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[CALL TO ORDER]
I'M BACK.OUR CURRENT MAYOR CURRENTLY IN CHICAGO IN THE DMC CONFERENCE.
AND SO I HAVE THIS GLORY TODAY TO SEE EVERYBODY.
WELCOME TO OUR AUGUST 20TH, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TONIGHT OUR INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ, OUR AMAZING LOVE MINISTRY.
AND COUNCILWOMAN DEAR WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEASURE OF LEGION.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM EMILY FATHERS.
WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING, REMEMBER THE WORDS OF KING SOLOMON.
OF ALL THAT BY THE BLESSING OF THE UPRIGHT, THE CITY IS EXALTED.
UPON OUR CITY, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING UPON FATHER, ALL THE CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, ALL THOSE THAT WORK IN, IN OUR, IN AUTHORITY IN THIS CITY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
FATHER, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS UPON OUR SCHOOLS AS OUR CHILDREN HAVE BEGUN TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL.
BLESS THEIR ADMINISTRATORS, BLESS THEIR TEACHERS, AND MAY OUR SCHOOLS CONTINUE TO BE SAFE HAVENS.
BLESS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS FATHER, BLESSED AND FREE FATHER OF VIOLENCE AND CRIME IN THE STREETS.
MAY OUR STREETS CONTINUE TO BE SAFE TO WALK IN AT NIGHT.
AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THE FAMILIES OF OUR CITY AND IF THERE BE ANY FAMILY GOING THROUGH CRISIS OR SUFFERING LOSS, WE PRAY YOUR COMFORT UPON THEM.
FATHER, BLESS ALL THE BUSINESS THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED.
I PRAY THAT IT BE CONDUCTED HONORABLY WITH WISDOM.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND GENTLEMEN, CAN YOU PLEASE REMOVE YOUR CATS? PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WIDGET STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
VITO, PRESENT MAYOR PRO TE WU.
AND OUR MAYOR, UH, IS OUT THIS EVENING.
AND, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT.
[PRESENTATIONS]
TO PRESENTATION.UH, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION HONORING.
WEST COVINA, AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE 2024, DISTRICT 19 CHAMPION.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL IS OWNER TO RECOGNIZE THE 2024 DISTRICT 19 CHAMPION.
A TEST, A TESTAMENT TO THEIR DEDICATION, HARD WORK AND SPONSOR.
THIS ACHIEVEMENT, HIGHLIGHT THE SPIRIT AND DETERMINATION OF THIS YOUNG ATHLETE WHO HAVE STRIVED NESS TO REPRESENT OUR COMMUNITY WITH HONOR AND GLORY.
NOW, CERTIFICATE WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE ATHLETE.
AND, AND I WANT TO GIVE THIS GLORY TO OUR BELOVED.
COUNCILMAN KENTO, HE IS THE PERSON SET UP THIS RECOGNITION.
SO I WANNA INVITE HIM TO COME DOWN WITH ME TO PRESENT THIS WONDERFUL EVENT FOR ALL THIS.
I THINK WE BOOKED THE RECORDS.
AND THE RECOGNITION CERTIFICATE FOR ALL THE KIDS.
SO MEANING WHAT? AND THE WHOLE DAY, OUR STEPS, BUSY PRINTING ALL THE CERTIFICATE FOR ALL THE KIDS.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.
WE ARE ALL HERE TO GIVE YOU ALL THE GLORY.
COUNCILMAN CANTO, WOULD YOU PLEASE YOU WANT TO COME WITH ME OR YOU CAN GO FROM THIS SIDE? I CAN GO THE OTHER SIDE.
LET ME, LET ME, LET ME TAKE YOU DOWN.
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TESTING, UH, CAN I HAVE, UH, MY SCRIPT FOUR PAGES IS EVERYTHING.CAN I HAVE, UH, EMMA? UH, EMMA, EMMA, WOULD YOU COME DOWN TO NEXT TO US? YEAH, COME OVER HERE.
UH, HERE I WANNA HAVE A COUNCILMAN KENTO TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THIS OUTSTANDING TEAM.
AND THEN I WILL GIVE YOU THE MIC TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT HOW GLORY ABOUT THE CHILDREN.
IT'S GOOD TO DON'T PASS OUT YET AFTER WE DONE.
COUNCIL MC KENTO, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MAYOR PRO TEM.
IT IS SO WONDERFUL TO GET TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT ALL OF YOU HERE ARE HERE THIS EVENING.
AND FOR ALL OF YOU WHO ARE OUR ATHLETES AS PART OF WEST COVINA AMERICA LITTLE LEAGUE, CONGRATULATIONS.
ALL OF YOU WHO ARE PLAYERS ON E WITHIN EACH DIVISION, YOU MUST RECOGNIZE HOW PROUD OF YOU WE ALL ARE.
OUR ENTIRE CITY BACKS YOU A BILLION PERCENT.
WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND YOU, YOU HAVE YOUR COACHES, YOU HAVE YOUR AMAZING FAMILIES, AND YOU HAVE THOSE IN LEADERSHIP WITH THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND YOU HAVE OUR CITY.
AND TONIGHT, WITH ALL OF YOU BEING HERE, WE HAVE DONE THIS FOR A SPECIFIC REASON.
IT ISN'T JUST TO RECOGNIZE HOW YOU ARE ALL ALREADY WINNERS BECAUSE OF WORKING SO HARD.
IT IS ALSO TO SEND YOU GUYS THE MESSAGE THAT WE LOVE YOU AND THAT WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.
AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE ON TV TONIGHT,
SO JUST IN CLOSING, BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA TAKE UP ANYWHERE TIME, I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, UH, ALL OF US HERE, WHEN WE SEE YOU OUT THERE, WE ARE AT YOUR GAMES.
AND THAT WINNING SPIRIT THAT YOU HAVE, IT IS SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS WEST COVINA WELL WITH ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE.
SO EVERYBODY, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.
NOW YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I INVITE HIM? HE CAN SPEAK GOOD.
HE CAN BE A CONGRESSMAN IN THE FUTURE.
SO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I JUST WANNA SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE KIDS THAT MADE IT AND THEN ALSO TO ALL THE PARENTS.
'CAUSE THAT'S A HUGE COMMITMENT FOR YOU GUYS AS WELL.
AND THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR LEAGUE SO FABULOUS.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA START THE RECOGNITION WITH EACH OF, UH, THE PLAYER COME UP TO GET YOU GLORY.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE, YOU CAN HANG IN YOUR BEDROOM TO SEE THIS IS YOUR ACHIEVEMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, RISK CT PROUD OF YOU, WE WANNA SUPPORT YOU ALWAYS.
YEAH, FIRST ONE STARTING WITH GABRIEL.
ANTHONY ENCINAS, NOAH GADA, NOAH, ANDREW HEREDIA, JULIAN LEON, DEREK LANO, BENJAMIN MARTINEZ, MAX MCDONALD, ROMAN PADILLA, JULIAN, ROBO MANAGER.
COACHES ROB MCDONALDS, MIGUEL ROBO.
RICHARD LEON AND WILLIAM MARTINEZ.
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OKAY.UH, AND UH, MAYBE THE TEAM LEADER, WHO IS THE TEAM LEADER? SOMEBODY WANT TO REPRESENT A GROUP.
UH, MIKE, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UM, JUST VERY PROUD OF, UH, THE BOYS PUTTING THE EFFORT AND GIVING ME 110%.
COACHING STAFF IN LITTLE LEAGUE I BELIEVE IN ALL OVER IN DISTRICT 19.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE PARENTS FOR BEING PATIENT WITH ME.
WITH ALL THOSE PRACTICES WE HAD.
UH, I JUST WANT TO SAY EVERYBODY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR.
UH, TONIGHT IT, UH, REALLY MEANS A LOT TO JUST, NOT ME AND THE COACHES, BUT TO THE BOYS AS WELL.
GIOVANNI, UH, WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT TO SECOND GROUP.
UH, WE'RE STARTING WITH, UH, GIOVANNI, GIOVANNI CRUZ, DAVID DOMINGUEZ, DAVID DOMINGUEZ, NICHOLAS ESCOBIDO, JAYLEN FTAS, CARLOS GARCIA, DIEGO GONZALEZ, ANDREW MARTINEZ, DANIEL MARTINEZ, SANTIAGO MON MONTEZ, NOAH ORES, AND JASON PORTILLO, MANAGER ANDREW MARTINEZ, COACHES EDGAR ESCO, MANNY GALLEGOS, WILLIAM MARTINEZ, JOHN HADLEY, AND TEEN PARENT BRITTANY GALLEGOS.
AND, UH, WHO WANT TO REPRESENT THIS GROUP TO SAY SOMETHING WHO, OKAY.
AND YOU ARE THE
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE LEAGUE, UH, FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THEY GAVE US, AND I WANT TO THANK THE PARENTS.
AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT TO THANK THE PLAYERS FOR ALLOWING US TO COACH THEM AND, AND FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MENTOR THEM.
UH, I AM PROUD OF YOU GUYS FOR WHAT YOU GUYS DONE THIS YEAR.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE COULD KEEP THIS, UH, WINNING TRADITION AT WEST COVINA GOING.
OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO NUMBER THREE GROUP.
ING 10, ALLSTAR TEAM MAYOR PROAM, DEREK CASTANEDA, MATEO COSTANO, ROMAN DEIS, LANDON GOMEZ, BO JENKINS, JOSIAH MARTINEZ, GERALD PRAGER, ERIC RAPHAEL, NOAH SANCHEZ, NIXON SWAP.
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BRYCE GERLAND, COACH.MATT LINGUS, COACHES DAVID SILVA, KYLE STRAND, MIKE PRAGER, AND TEAM PARENT.
ANYONE WANT TO REPRESENT THE THIRD GROUP TO SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
WHO WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
UH, YEAH, JUST FIRST AND FOREMOST, WANT TO THANK, UM, UH, OUR LEAGUE AND OUR BOARD AND ALL THE PARENTS AND COACHES INVOLVED.
UH, YOU GUYS MAKE THIS POSSIBLE WITHOUT YOU GUYS, AS YOU GUYS KNOW, UH, WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
UM, EVERY TIME WE STEP ON THAT FIELD, WE'RE PROUD TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, WE, WE CARRY THAT NAME ON OUR CHEST WITH PRIDE AND WE, UH, HOPE TO CONTINUE DOING THAT.
WE DO HAVE A GOAL, AND IT'S A LOFTY GOAL, BUT, UH, IN THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, IF WE CAN MAKE A RUN INTO REGIONALS IN SAN BERNARDINO OR WILLIAMSPORT, WE WANNA DO THAT.
SO WE'LL KEEP THIS LIKE PRIOR COACH SAID, KEEP THIS WINNING TRADITION GOING AND SEE IF WE CAN GET THERE.
OKAY? SO WE CAN GIVE YOU ANOTHER CERTIFICATE NEXT YEAR.
MAN, THIS IS A BIG PRODUCTION.
THIS YOU BOOKED A RECORD LAST TIME.
OUR NINE, 10, AND 11 ALLSTAR TEAM.
JOSHUA BELLO, WILLIAM FORTIS, NICHOLAS GURAY, YOSHI HERNANDEZ, ETHAN LEE, BENJAMIN, MARTINEZ, MAX MARTINEZ, MAX MCDOWELL, JA, MCM, ROMAN PADILLA, LOUISE PENA, JULIAN, ROBO MANAGER, ROB MCDONALD COACHES, MIKE MCM, RICK HERNANDEZ, MIGUEL ROBO, AND TEAM PARENT.
MARYANNE, MCDONALD'S, THE MIC.
UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO GROUP NUMBER FOUR.
AND, UH, OKAY MAN, THIS IS A GOOD PRODUCTION.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, MANAGER.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO THE CITY.
WAIT FOR ALWAYS COMING OUT AND SUPPORTING US.
THESE, THESE BOYS IN, UH, IN DISTRICT, UH, BOTH THEIR GAMES, THEY MERCED THE COMPETITION.
AND LIKE COACH MATT SAID, WE HAVE A GOAL AND, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK HARD TO DO IT.
THESE IS GONNA BE HOPEFULLY MOST OF OUR 12-YEAR-OLD TEAM NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE PROUD OF, UH, WEST BEING AMERICAN.
OKAY? AND, UH, LET'S GIVE ERIC, COME OVER HERE.
ERIC IS THE PERSON PRODUCE THIS HOW MANY HUNDREDS.
OF CERTIFICATE FOR WHOLE DAY AND HE WALK OVERTIME.
JUST MAKE SURE THE KIDS HAVE IT.
BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH PARENTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT OKAY WITH YOU.
WEST COVINA IS PROUD CITY AND WE SO HAPPY TO SEE A VERY PROUD KID.
YOU ARE GOING TO CARRY THIS FOREVER.
WE WANT YOU TO CONTINUE WORK AS A TEAM AND HELP EACH OTHER.
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CONGRATULATIONS.ARE YOU GUYS SURE YOU DON'T WANNA STAY FOR THE SHOW,
TRY CAREFULLY HOLD IT OUT ON ME.
SEE, UNLESS THEY WANNA SAVE IT TOGETHER.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
CITY MANAGER REPORT.UM, OUR CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES, WOULD YOU PLEASE HAVE A REPORT FIRST? THANK YOU.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO TONIGHT'S, UH, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.
I THINK WE HAD A WONDERFUL SUMMER SEASON WITH OUR SUMMER CONCERTS.
UM, THIS YEAR WE, UH, ROLLED OUT TWO NEW THINGS.
WE HAD A COSTUME CONTEST AND YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES OF SOME OF THE WINNERS FOR THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES, UH, COSTUME AND THEN OUR COUPON PROGRAM.
SO, UM, WE HOPE THAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY ENJOYED THE SUMMER CONCERTS AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THEM NEXT YEAR.
UM, AND IN, AND, UH, ENHANCING OR ADDING TO OUR COSTUME, UH, PARTICIPANTS NEXT YEAR AND THE COUPON PARTICIPANTS.
SO EVERY TIME THAT SOMEONE PARTICIPATED OR ATTENDED AN EVENT, THEY GOT A, A STAMP AND AT THE END THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A RAFFLE, UH, PRIZE.
SO, UM, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO ATTEND OUR SUMMER CONCERTS.
UM, NEXT, UH, THIS LAST WEEK WE HAD SOME UPDATES ON SOME LITIGATION.
SO WE HAD, UM, THE MARK TAYLOR VARSITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, WE, UH, WERE IN COURT, UH, LAST WEEK AND DUE, UH, TO, UM, OUTSIDE SOURCES OR RE UM, THE CITY'S, UH, CONTROL, WE WERE, UH, REQUIRED TO SETTLE THE CASE.
AND SO THE CITY, UH, DID SETTLE THE CASE LAST WEEK.
AND SO, UH, BOTH PARTIES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AND THERE'S NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT CASE AT THIS TIME.
THE
UM, AND THE CITY, UH, ATTORNEYS WERE TRIUMPHANT IN GETTING A SUB SE SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN THE CITY'S FAVOR.
UH, NEXT, UM, WE JUST A COUPLE, TWO MONTHS AGO BROUGHT BACK THE AGREEMENT WITH THE, UH, COUNTY FOR, UH, UH, ANIMAL SERVICES, THEIR ANIMAL CONTROL FEES.
SO THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, UH, THE UPDATED, UH, FEE SCHEDULE FOR DOG LICENSE AND CAT LICENSE.
IT'S ON OUR, UM, IT SHOULD BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM, SO IF YOU DO HAVE A PET IN THE CITY, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, UM, GET YOUR LICENSE FOR YOUR PET.
UM, IT HELPS, UH, REGISTER YOUR ANIMAL, UM, IN THE CITY.
AND THE INFORMATION IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO, UM, YOU CAN FIND HOW TO REGISTER YOUR ANIMAL ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE, UH, AN UPDATE A VINE DAYCARE.
UM, WE USUALLY HAVE THAT OPEN DURING THE SUMMER.
DUE TO, UM, THE SCHOOL SITE BEING CLOSED FOR, UM, CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, UM, OPEN UP THAT FACILITY DURING THE SUMMER.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME WE ARE, UM, REEVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT WE WILL BE MOVE, WE WILL BE OPENING THAT FACILITY.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROGRAM IN CONTACT AND PUT THEM IN CONTACT, UM, WITH THE, YES.
UH, IT'S A PROGRAM, A FREE PROGRAM, UH, FOR STUDENTS K THROUGH SIXTH GRADE, UM, AT THE ELEMENTARY VINE SCHOOL.
SO THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS AND WE ARE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE PARTICIPANTS.
UM, ANY INFORMATION ON THE UPDATES, WE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT TO THE FAMILIES THAT DO PARTIC THAT HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE VINE DAYCARES, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, JUST AS AN UPDATE, UH, WE ARE HAVING OUR STATE OF THE CITY TICKETS, UH, ARE ON SALE OR SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE.
AND THIS IS AN INVITATION TO ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IF THEY WANNA ATTEND.
IT'S THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, FIVE 30 TO EIGHT 30 AT THE WEST CAMINA SPORTSPLEX.
UM, AND TICKETS CAN BE FOUND ONLINE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE.
UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE STATE OF THE CITY.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, WE HAVE THE THIRD ANNUAL DUGOUT COOKOUT AND NINE 11 TRIBUTE SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, UM, WITH THE WEST COVINA FIRE ASSOCIATION.
UM, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH AT THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE SECOND ANNUAL MEGA MOON FESTIVAL, UM, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST THROUGH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND.
AND THAT'S AT THE HISTORIC, UH, DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA AND TETA TRUCK.
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UM, FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM HERE AT CIVIC, AT THE WEST CAMINO CIVIC CENTER.SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY BUSY, UH, SEPTEMBER.
SO WE HOPE TO SEE, UH, OUR RESIDENTS AT ONE OF THE MANY EVENTS, UM, IN SEPTEMBER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
OKAY, THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE BEFORE I MOVE.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
COMMUNICATION, WE HAVE, UH, AN A GERMAN, OKAY.GILBERT, GILBERT GARCIA 74 WAS BORN IN WEST COVINA IN 1950.
GILBERT ENTERED THE MILITARY AT THE AGE OF 21 AS AN ARMY PRIVATE E ONE, AND WAS A PROUD SOLDIER SERVING HIS TIME IN THE DMZ IN KOREA DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
AFTER LEAVING THE MILITARY, GILBERT WORK AS A FEDERAL PROTECTIVE OFFICERS ON THE WAY TO THE US MARSHAL SERVICE.
AFTER 33 YEARS, COMBINED YEARS OF SERVICE, HE RETIRED AS A SUPERVISORY DEPUTY IN THE UNITED STATES MARSHALL SERVICE AS A ASSISTANT CHIEF OF THE LOS ANGELES BRANCH OFFICE, ENDING A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED CAREER.
GILBERT WAS AN AVID PERSON, ANIMAL LOVER, AND A PHILANTHROPIST TO MANY LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING HIS DONATION TO THE WEST COVINA CANINE PROGRAM TO HELP PURCHASE OUR CANINES.
GILBERT IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CHERYL, CHILDREN MIA, DANIELLE AND DANNY AND THE GRANDCHILDREN.
JACOB, KYLE CRUZ AND MILLER AND THE CITY MANAGERS.
WOULD YOU SEND THE CONDOLENCE FROM OUR CITY TO THE FAMILY? UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW WE MOVE TOAL COMMUNICATION.
WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT AN ORANGE SPEAKER, CALL AND SUBMIT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINING UP IN THE CENTER ROW.
THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOU REACH THE PODIUM.
REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD, GAVE, UH, PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THE NON AGENDA ITEMS. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO SET THE SPEAKER TIME OF THREE MINUTES.
DO I HAVE A CONSENSUS IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY.
CITY CLERK AND HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TODAY? I HAVE ABOUT 12 SPEAKERS, MAYOR.
IT LOOKS LIKE 13 TO 1415, MAYOR.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DAN MILLER, FOLLOWED BY AUDREY MILLER, FOLLOWED BY DR. PETER DAVIS.
AND, UM, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CITRUS AND CAMERON.
I'M IN FAVOR OF IT, HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE.
UM, MY WIFE AND I SEEM TO BE THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE ABLE TO SCHEDULE TIME FOR THIS.
OUR NEIGHBORS AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BABYSITTING PROBLEMS. THEY ALSO WORK LATE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE EMAIL THAT MY NEIGHBOR SENT TO ADDRESS YOU GUYS.
HE SAID I WANTED TO REACH OUT REGARDING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON CAMERON AND CITRUS IN WHICH I AM FAVOR OF.
I HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MULTIPLE TOWN HALLS AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS REGARDING THIS SUBJECT.
I HAVE ASKED THE CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE ALI CONTOS ON MANY OCCASIONS ABOUT THIS INTERSECTION.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
I LIVE TWO STREETS WEST OF THIS INTERSECTION ON CAMERON AND HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 2020.
EACH YEAR I NOTICED THAT THE TRAFFIC IS GETTING HEAVIER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AS MANY PEOPLE NOW USE THAT AS A THOROUGHFARE.
AND I ALSO NOTICED AN UPTICK ON TRAFFIC ON CITRUS IN THE SURROUNDING STREETS.
THIS INTER THIS INTERSECTION HAS HAD ITS SHARE OF ACCIDENTS AND CONTINUES TO DO SO WITH NO CONTROL OR FLOW OR STOP SIGNS OR NO CON CONTROL OR FLOW AT THE STOP SIGNS.
MOST ACCIDENTS SEEM TO OCCUR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
ADDITIONALLY, THIS INTERSECTION IS HEAVILY USED BY PEDESTRIANS WHO WALK THEIR DOGS RUN AND CYCLE.
THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WALK THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS TEAMS RUN THROUGH IT AS WELL.
I WALK RUN MOST MORNINGS AND I'M ALWAYS ON GUARD WHEN TRAVELING THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION.
I LIVE ON MAGNOLIA, WHICH IS ONE
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BLOCK WEST OF, UH, CITRUS.SO THERE'S 40,000 CARS GOING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION NOW, ACCORDING TO TRANSTECH.
AND THAT IS CONSTANTLY INCREASING SINCE 2022.
SO MY QUESTION IS, COME 20 25, 20 26, WHAT ARE WE GONNA BE LOOKING AT THEN? OKAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE AGAINST THIS, THE REASONING BEHIND IT THAT IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
THEY, THEY SAY REASONS LIKE, I CAN'T BACK OUTTA MY DRIVEWAY.
MY PROPERTY VALUES ARE GONNA GO DOWN.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE SINGLE WELL, BUT YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FLASHING STOP SIGNS NOW.
SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SINGLE BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY HIGHER.
SO ANYWAY, TO FINISH OFF, I ONLY HAVE FIVE SECONDS.
I'VE BEEN IN FAVOR FOR THIS FOR TWO YEARS NOW, AND I HOPE IT'S TIME THAT WE PASS AND THE DATA SHOWS IT.
AUDREY MILLER, FOLLOWED BY DR. PETER DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY STEVEN C HI, CAN I TOUCH THAT? YES, YES, YES, YES.
WELL, IT SAYS PLEASE DON'T ADJUST THE MICROPHONE.
SO, BUT I'M PRETTY SHORT, SO, UM, ANYWAY, TWO, UH, MY NAME'S AUDREY MILLER.
MY APOLOGIES
UH, I'M MARRIED TO DAN MILLER AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN WESTING RESIDENTS FOR 37 YEARS.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH A COUPLE MORE EMAILS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR NEIGHBORS WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS, BUT ARE IN FAVOR OF THE SIGNAL.
DEAR COMMITTEE, I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND THE UPCOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON AUGUST 20TH, BUT WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CITRUS.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT ON MAGNOLIA AVENUE FOR OVER 10 YEARS.
WE ALSO HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, AGES FIVE TO 10 BEING A CORNER LOT.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE SEEN THE INCREASED TRAFFIC ON CAMERON OVER THE YEARS.
WE HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION AND IM IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS ON CAMERON AS WELL.
WE ARE IN FAVOR OF REPLACING THE ONLY STOP SIGN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO FACILITATE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC DURING RUSH HOUR SCHOOL DROP-OFFS, AND TO MAKE THE INTERSECTION SAFER FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO MIGHT ONE DAY WALK TO SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THIS MAY CHANGE THE AESTHETIC OF OUR BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE REASON WE FIRST DECIDED TO MOVE HERE AND BUILD OUR FAMILY, I BELIEVE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CARS SITTING IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES WILL ACTUALLY HELP PRESERVE THE BEAUTY OF PEACEFULNESS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SINCERELY, HELEN AND I HAVE ANOTHER ONE FROM OUR NEIGHBOR, ELLA CARILLO.
MY NAME IS PAMELA CARILLO AND I LIVE ONE BLOCK FROM THE INTERSECTION OF CITRUS AND CAMERON.
I HAVE THREE CHILDREN AND WE TAKE WALKS DAILY IN THIS DIRECTION AND PASS THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION.
MY SON WILL BE ATTENDING SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, AS MANY CHILDREN DO.
HE HOPES TO WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL AS MUCH AS MY HUSBAND AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE A HEALTHY AND FUN PART OF HIS LIFE EXPERIENCE, WE WILL NOT ALLOW IT DUE TO THE DANGER IN CROSSING THE INTERSECTION IN QUESTION.
IN OUR UNFORTUNATE EXPERIENCE, THIS INTERSECTION IS COMMONLY IGNORED OR MISSED.
I HAVE BEEN IN VERY MANY CLOSE CALLS WHILE CROSSING CITRUS ON BOTH FOOT OR VEHICLE.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE DRIVING UPWARDS FROM CORTEZ AND THE 10 FREEWAY, THEY ARE ACCELERATING BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE DRIVING DOWN FROM VINE AND COUNTRY CLUB DIRECTION, THEY ARE SPEEDING DOWN.
BOTH DIRECTIONS ARE DANGEROUS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER AND KEEPING OUR FAMILIES SAFE NOW AND FOR A BRIGHT FUTURE.
UM, AND AS FOR DAN AND I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN FAVOR OF IT.
UM, WE FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY, THE STUDIES WARRANT THIS INTERSECTION THAT THE SIGNAL IS JUSTIFIED AND WE FEEL THAT IT'S TIME TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
DR. PETER DAVIS, FOLLOWED BY STEVEN SEAS.
HI, I AM PETER DAVIS AND I'VE LIVED IN MY HOUSE NEAR THE CORNER OF CAMERON AND CITRUS FOR ALMOST 50
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YEARS RIGHT NOW.IF SOMEBODY WERE TO TURN RIGHT OFF CITRUS ONTO CAMERON GOING, UH, EAST FROM SOUTH, GOING SOUTH AND TURNING EAST, THEY WOULD HIT ME BECAUSE THERE IS NO PROVISION BEFORE MY FIRST DRIVEWAY ON THE STREET FOR THEM TO EVEN SEE ME AS THEY COME ON A GREEN LIGHT, ON A RED LIGHT, WE TURN RIGHT ON THE RED, BUT AT LEAST THEY'D STOP.
MAYBE RIGHT NOW THEY DO STOP BECAUSE THERE'S A STOP SIGN.
THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE WITHOUT THE DIET PROGRAM, WHICH YOU PEOPLE INSTRUCTED THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION TO DEAL WITH US ON.
THEY HAD A MEETING ABOUT A WEEK AGO AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN BRING UP THE DIET PLAN UNTIL WE DID.
AND THEN WE WERE OUT OF ORDER, WE WERE TOLD.
BUT THE CITY COUNCIL INSTRUCTED THEM TO DISCUSS IT.
IF THE DIET PLAN, THE SIGNAL MIGHT WORK.
'CAUSE IT WOULD BE FORCED TO TURN WIDER, NOT RIGHT INTO MY CAR.
THERE'S ALSO, AT NIGHT, THE CARS GO FAST RIGHT NOW, SOMETIMES THEY DROP, THEY FORGET THE STOP SIGN.
THAT'S THE ONLY STOP SIGN BETWEEN GRAND AND THE END OF CAMERON.
SO THERE'S NO REASON FOR THOSE CARS TO STOP.
THEY'LL JUST GO THROUGH ALL THE GREEN LIGHTS RACING.
AND THEN IF THEY'RE SEEING A YELLOW LIGHT, WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU DON'T SLOW DOWN, YOU SPEED UP TO MAKE THE YELLOW LIGHT BEFORE IT TURNS RED.
THERE ARE MANY, MANY REASONS THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS LIGHT SECTION.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THE DIET AND NO ONE'S EVEN DISCUSSED THE DIET, WITH THE DIET, WE WOULD HAVE FLOW OF TRAFFIC WOULD BE MUCH FASTER.
'CAUSE THERE WOULD BE LEFT TURN, RIGHT TURN AND STRAIGHT AHEAD.
THE MIDDLE LANE WOULD BE THE ONE THAT YOU WOULD TURN OFF.
SO IF YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR TRAFFIC TO GO BY YOU TO TURN INTO YOUR DRIVEWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT IT, YOU WOULD HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO WAIT.
BUT THIS DIET HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED, EVEN THOUGH THIS COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT OR ORDERED THAT IT BE DISCUSSED BY THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO VOTED AGAINST THE TRAFFIC LIGHT ON THE COMMISSION OR THE TWO POLICE OFFICERS WHO'VE BEEN THERE, SAT THERE AND WATCHED IT AND KNOW THAT THERE ARE FATALITIES WHEN THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY WANT TO KEEP IT WITH STOP SIGNS.
BILL, WOULD YOU QUIET? QUIET PLEASE.
STEVEN C FOLLOWED BY JIMMY LIMA, FOLLOWED BY JIM GRITCH.
I HAVEN'T STARTED TALKING YET.
MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL PEOPLE.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA SINCE 1984.
AND I WILL SAY THIS, I SAY TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT IS THE ISSUE.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING ELSE.
WHEN CAMERON WAS 35 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I MOVED IN 40 YEARS AGO, NOW IT'S 45.
AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM.
THAT SEEMS TO BE A PROBLEM, MR. WILL, YOU KNOW THAT WE GOTTA SLOW TRAFFIC? I LIKEWISE GOING TO THE LAST MEETING BECAUSE YOU REQUESTED THEM TO TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC DIET AND TRAFFIC CALMING METHODS.
BUT MY MY CONCERN ALSO IS THE CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES THAT OCCUR WHEN YOU DO TRAFFIC CALMING.
THERE ARE TWO STREETS THAT GO FROM CAMERON TO CITRUS.
ONE IS CHARLIN, WHICH IS THE STREET I LIVE ON, AND THE OTHER ONE IS LARKWOOD, WHICH GOES INTO, UH, EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS INMAN, WHICH GOES INTO LARKWOOD.
BOTH OF THOSE STREETS WILL BE SHORTCUTS IF YOU TRAFFIC DIET.
SO THEY WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED IN THE TRAFFIC DIETING PLAN.
SO WHATEVER COMES OUT OF THIS, IF THERE IS A TRAFFIC DIETING PLAN, THOSE HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE GOING TO DOING A TREMENDOUS DISSERVICE TO ABOUT 60 RESIDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
OKAY? YOU'LL BE, THE STREETS ARE NO SIDEWALKS.
A CAR CAN PASS WHEN TWO CARS ARE PARKED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD.
NOW, I, I ONLY HAVE TO A COUPLE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE SIG.
THE SIGNAL ITSELF, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF.
FIRST OFF, IT'S THE ONLY INTERSECTION.
THERE'S NEVER BEEN A FATALITY AT ON CAMERA EVER SINCE.
YOU'VE PUT SOMETHING AT BARRANCA ON CAMERA AND THERE'S BEEN A FATALITY, THERE'S BEEN A FATALITY AT, UH, LARK ALLEN.
THERE'S BEEN A FATALITY AT HOLLENBECK.
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I THINK THE WORD I'M INTERESTED IN IS PUBLIC SAFETY, AS YOU SHOULD AS WELL.WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE PROBLEMS. AND WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE LAST WEEKS, OR I'M GONNA SAY THE LAST SEVEN YEARS ABOUT THIS OPTION, I THINK SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE WITH RESPECT TO IF IT'S DONE RIGHT, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU'RE SET ON PUTTING IN THE SIGNALS, THAT'S FINE, BUT DO THE THINGS NECESSARY TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOWER THE GRADE PERIOD.
IF YOU DON'T LOWER THE GRADE, THERE WILL BE FATALITIES.
AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO, TO BASICALLY, UH, UH, DEMONSTRATE THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE TAKEN ALL PRECAUTIONS TO DO THAT.
IT'S, AND I DON'T KNOW, I'M, I'M THINKING YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A NUMBER MORE, LIKE 2.5 MILLION TO $3 MILLION TO MAKE THAT INTERSECTION PROPER.
SO IF YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY, DO IT RIGHT? YOU PUT THE SIGNAL IN, UH, YOU KNOW, AND IF THAT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION, CONCLUSION, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
BECAUSE THAT'S THE IMPRESSION I GOT FROM THE MEETING WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMISSION THERE LAST WEEK, IS THAT WE DIDN'T DISCUSS ANYTHING OTHER THAN, AND WE, EXCEPT THE TRAFFIC, EXCEPT THE SIGNAL.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, THERE WASN'T MUCH TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC CALMING AND TRAFFIC DIETING WAS NOT AN ISSUE.
SO WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO, JUST DO IT RIGHT, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTS THERE AND YOU, AND YOU, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHICH COULD BE LAWSUITS THE CITY KNOWING FULL WELL THAT YOU DIDN'T DO IT PROPERLY.
JIMMY LIMA, FOLLOWED BY JIM GRITCH, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA ETT.
I'M ACTUALLY HERE, UH, TO DISCUSS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON CITRUS AND, UH, CITRUS.
AND, UH, CAMERON, I ACTUALLY COMMUTE THAT INTERSECTION ON A DAILY BASIS, MY WIFE AND KIDS.
SO I'M OBVIOUSLY HERE, UH, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT OUR SAFETY AS WE CROSSED THE INTERSECTION.
OBVIOUSLY OUR CONCERN HAS TO DO WITH THE RATE OF SPEED ON CAMERON AVENUE.
UH, DO I WANNA BE HIT AT A FIVE, 10 MILES PER HOUR OR DO I WANNA GET HIT AT 50 TO 70 MILES PER HOUR ON CAMERON, UH, WHEN SOMEONE RUNS A RED LIGHT? AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CARS THAT RUN RED LIGHT.
SO THIS IS, THAT'S HOW I'M SEEING THIS.
UH, SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS AS MY, MY WIFE'S AND KIDS SAFETY, UH, ON THAT INTERSECTION.
UH, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE DATA FROM THE REPORTS THAT TRANSTECH SUBMITTED, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT PAGE NUMBER NINE ON THE REVIEW THAT WAS DONE ON THAT INTERSECTION.
UH, SINCE 2021, THERE'S ONLY BEEN 12 COLLISIONS ON THAT INTERSECTION.
AND MOST OF THE CONS, THE COLLISIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON THAT INTERSECTION HAVE TO DO WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE.
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANYBODY, UH, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY A FATALITY OR SEVERE INJURY, UH, BECAUSE THAT'S CODED ONE THROUGH FIVE WITH FIVE BEING PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY.
SO BASED ON YOUR OWN REPORTS, THE BASED ON YOUR OWN REPORTS, SINCE 2021, THAT INTERSECTION HAS ONLY HAD 12 COLLISIONS.
UH, SO THAT MEANS THAT SINCE, UH, 2021, THAT MEANS 1,329 DAYS.
UH, THAT INTERSECTION HAS ONLY HAD 12 COLLISIONS.
NO PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLE COLLISIONS HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
MY CONCERN AS A RESIDENT THAT USES THAT INTERSECTION ON A DAILY BASIS, AND IN ADDITION, I WALK THAT INTERSECTION, UH, WHEN MY WIFE AND I IN THE MORNINGS, UM, IT'S, I THINK THAT ADDING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TO THAT INTERSECTION IS GONNA MAKE THINGS WORSE.
IT'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT BETTER.
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THE DATA, THE SAME DATA ON PAGE NINE, UM, ON TABLE NUMBER TWO.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THAT SAME DATA FOR HOLLENBECK, BARRANCA AND AUSA TO COMPARE THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS TO SEE WHAT THE DATA LOOKS LIKE, UH, ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS, UH, SINCE THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT WE MIGHT GO TO ADDING A SIGNAL LIGHT.
SO I WOULD RATHER SEE THE DATA THERE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW MANY INJURIES WE'VE HAD COMPARED TO THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, CAMERON AND CITRUS.
BECAUSE BASED ON THE DATA THAT YOU, WE ARE SEEING HERE FROM, UH, TRANSECT, IT, IT, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WARRANTS A SIGNAL LIKE AT THIS, UH, PARTICULAR MOMENT, UM, BASED ON WHAT I'M SEEING, UH, AND THE WAY I'M SEEING THIS IS, UM, UH, THE WAY I'M SEEING THIS IS I, I THINK THAT HAVING THAT STOP SIGNS THERE, IT DETERS PEOPLE GOING FAST ON CAMERON AVENUE.
UM, AND I THINK ADDING THAT SIGNAL LIGHT THERE IS GOING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON THAT INTERSECTION.
JIM GRITCH, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA POWER, FOLLOWED BY MARIO.
UH, SORRY I CAN'T COME HERE EVERY WEEK LIKE I USED TO, BUT I'M COME IN AS OFTEN AS I CAN.
ANYWAY, TONIGHT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, I WAS INVOLVED WITH THE AUDITS THAT THE CITY HAS HAD UNDERGONE WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ONE BY THE STATE CONTROLLER, ONE BY THE STATE AUDITOR.
AND BOTH OF THOSE AUDITS SAID ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING, WHICH IS THE CITY'S PURCHASING PROCEDURES ARE POOR, ARE NOT VERY GOOD.
UH, AND WE HAVE HAD CONSISTENT
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PROBLEMS WITH PURCHASING.AND THIS TIME IT'S THE FIREWORKS AND READING THE, YOUR STAFF REPORT IN THE, UH, COUNCIL DEN, YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM.
UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S ACTUALLY THERE IS YOU FAILED TO FOLLOW PROPER PURCHASING PROCEDURES.
YOU DID NOT TRY TO GET A GOOD PRICE FOR, UH, FIREWORKS.
AND YOU OBVIOUSLY PAID MORE THAN YOU NEEDED TO, PROBABLY BY A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
AND IN THIS CASE, THE REAL ISSUE ISN'T SO MUCH THAT PROCEDURES WEREN'T FOLLOWED.
THE REAL ISSUE IS EXACTLY THE SAME THING HAPPENED LAST YEAR WITH EXACTLY THE SAME ACTIVITY.
UH, AND THE SAME PERSON DID BOTH THINGS.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAN MAKE MISTAKES, BUT WHEN THE MISTAKES ARE MADE REPEATEDLY AND THEY COST THE CITY MONEY, THE TAXPAYERS MONEY, UH, SOMETHING REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT IT.
AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FIREWORKS JUST TO TALK ABOUT THE INDUSTRY.
IF YOU WANNA HAVE AN EVENT ON JULY 4TH, YOU'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE A FIREWORKS EVENT ON JULY 4TH.
AND THERE'S SO MANY, ONLY SO MANY COMPANIES.
SO IF YOU WANT A GOOD PRICE, YOU HAVE TO START REALLY EARLY, LIKE WAY MORE THAN A YEAR IN ADVANCE TO GET A GOOD, UH, PRICE, A GOOD BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
UM, EITHER THAT OR CHANGE THE DATE TO SOME OF THE DATE BESIDES JULY 4TH.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO CHOICES.
AND UH, AND, AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE PERSON WHO WAS DOING THIS DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, DIDN'T DO THE PROPER CORRECTION, WHICH IS TO START REAL EARLY TALKING TO THE COMPANIES.
UH, IT TALK IN THE STAFF REPORT, IT TALKS ABOUT A REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL.
YOU FIND OUT A LOT MORE IF YOU JUST TALK TO THE PEOPLE ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.
UH, AND I SUGGEST THAT THAT TAKE PLACE, UH, THEN YOU CAN GET GOOD PRICES.
AND YOU, JIM PATRICIA P POWER FOLLOWED BY MARIO, FOLLOWED BY SHANNON.
GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING, I SHOULD SAY.
UH, MY HUSBAND AND I AND I PURCHASED OUR HOME IN 2013.
DID YOU MOVE THE MIC TO YOU? MOST PLEASE.
WE LIVE ON SOUTH CITRUS STREET RIGHT BEFORE CAMERON AVENUE AND WE OPPOSE THE INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON CI AND CAMERON.
THE PROPOSAL WILL CONVERT SOUTH CI STREET FROM TWO LANES INTO THREE LANES TO MAKE ROOM FOR A DESIGNATED LEFT TURN LANE.
THIS WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
WE WILL GET RED CURBS AND LOOSE PARKING IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY FOR MYSELF, FOR MY NEIGHBOR TO THE LEFT, FOR MY NEIGHBOR TO THE RIGHT WHERE WE AND MY VISITORS, PEOPLE WHO SERVICE THEIR HOMES SUPPOSED TO PARK.
WE'LL GET FAST MOVING TRAFFIC, PUSH TOWARDS OUR PROPERTY AND WE WILL HAVE DIFFICULTIES ENTERING, EXITING OUR DRIVEWAY ON A DAILY BASIS.
WE WILL ALL BE AT RISK OF GETTING HIT BY SPEEDING CARS AS WE LEAVE OR ENTER OUR PROPERTY.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL AFFECT OUR PROPERTY VALUE AND THE VALUE MULTIPLE OTHER HOMES IN THE AREA.
'CAUSE NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE BY A TRAFFIC LIGHT.
NOBODY WANTS TO LIVE WITH RED CURVES OF THE NO PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME.
I'M SURE NONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE IT OR ANYBODY ELSE.
HERE AT THE APRIL 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE DIRECTOR FROM YOU ALL WAS FOR TRANSTECH TO PROVIDE TO BRING ALL OPTIONS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING TRAFFIC CALL MEASURES FOR OUR INPUT AND PARTICIPATION IN THE DECISION MAKING.
TRANSECT DID NOT FOLLOW THIS DIRECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY TO COMPLETELY IGNORED IT.
A JULY TRAFFIC COMMISSION MEETING WAS SCHEDULED AND CANCELED WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION.
AT THE UM, AUGUST 8TH TRAFFIC MEETING, WE ALL EXPECTED A REVIEW OF THE OPTION, BUT AS USUAL, NO INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE FOR US TO BE AHEAD OF TIME.
INSTEAD, IT WAS QUITE APPARENT THAT THE MEETING WAS JUST A FORMALITY FOR TRANSECT TO PRESS FORWARD WITH INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
NO OPPOSING INPUT FROM RESIDENCE A WEST CONA PD OR COMMENTS FROM BRIAN MAYOR BRIAN CALDERON WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
THE MAYOR WAS PRESENT AND REQUESTED THAT THIS MEETING, MEANING TODAY'S MEETING BE POSTPONED BECAUSE HE WAS GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN.
AT THE AUGUST EIGHT MEETING, TWO WEST CAMINO POLICE OFFICERS VOTED AGAINST INSULATION OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
THEY PATROL THE INTERSECTION, OBSERVED DRIVERS AND STATED THAT THEY BELIEVE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAY CAUSE TRAFFIC SPEEDS TO INCREASE AND MAKE THE INTERSECTION LESS SAFE.
THEY DID NOT FEEL A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS WARRANTED.
OF ALL THE RESIDENTS ATTENDING THE TRAFFIC MEETING ABOUT 18 OR SO.
ALL OPPOSED THE TRAFFIC LIGHT EXCEPT FOR TWO.
AND RESPECTFULLY, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THEY DO NOT LIVE BY THE INTERSECTION.
THEY LIVE ABOUT A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY IN THE CUL-DE-SAC.
SO THEY WILL NOT BE N****Y IMPACTED BY THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
LIKE ALL OF US THAT DO LIVE BY THE INTERSECTION.
NOW, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, WHEN DOES TRANSTECH CURRENT CONTRACT EXPIRE? THERE'S AN OPEN RFP
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RIGHT NOW FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AND I FEEL THAT THIS REAPER RECOMMENDATION IS BIAS IN SLATED FOR TRANSTECH TO GET A NEW CONTRACT.AND IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S THE COMPLETE DISSERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE WASTE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIO, FOLLOWED BY SHANNON.
MY NAME IS MARIO ALVARO AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC LIGHT INSTALLATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF CAMERON AND CITRUS AVENUE.
AS SOMEONE WHO REGULARLY TRAVELS THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION, INCLUDING DURING RUSH HOUR WHEN SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL LETS OUT, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES IT PRESENTS.
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE CITIZENS WHO SUPPORT THE INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, I BELIEVE IT IS CRUCIAL TO CONSIDER THE POTENTIAL DANGERS THAT SUCH A CHANGE COULD BRING.
ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS IS A SPECIFIC AND SIGNIFICANT HAZARD CREATED BY THE INTERSECTION'S TOPOGRAPHY.
WHEN TRAVELING EAST ON CAMERON ABOUT 300 YARDS FROM CITRUS, THERE'S A SLIGHT ELEVATION THAT OBSTRUCTS THE LINE OF SIGHT TO THE INTERSECTION.
ADDITIONALLY, CITRUS AVENUE ACTS AS A DRAIN STREET ELEVATING TOWARDS THE NORTH AND CREATING A DIP ON THE EAST SIDE OF CITRUS.
THIS COMBINATION OF AN INCLINE LEADING INTO A DIP POSES A SERIOUS RISK, ESPECIALLY FOR VEHICLES TRAVELING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR, WHICH IS POSSIBLE GIVEN THE 40 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT, THE INTRODUCTION OF A TRAFFIC LIGHT COULD EXACERBATE THESE DANGERS POTENTIALLY LEADING TO ACCIDENTS AS VEHICLES UNEXPECTEDLY ENCOUNTER THE CHANGES IN ELEVATION.
MOREOVER, WHILE FUNDING HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROJECT, I URGE THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER WHETHER THIS IS THE BEST USE OF OUR RESOURCES.
THERE ARE OTHER INTERSECTIONS SUCH AS VINCENT PUENTE, WHERE THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED A GREATER NEED FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY AFTER FATAL ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCURRED THERE.
IN CONCLUSION, I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO WEIGH THESE CONCERNS CAREFULLY.
WHILE SOME MAY SEE THE TRAFFIC LIGHT AS A SOLUTION, THE POTENTIAL RISK INTRODUCES MUST BE FULLY CONSIDERED, WHICH ENSURE THAT ANY CHANGES MADE ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYONE'S SAFETY, ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA AS COMPLEX AS CAMERON AND CITRUS INTERSECTION.
AND I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA TIME.
I WOULD, UH, RECOMMEND IF YOU COULD, COMING FROM BARRANCA, TRAVELING EAST ON CAMERON, PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON AT DURING THE EVENING HOURS, UH, MAYBE A HUNDRED YARDS, AND JUST WATCH THE HEADLIGHTS COMING EASTBOUND ON CAMERON.
AND WHEN IT IS THAT THEY DISAPPEAR AND WHEN IT IS THAT YOU SEE THEM, YOU'LL YEAH, GET A GOOD PERSPECTIVE THERE.
SHANNON VOLKE, FOLLOWED BY LANCE VOLKE, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINE VOLKE.
I LIVE ON, UH, THE CORNER OR NEXT TO THE CORNER OF UH, CITRUS AND CAMERON.
UM, FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, SO FAR THERE HAS BEEN NO DEATH.
NOT ONE ON THAT CORNER FROM AN ACCIDENT.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU GO FURTHER UP TO HOLBECK OR FURTHER DOWN TO BARRANCA, THAT CANNOT BE SAID IN THOSE INTERSECTIONS, WHICH HAVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN.
IN FACT, THE ONE OVER ON, ON BARRANCA NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S ONLY BEEN THERE FOR MAYBE A COUPLE YEARS AND ALREADY YOU'VE HAD A DEATH THERE.
UM, RELATED TO THE LIGHT, ALL THE ACCIDENTS THAT ALL THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED ON THE CORNER OF CITRUS AND CAMERON ARE MINOR FENDER BENDERS AND NO SERIOUS INJURIES.
UM, A COUPLE PEOPLE COME AND THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEDESTRIANS.
NOT ONE PEDESTRIAN HAS EVER BEEN INJURED ON THAT CORNER.
I'VE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 35 YEARS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, DURING HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS THAT THEY'RE NERVOUS ACROSS THE STREET, BUT BELIEVE ME, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE A LOT MORE NERVOUS WHEN PEOPLE ARE FLYING THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION AND RUN THAT LIGHT.
OH, AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC FLOW, UM, TRAFFIC FLOW FLOW THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION ONLY SLOWS DOWN TWICE A DAY FOR APPROXIMATELY ABOUT HOUR AND A HALF.
AND A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC HAPPENS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM OTHER AREAS OUT OF TOWN.
PASSING THROUGH THAT, USING IT AS A THOROUGHFARE TO GET ACROSS PAST WEST COVINA TO HEAD HOME, UM, BYPASSING THEIR FREEWAY.
IF YOU WERE TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC BY REDUCING IT TO 40 AND THEN EVENTUALLY TO 35, THAT PRETTY, PRETTY SURE THAT WOULD ELIMINATE A LOT OF THAT ISSUE.
PUTTING A LIGHT THERE WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE THAT AS A HIGHWAY AND IT ONLY ESCALATE AND HAVE PEOPLE SPEEDING FASTER THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AGAIN, INCREASING THE CHANCES OF ACCIDENTS AND DEATH.
OH, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING FOR THE LIGHT, WHICH SUPPOSEDLY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A ROAD DIET, BUT THEY DIDN'T BRING IT UP ONE TIME.
AND WHEN YOU ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, THEY JUST REMAIN SILENT AND SAY NOTHING ABOUT IT.
THEY DON'T WANNA HAVE A DIALOGUE ABOUT IT.
WE LIVE IN THE AREA AND IT'S VERY MUCH CONCERNS US, HOWEVER, THAT PEOPLE TRYING TO PUT THE LIGHT IN, THEY DON'T WANT DIALOGUE ABOUT IT.
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LET YOU HAVE YOUR SAY BUT NOT RESPOND BACK WHEN ASK WHEN YOU'RE ASKING 'EM QUESTIONS.UM, WELL THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, I GOT 30 SECONDS LEFT, BUT I'M GOOD WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SIR, MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
I APPRECIATE LANCE VOLKE, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINE VOLKE, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT TORRES.
EVENING COUNSEL, MY NAME IS LANCE VOLKE AND I'VE LIVED ON CAMERON 40 YEARS AND I USED TO GO DOWN THAT STREET WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, DITCHING SCHOOL TO GO TO THE BEACH 35 BACK THEN.
NOW THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH NOT ONLY THE STREET, IT'S A PROBLEM WITH THE ALLEY BEHIND CAMERON.
YOU CAN'T GET OUT BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE CARS IF YOU HAVE A LIGHT COMING DOWN FROM UP BY THE GOLF COURSE.
AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A SPEED BEHIND THEM 'CAUSE THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING DOWNHILL.
GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE COMING RIGHT ON THROUGH.
ANYBODY COMING OUT OF THAT ALLEY, I LITERALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE BUS DRIVERS LET ME KNOW WHEN IT'S SAFE TO COME OUT.
IF THERE'S A BUS DRIVER THERE.
WE HAVE PEOPLE WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC WILL COME DOWN CHARLIN AND THEY'LL COME THROUGH THE ALLEY AND THEY'RE IN A FRICKING HURRY.
YOU'D BETTER NOT GET YOUR CAR TO COME OUT TOO FAST.
YOU'LL, YOU'LL ONE ONE WILL HIT YA.
NOW THE DIET, UH, IDEA THAT WAS NOT BROUGHT UP.
YOU'VE ALREADY, I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE 'CAUSE YOU ALREADY ALREADY HEARD IT, BUT COMING DOWN, UH, COMING PAST GRAND, I'M PAR UH, BARRANCA HEADING, UH, WEST.
WHEN YOU COME TO THE STOP SIGN, WEST IS WHERE I LIVE, RIGHT THERE, ONE OF THOSE TWO HOUSES, THEY DON'T EVEN STOP.
THEY JUST ROLL AROUND THE CORNER AND BY THEN I'VE GOT A TELEPHONE POLE, A BUS STOP AND ALL THAT STUFF SITTING THERE.
YOU KEEP TRYING TO SEE AND THEY'LL JUST COME, RIGHT? THEY'LL, YOU ALMOST GET HIT A COUPLE TIMES.
IT'S, IT'S JUST A, A A, A BAD, BAD IDEA.
AND UM, UH, AND AS FAR AS THIS GENERAL TALKED ABOUT THE KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THEY DON'T DO, THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT IN MANY YEARS.
WHY? IT WAS UNSAFE FOR THE KIDS TO RUN DOWN THAT STREET BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC SPEED IS WHAT'S DOING THIS.
UH, JUST HAD ANOTHER ONE THE OTHER DAY, JUST RAN INTO THE BACK OF THE CAR, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS WHAT LAST MONTH.
YOU KNOW, I HAD MY SON, MY, MY YOUNGEST SON DOOR RIPPED OFF OF HIS CAR.
HE STARTED TO OPEN IT THIS MUCH, BOOM.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE.
I MYSELF HAVE HAD OUR FAMILY HAVE HAD, UH, AT LEAST 4, 5, 5 AXES REAR ENDERS.
WATCH ONE LADY FLIP HER CAR IN FRONT.
WE, AND THEN WE HAVE, THEN YOU PAINT THE FRONT OF MY, MY, MY SIDEWALK RED FOR THE TURN.
WHERE DO I PARK? WHERE DO I PARK TO GO INTO MY HOUSE IF I HAVE PARKED IN THE FRONT, YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILY HAS FOUR CARS, SO THANK YOU.
CHRISTINE VOLKE, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT TORRES, FOLLOWED BY OUR LIEN SHUT.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR US.
UM, I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN ARDUOUS AND CHALLENGING CONVERSATION OVER THE YEARS.
CAN YOU LOWER THEM YOUR MIC PLEASE? OH YEAH, SORRY, I'M VERTICALLY CHALLENGED.
UM, I WON'T GO OVER, I WON'T WASTE OUR TIME WITH SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED.
OBVIOUSLY THE FACT THAT, UH, MAYOR TABBA IS AT THE DNC, MY REQUEST FOR THAT IS SIMPLY THAT YOU HOLD YOUR VOTE UNTIL HE IS ABLE TO RETURN.
SO I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU COULD HOLD IT UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
UM, I HONESTLY THINK IT'S DISRESPECTFUL TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA NOT TO.
UM, HOWEVER, WHAT I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS IS WARRANTS ONE THROUGH THREE, WHICH ARE BASED, BASED ON THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN MET.
UM, HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT, IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE MET GIVEN THE, THE SCHOOLS THAT AROUND MOUNT SAC, CAL POLY, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE K THROUGH TWELVES.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, WARRANT NUMBER SEVEN IS FOR CRASH EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS ONLY MET ON THE MOST RECENT SURVEY, WHICH WAS MAY 29TH OF THIS YEAR.
WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS SOMETHING MORE OF, UH, AN APPLES TO APPLES COMPARISON.
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MAYBE JUST GIVE IT, I DON'T KNOW, EVEN ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.JUST, JUST DO IT JUST A COUPLE MORE TIMES SO THAT YOU CAN COMPARE, UH, A SLOWER SEASON, RIGHT? VERSUS, UH, LIKE IN THE SUMMER VERSUS SOMETHING THAT'S PEAK IN THE SCHOOL SEASON.
UH, SO MAYBE NOT EVEN A YEAR, JUST MAYBE SIX MONTHS.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS IS WARRANT NUMBER SIX, WHICH WAS NOT MET AT ALL, WHICH WOULD ADDRESS THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT SAFETY IS A SERIOUS CONCERN AND IT IS FOR OUR FAMILY TOO.
WE HAVE KIDS, WE HAVE FAMILY, WE HAVE OLDER, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBERS.
UM, BUT WARRANT NUMBER SIX FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS NOT MET FOR THIS TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UM, I GUESS THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I REALLY WANTED TO ASK THAT IS IF YOU GUYS DO CHOOSE TO VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT, I DO REQUEST THAT YOU VERY STRONGLY CONSIDER, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE A POPULAR OPINION, UM, BUT THE ALWAYS ON FUNCTION OF A SIGNAL BECAUSE THAT WILL SLOW THE LIGHT AND IT WILL BE DETERMINED BY, UH, THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HEARING US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND GOD BLESS YOU.
ROBERT TORRES, FOLLOWED BY ARLENE, SHE FOLLOWED BY JD D.
MAYOR PROAM, I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT CAMERON AND CITRUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT IT YET, BUT THE FIRST PAGE BASICALLY KIND OF LISTS THE TOPICS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP FOR THE INTERSECTION, LIKE CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC, SPEEDING, RUNNING STOP SIGNS, UH, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ERRATIC DRIVING.
SO THE REASON I BRING THAT UP, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PRINCIPLE REASONS FOR IT.
YOU KNOW, SAFETY, ACCIDENTS, WHAT HAVE YOU.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINS OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THEY WERE NEVER INTENDED TO BE A FIX OR A PRIMARILY USED FOR SAFETY.
THEY WERE BEING USED TO MOVE TRAFFIC FASTER THROUGH AN INTERSECTION, UH, REDUCE CONGESTION, UH, MAKE TRAFFIC FLOW BETTER.
THEY DO HAVE SAFETY COMPONENTS, BUT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE USED AS A SAFETY MEASURE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL OVER THE CITY.
UH, WESTMONT, WHEN THEY PUT IN A SIGNAL, EVERYBODY WAS CELEBRATING HAPPY PEOPLE KEEP DYING THERE.
PUENTE AND UM, SUNSET, SAME THING.
THEY PUT A SIGNAL IN YEARS AGO.
EVERYONE'S HAPPY, COLLISIONS, DEATHS, ALL THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET ACROSS IS THE SIGNAL ISN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO EQUAL SAFETY.
IT'S THERE TO CONTROL TRAFFIC, TO SPEED UP TRAFFIC, TO MOVE IT FASTER AND TO REDUCE CONGESTION.
SO WHEN I TALK ABOUT THAT, THERE'S THIS ONE, I THINK IT'S THE THIRD PAGE.
IT TALKS ABOUT THE DELAY AT EACH INTERSECTION.
SO RIGHT NOW WITH THE STOP DELAY AT THE FOUR-WAY TRAFFIC SIGNAL, IT TAKES ABOUT 28 SECONDS.
ON AVERAGE, YOU'RE SITTING THERE FOR 28 SECONDS.
IF WE PUT A SIGNAL IN, IT REDUCES IT BY 14 SECONDS.
AND FOR THE COST OF $1.2 MILLION, I DON'T THINK IT EQUATES.
'CAUSE YOU'RE BASICALLY SPENDING $1.2 MILLION TO SAVE 14 SECONDS ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
AND WITH RESPECT TO COLLISIONS, THERE WAS FIVE REPORTED, LIKE MENTIONED EARLIER.
ALL FIVE WERE VERY MINOR, NOTHING MAJOR.
UM, AND EVEN ONE WAS A REAR END, WHICH IN THE FUTURE WON'T EVEN BE CONSIDERED WITH NEW STANDARDS BECAUSE THE STATE IS ADOPTING NEW STANDARDS RIGHT NOW THAT WILL NOT MAKE THIS SIGNAL WARRANTED FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN THE NEAR FUTURE ONCE THEY ADOPT A NEW STANDARDS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLLISIONS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, 2021, THERE WAS 3 22, THERE WAS THREE AND THERE WAS FIVE COLLISIONS, WHAT THEY'RE USING.
SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST POINT I WANNA MAKE.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN ACTIVE.
THE POLICE OFFICER AT THE MEDIAN STATED THAT HE WAS OUT THERE AND THAT IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
AND IT'S REFLECTED IN THE 2014 DATA.
IT'S, THERE'S ONLY BEEN ONE ACCIDENT AND HE RECOMMENDED AGAINST INSTALLING A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN ORDER FOR A SIGNAL TO BE WARRANTED, ENFORCEMENT HAS TO FAIL.
AND HE STATED THAT IT SUCCEEDED.
SO I DON'T THINK THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS WARRANTED.
ARLENE SMITH SHUT, FOLLOWED BY JD, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, LITTLE BIT LOWER PLEASE.
HI, I'M ARLENE SHUT AND I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF CITRUS AND CAMERON BY THE BUS STOP, WHICH IS ON THE BUS STOP.
SO IF YOU WERE TO PUT A SIGNAL THAT MEANS IN FRONT
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OF MY HOME WILL ALSO BE ALL RED AND I WILL NOT HAVE ANYWHERE TO PARK OR HAVE VISITORS COME AND DELIVERIES.I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WOULD PARK, WHERE, WHERE THEY WOULD PARK AT.
SO, AND ALSO, IF YOU PUT A LIGHT, IF YOU PUT A LIGHT, PEOPLE WILL BE TRAVELING THROUGH THIS AREA WAY MORE.
WE'RE GONNA GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE COMING THROUGH BECAUSE THEY KNOW WE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO STOP ANYMORE.
THEY CAN JUST GO FROM LIGHT TO LIGHT TO LIGHT AT HIGHER SPEEDS.
I MEAN, JUST THE OTHER DAY I WAS WALKING AND THIS GUY WAS GOING BY SO FAST, BUT THERE'S, I COULDN'T TELL HOW FAST HE WAS GOING BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE LITTLE, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW FAST YOU'RE GOING ON THAT SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO, UH, SO IT JUST KIND OF SCARES ME.
IF YOU PUT A LIGHT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A BIG ACCIDENT.
AND I LIVE IN THE CORNER, I DO A LOT OF GARDENING AND I DON'T WANNA BE KILLED
I MEAN, I, YOU KNOW, I USED TO WALK DOWN CAMERON TO, UM, HOLLENBECK, BUT THEN, RIGHT, ALMOST WHEN YOU GET TO THE SIGNAL, THE, THE CARS ARE SO CLOSE TO THE CURB THAT THEY'RE GOING SO FAST.
SO NOW I DON'T EVEN GO THAT WAY.
I JUST GO TO A COUPLE BLOCKS AND THEN I GO BACK AND GO BACK DOWN CITRUS BY THE SCHOOL.
I CAN GO AROUND THERE AND FEEL SAFE AND GOING AT AND CROSSING AT THE STOP SIGN.
I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE I, WHEN I CROSS, I HAVE EYE CONTACT WITH PEOPLE AND THEY WAIT FOR ME TO CROSS.
IF, IF THERE WAS A LIGHT, I, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GUARANTEE ONCE THE THING, THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, I'M CROSSING THAT SOMEONE ISN'T GONNA GO SPEEDING AND HIT ME.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, THAT I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THE LIGHT.
JD FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRAS.
UH, I STEP UP TO MIKE FOR THE REASON THAT I'VE HEARD MENTIONED A COUPLE TIMES TONIGHT.
AND THAT IS, UM, SAFETY, UH, ENFORCEMENT OF THE TRAFFIC LAWS.
I HAVE, I LIVE IN A INTERSECTION THAT WOULD BE VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT'S BEING CREATED ON CITRUS AND, UH, CAMERON WHERE I HAVE AN A SIGNAL LIGHT.
AND I CANNOT TELL YOU THAT A DAY PASSES THAT I DON'T SEE A CAR RACE TO TRY TO BEAT THE LIGHT.
THERE WOULD BE VERY FEW CARS THAT ARE NOT TRAVELING THE DIRECTION OF ON CAMERON IN EITHER DIRECTION AT 55 TO 80 MILES ROUTINELY, AND THEY GO THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION AT THAT SPEED.
WHEN THERE'S A YELLOW LIGHT, THEY EVEN INCREASE IT BY ACCELERATING, AND I COULD HEAR THEM ACCELERATING FROM MY GARAGE PAST THE INTERSECTION.
WE HAVE HAD THREE DEATHS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RK, ALLEN AND CAMERON SINCE I MOVED IN.
THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS COMPARED TO CITRUS, THERE IS NO COMPARISON.
I SAY ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SIGN THAT SAYS 25 MILES AN HOUR.
WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT, I LIVE NEXT TO OR ACROSS FROM AN ELEMENTARY, THAT'S NEIGHBOR TO A COMMUNITY PARK, CAMERON PARK, AND DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM CAMERON PARK, THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THERE ISN'T AN HOUR FROM MORNING TO MID AFTERNOON THAT THERE ISN'T CHILDREN PRESENT.
BUT I ASSURE YOU CARS TRAVEL THROUGH THERE AT THOSE HOURS, AT THE SPEED THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, ANYWHERE FROM 55 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR.
ENFORCEMENT IS THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM OF SAFETY.
IF THAT IS THE TRUE CONCERN, IS SAFETY, THEN IT'S ABOUT ENFORCEMENT.
IT IS ABOUT CITATIONS BEING GIVEN OUT, CARS BEING IMPOUNDED, AND PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CANNOT GET AWAY WITH IMPUNITY.
THESE VIOLA WITH THESE VIOLATIONS, IF YOU PLACE THE LIGHT ON CITRUS AND CAMERON WITH THE DIP THAT EXISTS THERE, AS DOES ONE AT MY INTERSECTION WHERE I CAN HEAR THE CARS BOTTOMING, BOTTOMING OUT EVERY TIME THEY RACE THROUGH THERE.
THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN AT CITRUS AND CAM.
UH, CAMERON, FAR WORSE BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS WIDE.
AND THE DIP IS GOING, IS COMING FROM A, A ASCENDING DIRECTION OR DESCENDING WITHOUT
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THEM KNOWING.AND IT'S GOING TO END UP WITH SOMEBODY, ONE OF THESE VEHICLE ENDING UP IN SOMEONE'S YARD.
APPRECIATE JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRAS, FOLLOWED BY SHIRAZ FROM DAYS INN.
THIS UPCOMING ELECTION I'M RUNNING FOR THE THIRD DISTRICT.
I'LL BE ABLE TO HELP CHANGE THE TONE.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE WE'RE MISSING THE MARERE AND HE REQUESTED A DELAY AND A DELAY OF A COUPLE WEEKS OR SO WASN'T GOING TO BE EARTH SHATTERING.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON NOW FOR WHAT, SIX, SEVEN YEARS.
BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO DO WHILE YOU'RE COMPLETELY IGNORING OTHER INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS MUCH LONGER.
THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS THE ONE THAT, WHAT IS IT? UH, OVER ON AMAR, UH, WOOD, I ALWAYS FORGET THE NAME OF THAT, UH, STREET WHERE WE'VE HAD THREE DEATHS IN ONE YEAR, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN A PRIORITY.
PRIORITY HASN'T BEEN A PRIORITY TO GET IT DONE.
AND YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY THE SAME EFFORT HASN'T BEEN PUT INTO THAT INTERSECTION TO CORRECT IT.
ALSO, I HAVE BEEN COMING TO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR 25 YEARS.
I HAVE NEVER HEARD, ESPECIALLY A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE THE ACCUSATIONS THAT WERE MADE AGAINST OUR MAYOR, PUBLICLY MADE AGAINST OUR MAYOR THAT HE WAS ABUSING HIS WIFE.
AND THIS CONSOLE IS SILENT ON THAT.
I REMEMBER YEARS THAT IF YOU WERE A PLANNING COMMISSIONER OR A COMMISSIONER IN GENERAL, YOU MISSPOKE ABOUT ANOTHER MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL.
NO IFS, ANDS, OR BUTS ABOUT IT.
AND THIS IS LIKE THE THIRD TIME.
AND HE'S A CANDIDATE TO SIT UP HERE MAKING COMMENTS LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN.
AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT I DO BEING ON THIS CONSOLE IS THAT NOBODY HAS THREE VOTES ANYMORE ON ANYTHING.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE WE HAD A REPORT OUT, AND I APPRECIATE THAT ABOUT THE, UH, MARK TAYLOR LAWSUIT, BUT IT TRIED TO BLAME AN UNKNOWN PARTY, NAMELY THE INSURANCE COMPANY SAYING, WE'RE GONNA LOSE A LOT MORE THAN WE CAN SETTLE FOR.
WHY? BECAUSE AS SOME ATTORNEYS PUT IT TO ME ON BOTH SIDES, TONY, WHO A HAND GRENADE? THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN TESTIFY, WHO CAN PULL THAT PIN, AND THEY DECIDED THEY DIDN'T WANNA LOSE EVEN MORE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO CHANGE.
SO JUST THINK ABOUT AN INSURANCE COMPANY WANTS TO PAY OUT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GONNA PAY OUT EVEN MORE.
SO WE NEED A COMPLETE CHANGE IN TONE.
JERRY PATRAS, FOLLOWED BY ARD FROM DAYS INN, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, THERE'S A PAGE ON THE WEBSITE, UH, CALLED ELECTOR AND ELECTION AND VOTER INFORMATION, AND THEN THERE'S A SECTION FOR WEST COVINA ELECTION.
AND THEN THE SECTION I HAVE THE QUESTION ON IS UNDER POLITICAL SIGN REGULATION, CITY OF WEST COVINA, SECTION 26 100 EXEMPT SIGNS.
THIS ORDINANCE OR THE RULES STATES THAT NO SIGN SHALL BE ERECTED EARLIER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CLOSEST FUTURE ELECTION DATE.
AND EACH SIGN SHALL BE REMOVED WITHIN 10 DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION.
I ESTIMATE OUT THAT 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE START OF THE CLOSEST, THE ELECTION WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 6TH.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNS IN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT THREE AND ELSEWHERE AND BIG BANNERS.
SO I'M WONDERING WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO BE REMOVED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN VIOLATION OF THIS.
SHEARD FROM DAYS INN, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON.
HOW YOU GUYS DOING? MY NAME'S SHIRAZ DALE.
I'M PROUD OWNER OF THE DAYS INN.
THIS IS NOTHING ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS REGARDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOUR GUYS' LAST MEETING REGARDING THE FIVE STAR.
UM, I HAVE RECEIVED EMAILS, UH, FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT IS SAYING THEY'RE NOT, UM, THEY'RE NOT UP TO CODE.
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I WANNA SAY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.WE'RE SUCH AND WE DON'T HAVE, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
WHY AREN'T YOU GUYS CHARGING THEM FOR ALL THESE VIOLATIONS? SECOND OF ALL, ALL THESE FACTS AND STUFF THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS ACTUALLY ASK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT DON'T DISCRIMINATE MY HOTEL AND TELL ME THAT MY VIOLATIONS ARE ONLY A HUNDRED LOWER THAN THEM.
98% OF MY CALLS IS BECAUSE SOMETHING IS GOING ON AT THE FIVE STAR END.
I STAY AT THAT PROPERTY AND I'M DAMN PROUD OF STAYING AT THAT PROPERTY.
BUT THE STUFF THAT GOES ON THERE, YOU GUYS AREN'T EVEN AWARE WHAT GOES ON IF AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE OWNER OF THAT BUSINESS SAID THAT HE WILL DONATE A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE CITY.
AND THEN PAY YOU GUYS THE TOT TAX.
JUST PUT ONE AND ONE TOGETHER.
WHERE'S THAT MONEY COMING FROM? THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON.
I WAS READING THE, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT LETTERS ON THE CODE ENFOR LETTERS ALMOST NINE MONTHS THAT HE WAS DOING ILLEGAL RENOVATIONS.
WHEN I DID MY RENOVATIONS AT MY PROPERTY, I WAS UP TO DATE EVEN WHEN I MISSED ONE OF MY INSPECTIONS.
WHY ISN'T THIS BEING DONE TO THERE? IS THERE SOME SORT OF AGENDA WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT? AND IF YOU GUYS WANT THOSE EMAILS, I COULD SEND IT TO YOU BECAUSE I PERSONALLY THINK THAT THE FIVE STAR IN BRINGING THE HOMELESS TO WEST COVINA, IT'S GONNA MESS UP OUR CITY EVEN MORE.
IF YOU GUYS WANT A HUNDRED MORE CALLS, I'LL GIVE YOU A CALL EVERY DAY.
AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOWS.
I DON'T CALL THEM FOR, FOR BS.
I CALL 'EM WHEN I CAN'T TAKE CARE OF IT.
EVERYONE ON THAT BLOCK KNOWS THAT NOTHING'S GONNA GO ON THERE WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE AND I WILL DEAL WITH IT MYSELF.
BESIDES HAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COME, YOU COULD ASK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT'S HERE.
THEY KNOW HOW LONG I'VE BEEN THERE.
AND IF YOU GUYS WANT THIS TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, LET IT GO.
UM, REGARDING THIS TRAFFIC LIGHT, WE ALL KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE DEATHS.
YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE BETTER, BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE PROBLEMS AT THE END.
I SAY NO FOR THE FIVE STAR INN AND THE HOMELESS.
THE CITY HAS A WAY TO GO AROUND IT.
UH, ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY DAN TRAN.
UH, WE LIVE IN HISTORIC TIMES INTERNATIONAL TOKENIZATION OF OUR ASSETS IS CONTINUING FORTHWITH UNDER UCC.
ARTICLE 8, 5 0 1, PART A, B AND C.
PERHAPS THIS COMES AS NO SURPRISE, BUT DEMS ARE NOW PROMISING TO CONFISCATE ALL GUNS FROM DEFENSELESS CITIZENS.
CONTROL FOOD PRICES, SET PRIVATE SECTOR WAGES WHILE DEMANDING REEDUCATION CAMPS, DEATH CAMPS FOR ALL CONSERVATIVES CHRISTIANS AND CONSTITUTIONALISTS COMMUNISM DOESN'T WORK.
THEY'RE GONNA BRING BACK ALL THE CHEMICAL FACTORIES.
IF THEY, IF THEY MANAGE TO MAIN CONTAIN CONTROL, AMERICA WILL BE FINISHED, REPLACED BY COMMUNIST BORDER CZAR KAMALA AND HEROIC TAMPON.
TIM, ACCORDING TO THEIR RADICAL LEFT WING, BLACK ROCK, VANGUARD, STATE STREET INSPIRED FI FASCIST AGENDA, ACCORDING TO SASHA LAVA, CATHERINE WATT OF, UH, BAILIWICK NEWS QUOTE, THE CDC IS A SCARY ORGANIZATION ABOVE THE LAW AND ABOVE THE CONSTITUTION.
WE ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE IN THE, IN THE 77 DAYS LEADING TO THE RIGGED ELECTION, ONE OR MORE BLACK SWAN EVENTS MAY BE RELATED TO MONKEYPOX AND BIRD FLU, WHICH IS SLATED TO BE THE NEXT PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATION.
UH, MK ULTRA ILLEGAL HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION PROGRAMS NEVER REALLY ENDED.
YOU'LL BE LABELED, AUTHORITIES WILL NOT HAVE TO PRODUCE ANY ACTUAL EVIDENCE.
DON'T TEST, DON'T TRACE, DON'T MASK, DON'T ISOLATE.
DON'T AX AND DON'T VOLUNTARILY GO TO ANY SECONDARY LOCATION SUGGESTED BY ANY KIDNAPPERS, CLOTHED IN PUBLIC HEALTH OR LAW ENFORCEMENT UNIFORMS AND CITING PUBLIC HEALTH LAWS.
FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE.
EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY, EVERY POSSIBLE WEAPON AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
FIGHT YOUR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL IF YOU ARE TAKEN TO A SECONDARY LOCATION.
DECREASE DRAMATIC DRAMATICALLY IF YOU'RE GOING TO DIE, LET IT HAPPEN THEN AND THERE AND NOT ON THEIR TERMS. I KNOW THIS IS A HORRIBLE THING TO THINK ABOUT, BUT THEY HAVE A PLAN TO PLACE, UH, IN PLACE TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH YOU.
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YOU HAVE A A PLAN IN PLACE TO DENY THEM THAT FIGHT.THE FEMAS HAVE A-A-A-A-A REX 84 PROGRAM.
UH, FEMA CAMPS, UH, AND, UH, PRAY THAT, UH, GOD DOESN'T ALLOW THIS TO OCCUR.
IT'S WORTHWHILE TO, TO WRITE AND PUBLISH.
AND GABRIEL, OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
LISA, I WANT THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME FOR LAST.
THAT'S GONNA BE A HARD ONE TO FOLLOW UP.
I'M GONNA KEEP THIS UNDER ONE 30.
WATCH, UH, GOOD EVENING'S TEAM MEMBERS OF WEST COVINA, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.
I WANNA BEGIN BY EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OF YOU WHO WORK TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE.
OFTEN THE THE DEDICATION OF PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS GOES UNNOTICED.
BUT YOUR COMMITMENT DOES NOT GO UNAPPRECIATED FROM MAINTAINING OUR STREETS TO ENSURING OUR SAFETY.
YOUR EFFORTS ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO TO KEEP WEST COVINA THRIVING.
I'M DAN TRAN, A FIRST GENERATION VIETNAMESE AMERICAN AND A CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT 48 STATE ASSEMBLY.
GABRIEL VALLEY, I'VE BEEN DEEPLY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY SERVING THE ROTARY CLUB KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND ATTENDING AND GRADUATING FROM AZUA PACIFIC.
I RAISED MY KIDS IN DISTRICT 48, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE.
HAVE A GREAT EVENING, THANK YOU.
OKAY, AND ANY SPEAKER? NO FURTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
UH, CITY MANAGER, COULD YOU RESPOND TO SOME OF THE, THE SPEAKERS PLEASE? UM, YES.
GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR PER TO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, A LOT OF THE SPEAKERS SPOKE REGARDING THE CITRUS CAMERON ITEM, WHICH WILL BE, UH, WILL STAFF PRESENTATION WILL BE PROVIDED.
SO I WILL DEFER THOSE COMMENTS, UH, FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, JEN GVI DID MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE PURCHASING POLL AND THE, UH, POLICY AND THE FIREWORKS.
SO, UH, IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE DID INDICATE THAT MOVING FORWARD WE ARE GONNA DO A, A RE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SO THAT WE CAN GET BIDS FOR FIREWORKS FOR NEXT YEAR.
UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, 4TH OF JULY IS A DIFFICULT DAY TO GET FIREWORKS.
SO, UM, WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO DO OR FOLLOW THE PURCHASING POLICY, UM, FOR THIS UPCOMING 4TH OF JULY.
UM, JERRY PRORES, UH, I WILL LOVE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU REGARDING YOUR QUESTION.
UM, AND I BELIEVE, UH, SHIRAZ REGARDING THE FIVE STAR, I THINK AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING JULY 2ND, IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE, THAT WE WERE NOT GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PATHWAY HOMES AT, UH, THE FIVE STAR INN.
SO THAT IS NOT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALL OF THE COMMENTS FROM RESIDENTS NOT RELATED TO CITRUS, CAMERON.
[CONSENT CALENDAR ]
MOVE INTO CONSENT CALENDARS.UM, ONE ITEM I DO NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION ON ITEM, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, THERE'S A CORRECTION FOR THE COST FOR THE TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE REALTIME BUS TRACKING, UH, DATA FOR RIDERS VIA MOBILE PHONE APPLICATION.
SO THE TOTAL COST FOR THAT IS GONNA BE $25,369 INSTEAD OF THE 16, UH, THOUSAND 162.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CORRECTION BEFORE YOU VOTED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
CITY MANAGER, DO I HAVE, UH, COUNCIL, WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
UH, UH, YOU WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM? COUNCILMAN CANTO? YES.
ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM? IF NOT, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE ITEM ONE TO 10 BESIDE NUMBER THREE? I MOVE, DO I HAVE SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, VITO, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 10 WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER THREE.
ITEMS PASSED FOUR ZERO WITH, UH, MAYOR CALABA BEING ABSENT.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSIONS TO TRANSPORTATION AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSPORTATION, INC. ]
UH, COUNCILMAN KTO, PLEASE.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, PRO TEM.
UM, THE REPORT DESCRIBED THAT THERE'S, UH, AN INCREASE TO THE, TO THE EXPENDITURES, UH, TO THE AMOUNT OF 6.7%.
I WAS JUST, UH, WONDERING WITH REGARD TO THAT INCREASE, IS THAT MAKING THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THIS, UH, THIS EXTE THIS CONTRACT TO LAST FROM SEPTEMBER, 2024 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 25 WITH, UH, THE, FOR THE ENTIRE 12 MONTHS? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CONES.
SO THE CONTRACT IS, I BELIEVE, FOR, UM, THE YEAR, THE,
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THE INTENT AS WE HAD PREVIOUSLY COME TO COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THE MICRO TRANSIT, IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO KEEP THE GOLD LINE WITH MV TRANSIT AND WE ARE GOING TO BE ELIMINATING THE RED AND THE BLUE LINES.AND SO AS WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, UM, CONSULTANT FOR THE MICRO TRANSIT, THERE'S GONNA BE A TRANSITION PERIOD.
AND SO AS WE SET UP THAT, UM, MICRO TRANSIT SYSTEM IN THE CITY, WE ARE STILL GOING TO BE PROVIDING THE RED AND THE BLUE LINE.
AND SO AS, AS THAT TRANSITION, THE MICRO TRANSIT TRANSITIONS IN THE RED AND BLUE SHUTTLES WILL BE A TRANSITIONED OUT, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE THE GREEN, UH, THE GREEN LINE.
AND UNDER THE PLAN, THE SAVINGS THROUGH THE TRANSITION IS 138,000 AND CHANGE.
I'LL HAVE KELLY MCDONALD I ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO, SO UNDER THAT PLAN, IT'S, IT'S A SAVINGS OF A HUNDRED.
IT, IT'LL, THERE WILL BE COST CUT CUT, UH, TO THE TUNE OF 138,000 FROM THAT, FROM THAT CHART THAT WAS IN ATTACHMENT ONE? POTENTIALLY.
SO IF THERE'S A CUT, THEN WHY IS THERE, DOES IT SAY THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE OF, OF, OF EXPENDITURES OF 6.7%? SO I WOULD JUST, RIGHT.
THE, THE UM, PERCENT IS BASED, THE PERCENT INCREASE IS THE, UH, THE VARIABLE COST, THE COMPONENTS OF THE COST.
AND SO IT'S JUST THE YEAR TO YEAR, YEAR TO YEAR, UH, INCREASE.
AND IS, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, PUT THE MICRO TRANSIT PILOT PROGRAM INTO PLACE EARLIER THAN THAN SEPTEMBER, 2025, WHICH COULD ACTUALLY REPRESENT AN INCREASE IN, IN THE SAVINGS, UH, FROM FOR OUR NOT HAVING TO EXTEND ALL THE WAY TO 12 MONTHS? YES.
WE'RE, WE'RE TARGETING, UH, MID-NOVEMBER, MID-NOVEMBER.
SO THEN THAT'S WHEN 24, IF I MAY, MID-NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, 2024.
SO WE, SO, BUT THIS IS JUST LAYING OUT THE, THE MOST THAT WE CAN SPEND, UM, AT, AT 1,732,000 AND CHANGE.
THIS, THIS, UM, THE PROPOSAL IS BASED ON A STATUS QUO EXTENDING THE, WHAT WE HAVE IN PLACE WITH THE THREE ALIGNMENTS.
UH, AND ONCE WE'RE ABLE TO LAUNCH THAT MICROT TRANSIT PROGRAM, WE'D BE SCALING BACK, WHICH WOULD REPRESENT AN, UH, A SAVINGS TO WHICH FUND WOULD, WOULD WE END UP NOT SPENDING FROM, UM, BY, AS A RESULT OF REDUCTIONS BECAUSE OF PUTTING THE PILOT PROGRAM INTO PLACE, LET'S SAY BY NOVEMBER, 2024, UH, BOTH PROP C AND, UH, MEASURE R.
UH, WITH THAT, UM, I MOVE APPROVAL.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION OF MOVE BY COUNCILMAN KENDO.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN LOPEZ, THE AUTO TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSIONS TO TRANSPORTATION AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MD TRANSPORTATION INC.
[11) ENGINEERING REVIEW OF THE INTERSECTION OF CITRUS STREET AND CAMERON AVENUE ]
ITEM 11, ENGINEERING REVIEW OF THE INTERSECTION OF CITRUS STREET AND CAMERON AVENUE.UH, WE'RE GONNA PRESENT THIS, UH, THIS ITEM, UM, MAYOR PERU.
I WILL BE PROVIDING A PRESENTATION AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, INDIVIDUALS FROM TRANSTECH THAT CAN HELP ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE INTERSECTION.
OKAY, SO I JUST, I'LL WAIT FOR THE POWERPOINT
SO IN 20, UH, 19, THE STEVE WEST COVINA RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION THAT THEY WANTED TO, UM, LOOK AT TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES, UH, FOR THAT INTERSECTION.
SO, UM, THAT WENT TO THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE IN JUNE, UH, COMMUNITY WORKSHOP MEETING IN AUGUST OF 2019.
UM, AND, UH, IT WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN AUGUST OF 2020.
UM, AT THAT TIME, IT WA STAFF WAS DIRECTED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC ENHAN ENHANCEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, THAT WERE COMPLETED IN 2022.
UM, AFTER THAT, UH, THE CITY CON RECEIVED, UM, ADDITIONAL REQUEST FOR THE INTERSECTION, UM, IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHEN WE, UH, WE EVALUATED, UM, THROUGH TRANSTECH THE, UM, THE INTERSECTION, UM, COLLECTING NEW DATA AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
UM, THEN WE DID THE COMMUNITY MEETING AT CORTEZ IN 2023.
THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER, WE BROUGHT IT BACK AS A TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING IN DECEMBER, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE DIRECTED TO TAKE IT BACK TO
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THE, UH, TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING.SO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
SO THESE INCLUDE THE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WERE COMPLETED IN 2022.
THEY INCLUDE, UM, THE STREET SIGN, UH, SPEED LIMIT, SIGNS, STOP SIGNS, UM, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE, UH, RED CURB THAT WAS, UM, STRIP OR ADDED AS PART OF THOSE ENHANCEMENTS.
UM, SINCE THEN, SINCE THE INSTALLATION OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'VE HAD, I BELIEVE FIVE, UH, COLLISIONS AT THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, AND WE'VE, UH, IN 2023, AND WE HAD ONE SO FAR THIS YEAR.
UM, SO, AND THE THREE TIMES AT THIS INTERSECTION HAS BEEN EVALUATED.
UM, EACH TIME IT HAS MET THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS, UM, THAT WOULD JUSTIFY INSTALLING AN INTERSEC OR TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UM, AND IN 2019 IT MET THREE OF THE WARRANTS IN 2023 AND 2024, IT MET FOUR OF THE WARRANTS.
SO IT'S INCREASED IN THE NUMBER OF WARRANTS THAT, UM, JUSTIFY INSTALLATION OF A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AT THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL THAT, UM, IS BEING RECOMMENDED IS, UH, A, A SHARED THROUGH AND RIGHT TURN LANE, A PROTECTED LEFT TURN, UH, WITH AUDIO AUDIBLE COUNTDOWN FOR PEDESTRIAN, UM, UH, CROSSWALK.
AND IT WOULD BE A FOUR-WAY STOP.
SO IT, UM, IT WOULD BE A CONSTANT RED LIGHT AND IT WOULD TURN GREEN, UH, WHEN A VEHICLE WERE TO APPROACH THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
UM, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE AMAD AND MICHAEL LLOYD, SENIOR ENGINEER FROM TRANSTECH TO ANSWER ANY OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY COUNCIL.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTION? ANYBODY WANT TO ASK ANY QUESTION? GO FIRST.
UH, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO? YES, THANK YOU.
UH, THE, THE, THE, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE DIP THAT HAS BEEN, UH, BROUGHT, BROUGHT UP, THERE WILL STILL BE WAYS TO ADDRESS THE, THE DIP THERE WITH REGARD TO, UH, UH, IS THAT A, IS THAT A SEPARATE ISSUE? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
UM, MR. MICHAEL LLOYD, UH, SENIOR ENGINEER FOR TRANSTECH WILL ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PERAM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES, THAT WOULD BE WORKED OUT THROUGH THE DESIGN OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE GRADES, WHICH INCLUDES THE DIP FOR THE DRAINAGE.
AND MY ONLY OTHER QUESTION IS WITH REGARD TO PEOPLE WHO COME UP TO THE LIGHT AND IF THEY NEED TO CROSS, BUT THERE, BUT, BUT, UM, THE, THE, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IN ANY DIRECTION.
THERE WILL BE A WAY FOR THEM TO JUST PRESS A SIGNAL AND THEN, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THEN THEY'LL BE GIVEN A SIGNAL OF GREEN TO, TO GO.
AND THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT VEHICLES NOT PEDESTRIANS? YES.
WELL, NO PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE, BECAUSE IF A LIGHT IS AT A CONSTANT RED, THEN IT WOULD ONLY CHANGE IF A CAR COMES UP.
BUT THEN YET THERE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO BE THE FACTOR OF IF A PEDESTRIAN DECIDES TO CROSS AND IT HAPPENS TO BE IN THE DIRECTION WHERE, WHERE, UM, THE, THE LIGHT IS GREEN.
SO, SO JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS FACTORED IN.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
UH, SO, UM, IT'S CALLED, UH, AUDIBLE PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL AND IT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE AND, UM, THE CALL WOULD GO IN AND ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION? YEP.
WELL, UM, I TOO HA HAD THAT CONCERN ABOUT THE DIP, UM, WHEN JD BROUGHT IT UP AND WHEN OTHER PEOPLE HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE LIGHTS.
AND SO, UM, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN REMEDY.
UM, THE OTHER, UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD WAS, I KNOW THAT, UH, BARRANCA AND CAMERON HAD A SIGNAL INSTALLED SOME YEARS, WELL, A COUPLE YEARS BACK.
UM, DO WE HAVE A COUNT OF HOW MANY ACCIDENTS WE HAD THERE? YES, I'VE GOT THAT DATA HERE.
IF YOU'LL BEAR WITH ME JUST ONE MOMENT.
SO, IN THE TIME PERIOD OF JANUARY OF 23 THROUGH JULY OF 24, THIS YEAR AT CAMERON AND BARRANCA, WE'VE HAD TWO REPORTED COLLISIONS.
SO THAT'S APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS.
AND, UM, CAMERON AND HOLLENBECK, SO SAME PERIOD, SAME PERIOD, 23, 24? CORRECT.
JANUARY OF 23 THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR.
YOU'VE ALSO HAD TWO REPORTED COLLISIONS AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, THOSE COLLISIONS DID NOT INCLUDE ANY FATALITIES, AND THESE ARE REPORTED COLLISIONS.
AND ON CAMERON AND CITRUS, SO IN THIS TIME PERIOD FROM JANUARY
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OF 23 THROUGH JULY OF THIS YEAR, WE'VE HAD SIX COLLISIONS.AND THEY HAVE VARIED FROM PROPERTY DAMAGE TO COMPLAINTS OF INJURY.
UM, YOU DONE WITH YOUR QUESTION? UH, ANY OTHER QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
AND THE COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ VIDO, UH, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS MENTIONED THE ALLEYWAY.
UM, IS THAT AFFECTED OR WHERE EXACTLY IS IT ON THERE? AND WOULD THAT BE, UM, AN ISSUE FOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL DESIGN? UM, NO, IT SHOULD NOT IMPACT OPERATIONS.
I BELIEVE THE LOCATION IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, OR EXCUSE ME, THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THE BUS STOPS ARE.
I THINK I HEARD THAT THE BUS STOP WAS REF REFERENCED TO ADJACENT TO THE ALLEYWAY.
SO, UM, WITH THIS PROPOSAL, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A LEFT TURN LANE, A SINGLE THROUGH SHARED.
SO THAT WILL HELP PULL TRAFFIC TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE ROAD AND HOPEFULLY IMPROVE SITE DISTANCE, UM, NOT ONLY AT THE INTERSECTION, BUT ADJACENT TO IT AS WELL.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTION? OTHERWISE? OKAY, COUNCILMAN CANTO, GO AHEAD.
I'D, I'D LIKE TO MOVE APPROVAL OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE, FOR THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, PLEASE.
AND, UH, UH, I THINK COUPLE ISSUE, I THINK.
AND THE, AND THE RESIDENT HAS.
I THINK THE FIRST THING, THE CONCERN I HAVE OKAY.
BY A LOT OF RESIDENT, I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO I KNOW OKAY.
HOW PEOPLE CROSS THE INTERSECTION.
DO WE HAVE A POTENTIAL ISSUE IF WE NOT COMPLY WITH A DA? YEAH, THERE COULD BE POTENTIALLY SOME EXPOSURE THERE FOR THE CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO WALK TO THE ESQUE PARK.
AND THEN, OR PEOPLE WANT TO GO WALK TO THE SOUTH HILL COUNTRY CLUB.
RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE A COMPLIANCE, A, DA WE HAVE THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE'S ALWAYS POTENTIAL FOR EXPOSURE IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
I THINK, SO, SO THAT'S POSSIBLE NOT ISSUE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE CAN CROSS THAT PLACE SAFELY.
BUT I THINK I CAN UNDERSTAND, OKAY.
THE, THE RESIDENT CONCERN ABOUT IF THEY LIVE IN THE CORNER, IF WE PENDING RED, THEN THEY HAVE THE ISSUE, CAN WE HAVE ANY WAY TO COMPENSATE SOMETHING WE CAN ACCOMMODATE? OKAY.
AND, UH, SO THEY CAN HAVE A, NOT INCONVENIENT, WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE CITY WHEN WE DO NOT WANT TO INCONVENIENCE OUR NEIGHBORS.
AND SO WITH, WITH AT LEAST OUR PROPOSAL, WE HAVE NOT DESIGNED IT.
BUT AT LEAST WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY WITH THE SINGLE LEFT TURN IN, INSIDE THE MEDIAN THERE WITH THE SINGLE, UH, THROUGH AND SHARED RIGHT LANE THAT AGAIN, IT'S PULLING TRAFFIC TOWARDS THE CENTER.
AND SO THAT HOPEFULLY WILL ALLOW ROOM ALONG THE SHOULDERS SO THAT IF THROUGH THE DESIGN PROCESS WE DETERMINE THAT SITE DISTANCE MET, WE CAN ALLOW PARKING THAT.
YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THERE'S A MAJOR ISSUE I THINK THE NEIGHBOR HAS OKAY.
IS THE PARKING, THEY CAN GET A GET OUT AND THE RED CURVE AND THEY CANNOT PARK ANYTHING.
SO WE DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A COMMON FOR EVERYBODY BENEFIT, BUT SACRIFICE SOME WHERE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE CORNER.
SO IF WE CAN COMPENSATE, SO DEMAND ON THE, THIS MOTION, SEE, WE CAN COMPENSATE WITH WHAT THEY NEED AND DISCUSS WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
WE CAN ACCOMMODATE WHAT THEY REQUEST.
AND AT, AT SAME TIME PEOPLE WANT TO DO THEIR YARD WORK.
AND ANYTHING WE CAN SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC.
SO CURRENTLY IT'S WHAT, 35 OR SO ALONG CAMERA AND IT'S 45 CURRENTLY.
AND ANYWHERE WE CAN SLOW DOWN THAT TO CERTIFY.
SO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE VEHICLE CODE IN TERMS OF, IT'S VERY PRESCRIPTIVE IN TERMS OF HOW WE SET SPEED LIMITS.
SO IF DIRECTED BY COUNCIL, WE CAN UDDY, UH, IN TERMS OF CAN WE STUDY TO SLOW DOWN TO CERTIFY.
SO UNTIL WE HAVE A SCHOOL SOUTH HILL HIGH SCHOOL, THEN WE CAN ON THE BARRAN.
OKAY, BARRANCA, THEN YOU MAKE A LEFT, THEN YOU GO TO MISS ELEMENTARY.
AND, UH, SO IF WE CAN SLOW DOWN FOR SCHOOL AREA, SUPPOSEDLY 25 RIGHT? SCHOOL ZONE.
SO I, I CAN'T COMMIT HERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE DATA, BUT IF I'M GONNA LOOK TO MAYBE CD, BUT IT MANAGERS TO DIRECTED, IF STAFF WERE DIRECTED, UM, WE WOULD STUDY IT, COLLECT THE DATA, AND THEN WE COULD PRESENT IT TO COUNCIL IN TERMS OF, AND SO THE LIGHT WOULD BE ALWAYS RED, LIKE A STOP SIGN.
SO THERE, THAT IS A CONCEPT THAT WE'RE
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LOOKING AT.AND SO IF NO VEHICLES ARE AT THE INTERSECTION, IT'S RED IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
IT DOESN'T TURN GREEN UNTIL A CALL COMES IN.
SO I THINK A COUPLE ISSUE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE IS BASICALLY ALWAYS RED, LIKE A STOP SIGN.
AND ANOTHER THING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE A DA SO PEOPLE CAN CROSS WITH BOOP, BOOP, BOOP, BOOP, BOOP.
SO PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION SAFELY.
I, I I LIVING OVER THERE FOR 20, 30 YEARS.
SO, AND ANOTHER THING, BARRANCA AND THE SCHOOL, BEFORE WE PUT THE, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, WE HAVE FEW FATALITY OVER THERE.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING AND AFTER THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, OKAY.
AND YOU HAVE A, A RIGHT TURN, LEFT TURN, AND UH, I THINK NOT ONLY THREE TIMES.
CURRENTLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE OR TWO, AND THERE'S PROBABLY DAMAGE.
WHAT WE TRYING TO DO IS, UH, TRY TO IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PEOPLE CAN CROSS THAT INTERSECTION SAFELY BECAUSE THAT IS, UH, HEAVILY USED.
PEOPLE WANT TO WALK OVER TO COEX.
UH, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YES.
UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, COUNCILWOMAN.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE REALLY DO ADDRESS THAT DIP BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ON LARK, ALLEN AND CAMERON, AND I SEE THIS ALL THE TIME, AND I'M GUILTY OF IT GOING THROUGH THAT, YOU KNOW, INTERSECTION AND YOU STILL HAVE A LITTLE DIP.
AND, UM, I ALSO HAD A RESIDENT THAT SAID, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A, A SIGN THAT SAYS DIP AHEAD? BUT IN THIS CASE, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY MORE SERIOUS WHERE I THINK WE NEED TO REMEDY SO THAT PEOPLE ARE NOT CAUGHT TRYING TO RUN YELLOW LIGHTS AND HAVING A PROBLEM THERE.
AND, AND THAT WOULD BE A, UH, AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION.
UH, THE DRAINAGE THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AND IN CORRECTING, NOT NECESSARILY CORRECTING, BUT AT LEAST ADDRESSING UHHUH, HOW THE DRAINAGE IS CONVEYED.
UM, THERE'S DESIGN WAYS WHERE WE CAN, UM, EXPAND THE CROSS GUTTER AND MAKE THE, MAKE IT MORE SHALLOW.
YES, IT WOULD REQUIRE SOME ADJUSTMENT, UH, ON THE ADJACENT PAVEMENT AS WELL.
OKAY, SO YOU HAVE, OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, UH, LA LOPEZ, FIDO.
SO THIS IS JUST IN GENERAL IN REGARDS TO ANY STOPLIGHTS WE HAVE PLACED IN THE PAST OR IN THE FUTURE.
IF, UM, THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I, I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY SAY, OH, IF THIS OCCURS OR IT MAKES IT WORSE.
UM, HOW DO YOU RECTIFY THAT? DO YOU GUYS BRING IT BACK? UM, I MEAN, I, I JUST WANTED TO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY ALL THE STATISTICS OF EVERYTHING THAT ALL THE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE, ALL, YOU KNOW, THE RESEARCH AND EVERYTHING, AND IT IS TO MAKE IT BETTER.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, HAS THERE BEEN IN THE PAST WHERE, UH, WE HAD THAT MISTAKE AND THEN WAS LIKE, LET'S REMOVE THAT STOP SIGN.
I MEAN, STOP LIGHT AND BRING IT BACK TO STOP, UH, SIGN.
SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS, IS HAS THAT BEEN AN ISSUE OR I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH WITH IT IN THIS CITY.
UM, IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS THAT I'VE WORKED, I'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A CASE WHERE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WAS INSTALLED AND THEN A DECISION WAS MADE TO REMOVE IT.
SO, BUT IN, IN, SO IN YOUR CASE OF, UM, INSTALLING ALL TRAFFIC SIGNAL LIGHTS, UM, FOR YOUR, THE HISTORY OF YOUR INSTALLATION, HAS THERE BEEN AN ISSUE WHERE IT'S LIKE, THAT WAS THE WRONG DECISION OR, OR YOU KNOW, DID IT MAKE IT WORSE? SO I JUST ON YOUR, UM, EXPERIENCE GENERALLY SPEAKING, NO.
SO, UM, THERE WAS A NEED FOR IT.
IT MET THE WARRANTS, UM, THE CITY FOUND THE FUNDING AND MADE IT HAPPEN.
IT WAS INSTALLED AND NOT ONLY DID TRAFFIC, UH, OPERATIONS IMPROVE FROM A FLOW STANDPOINT, BUT IT HELPED PEDESTRIANS GET ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S, UH, ADDITIONAL MEASURES TO PROTECT THEM AND GET THEM ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND GENERALLY SPEAKING, I, I CAN'T THINK OF, UH, AN EXAMPLE WHERE RESIDENTS DECIDED TO COME BACK TO THE CITY AND SAY, WE DON'T, WE DON'T LIKE THIS AND WE WANT THE CITY TO REMOVE IT.
UM, I, I, I HAVEN'T PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THAT BECAUSE I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY SAFETY IS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN.
UM, AND SO IF BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, IF IT HASN'T BEEN WHERE IT CAME BACK AND THAT WAS MADE IT, MADE IT UNSAFE, MADE IT WORSE, AND OBVIOUSLY THEN THAT, THAT IS AN ISSUE.
UM, NOT BEING A DA COMPLIANT, OF COURSE THAT IS ALSO AN ISSUE, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE RESIDENT'S CONCERN IS THE DIP, THE PARKING AND THE SPEED.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL SUPPORT IT IF IT ADDRESSES ALL THOSE THREE AND IT CAN, UM, ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW THAT.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL AND THANKS.
BASICALLY, I THINK YOU CAN HEAR WHAT WE SAY AND LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS TALKING ABOUT THEIR CONCERN AND THEN, AND WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE, NOT TRYING TO CREATE
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A PROBLEM FOR THEM.AND THEN WE TRYING TO IMPROVE FOR GENERAL PUBLIC TO SAFELY TO CROSS.
UH, WE WILL COME BECAUSE A LOT OF PARK AROUND THERE, WE WELCOME PEOPLE TO WALK AROUND.
AND, UH, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CAN BE SAFELY WALK AROUND.
AND, UH, WITH LAND AND WE SAW OH FOUR WAY RED, LIKE A STOP SIGN AND, UH, COMING DAY WITH THE NEIGHBORS REGARDING, WE WANT THEM TO CAN PARK, CAN STILL UTILIZE THEIR CURB.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN ACCOMMODATE FOR THEM AND FIND A WAY AND MAKE SURE THE SAFETY NUMBER ONE FOR THE CORNERS.
SO HOW CAN WE HELP THEM IN THE SAME TIME AND THEN HELP PEOPLE IN OTHER PLACES TO GO THROUGH THAT TRAFFIC SCENE OR THE INTERSECTION SAFELY.
UH, AND IF NOT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENT AND UH, OTHERWISE I ROLL CALL PLEASE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE DEPARTMENT REGULAR MATTER NUMBER 11, ENGINEERING REVIEW OF THE INTERSECTION OF CITRUS STREET AND CAMERON AVENUE.
UH, I MEAN IF WE'RE APPROVING IT, IT'S NOT BASED ON THIS, THIS IS NOT THE FINAL ONE.
IT'S BASED AFTER ALL THE CHANGES OR RECOMMENDATION FROM LIKE THE TO REDO OF ALL THAT.
THERE WILL, WILL BE A PROCESS.
SO THIS IS APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT, THEN THEY'LL BE DESIGNING IT, GOING OUT FOR BID AND THEN WE'LL THE CONTRACT WITH THE, UH, CONTRACTOR WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL BASED ON THE THRESHOLD.
BASED ON THIS AMOUNT, IT WILL COME BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
I'LL ABSTAIN MAYOR PRO TIM WU.
AYE, UM, ITEM PASSES THREE ONE WITH ONE ABSTENTION, ONE ABSENCE.
HAVE A AB 1 23 REPORT, IF NOT.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
COUNCIL.OH, IF YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO SAY IT, I WANT TO SAY IT.
TO HAVE A CITY TO SEND A SUPPORT TO OUR NEIGHBORING CITY, GLENDORA.
CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, AND MIKE ALLO REGARDING THEIR RESOLUTION TO SEND, UH, THE REQUEST TO THE COG, UH, TO THE COUNCIL OF, UH, C COUNCIL OF THE, UH, C.
WHAT, UH, LEGAL OF THE CALIFORNIA CITY.
AND THEN SENT TO REQUEST TO STAY TO LOOK INTO THE LOCAL CONTROL.
AND THEN, SO WE ALL AGREE UPON, WE SEND THE SUPPORT TO OUR ENABLING CITY GLENDORA REGARDING THE RESOLUTION AND SENT TO THE LEGAL CITY.
AND ANY OTHER COMMENTS MR. MAYOR? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO LOOK INTO A STUDY FOR 35 MILES AN HOUR FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE OF, AGAIN, TO PROMOTE SAFETY.
SO I REQUEST THAT THAT, UH, STAFF BE DIRECTED TO DO A, A STUDY REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF, OF LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 45 TO 35.
DO I HAVE ANY REQUESTS, COMMENT ANYTHING? UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, I KNOW WE'VE, UH, HOSTED OUR SIX ANNUAL STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL HERE AT CIVIC CENTER.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THAT IT WAS FULLY RAN BY STUDENTS AND, UM, THEY DID A FABULOUS JOB.
STUDENTS WERE AWARDED SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THOSE WHO SUBMITTED, BUT WE ALSO HAD STUDENT PERFORMERS.
AND OUR LAST YEAR'S FIRST PLACE WINNER WAS, UH, THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR FOR THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE, BUT I JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE SHE GETS RECOGNIZED AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ]
HAVE ANY COMMENT? UH, IF NOT BEFORE I ADJOURN? OKAY.AND, UH, I WANT TO SAY I WANNA THANK THE CITY AND, UH, TO PUT THE EXCHANGE STUDENT PROGRAM WITH OUR SISTER CITY, OTTAWA, JAPAN.
AND THEY CAME OVER HERE WITH THEIR DELEGATION AND, UH, WITH ALL THE STUDENT AND THE INTER INTERACTIVE WITH C AND UH, THEY HAVE A TOUR TO SEE THEIR SISTER CITY AND, UH, HOPEFULLY OKAY.
AND WE CAN SEND OUR CHILDREN TO HAVE A EXCHANGE, A STUDENT PROGRAM NEXT YEAR.
I THINK I WENT TO 2016 AND I SAW OUR CHILDREN OVER THERE.
WE MET OVER THERE IS A UNBELIEVABLE EXPERIENCE FOR OUR CHILDREN TO GO TO THE
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EXCHANGE STUDENTS.I WANNA THANK CITI TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
I WANT THANK JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER WITH US FOR A HUNDRED YEARS AND THEY CONTINUE TO BRING THIS PROGRAM TO US AND THAT, SO THE PARENT TO, TO HOST A FAMILY FOR JAPANESE STUDENT, THEY ARE EVEN CRYING.
SO JUST FOR EIGHT, NINE DAYS THEY ARE BONDING TOGETHER.
SO OUR CHILDREN WITH THEIR CHILDREN.
SO I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE MORE CHILDREN TO EXCHANGE STUDENT.
AND ANY OTHER THING YOU WANT TO SAY? HOW DO I, DO I HAVE MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? DO I HAVE MOTION? I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT CONTINUE?
YOU GUYS WON'T BE HERE FOREVER.