I THOUGHT THE CITY WAS PLAYING
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THE MUSIC FOR A SECOND.[Call to Order]
GOOD EVENING.WELCOME TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS OCTOBER THE THIRD, 2023, AND IT IS 7:09 PM AND MY NAME IS ROSARIO DIAZ, AND I AM YOUR CENTENNIAL MAYOR.
TONIGHT, TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR KELLY DUPEE FROM FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH AND MAYOR PRO TEMP TABBA WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND THE HONOR AND THE BLESSING OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
LORD, WE JUST PRAY YOUR BLESSING NOW UPON THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD SPEAK, UH, TO, UH, OUR LEADERS AS WE SHARE OUR HEARTS, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING ALL OF US.
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR YOUR PRESENCE HERE.
AND LORD, TONIGHT, WE ALSO PRAY FOR EVERY, UH, PERSON THAT'S OUT ON THE STREETS, PATROLLING AS A MEMBER OF THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH THEM AND BLESS THEM AS THEY PROTECT US AND KEEP US SAFE.
AND SO, FATHER, GIVE THEM SAFETY, BUT GIVE THEM SUCCESS IN THEIR MISSION.
BE WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AS WELL, AND WE THANK YOU, LORD FOR EVERYONE IN OUR CITY THAT SERVES THAT, UH, MAKES A DIFFERENCE, THAT IS SERVING OTHERS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN LIVE THE LIVES THAT YOU WANT US TO HAVE.
SO FATHER, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR CITY COUNCIL AND UPON THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
IF WE CAN ALL REMOVE OUR HATS RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
THE TO THE FATHER OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
JUSTICE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
MAYOR DIAZ HERE, CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF OUR CLOSE SESSION? YES MATTER.
MAYOR, WITH RESPECT TO THE ANTICIPATED LITIGATION ON CLOSED SESSION ON A VOTE OF FOUR TO ONE MAYOR PRO TE TO TBI VOTING, NO COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO JOIN THE LAWSUIT ENTITLED CITY OF WHITTIER V.
SUPERIOR COURT, WITH RESPECT TO ZERO BAIL AND BAIL SCHEDULES.
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OF PRESENTATIONS HERE.I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANTHONY MARTINEZ, WHO IS OUR FIRE INSPECTOR, TO COME DOWN.
TESTING, TESTING, TESTING, 2000, UM, 23.
FIRE PREVENTION THEME FOR THIS YEAR IS COOKING SAFELY STARTS WITH YOU, PAY ATTENTION TO PRI FIRE PREVENTION.
UH, MY NAME'S ANTHONY MARTINEZ.
I'M THE FIRE INSPECTOR HERE WITH THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UH, I'M HERE TO ANNOUNCE THE UPCOMING PREVENTION WEEK.
AS SHE STATED, THE THEME IS COOKING SAFETY STARTS WITH YOU.
PAY ATTENTION TO FIRE PREVENTION.
THIS THEME SUPPORTS THE EFFORTS TO GIVE FAMILIES SAFETY TIPS WHILE COOKING AT THE RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS IDEAS FOR FIRE SAFETY WITH THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS.
UH, IT ALSO REMINDS US STAY ALERT.
EVEN WHEN YOU'RE AT HOME WITH YOUR FAMILY.
UH, THE, WE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS CONDUCTED ITS POSTER CONTESTS FOR AN ANNUAL WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND AREA FOR THE THIRD, FOURTH, AND FIFTH GRADERS.
UH, WE WILL BE PRESENTING THEM AT OUR OPEN HOUSE THIS SATURDAY AT STATION TWO, LOCATED NEXT TO CORTEZ PARK AND THE SENIOR CENTER.
SO COME OUT, VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE POSTER.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE VENDORS, SOME FOOD, A LOT OF GOOD STUFF FOR THE FAMILY, AND A LOT OF GOOD SAFETY TIPS.
WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT DONE YET.
I HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION, FIRE PROFE PREVENTION WEEK, OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH THE 14TH, THE 2023.
UH, NOW, THEREFORE, I ROSARIO DIAZ, MAYOR OF CITY OF WEST COVINA ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL DUE, HEREBY PROCLAIM THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 8TH THROUGH THE 14TH, 2023 AS PRIOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IN CITY OF WEST COVINA.
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I HAD LIKE TO INVITE MARY NOIAN.SHE'S THE, UH, CHIEF NURSE AND CLINICAL EXECUTIVE FROM QUEEN OF THE VALLEY.
AND SHE'S HERE TO, UM, BE RECOGNIZED OR TO RECEIVE OUR PROCLAMATION FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH HELD IN OCTOBER EVERY YEAR AIMS TO PROMOTE SCREENING AND PREVENTION OF THE DISEASE, WHICH AFFECTS ONE IN EIGHT WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES EVERY YEAR.
AND 2.3 MILLION WOMEN WORLDWIDE KNOWN BEST FOR ITS PINK THEME.
WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES.
ON BEHALF OF EMANATE HEALTH AND QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL, I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.
AND I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO TAKE CARE OF CANCER PATIENTS.
WE HAVE A NEW BEAUTIFUL CANCER CENTER, UM, HERE, VERY CLOSE TO YOU GUYS.
AND, UH, WE WILL BE SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE AND DESIRE TO SEE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
I THINK IT'S THE MOST REWARDING FOR ME AS A CHIEF NURSE EXECUTIVE TO SEE THAT WE ARE ABLE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE BEST CARE.
WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT CANCER.
THIS MONTH IS ALSO I'D LIKE TO, UM, INVITE JOANNE.
WHERE IS SHE? JOANNE IS FROM OUR PLANNING MANAGERS COMMISSIONERS.
AS WE CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, THIS YEAR, WE PROVIDE RECOGNITION TO COMMUNITY PLANNING.
DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, WEST COVINA WAS ESTABLISHED IN, UM, 1923.
BECAUSE OF COMMUNITY PLANNING, OUR RESIDENTS AT THAT TIME BANDED TOGETHER TO MAINTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO PREVENT THE CONSTRUCTION OF SEWAGE FARM.
TODAY WE ASKED A THRIVING COMMUNITY.
WEST COVINA IS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE, WORK, AND SHOP.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND RECOGNIZE THE DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT TO OUR STAFF, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO FORM AND SHAPE OUR CITY.
WEST COVINA PLANNERS AIM TO CREATE A SAFE, HEALTHY, AND LIVABLE COMMUNITY.
AND WE HAVE SOME COMMISSIONERS HERE, LAVERE AND SHELBY AND OH, THE STAFF.
THE STAFF
UM, WE COULDN'T DO OUR JOBS WITHOUT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AND AND DEVELOPERS WE'RE REALLY HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, AS A STAFF MEMBER, I PRO, WE PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IS ITS DECISION MAKING BODY OF OUR LAND USE, UM, DECISION MAKING BODY FOR THE CITY.
I'LL, I'LL PASS IT ON TO COMMISSIONER.
IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO BE A VOICE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND CONTRIBUTE TO EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY GOING ON AND BUILDING AND MAKING OUR CITY BETTER.
SO I'M GLAD TO BE A PART OF THIS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS SHELBY WILLIAMS. IT'S BEEN AN HONOR SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF WEST COVINA AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
PLANNING AFFECTS A LARGE PORTION OF OUR LIVES, BE IT HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OR TRANSPORTATION EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH AND SAFETY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
I'M PART OF THE PLANNING STAFF.
I JUST WANTED SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND I'M GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JERRY AND I'M ALSO PART OF THE PLANNING STAFF.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING THERE FOR US.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ADUS, WE'RE IN ROOM 2 0 8
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SO THIS IS A, THIS HAS BEEN THE, WE, THIS HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS NOW, AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, LEADING UP TO THIS.SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO ATTEND THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE COM DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE, WHICH IS OCTOBER 10TH.
I WANNA THANK OUR PLANNING, UM, UM, DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WITHOUT THEM, WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE.
SO I REALLY WANNA THANK, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO FOR US.
SO I HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION HERE, NATIONAL COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH, AND, UM, IT'S DATED OCTOBER, SORRY, I CAN'T SEE.
SO IT'S FOR, UH, OCTOBER, 2023.
AND IT'S NATIONAL, UH, COMMUNITY PLANNING MONTH IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND, UH, I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU.
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TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR ORANGE CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE, UM, CITY CLERK, OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
UM, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINING UP IN THE CENTER ROW.
THE TIMER WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? I HAVE THE 11 SPEAKER SLIPS MAYOR.
UH, JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON.
COUPLE ITEMS. ONE, WHEN WE USE THE APP AND WE SEND SOMETHING IN, CAN WE, COULD THE PERSON WHO GETS IT FORWARD IT TO THE, IN THE NAME OF CUSTOMER SERVICE TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENT.
I PUT A THING IN THAT OVER BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE SPACING IN THE STREETS MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO PUSH A WHEELCHAIR ACROSS IT FORWARD.
THE FRONT WHEELS ARE SMALLER, HAD AN EMAIL BACK, SAYS, OH, WE DON'T HANDLE THAT.
IT'S THE, IT'S THE STREET DEPARTMENT OR, OR SOME AREA.
AND GAVE ME THE NAME AND THE, THE, UH, EMAIL ADDRESS AND THE PHONE NUMBER AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN THAT TIME, THEY COULD HAVE FORWARDED TO THE PERSON.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CAN WE BE A LITTLE, LITTLE, I COULD UNDERSTAND IF IT WAS A STATE ISSUE OR EVEN A COUNTY ISSUE.
I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, AND GO FROM THERE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN TO TELL ME WHERE I CAN, YOU KNOW, HOW I CAN GO ABOUT HANDLING IT WOULD'VE BEEN HANDLED ALREADY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK THAT'S TOO UN UNREASONABLE.
UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, YOUR REQUEST FOR PAY RAISES.
YOU,
SO LAST TIME I CHECKED, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S CITIES ON THERE WHO ACTUALLY GET PAID ZERO.
YOU'RE, THIS CONSOLE IS PAID MORE THAN 1900 OTHER POSITIONS THAT ARE CONSOLE OR, YOU KNOW, PAID, UH, POSITIONS IN THE STATE OUTTA 3,100.
YOUR PAY RAISE WOULD PUT YOU IN LIKE THE TOP 10%.
YOU DO UNDERSTAND THAT? THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOOD WHEN WE'RE IN THE BOTTOM 5%.
YOUR PAY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE IN THE TOP 10%.
AND FOR ANY OF YOU TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TO POINT TO BURBANK, ONTARIO AND PASADENA, ONTARIO'S GENERAL FUND BUDGET ALONE IS $172 MILLION.
THAT'S JUST THEIR GENERAL FUND BUDGET.
BURBANK HAS, UH, YOU KNOW, ONTARIO AND BURBANK HAVE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS.
WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY, OR ACTUALLY INTERSTATE, NOT EVEN INTERNATIONAL.
BURBANK HAS SOME OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE, SOME OF THE LARGEST MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY THERE.
I REMEMBER IN THE PAST WE WOULD BE BROUGHT UP, I USED TO SAY,
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YEAH, WE'RE ALL ABOUT THE SAME SIZE.BUT DURING THE DAY, BURBANK WILL GO FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 300,000.
PASADENA, GO FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND, 200,000.
WEST COVINA GOES FROM A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO 50,000 DURING THE DAY.
YOU DON'T DESERVE IT BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF END ON A POSITIVE NOTE, I WAS READING SOME OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE MOON FESTIVAL AND WHEN I WAS THERE BETWEEN 10 30 AND 11 30, 11 AND 12, THERE'S HARDLY ANYBODY THERE.
BUT I'M GLAD TO HEAR FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE THAT IT PICKED UP.
THAT MAKES TWO FESTIVALS IN THIS CITY PUT ON BY MRS. WU AND HER CHARITY THAT WE'RE SUCCESSFUL.
ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS WHEN TONY WU WAS ELECTED, HE ASKED IF HE COULD HAVE BUSINESS CARDS DRAWN UP FOR HIS WIFE TO BE HIS REPRESENTATIVE.
NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY SHE'S THE SMART ONE IN THE FAMILY.
FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON, FOLLOWED BY BOB BRYAN.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BROWN ACT, ESPECIALLY THE ONE REGARDING 54 9, 53 0.3.
MR. DUARTE, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, MR. DUARTE, I DON'T HAVE TO PUT MY NAME ON A CARD.
NOT THAT YOU'RE LISTENING, AND NOT THAT YOU EFFING CARE, BUT IT'S JUST A CARD.
YOU SEE, THE BROWN ACT IS TOOL THAT MOST OF US SHOULD USE TO EXERCISE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT, BECAUSE APPARENTLY YOUR MAYOR THAT RUNS THIS CLASSIC OLD TOWN WEST COVINA IS DELUSIONAL, RIGHT? AM I RIGHT? SHE'S DELUSIONAL.
ALL THE HOMELESS PEOPLE YOU SEE ON THE STREETS TODAY, THEY'RE STILL IN THE SAME ADDRESS.
WE, THE PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, SICK AND TIRED OF ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
PLEASE, WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF HOMELESSNESS BECAUSE I'M THE MAYOR TUESDAY.
AND SPEND YOUR FIVE MINUTES EXERCISE.
THE MAYOR, YOU'RE A PERSON, HERMAN MAYOR, HIM, HAVE HIM ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, OR HE'S DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE COUNCIL.
AND AS LONG AS I GOT THE TIME TO SPEAK, I'M NOT GONNA BE CO BY THREATS.
SILLY, RIDICULOUS, MAYOR, BANGING THE GAVEL, MAKING THREATS UNDER THE BAIN ACT.
IF THE MAYOR HAS A PERSONAL PROBLEM WITH THE SPEAKERS, SHE SHOULD NOT MAKE IT PERSONAL.
'CAUSE THE ONLY REASON BEHIND THAT IS AT THREE TEN FOUR SEVEN SEVEN SIX FIVE SIX FIVE F B I.
IF YOU'RE LISTENING, AND IF YOU'RE STILL TRACKING AND MONITORING THIS MEETING, REMEMBER THE MAYOR LIKES TO MAKE THREATS.
THE MAYOR IS OFF TOPIC WHEN SHE SAYS THAT OUR CITY IS THRIVING WHEN THE POPULATION OF HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE ON OUR STREETS.
NOW, IF I'M A LIAR, I WANT SOMEONE TO PROVE ME.
TO GET THAT POOR WOMAN OUT THERE BY GOODWILL OFF OF GLENDORA AND, AND THAT OFF OF, UM, VICENTE OFF THE STREETS.
WHEN IS IT GONNA HAPPEN? I SEE THAT LADY THERE ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME I DRIVE THROUGH THERE, AND SHE'S CROSSING THE STREET ILLEGALLY.
BUT MERCY TO HER SOUL, GOD DOESN'T HATE HER.
GOD DOESN'T HATE THE VULNERABLE PEOPLE OF OUR SOCIETY.
AND I KNOW THAT THE NEW MANAGER IS JUST GONNA DO WHAT THE MAYOR ASKED HER TO DO.
THAT'S WHY MS. LETTI LOPEZ DOESN'T TALK BACK TO ME AS MUCH.
BECAUSE EVER SINCE SHE TOOK THAT WEDDING RING OFF, SHE DOESN'T WANNA HAVE ANY DISCUSSION WITH ANY OF US OF, OF HER PRIVATE LIFE AND THAT ACCIDENT THAT SHE HAD.
BUT AGAIN, WHO AM I UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES TO BE TOLD BY POINT OF ORDER THAT I AM A DISRUPTION TO THIS MEETING WHEN THE ATTORNEY THERE
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IGNORES 54 9 0.33.WHY 54 9 53 0.3? WHY IS THAT, MR. ATTORNEY? WHY CAN'T YOU SHOW US YOUR TRUE COLORS AND STICK TO THE RALPH M. BROWN ACT? IT'S CLASSIC MATTER OF FACT, IT'S A PROVEN POINT.
'CAUSE I'M PROVING IT NOW BECAUSE YOU SEE, I'M STILL SPEAKING, I AM STILL THE AUTHORITY HERE AT THE PODIUM.
AND THE REST OF YOU WANNA HAVE A TAIL BETWEEN YOUR LEGS AND CHOKE AROUND IT BACKWARDS.
WHAT BOUGIE SAY, F**K THE POLICE.
A IS NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU DISLIKE OR YOU FIND UNPLEASURABLE.
IT IS CONTENT EXERCISE, NOT JUST IN MUSIC.
IT IS CONTENT EXERCISE IN OUR FIRST AMENDMENT.
IT'S NOT OFFENSIVE, IT'S NOT VULGAR, IT'S A POINT OF CONVERSATION.
F**K YOU MAYOR JOHN CARSON, FOLLOWED BY BOB BRYAN, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRAS.
MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, NICE SEEING YOU AGAIN.
UH, REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT IS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN WITH THE ZERO BAIL FOR LA COUNTY.
LA COUNTY HAS IMPLEMENTED THE ZERO BAIL POLICY EFFECTIVE OCTOBER THE FIRST, 2023.
I AM ASKING WEST COVINA TO FOLLOW THE 12 OTHER CITIES TO JOIN THE LAWSUIT AGAINST LA COUNTY TO STOP THIS HORRIBLE POLICY.
NO LAW ENFORCEMENT SUPPORTS A SERIAL BAIL POLICY.
IT WILL MAKE, UH, ALL OF OUR STREETS THAT ARE ALREADY DANGEROUS, MORE DANGEROUS.
THIS EXPERIMENT DEALING WITH CRIME IS NOT WORKING.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE ZERO BAIL POLICY.
WE NEED TO UNITE AND STOP THIS POLICY.
WE ARE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION AS A STATE, PROBABLY AT ALL THE UNITED STATES, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
HOW MANY STORES NEED TO CLOSE BEFORE? HOW MANY STORES NEED TO CLOSE BECAUSE OF THEFT BEFORE? WE REALIZE THAT GOING EASY ON CRIME IS NOT WORKING.
I HAVE STATED IN THE PAST THAT WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY AND CONSEQUENCES IN OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM THERE.
THIS IS THE FACT ZERO BAIL POLICIES RESULTED IN 163% MORE TOTAL CRIMES AND, UH, 200% MORE VIOLENT CRIMES.
THIS WAS PUBLISHED IN THE YOLO COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
IN 2022, INDIVIDUALS RELEASED ON ZERO BAIL WERE, UH, REARRESTED, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 160% MORE CRIMES THAN INDIVIDUALS RELEASED ON BAIL.
PLEASE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE JOIN THE OTHER 12 CITIES TO HAVE A LAWSUIT AGAINST US.
THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT.
OUR STREETS ARE DANGEROUS ENOUGH.
OUR, UH, PRICES IN THE STORE ARE SKYROCKETING AND CLO, UH, AND STORES ARE CLOSING.
BOB BRYAN, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRAS, FOLLOWED BY IRMA TABBA, BUY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
UH, MY SON AND FRIEND WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED A COUPLE MILES FROM HERE.
TOOK FIVE AND A HALF YEARS OF COURT DATES TO FINALLY CONVICT THE GANG MEMBER.
AND WE HAVE HIM PUT AWAY FOR LIFE.
UM, I FOUGHT HARD TO GET WEST COVINA AND OTHER CITIES TO VOTE NO, NO CONFIDENCE IN KERMIT.
A K A GEORGE GASCON HAD OF NOT BEEN FOR DEAN LOGAN AND SOME CORRUPT LA COUNTY EMPLOYEES.
WE WOULD HAVE A RECALL ELECTION ALREADY.
WE NOW KNOW WE HAVE PLENTY, PLENTY OF OVER THE AMOUNT OF SIGNATURES WE NEEDED.
WE, THEY TREATED US VERY UNFAIRLY, AND THEY'D MADE IT ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
BUT NOW THERE WON'T BE A RECALL.
THIS IS THE BIGGEST CROCKER CRAP EVER.
ANOTHER PLOY BY GEORGE SOROS, GEORGE GASCON, AND HIS FOLLOWERS TO DESTROY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
IT WAS TRIED IN YOLO COUNTY AND OTHER COUNTIES AND FAILED MISERABLY.
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CRIMINALS WITH NO BAIL WERE 163% MORE LIKELY TO REPEAT THEIR CRIMES THAN CRIMINALS WITH BAIL.WE MUST JOIN THE 12 OTHER CITIES THAT ARE SUING THE COUNTY OVER THIS ABSURD POLICY.
I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND JOIN THE LAWSUIT.
I KNOW, BRIAN, YOU WILL NOT APPROVE.
HE TOTALLY AGREES WITH GASKELL AND, AND WANTS TO DEFUND THE POLICE.
BRIAN, YOU MUST LIVE UNDER ROCKS AND NOT SEE THE CRIME ESCALATING IN OUR COUNTY, IN OUR CITY.
I HOPE THE REST OF YOU WILL VOTE.
TONY, I HOPE YOU SUPPORT THIS LAWSUIT.
I KNOW YOU WERE IN FAVOR OF THE RECALL SIGNS OF PETITION, EVEN THOUGH YOU WOULD NOT PUBLICLY ADMITTED FOR POLITICAL REASONS.
OKAY? UNDERSTAND THE POLICE WORK HARD AND PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY DAY.
THEY TOLD YOU WE NEED MORE POLICE, MORE FUNDS FOR THE POLICE, NOT LESS OR NONE AS BRIAN WOULD LIKE.
THERE HAS TO BE CONSEQUENCES FOR BAD BEHAVIOR.
IF YOUR CHILD OR YOUR NEIGHBOR BEATS UP YOUR WIFE, YOU SAY, OH, THAT'S OKAY.
YOU JUST BEAT THE CRAP OUTTA MY LOVED ONE.
IF YOU SAY, OKAY, IT WILL HAPPEN MORE AND MORE AND MORE.
NO, BRIAN, THIS IS NOT RACIST.
IF ANYTHING, I I I'LL SKIP THAT PART.
I DON'T, IT SADDENS ME THAT PEOPLE LIKE BRIAN TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE WOKE AGENDA.
NO MATTER WHAT COLOR THEY ARE.
YOU LOOK AROUND AND IT'S BECAUSE OF NO CONSEQUENCES.
WE TAXPAYERS PAY FOR ALL THESE SMASHING GRABS AND STORE ROBBERIES.
WHEN WE GO TO THE REGISTER, WE PAY WHO WE PAY FOR THAT.
PLEASE JOIN THE LAWSUIT AND HELP US REMOVE GEORGE GAS AND THESE OTHER CORRUPT DISTRICT ATTORNEYS THROUGHOUT THE U S A SPONSORED BY GEORGE SOROS.
I GREW UP IN WEST COVINA, AND I REMEMBER IT WHEN I WAS IN THE FIFTH GRADE AND LIVED AT COVINA.
MY DAD MOVED OUR FAMILY TO WEST COVINA BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A BETTER PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY THAN COVINA.
THE STREETS ARE SMOOTH AND BEAUTIFUL.
THE CITY IS MUCH PRETTIER THAN OURS.
THIS IS THE FAULT OF OUR COUNCIL.
WE NEED A COUNCIL THAT TRULY LOVES WEST COVINA AND WANTS IT TO BE SAFE.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE HELP OUR CITY BECOME A SAFER PLACE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
REMEMBER LADIES, GET OFF YOUR CELL PHONES WHEN YOU'RE IN THE SHOPPING CENTER, PARKING LOTS.
LOOK IN YOUR CAR BEFORE YOU GET IN.
IF SOMETHING DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT, GET SECURITY TO TAKE YOU TO YOUR CAR.
EVERYONE, BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
PATCHES FOLLOWED BY IRMA TABBA FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOUR.
GOOD EVENING WHEN I GOT UP EACH MORNING THIS WEEK.
AND I WOULD READ THINGS ABOUT OUR, EXCUSE ME, PARDON ME, OKAY.
ABOUT WEST COVINA NOT BEING PART OF THE ZERO BAIL LAWSUIT.
IT REALLY WAS DISTURBING PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE ALL, I THINK, UNDERSTAND IS YOUR FIRST GOVER ANY GOVERNMENT'S FIRST PRIORITY AND NOT TO BE THERE.
IF I UNDERSTOOD WHAT THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, YOU MAY HAVE SLIPPED IT IN OR WORKED IT IN.
I'M GONNA LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AN AMENDED AGENDA BECAUSE I THINK HE REPORTED OUT.
I WOULD'VE LOVED TO HAVE HEARD YOUR DISCUSSION.
I THINK THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT WHEN WE DROPPED THE BALL.
BUT WE, THE RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HEAR YOUR RATIONALE ON THIS.
MAYOR PRO TEM, I RESPECT YOUR CONVICTIONS.
I DON'T AGREE WITH YOU AT ALL, BUT I REALLY DO RESPECT YOUR CONVICT YOU.
AND I KNOW WE DON'T AGREE
BUT HE IS, HE HOLDS HIMSELF TO WHAT HE BELIEVES.
AND THAT HA CONVICTIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.
UM, BUT PLEASE TRY AND MAYBE AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY SAY WHAT YOU'VE DONE AND WHY IT WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL AND NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT.
YOU DON'T NEED TO SAY IT IF WE KNOW.
IRMA TABBA, FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOUR, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
I CAME HERE TO TALK TO THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA.
I WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
I AM THE PROUD MOTHER OF BRIAN TABBA.
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MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN WACO, TEXAS.MY FATHER WAS BORN IN MEXICO TOO.
MY HUSBAND OF 53 YEARS CAME HERE IN 1969 AS A STUDENT.
HE IS A PROUD IRANIAN AMERICAN TO GET HIS COLLEGE EDUCATION.
HE GOT HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN ENGINEERING.
MY BROTHER, HIS BETTER OF THE VIETNAM WAR, AND HE STILL HELPS THE VETERANS AT THE B F W REGION.
WE ARE VERY OLD AND PROUD FAMILY, AND WE HAVE TAUGHT OUR CHILDREN RESPECT, HONOR, TO LOVE THEIR COUNTRY AND HAVE EMPATHY.
MY PEOPLE FROM MEXICO HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COUNTRY AND ALSO MY FAMILY, MY IRANIAN FAMILY.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF DOCTORS, ENGINEERS, WHICH MAKE THIS COUNTRY GREAT.
I BEEN SO HURT FOR PEOPLE SAYING, MY SON IS NOT MY SON.
I WROTE SOMETHING HERE, BUT I CANNOT SAY THINGS.
I'M JUST TALKING FROM MY HEART.
I'M PROUD OF YOU, BRIAN, AND I'M PROUD OF MY MEXICAN ROOTS.
AND I ALSO PROUD OF THE IRANIAN CULTURE THAT I HOPE YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT TO THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, HOW WONDERFUL WE ARE.
I HOPE WE'LL ALL BE ALL LOVING.
DOUGLAS FOUR, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
UM, I LIVE IN THIS AWESOME CITY.
I HAVE THREE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.
UM, I WANT TO SAY AGAIN, I LOVE THIS CITY AND I WANT THE BEST FOR THIS CITY.
UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO JUST ADDRESS THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, UM, WHEN I FELT THAT WE WERE BEING TARGETED.
UM, I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR MILAN, THAT CAME INTO MY BUSINESS.
UM, AND THAT I REFERRED TO ON THAT FRIDAY.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CITY OFFICES ARE CLOSED ON FRIDAY.
AND I'M ASKING THE CITY OF WHY OR WHO SENT HIM INTO MY, MY BUSINESS ON THAT FRIDAY.
UM, WHERE OTHER BUSINESSES WAS HE ALSO SENT INTO OTHER BUSINESSES ON THAT FRIDAY, OR WAS IT ONLY MY BUSINESS ON THAT FRIDAY? AND AGAIN, WHO SENT HIM THERE ON THAT FRIDAY? UM, HE DID FINALLY REACH OUT LAST NIGHT TO MATT, MY BUSINESS PARTNER.
AND I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING HIM.
AND HOPEFULLY WE COULD GET PAST THIS AND, UM, MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
SECOND OF ALL, UM, I'D LIKE TO REAL QUICK TALK ABOUT THE PORTA POTTY, UM, THAT I BROUGHT UP LAST WEEK.
THAT THE CITY SAID THAT THEY HAD NO, UM, THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT.
UM, MATT EMAILED YOU GUYS ALL LATER ON IN THAT NIGHT AND GAVE YOU GUYS A, UH, COPY OF OUR CITATION.
UM, IT WAS FOR PORTA POTTY, UM, $400.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT.
UM, NO CITY EMPLOYEE HAS REACHED OUT TO ME SAYING THAT THEY WERE SORRY OR THAT IT WAS A MISTAKE.
UM, CAN WE PLEASE DO BUSINESS BETTER IN THIS CITY? GUYS? UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MAKES MISTAKES.
JUST OWN UP TO IT AND APOLOGIZE TO ME.
I'M THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT FORWARD.
JUST, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND MISTAKES HAPPEN.
JUST OWN IT AND LET'S MOVE ON.
UM, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE VIOLATION, IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T SEE THAT EMAIL, I HAVE IT WITH ME HERE TODAY.
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LAST WEEK.BUT THERE WAS A VIOLATION FOR ME HAVING A PORTA-POTTY IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE.
OKAY? WITH THAT BEHIND US, I WANNA BRING UP ANOTHER TARGETING THAT'S SICK TO MY STOMACH.
MATT AND I PURCHASED A BAKERY IN WEST COVINA THAT WAS 46 YEARS OLD.
IT WAS CALLED CAKES CREATED WITH LOVE.
UM, DONNA WAS THE OWNER AND SHE WAS RETIRING.
WE NAMED, WE CHANGED THE NAME OF IT TO SWEET STREET BAKERY, AND WE RAN IT FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE YEARS.
DURING THE PANDEMIC CAKES WERE NOT BEING SOLD ANYMORE.
I THEN CHANGED THAT BUSINESS TO TAMALE STREET BAKERY IN NOVEMBER OF 2020, DOING ALL HEALTH REQUIRE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS TO RENAME IT.
AND JUST AS I DID WITH SWEET STREET BAKERY, AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
WE HAVE GOTTEN A'S EVERY SINGLE TIME THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT'S HAS COME IN, WE'VE NEVER GOTTEN A B ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WALKS IN ON WEDNESDAY AND CLOSES US DOWN.
THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT CALLED US INTO A FINE HEARING THE VERY NEXT DAY AND SAID, MATT AND I ATTENDED IT AND TOLD US THAT WE ARE NO LONGER GRANDFATHERED IN AFTER SIX YEARS OF OWNING THIS BUSINESS, THAT WE HAVE TO GO GET CITY PLUMBING PERMITS, NEW CITY ELECTRICAL PLAN, NEW A**L SYSTEM WITH CITY PERMITS, AND PUT NEW GREASE TRAPS IN BEFORE WE COULD REOPEN AGAIN, WHICH WOULD BE OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND PLUS DOLLARS TO REDO THIS IN A BUILDING THAT'S VERY OLD, ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER.
WHY AM I BEING ATTACKED AND WHY AM I BEING TOLD THIS? I TRULY BELIEVE SOMEBODY'S BEHIND THIS.
SOMEBODY KNOWS SOMEONE IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND FOR, TO, TO SAY THAT WITH THAT, I'VE HAD ZERO ISSUES IN SIX YEARS, AND NOW MY BUSINESS IS CLOSED.
WHY DID THAT HAPPEN? I DON'T WANT TO POINT FINGERS.
WE HAVE HIRED A LAW FIRM TO HELP ME OUT TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
I'VE SPENT $200,000 BUILDING THIS BUSINESS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.
I'M NOT GONNA PUT IN ANOTHER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THINGS THAT ALREADY EXIST IN THAT GRANDFATHERING, YOU KNOW, IS VERY COMMON.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO, TO DO NEW LINES BECAUSE THE LAW HAS CHANGED.
THE RESTAURANT IS STILL THE EXACT SAME.
I'VE TRANSFERRED ALL EMPLOYEES TO NEW LOCATIONS.
UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO LAY ANYBODY ELSE.
UH, WE DID NOT LAY ANYBODY ELSE OFF.
BUT I WILL NOT STOP COMING HERE AND SPEAKING OUT.
AND I WILL STAND UP FOR WHAT'S GOOD IN THIS CITY.
I KNOW NOW WHY OTHER BUSINESSES ARE SCARED TO COME HERE.
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY IS BEHIND THIS ASKING FOR ALL THIS CITY STUFF FOR THIS BUSINESS.
AND WE'RE JUST GONNA CLOSE AND MOVE OUR MONEY SOMEWHERE ELSE.
R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY ARMANDO SANCHEZ, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ.
UM, PAULY MUELLER WAS A SWISS CHEMIST WHO RECEIVED A 1948 NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE FOR HIS 1939 DISCOVERY OF INSECTICIDAL QUALITIES AND USE OF D D T IN THE, UH, CONTROL OF VECTOR DISEASES SUCH AS MALARIA.
THIS DEADLY SUBSTANCE, D D T IT'S DISPOSED OF AT B K K HAS NOW BEEN BANNED WORLDWIDE, BANNED WORLDWIDE.
IN THIS CONTEXT, I'LL MENTION THAT TWO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA RESEARCHERS WHO WERE JUST RECEIVED THIS YEAR'S NOBEL PRIZE IN MEDICINE, UH, WAS JUST ANNOUNCED TODAY.
REMEMBER ALSO OBAMA RECEIVED FOR HIS EXTRAORDINARY EFFORTS TO QUOTE, UH, TO STRENGTHEN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY AND COOPERATION BETWEEN PEOPLES.
OBAMA RECEIVED A PEACE PRIZE NOBEL IN, UH, 2009.
UH, TOO BAD THEY LEFT, UH, BIDEN OUT.
UH, THE GREAT UKRAINE PEACEMAKER LEFT HIM OUT.
HE AND HIS SON TAKE BRIBES APPARENTLY.
SO, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING.
UH, UH, MAYBE THE FOURTH GENERATION BIO WEAPONS WARFARE.
PEOPLE WILL, UH, GET THE PEACE PRIZE NEXT YEAR FOR DISCOVERING HOW TO KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE IN, UH, NOVEL NEW WAYS.
UH, WHILE I'M ON THIS TANGENT, UH, CARRIE MULLIS, WHO, UH, ALSO RECEIVED A NOBEL PRIZE IN SCIENCE FOR THE P C R TEST, UH, THAT DESERVES MENTION BECAUSE IT'S, UH, RELEVANT TO THE SCAM DEMIC, UH, POLYMER POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION.
YOU CAN DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND FIGURE IT OUT THAT, UH, ALL OF OUR BASIC LIBERTIES ARE
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IN JEOPARDY AS OUR NATIONAL BORDERS REMAIN UNCONTROLLED.UH, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TALKS ABOUT INALIENABLE RIGHTS, GRANTED HUMANS BY GOD.
BUT CONTRAST THIS IN A DEMOCRACY WITH FAILING ELECTIONS IN INTEGRITY AND UNRELIABLE OFFICIAL MEDIA, UH, THERE UNABLE TO, UH, DISCOVER THE TRUTH.
UH, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE QUOTE, TRUSTED NEWS INITIATIVE.
UH, I'M A CONSPIRACY THEOR, UH, THEORIST.
AND MY FAVORITE CONSPIRACY IS THE TRUSTED NEWS INITIATIVE, UH, BY THE MEDIA CARTEL.
OUR, OUR BASIC, UH, LIBERTIES ARE IN JEOPARDY AS OUR NATIONAL BORDERS REMAIN UNCONTROLLED.
UH, UM, SO, SO NOW I'LL SHIFT GEARS.
UH, I I WANNA PRESENT AN UPDATE ON THE, THE VACCINE CULT, UH, MESSENGER, R N A GENE THERAPY EXPERIMENTAL DRUGS IN THE ARMS OF ALL SHEEPLE, UH, PREGNANT WOMEN AS GUINEA PIGS IN AMERICA.
VAX INDUCED DISEASES ARE MULTIPLYING WAY PAST IMMUNITY AND, AND MYOCARDITIS PROBLEMS. AND THE MAJORITY OF MDS ARE STUPID UNAWARE OF HYDROGEL GRAPHENE OXIDE.
THE STANDARD PRO PROTOCOL CONTINUES TO BE RECOMMENDED TO PATIENTS, UH, TO THIS DAY.
UH, THE PACKAGE INSERT IS BLANK.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN IT, BUT THEY JUST KNOW THEY'RE ORDERED, ORDERED THE, ACCORDING TO THE STANDARD PROTOCOL, GIVE IT.
UM, THEY, THEY JUST BLINDLY FOLLOW THE F D A C D C ORDERS.
JUST, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, BLIND MILITARY STYLE DISCIPLINE, FOLLOW ORDERS, UH, WITHOUT DEBATE AND FORETHOUGHT.
JUST TAKE MY BLACK MAGIC POTION EVERY SIX MONTHS.
BUT BECAUSE MDS DON'T KNOW, UH, UH, AND THEY WON'T WANT, THEY DON'T WANT THE RISK THEY'RE LICENSED.
THEY JUST ARE TRAINED IN, IN MEDICAL SCHOOLS LIKE MONKEYS TO BE SHILLS FOR THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY.
UH, SO THE MEDICAL MONOPOLY, THE MEDICAL, UH, MAFIAA, UH, THEY'RE READY AND WILLING TO, TO PUT NATUROPATHS AND CHIROPRACTORS AND ENERGY MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS OUT OF BUSINESS, UH, TO MAINTAIN THEIR POWER OVER THE PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, MEDICAL TYRANNY AND PANDEMICS AND, AND, AND BOOSTERS EVERY SIX MONTHS.
SO, UH, SSIDS SUN, SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AND AUTISM.
LET ME FINISH MY DAMN SENTENCE.
I MEAN, I JUST WANNA FINISH MY ONE SENTENCE.
SO, SSIDS AND SUDDEN INFANT DEATHS, UH, SYNDROME AND AUTISM ARE VAX INDUCED.
PROVE OTHERWISE, UH, AMISH PEOPLE.
THAT'S MORE THAN ONE SENTENCE.
COUNCIL MAYOR, UH, RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
UM, MY NAME'S ARMANDO SANCHEZ.
I'M A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA SINCE 19, UH, 94.
UM, UH, RETIRED HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, SO I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT OVER THERE.
PLEASE, YOUNG MAN, PLEASE ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
UM, EIGHT YEARS VETERAN, UM, HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL, RETIRED.
UM, BUT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE GALAXY TRACK.
UM, LAST YEAR, UH, ONE OF THE MEMBERS HERE, I WON'T NAME NAMES IN, IN MY DISTRICT, WE GOT OUR, OUR STREETS PAVED, BUT NOT ALL OF THEM.
BUT I'M JUST ASKING FOR, UM, A STOP SIGN OR SPEED BUMPS.
I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR 15 YEARS.
UM, I'VE HAD MY CAR HIT BY A, PROBABLY A, A FEDEX TRUCK 'CAUSE HE CAME TOO CLOSE.
IF THERE WAS A STOP SIGN OR A SPEED BUMP, HE WOULD'VE HAD TO OBEY.
WHEN WE DID THE FIRST, WHEN I CAME UP TO YOU GUYS 15 YEARS AGO, WE HAD A, A POLICE OFFICER POSTED DOWN THE END OF THE ROAD WHERE I'M, I LIVE ON MORGANFIELD BY VALLEY.
I'M ON THE VERY SOUTH END OF GALAXY TRACK.
AND THAT POLICE OFFICER, I THINK WAS THERE FOR LIKE A WHOLE WEEK.
AND HE GATHERED MANY TICKETS, MANY CITATIONS.
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UM, THE SPEED LIMIT IS A LITTLE TOO FAST THERE.I THINK IT SHOULD COME DOWN TO 25, BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED MORE YOUNGER, YOUNGER KIDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALKING WITH THEIR MOMS TO SCHOOL.
SO IT'S REALLY A, A, A SAFETY ISSUE.
I'VE HAD TWO CARS HIT THERE, MANY, MANY ANIMALS, WILDLIFE, YOU KNOW, RACCOONS, SKUNKS BEEN KILLED ON THAT STREET, ESPECIALLY FROM, UH, VALLEY VIEW TO MORGANFIELD.
THERE'S NO, SO THAT'S LIKE THREE BLOCKS AND THEY'RE JUST, I MEAN, IF I GET OUTTA MY CAR, I HAVE TO YIELD TO A CAR THAT'S DOING 40, 45.
UM, SO, AND THEN I ALSO WANNA, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEW FAMILIES MOVING IN.
I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, SEE IF YOU GUYS CAN DO A SURVEY.
WE HAVE TWO GREEN PARKS OUT THERE, GREENWAYS ON VALLEY AND MORGANFIELD, MAYBE, UH, DIVIDE ONE OF THEM INTO TWO SPOTS AND MAKE DOG PARKS FOR SMALL DOGS AND BIG PARK BIG DOGS.
'CAUSE I'M GETTING, UH, POOP ON MY LAWNS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE NEIGHBORS WOULD APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, WE JUST PUT OUR LITTLE CHIHUAHUA DOWN.
SHE COULDN'T WALK ANYMORE, BUT I WOULD'VE USED THAT PARK.
SO IF YOU CAN, UM, PUT THAT IN A, IN A, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN AN AGENDA.
BUT I DEFINITELY, I, UH, REACHED OUT TO THIS LADY, NICOLE ROBBINS.
IT'S BEEN 14 MONTHS, SHE'S NOT RESPONDED.
I FORWARDED YOU THE, UH, THE, UH, EMAIL AND THERE'S STILL NO RESPONSE.
UH, I KNOW THAT OUR TAXPAYERS PAY THESE PEOPLE OFFSITE.
SHE'S FROM THE CITY OF, UH, CHINO.
SHE'S YOUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT, WHATEVER.
BUT I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO PUT TWO STOP SIGNS OR SPEED BUMPS, YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF POINT CEDAR AND, AND MORGANFIELD.
IT'S A VERY DANGEROUS, VERY FAST PACED.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M, LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M NOT AS MOBILE AS I USED TO BE IN MY THIRTIES.
YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN NOW.
BUT, UM, TO THIS GENTLEMAN THAT WAS SPEAKING BEFORE ME, I'M, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA WARN US, YOU KNOW, OUR PRESIDENT IN OFFICE JUST GAVE UP OUR SOVEREIGNTY FOR W H O FOR YOUR MEDICAL HEALTH.
I DON'T, IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, LOOK IT UP.
BECAUSE WE CAN BE ON THE W HO'S AGENDA.
AND, YOU KNOW, I TOOK THOSE TWO SHOTS NOT KNOWING IN THE BEGINNING.
'CAUSE I'M A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL AND I WISH I WOULD'VE NEVER DONE IT, BECAUSE THERE ARE SUDDEN CARDIAC ARRESTS, THESE YOUNG PLAYERS THAT ARE DROPPING, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF DOCTORS ARE, ARE BEING SHEEP.
THEY'RE BEING HELD BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL.
I SAW IT EVOLVING IN THE 42 YEARS OF PRACTICING MEDICINE WITH ORTHOPEDICS RIGHT NEXT TO ME, UM, WORKING SIDE BY SIDE WITH SURGEONS.
I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW, JUST WHAT I'M SAYING IS NOT, I'M NOT IN A CONSPIRACIST THEORY, WHATEVER, BUT IT'S, IT'S VERY SCARY.
I PRAY THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GET 'EM MANDATED FOR US.
YOU KNOW? UM, AND AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UH, IT CAME INTO EFFECT WITH NO, NO, NO BAIL.
I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE BAIL WHEN PEOPLE COMMIT CRIMES.
THIS IS A JUDEE CHRISTIAN COUNTRY THAT WAS SET UP BY OUR FOREFATHERS AND THE ESTATE TOO, TO HAVE SOME KIND OF ORDER.
IF WE DON'T, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, IT'S GONNA BE MASSIVE CRAZINESS.
AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US LOVE OUR FIRST AND SECOND AMENDMENTS, AND WE'LL JUST, UH, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO BATTER DOWN AND JUST TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.
AND I, I HOPE THAT IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT.
I HOPE IT DOESN'T COME TO WHERE YOUR, YOUR FAMILY CAME OUT OF IN 1979.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT, WE DON'T WANNA GO THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS IN THE NAVY AT THAT TIME AND, AND IT WAS VERY SCARY.
DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZONG, FOLLOWED BY GEORGE ORTEGA.
AND I THINK, UH, MR. DUARTE SAID SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THE, UH, ZERO BAIL THING.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT I CAME PREPARED TO SPEAK WITH TOO.
SO I'M GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE TO WHAT THE OTHER SPEAKER SAID.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THE NO NEW ZERO BAIL POLICY THAT TOOK EFFECT IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1ST.
DESPITE THE OBJECTIONS OF MANY LAW ENFORCEMENTS, UH, CIVIL LEADERS AND CONCERNED CITIZENS LIKE ME, WHO SAY THE POLICY WILL UNDERMINE THE EFFORTS TO FIGHT CRIME, THE POLICY ALLOWS CRIMINALS, CRIMINAL SUSPECTS, ACCUSED OF, OF SO-CALLED NON-VIOLENT AND NON-SERIOUS CRIMES TO BE CITED AND RELEASED OR BOOKED AND RELEASED WHEN THEY WOULD'VE HAD OTHERWISE BEEN HELD ON BOND.
EXAMPLES OF OFFENSES, SUBJECT TO THIS WISDOM, IS GUNS SUCH AS POSSESSION OF LOADED, UM, OF A LOADED FIREARM, SEXUAL BATTERY VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN OR ELDERS, AND CONTACT WITH A MINOR, WITH INTENT TO COMMIT SEXUAL OFFENSE, AS WELL AS A PERSON,
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AS PERSONS ARRESTED FOR FELONY WHILE ON PAROLE.IT ALSO INCLUDES MOST THEFTS, VEHICLE CODE VIOLATIONS AND OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY SUCH AS BURGLARY AND VANDALISM.
IT'S NOT BAD ENOUGH THAT WE HAVE THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN, IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE COSTAN, WHOSE POLICIES OF RELEASING CRIMINALS FROM JAIL, WHETHER BY BAIL OR NO BAIL, HAS EMBOLDENED CRI CRIMINALS TO DO WHATEVER THEY WANT.
IN FACT, I BLAME GEAN FOR THE MURDERS OF NUMEROUS INNOCENT VICTIMS, INCLUDING TWO EL UH, EL MONTE POLICE OFFICERS, AND THE RECENT COLD-BLOODED HOMICIDE OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF IN PALMDALE, DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY DUE TO HIS ABSURD, UNREASONABLE, ILLOGICAL, INAPPROPRIATE, IMM, AND IMMORAL PRINCIPLES OF LETTING PRISONER PRISONERS OUT OF JAIL.
BY HAVING A ZERO ZERO BAIL POSITION IS GOING TO BE THE LAWMAKERS, I, EXCUSE ME, BY HAVING A ZERO BAIL POSITION.
IT'S GOING TO BE THE LAWBREAKERS RUNNING THE CI, OUR CITY AND COUNTY, WITHOUT ANY PUNISHMENT OR OVERSIGHT.
THIS IS WHY I ASK THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO JOIN THE LIST OF DOZENS OF CITIES OF A DOZEN CITIES, ARCADIA, ARTESIA, COVINA, DOWNEY GLENDORA, INDUSTRY, LAKEWOOD, LA VERNE, PALMDALE, SANTA FE SPRINGS, VERNON, AND WHITTIER IN THE LAWSUIT FILED IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT TO ASSIST IN OVERTURNING THIS HORRIBLE AND PER OUS DECISION.
AND NOW THAT I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, THERE'S THREE OTHER LITTLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO SAY.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT STATE OF CITY EVENT LAST WEEK.
I VOLUNTEER AT A FOOD FOOD PANTRY EVERY THURSDAY, AND I JUST COULDN'T GET THERE ON TIME.
UM, SECONDLY, ON MY STREET, UM, I SEE THAT EDISON IS CHANGING OUT ALL OUR STREETLIGHTS, THAT THEY'RE TAKING OUT THE STEEL STREETLIGHTS AND PUTTING IN CONCRETE ONES.
I THINK THEY STARTED, UH, YESTERDAY.
UM, AND I JUST WANNA KNOW IF THAT IS REALLY JUST COMING FROM, THAT IS BEING PAID BY, UH, EDISON OR IF THE CITY'S ALSO PUTTING MONEY IN.
UM, I GUESS THESE BEEN IN THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 70 YEARS AND THEY'RE BEGINNING TO CORRODE UNDERGROUND.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING THAT LISA KIND OF SAID TO ME IN PRIVATE THERE ABOUT, UH, THE RESOLUTION, THE ANTISEMITISM, RELU, UH, RESOLUTION, THAT'LL BE IN THEIR NEXT AGENDA FOR A VOTE.
UM, IF YOU GUYS NEED ANY HELP, IF YOU GUYS NEED TO TALK TO, UH, JASON MO, UH, MOSS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO HELP GUIDE YOU ON WHICH ONE, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, MADAM MAYOR, I THINK YOU MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD IT STOOD, UH, THE RESOLUTION.
I THINK YOU WERE LOOKING AT ANOTHER ONE, NOT THE ONE THAT I BROUGHT UP.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK AFTERWARDS, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU.
WHEN ONG FOLLOWED BY GEORGE ORTEGA, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.
GOOD EVENING, HONOR MAYOR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, MISS ACTING CITY MANAGER, STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
I'M GUEN WEWE COVINA, LIBRARY MANAGER.
I WANTED TO THANK, UM, COUNCIL, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LOPEZ DIAZ, UH, I'M SORRY, LOPEZ, UH, VETO AND A COUNCIL,
AND I HAVE PASSED ALONG YOUR CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS TO MY, UM, LIBRARY UPPER MANAGEMENT.
I, I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT WE TOTALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT.
UM, I I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED ALSO, TO BE HONEST.
AND, BUT WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT, UM, WE HAD, WE, WE ENCOUNTERED A LOT OF HURDLES IN THE, UH, CONSTRUCTIONS AND THE SUPPLIES.
AND, UM, WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING AND FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE HANDLE THESE CHALLENGES AND HURDLES IN THE INFRA, UM, CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENT AND OVERALL REFURBISHMENTS, UH, TO THIS 62 YEARS OLD BUILDING.
UM, WE ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD
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TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU AND WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND WHEN YOU KNOW, ALL THE REFURBISHMENTS WITH ALL THE RENOVATIONS COMPLETE.SO IN THE MEANWHILE, UM, SIDEWALK SERVICES AVAILABLE AT THE SIDE, UH, AT WEST COVINA LIBRARY.
AND, UM, A NEARBY, UM, BRANCH LIBRARIES, UH, OPEN FOR, UM, IN PERSON SERVICES.
SO AT A WEST COVINA LIBRARY, SIDEWALK SERVICE, I, UM, WE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE, UM, UM, COVID SELF TEST FREE COVID SELF TEST AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO TAKE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE LAPTOP KITS WITH INTERNET ACCESS AND THE STATE PARKS PASSES AVAILABLE, UH, FOR CUSTOMER TO CHECK OUT AND USE.
IN ADDITION, WE HAVE EXPANDED OUR PARK AND CONNECT PROGRAM, WHICH EXTENDED WIFI TO THE PARKING LOT, 24 7.
AND THERE'S NO LIBRARY CARD IS NEEDED TO CONNECT TO THIS WIFI SERVICE.
AND WE ALSO PROVIDE A TELEPHONE REFERENCE SERVICE HOSTS PICKUP SERVICE IN THE LIBRARY CARD, THE REGISTRATION AND THE BOOK, UM, BOOK, UH, DROP FOR RETURNS AVAILABLE 24 7 AS WELL.
JORGE ORTEGA, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.
THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR HAVING US, UH, HERE AGAIN.
UM, SO AS WE WERE HERE LAST WEEKEND, OR LAST, UH, MEETING TO KIND OF ADDRESS AN ISSUE WE HAD WITH, UH, FIELD LIGHTING.
UM, SO AS OF THIS MORNING, WE STILL HAVE NO RESOLUTION, UH, FOR THE LIGHTING.
UH, WE EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR RESOURCES.
WE HAD A VENDOR WAS WILLING TO DONATE HIS TIME.
UH, HE WENT OUT ON HIS WAY TO RESEARCH THE LIGHTS.
HE FOUND THE LIGHTS, UH, HE WAS GONNA PURCHASE THE LIGHTS.
UH, WE WERE GONNA DO, GONNA DO THE INSTALLATION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS AN ISSUE WITH HIS INSURANCE THAT DIDN'T MATCH WITH, UH, CITY'S INSURANCE.
UH, SO UNFORTUNATELY, YEAH, WE, UH, HE COULDN'T DO THE REPAIRS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS OUR LAST RESORT, UH, AS FAR AS LIGHTING GOES.
UH, SO AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU GUYS TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, SOMEHOW WE CAN CLOSE THIS LOOP.
YOU KNOW, WE ASK QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, WE GET KIND OF PUSHED OFF A LITTLE BIT.
WE'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT THERE'S NEVER NO COMPLETE CIRCLE TILL WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAY DO WE GO.
UM, THE LAST I HEARD IS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO START THE LIGHTING OCTOBER 30TH, UH, BUT THE LIGHTS ARE STILL ON BACK ORDER, SO I'M NOT SURE, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME TYPE OF DIRECTION WHERE WE CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HELP OUR YOUTH PROGRAM OUT.
UM, WE'RE WITH THE BACK, YOU KNOW, OUR BACK'S AGAINST THE WALL.
UM, AND I MEAN, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE TO GO.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE, WE CAN'T SPEND MILLIONS AND DOLLARS IN INSURANCE TO, UH, KEEP OUR YOUTH, UH, PROGRAM GOING.
AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEER.
EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IS FOR THE KIDS.
UM, ALL THE STUFF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE ZERO, UM, CRIME AND EVERYONE GETTING CASHED AND RELEASED.
I THINK, HONESTLY, THIS STARTS FROM OUR YOUTH PROGRAM.
IF WE HAVE OUTLETS FOR OUR KIDS TO BE ABLE TO COME AND KIND OF LEARN, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT
UH, I THINK OUR PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW PROGRAMS THAT'S BEEN HERE.
I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1965, ALL VOLUNTEER.
EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE PROGRAM.
UH, JUST UNFORTUNATELY THIS YEAR WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY STRUGGLING, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING A PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, CIRCLE BACK TO US, LET US KNOW WHAT OPTIONS DO WE HAVE.
UH, 'CAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE ON OUR LAST, OUR LAST LIMB HERE WITH YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
I DO WANT TO THANK ONLY FOR COMING OUT AT OUR HOMECOMING.
UH, WE HAD AT LEAST 600 FAMILIES OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ALL CHEERING FOR HIM FOR COMING OUT.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OUR BOARD AS WELL FOR, UH, DOING WHAT THEY DO TO SUPPORT OUR YOUTH.
UH, I WANT, WE DID, UH, WE DID, DID NOT GET INVITED.
SO, UH, FRANK ACTUALLY GOT A LETTER.
SO, I MEAN, THE LETTER WAS SENT OUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SENT TO THE WRONG EMAIL, BUT THEY TOLD US IT WAS A CONFLICT.
I, I WENT LAST YEAR AT LAST MINUTE, BUT THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T GET ANY INVITATION.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU HAVE A HOMECOMING.
OKAY, SO, I MEAN, AGAIN, THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN AN ISSUE WITH, UH, WITH, UH, FRANK WILLIAMS WAS THE ONE THAT SENT THE REQUEST.
UM, I BELIEVE HE READ A LETTER FROM, I BELIEVE MAYOR, THAT THEY COULDN'T MAKE IT 'CAUSE OF THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH, UM, WITH THE EVENT YOU GUYS HAD.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT THE MESSAGE, BUT YOU CAME OUT AND WE, WE REALLY, REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE.
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IF WE GET, WE WANT TO BE THERE, WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL CALL YOU OUT FOR SURE.WE DO HAVE A TRUNK OR TREAT COMING OUT AND WE'LL, WE'LL BRING YOU GUYS OUT.
'CAUSE DON'T FORGET, INVITE US NEXT YEAR.
WE COULDN'T INVITE YOU FOR OPENING DAY.
'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH BASEBALL.
THEY'RE STILL DRAGGING ON THEIR, THEIR SEASON.
BUT, UH, WE'LL DEFINITELY INVITE YOU GUYS OUT.
UH, AND JUST AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK THE, OUR BOARD MEMBERS FOR, UH, DOING ALL THAT THEY DO FOR, FOR OUR PROGRAM.
ALL OF OUR STAFF ARE DOING WHAT THEY DO.
AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO SELENA, UH, WHICH IS OUR CITY, UM, AD AND, UH, VP OF CERTIFICATIONS WITHOUT OUR PROGRAM WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN OFF THIS YEAR.
SO I DID FORGET TO MENTOR HER IN THE HOMECOMING, SO I WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK HER AGAIN AS WELL.
UH, SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.
THE CHEFS WERE GOOD, FOOD WAS GOOD, ORDERS WAS GOOD.
SO WE ALL REPRESENTED THE CITY.
BUT I HAD A QUESTION ON MY TABLE.
I THOUGHT WE WERE A CITY STATE FOR 2023.
WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? WAS THAT AN OVERSIGHT? WAS IT LACK OF STANDARDS? WAS IT SOMEBODY ELSE? TOO IMPORTANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT NEEDED TO BE ON THE TABLE? THIS IS WHAT I KEEP TALKING ABOUT, LIKE THE LIGHTS, LIKE THAT YOUNG MAN JUST STATED.
WHEN PEOPLE PLAYED FOOTBALL, WHEN YOUNG MEN PLAYED FOOTBALL IN DROVES, NOT SOCCER WITH FOOTBALL, THEY BROUGHT THEIR DISCIPLINE.
YOU LEARN DISCIPLINE AND BEHAVIOR, QUALITY BEHAVIOR BY FOOTBALL.
NOT SOCCER, NOT BASEBALL, NOT TENNIS, NOT GOLF, WHICH I PARTICIPATED.
BUT IT'S THE DISCIPLINE THAT I LEARNED IN FOOTBALL IN THAT FIELD.
HAD I DREAMED THAT I COULD HAVE PLAYED AT NIGHT, NOT TILL I WAS IN COLLEGE AND IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU WANNA LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY AND THE QUALITY OF THE CITY.
YOUNG LADIES PARTICIPATED IN CHEERING.
THEY LEARN TO DO, TO ACTUALLY LEARN SELF-ESTEEM.
THEY HAVE, THE CONCERN I HAVE IS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I STILL HAVEN'T GOT A DEFINITION ON WHAT A CITIZEN IS.
OKAY? WE'RE GONNA BRING UP AN ISSUE LATER ON ABOUT BUS BEAUTIFICATION.
HOMELESS PEOPLE TAKING OVER THE BUS RIGHT ACROSS WHERE RESCUING THE PA FASHION PLAZA IS ONE OF THE ANCHORS THAT BRINGS PEOPLE TO THE CITY TO DO BUSINESS.
WHERE YOUNG WOMEN GET OFF THE BUS WITH THEIR CHILDREN, GET HOMELESS OVER AROUND, THAT'S NOT SAFE.
YES, FORBES SAID WE'RE THE THIRD SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA, BUT IN THE LAST YEAR, MY CAR HAS BEEN BROKEN IN THREE TIMES.
I DUNNO WHAT STATISTICS THEY'RE USING OR IS IT STATISTICS THAT ARE CHANGING? FOR EXAMPLE, TAKING A MISDEMEANOR, I MEAN, TAKING A FELONY, BRINGING IT DOWN A MISDEMEANOR OR NO CASH BAIL.
THIS COUNTRY WAS ONE OF THE FEW COUNTRIES THAT ACTUALLY HAD BAILS FOR CRIME.
IF YOU LOOK AT IT HISTORICALLY AND KEEPS PEOPLE IN LINE, YES, SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE IT A DIME, BUT THERE'S AN WHOLE SAYING, IF YOU CAN'T DO THE TIME AND YOU CAN'T DO THE CRIME, AND DON'T WASTE DIMES ON TRYING TO HELP THEM.
SO I WOULD REALLY, LIKE ALL OF YOU, YOU REALLY CONSIDER JOINING A LAWSUIT, LIKE TO KEEP WEST, GIVING THEM SAFE, THE COUNTY SAFE, THE STATE'S SAFE.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE SAFE, THEY'RE GONNA GO AND HAVE RESTAURANTS.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE HOPE THAT THE CITY THAT THEY LIVE IN IS A GOOD CITY TO BRING A FAMILY, FAMILIES, MAKE THIS CITY BUSINESSES MAKE THIS CITY COUNCILMEN, BRING IT TOGETHER OR DIVIDE IT.
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HONOR THAT.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
OKAY, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU PLEASE RESPOND? YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS THIS EVENING WAS THE ZERO BAIL.
UM, AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED OUT EARLIER, UM, THE COUNCIL DID VOTE TO, UH, JOIN THE LAWSUIT.
I DID WANNA CLARIFY THAT IT, THE ZERO BAIL, UM, WAS POSTED BY THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE 10 DAYS AGO, AND THE LAWSUIT WAS FILED FRIDAY.
SO, UM, THE VOTE, UH, BY THE COUNCIL TONIGHT WAS THE FIRST SECTION THAT WAS TAKEN AND WE WILL BE JOINING THAT LAWSUIT.
UM, THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UM, ZERO BAIL.
UM, WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, DOUG'S COMMENTS.
UM, WE GOT BACK TO HIS, UH, BUSINESS PARTNER, BUT WE WILL GET BACK TO HIM.
AND, UM, THEY, WE DID GET THE CITATION FOR PORTA-POTTY.
THERE IS A MISCODING FROM OUR PROCESSING AGENCY AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS A MISCOMMUNICATION THAT, BUT WE WILL TALK OR GET IN TOUCH WITH HIM AND ADDRESS HIS CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, HIS CODE ENFORCEMENT CITATIONS.
AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP HIM WITH LA COUNTY'S, UM, ISSUES AS WELL, UM, WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, UH, ARE MR. SANCHEZ, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
YOU SAID YOU'RE A NEAT YEAR VETERAN.
UM, WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO HAVE A, UH, TRAFFIC CALMING, UH, APPLICATION FOR THE KIND OF REQUESTS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED.
UM, WE HAVE YOUR NUMBER AND IF YOU WANNA, UM, WE CAN HAVE STAFF REACH OUT TO YOU OR IF YOU HAVE AN EMAIL, WE CAN, UH, EMAIL THAT APPLICATION TO YOU.
UM, UH, MR. SHOEMAKER HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THE GO REQUEST APP.
I WILL HAVE STAFF TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT FOR THE, UM, END USERS.
AND SO THEY'RE NOT GETTING TOLD TO BE REDIRECTED, BUT THAT THEY DO GET REDIRECTED INTERNALLY, UH, SINCE WE KNOW WHICH APPRO DEPARTMENT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THEIR, UM, ISSUES.
UM, DAVID SCHWARTZ ALSO MENTIONED, UM, SOME EDISON IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AND I HAD THEM, THEY ARE DOING IMPROVEMENTS, THEY'RE REPLACING THE POLES.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE REPLACING 3000 METAL STREET LIGHTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH APPROXIMATELY 800 BEING DONE THIS YEAR BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND MID-NOVEMBER.
AND THE REMAINING 2,200 BEING COMPLETED IN, UH, 2024.
UM, SO IT'S A $20 MILLION PROJECT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, EDISON, AND THERE'S NO CHARGE TO THE CITY OR TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, THE OTHER ITEM AS WELL IS, UM, THANK YOU, WIN-WIN FOR YOUR UPDATES ON THE LIBRARY.
WE DO, WE WANT AN, UH, E T A ON A COMPLETION, SO WE MIGHT FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT REQUEST.
UM, AND THEN IN REGARDS TO GEORGE ORTEGA, WE WERE WORKING WITH SOME POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES, UM, WITH THE LIGHTING AT CORTEZ.
UM, WE HADN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE TO CONFIRM WITH HIM, BUT WE DO HAVE A PATH MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SPORTS OR THE, UH, BRUINS WILL HAVE LIGHTING FOR THEIR PRACTICE THIS, UH, LAST SEASON WITH THE OUTDATED LIGHTS.
SO, UM, WE WILL TOUCH BASE WITH HIM, UM, AND, AND CONFIRM HOW WE'RE MOVING FORWARD.
SO, UM, AND THEN I DID WANNA THANK, UH, MRS. UH, TABBA.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE FAMILY COME AND, AND SPEAK, UM, OR SUPPORT OUR, UM, EFFORTS.
SO VERY NICE OF HER TO COME AND SPEAK.
UM, AND THEN MR. G UH, STATED THE CITY BOOK, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE EVENT AND SUPPORTING THE STATE OF THE CITY DINNER AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION.
UM, SO THIS, THE BOOKLET BOOKLETS THAT WERE ON THE TABLES ARE FOR THE PREVIOUS YEAR AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD, UM, MAYOR CASTELLANOS STILL IN THE BOOKLET.
UM, AND THEN THE MAYOR THIS YEAR IS THE ONE PRESENTING IT FOR THIS, UM, HER YEAR AS MAYORSHIP.
SO THERE IS A DISCONNECT, BUT, UH, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
WE DID GET THAT QUESTION A LOT.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT ADDRESSES ALL OF THEM.
I, I HAVE A SUGGESTION REGARDING THE LIGHT ISSUE.
IF THEY CAN GET A LIE AND THAT THEY HAVE INSURANCE PROBLEM, CAN WE HIRE THE INSTALLER WITH THE INSURANCE, HAVE CT TO HELP THEM, HELP THEM TO INSTALL THE LIGHT? THEN THE PROBLEM SOLVE, AND I THINK INSTALLATION MUCH CHEAPER THAN CONTINUE TO RENT THOSE LIGHT.
AND WITH THE PROPER LIGHTING THEY CAN CONTINUE TO USE WITH THEIR FOOTBALL SEASON.
THAT WAS AN OPTION THAT WE WANTED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH GEORGE TO DISCUSS IF THEY HAVE THE LIGHTS THAT WE CAN, UM, HAVE OUR STAFF INSTALL
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IT, OR IF WE JUST WANT TO, UM, RELOCATE THE EXISTING LIGHTS SO THAT WE, WE WANNA WORK WITH THEM.WE JUST, WE WANNA SEE FORWARD IF DETAIL, THEY HAVE LIFE PURCHASE.
THEY JUST HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE INSURANCE, THEN I THINK THAT'S AN EASIER WAY, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO MOVE FROM THE LITTLE LEAKS FAILED TO MOVE, SWAP THE LINE.
SO WE COULD JUST USE THEIR LINE AND THEN WE CAN USE OUR INSTALLER.
AND THAT, THAT IS MY SUGGESTION.
UH, ANOTHER THING IS BURRITO STREET.
AND, UH, IF THEY ALREADY TO, I'M SORRY, TO MALI STREET, IF SOME, IF THEY ALREADY OPERATE SIX YEARS, WHY COUNTY HEALTH INSURANCE CAME TO START THEM, AND I WAS SURPRISED THEY GOT SHUT DOWN.
SO, CAN WE, CAN WE CHECK? OKAY.
WHY THEY SHOULDN'T, IF THEY ALREADY OPERATE AND THEY'VE BEEN PASSING ALL EVERY YEAR, WHY THEY CAME TO HARASS THEM? I, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY SHUT 'EM DOWN.
UM, THAT'S WHY I'M EXTENDING AND HELP TO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, TO GET THAT RESULT WITH THE COUNTY.
CAN YOU GIVE THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY AND THEN WE'LL LOOK INTO THE COUNTY, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF YOU, WE OPERATE FOR A LONG TIME AND HE'S A GRANDFATHER.
SO, SO THAT, THAT IS THE, THAT IS THE, MY SUGGESTION.
WE DON'T HAVE OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT YET, SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
BUT AS FOR THE LIBRARY, UM, I, WE UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T HAVE CONTROL.
RESIDENTS WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU DO HAVE CONTROL OF, AND SO WE REQUESTED YOUR SUPERVISOR TO COME AND PRESENT, UH, SHOW A PRESENTATION, SHOW WHAT'S BEING DONE, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S, WHAT IT'S COMING OUT, WHAT IT'S LOOKING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE VIEW OF THE DRAWINGS AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR A PRESENTATION FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS TO HEAR.
UM, IS THERE A CONTACT NUMBER THAT THE RESIDENTS CAN CALL? AND, UM, BECAUSE THE EXCUSE OF, SORRY, SORRY.
WE WILL, WE WANNA KNOW WHAT IS STOPPING IT, WHAT'S PREVENTING IT, OR ARE THEY JUST PUTTING US ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
AND I KNOW, UM, THE CITY MANAGER WILL, UH, LOOK INTO THAT AND GET THEM TO PRESENT HERE.
UM, AS FOR, UH, THE RESIDENTS, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I WANNA MAKE IT KNOWN.
AND I THINK MANY RESIDENTS KNOW WHERE I STAND ON THIS.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT I WAS THE ONE WHO INITIATED THE, UH, NO CONFIDENCE VOTE ON GASCON.
AND I QUESTION HIS POLICIES, HIS INEFFECTIVE POLICIES, WHICH I MIND YOU, UM, I, I AM IN THE TRENCHES.
I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I KNOW WHAT'S NOT WORKING.
SO I HATE IT WHEN THEY DRAFT THIS PAPER THAT DOES NOT WORK.
UM, SO WHEN I SAW THE ARTICLE WITH 12 CITIES AGAINST THE ZERO BAIL, UM, AND WE WEREN'T ON IT, I WAS UPSET, OF COURSE.
UM, I, UH, YOU KNOW, I, WHY WASN'T IT BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION? I QUICKLY CONTACTED OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, I MEAN, UM, YEAH.
ACTING CITY MANAGER AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO DISCUSS, WELL, WHY WASN'T THIS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION? UM, WE HAD, WE SPOKE OVER THE WEEKEND, AND SO THIS WAS PUT IN OUR CLOSED SESSION.
I WISH IT WAS ON OUR, UM, AGENDA, BUT I WOULD LIKE, UM, A MINUTE FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO STATE WHY IT WASN'T, UM, PUT IN.
UM, WE DID DISCUSS INTERNALLY AND AS YOU KNOW, MYSELF AND MAYOR EMBA, WERE NIGHT ON DAY WITH THIS.
I'M ALL THE WAY HERE IN REGARDS TO, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, AND OUR VIEWS.
UM, BUT JUST TO REMIND YOU, IT WAS VOTED 4, 2 1, OF COURSE, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HIM, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE, UM, JOINING THE OTHER CITIES SO THAT, UH, WE WITH A LAWSUIT OF THE, UH, ZERO BAIL.
AND, UM, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR, AND I MADE IT CLEAR AT THE CLOSED SESSION TO OUR CITY, THAT WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY OR HOMELESSNESS, THAT IT'S QUICKLY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, UM, AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE I WOULD'VE LOVED TO SEE WEST COVINA PART OF THAT LIST.
UM, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE PART OF THAT LIST.
SO, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THIS WASN'T SO THAT THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND? YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE TIMELINE AND EVERYTHING, SO MME. MAY, THE BA, THE BAIL SCALE SCHEDULE JUST CAME OUT, WAS IMPLEMENTED ON SUNDAY, WHITTIER, UM, HAD A COUNCIL MEETING THE PRIOR TUESDAY, AND DIRECTED THEIR STAFF, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE, UH, YOUR CITY ATTORNEY JONES MAYER AS WELL, TO PREPARE T R O A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER OR, AND OR PERMANENT INJUNCTION.
UM, THEY WILL NOW AMEND THE COMPLAINT TO ADD CITIES THAT HAVE JOINED EVERY CITY NOW AS TRYING TO GET ON.
UM, WE GOT ON TONIGHT, UH, WE'LL BE ON THE AMENDED COMPLAINT.
UM, AND THEY'VE, WE'VE ASKED FOR A NEUTRAL SITE FOR THE HEARING, AND, UH, WEST COVIN WILL BE INVOLVED FROM THIS POINT FORWARD.
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THANK YOU.AND, UM, I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, I KNOW, UM, I'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS, UH, JOHN CARSON, WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS, UM, BRUTALLY MURDERED, AND HE ALWAYS HAS TO CONTINUE TO GO TO THESE PAROLE HEARINGS.
UM, I KNOW HE, AND I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND ME SHARING, BUT, UM, UH, HE DID INFORM ME THAT THE, THE PERSON WHO COMMITTED MURDER, UM, COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS JAIL.
AND HE HAD A DEATH, HE HAD A, UM, A PAROLE HEARING THIS DECEMBER.
SO I KNOW THAT, UM, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT ANYMORE.
AND, YOU KNOW, DEATH PENALTY IS A WHOLE NEW DIFFERENT TOPIC THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M FOR.
SO I JUST WANNA LET PEOPLE KNOW, BUT I KNOW CALIFORNIA AND THE RULES AND THE LAWS AND EVERYTHING, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY, WHERE MY HEART STANCE IS ON THAT.
SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTO, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR, UH, BE BEFORE I, UH, SPEAK ON THE ZERO BAIL POLICY, WHICH I THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES A A NICE DISCUSSION.
UH, I WOULD, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, REITERATE HOW, UM, IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE TO HAVE, UM, THE MA THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR THE LIBRARY TO COME AND PRESENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, UH, TO SHARE WHAT THE ISSUES WERE, WHAT, WHAT IS THE TIMETABLE, UM, YOU KNOW, AND ALSO, YEAH, SOME, SOME RENDERINGS ON, ON WHAT IT'S EVENTUALLY GONNA LOOK LIKE.
SO AT LEAST WE CAN FEEL LIKE, ALL RIGHT, EVENTUALLY WE ARE GONNA HAVE THIS WORLD CLASS LIBRARY THAT WE'VE BEEN PROMISED.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO CLUE, UH, AS TO WHAT EXACTLY WE'VE BEEN, UH, BEING PATIENT FOR.
SO, UH, IF WE CAN HAVE THAT, UM, DONE, I, I, I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE, WE CAN'T GET A PRESENTATION.
WE GET PLENTY OF PRESENTATIONS ON OTHER THINGS.
UM, NOW AS FOR, UH, THE ZERO BAIL, UH, I, I AM A PROPONENT, UH, FOR ZERO BAIL.
I BELIEVE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TWO TIER SYSTEM OF LAW.
AND AGAIN, UH, THE WAY OUR BAIL SYSTEM CURRENTLY WORKS IS IT, IT CRIMINALIZES POVERTY.
THO THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD THE BAIL HAVE PRETRIAL DETENTION.
WE, WE ARE A SOCIETY THAT BELIEVES IN INNOCENCE UNTIL PROVEN GUILTY.
UH, OUR CURRENT BAIL SYSTEM, FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD BAIL, SEPARATES FAMILIES.
CHILDREN ARE PUT INTO FOSTER CARE.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT EACH TIME CHILDREN ARE SEPARATED FROM FAMILY, THAT ADDS TO THE ACE SCORE.
AND WE KNOW THE HIGHER YOUR ACE SCORE, THE MORE LIKELY THAT YOU ARE GONNA HAVE ISSUES GOING FORWARD.
SO IT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.
AND THESE ARE, THESE ARE ALL REALITIES.
UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE, WE BELIEVE IN, IN A JUST SYSTEM.
AND THERE SHOULD NOT BE A SYSTEM WHERE THOSE WHO CAN AFFORD TO PAY BAIL CAN, CAN BAIL OUT, GO THROUGH THEIR TRIAL, AND GO THROUGH THE DUE PROCESS THAT THE CONSTITUTION GUARANTEES AND THOSE WHO CANNOT MUST STAY INCARCERATED.
AND THEN IT BECOMES A COERCIVE PROCESS WHERE PEOPLE CAN BE LEANED ON AND PLEA TO THINGS TO, TO BE RELEASED.
UH, AGAIN, WE, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A TWO TIER SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.
UH, AGAIN, UH, I'M A, I'M A HUGE BELIEVER IN OUR CONSTITUTION, AND I'M A HUGE BELIEVER IN DUE PROCESS, AND I'M A HUGE BELIEVER IN A JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT TREATS EVERYONE EQUALLY.
AND OUR CURRENT BAIL SYSTEM DOES NOT DO THAT.
SO, UM, AGAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS A, A DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD.
WE'VE HAD THIS, WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION DURING, UH, THE NO CONFIDENCE VOTE OF SCON.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, IS VERY CLEAR IN HER CONVICTIONS, AND I THINK, UH, WE ALWAYS KNOW WHERE SHE STANDS.
I, I'M VERY CLEAR IN MY CONVICTIONS.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE CLEAR WHERE I STAND.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, UH, I, I RESPECT THE COUNCILWOMAN FOR, FOR ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, BEING, UH, AGAIN, CLEAR.
UH, AS I AM ALSO CLEAR, UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, UH, A VOTE.
UH, AGAIN, IT WAS FOUR TO ONE.
UH, I WAS THE, THE ONE, UH, TO VOTE AGAINST IT.
UH, AND AGAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS A VERY RESPECTFUL DISCUSSION.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S ALL ANYONE OF US EVER ASKED FOR, EVEN IN DISAGREEMENT, THAT, THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT, THAT DISCUSSION OF RESPECT.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, UH, I, I RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES.
UH, THE DISCUSSION AGAIN, WAS, WAS VERY, UM,
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YOU KNOW, PASSIONATE, BUT RESPECTFUL.I TOO, UM, AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN LETTI LOPEZ.
RO I AM ON BOARD WITH THIS LAWSUIT.
I BELIEVE THAT, UM, CRIMINALS SHOULD BE A, YOU KNOW, BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
AND, UM, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO BAIL YOURSELF OUT, THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T DO THE CRIME.
SO, UM, AND YOU MENTIONED, UM, I MEAN, WE UNDERSTAND THAT I GUESS IT'S POOR PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO PAY FOR THIS BAIL.
WELL, WHAT ABOUT WHEN THAT POOR PERSON THAT JUST JACKED SOMEBODY'S CAR FROM A WORKING POOR PERSON THAT CANNOT GO TO WORK ANYMORE? WHAT ABOUT THAT PERSON WHO'S GOING TO FIGHT FOR THEM? AND I, I'VE JUST, I AM, I'M SICK AND TIRED OF THE CRIME THAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY, IN OUR STATE, AND IN OUR COUNTRY.
AND, UM, THIS WHOLE LIMIT OF $950 WHERE WE PUT PEOPLE CAN COME AND SMASH AND GRAB.
AND I WANNA FEEL SAFE WHEN I GO SHOPPING.
AND I JUST THINK THAT YOU DON'T WANNA GO TO JAIL, DON'T DO THE CRIME.
RESPECT WHERE YOU LIVE, RESPECT OTHERS.
AND, UM, I WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT, KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF AND JUST DO THE RIGHT THING.
ANYONE ELSE WANNA SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
UM, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY VIEWS ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, SO FOLKS CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE, WHERE I'M COMING FROM.
I REALLY BELIEVE THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN CAPPED AT THE KNEES IN MORE, IN INSTANCES THAN ONE IN WHICH THEY HAVE WORKED TO ENFORCE OUR EXISTING LAWS.
AND THEN WHEN THEY ARREST, UH, PEOPLE, UH, FOR THINGS THAT THEY, THEY HAVE REASONABLE, UM, REASON TO BELIEVE THAT, THAT, THAT SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED WHERE THEY'VE COMMITTED A CRIME, THEN THEY'RE BROUGHT IN, AND THEN THEY'RE LET GO, AND THEN THEY'RE BACK ON, OUT ON THE STREET.
AND THEN IT JUST HAPPENS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
IT ALSO, UH, MEANS THAT, UH, THERE IS LESS OF A DETERRENT, UH, TO CRIME IF THERE ARE PERPETRATORS WHO FEEL THAT THEY CAN OPERATE WITH IMPUNITY, BECAUSE THERE IS NO, NO PENALTY THERE.
AND IT, IT JUST IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE TOUGH ON.
AND IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE COMPASSION.
THE THING THAT I HAVE COMPASSION FOR ARE OUR VICTIMS. I, AS A CRIME VICTIM, KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE, TO BE ASSAULTED.
AND IF SOMEBODY IS ASSAULT, HAS ASSAULTED ME, WHATEVER THEIR SITUATION IS, THEY DESERVE TO, THEY, THEY, THEY DESERVE JUST, THEY DESERVE, UH, TO BE, TO BE PENALIZED ACCORDINGLY.
AND, UH, THE THE POINT WAS BROUGHT UP WHERE THERE'S A, A DICHOTOMY WHERE IF SOMEBODY CAN AFFORD TO, TO, TO PAY, HAVE, UH, POST BAIL, THEY'RE OUT.
WHILE OTHERS WHO CAN'T AFFORD AREN'T OUT, AND THEN THEY END UP, UH, UH, BEING IN JAIL, AND THAT, THAT CRIMINALIZES CRIMINALIZES POVERTY.
BUT IT ISN'T THE POVERTY THAT'S THE ISSUE.
IT'S THE ACT THAT BROUGHT THEM INTO THE SITUATION THAT THEY NEEDED TO BE ARRESTED IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WHAT ABOUT THE FOCUS ON THAT? SO, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO JUSTICE, THAT, UM, UH, THAT WE NEED TO REALIZE THAT WE AS LAW ABIDING CITIZENS HAVE RIGHTS TOO.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO, TO WALK ON OUR STREETS AND TO BE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITHOUT BEING AFRAID THAT PEOPLE CAN DO THINGS TO US WITH, WITHOUT ANY REAL PENALTY LEVIED AGAINST THEM.
AND WHEN, WHEN WE WORK HARD TO RESTORE OUR, OUR OURSELVES TO A POINT WHERE LAW ENFORCEMENT CAN, CAN HAVE THE TOOLS THAT IT NEEDS, THEN THAT CAN SERVE AS A DETERRENT.
AND WHEN THERE IS MORE OF A DETERRENT TO CRIME, THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT PEOPLE WOULD PERHAPS THINK TWICE OF BE, UH, BEFORE, UH, PERPETRATING CRIMES AGAINST US.
AND THEN THAT WOULD BRING THE CRIME DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHERE THERE'S MORE JUSTICE, BECAUSE THAT MEANS THAT, THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A SAFER SOCIETY WHERE, WHERE WE ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT ONLY ARE, ARE, DO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, HAVE THE TOOLS THEY NEED, BUT WILL ALSO BE PROTECTED AND WILL BE MADE SAFE.
AND SO, UH, THE, THE STATISTICS ARE, ARE CLEAR THAT, THAT WHEN, WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS CAPPED AT THE KNEES, THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN, IT JUST HAS REALLY DETRIMENTAL RESULTS FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I VOTED FOR, UM,
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AND PUSHED AS WELL FOR OUR JOINING THE LAWSUIT.[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
FORWARD WITH, UM, OH, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER HAS TO GIVE US A REPORT.UM, SO WE'VE HAD A COUPLE EVENTS IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS SINCE OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAD THE TOUCH A TRUCK ON SEPTEMBER 23RD.
UM, IT WAS FROM 11 TO 1:00 PM THE WEST COVINA CITY HALL PARKING LOT.
UM, CHILDREN AND PARENTS ALIKE GOT TO EXPLORE, CLIMB, AND TOUCH VEHICLES OF ALL SHAPES AND SIZES, HANDS-ON, FUN FOR ALL, UM, FOR ALL, UH, EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED PARTICIPANTS GOT TO MEET AND GREET WITH OUR WEST COVINA FIRST RESPONDERS.
UM, WE HAD FOOD, UH, FOOD BOOTH.
FUNDRAISER WAS PROVIDED BY THE WEST COVINA.
POLICE EXPLORERS, UH, PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED FREE KIDS CRAFTS, FACE PAINTING, UM, OVER 15 MENTORS, DJ AND THE KITTY TRAIN RIDE.
SO IT WAS A REALLY GREAT EVENT WELL ATTENDED.
I THINK EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME.
UM, WE ALSO ARE HOSTING, UH, OPEN HOUSES AMONG OUR DIFFERENT FACILITIES SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN COME AND LEARN WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMMING'S OFFERED, UM, AND GET TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF RENTALS WE HAVE AS WELL.
SO, UM, WE HELD THE SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN HOUSE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH.
UM, THE CENTER SHOWCASED AT VARIOUS CLASSES OFFERED, AS WELL AS TWO DIFFERENT DEMOS PROVIDED BY THE SENDER'S CONTRACTORS, MARY, WHO PROVIDED A ZUMBA DEMO.
AND DEREK, WHO'S, UH, STUDENT JOSEPH DEMONSTRATED HIS PIANO TALENTS.
AND WE ALSO HAD A SINGER WHO, UH, SANG VERY WELL, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE OPEN HOUSE AT, UH, SHADOW OAK.
WE ALSO HAD THE READING ADVENTURE, I BELIEVE THIS IS THE SECOND ONE THAT WE'VE HAD.
ROXANNE, THIS IS THE THIRD, OH, THIRD ONE, FIRST SHADOW OAK.
SO, UM, IT'S A GREAT LITTLE, UH, YOU, THERE'S DIFFERENT STATIONS AND YOU COULD READ THE BOOK THROUGHOUT THE DIFFERENT STATIONS.
AND THEN THERE'S ARTS AND CRAFTS, UM, AT THE FACILITY AFTER YOU READ THE BOOK THROUGHOUT THE PARK.
SO, UM, WE, UH, WILL MAKE SURE TO STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT, UH, READING ADVENTURE.
UM, THE VARIOUS PARTNERS AT SHADOW OAK INCLUDE LA COUNTY LIBRARY, UH, CREW MANAGED PRINT PRODUCTIONS, UH, SPECIAL NEEDS COFFEE PROVIDED, UH, GIVEAWAYS TO ALL ATTENDEES.
AND, UM, THE OPEN HOUSE WELCOMED AROUND A HUNDRED, UH, UH, UH, RESIDENTS.
UM, SO, UH, WE HOPE EVERYONE COMES TO THE NEXT OPEN HOUSE, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL BE AT CAMERON
UH, FOR THAT INFORMATION, IT'LL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
NEXT, WE HAD OUR THIRD ANNUAL STATE OF THE CITY AND, AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION DINNER.
UM, IT WAS A CENTENNIAL STATE OF THE CITY THIS YEAR WITH OUR CENTENNIAL MAYOR, UH, HOSTING THE EVENT.
UM, THIS YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO, UM, INCLUDE, LIKE I SAID, THE STATE OF THE CITY EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION, UM, INCLUDING PUBLIC SAFETY AWARDS.
AND, UH, WE ADDED, UH, BUSINESS AWARDS FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO BRING BACK.
UM, WE ALSO GOT SCHOOL DISTRICT UPDATES FROM WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO WELCOME FOR THE FIRST TIME ROLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO THE STATE OF THE CITY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT GREAT.
UM, IT WAS TEAM EFFORT, UM, WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF THAT, UM, WERE IN CHARGE OF, YOU KNOW, COOKING OUR DELICIOUS MEAL AND, UM, OUR, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND, UH, CITY MANAGER STAFF WHO HELPED COORDINATE ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE DECORATIONS AND EVERYTHING.
SO, THANK MY STAFF, AND THEN THANK ALL THE ATTENDEES WHO CAME AND JOINED US THAT EVENING.
IT WAS A VERY NICE EVENING, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYONE COMING NEXT YEAR.
UH, AND THEN THIS SATURDAY, EVEN WITH THE RAIN, UH, WE HAD A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL FIRST ANNUAL MOON FESTIVAL, UM, IN THE DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA.
WE HAD OVER A HUNDRED, UH, RETAIL VENDORS.
WE HAD DELICIOUS FOOD VENDORS AND DIVERSE PERFORMANCES FROM ALL CULTURES, UM, FROM BELLY DANCING TO BA FOLKLORICO TO, UM, DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES.
UM, INDIAN BELLY DANCING, RIGHT? DANCING.
INDIAN CULTURAL, CULTURAL DANCE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A KID ZONE AND SPECIAL.
THE EVENING ENDED WITH A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE FROM BRUNO AND THE HOOLIGANS.
UM, AND THE BEER GARDEN WAS PROVIDED BY THE COVE BAR, SO IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
UM, THE RAIN DIDN'T, UH, DETER ANYONE FROM COMING AND ENJOYING.
UM, MATTER OF FACT, I GOT THESE EARRINGS THERE, SO
OUR MAINTENANCE AND PUBLIC, UH, SERVICES CREW IS CONTINUOUSLY OUT IN THE STREETS, TRYING TO MAKE OUR STREETS BETTER, AND, UM, MAINTAINING OUR SEWERS.
UH, SO HERE'S SOME PICTURES OF SOME POTHOLES
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THAT ARE GETTING FIXED, SOME REPAINTING OF OUR STREETS.AND, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER, YOU'VE DRIVEN BY A SUSAN AMAR, UH, IN THE PAST YEAR OR TWO, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME MAJOR, UM, IMPROVEMENTS FOR OUR SEWER LIFT STATION THAT WE FINISHED IN THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS.
UM, BUT JUST A MAINTENANCE, ONGOING MAINTENANCE THAT WE NEED TO HAPPEN THERE.
SO THANKS TO OUR CREW FOR DOING THINGS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY, UH, UH, SEE ON A DAILY BASIS, BUT THAT WE RELY ON EVERY DAY.
UM, SO WE GOT, UH, SOME GOOD NEWS THAT WEST COVINA WAS AWARDED, UH, GRANT MONEY FROM LA METRO.
UM, WE SUBMITTED A PROPO PROPOSAL FOR A ONE TIME, OR ONE YEAR PILOT TURNKEY MICRO TRANSIT PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON, UM, SOME OPTIONS FOR US MOVING FORWARD ON TRANSIT, UH, OPTIONS FROM MICRO TRANSIT TO REROUTING THE SHUTTLE, OUR CURRENT GO WEST SHUTTLE.
SO THIS IS A, UM, GRANT OF $659,090 FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A ONE YEAR PILOT MICRO TRANSIT PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S GONNA HELP US MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN, IN REGARDS TO TRANSIT WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE FEE SCHEDULE UPDATE, SO THAT'LL BE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, NOVEMBER 7TH.
UM, WE DID HOLD SOME COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS, UM, AND IT'S STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR RESIDENT RESIDENTS TO REVIEW.
UM, WE HAVE SOME MORE UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO IF YOU MISSED THE LAST FEW THAT I MENTIONED, UM, PLEASE JOIN US AT CAR TOBER FEST CAR SHOW, UM, OCTOBER 21ST, BETWEEN 11 AND 3:00 PM AND IT'S GONNA BE AT THE EASTLAND CENTER.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR FESTIVAL FLIGHTS.
IT'S GONNA BE ON, UM, HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WEST COVIN ON GLENDORA AVENUE, OCTOBER 28TH FROM 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM WE HAD A, A WONDERFUL CONTEST, COMPETITION OR CONTEST, COSTUME CONTEST LAST YEAR, AND WE HOPE THAT WE GET EVEN MORE PARTICIPANTS THIS YEAR.
UH, WE HAD A WIDE RANGE OF, UM, UH, CONTEST OR AWARDEES, SO IT'S, UM, FROM KIDS AGES TO EVEN, UH, ADULTS.
AND SO EVERYONE IS WELCOME AND INVITED TO PARTAKE IN THE CONTEST.
UM, AND THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF THE UPCOMING ADDITIONAL EVENTS THIS SATURDAY.
WE HAVE THE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THAT WE CELEBRATED TODAY WITH THE PROCLAMATION.
UM, THEY'RE HAVING, UH, THEIR OPEN HOUSE AT STATION TWO, UM, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM UM, I'M A, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THAT.
THE FALL FESTIVAL AT THE EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER.
ALSO THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7TH FROM NOON TO 6:00 PM UM, ELECTRONIC WASTE COLLECTION THIS SATURDAY, UM, AS WELL AT THE CITY YARD.
SO IF YOU HAVE BATTERIES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT YOU NEED TO TOSS, UM, FROM NINE TO 1:00 PM UH, WE HAVE A PINATA WORKSHOP AT SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER, OCTOBER 12TH FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM.
UM, AND THEN DISTRICT ONE COMMUNITY MEETING WITH MAYOR PROTE, BRIAN TABATA BY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:00 PM AT DEL NORTE PARK.
UH, LET'S GET CRAFTY WITH THE FAMILY PUMPKIN PAINT PARTY AT SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER, OCTOBER 19TH FROM 3:30 PM TO 5:00 PM.
UH, OUR NEXT READING ADVENTURE IS THE PANDAS HALLOWEEN NIGHT, AND THAT'S OCTOBER 24TH FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM AT SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THEN, UM, OUR SENIOR CENTER'S ALWAYS HAVING EVENTS.
AND SO THERE'S, UH, HALLOWEEN BASH IS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT CORTEZ PARK.
SO THAT'S IT FOR ME THIS EVENING.
SO THIS EVENT ON OUR WEBSITE OR HOW WE PROMOTE, SO EVERYBODY KNOW ALL THIS COMING EVENT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, I THINK THE REASON THE MOON FESTIVAL, WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP BECAUSE A LOT OF PROMOTION.
THE BANNER, THIS AND THAT, SO, AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE AND, UH, TIKTOK.
SO, SO IT'S JUST YOU WHEN WE PREPARE, OKAY.
AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO KIND OF SEND A REQUEST TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, HAVE THEN TO TALK TO THEIR PARENT OKAY.
SO EVERYBODY KNOW WE HAVE THOSE EVENT MM-HMM.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE.DOES ANYONE WANNA PULL ANYTHING? OKAY.
I MOVE THE MOTION FOR 1, 2, 3.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH A A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
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LOPEZ.[4) BUS SHELTER IMPROVEMENT CONSIDERATION]
NUMBER FOUR, BUS SHELTER IMPROVEMENT CONSIDERATION.DO WE HAVE STAFF MEMBER THAT'S GOING TO BE GIVEN A PRESENTATION? IF YOU CAN GIVE ME A SECOND.
UH, JOHN FROM, UH, TRANSTECH WILL BE PROVIDING THAT REPORT.
HI, EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
UM, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT REAL BRIEFLY BEFORE WE GO INTO A BRIEF, UH, POWERPOINT, UH, PRESENTATION.
UH, FROM TIME TO TIME, MADAM MAYOR STAFF GETS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT A STATUS UPDATE REGARDING THE PHYSICAL ASSETS OF THE CITY IN THE REALM OF PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ENGINEERING.
UH, WHAT WE PRESENT AND DO THESE ASSETS ARE OUR, UH, NETWORK OF ROADWAYS, UM, OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES, BUILDINGS, OPEN SPACE PARKS, AND, UH, THOSE ASSETS THAT, UH, USUALLY ARE FOR FORGOTTEN, BUT THEY ARE THERE, UM, SUCH AS THE UTILITIES, STORM DRAIN PIPES, SEWER PIPES, AND SO FORTH.
TONIGHT, WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING ONE OF THESE ASSETS, UM, WHICH IS THE AMENITY THAT WE PROVIDE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
THOSE RESIDENTS WHO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THOSE ARE THE BUS SHELTER STRUCTURES, UH, THE BENCHES AND THE TRASH, UH, TRASH RECEPTACLES AND OTHER AMENITIES THAT ARE AT OUR BUS STOPS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS IMPORTANT TO, UH, BRING THESE REPORTS BEFORE YOU, UH, BECAUSE, UH, MANAGING OUR, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE IS A CHALLENGING AND DAUNTING TASK SOMETIMES BECAUSE OF COMPETING NEEDS AND, UH, SCARCE RESOURCES AS FAR AS FUNDING IS CONCERNED.
SO WE BEST TRY TO PROVIDE THE DATA AND THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE, UH, DECISIONS THAT ARE BASED ON INFORMATION.
UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY CURRENTLY PROVIDES SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AS FAR AS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS CONCERNED VIA, UH, OUR, UH, TRANSIT SERVICE, UH, WHICH IS A CITY SUPPORTED TRANSIT SERVICE, WHICH IS OUR FIXED ROUTE TO GO WEST.
UM, I GUESS THEY WANT YOU TO SPEAK CLOSER INTO THE MIC.
CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME NOW? IT, IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WATCHING ONLINE.
SO THIS, THE RESIDENTS ARE, UM, PROVIDED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, UH, THROUGH THE CITY'S, UH, TRANSIT SYSTEM, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH HAS TWO COMPONENTS, THE FIXED ROUTE, WHICH IS THE, UH, GO WEST SHUTTLE, AND THE DOOR TO DOOR ON DEMAND, UH, SERVICE, UH, WHICH IS THE DIORITE.
UM, AND AS YOU KNOW, UH, FOOTHILL TRANSIT HAS A VAST NETWORK THAT OPERATES TO, UH, OUR CITY AS WELL.
UM, NOW LAST YEAR, STARTING LAST YEAR, THE CITY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT, UM, UH, PERHAPS THE OPTION OR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, RECONFIGURE THE WAY THAT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT IS, UH, PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THAT PROCESS HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED, UH, CERTAINLY IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, ONCE THE DATA IS, UH, GATHERED AND INFORMATION IS IN PLACE, UH, STAFF IS GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS.
UM, WE, UH, BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THE FIXED ROUTE, UH, SHUTTLE, UH, ON DEMAND SERVICE, THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT, AND OF COURSE, THE, UH, POTENTIALLY NEW, UH, MOVE, UH, UH, WEST COVINA SERVICE, WHICH IS A HYBRID AS IT WAS ALLUDED, UH, TO EARLIER.
UH, AGAIN, THAT REPORT IS GOING TO BE BEFORE YOU, UH, UH, SHORTLY.
UM, THE EXISTING, UH, SHELTERS, UH, BUS SHELTERS, UH, INCLUDE, UM, AS IS SEEN IN THESE PHOTOS, UM, ESSENTIALLY A METAL FRAMING AND A ROOF.
UM, THEN THEY HAVE PERFORATED METAL PANELS ON THE FOUR SIDES, UH, TRASH RECEPTACLES, METAL BENCHES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE FITTED WITH, UH, ADVERTISING BOARDS AS WELL.
AS YOU'VE SEEN, WE PROVIDED THIS, UM, UH, PICTURES, UH, SO THAT YOU WOULD GET A, UH, VIEW OF A SAMPLE OF THE CURRENT STATUS,
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UM, MOSTLY STATUS OF DISREPAIR OF THESE, UH, BUS SHELTERS, UH, AS THEY ARE, UH, NOW THERE ARE SOME MORE EXAMPLES.THERE ARE CURRENTLY ABOUT 111, UH, SHELTERS THAT, UH, WE SURVEYED RECENTLY IN ORDER TO FIND OUT THEIR EXACT CURRENT STATUS.
UH, SO 111 SHELTERS WERE IDENTIFIED, THEY WERE SURVEYED, EACH ONE.
AND THE RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATION AND INSPECTION, UM, UH, WAS, UM, PUT IN, IN A, A MATRIX TO BE ANALYZED LATER.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, DATA GATHERING IS CONCERNED NOW, UM, OBVIOUSLY, UM, AS FAR AS THE 111 SHELTERS ARE CONCERNED, THERE ARE OPTIONS BEFORE US OF WHAT TO DO NEXT.
ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT, UH, COULD BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS REFURBISHING THE EXISTING SHELTERS THAT ARE SALVAGEABLE.
NOT ALL 111 ARE IN SUCH A STATE OF DISREPAIR THAT THEY CANNOT BE SALVAGED.
IN FACT, MOST OF THEM ARE SALVAGEABLE.
UM, THEY COULD BE, UM, REPURPOSED BY REMOVING THEM FROM THEIR EXACT, FROM THEIR LOCATION AND TAKEN IT, UH, FOR THEIR REPAIRS TO BE DONE REPAINTED AND BROUGHT BACK IN PLACE TO BE REINSTALLED.
SOME OF THEM ARE, UH, STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED OR TO THE STATE THAT THEY CANNOT BE EFFECTIVELY AND EFFICIENTLY ECONOMICALLY, UH, REPAIRED.
THOSE ARE IN NEED OF, UH, REPLACEMENTS.
NOW, WE DON'T HAVE EXACT DOLLARS, BUT WHAT WE DID, WE INVESTIGATED THE, UH, AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IN THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS HAVE BEEN, UH, INVESTED BY VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES, UH, FOR UPGRADING THEIR SHELTERS OR REPLACING THEIR SHELTERS.
SO THE PRICE RANGE THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS BASED ON THE DATA THAT WE HAVE GATHERED FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
TYPICALLY, THE COST OF REFU REFURBISHMENT OF A SHELTER OF THIS SIZE, AND THIS MODEL THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE AROUND 16,000 TO $19,000 PER EACH ONE.
THE COST TO REPLACE A SHELTER COMPLETELY, UM, GET A NEW ONE AND INSTALL A NEW SHELTER, IS GOING TO BE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 35,000, UH, TO 60,000.
OF COURSE, THAT DEPENDS ON THE SIZE AND, AND THE PARTICULAR STYLE THAT WE MAY CHOOSE.
SO IF WE WERE TO TAKE OUT THE ONES THAT ARE STRUCTURALLY DAMAGED, NOT REPAIRABLE, IN ESSENCE, AND REPLACE THOSE AND REFURBISH THE ONES THAT ARE IN A STATE THAT COULD BE REPAIRED AND REFURBISHED, UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE RANGE OF ABOUT $2 MILLION AS FAR AS THE 111 SHELTERS ARE CONCERNED.
NOW, THERE ARE PROS AND CONS TO EACH ONE OF THESE OPTIONS THAT I'M PRESENTING BEFORE YOU, AND WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.
NOW, THE CITY MAY WANT TO CONSIDER ALSO, UH, REPLACING ALL OF THE 111 SHELTERS WITH NEW ONES.
UM, IF WE WERE TO DO THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER THAT I PROVIDED EARLIER OF, UH, THE RANGE OF 35,000 TO 60,000 PER EACH SHELTER, THEN THE COST WOULD BE, UH, THE COST OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS OPTION WOULD BE $5.3 MILLION FOR THE 111 SHELTERS.
WITH OPTION A, YOU WILL NOT HAVE, THE CITY WILL NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A UNIFORM MORE UPDATED LOOK AS FAR AS THIS AMENITY IS CONCERNED AT ITS, UH, BUS, UH, STOPS.
HOWEVER, THIS IS A MORE ECONOMICALLY, UH, PERHAPS ADVANTAGEOUS OPTION, UH, TO LOOK AT.
OPTION B ON THE OTHER HAND, GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO INTRODUCE A NEW ELEMENT ALONG ITS MAJOR, UH, UH, THOROUGH AFFAIRS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A NICE ADDITION.
OF COURSE, THAT IS GOING TO BE, UH, COMING AT A COST HIGHER COST.
THE OTHER ADVANTAGE IS REFURBISH IS REFURBISHED IS LIKE A, UH, CAR THAT IS REPAIRED AND PUT BACK INTO SERVICE.
THE SERVICE LIFE OF A REFURBISHED, UH, UH, SHELTER, BUS SHELTER IS MUCH LESS THAN A BRAND NEW ONE.
THE BRAND NEW SHELTERS ARE MORE ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE.
UH, HOWEVER, THEY'RE ALSO, UH, BUILT, UH, STRUCTURALLY MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT WE USED TO, UH, BUILD 20, 30, 40 YEARS AGO.
SO THE INVESTMENT OF $5.3 MILLION THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN, IF THAT, THAT IS THE OPTION THAT THE CITY CHOOSES TO HAVE, IS GOING TO STRETCH OUT ACROSS THE YEARS MUCH LONGER THAN IMPLEMENTING OPTION A.
HAVING SAID ALL OF THAT, WE KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER
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IF WE ARE TALKING ABOUT $2.3 MILLION OR FIVE POINT, UH, $3 MILLION, THAT'S A MAJOR INVESTMENT, AND IT'S, UM, NOT VERY FEASIBLE.UM, UM, I, I FAILED TO MENTION THAT ANYTIME WE HAVE, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE FUNDING, REACHING OUT FOR GRANTS, WRITING GRANT APPLICATIONS, WE WILL DO THAT IN ORDER TO PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN.
AND THIS WILL BE NO EXCEPTION.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, IT APPEARS THAT, UH, IN ORDER, IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO MOVE ALONG WITH IMPLEMENTING EITHER ONE OF THESE OPTIONS, THAT IT HAS TO BE A, UH, PHASED, UH, IN A PHASED MANNER OF, UH, REPLACEMENT.
UM, AGAIN, SPENDING $2 MILLION OR $5 MILLION IS, IS A BIG INVESTMENT.
PERHAPS WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
UH, PERHAPS WE WANT TO DO IT IN, IN PHASES.
UH, PICK THE WORST SHELTERS FIRST, REPLACE OR REFURBISH THOSE, AND THEN GO TO THE NEXT BATCH AS FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE.
THAT'S ONE OPTION THAT WE CAN DISCUSS AND PURSUE.
ATTACHED TO A REPORT, THERE IS A TABLE THAT SUMMARIZES THE, UM, UH, EACH ONE OF THOSE 111, IT MENTIONS WHERE THEY ARE, AND IT ALSO GIVES YOU A STATUS AS FAR AS THE, UM, WHICH ONES ARE, UH, MORE IMPORTANT OR IN A WORSE SHAPE IN A WAY, UH, UH, AND TAKE A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR REPLACEMENT OR REFURBISHMENT.
UM, THAT'S JUST A TOOL THAT WE COULD UTILIZE AS THE MONEY'S BECOME AVAILABLE.
NOW, WHAT DO WE HAVE CURRENTLY? UM, I, WE SPOKE TO FOOTHILL TRANSIT BECAUSE, UH, UH, THESE ROUTES ARE THEIR ROUTES.
THESE A HUNDRED BUS, 111 BUS SHELTERS ARE LOCATED ALONG THIS, THEIR, THEIR ROUTES.
THEY HAVE COMMITTED THEMSELVES TO, UM, PARTNERING WITH THE CITY TO PAY FOR SOME OF THIS.
UM, UH, WE LOOKED AT A NUMBER LAST WEEK, AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE, UM, UH, CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, WE DEFINITELY PERSUADED THEM TO GO BACK AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO THE DECISION MAKERS AT FOOTHILL TRANSIT AND BECOME BETTER PARTNERS AND COME UP WITH A BETTER FUNDING SOURCE.
UM, AS FAR AS THE OTHER, UH, AVAILABLE FUNDING IS CONCERNED, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S BUDGET YOUR BUDGET OF, UH, THIS YEAR A MILLION DOLLARS FROM MEASURE M FUNDS.
THOSE ARE THE METRO DOLLARS THAT COMES TO THE CITY, UH, VIA THE HALF A CENT SALES TAX, UH, THAT THE COUNTY CHARGES.
AND IT COMES BACK TO, UH, MUNICIPALITIES TO SPEND ON THESE AMENITIES.
AND ALSO, IN ADDITION, WE'RE POTENTIALLY IDENTIFYING FUNDS, UH, UH, FROM PROPOSITION A, WHICH ONLY COULD BE USED FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, UM, THAT COULD BE UTILIZED TOWARDS, UM, IMPLEMENTING EITHER ONE OF THOSE OPTIONS THAT YOU, UH, MAY CHOOSE TO, UH, HAVE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
HOW MANY BELONG TO THE FULL HILL TRANSIT? THOSE SHELTERS ARE ALL CITY, UH, SHELTERS.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT HOW MANY IS BELONG TO THE FULL HILL TRANSIT ROUTE? ALL 111 ARE LOCATED ALL, ALL FULL HILL? YES.
SO NO GO WEST? NO, BECAUSE, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN WU, AT THE TIME, WE WERE CONSIDERING A HYBRID, UH, SOLUTION FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, WHICH MAY NOT INVOLVE GOT IT.
WHICH MAY BE DOOR-TO-DOOR OPERATION.
SO BASICALLY, ALL THESE 111 SHOUT BUS SHELTER ALL BELONG TO THE FULL HILL TRANSIT.
AM I RIGHT? THE BUS, THE BUS STOPS ARE SHARED, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO, SO, BECAUSE I JOINED THE COG SAN GABRIEL COUNCIL GOVERNMENT, I MET MATTHEW FROM FOOTHILL, AND, UH, I TALKED TO, OKAY, UH, JOE, UH, I THINK CA OKAY.
SO BASICALLY THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE SOME FUNDING OKAY.
TO DO BY SHELTER TO UPDATE THE ONE COUPLE OF THEM.
I THINK THE ONE THEY REALLY WANT TO DO IS IN FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING, THERE'S A WELLS FARGO BUILDING.
AND THEY, THEY, THEY REALLY WANT TO DO AS A STANDARDS AND THIS ON THAT.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK MY CONCERN IS THE COST.
OKAY? THE COST COUPLE MILLION DOLLAR TO DO THE BUS, BUS SHELTERS BASICALLY IS JUST A BEAUTIFICATION, THE MONEY, I DON'T KNOW, YOU WILL SQUEEZE THIS MONEY FROM SOME OTHER STREET PAVING, PAVING OR SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT.
MY, MY, MY, MY REQUEST IS WE WON'T OKAY.
THE FULL TRANSIT, HOPEFUL THEY CAN PAY EVERYTHING AND TO MAKE A SIMPLE DESIGN
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SO YOU WON'T COST THAT MUCH OF MONEY.BECAUSE I SEE SOME OTHER CITY, THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE.
THEY JUST EITHER A STAND, THEY DON'T EVEN NEED A BENCH.
DON'T EVEN, DON'T EVEN HAVE A TRASH CAN BECAUSE A TRASH CAN IS PROBLEMATIC.
SO WHY YOU WANNA PUT THE TRASH CAN OVER THERE AND THE PEOPLE JUST OOZE OUT AND WE HAVE PEOPLE CALLING US ALL THE TIME.
WON'T BE A, A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS, BASICALLY IS FOR PEOPLE WAITING OVER THERE.
OKAY? AND THEN, SO, AND, UH, DO YOU NEED, OKAY, AND THAT CARBON ON THE TOP, OKAY.
SO MY CONCERN IS WHAT WILL BE THE COST? BECAUSE FROM $2 MILLION TO FIVE, $6 MILLION, THAT'S A LOT OF BUDGET.
NO MATTER IS FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION FUND, OR THAT IS FROM OUR BUDGET.
SO WE WANT TO REALLY BE CAREFUL.
BUT, BUT SOME OF THE, THE SHELTER IS REALLY SAD LOOKING.
THEY REALLY NEED TO BE UPDATE OR REPLACED.
SO IF WE WANNA DO, AND MY SUGGESTION IS FACE BY FACE, THE ONE WAS THE ONE IS REALLY IN TROUBLE.
FOR CHANCES TO HELP US TO PICK UP THE TAP, IT'S THERE.
IT'S, YES, IT'S, YOU KNOW, CITY, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TAKING THE BUS.
IF THE RIDERSHIP IS NOT THERE, THEN THAT IS OVER THERE JUST A DECORATION.
AND WORK WITH FOUR HILL TRANSIT, SEE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE WILLING TO AND HOW MANY, UH, BUS SHELTER SHELTERS.
THEY WANT TO UPDATE OR REPLACE.
I THINK THIS IS, UH, MY SUGGESTION IF, IF I COULD ADD, UM, SO AS JOHN ALLUDED TO, WE ARE FOC THIS REPORT IS ONLY ON THE BUS SHELTERS THAT ARE ALONG THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT ROUTES.
WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THE ONES FOR GO WEST BECAUSE WE WANTED TO HAVE CLEAR DIRECTION IF WE WERE GOING TO BE REALIGNING THOSE, UH, SHUTTLE ROUTES, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO MICRO TRANSIT.
AND SO BEFORE WE DID AN INVESTMENT IN THOSE SHELTERS, OF COURSE, ONCE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THEN WE CAN FOCUS ON THOSE SHELTERS FOR OUR, UM, GO WEST, GO WEST.
WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THE ROUTE YET.
WE HAVEN'T DECIDED THE FINAL ROUTE.
SO WHERE WE PUT A BUS, SHELTER, SHELTER, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW.
BUT THE FULL HILL THERE IS STATIONARY RIGHT THERE.
AND THE TRASH S OUT ALL THE TIME BECAUSE YOU, IN YOU INVITING PEOPLE TO DUMP, NOT NECESSARILY FROM THE BUS RIDER MORE THAN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE JUST DUMP EVERYTHING AND THEY KIND OF WHO OUT? SO, SO, SO I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS WITH, UH, FOUR YEAR TRANSITS.
I WANNA KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING.
AND ALSO HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN PROP A MONEY.
IS THAT WHAT HE MENTIONED? UM, I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S IN THE BUDGET, WHAT WE HAVE.
OH, OH, MY INSTRUCTOR HAS THAT ANSWER.
HOLD YOU SAVED THE DAY YOU SHOW UP.
I DON'T THINK I'M SAVING THE DAY.
AND EXCUSE ME, MAYOR AND COUNSEL, UM, PROP A IS EXCHANGED WITH THE GENERAL CITY, THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
SO I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND UTILIZING ANY PROP A BECAUSE WE MAXIMIZE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND PUT IT TOWARDS THE GENERAL FUND.
HAVE WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE GENERAL FUND? UH, I, I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH GOING ALL NEW.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ONES THAT ARE FALLING APART.
UM, THERE'S SOME THAT ARE RUSTING THAT SHOULD BE REPLACED, BUT, AND I THINK PHASING IS PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
I, I, I, I THINK, UH, I AGREE WITH MAYO.
AND, UH, AND THE, THE SURVEY, HOW MANY, AND THEN WE NEED TO WORK WITH IL.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY.
AND UH, AND UH, JOE, WE KNOW JOE, THE PLANNER, THE, HE WILL DISCUSS WITH RESULTS TOO.
AND I ALREADY PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER WHEN I JOINED THE MEETING.
AND, UH, I TALKED TO THEM AND THEY SAID THEY'RE WILLING TO, TO WORK WITH US.
SOME OF THEM IS REALLY, SAY, LOOKING THE BACK.
AND UH, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE FOUNDING IS THE ISSUE IF WILLING TO DO IT AND STARTING WITH THE WINES REALLY HORRIBLE AND THEY REPLACE THEM.
MAYOR, IF I MAY ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.
PART OF THE REPORT MENTIONED, UM, WHAT WAS ALLUDED TO BY THE ACTING CITY MANAGER, THAT THE CITY, UH, THAT THE STAFF WOULD INDEED COME BACK BEFORE YOU BASED ON THE DECISION.
ULTIMATE DECISION THAT THE CITY MAKES ON THE TRANSIT SYSTEM IS TRANSIT SYSTEM.
SO IF WE GO BACK TO FIXED ROUTE, WHERE WE'RE GONNA HAVE STOPS AGAIN AND WE ARE CONSIDERING HAVING SHELTERS, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GONNA COME BACK BEFORE YOU AND SHOW THOSE LOCATIONS AS WELL.
IT'S JUST NOT GONNA BE THIS 111.
THE OTHER THING THAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER WILL MENTIONED THE PRIORITY LIST, ABSOLUTELY YOU'RE CORRECT.
ONE OF THOSE FACTORS THAT WAS CONSIDERED WHEN THINKING ABOUT WHICH ONE TAKES PRIORITY, WHICH ONE
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OF THESE BUS, UH, STOPS TAKES PRIORITY OVER THE OTHER ONE WAS INDEED THE RIDERSHIP NUMBER.SO THE HIGHEST YOU HIGHER THAN RIDERSHIP NUMBER, THE CLOSEST TO A MAJOR CENTER LIKE A HOSPITAL OR A SCHOOL, AND THE MORE DILAPIDATED THE SHAPE ON TOP OF THE LIST TO BE REPLACED.
UM, THE OTHER, UH, QUESTION I HAD THESE ESTIMATES HERE, 16 TO 19,000 PER SHELTER, IF THEY WERE REFURBISHED, IS THAT YOUR NUMBER OR IS THAT, DID WE GET SOMEONE TO GIVE US AN ESTIMATE ON THIS? UH, THOSE WERE THE NUMBERS AGAIN, UH, THAT WE OBTAINED BY CONTACTING OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS.
AND FIGURING OUT THE RANGE AND AVERAGING THE RANGE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PAYING.
OF COURSE, THE SIZE AND THE TYPES ARE DIFFERENT.
THAT'S WHY WE PROVIDED A RANGE.
WE, WE HAVE TO BID IT OUT AND THE REAL NUMBER IS GONNA COME IN WHEN WE GET THE BIDS IN.
SO LET'S GET MONEY FROM THE FOOTHILL.
THE NUMBER THAT THEY DISCUSSED, SIR, WAS A DENT.
BUT NOT A BIG ENOUGH OF DENT THAT WE WANT, UH, TO HAVE AND THAT THAT CONVERSATION IS GONNA CONTINUE TO HAPPEN WITH THEM AF ABSOLUTELY.
UH, I J I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT OUR RECENT HISTORY WITH REGARD TO PROP A MONEY.
I THOUGHT THAT WE SOLD OUR PROP A MONEY BACK FOR 75 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR, WHICH MEANS THAT, AND THEN THAT 75% WENT TO OUR GENERAL FUND IN LIGHT OF THESE NEEDS.
THEN WHY DID WE DO THAT? WHY COULDN'T WE HAVE JUST KEPT THE, THE PROP A MONEY, UM, IN, IN THE FUND? THAT WAY WE WOULD HAVE ALL THAT FULL ALLOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE EXPERT'S MORE TO THE CITY BEHIND.
SO, UH, WE TRANSFER PROP A BECAUSE WE ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.
SO 1 MILLION WAS SET ASIDE IN MEASURE M, JUST AS A PLACEHOLDER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE CAPACITY TO DO MORE IN MEASURE M IF WE SO CHOOSE AND REQUESTED FOR METRO, WE CAN EASILY INCREASE OUR MATCH, SO TO SPEAK, UM, FOR OUR PORTION.
BUT I DO RECOMMEND THAT WE TRY TO GET MORE OUT OF FOOTHILL TRANSIT BEFORE WE PROCEED DOWN THAT PATH.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT IN THE METRO BUCKETS TO SUPPLY MOST OF OUR TRANSIT NEEDS WHERE WE DON'T NEED TO UTILIZE PROPOSITION A FUNDS AND THEREFORE WE EXCHANGE THE FULL AMOUNT.
WE'RE ABLE TO, TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
REALLY QUICK, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU FOUR HERE.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF HELP THEM TO HELP TO FIX THEIR SHELTER.
TO MAKE IT ATTRACTIVE SO THEY CAN ATTRACT MORE RIDERSHIP.
WE CAN GET IT FROM THEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE LOT OF SUBSIDIZE FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
I WAS GONNA ADD MADAM MAYOR TO WHAT, UM, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE MENTIONED, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CANTOS, UH, CITIES, SOMETIMES THEY DO THAT.
THEY EXCHANGE THEIR, UH, PROPANE MONEY BECAUSE PROP IS A RESTRICTED FUND.
YOU CAN ONLY USE IT FOR TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION RELATED MATTERS.
HOWEVER, ONCE YOU EXCHANGE IT, ALBEIT AT A DISCOUNT, 75 CENTS TO A DOLLAR, THEN YOU PUT IT BACK INTO YOUR GENERAL FUND, YOU CAN USE IT FOR ALL YOUR GENERAL SERVICES.
IT GIVES YOU MORE FLEXIBILITY TO UTILIZE THAT FUND.
IT'S JUST THAT WE HAVE THESE NEEDS NOW.
AND IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE IF WE HAD JUST KEPT THAT THERE, THEN WE WOULD'VE HAD MORE MONEY THAT WE COULD USE FOR THAT.
BUT FROM WHAT I'VE ALSO HEARD, THAT IS THERE IS ADEQUATE LEVEL OF MONEY IN A MEASURE M AND THERE IS A MEASURE R AND ALL OF THAT THAT WE CAN SEEK TO ALLOCATE TO THESE AFTER WE GET THE MONEY FROM FOOTHILL TRACK.
SO, SO WITH THOSE FUNDING SOURCES, THOSE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, UH, MADAM DIRECTOR, WOULD THAT BRING US TO THE 2 MILLION OR TO THE 5 MILLION LEVEL OR SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN? WELL, I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANNA WAIT FOR IS ALSO THE NUMBER THAT WE'RE GONNA GET FROM FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
UM, SO IT'LL BE DETERMINING FACTOR AND THEN I'LL LET STEPHANIE RESPOND.
SO IN MEASURE M ALONE, FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR, FOR 2324, WE PROJECTED TO HAVE AT LEAST OVER 4 MILLION IN MEASURE M.
AND THAT'S AFTER THIS 1 MILLION WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED.
TECHNICALLY YOU COULD, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO PUT IT ALL TOWARDS THAT.
I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND MORE OF A PHASING APPROACH OR CAPITALIZING ON FOOTHILL TRANSIT AS WELL.
BUT THERE IS CAPACITY IN MEASURE M ALONE.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE WANT NEW FURNITURE OR REFURBISHED.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.
I DON'T WANNA SPEND THE MONEY WE DON'T HAVE.
THE BUDGET WE NEED TO PROTECT LIKE OUR LIFE.
AND UH, IF THIS IS A FULL HE CHANCE OR THE BUS STOP FOR THEM, THEN WE SHOULD TALK TO THEM AND SAY, LET'S WORK TOGETHER.
AND THEY'RE STARTING WITH, AND I THINK ASK THEM TO FIX 111.
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT ASK THEM TO FIX SOME OF THE, LIKE YOU SAY, THE MOST USED, THE MOST POPULAR RIDE AND THE MOST HORRIBLE.
ALL THOSE BUS STOP, WE NEED TO KIND OF MAKE, THEY CAN MATCH OUR MEASURE AND MONEY.
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WOULD BE FABULOUS.SO, SO, SO, SO I KEEP IN MIND MY, MY SUGGESTION IS THAT DIRECTOR AT CITY TO DISCUSS WITH, UH, AND TALK TO JOE AND TALK TO MATTHEW.
AND, UH, THEY, I THINK THEY HAVE A SUPERVISOR FORGOT THEM.
THEY SAY THEY WANT TO DISCUSS WITH US.
SO IF WE CAN TALK TO THEM, OKAY.
SO WE CAN SEE HOW MUCH FUNDING AND HOW CAN WE START IN STEP BY STEP.
WE, WE STEP BY STEP TO FIXING THE MOST DIFFICULT ONE.
AND FROM THERE WE GRADUALLY OKAY.
TO DO WITH, SO SOMETHING WE CAN AFFORD AND SOMETHING THAT FOR HILL, FOR HILL TRANSIT WILL NEED TO PITCH IN.
MAYOR PRO TE SO THIS, THIS IS MY SUGGESTION AND, UM, DO WE MOVE MOTION OR SOMETHING? UH, MAYOR TEM KNIGHT, WE JUST WANT A DIRECTION ON WHICH OPTIONS THAT WE COULD MOVE FORWARD.
IF I'M NOT SPEAKING OUT OF, UM, UH, SCHOOL, UH, IT'S GONNA HELP US, THE STAFF TO BRING BACK MORE ACCURATE, UH, INFORMATION TO YOU NEXT TIME AROUND.
IF I KNEW WHICH, UH, WAY YOU ARE LEANING AS FAR AS THE NEW SHELTERS ARE CONCERNED.
'CAUSE THERE ARE 12 OF THEM, MIND YOU, THAT WE HAVE TO REPLACE.
THOSE ARE DILAPIDATED, STRUCTURALLY UNSTABLE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE.
UH, THE $35 TO $60,000 RANGE CAN BE NARROWED DOWN, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE NEXT TIME WE PRESENT THE REPORT, IF WE KNEW, UH, WHICH ONES OF THESE YOU ARE LEANING TOWARDS, UH, WHICH ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE ON THE SLIDES.
I THINK THE LAST SLIDE WAS SHOWING THE, SOME OF THE SHELTERS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
UM, I CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, MAYOR PROTON WANTED TO SPEAK.
UH, MAD MAYOR FOR, UH, GIVING ME THE FLOOR.
UH, I, I WANT TO, UH, PIGGYBACK ON A POINT, UH, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN WU MADE, UM, I, I THINK ONE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE IS, IS IN TERMS OF THE MEASURE M MONEY, UM, NOT KNOWING WHAT OTHER PRIORITIES THOSE MONIES CAN GO TO.
UH, SO, UH, AGAIN, I, I, I THINK HAVING A BETTER UNDERSTANDING, I THINK ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE'RE WE'RE TOLD THERE'S A MILLION DOLLAR PLACEHOLDER, UH, BUT THEN DURING THE, THE CONVERSATION, UM, TOLD THERE'S, UH, $4 MILLION FOR THIS YEAR, IT, IT DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW US TO REALLY ENVISION WHAT, WHAT THE POSSIBILITY IS, RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, 6 MILLION FOR ALL NEW, OR, OR 2 MILLION FOR A REFURBISHED AND NEW, UM, AND WE ARE THINKING WE ONLY HAVE A MILLION, WE'RE ALMOST LIKE, WHY ARE WE EVEN HAVING THIS DISCUSSION?
AND SO AGAIN, UNDERSTANDING THAT HAVING THAT PRESENTED SO WE CAN MAKE THE DECISION, THE DECISION TO GET 75 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR MAY BE THE BEST DECISION FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF WHERE OUR PRIORITIES AND WHERE MEASURE A CAN GO, WE MIGHT SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, GOING THERE IS JUST A LUXURY, WE DON'T WANNA SEND IT TO LUXURY.
UH, I, I DO THINK, UM, WHEN WE DO LOOK AT THE, THE, THE SHELTERS, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED, UM, BUT I THINK WE'D ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF, IF THESE, THESE SPACES THAT ARE BEING COMPLETELY RE REPLACED AREN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THE BRANDED AREAS OF THE CITY, IS THERE A WAY TO TAKE, UM, SHELTERS THAT WE'RE GONNA REFURBISH, MOVE TO THOSE SPACES SO THAT WAY THE MORE BRANDED AREAS OF THE CITY WOULD GET THE BRAND, BRAND NEW BUS STOPS THAT WAY.
AGAIN, WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE CITY, THEY'RE SEEING RIGHT, THESE BRAND NEW, YOU KNOW, UH, BEAUTIFUL BUS SHELTERS THAT, UH, INSTEAD OF REPLACING THE DILAPIDATED ONES IN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT ARE, ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE SPACES THAT OUTSIDE VISITORS OR ANYONE IS GONNA COME TO.
I THINK IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY IF WE CAN DO IT THAT WAY, RIGHT? THAT YOU, YOU REFURBISH, MOVE IT TO THAT DILAPIDATED AREA, AND THEN WE CAN GET THE BRAND NEW ONE IN THOSE SPACES, LIKE NEAR EMINENT, LIKE NEAR THE MALL, RIGHT? LIKE NEAR EASTLAND, NEAR, YOU KNOW, UM, SOMEONE MAYBE TAKES THE BUS BEFORE THEY BUY THEIR TESLA, YOU KNOW, SO
CAN I ASK THIS QUESTION? COUNCILMAN WILL.
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DO WE NEED A BUS SHELTER AT ALL? DO WE, IF SOMETHING IS NOT STABLE, CAN WE JUST REMOVE THEM JUST TO HAVE TO STAND? BECAUSE WHEN I HAVE A BUS SHELTER OUTSIDE MY BUILDING, NOBODY'S SIT INSIDE BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF FILTHY.AND, UH, AND, AND THE GRAFFITI OR CARVING, NO MATTER HOW BRAND NEW YOU PUT OVER THERE, LIKE OUR FRIENDSHIP PARK, DID YOU SEE HOW THEY DESTROY IT? THE, THE VANDALISM? SO, SO THE, THE WORRY I HAVE IS WE SPEND MONEY IN SOMETHING, SO PRETTY NOT GOING TO LAST TOO LONG, AND RIGHT AWAY IT'S GOING TO BE VANDALIZED.
SO, SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE WANT TO SIT IN BUS SHELTER AT ALL.
CAN WE JUST REMOVE THEIR WALLET AND, AND HAVE US STAND OKAY.
WHAT NUMBER IS LED? THAT'S MY QUESTION.
UH, MADAM MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER.
THERE ARE MANY BUS STOPS THAT DO NOT HAVE A SHELTERS.
SHELTERS AND BENCHES ARE AMENITIES THAT ARE PROVIDED IN ORDER TO PROTECT, UH, RESIDENTS FROM THE ELEMENTS OF THE WEATHER TO PROVIDE SHADE.
THOSE COVERS ARE ALSO, UH, THERE TO PROTECT THEM, TO PROVIDE SOME SHADE AND PROTECT THEM FROM THE SUN, UH, AS WELL AS RAIN WHEN IT RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UH, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY, UM, OUR SHELTERS, THEY ARE NOT A REQUIREMENT.
THEY ARE AN AMEN AMENITY THAT ARE PROVIDED TO THE RESIDENTS WHO USE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
UM, JUST AS A CONSIDERATION, BECAUSE OF MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO TRAVEL ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH MOBILITY IMPAIRMENTS WHO CAN'T STAND, UM, WE MAY WANT TO CONSIDER AT LEAST HAVING SOME WAY FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS TO SIT, BUT MY QUESTION, UM, UM, THAT I WANTED TO ASK IS WITH REGARD TO THE, THE LIFE OF THESE REFURBISHED, UH, BUS STOPS, HOW LONG IS THE RE OF, IS THE LIFE OF, OF THESE, OF THESE SPECIFIC REFURBISHED BUS STOPS, IF WE WERE TO GET THOSE DONE, AND HOW LONG WOULD THE LIFESPAN BE OF A BRAND NEW, UH, BUS STOP? AND I REALIZE THEY'RE DIFFERENT DESIGNS, BUT IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN IDEA SO WE COULD THINK LONG TERM AS WELL.
ALMOST HALF THE REFURBISHED ONE WOULD LAST PROBABLY IF DONE RIGHT, ANOTHER 20 YEARS.
A NEW ONE, UM, IS GONNA PROBABLY LAST ABOUT 40 YEARS OR SO.
COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, UH, FOR SOMEBODY WHO HAS TAKEN THE BUS
SO, UH, SEATS, UH, I REMEMBER HIGH SCHOOL WALKING 45 MINUTES TO HIGH SCHOOL IF THE BUS PASSES, BUT YOU DO GET TIRED AND, YOU KNOW, TO STAND ALL DAY, IT'S A BURDEN.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BUS STOPS ARE, YOU KNOW, USABLE, AESTHETIC, FUNCTIONAL.
I DO LIKE THE FACT THAT IT'S CLEAR ON ALL SIDES.
UM, SO IF YOU WANNA DO SOMETHING STUPID, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN SEE YOU AND REPORT YOU HOPEFULLY THAT THEY COULD REPORT.
BUT AT LEAST WHEN THEY'RE CARVING, YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE LIKE LAST, YOU KNOW, THE LAST PHOTO, IT'S APARTMENT COMPLEX BEHIND YOUR CAMERAS, ANGLES, YOUR PICTURES OR WHATEVER.
SO, UM, IT, SO IT'S, I DON'T WANT THE BUS STOPS TO BE SO COMFORTABLE.
YOU LIVE IN IT, YOU KNOW, I WANNA JUST, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO BE USEFUL AND FUNCTIONAL.
I'M, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SEATS, I KNOW ON THE PICTURES OF OUR OTHER BUSES WHEN, WHEN RESIDENTS SAY THAT THEY STAY AND THEY SLEEP ALL OVER, UM, IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THOSE BARS IN BETWEEN, THEY, THEY CAN LIE DOWN FULLY FLAT AND TURN IT INTO A BED.
SO, UM, WHEN ALL THOSE HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO CONSIDERATION AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S FUNCTIONABLE, IT'S AESTHETICALLY LOOKING AND IT'S, UH, VISIBLE IN ALL ANGLES SO THAT THEY ARE NOT COMFORTABLE TO LIVE THERE.
BUT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO USE IT AND, UM, HAVE A BIT MORE OPENING.
I JUST WANNA, AS A, UH, FORMER BUS RIDER FOR A VERY LONG TIME, UH, AND, UH, MY MOM WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE, WHO IS A CURRENT USER OF OUR BUS SYSTEM, UM, IT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO, FOR ONE, THAT THE SHADE IS DEFINITELY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND THEN, UH, I THINK ONE THING TO UNDERSTAND, UH, AS, AS WE DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH AFFORDABILITY, UH, AND LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, A LOT OF THE, THE PEOPLE WHO DO TAKE OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT, UM, THESE ARE, THESE ARE HARDWORKING PEOPLE, UM, WHO AFTER A LONG DAYS OF WORK, UH, THEY, THEY, THIS IS NOT AN EXERCISE THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE KIND OF HAVING FUN.
UM, BUT IT, IT IS, IT IS A NECESSITY, RIGHT? IT, IT'S TO SHOW KIND OF RESPECT FOR, UH, A LABOR FORCE, UM, THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, MAKES OUR, OUR CITY WORK.
UH, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO THAT POINT, I, I DO THINK THOSE, THOSE ARE
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NECESSITIES.UM, AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT WE DO, UH, RESPECT THAT POINT.
COUNCIL ANTE, I'D JUST LIKE TO, TO, TO BOLSTER AND BACK, UM, THE, THE MAYOR PRO TEM WITH REGARD TO HIS IDEA ABOUT MOVING STOPS AROUND.
IF WHATEVER YOU, WHEN YOU COME BACK WITH REPORTS, LOOK INTO THAT POSSIBILITY, UH, OR, OR THAT PRACTICE.
'CAUSE IT'S A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO, TO HAVE THE, THE BRANDED AREAS HAVE THE NICE BUS STOPS.
YOU KNOW, I JUST REALLY THINK THAT THAT'S A GOOD APPROACH THAT SHOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO WHATEVER YOU COME BACK WITH.
MAYOR COUNCILMAN WU, THANK YOU FOR ME, RIGHT.
THE WAY
THE PEOPLE, UH, TAKE THE BUSES.
AND I THINKS, OKAY, I AGREE WITH THE, I JUST ASKING, TRY TO SAVE MONEY, THIS AND THAT.
BUT IF THIS SOMETHING IS NECESSITY, THEN WE SHOULD DO IT.
OKAY? IF THIS IS EVERYBODY COUNCIL OR AGREE UPON, I HAVE NO OBJECT OBJECTION AT ALL.
THE ONLY THING MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE GO BACK TO THE, OKAY.
FULL HILL TRANSIT AND SEE WHAT'S THEIR BUDGET AND HOW THEY CAN HELP US.
THEN WE GO TO PRIORITIZE TO, TO COUPLE OF DENT WE CAN FIX RIGHT AWAY.
OKAY? I THINK THIS IS DIRECTION I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD AGREE UPON ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE NOT TOO MUCH DENT ON THE BUDGET.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE, SOME OF THE BUS SHELTERS REALLY NEED TO REPLACE OR REPAIR.
SO, SO I THINK STARTING FROM THAT, THAT IS, WE ARE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TO DO SOME OF THE BLOOD SHELTERS, OKAY? MAKE SURE THAT IT IS FUNCTIONAL AND SAFE AND CLEAN AND, UH, AND SEE HOW, UM, I THINK SHOULD BE TALKED TO THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT AND THE DESIGN.
THE DESIGN CAN SEE WHAT THE DESIGN, I REMEMBER THEIR C E O TOLD ME THEY WANNA DO THE STANDARD ONE, SO MAYBE THEY CAN BRING BACK TO US AND WE AGREE UPON, AND SINCE THEY PAY FOR IT, THEN, THEN WE JUST LET THEM DO IT.
SO I THINK THIS IS MY SUGGESTION IS MY, DO WE NEED TO MO MOVE THE MOTION? UH, WE HAVE SOME MAYOR PROTON.
I, UH, I ALSO JUST WANNA, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS MADE, MADE A, A GREAT POINT ABOUT THE LONGEVITY OF, OF A BRAND NEW VERSUS A REFURBISHED.
UM, BECAUSE WHATEVER WE DO PAY TODAY, UH, IS, IS GONNA BE MUCH CHEAPER THAN 20 YEARS FROM NOW.
SO, SO THAT IS SOMETHING I THINK WE DO REALLY NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT IS WORTH THE, THE INVESTMENT THEN TO, TO GO ALL NEW, UM, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING 40 YEARS, UH, VERSUS, UM, HOW MANY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN 20 YEARS AT OBVIOUSLY A MUCH HIGHER COST, UH, TO THE CITY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DUNNO IF COUNCILMAN CONTOS NEED, WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE TO THAT, BUT I, I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING, UH, TO CONSIDER.
SO, UH, I MOVE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT ALL YOUR SUGGESTION, OKAY.
INCLUDING THE NEW ONE, BUT ALL BASED ON THE BUDGET, OKAY? BECAUSE HOW MUCH GONNA COST US AND HOW MUCH WE CAN AFFORD IT, AND HOW MUCH
SECOND, CAN WE CLARIFY THE MOTION?
HOW MUCH BUDGET THEY ARE GOING TO HELP US AND TO HELP THEMSELVES SINCE THIS GOING INCREASE THEIR RIDERSHIP OKAY.
AND SAFETY FOR ALL THESE BUS SHELTER.
AND THEY PRIORITIZE HOW MANY LOCATION THEY ARE IN TROUBLE.
SO WE STARTING WITH LAND, OKAY? AND, UH, LOCATE, LOCATE ALL THESE PROBLEMATIC SHELTERS THAT REALLY IN TROUBLE AND THE BUDGET AND SEE, OKAY.
AND THE
AND IF WE, IF WE BRING BACK TO US, SEE HOW WE CAN UTILIZE AND WE PITCH IN SOME BUDGET TO FIX THOSE IMPORTANT ONE THAT IS IN TROUBLE, AND AGAIN, IT'S A NEW ONE.
OR REFURBISHED, IT WOULD BE BASED ON THE BUDGET WE HAVE.
CLEAR ENOUGH? PRETTY CLEAR? YES.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU TO INITIATE DISCUSSION WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT SURVEY, THE BUDGET, UM, PROVIDE SAFETY OF THE BUS SHELTERS AND PRIORITIZE LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN THE DEEPEST NEED, THE, THE STRONGEST NEED.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, AND INCLUDING THEIR DESIGN TOO, FOR FULL HILL TRANSIT AND THE STANDARDS.
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MOVE ON TO THE APPOINTMENTS FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.UM, IS THERE A CONSENSUS, UH, TO, OKAY, UH, THE, DO WE NEED TO APPROVE DAVID LEE? OKAY.
WE, WE HAVE TO APPROVE HIM, RIGHT? SO I'M GONNA MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, DAVID LEE.
HE'S CURRENT, THE CHAIR OF DAVID LENIN.
AS A, AS A CONTINUE TO BE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
BUT, UH, REGARDING THE NEW RESUME, I THINK THIS ONE THEY LOOKING FOR INTERNSHIP FOR THE HR, NOT, THAT'S JUST ONE PERSON'S.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, MAKE A MOTION TO APPOINT, UM, A, UH, DAVID PERES, YOU HAVE THE RESUME, IF ANYONE HAS ANY, UH, OBJECT.
COUNCILMAN CONTOS, MADAM MAYOR.
UM, JUST IN HAVING REVIEWED THE MATERIALS, UH, UH, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'D BE A WAY THAT WE COULD INTERVIEW ANY FINALISTS, BECAUSE I JUST, I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GRASP OF WHAT THEY FULLY CAN DO.
SO I, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF, OF, OF, OF APPOINTING, UM, DAVID LIN.
BUT I, I WOULD LIKE, AS AN INTERIM STEP FOR THE REMAINDER, IF I'M WONDERING IF WE, IF WE COULD INTERVIEW, UM, SOME FOLKS TO, TO ASK THEM MORE DETAIL.
BECAUSE AS ALL OF YOU SEE FROM THE PAPERWORK, THERE ISN'T A LOT OF DETAIL THERE.
AND I, I JUST HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHAT ARE THEIR, WHAT ARE THEIR SKILLS WITH REGARD TO BEING ABLE TO SERVE IN AN AUDIT COMMITTEE FUNCTION, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE NATURE OF, OF WHY THEY'RE BEING APPOINTED? UM, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, ALSO THE APPLICANTS THAT SUBMITTED THAT ARE LOOKING FOR COMPENSATION, I MEAN, LIKE, I SEE ONE, LIKE $32 PER HOUR, 62,000 PER YEAR.
UM, THEY, THE, THAT SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE, I MEAN, FIRST ONE THEY SHOULD BE TOLD RIGHT? THAT IT'S, THAT'S NOT INCLUDED.
AND I'M, I'M SURE THE POSTING OR LISTING HAD THAT INFORMATION DID, BUT THEY STILL, WELL, IF THEY CAN'T PAY ATTENTION TO SMALL DETAILS,
SO, UM, PRETTY MUCH SOME OF THE APPLICANTS SHOULD BE $75 ELIMINATED.
I, I KNOW I SAW ONE HERE, $15, THEY, THEY'LL TAKE MINIMUM WAGE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, THAT LIMITS HOW MANY, UH, CANDIDATES WE ACTUALLY HAVE.
BUT, UM, BUT YES, I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE DO HAVE APPLICANTS IN, IN REFERENCE TO, UH, COUNCILMAN CANTOS, UH, WHEN WE DO GET APPLICANTS, UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST I HAVE PERSONALLY CALLED THEM AND INTERVIEWED THEM MYSELF.
I'LL MEET THEM SOMEWHERE FOR A CUP OF COFFEE INTERVIEW, UH, TO GO IN DETAILS OF LIKE, WHAT'S EXPECTED AND EVERYTHING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M FOR THAT.
IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, UH, YOU KNOW, I HAVE INTERVIEWED PEOPLE IN THE PAST, SO, UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE ABOUT THE COMPENSATION PART, SO THANK YOU.
SO, UM, THE REASON WHY I HAD SELECTED THIS GUY IS BECAUSE HE IS, UM, HE'S A VETERAN AND, UM, I'M ALL FOR SUPPORTING VETERANS SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, HELP US OUT AND, UH, WORK WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY AND WORK WITH OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY I HAD SELECTED HIM.
AND WE DON'T GET VERY MANY APPLICANTS.
SO, AND THIS PERSON DID NOT REQUEST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UM, HE WASN'T SAYING HE WANTED, UM, A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY AT ALL.
SO THAT'S WHY I HAD THOUGHT I WOULD, YOU KNOW, SUBMIT OR NOMINATE HIM AS I, I SECOND YOU.
SO I HAVE A, UM, WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO CONTINUE WITH DAVID LYNN ON THE BOARD, AND WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DAVID, UH, PERUS YES.
WELL DO, DO WE NEED TO TAKE THIS? THAT SHOULD BE DIVIDED TO TWO, OR, OR, OR NO, I THINK YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE SEPARATE.
SO THE, THE, THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS BY A COUNCILMAN WU FOR, TO REAPPOINT DAVID LYNN.
AND I DID NOT HEAR, DID I HEAR SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I ALSO HEARD A MOTION BY MAYOR
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DIAZ WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO NOMINATE DAVID PEREZ TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.COUNCILMAN CONTOS ABSTAIN FOR REASONS STATED EARLIER.
COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO? UM, WELL, I
UM, I, I MEAN, I, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE COUNCILMAN CONTOS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, INTERVIEW.
SO, I MEAN, I GUESS I'LL ABSTAIN.
COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS HAD HAD TO HOW TO ABSTAIN BECAUSE HE LACKS INFORMATION, ESSENTIALLY INTERVIEWING.
AYE, ITEM DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH VOTES.
SO WE HAVE TO INTERVIEW THE PERSON? YEAH, WELL, NOT, I MEAN, WE DON'T ALL DO.
I MEAN, IF NO ONLY WANTS TO INTERVIEW HIM, SO DOES THAT MEAN, UM, INTERVIEW HIM? OKAY.
SO THEN ON THE FAST WE ALL YOURS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, WOULD THIS COME BACK TO THE NEXT, WELL, I'M PENDING THE INTERVIEW WITHIN, I DON'T KNOW, WHEN YOU PLAN TO DO THE INTERVIEWS WITHIN TWO WEEKS? OR WOULD YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS INFORM THE CITY THAT YOU'VE DONE YOUR INTERVIEW SO THAT IT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL? YES.
BUT THERE ARE TWO THAT, I MEAN, INCLUDING, UH, DAVID, WHO YOU MENTIONED, I WANNA INTERVIEW HIM IN ANOTHER PERSON.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO SEE OKAY.
BUT JUST FOR MY OWN, JUST TO DO MY DUE D DILIGENCE.
UM, WOULD, WOULD APPLICANTS STILL BE ABLE TO, TO APPLY OR IS, OR IS IT NOW CLOSED? I CAN I ALSO CONFIRM WITH HR IF THE LISTING IS CLOSED OR NOT.
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OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF REORGANIZATION.THAT THIS, UH, WHAT IS IT, CITY DEPARTMENTS, DO WE, DO WE HAVE SOMEONE THAT WILL BE, I WILL BE GIVING THE PRESENTATION.
SO THIS ITEM WAS A MOTHER MAY I, FROM A PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, WE WERE ASKED, STAFF WAS ASKED TO LOOK AT REORGANIZING THE DEPARTMENTS, UM, AND, UH, MET WITH STAFF AND WE LOOKED AT THE DEPARTMENTS AND HOW THEY'RE ORGANIZED NOW AND CAME UP WITH A PROPOSAL.
SO, UM, BEFORE YOU, TONIGHT WE HAVE A PROPOSED NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CHART FOR, UM, THE CITY.
UM, THIS IS CURRENTLY OUR STRUCTURE.
BELOW THEM IS THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER POSITION.
UM, UNDER THE CITY MANAGER, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS THAT ACT AS, UM, DIRECTORS FOR TWO DEPARTMENTS.
ONE IS PUBLIC SERVICES, WHICH IS ENCOMPASSES, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, WE HAVE THE, AS, UH, SECOND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION THAT ACTS AS A DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH OVERSEES PLANNING, CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUILDING AND SAFETY ENGINEERING, ECONOMIC AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING.
UM, THEN WE HAVE THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AT CITY CLERK'S, OFFICE FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT, FIRE AND POLICE.
UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEARS IN WEST COVINA, UM, WE'VE, UH, CONTRACTED OR CON, UM, REDUCED DIRECTOR POSITIONS IN STAFFING, UM, WITH STARTING, I THINK IN LIKE 2018, 2017, WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH BUDGET DEFICITS.
AND SO WE WERE, UM, CONSOLIDATING DEPARTMENTS TO HELP, UM, ADDRESS STAFFING REDUCTIONS AND TO DO SALARY SAVINGS WITH, UM, DIRECTORS THAT WERE RETIRING OR LEAVING.
UM, SINCE THEN, UM, WE'VE CONTINUED, WE CONTINUED TO HAVE BUDGET DEFICITS AND HAVING TO CUT BACK.
AND THEN, UM, WE WERE HIT WITH C O D.
SO AS ADDITIONAL STAFF MEMBERS LEFT, WE CONTINUED TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THAT'S HOW WE ENDED UP WITH THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE NOW WHERE WE DON'T HAVE, UM, A DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE WERE ASSUMED UNDER THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ROLES.
UM, SINCE, UH, IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOW EXPAND, UM, OUR SERVICES.
WE'RE OPENING UP FACIL, WE'RE REOPENING UP FACILITIES SINCE THE PANDEMIC.
WE'VE ADDED NEW PROGRAMMING TO OUR FACILITIES.
WE'RE ADDING NEW EVENTS, AS YOU CAN TELL FROM EARLIER, THE NUMBER OF EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD THAT THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS IN THE EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
WE'VE ADDED, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WE'RE ALSO INCREASING OUR STAFFING LEVELS.
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AGAIN, WE'VE, UM, UH, ADDED A CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION THAT WASN'T HEREUM, AND SO WITH THE ADDITION OF NEW STAFFING, THE ADDITION OF NEW EVENT OR SPECIAL EVENTS, THE ADDITION OF, UH, MORE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE'RE INVESTING, UM, WE'RE PROPOSING THE FOLLOWING, UM, ORG CHART.
SO, UM, WE WOULD HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS, UH, DEPARTMENT, UM, AND WE WILL GO INTO THE ORG CHARTS WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND WE ARE, UM, LOOKING TO ADD A DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO THAT DEPARTMENT WOULD BE RESTRUCTURED TO HAVE, UM, ALSO A NEW POSITION, A DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION.
UM, AND THEN UNDER THAT IT WOULD BE, UH, PLANNING, BUILDING AND SAFETY AND ENGINEERING.
AND WE ARE PROPOSING A NEW POSITION, WHICH WOULD BE A C I P PROJECT MANAGER.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE INCREASED OUR, UM, C I P BUDGET, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'RE DOING A LOT OF PROJECTS OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS GREAT.
UM, WITH, UM, WE'VE CONTRACTED OUT OUR, UM, BUILDING AND SAFETY AND ENGINEERING, WHICH TRANSTECH AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
BUT WE DO NEED THAT IN-PERSON, UM, POSITION TO HELP MANAGE THE PROJECTS ON THE CITY SIDE, UM, TO GET THOSE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS CONTINUOUSLY AND, AND GOING WITHOUT ANY DELAYS.
UM, AND THEN WITH, UH, THE CREATION OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR POSITION, WE WILL BE SEPARATING THAT OUT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND CREATING IT AS ITS OWN DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT IT WAS BROUGHT UP A COUPLE COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO, UH, WHAT WE WERE GONNA BE DOING WITH THE HR DIRECTOR POSITION THAT IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
WE DID GO OUT TO RECRUITMENT AND, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UM, COMBINE OR CONSOLIDATE FINANCE AND, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT.
THOSE TWO DEPARTMENTS, UM, HAVE A LOT OF CROSSOVER IN THE WORK THAT, UM, GETS DONE IN A LOT OF THE DOCUMENTS OR PAPERWORK THAT GETS PROCESSED FROM HIRING, UM, EMPLOYEES.
AND SO IT, IT'S A GOOD FIT THAT WE CAN BETTER UTILIZE STAFF, UM, ACROSS BOTH DEPARTMENTS TO MANAGE THOSE DEPARTMENTS.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL GO INTO THAT PROPOSED NEW STRUCTURE FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, FIRE POLICE AND CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, THERE'S NO PROPOSED CHANGES.
UM, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WOULD GO UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF CITIES DO.
IT, UM, MAKES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, A PRIORITY, UM, FOR IN, IN THE CITY.
AND, UM, WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHERE OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIVISION, WHICH INCLUDES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND OUR SUCCESSOR AGENCY, HAVE REPORTED TO THE CITY MANAGER, UM, DIRECTLY.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
THE OTHER POSITION, WHICH WOULD BE A REALLOCATION OF A POSITION, WOULD BE ADDING, UM, ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY MANAGER'S, UM, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.
UM, AND SO NEXT WE WILL GO TO THE, UH, PROPOSED PUBLIC WORKS.
SO IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.
BELOW THAT, IT WOULD BE PUBLIC WORKS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UM, WHICH, UH, IT WAS VACANT WITH OUR, THE RETIREMENT OF RO.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO, UM, FILL THAT POSITION.
THEN WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT AND BELOW THEM, UM, WE HAVE A BUILDING LEAD WORKER, MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR FOR TREES AND MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR FOR FLEET MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR FOR SEWERS AND STREETS, AND THEN, UM, AN ELECTRICIAN.
AND THOSE ARE THE ORG CHARTS BELOW THEM.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR WE CAN COME BACK TO IT.
I'LL GO ON TO COMMUNITY SERVICES.
UM, SO WE'D HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, A DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UH, FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A NEW PROPOSED POSITION UNDER THAT WOULD BE THE RECREATIONAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR.
AND THEN, UM, WHO WOULD THEN HAVE FOUR, UM, SERVICES COORDINATORS, ONE AT EACH FACILITY, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE HEAD COOK AT THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, AND, UH, PART-TIME.
SO THE POSITIONS WITH ASTERISK ARE PART-TIME POSITIONS.
UM, I DID WANNA NOTE THAT, UM, WE WENT THROUGH WITH THE RECENT, UH, HIRING OF OUR, UH, RECREATIONAL SERVICES SUPERVISOR, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT DID GO QUITE SOME TIME WITHOUT HAVING ANY MANAGEMENT BETWEEN THE DIRECTOR AND OUR COORDINATORS.
AND YOU COULD SEE NOW WE'RE PROPOSING TO, UH, MAKE THAT CHANGE SO THAT THERE'S MORE, UM, OVERSIGHT AND MORE, UM,
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UH, YEAH, THERE'S MORE OVERSIGHT IN THE DEPARTMENT.UM, NEXT IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ORG CHART.
SO IT'D BE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER POSITION, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN, UM, THAT WAS REALLOCATED TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTOR.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE CODE ENFORCEMENT SUPERVISOR.
WE HAVE FOUR PART-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT, OR, SORRY, FOUR FULL-TIME CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND SEVEN PART-TIME, UH, POSITIONS, UM, AVAILABLE IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS A NEW PROPOSED FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCE, UM, RESOURCES ORGANIZATIONAL CHART.
WE HAVE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE ONLY REALLY NEW PORTION WOULD BE THE HR MANAGER.
UM, SO JUST PUTTING THAT, UM, TRACK FOR HR, UM, UNDER THE FINANCE DIRECTOR.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR POSITION OR DEPARTMENT.
UM, WE WOULD BE, THIS IS THE ONE WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING A NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
AS MENTIONED, IT'LL BE OVERSEEING, UM, THE PLANNING MANAGER, UM, AND THEN A PROPOSED NEW PRO, UH, POSITION FOR THE C I P PROJECT MANAGER.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BOTH, UM, BUILDING SAFETY AND ENGINEERING ARE CONTRACTED OUT.
SO THIS DEPUTY DIRECTOR WOULD BE OVERSEEING THAT, THOSE CONTRACTS.
UM, PART OF THIS DESIGN IS TO PROVIDE A PATH FORWARD, UM, IN HOW WE'D WANT TO, UH, HAVE THE, HAVE THE CITY MOVE FORWARD TO IN, IN THESE, UH, DEPARTMENTS.
UM, AS MENTIONED, THE DIRECTOR POSITIONS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY NOT BUDGETED FOR.
SO UNTIL THOSE POSITIONS ARE BUDGETED FOR, WE WOULD, UM, THE DEPUTIES POSITIONS WOULD, UH, REPORT TO THE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT LAYER OF MANAGEMENT OR SUPERVISION.
UM, THIS ALSO CREATES A PATHWAY FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN, UM, OUR STAFF AND HOPEFULLY, UM, HELP BUILD OR GROW OUR, OUR STAFF TO HELP, UM, PROGRESS IN THEIR CAREERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
THE, THE LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT HOW CAN WE BE EACH DEPARTMENT MORE ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR DUTY.
SO NOT LIKE CURRENTLY SOME MINGLING.
SO WE REQUEST, SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, THE FIRST THING IS, OKAY, IT, IT SOUND LIKE, OKAY, EACH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN CHARGE.
THEN WE HAVE A, A DEPUTY, UH, DIRECTOR
AND THEN THE NEW POSITION WOULD BE COMMITTEE SERVICE, BECAUSE COMMUNITY SERVICE BECOMES SO BIG NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, THE FOURPLEX OKAY.
AND THEN WE NEED TO BE FOCUSED.
OKAY? SO THEY CAN BE ALWAYS YEAR WRONG.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST LIKE PULLING ALL THE PLACES.
IT'S NOT REALLY THE CAPACITY OF THEIR POTENTIAL.
OKAY? I, I KNOW WE NEED TO GO TO THE BUDGET MANAGER BECAUSE REALLY PROBLEMATIC RIGHT NOW, A, A A LOT OF PROJECT FROM TRANSTECH ENGINEERING.
PROJECT MANAGER IS LIKE, NOT REALLY OKAY.
SO WE NEED SOMEBODY IN THE CITY.
WE NEED TO SEE ALL THOSE PROJECT, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT HAPPENED TO, OKAY? AND THOSE, UH, AND FRONTIER, AND TAKE IT, THE WHOLE THIS AND THAT.
RAISE OUR PROJECT MANAGER TO SUPERVISE, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T DAMAGE OUR STREET.
BUT WHAT IT'S DONE, IT'S DONE.
THEN WE, WE KIND OF, UH, IN TROUBLE AND THEN HOW TO DEAL WITH ALL THIS FRONTIER, OKAY? AND MASS.
SO, SO WE NEEDED SOME PROJECT MANAGER THAT'S WORK FOR THE CITY, OKAY? AND WITH CITY BENEFIT, BECAUSE TRANSFER, NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S THE OUTSOURCING, IT'S THE OUTSOURCING COMPANY.
SO WE NEED SOMEBODY, THE PROJECT MANAGER, TO SEE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THE TRAFFIC SIGN ON THE CITRUS, HOW LONG IT TAKE, IT, IT TOOK FOREVER FOR THEM AND NOT EVEN DO IT, RIGHT? THEY HAVE A SIGN, GO STRAIGHT, AND THEY HAVE SIGNS, STAY OVER THERE, STAY WRITING ONLY.
AND THEY, THEY LIVE OVER THERE FOR A WEEK, BECOME 11 MATCHES.
SO, SO PROJECT MANAGERS NEED TO SUPERVISE EVERYTHING, HOPEFULLY, I THINK.
AND THEN THE, THE THING ONLY I CARE IS ABOUT BUDGET, OKAY.
IS HOPEFULLY THIS WON'T HAVE ANY DENT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE I, I KNOW OKAY.
O ALL CREATE THIS IS RESPONSIBLE AND, UH, ACCOUNTABLE.
AND HOPEFULLY THE BUDGET ISSUE, WE CREATE THIS, THIS TWO POSITION.
I THINK THIS'S NEEDED A POSITION AND HOPEFULLY, AND,
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UH, UH, MAYBE FINANCE DIRECTOR CAN EXPLAIN TO US OKAY.AND BECAUSE THE TWO POSITION, AND THEN THE, THE DEPUTY, SO THIS IS MY QUESTION.
I CAN GET STARTED WHILE SHE'S ON HER WAY UP.
WAS TO NOT CREATE, UM, TOO MANY NEW POSITIONS WITH THIS REORGANIZATION.
WE UNDERSTAND WE WANNA BE SUSTAINABLE MOVING FORWARD, AND WHEN WE ADD NEW JOBS, YOU KNOW, WE ADDED THIS YEAR, BUT THAT MEANS IT'S A LONG-TERM COST THAT WE HAVE TO ACCOUNT FOR.
UM, SO OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, WE ARE PROPOSING SOME REALLOCATION OF EXISTING POSITIONS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, WE'RE ALREADY, UM, HAVE SOMEONE THAT WE WOULD RE, UH, MOVE, UH, OR WHAT IS IT CALLED? RECLASSIFY.
SO IT'S NOT THAT WE'RE, UH, CREATING A NEW POSITION.
UM, THE ONLY TWO WOULD BE, LIKE I SAID, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR, UM, WHICH WOULD BE, UH, PROPOSED TO BE FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, AND THEN THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR CIPS COULD BE, UH, FUNDED THROUGH ENGINEERING AND THE CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT THEY WORK ON.
AND, AND ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I DIDN'T SEE THE COMMUNICATION DIVISION BECAUSE WE NEED SOMEBODY REALLY HELP US TO OKAY.
COMMUNICATE, BECAUSE WE, WE SOMETIME WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IF WE HAVE A, OR, OR A RESIDENT DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON OR OUR WEBSITE.
SO I THINK THAT COMMUNICATION DIVISION OR DEPARTMENT, OKAY.
AND, UH, OR I THINK DIVISION IS BETTER.
WE DON'T WANNA CREATE WAY TOO MANY OF, UH, BUT, BUT DO WE, WHERE'S THE, WHO, WHO, WHO HAS THE COMMUNICATION DIVISION? SO THERE'S, THERE'S TWO THINGS.
UM, OUR, IT IS UNDER FINANCE, AND THAT DEALS WITH ALL THE COMPUTER, UH, THE COMPUTER OR PROGRAMMING, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, ON THE PROPOSED ONE, UM, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, WOULD, UH, BE ABLE TO FOCUS ON ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITIONS AND SLASH A P I O OFFICE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
UM, AND THOSE, THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD, UM, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS PRESS RELEASES ARE HANDLING OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, MAKING SURE OUR WEBSITE'S UPDATED, WORKING WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS TO MAKING SURE IT'S CURRENT.
UM, AND SO WHO IS THAT PERSON? OR WHO IS THAT? IT WOULD BE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SLASH PO ASSOCIATE MANAGER.
WE'VE HAD THAT, UH, SYSTEM IN THE PAST TOO, WHERE, UM, WE'VE HAD A DEPUTY, UH, A DEPUTY CITY MANAGER DO THE P I O POSITION AS WELL.
AND LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE CREATION OF TOO MANY POSITIONS.
WE'D LOVE TO HAVE A, A PIO O UH, OR A POSITION SPECIFICALLY TO JUST DOING PUBLIC INFORMATION ALL DAY.
I MEAN, IF YOU'RE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, IT COULD, IT COULD TAKE UP YOUR WHOLE DAY DOING THAT.
BUT, UM, WE'RE SO, SO, SO, I'M SORRY.
SO BASICALLY, EACH DEPARTMENT, THEY ALL HAVE A LEADER OR HAVE A OKAY.
THEY IN CHARGE SO THEY CAN FREE UP THE C CITY MANAGER.
TIME TO DO OVERALL SEEING OVER THE SUPER, SUPER SEAT.
AND THE SUPERVISE EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNICATION.
THAT'S THE GOAL WITH THIS PROPOSAL, SO THAT EACH DEPARTMENT WOULD HAVE A DEPARTMENT HEAD, UM, AND THEN THAT, LIKE, WE WOULD FREE UP THE POSITIONS OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SO THEY'RE NOT WEARING MULTIPLE DEPARTMENT HAT.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ROXANNE IS DOING ALMOST A LOT OF STUFF.
AND THE SAME, SAME THING TO YOU.
YOU HAVE TO DO EVERY TUESDAY MEETING YOU HAVE TO DO TODAY, AND THEN NEXT TUESDAY YOU HAVE TO DO PLANNING.
THIS IS A HUMANLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO A RIGHT JOB.
SO WE UNDERSTAND WE NEED TO KIND OF FREE UP ALL YOUR POSITION SO YOU HAVE SOMEBODY CAN OKAY.
SO IN THAT WAY, YOU IN THE MUCH HIGHER POSITION TO OVERSEE EVERYTHING.
ABOUT, ABOUT THE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
SO YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE A SINGLE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THAT IS THE, BRING THE BUTTER BREAD TO THE CITY THAT IS RECRUITER.
THERE'S SOME PEOPLE OVER THERE.
I THINK WE HAVE THE POSITION, THE SO-CALLED, UH, OKAY.
THE JOB IS BRING BUSINESS TO THE CITY, PROMOTE THE CITY, CREATE ALL THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR CITY TO CHECK INTO IT.
THAT, THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US BECAUSE THAT IS HOW THE SURVIVAL INCOME COME TO OUR CITY.
THAT'S HOW I STARTED MY CAREER HERE IN REDEVELOPMENT, DOING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SO I, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A DIRECTOR FOR THAT DEPARTMENT.
UM, UH, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS IF AND WHEN WE HAVE FUNDING TO DO SO.
UM, I, WE, WOULD YOU WANT TO BE CONSERVATIVE? MAYBE THIS IN THE FUTURE? RIGHT NOW WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE PUBLIC WORK, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND, UH, PLANNING AND EVERYBODY IN CHARGE.
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I WANTED TO, UM, SPEAK ON WHAT COUNCILMAN WU TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE SPORTSPLEX.UH, THE SPORTSPLEX IS A VERY UNIQUE, UH, COMPLEX INSTITUTION THAT THE CITY CONTROLS.
UH, AND, AND I, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE JUST A, A, A SEPARATE ENTITY.
WE, WE NEED, UH, SOMEONE WHO IS, IS RUNNING THAT, THAT COMPLEX WHO WE CAN HOLD ACCOUNTABLE, THAT CAN, UM, COME TO, TO, TO COUNCIL AND, AND PRESENT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, SHOW US WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO, TO BRING IN BUSINESS, TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THE SCHEDULING GOING ON.
UM, THAT THEY'RE ALSO IN CHARGE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE FACILITY.
PLUS, ONCE WE BRING IN PRIVATE ENTITIES TO RUN THE RESTAURANTS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, I, I, I THINK IN TERMS OF OUR ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE INTENTIONAL AND, AND, AND FOCUSED AND, AND NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE ENTITY ON HERE.
UM, BECAUSE THE WAY WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING IT NOW, UH, AGAIN, THERE'S NO CLEAR, UM, DIRECTION ON, ON WHO'S IN CHARGE.
WE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH QUITE A FEW FOLKS.
UM, AGAIN, THE STAFF THAT MAINTAINS IT, RIGHT? WE'RE, WE'RE CONSTANTLY PULLING, PULLING FOLKS.
UH, AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE JUST NOT ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONSISTENT PRESENCE TO BRING IN THE, THE SCHEDULING, RIGHT? AND TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, IT'S EVERY SINGLE DAY IT, IT SHOULD HAVE ACTIVITY, RIGHT? FROM ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUES TO TO TRAVEL LEAGUES TO, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST EVERYTHING THAT COULD GO ON.
THEN TOO, WHEN WE HAVE THE FESTIVALS THERE AND 4TH OF JULY, I MEAN, IF, IF THE CITY'S GOING TO MAINTAIN OWNERSHIP OF IT AND, AND, AND RUN IT, THEN WE, WE NEED TO RUN IT LIKE A PRIVATE BUSINESS WOULD RUN IT.
MAYOR, CAN I QUICKLY COUNCILMAN WOLF? UH, I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU.
AND, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO FOCUS ON COUPLE OF, UH, OKAY.
VERY IMPORTANT FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE COMMUNITY SERVICE IS SUCH A HUGE RESOURCE, WE HAVE, UH, FOUR OKAY.
AND THE FACILITY CENTER, OKAY.
AND WE HAVE 16 PARKS, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS HUGE HUMONGOUS FOURPLEX, OKAY? AND THEN LET NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT MY SUGGESTION IS DUE TO WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN CHARGE FIRST AND LET THIS PERSON TO TELL US, OKAY? AND THE HOW YOU GOING TO CREATE A BUDGET, OKAY? HOW WE CREATE MORE STAFF WITH SOMEBODY IN CHARGE.
SO IN THAT WAY, IF WE CAN, WE CANNOT JUST GO IN AND HIRE A LOT OF PEOPLE BY, WE DON'T HAVE THAT BUDGET.
SO MY SUGGESTION IS LET'S GET AT LEAST THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICE IN CHARGE OF ALL THESE SYSTEM BAR OR FACILITY FIRST AND HAVE A HE OR SHE DIS PERSON THAT CITY ACTION, CITY MANAGERS GOING TO HIRE, OKAY.
FIND A CAPABLE PERSON AND TO GIVE A PROPOSAL HOW HE MAYBE SEPARATE A ENTITY, ENTITY THAT ONLY IS FOCUS ON THE, ON, ON, ON THE SMALL PLAN.
BUT THAT WILL COST AGAIN, OKAY, BUDGET, THIS AND THAT.
BUT SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO INVEST TO, TO, TO MAKE, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, IT'S KIND OF SAFE FOR THAT, FOR I TO SEE, DON'T CREATE MORE BUREAUCRACY, MOST DIRECTOR, BUT ON THE, WITH THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT COMING IN OKAY.
FOR THEM TO TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO DO MORE, OKAY.
AND THEN, THEN WE CAN SEE THIS PERSON'S CAPABLE TO DO WHAT WE WANT.
SO THEY JUST HIRE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
IMPOSSIBLE IS NOT GOING TO WALK.
MADAM MAYOR, COUNCILMAN CONTOS, WOULD THERE BE A WAY THAT WE, WE COULD ADD A, A BUBBLE TO CREATE, NOT THAT WE FUNDED NOW, BUT JUST LIKE THE WAY WE DID WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHERE THERE'S A BUBBLE THERE WHERE IT'S NOT A FUNDED POSITION, BUT IT'S JUST, THERE'S A PLACEHOLDER.
CAN WE ADD A SPORTSPLEX DI UH, POSITION THERE? AND JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT FUNDED NOW, BUT IT'S AT LEAST THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER.
SO THAT WAY LATER WHEN, WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN TO DIRECT, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WORK, WE'LL GET TO THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE COME TO IT.
BUT BACKING THE, WHAT THE, WHAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS SAID, IF WE, IF WE REALLY WERE TO DE HAVE A, AT LEAST A POSITION THERE AS A PLACEHOLDER, I, I REALLY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT, RIGHT? BUT IT COULD BE MARKED IN WHATEVER THE COLOR IS THAT SHOWS IT'S NOT BUDGETED FOR YET.
IF I CAN ADD, UM, SINCE THERE ARE POSITIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO TO THE, UH, HUMAN RESOURCES COM COMMISSION TO CREATE OR TO CHANGE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO REFLECT THIS CHANGE, WE CAN DEFINITELY ADD A POSITION THAT WILL OVERSEE THE SPORTSPLEX THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
WE HAVE SOMETHING STARTED, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
YOU KNOW, I, I WAS JUST GONNA AGREE WITH, UH, MAYOR PROTE IN REGARDS TO A SPORTSPLEX, BECAUSE IT'S NOT REACHING ITS FULL POTENTIAL BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE A DEDICATED FULL-TIME STAFF THERE.
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I DO AGREE THAT IT NEEDS A DEDICATED PERSON, OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA CONTINUE THE WAY IT, I WANT IT TO REACH ITS FULL POTENTIAL, BUT YOU NEED SOMEBODY DEDICATED THERE.SO YES, I AGREE ON YOU GET TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL.
AND MY SUGGESTION, STILL GET THE HEAD OF DEPARTMENT IN FIRST.
I HAVE THE PERSON TO, OKAY, SEPARATE TO HAVE A HE OR HIS OR HER STAFF TO DO SPECIALIZE IN THAT AREA.
AND THEN BRING, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE BUDGET, WE HAVE TO GO TO HR.
BECAUSE YOU CANNOT BUILD ROAMING ONE DAY.
WE HAVE TO STEP BY STEP, BUT AT LEAST MAKE SURE OUR STRUCTURE RIGHT.
ACCOUNTABILITY FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.
MADAM MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE OF THE ORGAN OR OF THE REORGANIZATION WITH THAT SMALL AMENDMENT OF PUTTING IN A BUBBLE FOR AN UNBUDGETED POSITION TO BE DETERMINED WITH FURTHER DETAILS AT A FUTURE POINT.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE COUNCIL OR OF THE DEPARTMENT REORGS WITH A BUBBLE FOR, UH, ANOTHER POSITION AT A FUTURE TIME TO OVERSEE THE SPORTSPLEX, UM, WITH DETAILED, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION TO COME BACK.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU.
OKAY, WE'RE DONE WITH OUR AGENDA,
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UM, OKAY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD.WE, UM, I'M GONNA REPORT OUT THE, UM, AB 1, 2, 3, 4.
UH, I'D LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UM, I ATTENDED THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES CONFERENCE, UH, SEPTEMBER THE 20TH TO THE 23RD.
I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND SEVERAL OF THE, UH, SESSIONS THAT THEY HAD THERE.
UM, I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE WOMEN'S CAUCUS AS WELL.
UM, AND, UH, ONE THING THAT I, I REMEMBER, OR THAT I'LL, I CAN'T FORGET, IS THAT I HAVE TO BRING FORWARD IS THAT, UM, I WENT TO A CLASS WHERE THEY BROUGHT UP THE ARENA ISSUE, AND THAT WAS A MAJOR ISSUE, AND THAT'S A MAJOR ISSUE THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
AND I THINK A LOT OF CITIES ARE HAVING TROUBLE IN BEING ABLE TO MEET THE ARENA, UM, THAT LEGISLATION HAS, UH, OUR STATE LEGISLATURES ARE TRYING TO IMPOSE ON US AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, COMPLY WITH HAVING THESE, UH, HOUSING, UM, DEVELOPMENTS THAT SOME PLACES JUST DON'T HAVE THE ROOM.
AND, UH, WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE THAT WERE REALLY UPSET ABOUT THAT.
UM, I ALSO, OR WE, I SHOULD SAY WE ALSO ATTENDED THE EXPO, WHICH HAD SOME REALLY NICE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE MAY BE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, TO THE COUNCIL.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO MEET, UH, HOW DID WE MEET THIS GUY? UM, WHO KNOWS? UM, MILAN, UM, HE IS THE ONE THAT'S CREATOR OF THE, THE APP THAT WE USE.
AND, UM, AND, UH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING.
HE HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT HIM, UM, SAYING THAT HE WAS A GREAT GUY AND THAT, UM, HE, UH, WAS ABLE, HIS NAME WAS KEVIN FROM GO FROM THE GO APP AND, UM, HAD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT MILAN.
UH, WE MET WITH, UH, PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING, WHO ARE THE INDIVIDUALS OR THE COMPANY THAT'S DOING THE, UH, THE, UH, WORK ON OUR SIDEWALKS IN, UM, WHAT IS IT, UH, WHEN THEY SHAVE THEM.
UH, WE MET WITH THE LIGHTING COMPANY, UH, AND WE MET WITH THE WATER FOUNTAIN PEOPLE THAT HAVE A FACILITY FOR DOGS.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF COUNCILMAN CONTOS HAS ANYTHING IN ADDITION THAT HE'D LIKE TO ADD, BUT HE WAS ALSO THERE AS WELL.
AND, UH, I HAVE TO SAY, UM, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF HELPING US OUT, OUT THERE.
I MEAN, HE, SHE FACILITATED EVERYTHING FOR US, AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF US OUT THERE,
AND IT WAS FUN MEETING A LOT OF DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE STATE.
SO IT WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE AND I THINK ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD ATTEND.
AND, AND ADDING TO THE MAYOR'S REMARKS, IT WAS REALLY A PRODUCTIVE TIME.
UH, IN ADDITION TO NETWORKING WITH OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE ALSO GOT TO SEE, UH, UP CLOSE WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE.
AND A LOT OF US, UH, CAME TOGETHER TO, TO REALLY DISCUSS ISSUES ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS AND HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE SUPPORT, UH, E E EFFORTS BOTH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
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UNHOUSED COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO, TO ADDRESS CONCERNS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, UH, REGARDING, UH, UH, KEEPING THE, THE COMMUNITY CLEAN AND, AND SAFE AND EVERYTHING.AND IT WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE BECAUSE IT ALSO PROVIDED US WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK A LOT OF DETAILED, UH, QUESTIONS FROM FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
HOW DO THEY ADDRESS THAT ISSUE? HOW DO THEY APPROACH, UH, RECREATION AND SPORTS AND YOUTH SUPPORT, OR HOW, HOW DO THEY WORK WITH THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR HOW DO THEY SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT, ET CETERA.
IT WAS REALLY, UH, UH, AN EXTENSIVE TIME WITH, WITH MEETING ONE PERSON AFTER THE OTHER, AFTER THE OTHER.
AND IT WAS, AND IT REALLY, UH, I I THINK THAT IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, ALL OF YOU WILL SEE THE, THE FRUITS OF, OF WHAT, OF THE SEEDS THAT WERE, WERE PLANTED BECAUSE OF, OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD THERE.
AND IT, AND WHAT WAS ALSO REALLY, UH, IMPORTANT FOR, FOR OUR PURPOSES IS THAT VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS WHO DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WEST COVINA AND WHO WE, WE ARE, THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM, FROM THE MAYOR AND ME AS WE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND SHARED WHAT WE DO HERE AND, AND, AND VARIOUS CITIES.
WERE LITERALLY INTERESTED IN HEARING HOW DO WE ORGANIZE OUR EVENTS? HOW DO WE RALLY THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER? WHAT DO WE DO TO, TO FOCUS ON, ON POSITIVE PRODUCTIVE GROWTH? SO I, I, I LOOK FORWARD TO, TO TAKING ACTION AS, AS WE EACH ENGAGE IN FOLLOW UP BASED ON THE CONTEXT WE THAT WE MADE FROM THE FOLKS THAT WE MET THERE.
ANY OTHER? CAN I SAY SOMETHING? COUNCILMAN WU.
I, I DID ATTEND THE LEAGUE OF CT BACK IN 2016, JANUARY WHEN I JUST GOT ELECTED IN 2015.
AND, UH, I WENT TO SACRAMENTO WITH LLOYD JOHNSON AND IS EXTREMELY MEMORABLE AND, UH, VERY EDUCATIONAL TRIP.
I DID EXACTLY WHAT YOU GUYS DID.
OKAY? YOU WENT TO THE CAPITOL AND I SAY, HEY, CONTACT SENATOR IT OR ASSEMBLY TO GIVE YOU A PRIVATE TOOL.
AND THEY SAY, WE ARE ALREADY HERE.
SO I SAY, MAN, IT'S EXACTLY SAME ANGLE, OKAY? A COUPLE PICTURES.
IT'S, THEY, MAYBE THEY GIVE YOU THE SAME TOOL EVERY TIME, SO, BUT IT'S EVEN, IT'S ALREADY EIGHT YEARS AGO, BUT IT'S EXTREMELY OKAY AND, UM, VERY EFFECTIVE, OKAY? FOR YOU REPRESENT THE CITY AND TALKING TO ENTIRE CALIFORNIA CITY AND, UH, EVERYBODY'S SO FRIENDLY, OKAY? EVERYBODY JUST HAPPY TO SEE EACH OTHER.
AND, UH, A LOT OF, UM, UH, MEETING, UH, OR SEMINAR IS EXTREMELY OKAY.
I, I LEARNED A LOT 2016 WHEN I WAS BRAND NEW.
OKAY? AND THEY HAVE A MAYORS, NEW MAYORS TRAINING OR NEW ELECTIVES.
OKAY? SO, SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS WENT.
THIS'S, I HOPE YOU GUYS LEARNED A LOT OF STUFF HERE.
I WANT TO REALLY QUICKLY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE CITY.
I WANNA THANK CITY TO PUT COUPLE EVENT TOGETHER.
OKAY? THE, THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, UH, TOUCH A TRUCK, OKAY? AND THEN WITH A NEW VENUE OVER HERE ON THE, OUR PARKING LOT IS AMAZING, UH, IS I SHOW UP, I PARK OVER THERE, I CANNOT EVEN FIND A PARKING SPACE, OKAY? BUT I WILL PARK ON THE NEXT TO THE LIBRARY AND I WALK, I WALK DOWN AND I SEE NOTHING BUT CROWDED PEOPLE, CROWDED AND A LOT OF CHILDREN, THEY'RE HAPPY AND THEY, THEY DO IT TOUCHING ALL THE TRUCK, MANY, MANY TRUCK FOR YOU TO TOUCH, OKAY? SO I DON'T GET THE WHITE PEOPLE LAUGH.
AND THE KIDS LIKE HONKING AND THEIR PLANE AND, UH, AND A LOT OF HAPPY FAMILY.
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE AND EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL TOUCH OF TRUCK EVENT FOR EIGHT YEARS WHEN I TOUCH ALL THOSE TRUCK, OKAY? THE ONE IN THE CORTEZ, OKAY? CORTEZ IS PRETTY NOT POPULAR, OKAY? FIELD TRUCK.
BUT NOW IN THIS, I THINK CITI NEED TO CONTINUE NEXT YEAR.
SECOND, OKAY? I WANNA THANK CITI TO PUT THIS, UH, VERY, VERY GRAND AND, UH, EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL OF, UH, UH, STATE OF THE CITY.
OKAY? I KNOW MAYOR WAS ALREADY DEAR YOU, MISS YOUR MAIL.
ANOTHER THREE, UH, MEETING YOU WILL BE OFF DI OKAY? YOU SAY, I DON'T WANNA GO, I WANNA STAY HERE, OKAY? AND, UH, YOU ASKED MAYOR PROBLEM, I WANT TO LET YOU STAY, BUT YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
AND, UH, AND THE STATE OF CITY IS VERY GOOD, OKAY? AND EVERYBODY ENJOYED.
AND, UH, THAT FOURPLEX SHOWING HOW GRAND
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PEOPLE ARE VERY IMPRESSED.ENVISION PEOPLE TOLD ME AND THEIR PR GUY, THEY SAY, NEVER SEE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN ANY CITY LIKE UNITY.
THEY SAY, OH MY GOD, THEY, THEY'RE NOT FROM OUR AREA.
I THINK THEY FROM BEVERLY HERE.
THIS LIKE, THEY SAY, WE ARE DOING SOMETHING SO GRAND.
SO MEANING WHAT? THEY SAID THEY SHOULD SELL MORE CAR AND GIVE UP MORE TAX DOLLARS.
OKAY, SATURDAY WE HAVE A C A W C PUT OUT THE MONEY, PUT OUT THE EFFORT TO MAKE THIS MAGNIFICENT MOVE FESTIVAL.
120 VENDOR, OKAY? AND THE 2030 OLD DIFFERENT KIND OF CULTURE BACKGROUND TO PERFORM.
LOOK AT HOW COLORFUL THEY ARE.
THEY, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH THE INDIAN DANCER, OKAY? THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I SAW THEIR FULL FORCE COME OVER HERE WITH ALL THIS YOUNG LADY.
VERY PROUD ABOUT THEIR HERITAGE.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE.
NO, NO MATTER FILIPINO CULTURES.
INDIAN CULTURES, OR WE HAVE EGYPTIAN BELLY DANCER TOO.
THEY'RE VERY PROUD, OKAY? THEY'RE VERY COLORFUL AND THE CHINESE DANCER AND ALL THOSE YOUNG KID PLAYING.
AND AT NIGHTTIME WE HAVE, UH, UH, UH, AND THE BRUNO AND THE HOOLIGAN, AND THEY BRING DOWN THE ROOF AND EVERYBODY ENJOYING IS SO CROWDED.
AND, UH, I CHECK WITH ALL THE VENDOR.
SO THEY, I THINK THEY'RE VERY HAPPY.
AND THEY SAY, HEY, WHEN YOU GUYS WANNA DO IT AGAIN? I SAY, I DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE TO DO FUNDRAISING AGAIN.
SO I WANT, AGAIN HERE THE SIGN, OKAY? SEE A W C CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TO PULL OUT THIS 30, $40,000 FOR FUNDRAISING AND PUT THIS BEAUTIFUL UNITY COMMUNITY EVENT, OKAY.
AND THAT WE NEED MORE OTHER GROUP PEOPLE TO WILLING TO DO THIS.
SO IN THAT WAY, NOT EVERYTHING COME FROM CITY, CITY, CITY.
A LOT OF TIME WE CAN HAVE OTHER COMMUNITY LIKE KIWANI CLUB.
AND, UH, CHRISTMAS CHILDREN PARADE AND THE C W C, HOPEFULLY THEY HAVE STOMACH TO DO IT.
THE SECOND ANNUAL MOON FESTIVAL OR SPRING FESTIVAL.
SO BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF CONNECTION TO BRING ALL THIS OKAY, PERFORMANCE, OKAY.
AND THEN WE NEED EVERYBODY PITCHING AND TO HELP OUT.
AND, UH, AND, UM, I TALK TO C A W C PRESIDENT IF THEY HAVE A, I THINK THEY HAVE SOME, UH, LEFTOVER WITH ALL THE DONATION.
AND PLUS THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY.
THEY WANT TO GIVE ALL THESE CHILDREN, OKAY? AND THE ACTUAL BAND, AND THEY WANT TO GIVE THEM THE BAND, THE SCHOLARSHIP, OKAY? AND THEY WANT TO, OKAY, GIVE A THOUSAND DOLLARS TO EACH HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
OKAY? I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING VERY GOOD FOR THEM.
THEY, THEY GET IT FROM COMMUNITY, THEY RETURN BACK TO COMMUNITY TO OUR CHILDREN.
SO THANK YOU C A W C TO DID TO DO SUCH A BEAUTIFUL EVENT.
EVEN I CANNOT FEEL MY LEG AT THE END OF THE NIGHT
ANYONE ELSE? WELL, I HOPE I DON'T GET IN TROUBLE FOR THIS, BUT I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR PASTOR, SAMUEL MARTINEZ.
AND I ALSO WANNA WISH, UM, RAYA AYA, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
SHE WAS OUR SINGER AT OUR STATE OF THE CITY AND AT THE MOON FESTIVAL.
AND SHE IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL, REALLY GREAT PERFORMER.
AND, UM, WITH THAT SAID, UH, AND YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA JUST DO IT AGAIN.
THEY MADE THE CENTENNIAL, UM, STATE OF THE CITY.
THEY WORKED REALLY HARD ON IT.
I WAS THERE THE, THE DAY BEFORE AND, AND I WAS WATCHING EVERYTHING.
AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU ALL.
YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A WONDERFUL JOB.
AND, UM, AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS AND OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, YOU ALL DONE A GOOD JOB.
WHEN, WHEN WE CAN HAVE A DINNER AGAIN, THE FOOD IS REALLY GOOD.
THE SENIOR CENTER, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M QUALIFIED.
GOOD NIGHT EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU.