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GOOD EVENING.[Call to Order]
TO OUR APRIL 2ND, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.IT IS 7:07 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY WEST COVINA POLICE, CHAPLAIN KELLY DUPE, AND I LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TONIGHT, AND WE ARE SO GRATEFUL TO LIVE OR WORK IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY, GOD, AND HOW YOU'RE WORKING.
AND I JUST PRAY, LORD, YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING TONIGHT, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD BE WITH EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, LORD, AS THEY DELIBERATE AND MAKE, UH, DECISIONS THAT AFFECT ALL OF US.
SO, LORD, WE ASK FOR YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING.
WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR CITY THAT'S SERVING YOU, UH, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, LORD, THAT ARE OUT THERE PROTECTING THE INNOCENT AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.
WATCH OVER THEM, KEEP THEM SAFE, AND USE THEM, LORD, TO BRING PEACE AND SAFETY AND SECURITY TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU, LORD, FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR NATION AS WELL.
AND WE ASK YOUR BLESSING ON OUR COUNTRY AND ALL THOSE SERVING OVERSEAS IN THE MILITARY.
SO THANK YOU, GOD, FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
IF WE CAN ALL REMOVE OUR HATS AND FACE THE FLAG RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
READY? BEGIN, I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG AS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
VITO, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TE WU.
MAYOR CALDONE TABBA, PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT, MR. MAYOR.
[PRESENTATIONS]
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD.I'D LIKE TO INVITE AMBASSADOR SUSAN LESNIAK TO THE FRONT.
I, UH, AND SO, UH, WE ARE DECLARING APRIL ONE LEGACY DONATE LIFE.
MONTH ONE LEGACY IS THE NATION'S LARGEST OPO, SERVING THE DIVERSE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION, WORKING WITH HOSPITALS, PHYSICIANS, TRANSPLANT CENTERS, CENTERS, AND THE COMMUNITY.
ONE LEGACY EDUCATES ABOUT AND FACILITATES DONATION, AS WELL AS BUILDS A COMMUNITY OF LONG-TERM SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES WHO GIVE THE GENEROUS GIFT OF LIFE.
AND SO, UH, FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION AND, UH, ALLOW YOU, UH, TO SAY A FEW THINGS.
UH, I, I KNOW, UH, I AM, I AM AN ORGAN DONOR, UH, ALL OF YOU, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU GO TO THE DMV, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT WE CAN ALL DO, UH, TO, TO GIVE, UH, FOLKS LIFE, UM, WHEN, WHEN OUR TIME ON THE, ON THIS EARTH IS DONE.
AND YOUR WORK IS VERY POWERFUL.
SO, I'D LIKE TO HAND OVER THE MIC TO YOU.
THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF ONE LEGACY.
UM, YOU'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL YEARS IN A ROW, AND LAST YEAR WE EVEN HAD ROSARIO AND OLLIE OUT THERE ON THE WALK.
SO, UM, I WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW THINGS ON HERE.
AS YOU SAID, WE ARE THE LARGEST OPO IN THE COUNTRY AND THE COUNTY OF LA PLUS SEVERAL OF THE COUNTIES FROM BAKERSFIELD, SANTA BARBARA, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ORANGE COUNTY AND SAN BERNARDINO.
AND OUT OF THAT 20 MILLION PEOPLE, UM, IT'S ABOUT 69% OF PEOPLE OF OTHER COLORS.
AND I BRING THAT UP TO ALSO REMIND YOU THAT THERE'S OVER 50% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE FIRST OR SECOND GENERATION IMMIGRANTS.
AND WITH THAT COMES A LOT OF DISTRUST, A LOT OF MYTHS, A LOT OF UNEDUCATED PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
AND MAYBE THEY'RE FEARFUL FROM WHATEVER COUNTRY THEY CAME FROM AS TO WHAT ORGAN DONATION'S ALL ABOUT.
BUT I'M HERE TO SAY THAT IT IS A WONDERFUL THING TO DO.
IT'S A WONDERFUL LEGACY TO LEAVE BEHIND TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE.
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POSSIBLY SAVE EIGHT LIVES WITH THEIR ORGANS.AND, UH, 75 PEOPLE ALSO WITH TISSUE AND, AND EYE TISSUE AND SO FORTH FOR SURGERIES AND BONE GRAFTING AND WHATNOT.
UM, I'M A HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, AND I'M A WEST KOREAN RESIDENT.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT I WOULD NEED IT.
I SIGNED UP AS AN ORGAN DONOR WHEN I WAS 17, GETTING MY DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE VERY YOUNG AND IMMORTAL AND INVINCIBLE AT THAT AGE.
YOU DON'T, YOU CHECK THE BOX, YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, AND YOU'RE LIKE, AH, I'VE GOT A HUNDRED YEARS TO LIVE.
BUT WHEN I WAS 33, I FOUND OUT THAT I HAD CARDIOMYOPATHY.
AND I SAID, WHAT IS THAT? AND WHY DO I HAVE IT? UM, AND I COME TO FIND OUT THAT AS A YOUNG SINGLE MOTHER, THE DOCTOR SAYS, WELL, SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA NEED A HEART TRANSPLANT, BUT WE'RE GONNA MANAGE YOU WITH MEDICATIONS.
AND THAT DID WORK FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, HEART FAILURE IS HEART FAILURE, AND YOU NEED YOUR ENGINE
AND HEART, UM, TRANSPLANT IS ACTUALLY A LESSER NUMBER THAT'S VIABLE BECAUSE IT'S SO TRICKY TO FIND THE RIGHT TIMING, THE RIGHT MATCH AND SO FORTH.
SO I'M REALLY BLESSED THAT I HAD THAT, UH, TRANSPLANT IN 2020.
SO I CAN STAND HERE AND I HONOR MY DONOR BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO HE IS.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE STILL MISS HIM, BUT I TAKE HIM WHEREVER I GO.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE HAVING A RUN WALK ON APRIL 27TH AT THE AZUA PACIFIC COLLEGE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE, ONE LEGACY.ORG, YOU CAN SIGN UP TO BE A VOLUNTEER.
YOU CAN SIGN UP JUST TO COME AND WALK, RUN, JUST COME LOOK AT IT AT THE, UH, THE PERFORMANCE AND THE LOVE THAT'S THERE BECAUSE IT'S DONOR FAMILIES AND MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AND RECIPIENTS THAT ALL PARTICIPATE IN IT.
UM, WE'RE ALSO REACHING OUT TO WEST COVINA TO COME TO YOUR SENIOR, UH, HEALTH FAIR AND STUFF AT THE END OF MAY AND 4TH OF JULY.
SO WE WANNA GET PRESENTS BECAUSE FOR SOME REASON, THIS TOWN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A LOW REGISTRATION, MUCH TO MY SHOCK
SO I WOULD LOVE IT IF THE COMMUNITY CAN TAKE THE TIME TO COME TO THOSE EVENTS AND JUST LEARN MORE AND FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE ABOUT IT.
AND THIS WILL BE POSTED AT THE RUN WALK, SO THEY'LL BE UP ON A BOARD.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE ALSO PO POST ABOUT THESE EVENTS AND, AND LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED.
UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DECISION TO TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR REALLY IS, IS A DECISION TO KEEP LIFE GOING AND, AND TO CONTINUE TO IMPACT COMMUNITY.
UH, AND IT, IT'S, AGAIN, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, YOU KNOW, AT THE AGE OF 18 WHEN, WHEN I DECIDED TO BE AN ORGAN DONOR, UH, I, I THINK THAT THAT REALLY HAS STOOD WITH ME.
AND, AND TO HAVE YOU HERE AND ALL THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO DO, UH, AGAIN, SAYS WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
UH, AND SO HOPEFULLY THE CHALLENGE OUT TO WEST COVINA, WE PUT IT OUT THERE.
UM, BE AN ORGAN DONOR, RIGHT? THINK ABOUT PLAYING IT FORWARD, UH, AND THAT WAY WE, WE CAN CONTINUE WITH LIFE.
NOW WE ARE GONNA BE HONORING NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATORS WEEK.
UH, SO I AM GOING TO INVITE, ALL RIGHT, INVITING OUR STAFF A MS. LANDY AND MS. TURNER.
EVERY YEAR, DURING THE SECOND WEEK OF APRIL, THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS PERSONNEL IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMUNITY ARE HONORED.
THIS WEEK LONG EVENT INITIALLY SET UP IN 1981 BY PATRICIA ANDERSON OF THE CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IN CALIFORNIA IS A TIME TO CELEBRATE AND THANK THOSE WHO DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO SERVING THE PUBLIC.
UH, IT IS A WEEK THAT SHOULD BE SET ASIDE SO EVERYONE CAN BE MADE AWARE OF THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S WORK THAT GET GETS UNNOTICED.
UM, BUT YOU REALLY ARE THE, THE FIRST ONES TO MAKE SURE THAT LIVES ARE SAVED.
SO, I'M SO HAPPY TO, TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I'M REPRESENTING OUR DISPATCH TEAM.
UM, SOME PEOPLE DUNNO WHAT DISPATCHERS DO.
WE ARE 24 7 NIGHTS, AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY WE WORK 12 AND A HALF
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HOUR SHIFTS.UM, WE MAINTAIN RADIO COMMUNICATION BETWEEN FIRE UNITS AND POLICE UNITS.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME STATS FROM 2022 AND 2023.
IN 2023, WE RECEIVED 38,000 9 1 1 CALLS, AND THAT WAS AN INCREASE FROM THE YEAR 2022 BY ABOUT 3000, UM, NON-EMERGENCY CALLS GOING IN OUR 124,000 THAT WE ANSWER ON A YEARLY BASIS.
UM, WE HAVE DISPATCHED IN 2023, WE DISPATCHED ABOUT 65,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, WE DO ASK PERTINENT QUESTIONS AND WE TRY TO GET THE IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION TO GIVE OVER TO OUR RADIO UNITS.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I I THINK PEOPLE MAY, MAY NOT UNDERSTAND, UH, THE THE LEVEL OF, OF, OF STRESS THAT YOUR JOB HAS, BUT THAT WHEN YOU ANSWER THAT PHONE, YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING TO PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE, PROBABLY THE MOST TRAUMATIC SITUATION OF THEIR LIVES, AND YOU GIVE THEM PEACE AND YOU MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE OKAY.
AND YOU GET IT OUT TO OUR OFFICERS, YOU GET IT OUT TO OUR FIRE, AND, AND YOU SAVE LIVES.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU.
UM, WE KNOW AGAIN, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR JOBS ARE, ARE NOT, UM, WE DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE YOU ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND ONE WEEK IS NOT ENOUGH.
SO, OKAY, NOW IT'S CAPTAIN CORINA'S TURN.
UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE A PRESENTATION ON OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANTED TO COME DOWN HERE AND GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF UPDATE, UH, OF OUR BODY-WORN CAMERA SYSTEM AND OUR IN-CAR CAMERA SYSTEM.
OUR DI DIGITAL EVIDENCE SYSTEM THAT WE, UH, JUST IMPLEMENTED ONE MONTH AGO TODAY.
SO POLICE OFFICERS ARE ENTRUSTED WITH EXTRAORDINARY POWERS.
WE WORK IN DYNAMIC AND HIGH CON CONFLICT SITUATIONS, AND CAMERAS THAT RECORD OUR INTERACTIONS WITH THE PUBLIC CAN PLAY A REALLY CRUCIAL ROLE IN PROTECTING BOTH THE PUBLIC AND OUR OFFICERS, AS WELL AS SUPPORTING A FAIR JUSTICE SYSTEM.
AND TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE PROCESS OF US BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE BODY-WORN CAMERAS, UH, SYSTEM WAS A, IT WAS A BIG DEAL TO ONE OF THE, I THINK ONE OF THE MOST, UH, IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DECADES IS, IS HAVING THE, THESE CAMERAS IN 2022.
UH, BETWEEN 2023, WE DID EXTENSIVE TESTING AND EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT WERE AVAILABLE.
UM, WE HAD TO COME UP WITH A VERY, UH, UH, DETAILED POLICY FOR THE USE OF THE CAMERAS AS WELL.
UH, WE HAD THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE HELP US AUTHOR THAT, WHICH WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED THE RFP TO AXON ENTERPRISES FOR OUR BODY-WORN CAMERAS, OUR INCAR CAMERAS, AND THE CORRESPONDING DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.
IN FEBRUARY OF 2024, OUR DEPARTMENT RECEIVED PRODUCTS, UH, AND COMPLETED EXTENSIVE TRAINING FOR ALL PERSONNEL THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
AND ON MARCH 1ST, WE WENT LIVE WITH THE NEW SYSTEM.
SO IT'S BEEN, UH, WORKING IN PLACE FOR THE LAST MONTH.
AND, UH, ON THE NEXT SLIDE HERE, UH, TO THE, THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT IS A, UH, PICTURE OF ONE OF OUR, UH, WEST COVINA OFFICERS WEARING THE NEW AXON BODY, BODY-WORN CAMERA.
AND ON THE RIGHT IS A WEST COVINA POLICE UNIT WITH THE, UH, IN-CAR CAMERA.
AND THE BENEFITS OF THESE CAMERAS TO OUR DEPARTMENT, OUR CITY, AND OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AS THEY PROVIDE AN OBJECTIVE ACCOUNT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT INTERACTIONS AND INCIDENTS, UH, IMPROVED ACCOUNTABILITY, INCREASED TRANSPARENCY, EXPEDITED RESOLUTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND CITIZEN COMPLAINTS, IMPROVED EVIDENCE, COLLECTION, DOCUMENTATION AND PROSECUTION, INCLUDING EARLY CASE RESOLUTION AND ALLOWS FOR TIMELY
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AND RELEVANT TRAINING TO MAXIMIZE THE SAFETY FOR OUR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL AND AS WELL AS TO, UH, IMPROVED DELIVERY OF POLICE SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.AND WE'RE ALWAYS STRIVING TO DO THAT.
AND CAMERAS ARE GONNA BE USED, UH, DURING ALL CALLS FOR SERVICE INVOLVING CONTACT WITH THE PUBLIC, OR POTENTIAL FOR CONTACT WITH SUSPECTS, UH, ALL ENFORCEMENT AND INVESTIGATIVE CONTACTS AND ARREST OR DETENTION, UM, THAT IS LIKELY OR IS LIKELY TO HAPPEN OR IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING.
UH, VEHICLE OR FOOT PURSUITS AND DURING INTERVIEWS AND INTERROGATIONS.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN, UH, ACTIVE FOR THE PAST MONTH WITH THE CAMERAS.
THE, UH, SYSTEM HAS BEEN RUNNING VERY WELL FOR US.
AND TO THIS DATE, WE HAVE OVER 6,700 VIDEOS THAT WE'VE ALREADY, UH, COLLECTED THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL? NO.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
NOW FOR OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WE HAD OUR EASTER EVENTS, UM, ON SATURDAY, MARCH 23RD.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES WERE CANCELING IT BECAUSE OF THE RAIN.
BUT WE, UH, WITH OUR COMMITTED, UH, STAFF,
UM, AND WE HAD HUNDREDS OF ATTENDEES AT BOTH PARKS, UM, BOTH CORTES AND DEL NORTE PARK.
WE HAD OVER, OR 1300 13,000 EGGS PER PARK FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KWAN CLUB.
SO THAT'S A CONTINUED, UH, GREAT EVENT, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE EVENT NEXT YEAR.
AND I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE VIDEO TOO, THAT WE WANTED TO SHARE.
AND THOSE THAT FOUND THE GOLDEN EGG GOT A PRIZE.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANTED TO ANNOUNCE TO OR SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY IS, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED NEW FIRE APPARATUSES.
SO WE HAVE, UM, A QUINT 1 22 THAT WHEN IT IS GOING TO BE SERVICED OUT OF OUR ROLLED OUT AT FIRE STATION TWO, UM, I GUESS IT'S AN OLD TRADITION TO ROLL IN THE VEHICLES, UM, INTO THE FIRE TRUCKS.
UM, AND SO THEY WENT, THEY WERE OFFICIALLY PLACED INTO SERVICE, UH, THIS LAST WEEK.
UM, WE HAVE FIVE NEW AMBULANCES THAT WILL BE LOCATED AT FIRE STATIONS.
ONE, TWO, UH, FOUR, AND, UH, TWO AMBULANCE WILL BE ON RESERVE.
UM, AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, THE QUINT WILL BE LOCATED AT, UH, STATION TWO.
WE ALSO HAVE, UH, TWO NEW FIRE ENGINES THAT WILL BE ARRIVING LATE APRIL.
UM, AND ONE WILL BE ASSIGNED TO STATION THREE, AND THE OTHER WILL BE ASSIGNED TO STATION FIVE.
AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO, UM, WELCOME THESE NEW FIRE APPARATUSES.
UM, AND THESE ARE GONNA HELP OUR FIREFIGHTERS OR FIRE DEPARTMENT PROVIDE CONTINUED, UH, QUALITY SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I THINK I, UH, THEY ALREADY SHARED.
SO JUST, UH, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THE NATIONAL, TO OUR, UH, DISPATCH, UH, DIVISION, UM, JUST AS WE CELEBRATE, UH, NATIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TELECOMMUNICATIONS WEEK.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT, UM, UH, I THINK IT WAS NATALIE ALREADY SHARED WITH, WITH EVERYONE.
UM, JUST, I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD SOME STORMS LATELY.
UM, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WEATHER THEM.
I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH SOME UNDERPASSES, NAMELY CITRUS, UM, STAFF HAS BEEN ON TOP OF IT.
AND SO WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH FLOODING, UM, THIS PAST WEEK OR THE PAST STORM.
UM, AND WE DID HAVE SOME TREES THAT FELL OVER, BUT VERY MINIMAL.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS, UH, WE'RE ROLLING OUT A NEW GIS MAP, UH, DASHBOARD.
SO WE ARE SHARING WITH OUR COMMUNITIES, UM, UH, IF YOU REPORT AN ISSUE ON OUR APP, IT HELPS US KEEP TRACK OF IT AND QUANTIFY WHAT THE REQUESTS ARE, UM, AND WHAT ARE THE MAJOR ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY AND KIND OF LOCATE WHERE, SO IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN PULL UP BASED ON THE TYPE OF, UH, A REPORT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO, LIKE, FOR GRAFFITI.
AND IT'LL TELL YOU THE LOCATIONS.
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YOU THE REPORTING PARTY OR GIVES YOU THE ADDRESS IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ISSUE.BUT IT'S MORE GENERAL LOCATION.
SO THERE IS PRIVACY FOR BOTH WHO'S SUBMITTING THE REPORT.
AND IF IT'S ON A PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT DOESN'T PROVIDE, IT'S JUST THE, THE PIN IS FOR GENERAL LOCATION IN THE AREA.
THIS ALSO HELPS IF YOU DRIVE BY A POTHOLE AND YOU WANNA REPORT IT.
YOU CAN SEE IF IT'S ALREADY BEEN REPORTED, UM, OR IF IT'S A FALLEN TREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER WAY FOR US TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND BE ABLE TO, YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO ACCESS THIS ON YOUR OWN, AND YOU CAN PULL IT UP BASED ON, UH, IF YOU WANNA SEE IF SOMETHING'S REPORT ON A SPECIFIC DAY OR THE TYPE OF REPORT THAT'S SUBMITTED TO VARIOUS WAYS TO, TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION.
ON THE HOMEPAGE, IT'S, UM, ON, UH, THE GIS MAP PORTAL.
THE NEXT ONE IS FRONTIER, OH,
UH, JUST TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
I KNOW THAT ON, THERE'S SOME STREETS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY FRONTIER'S WORK, UM, AND LEAVING OUR STREETS, UH, WITH, UH, PATCHES
SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK WITH THEM.
UM, WE ARE IDENTIFYING, UH, THE, THE AREAS THAT NEED TO BE CORRECTED OR FIXED.
AND SO, UM, STAFF IS CONTINUING TO WORK WITH FRONTIER TO GET THAT RESOLVED.
UM, NEXT MONTH IS GONNA BE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, WEEK, AND AN ANTICIPATION OF, UH, DOING A PROCLAMATION.
WE ARE ASKING FOR NOMINATIONS FROM, UH, EITHER SMALL BUSINESSES OR RESIDENTS TO NOMINATE A SMALL BUSINESS THAT CAN ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION ON, UH, BEHALF OF THE CITY FOR SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.
UH, AND SO THE NOMINATIONS CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
A COUPLE, UH, UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE HAVE THE INCLUSIVE HIKE WITH THE MAYOR ON APRIL 6TH, THIS SATURDAY AT 10:00 AM STARTING AT CAMERON PARK.
WE HAVE EARTH DAY AND ARBOR DAY, APRIL 27TH, UM, AT 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AT WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER.
AND THEN, UM, SMALL, UH, BUSINESS WEEK, MAY 2ND, UM, UH, HERE IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, ROOM COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT AN ORANGE SPEAKER CARD AND SUBMIT IT TO THE 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 TO SPEAK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? I HAVE SIX SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
JOHN SCHUMAKER, FOLLOWED BY MATT SMITH, FOLLOWED BY DOUG.
FOUR, NICE TO OF PAULINA'S ABILITY, HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, HER POSITION, HER STANDING.
MAYBE IT'S HER USE AND LIKEABILITY, OR MAYBE IT'S HER BEAUTY, HER WIT, HER LONG DARK HAIR, HER CHARM, HER GENUINE SMILE.
MAYBE IT'S HER WHITE BE I NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL COULD ACTUALLY MAKE ME FEEL SORRY OR BAD FOR TWO PEOPLE, NAMELY, COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ WHO HAD TO SIT HERE WHILE HER HUSBAND D OVER ANOTHER WOMAN.
WHAT'S EVEN WORSE IS OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER HAD TO SIT THERE AND LISTEN TO THIS IN PUBLIC.
NOW, IF THIS MAN WILL SAY THIS IN PUBLIC, WHAT IS HE SAYING IN PRIVATE OR IN PLACES THAT SHE MIGHT BE, THAT HE'S ALSO THERE? I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS, AND IF IT IS, IT'LL STOP WHEN I'M ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN, IS THAT THE LENGTH OF YOUR HAIR AND THE COLOR AND THE WHITENESS OF YOUR TEETH IS SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY FOR YOU TO HOLD A JOB IN THIS CITY.
MARK TAYLOR'S PROBABLY CLAPPING BECAUSE HE'LL BE ABLE TO SOMEHOW TIE THAT BACK TO HIS AGE DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT, 'CAUSE OF THE SILENCE OF THE CONSOLE WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPENED.
HOW DOES OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER COMPLAIN WHEN IT'S THE RELATIVE OF ONE OF HER BOSSES? THE COMMENTS THAT ARE THERE? HOW DO OTHER EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY THAT HE MAY WELL BE SAYING OR DOING THE SAME THINGS TO
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COMPLAIN WHEN IT'S COMING FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, DIAZ'S HUSBAND, HOW DO YOU COMPLAIN, SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT, DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS THAT THAT CONDUCT IS CONDONED.
AND SHE'S SITTING THERE, LIKE, THERE'S A PRIME EXAMPLE.
HOW DO YOU, HOW DOES ANYBODY COMPLAIN WHEN SHE'S SITTING THERE WITH A LOOK ON HER FACE? LIKE, I DON'T CARE.
BUT THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM.
LOOK AT TONY WU, THE CONTINUED LAWSUITS THAT ARE JUST PILING UP, COSTING US EVEN WHEN THEY WANT TO POINT OUT.
NOT THINKING ABOUT, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SINCE I MENTIONED NOW, WE'LL LEAVE THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME, BUT IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS THAT ANY EMPLOYEE HAS TO PUT UP WITH COMMENTS LIKE THAT FROM A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF A SITTING ON THIS CONSOLE SHOWS THE LACK OF RESPECT THAT THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HAS FOR THEMSELVES AND THIS CITY AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE HERE.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE TO, TO, I MEAN, IT'S JUST OUTRAGEOUS.
EVERYBODY WHO'S PLAYED THAT TO SHOOK THEIR HEAD, JUST SHOOK THEIR HEAD.
YOU KNOW, HOW UNBELIEVABLE CAN THAT BE? AND HOW DO THE, DO THE EMPLOYEES IN OUR CITY COMPLAIN OR DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT WITHOUT THEM FEELING IN JEOPARDY OF THEIR JOBS? WELL, NOVEMBER THIS YEAR, WHEN I'M ON THE CONSOLE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO COMPLAIN AND I'LL DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO PROTECT YOU.
WHETHER I DISAGREE WITH YOU OR NOT, DOESN'T MATTER.
MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU GO TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU'LL SEE THAT I LIKE TO HAVE PEOPLE AROUND ME WHO ARE TELLING ME THINGS, WHO ARE SAYING I'M WRONG, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW YOU LEARN.
NOT LIKE SOME OF YOU WHO YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY THINK, UH, BECAUSE THEY SAID IT, SO BE IT.
AND THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD IS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO GIVE AMMUNITION FOR THE ELECTION AND FOR THE RECALL.
UM, SOME DISAPPOINTMENT REGARDING THE CITY'S DECISION NOT TO LET RESTAURANTS ON GLENDORA AVENUE UTILIZED PARKING STALLS FOR OUTDOOR DINING, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, EXTREMELY GLAD THAT AFTER A YEAR A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE, UH, ON THE SUBJECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MOVE ON AND PLAN, UM, OTHER ISSUES.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE MEETING THAT WAS HELD, UH, LAST WEEK TO DISCUSS THIS.
UH, WE PERSONALLY HAVE SPENT OVER $150,000 IN UPGRADES TO REPLACE A MASSAGE PARLOR WITH BUN STREET AND A SMOKE SHOP WITH A FAMILY ICE CREAM PARLOR, SCOOP STREET.
SO WE ARE DISAPPOINTED THAT WE ARE NOT ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO UPGRADES, CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY WITH A PARKING STALLS, AND THAT OTHER RESTAURANTS ARE UNABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL.
UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, ALL OF US ON THE ROW ARE HAPPY TO, TO JUST SETTLE THAT THE SEASON MADE A DECISION ON NOT PERMITTING THAT TO HAPPEN.
UM, WE'RE ALSO GLAD THAT THE SURGERY RESULTS REGARDING THE PROPERTY LINES ON GLENDORA WERE COMPLETED.
ALSO, A LITTLE TAKEN BACK THAT THE CITY PAID, AND IT TOOK, PAID FOR.
THE SURVEY TOOK SIX MONTHS TO DO THE SURVEY, ONLY TO FIND OUT THE LAND WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE CITY, TWO FEET IN FRONT OF EVERY DOOR.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE INFORMED THE CITY IS NOW LOOKING AT A PERMIT PROCESS FOR THE LAND.
WE'RE, WE ARE EMAILED TONIGHT FOR THE LAND FROM THE SIDEWALK TO THE DOOR, UH, THE, THE NEWLY FOUND LAND THAT THE CITY'S DISCOVERED.
SO FROM THE BUSINESS SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE APPRECIATE CONCLUSION ON SOME OF THESE SUBJECTS.
YOU KNOW, UM, THERE ARE A FEW OF US THAT UTILIZE OUTDOOR DINING THERE AND IS IN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK ON GLENDO AVENUE IN BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE FRONT DOOR.
I'M SURE THOSE WHO, WHO UTILIZE THAT LAND, SUCH AS THE COVE, ONE WORLD, BUN STREET, SCOOP STREET, UM, PRADA HOUSE, TINA'S TAVERN, UM, WE, WE LOOK
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FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE PERMIT PROCESS.WE'RE MORE THAN WILLING TO PAY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU DEEM FOR US TO LEASE THAT LAND NOW.
UM, BUT, UH, IF, IF YOU NEED ANY MORE INPUT OR NEED INPUT FROM US, THAT'S FINE.
BUT THERE'S A NUMBER OF US BEING AFFECTED BY THIS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF US DISCUSSING THE NEW FEES, UM, THAT YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON FOR THE USE OF THE LAND.
SO, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING TO CONCLUSION AFTER A YEAR.
DOUG FOUR, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
UM, HELLO, COMMUNITY, STAFF AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS DOUG FOR, I OWN THREE BUSINESSES HERE IN WEST COVINA.
I ALSO LIVE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
UM, WE FINALLY GOT A MEETING WITH STAFF AFTER, AFTER A WHILE.
UM, THAT'S ALL WE EVER WANTED WAS AN ANSWER, YOU KNOW, TO JUST STOP WASTING OUR TIME.
UM, DISAPPOINTED IN THE ANSWER, AS MATT JUST SAID.
UM, I THINK THE PHRASE WAS PARK LIT DINING AREAS.
UM, YOU KNOW, JUST VERY BUMMED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DECIDING NOT TO, YOU KNOW, USE SOME OF THE PARKING LOT.
THERE'S A WHOLE, UM, THERE'S A WHOLE STRUCTURE THERE THAT THE CITY OWNS FOR THE PARKING LOT.
UM, 64 OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE THIS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INCLUDING GLENDORA, POMONA, AZUSA, UPLAND, PASADENA, LONG BEACH FULLERTON, AND MANY MORE.
UM, ALTHOUGH I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, UM, IT TOOK SO LONG TO SAY NO.
UM, I'M JUST FINALLY GLAD WE GOT AN ANSWER.
UM, I HOPE THAT THE CITY ONE DAY WILL LOOK INTO MAKING THE DOWNTOWN AREA BETTER.
I KNOW WHEN WE LEASED DOWN THERE ORIGINALLY, THERE WAS A WHOLE PLAN TO, TO REVITALIZE DOWNTOWN.
MAKE IT ONE WAY, GOING ONE WAY, PUTTING IN, YOU KNOW, UM, A LITTLE OUTDOOR THEATER, DOING A PARKLET THERE.
I REALLY HOPE ONE DAY WE CAN MAKE THAT DOWNTOWN AREA BETTER.
WE SIGNED AN OVER 20 YEAR LEASE.
WE LOVE THIS CITY, AND WE JUST WANNA MOVE FORWARD.
R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY JOSE AMADOR, FOLLOWED BY RAPHAEL CASTON, UH, JOHN F. KENNEDY, UH, IN HIS, UH, 1961 INAUGURAL, UH, SAID, UH, THIS, UH, LET EVERY NATION KNOW WHETHER IT WISHES US WELL OR ILL, THAT WE WILL PAY ANY PRICE, BEAR ANY BURDEN, MEET ANY HARDSHIP, SUPPORT ANY FRIEND, OPPOSE ANY FOE TO ASSURE THE SURVIVAL AND THE SUCCESS OF OUR CONSTITUTIONALLY GUARANTEED GOD GRANTED LIBERTY ALSO CALLED, UH, INALIENABLE RIGHTS, UH, RIGHTS GIVEN ALL HUMANS BY GOD.
I HAD A SMALL, UH, DISAGREEMENT LAST, UH, EASTER SUNDAY WITH, UH, A COUPLE AT MY CHURCH OVER LUNCH.
UH, I SAID, WELL, NEXT JANUARY, WHAT WILL THE YEAR BE? AND HALEY, THE WIFE, SAID, OH, 2025.
UH, NEXT YEAR WILL BE 1776 ALL OVER AGAIN.
UH, UH, THIS, THIS INDICATES THAT, UH, WEST COVINA WILL NEED MORE COPS AND, UH, PROBABLY A VOLUNTEER MILITIA, UH, TO HELP THE POLICE TO, UH, TO, UH, UH, DO SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE OPEN BORDERS PRO, UH, PROJECT GOING ON NOW IS GONNA TRIGGER, UH, A LOT OF UNEXPECTED VIOLENCE.
AND, UH, THE BLOWBACK FROM, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR, UH, THE FED'S OPEN BORDERS POLICY, UH, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO BELIEVE ANYWAY, UH, WHAT'S DONE IS DONE IN THE LONG HISTORY.
CONTINUING KENNEDY, IN THE LONG HISTORY OF THE WORLD, ONLY A FEW GENERATIONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED THE ROLE OF DEFENDING FREEDOM IN ITS HOUR OF MAXIMUM DANGER.
WE WELCOME THE RESPONSIBILITY AT LAST, BORN IN 1776.
NONE OF US WISH TO EXCHANGE PLACES WITH ANY OTHER PEOPLE OR ANY OTHER GENERATION NEXT YEAR, UH, THE ENEMY, UH, THE ENERGY, THE FAITH, THE DEVOTION WHICH WE BRING TO
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THIS ENDEAVOR WILL LIGHT OUR COUNTRY AND ALL WHO SERVE IT.AND THE GLOW FROM THAT FAR CAN TRULY LIGHT THE WORLD.
UH, LAST COUNSEL, I DISCUSSED, UH, THE FLORIDA EMERGENCY WRIT OF MAN MANDATE, UH, WHICH WILL, UH, COME TO A DECISION POINT, UH, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS, UH, INVOLVING GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS.
AND, UH, DR. JOSEPH A LAO MD, UH, PHD.
UH, UH, HE'S THE FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL AND SECRETARY OF OF OF FLORIDA'S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
WE MUST PROTECT THE WORLD'S COMMUNITIES FROM BIO WEAPONS AND THE, THE VACCINE CULT.
THE SELF ASSEMBLING NANOTECHNOLOGY, GENE EDITING TECHNOLOGY WILL, WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH AS IT IS NOW DISTRIBUTED.
THIS CASE WILL, UH, AN INAUGURATE I I'M HOPING, AND JUST THAT THE DOMINOES ARE GONNA START FALLING.
LAPOS SAYS THAT VACCINES ARE NOT THE ONLY WAY TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH.
UH, CONTINUING TO DISTRIBUTE NANOPARTICLE INJECTIONS, DESPITE CAUSING HARM, QUALIFIES THESE INJECTIONS AS BIOLOGICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION.
THIS POSITION IS INDISPUTABLE.
IF THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR STATE OFFICERS CONTINUE TO ALLOW THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE BIOLOGICAL AGENTS, THEN THAT MAKES THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE STATE OFFICERS AND AN AN ACCESSORY AFTER THE FACT.
UH, AS SUCH, AN ACTION WOULD ALLOW THE CRIME TO CONTINUE AND SHIELD PERPETRATORS FROM PROSECUTION.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH IS CALLED FOR A HALT TO THESE INJECTIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE KNOWN TO CAUSE HARM, INCLUDING DEATH AND, AND EVEN POSE A THREAT TO THE HUMAN GENOME.
THIS ADDS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CREDENCE TO THE ARGUMENTS PUT FORTH IN THIS MANDAMUS.
TREASON AGAINST THE STATE SHALL CONSIST ON, UH, ONLY IN LEVYING WAR AGAINST, NOT ONLY IN LOVING WAR, AGAINST THE SAME, OR IN ADHERING TO THE ENEMIES.
THANK YOU, BILL JOSE AMADOR, FOLLOWED BY RAPHAEL CAST, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOTT.
MY NAME IS JOSE AMADOR, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS.
AND, UH, TODAY, YOU KNOW, THIS APRIL, THE WESTERN STATES, CARPENTERS AND INDUSTRIAL, I'M SORRY, THE UNITED BROTHERHOOD CARPENTERS ARE STANDING STRONG HERE TODAY ON THE NATIONAL TAX FRAUD DAYS OF ACTION.
IT'S A LONG WEEK OF SERIES OF EVENTS TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY AND TAX FRAUD.
DAYS OF ACTION GREW OUT A WIDESPREAD OUTRAGE ABOUT CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY, ABOUT TAX FRAUD.
THIS IS INCLUDING OUR CONTRACTORS THAT ARE BIDDING ON THESE PROJECTS.
AND MISCLASSIFYING, OUR, THE, THEIR WORKERS, HOW YOU WOULD SAY THEY INITIALLY JUST MISCLASSIFY THEM BY INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, OR WORSE, IS PAYING THEM IN, IN A CHECK.
IN WORST CASES, YOU LOOK INTO THEIR CHECK, THEY'RE NOT PAYING INTO THEIR, UH, TAX DEDUCTIONS.
HOW, AND, AND THAT RESULT, THE BUSINESS IS REDUCING THEIR TAX INCOME, THE PAYROLL TAX RESPONSIBILITIES, AND TAX FRAUD COMMUNITIES OUT OF A MUCH NEEDED TAX REVENUE.
THAT'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE THAT COULD BE SPENT WELL SPENT IN OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS CASE.
YOU KNOW, BUILDING NEW BUILDINGS, LIBRARIES, RENOVATING SCHOOLS, REPAIRING OUR ROADS, OR EVEN, UH, UH, UH, PROGRAMS FOR OUR VETERANS.
MORE IMPORTANTLY, FUNDING OTHER ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS, PUBLIC PROGRAMS. AND NOW, I, I, I GUESS THE ONLY THING I WOULD'VE ASK IF YOU GUYS COULD STAND HERE TODAY WHERE YOU SIT, SIT THERE TODAY AND STAND WITH US AND FIGHTING AGAINST TAX FRAUD.
IF YOU GUYS, IF IT'S OKAY, IF I COULD TAKE A PICTURE WHILE YOU GUYS ARE SITTING THERE REAL QUICK AND JUST TAKE A QUICK PICTURE.
IS THAT OKAY? NO, THAT WOULD, OKAY.
WELL, UH, AGAIN, AT THIS POINT, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO, MAYBE WE COULD LOOK INTO THESE CONTRACTORS AND TRACKING THEM DOWN ON WHAT THEY DO BY MISCLASSIFYING THOSE WORKERS.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BAD REPUTATION, WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS, OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY IN WEST COVINA.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS GO THROUGH A LOT OF DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT DECISIONS AND, UH, YOU GUYS DO YOUR BEST AS BEST YOU CAN.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SUPPORT.
AND AGAIN, AS YOU CAN SEE OUR MEMBERS TODAY STANDING HERE AND SUPPORTING TAX FRAUD DAYS
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OF ACTION, MAKING SURE THAT WE SPREAD THE WORD OUT THERE AND SPEAK ACTION OF, OF WHAT TAKES PLACE DAY IN AND DAY OUT.RAPHAEL CASTON, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY GLEN KENNEDY.
FOLKS, HOW YOU DOING? I HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THE SOBER LIVING HOMES THAT ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER WEST COVINA.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE ABOUT 200 OF 'EM THAT ARE UNREGULATED, UNLICENSED, DOING BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA, TAKING UP OUR RESOURCES, TAKING UP THE TIME OF OUR POLICE FORCE.
UM, I ASK YOU FOR ONE THING, YOUR EFFORT.
I DON'T WANT TO SEE MY CITY COUNCIL THROW THE HANDS UP AND SAY, WELL, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THOSE WHO WILL TRY NOTHING.
UM, A GOOD START WOULD BE OUR POLICE FORCE.
WE NEED AT LEAST 10 MORE COPS.
I KNOW IT'S GONNA COST ABOUT MAYBE 3 MILLION.
BUT THE PARKS ARE NOT GONNA LOOK THE WAY THEY LOOK LIKE RIGHT NOW.
OUR MALL IS NOT GONNA BE SAFE WITHOUT MORE COPS.
NOW WHEN ALL OUR BUSINESSES LEAVE WEST COVINA, WHERE DO YOU THINK THOSE CRIMINALS ARE GONNA GO? WE'RE STILL HERE.
THEY'RE GONNA COME TO OUR HOUSES.
LET'S NOT LET IT GET TO THAT POINT.
THERE CAN BE, NOBODY LIKES TO HEAR IT.
ANOTHER TAX, NOBODY LIKES TO HEAR IT.
BUT I GUARANTEE YOU, WHEN YOUR SON IS IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, YOU'RE GONNA BE WILLING TO PANIC TAX.
I GOT, I GOT NU TODAY, ONE OF MY, UH, MY DAUGHTER'S A UNCLE WAS KIDNAPPED.
THE GUY WAS JUST WALKING, UH, HIS NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN.
UH, SOUTHGATE, IT'S THAT KIND OF WORLD.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA BE REACTIONARY TO IT, IF WE'RE GONNA WAIT TILL IT COMES TO OUR DOORSTEP, IT'S GONNA BE TOO LATE.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW ARE WE GONNA BUDGET THIS, WHERE IT'S GONNA COME FROM, COME TO US.
SOMEBODY PUT A PROPOSAL AND SAY, HEY, HOW ABOUT THIS GUYS? HOW ABOUT LET'S TAX THESE 200 HOMES THAT HAVE THESE SOBER LIVING PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY BROKEN THE LAW.
THAT'S WHY THEY LIVE THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
HOW ABOUT WE START PUTTING BUSINESSES LICENSE ON THESE GUYS? HOW ABOUT YOU FORCE THESE PEOPLE THAT RUN THESE BUSINESSES OUTTA THESE HOMES, BRINGING CHILD MOLESTERS INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO PAY FOR PART OF THE POLICE? THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
UM, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SMART PEOPLE IN IN THE CITY.
MY NEIGHBOR MIKE, RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH, UH, CITY ORDINANCES FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT CITIES TO TRY AND COME SOMETHING TOGETHER TO MAKE A BETTER PRESENTATION.
SO IT WON'T MAYBE COST THE CITY THAT MUCH TO LOOK INTO THIS.
IT'S LIKE, IF YOU HAVE IT HERE, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WELL LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE A LONG TIME.
GUARANTEE YOU, I DON'T WANNA GO BACK.
OKAY? UM, GROWING UP AS A KID, I ALWAYS KNEW WAS COVINA WAS A BETTER PLACE.
AS SOON AS I HAD ENOUGH MONEY, I MOVED HERE.
BEST DECISION I MADE FOR MY FAMILY, YOU KNOW, UM, I THINK I LIVED RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM YOU.
LOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE CITY.
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, OKAY? I DON'T WANNA SAY, HEY GUYS, IT'S ALL ON YOU.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO HELP YOU? YOU KNOW, UM, YEARS AGO I WAS PART OF A, OF A LEAD GROUP OF GENTLEMEN WHO DID HARD WORK.
UM, WE WERE A FEW, BUT WE WERE PROUD.
AND WE USED TO HAVE A SAYING, LEAD FOLLOW OR GET OUTTA THE WAY.
I INVITE ALL OF YOU TO LOOK AT EACH OTHER AND SAY, LEAD, FOLLOW OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.
WE ARE GONNA MAKE THIS A BETTER CITY BECAUSE WE'RE BETTER PEOPLE.
LET'S JUST STAND UP FOR THESE IDEALS.
BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY GLENN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY RAY VARGAS.
WELL, MY NAME IS BILL ELLIOTT.
UH, I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
UH, DID YOU NOTICE WHEN HE PLAYED THE RECORDING, WHEN HE FIRST BEGAN THE RECORDING WITHOUT INTRODUCING WHAT HE WAS DOING OR SAYING A WORD ABOUT WHAT IT WAS OR ANY CONTEXT WHATSOEVER IS 'CAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT ANY CONTEXT.
DID YOU LISTEN CLOSELY TO THE RECORDING AT THE BEGINNING
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WHERE IT WAS ALL SCRATCHY AND VERY LOW VOLUME AND YOU COULDN'T REALLY HEAR EVERYTHING I SAID LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING? AND THAT'S SO TYPICAL OF THIS PERSON WHO IS DEMONSTRABLY LYING BY OMISSION.EVERYBODY KNOWS HE TWISTS AND CONTORTS AND CONFLATES AND OUTRIGHT LIES ABOUT A LOT OF THINGS.
UH, HE TWISTS EVERYTHING EVERYONE SAYS TO HIS OWN BENEFIT.
AND, UH, MY WIFE DOESN'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT I SAID AT LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING INAPPROPRIATE.
SPIEL MAKER OVER HERE IS TRYING TO PLAY A LITTLE CLIP THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE EVERYTHING I SAID.
AND HE IS TRYING TO GAIN SOME KIND OF POLITICAL POINTS AGAINST THE COUNCILWOMAN IN DISTRICT THREE.
'CAUSE HE WANTS HER JOB, WHICH IS ABSURD.
UH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ANOTHER SUBJECT IS ALL THOSE GOONS, THOSE ANTI-SEMITIC FOLLOWERS OF OUR FAKE MEXICAN IRANIAN MAYOR, WHO IS CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE BY TAKING SOME KIND OF MORAL HIGH GROUND.
BUT I DIDN'T HEAR, HEAR THE WORD HOSTAGE COME OUTTA HIS MOUTH ONE TIME.
AND THAT PARADE OF FREAKS THAT HE BROUGHT IN HERE, CALLING FOR A CEASEFIRE FOR HUMANITARIAN REASONS.
AND SHAME ON YOU WES COVINA, FOR NOT AGREEING WITH THAT.
THAT YOU HAVE TO ENDORSE HAMAS BY GIVING A CEASEFIRE.
WHY DON'T YOU RELEASE THE HOSTAGES? AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT A CEASEFIRE.
YOU KNOW, WHO SAID THAT THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL AND HAMAS WON'T RELEASE THE HOSTAGES.
IF THEY DID, NEGOTIATIONS WOULD BEGIN, I'M SURE.
BUT HAMAS HAS TO BE CRUSHED LIKE A BUG.
IT NEEDS TO BE WIPED OFF THE PLANET.
BECAUSE IF YOU LEAVE ANY OF THAT MONSTER ORGANIZATION, THAT TERRORIST ORGANIZATION, THAT TAB TABBA ORGANIZATION, IF YOU LEAVE ANY OF IT INTACT, IT'S GONNA GROW.
IT'S GONNA COME BACK AND THEY'RE GONNA DO THE SAME THING THEY'VE ALWAYS DONE.
ISRAEL HAS A CHANCE AND AN OPPORTUNITY AND A RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND TO TRY TO DRAG NATIONAL POLITICS INTO THIS.
FOR YOUR LITTLE GRANDSTANDING POLITICAL, UM,
YOU'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO GRANDSTAND EVERYTHING AND YOU ACCOMPLISH VERY LITTLE.
AND FOR YOU TO BRING IN THOSE PEOPLE AND TRY TO DISPARAGE THE REST OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
'CAUSE THEY WON'T AGREE TO ENDORSE ANY KIND OF CEASEFIRE ON A COUNTRY THAT WAS ATTACKED.
THEY HAD 1200 ISRAELIS KILLED ON OCTOBER 7TH AND IN THE ENSUING ATTACK, AND THEY WEREN'T JUST LIKE, BANG YOUR DEAD, THAT LET GET MY AK 47 AND LET ME MACHINE GUN A BABY IN A CRIB.
I HEARD HAMAS RECORD THEMSELVES BRAGGING ABOUT IT AND ADMITTING IT, RAPING WOMEN USING THE, THE WEAPON OF RAPE AGAINST CHILDREN AND WOMEN WHO THEY'RE KIDNAPPING AND GOD KNOWS WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THEM WHILE THEY'RE IN CUSTODY.
DID YOU EVEN KNOW TABBA, THAT THERE ARE AMERICANS IN THAT GROUP OF HOSTAGES? HAVE YOU EVER MENTIONED ANY ONE OF THEIR NAMES? HAVE YOU EVER CALLED FOR THEIR RELEASE? GET UP HERE AND TRY TO VIRTUE SIGNAL THIS ENTIRE CITY.
WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR FACE, I WANT TO THROW UP.
AND I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD STOP ALL THE ANTICS THAT YOU LIKE TO PLAY.
THIS LITTLE THREE RING CIRCUS YOU BRING IN HERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
GLEN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY RAY VARGAS.
GLEN KENNEDY, LIFELONG RESIDENT.
SO LAST SATURDAY, I WENT TO, UH, UH, THANK YOU.
I WENT TO COUNCILMAN, UM, CONTOS, UH, UH, DISTRICT FOUR MEETING THAT HE HAD.
AND, UH, I WAS A LITTLE ROUGH.
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I, I WANNA ADDRESS, UH, A FEW ISSUES THAT I SPOKE ON.AND, AND THOSE ARE THE, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE STREETLIGHT AT, UH, VINCENT AND, AND, AND, UH, AND 20, UM, I'VE COME TO FIND OUT, AND BY THE WAY, PAULINA AND ROXANNE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOU DID AND ALL YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOU GAVE ME.
UM, I GUESS THAT WE, WE HAVE SECURED FUNDING FOR THAT, THAT STREET.
UH, WELL, I, I HEARD IT'S, UH, IT'S IN THE, IN THE PROCESS, WHICH IS GOOD.
WAITED A LONG, LONG TIME FOR THAT.
UM, I, IT, WITH ME IT'S PERSONAL BECAUSE THE LAST GUY THAT WAS KILLED, I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL WITH.
SO IT'S A PERSONAL THING WITH ME.
UM, ALSO, UM, THE CORNER OF AMAR AND WESTPORT.
OKAY, I KNOW WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
I, I WAS TOLD THAT LAST YEAR THAT THAT HILDE DENIED THE FUNDING FOR THAT.
HAVE WE GOTTEN ANY FUNDING FOR THAT YET? IS DO WE KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY FUNDING THIS YEAR FOR THAT LIGHT? UH, WILL YOU ADDRESS IT? OKAY, GLEN? YEAH, THE CITY MANAGER WILL ADDRESS IT AFTER.
SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IN THE MEANTIME IS EVEN IF YOU PUT A LEFT HAND SIGNAL THERE, THE PEOPLE ARE GOING DOWNHILL AND THEY'RE GONNA RUN IT ANYWAY.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE PUT A COUPLE MOTORCYCLE POLICE OFFICERS UP THERE AND START WRITING TICKETS AND THE WORD WILL GET OUT.
REMEMBER, WEST CAMINO WAS BORN ON WRITING SPEEDING TICKETS.
SO I THINK IF WE, WE DO THAT, WE COULD SLOW SOMETHING DOWN.
UM, AND THAT'S JUST THE NATURE OF THE BEAST, AND IT IS WHAT IT IS.
UM, WHAT ELSE WAS I GONNA SAY? UM, I'LL LEAVE IT ON POSITIVE NOTE THIS FRIDAY.
UM, AT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, I WILL BE GIVEN A, A LECTURE ON THE SIXTIES ABOUT WEST COVINA.
FOREST TE AND CHARLES MOTTS AND CITY COUNCIL'S INVITED AND EVERYTHING.
THE CITY'S INVITED 3 38 GLENDORA AVENUE, HISTORY HALL HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A NICE EVENING.
ANYWAY, UH, JUST TO BRING UP, UM, I DON'T AGREE ON A LOT OF THINGS, BUT I DO AGREE ON WHAT BILL SAID.
RIGHT NOW, KEEP THE POLITICS OUT OF IT.
I MEAN, UH, DON'T BRING POLITICS IN HERE LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE.
DEAL AND HANDLE WHAT YOU GOT ON YOUR PLATE.
DON'T TRY TO BE MR. COACH, MR. TEACHER, MR. COUNCILMAN.
DO IT FOR THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW.
I MEAN, YOU'RE APPOINTED AT ONE TIME.
YOU WERE SITTING OUT HERE ON THE AUDIENCE, YOU HAD A LOT OF THINGS TO BRING UP.
YOU HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS, A LOT OF ISSUES.
YOU KNOW, FINALLY, IT WAS ALMOST A YEAR.
THEY FIXED, UH, THE LIGHT POLE, THE, THE STREET LIGHT POLE THAT WAS CRACKED IN HALF.
YOU KNOW, I STILL, THE TURN SIGNALS ARE THERE.
THE OTHER GENTLEMAN BROUGHT UP ABOUT SAFETY, PROTECTION, SECURING THE RESIDENTS, THE COMMUNITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE DON'T NEED IDIOTS LIKE THE CORRUPTED ENFORCEMENT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT YOU GOT ALL THESE OTHER LITTLE CORRUPTED ENFORCEMENT RIDING AROUND, HARASSING RESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON, WHEREVER I PARK, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ON MY CARS.
I GOT COMMERCIAL VANS I USE FOR WORK.
I DO PRODUCE AND VEGETABLES WHOLESALE, AND THEY'RE SIDING MY VEHICLES.
I JUST SERVED YOU GUYS PAPERS RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT'S GOING TO LOS ANGELES, UH, SUPERIOR COURT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THAT IDIOT MILAN, HE SENDS HIS PUPPETS OUT THERE.
IT'S A WASTE OF SALARY, WASTE OF MONEY, WASTE OF STAFF, EMPLOYEES THAT YOU GUYS ARE RUNNING THIS CITY WITH.
I DON'T WANT ONE OF THESE JOKERS KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
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OH, YOU CALLED? NO, I WANNA SEE A POLICE OFFICER.I WANNA SEE ONE OF OFFICER BELL'S OFFICERS THERE.
ONE, ONE OF, UH, TONY CORINA'S OFFICERS THERE.
I I, I, YOU KNOW, I DON'T GOT TIME TO PLAY WITH THESE LITTLE KIDS.
AND THEN, UH, MR. KNOW-IT-ALL MILAN.
YOU KNOW THAT WE, WE GOT BAD BLOOD, YOU KNOW THAT FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU KNOW, THE DAY HE KNOCKED ON MY DOOR AND HE SAID, WHY DO I HAVE ALL THESE CARDS? IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS OR UNDER MY NAME, THE REGISTERED UNDER MY NAME.
IF I GOT 50 CARS, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE COULD AFFORD IT, SOME PEOPLE CAN'T.
I'M FORTUNATE, YOU KNOW, BUT TAKE CARE OF WHAT YOU GOT ON YOUR PLATE.
I'VE TOLD YOU FROM THE GET-GO.
YOU WANTED TO TEXT ME BACK AND FORTH FOR TWO DAYS AND SAY THIS AND SAY THAT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE COUNCILMAN.
YOU GOT BIGGER THINGS, BIGGER THINGS TO LOOK AT, TAKE CARE OF THE S**T YOU GOT ON YOUR PLATE.
YOU WERE APPOINTED TO DO YOUR JOB AND YOU FAILED SO FAR, YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING.
I GOT MORE CONFIDENCE AND I RELY MORE ON SOMEBODY ELSE FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT THAN MY OWN COUNCILMAN IN MY DISTRICT.
YOU SAW, YOU SAW WHERE MY RV WAS PARKED.
YOU TOOK PICTURES THERE, YOU SHOWED ME.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT? THERE'S NO SIGNS THERE, RIGHT? THE CURB AIN'T RED, RIGHT? IT WASN'T BLOCKING AN INTERSECTION, RIGHT? YOU TELL ME.
JD EASTER TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
SEE IF I CAN DO THIS ON A NICE NOTE.
UH, I JUST GOT A COUPLE OF CONCERNS.
I WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LANDLORD CHARGE, UH, THAT OWNED PROPERTY, UH, IS THAT ORDINANCE, WHICH CITY MANAGER'S PREDECESSOR SAID, WAS A LEGITIMATE ORDINANCE STILL BEING ENFORCED ON HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE EITHER DECIDED TO RENT OUT THE PROPERTY THEY LIVE IN, OR IN THE CASE OF ALL THESE ADUS THAT ARE BEING RENTED OUT, IS THE CITY COLLECTING THE FEE THAT WAS COLLECTED ON THE LADY THAT CAME HERE SOMETIME BACK COMPLAINING ABOUT IT? AND I ASK BECAUSE ONE, IT HELPS WITH THE TAX BASE, RIGHT? AND, AND IT'S RATHER CAPRICIOUS, PRECARIOUS FOR ONE PERSON TO GET DINGED WITH IT, AND THEN THE CITY GO MUTE UNTIL I GUESS THE NEXT PERSON GETS HIT.
AND I ALSO WANNA REMIND THE CITY MANAGER AT IT SPRINGTIME, THE ATHENS CLEANUP.
ARE WE GONNA GET THAT THIS YEAR? IS THAT GONNA BE AN ONGOING PROCESS? UM, WE KNOW WE HAD IT FOR THE FIRST TIME.
IT WAS IN A QUITE A HIATUS THERE FOR, FOR A TIME.
AND WHILE WE DID HAVE IT LAST YEAR, UM, I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED WHETHER IT WAS GONNA BE A PERMANENT ONGOING, UH, SERVICE, WHICH WE HAVE HISTORICALLY RECEIVED AND PAID FOR, AND IT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT.
SO I WAS HOPING THAT THE CITY MANAGER WILL RESPOND TO THAT TONIGHT.
AND LAST, REGARDING CAMERON PARK, THE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY AT CAMERON PARK, YOUR DISTRICT, MS. UH, DIAZ, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILWOMAN, EXCUSE ME, DIAZ, UM, IT IS A DUMP IN GROUND FOR MATERIAL THAT I SUSPECT IS COMING FROM SPORTSPLEX, NOT NECESSARILY FOR DEVELOPING ANYTHING THERE.
AND I'M WONDERING IS THAT GOING TO BE DEVELOPED AND WHAT'S IN STORE FOR THAT LOCATION? WE, CAMERON PARK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB OVER THERE.
HONESTLY, THE THING IS THAT WITH THE CHURCH AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON THERE, WHICH IS WHAT IS SUPPOSED
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TO HAPPEN, THIS LOT IS BEING UNDERUTILIZED.IT IS, IT IS A SHAME THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BEING BROUGHT UP.
YOU FOLKS ARE OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THESE DISTRICTS NEED TO BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF HOW IT IMPACTS THE RESIDENTS.
ALL THOSE OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE SPOKEN ABOUT TONIGHT, I'M SURE ARE VITALLY IMPORTANT TO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT BROUGHT 'EM UP.
BUT FOR US THAT LIVE IN THE, IN THE CITY, WE, WE GOTTA, YOU KNOW, STEP OUT IN THE MORNING AND FACE THESE, THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO I ASKED THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY COUNCIL TO PLEASE CONSIDER THOSE THREE AREAS.
UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, MAY YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO THANK DOUG AND MATT FOR COMING TONIGHT.
UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET THE ANSWER YOU WANTED, BUT AS A RESULT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU, UM, WE DID HAVE TO DO THAT SURVEY TO ENSURE WHERE THE CITY PROPERTY LINE STARTED AND ENDED.
AND, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, IT CAME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE OUTDOOR DINING AREAS THAT ARE USED NOT JUST BY YOU GUYS, BUT SEVERAL OTHER BUSINESSES ON GLENDORA ARE IN FACT ON CITY PROPERTY.
AND SO, UM, THERE IS NO MECHANISM THAT WE FOUND, UM, UH, UH, BETWEEN THE BUSINESS OWNERS OR THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE CITY, UM, FOR ALLOWING THAT OUTDOOR SPACE.
AND SO WE ARE DEVELOPING GUIDELINES FOR THAT DOWNTOWN, UM, FOR ALONG GLENDORA OUTDOOR DINING AND FOR, UM, SEATING AREAS, UM, TO MAKE IT MORE, HOPEFULLY ATTRACT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC THERE.
SO AS WE DEVELOP THOSE GUIDELINES, UM, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON DEVELOPING A MECHANISM THAT WOULD, UM, GRANT THOSE BUSINESSES, UH, ACCESS TO USE THE CITY PROPERTY AND PROTECTING THE CITY FROM LIABILITY.
SO, UM, WE, WE WILL BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
UM, AND WE WILL KEEP YOU GUYS ABREAST OF AS WE DEVELOP THOSE GUIDELINES.
UM, UH, THE SOBER LIVING HOMES, THE CITY IS LIMITED AS TO ALLOWING THEM OR RESTRICTING THEM IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO, TO RESPOND IF THEY ARE DOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OR IF THEY'RE NOT, UM, OPERATING THEIR BUSINESS AS THEY SHOULD.
UM, THEY ARE STATE REGULATED, BUT WE CAN REGULATE, YOU KNOW, CRIMES, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE STILL, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE, YOU CAN STILL REPORT ANY CRIME TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WILL RESPOND.
UM, AND IF THEY'RE NOT OPERATING PROPERLY, THEN WE COULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, TO RESPOND TO THEM.
UM, AS I THINK GLENN ASKED ABOUT SOME FUNDING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDING OPTIONS FOR, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE INTERSECTION HE MENTIONED WAS, UH, WESTPORT AND AMAR.
UM, WE DO APPLY FOR GRANTS THROUGH THE HSAP, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THAT ACRONYM STANDS FOR.
UM, BUT IT'S A GRANT WHERE WE HAVE UTILIZED IT HISTORICALLY TO ADDRESS INTERSECTIONS THAT REQUIRE LEFT TURN PHASING.
AND SO THIS CURRENT ROUND OF HSAP, UM, THE VINCENT PUENTE INTERSECTION IS INCLUDED, AND THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR.
UM, WE DON'T WEAPONIZE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT.
OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS RESPOND TO REPORTS FROM RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THEN THEY ARE, UH, THEY RESPOND TO VIOLATIONS THAT THEY SEE AS THEY DRIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UM, WE, THEY ARE, UH, EMPLOYEES THAT HELP US ENSURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY STAYS BEAUTIFUL AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE FOLLOWING RULES.
THEY, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE'S DOING CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT A PERMIT, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO REPORT THAT.
AND SO, UM, THEY ARE, UH, A GOOD RESOURCE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY ALSO ARE VERY, UM, THEY HELP RESPOND OR ALLEVIATE OUR POLICE OFFICERS WHEN THERE'S INCIDENTS.
AND SO INSTEAD OF HAVING AN OFFICER STAND THERE, UM, AND DO TRAFFIC CONTROL, IT COULD BE OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
AND THAT ALLEVIATES, UH, PD TO ACTUALLY GO OUT AND BE PATROLLING OUR COMMUNITY IN OUR STREETS.
UM, I WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH JD ON THE LANDLORD CHARGE.
I'LL HAVE TO CHECK WITH, UM, OUR, WITH HDL.
UM, OUR ATHENS, OUR CONTRACT WITH ATHENS, UH, DOES ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO DO BULKY, UH, TRASH OR BULKY ITEM PICKUP, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE ANNUAL, UH, UH, PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE.
UH, I KNOW THAT WE ROLLED IT OUT LAST YEAR, END OF JULY, UH, AND AUGUST.
UM, WE'RE GONNA BE DOING THAT THIS YEAR AS WELL.
WE ALREADY HAVE THOSE DATES CONFIRMED.
AND, UM, THEY WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE NEXT EDITION OF THE DISCOVER.
UM, IN REGARDS TO CAMERON PARK, UM, THE VACANT LOT, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, HAVE A, OUR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PARK MASTER PLAN THAT'S GONNA LOOK AT ALL OF THE, UH, FACILITIES AT THE CITY, INCLUDING, UM, THAT VACANT SPACE.
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INTEREST FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT USERS FOR THAT, UH, PROPERTY.AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN TO SEE WHAT THE BEST USE IS FOR THAT SITE.
AND THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN, THERE WILL BE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
SO THIS IS, UM, WE WILL BE SEEKING, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY ON, UM, ON THAT, UH, PARK MASTER PLAN.
AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
I, I THINK I WANT TO ECHO THE RESIDENT TALKING ABOUT THE CAMERON, UH, THE, THE, THE LOT WE DEMOLISHED.
OKAY? AND NOW THE REBEL OVER THERE.
I THINK WE SHOULD, UH, CLEAN IT UP.
UH, MAYBE, UM, MAKE A GRASS GRASSY AREA, UH, DURING THIS TIME, ROD.
AND, UH, I SAW RIGHT THERE, I THINK, I THINK THIS IS SOME BASIC, AND PEOPLE LIVE OVER THERE.
THEY WANT TO BE PROUD, AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PARK.
OKAY? AND, UH, I THINK LAST TIME WE WENT TO THE GIRLS SOFTBALL, OKAY.
AND, UH, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE WE CAN CONVERT IT SO THEY CAN HAVE ANOTHER PRACTICE FAIL.
TO SUPPORT OUR GIRLS SOFTBALL, SO, SO THEY CAN RECRUIT MORE OF LADY TO PLAY.
AND I THINK THIS MAY BE ANOTHER DIRECTION WE GO TO, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK WE SHOULD KIND OF CLEAN IT UP.
OKAY? IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE.
PUT SOME GRASS RIGHT THERE, SO AT LEAST MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE GRASSY AND CONNECT WITH OUR PARK.
I, I THINK THIS IS WHAT POSSIBLE THE RESIDENT WANT.
OKAY? AND, UH, UH, ANOTHER ISSUE IS REGARDING THE A R AND THE WESTPORT.
OKAY? I THINK THAT WE NEED TO FIND THE FUNDING AND THE LEFT TURN.
OKAY? THIS IS, WE HAVE A TWO, UH, THREE FATALITY RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY, AND I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING UPON COUNTY.
THEY WANNA GIVE US FUNDING, BUT WE, WE NEED TO FIND A FUNDING AND TRY TO MAKE SURE I HAVE NO TRAGEDY, TRAGEDY OVER THERE AGAIN.
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RIGHT.UH, MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SEEING NONE, UH, ANYONE, I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR.
I WILL SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM WU, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR, COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE.
UH, MOVING ON TO CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.
DO WE HAVE ANY AB 1, 2, 3, 4 CONFERENCE AND MEETING REPORTS? NONE.
DO WE HAVE ANY CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS?
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NONE.SO WE HAVE CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF TO PUT A MAGNIFICENT RAINING DAY OF, UH, EGG HUNT.
WE HAVE, UH, EITHER PEOPLE ON UMBRELLA OR PEOPLE WE, WE HAD, OKAY.
AND WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN LAST YEAR.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THANK US, THANK THE CITY DIDN'T CANCEL IT.
I, I THINK WE DO NOT WANT TO DISAPPOINT OUR KID, OKAY? AND THEY, THEY ALL LINE UP, OKAY? WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS VERY, VERY HAPPY AND, UH, AND THEY ENJOYING THE, THE EGG ACCOUNT.
OKAY? AND TWO, TWO PARK, UH, CORTEZ PARK.
AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT ALL CROWDED WITH CHILDREN.
AND WE ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.
AND SECOND THING, I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF AND DURING THIS PREVIOUS STORM OF THE OKAY.
AND THE EASTER, AND WE HAVE A STRONG STONE AND, UH, HEAVY RAIN.
AND, UH, I THINK STAFF REPORT TO US, THEY HAVE, UH, BEFORE THE STORM CAME, THEY ALREADY READY FOR SEND BACK AND, UH, SAND FOR OUR RESIDENT AND, UH, TO, FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY SAY THEY ARE READY TO, AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT SAY THEY READY AND OUR PUBLIC WILL SAY, READY.
UNDERPASS AND EVERYTHING TO PROTECT OUR CITY.
SO REPRESENT THE, OUR RESIDENT.
I WANNA THANK CITY STAFF TO KEEP OUR CT SAFE.
RIGHT? ANYONE ELSE? WELL, I, I, I JUST WANNA, UH, SAY YES, WONDERFUL JOB BY, BY CITY STAFF.
UH, OUT IN THE RAIN, UH, WITH SMILES.
UH, AND THERE WAS THAT ONE VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, I DUNNO IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, GO CHECK IT OUT.
UH, WE HAD ONE, UH, MEMBER OF STAFF KINDA WALKING OTHER CITY COUNCILS WHEN IT RAINS.
AND THEN OUR STAFF JUST SPRINTING THROUGH SMILE ON THEIR FACE, GETTING IT DONE.
AND I THINK IT JUST SHOWS WHAT A DEDICATED, UH, STAFF WE HAVE TO REALLY SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
UH, LAST, I I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THIS SATURDAY, UH, I WANNA SHOUT OUT, UH, ONE OF MY COMMISSIONERS, ROBERT TORRES, WHO THIS WAS HIS IDEA.
YOU KNOW, HE, HE SAID, YOU KNOW,
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MAYOR, YOU, YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY, LISTEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT, AND TAKE A HIKE, RIGHT? AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING ON APRIL 6TH, UH, 10:00 AM STARTING FROM CAMERON PARK.UH, BRING, BRING YOUR FAMILIES OUT.
UH, AND SO LET, LET, LET'S ENJOY THE DAY TOGETHER.
LET'S TALK ABOUT CITY ISSUES, UM, BUT LET'S ALSO ENJOY OUR CITY.
UH, SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
APRIL 6TH, UH, CAMERON PARK, UH, HIKE WITH THE MAYOR.
UH, SO, UH, THIS CONCLUDES OUR MEETING.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO ADJOURN? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? ALL MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.