRICT IT LIMITED, OKAY? AND HAVE A EQUAL PLAN FAIR FOR EVERYBODY, $650 FOR THE CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE THE DONATION OR EACH OF INDIVIDUAL, OKAY? AND THEN NOW OF THEM SHOULD BE CONNECT WITH THE CT PROJECT OR ANYTHING.
AND PLUS THE PACK, SOMETHING TOO SHOULD BE RESTRICTED IS SAME EQUAL REQUIREMENT.
SO IN THAT IN THE FUTURE, OUR CANDIDATE CAN OKAY, KIND OF, UH, GO TO THEIR POLICY WHILE THEY JUST ATTACK A ATTACK ATTACK, OKAY? THIS IS MY MO, THIS IS MY REQUEST.
AND WE NEED ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS.
ANYBODY AGAINST THIS? OTHERWISE, OKAY.
WE SHOULD BE APPROVED THIS MOTHER MAY I, I AGREE WITH THIS.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
DO I HAVE ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS, REQUESTS OR COMMENTS? SORRY, I'M GOING TO TALK A LOT.BUT THIS IS, UH, QUICKLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK OKAY.
OUR VETERAN DAY, AND, UH, I WANNA THANK THE STAFF AND, OKAY.
WE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF, AND THEY REALLY WORKED THEIR BUTTS OFF AND THEY PUT A CHAIR.
THIS, WE WERE WALKING, WE SEE PEOPLE DOING THE BARBECUE, AND THEY SEE THE BALLOON, AND YOU SEE THE CHAIR.
AND WE SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE THIS YEAR HAVE A LOT OF OUR VETERAN ATTEND.
OKAY? AND I REALLY APPRECIATE, THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT, HEARTWARMING EVENT FOR OUR VETERAN, AND I WANNA THANK
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THE STAFF.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HARD WORK, AND THANK ALL THE STAFF OKAY.
FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
AND, AND I'D LIKE TO SAY THE SAME.
AND ALSO, I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.
AND DO I HAVE ANY MORE COMP? NO, I JUST, UH, IN REFERENCE TO COUNCILMAN, UM, ANY OF THE ELECTIONS GET, GET DIRTY,
I MEAN, THEY, THEY SAID SOMETHING BAD ABOUT ME, AND IT'S NOT EVEN MY DISTRICT, IT WASN'T A SEPARATE DISTRICT THAT I'M LIKE, WHY AM I INVOLVED IN THAT FIGHT? BUT NOT A LAW.
NO, I KNOW, I, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT, I GET A LOT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, I HATE IT WHEN IT BECOMES VERY UGLY.
I, UM, IT'S HORRIBLE TO HAVE THE PACK OR THE SPECIAL INTEREST FORGED TONS OF MONEY AND WORD LIMITED AS A CANDIDATE THAT WE CAN'T FIGHT BACK OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FIGHT BACK WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
UM, BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, DESPITE ALL THE NEGATIVITY OUT THERE, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCILMAN WOO AND OUR COUNCILMAN ELECT O WHO IS HERE, UM, WITH THE AUDIENCE THAT WILL SOON BE JOINING US HERE AT THE DAAS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON THAT.
AND REGARDS TO THE SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, ROXANNE, ALONG WITH THE TEAM, THE STAFF, YOU'VE BEEN DOING SUCH A FABULOUS JOB.
ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS HAVE BEEN, UM, JUST GETTING BETTER.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, I KNOW SHE SENT AN EMAIL OUT THAT I WAS LIKE, I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID.
WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT AS A NEW THEME TO GATHER, CELEBRATE, AND CONNECT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND ANYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE FOR THAT.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, AND THANK YOU.
I JUST WANNA WISH EVERYONE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING.
AND, UM, I ALSO WANNA CONGRATULATE, UM, COUNCILMAN TONY WOO, FOR HER REAL ACTION.
AND I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UM, THE, UH, NEW, UM, AIO ALI, UH, CANTOS, UM, ELECT, UH, COUNCILMAN, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU TOO.
UM, AND JUST BE SAFE OUT THERE FOR THANKSGIVING.
I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT, TO BE WITH THE FAMILY.
ANY OTHER REPORTS, REQUESTS, OR COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN TOBA? UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK STAFF, UH, FOR A GREAT, UH, VETERAN'S DAY EVENT.
UH, IT WAS, UM, EXTREMELY WELL DONE.
UH, AND EACH EVENT, UH, JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, EXTEND ANOTHER CONGRATULATIONS, UH, TO COUNCIL MEMBER ELECT, UH, ALI CANTOS ON A, A GREAT CAMPAIGN, AND TO COUNCIL MEMBER W UH, WHO WILL BE, OH MY GOD, YOU SAY THAT TO ME.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME, YEAH,
UH, AND SO OBVIOUSLY, UH, TWO, TWO MORE YEARS TOGETHER OF, UH, A GREAT DRAMA THAT EVERYONE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO.
UH, AND, AND LASTLY, UH, I JUST WANNA REMIND THE FOLKS, UH, THAT THIS SATURDAY, UH, IS THE BIG GAME.
UH, AND SO, UH, MY, UH, MIGHTY UCLA BRUINS WILL BE MAINTAINING, UH, THE VICTORY BELL, UH, AS THEY TAKE ON THAT SCHOOL, UH, FROM SOUTH LOS ANGELES
UH, AND SO I KNOW, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, DAVID CAR, UM, MIGHT HAVE A ROOTING INTEREST ON A PARTICULAR SIDE.
UH, BUT I'D, I'D LIKE TO OFFER, OFFER THIS TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SEE IF YOU WOULD TAKE ME UP ON IT.
CAN WE, HOW TO SAY BET? SO, I, I, I, I'M PROPOSING JOURNEY
I, I KNOW WE, I KNOW WE BOTH, THAT YOU LIVE HERE, WE BOTH LOVE THE, THE, THE SUIT AND TIE.
UM, BUT, UM, TO THE, TO THE LOSER, UH, IF, IF, UH, WE COULD WEAR, UH, THE OPPOSER OPPOSING TEAM JERSEY AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING,
UH, I, I, I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL POWDER, BLUE AND GOLD JERSEY THAT WOULD LOOK GREAT ON YOU,
AND IT'S A SIZE SMALL, SMALL SIZE.