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GOOD EVENING.WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER 17TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MY NAME IS ROSARIO DIAZ, AND I AM YOUR CENTENNIAL MAYOR.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY RABBI RALPH RESNICK FROM TEMPLE AMI SHALOM AND COUNCILWOMAN LETTI LOPEZ.
REALTO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
I'VE BEEN THE RABBI AT TEMPLE MIC SHALOM IN WEST COVINA FOR ABOUT FOUR YEARS OR SO, BUT MY ROOTS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY GO BACK MANY, MANY YEARS.
MY GRANDPARENTS IMMIGRATED FROM EASTERN EUROPE IN THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS.
THEY SPENT SOME TIME ON THE EAST COAST, BUT IN THE 1930S, THEY BOUGHT A LIQUOR STORE IN AZUSA.
MY MOM AND HER SIBLINGS FOLLOWED HER, FOLLOWED THEM TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, AND I GREW UP IN PASADENA UNTIL I WAS ALMOST 15, AND WENT TO HEBREW SCHOOL AND HAD MY BAR MITZVAH IN ALHAMBRA.
SO THIS IS LIKE COMING HOME FOR ME.
WHEN LISA FIRST CALLED ME TO BE HERE THIS EVENING.
I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN ISRAEL AT THIS TIME ON A VACATION, VISITING MY BROTHER AND MY DAUGHTER, AND MANY FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
BUT I'M GLAD THAT I'M HERE TONIGHT WITH YOU.
THE TITLE OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL IS HATIKVA, THE HOPE.
AND THAT IDEA OF HOPE IS SO IMPORTANT IN ISRAEL AND AROUND THE WOR WORLD AT THIS VERY CHALLENGING TIME, NOT ONLY IN THE MIDDLE EAST, BUT ALSO IN EASTERN EUROPE AND IN THIS COUNTRY AS WELL.
LET US ALL HOPE AND PRAY THAT THESE CHALLENGES WILL BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AROUND THE WORLD TO PRAY FOR PEACE, TO PRAY THAT WE LEARN TO RESPECT ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND TO TEACH THOSE VALUABLE LESSONS TO ALL OF OUR CHILDREN.
HATIKVA ALWAYS LIVE WITH HOPE.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
THE UNITED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WOULD LIKE TO HOLD A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE VICTIMS WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED, INJURED, OR ARE MISSING AS A RESULT OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL.
I WOULD LIKE THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT WE MOURN AND STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES.
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
VITO, PRESENT, MAYOR PROTE TABBA.
MAYOR DIAZ HERE, CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT OUT OF OUR CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT.
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LIKE TO INVITE RICKY CHOI, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS TO THE FRONT.UM, MY NAME IS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, UH, THIS EVENING.
I'M DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS FOR THE ST.
VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
UH, JOINING ME HERE TONIGHT IS MY COLLEAGUE, UH, MARIA TORRES, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE HERE.
UM, AND WE'RE HONORED TO BE HERE, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, UH, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO FIRST, UH, THANK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TONY WU FOR BEING A DELEGATE, UH, ON THE COGS GOVERNING BOARD.
UM, AND ALSO WANTED TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CONTOS, WHO'S ON OUR HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE, UM, AS WELL AS OUR E AND R, OUR, UH, ENVIRON ENERGY ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE COG.
UM, AND ALSO ON THE, ON THE CITY STAFF SIDE.
UM, I BELIEVE, UH, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT, UH,
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ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, PAULINE MORALES IS ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING DIRECTOR PLANNING, UH, PLANNING DIRECTORS WORKING GROUP.SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT AS WELL.
UM, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE, UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UM, AS, UM, AS A MEMBER OF THE SINGER VALLEY REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST.
SO, WHAT IS THE COG AND, AND WHAT DO WE DO? UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE COG IS A, UM, A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, A J P A, UM, AND WAS FOUNDED IN 1984 AND INCLUDES, UH, 31 CITIES IN THE SAN VALLEY, AS WELL AS, UH, TWO SUPERVISOR DISTRICTS, SD ONE, SD FIVE, AS WELL AS THREE, UH, SAN VALLEY WATER DISTRICTS.
UM, THE COG IS A SUB-REGIONAL, UM, GOVERNMENT AGENCY THAT WORKS CLOSELY WITH ALL OF OUR SANGER VALLEY CITIES, UM, TO FOSTER COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES, UH, REGIONAL ISSUES, UM, THAT, UH, FACE, UH, THE REGION.
AND SO OUR PRIMARY MISSION IS REALLY TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER, UH, WORK ON PROJECTS TOGETHER THAT IMPACT THE REGION, UM, AND, UH, ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBER CITIES AND, UH, ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE 1.5 MILLION RESIDENTS WHO CALL THE SAN DIEGO VALLEY HOME.
AND SO WE MANAGE, UH, AS I MENTIONED, AND WE MANAGE A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS, REGIONAL PROGRAMS THAT SERVE OUR MEMBER AGENCIES.
UM, SOME YOU MAY BE, UH, FAMILIAR WITH, AND I'LL GO OVER THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE AT THE, AT THE COG IS TO SERVE OUR MEMBER AGENCIES WITH THE GOAL OF MEETING OUR COMMON NEEDS, UM, PROVIDING LOCAL ANSWERS, ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE, AND OF COURSE, PUTTING OUR NEIGHBORS FIRST.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE COG IS, IS, UM, PROVIDES FUNDING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, UH, TO OUR MEMBER CITIES TO DEVELOP REGIONAL SOLUTIONS FOR A NUMBER OF COMPLEX, UM, ISSUES, UH, AND AND IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS TO HELP, UH, CITIES ADDRESS A NUMBER OF, UM, CHALLENGES.
UH, WE AT THE COG REALLY PUT AN EMPHASIS ON, UM, IMPLEMENTING REGIONAL STRATEGIES.
AND SO WE TRY TO SUPPORT THE CITIES HOWEVER WE CAN, UM, AND TO HELP A LOT OF OUR CITIES, UH, AND OUR COMMUNITIES, UH, AND THE DIVERSE, UM, RESIDENTS IN THE SAN VALLEY AND INCLUDING, UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, OUR PROGRAM IS MAXIMIZED LOCAL DOLLARS, UM, TO HELP EACH OF OUR CITIES COMPLY WITH A NUMBER OF STATE, UH, LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
UM, AND ONE EXAMPLE I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM, AND WHICH, UH, CITY WEST COVINA IS A PARTICIPANT.
UH, THE FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON HELPING CITIES COMPLY WITH, UH, SENATE BILL SSB 1383, UH, THAT YOU MAY BE AWARE OF.
AND ONE OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF 1383 IS, UM, REQUIRES CITIES TO DO INSPECTIONS OF GROCERY STORES, RESTAURANTS, UM, AND OTHER FACILITIES, UH, TO HELP ENSURE THAT, UH, FOOD IS NOT BEING THROWN AWAY, BUT INSTEAD, UH, DONATED.
SO WITH THE COGS FOOD RECOVERY PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH CITIES REGIONALLY TO ADDRESS THIS, UM, AND GET THESE INSPECTIONS DONE, AND ENSURE THAT CITIES REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE, UH, WITH THE NEW STATE LAW.
AND SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE, UM, OF A PROGRAM THAT THE COG IS FOCUSED ON BRINGING CITIES TOGETHER, PULLING RESOURCES TOGETHER, AND HELP CITIES COMPLY, UM, WITH THOSE STATE MANDATES.
UM, AND ALSO JUST WANNA MENTION THAT THROUGH OUR, UH, HOUSING INCUBATOR PROGRAM, UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY FUNDING A PART-TIME, UH, HOUSING NAVIGATOR TO SUPPORT, UM, THE LA CA'S TEAM, UM, WHO'S OUR SERVICE PROVIDER, UM, THAT IS DOING A STREET, UH, STREET-BASED, UH, HOMELESS OUTREACH, UM, IN THE CITY TO HELP THE HIGH ACUITY AND SUBSTANCE USE, UH, DISORDER CLIENTS, UM, GET THE RESOURCES AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY NEED, WHICH INCLUDE ALSO, UM, ASSISTANCE TO LOCATE IN SECURE HOUSING.
THE GOAL OF IMPLEMENTING LOCAL ANSWERS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COG.
EACH COMMUNITY WE UNDERSTAND HAS ITS OWN, UM, UNIQUE CHALLENGES AND NEEDS.
AND SO THE COG PROVIDES INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS, UH, TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS AND MEET THESE NEEDS.
PART OF IT IS WORKING TO SECURE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR LOCALLY BASED, UH, SOLUTIONS AND PROGRAMS, UM, THAT WE SHARE, UM, AS A REGION.
AND SO, UM, WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THREE IMAGES, UM, THREE EXAMPLES OF THE, OF THIS PAST YEAR WHERE WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING SOME FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING, UH, FOR SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE S G V WORKS, UH, WHICH IS OUR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UM, THAT FOCUS ON PROVIDING, UH, UH, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, UM, AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING FOR AT-RISK YOUTH, AS WELL AS, UH, THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, AS WELL AS FOR OUR
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S U V CARE OR, UH, MOBILE CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAM, UH, WHICH IS A MOBILE RESPONSE PROGRAM, UH, THAT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE RESPONSE TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR THOSE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.AND MOVING ON TO THE GOAL OF, UM, ENHANCING, IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SANGER VALLEY.
UM, THAT'S IMPROVING THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND LIVABILITY FOR THE SAN VALLEY REGION.
UM, YOU CAN SEE HERE A LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT COG IMPLEMENTS TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.
UM, AND ONE THAT YOU MAY, UM, BE AWARE OF.
AND, UH, RECALL IS THE ALAMEDA CORAL EAST PROJECT.
UM, AND THAT IS OUR PROGRAM OF GREAT SEPARATION PROJECTS.
UM, THOSE ARE THE VIEW THAT MAY RECALL, UH, THE NOGA STREET, UH, GREAT SEPARATION PROJECT, UH, OPENED TO TRAFFIC IN 2005.
UH, THIS IS THE GREAT SEPARATION, UH, CLOSER TO VALLEY BOULEVARD.
UM, AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE WAS WE, UH, LOWERED THE ROADWAY, UM, UNDER THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN VALLEY BOULEVARD, BUILT THE RAILROAD BRIDGE THERE, AND, UM, ALSO BUILT A LOOP CONNECTOR ROAD, UH, THAT NOW CONNECTS THE GALL TO VALLEY BOULEVARD.
UH, THE PA THE PROJECT REDUCED CONGESTION, IMPROVED SAFETY, UM, BY ELIMINATING THE POTENTIAL FOR, UH, TRAINS AND VEHICLES TO COLLIDE.
SO, UM, AND REDUCED POLLUTION, UM, CAUSED BY IDLING CARS AND VEHICLES.
UM, IT ALSO RESULTED IN, UM, FREEING UP OF A 4.1 ACRE PIECE OF LAND THAT IS, WAS A FORMERLY BLIGHTED, UH, COMMERCIAL CENTER, UM, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN, UH, REDEVELOPED, UH, TO, UH, BECOME A MEDICAL CENTER.
IT'S CALLED THE NOGALES, UH, MEDICAL AND PROFESSIONAL PLAZA RIGHT THERE.
AND FINALLY, UM, THE CONCEPT, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE CONCEPT OF PUTTING OUR NEIGHBORS FIRST, UM, AND HELPING TO ENSURE THAT ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY OUR MOST VULNERABLE, UM, HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE A JOB AND, UH, GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED.
UM, OUR PROGRAM, UH, THAT INCLUDES ONE OF OUR PROGRAMS, UH, THAT INCLUDES THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, IS THE BROADBAND'S NEED, BROADBAND NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, UH, CURRENTLY.
AND THE IDEA IS TO REALLY CLOSE THE DIGITAL DIVIDE AND, UM, PROVIDE UNDERSERVED AND UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, UM, WITH EQUAL ACCESS, UH, TO RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE BROADBAND, UH, SERVICE.
SO THAT'S ONE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING AT THE MOMENT.
NOW I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UM, THAT, AND SUCCESSES THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, THIS PAST YEAR.
UH, WE'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE, UM, TO HAVE A AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE, UH, TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM OUR FEDERAL, STATE, AND COUNTY, UH, PARTNERS.
AND SO THIS PAST YEAR, UH, WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING NEARLY $75 MILLION, UH, FOR FUNDING, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR REGIONAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS, UH, THAT SERVE OUR MEMBER CITIES.
AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, UH, A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMS. UM, THE SUCCESS THAT WE HAVE THIS PAST YEAR IN OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE, UH, SERVING OVER 2,800 CLIENTS THROUGH OUR REGIONAL HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS AND CITY PILOT PROGRAMS. UH, WE RELAUNCHED THE, UH, GO S G V BIKE SHARE PROGRAM, ENHANCING MOBILITY, UM, IN AN AFFORDABLE, SUSTAINABLE WAY.
UH, WE'VE PUT UP, WE'VE PUT IN 105 UNITS OF INTERIM C UH, INTERIM TINY HOMES, INTERIM HOUSING FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN THE SANGU VALLEY.
UH, WE RECENTLY BROKE GROUND ON THE SR 57 60, UH, CONFLUENCE PROJECT, AND THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS GAME CHANGER, IMPROVING SAFETY, UM, AND ADDRESSING THE STATE'S WORST AND THE NATION'S SEVENTH WORST TRUCK BOTTLENECK.
UM, AND A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE ALSO, UH, COMPLETED THE FAIRWAY DRIVE GRACE SEPARATION PROJECT, UM, AND THAT'S LOCATED IN CITY INDUSTRY AND THE COMMUNITY OF ROLAND HEIGHTS, UM, HELPING TO BETTER CONNECT TO THE SAN DIEGO VALLEY, UM, AND IMPROVE ROADWAY SAFETY.
SO, WE'RE ALSO LOOK VERY EXCITED TO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, WHAT WE HAVE PLANNED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE REGION BY, UM, AND WE WILL BE CONSTRUCTING, UH, AND STARTING CONSTRUCTING CONSTRUCTION SOON ON THE TURBO CANYON ROAD GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT.
THAT'S IN THE CITY OF, UH, INDUSTRY AND HANA HEIGHTS, AND THEN ALSO THE MONTEBELLO CORRIDOR GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT.
UH, WE ALSO INTEND TO COMPLETE THE SAN DIEGO VALLEY TRANSIT FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH IS FOCUSED ON IMPROVING MOBILITY, UH, AND ENHANCING MOBILITY OPTIONS, UM, FOR THE REGION, AND IDENTIFYING AND BUILDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT, UM, THE TRANSIT NEEDS OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS IN THE VALLEY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, FINALLY, WE'LL ALSO BE ESTABLISHING THREE ADDITIONAL, UM, FOOD RECOVERY HUBS WORKING WITH OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS.
AND THAT IS OBVIOUSLY TO REDUCE THE FOOD,
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UM, INSECURITY IN THE REGION AND, AND FEED, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS IN NEED.WE ALSO PLAN TO COMPLETE A NUMBER OF HOME ENERGY, UH, REVIEWS AS PART OF OUR EFFICIENT S G V PROGRAM.
AND, UH, THAT'S HOPE, THAT'S TO HELP RESIDENTS BE MORE, UH, ENERGY EFFICIENT AND LOWER THOSE ELECTRICITY BILLS.
UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO ALSO EXPAND OUR SS U V CARE MOBILE CRISIS PROGRAM TO THREE ADDITIONAL CITIES.
AND FINALLY, WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLETING THE RENOVATIONS AT THE DEMIC BAR GOLF COURSE, THAT'S PART OF THE 57 60 PROJECT, AND REOPEN THAT GOLF COURSE, UH, TO THE PUBLIC NEXT SLIDE.
AND THAT, UM, IN NUTSHELL IS, IS A, AS A BRIEF UPDATE, UM, OF THE, UH, PROGRAMS, UM, THAT THE COGS HAVE BEEN, UM, DOING THIS PAST YEAR AND OUR PLANS FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR, WHICH WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT.
I JUST WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY AGAIN, UH, THANK THE COUNCIL FOR HAVING ME TODAY.
AND OF COURSE, UM, YOU KNOW, GRATEFUL TO STAFF FOR BEING, UM, VERY SUPPORTIVE, UM, AND GREAT TO WORK WITH, UM, THROUGHOUT THIS TIME.
AND SO THE COG LOOKS FORWARD TO CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP, UM, AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF THE LIFE OF THOSE IN THE SAN YBA VALLEY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, MY EMAIL'S UP THERE ON THE SCREEN, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REACH OUT TO ME TO FOLLOW UP ON ANY OF THE, OUR PROGRAMS OR IF THERE'S ANY, UH, IDEAS FOR FUTURE COLLABORATION, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL, UM, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, COUNCIL MEMBER.
YEAH, THIS IS THE, I THINK THE FIRST TIME YOU, YOU CAME TO OUR CITY AND, UH, OKAY.
I THINK THE NEW POLICY FOR CORK, OKAY.
I KNOW STEPHANIE, THE C E O WENT TO SOME OTHER CT THAT YOU CAN SPREAD OUT BECAUSE CAR HAS A 31 CT TO SERVE, SO YOU GUYS HAVE TO SPREAD OUT.
SO, AGAIN, WELCOME TO WEST COVINA.
SO I'VE BEEN JOINING YOU GUY FOR THREE, FOUR YEARS, REPRESENT WEST COVINA, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'M A BIG MOUSE ON THE CAR.
OKAY? SO, BUT I WANT TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO ADVOCATE OKAY.
AND I'VE BEEN TALKING MANY TIMES, OKAY, ASKING FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR COG TO HELP US ON AZUA AVENUE TO SYNCHRONIZED TRAFFIC SIGNAL FROM AZUA TWO 10 AND THE COVINA METROLINK TO WEST COVINA 10 FREEWAY AND TO LA PUENTE AND TO THE CITY OF INDUSTRY 60.
SO, SO WITH THAT NORTH AND SOUTH, YOU HAVE SO MANY, MANY TRAFFICS IN THERE.
SO EVERYBODY, WE IDLING AND CREATE A LOT OF POLLUTION YOU HATE, OKAY? AND CREATE, CREATE A LOT OF, UH, WAITING AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ON SUSE.
SO YOU REDUCE PEOPLE TAKING THE METRO LINK AND THE THE GO GO LINE.
AND THIS NO, EAST, EASTERN, WEST, AND THE SUSE IS ONLY ONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH AND SOUTH.
WE NEED TO, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR FOUR, FOUR YEARS OR MAYBE EVEN LONGER, OKAY.
CAR CAN HELP US TO, BECAUSE IT'S A FIVE CITY WEST, KOREA CANNOT DO IT ITSELF.
WE NEED TO HAVE ENTIRE, FROM NORTH AND SOUTH.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN BRING BACK, I, I'VE BEEN REQUESTS EVERY YEARS WHEN THEY ASK CT REQUESTS, I'VE BEEN REQUESTS A SUSE AVENUE SYNCHRONIZED SYNCHRONIZATION.
AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE CAN REDUCE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON A SUSE AND MAKE IT MUCH SMOOTH.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, IF YOU HAVE, UH, FULL HILL TRAFFIC, IF THEY HAVE A SATELLITE, IF THEY HIT ON THE SUSE CAN BECOME A GREEN LIGHT.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN LET PEOPLE TO UTILIZE MORE OF MASS TRANSPORTATION AND USING THE METRO LINK OR GO LINE.
AND I THINK THIS IS A BENEFIT TO THE REGION.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE BRING IT BACK? OKAY.
SAY THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THE COUNCIL BEING REQUESTING FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND I, I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER WU.
UM, AND IT, IT'S VERY TIMELY BECAUSE A, AS YOU KNOW, UH, THE COG RIGHT NOW IS, UH, TALKING TO ALL THE CITIES IN THE SAN VALLEY, UM, UH, UH, COLOR PROJECTS, IF YOU WILL.
WE'RE HAVING COLOR PROJECTS, IF YOU WILL, TRYING TO ASSESS WHERE WE CAN BE HELPFUL.
UM, AND SO, WELL, I'LL DEFINITELY TAKE, UH, YOUR SUGGESTION TO BACK TO THE OFFICE AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SIGNALIZATION, UM, MAY BE A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL, UM, SOLUTION.
UM, AND SO IT WILL TAKE, UH, WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF CITIES IN THE AREA, I, I ASSUME COVINA, UH, AND ING AZUA, RIGHT.
UH, ALONG THE ZZA AVENUE CORRIDOR.
UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO, UM, AS WE PROGRESS WITH THE ANG VALLEY TRANSIT STUDY.
UM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION AS PART OF THAT.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO THERE COULD BE SOME, UH, SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT AND, UM, AND START, UH, SEEING HOW WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN, UH, AND HELP YOU, UM, IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE COUNCIL? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. TROY, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
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A GREAT DAY.BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, WE HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT.
WE'D LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF KORAN SINGH, A WEST COVINA RESIDENT WHO WORKED AT BIG BOB'S LIQUOR AND MARKET.
HE LEAVES BEHIND HIS WIFE AND 12 YEAR OLD SON WHO HE HAS WORKED HARD TO SUPPORT IN INDIA.
MR. SINGH WAS A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WAS A HARD WORKER AND ADORED BY HIS CUSTOMERS.
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TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT YOUR ORANGE CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
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 SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKER SLIPS.
JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW SMITH, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PADRES.
MR. SHOEMAKER, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ANTISEMITISM EIGHT, UH, ITEM THAT IS SO IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND TO OUR MAYOR, THAT IT'S ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, ROUTINE, MUNDANE ITEMS. BUT THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE BECAUSE IN THE MAYOR'S OWN HOUSEHOLD, THERE'S ANTISEMITISM GOING ON.
SO WHY WOULD SHE BRING THIS UP AND HAVE TO GO ON THE RECORD TO SAY SPECIFIC ITEMS? IT'S UNCONSCIONABLE SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEYOND, BEYOND WORDS TO JUST SLOUGH IT OFF THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN INSULT.
AND TO BE VOTED ON BY A PERSON WHO IN THEIR OWN HOME HAS EXPRESSED THAT IF YOU'RE JEWISH, YOU WANNA BE A WHITE PERSON.
A LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WAS JEWISH, WHO WAS ON THE, UM, COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION DIED, AND HER OWN HOUSEHOLD MADE A REMARK BECAUSE HE WAS JEWISH.
HE WENT TO HELL, HER HOUSEHOLD, THIS IS A PIECE OF PAPER THAT MEANS NOTHING IF YOU DON'T ALL COME OUT AND PUT AN END TO THESE COMMENTS TO DISAVOW THOSE COMMENTS.
TONY WU, WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC GOT UP HERE AND MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT BECAUSE OF WHERE HE WAS ON THE SPECTRUM OF AUTISM, THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE AWARE THAT THE PERSON HIMSELF HAS INVENTED.
HE HAD NO PROBLEM SPENDING FIVE MINUTES CHASTISING THAT PERSON FOR THAT COMMENT, YET HE HAS NO PRO.
HE SITS SILENTLY WHEN A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REFERS TO HISPANICS WHO ARE DREAMERS AS COCKROACHES, SAME PERSON.
THE CONS SITS SILENT WHEN THAT PERSON GETS UP HERE AND QUESTIONS OUR MAYOR PRO TIM'S ETHNIC BACKGROUND.
I DON'T CARE WHERE YOUR PARENTS CAME FROM, YOU'RE HERE.
YOU ARE DULY ELECTED, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU DON'T DO.
BUT THAT JUST SHOWS THE TOTAL ACT OF RESPECT THAT SHE HAS FOR NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY, BUT HER COLLEAGUES.
MY DAUGHTER WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
SHE WAS ON THIS CONSOLE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
I HAD ENOUGH RESPECT FOR HER THAT BEFORE I SPOKE, I TELL HER WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND SHE SAID, DAD, THAT MIGHT UPSET SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES.
I'D PREFER YOU CHANGE IT OR IGNORE IT.
NOW, THE MAYOR WILL SAY THAT SHE CAN'T STOP HER HUSBAND FROM MAKING THESE COMMENTS.
THAT SHOWS THE LACK OF RESPECT THAT THIS PERSON HAS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR HER.
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THIS IS JUST A PIECE OF PAPER BEING VOTED ON, BROUGHT FORWARD THAT THE MAYOR REQUESTED IT, AND THEN IT'S PUT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.INSTEAD OF HAVING THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S INSULTING TO HAVE IT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS THAT THE PERSON HAS MADE ABOUT, WELL, THE MAYOR HERSELF, YOU KNOW, I'M A HISPANIC WOMAN, BUT I DON'T THINK LIKE THEM, FIRST OF ALL, WHO'S THEM? AND THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND, WHAT WAS IT? THE FIRE, UH, AT THE FIRE STATION SAYING, HEY, LET'S PREVENT FIRES.
ARE YOU SAYING WOMEN CAUSE FIRES? OR ONLY WOMEN COOK? DO YOU LISTEN TO YOURSELF? OR ARE YOU STUCK IN 1950S? I REALLY HAVE TO WONDER.
SO HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL TAKE IT OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND ACTUALLY HAVE A DISCUSSION OF WHAT'S THE HORRIBLE THINGS THAT HAVE GONE ON IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
MATT SMITH, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRA, FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOUR.
UH, GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.
THANK YOU FOR HOSTING ASSEMBLY.
UH, WOMAN RUBIO'S JOB FAIR AT THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, WAS WELL ATTENDED.
PARKING LOT WAS FULL, PROBABLY FOR THREE OR FOUR HOURS.
UH, I KNOW BUN STREET WAS, WAS ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.
AND WE RECEIVED APPLICATION FROM WEST COVINA RESIDENCE, WHICH WAS A GREAT MATCHUP FOR, FOR US, FOR GETTING, UH, POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES AND FOR THE EMPLOYEE, THOSE LOOKING FOR WORK TO COME TO ONE LOCATION AND TALK TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE.
SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING THAT.
IT, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, AND SAY WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OVER THE MEETING WE HAD LAST MONDAY IN REGARDS TO OUTDOOR DINING.
UH, DOUG'S GONNA SPEAK MORE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT, BUT WE'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE ABOUT THE COLLABORATION WE'VE BEEN ASKING, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT COLLABORATION.
THE CITY'S CERTAINLY STEPPED UP AND, UH, INCLUDED US IN A MEETING, UM, AND OTHER BUSINESSES THERE AS WELL.
AND I, I, WE SPOKE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO, CHRIS FREELAND WAS HERE ABOUT, UM, DOWNTOWN MAKING GLENDORA DOWNTOWN AREA.
AND OUTDOOR DINING AND BUILDING THE STRUCTURES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ON MONDAY IS, IS NOT A DOWNTOWN AREA, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY A BABY STEP INTO CREATING, HAVING THE BUSINESSES CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF PEOPLE WALKING, HAVING DINNER, WALKING THE ROW.
IT, IT, IT'S CERTAINLY, UH, A FIRST STEP NOW, AS AMBITIOUS AS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
BUT I, I THINK IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO START.
WE'RE VERY INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT.
AND, UM, ONE THANKS TO COUNCIL FOR THOSE THINGS.
JERRY PATRAS, FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOUR, FOLLOWED BY PHIL MARINO.
JERRY PATRAS, LONGTIME WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
TONIGHT I'M COMMENTING ON AGENDA ITEM SIX, THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT PAGE, FORBES SPECIFICALLY, I HAVE MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT AND CONCERNS ABOUT THIS REPORT, BUT I AM LIMITING MY QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS TONIGHT TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT.
ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON PAGE FOUR.
ITEM ONE, ADMINISTRATION HAS ABOUT TWO, ALMOST $260,000 FOR INCREASES IN SALARIES AND BENEFITS.
IS MY ASSUMPTION CORRECT THAT SOME OF THAT FUNDING IS NEEDED FOR INCREASES IN COUNCIL SALARIES AND BENEFITS, AND THE INCREASES TO COMMISSION STIPENDS THE COUNCIL APPROVED ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023? IF YES, WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COST ITEM ONE ALSO STATES ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NEEDED TO COMPENSATE FOR THE INCREASE IN THE CITY ATTORNEY CONTRACT.
ITEM TWO, HUMAN RESOURCES HAS 130,000 BEING ADDED TO FUND THE INFLUX OF LEGAL SERVICES.
THE CITY'S LEGAL SERV EXPENSES ARE INCREASING AT AN ALARMING RATE.
THE CITY HAS A RISK MANAGER AND A CITY ATTORNEY, YET LEGAL FEES SKYROCKET.
MUCH OF THE INCREASE APPEARS TO BE THE RESULT OF LAWSUITS AND COMPLAINTS FILED BY EMPLOYEES.
THE SITUATION NEEDS TO BE FIXED.
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DOUGLAS FOUR, FOLLOWED BY PHIL MARINO, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ.HELLO GUYS, AND HAPPY TUESDAY.
DOUG FOUR, BUSINESS OWNER, RESIDENT.
WANT THE BEST FOR THE CITY? UM, THANK YOU.
WE, UM, MATT AND I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH MULAN AND PAULINE AND, UM, PAULINA, SORRY.
AND, UH, HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM TO HOPEFULLY BUILD AND, AND CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.
UM, ON LAST MONDAY, WE MET WITH, UM, PAULINA, UM, MULAN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ENGINEERING, POLICE, AND FIRE.
UM, WE ALL MET DOWNTOWN AND, UM, HAD A GREAT DIALOGUE WITH OTHER RESTAURANTS DOWN THERE.
SOME RESTAURANTS COULDN'T MAKE IT.
WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT THE CITY IS GONNA BRING, BE BRINGING FORWARD, UM, ON THE NEXT AGENDA TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING THAT DOWNTOWN AREA AN AMAZING AREA.
SO, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THAT WE TRULY APPRECIATE IT AS A BUSINESS IS DOWN THERE.
SO MORENO, FOLLOWED BY DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY JIM.
MY NAME IS PHIL MORENO, AND THIS IS ADDRESSED TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL, AND THE CURRENT WEST COVINA CITY MANAGER.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS IN VIOLATION OF TITLE IX AND TONY WU.
AND ITEM NUMBER 10, ON TONIGHT'S CITY, AGENDA, AGAIN, FAILS TO SET UP A PLAN TO COMPLY WITH TITLE IX.
2022 MARKS THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BREAKTHROUGH LAW IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE 1972 FEDERAL LAW REQUIRED THAT WOMEN WOULD BE, HAVE EQUAL RIGHTS TO ATHLETICS AND SPORTS.
YET THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS FAILED TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO COMPLY WITH ITS FEDERAL LAW.
I'M GIVING EACH OF YOU MEMBERS, UH, A COPY OF WHAT I'M GONNA READ.
IT'S FROM THE A C L U DATED OCTOBER THE 21ST OF 2003.
TODAY AT 11:00 AM THE CIVIL AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCED THE FILING OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TO END DISCRIMINATORY TREATMENT OF GIRLS SOFTBALL PLAYERS IN THE CITY OF LA PUENTE.
THE LEGAL COMPLAINT FILED BY THE A C L U SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN FEDERAL COURT TODAY CLAIMS THAT THE GIRLS ARE, QUOTE, BEING DENIED EQUAL AND ADEQUATE ACCESS AS CITY OWNED RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE TO THE LOCAL BOYS BASEBALL LEAGUE ON THE BASIS OF THEIR GENDER.
THE CASE WAS FILED BY NINE GIRLS ON BEHALF OF ALL GIRLS WHO PLAY SOFTBALL IN THE CITY OF LA PUENTE.
THE NINE PLAINTIFFS ARRANGED IN AGE FROM NINE TO 17 YEARS.
THIS WEEK, AS WE WATCH THE NATION'S MOST COMPETITIVE TEAMS PLAY IN THE WORLD SERIES, WE'RE PUTTING THE CITY ON NOTICE THAT BOYS AREN'T THE ONLY ONES WITH BIG LEAGUE DREAMS SAYS, AND HER NAME IS SPELLED N A T A R A J A N, STAFF ATTORNEY FOR THE A C L U.
THE GIRLS OF LA POINTE DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS.
THEY DESERVE AN EQUAL PLAYING FIELD.
THE SUIT DOCUMENTS THE BLAME INEQUALITY THAT EXISTS BETWEEN THE FACILITIES USED BY LOCAL BOYS, TEAMS, AND GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAM.
THE CITY HAS ONE BASEBALL FIELD FOR THE GIRLS AT CAMERON PARK.
THE OTHER TWO FIELDS THERE ARE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
EVERY OTHER PARK IS DEDICATED TO BOYS LITTLE LEAGUE, FOR EXAMPLE, BOYS ENJOY FIELDS WITH LEVEL GRASS AND DIRT, BULLPEN AREAS, NEW AND OPERATIONAL CONCESSION STANDS, STADIUM LIGHTING FOR NIGHT GAMES, METAL BLEACHERS, CLEAN RESTROOMS, PAVED PARKING LOTS, EQUIPMENT, STORAGE SPACE SCOREBOARDS, FUNCTIONAL SOUND SYSTEMS, AND ARE MAINTAINED AT LEAST ON PART BY THE CITY.
THE GIRL FIELDS LACKS EACH ON ANY OF THESE ATTRIBUTES.
THE GIRLS, THEIR PARENTS AND COACHES HAVE MADE REPEATED PUBLIC REQUESTS TO CITY OFFICIALS.
MY DAUGHTER LOST HER HOUSE IN HESPERIA.
MY GRANDKIDS CAME AND LIVED WITH ME.
SOFTBALL SIGN WAS UP TO SIGN UP.
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MY DAUGHTER SAID, I'LL NEVER TAKE MY GIRLS THERE AGAIN TO GO TO A PORTA POTTY AND NOT HAVE A PLACE TO WASH HER HANDS AND THEN GO TO A SNACK BAR.YOU GOTTA SEE WHAT THEY HAVE FOR THE GIRLS THERE AT LONE HILL PARK.
IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE WHAT THE CITY LACKS FOR GIRLS.
THE CITY HAS CONSISTENTLY DENIED THESE REQUESTS AND FAILED TO IMPROVE THE GIRLS' FACILITIES.
THESE GIRLS FACE SOME DAUNTING CHALLENGES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, SAID SOLELY PEREZ, STAFF ATTORNEY FOR THE A C L U.
WHEREAS THE AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL FEMALE DROPOUT AT A RATE IN THE ENTIRE STATE AT 2.5%.
ONE, THE DROPOUT RATE IN APPOINTED UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IS MORE THAN THREE TIMES THAT AMOUNT AT 7.7%.
EXPERTS AGREE THAT GIRLS WHO PARTICIPATE IN EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, ESPECIALLY SPORTS, SUBSTANTIALLY DECREASED THEIR RISK OF DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL.
THESE GIRLS HAVE PLENTY OF HURDLES TO OVERCOME HAVING TO FIGHT CITY HALL TO GAIN THE RESPECT AND EQUALITY THEY LEGALLY ARE ENTITLED TO.
SHOULD NOT BE, SHOULD NOT BE ADDED TO THAT LIST.
GIRLS LEAVE LA POE TO PLAY IN OTHER SOFTBALL LEAGUES, JUST LIKE MY GRANDKIDS WENT UP TO SAN DIMAS.
THEY HAVE BETTER FACILITIES AT OTHER CITIES, SAID AMATE AVILA, 17 YEAR OLD PITCHER ON A TEAM CALLED GIRLS IN BLACK.
IF WE HAD BETTER FACILITIES, WE COULD PLAY BETTER.
AND GET NOTICED BY THE RECRUITERS.
DAVID SCHWARTZ, FOLLOWED BY JIM GRITCH, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE MURDERS THAT HAPPENED, UH, IN ISRAEL.
UM, ALSO, I WANT TO SAY AHEAD OF TIME, THANK YOU FOR ALREADY ACCEPTING THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU, UH, ON ITEM TWO, I'M HERE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR JASON MOSS, WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
SO HE ASKED ME TO DELIVER HIS COMMENTS.
SO THESE COMMENTS ARE GONNA BE FROM HIM.
AND YOU PROBABLY ALREADY HEARD 'EM BECAUSE YOU GUYS ALREADY SAID YES TO THAT.
GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THESE REMARKS WITH YOU.
MY NAME IS JASON MOSS AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF JEWISH FEDERATION OF THE GREATER, GREATER SAN GABRIEL AND POMONA VALLEYS.
OUR MISSION IS TO STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THE JEWISH LIFE IN OUR COMMUNITY, OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE ALSO SERVE THE JEWISH VOICE FOR OUR COMMUNITY IN AN AREA THAT COVERS A TOTAL OF 48 CITIES FROM GLENDALE TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA SOUTH TO WHITTIER.
AND WITHIN THE ROLE, UH, IT IS IN, IT IS IN, IT IS WITHIN HIS ROLE IN THIS ROLE THAT I AM SHARING THESE REMARKS WITH YOU.
SORRY, I JUST LOOKED AT THIS A FEW MINUTES AGO.
EVEN WITHOUT THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN ISRAEL, JEWS ARE SCARED AND AFRAID OF BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE OFTEN CONSIDERED TO BE THE OLDEST FORM OF HATRED.
ANTISEMITISM HAS HIT LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE BEFORE WORLD WAR II.
IN CASE YOU WERE NOT AWARE, THE ANTI DEFINITION LEAGUE, UH, DOES AN ANNUAL AUDIT OF THE NUMBER OF REPORTED ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN ATTACKS.
AND OVER THE LAST SIX YEARS, THEY REPORTED 300% INCREASE.
1,267 REPORTED HATE INCIDENTS INCLUDING HARASSMENT, VANDALISM, AND ATTACKS IN 19, UH, IN 2016.
AND OH, THAT WAS ATTACKS IN 2016 AND 3,697 REPORTED INCIDENTS IN 2022.
AND WE KNOW ANECDOTALLY THAT THESE FIGURES ARE PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO TO THREE TIMES HIGHER BECAUSE THEY DO NOT INCLUDE INCIDENTS THAT OFTEN GO UNREPORTED EACH YEAR.
HERE IN CALIFORNIA ALONE, THERE WAS A 41% INCREASE OF INCIDENTS BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022.
IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AND OUR LOCAL JEWISH FEDERATION DECIDED SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE DONE LOCALLY TO COMBAT, TO COMBAT ANTISEMITISM AND ALL FORMS OF HATRED.
AS SUCH, I WROTE AN ED PIECE SHARING THAT THE JEWISH COMMUNITY NEEDED ALLIES TO STAND WITH US.
I ALSO REACHED OUT TO MAYOR DIAZ AND HER 47 OTHER MAYOR COLLEAGUES IN THE GREATER SAN GABRIEL AND POMONA VALLEYS TO ASK THAT THEIR CITIES STAND WITH THE JEWISH COMMUNITY AND PASS RESOLUTIONS, UH, DENOUNCING ANTISEMITISM IN ALL FORM OF HATRED AS CITY LEADERS.
I'M ALSO ASKING YOU TO USE YOUR VOICE TONIGHT, STAND UP AND PUBLIC AND PUBLICLY STATE THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA STANDS WITH THOSE TARGETED, AND THAT YOU WILL NOT TOLERATE HATE OF ANY KIND
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WITH WITHIN YOUR CITY.THAT THAT IS PASSING THE RESOLUTION, UH, WILL SHOW.
AND BY DOING THAT, YOU WILL ADD WEST COVINA TO THE LIST OF 25 OTHER CITIES IN THE GREATER SAN GABRIEL AND POMONA VALUES WHO HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THESE ACTIONS.
AND SINCE WE KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT LEGISLATE AWAY ANTISEMITISM RACISM IN ANY FORMS OF HATRED, ADDITIONAL STEPS MUST BE TAKEN.
I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO BRING TOGETHER REPRESENTATIVES FROM VARIOUS TARGETED GROUPS TO SHARE IDEAS AND WORK WITH, WITH YOUR CITY'S LEADERSHIP, TO DEVELOP A ROBUST CITYWIDE PLAN TO ADDRESS, COMBAT, AND RESPOND TO ALL THE FORMS OF HATRED.
AND I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE YOU TO COMMIT TO PARTICIPATING IN THE UNITED AGAINST HATE WEEK, WHICH IS NOVEMBER 12TH THROUGH THE 18TH THIS YEAR.
BUT FIRST, MAKE A STATEMENT AND COMMIT TONIGHT BY ADOPTING THE RESOLUTION BEFORE YOU AND SHOW THAT ALL FORMS OF HATRED, INCLUDING ANTISEMITISM, HAS NO PLACE IN WEST COVINA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
JIM GRITCH, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY SARAH.
LOVE JIM RAVICH HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE FOURTH QUARTER REPORT.
THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR A WHILE HAVE HEARD THIS SAME SPEECH BEFORE.
UH, ONCE AGAIN, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS, UH, DOING SERIOUS DEFICIT SPENDING.
FOURTH QUARTER RE REPORT SHOWS $3.4 MILLION SPENT MORE THAN RECEIVED.
UM, AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AND WHAT I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IS I DON'T SEE ANY ACTION PLAN.
I DON'T SEE ANY ATTEMPT AT RESOLUTION.
IT'S JUST, OH, WELL, AND THAT'S VERY DISTURBING.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, EACH AND EVERY YEAR I'VE GOT UP AND SAID, LEGAL EXPENSES HAVE BEEN GOING UP AT A RAPID RATE.
WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIX IT? AND GUESS WHAT? THEY KEEP GOING UP AT A RAPID RATE.
ACTUALLY, WE MAKE IT WORSE BY DOING THINGS THAT BRING SUITS AGAINST THE CITY THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
UH, I, I ACTUALLY FEEL THIS IS FISCALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.
SOMEBODY SHOULD BE PAYING ATTENTION.
SOMEBODY SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE BEHAVIORS THAT CAUSE THESE PROBLEMS. UH, ALMOST ALL OF 'EM ARE SUITS OF EMPLOYEES AGAINST THE CITY.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF DISGRACEFUL ACTUALLY.
UH, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT KEEPS COMING UP, SOME THINGS DON'T GO AWAY, IS FIRE DEPARTMENT OVERDRAFTS.
AND IF YOU LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE REPORT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT'S THAT BAD THIS YEAR.
BUT THE REPORT DOESN'T MENTION THAT DURING THE YEAR, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET WAS AUGMENTED BY OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO WHAT APPEARS TO BE A RELATIVELY SMALL DRAFT OVERDRAFT IS ACTUALLY A $1.5 MILLION OVERDRAFT EVERY YEAR.
SAME DEPARTMENT, SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY.
UH, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER HOW MUCH OF THEIR BUDGET IS 'CAUSE THEIR BUDGET GOES UP EVERY SINGLE YEAR BY SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF MONEY.
THERE'S ALWAYS A HUGE OVERDRAFT.
UH, I, WHAT'S DISTURBING IS, UH, I SEE NO EFFECTIVE ACTION.
UH, AND I AM JUST HOPING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL PAY ATTENTION AND DO SOMETHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SMALLER THINGS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT SPORTS PIKE LOSING MONEY.
WELL, THAT'S A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT.
MAYBE SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, A HALF A MILLION DOLLAR SUBSIDIES, A LOT BIG SUBSIDY.
UH, SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WHEN YOU START ADDING UP ALL THESE LITTLE, THESE PROBLEMS, IT ADDS UP TO A LOT OF MONEY.
SO I, I, I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FINDS IT NECESSARY TO ASK STAFF TO COME FORWARD WITH A PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES ARE BALANCED EVEN, AND STOP THE DEFICIT SPENDING.
YES, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS YOU HAD A REPRIEVE BECAUSE YOU HAD EXTRA REVENUES, BUT THAT WAS ONLY TEMPORARY.
AND, UH, SOMETHING HAVE TO BE DONE.
THE LAST THING I WANTED TO SAY IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM ON THIS WHOLE SUBJECT IS RETIREMENT COSTS.
ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE CITY FACES ETERNAL
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MONEY ISSUES IS BECAUSE RETIREMENT COSTS KEEP GOING UP RAPIDLY.MUCH WRAP, MUCH HIGHER THAN INFLATION, MUCH HIGHER THAN YOUR REVENUE.
SO IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THAT, FOR THE CITY TO CONSTANTLY HAVE TO DO THINGS TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES IN OTHER AREAS, TO HOLD THINGS EVEN.
AND, UH, AND IT, IT SHOULDN'T BE FORGOTTEN WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THAT'S WHY I BRING IT UP EVERY YEAR AND TALK ABOUT IT.
UH, UH, YOU HAVE TWICE AS MANY RETIREES AS YOU HAVE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES.
THOSE ACTIVE EMPLOYEES ARE, ARE THE PEOPLE THAT PAY FOR THE RETIREE.
UH, YOU HAVE EXTREMELY GENEROUS BENEFITS THAT WERE PASSED BY, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL MANY YEARS AGO, WAY BEFORE YOU WERE ON THE COUNCIL.
UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO RETIRE AT AGE 50 WITH FULL SALARY, THAT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE BENEFIT.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, UM, THAT'S WHY YOUR AVERAGE, UH, FIREMAN COSTS 300,000 A YEAR BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR BOTH THE ACTIVES AND THE RETIREES.
SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY, MY HOPE YOU LISTEN THIS TIME.
FOLLOWED BY SARAH LOVE, FOLLOWED BY BETHANY FURMAN, UH, MARIA Z AND DR.
TODAY ON STU PETER'S NETWORK, UH, DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY, UH, DARPA HAS PUT ARTIFICIAL LIFE ROBOTICS INSIDE HUMANS.
LEGAL, A ACTION COMMENCES ON THIS.
IMAGINE LIVING CELLS WITH A MICRO ROBOT INSIDE THE DARPA BIOLOGY AND ELECTRONICS COMBINED TURNS A HUMAN INTO AN ELECTRONIC TRANSMITTER ANTENNA, PUSHING SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY AS A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT SIMILAR TO THAT EXPERIENCE BY THE, BY AN ELECTRICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN IN ELECTRONICS, UH, YOUR BECO, YOUR BODY BECOMES YOUR CELL PHONE.
UH, WHO ASKS, WHO ASKS FOR THIS, UH, CUTTING EDGE SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY TODAY IS THE, IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTIFICIAL CELLS ENABLED AMONG OTHERS BY THE TOOLS OF NANOTECHNOLOGY, INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL BLOOD CELL PRODUCTION.
NEW METHODS OF WAR FIGHTING INCLUDE MICROWAVES AND WEATHER MODIFICATION SCHEMES.
JAMES GANO, UH, DELIVERED A, A DISTURBING LECTURE AT WEST POINT ABOUT THE HUMAN BRAIN, AI DRIVEN PROPAGANDA BEING THE BATTLEFIELD OF THE FUTURE FIFTH GENERATION WARFARE.
I ENCOURAGE INTERESTED WEST COVINA RESIDENTS TO PRAY THAT ALMIGHTY GOD WILL, IN THE MYSTERIOUS WAYS IN WHICH HE WORKS, PROVIDE FOR THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL NEEDS OF LAWYERS AND LITIGANTS AROUND THE WORLD WHO ARE PREPARING CASES THAT WILL DIRECTLY CHALLENGE THE LEGAL FOUNDATIONS OF ONGOING DARPA SPONSORED MILITARY MEDICAL WARFARE PROGRAMS, AND DRAW THE MORAL ILLEG LEGITIMACY OF THE, OF THESE LEGAL FOUNDATIONS.
FURTHER INTO PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM IN ORDER TO WORK TOWARDS SOLUTIONS.
YEARS OF BIOWEAPON, UH, INOCULATIONS WITHOUT INFORMED CONSENT, A VIOLATION OF THE NUREMBERG CODE AGAINST, AGAINST MEDICAL EXPERIMENTATION ON PEOPLE AS GUINEA PIGS.
UH, P C R TESTS WERE NOT DESIGNED TO DIAGNOSE ILLNESS.
THE, UH, THE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION TEST IS DESCRIBED IN THE MEDIA AS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR COVID DIAGNOSIS.
BUT THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNER, CARRIE MULLIS, INVENTOR OF THE PROCESS, NEVER INTENDED IT TO BE USED AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL AND SAID SO PUBLICLY, MANY TIMES, INTERNATIONAL LAW PROTECTS INTER INTERNATIONAL TRADE PRIVATE F UH, FOUNDATIONS THAT, UH, CURRENTLY AUTHORIZE GOVERNMENTS TO TORTURE AND KILL PEOPLE WITH LEGAL IMPUNITY BY BLOCKING CIVIL AND, UH, CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, BY USING COMMUNITARIAN LAW AND A COMPROMISED, UH, A BOT JUDICIARY, INCLUDING TREATIES SUCH AS THE 1944, UH, WHO AND THE 2005, UH, AMENDMENTS TO THE WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGS THAT INTERNET DIVORCE IN 2007, UM, UH, NIKKI
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RAPA, UH, FOUNDER OF THE AN ANTI COMMUNITARIAN LEAGUE RELATED, UM, UH, TO COMMUNITY POLICING AND, UH, ORIGINATING AS, AS THE VIOLENT CRIMES ACT OF 1984.THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION, THIS, UH, PROTECTS, UH, UH, GLOBAL TRADING RIGHTS AND, UH, CREATES A SUPERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF VALUES THAT OVERRULES ALL NATIONAL LAWS, UH, GATHERS DATA ON PEOPLE, AND THEREFORE, WE HAVE NO PRIVACY.
UH, YOU'RE AN ASSET TO BE MANIPULATED, AND, UH, AS AN INDIVIDUAL WITH INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS, YOU'RE A PROBLEM AND CONSTITUTIONAL LAW BE DAMNED.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE, UH, THE COMMUNITARIAN, UH, LAW IS ALL ABOUT.
UH, ALL OF OUR BASIC, UH, LIBERTIES ARE IN JEOPARDY, AND THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DISCUSSES UNALIENABLE RIGHTS.
GRANTED, HUMANS BY GOD, UH, THE COURTS OF HEAVEN ARE ADJUDICATING THE PRINCIPLE SCAM DEMIC MATTERS NOW, UH, SURELY HUMAN COURTS WILL, UH, UH, EXAMINE THE EVIDENCE AND DISCERN THE TRUTHS OF THESE HEALTH RELATED THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON HEALTH.
SARAH, LET ME FINISH MY SENTENCE.
HEALTH, HEALTH RELATED, UH, ATROCITIES, UH, UH, JUST ON, UH, JUSTICE ON EARTH FOR INNOCENT NON-COMBATANTS.
LOVE FOLLOWED BY BETHANY FROM MM-HMM.
UM, SOME OF IT'S BECAUSE I TAKE CARE OF MY TERMINALLY ILL HUSBAND AND SOME, YOU KNOW, I WORK.
BUT REALLY, UM, I'VE BEEN DISGUSTED BY THIS COUNCIL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
IT GOT DIVISION CHAOS, ALL THIS NONSENSE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS, I FELT LIKE IT WAS A WASTE OF MY TIME TO COME HERE.
UM, I HAVE BEEN A COMMUNITY MEMBER IN DISTRICT ONE SERVICE AREA ONE FOR 20 YEARS.
I BOUGHT MY HOUSE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, WE ARE A TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY IN DISTRICT ONE AND SERVICE AREA ONE.
OKAY? SO I AM HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD A MURDER THAT WAS AROUND THE BLOCK FROM MY HOUSE, AND MY CHILDREN WERE OUT FRONT WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
AND IT HIT US ALL VERY DEEPLY.
I MEAN, WE GO IN THAT STORE ALL THE TIME, WE KNOW THOSE GUYS.
THEY'RE, I MEAN, THEY ORDER SPECIAL STUFF FOR US AND THEY'RE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OKAY? MY KIDS HAVE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE THEY WERE BORN.
SO THIS REALLY HIT HOME FOR US.
AND WE FELT LIKE A LOT OF US HAVE FELT LIKE, WHERE WERE Y'ALL? YOU KNOW, LIKE WE WERE, THEY WERE INTERVIEWING US FOR ON THE NEWS AND STUFF.
AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SINCE I'M BANNED FROM WEST COVINA BUZZ, MAYBE I HAVEN'T SEEN Y'ALL, BUT WE DIDN'T FEEL LIKE ANYONE'S THERE.
AND I KNOW YOU HAD A MEETING, BUT YOU ALREADY HAD THE MEETING SCHEDULED.
AND YOUR POLICIES WILL NOT BRING JUSTICE FOR THAT 17 YEAR OLD.
HE'S GONNA WALK AND YOU'RE ALL FOR IT.
SO WE DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE OUR BACK AND YOU'RE NOT EVEN IN OUR SERVICE AREA.
SO THAT'S, UH, TOWARDS TABBA DUBAI.
BUT THE REST OF YOU GUYS LIKE THIS IS, THIS HITS HOME.
I DIDN'T HEAR ANYONE SAY ANYTHING.
SO, UM, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT OUR STUDY, STU, OUR CITY, STOOD UP AGAINST, UM, WHITEY GAS GUNS, NO CASH BAIL.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS I KNOW, AND I HAVEN'T GONE BACK AND LISTENED TO THIS MYSELF, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HEARD MORE FROM YOU, TONY.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THAT, UM, I MEAN, WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT, WHERE BRIAN STANDS IS, IT'S LIKE A BLANKET ALL OR NONE IDEOLOGY, AND YOU CAN'T HAVE THAT.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO PRETTY MUCH TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES.
WE HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE ALL HAVEN'T FUNDED IT PROPERLY.
I MEAN, IT'S, I'M NOT, I DON'T BLAME OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR ANYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DETERMINE WHAT THEIR BUDGET IS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT UPSETS US TOO.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS REALLY HIT HOME FOR A LOT OF US.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE GO IN THE LIQUOR STORE NOW WE HAVE FOUR GUYS THERE LETTING US KNOW THEY'RE GONNA KEEP US SAFE.
WELL, THEY'RE AFRAID THAT THIS OTHER GUY IS STILL ON THE LOOSE AND WE'RE AFRAID WE THINK HE IS.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US THINK HE'S GOT TIES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE THE OTHER GUY, THE, THE JUVENILE WHO WILL PROBABLY HAVE NO CONSEQUENCES
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IS IN EAST LA.SO WE'RE ALL WATCHING, WE'RE ALL, WE'RE ALL AFRAID.
SO I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HEAR MORE FROM ALL OF YOU ABOUT THIS.
UM, AND WE NEED SOME MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO PROTECT US FROM GASCON.
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD SHERIFF ANYMORE.
WE HAVE A HORRIBLE EVIL BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
WE NEED PROTECTION FROM THEM AND THEIR POLICIES.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE ALL GOTTEN OUR OWN PROTECTION TOO IN OUR HOUSES.
YOU GUYS HAVE TO PROTECT US FROM THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TOO BIG AND POWERFUL.
UM, AND I ALSO WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE'S A MEMORIAL FUND FOR THE VICTIM'S FAMILY.
UM, I WILL POST THE Q H R CODE ON WEST COVINA FORUM AND RESIDENTS TAKE BACK OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I REALLY HOPE THAT, UM, EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER FOR HIS FAMILY IN INDIA.
SO, UM, THAT BEING SAID, I'M DONE BETHANY FROM FOLLOWED BY MR. G TO TIE INTO WHAT SHE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
UM, I ALSO LIVE AROUND THE BLOCK WITH HER AND, UM, I'VE GROWN UP GOING TO BIG BOB'S LIQUOR.
IT'S BEEN A PART OF MY CHILDHOOD, HONESTLY.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY DISAPPOINTING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS DRAGGED THEIR FEET IN TALKING ABOUT THIS AND LIKE, WHY? LIKE SHE SAID, WHY ARE YOU NOT SPEAKING ABOUT ON THE NEWS? YOU ONLY NOW SPOKE ABOUT IT TONIGHT AND IT'S BEEN A WEEK AND A HALF SINCE THIS HAS HAPPENED.
AND TO HAVE THE MEDIA BLUR OUT THE FACES OR THE FACE OF THE 17 YEAR OLD IS HONESTLY HORRIFYING TO ME.
I AM 20, I WAS 17 THREE YEARS AGO, AND EVEN I KNOW THAT TO MURDER SOMEONE BASED ON WHAT, THREE BUZZ BALLS, $60 WORTH OF MERCHANDISE IS JUST SICKENING TO ME.
AND THEY COMMITTED A PERMANENT ACT.
KORAN'S FAMILY WILL NEVER HAVE HIM AGAIN.
AND THEY NEED TO HAVE PERMANENT REPERCUSSIONS FOR THAT.
THE FACT THAT THE CITY'S COUNCIL HAS AND MAYOR HAVE STAYED SILENT FOR A WEEK AND A HALF AND NOT SPOKE ABOUT IT PUBLICLY, NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND WE'D RATHER TALK ABOUT THE HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN ISRAEL.
I DON'T AT ALL WANNA DOWNPLAY THE HORRORS OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ISRAEL RIGHT NOW, BUT THIS IS WEST COVINA.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR PROBLEMS THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH BEFORE WE CAN DISCUSS WORLD PEACE.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MAYOR, PRO TEMP COUNCILMAN, COUNCILWOMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DISTRICT AND NOT DISTRICT CITY ATTORNEY.
I ASKED A QUESTION A COUPLE YEARS, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, WHAT CONSTITUTES A CITIZEN OR RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA? AND THEN IF THEY'RE NOT CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, WHY ARE WE ASSISTING THEM? ARE WE TRYING TO MAKE THEM FEEL GOOD? THE HOMELESS? EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO SEE TO WEST COVINA, BUT IN BASEBALL, THREE STRIKES, YOU'RE OUT.
SO IF YOU'RE JUST STANDING AROUND THE CORNER, THERE ARE VAGRANCY LAWS.
IF WE ENFORCE THE SMALL THINGS IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY STARTED ENFORCING PEOPLE, JUMPING OVER THE BARRIERS.
THEY FORCED HIM INTO COURT, INTO OFF THE STREET.
WHAT HAPPENED OVER HERE? 'CAUSE WE DON'T DO WHAT'S ON THE BOOKS.
WE WANNA FEEL GOOD 'CAUSE WE HAVEN'T TO ONE TIME LOSE OUR HOME OR ONE TIME LOSE OUR JOB.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPASSION.
SO IF PEOPLE WANT TO BE COMPASSIONATE WITH THE HOMELESS, INVITE 'EM INTO YOUR HOUSE OR HAVE 'EM STAND IN THEIR DRIVEWAY, SEE HOW THEY ACT.
SEE IF THEY'RE GONNA BE RESPECTFUL.
I'VE ACTUALLY DONE THIS IN MY HOME 'CAUSE I WANT THE BEST FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WHEN THAT MAN LEFT, HE THANKED ME 'CAUSE HE GOT HIS ACT TOGETHER.
SO WHEN INDIVIDUALS TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY, INDIVIDUALS GROW GROUPS, DON'T STATISTICS, THAT WAS GREAT.
THE STATISTICS THEY SHOW THERE OF WHATEVER NUMBER IT WAS.
BUT STATISTICS DON'T SOLVE PROBLEMS. THEY CREATE MORE GOVERNMENT IS MADE TO MAKE STATISTICS.
THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WE NEED MORE PEOPLE 'CAUSE WE HAVE THIS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HIRE THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE WANT THIS.
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THE ONE THING I REMEMBER FROM COLLEGE, REALLY WELL, WHITE LIES, BLACK LIES, LIES, LAWYERS, POLITICIANS.AND THE WORST ONES WERE STATISTICIANS.
BUT REALLY I'M STARTING TO FIND OUT AS I GREW OLDER, SO PEOPLE WILL UTILIZE THE STATISTICS FOR THEIR ADVANTAGE OR DISADVANTAGE.
NOW, PAUL MORALES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
WHEN A CITY EMPLOYEE OR A CONTRACTOR DRIVES A CITY VEHICLE OR DRIVES A CONTRACT VEHICLE, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO SUPERSEDE A D A LAWS OR THEY, BECAUSE IT SAYS CALIFORNIA EXEMPT, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO PARK IN THE HANDICAP ZONE WITH NO REPERCUSSION OR NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING.
BUT JUST AS MY SCENE, I'VE SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES OF THE PLACE WHERE THE ASSISTANT OF THE OTHER ASSISTANT DECISION MANAGER HAS GONE.
AND I SEE WEST COVINA VEHICLES, NO HANDICAP PARKED IN THE A D A PARKING SPACES, IF YOU LIKE.
I CAN BRING YOU THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
I HAVE SEEN MULTIPLE TIMES A D A SPACES TAKEN UP BY CITY CONTRACTORS.
WHEN THE CITY GETS ITS ACT TOGETHER BY DOING THE RIGHT THING AND HOLDING STANDARDS, YOU SET THOSE STANDARDS, YOU'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT.
EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER AND EVERYBODY WINS.
BUT THERE ARE A FEW PEOPLE THAT DON'T.
SO THEY HAVE TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE.
WHERE IT'S THE PRESENCE OF A POLICE OFFICER BEING THERE AS A SMALL CHILD, I WAS CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED IF I BELONGED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT DIDN'T BUG ME 'CAUSE I BELONGED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY WERE DOING THEIR JOB MAKING SURE THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO LOCK MY DOOR.
I DIDN'T HAVE, MY CARS WEREN'T BROKEN INTO, THEY WERE ACTIVELY POLICING.
BUT BECAUSE OF POLICIES, NOW WE HAVE TO BE NICE AND FRIENDLY.
IT'S NOT DISCRIMINATION, IT'S PROPER POLICE PROCEDURES STOPPING SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IN THE AREA.
THAT'S LIKE IF I'M IN A AREA WHERE I DON'T LOOK LIKE I BELONG, IF THEY STOP ME, IF I LEGITIMATE BUSINESS, I'M THERE IF I'M JUST CAUSING PROBLEM.
I DO, I'M, UH, INTERESTED IN THAT MOTHER.
MAY I FOR MS. VEDO, UH, REGARDING HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS RECITING HERE IN WEST COVINA AS OPPOSED TO NOT.
UM, AND I HEARD THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID HE WOULD ADDRESS THAT MOTHER MAY I FIRST WEEK OF THIS MONTH.
SO I DON'T WANNA PASS UP THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND PUT MY 2 CENTS IN.
HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS BY DEFINITION HAVE NO RESIDENCY.
SO THEY CAN'T BE WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.
THEY MAY HAVE LIVED HERE AT ONE TIME BEFORE BEING HOMELESS, BUT IF THEY FIND THEMSELVES TODAY AS HOMELESS, THEY ARE HOMELESS.
NOT ONLY IN BALDWIN PARK, WEST COVINA OR THE OTHER SIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
THEY DO NOT HAVE A PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCY UNLESS YOU ARE REFERRING TO THEIR LEGAL STATUS.
I HEARD THE SPEAKER BEFORE ME SOMETIME BACK REFERRED TO HOMELESS THAT ARE NOT CITIZENS AS NOT REALLY HAVING THE RIGHT TO HAVE ASSISTANCE.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER SOMEONE THAT LIVES IN BALDWIN PARK, MAY EVEN BE UNDOCUMENTED, MOM, TWO CHILDREN RUNNING FROM AN ABUSIVE HUSBAND OR VICE VERSA THAT COMES OVER TO WEST COVINA 'CAUSE IT IS A LITTLE SAFER.
ARE YOU WILLING TO TELL 'EM, NO, WE CAN'T GIVE YOU SHELTER, TEMPORARY SHELTER, TRY TO HELP YOU PLACE YOU IN A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE, UH, SETTING.
WHY? WHY DID YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WHETHER THESE HOMELESS ARE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA OR IF I'M MISTAKEN, HAVE SOME SORT OF LEGAL RESIDENCY? THE MONEY THAT IS ALLOCATED TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION, IF IT'S FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT COMES WITH REGULATIONS AND POLICIES THAT THE CITY HAS TO EXECUTE LIKEWISE FOR THE STATE COUNTY.
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IN THE CITY, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FORMULATE YOUR OWN POLICIES WITH REGARDS TO THE HOMELESS.BUT I DON'T THINK THAT JEWS NOR MUSLIMS AND CERTAINLY NOT CHRISTIANITY, ENDORSES THE IDEA THAT A HOMELESS IS SOMEWHAT LESS, SOMETHING LESS THAN ANY OF YOU.
NOW I KNOW FROM WHAT I'VE INFERRED THAT MOST OF YOU PROFESS CHRISTIANITY.
YOU HAVE A CROSS AS I DO HANGING ON YOUR, UH, YOUR CHEST, UH, MAYOR.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THERE MUST BE COMPASSION SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
YOU SAY YOU WANT TO HELP THE HOMELESS, BUT THEN YOU HAVE A MOTHER MAY I, THAT IMPLIES THAT WE HERE IN WEST COVINA WILL ONLY TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTS, THEY'RE HOMELESS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO OF PERMANENT RESIDENCY, WHETHER THEY LIVED HERE AT ONE TIME OR NOT.
CAN YOU ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES OR QUESTIONS THEY HAVE? YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND FELLOW, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I'M GONNA TRY TO GET TO RESPOND TO ALL OF THEM.
UM, THANK YOU, UH, TO, UH, MATT AND DOUG FOR COMING UP.
IT WAS A GOOD MEETING REGARDING THE OUTDOOR DINING.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THE BUSINESSES THAT WE'RE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT MEETING AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE THE FEEDBACK, UM, FROM OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU GUYS.
UM, IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS ON ITEM NUMBER, UH, THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL REPORT.
UM, SO THE INCREASE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION COST WAS A REFLECTION OF THE INCREASE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S CONTRACT.
AND SO WHEN THAT CONTRACT WAS, UM, AMENDED, THAT WAS, UH, MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD BE REFLECTED IN THE BUDGET.
IT REFLECTS THAT INCREASE IN THE CONTRACT.
UM, IN REGARDS TO I BELIEVE JIM GRIT'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE, UH, UH, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX SIX.
UM, PER THE CITY'S FUND BALANCE POLICY, THE CITY SHALL MAINTAIN A MINIMUM UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF AT LEAST 17% OF THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING, UH, EXPENDITURES AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE ANNUAL EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENDITURES IN THE CITY CITY'S GENERAL FUND ARE ALLOCATED AS FOLLOWS, UNLESS THE TRANSFER IS OVERRIDDEN BY ACTION OF THE COUNCIL, 25 STAYS IN THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE RESERVES 40 IS TRANSFERRED TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT.
UM, PROJECTS FUND, 10% IS TRANSFERRED TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND AND 25 GOES TO PAID DOWN OTHER POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITIES.
SO, UM, BASED ON THE ENDING BALANCE, AS OF JUNE 30TH, 20, UH, 22, THE COUNCIL APPROVED A TOTAL BUDGET OF 5.3 UH, MILLION TRANSFERRED OUT PER THE POLICY.
2.8 FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, 714,000 TRANSFERRED TO THE VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FUND AND 1.7 MILLION TRANSFERRED TO THE UM, UH, POST-EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT LIABILITIES.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST 1.7 STAYED WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO I HOPE I HELPED ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE FOURTH QUARTER FINANCIAL, UM, UH, IT'S VERY SAD AND TRAGIC.
WHAT HAPPENED TO ING AT A BIG BOB'S OR BIG BOB'S
AND WE FEEL THAT LOSS, UM, AND WE ARE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN SPIRIT FOR HIS FAMILY AND SEND OUR PRAYERS.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL JUST AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, AS OR VOTED TO PARTAKE IN, UH, A LAWSUIT AGAINST SOME OF THE ACTIONS BY, UM, THE COUNTY TO, UM, THAT, UH, MAY LIMIT THE ABILITY OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS OR IMPACT THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO THE MAJORITY OF OUR COUNCIL DOES BELIEVE, UM, OR LIKE I SAID, HAS TAKEN THOSE ACTIONS TO, UH, PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND PROVIDE OUR POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED TO DO THEIR JOBS IN SERVING OUR RESIDENTS.
OR, UH, MR. G, I WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS HANDICAP PARKING BY OUR STAFF.
UM, I WILL ADDRESS THAT WITH STAFF.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE HOMELESS QUESTIONS WERE PROVIDED, UM, THAT WERE REQUESTED BY, UH, COUNSEL WOMAN, UH, LOPEZ VIDO WERE PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL ALREADY.
AND SO I BELIEVE I'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, SO I WANTED TO BRING TWO ISSUES.
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YOU GUYS ALL KNOW MY STANCE WITH THAT.I'D LOVE TO HELP THOSE THAT WANT THE HELP AND THAT THOSE THAT DON'T SHOULD NOT BE A BURDEN TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO OUR CITY.
AS FOR THE HOMELESS, I AM BEING PROACTIVE.
AS YOU KNOW, THE OLYMPICS IS COMING TO LA AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU ALL KNOW I WORK FOR THE CITY OF LA AND I'VE ALREADY SEEN THE INSIGHT IS THAT THEY'RE PUSHING THE HOMELESS TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA, AND THERE'S AN INFLUX OF THIS AND IT WILL CONTINUE.
AND SO THEREFORE, I, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR THE CITY OR OUR RESIDENTS TO BURDEN AN INFLUX OF HOMELESS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL CONTINUE TO COME.
WE, THE HOMELESS SITUATION, WE'RE SPREADING THAT, UM, SPREADING IT.
AS FOR ANYTHING THAT IN REFERENCE REFERENCE TO, YOU KNOW, ABUSE OR ANY OF THAT, THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A, A PRIORITY TO BE TAKEN CARE OF, FAMILY, KIDS.
AND WE DO HAVE THOSE PROGRAMS, INSIGHT FOR THAT ASSISTANT.
UM, BUT MY ISSUE AS FOR THE INFLUX, IT IS NOT FAIR FOR US, AGAIN, TO BURDEN THESE.
NOW, UM, THE REASON WHY I REQUESTED THIS IS BECAUSE, WELL, HOW DO YOU DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN HOMELESS? I UNDERSTAND THEY DO NOT HAVE A HOME, BUT THE REASON WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THEY'RE HERE.
THEY EITHER BECAME HOMELESS, THEY WERE A RESIDENT HERE, OR THEY HAVE SOME TIES TO WEST COVINA, WHETHER A FAMILY MEMBER OR, YOU KNOW WHAT, THEY DIDN'T LIVE HERE, BUT THEY CAME BACK TO THE CITY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, OR FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT THEY HAD CERTAIN TIES.
NOW, UM, I CAN HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO KINDLY BRIEF, UM, AS THE UPDATE BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CURRENT PENDING, UM, CASE IN THE COURT SITUATION IN REGARDS TO THIS, BUT THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN EXPLAIN THAT FURTHER.
SO THAT, THAT IS MY, UM, WHEN, I MEAN, LIKE, CITIZEN OF WEST COVINA IS WHAT TIES AND, UM, WHAT TIES THAT THEY HAVE TO THE CITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE THEIR RESIDENTS, WE ALWAYS WANNA TAKE CARE, OBVIOUSLY OUR PRIORITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN.
AND THEN IF WE ARE ABLE TO FUNDING OR ANY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES, IF YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF FIRST, THEN YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF OTHERS.
SO THAT, THAT IS A CONCEPT OF THAT.
UM, AS FOR THE, UH, MURDER SITUATION, UM, WE HAVE NO CONTROL OF THE MEDIA.
YOU KNOW, IF WE WANNA SAY, HEY, PRE, UH, LET, LET US SPEAK, WE WANNA COMMENT, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THE MEDIA DECIDES WHO THEY WISH TO PUT ON SCREEN, WHO NOT TO.
AND EVEN IF YOU DO, THEY PROBABLY WON'T USE ANYTHING THAT YOU SAY.
UM, I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL WERE ON THIS IT, THAT HEARING THIS WAS DEVASTATING NEWS.
UM, THEY DID INFORM US, BUT OUR, AGAIN, WE HAVE A WONDERFUL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THOUGHT I THOUGHT OF IS LIKE OUR FLOCK CAMERA THAT WE MAJORITY APPROVE FOR THIS, THAT I'M HOPING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CAUGHT, CAUGHT THIS AND SO FORTH.
BUT I WILL PUT IN A REQUEST TOWARDS THE END.
UH, MOTHER MAY, MAY I REQUEST TO GET AN UPDATE, BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED OF WHAT OCCURRED BECAUSE A PRESS RELEASE WAS GIVEN OUT, UM, FROM OUR CITY.
SO THAT WAS OUT THERE TO LET THEM KNOW THIS OCCURRED, THIS ARREST WAS MADE, AND SO FORTH.
I DID HAVE CONCERNING THOUGHTS, YOU KNOW, WITH A 17 YEAR OLD, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THOSE THAT, YOU KNOW, HEARD ME FROM BEFORE.
I'VE HAD TWO MURDERS THAT OCCURRED AT MY FACILITY, AND THESE WERE YOUTH, A 14 YEAR OLD MURDERING A 16 YEAR OLD.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE GONE THROUGH THIS AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE I STAND WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE ACTING.
UH, I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, ACTING CHIEF CORTINA CURRENTLY HAS, UH, NOW TIES INSIDE TO GAS CON'S OFFICE, UM, WHERE HE'S PUSHING SOME OF OUR CASES, UH, CASES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE PUT IN, WE MADE ARRESTS, THEY IGNORED IT.
AND IF THERE'S MULTIPLE CASES THAT KEEPS OCCURRING BY AN INDIVIDUAL, WE PUSH IT.
WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING HARD ON THE BACK END SO THAT THESE CASES CAN GET FILED.
BUT THAT COULD BE IN A REQUEST THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MAKE THAT ACTING CHIEF CORTINA BRINGS THAT, UH, INFORMATION TO PLAY.
BUT I, I, I, RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHAT CONSEQUENCES THAT OCCURS, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING, A LOT OF THESE ACTS OF DEEDS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING BY MINORS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I HEAR IT IN, IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OF WORK IS, YOU KNOW, THEY GIVE IT TO THEM BECAUSE THE CONSEQUENCES ARE LESS SEVERE.
SO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW WHAT CONSEQUENCES ARE THEY ACTUALLY GETTING.
UH, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW.
I MEAN, THEY ARE INVADING OUR, OUR OUR SPACE OR PROBABLY WE'D LIKE TO KNOW.
AND, UM, AS FOR OUR POLICE FUNDING'S THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE, THERE WAS THAT MOVEMENT OF DEFUND POLICE, I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD THAT, UM, MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL, UH, WE WERE LIKE, NO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA DEFUND THE POLICE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO, UH, GO TO THAT BECAUSE WE SAW THAT HAPPEN WHEN SOON AS THEY DEFUNDED THE POLICE AND ALL THAT CHAOS AND ALL THIS HAPPENED.
SO WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THE POLICE AND WE ARE FULLY SUPPORT,
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MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL ARE FULLY SUPPORT.THERE IS RECRUITMENT HAPPENING.
SO IF, YOU KNOW OFFICERS THAT WANNA BE POLICE OFFICERS, BRING THEM ON IN.
BUT I KNOW GENERALLY SPEAKING, INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, L A P D OR ANY OTHER POLICE OFFICERS OUT THERE, NOBODY WANTS TO BE A POLICE OFFICER ANYMORE.
AND CAN YOU BLAME THEM? SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE OPENINGS AND IF YOU KNOW OF PEOPLE WHO WANNA BE AN OFFICER, COME ON IN.
WEST COVINA WILL TAKE YOU IN, YOU KNOW, BUT OF COURSE, NOT JUST ANYBODY.
WE WANT QUALITY POLICE OFFICERS 'CAUSE WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE BAD ONES TOO.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THOSE TWO ISSUES AND TWO CONCERNS OF THIS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THOSE, I KNOW ME AND I KNOW EVERYBODY HITS, UM, MAYOR PROTI TABBA, UM, BUT I'VE, YOU KNOW, I'VE ALWAYS SAID HE AND I ARE NIGHT AND DAY ON, ON WHEN IT COMES TO THESE POLICIES.
SO WHATEVER YOU SEE ON HIS END, MY END IS THE COMPLETE OPPOSITE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE ARE THERE.
WE, UM, HEAR YOU, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY ISSUES, AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO YEAH, JUST MENTION THAT.
UM, I KNOW, UH, ONE OF THE SPEAKER MENTIONED ABOUT THE GIRLS SPORTS.
UM, I, I GUESS WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT WHEN THAT AGENDA COMES UP.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT WHEN I WAS THERE AT THE GIRLS OPENING SOFTBALL LAST YEAR, UM, IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
ALL THE GIRLS, THERE WAS TONS OF GIRLS, AND IT WAS SO EXCITING TO SEE A BUNCH OF GIRLS PLAY.
I DID SPEAK TO THE, UM, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO, WHO OVERSEE THE PROGRAM.
AND THAT WASN'T A CONCERN THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP ABOUT NOT HAVING, 'CAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT'S FAIR GIRLS HAVE THEIR, THEIR RIGHT AND ABILITY TO PLAY.
UM, THEY HAD OTHER CONCERNS THAT WHICH, WHICH WE FIXED.
BUT IN REGARDS TO PLAYING TIME, THAT WASN'T A NEVER AN ISSUE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, UM, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS THERE AND, AND DEALT WITH THEM.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THREE THINGS.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.WE HAVE A REALLY BRIEF ONE THIS EVENING,
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON, UH, THIS, UH, WE BROUGHT BACK AN APRIL, UH, REPORT TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING STREET SWEEPING.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE, UH, STREET SWEEPING SERVICES TWICE A MONTH, AND WE WERE DIRECTED TO GO BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, GET SOME COMMUNITY INPUT ABOUT SWITCHING IT TO WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING.
UM, WE HAD THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE WENT BACK TO OUR VENDOR, STREET SWEEPING VENDOR.
UM, WE CAME UP WITH SOME REVISED ROUTES.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, THIS THURSDAY AT 6:00 PM UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, COMMUNITY ROOM OUTSIDE, UM, TO LET THE RESIDENTS HAVE A, UH, A LOOK AND GET FEEDBACK ON THE REVISED ROUTES FOR WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING.
UM, SO THAT'S THIS THURSDAY IN THE COMMUNITY CHAMBERS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
UM, WE HAVE, LET'S GET CRAFTY FAMILY PUMPKIN PARTY, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19TH, UH, AT THE SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER, THE WANES COTO FEST THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21ST AT 11:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT THE EASTLAND CENTER.
UM, THE READING ADVENTURE PANDAS HALLOWEEN NIGHT, OCTOBER 24TH FROM FOUR TO 7:00 PM ALSO AT SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THE SENIOR CENTER, HALLOWEEN BASH FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT CORTEZ PARK.
AND THEN OUR BIG FESTIVAL OF FLIGHTS ON, UM, OCTOBER 28TH ON DOWNTOWN GLENDORA AVENUE.
SO THAT'S A FUN EVENT FOR ALL.
WE HAVE A COSTUME CONTEST FOR EVERY, UH, ALL AGE GROUPS, SO WE HOPE TO SEE THE COMMUNITY THERE.
AND THAT'S IT FOR ME THIS EVENING.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, ONE THROUGH NINE.DOES ANYONE WANNA PULL ANYTHING? NOBODY.
OH, I, I, I DON'T WANNA PULL, I JUST, UH, WANNA NOTE THAT I'M GOING TO BE A, A NO ON ITEM NUMBER THREE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM TO BOTS BUY TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE.
MAYOR PRO TE TABBA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NO.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS PASS FIVE ZERO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH PASSES FOR ONE, UH, FOR THE RECORD, ITEM NUMBER THREE IS FIRST ONE YEAR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO EIGHT AND TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP TRACK EIGHT THREE.
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NUMBER 8 3 4 4 4 AT 1211 EAST BAD STREET.[10) REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF SPORTS COUNCIL BYLAWS AND FACILITY ALLOCATION PROCEDURES FROM COUNCILMAN TONY WU]
MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 10.WHO'S GONNA BE GIVING THAT PRESENTATION? UH, ROXANNE LERMA, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WILL BE PROVIDING THE REPORT.
THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY BROUGHT BEFORE YOU AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMAN WU.
UM, HE HAD REQUESTED THAT THE STAFF PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A REVIEW OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL BYLAWS AS WELL AS FACILITY, UM, ATHLETIC FACILITY USE ALLOCATION PROCEDURE.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS REALLY JUST AN OVERVIEW OF A REVIEW OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE BOOKS, UM, WHAT IS HAPPENING IN REAL TIME AS FAR AS THE PROCEDURES ARE CONCERNED, AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AROUND RESERVING THE FACILITIES, UM, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR YOUTH LEAGUE.
SO WE HOPE TO, UM, REMOVE THE VEIL OF MYSTERY THAT SEEMS TO BE AROUND THIS PROCESS.
SO, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, UM, THE WEST COVINA SPORTS COUNCIL WAS CREATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PROMOTING ORGANIZED YOUTH SPORTS ACTIVITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND IT IS ACTUALLY COMPRISED OF, UM, ONE VOTING MEMBER OF EACH OF THE NONPROFIT LEAGUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE BYLAWS.
AND WHAT IT IS, IS THERE'S A, A RELATIONSHIP, THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE SPORTS COUNCIL, AGAIN, ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EACH OF THE MAJOR YOUTH LEAGUES AND THE CITY IN ORDER TO BEST AFFORD OPPORTUNITIES FOR ATHLETIC PLAY FOR OUR YOUTH.
THE, THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS ADOPTED TO INSTITUTE THIS RELATIONSHIP, UM, REALLY TOOK PLACE BACK IN 1957.
AND SO I WE'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF OURSELVES.
AND SO THE, AGAIN, THE PURPOSE OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL WAS TO ALLOW FOR COOPERATIVE PLANNING, COOPERATIVE PLAY, SETTING UP UNIFORM SCHEDULES FOR THE LEAGUES, AND THEN GENERALLY ACTING AS A POLICYMAKING GROUP FOR THE LEAGUES.
AGAIN, A SOUNDING BOARD, A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS AND THE CITY.
UM, THE DUTIES OF THE EXOFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL ARE AS FOLLOWS, AGAIN, ACTING AS A LIAISON BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND AT THE TIME THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, UM, WHICH WAS REPLACED BY THE COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME, THE SENIOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, UM, TO PRESENT THE LEAGUE'S PROBLEMS TO THAT COMMISSION, AND THEN AGAIN, TO ASSIST THE COUNCIL WITH THEIR WORK ON THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
AGAIN, COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS, COOPERATIVE UNDERSTANDING, AND WORKING TOGETHER TO MAXIMIZE THE FIELD SPACE, UM, SO THAT IT'S EQUITABLE FOR ALL OF THE LEAGUES.
THE SPORTS COUNCIL BYLAWS, HOWEVER, BEEN AMENDED SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST TWO DECADES IN THE CURRENT VERSION THAT WE ARE OPERATING UNDER WAS ACTUALLY AMENDED BACK ON FEBRUARY 26TH, 2013.
SO THAT IS CURRENTLY WHAT CURRENT, THAT IS THE CURRENT VERSION THAT WE ARE USING.
UM, THE SPORTS COUNCIL BYLAWS DICTATE THE FOLLOWING PROCESSES TO THE SPORTS COUNCIL, THE PURPOSE MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS, OFFICERS, ELECTION OF OFFICERS BUSINESSES, AND ANY AMENDMENTS.
AGAIN, WE'RE EMPHASIZING THE PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN THOSE COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE CITY, THE LEAGUES, UM, AND, AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
THE SPORTS COUNCIL DOES MEET REGULARLY.
UM, THERE IS AN ANNUAL MEETING THAT IS OUTLINED IN THE SPORTS COUNCIL BYLAWS, UM, THAT TAKES PLACE IN NOVEMBER OF EACH YEAR.
UM, AND IT'S THAT THAT MEETING THAT THEIR OFFICERS ARE ELECTED, AND THEN THEY ARE, THE MEETINGS ARE ALSO HELD PERIODICALLY ON THE FOURTH TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, UNLESS IT'S DECLARED DARK.
AND SO IT'S TYPICALLY, UM, THREE TO FOUR TIMES A YEAR, INCLUDING THAT ONE ANNUAL MEETING THAT'S HELD IN THE, IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
UM, FROM TIME TO TIME, THE SPORTS COUNCIL AND THE CITY DO ASK TO MEET OUTSIDE OF THAT.
AND IF THERE'S CONSENSUS AMONG THE GROUPS, WE DO ALLOW THOSE MEETINGS TO OCCUR.
AND REALLY, AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO PROMOTE COOPERATION AND COOPERATIVE PLAY.
THE OFFICERS OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL CONSISTS OF A CHAIRPERSON OF VICE, VICE CHAIRPERSON, AND THEN A COMMUNITY SERVICES DESIGNEE THAT ACTS AS A SECRETARY.
THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS ARE HELD IN NOVEMBER, AND THEY MAINTAIN THAT ROLE FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY.
UM, THERE IS, WE DO REQUIRE MAJORITY VOTE OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL IN ORDER TO FILL THAT VACANCY.
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BY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS OF, EXCUSE ME, ALL REQUESTS BY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE SPORTS COUNCIL, UM, IN DUPLICATE ONE COPY TO BE RETAINED BY THE SECRETARY AND ONE COPY FOR THE SPORTS COUNCIL AGENCIES.SO THE REASON WE DO THAT IS, AGAIN, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE MEMORIALIZING WHAT IS HAPPENING, WHAT IS OCCURRING, WHAT THOSE REQUESTS ARE, AND THEN ANY AMENDMENTS, ANY CHANGES, UM, REQUIRES A THREE FOUR TO VOTE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS IN ATTENDANCE AND TWO CONSECUTIVE MEETINGS.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE MAJOR BENEFITS OF BEING A MEMBER OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL REALLY COMES DOWN TO THE FEE EXEMPTIONS.
AND SO, ACCORDING TO THE FEE SCHEDULE, SPORTS COUNCIL LEAGUES ARE PROVIDED USE OF CITY ATHLETIC FACILITIES AT NO CHARGE IN EXCHANGE FOR IN KIND MAINTENANCE.
AND WHAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THE DEGREE OF MAINTENANCE REALLY DOES VARY FROM LEAGUE TO YEAR, AND, EXCUSE ME, FROM LEAGUE TO LEAGUE AND HAS VARIED OVER THE YEARS.
UM, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FREE USE OF CITY FACILITIES, SPORTS COUNCIL LEAGUES ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST 65% WEST COVINA RESIDENCY ON THEIR SEASON ROSTER, AND HAVE 12 TEAMS OR 132 PLAYERS.
THIS QUALIFYING CRITERIA WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN 2010, AND THEN 2012 REAFFIRMED, UH, BY SUPPORTING SPORTS COUNCIL LEAGUES WITH FREE FACILITY USE.
UH, THE GOAL WAS REALLY TO HELP ENSURE THAT CHILDREN HAVE RECREATIONAL SKILL BUILDING AND COMPETITIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN SPORTS.
SO AT THE TIME THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP AND THIS RELATIONSHIP CONTINUES TO BE AFFIRMED AND REAFFIRMED WHAT THE COUNCIL IS SAYING, WHAT, WHAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS SAYING IS THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOWING FOR THESE YOUNG ATHLETES TO HAVE ACCESS TO THESE PARK FACILITY FACILITIES AND TO REMOVE, UM, THOSE BARRIERS THAT THE CITY CAN, THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THAT ACCESS.
THERE IS A PROCEDURE FOR THE FACILITY ALLOCATIONS.
NOW, IT'S NOT A BLANKET BECAUSE I'M A MEMBER OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL THAT I AUTOMATICALLY GET TO USE THIS FIELD.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PRIORITIZED LIST.
SO NUMBER ONE, ALL CITY OF WEST COVINA SPONSORED OR CO-PARTNER ACTIVITIES, THAT'S THE FIRST PLACE.
PRIORITY NUMBER TWO IS THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA SPORTS COUNCIL IN GOOD STANDING.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE OTHER, UNLESS DIRECTED OTHERWISE BY THE CITY MANAGER.
SO THE CITY DOES HAVE FLEXIBILITY, THE CITY DOES MAINTAIN THAT AUTHORITY THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THERE IS DIRECTION THAT'S NEEDED OR CHANGE NEEDS TO BE MADE, THAT THE CITY MANAGER CAN AUTHORIZE THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO AGAIN, CITY OF WEST COVINA IS NUMBER ONE PRIORITY IN THE SENSE IT'S A SPONSORED EVENT OR CO-PARTNER ACTIVITY.
AND THEN NUMBER TWO, THAT SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP THAT I DESCRIBED EARLIER BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE WEST COVINA SPORTS COUNCIL, UM, MEMBER LEAGUES THAT ARE IN GOOD STANDING.
SO YOUTH LEAGUES AND THEIR FACILITY ASSIGNMENTS ARE PRIORITIZED AS FOLLOWS.
SO WE'RE GOING IN FROM PRIORITIZING BY GROUPS AND THEN PRIORITIZING THE, THE SEASONS, THE INDIVIDUAL LEAGUES.
SO FIRST PRIORITY IS FULL COMPLIANCE IN SEASON ORGANIZATION, SECOND PRIORITY, FULL COMPLIANCE NON IN SEASON ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEN THIRD RESIDENCY PERCENTAGE BASED ON FORMULA.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SEASONS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS, HOW WE DEFINE WHAT IS A SPORT IN SEASON AND WHO IS IN SEASON WHEN.
SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BOTTOM ROW SPORTS IN SEASON, IN THE FALL, WE FOLLOW THE TRADITIONAL SEASONS, FOOTBALL AND SOCCER IN THE SPRING, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL.
NOW, AT THE TIME THAT THE ALLOCATION PROCEDURES IN THE BYLAWS WERE CREATED, SPORTS TENDED TO FOLLOW THOSE TRADITIONAL SEASONS.
WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE BIT STICKY NOW IS THAT YOU TEND TO HAVE, UM, WINTER BALL OR YOU TEND TO HAVE MORE OF YOUR, UM, TRAVEL, TRAVEL BALL TEAMS THAT OPERATE OUTSIDE OF THOSE TRADITIONAL SEASONS.
AND SO, BECAUSE PARK SPACE, BECAUSE FIELD USE IS LIMITED, SOMETIMES THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF OVERLAPPING.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE GO BACK TO WHICH SEASON, UM, IS IN SEASON THAT, OR EXCUSE ME, WHICH SPORT IS IN SEASON.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE LEAGUE THAT WOULD TAKE PRIORITY.
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THERE'S TWO APPLICATION PERIODS, IF YOU WILL, FOR THESE YOUTH LEAGUES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE SPORTS COUNCIL.UM, AND THIS IS WHAT IS DICTATED IN THE BYLAWS.
SO, AND IN THE FACILITY, UM, ALLOCATION USE PROCEDURES.
SO IT REQUIRES, UM, THE APPLICATIONS FOR THAT EACH FOR USE THAT EACH LEAGUE SUBMIT A FACILITY USE FROM SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH NOVEMBER 30TH FOR SPRINGFIELD USE AND MARCH 1ST THROUGH MAY 31ST FOR FALL FIELD USE LEAGUES MISSING, THESE DEADLINES STILL HAVE ACCESS TO REMAINING FIELDS ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS ONLY.
SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IF YOU MISS A DEADLINE, WE GET IT.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO ALLOCATE THOSE FIELDS.
AND WHAT IS LEFT, UM, WE'LL GO BACK AND DISCUSS WITH YOU.
UM, IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT STAFF FOLLOWS WHAT'S IN THE SPORTS COUNCIL BYLAWS AS WELL AS WHAT IS DICTATED IN THE FACILITY ALLOCATION PROCEDURES, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THINGS GET LOST, AND THAT'S WHERE THE WATER GETS MUDDY.
UM, CITY STAFF IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE APPLICATIONS, UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT FIELDS ARE ALLOCATED EQUITABLY AND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE FIELD ALLOCATIONS ARE REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED TWICE A YEAR WITH THE SPORTS COUNCIL.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT DOCUMENTS.
LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT IS NEEDED FROM THOSE SPORTS COUNCIL LEAGUES IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THEIR GOOD STANDING, THEIR GOOD STANDING STATUS.
SO THE FIRST ONE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROSTER, MASTER CALENDAR, EVENTS LEAGUE ROSTER LEAGUE SCHEDULES OF PLAY, COPY OF LEAGUE BYLAWS, AB 24 0 4, INFORMATION SHEET, PROOF OF NONPROFIT STATUS, COPY OF LIABILITY, WEIGHT ABOVE COPY OF LIABILITY AND A DEPOSIT.
SO OVER THE YEARS, BECAUSE YOU OPERATE AND YOU WORK WITH NONPROFIT GROUPS, AND YOU WORK WITH BOARDS THAT ARE MADE UP OF PRIMARILY VOLUNTEERS, RIGHT? YOU HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE STEPPING IN, GRANDPARENTS WHO ARE STEPPING IN FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS WHO VOLUNTEER TO BE ON A BOARD.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING IT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS, NOT NECESSARILY A PERSON WHO SPECIALIZES IN THIS.
SOMETIMES THINGS GET LOST, SOMETIMES THINGS GET OVERLOOKED.
AND FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE CITY HAS TAKEN THE STANCE TO BE A LITTLE BIT SOFTER WITH THAT, TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING IN THE SPIRIT OF WORKING WITH THESE INDIVIDUAL LEADS, TO GETTING THEM TOWARDS COMPLIANCE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHEN YOU HAD THE PANDEMIC, THINGS KIND OF TOOK A STOP AND THINGS TOOK US, TOOK A PAUSE EVERYWHERE.
AND SO THE CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS GETTING THESE LEAGUES BACK INTO TRACK AND COLLECTING THESE, THESE DOCUMENTS.
THESE ARE YOUR MEMBERS OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL.
UM, JUNIOR, ALL AMERICAN BRUIN, FOOTBALL AND CHEER, WEST COVINA, AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE, WEST COVINA, PONY BASEBALL, WEST COVINA, NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE, PACIFIC COAST, LITTLE LEAGUE, WEST COVINA, YOUTH SOCCER, WEST COVINA, GIRLS SOFTBALL.
AND THEN OF COURSE, DUKE'S BASEBALL IS RECOGNIZED BY THE SPORTS COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, DUKE'S BASEBALL OPERATES UNDER A SEPARATE USER AGREEMENT THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW.
STAFF ALSO WANTED TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE TO YOU WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW, WHAT IS THE CURRENT, UM, WHERE THESE LEAGUES ARE CURRENTLY PLAYING FOR THIS PAST CALENDAR YEAR.
SO IN JANUARY, 2023, UM, A FIELD ALLOCATION MEETING WAS HELD.
UM, AND HERE'S A TABLE THAT DISPLAYS THAT ILLUSTRATES FOR YOU, UM, WHERE EACH LEAGUE IS PLAYING.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, CAMERON PARK, BASEBALL FIELD, WEST COVINA, GIRLS SOFTBALL, UM, CORTEZ PARK.
UM, YOU HAVE BOTH WEST COVINA, AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE, AND THEN OF COURSE BRUINS FOOTBALL, UM, DEL NORTY PARK.
UM, NA UM, YOU HAVE NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE FRIENDSHIP PARK, YOU HAVE PONY BASEBALL, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THE BRUINS FOOTBALL.
UM, ORANGEWOOD SOCCER COMPLEX.
YOU HAVE WEST COVINA, YOUTH SOCCER, PALM VIEW PARK, UM, YOU HAVE PACIFIC COAST LITTLE LEAGUE.
UM, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE WEST COVINA YOUTH SOCCER AT PALM VIEW PARK AS WELL.
SHADOW OAK, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, OF LEAGUES THAT UTILIZE SHADOW OAK AND SHARE THE SPACES.
UM, THAT WOULD BE WEST COVIN, AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE, PACIFIC COAST, LITTLE LEAGUE AND BRUINS FOOTBALL.
UM, AND THEN SHADOW OAK SOFTBALL FIELD IS ALSO UTILIZED BY THE WEST
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COVINA.GIRLS SOFTBALL, UM, AND BRUINS FOOTBALL.
AND THEN WAL MARDO PARK, UM, PONY BASEBALL.
SO THIS TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE USE OF THOSE FIELDS, UM, THE TIMEFRAMES THAT THEY ARE USED.
AND AGAIN, REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THAT SPACE AND TAKING A LOOK AT OUR ATHLETIC FACILITIES, OUR FIELDS, THE ASSETS THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, IN THOSE PARKS, IN THOSE PUBLIC SPACES.
UM, IT, IT REALLY IS AT ITS PEAK.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE STARTING TO, THE LEAGUES ARE STARTING TO OUTGROW THOSE SPACES.
LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IMMEDIATE NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS ARE A LITTLE BIT OF A SCAVENGER HUNT.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STAFF IS MAKING THE EFFORT TO DO IS TO REALLY CREATE SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY, SOMETHING THAT'S MORE ACCESSIBLE, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN POST ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AGAIN, JUST TO LIFT THAT VEIL OF MYSTERY THAT COMES WITH FIELD ALLOCATIONS IN THE SPORTS COUNCIL BYLAWS.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS, AND WE ARE ENFORCING, IS WE'RE INQUIRING FULL COMPLIANCE OF ALL LEAGUES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A FEE WAIVER AND INSTITUTING THE PENALTIES FOR THE MISSED DEADLINES.
AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE THE CITY FOLLOWED THAT TO A T.
UM, WHETHER IT WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF GOODWILL OR WHAT HAVE YOU, UH, THAT IS WHAT WAS OCCURRING.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, NO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS UP.
UM, THE COUNCIL, THE SPORTS COUNCIL HAS HAD ISSUES BEFORE I GOT INTO COUNCIL MATTER.
IN FACT, I WAS SITTING AS A COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER FOR MANY YEARS, AND THIS WAS BROUGHT UP IN OUR COMMISSION MEETING.
ONE OF OUR COMMISSION BOARD ACTUALLY WOULD ATTEND.
HE WAS A SPORTS COUNCIL MEMBER.
SO I KNOW THAT THEY AMENDED IN 2013 BECAUSE WE WERE PUSHING FOR THESE THINGS.
THERE WERE, THERE WERE NOT ADHERING TO THE BYLAWS.
UM, THEY'RE NOT, THEY WEREN'T WORKING TOGETHER.
IT WAS CHAOS EVEN BEFORE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I GOT IN, I MADE THIS REQUEST, BUT I KNOW WE'VE HAD CHANGES IN OUR CITY AND THEN IT JUST DROPS THE BALL AND THEN WE'RE BACK TO SQUARE ONE AGAIN.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT KNOWN.
UM, PEOPLE KNOW THAT I RUN SPORTS, YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS. SO I KNOW WHEN ONE MADE A COMMENT, LIKE I, YOU KNOW, I'M AGAINST ALL THESE SPORTS THINGS, THAT'S NOT TRUE.
I WOULD ACTUALLY LOVE TO HAVE AFFORDABLE YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAM FOR THE, UH, FOR THE CHILDREN.
UNFORTUNATELY, EVERY YEAR THESE COSTS GOES UP DRASTICALLY HIGH, INCLUDING ALL THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT OCCURS.
SO EVEN WHEN WE'RE COVERING AND THEY'RE NOT PAYING ANYTHING FOR THE CITY, THOSE COSTS ARE STILL HIGH.
I DID BRING UP THE R B I DODGERS, WHICH IT HASN'T EVEN, I DON'T KNOW IF IF IT CAME INTO FRUITION, BUT IF, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT R B I DODGER PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED WITH, YOU KNOW, OUR BASEBALL TEAM SO THAT THE CHILDREN COULD PLAY AT SUCH AN AFFORDABLE COST.
UM, SO THAT ONE, THAT WAS FOR THE R B I DODGER.
UM, ALSO, UM, I, I KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I HAD BROUGHT THIS, IT WAS MY, MY REQUEST BACK THEN,
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, ACTUALLY WHEN I REQUESTED AND THEY BROUGHT BACK INFORMATION, THEY DIDN'T BRING THIS, UH, TO US.
IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY GOOD TO SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF THIS.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, I, I SEE ALL THESE LIKE PENALTIES, BUT WE'VE NEVER COLLECTED A SINGLE DIME FOR ANY PENALTY, CORRECT.
AS FAR AS STAFF RECOLLECTION IS CONCERNED, THOSE PENALTIES HAVEN'T BEEN COLLECTED.
NOW, IF WE'RE TALKING, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO 2014, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
AND ACTUALLY, I I, AND I'M, I'M JUST GOING OFF OF STAFF RECOLLECTION AND THE, AND THE, THE RECEIPTS THAT WE WOULD HAVE, BUT NO PENALTIES HAVEN'T BEEN COLLECTED.
AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN MYSTERIOUS.
IT'S A MYSTERY TO ME AS TO WHY.
MY GUESS IS THAT IT WOULD GO BACK TO GOODWILL.
I I, I KNOW, UM, FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU KNOW, STAFF MEMBERS OR THE POWERS THAT BE BACK IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANTED TO WORK WITH THOSE LEAGUES AND WORK WITH THOSE BOARDS.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE ANY BOOKKEEPINGS THAT SHOW THAT THOSE PENALTIES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED.
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BECAUSE I, I SAW THAT IF THEY DON'T ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, THERE'S A PENALTY.UM, AND WHEN I WAS A COMMISSIONER, I WOULD HEAR A LOT OF 'EM JUST DID NOT ATTEND.
UM, I KNOW I'VE ALSO REQUESTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST 65% WEST COVINA RESIDENCY.
LIKE OUR, OUR PLAYERS, UM, WE'VE NEVER GOT THAT INFORMATION.
UM, THEY, THEY NEVER PROVIDED THAT.
AND THE REASON WHY I ASK IS BECAUSE I FINDING OUT, LIKE EVEN AT WORK, UM, I JUST, SOMEBODY CONTACTED ME 'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEIR CHILD PLAYS IN WEST COVINA.
SO I, THERE'S A LOT OF PLAYERS THAT PLAY IN OUR CITY THAT OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT FROM WEST COVINA.
UM, DO WE, DID THEY EVER SUBMIT THE INFORMATION OF HOW MANY KIDS ARE ACTUALLY WEST COVINA RESIDENTS? THEY ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THOSE ROSTERS.
AND ON THOSE ROSTERS, THERE ARE ADDRESSES.
NOW YOU HAVE SOME LEAGUES THAT HAVE THREE, 400 KIDS AS STAFF GOING AND KNOCKING ON DOORS.
YEAH, BUT I MEAN THE ROSTERS, BUT THEY ARE, THEY ARE SUBMITTING ROSTERS.
THEY ARE, THEY ARE CHECKING THOSE ROSTERS.
NOW HERE'S, HERE'S THE THING, GOING BACK TO THE NON-COMPLIANCE FOR NUMBER OF YEARS, YOU HAVE SOME LEAGUES WHO WERE ALWAYS JOHNNY ON THE SPOT TURNING IN WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO TURN IN, NEVER HAD AN ISSUE.
AND YOU HAD SOME LEAGUES THAT WERE STRUGGLING.
UM, SOME OF THE VARIOUS REASONS THAT THEY WERE STRUGGLING IS TURNOVERS OF BOARDS.
AGAIN, YOU HAVE, UM, VOLUNTEERS, PARENTS WHO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKING TIME OUT OF THEIR DAY FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO STEP IN AND HELP AND SUPPORT.
UM, AND SO EACH TIME YOU HAVE A NEW BOARD, YOU'RE RETRAINING THESE INDIVIDUALS AS TO WHAT THOSE, THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE WHAT THEY NEED TO HAVE, WHAT IT NEEDS TO LOOK LIKE.
NOT AN EXCUSE BY ANY MEANS, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE CITY NEEDS TO COMPLY BY ITS OWN FACILITY, FIELD USE ALLOCATION PROCEDURES.
WE JUST NEED TO, AND, UM, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, I, THAT I PERSONALLY HAD AN ISSUE IS BECAUSE WE PROVIDE THESE FIELDS AT NO CHARGE IN EXCHANGE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEAGUES PROVIDE IN KIND MAINTENANCE.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A DISCUSSION, UM, WHAT A FEW MONTHS OR LAST YEAR ABOUT SOME LEAGUES THEY'RE LIKE DROPPING IT AND FORCING US OUR MAINTENANCE TO FIX AND UPKEEP.
A LOT OF THESE, UM, SITU A LOT OF THE, THE PARK THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO ADHERE.
BUT AGAIN, NOTHING OCCURS, RIGHT? LIKE, WE'RE NOT, I MEAN, THE, THE WORST THING IS WE'RE NOT ENFORCING ANYTHING.
AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS MENTIONING THE, UH, THE FEES, UM, YOU KNOW, TO COLLECT SOMETHING, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, $5 PER KID THAT REGISTERS THAT GOES TOWARDS FIELD REFURBISHMENT OR THE UPKEEP OR THE MAINTENANCE, THAT GOES BACK TO THEM ANYWAYS, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYTHING.
SO IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE MAINTENANCE ISSUE, WE, WE HAVE, WE, SINCE WE HAD THAT LAST MEETING, HAS THAT SOMEWHAT BEEN RESOLVED OR WHAT I DO WANNA ADD TO THAT COMMENT TO, TO YOUR QUESTION, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT, YOU DO HAVE LEAGUES THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE SPORTS COUNCIL WHO DO COMPLY.
AND I, AND ONE THAT I'M THINKING OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS THE WEST COVINA YOUTH SOCCER OVER AT THE ORANGEWOOD COMPLEX.
UM, THEY PAY EVERY YEAR, ACTUALLY TWICE A YEAR TO HAVE THEIR FIELDS MAINTAINED AND RENOVATED.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK LIKE THAT'S AN AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THAT RELATIONSHIP WORKING, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY, THEY DO FROM TIME TO TIME, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET, UM, INQUIRY FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, HEY, WHY IS THE SOCCER COMPLEX CLOSED? WELL, BECAUSE IT'S FOR THEIR PERIODIC MAINTENANCE AND WE'LL PUT THE SIGNAGE UP, BUT THAT PARTICULARLY DOES PAY.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER LEAGUES, AGAIN, WHAT ARE THEY STRUGGLING WITH? THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH VOLUNTEERS, HAVING VOLUNTEERS, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME, UM, YOU MAY HAVE A PARENT, A GRANDPARENT, WHAT HAVE YOU, AUNT, UNCLE, WHOEVER THAT IS HANDY, IF YOU WILL, AND IS ABLE TO GO OUT ON THOSE FIELDS AND ABLE TO DO SOME MAINTENANCE WHERE THEY CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR WORK PARTIES WHERE THEY PAINT THE SNACK BAR OR THEY, THEY MAKE THE, THE ADJUSTMENTS AND THE REPAIRS THAT ARE NEEDED, BUT YOU'RE RELYING ON VOLUNTEERS TO DO IT.
AND IT'S, I THINK IT'S A STRUGGLE THAT ALL THE LEAGUES HAVE.
AND, AND THAT COUPLED WITH WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO POINT TO? THEY'RE GONNA POINT TO, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES, UM, THEY'RE REGISTERING THEIR CHILDREN FOR THESE, FOR THESE LEAGUES.
YOU KNOW, THEIR MONEY IS GOING INTO THESE FEES, THESE REGISTRATION FEES, UM, TO, TO PAY FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS AS SUCCESSFUL IN HAVING FUNDS, UM, ALLOCATED FOR THE MAINTENANCE.
AGAIN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT AN EXCUSE, IT'S JUST WHAT WE ARE BEING TOLD AS STAFF, WHAT WE'RE OBSERVING AS STAFF MEMBERS AND WHAT THAT TREND IS.
WHEN I WAS A COMMISSIONER, THE BIGGEST
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ISSUE THAT SOME, NOT ALL, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, SOME ARE REALLY GREAT, IS THE MISMANAGEMENT.THERE WERE ORGANIZATIONS THAT MISMANAGED THEIR FUNDS, MISMANAGED HOW THEY DID THINGS.
UM, THERE WERE EVEN SOME INTERNAL ISSUES BECAUSE LIKE RIGHT HERE I SAW THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO BACKGROUND CHECK FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
AND AS YOU'VE SEEN IT IN THE MEDIA AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE HAD COACHES THAT DO LEWD ACTS ON CHILDREN AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND THAT'S WITH OR WITHOUT BACKGROUND CHECK.
UH, AND I KNOW, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO I COACHED HERE AT CAMERON PARK FOR BASKETBALL FOR MY LITTLE SON.
THEY DIDN'T DO A BACKGROUND CHECK ON ME.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, A GOOD SEASON AND EVERYTHING, BUT IF THEY DIDN'T DO IT ON ME, I MEAN, HOW MUCH MORE ALL THE OTHER VOLUNTEERS.
BUT MY ISSUE IS WITH THE MISMANAGEMENT.
AND, UM, I JUST, I JUST WANT THIS TO BE FAIR ON BOTH SIDES, THE YOUTH COUNCIL AND THE, UH, CITY.
UM, AND GRANTED, I MEAN, SOME OF THESE GOTTA CHANGE.
SOME OF THESE GOTTA BE ENFORCED.
UM, AND I, I, I KNOW WE KEEP BRINGING IT UP, BUT WE DON'T GET LIKE A FULL, I LIKE, I'M NOT SURE WHO'S IN CHARGE CURRENTLY OVERSEEING LIKE THESE PAPERWORKS.
LIKE ARE THESE BEING SUBMITTED? ARE THESE IN TRACK? LIKE, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT? BECAUSE EVERY YEAR IT SEEMS TO LIKE GET PUSHED AND WE'RE IN THE SAME SPOT AGAIN.
WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT IN NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR OF 2022, WE ISSUED A LETTER TO ALL OF THE LEAGUES.
WHAT WE TOLD THEM IS THAT THEY WERE EXPECTED TO BE IN COMPLIANCE AND TO TURN IN THEIR PAPERWORK AND TO, AND WE GAVE THEM A DUE DATE.
WE GAVE THEM ALL A DUE DATE BECAUSE WE WERE EASING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPORTS COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, COMPLYING BY THEIR OWN BYLAWS, BUT THEN ALSO COMPLYING TO THE FACILITY ALLOCATION PROCEDURES BECAUSE THIS WAS NEW, UNFORTUNATELY TO A LOT OF THEM.
UM, OR THEY JUST HAD A MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP ACTUALLY WAS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GET IN ONE FIELD ALLOCATION, MEANING GETTING MOST OF THEM UP INTO COMPLIANCE.
THE BIGGEST, UM, HURDLE REALLY IS JUST THE REVOLVING OF ME OF BOARD MEMBERS THAT THAT IS, THAT IS THE HURDLE, OR, YOU KNOW, WHO IS GOING TO HAVE THOSE RESPONSIBILITIES AMONGST THE INDIVIDUAL LEAGUES.
SO WE'VE DEFINITELY TAKEN STEPS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.
AM I, I HEAR, I SENSE YOU, YOU'RE HIDING IT.
WELL, BUT I SENSE YOUR FRUSTRATION AND, AND RIGHTFULLY SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE CITING BACK TO 2013.
I GET IT, YOU KNOW, STAFF DEFINITELY HEARS YOU.
AND THEN, UM, AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, LAST WEEK WE EMAILED AND SENT LETTERS TO ALL OF THE LEAGUES SAYING, THIS IS WHAT'S REQUIRED.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ENFORCING THIS.
IF THIS IS' IN, THESE PENALTIES WILL BE ASSESSED.
HERE IS THE LIST OF PENALTIES.
WHAT'S PROVIDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT.
HERE IS THE LIST OF PENALTIES YOU'RE EXPECTED TO COMPLY.
NOW WHAT I, WHAT I WANNA ADD TO THAT TOO IS THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT IF YOU DON'T COMPLY, THAT YOU CAN'T USE THE FIELDS.
WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO, UM, KEEP ANYONE OUT OF PLAY.
WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS IF YOU DON'T COMPLY, IF YOU DON'T HOLD UP YOUR END OF THE BARGAIN OF THE AGREEMENT, THEN THE FEES AREN'T GOING TO BE WAIVED.
SO I I, I WANTED TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO JUST TO MENTION THAT TOO, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S A MISCONCEPTION.
WE'RE NOT TAKING FIELDS AWAY, IT'S JUST THAT FEE WAIVER, THAT, THAT PORTION OF IT, IF WE DON'T HAVE COMPLIANCE, WE, IF YOU'RE NOT IN GOOD STANDING, WE CAN NO LONGER, UM, TURN, TURN AWAY FROM THAT.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION BEFORE I YIELD, UM, YOU KNOW, I I NEVER REALLY ASKED THE HISTORY OF DID WEST COVINA EVER RUN ITS OWN SPORTS PROGRAM OR HOW DID IT BECOME TO 100% FULLY OUTSIDE LEAGUES? AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE EVERY CITY IS DIFFERENT.
UM, OBVIOUSLY I RUN THE SPORTS PROGRAM, I DO ALL THIS, THE LEAGUE, THE STAFFING, THE BACKGROUND, ALL THIS STUFF THAT I, I DO FROM BEGINNING AND END OPENING DAY AND SO FORTH.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, LIKE BALDWIN PARK, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE HAD MY CHILDREN PLAY AT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT CITIES.
SOME THE CITY WILL RUN THE, THE YOUNGER DIVISION.
AND THEN OF COURSE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T GET A LOT OF KIDS AS YOU GET OLDER, THE OLDER DIVISION, THEY JUST WEAN OFF.
AND SO THEN THEY JUST PERMIT THAT.
BUT IS THERE A REASON, OR WOULD YOU KNOW THE HISTORY OF THE BACKGROUND, WHY WEST COVIN ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST GAVE IT ALL UP AND THEY, BECAUSE IF, IF THIS IS AN ISSUE, THEN WEST COVINA COULD HAVE ITS OWN SPORTS REC, YOU KNOW, ON ON, I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING TAKE IT ALL AWAY, BUT, YOU KNOW, RUN IT RIGHT.
GET THE KIDS, ESPECIALLY WITHIN OUR CITY AND WE DON'T HAVE THESE ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, COUNCILWOMAN LOPI, IT'S INTERESTING THAT YOU SAY THAT.
'CAUSE I WAS HAVING A VERY SIMILAR CONVERSATION NOT TOO
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LONG AGO, LIKE WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.AND WHAT I KEEP GOING BACK TO IS AT WHAT POINT, BECAUSE AT SOME POINT THERE WERE RECREATION PROGRAMS AND, AND I HEAR YOU AND, AND, AND, AND I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEARLY.
YOU, YOU AND I, YOU KNOW, WE SEE EYE TO EYE ON THAT.
UM, AND BECAUSE WE BOTH COME FROM THE RECREATION BACKGROUND, UM, THAT'S OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, EARLY ON WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE IN WEST COVINA ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, WAS YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE LOOKING FOR THOSE REC PROGRAMS, YOU KNOW, WEST COVINA RUN REC PROGRAMS TO COME BACK.
AND WHAT I CAN SHARE IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE THAT WITH BASKETBALL, THE VERY LEAST, YOU KNOW, WE DID BRING BACK WEST COA YOUTH BASKETBALL, THAT IS A RECREATION PROGRAM THAT IS RUN BY THE CITY STAFF.
AND, AND, AND THAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING.
BUT THE WHY IS IN SPEAKING WITH STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES, WHAT THEY HAVE SHARED IS THAT, UM, DURING BUDGET CUTS AND DURING CONSTRAINTS, THAT THEY LOOKED AT OUTSOURCING AND THEY LOOKED AT RENTAL REVENUE AS OPPOSED TO PROVIDING A SUBSIDY FOR THOSE RECREATION PROGRAMS. UM, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.
AND AS THE CITY IS REBUILDING, REBRANDING, AND, AND, AND GETTING A BETTER HOLD ON ITS FINANCIALS, YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL AS A BODY, YOU'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND REALLY LOOK, TAKING A LOOK AT WHAT A SUBSIDY IS IN RECREATION AND DEFINING WHAT THAT SUBSIDY IS.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I MEAN, IT, IT DOESN'T, AND WHEN YOU MEANT BUDGET CUTS, THEY WENT TO THE RENTALS, BUT OBVIOUSLY HERE WE COLLECT ZERO FEES, WE GET NOTHING OUT OF IT.
UM, AND SO I, I JUST, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, RECREATION, WE'RE RECREATION.
I KNOW SOME OF THESE ARE, ARE TRAVELING LEAGUES THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PAY A LOT.
I THINK SOMEBODY MENTIONED, UM, I HAD A PATRON AT MY WORK SAID THEY, THEY WENT TO, YOU KNOW, PLAYED IN WEST COVINA.
I FORGOT WHAT LEAGUE, BUT THEY ALMOST SPENT LIKE A THOUSAND DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, HERE THIS FUNDRAISING AND THEN THEY HAD TO TRAVEL AT OTHER LOCATIONS.
SO I WAS LIKE, WOW, A THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE ONLY CHARGE $10
'CAUSE WE HAVE ALL THESE, BUT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING UP, THEY'RE GIVING LIKE ALL THESE CITIES, LA 84, ALL THIS THAT BENEFITS.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR KIDS GET A BENEFIT THESE, AND NOT HAVE TO PUT A BURDEN ON PARENTS AS WELL.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO SAY WE ARE RECREATION.
IT'S RECREATION AND YOU KNOW, TO WHAT EXTENT, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD.
I KNOW OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO GO SPEAK, IF I MAY, I, I ALSO WANNA ADDRESS MORE, ONE MORE POINT THAT YOU BROUGHT UP REGARDING THE RBI I, THE DODGER DREAM DREAM TEAM PROGRAM.
UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU AND I HAD CHATTED ABOUT WAS THAT GRANT WAS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THOSE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES HAVE BEEN REDEFINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
AND SO, UM, WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT THE NEXT, UM, GRANT APPLICATION IS DUE IN MARCH, IS DUE MARCH 1ST.
SO STAFF IS TEED UP TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT A PROPOSAL THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK ON SOMETHING AND THAT WILL CONFORM WITH THOSE GUIDELINES, UM, FOR THAT GRANT APPLICATION.
BUT I, I DID WANNA PROVIDE YOU WITH THAT UPDATE WITH AS WELL.
IT'S THE W S A, UM, I, I FORGOT WHAT THAT IS.
BUT IT'S A SPORTS, UH, SPORTS ASSOCIATION, WEST COAST SPORTS ASSOCIATION.
THEY, UH, PROVIDE GRANTS AS WELL.
AND THAT CAN HELP OUR RESIDENTS TOO.
AND, UH, UH, I WANNA PIGGYBACK WITH, UH, UM, COUNCILWOMAN EDDIE LOPEZ VIDA, REGARDING, OKAY, FIRST YOU CAN OMIT MY NAME.
I CAN JUST REPLACE WITH, UH, OKAY.
AND, UH, TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.
SO I'M THE ONE, I DON'T WANNA TAKE YOUR CREDIT, OKAY? SO PLEASE OPEN ME MY NAME AND CHANGING YOUR NAME.
AND UH, BUT, UH, I KNOW THERE'S SOMETHING, OKAY.
VERY IMPORTANT TO EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY FOR PARENT TO HAVE CHILDREN, OKAY? AND THE PLAY IN OUR CITY.
AND, UH, I GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINT LIKE YOU, OKAY? LIKE THEY CANNOT PLAY AND THE SPECIAL INTERESTS OCCUPY AND THIS AND THAT AND THAT.
THAT'S WHY WE HERE, WE WANT TO CHANGE THE FUNDAMENTAL, OKAY? I THINK THE FUNDAMENTAL WE CAN CHANGE.
WE, WE CAN DISCUSS HOW WE CAN MAKE IT FAIR SO EVERYBODY CAN PLAY, BECAUSE THIS IS SO MANY, OKAY? AND LEAGUE, SO MANY TEAM, THEY ALL WANT TO PLAY.
UH, CURRENTLY WE ONLY ALLOW TO CERTAIN, OKAY? AND LIKE, SHALL WE LET CITY TO RUN IT? SINCE WE, WE STRUCTURE THE GOVERNMENT, WE ALREADY INDEPENDENT THE C OKAY? COMMUNITY SERVICE AND, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT, SO MANY, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A HEAD OF DEPARTMENT TO IN CHARGE OF THIS.
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TO HAVE A SPECIAL PERSON WE ALREADY APPROVED LAST TIME TO RUN THE SPORT PLAQUES AND HOPEFULLY UTILIZE THE SIX BASEBALL AND THE INDOOR SOCCER FIELD.SO WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF FACILITIES.
WE HAVE TO SEE, UH, WHAT WE GOING TO USE.
SO WE NEED TO KIND OF WORK ON THIS FUNDAMENTAL.
SO SINCE LAST TIME WE UPDATE THIS BYLAW IS 2000 13, 10, 10 YEARS AGO.
SO IT'S, IS THAT ABOUT TIME? SHALL WE LOOK INTO, SHALL WE UPDATE THIS FIRST QUESTION? HOLD ON ONE BY ONE.
OKAY? SHALL WE UPDATE THIS BYLAW? SHOULD WE GET IT A LITTLE BIT MORE? UPDATE, UPGRADE TO CURRENT.
UPDATE TO OUR CURRENT SITUATION AND THEN WE, BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE FACILITY AND FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT, HOW TO FAIL, HOW TO UTILIZE THE, THE, THE, THE PLACE.
AND IF THEY USING THE SNACK BAR, SHOULD THEY CLEAN UP THE PLACE RATHER THAN DUMP EVERYTHING FOR A CITY TO PICK IT UP AND PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT TRASH ALL THE PLACES.
SO A LOT OF DETAIL, EVERYTHING CAN GO TO THE BYLAW TO UPDATE WHAT WE HAVE.
SO I THINK TODAY IS OUR, WE GIVE DIRECTION TO THE CITY, OKAY? HOW WE SHOULD DO, OKAY, THE THING, SECOND THING, SO WE UPDATE THE BYLAW.
THE THIRD THING IS COMPLIANCE.
OKAY? WE, WE, WE HAVE THE, THE REGULATION RULE AND WE LET PEOPLE USING THE PLACE FOR FREE AND HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE WE AUDIT.
AND THEY HAVE BE, THEY HAVE TO BE A NONPROFIT AND THEY HAVE TO BE COMPLIANCE WITH OUR REGULATION.
AND THAT WAY THEY CAN FEE WAIVE AT THE SAME TIME.
ANOTHER ISSUE, I MIGHT HAVE, UH, 60% OUR CHILDREN IN OUR CITY, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THE POPULATION, OKAY, WE WANT TO WELCOME OTHER CITY.
THEY CHILDREN CAN PLAY WITH US TOO.
OKAY? WE, BECAUSE MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY OF CHILDREN DUE TO THE POPULATION, AGAIN, THE BIRTH RATE.
SO WE, WE WANT TO CHILDREN, NO MATTER OUR CHILDREN, ALL THE CITY CHILDREN, STEEL CHILDREN.
SO HOW CAN WE TREAT THEM WITH, UH, WE CAN HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO PLAY, OKAY.
I THINK WITH FAIRNESS, OKAY? AND, UH, AGAIN, AND HOW TO DESIGN WITHIN NONPROFIT.
NOBODY POCKET, OKAY? AND WITH OUR TAXPAYER, OKAY? MONEY, OKAY? AND, UH, A FACILITY TO LET PUBLIC TO USE IT IS A PUBLIC PLACE, A PUBLIC USE.
OKAY? SO TAXPAYER, WON'T EVERYBODY BE TREATED.
FAIRNESS, OKAY? AND, AND ANOTHER THING, IF YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN, OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THE TEAM TO PLAY WHAT KIND OF A POLICY WE WANT BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY IN THE LEAGUE.
SO FIRST WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE LEAGUE, THAT COMPLIANCE.
SECOND THING, HOW ABOUT WHEN WE CAN OPEN IT UP FOR PEOPLE TO APPLY TO JOIN THE SPORT COUNCIL? LOOK, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW IT'S ONLY THE CERTAIN GROUP OF PEOPLE CONTINUE TO OCCUPY.
SO HOW CAN WE CAN BREAKING THROUGH AND HAVE OUR MAYBE LIKE, UH, UH, MALE POTENT OR NON MALE POTENT, THE COUNCILWOMAN THAT THEDO SPOKE REGARDING.
MAYBE WE SHOULD SELECT OUR CITY TO RUN.
AND, AND RATHER THAN OKAY, JUST GIVING OUT AND THEN CREATE ALL THIS POTENTIAL ISSUE, CURRENT ISSUE WE HAVE.
SO, SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING COUPLE OF ISSUE, OKAY? I THINK HOW WE CHANGE, OKAY? AND WE CAN DECIDE AND FUNDAMENTALLY HOPEFULLY MAKE IT WORK.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT, OKAY, THEY CANNOT JOIN AND THIS, THEY CANNOT PLAY THE FIELD AND SOMEBODY USING THE FIELD, THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VERY STICKY AREA.
BUT, SO WE SEE THE COUNCIL SIT OVER HERE, WE HAD TO TAKE THIS AND TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT AND FOR OUR GENERATION TO COME, SO THIS IS MY SUGGESTION, SET IT UP THE FUNDAMENTAL AND THEN HAVE TO, OKAY, ALL HAVE TO HAVE THE TEAM TO COMPLY.
AND THE THING IS HOW WE OPEN UP FOR MORE OTHER TEAM TO JOIN, OTHER LEAGUE TO JOIN AND HOW WE LOWER THE FEE SO EVERYBODY CAN, CAN, BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE ACCOUNTANT, THE FEE, THIS AND THAT.
MAYBE THEY NEED TO TRAVEL, SO THEY NEED TO GET THE MONIES TO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
WE DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THE TRANSPORTATION, THIS AND THAT.
BUT HOW TO SEE THE NUMBER THAT REALLY GO INTO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, GO TO OUR CHILDREN TO, TO TAKE THEM PLAY AND HAVE A HAPPY CHILDHOOD SPORT, TEAMWORK, LEARNING THAT IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR EDUCATION, FOR OUR CHILDREN TO PLAY.
OKAY? MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER QUICKLY, PLEASE.
YES, I WILL, I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO YOUR YOUR FIRST I'LL DO IT THIS WAY.
UM, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMPLIANCE.
I THINK YOU HAVE, AND THE FIRST THING I SAY, BECAUSE THIS IS A BYLAW, IS BACK IN 2013, IT'S 10 YEARS AGO.
SHALL WE UPDATE, SHALL WE CHANGE A LOT OF, UH, UPDATE THE DETAIL AND UH, AND THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT? MY RECOMMENDATION IS THIS.
INITIALLY FOLLOW THE BYLAWS, CITY HAS NOT BEEN, THE CITY STAFF
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HAVE NOT FOLLOWED THE BYLAWS.START WITH FOLLOWING THE BYLAWS.
THERE ARE SOME GOOD THINGS IN THESE BYLAWS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWED.
I, I, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.
IF WE START FOLLOWING THE BYLAWS, REQUIRING THE COMPLIANCE, YOU KNOW, REQUIRING THOSE APPLICATION PERIODS AND THEN ADHERING TO THEM, I, I WOULD START THERE.
I I, I THINK IT'S HARD FOR US TO SAY WHAT DOESN'T WORK IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE NOT WORKING IT.
EXCUSE ME, SORRY TO INTERRUPT, BUT YES.
THE REASON, THE BYLAW, WE JUST HAVE A CON OKAY.
CONTROVERSIAL SITUATION COMING UP.
REGARDING THE SHOULD WE PROVIDE LIGHT OKAY? AND SHOULD, IF WE HAVE A LIGHT ISSUE, BUT DUE TO THE BYLAW, BASICALLY THEY NEVER MENTIONED ABOUT LIGHT, THEY SHOULD PUT IN THE DAYTIME.
SO, SO YOU MAYBE YOU HAVE TO INCLUDING BY LAW IN DETAIL, SHALL WE INCLUDING OKAY, CT PROVIDE NIGHTLIGHT.
ARE YOU, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE ASKING IS FOR US TO QUANTIFY THE IN-KIND MAINTENANCE THAT THE LEAGUES WOULD THEN BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE.
BECAUSE YOU HAVE, UH, NOW WE CHANGING THE, LIKE WE SPEND MILLION DOLLAR TO CORTES PARK WITH BASEBALL FIELD AND THE, OKAY, FOOTBALL FAIL.
OKAY? THEN ALL THOSE OTHER PARK, THEY WILL REQUEST THE SAME THING.
WE CANNOT NOT ONLY SPECIAL OKAY.
BUT THE POINT IS, IF WE PROVIDE THOSE LIGHT AND THOSE LEAK, OKAY, THEY PLAY, SHOULD WE PROVIDE LIGHT? AND WHO PAY FOR THOSE LIGHT POWER BILL? IF I'M, SO, SO THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING, OKAY, CITI, THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN, THEN IF WE WILLING TO SUBSIDIZE THEN GO AHEAD.
IF THEY ARE NON-PROFIT, THEY NEED TO DO IT, THEY NEED TO DO IT NIGHTTIME, BUT IT'S LEAD PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT WE SPEND WAY TOO MUCH MONEY.
ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SPEND THE MONEY? SO WE NEED TO LOOK INTO WHAT THOSE IS POWER BUILT.
IS THE ISSUE HAVE TO PLAY AT THE NIGHTTIME? SO, SO, SO IF, IF YES, THEN WE JUST PUT ON THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE WILL PROVIDE LIGHT.
CURRENTLY, I DON'T THINK WE, WE HAVE LAND.
AND SPECIFY REGARDING WHAT WE SHOULD DO.
SO THE COURT IS PARK LIGHTING PROJECT, UM, BENEFITS THE PARK IN ITS ENTIRETY AND IT'S, AND IT'S THROUGH THE CITY'S CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
UM, AND IT WAS IDENTIFIED PRIOR TO MY TIME THAT IT WOULD BE A C I P PROJECT AND NOW IS JUST WHEN IT, WHEN IT CAME UP ON THE SCHEDULE.
NUMBER TWO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE LIGHTS.
IS THE CITY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE LIGHTS IN THEIR PARK SPACES? UM, THAT'S REALLY GOING TO BE UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO DEFINE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LEAGUES OR THE PE OR THIS, THE COMMUNITY CAN ARGUE YOU HAVE YOUR LIGHTING POLES, YOU KNOW, FOR SAFETY REASONS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO, WHO UTILIZE THE PARK THAT AREN'T JUST, YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL OR LITTLE LEAGUE OR CHEERLEADERS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING THE PARK AT NIGHT, YOU KNOW, WALKING THEIR DOGS, WALKING, JUST ENJOYING THE PARK SPACE.
AND SO HAVING LIGHTING AT THE PARK, IN MY OPINION AND THROUGH MY EXPERIENCES IS STANDARD.
YOU CAN CHARGE LEAGUES A LIGHTING FEE.
YOU CAN CHARGE THEM FOR HAVING CERTAIN LIGHTS ON AT CERTAIN TIMES.
THAT'S DEFINITELY WITHIN THE REALM OF, OF, OF SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE COUNCIL CAN DO AS THEY WISH.
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO ARGUE OVER HERE.
IF YOU SAY SO, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THE LIGHT ON.
OKAY? IN THAT WAY, CAN WE DO ALL THE LIGHT ON ALL THE SPORT? WE HAVE ALL THE FIELD, WE KEEP THE LIGHT ON ALL THE TIME.
CAN WE DO THAT? IF WE CANNOT DO THAT, WHEN WE CAN HAVE A LIGHT ON, IS THAT WE HAVE A GAME.
SO WE PUT A LIGHT ON IF WE DON'T HAVE A GAME.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE YOU SAY, OH, WE HAVE A LIGHT, THEN WE HAVE TO BE, HAVE A LIGHT PROVIDE THEN MEANING WHAT ALL THE PARK, ALL THE LIGHT SPORT LIGHT HAVE BE ON ALL THE SIX BASEBALL FIELD, ALL THE LIGHTS SHOULD BE ON BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE MAYBE WALK OVER THERE.
SO, SO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DEFINE WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
HOW MUCH IS A BUDGET? CAN WE AFFORD IT OR SHOULD WE CHARGE PEOPLE USE ON YOUR, ON THE APPLICATION THAT'S REQUIRED FOR FACILITY FIELD USE.
WE ASK THEM WHAT TIME DO YOU REQUIRE LIGHTS? WHAT TIME OF THE DAY? BECAUSE THE, THERE IS THAT SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SPORTS COUNCIL LEAGUES.
THEY DO GET THOSE FEES WAIVED.
THE CITY CAN ABSOLUTELY, COUNCIL CAN UNDERSTAND.
I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN.
I'M, I'M JUST WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO TO DETAIL COURSE OF COURSE.
I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A SUGGESTION.
DETAIL REGARDING WHEN WE CAN, THEY USE LIE THIS LIE.
SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF DISPUTE.
SO, SO IF WE ALLOW LEE HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION AND WE ALLOW THEM TO
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PLAY, THEN WE SHOULD PROVIDE LIGHT.OKAY? AND THEN YOU HAVE TO BE DETAILED.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS DISPUTE CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A LIGHT, WE HAVE TO MOVE THE LIGHT, WE HAVE TO RENT $8,000 OKAY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE, OKAY, AND THAT, OKAY, WHAT IS PROPER AGREE UPON? THEN WE NEED TO PROVIDE, IF NOT AGREE UPON, OKAY, THEN THE, THE LIE MAYBE HAVE TO PAY FOR THE LIE.
SO THIS HAS TO BE ON THE CONTRACT OR OUR BYLAW OKAY.
OR ANY OF DETAIL WE NEED TO DETAIL THAT THING ABSOLUTELY MAKE SENSE? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
WE COULD DEFINITELY LOOK AT CLARIFYING WHAT IS CLARIFY.
CLARIFY WHAT THEY CAN USE, WHAT THEY CANNOT USE, WHAT, WHAT COMES WITH FIELD USAGE, RIGHT? EXACTLY.
TRY TO ARGUE, I'M HERE, TRY TO HELP.
OKAY? YOU WANT DIRECTION? MY DIRECTION IS YOU NEED TO DETAIL ABOUT BOTH SIDE OBLIGATION A HUNDRED PERCENT.
WHAT KIND OF DUTY IS, IF YOU USING THE SNAP BAR, YOU CAN MAKE MONEY THEN WHO REMOVE THE TRASH? I I MY UNDERSTANDING IF YOU MESS IT UP, YOU CLEAN IT UP AND YOU PUT THE TRASH.
SOME, SOME PEOPLE EVEN MOVE THE TRASH TO THEIR HOME.
SO, SO, SO, SO THEY DON'T DIRTY THE PLACE OR MAKE SURE NEXT PEOPLE TO USE IS NICE AND CLEAN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT THE CITY, NOT THE MAIN ALWAYS CLEANING UP FOR PEOPLE'S MESS.
PEOPLE USE, PEOPLE HAVE TO CLEAN.
SO WE NEED TO MAYBE DETAIL CLARIFY.
IF YOU USE, YOU USE SNAP ON, YOU HAVE TO CLEAN THE, THE PLACE WITH ALL THIS, THOSE TRASH.
AND THERE IS SOMETHING THAT PUTS THEM ON THE HOOK TOO.
THERE'S A SECURITY DEPOSIT, THERE'S A CLEANING DEPOSIT.
AND BY COLLECTING IT, THE CITY DOING ITS DUE DILIGENCE AND COLLECTING IT, GOING AGAIN, FOLLOWING THOSE BYLAWS, YOU HAVE THAT, YOU'RE PUTTING THAT HOOK THERE.
YOU'RE PUTTING THEM ON THE LINE FOR THAT.
MY MY FINAL SUGGESTION IS WE ARE DOING SOME BALANCE, OKAY? THE BALANCE IS WE WANT ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENT, OUR CHILDREN TO PLAY THE PLACE TO PLAY THE SPORT.
AND WE WANT ENCOURAGE THEM TO UTILIZE, WE WANT THEM TO JOIN THE TEAM.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE A ALL SPORT CHARGE, OKAY? AND GRADUALLY MOVE UP AND THEIR LIFE, OKAY? HAPPY CHILDHOOD, HAPPY LIFE, OKAY? AND UH, THAT'S WHY WE TRY TO PROVIDE FOR THEM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO SEE, TO BE FAIR, OKAY? AND THAT'S WHY HERE WHAT WE CAN DISCUSS TO GIVE THE DIRECTION.
MY, MY MY MY REQUEST IS IF THIS 2013, 10 YEARS, ARE WE LOOKING, MAYBE CITY ATTORNEY CAN GIVE US SOME TOM? YES? YEAH.
CAN YOU LOOK INTO, SHALL WE, THE BYLAW NEED TO BE UPGRADED BECAUSE 10 YEARS ALREADY, I, I NEED TO, YOU CANNOT SIT OVER THERE AND NOT, THAT'S EASY MONEY.
OKAY? YOU NEED TO
SO WHAT SHOULD WE DO? OKAY? AND SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY, WE WORKING VERY HARD FOR FREE AND HOPEFULLY YOU, WE JUST, PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT YOU JUST HAVE INCREASED.
SHOULD WE DO SOMETHING? OKAY, MAYBE RE OKAY.
AND, AND SEE DO WE NEED 10 YEARS? WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, SO MAYBE, RIGHT? OKAY.
MAYOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN THAT RIGHT BECAUSE IT IS, IT IS 10 YEARS AGO AND A LOT OF THING NEED TO BE MAYBE UPDATED.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE COMPLY TO SHOW US ALL THE DOCUMENTATION, ALL THE BYLAW, AND THEN WE WILL DECIDE SHALL WE HAVE, SINCE WE, WE STRUCTURE COMMUNITY SERVICE SHOULD WE HAVE A OKAY.
THAT WILL BE COUNCIL TO DECISION WHERE THAT WILL BE A BETTER, OR WE STILL OUTSOURCING AND CURRENTLY JUST A LOT, A LOT OF COMPLAINT.
I NEED TO GIVE TIME TO SOME OTHER COUNCIL, BUT THIS IS MY SUGGESTION FOR YOU.
I'M NOT TRYING TO OH, NO, NO, NO, NO.
JUST GIVE SOME CONSTRUCTIVE YES.
AND, AND REALLY, I THINK TOO, LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, IT'S NEVER BEEN BROUGHT TO THE BOARD, TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION LIKE THIS.
IT'S NEVER BEEN DETAILED AT LIKE THIS.
SO IT'S, IT'S CONSTRUCTIVE TO HEAR THAT.
AND 10 YEARS, 10 YEARS, THINGS CHANGE IN 10 YEARS.
SO IT IS ABOUT TIME TO WE UPDATE IT, BUT AGAIN, AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO SEE, CAN WE DETAIL, SO IN THAT WAY, WHO DOING WHAT IS CLEARLY SPREAD IT OUT AND THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY AGREE UPON.
AND WE, AS A CT, YOU GUYS DO WHAT THE CT JOB IS.
I HAVE TWO MORE POINTS I'D LIKE TO MAKE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
YOU HAD A, YOU, YOU RAISED THE POINT ABOUT THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT.
MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE IS TO DO A SURVEY OF THE OTHER CITIES TO SEE WHAT THEIR CURRENT REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR RESIDENCY REGISTRATION.
JUST TO UNDERSTAND THIS TRENDS, THE, THE TRENDS.
AND THEN THE SECOND POINT THAT YOU HAD BROUGHT UP ARE OTHER LEAGUES WANTING TO JOIN THE SPORTS COUNCIL.
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PROCESS TO DO THAT, THAT IS IN THE BYLAWS IN THE FACILITY.
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AGAIN, I THINK IT GOES BACK TO FOLLOWING IT.UH, ONE THING IS THIS, WE ONLY HAVE A ONE SOCCER FIELD.
CAN WE FIND A WAY TO DO MORE? BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF BASEBALL FIELD.
BASEBALL FIELD AT, UH, SPORT PLEX, BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE
SO, SO I THINK SOCCER, SOCCER BECOME VERY POPULAR.
AND THE LOCATION, MAYBE WE CAN LOOK INTO IT.
AND SOME OF THE LAND WE HAVE OKAY.
MAYBE CAN HELP OUT INTO A POTENTIAL.
AND THE POPULAR SPORT FOR THE CURRENT SITUATION.
IF I MAY JUST, I, I'M GONNA TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG ONE OF THE GOALS.
ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD WAS A PARKS MASTER PLAN.
AND WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS IDENTIFYING AN AREA, IDENTIFYING SPACE FOR SOCCER.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WORK THROUGH A PARKS MASTER PLAN.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT BOTH MYSELF AND ACTING CITY MANAGER, UM, PAULINE MORALES HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT GOING FOR AN R F P FOR THAT.
THERE'S A DRAFT VERSION OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
UM, MAYOR PROTO, UH, THANK, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UH, I KNOW AS A, AS A YOUTH FOOTBALL COACH, UH, AND I KNOW THAT WEST COVINA BRUINS WE'RE ALL LIVE SKINNED, UH, IN ORDER TO BE PART OF, UM, UH, THE POP WARNER AND JUNIOR ALL AMERICAN.
UH, AND IT, IT IS QUITE PRICEY TO GET LIVE SKINNED, BUT, UH, ALL THE, ALL THE COACHES, WE CAN FEEL SAFE WITH YOUTH FOOTBALL.
UH, THE OTHER THING, UH, IN TERMS OF, UH, THE LIGHTING, I THINK, UH, SEASON MATTERS, RIGHT? FOOTBALL'S PLAYED IN THE FALL.
UH, SO IT GETS DARK VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND, AND IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THAT THEIR LIGHTING IS REQUIRED MAYBE MORE SO THAN THE SPRING SPORTS, RIGHT? UH, THAT WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO PRACTICE AND, AND NOT ACTUALLY NEED LIGHT.
UM, I, A COUPLE CONCERNS I DO HAVE, UM, ONE IS, IS I, I AM CONCERNED IN TERMS OF FIELD FIELD USAGE AND, AND SOME, SOME OF OUR LEAGUES POSSIBLY ALLOWING FOR, UM, THE, THE PRIVATE TRAINING TO BE ABLE TO HAPPEN DURING THE TIME WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSEDLY USING THE FIELD.
I KNOW IT HAPPENS QUITE A BIT.
UH, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, QUITE A BIT OF MONEY IS BEING PAID BY OUR FAMILIES.
UH, AND SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, IF THAT'S IN, IN THE BYLAWS IN TERMS OF A PENALTY AND A, A, A WAY TO LOSE YOUR ABILITY TO USE THESE FIELDS.
UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE IN THERE.
UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, THERE, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, UH, QUITE A FEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, MY WIFE ACTUALLY JUST TALKED TO, UH, A TRAINER $75 AN HOUR FOR A 10 YEAR OLD, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS JUST BASIC SKILL TRAINING.
AND, AND WE, WE ALSO KNOW THAT, THAT SOME OF OUR, OUR LEAGUES, UM, YOU KNOW, AND SOME OF THOSE BOARD MEMBERS DO, DO TAKE FUNDS, RIGHT? AND SO I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR IN HERE, UM, THAT THAT WOULD BE A PENALTY, UH, FOR USING THE FIELDS IN, UH, IN THAT WAY.
UM, I, I WANTED TO ALSO, UH, SPEAK ON WHAT COUNCILMAN WU SAID ABOUT OPENING THE LEAGUES TO OTHER CITIES.
I I KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE LITTLE LEAGUES HAVE STRUGGLED, UH, IN BEING ABLE TO HAVE, UM, MULTIPLE TEAMS. UH, I KNOW SOME OF OUR, OUR LITTLE LEAGUES HAVE TO, UM, ACTUALLY TRAVEL TO OTHER CITIES IN ORDER TO, TO PLAY, ESPECIALLY AS THEY GET INTO THE 13 AND 14 YEAR OLDS.
UH, AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BENEFIT, UM, US TO, TO RE-LOOK AT THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU, YOU, YOU SAID ABOUT DOING A SURVEY, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT THESE LEAGUES ARE SUSTAINABLE TOO.
I THINK IF, IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE SIGNING UP AND PAYING, UH, THEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE DON'T HAVE SOME OF THESE OTHER ISSUES.
UH, SO THAT'S JUST, UH, ANOTHER CONCERN.
UH, I KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LOPEZ, VITO MENTIONED ABOUT CITY RUN.
UH, I KNOW WHEN MY SON WAS VERY YOUNG, WE WENT TO COVINA BECAUSE COVINA WAS THE ONLY SPACE, RIGHT? AND THEY HAD THEIR OWN, UM, YOUTH LEAGUES, UM, REALLY TINY TOTS.
BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, SOCCER, BASEBALL, ALL OF THAT.
UH, AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS A POSITIVE.
AND, AND RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY OF YOUNG, YOU KNOW, THE TODDLER AGE, UH, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR PROGRAMMING.
UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIG BENEFIT FOR THE CITY.
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LAST THING I KNOW, UM, JUST IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SEASONS, WE ALWAYS HAD ORIENTATIONS FOR, FOR THE, THE COACHES AND FOR STAFFS AND ALL OF THAT.AND ARE WE DOING THAT, UM, QUARTERLY ORIENTATIONS FOR THE VOLUNTEERS? BECAUSE THIS ISN'T PRETTY INTIMIDATING, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE BYLAWS, IT'S A LOT OF LEGAL LANGUAGE, AND YOU'RE HAVING TO FILL OUT ALL THIS PAPERWORK AND IT'S VERY INTIMIDATING, AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS.
AND THEN YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR OWN LIABILITY BY SIGNING UP FOR IT.
AND SO I'D LIKE THE CITY TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, BUILD THAT BRIDGE SO IT'S NOT AN INTIMIDATING PROCESS.
SO THEY DO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, AS OPPOSED TO JUST GIVING PEOPLE A PACKET AND SAYING, OKAY, YOU NEED TO FILL THIS OUT.
SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF ORIENTATION WE'RE DOING, UH, FOR THE VOLUNTEERS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU HIT ON A COUPLE KEY, SOME KEY POINTS.
I'M GONNA START WITH WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT AN ORIENTATION.
AS STAFF IS MADE AWARE THAT WE HAVE NEW BOARD MEMBERS, WE ORIENT THEM, SO WE GIVE THEM THE INFORMATION.
BUT I THINK WE DO NEED TO GO A STEP FURTHER.
I THINK WE DO NEED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE LEAGUES AND GOING ITEM BY ITEM.
AND AS UNCOMFORTABLE AND AS UNNECESSARY AS SOME OF THE LEAGUE REPRESENTATIVES MAY FEEL THAT IT IS FOR THEIR OWN REASONS OR FOR WHATEVER IT MAY BE, WE NEED TO BE DOING THIS.
AND THAT IS, THE CITY CAN DO ITS DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SIGNING UP FOR AND WHAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT FEE WAIVER.
UM, I, I, I, I AGREE WITH YOU.
STAFF AGREES WITH YOU TO THAT POINT.
UM, YOUR QUESTION REGARDING THE PRIVATE OR THE POINT THAT YOU MADE REGARDING THE PRIVATE COACHING, UM, THAT IS NOT WHAT THE INTENDED USE IS FOR.
THE INTENDED USE FOR THOSE FIELDS IS FOR THAT ATHLETIC PLAY, FOR THOSE LEAGUES, FOR THOSE SPECIFIC REASONS, WHETHER IT'S TRYOUTS, PRACTICES, GAMES, WHATEVER IT IS, THE, THE, THE, THE PRIVATE COACHING THAT'S ON THE SIDE, THAT'S A BUSINESS.
AND WE'RE WORKING WITH NONPROFITS.
AND I, I THINK, GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCILMAN WU SAID, WE NEED TO CLEARLY DEFINE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS THINGS AS LEAGUES EVOLVE, AS TIME GOES ON.
UM, WE DO NEED TO MAKE THIS DOCUMENT REFLECTIVE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW.
UM, WHILE, WHILE I, I STILL SAY THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE STILL GOOD IN THIS DOCUMENT THAT WE NEED TO START ADHERING TO, THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE CHANGES, OR EXCUSE ME, AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.
JUST AS COUNCILMAN WU SAID, JUST AS COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO HAS BEEN SAYING, AND, AND WHAT YOU'RE ALLUDING TO.
UM, MADAM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, IT'S, I REALLY, UM, APPRECIATIVE OVER YOUR ANSWERING QUESTION, THE QUESTION OR DISCUSSING, UH, THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE ORIENTATION IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS PROPER PASSING ALONG OF INSTITUTIONAL MEMORY.
BECAUSE WHEN VOLUNTEERS ARE NEW, UH, THEN, THEN THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHAT, WHAT THE PRACTICES ARE.
I'M ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH, WITH THE THOUGHT THAT WE SHOULD ENFORCE OUR CURRENT BYLAWS.
AND AT THE SAME TIME AS WE DO THAT, WE SHOULD STILL LOOK AT WAYS TO MAKE, UH, NECESSARY ADJUSTMENTS, CONSIDERING THE LAST TIME THEY WERE AMENDED WAS 10 YEARS AGO.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT IF WE ENGAGE IN THAT PROCESS WHILE ENSURING THAT THERE IS IMME, THERE'S ENFORCEMENT OF EXISTING RULES, THEN, THEN WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
AND LIKE YOU SAID EARLIER, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE ENFORCE THE CURRENT BYLAWS, WE'LL THEN BE BETTER POSITIONED TO SEE WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT ISN'T, WHICH COULD THEN BE THE BASIS FOR MAKING THE SORTS OF CHANGES AND SUGGESTIONS THAT THE MAYOR PRO TEM HAS, HAS, UH, MADE AS WELL AS, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT, UH, COUNCILMAN WU HAS SAID, AND A COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VITO, WITH REGARD TO STREAMLINING THIS, THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
UH, THE THING THAT WE HAVE TO JUST MAKE SURE TO, TO DO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS ALSO TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE PRACTICES AMONG OUR CITY STAFF.
BECAUSE LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW, MADAM ASSISTANT AND CITY MANAGER, YOU'RE HERE.
BUT LET'S SAY, UH, THERE'S A TIME THAT, THAT, THAT YOU, THAT YOU END UP BEING SNATCHED UP AND BECOME CITY MANAGER SOMEWHERE, AND THEN WE LOSE YOU.
AND THEN, OH MY GOSH, WELL, WE, GOSH, ROXANNE IS GONE.
AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO THEN? SO, IN OTHER WORDS, WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS WE JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT, AT MAKING SURE AT ALL LEVELS THAT THINGS ARE APPROPRIATELY DOCUMENTED IN TERMS OF PROCESSES AND PROCEDURES.
AND THAT STAFF, CITY STAFF KNOWS WHAT NEEDS TO BE
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DONE PROCEDURALLY, SO THAT NO MATTER WHO COMES ALONG, THEY WILL KNOW HOW TO DO THOSE THINGS.AND AT THE SAME TIME, TO INSTITUTIONALIZE THE CULTURE WITHIN THE LEAGUES OF SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING YOU OF YOU, BUT IT'S GOOD, IT'S GIVE AND TAKE.
AND IT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US TO ABIDE CONSISTENTLY ABIDE BY OUR RULES.
SO THAT WAY WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO THAT, THEN IT, IT, IT, IT FURTHER PROFESSIONALIZES OUR OPERATIONS AND EVERYONE IN, UH, KNOWS WHAT'S EXPECTED OF THEM.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE, WE, WE CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD, UH, ACCORDINGLY.
UM, SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A SPORTS COORDINATOR, BECAUSE THIS IS A YEAR ROUND IN SPORTS, RUNNING SPORTS.
IT, IT NEEDS LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT ATTENTION.
UM, AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE, I KNOW WE, THE REC DEPARTMENT, WEST COVINA STARTED THE BASKETBALL WITH THE YOUTH, AND THE LITTLE THINGS THAT, THAT YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.
UM, SO THE SPORTS COORDINATOR COULD, UH, OVERSEE THAT AS WELL AS THESE SPORTS, UH, LEAGUES THAT ARE CONSTANT YEAR ROUND, WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP WITH THEM, UH, ENFORCE, OR ANY ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT ARE NEEDED OR SOMEBODY TO CONTACT IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, THE IN REFERENCE TO WHAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMBA MENTION ABOUT THEM USING THE FIELDS OR ALLOWING OTHER USERS TO USE IT, BECAUSE THEY GET IT FOR FREE, BUT THEY'RE POCKETING SOMEBODY ELSE.
AND I KNOW THAT DOES OCCUR ON PAGE SEVEN VIA ATTACHMENT C.
IT DOES SAY BROKERING A RESERVE FIELD TO ANOTHER USER'S, $500.
THE THING WITH THIS, UM, THIS WHOLE THING, WE'RE NOT ENFORCING AGAIN.
AND THAT IS THE MAIN THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS ENFORCEMENT.
BUT IT IS DIFFICULT WHEN I, YOU ARE ALL BUSY WITH 10 DIFFERENT PROJECTS, YOU ACTUALLY NEED SOMEBODY DEDICATED JUST FOR THIS.
AND SPORTS ALONE COMES WITH A LOT OF ISSUES, COMPLAINTS, PARENTS, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW GREAT YOU RUN IT, YOU KNOW,
IT JUST COMES WITH THE TERRITORY OFFICIALS, FIELDS, MAINTENANCE, JUST A WIDER VARIETY OF THINGS.
SO SPORTS COORDINATOR IS NEEDED.
UM, AS FOR UNDERSTANDING, YOU ARE CORRECT, IT, IT DOES GET TIME CONSUMING, HAVING TO REPEAT THINGS.
AND SO, I MEAN, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE HAVE LIKE A TRAINING VIDEO OR LIKE A YOUTUBE LINK OR CHANNEL THAT ANY OF THE VOLUNTEERS COME IN.
THIS IS HOW, THESE ARE THE FORMS YOU NEED.
THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE.
SO ALL THE Q AND A ARE THERE, UM, YOU WOULD SHOW THE FORM.
UM, I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU ARE GONNA MAKE IT USER-FRIENDLY TO STREAMLINE THE WHOLE PROCESS.
THAT THAT IS GREAT BECAUSE IT GETS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, UM, IT GETS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.
YOU'RE SCARED TO LIKE, WELL, I DON'T WANNA BE LIABLE.
UM, BUT IF YOU HAVE THAT AND PUT IT ALL TOGETHER, UM, INSTEAD OF YOU TAKING YOUR TIME, JUST PLEASE REVIEW THIS LINK.
IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AFTER VIEWING THIS VIDEO, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW UP.
BUT A SPORTS COORDINATOR WOULD BE, UM, GREATLY APPRECIATED.
BUT YES, ENFORCEMENT IS DEFINITELY NEEDED.
AND A SPORTS COORDINATOR, SOMEBODY TO FOCUS ON THAT.
UH, AND, UH, UH, JUST LIKE, UH, PREVIOUSLY I MENTIONED, OKAY, I THINK, UH, WE JUST RESTRUCTURES, OKAY, OUR GOVERNMENT, OKAY.
AND, UH, ON ORGANIZATION, WE NEED FILL IT UP.
WE NEED ALL THOSE LEADER, OKAY? AND THOSE LEADER COMING IN, GIVE US A PROPOSAL.
WE NEED ANOTHER PERSON IN THE FOURPLEX, BUT WE NEED A LEADER TO TELL US, OKAY? RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NONE.
OKAY? RIGHT NOW, ANNE WEAR A LOT HAT, SO IT'S JUST HUMANLY PRETTY IMPOSSIBLE.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE PUBLIC WORK, OKAY, AND, UH, OKAY, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE AND PLANNING AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA, WE FILL IT OUT, BUT WE ALREADY APPROVE.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR HR AND WAITING FOR RECRUITMENT AND AFTER THAT, OKAY, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK FUNDAMENTALLY WE JUST NEED TO IMPLEMENT ABOUT THE BYLAW.
CURRENTLY, NOBODY IMPLEMENT AT ALL.
NO ENFORCEMENT, NO IMPLEMENT, AND NOBODY EVEN GIVE A
SO THEY CREATE A LOT OF, UH, OKAY.
UNHAPPY RESIDENT COMPLAINT TO US ALL THE TIME.
AND, AND IT'S NOT FAIR FOR A LOT OF TEAM AND CHILDREN.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK INTO IT.
SO I THINK THE DIRECTION IS JUST, OKAY, SUPPORT, OKAY? OUR CONSUMER CANTO TALK ABOUT WE NEED TO MAKE A, A STRUCTURES, OKAY, NO MATTER THIS AND THAT, THERE'S THINGS STILL CONTINUE.
YOU WON'T BE JUST PEOPLE LEAVE AND THEN WE HAVE NOBODY DOING ANYTHING.
AND SECOND THING IS OKAY, BASICALLY, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, AND OUR BYLAW 10 YEARS AGO, BUT WE ENFORCED AND IMPLEMENT AND MAKE SURE THEY COMPLY, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME TO LOOK INTO CITY ATTORNEY.
OKAY? AND, UH, OKAY,
SO HE PARTICIPATE, SO HE KNOCK THOSE OUT.
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IT'S LIKE, UH, OKAY, YOU GOT TALKING NONSENSE.SO ANYWAY, AND THEN, SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE, UH, UH, WITH THE 20 20, 20 23, OUR UPDATE OKAY.
SO IN THAT WAY, I THINK WE GRADUALLY CAN BUILD UP A GOOD, AND I WILL REALLY SUPPORT, UH, AND THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, LETTI LOPEZ, VIDO TALKING ABOUT, UH, G OKAY? WE HAVE A C COMMUNITY SERVICE, HAVE THEM TO RUN.
OKAY? AND, UH, TO FUND A, A TODDLER INTO THE, BECAUSE WE HAVE A DISABILITY CHILDREN TOO.
WE, WE NEED TO DO SOME OF, INCLUDING THOSE CHILDREN CAN CITY CAN KIND OF HELP THEM TO PLAY SPORT TOO.
SO WE ENTERTAIN ALL KIND OF A DIFFERENT GROUP.
SO THAT'S WHAT GOVERNMENT ABOUT WE TAKING CARE, EVERYBODY.
SO, SO THIS MY SUGGESTION, I SUPPORT ALL THE COUNCIL.
OKAY? AND THE SUGGESTION, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD DISCUSSION TO GIVE.
WE REALLY WANT THIS THING TO BE FAIR AND RUN A GOOD SPORT, BIG CITY.
WITH SO MANY FACILITY, WE CAN RUN A GOOD, GOOD, GOOD PROGRAM.
UM, YEAH, I KNOW WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON INCLUSIVE SPORTS, SO, UM, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF ALSO THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FAIRNESS OF FIELD USAGE, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME LEAGUES THAT ARE HUGE AND THEY CAN ONLY FIT ONE PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, A WEEK FOR EACH TEAM.
AND THEN THERE'S OTHER LEAGUES THAT ARE JUST SO SMALL, BUT THEY HOG UP ALL THE FIELD USAGE.
THEY CAN GO PRACTICE THREE, FOUR TIMES A WEEK, WHICH IS NOT FAIR BECAUSE LIKE, AGAIN, OTHER, UH, LEAGUES OR OTHER FROM OTHER CITIES WANT TO USE OUR SPACE AS WELL, BUT WE CAN'T GIVE UP THAT SPACE OR, OR THEY'RE BROKERING
SO THAT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED ON BECAUSE DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF YOUR PROGRAM, SHOULD ALSO DETERMINE THE FIELD USAGE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FAIR TO TAKE UP ALL THE FIELDS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT MANY PARTICIPANTS.
AND ONE MORE POINT, IF I MAY, THAT I WANNA ADD TO THAT TOO, IS THAT YOU DO HAVE SOME LEAGUES EXACTLY WHAT YOU DESCRIBED.
THEY'VE, THEY'RE OUTGROWING THE SPACE.
THEY ARE RESERVING FACILITIES THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.
UM, SO YOU DO, YOU DO HAVE THAT GOING ON TOO.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO JUST IN THE, IN THE SPIRITS OF TRANSPARENCY AND JUST CONTINUING THIS CONVERSATION, UM, WE SHOULD COME BACK TO YOU.
SO WITH AN IDEA OR NOT, EXCUSE ME, NOT AN IDEA, BUT JUST A LOOK OF WHAT ARE ALL OF THOSE ASSETS AND WHICH LEAGUES ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF THOSE ASSETS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT'LL GIVE YOU MORE COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE.
AND, AND ONE OF THE WAYS, AGAIN, THAT WE DO THAT IS, THAT'S PART OF A PARKS MASTER PLAN.
YOU, YOU GET ALL OF THAT TOGETHER THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT IT, BUT I, I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND, AND YOU REALLY DO WANT THAT COMPREHENSIVE LOOK.
AND, AND I THINK IT'S IPOR IT'S IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTANDING AND FOR DECISION MAKING.
COUNCILMAN? OH, I BEAT HIM IN A, I BEAT HIM
NO, I WANTED TO ALSO MENTION AS YOU SURVEY THE OTHER CITIES, UM, IF YOU CAN ALSO INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE COST OF WHAT IT, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL COMPREHENSIVE.
BECAUSE THE IRONY, I BELIEVE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WHEN THEY USE THE SCHOOL, DO THEY, IS IT FREE OR DO THEY PAY SCHOOL DISTRICTS DO HAVE A FEE? THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED.
AND, AND I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE, I MEAN, LIKE, I, I KNOW WHEN I RUN, UM, OUR FEES, WE HAVE A TIER.
SO LIKE IF IT'S A YOUTH SPORTS, THEY CHARGE, WE CHARGE 'EM, I DON'T KNOW, $10 AN HOUR.
AND IF IT'S REGULAR OUTSIDE, IT'S LIKE $25 AN HOUR.
AND THEN FIELD, FIELD LIGHTS, IF LIGHTS ARE NEEDED, IT'S $35 AN HOUR.
I MEAN, THIS IS, I'M JUST GIVING YOU LIKE A, A LIKE WHAT WE KIND OF CHARGE AT WORK.
BUT, UM, IF YOU CAN GET A SURVEY, BECAUSE SOME OF THESE, UH, LEAGUES ALSO PLAY AT OTHERS, OTHER CITY AND SO FORTH.
BUT IF YOU CAN GET A COMPREHENSIVE SURVEY OF WHAT THE SURROUNDING CITIES ARE CHARGING.
BUT YEAH, I DO FIND IT IRONIC THAT THE, THE SCHOOLS HERE IN WEST COVINA, THEY PAY THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR CITY.
SO, UM, AND AS FOR SOCCER, JUST WANTED TO UH, MENTION, UM, WAS IT ORANGEWOOD OR EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL? THEY HAVE A SOCCER, FOOTBALL SYNTHETIC EDGEWOOD.
EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL HAS A, UM, SYNTHETIC SOCCER FIELD AS WELL, UH, FRONT OF.
AND THAT'S PART OF OUR, THE SCHOOLS.
THAT'S 'CAUSE WE, THE CITY DOES HAVE, JUST WANTING TO CONFIRM, UH, CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DOES HAVE A JOINT AGREEMENT.
CORRECT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT LAST PART? UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS A JOINT, UH, AGREEMENT
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FOR FIELD USAGE.YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A JOINT USE AGREEMENT.
WE DO NOT HAVE A JOINT USE AGREEMENT.
WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE COOPERATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
I THINK WE HAVE, I MEAN, BUT THEY DO, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SYNTHETIC FIELD, UH, THE TRACK AT EDGEWOOD, I MEAN, THAT ONE IS OPEN, THAT ONE IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE, THERE ARE, THERE ARE COMMUNITY HOURS, I'M USING THE WRONG TERM, BUT THERE IS, THERE ARE HOURS THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN ACCESS IT, BUT THERE ISN'T, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR LIKE A JOINT USE AGREEMENT, HEY, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
UM, BUT YOU'RE GONNA ALLOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ALLOW FOR YOUR USER GROUPS TO COME IN THAT ISN'T THERE.
I THINK, I BELIEVE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WOULD BE OPEN TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, WHAT THE, OR EXCUSE ME, WHAT THOSE TERMS WOULD LOOK LIKE.
BUT THEY, I WOULD BELIEVE THAT THEY WOULD BE OPEN TO THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UH, AND, UH, I REMEMBER REGARDING THE PARTNERSHIP, OKAY, I REMEMBER THE EDGE SWIMMING POOL THAT WAS OKAY.
AND, UH, WE WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND WE, I REMEMBER WE HAVE A RIGHT TO USAGE.
SO MAYBE OKAY, CITY CAN CHECK INTO AND CAN WE USE THE SUMMER PROGRAM TO TEACH PEOPLE TO SWIM THIS? AND I REMEMBER THAT WAS IN OUR AGENDA, RIGHT? WE CURRENTLY DO HAVE THAT.
I KNOW WE, WE DID DISCUSS THAT.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE FIRST THING.
BUT SECOND THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FEE STUDY.
OKAY? THE, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER CHECK IN TOO? WE DO, WE STILL HAVE A RIGHT TO USE THE POOL.
WE GRANT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WEST COVILLE UNIFIED SCHOOL.
AND TO SEE, BECAUSE I REMEMBER A LOT OF PEOPLE ASKING FOR, OKAY, THE SUMMER SWIMMING, WE NEED TO TEACH KID HOW TO SWIM, OKAY? AND WE CITY CAN PROVIDE COMMUNITY SERVICE, PROVIDE ALL THIS, AND INCLUDING LIFEGUARD.
REMEMBER? I REMEMBER WE PAID LIFEGUARD, REMEMBER? OKAY? SO, SO, SO NOW AFTER WE DONATE OKAY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AFTER, AFTERWARDS.
SO HOPEFULLY NEXT COMING THIS COMING SUMMER, WE CAN UTILIZE THE POOL.
OKAY? AND THAT'S A NICE, BEAUTIFUL POOL.
OKAY? BUT DON'T FORGET THAT IS A MAJOR CSS, OKAY? TAXPAYER'S MONEY, MEANING IT'S OUR RESIDENT.
WE, WE, WE FUNDRAISING, WE ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE.
SO LET'S, IT IS WEST COVINA PROPERTY.
LET'S OUR TAXPAYER, YOU GOTTA PAY, PAY FOR IT.
OKAY? SO I IN THE COVINA UNIFIED, SO I DIDN'T PAY FOR IT.
SO I I I NOT CHECK MY ID, I CANNOT USE IT UNLESS I PAY.
OKAY? SO, BECAUSE I'M NOT UNIFIED SCHOOL, BUT DON'T COME TO OVER THERE, THEN YOU GOTTA HAVE TO PAY.
SO ANYWAY, AND OKAY, SO ANOTHER THING, OKAY? FEE STUDY.
OKAY? FEE STUDY, OKAY, WE ALREADY DOING THE FEE STUDY.
WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO IT.
I KNOW PEOPLE RENT THE, THE, THE GAZEBO OF THE PARK, THEY HAVE TO PAY, THEY RENT, CO COMMUNITY SERVICE ROOM.
OKAY? SO IN THAT WAY, WHY? OKAY? PEOPLE RENT OUR FIELD AND NOT PAYING.
SO I DON'T THINK IT'S NOT, SO HOW MUCH PAY THE FEE AND THAT IS TO PAY FOR OUR STAFF TIME AND PAY FOR MAINTENANCE.
ANOTHER NOTHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
ALL THIS SPORT LEAGUE SPORT COUNCIL CANNOT BE POLITICAL, OKAY? AND I KNOW THEY BECOME POLITICAL, OKAY? SOMETIMES THEY ONLY INVITE ONE CITY COUNCIL, THEY DON'T INVITE REST, OKAY? AND, OR, OKAY, THEY, THEY EVEN DO COM CAMPAIGN, UH, DURING THE, DURING THE, OKAY, HOMECOMING.
AND, UH, IT IS, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE BECAUSE IT'S ALL CITY SUPPORT SHOULD BE A NON-POLITICAL.
SO WE NEED TO TELL ALL THIS SPORT LEAGUE STAY OUTTA POLITICS, FOCUS THE CHILDREN.
THAT'S WHY WE CITY ALLOW YOU TO DO IT.
OKAY? SO IN THAT WAY, LET'S EMPHASIZE TO THEM NONPOLITICAL.
AND, UH, THIS YEAR WE DIDN'T GET INVITED TO THE GIRLS SO FORTH.
FIRST TIME, OKAY? WHEN THEY OPENING, WHY WE DIDN'T GET INVITED, OKAY.
AND WE DIDN'T GET INVITED FOR SOME OTHER EVENT.
AND WE GET INVITED EVERY YEAR.
WHAT HAPPENED? THE CITY SHOULD LOOK INTO IT.
IF THEY BECOME POLITICAL, WE SHOULD REMOVE THEM.
OKAY? BECAUSE THEY VIOLATE, OKAY, THE BYLAW.
SO I I I HOPE THEY UNDERSTAND NO MATTER WHO YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE, IT'S ALL CITY, OKAY? AND THAT YOU HAVE TO TREAT ALL FIVE CITY COUNCIL WITH FAIRNESS.
OKAY? TO, TO THE, YOU WANT TO SHOW UP OR NOT.
BUT IT SHOULD BE EVERYBODY GET INVITED FOR THEIR OPENING GAME OR THEIR HOMECOMING GAME.
IT IS NOT, THEY DO NOT OWN IT.
THEY CANNOT SAY, I ONLY WILLING TO INVITE ONE PERSON.
AND THEN IN THAT WAY, CITIES SHOULD, SHOULDN'T SUBSIDIZE OKAY? FOR THEM, THEY SHOULD PAY THE FEE.
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OKAY? MAKE SURE THE FOLLOW BYLAW SHOULD BE A NONPOLITICAL SINCE NON NONPROFIT, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIRO, UH, TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMAN WU.I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE BYLAW, BUT IT SHOULD BE.
AND, UH, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS LIKE AS A CITY EMPLOYEE, THE STANDARDS OF CONDUCT SHOULD ACTUALLY BE IMPLEMENTED HERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE WAS DISCUSSING.
UH, HIS COUNCILMAN WU CAME TO AN OPENING DAY BASEBALL AND EVERYTHING, AND THERE'S AN, UH, A PERSON WHO'S RUNNING AGAINST HIM AND THEY JUST SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WELCOMED THEM AND THEY SAID, OH, VOTE FOR SO AND SO.
AND IT'S LIKE, RIGHT
LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A, I'M NOT MENTIONING NAMES, BUT IT'S A HOMECOMING OR, YEAH.
AND, AND IT'S LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE, THIS SHOULD BE, CHILDREN SHOULDN'T LEAVE POLITICS ALONE.
THEY SHOULDN'T BE SAYING WHO TO VOTE FOR OR ANYTHING.
IT'S JUST LIKE WHEN WE'RE AT WORK, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT MY POLITICAL VIEWS ARE.
I DON'T GO INSIDE MY WORK WITH A SIGN OR TELLING PEOPLE WHO COME IN TO MY FACILITY TO VOTE FOR THIS OR VOTE FOR THAT.
SO THE SPORTS COUNCIL OR, OR THE ANY ACTIVITIES, EVENTS THAT IS YOUTH, JUST FOCUS ON YOUTH.
AND THE STANDARD, UM, STANDARD OF CONDUCT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE BYLAWS.
'CAUSE I KNOW CURRENTLY IT'S NOT.
WELL, I THINK WE WOULD IF THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, REAL QUICK, UM, JUST TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, THE POINTS THAT THEY, WE'LL, WE'LL FOLLOW THE DIRECTION WITH COORDINATING WITH LEGAL ON THAT AND BRINGING, BRINGING THOSE POINTS WITH LEGAL SO THAT WE, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ADDRESS WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE.
UM, BUT THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED, UM, THROUGH THE LEGAL AVENUES.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY'RE USING THE CITY RESOURCE, SO IT SHOULD BE NON-POLITICAL.
YOU, MAYBE YOU CAN ELABORATE A LITTLE.
OH, IT'S ABOUT TIME AS COUNCIL CAN'T CAMPAIGN FROM THE DIOCESE.
YOU, YOU DON'T WANT YOUR COMMISSIONS OR ANY OTHER COMMITTEES DOING THE SAME THING.
CAMPAIGNING IN, IN ESSENCE USING CITY FUNDS, DOING IT.
SO THAT, SO THAT WE CAN ADD THAT IN THERE.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE A VERY CLEAR DIRECTION, RIGHT? SO, UM, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD START WITH THOSE BYLAWS, ENFORCING THEM, AND THEN OF COURSE WORKING ON UPDATING THEM.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
AND, UM, GOING BACK TO THAT SWIMMING POOL, WOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE IN THE SUMMERTIME.
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE AEROBICS CLASSES, SWIMMING CLASSES FOR THE CHILDREN AND THEY COULD BE IN OUR DISCOVERY.
UM, WEST CAMINO DISCOVERY, UH, ANNOUNCING IT.
I THINK THAT'D BE AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
WE HAVE A SWIMMING LESSON, I REMEMBER CLEARLY.
AND WE EVEN HIRED THE BODYGUARD.
NO, THAT WAS FOR THE HOMECOMING.
IN REFERENCE, UM, TO SPEAK ON BEHALF, I KNOW MY SON PLAYS WATER POLO THERE.
UM, THEY DID HAVE A SUMMER PROGRAMMING THAT IS THROUGH ROUTE 66.
UM, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WEST COVINA PROMOTED THAT.
I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WE STILL GET IN CONTACT WHERE THEY DO THE SWIMMING.
'CAUSE I THOUGHT OF LIKE
BUT, UM, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT LIKE WATER AEROBICS.
THAT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA, LIKE SOME FITNESS DURING THAT TIME.
BUT I KNOW THEY ALSO UTILIZE IT, UM, FOR THEIR PROGRAM.
BUT I'M, THE ONLY THING I'M NOT SURE IS, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE AN OPEN SWIM TIME, IF THAT SHOULD BE AT LEAST, IT WOULD BE NICE FOR THE COMMUNITY AT LEAST TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S ONCE OR TWICE A WEEK AND FOR A FEW HOURS JUST TO OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC, UM, TO THAT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED.
BUT I, I KNOW THAT THEY ARE, THEY DO OFFER SWIM LESSONS AND THAT'S THE ROUTE 6 66 THAT GOES THROUGH THERE.
UH, MY SON IS ALSO IN THE WATER POLO ROUTE 66.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, TO SEE, 'CAUSE ALSO OUR SENIORS ARE NOT ABLE TO USE, UM, THAT EDGEWOOD POOL.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, WHEN I SPOKE TO THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANTED TO PAY THE TAXES AND THEY DID.
AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO SEE IT BUILT, BUT THEY DO WANT ACCESS AS WELL.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK SENIOR SWIM AEROBICS, ESPECIALLY THAT EARLY MORNING TIME, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE ABOUT PARTNERING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, AND BEING ABLE TO, TO HAVE IT OPENED UP AND USED AND, YOU KNOW, STAFFING IT.
UH, SHALL I MOVE THE MOTION OF THIS? SHOULD WE SEE IN FILE? YES, YOU CAN.
UH, I MOVE THE MOTION WE SEE IN FILE.
LET'S RECEIVE AND COME BACK TO US.
I THINK DATES AND INFORMATION.
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
NEXT, AFTER WE, WE HAVE TO STILL MOVE THE MOTION, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO MOVE THE, THE MAYOR ACTUALLY SAID IT BEAUTIFULLY.
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WHAT, OR ADHERING AND ENFORCING TO THE BYLAWS WHAT'S CURRENTLY STANDING RIGHT NOW, AND THEN COMING BACK WITH AMENDMENTS AND ADJUSTMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.SO, SO I WANT TO FOLLOW THE MAIL REQUEST.
MOVE THE MOTION FOR ALL THE, OUR SUGGESTION.
ALL OUR SUGGESTION NOT ONLY YES.
IF YOU STILL REMEMBER, YOU HAVE TO PLAY BACK.
INTO THE CONSIDERATION AND BRING BACK FOR OUR, UH, DECISION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ VIDO TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BYLAWS AND COME BACK WITH SUGGESTIONS AND AMENDMENTS.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
UH, COMMENTS OR ANY MOTHER MAYS OR, UH, REALLY, REALLY QUICK? OKAY.AND, UM, UH, THE WEBSITE, UH, WE NEED TO HURRY UP TO GET THIS.
WE ASKING FOR HOW MANY YEARS? UH, COUNCILWOMAN
I ASKED THAT LIKE BEFORE MY LAST TERM.
YEAH, I KNOW THERE'S A RE YOU ALREADY ALMOST DONE WITH YOUR SECOND TURN? I, I KNOW.
SO WE, WE NEED TO GET THIS WEBSITE.
WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING LIKE A N O MAN.
BEING ASKING AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, AGAIN, I THINK YOU TITLE ABOUT WE REQUEST OUR WEBSITE TO BE FUNCTIONAL.
OKAY? WE NEED TO GET IT DONE AND, UH, DON'T DRAGGING OVER THERE.
AND THERE'S CONSIDERATION HERE, THERE, WE NEED TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT YOU CAN DO IT AND JUST GET IT DONE.
OKAY? AND THAT, BECAUSE THE WEBSITE IS OUR FACE PEOPLE CHECK INFORMATION, GO TO WEBSITE AND OUR WEBSITE IS NOT USABLE.
WE DON'T EVEN CANNOT FIND ANYTHING.
SO, SO THIS FIRST THING IS IF YOU COULD CHECK ABOUT ALL THE CITY WEBSITE, OKAY? FOR EXAMPLE, MOON FESTIVAL FOR THE, UH, FOR THE VENDOR, HOW TO APPLY.
AND WE MISS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, OKAY? FOR PEOPLE WANT TO APPLY, BECOME THE VENDOR FOR OUR EVENT.
WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF EVENT COMING UP.
SO FIRST THING IS OUR WEBSITES TO OKAY.
TO GIVE NEXT YEAR OR COMING ALL THE EVENT TO, TO, TO HAVE A DETAILED EACH EVENT LINE UP FROM HERE TO NEXT YEAR SO EVERYBODY CAN ANTICIPATE WHAT KIND OF EVENTS COMING UP.
OKAY? AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, SAY VENDOR NEEDED AND THEN APPLICATION THIS AND THAT.
CHECK OUT THE CITY, I CHECK VERY EASY TO ONLINE AND THEY SHOW YOU WRONG.
AND PLUS OUR DOCUMENTATION IS LIKE A DICTIONARY, OKAY? IT'S LIKE DIS DISCOURAGE PEOPLE TO APPLY TRUE STORY.
OUR FILE REQUEST IS LIKE UNBELIEVABLE COMPLICATED.
OKAY? SO, SO WE NEED TO STREAMLINE TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO EVENT, WE'RE GOING TO UNITE PEOPLE TOGETHER, WE'RE GOING TO CREATE THE BUZZ.
WE WANT OUR BUSINESS VIBRANT, BUT WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE PARTICIPATE EASILY AND THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY THE FEE, BUT ENCOURAGE, JUST LIKE WE TALK ABOUT SMALL COUNCIL, OKAY? THE BYLAW NOT GOING TO SCARE PEOPLE, OKAY? ENCOURAGE PEOPLE.
SPOIL COUNCIL PEOPLE CAN APPLY HOW I CAN PLAY, HOW CAN USE, UTILIZE, HOW MANY? WELL, AVAILABILITY, WHERE IS THE, I CAN APPLY AND BOOK.
AND I REMEMBER BEFORE WE HAVE A CLASSES OR CAN BE ONLINE REQUESTS AND BOOK IT, BUT NOW I DON'T KNOW.
WE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
OKAY? OUR FUNCTION NOW IS UN FUNCTION AT ALL.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST LIKE BROKEN.
WE BEEN REQUEST, WE CITY WANT TO DO GOOD JOB.
AND YOUR WEBSITE ASSISTANT HAS BEEN WORKING OKAY FOR THE PEOPLE TO GO ON ONLINE CHECKING IT'S 21ST CENTURY EVERYTHING ONLINE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GO ONLINE, CHECK IN THE INFORMATION, CHECK ABOUT, OKAY.
AND THE PROGRAM AND, UH, SUBMIT IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE OR THEY WANT TO DO SOME OTHER VOLUNTEER, EASY FOR THEM TO APPLY.
REMEMBER, LAST TIME COMMISSIONER WANT TO WANT TO BE, UH, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONER.
HE HAS A HARD TIME TO, TO PUT A FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
SO OUR WEBSITE IS NOT EASY TO USE.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY WE HAVE TO HURRY UP PLEASE.
WE'LL BE ASKING HOW MANY FIVE YEARS, SIX YEARS ALREADY.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH ACTING CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN GET IT DONE.
COUNCILMAN CONTOS ALSO RELATED TO THE WEBSITE, AND MAYBE THIS IS ALREADY DONE.
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UH, ACTING, UM, CITY MANAGER, UH, IS THERE, IS IT ALREADY ONLINE A AVAIL AVAILABLE A A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO PUT IN THEIR ADDRESS TO SEE WHEN THE, THEIR ROAD WILL BE REPAVED UNDER THE RE PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT PROGRAM? OR THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT, I THINK IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND I THOUGHT IT WAS PROMISED BY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER? YES.SO, UH, I'M JUST WONDERING WHERE IS THAT NOW? WE'RE ALREADY ALMOST AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
SO, SO WE DID LAUNCH, UM, RECENTLY THE, UM, RESOURCE OR J I S MAP THAT DOES LET RESIDENTS GO IN AND LOOK UP THEIR ADDRESS.
THEY CAN SEE IF THE TREATMENT, UM, IS A CITY OWNED TREE, WHEN IT'S GONNA GET TREE TRIMMED, UM, WHEN THEIR STREET SWEEPING IS, WHEN THEIR TRASH PICKUP DAY IS, UM, THE, UH, PAVEMENT MANAGEMENT, UH, PLAN.
WE HAVE THE OLD ONE THAT, UM, IS AVAILABLE ON, ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'S NOT AN INTERACTIVE MAP ON OUR G I S.
SO THE NEW PLAN THAT IS COMPLETED, UM, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, THAT WILL BE GOING ON THAT G I S MAP.
AND SO THAT WILL BE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERACTIVE FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO, TO PULL UP THAT INFORMATION ON WHICH ROADS ARE GONNA BE PAVED AND WHEN THEY'RE, UH, SCHEDULED TO BE.
AND BY WHEN IS THAT GOING TO BE BROUGHT ON THE LINE? UM, I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
SO I WILL OWE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
OKAY? SO THEN LATER, THE NEXT, THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, IF THAT BE INCLUDED IN YOUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, PLEASE OKAY.
ABOUT THAT PLAN, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE BALL TO BE DROPPED EVEN INADVERTENTLY, SO THEN THAT WAY WE CAN KEEP THINGS MOVING.
UH, COUNCILMAN? YEAH, I'M REALLY QUICK.
THAT IS WHAT WE REQUEST JANUARY.
AND I REMEMBER THEY SAY, HEY, WE'RE GONNA HIRE THE, THIS COMPANY.
HE WILL, THEY COME, WE'LL DO A PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE SO BUSY AND WE FORGOT.
AND THEN NOW, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
COUNCILMAN CANTO, THAT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US TO, WE SAY WE WANNA HIRE THIS COMPANY AND THE TRANSTECH ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE THIS COMPANY.
SO WHERE IS THIS COMPANY NOW? IT'S ALREADY OCTOBER, ALMOST END OF THE YEAR, WE STILL HAVE A KNOW, OKAY, THIS CONSULTING COMPANY COME TO GIVE US ABOUT, OKAY, EACH THREE HAVE AN ID AND THAT'S WHY WE PROMISED THE RESIDENT ON JANUARY MEETING, OR MAYBE LAST YEAR BEING REQUESTING THIS AND THIS NEED TO BE DONE.
OKAY? AND THIS WILL COME GO WITH OUR WEBSITE, OKAY? AND SO PEOPLE CAN TYPE IN THEIR STREET OKAY.
NAME AND THEY WILL UNDERSTAND WHY IS GRAY OF THEIR STREET OKAY? WHEN THAT THREE SHOULD BE REPAY OR SHOULD BE MAINTENANCE.
AND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO, SO IN THAT WAY, NOBODY WILL BUG US OR BUG YOU CITY.
OKAY? SO WHEN, OKAY, I KNOW YOU, YOU HAVE TO CHECK INTO IT.
WE NEED A CONSULTANT TO COME TO THE COMPANY.
I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT WE ARE FINALIZING THE PLAN, UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WHICH ROADS ARE GONNA BE PAVED, WHICH ONES WE'RE GONNA FOCUS, UM, WHICH YEARS.
AND SO ONCE THAT PLAN IS FINALIZED, THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO UPLOAD THAT NEW PLAN ONTO THE J I S.
SO I WILL GET YOU AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE COMPANY SHOULD COME WITH YOU.
GIVE US A PRESENTATION FIRST, RIGHT? NO, RIGHT NOW IT JUST, THEY ALREADY HIRE, THEY'RE ALREADY DOING THEIR THING.
WHICH COMPANY IS, I REMEMBER THEY, THEY'RE PREPARING THE REPORT.
THEY'RE REVISED, UH, PAYMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN.
AND SO, UM, STAFF REVIEWED IT.
WE HAVE SOME COMMENTS THAT WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE AND, UM, WE'RE WAITING IS THAT, I REMEMBER OUR REQUEST IS THE COMPANY WILL COME TO US FIRST AND TELL US WHAT IS, AM I RIGHT? I, I DON'T REMEMBER, BUT AT LEAST UM, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER WILL GET BACK TO US WHEN CAN GET BACK TO US.
JUST SAID OUR NEXT, I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT CITY, UH, MANAGER'S REPORT PER OKAY, MAYBE, MAYBE THIS WEEK SEND TO US EMAIL, OH, I CAN EMAIL THAT INFORMATION.
AND THEN PER UH, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTEST REQUEST, I CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT THE STATE MANAGER'S REPORT AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
ANYONE ELSE? UM, MAYOR PRO TEM? YEAH.
UM, JUST TO COMMENT ON, ON OUR, OUR CAPACITY, UH, I THINK AT A CERTAIN POINT, AND IT'S BEEN FIVE YEARS SINCE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VITO TALKED ABOUT THE WEBSITE MM-HMM.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE JUST DON'T HAVE, UH, A STAFF OR, UH, TO REALLY CONTINUE TO UPDATE IT, TO MAKE SURE IT FUNCTIONS, TO MAKE SURE TO PUT ALL THE PATCHES THAT NEED TO BE DONE, TO DO ALL THE, THE BACKEND STUFF AND ENGINEERING THAT NEEDS TO GO IN TO MAKE A WEBSITE LIKE REALLY EASY, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO US AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT IS FRUSTRATING.
UM, BUT IF, IF, IF WE JUST DON'T HAVE A STAFF THAT CAN DO IT, THEN THAT ALSO NEEDS TO BE
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TOLD.UH, AND SO I JUST, UM, I I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, UH, SO THAT WAY WE AREN'T HERE AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER, STILL FEELING FRUSTRATED, STILL NOT BEING ABLE TO, TO DO THINGS THAT, THAT REALLY HURT THE CITY, RIGHT? BECAUSE IF, IF, IF YOU HAVE A REALLY GREAT FUNCTIONING WEBSITE THAT IS EASY TO, YOU KNOW, DO BUSINESS PERMITS AND, YOU KNOW, TO APPLY TO BE A VENDOR AT A, A CARNIVAL OR BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE TICKETS TO, YOU KNOW, GO TO OUR EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I, I MEAN, IT, IT, USER FRIENDLY IS, IS REALLY A MUST, RIGHT? WE ARE IN THE RIGHT, THE SERVICE BUSINESS AND TO BE GIVE GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NUMBER ONE.
AND ONLINE IS REALLY THE SPACE.
SO, UM, IF WE CAN JUST, UH, AGAIN, IF IF WE HAVE THE CAPACITY, THEN LET'S GET IT DONE.
IF WE DO NOT, LET'S PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT DONE PROPERLY.
UH, THE, THE, THE OTHER THING I I WANTED TO MENTION IS, UH, I, I AM GOING TO BE REPRESENTING THE CITY, UH, ON A, ON A DELEGATION, UM, ON A US CHINA, UH, SISTER CITY FORUM.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, COUNCILMAN WU HAS, HAS TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
IT, IT'S A WAY TO REALLY REPRESENT, UH, THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA, UM, THE, THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING.
UH, AND, AND REALLY IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A LARGER DELEGATION, UH, WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND, AND JUST, UM, WHO WE ARE.
UH, AND SO, UH, I'M REALLY, UH, EXCITED AND HONORED TO, TO REPRESENT WEST COVINA.
UH, I WANNA, UH, THANK, UH, COUNCILMAN WU, WHO'S, UH, BEEN ABLE TO SHARE A, A LOT WITH ME, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, I'M PREPARED AND THAT I CAN REPRESENT THE CITY, UH, AS THE CITY DESERVES TO BE REPRESENTED.
UM, JUST WANT TO AGAIN PIGGYBACK OKAY.
OUR MALE PROTEIN, UM,
I, I, I DID HAVE A TRIP, UH, IN 2017, TWO TRIP.
OKAY? ONE JUNE, UH, ONE, UH, SEPTEMBER, AND THEN 2019, UH, OKAY.
SO I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, WE HAVE, UH, THREE SISTER CITY OF FRIENDLY CITY THAT WE ESTABLISHED.
THE FIRST ONE THAT IS THE BEIJING FONTAY.
IT'S ABOUT 3 MILLION POPULATION.
AND THE, THEY CAME OVER HERE IN 2017 AND NOVEMBER SIGNED THE TREATY THAT WE ARE THE CITIZEN CITY, UH, WITH THE BEIJING FONTAY, AND THEN THEY SEND THEIR CHILDREN OVER HERE IN THE SOUTH HILL ACADEMY.
OKAY? THAT IS BACK IN TWO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
SO JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BEIJING FTA.
SO IF YOU GO, UH, THERE, OKAY, AND JUST, I KNOW, UH, ANOTHER C CITY IS, UH, FUL SUN.
IT'S ON THE NORTHEAST OF CHINA, OKAY? AND, UM, UH, THAT IS CALLED THE OLD, CALLED MANCHI ON THE NORTH SIDE.
OKAY? AND
AND THEY, THEY CONTACT ME, THEY INVITE ME TO GO TO THE, THIS SHANGHAI QUEENS SIGN.
OKAY? THE SISTER CT, UH, FRENCH, FRENCH CT CONFERENCE, BUT I DECLINED IT, OKAY.
DUE TO, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
I'M GLAD YOU MAKE, YOU CAN MAKE TIME.
AND THE THIRD SISTER CITY WE HAVE IS I WENT WITH LLOYD JOHNSON 2019.
LIKE IS HARDING, IT'S A POPULATION 12 MILLION, AND THEY'RE VERY FAMOUS OF, UH, THEIR ICE, SNOW, AND ICE FESTIVAL.
OKAY? AND, UH, SO THAT IS, UH, MAGNIFICENT.
SO I WISH YOU HAVE A GOOD TRIP, OKAY? AND, UH, I HEARD ABOUT YOU TAKE THE BUSINESS CLASS.
I I, I ONLY TAKE A ECONOMY CLASS, SO BECAUSE I CANNOT, UH, AFFORD THE BUSINESS CLASS TOO EXPENSIVE.
SO ANYWAY, AND, UH, WHO'S LAUGHING? OKAY.
SO ANYWAY, UH, AND WISH, HAVE GOOD TRIP AND, UH, UH, SAFETY COME BACK.
OKAY? AND, UH, AND WHEN YOU ARRIVED, CONSIGN AS A FRENCH, UH, CONFERENCE, JUST SAY HI TO OUR C C FRENCH CITY.
C CITY AGAIN, OKAY? UH, BEIJING FTA, 3 MILLION POPULATION AND, UH,
SO SAY HI TO THEM AND SAY, SORRY, I CANNOT MAKE IT BECAUSE I'M DEDICATED TO MY LIFE IN WEST COVINA,
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR REMINDING AND ENFORCING THE WEBSITE AGAIN.
UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, TWO, THREE YEARS AGO WHEN A RESIDENT CAME AND SHE SAID, THIS LINK DOESN'T WORK, THIS LINK DOESN'T WORK, AND WE BROUGHT IT TO YOU AND YOU SAID YOU'LL UPDATE THE, UH, THE LINKS, BUT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND THEN IT WAS BROUGHT BACK AGAIN.
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ARE THOSE ALL UPDATED? 'CAUSE THIS LINK DOESN'T WORK.UM, BUT FROM THERE, I DIDN'T GET AN UPDATE.
SO I DON'T KNOW, ONE, DID ALL THE DEPARTMENTS UPDATE WHAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED IN ON THE WEBSITE? SO THAT, THAT IS ONE.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, IF WE COULD JUST, YEAH, GET THAT GOING.
IF, IF BRING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
IF IT NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER VENDOR THAT NEEDS TO BID OUT R F P, PUT THAT, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A PRIORITY BECAUSE IT, IT'S THE FOREFRONT OF OUR CITY AND PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S TECHNOLOGY, THAT'S WHAT THEY QUICKLY LOOK AT.
SO IN, IN REFERENCE TO WHEN I LOOK AT OTHER CITIES, IT DOES POP UP THEIR MAIN SPECIAL EVENT THAT'S COMING UP.
UM, I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN RESIDENTS ASK ME, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE.
THERE'S NOT LIKE A SEARCH ENGINE THAT JUST KIND OF NAVIGATES CERTAIN THINGS, SO IT SHOULD BE EASY.
I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY'RE LIKE, WELL, I WANNA START A BUSINESS.
HOW DO I, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO I DO? WHAT SITE OR, OR WHAT CITY? I KNOW I'VE, I'VE REACHED OUT TO PAULINA, LIKE WHICH CITY'S AVAILABLE CENTERS AVAILABLE? AND, UM, I KNOW IT'S ON THE WEBSITE, BUT IT'S ON THE WEBSITE WHERE, YOU KNOW, UM, SO IF THAT CAN BE A TOP PRIORITY OF, AS I HAVE ASKED AND REQUESTED THIS IN THE PAST, THE, UM, SECOND, AS I MENTIONED WITH THE MOTHER, MAY I, IF WE CAN HAVE ACTING CHIEF CORINA, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, IF HE CAN PRESENT, I KNOW, UM, A LOT OF THE TOPICS KEEP COMING BACK TO THE GASCON SITUATION, WHICH I KNOW THAT HE'S, UM, KIND OF MADE HIS WAY INTO, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN FILES TO PUSH FOR.
I THINK THE RESIDENTS SHOULD HEAR ABOUT THIS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE RECENT MURDER THAT OCCURRED.
UM, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE THE RESIDENTS AN UPDATE WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE PRESS RELEASE.
I KNOW THAT WAS GIVEN OUT, BUT I KNOW THERE'S MORE THAT COMES AND, AND HOPEFULLY THE SECOND VICTIM BY, BY THE TIME HE COMES TO THE, UH, COUNSEL TO SPEAK, PROBABLY ON OUR NEXT MEETING, I'M HOPING THAT THE SECOND VIC, UH, SORRY, THE SECOND SUSPECT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACQUIRED.
I KNOW A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN'T GIVE OUT A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S ON THERE BECAUSE IT IS, UM, UNDER INVESTIGATION.
AND I DO ASK RESIDENTS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE HAVE THAT CRIME STOPPER PHONE NUMBER, YOU CAN REPORT ANONYMOUSLY FOR ANY, ANYTHING YOU SEE, UM, JUST TO HELP SOLVE A CASE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
UM, BUT IF WE CAN HAVE, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, YEAH, ACTING CHIEF CORTINA TO, UM, COME UP AND GIVE AN UPDATE WITH THIS.
UM, WE, RESIDENTS WOULD EVEN LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, WHAT IS HAPPENING OR WHAT IS OCCURRING WITH THESE UNDERAGE MINORS WHO ARE CONVICT CON CONVICTING, UM, VIOLENT ACTS AND, UH, MURDERS.
WE HAVE BEEN SEEING A LOT OF, UM, SHOOTINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY.
UM, BUT WE DON'T SEE LIKE, OKAY, CONSEQUENCES.
AND I, I THINK WE NEED TO GET AN UPDATE.
UM, I, I'M SURE LIKE GAS CON'S OFFICE IS NOW TURNING TABLES AND, YOU KNOW, FINALLY HITTING AND REALIZING, BUT WE, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT THESE UPDATES ARE.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW WE'VE HAD ANOTHER SHOOTING, WHAT, LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DON'T GO ON THE NEWS BECAUSE A MURDER DIDN'T HAPPEN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WHEN A DEATH OCCURS, THAT'S A SACRIFICE THAT EVERYBODY NOW STARTS PAYING ATTENTION TO.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS ON OUR UPCOMING AGENDA OR THE FOLLOWING, JUST TO GET UPDATES, ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS TO EASE THEIR MIND ON SAFETY.
UM, BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN THAT AREA, THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED AND THEY'RE SCARED AND THEY HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO BE, AND, AND IT CAUSES THIS ANXIOUSNESS AND, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE CALM OUR RESIDENTS DOWN? WHAT THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO, THINGS THAT ARE IN OUR CONTROL.
UM, I LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IS FOREFRONT.
SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO ASK.
YEAH, JUST, UH, LAST, I, I KNOW AT, UH, THE, THE COMMUNITY MEETING I HAD THIS SATURDAY, WE, WE DID, UH, MAKE SURE TO W C P D WAS THERE, AND, AND LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT, A LOT OF RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED, AND THAT'S WHY WE, WE MADE SURE THAT THOSE QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
UH, I GUESS I WOULD, I WOULD SAY OUT TO THE, TO THE RESIDENTS, UM, IF, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AGAIN, THEN THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING I THINK WE CAN THINK ABOUT.
UM, DOING, AGAIN, HOPING, HOLDING ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, SOON, UH, TO ADDRESS THIS, UH, LIKE WAS SAID, I, I THINK WEST, UH, W C P D WEST COVINA POLICE HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB ON THIS.
UH, AND WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE, UH, A RESOLUTION SOON.
UH, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND, UH, THE RESIDENTS CONCERNS.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU, UH, TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT ON SATURDAY AND, AND TO, UH, STAFF, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LERMA, UM, THE REST OF CITY STAFF THAT WAS THERE, AND, UH, W C P D THAT WAS THERE, THAT ANSWERED A LOT OF HARD QUESTIONS.
UH, THEY HANDLED THEMSELVES PROFESSIONALLY, DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
OKAY, WELL, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, OH,
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I'M SORRY FOR MOTHER MAY EYES, WE DO NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A VOTE.SO I, I AM, I'M ASSUMING LOPEZ VITO HAS MADE THE MOTION.
I CAN GET A SECOND AND TAKE, I'LL SECOND IT AND A SECOND BY, UH, MAYOR DIAZ.
COUNCILMAN WU? LET ME THINK ABOUT THIS.
NO MORE RIGHT
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT CONCERNS US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY AND, UM, I CAN SAY IS PLEASE BE SAFE OUT THERE AND BE DILIGENT AND REPORT ANYTHING YOU SEE, AND, UM, TAKE CARE.