Apr 04, 2023 City Council

LET US BOW OUR HEADS IN PRAYER.

FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR MANY BLESSINGS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON JESUS CHRIST.

WE THANK YOU FOR A CITY AND THE, AND THE LEADERS, THE COUNCIL, PEOPLE HERE WHO, WHO SERVE OUR OURS, OUR CITY.

WE ASK YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THEM.

ASK THAT, UH, THEIR SERVICE TO US BE A THING OF JOY.

FATHER, WE ASK ALL THIS IN JESUS' NAME.

AMEN.

ABRAHAM, PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART AND FACE A FLAG.

AND FOLLOW MY LEAD.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.

ONE NATION UNDER JUSTICE, MR. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMAN CONTOS.

HERE.

COUNCILMAN WILL.

YEP.

COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO.

PRESENT MAYOR PRO TABBA.

PRESENT.

MAYOR DIAZ HERE.

AND TODAY, UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE SUSAN LESNIAK TO THE FRONT FOR A NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH 2003, DONATE LIFE AMERICA WAS INSPIRED BY THE NATURAL WORLD OF POND COMING TO LIFE IN THE SPRING.

TODAY, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE, WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION THAT WAS CANCELED, SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT.

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FROGS AND TOADS ARE IN SIGN OF HEALING AND RENEWAL AND WATER LILIES REPRESENT HOPE.

THE LILLY PADS WE SEE ON THE SURFACE OF A POND ARE PART OF A MUCH LARGER PLANT ROOTED BELOW THE WATER.

THE WATER LILLY PLANT REMINDS US OF THE SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION NEEDED FOR HOPE TO BLOOM TESTING.

OKAY, I HAVE A PROCLAMATION HERE.

ONE, LEGACY SAVING LIVES THROUGH ORGAN EYE AND TISSUE DONATION.

WHEREAS ORGAN EYE TISSUE, MERRILL AND BLOOD DONATION ARE LIFE GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSIONS OF COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED.

WHEREAS MORE THAN 100 INDIVIDUALS, HUN, 100,000 INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE AND MORE THAN 20,000 IN CALIFORNIA ARE CURRENTLY ON THE NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST.

AND ON AVERAGE, 17 PEOPLE DIE EACH DAY WHILE WAITING.

WHEREAS THE NEED FOR DONATED ORGANS IS ESPECIALLY URGENT IN HISPANIC, LATINOS AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

WHEREAS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL'S DONATION OF THE HEART, LUNGS, LIVER, KIDNEYS, PANCREAS, AND SMALL INTESTINE CAN SAVE UP TO EIGHT LIVES.

WHEREAS DONATION OF TISSUE CAN SAVE THE, AND HEAL THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 75 OTHERS.

WHEREAS ORGAN DONORS SAVED MORE THAN 42,000 LIVES LAST YEAR, THE MOST EVER.

WHEREAS ANY PERSON CAN REGISTER TO BE AN ORGAN EYE TISSUE DONOR REGARDLESS OF AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITION.

WHEREAS BEING A REGISTERED DONOR DOES NOT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFESAVING MEDICAL CARE A PERSON RECEIVES IN AN EMERGENCY.

WHEREAS CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH A DONATE LIVE CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY ONLINE ANYTIME BY VISITING WWW DONATE LIVE CALIFORNIA.ORG OR THE SPANISH SPEAKERS WWW DUNN VIDA CALIFORNIAS.ORG.

WHEREAS CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP TO BE AN ORGAN EYE TISSUE DONOR WHEN APPLYING FOR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES OR ID CARDS AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

WHEREAS CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS INTERESTED IN STAYING ALIVE THROUGH LIVING KIDNEY DONATIONS MAY VISIT WWW LIVING DONATIONS CALIFORNIA.ORG.

NOW,

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THEREFORE, I ROSARIO DIAZ OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BAYER ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DUE HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 9TH, 2003 TO APRIL 15TH, 2003, AS TELE AS ONE LEGACY SAVING LIVES THROUGH ORGAN EYE AND TISSUE DONATIONS.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIX THAT FOR YOU.

SO HERE YOU GO.

THIS IS IT.

I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR DIAZ AND ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, I JUST WANNA TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES TO TELL YOU MY CONNECTION TO THIS ORGANIZATION.

UM, NUMBER ONE, WHEN I WAS 17, I GOT MY DRIVER'S LICENSE IN NEW YORK.

MY OLDER BROTHER ALSO DID, AND WE BECAME REGISTERED DONORS.

AND SHORTLY AFTER THAT, AS SOON AS WE TURNED 18, WE BECAME BLOOD DONORS.

SO I PROUDLY DISPLAYED MY GALLON CARD FOR NEW YORK AND THEN IN CALIFORNIA AFTER I MOVED HERE, UM, AMERICAN RED CROSS DOESN'T EVEN ISSUE THOSE ANYMORE.

SO NOW THEY'RE REALLY HOT FOR SALE .

OKAY, NUMBER TWO IS THAT WHILE I AM THE FIRSTBORN AMERICAN IN MY FAMILY, MY PARENTS WERE IMMIGRANTS.

AND MUCH LIKE MANY OF OUR COMMUNITY, THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE, AND WE DIDN'T GO TO DOCTORS.

SO YEAR AFTER YEAR AND THE WINTERTIME CAME, I HAD TONSILLITIS, I HAD STREP THROAT, AND NONE OF US REALIZED THAT I NEEDED AN ANTIBIOTICS AND THAT THIS COULD DAMAGE MY HEART AND I DIDN'T FIND OUT SO MUCH LATER.

SO IN 1980, THIS LEADS ME TO NUMBER TWO CONNECTION.

MY BROTHER WAS KILLED IN A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, AND THE POLICE NOTIFIED MY PARENTS, AND OF COURSE, WE WERE ALL GRIEVING AND IT WAS A DISASTER IN OUR FAMILY.

BUT THEN THE NEXT CALL CAME FROM A HOSPITAL IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, AND THAT WAS ABOUT 150 MILES FROM WHERE WE LIVED.

AND THEY ASKED FOR THE DONATIONS.

MY PARENTS IMMEDIATELY SAID, NO KNEE JERK REACTION.

NOBODY DISCUSSED IT.

AND NOBODY REALLY KNEW AT THAT TIME, IN 1980, PEOPLE DID NOT DO THE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THAT WE HAVE NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THE, UM, EVENTS THAT WE DO WITH TOWN AND THROUGH HOSPITALS, THROUGH DMV, THROUGH HIGH SCHOOLS, ET CETERA.

SO, UM, THAT WAS A HARDSHIP.

BUT FAST FORWARD MY LIFE AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GO ON WITH LIFE, YOU DO YOUR CAREER.

AND I BECAME A SINGLE MOTHER.

I BECAME A CAREER WOMAN.

AND THEN LO AND BEHOLD, I WENT TO THE DOCTORS AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH YOUR HEART.

YOU HAVE CARDIOMYOPATHY AND THERE'S NO CURE.

SO YOUR FUTURE IS GOING TO BE HEART FAILURE.

AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU GET A TRANSPLANT.

SO I STARTED 25 YEARS OF DOCTOR VISITS, HOSPITAL VISITS, TEST MEDICATIONS, TRYING TO STRETCH IT OUT AND PRAYING TO GOD .

AND HE IS MY PASTOR.

SO, UM, PRAYING TO GOD AND ALL MY FRIENDS CHEERED UP AND PRAYED FOR ME.

IT DIDN'T MATTER WHAT RELIGION THEY CAME FROM, IT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE.

I USED THE WEST COVINA, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT MANY TIMES AT MY HOUSE FOR ALL OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS WHO PASSED AWAY ONE BY ONE AND FOR ME GOING TO THE HOSPITAL TOO.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE AND I HOPE YOU EXPRESSED THAT TO THEM TOO.

UM, SO THEN SHORT STORY NOW IS THAT I END UP IN UCLA WAITING FOR A HEART.

AND LUCKILY, AFTER A MONTH, I WAS BLESSED WITH A HEART.

WHEN THE DOCTORS CAME IN THAT NIGHT TO TELL ME THAT THE FAMILY FOUND A DONOR THAT MATCHED ME, I JUST SAID, WHERE DO I SIGN? AND I STARTED PRAYING.

LUCKILY, IT'S TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER AND I'M HERE AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY THAT HELPED ME ALONG THE WAY, WHO PRAYED FOR ME, WHO CURED ME, AND ESPECIALLY FOR MY DONOR AND THE LOSS THAT THEIR FAMILY SUFFERED ON MY BEHALF.

SO NUMBER FOUR COMES ALONG AFTER MY TRANSPLANT.

AFTER SIX MONTHS, I FELT BETTER AND I FOUND OUT WHAT ONE LEGACY DOES.

AND IT IS AMAZING THE SERVICE THAT THE ORGAN PROCUREMENT O ORGANIZATIONS DO IN THIS COUNTRY.

AND I JUST, UM, BECAME INVOLVED IN IT.

AND I WANNA DO THE OUTREACH BECAUSE THIS IS HOW I HONOR MY DONOR.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I WANT YOU TO ALL KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING AN ANNUAL, UH, RUN WALK AT AZUSA PACIFIC COLLEGE ON APRIL 29TH.

YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO ATTEND, UH, IF YOU LIKE TO JOG OR RUN OR WALK .

SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.

I ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAD A LITTLE REUNION HERE.

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UM, SUSAN USED TO WORK AT THE IRS AND SHE WOULD REFER FRAUD REFERRALS TO OUR CRIMINAL DIVISION.

AND SO I HAD THE, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WHILE I WAS WORKING.

SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT ROOM WALK.

SO GOOD.

EMAIL ME AND, AND, UH, 29TH.

I'LL TRY TO REMEMBER THAT.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.

LET'S SEE WHAT THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE.

OH, THIS ONE'S RIGHT.

UH, NEXT PROCLAMATION DECLARATION.

UH, IT'S NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY COM.

UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK, APRIL 9TH THROUGH THE 15TH.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE MARY RODRIGUEZ TO COME DOWN.

HI, MARY.

NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELE TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK IS HELD ANNUALLY DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL TO HONOR PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS FOR THEIR COMMITMENT, SERVICE, AND SACRIFICE.

IT WAS INITIALLY STARTED IN 1981 BY PATRICIA ANDERSON OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA.

IN 1994, PRESIDENT WILLIAM J. CLINTON SIGNED A PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL AS NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK.

THIS WEEK IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND THANK TELECOMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL ACROSS THE NATION WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES, CITIZENS AND PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL.

24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I, I KNOW YOU WORKED SO HARD AND, UM, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY IF YOU WORK, UM, NOT MUCH OF A SPEAKER, BUT, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR RECOGNIZING THE WEST COA POLICE AND FIRE DISPATCHERS.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

THEY'RE A BUNCH OF HARDWORKING WOMEN AND, UM, THANK YOU.

LET ME, SO WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK, APRIL 9TH, TWO, 2003 THROUGH APRIL 15TH, 2000.

UM, THREE, UH, 23 EMERGENCIES CAN OCCUR IN ANY TIME REQUIRING POLICE, FIRE, EMERGENCY, AND MEDICAL SERVICES.

AND WHEN AN EMERGENCY OCCURS, THE PROMPT RESPONSE OF APPROPRIATE PERSONNEL IS CRITICAL TO THE PROTECTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY.

AND THE SECURITY OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL IS AN, UM, IS DEPENDENT UPON THE QUALITY AND ACCURACY OF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM CITIZENS WHO CALL 9 1 1.

AND COMMUNICATION OFFICERS ARE THE FIRST AND MOST CRITICAL CONTACT FOR OUR CITIZENS WITH EMERGENCY SERVICES AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS ARE VITAL LINK FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, FIREFIGHTERS, AND FIRST RESPONDERS IN MONITORING THEIR ACTIVITIES BY RADIO, PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION AND ENSURING THEIR SAFETY AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICERS HAVE CONTRIBUTED SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE APPREH APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS, SUPPRESSION OF FIRES AND TREATMENT OF PATIENTS AND COMMUNICATION OFFICERS EXHIBIT COMPASSION, UNDERSTANDING, AND PROFESSIONALISM WHILE PERFORMING THEIR DUTIES.

NOW THEREFORE, I ROSARIO DIAZ, MAYOR OF CITY OF WEST COVINA ON BEHALF OF THIS ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DEWEY, HERE PR UH, HEREBY PROCLAIM APRIL 9TH THROUGH APRIL 15TH, 2023 AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR YELLOW SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE NINE, MAYOR.

SISTER, A MOTHER, A FATHER, HUSBAND OR WIFE.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FRANCIS FONG, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, MR. FRANCIS FUNK.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND CITIZENS OF, UH, WEST COVINA.

MY NAME IS FRANCIS FONG.

I'M A RESIDENT OF, OF, UH, WEST COVINA, AND I ALSO REPRESENT THE CITY OF HOPE BLOOD DONUT CENTER IN DRE.

UH, IT'S A PLACE WHERE COURAGE AND KINDNESS BEGIN.

UH, WE ARE ALL TOUCHED BY CANCER IN SOME WAY.

WE KNOW, UH, A NA, A FRIEND THAT HAS CANCER, A NEIGHBOR, A COWORKER, OR SOMEONE'S CLOSER TO YOU, UH, LIKE AN UNCLE, AN AUNT, A COUSIN, OR EVEN CLOSER GRANDMA, GRANDPA, A BROTHER, A

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WIFE AND ALL.

AND WE ALL FEEL HELPLESS WHEN WE HEAR ABOUT THEIR LIFE-CHANGING DIAGNOSIS.

BUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW TO HELP.

UH, I WANT TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ACT OF COURAGE AND KINDNESS BY DONATING BLOOD ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM AT THE CORTEZ SENIOR CENTER.

UH, PLEASE VISIT, I DONATE BLOOD FOR HOPE.ORG TO REGISTER OR CALL 6 2 6 2 1 8 7 1 7 1.

CITY OF HOPE DOES NOT SELL THE BLOOD THAT WE COLLECT.

WE DO NOT SELL IT TO HOSPITALS.

WE DON'T SELL OUR BLOOD TO BIOMEDICAL COMPANIES.

WE DON'T SELL IT TO ACADEMIC CENTERS.

EVERY DROP THAT WE RECEIVE GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR CANCER PATIENTS HERE.

WE'LL, I WANT BY GIVING YOU THREE REASONS WHY WE SHOULD ALL DONATE BLOOD NUMBER ONE, IT'S EASY.

YOU ROLL UP YOUR SLEEVE AND YOU SIT IN A NICE, COMFORTABLE CHAIR.

UH, NUMBER TWO, IT'S A GREAT ACT OF KINDNESS THAT TAKES A LITTLE, VERY LITTLE EFFORT.

UH, AND FINALLY, FOR OUR PATIENTS, IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO OUR CAMPUS AND DO OUR DAY AND VISIT, UH, HELFORD HOSPITAL, IF YOU LOOK UP, UH, ONTO THE THIRD FLOOR, THAT IS OUR PEDIATRIC FLOOR.

AND IF YOU'RE LUCKY, YOU, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A, A PEDIATRIC CHILD WAVE AT YOU.

AND IN ONE OF THOSE ROOMS RIGHT NOW IS AN EIGHT YEAR OLD LITTLE BOY THAT JUST FINISHED CHEMO AND RADIATION.

HIS BODY'S TIRED, HIS BODY'S ACHING, HE'S BEEN THROWING UP, AND HE'S WINNING ON A BLOOD TRANSFUSION, BLOOD THAT YOU MAY HAVE DONATED.

AND ALL HE WANTS TO DO IS GO HOME BECAUSE HE HASN'T SEEN HIS DOG IN TWO WEEKS.

UM, YOUR BLOOD DONATION MAKES A HUGE IMPACT ON OUR PATIENTS.

YOU GIVE OUR PATIENTS TIME, TIME TO RECOVER, TIME TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY AND TIME TO BE WITH WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

SO OUR HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU AT OUR BLOOD, UM, DRIVE AT CORTES PARK ON APRIL 19TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THANK YOU, HERMAN.

FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.

INFAMOUS RIDLEY THOMAS, YOUR FORMER LA COUNTY REP LIKE HILDA EL SALISE, THAT REPRESENTS THE FIRST DISTRICT HERE.

I'M SORRY TO SAY, BUT I'M GLAD TO SAY YOU WRECK YOURSELF.

YOU CORRECT YOURSELF.

BUT SEE, THE STUNNING THING IS WE HAVE A MAYOR HERE WHO LIKES CENSORSHIP, ENJOYS TURNING OFF THE MIC AND ENJOYS INTIMIDATION AGAINST YOU, THE PUBLIC, THE SPEAKERS.

AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE I REPRESENT JUSTICE SERVE THE SAME WAY MITCHELL ENGLAND OR FELL FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES THE SAME WAY JOSE LEWIS WER FELL DUE TO CORRUPTION THE SAME WAY THE MAYOR OF WEST COVINA CAN SHORTLY FALL WITH HER CONSPIRACY OF CONSPIRES WHO HAVE RAN THIS CITY'S BUDGET INTO A SHRINKING FLUX OF BANK STEALING OF YOUR ACCOUNT TAXPAYERS.

BUT YOU DON'T CARE, RIGHT? YOU'RE JUST TAXPAYER YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT.

DON'T TURN AROUND.

TALK ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE.

I'M SORRY, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING TO BE MARRIED? BECAUSE THE OTH THE OTHER TWO WEEKS AGO, THERE SEEMED TO BE A, A DISPUTE BETWEEN PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS IN HERE IN WHICH YOU ALLOWED TO GO ON, ON A FILIBUSTER BETWEEN ALI VERSUS MR. BRIAN, IN WHICH I SUPPORT BRIAN 1000 PLUS 1%, CUZ BRIAN IS A GOOD MAN.

NOW, AS FAR AS THE FOOLISHNESS AND THE SHENANIGAN GANGS, LET ME READ A PART OF THE SEVEN COUNTS OF BRIBERY AND FRAUD BY THIS POLITICIAN.

IT SAYS HERE, MR. RIDLEY THOMAS, THE JURORS FOUND HIM GUILTY OF SEVEN CONSPIRACIES ACTIONS, ONE BRIBERY, THE OTHER DISHONEST SERVICE, MALE FRAUD, AND FOUR COUNTS OF HONEST SERVICE WITH FRAUD.

THE SAME FRAUD WE GET HERE IN WEST COVINA.

EACH TIME YOU TURN DOWN THE MIC AND YOU VIOLATE OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT OF FREE SPEECH, YOU MONITOR AND CENSOR THE PUBLIC.

NOW IF YOU DISLIKE WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY, MOMMY MAYOR, YOU SHOULD LEAVE AND COME BACK WHEN YOU'RE READY TO ACCEPT THE CRITICISM FROM THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED YOU IN AND WASN'T VERY MANY.

THAT'S A WHY LITTLE BILL DOESN'T COME TO THE MEETINGS ANYMORE BECAUSE HE THREATENED MR. BRYAN AND THE TIME WHEN YOU CALLED US ROACHES.

WELL, I'M A ROACH, A LONG LIVING COCKROACH,

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AND I UNDERSTAND BRANDON BURG VERSUS OHIO, US THREE NINETY FIVE FOUR FOUR FOUR NINETEEN SIXTY NINE.

BUT YOU WANNA CALL ME A RACIST JUST BECAUSE I'M WHITE SKIN IN AND MY HORNS TELL YOU THE TRUTH THAT FROM ONE EVIL PERSON TO ANOTHER, I FOUND OUT FACTS AND I STIRRED UP YOUR MEETINGS TO INVITE PEOPLE TO COME TO SAY TO YOU, MAYOR AND COUNSEL PEOPLE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO OUR BUDGET THAT WE CAN'T AFFORD TO FIX OUR SIDEWALKS AND STREETS? WHERE'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY THAT YOU KEEP RAISING OUR TAXES ON OUR PROPERTY THAT WE SEE OUR COMMUNITY DWINDLING INTO A RAT HOLE LIKE LOS ANGELES? YEAH, I WAS OUT THERE THIS MORNING WITH HILDA EL SALISE MOMMY, JANET HAHN, HOLLY MITCHELL, AND WHAT'S THAT OTHER'S LADY'S NAME, THE CRUDE ONE.

I THINK IT HER NAME IS HORA WITCH.

BUT DON'T QUOTE ME ON THAT BECAUSE JUST LIKE THE TRANSPARENCY OF THE TRIBUNE, WE'RE FINDING OUT THAT 40 QSC 1983 IS NOT OFFENSIVE.

IT'S NOT OFFENSIVE, IT'S NOT OF ADDRESS.

THE COUNCIL.

MADAM MAYOR, CONTROL YOUR PETS IN THE CROWD.

I'M TURNING AROUND BECAUSE I'M HANDSOME.

I DON'T NEED CRITICISM FROM THE CROWD.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY MY GREENSPAN WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND HERE OVER A FLAG.

CUZ YOU DON'T INTERRUPT.

THEY'RE INTERVENING IN MY FREE SPEECH AT MY FIVE MINUTES AT TIME.

BUT NO, YOU TARGET ME AND YOU CRITICIZE ME BECAUSE YOU SAY, I USE HATE SPEECH.

TALK TO THE PEOPLE IN THE CROWD, CONTROL YOUR ANIMALS.

BUT AS FAR AS THE OTHER PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE TO HEAR MY IMPORTANT POINTS, LET'S FACE IT.

MOMMY, I GOT YOU.

I GOT YOU SO MIXED UP.

YOU'RE MAKING MISTAKES WITH THIS FINE CLERK OVER HERE.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY YOU DIDN'T HAVE THOSE TWO SPECIAL MEETINGS OF CLOSED SESSION CUZ YOU'RE TRYING TO KEEP A SECRET WAY 42 C 19, YOU SLIGHTLY THANK F**K YOU JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY TOM VOGEL.

OH, CENTENNIAL MAYOR.

I ACTUALLY THINK YOU'RE THE MAYOR OF THE CITY CENTENNIAL.

BUT IN ANY CASE, BLESS YOUR HEART, CAN I ALSO, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE FARCE TONIGHT OF, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE LONG RANGE PLAN OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, STILL WAITING FOR WHAT'S THE COST OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? STILL WAITING FOR THE COST OF BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW WHERE THAT'S GONNA GO CUZ WE HAVE ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO SAID, WE DON'T FIX STREETS THAT ARE REALLY BAD BECAUSE IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO FIX ONES THAT ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.

WE WONDER WHY WE'RE IN THESE THINGS.

WELL, LOOK, GET TO WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GO AFTER LAST WEEK'S DISPLAY OF YOUR HUSBAND WILLIAM ELLIOT, AND AN OFFICIAL FUNCTION OF THE CITY, THE INTENTIONAL THREATS, INTIMIDATION, AND LANGUAGE USE TOWARDS A MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY IN A ROOM FULL OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND POLICE OFFICERS SHOW A PERSON, IN MY OPINION, EATING ACCESS TO MENTAL HEALTH EXPERTS AND GIVES A REASON WHY THE MAYOR MUST RESIGN.

THE MAYOR'S HUSBAND WENT OFF ON A PERSON FOR ONLY WHAT HE KNOWS.

WHY WORSE? IT APPEARS IT WAS THE WRONG PERSON WHEN THE PERSON ASKED WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT AND SAID THEY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE SOURCE OF HIS ANGER.

HE REFUSED TO BELIEVE WHEN TOLD, I'M NOT THAT PERSON.

HOW CAN ANYONE GOVERN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY FEELING SAFE AT PUBLIC MEETINGS WHEN SHE ATTENDS AND HER HUSBAND'S WITH HER KNOWING HER HUSBAND CAN GO OFF ON ANYONE AT ANY TIME FOR ANY REASON THEY CANNOT.

HOW CAN ANYONE APPROACH OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS? BECAUSE HE IS, BECAUSE HE IS A SECURITY GUARD, WAS POINTING A FINGER IN THIS PERSON'S FACE.

I JUST WONDER WHEN THE NEXT TIME WILL BE THAT INSTEAD OF POINTING THE FINGER, IF HE GOT A C C W, HE'D BE POINTING A GUN INSTEAD.

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MANY YEARS AGO, WE HAD A MEMBER OF THE CONS LEAVE THE, THE DIAS TO VERBALLY ASSAULT, ALMOST BECOMING PHYSICAL, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FOR COMMENTS MADE AT A MEETING.

DOES ANYONE THINK THE POLICE CHIEF AT THE TIME SAID TO ME HE DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AS HE DID NOT WANT TO ARREST A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER DURING A MEETING? DOES ANYONE THINK THIS IS NOT THE SAME TYPE OF HESITATION TO ARREST THE HUSBAND OF A MAYOR OF OUR CITY AT A CITY INVENT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLIC AND OTHER OFFICERS? WILLIAM ELLIOT IS A COWARD WHO ONLY GOES AFTER THOSE HE THINKS HE CAN INTIMIDATE WITH HIS SIZE AND MOUTH.

LET US ALL REMEMBER HIS APOLOGY FOR FREEZING.

WHEN OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK WAS ASSAULTED VERBALLY BY AN ALL TWO PRESENT SPEAKER IN THESE CHAMBERS.

BEFORE A MEETING HE DID NOT ASK THE PERSON TO STOP CALL FOR HELP OR GET HELP.

HE SET BY DOING NOTHING FROZEN IN FEAR.

WILLIAM E ELLIOT ONLY HAS THE COURAGE TO RUN HIS MOUTH AND THREATEN THOSE IN APPEARANCE WHO ARE WEAKER OR WHEN THE POLICE ARE AROUND TO PROTECT HIM.

ALL THE OTHER FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL ARE GUILTY OF STANDING BY AND SAYING NOTHING.

HOW CAN THOSE WHO DEMAND RESPECT FROM SPEAKERS BELIEVE IN EQUITY FOR PEOPLE WANT US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER AND CLAIM SUCCESS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY? SIMPLY SIT BY IN SILENCE.

ALL FIVE OF YOU ENABLE THIS CONDUCT AND THE FIVE OF YOU CAN BRING IT TO AN END IF ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY COURAGE.

THANK YOU R ROBINSON.

FOLLOWED BY TOM VOGEL, FOLLOWED BY JOSE AMADOR.

UH, BIG NEWS IS EMERGING FROM THE VAX CULT.

UH, PLEASE COUNSEL, SHARE THIS MESSAGE WITH SACRAMENTO.

UH, THERE WERE 138 COMPANIES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTING THE VAX.

THEY'RE ALL MILITARY CONTRACTORS.

THE PENTAGON AND THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY RAN THE ENTIRE PANDEMIC RESPONSE.

PFIZER AND MODERNA DON'T REALLY OWN THOSE VACCINES.

THEY SLAPPED THEIR LABELS ON 'EM, BUT IT WAS A A PENTAGON PROJECT.

UH, THIS CONFIRMS THE WORK OF SASHA LAVA AND OTHERS WHO SHOWED HOW THE PENTAGON'S OPERATION WARP SPEED WAS ABLE TO COMPLETELY CIRCUMVENT FEDERAL HEALTH REG REGULATIONS BY USING WHAT'S CALLED IN BUREAU SPEAK, UH, AN OTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY CONTRACT, WHICH THEY USE TO CONTRACT WITH THE BIOWEAPONS MANUFACTURERS TO LITERALLY PRODUCE THE BIO WEAPON.

THIS WAS DISCOVERED IN PFIZER'S MOTION TO DISMISS, UH, BROOK JACKSON'S, UH, FEDERAL, UH, TEXAS FEDERAL CASE WHEN THEY ATTACHED ANOTHER CONTRACT CALLED ANOTHER TRANSACTION AUTHORITY OTA CONTRACT, SAYING IN EFFECT, PFIZER HAD NO OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT VALID CLINICAL TRIALS BECAUSE THE ONLY GOODS AND SERVICES THEY WERE PROVIDING TO THE US GOVERNMENT, ACCORDING TO THIS CONTRACT, ARE A LARGE SCALE MANUFACTURING DEMONSTRATION FOR A PROTOTYPE.

THE VAX WAS A PROTOTYPE UNDER THE, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE OTA, PFIZER MAY HAVE HAD NO OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT A VALID CLINICAL TRIAL OR TO FOLLOW ANY OF THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN CLINICAL TRIALS.

IN OTHER WORDS, OTA A DID FOR THE FINANCIAL CONTRACTING SIDE, WHAT THE E U A DID, UH, TO THE DRUG REGULATIONS SIDE FOR EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPIES, WE NEED TO STOP EXPERIMENTING ON PREGNANT WOMEN.

UH, RECENTLY IT'S BEEN DISCOVERED THAT THE THAT DNA IS, IS, UH, CONTAMINATING THE GENE THERAPY BIOWEAPONS POSSIBLY TO EN ENHANCE INJURY.

TOO FEW PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THE JAB BIOWEAPON AS A PO AS POISON DEATH SHOTS.

THE PRIMARY TOOLS OF A BIO WEAPON, ARMS RACE BEING SPONSORED, ORGANIZED AND DISTRIBUTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

IT'S AN EXPERIMENTAL, UH, GENE THERAPY AND NO ONE IN EVEN MDS GETS INFORMED CONSENT.

SINCE THE JAB THE JABS PACKAGE INSERT IS BLANK, WE'RE ALL BLINDLY FOLLOWING ORDERS BACKED BY A MEDIA PROPAGANDA AND A SOPHISTICATED SIOP.

IN SHORT, THE FAKE CLINIC CLINICAL TRIALS WERE

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A SIOP TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO GET THE INJECTIONS.

THE DOCUMENTS BROOK JACKSON PROVIDED CONTAINED EVIDENCE OF FALSIFIED DATA, BLIND TRIAL FAILURES AND AWARENESS ON THE PART OF AT LEAST ONE SUBCONTRACTOR VINTA ONE IN EXECUTIVE THAT MEMBERS OF THE COMPANY'S STAFF WERE FALSIFYING DATA.

SHE IS APPEALING, UH, THE JUDGE'S MOTION TO DISMISS, ASKING FOR A HIGHER, UH, UH, A HIGHER TRIAL COURT HEARING.

JACKSON'S DOCUMENTS ALSO PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF ADMINISTRATORS WHO HAD NO TRAINING OR MEDICAL CERTIFICATIONS, OR WHO PROVIDED VERY LITTLE OVERSIGHT DURING TRIALS.

ACCORDING TO THE EPIC TIMES, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AGREEMENT WITH PFIZER SET AS ITS ONLY CONDITION OF PAYMENT DELIVERY OF A VAX THAT WAS AUTHORIZED OR APPROVED BY THE US DRUG ADMINISTRATION, FDA, AN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE PFIZER BEYOND TECH COVID 19 VACCINE HAS NOT BEEN WITHDRAWN.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S AGREEMENT WITH PFIZER REMAINS VALID ACCORDING TO THE JUDGE.

UH, TRU, WHO WROTE IN THE OPINION IN SOME MS. JACKSON, HAS FAILED TO PLEAD THAT THE GOVERNMENT CONDITION PAYMENT ON DEFENDANT'S CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY PROVISIONS OR CLINICAL TRIAL PROTOCOL.

THE UPSHOT IS THAT THERE'S NO LIABILITY UNDER THE FC THE FALSE CLAIMS ACT FOR, FOR MAKING OR USING A FALSE RECORD OR STATEMENT.

WHILE THE CLAIMANT IS ENTITLED TO PAYMENT, PFIZER WAS ENTITLED, UH, TO ITS, UH, CLAIMS FOR PAYMENT.

THEREFORE, MS. JACKSON HAD NOT STATED A CLAIM FOR FALSE RECORD LIABILITY.

THAT MEANS PFIZER HAS A LICENSE TO COMMIT FRAUD.

TOM VOGEL, FOLLOWED BY JOSE AMADOR, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRIS.

DEFINITELY GONNA STAY ON SCRIPT , UH, GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK.

MY NAME IS TOM VOGEL AND I'M WITH THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN STATE'S REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON TAX FRAUD AWARENESS.

THE PRE THE PREVALENCE OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TAX FRAUD HAS REACHED CRISIS LEVEL AND MUST BE STOPPED THIS APRIL, LOCAL 1607 AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS ARE TAKING PART IN THE NATIONAL TAX FRAUD DAYS OF ACTION.

TAX FRAUD DAYS OF ACTION GREW OUT OF THE WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE ABOUT CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TAX FRAUD, A RANGE OF PRACTICES WHERE EMPLOYERS USED CRIMINAL PRACTICES TO WALK AWAY FROM TAX RESPONSIBILITIES.

THESE DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS INTENTIONALLY MISCLASSIFIED WORKERS AS INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, PAY WORKERS IN CASH AND EXPLOIT VULNERABLE WORKERS.

THE RESULT, THESE BUSINESSES HAVE A CRIMINAL ADVANTAGE.

NO LAW ABIDING CONTRACTORS CAN COMPETE WITH THE PR.

THIS PRACTICE IS A BUSINESS MODEL THAT IS FOUND HAND IN HAND WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND FORCES THE VICTIMS TO LIVE IN AN UNDERGROUND ECONOMY.

YOU CAN'T RENT AN APARTMENT OR BUY A VEHICLE WITHOUT PROOF OF INCOME.

OUR COMMUNITIES ARE FACING A BUDGET SHORTFALL DUE TO LOST TAX REVENUES DUE TO RISING INFLATION.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER TO BRING ACCOUNTABILITY TO THESE CRIMINAL CONTRACTORS.

EMPLOYERS WHO ARE STEALING FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS HURTING OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE DESERVE BETTER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JOSE AMADOR, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATAS, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ.

GOOD EVENING, STAFF CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MADAM MAYOR, I'M GONNA LEAVE MY BUSINESS CARD HERE.

FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION OF WORKERS BY DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS.

UM, I'M JOSE MALLOR FOR THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAIN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS LOCAL 7 21 FROM WEED HERE.

UH, WE REPRESENT 67,000 MEMBERS IN THE SOUTHWEST IN 10 DIFFERENT STATES, BUT HERE IN THIS AREA, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE HAVE 234 MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PLUS THEIR FAMILIES.

THEY'RE BELLY BUTTON, AS WE CALL IT.

OKAY, TODAY WHAT I REALLY WANNA SPEAK ON, OH, AND BY THE WAY, I'M, I'M ALSO A POLITICAL DEPUTY FOR THE SOUTHWEST.

OKAY? WHAT I WANNA SPEAK ON TODAY IS TAX FRAUD.

AND SOME PEOPLE MIGHT THINK IT'S ABOUT CHEATING ON THEIR TAX TAXES, BUT IT'S MORE THAN THAT.

IT'S CRUCIAL THAN THAT.

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TAX FRAUD IS WAGE THEFT.

IT'S WORKERS' COMPENSATION FRAUD, LABOR TRAFFICKING, AND DOES MAJOR DAMAGES ON OUR WORK.

FAM WORKING FAMILIES LOOKING

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IT'S A PART OF THIS BUSINESS MODEL THAT REQUIRES A VULNERABLE WORKFORCE AND THAT HAS NO OPTIONS OTHER THAN ACCEPT THE, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT JOB.

AND THEN DENYING THEM HEALTHCARE AND THEN ALSO HAVING THE, THEIR NEXT GENERATION JUST JUMPING ON THAT TYPE OF WORK AND THAT TYPE OF INDUSTRY WHEN THEY'RE PAYING TAX FRAUD, WHEN THEY'RE PAYING CASH, BEING MISTREATED, NOT PROVIDING HEALTHCARE WORKERS' COMP AND SUCH.

AND FAMILIES HAVE NO OTHER TO SAY, JUST TO BE A VICTIM ON THE SAME PREDATOR.

TAX FRAUD IS A HUMAN TRAFFICKING COST US OUR COMMUNITY, 8.4 BILLION EACH YEAR, ALL WHILE DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS, THEY CONTINUE TO POCKET THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CASH IN THEIR POCKETS.

MORE FOR THEM, BENEFITS FOR THEM, NOT, NOT EVEN THE CITY.

THIS APRIL 10TH AND 18TH, THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD CARPENTERS ARE TAKING PART OF THE NATIONAL TAX FRAUD DAYS OF ACTION.

A WEEK LONG SERIES OF EVENTS TO RISE.

AWARENESS ON CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ON TAX FRAUD.

TAX FRAUD IS COSTING OUR COMMUNITY TAX FRAUDS, REVENUES, CHEATS OUR COMMUNITIES AS MUCH NEEDED.

REVENUES AS SUCH AS FIRE DEPARTMENTS, LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE AND ROAD, UH, UH, MAINTENANCE.

WE ASK THAT TODAY, YOU GUYS STAND WITH US IN DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND RE AND FOR THE CRIMINALS, DEVELOPERS, CONTRACTORS THAT USE TAX FRAUD TO EXPLOIT WORKERS AND LEAVES THE COMMUNITY TO PICK UP THE PIECES.

I ASK SEVERAL QUESTIONS.

I HOPE THAT THIS CITY COUNCIL ON WEST COVINA HAS A CODE OF CON CONDUCT IN PLACE.

A, UH, TASK TASK FORCE WHERE YOU GUYS CAN CHECK AND CERTIFY PAYROLL.

DO THEY PROVIDE HEALTHCARE ON THESE DEVELOPERS AND CONTRACTORS? AND ALSO WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS ARE THEY PAYING AREA STANDARDS? I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS STAND WITH US, NOT AGAINST US.

AND, UH, THE RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA DESERVE MUCH BETTER.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JERRY.

PATS FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY JIM GR.

GOOD EVENING.

JERRY PATS WEST RESIDENT.

THE STAFF REPORT ON, UH, THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING 24, 28.

UH, AGENDA ITEM THREE AS, UM, COMMUNITY TWO COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS LISTED.

AND I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY, VERY MUCH NEEDED IN THE RESIDENTS WILL BE VERY INFORMED.

I HAVE TWO, THREE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.

WILL THESE WORKSHOPS DISCUSS THE SPORTS PLEX? WILL THEY DISCUSS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND WILL THEY DISCUSS THE COMMUNITY EVENTS? ALL OF WHICH THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN, I SHOULDN'T SAY ALL OF WHICH, BUT THERE HAS BEEN SOME GENERAL FUNDS, UH, IN THE LAST YEARS GOING TO SOME OF THIS STUFF.

AND I THINK WE RESIDENTS DESERVE TO GET SOME FORECASTING ON THAT TOO.

PREPARED MY SPEECH FOR FIVE MINUTES.

DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY JIM GR.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.

UH, BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

I FOUND THIS ON MY DOOR TODAY ABOUT, UH, A COMPANY HERE TO, UH, REDO, PAINT OUR NUMBERS.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS, UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN IN EARTH.

CITY OF WEST COVINA IS PAYING FOR THIS, CUZ IT SHOWS DOWN HERE THEY WANT A DONATION OF $25, BUT THEY'RE SAYING YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT, THAT THE CITY IS DOING THAT.

SO I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T ANSWER RIGHT NOW, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS IS LEGITIMATE OR NOT.

UM, I'D LIKE TO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, I WAS A LITTLE PEEVED LAST TIME THAT WE ONLY HAD, I ONLY HAD A CHANCE THREE MINUTES INSTEAD OF FIVE MINUTES THAT I PREPARED A SPEECH TO, TO COME TO FIVE MINUTES.

NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU CUT IT AT THREE MINUTES BECAUSE WE HAD A BIG CROWD, AND IF WE LET EVERYBODY DO IT, WE WOULD'VE TAKEN ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF.

BUT I THINK IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT I HAD TO SAY.

I ONLY GOT INTO THE INTRODUCTION OF MY SPEECH WHEN MY TIME WAS UP, AND I FELT THAT I MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP COUNCILMAN CANTOS AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LOPEZ VIDO ON SOME ISSUES THAT I THINK MAY HAVE CHANGED THEIR MINDS BEFORE THE VOTE.

SO I'M HOPING THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WE STICK TO OUR FIVE MINUTES.

IT'S ON THE CARDS, IT SAYS FIVE MINUTES.

IT'S ON THE AGENDAS.

FIVE MINUTES.

WE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO.

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I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO GO INTO THE MEAT OF MY SPEECH BECAUSE OF THAT.

I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY NOW BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF A HOLY WEEK AND I THINK I'LL SAVE IT FOR THE NEXT TIME THAT TOMORROW IS THE FIRST NIGHT OF PASSOVER.

AND THEN WE HAVE GOOD FRIDAY AND EASTER ON SUNDAY.

SO I DON'T WANNA SPOIL ANYTHING TONIGHT.

UM, I JUST HOPE THAT WE KEEP IT AS FIVE MINUTES, LIKE IT SAYS ON THE CARDS, AND IT SAYS ON OUR AGENDA, AND LET US TAKE THE TIME THAT WE SHOULD BE ALLOTTED.

THANK YOU JIM GR RECENTLY, I, I'VE BEEN NOT SPEAKING ABOUT MONEY.

WELL, THIS TIME WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT MONEY.

UH, YOU HAVE ON YOUR, UH, AGENDA AN ITEM CALLED FISCAL PROJECTIONS.

AND I WAS MYSTIFIED WHEN I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THE NUMBERS.

I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE DONE NUMBERS ALL MY LIFE AND THE NUMBERS DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE IN THE FISCAL PROJECTION.

UH, THERE IS A LITTLE TECHNO BABBLE FOR YOU HERE.

THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED TIME SERIES LINEAR REGRESSION, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS YOU PROJECT THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST.

IF THERE'S A TREND IN THE PAST, YOU CAN USE THAT TREND TO DETERMINE WHAT THE FUTURE WOULD BE.

NOW WHAT'S THAT HAVE TO DO WITH BUDGET PROJECTIONS? WELL, IF EVERY YEAR YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PENSIONS GO UP 2 MILLION, THEN THEY PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE TO GO UP BY 2 MILLION EVERY YEAR.

IN THE FUTURE.

IF THIS FISCAL PROJECTION DOESN'T DO THAT, IF EVERY YEAR YOUR MEDICAL COSTS GO UP FIVE, 10%, THEN IN THE FUTURE YOU WOULD EXPECT YOUR MEDICAL COSTS TO GO UP 5%, FIVE, 10%.

THIS PROJECTION DOESN'T DO THAT.

IF EVERY YEAR YOU GIVE SALARY INCREASES TO YOUR EMPLOYEES, UM, UM, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS BASED ON HISTORY, THEN YOU WOULD THINK THAT IN THE FUTURE THAT WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

AGAIN, THIS, UH, BUDGET PROJECTION DOESN'T DO THAT.

AND THE REASON WHY I'M TALKING ABOUT THOSE THINGS IS BECAUSE IT PRESENTS A PICTURE THAT FINANCIALLY WE'RE OKAY, UH, BUT WE'RE NOT, BECAUSE THOSE COSTS WILL GO UP BY HIGHER RATES THAN ARE SHOWN HERE.

AND THERE WILL BE A FINANCIAL PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.

AND WHAT'S REALLY ODD ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR THING WASN'T THAT LONG AGO, I THINK IT WAS MAYBE SIX MONTHS AGO, THAT THERE WAS A, A, A DIFFERENT DOCUMENT PRESENTED TO YOU THAT DID SHOW THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE FUTURE.

UM, MAINLY DUE TO PENSIONS.

AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT PENSIONS QUITE A FEW TIMES IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THAT AGAIN, BUT, UH, UH, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS RIGHT NOW, MAINLY BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE, UH, IN RECENT TIMES.

BUT THAT EXTRAORDINARY REVENUE IS GONNA GO AWAY AND THE FINANCIAL PROBLEMS ARE GONNA COME AGAIN.

UH, AND NOW I'M GONNA SKIP TO PART TWO, WHICH WAS THE BUDGET SURVEY RESULTS.

THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY ARE VERY CONSISTENT IN THINKING THAT WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS POLICE AND INFRASTRUCTURE, MAINLY STREETS AND GRAFFITI AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND YET, AND WHEN THE COUNCIL'S ADOPTED THEIR BUDGETS IN THE PAST, THAT HASN'T REALLY BEEN A PRIORITY.

THOSE TWO THINGS, I I REALLY THINK YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS.

THEY'RE THE PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS TO THE CITY.

AND WHEN THEY SEE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR STREETS FALLING APART OR THE POLICE NOT COMING, UH, I THINK YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THAT AND SAY, THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT.

WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU STEVE BENNETT.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.

MAYOR.

MAYOR PROTE.

UM, SO I, I GOT A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT FIRST, UM, TALKING ON THE, THE, UM, FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE CITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, THE STATE AUDITOR REQUIRED WAS A LONG RANGE ANALYSIS AS TO EACH THING THAT WE DO.

AND YOU'VE HEARD A COUPLE PEOPLE MENTION IT, BUT WE'VE BEEN PROMISED AN ANALYSIS FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE BEEN PROMISED AN ANALYSIS FOR THE SPORTSPLEX.

WE'RE ACTUALLY VIOLATING THE STATE AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS BY NOT PROVIDING THOSE, NOT ONLY TO THEM, BUT TO

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US IT'S PUBLIC DOCUMENT.

I WOULD THINK IF YOU'VE PROVIDED IT TO THEM, THEN WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT TOO.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLAN OF THE CITY AND YOU JUST HEARD JIM GR, WHO I BELIEVE IS ONE OF THE MOST FINANCIALLY MINDED PERSONS IN THE CITY AND UNDERSTANDS IT PROBABLY BETTER THAN EVEN SOME OF YOU FOLK.

UM, AND, AND YET YOU GUYS, SOME OF YOU DON'T TAKE SOME OF HIS CRITICISMS. WELL, UH, I'M REALLY CURIOUS HOW THE LONG RANGE PLAN OF THE SPORTS PLEX AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT COME INTO PLAY.

I'D ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE, UM, THIS COUNCIL BRING THOSE HERE ON A MOTHER MAY I FOR DISCUSSION.

SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE ALL OF THAT STUFF.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TALK ABOUT MOTHER MAY I'S, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD ONE FOR BOTH OF THOSE.

UH, LET'S HAVE THOSE HERE.

LET'S FIND OUT WHERE WE'RE AT FINANCIALLY KNOWING THAT WE'VE SPENT AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLARS.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S REALLY WENT TO FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UH, NEXT TOPIC.

UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A, UH, FIELD NEXT TO, OR AN OLD HOUSE THAT WAS TORN DOWN NEXT TO CAMERON PARK.

DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON THE AGENDA.

I HAVEN'T REALLY SCOURED THE AGENDA YET, BUT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DEBRIS THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE GONE.

IF THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE.

I HAVEN'T BEEN BY THERE IN A COUPLE, YOU KNOW, FEW DAYS.

BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY MANAGER REMEMBERS OR NOT, BUT THAT WAS BOUGHT WITH, UH, GENERAL FUND MONEY THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PAID BACK FROM A PARK, UH, THAT WAS SOLD.

SUNSET FIELD WAS SOLD BACK IN THE DAY TO EMINENT HEALTH OR QUEEN OF THE VALLEY.

UM, I KNOW THAT THAT WAS TALKED AND HE WAS GONNA LOOK INTO IF THE GENERAL FUND COULD BE PAID BACK OUT OF THAT RESTRICTED FUND.

DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD AN ANSWER.

IT'S BEEN SEVERAL MONTHS.

SO I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT, OR EVEN MAYBE EVEN AN ANALYSIS OF THE, UH, OF THE ACTUAL RESTRICTED FUND FROM THE SALE OF THAT PARK.

THAT WOULD BE KIND OF INTERESTING.

SEE WHERE ALL THAT MONEY'S WET AND WHAT'S LEFT AND WHAT'S THERE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT TO KNOW.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I'M GONNA SAY, MR. SHOEMAKER REFERRED TO A, A PUBLIC EVENT THIS WEEK.

UM, THE COFFEE WITH A COP, WHERE THE MAYOR'S HUSBAND VERBALLY ATTACKED A RESIDENT THINKING THAT SHE WAS SOMEONE ELSE.

I SAY SHE, CUZ THE FACT THAT SHE'S A, SHE COMES INTO PLAY THAT MR. ELLIOT, WHO YOUR HUSBAND IS NO SLOUCH OF A MAN, UM, COMPARED TO THIS LADY WHO'S A VERY RESPECTED LADY IN THIS CITY.

AND BASICALLY POINTING A FINGER AT HER, FLIPPING HER OFF, UM, CALLING HER ALL KINDS OF THINGS, ASKING WHERE HER BOY WAS REFERRING TO BRIAN, THINKING SHE WAS SOMEBODY ELSE, AND, AND JUST MAKING ALL KINDS OF INNUENDOS.

I WASN'T AT THE EVENT, BUT I GOT CALLS FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT IT.

AND THE FACT THAT YOUR HUSBAND HAS DONE THAT AND THE FACT THAT WHEN YOU WERE APPROACHED BY THAT LADY THAT YOU EXPLAINED YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR HUSBAND, THAT'S PROBABLY TRUE.

THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT THE ACCURATE WAY TO PUT IT.

YOU CAN'T CONTROL HIM, I GET THAT.

BUT, UM, YOU PROBABLY NEED TO PUT A BETTER LEASH ON HIM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HE REMINDS ME OF A CHIHUAHUA.

LOTS OF BARK, BUT JUST A LITTLE OR BITTY THING.

SO THE FACT THAT HE HAD THE GALL TO COME AT A WOMAN SAYS TONS ABOUT THE PERSONALITY OF THIS PERSON.

I DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICS, I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR POLITICS.

BUT WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THE FACT THAT HE CAME AT A WOMAN.

THERE'S NOT A MAN IN THIS ROOM THAT WOULD EVER DO THAT.

THAT IS SOMETHING YOU SHALL ALL BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

THAT IS UNCALLED FOR.

THANK YOU MISS MR. G.

GOOD EVENING.

EVENING, COUNCILMAN, MAYOR, PROAM AND THE COUNCILMAN.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY AND EFFORT OR LAST COUPLE MONTHS BY BEHAVIOR AT THE CEREMONY.

AND I THINK IF WE REALLY LOOK AT IT, WE CAN PROBABLY SAVE A LOT OF TIME AND MAKE IT REAL SIMPLE IN THIS MODERN ERA OVER THE AGE OF FOUR, PROBABLY AROUND 16 IS PROBABLY THE ONLY TIME YOU NEED VALIDATION.

ONLY IN ONE PLACE, IN ONE PARAMETER.

IT'S WHEN YOU'RE PARKING IN AN EXPENSIVE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S THE ONLY TIME WE NEED VALIDATION.

SO TO WASTE TIME, I'M VALIDATING EVERYBODY.

YOU KNOW, LET'S THINK ABOUT IT, THE TIME AND EFFORT, HOW MORE EFFICIENTLY WE CAN DO FOR THE PEOPLE OF WEST CAMINA.

I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER SLIPS.

CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I WILL, UH, TRY.

UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK, AS ALWAYS, THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE TIME TO COME OUT TO THE MEETING TONIGHT.

I REALLY, UM, LIKE THIS PART OF THE MEETING, A LOT PEOPLE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK REDRESS

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OF THEIR GRIEVANCES.

AND I'M GONNA TRY AND BRIEFLY, UM, RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE HERE.

UM, MR. FONG, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY OF HOPE AND, AND THE BLOOD DONATION CENTER AND THE DRIVE BEING HELD AT OUR, UM, COMMUNITY SENIOR CENTER.

I'LL PUT IT ON MY CALENDAR.

AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THOSE EFFORTS.

WE HAD, UM, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 SPEAKERS TONIGHT.

TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS YOUR LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THE STATE AUDITOR HAD, UM, REQUIRED OF US.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD STORY BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT.

THIS IS FAR MORE THAN JUST AN AUDIT.

AN AUDIT.

WE'RE GONNA GET A CLEAN AUDIT OPINION THIS YEAR, BY THE WAY, WITH, UM, NO FINDINGS OF ANY KIND, THANKS TO DIRECTOR SITCOM AND HER STAFF.

BUT, BUT THIS IS A, A, A FORECAST, IT'S A, A LONG-TERM CONTEXT THAT'S BEING PROVIDED HERE THAT WILL HELP GUIDE THOSE ANNUAL BUDGET DECISIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE MADE.

UM, NOT ONLY WITH THE COMING FISCAL YEAR, BUT BUT THE SUBSEQUENT YEAR.

SO IT'S A FIVE YEAR, UH, LOOK FORWARD.

IT'S A, IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TOOL, FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND A WAY OF, UM, DEFINING AND MEASURING CITY'S FINANCIAL CONDITION.

UM, BASED ON THIS ANALYSIS.

AND THE ASSUMPTIONS ARE ARTICULATED IN THE REPORT, THE, THE CITY FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WILL BE POSITIVE IN THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES OVER EXPENDITURES.

AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S A, A MAJOR TURN OF EVENTS FROM WHERE THE CITY WAS JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS AGO.

UM, MS. PS MENTIONED THE, THE COUPLE, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOP BUT'S GONNA HIGHLIGHT THOSE IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT CAUSE WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO COME TO TALK ABOUT THE ISSUES THAT SHE RAISED AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, COMPONENTS OF THE BUDGET ON THE EXPENDITURE SIDE.

UM, THE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CARPENTERS UNION, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT YOUR DAYS OF ACTION.

AND I WILL, UM, BE INTERESTED TO READ THE, THE CODE OF CONDUCT THAT YOU, YOU MENTIONED AND THAT I CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THAT.

SO I'LL, I'LL ENDEAVOR TO LOOK THAT UP ON MY OWN, BUT IF SOMEBODY COULD SEND IT TO ME, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THE THREE OF YOU, UM, MR. SCHWARTZ ASKED ABOUT CURB PAINTING AS HAS COME UP A COUPLE OF TIMES.

THAT COMPANY IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE CITY, BUT THEY DO HAVE A CITY BUSINESS LICENSE AND THEY ARE GETTING THE REQUIRED ENCROACHMENT PERMIT.

THE CITY IS NOT A FINANCIAL PARTICIPANT IN THAT.

AND IF SOMEONE CHOOSES TO MAKE A DONATION TO THAT, UM, CURB NUMBER ON THEIR HOUSE, THEY, THEY CAN DO THAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO.

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ORGANIZATION.

I DON'T, I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT ANY OTHER RESPONSES OKAY, THIS EVENING.

THEY'RE EXPECTING THIS YEAR TO SELL NORTH OF 140 JUST FROM THIS ONE, UM, COMPANY IN WEST COVINA.

THANK

[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

YOU.

UM, WHAT ABOUT THE, UM, CITY MANAGER REPORT? UM, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL AGAIN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I'LL GIVE A BRIEF REPORT TONIGHT.

UM, THE FIRST ITEM I WANTED TO, UM, HIGHLIGHT WAS THE EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA THAT OCCURRED LAST WEEKEND.

AND, UH, WITH OUR PARTNER, THE QANTAS CLUB, WE HAD A LOT OF OUR NORMAL, UM, CITY PARTNERS, UH, CONTRIBUTE, UH, ATHENS AND TRANSTECH AND ENVISION IN OUR FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

AND IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE.

SO, UH, COMPLIMENTS TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND HER WHOLE TEAM.

UM, WE HAD, UM, NORTH OF 900 WRISTBANDS AT CORTES AND MORE THAN 800 AT DEL NORTE.

UM, AND THOSE ARE WRISTBANDS THAT WENT TO THE KIDS.

SO WE'RE NOT COUNTING THE OMAS AND THE OPS AND THE SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.

THAT'S JUST THE KID COUNT.

AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE.

THE EASTER BUNNY DID A GREAT JOB.

THE, UH, FIELDS WERE LOOKING GOOD.

THE COMMUNITY GROUPS CAME OUT AND HAD BOOTHS AS SAID, SOME OF THE VENDORS, THE MUSIC WOULD GOOD, THE DJS DID THEIR JOB.

IT WAS JUST A REAL BRIGHT SPOT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TEAM FOR THE WORK THEY DID TO PUT THAT ON.

NEXT ITEM I WANTED TO MENTION WAS, WE'VE GOT A FEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING SOON TO TOWN.

UM, MANGOSTEEN IS A VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT COMING AT THE COLONY OF THE LAKES LATER THIS WEEK.

UM, THERE'S A, A BUSINESS CALLED THE DELICIOUS FOOD CORNER EXPRESS IN THE SOUTH HILLS PLAZA.

THEY SERVE HONG KONG STYLE BREAKFAST, AND A LOT OF THEIR DISHES ARE GONNA BE INFLUENCED BY WESTERN CUISINES.

THEY'LL BE OPENING THE PUBLIC, UM, ON APRIL THE 12TH.

CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANT IS OPENING IN RESTAURANT ROW.

UH, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SOFT OPENING ON APRIL THE 13TH, NO FORMAL EVENT.

AND MOCHI NUT IS A MOCHI DONUT SHOP.

ALSO BE SELLING KOREAN HOTDOGS ALSO AT THE COLONY OF THE LAKES OPEN, UM, IN APRIL.

AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, UM, TESLA HAS CHOSEN TO OPEN A NEW CAR DEALERSHIP IN TOWN.

THEY'LL BE OPEN THIS SUMMER.

WE MET WITH THE TESLA PEOPLE THIS WEEK.

THEY'RE INVOLVED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UM, BUSINESS LINES.

AND, UM, WE'RE WORKING TO GET IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW OVER SOME AUTOMATIC PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS THAT, UM, AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO SELL THESE KINDS OF SYSTEMS, SOLAR SYSTEMS IN THE COMMUNITY.

I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BY THE COUNT.

UM,

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SO IT SEEMS TO BE CATCHING ON, UM, PRETTY RAPIDLY HERE.

WANTED PEOPLE TO SAVE THE DATE FOR THESE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.

UM, MS. RISS MENTIONED THEM.

UM, WE'VE GOT ONE ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND ONE ON MAY THE FIRST AT THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER.

BOTH OF THOSE ARE AT SIX O'CLOCK.

AND WE REALLY, UM, HOPE PEOPLE COME TO THOSE.

I ALWAYS APPRECIATE THOSE NIGHTS AND THE GOOD COMMUNITY CONVERSATION THAT, THAT ACCOMPANIES THOSE.

UM, WANTED TO MENTION A DISTRICT ONE COMMUNITY, UM, LISTENING POST COUNCIL MEMBER CANTOS DID HIS A FEW WEEKS AGO.

AND WE HAD A, A PRETTY GOOD TURNOUT.

WE HAD SOME OF THE FAMILIAR FACES COME, BUT WE ALSO HAD A WHOLE, UH, GOOD GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE AT ANY CITY MEETING, ASKING ALL THE USUAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, SPEEDING ON MY STREET, HOW DO I REPORT GRAFFITI? AND IT WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING TO ME THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT OUR APP, BUT PEOPLE DON'T.

AND SO WE, UM, HAD A LOT OF OF GOOD CONVERSATION AT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER TABBA TABBA IS GONNA DO HIS NEXT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS IS PUTTING ANOTHER ONE ON THE CALENDAR.

WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIMING OF THESE AS POLITICAL EVENTS.

WE'LL CUT IT OFF BEFORE WE GET ANYWHERE CLOSE TO AN ELECTION, BUT IF ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO HAVE ONE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THE STAFF, UM, THERE WITH YOU AS YOU, UM, LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY AT THESE, UM, OUTREACHES.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF, UM, UPDATES FROM PUBLIC SERVICES.

WE'RE REOPENING THE PALM YOUTH CENTER WITH AN ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAM.

WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THIS.

WE'RE GONNA BE PARTNERING WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR DISABLED YOUTH FROM MOUNT SAC AND THE DEL HAVEN COMMUNITY CENTER AND BE OFFERING AT THIS ONE FACILITY AT PALM VIEW PARK, UM, RECREATION, ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAMMING FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FULL LIST OF CLASSES AND PROGRAMMINGS THAT'LL BE AVAILABLE.

THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR, UH, NEXT ION D THE DISCOVER MAGAZINE, WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE AND THEN IN YOUR MAILBOXES AT THE END OF APRIL.

AND THEN SECONDLY, WE WANTED TO ANNOUNCE A FREE LANDSCAPE WORKSHOP TO BE HELD ON MAY THE SIXTH AT THE CORTES PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER.

UM, 9:00 AM TO 11:00 AM IT'LL COVER REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT HOW, UM, RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO CONSERVE WATER, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE MAY BE MOMENTARILY OUT OF THE DROUGHT, BUT HOW CAN WE PLAN FOR WATER SECURITY IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN LASTLY, I WAS JUST HOPING TO THROW OUT A SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR STATE OF THE CITY.

UM, IT'S IN OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR, BUT MARK YOUR CALENDARS IF YOU WOULD, FOR SEPTEMBER 21ST.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER.

NOW

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WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR CALENDAR CONSENT CALENDAR.

DOES ANYONE WANNA PULL ANYTHING? NUMBER FIVE.

NUMBER FIVE.

UH, NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE.

ANYONE ELSE? UH, MADAM MAYOR, UH, NUMBER THREE, PLEASE.

OKAY, SO, OKAY.

DOES SOMEONE WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO MADAM MAYOR THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY? UH, THERE'S A SMALL CORRECTION I'D LIKE TO NOTE IN YOUR MINUTES.

UH, THE MINUTES REFLECTED THAT EACH SPEAKER HAD FIVE MINUTES AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

AND AS WE ARE AWARE, THAT WAS SWITCHED TO THREE MY ERROR.

SO IF YOU, WHEN YOU APPROVE THE MINUTES, YOU ARE APPROVING ME TO CHANGE IT FROM FIVE TO THREE, AND THAT'S WHAT THE, UH, RECORD REFLECTS.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE EVERYTHING BUT FIVE AND THREE? I'LL MOTION SECOND.

IS THAT GOOD? I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VITO, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RU WU TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND ITEMS NUMBER FIVE.

ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR THE VIEWING PUBLIC IS CONSIDERATION OF LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING 2024 TO 2028.

AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION TO THE AGREEMENT WITH LAKOTA, UM, LOS ANGELES CENTERS FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE.

COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE.

COUNCILMAN WU? AYE.

COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.

VITO AYE.

MAY APPROACH TABATA AYE.

MAYOR DIAZ? AYE.

ITEMS PASS.

FIVE ZERO.

[3) CONSIDERATION OF LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEARS ENDING 2024-2028]

COUNCILMAN CONTOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO YES.

DESCRIBE TO, TO THE PUBLIC MORE ABOUT THE FORMAT OF THESE WORKSHOPS AND, AND THE DEGREE OF DETAIL THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO, WHERE PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, THE BUDGET PROCESS AND, AND HOW IT ALL WORKS? JUST BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, OF, OF THIS WORKSHOP PROCESS WITHIN A BUDGET CONTEXT? THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY.

UM, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER WITH REGARD TO THE UPCOMING, UH, WORKSHOPS? WELL, WELL FIRST OF ALL, UH, UH, I, I LOVE THE WORKSHOP CONCEPT AND, AND I'VE SEEN IT, UM, YOU DO THESE SEVERAL TIMES ALREADY AND THAT, THAT IS, IT'S JUST BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL TO GIVE THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO, TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS AND TO JUST TALK THINGS THROUGH AND, AND SAY WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, JUST IN ANSWERING THE, THE RESIDENTS QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO DIFFERENT BUDGET, UM, ITEMS LIKE THE, OH GOSH, UH, THE SPORTS PLEX AND THE, AND THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS, AS EXAMPLES, BUT OTHERS LIKE HOMELESSNESS, ET CETERA, IS THAT, CAN YOU

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UM, AND WHILE I'M STARTING THE ANSWER, I'M GONNA ASK OUR DIRECTOR TO COME FORWARD BECAUSE SHE'S REALLY THE LEAD ON THIS.

BUT WE VIEW THESE WORKSHOPS AS A WAY TO REALLY, UM, HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ABOUT EVERY ASPECT, ANY ASPECT OF OUR CITY BUDGET MM-HMM.

, AND TO GAIN AN UNDERSTANDING IN TERMS OF WHERE THE CITY IS WITH ITS FINANCES, UH, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, AND THE PACKAGE OF SERVICES THAT'S COMING FORWARD.

SO WHAT WE'RE SEEKING WHEN THIS ITEM FINALLY COMES TO YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION, THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME VERTICAL ALIGNMENT WITH COMMUNITY DESIRES, WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, AND THAT THE NUMBERS WILL BE, UM, VETTED, VETTED FULLY.

SO, UM, STEPHANIE, WOULD YOU MIND EXPLAINING EXACTLY WHAT THE AGENDAS WILL LOOK LIKE ON THOSE TWO EVENINGS? YES.

SO THERE'LL BE A PRESENTATION THAT WILL BASICALLY BE THE SAME PRESENTATION THAT WILL GIVE APRIL 18TH WHEN WE PRESENT THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO THE REST OF COUNCIL.

AND THEN AFTER THAT, IT'S OPEN TO QUESTION AND ANSWERS, AND IT'S MAINLY JUST QUESTIONS FROM THE RESIDENTS.

THIS IS THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY GAMUT OF WHAT THEY WANT ABOUT WHATEVER IS IN THE 200 OR SO PAGE DOCUMENT THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE ONLINE.

AND SO WE'LL GO OVER THE PROCESS THAT IT TOOK TO GET THERE, HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MAJOR FUNDS, UM, AND THEN SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE NOTABLE FOR CHANGES WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND JUST TO FINISH UP WITH THIS ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, I'D LIKE TO SAY WE REALLY LIKE THESE WHEN PEOPLE TAKE THE TIME TO COME OUT IN SOME, A MORE RELAXED SETTING AND THEY CAN COME AND GET THEIR QUESTION OR QUESTIONS, UM, DISCUSSED AND, AND GET MAYBE THE LUXURY OF SOME TIME TO GO INTO THINGS IN A LITTLE BIT OF DEPTH.

SO I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE FIND THE TIME TO COME TO THESE.

AND, AND MAY I, UH, DIRECT A QUESTION TO, TO, UM, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR? I JUST HAVE A FOLLOW UP.

SURE.

UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, WHAT MR. GR SAID ABOUT THE ACCOUNTING PRACTICE, I'M NOT AN ACCOUNTING MAJOR, I WAS A POLI SCI MAJOR.

SO IF YOU CAN DESCRIBE, UM, THE CON OR ADDRESS THAT CONCERN THAT HE, HE HAD WITH REGARD TO THE METHODOLOGY FOR, UH, UH, FOR, FOR DOING THE BUDGET PROJECTIONS, JUST SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND IT A A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

YES.

SO A LOT OF THE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WENT IN HERE, UM, DO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS.

THAT WAS ONE THING THAT HE MENTIONED.

WELL, WE ACTUALLY PUT IN THE RATES FROM OUR ACTUARIALS THAT WE GET FROM CALPERS IN HERE, WHICH ACTUALLY PROJECTED GOING DOWN OVER THE FORECASTED PERIOD.

SO THAT'S WHY THOSE OBLIGATIONS LOWER DOWN.

WE ALSO REMOVED OUR UN, UM, U A L PAYMENTS UNFUNDED OBLIGATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOW THE BOND PAYMENTS BECAUSE IN 2020 WE SOLD THESE REVENUE BONDS, WHICH THEN REPLACED OUR UNFUNDED OBLIGATIONS TO CALPER.

SO THOSE WENT AWAY IN THE FORECAST.

UM, IN RELATION TO SALARIES, HE MENTIONED THAT, BUT WE HAVE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS THAT PART OF THIS IS A PLANNING TOOL SO THAT YOU COULD SEE THE CAPACITY THAT YOU HAVE FOR SUCH AGREEMENTS WHEN THEY COME UP FOR NEGOTIATION IN 2025, BECAUSE THE, THEY ARE, THE LAST YEAR IS FISCAL YEAR 2024.

SO THEREFORE WE DON'T PROJECT OUT INCREASES AFTER THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT NEGOTIATED THAT WITH ANY OF OUR GROUPS.

UM, I THINK THAT WAS THE MAJORITY OF HIS CONCERNS.

UM, I KNOW HE MENTIONED LIKE HEALTHCARE INCREASES.

WE DO HAVE ASSUMPTIONS FOR AN INCREASE AND THOSE WERE BASED ON PRIOR, UM, PRIOR YEAR PERCENTAGES THAT WE HAVE IN HERE.

UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO MEET WITH HIM ONE-ON-ONE TO GO OVER ANY OF THAT AS WELL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE THE, THE THOROUGHNESS AS ALWAYS.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

MAYOR MAY APPROACH HIM.

UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

UH, SO JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO, SO THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDS, SO THIS, UM, COMMUNITY WORKSHOP IS REALLY GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THE 20 23, 20 24 BUDGET.

CORRECT.

SO, UM, SINCE WE WE'VE YET TO HAVE APPROVAL OF, OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THERE, THERE WILL BE NO, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AS, AS PART OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW, IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT DID LAST OR WE WILL MAKE A POLICE HOLDERS.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH WITH THE ACTUAL REPORTS OR GOTTEN ANY, UM, DIRECTION FROM THE STATE ON HOW WE COULD EVEN PROCEED WITH THAT.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST PLACEHOLDERS AND, AND SAME FOR, FOR THE, THE SPORTS PLEX.

SO WE, WE WOULD GET THE FORECAST OF 20 23, 20 24, UH, SPORTS PLEX

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COST.

YES, WE WILL HAVE NUMBERS IN THERE FOR THAT.

AGAIN, AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH ANOTHER YEAR OF OPERATIONS, WE WILL GET CLOSER TO HAVING MORE OF A REALISTIC PORTRAYAL OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE.

BUT AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T BEEN FULLY OPERATIONAL YET.

UM, THE FIELDS ARE STILL CLOSED AS WE SPEAK.

SO, UM, AS TERMS OF WHAT THE REVENUE WILL LOOK LIKE, WE HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE FULLY OPERATIONAL.

UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING THROUGH THE CHAIR? IF I MAY? JUST A APPOINT OF CLARIFI CLARIFICATION.

THE FIELDS ARE OPEN.

THERE'S JUST CURRENTLY TWO FIELDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE CLOSED AND THEY HAVE BEEN OPEN SINCE WE REPORTED, UM, EARLIER THIS MONTH.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL.

UM, FROM TIME TO TIME WHEN THERE ARE, UM, WHEN THERE IS RAIN, WE DO HAVE TO COUNCIL OUT OF THE FIELDS.

AND AS YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, IT HAS BEEN AN EXCEPTIONALLY RAINY MARCH.

SO AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR FOR THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL.

YEAH, MY, MY UNDERSTANDING REGARDING THE PLEX, I, THIS IS IN I THINK APRIL, NO, I THINK MARCH, EARLY MARCH.

I THINK THEY ALREADY OPENED.

THEY HAVE, UH, UH, OPENING GAME.

RIGHT.

AND THE FOUR PEOPLE, AND I WAS SHOCKED OKAY.

I SAID, WHOA.

I WAS THINKING ABOUT THIS, STILL DOING THE RENOVATION, BUT THEY, UH, I WALK IN AND THEY, THEY TOLD ME THEY ALREADY HAVE A FOUR FIELD HAVE BEEN COMPLETE, AND THEY COMPLETED AGAIN.

THEY ALREADY HAVE A GAME.

AND THAT DAY TWO, UH, ONE WEEKEND, AND MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY HAVE, UH, SCHEDULED FOR A LOT OF GAME AND GRADUALLY BLEW UP, LOOK LIKE THEY'RE BUILDING UP.

AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TIME TO SHOW, OKAY, WHAT IS THE, WHAT'S THE INCOME? SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BRING IT TO YOU.

THEN YOU CAN BUDGET FOR THE FUTURE, THE EXPENDITURES AND, UH, AND THE INCOME.

AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE OUR RESTAURANT RUNNING TWO AND THEY, THEY'RE POSSIBLE WITH BRINGING THE INCOME TOO.

THROUGH THE CHAIR.

IF I MAY ADD, UM, ONCE WE HAVE FULL YEAR OPERATIONAL WITH ALL THE FIELDS RUNNING, THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME HISTORICAL DATA TO ACTUALLY TREND WITH, UM, RIGHT.

UH, WE HAD ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

UH, MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS.

COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE.

AND I'M READING IT RIGHT OFF OF MY SHEET, TOO MAY.

MAYOR DIAZ, I, MY BRAIN IS GOING FASTER THAN MY MOUTH.

MOTION PASS PASSES.

FIVE ZERO.

[5) CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION TO THE AGREEMENT WITH LOS ANGELES CENTERS FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE (LA CADA) HOMELESS SERVICES]

COUNCILMAN WOO WAS BY COUNCILMAN.

WOO.

AND, UH, UH, I KNOW, UH, LATA DID, UH, GOOD JOB, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND, UH, AND WE GOING TO RENEW THIS, BUT I HOPE, UH, LATA CAN GIVE US A REPORT SINCE WE GOING TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER YEARS OF, UH, RENEWAL AND, UH, AND HOW MANY HOMELESS? I KNOW I GOT A REPORT OKAY.

IN THE BACK, BUT I THINK MAYBE HE CAN KIND OF TALK TO THE PUBLIC.

UH, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE AND WHAT EX EXPECTATION FOR THIS COMING YEAR, WHY YOU CAN HELP US.

COUPLE ISSUE I, I HAVE IS, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT REFUSE TO GET HELP.

AND I GOT ONE ON THE CITRA BUS STOP.

AND, UM, I TALKED TO THE OFFICER SAM LANE, AND, UM, THAT'S A VERY DIFFICULT ONE.

SHE REFUSED TO GET HELP.

AND, UM, SO HOW CAN WE HELP THOSE PEOPLE? THE NIGHTTIME IS VERY COLD.

UM, THEY CAN USE TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.

SO HOW CAN WE HELP THEM TO FIND SHELTER? OKAY.

AND, UH, TO HELP THEM TO GRADUALLY ACCEPT OKAY.

SOME OF THE HELP OF THE STREET.

MAYBE YOU CAN COME UP TO SPEAK TO US OR, OR SOMEBODY WANT TO DO.

UM, MAYOR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.

THIS IS, UH, AN AGENDA ITEM, UM, SEEKING AN EXTENSION OF A CONTRACT, BUT I'D LIKE FOR PAULINA TO GIVE US JUST A BRIEF INTRODUCTION.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, LET ME PULL UP THE PRESENTATION.

SO, THANK YOU, , CITY MANAGER.

UM, YEAH, SO BEFORE YOU, TONIGHT IS THE EXTENSION FOR THE LATA CONTRACT.

UM, THEY ARE A LICENSED CERTIFIED SUBSTANCE USE AND BEHAVIORAL TREATMENT PROVIDER.

THEY ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING SERVICES IN WEST COVINA FOR, UM, HOMELESS OUTREACH.

UM, THE CONTRACT IS FROM APRIL TO APRIL LAST YEAR TO APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

IT'S ANNUALLY FOR 250,000.

UM, WITH THAT COMES, UM, TWO FULL-TIME STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE DEDICATED SPECIFICALLY TO HOMELESS OUTREACH AND HOUSING NAVIGATION, UM, IN WEST COVINA, TOTALING 80 HOURS THAT THEY SPEND, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND WITH THAT COMES EIGHT DEDICATED BEDS THAT,

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UM, THEY PROVIDE A SLEW OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO, UM, AS PART OF THEIR CASE MANAGEMENT, UM, FROM TRANSPORTING, UM, RESIDENTS OR INDIVIDUALS, UM, TO FACILITIES TO, UM, FAMILY MEMBERS' HOMES, TO THE DMV TO GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE.

SO A WIDE RANGE OF, UM, SERVICES THAT ARE ENCOMPASSED IN THAT CASE MANAGEMENT.

UM, SO THE DEDICATED BEDS FOR OUR LOOC, UH, LOCALLY, UM, IN PASADENA AND FOR R IN EAST LOS ANGELES.

UM, AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY DO PROVIDE CASE MANAGEMENT, AND I'LL LET JOSHUA ADD TO ADDITIONAL OR ELABORATE MORE ON HIS SERVICES.

BUT JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW.

UM, THESE, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE SERVICES OR PHOTOS OF, UM, THE LOCATED TEAM, UM, HELPING WITH OUR HOPE TEAM.

UM, THEY WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR TWO OFFICERS, UM, POLICE OFFICERS, UH, WITH OUR, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND AS WELL, AND AS OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM IN ADDRESSING VARIOUS ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE HOMELESS, UH, NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE PHOTOS OF THEM HELPING WITH AN, UH, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT.

UM, JUST TO ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE, LIKE I MENTIONED, THEY DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TWO HOPE TEAM OFFICERS WITH CITY MANAGEMENT, UM, AND THEN WITH OTHER RESOURCES, UM, WITHIN THE REGION TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF SERVICE THEY NEED.

THEY LEVERAGE THAT, UM, FROM PROVIDING THEM, UH, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, UH, ASSISTANCE FROM MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS, SUBSTANCE U UH, USE DISORDERS, UM, FAMILY AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES, EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.

SO, UM, A WIDE RANGE OF SERVICES, DEPENDING ON THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.

UM, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM WHEN THEY STARTED IN APRIL OF LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

UM, THEY'VE HAD FIRST TIME ENCOUNTERS, SO THE FIRST TIME THAT THEY MET WITH AN INDIVIDUAL IN OUR COMMUNITY, 192, UM, AND FOLLOW UPS 757.

SO THEY'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, UM, FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE THAT THEY HAVE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM.

UM, SERVICES ATTEMPTED 656 AND SERVICES DECLINED 692.

UM, SO, UH, AS FAR AS CASE MANAGEMENT, THEY HAD 446 CASES OR INDIVIDUALS THAT THEY HELPED NAVIGATE THROUGH SERVICES.

UM, THEY'VE PROVIDED SNACK PACKS TO 239, UM, PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION TO INDIVIDUALS, UM, 139, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOURCES, AND JOSHUA WILL BE ABLE TO ELABORATE ON THAT.

BUT 154, UM, THEY PROVIDED ASSISTANCE WITH HOUSING NAVIGATION TO 76 INDIVIDUALS, UM, IN TERM HOUSING LINKAGE TO 51 INDIVIDUALS.

UM, MEDICAL LINKAGE TO 17, MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE TO 16, JOB DEVELOPMENT TO 12, UM, AND THEN PERMANENT HOUSING LINKAGE TO THREE.

SO THOSE ARE AND VA VETERANS AFFAIR LINK OR ASSISTANCE TO TWO.

UM, OUR HOPE TEAM HAS, UH, HAD VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK WITH WORKING WITH THE LATA TEAM.

UM, THEY'VE BUILT A VERY GOOD PARTNERSHIP IN, UH, KNOWING THE INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED ASSISTANCE, WHAT TYPE OF ASSISTANCE AND WORKING COLLABORATIVELY TO GET THOSE RESOURCES TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

SO, UM, VERY, UM, THE HOPE TEAM IS, IS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE, UH, LATA TEAM.

UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS BEFORE, OR THE ITEMS TONIGHT IS THAT, UH, FUNDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT.

UM, WE ARE LOOKING, UH, AT USING, UM, HOUSING FUNDS FROM THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

UM, WE ARE ALLOWED TO USE UP TO 250,000 FOR, UM, HOMELESS, UH, EFFORTS.

UM, WE ALSO DO GET FUNDING FROM THE COG, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF, UM, GOVERNMENTS.

UH, LAST YEAR WHEN THE CURRENT CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE, WE DID RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 50,000 BECAUSE WE OPTED TO NOT JOIN THE REGIONAL PROGRAM.

AND SO, OR A REGIONAL PROGRAM.

SO WE WERE GIVEN, UH, 50,000 TO BE ABLE TO BE APPLIED TOWARDS OUR CURRENT CONTRACT.

UM, THIS YEAR WE CAN, UH, OPT OUT TO JOIN THE REGIONAL PROGRAM, AND WE WOULD, THERE WOULD BE NO OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS TO THE CITY.

UM, WE WOULD BE RECEIVING ONE TO TWO CASE WORKERS, WHICH WOULD ONLY BE ONCE A WEEK.

UM, THIS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE FREQUENCY

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THAT WE RECEIVED FROM UNION STATION, UM, AND THE BEDS.

WE WOULD NOT BE GUARANTEED ANY BEDS.

SO THAT'S STILL BEING DETERMINED.

THE OTHER OPTION IS TO OPT OUT AND TO CONTINUE.

UM, WITH THE CONTRACT THAT WE HAVE SPECIFICALLY WITH LADA IN THE CITY, UM, WE WOULD GET APPROXIMATELY $40,000 FROM, UH, THE ME MEASURE H FUNDING.

UM, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE FOR ADDITIONAL SERVICES, SO IT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE APPLIED TO AN EXISTING CONTRACT.

UM, THE, PERHAPS MENTIONED THE COST OF THE CONTRACT IS 250,000 WILL BE EXTENDING IT.

UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING FOR COUNCIL, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S IN THE REPORT, UM, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS CONTRACTS TO CONTINUE EXISTING SERVICES WITH LAA.

SO THIS, UH, SAME LEVEL OF SERVICES, THE SAME CONTRACT AMOUNT.

UM, AND THAT MEETS THE COG FUNDING REQUIREMENTS.

UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, AND JOSHUA FROM LADA ALSO HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WELCOME, JOSH.

I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU.

UH, COUNCIL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HAVING ME.

UM, I'M ALWAYS EXCITED TO BE IN YOUR CITY.

UM, SO WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, COUNCILMAN, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

UH, UM, OKAY.

AND I THINK YOU, THE LATA, UH, DID A GOOD JOB.

UM, GREAT JOB.

AND THEY COMPARE WITH THE PREVIOUS PROVIDERS, YOU ARE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE.

BUT THE QUESTION CONSTRUCTED CRITICISM, AND REMEMBER A YEAR AGO WHEN WE APPROVE, UH, EUROPE, UH, SERVICE, OKAY? AND, UM, THE, UH, I THINK COUPLE PEOPLE, I FORGOT THE NAME, BUT THEY TOLD ME, THEY TOLD US, SAY YOU WILL SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

YOU WILL SEE WE GOING TO REMOVE 50% OF A HOMELESS POPULATION.

SO, AND I I SAW IT.

THE REPORT, YOU HAVE ABOUT 50 PEOPLE, YOU HAVE TO, OKAY? AND THEY HELP THEM OFF THE STREET.

SO I WANT TO UNDERSTAND IF WE HAVE, UH, 50% OFF THE STREET, WHY WE STILL HAVE 112 OF HOMELESS POPULATION.

OKAY? SO HOW CAN WE HELP? OKAY.

TO, I KNOW WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY TRANSIENT FLOAT INTO OUR CITY, BUT HOW CAN WE, THIS IS THE FIRST QUESTION.

HOW CAN WE OKAY.

MORE AGGRESSIVELY TO HELP PEOPLE UP THE STREET AND THEN TO PROVIDE SERVICE.

SECOND, OKAY.

WITH THE MENTAL HEALTH OR DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE PERSON, THEY REFUSED TO GET HELP.

HOW CAN WE DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM? AND, UH, SO WE CAN, BECAUSE OKAY, I SAW, UH, A LADY, OKAY.

BEEN ALWAYS ON THE CITRUS AND THE GAR ON THE BUS STOP SLEEPING OVER THERE.

OKAY? AND, AND THE NIGHTTIME IS VERY COLD.

SO, SO HOW CAN WE HELP, OKAY.

AND THOSE PEOPLE TO, TO HAVE A BETTER ENVIRONMENT.

AND I KNOW I TALK TO OFFICER SANDLIN, OKAY? HE SAY, UH, DEPUTY TRIED TO HELP THIS LADY WITH YOU GUYS, BUT OKAY, BUT SHE REFUSED TO GET HELP.

SO DO WE HAVE A METHOD ANYWAY? OKAY.

AND TO DO THIS, AND NUMBER THREE, A LITTLE BIT MORE, I KNOW A LOT OF QUESTION, A LITTLE BIT HARSH.

OKAY, LET'S TALKING ABOUT THE LAW IN THE ORANGE COUNTY, I THINK, UH, THE IRVINE OKAY, SUE THE COUNTY.

OKAY? AND THEY, THEY CAN, OKAY? AND, UH, THEY WANT THE LAWSUIT AND THEY CAN REMOVE THE HOMELESS, HAVE THEM TO RECEIVE HELP.

SO MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THESE THREE QUESTIONS.

TRAFFICKED MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL, AND FOLKS ARE TRANSIENT.

SO REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS.

UM, I I, I WILL PREFACE THEM WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF YOUR, YOUR FIRST QUESTION ABOUT ASKING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NUMBERS THAT PAUL HAD, UH, LISTED WITH THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE SERVED AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLACE INTO EITHER PERMANENT HOUSING, INTERIM HOUSING, OR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE ACCEPT SERVICES FOR EITHER MENTAL HEALTH OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER.

BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE RECEIVES SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES THAT WE ARE PROVIDING TO THE, THE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, THEY ARE GOING INTO A FACILITY WHERE THEY'RE IN A BED, SO IT'S NOT ON SOME SORT OF OUTPATIENT SETTING.

SO THEY ARE GOING INTO A BED AND THEY'RE HOUSED, YOU KNOW, WHILE, WHILE THEY'RE IN THAT PROGRAM PENDING, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE TREATMENT PLAN LOOKS LIKE IN TERMS OF HOMELESSNESS, UH, THE NUMBERS SHOW THAT EVERY YEAR THE, THE NUMBERS GET LARGER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, FROM GETTING INTO SORT OF POLICY OR INCOME INEQUALITY, ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN WHAT HOMELESSNESS IS.

I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE THOSE ANSWERS ON SPECIFICALLY WHAT IN WEST COVINA WHAT THE INCREASE WOULD BE.

BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS YOU GUYS, IT, IT'S REGIONAL.

AND SO YOU HAVE ONE OF YOUR NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT HAS A VERY WELL

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SO IT'S LIKELY YET YOU'RE GETTING PEOPLE THAT ARE MOVING THROUGH THE CITY.

UM, AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE NUMBERS WHERE, YES, WE MAY HAVE HELPED 50, BUT THERE'S STILL GONNA BE OTHER INDIVIDUALS HERE.

I, I CAN TELL YOU WITH YOUR, YOUR HOPE TEAM WITH OFFICER SAM LEAN AND JOE MELLOW AND CAPTAIN CORTINA, UM, WE, WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHO YOUR LIKE CORE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THE CITY.

CHRIS AND SYRIA, WHO ARE YOUR FULL-TIME TEAM, KNOW WHO THEY ARE, THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE MORE TRANSIENT NATURE.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED HOMELESS HERE, THOSE RIGHT NOW SINCE WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR YOUR, ARE OUR PRIORITY.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL CITY HERE.

AND, UM, ME COMING FROM LIVING IN LA, I, I LOVE YOUR CITY AND I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT WOULD BE APPEALING TO, TO, TO CAMP OUT HERE.

WE MAKE AN EFFORT TO TRY TO GET THOSE INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM TO BECOME PART OF YOUR, YOUR, THE, THE FOLKS THAT YOU KNOW.

SO THAT, THAT'S AN EFFORT.

I, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS SOME OF IT.

IT, IT'S REALLY THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS IS COMPLEX AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE, WHERE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM.

UM, YOUR SECOND QUESTION WAS RELATED TO, UH, MENTAL HEALTH REFUSED TO GET HELP.

YES.

SO THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR.

UM, I NEED TO ALSO SAY I AM NOT AN ATTORNEY OR POLICY PERSON.

UM, THE LAW IS VERY CLEAR.

THE COURTS ARE VERY KEEN ON NOT TAKING PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS AWAY WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING THEM CONSERVED.

CALIFORNIA.

THE, THE GOVERNOR, AND I KNOW THE, THE LEGISLATURE HAS WORKED ON, I, I BELIEVE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST TIME, CARES COURT, IT'S COMING.

LA COUNTY, YOU KNOW, WAS PUT, UH, SI SORT OF FAST TRACKED ON THE PROCESS, BUT WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, IT, IT'S STILL SIGHT UNSEEN.

THERE, THERE IS A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT INTO PLACE TO CREATE THE BEDS WHERE THIS INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CAN GO.

IT'S NOT AN OVERNIGHT MATTER.

IT, YOU KNOW, I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU, MY INVITATION TO USE, IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO LOOK AT CARES COURT, READ UP A LITTLE BIT ON IT.

IT IS FOR THE MOST SEVERELY MENTALLY ILL, SO THINK OF THE PERSON THAT IS STANDING IN FRONT OF YOUR LOCAL STARBUCKS THAT'S ALWAYS TALKING TO THEMSELVES.

IT UNKEPT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR SCH PERSON STRUGGLING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA, IT IS REALLY GEARED TOWARDS THAT INDIVIDUAL.

AND THE COURTS ARE MORE APT TO WORK WITH THOSE FOLKS, WHICH IS WHY THE CARES, THE, THE CARES COURT IS VERY SPECIFIC ON WHO IT CAN AND CAN'T HELP TO YOUR ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO? SO, UM, THERE'S AN INDIVIDUAL RIGHT NOW, UH, OFF HOURS RIGHT NOW, I'VE BEEN BACK AND FORTH ON THE PHONE.

WHO IS IN YOUR CITY? UM, SHE'S PREGNANT, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY PREGNANT AND HAS REFUSED SERVICES FOR MONTHS.

WELL, SHE NEEDS HELP RIGHT NOW.

AND WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, DISCLOSING TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT HER, WE WERE CONTACTED AND SHE WANTS HELP.

AND SO FOR THE INDIVIDUAL WHO IS RESISTANT, AND THIS IS HER, THIS MIGHT NOT BE YOUR INDIVIDUAL, BUT WE CONTINUALLY GO AND WE ENGAGE HER EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND WE'VE BEEN SEEING HER EVERY WEEK MULTIPLE TIMES.

AND NOW SHE'S BEEN RECEPTIVE TO HELP.

AND SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN ONCE SHE, SHE'S AB ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE CONTACT AND GET HER.

BUT, BUT THAT'S WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

AND, AND, YOU KNOW, FURTHERMORE, WHAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS DOING, AS I KNOW I'M BIASED, THAT I WORK FOR MY AGENCY, WHETHER IT'S US OR SOMEONE ELSE, THE CONSISTENCY THAT YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE AND THAT YOU HAVE A FULL-TIME TEAM OF POLICE OFFICERS, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU MIGHT NOT SEE IT NOW, BUT I CAN TELL YOU I'VE SEEN THE SUCCESS STORY IS WE PLACE SOMEONE TODAY FROM YOUR CITY THAT WE FOUND WHO IS AUTISTIC, HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO FEED HERSELF IN OVER SEVEN DAYS AND WAS IN MEDICAL DISTRESS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT HER THROUGH REGIONAL CENTER SERVICES LIKE THAT.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.

AND THAT'S THE, THE, THE IMPACT.

AND THIS IS SOMEONE WHO'S NOT A WEST COVINA REGULAR, SO TO SPEAK.

SO IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO CONSISTENT, PERSISTENT, UM, COMPASSIONATE OUTREACH.

AND IT'S ONE PERSON AT A TIME.

UM, I, I WISH THAT WE COULD REDUCE THE NUMBER BY 50%.

I, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS ME THAT GAVE YOU THAT NUMBER.

WHAT IT WAS AN, IT WAS SOMEONE ELSE.

WELL, I, I, I, I CAN'T COMMENT ON THAT.

I KNOW WHEN I WAS HERE, I DON'T BELIEVE I MENTIONED OF A 50% REDUCTION, BUT WHAT, WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS IT'S ONE PERSON AT A TIME, AND IT'S A FULL COURT PRESS.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S HOW WE'RE, WE'RE DOING.

AND IF, IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE OR PAUL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND ME THE INFORMATION OF THAT INDIVIDUAL OR PASS IT ALONG TO SAM OR JOE MELLOW, WE A HUNDRED PERCENT WILL GO OUT AND, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTACT THIS INDIVIDUAL IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY.

UM, AND THIS IS A COUPLE DAYS AGO, I CONTACT, UH, THE CAPTAIN COTINA AND THE SAM RIGHT AWAY WHEN I MET HIM THROUGH CITRUS.

SO I TOOK THE PICTURE, I SHOWED THEM, AND

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THEY, THEY TOLD ME THERE WILL KNOW THE PERSON.

THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS TIME AND TRIED TO HELP HER, AND THEY, THEY WILL CONTACT YOU.

SO I THINK YOUR STAFF ALREADY WENT TO, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE A REGULAR, SO THE NUMBER THREE QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IS MY MISINFORMATION OR THIS TRUE LET ORANGE COUNTY LET THE IRVINE SUE THE OKAY.

COUNTY, THEY WANT THE LAWSUIT SO THEY CAN HELP THE PEOPLE, EVEN THEY REFUSE TO GET HELP.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE, UH, THE, THE PREGNANT LADY LET, THAT'S NOT ONLY HERSELF, INCLUDING THE BABY, AND THEN THEY NEED TO BE HELP.

OKAY? AND, UH, UH, SO THAT IS NOT, I KNOW IT'S A CIVIL RIGHT ISSUE, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER HUMAN BEING, SO HOW CAN WE HELP THOSE PEOPLE? OKAY.

AND, UH, FOR, FOR MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE HER OKAY.

FREEZE TO DEATH AT NIGHTTIME.

OKAY, SO, SO EVEN SHE REFUSED, BUT CAN WE DO SOMETHING SINCE YOU HAVE A BED? CAN, WE CAN JUST OKAY.

HELP HER TO AT LEAST GET THROUGH ALL THOSE NIGHT.

SO A A A REALLY HARSH REALITY OF WHAT WE DO IS THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT WE KNOW NEED HELP.

WE CAN'T FORCE THEM TO ACCEPT HELP.

UM, AND, AND I LOVE HEARING YOUR PASSION ABOUT THIS INDIVIDUAL, BECAUSE I WOULD IMAGINE EACH OF THE OTHER MEMBERS AND AND MADAM MAYOR PROBABLY HAVE SOMEONE OF YOUR OWN THAT YOUR CONSTITUENTS REACH OUT TO YOU OR THAT YOU SEE, UM, I, I, I CAN'T GET INTO SORT OF, UH, ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, LEGAL CASES OR WHAT OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING IN TERMS OF, OF TAKING THINGS TO THE COURT.

WHAT I WILL TELL YOU AGAIN IS THAT'S EVEN MORE COMPLEX.

YOUR CITY ATTORNEY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S COMPLEX FOR THEM AS WELL.

IT'S NOT, IT'S A VERY TRICKY SITUATION.

UM, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S EVER CHANGING, UM, AS AN AGENCY FOR US, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, YOU KNOW, IN, IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE LAW, WHAT'S A, WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO, UM, WE, WE ADAPT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET, WE WILL MEET THE NEEDS OF WEST COVINA.

BUT I, I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR SURE EXACTLY WHAT THE MUNICIPALITY YOU'RE REFERENCING AND, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT TOOK PLACE THROUGH, THROUGH THE COURTS AG.

AGAIN, THE COURTS ARE VERY KEEN ON PROTECTING FOLKS' CIVIL RIGHTS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT PRESENTS A CHALLENGE FOR YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ON WHAT THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO.

SO, UM, I, I HOPE I, I I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S NOT MORE SPECIFIC.

I JUST, I GOT, I, I KNOW THAT YOUR HAND IS TIRED, OKAY? SO A LOT OF THINGS YOU CANNOT DO.

YOU CAN TRY YOUR BEST, CONTINUE TO CONTACT THE PERSON BASED ON WHAT YOU SAY, REPETITION.

HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THEY, THEY, THEY WILL WILLING TO RECEIVE HELP.

THAT'S WHY YOU SAY BASICALLY WE CANNOT FORCE THEM, UH, OKAY TO DO IT.

THAT BASICALLY MADAM MATTER, OH, LEMME LOOK IN TO SEE WHAT, UH, IRVINE DID.

THEY SU THE COUNTY.

SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH IT.

LET ME, WOULD YOU PLEASE, YES, AND I'LL GET BACK TO, I, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, OKAY, AND FOR PEOPLE REFUSE TO GET HELP, IT'S GOING TO NOT ONLY OR HURT THEMSELF, BUT ALSO, OKAY.

AND YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE MENTAL HEALTH IN STKS AND SOME MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, LADY, UH, OKAY.

HOMELESS, UH, JUST KNIFE, UH, PERSON WALK THE DOG.

AND, UH, SO IT'S A TIME, TIME BOMB FOR SOME OF THE, WE HAVE CHILDREN PLAYED IN THE PARK, OKAY? AND, UH, THEN YOU HAVE A POTENTIAL ISSUE.

SO WE NEED TO ADDRESS ALL THIS POTENTIAL ISSUE, NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELF, BUT ALSO TO THE PUBLIC.

OKAY? I, I THINK THERE IS, OKAY, THE ISSUE WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, A SAFE OKAY, UH, COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE, WE KNOW WE HAVE ALL THIS POTENTIAL ISSUE, BUT WE PROVIDE, LIKE, HIRE YOU GUYS TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

WE HAVE, UH, TWO OFFICERS AND THEN AND, UH, WITH A TEAM, AND WE TRY OUR BEST, BUT, BUT IF WE TIED BY THE LORD, THEN NOTHING WE CAN DO, AND THEY WILL BE STILL ROAMING ON THE STREET.

NOT ONLY HURT THEMSELVES, THEY'RE HURTING THE, THE COMMUNITY, INNOCENT PEOPLE, CHILDREN AND, AND WOMEN.

SO, SO HOW CAN WE ADDRESS MAYBE THIS OKAY, CITY ATTORNEY LOOK INTO IT, BUT I WANT TO HEAR MY TIME.

SO ALTHOUGH MY COUNCIL CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO ASK QUESTION, THANK YOU SO MUCH THOUGH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

COUNCILWOMAN, PA UH, THANK YOU.

UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.

UM, COULD BE YOU OR CITY STAFF.

SO I, I KNOW THAT MEASURE H FUNDING HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED.

UH, WHAT WAS THAT AMOUNT WE RECEIVED AGAIN? DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? AND I, HI.

UM, LAST YEAR, THE CURRENT CONTRACT WE RECEIVED, I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 50,000.

AND, UM, THIS COMING YEAR, WE'LL ONLY GET UP TO APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW THE FINAL AMOUNT.

SO IS THERE A WAY WHERE WE CAN RECEIVE MORE OF THAT MEASURE? H I KNOW A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS PUT INTO THAT, AND THIS GOES, I

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MEAN, I'D LIKE TO USE THAT MEASURE H TO PUT IN FOR LAKOTA.

IS THERE, IS THERE ANY WAY TO INCREASE THAT AMOUNT OR, I, WE'VE TRIED.

THAT'S THE AMOUNT THAT THE COG IS DESIGNATING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO'S UNFORTUNATELY THAT GIVE US LESS FOR A NEED.

UM, AND WE PUT IN SO MANY, UM, THE OTHER FOR LACA, IS THERE, UM, ANY PARTNERSHIP THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH OR WORKING ON TO RECEIVE MORE BEDS? SO RE REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

UH, RESOURCES ARE SCARCE, I CAN TELL YOU AS, AS AN AGENCY.

UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO DO SOME EXPANSION TO THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, UH, SORT OF, THERE ARE PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE OPERATED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.

UM, WE HAVE ONE THAT IS CALLED A, A CRISIS RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS LIKE A POST, THINK POST 51 50 INDIVIDUAL THAT GO, GOES ON A HOLD.

UM, I KNOW WE ARE EXPLORING THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF BEING ABLE TO OPEN A SECOND ONE, UM, VERY CLOSE TO HERE BASED OVER IN, IN POMONA, BUT IT TAKES TIME.

UM, AND I KNOW THAT OUR, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS, IS LOOKING INTO IT BECAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED FOR IT.

UM, IN TERMS OF BED CAPACITY, WE'RE ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SECURE ADDITIONAL SITES WHERE WE CAN CREATE MORE BEDS.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE A NONPROFIT, LIKE JUST AS RESOURCES ARE SCARCE WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR US, IT TAKES TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET, TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE LICENSING TO GET IT.

BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHEN, UM, BUT WE ARE WORKING TO TRY TO EXPAND BED CAPACITIES SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING IN, IN, IN, IN CITIES LIKE WEST COVINA, UM, TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.

UM, AND THEN I KNOW WHEN WE HAD THOSE TWO OPTIONS, UH, REGIONAL OR TO KEEP IN-HOUSE, SO CURRENTLY, I KNOW ON, ON THE, THE, UH, FORM IT SAID REGIONAL, WE ONLY GET ONE TO TWO CASE WORKERS AND THEY ONLY SEE THEM ONCE A WEEK.

SO CURRENTLY WITH LACA, HOW MANY CASE WORKERS ARE OUT THERE? AND, AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU REACH OUT SOMETIMES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

UM, IS IT JUST HOW MANY CA CASE WORKERS ARE REACHING OUT? SO CURRENTLY THE WAY THE CONTRACT IS SET UP FOR, FOR THE CITY IS WE HAVE TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

THEY START THEIR DAY HERE.

OUR VAN IS, IS, IS PARKED AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO THEY START FROM 7:00 AM TO THREE 30.

UM, SO YOU'RE GETTING TWO FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES.

ONE'S A MALE, ONE'S A FEMALE, THEY BOTH COME FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS.

SO THEY'RE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH FOLKS DIFFERENTLY.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER OPTION THAT, UM, THAT PAULINA HAD SHOWN, THE MORE REGIONAL ASPECT, I, I WILL TELL YOU BECAUSE WE ALSO PROVIDE SERVICES IN SOME OF THOSE REGIONAL PROGRAMS, WHEN IT SAYS THAT YOU WOULD GET SERVICES FOR ONE DAY, CURRENTLY THE WAY IT WORKS FOR US IS THOSE CITIES THAT GET SERVICE FOR ONE DAY, IT'S NOT EIGHT HOURS BECAUSE WE'RE REGIONALLY LOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO THE TEAMS HAVE TO COME TO WORK, PICK UP A VEHICLE, AND THEN ARRIVE TO YOUR CITY.

SO ON THE ONE OPTION WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ONCE A WEEK, IT'S MORE LIKE SIX HOURS, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COUNT FOR TRANSPORTATION, TIME, LUNCHES, AND BREAKS.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW CONSISTENCY IS THE KEY AND I, I TRULY AGREE WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE HOMELESS AT, UM, AT MY WORK.

AND IT'S TO THE POINT WHERE IF YOU KEEP BOTHERING THEM, THEY GET TO THE POINT WHERE THEY SAY, FINE, I'LL TAKE THE HELP, OR, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M GONNA GO SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE I'M LEFT ALONE.

WHICH, YOU KNOW, IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES THEY JUST WANT THAT, UM, CLEARANCE.

SO OF COURSE GET THE HELP.

UM, THE OTHER QUESTION IS, UM, I KNOW IF WE APPROVE THE, SINCE MEASURE RATES, IT'S AS IF APPROVED THREE MONTHS, WE WOULD, IT NEEDS TO BE FUNDED BY GENERAL FUND.

HOW MUCH WOULD THAT BE? ARE WE FUNDING FOR THOSE THREE MONTHS? LET ME CALCULATE, BUT IT'D BE THREE MONTHS WORTH OF THE CONTRACT.

SO 60, HUH? ABOUT 60,000? 62,000? YEAH, IT'S AROUND 60.

AND THEN I KNOW FOR REMAINING FUNDS, THE SUCCESSOR HOUSING AGENCY FUND, UM, HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE THERE TO BE ABLE, IS THAT LIKE A CONSISTENCY THING THAT WE CAN PULL EVERY TIME IT COMES THROUGH? SO THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY HOUSING FUND IS THE MONEY HOUSING MONIES THAT WAS LEFT FROM THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

UM, I BELIEVE WE'RE STILL RECEIVING SOME MONIES INTO THAT ACCOUNT OR INTO THAT FUND THROUGH THE OPS EVERY YEAR.

UM, BUT IT'S, UM, UH, WE CAN ALLOCATE, UM, UP TO 250 ANNUALLY FOR HOMELESS SERVICES.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD BE.

IS, AND WITHIN YOUR NONPROFIT, CAN THE COMMUNITY OR THOSE WHO'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO REACH OUT TO THE HOMELESS, HOMELESS, CAN THEY WORK WITH YOUR ORGANIZATION AND BE PART OF THAT? AND WOULD YOU HAVE, IF I KNOW YOU'RE, YOU'RE NODDING YES, WHICH IS A GREAT THING, UM, DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION FOR US TO SHARE OR CAN YOU EXPLAIN, GO FURTHER WITH THAT? SO YES, WE, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE AND INVITE INDIVIDUALS TO, TO VOLUNTEER.

MEETING.

AND THEN, UM, MY LAST QUESTION IS, I KNOW YOU HAVE THE TWO FULL-TIMERS THAT GO REACH OUT TO THEM

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UM, YOU KNOW, I, IF, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT FOLKS ARE INTERESTED, I MEAN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY SOME, YOU KNOW, LEGAL JOSTLING.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, PATIENT, PATIENT INFORMATION IS PROTECTED FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT WE MIGHT DO.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GETTING INTO THE WEEDS OF IT.

BUT YES, UM, WE, WE DEFINITELY HAVE VOLUNTEERS.

UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I KNOW I, I, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN, UH, CONTOS, UH, WENT ALONG ON A RIDE ALONG WITH US AND WE SHARED SOME OF, I KNOW HE SHARED SOME OF THAT INFORMATION WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, SO WE, WE WOULD EXTEND THAT, THE INVITATION TO ANY OF YOU.

UM, BUT YES, IF COM COMMUNITY'S INTERESTED, UM, PAUL HAS HAS MY INFORMATION, THEY CAN REACH OUT TO ME.

I CAN ALSO LEAVE MY MY ENOUGH CARDS FOR, FOR EACH OF YOU.

UM, BUT AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S A FULL PORT CHRIS, SO YES.

WE'RE, WE'RE WILLING.

AND, AND WEST COVINA KNOWS YOUR, YOUR FOLKS HERE.

PERFECT.

AND, AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING, CUZ I DO REMEMBER WHEN WE MET WITH, UH, ONE AND ALL, UM, THEY'RE ALREADY KIND OF DOING DUPLICATING THE, THE WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT INSTEAD OF LIKE IN TWO SEPARATE, IF WE COULD JUST KIND OF COMBINE THAT AND YOU'LL HAVE MORE FULL FORCE WITH, UH, YOUR NONPROFIT AND, AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROAM.

UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

SO, UM, IN TERMS OF, I, I KNOW THE, THE LEGAL ISSUE, UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, PERCENTAGE OF ABED TO, TO HOMELESS, DO, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE, THE LAW LAW SAYS FOR, FOR THAT? SO THE, THE, THE BOISE CASE, I, I, IF I'M NOT CORRECT, IF I, IF IF I'M CORRECT, IT'S 60%, 60% OF YOUR POINT IN TIME COUNT WITH AND SPECIFICALLY WITH JUDGE CARTER.

UM, SO I, I MEAN, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOUR POINT AND TIME COUNT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF BEDS.

UM, SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY BEING CONTACTED, I, I REALLY THINK IS IS SOMETHING, UH, FOR US TO, TO THINK ABOUT.

UH, AND, UH, I GUESS ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS IS, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW FOUR OF THE BEDS ARE, UH, OUT OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN EAST LA.

UM, HA HAS, HAS THAT BEEN AN, AN ISSUE FOR PEOPLE TO ACCEPT SERVICE? UM, BECAUSE, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT QUITE A FEW PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO GO TO LIKE DOWNTOWN, UH, IN THE SKID ROW AREA, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE FROM THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

SO, SO, SO TO, TO BE QUITE FRANK, IT, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFICULT SELF FOR ANYONE TO GO INTO A CONGREGATE SETTING.

UM, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO DO WITH, WITH LOCATION.

SOMETIMES IT DOES.

AGAIN, I GO BACK TO YOU'VE GOT A BEAUTIFUL CITY HERE.

IT, IT'S A LOT NICER TO BE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS HERE THAN IT IS IN SKID ROW.

UM, IT'S A LOT SAFER.

UM, BUT IT, IT THAT, THAT THAT ANSWER IT, IT, IT DEPENDS, UM, ON THE INDIVIDUAL.

IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO NOT SO MUCH GEOGRAPHICS AS MUCH AS DOES SOMEONE WANNA LIVE IN A CONGREGATE SETTING.

UH, AND LAST QUESTION.

UM, SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE THE, THE TOOL, THE TWO, UH, FULL-TIME.

DO YOU HAVE LIKE IN, FOR A CITY OUR SIZE WITH THE NUMBER OF, OF HOMELESS WE CURRENTLY HAVE, IS, IS THERE AN IDEAL NUMBER THAT YOU, YOU WOULD SAY TO DO THE CONSISTENT OUTREACH IS, IS TO THE RIGHT NUMBER WITH OUR TWO HOPE OFFICERS? IS THERE, IS THERE A DIFFERENT MODEL, UH, THAT YOU THINK WOULD, UH, THINKING FUTURE WOULD WORK BEST? SO IF YOU'RE YOUR, YOUR THINKING FUTURE, UM, WE WORK WITH SOME OF YOUR, YOUR SISTER CITIES HERE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE IS ONE CITY THAT, UH, IS EXPLORING THE OPTION OF HAVING A PM TEAM, UM, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING THEM WITH THEM.

SO IT WOULD, YOU KNOW, YOU, IT, IT WOULD ALSO BE A PM NIGHTS AND, AND WEEKENDS INCLUDED.

SO YOU WOULD HAVE US, YOU KNOW, IN THE EVENINGS AND THEN ON SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS.

UM, I, I PERSONALLY, AGAIN, I KNOW I'M BIASED BECAUSE THIS, IT'S MY BUSINESS, BUT I ALSO CARE ABOUT THESE FOLKS.

UM, I SEE VALUE IN IT.

AGAIN, IT COMES DOWN TO Y Y'ALL HAVE LIMITED RESOURCES.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT DEPENDS ON, ON WHAT YOU, I, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A MORE OF A POLICY DECISION FOR, FOR THE FIVE OF YOU IF, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN EXPLORING THAT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW PAULINA AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, WE, WE'D LOVE TO CHAT IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

NO, UH, THANK YOU.

I, I THINK, UM, YOU, YOU'VE HAD A POSITIVE IMPACT, UH, LIKE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VITO SAID, THE CONSISTENCY IN HAVING, YOU KNOW, TWO PEOPLE, UH, EVERY SINGLE DAY, REACHING OUT TO FOLKS AND THE NUMBER OF MULTIPLE CONTACTS, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO EXPLORE, UH, HAVING ALMOST LIKE A 24 HOUR,

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THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CONT, UH, JOSH, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

GOOD TO SEE YOU.

UH, OUR, OUR LAST HOMELESS COUNT, UM, WAS A HUN WAS, WAS IT 112? AND THEN, UM, WITHIN THAT, UH, 46 UNSHELTERED, UH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T HAVE, I, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE HAD THAT NUMBER.

I DO NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER HANDY FROM THE LAST BIT COUNT.

SO, SO DO WE HAPPEN TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN THE NEXT HOMELESS COUNT NUMBER WILL BE COMING THROUGH? WE'RE, WE'RE ANTICIPATING, UM, YOU KNOW, JUNE OR JULY, BUT IF, IF LAST YEAR IS, IS ANY MEASURE, YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE OCTOBER.

UM, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE DEPENDING ON, ON, ON WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

BUT I, I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS YET.

SO WITH REGARD TO THE APPROACHES, HOW MANY REGULAR INDIVI, UH, HOW MANY INDIVIDUALS, UM, ARE ON OUR LIST WHERE THEY, THEY'RE KNOWN TO BE REGULAR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HERE WHO ARE, WHO ARE, WHO ARE HOMELESS, I WOULD SAY THERE'S PROBABLY AT LEAST 20.

SO THEY'RE AT LEAST 20.

SO THAT, THAT, THAT MEANS THAT THE REST OF THE, OF THOSE WHO WE SEE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE PASSING THROUGH.

UM, I, I THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT TO, TO, TO SAY.

SO, UH, SO BY, BY THE, THE PROGRAM CONTINUING, UH, THAT WOULD MEAN THAT WE STILL HAVE ROOM TO GO WITH REGARD TO, UH, UH, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ACCEPT HELP BECAUSE OF, OF BEING ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THEM, UM, UH, BUILD A RELA BUILD A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU, WHICH THEN LEADS TO, TO THEIR RECEIVING SERVICES, WHICH MEANS THAT, THAT, THAT IT COULD RESULT POTENTIALLY IN THE HOMELESS COUNT BEING, UH, BEING EVEN LOWER BECAUSE OF THESE, UH, UM, ACTIONS.

IS THAT RIGHT? UH, I, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR THAT.

AND SO, UH, UM, THE LAST QUESTION I, I, I HAVE IS, UH, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU NEED FROM THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO HELP YOU BUILD CAPACITY? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY TO HE TO BR TO CREATE, UH, VOLUNTEER TEAMS TO GO OUT WITH YOUR TWO, SO THAT WAY THERE'RE BEFORE AS AN EXAMPLE? OR ARE THERE WAYS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A RESIDENT WHO, WHO HAS GONE WITH THE OFFICERS WITH THE HOPE TEAM, UH, SUE GINO HAS GONE OUT TO DO THAT.

AND, UM, ARE THERE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET INVOLVED SO AS TO INCREASE LAKOTA'S CAPACITY SO THAT THERE, THAT IT CAN ACTUALLY RESULT IN EVEN GREATER SUCCESS IN GETTING PEOPLE TO RECEIVE THE SERVICE, UH, ACCEPT THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE OFFERING? SO, SO CLARIFYING QUESTION, WHEN YOU'RE SAYING INCREASED CAPACITY, RIGHT? MEANING INCREASING CAPACITY OF, OF, OF EMPLOY LIKE STAFF THAT'S OUT IN THE FIELD, OR INCREASING CAPACITY OF LIKE, THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS WE CAN TAKE, UH, INCREASING THE, THE CAPACITY OF OUR BEING OUT IN THE FIELD TO MEET WITH HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS BY COMBINING THOSE WHO ARE, WHO ARE, ARE FULL-TIME STAFF, PLUS THE HOPE TEAM PLUS, UH, VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S ALREADY A TOTAL OF FOUR.

AND IF WE WERE TO HAVE A, A, A LIST OF, OF INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD BE WILLING TO GO OUT WITH THOSE FOUR, THEN THAT MEANS THAT CREATES FOUR TEAMS OF TWO, WHICH WOULD BE EIGHT, WHICH WOULD BE LITERALLY BE EXPONENTIAL, UH, UH, INCREASE IN AN ABILITY WITHOUT NECESSARILY COSTING MORE, BUT YET INCRE INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE FEASIBLE, UH, IN LIGHT OF THE WAY THAT YOU OPERATE WITH THE COMMUNITY OF HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS? SO IT WOULD BE VERY UNIQUE.

IT IS NOT SOMETHING WE DO.

UM, JUST SORT OF LISTENING TO IT, IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE, BE SOMEWHAT CUMBERSOME.

UM, WE'RE, WE'RE DEFINITELY OPEN, LIKE, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LOPEZ MENTIONED ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING VOLUNTEERS.

THE, THE THING THAT I WOULD MOST BE CONCERNED WITH THAT IS THAT THE CONSISTENCY IS VOLUNTEERS FROM MY EXPERIENCE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DEDICATE THE, THE TYPE OF CONSISTENCY THAT WE NEED.

MM-HMM.

, I'M OPEN TO IT, BUT I ALSO, UM, IT'S A REALLY GOOD COUN, UH, QUESTION COUNCILMAN.

I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMETHING, UM, WOULD BE MORE SUITED FOR CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE OF INCORPORATING VOLUNTEERS.

BUT I'M OPEN TO IT.

I, I KNOW THAT'S VAGUE, BUT IT'S THAT A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

YOU DO.

SO WE COULD FOLLOW UP ON, ON THOSE POSSIBILITIES LATER AT LEAST.

ANYONE ELSE? SORRY MORE.

WANNA TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.

UM, BY THE WAY, EAST LA IS MUCH BETTER THAN DOWNTOWN LA SKID ROW, JUST FYI.

BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THIS ONE FOR THE CITY, IT COULD BE A CITY ATTORNEY QUESTION OR WITH YOU.

SO TECHNICALLY WITH THE HOMELESS COUNT, CAN WE TECHNICALLY SAY, WELL, THE BED SHOULD BE OFFERED WITH THE HOMELESS, UH, HOMELESS COUNT OF OUR WEST CAMINA RESIDENCE OR OUR REGULARS, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU STATED IN WHICH WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, NICE CITIES PEOPLE ARE JUST GONNA TRAVEL AND WANNA STAY IN.

AND IT'S NOT FAIR ENOUGH FOR US TO CATER AND BRING IN LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA TAKE CARE OF OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, WE

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UM, CAN THAT BE A TECHNICALITY OF STATING THAT, OKAY, WELL THE HOMELESS COUNT SHOULD BE OUR, OUR REGULARS, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS HERE INSTEAD OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, HOMELESS COUNT COMES AND WE HAVE A, THE NEIGHBORING CITY JUST JUMP IN OUR CITY AND NOW WE'RE, WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM.

RIGHT? I, THAT'S HOW, LET ME LOOK INTO THAT.

PLEASE.

DO I THINK THAT'S POSSIBLE TO DO BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WITH THE HOMELESSNESS, YOU CAN, AS YOU HAVE SAID, THEY JUST, THEY'LL GO TO THAT.

AND THEY'LL LOOK FOR HELP IN THAT AREA.

AND, AND THAT'S NOT FAIR FOR OUR CITY, CUZ I KNOW OUR CITY HAS, YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, THE MEDICAL CLINICS, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL, IT'LL INFILTRATE OR COME INTO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER LOCAL CITIES AND JUST BYPASS, AND THEN THEY JUST GET COMFORTABLE AND THEY STAY HERE AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSIBILITY OR, AND, AND, AND, AND I HEAR YOU AGAIN, NOT GETTING INTO SOME OF THE LEGAL STUFF WITH IT, BUT I, THE, THE CURRENT SYSTEM, THE WAY LASA HAS IT SET UP IS WHEN WE'RE, WHEN THE COUNT IS COMPLETED, THE NIGHT THAT THE PIT COUNT IS DONE, REGARDLESS OF RESIDENCY STATUS OF THE INDIVIDUAL, IF THEY'RE HERE, UH, THE NIGHT OF THE COUNT, THEN THEY ARE PART OF YOUR COUNT AND THEY BECOME YOUR, YOUR WEST COVINA HOMELESS.

UM, BUT FOR CITY ATTORNEY, I'D LIKE TO LOOK IN THAT TECHNICALITY PLEASE.

UM, THANK YOU.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO I NOTICED THAT, UM, IT SAYS HERE THAT FEBRUARY OF 2022, WE HAD 112, AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG OR WHY WE WOULDN'T GET THE NEW COUNT UNTIL AUGUST.

HAVE YOU NOW, OKAY, SO NOW YOU, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE, UM, YOU PROVIDE EIGHT BEDS.

EIGHT BEDS.

YES.

YOU PROVIDE, IS THAT, UH, THEY'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE ON A WEEKLY BASIS? YEAH, SO, SO LIKE THE INDIVIDUAL I WAS MENTIONING, THE, THE, THE FEMALE RIGHT NOW THAT, THAT REACHED OUT TO US, UM, UH, OFF HOURS, LIKE WE'RE LIKE, WE'RE PROACTIVELY LIKE DEVELOPING A PLAN TO LIKE BE ABLE TO PICK HER UP SO SHE CAN GO INTO THAT BED.

SO IT, IT'S WAITING FOR HER.

I SEE.

SO IT, IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE THERE, UM, UH, BASICALLY WAITING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS WILLING TO ACCEPT SERVICES.

SO IS THIS EIGHT BEDS A WEEK? I, I MEAN, LET'S SAY THAT YOU FILL 'EM ONE WEEK AND THAT'S IT.

SO THE WAY THE CONTRACT'S WRITTEN IS, IS YES, IT, THE, THE BED CAPACITY IS EIGHT.

WHAT I WILL SAY, AND, AND THIS IS MORE, UM, IF YOU CALL ME AND TELL ME, YOU KNOW, JOSHUA, THERE'S A PREGNANT LADY, SHE'S IN THE HOSPITAL, UM, SHE WANTS HELP.

UM, I I'M GONNA MAKE ROOM TO FIND A PLACE FOR HER.

BUT THERE'S, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THERE'S EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULE, BUT WE DO HAVE CAPACITY.

UM, YOU KNOW, SO IF THERE'S ONE-OFFS, OCCASIONALLY WE'RE ABLE TO DO IT BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF HELPING FOLKS, BUT WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A, A CAPACITY AS AN AGENCY.

I SEE.

QUESTION COUNCILMAN RULE.

UH, AND REALLY QUICK, I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP, UH, WITH TALKING ABOUT THE VOLUNTEER BEFORE WE HAVE YOU AND, UH, I THINK COUPLE YEARS AGO, I THINK TWO YEARS AGO, WE, WE, WE SET UP THE WEST COVINA HOMELESS INITIATIVE.

WE TRIED TO GET, SINCE WE DON'T HAVE, WE VERY FRUSTRATED WITH THE PREVIOUS SERVICE.

AND THEY DIDN'T DO TOO, TOO MUCH THING FOR US.

SO WE TRY TO GET THE OKAY, CHURCHES OKAY.

AND THE NONPROFIT.

AND WE TALK TO, WITH MAYORS LOPEZ, FIDO.

AND, UH, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH, UH, AND THE GOD PANTRY AND THEY SHARE WITH US, UH, REGARDING AND, UH, HOW TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

THEY'RE VERY CONSISTENT.

THEY EVEN HAVE SOME SUCCESS STORY SO POSSIBLE SINCE WE, THIS IS A BIG TASK, OKAY.

AND, UH, JUST HAVE A TWO STAFF AND, UH, TWO OF OUR OFFICER, OKAY, MAYBE WE CAN KIND OF CONSOLIDATE WITH ALL THIS NONPROFIT.

AND THEN TO, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP BASED ON OUR MEETING, THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP.

AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE SERVICE, ESPECIALLY THE CARPENT PANTRY.

SO, AND NOW WE, THEY SAY WE NEED TO HAVE MATCH, OKAY? MATCHING FUND, NOW WE GOT, WE HAVE TO PAY $250,000 FOR HOMELESS.

AND THEY REALLY HELP COUPLE OF THE HOMELESS UP THE STREET AND GIVE THEM THE HOME ENVIRONMENT.

SO IN THAT WAY, AGAIN, BECAUSE THEY COME FOR THE LOVE, SO IT'S NOT COMFORT THE JOB.

SO IN THAT WAY POSSIBLE, THEY CAN BOTH COMBINE TOGETHER THAT CAN, THAT CAN HELP.

THIS IS MY, OKAY.

FIRST SUGGESTION IF THAT YOU CAN OPEN AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF HOOK IT UP WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.

SEE, LET YOU ARE THE LEADER AND THE KIND OF CONSOLIDATE WITH ALL THE RESOURCE.

AND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A RESOURCE.

AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, WOULD BE MORE TO THE CITY BECAUSE WE, WE PAY A QUARTER PERCENT OF SALES TAX SINCE 2016 FOR MAJOR AGE.

SO IT'S ALREADY $20 MILLION OKAY.

TO THE COUNTY.

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OKAY? AND THE SERVICE TO YOU AND WHY WE CANNOT GET ANY HELP.

WE ONLY GET $40,000 COMPARED WITH THE 20 MILLION WE PAY TO THEM.

OKAY? WHY WE CANNOT GET MORE SO WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SERVICE, UH, TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION IN OUR AREA.

SO I I, I THINK REALLY GOOD POINTS.

UM, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS, IS I THINK THAT'S WHY THE, THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY ELECTED THE FIVE OF YOU, IS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THESE SERIOUS CONVERSATIONS WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUDGETARY ISSUES.

IT'S WAY OUTSIDE OF MY SCOPE OF PRACTICE.

I'M NOT A NUMBERS GUY, I JUST WANT TO HELP GET SOMEONE OFF THE STREET.

BUT I WOULD IMAGINE YOUR CITY STAFF, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO CHAT WITH THEM.

SO, SO PAULINA, OKAY, CAN YOU, OKAY.

REQUEST SEND.

REGARDING WHAT WE DOING, WE ALREADY PAY HALF MILLION DOLLARS.

OKAY? WHEN WE APPROVE TONIGHT, WHY WE CANNOT GET, UH, THEIR, WHAT THEY SAY, WE MUST HAVE A MATCHING FUND.

WE ALREADY OF A SERVICE, WE HAVE A PROGRAM, GIVE US SOME OF OUR TAX MONEY, WE RETURN BACK TO US SO WE CAN, UH, DO MORE OF, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR OUR HOMELESS.

I APOLOGIZE.

UM, MATCHING FUNDS, UH, WHEN WE TALK TO THE SUPERVISORS, OKAY? AND THEY SAY IF, OH, FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS. YEAH, CORRECT.

FOR EXAMPLE, SINCE I JOINED THE COG, THEY SAY IF WE WANT TO GET THE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY, WE MUST HAVE A MATCHING FUND.

WE MUST HAVE A PROGRAM, OKAY? AT THAT TIME, WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM.

NOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM, AND THEN WE HAVE A PROGRAM.

WE PAYING LAST YEAR, QUARTER A MILLION DOLLARS.

AND THIS COMING YEAR WE APPROVE ANOTHER QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS.

SO WHY WE CANNOT GET FUNDING, SOME FUNDING BACK FROM COUNTY, OR MAYBE CITY NEED TO SEND REQUESTS AND THEY TELL THEM WE, OUR PROGRAM SO WE CAN GET SOMEHOW TAX MONEY BACK.

UM, SO THEY HAVE SWITCHED THEIR STATEMENTS NOW.

SO BEFORE THEY MAY HAVE INDICATED MATCHING FUNDS, NOW THEY'RE SAYING, UM, IF WE ALREADY HAVE A PROGRAM, A CONTRACT, UM, WE CANNOT GET FUND, WE CANNOT USE THAT 40,000 FOR AN EXISTING CONTRACT.

SO IF YOU GUYS, UM, SO IF WE ALREADY ARE UNDER CONTRACT, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH LAA, AND THEN WE RECEIVE THAT FUNDING FOR 40,000, WE CANNOT USE THAT FOR AN EXISTING CONTRACT.

UM, IT COULD BE TO ADD SERVICES.

SO IF WE WANTED TO WORK WITH LATA AND PROVIDE EVENING OR WEEKEND SERVICES, WE CAN USE THAT UP TO 40,000.

THAT 40,000 UNFORTUNATELY IS NOT SOMETHING THAT, UM, STAFF CAN, UH, WE, WE WILL TRY AND ASK IF WE CAN GET MORE, BUT IT'S A CALCULATION, A FIGURE THAT LATA OR SORRY, THE CAL PROVIDES TO US AND TELLS US THEY DICTATE TO US HOW MUCH FUNDING.

UM, I AGREE WITH YOU.

UM, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VIDO, YOU KNOW, OUR RESIDENTS PAY INTO THAT ACT AND THAT'S WHAT WE RECEIVE.

LINA? MM-HMM.

, I'M NOT TALKING ABOUT THE $40,000 MM-HMM.

, I'M TALKING ABOUT 20 MILLION TAXES.

WE PAY THEM FOR THE MAJOR AGE MM-HMM.

AND WE PAYING RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE PROGRAM.

AND WE SHOULD SEND THE REQUEST TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FUNDING THEY CAN GIVE US OUR MONEY BACK.

THAT'S MY POINT.

CAN WE SEND A REQUEST THAT $40,000? NOTHING.

WE NEED SOME MORE.

MAYBE WE CAN PAY THEM MORE TO GET MORE BED.

WE MAYBE CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE.

WE CAN MAYBE UNDER CONSOLIDATE WITH ALL NONPROFIT.

WE NEED FUNDING FOR ALL THIS MENTALS MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE.

SO, SO THE POINT IS WE NEED RESOURCE.

WE CAN DEFINITELY, WOULD YOU PLEASE REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING? I, I'M ONLY REQUEST WE SEND A REQUEST TO THEM IF THEY SAY NO, NOTHING WE CAN DO, BUT AT LEAST WE OKAY.

HAVE TO SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT REAL.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN OKAY.

GIVE US SOME MONEY TO HELP US.

AM I RIGHT? CITY MANAGER? UNDERSTOOD.

SO, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE SEE? AND AGAIN, AGAIN, AND I THINK THIS THIRD POINT IS THAT WE PAY THE QUARTER SALES TAX IN WEST COVINA SINCE 2016.

MAJOR H SO WE NEED SOME MONEY BACK TO THE CITY OR ST.

GABRIEL COG, SO WE CAN GET THIS OKAY.

TO SERVE IT TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION.

AND SO WE CAN PAY YOU UNDER MAYBE EVEN MORE SERVICE BECAUSE SOUND LIKE WE NEED A LOT OF FUNDING AND THEN WE NEED MORE BAD, OKAY? AND WHAT WE CAN DO, OKAY, IF WE CAN GET, AGAIN, AGAIN, RESOURCE AND THE MENTAL HEALTH IS A MAJOR ISSUE WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.

AND HOW CAN WE PROVIDE A MENTAL HEALTH, OKAY? AND THEN PROVIDE ALL THIS HOMELESS POPULATION, POSSIBLY TIME BOMBED, NOT ONLY FOR THEMSELF, BUT ALSO FOR THE COMMUNITY.

APPRECIATE COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

VIRO, THANK YOU.

UM, NO, TO REITERATE, COUNCILMAN WOO.

I DO REMEMBER THERE WAS THAT,

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THAT, WELL, I KNOW, I I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY RE WELL, ONE, WHY DID THEY REDUCE FROM 50,000 TO 40,000? WELL, I MEAN, THEY'RE GIVING US LESS AND WE'RE GIVING THEM MORE.

SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CONCEPT.

WHY DID THEY REDUCE THAT? UM, IF I CAN HAVE KELLY MCDONALD COME UP AND ANSWER THAT , I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A REAL ANSWER OTHER THAN THAT'S WHAT THE CLOCK HAS INDICATED WILL BE RECEIVING, UM, IN LIEU OF NOT BEING PART OF THE REGIONAL PROGRAM.

AND THEN MY SECOND THING, WHAT I DO RECALL THE MATCHING FUNDS, IF WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE THAT THEY WILL MATCH, UM, WHATEVER FUNDING.

SO FOR IN, UH, IN THIS SITUATION, WE'RE PAYING TWO 50, UM, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE PAY 1 25? THEY MATCH OUR FUNDS, 1 25 OR WE PAY TWO 50, THEY MATCH IT, WE GET 500,000.

WE CAN EVEN USE, UM, MORE PROGRAMMING, MORE INFORMATION AND, UM, HAVING THEM HELP MORE PEOPLE.

SO THAT'S MY ISSUE ON THOSE TWO THINGS.

WHY DO THEY REDUCE OUR FUNDS? AND TWO, UM, THE MATCHING FUNDS FOR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE CITI IS IMPLEMENTING.

I MEAN, THESE ARE, IT'S WORKING.

IT'S GREAT.

YOU KNOW, SO PLEASE, THAT'S BEEN MY ARGUMENT, UH, TO TRY TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING OR MORE FUNDING.

UM, THERE WAS A BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED BY THE COUNTY THAT PUT TOGETHER, PUT TOGETHER A STUDY THAT HAS REALLY PUSHED, UM, REGIONAL SERVICES AND COHORTS.

AND SO THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE FOCUS OF, OF THE COGS ALL, ALL THE MEASURE H MONEY IS FLOWING THROUGH THE COGS.

AND SO IT, IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS A, UM, THERE, THERE'S A PUSH FOR THE REGIONAL SERVICES AND WHY, WHY THEY REDUCED OUR FUNDING.

I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID IS A PUT TOGETHER, UH, THEY SET ASIDE A, AN AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THOSE FOLKS, THOSE AGENCIES THAT WERE GOING TO OPT OUT OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES AND TOOK, AND BASED ON YOUR AVERAGE COUNT FROM THE 2020 AND 2022, UH, HOMELESS COUNTS, THEY ARRIVED AT A MAXIMUM ALLOCATION THAT YOU COULD GET.

AND FOR WEST COVENA, THE MAXIMUM ALLOCATION IS $40,000.

WELL, I JUST FIGURED WE SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED, UM, FOR BEING EFFECTIVE.

I MEAN, FOR BRANCHING OUT AND BEING EFFECTIVE.

I, I I DON'T SEE THE CONCEPT AND THE, THE PURPOSE IS TO HELP PEOPLE AND THIS IS GOING TO HELP PEOPLE.

SO I, YOU KNOW, CAN YOU, I MEAN, I REALLY WANNA KNOW WHY I MEAN THAT YEAH, I KNOW JUST, I, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, INTERNAL POLITICS ON THAT, BUT IT'S NOT FAIR.

I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HUMAN LIVES HERE ONE, AND THEN TWO, UM, WE'RE SERVING ALMOST THE SAME COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT IS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE ACQUIRING ARE FROM THE REGIONAL AREAS.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE COMING INTO OUR CITIES SO THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY BY FUNDING US, WE'RE ACTUALLY HELPING THEM AS WELL.

UM, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, YOU ARE MORE EFFECTIVE, EFFICIENT, JUST MUCH BETTER IN CALIBER AND THE WHOLE BUREAUCRACY ON, UM, THE WHOLE LOSSA AND ALL THAT ORGANIZATION AND STUFF.

IT JUST, IT FRUSTRATES ME.

SO I MEAN, ONE, CAN YOU JUST MAKE SURE, REQUEST WHY WE'RE RECEIVING LESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE PROVIDING MORE.

THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

THAT'S WHY I'M, I'M A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THIS WHOLE THING.

AND THEN TWO, UM, IF WE CAN GET THE, THE MATCHING FUND SITUATION SO THAT WE CAN COVER, UH, THIS ORGANIZATION'S COST SO WE CAN HELP AND ASSIST MORE.

UM, SO THOSE ARE THE TWO, TWO THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AND, AND HAVE, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND, AND YOU AND, AND YOU KNOW, AND THE PUBLIC.

SO WE ALL KNOW WHY, WHY WE'RE GETTING LESS FOR DOING MORE, SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

SO THANK YOU.

I'M MADAM MAYOR, GO AHEAD.

UH, IN IN THAT VEIN, I I, CAN WE ASK THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY LOOK INTO THE EXTENT TO WHICH OTHER CITIES FEEL THE SAME WAY THAT WE DO FOR US TO HAVE TO, TO BE TAXED 20 MILLION.

WE HAVE HOMELESS TOO, AND I MEAN OBVIOUSLY, AND, AND, AND THE NEEDS OF HOMELESS ARE IMPORTANT EVERYWHERE, BUT WHEN WE PUT THAT MUCH MONEY IN TO SUPPORTING THE, UM, TO SUPPORTING THE HOMELESS, AND YET WE CAN'T HELP OUR OWN RIGHT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S REALLY INFURIATING.

AND SO IF THERE'S A WAY THAT, COULD WE ASK, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS LATER, BUT THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY LOOK INTO THE EXTENT TO WHICH OTHER CITIES HAVE THIS FRUSTRATION.

SO POSSIBLY WE CAN COME TOGETHER, UH, ACROSS THE, THE COUNTY WITH DIFFERENT CITIES WHO FEEL THIS FEEL AS WE DO SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY TO TAKE ACTION TO TRY TO GET MORE OF THE TAX MONEY THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH MEASURE H MONEY, BUT YET HASN'T BEEN RETURNED TO US TO ANY REAL SIZABLE DEGREE.

COUNCILMAN WILL, UH, I, I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP YOUR QUESTION.

HOMELESS COMMITTEE, OKAY.

SINCE I'M THE MEMBER OF THE COG OKAY.

GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL GOVERNMENT, AND OKAY, THEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS MAJOR AGE MONEY MANY TIMES.

OKAY? AND BASICALLY, ST.

GABRIEL VALLEY, 31 CITY, ALL THE CITY DIDN'T RECEIVE THE MAJOR AGE MONEY BACK.

AND THAT'S WHY CURRENTLY I THINK WE RECOMMENDED YOU JOIN THE BLUE RIBBON HOMELESS OKAY? AND LET YOU ARE THE MEMBER NOW.

OKAY? SO YOU ARE JOINED THE COG

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AND, UH, AND WITH THE E N R TOO.

SO, SO I THINK YOU CAN TALK TO THE, UH, OKAY, UH, BECKY OKAY.

REGARDING THE CHAIR, REGARDING HOW WE CAN, AND WE ARE STRUGGLING AND, UH, AND THE ENTIRE COG TRY TO GET THE FUNDING FROM THE COUNTY.

AND THEN I THINK WE ALL KNOW IS, IS A, IT IS A STRUGGLE, OKAY? AND TRY TO GET THE FUNDING BACK TO US, OKAY? AND, UH, AND SO, SO, SO JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THE ST.

GABRIEL VALLEY, 31 CITY ALL SHARE THE SAME ISSUE.

OKAY? ONLY MAYBE ONE OR TWO CITY DON'T HAVE THAT ISSUE, BUT MOST OF THE CITY, MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE CAR, OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, THAT ISSUE AND REGARDING, OKAY? AND, UH, AND AGAIN, AGAIN, IT'S NOT ABOUT THE $40,000.

IT IS ABOUT, AND WE REMEMBER, WE, IN A MEETING WITH COUNTY, THEY TOLD US WE MUST HAVE A PROGRAM, WE MUST HAVE A MATCHING FUND, AND THEN THEY WILL PROVIDE THE SAME THING.

SO BEFORE THEY ALWAYS TOLD US, WE MUST HAVE A PROGRAM.

WE MUST HAVE A MATCHING FUND.

NOW WE HAVE A PROGRAM, WE HAVE A MET FUND, BUT THAT'S NOT, THEY SAY WHAT? OKAY.

AND NOW LOOK, YOU HAVE MONEY, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOU MONEY.

SO THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

OKAY? AGAIN, AGAIN, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD REQUEST, OKAY? AND, UH, FROM THE CITY POINT OF VIEW TO, TO REQUEST, OKAY, THE FUNDING FUND, SINCE WE HAVE, WE PROVIDE THIS PROGRAM, OKAY? UH, WE WANT OKAY.

SOME FUNDING FOR OUR TAX MONEY BACK TO US.

AND I THINK THE CT SHOULD DO THIS REQUEST TO COUNTY, OKAY? AND AT LEAST WE HAVE A RECORD THAT THEY REFUSED TO GIVE US THE MONEY BACK.

AT LEAST WE HAVE TO TRY.

WE CANNOT JUST SAY, OH, WE DO THIS.

OKAY, WE JUST TAKE IT.

OKAY? IF YOU TAKE IT, OKAY, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO WALK OVER US AND WE WILL STILL CONTINUE STRUGGLING TO GET FUNDING TO PAY YOU.

OKAY? AND WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE CARE OF HOMELESS ISSUE.

OKAY? I THINK EVERYBODY WANT, ALL THE RESIDENT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THEY, THEY WANT TO SEE THE PARK, OKAY? OR THE OKAY SHOPPING CENTER, OKAY, ALL HAVE, UH, UH, THIS HUMAN TRAGEDY.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP THEM.

COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.

UM, I'M CURIOUS, WHAT OTHER CITIES DO YOU PROVIDE SERVICES? LAKOTA, I, I JUST WANNA KNOW HOW MANY CITIES ROUGHLY.

OH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE MIC SO THAT, OH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE SILLA RESIDENTS CAN HEAR YOU.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE PART OF THE REGIONAL EFFORTS THROUGH, THROUGH THE COG, SO IT'S ROUGHLY 20 PLUS CITIES.

UM, BUT YOUR CITY IS ONE OF, UM, SIX CURRENTLY THAT WE PROVIDE FULL, FULL, BASICALLY FULL-TIME SERVICES TO.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST, I I, I KNOW WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN CHATTING A LOT, BUT I, I JUST REALLY HAVE TO POINT OUT THE FACT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE, THE CITY IS PUTTING ITS MONEY WHERE ITS MOUTH IS IN TERMS OF WORKING WITH THIS ISSUE.

UM, AND YOU'RE DOING IT NOT JUST WITH US, BUT THE RESOURCES THAT, YOU KNOW, PAUL AND KELLY AND ALL THE MEETINGS THAT I HAVE WITH THEM, BUT ALSO YOUR TWO FULL-TIME OFFICERS.

I JUST, I I HAD TO PUT THAT IN THERE CUZ YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES THIS SUCCESSFUL IS WHAT YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, THE, YOUR THE PASSION AND THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND YOUR, YOUR OFFICERS ARE REALLY INSTRUMENTAL IN WHAT WE'RE DOING.

YEAH, I, I COMPLETELY AGREE.

SO, UM, PAULINA, QUICK QUESTION.

SINCE TECHNICALLY HE OPERATES REGIONAL WIDE, I MEAN, CAN'T THAT, I MEAN REGION FUNDS FOR THE WHOLE, UH, FUNDING, BECAUSE I KNOW HE, UH, LAKOTA DOES OPERATE, YOU KNOW, 20 REGIONALLY, RIGHT? SO WHY ARE WE, ARE WE EXCLUDED BECAUSE WE JUST BRANCHED OUT AND HAVE OUR OWN? IS THAT WHY? I MEAN, TECHNICALLY IT'S STILL REGION.

SO THE COG IS DOING A REGIONAL, UH, PROVIDING REGIONAL SERVICES AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE COULD OPT IN FOR.

AND THAT'S THE ONE THAT WE WOULD RECEIVE ONE TO TWO CASE WORKERS ONCE A ONCE A WEEK FOR EIGHT HOUR, AN EIGHT HOUR SHIFT, WHICH IS DIMINISHED TO SIX HOURS, UM, BECAUSE OF TRANSPORTATION AND BREAKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO WE DO HAVE THAT OPTION TO, UH, JOIN IN THE REGIONAL EFFORT.

SO CAN WE DO TWO, UM, HAVE BOTH OPTIONS JOIN IN THE REGIONAL EFFORT AS WELL AS HAVING OUR OWN? WE COULD THEN THAT 40, WE WOULD NOT RECEIVE THAT 40,000 IN LIEU OF, BECAUSE WE WOULD BE JOINING THE EFFORT.

SO THEN WE WOULD HAVE OUR CONTRACT WITH LATA THAT WE WOULD GET THEM FIVE DAYS A WEEK, TWO CASE WORKERS A DAY, UM, FOR 80 HOURS A WEEK.

AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, WE WOULD BE GETTING TWO OR ONE TO TWO CASE WORKERS ONCE A WEEK.

AND AS I THINK AS JOSHUA MENTIONED, THE, THE THING THAT WORKS AND IT MAKES OUR OURS SO SUCCESSFUL IS THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE CONSISTENCY OF THE SAME TWO STAFF MEMBERS BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WITH PREVIOUS EFFORTS THAT WE'VE USED, UM, WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, WHAT IT WAS ONCE A WEEK, I, I DO REMEMBER, BUT I, WHAT I'M SAYING IS TO DO BOTH, TO HAVE THE REGIONAL HAVE THAT SO AS IF LIKE JUST MORE OF A POWERHOUSE OF DOING ALL THE EFFORTS NEEDED TO HELP THE HOMELESS.

SO BE PART OF THE REGIONAL AS WELL AS HAVING

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OUR OWN.

SO KEEPING WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AS WELL AS A REGIONAL, UM, WOULD THAT HELP US, UM, IN FUNDING ANY OF THESE THINGS? BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING BOTH.

WE'RE STILL GONNA KEEP, WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO DO, TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION.

UM, OR WHAT WE COULD DO IS TAKE THAT 40,000 AND ADD TO SCOPE OF SERVICES WITH OUR CONTRACT WITH LOCATED DIRECTLY.

IT'S JUST THE 40,000 IS NOTHING.

I MEAN, THAT'S LIKE NOTHING.

AND WE'RE PAYING 250,000 AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE ALL THE SERVICE LIKE THAT OUR HOPE TEAM PROVIDES.

THE, UH, CITY PROVIDES, I MEAN THIS IS JUST 250,000 TO LAKOTA, SO THAT, THAT IS 40,000 THEN PLUS THEY REDUCED IT.

SO I, I MEAN I, I'D LIKE TO SEE FULL FORCE INCLUDING BOTH.

UM, AND THEN I'D LIKE TO REVISIT THE MATCHING FUNDS, CUZ I DO REMEMBER SITTING HERE SEEING THAT, UM, WE NEEDED, UH, THEY, THEY WOULD PROVIDE MATCHING FUNDS IF WE, UH, DELIVERED OR DID SERVICES.

SO, WHICH WE HAVE AS A CITY, BUT I DON'T SEE ALL THAT, LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO IT AND, AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, AGAIN, WE'RE BEING PENALIZED.

SO I, I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE OPTIONS.

I'D LOVE TO KEEP YOU OBVIOUSLY THAT THAT IS PRIORITY.

WE ARE KEEPING LAKOTA, BUT IF WE CAN EXPAND THE EFFORTS OF ALSO GOING REGIONAL, UM, WHILE PROVIDING, HEY, DOUBLE THE SERVICE, THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT WE NEED THIS TO HELP OUR HOMELESS.

SO YES.

NO PRO TE UH, THANK YOU.

UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT THAT WAS A MOTION, BUT I, I THINK THAT'S A, A WONDERFUL IDEA, UH, TO, TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE REGIONAL, UH, THAT WAY TOO.

NOW THEY, THEY, THEY CAN'T SAY THAT WE AREN'T PART OF THE REGIONAL APPROACH.

WE'RE STILL HAVING LAKOTA FIVE DAYS A WEEK WITH, WITH OUR TWO PLUS GETTING THIS EXTRA ONE TO TWO ON ANOTHER DAY.

PLUS WE ARE NOW PART OF THE REGIONAL, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MOTIVATE US, I GUESS, TO DO MM-HMM.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, NOW WE CAN, UH, REALLY MAKE THE CASE FOR THAT, UH, MAJOR MEASURE H FUND.

SO, UM, IF, IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, UH, THEN I, I THINK THAT THAT IS DEFINITELY THE, THE WAY TO GO.

SO, SO, SO BASICALLY, UM, AGAIN, GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL MAJOR H OKAY.

WHEN WE APPROVE VOTER APPROVE MAJOR H OKAY.

THEY SAY, OKAY, IF WE APPROVE THIS, OKAY, COUNTY WILL TAKE CARE OF HOMELESS ISSUE.

SO LOOK LIKE CURRENTLY NOTHING HAPPENED AT ALL.

SO NOW WE HAVE TO JUMP OFF DIFFERENT KIND OF HOOD, TRY TO GET PETTY CASH.

SO, SO, SO, OKAY.

SO IT IS REALLY, AND WE PROVIDE $20 MILLION ALREADY WITH THIS 7, 7, 8 YEARS.

SO, SO MEANING WE STILL FIGHTING FOR $40,000.

SO THIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

SO I, I THINK WE DO DO EVERYTHING AND ESPECIALLY OKAY.

I THINK, UH, OKAY, OUR COUNCILMAN KENTOS ALREADY JOINED THE CAR HOMELESS COMMITTEE.

SO SINCE YOU ARE VERY VOCAL, SO MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US WORK WITH, UH, COG OKAY.

AND UH, TRY TO SEE HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER AS A REGION NOW AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE GET OUR LOCAL OKAY.

AND STILL DOING YOUR FUNDING THAT WE HAVE TO COMPANY FROM OUR OWN POCKET.

SO, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S NOT FAIR.

WE PAY TAXES ALREADY.

WE SHOULD HAVE SOME FUNDING OKAY.

BACK TO US SO WE CAN MAYBE EXTEND IT EVEN MORE.

NOT FIVE DAY MAYBE, MAYBE SEVEN DAY.

MAYBE LONGER HOURS.

SO WITH THE DIFFERENT STAFF.

SO, SO, BECAUSE HOMELESS PEOPLE EXIST A WEEKEND TOO, SO WE NEED MORE PEOPLE.

SO, AND THEY MAY MEANING WHAT? WE NEED MORE FUNDING.

EXACTLY.

EVERYBODY'S STRUGGLING FOR THAT.

AND SO, AND THIS FUNDING IS, IS IN THE COUNTY AND THEY NOW TRANSFER TO US.

SO HOW CAN WE FIGHT FOR THAT FUNDING? AND BY THE WAY, DON'T FORGET, ST.

GABRIEL VALLEY HAS 31 CITY.

EVERYBODY WANT FUNDING.

SO, SO I CAN SEE THE ISSUE WE HAVE.

AND THEY ALWAYS ONLY GIVE US LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS FOR 31 CITY TO SHARE.

IT'S ALMOST NOTHING.

SO, SO HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN SEND ENOUGH OF VOICE TO THEM AND THEY CAN GIVE US SOME OF THE FUNDING BACK AND TO HELP TO PROVIDE MORE SERVICE RATHER THAN FIVE DAYS, SIX HOURS A DAY, WE CAN MAYBE 10 HOURS WITH A DIFFERENT SHIFT.

AND THE SEVEN DAY, AND THEN WE APPROACH PEOPLE TRY TO HELP THEM, RIGHT? OKAY, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A GOAL LINE METRO LINK.

SERVICE FOR OUR HOMELESS OKAYA AND THE SITUATION.

COME FROM DOWNTOWN FROM YOUR AREA COMING FOR .

SO I'M NOT PROMOTING OUR AREA TO COME HERE.

DON'T LEAVE ME.

NO.

SO, SO, SO WHAT WE, WE NEED TO DO WITH, BUT, BUT I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE FOR CONTINUE TO RENEW YOUR CONTRACT AND THEN WE ADD TO LOOK INTO OKAY.

AND REGIONAL AND OUR LOCAL, UH, TO SEE IF WE CAN EX GET MORE FUNDING OR GET MORE

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THIS IS MY MOTION.

I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

SORRY.

, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.

SO DO YOU VISIT THE, UH, HOMELESS AT NIGHTS AS WELL? OR HOW LATE DO YOU GO, UH, IN CONTACT? CUZ I, I KNOW PERSONALLY WHEN I'M OUT THERE, I WAS MEETING WITH ONE OF THE, UH, PERSON ON THE STREETS, UM, AT THE BUS STOP.

I KNOW MY HUSBAND SAID, WHAT AM I DOING? OUT PAST 10, 11 O'CLOCK, THEY ALL STARTED COMING OUT AND I'M MEETING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE.

SO I WANTED TO KNOW, DO YOU REACH OUT AT NIGHT OR WHAT'S THE LATEST? SO THE WAY IT'S SET UP RIGHT NOW WITH THE HOPE TEAM IS IT'S SEVEN TO THREE 30 AND IT'S ALIGNED WITH BOTH THE, THE OFFICER'S SCHEDULE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND SO IN TERMS OF I IS THE QUESTION MORE CAN GO OUT AT NIGHT? WELL, BECAUSE CUZ WE CAN, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF THE LOGISTICS OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE WITH THE HOPE TEAM.

BUT I, IN ONE CITY RIGHT NOW, WE'RE OUT AS LATE AS 11:00 PM OKAY.

JUST GOOD TO KNOW.

I, I WAS CURIOUS ON THAT.

OKAY, I'LL SECOND THAT.

THERE'S A CATHOLIC CHURCHES STILL OUT.

THERE'S LIKE THREE OF THEM AROUND HERE.

THEIR HOUSING NUMBER, RIGHT, SIR JOHN? SIR, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH THIS.

WE CAN'T, WE'RE WORKING ON EDGE.

YES, YES.

SAYING THERE'S ONLY EIGHT BEDS, BUT ALL I COULD SAY IS THAT FOR ANY, FOR ANY RESIDENTS, UH, CAN THEY REACH OUT? WELL SEND, PLEASE BY ALL MEANS SEND AN EMAIL TO US.

WE'LL FORWARD IT TO THE CITY, UH, ANY OF THOSE, UM, AS WELL AS WE'LL DEFINITELY CONTACT YOU AND, UM, MAYBE ANY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAS RECOMMENDATIONS ON EXTRA LOCATIONS IN BED.

WE CAN REACH OUT TO YOU TO SEE IF YOU CAN PARTNER.

CUZ I DO REMEMBER AT THE, UH, HUNDREDTH, UM, UH, FESTIVAL I MET WITH, UM, A ANOTHER GROUP OF CHURCH AND THEY DID SAY THEY HAD EXTRA HOUSING.

AND I SAID, I'D LOVE TO PARTNER UP WITH YOU.

I JUST NEED TO REACH OUT TO SEE IF THEIR CONTACT, I GAVE THEM MY INFORMATION, THEY JUST HAVEN'T EMAILED ME OR CALLED ME BACK.

AND THEN THEY DID, SAID THEY JUST NEEDED EXTRA FUNDING TO BUILD MORE ROOMS, UM, WHICH I KNOW IF WE CAN DISCUSS THAT ANOTHER TIME.

BUT, UH, FOR ANY RESIDENTS, IF THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IDEAS OR ANYTHING, BY ALL MEANS WE'D LOVE THAT.

SEND IT OVER, UH, WE'LL FORWARD IT TO THE CITY STAFF AND THEN REACH OUT TO YOU AS WELL.

UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, REAL QUICK.

UH, SO, UH, JUST, UH, A QUICK QUESTION, UH, WITH, UH, TO JOSH.

IF THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES LIKE FAITH COMMUNITIES WHO DO HAVE BEDS, DO YOU, DO YOU ADD THAT TO THE COUNT OF, OF PARTNERS WHO YOU REACH OUT TO, TO SEND PEOPLE THERE FOR WHO ARE, UH, FOR ASSISTANCE? OR HOW DOES THAT WORK WITH REGARD TO OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE IN TOWN THAT, THAT HAVE BEDS AVAILABLE? LIKE THE FAITH COMMUNITIES, UH, AND OTHERS? SO IT, IT, IT, IT, REALLY GOOD QUESTION, COUNCILMAN, I, IF THERE ARE FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE WILLING TO PROVIDE INTERIM HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS, UH, I, I, I'M, I'M HERE FOR IT.

LIKE, IF, IF THEY'RE WILLING TO PROVIDE A BED, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM.

UM, YOU KNOW, A, AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE'RE THE, WE'RE NOT FAMILIAR OUT HERE, AT LEAST WITH ANYONE THAT IS WILLING TO OPEN UP BEDS, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO HOUSE FOLKS, UH, ON AN INTERIM BASIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A A A SPECIFIC CHURCH THAT IS WILLING, YOU KNOW, TO WORK WITH US AND A PARTNERSHIP, I I KNOW WE, WE WOULD BE MORE THAN, UM, OPEN TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

GOOD.

SO, MADAM MAYOR, I CALL THE QUESTION I, I'M SORRY, I, UH, TO, FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

I, I, I, I CALL THE QUESTION FOR THE VOTE FOR THE VOTE TO BE TAKEN.

IN LIGHT OF THE MOTION IN THE SECOND, UM, I WANT THE VOTE, SHARON, I SECOND, AND IF I COULD CLARIFY THE MOTION.

THE MOTION WAS TO GO WITH LA AND LOOK INTO REGIONAL ASSISTANCE, REGIONAL MOTION TO, YEAH.

THE REGIONAL PROGRAM AND ADMINISTERED BY THE COG, RIGHT? YEAH, MM-HMM.

AND TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT, SINCE IT'S ALL IN REGARDS TO FUNDING, UM, THE, THE METRIC AUDIT.

I DID WRITE DOWN YOUR QUESTIONS, COUNSEL.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LUIS, SECOND BY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ PEDO FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION TO THE AGREEMENT WITH LA LOS ANGELES CENTERS FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE, LADA HOMELESS SERVICES.

COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE.

COUNCILMAN WU AYE.

COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.

VITO AYE.

MAYOR PRO TIM TABATA.

[6) CONSIDERATION OF AN EXTENSION OF AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON NEW DRIVE-THROUGH FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS CITYWIDE]

CONSISTS OF URGENCY, ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 14, AN URGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING AN EXTENSION TO A MORATORIUM PERTAINING TO DRIVE-THROUGH FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS.

LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING

[02:15:01]

WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE AS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL, LEGAL NOTICES GIVEN MAYOR? OKAY.

SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE OPEN, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ON THE URGENCY ORDINANCE.

UM, WILL THERE BE A PRESENTATION? UM, MAYOR, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION AT OUR PLANNING MANAGER, UH, JOANNE BURNS IS PREPARED TO, UH, PROCEED WITH THAT.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, THE ITEM THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED IS REGARDING THE EXTENSION FOR THE MORATORIUM.

A MORATORIUM IS DESIGNED TO HALT THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, OF THE TEMPORARY DEVELOPMENT OF SOMETHING THAT IS TYPICALLY ALLOWED BY THE CITY'S CODE.

UM, IN THIS CASE, THE CITY IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.

UM, AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS THE MORATORIUM IS CONCERNED, UH, AS A WORD OF WARNING, A MORE TERM MAY HAVE A CHILLING EFFECT ON THE FREE MARKET, PRIVATE INVEST IN FREE MARKET PRIVATE INVESTMENTS.

A BIT OF A BACKGROUND, THE ITEM WAS FIRST BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JANUARY 24TH.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED AT A 4 0 1 VOTE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT A MORATORIUM PROHIBITING DRIVE-THROUGHS, UM, RESTAURANTS NEAR THE INTERSTATE 10 FREEWAY.

AND THEY PROVIDED SPECIFIC PARAMETERS ON THE STRIP THE STREETS THAT ARE GONNA BE INCLUDED WI, UM, WITHIN THE MORATORIUM ON FEBRUARY 21ST AS CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO ADOPT THE MORATORIUM.

UM, THE MORATORIUM IS 45 DAYS.

UM, IT'S DUE TO EXPIRE ON APRIL 7TH, UH, OF THIS YEAR.

AND THIS, THE CITY, UM, INCLUDED A, THE REQUIRED 10 DAY REPORTING ON THE MAY, MARCH 21ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, CONSENT CALENDAR, UM, FOR, FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION BY STATE LAW.

THIS, THE CITY IS REQ REQUIRED TO CONSIDER AN EXTENSION 10 DAYS, UM, PRIOR TO THE APRIL 7TH EXTENSION.

AND THAT, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TODAY.

FEW STATISTICS, A FEW STATISTICS, UM, UP ON THE, UP ON, UP ON THE SLIDE, THE EXISTING CODE REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR EXI, FOR DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS AS PART OF THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

UM, IT'S NOT CODIFIED, BUT WE DO REQUIRE THAT STAFF DOES REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMIT A DRIVE-THROUGH Q QUEUING ANALYSIS, WHICH ESTIMATES THE PROJECTION FOR VEHICLE STACKING.

UM, IF THERE IS NOT ENOUGH QUEUING THAT'S BEING PROPO, THAT'S SHOWN ON THE, ON THE QUEUING ANALYSIS, UM, THE APPLICANT DOES STILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PROCEED WITH THE C U P APPLICATION PROCESSING WITHOUT STAFF SUPPORT.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DRIVE-THROUGH Q QUEUING ANALYSIS ONLY PROVIDES THE ESTIMATED VEHICLE STACKING THAT WILL OCCUR BASED ON THE, THE BUSINESS.

AND IT DOESN'T, IT, THERE'S NO WAY IT WOULD BE AN EXACT PROJECTION.

UH, THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS 28 DRIVE-THROUGHS, UM, AND 12 OF THESE DRIVE-THROUGHS ARE WITHIN THE 10 INTERS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET FROM THE INTERSTATE 10 FREEWAY.

UM, HERE ON THE SCREEN IS THE DRIVE-THROUGH SURVEY THAT WAS TAKEN, UM, THAT WAS OBTAINED FROM CITIES AROUND, UM, WEST COVINA.

WEST COVINA CURRENTLY HAS THE MOST LISTED, UM, DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANTS AMONGST THIS, AMONGST WEST ALHAMBRA, ARCADIA, BALD PARK, COVINA, MONROVIAN, PASADENA AT 28 DRIVE-THROUGHS.

HOWEVER, THE CITY IS THE THIRD WHEN COMPARED TO THE AREA PER SQUARE MILES.

THE CITY'S LISTED, UH, CLAREMONT, LA FLINTRIDGE, SAN MARINO, SIERRA MARE, BURBANK, GLENDALE, ALL DO NOT ALLOW DRIVE-THROUGHS, UM, WITHIN THEIR CITY LIMITS.

BURBANK AND GLENDALE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER MORATORIUM AT THE MOMENT.

HERE ARE THE ESTIMATED VEHICLE CUING.

THIS DATA WAS PROVIDED BY THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND WAS OBTAINED UTILIZING DRIVE-THROUGH QUEUING ANALYSIS SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL RESTAURANTS IN OTHER CITIES.

UM, AGAIN, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE VEHICLE QUEUING WOULD NOT GO BEYOND THE FIGURES

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LISTED.

THIS WAS THE AVERAGE OF THE MAXIMUM QUEUING DURING THE TIMES THE SURVEYS WERE TAKEN FOR EACH PARTICULAR LOCATION.

UM, SO STARBUCKS, STARBUCKS AT 12 TO 15, UM, CHICK-FIL-A, 20 TO 25, AND SO FORTH.

UM, PANEX EXPRESS HAS THE LOWEST, UM, VEHICLE CUING REQUIREMENT.

AND DUTCH BROTHERS COFFEE HAS THE HIGHEST 7 25 TO 27 CALIFORNIA.

YES, THEY'RE, THE TABLE INCLUDES, UM, REGULATIONS OF DRIVE-THROUGHS, UM, IN OTHER CITIES AS FAR AS COOLING LIGHT LENGTH IS CONCERNED.

BALD, UM, POMONA, UM, HAS A MINIMUM OF 100 FEET LENGTH.

UM, REQUIREMENTS FOR, FOR DRIVE-THROUGH QUEUING IN LONG BEACH ALLOW FOR A MINIMUM OF FOUR, FOUR CAR LANES.

UM, ALE HAMBRA 100 FEET FROM THE CENTER PICKUP LINE TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH ENTRY POINT.

UM, AND AS FAR AS LOT SIZE, MINIMUM LOT SIZES ARE CONCERNED, BALDWIN PARK, UM, IS ONLY ONE WITH A, UM, 20,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOT SIZE PI, UM, WITH EXCEPTION OF PICO RIVERA, WHICH DIFFERENTIATES, UM, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR CORNER LOTS AND INTERIOR LOTS AT 12,000 AND 10,000 SQUARE FEET RESPECTIVELY.

UM, THERE ARE ALSO, UH, ALSO ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

MOST OF THE REQUIREMENTS DEALS WITH SCREENING AND LANDSCAPING.

HOWEVER, THE CITIES OF LONG BEACH AND PASADENA HAS, UM, REQUIREMENTS REGARDING RADIUS.

THEY DO NOT ALLOW DRIVE-THROUGHS WITHIN 500 FOOT RADIUS FROM SCHOOLS, PARKS, AND OTHER DRIVE-THROUGHS.

UM, LONG BEACH ALSO DOES NOT ALLOW DRIVE-THROUGHS IN CERTAIN ZONES.

THE ITEMS, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ALTERNATIVE CONS, CONSIDERATIONS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, CAN, UM, ASK STAFF TO CONSIDER.

AND ALSO STAFF WOULD IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DIRECTION FOR, UM, TO PROHIBIT.

UM, ONE IS TO PROHIBIT USE.

STAFF IS ASKING THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO PRE, TO COMPLETELY PROHIBIT THE USE OF DRIVE-THROUGHS WITHIN, UH, DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANTS WITHIN THE CITY, OR LIMIT IT BASED ON THE PROXIMITY TO OTH OTHER DRIVE-THROUGHS.

THE PROXIMITY THROUGH I OTHER DRIVE-THROUGHS IS SIMILAR TO PASADENA AND LONG BEACH, UM, WHERE THEY REQUIRE IT TO BE 500 FEET FROM OTHER DRIVE-THROUGHS IN, IN OTHER USES, UM, OR TO LIMIT USE BASED ON ZONING.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY COUNCIL MAY, UM, ASK STAFF TO NOT ALLOW, UM, TO PROCEED WITH A DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE TO NOT ALLOW DRIVE-THROUGHS, UM, WITHIN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN.

A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THE CITY CURRENTLY REQUIRES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

STAFF CAN CHANGE, UM, MODIFY THE FINDINGS SO THAT, SO THAT, UM, APPROVING DRIVE-THROUGHS WOULDN'T BE AS EASY.

UM, AND ALSO WE CAN ALSO WORK ON BEEFING UP THE STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, REVISIONS OF THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

AGAIN, UM, QUEUING WE CAN INCLUDE A QUEUING CAPACITY REQUIREMENTS.

THIS CAN RANGE FROM A, A MINIMUM VEHICLE QUEUING BASED ON THE LENGTH OF THE QUEUING OR, OR A SET NUMBER SITE, UM, DESIGN STANDARDS.

UM, THIS CAN IN, THIS CAN INCLUDE, UM, NOT A REQUIREMENT TO NOT ALLOW QUEUING TO BE, UM, BLOCKING ANY PARK DRIVE AISLES OR, UM, PARKING, PARKING SPACES MINIMUM LOT SIZE.

WITH THIS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, THEN CONSIDER THE, THE URGENCY ORDINANCE.

IN ORDER TO, IN ORDER TO APPROVE THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, THE, THE COUNTS, UM, FOR THE COUNCIL MUST GET A FOUR FIFTH VOTES.

WITH THIS, UH, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MANUEL.

I REMEMBERED, UH, THIS ITEM BROUGHT UP BY OUR CONSULTANT OKAY.

SO, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

SO LAST TIME IS 45 DAYS, SO THIS TIME WILL BE HOW LONG? 10 MONTHS, 10 MONTHS, 15 DAYS, 10 MONTHS, 15 DAY.

UH, AND, UM,

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FOR THE COLD UPDATE.

AND, UM, AND THEN I, I WAS IN THE SUBCOMMITTEE WITH THE PREVIOUS MAYORS DARIO CA OKAY.

AND, UH, BROUGHT, UH, THE REASON THE ISSUE IS, OKAY, LOOK LIKE WEST COVINA HAS, UH, I, I EVEN DON'T KNOW, OKAY? WE HAVE, UH, MANY OF, UH, DRIVE THROUGH, OKAY? WE BECOME THE POSSIBLE NUMBER ONE DRIVE THROUGH.

AND, UH, AND I LOOK AROUND AND I THINK BASED ON WHAT THEY SAY AS, UH, UH, A LOT OF RESIDENTS, THEY DO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OUR RESIDENT OKAY.

RESPOND TO THEM, UH, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS A WAY TOO MANY DRIVE-THROUGH.

SO THAT'S WHY I LOOK INTO IT.

THEN I FIND OUT IT'S KIND OF TRUE THAT, THAT THE DRIVETHROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF OUR SITTING RESTAURANT HAVE CONVERTING TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.

SO ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BECOME THE FAST FOOD OKAY? AND THE DRIVE THROUGH CITY, OR SHOULD WE ATTRACT MORE OF A, A SITTING RESTAURANT COMING TO OUR CITY? SO, SO, SO THERE IS, UH, ONE ISSUE, ELEPHANT BAR.

OKAY? I LOVE THE RESTAURANT.

AND THEY CLOSE DOWN AND BECOME A CHILE DRIVE THROUGH.

OKAY? AND, UH, TONY, OKAY, THE CORRINA, OKAY.

THE ITALIAN RESTAURANT AT THE EAST HERE, UH, EASTLAND AND THE BIG COME INTO THE KOREAN BARBECUE AND THEN BECOME, UH, UM, OKAY, JELLY B TRY THROUGH AND, UH, LET'S TRY THROUGH.

I THINK THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S A KO SET.

SO I DON'T KNOW EVEN OKAY.

WOULD BE A PROBLEM IN THE FUTURE.

AND THEN C****R BECOME A DRIVE-THROUGH FOR ANOTHER CHICK-FIL-A AND LET'S JUST OUTSIDE OF INTERSECTION OF 10 FREEWAY AND, UH, I KNOW QUITE A LOT OF POTENTIALLY ALL THIS 10 FREEWAY, OKAY? A LOT OF SAME RESTAURANT POSSIBLE THEY WANT TO CONVERT INTO A DRIVE-THROUGH.

SO, SO IT'S LIKE WHAT WE WANTED.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, MY SUGGESTION IS 10 MONTHS, OKAY? THIS IS ONLY 10 MONTHS TO LOOK INTO, OKAY? AND WE CAN STOP THIS THING AT LEAST TO LOOK INTO THE NUMBER.

THE DRIVE THROUGH IS NOT A BAD THING, BUT IF, WHEN YOU HAVE SO MANY DRIVE THROUGH, YOU SEE THE TRAFFIC JAM, OKAY? YOU SEE THE LONG LINE, ESPECIALLY THE POPULAR ONE, LIKE IN AND NOW IN FIL OKAY? AND THE LIGHT IS PRETTY PROBLEMATIC.

SO I, I'M THINKING ABOUT WE SHOULD OKAY, CONTINUE TO HAVE A 10 MONTHS OKAY? TEMPORARILY OKAY.

TO SEE, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN ATTRACT MORE OF A CITY RESTAURANT, COME TO OUR CITY, AND I THINK THAT WILL BE MAKE OUR CITY A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTRACTIVE RATHER THAN ALL THE DRIVE THROUGH.

AND, UH, AND MY UNDERSTANDING LAST TIME YOU CALCULATE THE CHICK-FIL-A IS WHAT, 13 TO 1500 A DAY DRIVE THROUGH.

SO LE IS A LOT OF, UH, TRAFFIC IDLING OKAY? ON THE, ON THE, ON THE DRIVEWAY.

AND THEN YOU HAVE IN AND OUT BURGER AND THE ZA ON THE STREET.

EVERY TIME I HAVE TO TRY TO SQUEEZE, OKAY? SO I DON'T HIT THE, THE LONG LINE WAITING FOR, TO PICK UP THEIR, UH, FIELD.

SO, SO, SO THAT IS THE ISSUE I THINK.

OKAY, WE SHOULD CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO MONITORING FOR, FOR 10 MONTHS, OKAY? AND TO SEE HOW, OKAY, WE CAN LIST, DIGEST ALL THIS TRAFFIC AND THINK ABOUT WE HAVE ALL THIS 400 HOME BUILT INTO, I'M SORRY, OKAY.

TO OUR CITY AND LOOK THE TRAFFIC, OKAY? AND NOW WE, WE MORE OF THE PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN OUR CITY AND THEY WANT TO DO DRIVE THROUGH, OKAY? WE LET CREATE A MORE TRAFFIC JAM, A MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT TO OUR CITY.

SO I THINK THAT IS A ISSUE, SAFETY ISSUE, POLLUTION ISSUE.

OKAY? AND, UH, AND WHAT KIND OF CITY WE WANT TO HAVE, OKAY? WE WANT TO ATTRACT MORE OF A OKAY LIN, SO PEOPLE CAN ENJOY AND GO OVER THERE.

IF THEY WANT THE FIELD, THEY CAN PICK IT UP PART THE CAR OVER THERE, OLDER, PICK UP THE CAR, MAKE A PHONE CALL, OKAY? AND THEY GO TO PICK UP THEIR, THEIR FIELD WHILE THEY'RE IDLING YOUR CAR.

SO, SO, SO ANYWAY, I THINK MY SUGGESTION IS OKAY, I THINK WE SHOULD FOLLOW THE CONSULTANT'S SUGGESTION SINCE WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE, AND THIS IS NOT A GOOD NUMBER, OKAY? OKAY.

COMPARE WITH ALL THE CITY.

WITH REGARD TO THE FREE MARKET ARGUMENT, AND ESPECIALLY ASSUMING THAT THAT WAS MADE AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL, UM, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE COMMISSION'S RATIONALE FOR, FOR RECOMMENDING THE MORATORIUM? UH, IN LIGHT OF, UH, THE FREE MARKET, UH, UH, UH, UH, DISCUSSION THAT, THAT YOU DESCRIBED, AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS WHERE WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT WITH, WITH ALL THE CARS BEING IDLE, IF YOU COULD ELABORATE ON OR ANSWER THAT PLEASE.

THIS IS MY SUGGESTION.

ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, MADAM MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, QUESTION FOR JOANNE.

YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT FREE MARKET CONSIDERATIONS WHEN, WHEN BREAKING THAT DOWN, THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE ATTRACTED.

WHEN, WHEN STAFF HAD INDICATED THAT, THAT THIS AFFECTS THE FREE MARKET.

IS THAT WITHIN THE FAST FOOD CONTEXT, A GENERAL BUSINESS CONTEXT OR, UM, OR, OR, UH, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE CONTEXT OF THAT, OF THAT, UH, CONCLUSION? AND THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WITHIN ANOTHER PART OF THE FREE MARKET, THERE COULD BE NICE RESTAURANTS THAT COULD BE ATTRACTED.

BUT THEN IF WE GET, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WITH,

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AS FAR AS THE, UM, FREE MARKET COMMENT THAT WOULD JUST, THAT WOULD BE IN GENERAL IN, IN REGARDS TO THE MOTOR, UM, MORATORIUM ITSELF.

HOWEVER, IN THIS CONTEXT, UM, IT WOULD INCLUDE THE, IT WOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC TO, UM, THE FAST FOOD INDUSTRY.

UM, WE HAVE STAFF HAS RECCE, UM, HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM, FROM BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO OPEN A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT WITHIN THE CITY, UM, SINCE THE MORATORIUM WAS, WAS ESTABLISHED, UM, ALMOST, UM, A ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

AND SO IN, UM, WE, AND WE HAD TOLD THEM THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO, TO OPEN THE BUSINESS IN, IN THIS CITY DUE TO THE MORATORIUM.

AND SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT THEY LOOKED INTO OPENING ARE CURRENT, ARE CURRENTLY, UM, VA EITHER VACANT, UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY THAT HAS THAT, THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE, UM, IN DEVELOPING.

UM, AND SOME OF, SOME OF THOSE ARE ALSO EXISTING VACANT TENANT SPACES.

AND SO WHAT, WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN THE ANA THE, UM, ANALYSIS OF RESIDENT COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE DRIVE-THROUGH AND TR AND TRAFFIC AND THE, THE, THE TRAFFIC EXTENDING INTO THE STREET AND SUCH, WHAT, WHAT HAVE RESIDENTS, UH, INDICATED TO BE THEIR CONCERNS? UM, DURING THE, DURING THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE, UM, PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, AND ALSO PUBLIC, UM, RE RECEIVING STAFF RECEIVING, UM, PUBLIC COMMENTS THROUGH, THROUGH, UM, THE WEBSITE THAT WAS SET UP FOR THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE.

SOME OF THE, THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE DID RECEIVE WERE, UM, IN REGARDS OF, UM, THE CITY HAVING TOO MANY DRIVE-THROUGHS, UM, AND, AND VE UM, IN THE ISSUE WITH VEHICLE QUEUING, UM, EXTENDING INTO THE STREET.

SO, SO JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE FREE MARKET ISSUE IS MORE WITHIN THE, THE, WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF FAST FOOD, UM, THE FAST FOOD, UM, UH, SECTOR, UH, BUT THEN THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE AN IMPACT ON OTHER ASPECTS OF, WITH, WITH REGARD TO OTHER BUSINESSES THAT COULD WA COULD POTENTIALLY, UM, CHOOSE TO INVEST HERE? THAT'S CORRECT.

UM, I KNOW MY ISSUES LIKE THE DRIVE-THROUGHS NEAR FREEWAYS AND MAJOR TRAFFIC AREAS, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TIME, IT'S HARDER TO NAVIGATE.

UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I DON'T MIND DRIVE-THROUGHS AT LIKE REMOTE AREAS OF THE CITY WHERE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, TRAFFIC CONCERNS, BUT MAJORITY OF THIS IS, UM, CUZ I, I DO KNOW LIKE CHICK-FIL-A, THAT AREA WHERE THAT NEAR THE FREEWAY, IT'S PACKED AND I KNOW LIKE, IN AND OUT AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

AND, UM, SO WITH THE, UM, MAJORITY OF THE, UH, MAJORITY OF THE DRIVE-THROUGHS, THEY ARE PRIMARILY, I MEAN THIS IS FOR EVERYTHING OR JUST, IS IT PRIMARILY FOR LIKE THE FREEWAYS AND, AND JUST LIKE THE MAJOR TRAFFIC AREAS, OR? I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION.

I'M SORRY.

THE MORATORIUM THAT WAS INITIALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.

UM, SO THIS EXTENSION WOULD BE BASED OFF OF THAT INITIAL, UM, ADOPTION.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE QUITE INTERESTED.

IF I MAY THROUGH THE CHAIR TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION FROM A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

WE WELCOME DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS IN WEST COVINA AND WE WORK WITH ALL KINDS OF BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO INVEST MONEY HERE.

WE, UM, WE TREAT THEM WELL AS REGARDING THE RESTAURANTS, THERE ARE A FEW NOW THAT ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH US.

UM, ONE OF 'EM IS A, UM, A PLACE WHERE YOU'D GO TO GET A STEAK AND A SIT DOWN RESTAURANT.

AND WE'RE GONNA HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME GOOD GAIN ON THAT.

THEY'VE TOLD US FROM THE TIME WE APPROVE A PROJECT FOR THEM, THEY'LL HAVE IT UP AND RUNNING WITHIN 10 MONTHS.

THEY HAVE MY UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM.

BUT, BUT EATING

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OUT HAS CHANGED IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW, ABOUT HALF THE MEALS ARE EATEN OUT.

AND SO THE WAY IT USED TO BE ISN'T THE WAY IT IS NOW.

AND A LOT OF THAT IS FAST SERVICE RESTAURANTS.

THE, THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THIS SECTOR WILL TELL YOU THAT THE DRIVE-THROUGH IS INTEGRAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THEIR BUSINESS.

THAT 60, 70% OR MORE OF THEIR BUSINESS IS AT THE DRIVE-THROUGH.

WE HAD A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE COME UP TODAY.

THERE'S A FORMER RESTAURANT RIGHT NEXT TO BASKIN ROBBINS ON GLENORA.

THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT BY A, A BUSINESS TO COME IN THERE WITH A, A SPOTLESS BURGER.

IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE THEIR CHECKS BOUNCED WHEN THEY WERE PLANNING FOR BUILDING PERMIT.

THEY JUST WEREN'T VIABLE.

THE PROPOSAL THAT CAME IN WAS FROM SOMEBODY THAT WANTED TO DEMOLISH AND INVEST IN A BRAND NEW THING, BUT THEY WANTED TO DRIVE THROUGH WITH IT.

THE DRIVE-THROUGH ON THAT OLDLAND WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE WINDOW, YOU KNOW, JUST WASN'T RIGHT.

BUT THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT WOULD INVEST LITERALLY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN THE CITY.

AND, AND, AND WHEN THEY HEARD WORD THAT THE MO TOM WAS IN PLACE, THEY SUDDENLY AREN'T INTERESTED IN HITTING THEIR HEAD AGAINST A WALL.

AND SO I THINK THE RIGHT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE IS SITE SPECIFIC.

THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS.

AND AS WE REQUIRE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS FOR THESE PROPOSED BUSINESSES, IT'LL COME DOWN TO A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT'S DEPENDENT ON A TRAFFIC ENGINEER STUDY AND A QUEUING ANALYSIS FOR THAT SITE, FOR THAT BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD CONSIDER WHEN THAT ONE COMES BEFORE 'EM, UM, THE, THE, THE QUEUING ANALYSIS IS KEY AND IT COULD BE ACHIEVED THROUGH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT PROCESS.

SO MY QUESTION TO THAT, I KNOW MY ISSUE IS JUST AS LONG ALONG WITH MANY RESIDENTS, THEIR ISSUE IS WHEN THE TRAFFIC OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH STARTS ENCROACHING THE STREETS.

SURE.

THAT IS THE, THE MAIN ISSUE WHERE EVERYBODY HAS A PROBLEM.

UM, THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF ENGINEER AND ALL THAT, THEY, THEY SAY IT PASSES AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IT GOES AND THERE'S A DRIVE-THROUGH AND THAT ISSUE OCCURS.

WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IF WE GET IT WRONG? YEAH, YEAH.

UM, WELL, YOU CAN HAVE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND IT'S A CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USE.

SO YOU COULD CALL IT UP FOR REVIEW EITHER ON A REGULAR BASIS OR ON A, AS NEEDED, ON A PROBLEM BASIS.

UM, ONCE IT GOES IN, IT GETS A LITTLE HARDER THOUGH, CAUSE THEY'VE GOT A VIABLE BUSINESS.

AND SO YOU MIGHT END UP WITH A, A REGULATORY FIGHT ON YOUR HANDS IF, IF WE MISSED, WE DO HAVE A REALLY GOOD TRAFFIC ENGINEER NOW I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HER AND I THINK HER PROCESS HAS INTEGRITY WHEN, WHEN SHE REVIEWS NUMBERS, UM, I, I'M ABLE TO COUNT ON THEM.

AND SO I, I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT THAT PROCESS WOULD HAVE INTEGRITY.

STEAK COMING TO ITALIAN FRENCH.

UH, QUESTION COUNCILMAN WOLF.

UH, WHEN WE APPROVE, UH, WHEN WE MADE A MISTAKE, I THINK THIS IRREVOCABLE, OKAY, IT'S DONE.

WE CANNOT TELL THEM, SAY I'M SORRY WE MADE A MISTAKE.

WE HAVE TO OKAY.

AND TAKE YOU DRIVE THROUGH AWAY.

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

WHEN WE APPROVE, IT WILL BE THERE FOREVER.

ANY OF THESE DRIVE THROUGH, WE APPROVE 28 OF THEM.

YOU WERE WITH US FOREVER.

OKAY? THEY WILL SELL TO SOMEBODY ELSE AND THEY WILL KEEP THIS DRIVE THROUGH.

AND FOR THE CITY MANAGER TALKING ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT IS OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN.

MY UNDERSTANDING, MY UNDERSTANDING DOWNTOWN PLAN IS PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY PEOPLE CAN WALK AROUND AND WE DON'T EVEN ALLOW THE DRIVE THROUGH THE CHIEF OR LAKE DRIVE THROUGH IN THE DOWNTOWN.

LET IS A MISTAKE.

OKAY? THERE'S SUPPOSED BE NO DRIVE THROUGH, BUT PLANNING COMMISSIONER PREVIOUSLY DID AGAINST US THE PLANNING SUGGESTION, NO DRIVE THROUGH, BUT THEY STILL GIVE THE DRIVE THROUGH AND THE LET IS CREATED.

NOW THE VINCENT HAVE THIS ISSUE.

WHEN YOU MAKE A LEFT TURN, YOU CANNOT EVEN MAKE A LEFT TURN THE CAR ZA ON THE STREET TO BENSON.

OKAY? WHEN YOU WANT TO GO TO LAKE AVENUE AND GO TO THE, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S A TOOL LEFT, MAKE A LEFT.

AND THE ONE LANE IS ALWAYS SZA ON THE TRAFFIC.

SO, SO THE THING IS THIS, HOW CAN YOU TAKE THIS AWAY? IT WILL BE THERE IF WE WANT TO SEE OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN IS A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

WE CAN WALK AROUND AND TRY TO IMPROVE THE DRIVE-THROUGH IS GOING TO KILL THE DEAL.

PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO WALK IF YOU HAVE A CAR IN AND NOW ALL THE TIME.

SO, SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE, WHAT WE CAN HAVE OUR CITY LOOK LIKE.

OKAY? YES, I'M A FREE MARKET GUY, OKAY? I THINK YOU KNOW IT.

I'M JUST WANT EVERYTHING'S GO.

BUT IF YOU'D SEE THE PLANT, WE HAVE ALREADY HAVE A 20 A, UH, THE DRIVE THROUGH FAST FUEL.

ARE WE GOING TO GO TO 35 AND WE WILL BE NUMBER ONE IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

WE BE ALL NOTHING BUT DRIVE THROUGH.

BUT THIS IS NOT WHAT WEST COVIN IS ABOUT.

WEST COVINA SHOULD HAVE, UH, LIKE YOU SAY, THE STEAKHOUSE AND WE HAVE, UH, WAY TOO MANY CHICKEN HOUSE.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE SOME, SOME

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OKAY? COME TO OUR CITY.

OKAY? AND THEN LET'S NOT DRIVE THROUGH.

LET'S A SIT IN.

SO IF THAT GUY DOESN'T WANT TO COME, COME, WE MAYBE CAN ATTRACT SOME OTHER RESTAURANT, HOPEFULLY ITALIAN.

OKAY? 135,000 POPULATION.

A NICE OR MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER STEAKHOUSE.

OKAY? COME TO OUR CITY.

CURRENTLY OUR CITY ONLY HAVE ONE STEAKHOUSE THAT IS, UM, GU.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A LEG COMING TO OUR CITY.

SO AGAIN, WHAT WE WANT TO OUR CITY IS SUBJECT TO OUR GENERAL PLAN, SUB SUBJECT TO HOW WE DESIGN.

WE WANT TO SEE THE FUTURE, OKAY? AND WE REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL WHAT WE APPROVE IF WE LET GO, OKAY? AND THEN THIS WILL BE BECAUSE WE JUST SEE, OKAY, THEY WANT TO DO IT, LET THEM DO IT.

AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TONS OF DRIVE-THROUGH.

AND THEN WE HAVE VERY LITTLE, AND I, I KNOW SOME OF THE SIT, SIT IN, IN ALONG THE FREEWAY, THEY MAYBE LENDER WANT TO KICK THEM OUT BECAUSE SOME DRIVE WILL PAY THEM MORE.

SO, SO THAT IS SOMETHING YOU KICK OUT THE ONE SIT-IN AND WE HAVE NOT DRIVE THROUGH AND YOU CREATE TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE COME OFF ON THE FREEWAY, THEY JUST WANT TO QUIT, GET THE FIELD AND LEAVE.

THEY'RE COULD STAY IN OUR CITY AND ENJOYING THE NICE MEAL OR MAYBE WALK AROUND SHOPPING.

THEY JUST WANT IN AND OUT.

SO, SO, SO MY SUGGESTION STILL, WE SHOULD MO AUDITORIUM FOR THIS 10 MONTHS.

SEE HOW IT GOES.

OKAY? AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN DIGEST SOME OF THE TRAFFIC.

THE, THE, THE, THE OKAY.

THE DRIVE-THROUGH ALREADY WHAT WE HAVE AND WE SHOULD LIKE OTHER CITY, BURBANK, GLENDALE, WHY THEY AUDITORIUM? BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC ISSUE, I THINK THEY GOT A MAJOR ISSUE FROM THE RESIDENT.

SO THEY'RE DOING THAT.

AND WE ARE THE SAME POPULATION OF BUR BURBANK.

HUNDRED, 1,000, 20,000 POPULATION AND PASADENA.

THEY HAVE A LESS DRIVE THROUGH THE NURSE.

I THINK THEY DON'T EVEN ALLOW DRIVE THROUGH BASED ON WHY CHECK WITH JOANNE.

SO IN THAT WAY, AND THEY LOOK AT PASINA HAS A LOT OF NICE RESTAURANT.

WHY CAN'T WE GET SOME TO COME OVER HERE? HOPEFULLY WE CAN CHECK THEM NOW.

CHECK THE DRIVE THROUGH.

COME OVER HERE.

FAST.

FOOD IS FAST.

HOW ABOUT NICE SETTING FOR OUR FAMILY, FAMILY DINER.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

WORLD.

OKAY, SO NOW, UM, WE WANNA OPEN IT UP TO, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FAVOR.

I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS.

MAYOR, NO SPEAKER.

OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

GO AHEAD IN FAVOR OR AGAIN, IN FAVOR FIRST OR IN FAVOR? UH, ARE YOU, I'M SORT OF NEUTRAL.

DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM? YES, MR. ROBINSON, IF YOU CAN PLEASE.

WE'LL DO NEUTRAL IN A MINUTE.

WELL, I'LL SORT OF, I SORT OF LIKE THE MO MORATORIUM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN FAVOR.

I AM IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM BECAUSE IT, WHEN I GREW UP HERE IN THIS CITY, WE HAD RESTAURANT ROW.

MM-HMM.

, WE HAD STARKS, WE HAD BOB'S, WE HAD PLACES WHERE PEOPLE SAT AND WENT WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

THAT'S WEST COVINA.

THAT'S THE CITY THAT I GREW UP IN, WHERE PEOPLE WENT TO THE RESTAURANT WITH FAMILIES.

THERE WERE MOM AND POPS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THE STEAKHOUSE AND THEN THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, FISH ON FRIDAYS.

BUT THERE WAS PLACES WHERE PEOPLE SAT, WHERE YOU HAD FAMILIES.

THERE WAS NO HOMELESS ON THE STREET CUZ IT WAS FAMILIES.

THERE WERE NO PEOPLE LIVING IN GARAGES JUST BECAUSE THEY'VE UPGRADED THEIR LIFE FROM WHERE THEY CAME.

SO IF YOU KEEP THE MORATORIUM, AND LIKE YOU SAID, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ATTRACT PEOPLE WHO COME HERE, WHO HAVE AN INCOME, WHO WANNA SPEND TIME WITH THEIR FAMILIES.

YOU GOTTA LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE, NOT WHAT YOU WANT.

WE DON'T WANNA LOOK LIKE LOS ANGELES.

WE DON'T WANT TO ACT LIKE WASHINGTON DC EXCEPT FOR THE NICE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.

SO IF YOU KEEP THE MORATORIUM, I'M FOR IT.

CUZ THAT WHAT'S THE BEST THING FOR THE CITY OVERALL.

DOESN'T MEAN ANYONE IS EXCLUDED, BUT THE CITY IS A FAMILY CITY WHERE PEOPLE COME, THEY PLAY GOLF, THEY GO TO BASEBALL PARKS, THEY GO TO AFTER THE GAMES, THEY GO AND SIT DOWN IN RESTAURANTS, THEY GO TO PIZZA PARLORS, THEY GO TO ALL THESE LITTLE BUSINESSES THAT MAKE THIS CITY GREAT.

SO I LIKE IN AND OUT.

I'LL RAISE MY HAND.

OKAY? I LIKE GOING TO FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS.

I GOT NO PROBLEM WITH IT.

THE ONES THAT ARE HERE

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FINE.

BUT IF YOU CAN ESTABLISH A FRIENDLY CITY FOR FAMILIES, IS THAT TWO INCOMES, ONE INCOME PROFESSIONALS, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE? YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WHAT I KEEP SAYING STANDARDS AND VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF THIS CITY.

NOT TRYING TO DIVIDE BY SAYING, BEING INCLUSIVE, BUT BEING THE BEST THING FOR THIS CITY IS SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND THAT'S WHAT MADE WEST GIVING A GREAT, AND THAT WILL KEEP IT A GOOD COMMUNITY CITY.

AND THEN PEOPLE ARE GONNA FEEL SAFER.

AND WE CAN HIRE POLICEMEN AND PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA COME HERE JUST TO WANDER THROUGH AND GO, YO KEO, OR I WANT OR GIMME THIS, OR I WANNA BE P BECAUSE I'M, I'M ON MENTAL ILLNESS.

THEY WANT FAMILIES, FAMILY BUSINESSES.

SO MORATORIUM OVERALL IS A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT'S SAYING WE WANT FAMILIES, FAMILIES HAVE ESTABLISHMENTS, AND FAMILIES ARE WHAT MAKES THIS CITY GREAT.

I WANNA THANK YOU FOR MY TIME.

ARE WE DONE WITH FAVORS OR NOT NEUTRAL? COME ON UP.

NO, HE'S NEUTRAL.

I'M SORT OF IN FAVOR.

I'M SORT OF, I'M SORT OF NEUTRAL.

I MEAN, I, I ENDORSE, I, I ENDORSE, OKAY, MR. ROBINSON, MOST OF WHAT HE JUST SAID.

UH, AND, AND THE, THE CITIES THAT, UH, HAVE A MORATORIUM, I, UH, I WANT OUR CITY TO, TO IMITATE THEM.

THAT THE PART THAT MAKES ME NERVOUS IS, UH, THE, UH, C E Q A EXEMPTION, EQUA EXEMPTIONS MAKE ME NERVOUS.

AND IF THERE'S A TRAFFIC SURVEY THAT SHOWS, UH, THE QUEUE IS GONNA DISRUPT THE CITY AND THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, UH, I, I THINK, UH, THAT OUGHT, THAT OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED.

UH, I, I MEAN, I DON'T LIKE THE, UH, EXEMPTION FROM C E Q A AND I'M, I'M NERVOUS ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS THAT WOULD BE CAUSED BY A, A QUEUE AND DIDN'T GET A YELLOW MARK.

SO, UH, SO THERE'S THAT POINT.

UH, I, I, I DON'T, UH, GET THE UR URGENCY.

UH, THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE AN ISSUE WITH A HUGE, UM, LOT OF POLITICAL LEGS.

IT'S, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S, IT'S AN URGENCY MO UH, MAYBE IT'S JUST, UH, URGENCY BECAUSE OF, UH, TECHNICAL LEGAL REASONS.

BUT, UH, I WAS STANDING RIGHT HERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND, AND I WAS WORRYING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, ABOUT THE AMAZON PROPOSAL AND, AND THE COUNCIL.

AND I WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, SHAKING MY FIST ABOUT SQUA.

AND YOU AND THE COUNCIL DIDN'T SEEM TO BE INTERESTED IN THE, THE 365 DAYS A YEAR OF TRAFFIC.

AND I, I THINK THE FAST FOOD IN THE, UH, AND THE QUEUING PROBLEM, UH, IS SIGNIFICANT AND WE SHOULDN'T, UH, ALLOW AN EXEMPTION FROM SE.

AND JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, JUST, UH, UM, MAKE THIS A FAMILY FRIENDLY AND THE PEDESTRIANS, YOU KNOW, ALLOW PEDESTRIANS AND, AND, UH, TURN IT INTO A, UH, FAMILY-ORIENTED CITY TO, TO MOVE OFF IN THAT TR UH, TRADI, UH, DIRECTION.

UH, UH, MY LAST REMARK IS, UH, UH, THE P THE POWERS THAT BE HAVE PRETTY MUCH SCHEDULED THAT THE END OF THE EMERGENCY IS GONNA HAPPEN IN MAY.

SO, UH, SO, SO WE'RE GONNA, UH, QUIT, UH, KILLING A THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY NATIONWIDE IN, IN HOSPITALS ON THE REMES AVIR.

OH, COVID SCAM.

LET'S KEEP, UH, LET'S KEEP THE TOPIC HERE.

SO, SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE, MR. ROBINSON IN FAVOR, LET'S, I'M, AM I OFF THE TOPIC? YES.

OH, OKAY.

WELL, UH, THANK YOU.

ANYWAY.

I STAYED ON THE TOPIC FOR A WHILE.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GONNA BE FORCING PEOPLE TO GO INTO THE ESTABLISHMENT.

OKAY, LISTEN, WAS IN FAVOR, MARIO.

UM, TO THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE FIRST IN FAVOR, PRETTY MUCH AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID.

AND JUST WANNA ADD FOR CONSIDERATION THAT IN THIS DAY AND AGE, UH, MOST OF THE DRIVE-THROUGH ESTABLISHMENTS ALSO ARE CAPABLE OF BEING, UM, GOTTEN THROUGH DOORDASH OR OTHER SERVICES OR EVEN A CURBSIDE.

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UM, I VERY MUCH AGREE THAT, AND EVEN THROUGHOUT THE MORATORIUM TO DO THE TRAFFIC STUDIES PERHAPS OF EXISTING, UH, DRIVE-THROUGHS.

CUZ I DO SEE THAT THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE.

THANK YOU ANY MORE? IN FAVOR? YEAH.

KEISHA BLACK SHARE.

SO I AM ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE MORATORIUM.

UM, MY INITIAL THOUGHT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESEARCH DONE AS TO WHY THE OTHER CITIES ARE NOT ALLOWING IT.

MY INITIAL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IS THAT PERHAPS THERE IS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP TO THE HEALTH OF THE RESIDENTS NUMBER OF DRIVE-THROUGHS IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO MAYBE WE MIGHT WANNA, UM, WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, UM, AS WELL AS JUST WORKING TOWARD, UM, ESTABLISHING A CONNECTION IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE HAVE OR TRYING TO REINFORCE THE RESIDENT, THE CITY FOR ALMOST 13 YEARS.

AND I'VE SEEN A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN, IT'S QUITE CONCERNING.

AND SO PERHAPS IF WE COULD START WITH, UM, REESTABLISHING WHAT THAT CONNECTION BENEFIT.

ANYMORE.

I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD.

THERE'S, THEY'RE MARKING THAT THEY ARE IN FAVOR, THEY ARE OPPOSED AND THEY ARE NEUTRAL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT'S CALLED FREE ENTERPRISE.

AND BUSINESSES NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS, THEN YOU'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS.

CUZ YOUR INVESTMENT SHOULD BE 100%.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT YOUR 1000% INTO TO MAKE THAT BUSINESS THRIVE.

NOW, IF YOU'RE A GOOD MEDIATION, I'M SURE YOU COULD TALK TO A CITY MANAGER AND SOME OF THE CRONIES IN HIS BRANCH ABOUT MAYBE FLAGGING DOWN A LOT OF THE PERMITS AND, AND THE RED TAPE SO THAT MAYBE THERE CAN BE SOME LEEWAY TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT WORTH.

ITS WHILE OTHERWISE, WHO WANTS TO INVEST IN A CITY THAT HAS AN ATTITUDE LIKE, UM, I ONLY WANT IT THIS WAY AND I DON'T WANT IT TO CHANGE.

WELL, THINGS, AS YOU HEARD CHANGE, AND THE ONLY WAY LIFE IS GONNA CHANGE IS IF YOU DON'T LIKE MCDONALD'S.

DON'T BUY 21 MILLION OF BURGERS FOR YOUR KIDS.

STAY OUT OF BURGER TOWN.

THAT WAY YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A SPONGEBOB.

SECOND OF ALL, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, UH, THE URGENCY OF THIS AND THE PENDENCY OF WHAT THE ZONING REGULATIONS, LOOK AT YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION.

THAT BIG FAT DUDE UP THERE TALKING ALL HIS SMACK, IT'S HIS FAULT.

THE PLANNING IDEAS DON'T COME THROUGH.

HE ACTS LIKE HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

DON'T ACT IT.

LOOK UP THE ZONING LAWS STUDY, DO YOUR PART TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST DECISION MADE FOR WEST COVINA.

OTHERWISE YOU'RE BEHAVING LIKE AN IDIOT.

THAT'S WHERE SPONGEBOB COMES INTO ALL THIS IDIOT IDIOT IDIOTS.

AND THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, YOU GOT AN ATTORNEY, HE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING.

HE JUST SITS THERE AND SAYS, I ALL GET BACK TO YOU ON IT.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD HIRE A CONSULTANT FIRM THAT DEALS WITH MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESSES THIS WAY.

YOU'LL KNOW FOR A FACT WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE ESTABLISHING INCOME FOR WEST COVINA.

AND THAT WAY WE COULD BUILD UP THE SO-CALLED BUDGET AND WE'LL HAVE A SURPLUS OF MONEY TO WASTE ON THE WAY YOU GUYS LIKE WASTING MONEY.

BECAUSE YOU HEARD PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE POLICE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

PEOPLE WANT YOU TO FIX THE PROBLEMS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY, SUCH AS THIS ISSUE HERE, THE, THE SO-CALLED MORATORIUM ON A DRIVE-THROUGH.

I LOVE DRIVE-THROUGHS.

I THINK WE ALL SHOULD HAVE DRIVE-THROUGHS IN OUR HOMES.

SO THAT WAY WHEN YOU'RE RUNNING LATE TO WORK, MOMMY PUTS THE BAG OUT.

B Y B, GET YOUR ASS TO SCHOOL B BY B, GET YOUR ASS TO WORK B Y B, GET YOUR ASS TO WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING BECAUSE IF, IF NOT WE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T ACCOMPLISH THE, UM, THE PASADENA, UH, SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS HERE.

WE JUST DON'T.

WE COULD HAVE HAD IT EXCEPT MR. WU AND, AND HIS CRONYISM OF FRIENDS JUST MESSED IT ALL UP FOR

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EVERYONE.

CUZ SOME TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA COME IN HERE AND SHAKE UP AND STIR UP THE THE MEETINGS TO, TO DELEGATE ON THE CONSIDERATION OF WHAT THE URGENCY OF ORDINANCE IS ON THIS.

AND SO, WHETHER, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU THAT ARE OVERWEIGHT AND LOOK LIKE HAPPY MEALS, GET ON A DIET AND EVEN BETTER RESTAURANTS ARE JUST AS GOOD AT YOUR HOME BECAUSE YOU GET TO COOK FOR YOUR FAMILY.

MAKE IT PERSONAL.

SIT DOWN WITH THE CHILDREN, SIT DOWN WITH THE ANIMALS, SIT DOWN WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.

SIT DOWN WITH THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE COMPANY WITH.

OTHERWISE, YEAH, LIKE, WOO, YOU COULD GET IN YOUR BIG HUMMER AND DRIVE DOWN THE STREET, FLASH YOUR MONEY CUZ YOU, YOU, YOU'RE PROMOTING YOUR B******T.

BUT HEY, COME ON, SKIN, WHAT? IT'S ESTABLISHED BETTER RESTAURANT DECK BUILD.

SO THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT.

I HAVE NO FURTHER, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THIS HEARING , AND DO WE WANNA MAKE A MOTION? YEAH.

AND TO OKAY.

BASED ON THE CONSULTANT SUGGESTION AND WE NEED TO HAVE A MOST SAID IN OKAY, MOM AND POP BUSINESS COME BACK.

SO I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE MO AUDITORIUM TO OKAY.

CONTINUE FOR 10 MONTHS AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IN THIS TIME WE CAN RESEARCH MORE ABOUT OTHER CT AND OUR CURRENT TRAFFIC SITUATION.

THIS MY MOTION SECOND.

UH, JUST MAKING A COMMENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, MOST DRIVE-THROUGHS STATISTICALLY WELL, THEY'RE FAST FOOD, BIG FOOD CHAINS, AND MOST LIKELY NOT AS HEALTHY.

SO I, I MEAN, I DO PREFER LIKE THE, UH, THE SIT DOWNS.

THEY DO BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

THEY, UM, THEY JUST DO A LOT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IT'S REALLY GOOD.

BUT YEAH, I JUST, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE FAST FOOD, UNHEALTHY, AND IF WE'RE THINKING OF THE, UH, HEALTH OF OUR RESIDENTS, IT WOULD BE NICE.

SO YES, I AGREE, BUT HE'S SECOND PRO TIM.

UH, THANK YOU MAYOR.

AND, AND AGAIN, JUST TO BUILD ON THE, THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, UH, I THINK THAT WE, WE NEED TO REVISIT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT MORE WALKABLE, MORE BIKEABLE, UH, AND REALLY, UM, JUST MORE, MORE FAMILY FRIENDLY.

UH, SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO BE SO UNHEALTHY, YOU KNOW, ALL THE, ALWAYS DRIVING THROUGH, NEVER GETTING OUT OF OUR CARS, NEVER SITTING DOWN, NEVER HAVING THOSE MEALS.

AND I THINK WHEN YOU ALLOW PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES OR WALK, UH, THEN YOU DO CREATE THAT, THAT ATMOSPHERE THAT WE WE'D LIKE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I I THINK AS WE GO FORWARD, UH, IF WE CAN THEN CONTINUE TO BUILD, I KNOW, UH, PLACES LIKE GLENDALE AND, AND BURBANK AND, AND I KNOW PASADENA WAS MENTIONED, THEY ARE DOING A LOT TO MAKE THEIR CITIES MORE WALKABLE.

SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT WHEN THE RESTAURANTS ARE BEING BUILT, THAT THEY DESIGNATED A PARKING SPOT FOR PICKUPS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? UM, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO FIND PARKING JUST TO PICK UP SOMETHING.

YES, I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS TO APPROVE, UH, URGENCY ORDINANCE NUMBER 2,514, AN EXTENSION OF URGENCY, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2,512, AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AN ACTED PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65 8 58, ESTABLISHING A 45 DAY TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF DRIVE THROUGH RESTAURANTS, FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN CITY LIMITS, DURING THE PENDENCY OF THE CITY'S REVIEW AND ADOPTION OF A PERMANENT ZONING REGULATIONS AND OBJECTIVE STANDARDS FOR SUCH USES AND DECLARING URGENCY THEREOF FOR A PERIOD OF 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.

AND FINDING THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO C Q A GUIDELINES.

SECTION 1 50 61 B THREE.

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MAY I APPROACH HIM? TABBA AYE.

[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]

OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.

NANCY, DO WE HAVE ANY REPORTS? DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS, ANY COMMENTS? AYE, FROM OUR COUNCIL? GO AHEAD, MATT.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, UM, I'D, I'D LIKE TO ASK IF THE CITY MANAGER CAN FOLLOW UP ON THE REQUEST BY, BY RESIDENT STEVE BENNETT AS EXPRESSED EARLIER WITH REGARD TO, UM, VERIFYING THAT THE MONEY, UH, FROM THE PROCEEDS, UH, FROM THE SALE OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY ON CAMERON PARK WAS, UH, DESIGNATED AND PLACED IN A FUND FOR, UH, PRESERVING GREEN SPACES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A MOTHER.

MAY I REQUEST TO PLEASE, UH, FOLLOW UP ON THAT? UH, SO THAT WAY WE, UH, WE CAN HAVE AN ANSWER SINCE HE'S ASKED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

CAN YOU, CAN YOU ANSWER THEM ? UM, I CAN ANSWER NOW OR WE COULD REPORT BACK IN WRITING ABOUT THAT.

UM, OR BOTH.

OHRI WRITING WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.

WHEN THE, THOSE PROPERTIES WERE SOLD, THEY WERE, UM, THE PROCEEDS OF THOSE SALES WERE PLACED INTO FUND AS THE CITY ORDINANCES WOULD REQUIRE AND ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE PURPOSES.

BUT I CAN PERFECT.

UH, HAVE A MEMO, UH, FOR YOU AS WELL.

SINCE I WAS HERE SINCE 2016.

I JUST WANT TO ANSWER.

AND, UH, UH, WE SAW THE SUNSET FAILED.

NEXT TO THE HOSPITAL, UH, FOR ABOUT $3 MILLION.

AND THE MONEY ONLY CAN PURCHASE THE PARK LAND.

GOOD.

SO, AND, UH, I THINK WE PURCHASED TWO PROPERTY EACH.

ONE.

ONE IS A $900,000, ANOTHER ONE, I THINK $800,000.

THE ONE ON THE CAMERON PARK, THAT ONE IS THE CORNER.

AND I THINK WE CREATE A LOT OF PROBLEM FOR THAT HOUSE.

SO THEY DEMOLISHED.

AND, UH, CURRENTLY THEY NEED TO CLEAN UP AND HOPEFULLY CAN BUILD SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE, POSSIBLE GREEN OR PARKING OR THIS AND THAT.

SO, SO THAT IS ONLY THE, THE, THE SALE OF THE, UH, THE SUNSET FIELD.

LET MONEY ONLY CAN GO INTO PURCHASE OF THE PARKLAND.

AND THAT IS HOW IT HAPPENED IN THE CAMERON PARK.

I JUST WANT TO ENSURE SYNTHES SIZE HERE SINCE 2016.

AND, AND I WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT REALLY QUICK.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

REALLY QUICK.

IT'S A, IT'S A, UH, JUST WANT TO THANK, OKAY.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AND TO, UH, PROVIDE A MAGNIFICENT ACCOUNT.

AND, UH, WE SHOW UP.

AND, UH, NINE O'CLOCK.

UNBELIEVABLE.

THE STEPS ARE HAPPY AND, UH, FRIENDLY.

AND I SAW CHILDREN SO HAPPY AND I SEE THE LONG LINE FOR FACE PAINTING.

ALL THE KID WITH A BEAUTIFUL FACE PAINTING AND, UH, AND, UH, AND THE ACON.

AND I SEE SO MANY HAPPY CHILDREN WITH THE BASKET, FOUR OF THE BEST KIT FOR OF THE EGG WITH CANDY.

I HOPE THAT THEY DON'T EAT TOO MUCH, BUT, BUT IT'S SUCH A ENJOYABLE AND, UH, HAPPY.

AND YOU SEE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER THERE CROWDED.

IT'S MORE THAN LAST YEAR.

SO AGAIN, I WANT TO THANKS KIWANI CLUB AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF FOR THEIR EFFORT TO PUT THIS MAGNIFICENT TUPAC, CORTES PARK AND PARK.

AND, UH, I WOULD, I THINK WE CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE ARE HAPPY, AND THAT'S WHAT THE CITY'S ABOUT.

LET'S CONTINUE CREATE ALL THIS, UH, PUBLIC OKAY.

AND THE COMMUNITY PROGRAM SO WE CAN HAVE, UH, OUR REST AND COME OUT, COME OUT THE HOUSE SENSE OF FAMILY.

LET'S COME OUT WITH FAMILY.

AND I SEE SO MANY CHILDREN, I'M SO HAPPY.

I FEEL LIKE OUR POPULATION GOING TO GROW.

ALMOST 10 MILLION PEOPLE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE KIDS NOW.

SO I HAVE TO SEE SO MANY KIDS IN MY LIFE.

SO HOPEFULLY BESIDE THE MESA ELEMENTARY, BUT, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD FEELING.

BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH STEPH, UH, FOR YOUR EFFORT AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT EVENT.

THANK YOU MAYOR PROTON.

UH, THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A, A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS.

UH, AGAIN, UH, THE COMMUNITY MEETING ON SATURDAY, UH, APRIL 15TH, UH, TAX DAY.

ALSO JACKIE ROBINSON DAY AT, UH, DEL NORTH DAY PARK, UH, FROM 10 TO 12.

UH, AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, MARCH 31ST WAS, UH, TRANSGENDER VISIBILITY DAY.

UH, AND SO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, L G LGBTQ CENTER ON APRIL 22ND, UH, IS HAVING, UH, THEIR QUE EVENT.

UH, AGAIN, I THINK WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MEETING EACH OTHER, EATING WITH EACH OTHER, LEARNING ABOUT EACH OTHER, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT MEETING AND EATING AND JUST GETTING TO KNOW, UH, FAMILIES.

UH, SO THAT'S, UH, APRIL 22ND.

UH, AND LAST, UH, ABOUT 50 YEARS AGO, TITLE IX WAS PASSED AND THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS THE MOST WIDELY WATCHED WOMEN'S BASKETBALL GAME IN HISTORY.

UH, CAITLIN CLARK IN ANGEL REESE, UH, PHENOMENAL.

AND IT'S JUST A REMINDER, WE HAVE SOME

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GREAT YOUTH SPORTS.

I WAS A WOMEN'S BASKETBALL COACH FOR A LONG TIME.

UH, MY SON PLAYS SOCCER AT ORANGEWOOD CO-ED.

HE'S IN, UH, WATER POLO AT, AT AT EDGEWOOD CO-ED.

UH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A GREAT SOFTBALL, YOUTH SOFTBALL PROGRAM AND I, I THINK THE CITY, UH, HAS DONE A GREAT JOB IN PROVIDING THOSE YOUTH SPORTS FOR BOTH OUR, OUR YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN.

AND SO I JUST REALLY WANNA PROMOTE THAT, UH, WAS A PHENOMENAL GAME, UH, TO PHENOMENAL PLAYERS.

UH, AND JUST, YOU KNOW, TO SEE, UM, WHAT SPORTS HAS BECOME FOR, FOR MEN AND WOMEN.

UH, IT, IT WAS JUST AWESOME.

SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GOT TO WATCH THAT GAME ON SUNDAY, CUZ IT WAS WOW.

WHAT A GAME.

YOU'RE WELCOME, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, COUNCILMAN COUNTS, UH, J JUST FOR THE, UH, BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

UM, AND, AND ALSO TO FOLLOW UP, UH, UH, TWO MEETINGS AGO, I THINK I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, CHECK ON WORKING WITH, UH, CALTRANS TO HAVE THE, THE WEEDS ALONG THE FREEWAY WITHIN THE WEST, COTA BORDERS ALONG THERE, UH, UH, CLEANED UP, UH, BOTH, UH, WITH WHAT IS RESPONSIBLE, UH, CALTRANS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UM, AS WELL AS IF, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY WITH ANY LAND THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE WEEDS ARE GONE TO REALLY FOCUS ON, UH, BEAUTIFICATION.

AND, AND SO JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, UM, I HAD, UM, COMMUNICATED WITH THE CITY MANAGER ABOUT THAT AND HAD ALSO, UH, PROVIDED, UH, JUST A DAY OR TWO AGO, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT P POSSIBLE REIMBURSEMENT, UH, FOR, FOR SUCH CLEANUP EFFORTS.

AND SO JUST AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE PRIOR REQUEST, AND AS A THANK YOU IN ADVANCE OF THE, IF THE CITY MANAGER COULD, COULD LET US KNOW AS SOON AS POSSIBLE ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THAT WHOLE AREA ALONG THE 10 FREEWAY ON BOTH SIDES CLEANED UP, THAT WOULD BE MOST GREATLY APPRECIATED.

AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS WITH REGARD TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, UM, UH, WE ARE NOW, UH, THEY ARE NOW MOVING TO, UH, AN IN-PERSON FORMAT AGAIN.

BUT I'VE ACTUALLY MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS.

WITH REGARD TO THE HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE AND THE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.

THEY'RE MEETING, UH, THE, WE'RE WE'RE HAVING A, A REMOTE SET UP HERE TOMORROW WHERE THOSE MEETINGS ARE HAPPENING.

THE HOMELESS MEETING IS AT, UH, COMMITTEE MEETINGS AT EIGHT 30, AND THEN THE, THE NEXT MEETING, UH, IS AT 10.

SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO COME TO THE COMMUNITY ROOM NOTICE AND THE AGENDA AND BUSINESS, IT'S ALREADY POSTED ONLINE.

AND SO FOLKS ARE, ARE INVITED TO, UH, ATTEND.

UH, THAT AS WELL.

THAT'S IT.

UH, HOLD ON, LET ME, UM, I WANNA ADDRESS ALSO AN ISSUE WITH CALTRAN SINCE, UM, COUNCILMAN CONTOS MENTIONED, UH, CALTRANS.

UM, IF THEY CAN PLEASE UPDATE THEIR SIGN ON VINCENT AVENUE WHERE IT SAYS FIVE NEXT FIVE EXITS.

COVINA, IT SHOULD STAY WEST COVINA.

I'M GETTING TEMPTED TO PUT WHITE TAPE UP THERE.

, I'M GONNA DO IT MYSELF.

, THAT'S BEEN, THAT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS.

SO IF WE COULD PLEASE FIX THAT.

I WANT TO FOLLOW THROUGH, UH, MIKE TO COLLEAGUE.

AND THE, UH, THE SIDEWALK OF, UH, NEXT TO THE FREEWAY, YOU'VE GOT THE CITRUS.

AND, UH, AND NEXT TO THE NISSAN O OKAY.

BUILDING, YOU SEE THE S WE LIKE JUNGLE.

AND, UH, I TALK TO THE STAFF.

THEY SAY THEY BELONG TO CALTRAN.

BUT, UH, IT'S NOT PRESENTABLE, SO I WANT TO FOLLOW.

UH, COUNCILMAN CANTEL.

I THINK WE DO IT, WE BUILD THEM OR WE HAVE A CULTURE TO DO THEIR JOB AND OTHERWISE OUR CITY LOOK HORRIBLE.

ON CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OR ON, ON RENT OF RENT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S ON THE OLDEST.

WALKWAY IS ALL WE, BUT I REMEMBER WE HIRED THE ALLIANCE, RIGHT? WE HIRED THE, THE NEW CONTRACTOR.

THEY WILL DO THE, UH, THE SIDEWALK, THE MEDIAN.

IS THAT THEIR JOB? SO CAN WE LOOK INTO A, WHOSE JOB IS, IS CALTRAIN JOB OR A CITY STAFF JOB, OR OUR CONTRACTOR'S JOB? SO, BUT AT LEAST SOMEBODY NEED TO GET RID OF ALL THOSE JUNGLE WEED.

ON THE, ON THE SIDEWALK.

IT'S REALLY LOOK HORRIBLE AND, UH, IT LOOK LIKE WE DID A LOT OF STUFF, BUT STILL THE PROBLEMS STILL EXIST.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN.

AND, UH, THEY GROW OUT LIKE HUGE, LIKE MY HOUSE TOO, BECAUSE THE RAIN IS LIKE SO MANY, SO MUCH.

BUT, BUT AT LEAST WE AUTO DRAW HOPEFULLY.

JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, ALL THAT RAIN CREATED ALL THOSE WEEDS AND WE, WE, WE REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.