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WELCOME TO OUR MAY 21ST, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IT IS 7:04 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
UH, TONIGHT'S BLESSING WILL BE LED BY, UH, CHLOE SOTO SALA, INTRODUCED BY MATTHEW TU THOMASES TRIBAL MEMBERS OF THE GABRIELINO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS TRIBAL GOVERNMENT, KI NATION AND COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALL RISE, HONORABLE MAYOR ESTEEM COUNCIL.
OUR TRIBAL YOUTH ARE HERE TO LEAD THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND WE WILL HAVE A SHORT BLESSING AT THE END, UH, FROM OUR LATE CHIEF.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CHLOE SOTO, AND I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF LATE CHIEF ERNEST SLAS, AND I'M THE NIECE OF CHAIRMAN SLAS, AND I WILL BE GIVING YOU GUYS THE LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
I AM THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF OUR CHIEF AND SPIRITUAL LEADER, ERNIE PEREZ, TO SLAS.
MY MOTHER, PAT SLAS, IS BOTH THE DAUGHTER OF OUR SPIRITUAL LEADER AND THE SISTER OF CHAIRMAN SLAS.
THROUGH MY GRANDFATHER, WE TRACE OUR HERITAGE TO THE VILLAGE OF SANGHA OR SBA.
IN THE WHITTIER NARROWS HYSTERICALLY KNOWN AS LA VIEJA, WE HAVE BEEN KNOWN AS THE PEOPLE OF THE WILLOW HOUSES WITH KI MEANING HOME OR HOUSE.
OUR LINEAGE IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN THIS LAND WITH THE LEGACY THAT TRACES BACK TO NICHOLAS JOSEPH, WHO LED THE HISTORIC REVOLT OF 1785 AND MISSION SAN GABRIEL.
ALONGSIDE THE INDOMITABLE TO PURINA, I CARRY THE LEGACY OF MY GRANDFATHER.
OUR TRIBE'S RECORDS SHOW A DIRECT LINK, NOT ONLY TO THE NATIVE PEOPLE OF LOS ANGELES, BUT ALSO TO THE PROMINENT SPANISH FAMILIES LIKE THE PEREZ NIETOS OF RANCHO LOS NIETOS AND MEXICAN FAMILIES SUCH AS THE ROS AND YORBA.
ADDITIONALLY, OUR HERITAGE INTERTWINES WITH AMERICAN FAMILIES LIKE BENJAMIN D. WILSON AND GEORGE PATTON, WHO SETTLED IN THE AREA AND BECAME FOUNDATIONAL FIGURES IN ITS HISTORY.
AS THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF THE LOS ANGELES BASIN, WE, THE KE PEOPLE HAVE A HISTORY THAT SPANS FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, UNITED AS THE INDIGENOUS LINEAL DESCENDANTS OF THE KI CHE.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO ELIMINATING THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE NOW CALL THE LOS ANGELES BASIN.
WE NOT ONLY BEAR WITNESS TO PAST, BUT ALSO ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE ONGOING PROCESS OF RECLAIMING OUR NARRATIVE PLACE.
NAMES LIKE TOPANGA KANGA AND CUCAMONGA ECHO THE STORY OF OUR VILLAGES SERVING AS A TESTAMENT TO ENDURING PRESENCE.
TODAY WE GATHER WHAT IS CURRENTLY KNOWN AS THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
A PLACE HISTORICALLY ACKNOWLEDGED AS RANCHO LA PUENTE AND ORIGINALLY REFERRED TO AS AA, THE PLACE OF THE BURN BUSH.
MY FAMILY DESCENDS FROM THIS VILLAGE AND SIBA
FOLLOWING THE MISSION ERA, THIS REGION OF PUENTE HILLS TRANSITIONED INTO THE POSSESSION OF JOHN ROLAND AND WILLIAM WORKMAN, KNOWN AS ROLAND RANCH.
THE WESTERN SLOPES OF PUENTE HOLD SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN KE GABRIELINO ORAL TRADITION.
ORAL HISTORY SPEAKS OF A BEAR THAT ONCE ROAMED THE MOUNTAIN ABOVE THE MARSH OF A WING.
THE SPOT WHERE THE BEAR LIVED WAS CALLED HAVANNA, WHICH TRANSLATES TO WHERE THE BEAR IS OR WAS IN THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND REMEMBRANCE.
I WISH TO PLAY A RECORDING FOR YOU, A BLESSING ONCE OFFERED BY CHIEF ERNIE SLES TO HONOR BOTH OUR ANCESTORS AND THE LAND THAT HAS SUSTAINED GENERATIONS OF OUR PEOPLE.
THANK YOU TO THE FOUR DIRECTIONS.
EAST THE SOUTH EACH REPRESENTS THE LIGHT OF WISDOM, ILLUMINATION, PEACE AND UNDERSTANDING.
FROM THE SOUTH COMES THE POWER OF LIFE.
BRUTALITY, GROWTH AND WARMTH FROM THE WEST REPRESENTS A MATURITY, AUTUMN, RAIN, SNOW, THUNDER, AND ALSO DEATH OR THE QUALITY OF THINGS COMING TO AN END.
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THE NORTH COMES A COLD PURIFYING WINDS, THE CLEANSING OF AUSTERITY, THE STRENGTH OF ENDURANCE, AND THE WHITE SNOWS AND HAIRS OF OLD AGE.THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WIDGET STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, ROLL CALL POLICE.
VITO, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TE WU.
HERE, MAYOR CALDERONE TABBA PRESENT.
IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT, MR. MAYOR.
UH, WE ARE GONNA BE ADJOURNING, UH, IN MEMORY OF DEBORAH DEB IPA.
BORN JUNE 20TH, 1962, PASSED ON MARCH 21ST, 2024.
DEB AND HER FAMILY LIVED IN WEST COVINA FOR 10 YEARS.
SHE WAS ALSO OWNER OF THE COOKIE POP SHOP, WHICH SHE MOVED FROM SAN GABRIEL TO WEST COVINA IN 2001, WHERE IT OPERATED FOR NUMEROUS YEARS.
SHE EVENTUALLY CLOSED THE STORE IN ORDER TO RAISE HER SONS FULL-TIME AND BE THERE FOR EVERY SPORTING EVENT THAT THEY WERE A PART OF.
DURING HER TIME IN WEST COVINA, SHE BUILT MANY LIFELONG FRIENDSHIPS WHENEVER YOU NEEDED SOMETHING, SHE WAS THE FIRST TO OFFER HELP.
SHE LEAVES BEHIND HER HUSBAND CCA, TWO AMAZING SONS, OSI AND EJ AND A WORLD OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
HER COLOSSAL PRESENCE AND PERSONALITY WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.
SO TONIGHT WE'LL BE ADJOURNING IN MEMORY OF DEBORAH, DEB IPA.
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ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.UH, SO FIRST OFF, TONIGHT, UH, JUST, UH, NOT TOO LONG AGO, COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UH, AND I WERE WITH A LOT OF OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, WERE ABLE TO TOUR AND GO THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE WEST COVINA SCHOOLS.
UH, AND OUR FIRST STOP WAS AT A SCHOOL THAT'S VERY SPECIAL TO TO MYSELF AND, AND ALSO SPECIAL TO COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VITO AS OUR CHILDREN, UH, ATTENDED ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND SO TONIGHT, UH, I INVITE, UH, THE, UM, PRINCIPAL AND THE STUDENTS OF ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY, UH, WHO ARE GONNA PROVIDING US A PRESENTATION, I BELIEVE, ON SB 1383.
UH, WHY DON'T WE, UH, COME ON UP.
WE ARE GETTING THE POWERPOINT UP.
WHILE THEY'RE GETTING THE POWERPOINT UP, I'M JANET SHIRLEY, THE VERY PROUD PRINCIPAL OF ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND I HAVE SOME AMAZING STUDENTS AND THEY'LL BE INTRODUCING THEMSELVES.
BUT, UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK OUR IB COORDINATOR, CANDACE HERNANDEZ THAT'S HERE, AND THE TWO FABULOUS FIFTH GRADE TEACHERS THAT ARE HERE.
SHANNON VINA AND MARINA VIVAS.
THEY WORK TIRELESSLY WITH THE KIDS, BUT THE KIDS CREATED ALL OF THIS.
WE, UH, THE TEACHERS AND IB COORDINATOR ARE JUST THERE TO FACILITATE, SO I'M GONNA HAVE A SEAT.
HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN, AND THESE ARE MY TEAMMATES, NUI, PAOLA, JASMINE, ADRIAN, JOEL.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO TEACH YOU HOW CLIMATE CHANGE AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, FOOD WASTE, AFFECTS THE HEALTH OF OUR PLANET.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, ORANGE GEORGE IS A DUAL LANGUAGE INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE SCHOOL.
OUR GROUP IS A MIX OF ENGLISH ONLY AND SPANISH DUAL IMMERSION STUDENTS.
OUR DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS WILL PRESENT THEIR INFORMATION IN SPANISH.
IF YOU'RE NOT A SPANISH SPEAKER OR SUMMARY WITH YOUR SAYING WILL BE ON THE SCREEN, SO YOU COULD FOLLOW ALONG.
WE INTERVIEWED MR. ANTHONY PACINO FROM ATHENS SERVICES.
HE TAUGHT US ABOUT SB 1383, THE STATE LAW
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THAT REQUIRES FOOD WASTE TO BE SEPARATED FROM THE TRASH.THIS LAW WENT INTO EFFECT IN JANUARY OF 2023, BUT NOT OUR CITIES HAVE YET TO INSTITUTE THIS POLICY.
WEST COVINA HAS NOT YET IMPLEMENTED SB 1383 AS A CITY, WHICH MEANS WE'RE NOT YET DIVERTING HARMFUL METHANE GASES FROM THE ATMOSPHERE.
METHANE GASES CAUSES THE PLANET TO HEAT UP AND ARE ACCELERATING CLIMATE CRISIS, WHICH LEAD TO MORE SEVERE NATURAL DISASTERS AND ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE.
AFTER CONDUCTING WEEKS OF INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH, WE REFLECTED ON WHAT DATA WAS MOST IMPORTANT AND USED THAT TO CREATE AN INFOGRAPHIC.
ONE THING I LEARNED IS THAT HUMANS WASTE ABOUT 1.3 MILLION TONS OF FOOD ACCORDING TO WORLD WILDLIFE.ORG STEM.
ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA CLIMATE ACTION CORE, 63 MILLION TONS OF FOOD WASTE ENDS UP IN LANDFILLS ANNUALLY GENERATING
THIS CAUSES THE PLANET TO HEAT UP TOO QUICKLY AND HAS DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES FOR OUR PLANET.
FOR OUR ACTION, WE DECIDE TO EDUCATE ORANGEWOOD FAMILIES ON ABOUT FOOD WASTE.
SINCE THE STATE OF WESTS COVINA HAS NOT OFFICIALLY BEGAN IMPLEMENTING SB 13 A THREE, MANY FAMILIES PROBABLY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW HARMFUL FOOD IS, IS TO OUR PLANET OR HOW EASY IT IS TO AVOID, WE DECIDED TO CREATE A SIMPLE, EASY TO FOLLOW INFOGRAPHIC, TO EDUCATE ORANGEWOOD FAMILIES ON HOW THEY COULD DO THEIR PART TO FIGHT THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
THIS TYPE OF ACTION IS A LIFESTYLE CHANGE, AND YOU HOPE THAT MANY OF YOU WILL RISE TO THE OCCASION AND DO THESE EASY STEPS IN YOUR OWN HOME.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO PRESENTATION.
WE HOPE THAT YOU FEEL INSPIRED AND GO OUT TO THE WORLD IN COMBAT FOOD WASTE IN THE CLIMATE CRISIS.
IF I CAN INVITE, UH, MS. SHIRLEY AND THE STAFF FROM ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY, UH, A AGAIN, I, I KNOW, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND, AND, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, WOULD, WOULD SAY THAT HERE IN WEST COVINA, UM, NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE WONDERFUL SCHOOLS, WE HAVE WONDERFUL TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, UH, AND THEN OUR, OUR STUDENTS ARE, ARE AMAZING.
UH, IF YOU EVER TALKED TO SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER MICHAEL FLOWERS, YOU DEFINITELY WILL KNOW HOW AMAZING OUR STUDENTS ARE, BUT THEY TRULY ARE.
I KNOW, UH, WHEN WE WATCHED YOUR PRESENTATIONS AND, AND ALL OF THE IB PRESENTATIONS, WERE ALL BLOWN AWAY BY JUST ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT ALL OF YOU DO.
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BE THANKING, UH, IN A COUPLE MORE WEEKS?UH, SO I WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, THANK YOU.
JASMINE LAMB, CHRISTIAN VARGAS RE, EVIL AND SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO LET ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE WORKING ON MAKING SURE THAT WEST COVINA DOES FOLLOW SB 1383, AND WE'LL BE HAVING THAT.
AND I, I DID SEE THAT SURVEY AND IN MS. NA'S CLASS, THERE WERE NINE PEOPLE WHO SAID THEY SEPARATE THEIR FOOD WASTE.
ONE OF THOSE NINE, MY SON ANTHONY, AS WE DEFINITELY DO SEPARATE OUR FOOD WASTE.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT, WE HAVE OUR PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.
SO I'D LIKE TO, UH, INVITE, UH, MR. JERRY LOPEZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, AND MR. MIKE C SUP, PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT TO THE FRONT.
UH, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL THIS.
LET'S GIVE IT UP FOR MIKE, CHRIS, EVERYBODY, AND, AND RENEE CHAVEZ ALL.
SO AGAIN, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS ADVANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
THIS THEME SHINES A SPOTLIGHT ON THE WAY PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS ADVANCE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, WHETHER AS A FIRST RESPONDER TO AN ELECTRICITY OUTAGE, REGULAR WASTE PICKUP, OR MYRIAD.
AND WE SAY A MYRIAD OF OTHER WAYS.
THEY SILENTLY SERVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.
PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROVIDING AN INFRASTRUCTURE OF SERVICES AND TRANSPORTATION, WATER, WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER TREATMENT, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND SPACES, PARKS AND GROUNDS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, FIRST RESPONSE, SOLID WASTE, AND RIGHT OF WAY MANAGEMENT.
THEY ARE WHAT MAKES OUR COMMUNITIES DYNAMIC.
JOIN US IN CELEBRATING THE QUIET WORK THESE PROFESSIONALS DO THAT MAKES LIFE BETTER FOR ALL OF US.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I I THINK WHEN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT QUIET WORK, RIGHT? SO WHENEVER YOU'RE DRIVING THE STREETS AND, AND THEN YOU, YOU GO ON THE APP AND YOU SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, A TREE IS DOWN, OR, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE WEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY YOU WAKE UP AND THEY'RE GONE.
WELL, THIS IS WHO WE HAVE TO THINK.
SO, UH, JERRY, IF YOU COULD SAY A FEW WORDS, 'EM PASS 'EM BACK AROUND AROUND.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.
UH, PUBLIC WORKFORCE IS SPECIAL FOR US.
UH, IT'S THE ONE TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE WE ARE RECOGNIZED, UH, WE DO OUR BEST BUSINESS WHEN NO ONE KNOWS WE EXIST.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHAT WE STRIVE FOR.
NO ONE TO CALL US, NO ONE TO KNOW WE EXIST.
UH, JUST DO OUR JOB AND, AND GET THE STREETS LOOKING GOOD FOR YOU GUYS.
IN SILENCE, YOU SEE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
NOW I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE MEMBERS OF THE FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, THE EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JAPANESE COMMUNITY
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CENTER, AND THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA TO THE FRONT, UH, AS WE PROCLAIM AND RECOGNIZE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.A A P HERITAGE MONTH GREW OUT OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN HERITAGE HERITAGE WEEK THAT CONGRESS ESTABLISHED IN 1978, US PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER SIGNED A PROCLAMATION ANNOUNCING THE COMMEMORATION, AND THE FIRST OBSERVANCE WAS HELD IN 1979.
THE RESOLUTION SET THE WEEK AT SEVEN DAYS, BEGINNING ON MAY 4TH.
THAT WEEK WAS CHOSEN BECAUSE IT CONTAINED THE ANNIVERSARIES OF A PAIR OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY.
THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST JAPANESE IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES ON MAY 7TH, 1843, AND THE COMPLETION ON MAY 10TH, 1869 OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD, WHICH MANY CHINESE IMMIGRANTS HELPED BUILD IN 1990.
PRESIDENT GEORGE HW BUSH EXPANDED THE OBSERVATION INTO A FULL MONTH.
AND IN 1992, HE PERMANENTLY DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF MAY AS AN ANNUAL OBSERVANCE.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NOTED THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS AND CHANGE THE NAME TO ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH IN 2009.
TODAY, ASIAN AMERICANS, NATIVE HAWAIIANS, PACIFIC ISLANDERS, AND OTHER COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE A API HERITAGE MONTH WITH FESTIVALS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES.
AND HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE, WE HAVE SUCH A STRONG, UH, A-A-A-P-I COMMUNITY THAT DOES SO MUCH WORK.
YOU KNOW, BEYOND OWNING BUSINESSES, BEYOND BEING RESIDENTS WHO PAY TAXES, THE AMOUNT OF VOLUNTEERING, RIGHT? THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC SERVICE THAT OUR A API COMMUNITY DOES IS, IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, WEST COVINA IS, IS THE AMAZING CITY THAT WE KNOW IT IS.
UH, AND SO, UH, WE PROCLAIM ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH ON TODAY, MAY 21ST, 2024.
AND SO, UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, AND, AND FIRST INVITE, UH, MISS, UH, LINDA SANTO FROM THE FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
SO MY NAME IS LINDA SANTOS, AND I'M THE PRESIDENT FOR THE FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA.
AND OF COURSE, UH, WE ARE JUST HAPPY THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, AMERICAN ASIAN GROUP OR ASSOCIATION, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO REALLY BE HAVING A LOT OF, UH, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE HERE TO SERVE OUR, UH, WEST COVINA RESIDENTS BUSINESSES.
AND OF COURSE, ANYBODY ELSE IS WELCOME
AND I AM PROUD TO BE A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA SINCE 1983.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE WILL HAVE UPCOMING EVENTS, AND OF COURSE WE WILL ANNOUNCE IT.
AND MR. TIM ALANI FROM THE EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JAPANESE COMMUNITY.
UH, ON BEHALF OF THE EAST SAN GABRIEL JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR, UH, HONORING THE, UM, ASIAN AMERICAN WEEK, UH, SORRY MONTH.
UM, THE CITY HAS DONE SO MUCH FOR THE JAPANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
THEY'VE BEEN TOTALLY SUPPORTIVE.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONS WITH ALL OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT, AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ALL UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, WE ALL FEEL INCLUSIVE OF WHATEVER, ALL THE, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MAYOR FOR THIS, AND MS. SOPHIA LEE FROM THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA.
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UH, IT'S A VERY GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE.THIS IS MY FIRST TIME TO PARTICIPATE THIS KIND OF BUSINESS, UH, THIS KIND OF MEETING.
I'M VERY HONORED THAT, UM, CHINESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION WAS, UM, ONE, ONE VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THE WEST COMMUNA CITY.
I AM MYSELF ACTUALLY AS A BUSINESS OWNER.
I'M NOT LIVING HERE, BUT I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND, UH, CITY MAYOR, YOU KNOW, UH, TI TONY AND RIO AND, UH, ALIA, THEY ALWAYS SUPPORT US AS A SMALL BUSINESS, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WORKING WITH EVERYONE HERE AND GOING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
CAN WE GET ONE MORE? LET'S GO TOMORROW.
NEXT WE WILL HAVE A, UH, PRESENTATION ON LICENSED AND UNLICENSED FACILITIES IN SINGLE FAMILY ZONES.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, JOANNE BURNS, DEPUTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, UH, TO THE FRONT.
I SEE SHE IS THERE, UH, FOR OUR PRESENTATION.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE AN INFORMATIONAL OVERVIEW OF THE TYPES OF FACILITIES THAT OPERATE WITHIN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE.
THESE FACILITIES INCLUDE BOTH LICENSE AND IN LICENSED FACILITIES, ADULT CARE FACILITIES, AND RE.
UM, RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ARE BOTH STATE LICENSED FACILITIES CURRENTLY REQUIRING APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR FACILITIES WITH SEVEN OR MORE BEDS.
ADULT CARE FACILITIES ARE LICENSED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY SENIORS OR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES OR MOBILITY CHALLENGES.
LICENSED REHAB REHABILITATION PROGRAMS ARE LICENSED THROUGH CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE SERVICES.
SO FOR, FOR LICENSED RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION PROGRAMS, UM, THEY TYPICALLY OFFER NON-MEDICAL SERVICES OR TREATMENTS SUCH AS COUNSELING.
THESE FACILITIES WITH FACILITIES WITH SIX OR LESS BEDS ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT BY STATE LAW.
ONE OF THE OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES ARE SOBER LIVING FACILITIES.
A SOBER LIVING FACILITY IS A HOME FOR INDIVIDUALS RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE FOR SUPPORTIVE LIVING.
SINCE ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG ADDICTION ARE CONSIDERED A DISABILITY, THEY'RE PROTECTED UNDER FAIR HOUSING LAW.
RESIDENTS THAT ARE OPERATING AS ONE HOUSEHOLD ARE CONSIDERED A FAMILY AND ARE ALLOWED BY RIGHT.
A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT MAY BE REQUIRED IF IT IS NOT BEING OPERATED AS A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD IN THREE OR MORE ROOMS ARE BEING RENTED OUT INDIVIDUALLY.
AS FAR AS STATE LICENSE FACILITIES ARE CONCERNED, THE CITY TYPICALLY FINDS OUT ABOUT LOCATIONS OF POTENTIAL STATE LICENSE FACILITIES THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR BUILDING DIVISION.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS REQUIRED TO INSPECT FACILITIES PRIOR TO STATE LICENSING AND BUILDING PERMITS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE REMODELING OR A DA IMPROVEMENTS FOR EACH FACILITY IF THEY DO NOT CURRENTLY MEET A DA STANDARDS.
IF RESIDENTS NOTICE CODE VIOLATIONS
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IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT SHOULD BE REPORTED TO CODE ENFORCEMENT SO THAT THE CITY WILL BE ABLE TO INVESTIGATE THE ISSUE AND PROPERLY ADDRESS IT.CODE CODE ENFORCEMENT REPORTS MAY BE FILED BY CALLING THE CODE ENFORCEMENT LINE OR COMPLETING THE FORM ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
YOU MAY DO THIS BY PLACING YOUR CURSOR OVER HOW DO I, ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ON THE TOP, UM, PORTION OF THE SITE AND CLICKING REPORT AN ISSUE OR FILING A REPORT THROUGH THE WEST COVINA APP.
THE APP COULD BE ACCESSED BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON THE SCREEN FOR DISTURBANCE OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
THE POLICE SHOULD BE CONTACTED.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS A NON-EMERGENCY NUMBER THAT MAY BE CONTACTED FOR NON-EMERGENCIES.
AND OF COURSE, POLICE CALL 9 1 1 IF THERE IS AN EMERGENCY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
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UH, MOVE ON FOR OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS, UH, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, JUST WANTED TO GO OVER, UM, HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE EVENTS AND, UH, PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO FIRST WE HAVE THE WALKING CLUB, THE PALM VIEW WALKING CLUB, WHICH LAUNCHED ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 1ST, HAS, UH, OVER 48 PARTICIPANTS.
THE CLUB OFFERS, GROUPS, UH, OFFERS, GROUPS, WALKS ON IN THE PARK TRAILS, AND PROVIDES THE PARTICIPANTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE OUTDOORS AND IMPROVE THEIR PHYSICAL, UH, FITNESS.
THERE'S ALSO COLORFUL CREATIONS ART CLASS AT PALM VIEW, UM, ON MAY 9TH.
UM, THEY HAD 30 REGISTRATIONS, UM, AND THE CLASS IS VIBRANT AND ENGAGING EXPERIENCE WITH PARTICIPANTS EXPRESSING THEMSELVES THROUGH PAINTING, DRAWING, AND OTHER ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES.
UM, WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER READING ADVENTURE AT SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER, UM, IN MAY.
UM, AND, UH, THEY READ KINDEST IS MY SUPERPOWER BY ALICIA ORTEGO.
UM, AND SO WE HOPE MORE PEOPLE CAN ATTEND THOSE.
WE HAD 20 ATTENDEES FOR THAT EVENT, AND WE HOPE TO BUILD ON THAT PARTICIPATION.
UM, WE ALSO HAD, LET'S GET CRAFTY AT CHATO COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, IT WAS A D UH, DYI PICTURE F WORKSHOP.
UM, THE EVENT WAS FREE TO CHILDREN AGES SIX TO 11, AND WE HAD 11 PARTICIPANTS IN THIS EVENT.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A DANCE FITNESS, UM, AT THE PALM VIEW CENTER, UM, WITH 38 SIGNUPS.
IT WAS THE DANCE FITNESS CLASS.
UM, A DYNAMIC AND UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE FOR THE PARTICIPANTS, UM, GROOVING TO THE MUSIC, BREAKING A SWEAT AND HAVING A GREAT TIME TOGETHER.
THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, SOME EVENTS AT THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY CENTER.
WE CELEBRATED CINCO DE MAYO WITH OVER 180, UH, SENIORS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ATTENDING THE EVENT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO THE SENIOR CENTER AT ONE OF THESE EVENTS, BUT IT'S VERY LIVELY.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S CERTAIN CAPACITY, BUT WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE THAT CAN ATTEND TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, STAFF DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB IN GETTING REALLY THEMED ON THE PARTIES AND, UM, JUST ENJOYING THE COMRADERY WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAD MOTHER'S DAY, AS YOU COULD SEE, OUR MAYORS UP THERE.
UM, AND THERE'S A BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT.
SO THE SENIOR CENTER IS REALLY BIG.
THERE'S A BILLIARD ROOM IN THE VERY BACK.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT.
UM, WE HAD, UH, 12 SENIORS PARTICIPATE WITH AN 18 SINGLE ELIMINATION BILL BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT.
UM, AND THE FIRST AND SECOND PLACE WINNERS DID RECEIVE GIFT CARDS.
UM, AT THE COMMUNITY, AT CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER, WE HAD THE ROOKIE DIVISION SCRIMMAGE FOR THE WEST COVINA YOUTH BASKETBALL.
WE ALSO HAD THE SEA DIVISION CONDITIONING DAY STAYING ACTIVISTS OF HIGH IMPORTANCE FOR WEST COVINA YOUTH BASKETBALL.
MAY 13TH WAS SEA DIVISION'S FIRST CONDITIONING DAY PLAYERS ON ALL C DIVISION TEAMS, UH, WARM UP PRACTICE AND WORK TOGETHER TO SEE THEIR COMPETITION ON CONDITIONING DAYS.
UH, WE HAD 60 PARTICIPANTS IN THAT.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE ADULT, UH, BASKETBALL PRESEASON GAME ON SUNDAY, MAY 19TH.
THE GAME SIGNIFIES THE START OF THE ADULT BASKETBALL SUNDAY NIGHT LEAGUE FOR THE MONTHS OF MAY THROUGH JULY, AND PROVIDES THE TEAMS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME BETTER ACQUAINTED, UM, WITH THE LEAGUE RULES AND THE OTHER TEAM MEMBERS.
UM, THERE ARE CURRENTLY EIGHT TEAMS, UM, WITH A TOTAL OF 96 PLAYERS IN THE ADULT BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
AND JUST A COUPLE ITEMS ON CONSENT THAT WE HAVE, UM, THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF THE FINANCIAL POLICIES, UM, WE, THE, THE CHANGE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS A REALLOCATION OF SOME OF THE, UM, FUNDS THAT ARE OVER THE
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REQUIRED 17% RESERVE.UM, SO WE WOULD REDUCE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS FROM 40% TO 25% AND ADDING, UH, 15 TO BE TRANSFERRED FOR SELF-INSURANCE, UH, FUNDS FOR GENERAL LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMPENSATION.
UM, I BELIEVE OUR AND LAST PRESENTATION, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR MENTIONED THAT, UM, WITH, UH, AN AUDIT OR NOT AN AUDIT, UM, WE WERE CATCHING UP ON OUR CLAIMS AND THAT DID GO UP BY BELIEVE AROUND 2 MILLION.
SO WE'RE NOW AROUND 7.2 MILLION IN WORKER COMP CLAIM LIABILITY.
SO, UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE INCREASE IN, IN COSTS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.
UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSITION, A EXCHANGE WITH FOOTHILL TRANSIT.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO ANNUALLY.
WE, UM, TRANSFER THE FUNDS, UM, EXCHANGE THE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN CONVERT THEM TO GENERAL, UH, FUND MONIES.
AND WE USE THIS TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE EXPENDITURES.
UM, WE DO HAVE A TOTAL OF A COMBINED TOTAL OF OVER 6 MILLION THAT WE ANTICIPATE RECEIVING IN THIS, UM, THAT WE RECEIVED FROM PROP C, MEASURE R, MEASURE M AND TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT ACT.
THAT CAN ALL BE USED TOWARDS OTHER TRANSPORTATION NEEDS, UM, STREET REHABS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST ITEM IS THE BUDGET, UH, COMMUNITY MEETING FEEDBACK.
UM, A LOT OF, SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITY MEETINGS OR, UM, POLICE, THE NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE HAVE, UM, IN VERIFYING WHAT THE BUDGETED AMOUNT WAS, UM, WHICH IS 102 IN FISCAL YEAR, THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO MAINTAIN IT IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, PARK FUNDING AND ACQUISITION FUNDS.
THERE'S SOME, UH, FUNDING THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR GREENRIDGE PARK PROJECTS, UM, INCLUDING A NEW PLAYGROUND.
UM, UH, SOME COST ASSOCIATED WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
UM, SOME, YOU KNOW, THE COST ASSOCIATED OR SUBSIDIZING THE SPORTSPLEX.
AND IN THE PRESENTATION WE DO SHOW A BREAKOUT OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FACILITIES AND WHERE, HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAKING IN REVENUES AND WHAT THOSE EXPENDITURES ARE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUAL, UH, FACILITIES OR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THAT COVERS, UH, MY PRESENTATION, OH, ONE LAST PAGE, AND THAT'S SOME UPCOMING EVENTS.
SO WE HAVE THIS COMING MONDAY, WE HAVE A MEMORIAL DAY, UH, CELEBRATION THAT WE DO ANNUALLY, AND WE HOPE PEOPLE CAN COME AND ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE WITH US.
UM, IT'S 10 O' AT 10:00 AM AT THE CIVIC CENTER HERE AT CITY HALL.
I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE, UH, REFRESHMENTS AND SNACKS AFTER THE CEREMONY.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE OUR VERY FIRST ANNUAL, UM, HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT NEXT THURSDAY, MAY 30TH FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AT THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX.
UM, WE HAVE THE PALM VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER OPEN HOUSE.
SO SOME OF THOSE EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE WENT OVER TO, YOU CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT OTHER PROGRAMS, UM, SPECIAL EVENTS AND SERVICES PALM VIEW PROVIDES.
UM, THAT'S TUESDAY, JUNE 4TH FROM 10:00 AM TO NOON.
UH, WE HAVE A FREE PAPER SHREDDING EVENT SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH AT CORTEZ PARK, UM, FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND THEN OUR SUMMER CONCERTS, UH, WILL BE COMMENCING JUNE 19TH THROUGH JULY 31ST.
UM, AND WE HAVE BANDS LIKE NODA REMIX, BUMP TOWN, THE ACE BAND, THE DREAMBOATS, AND THE FLASH BOX WILL BE, UM, HEADLINING OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES THIS SUMMER.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE MUSIC.
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TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.UH, 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 BE CA BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINING UP IN THE CENTER ROW.
UH, THE TIMER WILL START WHEN YOU REACH THE PODIUM.
UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY LORRAINE CARDENAS.
BASICALLY WANNA START OFF WITH THE BUDGET AND BASICALLY THE GENERAL TONE IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE A TENDENCY OF SAYING THINGS THAT GIVE A COMPLETE FALSE IMPRESSION TO MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING TO THINGS.
YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT SOMEBODY SAYS OR DOES NOT SAY, BECAUSE THAT CAN COME INTO, UH, PLACE.
SOME OF YOU ON THE CONSOLE HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HOW WHILE BACK WE'RE ADDING
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10 NEW POLICE OFFICERS.THERE WASN'T A MENTION THAT ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTS RECEIVED FROM CITY HALL, THAT THERE'D BEEN A REDUCTION OF 14 THE YEAR BEFORE.
IT DOESN'T MEAN WE ACTUALLY HAD THOSE OFFICERS ON STAFF.
AND THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS, AND MAYBE THE CHIEF OR SOMEBODY I I'LL ASK THEM A LITTLE BIT LATER, IS WE HAVE 102 OFFICERS, BUT WHEN WE PARTICIPATED IN THAT YEARLY EVENT, WHAT IS IT? UH, BARSTOW TO VEGAS OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, WE WON THE 99 ER UNDER GROUP.
SO DID WE REALLY HAVE 102 OFFICERS? YOU KNOW, SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF WONDER ABOUT IT.
THEN WHEN TALKING ABOUT THE BALANCE BUDGET, EVERYBODY WANTS TO PAT THEMSELVES ON THE BACK.
WELL, THERE'S NO RULE THAT SAYS IT'S BALANCED SPENDING.
AND A PRIME EXAMPLE IS WHEN THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT WHAT ARE THE PAY RAISES? ARE THE PAY RAISES BUILT INTO THIS? NOW WE HAVE A BUDGET WITH $1,500 EXTRA.
SO THE PAY RAISES FOR EVERY EMPLOYEE IN THE CITY IS GONNA BE A TOTAL OF $1,500.
SO WE HAVE A HOLE IN OUR BUDGET ABOUT 1.5 TO $2 MILLION AT LEAST.
SO THOSE ARE GONNA BE TAKEN FROM ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT, LIKE, YOU KNOW, PARK FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE, OR MONEY THAT ALLOCATED TO CERTAIN THINGS.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE SHADOW PARK.
BEFORE WE INSTALLED, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, UH, THE RESTROOM THAT WASN'T HOOKED TO THE, UH, UH, SEWER SYSTEM FOR 10 YEARS, THERE WAS A MILLION DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET FOR SHADOW OAK PARK RESTROOM.
AND MYSTERIOUSLY IT WAS NEVER BUILT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT THERE WASN'T A MILLION DOLLARS LEFT OVER.
IT'S CALLED TRANSFERS, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THERE.
WHEN ASKED WHY THERE'S NO BUDGET IN IT, WE'RE TOLD THE REASON THERE IS ANYTHING IS 'CAUSE THE STATE HAS NOT TOLD US WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO DO.
WELL, I RECALL THE YEAR BEFORE IT WAS, WHAT, 2021.
WE TOLD LA COUNTY, GET OUT, WE DON'T WANT YOU ANYMORE.
THE STATE AT THAT TIME HAD NOT VOICED ANY OPINION ON WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO.
SO WHY WAS THERE NOT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT BUDGET SET UP FOR THAT? 'CAUSE THE ASSUMPTION WOULD'VE BEEN THERE WAS A DOCUMENT FLOATING AROUND, I THINK THERE WAS LIKE 17 ITEMS THAT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD DO.
WOULDN'T YOU HAVE ALREADY PENCILED ALL THAT OUT AND SAID, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA COST AND THIS IS HOW WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
WHAT MAKES IT EVEN WORSE IS WHEN THE CITY MANAGER SAYS, WE'RE GONNA REVOLUTIONIZE THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC.
WELL, WHAT IS THAT AND WHAT'S IT GONNA COST? NOTHING THERE.
AND ANOTHER ONE THAT CRACKED ME UP IS HOW THE PUBLIC WILL BE MISLED.
AND PEOPLE IN THE NEXT ELECTION ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT.
PART OF THE BUDGET WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT HOW ARPA MONEY WAS SPENT, AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW $8.7 MILLION WAS SPENT ON, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE PANDEMIC IN SUPPORT OF HEALTH OF THE COMMUNITIES, HELPING HOUSEHOLD SMALL BUSINESSES IMPACT INDUSTRY AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR.
SO SHE'S GONNA RUN AROUND SAYING, WE SPENT $8.7 MILLION HELPING OUT THE PUBLIC.
NO, IT WENT TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO MONEY TO INDIVIDUALS AND THERE'S BEEN NO MONEY OR VIRTUALLY NO MONEY TO OUR BUSINESSES.
SO THAT'S JUST A SMALL SAMPLING OF THE MISSTATEMENTS.
AND I'M NOT GONNA BE JU THE FLAT OUT LIES TO THE PUBLIC THAT CONTINUES EVERY SINGLE TIME.
SO, IN SUMMARY, THERE'S ONE THING THAT WILL CHANGE WHEN I'M ON THE CONSOLE.
FUNNY THINGS LIKE THIS WILL STOP.
'CAUSE I WILL ASK THE QUESTIONS FROM UP THERE ABOUT WHAT THOSE REALLY MEAN.
AND THE OTHER THING TOO IS STAFF, YOU'RE NEVER GONNA HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ME THREATENING YOU OR YOU HAVING TO CALL THE POLICE BECAUSE I THREATENED TO HIT YOU OR TRIED TO HIT YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON I'LL CALL AND TALK TO AND GET YOUR PERMISSION.
UH, ROB ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY LORRAINE CARDENAS, FOLLOWED BY BILL SLANKY LANKO.
UH, I GUESS MY TOPIC TONIGHT IS, UH, FIFTH GENERATION WARFARE, UH, PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS, UH, WANNA SEE IN THE MIDST OF, UH, THE FEAR MONGERING BRIBERY PROPAGANDA DRIVEN PANDEMIC, UH, WEEKS AFTER THE PHARMACEUTICAL GIANT, ASTRAZENECA AND OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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SCIENTIST IS SHELVING THEIR COVID-19 VACCINE COUNTRIES IN EUROPE AND ELSEWHERE ARE PAUSING ITS USE AMID DISCONCERTING REPORTS THAT RECIPIENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED BLOOD CLOTS, SOME OF THEM FATAL, UH, COVID JAB HARMS ARE FREQUENTLY DISCUSSED BY MANY ALERT CRITICS, BUT TOO OFTEN IN AN ENTIRE CONVERSATION GOES BY WITHOUT MENTIONING THE MOST OBVIOUS AND OVERWHELMING FACT OF ALL.IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS, ENDING DECEMBER 23RD AT 2023, UH, NEARLY 20,000 COVID JAB DEATHS FROM THE MODERNA AND, UH, PFIZER, R-N-A-D-O-D.
BIO WEAPONS WERE REPORTED IN THE GOVERNMENT, UH, TO THE GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE VES, UH, VACCINE, UH, ADVERSE EVENT REPORTING SYSTEM.
SINCE LESS THAN ONE IN, UH, 100 ACTUAL DEATHS ARE LIKELY TO BE REPORTED TO VES, UH, 2 MILLION IS A REASONABLE ESTIMATE FOR ACTUAL COVID JAB DEATHS.
MEANWHILE, THE CDC AND FDA FORCED, FORCED OUT AN UNFAVOR DNA VACCINE BY JOHNSON AND JOHNSON AFTER A MERE NINE DEATHS FROM THROMBOSIS, UM, INSURANCE INDUSTRY ACTUARIAL DATA, UH, CAN VERIFY THESE UNFORTUNATE FACTS.
SO THE THE DOMINOES ARE FALLING, UH, FASTER IN EUROPE.
UH, EUROPE IS AHEAD OF THE CURVE IN DISCOVERING THE TRUTH.
UH, NOW EMERGING WORLDWIDE, UH, ASTRAZENECA, UH, A BRITISH, UH, SWEDISH BIOPHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY W UH, WITH, UH, MEDICAL SALES IN MORE THAN 130 COUNTRIES, UH, ONE OF THE LARGEST DRUG COMPANIES IN THE WORLD HAS, UH, PULLED THE PLUG ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THEIR SELF ASSEMBLING, UH, NANOPARTICLE, UH, JAB AI, UH, TECHNOLOGY WORLDWIDE.
ASTRAZENECA, UH, UH, THEIR CONFUSING TRIAL RESULTS IN, UH, THE STUDIES TEMPORARY SUSPENSION LED TO A CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE THAT CONVINCED GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD TO HIT THE BRAKES ON ITS VACCINE.
UH, THAT'S THE KEY DATE THAT, UH, THEY STARTED TO PULL THE, UH, VX FROM THE GLOBAL MARKETS, UH, BECAUSE THEY SAY OF LOW DEMAND.
UH, SO THIS DECISION CLOSES THE CHAPTER, UH, UH, ONE, UH, IN EUROPE.
BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, PFIZER AND MODERNA ARE GONNA WITHDRAW THEIR, UH, THEIR TREATMENTS, UH, SOON AS WELL.
SO, UH, TODAY ALEX JONES INTERVIEWED A WOMAN, ZOE SMITH, A MEDICAL CODER, UH, A HOSPITAL BILL SENDER, AND A WHISTLEBLOWER ABOUT THE DEADLY COVID SHOTS DRIVEN BY THE CARES ACT, UH, MEDICARE, UH, THE MEDICARE MEDICAL MEDICAL BONUS SYSTEM FOR A COVID DIAGNOSIS AND, AND DEATH INCENTIVES.
ALSO DRIVEN BY, UH, THE FALSE POSITIVE, UH, PCR TEST.
YOU GO TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL RUN THE PHONY TEST AND SAY YOU HAVE COVID.
SO ZOE'S PRIOR LABORATORY EXPERTISE PROVED INVALUABLE DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE COVID-19 PCR FRAUD.
UH, SHE BEGAN TO EXPOSE THE COVID-19 FRAUD AND SHARED HER UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE FROM, UH, INSIDER, UH, KNOWLEDGE VANTAGE POINT.
SHE'S SORT OF THE, UH, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER, UH, COLLECTING ALL THE HOSPITAL DATA WHERE SHE WORKED.
I MEAN, SHE, UH, SHE WAS, SHE WAS, SHE, SHE WAS SEEING EVERYTHING THAT WAS COMING IN AND IT DIDN'T ADD UP.
SO, UH, UH, SHE HAS A WEBSITE AND, UH, UH, ET CETERA.
IF, IF YOU WANNA FOLLOW UP, JUST UH, GO TO ZOE SMITH, UH, MEDICAL MEDICAL CODER.
SO, UH, THANK YOU LORRAINE CARDENA, FOLLOWED BY BILL CIO.
MY NAME IS LORRAINE CARDENAS AND I AM A LOVE, UH, RESIDENT OF THIS LOVELY CITY, WEST COVINA
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FOR OVER 24 YEARS.UM, I AM HERE TODAY TO SHARE WITH YOU THE GOOD NEWS OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF WEST COVINA AND, AND THE DETAILS OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE'VE WE'RE DOING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, ROTARY HAS OVER 32,000 ROTARY CLUBS, OVER 200 COUNTRIES, BUT SPECIFICALLY WEST COVINA ROTARY CLUB HAS, WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1953, AND THE CITY BEGAN ITS RAPID DEVELOPMENT INTO IMPORTANT COMMUNITY IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
ITS MEMBERS CAME FROM A BROAD SPECTRUM OF BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS, AS WELL AS CITY AND COMMUNITY LEADERS.
THIS HAS CONTINUED TO THIS PRESENT DAY.
SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS ACTUALLY, WE FOCUS ON THE YOUTH AND SOME OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS.
EXAMPLES ARE, UM, WE'VE PARTICIPATED WHILE OUR COMMITMENT IS TO HELPING OUR FELLOW MAN IN THE CITY, IN THE WORLD COMMUNITY, UM, OUR AMAZING, UM, PROJECTS.
ONE OF THEM IS RED RIBBON WEEK.
WE, WE, UH, COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE SCHOOLS DISTRICTS.
AND WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF EVENTS AT WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE IT'S BEEN AMAZING.
THAT'S ACTUALLY HOW I GOT STARTED.
I VOLUNTEERED TO FLIP PANCAKES AND REALIZED WHAT A GREAT JOB THIS, UM, THE ROTARY CLUB DOES.
I WAS ACTUALLY JUST AN HONORARY VOLUNTEER FOR A WHILE BECAUSE I WORKED OUTSIDE OF THE CITY.
BUT RED RED RIBBON RALLY RALLY WILL BE, WILL BE STARTING UP AGAIN IN OCTOBER.
AND, UM, DAVID ALFARO AND FOREST TE HAVE BEEN THE STEER LEADERS FOR THAT.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, INTERACT CLUB, AND THIS IS WHERE THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS, THEY LEARN ABOUT WHO ROTARY IS AND THE DIFFERENCES WE'RE MAKING IN THE WORLD.
AND, UM, WE'VE ALSO, UM, GRANTED TEACHERS MINI GRANTS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, COLLABORATED WITH THE EAST VALLEY COMMUNITY CLINIC AND PROVIDED THANKSGIVING BASKETS TO OVER 95 FAMILIES.
AND IT'S A PRETTY NEAT, UM, DAY.
'CAUSE WE, WE PACK 95 BASKETS AND WE HAVE A WHOLE, THE KIDS COME IN, THEY COLLECT CANS, AND WE FILL UP THESE BASKETS, AND THEN WE GET 'EM DELIVERED TO THE FAMILIES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE PROVIDED, UM, SPONSORSHIPS FOR TLC, WHICH IS A TEEN LEADERSHIP.
WE SPONSORED SIX KIDS OUT OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, EDGEWOOD, AS WELL AS MOUNT SAC.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A, AND THOSE ARE 13 YEAR OLDS IS TLC.
WE HAVE, UH, THE RELA, WHICH IS ROTARY YOUTH LEADERSHIP, AND THAT'S SIX HIGH SCHOOLERS, 17 AND 18 YEAR OLDS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A FOUR-WAY TEST THAT WE SPONSORED KIDS FROM HIGH SCHOOLERS.
AND THIS IS GREAT JUST TO SEE THEIR, THEIR SPEECH.
AND WE'VE ACTUALLY, UM, THEY'VE ADVANCED WITH THEIR, THEIR SPEECHES AND NOW REPRESENT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE DAVE STOVER, WHICH IS A MUS MUSIC COMPETITION.
AND THOSE KIDS THAT HAVE, THAT WERE COMPETING ALSO ADVANCED TO HIGHER LEVEL.
SO THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY EXCITING.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, WE ALSO HAVE HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE A GRANT OF $5,000 TO, UM, TO SET UP A COMPUTER LAB IN TIJUANA OVER THERE.
WE PROVIDED 35 COMPUTERS AT A LASER PRINTER.
AND, UM, THE LATEST THING WAS LAST YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW IF E EVERYONE I'M SURE KNOWS KEN LUND, WHO WAS A PROMINENT RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA, PUT A, WE PUT A PEACE POLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
AND WITH THAT SAID, UM, WE HAVE ONE GOING UP AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IN, UM, MOUND SAC, UM, MOUND SAC OVER 20 YEARS HAS A CHORAL DEPARTMENT, HAS PROMOTED MESSAGES OF PEACE THROUGH, UH, VARIOUS MUSICAL PRESENTATIONS AND PEACE POLES ARE OVER.
WE HAVE OVER 250,000 PEACE POLES ACROSS THE WORLD, AND I'M EXCITED THAT'LL BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF MOUNT SAC.
SO I BROUGHT SOME PAMPHLETS FOR EVERYONE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHECK THAT OUT AND COME SEE US.
WE VISIT, WE HAVE OUR MEETINGS.
WE MEET ON WEDNESDAYS AFTERNOONS AT LUNCHTIME AT WEST AT SOUTH HILLS COUNTRY CLUB.
BILL LENCHI, BILL ELLIOT, AND ISABELLE FULMER.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RES WEST COVENA RESIDENT SINCE 1977.
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IN THE MORNINGS IN, UH, THE EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL AREA.AND LATELY I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE ON THESE MINI ELECTRIC BIKES.
I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SCOOTERS YET, BUT I THINK THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO HAVE A ORDINANCE OR A CITY CODE TO KEEP THE THESE PEOPLE OFF THE SIDEWALKS.
MY SECTION OF SUNSET AVENUE HAS BIKE LANES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, AND WHY CAN'T THEY USE THE BIKE LANE? AND, UM, ON ANOTHER MATTER, A LARGE TREE BOW FELL DURING THE RAINY SEASON, AND I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT THE, THE SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS A RAINY SUNDAY AND THEY HAD IT FIXED REALLY QUICK.
BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY ISABEL FULMER, FOLLOWED BY DOUG FOUR.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL WEST COVINA DAY WE HAD TODAY.
THE SUN WAS SHINING, THE BIRDS WE'RE SEEING, THE TEMPERATURE WAS SO PLEASANT, WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO LIVE IN THIS CITY.
UH, I SAW SEVERAL WEST COA POLICE CARS ON PATROL ON MY WAY TO COUNCIL TONIGHT.
ONE OF 'EM HAD TWO OFFICERS IN IT.
I ASSUME ONE OF 'EM WAS A TRAINEE.
UH, SOME OF THE OFFICERS THAT WE'VE LOST IN THE PAST ARE DUE TO ATTRITION.
THEY MOVE ON TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND I THINK THE CITY DOES A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF REPLACING THEM.
UH, WE HAVE A GREAT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
OUR INDEPENDENT POLICE IN THE INDEPENDENT FIRE DEPARTMENT CANNOT BE UNDERESTIMATED.
AND, UH, I SING THEIR PRAISES A LOT, BUT I, I GOTTA TELL YOU, UH, WE HAVE A FABULOUS CODE ENFORCEMENT DEPARTMENT UNPARALLELED IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, AND MILAN DOES A FABULOUS JOB.
HE IS SO RESPONSIVE, AND HIS ATTITUDE IS SO, CAN-DO? WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.
I'M, I'M AFRAID HE'S GONNA RETIRE OR SOMETHING.
UH, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, AND CONGRATULATE PAULINA MORALES FOR HER PROMOTION TO CITY MANAGER.
UH, I NOTICED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT CRITICIZE HER IN THE PAST, THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN THEIR FACE HERE LATELY.
UH, WHERE'S ELSIE MESSMAN? SHE'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT HOW UNQUALIFIED PAULINA IS.
WHERE'S ELSIE? IS SHE HIDING? SHE'S NEVER SAID WHY SHE PAULINA IS SO UNQUALIFIED FOR THE JOB.
IF NOT, PAULINA, WHO, IF NOT PAULINA, WHO, I MEAN, SHE'S ARGUABLY ALREADY THE BEST CITY MANAGER WE'VE HAD SINCE WE WERE PAYING ANDREW SMOT $400,000 A YEAR TO BE THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER.
I HOPE THAT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
UH, PAULINE HAS DONE A GREAT JOB SO FAR AND HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HER ABILITY.
AND I, I MENTIONED HOW SMART SHE IS.
UH, YOU KNOW, UH, OUR, OUR NATION IS REALLY, UH, AT, YOU KNOW, UNREST.
IT'S A FUNNY WORD, BUT THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE LIKE TO CALL IT.
WE ALL WATCH ON TV AS THE UNIVERSITIES WERE IMPLODING.
UH, EVEN, YOU KNOW, THE IVY LEAGUE SCHOOLS, UH, ALL OVER THE ISRAEL HAMAS WAR.
AND I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF INTERLOPERS ON THOSE CAMPUSES BEING REPORTED.
THEY WEREN'T JUST 18 TO 22 YEAR OLDS, 18 TO 25 YEAR OLDS.
THEY WERE LIKE BRIAN'S AGE MAYOR.
YOU WEREN'T AT U-C-A-U-C-L-A BREAKING WINDOWS WERE YOU, YOU WEREN'T LIVING IN A TENT WITH A MASK ON CONCEALING YOUR IDENTITY BECAUSE AI'S A VERY FUNNY THING THESE DAYS.
ALL WE NEED IS YOUR EYES, JUST LIKE JANUARY 6TH.
PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T EVEN ENTER THE BUILDINGS WERE IDENTIFIED.
AND I THINK WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF IDENTIFICATION OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE RIOTING THREATENING JEWISH STUDENTS WITH BODILY HARM.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I BELIEVE, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT A WEST COVINA ISSUE, BUT SINCE BRIAN SURROUNDS HIMSELF WITH
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A NEVER ENDING PARADE OF MALCONTENTS THAT HE BRINGS INTO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY CHANT AND THEY PROTEST, BUT THEY REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT.IT'S THE 40 AND 50 YEAR OLDS THAT ARE ON THE CAMPUS THAT ARE USING WEAPONS TO TRY AND FURTHER THEIR AN ANTISEMITISM.
I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE EVER GONNA GET TO THAT POINT IN AMERICA.
RYAN, I WANNA GIVE YOU CONDOLENCES.
YOUR PRESIDENT WAS KILLED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH YESTERDAY.
I KNOW HOW MUCH THAT PROBABLY AFFECTED YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE SO ANTI-AMERICAN AND ANTI WEST COVINA, BECAUSE IF YOU WEREN'T, YOU WOULD'VE NEVER VOTED TO DEFUND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT YOU WERE THE ONE TO HONOR THE POLICE RECENTLY DURING POLICE WEEK.
I, I, I JUST, I WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE POLICE OFFICERS GETTING ANYTHING FROM YOU.
UH, WHAT ELSE? ISN'T IT A SHAME WHEN SOMEBODY SHOWS UP TO A FUNDRAISER AND THEN MAKES A TOTAL ASS OF THEMSELVES? ISABELLE FULMER, FOLLOWED BY DOUG.
GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS ISABEL FULMER, AND IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU AS MISS SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TEEN USA 2024.
REPRESENTING THIS CITY HAS THE CALIFORNIA TEEN, UM, REPRESENTING THE CITY AT THE CALIFORNIA TEEN USA PAGEANT IN JUNE.
I'M ALSO A PROUD RESIDENT OF COVINA, ATTENDING THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT SINCE FIRST GRADE THROUGH THE DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM AT ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY.
I'M CURRENTLY PROMOTING FROM EIGHTH GRADE AND WILL BE ATTENDING AN EARLY COLLEGE ACADEMY WHERE I CAN EARN MY AA DEGREE IN HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BY MY SENIOR YEAR.
AS WE APPROACH THE END OF MAY, IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH.
TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE MY PERSONAL INITIATIVE, EMPIRE MINDS FINANCIAL LITERACY TO INSPIRE GENERATIONS.
I BEGAN MY QUEST TO HELP BRING AWARENESS OF FINANCIAL LITERACY TWO YEARS AGO AT THE AGE OF 12, STUDIES SHOW THAT 72% OF AMERICANS CITE MONEY MATTERS AS MAJOR STRAINS ON THEIR MENTAL HEALTH.
THIS ISSUE IS PARTICULARLY PREVALENT IN MY GENERATION, GEN Z, WHICH HAS THE LOWEST FINANCIAL LITERACY RATE AT ONLY 28%.
THIS STATISTIC IS ALARMING BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS THE RISK TO THE FUTURE FINANCIAL STABILITY OF OUR COUNTRY AND UNDERSCORES THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT OF FINANCIAL STRESS ON OUR MENTAL HEALTH.
THIS IS A CLEAR CORRELATION BETWEEN FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUCH AS STRESS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION.
EMPIRE MINDS WAS BORN DURING THE COVID TO 19 PANDEMIC.
MY PARENTS, BOTH HARDWORKING PROFESSIONALS, A TEACHER AND A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, DECIDED TO LEARN A NEW SKILL AND WORK AS A TEAM TO HELP OTHERS WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE.
I OFTEN OVERHEARD THEM ON ZOOM CALLS, CONSULTING WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN ALL AGES ABOUT USING CREDIT WISELY, SAVING EFFECTIVELY, MANAGING EVENT INVESTMENTS, AND HANDLING EVERYDAY BANK ACCOUNTS.
THESE INDIVIDUALS FREQUENTLY EXPRESS REGRET ABOUT NOT LEARNING THESE SKILLS IN SCHOOL.
IT MADE ME QUESTION WHY FINANCIAL LITERACY ISN'T A MORE INTEGRAL PART OF OUR EDUCATION WHEN IT IS A SKILL A HUNDRED PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS WILL NEED.
IN RESPONSE, I TOOK ACTION AND JOINED THE TEEN TASK FORCE OF CARE FINANCIAL GROUP, AN ORGANIZATION FOUNDED BY BANKRUPTCY LAWYERS TO TEACH PEOPLE BETTER FINANCIAL PRINCIPLES AND HELP THEM AVOID BANKRUPTCY IN THE FUTURE.
LOS ANGELES GOES INTO SCHOOLS AND DOES PRESENTATIONS ABOUT A VARIETY OF FINANCIAL TOPICS, HELPING STUDENTS GAIN ESSENTIAL SKILLS IN MANAGING THEIR FINANCES.
I HAVE ALSO PARTNERED WITH NAMI, THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND LOS ANGELES CHAPTERS ATTENDING THEIR ANNUAL MENTAL HEALTH FESTIVAL AND WORKING TOWARDS BECOMING AN AMBASSADOR.
I'M HONORED TO SHARE THAT NAMI HAS ASKED ME TO SPEAK AT NEXT YEAR'S EVENT AND TAKE A MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN THEIR ORGANIZATION.
FINANCIAL LITERACY IS A CRUCIAL, FINANCIAL LITERACY IS CRUCIAL IN BREAKING THE CYCLE OF GENERATIONAL POVERTY AND IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH OUTCOMES.
BY EQUIPPING STUDENTS WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS NEEDED TO MANAGE THEIR FINANCES EFFECTIVELY.
WE CAN REDUCE FINANCIAL STRESS AND ITS ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, BUILDING A MORE FINANCIALLY STABLE AND MENTALLY HEALTHY FUTURE FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, THROUGH MY DUAL LANGUAGE PROGRAM, I'VE LEARNED SPANISH AND HOPE TO USE IT EVEN MORE FOR THE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT HAS TAKEN A VILLAGE TO RAISE ME INTO THE PERSON I AM TODAY.
AND MANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE FROM THIS VERY COMMUNITY.
I'M SO GRATEFUL AND PROUD TO BE FROM THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
I WANT OUR COMMUNITY TO BE BETTER PREPARED FINANCIALLY, HELPING TO REDUCE
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STRESS, ANXIETY, AND DEPRESSION IN THE FUTURE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
I LOOK FORWARD TO COLLABORATING WITH THE BOARD AND THE COMMUNITY TO PROMOTE FINANCIAL LITERACY AND MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
I HOPE TO MAYBE HAVE A DESIGNATED FINANCIAL LITERACY DAY IN THE FUTURE.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING TODAY? I JUST WANT TO ANNOUNCE, UM, ONE IN ALL CHURCH IS DOING A GIVEAWAY THIS SATURDAY AT CAMERON PARK IN THE PARKING LOT FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, IT IS A FREE FOOD GIVEAWAY, SO IF YOU ARE IN NEED RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, LAST MONTH WE GAVE ABOUT 650 FAMILIES MEALS, UM, FAMILY MEALS OUT.
UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 700 THIS, UM, SATURDAY.
SO CAMERON PARK, EIGHT O'CLOCK OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE IN NEED, PLEASE COME.
NO FURTHER SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
UM, CITY MANAGER, MAY YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS.
UH, THERE'S SOME COMMENT OR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE BUDGET.
UM, AS WE INDICATED, UH, IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, UM, OUR NUMBER OF OFFICERS, WE HAVE BUDGETED ONE OH TWO, A HUNDRED AND TWO.
UM, THAT NUMBER IS WHAT WE'RE BUDGETED FOR.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT'S HOW MANY OFFICERS WE HAVE IN OUR AGENCY BECAUSE IT FLUCTUATES.
AS WE ARE RECRUITING TO BRING OFFICERS ON BOARD, THERE'S A PROCESS, WHETHER THEY'RE LATERAL OR NEW HIRE, THERE'S TRAINING, UH, AND THERE'S TIMING THAT, UM, TO BRING THEM ON BOARD.
IN ADDITION, AS OFFICERS, UH, RETIRE OR MOVE TO OTHER AGENCIES, THEN WE HAVE TO FILL THOSE POSITIONS.
SO IT'S ALWAYS A FLUCTUATING NUMBER, BUT WE ARE BUDGETED FOR 102.
UM, THE, UH, BUDGET DOESN'T, DOES INCLUDE THE PAY RAISES THAT ARE PART OF THE MOUS THAT DO NOT EXPIRE, THAT GO PAST THE JUNE 30TH, 2024 DATE.
UH, IT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THOSE MOUS, UH, MEMO, UH, WITH THE BARGAINING UNITS THAT EXPIRED JUNE 30TH, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THOSE BARGAINING GROUPS.
SO WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THOSE, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE.
AND AT THAT POINT IT WOULD BE SPECULATION.
UM, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE, LIKE I SAID, THE RAISES FOR THE, UM, MOUS PAST JUNE AND ALSO FOR THE ANNUAL EVALUATION INCREASES THAT, UM, EMPLOYEES ARE SUBJECT TO.
SO THE BUDGET DOESN'T ACCOUNT FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN I KNOW THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WE SPENT OUR UP ARPA MONEY.
UM, THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET.
AND SO YOU CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT WHERE WE SPENT ALL $19 MILLION.
WE'RE STILL SPENDING SOME OF THAT, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAME TO THE COUNCIL AND WE DID SHARE HOW WE WERE GONNA ALLOCATE ALL OF THAT MONEY AND WHERE IT WENT AND OR WHERE IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED.
UM, WANTED TO THANK LORRAINE, UH, FOR THE LOVELY UPDATES ON, UH, THE ROTARY EVENTS AND FOR SHARING ALL THE WONDERFUL, UH, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES YOU'RE PROVIDING, UH, INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, OTHER COMMUNITIES IS, I THINK THERE WAS A PROGRAM IN TJ YOU SAID.
AND UM, AND THEN, UH, FOR THE INDIVIDUAL THAT SPOKE ON ELECTRIC BIKES, ON SIDEWALKS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO BE DOING.
SO IF YOU SEE AN ELECTRIC BIKE ON ONE OF OUR SIDEWALKS, PLEASE CALL OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT
UM, UH, BILL, BOTH, UH, BILL AND BILL
AND WE ALWAYS LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HEAR NICE WORDS, UH, FOR OUR STAFF MEMBERS THAT DO THEIR JOB EVERY DAY ARE DEDICATED AND PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.
UM, AND THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO, UH, ISABEL
I THINK I, I HEARD IT RIGHT, MISS SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
UM, SO THAT'S WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING.
UM, FINANCIAL LITERACY YES, IS NOT TAUGHT IN SCHOOLS.
AND SO IF WE CAN HELP, UH, FURTHER THAT EDUCATION, UM, THERE'S A WAY TO COLLABORATE, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN DOUG, THANKS FOR SHARING THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE GIVEAWAY.
IT'S ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, SO IF PEOPLE WANT MORE INFORMATION, THEY CAN LOOK IT UP.
AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS.
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IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UM, MR. MAYOR, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, SEVEN, PLEASE.ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, I'D LIKE TO PULL, I, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
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ONE THROUGH SEVEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER FIVE AND SEVEN, I MOVE THE MOTION, I'M SORRY.I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VITO, TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FIVE AND SEVEN.
COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VITO AYE.
ITEMS PAST FIVE ZERO, MAYOR? YES.
[5) ANNUAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL POLICIES]
SO I, I, UH, HAD A, A CONCERN, I, I UNDERSTAND A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UM, WHEN WE WENT FROM 50%, UH, TO 40% FOR THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, BECAUSE IT WENT TO VEHICLES, AND I CONSIDER THAT PART OF INFRASTRUCTURE.UM, I, I AM CONCERNED THOUGH NOW THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO CUT THAT DOWN TO 25%.
UM, AND SO CAN YOU MAYBE SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ON THAT AND, AND IF WE'RE, IF WE HAVE A TIMETABLE TO THEN REVISIT THIS AND, AND MAYBE GET IT BACK TO, UM, THE 50% OR, OR 40% WITH THE 10% FOR VEHICLES? YES.
STEPHANIE SIGMA, FINANCE DIRECTOR AT, SO JUNE 30TH, 2024, OUR SELF-INSURANCE FUNDS, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH GENERAL LIABILITY AND WORKERS' COMP, WERE NEGATIVE ABOUT 6.3 MILLION.
SO ESSENTIALLY, WHILE WE LEFT THOSE FUNDS, NEGATIVE, IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND WE ACTUALLY HAD TO PAY OUT, IT WOULD COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO SEEING THAT NEGATIVE HOLE THAT WASN'T THERE THE YEAR BEFORE, THAT'S WHY WE PROPOSED SWITCHING WHERE WE REARRANGED THE EXCESS FUNDING FROM LAST YEAR.
WE HAD PUT ABOUT 1.5 MILLION IN THE CIP BASED ON HOW IT'S TRENDING THIS YEAR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE REALLY ANYTHING TO DISTRIBUTE FROM THOSE PERCENTAGES.
UH, BUT THAT'S WHY STAFF DID THAT BECAUSE IT, IT IS, THERE WAS ALL THE OTHER PERCENTAGES ARE SO SMALL ALREADY, SO THE ONLY PLACE TO TAKE TO FROM WAS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND.
THAT FUND NORMALLY, UH, GOES TOWARDS MORE OF THE INTERNAL PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS LIKE CITY HALL AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WHILE THOSE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT, UM, SO IS OUR LIABILITIES THAT ARE NEGATIVE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY, UH, STAFF IS MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
YEAH, NO, AND, AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND.
I, I THINK, UH, JUST, JUST MY, MY CONCERN, UM, WOULD BE THAT I, I DEFINITELY DO WANT US, UH, TO HAVE THIS, UH, IF IT, IF IT PASSES TONIGHT, WHICH I, I, I, I FEEL IT WOULD THAT, THAT IT COMES BACK TO US IN A YEAR.
IT'S AN ANNUAL REVIEW, SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK.
UH, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I, I THINK THE FACT WE, WE HAVE BEEN SPENDING A LOT MORE ON INFRASTRUCTURE FOR, 'CAUSE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE PUT INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE SIDE, AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN A PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL, AND I'D HATE TO SEE US GO GOING BACK TO, UM, THIS IDEA OF, OF RUNNING EVERYTHING TO FAILURE.
UH, SO I WILL, I WILL GO AHEAD THEN AND, AND MOVE THE MOTION.
I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR CBA, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CONTOS FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, WHICH IS THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF FINANCIAL POLICIES.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, COUNCILMAN
[7) CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK REGARDING PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2024-25 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET]
CONTOS.UH, FIRST OF ALL, STEPHANIE, I, I REALLY WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU AND OUR STAFF FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET AND FOR HAVING THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS.
AND, UH, IT, IT PROVIDED THE COMM, UH, COMMUNITY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO GET CLARIFYING ANSWERS FROM YOU.
UH, THE, THE THING THAT I WAS, UM, UM, WONDERING ABOUT IS WITH REGARD TO THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING LIVE, UH, TO BE THERE, UH, BECAUSE IT WASN'T, UH, RECORDED, UM, OR, OR OR OTHERWISE TELEVISED, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT ABLE PHYSICALLY TO BE THERE DON'T REALLY KNOW THE DETAILS THAT YOU, THAT YOU SHARED DURING THOSE TWO MEETINGS.
AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT, UH, THOSE WHO WERE THERE, UH, HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HEAR THE CONTEXT OF, OF THE, OF THE BUDGET AND WHAT WAS DEDICATED TO WHICH ITEMS. AND ALSO TO ASK
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PROCESS-WISE, HOW, UH, OUR STAFF CAME TO THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IT DID.AND SO, UM, WHAT I'M WONDERING IS, UH, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD MIND OUR MOVING THIS ITEM, JUST ONE MEETING, JUST TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY, UH, TO JUST THE NEXT MEETING.
AND SO BE, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE ONE MORE COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WOULD BE TELEVISED, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IF PEOPLE HAD ANY INPUT, THEY'D BE ABLE TO DO IT.
AND I'VE ALREADY CHECKED AND IT'S FEASIBLE TO DO IT, LET'S SAY EVEN BY MONDAY OR, OR SOMETIME SOON BEFORE NEXT COUNCIL.
SO THERE'D BE TIME FOR STAFF TO, TO, UH, RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THOSE WHO MAY ABLE TO, WHO MAY SEE THE, THE, UH, MEETING TELEVISED.
IT WOULD SORT OF BE A REPEAT OF THE OTHER MEETINGS FOR, SO FOR, FOR THOSE WHO WERE NOT ABLE TO BE THERE, UM, AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE BUDGET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO OPTIMIZE AND SUPPORT A FULL TRANSPARENCY AND KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT, BUT ALSO TO OPTIMIZE ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO WERE, UH, NOT ABLE TO BE THERE IN PERSON.
IF, IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY, UH, TO, UM, UH, MOVE THAT BACK, UH, JUST BY LITERALLY TWO WEEKS, UH, JUST FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
JUST SO, SO THAT THE NEXT MEETING, UH, CAN BE TELEVISED, UH, OR RECORDED, HOWEVER WAY THAT WORKS SO THAT, UM, PEOPLE CAN THEN HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE FEEDBACK.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE NEXT TIME AROUND, THEN IF, AFTER THAT'S DONE, EVERYONE WILL, WILL HAVE AN, WILL HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO WEIGH IN WHO, WHO COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON, UM, OR FOR, FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
AND THEN, AND THAT WAY THEN WE CAN, WE CAN VOTE ON THE BUDGET.
WOULD THERE BE ANY, I'M JUST WONDERING WITH THE, UM, MADAM CITY MANAGER, WILL THERE BE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT BY DE A DELAY OF TWO WEEKS? SO IF I CAN CLARIFY, WE HAVE IT SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 4TH TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
ARE YOU ASKING TO MOVE IT TO THE SECOND MEETING, WHICH I THINK IS, OH, WELL, IF IT'S OKAY.
WELL, IF IT'S GOING TO BE FOR THE NE OKAY.
SO WOULD THERE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE UP FOR THE NEXT MEETING ANYWAY.
I'M, UH, THEN CAN WE, CAN WE HAVE ONE MORE, UM, ME, UM, MEETING, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, WITH IT, IT BEING RECORDED, UH, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN, CAN SEE, UM, AND, AND ASK QUESTIONS AND SO FORTH.
I, I DON'T WHETHER IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VIRTUAL MEETING SO PEOPLE CAN COME ON OR WHATEVER.
SO, UH, IS THAT PO IS THAT DOABLE LOGISTICALLY, LIKE WE'VE DONE, I'M SORRY IF I CAN CLARIFY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARTOS, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING BETWEEN NOW AND JUNE 4TH, UM, AND HAVE IT TELEVISED? YES.
JUST, JUST TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD TRY TO ACCOMMODATE.
'CAUSE THE AGENDAS GO OUT, UH, NEXT WEDNESDAY, AND SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO DO IT EITHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT MONDAY.
SO THAT'S A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND.
UM, WE COULD TRY TO COORDINATE SOMETHING.
WE'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH STAFF.
AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'D HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO NOTICE IT TO THE RESIDENTS TO REALLY GET THE, THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND INVOLVEMENT AND PARTICIPATION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE OTHER THING WOULD BE IF YOU'D, WE COULD MOVE THE, UH, BUDGET FROM THE JUNE 4TH TO THE JUNE 18TH MEETING.
THAT WOULD GIVE US MORE TIME TO OKAY.
ACCOMMODATE AN ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND IF WE WERE TO DO THAT AND JUST, JUST TO MOVE IT, UM, WOULD IT, WOULD THERE BE AN ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE PROCESS IF WE HAD IT ON THE, ON, ON THE CALENDAR FOR JUNE 18TH? UM, THE ONLY ADVERSE ACTION WOULD BE IF, UH, DID NOT GET APPROVED ON THE JUNE 18TH, AND WE'D BE GOING INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR WITHOUT AN APPROVED BUDGET.
SO MAY I ASK THAT WE MOVE IN, IN LIGHT OF THAT WITH FEASIBILITY THAT WE, THAT WE MOVE WITH THIS ITEM TO JUNE THE, THE 18TH.
UM, IN LIGHT OF WHAT I'VE DESCRIBED, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM JUST TO TILL, UH, TILL JUNE THE 18TH, AT WHICH TIME WE CAN VOTE ON, ON THE BUDGET, UH, BE BEFORE, UM, WE TAKE THAT MOTION.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIRO HAD YES.
UM, WAS THERE A REASON WHY IT WASN'T TELEVISED? I KNOW LAST YEAR, OR USUALLY EVERY YEAR THEY, THEY HAVE IT LIVE FEED.
IT WASN'T, WE DIDN'T TELEVISE IT THIS YEAR.
THE INTENT WAS, UM, WE CAN TELEVISE IT.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS IS TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT.
AND SO IT'S THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM THE RESIDENTS ATTENDING AND PARTICIPATING IN THOSE, UH, MEETINGS.
AND, AND, UH, I, I, I, I THINK, AND, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS TO, TO HAVE FOLKS HERE AND, AND TO GIVE THEIR INPUT IN PERSON.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THE CAMERA CAN DO THINGS TO FOLKS WHEN THEY GOT THE MIC, SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
UM, CAN WE RE REPEAT THE MOTION FOR,
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FOR EVERYONE? YES.I HAVE A MOTION TO DELAY THE BUDGET APPROVAL TO JULY 18, UH, JUNE 18TH, SO THAT THERE CAN BE ANOTHER COMMUNITY MEETING TELEVISED.
I HAD A COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIRO.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE ATTENDANCE WAS VERY LOW.
I MEAN, IT WASN'T EVEN A DOZEN, IT WASN'T EVEN A HANDFUL.
AND SO, AND I KNOW STATISTICALLY TRADITIONALLY, EVERY YEAR WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET WORKSHOP, THE, I GUESS BECAUSE IT'S SO DRY, THE MATERIAL IS JUST SO HARD AND THEY'RE BORED.
AND THIS IS TRUTHFULLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY AND RESIDENTS AND FAMILIES RATHER SPEND TIME OUTSIDE.
I JUST DIDN'T WANNA WASTE TIME FOR HAVING SUCH A LOW ATTENDANCE AGAIN.
UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS ONLY TOTAL EIGHT RESIDENTS AND COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S PART OF, WELL, AND HE IS A RESIDENT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES A NINE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE SECOND ONE, IT WAS A TOTAL OF 10.
SO REALLY FOR TWO BUDGET, WE HAD ONLY 18.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF RESIDENT, I MEAN, IF THERE IS A NEED, I'M FOR THE NEED.
UM, BUT IF, IF IT'S JUST, I JUST DIDN'T WANNA WASTE CITY'S TIME AND ENERGY WHEN WE COULD PUT THAT ON OTHER, YOU KNOW, USES.
UM, BUT IF, IF, UH, COUNCILMAN CANTOS, IF YOUR RESIDENTS ARE SAYING, I REALLY WANTED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING SO BAD, YOU KNOW, I WANNA SEE IT.
BUT YEAH, IF I MAY, IT WAS ALSO A LOT OF THE SAME PEOPLE AT BOTH MEETINGS.
SO IN MY HEAD, AND, UM, GENERALLY IF, UM, SOMETHING'S NOT ONLINE ON TIME OR IT DIDN'T GET BROADCAST FOR FINANCE RELATED THINGS, MY OFFICE HEARS FROM IT.
AND I, I DID NOT HEAR OF ANY, I WAS LOOKING TO WATCH THE BUDGET AND DIDN'T SEE IT ONLINE.
UM, I, UNLESS CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAD RECEIVED ANY, UM, NORMALLY LIKE FOR AUDIT COMMITTEE OR OTHER THINGS, IF IT'S NOT UP LIKE THE NEXT MORNING I HEAR ABOUT IT.
UM, I DID NOT, I DID NOT HEAR ABOUT IT.
SO, BUT OF COURSE, IF COUNSEL MAYOR PRO, AND, UH, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE MY CONCERNS.
I HAVE MY CONCERN BECAUSE WE, IF WE DO NOT HAVE THE BUDGET, OKAY.
PASS, AND GOD FORBID WE MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION.
DETAIL WE STUDY AND, UH, WE WANT TO POSTPONE TO NEXT MEETING TO GET SOME OF THE INFORMATION.
SO I THINK THE CUSHION ON THE SECOND MEETING ON JUNE IS FOR SAFETY REASON.
SO, SO I REALLY, IF THE ATTEN ATTENDANCE IS SUCH AS A LOW, THERE'S REALLY NO POINT OKAY.
TO REALLY TO DRAG THIS AND PLAYING.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO FORCE TO APPROVE BY END OF THE JUNE, THE SECOND MEETING.
SO I THINK IF WE CAN, IN THE FIRST MEETING TO DISCUSS, AT LEAST WE CAN GO TO SOME DETAIL.
MAYBE WE HAVE A AGREEMENT DISAGREEMENT, SO WE STILL HAVE CAN WORK ON THAT FOR THE SECOND MEETING, UH, IN THAT WAY.
I REALLY DON'T WANNA GO THROUGH 2018 THAT WE WENT THROUGH SO MANY, SO MANY OF THE BUDGETING AND WE CAN NOW APPROVE, AND THAT'S A NIGHTMARE.
SO HOPEFULLY, BUT, BUT IN THAT WAY, JUST FOR SOME PEOPLE, THEY JUST WANT TO OKAY.
IN ON TV, I THINK THAT POTENTIALLY KIND OF, UH, TROUBLESOME, IF I COULD CITY MANAGER MORALES, IF I COULD ALSO ADD THE BUDGET IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW ON THE WEBSITE.
SO PEOPLE DO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO REVIEW IT, AND THEN IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN CALL STAFF, THEY CAN COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, SO THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE THAT MAY FEEL VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR BUDGET, UM, TO PROVIDE COMMENT AND FEEDBACK.
UM, OUTSIDE OF THOSE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, WE DID HAVE A SURVEY, A BUDGET SURVEY DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, UM, THAT WAS AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO, TO PARTICIPATE IN.
SO, UM, WE DO TRY TO GET COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DRY SUBJECT, SO MAYBE THAT'S WHY THE TURNOUT'S ONLY
WOULD, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO DO JUST LIKE A, A SOCIAL MEDIA WITH, WITH, WITH, WITH OUR BUDGET AND THEN OUR EMAILS AND PEOPLE CAN, IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS, IF THEY STILL HAVE PRIORITIES AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, HEY, HERE'S THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE HIGHLIGHT IT ON THE WEBSITE, UH, AND THEN THEY CAN STILL CONTACT ALL OF US.
WE PUT ALL OUR CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO IF FOLKS FEEL LIKE THEY STILL NEED MORE TO SAY OR THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO? YES, WE CAN DO THAT.
SO I DO HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND
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A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO MOVE THE BUDGET TO, UH, JUNE 18TH AND HOLD A COMMUNITY MEETING.IN THE MEANTIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, ROLE FOR THAT.
SO DO I, SO THEN I WILL CHANGE MINE TO NO.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, SOLE MOVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MIN, UH, EXCUSE ME, BY MAYOR PRO WU, AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, VITO, TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, AS IS CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK REGARDING PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 25 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET.
[8) CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE]
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.IS THERE A NOMINATION FROM THE COUNCIL? I, UH, WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE RAFAEL CASTON.
IS THERE A SECOND? I WILL SECOND, BUT I WANT TO ADD ON, ON THE, THE, THERE IS, YEAH.
UH, I, I DID, I I SAW THE APPLICATIONS.
AND AGAIN, I KNOW WHEN WE GET APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN, THEY THINK IT'S A FULL-TIME PART-TIME JOB, AND, AND THEY EVEN PUT THEIR RATES OF WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY UNDERSTAND OR SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A VOLUNTEER POSITION OR A STIPEND.
BUT THERE IS ONE CANDIDATE THAT I, UH, I, I KNOW THOSE, SHE DID PUT LIKE REGULAR PART-TIME, YOU KNOW, OR PER DIEM.
UM, I, SHE HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL AS WELL.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM THAT I'D LIKE FOR HER TO, UH, SHE GOES TO, UM, UH, UC.
AND, UH, SHE GIVES A CPA AND YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO PUT HER AS AN, UH, AUDIT ALTERNATIVE, BUT, UM, I, I AM NOT SURE IF SHE'S ALSO AWARE, LIKE I SAID, ALL THE OTHER CANDIDATES EXCEPT ONE WAS REQUESTING PAY.
LIKE, OR LIKE, LIKE IT'S A, A REGULAR JOB.
IT'S, AND, AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE, IT'S A, I DON'T THINK THEY UNDERSTAND.
IT'S NOT A REGULAR JOB, BUT IF SHE CAN BE, UH, SPOKEN TO, BUT, UH, I'D STILL LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD TO NOMINATE RAFAEL CASTON AND JALYN AS A ALTERNATIVE.
I, I WILL SECOND, BUT I REVIEW ALL FOUR PERSON, TWO PERSON.
THEY WANT TO GET PAID AN, UH, ANNUAL SALARY.
HOW MUCH THIS THAT, BUT MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS MORE LIKE A VOLUNTEER JOB.
30 SOME YEARS IN THE RETAIL MANAGERS.
SO POSSIBLE CAN LOOK INTO THE BUSINESS OF OUR OKAY.
SO SHE IS QUALIFIED LOOKING THE NUMBER, SO WE NEED TO MAYBE, BUT, UH, SHE'S KIND OF LOOKING FOR INTERNSHIP.
LOOKING FOR, SO MAYBE OUR FINANCIAL DIRECTOR CAN USING HER AND BY, AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN USE HER AS A ALTERNATE FOR OUR AUDIT COMMITTEE.
LET THESE YOUNG PEOPLE TO STUDY STEP INTO THE, THE REAL WORLD OF, UH, OKAY.
FINANCE AND THE CITY CT BUDGET BUSINESS.
SO I SECOND, AND THAT'S IF SHE'S WILLING, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE CANDIDATES, WHEN THEY PUT IN AND WE NOMINATE THEM, THEY SAID, OH, IT'S NOT A REGULAR JOB.
SO THERE, WHEN YOU SAY ALTERNATE, SO IF YOUR FIRST BIG MR. CASTON IS NOT AVAILABLE TO BE ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, YOU WOULD THEN LIKE TO GO TO THE ALTERNATE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ.
VITO A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM WU TO NOMINATE RAPHAEL CAST, UH, TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE.
AND IF HE IS NOT AVAILABLE, THEN JOCELYN RODRIGUEZ.
[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]
IT IS TIME FOR CITY COUNCIL REPORTS AB 1, 2, 3, 4, CONFERENCE AND MEETING REPORTS.[01:30:01]
UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? OH, I WAS HOPING YOU'D GO FIRST.WELL, WELL WANTED REPORT ON OUR, GOING TO THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF SHOPPING CENTERS.
IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE.
UH, WE WENT FROM MEETING TO MEETING TO MEETING TO MEETING.
WE JUST WENT ALL OVER THE PLACE AND WE GOT MORE THAN OUR 10,000 STEPS DURING THE, FOR THE DAY
AND SO WE, WE MET WITH DIFFERENT PROPERTY DEVELOPERS IN, IN THE CITY.
WE BROUGHT UP DIFFERENT CONCERNS, UH, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, UH, SAFETY, LET'S SAY AND MAY, AND JUST CHECKING ON THE RE UH, ON, ON THE, ON THE BUSINESS OWNERS AND SO FORTH.
WE ALSO HEARD FROM BUSINESSES WHO WANT TO, UH, UH, COME HERE.
AND SO IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY EXHAUSTING BUT PRODUCTIVE, UH, UH, UH, CONFERENCE.
AND, AND, UM, THE MAYOR WAS A WONDERFUL AMBASSADOR FOR US AS, AND, AND WE HAD, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, WITH US.
AND, AND, UH, JOANNE BURNS WAS REALLY INCREDIBLE AND ALL, AND THE STAFF WITH, WITH KAREN COE HAVING ORGANIZED THINGS, I HOPE I DIDN'T MISS ANYBODY WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, BUT THAT WHOLE, UH, UH, EFFORT, UH, WAS SO SEAMLESS BECAUSE OF OUR STAFF WHO REALLY MAXIMIZED EVERY MOMENT OF OUR TIME.
AND IT WAS ALSO GETTING, UH, GOOD TO, TO, UM, TO BE THERE WITH, WITH, WITH OTHERS, AND TO ALSO NETWORK WITH DIFFERENT, UH, OFFICIALS WHO ARE ELECTED THROUGHOUT FROM THROUGHOUT SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, UH, UH, EFFORT THERE.
UH, OUR ORGANIZATION WHERE WE MET WITH DIFFERENT ELECTED OFFICIALS THERE AND, AND, AND TO DISCUSS COLLABORATION, IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WORTH, WORTH THE EFFORT.
AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO, FOR US TO TALK ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THAT ONCE EVERYTHING FINALIZES.
BUT THERE'S A LOT THAT'S, THAT'S COMING AND, AND I, I, I'M JUST REALLY, UH, GRATEFUL THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET TO GO.
NO, I, I WANNA SECOND WHAT COUNCILMAN CONTOS JUST SAID THERE.
UH, UH, JOANNE BURNS AND, AND CITY, CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES SET UP, UH, SOME WONDERFUL MEETINGS.
AND, UH, ONE, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I I REALLY DID RECOGNIZE IS, IS HOW MANY RELATIONSHIPS, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER HAS.
UH, AND NO, AND, AND, AND THE, THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
AND IT'S, IT, AGAIN, IT IS, UH, A VALUE WHEN YOU HAVE OVER YEARS BUILT SO MANY RELATIONSHIPS WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT ENTITIES.
AND, AND ALSO HOW MANY FOLKS DID SET UP WANT, WANNA MEET WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND SAID, WE WANNA COME TO YOUR CITY AND CAN WE PLEASE HAVE A MEETING? CAN WE PLEASE GET, YOU KNOW, 15, 20 MINUTES? AND SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S JUST, UH, PROOF OF, OF THE GREAT WORK EVERYONE UP HERE ON THE DIOCESE HAS BEEN DOING.
UH, LIKE COUNCILMAN CONTOS SAID, WE DO HAVE HOPEFULLY SOME EXCITING STUFF TO ANNOUNCE IN THE FUTURE.
UH, I WILL, UH, ALLOW OUR, OUR, OUR CITY MANAGER MAYBE TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR EXPERIENCE AND, UH, YEAH, WHY DON'T I GIVE YOU THE FLOOR.
UM, IT WAS ONE OF THOSE WHERE LIKE, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS SAID IT WAS FROM MEETING TO MEETING.
UH, UM, BUT I THINK IT WAS VERY PRODUCTIVE.
WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD UPDATES ON SOME OF THE BIG CENTERS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T SAY EXACTLY WHAT, BUT, UH, SOME GOOD INFORMATION ON THE EASTLAND CENTER, YOU KNOW, WALMART LEAVING IS A, UH, AN MAKES AN IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET THAT WE WERE GOING OVER TODAY.
AND SO, UM, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE SOME GOOD, UH, NEWS ON WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNER IS LOOKING TO DO WITH THE, UM, THAT SITE.
UM, BUT THEN ALSO MEETING WITH SOME PROSPECTIVE TENANTS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN WEST COVINA.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR JOB AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS TO MATCH, MAKE, PUT, YOU KNOW, UH, OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY AND PUT THOSE RESOURCES WITH THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE LOOKING TO COME IN THE CITY AND LOOK FOR THOSE SITES THAT WORK FOR THEM AND BRING THEM TO, TO OUR, TO OUR COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU, OUR RESIDENTS CAN HAVE MORE SERVICES, DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVICES.
UM, BUT YEAH, IT WAS A VERY BUSY DAY.
UM, UH, BUT IT'S ALWAYS, IT'S, IT'S FUN, BUT IT IS BUSY AND IT IS PRODUCTIVE.
AND AS, UH, OUR MAYOR MENTIONED, BUILDING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, EVEN IF YOU DON'T MAKE A DEAL ONE YEAR, UM, BUT CONTINUING TO FOSTER THAT RELATIONSHIP OVER THE YEARS AT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT CAN LEAD TO AND HAS LED TO, UM, PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENTS BEING BROUGHT TO WEST COVINA.
UH, ANY, UH, CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS? MAYOR PROAM WU? UM, I DON'T HAVE A REQUEST, I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.
I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR ATTEND, UH, THIS MEETING.
I THINK THIS IS KIND OF A REPRESENT THE CITY.
AND, UH, AND, UH, I WENT ONE TIME AND, UH, I WENT WITH OUR, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT TIME, LINA.
AND, UH, WE WENT ONE DAY WE IN, AND THEN WE WANT TO TARGET, UH, THE HOTEL THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.
AND, AND, UH, WE DIDN'T GET TOO MUCH LUCK.
[01:35:01]
I THINK THIS TIME TOTALLY DIFFERENT.I THINK THIS TIME I HEARD ABOUT A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WELCOME WITH COVINA.
AND PLUS, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOW PAULINA OVER THERE SINCE YOU WENT THERE 20 YEARS, 20 TIMES.
SO NOW EVERYBODY KNOW YOU ARE OUR CITY MANAGER, SO THEY ARE GONNA KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR.
AND PLUS THE CITY, LIKE THE MAYOR AND OUR COUNCILMAN WENT OVER THERE TOGETHER.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING REPRESENT WEST C AND THAT'S WHY THE ALL MEETING AND THEY GO TRY TO PROMOTE OUR CITY IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANNA BRING THEM TO OUR CITY.
SO WE'LL CREATE JOB, CREATE RESOURCE, CREATE REVENUE, CREATE TAXES SO WE CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR RESIDENT.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTEND.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, BUSY OVER THERE.
AND, UH, BESIDE A LOT OF FIELD, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WALK A LOT
IF I COULD ADD CITY YES, GO AHEAD.
IF I COULD ADD ONE THING, UM, THERE'S A COUPLE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT WE MET WITH THAT SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT WHEN WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES LIKE THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL ATTEND THESE MEETINGS AND GO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, IT SHOWS JUST HOW BUSINESS FRIENDLY THE CITY IS AND HOW PROACTIVE WE ARE IN BRINGING IN NEW BUSINESS TO THE CITY.
SO THEY SEE THE, THE TENANTS, THE, UH, DEVELOPERS DO SEE A VALUE TO HAVING OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ATTEND.
COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UM, WANTED TO ALSO, UH, CO UH, COMPLIMENT OUR CITY MANAGER.
UH, I THINK THAT WE, WE WOULD'VE PROBABLY, UH, HAD EVEN MORE MEETINGS WITH THE 12 THAT WE HAD, HAD WE NOT HAD TO STOP EVERY SEVERAL FEET WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO HUG OUR CITY MANAGER.
SO, AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST REALLY JUST VERY IMPRESSED AND SO JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO HER, FOR HER LEADERSHIP AND, AND TO JOANNE FOR ALL OF HERS.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
OH, ARE WE ON? YES.COUNCIL METOS, UM, SWITCHING GEARS, UM, I'M WONDERING IF, IF THE CITY MANAGER CAN, UH, CAN, UH, INSTRUCT THE POLICE CHIEF TO LOOK INTO AN APPARENT INCREASE IN GRAFFITI ACTIVITY.
THERE ARE, I'VE GOTTEN INTELLIGENCE REPORTS THAT THERE ARE THREE RIVAL GANG MEMBERS.
I'M NOT GOING TO NAME THEM HERE, BUT I'LL PROVIDE THEM.
BUT THERE ARE THREE, UH, GANG, UH, RIVAL GANG MEMBERS THAT ARE, UH, TAGGING, UH, IN, IN, UH, AROUND THE CITY AND CROSSING EACH OTHER'S, UH, UH, UH, TAGS OUT AND THAT, THAT CAN LEAD POTENTIALLY TO VIOLENCE IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE REALLY, UH, I CAN WE, UM, CAN YOU, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT THE CITY MANAGER IMMEDIATELY, UH, UM, INSTRUCT THE POLICE CHIEF TO, TO, UH, GET ON THIS AND ALSO TO ASSEMBLE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, FOLKS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ALSO HAVE EXPERTISE IN THIS.
I KNOW OF A FEW AND I'M, I CAN BRING THEM TO THE TABLE, BUT WE REALLY SHOULD NIP THIS IN THE BUTTER EARLY BEFORE THING, BEFORE SOMETHING HAPPENS.
UH, SINCE, UH, OUR COUNCILMAN CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, THE ISSUE UPON POLICE.
I JUST RECEIVED A PHONE CALL I REMEMBER, UH, THIS MORNING FROM OKAY.
OUR RESIDENT, ALSO THE BOARD MEMBER, UH, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER.
TALKING ABOUT CAR WASH BEHIND THE CARWASH.
WE HAVE IN CAMERON GROWING, SO, SO PLEASE HAVE OUR POLICE HOPING, LOOKING TO BEHIND THE CAR WASH IS HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP THOSE PEOPLE TO NOT CAMPING AROUND THERE AND FIND SOMEBODY OFFER SERVICE FOR THEM.
AND FROM OUR LATA, I THINK WE PAYING THEM QUARTER MILLION DOLLAR.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR US.
ALRIGHT, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO COUNCILMAN CONTOS REQUEST AND PERHAPS GET A SECOND AND SOME CONSENSUS.
YEAH, WE, WE, WE, WE DON'T WANT LATA TO DO OUTREACH.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY OTHER COUNCIL REQUESTS? ALRIGHT.
UH, SEEING NONE, UH, WE ARE ADJOURNED.