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NOT THE STREET THING.WELCOME TO OUR APRIL 15TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MY NAME IS ROSARIO DIAZ AND I AM YOUR CENTENNIAL MAYOR.
TODAY'S, UH, IT'S SEVEN O'CLOCK, AND THIS MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES, AND MAYOR PRO TEM TOBA WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE SO RICHLY ENJOY OUR COUNTRY.
AND FATHER, WE PRAY THAT, UH, WE WILL NOT TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED.
AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER, THAT IN SPITE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE FACING OUR COUNTRY, WE'RE BLESSED TO BE CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS OF THIS COUNTRY.
AND FATHER, WE'RE BLESSED ALSO TO BE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
FATHER, WE PRAY FOR WISDOM TO ALL THOSE THAT CONDUCT BUSINESS REGARDING OUR CITY THIS EVENING.
FATHER, WE PRAY THE PROTECTION OF YOUR ANGELS OVER OUR SKULLS, THAT OUR SKULLS WILL CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE IN SAFE HAVENS.
WE PRAY FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND OUR, UH, POLICE OFFICERS.
FATHER AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROSPERITY OF OUR BUSINESSES.
AND FATHER, WE JUST ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING TODAY AND UPON WEST COVINA.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WEST.
COVINA THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU.
LIFT UP HIS CONTENTS UPON YOU AND GRANT YOU HIS SHALOM.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS WEST COVINA.
YOU COULD ALL FACE THE FLAG WITH YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
READY? BEGIN THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS? NATION GOD.
INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ARE ALL ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
TODAY'S CLOSED SESSION WAS CANCELED, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.
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INVITE JOHN PINETA FROM WEST COAST ARBORIST TO THE FRONT.R D TRANS TRANSLATES TO TREE DAY.
IT'S A HOLIDAY THAT CELEBRATES THE PLANTING, UPKEEP, AND PRESERVATION OF TREES FOR CENTURIES.
COMMUNITIES SPANNING THE GLOBAL HAVE FOUND VARIOUS WAYS TO HONOR NATURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
HOWEVER, THE APPRECIATION OF TREES AND FORESTS IN MODERN TIMES CAN BE LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO ARBOR DAY.
SO TODAY I HAVE A PROCLAMATION 2023 ARBOR DAY.
AND, UH, I WANNA PRESENT IT TO YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY WITH THE WORDS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING US TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND GIVE BACK AND, UH, YOU KNOW, BE A PART OF ARBOR DAY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A GOOD DAY FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAD A GREAT EVENT LAST YEAR, AND WE'RE HOPING TO DO, UH, THE SAME THING AGAIN, UH, THIS SATURDAY OR NEXT SATURDAY THE 29TH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
MAY I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION? OH, SO HOW MANY, EXCUSE ME.
HOW, HOW MANY TREES GONNA DONATE TO US THIS YEAR? UH, FOUR 20 FOURS.
AND IT'S GONNA BE OUT HERE IN, UH, UHHUH CITY HALL.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
UM, BRIAN GUTIERREZ, CAN WE HAVE YOU COME DOWN?
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HELLO.SO THIS MONTH IS, UM, WE'RE CELEBRATING AUTISM AWARENESS MONTH EVERY APRIL.
AUTISM SPEAKS CELEBRATES WORLD AUTISM MONTH, BEGINNING WITH THE UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONED WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY ON APRIL 2ND.
THIS YEAR MARKS THE 16TH ANNUAL WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY.
IN 2023, THE CDC REPORTED THAT APPROXIMATELY ONE IN 36 CHILDREN IN THE US IS DIAGNOSED WITH AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER.
ACCORDING TO THE 2020 DATA, BOYS ARE FOUR TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED WITH AUTISM THAN GIRLS.
MOST CHILDREN WERE STILL BEING DIAGNOSED AFTER AGE FOUR.
THOUGH AUTISM CAN BE RELIABLE, DI UH, RELIABLY DIAGNOSED AS EARLY AS H TWO AUTISM RESPONSE TEAM IS AN INFORMATION LINE FOR AUTISM COMMUNITY.
THEIR TEAM MEMBERS ARE SPECIALLY TRAINED TO PROVIDE PERSONALIZED INFORMATION AND RESOURCES TO PEOPLE WITH AUTISM AND THEIR FAMILIES.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 180 8 AUTISM.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK MR. GUTIERREZ FOR ALL THE WORK AND SUPPORTING AUTISM AWARENESS AND PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL NATIONAL AUTISM MONTH.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR, UH, HAVING ME TODAY.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ANYONE WATCHING AT HOME, OR WHO'S HERE, WHO KNOWS SOMEONE WITH AUTISM OR WHO, WHO'S A PARENT OR A GUARDIAN OF A PERSON, SOMEONE WHO, WHO HAS AUTISM, THAT REGARDLESS OF ONE PERSON COMES FROM IN LIFE, THAT THEY CAN ACHIEVE IF YOU GIVE 'EM THE, THE RESOURCES THEY NEED.
AND FOR OUR PAR FOR OUR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS AND THOSE WHO KNOW SOMEONE, SOMETIMES IT MAY BE CHALLENGING, UH, GROWING, UH, TEACHING A CHILD WHO HAS AUTISM, UH, THE MANY SKILLS THEY NEED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
BUT DO KNOW THAT YOU ARE MAKING A CHANGE AND ONE DAY AND IT COULD PAY OFF.
AND THAT YOU'RE AN INSPIRATION TO, TO MYSELF, INSPIRATION TO OUR MAYOR, AND TO OUR CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND SO I THANK THE MAYOR FOR CREATING AUTISM AWARENESS IN OUR CITY.
AND THE MANY STORIES I'VE HEARD OF OTHERS WHO HAVE AUTISM AS WELL, AND THAT KNOW, REGARDLESS, AGAIN, REGARDLESS FOR ONE PERSON COMES FROM IN LIFE, UH, WE CAN ALL ACHIEVE IF YOU BELIEVE IN YOURSELVES AS THE IMPOSSIBLE IS ALWAYS POSSIBLE.
AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO PRESENT SOME AWARDS TOO AFTERWARDS.
THANK, AND THIS IS FOR RECOGNIZING FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN REGARDING.
AND SO IF FLA MAYOR DOESN'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CALL, UH, CALL, CALL DOWN, COUNCIL MEMBER RU AND COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ FIDO TO COME GET A PRESENT.
AND SO, SO IT'S MY HONOR TO PRESENT TO, UH, THE PRESIDENT'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
IT'S GIVEN TO VARIOUS LEADERS, COMMUNITY SERIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, AND LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO HAVE SERVED THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 4,000 HOURS.
AND SO IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO RECOGNIZE AND PRESENT THIS, UH, TO YOU THREE FOR ALWAYS SUPPORTING AUTISM AWARENESS AND BEING A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO IT'S SORT OF STATES, UH, THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
WE GRATEFUL RECOGNITION, THE AMERICORPS AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HONORS MAYOR ROSARIO DIAZ WITH THE PRESIDENT'S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR THEIR LIFELONG COMMITMENT TO THE BUILDING A STRONGER NATION THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER SERVICE PRESIDENT JOSEPH R BIDEN JR.
AS WELL FOR COUNCIL MEMBER TONY WOO.
AND COUNCILWOMAN LET THE LOPEZ VIDO.
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PUT THESE MEDALS ON YOU.YOU CAN TAKE 'EM OFF WHEN YOU GO BACK UP.
YES, I'VE ALWAYS, AND SO, UH, THOSE ARE YOUR RECOGNITIONS.
YOU GET A LITTLE CHALLENGE COIN AS WELL, WHAT COMES WITH THIS FOR THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING A VOICED AGAIN, FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NO VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR INSPIRATION TO THE AUTISM COMMUNITY.
AND MAY YOUR VOICE CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THROUGH OUR CITY.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? I HAVE 12 SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
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YOU'RE INTERESTED, UM, IN SPEAKING, UH, PLEASE FILL OUT ONE OF THE YELLOW CARDS SO WE CAN MOVE ON.MIKE GREENSPAN, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY KATHY CLARK HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY KATHY CLARK, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
WELL, EVERYONE, WE KNOW THERE WAS AN INCIDENT HERE REGARDING A FLAG, RIGHT? WASN'T THERE AN INCIDENT HERE REGARDING A FLAG? AND IT SEEMS, AND IT'S VERY APPARENT THAT THE MAYOR FAVORED CERTAIN PEOPLE AND TARGETS OTHERS, ESPECIALLY MR. MARIO LEWIS, S O B A L V A R R O, FOR THE RECORD.
BECAUSE WHEN HE ATTACKED MR. GREENSPAN THAT NIGHT AND BASICALLY ALMOST KILLED THE GENTLEMAN, I, I WANT YOU TO BE IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FREE SPEECH AND THE FIRST AMENDMENT'S ALL ABOUT.
IT'S A CIVIL LIBERTY OF YOUR CIVIL RIGHTS.
ALTHOUGH MOMMY LETTI MAY NOT AGREE WITH ME BECAUSE SHE'S FROM THE HOOD OF BOYLE HEIGHTS, WHERE SHE WORKS
BUT SEE, HOMEGROWN CALIFORNIAN GUY LIKE ME, SIMPLE BOY, SIMPLE TOWN, SHOWS PEOPLE A DIFFERENT WORLD ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
AND I DON'T USE VULGARITY TO ENTERTAIN YOU.
I USE IT BECAUSE I'M EXERCISING MY FIRST AMENDMENT BASED ON COURT CASES FROM THE SUPERIOR COURTS.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M GONNA INSTITUTE THE BAGAN VERSUS THE UNITED STATES INTO THE RECORD, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE MAYOR, THE MAYOR THERE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT WHY MR. HERMAN STIRS YOU PEOPLE UP TO KEEP COMING BACK TO MEETINGS AND IN THE UNITED STATES VERSUS BAG DARIEN.
I WON'T READ IT INTO THE RECORD BECAUSE MOMMY, THERE WILL TURN OFF THE MIC CENSOR ME.
AND NONE OF YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TRYING TO SPEAK ABOUT BECAUSE THERE'S NO CLOSED CAPTION.
ANOTHER VIOLATION OF OUR CIVIL RIGHTS UNDER, IT'S CALLED A DISABILITY.
AND HERE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT AUTISM.
MOMMY, PLEASE, WHERE'S CLOSED CAPTION FOR THE AUTISTIC KIDS THAT ARE NOT VERBAL, BUT ARE LIKE MYSELF, LIKE TO READ S**T.
WHY? SO HERE'S ONE OF 'EM REGARDING BAG DARIEN AND THE UNITED STATES.
AND THEN YOU OF COURSE HEARD IT OVER AND OVER REPEATEDLY, BECAUSE I SUFFER FROM AUTISM.
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I SAY THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BRANDON BURKE VERSUS OHIO FOR THE RECORD.AND THEN NOT TO OFFEND ANYBODY, BUT WE ALL KNOW WHO HILDA SALISE IS, RIGHT? WE DO.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M SUBMITTING THE JANET HAHN MEETING FROM THIS MORNING BECAUSE SHE KICKED ME OUT SIMPLY FOR USING A TERM BLANK BLANK, BLANK UNDER BRANDON BURKE VERSUS OHIO, US 3 95 4 44 19 69, A PRIVILEGE, A RIGHT BY THE SUPREME COURT TO USE A LANGUAGE.
AND YET I AM BEING AT FAULT FOR EXERCISING.
DOESN'T THE WORLD EVOLVE AROUND ME WHEN I HAVE THE PODIUM? IT SHOULD BECAUSE IF NOT, I BROUGHT EVEN THIS ONE FROM, FROM LOS ANGELES, LARGE PRINT.
AND I WON'T READ WHAT IT SAYS, BUT TECHNICALLY, MOMMY, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL MESSAGE.
I WAS IN LOS ANGELES AND EVEN THERE, A WOMAN ATTACKED ME IN THE RORA, A PROTECTED PLACE OF FREE SPEECH.
I WAS EXERCISING MY RIGHT, SIMPLY WALKING AROUND IN A CIRCLE LIKE THIS FOR TWO HOURS.
AND YOU KNOW WHY SHE ATTACKED ME? CUZ SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.
THE SAME WAY YOU ALLOWED MR. MARIO LEWIS FOR THE RECORD BY THE NAME OF S O B A L V A R R O, SOBA LAVARO, TO COME IN HERE AND ATTACK MR. GREENSPAN.
AND YOU ALLOWED IT BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE PREVENTED THAT BY TELLING THE PUBLIC THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FREE SPEECH AND AN ASSAULT.
THAT WAS DEFINITELY AN ASSAULT.
MATTER OF FACT, I'M GONNA BE TALKING TO AN ATTORNEY WITH MR. GREENSPAN TOMORROW ABOUT THIS ASSAULT NOT TO, NOT TO SCARING ANYONE, BUT IT'S JUST TO PUT IT ON RECORD, TO REFLECT THE, UH, IDOL IDEOLOGIES OF THE MAYOR WHO BELIEVES THAT HER PRIVILEGE RIGHT TO CENSOR US IS HER RIGHT.
AND YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS, YOU HAVE NO BELIEFS, YOU'RE JUST A BUNCH OF COCKROACHES.
AND I COULD PROVE THAT BECAUSE MARK RIDLEY THOMAS IS A COCKROACH.
THAT'S WHY HE WAS, HAD THOSE SEVEN CRIMINAL FIGURES AGAINST HIM.
AND THEN I GO ON INTO THE, A VICTIM'S GUIDE.
THANK YOU, KATHY CLARK, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS MILLER.
ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL INFORMATION.
YOU MA'AM FOR THE RECORD, CITY CLERK.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, WELL, EXCUSE ME, YOUNG LADY.
LET, LET ME, LET ME REMOVE MY ITEMS HERE AS I GENTLY WALK AWAY.
THIS IS MY FIVE MINUTES, NOT YOURS.
UH, I CAME AND I WAS SHOCKED BY, BY THE PRESENTATION HERE, I'M SORRY THAT I DIDN'T GET MY CARD IN SOONER, BUT, UM, IT'S TOO BAD THAT THIS IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO ALLOW.
BUT WHAT I CAME FOR WAS, UM, MY NAME IS KATHY CLARK AND I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA FOR 25 YEARS.
AND I'M ON THE BOARD OF THIS HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WEST COVINA.
AND IN THAT CAPACITY, I CAME TO THANK THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE, UH, AT OUR MEET AND GREET THAT WE HAVE EVERY MONTH, UH, CAPTAIN KENNY PLUNKETT WAS THERE, AND HE GAVE AN AMAZING PRESENTATION OF THE GOLD AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND SO, AND IT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED.
CAUSE WE HAD MANY COMMUNITY LEADERS THERE.
AND, UH, WHEN I CONTACTED, UH, CHIEF BELL, HE DIDN'T HESITATE.
BUT IMMEDIATELY I GOT A CALL FROM, UH, CAPTAIN KENNY, UH, RIGHT AWAY.
SO I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THAT.
WE HAVE THE FINEST POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AROUND, AND THAT'S WHAT I CAME TO SAY, NOT TO WITNESS THIS MAN'S
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS MILLER, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESSMAN.
YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST SPEAKER WAS RIGHT, THAT HE HAS A RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING HE WANTS TO, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO, THERE'S WAYS OF PUTTING THINGS TO GET YOUR POINT ACROSS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE SUCCEEDED IN MAKING COMMENTS ABOUT VLADIMIR WOODSON OVER HERE WITHOUT HAVING TO SAY THE EXACT WORDS, BUT EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT THE WORDS WERE.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND PRETTY SIMPLE.
THE LAST SPEAKER I AGREE WITH 95% ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS TOO IS KEEP LOOKING AT WHAT GOES ON IN THIS CITY AND DO YOU GUYS, JUST
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BY ACCIDENT, MISPLACED PRIORITIES.YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO WE HAD A CITY MANAGER WHO WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW WE WERE GONNA GET OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS, SOMETHING LIKE 20 MILLION IN FUNDS FOR THE ROAD.
AND HE WANTED TO SPEND IT ALL AS DID COUNCIL MEMBER WU, UH, TO PUT IN A 10 BY 160 FOOT PIECE OF GRASS ON GLENORA AVENUE.
FOR SOME REASON, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT MR. WU ACTUALLY THOUGHT ABOUT AND GOES, WELL, THAT'S NOT TOO GOOD OF A WAY TO SPEND OUR MONEY.
YOU, HE HAD A CERTAIN POSITION, LISTENED TO IT AND CHANGED, WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
THEN SOMEHOW HE BECAME MAYOR AND HE THOUGHT THAT WAS A ROYAL TITLE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, THAT HE HAD TO BE THE CENTER OF ATTENTION ON EVERYTHING.
I MEAN, EVEN SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THE OFFICIAL PICTURE OF THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE MAYOR, FRONT AND CENTER WHERE THE MAYOR IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
WHY? THAT SHOWS A LACK OF RESPECT, EITHER FOR THE PERSON OR, AND OR THE POSITION.
YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU KNOW, BUT THEN HE SEEMS TO HAVE A TENDENCY, CUZ I REMEMBER ONE TIME BEING HERE, AND HE CALLED UP THE, THE WEST COVINA SCHOOL BOARD WAS HERE, AND HE CALLS UP A BOARD MEMBER WHEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD WAS ATTENDING.
HE DIDN'T LIKE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD.
SO HE IGNORED HER, IGNORED HER.
NOTICE SOME CONSISTENCIES HERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO WONDER ABOUT THAT.
YOU KNOW, I SAID, I SAID WHILE BACK THAT I WAS GONNA RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
ONE OF THE REASONS I'M RUNNING FOR, I CAN BE THE BIGGEST JERK IN THE WORLD, WHOLEHEARTEDLY ADMIT THAT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO USE WORDS THAT HE WOULD PROBABLY USE, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA.
BUT I WAS TALKING TO A FRIEND OF MINE WHO'S KNOWN ME FOR 55 YEARS, AND THERE WAS AN ISSUE IN THE FAMILY.
AND HE GOES, JOHN, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR 55 YEARS.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY OR DO OR HOW YOU REACT, WHEN IT COMES RIGHT DOWN TO IT, YOU'RE GOING TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
SO, WHO'S, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO THAT I WILL SERVE WITH YOU CAN BE GUARANTEED.
ONE THING I MIGHT NOT LIKE YOU PERSONALLY, OR I MIGHT LIKE YOU PERSONALLY AND DON'T LIKE YOU POLITICALLY, BUT A GOOD IDEA.
IT'S A GOOD IDEA NO MATTER WHERE IT COMES FROM AND IT GETS THINGS RESOLVED.
YOU CAN ALSO, THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO BE ASSURED THAT I WON'T SIT UP HERE SILENT AND LET THINGS GO.
YOU KNOW, AN IDEA COMES UP, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.
WHERE'S THE ANALYSIS? WE PROMISED THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, BECAUSE IT'S OVER $75,000.
THE PRIORITIES OF SPENDING WILL BE TOWARDS THE PEOPLE IN OUR CITY NOT SPENDING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TO PUT A LITTLE MONUMENT UP OFF OF, UH, ASUZA SOUTH OF THE FREEWAY WHEN RIGHT NEXT TO IT, THE ROAD IS DAMAGED.
NOW TO ME, LET'S FIX THE ROAD, NOT PUT A SIGN UP.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PRIORITIES YOU NEED TO HAVE.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU, THAT IT MEANS YOU CARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC, YOU CARE ABOUT THE CITY, YOU CARE ABOUT WHAT THE RESULTS ARE, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT THERE'S GONNA BE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT OFF-STREET PARKING.
IF IT ISN'T TO RAISE MONEY AND YOU WANNA PASS IT, MAKE THE FINE $1, YOU COMPLIED, BUT YOU'RE NOT HARMING THE PUBLIC.
CAUSE AFTER ALL, YOU GUYS ARE APPROVING ALL THESE HOUSING UNITS THAT DON'T HAVE SUFFICIENT PARKING ON THEM.
CHRIS MILLER, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESSMAN, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZONG CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR CITY STAFF, UH, CITY MANAGER.
TONIGHT I'M WANNA TALK ABOUT ITEM THREE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPENDITURES WE CAN'T PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS OVERTIME AND OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE RECURRING ITEM.
UM, BUT INSTEAD THE CITY'S GOING DOWN THE ROUTE OF BASICALLY SQUEEZING BLOOD OUT OF TURNIPS IT'S RESIDENCE.
I UNDERSTAND CLEAN WATER AND THE NEED TO STREET SUITE, BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND IS A BAN ON PARKING ON A CERTAIN DAY THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHICH WOULD BE TOTALLY UNFAIR
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TO ITS RESIDENCE.YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN APARTMENT COMPLEXES, ELDERLY THAT PARK IN THE ALLEY, THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THAT PARK IN THEIR DRIVE IN THEIR GARAGE IN THE ALLEY, MAYBE THEY ARE FEARFUL THAT THEY'LL LOSE POWER AND THEY'LL GET STUCK.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARIOUS REASONS WHY PEOPLE PARK ON THE STREET ON A DAILY BASIS.
AT THE VERY LEAST, WE NEED TO HAVE, LET'S SAY TUESDAY IS ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, THURSDAY IS ANOTHER SIDE STREET.
I THINK THAT'S A FAIR AND EQUITABLE WAY RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, CODE ENFORCEMENT SHOWING UP AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE PARKING AND TICKETING GARDENERS BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB.
YOU KNOW, IS THE STREET SWEEPER EVEN THERE? IT'S, TO ME, IT'S JUST A MONEY GRAB IN TRYING TO GO AFTER PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW, IF WE REALLY WANNA LOOK AT CLEAN WATER, SORRY, MIKE CRESSY, I'M GONNA BRING THIS UP, BUT WE JUST HAD THIS LAST YEAR, OUR PUMPING STATION AT VINCENT FLOOD.
IT WAS FILLED WITH MUD AND MUCK OVER THE LAST WHO KNOWS HOW MANY YEARS BECAUSE THE MAINTENANCE IS JUST BASICALLY CHECK A BOX, MAYBE WITNESS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, BUT THERE'S NO TRUE ACTUAL MAINTENANCE.
AND GUESS WHAT? ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WAS CATCHING IT GOING, PUMPING RIGHT THROUGH OUR, UH, STORM DRAINS TO SAN GUERRA RIVER.
SO, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS WE SHOULD START THERE FOR CLEAN WATER INSTEAD OF SQUEEZING OUR RESIDENTS.
I SEE AREAS WHERE THERE'S CARS PARKED, NEVER MOVED.
AND POSSIBLY IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, GOOD TO MOVE IT.
I USED TO LIVE IN PASADENA, WHICH WAS A PAIN IN THE ASS WHEN YOU HAD PEOPLE OVER AND THERE WAS NO OVERNIGHT PARKING.
WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING THAT WE'RE TALKING DURING THE DAY WHEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, MAY HAVE, MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THEIR CAR TO MOVE.
UM, AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE NON ABILITY TO PARK ON THE STREET, ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER, IT BECOMES A REAL PAIN FOR RESIDENTS.
SO I WOULD CONSIDER HAVING IT, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE GONNA DO IT, HAVE IT ONE DAY, SAY TUESDAY, ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND THURSDAY THE OTHER.
THANK YOU ELSIE MESSMAN, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZONG, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE WYNN.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT AND AT HOME.
MY NAME IS ELSIE MESSMAN, A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
LAST MONTH I BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THE DISCOVER WEST COVINA MAGAZINE WAS LIGHT.
FEBRUARY WAS THE LAST MONTH REPORTED.
NOW MARCH AND HALF OF APRIL IS GONE AND STILL NO MAGAZINE.
WHY IS IT THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN'T GET A MAGAZINE AHEAD OF TIME TO KNOW WHAT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY? THE BANNER THAT THEY PUT UP ON THE STREET, IT COSTS BETWEEN TWO AND $3,000 ISN'T WORTH NOTHING BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GET THE JOB DONE.
ALSO, LAST MONTH I REPORTED THAT ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES WAS TERMINATED, BUT SETTLED FOR $55,000.
I FAILED TO REPORT THAT OUR ATTORNEY GOT ANOTHER $10,000, ALMOST, EXCUSE ME, $10,000 FOR HIS SERVICES BRINGING YOU THE TOTAL CLOSE TO $65,000.
A LOT OF POTHOLES IN GRATI COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FOR THAT $65,000.
THIS COUNCIL OR STAFF APPARENTLY DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN'T.
THE LAWSUIT THAT'S COSTING THE CITY A LOT ON ALL THESE LAWSUITS ARE COSTING THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY.
AND WHOEVER IS DOING IT SHOULD, THAT IS TERMINATING.
THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE CITY AND TO THE RESIDENTS HERE CUZ WE'RE PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS.
THREE, AS FOR STREET CLEANING, EVERY WEEK SHOULD BE DEBATED BY THE RESIDENTS AND NOT STAFF.
A SPECIAL MEETING SHOULD BE HELD AND PUT IN THE, SUPPOSEDLY THE DISCOVER WEST COVINA TO INFORM ALL RESIDENTS A MEMBER.
I REMEMBER A YEAR BOOK A YEAR AGO, NOT A YEAR AGO, A FEW YEARS AGO, I WENT TO A MEETING TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO BECAUSE THE STREET SWEEPER WAS CLEANING THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, WHICH WASN'T GETTING THE JOB DONE.
AFTER PAYING $50 TO THE CITY, THEY SENT ALL RESIDENTS IN THE AREA IN OUR TRACK TO EITHER APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE OF IT.
SOME STREETS SAID YES AND SOME SAID NO TO GET YOUR STREET, UH,
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CLEANED.5%, 50% OF THE RESIDENTS HAD TO APPROVE IT.
I ALSO REQUESTED THAT CLEANING THE STREETS FROM NINE TILL THREE TO GIVE TIME FOR RESIDENTS TO GO TO WORK OR GO TO SCHOOL.
NATIONWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CHARGES A CITY 50 3007, $377 A MONTH FOR THESE SERVICES.
AND WE ONLY GET CLEANING TWICE A MONTH IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
AND THE CITY PAYS FOR THE WATER AND THE TRASH DISPOSAL.
AND BY THE WAY, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THIS? HAS ANYBODY THOUGHT OF IT? YOU KNOW, YOU PEOPLE UP HERE AREN'T GONNA BE UP HERE FOREVER AND THIS WILL BE GOING ON FOREVER.
YOU'VE GOTTA STOP AND THINK ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR YOU.
THE RATE THAT EVERYBODY'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE, I SHOULD SAY, ARE HURTING.
AND IT'S TIME THAT YOU TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, AND ALSO, COULD WE GET AN UPDATE ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE COST AND THAT THE NEXT MEETING.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T WANT IT, BUT THEY NEED ANSWERS CUZ NOBODY HAS SAID ANYTHING AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS.
UH, YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT, UH, THE CITY IS GOING THAT THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, THAT MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES.
GOOD EVENING, MS. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE.
I'M WWE Z WEST COVINA LIBRARY MANAGER.
UM, WEST COVINA LIBRARY WILL HOST ANOTHER, UM, UH, VACCINE CLINICS NEXT FRIDAY.
I MEAN THE FOLLOWING FRIDAY, APRIL THE 28TH IN THE MORNING, 10 TO 12, UM, 10 TO 12.
AND THE NURSES FROM THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH WILL PROVIDE THE FREE OF, UH, FLU SHOTS AND THE VAC, UH, COVID 19 VACCINES AND BOOSTERS FOR PEOPLE, UM, AGES, UH, UH, SIX MONTHS AND OLDER.
AND, UM, ALL IS FREE AND NO, UM, HEALTH INSURANCE REQUIRED AND NO REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
ALSO JUST FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT, UM, ONCE COMMUNITY LIBRARY PROVIDE A FREE TAKE HOME COVID 19, UM, TEST KITS, UM, FOR ANYONE WHO NEEDS IT.
UM, PLEASE CALL THE LIBRARY FOR PICKUP AT A SIDEWALK SERVICE.
TUESDAY TO SATURDAY, UM, WEST COVINA LIBRARY REMAINS CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDE SIDEWALK SERVICE AND TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO, UH, PICK UP MATERIALS ON HOLD AND, UH, TELEPHONE SUPPORT.
AND TUESDAYS THROUGH, UM, SATURDAY STAFF CAN BE REACHED AT (626) 962-3541.
AND THE CUSTOMER CAN ALSO RETURN A BOTTLE OF THE MATERIALS AT, UM, BOOK DROPS IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, UM, FOR IN-PERSON SERVICES, IN-PERSON LIBRARY SERVICES, UM, AVAILABLE, UH, AT THE NEIGHBORING, UM, BORING PARK LIBRARY AND THE SUN KIT LIBRARY.
AND WE ARE VERY SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE OF OUR LIBRARY CLOSURE.
AND WE ARE WORKING TOWARD A, UH, REOPENING
SO THERE'S SO MANY THINGS GOING ON.
UM, WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IN, UM, MUCH, UM, UPGRADED LIBRARY SPACE.
THANK YOU, GEORGE WYNN, FOLLOWED BY SUE AINO, FOLLOWED BY JIM GR.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN LARRY LOPEZ VIDO, UH, COUNCILMAN TONY WU.
COUNCILMAN ALI CONTOS, UH, MAYOR PRO.
TIM BRIAN TABBA AND MAYOR ROSARIO DIAZ IS HONORED TO SEE YOU GUYS HERE TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS.
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THANKFUL FOR FIVE MINUTES.UH, THE FIRST THING, UH, I HAVE HERE IS WE ARE DOING A FUNDRAISER FOR THE LADY WHO, UH, THE ELDERLY LADY WHO LOST HER HOUSE ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
SHE IS A RESIDENT HERE FOR
UM, AND SHE'S, UH, DIDN'T HAVE FIRE INSURANCE.
NO MATTER WHAT THE REASON, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT NO MATTER, YOU KNOW, HOW WE FEEL ABOUT EACH OTHER, POL POLITICAL OR WHATEVER REASONS.
UH, IT INCLUDES, UH, SMOKED, UM, RIBS, SMOKED, UH, PULLED PORK.
YOU HAVE A CHOICE OF CHICKEN AND SOME OTHER SIDES.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, UH, TARO FOR CREATING THIS EVENT.
HE'S THE ONE WHO, WHO, WHO IS THE ONE WHO'S CREATING.
HE'S GONNA BE SMOKING ALL THE FOOD.
UM, NORM NORMA TOVER, SHE'S DOING ALL THE BASKETS AND COLLECTING ALL THE, UM, SHE'S MAKING A LOT OF SALES ON THIS.
SHE'S PLAYING A BIG PART IN THIS, UH, PHILIP, UM, ESCALANTE, HE'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE PROVIDING THE, THE BAND FOR THE FIRST HALF.
HE'S DONATING HIS TIME FOR THIS.
UM, AND JANICE PAN, SHE, UM, WAS ABLE TO, UH, SHE HAS JPA REALTY.
SHE WAS ABLE TO HAVE, UH, THE TICKETS, PRINT ALL THE TICKETS AND WAS ABLE TO GET HER FRIENDS TO SPONSOR THAT.
SO IT'S, IT'S ALL, UH, JUST A COMMUNITY FUNDRAISER.
UM, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE TICKETS, I HAVE SOME HERE TONIGHT.
UM, YOU CAN PURCHASE THE TICKETS AT MY, UH, PLACE OF BUSINESS AT BALON FINE JEWELRY, 15 NORTH CITRUS, OR ALSO AT AVINA AVINO, SORRY, 6 78 SOUTH CITRUS COVINA, WHICH IS THE PLACE OF THE EVENT.
UM, SO THE SECOND THING I HAVE IS, UM, UH, OUR CITY PARKS.
UM, THIS IS, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
UM, SO THE CITY OF WALNUT, UH, TO RENT OUT THEIR CABANA, THEY DON'T CHARGE ANY FEE, BUT YOU MUST BE A WALNUT RESIDENT, WHICH IS MY FAVORITE ONE.
UH, COVINA, YOU, UH, DON'T HAVE TO BE A COVINA RESIDENT, BUT THERE'S ALSO NO CHARGE TO RENT OUT TO CO UH, THE CABANAS, UH, BALLEN PARK, THEY CHARGE $150 DEPOSIT, BUT DEPOSIT IS RETURNED.
UH, LAK, THEY CHARGE 10 TO $20 AN HOUR, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE CABANA, BUT THERE IS NO REFUND.
BUT HOWEVER, HERE IN WEST COVINA WE'RE CHARGING $250 NON-REFUNDABLE FEE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN LOOK INTO, UH, MAYBE RECONSIDER, UH, YOU KNOW, CUZ AS WE ALREADY KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF UNWANTED PEOPLE AT A PARKS.
SO MAYBE IF WE FILL OUR PARKS WITH OUR PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL MAYBE DETER THESE PEOPLE
UM, THE SECOND THING, I MEAN, THE THIRD, SORRY, THE THIRD THING IS THE ARCO GAS STATION ON THE CORNER OF, UM, AZUA AND WORKMAN.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST GAS PRICES IN WEST COA,
LAST TIME WAS THERE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A GUY WHO ACTUALLY, I SEEN IT HAPPEN.
HE ACTUALLY, UH, CUT IT IN FRONT OF A PREGNANT LADY WHEN SHE WAS PULLING IN.
AND, UH, UNFORTUNATELY SHE TOOK MATTERS IN HER OWN HANDS AND, YOU KNOW, WAS THROWING WATER AT HIM.
AND HE ACTUALLY CAME TO FIST FIGHT HER.
SO THANKFULLY, ME AND ANOTHER GUY WAS THERE TO STOP IT.
SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONSULT WITH THE OWNERS OF THIS GAS STATION.
MAYBE THEY CAN PUT A CONCEPT, SOMETHING LIKE MAYBE COSTCO OR IN AND OUT WHERE THEY'RE CONTROLLING THEIR TRAFFIC.
UM, IT'S ALSO CAUSING, UM, UH, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS ON ASUZA AND WORKMAN, UH, DURING ALL HOURS OF THE DAY.
UH, THE LAST THING I HAVE, GOOD, I HAVE MORE TIME.
SO
SO ON THE EAST SIDE, UH, BETWEEN CAMERON AND HILLSIDE, THE EAST SIDE HAS NO LIGHTING, BUT THE WEST SIDE DOES.
BUT BETWEEN HILLSIDE AND WHERE IT SAYS WELCOME TO WALNUT, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO LIGHTING THERE.
SO MY CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN IS IF SOMEBODY GETS STRANDED OR IF LOST ANIMALS, IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN.
SO, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR GEORGE.
SUE AINO, FOLLOWED BY JIM GRGE, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATS.
SORRY, MAYOR, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR, UM, FOR HIM.
IN REGARDS TO THIS, UM, TWO QUESTIONS.
QUICK, UM, WOULD JANICE BE THERE AT THIS FUNDRAISER? YES, SHE WILL.
AND THE SECOND QUESTION IS, IF THEY WANNA
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PURCHASE AND THEY CAN'T MAKE IT TO THESE LOCATION IN PERSON, ARE THEY ABLE TO PURCHASE THE TICKETS ONLINE OR ZELLE OR VENMO YOU OR ANYTHING? UM, I BELIEVE, UM, NORMA, UH, A LAR SHE HAS, UH, VENMO ACCOUNT THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH HER ON.UM, YOU CAN ALWAYS, UH, REACH OUT TO HER.
UM, IF YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO ME AT WEST COVINA BUZZ, UH, GMAIL.COM, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION.
UH, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME TO COME BEFORE YOU.
MY NAME IS SUE GINO, AND I'VE BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND I RUN A, A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE CALLED WEST CAMINO.
RESIDENTS, TAKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS BACK.
I'VE BEEN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS NOW, I THINK, IN GROWING.
BUT WHEN I COME TO YOU TONIGHT WITH THE CONVERSATION, I WANNA OPEN A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE STREET SWEEPING I PERSONALLY AM FOR, FOR IT.
I JUST THINK THAT I'M, I'M READING ALL OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES AND THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION AS TO HOW THE PATH IS GONNA GO.
I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE TRANSPARENCY OF IT AND THE PATH, THE TRANSPARENCY AND THE PATH.
AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE AN OPEN DOOR AND HAVE EVERY STEP OF IT HAVE, UM, THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CITIZENS, THE RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THEY NEED THEIR INPUT.
BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON HAS A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
WHETHER I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM ON MY STREET, MY STREET SWEEPER COMES, I HAVE MY TRASH DAYS ON FRIDAY.
MY STREET SWEEPER COMES ON MONDAY, EVERY OTHER MONDAY.
EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, YOU KNOW, CARS WON'T GET MOVED AND THEY GO AROUND 'EM IN A CASE.
I MEAN, I WALK, I WALKED A CAMPAIGN AND AT LARGE CAMPAIGN FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVENA, AND I WALKED 17 SQUARE MILES OF THIS.
AND I'VE SEEN SOME HORRIFIC STUFF.
AND I MEAN, THERE WAS TIMES WHEN I WAS WALKING WITH MY PHONE AND WE WERE REPORTING THINGS THAT CARDS DIDN'T HAVE TAGS.
IT WAS OBVIOUS IT WAS TRASH PILED UNDERNEATH THEM.
THERE WAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SITUATIONS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED AT.
AND DO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT? ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S GONNA TAKE DEAD CARS OFF THE STREETS.
IT'S GONNA HA IT'S GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TARGET, THESE PROBLEM AREAS.
IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO CLEAN OUR STREET.
OUR STORM DRAINS, WHICH ARE HORRIBLE, THE STORM DRAINS.
AND REMEMBER, THAT ALL GOES DOWN TO THE BEACH.
THAT'S WHAT OUR KIDS ARE GONNA BE SWIMMING IN.
WE HAVE TO HAVE, BE SOME KIND OF STEWARDS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, I, AND I DID A LITTLE RESEARCH TOO, AND I'M FINDING OUT THAT WESTCO IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY THAT DOESN'T HAVE SOME TYPE OF PROGRAM.
NOW, WHAT THAT PROGRAM IS GONNA LOOK LIKE FOR US, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE HAS THEIR DIFFERENT SITUATIONS.
BUT I DO HOPE THAT IT IS A OPEN FORUM AND EVERY STEP OF THE WAY IS AN OPEN FORUM.
AND, UM, ANOTHER THING TOO, AND I'LL JUST BE REAL BRIEF, IS OUR HOMELESS SITUATION.
I WATCHED LAST WEEK WHEN YOU GUYS DID THE LAKOTA CONTRACT.
I'VE SEEN THE SAME ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE STREETS FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS THAT WILL NOT TAKE HELP.
AND THEY EAT UP OUR RESOURCES AND THEY'RE DESTROYING OUR HOMES.
THEY'RE DESTROYING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND WITH NO REGARD, THEY DON'T CARE.
AND THEY, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE.
AND LAKOTA JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY THAT THEY SAY TO PUT THESE PEOPLE INTO HOMES REAL QUICK.
TWO, WE, THEY SAID THEY, UM, THERE WAS A FAMILY THERE, A HUSBAND AND WIFE, AND THEY HAD THREE DOGS.
THEY HAD TO GET RID OF ONE OF THEIR DOGS TO BE ABLE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO GO INTO THE HOUSING.
LAKOTA HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR THEM.
THEY WERE TO MEET AT THE MCDONALD'S TO FIND OUT WHAT THIS HOUSING WAS GOING TO BE.
THE GUY SAYS, OH, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.
LET ME SEE WHAT I CAN FIND FOR YOU.
NO, THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN WAITING TWO WEEKS TO MEET YOU HERE TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE GOING, THEY'D ALREADY GOTTEN RID OF A DOG TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? I CAN SEND YOU OVER THE HILL TO LANCASTER, OR YOU CAN GO TO DOWNTOWN LA TO SKID ROW.
WHY WOULD THEY LEAVE HERE? WHY WOULD ANYBODY GO OVER THE HILL OR GO TO, YOU KNOW, LA IF THOSE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS? I THINK THAT THERE ARE, UM, SOME BIG, DEEP CRACKS THAT LAKOTA NEEDS TO FILL.
AND I, I KNOW THAT THEY SERVICE OTHER CITIES BECAUSE THEY HAD SAID, HURRY, WE GOTTA GET TO, WE GOTTA GET TO AUSA.
THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO WEEKS ON THE STREET.
AND ANOTHER THING TOO IS I WANNA SAY I WATCH AT HOME, AND I THINK IT'S A SHAME.
IT IS JUST A SHAME THAT WE AS A CITY OF WEST COVENA CANNOT DO SOMETHING TO MAKE THE DECORUM OF THIS MEETING.
SOMETHING THAT OUR FAMILIES CAN ENJOY,
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SOMETHING OUR KIDS CAN COME AND GET THEIR BASEBALL THINGS FOR.I MEAN, THEY SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COME AND SEE BATMAN AND HIS BOY PENIS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S HORRIBLE.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO ABOUT THAT BECAUSE HE TOLD ME OUTSIDE THAT KIDS DO NOT BELONG IN ADULT SETTINGS.
THEY, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME AND GET THEIR AWARDS WITHOUT HAVING TO BE OFFENDED BY THEM WITH THEIR FAMILIES.
JIM GR FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRIS, FOLLOWED BY COLLEEN ROSATI.
I'M HERE, UH, TONIGHT TO, I GUESS, ACTON, MY ROLE THAT I'VE DESCRIBED BEFORE AS A CONSULTANT FOR THE COUNCIL, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS OPPOSED TO AN ADVOCATE.
I FOUND THE ITEM NUMBER THREE THAT HAD HAD TO DO WITH STREET SOUPING VERY POORLY WRITTEN.
AND I, I, I CAN READ, BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT THE, WHAT, WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
WAS IT A PROPOSAL OR WAS IT ALREADY GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT COUNCIL ACTION? IT WAS NOT CLEAR.
WAS IT GONNA SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS MORE WITHOUT ANY FUNDING INDICATED? THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE.
UH, WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM? UH, AND AS HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES, UH, WITH, UH, STREET PARKING.
I'LL, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU MY PERSONAL ONE.
UH, MY WIFE IS TOTALLY DISABLED.
WE HAVE CAREGIVERS COME TO OUR HOUSE EVERY SINGLE DAY TO PROVIDE VARIOUS SERVICES.
WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO PARK? AND WE'RE NOT ALONE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THAT SITUATION.
OTHER PEOPLE HAVE EMERGENCY PLUMBING PROBLEMS, UH, OTHER KINDS OF MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
WHAT ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO DO? THERE'S NOTHING.
AND THAT ISN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THE STUDY.
UH, I DO KNOW THAT IN OTHER CITIES, UH, IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET EXEMPTION PERMITS FOR PROVIDERS, BUT IT APPARENTLY, IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN CONSIDERED BY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND, UH, I AM, THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS LEFT OUT.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A A POINT ABOUT, WELL, YOU, WE WILL HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO TELL YOU THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT GOODS THAT ONE LADY MENTIONED THAT PERHAPS YOU MIGHT CONSIDER RESIDENT INPUT? UH, UH, I'M NOT REAL FOND OF, UH, THE CITY RESTRICTING PARKING.
AND WHY? BECAUSE IN THE BOTTOM, THE REAL ANALYSIS OF IT, IT'S ACTUALLY JUST A TAX.
BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS WITH, WITH IT IS, OH, WE CAN GIVE YOU A PERMIT.
THE FIRST YEAR BEEN A HUNDRED AND 150 LATER.
AND WHEN YOU TAX EVERYBODY THAT KIND OF MONEY, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GOT A FEW MILLION EXTRA.
AND, UH, THAT, THAT'S HOW IT BECOMES.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES WHERE PARKING IS APPARENTLY DELIBERATELY RARE AND, AND MAXIMIZES CITY REVENUE.
THEY, THEY CHARGE A FORTUNE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK, UH, THE CITY CHARGES.
UH, SO I, I, I'M JUST, I'M JUST CONCERNED CUZ ALL OF THIS IS MISSING.
THE, THE WRITTEN DOCUMENT HAS PRESENTED, UH, DOESN'T REALLY ADDRESS I THINK A LOT OF SERIOUS ISSUES.
AND THE MOST SERIOUS ISSUE IS, IS THE COUNCIL ADOPTING THIS AS A POLICY? WHY ISN'T IT ON THE AGENDA THAT WAY? UH, IF THIS IS JUST SOMETHING STAFF IS DOING ON THEIR OWN AND THE COUNCIL GETS TO LOOK AT IT FOR INFORMATION, I THINK IT'S TOTALLY WRONG.
THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THIS CITY, NOT STAFF.
AND THIS IS A MAJOR POLICY CHANGE.
UH, YOU, YOU SHOULD BE THE ONES DECIDING IF WE SHOULD DO IT OR NOT.
JERRY PAS FOLLOWED BY COLLEEN ROSATI, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT.
UM, JERRY PATRAS, WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
AND I TOO AM GOING TO COMMENT ON ITEM THREE.
UM, THE PROCESS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR ISN'T HIGHLY IMPORTANT.
AND I'M CONCERNED THIS IS A VERY OPAQUE ROLLOUT OF A VERY MAJOR CHANGE TO THE RESIDENTS.
I READ THE STAFF REPORT SEVERAL TIMES.
IT'S DEFICIENT AS PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, WHEN YOU ROLL SOMETHING OUT IN A OPAQUE MANNER, YOU CREATE A VERY NEGATIVE ATTITUDE TOWARDS IT.
BY MANY RESIDENTS, IT'S DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.
I WOULD'VE PREFERRED TO HAVE SEEN IT AS
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A DEPARTMENT ITEM.A LITTLE PRESENTATION WITH COUNSEL, ASKING QUESTIONS AND A POSITIVE.
THIS IS A MAJOR CHANGE IN THIS CITY.
IT'S DESERVES MORE THAN RECEIVING FILE.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, WE'LL HAVE SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
THAT'S, THIS IS A MISTAKE ON ROLLOUT.
I AM GONNA ASK THAT YOU TAKE SERIOUSLY TAKE MAJOR STEPS TO COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN THIS.
YOU DON'T KNOW, EVERY STREET DOESN'T AFFECT ME.
I'LL LET MY NEIGHBORS PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY.
I CAN PARK SIX CARS CUZ I'VE GOT AN OLD HOUSE WITH A GARAGE IN THE BACK.
YOU HAVE ADUS WITHOUT PARKING.
NOW COMING IN, WE HAVE AREAS THAT HAD NO PARKING ON THE STREET.
AND NOW IN THE DAYTIME THERE'S FIVE AND SIX CARS.
PEOPLE WORK AT HOME AND YOU'RE DOING A RECEIVING FILE.
PLEASE, I'M ASKING THAT YOU SET UP MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
DO MORE THAN PUT THINGS ON FACEBOOK.
UM, USE THE UTILITY, BUILD MESSAGING.
WHEN YOU HAVE MEETINGS, DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
HOW ABOUT EVEN AN AD ON THE TRIBUNE OR STUFF.
REALLY WORK AT GETTING THE WORD OUT.
WE USED TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT I WOULD GO TO AND THERE'D BE 30 AND 40 PEOPLE AT THOSE MEETINGS.
COLLEEN ROSATI, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY MR. G ROLLOUT.
TONIGHT I'M HERE AS THE PRESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
AND I JUST WANTED TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE WILL BE HOLDING OUR ANNUAL ARBOR DAY EVENT.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER FOUR DECADES.
I THINK THIS IS POSSIBLY 47, EXCUSE ME.
AND PART OF THE CELEBRATION IS RECOGNIZING OUTSTANDING LEADERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY.
THIS YEAR WE'LL BE HONORING FORMER RETIRED AT WEST COVINA PD DON HOLTZ AND ALSO DR.
DON HOLTZ WAS ALSO A PLANNING COMMISSIONER FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
HE WAS A WEST COVINA RESIDENT ALONG WITH KENNETH LN AND WILL BE PLANTING A TREE IN THEIR HONOR.
ANOTHER TREE WILL BE OUR CENTENNIAL TREE.
AND, UM, A FOURTH TREE FOR ACKNOWLEDGING 75 YEARS FOR WEST COVINA.
THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON APRIL 29TH AT 11 O'CLOCK.
IT'LL BE HERE AT CITY HALL, THE UPPER TERRACE OVERLOOKING THE CITY COURTYARD AND RIGHT OUTSIDE WEST COVINA PD.
SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME.
WE'LL HAVE VENDORS AND IT'S A NICE CEREMONY.
ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES FOR THE ARBOR DAY EVENT PUT ON BY WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL, IS TO KEEP WEST COVINA A TREE CITY USA.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, A NONPROFIT HAS TO HAVE A CELEBRATION, WHICH WE DO PLANT TREES ON ARBOR DAY.
AND THAT KEEPS THE FLAG FLYING OVER CITY HALL AND THE LITTLE PLACARDS THAT YOU SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND I THINK THIS IS OUR 47TH YEAR TREE CITY USA.
WE'RE ALSO A STERLING CITY, WHICH THERE ARE VERY FEW NATIONWIDE.
AND THAT WAS DONE BY BARBARA BRILEY HERE AT THE CITY A COUPLE YEARS AGO.
SO WE'VE GOT SOME ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THAT MANY CITIES DON'T HAVE.
SO ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO COME OUT ON THE 29TH OF APRIL 11 O'CLOCK RIGHT HERE AT CITY HALL UPPER COURTYARD.
STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY MR. G, FOLLOWED BY SAMUEL MARTINEZ.
OH, I LOVE SEEING SMILES WHEN I WALK UP TO THE MICROPHONE FROM YOU, BRIAN.
UM, EVENING COUNSEL, UH, MEMBERS OF STAFF.
SO I'M GONNA BEAT THE HORSE TO DEATH AND TALK ABOUT STREET SWEEPING.
SO YOU'VE HEARD FROM A BUNCH OF PEOPLE, UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES.
MS. PATRIS WAS ACTUALLY VERY ELOQUENT IN HER THING OF THE ROLLOUT.
I I DON'T WANT TO USE THE WORD ROLLOUT CAUSE I'M KIND OF HOPING THIS ISN'T A ROLLOUT.
I'M HOPING IT'S A DISCUSSION ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE CARRIED OVER TO THE PUBLIC SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME MEETINGS AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S RIGHT.
SO I'M HOPING IT'S NOT A ROLLOUT AS IT'S STATED, BUT SHE IS CORRECT.
THE THE OPTICS OF IT ARE EXTREMELY TERRIBLE AND ARE EXTREMELY OPAQUE AS SHE PUT IT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A VERY WELL-WORDED STATEMENT.
SO HERE'S SOME ISSUES THAT I'M GONNA POINT OUT JUST ON THE WAY HERE TO COUNCIL TONIGHT.
I DROVE BETWEEN LARK, ALLEN AND SUNSET ON WORKMAN AVENUE.
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THAT HAVE EITHER TWO PARKING SPOTS OR LESS IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE A FENCE ACROSS THEIR DRIVEWAY WHERE THEY PROBABLY COULDN'T EVEN PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAY IF THEY WANTED TO.
SO THE QUESTION IS, WHERE WILL THEY PARK? NOW WE'RE IN A, A NEW WORLD SINCE COVID.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING FROM HOME.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING SPLIT SHIFTS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WORKING SWING SHIFT, GRAVEYARD SHIFT, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
AND WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO, UH, DO ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT THEY'VE NEVER DONE BEFORE IN A, IN A WORLD.
UH, THAT HAS NEVER BEEN THE CASE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
AND THAT IS NOT ONLY ARE THEY WORKING DURING THE DAY, EITHER AT THEIR HOME OR AWAY, BUT THEY'VE GOTTA MAKE SURE THEIR CARS ARE OFF THE STREET.
AND I THINK THAT'S A BURDEN ON EVERYONE.
AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A NASTY WORD FOR SOME PEOPLE AND IT'S A GREAT WORD FOR OTHERS.
THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT THIS IS.
YOU HAVE CARS THAT ARE LEFT OUT THERE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE PENALIZED FOR BEING OUT THERE.
THAT IS A TAX IN A ROUNDABOUT WAY THAT IS GONNA HURT THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SMALLEST DRIVEWAYS IN THE CITY.
I PROMISE YOU, YOU GO DRIVE THROUGH SOUTH HILLS, THEY DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH DRIVEWAY SPACE.
TONY, I THINK YOU CAN FIT WHAT ABOUT 25 OR 30 CARS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY, IF I UNDERSTAND IT CORRECTLY.
SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE RESIDENCE.
UM, SOME OF US HERE CAN PARK TWO OR THREE OR FOUR AT MOST.
SO AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT SIZE AND AND EQUITY, UM, ADUS STATE MADE IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO OFF-STREET PARKING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BUILDING THOSE TO HELP THE HOUSING CRISIS.
SO I GUESS WE'RE GONNA ENCOURAGE THEM TO HELP THE HOUSING CRISIS.
SO WHICH WAY ARE WE GONNA HAVE IT? RIGHT? WE CAN'T HAVE OUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO, AS MUCH AS WE WOULD LIKE TO.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON.
THE STATE PASSED A LAW AND SAYS WE'VE GOTTA HAVE CLEANER STORM WATER.
OUR CITY MANAGER USED TO WORK IN SEAL BEACH, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, RIGHT? AND HE WILL TELL YOU THAT THE WATER COMING OUT IN SEAL BEACH IS NOT PLEASANT.
I'M SURE YOU'LL SHAKE YOUR HEAD TO THAT.
CITIES NEED TO DO BETTER FOR OUR CHILDREN.
LIKE MISS AINO OVER HERE SAID, WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
THERE'S FILTER OPPORTUNITIES IN SEWERS AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT OPTIONS.
IT'S NOT GONNA REQUIRE INAX RESIDENTS THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT WITH TICKETING.
THERE ARE OPTIONS TO BLOCK SEWER DRAINS WITH GRATES TO PREVENT LARGE DEBRIS FROM GOING IN.
ARE WE GONNA PREVENT SMALL PARTICLE DIRT LIKE CHRIS MILLER WAS TALKING ABOUT? PROBABLY NOT.
THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LITTLE DIFFERENT TYPE OF SCENARIO.
NO STREET SWEEPERS GONNA PREVENT THAT EITHER.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET RUNOFF FROM MOUNTAINS GOING DOWN, BEING PREVENTED BY STREET SWEEPING.
SO THE ISSUE REALLY COMES DOWN TO BACK TO MISS WHAT MISS PATRA SAID AS I GO FULL CIRCLE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE THOUGHT THIS OUT.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE YOU'VE TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS.
EACH OF YOU, I'D BE WILLING TO BET, HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA ON WHAT YOU SEE HAPPENING EVEN AMONG THE RESIDENTS AND AMONG SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT DISCUSSIONS.
MY BIG QUESTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN, DO YOU HAVE PARKING PROBLEMS IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE? THE CITY HAS A MECHANISM TO FIX THAT.
YOU JUST GOTTA APPLY FOR PARKING PERMITS.
AND MORE THAN LIKELY, IF YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, YOU'LL GET PARKING PERMITS.
BUT DOES YOUR PROBLEM NEED TO AFFECT 110,000 PEOPLE BECAUSE 10 PEOPLE ON YOUR HOUSE OR YOUR STREET OR AN ENTIRE BLOCK HAVE A PROBLEM? DOES THAT WARRANT A CHANGE TO 110,000 RESIDENTS IN THE CITY? THE ANSWER IS NO, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS LOCAL.
IF YOU HAVE THAT PROBLEM, ADDRESS IT.
I'VE GOT PARKING PERMITS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE FOR THAT SPECIFIC REASON.
IRONICALLY, DIDN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM WE PUT 'EM IN FOR, BUT WE SOLVED IT IN OUR OWN WAY, IN THE BEST WAY WE COULD WITHOUT AFFECTING 109,950 OTHER PEOPLE.
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT.
YOU GUYS ARE THE LEADERS AND THE STEWARDS OF THIS CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE FOREVER.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE HERE FOREVER.
BUT THE REALITY IS YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.
AND WE ASK YOU, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING.
YOU WERE A RESIDENT BEFORE YOU WERE A COUNCIL MEMBER.
YOU'LL BE A RESIDENT WHEN YOU'RE DONE.
AND WHILE YOU MAY THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA NOW, AND I UNDERSTAND DAVE'S THING, THE CITY DIDN'T MANDATE STREET SWEEPING.
THEY MANDATED CLEANER SEWER WATER DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO SWEEP EVERY WEEK.
AND IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE TO PUT RESTRICTIONS IN.
THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT MAY COST LESS.
GOOD EVENING COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR.
WHAT WORKS IN WEST COA? WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT WESTCO? THAT'S WHY WE LIVE HERE.
WE DON'T WANNA LIVE IN THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
MOST PEOPLE COME FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO LIVE LIKE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES OR LIVE LIKE THIS OR WASHINGTON, DC THEY WANT QUALITY OF LIFE.
HIGH STANDARDS, CLEAN STREETS.
THE AREA OR PEOPLE, THEY'RE GARDENERS.
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BLOW HALF THE TRASH AND LEAVES.FIND THE RESIDENCE, GET THAT MONEY THERE.
SO THE GARDENERS, I'VE HAD TO GET MY GARDENER FROM ACROSS THE STREETS, RAKE OUT OF HIS CAR AND HIS BUCKET AND SWEEP IT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE CUZ HE BLOWS IT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT CAUSES THE BACKUP.
SO IF THE RESIDENT IS PENALIZED FOR THE LACK OF COURTEOUSNESS OR PROTOCOL OR BEHAVIOR OR DECORUM, THEY SHOULD BE FINED THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT AREN'T REGISTERED.
IF YOU DRIVE FROM ONE EDGE OF WESTCO DOWN, CAMERON, THERE'S ONLY ONE PLACE WHERE YOU REALLY HAVE TO STOP CITRUS AND CAMERON, I WALK MY DOG THERE EVERY DAY AND ALMOST EVERY DAY I ALMOST GET RUN OVER.
I HAVE HAD CARS CLOSE ENOUGH THAT I CAN TAP AND I'M WALKING WITH A BIG DOG.
ENFORCE THE LAWS CUZ YOU CAN DO A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR FROM GRAND TO BNCA.
NOW I MAKE THAT LIGHT AND I COME THROUGH CITRUS.
THAT'S A, YOU'RE GOING THROUGH HIGH SCHOOLS, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.
THERE ARE RUNNERS, JOGGERS THEY PUT THE SIDEWALK IN 50 YEARS AGO TO BEAUTIFY THAT AREA.
THEY STOWED LAND FROM MY FAMILY UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN.
WHAT DO I GET NOW? A FEE TO PAY FOR SOMEBODY TO, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO HAVE A PARADE.
THEY WANT TO HELP THE HOMELESS.
I BELIEVE YOU SAID WE'VE PAID ALMOST HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN TAXES.
WILL PAID MORE IN TAXES FOR HOMELESS IS WHAT'S GIVEN.
WANT TO BE KNOWN FOR FAST DRIVING HOMELESS PEOPLE.
WE SPEND, I BELIEVE WITH $48,000 TO SOME NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION THAT HOUSED THREE PEOPLE.
THEY SPEND SIX HOURS A DAY DRIVING AROUND THE STATE OF WEST CNA CAUSING POLLUTION AND TRAFFIC.
AND THEY GIVE OUT HAPPY MEALS OR WHAT THEY CALL SNACKS 329.
WE ARE BETTER OFF DO WHAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DOES TO US GOVERNMENT OR CALL SANCTUARY CITY.
WE KEEP THE TAX, WE FIX THE STREETS.
WE HAVE PLACES WHERE KIDS CAN PLAY.
AND IF IT'S A THREE STRIKES, FORCED THE LAW.
YOU HAVE EVERYBODY'S WELCOME IN THE CITY OF BEVERLY HILLS, BUT YOU DON'T SEE HOMELESS IN THE STREET.
THEY LET ME WALK THROUGH THERE.
I REMEMBER, I ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS TO LIVE BEHIND THE RED LINE.
I ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE TARGETED, BUT I LOOKED AT IT THIS WAY.
HEY, AT LEAST THEY'RE STOPPING ME.
SO THEY'RE STOPPING EVERYBODY.
THAT WAY I CAN GO WALK PEACEFULLY IN MY STREET, USE THE LAWS WE HAVE NOW, OR RAISE THE STANDARDS.
SO MR. ALI DOESN'T HAVE TO COME TO YOU AND SAY BEHAVE.
AND SHE WON'T HAVE TO NOT VOTE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T PROMISED HIM.
UTILIZE WHAT YOU HAVE TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY FOR THE BEST PEOPLE.
CUZ I NEVER HEARD ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE INCLUSIVE, BUT YET IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT THEM.
DO THE RIGHT THING FOR ALL THE OVERALL CITIZENS OF WEST COVENA.
AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE US A A GREAT CITY.
OUR ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY SAMUEL MARTINEZ.
UH, THERE WAS A CONGRESSIONAL HEARING TODAY I WATCHED, UH, AND I'M NOT GONNA BE DISCUSSING BIOWEAPONS, WHICH IS WHAT GAIN OF FUNCTION VIRUS RESEARCH IS, OR NANOTECHNOLOGY OR SPIKE PROTEIN, TOXICITY OR GRAPHENE OR OXIDE OR 5G NON IONIZING
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RADIATION OR THE, OR THE BIO WARFARE SCHEME.THAT'S, THAT'S, UH, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
INSTEAD, I GOT A DIFFERENT SUBJECT TONIGHT.
UM, UH, PR FIRMS AND AD AGENCY HOLDING COMPANIES ARE A, A CENTRAL COG IN THE GLOBAL PROPAGANDA MACHINE.
THEY MAKE SURE THAT THE SAME ME MESSAGE IS DISTRIBUTED IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
IN A COHESIVELY TIMED, A COHESIVELY TIMED FASHION, AN ESTIMATED TWO-THIRDS TO 80% OF THE CONTENT BROADCAST AND PUBLISHED BY CORPORATE MEDIA COMES FROM PUBLIC RELATIONS FIRMS SUCH AS THESE FOUR LARGEST AD HOLDING COMPANIES IN THE WORLD, UH, WHICH ARE PUBLIC GROUP W PPP, THE OMNICOM GROUP AND THE INTERPUBLIC GROUP, AND ALL ARE DEEPLY INTER INTERLOCKED WITH THE CORPORATE MEDIA, THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, UH, COMPLEX AND, UH, POLICY MAKERS.
IN OTHER WORDS, MOST, UH, SO-CALLED MAINSTREAM MEDIA NEWS IS PROPAGANDA.
A HANDFUL OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT COMPANIES DOMINATE EVERY ASPECT OF OUR LIVES AND OWN EVERYTHING WE SPEND OUR MONEY ON.
UH, THE TWO LARGEST ONES ARE VANGUARD AND BLACKROCK.
VANGUARD AND OR BLACKROCK ARE ALSO AMONG THE TOP 10 SHAREHOLDERS IN THE LARGEST AD AGENCY HOLDING COMPANIES.
UH, 1% OF THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST PEOPLE PROVIDE THE IDEOLOGICAL JUSTIFICATION THAT IS DRIVING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GREAT RESET WORLDWIDE.
THE TERM ACADEMIA USES TO DESCRIBE THE GLOBALIST C CABELL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TRANSNATIONAL, UH, CAPITALIST CLASS.
UH, THE PR AGENCY CREATES A GLOBAL MEDIA PLAN FOR A GIVEN CLIENT.
IT DECIDES THE ARTICLES TO BE WRITTEN AND WHERE THEY ARE THERE TO APPEAR.
IT THEN DECIDES WHERE ADS WILL RUN AND WHEN.
SO WHILE DRUG COMPANIES APPEAR TO HAVE A RATHER DIRECT INFLUENCE OVER MEDIA, IT IS REALLY THE PR FIRMS THAT WIELD THE GREATEST CONTROL, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE ORGANIZATION OF IT ALL.
UH, THEY MAKE SURE THE SAME MESSAGE IS DISTRIBUTED IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES IN A COHESIVELY TIMED FASHION.
AS SUCH, PR COMPANIES ARE A CENTRAL COG IN THE GLOBAL, GLOBAL PROPAGANDA MACHINE AND NEED TO BE UNDERSTOOD AS SUCH.
SO, UH, UH, THIS IS ABOUT CONTROLLING COMPETING VIEWS, PROPAGANDA AND PROPAGATING UNCONSTITUTIONAL SURVEILLANCE AND MEDICAL TYRANNY.
AND, UH, YOU'RE GONNA START HEARING ABOUT THE SMART, UH, SMART CITIES.
THE 15 MINUTES, 15 MINUTE CITIES, UH, MAINING CON, MAINTAINING CONTROL OVER IDEAS AND PREVAILING NARRATIVES INVOLVE BOTH THE MONOPOLIZATION OF IDEAS AND THE SIMULTANEOUS, UH, SUPPRESSION OF COMPETING VIEWS AND PR COMPANIES AND MEDIA PERF UH, MEDIA PERFORM BOTH FUNCTIONS AS NOTED BY THE AUTHOR'S STYLES.
EVEN WHEN A, UH, WHEN MEDIA PRESENT, UH, PRESENTS OPPOSING VIEWS, THEY DO SO VERY CAREFULLY.
TRUTH THAT IS THE POWER TO UNSEAT THE ILLUSION OF D DEMOCRACY WILL HAVE A FIREWALL ERECTED AROUND IT, AND MEDIA SIMPLY WILL NOT CROSS THAT FIREWALL NO MATTER HOW NEUTRAL THEY PRETEND TO BE.
UH, SO, UH, SO, SO WE'VE BEEN, WE, WE'VE BEEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE FIRST AMENDMENT IN THE CONSTITUTION.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES OR, UH, ALLS I CARE ABOUT IS THE, THE CONSTITUTION.
AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN MANIPULATED LIKE DOGS THE LAST TWOISH THREE YEARS.
AND WE HAVE AN ALIENABLE RIGHTS THAT ARE GRANTED TO US BY GOD.
IT'S STATED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND, UH, UH, WE, WE NEED TO, UH, ENFORCE THE LAWS AND OUR RIGHTS.
THANK YOU AND THE CONSTITUTION, SAMUEL MARTINEZ AND NULLIFY WHAT'S, UH, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING UP WITH RIGHT NOW.
UH, 35 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY.
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COUNCIL MCCANT'S, UH, DISTRICT.BUT, UH, I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TODAY TALK ABOUT THE DECORUM OF THIS, OF THESE MEETINGS.
AND, UH, I'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE, AND I'M HERE AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, I GREW UP IN THE INNOCENCE OF THE FIFTIES AND THE TERMINALS OF THE SIXTIES AND THE SEVENTIES.
AND, UH, BACK IN THOSE DAYS, WE RESPECTED OUR TEACHERS.
WE, UH, LOVED AND RESPECTED OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
WHEN SOMEBODY GAVE US SOMETHING, OUR PARENTS ALWAYS TOLD US, WHICH MEANS, WHAT DO YOU SAY? AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO SAY
AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO SIMPLE COURTESIES.
MY GOODNESS, I LOVE THIS CITY.
I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND THIS GENTLEMAN BEHIND ME, HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS.
HE THINKS HE DOES, BUT HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF IT.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET BACK TO THE SIMPLE COURTESIES OF THANK YOU, PLEASE.
SORRY, I'M READING A BOOK RIGHT NOW.
AND THOSE ARE SO SIMPLE WORDS.
AND YET THINGS THAT IN OUR CULTURE TODAY, WE NEED NOT TO FORGET.
I WAS HERE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, MAYBE SIX WEEKS AGO, WHEN COUNCILMAN CANTOS, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT WORDS YOU USED, BUT SOMETHING ABOUT TONING IT DOWN.
AND, UH, HE WAS TALKING SPECIFICALLY TO YOU, SIR, I NEVER HEARD YOU ANSWER HIM BACK, AND MAYBE YOU HAVE IN CLOSED DOORS, BUT HE WAS MAKING A REQUEST TO TONE IT DOWN.
MY GOD, WE ALL NEED TO TONE IT DOWN.
IT IS NOT A COURTESY WHEN SOMETHING NEGATIVE IS SAID ABOUT MY MAYOR OR MY CITY COUNCIL, AND PEOPLE LAUGH BEHIND BEHIND ME, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.
AND IF WE HAVE A COMPLAINT, WE CAN SAY IT IN A RIGHT WAY.
YOU KNOW, THE APOSTLE PETER WROTE TO COUPLES, AND HE SAID, BE COURTEOUS TO ONE ANOTHER.
I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE A COMMERCIAL, BUT ONE OF MY CHAPTERS IS BE COURTEOUS.
AND THEN THE QUESTION THAT I ASK IS, DO YOU HAVE TO TELL CHRISTIANS TO BE COURTEOUS? WELL, OBVIOUSLY, YES, OTHERWISE PETER DIDN'T PUT, WOULD NOT PUT IT IN, IN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, BUT SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET UP.
AND I APPRECIATE THOSE TWO PEOPLE WHO TALKED ABOUT THE DECREE.
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE OUR CITY LOOK GOOD.
AND I WAS HERE ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO WHEN THERE WAS THE ISSUE WITH LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
I, I, I TRUST I'M USING THE RIGHT TERMINOLOGY.
AND THERE WERE 30, 35 PEOPLE WHO GOT UP HERE, YOU KNOW, AND CERTAINLY THEY WERE EXPRESSING THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO SPEAK.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I'M TALKING TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY.
I'M NOT TALKING NECESSARILY TO THE STAFF HERE OR, OR, OR THE COUNCIL.
I'M TALKING TO MY FELLOW CITIZENS AND I'M SAYING, I CAN'T BE HERE IN TWO WEEKS, BUT MAN, IN TWO WEEKS, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 30 PEOPLE WHO GET UP AND TELL THIS FOOL TO SHUT UP.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND NARCISSISM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT NARCISSISTIC PEOPLE LIKE TO GET ATTENTION, AND HE DOES.
BUT NONETHELESS, WE NEED TO GET UP HERE AND WE NEED TO SAY, THIS IS OUR CITY AND WE DO NOT LIKE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND DON'T TALK TO US ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND DON'T TALK TO US ABOUT FREE SPEECH, BECAUSE WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS OBVIOUSLY STUPIDITY.
I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
UH, CAN YOU ADDRESS ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE AUDIENCE HAVE? GOOD EVENING MARIN.
UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND FOR SPEAKING.
I'LL TRY TO JUST BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
UM, ARMANDO HERMAN TALKED ABOUT CIVIL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND WE, WE HONOR HIS AND EVERYONE'S RIGHTS BY AFFORDING THEM THE TIME TO SPEAK AT THESE MEETINGS.
UM, KATHY CLARK, THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENT TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND, UM, FOR THAT PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN
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AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.UM, CHRIS MILLER AND SEVEN OTHER RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT ITEM THREE TONIGHT ON YOUR AGENDA, WHICH IS ON THERE FOR, FOR TWO REASONS.
IT'S A THOUGHT PIECE AS TO WHAT APPROACHES THIS CITY MIGHT TAKE WITH RESPECT TO KEEPING ITS STREETS CLEAN AND GETTING INTO REGULATORY COMPLIANCE.
THE IDEA HERE IS TWOFOLD THAT THIS WOULD BE THE COUNCIL'S FIRST LOOK AT THIS.
I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER IT A THOUGHT PIECE.
IT ASKS YOU TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT.
WE'VE GOT A REPORT READY FOR YOU TONIGHT.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO JUST TO GIVE US A BRIEF OVERVIEW.
BUT THE HEART OF THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO, UH, REFER IT FOR BROAD PUBLIC DISSEMINATION, DIRECT US TO GET THE WORD OUT FULLY AND TO, UM, HAVE SOME COMMUNITY FORUMS AND CONVERSATIONS ON THIS TOPIC ON A SINGLE TOPIC.
UM, STREET SWEEPING THE IDEA HERE BEING THAT WE WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH, UM, A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD THEN BE CENTERED ON THE DESIRES OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE MIGHT TRY TO DO BETTER IN THIS AREA.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU GET TO THAT ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA, IF YOU'D LIKE A REPORT, WE'VE GOT ONE READY TO GIVE YOU.
EL MESSMAN, UM, ASKED AGAIN, OR I DON'T KNOW IF SHE'S THE ONE THAT ASKED LAST MEETING, BUT THE SCHEDULE FOR THE DISCOVER MAGAZINE IS THAT WE EXPECT IT TO BE IN THE MAILBOXES AT THE END OF APRIL.
UM, SHE, SHE, UM, MADE THE POINT THAT SHE THOUGHT THE STREETS CLEANING SHOULD BE, UH, DEBATED BY THE RESIDENTS.
COULDN'T, COULDN'T AGREE MORE.
UM, SHE ASKED FOR A REPORT ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UM, WHICH I CAN CERTAINLY TELL YOU THERE'S NOT MUCH HAPPENING WITH THAT.
WE'VE BEEN MEETING EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS, UH, BY ZOOM MEETINGS WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
THEY ARE STILL NOT IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN PUBLISH REGULATIONS BY WHICH WEST COVINA OR ANY MUNICIPALITY COULD APPLY TO GET HEALTH DEPARTMENT STATUS.
AND UNTIL THEY DO, THOUGH, UNTIL THERE'S A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE OR WHAT, IF ANY, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT WEST COVINA WOULD BE, UH, ABLE TO, TO STAND UP IT.
IT MAY BE, UM, A PROVISIONAL APPROVAL INITIALLY, BUT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WHICH ASPECTS WOULD BE, UM, CONSIDERED, UM, APPROVED BY, BY CD P H, UH, WIN-WIN.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND SHARING WHAT'S AVAILABLE FOR LIBRARY SERVICES.
UM, GEORGE, YOU HAD ASKED ABOUT FOUR THINGS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THE INFO ABOUT THE FUNDRAISER.
WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT OUT AS WE CAN.
UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE PARK USER FEES.
IN FACT, WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT CITY FEES HOLISTICALLY AND COMPREHENSIVELY TO INCLUDE THAT ONE, BUT I TAKE YOUR POINT, WE, WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS IN OUR PARKS, AND MAYBE WE COULD FIND A WAY TO DO THAT BETTER.
UM, WE'LL REFER TO THE POLICE FOR FOLLOW UP WITH THE SERVICE AREA LIEUTENANT, ABOUT THE FIST FIGHTING AT ARCO.
I HADN'T HEARD ABOUT THAT ONE, SO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING IT.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, WE WILL LOOK INTO THE QUESTION OF THOSE MISSING STREETLIGHTS.
GRAND AVENUE IS NOT ENTIRELY WITHIN WESTCO VENUS' JURISDICTION, BUT WE'VE GOT SOME COMMONALITY IN TERMS OF, UM, COUNTY AND, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK INTO THOSE QUESTIONS AS TO HOW THE STREETLIGHT MIGHT BE, UM, IMPROVED.
STREET LIGHTING MIGHT BE IMPROVED.
WE COULD ADD SOME OR, OR WHAT THE COST WOULD BE TO DO THAT.
BUT LET ME, LET ME LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, SUE G***O TALKED ABOUT STREET SWEEPING ABOUT HOMELESS AND ABOUT CIVILITY, AS DID, UM, SAMUEL MARTINEZ.
I, I AGREE THAT THE DECORUM OF THESE MEETINGS AND CIVILITY IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
BEEN WORKING ON A COUPLE OF POLICIES.
WE DID A SURVEY OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN THIS REGARD.
THE CITY ATTORNEY'S GONNA REVIEW IT, AND THEN I'LL RETURN TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR LOOK AT IT.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT QUITE READY FOR YOU.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE.
I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT AS A COMMUNITY WE COULD DO A LITTLE BETTER IN THIS AREA.
UM, COLLEEN ROSATI, THANK YOU FOR THE REMINDER ABOUT ARBOR DAY, APRIL 29TH.
WE'RE GONNA USE HERE ON THE CIVIC CENTER CAMPUS TO PLANT TREES THIS YEAR.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
YEAH, CITY MANAGER, I THINK, UH, MR. JET ASKING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC SPEEDING ON THE CAMERON FROM GWEN TO, AND THAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BECAUSE A CURVE.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THAT THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I DID TAKE THAT NOTE AND I FORGOT TO MENTION I WILL REFER THOSE ISSUES TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS IN THE WORKS.
WE HAD A, A COMMUNITY MEETING JUST QUITE RECENTLY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SIGNALIZING THAT INTERSECTION AT CAMERON AND CITRUS.
AND THAT'LL COME FORWARD FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION IN THE PRETTY NEAR FUTURE.
BUT I WILL AGAIN, UM, FORWARD THESE CONCERNS TO OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
SHE'S REALLY GOOD AT WHAT SHE DOES, AND IF THERE'S ANY ASPECTS OF HIS COMMENTS THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERED BY HER AND OUR TRAFFIC COMMITTEE, I'LL SEE TO IT THAT, THAT WE DO.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
SO, CAN WE HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT NOW?[01:20:28]
JUST A COUPLE OF REPORTS TONIGHT, UM, AND GET TO THE OTHER PORTIONS OF YOUR AGENDA.FIRST, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE HAD A VERY, UM, PLEASANT, UM, DEDICATION CEREMONY FOR THE NEW POST OFFICE IN HONOR OF CONGRESSMAN ESTEBAN TORRES.
THE CONGRESSWOMAN'S OFFICE, UM, WAS IN CHARGE OF THAT EVENT, BUT THE CITY STEPPED IN AND DID ITS PORTION.
UM, IT WAS JUST A, A VERY NICE EVENING OR, OR, OR LATE MORNING EVENT.
THE FAMILY WAS QUITE HONORED BY IT, AND THEY SENT THEIR, THEIR COMPLIMENTS.
I WANTED TO PASS THOSE ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, UM, JUST DEDICATING THIS THING IN HONOR OF OUR FORMER CONGRESSMAN WAS, UM, VERY SPECIAL.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF SAVED DATES FOR COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOPS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26TH, BEGINNING AT 6:00 PM HERE IN THESE CHAMBERS.
AND MONDAY MAY 1ST BEGINNING 6:00 PM OVER AT THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE REALLY, UH, WOULD INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME AND IN THAT INFORMAL SETTING, SHARE THEIR OPINIONS AND ASK THEIR QUESTIONS.
THE, THE COMING YEAR BUDGET PROVIDES THE BIG FRAMEWORK FOR THE SERVICES THAT THE CITY WILL PROVIDING AND PROGRAMS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE COMING YEAR.
IT'S A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE PLAN.
UM, THE MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO MAKE AS ITS PRIMARY FOCUS, PUBLIC SAFETY AND, AND MEETING INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, AND PROVIDING EXCELLENT SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE WILL TAKE THE TIME TO COME TO ONE OR BOTH OF THOSE, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
UM, ANOTHER SAVE THE DAY TO THE CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVALS BEING DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UM, PLAZA WEST COVINA.
FREE ADMISSION APRIL 22ND FROM 12:00 PM TO 6:00 PM AND I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE WEST COVIN A SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
UM, WE ARE BRINGING THIS BACK TO CELEBRATE, UH, WEST COVINA SMALL BUSINESSES.
WE'RE ENCOURAGING OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE.
WE'VE GOT, UM, JULIE KLAUS, THE SBA DISTRICT DIRECTOR AS A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, AND WE HOPE PEOPLE CAN COME TO THE BUSINESS EXPO ON MAY THE THIRD AND TO A MIXER ON THURSDAY, MAY THE FOURTH.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
UM, UM, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MAN, CONTOS, UH, UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU ALSO REMIND THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THE, UH, CITY OF HOPE BLOOD DRIVE TOMORROW? UH, I THINK IT'S AT 11 AT THE SENIOR CENTER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN IMPORTANT COMMUNITY EVENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT REMINDER THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY.
THEY HAD TO CANCEL FOR TOMORROW, AND WE PUT OUT A CANCELLATION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, AND I MEANT TO MENTION IT TONIGHT IN MY MANAGER'S REPORT AND FORGOT THE, THE BLOOD MOBILE BROKE, AND SO THEY'RE GONNA GET IT RESCHEDULED, BUT IT'S OFF CALENDAR FOR TOMORROW.
SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN FOR THAT, UH, REMINDER, CUZ I MEANT TO, TO SHARE THAT AND FORGOT IT'S NOT HAPPENING TOMORROW.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT
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CALENDAR.UH, COUNSELOR, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL? I'D LIKE TO PULL, OH, I'M MADAM MAYOR.
COUNCILMAN CONTOS NUMBER THREE, PLEASE.
THAT WAS THE SAME AGENDA I WAS GONNA PULL.
UH, NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER NINE.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MOTION.
UM, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE, SIX, AND NINE SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, VITO, AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEK COUNCIL, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS THREE, SIX, AND NINE.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE POSTING AND ENFORCEMENT OF "NO PARKING STREET SWEEPING" SIGNS. ]
GO AHEAD.UM, MR. CITY MANAGER WITH REGARD TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE WITH, UH, RELATING TO STREET SWEEPING, UH, YOU'VE ALREADY DESCRIBED THE PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE BUDGETED TO SPEND ROUGHLY 2 MILLION.
UM, SO WHAT WAS THE, THE PROCESS ALREADY IN DE IN DETERMINING HOW THAT $2 MILLION WAS? I SAID 2 MILLION, UH, 2 MILLION, AND HOW, HOW WAS IT TO BE, UH, SPENT IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE LINE ITEMS WITHIN THAT? UM, MAYOR THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, WE HAVE A BRIEF, UM, OVERVIEW PRESENTATION PREPARED A, A POWERPOINT
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THAT WE MIGHT ANSWER, HOPEFULLY THAT QUESTION IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHERS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE TONIGHT AS WE CONSIDER THIS ITEM.CAN I HEAR? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES.
UH, UH, CITY MANAGER, HARMONY, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
I HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY THE RESIDENTS.
OF COURSE, IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED.
UH, BUT LET'S KEEP IN MIND THAT THE LAST TIME THAT THE CITY LOOKED AND EVALUATED THE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL, UH, WAS BACK IN 2015.
AND IT BEHOOVES US LIKE ANY OTHER IMPORTANT, UH, UH, SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR US EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE TO COME BACK AND EVALUATE IT AND SEE IF THERE ANY IS ANY ROOM FOR MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO START THE FIRST STEP OF THAT CONVERSATION.
AND IT IS GOING TO BE A CONVERSATION BECAUSE MOSTLY IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND, UM, DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION AND SEEKING PUBLIC OPINION AND, UH, PUBLIC INPUT.
THE SUCCESS OF ANY PROGRAM IS TO SHARE DATA AND MAKE SURE THE DATA IS GOING TO DRIVE THE ULTIMATE DECISION.
AND IN THIS CASE, UH, WE HAVE THE SAME THING.
IT IS, UH, NOT AN EXCEPTION, RIGHT? WE ARE GOING TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH YOU.
AND AS WE CAN SEE IN THE SLIDES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE, UH, SEEING, UH, IN A MINUTE OR TWO, BIG EMPHASIS IS GOING TO BE ON SHARING THE INFORMATION WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FIRST, GATHERING THE INFORMATION TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR DESIRES, ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES, AND HOW THEY THINK IT IS BEST FOR THE CITY TO DELIVER THE SERVICE TO THEM.
AND THEN BASED ON THAT, GATHER THAT INFORMATION WITH OTHER DATA YOU NEED TO HAVE, BRING IT BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE A DECISION.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
AS YOU KNOW, FOR MANY YEARS, UH, STREET SWEEPING, UH, HAS BEEN DONE FOR AESTHETIC PURPOSES IN ORDER TO CLEAN THE STREETS, CLEAN, SANITARY, AND SAFE, AND ALSO TO COMPLY WITH CLEAN AND, UH, CLEAN AIR AND CLEAN WATER REGULATIONS.
IT IS A PUBLIC SERVICE FOCUSING ON COLLECTION OF TRASH AND DEBRIS.
AND AS, AS, AS WE SUGGESTED, UH, UH, COMPLIANCE.
BECAUSE THE CLEAN WATER ACT, PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HAS BEEN IN EVOLVING, EVER EVOLVING ISSUE THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES HAD TO DEAL WITH OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEARS.
UH, AND TRASH, UH, COLLECTION ON THE STREETS IS A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT.
WE'RE GONNA TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GENERAL, UH, BENEFITS OF, UH, STREET SWEEPING FOR COMMUNITIES.
AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO, UM, UH, EXPLAIN SOME OF THE SPECIFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STREET SOUPING PROGRAM IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND ULTIMATELY, UM, I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU JUST THE FRAMEWORK OF THE CONVERSATION THAT I, UH, TOUCHED ON JUST A MINUTE AGO.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? HOW WE'RE GONNA ROLL OUT THE INFORMATION AND, UH, HOW WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE LONG ROADWAY GUTTERS, REMOVAL OF DEBRIS PREVENTS LOOSE MATERIAL TO ENTER THE ROADWAY CAUSING UNSAFE CONDITIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND MOTORISTS.
SO CREATING CLEAN ROADWAYS IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY FOCUSES OF ANY VIABLE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM.
IT ALSO GIVES US THE ABILITY TO PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM AND P D E S REGULATIONS.
IT ALSO HELPS US TO, UH, HAVE, UH, UH, A TOOL FOR, UH, FLOOD MANAGEMENT DEBRIS TEND TO COLLECT, UH, IN THE G UH, TEND TO, UH, BE COLLECTED IN THE GUTTERS, AND THEY CAN POTENTIALLY BLOCK STORM RUNOFF AND CLOG UP CATCH BASINS.
IF CATCH BASINS GET, UH, CLOGGED UP OUR STREETS GET, UH, UH, FLOODED AND THERE COULD BE, UH, UH, CAUSING, UH, UH, SEVERE, UH, IMPLEMENTS TO, UH, PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
IT ALSO PREVENTS DAMAGE TO PASSING VEHICLES.
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NOT TOO LONG AGO.UH, SO IF THE STREETS ARE NOT PROPERLY, UH, SWEPT AND CLEANED, ROCKS AND OTHER OBJECTS COULD GET SCATTERED IN THE ROADWAY, AND STREET GUTTERS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE TO PASSING VEHICLES.
THE QUESTION ALWAYS ARISES, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE CITY OF, UM, WEST COVINA? AND, UH, WE ALSO ALWAYS WANT TO MONITOR WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING AND COMPARE OURSELVES, UH, TO BEST PRACTICES AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST, UH, TO BENEFIT FROM THOSE BEST PRACTICES.
SO WE TRY TO GATHER SOME INFORMATION, UM, UH, FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH YOU TONIGHT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A MORE ROBUST DATABASE.
UH, NEXT TIME WE COME BEFORE YOU, UH, WE'RE GONNA, UH, SURVEY OTHER CITIES AND HOPEFULLY, UH, PUT ASIDE ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THE DETAILS AND THEN SHARE IT WITH YOU.
BUT IN, IN A NUTSHELL, IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER TO TWO CITIES OF CARSON AND NORWALK, UH, WE CHOSE THOSE CITIES BECAUSE THEY HAVE WEEKLY SERVICES, AND WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT IS THE COST OF A WEEKLY SERVICE.
UM, IN THE CITY OF CARSON, WHICH HAS ABOUT 19 SQUARE MILES, UH, THE COST OF THE SERVICE ANNUALLY IS ABOUT 1.2 MILLION, AND THEY EMPLOY ABOUT THREE SWEEPERS TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY, UH, SWEEP THEIR STREETS IN THE CITY OF NORWALK.
UM, THEY EMPLOY ABOUT 2.5, UH, SWEEPERS.
AND, UH, ONE MAY ASK, HOW DOES, UH, HALF A SWEEPER WORK? IT, IT'S PRIMARILY ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION, JUST LIKE A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AND PART-TIME EMPLOYEE.
IT'S AN EQUIVALENT, UH, MEASURE.
AND THE ANNUAL COST ABOUT, IT'S ABOUT 1.116, WHICH IS, UH, FOR 9.7, UH, SQUARE MILES.
AND IF YOU NOTICE, PLEASE, IT'S ABOUT HALF OF THE SIZE.
UH, NORWALK IS ABOUT HALF THE SIZE OF THE CITY OF CARSON, BUT YET THE ANNUAL COST IS JUST ABOUT THE SAME.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT, UH, POINT BECAUSE THE COST OF SERVICE IS NOT JUST BASED ON HOW MANY SWEEPERS THEY EMPLOY.
IT COULD, IT, IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC, UH, OF, UH, A PARTICULAR MUNICIPALITY.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, DO WE HAVE A LOT OF HILLY, UM, UH, STREETS? ARE THERE CHALLENGES WITH, UH, UH, STREET SWEEPERS AND, UH, PARKED CARS? UH, TYPICALLY WE WANT TO MAINTAIN A SPEED ABOUT, OF ABOUT FIVE MILES PER HOUR FOR, UH, SWEEPERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR ROUTES IN A EFFICIENT MANNER.
SO IF THEY TAKE LONGER THAN THAT, THAT EFFICIENCY GOES AWAY.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED.
IT'S NOT JUST THE CURB MILES, LOT OF FACTORS INVOLVED.
UH, THE CITY OF SOUTHGATE, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE COULDN'T, UH, UH, GET THE INFORMATION FROM THEM IN A TIMELY MANNER.
BUT AS I INDICATED, UH, WHEN THE ITEM COMES BACK BEFORE YOU NEXT TIME, WE WILL HAVE A LARGER DATABASE ON BASE OF COMPARISON.
NOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND ABOUT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, UH, SERVICE DELIVERY FOR SWEEPING, UH, STREET SWEEPING GENERALLY, UH, THE CITY IS, UH, CURRENTLY DIVIDED INTO FIVE, UH, STREET SWEEPING ZONES.
IF YOU COULD IMAGINE IF I DREW AN AXIS ALONG AZUSA, YOU WILL HAVE THREE OF THOSE, UH, DISTRICTS OR ZONES ON THE WEST SIDE, AND THEN TWO ON THE EAST SIDE.
AND, UH, THERE ARE FIVE ZONES BECAUSE EACH ZONE GETS SWEPT ON A GIVEN DAY, UH, OF THE WEEK FROM MONDAY, UH, THROUGH FRIDAYS, APPROXIMATELY, UH, WE SWEEP ABOUT, UH, 463 CURB MILES OF STREETS, UH, WITHIN THOSE FIVE ZONES.
AND, UH, A AS YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, UH, SWEPT, UH, TWICE A MONTH EVER SINCE THE 2000, UH, EVER SINCE 2000 AND, UH, 15, THE CITY'S DOWNTOWN AREA GETS SWEPT TWICE A WEEK.
ALL CITY OWNED PARKING LOTS AND THE CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT PARKING STRUCTURE ARE ALSO BEING SWEPT.
THE CURRENT STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE, UH, AS I INDICATED, WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2015.
PRIOR TO THAT, UH, THE CITY WAS BEING SWEPT EVERY WEEK BECAUSE OF BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS.
THE CITY CHANGED THAT MODEL TO EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND ONLY A FRACTION OF, UH, OUR STREETS ARE, UH, HAVE POSTED SIGNS FOR, UH, STREET, UH, SWEEPING PARKING, UH, PROHIBITIONS.
UH, THERE IS GOING TO BE A MAP COMING UP THAT SHOWS YOU, UH, THE LOCATION OF THOSE, UH, UH, SIGNS WHERE THEY ARE.
AND I HAVE TO INDICATE THAT, UH, REG, UH, REGRETFULLY THAT DATA HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED EVER SINCE 2015.
SO THERE IS A, THERE IS A NEED FOR US TO GO BACK AND
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REVISE THIS INFORMATION, BRING UP FRESH DATA BEFORE YOU SO THE DECISION COULD BE MADE.AND MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE SWEPT, GENERALLY SPEAKING, FROM 7:00 AM TO 3:00 PM TYPICALLY, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, ONE SIDE OF THE STREET GETS SWEPT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEVEN TO 11, AND THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET GETS SWEPT BETWEEN 11 TO TWO 30 OR THREE O'CLOCK.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT I WAS REFERRING TO THAT, UH, SHOWS, UH, UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, STREET SWEEPING MAP.
AS I INDICATED, IF YOU TOOK AZUSA AVENUE TO THE RIGHTS YOU WILL HAVE, OR TO THE EAST, YOU WILL HAVE TWO DISTRICTS THAT HAVE, UH, WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAY SCHEDULE.
AND TO THE WEST, YOU WILL HAVE THREE ZONES THAT ARE SWEPT MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THURSDAYS.
UH, THIS IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS YOU HOW SCARES ARE, UH, STREET, UH, UH, SWEEPING PARKING RESTRICTION SIGNS ARE IN VARIOUS, UH, PARTS OF THE CITY.
NOW, IF WE WERE, UH, TO CONSIDER OPTIONS, OPTIONS ARE, UH, DEFENSE SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS, UH, WE WANT TO KNOW ROUGHLY HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST US? THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THAT AN EFFECTIVE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, AS EVERYONE KNOWS HEAVILY RELIES ON A SWEEPER, BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW A STRAIGHT LINE ALONG THE GUTTER, HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO DRIVE AROUND FIVE MILES AN HOUR AND DO A GOOD JOB PICKING UP THE DEBRIS AND TRASH FROM THE STREETS.
PARKED CARS DO NOT ALLOW THE STREET SWEEPERS TO DO THAT.
AND, UH, THE FIRST INSTRUMENT IN A TOOLBOX FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT IS A, UM, UM, A THE PROPER AND APPROPRIATE, UH, PARKING RESTRICTION, UH, REGIME.
AND IN ORDER FOR HAVING THAT, IN ORDER TO BE ENFORCEABLE, WE HAVE TO HAVE SIGNS POSTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ROUGHLY THE COST OF INSTALLING SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND WE ESTIMATED THAT TO BE AROUND 4,300 TO 4,400 SIGNS THAT WE HAVE TO POST IS GOING TO BE AROUND $550,000.
YOU HAVE THE SIGNS, YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, UH, PROPER PRO, UH, PROVISIONS ARE IN THE, UH, CITY CODE.
SO WHAT WOULD BE THE COST OF, UM, UM, PARKING ENFORCEMENT? UH, WE DON'T ENFORCE, UH, STREETS BETWEEN PARKING RIGHT NOW, PARKING PROHIBITIONS RIGHT NOW.
IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, THERE'S AN UP UPFRONT COST.
YOU HAVE TO START BY HIRING PART-TIME STAFF, PROBABLY.
YOU HAVE TO BUY VEHICLES FOR THEM.
YOU HAVE TO BUY GADGETS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO, UH, DO THEIR JOBS.
THAT UPFRONT COST IS GONNA BE AROUND $250,000.
AND FROM THERE ON, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, YOU HAVE TO SPEND ABOUT $425,000 TO CONTINUE THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT, UH, PROGRAM.
AND I'M SORRY, CAN, CAN I INTERRUPT? OKAY.
REGARDING THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE A CO ENFORCEMENT STAFFING ALREADY CAN LET THE PRICE CODE GO DOWN.
CITY MANAGER, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
WE'VE HAD SOME INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR ABOUT THIS QUESTION.
AND HE'S GOT A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS AREA.
HE WAS, UM, POSITING THAT PERHAPS HE COULD HAVE AN ENTRY LEVEL POSITION THAT WOULD DIRECTLY FOLLOW THE SWEEPER.
AND IF SOMEBODY HAPPENED TO BE PARKED WHERE THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE DURING THE PROHIBITED HOURS, THEY'D GET A TICKET AND THEN THEY WOULDN'T COME BACK.
SO ONCE THE SWEEPER PASSED, UM, IF A CAR WAS THERE, THEY'D GET A TICKET.
BUT THEN ONCE THAT MOMENT, I, I, I SAW SOME BY, SO THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT USING JOURNEY LEVEL CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, BUT RATHER ENTRY LEVEL.
UH, I SAW SOME OTHER CITY, UM, LIKE AMOUNT, THEY HAVE A COEN ENFORCEMENT OR PARKING ENFORCEMENT BEHIND THE SWEEPER.
AND THEY, SO IN THAT WAY, UM, PEOPLE HAVE TO MOVE THEIR CAR SO THE SWEEP SWEEPER CAN SWEEP REALLY CLEAN THE STREET, SO PEOPLE HAVE TO MOVE THE CAR.
AND SO, SO, BUT I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO SPEND 250,000 SET IT UP SINCE IF WE ALREADY HAVE THE STAFFING AND, UH, WHY IT COSTS $470,000 CONTINUOUSLY.
SO THEY JUST FOLLOW THE SWEEPER AND, UH, DO THE JOB.
IF I MAY, WE'LL GET YOU NUMBERS BEHIND THESE NUMBERS WHEN THIS ISSUE GOES PUBLIC AND WHEN IT RETURNS, WE'LL HAVE THOSE ANSWERS FOR YOU.
AND THEN IF WE WERE, UH, UH, TO CONSIDER A WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING, THIS IS AN ESTIMATE.
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UH, THIS NUMBER, UH, IS GOING TO GO DOWN.UH, THIS NUMBER IS GOING TO BE NEGOTIATED.
UH, THERE COULD BE, UH, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, METHODS OF SECURING A, UH, A CONTRACT WITH A, UM, BETTER VALUE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
JUST AN ESTIMATE BECAUSE, AND, AND THE, THE ESTIMATE WAS ESSENTIALLY BASED ON THE FACT THAT CURRENTLY WE HAVE TWO SWEEPERS THAT OPERATE IN THE CITY ON ANY GIVEN DAY.
UH, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, LEAF SEASON OR STORM, THEN THERE IS A THIRD UNIT THAT IS BROUGHT BECAUSE SOME OF THE AREAS HAVE TO BE SWEPT TWICE.
HOWEVER, IF YOU EXPAND THAT TO A WEEKLY SCHEDULE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BRING IN FOUR SWEEPERS.
UH, THESE SWEEPERS ARE NOT CHEAP.
EACH ONE COSTS ABOUT $500,000.
SO IT'S A CAPITAL INVESTMENT ON A PART OF WHEREVER THE SERVICE, UH, PROVIDER IS GOING TO BE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THE COST OF OPERATION IS GONNA GO UP.
SO, AGAIN, THIS IS AN ESTIMATED NUMBER.
IF YOU WANNA ROUGHLY TAKE A LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PROGRAM'S COST TO CHANGE THE SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL FROM EVERY TWO WEEKS TO WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING, IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT 2 MILLION A YEAR.
NOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS IF WE WERE TO EXPLORE A DIFFERENT SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL? UH, AS I INDICATED TO YOU, THE BIGGEST, UH, CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE FACED WITH RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT OPERATION IS CONCERNED ARE THE PARKED CARS.
UM, THERE WAS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A PHOTO THAT WAS ATTACHED IN, IN THE PACKET, IN THE AGENDA, UH, THAT SHOWS A SMALL STRETCH OF A STREET.
AND YOU HAD ABOUT EIGHT OR SEVEN CARS PARKED IN THERE.
UH, YOU CAN'T PROPERLY AND EFFECTIVELY, UM, SWEEP A STREET WHEN YOUR STREET SWEEPER HAS TO CONSTANTLY MANEUVER IN AND OUT OF THE GUTTER TO AVOID THE PARKED CARS.
SO THE BIGGEST IMPEDIMENT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, NOT HAVING THE PROPER, UH, PARKING, UH, ENFORCEMENT, UH, REGIME IN PLACE AND, UH, NOT PROVIDING THAT STRAIGHT LINE FOR THE STREET SWEEPER TO, UH, TO ALLOW THEM TO THEIR, THEIR JOBS PROPERLY.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, UH, AS I INDICATED, UH, TO YOU A MINUTE AGO, WE HAVE TO POST NEW SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, ABOUT 4,400 OF THEM.
AND, UH, THE COST IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 500 TO $550,000, UH, $250,000 UPFRONT COST FOR, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
YOU CAN'T DO ANY OF THAT WITHOUT LOOKING AND REEVALUATING THE ROUTES THAT WE ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2015.
THE ROUTES WILL DEFINITELY CHANGE.
WE HAVE TO OPTIMIZE THE CURRENT ROUTES IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FOR A WEEKLY SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL.
AND, UH, IN DOING THAT, WE HAVE TO CONSIDER, UH, MANY FACTORS, INCLUDING THE IMPACTS OF THE ADJACENT LAND USE.
THE CHARACTERISTIC OF STREET SWEEPING IN A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL UNIT, UH, A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS QUITE DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU ARE DEALING WITH STREETS THAT HAVE APARTMENTS, MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
YOU JUST HEARD IT A MINUTE AGO.
THE CHALLENGES THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE TO PARK THEIR VEHICLES BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE, UH, PARKING SPACES ON SITE.
ALL OF THOSE FACTORS NEED TO BE CONSIDERED, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT THE CITY DESIRE IS TO DO IS TO PROVIDE AN OPTIMUM SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL WITH MINIMUM IMPACT AND DISCOMFORT TO ITS RESIDENTS.
SO OPTIMIZING THE ROUTES IN ORDER TO KEEP THAT BALANCE IN MIND IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
AND OF COURSE, ALONG WITH THAT IS TO REVISE THE CITY OF WEST, UH, MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE INSTRUMENTS IN PLACE OF, FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT TO BE, FOR ENFORCEMENT TO BE ENFORCEABLE.
UM, AND THEN LIKE ANY OTHER NEW PROGRAM THAT THE CITY UNDERTAKES, IT BEHOOVES US THAT IF WE WERE TO DO A NEW MODEL TO COME BACK, EVALUATE IT AFTER, SOMETIMES TWEAK IT, CHANGE IT, MODIFY IT AS NEEDED TO PERFECT IT AND OPTIMIZE IT, NONE OF THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITHOUT.
AND IN ABSENCE OF GATHERING INFORMATION AND INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS, CITY MANAGER, UH, CARMEN, IN HIS RESPONSE, UH, SECTION OF THE MEETING ELABORATED ON THAT, FOCUSED ON AN EMPHASIZED ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS FACTOR.
SO, UH, LET ME ENUMERATE SOME OF THE GOALS OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM THAT THE CITY IS
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ENVISIONING.FIRST AND FOREMOST, IT IS TO UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S VISION FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THIS ASPECT OF THE CITY OPERATION.
UH, WE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS YOUR IDEA, NOT OURS.
WE KNOW THAT THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT, AND CONCEPT IS NOT A SOLID IDEA WITHOUT GAINING AND HAVING THE BENEFIT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUR FIRST STEP.
AND THEN ALONG WITH THAT, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXAMPLES, THE SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLES OF THE OTHER COMMUNITIES.
HOW ARE THEY BEST MANAGING THEIR STREET SWEEPING PROGRAMS? TAKE THAT DATA.
WE DON'T WANT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL.
WE ARE GOING TO, UH, UH, SHARE THE SUCCESS STORIES OF OTHER COMMUNITIES.
UNDERSTAND HOW DO THEY DO THAT? AND IF WE CAN BENEFIT FROM THAT INFORMATION, WE'RE GONNA SHARE THAT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND GET THEIR INPUT AND, UH, GET THEIR INPUT ABOUT DO THEY THINK THAT PARTICULAR SOLUTION IS GOING TO BE A GOOD SOLUTION FOR US.
ALONG WITH THAT, AS I, UH, INDICATED, STATE IS CHANGING ITS REGULATIONS, PARTICULARLY WITH REGARDS TO THE STORMWATER MANAGEMENT, UM, RAPIDLY, WE ARE UNDER A PERMIT, UH, WITH THE LOS ANGELES, UM, WATER BOARD.
UH, THE PERMIT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2016.
WE HAVE, BY LAW, WE HAVE TO MONITOR THE AMOUNT OF THE, THE AMOUNT OF POLLUTANTS THAT WE PUT IN THE WATERWAYS, RECEIVING WATERS.
UH, THERE IS A PROGRAM IN PLACE, UH, WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC COURSE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE TO MEASURE WHAT WE PUT OUT IN THE WATERWAYS ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND REPORT IT TO THE WATER BOARD.
IT IS, UH, IT IS A STRICT PROGRAM.
UH, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ITS PROVISIONS, AND IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, THERE ARE GONNA BE FINES INVOLVED.
WE DON'T INTEND TO PAY, PAY ANY FINES IN THE FUTURE.
AND IN ORDER TO GUARANTEE THAT WE ARE GOING TO EMPLOY THE PROPER STREET SWEEPING, UH, PROGRAM, WE ARE GOING TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS TO IDENTIFY THE CURRENT DESIRES AND PRIORITIES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OFFERS, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER PROGRAM WE OFFER IS GOING TO BE FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS THE BOARD TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UM, GATHER PUBLIC INFORMATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
UH, SOME OF THE VEHICLES THAT WE ARE GOING TO EMPLOY TO ACHIEVE THAT IS TO CONDUCT COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
UH, THE INITIAL THOUGHT IS TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING OR MEETINGS IN EACH, UH, ZONE.
SO WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MEETINGS IN EACH ONE, IN EACH NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ARE GOING TO, UH, USE THE CITY'S, UH, UH, NEWSLETTER, DISCOVER NEWSLETTER, WHICH IS, WHICH IS AN ACCORDED BASIS, COMES OUT TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION.
WE ARE GONNA HIT THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS HARD, UH, PUT OUT THAT INFORMATION SO WE CAN, UH, MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS ACCESS TO IT AND ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHARE THEIR INFORMATION WITH US.
AND OF COURSE, WE'RE GONNA PUT ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
SO, AS, UH, CITY MANAGER CARMEN MENTIONED, THIS IS THE FIRST STEP.
THIS IS TO INITIATE A CONVERSATION, TO UNDERSTAND THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE BEFORE US, TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THE SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL FROM EVERY TWO WEEKS TO EVERY WEEK, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST US, WHAT IS IT GONNA TAKE? WHAT IS THE MECHANICS INSIDE AND OUT TO IMPLEMENT THAT? BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT DOES THE COMMUNITY THINK ABOUT IT? PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, COME BACK BEFORE YOU PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION, AND THEN ONCE A DECISION IS MADE TO GO FORWARD FROM THERE.
BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, OUR, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL RESPECTFULLY, TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, UH, TO ENCOURAGE BROAD PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF THIS TOPIC, WHICH WE TOLD YOU HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THAT AND ACHIEVE THAT.
AND DIRECT, UH, STAFF, UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH FORUM BE HELD TO SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENTS AND INFORMATION AND INPUT.
WITH THAT, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
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COUNCILMAN CONTOS, TO WHAT EXTENT DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE AN ABILITY TO REACH EVERY RESIDENT IN, OR EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THROUGH EITHER POSTCARDS OR, OR, OR OTHER WAYS TO ENSURE THAT WE, WE GET TO EVERYBODY, NOT JUST THOSE WHO ARE ON OUR EXISTING CURRENT MAILING LIST? BECAUSE WE'VE FOUND THAT WHENEVER WE'VE HO WE'VE HELD DIFFERENT COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UH, THERE REALLY HASN'T BEEN HIGH ATTENDANCE, BUT SIGNIFICANT, A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.I'M NOT SURE IF THEY NECESSARILY KNOW ABOUT THOSE EVENTS.
SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE FURTHER ABOUT OUR CAPACITY OR OUR ABILITY TO GET TO EVERY, EVERY STAKEHOLDER, RESIDENT IN THIS COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OUTREACH MEETINGS? UM, MAYOR, IF I MAY, WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD SUCCESS WITH OUR OWN DISCOVER MAGAZINE, WHICH GETS DELIVERED TO EVERYBODY'S MAILBOX, IS THE IDEA.
WE'VE ALSO UTILIZED, UM, STUFFERS WITHIN THE ATHENS TRASH BILLS.
THAT SEEMS TO BE A PRETTY EFFECTIVE VEHICLE.
UM, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PLATFORMS HANDLES FOR THAT.
UM, BUT POINT IS NOT EVERYBODY'S ON THAT.
NOT EVERYBODY USES TWITTER AND ALL OF THEM.
BUT, BUT I THINK IF WE USED A, A MYRIAD OF APPROACHES, INCLUDING THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF, OF COMMUNITY FORUMS IN THIS ROOM OR AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER OR, OR WHEREVER, TAKE THE STORY ON THE ROAD A LITTLE BIT, I THINK WE COULD GET GOOD, UM, GOOD GAIN AND GOOD, GOOD OUTREACH WITH IT.
AND WHAT IS THE ANTICIPATED TIMELINE FOR ORGANIZING, HOSTING, UM, OR ORGANIZE THESE MEETINGS, HOSTING THEM, COLLECTING THE FEEDBACK, PUTTING TOGETHER THE, THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT PROPOSED SOLUTIONS AND THEN COMING BACK TO COUNCIL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THAT QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER CANES, UM, BASED ON, UH, WHAT WE KNOW NOW, THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AVAILABLE, I THINK, UH, PUTTING TOGETHER A TWO TO THREE MONTHS, UH, PROGRAM WOULD BE PROBABLY A GOOD TIMEFRAME TO LOOK AT INITIALLY.
AND IS, IS IT, UH, POSSIBLE TO LOOK AT DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS INDIVIDUALLY IN LIGHT OF THE DIFFERENT DYNAMICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAY THAT DIFFERENT PARTS OF WEST COVINA ARE BUILT, SUCH AS THE, THE DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THERE IS HIGHER POPULATION DENSITY WITH APARTMENTS IN A SHORTAGE OF PARKING, AND THEN OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN WHICH PARKING IS NOT AN ISSUE BECAUSE OF THOSE AREAS PRIMARILY BEING COMPOSED OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITHOUT ADUS? ABSOLUTELY.
AS YOU INDICATED, THAT'S A, UH, VERY, UH, IMPORTANT ASPECT OF HAVING THE PROPER TOOLBOX IN ORDER TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY.
THAT NEEDS TO, THAT NEEDS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED.
AND SO IF WE WERE TO AGREE TO RECEIVE AND FILE THIS REPORT, IT IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAR TO YOU AND TO THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WE HAVE NO PRESET POLICY AS TO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
YOU ARE SAYING THAT THIS IS JUST AN INITIAL STEP AFTER WHICH WE WILL, WE WILL BE, UH, HAVING A MORE COMPREHENSIVE, TAILORED SOLUTION BASED ON, UH, A, A PROCESS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT OPERATIONALIZES COMMUNITY INPUT FROM THE BEGINNING AND THEN REFLECTING THAT INPUT IN, IN WHAT ULTIMATELY IS RECOMMENDED.
COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNSELS, ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS JUST A, UH, FIRST STEP, UH, TO START A DIALOGUE AND A CONVERSATION AND TO GATHER INFORMATION SO THAT THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE MAKING IS BASED ON DATA AND INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PART COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ? WE HAVE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
FOR THE MOST PART, COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UH, HAD A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS, BUT A FEW OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, UM, I KNOW ESPECIALLY DURING A BIG CONCERN WITH STREET PARKING IS SOMETIMES AT 7:00 AM WHEN PARENTS ARE STILL RUSHING AND TAKING THE KIDS TO SCHOOL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL THIS YEAR STARTED, STARTS AT EIGHT 30.
SO THAT IS A BIG CON, UH, CHANGE, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
SO SCHOOL AND TAKING THEM OUT, THEY GOTTA BE OUT BY EIGHT 30.
SO 7:00 AM IS JUST WAY TOO EARLY.
UM, THE, I MEAN, SOME OF THE, WHAT THE RESIDENTS SHARED, SOME OF THE CONCERNS, UH, I DO AGREE, AND I HOPE YOU ARE ABLE TO TAKE NOTES OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, AND I KNOW ONE RESIDENT SAID ABOUT LA AND PARKING, UH, BELIEVE ME,
UM, A FEW YEARS AGO, I KNOW I RECEIVED ONE FOR, AND I, IT WAS A, A DIFFERENT AREA AND EVERYBODY WAS PARKED THERE, BUT THEY WERE QUICKLY GONE AT THAT TIME TIMEFRAME.
AND AT THAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YEAR WAS THAT? IT WAS $75.
UM, I'M SURE IT WENT UP PROBABLY NINETIES OR A HUNDRED FOR PARKING.
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I, THAT, THAT IS A BIG FACTOR AS WELL WITH FEES.UM, CURRENTLY AT THE MOMENT, I KNOW A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEIR STREET PARKING IS LIKE.
UM, LIKE I KNOW IN MY BLOCK WE HAVE NEW RESIDENTS THAT MOVED IN, UH, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW, YOU KNOW, UNLESS WE SPEAK TO THEM, THEY WOULDN'T KNOW WHEN THAT OCCURS.
SO THE, THE SIGNS ARE VERY IMPORTANT WHETHER WE GO WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY.
BUT THE, THE SIGNS IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW.
UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO KNOW.
I MEAN, IF IT'S WEEKLY OR BIWEEKLY, IT'S EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO PUT LIKE, OKAY, STREET SWEEPING FIRST AND THIRD OR SECOND AND FOURTH OF THE MONTH, UM, SO THAT THERE'S LIKE THAT MAIN CONSISTENCY.
AND OF COURSE, UM, IT SHOULD BE ONE SIDE STREET, UH, SWEEPING.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, CUZ I KNOW WHEN LIVED IN ROSEMEAD, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THIS DAY WE MOVE OUR CAR THERE ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN WE MOVE IT BACK.
SO, UM, HIGH DENSITY AREAS, AT LEAST THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UM, LET'S SEE, AND THEN IN REGARDS TO ALL THE STREET SWEEPERS, HOW MANY COMPANIES ARE THERE AND ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE GOING OUT TO BID IN REGARDS TO THAT AS WELL? TO, DO YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? YEAH, BUDDY.
ANYBODY COULD ANSWER QUESTION.
I DUNNO IF GOING OUT A BIT OR, OR NOT, WE COULD, WE COULD USE THE SAME, UM, TOWING THE SWEEPING COMPANY THAT WAS STREET SWEEPING COMPANY THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WE COULD USE THE SAME ONE.
SO WE COULD CONTINUE ON WITH THEM EXPAND OR WE COULD GO OUT.
I MEAN, OF COURSE WHEN, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COSTS, THAT IS A BIG FACTOR.
SO I DON'T KNOW, WE WOULDN'T KNOW WHAT THE GOING RATE COSTS WILL BE.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S WHY I BRING IT UP.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD AN ISSUE WITH STREET SWEEPING AND I THINK, WHAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE DISCUSSED ABOUT THIS? WHAT, A YEAR AGO? UM, LIKE ON MY STREET, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHEN THEY COME, THEY RANDOMLY COME AND A BIG ISSUE I HAD, ESPECIALLY LIKE IN LA THEY'RE REALLY QUICK TO CITE YOU.
AND THEN THERE WAS NEVER A STREET SWEEPER.
SO I, I WANNA MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE GONNA CITE ME, THEY BETTER MAKE SURE THEY CLEAN MY STREETS.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S, UH,
BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS COHESIVE WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, ALL YEAH, JUST THAT.
AND THEN I THINK, UM, NO, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
AND YEAH, OF COURSE MA WOO EXCEPTION PERMITS TOO, BUT THAT'S IT.
UH, UH, IT'S A GOOD PRESENTATION.
THE LIST WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THE SWEET SWEEPING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
OKAY? WE SEE A LOT OF STREETS REALLY AUTOMATIC, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ACCENTOS, OKAY? WE ALWAYS HAVE TO CALL OUR STAFF AND TO MANUALLY SWEEP, AND THAT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR OUR LIMITED MEN POWER AND GO TO CLEAN UP, UH, DUE TO THE CAR PARKING OVER THERE FOREVER.
SO I, I, I THINK, OKAY, AND, UH, EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT ENVIRONMENT.
OKAY? TALKING ABOUT CLEAN STREET, TALKING ABOUT THE STATE REGULATION.
AND, UH, WE JUST HAVE NO CHOICE.
OKAY? WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR STREET IS CLEAN, BUT HOW CAN WE DO LESS IMPACT TO OUR RESIDENT? AND I THINK LET'S, WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT.
I THINK WEEKLY, SWEET SWEEPING IS, IS A MUST BECAUSE I DON'T EVEN KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SWEEPER ON MY STREET.
SO I DON'T KNOW, EVEN WHEN THEY COMING IN, UH, WHEN THEY COME, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IF WE CAN DO, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, WE ALL KNOW, OKAY, AT WHAT DAY YOU HAVE TO PULL YOUR TRASH OUT AT NIGHTTIME, AND AFTER THEY CLEAN, THEY, THEY CLEAN YOUR TRASH CAN AND NIGHTTIME, OR YOU COME HOME, YOU PULL IT BACK.
OKAY? AND THEN YOU GET USED TO IT EVERY DAY AND THEN EVERY WEEK YOU DOING THAT? IS THAT POSSIBLE? OKAY, WE CAN, LIKE TODAY IS THE TRASH DAY AND THEY KNOW NEXT DAY THE SWEEPER WILL COME ON THE, AND TO CLEAN YOUR STREET BECAUSE WHEN THEY CLEAN YOUR TRASH CAN, A LOT OF DEBRIS WILL FLY ALL THE PLACES.
SO I KNOW SOME OTHER CITY, THE TRASH COMPANY AND THE SWISS SWEEPER, SWISS SWEEPING IS THE SAME COMPANY.
YOU ARE ONLY DOING ONE TRASH COMPANY.
BUT WEST COVINA, WE HAVE A TWO TRASH COMPANY, OKAY? AND THEN WE PAYING FOR ATHEN, AND THEN WE HAVE A PAY EXTRA FOR NATIONWIDE.
AND BOTH OF THEM ALL HAVE A LONG CONTRACT.
WHY IS EVERGREEN AND WHY IS WHAT, 15
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YEARS? SO, AND NOW WE BASICALLY, WE CANNOT COMBINE THESE TWO TOGETHER BECAUSE DURING THE CONTRACT, AND THEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LETTI LOPEZ ASK ABOUT HOW WE DO IT, AND THEN NOW CAN WE GET RID OF A NATIONWIDE CONTRACT? MAYBE NOT.CAN WE DO ANOTHER WEEK FOR ANOTHER COMPANY? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FEASIBLE OR NOT.
HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING GIVE AN ESTIMATE TO CLEAN? SO I THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE.
I WILL SUGGEST THE CITY TO LOOK INTO AND GIVE AN ESTIMATE HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO FOUND OUT THIS COMPANY.
ARE WE GOING TO DO OKAY WITHOUT WEEKLY? OKAY.
I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK BECAUSE NOBODY WILL MOVE THEIR CAR.
AND SECOND THING, IF WE DO WEEKLY A DAY A TIME, OKAY.
FOR THOSE, OKAY, SO WHEN YOU GO TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH, YOU HAVE TO TALK TO EACH OF, UH, OKAY.
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THAT WE ARE DIVERSE.
OKAY? SOME IS MORE HIGH DENSITY ONE, SOME PLACES A LITTLE BIT MORE KIND OF, UH, LIVE APART.
SO WE NEED TO ATTEND EACH OF A DIFFERENT NEED AND HOW WE CAN ENTER, ATTEND, OKAY.
AND ABOUT THEIR PARKING ISSUE.
AND I REMEMBER, UH, BACK IN TWO, UH, UH, 1990, I STILL LIVE ON 2 35, LEAVE AS A MUCH SMALLER HOME WITH ALL THE OKAY.
I REMEMBER THE TIMES WEEKLY SWITCH SWEEPING, AND I MOVE MY CAR.
I REMEMBER I HAVE OWN MY CAR FOR, FOR THE SWEEPER TO CLEAN MY STREET.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE MY CONE, MY, MY STREET IS CLEAN IN MY PORTION.
SO I THINK, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT OKAY.
TO MAKE SURE THERE IS FEASIBLE AND HOW YOU PUT THE SIGNAGE.
AND, UH, THE SCIENTIST GO TO ENTIRE CITY OKAY.
AND, UH, HOW, OKAY, THE RESIDENT, THEY REACT TO YOU, WHAT TIME WOULD BE MORE FEASIBLE FOR THEM TO MOVE THE CAR? OKAY.
AND, UH, HOW MUCH IS THE FINE IF THEY DON'T MOVE THE CAR OR MOVE THE TRASH CAN? OKAY.
BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE LEAVE THEIR TRASH CAN THERE FOREVER.
AND IF YOU ARE DOING IT WEEKLY AND YOU HAVE OBSTACLE, THE CAR, THE TRASH CAN AND DEBRIS OVER THERE, BASICALLY YOU, IT EVEN WEEKLY YOU STILL CANNOT DO THE JOB.
SO WE REALLY NEED THE PEOPLE MOVE THEIR CAR.
UH, MOVE THERE OUT THE STUFF OUT THREE, DURING THE THREE SWEEPING THAT DAY, JUST LIKE WHEN THEY'RE MOVING THEIR TRASH CAN ON THE STREET, AND THEN THEY MOVE THEIR TRASH CAN BACK TO THEIR HOME WHEN THEY GET USED TO.
AND, AND WHEN THEY CAR MOVING AROUND, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN LET THE SWEEPER TO SWEEP THEIR, THEIR, THEIR HOME OKAY.
MAKE SURE THE STREET IS CLEAN AND THE DEBRIS.
BUT AGAIN, THIS NEED COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THE NEED OKAY.
AND TO WORK TOGETHER, WE NEED EVERYBODY WORK TOGETHER.
AND NOW WE NOT TRY TO FORCE PEOPLE, BUT WE TRY TO SEE HOW IT WILL WORK OKAY.
BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD START.
AT LEAST WE ARE LOOKING INTO HOW TO MAKE SURE OUR STREET IS CLEAN AND THEN MAKE SURE THE CAR NOT GOING TO PARK THERE FOREVER AND EVER.
AND, UH, THEN NEVER WOULD NEVER BEEN CLEAN.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY THIS IS A, A, A GOOD START FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EVERYBODY CAN INPUT.
THANK, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
UH, JUST CURIOUS, WHAT IS THE CURRENT POLICY WHEN THERE'S A, WITH STREET P UH, SWEEPING AND THERE'S A ROADKILL, LIKE ON THE, UM, LIKE DEAD POSSUMS, BIRDS, CATS.
DO THEY, DO THE STREET SWEEPER GO OVER IT AND DO THEY CALL IN FOR THAT? I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT SOMETIMES WHERE IT'S NOT LITERALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, IT'S TOWARDS THE, THE PARKING OF THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND I, I KNOW I'VE REPORTED IT, BUT JUST FOR THE SAKE OF EVERYONE ELSE, I HAVE TO, UH, MADAM MAYOR, UH, I HAVE TO CONFIRM WITH THEM, BUT BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IN, UH, OTHER COMMUNITIES, THEY WOULD CALL IT IN.
THE STREET SWEEPERS WOULD CALL IT IN.
AND THEN AS FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, I KNOW EVERY, LIKE, ESPECIALLY THE HIGH DENSITY AREAS, THEY'RE REALLY BUSY WITH THEIR TIME FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING.
IF THEY CAN'T ATTEND THE IN-PERSON, ARE IS THE VIDEO, I MEAN, WOULD THEY HAVE LIKE A VIRTUAL OR WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO SHOW THE VIDEO AND BE ABLE TO EMAIL? YEAH.
UH, SO LETS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU COVER ALL GROUNDS, UH, ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO, UH, MAYOR, IF I MAY, FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS, WE ALL HAVE BEEN CONDITIONED, UH, UH, BECAUSE OF COVID, UH, TO CONDUCT OUR MEETINGS, UH, UH, REMOTELY.
SO ABSOLUTELY, WE'LL PROVIDE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GOING TO REACH A BROADER AUDIENCE.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING COURTEOUS TO RESIDENTS, ARE THEY GONNA, WELL, I WOULD PREFER IT BE LIMITED TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, NO PARKING FROM NINE TO 12, 12 TO THREE VERSUS NO PARKING ALL
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DAY, OR NO PARKING FROM NINE, YOU KNOW, FULL EIGHT HOURS.UM, THAT ONE IS ALSO GONNA BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, CORRECT? A, ABSOLUTELY.
THERE ARE, UM, UH, THERE ARE SOME COM UH, COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE AN ALL DAY PROHIBITION.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO CHOOSE THE BEST MODEL IN ORDER TO BE ABLE, UH, FOR THE SWEEPERS TO BE, UH, TO DO THEIR JOBS WITH MINIMUM IMPACT, UH, TO THE RESIDENTS.
UH, PERFECT PARKING IS SCARCE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, AND WE WANT TO, UM, WE WANT TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
UM, TO WHAT EXTENT IS, IS, UM, ARE WE GOING TO BE FACTORING IN GUTTER MAINTENANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GUTTERS THEMSELVES ARE CLEAN OF DEBRIS? IF I CAN, UM, UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT CONS, THE, THE, THE CONTEXT OF THE QUESTION.
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GUTTERS ARE GOING TO BE PROPERLY CLEANED BY THE SWEEPER IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER, OR, WELL, I'M NOT SURE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S YOU OR IF THAT'S A SEPARATE MATTER, JUST SO I CAN, WE CAN UNDERSTAND FOR LATER, BECAUSE IF WE HAVE STREET SWEEPING, BUT THEN THE GUTTERS AREN'T CLEAR OR CLEANED REGULARLY, THEN THAT COULD LEAD TO LATER PROBLEMS DOWN THE ROAD ANYWAY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FACTOR THIS IN AT SOME POINT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THROUGH THIS OR SOME OTHER MECHANISM, BUT THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO ASK CONTROL THE MAYOR, IF I MAY ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THAT.
THE NORMAL PRACTICE IS FOR THE SWEEPER TO SWEEP UP A PATH ABOUT FIVE FEET WIDE, STARTING AT THE FACE OF THE CURB OUTBOARD MM-HMM.
SO THE GUTTER WOULD BE WHERE THE, THE MECHANICAL BROOM WOULD RUN MM-HMM.
WE JUST WOULD, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT HOWEVER WAY THAT, THAT, THAT THE BUG GUTTERS WILL BE CLEAR, UM, THROUGH WHETHER THIS OR SOMETHING ELSE, SO THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT DOESN'T BECOME A PROBLEM, UH, LATER ON.
UH, JUST, UH, TO, TO, TO FOLLOW UP.
UH, I, I, I THINK, UH, ONE, ONE THING WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT, UM, BEYOND JUST OUR, OUR STREET, UH, PROTOCOLS IS, IS HOW WE ARE, UH, AS A CITY KEEPING OUR, OUR GUTTERS CLEAN AS A, AS A SEPARATE MATTER.
UH, ONE, ONE THING THAT, UH, I I WOULD ALSO LIKE, LIKE TO REQUEST IS, UM, SOME TYPE OF, UH, PSA VIDEO, UH, THAT I'M, I'M SURE THE, THE WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD ALREADY HAS ON ON WHY IT'S, IT'S NECESSARY FOR, FOR STREET SWEEPING.
IF WE CAN HAVE THAT UP ON, ON THE WEBSITE, SHARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
JUST, I, I, I DON'T THINK MANY OF US ARE, ARE EVEN EDUCATED ON ALL THE REASONS WHY STREET SWEEPING IS NECESSARY.
YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR, OUR STORM WATER AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHAT ALL THAT MEANS AND, AND WHY, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S BEEN PASSED AS LAW, RIGHT? AND WHAT THE CLEAN WATER ACT ACTUALLY IS AND WHY WE HAVE IT.
UH, I THINK ONCE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THEN THE UNDERSTANDING OF, OF WHY STREET SWEEPING AND WHY IT, IT SHOULD BE DONE WEEKLY, UH, AND WHY OUR INABILITY TO, UM, CLEAR ALL THE DEBRIS BECAUSE OF THE PARKED CARS IS, IS AN ISSUE AND A PROBLEM.
SO IF, IF WE CAN DO THAT EDUCATION PART, UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
UH, SO THAT WAY WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THESE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, THEY, THEY ALREADY HAVE A BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE, UH, AND AN UNDERSTANDING.
SO, UH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT TO THE CONVERSATION.
UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR POINT, POINT MADE, I CAN TELL YOU WHEN I FIRST BECAME CITY MANAGER IN SEAL BEACH AND I WAS THERE FOR FOUR YEARS, I DID NOT APPRECIATE ALL OF THE DEBRIS THAT COMES DOWN THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER.
AND THAT'S WHERE OUR WATERS FLOW IS BY SOME STORM DRAIN SYSTEM OUT THROUGH THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER IN THE MOUTH IS RIGHT THERE AT SEAL BEACH.
THE, THE FURNITURE, THE ICE CHEST, THE BREAK DUST, YOU NAME IT, IT ALL GOES RIGHT THERE.
I GET THE OCEAN HEALTH WARNINGS FROM VALLEY COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND, AND THE RULE OF THUMB IS YOU DON'T WANNA SWIM IN THOSE WATERS FOR THREE DAYS AFTER A RAIN.
AND, AND WE GOTTA BE GOOD STEWARDS UPSTREAM.
THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG PART OF THIS, THIS, UM, N P D S SYSTEM.
SO NOW WE JUST, UH, RECEIPT AND FILE.
I DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
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AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR COMMUNITY.MADAM MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, ONE THING THAT I, UH, PROMISED ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MORE ALICE, THAT I'M GOING TO SHARE, AND I NEGLECTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU, WAS THE FACT THAT AND WAS, UH, BROUGHT UP BY COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE OTHERS.
UH, HOW DO WE FIND OUT WHERE OUR STREETS ARE GOING TO BE SWEPT? UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT ROBUST TOOL RIGHT NOW.
WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING ON A GIS MAP.
I PROMISED, UH, THAT IF YOU PUT IN YOUR ADDRESS, YOU WILL WILL FIND OUT WHERE ARE YOU IN THE CITY IN EACH ONE OF THOSE ZONES, WHERE ARE YOU IN THOSE ZONES, AND WHICH DAYS YOUR STREETS ARE GOING TO BE, UH, SWEPT.
AND TO ANSWER THE COMMENT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, WOO BROUGHT UP, UH, CURRENTLY, AND IF CURRENTLY IT IS THE FACT THAT THE STREET STREET SWEEPERS GO BEHIND THE DAY AFTER THE TRASH IS PICKED UP, AND WE ARE GONNA CONTINUE THAT, UH, UH, THAT OPERATION BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF, UH, DEALING WITH, UH, CLEANING UP OF DEBRIS IN THE, IN THE GUTTERS.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
DO WE NEED TO MOTION? I HAVE THE MOTION, MOTION.
MOTION TO MO UH, APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PROTE TABATA.
TOBI, TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF IMPLEMENTATION OF WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE POSTING AND ENFORCEMENT OF NO PARKING, STREET SWEEPING SIGNS.
[6) CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR FY 2022-23 RESIDENTIAL STREETS REHABILITATION PROGRAM - PROJECT NO. 23014]
HERE, ITEM SIX ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.CONCERNS, UM, THE ANNUAL PAVING PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE TWO PAVING PROJECTS THIS YEAR.
THIS ONE IS FUNDED WITH SB ONE FUNDS.
WE HAVE A REPORT READY TO GO TONIGHT.
YOU'RE GETTING TO SEE THE ENTIRE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT THIS EVENING, BUT WE HAVE A REPORT READY IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO ONE.
WE'RE PREPARED TO, TO PRESENT.
UH, MY NAME IS OAN DEIR, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
UH, TODAY WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR THE UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR 2223 RESIDENTIAL STREETS REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A PROJECT STATUS UPDATE.
UH, AS PART OF THE CITY'S PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, THE PROPOSED PROJECT INVOLVES PAYMENT, REHABILITATION, AND PAYMENT MAINTENANCE.
UH, WORK ON THE RECOMMENDED STREETS, UH, FROM THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
UH, THE PROPOSED WORK INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 880,000 SQUARE FEET OF, UH, SLUR, ASPHALT, SLURRY SEAL CONSTRUCTION, AND APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF ASPHALT CONCRETE RESURFACING.
UH, THE, THE PROPOSED, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ARE COMING FROM THE MOST CURRENT PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN, WHICH WAS PREPARED IN 2020.
AND, UH, THIS, UH, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IS A REQUIRED PLANNING TOOL, UH, FOR EVERY CITY, UH, TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE, UH, PROP C FUNDING, AS WELL AS FEDERAL CERTAIN FEDERAL FUNDING.
AND IT IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY THREE YEARS.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY UPDATING THE, UH, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, AND THE NEW UPDATE WILL BE READY BY AUGUST, 2023.
UH, THE PROPOSED PROJECT LOCATION, UH, IS SHOWN ON THIS MAP.
UH, THE LIMITS OF THE PROPOSED, UH, PROJECT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
WE HAVE I 10 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, WE HAVE SUNSET AVENUE.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE WE HAVE FAIRGROVE AVENUE, AND ON THE WEST SIDE WE HAVE POINTER AVENUE.
UH, IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE BEST SEGMENT, UH, OF THE, UH, CITY, UH, WHICH IS THE SEGMENT NUMBER SIX OF THE 12TH MAINTENANCE ZONES.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADDRESSING NUMBER SIX, UH, AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UH, AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE, UH, RECENT PAYMENT MANAGEMENT, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED SINCE 2020, UH, IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UH, THIS PROJECT WILL BE THE FIFTH PROJECT, UH, AS PART OF THE STREET REHABILITATION.
UM, AMONGST, UH, THE FIVE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, FOUR PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED ON THIS FIFTH ONE, WHICH IS ANTICIPATED TO START IN JUNE, 2023, AND, UH, COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER, 2023.
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UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 10.3 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF STREETS OF THE TOTAL CITY NETWORK.UH, THE TOTAL CITY NETWORK IS APPROXIMATELY 47 MILLION SQUARE FEET.
SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY 22% OF THE ENTIRE CITY NETWORK, UH, WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED, UH, BY END OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 IN THE LAST, UH, THREE YEARS SINCE 2020.
AND THE TOTAL, UH, COST, INCLUDING THIS UPCOMING PROJECT, UH, THIS SUMMER, UH, WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 11 POINT, UH, 2 MILLION, UH, FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UM, YEAH, SO WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL SLIDES THAT SHOWS THE COMPLETED PROJECTS IN THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UH, SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THE PROJECT, UH, COMPLETED IN 2020.
THIS IS THE NORTHEAST SEGMENT OF THE CITY.
UH, THIS IS THE NEXT SEGMENT, WHICH WAS COMPLETED IN 2021, WHICH IS THE EAST EASTERLY, UH, EAST CENTER, UH, PART OF THE CITY.
AND FOLLOWING WITH THE NEXT SLIDE, OUR, UH, THE, ONE OF THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022, UH, THIS IS THE, UH, THE SOUTHERLY SEGMENT, UH, AS WELL AS THE NEXT SLIDE, UH, WHICH WAS THE LAST PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED LATE 2022, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, ZONE NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS ES ESSENTIALLY ADJACENT TO THESE PROPOSED PROJECTS THAT THAT IS UPCOMING THIS SUMMER.
SO, UH, THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THEN
THAT'S WHAT I WAS, WERE YOU? YES, YES.
PUT THE, I PUT THE AGENDA AND THEN LET ME ALLOW ME TO GO FIRST AND BEFORE SECOND.
SO, SO I THINK TO GO BACK TO THE, UH, THE REASON I PULL THIS IS THAT OKAY, I THINK WE PAVING THE STREET.
THE CITY MANAGER, EVERY TIME HE PAY THE STREET, HE CALL ME, SAY, I WANT YOU TO COME OVER HERE.
HE, HE LOVE STREET, AND I LOVE TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL STREET AND PEOPLE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE, HE, THE QUESTION I HAVE IS HALF AND HALF NOT OKAY.
BECAUSE SOME OF THE STREET HAVE BEEN, BEEN PAID FOR 20, 30 YEARS.
AND, UH, AND SOME AREA, MY UNDERSTANDING, MY, I'M SORRY, MY OLD, MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE STORE BETWEEN THE, UH, LOCK ISLAND AND THE ZA NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE BEEN PAID COUPLE TIMES.
AND, UH, SO, SO, SO HOW WE, OKAY.
I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO DO THE SURVEY AGAIN, AND THEN HOPEFULLY THIS SURVEY, WE CAN BE COMPLETED TO SEE ENTIRE CITY, SO WE DON'T WASTE THE RESOURCE.
AND THEN, SO WE DO THE THREE THAT BEEN DOING 10 YEARS AGO, WE DID IT, WE DO IT AGAIN.
AND THEN SOME PLACES HAVEN'T BEEN DONE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
AND, UH, LIKE MY STREET HAVEN'T BEEN PAID FOR 25 YEARS, MAYBE EVEN LONGER.
AND THEN IF YOU GO TO SOUTH SIDE, THIS THREE, FOUR AND THREE FIVE SOUTH SIDE, A LOT OF STREETS LIKE 25 YEARS, 30 YEARS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE AGGREGATED SCALE ON THE STREET AND THE CRACK.
SO, SO I THINK HOW, HOW WE, AND TO MAKE SURE THOSE THREE WILL BE OKAY, PAID AND BE FIXED.
AND HOW WE JUSTIFY, I KNOW RIGHT NOW WE JUST BASED ON OKAY, THE PREVIOUS THREE YEARS OF A SURVEY.
SO HOW CAN WE MOW, UM, FOR THE FUTURE? I THINK WE SURVEY COMING UP, RIGHT? CITY MANAGER, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
OCON, COULD I ASK YOU TO CALL BACK UP THE SLIDE, WE TALK ABOUT THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND THE, AND THE, THE THREE YEAR LIFE OF IT.
AND THEN COULD YOU EXPOUND ON THIS A LITTLE BIT AND TELL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WHERE WE ARE WITH RESPECT TO THIS ENGINEERING SCOPE.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME INTERESTING PIECES TO THIS, INCLUDING NOT ONLY AN EVALUATION OF THE STREETS TO, TO THE NEW STANDARD, BUT ALSO SIDEWALKS, OCON.
WOULD YOU MIND GIVING US A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS, UH, PMP? ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, UH, COUNCILMAN WILL, UH, SHOW THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UH, THE CONSULTANT TO UPDATE THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
AND ANTICIPATED COMPLETION IS, UH, SEPTEMBER, 2023.
SO AS PART OF THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, THERE IS A WALKING SURVEY, UH, BY THE CONSULTANT'S TEAM.
UH, IT'S A TWO MAN CREW, BASICALLY, THEY LITERALLY WALKED EVERY STREET, UH, UH, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL STREETS, COLLECTED AN ARTERIAL STREETS, AND THEY TAKE A FIELD SURVEY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS BASED ON VISUAL OBSERVATIONS.
UH, AS PART OF THESE OBSERVATIONS, THEY TAKE SAMPLES OF, UH, BASICALLY EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEY IDENTIFY EACH FAILURE
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TYPE, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH ARMY CORE ENGINEER, ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER STANDARDS.AND THEN ONCE THEY GET THAT DATA, THEY INPUT THAT TO THE SYSTEM.
WE CALL, UH, WE USE STREET SAVER.
IT'S ONE OF THE, UH, MOST COMMONLY USED, UH, PAY PAYMENT MANAGEMENT, UH, SOFTWARE, UH, USED BY MANY CITIES.
SO WE USE IT HERE AT THE CITY AS WELL.
SO ONCE WE INPUT ALL THAT DATA, ESSENTIALLY, UH, THAT SYSTEM CALCULATES AND GIVES A P NUMBER, WE CALL IT PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX.
THAT'S A NUMBER FROM ZERO TO 100, 100 BEING A BRAND NEW STREET, ZERO BEING A FAILED STREET, BASICALLY.
AND THE CITY'S CURRENT NETWORK, AS OF 2020 WAS 68.
TO GIVE YOU A, A BENCHMARK, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE IS 66.
SO IT WAS JUST SLIGHTLY ABOUT, UH, THE STATEWIDE AVERAGE PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX.
SO IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, WITH THE FIVE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, COMPLETED, UH, ON THE CURRENT PROGRAM, UH, WE WILL SEE THE RESULTS OF THE RECENT WORK THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE, AND THAT THOSE RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE THIS SUMMER.
WE WILL CERTAINLY PRESENT THAT PAYMENT MANAGEMENT, UH, PLAN UPDATE, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, WITH THE MOST COMPLETED PROJECTS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE, THE SYSTEM IS A FRAMEWORK AND A BUDGETING TOOL THAT ANALYZES ALL THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF ALL STREETS.
AND BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, IT CREATES SCENARIOS BASED ON THOSE SCENARIOS.
THE SYSTEM ESSENTIALLY GUIDES US TO ADDRESS WHICH STREET SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING.
AND IT, IT IS REALLY A SCIENCE BEHIND IT.
UH, IT, IT IS ENGINEERING ECONOMICS, UH, MORE THAN ANYTHING BECAUSE, UH, THE FUNDS ARE LIMITED AND WE HAVE TO REALLY COME UP WITH A A A A A FRAMEWORK AND A SCENARIO THAT'S GONNA MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THOSE AVAILABLE FUNDS.
IT'S, IT'S SO ENGINEERING DEEP SPEECH, BUT I THINK MOST OF PEOPLE JUST WANT TO SEE THEIR THREE, THEIR CRACK.
AND, UH, ALLIGATOR SCALE AND FOR EXAMPLE, U GATE AND LESS THREE IS EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC.
YOU CAN, SORRY, WHICH ONE? COUNCIL MEMBER OR GATE OR GATE? DOUBLE O D G A T O GATE.
AND, UH, AND I, I REMEMBER I SENT LEAD REQUEST, BUT YOU SAY MAYBE, UH, NEXT, UH, NEXT.
BASICALLY ONLY STREET WGA CAN GO INTO.
DIFFERENT COMMUNITY, DIFFERENT SMALLER STREET.
THE SMALLER STREET LOOK BETTER.
AND, BUT THAT WGA IS REALLY A MAJOR, YOU CAN SEE MAYBE 25 YEARS OR MAYBE THEY HAVE A MAJOR TRUCK GOING THROUGH.
I DON'T THINK WE ALLOW THE BIG TRUCK GOING TO THE RESIDENTIAL.
BUT AGAIN, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, BECAUSE WHEN YOU WALK, YOU SEE YOUR PROBLEM AND PLUS YOU HAVE A RESIDENT COMPLAIN TO YOU AND SAY, MY, MY STREET NEVER BEEN PAID FOR 30 YEARS.
SO HOW CAN WE GIVE THEM A JUSTIFICATION WITH A NEW SURVEY? WE GOING TO COME UP AND LET THEM SEE THEIR STREET CONDITION, TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENT.
AND THEN WHEN THEIR, THEIR STREET WILL BE ANTICIPATE TO BE PAID.
I THINK WITH LED, BECAUSE EVERYBODY PAY TAXES, EVERYBODY ONLY WANT TO THEIR STREET TO BE NICE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT WE ONLY HAVE A CERTAIN BUDGET.
BUT I THINK THE NEW SURVEY HOPEFULLY CAN DO A BETTER AND MAYBE MORE TRANSPARENT TO THE RESIDENT TO TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND THEY CAN SEE WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THEY PAVED.
AND WHEN THEY, AND THE, THEIR CONDITIONS LEVEL A, B, C, D, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT LEVEL IS LED AND THEN WHEN THEIR STREET WILL BE PAVED.
SO IN THAT WAY, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WILL HAVE AN ISSUE AND THEY KNOW.
BUT NOW, CURRENTLY EVERYBODY IN THE DOCK.
AND, UH, SO HOPEFULLY I KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW IS BASED ON PREVIOUS SURVEY AND YOU HAVE TO GO WITH THE PREVIOUS SURVEY.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADD SOME OF A VERY EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC THREE AND ADD INTO TWO AS AN OPTION BECAUSE YOU HAVE 50% ON AND OFF.
SO HOPEFULLY IF WE CAN SEE QUITE A LOT OF SOUTH SIDE STREET IS REALLY NOT PRESENTABLE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND, OKAY, IT'S REALLY CRACKING UP A BIG TIME.
SO HOPEFULLY YOUR ENGINEER OR YOUR SURVEYOR CAN GO TO TAKE A LOOK.
UH, LIKE WE WALK AROUND, THEN WE SEE, AND THEN WE TALK TO THE RESIDENT AND THEY'RE REALLY EXTREMELY PROBLEMATIC.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN ADDRESS THEIR CONCERN AND TO WHAT, AND I KNOW YOU TALK ABOUT ENGINEER, HOW YOU DO THIS PHASE FOUR AND ALL THE LEVEL THIS AND THAT.
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THEIR STREET IS HORRIBLE, VISUALLY HORRIBLE, DRIVING.AND, UH, OLD ALWAYS HAVE ASKED THE CITY TO FIX THEIR POTHOLE AND DUE TO THEIR BREAKING UP.
BUT THE REASON WHAT I'M GOING TO PULL OUT IS HOW CAN WE ADDRESS OKAY.
FOR THE FUTURE'S SAKE, AND THEN WE WILL BE MORE DETAILED.
AND WHEN ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A NEW SURVEY? CITY MANAGER, DO YOU KNOW THE TIME? NINE, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THE NEW PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN IN FRONT OF YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS FALL.
I WOULD SAY SEPTEMBER IS A GOOD TIME QUOTE, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE IT A CAREFUL LOOK, THIS PROJECT THAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT.
AND THE NEXT ONE WILL STILL BE RELYING ON THE PREVIOUS DATE.
I GUARANTEE THESE ARE RIGHTEOUS.
SO, SO THE STATE, THE NEW SURVEY COMING OUT, THE NEW SURVEY COMING OUT, THIS WILL BE SEPTEMBER ANTICIPATED COMPLETION.
I THINK HE'S QUOTING AUGUST FOR THE NEW PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
ONE OF THE FEATURES OF THAT IS, UH, RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND SEE CONTEXT OF, OF THEIR PIECE TO THE WHOLE AND, AND HOW THAT FITS IN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S IMPORTANT IS YOU LET THESE CONTRACTS IMPORTANT TO ME IS THIS CONTINGENCY MONEY.
IT WOULDN'T HURT MY FEELINGS IF YOU COUNSEL, YOU MADE IT 20, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS RUN INTO STREETS THAT HAVE A NUMERICAL SCORE OF A 51.
AND IF WE'RE RUNNING CONTRACTOR CREWS, WE CAN JUST DO A CHANGE ORDER AND SAY, PAVE THIS ONE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT CONTINGENCY IS REALLY, UM, VALUABLE TO US AS WE'RE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THE STREETS TO, TO BETTER STANDARD.
MY MY LAST QUESTION ON, ON THIS IS NOT ON GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? THIS IS ON OUR GENERAL RESTRICTED FUND.
SB ONE OCON, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT AS I RECALL, IT'S SB ONE.
AND SO IF THERE ARE CONTINGENCY MONIES THAT AREN'T SB ONE ELIGIBLE, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIND OTHER SOURCES OF MONEY.
SO, UH, RO CON, THE, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THE RE THAT THE, THE, THE REPORTS THAT WOULD RE THAT WOULD BE PRODUCED BY THE SOFTWARE WOULD DEPEND ON THE PARAMETERS YOU PUT IN.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRYING TO GET US TO THE HIGHEST SCORE ON AVERAGE AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ON ONE HAND AND ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOKING AT THE MOST, UH, UH, THE ROADS THAT ARE IN MOST SIGNIFICANT NEED OF REPAIR.
SO IS THAT A MANUAL, UH, IS THAT DONE MANUALLY? LET'S SAY IF THE COUNCIL SAYS WE REALLY WANT TO JUST INCREASE OUR AVERAGE SCORE VERSUS WE REALLY WANT TO, TO LOOK AT THE, THAT THE STREETS THAT ARE IN THE HIGH HAVE THE GREATEST DEGREE OF NEED TO BE REPAIRED.
HOW, HOW DO, CAN YOU SHED LIGHT, LIGHT ON HOW THAT SOFTWARE WORKS IN TERMS OF HOW POLICY DECISIONS IMPACT THE RESULTS OF THE, UH, THE, THE RESULTING REPORT THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU USE THE SOFTWARE? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THE APPROACH TO THE, UH, SOFTWARE IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE 48 MILLION SQUARE FEET OF, UH, NETWORK THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.
AND, UH, WHEN WE GET THE DATA INPUT INTO THE SYSTEM, IT, UH, CATEGORIZES THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS INTO DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.
FROM THE CONSTRUCTABILITY STANDPOINT, IT, IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SELECT RANDOM STREETS FROM THE ENTIRE CITY AND HAVE ONE CONTRACTOR TO TRY TO ADDRESS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS IN AT THE SAME TIME, FROM CONSTRUCTABILITY, FROM TRAFFIC CONTROL, FROM, UH, COST OF MOVING EQUIPMENT.
AND IT WILL BE BASICALLY A VERY MESSY CONSTRUCTION.
IN THIS CASE, UH, WE ARE ADDRESSING IT IN A MORE ORGANIZED MANNER.
UH, WE HAVE 12 MAINTENANCE ZONES THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND, UH, WHEN THE SYSTEM GETS THE DATA, UH, THE SCENARIOS ARE CATEGORIZED INTO THOSE 12 DIFFERENT ZONES.
IN, ESSENTIALLY ONE PROJECT FOCUSES ON ONE, UH, MAINTENANCE ZONE AT, AT, AT A GIVEN TIME.
SO, UH, WE HAVE MORE, UH, NARROW, UH, FOCUSED AREAS, SO TO SAY, SO THAT IT IS CONSTRUCTABLE, IT IS EASIER, TRAFFIC CONTROL IS LESS INCONVENIENCE TO PUBLIC.
SO THAT IS THE BEST PRACTICE IN APPROACHING TO, UH, BASICALLY, UH, APPLYING, UH, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PRACTICES.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WITHIN EACH OF THE 12 ZONES THERE ARE PRIORITIES THAT ARE SET BASED ON THE SOFTWARE.
SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IF SOME OF THOSE 12 ZONES HAVE REALLY DIFFICULT ROADS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPAIRED, LET'S SAY IN LOW INCOME AREAS, THEN, THEN THAT COULD ACTUALLY BE A PRIORITY WITHIN THAT ONE ZONE, DEPENDING ON THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY? ABSOLUTELY, YES.
WITHIN THE ZONE, UH, IT CATEGORIZES DIFFERENT LEVELS OF PAYMENT CONDITIONS, UH, FROM ZERO TO 100 AS I EXPLAINED, UH, PAYMENT BASED ON THE PAYMENT CONDITION INDEX.
AND BASED ON THOSE RESULTS, UH, WE APPROACH WITH DIFFERENT, EITHER PAYMENT MAINTENANCE, UH, EITHER SLUR SEAL OR DIFFERENT APPROACHES OR PAYMENT, UH, REHABILITATION, WHICH IS EITHER RESURFACING OR IF IT REQUIRES SOMETHING MORE, UH, DEEPER AND
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MORE INVOLVED, UH, REHABILITATION SUCH AS RECONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS MORE COSTLY BY THE WAY.SO WE WE'RE, THAT'S WHEN THE ENGINEERING ECONOMIES COME INTO PLAY, WE TRY TO MAXIMIZE, UH, THE, UH, UTILITY BASICALLY BY USING THE AVAILABLE FUNDS.
SO WE TRY TO PRIORITIZE BASICALLY BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDS, BUT WE DEFINITELY ADDRESS, WE TRY TO ADDRESS ALL THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS WITHIN THE PROGRAM BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDS.
UM, WERE YOU HERE WHEN WE HAD THE DETAILED PRESENTATION AND OF COURSE SOME OF THE COUNCIL AT THE LENGTHY DISCUSSION ON THE LAST, UH, PAVEMENT PLAN, UH, THE LAST PAYMENT OR ONE DAY, UH, WE HAD A DETAILED PRESENTATION AND IT DISCUSSED EVERYTHING THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, INCLUDING THE PCI, THE FAILED STREETS, UM, THE SCORES, ET CETERA.
SO YOU HEARD OUR, OUR CONCERNS, RIGHT? YES.
SO ON, ON THIS, IN THIS CASE, UM, I KNOW THE BIGGEST ISSUE I, I PERSONALLY HAD WAS THE DIRE STREETS THAT NEEDED THE MOST HELP AND THEY CONTINUED TO BE NEGLECTED, AND THEN WE CONTINUE TO FIX STREETS THAT VISUALLY LOOK GREAT.
UM, AND, AND THAT WAS A BIG CONCERN.
UH, AND SAME THING WITH, UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN WOO WAS STATING THAT THOSE STREETS GET REPAVED AND IT, IT LOOKS THE SAME WHILE THE STREETS WERE IN DIRE CONDITIONS THAT NEEDED HELP.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT, IT DID COST DETAILS OF MONEY AND SO FORTH, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS UPCOMING, UH, PMP, WHICH I KNOW I AM GRATEFUL THAT ALL THE STREETS THAT WE HAVE PAVED WILL MOST LIKELY BE THERE AND, AND SHOWN, AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW FOR THE RECORD, I, I DON'T THINK MOST RESIDENTS REALLY KNOW OR UNDERSTAND OR EVEN CARE WHAT D DENSITY OR THAT, UM, THAT NUMBER 68 OVER A HUNDRED BECAUSE ALL THEY CAN CARE IS LIKE WHAT THEY SEE AND WHAT THE STREETS, UM, WHERE THEY LIVE AT AT THEIR AREA.
SO MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE SEGMENTS OF THE, UM, STREETS, WOULD THAT, THE STREETS THAT ARE IN DIRE CONDITION IN THAT SEGMENT, WOULD THAT BE, UM, TAKEN INTO CONS, CONSIDERATION TO PUT THE FUNDING THERE TO GET THAT FIXED AND UM, YOU KNOW, HOLD BACK THE OTHER STREETS THAT LOOK PRETTY MUCH DECENT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOUR PROGRAM OR, OR WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE? I JUST, I JUST DON'T WANT COMING INTO AUGUST IN SEPTEMBER HEARING THE EXACT SAME PRESENTATION AND HERE WE ARE STATING, OKAY, WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, AND, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S GONNA BE DONE.
THAT, THAT, THAT IS MY CONCERN WHEN THIS IS GONNA BE COMING UP TO US, CUZ IT'S CLEAR.
UH, AS PART OF THE PROGRAM, ALL STREETS, INCLUDING FAILED STREETS, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR ARTERIAL, ALL STREETS ARE PART OF THE STUDY.
AND, UH, AS PART OF THAT, UH, PROGRAM, THERE WILL BE SCENARIOS, UH, BASICALLY, UH, PROBABLY TWO SCENARIOS, UH, DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING LEVEL, UH, THOSE SCENARIOS WILL BE PRESENTED, UH, UH, IN THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM PRESENTATION, WHICH IS AROUND AUGUST, SEPTEMBER TIMELINE.
SO AT THAT TIME, UH, WE WILL COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND WE WILL PRESENT THOSE SCENARIOS.
AND BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, UH, WE WILL PRESENT PERHAPS TWO SCENARIOS, WHICH IS TYPICAL.
UH, ONE SCENARIO WOULD BE TYPICAL LIKE CURRENT, UH, FUNDING LEVELS, AND PERHAPS ANOTHER SCENARIO TYPICALLY WOULD BE A HIGHER FUNDING LEVEL, UH, FOR CITY COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
AND IN THOSE SCENARIO PRESENTATION WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER, UH, CONCLUSIONS BASED ON, UH, THE OPTION OF HIGHER FUNDING SCENARIO, WHICH WOULD POSSIBLY ALLOW US TO ADDRESS MORE STREETS THAT ARE IN DIRE NEED, AS YOU EXPLAINED.
SO OBVIOUSLY SOME MATH, MATHEMATICS, RIGHT? ENGINEERING ECONOMICS, MORE FUNDING AVAILABLE IS, GIVES MORE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THINGS.
YEAH, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT OF COURSE MONEY MAKES THE WORLD
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COMING INTO THE NEXT PRESENTATION, UM, I WON'T HEAR WELL, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ALL PREPARED AND, UM, WE HAVE THESE OPTIONS.
SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THE, THE STREETS THAT WE REPAIR IS WHAT LEVEL OF NUMBER THAT OF INDEX IS IT? LIKE, IT HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CURRENTLY WHAT'S THE, UM, INDEX OF GETTING THOSE STREETS REPAIRED? AND THEN THE
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ONES THAT I KNOW THE ZERO FAILED STREETS, THAT'S NOT EVEN PART OF THE, UH, PAVEMENT PLAN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THE, THE NUMBER, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE Q UH, QUESTION CORRECTLY, THE ADDRESS STREETS WITHIN THE THREE YEARS ARE, UH, YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE CURRENT PCI OF THOSE STREETS THAT HAVE BEEN REHABILITATED AS PART OF THE PROGRAM? I, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I GUESS WE CAN HAVE BOTH.I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT IF I MAY.
IF THE GOAL IS TO BE THE STANDARD AT 70 CITY'S DOING PRETTY WELL.
WE LOOKED AT WHETHER IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO ADD A BIG BOLUS OF MONEY BY BONDING OUT AGAINST SOME OF THESE RESTRICTED FUNDS.
MEASURE R, MEASURE M CREATING A BIG AMOUNT OF CASH THAT COULD BE THEN PUT INTO ASPHALT TO GET AHEAD OF IT.
AND IF WE WERE WAY BEHIND THE CURVE, IF WE WERE AT 50 SOMETHING CITYWIDE, I WOULD SAY THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE.
OTHERWISE, THE STREETS ARE JUST GONNA TURN INTO RUBBLE MOUNTS, BUT, BUT THE CITY'S SYSTEM IS WORKING.
WE'LL, WE HEAR YOU IN TERMS OF WHAT ANSWERS YOU WANNA SEE WHEN THE NEXT PMP COMES OUT, BUT, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD RESULTS TO, TO SHARE IN TERMS OF HOW THIS APPROACH, HOW EFFECTIVE IS THIS APPROACH, THIS PATH THAT WE'RE NOW ON? SOME OF THE STREETS THAT WE PAVED IN THIS MOST RECENT CYCLE, THE LAST PAVING JOB LETTI WERE, UM, AWFUL.
WE HAD ONE THAT WAS, I THINK IT WAS A 52, AND SO WE WERE REALLY, UM, BEHIND THE CURVE.
BUT I THINK WE'RE CATCHING UP AND I THINK, UM, I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE RESULTS WILL, WILL PROVE THAT WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU.
UM, FIRST, UH, I GUESS ONE QUESTION I HAD IS, UM, IN, IN THE, THE CALCULUS OF, OF THE STREET PAVING, UM, DO WE CONSIDER THE, THE AMOUNT OF, UH, TRAFFIC, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ZONE, RIGHT? SO HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A ZONE SIX.
UM, WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE CONSIDERING, UH, DO WE CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF CARS THAT THAT GO THROUGH? UH, SO LIKE FOR INSTANCE, UH, MERCED, WHICH IS ON, IS SET TO BE, UM, PAVED.
IT'S, IT'S RIGHT OFF THE 10 FREEWAY EXIT.
IT'S A WELL, RIGHT, IT'S USED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, RIGHT? PEOPLE GO THROUGH THAT MERCED.
UM, SO IS THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GOES INTO THE FORMULA, LIKE HOW MANY CARS ACTUALLY DRIVE AND, AND NEED IT? RIGHT? RIGHT.
I I THINK YOU SAID ARTERIALS, RIGHT? UM, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION IS INCORPORATED INTO THE SYSTEM.
UH, THE SYSTEM, UH, BASICALLY DIVIDES INTO THREE MAIN CATEGORIES, RESIDENTIAL, COLLECTOR AND ARTERIAL.
SO THE TRAFFIC INDEX CATEGORY, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT MORE BROADER LEVEL.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC DATA FOR EVERY STREET, UH, ON THE SYSTEM.
BUT, UH, YEAH, SO THERE, THERE IS A CLASSIFICATION, UH, GROUPING INTO THREE DIFFERENT, UH, FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION, UH, RESIDENTIAL COLLECTOR AND ARTERIAL.
UH, I, I GUESS THE, THE OTHER QUESTION, AND COUNCILMAN CONTOS BROUGHT IT UP, WHICH, UH, WAS, WAS A GOOD POINT THAT I'VE BROUGHT UP IN THE PAST.
UH, AS FAR AS, UH, THE, THE LEVEL OF, UH, INCOME IN TERMS OF AREAS, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME, SOME AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE MORE LOW INCOME THAT, UH, COULD NOT AFFORD, UH, ANY DAMAGE TO A CAR WITH POTHOLES AND, AND POOR STREETS.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A MECHANISM IN THE FORMULA TO CONSIDER, UH, THE INCOME LEVELS OF, OF THE AREAS, UH, IN A PARTICULAR ZONE.
UH, SO IS THAT PART OF THE CALCULUS AT ALL OR IT, IT DOESN'T COME INTO PLAY.
PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM DOES NOT HAVE A CALCULUS.
UH, BUT, UH, LAST YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, UH, WE HAVE U LEVERAGED C D B G FUNDS AS WELL, UH, TO BASICALLY MAXIMIZE THE, THE, THE BANK FOR THE BUCK, UH, SO TO SAY.
SO LAST YEAR'S PROJECT, THAT'S WHY IT HAD MORE FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND WE'VE TARGETED, UH, LOW MEDIUM INCOME ZONES, UH, FOR THE CDBG PROJECT.
SO THAT'S HOW WE AUGMENTED, UH, THE, THE CURRENT FUNDING TO ADDRESS THOSE ZONES.
SO, SO RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT COST OF, OF, OF A LOT OF THINGS THE CITY PAYS, UH, PREVENTION IS, IS ONE OF THE BIG WAYS TO MINIMIZE COST.
AND WHEN YOU CAN PREVENT, ESPECIALLY LOW INCOME PEOPLE FROM HAVING A, AN EMERGENCY, YOU CAN PREVENT THINGS LIKE EVICTIONS, LOSS OF JOBS, HOMELESSNESS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
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I, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, THAT WE ARE LEVERAGING C D B G, UH, TO MAKE SURE THOSE AREAS ARE TAKEN CARE OF SO WE DON'T RUN INTO THESE, THESE BIGGER ISSUES LATER.UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION TO FOLLOW UP.
WHAT, JUST SAY REGARDING THE, UH, SOME ISSUE REGARDING THE STREET CURRENTLY WE HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
AND ANOTHER ISSUE IS IF YOU GO TO SEE THE BORDER, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE HALF THE STREET HAVE IS WEST COVINA HAVE THE WALNUT AND, AND YOU SAW IT.
THE WARNER SIZE NEW STREET AND THE HOUR HALF LOOK HORRIBLE, RIGHT, DAVE, I THINK I SHOW YOU.
AND HOW CAN THAT BE? WHY CAN THEY, WE, IF THEY WANNA DO, CAN WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR JASON CITY AND FOR EXAMPLE, UH, ON THE VALLEY VIEW, ON THE SOUTH SIDE VALLEY VIEW, YOU HAVE A NOSE, EAST AND SOUTH, BUT IN THE MIDDLE IT'S COUNTY.
AH, CAN WE PACE THE ENTIRE STREET WIDE AND PA POTION LEAVE THE MIDDLE.
SO, SO, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS THE MECHANISM TO MAKE SURE WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH OTHER CITY? GO AHEAD THROUGH THE CHAIR EVERY SINGLE TIME WE'RE AWARE OF A BORDER PROJECT, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S JUST PAINT OR IF IT ALSO INCLUDES SEWER WORK OR ASPHALT OR WHATEVER.
OUR DEFAULT ANSWER AND EVERY SINGLE TIME HAS BEEN YES.
WHY THAT PARTICULAR PAVING JOB WAS DONE.
HALF STREET MADE NO SENSE TO ME.
CALIFORNIA CITIES WORK TOGETHER.
UH, WE'RE DOING ONE NOW WITH, WITH COVINA AND EVERY SINGLE TIME WE HAVE A BORDER PROJECT, WE ALWAYS COOPERATE.
EXACTLY NOT TO ALLOW THAT SITUATION TO OCCUR AGAIN.
WHERE YOU GET HALF THE STREET PAVE MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.
MAKE SURE THAT WE NEVER, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE WALNUT, THEY ONLY GO IS THEIR SIZE.
SO WE HAVE TO CHARGE THEM IF IT GOES OUTSIDE.
SO IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE BECAUSE THEY COME IN, THEY'RE GOING HOME, OKAY, THEY GO OUT, THEY COME IN, THEY ALL HAVE TO USE THE ROUTE.
SO, AND THEN WE SHOULD COLLABORATE.
WE CAN PAY THEM IF THEY PAY LESS FREE.
SO MAYBE WE TALK TO THE WALNUT NEXT TIME.
IF THEY DON'T DO IT, THEN COLLABORATE WITH US.
ALWIN, PARK, COVINA, WALNUT, NAME ONE.
WE ALWAYS SHOULD BE COOPERATING ON BORDER PROJECTS.
AND, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO THE VALUE VIEW TOO? THAT S TRUE IS PRETTY PROBLEMATIC.
DO YOU WORK WITH, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW MERCED IS GONNA BE REPAVED, UM, AND COMPANIES LIKE EDISON OR ANY OTHER, UM, OR THE ONES THAT ARE BUILDING, UH, UH, HOMES RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE BREAKING THE STREETS.
IS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AND WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE LIKE THOSE PROJECTS ARE, ARE COMPLETED? IT'S JUST, I HATE TO SEE A BRAND NEW STREET AND THEN THEY DIG IT UP AND THEN RIGHT AFTER I SEE PATCHES, LIKE, YOU JUST DRIVE AND YOU SEE DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT PATCHES, IT'S JUST HORRIBLE.
SOUTH FRONTIER, YEAH, I GUESS, OH, FRONTIER.
YEAH, FRONTIER WAS THE, THE BIG ONE.
FRONTIER IS THE DESTROY OUR STREET.
AND I DON'T WANNA SEE THAT HAPPEN AGAIN.
BUT I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, LIKE DURING THESE PAVING PROJECTS, CAN YOU MAKE SURE LIKE THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT AND GET THAT DONE? PRIOR TO THE NEW STREET PAVING? UH, DEFINITELY THE CITY HAS MORATORIUM, UH, ON, UH, SLURRY SEAL STREETS, I BELIEVE IT'S THREE YEARS.
AND, UH, REHABILITATED STREETS, RESURFACING STREETS, I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE YEARS, UH, PER ORDINANCE.
SO WE, ONCE THE STREET IS COMPLETED AS PART OF THE PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, UH, THE COMPLETED STREETS ARE UPDATED ON THE DATABASE.
AND WHEN A PERMIT IS APPLIED FOR ANY TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT BY UTILITY COMPANY OR A PRIVATE DEVELOPER, UH, THOSE STREETS ARE CHECKED, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE NOT IN THE MORATORIUM AREA.
AND IF IT IS IN THE MORATORIUM AREA, THERE ARE, UH, STRICT, UH, REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS, I MEAN, IF, IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY WORK, THEN THEY HAVE TO FIX IT, BUT THEN REHABILITATE THE ENTIRE WIDTH OF THE STREET SO THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY.
OKAY, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
SO THIS APPLIES FOR, UH, CITY MANAGER, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, FRONTIER, THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST SLURRY STREET, THE WHOLE STREET, RIGHT? TECHNICALLY WE COULD HAVE A WHOLE AGENDA ITEM ON THAT PARTICULAR UTILITY.
WELL, I HAVE, WELL, I'M NOT JUST SAYING JUST FRONTIER, BUT JUST ANY
UM, AND, AND WE GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE HERE IN THE ROOM NOW IF YOU WANNA DO IT TONIGHT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU IT HAS BEEN A MAKE A MOTION, A PAIN IN MY SIDE,
IT HAS, IT HAS BEEN A BIG PROBLEM.
BUT I JUST WANT, AGAIN, PREVENTIVE TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN AND THAT WE DON'T SEE PATCHES AND, OKAY.
SO WELL THANK YOU FOR, UM, ANSWERING IT AND HOPEFULLY WELL THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
COUNCILMAN WILL AND THE CITY MANAGER, HOW DO YOU THINK OKAY, THE 15% IS ENOUGH OR YOU WANT 20%? OKAY.
SINCE IT IS FOUND RESTRICTIVE FUND, IF YOU'RE ASKING ME COUNCIL MEMBER, YEAH, I WOULD
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PREFER 20% CONTINGENCY.SO WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE RUNNING, THE ASPHALT PLANT IS THERE.
WE GOT THE EQUIPMENT IN TOWN, WE GOT EARL FRAZIER, ONE OF OUR GOOD INSPECTORS ON THE JOB.
I SAY LET'S SINCE, SINCE IT'S A RESTRICTIVE FUND, OKAY? AND IF WE CAN GET THE FUNDING, AND I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE YOU THE FREEDOM TO 20% OKAY.
AND ROUGHLY WE CAN DO FIX MORE STREET.
SO I MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE INCLUDING THE 20% RATHER THAN 15%.
AND I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER DOES LOVE PAVING STREET.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VIDO TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF A CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 DASH 23 RESIDENTIAL STREETS REHABILITATION PROGRAM, PROJECT NUMBER 2 30 14, UH, WITH AN AMENDMENT TO UP THE, UM, CONTINGENCY TO 20%.
[9) CONSIDERATION OF PROCUREMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT]
GOOD.AND NUMBER NINE, ITEM NUMBER NINE.
MAYOR WAS ALSO PULLED, THAT WAS EARLY.
ITEM NINE CONCERNS AN, UM, UH, EQUIPMENT PURCHASE OF SOME AMBULANCES, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
WE'VE REACHED A SITUATION RECENTLY WHERE, UM, I I WOULD CONSIDER IT QUITE NEARLY A COLLAPSE OF GOVERNMENT.
WE WERE TRANSPORTING PATIENTS EQUIPMENT NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
SO WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN PRETTY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT WANTING TO SECURE, UM, AMBULANCES.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS REPORT RECOMMENDS.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING, ANY QUESTIONS? ANSWER MY RULE? YES.
AND THE REASON I PULLED, OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.
UH, WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH OUR PARAMEDIC.
OKAY? AND, UH, WITH THE, THE, THE, THE TRUCK ALWAYS BROKEN DOWN.
OKAY? I THINK, AND AS I REMEMBER, UH, ON THE STATION TWO, AND THEY HAVE TO WARM UP OKAY, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A DIESEL.
OKAY? AND THEN THE SMALL COMING UP BIG TIME.
AND I REMEMBER THEY TOLD ME, OKAY, SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO PURCHASE THREE BRAND NEW, UH, AMBULANCE, RIGHT? UH, YEAH, THIS, THIS, UM, STAFF REPORT IS TO SECURE FUNDS TO PURCHASE AN AMBULANCE THAT'S, UH, READY TO BE BUILT NOW AND PREPARE FOR TWO OTHER AMBULANCE CHASSIS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO LOCATE.
AND WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO BE BUILT HOPE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 14 MONTHS, WE'LL HAVE THE FUNDS READY TO THOSE 12, 12 TO 14 MONTHS.
SO BASICALLY IF WE ORDER RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR 12 MONTH.
IT COULD BE UP TO 12 TO 14 MONTHS.
THERE'S A, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, THE SUPPLY AND FLYING DEMAND CHAIN AND EVERYTHING OUT THERE IS TAKEN FOREVER.
SO WE DO HAVE ONE AVAILABLE IF THIS GETS APPROVED, THAT COULD GO RIGHT AWAY, WOULD HAVE PLUS BY SEPTEMBER, I THINK CITY MANAGER TOLD ME WE SHOULD HAVE A ONE.
OKAY? WE CAN PURCHASE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED, UH, THE ABU ASAP.
AND YES, IT NEEDS TO BE BUILT THOUGH.
I MEAN, WE, WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE IT BUILT.
THEY DON'T HAVE IT SITTING FOR IT.
THERE'S NO AMBULANCES SITTING FOR US TO GO PICK UP AND BUY.
UNFORTUNATELY RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE UHHUH
WE, WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
WE THOUGHT WE ABOUT A MONTH AGO, ONE SITTING HERE AND ANOTHER CITY ACTUALLY WIRED CASH WHILE WE WERE TALKING TO THEM.
SO, SO WE MISSED THAT ONE CITY MANAGER.
OH, WE TRIED TO JUMP IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND A CONTRACT IS A SERIOUS THING.
WE TOLD THE VENDOR IF THEY FALTER AT ALL, IF THEY DON'T HAVE THEIR MONEY IN BY MONDAY, WE'LL TAKE IT.
BUT IT, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SECURE IT.
THAT WAS A, SO CURRENTLY LEGAL COUNTY DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, SO CURRENTLY HOW MANY, UH, THE, OKAY, AMBULANCE.
WE HAVE STEEL WALKABLE, WELL, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SIX IN THE FLEET.
I WOULD SAY ONE THAT'S THE 2017
AND THE OTHER, THE OTHER THREE ARE IN AND OUT OF THE SHOP.
WE'RE CURRENTLY BORROWING AMBULANCES FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES, LAVERNE, SAN GAME, SAN MARINO.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE BORROWING THEM, UH, NUMBER OF AMBULANCES.
SO WE, WE DID A, WE DID WE OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND OVER TWO YEARS AGO WE PLANNED TO HAVE TWO ELEMENTS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE 12 MONTHS AGO AND THEN PREPARED TO BUY ANOTHER ONE SINCE THEN.
WELL, THOSE ORIGINAL TWO WE PUT IN THE BUY AND YOU GUYS APPROVED IN AUGUST OF 2021.
AND WE'RE STILL HOPING FOR THOSE TO GET BUILT.
WE'RE HOPING THAT THOSE GET BUILT THE NEXT SIX MONTHS OR SO.
SO WE, 2021 WE APPROVE, BUT NOW, AND IT HASN'T BEEN, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE NEW ONE COMING IN YET.
AND IN THE STAFF REPORT WE EXPLAINED THAT THAT WAS ALREADY APPROVED THROUGH ARPA FUNDS AND THEN NOW TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE ANOTHER THREE.
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YES.TONIGHT WOULD SECURE US THE ABILITY, IF THEY COME AVAILABLE TO HAVE FUNDS READILY AVAILABLE TO BUY POTENTIALLY THREE MORE.
BECAUSE ANOTHER ONE THAT WE HAVEN'T GOT, WE HAVEN'T PAID THEM, BUT NOW WE WANT TO GET THE THREE FOUNDING.
SO, AND THEN WE CAN SECURE, TELL THEM BUILD THREE FOR US, AND THEN, SO WE CAN HOPEFULLY WITHIN 12 MONTHS WE CAN GET THIS MAYBE FIRST OR MAYBE WE CAN GET THREE ALTOGETHER.
SO THIS, WHAT IT SAYS IN THE STAFF REPORT SAYS THAT, HEY, THERE'S ONE READY TO BE BUILT RIGHT NOW ON THE LINE.
IF WE GET APPROVED TONIGHT, TOMORROW MORNING, WE'RE GONNA PUT A PURCHAS ORDER TOGETHER.
TELL THEM BUILD IT NOW WE WANT IT, WE HOPEFULLY GET IT BY AUGUST, SEPTEMBER.
THEN THERE'S TWO CHASSIS THAT ALL THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A TEAM, FINDING AMBULANCES, CHASSIS, EVERYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, CALLING EVERYBODY DEALERSHIPS IN FLORIDA, NEW YORK, EVERYWHERE.
I'VE, I'VE WROTE LETTERS TO DODGE MYSELF ASKING THEM FOR HELP.
AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIND TWO CHASSIS IN TEXAS.
THEY'RE NOT OURS CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE APPROVAL TO PURCHASE 'EM YET.
BUT WITH, UH, WAITING FOR TONIGHT, IF WE GET APPROVAL, WE CAN GET IN LINE, WHICH MAY BE 12 TO 14 MONTHS BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER AGENCIES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES ARE ALSO IN LINE, ARE WAITING FOR THEIR CHASSIS.
SO IF OUR CHASSIS, WE CAN BUY THEM TOMORROW AND THEY'RE READY TO GO WITH THE ONE AMBULANCE THAT'S READY TO GO FOR US, THAT THAT'S READY TO BE PRODUCED.
THOSE OTHER TWO CAN GET IN LINE VERY SHORTLY AND HOPEFULLY THEY MAY COME RIGHT AWAY TOO.
BUT I DON'T WANNA PROMISE THAT.
SO BASICALLY EACH ONE COSTS $352,000, GIVE OR TAKE.
SO, AND ROUGHLY WE WANT TONIGHT TO APPROVE THREE OF THIS NEW AMBULANCE.
WE WANNA APPROVE ONE FOR SURE.
AND THE ABILITY, IF THE OTHER TWO ARE ABLE TO BE BUILT FOR US, WE HAVE THAT MONEY TO SAY YES OR IF THOSE TWO DON'T, BUT, BUT WE NEED HOW MANY? WE NEED THREE.
BRENDA, WE FIVE, WE NEED FIVE MORE COMP WITH OUR SCHEDULE.
WE HAVE, YOU LOOK IN YOUR PACKET, IT SHOWS THAT OUR VEHICLES BUT ARE BEYOND, BUT WE HAVE, UH, ONE OR TWO STILL WALKABLE, BUT NOW WE CAN, IF WE CAN SECURE THE THREE, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THREE IN WITHIN 12 MONTHS.
THAT'S THE PLAN, RIGHT? AND THE CITY MANAGER, ARE WE GOING TO WASTE THE FUNDING? DO WE HAVE FUNDING? IT'S A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WHERE IS FUNDING COMING FROM? IF YOU LOOK IN, UH, IN THE STAFF REPORT, UH, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S FOR THE CONSUMPTION FOR THE AUDIENCE.
AND FEATHER THIS PLAN BY PHONE.
WE HAD, WE HAD ALREADY MAYOR, IF I MAY, I, I, I WANNA QUOTE THE WRONG FUND AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTORS HERE AND READY TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL.
SO MAY I HAVE STEPHANIE COME UP AND ANSWER THAT QUESTION? OH, YES, SURE.
UH, FOURTH, THIS ITEM WE'RE PROPOSING TO USE ALL SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS.
SO THERE'S THE FIRE FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, WHICH IS ONE SOURCE WHICH WILL BE USED FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT, BUT FOR THE AMBULANCES WE'RE PROPOSING TO, UH, REALLOCATE FUNDING.
THAT WAS FOR A, WHAT I CALLED OUR PLACEHOLDER PROJECT IN THE ARPA FUND FOR FIRE STATION REPAIRS, BECAUSE WE CAN'T SPEND A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THAT ON FIRE STATION REPAIRS.
BUT THE AMBULANCES DO SERVE A PURPOSE FOR COVID 19.
SO THEY FALL INTO THAT CATEGORY IN WHICH WE NEED TO USE THE MOST OF THAT FUNDING.
UM, AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO REALLOCATE FROM THE ARPA FUNDS.
WE HAVE A COMMISSIONER WORK FOR FEMA.
AND I KNOW FEMA, UH, THEY WILL GIVE US THE GRAND, UH, BY MAY 15TH OR SOMETHING, UH, FOR ANYTHING WE USE OKAY.
FOR COVID 19, UH, SERVICE OVER TIME AND INCLUDING EQUIPMENT.
SO MAYBE CAN WE LOOK INTO SOME FUNDING SO WE CAN MAYBE PAY FOR SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTER OVER TIME AND, UH, AND, AND THE AMBULANCE? IS THAT POSSIBLE? YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE.
AND THEN THEN HE SAY HAS A LOT OF FUNDING FOR THE COVID 19.
AND, UH, I DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANNA MISS ANY POTENTIAL CHANCE TO GET MONEY COMING IN TO PAY FOR OUR BUDGET.
CHIEF, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T MISS OUT ON ANY GRANTS OUT THERE.
WE'RE HITTING THE STREETS EVERY DAY.
WE GO TO EVERY SINGLE MEETING WITHIN THE REGION, TRY TO FIND EVERY DOLLAR.
WE'VE ASKED FOR GRANTS FOR $1,900 AND WE'VE, YEAH, I, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT COVID 19 MONEY MM-HMM.
WE'VE ALREADY INI WE'VE ALREADY PUT IN OUR REQUEST FOR THE FUNDS, THE FEMA.
WE'VE ALREADY INITIAL REQUESTED THAT.
UH, WE CAN'T ASK FOR EXTRA MONEY.
WHAT THAT MONEY IS, RIGHT THERE IS FEMA REIMBURSEMENT FOR WHAT WE SPENT.
AND WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO THE SYSTEM ALL THE MONEY WE SPENT OUR OKAY.
FOR OUR VACCINATIONS AND OUR EXTRA AMBULANCE.
WE PUT, SO, SO TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE THE THREE, UH, AMBULANCE BUDGET.
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OKAY.HOPEFULLY WE APPROVE THIS AND YOU CAN GET THE FIRST ONE COMING IN, THE BRAND NEW AMBULANCE.
AND THEN WE USING THE, UH, THE, THE, THE PHONE IS NOW FROM GENERAL FIRM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FROM A PROCUREMENT STANDPOINT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S DIRECTOR SMA OR IF IT'S UH, UH, CHIEF CAPELLI, BUT, UH, WE ARE SUSPENDING OUR, OUR TYPICAL, UH, PROCESS OF, OF SEEKING BIDS BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN EMERGENCY.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE DIDN'T PART, UH, PREPARE FOR THIS PREVIOUSLY? IN LIGHT OF THE, THE, THE, THE FLEET ALREADY NOT BEING IN, UH, AT THE BEST CONDITION? BECAUSE I KEEP FEELING AS IF, IF WE WERE TO ENGAGE IN A BIDDING PROCESS, WE COULD HAVE THE, UH, THE SAME QUALITY AMBULANCES AT A LOWER PRICE WITHOUT HAVING TO, TO, UH, SUSPEND A BIDDING PROCESS.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE BIDS, YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE COMPETE, UH, DIFFERENT EN ENTITIES COMPETE.
SO WE COULD GET THE BEST, BEST QUALITY AMBULANCE FOR THE LOWEST PRICE.
SO WHY IS IT THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY WHERE WE HAVE TO DO THIS, BUT THEN YET IF WE HAD PREPARED AHEAD OF TIME, WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO POSSIBLY GET THESE AMBULANCES FAR LOWER THAN THE COST WE'RE GETTING NOW? I MEAN, THAT WE'RE OFFERING TO PAY.
NOW, COUNCILMAN CONTA IS A GOOD QUESTION.
SO WE DID, WE DID PREPARE IN ADVANCE AND WE DID GO THROUGH A PROCESS AND WE ARE USING COOPERATIVE GRANT PROCESS, UM, GOVERNMENT, UH, COOPERATIVE, UM, BIDDING FOR THAT.
SO WE ARE USING THE PRICES, WE ARE GETTING THE GOOD PRICES EVERYBODY ELSE WOULD'VE GOT.
WE'RE NOT PAYING ANYTHING MORE.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UH, AGENCIES ARE PAYING TOP DOLLAR TO BUY 'EM WHEREVER THEY ARE AND GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
THERE'S IS A SURP, THERE IS NOT A AVAILABLE AMOUNT OF AMBULANCES ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
EVERYBODY IS HAVING THIS PROBLEM.
SO WE DID USE, USE THE COOPERATIVES THAT ARE OUT THERE AND GETTING THE BEST PRICE THAT ARE OUT THERE, LIKE SOURCE.
WELL, SO WE ARE USING THOSE, SIR.
AND WE DID PREPARE IN ADVANCE, LIKE WE CAME HERE IN AUGUST OF 21 AND WE WOULD'VE BEEN COMING BACK IN THE NEXT YEAR OR TWO.
IT JUST, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FORESEEING THE FUTURE.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TELLING YOU THAT, HEY, WE KNOW IN THE NEXT 12 TO 14 MONTHS WE'RE GONNA NEED MORE.
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, HEY, THESE CHASSIS ARE AVAILABLE NOW LET'S JUMP ON IT NOW AND LET'S PREPARE FOR IT NOW.
SO WE'RE DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
UH, MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WOO.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
VITO, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF PROCUREMENT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT EQUIPMENT.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE]
NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10.CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
MR. CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE REPORT? UM, I WILL CAN DO IT.
WE'RE GONNA ASK THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
WE HAVE CURRENT THREE VACANCIES ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
AND, UM, IN YOUR WEEKLY NOTIFICATIONS, YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH APPLICATIONS TWO MEMBERS, UH, CURRENTLY ON THE COMMITTEE WHO ARE UP FOR, UH, VACANCIES, DID SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATIONS.
ONCE AGAIN, THAT WAS COUNCIL, UH, EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS, UH, AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER MR. GR AND COMMITTEE MEMBER MARSHA SOLARIO.
YOU WERE PROVIDED WITH THE APPLICATIONS TO LOOK THROUGH FOR THE OTHER VACANCY.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, NOMINATE FOR THIS COMMITTEE, WE CAN TAKE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, DEANNA STANLEY FOR THE THIRD ONE IF NOBODY OPPOSES.
DO I NEED A, WE WOULD NEED A MOTION FOR ALL THREE POSITIONS.
WE CAN TAKE THAT ONCE I MOVE THE MOTION.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UM, MR. GR, MS. SOLARIO AND MS. STAN STANLEY.
AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
[11) PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2023-24 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET]
PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2023.2024 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.
MR. CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THAT REPORT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
UM, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, STEPHANIE SMA, IS PREPARED TO MAKE A REPORT TONIGHT.
THERE'S THREE ITEMS BEING RECOMMENDED.
FIRST THAT YOU RECEIVE AND FILE THE BUDGET.
SECONDLY, THAT YOU DIRECT THAT IT BE BROADLY PUBLICLY DISSEMINATED, INCLUDING AT THE COMMUNITY PUBLIC, UM, BUDGET WORKSHOPS THAT WE MENTIONED IN THE MANAGER'S REPORT, GIVING THE DATES OF MAY 26TH AND MAY 1ST.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE, YOUR ACTION BE TO SCHEDULE IT FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE JUNE 6TH MEETING.
AND WE HAVE A REPORT READY IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE.
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IT'S UP TO YOU.I'D LIKE TO HEAR A REPORT, COUNSEL.
DO WE WANNA HEAR, YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THE REPORT? WANNA HEAR THE REPORT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A REPORT REGARDING THE BUDGET WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU RECEIVE AND FILE MM-HMM.
WAIT TILL AFTER ALL ADOPTION ON, WAIT, THAT'D BE SHUL.
AND WILL THAT BE SHORT AND SWEET WITH NO SUCH THING? NO.
DID YOU SEE THE BINDER?
AND MAYBE NOBODY WANT TO LISTEN THE, UH, THE PRESENTATION, IT'S GOING TO BE HALF HOURS.
YOU, I CAN JUST MOVE TO RECEIVE AND FIVE AND WAIT TILL THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND EVERYTHING COMES TO PLAY.
MAJOR, I I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW WE, WE HAVE, UH, 18 MILLION OF INCOME AND WE HAVE A 66.5 OF THIS PROJECTION OF EXPENDITURE.
RIGHT? AND I, I READ, UH, THE, THE, YOUR REPORT.
SO WE HAVE, UH, ROUGHLY 20 MILLION OF FARM BALANCE, BUT AS I, AS I REMEMBER, WE SHOULD BE, FARM BALANCE SHOULD BE MORE THAN THAT.
I KNOW THE PROJECTION, ARE WE SPENDING MORE MONEY? THAT'S WHY OUR FARM BALANCE TO 20 MILLION AND I I I HOPE WE CAN HIT 30 MILLION OF FARM BALANCE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S POSSIBLE
UH, DUE TO THE INCOMING RECESSION, UM, REVENUES ARE PROJECTED TO BE LESS SPECIFICALLY IN SALES TAX AND IN OUR LICENSES AND PERMITS, WHICH HAVE BEEN OUR BIGGEST REVENUE SOURCES THE LAST FEW YEARS.
SO WE, WHICH ONE? WHY, WHY IS THE, THE BIG OKAY.
INCOME SALES TAX, SALES TAX LICENSES AND PERMITS.
WE HAD A HUGE BOOM IN CONSTRUCTION.
WHILE WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT TO CONTINUE IN THE NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'VE REDUCED THOSE REVENUE AS WELL.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE TO 20 MILLION.
UM, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT EACH YEAR WHEN, UM, AFTER WE DO OUR ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORTS, UH, THE EXCESS FUND BALANCE GETS MOVED INTO OTHER, UH, USES THAT ARE APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A SHIFT DOWN INTO YOUR FUND BALANCE FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NECESSARILY SPENDING THAT MONEY, HOWEVER, WE ARE RELOCATING THAT MONEY TOWARDS CAPITAL ASSETS, EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT, AND, UH, PENSION OBLIGATIONS, UH, OR OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS.
UH, IF YOU SEE OUR, OKAY, BECAUSE PROPERTY TAX IS ABOUT 24.5% AS SALES TAX, ABOUT 23% OF OUR GENERAL FUND INCOME.
AND, BUT THE PROPERTY TAX SHOULD BE INCREASED BECAUSE JUST THE PHASE CHURCH.
NOW FINALLY THIS PROPERTY SOLD FOR $54 MILLION AND THAT WE, WE GET 14% OF THAT TAX REVENUE.
AND BEFORE WE DON'T HAVE, AND PLUS, OKAY.
AND, UH, OKAY, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE PROPERTY BUILT 400, CURRENTLY 400 PROPERTY.
SO, SO ALL THIS PROPERTY TAX, 14% WILL COME TO THE CITY.
SO OUR, OUR TAX BASE SHOULD BE INCREASED RATHER THAN DECREASE.
AND ANOTHER THING REGARDING THE SALES TAX, FINALLY WE RECEIVE, OKAY, THE WEST COVINA PLAZA PLAZA WEST COVINA, THEY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE STUDYING SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR.
THEY'RE STUDYING, PAYING OUR SALES TAX AFTER 20 YEARS OF, UH, OKAY, WE DEVELOP A AGENCY FOR THEM TO BILL.
BUT FINALLY WE RECEIVED THE INCOME.
SO I THINK ALL THIS IS, WE DON'T HAVE BEFORE NOW IT GOING TO COME TO US.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING ABOUT INCOME SHOULD BE INCREASED RATHER THAN DECREASE.
SO IN THE GENERAL FUND, PROPERTY TAX IS ESTIMATED TO BE INCREASED.
SALES TAX IS ESTIMATED TO ACTUALLY BE DECREASED BASED ON OUR ESTIMATES THAT WE RECEIVED FROM HDL.
UM, PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVE A PORTION OF THE SALES TAX FROM THE CFD OVER THE YEARS AND THIS YEAR WE ANTICIPATED TO RECEIVE THE REST OF IT FOR THE WHOLE YEAR STARTING IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THERE WAS REALLY ONLY ONE QUARTER WHERE THE CITY WOULDN'T RECEIVE THE SALES TAX THIS YEAR.
SO WE'RE BASING IT OFF OF THAT, UM, TAKING THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
AND, AND, BUT ANOTHER PROJECTION OF WHAT I SEE IS THE DEALERSHIP.
THE DEALERSHIP, WE HAVE, UH, TESLA COMING IN AND WE HAVE UH, OUR, OKAY, TOYOTA ARE MOVING INTO THE MUCH BIGGER PLACE ONTO THE NISSAN SITE.
SO ALL THIS GOING TO, I THINK BECAUSE DEALERSHIP IS A MAJOR SALES TAX TO OUR REVENUE AND I THINK THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY, I THINK ENVISION DEALERSHIP CURRENTLY IS A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL IN THE NATIONWIDE AS UH, THEIR SURVEY, THEY ARE DOING PRETTY GOOD AND THEY IN WEST COVINA IS ON THE AUTOMOTIVE MAGAZINE SHOWING THE
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ENVISION IS CURRENTLY NUMBER ONE A NEW DEALERSHIP IN WEST COVINA.SO MEANING THAT IS A GOOD OKAY.
INCOME RESOURCE TO, TO, TO US.
AND WE DID SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH L HDL SO THEY COULD TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT, INTO THEIR PROJECTIONS.
SO, SO THE, THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE WE USING 77% OF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO IF WE CAN INCREASE OUR REVENUE, THEN THIS 77 7% SHOULD BE DECREASED.
SO WE IN THAT WAY WE, WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE BREATHING ROOM.
AND TO INCLUDING ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND ALL THE PROJECT, UH, WITH, UH, AGAIN TO INCREASE THE, OUR RESOURCE AND REVENUE.
MAKE MAKE SENSE TO YOU? I'M NOT SURE, WAS THERE A QUESTION? THE, THE QUESTION IS IF WE ARE USING CURRENTLY 77% BASED ON OUR INCOME, A GENERAL PLAN, SO IF WE CAN INCREASE OUR RESOURCE REVENUE COMING IN, THEN THIS AUTOMATIC 77% SHOULD BE DECREASED.
AM I RIGHT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE 77%? CORRECT.
SO IN THAT WAY THE FUND BALANCE WOULD, WOULD GO UP AND HOPEFULLY OKAY, 77, 7%.
THE POINT IS THIS, BECAUSE WE SPEND A LOT OF MONEY TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND HOW CAN WE REDUCE, OKAY, THIS PERCENTAGE TO CERTAIN OF A DESIRABLE, UH, PERCENTAGE.
AM I RIGHT? DO I MAKE SENSE TO YOU? I
IS THAT NO, I'M SAYING IF WE JUST PROPORTIONALLY NO.
IF WE HAVE MORE INCOME MM-HMM.
THEN HOPEFULLY IN THAT WAY THIS PERCENTAGE WILL BE REDUCED.
AM I RIGHT? CITY MANAGER? LET ME TRY AND ANSWER IT FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
THAT PREDATES I THINK ALMOST EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL.
IF WE GET FOUND REVENUE, IF WE GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE, ESPECIALLY SALES TAX, THEN ALL THOSE NUMBERS TAX AND THOSE, THOSE INCOME GET BETTER.
BUT UNTIL WE RECEIVE THAT REVENUE, I DON'T THINK WE'RE PREPARED TO BUDGET FOR IT.
I'M JUST SAYING THIS PROJECTION.
I'M NOT PROJECTED IF WE HAVE A MORE INCOME.
AND IF OUR EXPENDITURES STAY WHILE WE HAVE, AND IF WE HAVE A MORE INCREASING OUR REVENUE, JUST LIKE ALL THE CITY, THEY INCREASE THEIR REVENUE, THEN THEY HAVE MONEY TO, TO DO DEVELOPMENT OR TO DO PROGRAM, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, LIKE FIX UP OUR CT HALL.
AND THIS NEED MONEY, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A RESAW.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY WILL BE NUMBER ONE TO TAKE OUR OKAY.
GENERAL, GENERAL FUND MAKES SENSE.
AND THEN, SO IF WE CAN INCREASE OUR INCOME, SO IN THAT WAY, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THEN THERE WILL BE PROPORTIONALLY, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE PUBLIC SAFETY PORTION WILL BE SMALLER DUE TO WE HAVE A HIGHER INCOME COMING IN.
AND THEN OF COURSE THEN WITH SL WE HAVE MORE FARM BALANCE SO WE CAN USING THAT MONEY MAYBE TO UPDATE OUR CITY HALL AND COMPLIANCE WITH A LOT OF, UH, OKAY, WE, THIS BUILDING'S BEAUTIFUL BUT THEY JUST NEED SOME TENDER LOVING CARE.
WELL I'VE GOT A LOT OF BUILDINGS THAT AREN'T JUST I KNOW
SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN INCREASE MORE OF, UH, REVENUE.
AND UH, IN THAT WAY WE CAN FIX UP A LOT OF OUR CITY PROPERTY, INCLUDING ALL THOSE COMMUNITIES OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MAN LOPEZ.
I WANNA SECOND BY MAYOR DIAZ TO RECEIVE AND FILE ITEM NUMBER 11, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 23 24 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
HAVE ANY REQUESTS? COUNCIL REQUESTS? UM, MADAM[03:10:01]
MAYOR COUNCILMAN COUNTS.I I HAVE A FEW, BUT I PROMISE I WON'T TAKE THAT LONG.
WELL, UM, I, I JUST WANTED TO, TO, UH, ASK, UH, UM, IN LIGHT OF THERE BEING A, A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON INCREASED COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
IF THERE, IF IT'S, IT'S, I GUESS IT WOULD BE A MOTHER MAY I, TO, TO SEE ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF ESTABLISHING A LINE ITEM FOR US TO HAVE DISTRICT MEETINGS.
I KNOW WHERE WE'VE BEEN DOING THEM MORE LATELY, BUT MORE, YOU KNOW, IN SUPPORT OF, OF ALL OF, OF MY, UH, COLLEAGUES, IF WE HAVE A BUDGET WITHIN WHICH TO WORK, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE, WE HAVE SOMETHING TO WORK WITH SO THAT THAT WAY WE CAN KNOW WHAT OUR PARAMETERS ARE, WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT WE CAN'T DO, SO THAT WAY WE DON'T END UP SPENDING MORE THAN WE THEN WE NEED TO, ET CETERA.
BUT I MEAN, WITH, BY HAVING A BUDGET, WE'D BE ABLE TO HAVE AN IDEA, UM, WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
SO, I MEAN, BECAUSE WITHOUT A LINE ITEM, THEN IT'S TOUGH TO KNOW IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE SPENDING TOO MUCH OR NOT, OR IF WE HAVE MORE, MORE ROOM, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I, THAT'S JUST A, A, MY FIRST GENERAL REQUEST.
DO I HAVE A I'LL, I'LL SUPPORT YOU.
AND THEN SECOND BY BY, UM, I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, UM, ON A CONTRACT, UM, THAT, THAT ALL FIVE OF US, UH, RECEDE WITH REGARD TO, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE.
UM, I'M GOING TO ASK IF, IF, IF STAFF CAN PROVIDE DETAILED REP, UH, OF DETAILED REPORT AS TO THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTING THE, THE, THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT WITH RELATING, BECAUSE WE WERE TALK BEFORE, I PREVIOUSLY TALKED ABOUT CALTRANS AND THE AREA AROUND THE FREEWAY, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO, WANTED TO LOOK INTO THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN DONE, LET'S SAY, WITH LIGHTING AND VEGETATION AND WEEDS THAT ARE BEING KILLED BUT NOT, NOT CUT, THAT SORT OF THING.
SO I CAN PROVIDE FURTHER IN, UH, FURTHER DETAIL BY EMAIL.
BUT ESSENTIALLY MY MOTHER MAY, I HEAR, UH, EN ENTAILS ASKING FOR A DETAILED, UH, REPORT BE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONTRACT EFFECTIVELY.
CUZ I'M, I WORRY THAT WITH VARIOUS CONTRACTS, IF IF THERE ISN'T FOLLOW THROUGH WITH MAKING SURE THE PROVISIONS ARE DONE, THEN THINGS, UH, FALL INTO NEGLECT, WHICH WE'RE WITNESSING AROUND AROUND.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF, IF WE COULD ASK STAFF TO, TO, TO BE PREPARED TO GIVE US A DE A DETAILED UPDATE ABOUT THE CONTRACT AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION.
SO LIKE A STATUS REPORT FROM BRIGHTVIEW? YES.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS TO BE ASKING THAT FOR AN AGENDA ITEM REGARDING THE, THE CALTRANS AGREEMENT THAT WAS RECENTLY SHARED.
AND, AND COMPLIMENTS TO, UM, RESIDENT, UH, ANDY MCINTYRE.
THAT AGREEMENT WAS, UH, APPROVED EVIDENTLY AND SIGNED BY THE MAYOR, UM, SPENCE IN 2017 OR 18.
AND SO WHEN I SAW THAT, THAT I WAS INTRIGUED BY IT AND IT IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF, UH, CITY MAINTENANCE RESPONSIBILITY AREAS THAT, UM, I LEARNED SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.
SO I WAS GRATEFUL THAT I LEARNED ABOUT THAT, BUT PERHAPS WE COULD SCHEDULE IT AS AN AGENDA ITEM SO THAT WE COULD TALK ABOUT THOSE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
AND DO WE HAVE A SYSTEM FOR ENSURING, I MEAN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WE DON'T KNOW.
SO HOW DO WE FIND, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE AREN'T OTHER CONTRACTS LIKE THIS THAT ARE SORT OF SITTING SOMEWHERE THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED, THAT WE HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE OF NOT HAVING THAT INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY AMONG US? IS THERE A SYSTEM OR APPROACH TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T, I MEAN, I JUST, I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED BY FINDING THAT THIS WAS ENFORCED, THAT WHAT NONE OF US KNEW ABOUT IT.
SO IF I MAY, UM, ONE OF THE ANALYSIS THAT WE DID IN 2019 WAS WE ENGAGED THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY.
WE MADE APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP THAT FIRST YEAR.
THEY TURNED US DOWN BECAUSE WE HAD A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES TO DO BETTER.
AND SO THEY DID A INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION REPORT, WHICH WAS REALLY, UM, A SOLID REPORT THAT IDENTIFIED 53 DIFFERENT AREAS WHERE THE CITY NEEDED TO ADOPT BEST PRACTICES AND DO BETTER.
AND THIS CONTRACT MANAGEMENT WAS ONE OF THOSE 53 AREAS.
AND SO, UH, I CAN PROUD TO REPORT THAT WE NOW HAVE A MASTER LIST OF CONTRACTS AND THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS MAINTAINING THOSE CORRECTLY.
WE'RE GETTING EVIDENCES OF INSURANCE, WE'RE REQUIRING THAT THOSE CONTRACTS BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL PER POLICY, ET CETERA.
SO I BELIEVE THOSE SYSTEMS ARE IN PLACE.
UM, NOT TO SAY WE WON'T FIND MORE ALLIGATORS UNDER THE CARPET AS WE GO ALONG, BUT HOPEFULLY THOSE ARE FEWER AND FARTHER BETWEEN.
I, I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THESE THINGS.
AND, AND ALL OF THOSE FINDINGS OF THE I R M E, THE INITIAL RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION, GOOD AND ALL, ARE ALL THOSE CONTRACTS BEING PUT UNDER THE TRANSPARENCY, UH, OF PORTION OF THE, OF THE WEBSITE? AARON, THEY'RE NOT ON THE WEBSITE, NOT ALL ON THE WEBSITE.
THEY'RE NOT ALL ON THE WEBSITE.
SO, TO, TO THE EXTENT THAT, I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT NORMALLY WORK? UM, FOR, FOR, FOR TRANSPARENCY OF CONTRACTS, JUST TO, IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN,
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UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, AND MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A AGENDA ITEM ABOUT THIS, BUT NOW IF PEOPLE MAKE A PUBLIC OR REQUEST, WE PROVIDE THEM, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY PLACE THEM ALL ON THE WEBSITE.WELL, DO YOU HONOR THE P R A REQUEST? SURE.
AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT ANY CONTRACTS THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT OR AREN'T ON THAT MASTER LOG, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALL ON THE WEBSITE AT THE MOMENT.
JUST AS A THOUGHT IN ORDER TO, TO MINIMIZE A BURDEN OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
IF IF MATERIAL WERE TO BE MADE TRANSPARENT AND JUST PLACED ONLINE AS A MATTER OF COURSE, THEN THAT PROBABLY WOULD REDUCE THE BURDEN ON THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
BUT IT'S JUST A GENERAL THOUGHT
UM, AND THE LAST THING, JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUES ON THEIR AWARD TONIGHT.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY, UH, EXCITED ABOUT, ABOUT THE RECOGNITION THEY RECEIVED AND JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL.
JUST, IT'S, IT'S AN EXCITING THING.
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THANK YOU.UM, I KNOW ON THE LAST CONVERSATION WE TALKED ABOUT HOMELESS AND, AND I DID BRING UP THAT, IS THERE A WAY TO DO ACCOUNT THAT IT'S THE HOMELESS FROM OUR, OUR RESIDENTS? SO I WOULD LIKE TO THE CITY TO LOOK INTO.
I KNOW SAN CLEMENTE DID, UM, SOMETHING WHERE THEY CLEARED THE HOMELESS CAMPSITE AND THEY REQUIRE PROOF OF TIES TO THE CITY FOR REENTRY.
SO I KNOW THEY, THEY CLEARED LIKE 70, BUT ONLY 23 WERE ALLOWED TO COME BACK.
UH, AND THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THIS, UM, MORE SO BECAUSE, UH, LIKE I KNOW THAT WE GET SOME HOMELESSES THAT ARE DROPPED OFF.
REMEMBER THE TIME WHERE THE WHITE VAN JUST LITERALLY CAME, DROPPED THEM OFF.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL OUR RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, SAW THE PATTERN AND REPORTED IT.
WE DON'T CATCH ALL HOMELESSES THAT ARE, ARE JUST DROPPED OFF FROM OTHER CITIES BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE RESOURCES, WE HAVE THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, WE HAVE THE DMV, WE HAVE, UM, OTHER THESE RESOURCES THAT ARE FOR THEM.
BUT I WANT WHAT, UM, A RULE OR SOMETHING WHERE IF THEY DROP 'EM OFF, THEY GOTTA TAKE THEM BACK WHERE THEY, THEY CAME FROM.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE AN UPCOMING INFLUX BECAUSE I KNOW THE OLYMPICS IS COMING AND LA AND IF YOU NOTICE, WHEREVER THE OLYMPICS ARE HELD, ALL OF A SUDDEN THE HOMELESS AREA AND IT'S SUPER CLEAN.
UM, AND I KNOW
SO I JUST WANNA PREVENT ANY, UM, INFLUX OF, UH, OTHER HOMELESS THAT DOES NOT BELONG TO US.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE, WE TAKE CARE AND, UM, OF OUR CURRENT AS WE HAVE OUR OWN, UM, HOMELESS ISSUES.
SO I JUST WANT TO SEE TO, TO LOOK INTO THAT AND, AND THOSE TWO THINGS, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY KIND OF WHERE WE ARE.
WE APPRECIATED GETTING THE ARTICLE FROM SAN CLEMENTE, UH, CHIEF OF POLICE AND I DISCUSSED IT AND UM, HAD SOME BRIEF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ARTICLE ON PRACTICE WITH, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY IN THAT CASE, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, AS I RECALL, IDING AND REQUIRING LOCALS ONLY FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE RETURNING OR THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO REQUIRE, MAKE THAT RULE AND REQUIRE A, A LOCAL IDENTIFICATION OR SOMETHING FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE RETURNING TO A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IF IT WERE IN FACT A HOMELESS CENTER OR SHELTER.
THEN, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, MENTIONED HE WAS AWARE OF POLICIES THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL COULD ADOPT.
BUT IF IT'S JUST HOMELESS COMING TO YOUR TOWN OR RETURNING TO AN ENCAMPMENT SOMEWHERE, I'M NOT SURE THAT RULE WOULD APPLY.
I'M GONNA LET TOM ANSWER IT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WOULD ONLY APPLY IN THE SITUATION IF YOU WERE RUNNING A, A DOMICILE A SHELTER.
BUT IT WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T APPLY JUST IF SOMEBODY WERE COMING IN TO, WELL, IS THERE A CURRENT RULE IN PLACE IF ANYBODY FROM ANOTHER CITY TAKES THEM AND JUST LEAVES THEM? UM, DO YOU WANNA, I, I KNOW I KNOW OF NO RULE THAT'S IN PLACE IF SOMEONE DROPS THEM OFF FOR USE OF SERVICES HERE AND, AND IS REQUIRED TO TAKE THEM, UM, IS THAT SOMETHING I CAN, WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND MAKE, CREATE AN ORDINANCE FOR WEST COVINA? SO, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS COMMON.
UM, AND CITIES COMPLAIN ABOUT THAT.
I THINK THE COG WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THAT AREA.
UM, WE CAN LOOK TO OTHER CITIES AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE DONE.
IT CERTAINLY WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO POLICE AND OR ENFORCE.
UM, CUZ LIKE YOU SAID, SOMETIMES THEY JUST COME, THEY DROP 'EM OFF AND THEY'RE GONE AND THEY JUST DON'T COME BACK.
BUT IT'S SOME ABSOLUTELY WE CAN LOOK INTO AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY CREATIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE DROPPING 'EM OFF TO USE OUR SERVICES, THAT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THEM BACK TO WHERE THEY ORIGINATED FROM
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AIR PRO 10.DID YOU WANNA YEAH, I JUST, UM, I I I I ACTUALLY JUST HAVE, UH, SOME ISSUE, UH, AND I'M, I'M GLAD YOU YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
UM, CUR CURRENTLY IN, IN WEST COVINA, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, SHELTER BEDS, IS THAT CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO, SO WE, WE, WE ACTUALLY SEND OUR HOMELESS TO EAST LOS ANGELES AND TO PASADENA.
SO, UH, AND AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, IF, IF SOMEONE NEEDS DRUG TREATMENT, UH, IS, IS THAT HAPPENING WITHIN OUR BORDERS OR OR DO WE ALSO SEND THEM OUT? WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE USING THE MEDICAL SERVICES HERE IN WEST COVINA.
UM, A LOT OF THE, THE CLINICS FOR, UM, A LOT OF MEDICAL, UH, ISSUES THAT IT'S FREE SO THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE RESOURCES THAT ARE DOES HAVE.
SO, BUT, BUT I, I, I GUESS WHAT I, WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS AS, AS, AS, AS A REGION, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL KIND OF IN, IN THIS TOGETHER, RIGHT? SO, SO WE, WE SENT OUR HOMELESS BEFORE WE SENT USED TO SEND THEM TO POMONA.
UM, WE, WE EAST LA WE JUST HAD A, UM, ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS WAS ABOUT A FAMILY WE WERE SENDING TO LANCASTER.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, OTHER CITIES COULD THEN SAY WHY IS, WHY IS WEST COVINA SENDING THEM HERE? AND, AND I THINK ALSO, UH, HISTORICALLY THERE USED TO BE LAWS LIKE THIS, AND THIS IS HOW SUNDOWN TOWNS, UM, USED TO OPERATE, RIGHT? WHERE THEY WOULD CHECK YOUR ID AND IF YOU WERE NOT FROM THE CITY, THEY, THEY WOULD ABUSE YOU.
AND SO, UM, IF, IF WE DO LOOK INTO THIS, I MEAN FOR WHEN I, I JUST THINK IT SENDS A BAD PRECEDENT, BUT, UM, I, I THINK IT ALSO OPENS US UP TO, TO LAWSUITS.
SO IF, IF WE CAN BE VERY DILIGENT, WELL, THAT'S WHY I PUT IN A REQUEST TO LOOK INTO IT.
BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO CREATE SOLUTIONS WITH THIS AND, AND LIKE I SAID, THE FUNDING ISSUE REALLY UPSET ME, ESPECIALLY THAT WE PAY SO MUCH MONEY AND TAXES AND WE GET VERY LITTLE AND OTHER CITIES, UM, LIKE LA GET TONS OF MONEY AND TONS OF FUNDING.
SO OF COURSE, WHEREVER THE FUNDING IS, WHEREVER THE MONEY IS, THAT'S WHERE THE RESOURCES WILL TRADITIONALLY GO.
SO I'M TRYING TO CREATE A SOLUTION FOR SOMETHING THAT JUST, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE AND THAT'S WHY I'M PUTTING IN THIS REQUEST NO.
UM, BUT I MEAN, TO MAKE A PUBLIC REQUEST LIKE THAT, AL ALSO, UM, GIVES AN APPEARANCE OF OUR CITY.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE A CITY THAT THAT WELCOMES PEOPLE.
UH, AND I, I THINK ALSO IF, IF WE ARE GOING TO SAY THEN THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEND PEOPLE TO OUR CITY, UH, THEN THEY, THEY NEED TO LEAVE.
UH, AND YET WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHELTER BEDS FOR OUR OWN HOMELESS, YOU KNOW, I, I, I WOULD, I WOULD.
SO YOU WOULD ALLOW, UH, THEM TO JUST DROP THEM OFF HERE LIKE THEY WERE KIND OF DOING BEFORE.
AND LIKE I SAID, I KNOW LA'S CLEARING IT AND THEY'RE SHIFTING IN THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT THEY DO THAT IT'S NOT KNOWN IN PUBLIC.
AND I PERSONALLY KNOW BECAUSE I, OBVIOUSLY I WORK IN LA SO YOU KNOW, I HEAR AND I SEE CERTAIN THINGS THAT IS BEING DONE, UM, AND EVERYBODY JUST QUIETS DOWN AND THEN WE JUST SEE, I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE THE CITY THAT GETS AN INFLUX OF THIS.
AND THEN NOW WE HAVE TO CATER TO, UM, MORE AND WE GET NO, LIKE I SAID, NO FUNDING, NO, NO RESOURCE AND EVERYTHING.
BUT THIS IS A REQUEST JUST TO LOOK INTO, IS THIS, IS THIS THE MOTHER? MAY I, THIS IS MY MOTHER.
I ALWAYS SAY, CAN YOUR MOTHER MAY I, AND, AND WE'LL, AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE DOESN'T EXPOSE THE CITY THE LIABILITY.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING IT WEALTH AND THE, UH, YOU JUST LOOK INTO IT.
SO MOTHER, MAY I, SO I, I WILL SUPPORT THE MOTHER.
MAY I TO LOOK INTO ANY SOLUTION COUNCIL JUST LOOKING INTO AUTO ANY POSSIBILITY YES.
WITHOUT ANY POTENTIAL LAWSUIT.
WE'RE LOOKING AROUND AND SHE PROPRIETED US WITH SOME INFORMATION.
WE'LL ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO IT AND MAKE SURE WE DOESN'T EXPOSE US TO ANY LIABILITY.
YEAH, I DID JUST, UH, I MEAN, FINAL COMMENT, UH, THE BOISE DECISION IS OUT THERE, SO WE DO UNDERSTAND HOW MANY SHELTER BEDS THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE, AND THEN WE CAN, UH, THEN MAKE DECISIONS WITH OUR ORDINANCES BASED ON THE LAW.
SO, SO THERE IS A MECHANISM AND THAT'S WHY IN REGARDS TO THE BOISE CASE, IF YOU GET AN INFLUX AND THEN THEY ALL STAY HERE, NOW OUR HOMELESS NUMBERS GOES UP, THAT MEANS WE NEED AN INCREASE OF BED.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS, SOME OF OUR OTHER CLIENTS, A A COUPLE OF OUR CITIES ALREADY USE THIS CRITERIA IF THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF ATTACHMENT TO THE CITY.
IS YOUR MIC ON? I COULD PUT HEY, YES, THEY, IF THEY, I'M TRYING TO SLIDE ACROSS AND YOU CAN.
BUT IF THEY WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE, IF THEY HAVE FAMILY HERE, IF THEY HAD A JOB, IT'S TIES, I THERE'S TIES TO THE CITY.
YOU DO GIVE THEM, I GUESS PRIORITY.
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OKAY.WELL IF WE'RE DONE, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.