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YOU READY? THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE RUNNING FOR[Call to Order]
ACTION.WELCOME TO THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023, AND IT IS 7 0 6.
I AM THE, UH, MAYOR OF WEST COVINA, AND, UH, MY NAME IS ROSARIO DIAZ.
AND WELCOME, TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MASON KUBO FROM EMMANUEL FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH.
AND COUNCILMAN WU WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, GUARDIAN AND KEEPER OF YOUR PEOPLE, WATCH OVER THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND PROTECT THEM.
GRANT THEM WISDOM AND JOY IN THEIR SERVICE.
HELP US ALL NOT TO LOOK FORWARD IN FEAR, BUT RATHER TO LOOK FORWARD WITH HOPE.
HELP US TO SEE OPPORTUNITY AND CHANGE.
AS CHANGES ARISE, LEAD US TO SAFELY THROUGH ALL TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS.
AND WHEN WE CANNOT STAND IT, CARRY IN YOUR ARM.
SHOW US HOW TO SERVE IN EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT WE MIGHT MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE.
EVERYONE, PLEASE PULL YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART AND FACE THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE BACK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND IT VERY POLITIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ASSISTANCE IN CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
VITO, PRESENT, MAYOR PROTE TABBA.
MAYOR DIAZ HERE, CITY ATTORNEY.
ANYTHING TO REPORT OF OUR OUT OF OUR CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT, MADAM MAYOR.
[PRESENTATIONS]
GOING TO HAVE THE, UH, PRESENTATION FROM THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY.IF, IF I CAN HAVE RANDY SCHULMAN TO THE FRONT.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL, OR HONORABLE MAYOR AND HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M VALERIE MUNOZ, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY.
I REPRESENT CITIES WITH NON PUMPING RIGHTS.
ALSO, YOUR NEIGHBORING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I ALSO, NEXT YOU'LL SEE, RIGHT? OH, PLEASE.
I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE, WE HAVE OUR MAYOR OF AZUSA, UH, WITH US, ROBERT GONZALEZ.
HE'S ALSO A BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING WITH CITIES WITH PUMPING RIGHTS.
WE KIND OF JUST, UH, TAG ALONG WHEN WE DO PRESENTATIONS.
FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN ME MANY TIMES, BUT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION.
AND I'M BRINGING THE MAN OF THE HOUR, MR. RANDY SCHUERMAN, WHO'S THE PRO.
HE KNOWS ALL THE INFORMATION, SO IF YOU HAVE THE HARD QUESTIONS, PLEASE ASK HIM.
DON'T ASK ME WHEN I COME NEXT TIME,
SO JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
GOOD EVENING, UH, SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
GLAD TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, AND I'M HOPEFULLY GONNA ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND IF YOU FEEL LIKE QUESTIONS COME TO YOUR MIND, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.
I'LL SPEND A FEW MINUTES IN THIS BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY.
THE, HERE WE HAVE A MAP OF THE BASIN, UH, THE SAN GABRIEL GROUNDWATER BASIN.
SO IN THE BLACK LINE, FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH IT, UH, THE, THE GROUNDWATER BASIN IS OUTLINED IN BLACK.
SOME OF THE COLORS THAT YOU SEE ARE THE PLUMES OF GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR BASIN.
CONTAMINATION'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
THE SHORT OF IT IS OUR AGENCY, THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY WAS CREATED TO DEAL WITH THAT CONTAMINATION THAT'S IN THE GROUNDWATER BASIN.
UH, SEPARATE FROM THAT, THE GROUNDWATER, UH, THE GROUNDWATER THAT IS PULLED OUTTA THE GROUND IS TREATED AND IS PERFECTLY SAFE TO DRINK.
BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH HOW TO GET RID OF THIS, UM, FROM OUR GROUND SO WE CAN REPLENISH, UH, RESTORE THE GROUNDWATER BASIN.
LET ME DO A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY WITH YOU ON THE GROUNDWATER BASIN.
THE CONTAMINATION WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN 1979, UH, IS LEGACY, UH, MEANING THE CONTAMINATION CAME FROM A LOT OF INDUSTRIES THAT HAPPENED IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES.
THERE'S SOME AEROSPACE GOING ON IN THE VALLEY.
UH, IT ALSO COMES FROM MACHINE SHOPS THAT MIGHT USE DEGREASERS AND SOME OF THOSE DISPOSAL PRACTICES, UH, WERE NOT THAT FAVORABLE.
AND SO THEY, UH, ENDED UP ON THE GROUND AND GOT INTO THE GROUNDWATER, SOME OF THOSE DEGREASERS, AND THAT'S HOW SOME OF THE CONTAMINATION GOT INTO THE GROUND.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY HAS OVERSIGHT.
IT WAS A FEDERAL AGENCY UNDER THE, AT THAT TIME, WAS A BRAND NEW, RELATIVELY NEW SUPERFUND PROGRAM.
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THEY CAME INTO OUR BASIN TO DO THEIR JOB, AND THAT WAS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.UH, THE STATE ALSO GETS INVOLVED, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THE STATE'S GONNA LOOK AT THIS TOO.
SO THERE WERE STATE WATER REGULATORS COMING INTO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND LOOKING AT THIS ALONG WITH THE FEDERAL REGULATORS.
THEN WE HAVE OUR LOCAL WATER DISTRICTS AND CITIES ALSO CONCERNED CITIES SUCH AS YOURSELVES ABOUT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION.
BUT AFTER ALL THAT, UH, THE PARTIES GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED THAT THERE WASN'T ONE ENTITY THAT COULD REALLY ADDRESS THE GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION AT THAT TIME.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE RIGHT AUTHORITIES AND COULDN'T HANDLE THE ISSUES.
AND SO, UH, THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT TO CREATE, ULTIMATELY WAS THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY TO HANDLE IT.
WE'LL SHOW THAT IN 1992, THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY ACT CREATED A FIVE MEMBER BOARD.
UH, WE'RE LOCAL AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROUNDWATER CLEANUP, NON-REGULATORY, UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
WE PLAN AND FINANCE TREATMENT PROJECTS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE GROUNDWATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT REMEDIATION PLAN.
THAT PLAN IS A VERY DETAILED PLAN OF ALL THE CLEANUP PROGRAMS GOING ON IN THE VALLEY RIGHT NOW, THERE'S 32 TREATMENT PLANTS OPERATING IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
A LOT OF THAT IS DETAILED IN THIS GROUNDWATER PLAN.
IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, IF YOU ALL CARE TO GO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
UH, IT GIVES YOU LOTS OF INFORMATION THERE.
WE ALSO, AS I SAID, WE COORDINATE NOT ONLY WITH THE LOCAL, WITH THE STATE, AND WE COORDINATE WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AS WELL.
NOW, WHEN THEY CREATED US, WE DO HAVE A SUNSET DATE BECAUSE, WHICH IS, MIGHT BE UNUSUAL FOR SOME AGENCIES.
BUT WE DO HAVE A SUNSET DATE, AND I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN JUST, UH, AT THE END OF THE SLIDE PRESENTATION.
IN THE YEAR 2000, WE ADDED TWO MORE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND SO LEMME GO OVER THE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE MAKEUP OF THE BOARD.
WE START WITH OUR TWO CITY REPRESENTATIVES.
YOU JUST MET THEM BOTH HERE, VALERIE AND ROBERT.
THEY REPRESENT THE CITY'S WIDTH AND WITHOUT PUMPING RIGHTS IN THE BASIN.
THEN THE THREE MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICTS ARE REPRESENTED BY THE REPRESENTATIVES THERE, UH, MR. ED CHAVEZ, MARK PAULSON, AND BOB KUHN.
THEN WE HAVE THE TWO PRODUCER MEMBERS FROM THE CAL DOMESTIC WATER COMPANIES AND THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WATER COMPANY.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A DIVERSE INTEREST THAT SIT ON OUR BOARD, UH, THAT REPRESENT, YOU KNOW, CITIES AND MISS WATER DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE LOCAL WATER PURVEYORS.
SO, LOOKING AT THE AREAS THAT WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY FOCUSES ON, UM, WE FACILITATE THE GROUNDWATER BASIN CLEANUP, AND THAT'S PRIMARILY ONE OF OUR MAIN JOBS.
UH, THE MAP I SHOWED YOU EARLIER, UH, THAT BASIN, BIG BASIN DIVIDED UP INTO FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT AREAS.
EACH OF THOSE FIVE OR SIX AREAS HAS ITS OWN SET OF RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND SITUATIONS IN PLUMES OF CONTAMINATION.
SO WE'RE MANAGING MULTIPLE AREAS OF, UH, CONTAMINATION WHERE, UH, THERE'S DIFFERENT RESPONSIBLE PARTIES.
THERE'S DIFFERENT E P A PROJECT MANAGERS, THERE'S DIFFERENT STATE REGULATORS INVOLVED IN THESE DIFFERENT AREAS.
UH, EARLY IN OUR, UH, CREATION IN THE 1990S, WE WERE KNOWN FOR GETTING AHEAD OF THE REGULATORY PROCESS, WHICH MEANS BEFORE I SAID WE'RE NON-REGULATORY.
THE ONE BENEFIT OF BEING NON-REGULATORY IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW THE REGULATIONS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR OUR OWN REGULATIONS.
WE CAN DO THINGS FASTER THAN OTHER AGENCIES CAN.
AND SO THEY WERE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT GROUNDWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS QUICKER AND GET TO THAT CONTAMINATION AND KEEP IT FROM SPREADING FARTHER.
UH, SEEK FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING.
THAT'S ALSO ONE OF OUR VERY PRI OUR PRIMARY MISSIONS.
I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WE'VE MANAGED TO BRING INTO THE BASIN HERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A PUBLIC OUTREACH PROGRAM AS WELL.
YOU CAN SEE FROM FEDERAL FUNDS, UH, WE'VE BROUGHT IN AT LEAST $126 MILLION SO FAR.
WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN RESTORATION FUND.
THAT WAS SET UP BY ONE OF THE LOCAL CONGRESSMEN HERE IN THE VALLEY, UH, AROUND THE YEAR 2000.
AND WE SEEK, WE HAVE AN AUTHORIZATION FOR 125 MILLION, AND WE GO BACK AND GET, UH, APPROPRIATIONS OFF OF THAT EACH YEAR.
STATE FUNDING, WE'VE BROUGHT IN $60 MILLION FROM DIFFERENT, UH, WATER BONDS AND OTHER THINGS, OTHER ACCOUNTS.
BUT YOU'LL NOTICE DOWN HERE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FUNDS $700 MILLION.
AND THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
WE ALSO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT THOSE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES ARE PAYING FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE CLEANUP.
AND SO OUR AGENCY IS ENTERED INTO LITIGATION WITH, UH, 70, 80, 70 TO 80 RESPONSIBLE PARTIES OVER THE YEARS TO COLLECT THOSE FINES THAT KEEP THIS, UH, GROUNDWATER, UH, REMEDIATION MOVING FORWARD.
FINALLY, I'LL TAKE A A, WE'LL LOOK AT OUR LEGISLATION BRIEFLY, JUST, UH, AS I SAID, WE'RE A, ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO, WHICH MEANS SOMEDAY THE IDEA WAS, WELL, THIS GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION'S GONNA GO AWAY.
UM, WELL, THAT HASN'T HAPPENED BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THERE'S BEEN
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NEW CONTAMINANTS DISCOVERED AND WE CAUSE THOSE EMERGING CONTAMINANTS.AND EVEN AS THE TECHNOLOGY GETS BETTER, WE'RE DISCOVERING NEW THINGS AND IT NEEDS NEW, UH, SOLUTIONS FOR IT.
SO LAST YEAR WE HAD, UH, A BILL PASSED EXTENDED US TO, UH, JULY 1ST, 2050.
THAT'S OUR LATEST, UM, SUNSET DATE.
UH, WE HAD FULL SUPPORT OF ALL THE LOCAL PURVEYORS HERE ALONG WITH, UM, SACRAMENTO.
AND THEN, SO IN THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAD A BILL GOING THROUGH, UH, SPONSORED BY ASSEMBLY ONE IN RUBIO AB 2 79.
OUR FUNDING IS, UH, PROVIDED BY AN ASSESSMENT ON EACH PRESCRIPTIVE RIGHTS OF, UM, ACRE FOOT.
SO IF YOU HAVE A, A PRESCRIPTIVE PUMPING RIGHT, YOU PAY AN ASSESSMENT TO THE, TO US.
AND THAT'S HOW WE GET OUR FUNDING.
WE'RE NOT FUNDED STRAIGHT BY THE STATE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THAT.
SO WE HAD A, UH, A LONG TIME AGO WE HAD MUCH HIGHER, THE ABILITY TO ASSESS A LOT MORE, BUT THAT WAS LOWERED.
AND NOW WE, BECAUSE THOSE EMERGING CONTAMINANTS I, UH, EXPLAINED TO, WE HAVE THE NEED TO HAVE BETTER CAPACITY GOING FORWARD TO HANDLE THOSE EMERGING CONTAMINANTS.
SO WE HAD A BILL PUT THROUGH WHERE WE COULD HAVE A CAPACITY OF $20 AN ACRE FOOT TO ASSESS.
UM, THAT DOES NOT RAISE THE ACTUAL ASSESSMENT HERE.
THE SO WE'RE CLEAR THE CITY DOESN'T ACTUALLY PAY THAT.
'CAUSE THE CITY CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE ANY WATER RIGHTS, SO THAT IT'S NOT A CITY THING.
BUT THIS BILL HAD NO OPPOSITION.
IT'S CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE.
UH, AND AGAIN, DOESN'T RAISE OUR ACTUAL ASSESSMENT.
AND IT HAD SUPPORT FROM ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS IN OUR BASIN AS WELL.
SO OUR JOB, THEREFORE, IS TO, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THAT CONTAMINATION THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, UM, WE'RE THE AGENCY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, BEING THE PROPONENT OF CLEANING THAT UP, WHETHER IT'S IN THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
LET ME KNOW IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
AND, UH, SINCE THE WATER QUALITY, MEANING THE WATER HAVE BE SAFE TO DRINK, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND, UH, IN THE, IN SAN GABRIEL OKAY.
VALLEY, ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WE DRINKING NOTHING BUT GROUNDWATER.
LIKE WEST COVINA, WE HAVE A LOT OF PUMPING STATION.
AND, UH, AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE A B K K LANDFILL.
SURROUNDING, SO IN ALL THIS LANDFILL, OKAY, HAVE YOU GOT MONITOR ABOUT THE DRINKING WATER, THE PUMPING STATION SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW WE TO AVOID POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF THIS WATER TABLE WITH ALL THIS? OKAY, 1980 OF ALL THIS SO-CALLED TAXI LANDFILL FROM B K K SOUTH SIDE.
AND, UH, D T S C BY THE STATE.
SO, SO HOW YOU GUYS MONITOR OUR DRINKING WATER? THIS IS WEST COVINA LA POE.
AND LESS SURROUNDING BY ALL THIS LANDFILL.
SO HAVE YOU GUYS DOING ANY MONITORING OKAY.
MONITORING AND ONLY MAKE SURE THE DRINKING WATER IS SAFE FOR OUR RESIDENT? YEAH.
THE, THE LANDFILLS ARE SEPARATE FROM THE JOB THAT WE DO FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, OUR AGENCY, WE HANDLE WHAT'S THE GROUNDWATER IN THAT LEGACY CONTAMINATION I, UH, DESCRIBED TO YOU, YOU'RE CORRECT, THE LANDFILLS ARE, ARE MONITORED AND REGULATED BY WHAT'S NOW THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL.
AND THEY DO MONITOR THAT, UM, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER AG AGENCIES IN THE BASIN.
RIGHT NOW, THOSE ARE NOT AN ISSUE FOR THE, THE SAME GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SEPARATE.
AND RIGHT NOW, THOSE DON'T SEEM TO BE INTERFERING WITH THE, THE GROUNDWATER QUALITY AS WE SEE IT.
AND THE PRIMARY CONCERN IS WHAT I DESCRIBED HERE THIS EVENING.
AND THAT'S THE, THE PLUME THAT WE'VE HAD IN FRONT OF US.
SO DID YOU HAVE A, OKAY, ON THE, ON YOUR AGENCY, YOU GOT REPORT TO THE, ALL THE SURROUNDING CITY REGARDING ALL THESE LANDFILL POTENTIALLY CONTAMINATION TO OUR, OUR GROUNDWATER TABLE.
AND HOW WE AVOID POTENTIALLY GRADUALLY GOING DOWN INTO OUR POTENTIALLY DRINKING WATER.
AND I SAID THAT'S THE, THE, THAT'S THE REGULATORY AGENCY, WHICH IS THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL.
SO WE WOULD NOT HANDLE THE, UH, B K K FACILITY AND ALL THE OTHER FACILITIES.
SO, SO, BUT YOU ARE THE WATER QUALITY, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, AS I SAID, WE'RE NON-REGULATORY AGENCY AND WE'RE HANDLING THE, UH, CONTAMINATION THAT WAS CAUSED BY THE DEFENSE CONTRACTORS.
SO LANDFILL IS NOT BELONG TO YOU.
WE DO NOT HANDLE WHAT IS CAUSED BY THOSE, UM, FACILITIES THAT YOU DESCRIBED UP THERE.
THAT'S A STATE REGULATORY AGENCY THAT HANDLES THAT.
SO WHICH AGENCY WE NEED TO TALK TO TO MAKE SURE THEY OKAY.
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LANDFILL TO, TO OUR DRINKING WATER SYSTEM.WHICH, WHICH AGENCY WILL BE YOU DEPART TALK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HANDLE THE, UH, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CLOSURE FOR THAT FACILITY, AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE.
DO THEY HAVE, UH, MANPOWER TO MONITORING OUR DRINKING WATER? OKAY.
OR THIS IS ONLY BECAUSE SOME, LIKE, WE HAVE A LOT OF BUREAUCRACY AND UH, RIGHT.
SO RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY'RE MONITORING, AND I'M NOT THAT FAMILIAR WITH THE B K K, EXCEPT THAT THAT'S, THE DRINKING WATER ZONE IS A DIFFERENT ZONE.
I DON'T GET TOO TECHNICAL WITH YOU, BUT THE, UH, WHERE THE CONTAMINATION LIES ON THOSE, UH, AREAS DOES NOT DIRECTLY CONNECT WITH THE DRINKING WATER ZONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE TODAY.
OH, REALLY? SO, TWO DIFFERENT, SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE WATER QUALITY AND THE QUALITY WATER THAT WE OPENED UP? THE F IS COMING OUT TO OUR, ALL THE HOUSEHOLD.
WHAT YOU'RE OPENING UP OF THE, THE HOUSEHOLD IS, IS TREATED WATER THAT'S MEETING ALL THE DRINKING WATER REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE.
AND THAT IS, UH, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHER SYSTEM THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO YOUR AGENCY WILL BE MONITORING WHAT KIND OF, UH, QUALITY WATER QUALITY.
IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DRINKING WATER QUALITY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER.
UM, IT'S THROUGH THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD.
THAT IS THE AGENCY THAT PERMITS ALL THE DRINKING WATER AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE STATE, INCLUDING THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HERE AS WE KNOW IT, ALL THE WATER PURVEYORS, UM, ALL THEIR DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS, ALL THEIR WELLS, EVERYTHING SHOWING UP IN YOUR TAP IS TREATED AND PERMITTED FOR THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER REGULATIONS.
SO, GA SO, SO I'M ASKING ABOUT, I'M SORRY, I'M JUST, YEAH.
SO IN YOUR AGENCY, SO WHAT IS YOUR JURISDICTION TO CONTROL THE QUALITY WATER QUALITY? SO WHY YOU MONITOR FACTORY OR ANY OF BUSINESS OR, OKAY.
HOW, WHAT IS YOU ARE MONITORING OR OKAY.
TRY TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THE CONTAMINATION IF I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
OUR AGENCY IS, UH, NON-REGULATORY.
WHAT WE DO IS PROVIDE FUNDING AND WE PROVIDE FACILITATION.
SO WE HELP THE E P A AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TOXICS AND THE LOCAL WATER PURVEYORS COME TOGETHER AND COORDINATE BETWEEN WHAT IT TAKES TO GO FIND THAT FUNDING, TO IDENTIFY WHERE THE CONTAMINATION IS, TO BUILD THE TREATMENT PLANTS.
AND TO, ULTIMATELY, ONCE YOU HAVE THE TREATMENT PLANTS BUILT, YOU HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO PUT THAT WATER THAT YOU'RE TREATING, THAT YOU'RE TAKING OUTTA THE GROUND.
SO THEN WE COORDINATE WITH WHO CAN TAKE THAT WATER AND WE IDENTIFY THE VARIOUS, UH, WATER SYSTEMS THAT CAN TAKE THAT WATER AND SERVE IT TO CUSTOMERS.
'CAUSE THE ONE THING THAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE, UH, TREATING THIS MUCH GROUNDWATER IS YOU'RE PULLING A LOT OF GROUNDWATER, A LOT OF WATER OUTTA THE GROUND, AND YOU JUST DON'T WANNA WASTE IT AS A RESOURCE.
YOU DON'T WANNA JUST SPREAD THAT WATER AND SEND IT DOWN THE CHANNEL.
YOU WANT TO USE IT AS DRINKING WATER SOURCE.
AND SO WE IDENTIFY WHERE THAT WATER CAN BE PRIMARILY USED AS A DRINKING WATER SOURCE HERE IN OUR VALLEY.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE COORDINATION ISSUES THAT WE DO.
I CAN ASK MORE, BUT, UM, I, YOU HAVE MY TIME.
I'M HAPPY TO
UM, RANDY FIRST, UH, APPRECIATION TO MAYOR PRO, TIM MUNOZ AND MAYOR GONZALEZ FOR BEING HERE.
AND, AND TO YOU, WHAT ARE ANY ACTION STEPS THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR US AND FOR RESIDENTS TO TAKE IN TERMS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO PARTNER WITH YOU AS RESIDENTS? I KNOW THAT YOU WORK AT AN INSTITUTIONAL LEVEL, BUT ARE THERE OTHER, ARE THERE THINGS THAT WE AS RESIDENTS CAN BE DOING TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORTS? OR IS THAT MORE SOMETHING THAT IS DONE AT A, AT A, AT AN ORGANIZATIONAL OR AGENCY LEVEL? YEAH, GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S ON A HIGHER LEVEL.
WHAT WE DO DO IS TRY TO DO A PUBLIC CAMPAIGN TO KEEP THE PUBLIC INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND THAT, UH, THERE IS, AND LET 'EM KNOW THERE IS AN AGENCY, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE THEY GET A ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT TALKS ABOUT SOME KIND OF CONTAMINATION THAT WAS DISCOVERED.
UH, AND THEY NEED TO KNOW THAT THERE IS AN, THERE IS AN AGENCY, OUR AGENCY AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOOKING AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE'S TAKING CARE OF IT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE LUCIA PARRA PARRA.
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PLEASE WELCOME MS. PARRA TO THE FRONT FOR DANCE PRESENTATION.SO I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT MYSELF.
MY NAME IS LUCIA PARRA AND I'M THE DIRECTOR FOR THE WEST COVINA DANCE COMPANY.
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE FOR MY COMMUNITY FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS.
I TEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FINE ARTS, AND THIS IS A NEW PROGRAM.
AND MY GIRLS, THEY BELONG TO THE, UH, WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WE'RE HERE VERY PROUD TO PRESENT OUR HERITAGE, WHICH IS THE MONTH OF, UH, HISPANIC HERITAGE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, LET'S GIVE THEM A BRIEF ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
LET'S GIVE THESE LADIES THOUGH AN APPLAUSE HERE.
THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB AND THEIR OUTFITS ARE BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S SO I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU, ALL OF YOU.
SO MY GROUP, IT'S, UM, 77, UH, 77 OR 78 STUDENTS ALL AGES FROM THREE
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YEARS OLD TO 78 YEARS OLD.AND THE TEEN AND THE ADULTS, OH, THEY COME BACK, UH,
UM, THEY WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, UH, NEW YORK, NEW YORK CITY REPRESENTING THE, THE WEST COVINA, OUR CITY WEST COVINA.
WE'RE GONNA BE IN NEW YORK ON BROADWAY AND ALSO TIMES SQUARE.
THAT IS WELL, UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE ARE CELEBRATING HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH IN SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER THE 15TH.
AND IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE CULTURE, HERITAGE, COUNTLESS CONTRIBUTIONS OF THOSE WHOSE ANCESTORS WERE INDIGENOUS TO NORTH AMERICA, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO CAME FROM SPAIN, MEXICO, THE CARIBBEAN, CENTRAL AMERICA, AND SOUTH AMERICA.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL DANCE THAT YOU DID, AND I THINK WE ALL ENJOYED IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALL OF YOU AND SUCH A WONDERFUL, OKAY.
UH, MAYOR, MAYOR, CAN I REALLY QUICK, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING.
SEPTEMBER 30TH, THE MOON FESTIVAL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG NUMBER TO PERFORM FOR OUR ATTENDEE.
SO SEPTEMBER 30TH, THESE LADIES WILL BE DANCING FOR US AGAIN.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION HONORING NATIVE AMERICAN DAY, CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE HERITAGE AND TRADITIONS AND RESILIENCE OF CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER THE 22ND, 2023 OF THE FOURTH, FRIDAY OF SEPTEMBER, AS CALIFORNIA'S NATIVE AMERICAN DAY WILL FOSTER A GREATER UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ISSUES FACED BY CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE JUAN VILLA.
THANK YOU MR. VILLA, FOR BEING HERE.
DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? SURE THING.
UH, WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCIL FOR ISSUING THIS PROCLAMATION, UM, AND THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
UH, MY NAME'S WAN V I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER JAMES RAMOS, WHO'S THE FIRST, UH, NATIVE AMERICAN IN THE STATE'S LEGISLATURE.
HE ALSO CHAIRS THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS.
UM, THIS ISN'T ABOUT, UH, HIM, BUT THIS IS ABOUT CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICANS AND, AND THE FIRST INHABITANTS OF THIS LAND.
AND SO, UH, I ENCOURAGE YOU THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND AND BEFORE AND AFTER THAT, TO LEARN ABOUT CALIFORNIA, UH, NATIVE AMERICANS RICH HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ALSO THINK ABOUT, UM, IT'S NOT ONLY HISTORY, UH, CALIFORNIA NATIVES ARE HERE, THEIR PRESENT, UM, THEIR GOVERNING, THEIR GOVERNING IN OUR STATE.
UM, AND THEY CAN BE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS WELL.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR ISSUING THIS PROCLAMATION FOR CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY, WHICH IS THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND.
THERE WILL BE AN EVENT AT CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO, SPECIFICALLY FOR CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY, UM, WHERE, UH, DIFFERENT TRIBES FROM ACROSS THE STATE WILL BE REPRESENTED.
UM, THERE WILL BE FOOD CULTURE WILL BE SHARED, UM, AND JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CALIFORNIA NATIVES.
HOPEFULLY WE, SOME OF US CAN MAKE IT OUT THERE TO SAN BERNARDINO SO THAT WE CAN CELEBRATE WITH YOU.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UM, BEING HERE TO, UH, BE PART OF OUR, UM, CITY HERE AND, AND ACCEPT OUR PROCLAMATION FRESH OFF THE PRESS.
UM, SO, UM, I CAN JUST TAKE, THANK YOU.
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WILL BE ADJOURNING THIS MEETING IN MEMORY OF A SUDI SHARON TBA, LOVINGLY KNOWN AS SHARON PASSED AWAY ON AUGUST 29TH, 2023 IN WEST COVINA, BORN ON MAY 2ND, 1941 IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.SHARON LIVED A LIFE FILLED WITH LOVE, LAUGHTER, AND CHERISHED MEMORIES.
SHARON AND HER HUSBAND, BOB MOVED TO WEST COVINA WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED IN 1965.
THEY RAISED THEIR FAMILY IN WEST COVINA AND BECAME VALUED MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SHARON WAS AN INCREDIBLE MOTHER TO HER TWO DAUGHTERS, SHEILA AND CROW, SHEILA CROW, AND LANA HERNANDEZ.
SHARON'S UNWAVERING SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE SHAPED THE LIVES OF HER CHILDREN AND TAUGHT THEM THE VALUES OF KINDNESS AND EMPATHY.
SHARON HAD A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR FAMILY AND TRULY TREASURED SPENDING TIME WITH HER LOVED ONES, IN ADDITION TO CHERISHING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AS THEY BUILD PRICELESS MEMORIES.
TOGETHER, SHARON, AND ENJOYED CARING FOR HER PETS, PLAYING BINGO AND VISITING CASINOS, AND TAKING TRIPS WITH HER HUSBAND.
SHARON'S SPIRIT WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR THE LOVE AND KINDNESS SHE BESTOWED UPON THOSE AROUND HER.
IN ADDITION TO HER HUSBAND AND DAUGHTERS, SHARON LEAVES BEHIND A SISTER BROTHER, TWO GRANDSONS, FOUR GRANDDAUGHTERS, FOUR GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, AND MANY FRIENDS.
SHARON TOUCHED THE LIVES OF MANY AND WILL BE MISSED NOW.
OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE PRESENTATION OF THE PROCLAMATION
HERE WE HAVE OUR PROCLAMATION, CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROSARIO DIAZ, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DEAR HEREBY PROCLAIMED SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2023, THE FOURTH FRIDAY AS CALIFORNIA NATIVE AMERICAN DAY.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
UH, MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO, UH, ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR ORANGE CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
MAYOR, WE HAVE NINE SPEAKER CARDS.
UH, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINING UP IN THE CENTER ROW.
THE TIMER WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED JOHN SCHUMAKER, FOLLOWED BY CORLESS REIKI, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT.
IT WAS NICE TO HEAR THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WU IS CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, DRINKING WATER IN OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, HE DIDN'T REALIZE TWO SEPARATE AGENCIES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
TOO BAD HE DOESN'T SHOW THE SAME CONCERN, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE LANDFILL IN OUR CITY ITSELF.
BECAUSE LAST THING I HEARD WAS THAT, UH, THE TOP CAP WAS STILL DAMAGED AND HADN'T BEEN REPAIRED.
YOU KNOW, AND ALSO WAS, WAS BOUND AND DETERMINED TO HAVE A FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN A HIGH FIRE HAZARD ZONE THAT WAS LEAKING METHANE GAS.
YOU KNOW,
BUT THEN IT DAWNED ON ME, IF THE RUMORS THAT I HEAR ARE TRUE, YOU WON'T BE HERE.
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SOYOU KNOW, THE, WHAT WHAT I FIND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING IS THAT WHEN YOU THINK CERTAIN PEOPLE, NAMELY, AND I'M, I'M GONNA POINT TO THE MAYOR, THAT SHE WILL BE LOOKING AT HER HUSBAND WITH LOVE AND ADORATION SMILING AS HE'S WISHING DEATH UPON PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THIS CHAMBER.
WHEN, WHEN I SIT HERE AND GO, HOW MUCH LOWER CAN THEY GO? HOW MUCH LOWER CAN THEY GO? THEY FIND A NEW WAY TO A LOWER VERSION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S ABSOLUTELY INSANE THAT YOU HAVE THAT REPRESENTING OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, GETS UP HERE AND GIVES A PROCLAMATION ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR NATIVE AMERICAN, UH, NEIGHBORS AND HOW GREAT THEY ARE.
BUT DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK AT MY PARTY ACCORDING TO HER WHEN IT COMES TO SOMETHING THAT SHE MIGHT NOT COMPLETELY AGREE WITH.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SAD THING.
I SHOULDN'T SAY WE, YOU GUYS ARE A JOKE.
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE I COME ACROSS FROM ALL AROUND THE CITY AND THE STATE AND IN DIFFERENT OFFICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE FROM WEST COVINA, AREN'T YOU? YEP.
NOW I, NOW I KNOW WHY WE DON'T GET VERY MANY THINGS DONE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU SIT THERE AND JUST, ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL DO, AND IT'S ABOUT THE ONLY THING A COUNCIL MEMBER CAN DO ON THEIR OWN, THAT'S TO TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH.
LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR CITY, UH, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR A COUPLE YEARS AGO SAID THAT WE WERE GOING TO LOSE OVERSPEND $24 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
JUST LIKE, JUST LIKE IT WAS CLAIMED.
AND THEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN IT OFF.
AND I'M JUST SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER CHRIS RELAND ONE TIME WHEN I ASKED, WOULD ASK HIM A QUESTION.
HE GOES, JOHN, THE ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT YOU THAT I'VE LEARNED IN ALL THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN AROUND IS THAT WHEN YOU ASK A QUESTION, YOU ALREADY KNOW THE ANSWER.
YOU KNOW, SO WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCE, THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY ARE GOING TO BE ASSURED THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET TRUE AND HONEST ANSWERS GOOD OR BAD.
THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE ASSURED, WHETHER I AGREE WITH THEM OR NOT, THEY'RE GONNA UNDERSTAND WHY I AM VOTING A CERTAIN WAY.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GONNA DO THINGS LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, BEER AND WINE SALES AT GAS STATIONS, I THINK IT'S RIDICULOUS.
AS, AS MR. WU SAID THAT WE PUT 'EM THROUGH THIS C U P AND ALL THIS ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF, WE, WE NEED TO SHORTEN IT.
AND THEN TAX ON AGREES TO TACKING ON, OH, YOU'VE GOTTA PUT A CAMERA OUT FRONT THAT'S TIED INTO A SYSTEM, WHICH IS AN EVEN BIGGER BURDEN THAN DOING THE C U P.
THEN LIKE I SAID, HE WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME BRINGING THOSE THINGS UP TO THE PUBLIC.
THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SEE TOO IS WHY CAN'T THE CITY ATTORNEY GIVE A, A SUMMARY OF THE CASES THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT AGAINST US? YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY WHAT THE STRATEGY IS, BUT JUST KIND OF EXPLAINING WHAT THEY ARE.
LET THE FOLKS KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
CORLESS RENICK, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY KATHY NAVARRO.
I'M CORLESS REI AND I'VE LIVED HERE IN WEST COVINA FOR 90 YEARS.
UM, AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY, AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TONIGHT FOR ASKING FOR YOUR HELP TO GET OUR LIBRARY OPEN.
AND THE WAY, IF THE COUNTY IS GETS ITS WAY, IT'S GOING TO BE OVER FOUR YEARS WHEN IT'S OPEN.
AND THAT'S JUST NOT, THAT'S NOT FAIR.
NOT ONLY TO THE ADULTS, BUT TO, WE THINK OF OUR KIDS THAT COULDN'T GO TO SCHOOL FOR A WHILE BECAUSE OF C O V I, AND THEN THEY GET SCHOOLS OPEN, BUT THEY CAN'T GO TO THE LIBRARY.
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PROGRAM FROM YOUTH, FROM TODDLERS ON, ON UP.WE, UM, WE HEARD, UM, THAT IT WAS GOING TO OPEN, UH, IN THE SPRING, THIS PAST SPRING.
AND OF COURSE IT DIDN'T OPEN THEN.
BUT THEN WE WERE TOLD IN JUNE THAT THE LIBRARY WAS GOING TO OPEN IN THE FALL, THIS FALL, OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER.
AND SO WE WERE REALLY EXCITED AND WE'RE STARTING TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE OPENING.
AND THEN WE HEAR THAT THEY CAME TO YOU GUYS AND THERE'S A DELAY OF NINE MONTHS OR NEXT MID 24.
AND FOR, FOR, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE FOR A CITY OUR SIZE AND OUR LIBRARY, AND THE MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO OUR LIBRARY.
WE HAVE, WHEN OUR LIBRARY CLOSED FOR EVERY DAY, WE HAD MORE PEOPLE IN OUR LIBRARY THAN ANY OTHER LIBRARY IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, INCLUDING THE ONE IN LOS ANGELES.
SO WE'RE A REALLY, REALLY BIG PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WHAT WE ARE, WE'RE GONNA START A, UM, EMAILING CAMPAIGN, BUT WHAT WE'D LIKE TO ASK FOR YOU GUYS IS TO JUST REALLY BE TOUGH WITH THEM.
I MEAN, DON'T ACCEPT ALL THESE EXCUSES, BUT PIN 'EM DOWN.
UH, I MEAN, HOW CAN, WHEN THEY'RE TELLING US WE'RE GONNA OPEN IN OCTOBER, AND THEN THEY COME IN AND THEN THEY SAY, OH NO, IT'S GONNA BE NINE MORE MONTHS.
AND THIS IS A TENTATIVE OPENING AND YOU AND I ALL KNOW THAT TENTATIVE OPENINGS, IT NEVER, IT NEVER WORKS OUT, RIGHT? IT'S GONNA BE AFTER THAT.
SO WE JUST WANT YOU TO BE TOUGH ON 'EM TO, UH, PUT PRESSURE ON 'EM.
IF NONE OF US DO ANYTHING, THEN THEY'RE JUST GONNA THINK THAT'S FINE WITH US.
AND GO AHEAD AND SEND THEIR WORKERS TO SOMEPLACE THAT'S PUTTING PRESSURE ON THEM.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING WITH, ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, PLEASE, WHEN THEY TALK TO YOU, IF THEY PUT PRESSURE, LET'S GET THIS OPEN BEFORE THE TENTATIVE MID 2024
BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY KATHY NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOR GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN CONTOS, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO, GOD IS REAL.
HUMAN FLOURISHING REQUIRES FOSSIL FUELS.
PARENTS DETERMINE THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN.
THE NUCLEAR FAMILY IS THE GREATEST FORM OF GOVERNMENT KNOWN TO MANKIND.
CAPITALISM LIFTS UP PEOPLE FROM POVERTY.
THERE ARE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, NOT FOUR.
THE US CONSTITUTION IS THE GREATEST GRANTOR OF FREEDOM IN HISTORY.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING THE FIRST DISTRICT, IS TRYING TO PASS HIMSELF OFF AS A FAKE MEXICAN LION.
BRIAN TABBA IS A SHAMELESS FRAUD.
HIS NAME HAS NEVER BEEN CALDERONE.
HIS IRANIAN FATHER TAUGHT HIM TO HATE AMERICA, TO LO AMERICA.
HE IS MISSING AN ACTION IN THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE HE'S SO BUSY TRYING TO RUN FOR STATE ASSEMBLY BEFORE HE EVEN FINISHES THE FIRST TERM IN OFFICE IN WEST COVINA AS A COUNCILMAN, HE HATES WHITE PEOPLE ON A GRAND SCALE.
AND HE TEACHES HIS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HATE WHITE PEOPLE TOO.
BUT WHAT HAS BRIAN TABBA BY EVER DONE FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN WEST COVINA? I SUBMIT TO YOU NOT A DAMN THING.
BLACK PEOPLE ARE GROSSLY UNDERREPRESENTED IN WEST COVINA POPULATION.
WHAT HAS HE DONE TO CHANGE THAT? I WILL REMIND LY AND BRIAN TABBA THAT ESTEBAN TORRES WAS A MODERATE DEMOCRAT THAT DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE, WHO STRONGLY OPPOSED ABORTION.
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YOU FORGOT TO MENTION THAT, DIDN'T YOU? AT THE DEDICATION OF THE WEST COVINA POST OFFICE YET IS NO SO FAR, FAR UP GRACE IN NAPOLITANO'S DRESS.HE COULDN'T SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY LION.
BRIAN HAS LITERALLY FAILED THE PEOPLE OF THE FIRST DISTRICT BECAUSE HE'S SO BUSY CAMPAIGNING FOR THE ASSEMBLY AS A FAKE MEXICAN.
TALK ABOUT CULTURAL APPROPRIATION.
HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO HAVE ZERO TIME TO DEVOTE TO THIS CITY.
HE'S FREQUENTLY MISSING AT MOST EVENTS.
SPEW MAKER OVER HERE POINTED OUT THAT OLE AND TABBA WERE AT THE FOOTBALL GAME ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND BRIAN COMMENTED, I LOVE FOOTBALL.
WHAT IS BRIAN TAMBA DONE FOR WEST COVINA? WHAT? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING EXCEPT PANDER TO THE OTHER FILTHY COMMUNISTS IN THIS CITY WHO ALSO HATE AMERICA AND OUR CONSTITUTION.
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER ENCOUNTERED COMMUNISTS DURING WORLD WAR II, HE KILLED THEM.
PRAY FOR OUR CITY AND PRAY FOR OUR NATION.
THERE ARE EVIL FORCES WORKING AGAINST THIS COUNTRY, AND THEY'RE, AND, UH, THEY'RE PERSONIFIED BY THIS SHAMELESS RACE.
AND SINCE I HAVE A LITTLE TIME LEFT OVER, I WANNA SAY IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT THE LIBRARY HAS BEEN CLOSED THREE AND A HALF YEARS.
ZANG IS A NICE LADY, BUT SHE GETS UP HER EVERY, EVERY TIME SHE SPEAKS, SHE DISAPPOINTS THIS CROWD.
AND THE $126 MILLION THAT, THAT IS APPROPRIATED TO THE WATER DISTRICT.
HEY, WHO DOESN'T WANT SAFE DRINKING WATER? I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY THAT DRINKS WATER FROM THE TAP.
EVERYBODY DRINKS BOTTLED WATER.
WE WASH OUR CARS, WE WASH OUR CLOTHES.
WE DON'T USE THAT WATER TO DRINK.
I WISH WE SPENT $126 MILLION ON HOMELESS VETERANS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THAT WOULD GO A VERY LONG WAY.
KATHY NAVARRO, FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOUR, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW SMITH.
I, EXCUSE ME, I'M FEELING RATHER NAUSEOUS.
YOU'LL HAVE TO EXCUSE ME RIGHT NOW.
UM, MAYOR ROSARIO DIAZ AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
I'M KATHY NAVARRO FROM PROJECT 29 11.
SHE'S ONE OF OUR BLACK FRIENDS HERE.
AND WE SAY, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TODAY, BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT I LIVE IN WEST COVINA.
SO I APPLAUD YOU AND I SAY THANK YOU WESS COVINA.
AND ALSO I'M HERE TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO OUR LUNCHEON.
I HAVE TICKETS THAT I'VE INVITATIONS THAT I'VE GIVEN TO ALL OF YOU.
AND I HAVE FOUR SEATS AT MY TABLE IF SOMEONE WANTS TO COME WITH ME AND MY HUSBAND.
SO, UM, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU SIGN UP.
I HAVE MY CARD HERE, SO JUST GIVE ME A CALL.
IT'S A SATURDAY AT SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB AND IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN.
WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE SOME DANCERS.
WE, AND IF NOT, MAUREEN, AND I'LL DANCE
UM, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I SPOKE TO YOU CONCERNING MY NEIGHBORS THAT HAD BOATS AND CAMPERS ON THE STREET.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID, BUT THEY'VE ALL DISAPPEARED.
AND FOR PEOPLE TO THINK THAT WEST COVINA COUNCIL DOES NOT DO ANYTHING, I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU DO.
THE CARS ARE GONE, AND THE TRAFFIC IS NOT IMPEDED ANYMORE.
AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT'S ON NEW CREST AND, AND ELLA AREA IN SCAA.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND I, AND I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, BRIAN AND ROSARIO, YOU'RE GREAT PEOPLE.
YOU'RE GREAT PEOPLE AND ALL OF YOU, ALL OF YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, AND, AND TONY TOO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH AND GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE THAT WE'LL ALL OF YOU COME.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL, THANK YOU TABLE.
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FOUR, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW SMITH, FOLLOWED BY JORGE ORTEGA.UM, DOUGLAS FOUR OWNER OF BUN STREET, SCOOP STREET, KAMALI STREET RESIDENT, ALSO IN WEST COVINA.
UM, AGAIN, I'LL START OFF BY SAYING I DO LOVE THE CITY.
I DO VALUE THE CITY, AND I WANT THE BEST FOR THE CITY.
THE LAST TIME I CAME IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS, UM, WE TALKED AND THEN I WAS TARGETED IN MY BUSINESS.
OKAY? AND I DO NOT APPRECIATE IT AT ALL.
ONE OF YOUR GUYS', CITY EMPLOYEES CAME INTO MY BUSINESS A COUPLE DAYS AFTER I SPOKE HERE AND DEMANDED TO TALK TO MY MANAGER, WHICH NO PROBLEM.
NOT ONLY DID THIS IN FRONT OF ALL MY OTHER CUSTOMERS, BUT DEMANDED TO TALK TO MATT AND I, WE ARE NOT THERE ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS, OKAY? AND IT IS NOT RIGHT.
THEY WANTED THOSE BENCHES MOVED IMMEDIATELY.
WHAT WE DID WITH THE BENCHES WAS WE STACKED THEM ALL IN ONE PARKING STALL.
OKAY? WE HAD EIGHT BENCHES, EIGHT PICNIC TABLES.
WE CONTACTED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE THOUGHT MIGHT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE BENCHES.
'CAUSE CLEARLY WE HAD NO MORE USE FOR THEM.
AND WE WERE DONATING TO THEM THESE BENCHES.
WE HAD PEOPLE, WE SAID, PLEASE COME PICK 'EM UP.
THEY WEREN'T THERE FOR MONTHS.
IT'S ONLY BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE I WAS HERE LAST.
THEY CAME IN ON THAT FRIDAY DURING MY RUSH HOUR, DURING MY LUNCH, AND MADE A SCENE IN FRONT OF MY CUSTOMERS.
IT IS NOT, IT IS NOT RIGHT TO DO THAT TO ANY BUSINESS.
YOU WANNA FIND ME FOR THOSE TABLES BEING OUT THERE STILL SEND ME A FINE THEN.
OKAY? I DON'T KNOW WHY I WAS TARGETED, OKAY? I DON'T KNOW IF THIS PERSON WAS A LONE WOLF THAT CAME, OR IF HE WAS DIRECTED BY SOMEONE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY BEEFS WITH ANYBODY IN THE CITY.
OKAY? I'D RATHER NOT HAVE ANY BEEFS WITH ANYBODY.
BUT WHY THIS GENTLEMAN CAME IN AND CAME AFTER ME, I, I HAVE NO CLUE.
AND IT MAKES ME SICK TO MY STOMACH.
UM, HE WAS FROM THE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT ALSO.
WE GOT A FINE FOR HAVING A PORTA-POTTY IN FRONT OF SCOOP STREET FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT, A PORTA-POTTY.
REALLY? WHO, WE DON'T HAVE A PORTA-POTTY IN FRONT OF SCOOP STREET.
SO PLEASE DON'T SAY I WASN'T TARGETED.
OKAY? THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE.
SOMEONE'S CLEARLY THAT WORKS FOR THE CITY, DOESN'T LIKE ME OR MATT OR OUR BUSINESSES, BUT COME ON, WHO IS, WHEN CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES AND DOES SOMETHING, WHO'S LOOKING AT THESE FINES BEFORE THEY GO OUT AND COME TO A BUSINESS OWNER? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO WORK HERE.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS, IT IS RIDICULOUS.
IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT HE COMES INTO MY BUSINESS AND DEMANDS.
SO IS HE BEHIND ME IN THIS AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW? WE KNOW WHO THIS WAS THAT CAME INTO MY BUSINESS.
YOU KNOW, TH THIS IS SAD AND I DON'T APPRECIATE IT.
YOU KNOW, I, I JUST, IT IT IS BEYOND WORDS THAT SOMEONE WOULD COME INTO THERE, INTO A BUSINESS AND WREAK HAVOC THAT IS A CITY EMPLOYEE.
WE HAVE ENOUGH WITH THE HOMELESS WREAKING HAVOC.
WE HAVE ENOUGH WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND HAVING TO CLEAN UP EVERY MORNING.
BUT A CITY EMPLOYEE COMING, AND THEN HE SITS IN OUR SEATS RIGHT OUTSIDE AND SAYS, THESE HAVE TO BE MOVED IMMEDIATELY.
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LUNCH RUSH.
YOU KNOW? AND WE THEN EVEN EXPLAINED TO HIM, THEY ARE DONATED.
WE'VE ASKED THEM TO COME, THEY'RE DONATED.
I WOULD LIKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO MY CUSTOMERS AND TO MY GENERAL MANAGER FROM THE CITY EMPLOYEE.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT MYSELF, BUT I WOULD LIKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY.
THIS IS NOT RIGHT THAT A CITY EMPLOYEE IS DOING THIS THAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.
HE THEN SAT IN HIS CAR AND I KNOW IT BECAUSE IT WAS A WEST COVINA CAR THAT SAT OUT THERE.
HE SAT IN HIS CAR AND THEN TOOK PICTURES FROM HIS CAR OF US.
WHEN IS HE ENOUGH ENOUGH? YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY SENT HIM IN THERE.
OR WAS HE A LONE WOLF? I'M PRETTY SURE SOMEONE SENT HIM IN THERE.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT GONNA STOP UNTIL I FIND OUT WHO SENT HIM IN THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE A PUBLIC APOLOGY FROM HIM AND HIS DEPARTMENT AND HIS DEPARTMENT HEAD.
I'D LIKE A PHONE CALL FROM HIS DEPARTMENT HEAD APOLOGIZING.
MATTHEW SMITH, FOLLOWED BY JORGE ORTEGA, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
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DO AGREE WITH WHAT DOUG HAS STATED.I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK ANY FURTHER ON IT, BUT I, I DO STAND BY WHAT DOUG HAS STATED TONIGHT.
I AM HERE REPRESENTING TWO, UH, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT TRUST ME WITH THEIR INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, SAN GABRIEL, UH, VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL, AS YOU KNOW, I REPRESENT.
AND, UM, THE FIELDS ARE LOOKING GOOD.
AND WE HAD AN INCIDENT ON A FIELD THAT WE HAD TO SWITCH FIELDS, UH, RIGHT AWAY DURING, UH, ONE OF OUR GAMES.
AND I WANNA COMPLIMENT THE CITY AND THEIR GROUNDS CREW.
'CAUSE THEY, THEY JUMPED IN, WENT RIGHT TO YANKEE STADIUM, GOT IT ALL READY FOR US ABOUT 20 MINUTE DELAY, AND WE'RE BACK GOING AGAIN ON OUR SCHEDULE.
SO, UM, WHEN I SEE SOMETHING DONE RIGHT AND APPRECIATIVE, WE, WE CERTAINLY WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT AS WELL.
THE OTHER BOARD I SIT ON IS A SCHOOL BOARD AT SAN JOSE CHARTER ACADEMY AND BLUE RIBBON NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON AWARDS CAME OUT TODAY.
THERE WERE 353 TOTAL SCHOOLS IN THE US, 33 IN CALIFORNIA AND WEST COVINA.
SAN JOSE CHARTER ACADEMY WAS ONE OF THE BLUE RIBBON WINNERS.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M ON THE BOARD AND WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THE, THE ADMINISTRATION STAFF AND STUDENTS THAT WORK THERE.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, THE KIDS AND EMPLOYEES ARE RECOGNIZED, UH, FOR THAT SCHOOL IN WEST COVINA AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TONIGHT.
JORGE ORTEGA, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
UM, I'M PART OF THE WEST COVINA BOARD, UH, FOR THE YOUTH PROGRAM FOR CHEER FOOTBALL, UH, WHERE THE WEST COVINA BRUIN.
I ALSO, I'M PART OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL.
UH, LAST MEETING I CAME AND I INVITED YOU GUYS TO COME OUT AND NOW ONE OF YOU SHOWED UP.
UH, SO RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A BIG ISSUE, UH, ON THE FIELD WHERE, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS BEHIND THE SCENES WITH PAULINE, ROXANNE, AND MICHAEL.
AND WE HAVE NO CONCLUSION YET.
UH, THEY'VE GIVEN US AN EXTENSION TILL FRIDAY BEFORE THEY REMOVE THE LIGHTS.
UM, THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SEASON, WHICH IS GONNA AFFECT ALL OF OUR TEAMS. WE'RE NOW PART OF POP WARNER, WHICH IS A NATIONAL SCALE, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF TEAMS GOING UNDEFEATED.
WE DO HAVE A LOT OF STUDENT ATHLETES WITH, UH, SCHOLAR POTENTIAL TO BE RECOGNIZED AT A NATIONAL LEVEL.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU GUYS COME OUT, YOU KNOW, DURING OPENING DAYS AND HOMECOMING CEREMONIES, AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE KIDS.
UH, BUT RIGHT NOW OUR CITY IS, IS NOT SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS. UM, SO WE DO NEED YOUR HELP.
WE HAVE ABOUT 400 KIDS IN OUR PROGRAM THAT ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO COME OUT AFTER HOURS BECAUSE YOU ARE REMOVING THE LIGHTS.
UM, I KNOW THE LAST MESSAGE WAS AT THREE O'CLOCK TODAY, UH, WHERE THEY TRY TO GO, I THINK PAY 4,000 AND FOR US TO PAY 8,000.
SO THIS MONEY THAT'S GONNA BE COMING OUT FOR OUR PROGRAM IS GONNA BE AFFECTING OUR PROGRAMS FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE'RE TRYING TO BRING A CHALLENGER PROGRAM.
SO WHAT THAT IS, THIS IS THE FIRST PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AS OF WEST COVINA BRUIN SINCE 1965.
THAT WOULD BE BRINGING OUT BLIND KIDS, AUTISTIC KIDS, UH, PRETTY MUCH ANY DISA DISABLED KID THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE IN FLAG FOOTBALL.
UM, SO WE ARE ASKING YOU GUYS TO HELP KEEP OUR MONEY IN-HOUSE TO SUPPORT OUR KIDS, GIVE IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
ALL OF OUR MONEY IS, IT GOES, IT GOES BACK INTO EQUIPMENT, INTO UNIFORMS, UH, RECONDITIONING OF, OF GEAR.
UM, LAST MEETING, UH, I WAS HEARING, UH, MS LET SAYING ABOUT CHARGING ABOUT LIGHTS.
I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR CITIZENS SHOULD BE PAYING ADDITIONAL PLUS OUR TAXES FOR LIGHTS.
UM, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS, SHOW US OUR BOOKS, SHOW US WHERE ALL OUR HOURS AND MANPOWER GO.
WE HAVE ABOUT 125 VOLUNTEERS THAT HELP RUN THE PROGRAM.
THERE'S NO WAY THE CITY CAN SUSTAIN THAT.
THERE'S NO NO WAY YOU GUYS CAN BE THERE FROM SIX IN THE MORNING TO 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, HAVE TO DRIVE TO MOVAL SALTANA, BE THERE SIX HOURS TO SUPPORT A TEAM.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH OUT HERE.
AND WE'RE ASKING YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORT WITH THE LIGHTS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE SEASON FOR THE REST OF THE 2000, UH, THREE, 2004 SEASON.
UH, ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN Z.
THE, THE US GOVERNMENT IS MAKING WAR ON ITS OWN PEOPLE, COVERTLY THROUGH THE CONVERSION OF THE CHEMICAL AND BIO, UH, WARFARE PROGRAM INTO A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY MEDICAL COUNTERMEASURES PROGRAM, AND IS WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH GLOBALIST INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD TO MAKE WAR ON ALL PEOPLE, UNQUOTE CATHERINE WATT.
UH, THEY'RE KILLING A LOT OF PEOPLE.
THIS WAR IS ILLEGAL AND IS DONE BY ROGUE ACTORS WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORITY.
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GENERAL LLOYD AUSTIN AND THE ONGOING DC FEDERAL COURT CASE.THIS, WHAT I JUST TOLD YOU IS WELL SCRUBBED FROM THE INTERNET.
IN ORDER TO FIND ANYTHING, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND THE GO TO THE DC FEDERAL COURT DOCUMENTS OR ATTORNEYS TODD CALENDAR OR RAY FLORES OUT OF SAN DIEGO.
I MEAN OUR, OUR NEWS MEDIA, THEY DON'T IMPOR THEY DON'T REPORT ON IMPORTANT STORIES.
UM, SO THE, THE BIOTECH SPONSORED BIO WEAPON EMERGENCY CONTINUES AND THE GOVERNMENT IS ABOUT TO DOUBLE DOWN BY REPEATED LOCKDOWNS MASK MANDATES AND EMERGENCY POWERS, INCLUDING A NEW, UH, ROUND OF SAFE AND EFFECTIVE EXPERIMENTAL GENE THERAPY VACCINES, WHICH WE KNOW ARE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY'RE TESTED ON 12 MICE, UH, FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.
HONESTLY, ADVERSE EFFECTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY KNOWN, BUT MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE WILL DIE ABSENT INFORMED CONSENT.
THE PACKAGE INSERT IS STILL BLANK.
LIBERTY LIFE AND HAPPINESS DON'T HAVE TO BE CURTAILED BY ENDURING A SECOND ROUND OF LOCKDOWNS.
AND CONTINUING STATES OF PHONY EMERGENCY SCAM DES THE TRAP BEING SET BY THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PANDEMIC TREATY, A THREAT THAT EMERGES, THAT EMERGED TWO MONTHS AGO AND AND NEEDS TO BE TOTALLY REJECTED BY CONGRESS.
A WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION BECOMES YOUR DOCTOR.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS SUSPENDED.
UH, THIS FORMULA INCLUDES, UH, WHEAT BUGS, OWN NOTHING.
AND WE HAVE A HAPPY COMMUNIST AGENDA AND MEDIA CENSORS COMBINED WITH MEDIA CENSORSHIP AND AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL C I A, UH, DIRECTED PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE YEARS.
OUR FUTURE IS, UH, I'M GONNA DESCRIBE, UH, IN THIS LIST OF 20 POINTS.
IMPLEMENT VACCINE MAN PASSPORTS, WHICH EXCLUDES PEOPLE FROM SOCIETY IF THEY DON'T REPEATEDLY TAKE EXPERIMENTAL NEW CLOT SHOT BOOSTER INJECTIONS AND EN AND ENDORSE, UH, GLOBAL DIGITAL HEALTH MANDATES.
UH, MA UH, DIGITAL HEALTH CERTIFICATES TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL CREDIT SCORING, UH, SOCIAL REWARDS AND MANDATORY DIGITAL ID SYSTEMS THAT GIVE BROWNIE POINTS WHEN PEOPLE COMPLY WITH OFFICIAL MANDATES AND, AND PEOPLE RESIST, UH, WHO RESIST GOVERNMENT TYRANNY, ABUSE, UH, UM, REMOVAL OF GOD-GIVEN RIGHTS.
UH, DEMONSTRATE OR PETITION THE GOVERNMENT, UH, FOR, UH, GRIEVANCES.
TYRANNY IS EASY, IS EASIER IN AN URBAN SETTING.
MOVE MOST OF HUMANITY INTO AI.
GOVERNED 15 MINUTE SMART CITY CONCENTRATION CAMPS.
MAUI BECAME THE MODEL OF THE, THE WORLD'S FIRST SMART CITY.
ONCE, UH, MAUI LAINA, UH, RECENTLY DESTROYED, DESTROYED BY DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS LIKE, UH, NINE 11.
THIS WAS AN ACT, NOT AN ACT OF NATURE.
FOUR, LIMIT THE DISTANCE THAT CITY PEOPLE CAN GO FROM THEIR HOMES TO 15 TO 20 MINUTES.
PEOPLE WILL NEED PERMITS TO GO FURTHER.
FIVE, AND INSTALL DIGITAL CURRENCIES THAT CAN BE CONTROLLED BY THE RULERS.
LIKE CAN CANADA'S TRUDEAU AGAINST THE TRUCKERS.
HE'LL DECIDE HOW YOU SPEND YOUR OWN MONEY, YOUR INCOME, AND CHILDREN BELONG TO THE STATE.
OWNING AND SPENDING FUNDS MUST BE LIMITED BY GOVERNMENTS.
THE STATE DETERMINES HOW YOUR CHILDREN ARE RAISED BECAUSE FREEDOM IS NOT A GOOD THING.
SIX, ELIMINATE OWNERSHIP OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
EVERYTHING MUST BE THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON HOLMES.
DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY ZONG, FOLLOWED BY THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON.
WALTER KRONER, UH, YOU'LL OWN NOTHING AND YOU'LL BE HAPPY.
I STILL HAVE, I'VE BEEN TRYING.
YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT TO MEETING TO GET THROUGH THE 14, THE 20 POINTS THAT I'VE ONLY GOT THROUGH SIX.
NO, IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE, UH, I'M DOING A FOLLOW UP FROM TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I GOT HOOKED OFF BY THE CANE, UH, FOR THE OVERTIME.
SO
THEN, UM, I AM DOING THIS FOLLOW UP FROM
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MY SPEECH OF TWO WEEKS AGO.I HANDED OUT PACKAGES TO EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE ASSISTANT, UH, MANAGER, TO, UM, 'CAUSE I THINK YOU DID SAY TO ME AT THE END OF MY SPEECH THAT YOU WERE GONNA LOOK INTO IT AND YOU DON'T SEE A PROBLEM WITH, UH, WITH, UH, ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION.
SO INSIDE YOUR PACKAGE THERE, I HAVE A LIST, UM, A LIST OF ALL THE CITIES THAT HAVE ALREADY HAVE ADOPTED THE RESOLUTIONS.
AND I ALSO PUT IN THERE THE THREE LETTERS THAT, THAT JASON MOSS SENT DIRECTED TO THE MAYOR WITH CARBON COPIES TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL.
UM, I ALSO PUT IN THERE AN OPTED PIECE WRITTEN BY THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JASON MOSS, THAT WAS PRINTED IN DECEMBER, 2022, UM, IN SEVERAL LOCAL PUBLICATIONS.
AND THE TOPIC BASICALLY WAS, JEWS NEED OTHERS TO STAND WITH US TO CONFRONT ANTISEMITISM.
IN FACT, I FORGOT TO PUT MY YAMMA ON
SO ANYWAYS, I HOPE YOU GUYS LOOK THAT OVER AND, UM, AND DO LIKE WHAT I ASKED ON OUR SPEECH
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CALL ME.
UH, THE NUMBERS ARE THERE FOR OUR, UM, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THERE'LL BE, HE WOULD LOVE TO COME IN FRONT OF YOU AND SPEAK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT IT.
UM, OH, AND IF YOU KNOW, UH, ON WHAT I SENT TO YOU GUYS, THE BOTTOM OF IT, MY COMPUTE, MY PRINTER WASN'T WORKING WELL.
SO THE VERY BOTTOM GOT RUBBED OUT ON SOME OF 'EM.
SO I TAPED, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S, UH, INFORMATION THERE FOR YOU.
I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL LADY THAT TALKED ABOUT THE LIBRARY.
I THINK SHE HAS A GREAT POINT, AND I KIND OF MADE A JOKE ABOUT IT LAST, THE LAST MEETING BEFORE I CAME UP.
YOU KNOW, DISNEYLAND WAS BUILT IN ONE DAY IN ONE YEAR.
AND LOOK HOW BIG AND COMPLICATED THAT WAS.
AND THEY CAN'T HAVE A LIBRARY IN OUR, IN OUR CITY.
AND IT'S TAKEN ALREADY THREE AND A HALF, THREE AND A HALF YEARS, AND IT'S STILL GOING.
SO I, I THINK THIS IS A SHAME FOR OUR CITY THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LIBRARY.
I GREW UP HERE, SIX, I'M MORE THAN 60 YEARS IN WEST COVINA.
I USED TO WALK TO THE LIBRARY, UH, WITH MY FATHER AND MY BROTHERS EVERY WEEK.
UM, THE THING WITH THIS OTHER GENTLEMAN RIGHT OVER HERE WITH HIS TABLE ISSUE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE SAID TO YOU GUYS.
I, I, I SAY THAT THE BIGGER THE GOVERNMENT, THE SMALLER THE CITIZEN.
THIS POOR MAN HAS THREE BUSINESSES HERE AND IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, RIGHT? AM I, AM I WRONG THAT HIS TABLES WERE ON PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THERE'S A CODE ENFORCEMENT GUY COMING IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS BUSINESS TO DO IT.
I'M JUST HEARING THIS THERE BY SITTING HERE.
I'M LISTENING JUST LIKE YOU GUYS ARE.
AND I, I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED, BUT IT SOUNDS TO ME FROM WHAT HE SAID, IT'S, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT KOSHER.
THE OTHER THING IS THIS SUNDAY NIGHT, AND, AND MONDAY IS THE HOLIEST DAY FOR JEWS.
IT MEANS IT MEANS, UH, YOM KIPPUR DAY OF ATONEMENT.
SO WE ATONE, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT IF I EVER CAME UP TO YOU OR TALK TO YOU GUYS RUDELY OR ANYTHING, I WANNA APOLOGIZE.
WIN-WIN ZONG, FOLLOWED BY WALTER KRONER, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.
MAY I PRETEND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MISS, UM, CITY MANAGER STAFF AND ALL, UM, COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M GUEN, WEST COVINA, LIBRARY MANAGER.
I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH TAKING THE TIME AND LETTING US KNOW YOUR CONCERNS AND THOUGHTS.
I WILL CERTAINLY PASS ALONG TO MY UPPER MANAGEMENT.
CAN YOU PLEASE, SORRY, PLEASE ADDRESS THE
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE, THE LIBRARY'S CLOSURE.
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SO AS YOU MENTIONED, UM, THE LIBRARY, WE ARE AIMING TO REOPEN MIDYEAR NEXT YEAR.UM, SO I, THIS IS THE UPDATE I WANTED.
I JUST GOT AN UPDATE ABOUT THIS AND, UH, BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE DUAL AS, AS THE LIBRARY, UH, CLOSURE EXTENDED LA COUNTY LIBRARY, UM, UM, TAKE, YOU KNOW, TOOK THE, UH, ADVANTAGE OF THE TIME TO PLAN, UM, MUCH NEEDED ESTHETIC AND ALSO, UM, OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR ALL THE PUBLIC AREAS.
SO WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT WEST COMMUNION LIBRARY WILL BE BACK MUCH UPGRADED FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO, TO, UM, TO USE AND ENJOY.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE, UM, I, I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED AND, UM, UM, I WANTED TO ALSO, UM, SAY IT AGAIN DURING LIBRARY CLOSURE.
UH, WE CONTINUE, UH, CONTINUE TO OFFER RESIDENTS ACCESS TO LIBRARY MATERIALS, UM, AND ALSO, UM, TELEPHONE REFERENCE SERVICES THROUGH OUR SIDEWALK SERVICE.
AND, UM, AND THAT THE SIDEWALK SERVICE IS AT THE LIBRARY.
AND WE OFFER THE SERVICES 20, I'M SORRY, 40 HOURS A WEEK, TUESDAY TO SATURDAY.
AND, UM, IN PERSON LIBRARY SERVICES ARE BEING OFFERED AT THE NEIGHBORING LIBRARIES, INCLUDING BALDWIN PARK LIBRARY, WHICH IS ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY, AND
UM, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS.
UM, THE, THE, THE CLO THE CLOSURE, UH, THAT THE INCONVENIENCE, THE CLOSURE HAS CAUSED OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE UP YOUR TIME.
ARE I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE IF YOU'RE DONE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE AN ANOTHER TWO ANNOUNCEMENT JUST REALLY QUICK.
UM, WEST COVINA LIBRARY, WE HAVE LAPTOPS, UM, KIDS WITH INTERNET ACCESS FOR CUSTOMER TO CHECK OUT FOR SIX WEEKS.
SO IF YOU NEED ONE CALLED THE LIBRARY TO RESERVE AND PICK UP AT A SIDEWALK SERVICE.
AND ALSO, IF YOU ARE PLANNING A TRIP TO A STATE, UM, STATE, UH, HOW DO YOU SAY, CALIFORNIA STATE PARK.
AND YOU CAN BORROW A PARKS PASS AT LIBRARY AND TO GET A FREE LA, SAY, VEHICLE DAY ENTRY, UM, LIKE A DAY, UH, VEHICLE DAY, HOW TO SAY THE, THE FREE PASS TO THE, TO THE, TO OVER 200, UM, STATE PARKS.
AND UH, SO IF YOU PLAN TO, UM, TO, UH, VISIT A STATE PARK, JUST CALL THE LIBRARY TO RESERVE A, UH, PA UH, UH, PARKS PASS AND PICK UP AT A SIDEWALK SERVICE.
UM, BEFORE CLOSURE, I KNOW THE LIBRARY WAS ALREADY BEAUTIFUL.
THEY, UH, ENHANCED THE CHILDREN'S AREA.
AND THEN WHEN YOU CAME IN FOR THE FIRST CLOSURE, YOU SAID IT WAS THE AC UM, THE WHOLE UNIT.
I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING RENOVATED, WHAT EXACTLY IS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO, TO IT, AND ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING IN AND DOING THE WORK, OR ARE THEY JUST NEGLECTED IT? AND THEN COMING BACK, UM, WHAT IS CAUSING THE DELAYS FOR THIS? SO IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT THE LIBRARY, UH, WAS CLOSED OF, YOU KNOW, BEFORE C AT COVID, THE LIBRARY C FIRST CLOSED BECAUSE, BECAUSE OF THE COVID.
WHEN WE REOPENED IT, WE REOPENED IN 2001 AND, UM, HAVE LIMITED IN-PERSON SERVICE.
AND THEN WE OFFICIALLY CLOSED THE FOURTH RENOVATION, UH, IN AUGUST, 2001.
AND AT THAT TIME WE CLOSED THE FORD RENOVATION.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME, IT'S STILL COVID.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE WE HAD A LOT OF, UM, SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS.
SUPPLY CHAIN DELAYS THAT DELAYED THE TIME.
THEY, THEY DO NOT HAVE SUPPLY CHAIN CANNOT DO THINGS.
SO OLD, LIKE AC UNITS WILL BE REPLACED.
AND FIRST WE PLANT THE AC UNITS AND CEILING TILES AND, UM, AND ALSO LIGHTING AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE, THIS DELAY, SO THE LIBRARY SAID, OH, IT IS DELAYED.
SO WE ADDED MORE PROJECTS IN IT, AND THEN, THEN WE SAID, OH, WE ARE GOING TO DO SOME UPGRADES.
AND THEN, UM, SO GRADUALLY WE ADDED MORE AND MORE, UM, PROJECTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THE DELAY AND THEN THERE'S ENFORCING, UM, HOW DO YOU SAY IT, ENFORCING,
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UM, CONSTRUCTION DELAYS ALSO.SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGES.
SO RIGHT NOW, EVERYTHING INSIDE THE LIBRARY, THE PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE BRAND NEW.
AND THEN THE AC WILL BE CHANGED, THE ELEVATOR WILL BE CHANGED, THE NEW ONE.
AND THEN ALSO THE, UH, ALL THE FURNITURE, INCLUDING THE SHELVINGS, EVERYTHING SERVICE DESK AND THE FLOOR.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, TECHNOLOGY, A LOT OF TECH, NEW TECHNOLOGY AND, UM, THE POWER OUTLET, BECAUSE A LOT OF CUSTOMER ASKING FOR POWER OUTLET AND THEN THAT THOSE NEED TO BE PUT IT UNDER THE GROUND AND FOR THE LAYOUT.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, UH, JUST, JUST A LOT OF WORK.
CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT'S A COVID.
DO THEY HAVE A PLOT PLAN OR ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY? OR IS IT ON THE WEBSITE THAT LISTS ALL THESE THINGS OR TO SEE WHAT'S COMING? UM, I, I CAN PASS ALONG TO MY MANAGEMENT.
I'M NOT, THIS IS A, HOW TO SAY, THIS IS A, UM, CAPITAL PROJECT.
UM, I'M NOT IN, I'M NOT INVOLVED.
AND, UM, SO I DO NOT HAVE THE UPDATES.
I CANNOT JUST SAY, SAY SOMETHING.
I, I, I KNOW IT KIND OF TOUGH FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU CAME OVER HERE.
EVERYTHING, EVERY TIME, YOU JUST HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, I THINK RESIDENT, INCLUDING OURSELVES, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
HAVE YOU BEEN INSIDE THE LIBRARY? SOUND LIKE YOU EVEN DON'T KNOW WHAT KNOW.
I'M WORKING AT A NEIGHBORING LIBRARY.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT INSIDE ANY WORKER, SOMEBODY WALK OVER THERE THE OKAY.
BECAUSE ANYTIME I PAY THINGS TO, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY THERE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE REALLY WORKING OR NOT.
OR MAYBE NEXT TIME WE CAN INVITE YOUR OR SUPERVISOR OR SOMEBODY IN, IN CHARGE OF A CONSTRUCTION, COME OVER HERE TO EXPLAIN TO US WHAT'S GOING ON.
SHOW US SOME PICTURE AND SHOW US WHY DELAY IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME.
AND, UH, AND OUR CHILDREN REALLY NEED LIBRARY.
IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO USE LIBRARY MORE, BUT YOU CLOSE DOWN FOR SO LONG.
AND, UM, IT'S NOT, IT'S INCONVENIENT FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GO TO NEIGHBORING CITIES SINCE WE HAVE THIS RIGHT OVER HERE.
AND, AND HOW MANY SQUARE FEET FOR OUR LIBRARY? FOR ABOUT 3000, 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? SO IF YOU SEE ALL THE CONSTRUCTION FOR ALL THESE MENSING HOME, THEY BUILD HUNDRED, SOME OF THEM ALREADY WITHIN A YEAR.
OR WE BUILD UP, HOW CAN, THE REMODELING WILL TAKE SO LONG.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO, SO JUST WANT YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR IN CHARGE OF CONSTRUCTION.
THEY NEED TO GIVE US SOME REASON.
BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF RESIDENT IS VERY IMPATIENT RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING OURSELF.
TO TELL US HOW SOON YOU CAN FINISH UP LIKE, LIKE MIDDLE OF, OF OKAY.
IT MAYBE GO DELAYED TO THE END OF NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, WE STILL HAVE NO LIBRARY.
UM, I CERTAINLY WE'LL PASS ALONG YOUR MESSAGE TO MY SUPERVISORS AND, UM, THANK YOU.
AND, UH, LIBRARY IS BIG AND WE HAVE TWO STORIES AND IT'S OVER 40,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND, UM, IT'S AN OLD BUILDING.
WHEN YOU, SOMETIMES YOU JUST LIKE AT HOME REMODELING, SOMETIMES YOU OPEN ONE THING AND YOU SEE SOMETHING.
USED TO BE OTHER THINGS NEED TO BE FIXED.
BUT I'M, I HAVE NO DETAILS AT ALL.
I HAVE NO DETAILS, BUT I'VE CERTAINLY PASSED ALONG TO MY SUPERVISORS.
AND, UM, SEE, UH, IF YOU ANSWER, THANK YOU.
WALTER KRONNER, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.
UM, I SENT YOU A BIG LONG EMAIL, A MAYOR, PRO TERM WALTER KRONNER.
LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE BUILDING, 7 55 WEST COVINA PROJECT, THE APARTMENT BUILDING FOR FOUR DECADES.
UM, THE SHOOTINGS, TRASH BEER BOTTLES.
I MEAN, I, I STARTED TO MAKE PICTURES.
THIS IS WHAT WE FIND IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE EVERY DAY.
THEY RIDE AROUND ON THEIR BIKES, RIDE IN AND OUT OF OUR FRONT YARDS AND STEAL WHATEVER THEY CAN.
UH, SO EVERYBODY'S GOT CAMERAS.
SO I CONFRONTED THAT GUY, HE SLASHED MY TIRES AND A FEW OTHER CARS, THERE'S A POLICE REPORT.
SO, BUT TO ADD, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SHOOTINGS AND EVERYTHING, UH, THE CITY OF, UH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, COVINA COUNTY, WHERE YOU, THIS IS THE BUILDING THAT ALL THE TROUBLE.
AND SO THIS IS COVINA COUNTY RIGHT
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HERE.SO THEY WENT TO PERMITTED PARKING.
SO THE 30 CARS THAT PARKED ON THEIR STREET AND CLUTTERED THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW PARKING HERE.
WE CAN'T EVEN BACK OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAYS AT TIMES.
WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMITTED PARKING ON OUR LITTLE STREET 'CAUSE WE'RE OFF OF SUNSET.
AND THAT THIS BUILDING SHOULD PROVIDE PARKING FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THAT BUILDING? SO THE NEW PROBLEM THAT OCCURRED, I HAVE A FRIEND THAT'S A TEACHER OVER AT DEPUTY BAPTIST.
'CAUSE NOW THEY'RE FINDING CONDOMS IN THEIR HALLWAYS IN THE MORNING, ALONG WITH THEIR BANNERS BEING GRAFFITIED.
WELL, WE'RE FINDING THE SAME CONDOMS ON OUR STREET.
SO WHEN THE DARK CAR, THE WINDOWS WITH THE DARK WINDOWS PULL UP AND PARKED ON OUR STREET LATE AT NIGHT.
'CAUSE YOU HEAR THE DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE, YOU SMELL THE POT.
AND THEN THEY THROW THEIR BEER BOTTLES IN THIS MIDDLE DIVIDER RIGHT HERE.
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT BUILDING? I WENT OVER THERE AND ASKED THEM.
'CAUSE THEY USED TO HAVE TWO SECURITY GUARDS AND KEEP TRACK OF THINGS.
AND THE SECURITY GUARD USED TO KEEP THE STREET REALLY CLEAN.
AND IF STUFF WAS GOING BAD, WELL, THEY SOLD THE BUILDING.
AND THE NEW BUILDING OWNERS DON'T REALLY CARE.
BUT THOSE PEOPLE ARE PAYING ALMOST $3,000 FOR A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH APARTMENT.
UH, SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE RENTS, BUT US, VICTOR, MIGUEL, MY OTHER NEIGHBORS OVER HERE, WE'RE CATCHING THE BRUNT OF THE FILTH.
EVERY DAY THEY COME OVER AND CHANGE THEIR BATTERY IN THE CAR, THEY THROW IT IN THAT MEDIUM DIVIDER.
I ASKED JERRY AND BRIAN SAVANTE, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING.
SO HE FINALLY HAD THE CODE ENFORCEMENT COME OUT.
'CAUSE DAY STREET CLEANING, FIRST AND THIRD, UH, TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
SO THEY WERE OUT THIS MORNING.
THEY MUST HAVE WROTE WHATEVER, 70 TICKETS.
AND THEN THEY, THE STREET GUY CLEANER WAITED BECAUSE THE STREET HASN'T BEEN CLEANED FOR MONTHS.
FILTHY TRASH, DIRT, OIL EVERYWHERE.
UM, WHAT DO I DO? I MEAN, THE, THE NEIGHBORS ARE NERVOUS.
UM, I'M SURE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
'CAUSE ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE.
OH, THE OTHER THING, UM, VICTOR, HE HAS A BIG TRUCK.
SO RIGHT HERE WHERE WE PULL IN THE SUNSET, IT'S THE STREET OFF THE STREET.
SO THERE'S, THE REDS ARE ALL GONE.
IF A FIRETRUCK OR AMBULANCE HAD TO PULL IN THE STREET, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET DOWN THE STREET.
AND THEN THERE'S NO PLACE TO TURN AROUND HERE.
THEY WOULDN'T, IT'S BACKING OUTTA MY DRIVEWAY'S.
YOU JUST, YOU JUST CAN'T, IT'S JUST OUT OF CONTROL.
DID YOU PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO YOU SAY WHICH BUILDING IS, WHICH BUILDING IS LED? IT'S THE BIG APARTMENT BUILDING THAT HAS A HUNDRED UNITS.
DEPUTY BAPTIST CHURCH PLUS STREET LED SUNSET BETWEEN, YEAH, BETWEEN, IT BELONG TO THE COUNTY.
IF I MAY, UM, A PORTION OF IT IS WEST COVINA.
AND UM, I BELIEVE IT'S COVINA OR COUNTY.
IT'S OUR JURISDICTION OR COUNTY JURISDICTION.
OH, WE STILL HAVE A JURISDICTION TO THERE'S OF THAT ON WEST COVINA.
ON OUR STREET, WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMITTED PARKING.
LIKE THE COVINA COUNTY DID KEEP THE CARS OFF OUR STREET.
SO WE'RE NOT HEARING DOORS OPEN AND CLOSE ALL NIGHT.
AND THEN THE KIDS IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING, THEY CAN'T SMOKE POT OR DRINK BEER BECAUSE MOM AND DAD WON'T DO IT.
SO THEY COME OVER AND SIT BEHIND THE BUSHES OR THEY PARK IN THEIR CARS.
BUT WHEN THEY'RE DONE, WHAT HAPPENS? YEAH.
BEER BOTTLES, BREAKING GLASS TRASH.
UM, MY GRANDDAUGHTER, I WON'T EVEN LET MY SON-IN-LAW'S OVER THERE TOO.
I DON'T EVEN WANT MY GRANDDAUGHTER THERE.
WHEN I GOT BACK FROM VIETNAM, I'VE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE EVER SINCE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER HAD TO COME ASK FOR HELP.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING YOUR TIME MR. G.
I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT FOUR THINGS THAT WERE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
A FRIEND, HER DAUGHTER IS NOW BEING TRAFFICKED.
ONE OF THOSE HOUSES OVER IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHAT THEY CALL A TRAP HOUSE.
IT'S SAD 'CAUSE IT'S BACKYARD BORDERS.
I KNOW THAT YOU ONLY HAVE SO MUCH JURISDICTION, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE GOTTA WORK AS A MUTUAL TOGETHER.
ALSO, YOU FOOTBALL, I PLAYED AT CORTEZ PARK.
MY BROTHER PLAYED AT CORTE CLARK.
MY BROTHER PLAYED DIVISION ONE.
THE ONLY REASON WHY EVEN SLIGHTLY SUCCESSFUL IS BECAUSE I PLAYED FOOTBALL.
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OKAY.AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT, MAN, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE LIGHTS THERE.
SO WHEN THIS GUY, THIS MAN SPOKE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT YOUTH FOOTBALL IS, IT'S A BACKBONE SOCIETY.
IT'S A GROUP OF MEN, A GROUP OF BOYS LEARNING TO WORK TOGETHER.
THE COACH BEING THE 12TH MAN, BUT 11 INDIVIDUALS WORKING AS A UNIT.
CAN YOU GIVE ME ANOTHER SPORT? ANOTHER TIME WHERE YOU CAN GET 12 PEOPLE TOGETHER ON THE SAME PAGE, IN THE SAME BOOK, DOING THE SAME DIRECTION YOU PLAY.
EACH PLAY IS GUARANTEED TO GO FOR A TOUCHDOWN IF EVERYBODY DOES THE RIGHT THING OR IF EVERYBODY BLOCKS.
SO YOU FOOTBALL AND LIGHTS ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY, TO THE YOUTH, TO THE FUTURE.
EVIL ONLY EXISTS WHEN GOOD MEN DON'T STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING.
MY BUDDY DAVE, HIS PARENTS WALKED HIM, MY PARENTS DROVE ME TO THE LIBRARY.
I HAVE TWO POSSESS TWO THINGS IN MY POSSESSION.
I'M VERY PROUD OF THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS LIBRARY CARD AND THE LIBRARY OF ALEXANDRIA LIBRARY CARD.
SO WE NEED TO GET THIS BACK TOGETHER LIKE CONGRESSMAN, CONGRESSMAN RU.
I MEAN, COUNCILMAN RU SAID, GOTTA GET PEOPLE THERE.
IF THEY'RE TAKING THEIR TIME, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET UP THERE AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE? WHAT'S THAT? GIVE US PICTURES.
IF IT'S A E P A ISSUE, LET'S HANDLE IT.
BUT THE THING THAT BLEW ME AWAY TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I KNOW WAS NOT MALICE, BUT AS A, AS SOMEBODY WHO WORKS FOR THIS CITY AND EMPLOYEE LITERALLY SAYING WE SHOULDN'T HAVE SOMEBODY DO THE JOB BECAUSE THEY HAVE A TITLE.
US MARINES AVIATORS, AND I THINK IT'S LIEUTENANT COLONEL THAT'S ABOUT ONE OR TWO STEPS DOWN FROM A GENERAL.
THEY SPEND TWO WEEKS IN THE FIELD, JUST LIKE THE 16 YEAR OLD KID WHO'S NOT GETTING ALONG BUT WANTS TO PLAY SPORTS.
BUT HE'S GOTTA GO TO THE MILITARY 'CAUSE HE WANTS TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY WITH A 17 YEAR OLD KID, OR THE KID THAT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING.
IT'S THE GRUNT, WHAT THEY CALL THE GRUNT.
THAT AVIATOR GOES IN THE FIELD WITH HIM TOGETHER.
SO THERE'S NO ARROGANCE ON HIS PART.
DO YOU NEED THAT MANY MANAGERS? I HAD UN CLOSE TO 800 PEOPLE UNDERNEATH ME AT ONE TIME.
IF I SAW TRASH, I PICKED IT UP.
THEY ALWAYS SAY, WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS HERE? 'CAUSE IT WAS MY JOB TO BE THERE.
SO NOT THAT ANYTHING WAS MALICE, BUT TO SAY, OH, JUST 'CAUSE THEY HAVE A TITLE, THEY CAN'T DO THE JOB.
MAYBE IF THEY DID THE JOB, THEY'D UNDERSTAND IT.
AND ALSO, REAL QUICK, WHEN I ASKED FOR AN IMPROVEMENT, I REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PAST.
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO FOR THE FUTURE.
SO IT'S NICE THAT YOU'VE IMPROVED.
BUT HOW ABOUT MORE IMPROVEMENT OF HIGHER STANDARDS AND VALUES TO GIVE THIS CITY WHAT IT REALLY DESERVES.
THE THIRD SAFEST CITY AND AMERICA.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME, ALL OF YOU.
CAN YOU RESPOND TO SOME OF THE SPEAKERS? GOOD EVENING.
UH, MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBER IS, YES.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, I THINK THROUGH VARIOUS, UH, SPEAKERS WAS THE LIGHTS AT CORTEZ PARK.
SO STAFF IS WORKING WITH, UM, JOSEPH AND GEORGE WITH THE BRUINS.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO COME TO A RESOLUTION.
UM, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S A VITAL PROGRAM IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE A POSITIVE PARTNER WITH, UH, THE BRUINS ORGANIZATION.
SO, UM, THERE'S SOME LIGHTING ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THEM WITH THEM.
UM, MAYOR PRO TIM HAS A QUESTION.
UM, SO, SO FROM, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UM,
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NEXT YEAR THERE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A LIGHTING ISSUE BECAUSE, CORRECT.SO YES, THE CITY IS SPENDING OVER $1 MILLION IN, UM, PUTTING IN NEW MOSCOW LIGHTING, WHICH IS STATE-OF-THE-ART LIGHTING FOR SPORTS FACILITY OR SPORTS FIELDS.
UM, SO IT'S JUST THIS ONE SEASON THAT WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH WITH, UM, THE RUINS.
AND I BELIEVE DEPENDING ON WHEN IT GETS INSTALLED, THERE MIGHT BE IMPACTS TO OTHER FIELD USAGE AT CORTEZ PARK.
WE DO HAVE TO WORK THROUGH THAT.
SO, SO I, I GUESS, I GUESS I'M, I'M HAVING TROUBLE, UH, UNDERSTANDING, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE IN MIDDLE OF THE SEASON.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE LIKE OVER A $70 MILLION BUDGET WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN RESERVE.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY THIS IS AN, AN ISSUE CONSIDERING THIS IS GONNA BE A ONE-TIME COST.
UM, WHY ARE WE, WE JUST NOT PROVIDING THE LIGHTS FOR THE SEASON? UH, I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS A COUNCIL PRIORITY WE'VE HAD IN TERMS OF YOUTH SPORTS, IN TERMS OF, OF SERVICES, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I, I JUST, I I'M NOT, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY, UH, THIS THIS WASN'T TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, AND, AND WHY IT CAME TO, TO HERE.
Y YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING? I, I MEAN, I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS A ONE TIME, THEY'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON.
I, I BELIEVE WE HAD ORDERED SOME, SOME TEMPORARY LIGHTS THAT DIDN'T COME IN.
AND, AND SO THIS IS KIND OF WHY WE'RE IN THIS POSITION.
UM, I, THERE WERE SOME LIGHTS THAT WERE ORDERED.
THEY WERE, UH, TAKEN TO OTHER PARKS FOR OTHER FIELD, UM, THAT FIELDS THAT NEEDED THEM.
UM, THERE WAS LIGHTS THAT WERE MOVED FROM THE, UH, FOOTBALL FIELD TO THE BASEBALL FIELD, AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE BOTTOM OF WHY THEY WERE MOVED.
UM, SO THERE WAS SOME CHANGES THAT YOU WERE RIGHT.
WE SHOULD HAVE ANTICIPATED THIS AND, UM, BEEN BETTER PREPARED.
AND THAT'S WHY WE WANT, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE DO WANNA BE A GOOD PARTNER WITH THE BRUINS, RIGHT? UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON, THAT IT'S A ONE-TIME, HOPEFULLY LIGHTING ISSUE THAT WE WILL NOT INCUR NEXT YEAR MOVING FORWARD.
I, I THINK THAT THE BIG ISSUE I'M HAVING IS THAT THE, THIS IS A VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION.
YOU, YOU HAVE, UH, HUNDREDS OF PARENTS THAT ARE SPENDING THOUSANDS OF HOURS FOR FREE, UM, PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY WITH, WITH WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'VE BEEN PUSHING FOR AS A CITY GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS KIND OF WHERE YOU STEP IN AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I, I MEAN, I WOULD UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS THE, THE MILLION DOLLARS IN NEW LIGHTING THAT WAS NECESSARY THAT HADN'T BEEN PLANNED.
BUT THIS IS A, A, A, A TEMPORARY COST THAT I BELIEVE IT'S IN YOUR AUTHORITY TO JUST HAVE TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, UH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE AS A COUNCIL HAVE TO DO, UH, TO MAKE SURE IT GETS TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, BUT TH THIS, THIS SHOULDN'T, THIS SHOULDN'T BE A STRESS ON, ON THAT, THAT LEAGUE OR, OR THOSE, UM, PARENTS, THOSE VOLUNTEERS.
I THINK THIS IS A, A POSITION WHERE THE CITY STEPS IN AND IS THE GREAT PARTNER HAS THEM FINISH THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON.
UH, AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD AND, AND EVERYONE IS GOOD.
UH, SO, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILMAN WILL.
MY UNDERSTANDING WHEN LAST TIME TO ASK THIS QUESTION, OKAY.
THE, THE ANSWER IS, UM, JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, COUPLE OF THE FOOTBALL FAILED.
LIGHT HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE, THE BASEBALL FIELD.
THIS PAST JANUARY, I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THOSE LIGHTS WERE MOVED.
SO SOMEBODY APPROVED IN JANUARY, MOVED THE LIGHT, BUT CURRENTLY IT'S A FOOTBALL SEASON, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO CAN WE, SINCE RIGHT NOW CITY IS PAYING LIKE $4,000 TO HAVE A PORTABLE LIGHT MM-HMM.
CAN WE JUST MOVE THE LIGHT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT 4,000 SEASON OF FOOTBALL SEASON AND THEN HAVE A NORMAL LIGHTING? I I KNOW IN MAY WE SHOULD HAVE ALL THIS VERY ADVANCED L E D LIVE, BUT, BUT IT'S STILL SEVEN MONTHS AWAY.
SO IN THIS FOOTBALL SEASON, IS THAT POSSIBLE WE CAN MAYBE MOVE THE LIVE ON THE BASEBALL FIELD BACK TO THE FOOTBALL SEASON SO THEY CAN SO PRACTICE? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW TO GO INTO THE BYLAW
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST SATISFY THEIR SEASON.
AND, UH, THIS IS JUST MY, MY THINKING POSSIBLE THEY CAN BE, OKAY, WE SAW THE ISSUE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BUY NEW LIGHT SINCE WE HAVE THE PUT A MILLION DOLLAR NEW LIGHT ALREADY.
SO, AND JUST TEMPORARILY, WE JUST SWAPPED MOVE THE LIGHT BACK SO THEY HAVE THEIR SEASON.
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SO, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY $4,000 FOR THE PORTABLE LIGHT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND FOR THEM TO FUNDRAISING OR SOMETHING.SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY, POSSIBLE THIS WOULD BE THE SOLUTION BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS THE BASEBALL FAIL, BUT NOW IT'S NOT THE BASEBALL SEASON.
SO IN THAT WAY, PROBLEM SOLVE.
SO I GUESS OUR STAFF IS WORKING ON THAT.
IT'S A LIGHTING SITUATION AT THE PARK.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA TRANSFER THE LIGHTING ISSUE FROM ONE SPORT TO ANOTHER.
I UNDERSTAND THAT FOOTBALL IS IN SEASON AND WE DO WANNA ACCOMMODATE THEM, BUT IF WE MOVE THE LIGHTING, THEN IT'S GONNA IMPACT THE, UH, BASEBALL LEAGUE.
BASEBALL IS NOT A SEASON RIGHT NOW.
THEY, THEY NOT HAVE A COMPETITION.
I DON'T, IT'S NOT REGULAR SEASON FOR THEM.
SO IN THAT WAY, THEY CAN PRACTICE THE DAYTIME TO, IN MAIN, WHEN THE SEASON COME UP, I THINK THERE'LL BE AN IMPACT TO THEM AS WELL.
AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY WOULD BE, HOW ABOUT IF THEY SHARE THE LIGHTS?
HEY, SOMEBODY HAVE TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
WELL, I, I, I GUESS, I GUESS I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE HAVE TO DISAPPOINT ANYONE.
UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE IN MIDSEASON.
I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO NOT PROVIDE THEM WITH LIGHTS AND, AND HAVE THEM CANCEL THE SEASON OR HAVE THEM NOT BE ABLE TO EXTEND INTO PLAYOFFS OR, OR JUST HAVE THEM NOT BE ABLE TO PRACTICE BECAUSE OF NIGHTTIME.
UH, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL'S A VERY VIOLENT PHYSICAL SPORT AND YOU, YOU PUT KIDS IN DANGER BY DOING THAT.
A AGAIN, I I, I JUST, TH THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, AT, AT A, AT A CITY, AT A STAFF LEVEL, UM, SH SH SHOULD, SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE BEEN HANDLED.
AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, THE, THE COST IS VERY, VERY MINIMAL.
UH, IT, IT, IT'S REALLY ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT IS, IS REALLY YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE, THESE ARE TEMPORARY COSTS THAT THE CITY CAN COVER.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING FOUR, $4,000 A MONTH.
WE'RE TALKING POSSIBLY FOUR MONTHS, SO POSSIBLY $16,000.
UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, WE, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE POSSIBLY GONNA COVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE COST.
I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA COVER 12, WHY WE ARE GONNA BE ASKING THEM FOR FOUR, JUST THE CITY, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK FROM OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE'VE GIVEN AS A COUNCIL, THIS, THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD, WE WOULD COVER, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE ARE GONNA HAVE THE PERMANENT FIX FOR NEXT YEAR.
I COULD UNDERSTAND IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A PERMANENT FIX, THEN YOU, YOU DON'T WANT THIS JUST TO BE AN ONGOING COST.
BUT THIS IS A, A, A ONE-TIME COST, UM, THAT THE, THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA WOULD APPRECIATE.
I
AGAIN, MY, MY SUGGESTION IS JUST AS SINCE THEY BEEN MOVED FROM THEIR FIELD TO THE BASEBALL, I THINK SHOULD MAYBE MOVE BACK.
AND, UH, AND SINCE RIGHT NOW IT'S FOOTBALL SEASON OKAY.
AND ANOTHER BASEBALL SEASON, SO LETS PEOPLE USE THE BASEBALL.
SO WHILE WE PUT THE LIGHT USELESS OVER THERE, LIGHT OVER HERE, SO, SO THEY CAN FINISH THEIR SEASON NEXT YEAR.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL L E D A MOSCOW LIGHT OR SOMETHING.
AND HOPEFULLY HAVE EVERYBODY HAPPY, BUT CURRENTLY WE JUST HAVE TO GET THIS THING OKAY.
UH, UM, WOULD IT BE WITHIN STAFF PURVIEW? WOULD IT BE WITHIN STAFF PURVIEW, UH, JUST TO RES TO RESOLVE THIS BY SPENDING WHATEVER, THE 4,000 OR 16,000 AND JUST GETTING IT DONE AND JUST ALLOWING THE TEAMS TO PLAY WITHOUT THERE BEING ANY HINDRANCE, WHETHER IT BE TO BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL? I MEAN, IF THE TOTAL IS ONLY 16,000, IS THAT JUST SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY WITHIN PURVIEW JUST TO AUTHORIZE? YES.
SO IS THERE ANY DIRECTION THAT'S NEEDED FROM US, OR CAN YOU JUST DO IT? NO, THIS ISN'T ON THE AGENDA.
PART OF PART OF THE DISCUSSION TOO, IS FINALIZING SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT WITH THEM.
IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE, THE CITY GAVE UPFRONT, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TERMS THAT WE WE'RE PROVIDING WERE BOTH PARTIES ARE AWARE.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM WAS, UH, BUN STREET'S OWNER.
UM, THERE'S, SO, UM, THE TABLE INCIDENT, I'M APOLOGIZING FOR THE, UH, MISCOMMUNICATION.
I KNOW THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION THAT WE WERE GONNA MOVE THEM ON THAT FRIDAY BEFORE, UM, LABOR DAY WEEKEND.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S CONFUSION THAT WE WERE GONNA EXTEND IT, UM, SINCE I GUESS, UH,
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STAFF AND YOU GUYS AND YOU AS A PROPERTY OWNERS HAD AN ARRANGEMENT.WE KEPT THE FRIDAY REMOVING OF THE, UM, THE BARRICADES THAT THE CITY OWNED ON THE PARKING, UH, STALLS.
UM, THAT FOLLOWING WEEK IS WHEN WE SAW THAT THE BENCHES OR THE TABLES WERE STILL IN THE PARKING STALLS, WHICH CREATES A HAZARD AND LIABILITY FOR THE CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD STAFF FOLLOW UP TO ASK THEM TO REMOVE THEM.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE REMOVED THAT FRIDAY, THAT FOLLOWING FRIDAY.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, THERE'S NO INCIDENT OR, UH, ON RN REGARDING A POTTY OR PORTA POTTY
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN LOOK INTO, BUT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD.
UM, AND, UM, THE, THE SIDEWALK IS OWNED BY THE CITY, SO IT'S, UM, IT'S NOT OWNED BY THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESS OWNER.
SO SIX INCHES FROM THE STOREFRONT ARE, UM, IS OWNED BY THE CITY.
AND I THINK, I THINK THE BOUNCE STREET SWISS, UH, SCOOP STREET AND, UH, BURRITO STREET AND, UH, IS A VERY IMPORTANT OKAY.
THEY ATTRACT A LOT OF BUSINESS.
AND, UH, AND THEN DOC HAS A COMPLAINT.
MY SUGGESTION IS CAN WE HAVE A CITY STAFF OKAY.
AND TO INCLUDE THE PERSON OKAY.
TO SIT DOWN TO KIND OF, UH, FIND A WAY TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A MISCOMMUNICATION OR WHAT'S THE ISSUE.
LET, LET'S FIND OUT THE, THE, THE, HOW IT HAPPENED.
IS THIS, IS, UM, WHAT YOU DESCRIBED IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
OR THEY HAVE A NOT, SO LET'S SIT DOWN OKAY.
INCLUDING THE PERSON, I THINK IN THAT WAY, WE, WE ALL PARTNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY DOG OKAY.
SO I THINK NO MATTER WHAT, OKAY, THIS IS IMPORTANT, I THINK FOR YOU TO, TO BE OKAY, NO MISUNDERSTANDING.
ANY OF, UH, ANGER TOWARD TO THE CITY STAFF.
DUE TO SOME REASON, I THINK WE NEED TO RESOLVE THIS PEACEFULLY AND TO HAVE A COMMUNICATION, AND THAT SOMETIMES COMMUNICATION IS THE BEST WAY FOR ALL, BOTH SIDES TO SIT DOWN AND, UH, RESOLVE THIS.
OKAY? WE CAN DEFINITELY DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN WANTED TO THANK MATT FOR BRINGING UP THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT SAN JOSE CHARTER COMMITTEE.
WE WOULD DEFINITELY LOVE TO RECOGNIZE HIM AT AN UPCOMING, UM, COUNCIL MEETING.
SO IF YOU CAN GET ME THEIR INFORMATION, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE BOARD, WOULD LOVE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN IN REGARDS TO, UM, UH, WALTER KRONER, I'M SORRY IF I'M MERGING YOUR LAST NAME.
UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MILAN, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, DIRECTOR ALREADY SPOKE WITH YOU, BUT HE'LL BE ABLE, A CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME THIS EVENING.
I THINK CT HAVE TO EITHER MAKE A PHONE CALL OR MAKE A REQUEST, UM, BY EMAILING OR MY, OUR ATTORNEY TO SEND LETTER TO THEM REGARDING WHAT HAPPENED, WHY IT TAKE SO LONG.
OKAY? I THINK CT NEED TO SEND ABOUT, OKAY.
TO TELL THE RESIDENT ABOUT WHY THE LIBRARY STILL CONTINUE TO DELAY FOR OPENING.
SO, SO I THINK I, THIS IS TIME TO HAVE A CITY TO SEND A REQUEST OKAY.
TO COUNTY THE CHILD WHAT'S GOING ON, OR INVITE THE COUNTY COME OVER TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON.
OKAY? WHAT'S THE REASON FOR ALL THIS MAJOR DELAY, OKAY? AND WHY ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IS, IS SMOOTHLY AND BUILD LIKE HUNDREDS OF HOME IN ONE YEAR.
OKAY? THEN WHY WE CANNOT HAVE A REMODELING DONE WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS OR TIMELY MATTER.
SO, SO THIS IS, UM, I THINK A SUGGESTION.
MAYOR PROTON, UH, YES, I, I, I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN WU.
UH, AND IF WE COULD, I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE FOR AT THE END OF THE MEETING WHERE WE ASK FOR A PRESENTATION.
UM, ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO GO BACK TO, UM, UH, BUN STREET.
UH, I, I DID FIND IT VERY CONCERNING.
UH, AND I, I KNOW OUR, OUR DIRECTOR, UH, OF CODE ENFORCEMENT IS HERE.
I MEAN, I, I THINK IT, IT, IT'D BE, UM, I THINK IT'S NECESSARY THAT WE, WE FIND OUT WHAT, WHAT OCCURRED AND, UM, WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED AND, AND WITH, WITH STAFF AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT PROPER PROTOCOLS ARE, ARE, ARE MET, YOU KNOW, UM, AGAIN, TO, TO HAVE, UH, A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER OR RESIDENCE OR, OR ANYBODY, YOU KNOW, COME TO THE DAIS AND, AND, AND TALK ABOUT HOW THEY WERE TREATED BY, BY CITY STAFF, UH, IN THAT WAY IS, IS VERY CONCERNING.
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WE CAN, UM, MAKE SURE, UH, TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE, WE REPAIR, UM, WHATEVER OCCURRED.COUNCILMAN WOLF, AGAIN, THE LAST ONE REGARDING THE SUNSET REGARDING THEIR ISSUE.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR PERMIT PARKING ON THEIR STREET.
MAYBE WE CAN HELP THEM ON THE TRAFFIC TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP THEM TO MAKE SURE IT'S PERMIT PARKING FOR THE RESIDENT LIVE OVER THERE ONLY.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THIS APARTMENT FROM COUNTY AND COME OVER HERE ENCROACH.
SO MAYBE THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT THEY CAN FILL OUT.
SUBMIT, WOULD YOU PLEASE HELP THEM SO THEY CAN FIND A WAY.
AND THE SAME THING WE CAN FIND, HAVE A REQUEST OUR COEN ENFORCEMENT POLICE, UH, TO KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
AND, UM, CHECK AROUND THERE FROM TIME TO TIME OKAY.
AND MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ALL THIS WEIRD THING HAPPEN OVER THERE.
UM, SO, UH, SEP ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, UM, WE HAD THE SECOND ANNUAL DUGOUT COOKOUT AND NINE 11 TRIBUTE TOURNAMENT, UM, AT THE SPORTS FLEX.
UM, THAT WAS HELD BY THE WEST COVINA FIRE ASSOCIATION.
UH, THERE WERE 17 SOFTBALL TEAMS AND, UH, SEVEN ENTRIES FOR THE CHILI COOKOFF.
UM, ORANGE COUNTY FIRE WON THE SOFTWARE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, AND I WAS ONE OF THE JUDGES FOR THE CHILI COOKOFF.
SO, UM, DALTON HOT SHOTS, WHICH I THINK IS FROM GLENDORA, I FORGOT THE, UM, BUT THEY WON THE CHILI AND THEY HAD A SMOKED BRISKET IN THEIR CHILI.
SO IT WAS DELICIOUS, BUT IT WAS A REALLY FUN EVENT.
UM, AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTENDED, UM, AND SUSAN RUBIO SHOWED UP.
SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE NEXT YEAR.
AND IF YOU WANNA, UM, ENTER YOUR CHILI RECIPE, UH, ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO DO THAT.
THE NEXT IS THE, UM, I'M PLEASED TO SHARE THAT THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, RECENTLY AWARDED WEST COVINA THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENT IN FINANCIAL REPORTING TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR ITS ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED IN JUNE, 2022.
UH, THE CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF RECOGNITION IN THE AREA OF GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND ITS ATTAINMENT REPRESENTED A SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENT BY GOVERNMENT AND ITS MANAGEMENT.
AND SO I ALSO JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A SECOND AWARD WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THEM THIS YEAR.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
I WANT TO THANK OUR FINANCE DIRECTORS AND, UH, TEAM.
I THINK, UH, I WENT THROUGH UNDER 2017, 18 THE HORRIBLE, AND THE LET THAT TIME THE SITUATION COMPARE WITH WHAT, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AND PREVIOUS, YOUR PREDECESSOR.
CLEAN UP THE CITY AND FOR YOU TO BE A SUCCESSOR, CONTINUE TO DO A GREAT JOB.
AND THAT'S HOW THIS COMING UP.
SO REPRESENT, OKAY? AND AS I'M A CITY COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO SHOW MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION.
AND TO WORK FOR US AND TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
MAKE OUR CITY FINANCE HEALTHY AND WITH ALL THIS AWARDS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE.
UM, SO WE HAD ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED IT FOR AN OCTOBER, UH, COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK, UM, FOR THE NOVEMBER 7TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND HOPEFULLY ADOPTION.
UM, JUST LAST ITEM IS OUR SECOND TO LAST IS, UM, OUR CENTENNIAL, UH, STATE OF THE CITY IS NEXT THURSDAY, THE 28TH.
UM, TICKETS ARE STILL AVAILABLE, AND WE HOPE TO SEE EVERYONE THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
WHAT IS THE STATE OF THE CITY? I UNDERSTAND, IS IT? WE CAN ANSWER THAT AFTER THE MEETING.
UM, THE NEXT THING IS UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, WE HAVE TOUCH A TRUCK THIS SATURDAY FROM 11 TO ONE HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT, UH, AS I MENTIONED THE STATED CITY NEXT THURSDAY.
UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THE MOON FESTIVAL THAT IT'S GONNA BE JAM PACKED WITH A LOT OF PERFORMANCES, UM, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH, AND THAT'S GONNA BE ALONG GLENDORA AVENUE.
UM, AND IT ENDS WITH, UM, BRUNO MARS AND THE HOOLIGAN.
SO WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF, UM, PERFORMANCES, DIVERSE, UH, PERFORMANCES FROM BELLY DANCERS BY THE FOLKLORICO TO DRUM DANCERS.
AND THEN AT NOON IS GOING TO BE THE OPENING CEREMONY.
UM, THEN, UH, WE HAVE DISTRICT ONE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, BRENT
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BY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, UM, AT DEL NORTE PARK FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.AND THEN WE HAVE THE WEST COVINA CONES CARBO FEST, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST FROM 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT THE EASTLAND CENTER.
SO JUST A COUPLE COMING EVENTS.
UH, JUST BECAUSE, UH, I SEE CHIEF CAPELLI UP THERE, UH, I, I WAS AT THE, AT THE SOFTBALL GAME.
UH, AND IF WE CAN MAKE SURE OUR GUYS HAVE CLEATS NEXT, NEXT YEAR, LITTLE DISAPPOINTED SEEING OUR GUYS SLIP ALL OVER THE FIELD.
UH, WE CAN HELP THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
UH, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
CALENDAR.DOES ANYONE WANNA PULL ANYTHING? UM, NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE.
I'M SO SORRY I MISSED ONE SLIDE.
AND WE CAN, WE WANTED TO WISH OUR CENTENNIAL MAYOR A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
HOW OLD ARE YOU FOREVER? 29, EXACTLY.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIVE, DOES SOMEONE IN ONE MOVE THE MOTION? SO, MOVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ.
VITO, TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR.
[5) CONSIDERATION OF FLOCK SAFETY AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER (ALPR) CAMERA SYSTEM LEASE]
YEAH, THE, THE REASON I PULLED THE NUMBER FIVE IS A FLOCK CAMERA.AND I THINK FLOCK CAMERA IS VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE TO WHEN WE, TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE INSTALLED, BUT I UNDERSTAND TWO YEARS AGO, THAT IS OKAY.
AND, UH, AT THAT TIME, DUE TO THE FINANCIAL, OKAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY SO THE PD PAY FORWARD, BUT LOOK LIKE NOW WE HAVE TO PICK UP THE TAB FOR THE COST.
WANT TO KNOW, OKAY, WHAT THIS, BECAUSE IT'S A BIT, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN MY, UM, OKAY.
EXPECTATION REGARDING THE COST.
THE COST A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN I REMEMBER.
THE INSTALLATION FEE IS EXPENSIVE, BUT THEN MONTHLY FEE WOULD BE MUCH CHEAPER.
BUT NOW LOOK LIKE A MONTHLY, MONTHLY, EACH CAMERA IS LIKE TWO, $300, BUT I REMEMBER IT'S LIKE $50 OR $35 PER CAMERA WHEN WE GO INTO THE, UH, PROGRAM SCANNING THE PEOPLE'S, UH, LICENSE PLATE.
PEOPLE HAVE A STOLEN CAR, SO MAYBE A CT OKAY.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD EVENING.
HOW ARE YOU DOING? UM, I GUESS I CAN ANSWER THAT IN A SHORT FORM OR I CAN KINDA GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY.
UH, IT'S UP TO YOU SHORT FORM.
I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE IT SHORT, BUT I KNOW, UM, COUNCILMAN CONTOS WAS NOT ON THE COUNCIL WHEN WE, UH, FIRST VOTED ON THIS, SO I'LL JUST GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UM, SO THE, THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, SIR, TO, TO, IT'S KIND OF OPPOSITE THE, UH, INSTALLATION FEES WERE VERY MINIMAL, BUT THEN THE, UH, ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEE PER CAMERA IS, IS A SET FEE.
SO WHAT I'M HERE TONIGHT IS TO, TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AUTHORIZING, UH, A NEW CONTRACT AGREEMENT.
SO CURRENTLY WE ARE IN THE THIRD YEAR OF A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT, UM, THAT, UH, THE TWO YEARS WAS UP IN AUGUST WHEN WE WERE GETTING BACK, UH, PART OF THE CLAUSE AND THE, UM, CONTRACT WAS THAT WE'D HAVE TO EVALUATE THE SYSTEMS, UM, HOW GOOD IT DID FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS.
WE COME BACK TO COUNCIL YEAR THREE, TALK ABOUT IF WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN WHERE WE FIND THE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.
UM, WHILE WE WERE COMING BACK TO THAT FLOCK, UM, CONTACTED US AND SAID, HEY, RIGHT NOW WE CAN KEEP YOU AT THE CURRENT PRICING.
IF YOU GUYS ENTER INTO A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, WHICH WILL IN THE LONG RUN SAVE US ABOUT $60,000.
SO I CAN EXPLAIN, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GOOD DEAL FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT LIKE I SAID, FOR FOR COUNCILMAN CONTOS, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT SO HE CAN COME UP TO SPEED.
UM, ORIGINALLY WHEN WE, WHEN WE DID, UM, COUNCILMAN, WE DID POINT OUT THE PD DID PICK UP THE FIRST TWO YEARS, WHICH WAS, UH, $75,000 PER YEAR.
AND THEN IT WAS $7,500 TOTAL FOR THE 30 CAMERAS FOR INSTALLATION, $250 PER CAMERA TO INSTALL IN THE CITY.
UM, THE THIRD YEAR, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A $75,000 COST.
SO WE HAVE 30 CAMERAS INSTALLED IN THE CITY, AND EACH CAMERA COSTS $2,500 A YEAR IS, THAT'S WHAT THE LEASING FEE IS FOR THE CAMERA.
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30 TIMES 2,500 IS 75,000.UM, FLOCK'S, UH, PRICING IS GOING UP AT, AT THE END OF THE YEAR TO $3,000 PER CAMERA.
SO THEY, THEY CAME TO US AND SAID, HEY, IF WE, WE RE-UPPED THIS AGREEMENT FOR FIVE YEARS, WE CAN KEEP YOU AT THE $2,500 MARK.
UM, BUT WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS, SINCE WE'RE IN THE THIRD YEAR, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A QUESTION THAT THE, THE CAMERA SYSTEM HAS BEEN FANTASTIC FOR US, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT EVALUATION 'CAUSE THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS.
JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE SYSTEM DOES AND THEN WHAT OUR STATISTICS LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT'S HELPED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HELP, UM, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
SO, UH, LIKE WE SAID, WE HAVE 30 APRS.
THEY'RE AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READERS.
THEY'VE BEEN STRATEGICALLY LOCATED, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE FLOCK SYSTEM UTILIZES LICENSE PLATE DATA ENTERED INTO D O J DATABASES FOR STOLEN VEHICLES, AS WELL AS WANTED VEHICLES, WANTED PERSONS AND MISSING PERSONS CAMERAS ARE EITHER SOLAR OR AC POWERED.
AND UTILIZE AN EMBEDDED CELLULAR L T E CONNECTION, UH, IN PASSIVE INFRARED MOTION IN DETECTIVE NIGHT VISION TECHNOLOGY, UH, TO TAKE STILL IMAGES, NOT VIDEOS OF PASSING VEHICLES.
FLOCK CAMERAS CAN CAPTURE UP TO 45,000 PLATES A DAY AND VEHICLES MOVING UP TO A HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR.
FLOCK CAMERAS CAN IDENTIFY, UH, VEHICLE FEATURES TO INCLUDE, MAKE MODEL COLOR AND DISTINCTIVE DECALS.
FLOCK CAMERAS DETECT UNBIASED OBJECTIVE DATA AND STORES THAT DATA IN A SECURE A W S GOVERNMENT CLOUD SERVER, WHICH IS DELETED AFTER 30 DAYS.
THE DATA IS CGI CGIS COMPLIANT AND IS FULLY ENCRYPTED.
THE FLOCK SYSTEM SEARCHES THE D O J DATABASE AND MATCHES CAPTURED PLATES, ULTIMATELY PROVIDING WHAT WE CALL A FLOCK HIT.
ONCE A FLOCK HIT IS GENERATED, OUR DISPATCH CENTER IS ALERTED AND CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE GENERATED WITHIN SECONDS OF THE NOTIFICATION.
UH, TO GIVE YOU SOME STATISTICS, WE, WE HAD THE CAMERAS FINALLY INSTALLED IN 2021 AT TOWARDS THE END OF AUGUST.
SO WE BASICALLY STARTED IN SEPTEMBER.
SO THROUGH THE FOUR MONTHS OF SEPTEMBER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 355 FLOCK HITS.
SO EVERY TIME A VEHICLE ENTERED INTO OUR CITY AND, UH, THE THE PLATE READ THE, YOU KNOW, THE READER READ THE PLATE, WE, WE HAD 355 HITS IN THOSE FIRST FOUR MONTHS.
UM, WE HAD 67 REPORTS THAT WE TOOK THAT WERE ASSOCIATED TO FLOCK HITS, AND WE HAVE 49 ARREST INCIDENTS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH FLOCK HITS IN THAT FIRST YEAR.
NOW, THAT DATA, WE DIDN'T DIG INTO THAT DATA THAT FIRST YEAR, BUT THE 49 ARREST INCIDENTS COULD BE WAY MORE ARRESTS.
WE JUST DIDN'T ADD UP EVERY PERSON IN THE CAR THE FIRST YEAR.
2022 WAS OUR FIRST, UM, COMPLETE YEAR OF DATA.
SO I'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILED NUMBERS.
FOR 2022, WE HAD 493 FLOCK HITS.
WE HAD 97 REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOCK HITS.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF 62 ARREST INCIDENTS LEADING TO 131 ARRESTS.
SO THERE'S USUALLY MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN THESE VEHICLES.
UM, THE FLOCK HIT ALLOWED US TO RECOVER 80 VEHICLES IN 2022.
AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO RECOVER SEVEN FIREARMS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOCK HITS.
JANUARY THROUGH AUGUST, WE'VE HAD 338 FLOCK HITS, 59 REPORTS ASSOCIATED WITH FLOCK HITS AND 36 ASSOCIATED ARREST INCIDENTS.
UM, YEAR TO DATE, 1,186 FLOCK HITS, 223 ASSOCIATED REPORTS AND 147 INCIDENTS OF ARREST.
UM, SOME NOTABLE INVESTIGATIONS WE'VE USED, THE, THE FLOCK SYSTEM HAS BEEN UTILIZED TO HELP OUR INVESTIGATORS WITH THE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION HERE IN WEST COVINA.
UH, WE HAD A RETAIL THEFT CREW THAT WAS WANTED.
THE CAR WAS, UH, ENTERED INTO THE SYSTEM.
THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY TO A WEST COVINA LOCATION TO TARGET A BUSINESS.
WE GOT A FLOCK HIT AND OUR OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO INTERCEPT THEM EN ROUTE.
WE AVERTED THE CRIME IN WEST COVINA AND WE ARRESTED THE SUSPECTS.
UM, THESE ARE JUST, JUST A FEW THAT I PULLED OUT.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A FLOCK ALERTED US TO A VEHICLE THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A MURDER IN A NEARBY CITY.
WE WERE ABLE TO LOCATE THE VEHICLE AND ARREST THE SUSPECT.
SO VERY, VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
CURRENTLY, THE FLOCK, A L P R SYSTEM IS BEING UTILIZED BY ALL SURROUNDING WEST COVINA PD AGENCIES TO INCLUDE L A S D, WALNUT SAND DIMAS, AND INDUSTRY STATIONS, BALDWIN PARK, COVINA, AZUSA GLENDORA, LAVERNE OMA, AND ARCADIA.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE COUNCIL JUST RECENTLY, UH, APPROVED OUR PURCHASE OF AXON BODY WOR AND INCAR CAMERAS.
UH, A FEATURE THAT COMES WITH AXON IS THE INCAR CAMERAS WILL ALSO ACT AS A L P R READERS FOR FLOCK.
SO WE WILL BASICALLY UP OUR, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE, WE HAVE OVER 30, 35 PATROL VEHICLES THAT'LL HAVE THE FLOCK IN CAR CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT'LL BE READING PLATES AS WELL.
SO IT, IT ADDS TO OUR NETWORK.
THE FLOCK SYSTEM IS PERFORMED BETTER THAN ADVERTISED FOR WEST COVINA PD AND HAS BECOME AN INVALUABLE RESOURCE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
THE FLOCK SYSTEM AIDS IN HELPING OUR DEPARTMENT ACCOMPLISH OUR MISSION, BUT PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SERVICE
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AND PROTECTION TO OUR RESIDENTS, AIDING IN THE APPREHENSION OF DANGEROUS SUSPECTS, RECOVERY OF STOLEN VEHICLES AND FIREARMS, AND ENHANCING OUR INVESTIGATIVE ABILITIES, HELPING TO SOLVE CRIMES COMMITTED IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING JURISDICTIONS.FLOCK ALSO HELPS THE DEPARTMENT CONTINUE TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IN WEST COVINA AS WE PROGRESS INTO THE FUTURE BY UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY THAT INTERCONNECTS THE LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND BEYOND.
FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, THE INCLUSION OF THE FLOCK SYSTEM TO OUR REPERTOIRE OF TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO BE UTILIZED, AIMED AT PUBLIC SAFELY HAS FAR EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS.
AND WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THE CON CONTINUED USE AND IF POSSIBLE, EXPANSION OF THE FLOCK SYSTEM IN WEST COVINA.
UM, IF, IF YOU WANT TO A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE CONTRACT OR DO YOU GUYS, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THE BACKGROUND OF THE CONTRACT.
SO BASICALLY THE OPTION IS, IS WE, WE'RE AT THE THIRD YEAR MARK, WE CAN APPROVE THE THIRD YEAR OF THE CONTRACT.
WE KEEP OUR CURRENT PRICING $75,000 PER YEAR FOR THE 30 CAMERAS.
IN 2024, UM, PRICING GOES UP TO $3,000 A CAMERA, WHICH WILL WILL BE $90,000 ANNUALLY.
AND OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, IF WE ELECT TO RENEW NOW AND KEEP THE LOW PRICING OVER THE COST OVER THE LENGTH OF THE FIVE YEARS, WE WILL BE SAVING $60,000.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DECIDE TODAY.
IF WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FIVE OR KEEP WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, I THINK THE FLO CAMERA IS EXTREMELY INVALUABLE FOR OUR SAFETY, I THINK THE RECORD SHOWN.
BASICALLY THIS IS SOMETHING VERY GOOD TOOL TO PREVENT CRIME.
BECAUSE BEFORE THEY COMMIT CRIME, YOU ALREADY ARREST THEM BECAUSE YOU SCAN.
POLICE GET NOTIFIED AND, UH, WILL GO TO ARREST OR PULL THEM OVER OKAY.
AND CHECK EVERYTHING DUE TO THE STOLEN CAR OR THE CAR WITHOUT LICENSE OR THIS AND THAT.
I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, OKAY, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE, I, I WILL SUPPORT FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, BUT MY, MY QUESTION WILL BE IF WE WANT TO ADD MORE, CAN WE GET THE SAME PRICING? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S CERTIFIED CAMERA, SO IF WE WANT TO ADD ANOTHER 10 OKAY.
AND I WANT TO ASK MY, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, THE OUTSTANDING FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND TO SEE WE CAN CREATE, WE CAN GET THE MONEY OUT.
AND TO, AND PLUS WE, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PRIVATE BUSINESS OWNER LIKE, UH, HOLIDAY INN AND, UH, SOME SHOPPING MALL.
THEY'RE ALREADY WILLING TO PUT THE FLOCK CAMERA.
SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE OF BIG PRIVATE BUSINESS.
THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT A FLOOD CAMERA ON THEIR PARKING LOT SO THEY CAN PROTECT THEM AND PROTECT THE, THE CITY.
IF SO, IF, IF WE INCLUDE THE ADDITIONAL CAMERAS NOW AND ADD IT TO THE CONTRACT BEFORE WE SIGN THE FIVE YEAR, WE WILL GET THE, THE LOWER PRICING OF 2,500 PER CAMERA.
SO WE, WE DO HAVE SOME TIME TO ADD.
UM, IN TALKING WITH STEPHANIE AND THE FINANCE, WE ARE, WE ARE GONNA BE UTILIZING, WE ALREADY HAD BUDGETED FOR THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR, THE FUND 1 53, WHICH IS A PUBLIC SAFETY AUGMENTATION FUNDS.
UM, WE WERE GONNA UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS FOR THE FLOCK CAMERAS 'CAUSE IT, IT FALLS WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF THOSE FUNDS.
UM, SO WE DO, WE DO HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE AND IT, AND IT WILL ALLOW US TO CONTINUE THE FUNDING THROUGH THE LENGTH OF THE FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
UM, QUESTION WOULD BE, HAVE YOU OKAY.
HAVE THE LOCATION AND HOW MANY CAMERA WE WANT TO ADD ON.
DO, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OR YEAH, WE DO.
WHEN WE, WE SET 'EM UP 30, UH, FIVE.
COVID NEEDS 35, 30 WE HAVE 30.
WE, THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, BUT WE, THEY HAVE MOBILE OPTIONS WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER.
BUT THERE ARE PLACES IN THE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY THAT I THINK WE, WE COULD BENEFIT FOR MORE CAMERAS FOR SURE.
SO WE, WE, WE CAN WORK WITH CITY STAFF TO TALK ABOUT WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS WOULD BE AND THEN ADD IT TO OUR NETWORK.
BUT ABSOLUTELY, IF WE, IF WE ADDED 10, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD ADD 20 WOULD BE EVEN BETTER.
THE, THE REASON I'M ASKING, BECAUSE WEST GOING 17 SQUARE MILE, ALMOST 60.5.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF AREA, A LOT OF, UH, STREET AND, UH, MAJOR ARTERY FOR NORTH AND SOUTH, EAST AND WEST.
SO WE MAY BE NEED TO SOME INTERSECTION TO SOME CAMERA, EACH OF, UH, ENTRY TO THE CITY OR EXIT TO THE CITY.
WE HAVE A CAMERA, SO WE HAVE A NETWORKING.
SO MAYBE, YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGY WHERE TO LOCATE, PUT IT IN, PUT, PUT IT IN, AND HOW MANY WE NEED.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR MAYBE HAVE A BUDGET.
AND IF WE CAN, WHEN WOULD BE THE DEADLINE FOR US TO OKAY.
AND, UH, SIGN THE CONTRACT FOR THE SAME PRICING.
SO IT, IT'S KIND OF A, IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD SITUATION.
WE, WE WERE SUPPOSED TO RE-UP IN AUGUST, UM, BUT SINCE FLOCK CAME TO US, THEY'RE WORKING WITH US.
WE TECHNICALLY HAVE TO DECEMBER TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT TO ADD AND HOW MANY, BUT
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I WOULD LIKE TO GET THE CONTRACT MOVED ALONG FASTER THAN THAT SO WE CAN GET THEM PAID.BECAUSE WE DO, WE DO OWE THEM FOR THE THIRD YEAR REGARDLESS.
OR IT WOULD BE NOW THE FIRST YEAR, AND THAT SHOULD HAVE CAME IN AUGUST.
SO I'D, I'D LIKE TO DO IT SOONER THAN LATER IF POSSIBLE.
AND, AND, AND THE LAST QUESTION, SO I GIVE ALL MY COLLEAGUE TIME OKAY.
WOULD BE OTHER, THE CITY, HOW MANY CAMERA THEY HAVE.
FOR EXAMPLE, SIMILAR SIZE CITY OR THE, FOR EXAMPLE, ARCADIA IS ABOUT 60, 70,000 POPULATION.
AND, UH, SO HOW MANY CAMERA THEY HAVE? SO WE WANT, AND I DON'T KNOW, PASADENA, DO THEY HAVE A FLOOR CAMERA? I'M NOT SURE IF PASADENA DOES.
I THINK TONY AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, UM, BEVERLY HILLS AT 70 OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, THEY HAVE LIKE FIVE SQUARE MILES.
THEY HAVE 70 CAMERAS, BUT THEY REACH, OKAY.
WE CANNOT COMPETE WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD.
UM, WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE AGENCIES THAT SURROUND US, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL CATCHING THE, UH, CARS GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
SO WE'RE, IT'S LIKE A NET, BUT, UH, OKAY.
WE PUT THEM THE BEST PLACES WE COULD, BUT IF, IF WE COULD ADD 10, IF WE COULD, I, I COULD SEE US PUTTING AT CERTAIN PARKS IN THE CITY, HAVING THESE RESOURCES, UM, AT, IN ENTRANCES AND EXITS WHERE WE'RE HAVING, WHAT WILL BE YOUR IDEA, ADDITIONAL, HOW MANY CAMERA WE NEED.
AND THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR FINANCIAL S OKAY.
HOW MANY MAYBE WE, WE, WE, WE CAN AFFORD IT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO STRING YOU THE BUDGET.
SO YEAH, I WOULD, I, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE, WE COULD SIT DOWN THIS WEEK AND WE CAN STRATEGICALLY PLOT IT OUT TO SEE WHERE WE COULD BEST UTILIZE IT.
AND THEN I COULD WORK WITH STEPHANIE TO FIND OUT THE BUDGET.
I'D HATE TO GIVE A NUMBER AND PUT US, YOU KNOW, I, I WANNA WORK WITHIN THE S WHY DON'T WE FIND OUT HOW MANY WE CAN AFFORD AND THEN CORRECT.
I, I DEFINITELY WOULD LIKE TO ADD.
AND, AND, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, FLOCK HAS THE CAPABILITIES OF STATIONARY CAMERAS AS WELL.
SO WE CAN, WE CAN GROW THIS NETWORK INTO A BIG, A BIG THING.
COUNCILMAN CANTOS, UM, ACTING CHIEF CORTINA, UH, TO THE, SINCE, SINCE UH, BUSINESSES UNDER WHAT WE PASSED RECENTLY HAVE THE OP OPPORTUNITY TO PUT IN FLAW CAMERAS.
THIS SAYS, UM, CAPTAIN PLUNKETT.
SEE THAT WHOLE THING ABOUT BLIND PEOPLE HEARING IT'S NOT TRUE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I FELT TALL FOR A MINUTE.
THAT'S WHY YOU WERE, YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT TONY EARLIER.
UM, UH,
BUT IT WOULD ALSO NOT BE AN EXPENSE TO US.
BUT, UM, IS, IS THERE A WAY THAT THEY WOULD BE, THEY COULD BE APPROACHED TO ASK ABOUT WHAT INCENTIVE PROGRAMS THEY CAN PUT IN, LET'S SAY, ALLOWING THE DISCOUNTS TO APPLY TO BUSINESSES WHO DECIDE TO JOIN THEIR, UH, UM, JOIN THE NETWORK BY ADDING FLOCK CAMERAS TO THOSE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, DISCOUNTS.
WE COULD, WE CAN TALK TO THEM, BUT FLOCK DOES HAVE A, A, UH, A DEPARTMENT OF THEIR BUSINESS THAT WILL HELP US ADVERTISE AND GET THE WORD OUT.
IT STARTED IN RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES AS A SECURITY FEATURE, AND THEN IT MOVED TO THE POLICE.
SO IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED FOR COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES TO PUT THEIR CAMERAS UP TO GROW THE CITY'S NETWORK.
SO YES, IT'S EXACTLY HOW THE SYSTEM'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.
AND YES, WE CAN WORK WITH FLOCK TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THAT MESSAGE OUT AND IF THEY, IF THEY COULD LEVERAGE WHATEVER EXISTING MARKETING MATERIALS THAT WOULD APPEAL TO BUSINESSES AS WELL AS TO CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATIONS AND OTHERS, AND DO THAT, UM, WITH DISPATCH SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN OPTIMIZE BUILDING THE NETWORK EVEN FASTER AS WE, AS WE SUPPORT THE ONGOING USE OF THESE CAMERAS.
THAT'S SOMETHING FLOCK WILL DO FOR US.
COUNCILWOMAN TI UM, IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR THAT THIS EXCEEDED EXPECTATIONS, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED ALL THE PREVENTION.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE JUST HEAR THE CRIME, BUT NOBODY HEARS HOW MANY CRIMES IT HAS PREVENTED.
THE CITIES THAT YOU WERE MENTIONING, UM, DO THEY HAVE FLOCK CAMERA OR IS YEAH, THEY HAVE FLOCK CAMERAS.
AND HOW MANY CITIES WAS THAT? WHAT I MENTIONED WAS THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS ALL THE WAY AROUND US.
UM, BALDWIN PARK, COVINA, ZU, GLENDORA, LAVERNE, AMANI, ARCADIA.
I MEAN, THERE'S MORE THAT HAVE IT IN THE AREA, BUT THOSE, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A CIRCLE AROUND US.
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT WERE ANOTHER SYSTEM AT FIRST, BUT THEY'VE, THEY'VE LEARNED HOW, HOW GOOD
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F FLOCK IS, AND THEY WANTED TO TIE INTO WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS DOING.SO NOW THE NETWORK'S PRETTY BIG.
SO THE NETWORK, IT'S EVERYBODY'S ALL IN THE SAME NETWORK.
AND, UM, THEY ALL HAVE ACCESS, LIKE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO OUR YES.
BLOCK AND AS WELL AS FOR THE OTHER ONES.
WE, WE EACH GET OUR OWN INDIVIDUAL HITS, BUT LIKE FOR INVESTIGATIVE PURPOSES, WE CAN GO BACK AND GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE SYSTEM TO SEE WHERE A VEHICLE HAS GONE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANNA SEE A CRIME SPREE, YOU CAN KIND OF FOLLOW IT THROUGH THE FLOCK HITS AND SEE WHERE THEY WENT AND WHERE THEY STOPPED.
IT'S PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD SYSTEM.
HOW FAST, LIKE ONCE YOU GET THE HIT, UM, HOW FAST DO YOU REACT TO IT AND YOU KNOW, IF IT GOES
AND THEN WHATEVER IT PHYSICALLY TAKES TO PUT OUT A CALL, SO IT, IT COULD BE SECONDS.
UM, IT'S PRETTY FAST, SO I KNOW, BUT, BUT THINK IN THAT TIME A CAR JUST DROVE THROUGH AN INTERSECTION AND THEY'RE CONTINUING.
SO IT'S MOBILE, SO NOW, NOW OUR OFFICERS HAVE TO RESPOND TO IT AND FIND IT.
ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN WU? UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE FOR, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? FINANCE DIRECTOR? YEAH.
SHE'S GONNA TELL US HOW MANY WE CAN AFFORD.
HOW MUCH DO WE GOT? IF I MAY? BECAUSE IT SEEMS THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT STAFF TO LOOK INTO ADDITIONAL CAMERAS.
THE RECOMMENDATION ACTUALLY INCLUDED THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT.
I WOULD RECOMMEND KIND OF REVISING THAT TO RECOMMEND THAT IT BE 2,500 PER CAMERA SO THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT THAT STICKS WITH THE 2,500 PER CAMERA, BUT ALLOWS THE FLEXIBILITY TO ADD ADDITIONAL CAMERAS IN SUCH FINAL FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
SO WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE TABLE THIS OR ARE WE OH, WE DO THAT.
BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS 3 75.
SO I'M SAYING TO AMEND THE RECOMMENDATION INSTEAD OF THREE 70 IN A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 3 75 TO BE 2,500 PER CAMERA.
SO I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE $75,000 FOR THE FIVE YEARS CONTRACT, PLUS THE ADDITIONAL, OKAY.
$2,500 PER CAMERA, DEPENDING ON HOW MANY CAMERA WE WANT TO ADD ON AND HOW MUCH WE CAN AFFORD IT.
HOW, HOW MANY CAMERA WE CAN AFFORD IT, AND TO THE MAXIMUM OR FOR WE CAN UTILIZE, UH, FOR THE, THIS NETWORK TO PROTECT.
SO I THINK THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE RECOMMENDATION SO THAT IT'S AN AMOUNT OF 2,500 PER CAMERA.
UM, ADDITIONAL, IF YOU WANT NO, JUST 25 PER CAMERA.
AND THEN IT'LL BE THROUGH THE BUDGET THAT WE REGULATE HOW BIG THE, THE CONTRACT IS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO RESTRICT IT TO $75,000.
WE JUST GO TO $2,500 PER CAMERA.
AND FOR FIVE YEARS CONTRACT, RIGHT? YES.
AND, AND THE PLUS WE NEED TO EDUCATE WITH ALL THE BUSINESS OWNER SO THEY CAN PAY FORWARD FOR THEIR OWN BUSINESS TO CONNECT INTO THE FILE CAMERA SYSTEM.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF FLOCK SAFETY, AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER CAMERA SYSTEM LEASE WITH A AMENDMENT INSTEAD OF APPROVING THE AMOUNT OF 375,000.
MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR ONE, ONE, EXCUSE ME.
[6) CONSIDERATION OF COUNCIL AND COMMISSIONER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS Staff requests direction from City Council regarding the following; Consider an increase to]
ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMISSIONER'S COMPENSATION AND COUNCIL'S BENEFITS.WHO WILL BE GIVING US A REPORT.
I'LL BE JUST GIVING A BRIEF REPORT ON IT.
UM, SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU WAS A MOTHER MAY I, THAT, UM, OUTGOING MAYOR, UM, DARA CASTANOS HAD REQUESTED TO PUT ON THE AGENDA.
WE'RE BRINGING IT BACK BEFORE YOU GUYS THIS EVENING.
UM, SO THE COUNCIL, UM, FOR SERVING ON THE COUNCIL, UM, GETS SOME BENEFITS.
EACH CITY PROVIDES DIFFERENT BENEFITS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, WEST COVINA, UM, PROVIDES CURRENTLY A MONTHLY SALARY OF $765.
UM, AN ANNUAL ALLOWANCE OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH THIS ALLOWANCE CAN GO TOWARDS.
UM, HOSTING COMMUNITY MEETINGS, GOING TO TRAININGS, GOING TO CONFERENCES.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
UM, AND THEN LIFE INSURANCE AND, UM, UH, UH, ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT POLICY AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL IS, UH, AFFORDED THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, SELECT IF OR ELECT IF THEY WANT A RETIREMENT
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PLAN THROUGH THE CITY.UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS NOT INCREASED THEIR, UH, SALARY OR COMPENSATION FOR OVER 30 YEARS NOW.
UM, SO AS I MENTIONED RIGHT NOW, IT'S 6 765 THAT YOU RECEIVE, UM, UH, MONTHLY.
UM, AND SO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT ARE VARIOUS OPTIONS TO INCREASE, UM, NOT ONLY YOUR COMPENSATION, ALSO LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO CHANGE THE ALLOWANCE, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND INCLUDING BENEFITS.
SO IN THE PAST, COUNCIL MEMBERS USED TO RECEIVE VARIOUS BENEFITS, UM, IS SIMILAR TO THOSE THAT, UH, DIRECTORS DID.
AND SO WE HAVE, UM, ITEMS FROM MEDICAL, DENTAL, AND VISION INSURANCE, TERM LIFE POLICY, RETIREMENT, AUTO INSUR, ALLOW AUTO ALLOWANCE AS WELL AS, UH, MANAGEMENT BENEFIT.
AND SO, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A TABLE THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENT, UH, BENEFITS AND THOSE ARE COMPARED TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND WHAT THEY RECEIVE TODAY.
UM, LASTLY, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, UM, OUR COMMISSIONS AND, UM, AND COMMISSIONERS NOT, UH, OR NOT GETTING QUORUM FOR OUR COMMISSIONS.
AND THAT DELAYS CITY BUSINESS BECAUSE IF THERE'S NO QUORUM, WE CAN'T HOLD A MEETING AND THEN WE CAN'T, UM, BRING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING ALSO AS WELL AS THE STIPENDS FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND POSSIBLY IF THE DIRECTION, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THEM OR KEEP THEM THE SAME OR CHANGE, UH, THE WAY THEY RECEIVED THE STIPENDS.
SO, UM, IT'S UP REALLY FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, WE CAN, AN STAFF IS HERE TO ANSWER.
COUNCILMAN WU? YEAH, I, I, I WAS ELECTED 2015.
AND, UH, AND, UH, WHEN I REPORT TO THE HR AND THEY, THEY WENT THROUGH WITH ME WHAT I HAVE AS, AS I REMEMBER, OKAY.
I HAVE A STIPEND, I HAVE A MEDICAL, I HAVE A DENTAL, I HAVE A CAR ALLOWANCE.
AND, UH, I, I, I FORGOT WHAT, BUT, UH, I, AGAIN, I GIVE UP, OKAY? UM, BESIDE THE STIPEND, I GIVE UP MEDICAL AND, UH, DENTAL AND, UH, AND THE CAR ALLOWANCE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, BECAUSE I CAN AFFORD IT TO NOT NEED IT.
SO MEANING I VOLUNTARILY, UH, OKAY, SURRENDER.
BUT MY POINT IS, NOW YOU ONLY RESTRICTED THE CANDIDATE.
ONLY THE PEOPLE HAS MONEY OR PEOPLE RETIRE OR WILLING TO SERVE BECAUSE OKAY, THEY HAVE TIME AND THEY HAVE MONEY.
SO I THINK THAT POSSIBLE WE NEED TO SEE THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT GONNA SEE THIS FOREVER.
SO WE GOING TO SEE THE FUTURE CANDIDATE.
CAN WE OPEN IT UP? OKAY? FOR PEOPLE AT LEAST THEY HAVE A MEDICAL OKAY.
OR SOME STIPEND TO KIND OF PAY FOR THEIR EXPENDITURE, TAKE A DAY OFF, AND THEY CAN, THEY MAYBE LOSE THEIR PAY ON THEIR BUSINESS, OKAY? THE PLACE THEY WORK.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK INTO HOW TO TREAT PEOPLE OR FUTURE CANDIDATE WITH FAIRNESS.
SO MORE PEOPLE WILL NEED TO SERVE.
RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE, SIT OVER HERE WITH A LOT OF ABUSE AND YOU, YOU DON'T GET NOTHING.
YOU DON'T GET MEDICAL, YOU DON'T GET, AND ANOTHER THING IS IN THE 2018, OKAY, I WAS HERE, OKAY? DUE TO THE PREVIOUS FINANCIAL ISSUE WE HAVE.
SO WE CUT 10% FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THIS AND THAT.
EVEN, I FEEL LIKE IT'S A MAY, MAY CRISIS, BUT AGAIN, DUE TO THAT TIME, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER TALK ABOUT, WE HAVE A ISSUE BECAUSE HE WANNA RAISE THE SALES TAX AND, AND THEN THE CUT.
OKAY? A LOT OF THINGS INCLUDING, OKAY, SYMBOLIC, THE CITY COUNCIL, OKAY? WILLING INTO THE CUT FROM $5,000 ALLOWANCE BECOME $1,000.
AND I THINK THAT IS A MISTAKE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE OTHER CITY MAYORS OR CITY COUNCIL, THEY TRAVELING TO DC OR SACRAMENTO TO LOBBY FOR THE CITY.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF MY COLLEAGUE OKAY, GO ANY PLACES AT ALL FOR $1,000.
THEY HAVE TO TAKE THE DAY OFF THE DAY AND SACRIFICE.
OKAY? AGAIN, AGAIN, AND I DON'T THINK THAT IS HEALTHY FOR OUR CITY FUTURE FOR THE CANDIDATE.
I SEE DIAMOND BAR, I SEE, WARN, I SEE ALL THESE CITY, OKAY.
THEY, THEY, THEY WENT TO DC $1,000, YOU CANNOT PAY FOR YOUR TICKET.
SO, SO, SO I THINK WE SHOULD BRING BACK WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE, OKAY? WITH THE INSURANCE, WITH ALLOWANCE, BUT THE PEOPLE DON'T NEED IT.
OKAY? THEY CAN SAY, OKAY, I SURRENDER, BUT NOT MANDATORY FOR EVERYBODY.
OKAY? DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF THING.
SO YOU, AGAIN, YOU RESTRICTED FOR THE PEOPLE, THEY HAVE MONEY OR THEY HAVE, UH, THEY RETIRE, HAVE NOTHING TO DO,
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OKAY? AND THAT WE RESTRICTED THE PEOPLE CAN SERVE FOR OUR CITY.I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WANT TO SERVE.
THEY HAVE, UH, THEY DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE OKAY, THEY WILL OKAY.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AWAY IF WE APPROVE THIS GOING TO BE OKAY.
FUTURE ELECTION, OKAY? AND, UH, THEN THE FUTURE PEOPLE GET ELECTED, THEY CAN HAVE THIS AGAIN.
AGAIN, I THINK EVEN THIS IS VERY TOUGH, KIND OF SENSITIVE, BUT WE HAVE THE FACE FOR THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE TO SET UP A BASIC QUESTION I HAVE OVER HERE, BECAUSE YOU SEE THE QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THIS.
THE BURBANK, OKAY? THE BURBANK POPULATION 1 0 5, 4 5 IS ALMOST SAME THING.
LIKE US, WE ARE 1 0 8, 108,000.
THEY ARE 105,000, BUT THEIR ANNUAL SALARY IS $50,840, AND THEIR STIPEND IS 11,438.
SO I'M KIND OF CONFUSED, OKAY? IS ARE THEY MAKING ALL THESE TWO COMBINED? BECAUSE IF YOU GO DOWN TO WEST COVINA, IT'S UH, $760 A MONTH, AND THE STIPEND IS ZERO.
SO BASICALLY IT'S $9,000 FOR EVERYTHING.
SO, SO, SO THE BURBANK IS COMBINED AND YOU GO TO THE ONTARIO, PASADENA, 21,000.
OKAY? AND THEN 25,000 ONTARIO PLUS 8,899.
ARE THEY COMBINED TOGETHER OR, OKAY, BECAUSE IT SOUND LIKE THIS A LOT FOR THE E ELECTORS, SUPPOSEDLY.
SO, BUT JUST BURBANK, JUST HOLY MICRO, OKAY.
SO THESE NUMBERS WOULD BE ALL COMBINED TO REACH THEIR TOTAL OF WHAT THE CITIES ARE GETTING.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST WHAT'S REPORTED TO THE STATE CONTROLLERS OFFICE EACH YEAR.
BUT THOSE, THE OTHER PAY IS LIKE THEIR CAR ALLOWANCE OR IF THEY GET A PHONE ALLOWANCE.
UM, SO BASICALLY THEY'RE MAKING LIKE ALMOST 60, $70,000 A YEAR.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST BASED ON BURBANK.
OKAY? AND YOU GO TO PA OKAY? AND ONTARIO 25,000 PLUS 8,899, THEY MAKING LIKE 30, $40,000.
OKAY? BUT I DON'T THINK, OKAY, WEST COVINA, WE DON'T NEED TO GO LET THE THING, BUT THE ALLOWANCE, OKAY, THAT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BACK TO $5,000 DURING MY TIME.
BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO REIMBURSE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAN.
BUT FOR PEOPLE, THEY NEED IT, THEY NEED TO REIMBURSE BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD IT FOR ALL THIS EXPENDITURE TO SERVE FOR OUR CITY.
UH, THIS, MY SUGGESTION ISSUE IS, LET'S GO BACK TO 2018, BUT REGARDING NEVER ADJUST FOR THE, FOR THE MONTHLY STIPEND, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS WHAT WOULD BE FAIR FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OKAY.
TO SEE SOME ADJUSTMENT BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T ADJUSTMENT FOR SINCE 19 19 90.
SO IT'S ALREADY 30 SOME YEARS, NEVER BEEN ADJUSTED.
SO, SO FOR THE, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE, THE TINY LITTLE MONEY IS NOT WHAT PEOPLE IS GOING TO RUN FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO AT LEAST TAKE CARE OF SOME OF THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR BASIC NEEDS SO THEY DON'T SERVE AT THE SAME TIME AND HAVE TO TAKE A LOSS OF THE ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE LIKE YOU GUY.
AND THEY REALLY TOUGH ON YOU GUY.
SECOND THING, REALLY QUICK, UH, FOR THE COMMISSIONER, I THINK WE SHOULD PAY THEM SINCE, OKAY.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, PLANNING COMMISSIONER SHOULD $75.
MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IF THEY SHOW UP, ATTEND THE MEETING, AND THEN THEY SHOULD, OKAY, COMMUNITY SERVICE, $50 PER MEETING, ANY OF COMMISSIONER, WE SHOULD PAY THEM SHOW UP $50 PERMITTING.
BUT IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP FOR THREE TIMES, THEN THEY NEED TO BE SUBJECT TO BE REPLACED.
SO IN THAT WAY WE, WE WILL HAVE A QUO BECAUSE CURRENTLY I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF PROBLEM TO GET PEOPLE TO WILLING TO COME SHOW UP FOR THE MEETING.
OKAY? SO HOW CAN WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SACRIFICE THEIR TIME, FAMILY TIME AND COME TO SERVE THE CITY? OKAY.
HOPEFULLY WE, WE PAY THEM A LITTLE BIT THEIR CARD, OKAY.
FOR THE GUESTS, FOR THE TIME, FOR $50, THEY'RE WILLING TO SHOW UP SO WE CAN HAVE A QUO TO MOVE ON CITY TEAM.
BUT THIS, THIS IS MY SUGGESTION.
SO ARE YOU SAYING YOU WANNA CHANGE OR YOU WANNA LEAVE THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AS IS 75 AND THE SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSIONER AS 50? BECAUSE THAT'S THE
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EXISTING, MY UNDERSTANDING IN BACK IN 2018, WE CUT THEN TO $25.SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S 50.
I I WE APPROVE $25, SO AND SO, SO, BUT NOW I THINK WE SHOULD BRING BACK TO $50.
AND BACK TO THE, PRIOR TO THE, OUR FINANCIAL STRESS.
AND THEN PAY THEM WHEN THEY SHOW UP TO MEETING, IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP THE MEETING AND THEY DON'T GET PAID.
AND, UH, THINK THAT'S THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, NO, I THINK THEY GET PAID EVEN IF THEY DON'T SHOW UP.
SO IT'S BASED ON ATTENDANCE AND THE CURRENT RATE THAT WE HAVE IS $75 FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND 50 FOR COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSIONER AND HR COMMISSIONERS.
THEY ALL GET PAID $50, RIGHT? THE TWO COMMISSIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, THEY GET $75 AND THEY USUALLY HAVE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH WHERE THE OTHER COMMISSIONS DON'T MEET AS REGULARLY.
HOW ABOUT ALL THE COMMISSIONER, THE AUDIT COMMISSIONS DON'T GET A STIPEND.
SHOULD WE, SHOULD WE PAY THEM
THEY'RE A COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? THE COMMITTEE COMMITTEE? IT'S A COMMITTEE.
IT'S NOT A COMMISSION, HUH? IT'S A COMMITTEE, NOT A COMMISSION.
THEY SPEND TIME ALL THE, THEY SPEND TIME TO THE THING.
I THINK WE SHOULD PAY THEM $50 IF THEY SHOW UP.
AND, UH, ALL THE COMMITTEE OR ALL COMMISSIONER $50 TOO.
UM, IN, IN REGARDS TO THE, UH, INCREASE, I KNOW I LOOK AT ALL THE CITIES RIGHT NOW AND WE'RE LIKE THE EXTREME LOWEST PRETTY MUCH WHEN YOU COMBINE EVERYTHING, UM, EVEN THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS IT MADE OVERALL, I KNOW THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, AND I, IRONICALLY, THE COMMUNITY THINKS, OH, COUNCIL BIG BUCKS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND SIX DIGIT.
AND WHEN THEY HEAR, OH NO, IT'S ONLY 6 7 65 A MONTH.
UM, AND WHEN YOU CALCULATE ALL THE HOURS AND TIME, IT'S LIKE LESS THAN MINIMUM WAGE AND WE GET THE GRUNT AND THE BEATING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE STIPEND OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS, SOME PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW.
UM, WHEN I HAD TO ORDER BUSINESS CARDS AND JUST THE CITY SHIRT OR ANY OF THESE THINGS, THEY WERE TAKEN OUT OF THE STIPEND, RIGHT? SO REALLY YOUR STIPEND COMES OUT TO NOTHING.
AND WHEN WE HAVE TO ATTEND THESE, UM, EVENTS OR ANYTHING WHERE YOU HAVE TO PAY, A LOT OF THE TIMES IT'S COMING OUT OF OUR OWN POCKETS.
UM, SO WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING IN THE RED, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, WHICH IS NOT FAIR.
UM, AND YOU ARE CORRECT, IT'S NOT FOR THOSE POTENTIAL CITY COUNCILS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I RAN, I ALWAYS SAID IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN COUNCIL USUALLY HAS TIME OR MONEY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS WHO WOULD LIKE PEOPLE WHO UNDERSTAND THEM, THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR MONEY, ESPECIALLY WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, WORKING AND, AND SO FORTH.
UM, SO IT DOES HINDER MORE PEOPLE FROM COMING THROUGH.
UM, AND THOSE WHO DON'T HAVE GOOD JOBS, THEY DON'T GET THEIR VACATION OR SICK.
SO IF THEY LEAVE, THEY'RE NOT GETTING PAID.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL AND ALL THAT, IT, IT ADDS UP.
SO I CAN SEE WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD SAY, FORGET IT, THE COUNCIL'S NOT EVEN WORTH IT.
UM, BUT I, I DO AGREE AND I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT FORWARD TO THE INCREASE WHAT INCREASE, UH, MAYOR.
UM, MAYOR PROAM, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, YOU KNOW, JUST TO, TO SPEAK ON WHO WE CAN OPEN THIS, THIS DIOCESE TO, UH, UH, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, RENTERS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE LAST TIME, UH, THE RENTER COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REPRESENTED UP ON THIS DAAS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN YOU DO HAVE THE, THE COMPENSATION AT, AT SUCH A LEVEL, UM, AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT STIPEND TO GO AND, AND LOBBY OR GO TO MEETINGS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE PART OF THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES JUST TO GO TO THE MONTHLY, UH, MEETING THAT THAT TAKES, YOU KNOW, A 10TH OF YOUR, UH, A THOUSAND DOLLARS AWAY.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, IT IS A, A LOT OF OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES TO, TO GO TO THESE CONFERENCES, UH, THE CONFERENCES THAT, THAT ARE NEEDED, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, ATTRACTING HOTELS, UH, ATTRACTING MONEY FROM CONGRESS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT TO TALK TO STAFF.
THEY WANNA TALK TO THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HAVE A PRESENCE, UM, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, RESTRICTIONS THAT, THAT WE'VE PLACED ON, UM,
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PEOPLE WHO, WHO SERVE.UH, AND, AND AGAIN, I I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHEN COUNCILMAN WU TALKS ABOUT THERE, THERE WAS A, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THE CITY WAS IN, IN REAL FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, RIGHT? YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, AND YOU MAKE THOSE CUTS.
UM, BUT THEN YOU, YOU ALSO THEN HAVE TO GO AND READJUST AND, AND LOOK AT WHAT IS THE CURRENT SITUATION AND, AND WHAT ARE THE NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE, THE CITY.
AND AND AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET MONEY FROM OUR, OUR CONGRESS PERSON, RIGHT? WE WANNA BE ABLE TO GO UP TO SACRAMENTO AND LOBBY OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS.
WE WANNA BE ABLE TO, TO BE A PLAYER IN, YOU KNOW, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR PARTNER CITIES AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECEIVING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN, IN FUNDS.
AND THEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR, THEIR STIPENDS, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, YOU KNOW, OVER $20,000.
UH, AND, AND THE ABILITY TO, TO, TO TRAVEL, GO TO CONFERENCES, AND TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THOSE FOLKS WHO CONTROL THE PURSE STRINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG ADVANTAGE FOR THEM.
UH, YOU KNOW, AND WHEN, WHEN YOU TALK TO SOME OF THESE FOLKS AND THEY SAY, WELL, WE, WE, WE NEVER SEE ANY OF YOU, RIGHT? WE DON'T, WE DON'T SEE YOU IN IN SACRAMENTO.
WE DON'T SEE YOU IN DC YOU KNOW, WEST COVINA IS NOT TRYING TO, TO GET ANY OF THESE FUNDS.
AND, AND THE REALITY IS WE PLACE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON OURSELVES.
UH, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW, UH, TO BE COMPETITIVE AS A CITY, UH, THESE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED.
AND AS WELL AS OPENING UP THESE SEATS, UM, TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION, RIGHT? OH, IF I'M ON THE COUNCIL, HOW CAN I CONTINUE WITH MY JOB? UH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US, AND, AND I, I WOULD SAY ALL OF US, YOU KNOW, HAVE MADE SACRIFICES TOO.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE IN POSITIONS TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE FANTASTIC IN THESE SEATS WHO ARE ELIMINATED.
UM, BECAUSE IT, IT JUST FINANCIALLY THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE IT WORK.
THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO KEEP THEIR JOBS.
UH, AND WE'RE LOSING OUT AS A CITY BY, BY NOT ALLOWING ALL HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS, YOU KNOW, FOLKS FOR POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO RUN.
SO HOW DO WE HANDLE THIS? I MEAN, DO WE, ARE WE GONNA GO THROUGH EACH OF THESE ITEMS? LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY COUNCIL COMPENSATION, MADAM MAYOR, UNDER, UH, PLEASE UNDERSTAND, THIS IS GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK.
WE HAVE TO DO, IF YOU INCREASE EVERYONE, BRING AN ORDINANCE BACK, OKAY? AND WE'LL BRING A RESOLUTION BACK FOR THE ALLOWANCES, UM, AND THE, AND THE POLICY.
UM, BUT WHAT WE NEED TO TONIGHT IS DIRECTION AND HOW, HOWEVER, HOW YOU WANNA RAISE IT.
DO YOU WANNA ADD ALL THE BENEFITS YOU WANT? ADD ALLOWANCE AND THE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY.
YOU WANNA GO FROM A THOUSAND TO 5,000 PER COUNCIL MEMBER? WE JUST NEED THAT DIRECTION AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
YEAH, I, I THINK WE DON'T NEED TO GO TO ITEMIZED.
I THINK WE SHOULD LET THE CITY TO LOOK INTO, OKAY.
INCREASE WHAT THE, THE, THE, THE COORDIN IS ALLOWED AND LOOK INTO IT.
WHAT'S THE IMPACT THE FINANCE DIRECTOR BRING BACK? OKAY.
THE IMPACT WILL BE HOW MUCH CAN WE AFFORD IT? OKAY? AND I UNDERSTAND, OKAY.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, AND ALLOWING $5,000 DOESN'T MEAN YOU WILL USE IT DURING MY TIME WHEN I HAVE 5,000, I BARELY USE THEM.
I WENT TO JAPAN AND C CITY, I DIDN'T REIMBURSE.
BUT AGAIN, NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD THAT KIND OF DECIDE TO NOT GOING TO REIMBURSE.
AND I THINK IT IS NOT FAIR FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF THEY WANT TO TRAVEL, THEY CANNOT BECAUSE OKAY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY NEED TO, OKAY.
PAY FOR ALL THOSE EXPENDITURE AND WE REALLY NEED, OKAY? ALL REPRESENT REPRESENTATIVE, HAVE A CHANCE TO REPRESENT US TO GO TO ALL THE PLACES, OKAY? AND, AND AGAIN, AGAIN, IT'S NOT HERE TO REPRESENT ME, OKAY? BUT THIS IS REPRESENT THE FUTURE COUNCIL, OKAY? EVEN THIS IS A VERY STICKY OKAY.
TOPIC, BUT NEED TO BE DONE FOR THE FUTURE SAKE, OKAY? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT HERE, SITTING HERE OR FOREVER, WE NEED TO SEE HOW WE CAN OPEN IT UP, MORE PEOPLE WILLING TO RUN AND DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL BURDEN.
OKAY? SO, BECAUSE EVEN YOU GO TO THE MAXIMUM $20,000, YOU DIVIDED THIS NOT EVEN MINIMUM WAGE, OKAY? FOR THE TIME WE SPEND.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, OKAY? BUT EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO RUN, OKAY? AND THEN ELECTION COMING UP SO ROUND, OKAY? IF YOU OKAY, GET ELECTED, THEN YOU CAN HAVE A FREEDOM TO REPRESENT THE CITY.
SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE GO TO THEM OVER HERE, THE COMPENSATION TO THE, THE MAX, OKAY? AND, AND THEN TO SEE
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WHAT'S THE IMPACT, OKAY? AND, UH, CAN WE AFFORD IT? OKAY? AND, AND BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO FINAL DECISION TO SEE WHAT WE GOING TO ELIMINATE HERE, THEIR, THIS AND THAT.COUNCILMAN CANTOS, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? WELL, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENTS THAT WERE EXPRESSED AND JUST TO LAY OUT FOR THE PUBLIC, THESE CONFERENCES WITH A FEW WE'VE DONE, OR THE NETWORKING, THESE AREN'T THESE LAVISH THINGS WHERE WE ALL JUST RELAX.
THIS IS A, THESE ARE THINGS, I MEAN, I, IT'S JUST NOT, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE THE STEREOTYPE OF PEOPLE GOING OFF AND JUST LIVING IT UP ON THE TAXPAYER TIME.
WE ARE, ARE, WHENEVER WE'VE, WE'VE GONE TO THINGS, UH, WE'RE UP LATE, LITERALLY NETWORKING, EXCHANGING INFORMATION, GETTING INFORMATION FROM OTHER CITIES, ASKING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, EXCHANGING, UH, UH, FACTS ABOUT BEST PRACTICES, SHARING WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IT, IT, IT REALLY, THE, THE POWER OF NETWORKING REALLY HAS, HAS AN ABILITY FOR US TO ACTUALLY POTENTIALLY RAISE MORE REVENUE FOR US AS WE BUILD THESE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO THIS IS NOT JUST A DRAIN, OR, AND PEOPLE SHOULDN'T LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY INVESTING IN OUR ABILITY TO BRING BACK FOUR WEST COVINA.
AND THAT'S, I JUST ALREADY, EVEN FROM MY LIMITED TIME HERE, I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE POWER OF THIS NETWORKING.
AND, BUT THERE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT I'VE ALREADY FOREGONE BECAUSE I JUST, IT WASN'T IN THE COUNCIL, UH, ALLOWANCE.
AND SO WE LOST THAT ON A LOT OF RELATIONSHIP BUILDING OPPORTUNITIES.
AND SO I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT, AND SO WITH THAT MADAM MAYOR, UH, IF THERE ARE SPECIFIC MOTIONS TO, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH THIS, I, I'M SUPPORTIVE, FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE, OF THE, OF, OF INCREASES IN ALL OF THE CATEGORIES.
WANNA SAY SOMETHING, UM, IF I CAN SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE GET THE FINE INSTRUCTORS.
SO WE DO HAVE THE, UM, ESTIMATED FISCAL IMPACTS ON THE LAST PAGE FOR EACH ITEM.
SO IF WE INCREASE, UM, THE COUNCIL COMPENSATION TO THE AVERAGE, THAT'S GONNA COST 13,200 A YEAR.
UM, THAT'LL BE AN ESTIMATE IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF 21,000.
IF WE GO TO THE MAXIMUM, UM, COMPENSATION THAT'S ALLOWED, THAT'S OVER A LITTLE 2000, THAT'LL BE AN 80,000 IMPACT TO THE BUDGET.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, THESE IMPACTS WON'T TAKE PLACE UNTIL AFTER THE NEXT COUNCIL ELECTION, WHICH IS NOVEMBER, 2024.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ALLOWANCES, THAT'S A $20,000 IMPACT TO THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND THAT, UM, LIKE, UM, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, UH, TOM MENTIONED WE WOULD COME BACK, UM, WITH A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THOSE CHANGES.
UM, AND THEN IT DEPENDS ON WHAT, UM, BENEFITS YOU WANT.
IF YOU DO THE MAXIMUM BENEFITS OF 2,651, THAT COMES OUT TO 159,004 ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THOSE BENEFITS, DOES THE FINANCE DIRECTOR WANNA SAY SOMETHING?
I WOULD TAKE THE CITY COUNCIL FIRST FOR YOUR STIPEND TO THE MAX, AND THEN IF YOU WANT YOUR BENEFITS, AND THEN THE CAR ALLOWANCE, I BELIEVE IS 300, THAT, THAT WOULD BE ONE MOTION.
THEN I WOULD DO YOUR, YOUR COMMISSIONERS SECOND ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
AND THEN THE LAST MOTION TO MAKE IT CLEAR IS THIS REIMBURSEMENT POLICY.
WE WANT TO GO BACK TO THE 5,000 AND THAT WOULD JUST BE A BUDGET AGENDA.
BUT, BUT JUST GIVE US THAT DIRECTION SO WE CAN ALL OF THOSE.
SO LET'S DO THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS AND BE CLEAR, BUT THREE SEPARATE MOTIONS.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE COMPENSATION TO GO UP TO THE MAXIMUM I MOVE? OKAY, YOU MOVE, GO AHEAD.
AND THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS COMPENSATION, THAT IS YOUR BENEFITS.
UM, IS THAT IT? THAT'S IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
SO ARE WE INCLUDING, OKAY, SO THE CO COMPENSATION, THE COUNCIL BENEFITS AND THE CAR ALLOWANCE, THAT'S A STIPEND, THAT'S YOUR BENEFITS AND THE CAR ALLOWANCE MM-HMM.
AS, AS PRESENTED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
SO I HAVE A MOTION AND I HAVE A SECOND.
FIRST MOTION PASSES FIVE ZERO AND ALLOWANCE THE ALLOWANCE THAT CAN WE, UH, DO THE MAXIMUM ON THAT AS WELL? YEAH, IT'S A $5,000.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PROTI
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TABBA TO RAISE THE ALLOWANCE TO THE MAXIMUM.NOW AS FAR AS THE COMMISSIONERS, DO WE DO 'EM ONE BY ONE? OR YOU CAN MAKE ONE MOTION FOR, BUT JUST BE CLEAR.
SO, UM, I, I THINK RIGHT NOW THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS RECEIVE $75 PER MEETING, UM, IF THEY ATTEND.
AND SO, UM, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF THEY GOT $25 MORE TO MAKE IT A HUNDRED, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL HAVE TO DISCUSS HERE.
AND I WOULD SAY $25 MORE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS AND THE $25 MORE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES.
OH, MA MADAM MAYOR, AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AS WELL, UH, EXCLUDING EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS.
I DON'T HAVE THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HERE.
CAN WE INCLUDE THAT? I DON'T THINK IT'S, OH, WE HAVE CITY COMMISSIONERS.
WOULD THAT, YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THAT THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS ANALYSIS.
IF, IF YOU WANT US TO LOOK AT COMMITTEES AND BRING THAT BACK, BRING THAT BACK.
WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT, BUT YEAH.
SO I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THE MOTION IF I MAY.
WHAT I HEARD WAS INCREASE THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY $25, TOTALING A HUNDRED DOLLARS, INCREASE THE SENIOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION BY $25.
I DIDN'T HEAR HUMAN RESOURCES.
WAS THAT ALSO IN YOUR MOTION, MAYOR? YES.
AND LOOK AT, UH, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE AND BRINGING COMPENSATION BACK FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO MAYOR THE OTHER COMMISSIONS.
UH, THAT WAS A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR DIAZ.
AND I'M SORRY, CAN I HAVE THE SECOND AGAIN? UH, EXCUSE ME.
THE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE HAS A TWO CITY COUNCIL, SO THOSE CITY COUNCIL SHOULDN'T GET, THAT'S WHY I SAID EXCLUDING EX OFFICIO.
IS THAT EXCLUDING, EXCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS? ELECTED OFFICIALS? NOPE.
EXCLUDING ELECTED, EXCLUDING OFFICIALS? YES.
THEY DON'T VOTE, EXCLUDING EX OFFICIO MEMBERS A PROP.
SO THAT WAS A MOTION BY MAYOR DIAZ.
I'M SORRY, CAN I HAVE THE SECOND? AGAIN? SECOND.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? TABBA AYE.
MAYOR DIAZ? AYE THAT MOTION PASSES.
I THINK THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR TODAY.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
UH, MOTHER MAY A REGARDING THE LETTER? OKAY.UH, REGARDING ANTISEMITISM AND, UH, OLD FORM OF HATRED? DO I NEED TO MAKE A MOTHER, MAY I FOR RESOLUTION OR? I THINK WE SHOULD.
AND, UH, ABOUT TO, TO HAVE A RESOLUTION REGARDING THE OKAY.
AND, UH, AND ANTI, INCLUDING THE OLD FORM OF HATRED AND THE DISCRIMINATION.
NO, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE MOTHER MAY I OH, YEAH.
RIGHT, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING.
SO ANYWAY, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTHER, MAY I REQUEST, UH, TO MAKE THIS, TO HAVE OUR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL FILE US TO BACK THIS.
I ALREADY SIGNED, I ALREADY SIGNED, SIGNED ALREADY A RESOLUTION THAT'S BEEN SIGNED, BUT I GUESS THERE'S MORE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO THE RESOLUTION AS HAVE THE COUNCIL RESOLUTION COME TO THE COUNCIL.
AND SO I'M MAKE, MAKE A, UM, MOTHER, MAY I MOTION TO HAVE A RESOLUTION FOR ANTISEMITISM AND AGAINST ALL FORM OF HATRED AND DISCRIMINATION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN.
WE WANNA SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS TO SIGN THE RESOLUTION, UH, DENOUNCING ANTISEMITISM AND HATE.
IS THAT NO MORE MOTHER, MOTHER, ME? NO, I HAVE A COMMENT.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENT.UH, I THINK THIS WEEKEND WE HAVE A TOUCH A TRUCK RIGHT OVER HERE MM-HMM.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T FORGET 11 TO ONE.
I HAVE A LOT OF TRUCK FOR YOU TO TOUCH.
AND, UH, AND THE SECOND THING, OKAY.
AND THEN THIS COMING NEXT THURSDAY, OKAY? AND, UH, NEXT THURSDAY WE HAVE, UH, UH,
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OKAY.STAY CITY AND THEN WE HAVE A DEBUT FROM OUR CURRENT MAYOR OKAY.
TO SHOW HOW GREAT OUR CITY IS.
AND I KNOW OUR CITY IS GOING TO, UH, COOK THE DINNER FOR US.
AND, UH, SO SOMEBODY ASKING ABOUT WHAT THE FEE FOR IS PAID FOR THE, THE DINNER.
AND THEN, AND THEN FOLLOWING THE SATURDAY FROM 10 O'CLOCK TILL 10 O'CLOCK, WE HAVE A BOO FESTIVAL.
AND WE HAVE A CHILDREN'S ZOOM OKAY.
KIDS ZONE FOR ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF CHILDREN THING.
WE STILL COSTUME AND WALK ON THE STREET TO HAVE PICTURE WITH ALL THE KID AND ALL THE PEOPLE WANT TO GO BACK TO THEIR CHILDHOOD.
WITH THE STAR WAR, ALL THIS HERO.
AND, UH, AND ANOTHER THING, WE HAVE ALL THIS, UH, DANCER, OKAY? A MODEL.
AND, UH, FROM, OH, WE HAVE, UH, UH, OKAY, PUERTO RICO, OKAY.
AND WE HAVE, UH, EGYPTIAN CULTURE, THE BELLY DANCER, SEVEN OF THEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MAYBE 20, UH, FILIPINO BEAUTY PAGEANT.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THEIR PAGEANT NOVEMBER.
SO THEY, THEY WILL COME AND THEY HAVE A BOOTH TOO.
THEY HAVE TWO BOOTH, OKAY? AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, A LOT, A LOT OF PERFORMANCE.
SO THIS SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT TO PUT UNITY TO OUR CITY, TO EVERYBODY WILL COME TO COME.
IT'S A FREE OKAY, FREE EVENT AND FREE PARKING.
UH, JUST, UH, UH, ALSO OUR WEST COVINA FIREFIGHTERS WILL BE AT THE CHILIES THIS SUNDAY IN THE EASTLAND CENTER, UH, WITH THE TIP OF FIREFIGHTER, UH, HELPING STAFF, BUT RAISING MONEY FOR ST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO MAKE SURE WE MENTIONED THAT.
SO I'LL BE HAVING DINNER AT CHILI'S THIS SUNDAY NIGHT, ALSO WATCHING SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL.
SO LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, JOINING, UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THERE.
ANYONE ELSE? WELL, EVERYONE HAVE A NICE EVENING AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.