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READY FOR ATHENS? YOU GUYS READY? YEAH.
WELCOME TO THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I AM ROSARIO DIAZ, AND I AM YOUR CENTENNIAL MAYOR.
TONIGHT'S IN VOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, LISA SHERIK.
AND I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER TONIGHT TOGETHER, WE ASK FOR WISDOM AND KINDNESS TO CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS BEFORE US.
MAY YOU PROVIDE US WITH THE GUIDANCE TO ACT UPON THE MATTERS AT HAND AND SHOW US HOW TO CONDUCT OUR WORK WITH PEACE AND GRATITUDE.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
PLEDGE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VITO IS OUT THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE START.
PLEASE KEEP, UM, OUR COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LET, LET LOPEZ VITO IN OUR PRAYERS.
UM, SHE HAD AN ACCIDENT AND, UM, SHE'S RECOVERING RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S WHY SHE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY.
UH, MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, EVENING MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
UM, I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT CUZ I WANTED TO AS WELL.
AND WE ALL WISH OUR, OUR VERY BEST AS SHE RECOVERS.
COUNSEL, I'M GOING TO REMOVE FROM YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, ITEM FIVE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENT FOR THE A AND SERVICES FRANCHISE AGREEMENT AS WE IMPLEMENT STATE SENATE BILL, UH, 1383.
I'M GONNA BRING THAT BACK ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT? YES.
MADAM MAYOR ON, UH, THE DURAN V.
CITY OF WEST COVINA MATTER ON A VOTE OF FOUR TO ZERO COUNCIL DIRECTED, UH, STAFF TO PAY PLAINTIFF $150,000.
AND IN RETURN, PLAINTIFF AGREED TO DISMISS THE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE CITY.
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GONNA GO ON TO, UH, PRESENTATIONS.IF I CAN HAVE KAREN CO COME TO THE FRONT.
UM, THE STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IS THIS WEEK, APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY THE SIXTH, 2023 TO COMMEMORATE NATIONAL BUS SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS CELEBRATING THE WEST COVINA SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
THIS WEEK, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS WILL HOST EVENTS THIS WEEK DESIGNED TO EXPIRE, ENCOURAGE, EDUCATE, AND CONNECT MEMBERS OF OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
THE CITY IS PARTNERING WITH THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LAVERNE TO HOST THIS YEAR'S WEST COVINA SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
SO HERE WE HAVE OUR PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, APRIL 30TH, THROUGH MAY THE SIXTH OF 2023.
UM, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE ARE THRILLED TO BE HOSTING OUR WEST COVINA SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
TOMORROW WE WILL BE HOSTING A PRESENTATION AND BUSINESS EXPO.
UH, THE PRESENTATION WILL BE HELD, UM, WILL BE PRESENTED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER OF UNIVERSITY OF LAVERNE, WHERE THE TOPIC WILL BE ON THE FIVE CS OF CREDIT.
AND TO CONTINUE THAT, WE WILL ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS EXPO WHERE WE PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES TO OUR SMALL BUSINESS AND TO MV UM, EVENT.
WE WILL BE HOSTING A MIXER AT THE TEMPLE BAR URBAN EATS ON THURSDAY FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM FOR OUR INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL OVER TONY CORTINA OR THE CHIEF.
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HELLO, HOW ARE YOU? IN 1962, PRESIDENT KENNEDY COM PROCLAIMED MAY 15TH AS NATIONAL PEACE OFFICER'S MEMORIAL DAY AND THE CALENDAR WEEK IN WHICH MAY 15TH FALLS AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK ESTABLISHED BY A JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS IN 1962, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK PAYS SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO THOSE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE LINE OF DUTY FOR THE SAFETY AND PROTECTION OF OTHERS.I WANNA THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND I WANNA THANK ALL OUR POLICE OFFICERS FROM WEST COVINA AND ALL OVER.
THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING US AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SAFE AND ALWAYS BEING AROUND WHEN WE CALL ON YOU.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO? ABSOLUTELY.
FIRST OF ALL, ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND MY STAFF, ALL OF THEM SWORN IN, NON-SWORN, WE'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, UH, WE, WE, WE HAVE THIS WEEK TO HONOR OUR FALLEN.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE THREE FALLEN HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, JACK HAM, UH, JAY JACKSON AND KENNETH REEDY.
UH, AND LET'S KEEP IT AT THREE.
BUT WE HONOR THOSE THAT HAVE FALLEN.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IS WE SEND A CONTINGENT OF OUR OFFICERS BACK TO WASHINGTON, DC AND THEY, UM, ACTUALLY PARTICIPATE IN WHAT WE CALL A UNITY TOUR.
UM, PROBABLY BE SHARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN AN UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT THEY RIDE FROM BASICALLY NEW JERSEY ALL THE WAY TO THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, DC AND DURING THAT RIDE, THEY RAISE FUNDS SO THAT THEY CAN HELP SOME OF THESE FAMILIES.
UM, EVERY YEAR WE LOSE SOMEWHERE IN THE HUNDRED HUNDRED PLUS RANGE OF OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND SO IT DEFINITELY MEANS A LOT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'D LIKE TO JUST SAY THANK YOU.
AND WITH THAT SAID, I HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, MAY 14TH THROUGH MAY THE 20TH.
NEXT, I'D LIKE TO CALL NICK LEWIS TO THE FRONT.
THIS WEEK IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION AND REFLECTION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF CLERK'S OFFICE.
IN 1984, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN SIGNED A PROCLAMATION THAT OFFICIALLY DECLARED MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK IN THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY IN 1994 AND 1996, PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON ALSO SIGNED A PROCLAMATION CONFIRMING MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK.
SO WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION 54TH ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL MENAL CLERK'S WEEK APRIL 30TH THROUGH MAY THE SIXTH OF 2023.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? SURE.
I'M THE ELECTED CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, AS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE ELECTED CITY CLERK POSITION FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS A LARGELY CEREMONIAL POSITION.
UM, AS, AS SHOULD BE WELL KNOWN FOR ANYONE WHO COMES TO CITY HALL.
THE PERSON WHO ACTUALLY DOES ALL OF THE SUBSTANTIVE WORK FOR THE CITY CLERK IS MS. LISA SHERIK, WHO EVERYONE SHOULD GIVE CREDIT FOR.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT, AND SHE GAVE ME A STATISTIC, UH, THIS EVENING THAT, UH, I BELIEVE OUT OF THE, UH, O ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE DOES THAT IS VITAL TO DEMOCRACY, PARTICULARLY IN THIS CITY, IS GIVING EVERYONE TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNMENT.
AND OF THE 560, OR EXCUSE ME, 596, UM, PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO COMPLY WITHIN THE 10 DAY STATUTORY TIMELINE FOR OVER 90% OF THOSE REQUESTS, WHICH IS VERY GOOD CONSIDERING SOME OF THE REQUESTS THAT COME TO CITY HALL ARE EXTREMELY VOLUMINOUS AND UNFORTUNATELY TAKE ADDITIONAL TIME.
SO, UM, AND I WANTED TO SAY, UM, AND I KNOW LISA SHOULD COME UP AND, AND STATE THIS.
WE DO HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF THE TEAM WHO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO LISA SO SHE CAN INTRODUCE.
UH, WE HAVE A NEW DEPUTY CITY CLERK.
SHE HAS STARTED ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, AND HER NAME IS MARISSA KRAFT, AND SHE'S HERE THIS EVENING TO INTRODUCE HERSELF TO YOU GUYS AND TO WELCOME YOU, KNOW YOU TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ANY REQUEST THAT YOU MAY HAVE, SHE'LL BE YOUR PRIMARY CONTACT.
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NOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UH, LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, CAN YOU PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR YELLOW FORM AND TURN IT INTO OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK? HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? I HAVE SIX SPEAKER CARDS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MATTHEW SMITH, FOLLOWED BY KATHY NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN.
I WILL SPEAK FIRST ON BEHALF OF SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL, UM, WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT THE MEETINGS THAT YOU'VE HAD REGARDING THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UH, THE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION DOES WANNA THANK YOU FOR, AT THIS POINT, KEEPING THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE SPORTS PLEX GOING PARKS AND REC IN GENERAL, BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP THAT UTILIZES CAMERON, UH, TWO DAYS A WEEK AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU FOR, AT THIS POINT, KEEPING THE PARKS AND REC AND THE SENIORS IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, UH, PROPOSAL.
UH, SECONDLY, I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF BUN STREET OR F AND S FOOD SERVICES.
UM, WE DID HAVE A BREAK IN ON APRIL 17TH, AND I WANT TO THANK THE WEST COVINO POLICE FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE IN HELPING US.
THEY, UM, CAME TO TAKE A REPORT AND THEY ALSO SIGNED, ASSIGNED US A DETECTIVE WHO IS CURRENTLY STILL WORKING ON, UH, THE CASE AND THE ISSUES AND, AND THE CLUES THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE ABLE TO CATCH THE PEOPLE THAT BROKE INTO BUN STREET.
UH, WE LOST THE SAFE AND THERE WAS OTHER DAMAGE.
BUT, UM, I DID WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR, TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ATTENTION TO THE MATTER.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR TONIGHT.
KATHY NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR DIAZ, COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVERYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT.
I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I LIVE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I LOVE WEST COVINA, AND I THANK ALL THE POLICE OFFICERS AND EVERYBODY WHO MAKES OUR CITY WORK SO GREAT.
WE HAVE A GREAT CITY AND I AM SO APPRECIATIVE OF THAT.
SHE ALSO LIVES IN WEST COVINA AND KEN DYSON.
SO, UM, WE'RE HERE TO, FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS, MOSTLY TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGHOUT THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE WHAT WE DO.
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW, WE SERVE, UH, PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY IN WEST COVINA AND IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOOD FOR HOPEFULLY A WEEK FOR A FAMILY OF FOUR.
UM, NOT ONLY DO WE TRY TO DO THAT, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BECOME MORE SELF-SUFFICIENT, BUT ALSO TO GIVE THEM HOPE AND DIGNITY.
SO IN THE LAST YEAR, COUPLE OF YEARS DURING COVID, OUR NUMBERS WERE, WERE, WERE GOING UP IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD 15, 16, 17, BUT DURING COVID WE ROSE TO ABOUT 37,000, WHICH IS ABOUT ONE THIRD THE SIZE OF WEST COVINA.
THEN IN 21, THAT WENT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
WE DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT MAYBE PEOPLE STARTED GETTING USED TO THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND THINGS THAT WERE GOOD THAT WERE HAPPENING FOR THEM.
BUT THEN THIS YEAR, 20, EXCUSE ME, IN 22, WE SERVED ALMOST 40,000 PEOPLE.
AND THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE TO, UH, TO RECEIVE WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY DID, BUT THEY NEEDED IT.
SO WE WERE GLAD THAT WE COULD BE THERE, AND IT WAS ALL BECAUSE OF YOU AND BECAUSE OF YOUR HELP AND YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT.
SO TODAY I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE, AND WE WANT ALL OF YOU TO COME AND SEE WHAT OUR, OUR, UM, WELL, WHAT, WHAT WE DO, HOW WE PROVIDE THE FOOD, HOW WE ORGANIZE IT.
UH, I KNOW THAT ALL OF OUR PEOPLE, UH, WOULD LOVE AND WOULD BE DELIGHTED IF YOU COULD COME.
WE'LL SERVE A LITTLE REFRESHMENT AND IT'S COMPLIMENTARY.
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AND IT WILL BE JUNE 7TH WEDNESDAY FROM SIX TO EIGHT.AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE SOME ENTERTAINMENT, EVEN IF IT'S, UH, DORA GOMEZ SINGING
BUT ANYWAY, UM, IF, UH, IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT I COULD PRESENT TO YOU ABOUT OUR, OUR GROUP, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AGAIN, AND, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
UH, WOULD YOU CARE TO SAY ANYTHING? NO, I JUST REMINDED BECAUSE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, I WAS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVED HELP.
MY HUSBAND HAD DIED, AND WE HAD NO INCOME.
HAD NO INCOME, AND I STILL HAD TWO CHILDREN AT HOME, AND IT WAS OPERATING IT THEN IN A VERY MINOR WAY COMPARED TO WHAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY.
BUT IT DID HELP ME GET THROUGH ABOUT TWO YEARS UNTIL I COULD GET BACK TO SCHOOL AND RECUPERATE AND GO ON MY WAY.
SO THESE KINDS OF THINGS ARE SO IMPORTANT, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FOOD, BECAU, BUT BECAUSE OF, UH, LIKE SHE SAID, DIGNITY.
AND I WAS WATCHING A TELEVISION PROGRAM RECENTLY WHERE FOR MANY PEOPLE IT'S LIFE.
IF THEY CAN SEE THE SUPPORT THAT COMES FROM THIS KIND OF A THING, THEY ARE ENCOURAGED.
AND THE OTHER SIDE, FOR MANY OF THEM IS DEPRESSION AND, UH, SOMETIMES SUICIDE.
SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND HE REALLY HELPING PEOPLE THANKING YOU FOR ALL YOU THAT YOU DO.
FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS MILLER.
LET US TELL A STORY ABOUT THE NARRATIVE OF 37 20 23 FOR THE RECORD IN THE NEW CASE NUMBER 23 PSR 0 0 0 6 7 9.
IT'S UNFORTUNATELY THAT SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT WHAT THEY FIND, UH, OFFENSIVE IS THEIR RIGHT TO ASSAULT OR ATTACK OTHER PEOPLE.
BUT WE SHOULDN'T BEHAVE THAT WAY UNLESS WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE LAW AND RESPECT EVERYONE'S OPINION.
EVERYONE'S RIGHT, AND EVERYONE'S DECISION TO CRITICIZE NOT JUST ELECTED OFFICIALS, BUT THOSE WHO THEY FEEL THAT DEEMED IDIOTS.
SO ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THIS CASE I'M REFERRING TO, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU IN THE RECORD THAT A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS REDACTED, MEANING THAT YOUR POLICE OFFICERS WERE COVERING UP SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON THIS.
WHY, WHY WOULD YOU REDACT ALL THE INFORMATION ON A POLICE REPORT WHEN THEY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE TO BOTH PARTIES? SEE, THAT? I, I AM, BUT I'M ADDRESSING IT IN MY FASHION.
MADAME MASEY, I'M NOT A TYRANT.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO PUSH PEOPLE AROUND LIKE YOU TRY TO PUSH ME AROUND TELLING ME TO FACE YOU.
SOMETIMES I JUST FEEL LIKE TURNING AROUND.
AND I'M SHARING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC ABOUT THIS, UM, WEST COVINA CRIME INCIDENT REPORT.
BECAUSE YOU SEE, IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE TO STAND UP TO YOUR PERPETRATORS.
IT TAKES A LOT OF COURAGE WHEN A RESTRAINING ORDER FROM THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THREE TIMES AGAINST ME UNDER A SLAP OR SWAT THESE ACRONYMS, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TRYING TO SUPPRESS MY FIRST AMENDMENT, TRYING TO SUPPRESS MY APPEARANCE IN CONS, CHAMBERS, TRYING TO GET ME NOT TO RETURN TO CONS CHAMBERS BY PUTTING RESTRAINING ORDERS AGAINST ME OR USING OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE TO ATTACK ME.
LIKE VERY MEAN PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
BUT YOU SEE, MAYOR, I DO MY RESEARCH BECAUSE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TAUGHT US HOW TO DEFEND OURSELVES WHEN ATTACKED AT A MEETING.
AND THAT, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE RECORD, MR. MARIO LEWIS, S O B A L V A R R O, FOR THE RECORD FOR ALL I KNOW, IS BEING PROTECTED BY THE COUNCIL OR THE WEST COVINA POLICE BECAUSE IT TOOK US 24 HOURS TO 72 HOURS TO GET HIS INFORMATION.
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SERVED.AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE, SEE, I CAME UP WITH THE NEW IDEA.
IT'S CALLED RESTRICTED ACCESS.
AND RESTRICTED ACCESS IS SIMILAR TO LIKE DENYING US THE RIGHT TO ENTER OR TO BE HEARD OR FIGURE OUT WHY WE'RE BEING CENSORED OR MONITORED IN OUR FREE SPEECH.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS GONNA BE PLEASANT.
YOU ALREADY HAVE HEARD THAT THOUSANDS OF TIMES THAT THE ARENA IS ABUSIVE.
AND WHEN YOU DON'T SERVICE YOUR PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THEN YOU GET ATTACKED VERBALLY.
LIKE I READ BRANDON BERG VERSUS OHIO SNYDER, V PHELPS COHEN VERSUS CALIFORNIA, WHITNEY VERSUS CALIFORNIA, UH, MICHAEL HUNT VERSUS CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
AND THAT'S ALL PROTECTIVE FREE SPEECH.
AND I BROUGHT YOU A NEW ONE BAG TO ZAN VERSUS THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE I USE THAT PHRASE, SHOOT THE BLANK.
AND I GOT A T R O CUZ SOMEONE SAID, I MADE A THREAT.
BUT AFTER HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE FBI SAYS, THAT SOUNDS F*****G RIDICULOUS.
ARE THEY WASTING JENNIFER FROM LONG BEACH? JUST KEEP YOUR DISTANCE FROM THE I'M NOT THE ONE MYSELF.
IT'S FREEDOM OF SPEECH, NOT IN YOUR ANGER.
JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS MILLER, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZG.
MISS LETTI VALARI, I HOPE YOU FEEL BETTER AND GET BETTER.
IF THE CITY REALLY WANTS TO HONOR THE POLICE, HIRE SOME MORE.
YOU REALLY WANT TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES, SPEND SOME OF THAT COVID MONEY ON BUSINESSES.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ALSO DO THINGS LIKE DON'T SPEND $250,000 ON MRS. WU'S, UH, CHARITY.
ALSO, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT THE QUEEN OF WEST COVINA.
SO TURNING YOUR BACK ON YOU IS NOT A VIOLATION OF PROTOCOL.
NOW, IF YOU WERE THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND, MAYBE, BUT YOU'RE NOT THE QUEEN HERE.
IT IS OBVIOUS MAYOR DIAZ WILL NOT DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS SHE SITS SILENTLY BY SHE IS NOT LAUGHING AT THE PUBLIC OR INSULTING THE PUBLIC HERSELF AS HER HUSBAND VERBALLY ASSAULTS, ATTEMPTS TO PHYSICALLY INTIMIDATE THE PUBLIC WHILE SUPPORTING HIS ANTICS ON HER BEHALF IS TIME TO THE GO TO NEXT STEP, THAT STORY, MOVE HER FROM OFFICE.
HERE'S SOME OF THE REASONS MAYOR DIAZ IS ALSO KNOWN AS GINGER, ELLIOT, ROSA, ROSARIO ELLIOT, I THINK THAT'S HER LEGAL NAME AS FOSTER DIVISION WITH THE RESIDENTS FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND HAS SHOWN A LACK OF CONCERN FOR THE RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY.
MAYOR DIAZ, PRIOR TO HER ELECTION, TOLD THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY, I UNDERSTAND OUR ISSUES, BUT HAS STATED, I'M A HISPANIC WOMAN, BUT I DON'T THINK LIKE THEM.
MAYOR DIAZ REMAINS SILENT AS HER HUSBAND.
WILLIAM ELLIOT CALLS DREAMERS, COCKROACHES, MAYOR DIAZ SUPPORTS RECRUITING MORE WHITE PEOPLE TO WEST COVINA.
MAYOR DIAZ SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF RENTERS NOT HAVING TO SAY, IN OUR CITY ONLY HOMEOWNERS.
A RESIDENT COMPLAINED ABOUT HER HUSBAND PUBLICLY SAYING THEIR SPOUSE AFTER PASSING WAS IN HELL.
MAYOR DIAZ INSULTED NATIVE AMERICAN NEIGHBORS BY REFUSING TO ALLOW AN APPROVED LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND BLESSING.
AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, MAYOR DIAZ REMAINED SILENT AS HER HUSBAND CALLS WOMEN BOVINE COWS, FAT AND UGLY.
MAYOR DIAZ APPOINTED HER HUSBAND IS HER REPRESENTATIVE, AND ENFORCER, HE ATTENDS BUSINESS MEETINGS IN THE COMMUNITY AS HER REPRESENTATIVE, INTIMIDATING AND THREATENING RESIDENTS.
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DIAZ CONTINUES TO INSTILL FEAR IN THE PUBLIC AS A PERSON NOT WILLING TO REPRESENT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, JUST THOSE WITH CERTAIN POLITICAL BELIEFS.THIS RECALL IS A CHANCE FOR THE VOTERS AND RESIDENTS OUR COMMUNITY TO SAY, MAYOR DIAZ, BLESS YOUR HEART, THANK YOU, CHRIS MILLER, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZONG, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, COUNCIL, MAYOR, CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF.
THIS SATURDAY NIGHT, THERE WAS A BAD WRECK ON WEST COVINA OR ON, UH, PUENTE AND, UH, VINCENT.
NOW, ROUNDABOUTS AREN'T THE ANSWER.
YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY WHAT MY NEIGHBOR SUGGESTS, PUTTING UP A CAMERA WITH THE MILEAGE OR THE MILD PER HOUR.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY GONNA DO ANYTHING.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED IS, EVEN THOUGH MOST DON'T LIKE IT FOR INTRUSION OF, UH, PRIVACY AND OTHER THINGS, A RED LIGHT CAMERA AND POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, MORE PATROLS EVEN AT NIGHT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LONG HARD FACT IS WITHOUT A DETERRENT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA CONTINUE TO SPEED, CONTINUE TO RUN IN REDS AND CAUSE ACCIDENTS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS TIME IT WAS A DUI.
HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, STOP THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE DAYS OF UBER.
UM, I AM GONNA TALK ABOUT ITEM FIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT GOT PULLED.
I DO NOT THINK ATHENS IS THE ONE THAT NEEDS TO HANDLE THIS.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A VIABLE SOURCE IF WE HAVE A FOOD STOCK, BOTH FROM COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTS, THAT THIS COULD BE A POWER GENERATION FOR THE CITY AND A REVENUE GENERATOR, UM, BY INSTALLING DIGESTERS, POSSIBLY AT, UH, BKK LANDFILL.
YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T CAUSE, UH, ANY ISSUE WITH ANYTHING UNDERNEATH.
YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT BRINGING IN AN ESCO TO DO AN ENERGY SERVICE PROCUREMENT AND FIND A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR THIS.
AND NOT COM, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE, UM, EVERGREEN CONTRACT EVEN BIGGER AND WORSE.
MANY RESIDENTS ARE APPALLED BY WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS, HOW IT KEEPS ON CONTINUING, KEEPS ON RAISING PRICES IN GLENDALE IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE FOR SEWAGE, TRASH, WATER, ELECTRICITY, THREE MONTHS HEATING HIS HOUSE WITH ELECTRIC HEATER IS ONLY 600 BUCKS.
HOW MUCH IS TRASH FOR THE SMALLEST TRASH CAN? I HAVE A FAMILY OF FIVE, FOUR ADULTS, ONE CHILD.
WE DON'T EVEN FILL UP A LARGE, UH, SMALL TRASH CAN.
THERE'S NO OTHER SMALL, YOU KNOW, AMOUNT.
AND I DON'T PAY THE BILL ANYMORE, MY WIFE DOES, AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY OVER A HUNDRED BUCKS A MONTH OR 80 BUCKS A MONTH, SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.
SO I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO DO SOMETHING BETTER THAN JUST LUMPING IT IN WITH ATHENS.
I THINK IF WE, YOU KNOW, GET CREATIVE, IT COULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS.
ZG, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY JD.
OH, GOOD EVENING, MS. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE CITY MANAGER, MR. KA AND STAFF AND OUR, UH, COMMUNITY FOLKS.
MY NAME IS ZA WEST, COMMUNITY LIBRARY MANAGER.
I WILL HAVE, UM, I JUST HAVE A, UH, QUICK NOTICE TO, UM, TO MAKE TONIGHT, UM, THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY SIDEWALK SERVICE.
UM, THE HOST PICKUP LOCATION WILL BE MOVED, UH, FROM THE LIBRARY MAIN ENTRANCE, UM, TO THE, THE, THE LIBRARY BACK ENTRANCE.
THE BACK ENTRANCE IS, UM, CLOSE TO THE, THE PARKING LOT ON THE SITES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE LIBRARY BUILDING.
AND, UM, SO PROBABLY THIS IS GOING TO START LATE THIS WEEK OR THE, THE BEGINNING OF NEXT WEEK.
AND DEPENDING ON HOW FAST THE WE CAN MOVE, UM, THIS IS BECAUSE, UH, THE CONTRACTORS THAT IS JUST, THEY'RE WORKING, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THE MEETING ROOM AND THE LOBBY AREA.
SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
AND WHEN YOU COME TO PICK UP A HOSE, THE, THE MATERIALS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'D RESERVED, YOU MAY STILL PARK IN THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT AND WALK TO THE BACK ENTRANCE, OR YOU CAN PARK AT A SOUTH SIDE OF THE, UH, OF THE, THE PARKING LOT.
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ALSO A ENTRANCE AND EXIT AT THAT LI UH, AT THAT PARKING LOT AS WELL.AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THE LIBRARY.
UH, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU.
AND I APOLOGIZE AGAIN FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
LIBRARY CLOSURE HAS CAUSED EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING.
UM, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN OPEN THE LIBRARY AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN A MUCH UPGRADED, UM, LIBRARY SPACE.
UH, LAST WEEK, UH, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE, UH, QUOTED A BIG, UH, HEALTH BUREAUCRAT, UH, UH, TONY FAUCI, UH, UH, FAUCI SAID QUOTE, UH, SOMETHING CLEARLY WENT WRONG.
AND I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS, BUT THE REASON WE KNOW IT WENT WRONG IS THAT WE ARE THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD ON A PER CAPITA BASIS.
WE'VE DONE WORSE THAN VIRTUALLY ALL OTHER COUNTRIES.
AND THERE'S NO REASON THAT A RICH COUNTRY LIKE OURS HAS TO HAVE 1.1 MILLION DEATHS UNACCEPTABLE.
SO, UM, MAYBE THE, UH, OFFICIAL NARRATIVE IS, IS BEGINNING TO FALL APART APART IF YOU BELIEVE, UH, TONY FAUCI STATEMENT.
UH, AND, AND IF YOU WISH TO CONSULT YOUR DOCTOR REVI, UH, REGARDING COVID ADVICE, UH, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO, TO WRITE OUT A SENTENCE ON A PIECE OF PAPER OR SOMETHING LIKE, UH, QUOTE, UH, THE PFIZER MODERNA BIOWEAPON IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE.
AND, UH, SEE IF YOUR DOCTOR WANTS TO SIGN THAT STATEMENT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE USED TO SAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE STILL SAYING THAT, BUT I THINK MOST DOCTORS HAVE FIGURED OUT THAT THERE'S A DOWNSIDE TO THE NANOTECH TECHNOLOGY, SPIKE PROTEIN, UM, YOU KNOW, MEDIUM AND LONG-TERM, UH, EFFECTS, UH, WE'LL SEE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, UH, HOW OUR, HOW OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS HOLD UP TO, UH, THE TREATMENT, THE, THE SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT.
BUT, UM, EVEN PHAR, UH, PHARMACISTS DON'T WANT KNOW WHAT'S IN THE JAB BECAUSE, UH, THE, THE PACKAGE INSERT IS BLANK.
UM, THE CONTENTS OF THE VIAL BELONG TO THE D O D UNTIL IT'S INJECTED.
SO EVEN OBTAINING SAMPLES FOR, UH, LAB ANALYSIS COULD BE CONSIDERED AN I ILLEGAL ACT BECAUSE, UM, BIOWEAPONS ARE, ARE BELONG TO THE PENTAGON.
AND YOU DON'T WANNA, YOU CAN'T LEGALLY ANALYZE SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
UM, SO, SO WE, I'VE BEEN TALKING FOR QUITE A LONG TIME ABOUT NO INFORMED CONSENT, AND WE DON'T SEEM TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMED CONSENT.
AND EVEN MEDICAL DOCTORS, THEY JUST KNOW THEY'RE ORDERED BY THE FDA TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT TO THEIR PATIENTS.
AND I CLEARLY, UH, UH, CENTRAL AUTHORITY SHOULDN'T BE GETTING IN, IN BETWEEN THE PRIVATE DOCTOR, DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP.
I, I BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE PRIVATE, NOT, UH, CENTRALIZED AUTHORITY.
ANYWAY, UH, CONTINUING ON, UH, THERE'S A LADY THAT LIVES IN CARLSBAD, HER NAME KAREN KINGSTON, AND SHE HAS A WEBSITE, UH, SHE CITE, SHE CITES THE, UH, US CONGRESS, UH, CORONAVIRUS AID RELIEF AND ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT.
IT'S ABBREVIATED THE CARES ACT, UH, WITH WHICH HAS A TWO MIL, 2 TRILLION STIMULUS PACKAGE.
A HUNDRED BILLION WAS EARMARKED FOR HOSPITALS AND LOCAL HEALTH CENTERS THAT TREATED COVID PATIENTS.
THE PUBLIC READI READINESS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ACT, THAT'S CALLED THE PREP ACT, AUTHORIZES THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH SHS TO ISSUE DECLARATIONS TO PROVIDE LIABILITY IMMUNITY TO CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS AND ENTITIES, UH, UH, AGAINST ANY CLAIM OF LUK RISING, UH, BY OR OUT OF RELATING TO, OR, UH, FROM THE MANUFACTURER DISTRIBUTION OF, UH, MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES.
UH, THAT'S, IF THERE'S WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, UH, THERE COULD BE LIABILITY IF, UH, IF THE MANUFACTURERS KNEW IT WAS
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A BIO WEAPON AND THEY STILL, UH, THEY STILL DISTRIBUTED IT.SO IT'S NOT A BLANKET, IT'S NOT A BLANKET IMMUNITY.
SO, UM, ANYWAY, I'LL JUST YIELD BACK MY LAST 30 SECONDS.
HOW YOU DOING, MR. WOO? I SAW YOU KIND OF YAWNING.
I HOPE YOU'RE, YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
UH, THE REASON I CAME TONIGHT WAS FOR ATHENS, BUT SINCE YOU GUYS PULLED IT FROM THE AGENDA, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE LIBERTY IN MY LITTLE FIVE MINUTES TO EXPRESS MY TRUE CONCERN REGARDING ATHENS.
SB 1383 IS NOT A THREAT OR AN INCONVENIENCE, BUT IT'S JUST A REALITY COMING FOR SACRAMENTO WHERE I'M GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH.
HOWEVER, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S FAR MORE LOCAL AND WITHIN YOUR, THE GRASP OF YOUR AUTHORITY, AND THAT'S THE ANNUAL PICKUP.
YOU'VE HEARD MANY FOLKS COME UP HERE AND ASK WHY, WHY WAS IT SUSPENDED? IT'S BEEN SOME TIME NOW, I'VE HEARD ONE, THE CONTRACT HAD BEEN CHANGED, THEN IT WENT TO THE HOMELESS, WOULD ABUSE THE TRASH THAT WAS PUT OUT.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I EVEN HEARD THAT IT WAS DUE TO CORONA.
SO THAT WAS, IT'S KIND OF A BAD EXCUSE.
SO I'M HOPING, MAYOR, THAT YOU REPRESENT THE DISTRICT I LIVE IN.
YOU WILL ASK OUR CITY MANAGER TONIGHT, WHAT IS THE REASON OR WHAT'S THE DRAWBACK FROM INITIATING THE ANNUAL PICKUP? BECAUSE WE HAD, THE LAST TIME ATHENS WAS HERE, AT LEAST TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WAS APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SUSPENDING THAT ANNUAL PICKUP.
NOW, I KNOW THIS ALSO PREDATES YOUR TENURE HERE AT THE, AT THE, UH, CITY, BUT IT'S BEEN YEARS, AND YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A TIME.
AND MANY RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED ABOUT IT AND BEEN CONCERNED.
AND IT IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US TO GET RID OF A LOT OF GARBAGE THAT'S SITTING AROUND ATTRACTING RODENTS.
UM, SO IT'S A, IT'S A POSITIVE THING, AND IT'S A SERVICE THAT WE'VE PAID FOR, FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS FROM MY LIVING HERE IN WEST COVINA.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN STRIP A SERVICE THAT'S BEEN PAID FOR WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION OR NOTIFICATION.
THAT IS REALLY A CONCERN I HAVE REGARDING ATHENS.
BUT IT'S MORE TO DO WITH THE CITY BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT WAS THE CITY'S DECISION TO PULL THAT SERVICE.
SO, MAYOR, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU TONIGHT ASK FOR AN EXPLANATION.
NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
UM, CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS FROM OUR AUDIENCE? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I'LL TRY TO BRIEFLY RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE.
UM, MATTHEW, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO THE BUDGET MEETINGS AND FOR YOUR ADVOCACY FOR RECREATION PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE REC YOU'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING THAT.
UM, BUDGET'S GONNA GET TO THIS COUNCIL IN PRETTY SHORT ORDER AND HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY TO TAKE THAT OUT.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT ONE WILL REMAIN.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR THE COMPLIMENTS TO THE, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT THAT BREAK IN.
I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT OCCURRED.
UM, KATHY NAVARRO AND HER TEAM FROM 29 11.
WE WILL, UM, MAKE SURE THE CITY TEAM IS REPRESENTED AT THAT, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR GREAT WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ARMANDO HERMANN ALWAYS EXERCISES HIS, UM, TIME UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND HE DID TONIGHT, UM, IN THESE CHAMBERS.
WE ALWAYS RESPECT HIS, UM, PRIVILEGE TO, TO COME TO THAT MICROPHONE.
UM, MR. SCHUMACHER HAD SEVERAL COMMENTS.
I'M NOT SURE ANY OF THOSE WERE FOR MY RESPONSE.
UM, CHRIS MILLER ASKED ABOUT CAMERAS.
UM, THERE'S SOME PRETTY CLEAR STATE LAWS ABOUT CAMERAS AND THEIR USE BY MUNICIPALITIES.
RECENTLY, THERE WAS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION INTRODUCED BY A SEMI MEMBER, LAURA FRIEDMAN, UM, GLENDALE AREA THAT APPLIED ONLY TO THREE CITIES.
BUT IT, IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW A VERY LIMITED USE OF THIS AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT FOR, FOR SPEEDING OR FOR RED LIGHTS OR FOR WHATEVER.
UH, WE ARE NOT REFERENCED IN THAT BILL, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE MIND OF A LOT OF CITIES.
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THE REASON IT WAS OUTLAWED IN THIS STATE WAS BECAUSE PEOPLE PERCEIVED IT AS A, A REVENUE TOOL.UH, UM, LAURA FRIEDMAN'S BILL IS MUCH MORE NARROWLY WRITTEN AND DOESN'T, UM, GIVE, GIVE MUNICIPALITIES A CHANCE TO ABUSE IT IN THAT WAY.
UM, WENWEN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ABOUT THE LIBRARY SERVICES.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTS.
UM, MR. ROBINSON ALWAYS, UM, SHARES HIS OPINIONS ABOUT COVID.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE ANY RESPONSE TO THOSE.
UM, JD TALKED ABOUT ATHENS, I APOLOGIZE, THAT'S PULLED OFF THE CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT.
I NEED TO DO SOME MORE WORK ON IT.
AND I WILL HAVE, WHEN THAT ITEM RETURNS, IT'LL PROBABLY BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, THE DATES FOR THAT ANNUAL PICKUP.
HE IS ALWAYS VERY GOOD ABOUT ATTENDING OUR MEETINGS.
ATTENDED THE ATHENS MEETING, AND I WAS THERE AS WELL.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE DATES FOR THE, UM, UM, ANNUAL PICKUP.
THE TRUER STATEMENT WAS NEVER MADE ABOUT THIS SB 1 3 83, THAT IT'S A, A REALITY BEING FORCED ON US LOCALS FROM SACRAMENTO.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PROGRAM IN FRONT OF YOU ON A CONTRACT AMENDMENT TO, TO ADDRESS IT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCILMAN WILL.
REALLY QUICK, AND I WANT TO ANSWER JD REGARDING, OKAY, LET IS, UH, BEFORE, UH, YOUR TIME.
THAT'S 2018, UH, WHEN CHRIS FREELAND AND NICOLE WAS, AND THEY DECIDE TO CANCELED.
I LIVED IN WEST COVINA SINCE 1989.
WE ALWAYS HAVE A E SPRING CLEAN UP.
AND THEN WE PUT ALL THE TRASH OUTSIDE, THE BIG ITEM, AND THEN AS IN, OKAY, WE'LL PICK IT UP OKAY.
SO, UM, BUT IN 2018, AND THEN, UH, CHRIS FREELAND, THE, UH, PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, NICO PO THEY BASICALLY MENTIONED, UH, THEY FEEL LIKE THAT IS GOING TO CREATE A LOT OF ISSUE, THE TRASH, THIS, THIS CETERA, SO THEY CAN SOLVE IT.
I THINK, I DON'T KNOW, THEY SENT TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
I DON'T REMEMBER THAT, BUT I REMEMBER IT'S STILL, THEY, THEY DECIDE TO, UH, DUE TO MAKE THE CITY LOOK CLEANER AND, AND THAT THE NOT EXCUSES FROM ETHAN, THEY BASICALLY, THEY SAY ANYTIME YOU CALL THEM FOR PICK ITEM, PICK AND THEY WILL PICK UP FOR YOU.
UM, BUT, UH, LAST NIGHT I HAVE, UH, SOME PROJECTION TV OKAY.
AND, UH, FOR THEM TO PICK IT UP BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY WANTED, I WANT DONATE, NOBODY WANTED.
THEY HAVE TO STICK INTO THEIR BARGAIN.
SHOULD BE A FREE BIG ITEM PICKUP FOR OUR RESIDENT.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT IS THE EXPLANATION TO JD.
SO I DON'T KNOW, IS OUR RESIDENTS STILL WANT TO HAVE A SPRING, UH, CLEAN UP? OKAY.
BUT POSSIBLE THERE'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO PEOPLE CAN WIN THEIR TRASH, THE OLD MATTRESS, THE TV, AND LET DAY SO THEY CAN CLEAN UP THEIR HOME CITY MANAGER THROUGH THE CHAIR.
WE DID HAVE A, A COMMUNITY MEETING JUST FOCUSED ON THE 1 3 83, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PEOPLE COME TO THOSE.
AND THAT WAS A VERY CLEAR POINT.
THEY WANT IT BROUGHT BACK, RUGGED AWAY.
UM, AND I'LL HAVE DATES FOR THAT.
UM, WHEN THIS ITEM RETURNS TO YOU ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA, IT'S, UM, REQUIRED UNDER THE CONTRACT, AND WE'RE GONNA STAND IT BACK UP AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
OH, COUNSEL, I MEAN, UH, MAYOR PROTON, UH, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, AGAIN, UH, TO, TO CHRIS AND THE, THAT INTERSECTION, UH, IT, IT HAS, I UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
UH, WE ARE GONNA BE MAKING QUITE A BIT OF CHANGES THERE.
UH, I DO THINK THE URGENCY, UH, I GOT PHOTOS OF THAT ACCIDENT, AND I'VE, I'VE RECEIVED PHOTOS FROM THAT INTERSECTION, UM, PRETTY, PRETTY, UM, FREQUENTLY OVER THE TIME I'VE SERVED ON THE COUNCIL.
UH, AND SO I, I THINK THE URGENCY TO GET SOMETHING DONE, IF, IF WE CAN JUST, UM, PUT THAT, UH, AS A, AS A PRIORITY INTERSECTION, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE, WE HAVE A COUPLE.
AND IF WE CAN GET THOSE TAKEN CARE OF, UH, IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT WASN'T JUST THE DRIVERS, UM, BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE HOME AT THE CORNER, UH, GOING THROUGH THE FENCE AND IT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A REALLY HORRIFIC INCIDENT.
LET'S, UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
DOES ANYONE, MANAGER, OH, I'M SORRY.
I MAY, I JUST HAVE A VERY BRIEF REPORT.
I KNOW WE CAN GET TO THE OTHER BUSINESS, BUT IF I CAN HAVE A REALLY QUICK MANAGER'S
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
REPORT TONIGHT.UM, FIRST I JUST WANTED TO MENTION A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THIS AREA OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE ARE REALLY HEARTENED BY THIS, UM, ENDORSEMENT OF OUR CONGRESSWOMAN GRACE NAPOLITANO FOR A, UM, 10 MILLION GRANT UNDER THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROVISIONS TO DO A COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT ON, UH, CAMERON AVENUE.
UM, WE NEED TO DO A LITTLE MISSIONARY WORK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, LETTERS TO,
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UM, THE, THE, THE SENATORS, UH, PADILLA AND FEINSTEIN'S OFFICES WOULD BE TIMELY AND WILL BE REALLY APPRECIATED.IF ANY OF YOU, OR IF ALL OF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO SIGN ON AS SUCH A LETTER, I'M HAPPY TO WRITE IT SO WE CAN GET IT IN.
WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE PUSH.
SO THAT WOULD BE, UM, HELPFUL AT THE STATE LEVEL.
I WANTED TO MENTION THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP WORK GOING ON WITH RESPECT TO THE, UM, FREEWAY MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT THAT'S IN PLACE SINCE 2018, UH, BETWEEN CALTRANS AND THE CITY, WHEN THE FREEWAY PROJECT WAS DONE IN THAT TIME, AND THEY PUT IN THOSE, UM, PIECES OF ART ALONG THE FREEWAY, THE FREEZES THAT DEPICTING THE, THE CITRUS, ET CETERA.
THEY ALSO ASSIGNED A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, RESPONSIBILITY AREAS.
AND WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME NOW, BOTH WITH CITY ENGINEERING AND WITH THE MAINTENANCE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UH, CLARIFYING EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO UNDER THAT, UH, AGREEMENT SIGNED BY MAYOR SPENCE, UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
BUT WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS ON THAT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY, IN TERMS OF LOCAL, UM, INTERGOVERNMENTAL WORK, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A MEETING.
THE MAYOR AND I, TOGETHER WITH THE CHIEF POLICE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER LAMA MET WITH, UM, COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, SUPERINTENDENT AND AND BOARD PRESIDENT.
IT WAS REALLY FRUITFUL, I THOUGHT.
THEY SHARED WITH US A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE DISTRICT, IN THE REALM OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
A NEW, UM, CALL BUTTON THAT EVERY TEACHER NOW HAS THAT GOES FIRST TO THE ADMINISTRATION, THE SECRETARY IN THE OFFICE, THE ADMINISTRATOR IN THE OFFICE TO ALERT THEM IF THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, MISCHIEF GOING ON.
AND THEN IF THE BUTTON GETS PUSHED MULTIPLE OR MULTIPLE TIMES, SEVEN OR EIGHT TIMES, IT IS AN ALERT THAT GETS A 9 1 1 THAT GETS A RESPONSE, SHOULD THERE BE A TRAGEDY.
AND IT WAS REALLY, UM, AN IMPRESSIVE SYSTEM.
AND I THINK I'M GONNA SHARE IT WITH THE OTHER, UM, SUPERINTENDENTS AND DISTRICTS AS WELL.
IT WAS, UM, IT WAS A GOOD MEETING.
I APPRECIATE THE VERIFY AND THE TIME TO DO IT.
UM, I WANTED TO SHOW, UM, SOME PICTURES.
THIS IS AS OF TODAY, THE NEW MONUMENT SIGN WITH ITS, UM, RIBBON SIGN ON IT ANNOUNCING WEST COVINA.
AND WE'VE GOT SOME OTHER ONES IN THE WORKS.
THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT THERE SHOWS ONE THAT'S GOING TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT WAS KNOCKED DOWN BY A, UM, DUI DRIVER ON, UH, AMMAR NEAR THE STATER BROTHERS GROCERY STORE.
BUT OUR, OUR CREWS ARE DOING THIS, AND THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB WITH IT.
WE'RE USING FORCE ACCOUNT LABOR, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY NICE WAY TO ANNOUNCE WEST COVINA, UM, WITH THESE MONUMENT SIGNS ON THE MEDIANS.
I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP TO THE COUNCIL TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT'S HAPPENING ABOUT STREETLIGHTS.
UH, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU RECALL, BUT AT OUR LAST MEETING, UM, GEORGE WYNN CAME AND ASKED ABOUT COULD WE GET SOME MORE STREET LIGHTING, UM, UM, IN PLACE ON GRAND AVENUE.
AND, UM, I WAS A LITTLE EMBARRASSED BY HIS INQUIRY, CUZ I TRAVEL THAT STREET NOT EVERY DAY, BUT OFTEN.
AND I, I KNOW IT IS DARK IN SPOTS.
IN TALKING TO THE EDISON REPRESENTATIVES, THERE ARE, UM, 18 POLES THERE AS PART OF THEIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM UPON WHICH WOULD BE FAIRLY EASY TO HANG, UM, A NEW STREETLIGHT.
AND I THINK THESE POOLS OF DARKNESS, THERE COULD BE A CONTRIBUTING FACTORY.
WE'VE HAD HAD SOME TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ALONG THERE, AND I THINK MORE LIGHT IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.
AND WITH OUR SPECIAL LS, ONE RATE THAT THEY GIVE US, IT'S NOT A BIG DOLLAR IMPACT.
AND SO I'M WORKING WITH EDISON TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
AND SECONDLY, THERE'S A PROJECT IN THE WORKS WITH, UM, EDISON, UM, TO REPLACE MORE THAN 3000 OUTDATED METAL STREETLIGHT POLES.
IT'S KIND OF AN INVISIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THE MODERN ONE IS THE CONCRETE, THE MARBLE LIGHT STRUCTURE.
AND THEY'RE HOPING TO GET THAT, UM, STARTED, UM, LATE THIS SUMMER.
IT'S, UM, THEY'RE SPENDING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO DO THAT FOR US.
AND, AND THEY'RE, UH, AN IMPORTANT PARTNER FOR US.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR, UM, HELPING US, UM, ADVANCE IN THAT AREA.
A COUPLE, UM, COMMUNITY EVENTS TO ANNOUNCE, UM, THIS ARBOR DAY CEREMONY HELD ON THE 29TH, UM, INCLUDED, UH, SPECIAL RECOGNITION, THE PLANNING OF TWO MEMORIAL TREES, UM, HONORING THE MEMORIES OF WEST CAMINA RESIDENTS WHO HAD VOLUNTEERED JUST COUNTLESS HOURS.
UM, DON HOLTZ, WHO DID A LOT OF SERVICE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO WAS A REALLY EXCELLENT PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
KENNETH L, WHO'S A MEMBER OF THE ROTARY CLUB AND, AND INVOLVED IN A NUMBER OF GOOD PROJECTS IN THE COMMUNITIES.
SO THOSE, UM, WERE WERE PLANTED HERE.
AND IT WAS, UH, THE WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL 75TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS WORTH MENTIONING THAT THAT HAPPENED.
AND IT WAS, UM, UH, WELL DONE.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS FOR WEST COVINA SMALL BUSINESS WEEK ON WEDNESDAY.
UM, THERE'LL BE AN EXPO HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, SIX TO 8:00 PM YOU CAN R C P.
AND THEN THERE'S A MIXTURE ON THURSDAY, UH, MAY THE FOURTH AT THE TEMPLE BAR.
URBAN EATS ON GRAND AVENUE, UH, FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30, AND YOU CAN RSVP FOR THAT AS WELL.
UM, SUMMER CONCERTS WE'VE GOT UP NOW THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF WHEN THOSE CONCERTS ARE.
THERE'S, UM, SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MUSIC.
AND THOSE ARE, UM, IMPORTANT COMMUNITY EVENTS,
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UM, SPONSORED BY OUR PARTNERS AND WE'RE, UM, APPRECIATIVE FOR, FOR ATHENS AND THE OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT, THAT ALWAYS COME IN AND, AND HELP US TRANSTECH, ENVISION MOTORS, THE COVE.AND, UH, WE HOPE PEOPLE WILL, UM, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE, UM, NICE EVENTS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE COOL KIDS OF SUMMER, UH, BEAT THE HEAT SERIES.
AND, UM, ALL THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AND THIS, UH, COOL KIDS OF SUMMER EFFORT IS A WAY TO PROVIDE KIDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY WATER ACTIVITIES, GAMES, MUSIC, AND, AND OTHER KINDS OF SUMMER FUN.
WE'VE GOT DATES THAT ARE UP AND ANNOUNCED ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE D DISCOVER WEST COVINA IS, UM, UP AND, AND NOW AVAILABLE.
WE WILL GET THAT IN THE MAILBOXES.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO MENTION THAT THE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JULY THE FOURTH IS BEING CANCELED IN OBSERVANCE OF THE FOURTH JULY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST.
THE FIRST IS CANCELED BECAUSE THAT NIGHT WE'LL BE OBSERVING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
UH, REALLY QUICK, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, CITY MANAGER.
UH, YOU MISSED ABOUT JULY 4TH, UH, INDEPENDENT DAY CELEBRATIONS.
I THINK EVERYBODY WAITING FOR LATE BIG NEWS.
UH, YOU WANT TO SHARE WITH US? UM, WELL, I SAID WE'RE CANCELING THE COUNCIL MEETING, YOU MEAN THAT'S NOT ENOUGH FIREWORKS.
YOU CAN TELL ABOUT WHAT WE DOING THAT NIGHT,
CELEBRATION PARADE FIREWORK OR NOTHING.
UM, I'M GONNA LET OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TELL YOU SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, BUT YES, WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE SOME CITY CELEBRATION THEN.
UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY.
MAYOR DIAZ, I APPRECIATE YOUR ENTHUSIASM, COUNCILMAN WOO.
AS WELL AS THE ENTHUSIASM OF THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE ARE PLEASED AND EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE, UM, THE RETURN OF FIREWORKS FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AS PART OF THE 4TH OF JULY SPECTACULAR.
UM, WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE FIREWORKS SHOW.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE BAND REMIX, UM, VENDORS GAMES, ACTIVITIES FOR THE YOUTH, DJS, UM, AND OF COURSE FOOD, UM, AND AS WELL AS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF, UM, THE HEROES PARADES.
SO WE ARE SUPER EXCITED, AND THAT WILL BE AT THE SHOW, AT THE FIREWORKS SHOW.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED, UM, TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO REALLY PUT FORTH, UM, AN EVENT THAT WILL BRING OUR RESIDENTS AND BEYOND TOGETHER.
SO THANK YOU FOR A FEW MOMENTS FOR, UM, YOUR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
THE LOCATION OF THE EVENT IS AT THE SPORTS PLEX SPA PLEX.
SO WE ARE GOING TO REDO THE, UH, 2018 THE SPECTACULAR OF FIREWALL.
WE HAVE ABOUT A 8,000, 10,000 PEOPLE SHOW UP.
SO WE'RE AFTER A FIVE YEAR HIATUS, RIGHT? YES, WE'RE COMING BACK.
COUNCILMAN CANTOS, UH, UM, UH, MR. CITY MANAGER AS JUST AS, JUST TO ADD TO THE, TO YOUR REPORT, BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS MISSED.
THE, THE, THE DISTRICT FOUR, UM, MEETING, UH, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SCHEDULED FOR GINGRICH PARK, UH, IS GOING TO BE TAKING PLACE ON MAY THE 13TH AT 10, UH, AM.
AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT FOLKS, UH, UM, ARE MADE AWARE OF, OF THAT.
AND, AND THERE WILL BY THAT POINT, UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A RELEASE OF THE, THE, THE REPORT FROM THE LAST DISTRICT FORM MEETING.
SO THAT WILL BE, UH, COMING LATER.
BUT JUST WANTED TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR, YOUR REPORT WITH THOSE EVENTS.
AND IF I MAY THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT COUNCILMAN, UM, CONTOS HAD SAID.
SO YES, THE, THE DISTRICT, UM, FOR COMMUNITY MEETING IS COMING BACK ON SATURDAY, MAY 13TH.
UM, WE DO HAVE THAT INFORMATION POSTED ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS AS WELL AS, UM, IT WILL BE PUSHED UP ON THE CITY'S CALENDAR, UM, AS THOSE OTHER DATES FALL OFF.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO ADVERTISE, UM, THAT, UH, DISTRICT MEETING FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.ANYONE WANNA PULL ANYTHING? UH, I WANT TO PULL NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE AND FOUR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE THE REST? SO MOVE SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM TO APPROVE ITEMS ONE AND FOUR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND THREE.
NUMBER TWO IS CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OF SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUSES AND NUMBER, OH, DID YOU SAY TWO? COUNCILMAN WILL.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR.
NUMBER THREE IS CONSIDERATION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS
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FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CONSIDERATION OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER]
COUNCILMAN WILL.UH, ON NUMBER THREE, MY QUESTION THERE WILL BE, UH, AS I REMEMBER, 20, UH, 21 WE APPROVE, UH, 10, UH, PART-TIME AND LAST YEAR, UH, WE BUDGET, WE APPROVE.
FOUR FULL-TIME DUE TO WE CANNOT KEEP THE PART-TIME, THEY JUST OKAY.
SO WE DECIDE TO ACCEPT, UM, UH, THE, OUR CO ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
MY SUGGESTION, WE GIVING, UH, THE FOUR FULL-TIME STAFF.
WE JUST WANT TO, UH, CITY TO EXPLAIN, NOW WE WANT TO HAVE A DIRECTOR MANAGER.
SO THE QUESTION WILL BE, IS THAT NECESSARY? AND SECOND THING, WILL THAT IMPACT OUR BUDGET DUE TO, IS THAT CREATE MORE STAFFING ON THE CO ENFORCEMENT? IS THAT OKAY? UH, COMPLY WITH OUR APPROVED BU, UH, BUDGET LAST YEAR.
SO MAYBE, UH, WHY WE NEED, OKAY.
AND THE MANAGER AND DIRECTOR OKAY.
IN THIS REINFORCEMENT AGENCY, GO AHEAD THROUGH THE CHAIR, I'M GONNA ASK OUR, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PAULINE MORALES, TO PROVIDE, UM, AN EXPLANATION FOR, FOR THIS ONE AND, AND, AND THE NEXT ONE AS WELL.
UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING IN THE COMMUNITY OR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE COUNCIL HAS AUTHORIZED, UM, THE DIVISION TO HIRE FOR FULL-TIME THE MANAGER AND THE SUPERVISOR.
UM, WE ARE STILL HAVING A LOT OF TURNOVER EVEN WITH, UM, THE FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
AND SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT WE DO HAVE SOME SUCCESSION PLANNING FOR THAT DIVISION MOVING FORWARD SO THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY.
I, I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS, LOOK AT A TITLE OKAY.
OF A DIRECTOR AND MANAGER MM-HMM.
SO WHAT IT TO DO WITH MANAGEMENT BECAUSE DIRECTOR AND MANAGER, LIKE IS A TITLE POSITION.
RATHER THAN THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
AND, UH, TO CHECK ABOUT OUR STREET PARK AND, UH, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO I REMEMBER LAST TIME, LAST YEAR WE TALKING TO I THINK 11 OR 12 OF STAFFING THE STAFF.
AND THEN I EMPHASIZE, AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS MORE EMPHASIZE THE CITY FLOP.
THE CITY HAS A LOT OF, UH, THE MAINTENANCE ISSUE, THE, THE OVERGROWN TREE ISSUE, THE, THE FALLEN TREE ISSUE AND ALL THAT THING THEY NEED TO REPORT AND FIX RIGHT AWAY RATHER THAN US GET FROM THE RESIDENT AND ASK THE CITY TO DO AQUA ISSUE.
SO WHEN THEY ARE DRIVING AROUND, THEY NEED TO REPORT THIS ISSUE.
SO, SO WHAT LET THIS CREATE THIS DIRECTOR MANAGER POSITION THAT WILL HELP TO HAVE PEOPLE TO PERFORM TO THEIR JOB.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT KIND OF LOGICS OVER HERE, WHY WE NEED A MANAGER AND DIRECTOR.
BUT WE THINK WE SHOULD HAVE JUST A STAFF ON THE STREET.
EACH OF A FOUR SERVICE DIVISION, EACH OF ONE HAVE A ONE FULL TIME AND DRIVING AROUND WHOLE DAY TO FIND THE ISSUE AND REPORT TO CERTAIN AGENCY AND FIX THE PROBLEM.
WHY WE NEED TO CREATE MANAGER AND DIRECTOR WILL LET HELP TO GET A BETTER JOB.
SO CURRENTLY THE DIVISION HAS A, UM, HAS FOUR FULL-TIME, HAS PART-TIME, HAS A, UH, SUPERVISOR AND A MANAGER.
SO WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE DIRECTOR.
UM, THE DIRECTOR, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR WAS INCLUDED IN THE APPROVAL FOR THE, UM, CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL IN DECEMBER.
AND SO THIS IS THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT GOES WITH THAT TITLE.
UM, AND IN ADDITION, SO, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR IS THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE.
AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO DO SUCCESSION PLANNING TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S, UM, CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE DIVISION MOVING FORWARD.
I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW CAN THIS JOB CREATED FIRST THING, WILL THEY IMPACT OUR BUDGET? OKAY.
AND WILL THEY CREATE IMPACT FOR OUR GENERAL FIRM? BECAUSE IT LOOK LIKE WE CREATE A LOT OF, UH, POSSIBLE HIGH PAYING JOB.
SHOULD WE HAVE ONE DIRECTOR AND OKAY, I DON'T MIND DIRECTOR, BUT WHY WE NEED A MANAGER?
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SO WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE A MANAGER AND A SUPERVISOR.AND SO, UM, AND I THINK MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR CAN SPEAK MORE TO IT, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED, UM, WE WOULD BE LOSING THE MANAGER.
AND SO IT WOULDN'T BE A, WE ARE LOSING A MANAGER.
WE WOULD BE REPLACING IT WITH A DIRECTOR MANAGER BEFORE WE HAVE, WE, BEFORE WE ONLY HAVE A MANAGER AND A FULL-TIME STAFF AND SOME PART-TIME STAFF.
WE HAVE A MANAGER AND A SUPERVISOR AND FOUR FULL-TIME STAFF CURRENTLY.
SO WE HAVE SIX FULL, FULL-TIME, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
UH, NOW YOU HAVE A SIX FULL-TIME ONE, THEN WE APPROVE FULL, FULL, FULL-TIME.
SO NOW YOU HAVE A SIX FULL-TIME, SIX CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF MEMBERS, A SUPERVISOR AND A MANAGER EQUALS SIX.
UH, SO ALL FULL-TIME POSITIONS.
AND THOSE ARE ALL FULL-TIME POSITIONS FULL-TIME, CORRECT.
WELL, AS I REMEMBER, WE APPROVE IS A FULL ALL FULL-TIME.
SO, SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED WHERE IS ANOTHER TWO PERSON COMING FROM? OKAY.
IF, IF THEY CAN DO THEIR JOB AND THEN OKAY.
AND IT'S NECESSARY AND DOESN'T NOT GOING TO IMPACT OUR HAN TOO MUCH, THEN I THINK IF WE CAN CLEAN UP THE CITY.
BUT THE THE POINT IS LIKE WE BUILD UP ANOTHER BUREAUCRACY OR CAN THEY PERFORM THEIR JOB AND THEY CREATE THE TITLE.
WITH THAT IMPACT TO OUR FUTURE GENERAL, GENERAL FUND, I, I PREFER THIS MONEY HIRE MORE POLICE.
WHAT, UH, THE PERFORMANCE OF OUR, OKAY.
I HAVEN'T GET THE, THE SIX MONTHS SINCE LAST YEAR WE TALKING TO ALL THOSE STAFF.
I STILL DRIVING AROUND, STILL SEE A LOT OF OBOLE, OUR CT PROPERTY MM-HMM.
IS THIS JUST TO UPDATE THE POSITION DESCRIPTIONS? I THINK THEY CREATE A NEW DIRECTION OR, OR YOU'RE CREATING NEW POSITIONS.
THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR IS A NEW POSITION, SO THEY WANT US TO APPROVE THE NEW NEW POSITION.
SO THIS WOULD HELP ENSURE, OH, SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE THIS GOING TO HELP.
THE, THEY PERFORM BETTER BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GIVE THEM 10 PART-TIME, FULL TIME.
THEN NOW POSITION THIS AND THAT.
BUT WHAT THE WHAT THE IMPROVEMENT, THE CITY IMPROVEMENT.
WE NEED TO AT LEAST SEE OUR IMPROVEMENT THEN WE SEE WE NEED MORE THAN WE SEE.
WE HAVE MONEY TO SPEND FOR EXTRA TITLE.
SO WHAT'S DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE MANAGER AND SUPERVISOR? WHY IS THE DIFFERENT? IS THE PAY DIFFERENT OR OKAY.
SALARY DIFFERENCE OR WHY WE NEED TO CREATE THIS TITLE? WHY IS THE PURPOSE? SO THE DIRECTOR WOULD, UM, REQUIRE ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE, UM, AS THE JOB REQUIREMENT MORE SO THAN THE MANAGER SUPERVISOR POSITION.
IT'S THAT MYLAN'S ALREADY OUR MANAGER, DIRECTOR, HE HAS EXPERIENCED WHAT WE HIRED HIM FROM THE GETGO 2020 AND THEN HE RECRUIT TREND 10 PART-TIME AND THEN HE NIGHT NOW WE NEED MORE FULL-TIME.
SO WE GIVE HIM MORE FULL-TIME.
NOW WE HAVE TO CREATE ANOTHER MANAGEMENT JOB.
BUT WHERE'S THE PERFORMANCE AND HOW MUCH WILL COST US? ARE WE GOING TO CREATE MORE BUREAUCRACY, MORE OKAY.
POSITION? CAN WE AFFORD IT? AND BY, BY THE WAY, TOUGH TIME'S COMING.
SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL THEM THROUGH THE CHAIR.
IF I MAY, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR SIMA, UM, THE UPGRADE OF THE MANAGER TO THE DIRECTOR WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
IT WAS A MINIMAL FINANCIAL IMPACT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT ADDING ANY POSITIONS.
THE MANAGER POSITION WOULD BE FROZEN AND THE DIRECTOR WOULD THEN BE USED.
UM, THE DIRECTOR AS UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MORALES HAD SAID WAS INCLUDED IN THE SALARY RANGE THAT WAS PRESENTED IN DECEMBER AND APPROVED.
SO THE, THE TITLE ITSELF ALREADY EXISTS.
THIS IS JUST TO CREATE A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE TITLE THAT ALREADY PRE-EXIST.
I, I, I HAVE NO PROBLEM TO GIVE.
MYLA, IF YOU WANT DIRECTOR POSITION SOME BUDGET.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY WE NEED TO CREATE ANOTHER MANAGEMENT JOB.
AND, UH, WE WANT PEOPLE ON THE STREET NOT STAY IN THE OFFICE.
WELL THE MANAGER ALREADY EXISTS, SO IT'S JUST UPDATING THAT JOB ION.
SO, SO NOW WE CREATE, BUT IT'LL BE FROZEN FOR NOW.
MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
I, I THINK THAT E ECHOING COUNCILMAN WOO'S CONCERNS, IT LOOKS, I MEAN I I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S REPLACE IT.
YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT'S A REPLACEMENT, A MADAM DIRECTOR, BUT
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THE THING IS WE WOULD PREFER TO HAVE MORE GROUNDS OF, OF, UH, BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND THE FIELD AS OPPOSED TO ME'S SUPERVISORIAL FOLKS SITTING IN THE OFFICE IS I THINK WHAT HE'S, WHAT HE'S, UH, SAYING.SO IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE HAVE THE CHOICE BETWEEN HAVING TWO MANAGERS WITH FOUR STAFF, UM, WE MAY PREFER TO HAVE ONE LEADER WITH FIVE STAFF OUT IN THE FIELD.
I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S GETTING AT.
WHERE WE, WE ARE, OUR CONCERN IS WANTING TO SEE, UH, FOLKS OUT IN THE FIELD MORE.
UH, AND, AND SO WITH, WITH THESE DESCRIPTIONS, UH, HOW DOES THAT, UH, WITH, WITH THE PRIORITY THAT, THAT HE HAS DESCRIBED, UM, HOW WOULD THIS, UH, CONFORM TO THAT? OR, OR ARE WE JUST TALKING PAST EACH OTHER? IF I MAY? WE'RE NOT, UH, PROPOSING TO ADD ANY POSITIONS OR ADD ANY MANAGERIAL POSITIONS.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING ONE.
WE'RE JUST UPGRADING HIS POSITION TO A MANAGER, FROM A MANAGER TO A DIRECTOR.
SO THE NUMBER OF SUPERVISORS DOESN'T CHANGE AND THE NUMBER OF BOOTS ON THE GROUND DOESN'T CHANGE.
SO YOU'RE SAYING RIGHT NOW AS IT, AS THE, AS THAT PART OF THE, OF THE DEPARTMENT IS, UH, CURRENTLY CONSTITUTED, THERE ARE TWO IN THE OFFICE AND FOUR IN THE FIELD.
AS, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I WOULD'VE TO DEFER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MORALES ON WHETHER THEY'RE IN THE OFFICER OR IN THE FIELD, BUT THEY'RE SUPERVISORY LEVEL POSITIONS.
UM, CAN WE COMPROMISE? WE CAN GIVE HIM A DIRECTOR AND FORGET A MANAGER.
SO WE WANT EVERYBODY ON THE STREET RATHER THAN JUST SAY, I KNOW MAN ON THE STREET ALL THE TIME.
BUT THE POINT IS, OKAY, WE CREATE ALL THIS BUREAUCRACY WITH LEVEL AND TITLE AND THEY SOUND LIKE VERY EXPENSIVE AND THE PEOPLE STAY IN THE OFFICE.
SO, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET FREEZES THE MANAGER POSITION.
SO IT HAS THE DIRECTOR POSITION PROPOSED, BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A MANAGER POSITION PROPOSED.
SO I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE, CAN WE REMOVE THE MANAGER POSITION? AND SO JUST CHANGING TO DIRECTOR, IF YOU LIKE THE DIRECTORS SOME BETTER.
SO THIS IS, THIS JOB DESCRIPTION.
BY CREATING THE JOB DESCRIPTION ALLOWS US TO HIRE THE DIRECTOR.
BUT WE HAVE A JOB DESCRIPTION.
SHOULD IT EVER BE PROPOSED IN THE FUTURE OR APPROVED BY COUNSEL IN THE FUTURE? I, I PREFER THIS JOB DESCRIPTION ALREADY EXISTS, SO IT'S JUST UPDATING.
I PREFER ELIMINATE THE MANAGER'S POSITION SO WE DON'T HAVE A FROZEN ONE.
LATE LATER ON WILL BE UNFROZEN AND THEN POSSIBLE POP OUT ANOTHER MANAGER LATER ON, EVEN WHEN WE ARE NOT AROUND, THEY MAYBE SAY, HEY, LET'S GET THIS SINCE WE HAVE OVER THERE.
SO AGAIN, AGAIN, WE JUST TRY TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T SPEND THE MONEY.
BUT IT'S THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO PEOPLE ON THE STREET, IN THE PARK AND CHECK EVERYTHING RATHER THAN IN THE OFFICE.
THAT'S WHAT THE CO ENFORCEMENT YES IT IS.
RIGHT? THEY, THEY OUTSIDE, THEY OUTDOOR, THEY, THEY DRIVING.
AND THEY ALMOST ACT LIKE OUR SUPERINTENDENT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING, WHAT'S GOING WRONG.
THE CITY WITH ALL, BECAUSE WE NOT THERE, WE JUST, WE ACT FOR THE RESIDENT COURTS AND IT SHOULDN'T BE RESIDENT CALLING US.
IT SHOULD BE OUR CO ENFORCEMENT OR OUR SUPERVISOR FROM PUBLIC WORK TO DRIVING AROUND TO SEE THE PROBLEM, FIX IT RATHER THAN REACT FROM THE RESIDENT.
AND THEN NOW WE, WE CREATE THIS COURT ENFORCEMENT IN NOT TRYING TO HARASS OUR RESIDENT IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS CLEAN BY COORDINATES, COMPLY, INCLUDING OUR CITY.
MORE IMPORTANT IS OUR CITY HAVE A, A LOT OF PLACES, UH, MEDIA AND THIS AND OUR OKAY.
AND, UH, CONTRACTOR, THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB AND THEY SHOULD BE SUPERVISED AND BY CALL ENFORCEMENT TO SEE EVERYTHING SO WE DON'T WASTE OUR MONEY.
MAKE SENSE? RATHER THAN SIT IN THE OFFICE IN THE NUMBER MANAGER.
AND THAT, THAT'S THE WORRY I HAVE.
SO, SO I DON'T MIND TO UPGRADE TO HIS TITLE TO DIRECTOR IF HE LIKE THIS.
BUT I THINK WE THEN WE SHOULD ELIMINATE THE MANAGER OF THIS POSITION AND CREATE A LINE STEP OH, SORRY.
AND THEN, AND THEN TO, AND TO HAVE, SO THAT WAY THERE WOULD BE ONE PERSON AT A LEADERSHIP LEVEL AND FIVE, FIVE OUT IN THE FIELD THAT ARE NON-SUPERVISORY IF, IF, UNLESS THERE'RE SENTIMENTS OTHERWISE, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS LIKE A RELATIVELY SMALL LEADERSHIP TEAM.
SO I MEAN, UH, TEAM, SO THERE COULD JUST BE ONE PERSON AT A SUPERVISORIAL LEVEL AND THE OTHER FIVE WOULD BE OUT IN THE FIELD AS OPPOSED TO TWO WHO AREN'T IN THE FIELD.
AND, AND ONLY FOUR, FOUR WHO ARE IN THE FIELD.
IF I MAY, UM, BOTH THE MANAGER AND THE SUPERVISOR HAVE THOSE TITLES, BUT DOES THAT, THAT DOES NOT NEGATE THEM FROM GOING OUT IN THE FIELD.
THEY ARE ACTIVELY IN THE FIELD.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SUPERVISORS.
UM, IT WILL REMAIN AT TWO OR MANAGEMENT LEVEL.
IT'LL BE THE DIRECTOR AND THE SUPERVISOR AND WE WOULD STILL HAVE FOUR FULL-TIME POSITION, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
AND WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, SEVEN PART-TIME OFFICERS THAT ASSIST THOSE FULL-TIME.
SO IT'LL REMAIN SIX FULL-TIME POSITIONS WITHIN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT
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DIVISION.UM, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF THE TITLE CHANGE FROM, UH, SUPER MANAGER TO DIRECTOR.
UM, AND WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THE DESCRIPTION OR, UM, OF THE MANAGER POSITION FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING IN THE FUTURE.
IF IT'S NOT BUDGETED, THEN WE CAN'T FILL THAT POSITION UNLESS WE COME BACK TO COUNSEL AND GET YOUR DIRECTION IN ORDER TO FILL THAT POSITION.
IS THERE A REASON WHY WE NEED TO CHANGE THE TITLE? I MEAN, I MEAN THE SALARY DOESN'T CHANGE.
IT'S SALARY DOESN'T CHANGE AND THE, THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IS THERE A REASON AND WHAT IS THAT REASON? THE JOB DESCRIPTION BETWEEN DIRECTOR AND MANAGER? THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS, THE JOB REQUIREMENTS ARE, UM, HIGHER FOR THE DIRECTOR.
THAT HAS TO HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE.
UM, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO PULL IT UP.
I THINK THE NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE EXPERIENCE IS DIFFERENT FROM FIVE, FIVE YEARS FOR THE, UH, MANAGER AND SEVEN FOR THE DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE DIRECTOR.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE ASSISTING MORE IN MANAGING THE BUDGET.
SO, SO THEN MY, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE, UH, CREATING THE DIRECTOR'S POSITION BECAUSE CURRENTLY IF, IF, UM, OUR, OUR CURRENT MANAGER WERE TO RETIRE OR NO LONGER BE IN PLACE, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE BECAUSE WE, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE SOMEONE FROM WITHIN WHO COULD THEN BECOME THE, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER.
SO BY CREATING THE DIRECTOR POSITION, WE GIVE OURSELVES AN OPPORTUNITY OF SOMEONE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION WE SEE AS THE EVENTUAL REPLACEMENT CAN THEN FILL THAT MANAGER POSITION WHEN OUR DIRECTOR RETIRES, THEN WE CAN CONTINUE FROM WITHIN.
WE ARE TRYING TO DO SUCCESSION PLANNING.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, UM, COUNCILMAN WOO FIRST.
SO, SO WOULD IT BE PERMISSIBLE FOR, FOR US TO, TO CREATE THESE, UH, THESE DESCRIPTIONS BUT YET NOT NECESSARILY FILL THE LOWER LEVEL POSITION UNTIL NECESSARY? SO IT'LL CONTINUE NOT TO HAVE I IMPACT, BUT AT LEAST THAT SL THAT SLOT WILL, UH, DESCRIPTION WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING PURPOSES.
AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE WOULD, UM, IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT'S BEING PRESENTED, THE MANAGER POSITION IS NOT BEING BUDGETED FOR.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD NOT BE FILLING A QUESTION.
COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UH, GO BACK TO THE HISTORY.
WE ONLY ALWAYS HAVE ONLY TWO CO ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FUNCTION WELL.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THEY COMING, COMING IN, WE HAVE HIM TO RECRUIT MY OKAY.
AND STARTING DOING THE CO ENFORCEMENT.
AND BUT THE SOUND LIKE GOING BUILDING A, A HUGE OKAY.
ENTITY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE PERFORMANCE THAT WILL OUTWEIGH THE BUDGET WE SPENDING.
SO DO WE CAN AFFORD IT BEFORE WE CAN AFFORD IT BECAUSE IT'S 10 PART TIME.
AND, UH, OKAY WITH THE 10 PART TIME AND THE ONE FULLTIME IS MYLAN LE I THINK LE IS MANAGEABLE BY OUR BUDGET.
AND THEN, OKAY, LATER ON THEN YOU SAY 10 PART TIME.
SO WE HIRE, UH, LET HIM TO HIRE FOUR FULL-TIME.
NOW YOU SAY WE HAVE SIX FULL-TIME.
WE HAVE SIX FULL-TIME, BUT IT SOUND LIKE WE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER SEVEN PART-TIME.
AND THEN WITH THIS GROWING OKAY.
AGENCY, NOW WE ARE GOING TO BUILD UP, UH, OKAY, A DIRECTOR AND MANAGER AND POSSIBLE SUPERVISOR POSITION IS LET CREATE, UH, ONE OF BIG AGENCY LET NOT NECESSARY IN OUR CITY.
WITH THE CALL EFFECTIVE AND LESS CONCERN I HAVE, I REALLY ENJOYED, OKAY.
I THINK MYLAN TRYING VERY HARD.
HE VERY, UH, RESPONSIVE, BUT OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.
EVERYBODY WANT TO BUILD UP, INCLUDING OUR PUBLIC WORK, BUT WE ONLY HAVE THIS CERTAIN MONEY.
ARE WE GOING TO USE THIS MONEY TO PUBLIC WORK TO POLICE, OKAY.
SO WE NEED TO SEE WHERE WE SPEND OUR MONEY AND THEN TO CREATE OKAY.
ANOTHER ENTITY, A JOB AND SOUND LIKE A, CREATE A
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BIG ENTITY WITH LESS SUFFICIENT.OKAY? AND, UH, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO SEE THE PERFORMANCE LAST YEAR WE SEE THE 11 CHILD PERSON OVER THERE.
WE WANT TO SEE WHAT HAVE THEY DONE.
OKAY? QUARTER, QUARTERLY, OR EVERY SIX MONTHS, THEY NEED TO REPORT TO US.
I'VE BEEN REQUESTING WHAT THEY HAVE, HAVE THEY, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE, OKAY? WHAT KIND OF PERFORMANCE THEY HAVE IS THAT IN OUR WAY, OUR EXPENDITURE.
AND THE CITY CLEAN UP AND LOOK MUCH MORE PRESENTABLE.
SO WE NEED TO DO A SURVEY AND THEN WE MOVE ON.
SHOULD WE NEED MORE STEP BY STEP, OKAY.
AND HOW MUCH COST AND HOW MUCH WE BRING IN BY SOME BUSINESS OWNER HAVE PAID A FINE DUE TO THEIR NONCOMPLIANCE, THIS AND THAT.
SO, SO WE HAVE TO BASE ON THAT TO SEE CAN WE SPEND IT.
OTHERWISE WE CONTINUE TO DO, THEN WE GO BACK TO THE OLD TIME WE SPEND THE MONEY AND LATER ON WE HAVE ISSUE.
WE WANT TO, WE DO NOT WANT TO LAY LAY OF PEOPLE, BUT WE DO, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE CONSERVATIVELY USING OUR BUDGET MONEY, NOT CREATE MORE BUREAUCRACY.
IF HE LIKE DIRECTOR, NAME THE DIRECTOR AND HE CAN HAVE HIS SUPERVISOR OR HIS SENIOR STAFF.
AND RATHER THAN CONTINUE VIEW OF THE MANAGEMENT, OKAY, SO I'M GOING TO, OKAY, MOVE THE MOTION TO HAVE A OKAY, CHANGE TO DIRECTOR, BUT ELIMINATE MANAGER THIS POSITION.
SO MAKE SURE WE ARE NOT GOING TO FUTURE, THEY CAN HIRE MORE STAFF, SIT IN THE OFFICE.
SO I MOVE THE MOTION TO OKAY, DIRECTOR, BUT ELIMINATE A MANAGER POSITION.
SO IN THAT WAY WE, WE KNOW WE ARE NOT GOING TO SPEND ANOTHER OKAY.
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE TO HIRE MANAGER.
MADAME QUICK, UM, A QUICK TYPOGRAPHICAL NONSENSE CORRECTION.
UM, WITHIN THE PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS SECTION IT SAYS P POLICES, BUT IT SHOULD BE POLICIES.
IT'S A SMALL CHANGE, BUT JUST WANTED TO POINT IT OUT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.
JUST SO THAT IF YOU COULD MAKE THAT, THAT CHANGE.
DO I HAVE A SECOND?
UM, COULD I SUGGEST WE TAKE 'EM ONE AT A TIME? FIRST, IF THE COUNCIL COULD MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE DIRECTOR POSITION.
IS THERE CONSENSUS ABOUT THAT? I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO CREATE THIS POSITION.
MAINLY DOING GREAT JOB MANAGER, MANAGER DIRECTOR IS ABOUT THE SAME.
IT'S JUST THE TITLE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY.
WHY IS THE DIFFERENCE A MAD MAYOR TO THE, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO METOS WHY IS THAT DIFFERENT? CAN YOU, NOW YOU EXPLAIN TO MY QUESTION PLEASE.
WELL, CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN A MAJOR EMPHASIS OF OUR CITY, AND I THINK WE'VE MADE GOOD GAIN IN THIS AREA, BUT BY RECLASSIFYING THIS EMPLOYEE, THIS POSITION TO A DIRECTOR LEVEL, WE'RE ELEVATING THE STATUS OF IT.
UM, THIS IS NOT A POSITION, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT NOW COMES TO THE DEPARTMENT HEAD MEETINGS AND THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT NEEDS TO GO ON.
SO IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH A DIRECTOR TITLE AND A DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILITIES, HE'D BE ELEVATED TO THAT STATUS.
SO, SO THE MANAGER CANNOT BE JOINING YOUR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT? THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS, HUH? NO.
SO, BUT AS I REMEMBER, YOU INVITE ANYBODY TO JOIN YOUR MEETING, RIGHT? WELL, IT'S, NO, THAT'S NOT HOW THAT WORKS.
SO, SO, SO THIS WOULD, THIS WOULD MAKE THAT POSITION REALLY A KEY MEMBER OF OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUSTIFIED BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.
A LOT OF EFFORTS WITH, UH, WORKING WITH OTHER AGENCIES UNDERSTAND A LOT OF SUBSTANDARD BUILDING, UM, COURT CASES THAT GOES ON AND THERE'S IT'S DIRECTOR LEVEL WORK.
AND SO I THINK IT'S, IT'S JUSTIFIED THAT WE MAKE A DIRECTOR POSITION TO RUN CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD A NEW DEPARTMENT.
YOU ARE BUILT, IT'S BASICALLY WE HAVE A PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THEN WE HAVE A BUILDING AND, UM, OKAY.
AND NOW YOU WANT TO BUILD ANOTHER ENTITY IS INDIVIDUALLY INDEPENDENTLY CO ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
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EITHER BELONGED TO THE POLICE OR BELONGED TO THE, OKAY.UH, PLANNING UNDER THE BUILDING AND SAFETY.
SO YOU WANT TO BUILD AN INDEPENDENT CO ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO? RIGHT.
SO DO YOU HAVE A BUDGET FOR BUILD THIS NEW DEPARTMENT? I DO.
AND, UH, SHOULD WE SEE THE BUDGET? HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU WANT TO HIRE NOW? YOU WANT THE DIRECTOR, MANAGER, SUPERVISOR, AND PEOPLE ON THE STREET? I, I WANT TO, I WANT TO FREEZE, NOT NOT FILL THE MANAGER POSITION, BUT RECLASSIFY THE MANAGER TO DIRECTOR FOR NOW.
SO BASICALLY YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD A NEW DEPARTMENT.
THEN THIS DEPARTMENT THAT THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR, HE WILL BE CONJOINED IN THE MEETING WITH YOU.
SO BEFORE THERE WILL BE THE PLANNING OR POLICE CHIEF OKAY.
TO JOIN NOW THE COURT ENFORCEMENT DUE TO HIS, SO THAT'S WHY YOU WANNA DO IT, BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO IMPACT OUR BUDGET.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO HIRE MORE PEOPLE TO FILL THE MANAGERS, FILL THE MANAGER.
I'M LOOKING AT MY FINANCE DIRECTOR BECAUSE SHE'S ALREADY, I THINK, INTENDED TO DO THIS AS PART OF THE BUDGET.
STEPHANIE, COULD YOU SPEAK TO THAT? THE QUESTION IS, WHAT'S THE BUDGET IDENTIFIED FOR STAFFING? BY, BY CLASSIFICATION? YES.
IT, THERE IS A DIRECTOR PROPOSED, BUT NO MANAGER, AND THEN THE SUPERVISOR THAT EXISTS AND THEN THE FOUR FULL-TIME.
SO IT BE, THAT IS IN THE PURPOSE.
SO CAN WE ELIMINATE THE MANAGER POSITION? YOU COULD, BUT I THINK IN THIS SERIES IT WOULDN'T HURT TO HAVE IT THERE UNFILLED.
MAYBE IF THIS INCUMBENT WERE TO LEAVE, WE'D SAY, WELL, THIS PERSON ISN'T QUITE DIRECTOR MATERIAL YET.
WE WANNA PROMOTE SOMEBODY, WE WANNA MAKE 'EM A MANAGER AND NOT A DIRECTOR.
KEEP THE TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF THE SAME.
CAN YOU CREATE WE ALSO HAVE SOME UNFILLED POSITIONS IN THE PLANNING SERIES.
UM, BUT WE WE'RE CONTINUING TO CARRY THOSE TITLES IN OUR TABLE OF ORGANIZATION AT BUDGET TIME.
THERE'S ALWAYS COMPETITION TO FILL, BUT WE NEVER FILL ALL THE POSITIONS THAT ARE IN THE TABLE OF ORGANIZATION.
DIRECTOR POSITION SO HE CAN JOIN YOUR MEETING, TALKING TO THE POLICE, TALKING TO PLANNING THIS TO SEE, OKAY, WHAT'S THE ISSUE? BUT, UH, TO CONCERN AGAIN, AGAIN IS CLEAR.
MORE BUREAU REQUIRE WITH THE MANAGER, THE CHAIR I WAS TRYING TO SUGGEST WE DO HIM ONE AT A TIME.
SO IF, IS THERE CONSENSUS ABOUT THAT IDEA THAT WE COULD, COULD CREATE A DIRECTOR POSITION? I'M, I'M FINE WITH THAT, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW COUNCIL FEELS.
UM, MADAME MAYOR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION RELATING TO THIS.
UM, SO IN, IN A SITUATION WHERE, LET'S SAY MI UM, MR. RISH, UH, BE BECOMES THE, THE DIRECTOR AND THEN HE LATER HE LEAVES, AND THEN LATER WE, IF THERE WAS A MANAGER, UH, POSITION THERE AND YOU DECIDED TO FILL SOMEONE, PUT SOMEBODY IN AT A LOWER LEVEL, THEN WE WOULD BE BACK TO THE SAME SITUATION PREVIOUSLY WHERE WE HAVE A MANAGER BUT NO DIRECTOR.
SO THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A CASE LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF HAVING SOMEBODY AS AT A LEAD IN, IN THIS AREA OF, OF BEING AT YOUR LEADERSHIP MEETINGS? INTERING, INTER INTERACTOR.
IT WOULD GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION AT THAT TIME.
UH, AGAIN, I'M OKAY WITH THE DIRECTOR POSITION, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT CREATE MORE BUREAUCRAT.
MORE TITLE, MORE MANAGER, MORE OKAY.
RATHER THAN PEOPLE ON THE STREET.
AND, UH, SO THE CONCERN, I STILL DON'T TRUST YOU FREEZE.
YOU FREEZE DOESN'T MEAN NOT GOING TO BE ON FREEZE LATER ON.
SO MEANING, OKAY, IT'S GONNA COST CITY ANOTHER TREMENDOUS OF, UH, SALARY.
AND THE MONTH POSSIBLE NOT GOING TO HELP THE CITY TO CLEAN UP.
THE ISSUE WE HAVE, SO, AND AGAIN, AGAIN, I, I'M OKAY TO HAVE HIS DIRECTOR.
BUT THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO BUILD THE BUREAUCRAT, CONTINUE, LIKE HIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT OKAY.
THE ISSUE IS TO CAN WE AFFORD IT LATER ON? AND THEN PLUS OKAY.
IS THAT THEY'RE REALLY DOING THEIR JOB OKAY? AND THE PERFORMANCE SHOULD BE EVALUATED BY YOU SEE, THAT IS REALLY CAUSE EFFECTIVE.
OKAY, SO, SO ANYWAY, I, I THINK I REPEAT MYSELF SO MANY TIMES.
OKAY, SO, SO MY CONCERN IS AGAIN, AGAIN, UH, BUT I DON'T THINK I HAVE A SECOND, SO, OKAY, SO MOVE TO APPROVE THE, THE, THE DIRECTOR, UH, DESCRIPTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU.
TO APPROVE THE DIRECTOR POSITION? NO, I I, BEFORE YOU
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YEAH, BUT WELL, I CAN KEEP YOU.
BUT I, I THOUGHT HE WAS WONDERING, IS THERE A SECOND? NO, NO, NO, NO.
NO, IF YOU WANT A SECOND I CAN KEEP TO YOU.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
I SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE THE DIRECTOR PORTION OF THIS.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
MAYOR G IS AYE, SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR? BUT HOW ABOUT THE MANAGER?
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE A MANAGER OR WE HAVE UNDERSTAND.
SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE AGREEMENT.
I DON'T HEAR THREE VOTES TO DO THAT EITHER WAY.
SO LET'S, IF WE COULD WE JUST MOVE ON? OKAY, SO WE DON'T MANAGER, RIGHT? JUST GO DIRECTOR.
OKAY, THEN EVERYBODY HAPPY? UH, NUMBER
[4) CONSIDERATION OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER]
FOUR.UH, I THINK THIS IS THE SAME ISSUE AGAIN.
I KNOW WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER.
I THINK THAT IS PAUL, YOUR JOB.
SO RIGHT NOW, NOT ANYMORE TO CREATE A JOB.
WE ALREADY HAVE A DESCRIPTION.
SO WHAT THIS ABOUT, UM, SO MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WHEN WE WERE RE UM, OPENED UP THE POSITION FOR RECRUITING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING MANAGER, A LOT OF THE APPLICATIONS OR THE, THE, THE JOB DESCRIPTION, UM, WAS VERY MUCH BASED ON HOUSING, WHICH IS ONE HALF OF THE JOB TITLE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO UPDATE THE JOB DESCRIPTION SO THAT IT INCLUDED MORE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS SO THAT WHEN WE GO OPEN UP RECRUITMENT, THAT WE GET CANDIDATES THAT HAVE BOTH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS HOUSING EXPERIENCE AND THAT IT'S NOT, UM, AN APPLICATIONS THAT ARE HEAVILY, UH, CITED TOWARDS HOUSING.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET CANDIDATES THAT HAVE, SO CURRENTLY WE ALREADY HAVE THIS JOB, CORRECT? IT'S NOT FILLED.
BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE THIS JOB TITLE.
BEFORE IS MIKE LEE, AND LATER ON WHEN HE BECOME ASSISTANT SENIOR MANAGER, THEN BECOME YOU.
AND NOW YOU CURRENTLY YOU STILL HANDLE THIS JOB, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO RIGHT NOW YOU JUST WANT TO ADD MORE DESCRIPTION, MORE DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE.
SO, AND INCLUDING THE JOB CURRENTLY DESCRIPTION ABOUT HOUSING.
IT CURRENTLY HAS HOUSING, UM, DOESN'T HAVE A BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT.
IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH AND SO WE WANTED TO INCLUDE MORE.
SO BASICALLY JUST, WE ALREADY HAVE THIS POSITION, YOU JUST WANT TO ADD MORE CRITERIA OKAY.
AND TO MAKE SURE IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, OKAY.
SOMEBODY WE WANT TO FEEL THEY MUST HAVE THIS BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE THAT WE CAN, LIKE MIKE LEE, I THINK HE, WE RECRUIT A LOT OF BUSINESS FOR, FOR MORE MORENO VALLEY.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, IN THE, BUT I THINK YOU CAN DO A GREAT JOB RIGHT NOW.
SO, BUT, BUT THIS IS JUST BROADER FOR THE DESCRIPTION CURRENTLY IS A LITTLE BIT MORE LIMITED.
SO IS THIS YOUR POSITION? IT'S MY FORMER POSITION, BUT I AM DOING THE DUTIES OF IT.
SO DO WE PLAN ON FILLING THAT OR WE JUST WANNA HAVE IT THERE AGAIN? I THINK SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB.
WE DON'T ONLY HIRE MORE PEOPLE.
BUT BUDGETED POSITION IN THE, SO
SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE THE MANAGER POSITION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT IT'S CALLED A, I THINK IT'S CALLED A CD BEFORE YOU CALL THE CD.
HUH? SO IT WOULD BE A MANAGER WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT THAT INCLUDES PLANNING, BUILDING, ENGINEERING, UM, CURRENTLY CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND THEN COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK BEFORE WE CALLED THE COMMUNITY ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT.
RIGHT? E UH, E IT USED TO BE A, A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT OR DIVISION.
AND THEN WHEN WE CONSOLIDATED, SO NOW THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT INCLUDES VARIOUS DIVISIONS.
IT'S CALLED A E C OR C C D E OR SOMETHING.
UH, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION.
I, I REMEMBER BEFORE YOUR TITLE.
C E D MANAGER IS A COMMUNITY ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT.
IS THIS TITLE STILL EXIST? YEAH.
SO THAT'S THE, THE DIVISION IS CALLED COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE TITLE OF THE POSITION TITLES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER.
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ONE POSITION, RIGHT? THIS IS ONLY ONE POSITION.OH, YOU COMBINE, YOU COMBINE TOGETHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING MANAGER.
SO BASICALLY YOU COMBINE THE, THE C D C E D AND THEN THIS, THE NEW DESCRIPTION WILL BE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT HOUSING MANAGER.
SO THIS WILL BE A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR THE, THIS TITLE.
I, I'M SO WORRIED ABOUT HIGHER MODE PEOPLE THAT MAYBE NOT NECESSARY.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WOO.
AND A SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEVA TOBA FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER.
MAY APPROACH HIM TO ABOUT TO BUY.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
IT.DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ANYTHING TO REPORT? UH, MAYOR PROAM, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I, I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A, A REQUEST.
UM, SO, UH, IN, IN DECEMBER, UH, THE CAMCO, UH, BATTERY RECYCLER, UH, PLANT IN THE CITY OF INDUSTRY, UM, WAS, UH, FINED, UH, 2.3 MILLION, UH, FOR 29 VIOLATIONS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE CURRENTLY THE ONLY, UH, BATTERY RECYCLER, I BELIEVE ON THE WEST COAST.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE CURRENTLY PERMITTING TO EXPAND BY 25%.
UH, AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME CONCERN WITH THE, UH, SURROUNDING AREAS, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF WEST COVINA, UH, IS A CONCERN.
UH, I KNOW, UM, I HAD QUITE A BIT OF FAMILY THAT LIVES IN THE BOYLE HEIGHTS AREA, UH, AND THEY WERE, UH, ROUGHLY TWO MILES AWAY WHEN THE EXIDE BATTERY, UM, PLANT, UM, HAD TO BE SHUT DOWN.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME CANCERS AND THINGS, UH, THAT, THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM THERE.
SO, UH, I WAS HOPING WE COULD POSSIBLY GET A PRESENTATION, UH, BY EITHER D T S C OR A Q M D OR, UH, THE CLEAN AIR COALITION ON, UM, THE, THE CURRENT STATUS OF, UH, KCO AND JUST, UH, SO THE PUBLIC IS JUST AWARE OF WHAT'S CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
IF, IF WE COULD POSSIBLY GET THAT OKAY.
I HAVE A MOTION BY MAY I APPROACH HIM TO ABOUT TOBI AND A IS A MOTHER MAY I? YEAH.
MAY I BY, UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM TO ABOUT TO BUY WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WILL? OKAY.
WE'RE GONNA START DOING ROLL CALL ON THESE, JUST SO WE ARE YES.
JUST SO WE GET A, A CLEANER VOTE ON THESE.
MAY I APPROACH HIM TO BOT TOBI? AYE.
CAN I ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION ON THAT ONE? NO, WE'VE HAVE CONSENSUS ABOUT IT.
IF THE DEADLINES ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, I ASSUME WE HAVE OUR NORMAL ABILITY TO RESPOND TO EERS AND THINGS AS WE NORMALLY WOULD.
YOU'RE NOT ASKING US TO WAIT ON ANY OF THAT N UH, NO.
FOR THE COMMANDO PLAN? I DIDN'T THINK SO.
I I I JUST WANT, UH, A PUBLIC PRESENTATION.
SO THE COMMUNITY'S AWARE OF, OF, OF WHAT'S OCCURRING.
AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, THERE, THERE HAS BEEN SOME, SOME CONCERNS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS, ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
I JUST TRY AND MAKE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT POINT, WHICH IS IF THERE'S SOMETHING IMMINENT, OFTEN WE DON'T HAVE TIME TO PUT 'EM ON AGENDA AND BRING IN, GET LETTERS OF POSITION.
YOU'RE OKAY WITH US DOING WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY DO? I I THINK WE, WE OKAY.
AND, UH, THE CONCERN IS THE BATTERY RIGHT NOW.
AND BATTERY AND THIS AND THAT, AND IS, UH, REALLY A CONCERN BECAUSE ALL THIS SEEM VERY DIFFICULT TO RECYCLE AND WHAT THEY TO DO, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CONTAMINATE GOTCHA.
LIKE OUR TAXI LANDFILL THING AND HOW CAN WE, UH, HELP OKAY.
AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE COMPLIANT, OKAY.
AND, UH, DO THE RIGHT THING TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE GOING TO POLLUTE OUR LAND.
BECAUSE THE, I THINK THAT ALL THIS ELECTRIC BATTERY IS A MAJOR ISSUE BECAUSE LAND, REMEMBER THE, THE LIFESAVING LI THE ENERGY SAVING LIGHT BULB AND THE, AND THEN WE FIND OUT THERE'S MERCURY AND THERE'S A POISON AND THE AIR, AND THAT'S WHY NOBODY USING IT.
AND NOW THE BATTERY IS A MAJOR ISSUE TOO.
SO I THINK WE ALL AGREE WITH CITY MANAGERS.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY ISSUE.
JUST HAVE THEM TO COME OVER HERE TO HURRY UP TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION.
THEN WE CAN SEND A LETTER, SAY WE MAY BE AGAINST THIS MAJOR OKAY.
AND MAYBE WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN MAKE SURE A Q M D
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OR, OKAY, CAL RECYCLER OR DTC THEY SUPERVISE, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T CONTINUE TO POLLUTE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.BECAUSE THEY'VE DONE IT BEFORE AND WE, WE DO NOT WANT THEM TO DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE TO OPEN OUR MOUTH.
WE DON'T WANT THOSE THINGS AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY NEED TO FIND A PLACE OKAY.
ANY COUNCILMAN CONTOS? YES, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, I WAS WONDERING IF THE STAFF WOULD BE, UM, COULD PUT TOGETHER, OR MAYBE IT, IT'S, IT MIGHT ALREADY EXIST.
UH, UH, PROVIDE A, A DESCRIPTION OF A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS POSITION IF THAT'S ALREADY EXISTING IN OUR STAFF.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS OR WHO HANDLES IT.
AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I REALLY THINK THAT WE HAVE AN UNTAPPED POTENTIAL WITH 110,000 RESIDENTS HERE WHEN WE SEE THAT THERE AREN'T THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO ATTEND OUR VARIOUS MEETINGS THAT WE WORK SO HARD TO ORGANIZE.
OR EVEN WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, THEY COULD BE WAY BIGGER.
AND SO I, I WAS THINKING THAT, UM, IF WE, IF I'D LIKE FOR US TO SEE WHAT OUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGY IS RIGHT NOW WITH REGARD TO, UH, MODERN ONLINE, UH, UH, MEDIA ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS SOMEBODY WHO, WHO, UH, TO, TO HANDLE, UH, UH, THE PRESS AS WELL AS SOMEBODY WHO HELPS STAGE E E EVENTS, LET'S SAY, WHEN IT COMES TO BLOCKING AND WHERE SHOULD WE ALL BE AND WHAT'S THE ORDER? YOU KNOW, JUST ALL OF THAT STUFF.
I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY HAS DIVIDED RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT I MEAN, IF, IF THERE IS A DESCRIPTION OF THESE COMMUNICATION DUTIES, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE STAFF PUT TOGETHER A DETAILED, UH, PLAN THAT WILL SHOW HOW WE WILL INCREASE OUR NUMBERS ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER, UH, LINKEDIN, UM, TIKTOK, UH, ALL OF THE OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA AND, AND, AND WITH COMPLETE WITH METRICS BECAUSE WITH 110,000 RESIDENTS, UH, I BET IF WE WALK UP TO ANY RANDOM RESIDENT ON THE STREET, MOST OF THEM DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY REAL IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME WHO ARE REALLY CORE ACTIVE TO US, BUT I REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE IN A BETTER POSITION WHERE YOU COULD PRACTICALLY WALK UP TO FOLKS ON THE STREET AND THEY'D SAY, HEY, DID YOU HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE CITY ON WHATEVER? AND AT LEAST WHETHER THEY DECIDE TO BE ACTIVE OR NOT, THEY AT LEAST KNOW.
AND SO THE, IN ORDER TO DO THAT AND TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A, A, A COHESIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY THAT ENTAILS EVERYTHING WE DO.
I, I'M JUST WONDERING IF, IF, IF WE, IF THE COUNCIL, IF COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE THAT WE, THAT THEY, THEY SHOULD COME UP WITH A DETAILED PLAN AND THEN ASK RESIDENTS ALSO WHAT THEY THINK.
SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN REALLY REACH PEOPLE.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, LET'S BE HONEST, WE HAVE THE SAME RESIDENTS WHO ARE HERE ALL THE TIME, BUT WHEN WE HAVE A FEW NEW ONES, WHICH I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE THEM IN DROVES, THIS SHOULD PLACE SHOULD BE FILLED.
AND WHAT REALLY BROUGHT THIS IDEA ON IS AS, AS THIS MORNING, THERE WAS A, A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF THE, OF A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE IT WAS FILLED.
I MEAN, IT WAS BACK IN 2013, UH, BACK WHEN, UM, BACK THEN AND THE WHOLE PLACE HERE, ALL, ALL THE CHAMBER WAS ABSOLUTELY FULL, AND IT WAS APPARENTLY RI MORE COMMONPLACE.
I'D LOVE FOR THERE TO BE THAT KIND OF ENGAGEMENT AGAIN.
AND THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A CORE COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND STRATEGY THAT WE CONTINUALLY UPDATE AND REVISE.
AND, AND I'M WONDERING IF WE, IF, UH, COUNCIL COLLEAGUES WOULD AGREE THAT TO HAVE STAFF PROVIDE A DE UH, A DETAILED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN, INCLUDING WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
SO THEN THAT WAY WE WILL KNOW HOW, WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE METRICS OF, OF HOW TO MEASURE OUR SUCCESS IN ENGAGING MORE RESIDENTS AT HIGHER LEVELS SO THAT, UH, PEOPLE ACROSS THE, THE CITY WILL KNOW AT, AT HIGHER LUMP NUMBERS, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THE EVENTS AND, AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, AND EVEN THIS, UH, VERY LOW MOTHER MAYOR.
AND, UH, BUT ANOTHER THING I WANT TO SAY THIS 2013 OR PRIOR, WHEN YOU HAVE A LOT OF AUDIENCE OVER HERE, MOST OF THE TIME THEY'RE VERY ANGRY WITH THEIR CITY COUNCIL.
OKAY? SO THAT'S WHY THEY SHOW UP
OKAY? AND IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP, MEANING THEY'RE PRETTY HAPPY WITH US.
SO I DON'T WANT A LOT OF PEOPLE COME OVER HERE YELLING AT US.
OKAY? SO LIKE, AGAIN, SO, BUT ANYWAY, AND WE REALLY WANT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.
BUT AGAIN, PREVIOUSLY, AND, UH, THE, I KNOW I WATCHED THIS SHOW FOR 30 YEARS, OKAY? ON CHANNEL THREE, OKAY? CABLE TV.
AND, UH, AND I SAY, MAN, IT'S NOTHING CHANGE.
IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT CHARACTER CHANGE.
BUT, UH, THE, THE THING IS THE SAME THING, OKAY? THE YELLING, SCREAMING, AND ALL THESE ATTACKS THE SAME.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, I WATCHED THIS 30 YEARS, SO I GOT USED TO IT.
BUT JUST AGAIN, UH, WHEN PEOPLE SHOW UP, FILL UP THE PLACE IS THEY HAVE AGENDA, THEY'RE ANGRY, OKAY? AND, UH, AND IF THEY'RE HAPPY, OKAY, THEY'RE BARELY SHOWING UP AT ALL.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DO OUR JOB.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING REALLY QUICK? IS THERE I SUPPORT HIS MOTHER? MAY I, DO WE HAVE TO VOTE? YES.
MAY I, AGAIN, MY SECOND
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS HIS, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR CLARIFICATION, RIGHT? AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RULE.
WHAT I UNDERSTOOD WAS PROVIDE A DETAILED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN AND A JOB DESCRIPTION FOR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATION.
UM, OR JUST ACTUALLY DETAILED COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.
WE WILL NOT WORRY ABOUT A JOB DESCRIPTION NOW, BUT WE JUST NEED TO HAVE A DETAILED
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COMMUNICATIONS PLAN.UH, I I THINK HE'S, LIKE, BEFORE WE ASK, UH, CT KNOW HOW TO PROMOTE IN DIFFERENT SOCIAL MEDIA SO WE CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND OUR PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROGRAM, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW TO SAY, OH, I SAW YOUR POST.
BUT CAN WE GIVE THEM NOW WE ARE TRYING, WE PUT THE, UH, DISCOVERY WEST COVINA WE SENT, BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE NOW ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THIS WILL HELP A LOT.
OKAY? AND PLUS WE GO TO ALL DIFFERENT FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WILL BE BANNED.
BUT YOUNG PEOPLE USE THE, OKAY, ALL PEOPLE USE LIKE ME USING THE FACEBOOK, OKAY.
AND, UH, THEN INSTAGRAM BY USING THE 20, 30 YEARS OLD.
SO THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE, BUT WE REALLY WANT TO, SO BASICALLY IT'S A, A PLAN TO PROMOTE OUR CITY PROGRAM AND INCLUDING OUR WEBSITE, EVERYTHING TO FOCUS EXACTLY.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, THE SECOND BY TO COUNCILMAN WU FOR A DETAILED COMMUNICATION PLAN.
ANY OTHER MOTHER? MAY I, I I DON'T HAVE MOTHER.
MAY I I JUST WANNA HAVE A COMMON, OH, CAN I DO IT? OF COURSE.
OKAY, MAY 1ST IS, UH, UH, ASIAN AMERICAN.
I DON'T WANNA BE BIASED, EVEN I'M ASIAN, BUT THIS IS MAY IS A ASIAN HERITAGE, ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE AND PACIFIC ISLAND MONTH.
SO, AND, UH, I WANT TO SAY, UH, WISHED ALL THE, OKAY, THIS MONTH, I DON'T KNOW THE REST OF THE MONTH, BUT AT LEAST THIS MONTH, OKAY.
HAPPY ASIAN AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND WISH SHOW THE BEST.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A MORE EVENT OKAY.
COMBINED AND HAVE MOST, MOST OF THE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY ASIAN AMERICAN, COME OUT TO PARTICIPATE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
WITH ALL OUR AGENDA WITH COVINA, CURRENTLY 52% HISPANIC POPULATION AND 30% ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION.
SO, SO THIS GROWING, AND I JUST ON THE NEWS, OKAY? AIRWAY COUNTY HAS THE MOST ASIAN AMERICAN POPULATION, OKAY? IT'S ABOUT, OKAY, 1.7 MILLION CURRENTLY.
AND, UH, OUR AIRWAY COUNTY IS ABOUT, UH, 10, 11 MILLION POPULATION.
SO HOPEFULLY, AND THEY CAN PARTICIPATE AND, UH, PARTICIPATE OUR CITY EVENT, OUR CT FUTURE, AND, UH, AND EVERYBODY AGAIN INVOLVED IN OUR BUSINESS.
UH, AND, UH, JUST TO, UH, JUMP ON WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN WOO.
SAID, UH, ALSO, YES, UH, HAPPY, UH, ASIAN, UH, AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH.
UH, WE, WE DO HAVE FOUR, UH, ON THE COUNCIL AS YON IS ALSO CONSIDERED PART OF, UH, ASIA.
OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
SO, UH, AND I ALSO, UH, MAY 1ST, UH, INTERNATIONAL WORKERS' DAY, SO I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF STRONG, UH, LABOR FAMILIES IN WEST COVINA.
SO, UH, HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY AS WELL, UH, AND TO ALL THE STAFF.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
UH, AND, UH, GO LAKERS, UH, AS THEY ARE PLAYING TONIGHT.
GO FISHING CLIPPERS THAT YOU WANNA SAY MADAM MAYOR.
UH, UH, THEN SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OCCASIONS SUPPLEMENTING EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, UM, THIS IS ALL MAY'S ALSO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
AND SO WE REALLY NEED TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR OUR, OUR FELLOW CITIZENS.
UM, AND TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE STIGMA NEEDS TO BE REMOVED ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH DISABILITIES.
AND, AND, UH, AND WE SHOULD ALSO BE MINDFUL OF SUICIDE PREVENTION BECAUSE THAT CONTINUES TO BE A PERVASIVE PROBLEM.
SO IF FOLKS WANT MORE INFORMATION, THEY COULD GO TO WWW.NMI.ORG FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR FOLKS TO LEARN ABOUT HOW TO SUPPORT IN INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.
WITH THAT SAID, THIS, THIS INNER, I MEAN, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.