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          [CALL TO ORDER]
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          GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 18TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          IT IS 7:04 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. 
          TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRY. 
          UH, I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, UH, AND IN HONOR OF OUR JUNETEENTH PROCLAMATION. 
          WE'LL ASK EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO STAND FOR, UH, THE SONG, LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING ALL RISE. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING, WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE SO RICHLY ENJOY IN OUR COUNTRY. 
          AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE GONE BEFORE US, FATHER THAT HAVE SERVED, AND MANY THAT HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES, THAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE FREEDOMS THAT WE'RE ENJOYING EVEN RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. 
          FATHER, REMEMBERING THE WORDS OF KING SOLOMON WHO SAID THAT WISDOM IS A PRINCIPLE THING. 
          WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE WISDOM TO OUR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND ALL THOSE IN AUTHORITY AND OUR COUNTRY, AND IN OUR STATE, AND IN OUR CITY. 
          HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND WE PRAY FOR THE PROSPERITY OF OUR BUSINESSES, FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          FATHER, FATHER, FOR OUR SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFE HAVENS WE PRAY, HEAVENLY FATHER, FOR ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          AND WE PRAY FOR THOSE IN OUR CITY THAT TODAY MAY BE GOING THROUGH CRISIS DIFFICULT TIMES. 
          FATHER, WE PRAY FOR PEOPLE AROUND THEM TO BE AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO THEM. 
          AND FATHER, HELP US TODAY TO GATHER TOGETHER IN A SPIRIT OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND HONOR FOR ONE ANOTHER AS WE GATHER AROUND THE ISSUES OF OUR CITY. 
          AND WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF ALL THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WEST. 
          COVINA THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU. 
          LIFT UP HIS NCE UPON YOU AND GRANT YOU HIS SHALOM. 
          PEACE. 
          GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS WEST COVINA. 
          IF YOU CAN'T TAKE OFF YOUR HATS, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. 
          READY? BEGIN AYE. 
          PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
          AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL STATE STANDING, DO WE HAVE THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK? UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. 
          I'M HEARING A LOT OF MEDALS, WHICH MUST MEAN WE HAVE SOME CHAMPIONS IN THE ROOM. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MAYOR . 
          COUNCILMAN CONTOS HERE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. 
          HERE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO. 
          PRESENT MAYOR PRO. 
          TIM WU. 
          HERE. 
          MAYOR CALDONE TABBA. 
          PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT. 
          MR. MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          [PRESENTATIONS]
IT IS TIME FOR SOME PRESENTATIONS. 
          TESTING. 
          TESTING. 
          BEAUTIFUL. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
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I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UH, COACH, UH, MARIO, UH, UH, MR. MARIO SALAZAR, COACH SANTOS CARDONA, UH, AND, UH, THE WEST COVINA FCG 2010, UH, OR 2010 SOCCER TEAM. 
          UH, IF YOU CAN, UH, COME UP, WE CAN ALL UP. 
          SO THIS TEAM, UH, RECENTLY WON THE PRESTIGIOUS CSL STATE CUP, HAS ACHIEVED BACK-TO-BACK LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS, DEMONSTRATING OUTSTANDING SKILL, DETERMINATION, AND SPORTSMANSHIP THROUGHOUT THEIR SEASONS. 
          THEIR DEDICATION NOT ONLY BRINGS PRIDE TO OUR CITY, BUT ALSO SERVES AS AN INSPIRATION TO YOUNG ATHLETES AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THE COUNCIL. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE YOUR ACHIEVEMENT, UH, WITH THE CERTIFICATE, ACKNOWLEDGING ALL YOUR HARD WORK. 
          UH, AS, AS A, AS A COACH MYSELF, UH, I UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH WORK GOES INTO WINNING CHAMPIONSHIPS, AND WE'RE SO VERY PROUD OF YOU. 
          SO IF YOU COULD, UH, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TEAM BEFORE WE HONOR EACH OF THEM INDIVIDUALLY. 
          UM, YES. 
          HI, MY NAME IS MARTHA. 
          I'M THE TEAM MANAGER. 
          I, OUR TEAM HAS BEEN TOGETHER, WHAT NOW? FIVE SEASONS. 
          FIVE SEASONS. 
          WE'VE PLAYED PROBABLY OVER 250 GAMES. 
          UM, SO THEY HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BE HERE, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THEM, AND WE HOPE THEY CONTINUE TO GROW AND KEEP PRACTICING AND JUST PLAY HARDER. 
          WE WANNA KEEP MOVING UP AND WIN MORE CHAMPIONSHIPS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU. 
          I'M, UM, CO SANTOS, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE GIRLS FOR ALL YOUR JOB. 
          BUT MOST I WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PARENTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BRING THEM HERE. 
          THEY'RE NOT HERE, BUT I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO THE PRESIDENT OF  WEST COVINA, AND THANK YOU FOR YOU BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO LET'S MEET, UH, THESE YOUNG ATHLETES. 
          SO, UH, AS I CALL YOUR NAME, IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME UP AND GET YOUR RECOGNITION AND, AND GET YOUR APPLAUSE. 
          UH, I RODRIGUEZ, ANDREA GLINDA, AUDREY GLINDA. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          ADRINA. 
          LIZ OLA. 
          AVA, BRENDA BELTRAN, BRIANNA BELTRAN, DIANA CARDONA, BRIANNA, BRIANNA RODRIGUEZ. 
          EMMA TAPIA. 
          ISABEL FLORES, JAYLEN GZA ALARZA. 
          MILA CAAS, NATALIA ANGULO, OLIVIA GONZALEZ, SUMMER CLAREMONT, SIDNEY SALAZAR, COACH SANTOS CARDONA. 
          AND THE TEAM. 
          2010 WEST COVINA GIRLS SOCCER TEAM. 
          SO IF I COULD GET, UH, YOU LADIES ON THAT SIDE AND, AND COACH, UH, WHO, WHO ARE THE CAPTAINS? WHERE'S OUR CAPTAIN AT STEP FORWARD, CAPTAIN. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CAPTAIN SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE TEAM. 
          WHO IS IT? WHO IS IT? UM, I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING AND, UM, FOR THE TEAM AND DOING, UM, LIKE DOING GOOD. 
          AND YEAH, , . 
          UM, GOOD JOB. 
          EASY. 
          UH, I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, ALL OF OUR, FOR ALL THE GIRLS THAT WORK HARD, WE ALL WORK HARD TO WIN IT. 
          AND WE ALL, UM, WORK AS A TEAM. 
          SO IT'S ALL TEAM EFFORT. 
          'CAUSE SOCCER IS NOT JUST ONE PERSON EFFORT. 
          UM, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND OUR TEAMWORK IS AMAZING AND I LOVE THE WAY WE BOND AND IT'S JUST AWESOME TO WATCH US PLAY. 
          THANK YOU GIRLS. 
          UM, 
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I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU PARENTS FOR TAKING THE KIDS TO THE GAMES AND, UM, FOR THE GIRLS, UH, WE HAD GOOD TEAMWORK AND WE MADE, UH, STATE CUP CHAMPIONS AND, YEAH. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WELL, I THINK YOU GUYS ARE USED TO TAKING PHOTOS, RIGHT? SO IF WE CAN, UH, SQUEEZE IN. 
          LET'S MOVE ALL THE WAY THERE. 
          YEAH, LET'S ALL COME OUT HERE. 
          SOME OF YOU ON THAT SIDE. 
          LET'S COME OVER. 
          IT'S DOWN THIS WAY. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          THERE. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          WE'RE GOOD. 
          . 
          1, 2, 3. 
          GIVE IT UP. 
          ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, IF ANYONE, UH, LOOKED AT THE AGENDA TODAY, UH, AND, AND LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATIONS, UH, YOU, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD'VE NOTICED, UH, THAT A A LOT OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, UH, ARE DEEPLY CONNECTED TO, TO, TO THINGS THAT I'M INVOLVED IN, RIGHT? SO, SO YOUTH, SPORTS AND COACHING. 
          UH, AND THIS NEXT ONE IS, IS CLOSEST TO MY HEART. 
          UH, I, I'VE BEEN, UH, A HISTORY TEACHER, UH, FOR, FOR OVER 20 YEARS MYSELF. 
          AND SO, UH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS TO, TO, TO BE IN THAT CLASSROOM AND, AND I HOPE ONE DAY TO HAVE THE IMPACT, UH, THAT MR. DAVID BEACONS HAS HAD. 
          UH, HE, HE DOESN'T KNOW THIS, BUT BUT PRIOR TO, TO ME BEING, UH, A ELECTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, SOME OF HIS FORMER STUDENTS, UM, CAME TO ME AND IT WAS THE LESSONS THAT HE TAUGHT THEM THAT MADE THEM GET INVOLVED IN OUR CITY, UH, MADE THEM WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. 
          RIGHT? NOT SIT BACK, NOT WAIT UNTIL, RIGHT. 
          THEY, THEY, THEY WERE OLDER. 
          NO, THIS, THIS WAS THEIR CITY. 
          THEY, THEY HAD AN OBLIGATION AND A RESPONSIBILITY, AND THEY GAVE OF THEIR TIME. 
          YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TEENAGERS THAT GAVE THOUSANDS OF HOURS OF THEIR FREE TIME TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR CITY. 
          AND, AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF WHAT MR. BEACONS HAD TAUGHT THEM. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, BEFORE I CALL YOU UP, I, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SHARE, UH, A LITTLE BIT, UH, ABOUT, UH, MR. DAVID BEACON. 
          UH, MR. DAVID BEACON'S A HISTORY TEACHER OR, OR, UH, YES. 
          UH, AT WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, AND IS SAID TO RETIRE. 
          I BELIEVE YOU'RE RETIRED NOW. 
          YES. 
          UM, AT THE END, UH, AND JUST AT THE END OF THIS PAST SCHOOL YEAR, UH, WORKING 35 YEARS AT WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, A FORMER STUDENT OF HIS WHO I KNOW VERY WELL, AND IF YOU EVER MEET THIS INDIVIDUAL, YOU'LL NEVER FORGET HIM EITHER. 
          MICHAEL SSO WROTE, UH, IN OP-ED IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY EVERYONE CAN READ IT. 
          BUT HERE, HERE'S A PIECE THAT HE WROTE, UM, HE SAID, I REALIZE THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING, MR. BEACON STUDENTS ARE THE RIPPLES OF HIS INFLUENCE ACROSS MULTIPLE GENERATIONS, THINKERS, ADVENTURERS, EDUCATORS, BUSINESS LEADERS, POETS AND ORGANIZERS, EACH SHARING A PIECE OF HIS LEGACY CONNECTED TO ONE MAN AND HIS DEDICATED VISION TO WANDER FREELY, ENDLESSLY LEARN, AND FOREVER CREATE. 
          AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MR. DAVID BEACONS UP TO THE FRONT SO WE AS A CITY CAN RECOGNIZE HIM, IF WE CAN GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND CONTRIBUTION, NOT ONLY TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BUT TO EVERY COMMUNITY THAT ONE OF YOUR 
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STUDENTS LIVES AND WORKS. 
          UH, IF YOU COULD, UH, SHARE SOME OF YOUR INSIGHT WITH, WITH ALL OF US. 
          WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, I, I A SURPRISE, UH, TO BE RECOGNIZED AND HONORED IN THIS WAY. 
          UM, THANK YOU, MIKE. 
          WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOU'RE PROBABLY WATCHING. 
          UH, THE, THE IMPORTANT THING IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED HERE IN 88, UH, THE MONIKER OF THE TOWN WAS THE CITY OF BEAUTIFUL TREES. 
          AND I REMEMBER THINKING, GOSH, IT IS BEAUTIFUL HERE. 
          BUT THEN I LEARNED AFTER ABOUT 5, 6, 7 YEARS THAT THE REAL BEAUTY OF THIS JOB AND THIS PLACE LIES IN THE COMMUNITY, THE FAMILIES, AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT TO THIS DAY, ARE WHAT MAKE THIS CITY SO REMARKABLE. 
          IT'S THE COMMITMENT AND THE PRIDE THAT PEOPLE HAVE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT MADE IT A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS MANY YEARS. 
          IT'S THREE DOZEN YEARS. 
          I, YOU KNOW, TAUGHT, YOU KNOW, WORLD HISTORY AND LEADERSHIP, AND I HAD A TERRIFIC, UH, OUTDOOR HIKING CLUB CALLED THE GEO CLUB THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE REMEMBER BEING A PART OF. 
          AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE IMPACTED, BUT I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT AND THE, THE, THE TREMENDOUS INTEREST OF THIS COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS, THE STUDENTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT TO BE HONORED. 
          UM, I THINK I SPEAK FOR THE TEACHERS OF THE WHOLE DISTRICT WHEN I SAY THERE'S NOTHING BETTER THAN TO BE HONORED BY THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IN THIS WAY, I MEAN, IT'S FANTASTIC. 
          BUT I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS SUCH A PLEASURE TO WORK FOR SUCH A WONDERFUL, HEARTFELT COMMUNITY RIGHT UP UNTIL MY LAST DAY. 
          I MEAN, HONESTLY, THERE WASN'T A BAD THING I COULD SAY ABOUT WEST COVE, AND I REALLY THANK YOU, THE COMMUNITY FOR MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO DO WHAT I DO AND DO IT WELL. 
          AND I ENJOYED ALL OF IT. 
          SO THANK YOU, . 
          THANK YOU. 
          APPRECIATE IT, EVERYBODY. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          OH, ALL RIGHT. 
          UM, CONTINUING WITH, WITH OUR THEME, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, INVITE, UH, AND I SAW SHE JUST WALKED IN, UH, MS. IRMA COOPER, PRESIDENT OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY NAACP TO THE FRONT. 
          YES. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, THE, THE, THE PRIVILEGES OF, OF, OF BEING ABLE TO, TO HAVE THE TITLE OF MAYOR IS, IS BEING ABLE TO HONOR FOLKS LIKE MR. DAVID BEACON, BUT, BUT ALSO TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, IMPORTANT, UH, EVENTS, IMPORTANT COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THIS PROCLAMATION TODAY, UH, TO PROCLAIM, UH, THE RECOGNITION OF JUNETEENTH, UH, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, AGAIN, IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS NECESSARY. 
          AND, AND SO JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU UNAWARE, UH, ON FREEDOM'S EVE OR THE EVE OF JANUARY 1ST, 1863, THE FIRST WATCH NIGHT SERVICES TOOK PLACE ON THAT NIGHT. 
          ENSLAVED AND FREE AFRICAN AMERICANS GATHERED IN CHURCHES AND PRIVATE HOMES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AWAITING NEWS THAT THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION HAD TAKEN EFFECT AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT. 
          PRAYERS WERE ANSWERED AS ALL ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN CONFEDERATE STATES WERE DECLARED. 
          LEGALLY FREE UNION SOLDIERS, MANY OF WHOM WERE BLACK, MARCHED ONTO PLANTATIONS AND ACROSS CITIES IN THE SOUTH, READING SMALL COPIES OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, SPREADING THE NEWS OF FREEDOM IN CONFEDERATE STATES, ONLY THROUGH THE 13TH AMENDMENT DID EMANCIPATION AND SLAVERY THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, BUT NOT EVERYONE IN CONFEDERATE TERRITORY WOULD IMMEDIATELY BE FREE. 
          EVEN THOUGH THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS MADE EFFECTIVE IN 1863, IT COULD NOT BE IMPLEMENTED IN PLACES STILL UNDER CONFEDERATE CONTROL. 
          AS A RESULT IN THE WESTERN MOST CONFEDERATE STATE OF TEXAS, ENSLAVED PEOPLE WOULD NOT BE FREE UNTIL MUCH LATER. 
          FREEDOM FINALLY CAME 
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ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, WHEN SOME 2000 UNION TROOPS ARRIVED IN GALVESTON BAY, TEXAS. 
          THE ARMY ANNOUNCED THAT THE MORE THAN 250,000 ENSLAVED BLACK PEOPLE IN THE STATE WERE FREE BY EXECUTIVE DECREE THIS DAY, CAME TO BE KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH BY THE NEWLY FREED BLACK PEOPLE IN TEXAS. 
          UH, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I THINK ABOUT, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR COUNTRY AND, AND WHAT MAKES THIS, UH, AN EXCEPTIONAL SPACE IS THE FACT THAT THE HOPE, RIGHT? THIS IS A COUNTRY OF HOPE. 
          THIS IS A COUNTRY WHERE WE HAVE IDEALS, FREEDOM, EQUALITY, OPPORTUNITY, UH, AND I THINK WHEN WE THINK ABOUT JUNETEENTH, RIGHT, ALL OF THAT IS IN THERE, RIGHT? WE, WE HAD INDIVIDUALS THAT HAD BEEN ENSLAVED THAT DID NOT HAVE THE RIGHTS OF THIS COUNTRY, AND YET THEY HAD THE HOPE, THE HOPE TO KEEP, THE HOPE TO KEEP CREATING FAMILY. 
          THE HOPE OF FREEDOM AND EQUALITY, AND, AND JUNETEENTH IS, IS IS THAT DATE THAT WE CELEBRATE AND WE HONOR THAT, AND WE REMEMBER THAT. 
          UH, AND SO IN PROCLAMATION OF JUNETEENTH, JUNE 19TH, 2024, WHEREAS JUNETEENTH, OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS JUNETEENTH, NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLDS SIGNIFICANT IMPORTANCE IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          JUNETEENTH CELEBRATES THE END OF SLAVERY AND FREEDOM FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS, WHEREAS THE HOLIDAY'S NAME IS DERIVED FROM THE COMBINATION OF JUNE AND 19TH, SIGNIFYING THE DATE WHEN MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER ISSUED THE FINAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION IN TEXAS AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR. 
          WHEREAS PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN ISSUED THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION ON JANUARY 1ST, 1863. 
          AS THE NATION ENTERED THE CIVIL WAR'S THIRD YEAR, THE PROCLAMATION DECLARED THAT THE 3 MILLION ENSLAVED LIVING IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES WERE FREE. 
          WHEREAS, FOR THOSE WHO WERE LARGELY ISOLATED FROM UNION ARMIES, LIFE CONTINUED AS IF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION DID NOT EXIST. 
          THIS WAS THE CASE IN TEXAS WHERE THOUSANDS OF ENSLAVED WERE UNAWARE OF THEIR DECLARED FREEDOM. 
          WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1865, OVER TWO YEARS AFTER PRESIDENT LINCOLN DECLARED ENSLAVED PERSONS FREE MAJOR GENERAL GORDON GRANGER AND UNION ARMY TROOPS MARCHED INTO GALVESTON, TEXAS TO ENFORCE THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, THEY FREED OVER 250,000 BLACK AMERICANS, THE LAST ENSLAVED PEOPLE IN TEXAS. 
          WHEREAS OAL LEE IS AN AMERICAN RETIRED TEACHER, COUNSELOR, AND ACTIVIST IN THE MOVEMENT TO MAKE JUNETEENTH A FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED HOLIDAY. 
          WHEREAS ON JUNE 19TH, 1939, AT THE AGE OF 12, LEE AND HER FAMILY WERE DISPLACED AFTER HER HOME WAS BURNED AND DESTROYED BY 500 WHITE RIOTERS IN MARSHALL, TEXAS. 
          SHE WENT ON TO DEDICATE HER LIFE TO BECOMING A TEACHER AND AN ACTIVIST, WHERE AT THE AGE OF 89, SHE CONDUCTED A SYMBOLIC WALK FROM FORTH WORTH FROM WHICH SHE DEPARTED IN SEPTEMBER, 2016 TO WASHINGTON DC WHERE SHE ARRIVED IN JANUARY, 2017. 
          WHEREAS IN JUNE, 2021, AT THE AGE OF 94, LEE'S EFFORTS SUCCEEDED WHEN A BILL TO MAKE JUNETEENTH A FEDERAL HOLIDAY, WAS PASSED BY CONGRESS AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN. 
          SHE WAS AN HONORED GUEST AT THE BILL SIGNING CEREMONY, WHEREAS IN MAY, 2024, AL LEE WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, THE NATION'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOR. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I BRIAN MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL TO HEREBY PROCLAIM JUNE 19TH, 2024 JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THIS IS SUCH AN HONOR. 
          I MOVED FROM MICHIGAN TO CALIFORNIA WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, AND IT SHOCKED ME WHEN I GOT TO CALIFORNIA THAT NONE OF THE KIDS KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT JUNETEENTH. 
          AND I GUESS I ONLY KNEW BECAUSE 
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MY PARENTS WERE FROM THE SOUTH, AND WE ALWAYS CELEBRATED. 
          BUT STILL TODAY, MANY PEOPLE IN THE STATES HAVE NO IDEA WHAT JUNETEENTH IS ALL ABOUT. 
          BUT AS I STAND HERE TODAY, I'M VERY PROUD TO KNOW THAT MY PRESIDENT MADE JUNETEENTH A NATIONAL HOLIDAY. 
          AND SO I AM SO THANKFUL, AND I WILL CARRY ON THE WORK OF SHARING WHAT JUNETEENTH IS AND WHAT IT MEANS TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY. 
          MOST IMPORTANT, IT MEANT THAT OUR FAMILIES COULD BE REUNITED. 
          AND EVEN WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY TODAY, WE ARE STILL LEARNING WHERE OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE. 
          SO, THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, . 
          I'LL ACCEPT IT. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          AND NOW, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE MS. CAMILA KALON TO THE FRONT. 
          AND AGAIN, YEAH, LET'S CAP IT UP. 
          YES, DEFINITELY , UH, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, AS, AS, AS THE MAYOR OF, OF WEST COVINA, I, I AM, I AM REALLY JUST, JUST PROUD OF, OF, OF THE THINGS OUR CITY STANDS FOR. 
          UH, AS, AS I'VE MENTIONED TO FOLKS, UH, AND, AND, AND WEST COVINA, UH, WE, WE TEACH HISTORY. 
          WE DUMP BAND BOOKS, WE INCLUDE EVERYONE. 
          UH, AND THAT'S WHY, LIKE I SAID, TODAY, UH, THESE PROCLAMATIONS, THE HONORING OF MR. BEACON, UH, REALLY SPEAKS TO WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. 
          UH, AND SO, UH, TODAY WE WILL BE RECOGNIZING PRIDE MONTH HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, LESBIAN. 
          YEAH, LET'S COUGH IT UP. 
          , UH, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER L-G-B-T-Q PRIDE MONTH IS CURRENTLY CELEBRATED EACH YEAR IN THE MONTH OF JUNE, UH, TO HONOR THE 1969 STONEWALL UPRISING IN MANHATTAN. 
          IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF JUNE 28TH, POLICE RAIDED THIS POPULAR GATHERING PLACE FOR YOUNG MEMBERS OF THE L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY, ARRESTING THE EMPLOYEES FOR SELLING LIQUOR WITHOUT A LICENSE, ROUGHING UP MANY OF THE PATRONS AND CLEARING THE BAR. 
          THE STONEWALL UPRISING WAS A TIPPING POINT FOR THE GAY LIBERATION MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          IN THE UNITED STATES. 
          THE LAST SUNDAY IN JUNE WAS INITIALLY CELEBRATED AS GAY PRIDE DAY IN TIME, THE DAY EXPANDED TO BECOME A MONTH LONG EVENT. 
          IT WAS OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED BY THE US GOVERNMENT WHEN PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DECLARED JUNE, 1999. 
          GAY AND LESBIAN PRIDE MONTH PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA PROCLAIMED JUNE TO BE LGBT PRIDE MONTH, AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN FURTHER EXPANDED THE OBSERVANCE TO LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND QUEER PRIDE MONTH. 
          AND YES, GOT IT UP. 
          UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A I I I'M SO PROUD AND, UH, I KNOW CAMILA IS GONNA GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, HER WORK, HER ORGANIZATION'S WORK, AND THE SGV PRIDE TOUR, UM, WHICH I, I AM PROUD THAT WEST COVINA, I IS ONE OF THE 11 CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, UH, TO BE PART OF THE PRIDE TOUR. 
          UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 33 CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, SO WE'RE A THIRD OF THE WAY. 
          UH, SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, TO CONTINUE TO GROW THAT, UH, TO, TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT, THAT WEST COVINA IS, IS A SAFE, IS A CITY THAT IS SAFE FOR ALL FAMILIES, FOR, FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS. 
          THAT THIS IS A PLACE THAT IS INCLUSIVE, UH, THAT WHERE YOU WILL BE LOVED AND SUPPORTED AND YOU WILL THRIVE. 
          AND AGAIN, UH, TODAY'S A IS A, IS A, IS A PROUD MOMENT, UM, BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE, WE RECOGNIZE THE HUMANITY IN EVERYONE, IN OUR UNSHELTERED FOLKS IN OUR L-G-B-T-Q COMMUNITY, AND ALL THE PEOPLE WHO RESIDE IN WEST COVINA. 
          AND SO, UH, TODAY WE PROCLAIM L-G-B-T-Q PRIDE MONTH, JUNE 1ST THROUGH THE 30TH. 
          WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH IS A POSITIVE STANCE AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE TOWARD INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY AS LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, 
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QUEER, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL. 
          AND TO PROMOTE THEIR SELF AFFIRMATION, DIGNITY, EQUAL RIGHTS, INCREASE THEIR VISIBILITY AS A SOCIAL GROUP, BUILD COMMUNITY, CELEBRATE SEXUAL IDENTITY, DIVERSITY, AND GENDER VARIANCE. 
          AND WHEREAS LGBTQ PLUS PEOPLE HAVE MADE AND CONTINUE TO MAKE GREAT AND LASTING CONTRIBUTIONS THAT CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN THE FABRIC OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. 
          AND WHEREAS THE LGBTQ PLUS RIGHTS MOVEMENT HAS ACHIEVED GREAT PROGRESS, BUT THERE IS MORE WORK TO DONE TO BE DONE. 
          YOUTH SHOULD FEEL SAFE TO LEARN WITHOUT THE FEAR OF HARASSMENT. 
          AND FAMILIES AND SENIORS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO LIVE THEIR LIVES WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. 
          AND WHEREAS CELEBRATING PRIDE MONTH INFLUENCES AWARENESS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY FOR THE LGBTQ PLUS COMMUNITY, AND IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ACTION AND ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE TO STRENGTHEN ALLIANCES, BUILD ACCEPTANCE AND ADVANCE EQUAL RIGHTS. 
          AND WHEREAS DURING LGBTQ PLUS PRIDE MONTH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CALLS UPON THE COMMUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER TO PROMOTE EQUAL RIGHTS FOR ALL, REGARDLESS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY. 
          NOW, THEREFORE, I BRIAN GABA, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2024 AS PRIDE MONTH. 
          HI EVERYONE, MY NAME IS CAMILA ION. 
          MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE HER AYA, AND I'M THE FIRST TRANS WOMAN OF COLOR BOARD PRESIDENT WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LGBTQ PLUS CENTER. 
          WE ARE A NONPROFIT FOUNDED IN 2011, AND WE'VE HAD VARIOUS HOMES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. 
          BUT FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE CENTER THE LIVED EXPERIENCES OF L LGBTQ FOLKS, QUEER AND TRANSGENDER RESIDENTS LIVING ACROSS THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THESE 30 PLUS CITIES, AND MORE THAN FIVE UNINCORPORATED AREAS. 
          IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT CITIES LIKE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CENTERING PRIDE MONTH THIS YEAR. 
          THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY IS A RECORD BREAKING YEAR FOR ANTI LGBTQ PLUS LEGISLATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL, AT THE COUNTY LEVEL, AND AT THE STATE LEVEL. 
          SO, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT L-G-B-T-Q FOLKS DON'T FEEL SAFE. 
          L-G-B-T-Q FOLKS WHO ARE AS YOUNG AS FIVE YEARS OLD TO LIVE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY UP TO AS OLD AS 72 YEARS OLD. 
          THAT IS DATA THAT WE HAVE FROM OUR 2023 PRIDE TOUR, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS AN INTERGENERATIONAL EFFORT TO CENTER FOLKS. 
          AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I CAN REALLY SHARE, IT'S, I WAS BORN HERE. 
          I WAS BORN IN WEST COVINA. 
          I AM A QUEEN OF THE VALLEY PERSON. 
          AND SO ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL MOMENT, COMING HERE AND KNOWING THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME, PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO'VE SAID THAT THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS CITY FOR ONCE IN THIS OPPORTUNITY, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY PRIDE TOUR STOP IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BUT THROUGH THE CITY PROCLAIMING PRIDE MONTH, IT'S SHOWING SOMETHING AND IT SAYS SOMETHING. 
          AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS A TURNING POINT THAT IN MANY FUTURE YEARS, WILL ALLOW FOLKS LIKE ME AND YOUTH THAT LOOK LIKE ME TO FEEL SAFE. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
NOW FOR OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, BEFORE WE GET STARTED ON THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORTER PART OF IT, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR STAFF, UM, MS. SUSIE PEREZ, IF SHE COULD STAND UP. 
          UM, SHE IS OUR COMMUNITY . 
          SHE'S OUR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, SERVICES DEPUTY DIRECTOR. 
          UM, SHE WAS WITH US AND HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE ON TO ANOTHER CITY THAT SHE COULDN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD TO TAKE THAT OFFER. 
          BUT WE ARE, UH, GLAD TO HAVE HER COME BACK AND JOIN OUR STAFF AGAIN. 
          SO SHE JUST STARTED LAST WEEK, AND, UH, SHE'S HIT THE ROAD RUNNING. 
          WE'VE HAD A LOT OF, UH, PROJECTS ASSIGNED TO HER, SO 
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SHE'S GONNA BE BUSY, BUT SHE IS GONNA BE IN CHARGE OF MAKING SURE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY, UH, FACILITIES ARE, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMED. 
          OUR, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS ARE UP AND RUNNING. 
          AND SO, UM, OUR SENIOR CENTER AS WELL, SHE USED TO WORK IN THE SENIOR CENTER, AND NOW WE'LL BE OVERSEEING ALL OF THE FACILITIES. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER BACK. 
          . 
          UM, WE ARE ALSO REALLY EXCITED, UM, WEST COVINA WON THE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE TRIPLE CROWN MEDALLION. 
          UM, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING AWARDS FOR OUR BUDGET, AND THIS YEAR WE, UH, GOT THE AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR ITS FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET. 
          UM, AND IT'S FROM THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OR GFOA. 
          SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED, AND THAT'S TO CONGRATULATE OUR FINANCE, UH, STAFF. 
          THEY DO A VERY GOOD JOB AT PUTTING THE BUDGET TOGETHER. 
          UM, IT'S HARD WORK, AND SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT, THEIR EFFORT. 
          SO BIG THANK YOU TO OUR FINANCE STAFF ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AS ONE OF THE ITEMS, LET'S SEE, I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM NUMBER SIX FOR THE CITY, OR SORRY, ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          UM, THESE ARE REPAIRS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE MAKING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, THEY, UH, RANGE FROM SINGLE CONCRETE PANEL REPLACEMENT OR FOOT PLACEMENT OF FULL SEGMENTS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          THESE ARE REQUESTS THAT COME FROM BOTH, UM, RESIDENTS WHO REPORT ON THE GO APP, AND ALSO FROM ASSESSMENTS THAT STAFF MAKE AS THEY DRIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THEY'RE BASED, UM, ON, UM, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL NEED TO AVOID TRIP AND FALLS IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND ADDRESS THOSE. 
          UM, AND SO SOME OF THEM ARE A RESULT OF TREE ROOTS. 
          UM, AND THEN OTHER IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE, UH, SIDEWALK DRIVEWAY APPROACHES OR CUBING AND GUTTER, UM, THAT ARE BEING LIFTED. 
          SO, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S 30 LOCATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE PART OF THE STAFF REPORT, UM, AND ALL OF THE REPAIRS WILL BE PROPOSED WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER. 
          SO PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING WORK TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, ENGINEER COMPLETES THE LARGER SIZE PROJECTS ON BUSIER ROADS WHERE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROL IS NEEDED. 
          UM, PUBLIC WORKS ARE MAINTENANCE STAFF. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN GOING AROUND THIS YEAR AND DOING SOME SIDEWALK REPAIRS. 
          UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THE SMALLER SIZE REPAIRS AND MORE, UM, IMMEDIATE FIXES LIKE GRINDING, UM, OF THE, THE ASPHALT TO REDUCE THOSE POTENTIALS FOR TRIP AND FALL. 
          SO IT IS A TEAM EFFORT AMONGST OUR DEPARTMENTS TO GET THOSE ADDRESSED. 
          UM, IN ADDITION TO THE, THESE, UM, PROPOSED 30 IMPROVEMENT LOCATIONS, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE, UH, APPROVED CONTRACTOR THAT COUNCIL APPROVED FOR OUR A DA ASSESSMENT. 
          AND THAT'S LOOKING AT, UM, OUR SIDEWALKS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL A DA ACCESSIBLE. 
          AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORTH ONCE THAT REPORT IS COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF THIS YEAR. 
          A COUPLE UPDATES MORE ON SOME OF THE WORK, UH, THAT OUR STAFF IS DOING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          OH, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. 
          SORRY. 
          UM, DEL NORTE SPLASH IS UP. 
          OH, I SKIPPED A SLIDE, I APOLOGIZE. 
          I GO BACK. 
          THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT. 
          UM, THERE YOU GO. 
          YES. 
          SO, UM, WE HAD A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT RIGHT BEHIND THE 39 OR 3 99 PIZZA, UM, ON AZUA AMAR, OUR STAFF THIS WEEK, UM, AND LAST WEEK WE'RE ABLE TO GO AND, AND ADDRESS IT AND CLEAN IT UP. 
          SO JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR STAFF, UM, AND, AND HELPING ADDRESS THAT. 
          IN ADDITION TO OUR STAFF, OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF GOING OUT THERE AND CLEANING IT. 
          UM, WE ARE FOLLOWING UP WITH OUR, UH, LANDSCAPING CONTRACTOR TO GO UP AND CLEAN UP THE HILLSIDE AS FAR AS THE LANDSCAPING, SO THAT THERE'S NO MORE ENCLOSURES, AND THAT SLOPE IS, UH, CLEARED FROM, UH, THE SHRUBS THAT ALLOW FOR THOSE AREAS TO BECOME ENCAMPMENTS. 
          SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO THANK OUR MAINTENANCE STAFF FOR GETTING THAT ADDRESSED. 
          THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THE OTHER, UH, ITEM TOO IS OUR SPLASH PAD. 
          LAST YEAR WE GOT IT . 
          WE HAD, WE DIDN'T OPEN IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER. 
          OUR STAFF WAS ON TOP OF, UH, MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS UP AND RUNNING. 
          AND SO IT IS GOING TO BE OPEN THIS SUMMER. 
          IT IS OPEN. 
          UM, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY EVERYONE GETS TO ENJOY IT. 
          AND THAT'LL BE PART OF ONE OF THE, UH, COOL KIDS THIS SUMMER, UH, LOCATIONS. 
          A COUPLE FOLLOW UP ON SOME OF THE EVENTS. 
          UM, WE HAD THE OPEN HOUSE, UM, AS I MENTIONED, UM, IN PALM VIEW CENTER. 
          UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE YEAR THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IT, ALL OF THE FACILITIES. 
          WE HAD A WALKATHON AT THE PALM VIEW CENTER, UM, ON JUNE 5TH, AND WE HAD 38 PARTICIPANTS IN ATTENDANCE, AND IT FEATURED AS CENIC WALKING ROUTE ENTERTAINMENT, REFRESHMENTS, AND VARIOUS ACTIVITIES FOR THE PARTICIPANTS TO ENJOY. 
          UM, WE ALSO HAD OUR, OUR RAINBOW FEST, UM, OUR, THE CITY'S 
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FIRST LGBTQ PLUS EVENT PARTNERSHIP WITH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE PLAZA WEST COVINA AND THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY LGBTQ PLUS CENTER. 
          UM, SO WE HAD MARIACHI, UH, , UH, THE LOS ANGELES, AND WE HAD, UH, UM, VENDORS AND, UM, JOSH NEWMAN WAS, UH, RECOGNIZED AND PROVIDED CERTIFICATES FOR THE ORGANIZERS OF THE EVENT, AS WELL AS SUSAN, UH, RUB, OR SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO WAS AS, UH, IN ATTENDANCE. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAD COLORFUL CREATIONS AT PALM VIEW, WHERE STAFF HOSTED, UH, ART CLASSES. 
          UH, JUNE 13TH, THE 16 REGISTRATION OR REST REGISTRANTS STAFF, UH, ORGANIZED THE EVENT FOCUSED ON KITE DECORATING AND FLYING. 
          UM, AND THEN WE HAD THE COURT, UH, AT CORTEZ PARK AND COM AND SENIOR CENTER, UH, 160 COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CELEBRATE THE ANNUAL FATHER'S DAY EVENT. 
          UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE EVENT, UH, EVENTS THAT HAPPEN. 
          SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENT IS, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT ARE NEW TO THIS YEAR THAT WE ARE, UH, ORGANIZING, UH, SUMMER YOUTH EXCURSIONS FOR KIDS BETWEEN FIVE AND 11. 
          THE VERY FIRST ONE IS THIS FRI, UH, FRIDAY, JUNE 21ST, AND IT'S TO THE MEDIEVAL TIMES. 
          UM, FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH IS TO DISCOVERY CUBE IN SANTA ANA. 
          FRIDAY, AUGUST 2ND IS SOAK CITY IN BUENA PARK. 
          AND THEN FRIDAY, UH, AUGUST 9TH IS KNOTTSBERRY FARM. 
          UM, SO THESE ARE AGES FIVE TO 11 YEARS OLD, AND IT'S $25 PER TRIP FOR EXCURSION. 
          SO, UM, PLEASE SIGN UP AND WE HOPE, UH, TO, WE HOPE THAT THEY GET FOLDED SOON. 
          SO, UM, WE, WE HOPE PEOPLE TAKE ADVANTAGE. 
          LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HOSTING THESE EXCURSIONS. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT I'VE MENTIONED THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES. 
          UM, THERE'S A COUPLE NEW THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES THIS YEAR. 
          UM, WE'RE DOING A STAMP CARD. 
          SO EACH SUMMER CONCERT THAT YOU ATTEND, YOU GET A STAMP. 
          AND IF YOU ATTEND ALL OF THE SUMMER CONCERTS AT THE VERY LAST CONCERT, YOU CAN SUBMIT THAT, UM, STAMP CARD WITH ALL OF THE, UH, FULLY STAMPED TO SUBMIT TO GET, UH, TO WIN SOME RAFFLE TICKETS. 
          UM, AND IN ADDITION, ON JULY 24TH, 20, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CON COSTUME CONTEST, UH, FOR THE DREAM BOATS. 
          AND SO YOU CAN DRESS IN YOUR POODLE SKIRTS 50 SIXTIES ROCK AND ROLL STYLE, AND WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A COSTUME CONTEST. 
          SO, AND IT'S FOR ALL AGES, FOR KIDS AND ADULTS, A BABY , WHOEVER YOU WANNA ADDRESS IT, THE RULES WILL BE ALL LINE. 
          BUT, UM, EV, EVERYONE'S AVAILABLE. 
          UM, AS WE ARE ENTERING SUMMER, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER IS THIS, UH, WEEK, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF OUR COOLING CENTERS SLIDE. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, IF IT GOES ABOVE 95 DEGREES, WE DO HAVE THE COOLING CENTERS AT OUR DIFFERENT FACILITIES, CAMERON PARK, CORTEZ PARK, PALM VIEW, AND SHADOW OAK. 
          UM, THEY ARE OPEN FROM, DEPENDING ON THE FACILITY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UM, WITH CAMERON OPEN ON SATURDAYS FROM 8:00 AM TO 8:00 PM SO IF ANYONE IS IN NEED OF A COOLING CENTER, UM, PLEASE VISIT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES OR VISIT THE WEBSITE FOR, TO VERIFY WHICH FACILITY IS OPEN WHAT DAY. 
          LASTLY, ATHENS, UM, JUST WANTED TO CONFER OR CLARIFY THAT, UH, THE FIRST, UH, SUMMER CLEANUP SATURDAY IS SATURDAY, JULY 27TH. 
          UM, AND THERE THE CORRESPONDING THE INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE AND IN THE DISCOVER. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE, UH, BULKY ITEMS THAT YOU DO WANNA GET RID OF, UM, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER CLEANUP SATURDAYS. 
          BUT AS ALWAYS, ATHENS DOES THEIR BULKY TRASH PICKUP ANYTIME OF THE YEAR. 
          SO YOU CAN ALWAYS GIVE THEM A CALL TO SCHEDULE THOSE PICKUPS. 
          UM, AS WE ARE NEARING 4TH OF JULY, I JUST WANTED TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS THAT FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, EVEN THE SPARKLERS I CHECKED. 
          UM, AND SO UNFORTUNATELY YOU CANNOT HAVE FIREWORKS AT HOME, BUT WE DO HAVE AN AL ANOTHER OPTION FOR THOSE THAT DO WANNA HAVE SOME FIREWORKS. 
          UM, THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FINES, UM, AND PENALTIES THAT IF YOU GET CAUGHT WITH IT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE FINES FOR, UM, DOING ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN THE CITY. 
          BUT AS I MENTIONED, YOU CAN COME CELEBRATE WITH US 4TH OF JULY BECAUSE WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FOURTH OF 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR. 
          UM, WE ARE PROVIDING SHUTTLE SERVICES, UH, AS WE DID LAST YEAR. 
          THE EVENT IS BETWEEN, IT STARTS AT FIVE WITH THE SHUTTLE STARTING, UH, TO PICK, UM, AT 3:00 PM UM, WE ARE ALSO GOING TO BE DOING A, UH, UBER PROMOTION. 
          SO IF PEOPLE WANNA TAKE RIDESHARE TO THE, UM, EVENT, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT AS WELL. 
          UM, THE GATES OPEN AT 4:00 PM AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE REMIX BAND PERFORMING THAT NIGHT AT 7:00 PM AND THEN WITH OUR BIG FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR SHOW AT 9:00 PM UM, THE GENERAL PARKING AT THE SPORTS FLEX IS GONNA BE LIMITED. 
          IT'S GONNA BE FOR HANDICAP PARKING, UM, AND FIRST COME FIRST SERVE. 
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UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, THERE'S FREE SHUTTLE SERVICES BETWEEN THREE AND 8:00 PM UH, RUNNING EVERY 20 TO 30 MINUTES. 
          UM, THOSE, UH, LOCATIONS WILL BE AT SHADOW OAK PARK CORTEZ SENIOR CENTER, UM, FOR THOSE SHUTTLE SERVICES TO AND FROM THE FACILITY. 
          AND AS I MENTIONED, THE, UH, UBER RIDE PROMO, WHICH WILL BE PROVIDED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. 
          SO WE HOPE EVERYONE, UH, JOINS US THIS 4TH OF JULY FOR OUR FIREWORK SHOW. 
          AND THEN JUST A LIST OF SOME UPCOMING EVENTS. 
          UM, WE HAVE COFFEE WITH THE MAYOR TOMORROW AT 9:00 AM AT CHOP, UH, KAHO COFFEEHOLIC, UH, SUMMER CONCERTS STARTING THIS WEDNESDAY. 
          UM, WE HAVE, UH, DISTRICT FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND AT GREENRIDGE PARK. 
          UH, TINY TOTS GRADUATION FRIDAY, JUNE 28TH, OUR 4TH OF JULY EVENT. 
          UM, JULY 4TH, UH, COOL KIDS OF SUMMER STARTS JULY 5TH AND GOES UNTIL AUGUST. 
          UH, SECOND, UM, FOR THE, EACH WEEK IT CHANGES LOCATION. 
          SO PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE TO SEE WHAT LOCATION IS WHICH, UM, FRIDAY. 
          AND THEN THE, UH, SECOND ANNUAL MEGA MOON FESTIVAL SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST. 
          AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO TEM. 
          YEAH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          JUST QUICKLY, OKAY. 
          AS A TRADITION, OKAY? EVERY TIME WE HAVE, UH, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OKAY, COME IN TO INTRODUCE HER, HIM, OR HERSELF. 
          SO I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE, UH, SUZIE PEREZ. 
          I KNOW SHE'S ALREADY STANDING OVER THERE. 
          MAYBE YOU SHOULD COME DOWN TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF SINCE WE HAVE THE 16TH PARK. 
          WE HAVE A PLEX, WE HAVE A LOT OF EVENT. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF THING, AND YOU ARE BASICALLY CONTROL ALMOST ALL THE EVENT AND ALL THE PARK AND THE ISSUE THAT PEOPLE KNOW YOU, THE PERSON IN CHARGE, OKAY? SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO BUG OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OR CITY MANAGER OR CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, YOU'RE THE PERSON THAT HAVE ISSUE. 
          THEY SHOULD CALL YOU. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBER, CITY STAFF, AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. 
          AGAIN, MY NAME IS SUSIE PEREZ, UH, YOUR NEW DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES. 
          UM, AS PAULINA MENTIONED, I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY OF D DTI PREVIOUSLY FOR THREE YEARS. 
          AND PRIOR TO THAT I SERVED HERE IN THE BEAUTIFUL WEST, UH, CITY OF WEST COVIN FOR FIVE AND A HALF. 
          UM, I HAVE 24 YEARS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE. 
          I'M GIVING AWAY MY AGE NOW WITH THAT, RIGHT?  . 
          SO I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE, BUT YOU KNOW, I AM SUPER EXCITED TO BE BACK IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THANK YOU TO THE, UH, CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR PROVIDING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND SERVE THE CITY AND REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND REALLY BE ABLE TO SHARE, UM, ALL AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE AMAZING WORK THAT IS BEING DONE IN THE DEPARTMENT AND IN THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCIL, WE'LL COME BACK. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY THE SAME THING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DON'T WORRY. 
          WE'LL HAVE PLENTY LATER ON. 
          , WE 
          [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
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 YOU REACH THE PODIUM. 
          REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. UH, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE? 21 MAYOR. 
          ALRIGHT, UH, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'D LIKE TO SET THE SPEAKING TIME TO THREE MINUTES. 
          DO I HAVE CONSENSUS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE WILL DO THREE MINUTES. 
          UH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, UM, CAN WE, UH, CALL THE FIRST SPEAKERS VALERIE MUNOZ, FOLLOWED BY VICKI SCHLAGEL, I BELIEVE, FOLLOWED BY SUE AINO. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          VALERIE MUNOZ, COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF ENTEN, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY. 
          UM, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW THAT OUR AGENCY, UM, IN THE BUSINESS OF WATER CLEANUP FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, OUR GOAL IS TO ENSURE FUNDING, WHICH WE'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AT THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE ALSO CONTRACTED LAST MONTH WITH DR. 
          CHOP, AND OUR GOAL IS TO NOW DO MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AT LOCAL EVENTS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 
          SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE ARE HERE. 
          IF THERE'S ANY UPCOMING EVENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE US TO BE PRESENT, UM, FOR ANY YOUTH PROGRAMS OR JUST CITY EVENTS, GIVE US A CALL AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO HELP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICKI SCHLEGEL, FOLLOWED BY SUE AINO, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE CITY. 
          I'M HERE WITH MIXED 
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EMOTIONS, GREAT EMOTIONS THAT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN OUT TO A CITI FUNCTION IN QUITE A WHILE. 
          UH, THE OTHER IS I AM VERY DISGUSTED. 
          I AM IN, I HAVE A PICTURE THAT I GOT A WEEK AGO OR MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, AND I AM DISGUSTED BY THE PICTURE ITSELF. 
          THE PICTURE IS OF TWO YOUNG LADIES, ONE BEING OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY. 
          THE OTHER IS OF A YOUNG LADY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND THEY'RE BOTH ON A STAGE. 
          IT'S DURING A FLAG SALUTE AND OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
          THIS IS THE PICTURE, AND I'M NOT SHOWING IT TO THE OTHER RING AS YOU CAN. 
          WELL SEE. 
          THE MIDDLE PERSON IN HERE IS ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          HE HAS NO REGARD FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
          HE'S TAKING A SELFIE OF HIMSELF OR A SELFIE PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, INSTEAD OF TO OUR FLAG TO THE LADY SINGING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. 
          IT'S A DISRESPECT TO HER. 
          IT'S A DISRESPECT TO THIS CITY, A DISRESPECT TO ME AND MY HERITAGE. 
          BUT MOST OF ALL, IT'S A DISRESPECT TO THE PEOPLE THAT FIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY, FOR THE FREEDOM THAT YOU LIVE IN. 
          AND IT'S A DISRESPECT FOR THE USA, MR. WU, YOU ARE THIS PERSON. 
          YOU HAVE NO REGARD FOR ANYONE BUT YOURSELF. 
          I AM VERY DISPLEASED WITH WHAT I SAW, AND I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER, EVEN WITH EVERYTHING I'M DEALING WITH, TO SEE THAT YOU'RE UNSEEDED AND WILL NEVER EVER HAVE A FUTURE SEAT IN THIS COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SUE AINO, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY TED HUANG. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UM, MY NAME IS SUE GINO, AND ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO I STARTED WEST COVINA. 
          RESIDENTS TAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BACK. 
          AND I STARTED IT ON THE EVENT OF THE HOMELESSNESS THAT WAS STARTING TO RISE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. 
          SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE SEEN, UM, HOMELESSNESS CHANGE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          WE'VE TRIED VERY HARD TO KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND TO KEEP THE HOMELESSNESS AT A MINIMUM. 
          WELL, FIVE STAR HOTEL ON 2 7, 4 8 GARVEY IN 15 DAYS IS GONNA OPEN TO BE WEST'S FIRST HOMELESS SHELTER. 
          IT'S GONNA HAVE, IT CAN HAVE UP TO 90 BEDS, CAN SERVE UP TO 180 PEOPLE. 
          THIS IS GONNA AFFECT EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY RESIDENT, EVERY HOMEOWNER IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. 
          I SPOKE TO THE MANAGER TODAY. 
          HE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHO I WAS. 
          HE SAYS, WE WILL BE OPEN IN 15 DAYS AFTER THE RENOVATION IS COMPLETE AND WE WILL RECEIVE OUR HOMELESSNESS OR OUR HOMELESS. 
          I SAID, ARE THE HOMELESS SUPERVISED? DO THEY HAVE CURFEWS? HE SAYS, NO, WE HAVE, IF WE HAVE A PROBLEM, WE WILL CALL A COUNTY CONTACT. 
          AND IF THEY DON'T ANSWER, WE CALL THE PD. 
          HOW MANY ROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE? WELL, WE HAVE A BIG PROPERTY, SO NO, NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM. 
          WE HAVE A WAITING LIST NOW, SO YOU WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM GETTING IN. 
          SO DISTRICT FIVE, TONY, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          IT'S GONNA BE OPEN IN 15 DAYS. 
          WHY DID THE CITY RESIDENTS NOT BE MADE AWARE THAT WE ARE GONNA HAVE A HOMELESS SHELTER? AND IF ANYBODY HERE SAYS THAT THEY WEREN'T AWARE, SHAME ON YOU. 
          SHAME ON YOU. 
          AND IF I HEAR ONE, IF I HEAR ONE TIME, MY HANDS ARE TIED. 
          AND I'VE HEARD IT MANY TIMES, MANY, MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. 
          I WILL SAY, WHEN VAN LEE WANTED TO BE A ROOM KEY, COVINA GOT TOGETHER AND ALL THE COUNCIL GOT TOGETHER. 
          THEY STOOD SIDE BY SIDE. 
          THEY RALLIED UP THEIR RESIDENCE, THEY GOT TO VAN LEE. 
          THEY STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS AND THEY STOOD ASIDE NEXT TO SIDE TO THEIR, UM, VOTERS AND TO THEIR RESIDENTS. 
          AND VAN LEE DID NOT HAPPEN. 
          BUT THIS DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS TIME. 
          YOU SPEAK MR. TABBA E YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE L-G-B-T-Q. 
          HOW ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS? HOW ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR BUSINESS LEADERS? HOW ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN WALKING BACK AND FORTH TO SCHOOL? THERE IS GONNA BE 
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PEOPLE THERE. 
          YOU HAVE MESA SCHOOL THERE. 
          YOU HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. 
          YOU HAVE IN AND OUT THERE. 
          YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS THERE. 
          YOU HAVE BUSINESSES. 
          WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY WOULD THIS COUNCIL ALLOW THIS? AND IF ANYBODY SAYS IT'S BECAUSE OF SUSAN RUBIO AND THE COUNT AND THE COUNTY, YOU ARE OUR VOICE. 
          YOU ARE OUR VOICE. 
          AND IF YOU CAN'T STAND UP TO COUNTY, WHY ARE YOU HERE? YOU SHOULD NOT BE HERE, ANY OF YOU, IF YOU CAN'T STAND UP AND PROTECT US. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. 
          IF YOU COULD HOLD, UH, SO THERE, THERE IS, IS NOT TO BE, UH, APPLAUSE OR, OR YELLING OUT DURING, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME EMOTIONS. 
          UH, BUT FOR, IN ORDER FOR THE, UH, SO THAT, THAT WILL BE YOUR WARNING, UM, IF WE CAN, UH, ALLOW FOR PEOPLE TO, TO SPEAK SO WE CAN HEAR, UH, AND THAT WAY, UH, EVERYONE HAS THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK THEIR THREE MINUTES. 
          THANK YOU, HERMAN. 
          FOLLOWED BY TED WANG, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER. 
          SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND ON CONTAMINANTS IN WATER SUPPLY AFFECTING CERTAIN CITIES. 
          MAYBE YOU'RE ONE OF 'EM, BUT WHO KNOWS. 
          YOU KNOW, THE BACKGROUND GOES INTO THIS MEMORANDUM OF DUPONT AND THREE 3M CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT TO RESOLVE THIS DIRTY DRINKING WATER. 
          A SYSTEM THAT THE TAXPAYERS AND SOME DUMMIES KEEP PAYING INTO THIS SYSTEM OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO WORK, RIGHT? SO LET'S GO INTO THIS AGREEING TO PAY $1,185 MILLION AND NOT LESS THAN 10 BILLION, $500 MILLION, AND NOT MORE THAN 12 BILLION, $500 MILLION BECAUSE OF INDUSTRY PUBLIC UTILITIES IS ONE OF 'EM THAT HAS GIVEN US CONTAMINATED WATER. 
          ISN'T THAT PRETTY PATHETIC? ISN'T THAT PATHETIC AT A TIME? NOW WHEN WATER IS A SOURCE FOR US TO THRIVE, NOT THIS RACIAL S**T. 
          OH, EXCUSE THE LANGUAGE. 
          I SAY I SHOULDN'T USE THAT. 
          IT'S A VIOLATION OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT. 
          DO YOU WANNA HANDCUFF ME AND LEAD ME OUT, MS. ROSARIO? BECAUSE AFTER ALL, YOU KNOW, YOU RUN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR A FOOTHILL AND THERE WAS A SHOOTING RIGHT DOWN THE STREET IN BALDWIN PARK, AND YOU'RE ON THAT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE. 
          HASN'T CHANGED. 
          UH, HAVEN'T I BEEN TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WASTED IN SECURITY, JUST THE SAME AS I GOT THREATENED BY SOME STUPID WEST COVINA PD GUY IN HERE EARLIER IN THE MEETING. 
          'CAUSE HE SAID MY RADIO WAS TOO LOUD. 
          WELL, TOO BAD THERE WAS NO MEETING AND I WILL USE IT. 
          BUT THIS IS WHAT'S SCARY, AND I'M TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT. 
          IT SAYS, BECAUSE OF THIS, GOD GAVE THEM UP OVER THE SHAMEFUL LOSS. 
          EVEN THEIR WOMEN EXCHANGED THEIR NATURAL SEXUAL RELATIONS FOR UNNATURAL ONES IN THE SAME WAY, THE MEN ALSO ABANDONED NATURAL RELATIONS WITH WOMEN AND WERE INFLAMED WITH LUST FOR ONE ANOTHER. 
          MEN COMMITTED SHAMEFUL ACTS, MEN RECEIVED IN THEMSELVES TO DO PENALTY FOR THEIR ERROR. 
          NOW, IN PLAIN ENGLISH CHILDREN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM OF NOT KNOWING YOUR IDENTITY IN LIFE, WELL, LET'S FACE IT, GOD HATES YOU AND YOU'RE GOING TO HELL. 
          SCHNEIDER VERSUS PHELP CLEARLY POINTS OUT WHY THIS RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATION USE THEIR TERMS. GOD HATES YOU. 
          YOU'RE GOING TO HOW SIMPLIFY FAUS FOR ONE REASON, THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE TED JUAN, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY GLEN HAMMONDS. 
          HI MAYOR COUNCIL PEOPLE. 
          I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF CRESTVIEW CADILLAC. 
          WE ARE, OH, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO FIVE STAR. 
          DO YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED TODAY? WE GOT TWO POLICE CAR RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR LOT, RIFLE WITHDRAWN, FIVE OR SIX POLICE CAR, RIGHT, RIGHT ON THE GARVEY AVENUE POINT A GUN AT THE FIVE STAR. 
          I'M HERE. 
          I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEE SAFETY, OUR CUSTOMER SAFETY. 
          HOW CAN YOU GUYS NOT KNOW THAT THE THE HOMELESS SHELTER GOING NEXT DOOR? I CAN TELL YOU OVER THE YEARS WHAT'S GOING ON NEXT DOOR. 
          JUST ABOUT ONCE EVERY MONTH THE THINGS I JUST DESCRIBED, DESCRIBED HAPPENS. 
          I'M REALLY CONCERNED. 
          ONE TIME I HAD 
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A, A FEMALE EMPLOYEE CAME OVER SCARED SOMEBODY YELLING AT HER, THE PERSON YELLING AT HER. 
          IT FROM WHAT I HEARD FROM OUR EMPLOYEE, THEY DO THAT EVERY DAY FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS SCREAMING. 
          I'M HERE. 
          I'M WORRIED ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEES. 
          WE ARE, WE ARE THE NUMBER FIVE ON THE TOP FIVE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP IN CALIFORNIA. 
          WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES. 
          WHO PAY YOU? OKAY? WE HAVE A NAKED LADY STANDING BY THE CORNER FOR HOURS. 
          WE HAVE PEOPLE ON DRUGS, ON A BICYCLE, YOU KNOW, CRUISING IN BETWEEN OUR LOT. 
          ONE TIME WE HAD A SCREAMING GUY CAME INTO OUR SHOWROOM, SCREAM AND YELL, SCARED ALL OUR EMPLOYEE, OUR CUSTOMER AWAY. 
          IT TOOK OUT FOUR EMPLOYEE TO HOLD THEM DOWN AND WAIT UNTIL POLICE TO COME. 
          AND WHATEVER YOU GUYS ALLOW GOING TO GET WORSE. 
          I'M HERE TO JUST LET YOU KNOW. 
          I LIKE YOU FOR YOU GUYS TO STOP IT, OKAY? IF YOU ALSO LOOK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOOGLE WHATEVER THAT REVIEW EVERY BUSINESS, OKAY? WE ARE, WE ARE ONE OF THE BEST. 
          OKAY? WE'RE ONE OF THE BEST. 
          WE ARE A LUXURY DEALER. 
          AND HOW CAN YOU LET THIS KIND OF THING HAPPEN? I AM TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT OUR EMPLOYEE. 
          MORE IMPORTANT FOR OUR CUSTOMER. 
          WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY, CUSTOMER. 
          THEY ARE WAITING THE WAITING ROOM. 
          WHEN YOU SEE POLICE CAR OUT THE LOCK, GUN DRAW, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOU WERE NOW WHITNEY, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? I HAVE TWO, UH, TWO OTHER, HOW DO I SAY WORK, UH, EMPLOYEES HERE, THEY'LL TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY SAW. 
          I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU MY SHARE. 
          OKAY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          JOHN SCHUMAKER, FOLLOWED BY GLENN HAMMOND, FOLLOWED BY EDDIE. 
          TONIGHT I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK, WHICH ENTAILS THE NEXT ELECTION. 
          ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S HUSBAND WILL GET UP HERE AND SAY THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, DACA RECIPIENT, YOU KNOW, DACA IS CAUCA, YOU KNOW, THERE, OR, YOU KNOW, IMMIGRANTS OR COCKROACHES THAT, UH, IF YOU'RE JEWISH, YOU WANT TO BE WHITE, YOU KNOW, AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND IT, IT'S HARD TO COMPLETELY PUT ALL THAT ON COUNCIL MEMBER ROSARIO DIAZ. 
          WHAT CAN BE PUT ON HER? IS THERE COMMENTS ALONG THE LINES OF, I'M A HISPANIC WOMAN, BUT I DON'T THINK LIKE THEM? WELL, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW HISPANIC WOMEN THINK CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, I WAS RAISED BY AMELIA SANON, WHO WAS AMELIA DELVAL BEFORE THAT. 
          EMMA SANON, WHO WAS, YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER, UH, YOU KNOW, AMELIA PEREZ, WHO WAS MY SISTER. 
          MY BROTHER WAS, YOU KNOW, UH, ALEX RENOSO. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, QUITE A WIDE RANGE OF PEOPLE. 
          SO I NEVER COULD QUITE FIGURE OUT WHAT I DON'T THINK LIKE THEM. 
          SO NOT ONLY HER COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THAT THINGS LIKE, SHE SENT EMAILS OUT THAT SAYS, IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN DISTRICT THREE, DON'T BOTHER ME. 
          DON'T CALL ME, DON'T TALK TO ME. 
          YOU KNOW, THEN SHE BECOMES A MAYOR. 
          BUT WHAT SHE CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR AND THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY HER HUSBAND IS HER UTTER AND COMPLETE SILENCE WHEN THOSE COMMENTS ARE MADE, NO COMMENTS WHATSOEVER ABOUT EVEN SAYING, I DISAGREE WITH HIM. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE WAY I THINK. 
          AND IF YOU'RE SITTING IN THOSE SEATS AND YOU CANNOT STAND UP TO HATRED IN YOUR OWN HOME, HOW CAN YOU STAND UP TO IT ANYWHERE ELSE? YOU CAN'T. 
          THAT'S WHY SHE MUST BE, CANNOT BE REELECTED THIS NOVEMBER BECAUSE PEOPLE OF ALL DIFFERENT FAITHS, ALL DIFFERENT, UH, UH, ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN WALK UP TO HER AND TALK TO HER, THAT SHE'LL ACTUALLY REPRESENT THEM 
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BECAUSE OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE BY HER FAMILY AND HER SILENCE ON THE SUBJECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GLEN HAMMOND, FOLLOWED BY EDDIE, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON. 
          GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
          COUNCILMAN, MEMBER STAFF. 
          I'M ON BEHALF HERE WITH CRESTVIEW CADILLAC ABOUT THE SHELTER'S GONNA BE PUT NEXT DOOR. 
          UH, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 31 YEARS. 
          LATELY THE YEARS IT'S JUST BEEN GETTING WORSE WITH PROSTITUTION DRUGS. 
          I CLEAN UP THE LOT OF LEFT AND I SEE SYRINGES, CONDOMS, DRUGS ALL OVER THE LOT ON OUR LOT THAT THEY THROW OVER FROM THE HOTEL. 
          UH, POLICE IS CONSTANTLY, ALWAYS THERE. 
          UH, TODAY WAS A BIG FACO WHERE WE HAD A GENTLEMAN SITTING OUT A WINDOW POINTING A GUN AT US. 
          UH, WE JUST CAN'T HAVE THAT GO ON. 
          AND THAT'S GONNA GET WORSE IF YOU'RE GONNA OPEN THAT UP TO A SHELTER. 
          WE ALREADY HAVE PROBLEMS ON THE LOT COMING DOWN THE STREET, COMING IN OUR SHOWROOM. 
          IT'S NOT GONNA GET ANY BETTER. 
          SO WE NEED YOU TO STOP THIS AND NOT LET IT GO THROUGH. 
          UH, PRETTY MUCH ALL I COULD SAY IS IT IS JUST NOT GETTING BETTER OVER THERE. 
          SO SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU EDDIE. 
          FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THE NAME. 
          IT STARTS WITH THE C REGARDING DAYS INN. 
          GOOD E GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. 
          UM, SO I'M THE SERVICE MANAGER AT THE DEALERSHIP AND I'VE BEEN THERE 11 YEARS AND IT'S GRADUALLY, IT'S GETTING WORSE WITH THAT, UH, FIVE STAR INN. 
          IT'S GETTING PRETTY BAD. 
          IT'S GETTING UNSAFE. 
          I'M ACTUALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY FOR MY EMPLOYEES, FOR THE CUSTOMERS. 
          UH, THERE'S TIMES WHERE I GOTTA PULL 'EM ASIDE, GET 'EM OUT. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN ON OUR SERVICE DRIVE. 
          UH, WE HAD PEOPLE COMING IN BEGGING FOR MONEY. 
          UM, THE MESS, THE NEEDLES, LIKE HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GETTING PRETTY BAD. 
          SO SOMETHING SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT. 
          THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. 
          IT'S NOT GOOD. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY A GENTLEMAN FROM THE DAYS INN, FOLLOWED BY GONZALO LOPEZ. 
          UH, UNAWARENESS IS A BIG PROBLEM. 
          UH, ASK, UH, XI VAN FLEET, UH, AN IMMIGRANT FROM CHINA 38 YEARS AGO. 
          SHE'S ABOUT MY AGE. 
          UH, SHE WROTE THIS BOOK, MOUTHS AMERICA, A SURVIVOR'S WARNING. 
          UH, MY HISTORY TEACHERS, UH, NEVER TAUGHT ME ABOUT, UH, CRITICAL RACE THEORY. 
          UH, SO I STAND BEFORE YOU AS A TYPICAL IGNORANT WEST COVINA RESIDENT. 
          UH, BUT CRT THAT'S, UH, THE NEWEST RELIGION, BUT IT'S A REALLY STRAIGHT UP MARXISM, WHICH WE ALL KNOW IS AN ATROCITY. 
          INSTEAD, I LEARNED, UH, CONSTITUTIONAL VALUES AND, UH, AND THE VACCINE CULT HADN'T EVEN EMERGED YET. 
          SO NOW I SLIDE OVER TO ANOTHER TOPIC. 
          UH, FIFTH GENERATION WARFARE. 
          THAT'S A SOCIETY WHERE THERE'S NO DEBATE. 
          GET ONE SIDED PROPAGANDA. 
          UH, WE EXPERIENCE, UH, MILITARY GRADE MIND CONTROL, ALL OF THE CIA'S, MK ULTRA, UH, LEVEL PSYCH OPS IN INCLUDING OUR, UH, OUR UNCONSTITUTIONAL INTELLIGENT COMMUNITY. 
          I ALREADY MENTIONED THE CIA. 
          THIS IS ALL UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 
          UH, UH, UH, TRUTH AND DISSENT IS, IS AGAINST THE A LAW IF WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZED, UH, EMERGENCY LIKE WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS. 
          YOU KNOW, IF I'M A BILLIONAIRE, I DON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE HIRING SIX LAWYERS TO DEFEND MY CONSTITUTIONAL, UH, RIGHTS AGAINST THE UNLIMITED, UH, LAWYER FEES THAT CAN BE, UH, SENT AT ME BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. 
          BUT, UH, UH, I SUGGEST THAT, UH, THE WEST COVINA LOBBY CONGRESS TO WORK TOWARDS STRIPPING, UH, DOD HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, UH, HOMELAND SECURITY, DOJ AND OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES OF THEIR GLOBAL LICENSE TO KILL USING EUA COUNTERMEASURES AND PREP ACT LIABILITY SHIELDS BY REPEALING THE ENABLING 
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LAWS CONGRESS AND US PRESIDENTS HAVE ENACTED, UH, WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND. 
          THE COVID IS TROUGH, ATROCITY, UH, GOVERN DECLARED WAR ON ITS PEOPLE. 
          UH, PEOPLE KILLED DISEASE BANKRUPTED AND SMALL BUSINESSES BANKRUPTED. 
          UH, UH, WE'VE ALL OBSERVED THIS. 
          UH, NO TRANSPARENCY. 
          THIS IS A SECRET PROCESS AND WE'RE ALL BRAINWASHED TO NOT RECOGNIZE IT. 
          THE AGENDA SAID FIVE MINUTES AND THANK YOU, BILL. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY BILL, THOSE GUYS THAT SPOKE BEFORE, THANK YOU BILL. 
          UH, SIR, SIR, THREE DAYS YOU GUYS HAD, NONE OF YOU GUYS BESIDES ONE PERSON ON THE BOARD HAS CALLED ME BACK. 
          ALRIGHT? I'VE TALKED TO ALL YOUR, YOUR PEOPLE THAT ARE AT YOUR OFFICE FOR, I'VE LEFT FOUR MESSAGES EVERY DAY. 
          WHERE'S MY PHONE? CALL BACK. 
          I LEARN A G*****N LEGIT BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA. 
          ALRIGHT? I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 28 YEARS. 
          I'M DISGRACED TO BE NEXT TO THE FIVE STAR. 
          ALRIGHT? I WASN'T EVER GONNA DO NO HOMELESS PROGRAM. 
          I HAD FIRST RESPONDERS AT MY HOTEL AND I'M DOWN PROUD OF HAVING FIRST RESPONDERS. 
          YOU GUYS HAD PEOPLE COME, YOU GUYS HAD CHIEF BELL COME TO ME AND TELL ME, HEY, DON'T DO THIS. 
          WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE FIVE STAR RIGHT NOW? YOU GUYS HAVEN'T EVEN TOLD ANYONE AND YOU GUYS KNOW FOR MONTHS. 
          ALRIGHT? YOU GUYS KNOW FOR MONTHS, I KNOW THIS FOR A FACT. 
          YOU GUYS SAY THAT YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW. 
          I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT ON THE FIRST THERE WILL BE TWO BUSES THERE. 
          ALRIGHT? I KNOW THIS FROM THE OWNER AND YOU GUYS ARE DENYING IT. 
          WHAT KIND OF B******T IS THIS? I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU NOT A THREAT. 
          IT'S NOT A THREAT. 
          YOU GUYS, S**T, I, YOU GUYS GO, YOU GUYS ARE PICKING ON SMALL BUSINESSES. 
          YOU GUYS WANT YOUR AGENDA IS ANSWER YOUR PHONE CALLS OR CALL FOR WHATEVER YOUR AGENDA, ESPECIALLY YOU, YOUR AGENDA, WHAT YOU WANT. 
          THAT'S A MAJORITY VOTE HERE GONNA HAPPEN, HAPPEN. 
          BUT I'LL HAVE BUS IN FRONT OF SOMEONE'S HOUSE. 
          GONZALO LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY RITA, FOLLOWED BY SAM PETTO. 
          OKAY? MY, I THINK THIS NO PROPERTY, BUT I I TO SPEAK TO, YES, SPANISH. 
          OKAY? I LIVE TWO, THREE YEARS IN THE PROPERTY DAYS I WORKING, I WORK IN THERE FOR 23 YEARS. 
          ALL THE TIME IS WORKING THAT SOMETIMES THE HOMELESS COMING THERE, I THREW IT OUT. 
          BUT SOMETIMES I, I NEED TO FIGHT TO HIT THE PEOPLE, BUT I NO, LIKE THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE NO, LISTEN, NOTHING YOU TELL, UH, OKAY, PICK OUT YOU GARBAGE. 
          NOW THIS IS NOT MY PROPERTY, SO WHY YOU COMING IN MY PROPERTY? , HUH? NO, NOT FIGHTING. 
          SCREAMING. 
          WHY YOU LIKE IN STATE IN THE PROPERTIES, SHE SAYS SHE GO ON THE PROPERTY AND STAY. 
          YOU LISTEN TO PEOPLE. 
          THE PEOPLE NO, LISTEN. 
          SO I NO LIKE IT. 
          SORRY. 
          RITA. 
          FOLLOWED BY SAM PATEL, FOLLOWED BY ANDREAS LOPEZ. 
          EVERYBODY, MY NAME IS SIM PATEL. 
          I RUN, UH, DISNEY WEST COVINA. 
          AND I'M REALLY UPSET BECAUSE YOU PEOPLE DIDN'T LET US KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE A SHELTER NEXT DOOR. 
          WHEN IN 19, I THINK WHEN COVID STARTED, I HAD, UH, ALREADY APPLIED FOR HOMELESS SHELTER AT MY PROPERTY. 
          THAT TIME YOU PEOPLE LET, UH, LET EVERYBODY KNOW IN WEST COVINA 
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THAT WE ARE GOING TO, WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE HOMELESS IN MY PROPERTY. 
          SO HOW COME YOUR PEOPLE ARE GIVING HOMELESS RIGHT NOW IN FASTA LETTING PEOPLE KNOW YOU SHOULD PEOPLE LET US EVERYBODY KNOW THAT YOU ARE GOING TO KEEP A HOMELESS IN FASTA. 
          NOBODY KNEW UP UNTIL NOW. 
          WHY? OR THERE WILL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMES IN TO PROTECT FOR THAT PROPERTY. 
          WE HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS WITH THAT PROPERTY. 
          SINCE I AM RUNNING THAT PROPERTY SINCE 96. 
          EVERY DAY NEXT DOOR HAVE POLICE. 
          I HAVE A RECORD. 
          YOU CAN CHECK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. 
          HOW MANY TIMES I CALL THE POLICE. 
          AND HOW MANY TIMES? FIVE. 
          THE POLICE. 
          SO HOW COME YOU'RE NOT GIVING US ANY ANSWER? THE WHAT YOU PLANNING TO DO. 
          ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP FIVE STAR THE HOMELESS? YOU CAN TAKE MY PROPERTY TOO, BECAUSE I'M SCARED TO STAY ON THE PROPERTY. 
          MY OLD EMPLOYEE, I TALKED TO MY EMPLOYEE TODAY, THEY'RE ALL GOING TO QUIT. 
          ARE YOU PEOPLE GOING TO COME AND WORK FOR ME? ARE YOU GOING TO COME AND WORK FOR ME? BECAUSE ALL MY EMPLOYEES GOING TO GO AND I'M 71 YEARS OLD AND I CAN'T RUN THE PROPERTY ON MY OWN. 
          I NEED HELP. 
          WHY DON'T YOU PEOPLE COME AND HELP ME OUT. 
          WHEN POLICE, WHEN WE CALL POLICE, THEY COME AFTER THREE, FOUR HOURS. 
          WHAT'S THE USE OF CALLING POLICE? WE CAN TAKE ACTION OURSELF. 
          I WISH YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I'M REALLY SCARED BECAUSE I LIVE IN A PROPERTY 24 7 SINCE 96. 
          YOU CAN CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIND OUT HOW MANY TIMES I CALLED THE POLICE AND HOW MANY TIMES FIVE STAR CALLED THE POLICE. 
          I HAVE A VIDEO FOR THIS MORNING TOO. 
          YOU SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. 
          I'M PAYING ALMOST I SINCE 96, I PAID ALMOST 2 MILLION TECHS AT OT. 
          ALMOST 2 MILLION. 
          WHAT'S FIVE STARS GOING TO GIVE YOU PENNY? NOTHING. 
          TELL ME. 
          GIMME ANSWER. 
          KNOW? YEAH, IF YOU CAN KNOW. 
          SO YOU SHOULD GET UP FROM THERE AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND WORK. 
          IT'S TAX. 
          I'M SORRY TO TELL YOU THAT YOU SHOULD GET UP ON FROM YOUR CHAIR AND GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THANK YOU. 
          BE, BE GO AHEAD, BE BE BEFORE THE, THE NEXT PERSON COMES TO SPEAK. 
          JUST SO EVERYONE KNOWS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, THE COUNCIL DOES NOT RESPOND. 
          AFTER ALL PUBLIC COMMENT, THE CITY MANAGER WILL GIVE RESPONSE. 
          AND IF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO GIVE A RESPONSE, OKAY, YOU'LL GET A RESPONSE. 
          IS RITA HERE? OKAY. 
          RITA. 
          FOLLOWED BY ANDREAS LOPEZ. 
          FOLLOWED BY GLENN KENNEDY. 
          GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          I HAVE BEEN AT THE DAYS INN FOR 28 YEARS. 
          WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH FIVE STAR EVERY DAY. 
          OUR CAR, I MEAN, OUR CUSTOMER'S CAR GET BROKEN. 
          NOTHING GETS DONE. 
          WE HAVE TO STEP OUTSIDE AND PROTECT OURSELF AND OUR CUSTOMER. 
          IT IS REALLY DANGER BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY IS RUN COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. 
          WE ARE FAMILY OWNED. 
          WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OUR EMPLOYERS, OUR CUSTOMERS. 
          SAME THING NEXT DOOR. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES, THERE'S LOT OF, UM, APARTMENTS AND STUFF AT THE BA UH, ON THE BACKSIDE. 
          WHAT HAPPENS EVERY DAY? LIKE THE CADILLAC DEALERSHIP SAY THE SAME THING. 
          IF WE SAY IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME THING, SAME COMPLAINT, NAKED PEOPLE, NEEDLES IN OUR PROPERTY, THAT GETS THROWN EVERY DAY. 
          AND MR. LOPEZ IS THE ONE WHO SWEEPS IT EVERY DAY. 
          IT IS DANGER. 
          WHAT IS CUSTOMERS GONNA SAY TO US IF THEY SEE THE NEEDLE? THEY THINK IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME PROPERTY, WHICH WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES. 
          27, 28 YEARS WE'VE BEEN THERE. 
          SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          SO HOPE, LET'S HOPE SOMETHING GETS DONE BECAUSE IT IS GONNA BE REALLY DANGER. 
          UP UNTIL RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEEN REALLY BAD, BUT IT'S GONNA BE DANGER NOW FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE 
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THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT LIVE NEARBY. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES. 
          PEOPLE WALK DOWN THE STREET, WE GET SCARED. 
          THEY RUN INTO OUR PROPERTIES BECAUSE THEY'RE FIGHTING 24 7 BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL DRUGGIE. 
          WHAT HAPPENS? AND NOW IT'S GONNA BE EVEN WORSE. 
          SO LET'S HOPE SOMETHING GETS DONE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANDREAS LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY GLEN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT. 
          UM, UH, UH, I HOPE YOU GUYS, UH, STOP THE THE THING, A HOMELESS THING. 
          I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA AND I'M MORE WORRIED WHAT, WHAT IT MIGHT BRING TO THE AREA. 
          UH, THE  GLENN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY WILSON LEE. 
          GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. 
          UH, GLENN KENNEDY. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, I HAVE TWO THINGS I WANNA TALK ABOUT. 
          UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 
          UM, I'M INVITING EVERYBODY HERE TO SUMMER FEST, AUGUST 17TH. 
          UM, EVERYBODY'S INVITED. 
          TICKETS ARE CHEAP, AND I EXPECT TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE. 
          NOW, SECOND THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, UM, THE FIVE STAR N UM, EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED. 
          AND HILDA SEISE, I WISH I WAS ADDRESSING HER. 
          NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          THE COUNTY SUPERSEDES THE CITY ALL DAY LONG. 
          IF YOU'RE GONNA BRING THIS IN, WHY ISN'T ANY NOBODY NOTIFIED? I GO, WHAT ABOUT THE RESIDENTS? THIS GUY HAS A CADILLAC DEALERSHIP, MCINTYRE SQUARE, IN AND OUT, HAMBURGERS, MCDONALD'S. 
          WHAT ABOUT THESE PEOPLE? NOBODY'S NOTIFIED. 
          YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON VIRGINIA STREET, RIGHT BEHIND IT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE HOMELESS COMING IN, THEIR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GONNA GO DOWN 100%. 
          SO I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND YELL AT YOU BECAUSE YOU BASICALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, BUT WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. 
          OKAY? AND IF YOU WANT NUMBERS, I'LL THROW NUMBERS AT YOU. 
          LA COUNTY IS THE ONLY COUNTY IN IN, IN THE UNITED STATES THAT PAYS A TAX FOR HOMELESS. 
          IT'S CALLED MEASURE, MEASURE AGE. 
          IT, IT'S GOT ABOUT THE $3 BILLION, $3 BILLION. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SUNSET CLAUSE ON IT, BUT IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST EIGHT YEARS. 
          WHERE'S ALL THAT MONEY? WHERE'S ALL THAT MONEY? WHY ISN'T WEST CAMINO GETTING ANYTHING? OKAY, I I WANT YOU TO ADDRESS THAT, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE 1% OF LA COUNTY, SO WE SHOULD AT LEAST GET 1% OF THAT $3 BILLION. 
          THAT'S HOW I SEE IT. 
          NOW, LA COUNTY HOLDS 33% OF THE NATION'S HOMES. 
          CALIFORNIA THE STATE IS ABOUT 70%. 
          NOW, YOUR GIRL, HILDA SLIS, SHE'S, YOU GOTTA AGREE, SHE'S PROBABLY THE MOST, UH, POWERFUL HISPANIC IN THIS COUNTRY. 
          SHE, SHE'S AHEAD OF ALL THE D DAMN UNIONS. 
          SHE'S, SHE'S TIGHT WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA. 
          SHE'S TIGHT WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, BUT SHE CAN'T CALL 'EM UP AND SAY, LOOK IT, WE NEED FEMA MONEY. 
          THIS IS EVERYBODY'S PROBLEM IS SHOVED ONTO US. 
          WHERE'S OUR MONEY? WHAT ABOUT OUR PEPD? WHAT ABOUT THEM? THIS IS GONNA PUT A MASSIVE STRAIN ON THEM, POLICE AND FIRE. 
          AND WE'RE NOT GONNA GET ANY MONEY. 
          THOSE VOUCHERS ARE COUNTY VOUCHERS. 
          EVERYTHING GOES BACK TO THE COUNTY. 
          NOTHING COMES TO THE CITY. 
          THAT'S A BUNCH OF S**T, MAN. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I WASN'T GONNA GET EXCITED, BUT IT IS. 
          NOW YOU GOTTA THINK OF US. 
          WE'RE THE RESIDENTS AND YOU SAY YOU CAN'T DO NOTHING. 
          I'LL LET IT GO AT THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY. 
          BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY WILSON LEE, FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE. 
          GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL. 
          BILL ELLIOT. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH PEOPLE LIKE SUE AINO STANDS UP HERE, AND SHE'S ANGRY AT THE CITY COUNCIL OVER THIS FIVE STAR ISSUE. 
          UH, THE CADILLAC DEALER, UH, THE ICONIC CRESTVIEW CADILLAC IN WEST COVINA, BEEN HERE FOR GENERATIONS. 
          HUGE TAX BASE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE CITY. 
          HOWEVER, GET UP HERE AND CUSS AT THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          ISN'T GONNA GET YOU ANYTHING BECAUSE THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, IS THAT THESE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE MAYOR, REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. 
          THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SAY. 
          THEY DIDN'T BRING THIS FORWARD. 
          THEY 
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DIDN'T APPROVE IT. 
          IT WAS APPROVED WITHOUT THEIR KNOWLEDGE. 
          AND THE TRUTH IS, IF YOU WANT TO COMPLAIN TO SOMEBODY AND CUSS SOMEBODY OUT, GO TO STILL HILDAS ELISA'S OFFICE BECAUSE IT'S HILDA. 
          SO LEASE THAT DID THIS, AND HER TOP LIEUTENANT RYAN SERRANO AND HIS BOYFRIEND RYAN TABBA, THEY ARE BEHIND ALL OF THIS. 
          AND YOU CAN GET UP HERE IN CUSS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ALL YOU WANT. 
          CITY COUNCIL'S NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. 
          THIS IS HILDA SOLI. 
          SHE DOESN'T GIVE A GOOD GOD DAMN ABOUT WEST COVINA. 
          YEAH, SHE DOESN'T. 
          AND SO, ALL YOU DEMOCRATS THAT JUST VOTE STRAIGHT BLUE TICKET. 
          REMEMBER THAT WHEN HILDA ALI IS DOING THIS TO WEST COVINA, 'CAUSE IT'S HER, UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE LADY THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, HONORED LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING BY THE MAYOR, UH, THE ANTI-GUN LADY, THE ANTI SECOND AMENDMENT LADY. 
          YOU KNOW, FOR 10 YEARS I'VE BEEN THE ICON OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT IN WEST COVINA, AND I'M PROUD OF THAT. 
          I'M VIRTUALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER SPEAKS UP IN FAVOR OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT. 
          WEST COVINA, THE POLICE CHIEF IN WEST COVINA FOR GENERATIONS, VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION AND DENIED THE ISSUANCE OF CONCEALED CA CARRY PERMITS, AT LEAST SINCE 1978. 
          AND THEY DID SO UNABASHEDLY AND UNASHAMEDLY AND CONCEALED CARRY IS A RIGHT. 
          AND IT DOESN'T COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT, IT COMES FROM GOD. 
          THE RIGHT OF SELF-PROTECTION COMES FROM GOD. 
          AND THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION, WHICH AFFIRMS THAT RIGHT, IS MY CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT. 
          WEST COVINA HAS SEEN FIT TO CHARGE $1,000 FOR A CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT, WHICH IS ABSURD AND OBSCENE. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT WEST, UH, EXCUSE ME, SOUTH DAKOTA'S, UH, POLICY, WHICH WAIVES ALL CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT FEES. 
          26 STATES HAVE CONSTITUTIONAL CARRY, WHICH REQUIRES NO PERMIT AT ALL. 
          TAKE SOME ACTION. 
          CITY COUNCIL WILSON LEE, FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE, FOLLOWED BY GLORIA ANGELES. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY MY FIRST TIME HERE. 
          I MOVED HERE WITH MY FAMILY BACK IN 2015 WHEN MY WIFE WAS PREGNANT. 
          WE BOUGHT A HOUSE HERE, AND I REALIZED, WOW, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WEST COVINA IS A GREAT CITY TO LIVE IN. 
          DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE BOUGHT ANOTHER HOUSE. 
          WE SOLD THE OLD ONE, A BIGGER HOUSE. 
          IT'S CLOSER TO THE FIVE DAY IN. 
          UH, INTERESTINGLY, WEST COVINA IS STILL A GOOD PLACE TO LIVE AND RAISED A FAMILY. 
          I BROUGHT MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON. 
          WE, HE JUST CAME BACK FROM CAMERON PARKS, UH, BASKETBALL TRYOUT, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES IN WEST COVINA. 
          THE WEST COVINA QUARTERLY. 
          GREAT. 
          EVERY TIME I OPEN UP THAT THING, I TELL MY WIFE, THIS CITY DOES A LOT OF GREAT THINGS. 
          I'M JUST YOUR TYPICAL RESIDENT HERE. 
          I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS FIVE DAY INN THING. 
          UH, AT 6 55, MY NEIGHBOR TO THE LEFT OF ME, TO THE RIGHT OF ME, IN FRONT OF ME, MY BROTHER WHO LIVES DOWN THE STREET ON, UM, CORTEZ NEXT TO THE CORTEZ SENIOR CENTER. 
          MY BEST FRIEND THAT LIVES ON, UM, WHAT IS IT, EVERGREEN, MY FRIEND THAT LIVES IN MONTEZUMA. 
          THEY ALL WANTED ME TO COME HERE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERN. 
          I'M ACTUALLY CONFUSED YOU GUYS ALL HERE. 
          YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T LET YOU THE EARLIER THE GENTLEMAN HERE, HE, HE HAD A LOT OF NUMBERS AND FACTS AND FIGURES. 
          I WOULD VOTE FOR HIM IF YOU RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL. 
          OKAY? SO SOMEONE GIMME HIS NAME LATER. 
          BUT YOU, YOU FOLKS HERE ARE IN YOUR POSITION BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE KNOWLEDGE TO DO WHAT YOU DO. 
          I VOTE FOR SOME OF YOU, IF THIS FIVE DAY IN ISSUE BECOMES AN ISSUE, I WILL NEVER VOTE FOR ANY OF YOU. 
          I HAVE EIGHT HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE THAT STAND BEHIND ME IN THIS POSITION. 
          YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 40, 43 VOTES. 
          SOME OF THE KIDS ARE GROWING UP, THEY'LL BE VOTING TOO. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DO NOT DO THE RIGHT THINGS TO HELP THE SIT THE RESIDENTS HERE. 
          THIS GENTLEMAN OWNS A BUSINESS. 
          THE OTHER GENTLEMAN OWNS A BUSINESS. 
          THEY GOT MONEY TO LOSE. 
          I HAVE A REALLY NICE PROPERTY. 
          I HAVE PROPERTY VALUE TO LOSE, BUT I CAN MOVE. 
          OKAY? BUT BEFORE I MOVE, YOUR LEGACY WILL BE LEFT BEHIND. 
          I WANNA BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS ALL WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          I REALLY DO. 
          I'M NOT HERE TO LECTURE YOU. 
          YOU'RE SMARTER THAN ME. 
          YOU GOT PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU. 
          I PROBABLY CAN GET MY WIFE AND MY DAUGHTER AND MY SON TO VOTE FOR ME. 
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SO LET'S DO THE RIGHT THING. 
          WEST COVINA IS A GOOD CITY TO RAISE OUR FAMILY IN IT. 
          IT WAS IN 2015. 
          IT SHOULD NOT CHANGE IN 2024 UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP. 
          I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TIME I HAVE LEFT, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT AN EASY JOB. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR HANDS TIED. 
          BUT I SEE SOME OF YOU NODDING YOUR HEAD. 
          SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE YOUR HEART IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          YOU GOTTA DO SOMETHING FOR US. 
          THANK YOU, JACQUELINE. 
          FOLLOWED BY GLORIA. 
          ANGELAS FOLLOWED BY LAURA GALINDO. 
          I'M A RESIDENT IN WEST COVINA. 
          UM, LIKE MANY HAVE ECHOED ABOUT THE MOTEL TURNING INTO A HOMELESS SHELTER. 
          WE ARE IN OPPOSITION. 
          I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY NEIGHBORS, MY FAMILY. 
          UM, WE MOVED HERE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, MY HUSBAND AND I, 40 MINUTES AWAY FROM DOWNTOWN LA TO GET AWAY FROM THE HOMELESS. 
          AND WHAT WAS GOING ON DOWN THERE. 
          WE USED TO LIVE OVER THERE. 
          WE STARTED OUR OWN FAMILY, YOU KNOW, TO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE DID FEEL WAS SAFE. 
          AND I UNDERSTAND NOW, IT'S NOT A PARTICULARLY SAFE PLACE WITH WHAT THE MOTEL IS NOW, BUT INCREASING THAT TO 70 TO 80 ROOMS AND BRINGING IN MORE PEOPLE IS ONLY GONNA MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE AND MAKE, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD, BUT I'M STILL SPEAKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS ONLY GONNA MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE. 
          SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY WE WERE NOT INFORMED WHAT WE, I, YOU KNOW, I KEEP HEARING THAT IT'S A COUNTY ISSUE. 
          YOUR HANDS ARE TIED. 
          AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS EVERYONE ELSE SPEAKING, BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AS RESIDENTS? YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS OUR TAX DOLLARS. 
          EVERYONE SUPPORTS THIS UNTIL IT'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THIS IS WHY WE MOVED OVER HERE. 
          SO PLEASE HELP US, LET US KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE THIS IS NOT OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GLORIA ANGELS, FOLLOWED BY LAURA GALINDO, FOLLOWED BY CAITLIN. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
          MY NAME'S GLORIA ANGELS. 
          UM, I'M HERE TO ADDRESS BASICALLY THE HOMEOWNERS. 
          I WAS HERE IN MAY AND I WAS NEVER CONTACTED BY ANYONE FROM CITY HALL OF A PERSON THAT'S DOING ILLEGAL JUMP OF ELECTRICAL METER, UM, IN SEVERAL HOMES IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          HE'S INFILTRATED YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          HE IS AN UNDOCUMENTED, UNLICENSED ELECTRICIAN THAT IS DOING A LIVING BY BYPASSING THE METER FOR RESIDENCE HOMES. 
          HE STARTED WITH THE HOUSE THAT HE'S CURRENTLY RESIDING IN WEST COVINA ON EWOOD AVENUE. 
          THE HOUSE HAS BEEN MADE LARGER, AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AS LARGE AS THE HOUSE HAS BEEN BUILT WHERE HE RESIDES. 
          ALL WAS BUILT WITH NO PERMITS. 
          THE INITIAL INVESTIGATION WAS NOVEMBER 1ST. 
          THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND CODE STATES THEY HAVE TWO YEARS TO COMPLY. 
          RECENTLY, THEY STATED THEY HAVE AN ARCHITECT WILLING TO GIVE PLANS SO THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE LEGALIZED. 
          THE WORK THEY DID, THE OWNER AND THE MAN. 
          THIS MANUEL FLOOR IS THAT OCCUPIES THE A DU STARTED IN 2020. 
          WE ARE NOW 2024. 
          THEY HAVE ACTUALLY ADDED MORE STRUCTURES FOR THEM TO BE THIS BRAZEN MEANS THERE MUST BE SOME FRAUD IN THE DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND CODE. 
          THE ILLEGAL BYPASS OF ELECTRICAL METER IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY SOUTHERN BELL EDISON. 
          I WAS TOLD BY BUILDING AND CODE THAT YOU HAVE 300 HOUSES PRESENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION. 
          YOUR TOWN WILL BE KNOWN AS A CITY THAT HOUSES ARE BUILT WITHOUT ANY PERMITS. 
          THE VALUE OF YOUR HOUSES WILL PLUMMET. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION SO THAT THEY CAN GET MY INFORMATION SO THAT I CAN GIVE THEM MORE DETAIL. 
          MY NUMBER IS 8 1 8 5 1 8 3 5 3 7. 
          AS A HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, I'M DOING THIS TO SHOW TRUE CONCERN FOR THE HOMEOWNERS, SO THAT THEIR HOUSES ARE NOT NEXT TO A HOUSE, THAT THEY ALLOWED A ILLEGAL JUMP OF ELECTRICAL METER AND THEIR HOUSES COULD BURN DOWN BECAUSE THEY'RE NEXT TO THAT HOUSE. 
          AGAIN. 
          MY NAME'S GLORIA ANGELS. 
          MY NUMBER IS 8 1 8 5 1 8 3 5 3 7. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAURA GALINDO, FOLLOWED BY CAITLYN, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN GUTIERREZ. 
          CAITLYN. 
          WELL, I I CAME TO TALK ABOUT ANOTHER TOPIC, BUT, UH, THIS FIVE STAR ISSUE IS, UM, IT'S VERY SCARY. 
          VERY, VERY SCARY. 
          AND THE COMMENT I'M GONNA MAKE IS THAT I THINK AMO AMONGST THE FIVE OF YOU WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM, SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. 
          IF, IF CITIZENS COME HERE TO SPEAK AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS, THEN THE FIVE OF YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE AND 
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ALTOGETHER APPROACH. 
          MAYBE HILDA ALI'S BOSS, GO TO A HIGHER LEVEL. 
          THIS IS, IT JUST SOUNDS SO TERRIBLE. 
          I MEAN, I, MY HUSBAND'S MENTIONED IT ALSO. 
          HE'S READ ABOUT IT. 
          SO, UM, IT'S A VERY, UM, NEGATIVE SITUATION. 
          BUT AS A TEAM, I THINK THAT YOU CAN HAVE SOME IMPACT HERE, YOU KNOW? SO ANYWAY, UH, THAT IDEA OF A TEAM, I, I GOT AS I WAS, UM, UH, UPSET ABOUT THE HOMELESS ON THE SLOPES WHERE I LIVE. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN IN, UM, LIVING HERE. 
          WE BOUGHT OUR HOME IN WEST COVINA ABOUT MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO. 
          IT WAS KIND OF NICE TO DRIVE DOWN AMAR ROAD AND UP INTO THE HILL TO OUR HOUSE. 
          AND NOW IT'S, IT'S THE UGLIEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN. 
          I FEEL LIKE WE'RE THE ARMPIT OF WEST COVINA, , YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY BAD. 
          AND SO WE HAVE BEEN DEALING, WE'VE DEALT, WE'VE DEALT WITH FIRES AND I SO APPRECIATE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN OUT TO OUR, OUR HOUSE AND HELPED US QUICKLY PUT OUT FIRES. 
          OKAY? AND, UM, WE'VE DEALT WITH DIFFERENT ENCAMPMENTS. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS THE ONE THAT I THINK WAS POSTED UP ON THE SCREEN. 
          UH, IT WAS RIGHT BEHIND THE BUSINESSES THERE, UH, NEAR WALGREENS, THE THE PIZZA PLACE, THE SUBWAY AND ALL. 
          AND I JUST, WHEN THEY CLOSED DOWN THE OTHER ENCAMPMENT, WHICH WAS GREAT, I GUESS THEY STARTED TO MOVE OVER HERE. 
          BUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A WEEK AGO I SAW GUYS GOING UP WITH THEIR BICYCLES, I THINK GOING UP WITH BICYCLES, YOU KNOW, AND YOU COULDN'T TELL FROM THE STREET JUST HOW HUGE, BECAUSE THE BUSHES HAVE NOT BEEN TRIMMED, YOU KNOW? SO THEY HIDE THERE. 
          AND I WAS SO GRATEFUL. 
          I REACHED OUT TO COUNCILMAN ALI, I THINK HE CALLED MR. JOSEPH MEOW, AND THEY CONTACTED, UH, HER GERALDO LOPEZ, I THINK HE'S CALLED JERRY. 
          AND THE HAPPINESS, I FELT IN MY HEART TO SEE THESE, THESE, ALL THIS EQUIPMENT OUT THERE. 
          OH MY GOSH, I WAS SO THRILLED. 
          I, I MEAN, SOMETHING HAPPENED, SOMETHING FOLLOWED THROUGH AND MY ANXIETY JUST WENT DOWN, YOU KNOW? SO, SO I'M REALLY HAPPY. 
          AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UM, COUNCIL MANALI WROTE TO ME AND HE SAID IT WAS A TEAM EFFORT, AND OH, STOPPED ALREADY. 
          . 
          I'M OKAY. 
          ANYWAY, OKAY, NOW WE JUST, I NEED INFORMATION ABOUT THE WATER ISSUES THAT ALL THE BROKEN, UH, PIPES I'LL TAKE. 
          I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU IN A MINUTE. 
          KAYLYN FOLLOWED BY BRIAN GUTIERREZ. 
          TAKE ONE MINUTE. 
          IS IT GOING OKAY? UM, SO, HI COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, MY ORIGINAL QUESTION WAS JUST ABOUT THE, UH, PROBABLY THE CITY MANAGER MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS AFTER, BUT WAS AT THE STOPLIGHT AT, UH, BADILLO AND, UM, SUNSET. 
          I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, I LIVE IN AN UNINCORPORATED AREA, SO GETTING ANSWERS FROM THE CITY OF COVINA AND WEST COVINA IS SOMETIMES HARD. 
          UM, BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHO HAS JURISDICTION OVER THAT. 
          UM, AND, UH, ME. 
          SO ME AND SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS WANTED TO KNOW WHO WE CAN COMPLAIN TO ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, IT IS AN ALMOST DAILY OCCURRENCE WHERE WE ALL GO OUTSIDE AND BE NOSY AND SEE WHO HAS CRASHED THEIR CAR THERE. 
          UM, BECAUSE THAT HAPPENS SO OFTEN. 
          UM, BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ASK A LOT OF PEOPLE, OR SAY, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONCERNED ABOUT THIS FIVE STAR INN AND THE HOMELESS OR THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE HERE IN WEST COVINA. 
          UM, AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO BE BROUGHT UP. 
          UM, BUT YOU ALSO, UH, MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE MEETING THAT THERE WAS A SWEEP SWEEPING OF THE ENCAMPMENT BEHIND THE 3 99 PIZZA CO. 
          UM, AND, UH, THE PERSON BEFORE ME EVEN SPOKE THAT, UH, WHEN THESE ENCAMPMENTS ARE SWEPT, THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE KIND OF JUST MOVE TO ANOTHER PLACE. 
          UM, SO IT DOESN'T REALLY SOLVE THE ISSUE. 
          UM, AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THERE WAS ANY INFORMATION OR IF THE COUNCIL KNEW, UM, IF THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE SWEPT FROM THAT ENCAMPMENT HAD BEEN PLACED INTO A PROGRAM OR, UH, HAD BEEN GIVEN ANY KIND OF RESOURCES OTHER THAN JUST BEING SWEPT AND THEN, UM, FORCING THEM TO MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE INTO ANOTHER ENCAMPMENT EVENTUALLY. 
          THAT WAS IT. 
          BRIAN GUTIERREZ, HELLO CITY COUNCIL. 
          UH, MY NAME IS BRIAN GUTIERREZ, AND TONIGHT YOU'RE HEARING FROM RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ABOUT A MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT A PROJECT THAT MAY HARM OUR COMMUNITY. 
          THE MAYOR HAS FAILED TO INVESTIGATE FURTHER AND HOW IT'LL HARM PUBLIC RESOURCES IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, 
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AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING IT WILL TAKE TO ALLOW MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO RESPOND TO CALLS AND, AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS. 
          AND SO WE KEEP ON SEEING A NEGLECT, UH, BECAUSE A COUPLE CONS, A COUPLE OF CONS MEETINGS AGO, THE MAYOR STOOD HERE AND SAID THAT HE WAS THE ONLY CONTACT ON THIS COUNCIL WHO HAD CLOSED TIES WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES. 
          AND SO I'LL URGE THE MAYOR TO CALL FOR A IMMEDIATE ROUND TABLE WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO, TO MAKE, CREATE A OPEN DI DIALOGUE WITH THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA SO THEY COULD TELL THE RESIDENTS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NOT ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON AT A HOPE MOTEL IN OUR CITY OF WEST COVINA. 
          THEY WILL BE PUTTING A MAJOR BURDEN ON PUBLIC RESOURCES. 
          AND SO YOU AS MAYOR SHOULD TAKE ON THAT RESPONSIBILITY AND CALL FOR THAT OVERSIGHT, UH, MEETING WITH THE COUNTY AND INVITE THE COMMUNITY TO COME AND PARTICIPATE SO THE RESIDENTS HAVE AN INFORMATIVE DIALOGUE AND TO LEARN FIRSTHAND WHAT ARE THE COUNTY INTENTIONS. 
          AND I KNOW YOU MAY HAVE BEEN BUSY EARLIER IN THIS YEAR, RUNNING FOR THE CALIFORNIA STATE ASSEMBLY BY A COUNTY SUPERVISOR, BUT NOW YOU'RE BACK AT THE CITY LEVEL AGAIN. 
          AND SO I URGE YOU AS THE MAYOR TO START THAT DIALOGUE. 
          AND YOU'RE HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS OF WEST VENA TONIGHT, THE NEED AND URGENCY TO CREATE THAT DIALOGUE. 
          BECAUSE YOU NEED TO FIND OUT BY ALLOWING THIS PROJECT TO OCCUR, WHAT IT PUT A PUBLIC BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, HOW MANY 9 1 1 CALLS OR CALLS OF SERVICE WILL BE, UH, ALREADY BEING DI BEING PUT OVER THERE. 
          AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS SUBJECT IS NOT HIDDEN AND IT'S NOT LEFT OUT OF THE PUBLIC'S EYE BECAUSE THIS IS A URGENT CONCERN. 
          AND AGAIN, I'LL LIKE TO ALSO SAY IS THAT HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE NOT CRIMINALS. 
          THEY'RE INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE, JUST LIKE EVERY, IN EACH, EVERY ONE OF US. 
          AND THEY NEED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUCCEED IN LIFE. 
          BUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE SAYING TODAY IS THE NEED TO CREATE OPEN DIALOGUE. 
          BECAUSE PUTTING A BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA AND IT'S PUBLIC'S RESOURCES WILL HARM THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA. 
          AND SO THAT'S WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO CREATE A OPEN DIALOGUE. 
          AND I WILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO CREATE AND DEMAND THAT DIALOGUE TO OCCUR IN THE, HERE, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BECAUSE YOU COULD SMILE AND LAUGH THINKING IT'S A GAME, BUT IT'S NOT A GAME BECAUSE IT'S GONNA PUT A BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS. 
          AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT YOU'RE NOT TAKING THIS SERIOUSLY AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. 
          SO, THANK YOU. 
          I HAVE NO FURTHER SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR. 
          OH, UH, THANK YOU. 
          UH, CITY MANAGER. 
          UH, WILL YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO PUBLIC COMMENT CONCERNS? AND THEN, UH, I ALSO HAVE, UH, SOME COMMENTS TO, TO SHARE, UH, REGARDING THE, THE DAYS INN AND THE, THE, UH, PROJECT, UH, THE PATHWAY HOME. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH KAYLYN, 'CAUSE IT WAS ONE OF THE LAST COMMENTS MADE. 
          I THINK SHE'S STILL HERE. 
          YES. 
          SO THE, UM, INTERSECTION IS SUNSET AND BED. 
          I THINK THAT'S THE INTERSECTION YOU WERE INQUIRING ABOUT. 
          UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY, UH, HALF CITY, HALF COUNTY  SO HARD. 
          IT IS VERY HARD, YES. 
          BUT, UM, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY. 
          THEY DO HAVE A PROJECT TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT INTERSECTION, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH FOR, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT INTERSECTION. 
          SO PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR OUR, UM, UH, AGENDAS THAT COME OUT ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TO VERIFY IF IT, IT SHOULD BE ON, UM, IN JULY. 
          SO ONE OF THE TWO COUNCIL MEETINGS IN JULY. 
          UM, AND THEN THERE WAS, UM, UH, A, A LADY, UM, GLORIA HAD ASKED OR INQUIRED ABOUT A, A PROPERTY OWNER NOT MEETING THE BUILDING REQUIREMENTS. 
          OUR STAFF IS WORKING WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO LEGALIZE THE CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS DONE WITHOUT PERMIT. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THAT PROPERTY OWNER. 
          UM, AND THEN I THINK THAT LEADS US TO, UM, A LOT OF THE COMMENTS REGARDING PATHWAY HOMES. 
          AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS STATED TONIGHT THAT I'M NOT SURE, UM, WHERE THAT INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED OR WHO WAS GIVEN THAT INFORMATION. 
          I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY, UM, AND MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COUNTY HAVE, UH, THEY'VE LED TO, UM, THEY'VE INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE NOT EXECUTED ANY AGREEMENTS, UM, TO BRING THAT FACILITY INTO OUR CITY, THAT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, ANALYZING OR, UM, CONSIDERING WEST COVINA AS A LOCATION. 
          AND THAT THEY, UM, UH, ARE STILL, LIKE I SAID, HAVE NOT EXECUTED ANY AGREEMENTS TO MOVE FORWARD. 
          SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE, UH, THE TIMELINE THAT WAS STATED TODAY WAS, UH, OBTAINED FROM, I ALSO VISITED THE, UH, UH, MOTEL LAST WEEK. 
          THEY'RE DOING SOME MAJOR 
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RENOVATIONS TO THE, UH, ROOMS. AND SO, UM, FOR MY DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, THEY'RE STILL AT LEAST A MONTH OUT BEFORE THE RENOVATIONS TO THE ROOMS CAN BE COMPLETED. 
          SO, UM, HAVING SAID THAT, UM, IN MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COUNTY DIRECTLY, WE HAD TALKED TO THEM ABOUT DOING A PRESENTATION AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. 
          WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT SCHEDULED FOR, UH, THE JULY 2ND BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A USE THAT, UM, WE WANT TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GONNA BE COMING INTO THE, INTO OUR CITY. 
          UM, AND WE, WE WANT, YOU KNOW, TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UM, WE HAD INTENDED, AND WE DO INTEND TO SHARE, PROVIDE AN UPDATE, UH, HOPEFULLY WITH THE COUNTY ON JULY 2ND IN REGARDS TO THAT PROJECT, UM, AS A POSSIBILITY OF COMING TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, JULY 2ND COUNCIL MEETING. 
          SO THOSE THAT WERE, UH, PRESENT TONIGHT IN ATTENDANCE AND HAD CONCERNS ABOUT IT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME TO JULY 2ND MEETING, UM, WHERE WE WILL BE PROVIDING INFORMATION WITH THE COUNTY ON WHAT THAT PROGRAM WILL ENTAIL IN WEST COVINA. 
          UM, ANYTHING ELSE? AND THAT CONCLUDES, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I, I, I'M GONNA MAKE MY COMMENTS FIRST AND THEN I'LL ALLOW, UH, THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SPEAK. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, THERE, THERE WAS, UH, QUITE A BIT OF OF MISINFORMATION, UH, TONIGHT REGARDING, UH, NOT ONLY THE TIMELINE, BUT ALSO WHAT THE PATHWAY HOME, UH, PROJECT ACTUALLY IS. 
          UM, AS FAR, UH, I KNOW, UH, RESIDENT GLENN KENNEDY HAD ASKED, UM, THIS, THIS IS FULLY FUNDED, UH, THROUGH MEASURE H MONIES. 
          UH, IT WOULD BE OVER 9 MILLION, UP TO $11 MILLION COMING BACK TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. 
          UH, IT WOULD NOT, UM, COME FROM THE TAXPAYERS OF WEST COVINA IN TERMS OF THE WEST COVINA CITY PAYING, THIS IS YOUR, YOUR COUNTY TAX MONEY THAT YOU'VE PAID INTO MEASURE H UH, THE FACILITY ALSO IS, UH, THE PATHWAY HOME IS 24 HOUR SECURED LOCATION. 
          UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHO IS IN THE FACILITY. 
          THIS IS NOT A SHELTER. 
          THIS IS NOT A VOUCHER PROGRAM. 
          THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY OUR HOPE TEAM. 
          THESE ARE, UH, INDIVIDUALS IDENTIFIED BY LATA. 
          THESE ARE FOLKS THAT WILL BE RECEIVING WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FULL MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, FULL, UH, DRUG SERVICES, UH, JOB PLACEMENT, UH, TRANSITIONING THEM IN A THREE TO SIX MONTH TIME SPAN TO PERMANENT HOUSING, UM, WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO LIVE THEIR SUCCESSFUL LIVES. 
          I KNOW A RESIDENT ASKED, UH, A QUESTION ABOUT THESE ENCAMPMENTS THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE INDIVIDUALS? WELL, CURRENTLY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DOES, DOES NOT HAVE, UH, SPACE OR CAPACITY, UH, TO GIVE SUPPORTS. 
          UM, LAST COUNCIL MEETING, WE HAD OUR COUNCIL GOALS. 
          UH, OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY GOALS IS TO ADDRESS OUR UNSHELTERED RESIDENTS WRAPAROUND SERVICES, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, DRUG ADDICTION SERVICES. 
          THAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN BY NEARLY EVERY MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL. 
          FROM THIS DS, WE'VE DEMANDED MEASURE EACH MONEY. 
          WE'VE DEMANDED FULL WRAPAROUND SERVICES TO GIVE PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO GET ON THEIR FEET AND TO GIVE THEM THE SUPPORTS THEY NEED. 
          THAT'S WHAT PATHWAY HOME IS. 
          UH, THE CITY OF MONROVIA AND DUARTE JUST OPENED THEIR PATHWAY HOME FACILITY. 
          THE CITY OF POMONA, UH, HAS OPENED A PATHWAY HOME FACILITY, UH, EL MONTE BALDWIN PARK HAVE FACILITIES. 
          AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEM OF HOMELESSNESS AND THESE ENCAMPMENTS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF THE SOLUTION. 
          THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AS WAS MENTIONED BY QUITE A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS, IS THERE HAS BEEN EXPLOITATION AT THAT PROPERTY. 
          THERE HAS BEEN PROSTITUTION AT THAT PROPERTY, THERE HAS BEEN OVERDOSES, CONSTANT CALLS TO THE POLICE. 
          WE DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN THAT PROPERTY. 
          WITH THE PATHWAY HOME PROJECT, WE WILL KNOW EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS ON THAT PROPERTY. 
          24 HOUR SECURITY, FULL WRAPAROUND SERVICES. 
          UH, 
          [01:50:05]
THANK YOU. 
          SO, SO AGAIN, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR, OUR PRIORITIES, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE, THE BEST TYPE OF SUPPORT TO SOLVE THIS ISSUE, I MEAN, THI THIS IS THAT THE, THE PATHWAY HOME PROJECT IS EVERYTHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ASKED FOR, AGAIN, WE ARE, ARE THE ONES WHO HAD IDENTIFY THE FOLKS WE WOULD KNOW WHO'S THERE. 
          WE WOULD HAVE IT FULLY SECURED. 
          IT WILL CHANGE FROM WHAT IT IS NOW. 
          IT, THIS, THIS IS, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A TRANSITIONAL SHELTER. 
          THIS IS NOT, YOU GIVE SOMEONE A VOUCHER AND THEY'RE THERE FOR TWO DAYS AND THEY'RE GONE. 
          THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS PROJECT IS. 
          UH, AND SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISINFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED TONIGHT BY FOLKS. 
          UH, OKAY, SO, SO, SO AGAIN, UM, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT, UH, SECURING A FACILITY AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT THIS PLACE IS NO LONGER A PLACE OF EXPLOITATION, UH, A A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRAFFICKED WHILE PATH PATHWAY HOME MAKES THAT HAPPEN. 
          IT TAKES A PLACE THAT IS, IS A, IS A BURDEN AND, AND A AND A STAIN ON THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND CHANGES IT TO A PLACE OF HOPE, CHANGES IT TO A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE GET, HELP, SUPPORT, AND GET TO LIVE WITH THE DIGNITY THAT, THAT THIS CITY BELIEVES IN. 
          AND, AND, AND SO, UH, AGAIN, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE IN, IN THE SHADOWS AS, UH, THE CITY MANAGER SAID, UH, THE COUNTY, UH, ON JULY 2ND HAS BEEN INVITED TO DO A FULL PRESENTATION. 
          THERE, THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING, NOTHING SIGNED. 
          THERE ARE, UM, NO, AGAIN, NOTHING GOING FORWARD. 
          UH, THIS, THIS IS THE PROCESS. 
          THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT HAPPENED IN MONROVIA AND DTE. 
          IT'S A PROCESS THAT HAPPENED IN POMONA. 
          THIS IS A PROCESS THAT WILL HAPPEN HERE IN WEST COVINA. 
          UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE SAID THAT, THAT WE'VE WANTED FOR FOUR YEARS. 
          I'VE SAT ON THIS AND WE'VE DEMANDED MEASURE H FUNDS $11 MILLION OF MEASURE H FUNDS. 
          TOT TAX. 
          CITI GETS EVERY SINGLE CENT OF TOT TAX , TOT TAX, OKAY? AGAIN, A LOT OF MISINFORMATION SHARED TONIGHT. 
          THE REALITY IS A FACILITY LIKE THIS IS, IS WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR DOCUMENT. 
          WHEN WE SET OUR PRIORITIES FOR WEST COVINA, WHEN WE WANTED TO DEAL WITH ENCAMPMENTS LIKE WE, WE SAW BEHIND THE 3 99, OR WE SEE ON AMAR. 
          AND WHEN OUR HOPE OFFICERS SAY WE, WE HAVE, WE HAVE NOWHERE FOR FOLKS THAT, THAT WANT THAT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT. 
          WE HAVE NOWHERE FOR OUR FOLKS WHO WANT THAT DRUG ADDICTION SUPPORT. 
          WE HAVE NOWHERE FOR THOSE FAMILIES THAT ARE LIVING IN THOSE CARS. 
          WELL, WELL, THIS, WE, WE WILL, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR POLICE THE TOOLS, AND WE WILL TAKE AWAY A BURDEN AND A STAIN THAT TAKES A, IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF RESOURCES. 
          IT TAKES OUR POLICE EVERY TIME THERE'S A CALL TO THAT FACILITY. 
          WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, THOSE, THOSE CALLS END AND WE, AND WE GET PEOPLE HELP. 
          MAYOR PRO PROAM, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          OKAY? AND, UH, I PLAN THE DIFFERENT PICTURES OPPOSITE FOR WHAT YOU JUST SAY. 
          BECAUSE IF A COUNTY CAN DO SUCH A BEAUTIFUL JOB, THEN THEIR DISTRICT IS NOT FAILING LIKE BIG TIME. 
          BECAUSE YOU SEE ALL THE COUNTY DISTRICT AND, UH, THEIR ROAD, THEIR STREET, OKAY? AND, UH, EVERYTHING IS, IS HORRIBLE, OKAY? BECAUSE, OKAY, THEY NOT USING THEIR MONEY TO THE RIGHT PLACE. 
          THEY BUILD A BIG BUREAUCRACY AND WE JUST DON'T WANT TO BE ANOTHER SKINNY PIG. 
          AND THEY TRY AND IT FAIL, AND THE WHOLE SURROUNDING BUSINESS IS GOING TO SUFFER. 
          OKAY? AND, UH, BUT THE FUNDAMENTAL OF THE GOVERNMENT IS THE CREDIBILITY AND TRUTH AND TRANSPARENCY. 
          OKAY? IF THIS IS THING COMING TO US, NOW, WE HAVE A CONFLICT INSIDE. 
          THEY SAY THEY ALREADY SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH A MOTEL. 
          THEY SAY THIS AND THAT'S WHAT IS WHAT THEY SAY. 
          BUT WE HAVE A, OKAY, AND BEING ASKING CITY MANAGER TO TALK ABOUT INVITING, THEY SHOULD BE HERE TODAY 
          [01:55:01]
TO TELL US ABOUT WHAT IS THEIR PLAN, WHAT IS THE RESOURCE, WHAT'S CONSEQUENCE? WHY IS IT GOOD AND BAD? SO ALL THE RESIDENT CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. 
          I THINK THE PROBLEM IS WE NOT AGAINST ANY SHELTER, OKAY? OR ANY OF, UH, HOUSING. 
          IT'S A LOCATION. 
          WHY IS A LOCATION, OKAY? AND NORM, NORMALLY ALL THESE KIND LOCATIONS SEE INDUSTRY AREA AWAY FROM THE BUSINESS, AWAY FROM THE, OKAY, AND THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL. 
          HOW DO WE KNOW THOSE PEOPLE LIKE YOU SAY, IS COMING IN? YOU OWE REGISTER. 
          KNOW WHO THEY ARE AGAIN, AGAIN, IF PEOPLE UNDER LOG, THEY NEED HOUSING, WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THEM FIND HOUSING, WE GIVE THEM VOUCHER. 
          CDBG FUND, ESPECIALLY FAMILY WITH CHILDREN. 
          THE THING WE WORRY ABOUT IS THE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE, OKAY? WITH DRUG ALCOHOL ABUSE ISSUE, ARE THEY THEY GONNA COMING OUT ROAMING ON THE STREET OR NEXT DOOR DEALER AND NOT GO TO THE OKAY SHOPPING MALL, OKAY? OR GO TO THE DAY THING AND CREATE ALL THE ISSUE. 
          AND WHO'S GOING TO TAKE THE CONSEQUENCE THEY'RE WITHIN? SO WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S THEIR PLAN? WHY DID THEY COME OVER HERE? TELL US WHAT, OPEN UP TO THE RESIDENT AND, AND SOLVE THEIR EASE. 
          OKAY? THEY SAY, NO, DON'T WORRY. 
          THE PEOPLE IS NOT WHY YOU THINK THEY ARE NOT ZOMBIE, THEY ARE NOT OKAY MENTALLY ISSUED. 
          THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A TIME BOUND CREATE ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENT. 
          YOU'RE GONNA BRING HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE COME TO OUR RESIDENT, WHERE THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM IT, COMING FROM THE DOWNTOWN. 
          IT IS OUR LOCAL HOMELESS PEOPLE. 
          WHO ARE THEY? OKAY? SO, SO A LOT OF ISSUE, WE WANT TO KNOW, BUT YOU PLAN SOMETHING THAT'S UTOPIA IS SOMETHING, SOMETHING, OKAY, SO GOOD THAT WE SHOULDN'T SAY NO, WE HAVE A GOAL, WE WANT TO TAKE CARE OUR CITY SITUATION, BUT YOU NEED TO HAVE OUR CITY RESIDENT TO GET INVOLVED IN SUCH A BIG, BIG, OKAY, AGENDA, A PROJECT, OKAY? NO MATTER WE, I, WE FIND OUT THIS COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT BASED ON CITY MANAGERS, THEY, THEY, THEY JUST PLANNING, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, OKAY? BY END UP EVERYTHING THEY TOLD US, OKAY? MAYBE IT'S NOT TRUE. 
          SO WHY IS IT TRUE? IT IS THE MOTEL BUSINESS. 
          THEY GET IT FOR INTERNAL. 
          THERE IS A TRUE, THEY ALREADY SIGNED OR THEY, THEY'RE GOING TO OPEN UP RIGHT AWAY, OKAY? OR WHAT THE COUNTY TOLD OUR CITY MANAGERS CHOOSE. 
          SO WHICH ONE IS TRUE? WHERE IS THE CREDIBILITY? HAVE THEN COME OVER HERE. 
          THEY SHOULD BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          WE ALREADY INVITE THEM TONIGHT. 
          COME OVER HERE, DISCUSS WITH, UH, TELL US OR TELL THE RESIDENT ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, WHERE THOSE PEOPLE COMING FROM, IF THIS, THIS IS BECAUSE THIS IS NOT DONE BY OUR MAYOR, OKAY? BRIAN , THIS IS COMING FROM COUNTY. 
          SO COUNTIES SHOULD HAVE MORE INFORMATION AND DATA AND CREDIBILITY TO TELL US WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. 
          SECOND THING, REGARDING THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY'S NEWSOME BECOME LIKE THIS. 
          OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR POLICE SHOULD ALREADY HAVE A DOCUMENTATION ABOUT, WE COULD SHUT IT DOWN JUST LIKE WE SHUT IT DOWN, OKAY? THE ONE OF THE, THE, THE RESTAURANT, OKAY? AND THEY SELLING ALCOHOL AND THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING AND THIS, UH, POLICE, LIKE OVER THERE ALL THE TIME. 
          WE SHUT IT DOWN. 
          WHY CAN'T WE SHUT DOWN THE FIGHT? STOP. 
          OKAY, THIS, JOIN THE, CREATE A NICE DOOR PROBLEM. 
          OUR OKAY, TAXPAYERS, OKAY, QUITE OKAY. 
          AND THE CADILLAC, CADILLAC AND THE MCINTYRE SQUARE. 
          OKAY? ALL THIS, OKAY? AND THE BUSINESS POTENTIALLY SUFFERING, OKAY? CURRENTLY, AND THEN IF THIS IS COMING IN, HOW DO WE KNOW THIS IS NOT GONNA CREATE EVEN WORSE SITUATION? SO WHERE IS THE ANALYSIS? WHERE IS THE OPEN DISCUSSION? WHERE IS ALL THIS TELLING OUR RESIDENT? SO EVERY RESIDENT CAN INPUT TO, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS ABOUT? SO IN THAT WAY, THEY ARE TAXPAYER. 
          THIS MONEY, NO MATTER MAJOR AGE, MONEY OR ACCOUNTING MONEY IS ALL FROM US. 
          WE PAY FREAKING TAXES FOR THEM. 
          MAJOR AGE MONEY. 
          WE PAY QUARTER OF OUR SALES TAX SINCE 2016 TILL NOW WE PAY MORE THAN $20 MILLION. 
          WE DON'T, WE HAVEN'T GET A DIME BACK TO US. 
          NOW THEY WANT TO PUT THIS BIG HUGE, OKAY, HOMELESS PROJECT TALKING ABOUT WE'LL GIVE YOU $10 MILLION, HOW MUCH WE CALL CITY TO DO A POLICE AND FIRE OVER THERE. 
          WHY IS ANALYSIS ABOUT OUR CONSEQUENCE? WHY IS OUR IMPACT TO, TO TO, TO OUR STUDENT, TO OUR MESA ELEMENTARY AND ALL THIS SCHOOL, ALL THIS RESIDENTIAL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NEVERTHELESS, ALL THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. 
          SO, SO OF COURSE THEY'RE ANGRY, OF COURSE. 
          THEY'RE VERY WORRIED. 
          THEY SPEND ALL THEIR MONEY AND TIMES AND, UH, THEIR EFFORT TO BUILD THEIR BUSINESS. 
          OKAY? SO HOW WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY WILL BE FEEL SAFE, OKAY? AND THEN THIS THING SHOULD BE HAVE ALREADY, THEY HAVE MAJOR INPUT. 
          ALLOW THEM TO COME IN OR NOT. 
          SO THIS IS WHAT I SAY, THEY HAVE A COUNTY COME OVER HERE TO TELL US. 
          EVEN WE HAVE NO SAY, BUT WE HAVE A SAY TO SAY, HEY, IS THIS THE RIGHT LOCATION OR NOT? SO THIS IS WHAT MY OPINION, UH, THINK BEFORE, BEFORE I WANNA, I WANNA RESPOND, UH, TO, TO, TO A FEW OF THOSE THINGS. 
          UM, AGAIN, I THINK 
          [02:00:01]
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL, THEY'RE ALL VALID CONCERNS. 
          UM, AND, AND A LOT OF THOSE, THOSE CONCERNS AND, AND THOSE QUESTIONS, I THINK EACH, EACH ONE OF US, UM, COULD, COULD HAVE, UH, ALREADY HAD ANSWERED. 
          UH, THE, THE REALITY IS THAT THE COUNTY HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION, IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER IN COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL. 
          UH, WE'VE BEEN INVITED TO, TO TOUR FACILITIES. 
          AND, AND SO AGAIN, A LOT OF THESE, A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PATHWAY HOME PROJECT, UM, WE COULD HAVE HAD ANSWERED. 
          AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAID, UH, FOR JULY 2ND, THE COUNTY'S GONNA DO A, AN, AN ENTIRE PRESENTATION, JUST AS THEY DID ON THE FIRST GO, JUST AS THEY HAD DONE IN THE CITY OF DUARTE, UH, IN MONROVIA, AND THEN THE CITY OF POMONA AND IN OTHER CITIES THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY. 
          UH, AGAIN, I THINK TO, TO SPREAD MIS MISINFORMATION. 
          WHEN, WHEN WE ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'VE BEEN INVITED AS THE, THE, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO, TO GET THAT INFORMATION, TO HAVE OUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          UH, I KNOW, UH, CAPTAIN, UH, PLUNKETT WAS ABLE TO TOUR OUR FACILITY AND GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          THE CITY MANAGER HAS GOTTEN, UH, MANY OF HER QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          UH, AGAIN, I'VE GOTTEN MANY OF MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          AND THO THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, AGAIN, INFORMATION THAT I WAS ABLE TO SHARE TONIGHT. 
          BUT WE ARE ALSO GONNA HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION BY THE COUNTY TO EXACTLY WHAT THE PATHWAY HOME PROJECT IS. 
          UH, AND, AND SO I I THINK FOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, TO SHARE CONCERN IS, IS REASONABLE. 
          BUT I I DO NOT THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO SEND OUT THIS NARRATIVE THAT THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE ALL HAVE WERE, WERE NOT, WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE ANSWERS. 
          'CAUSE WE, WE ALL DID. 
          AND, AND SO A, A AGAIN, UH, I, I, I WANNA, WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSPARENCY, THAT IS WHAT TRANSPARENCY IS, IT, IT IS ABOUT A COUNTY PROGRAM THAT GETS COMMUNICATED. 
          THEN AS, AS A COUNCIL, YOU, YOU MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE NOTIFIED. 
          THAT IS WHAT THE JULY 2ND MEETING IS FOR, TO, TO HAVE THAT STUDY SESSION WHERE PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS, WHERE ALL THIS MISINFORMATION CAN, CAN BE DISMISSED, CAN BE DISMISSED. 
          AND, AND WHERE, WHERE RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT THE, THE PLAN FOR THAT DAYS IN IS NOT DAYS IN IT'S FIVE STAR, FIVE, FIVE STAR, FIVE STAR IN. 
          AND, AND SO AGAIN, AGAIN, THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS OUR, OUR OPPORTUNITY. 
          AND SO, SO WE DID HAVE A, AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO HAVE A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          OKAY? AND I, I JUST, I, I, I REALLY NEED TO SET THAT ON THE RECORD FOR EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIRO, UH, THANK YOU. 
          SO IN REFERENCE TO WHAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, MENTIONED IN REGARDS THIS MOTEL, IF IT IS A CURRENT ISSUE, THEN YES, UM, THIS PROPERTY SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN AS IS, WITH OR WITHOUT PATHWAY. 
          I MEAN, IF IT'S NOT DOING ITS JOB, SHUT IT DOWN. 
          AS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PATHWAY, I'VE ALWAYS SAID, SHOW ME A HOMELESS SHELTER OR A PATHWAY, EVEN THE CURRENT PATHWAYS THAT IS PROVEN AND SUCCESSFUL, AND THAT THEY CAN ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, I'LL CONSIDER IT. 
          BUT SO FAR, IT ALL FAILED. 
          AND I DON'T WANNA WASTE MY TIME BECAUSE WE'VE HAD COUNTY COME HERE AND SPEAK TO US REGARDING HOMELESS. 
          YOU ALL KNOW WHERE I STAND IN THIS HOMELESS ISSUE. 
          IT'S, IT'S VERY, VERY CLEAR ON, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE. 
          I'VE DEALT WITH IT, I'VE EXPERIENCED IT MYSELF. 
          AND YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED COUNTY, AND I COULD ALMOST GUARANTEE I'LL BET MY MONEY ON IT, THAT IF MY QUESTION TO THEM NEXT, WHEREVER THAT PRESENTATION IS, I, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE A DIRECT ANSWER. 
          I'VE ASKED FOR MANY YEARS THAT WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PERSON REFUSES THE SERVICES? THEY ALWAYS SAID, OH, WE'LL, KEEP TRYING, KEEP TRYING UNTIL THEY ACCEPT. 
          I'VE SEEN PEOPLE FOR LIFE. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE GOOD. 
          THEY, THEY WANNA BE OUT ON THE STREETS. 
          THEY DON'T WANNA GET THE HELP. 
          AND I'VE ASKED, WHAT WILL YOU DO? SO THIS IS THE SAME CONCEPT WITH PATHWAYS. 
          IF THEY REFUSE TO LISTEN, AND THEN IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO MOVE ON, THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO. 
          [02:05:01]
GUESS WHAT HAPPENS? THEY'RE BACK IN OUR STREETS. 
          YOU'VE SEEN IT AT ALL THESE OTHER PLACES, THEY JUST COME BACK AND THEY JUST START ALL OVER OUR, OUR STREETS. 
          AND I DO NOT WANT THAT. 
          I'VE ALSO ASKED, UM, CAN THEY GUARANTEE THAT IT WOULD CLEAR OUR RESIDENTS SO WE CAN ENFORCE HOMELESSNESS IN OUR, THROUGHOUT OUR WHOLE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOMELESSNESS TO HOUSE. 
          I'VE ASKED THAT. 
          THEY SAID, NO, ONLY WHAT, SIX BEDS OR SOMETHING, EIGHT BEDS FOR WEST COVINA, OR I DON'T EVEN KNOW THE FULL THING. 
          IT DOES NOT CLEAR OUR, OUR CITY. 
          I, MY FOCUS IS TO TAKE CARE OF WEST COVINA, THE THE WHOLE WEST COVINA, THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, AND FOR ALL, YOU KNOW, OUR PRESIDENTS. 
          SO IF THEY CAN GUARANTEE THAT THIS HELPS OUR, OUR WEST COVINA RESIDENTS THAT WE CAN CLEAR GUARANTEE TO CLEAR ALL THE HOMELESS ISSUES IN OUR CITY, THEN I'LL CONSIDER IT. 
          BUT THEN THEY SAID NO. 
          SO I'VE ASKED THOSE TWO QUESTIONS, OTHERWISE I DON'T WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. 
          IT MAKES NO SENSE. 
          BECAUSE IF THEY STILL GIVE ME A FLUFFY, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GIVE THEM ALL THE RESOURCES, WE'LL HELP. 
          BUT WHAT IF THEY DON'T? THEY CANNOT ANSWER THAT. 
          SO I, I ACTUALLY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS UNLESS IT CATERS TO OUR RESIDENTS. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          AND I, I, I WANNA, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, FOR THOSE, THOSE COMMENTS COUNCILWOMAN, UM, BECAUSE THAT, THAT IS, UM, EXACTLY WHO IT WILL CATER TO. 
          IT WILL CATER TO THE UNSHELTERED IN WEST COVINA, AND IT WILL, UM, BE ABLE TO, TO HOUSE. 
          WE, WE CURRENTLY, OUR, OUR NUMBERS ARE, ARE UP TO 101 POINT ORDER, 177. 
          NO DOES ATTORNEY, OKAY, I THINK THIS IS THE TIME. 
          IT'S NOT FOR ANSWER AND QUESTION. 
          OKAY? I THINK MAY AND MR. QUESTION ALL THE REPRESENTED COUNTY, IT IS NOT COUNTY. 
          IT REPRESENT THE COUNTY AND EXPLAIN EVERYTHING. 
          AND HE'S NOT ENTITLED TO DO THAT. 
          WE WILL HAVE A COUNTY ANSWER NEXT MEETING. 
          MR. MR. MAYOR, JUST BE ON THE AGENDA. 
          ALL CT COUNCIL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK, RATHER HE MONOLOGUE THE WHOLE NIGHT. 
          THIS WILL BE IN THE AGENDA NEXT MEETING. 
          SO LET'S, YEAH, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR HIS CONTINUE TO ANSWER REPRESENT THE COUNTY. 
          WE, WE, WE, WE, WE CAN MOVE ON AND, AND I I, I WILL MOVE US ON, ON THE AGENDA. 
          UH, I, I I WILL, I WILL, I WILL JUST CLOSE. 
          UM, THE, THE RESIDENTS DURING PUBLIC COMMENT ADDRESSED ME SPECIFICALLY CITY ATTORNEY, UH, AND REGARDING SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. 
          AND SO AS, UH, AS A SITTING, SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER, I DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESPOND TO RESIDENT QUESTIONS. 
          AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, WHO EXACTLY WOULD BE HOUSED IN THE PATHWAY HOME? AND IT, IT, IT IS FOR THE UNSHELTERED IN WEST COVINA. 
          AND SO, AND, AND THERE WERE, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE MONIES AND MEASURE AGE. 
          SO ALL OF MY COMMENTS, AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT, IT FEELS AS IF I, I GAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION, BUT I DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND DIRECTLY TO QUESTIONS FROM PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT I DID. 
          AND, AND SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, AND MOVE ON, UH, TO SPEAK. 
          UH, NO, WE'RE, WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON. 
          [CONSENT CALENDAR]
SO, UH, COUNSEL, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          UH, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I WANNA PULL NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE. 
          ANY OTHER ITEMS? ALL RIGHT, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS? NUMBER ONE THROUGH SIX, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER FOUR? I'LL MOVE THE MOTION. 
          I'LL SECOND. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, VITO TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE EXCEPT EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR. 
          COUNCILMAN CONTOS. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ. 
          VITO AYE. 
          MAYOR PRO TEM WU. 
          AYE. 
          MAYOR CALD. 
          AYE. 
          ITEMS PASSED. 
          FIVE ZERO. 
          MAYOR, 
          [4) CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR CITYWIDE SIDEWALK, CURB & GUTTER REPAIRS - PROJECTS NOS. 21014 & 21015]
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? OH, YES. 
          UH, MAYOR PRO TEM WU. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, REGARDING THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR ABOUT ALL THIS SIDEWALK AND THIS AND THAT, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUE. 
          AND MY CONCERN IS, OKAY, WE WANT TO ADDRESS, I THINK WE TALK TO THE ENGINEER AND THE CITY MANAGER MANY, MANY TIMES BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, POTENTIAL TRIP HAZARD THAT WILL BE VERY TO CITY PEOPLE WITH TRIP PEOPLE WALK ON THE SIDEWALK, WE HAVE THE OTHER SIDEWALK UNEVEN, WE HAVE THE SIDEWALK, HAVE THE RULES COMING OUT. 
          AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, WE HAVE A LOT OF SIDEWALK DAMAGED BY THE FRONTIER. 
          SO WHEN YOU PUT ON THIS, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT FRONTIER HAVE TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE THEY CREATE ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH ALL THOSE SIDEWALK, WITH ALL THIS THING POPPING OUT IS TRIP HAZARD. 
          WHY CT ENGINEER NEVER GO BACK TO INSPECT ABOUT ALL DEAL. 
          FINAL JOB. 
          [02:10:01]
YOU SHOULD SEE THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE FOR THEM. 
          LEAVE SOMETHING. 
          THE TRIP HAZARD. 
          RECENTLY WE HAVE THE, AND THE RESIDENT COMPLAINT. 
          OKAY, A SENIOR RESIDENT, THEY CANNOT WALK ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE THEY HAVE A CAB POP OUT FOR ONE INCH. 
          IT'S TRIP HAZARD. 
          WE ARE GOING TO CITY, WE HAVE ALL LIABILITY. 
          SO WHILE OUR ENGINEER OUTSOURCING, OKAY, TRANSTECH DOING ANYTHING ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BESIDE, WE ARE GOING TO FIX ALL THOSE THING WE NEED TO FRONTIER TO PAY FOR ALL THESE SIDEWALK DAMAGE AND TO, WE HAVE SOMEBODY SHOULD GO TO CHECK ALL THE FRONTIER JOB. 
          I DON'T THINK WE CHECK ON THEM. 
          SO BEFORE, UM, I HAVE BRIAN CERVANTES WITH TRANSTECH ANSWER THAT, UM, WE ARE, THERE WAS SOME, UH, WORK THROUGH VARIOUS PERMITS THAT FRONTIER OBTAINED FROM THE CITY, UM, TO DO WORK ON OUR STREETS AND THEY LEFT A LOT OF, UM, THEY LEFT THEM, UH, BELOW STANDARD WHERE THEY SHOULD HAVE. 
          AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE WORKING, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH TRANSTECH AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO ADDRESS AND GET THOSE RESOLVED AND GET THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DONE. 
          AND THEN I WILL TRANSFER IT OVER TO BRIAN ABOUT THE PROCESS IN WHICH WE DO, UH, AN INSPECTION BEFORE WE FINALIZE THE PERMIT, THE ENCROACHMENT PERMIT WITH ANY UTILITY COMPANY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T OCCUR AGAIN. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR POT WU, UH, IN REGARD TO YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FRONTIER, UH, WE DO FOR FRONTIER, WHEN THEY'VE BEEN DOING THE RECENT CONCRETE PROJECTS FOR ALL PROJECTS, REQUIRE THEM DO A PRE-CONSTRUCTION MEETING AND THEN AS WELL, WE HAVE TO GO OUT THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THEY ARE DOING WORK. 
          UH, ON THIS. 
          WE'VE ALSO REQUESTED THAT FRONTIER DO A SHORTER TIMELINE THAN, UH, OTHER PROJECTS THAT OTHER UTILITY AGENCIES MIGHT DO. 
          UH, SO THEY DO DO TEMPORARY ASPHALT. 
          TYPICALLY WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO HAVE THEM FULLY RESTORE WITHIN TWO DAYS, IF NOT A WEEK, WHICH AGAIN IS, UH, A FASTER TIMELINE THAN WHAT OTHER UTILITY AGENCIES MIGHT BE DOING. 
          AND THEN IN ORDER TO FINAL THE PERMIT, WHICH IS WHAT LEGALIZES THE WORK WE DO GO OUT THERE, MAKE SURE ALL THE UTILITY MARKINGS, WHICH ARE THE DIFFERENT COLOR MARKS YOU MIGHT SEE IN THE ROADWAY, UH, ALL OF THOSE ARE REMOVED. 
          CONCRETE IS RESTORED PER CITY STANDARD AND GREEN BOOK STANDARDS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE WORK SITE HAS BEEN, UH, CLEANED AS WELL. 
          SO ON YOUR PROPOSAL, BASICALLY THIS IS NOT INCLUDING THE FRONTIER DAMAGE, RIGHT? MEANING THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT FOR THEIR DAMAGE TO OUR PROPERTY ON THE SIDEWALK, CORRECT? THAT'S GOING, UH, THAT IS SEPARATE. 
          THIS IS PURELY, UH, RESIDENT REQUESTS AS WELL AS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT WE'VE NOTICED. 
          UH, MOST OF THEM COME FROM UPLIFT DUE TO TREES OR, UM, OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS THAT, THAT ONG EVEN. 
          CORRECT? YEAH. 
          THIS AREA DOESN'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY ITEMS IN THIS AREA THAT ARE WITHIN THE FRONTIER. 
          AND EVEN IF THEY WERE, WE WOULDN'T REQUIRE OR WE WOULD REQUIRE THE UTILITY AGENCY COME BACK AND REPAIR IT. 
          SO WE DON'T USE TAX DOLLARS FOR THAT. 
          SO, SO THIS IS NOT THE SURVEY FOR ENTIRE CITY, OKAY. 
          ALL THE PROBLEMATIC SIDEWALK BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY SIDEWALK, IT'S PROBLEMATIC, CORRECT? YES. 
          THAT'S BEING DONE AS PART OF THE A DA SURVEY THAT'S BEING DONE. 
          UH, THEY'RE DOING A FULL SURVEY OF THE ENTIRE, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AS WELL AS ALL CITY FACILITIES AND COMING UP WITH A COMPREHENSIVE LIST. 
          SO THEN WE WOULD USE THAT FOR THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO PRIORITIZE, UH, HIGH HAZARD AREAS OR TRIP HAZARD AREAS. 
          SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU DRIVING ON SUSE AVENUE, YOU SEE ALL THE SIDEWALK POPPING UP LIKE CRAZY WITH THE TREE ROAD ON THAT, AND IT IS REALLY OKAY, NOT HEALTHY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALK BECAUSE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. 
          SO, SO I THINK THEN THAT THOSE SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. 
          IT'S BEEN THERE FOR YEARS. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE CITY GOING TO ADDRESS ALL THOSE VISIBLE. 
          YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A MAJOR HAZARDOUS TO ANY PEOPLE WANT TO WALK ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          SO I, AGAIN, THIS THING IS SOMETHING IS KIND OF, UH, OKAY LATE, BUT WE NEED TO ADDRESS ALL THIS, OKAY? SIDEWALK ISSUE ESPECIALLY, OKAY. 
          PEOPLE POSSIBLE WILL TRIP ON RED AND MEANING WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LAWSUIT AND PEOPLE EVEN HURT THEMSELF. 
          WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO HURT THEMSELF AND WE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT LAWSUIT. 
          SO, SO I THINK THIS, THIS IS ONE THING. 
          AND SECOND THING, WE ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE A FRONTIER FRONTIER TO FIX ALL THE CYBER WAR DAMAGE. 
          WE NEED A TIMELINE BECAUSE SINCE 2022, WE ARE ASKING THEM TO FIX IT. 
          NOW IT'S 2024, STILL NOTHING GOING ON ON THE SOUTH SIDE WITH ALL THE . 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE NOT LET THEM TO CONTINUE TO DRAG, OKAY? AND LISTEN TO THEIR VIOLIN. 
          WE NEED TO FORCE THEM, OTHERWISE WE HAVE NO CHOICE TO GO TO LAWSUIT, OKAY? AND DON'T, DON'T GIVE THEM THE PERMIT OR FINAL COMPLETION. 
          SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL STATUS. 
          OKAY? CURRENTLY IT'S NOT, IF YOU GO OVER THERE TO I WALK OVER THERE, I SEE UNEVEN, IT'S ALMOST UNWORKABLE FOR ANY PEOPLE TO ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          SO LET NEED TO BE ON YOUR DEPARTMENT. 
          YOU GUYS HAVE TO GO TO INSPECT, OKAY? NOT JUST APPROVE THEM AND THEY JUST, THEY WILL DISAPPEAR. 
          THEY WON'T, OKAY. 
          PEOPLE WILL GET HURT. 
          SO ANYWAY, UM, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ENTIRE CITY SURVEY, UH, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. 
          THEY'RE CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE THEY HAVE ONE MORE CITY 
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FACILITY TO DO AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE PUBLIC RAILWAY, WHICH IS A LARGER TASK. 
          OKAY? THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          I SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM WU. 
          A SECOND BY MAYOR CALDRON TABBA TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT FOR CITYWIDE SIDEWALK. 
          CURB GUIDED REPAIRS PROJECTS NUMBER 2 1 0 1 4 AND 2 1 0 1 5. 
          COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ. 
          VITO AYE. 
          MAYOR PRO TIM WU. 
          AYE. 
          MAYOR CALDONE, TABBA. 
          AYE. 
          ITEM PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO DEPARTMENT REGULAR MATTERS. 
          [7) CONSIDERATION OF MICROTRANSIT PILOT PROJECT]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF MICRO TRANSIT PILOT PROJECT. 
          UH, MS. MORALES WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT, UM, KELLY MCDONALD, OR ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE PROVIDING IT, BUT BEFORE I TURN IT OVER TO HIM, I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THIS PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU IS TONIGHT. 
          UM, ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, I THINK SINCE, UH, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER DYER CASTANOS WAS THE EMPTY SHUTTLES DRIVING AROUND OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO WE'VE HIRED A CONSULTANT THAT, UM, HELPED US LOOK AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS. 
          UM, AND WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY FOR A GRANT THAT'S GONNA GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING A MICRO TRANSIT, UH, OPTION OR PILOT PROGRAM TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          UM, AND SO, UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING KIND OF A HYBRID OPTION FOR TRANSIT SERVICES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE WHICH TRANSIT OPTION OUR RESIDENTS REALLY, UM, UTILIZE MORE. 
          AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT IS FOR APPROVAL OF THIS GRANT OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO DO A ONE YEAR PILOT PROGRAM FOR MICRO TRANSIT, WHICH WOULD BE ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY. 
          UM, AND THE MICRO TRANSIT IS KIND OF LIKE A, A RIDESHARE, BUT, UM, SHARED WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHERE AN UBER, LYFT, YOU ORDER IT AND IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL RIDE. 
          UM, WE WOULD KEEP THE GREEN LINE, UH, GO WEST SHUTTLE, UM, THAT IS THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST RIDERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE WOULD KEEP THAT LINE. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WOULD, UM, KEEP THE DIAL AIDE AND THE MOVE WEST COVINA, UH, UBER, UH, SERVICE FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS 55 AND OVER. 
          UM, AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, LOOK AT ADDING AN UBER SERVICE FOR ALL RESIDENTS ON THE WEEKENDS SO THAT INDIVIDUALS COULD BE, UH, COULD UTILIZE THAT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE OTHER S SHUTTLE SERVICES OR, UH, TRANSIT SERVICES AVAILABLE. 
          UM, AND SO THEN I WILL TURN IT OVER TO KELLY. 
          THAT'S A GOOD SUMMATION. 
          I DON'T THINK I NEED TO PRESENT . 
          UM, THANK YOU. 
          UM, YEAH, THIS, UH, THIS MATTER CONCERNS THE CONSIDERATION OF A MICROT TRANSIT PROGRAM. 
          THE, UM, THE CITY'S CURRENT SERVICES, UM, CONSIST OF THE, UH, DIAL AIDE SERVICE, THE, I'M SORRY, THIS IS MOVING FORWARD, HUH, SIR? THANKS. 
          THE CITY'S CURRENT SERVICES, UH, CONSIST OF THE, UH, DIALER RIDE, UM, MOVE WC IN THE FIXED ROUTE SHUTTLE WITH THREE ALIGNMENTS THAT RUN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, UH, 6:30 AM TO 6:30 PM AND AS WAS STATED, THE, UH, THE, UM, MICRO TRANSIT IS A, UH, AN OPTION THAT WAS CONSIDERED AND OFFERED UP AS A, AS AN OPTION TO PARTIALLY OR FULLY REPLACE THE FIXED ROUTE MODEL. 
          THE WHAT MICROT TRANSIT IS, IS FLEXIBLE TRANSIT. 
          IT'S, UM, POWERED BY TECHNOLOGY AND ALGORITHMS ARE USED TO ROUTE USING REAL-TIME INFORMATION, UH, TO ADD PEOPLE THAT ARE TRAVELING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, ON THE SAME, UH, ON THE SAME VEHICLE. 
          SO IT'S A HIGHLY EFFICIENT WAY OF DOING, UH, TRANSIT, DELIVERING TRANSIT, UH, PASSAGES CAN BOOK TRIPS USING A SMARTPHONE, UH, OR FOR A SMART PHONE APPLICATION, THEY'RE CALLING INTO A, UH, PHONE CENTER. 
          AND, UH, PASSENGERS CAN TRACK THEIR VEHICLE IN REAL TIME LIKE THEY DO WITH, UH, UBER AND LYFT. 
          UM, EARLY IN 2023, THE CITY WAS MADE AWARE OF A, UH, GRANT OPPORTUNITY, THE, UH, VISIONARY SEED FUND THROUGH, UH, LA COUNTY METRO. 
          IT'S USED TO HELP SPARK DEVELOP INNOVATIVE IDEAS FOR, UH, MOBILITY CONCEPTS IN LA COUNTY. 
          IN MARCH 23, METRO ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD BE MAKING $3 MILLION AVAILABLE, UH, IN THIS GRANT CYCLE TO FUND SIX INNOVATIVE PILOT PROJECTS THAT WOULD TEST AND ASSESS STRATEGIES TO RETURN RIDERSHIP 
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TO PRE COVID LEVELS. 
          PROPOSE PROPOSALS NEEDED TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE RESEARCH PARTNER AND TO IDENTIFY ONE RESEARCH QUESTION TO THAT THE PROPOSAL WOULD SEEK TO ANSWER SUCCESSFUL PROPOSALS WOULD BE AWARDED 60% OF THE TOTAL, UH, PROJECT COST ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS. 
          AND THE BALANCE OF THE 40% WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MATCH IN, UH, RESEARCHING MICROT TRANSIT PROGRAMS. THE, UH, CITY CONNECTED WITH VIA, WHICH IS A, UH, A SOFTWARE AND MICRO TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. 
          UH, THEY HAD JUST LAUNCHED A SUCCESSFUL TURNKEY, UH, PROGRAM UP IN, UM, PALO ALTO. 
          AND THEY'D PREVIOUSLY RAN THE, UM, UH, METRO MICRO PROGRAM. 
          AND SO COLLABORATIVELY THE CITY WORKED WITH VIA TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO LA COUNTY METRO. 
          AND, UH, WEST COVIN ON DEMAND WAS THE, OR IS THE NAME OF THE PROPOSAL. 
          UM, IT'S A 12 MONTH PILOT PROJECT, UH, FIVE DAYS A WEEK, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, RUNNING 12 HOURS A DAY, 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM FIVE VEHICLES IN THE ACTIVE FLEET, INCLUDING FOUR, UM, NON WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLES AND ONE WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE VEHICLE, AS WELL AS A, UM, A SPARE VEHICLE. 
          AND IT'S ESTIMATED THAT, UM, A LITTLE OVER 12,000 MILES OR 12,000 VEHICLE HOURS OF SERVICE WOULD BE PROVIDED IN THAT 12 MONTH PERIOD. 
          IN ADDITION TO THAT 12 MONTHS, UH, THERE WOULD BE A THREE MONTH RAMP UP. 
          SO ONCE, UH, IF, IF APPROVED AND, UH, ONCE CONTRACTS ARE EXECUTED AND WE INITIATE A PROPO, UM, A NOTICE TO PROCEED, THERE'D BE A THREE MONTH RAMP UP TO LAUNCH, AND THEN THERE'D BE 12 MONTHS OF SERVICE BEYOND THAT, THE TURNKEY OPERATION CONTRACTOR WOULD PROVIDE ROUTING SOFTWARE, A DEDICATED MOBILE APP IN IOS AND ANDROID FORMAT, CALL IN CENTER MANNED BY, UH, REPRESENTATIVES DURING OPERATING HOURS VEHICLES. 
          DRIVERS WORK WITH THE CITY TO HAVE, UM, BRANDING OF THE MOBILE APPS AS WELL AS THE VEHICLES. 
          AND MARKETING MATERIAL EQUITY WAS A BIG PART OF THE, UH, GRANT CRITERIA. 
          UH, AS SUCH, THE PROPOSAL, UH, PROPOSE TO IMPROVE ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE TRANSIT DEPENDENT POPULATIONS BY OFFERING DISCOUNTS TO, FOR ADVAN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, AND, UH, ACCESSIBILITY FOR WRITERS WITHOUT ACCESS TO CREDIT CARDS AND BANK ACCOUNTS, OR WITH THOSE WITHOUT SMARTPHONE. 
          ALSO WOULD PROVIDE A, UM, ACCESSIBLE WRITER APP DESIGNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A DA AND WE, UH, WCAG, UH, 2.0 STANDARDS, UM, TO STRENGTHEN THE PROPOSAL FURTHER, UM, SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC, UH, INFORMATION WAS LOOKED AT AND, UH, THE SURVEY OR, OR THE SERVICE AREA WAS, UM, RESULTING. 
          WAS, IS THIS AREA HERE THAT'S BOUND ON. 
          IT'S THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE CITY BOUND BY THE, UH, NORTHERN CITY LIMITS AND, UH, EAST AND WEST CITY LIMITS, AND COME ACROSS BASICALLY AT, UH, FRANCIS. 
          AND IN ADDITION TO THAT SERVICE AREA, WE WOULD CONNECT TO, UM, THE METROLINK STATIONS IN COVINA AND BALDWIN PARK, UH, TRAVEL TO AND FROM THOSE STATIONS ORIGINATING, TERMINATING IN WEST COVINA WOULD BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS PROGRAM. 
          THE TOTAL PROJECT COST IS ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION. 
          AGAIN, THE, UH, GRANT IS, WAS FOR, UH, 6 59 0 0 20, AND, UH, THAT'S THE 60% THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED IN LOOKING AT FARES BECAUSE OF THE INTEREST IN, IN, UH, INCREASING THE RIDERSHIP, THE STAFF IS PROPOSING, NO, NO. 
          FAIR. 
          DURING THE, UH, TERM OF THIS PILOT, UH, THE 12 MONTH PERIOD, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, THESE ARE THE, UM, THESE ARE THE CURRENT FAIRES FOR SERVICE IN, UH, THE CITY'S TRANSIT SYSTEM. 
          UH, A DOLLAR PER BOARDING, 50 CENTS PER, UH, FOR THE GO WEST SHUTTLE AND DIAL A RIDE 50 CENTS PER BOARDING. 
          GO WEST SHUTTLE AND DIAL A RIDE FOR SENIORS. 
          UH, $3 PER RIDE ON THE, UH, MOVE WC UBER PROGRAM. 
          AND JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS A METRO MICRO, WHICH IS ANOTHER MICROT TRANSIT PROGRAM, UH, RECENTLY INCREASED ITS FEE TO, UH, TWO 50. 
          UH, BUT THERE, THAT'S THE BASE FAIR. 
          THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT, UH, DISCOUNTS FOR DIFFERENT POPULATIONS, STUDENTS, SENIORS, DISABLED AND SO FORTH. 
          SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AGREEMENTS THAT, UH, WE'RE ASKING, UH, TO BE APPROVED, THE, UH, VSF, UH, GRANT, UM, WITH, UH, METRO AS WELL AS THE VIA, UH, CONTRACT, UH, CONTRACT VIA TO PROVIDE THIS, UH, TURNKEY SERVICE. 
          AND WE WERE ARE PROPOSING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE, UH, PROCUREMENT PROCESS DONE BY KINGS COUNTY IN, UH, WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON. 
          AND AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A THREE MONTH RAMP UP, UH, 
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ON NOTICE TO PROCEED. 
          AND ALSO THE, UH, WE HAD TALKED, TALKED ABOUT THE, UH, PROPOSED MODEL OF SERVICE DELIVERY. 
          DISCONTINUE WORKING WITH, UM, MV WHEN, AS THAT CONTRACT EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER TO LOOK AT A REDUCED SCOPE AND, UH, DISCONTINUE THE, THE BLUE LINE, HAVE THAT SERVICE BE, UH, REPLACED BY THE MICRO TRANSIT PROGRAM, WHICH IS SERVICE, WHICH WOULD BE SERVICING THAT AREA. 
          UM, UH, CONTINUE WITH THE GREEN LINE AS IT IS. 
          IT'S, UM, HAS GOOD RIDERSHIP ON THE SOUTHERN END OF TOWN. 
          CONTINUE THE DIAL AIDE, UH, CONTINUE THE MOVE WC PROGRAM WITH UBER AND LAUNCH SHEEN AND, UH, A PILOT PROJECT WITH UBER FOR WEEKENDS AND EVENTS. 
          SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE, BRIAN NELSON HERE FROM VIA, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS I CAN'T ANSWER. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          WE'LL OPEN IT UP. 
          UH, STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LOPEZ RO. 
          SO, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          I JUST WANTED TO JUST CONFIRM THAT THIS PROGRAM IS FOR ONLY WEST COVINA RESIDENTS? YES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          WELL, ACTUALLY I HAVE FOLLOW UP. 
          MM-HMM. 
          , HOW WOULD YOU KNOW, UM, IF THEY ARE OR NOT? UH, IS IT LIKE AN APP THAT JUST, CAN ANYBODY PUT IN THAT APP? CAN ANYBODY USE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU PREVENT FROM LIKE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, FLOODING IT? I'M SORRY, I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS CORRECT. 
          WAS IT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRAVEL WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE GEO GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION OR NO, FOR THE PROGRAM ITSELF? SO FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE DIAL AIDE, UM, IN ORDER TO BE PART OF THE DIAL AIDE PROGRAM, YOU NEED TO FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND BE A WEST COVINA RESIDENT. 
          RIGHT? OR, AND A SENIOR, OF COURSE, THEY HAVE ALL THESE STIPULATIONS. 
          SO FOR THIS PROGRAM, IS IT FOR JUST WEST COVINA RESIDENTS OR JUST ANYBODY FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY WHO WANTS TO TRAVEL TO WEST COVINA CAN UTILIZE THIS? YEAH, I'M SORRY. 
          UH, I THINK, UH, I WAS CONFUSING THAT WITH THE UBER PROGRAM. 
          I THINK IT, IT WOULD, UH, THE CITY LIMITS WOULD BE GEOFENCED IN ANY TRAVEL WITHIN THAT BY ANYBODY, UH, USING THE PROGRAM COULD USE IT AND CONNECTING, CONNECTING TO FOOTHILL AND, AND TRAIN STATIONS AND SO FORTH. 
          AND THEY GET THAT SPECIAL RATE FOR, BECAUSE OF COURSE THIS IS MUCH CHEAPER THAN USING AN UBER PROGRAM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          RIGHT, RIGHT. 
          I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I JUST, 'CAUSE I KNOW THESE PILOT PROGRAMS, SOMETIMES THE FUNDS RUN OUT REALLY QUICK AND THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST DON'T UTILIZE THIS. 
          AND I, I JUST, IS THERE A WAY THAT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE TO GET THOSE SPECIAL RATES OR, UM, THAT ARE, I MEAN, I JUST WANNA CATER AND TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS, LIKE THOSE THAT ARE HERE IN WEST COVINA. 
          YOU CAN, BUT I JUST, THIS IS JUST OPENING JUST TO SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNT, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, WHEN IT, UH, WITH REGARD, UH, KELLY TO, TO THE, TO THE WEB ACCESSIBILITY, IF YOU COULD PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK. 
          I THINK THAT THE, THE MORE UP-TO-DATE STANDARD WOULD BE WCHE 2.1 AA. 
          I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT I, BUT IF YOU COULD PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK. 
          THAT WILL DO. 
          YES. 
          AND THEN SECOND, WITH OUR CUTTING OFF SERVICE TO THE BLUE LINE, UH, AND OTHER AND DISCONTINUING OTHER SERVICES, OR AT LEAST REDU REDUCING SERVICE WITH OTHER LINES, WHAT TYPE OF COST SAVINGS WOULD THAT REPRESENT? I, I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE THAT. 
          IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, PROBABLY HALF, HALF OF THE, UH, THE MV CONTRACT, WHICH IS, UM, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. 
          SO PROBABLY A HALF, MAYBE HALF OF THAT. 
          SO WHAT WOULD THAT, WHAT'S THAT ROUGH DOLLAR AMOUNT? HALF A MILLION. 
          HALF A MILLION. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO EVEN SO, WHILE WEST COVINA WILL BE, WILL BE FUNDING A PORTION OF THIS, THE, THE, THE 60%, THEN THERE'S A 40% MATCHING. 
          IT'S, WE ACTUALLY SAVE MONEY ALSO BY, BY CUTTING OFF, UH, BY DISCONTINUE THE LINES THAT DON'T HAVE HIGH RIDERSHIP, RIGHT? UH, POTENTIALLY, YES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, SORRY. 
          SO ONE OF THE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO REDUCE THE SCOPE OF SERVICES CURRENTLY WITH MV FOR JUST THE GREEN LINE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADD TECHNOLOGY SO THAT IT IS AVAILABLE AND CONVENIENT FOR RESIDENTS, UM, TO CHECK WHERE THE BUS OR THE SHUTTLE IS, AND TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THE SHUTTLE, UH, VIA THE PHONE OR YOU KNOW, WHERE ON THE ROUTE IT'S AT. 
          SO THERE WOULD BE AN ADDED COST FOR THAT. 
          UM, SO IF WE GET DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD, IF WE GET A DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, IN THAT MANNER, WE WILL COME BACK WITH A STAFF REPORT, UM, IN REGARDS 
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TO AMENDING THAT SCOPE OF CONTRACT WITH MV. 
          AND WE'D HAVE THOSE FIGURES FOR YOU IN THAT REPORT. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TE WU. 
          YEP. 
          THANK YOU MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          I THINK BASICALLY THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM FOR CHILD MONTHS TO SEE HOW IT GOES. 
          UH, I, I THINK WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR, I DUNNO, HOW MANY YEARS? THREE YEARS, FOUR YEARS. 
          OKAY. 
          WE TALKING ABOUT EMPTY BUSES RUNNING AROUND A CITY, TN AND, UH, AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLES NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE EMPTY BUSES RUNNING AROUND AND DOING NOTHING. 
          SO, SO IN THAT WAY, WE WANT TO HAVE SOME KIND OF TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION ACTION PLAN FOR WEST COVINA. 
          HOW CAN WE MOVE PEOPLE AROUND? SO I, I, I THINK WE, I NOT QUITE OKAY TO GET ENTIRE PICTURE, BUT I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE IS THE PROMOTION. 
          OKAY. 
          A PROMOTION TO LET PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHICH TOOL LINE, WHERE TO GO TO WHERE, AND THEN ALSO, UH, SO-CALLED, UM, THE UBER. 
          OKAY. 
          THE APP, HOW TO HELP SOME SENIOR, LIKE ME, HOW TO REGISTER UBER. 
          YOU MIGHT BE HAD TO HOLD MY HAND FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT WE CAN USE THE UBER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, YEAH, , NO, I KNOW. 
          I JUST, I JUST WANT TO TRY MYSELF. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, BUT, BUT, BUT, AND HOW TO SHE DRY? OKAY. 
          SHE RIGHT. 
          AND, UH, DIAL RIGHT AND ALL MAKE A TRANSPORTATION NETWORKING THAT ALL THIS NETWORK WILL HAVE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE IN OUR CITY, BUT THIS NEED TO MOST IMPORTANT THING, THE PROMOTION, OKAY. 
          AND HOW WE PROMOTE ALL THIS ROUTE, ALL THIS, OKAY. 
          TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE TO USE. 
          SO I THINK THAT IS THE MAJOR ISSUE FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE HAVE OF DRI. 
          THAT IF PEOPLE LIVING ON THE BORDER, WE CAN STILL ALLOW THINGS. 
          THE SENIOR CAN GO TO OFF OUR CITY LIMIT FOR WHAT? THREE MILE. 
          RIGHT? RIGHT. 
          I REMEMBER. 
          THREE MILE. 
          SO THEY CAN STILL DO SHOPPING OR GO TO THE, THEIR, THEIR DOCTOR OKAY. 
          AND THE APPOINTMENT. 
          AND IF, IF WITHIN THE CITY, UBER ONLY ALLOW WITHIN OUR CITY LIMIT, SO YOU WILL GET SOME DISCOUNT. 
          SO I THINK THIS IS ALL HAVE TO PROVIDE SOMETHING EASY TO UNDERSTAND OKAY. 
          AND PROVIDE TO ALL THE RESIDENT BECAUSE THAT, IT'S TRUE, A LOT OF PEOPLE IS NOT DRIVING, THEY'RE TAKING BUSES. 
          OKAY? AND A LOT OF SENIOR, THEY, THEY DON'T DRIVE OR A LOT OF PEOPLE THEY PREFER MAYBE USING A, A MASS TRANSPORTATION. 
          SO, SO HOW CAN WE PROVIDE THIS FOR THEM? I THINK MORE AND MORE IS, IS HOW TO WE SELL THIS THING OUT AND HAVE PEOPLE REALLY UTILIZE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO I WILL MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE FOR THE TELE MONTHS FOR PILOT PROGRAM SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, BE BEFORE WE DO ROLL CALL, I KNOW, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIRO, UH, HAD ANOTHER QUESTION. 
          AND THEN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ ALSO I BELIEVE HAD A, HAD A QUESTION AND COMMENT. 
          UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? YES. 
          COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS. 
          UM, I THINK THAT IT'S ANOTHER GREAT, UH, PROGRAM THAT OUR SENIORS AND OUR RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA CAN USE. 
          AND BECAUSE IT'S A PILOT PROGRAM, I THINK, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO FIND OUT WHAT THE OUTCOME WILL BE. 
          AND, UM, SO ANYWAYS, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          COUNCILMAN LOPEZ? VIDO? UH, NO, I, WELL, THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. 
          I'M GLAD THIS IS MOVING FORWARD AND I AM 100% SUPPORT OF THIS. 
          UM, I JUST, AND I, I APPRECIATE THAT THEY ADDRESS THE EQUITY, UM, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THE DISCOUNTS FOR DISADVANTAGE COMMUNITIES, THE ACCESSIBLE WRITERS WHO DON'T HAVE CREDIT CARDS AND BANK STATEMENTS, I KNOW A FEW. 
          SO THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED. 
          AND THEN WRITERS WITHOUT SMARTPHONES, UM, AND, UM, THE A DA BUT FOR THIS, IS THERE A LIVE PERSON TO HELP? LIKE, HOW TO UPLOAD THE APP OR SHOW THEM HOW TO USE IT IN PERSON? UH, I, YES, YES. 
          IT WOULD BE ABLE TO CALL IN OR WILL YOU, ARE THERE PROMOTIONAL THINGS? UH, I THINK, AND ONCE THE STAFF IS ABLE TO, UH, BECOMES FAMILIAR WITH THAT, WE'D BE ABLE TO HELP FOLKS AS WELL. 
          AND IF YOU COULD CREATE A VIDEO SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHARE, MOVE ALONG. 
          AND THEN WITH THIS PILOT PROGRAM, I KNOW IT'S ONE YEAR, BUT, AND THERE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE ATTACHED TO THIS. 
          IS IT ONE COMPLETE YEAR OR UNTIL THE FUNDS RUN OUT? SO ONE COMPLETE YEAR, ONE COMPLETE. 
          SO EVEN IF WE PASS THE FUNDS OF USAGE, IT'S STILL, WE CAN STILL FINISH A COMPLETE YEAR. 
          SO THE, THE FUNDS COVER THE COST OF THE, UH, THE SERVICE. 
          AND SO I, IF KELLY, IF I'M NOT, IF I'M WRONG, BUT, UM, IT DOESN'T DEPEND ON THE RIDES, IT'S 'CAUSE THERE, THERE'S NO FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIDES. 
          OKAY. 
          AS LONG AS IT'S MARKETED AND, UM, TO SHOW THEM HOW TO USE TECHNOLOGY, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, IT'S, UH, TARGETED FOR TARGETED FOUR YEAR, AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING NO FEE IF, UH, WE FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, USAGE IS REALLY EXPLODING, 
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MAY POTENTIALLY WOULD COME BACK AFTER A REEVALUATION AND, UH, UM, PRESENT THAT TO, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          AND THEN IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY, SO PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'RE SEEKING TONI TONIGHT IS PROVIDE DIRECTION ON MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, GOING, REDUCING THE SCOPE DOWN TO THE GREEN SHUTTLE ONLY FOR THE GO WEST WITH MV. 
          UM, IF THAT'S A DIRECTION GIVEN, WE'LL COME BACK TO COUNCIL, AS I MENTIONED, UM, WITH A, A STAFF REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          SO IS THAT'S, THAT'S COVERED IN THAT RECOMMENDATION OR THE RECOMME RECOMMENDATION? YEAH. 
          MM-HMM, . 
          OKAY. 
          UH, OKAY. 
          SO, UH, YES, UH, RIGHT. 
          REAL QUICK BEFORE WE DO ROLL CALL, UH, I AM EXCITED TO SEE THAT, UM, THE CONNECTIVITY WITH THINGS LIKE WAYS SO PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, TIMES AND, AND WHEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO, TO TRAVEL AND DO MASS TRANSIT. 
          I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN MISSING IN OUR CITY. 
          SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK ROLL CALL, PLEASE. 
          I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMU, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS RECOMMENDED CONSIDERATION OF MICROT TRANSIT PILOT PROJECT. 
          COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ? AYE. 
          MAYOR PRO TE WU. 
          AYE. 
          MAYOR CALABA. 
          AYE. 
          ITEM PASSES. 
          FIVE ZERO, MAYOR. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WE WILL NOW MOVE TO CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. 
          ARE THERE ANY AB 1, 2, 3, 4 CONFERENCE AND MEETING REPORTS? 
          [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
ALL RIGHT. 
          UH, DO WE HAVE ANY CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS? I HAVE MAYOR PROU. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I THINK TONIGHT WE TALK ABOUT A LOT OF, UH, FIVE STAR ISSUE AND I WANT TO, UM, HAVE A MAD MAY I REGARDING THE CITY LOOKING TO POTENTIALLY SHUT DOWN THE OPERATION OF LIFESTYLE, UH, WITH ABOUT THERE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND, UH, SO MANY OF, UH, POLICE CALL AND DESIGNER AND NEW SENT TO NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING JUST LIKE OUR RESTAURANT ON THE LENDER SEND SITUATION. 
          SO CITY SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT RESERVE OKAY. 
          TO TAKE A LEGAL ISSUE TO SHUT IT DOWN. 
          AND ALSO, OKAY, I WANT TO MAKE SURE NEXT IN THE MEETING WHERE COUNTY COME OVER HERE TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PATHWAY HOME, I WANT TO HAVE IMPROVE ON OUR RESIDENT. 
          SO IF A RESIDENT DO NOT AGREE, AND THIS STILL WANT FORCE TO COMING IN, I WANT THE CITY LOOK INTO ANY LEGAL OKAY. 
          ISSUE WE CAN AGAINST THE COUNTY FOR THIS OR FORCE FOR US TO OKAY. 
          TO HAVE IT AND TO POTENTIALLY DESTROY OUR COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THIS IS MY MOTHER. 
          MAY I, I DEFINITELY SECOND. 
          ANY OBJECTION? YES. 
          SO I'LL TAKE ROLL CALL. 
          JUST TO BE CLEAR, UM, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEMU TO LOOK INTO SHUTTING DOWN THE FIVE STAR MOTEL AND A PRESENTATION BY THE COUNTY AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING WITH A SECOND BY, UM, NO. 
          AND THEN, OKAY. 
          ALSO TO TAKE THAT LEGAL, WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE, I THINK. 
          CAN WE DO ONE? WE CAN DO ONE, YES. 
          I WANNA DO ONE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I HAVE A MOTION ALSO ALSO TO SHOUT ALSO TO SUE THE COUNTY IF THEY FORCED TO AGAINST THE, OKAY. 
          RESIDENT WILL TO PUT THAT PASS AWAY HOME IN TWO FIVE STAR HOTEL. 
          SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS MOTION NUMBER ONE IS TO LOOK INTO SHUTTING DOWN THE FIVE STAR MOTEL, CORRECT. 
          AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ. 
          VIDO, CAN WE HAVE BOTH TOGETHER, INCLUDING THE COUNTY ONE? YES. 
          CAN WE, SO, SO THEY INCLUDED COUNTY, WE WILL TAKE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST COUNTY IF THEY FORCE US TO HAVE THAT. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS? AYE. 
          COUNCILMAN ROSARIO DIAZ. 
          AYE. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ. 
          VITO AYE. 
          MAYOR PROTI WU. 
          AYE. 
          MAYOR CALDERONE TABBA, NO ITEM MOVES FORWARD. 
          FOUR ONE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, J JUST SORT OF AS A SU A SUPPLEMENT TO, TO WHAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED, CAN WE ASK THAT, THAT, UH, WITH THE COUNTY COMING TO DO A PRESENTATION, THAT THERE'S ALSO A WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITY? SO THERE'S DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF THE FORMAT THAT'S DONE HERE. 
          RESIDENTS CAN'T DIRECTLY ASK QUESTIONS OF THE, OF THE PRESENTERS. 
          THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN ASK UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE US. 
          BUT BECAUSE OF THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES WHO HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, A WORKSHOP FORMAT WOULD, WOULD PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM DIRECTLY TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH THE RESIDENTS SO THAT WAY THEY CAN ANSWER, ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, AND DISPEL ANY MYTHS ABOUT, ABOUT, UH, THAT, THAT THEY MAY HAVE AB ABOUT THE, ABOUT THE PROGRAM. 
          AND I DEFINITELY SECOND THAT SO THAT THE RESIDENTS, UH, WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE CAN BE ANSWERED WHEN THEY PRESENT, UM, FOR THE FUTURE. 
          SO, YES, I, I SECOND COUNCILMAN CANTOS. 
          I HAVE A SECOND. 
          IS THERE OBJECTION? CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT THIS WORKSHOP OCCURS PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION? SO THEY, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE LIKE A, I WON'T 
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BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT. 
          I'D HAVE TO CHECK THE AVAILABILITY WITH THE, OF THE COUNTY TO SEE IF THEY WILL A, HOLD THAT KIND OF WORKSHOP MEETING. 
          AND THEN B, IF WE COULD SCHEDULE IT BEFORE THE JULY 2ND MEETING. 
          SO THEN THE SECOND TO ADD ON TO COUNCILMAN CONTOS, IN CASE COUNTY DOES NOT WANT TO HOLD THIS WORKSHOP, THEN CAN WE MAKE SURE THE RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF THIS AND IF THEY HAVE, UH, ANY PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS, UM, TO JUST SEND IT INTO THE CITY SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS. 
          UM, THE COUNCIL CAN ALSO LOOK OVER THESE QUESTIONS SO THAT WE CAN ASK THEM. 
          I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE COUNTY IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST. 
          WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE PRESENTATION JULY 2ND. 
          UM, RESIDENTS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS TO THE COUNCIL BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEETING. 
          SO THEY ALREADY HAVE THAT AVENUE, UM, THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT THEY CAN SUBMIT QUESTIONS. 
          BUT WOULD THE PRESENTATION BE SHOWN ON THE AGENDA OR IS, WOULD THE PRESENTATION JUST BE, UH, KNOWN THE DAY OF? I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT, FOR THE NEXT, WE WILL, UM, STAFF STAFF'S PRESENTATION WILL BE AVAILABLE. 
          UM, WHEN THE AGENDA IS POSTED, I WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND SEE WHAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, FOR THE JULY 2ND MEETING. 
          PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, COUNCILMAN CONTOS? THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO, TO ASK THAT, THAT THERE BE A WORKSHOPPING FORMAT PRIOR TO A PRESENTATION HERE AT COUNCIL? AND IF IT, IF THE COUNTY IS NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BECAUSE OF THE, BECAUSE OF THE NOTICE THAT THERE BE A SMALL SLIGHT DELAY IN, IN HAVING THE PRESENTATION AT COUNCIL UNTIL WE HAVE A WORKSHOP FORMAT FIRST TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO COME TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES DIRECTLY. 
          I JUST SAY THIS, 'CAUSE BASED ON EXPERIENCE WITH COUNTY PRESENTING, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO QUESTIONS, THEY JUST DON'T WANNA AN TO, UH, ANSWER IT. 
          SO I'M ALSO BASING IT ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND EXPERIENCE. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE RESIDENTS ARE, UM, YEAH. 
          UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS. 
          UM, I, I CAN ASK THE COUNTY IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE TO DO IT. 
          UM, JULY 2ND. 
          I KNOW WE'RE HAVING OUR COUNCIL MEETING HERE, BUT THAT COMES REAL QUICK. 
          THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO GET IT THE, UH, WORKSHOP, UH, MEETING NEXT WEEK. 
          SO I WILL HAVE TO CHECK THE AVAILABILITY OF THE COUNTY, UM, TO SEE IF THEY'RE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT REQUEST BEFORE THIS, UH, JULY 2ND MEETING. 
          UH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR PRO. 
          I THINK THAT THE MOTHER MAYOR IS VERY SIMPLE. 
          WE INVITE THEM. 
          OKAY, WE WANNA HAVE A WORKSHOP. 
          OKAY. 
          PRIOR TO OUR MEETING, WE INVITE THEM TO PRESENT THIS. 
          IF THEY SAY NO, NOTHING WE CAN DO, BUT AT LEAST WE TRY. 
          SO I THINK THE MOTHER MAY I IS WE INVITE THE COUNTY TO HAVE A WORKSHOP FOR OUR RESIDENT TO PARTICIPATE. 
          SO THEY CAN GIVE THEM THIS A, A Q AND A. 
          YEAH, WE CAN INVITE THEM. 
          YEAH. 
          SO, SO, AND THEN WE WILL SEE WHAT THEY SAY. 
          IF THEY'RE WILLING WITH A COURTESY AND SINCERITY, THEN THEY SHOULD COME OVER HERE, TELL HOW GOOD THIS THING IS. 
          OKAY. 
          AND TO SMOOTH, SMOOTH THE, THE, THE RESIDENT CONCERN, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE OWN BUSINESS NEXT TO THEM. 
          SO, SO THAT IS HOW WHAT CON OKAY. 
          COUNCILMAN CANTO WON, RIGHT? MI MR. MAYOR COUNCILMAN CONTOS? YES. 
          I, I REALLY WOULD STRONGLY PREFER THAT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP PRIOR, UH, IN ORDER TO GIVE RESIDENTS THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR DIRECT DIALOGUE. 
          AND IF THE, IF THE COUNTY IS NOT ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, THEN MY SENTIMENT AND AS A THOUGHT IS THAT WE, WE, WE DELAY THE PRESENTATION AT COUNCIL UNTIL WHICH TIME A WORKSHOP CAN TAKE PLACE FIRST. 
          UH, IF ESPECIALLY SINCE NOTHING HAS BEEN SIGNED, THEN THERE'S NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, THE RUSH WOULD BE IN, IN, IN PUSHING IT FORWARD FOR JULY 2ND. 
          IF WE WORK, IN OTHER WORDS, ASKING THAT WE, WE, WE HAVE A WORKSHOP FIRST, WHETHER IT'S NEXT WEEK OR IF THERE ISN'T TIME, THEN HAVE A WORKSHOP FOLLOW, UM, SUBSEQUENT. 
          BUT THEN IF THAT CANNOT OCCUR BEFORE THE JULY 2ND MEETING, THEN FOR US TO MOVE BACK THE PRESENTATION TO A FUTURE MEETING UNTIL WHICH TIME WE COULD HAVE A WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION HERE, MAYOR PRO TE W THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I THINK WE DON'T HAVE A TON, TOO MUCH TIME TO WASTE. 
          OKAY? WE NEED THIS TRANSPARENCY. 
          WE NEED THEM COME HERE TO PRESENT TO US. 
          OKAY? WE NEED THEM TO DO A, ASAP BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY TODAY THEY SHOULD COME OVER HERE. 
          THEY REFUSE TO COME. 
          SO WE SAY, OKAY, NEXT MEETING. 
          NEXT MEETING WAS THE FIRST MEETING OF JULY. 
          IF WE GIVE THEM EXCUSES, THEY CAN DRAG AND FOREVER AND THEY CAN CERTAINLY ALREADY MOVE IN. 
          OKAY? SO WE NEED THEM TO, TO DO THIS THING. 
          ASAP FOR TRANSPARENCY. 
          FOR TRANSPARENCY FOR OUR RESIDENT, OUR BUSINESS OWNER CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO QUESTION. 
          OKAY? AND IF WE INVITE THEM, THEY REFUSE TO COME, WE CANNOT FORCE THEM TO COME OVER HERE IF THEY DON'T WANNA FORCE A RESIDENT, OKAY? THEY DON'T WANNA FACE A RESIDENT, NOTHING WE CAN DO. 
          OKAY? BUT AT LEAST, OKAY, HOPEFULLY THEY WILL SHOW UP NEXT MEETING. 
          WE DON'T 
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EVEN CANNOT GUARANTEE THEY WILL SHOW OUR NEXT MEETING. 
          OKAY? SO, SO, SO THAT'S WHY WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO SUE THEM IF THEY'RE GONNA FORCE THIS INTO OUR THROAT. 
          SO, SO MY POINT IS LET'S GO, LET'S GET THIS BUTTON. 
          AI HAVE A CITY TO INVITE THEM TO COME, BUT WE WANT TO SET UP THE PRESENTATION FOR NEXT MEETING. 
          WE WANT THEM TO TELL US, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTION I WANNA ASK THEM. 
          SO HOPEFULLY THIS THING CAN CLARIFY WITH HAVE THEY SIGNED THE CONTRACT YET OR THEY DO ANYTHING, WHAT THIS AND WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING TO DO? WE DON'T KNOW NOTHING. 
          THEY DON'T SHARE WITH US WITH ANYTHING. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IN THAT WAY THEY JUST, OKAY, THROW IN STONE IN, AND THEY DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. 
          THEY DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT WHAT WE THINK. 
          OKAY? SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN DO IS IF THEY DON'T DO GIVE US A, A, A PROPER OF A DISCLOSURE OR, OR, OR ALL THIS, OKAY. 
          AND TRANSPARENCY, THEN WE HAVE NO CHOICE TAKING TO COURT. 
          SO ANYWAY, UH, I I WAS, I WAS, I ALWAYS SUPPORT YOUR MOTHER. 
          MAY I TO INVITE THEM TO DO A WORKSHOP, MR. MAYOR, TO CONSUMMATE CONTOS CLARIFY AGAIN, IT, IT'S, IT'S NOT JUST IN TRANSPARENCY, BUT IT'S TO GIVE RESIDENTS A DIRECT OPPORTUNITY. 
          IF THE PRESENTATION IS DONE PRIOR TO THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE DIRECT, UH, DIALOGUE WITH THEM, THEN THAT WOULD BE AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY. 
          BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT THERE WOULD BE NO WAY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO ASK THE COUNTY OFFICIALS DIRECTLY. 
          AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, AND WE ONLY HAVE A PRESENTATION HERE WITHOUT RESIDENTS FIRST HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK DIRECT QUESTIONS, THEN THERE'S A DANGER THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT RESIDENTS POSE WOULD NOT BE ANSWERED DURING THE PRESENTATION. 
          BECAUSE EVEN IF WE TRY TO FILTER THE QUESTIONS, THERE MAY BE RESIDENT QUESTIONS THAT, THAT WE MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT, THAT WE MAY NOT BE ASKED AT THE PRESENTATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ASKED IF THERE WAS A WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THAT. 
          IN OTHER WORDS, IF WE TAKE AWAY FROM RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A WORKSHOP FORMAT IN THE WAY THAT WE HAVE DONE WITH OTHER POLICIES, THEN, THEN THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD REALLY BE A SLAP IN THE FACE OF RESIDENTS WHO, WHO WANT TO ASK DIRECTLY WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE. 
          AND AGAIN, FOR, FOR, FOR COUNTY RES, UH, FOR CITY RESIDENTS WHO HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY, THEY SHOULD ASK THE COUNTY DIRECTLY, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THE COUNTY HAS EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS AND EAGERNESS TO SHARE AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHATEVER IT IS THAT, THAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. 
          AND IF, IF WE TAKE AWAY THAT WORKSHOPPING OPPORTUNITY, THEN IT JUST LEAVES THE IMPRESSION THAT WE'RE JUST RAMMING SOMETHING DOWN THE, THE, THE CITY'S THROAT. 
          OR IN THE SENSE THAT WE'RE NOT, WE'RE RAK A DECISION WITHOUT ASKING THE RESIDENTS. 
          WE JUST NEED TO HAVE IT. 
          I'M, ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT WE HAVE A WORKSHOP FORMAT FIRST, AFTER WHICH WE THEN HAVE A PRESENTATION, AND THEN THERE COULD BE A FURTHER OPPORTUNITY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          AND AFTER THAT, WE COULD DECIDE. 
          BUT IF WE, WE DO NOT INCORPORATE A WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE PRESENTATION, IT REMOVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, CAN I, UH, YES. 
          UH, LET ME, LET ME, UH, RESPOND AND THEN I'LL, I'LL, UH, GIVE A, UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO STATE THAT, UH, IT HAS BEEN OUR PROCEDURES. 
          UH, I'LL GIVE THE BUDGET AS, AS AN EXAMPLE TO HAVE THE BUDGET FIRST PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AND THEN WORKSHOPS ARE DONE AFTERWARDS WITH THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO, UH, OUR STANDARD PROCEDURES HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRES PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS AFTERWARDS. 
          SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE NEED FOR, FOR WORKSHOP AND, AND ALLOWING COMMUNITY, UH, TO ASK QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I, I, I REALLY DON'T SEE AN ISSUE WITH A PRESENTATION, SO THAT WAY ALL THE FACTS CAN BE PRESENTED OUT TO THE PUBLIC, AND THEN THE PUBLIC COMING TO A WORKSHOP WITH INFORMATION SO THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS THAT ARE INFORMED AS, AS OPPOSED TO SHOWING UP TO A WORKSHOP AND BASING ALL THEIR QUESTIONS ON MISINFORMATION, RUMORS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IF WE, WE REALLY INTEND THIS TO BE PRODUCTIVE, UH, IF WE'RE REALLY, YOU KNOW, INTENDING FOR, FOR, FOR, TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND TO THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I DO, I DO FIND IT PROBLEMATIC THAT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT LITIGATION AGAINST THE COUNTY. 
          UM, WHEN, WHEN WE'VE ALL HAD, WE ALL HAD OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO, TO HAVE A LOT OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING UP HERE ON THE DAIS, UM, ANSWERED. 
          AND, AND, AND SO WE HAD ACCESS TO THAT. 
          UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, I, I, I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUE WITH OUR CURRENT PROCEDURE, WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL, AND THEN FOLLOWING WITH WORKSHOPS WITH THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WAY THE COMMUNITY IS ASKING QUESTIONS BASED ON INFORMATION THEY'VE RECEIVED, VERSUS, AGAIN, RUMOR MISINFORMATION, UH, THINGS POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 
          UH, SO, UM, I, I, I DON'T SUPPORT THE MOTION OF, OF CANCELING THE, THE, UM, PRESENTATION ON JULY 2ND. 
          IF THE COUNTY IS UNABLE TO DO A WORKSHOP PRIOR, I DON'T. 
          I, WE DON'T KNOW. 
          THEY MAY SAY NO, WE'LL JUST DO THE WORKSHOP PRIOR. 
          UM, BUT 
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I, I DO THINK THE JULY 2ND, UM, PRESENTATION IS IMPORTANT. 
          COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIRO. 
          SO I HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS. 
          UM, WELL, FIRST COUNTY STILL HAS NEVER UNTIL THIS DAY HAS EVER ANSWERED MY QUESTION, DIRECT ANSWER TILL THIS DAY. 
          'CAUSE I EVEN ASKED THE SAME QUESTION THAT I'VE ASKED A WHILE, SO THAT, THAT PART IS NOT TRUE. 
          UM, THE, THE SOLUTION TO THIS IS IF WE CAN REFORMAT THIS, UM, AFTER THE PRESENTATION TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS MAYBE A QUICK 30 SEC 15 SECOND QUESTION. 
          I REMEMBER ONE TIME WHEN WE HAD, UM, SHARE, UH, FORMER SHERIFF VILLANUEVA IN HERE PRESENTING, AND HE WAS TAKING QUESTIONS, UM, FROM THE RESIDENTS. 
          SO IN, IN TO, TO COVER BOTH SIDES, HAVE THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, ALSO TO FULFILL COUNCILMAN CONTOS REQUESTS. 
          UM, IF WE CAN ALLOW A FORMAT FOR RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO ASK A QUICK QUESTION, OR IF THEY CAN WRITE IT DOWN AND JUST HAVE IT READ TO OUR CITY CLERKS SO THAT THOSE, AFTER THE PRESENTATION, WE CAN STILL FULFILL OUR RESIDENTS REQUESTS AND HAVE THEIR, UH, QUESTIONS ANSWERED. 
          I ACCEPT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, PLEASE. 
          UH, SUB SUBSTITUTE MOTION. 
          I ACCEPT AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          NOW PROBLEM SOLVED. 
          EVERYONE'S HAPPY. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          CITY ATTORNEY, SOMETHING. 
          SO MORE LIKE A HEARING? YEAH, LIKE A, WELL, AN OPPOSITE. 
          SO, SO A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE WOULD GET QUESTIONS, UNANSWERED QUESTIONS HANDED TO THE CITY CLERK. 
          CITY CLERK COULD READ A MINUTE. 
          YEAH. 
          SO WE'LL DO IT ALL AT ONE TIME. 
          PERFECT. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M OKAY FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OBJECTION? NOPE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ANY OTHER, UH, REQUESTS? OKAY. 
          UH, ANY UH, CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS? ? ALL RIGHT, I SEEING NONE. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION. 
          MOTION . 
          WE'RE ADJOURNED. 
          HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE. 
          HAPPY JUNETEENTH. 
          OH, MAYOR , I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT.
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