* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:10] THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S A FULL HOUSE. THE THING I WANNA SAY, UH, HAPPY NEW YEAR. I WISH EVERYONE THAT MAKES NOW THE OVER HERE, INCLUDING THE AUDIENCE, THE WONDERFUL MAGNIFICENT 2025. OKAY. RIGHT NOW IT'S ABOUT THE MIC'S MESSED. CAN'T MIC TESTING. OH, NO TESTING. TESTING. THE MIC'S MESSED DONE. NO, THEY'RE ON. IT'S SO LOW. HELLO? HELLO. HELLO. IT'S, THEY'RE ON, IT'S LOW. UH, MIKE'S WALKING, RIGHT? IT'S OKAY. I DON'T THINK THEY WANT TO LISTEN TO ME, SO IT'S FINE. IT'S ALL LOW. OKAY. IT'S FOCUSED. THE VOLUME'S LOW. NO, IT'S FINE. OKAY. UH, LET'S GO DO THIS ONE MORE TIME. HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. OKAY. AND, UH, WELCOME TO OUR JANUARY 7TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. RIGHT NOW IS 7 0 3 AND MEETING NOW IN SESSION TONIGHT. THE INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR TRAVELING KA KELLY DUPEE, PASTOR FROM THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ, UH, YOU WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEASURE ALLE, FOLLOWED BY OUR BEAUTIFUL R AND SHE FLEW FROM NEW YORK. JUST COME TO SING FOR US. YOU GONNA SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AND, AND THE WEST COVINA. BEAUTIFUL. OKAY. AND, UH, GOD BLESS WEST COVINA. ALL RISE. PLEASE LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, TONIGHT WE COME TO BE A PART OF A SPECIAL EVENING WHERE WE GET TO WITNESS THE SWEARING IN OF OUR NEW CHIEF OF POLICE, TONY CORTINA. THANK YOU LORD FOR HOW YOU HAVE DEVELOPED AND PREPARED HIM FOR THIS NEW ASSIGNMENT. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BLESS HIM AND USE HIM TO DO YOUR WORK, FILL HIM WITH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, AND ANOINT HIM SPIRITUALLY. JUST AS YOU ANOINTED YOUR SERVANTS IN THE BIBLE, WE ASK FOR WISDOM THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE HIM DAILY SO THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU FOR RAISING CHIEF CORINA UP FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS AND GRANTING HIM SUCCESS IN ALL HE DOES. AS THE PROPHET ISAIAH PROMISED, THE NATION OF ISRAEL. SO, LORD, WE SPEAK YOUR PROMISE TO CHIEF CORINA. DO NOT FEAR. FOR I AM WITH YOU. DO NOT BE DISMAYED. FOR I AM YOUR GOD. I WILL STRENGTHEN YOU AND HELP YOU. I WILL UPHOLD YOU WITH MY RIGHTEOUS RIGHT HAND. LORD, WE ALSO ASK YOUR BLESSING OVER OUR CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR DECISIONS TONIGHT. THANK YOU LORD, FOR GIVING THEM WISDOM AS THEY LEAD OUR CITY TO WALK IN ALL THE BLESSINGS THAT YOU HAVE FOR US. ONCE AGAIN, LORD, THANK YOU FOR BLESSING US WITH OUR NEW CHIEF OF POLICE, TONY CORTINA, AND USING HIM POWERFULLY TO DO YOUR WILL. WE ASK YOU TO BLESS THIS TIME NOW WITH YOUR PRESENCE IN THE NAME OF JESUS. AMEN. AMEN. HAN OVER YOUR HEART. . READY, BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC. REPUBLIC FOR WHICH TO STAND. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL SPEED TESTING. YOU ARE WELCOME. OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE BY WHAT'S SO PROUD AT THE TWIN LAST WHO BROUGHT STRIPES AND THROUGH THE, THE, OR THE BOMBS BURST THAT I'M [00:05:38] GOD BLESS AMERICA, LAND THAT I LOVE. STAND BESIDE HER AND GUIDE HER THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE, FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES TO THE OCEANS. RIGHT. WITH BLESS AMERICA. MY HOME. SWEET HOME. GOD BLESS THAT. WE LOVE EDUCATION. DESTINATION. START A BUSINESS, RAISE A FAMILY HOME. KIDS AND SENIORS, FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS. HUNDRED YEARS NOW GROWING STRONG. HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE UH, YOU BROUGHT DOWN THE ROOF. YOU'RE THE BEST. OKAY. UH, R IS ONE OF ALWAYS VIN, OUR RESIDENT GRADUATE. F OH, OKAY. EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, RIGHT? YES. AND THEN SHE NOW STUDY IN NEW YORK OPERA. OKAY. SHE'S THE BEST. OKAY. WE, WE VERY PROUD OF HER. SHE BEEN SEEING FOR US FOR ALL THE EVENT. AND THEN WE, SO HAPPY AND HONORED TO HAVE YOU FLY BACK TO OKAY. AND ING FOR US. AND, UH, IT IS OUR HONOR TO HAVE YOU, WE KNOW YOU'LL BE A SUPERSTAR, SO GOOD LUCK IN NEW YORK. CONTINUE TO YOUR EDUCATION. THANK YOU. AND UH, AND NOW WE GO TO THE CITY, CITY CITY CLUB. WOULD YOU WELCOME, PLEASE? YES. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN CONTOS? HERE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. HERE. MAYOR PROTI LOPEZ. VITO. PRESENT. MAYOR WU. HERE. THANK YOU. AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A CLOSED SESSION SO WE HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT OUT, SO WE MOVE ON. [PRESENTATIONS] UH, NEXT ONE WOULD BE THE PRESENTATION, UH, PROCLAMATION. ACKNOWLEDGING NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. SO I THINK WE HAVE A VIDEO, RIGHT? YES. UH, GO AHEAD. YEAH, I'M WATCHING IT TOO. I SEE THEM EVERY DAY. WHY DIDN'T SEE SO CURTAINS. THEY'RE ALWAYS DRAWN IN THIS PLACE. I KNOW. THAT GUY SEEMS LIKE HE'S IN CHARGE UP. COME ON. I DUNNO. I DON'T FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THIS. WE HAVE TO REPORT THIS. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. AND WE HAVE OFFICER BRENDAN KAUFMAN. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM? OH, ANOTHER OFFICE IS A LIEUTENANT AND THEN MY BED. OKAY. I KNOW. DON'T BEAT ME UP, . OKAY. AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP TO GIVE US SOME OF INFORMATION AND HOW WE PREVENT, [00:10:01] UH, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO GO AHEAD. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. JANUARY IS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, EVERY YEAR SINCE 2010, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS DEDICATED THE MONTH TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT HOW TO IDENTIFY AND PREVENT THIS CRIME. THERE ARE AN ESTIMATED 27.6 MILLION PEOPLE, CHILDREN, AND ADULTS SUBJECT SUBJECTED TO HUMAN TRAFFICKING AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES. THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS COMBATING THIS BY HAVING A DETECTIVE ASSIGNED TO THE INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. TASK FORCE, ABBREVIATED ITS ICAC FOR SHORT, ICAC WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CHILDREN AND TEENAGERS USING THE INTERNET. AND DUE TO THE HEIGHTENED ONLINE ACTIVITY BY PREDATORS SEEKING UNPRO UNSUPERVISED CONTACT WITH POTENTIAL UNDERAGE VICTIMS, THOSE AGENCIES THAT ARE IN THE IEC IAC TASK FORCE ARE ENGAGED IN PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS, FORENSICS EXAMINATIONS, AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS. WITH ICAC, THEY WANNA FOCUS ON THE THREE PARADIGMS, WHICH IS PREVENTING CRIME, PROTECTING VICTIMS, AND PROSECUTING THE TRAFFICKERS IN 2024 ARE ASSIGNED ICAC DETECTIVE PARTICIPATED IN COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS WITH PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATIONS, SORRY, SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS REGARDING SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE DETECTIVE PARTICIPATED IN SEVERAL INVESTIGATIONS THAT RESULTED IN THE RESCUE OF CHILDREN WHO WERE BEING TRAFFICKED OR WERE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING TRAFFICKED. ALL IDENTIFIED VICTIMS RECEIVED ASSISTANCE THROUGH DIANE FRANKLIN, WHO IS OUR CRIME, UH, ADVOCATE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ARE PROSECUTED BY THE APPROPRIATE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. BY PROCLAIMING JANUARY AS NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH, WE CAN RAISE AWARENESS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CRIMES THAT OCCUR BY RESCUING VICTIMS AND PROSECUTING THEIR TRAFFICKERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT. YEAH. OKAY. I MAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. RIGHT. IS, IS A QUIZ AND TEST. OKAY. AS A, SO ONE THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THIS. OKAY. I THINK, UH, THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS A MODERN SLAVERY. OKAY. WE NEED TO STOP THIS CRIME AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY GET TREATED EQUALLY. AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU SEE SOMETHING, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR COMMUNITY TO, TO HELP EACH OTHER. OKAY. TO HELP. OKAY. AND TO PREVENTION AND TO SAVE ALSO PERSON KIND OF INHALE CURRENTLY IN THAT SITUATION. SO MAYBE YOU HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR US HOW WE REPORT TO POLICE AND HOW WE CAN DO SO-CALLED PREVENTION. SO PREVENTION FOR US, LIKE I SAID, OUR DETECTIVE, HE CAN COME OUT TO SPEAK WITH, USUALLY IT'S THE SCHOOLS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON. 'CAUSE IT IS OUR, OUR DETECTIVES ASSIGNED FOR INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. SO HE DOES GO TO DISTRICT MEETINGS. UH, LAST YEAR WE WENT TO A LOCAL COMMUNITY, UM, MEETING THAT THEY HAD WHERE HE SPOKE ON PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. A LOT OF IT COMES DOWN TO ULTIMATELY THE PARENT AND GUARDIAN WATCHING THEIR KIDS TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW WHO THEY'RE CONVERSING WITH. BUT ALSO HE GIVES POINTERS ON HOW TO GET OUT OF THOSE UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS BY PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO RECRUIT THEM AND THEN OBVIOUSLY USE THEM, UH, TO FURTHER THEIR CRIMES. GOT IT. AND, AND I THINK QUICKLY I DID, ANOTHER ISSUE WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDOCUMENTED OKAY. IMMIGRANT. OKAY. TO POTENTIALLY THEY BECOME OKAY. HAVING ABUSED. SO IT BECOMES KIND OF SLAVERY AND, UH, OKAY. HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO HOW WE TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE. OKAY. AND THAT UNDER PRIVILEGE AND THEY UNDER ON UNDOCUMENTED, HOW CAN WE HELP THOSE PEOPLE OUT SLAVERY OUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING? SO THE FBI HAS A WEBSITE DEDICATED STRICTLY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING, UH, INSIDE OF WEST COVINA. OBVIOUSLY THEY COULD STILL CALL THE POLICE LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD. WE DO RECEIVE TIPS, UH, ANONYMOUSLY ONLINE THROUGH CRIME STOPPERS THAT WE INVESTIGATE. AND THEN WE COULD TEAM WITH EITHER, WHETHER IT BE ICAC OR WHETHER IT BE ANOTHER HUMAN TA TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE WITHIN LA COUNTY OR EVEN THE FBI TO OBVIOUSLY PUT A, AN END TO OR AT LEAST PREVENT HUMAN TRAFFICKING. SO EVERYBODY GOT IT. SO WE'RE GONNA HELP EACH OTHER TO FOR SURE. TO PREVENT ANY FURTHER OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN WEST COVINA IN THE OTHER COMMUNITY. SO HERE, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU ANY QUIZ ANYMORE. OKAY. SO, WELL, I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA SAY MODERN DAY SLAVERY IS THE ABSOLUTE WAY TO DESCRIBE IT. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS. EXACTLY. THEY ARE EXACTLY EXPLOITING THESE PEOPLE. AND WE WANT TO BASICALLY RESCUE THEM AND THEN GET THEM THEM THE HELP THEY NEED, THE, THE ASSISTANCE THEY NEED TO GET PROPER JOBS AND GET 'EM OUTTA THOSE SITUATIONS. SO HUMAN RIGHT. OKAY. THOSE PEOPLE NEED HELP. OKAY. AND BECAUSE THEY KIND OF IN TROUBLE WITH THEIR [00:15:01] SITUATION AND PEOPLE ABUSE THEM AND THE CRIMINAL ABUSE THEM. SO HOW CAN WE HELP THEM? THANK YOU SO MUCH. RETURN. YES, SIR. HERE AND HERE I HAVE A PROCLAMATION. OKAY. A NATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION MONTH. AND WE ANNOUNCE AND HOPEFULLY EVERY MONTH WE WILL CONTINUE TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY WITH ALL THE POTENTIAL VICTIM FOR THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. OKAY. OUR CITY, OUR CITY MANAGER DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE UP THIS TOPIC. OKAY. HE WANT TO CONTINUE. SHE WANT TO CONTINUE. AND SHE TALK ABOUT, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH SO WE CAN UTILIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, RIGHT, SIR? OF COURSE YOU COULD UTILIZE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS FOR US, IT'S GONNA FALL TO THE SCHOOLS FOR THE KIDS. AND THEN CERTAIN BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPLOITING PEOPLE, UM, WHO, WHO NEED SOMETHING. SO WHETHER YOU'RE IN A, A CRISIS VIA NATIONAL OR A, A NATIONAL EMERGENCY, OR IF THEY'RE EXPLOITING YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING LIKE YOU'RE, YOU'RE CITIZENSHIP AND YOU COME OVER HERE AND THEN THEY'RE EXPLOITING THEM TO BASICALLY PAY THEM IN SOME FASHION AND YOU'RE GIVING OFF SOME WORK, TRYING TO BE A LITTLE BIT PG ABOUT IT. BUT WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT THOSE PEOPLE FROM BEING IN THE SITUATIONS TO WHERE THEY HAVE TO USE THEMSELVES AS CURRENCY. GOT IT. OKAY. SO YOU HAPPY WITH THAT? CITY MANAGER? . OKAY. ONCE MORE. NO, YOU WANT MORE? OKAY. NO, NO, NO. OKAY. AND, UH, WE TIME LIMIT. WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON. OKAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOW. HIS PROCLAMATION. . THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD JOB LIEUTENANT KAUFMAN. . THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UH, NOW WE MOVE ON. OKAY. TO NEXT, UM, OUR PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO CALL OUR COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN ALWAYS COME DOWN. I THINK HE BRING A, A BIG FAT CHECK FOR US. RIGHT? COME DOWN ANYTHING. OKAY. YOU REALLY BRING A BIG CHECK. I'M TALKING THE CHECK OF THE AMOUNT, NOT SIZE. OKAY. AND THEN WE WANT A CAN NINE. DO WE HAVE OUR CAN? NINE MEMBER HERE, SERGEANT. SO WOULD YOU PLEASE COME? I'M NOT SERGEANT. YEAH. . WHERE'S A, WHERE'S A, WHERE'S A CANINE SERGEANT? WHERE'S THE DOG? WHERE'S THE CANINE? OKAY. UH, IN THE FIELD RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN SEE TODAY IS THE DAY WE ARE GONNA HELPING OKAY. RESIDENTS. SO, AND I KNOW BRIAN TRY, UH, TRIED TO SECURE A CHECK FOR US FOR HOW MUCH? OKAY. YEAH. UM, I CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF WITH THIS MIC NOW. . UM, YEAH. UM, WELL, UM, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME DOWN AND, AND ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE THE GREAT HONOR TO WORK WITH VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND ON BEHALF I WAS ABLE TO SECURE THE WEST FNA, FRIENDS OF WEST FNA CAN NINE UNIT, UH, $20,000 TO PURCHASE ITS NEW DOG. SO, SO THAT WILL, THAT WILL COVER THE, THE FULL EXPENSE TO COVER A NEW POLICE CAN NINE, 'CAUSE ONE JUST RETIRED. SO WE'LL BE HAVING ANOTHER CANINE OUT IN THE FIELD PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO, UM, YES, , UH, WE WANT THE CANINE OFFICER SAY SOMETHING. . UH, MY NAME IS, UH, SERGEANT STEVEN MCLEAN. I'M ONE OF THE CURRENT CANINE SUPERVISORS, UH, FORMER CANINE HANDLER MYSELF. AND ALSO, UH, MY FATHER WHO RETIRED HERE FROM WEST COVINA WAS A CANINE HANDLER. SO, UH, IT MEANS A LOT TO ME TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM. AND FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERACTED WITH, UH, OUR POLICE DOGS OR JUST CANINES IN GENERAL, UH, THEY TRULY ARE THE HEROES OUT THERE. THEY MAKE OUR JOB A LOT SAFER AND THE COMMUNITY MUCH SAFER BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE TO GO INTO A DANGEROUS SITUATION THAT THEY HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON, BUT THEY SACRIFICE THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT US AND TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. SO, UM, IT IS GREAT HONOR TO RECEIVE THIS CHECK AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR GETTING THIS FOR OUR PROGRAM. IT MEANS THE WORLD. UM, AND WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP FOUR DOGS IN OUR PROGRAM AND WE'RE MOVING STRONG AND, UH, KEEPING WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CANINE UNIT ON THE MAP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, MAYBE NA I WANNA SAY SOMETHING. YES. UH, ON BEHALF OF THE FRENCH GROUP, WE WANNA THANK YOU FOR THIS GENEROUS DONATION. UM, IT GOES TOWARDS ALL OF THEIR TRAINING AND EVERYTHING JUST TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY SAFE. AND I KNOW THAT IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM THAT THE WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT [00:20:01] HAS. I KNOW THAT FOUR DOGS IS NOT TYPICAL FOR ANY DEPARTMENT, BUT IT IS FOR, FOR OUR DEPARTMENT. WE'D LIKE TO KEEP EVERYONE SAFE, UH, CITIZENS AND OUR OFFICERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'LL JUST, I'LL JUST SAY ONE MORE THING AND, AND, AND THAT IS, THIS CONSOLE STAYS COMMITTED ON SUPPORTING THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WEST UNION POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, MAKING SURE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE COULD, WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU. OKAY. BRIAN. BRIAN, WHERE'S A REAL CHECK? . WE DON'T WANT A FAKE CHECK. OKAY. SO SHOW, SHOW EVERYBODY THE CHECK. . WE'LL HAVE A COFFEE TO IN. YEAH, SO THE CHECK'S RIGHT THERE. AND I HEARD ABOUT YOU GOTTA ALREADY CASH IT. WELCOME. THANK YOU, BRIAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY. AND NOW WE MOVE ON THE [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] ORAL COM. OKAY. UH, MANAGER REPORT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. YOU'RE GONNA FORGET ME. I ALMOST . GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, HAVE A COUPLE UPDATES TONIGHT AS IT'S THE FIRST, UH, MEETING OF THE YEAR. JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOME GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR AND SOME IMMEDIATE CHANGES THAT ARE OCCURRING IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, WE ARE, UH, STARTING WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING IN WEST COVINA. AND SO THAT STARTED YESTERDAY, UM, MONDAY. SO, UM, OUR COMMUNITY BE, AND I THINK IT'S OPPORTUNE TIME WITH THE BIG WINDS COMING THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY. SO OUR STREETS, ALL STREETS WILL BE SWEPT ON A WEEKLY BASIS MOVING FORWARD. UM, THOSE STREETS THAT HAVE POSTED PARKING RESTRICTIONS WILL BE ENFORCED AND WE WILL BE CONTINUING TO WORK TOWARDS, UM, UH, BRINGING BACK AN ORDINANCE TO BE ABLE TO ENFORCE ALL STREET SWEEPING IN WEST COVINA. SO, UM, WE WILL, YOU'LL SEE THE STREET SWEEPER OUT IN YOUR, UH, STREETS MOVING FORWARD ON A WEEKLY BASIS. NEXT, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR COMING. IT'S A LITTLE BIT WINDY OUT THERE AND A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS, UM, BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS WERE AWARE THERE'S A, UH, STRONG WIND ADVISORY AND IF YOU, THERE'S A DOWN POWER LINE OR YOU KNOW WHO TO CALL IF YOU SEE ANY OF THESE CONCERNS COMING UP BECAUSE OF THE STRONG WINDS TONIGHT. UM, AS ALWAYS, PLEASE STAY SAFE IF YOU CAN STAY INDOORS AND, AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL. UM, SECURE LOOSE, UH, AND OUTDOOR ITEMS, UH, IF YOU CAN AHEAD OF TIME, BUT I GUESS IT'S KIND OF LATE RIGHT NOW. TREE TRIM, YOUR TREE BRANCHES NEAR YOUR HOME AND YOUR POWER LINES. UM, AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN EMERGENCY POCKET AT HOME, YOU KNOW, UH, UM, AN EMERGENCY KIT WITH ESSENTIALS LIKE FLASHLIGHTS, BATTERIES, AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. UM, SO I HOPE EVERYONE STAYS SAFE TONIGHT. UM, A COUPLE NEW THINGS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE HAVE SOME, UH, NEW BUSINESSES COMING INTO OUR CITY. UH, TOYOTA DEALERSHIP HAS RELOCATED FROM THEIR EXISTING LOCATION OFF AZU AND GARVEY TO A GARVEY AND CITRUS, UH, TO THE FORMER NISSAN DEALERSHIP. SO THAT, THAT OPENED DECEMBER 26TH. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A GRAND OPENING FEBRUARY 20, UH, 2025. AND WE'LL BE, UH, MAKING SURE TO INVITE, UH, EVERYONE FOR THE GRAND OPENING. UM, IN ADDITION, MERCEDES-BENZ WILL BE RELOCATING FROM ITS CURRENT LOCATION TO THE NOW VACATED TOYOTA SITE. AND SO, UM, THE, UH, THE PLANS WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY WILL BE COMING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025. AND THEY'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT NEW COMPLETED, UH, DEALERSHIP, UH, EARLY 2026. UM, WE ARE ALSO HAVING A GRAND OPENING FOR URBAN CAFE AT THE PLAZA WEST COVINA. THE GRAND OPENING IS JANUARY 10TH, UH, THIS FRIDAY AT 10:00 AM AND IT'S AT THE PLAZA WEST COVINA MALL. IT'S NEXT TO WHERE, UM, JEN CRE AND BARBECUE IS. UM, WE'RE ALSO HAVING TY FUNG DUMPLING HOUSE AT PLAZA WEST COVINA, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. AND WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE WELCOMING EINSTEIN BROS BAGELS AT THE HEIGHTS SHOPPING CENTER. UM, WE'RE ALSO GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, BRINGING, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY IN WEST COVINA. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY, OR THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON IS, UH, MODERNIZING OUR PLATFORM FOR PERMITTING AND PAYMENT SOLUTIONS. UM, SO THAT'S GONNA FACILITATE [00:25:01] ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITY. SO IT'S GONNA BE ONLINE SUBMITTALS FOR OUR PERMITS. UM, WE'RE ALSO GOT APPROVAL FROM THE COUNCIL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, RE UH, INVIGORATING RE UH, IMPROVING OUR CITY WEBSITE, INCLUDING MAKING IT MORE A DA ACCESSIBLE, UM, AND MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, DESKTOP REPLACEMENT PROGRAM IN 2025 SO THAT ALL OF OUR, UM, EMPLOYEES ARE UP TO DATE WITH THE NECESSARY TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS. ANOTHER PROJECT THAT, UM, WE ARE WORKING ON IS A CITYWIDE A DA TRANSITION PLAN. UM, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD OPENED A SURVEY FOR INPUT IN DECEMBER. WE RECEIVED SIX RESPONSES. SO THE CONSULTANT IS GOING BACK TO DRAFT, UH, UH, THE, UH, SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN, WHICH WILL THEN COME BACK FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, WE'RE LOOKING TO TAKE THAT, UH, UH, WE WILL EVENTUALLY COME BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. A COUPLE BIG PROJECTS THERE, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY. UM, WE ARE COMPLETING THE SENIOR CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT AT, UM, OUR SENIOR CENTER. AND THAT SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP, UH, THE END OF THE MONTH. OUR ANNUAL CONCRETE AND SIDEWALK AND CURB GUTTERS. THIS IS WHERE WE GO OUT AND REPAIR, UM, UNSAFE OR HAZARDOUS SIDEWALKS FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, UH, THAT WILL BE DONE END OF THIS MONTH, AS WELL AS OUR STREET, UH, RESIDENTIAL STREET REHABIL REHABILITATION PROJECT. UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH FIRE STATION ONE. UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE FOR RELOCATING THE FIRE STATION TO THE ADJACENT AREA ON THE CORNER OF, UM, GARVEY AND, UH, WEST COVINA PARKWAY. UM, WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR TRAFFIC CITYWIDE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND COMPLETING THE AZUA SEWER LIFT STATION. UM, WE ARE LOOKING ALSO TO DO, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AT FRIENDSHIP PARK, UM, BRINGING THE FACILITIES TO STANDARD AND UPDATE PUBLIC RESTROOMS TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO CLEAN AND WORKING FACILITIES. UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO ADD NEW LED LIGHTS AT CORTEZ PARK AND SENIOR CENTER, CAMERON PARK, ALISTAIR, SHADOW OAK AND PALM VIEW TO PROVIDE BETTER, UH, LIGHTING IN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, PARKS. UM, THAT'LL BE DONE BY SUMMER 2025, UM, MOVING FORWARD WITH THE CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, UM, ALSO COMPLETING THE FIRE, THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FIRE STATIONS, UM, WHICH INCLUDES THE FLOORING FOR STATIONS TWO AND FOUR. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ADD, UH, LED LIGHTING TO THE CORTES PARK PATHWAY LIGHTING, AND THAT WILL BE DONE IN SPRING OF 2025. AND WE'RE LOOKING AS PART OF THE A DA TRANSITION PLAN TO START WITH SOME OF THE TRANSITION IMPROVEMENTS HERE IN CITY HALL, INCLUDING THE CHAMBERS TO MAKE IT MORE A DA ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEN, UM, I'D LIKE TO SHARE, WE HAVE, UH, DATES FOR OUR COMING EVENTS FOR THE YEAR. SO IF YOU WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF OUR EVENTS THAT WE HOLD ANNUALLY, UM, PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR OF THE EVENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HOSTING. SO THERE'S NO EXCUSE NOT TO ATTEND ANY OF OUR EVENTS. THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE ON OUR CALENDAR WITH DATES. UM, THE UPCOMING EVENTS THIS MONTH ARE THE, UM, MLK DAY, THE 26TH ANNUAL SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, UH, TRIBUTE TO MLK DAY. IT'S MONDAY, JANUARY 20TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 2:00 PM HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER, FOLLOWED BY THE CORTES PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER O UH, OPEN HOUSE ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 24TH BETWEEN, UH, TWO, UH, 12 AND 2:00 PM AT THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY CENTER. UM, AND THEN THE SPRING FESTIVAL, WHICH THE DATES ARE MARCH 29TH AND 30TH. SO, LIKE I SAID, NO EXCUSES NOT TO ATTEND. YOU GUYS ALL ARE AWARE OF THE DATES NOW AND HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY INVITED. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. COUNCIL, HAVE ANY QUESTION? ANY COMMENT? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE CITY MANAGERS AND, AND I HOPE IN 2025 IS THE YEAR OF ACTION. OKAY. AND THAT WE DONE A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE WANT, AND WE DISCUSS A LOT OF THINGS, BUT WE WANT THE SOLUTION AND ACTION TO DELIVER WHAT THE CONSULT VISION AND WHAT WE APPROVE UPON. SO THIS IS WHAT THE WISH OF 2025. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE MOVE TO [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] ORAL COMMUNICATION. UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT THE YELLOW, UH, OKAY. SPEAKER CALL AND SUBMIT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, UH, WHEN YOU NEAR YOUR NM BEING CALLED. OKAY. PLEASE START LINE UP IN THE CENTER ROW AND THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOU REACH THE PODIUM. UH, THE REQUEST TO SPEAK AN AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM. SO, AND, UH, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE? UH, FOUR SPEAKER CARDS, MAYOR. FOUR SPEAKER. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZONG. [00:30:06] UH, SO MANY THINGS I CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT I'LL KEEP IT TO A COUPLE OF THEM. FIRST, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEW CHIEF ON, UH, HIS PROMOTION. AND, UH, THE, THE PRAYER IS APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, GOD TO HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME YOU GO OUTSIDE THE BOX, YOU ARE GONNA GET FIRED. YOU HAVE, UH, TWO, YOU HAVE TWO STRIKES AGAINST YOU. ONE OF THEM IS CONSOLE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT YOU CAN COUNT ON WHATEVER I CAN DO TO SUPPORT YOU, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE A GOOD MAN AND WILL TRY YOUR BEST. BUT THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY STAND UP WITH, UH, OUR MAYOR. HOW WELL YOU DO. YOU TRY TO DO YOUR JOB UNLESS YOU FOLLOW HIS DIRECTIONS, WHICH IS COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY UNFORTUNATE FROM THAT MANNER. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE SITTING THERE SMILING, YOU KNOW, DAMN WELL, IT'S TRUE. DON'T TELL ME OTHERWISE. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO KNOW IS WHERE THE MONEY, THE $20,000 CAME FROM. YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING, BECAUSE THE PERSON WHO PRESENTED THE $20,000, YOU KNOW, HAS BEEN WELL KNOWN AND IT'S BEEN VERY WELL PUBLICIZED THAT HE WORKED FOR AND WAS A SENIOR EXECUTIVE OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT HAD TIES TO DRUG CARTELS. SO IT'D BE NICE IF HE'D BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW WHERE THE MONEY ACTUALLY CAME FROM SO WE'RE NOT, UH, GETTING THE MONEY FROM PLACES THAT WE DON'T WANT THE MONEY COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, AS, AS IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAGICALLY APPEARS ALSO, AS WE GO THROUGH THINGS, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY HE DOES A, YOU KNOW, HE, HE WORKS, HE'S A GOOD MAN. I THINK HE'LL, UH, OR NEW CHIEF WILL DO HIS BEST. BUT THEN YOU CAN GET FIRED BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T, UH, UM, INTRODUCE A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL ON CITY COUNCIL FIRST, INTRODUCE SOMEBODY ELSE INSTEAD OR BEFORE HIM. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A AN EGO LIKE THAT, UH, IT'S HARD TO DO. WHAT, WHAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, THE NEW CHIEF KNOWS HE HAS TO DO AND WANTS TO DO. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PEOPLE ARE GONNA ALLOW HIM TO, TO DO IT. UM, THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I'M GONNA SAY RIGHT NOW. BUT I DO REQUEST, WOULD YOU DIRECT, UH, AN OFFICER TO ESCORT ME TO MY CAR BECAUSE THERE'S A RESTRAINING ORDER WITH THE PERSON WHO'S IN THIS ROOM WHO PURPOSELY WALKED RIGHT BY ME, STOPPED FOR A SECOND, LOOKED AT ME, AND THEN LOOKED AWAY, AND HE WASN'T KEEPING HIS 15 YARDS AS AS REQUIRED BY COURT ORDER. SO I, I REQUEST THAT SOMEBODY WALK ME OUT BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE SOMEBODY ATTACK ME. THANK YOU, UH, ROBINSON. IS SOMEBODY GONNA WALK ME OUT? UH, ROBINSON FOLLOWED BY WIN-WIN ZONG, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT. UH, GOOD EVENING. UH, SPEAKING OF, UH, PEDOPHILIA AND CHILD TRAFFICKING, UH, DURING THE HOLIDAYS, I, I, UH, STUMBLED ONTO A TUNE, UH, THE WAY TO FIND THIS. IT'S A, UH, A TUNE ON, ON YOUTUBE. THE TITLE OF THE SONG IS, UH, A MODERN DAY HOLY WAR. UH, THE WOMAN THAT WROTE THE LYRICS, UH, LIVES IN ORANGE COUNTY. I THINK PART OF THE LYRICS IS, UH, A DRAG QUEEN IN EVERY SCHOOL. ANYWAY, HER NAME, UH, OF THE, THE SONG THE SINGER IS NICOLE O'GRADY. ONO. NO, I SAID O GRADY. NO, GRADY, YOU KNOW, YES. NO, N-O-G-R-A-D-Y-I USE, I SEARCH FOR IT ON, UH, DUCKDUCKGO. BUT, UH, I STUMBLED ON THAT. IT'S, UH, COVERS, UH, CHILD TRAFFICKING AMONG OTHER THINGS. UH, ANYWAY, THE SECOND, UH, TOPIC, THE, THE COVID TRUTH IS FINALLY COMING OUT. DR. AND COLONEL, UH, THERESA LONG, A RESPECTED US MILITARY OFFICER. HER PATIENTS, UH, FLY EQUIPMENT FOR THE, UH, US ARMY, UH, RECENTLY TESTIFIED IN COURT ABOUT WHAT THE COVID JAB REALLY DID TO MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN WHO DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO PROTECTING AMERICA. UH, MISCARRIAGES, CANCER NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS SKYROCKETED AFTER THE EXPERIMENTAL VAX MANDATE WAS ENFORCED. NEUROLOGICAL PROBLEMS ALONE INCREASED TENFOLD, UH, DEATHS FROM THE [00:35:01] VX EXCEEDED DEATHS FROM COVI ITSELF AMONG MILITARY MEMBERS. MY PAST COMMENTS ABOUT THE BIRD FLU MAY HAVE, MAY BE INCORRECT. UH, ALEX JONES IS SAYING THAT THE NEXT BIO WEAPON, UH, IT'S GONNA COME IN A COUPLE WEEKS, UH, IS SOMETHING CALLED HMPV. AND YOU SHOULD BE OKAY IF YOU TAKE US, UH, SKEPTICAL VIEW OF GOVERNMENT ORDERS, JUST HEALTHY SKEPTICISM. UH, BUT, UM, BACK TO THERESA LONG, IT GETS WORSE. DR. LONG REVEALED SHE WAS PRESSURED BY HIGH LEVEL OFFICERS. THE NIGHT BEFORE HER TESTIMONY, THEY ORDERED HER NOT TO SHARE HER FINDINGS IN COURT THROUGH TEARS. SHE SAID, I HAVE SO MANY SOLDIERS BEING DESTROYED BY THIS VAX. I HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN IN EVERYTHING TO LOSE BY TALKING ABOUT IT. BUT I'M OKAY WITH THAT BECAUSE I'M WATCHING PEOPLE GET DESTROYED. SHE JUST HAD TO USE HER VOICE TO, UH, I MEAN, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE COVID SCAM IS THE EVIDENCE IS OUT THERE IF, UH, AND, UH, THE SECOND GO AROUND, UH, NOT AS MANY PEOPLE WILL PROBABLY BE SUCKERED IN ANYWAY. MY MESSAGE FOR WEST COVINA RESIDENTS IS TO MAINTAIN PEACE AND MODERATION THIS YEAR, DESPITE THE MANY PRO PROVOCATIONS THAT MAY OCCUR. TWO, 2025 WILL BE THE YEAR OF FALSE FLAGS, DECEPTIONS, OPERATION NORTHWOODS, FAKE TERROR CAMPAIGNS, PROVOCATIONS AND TRICKERY. TRY NOT TO RESPOND WITH ACTIVISM. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN ILLUSION, AND IT'LL PASS IF YOU MAINTAIN A CALM STATE OF MIND AND DON'T ALLOW OURSELVES TO BECOME TARGETS. YOU CAN REMEMBER THE TRAGEDY AT KENT STATE, OHIO DURING VIETNAM, WHEN COLLEGE STUDENTS WERE GUNNED DOWN BY LIVE FIRE, BY OUR OWN NATIONAL GUARD. IN EVENT ORGANIZERS MAY BE ROGUE ELEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT, MILITARY INTELLIGENCE, DEEP GOVERNMENT, OR LAWLESS LONE ACTORS JOURNALISTS. DEREK ROSE EXAMINES THE INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTEMPT TO MANIPULATE OUR WORLD FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT. UH, THERE'S THIS WEBSITE, UH, YOU WON'T NEED A COLLEGE DEGREE IF YOU STUDY THIS WEBSITE, THE PYRAMID OF POWER.NET. ANYWAY, THAT'S SOME AMAZING EDUCATION. WHY DID NATIONAL GUARD UNITS POSSESS LIVE AND MUNITION DURING, UH, COLLEGE PROTESTS? SO, UH, THIS YEAR, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE IMPROVED ODDS OF MASS CASUALTY EVENTS. THERE'S A VOICE TO SKULL TECHNOLOGY. IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SECURITY CLEARANCE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. TECHNOLOGY INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES HAVE MANY PSYCHOSOCIAL TECHNIQUES TO MAN MANIPULATE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ESCAPED PUBLIC AWARENESS. OKAY, THANK YOU, BILL. APPRECIATE HAPPY NEW YEAR. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. WHEN, WHEN ZONG FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT. IT'S LATE. GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MISS CITY MANAGER STAFF AND THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I'M, WE WENT, JOHN WEST COVINA, LIBRARY MANAGER. FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU TOO. UM, WELL, I WOULD, LIKE, I WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT I'M RETIRING JANUARY THE 12TH. WHAT? OH. WHICH IS THIS WEEKEND. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE TONIGHT'S OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU GIVE TO THE LIBRARY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I, UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH AT WEST COVINA LIBRARY FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS. I, UH, I REALLY LOVE MY JOB. I LOVE MY WORK, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF IT. AND I TRULY, TRULY ENJOY SERVING THE CITY, SERVING THE COMMUNITY, AND SERVING OUR RESIDENTS EVERY DAY. AND I, I FEEL I'M BLESSED WORKING FOR WEST CAM. THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE LIBRARY, AND THANK YOU FOR USING THE LIBRARY. UH, WELL IN TRANSITION TO A NEW, UM, PERMANENT LIBRARY MANAGER, UM, MS. JOANNA, MS. [00:40:01] JOANNA G, WELL SERVE AS ARANT LIBRARY MANAGER. AND JOANNA IS CURRENTLY A DUATE LIBRARY MANAGER. AND DU LIBRARY RIGHT NOW IS TEMPORARY CLOSE TO FOR RE REFURBISHMENT. AND, UH, SO JOANNA WILL ALSO OVERSEE WEST CILLA LIBRARY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOANNA. MAY SPEAKER, PLEASE, BILL ELLIOTT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNSEL. IT'S A GREAT DAY IN WEST COVINA TODAY, UH, CITY MANAGER'S TALKING ABOUT TECHNOLOGY IN THE CITY. I'M SO HAPPY THE CITY IS EMBRACING AS MUCH TECHNOLOGY AS WE CAN MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA. YOU KNOW, ZOOM IS A VERY GREAT THING, AND YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH A LOT ON IT. UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE, UH, TONY WU ON, UH, TAKING THE HELM OF THE CITY, THE SS WEST COVINA. UH, WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS YOUR SECOND TIME AS MAYOR. I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO A GREAT JOB. TONY, OF THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW TONY VERY WELL, YOU MIGHT THINK YOU KNOW HIM, BUT MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW AS MUCH AS YOU THINK YOU DO. AND THIS IS THE HARDEST WORKING MAYOR IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. THIS GUY BUST HIS TAIL FOR WEST COVINA ALMOST EVERY DAY. AND, UH, I REALLY ADMIRE HIM A LOT, AND HE DESERVES, UH, THE CREDIT. AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS, TONY. ALSO, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR NEWEST COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN BRIAN GUTIERREZ. YOU KNOW, WEST COVINA HAS TWO DISABLED PEOPLE ON OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT SAYS A LOT ABOUT OUR CITY, ABOUT WHO WE ACCEPT AND WHO WE LOVE, AND WHO WE ELECT. AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT THING. AND BRIAN, THE HONEYMOON'S OVER IT'S TIME TO, TO, UH, PUT YOUR NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE AND REALLY DO GREAT THINGS FOR THE WEST COVINA, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THAT I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO. AND REALLY, CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW IT WAS A HARD FOUGHT CAMPAIGN AND YOU DESERVE IT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TOO. AND, UH, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, GINGER, ON HER REELECTION IN DISTRICT THREE. UH, IT WAS A, A TOUGH THOUGHT CAMPAIGN, AND SHE WORKED VERY HARD. AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN I HEAR RAYA SEEING TONIGHT, IT BROUGHT ME TO TEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCILMAN IN THE THIRD DISTRICT WORKED SO HARD FOR HER, FOR THE DISTRICT, FOR THE PEOPLE IN HER DISTRICT. AND SHE LOVES WEST CO VENUS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, SHE WROTE THAT BLESS WEST COVINA SONG, SONG, AND I HELPED HER A LITTLE BIT. BUT SHE LOVES THE CITY AND SHE EMBRACES EVERYTHING GOOD AND GREAT ABOUT THE CITY, AND SHE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER. AND, UH, I REALLY ADMIRE HER. AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REELECTION, HONEY. UH, AND LET'S SEE, CHIEF CORINA. WOW. WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE TONY CORTINA AT THE HELM OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, HE IS A GREAT MAN. HE IS AN HONORABLE MAN. HE'S HUMBLE, AND HE'S A GREAT HUSBAND AND A GREAT DADDY. AND HIS, EVEN HIS SON'S A POLICE OFFICER. AND WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM IN THIS CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T SPEAK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I'D BE VERY SURPRISED IF ANYBODY EVER FIRES TONY CORTINA . TONY WILL LIKELY BE CHIEF AS LONG AS HE WANTS TO BE CHIEF. AND HE HAS THE RESPECT OF THE MEN AND THE WOMEN OF HIS DEPARTMENT. I DON'T THINK A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN THE 90 PERCENTILE RANGE IS COMING ANYTIME SOON. FOR CHIEF CORINA, HE IS A REALLY WORTHY CANDIDATE FOR THIS JOB. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THOSE FOUR STARS ON HIS COLLAR. WE'LL, MISS CHEAP BELL, AND I CONGRATULATE HIM AND HIS RETIREMENT, BUT IT'S A NEW DAY IN WEST COVINA. IT'S A NEW DAY ON THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR. WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT THESE MEN AND WOMEN THAT, THAT WORK FOR THIS CITY TO PROTECT US, THEY ARE TOP TIER. THEY REALLY ARE. AND IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO [00:45:01] THANK ANY OF 'EM, DO SO BECAUSE, GOSH, I I, I'VE MET SOME ARROGANT COPS IN MY TIME, BUT I'VE, I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST ONE I MET. IT WAS IN WEST COVINA. THEY ARE ALL VERY HUMBLE AND VERY DEDICATED TO THE JOB THEY DO, AND WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE THEM. AND THE LAST FEW SECONDS, I JUST WANNA ALSO COMMEND OUR CITY STAFF. THEY CLEANED UP SO MUCH OF THE, THE, THE HILLS, THE HILLSIDES ARE ALL CLEANED UP NOW. THEY LOOK SO GREAT. AND THE TRANSIENTS CAN'T HIDE THERE ANYMORE. AND WHO'S THE CHIEF OF CODE ENFORCEMENT? MILAN, THANK YOU, MILAN. YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB AND WE'RE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BILL. AND THE CITY MANAGER WANT TO RESPOND SOME OF THE SPEECH. THANK YOU. JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE WIN-WIN ON HER RETIREMENT. UM, AND WELCOME JOANNA TO, UH, REPRESENT THE LIBRARY HERE. WE EXPECT YOU AT ALL OUR COUNCIL MEETING TO GIVE US UPDATES ON THE LIBRARY. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS IT IN RESPONSE TO AND COUNCIL, YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? IF NOT, I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING. OKAY? AND I WANNA THANK WIN-WIN ZONE. OKAY? AND, UH, YOU LIKE FAMILY, UH, I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME, EVEN THE PANDEMIC 2020 WHEN I WAS MAYOR, YOU HERE ZOOM, YOU SHOW UP, YOU SHARE WITH US AND HOW TO GET A BOOK DURING THAT TIME. OKAY? SO YOU SO DEDICATE TO YOUR JOB AND, UH, AND IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO SEE YOU DIVERSE. I I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD RETIRE. WEST CO LIBRARY WILL ALLOW YOU JUST LIKE EMPTY SHOP, OKAY? AND, UH, AND MAYBE I NEED TO TALK TO THE COUNTY TO TRY TO GIVE YOU A RAISE OR SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU . BUT, BUT REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO HELP US TO HELP THE RESIDENT. YOU ALWAYS COME OVER HERE, ALMOST EVERY MEETING. I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU MISS ONE MEETING, AND TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU OFFER, WHAT YOUR LIBRARY OFFER, EVEN FOR THE THREE YEARS YOU NOW OPENING, BUT YOU STILL OFFER SOMETHING, SOMETHING, OKAY? SO, BUT, BUT I WANT TO SAY YOU SO DEDICATED TO YOUR JOB, IT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT TO SAY GOODBYE. HOPEFULLY YOU CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO SEE US AND, UH, WE SEE YOU IN THE LIBRARY. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, WE MOVE TO [CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT, CALENDARS AND COUNSEL, ANY OF YOU WANT TO APPROVE ANYTHING, OTHERWISE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ONE OR TWO? I'LL BRIEFLY PULL, UM, CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION OF PURCHASE FOOD FROM US FOODS. THAT'S ITEM THREE ITEM. YOU WANNA PULL IT? OR THREE? THE TWO, RIGHT? THERE'S ONLY TWO. NUMBER TWO. YES. YOU WANNA PUT NUMBER TWO? YEAH, BRIEFLY. SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, GO AHEAD. ROLL CALL PLEASE. CAN I GET A CONFIRMATION ON THE SECOND, PLEASE? OH, YOU CAN FIGHT FORWARD WHICH ONE? I'LL SECOND. ONE SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, CITY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. YES. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE. UM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR. WOO. AYE. ITEM PASSES. FIVE ZERO, MAYOR. OKAY, ITEM NUMBER TWO. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR OUR CITY MANAGER. CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, WHY SECTION TWO DASH 3 35 OF THE RESCUE MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, WAS, WAS USED FOR THIS SPECIFIC, UH, CONTRACT? AND JUST TO ELABORATE, IS THE PUR PURCHASES MAY USING ANOTHER GOVERNMENT OR A PUBLIC AGENCY'S CONTRACT OR SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME, UH, TERMS ARE EXEMPT FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING? SO IF I, THE CONTRACT HERE WE USED WAS ALREADY DONE GONE THROUGH COMPETITIVE BIDDING, WE PIGGYBACKED OFF OF ANOTHER CONTRACT. UM, AND I BELIEVE IT'S THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF ROXANNE, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, OR SUSIE IF YOU WANNA COME UP, BUT WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF ANOTHER CONTRACT THAT THE STATE USES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. UM, YES. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, WE PIGGYBACK OFF OF A STATE CONTRACT WHERE THAT ALLOWS FOR US TO USE US FOODS TO PURCHASE ALL OF OUR RAW FOODS FOR THE CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM AT THE SENIOR CENTER. GREAT. GREAT. AND YOU GUYS ARE ALL HAPPY WITH THAT? HAPPY WITH ALL THOSE SERVICES YOU'VE BEEN GETTING FROM 'EM? ABSOLUTELY. GREAT. GREAT. OKAY. MAKES IT EASY TO JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, DO BUSINESS WITH US FOODS DIRECTLY AND THEY'RE A PREFERRED VENDOR WITH THE STATE. GREAT. GREAT. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. SO YOU SATISFIED THAT? YES. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? [00:50:01] I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO, UH, TIM LOPEZ. VIDO. AYE. MAYOR WU? YES. ITEM PASSES. FIVE ZERO MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, WE MOVED TO [CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE] DEPO DEPARTMENT MATTERS REGULAR. OKAY. REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION OF APPOINTMENT OF OUR POLICE CHIEF. OKAY. AND, UH, WHO COULD PRESENT THIS? I WILL GO AHEAD. UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE YOU. TONIGHT IS THE APPOINTMENT OF ANTONIO CORTINA AS WEST COVINA NEXT POLICE CHIEF . UM, WITH THE RETIREMENT OF CHIEF, UH, RICHARD BELL, THE CITY CONDUCTED A RECRUITMENT FOR THE CITY'S, UH, NEXT POLICE CHIEF AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE TREMENDOUS, UH, TALENT THAT WE HAVE IN HOUSE AND INTERNAL RECRUITMENT WAS CONDUCTED. UM, I INTERVIEWED AFTER INTERVIEWING THE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS, UM, BEFORE YOU. TONIGHT, I AM RECOMMENDING, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ANTONIO CORINA. HE HAS 28 YEARS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE AND A DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF LEADERSHIP, SERVICE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UM, HE IS THE EPITOME OF WHAT YOU WOULD WANT IN A POLICE CHIEF. UM, HE LEADS WITH INTEGRITY. HE HAS VISIONARY THINKING OF HOW WAYS, INNOVATIVE WAYS TO IMPROVE THE, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HE IS ONE OF THE MOST COLLABORATIVE PEOPLE I HAVE EVER WORKED WITH. HE IS ALWAYS THERE, UM, WILLING TO HELP ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY. HE'S, UM, ALSO DEMONSTRATES EMPATHY, YET HOLDS PEOPLE VERY ACCOUNTABLE TO, UH, THEIR ROLES AND, UH, THEIR PROMISES THAT THEY MAKE. UM, AND ONE OF THE STRONGEST THINGS ABOUT HIM AS THE NEXT CHIEF IS THAT HE'S STRONGLY BELIEVES IN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. AND I THINK THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT EVIDENT IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TO SUPPORT HIM TONIGHT. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. IT'S VERY EMOTIONAL SPEECH. HE BRING TEAR TO MY EYE. . OKAY. AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL, DO YOU GUYS HAVE A COMMENT OR A QUESTION? UH, OTHERWISE DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. YEAH, I REPLY FOR THE SECOND. OKAY. UH, ROCO ROCO, PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ IN A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TEM LOPEZ. VITO. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, I'LL JUST MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE I, I VOTE AND I, I'LL JUST SAY IS AN HONOR AND PRIVILEGE, UH, TO CAST MY VOTE, UH, OF A YES FOR ANTONIO CORINA, UH, FOR ALL THE, THE GOOD DO FOR OUR CITY. SO YES, MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ. BDO? DEFINITELY. YES. MAYOR WU. AYE. AND, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE ZERO, MAYOR. OH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE TO NOW CALL HIM UP TO DO THE BADGE PINNING AND SWEARING IN CEREMONY. SOARING IN FIRST AND THEN THE BADGE. YEAH. SWEARING IN. UM, DO WE HAVE AN HONOR TO KNOW THE JUDGE NAME YOU WANT TO ANNOUNCE? WE HAVE HONOR TO HAVE A JUDGE. JOSEPH JAMES. JAMES JAMES. THE FAMILY COULD GO. THE JUDGE JAMES, JUDGE JOSEPH. I'M SORRY. JAMES JOSEPH. JUDGE JAMES COPELAND. IT IS OUR HONOR TO HAVE YOU TOO IN WEST COVINA. UH, HOLD IT. NO. OKAY. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANTONIO CORTINA. PLEASE REPEAT AFTER ME. I, ANTONIO CORTINA. I ANTONIO CORTINA. YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE. I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF [00:55:01] THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVA OR PURPOSE OF EVASION. AND THAT I WILL, WELL BE FAITHFULLY AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTY, WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. SO CHIEF COTINA, YOU WANT TO MAKE A SPEECH? YES, SIR. , IF WE COULD HAVE RICHARD BELL COME UP. OH, WOW. AND THE GIFT IN, GIFT IN THE MIC. THERE'S ONE THERE. NO, YOU SIT DOWN. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOOD. CHIEF FOR A SECOND HERE. . WELL, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. UM, GOOD EVENING TO ALL THE RESIDENTS. UM, IT IS A VERY GOOD DAY. UM, THE SUPPORT IS AWESOME AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S TIME. YOU CAN FEEL IT. WEST COVINA. ISS GETTING READY TO MOVE INTO A DIFFERENT, YOU TAKE OUT THE MIC, MIC PLEASE. WHERE WE CAN NOT HEAR YOU. WESTS COVINA IS GETTING READY TO MOVE. OH, BETTER NOW. INTO A DIFFERENT DIRECTION. AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT. UM, I DO WANNA SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS TO THE FAMILY THOUGH. UM, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS, TONY, AND TO THE CORTINA FAMILY, UM, HE'S GONNA NEED THAT SUPPORT, RIGHT? TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO, WHO JUST FINISHED RIGHT. HE, HE'S GONNA NEED SOME FORGIVENESS, HE'S GONNA NEED SOME TIME, RIGHT? AND SINCE THIS IS A STRONG LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY, I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW THAT. BUT IT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT THAT HE HAS THAT CORTINA SUPPORT. LIKE I'VE SEEN IT OVER THE YEARS AND I, AND I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE AWESOME. WE STARTED OUR CAREERS TOGETHER IN SAN MARINO. AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT THE REASON I'M HERE, OR AT LEAST THE REASON I GOT HERE AT THE TIME I DID, WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MAN. UM, WE WERE DOING PATROL, IT WAS NIGHT SHIFT. WE'RE IN THE CITY OF SAN MARINO. IT'S ONLY FOUR SQUARE MILES. SO YOU CAN GENERALLY LOOK FROM ONE END ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER. , HE WAS AT ONE END HEADLIGHTS. I WAS AT THE OTHER END HEADLIGHTS. AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE A GOOD STOP. SO WE RACED TOWARDS EACH OTHER TO FIND OUT THAT, YEAH, IT WAS US, . SO, YOU KNOW, TONY WAS LIKE, WELL, UM, RICH, I THINK IT'S TIME THAT WE GO TO A PLACE THAT'S GONNA GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE LIKE OUR MOTORS RUN PRETTY FAST LIKE THIS. THIS IS GETTING A LITTLE OLD. NOTHING AGAINST SAN MARINO, GREAT CITY GAVE ME MY START. BUT IN THAT MOMENT, I WAS THE ONE THAT WAS AFRAID. I WAS LIKE, NO, MAN, I JUST GOT HERE. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. HE WAS LIKE, NAH, I'M GOING RICH. AND SO HE PUT HIS Z IN AND HE WAS ON HIS WAY ABOUT THREE WEEKS AFTER HE PUT HIS APP IN. YEAH. I DECIDED, WELL, I'M GONNA PUT MY APP IN TOO. I'M THREE WEEKS BEHIND HIM AND I'M THINKING, OKAY, WE'LL BOTH GET OVER THERE. WELL, WHEN IT CAME TIME TO GET HIRED, HE HAD SOME FAMILY ISSUE OR SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON WHERE HE COULDN'T DO HIS MEDICAL AND, AND, AND, UM, IN HIS PSYCH. AND I WAS THE WILLING PARTICIPANT. I [01:00:01] WAS LIKE, I, I'LL DO THAT FOR YOU. AND SO I ACTUALLY JUMPED AHEAD OF HIM. AND SO WE TEASE EACH OTHER ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE I'M 3, 2, 5, AND HE'S 3, 2, 6. AND HE THINKS IT SHOULD BE THE OTHER WAY AROUND. . HEY, IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? UH, WHEN WE WORK SOUTH SIDE, UM, YOU GUYS REMEMBER MIAMI VICE? SOME OF YOU YOUNGER GUYS PROBABLY WON'T REMEMBER THAT, BUT, UH, TUBS AND CROCKETT, YOU'RE LOOKING AT US. THAT'S US. . THE ONLY PROBLEM IS I THINK TUBS LOOK PRETTY GOOD, AND HE HAD CURLY HAIR. WELL, AS YOU CAN SEE, I, I DON'T HAVE CURLY HAIR, BUT I'M GONNA TAKE IT ANYWAY. WE DIDN'T CHASE DOWN ANY BIG DRUG DEALERS, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. SOUTH SIDE. WE HAD A LOT OF FUN. AND JUST TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TONY, YOU KNOW, WAY BACK THEN, UM, ALL WE WANTED TO DO IS POLICE WORK. LIKE, WE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE POLITICS, WE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANYTHING. WE JUST WANTED TO GET OUT THERE, GET IN OUR PATROL CARS, AND WE JUST WANTED TO DO POLICE WORK. BUT HE WAS ALWAYS THINKING AHEAD. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF HOMES DOWN THERE, AND THEN THERE'S A BUNCH OF WHAT WE CALL ADES. THOSE ARE, UM, LITTLE, UM, THEY'RE NOT ALLEYWAYS, BUT THEY'RE WALKWAYS BETWEEN THE HOMES. THE IDEA WAS GREAT BACK WHEN THEY BUILT THEM. THE PROBLEM IS THE BACK GUYS THOUGHT THEY WERE GREAT TOO, BECAUSE THEY WERE USING THEM TO COMMIT CRIMES AND RUN THROUGH AND GET AWAY FROM US, RIGHT? AND SO ALL THE STREETS ON THE OUTSIDE HAD NAMES ON THEM, BUT NONE OF THE EOS ON THE INSIDE HAD NAMES ON THEM. AND TONY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU CREDIT, TONY, TONY CAME UP WITH THE IDEA, HEY, WHAT IF WE PUT NAMES ON THE INSIDE OF THE EOS TO HELP US? SO WHEN WE ARE CHASING SOMEONE AND WE GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE PAAL, WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT OUT A LOCATION AND SOMEONE CAN FIND US. THAT WAS TONY'S IDEA. I JUST JUMPED ON BOARD AND GOT SOME OF THE CREDIT. I'M, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD. BUT TONY, I I I, I'LL APPRECIATE THAT. AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST STORY BEFORE I ACTUALLY SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS IS IF YOU GUYS NOTICE, I PRIDED MYSELF ON BEING FIT AT ONE TIME. I, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T NOW, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN I FINISHED PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL, I WAS REALLY FIT. AND, UM, TONY ASKED ME ONE TIME, HE, HE GOES, HEY, I WANT TO GET FIT AND LOSE SOME STUFF AND DO ALL THIS. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, WELL, HE ASKED ME, WELL, YOU KNOW, I NEED TO BUCK UP A LITTLE BIT. SO I SAID, WELL, YEAH, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS IN PITTSBURGH, UM, I WAS 190 POUNDS. I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE TEAM. AND SO I WOULD ORDER A CHEESEBURGER PIZZA EVERY NIGHT, AND I WOULD EAT IT BECAUSE I NEEDED TO GAIN SOME WEIGHT. I SAID, I, I BELIEVE YOU COULD DO THAT. MIGHT WANNA TRY IN AND OUT, THAT MIGHT WORK. SO TONY DECIDES TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR HE GOT, BUT ALL I KNOW IS HE WAS PRETTY UPSET AFTER HE HAD GAINED THE WRONG POUNDS AND EVERYTHING. , YOU KNOW, HE, HE CAME BACK AND HE, HE WA HE WASN'T VERY HAPPY. I I DIDN'T MEAN IT LIKE THAT. I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT JUST CAME OUT THAT WAY. BUT ANYWAY, WE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES. WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A VERY COMPASSIONATE PERSON. TONY'S A VERY COMMUNITY ORIENTED PERSON. HE'S A PROBLEM SOLVER. UM, VERY EASY TO TALK TO, UM, VERY EASY TO GET ALONG WITH. AND I THINK HE'S GONNA DO WES COVINA PROUD. SO TONY, I JUST HAVE A FEW THINGS TO SAY TO YOU. UM, I THINK THIS IS A REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT THAT REFLECTS NOT ONLY YOUR DEDICATION TO SERVING THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO YOUR LEADERSHIP ABILITIES AND COMMITMENT TO UPHOLDING THE LAW. YOUR YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, YOUR DEDICATION TO EDUCATION AND YOUR UNWAVERING PASSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY HAVE HELPED PREPARE YOU FOR THIS VITAL ROLE. AND WE ARE EXCITED TO SEE HOW YOU WILL LEAD THE DEPARTMENT INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER. AS CHIEF, YOU WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT, NOT ONLY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LOST MY PLACE HERE, I AM SORRY, NOT ONLY ON THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO ON THE LIVES AND CITIZENS. AND TO CONTINUE TO FOSTER A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE POLICE FORCE AND THE COMMUNITY. YOUR VISION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND YOUR INNOVATIVE CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGIES THAT YOU WILL BRING WILL SURELY HELP IN ENHANCE THE TRUST AND COOPERATION WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE SERVE. I BELIEVE THAT UNDER YOUR GUIDANCE, TONY, THE DEPARTMENT WILL CONTINUE TO THRIVE AND BUILD AND THE CITY AND BUILD THE CITY TO A SAFER, SAFER PLACE. ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS IMPRESSIVE ACCOMPLISHMENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WITNESSING THE POSITIVE CHANGES THAT YOU WILL BRING TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND WITH THAT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE YOUR KNEE CHIEF. THANK [01:05:03] 15. ONE MORE SPEAKER. OKAY. AND, UH, CITY MANAGER. I'D LIKE TO CALL A FORMER WEST CAMINO CHIEF OF FRANK LILLES TO THE STAND. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD HI TONY. I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING AND WORKING WITH, UH, CHIEF CORTINA. SO ACTUALLY SINCE HE WAS A, UH, HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR IN THE CITY OF SAN RENO, WOW. WHERE HE WAS AN OUTSTANDING HONOR STUDENT, A CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLER. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT. UH, ONE OF THE MOST UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS I'VE EVER WORKED WITH, EVEN AS A 25-YEAR-OLD KID, EVERY ASSIGNMENT HE HAD, HE FOCUSED ON NUMBER ONE, MASTERING THE ASSIGNMENT. HOW CAN I DO IT BETTER? HOW CAN I BE MORE EFFECTIVE? HOW CAN I BETTER PROTECT THE COMMUNITY? IT'S SO UNUSUAL FOR A YOUNG PERSON TO BE THINKING THAT WAY. HE'S EXCELLED IN EVERY ASSIGNMENT HE'S HAD. THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS TONIGHT. UH, BILL ELLIOT SAID HE IS A VISIONARY. HE IS A VISIONARY WAY AHEAD OF HIS TIME IN SO MANY AREAS. UM, HE WAS SMART. HE CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. HE'S A LEADER. HE'S AN ADMINISTRATOR. BUT I THINK OF A CHIEF, UH, CORINA'S CAREER. AND I'M REMINDED OF A PRESS CONFERENCE THAT, UH, FORMER PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY HAD WAY BACK IN 1960. HE'S GETTING READY TO APPOINT A NEW POSTMASTER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE, THE PRESIDENT WAS ASKED, ARE YOU GONNA HIRE A, A POSTMASTER GENERAL WITH A POLITICAL BACKGROUND OR A BUSINESS BACKGROUND? AND THE PRESIDENT RESPONDED, WELL, I'M ACTUALLY THINKING ABOUT HIRING SOMEBODY WITH A POST OFFICE BACKGROUND. AND, AND SOMETIMES, SOMETIMES IN SOME CITIES, NOT THIS CITY, THEY MAKE A SELECTION AS CHIEF. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT, IS HE A GOOD ADMINISTRATOR? IS HE A GOOD PR GUY? CAN HE DO A BUDGET? AND SOMETIMES THEY FORGET THAT WHAT POLICE OFFICERS REALLY WANT IS A COP'S COP. THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE HALF THE LEADERSHIP OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NOT JUST HERE, A PACK OF THE GILLS, BUT IN THE OUTER LOBBY AS WELL. THEY'RE HERE FOR TONY CORTINI BECAUSE HE'S A COP'S COP. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, HE'S WORK DETECTIVES, HE'S SUPERVISED DETECTIVES, HE'S WORKED PATROL. HE IS SUPERVISED PATROL OFFICERS. HE'S DONE TRAINING, SPENT 20 YEARS, ALMOST 20 YEARS AS A SWAT TEAM. MUCH OF THAT IS A SWAT TEAM LEADER. HE COMMANDED OUR MAJOR NARCOTICS UNIT. HE'S BROUGHT IN MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, SAVING THE TAXPAYERS MONEY. UM, HE IS ABSOLUTELY A POLICE OFFICER'S, POLICE OFFICER. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT HE HAS BLACK BELTS AND MUL MULTIPLE MARTIAL ARTS DISCIPLINES. HE'S IN THE HALL OF FAME OF TWO INTERNATIONAL MARTIAL ARTS, UH, ORGANIZATIONS. HE HAS TAUGHT DEFENSIVE TACTICS TO POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND INTERNATIONALLY. HE IS RESPECTED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY HIRED YOURSELF AN ACE, UH, YOUR FAMILY. IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE SACRIFICE, IF YOU THINK IT'S BEEN TOUGH, IT'S GONNA GET MORE DIFFICULT. HE'S GONNA BE CALLED OUT ON CHRISTMAS, FAMILY BIRTHDAYS. GOOD LUCK WITH THE 4TH OF JULY WITH THE FAMILY. IT'S JUST, IT'S GONNA BE A 70 HOUR WEEK FROM NOW UNTIL THE DAY HE RETIRES. THAT'S JUST THE WAY THE PROFESSION IS. AND, UH, YOU HAVE JUST THE MAN TO DO IT. I'M GONNA CONCLUDE WITH MY FAVORITE ALL TIME CHIEF TONY CORTINA STORY. AND THIS WAS WHEN HE IS I THIS, I KNOW THIS EMBARRASSES HIM. I'VE, I'VE TOLD IT A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS, BUT IT'S STILL MY FAVORITE. SO, UH, MOST OF YOU KNOW, EVEN THE CIVILIANS THAT TO BE HIRED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE TO TAKE A PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT. IT'S A GRUELING PROCESS. THERE'S WRITTEN EXAMS, THERE'S ORAL EXAMS, THERE'S IQ TESTS, THERE'S PRACTICAL SCENARIOS. AND THAT'S REALLY THE GATEKEEPER TO PROFESSION, TO THE PROFESSION. IF A PSYCHOLOGIST DOES NOT APPROVE YOU, YOU DON'T GET TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER IN THIS STATE. BUT CHIEF CORINA IS THE ONLY PERSON I'VE EVER WORKED WITH IN MY ENTIRE CAREER THAT GOT HIS PSYCHOLOGIST FIRED AND . WOW. SO THEN, THEN POLICE RECRUIT TONY CORTINA. WE GOT HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT BACK AND HE PASSED WITH FLYING COLORS. BUT AT THE END OF THE ASSESSMENT, THEY ALWAYS CAME OUT WITH POSSIBLE CONCERNS. AND THE CONCERN THEY HAD ABOUT TRAINEE TONY CORTINA IS HE MAY BE TOO INTELLIGENT TO BE A POLICE OFFICER. OH MY GOSH. WHAT WE DID, I GOT TOGETHER WITH THE CITY MANAGER, WE ADJOURNED IN THE CLOSED SESSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, AND WE DECIDED TO FIRE THE PSYCHOLOGIST AND HIRE A PSYCHOLOGIST THAT ACTUALLY WANTED TO HIRE SMART POLICE OFFICERS. SO I, I CONGRATULATE CITY MANAGER, PAULINE MORALES, THE CITY COUNCIL, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR ABILITY, BEING WILLING TO, TO HIRE A VERY INTELLIGENT CHIEF OF POLICE. TONY CORINA, . TONY, GOOD LUCK TO YOU. VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. [01:10:11] SO, UH, CHIEF, YOU WANT TO MAKE A SPEECH. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND FAMILY AND FRIENDS. UM, I'M JUST, I'M JUST SO COMPLETELY HUMBLED TO BE HERE AND SEE ALL YOU HERE. IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. UM, KIND OF SPEECHLESS ACTUALLY FOR A SECOND HERE. LOOKING AT ALL YOU HERE. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I AM TRULY HONORED AND HUMBLED TO STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY AS YOUR NEW POLICE CHIEF. IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE AND PROTECT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE JOURNEY AHEAD. I WANNA THANK OUR CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES, FOR YOUR TRUST AND BELIEVING ME, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE. AND I LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD TO, UH, COLLABORATING WITH YOU AND WORKING TO MAKE THE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY GREAT, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TRUST IN ME, AND I ALSO LOOK VERY MUCH FORWARD TO COLLABORATING TO MAKE WEST CONVENIENT, THE SAFEST CITY, AND PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE. PASTOR KELLY, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT AMAZING INVOCATION TODAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING A GREAT FRIEND AND SUPPORT TO OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING GOOD TIMES AS WELL AS DIFFICULT. UH, CHIEF WILLS AND CHIEF BELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR KIND WORDS. I HAVE TO SAY THAT THIS IS THE MOST RELAXED I'VE SEEN CHIEF BELL IN LIKE 10 YEARS WORTH. . I GUESS I GOT SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I RETIRE HERE. UM, I WANT TO THANK MY PARENTS. MY MOTHER LIVES IN MY HEART EVERY DAY. SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US, BUT MY FATHER, UH, GABRIEL CORTEZ HERE. AW, MY, UH, MY FATHER GABRIEL'S, YOU KNOW, TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIVE A GOOD LIFE AND GET THROUGH CHALLENGES. MY FATHER MIGRATED HERE FROM MEXICO WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY AND GREW UP IN LOS ANGELES, AND HE BECAME THE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF LOS ANGELES SCHOOL DISTRICT AND RETIRED AS THE DEPUTY SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. AND MY PARENTS TAUGHT ME THE IMPORTANT VALUES SUCH AS INTEGRITY, EMPATHY, COURAGE, STRENGTH, AND TO LIVE WITH THE HEART OF A SERVANT. UH, THOSE VALUES SHAPE WHO I AM TODAY AS A LEADER. SO, THANK YOU, DEB. I WANT TO, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, AND OF COURSE, THANK MY WIFE TRACY FOR HER UNCONDITIONAL SUPPORT AND LOVE MY WIFE TRACY, RIGHT HERE. TRACY'S A, UH, RETIRED, UH, POLICE OFFICER WITH, UH, FOUR YEARS WITH LA COUNTY SHERIFFS AND 12 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF GLENDORA. AND SHE NEVER COMPLAINS ABOUT THE CALL OUTS I GO TO. SHE'S ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE WITH THAT. AND MY PHONE RINGS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND SHE 100% SUPPORTS ME, UH, IN SUPPORTING THE COMMUNITY AND IN THE DEPARTMENT. SO, THANK YOU. LOVE YOU, SWEETHEART. AND I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY FOUR CHILDREN. I HAVE ANTONIO CORTINA HERE, WHO WE STAND UP. ANTONIO, AN ANTONIO, UH, SERVED, UH, FIVE YEARS IN THE A SECOND AND AIRBORNE IN THE US ARMY, AND HE'S NOW A LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICER SERVING IN THE 77TH DIVISION. AND I HAVE MY SON BRANDON CORTINA HERE. BRANDON'S A, UH, RECENT GRADUATE OF UC, SANTA BARBARA, WITH HIS, UH, DEGREE THROUGH THEIR VERY, THAT'S RIGHT, UH, VERY, UH, VERY CHALLENGING, UH, ECONOMICS PROGRAM WITH A MINOR IN HISTORY. AND I HAVE MY SON, MY SON, CAMERON SHY. I'M VERY PROUD OF CAMERON. HE'S A VERY WELL BEHAVED YOUNG MAN, , AND HE IS AN HONOR ROLL STUDENT. I'M VERY PROUD OF HIM. AND I HAVE MY LITTLE BEAUTIFUL PRINCESS CHELSEA HERE, , AND SHE'S, I'M NOT JUST BY. SHE'S THE SWEETEST THING EVER. AND, AND SHE'S ALSO AN HONOR STUDENT AND JUST THE MOST KIND LITTLE GIRL I'VE EVER MET. UM, I ALSO HAVE MY, UH, MY BROTHER GABRIEL HERE. AW, , MY BROTHER. UH, MY BROTHER'S BEEN A GREAT MENTOR OF MINE THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE ONE THAT GOT ME INTO WRESTLING AND MARTIAL ARTS AND MUSIC AND ALL THAT. SO I'M ALWAYS GRATEFUL TO MY BROTHER. AND I HAVE KIND OF TWO ADOPTED BROTHERS HERE, DAVE LING AND AUGUST DY, WHO'S OVER HERE. THANK [01:15:01] YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. AND I HAVE THREE SISTERS. MY OLDEST SISTER, RALEY'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT MY SISTER PATTY IS HERE. SHE'S SITTING OVER HERE. AND MY SISTER, UH, MY SISTER JANINE, SHE'S A RETIRED LEPD OFFICER AS WELL. AND I WANT TO THANK MY DEAR FRIENDS CARLOS AND DON SHU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FRIENDSHIP. I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW, BUT, OH, THERE YOU GUYS ARE . THANK YOU. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I COULDN'T BE WHERE I AM WITHOUT, UM, WITHOUT MENTORS. AND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN, IN HELPING ME DEVELOP INTO A, A, A LEADER. AND, BUT SOME MENTORS I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY MENTION AND THANK OUR, UH, CHIEF MICHAEL HILLMAN, CHIEF JOHN PEREZ, CHIEF JOHN CURLEY, CHIEF COLLEEN FLORES, CHIEF TONY MIRANDA, CHIEF ED MEDRANO, CHIEF JOHN DIS, CAPTAIN GREG HAMMOND FROM CHP AND LIEUTENANTS. I WORKED WITH, UH, DENNIS PATTON, DAVE LEE, AND, UH, RON MITCHELL, WHO IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT HE, HIS SPIRIT LIVES WITH ME EVERY DAY AS WELL. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE POLICE CHIEFS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT. I KNOW YOU ALL ARE VERY BUSY. I'VE LEARNED THAT JUST FROM ONE DAY OF SITTING HERE, THAT IT'S A BUSY JOB, AND I KNOW YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE WIND EVENTS RIGHT NOW AND EVERYTHING. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BEING HERE. AND, UH, I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, ALL OF YOU, AND FOR ALL THE OTHER, UM, LAW ENFORCEMENT BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE FROM OTHER AGENCIES. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. YOUR SUPPORT JUST MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UH, CAPTAIN KIM PLUNKETT. UM, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. I'M VERY GRATEFUL, UM, TO OUR PARTNERSHIP, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE GONNA DO SOME GREAT THINGS TOGETHER FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY. AND I ALSO WANNA THANK MY EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT, CATHERINE UTIS. UM, I'M VERY QUICKLY RUNNING. SHE'S ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT RUNS THE DEPARTMENT BEHIND THE SCENES . SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO, CATHERINE. AND I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SINCEREST GRATITUDE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT. I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD TO LEAD THE MOST TALENTED GROUP OF PROFESSIONALS. AND TOGETHER WE'RE GONNA ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND THE COMMUNITY. AND I ASSURE YOU THAT I WILL DEDICATE MYSELF 100% TO YOU GUYS ANYTIME, 24 7. UM, I ALSO WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE THE ENTIRE CITY OF WEST CO STAFF AND THE GREAT WORK THEY DO. I REALLY VALUE OUR COLLABORATION, AND I'M CONFIDENT THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE WEST COVIN THE BEST POSSIBLE CITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY. I'M GONNA BRIEFLY DESCRIBE MY LEADERSHIP STYLE AND VALUES. UH, BUT IF THERE'S ONE THING YOU THAT YOU WALK AWAY WITH HERE TODAY, IT'S THAT WE, THE WEST COVIN POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE WORK FOR YOU, AND WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU. I'VE ALWAYS FELT SO HONORED TO SERVE AND PROTECT THIS GREAT COMMUNITY, AND I TAKE PRIDE IN WEARING THE BADGE THAT I, THAT I WEAR EVERY DAY WHEN I SERVE. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE BADGE THAT EVERY WEST CONVENIENT OFFICER WEARS, IT'S A SYMBOL OF PUBLIC TRUST, AND THAT TRUST IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO MAINTAIN AND BUILD. AS I STEP INTO THIS ROLE AS THE POLICE CHIEF, I'M REMINDED THAT POLICING IS NOT JUST ABOUT ENFORCING LAWS, IT'S ALSO ABOUT BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS AND FOSTERING TRUST. I BELIEVE THAT A STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN POLICE IN THE COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL FOR CREATING A SAFE AND THRIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL TOGETHER. WE CAN ACHIEVE MORE THAN WE EVER COULD ALONE. I WANT TO ENSURE YOU THAT MY COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND ACCOUNTABILITY WILL BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF MY LEADERSHIP. I ALSO WANNA ENSURE THAT THE WEST CAMINO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS SENSITIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. THROUGH EMBRACING AND PRACTICING THE TENETS OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE, TREATING THOSE WE CONTACT WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, PROVIDING QUALITY AND TIMELY SERVICE. AND BY DEMONSTRATING THE UTMOST PROFESSIONALISM IN EVERYTHING WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS, IT IS MY GOAL TO CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE WHERE EVERY MEMBER OF OUR COMMUNITY FEELS HEARD, VALUED, AND SAFE. IN THE COMING MONTHS, I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY GROUPS, SCHOOLS, AND ORGANIZATIONS TO LISTEN TO YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR CONCERNS. YOUR INSIGHTS ARE INVALUABLE AND SHAPING OUR APPROACH TO POLICING AND COMMUNITY SAFETY. I ENCOURAGE OPEN DIALOGUE AND INVITE YOU TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH ME. I ALSO WANNA EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. OUR OFFICERS WILL BE VISIBLE IN NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOLS, AND LOCAL EVENTS. WE WANT TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BEYOND JUST RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT YOU, TO LISTEN, AND TO BE A POSITIVE PRESENCE IN YOUR LIVES. AND TO EVERYBODY HERE TONIGHT, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. YOUR SUPPORT, AGAIN, HAS JUST LEFT ME SPEECHLESS. I'M SO GRATEFUL TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY HUMBLED AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [01:20:23] THANK YOU, CHIEF. OKAY. AND PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. OKAY. I WANT TO HAVE A COUNCIL HAVE A COMMENT, BUT BEFORE I HAVE A COUNCIL TO SPEAK ABOUT, WE WANT TO SHOW THE BEST, BUT I WANT TO, OKAY. THANK OF A LOT OF, UH, UH, GUESTS. OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. OKAY. AND, UH, THE FIRST PERSON I CAN RECOGNIZE IS OUR COVINA VALLEY, VALLEY UNIFIED, OUR SUPERINTENDENT. IT IS, UH, HEIMER. OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? OUR SUPERVISOR? OKAY. SUPERINTENDENT, OUR COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ATTEND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. AND DO WE HAVE OUR WEST COVINA SCHOOL DISTRICT? OKAY. MICROFLOW. MIKE FLOWER. MIKE FLOWER. WHERE ARE YOU? MIKE FLOWERS COVINA UNIFIED, AH, ELECTED BOARD MEMBER. AND I WANNA THANK OUR COVINA VALUE UNIFIED BOARD MEMBER ELECTED OKAY. AND BOARD MEMBER. RIGHT? WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND UP? AND, UH, AND, UH, BOARD MEMBER RA. OKAY. ELECTED RA FROM UNIFIED AND OUR WEST COVINA RESIDENT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO SHOWING UP TO CELEBRATE A GREAT DAY. AND, UH, UH, WHO ELSE? I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMISSIONER OVER HERE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, SHOWING UP. OKAY. AND, UH, WITH THIS WONDERFUL DAY, ANY PEOPLE I MISS. OKAY. YOU AND ANY PEOPLE WANT TO COME UP TO SPEAK, IF YOU WELCOME, WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME. I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE DOES. OKAY. NO, NO, NO. NOBODY WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OKAY. IF NO, ARE YOU SURE? GOING ONE, GOING TO THE MICROPHONE RIGHT THERE. HELP YOURSELF. YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? YELL AT OUR CHIEF IS OKAY, . OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO, OKAY. LET YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD. HEY, ONLY PRAISE. OKAY. NO CRITICIZE, NO CRITICIZE. UH, JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU, TONY, THAT IT'S A GREAT PART TO BE A PART OF YOUR FAMILY. AND MY DAD WOULD BE SO PROUD OF YOU, MAN. HE'D BE SO PROUD OF YOU AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU REPRESENT, AND I JUST KNOW WHAT KIND OF MAN THAT THE CITY'S GETTING. AND TRUST ME, GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE IN GOOD HANDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, ANOTHER SPEAKER, PLEASE. ANY PEOPLE WANT TO, UH, OUR CHIEF HEMAN WANNA SAY SOMETHING? OKAY. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? CHIEF HEMAN? YEAH. NO, YOU WANT, NORMALLY YOU SPEAK A LOT, . OKAY. ANY, ANY OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK? I THINK THERE WAS, UH, GOING ONE, GOING TWO, HUH? OKAY. OH, . . HEY, BILL. BILL. YOU GUYS, YOU CAN MAKE RIGHT. WANNA GO HOME? YOU, YOU CANNOT TALK ABOUT COVID-19. OKAY. NO COVID, NO, UH, MEDICAL . OKAY, GO AHEAD. I'LL, OTHERWISE I'M GONNA MUTE YOU. I'M, I'M BETTER KNOWN AS THE VILLAGE IDIOT. SO THIS, THIS'LL BE, NO, THIS'LL, THIS'LL BE SHORT. UH, ONE OF THE COUNCILMEN, UH, SHARED WITH ME THAT HE AT HIS OWN EXPENSE, HE'S GONNA ATTEND THE INAUGURATION IN A COUPLE WEEKS. AND I HAVE CONTRARY ADVICE. I, I'M, I'M 3000 MILES AWAY AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE WORLD IS A LITTLE DANGEROUS, YOU KNOW, TRUCK BOMBS AND DRONES, AND I, I, I JUST ADVISE, UH, THE PEOPLE IN WEST COVINA TO ABOUT THE CHIEF KEEP THEIR DISTANCE FROM THE INAUGURATION. I THINK HE SHOULD TAKE THE OATH PRIVATELY. UH, I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT, OKAY. OKAY. WE THANK YOU, BILL. THAT'S A VERY NICE OF YOU. OKAY. IT'S A SHORTER SPEECH WE EVER HAVE. UH, NOW I WANT TO GIVE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL TO SAY SOMETHING. AND BY THE WAY, WE HAVE SOME RECEPTION OUTSIDE. OKAY. CAKE PUNCH. OKAY. DRINK. OKAY. CELEBRATE OUR NEW CHIEF. AND GO AHEAD. WHO WANNA GO FIRST? OKAY, YOU TOO. OKAY. YOU OKAY? GO AHEAD. DISTRICT ONE, . HELLO, UH, I AM BRIAN GUTIERREZ, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT ONE. IT IS BOTH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO ADDRESS YOU. TODAY. WE GATHERED TO COMMEMORATE A HISTORIC MOMENT IN OUR CITY'S JOURNEY, THE APPOINTMENT OF CHIEF ANTONIO CORINA. AS THE NEW LEADER OF THE WEST FNA POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF CORINA'S APPOINTMENT MARKS A MEMENTO ACHIEVEMENT AS HE IS THE FIRST HISPANIC TO SERVE AS THE POLICE CHIEF IN OUR CITY'S [01:25:01] HISTORY. THIS GROUNDBREAKING MOMENT REFLECTS THE DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE VALUES THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY PRIORITIZE UPHOLD HERE IN WEST COVINA. IT REPRESENTS NOT ONLY A MILESTONE FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO A CELEBRATION OF OUR CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EMBRACING DIVERSITY AT ALL LEVELS OF LEADERSHIP. I AM GENERALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FRESH PERSPECTIVE THAT CHIEF CORTINA WILL BRING, ENRICHED BY HIS EXPERIENCE AND CULTURAL BACKGROUND. AS CHIEF CORTINA TAKES THE REINS OF THE WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT, I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL LEAD OUR DEDICATED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS WITH UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND INTEGRITY. HE HAS PROVEN HIMSELF TO BE DEEPLY COMMITTED TO FOSTERING STRONG COMMUNITY TIES, AND ASSURING THAT OUR OFFICERS ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO SERVE THE COMPA, TO SERVE WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT IN TODAY'S WORLD, WITH THE DYNAMICS OF POLICING, OR EVER EVOLVING HIS PROACTIVE APPROACH TO INTER INTEGRATING MODERN TECHNOLOGY WITH UNDOUBTEDLY ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, ENSURING THAT WE ARE BETTER PREPARED TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF THE DAY. ONE OF CHIEF CORINA'S MOST MEMORABLE QUALITIES IS HIS PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. HIS OPENMINDEDNESS IN TACKLING NEW CHALLENGES, HIS EAGERNESS TO EXPLORE UN ONTARIO TERRITORIES WILL SERVE HIM WELL AS HE NAVIGATES THE COMPLEXITIES OF MODERN POLICING. AND HIS DEEP COMMITMENT TO HIS FAMILY AND HIS LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN OFFERS INSIGHT INTO THE SUPPORTIVE AND VALUE DRIVEN LEADER HE IS. IT IS THIS COMBINATION OF PERSONAL DEDICATION AND PROFESSIONAL INNOVATION THAT I BELIEVE WILL TRULY DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AS CHIEF CORT EMBARKS ON THIS PREVI CHAPTER IN HIS CAREER, I ENCOURAGE HIM TO KEEP IN MIND THE ESSENTIAL PRINCIPLES OF POLICING THAT MUST GUIDE HIS LEADERSHIP. THE IMPERATIVE TO PROTECT AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY MUST BE AT THE FOREFRONT OF HIS MISSION. THIS INCLUDES UPHOLDING THE RULE OF LAW, ENSURING THAT JUSTICE IS SERVED FAIRLY WITHOUT BIAS, AND HOLDING ALL INDIVIDUALS REGARDLESS OF THEIR STATUS ACCOUNTABLE TO THE LAW. THESE CORE VALUES WILL NOT UNDOUBTEDLY STRAIGHTEN OUR TRUST BETWEEN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY, BUT OFFICER FOSTER A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS. IN CLOSING, I EXTEND MY HEARTFUL. CONGRATULATIONS TO CHIEF ANTONIO CORINA. MAY HIS TENURE BE CHARACTERIZED BY SUCCESS, WISDOM, AND UN VERY DEDICATION TO THE SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA THAT HAS ALL COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT HIM IN THIS NOTABLE ENDEAVOR, AND WISH HIM GOD'S BLESSING AS HE LEADS OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY TOWARD A SAFER, MORE SECURE AND BRIGHTER FUTURE. MY FINAL WORDS, I WILL, SAY'S, MAY GOD BLESS THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WEST VENA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA AND OUR NEW CHIEF, ANTONIO CORINA. THANK YOU. UH, WE'LL SAY, COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN GUT APPRECIATE GOOD SPEECH. AND NEXT, WANNA GO FIRST? UH, OKAY. COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN ALI, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. I'D NOW LIKE TO TAKE, UM, A BRIEF MOMENT, CHIEF TONY CORINA, TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO YOU. IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW YOU OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. I LITERALLY REMEMBER HAVING MET YOU FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 2ND, 2022. THAT MOMENT WHEN I MET YOU, THE IMMEDIATE THING THAT CAME TO MIND WAS THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU WERE ENGAGING AND SUPPORTIVE AND EAGER TO HEAR IDEAS AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU WERE READY TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON SUGGESTIONS THAT ARE RECEIVED BY THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE TIMES THAT I HAVE SPENT WITH YOU DIRECTLY, WHETHER IT BE OVER A MEAL OR WORSHIPING TOGETHER, OR TRAVELING THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY [01:30:01] AND SEEING ONE ANOTHER AND BEING WITH ONE ANOTHER IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS, THE THING THAT HAS BEEN CLEAR ALL FROM THE BEGINNING IS HOW YOU HAVE CONTINUALLY LED WITH SUCH HEART AND COURAGE AND CONVICTION. AND TONIGHT, IT IS PARTICULARLY FITTING THAT YOUR DAD IS HERE THIS EVENING, BECAUSE I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO HIM, AS WELL AS POSTHUMOUSLY TO YOUR MOM. YOUR PARENTS WERE THE ONES WHO RAISED, RAISED YOU TO BE THE MAN THAT YOU ARE TODAY THROUGH ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT DAYS THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO OPTIMIZE YOUR TALENTS AND ABILITIES AND SKILLS FOR THE GOOD OF OTHERS. YOU HAVE BLESSED US NOT JUST HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BUT FAR BEYOND. YOU ARE IN EFFECT REPRESENTATIVE OF PART OF THE LEGACY OF THE CORTINA FAMILY. AND FOR THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOUR PARENTS FOR WHAT THEY DID TO MAKE THIS DAY POSSIBLE FOR YOU. AND TONY, WHEN LOOKING ALSO AT THE PERSON YOU ARE, ONE WHO BELIEVES IN STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS TACKLING EVERY RESPONSIBILITY WITH A SPIRIT OF INNOVATION. THAT IS SOMETHING TO WHICH I LOOK FORWARD AS I THINK AHEAD TO HOW THIS DEPARTMENT WILL INDELIBLY BE IMPACTED IN A POSITIVE WAY BECAUSE OF YOUR HAVING ASCENDED TO SERVE AS OUR NEW CHIEF. INDEED, YOUR LEGACY HAS BEEN BUILT ON ALL THOSE WHO SERVED IN YOUR ROLE AS WELL AS THE TEAMS THAT THEY LED. AND NOW, AS YOU TAKE ON THIS ROLE, I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN WITH OTHERS IN INVITING YOU TO REMEMBER THIS NIGHT WHEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE FOR YOU, WHO REPRESENT EVERY PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, THAT TYPE OF UNITY AND THAT PRIDE IN OUR CITY OF WEST COVINA MAY BE BOLSTERED FURTHER STILL BY OUR OPTIMISM IN ALL THAT YOU WILL DO AS OUR NEW CHIEF. AND I AM FURTHER GRATEFUL TO GOD FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO AS YOU LEAD IN EMPOWERING ALL OF US TO BE AT OUR VERY BEST AND TO RISE TO HIGHER LEVELS OF SUCCESS AND UNITY, FOLLOWING YOUR NOTEWORTHY EXAMPLE. CONGRATULATIONS, CHIEF CORINA, WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN CANTO. AND NOW WE GO TO THE MALE PROTEIN. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, FULL HOUSE, EVERYBODY. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN EVERYONE FULL FROM THE STAIRS TO THE UPPER AREA, AND IT'S NOT A CONTROVERSY ISSUE WHERE THEY'RE HERE TO FIGHT. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, UM, THROUGHOUT MY YEARS, UH, WORKING HERE. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SEE THOSE WHO CAME OUT TO SUPPORT, UM, YOU, ESPECIALLY ON THIS WINDY STORM, TRAVELING THROUGH ALL THESE, I MEAN, LITERALLY HAVE TO COME AND TRAVEL THROUGH HERE. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT HERE. UM, WE CAN SEE THAT YOU'RE TRULY VALUED, YOU'RE FULLY RESPECTED AND ESPECIALLY LOVED, NOT JUST BY YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR SUPPORTERS, AND BY THIS COMMUNITY. UM, I DO REMEMBER WHEN, UH, WE WORKED, UH, TOGETHER A FEW YEARS AGO. WE WORKED, AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, HE CAME OVER AT OUR HOUSE. MY HUSBAND WAS THERE, AND WE WERE JUST LIKE WORKING ON THIS PLAN TO CREATE A SEMINAR AND WORKSHOP FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND WE DEVELOPED THE, UH, WOMAN WOMAN'S PERSONAL SAFETY AND EMPOWERMENT WORKSHOP. AND THAT WAS A HANDS-ON TRAINING WHERE THEY LEARNED ABOUT REAL LIFE SCENARIOS. AND ACTUALLY, WE HAVE ONE HERE WHO WAS A PARTICIPANT IN OUR PROGRAM, UH, THAT, THAT TIME. AND WE HAD TWO POLICE OFFICERS THAT HEARD ABOUT OUR PROGRAM THAT CAME TO THIS WORKSHOP BECAUSE THEY WERE TOLD BY THEIR CHIEF THAT IF THAT PROGRAM IS GOOD TICKET TO OUR CITY AS WELL. WELL, IT WAS A SUCCESS, UM, PROGRAM. EVERYBODY WANTED IT, UNFORTUNATELY, COVID HIT. SO WE HAD TO, UH, DIVERGE. BUT THAT WAS A GREAT PROGRAM THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER. UM, AND THEN YOU'RE ALREADY IN A LOT OF THE EVENTS [01:35:01] AND PROGRAMS HERE. YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE DAY NIGHT, UM, WE SEE YOU EVERYWHERE. UH, I KNOW WE ALSO WORKED ON THE BIGGEST TOY GIVEAWAY IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA, AND THAT WAS LINES ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. AND, YOU KNOW, I DO REMEMBER YOU WORKING THAT DAY AND YOU BROUGHT YOUR FAMILY, YOUR WIFE AND YOUR DAUGHTER, UH, PASSING OUT THOSE TOYS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, YOUR FAMILY ARE VERY COMMITTED TO US, AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SACRIFICE AND WORKING HERE IN WEST COVINA. WE, WE GREATLY APPRECIATED THAT. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU ARE DEDICATED, TRULY DEDICATED. YOU DO SERVE AND PROTECT WITH HIGH INTEGRITY, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. UM, WE ARE HONORED, BLESSED, EXCITED, AND EXTREMELY PROUD TO HAVE YOU AND TO ACTUALLY CALL YOU OUR POLICE CHIEF. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO LOPEZ, FIDO, THEN WE GO TO OUR COUNCILWOMAN DEAR, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OH, I JUST WANT TO SAY, JUST WELCOME. JUST WELCOME YOU AND JUST, UH, WE JUST CAN'T WAIT. CHIEF CORINA, I HAVE KNOWN YOU FOR SEVERAL YEARS, BUT I WON'T MENTION TOO MUCH. BUT YOU'VE BEEN A, A FRIEND, NOT ONLY A FRIEND, BUT, UM, A COLLEAGUE I WOULD SAY, BECAUSE WE GET TO WORK TOGETHER. AND WHEN I BECAME A COUNCIL PERSON, YOU HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AND WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW WE CAN IMPROVE OUR CITY. AND I'VE NOTICED THAT YOU DO LOVE OUR CITY. YOU WORK HARD TO IMPROVE OUR CITY. YOU LISTEN, YOU, UM, I I YOU ARE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT WHEN YOU'RE, WHEN WE'RE I'M TALKING TO YOU, IT, IT SEEMS LIKE YOU TREAT ME LIKE NOBODY ELSE IS IN THE ROOM. AND THAT FEELS GOOD. IT, IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE YOU'RE LISTENING TO US, AND I KNOW THAT YOU DO THAT WITH THEIR COMMUNITY. AND I'M POSITIVE YOU DO THAT WITH OUR FELLOW, UM, OFFICERS. SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY THAT WHEN I WAS THE CENTENNIAL MAYOR IN 2023, I CHOSE YOU TO BE THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR BECAUSE YOU WERE, YOU'RE SO GOOD, SUCH A GREAT EMPLOYEE, SUCH A GREAT POLICE OFFICER WHILE BACK THEN, CAPTAIN. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I WANNA, UM, CONTINUE WORKING WITH YOU. I ALSO WANNA THANK YOUR, YOUR WIFE WHO SUPPORTS YOU SO MUCH, TRACY AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR YOU. AND, UM, YOU HAVE A LOVELY FAMILY AND I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD PERSON AND A GOOD OFFICER, AND FOR LOVING OUR CITY THE WAY WE LOVE OUR CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. OKAY. AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE CHIEF, LOOK AT EVERYBODY LOVE YOU, OKAY? AND YOU DESERVE THIS POSITION, OKAY? AND THIS PROMOTION. BUT I, I WANT TO SAY ONE THING. THIS IS, UM, UH, BASICALLY WE PASSED. I WANNA THANK THE CHIEF BELL, OKAY? AND HE PASSED DOWN TO YOU, OKAY? AND WE HAVE, UH, UM, OKAY, CHIEF HIM AND, OKAY, SAME THING. YOU HAVE SO MANY OF, UH, YOUR, UH, PREDECESSOR COMING CONTINUE TO HELP OUR CITY AND CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY. I THINK THIS IS, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND TO PUT IT TOGETHER AND ONCE UPON A TIME, OKAY? AND, UH, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS OKAY. KIND OF IN TROUBLE, OKAY? AND, UH, THE RANK AND FILE HAVE A 95% OR SOMETHING OF A DISAPPROVAL RATE. AND, UH, THE MORALE IS GO DOWN TO THE DRAIN, OKAY? AND THEN CHIEF BELL, STEP IN, OKAY? AND STEP UP AND TO HELP TO PUT THIS MORALE BACK. AND NOW, OKAY, WE STABILIZE, WE HAVE A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW YOU ARE THE SUCCESSOR. UNTIL TAKE OVER THIS GREAT DEPARTMENT WITH COVINA PROUD POLICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE HEAR AS A TAXPAYER. AND THE PEOPLE ELECT US, AND WE WANT TO DO A GREAT THING FOR OUR CITY, AND WE HAVE TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PERSON TO IN CHARGE. AND YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON, OKAY? AND BUY THE CHEAP BELT AND SAY HIGHLY ABOUT YOU AND MY WIFE TOO. MY WIFE SAY, YOU ARE A GREAT GUY. . MY WIFE KNEW YOU MORE THAN EARLIER THAN ME. AND HE WENT TO THE, THE TRAINING CLASS, OKAY? AND, UH, AND THEN I, I CAN ASK HER ABOUT HER FOR AFTER THAT. OKAY? SHE KNOW HOW TO OKAY. DEFENSE AND HOW TO PUNCH. OKAY? AND HOW FROM YOU. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, SO I SAY, SHE SAY, GO TO DO THE DISHES. I SAY, YES, MAN. OKAY, . OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW HE LEARNED THE KUNG FU FROM YOU, OKAY? AND, AND THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU, WILLING TO SPEND YOUR TIME AND HELP THE WOMEN, OKAY? ABOUT HOW TO DO [01:40:01] THE SELF DEFENSE. AND, UH, THAT'S WHY MY, MY WIFE SAY HIGHLY ABOUT YOU SAY GREAT CLASS AND THIS ON THAT, I, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING YOU SPEND THE TIME. AND THE MORE IMPORTANT THING IS THIS IS A LEADERSHIP. THE LEADERSHIP, OKAY? AND, UH, YOU HAVE THE LEADERSHIP AND, UH, I TALK TO THE OFFICER, EVERYBODY SAY HIGHLY ABOUT YOU. EVERYBODY SAY YOU ARE A GREAT LEADER AND YOU TREAT PEOPLE WITH FAIRNESS. YOU RANK FIRE, LOVE YOU. AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY. THE COMMUNITY MEMBER LOVE YOU BECAUSE YOU WANT TO TALK TO THEM WHEN THEY HAVE A ISSUE, YOU WILL KNOCK ON THEIR DOOR AND RIGHT AWAY TALK TO THEM. AND, AND THEY SAY, HEY, WHO IS THAT PERSON? THIS OFFICER? I SAID, NO, IS A CAPTAIN, OR LEAST A LIEUTENANT. OKAY? AND HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN. HE SAID, YES, OKAY. HE HELP US, HE SHOW UP, HE TALK TO US. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, REPRESENT OUR OKAY RESIDENT THAT YOU SPENDING YOUR TIME, YOU WILLING TO HELP. AND WE SEE THE SINCERITY ABOUT YOU. AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE SO MANY PEOPLE OVER HERE, OVER HERE TO SAY, GREAT JOB, AND WE PROUD OF YOU. SO IN CONCLUSION, I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME BECAUSE OKAY. YOU KNOW, I CAN TALK FOREVER. OKAY? I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. IS THIS NOW? OKAY? THE BURDEN ON YOUR SHOULDER, THE WEST CODA SAFETY IS ON YOUR SHOULDER. AND DON'T FORGET, WE ARE NUMBER THREE MOST SAFEST CITY NATIONWIDE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND POPULATION. AND, UH, BASED ON FOLK MAGAZINE, AND HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HELP TO GO TO NUMBER ONE TO SAVE A CITY, . I KNOW, I KNOW. HE SAID, TONY, YOU'RE DREAMING. OKAY. BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. OKAY? I THINK WE HAVE A GREAT DEPARTMENT AND WE PROMISE YOU A CITY COUNCIL, WE WILL FIND A BUDGET TO HELP YOU HAVE A MORE FORCE TO HELP MORE, TO HIRE MORE OFFICER. AND I KNOW THAT'S WHY YOU WANT, AND THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, OKAY? TO PROTECT OUR CITY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND CONGRATULATIONS. I WISH YOU THE BEST. YOU NEED ANYTHING. WE ARE HERE TO HELP YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY. AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO OUR PROGRAM. THERE'S A CITY BUSINESS AND, UH, ALL THIS LOVELY FAMILY AND GUESTS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE. WE HAVE A CAKE, RIGHT? CITY MANAGER. WE HAVE PASTRIES AND COFFEE. YEAH, WE HAVE A PASTRY AND COFFEE. YOU ARE WELCOME. AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR THING. AND CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, APPRECIATE. LET'S RECESS OVER. WE WILL START A MEETING. WE MOVE INTO THE COUNCIL. OKAY. AND I EMAILED THEM AHEAD. HELLO? THEY HAD TO TEST IT. OKAY, WE WILL SOON THE MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS LATER AT THE COMMUNITY ROOM. YEAH, WELL JOIN THE PARTY RIGHT NOW. LET, LET, LET'S FINISH OUR MEETING, PLEASE. OKAY, LET'S GO MOVE ON TO NEXT AGENDA. OKAY. AND LET'S GO TO THE DO COUNCIL. DO WE HAVE ANY AB 1, 2, 3, 4? NO, IF NONE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HEAR YOU ON YOUTUBE. THE VOLUME. IT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S OKAY. OH, GOOD, CHIEF. OKAY. UH, WE WILL BE OUTSIDE. LET'S FINISH OUR MEETING. ING, IS IT WORKING? THE MIC'S NOT REALLY WORKING. NO. IF EVERYONE CAN MOVE TO THE HALLWAY. HELLO? ME TOO. FIX THIS MIC ISSUE. OKAY, UH, LET'S STARTING OUR COUNCIL MEETING. I THINK THIS IS FINE. I THINK THIS IS OKAY. UH, COULD YOU CLOSE THE DOOR PLEASE? YEAH, NO, NO. ELLIOTT, CLOSE THE DOOR PLEASE. , IF YOU GUYS CAN MOVE OUTSIDE TO THE LOBBY, THE LOBBY AREA, PLEASE IF WE CAN MOVE DOWN TO THE LOBBY. IT'S A COMMUNITY ROOM. HORRIBLE. MIC IS HERE. CAN'T EVEN HEAR MYSELF. . THERE WE GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE. THANK YOU. UH, WE STILL IN MEETING? OKAY. AND [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION] NOW LET'S GO TO THE COUNCIL REQUEST AND ANY OF, UH, COMMENT. UH, MOTHER MAY I, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY WHO WANNA GO FIRST? GO AHEAD, OLLIE. OH, OKAY. COUNCIL MAYOR, COUNCILMAN OLLIE, PLEASE. AND THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE OF COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GUTIERREZ, I'VE ACTUALLY, HO HOLD ON. I CAN'T HEAR. HOLD ONE SECOND. LET, LET ME CLOSE THE GATE. WOULD YOU PLEASE CLOSE THE DOOR, PLEASE? [01:45:04] YEAH, WE STILL HAVE A DUTY. WE STAY MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I CAN HEAR YOU NOW. YOU CAN HEAR ME? OKAY. , UH, THE DOOR CLOSED. . THANK YOU, OFFICER. OKAY. APPRECIATE. OKAY. UH, GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCILMAN ALI KENTO. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. FOLLOWING THE GREAT EXAMPLE OF COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, I ACTUALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME HAVE PRE-WRITTEN MY MOTHER. MAY I, AND I DON'T HAVE 15, I ONLY HAVE TWO. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK PLEASE TO READ THE FIRST MOTHER. MAY I, ON MY BEHALF, THE FIRST MOTHER MAY I, I ASK THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE OF A MOTHER, MAY I TO DIRECT CITY MANAGER PAULINA MORALES, TO INSTRUCT STAFF TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF THE CITY, ESTABLISHING A SECTION ONE 15 PENSION TRUST INTENDED OVER THE LONG RUN TO ENABLE THE CITY TO MEET ALL ITS PENSION LIABILITIES AS THE CITY OF CYPRUS IS ON TRACK TO DO BY 2030, HAVING SET UP ITS FUND IN 2017. THIS SHOULD ENTAIL REACHING OUT TO CYPRESS CITY MANAGER PETER GRANT AND CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR MATT BURTON, GATHERING INFORMATION ABOUT THE NATURE OF SECTION ONE 15 PENSION TRUST AND ITS INVESTMENT RETURNS IN COMPARISON TO FUNDS BEING MANAGED BY THE CI STATE TREASURY AND LAYING OUT VARIOUS SCENARIOS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER IN ORDER TO IMPROVE OUR CITY'S LONG-TERM FINANCIAL HEALTH. THIS SHOULD BE DONE BY THE SECOND COUNCIL MEETING IN MARCH, 2025. BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, UH, THE, THE SECTION ONE 15 FUNDS, UH, PENSION FUNDS IS SOMETHING I READ THAT CYPRUS DID. THERE'S A, A PUBLICATION FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW CALLED PUBLIC CEO, WHERE WE RECEIVE NEWS ABOUT IF DIFFERENT EFFECTIVE PRACTICES OF THE CITIES. AND WHAT CYPRUS HAS DONE IS THEY HAD A TON OF PENSION OBLIGATIONS, AND SO THEY SET UP A SECTION ONE 15 PENSION FUND, AND NOW THEY'RE ON TRACK BY 2030 TO BASICALLY BECAUSE OF THEIR FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE, HAVE, HAVE OPTIMIZED THEIR, UH, THEIR, UM, ABILITY TO PAY PENSION OBLIGATIONS. AND SO I'M JUST ASKING THAT STAFF LOOK INTO THE SECTION ONE 15 FUNDS. I, I, OKAY, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND ABOUT THIS PATIENT, UH, MECHANISM. SO MAYBE, UH, CITY MANAGER, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT? I WILL, UH, I BELIEVE SO. HE WANTS US TO CONTACT CYPRESS CITY AND SEE WHAT THEY DID WITH SECTION 15 FOR THE PATIENT, CYPRESS CITY CYPRESS OF CY CY. BUT WHAT IS THAT? UH, THE, THE SECTION ONE 15 FUNDS ARE BASICALLY WHERE WE TAKE MONEY, PUT IT ASIDE FOR, FOR REASONABLE INVESTMENT PURPOSES, THEN THE MONEY IS THEN GROWN. SO THEN, UH, THAT WAY THAT MONEY IS THEN USED TO PAY OUR PEN PENSION OBLIGATIONS. AND SO IT, IT, IT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE HAVING A SECTION ONE 15 FUND WOULD, WOULD, UM, FROM PROMISING PROMISING PRACTICES, IT HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR US TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, MEET OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS WITHOUT, GOT IT. OKAY. UH, JASON, MOTHER MAY I, SO MAYBE WE'LL QUITE ONE UNDERSTAND, AND ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND, BUT I THINK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, SO WE CAN APPROVE THIS FOR THE MOTHER. MAY I, YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN TO US WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, OR I DON'T KNOW. YOU'RE STANDING OVER THERE. SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? SO I AM AWARE OF WHAT CALPERS OFFICE AS AN INVESTMENT OPTION. UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ON MY RADAR AND I'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH CALPERS ABOUT IT. UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WASN'T, NOT SURE IF IT WAS EXACTLY SECTION ONE 15 OR A DIFFERENT TRUST OPTION. UM, THE ONE THAT I WAS PARTICULARLY LOOKING AT, UH, DOES NOT TIE THE CITY'S FUNDS SO THAT WE COULD TAKE IT OUT, BUT IT STILL COUNTS TOWARDS OUR PENSION OBLIGATIONS. ARE YOU AM AWARE AND WE'LL LOOK INTO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS MOTHER? MAY I? YES. OKAY. SO ANY PEOPLE AGAINST THIS? NOPE. OKAY. UM, WE APPROVE THIS MOTHER. MAY I HAVE SEEN YOU LOOK INTO IT. AND THE FINANCE DIRECTORS, SHE, SHE SAY, OKAY, MEANING THERE'S A DOABLE LOOK INTO IT. OKAY. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I NOW ASK THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK TO READ THE SECOND AND LAST MOTHER MAY. I, I ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE A MOTHER, MAY I, TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO INSTRUCT STAFF TO LOOK INTO EXISTING PRACTICES, IF ANY, CONCERNING ISSUANCE OF EXEMPTIONS FROM PARKING TICKETS ON STREET SWEEPING DAYS FOR HOME HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO VISIT SENIOR RESIDENTS OR RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. AND TO REPORT BACK TO US BY THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL, 2025, CONSIDERING HOW A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE FROM THE SENIOR POPULATION OR HAVE DISABILITIES, IF OTHER MUNICIPALITIES HAVE ADDRESSED THIS TOPIC, IT MAY BE WORTH OUR IDENTIFYING THOSE APPROACHES AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO DETERMINE WHAT MAY BE BEST FOR OUR CITY. UM, SO IT'S ABOUT SWISS SWEEPING? NO, IT'S ABOUT, IT'S, IT'S JUST TO SEEING, UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING IN TERMS OF BEST PRACTICES WITH REGARD TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS WHO SUPPORT SENIOR CITIZENS AND PEOPLE WITH [01:50:01] DISABILITIES WHERE THEY HAPPEN TO BE VISITING THE DIFFERENT RESIDENTS AND WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S STREET SWEEPING THAT COMES THROUGH, THAT SORT OF THING. I LITERALLY DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER. THERE COULD BE NO PRACTICES OUT THERE OR THERE, OR MAYBE SOME CITIES MIGHT HAVE SOME PRACTICES, BUT JUST WANTED THE CITY TO LOOK INTO WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE WITHOUT MAKING ANY DETERMINATION AT ALL. OTHERWISE. I, I, I, I'M STILL CONFUSED. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SW SWEEPING FOR THE CARETAKER PARKING OVER THERE THAT YES. WHAT YOU POINT YEAH, LET'S SAY THEY'RE STREET SWEEPING, BUT THEY'RE NOT RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, BUT THEY'RE COMING IN AND THEY'RE, LET'S SAY THERE'S, UH, THE STREET SWEEPERS COMING ALONG. OH MY GOSH, THEY'RE PARKED SOMEWHERE. I LITERALLY DON'T KNOW IF WHAT IF OR WHATEVER WE SHOULD DO ABOUT THAT, BUT BE BECAUSE THERE ARE THOSE WHO'VE EXPRESSED WORRY ABOUT, I I, I DON'T WANNA DISCUSS THIS, THIS THING BECAUSE THIS MOTHER MAY, I, THE ONLY THING IS IT'S ONLY COUPLE HOURS SO THEY CAN JUST MOVE THEIR CAR IN SOME PLACE SO WE CAN SWEEP THE ROAD AND WE HAVE TO LET THE CAR PARK OVER THERE. THERE IS JUST DECEIVING. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS IT'S ONLY COUPLE HOURS. SO, SO I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO COMPROMISE FOR PEOPLE NOT MOVING THEIR CAR BECAUSE THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THE SENIOR. THEY NEED TO MOVE THEIR CAR IN ANOTHER, THEY JUST WALK OVER THERE RATHER THAN BE LAZY, WANNA PARK IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. SO, SO I'M THINKING ABOUT THEY, THEY NEED TO COMPLY WITH OUR FOUR HOURS WINDOW OF, UH, MOVE THEIR CAR SO THEY CAN BE CLEAN ONLY COUPLE HOURS. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I, BUT I JUST WANTED US TO SUPPORT THOSE WHO ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE, UH, THEIR CAREGIVERS WHO COME IN. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, MAYOR PUTIN. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE STREET CLEANING IS TO HAVE THE STREETS CLEAN. AND IF WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE NOT SERVING OUR PURPOSE. UM, THEY CAN, IF THERE'S A ACCOMMODATION NEEDED OF PARKING ACROSS THE STREET OR A NEIGHBOR OR PARK, UH, BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY INSIDE OR SOMETHING. BUT WE HAVE TO, UH, KEEP THAT OPEN AND CONSIDERATE. GOT IT. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? UM, MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT TO DEFINE A DISABILITY, WE MIGHT HAVE TO, WE GET INTO A, UH, HIPAA ISSUE AND IT MIGHT BECOME A, A LIABILITY ISSUE. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE BEST OPTION, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW WHEN OUR STREETS ARE EXTREMELY DIRTY. LET'S DO THIS. OKAY. UM, COUNCILMAN KENTO, LET'S SWITCH SWEEPING. DO FIRST SEE HOW IT GOES, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THE SIGNAGE POST YET, SO, AND WE SEE HOW IT GOES. AND IN THE FUTURE, WE BECOME A ISSUE AND THAT'S, WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT TIME. IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? OKAY. SO I JUST, I I RESERVE THE A RIGHT TO YES. ASK TO BRING IT BACK YES. AT SOME FUTURE POINT, UM, TO, TO REVISIT THIS ISSUE. IT WILL COME TO BRING YOU BACK, BUT, BUT LET'S AT LEAST LET THE WEEKLY SWEEP SWEEPING ROLL OUT FIRST AND SEE HOW IT GOES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOU IN TERMS OF, UH, LET THE STREET SWEEPING PROCESS GO AND, UH, BECAUSE WE ARE GONNA HAVE SOME KINKS, CORRECT? WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES WHERE, UM, PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ISSUED AT LEAST WARNINGS. SO, AND WE DID DISCUSS THIS, WE DISCUSSED THAT THEY WILL BE GIVING THEM WARNINGS. SO IN THIS SITUATION, WE MIGHT END UP, UH, IN A SITUATION WHERE A HANDICAP PERSON OR, UM, A CARETAKER ENDS UP WITH A TICKET. AND AT THAT TIME, THEN MAYBE WE CAN YES. ADDRESS IT. YES. OKAY. LET, AND WE'LL, WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT AT THAT TIME. VERY GOOD. LET LET THE SYSTEM ROLL THROUGH. FIRST, LET'S SEE HOW YOU GO WEEKLY, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DO WEEKLY FOR LONG TIME, AND NOW WE ROLL BACK. OKAY. WE COME BACK WHEN TO CLEAN THE STREET AND LET, LET'S, LET'S DO IT. CLEAN THE STREET AND THEN OKAY. WE POST ALL THE SIGN AND MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE WILL MOVE THEIR CAR SO WE CAN REALLY CLEAN UP THE STREET AND THIS'S A REQUIREMENT. SANITATION FOR HEALTH ISSUE, WE NEED TO DO IT. OKAY. BUT THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, THANKS. ANYBODY WANT YOU HAVE ANY MORE? UM, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND ANYBODY WANTED DO OKAY, GO AHEAD. UM, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WEST COVINA BUSINESSES ARE A PRIORITY, AND WHEN IT COMES TO CITY PURCHASES SERVICES OR ANYTHING THAT IS BEING USED, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR SALES TAX ARE KEPT IN OUR CITY REVENUE, AND THAT INCLUDES, UH, PURCHASING WITH A CITY CREDIT CARD, THAT THEY USE IT FOR WEST COVINA BUSINESSES. UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF WE DO GIVE OUT RFPS OR ANYTHING HIGHER POINTS TO WEST COVINA, UM, PRIVILEGE PRIORITY TO OUR WEST COVINA BUSINESS. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW OUR, THE MUNICIPAL CODE, IF THAT REFLECTS THAT WITH PURCHASES AS WELL AS THE, UH, PURCHASING PROCEDURES. UM, YEP, THAT'S ONE OF 'EM. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR PUTIN LOPEZ. FIDO, I THINK THIS GOOD MAD MAY I, OKAY. IF WE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHOP LOCAL, THE CITY DOESN'T SHOP LOCAL, IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. OKAY. SO WE CITY HAVE TO SHOP LOCAL. IF [01:55:01] YOU WANNA BUY THE AUTOMOBILE, THE BIG ITEM, WE SHOULD SHOP OUR LOCAL DEALERSHIP OKAY. AND SHOP AROUND THE RP. UH, WE NEED TO GIVE OUR OKAY. CITY A CHANCE BECAUSE THAT TAX REVENUE IS COME TO OUR CITY, SO WE NEED TO ENFORCE LIKE OTHER CITY. OKAY. THEN ALL THE PURCHASE SHOULD BE SHOP LOCALLY. I, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS. OKAY. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ. YEAH. IF, UH, IF COUNCILMAN, UH, LETTI LOPEZ RIADO WAS ABLE TO, IF IT'S OKAY IF SHE EXPANDS HER MOTHER, MAY I TO ALSO INCLUDE A REVIEW OF, OF SECTION TWO DASH 3 35 OF THE WEST COUNTY MUNICIPAL CODE, UH, WHICH IS PURCHASES MADE USING AN UNDER GOVERNMENT OR PUBLIC AGENCY'S CONTRACT, OR SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME TERMS ARE EXEMPT FROM COMPETITIVE BIDDING. A REVIEW OF THAT PROCESS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU, COUNCILMAN? VERY GOOD. OKAY. AND, UH, YOU OKAY WITH THAT AMENDMENT? OKAY. SAY MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT HE, HE JUST CLARIFIED WHICH MUNICIPAL CODE THAT IS. YEAH, HE SOUND LIKE A LAWYER. EXACTLY. OKAY. AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL WANT TO INPUT OTHERWISE ANYBODY AGAINST THIS? OKAY. NOTE. OKAY. THE PASS. OKAY. AND THE CITY, UH, LOOKING TO THE, WHAT THE REQUIREMENT WE WANT TO SHOP LOCAL AND, UH, AND OUR GOVERNMENT CITY PURCHASE SHOULD BE LOCALLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS, I MEAN, IF POSSIBLE, TO BEGIN BY THE NEXT FISCAL PERIOD, WHICH IS JULY 1ST. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS GOING AND SEEING THAT. NOW WE SHOULD DO IT AS SAP. YEAH. WELL, ASAP, BUT WE SHOULD DO IT LIKE YESTERDAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO ANYWAY. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, UH, DO IT AS THE TIMELY MATTERS AS SAP, ANYTHING WE CAN BRING BACK TO US SO WE CAN APPROVE THIS OKAY. FOR THE ORDINANCE. OKAY. AND ANOTHER ONE, GO AHEAD. UH, THANK YOU MAYOR. I HAVE THE, UH, SECOND REQUEST IS JUST I WANTED THE CITY TO LOOK INTO, UM, SOME PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE. UH, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TONS OF PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT IT'S JUST ALL OVER THE PLACE. NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THIS IS PERTAINING ESPECIALLY TO, UH, THE COUNCIL. ALL OUR MOTHER MAY EYES, BECAUSE THERE'S THINGS THAT I'VE MADE YEARS AGO THAT IT'S BEEN FORGOTTEN. AND THEN ANOTHER NEW COUNCIL MEMBER COMES IN AND BRINGS IN THE SAME REQUEST THAT I'VE ALREADY REQUESTED ONE RECENT, AND I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS, BUT I, I PUT IN THIS REQUEST 2019. OH YEAH. LIKE THE NO SOLICITATION. THAT WAS, I, I PLACED THAT IN 2019 WHERE THE CITY WAS ALREADY WORKING WITH THAT, GETTING THE SIGNS. THEY EVEN SAID THE SIGNS ARE READY, IT JUST NEEDED FOR ME TO REVIEW AND THEN GONE. GOT IT. SO IF WE HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE TO MANAGE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE'D LIKE TO BE SEEN. SO BASICALLY, LET ME ABBREVIATE, UH, WHAT THE REQUIREMENT IF I'M RIGHT. OKAY. BASICALLY WHAT CITY MANAGER TO HAVE A ASSISTANT, LIKE ALL THE MOTHER AI WE REQUEST AND ALL THE PROJECT WE REQUEST SHOULD BE ON SOME KIND OF, UH, OKAY. SPREADSHEET SO WE CAN REVIEW IT AND YOU CAN REVIEW IT WHEN THAT THING SHOULD BE DONE. AM I RIGHT? YEAH. THEY SHOULD HAVE A PROGRAM FOR THAT. IT'S A SOFTWARE PROJECT, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY A SPREADSHEET, RIGHT? YEAH. WHICH IS, UH, PROGRAMS, I MEAN, IT'S PREFERABLY A PRO A SOFTWARE PROGRAM BECAUSE IT ALSO, UH, TALLIES AND LETS, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE JUST WANNA WORK SMARTER AND JUST NOT HARD. AND IT'S JUST SO EASY THAT ANYBODY COULD LOG IN. ANOTHER THING IS, SO WE DON'T RECEIVE ALL THESE EMAIL FOR YES. HOURS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, MOTHER MAY. I, SO, OKAY. SO IN THAT WAY, WE WERE ALL IN THE SAME PAGE ABOUT MOTHER MAY I AND THE THINGS SHOULD BE LOOKING TO IT ON THIS, HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. OKAY. UH, ANYBODY AGAINST IT? NOPE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. NO. OKAY. I KNOW, I KNOW BRIAN'S LIKE, OKAY, I HAVE A LOT. OKAY, WAIT. OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I FINISH. HE HAS A LOT. SO WHAT I'D LIKE THE STAFF TO DO IS LOOK INTO A PROGRAM OR A, SOME SORT OF MECHANISM THAT WILL HELP US WITH THE PARKING PERMITS FOR THE RESTRICTED PARKING, UM, PREFERRED PARKING PERMITS THAT ARE ISSUED THROUGHOUT SOME OF THE, UM, SOME OF THE STREETS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY BECAUSE, UM, DANIELLE, I KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TAKING PICTURES OF THEM AND USING 'EM OR ELSE APPLYING FOR THEM FRAUDULENTLY AND, AND USING THEM AS THEIR OWN PARKING PERMITS ON THESE RESTRICTED STREETS. SO IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN HAVE, UM, MAYBE PARKING PERMITS THAT ARE HANGING ON THE WINDSHIELD OR SOMETHING, I, I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THAT COMPTON, 'CAUSE I TALKED TO, I HAD A MEETING WITH, UM, MS. DANIELS, UM, AND, UH, HER NEIGHBORS. AND SO SHE MENTIONED THAT COMPTON HAS A PROGRAM, SO MAYBE WE CAN CONTACT SOMEONE FROM COMPTON THAT HAS THIS, UM, PARKING PERMIT, UM, MECHANISM THAT THEY USE TO CREATE THEIR PARKING PERMITS SO WE CAN HAVE BETTER CONTROL OF THAT. UM, THE OTHER ITEM IS, UH, [02:00:02] THE LITTER BUG OR THE LETTER. UM, LET'S SEE, FINES FOR LITTERING. IF WE CAN WORK ON, UM, TRYING EITHER FIND OUT IF THERE'S AN ORDINANCE THAT DOES NOT ALLOW US TO LITTER AND IF THERE'S FINES BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF LITTERING AND, UM, IS THIS A SECOND MOTHER, MAYOR? I SECOND. OH. OH, OKAY. SORRY. LET, LET ME, LET, LET, LET'S FINISH THE FIRST MOTHER. MAY I, OKAY. FIRST MOTHER, MAYOR I, REGARDING THE PARKING PERMIT AND CITY LOOKING TO WISE, UH, WAY, UH, WILL BE MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WITH A PARKING PER ME AND THEN, THEN BECOME VISIBLE MAYBE ON THE WINDSHIELD OR HANG ON THE OKAY. MIRROR OR SOMETHING. AND ANOTHER THING IS MAYBE CT HAVE TO LOOK INTO, OKAY. AND THE SIGNAGE FOR THE NO PARKING AREA, SO HAVE TO PROPOSE OVER THERE. SO, BECAUSE I KNOW AN EDISON OR OKAY, SOME OTHER, OKAY. AGENCY REMOVE ALL THE SIGNAGE AND THEY DIDN'T PUT IT BACK AND WE REQUEST THEM, PUT IT BACK. SO IN THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE A, I THINK THIS IS WHY YOUR MOTHER MAY I ABOUT RIGHT, RIGHT. YES. SO ANYBODY AGAINST THAT, MR. MR. MAYOR YEAH, GO AHEAD. AS A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT, COULD, COULD, UM, WOULD, WOULD, UM, UH, COUNCILWOMAN ROSARIO, UH, DIAZ BE WILLING TO ALSO ADD, UM, UH, ASKING STAFF LUKE INTO WHAT ARE THE EXISTING PENALTIES FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE FRAUDULENT WITH LYING ABOUT ACTUALLY HAVING PARKING PER PERMITS THAT THEY ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE. UH, SO, SO BASICALLY THE FAKE, UH, RIGHT. WHAT ARE THE, OR PENALTIES? WHY WILL BE THE PENALTY AND FINE FOR THAT? SO A CITY CAN JUST USING THE MAYBE THE QR CODE OKAY. AND THEY CAN SCAN IT RIGHT AWAY. YOU CAN KNOW THIS IS A REAL ONE, A FAKE ONE. RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS LIKE QR CODE, UH, THAT EVEN THE PARKING PERMIT, I THINK THE POSSIBLE IS DOABLE. AM I RIGHT? CITY MANAGER? YES. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE QR CARDS. NO. RIGHT NOW, THE A PARKING PERMIT, THE PROCESS IS THEY GET A PIECE OF PAPER WITH A, UH, FOR A PARKING PASS. AND THAT CAN BE DUPLICATED VERY EASILY. SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UM, UH, NOT NECESSARILY, WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS WHERE THE PA THE PARKING PASS WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CARS DR. UH, LICENSE PLATE. AND SO THERE'S AN E THAT FACILITATES THE PROCESS FOR ENFORCEMENT FOR OKAY. UM, FOR OUR STAFF. SO, UH, LOOKING TO WHAT'S MORE EFFICIENT WAY WITHOUT THE FRAUDULENT OR THE FAKE, UH, OKAY. UH, PARKING PERMIT AT THE SAME TIME. AND, UH, AND TRY TO INSTALL ALL THE SIGNAGE BAG THIS MOTHER MAY I, AM I RIGHT? OKAY. UH, AND ANY, OKAY, GO AHEAD. YEAH, AND I'LL JUST, UH, PIGGYBACK ON, UM, WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, THEIA SAID, AND, AND, UH, MAYOR RU SAID IS THAT I THINK A QA QR CODE OR SOMETHING THAT'S EFFICIENT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE TO TYPE IN A LICENSE PLATE, YOU'RE NOW BURDENING THEM WITH EXTRA TIME. THEY HAVE TO TYPE THAT IN. SO IF YOU LOOK AT ENHANCED SECURITY MEASURES, UH, REFLECTIVE DI UH, REFLECTIVE, UH, THING ON THERE, SOMEHOW THAT IS ANTI COUNTERFEIT OR, OR, OR, OR A SCANNING, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT WILL BE ABLE TO SCAN IT AND THEN REPORT IT REPORTS BACK THAT IT'S A VALID LICENSE. UH, AGREE. I, I THINK THE QR CODE OR SCAN MECHANISM IS SO EASY WITHOUT TYPING, YOU SAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR OUR COEN ENFORCEMENT OR PARKING ENFORCEMENT TO DO THE JOB. SO ANYWAY, JUST LOOKING TO THE, ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY EASY AND TO DO, UH, PERFORM THEIR JOB. AM I RIGHT? OKAY. IF, IF THIS IS CORRECT AND ANYBODY AGAINST THIS NOW WHATSOEVER, THEN IT'S APPROVED. AND SEE, LOOKING TO WHAT WE JUST MENTIONED ABOUT, OKAY. UH, YOUR NEXT MOTHER, MAY I PLEASE YOU? UH, YES. IS THEY HAVE A, A PERIOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH YESTERDAY. NO, I'M JUST, WHAT, WHAT IS THE DAY YOU CAN PERFORM MAYBE IN FEBRUARY, FEBRUARY MEETING AT LEAST, AT LEAST PROVIDE US WITH SOME SORT OF A STATUS AS TO WHAT DID YOU FIND? DID YOU FIND A PLACE? OH YEAH, WE COULD PROBABLY DO THAT BY THE END OF FEBRUARY. YEAH. BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL TO REVIEW AND PROVE SECOND MEETING. YEAH. NOW SECOND MEETING AS AN UPDATE, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE CAN DO. RIGHT. NO PLUS APPROVAL SO WE CAN EX EXERCISE THE PERMIT THING, NOT JUST REVIEW IT. IT'S JUST WASTE OF TIME. WE WANT TO GET IT DONE. OKAY. TO PERFORM. SO FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING. SO WE WANT IT ON THE AGENDA. YES. WE WANT ON THE AGENDA, NOT JUST REVIEW IT. THAT SOUNDS, TALK ABOUT 20, 25 ACTION YEARS. SO WE WANT ACTION. OKAY. PLEASE. OKAY. SO ANYWAY. AND, UH, ARE YOU OKAY THEN THE SECOND, SECOND ONE PLEASE. OKAY. SECOND ONE IS THE, UH, FINE FOR LITTERING, IS THAT INCLUDE YOUR PANHANDLING? NO, THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. IT'S ANOTHER ONE. OKAY. SO, UM, OKAY. LITTERING FINE AND POST IT. OKAY. AND THEN HOW WE ENFORCE THAT PEOPLE WILL REPORT IT. PEOPLE REPORT IT CAN REPORT IT. I THINK FOR THE, THE LITTERING, EVEN IF THEY REPORT IT, UM, THE OFFICER [02:05:01] CAN'T OFF, UH, THAT COULD BE WRONG, BUT AN OFFICER CAN'T GIVE A TICKET UNLESS THEY PERSONALLY SEE IT THEMSELVES. SO, BUT YOU, I MEAN, YOU CAN, IT COULD BE THERE, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THE, I KNOW MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS, UH, A BIG ENFORCEMENT BACK THEN, AND YOU, YOU, ANY LITTER YOU WERE FINED? I DON'T KNOW. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT RECENTLY GOING ON, BUT I MEAN, I'M SUPPORTIVE IT, IF IT, OKAY. I, I THINK IT'S THE ONLY WAY IS THIS OKAY. MALE PROTEIN. OKAY. AND THINK, OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, SOMEBODY THROW OUT THE TRASH OUT OF THE WINDOW OF THE WINDSHIELD OF THE CAR. OKAY. AND, UM, OKAY, YOU CAN TAKE THE PICTURES AND THEN WITH LICENSE PLAY, AND THEN WITH THAT POSSIBLE WE CAN PURSUE WITH THAT EVIDENCE, BUT WE NEED EVIDENCE. SO, SO AND SO WE CAN POST THE, THE SIGNAGE. BUT, UH, ANOTHER THING IS ENFORCEMENT AND HOW MUCH I THINK, UH, CITY MANAGER, DO WE HAVE THE ORDINANCE OR CITY ATTORNEY WE HAVE THAT WE CAN, WE, WE WILL TALK TO PD AND SEE WHAT WE DO. YEAH, WE DO. AND SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, IS THAT A PD THAT WOULD HAVE TO ENFORCE IT OR CAN CODE ENFORCEMENT ENFORCE IT? WE'LL SEE HOW THEY ADDRESS IT. OKAY. RIGHT NOW. BUT MAYBE WE COULD USE CODE ENFORCEMENT. AND MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE, THIS IS, UH, WHERE THE APARTMENTS ARE AT, WHERE PEOPLE PARK THERE AND THEY THROW THEIR TRASH OUT AND CLEAN OUT THEIR CAR. RIGHT. IT'S NOT THE RESIDENCE OF THE AREA. FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOTEL HAVE THEIR GAS OR THE TRASH OUT TO THE NEIGHBOR. CAN WE ENFORCE TO THE FIND THE, THE, THE, THE MOTEL OWNER. MAKES SENSE? YEAH. SO I THINK THERE'S AMENT WE'LL SEE, WE'LL SEE HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING. I'M SURE THEY ALREADY KNOW THIS. OKAY. UH, SO THE, THE THING WILL BE THE MOTHER MAY, I WILL BE SITTING LOOKING TO THE FINE AND PLUS ALL THE NURSE, INCLUDING HOW TO OKAY. UH, ENFORCE, INCLUDING WITH OUR COEN ENFORCEMENT AND THE POLICE OFFICER, UH, TO MAKE SURE THE PEOPLE DON'T LITTERING. AM I RIGHT? YES. UH, OKAY. UH, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UH, IF, UH, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, OR MAKE A COMMENT TO, BUT, UH, IF THE COUNCILMAN IS FINE WITH, UH, ADDING, UH, WE DO HAVE A, WE SHOULD HAVE A MUNICIPAL ABOUT, UH, LITTERING. LITTERING. UH, SO I WOULD SAY IF WE COULD, IF YOU COULD ASK FOR IT TO BE A INCREASED FINE INCREASE THE FINE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. OKAY. BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINE IS. WELL, YEAH, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINE IS. I THINK BASED ON YOU SHOWING THE, IS THAT WHAT IT WASN'T? IT WAS AN EXAMPLE. OKAY. UM, LOOKING TO THE, THE FINE AMOUNT AND, UH, WITH, UH, A RESOLUTION OR THE, THE COORDINATORS TO COME BACK FOR US TO APPROVE. AM I RIGHT? AM I RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. UH, ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? AND WHAT IS THE DATE WHEN YOU CAN DO IT? CITY MANAGER, FEBRUARY 2ND MEETING. WE, WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER, UM, TRY YOUR BEST. CAN I GIVE YOU, CAN YOU GIMME MARCH, MARCH 1ST MEETING? OKAY. OKAY. MARCH 1ST MEETING. OKAY. WE COMPROMISE. UH, AND UH, NEXT ONE NUMBER, THIRD ONE, UM, THE NO SOLICITATION SIGNS, UM, IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THE ORDINANCE ABOUT INSTALLING THOSE OR IMPLEMENTING THOSE, UH, THE STREET VENDORS. IS THAT THE ONE THAT WE JUST WELL, I DON'T WANNA PUT STREET VENDORS. I JUST WANNA PUT I I IT'S NO PANHANDLING. RIGHT? RIGHT. WELL IT'S, WE, WE ALREADY HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT, AND THE STATE SENT DOWN A STATUTE SAYING WE GOT, YOU CAN REGULATE IT TO CITIES. WE, WE REGULATED IT AND WE DO HAVE A NO, UH, STREET VENDING ON THE MEDIANS AND IN CERTAIN AREAS OF LIKE THAT. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. I'VE DISCUSSED IT WITH, WITH MILAN. MILAN'S PREPARED TO COME TALK TO YOU AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATUS, HOW HE'S HANDLING IT AND, AND WHY HE'S HANDLING IT THE WAY HE IS. OKAY. WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS ALREADY, RIGHT? WE'LL GET YOU A REPORT. SO WHAT WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON NOW IS WE NEED THE SIGNS WE NEED THEM TO BE, UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, IT WOULDN'T BE A LEGAL THING OR I, I DON'T KNOW. UH, I THINK I WILL AGREE WITH CITY ATTORNEY IS ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. MM-HMM . OKAY. BECAUSE WE SEE PEOPLE ZOOM THROUGH BETWEEN THE COURT AND DO PANHANDLING. NOT ONLY THAT TO DO SAY FUNERAL THIS AND THAT IS KIND OF SCAM, BUT WHERE'S OUR ENFORCEMENT? OKAY, WHERE IS OUR COEN ENFORCEMENT, THIS AND THAT. I THINK WE MAYBE NEED MYLAN TO COME TO TALK TO US. SO WE MAYBE MOTHER MAY REQUEST MYLAN TO SEE HOW CAN WE ENFORCE MAKE SENSE? OKAY. AND YES, GO AHEAD. YOU WANNA SAY, SO WHAT I'M I'M JUST SAYING IS THAT HE DOES ENFORCE IT. I KNOW HE DOES, HE ENFORCES ANY SOLICITATIONS OF FLOWERS OR SIGNS FOR FUNERAL, YOU KNOW, GETTING DONATIONS FOR FUNERAL. I KNOW HE ENFORCES THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE SIGNS UP IN THOSE AREAS SO THAT PEOPLE HAVE KNOWLEDGE. IT'S THERE, THEY HAVE KNOWLEDGE AND THEY'RE STILL THERE, SO THEY'RE VIOLATING. [02:10:01] AND IF THEY KEEP DOING IT, THEN MAYBE THEY CAN BE TICKETED OR GOT IT. SOMETHING COUNCIL MEMBER GUT INSTEAD OF JUST LETTING THEM GO LIKE OR THEM OUT. YEAH. UNDERSTAND. UNDERSTAND. YEAH. SO IF, UM, IF THE COUNCILWOMAN WAS FINE, UM, ADDING TO HER MOTION OR HER, HER MOTHER MAY I, THE SIGNAGE WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE POSTED IN PRIME STREET LOCATION. OKAY. YOU OKAY WITH THAT? AND ALSO, MAYOR ALSO, UM, UH, IN OTHER CITIES, THEIR CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT THE ONE CITING PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE ISLANDS. IT'S USUALLY YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO IF YOU'RE GONNA INVITE CODE ENFORCEMENT, INVITE YOUR, INVITE OUR, SOMEONE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO ALSO REPRESENT THE ISSUE. BECAUSE IN OTHER CITIES, CODE ENFORCEMENT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR CODE ISSUES. BUT THIS IS A MUNICIPAL LAW, UH, IN PROHIBITING PANHANDLING, WHICH IS A, A CITATION USUALLY POLICE OFFICERS ARE GIVING, BUT YEAH. AND, AND, OKAY, CITY ATTORNEY, HOW DO YOU THINK THIS, THIS ISN'T OUR MUNI CODE. IT IS, IT REGULATES STREET VENDORS AND IT DOES NOT ALLOW THEM TO BE ON THE MEDIANS. I BELIEVE THAT'S THE ISSUE. I CAN, UM, AND MYLAN DOES ENFORCE IT STRATEGICALLY. UM, AND HE CAN COME SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT THAT. WE CAN LOOK INTO PLACEMENT OF SIGNS. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CODE ENFORCEMENT CAN DO THE JOB. YEAH. CO BUT, BUT POLICE, IF POLICE HAS THE ABILITY, CERTAINLY THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD, WE NEED, THINKS THAT WE NEED, WE NEED MORE POLICE OFFICER IF WE WANT THEM TO DO THIS, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO, SO LOOK, SO CARLA, WE ARE LOOKING INTO IT. HAVE THEM TO COME TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION. BUT WE, IF WE TALK ABOUT PANHANDLING, ALL THE ON RAN OFF RAN, WE HAVE A REGULAR CLOCKING CLOCK OUT PANHANDLE RIGHT THERE. AND THE WASTE ENFORCEMENT AND THAT REPORT MANY TIMES BECAUSE THE TRASH THE AREA. OKAY. AND THEY LOOK HORRIBLE. SO I THINK THEY WILL BE LOOKING TO THE ENFORCEMENT, EITHER POLICE OR CALL ORDINANCE TO OFFICER TO HELP US TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T OKAY. OKAY. DO THE PANHANDLING AND TRASH OR THE OFFLINE. YOU CAN SEE IT EASILY EVERY DAY. SO ANYWAY, AND LET'S MOVE ON. OKAY. AND, AND SO YOUR MOTHER MAY, I, IS BASICALLY, UH, CITY LOOKING TO AND THE POLICE OF CODE ENFORCEMENT TO ENFORCE AND ALSO TO, TO PUT A SIGNAGE INTO THE, ALL THE MAJOR STREET, RIGHT? YOU GOT OKAY. STREET LOCATIONS. YEAH. YES. OKAY. AND THEN, AND NOBODY AGAINST THIS? NO. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. MR. MAYOR. JUST, JUST TYING WITH, WITH THAT, UM, UM, I, AND THIS IS JUST CLARITY AND ONLY IN PREPARATION FOR POSSIBLE MOTHER MAY I, BUT, BUT, UM, JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, WHAT ARE THE PROCEDURES FOR, IF, IF PRIVATE BUSINESSES PUT NO SOLICITATION SIGNS UP AND THEY HAVE 6 0 1 NO TRE TRESPASSING PAPERWORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, CAN IT, IT, DOES IT THEN BECOME A LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION IF PEOPLE ARE UN, ARE, ARE CONSIDERED ACTING UNLAWFULLY BY SOLICITING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY? UH, YES, I WOULD, YEAH. IT WOULD BE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT MATTER AND THAT IF THE, IF IT'S PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THEY ARE HANGING SIGNS AND IT'S NOTICED THAT WAY. OKAY. SO THE, YEAH. THAT ALREADY EXISTS. SO THAT MEANS THAT BUS, THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHT NOW HAVE THE RIGHT TO PUT NO SOLICITING SIGNS ON THEIR PROPERTY. RIGHT. OKAY. THANKS. UH, YES. THEY, I HAVE A BUSINESS AND THEY WANT ME TO POST A SIGN WITH NO TRESPASSING, BUT CALL ALL IN. SO THAT ONE NUMBER AND THEN WE CAN CALL THE POLICE. THEY WILL SHOW UP TO ARREST THEM. SO YES, THEY, I THINK AS LONG AS THE POST IS SIGNED. OKAY. UH, THE, SO JUST REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, UM, JUST WITH THAT, CAN WE PLEASE INSTRUCT STAFF TO INFORM, MAKE SURE TO INFORM THE BUSINESSES ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT, THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO POST THOSE SIGNS AND, AND THEN, AND, AND WHAT WOULD BE THE PENALTIES AS A RESULT OF HANDLING HAPPENING? I THINK THEY SHOULD HANDLE BY OUR ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, HE OR OUR SO-CALLED, UH, WEST COVINA CHAMBER. OKAY. THEN YOU ANNOUNCE, SEND AN EMAIL TO EVERYBODY REGARDING WHAT THEY SHOULD DO, WHAT THEY CAN DO. SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN ENFORCE THE LAW. YES, MICHAEL. OKAY. AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER? UH, YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING BACK TO, UH, COUNCIL MAN, DIAZ'S, UH, MON. MAY I, UH, SO YES. SO, UH, IF WE COULD MAKE SURE CALL ENFORCEMENT AND A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COME FOR THAT REPRESENTATION. YES. SO THEY WILL BE, GET THIS, WE OKAY. CAN WE MOVE ON? PLEASE? OTHERWISE, WE WERE STUCK HERE FOREVER. OH, I GOT IT. YES, YOU GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN WHY IS THE DUE DATE, UH, THE MARCH 1ST? MARCH THE FIRST MEETING. THE FIRST MEETING. IT'S OKAY. IT'S THIS ONE EASY PRESENTATION, CORRECT? YEAH. YEAH. THIS PRESENTATION, AND THEN THEY CAN DO THE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. YOU, YOU, YOU OKAY? YOU SURE YOU WANT MORE? OKAY. OTHERWISE, I KNOW HE HAS A LOT, BUT I, I, I HAVE A VERY EASY MOTHER. MAY I, I THINK. OKAY. OTHERWISE I WILL. OKAY. WAIT FOR HIS, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY. 15. OKAY. TODAY. SO ANYWAY, QUICKLY, THE FIRST MOTHER MAY, I, I WANTED TO SAY IS THIS, I WANT THE CITY COUNCIL TO AGREE WITH ME, UH, REGARDING THE TRAGEDY HAPPENED ON THE CORTE TREE, AGAIN, ON THE CURVE. AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO OKAY. INSTRUCT THE CITY TO HAVE OUR [02:15:01] ENGINEER TO LOOK INTO THE POSTER FLASHING YELLOW SIGN AND, UH, TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ANY ACCIDENT OKAY. UH, WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, BECAUSE THAT'S, IT JUST HAPPENED WAY TOO OFTEN. OKAY. SO, AND OKAY. ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THAT'S IS THE FIRST ONE, EASY. UH, SECOND ONE, UH, IT WOULD BE VERY SIMPLE TOO. AND I WANT THE CITY LOOK INTO, UH, THE PROCESS TO, UH, STREAMLINE A BUSINESS APPLICATION AND TO HELP OUR BUSINESS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR STAFF ON THE ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. AND, UH, THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIVE. SO HOPEFULLY WITH, UH, THIS, UH, NEW MANAGER COMING IN WILL HELP US TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE OKAY. AND THEN HELP THEM OKAY. TO HOLD THEIR HAND, TO HELP THEM TO PROCESS AND EVEN THE BUSINESS LICENSE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE OUTSOURCING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WE ARE WELCOME. THEN WE'LL HELP THEM WITH, THAT'S WHY WE SET OUT THE WEST VINTA, UH, OKAY. AND, UH, CHAMBERS IS TO HELP THE BUSINESS, RECRUIT THE BUSINESS, WELCOME THE BUSINESS, AND HELP THEM, AND HELP THEM TO CREATE JOB FOR US. SO THIS IS MY, ANOTHER MOTHER. MAY I, ANY OTHER THING? YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY. SEE, IT'S VERY PAINLESS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO CITY LOOKING TO THE STREAMLINE, OKAY? AND WE WON'T PERIODICALLY HAVE OUR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER TO REPORT TO US, UH, REGARDING HOW MANY BUSINESS APPLY AND HOW, WHAT KIND OF A PROCESS OKAY. THAT CAN HELP THEM STREAMLINE. AND THEN, OKAY. SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT OUR BUSINESS LICENSE OUTSOURCING PROBLEMATIC. HOPEFULLY, UH, WE WILL, CAN HELP THEM TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE ANYWAY. AND THIS IS, UH, EVERYBODY AGAINST, NOBODY AGAINST THAT. RIGHT? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, AND I WANT THIS ONE IN FEBRUARY BECAUSE THIS ONE IS VERY EASY, UH, BOTH OF THEM OKAY. AND, UH, TO GET THIS THING DONE, OKAY. UM, NOW WE GO INTO THE COUNCIL MEMBER CRITERIA. HOW MANY YOU HAVE TODAY? OKAY. UH, USUALLY MY NUMBERS ARE NOT RIGHT, SO THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. GO. OKAY. JUST GO. LET'S GO OVER THE FIRST ONE. OKAY. SO THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO MAKE A COUNCIL REQUEST TO DIRECT A LETTER ON BEHALF OF THE CONS SIGNED BY EVERY MEMBER TO THE HONORABLE ALL COUNTY SUPERVISOR HILL ALISE, SEEKING HER ASSISTANCE FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S. HOPE TEAM CHIEF CORTINA HAS EXPRESSED HIS DESIRE FOR THE NEED OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BY EXPANDING THE SERVICES OF LA CANATA MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, IN ORDER TO HAVE ADDITIONAL AFTER HOURS RESOURCES TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS OR WHO ARE HOMELESS BY NO LATER THAN A JANUARY 21ST COUNCIL MEETING. OKAY. UH, SO YOU REQUEST THE CITY SEND A LETTER REQUEST OR A PHONE CALL OR WHAT? UH, A OFFICIAL LETTER ON BEHALF, UH, SIGNED BY EVERY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY, UH, UH, HAVE A LETTER SIGN OF FIVE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. AND, UH, TO MAYBE EVEN INCLUDING OUR POLICE. OKAY. CHIEF, THEY REQUEST THE FUNDING FROM OUR SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE. HE DOES THE LIST, AM I RIGHT? UH, FOR THE MAJOR AGE, FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR OKAY. AND THE POLICE GRANT FOR WHAT? HOMELESS, UM, LA MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, BUT YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REPHRASING IT, RIGHT? BUT YEAH, I THINK, I THINK LISA GOT MY, WE GOT IT. ORIGINAL ONE. YOU GOT IT RIGHT? YEAH, YOU GOT IT. RIGHT. SO, SO WE NEED A FUNDING, RIGHT? YES, YES. YES. SO WE REQUEST A FUNDING FOR THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE MENTAL HEALTH AND HOMELESS, THIS AND THAT. OKAY. AND SO THEY CAN HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM THEIR JOB. OKAY. ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? OKAY. CAN YOU HAVE US TO SIGN, AND I REMEMBER LAST TIME WE SHOULD SIGN THE PROCLAMATION FOR, UH, OKAY. WE HAVEN'T GET THIS PROCLAMATION, WE HAVEN'T SIGNED ANYTHING. SO CAN YOU GIVE US A PROCLAMATION TO SIGN REGARDING THE, THE INSURANCE YOU FORGOT. NO, WE DID NOT. OKAY. WHERE'S THE PROCLAMATION? SUPPOSEDLY WE SHOULD SEND OUT ASAP, UH, UH, INSURANCE COMMISSIONER HAD ADDRESSED IT. I THINK A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THAT, UH, TUESDAY MEETING SENT OUT A PRESS RELEASE AND IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED. UH, UH, SO WE, WE WERE LATE ON THE RESO. I BE, I BELIEVE, UH, MAYOR PROAM ASKED AROUND SEPTEMBER. I THINK THAT'S WHEN THE CITIES WERE DOING IT. AND THEN I THINK IT WAS DECEMBER 16TH, UH, RIGHT BEFORE OUR SECOND MEETING. AND, AND, UH, WHAT I'M SAYING IS, UH, WE REQUEST A RESOLUTION FILE OF US SIGN TO REQUEST ABOUT THIS EMERGENCY INSURANCE CRISIS. EXACTLY. AND, AND THE STATE ADDRESSED IT SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SIGN. RIGHT. EXACTLY. IT WAS ENCOURAGING THE STATE TO TAKE ACTION, AND THE STATE ADDRESSED IT, I BELIEVE A COUPLE, A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE, UH, IT WAS REQUESTED AGAIN. UH, COUNCIL [02:20:01] MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UM, YES. UH, JUST LIKE MAYOR RUTH STATED, FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS GAVE A, A REQUEST, AND I DON'T WANT TO CREATE THE PRESIDENT THAT ALLOWS ITEMS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED UNDER A COUNCIL REQUEST TO THEN BE DEFER AND NOT ACT ON. SO IF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DID ACT ON THIS MATTER, I, I WOULD LIKE, I MEAN, WE, WE WOULD STILL LIKE SOMETHING TO GO OUT ACKNOWLEDGING, UH, THE GOOD JOB OF THE COMMISSIONER IF THAT WAS THE FACT, IF HE DID ADDRESS THAT. SO, UM, YEAH. YEAH. GO AHEAD, MAYOR. I PUT, SO GO AHEAD. YEAH, BUT THAT, THAT'S, THAT WAS MY, UH, MY CONCERN. AGREE. AGREE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I, AND I KNOW WE SPOKE BECAUSE, UH, ONE WE DELAYED FOR SO LONG, SO THAT WAS ALREADY A NEGATIVE THING. BUT TWO, I KNOW WHEN WE SPOKE, I SAID TO GIVE US AN UPDATE OF, THEY ADDRESSED IT, BUT WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME? WE AS A COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T REALLY HAVE THE FULL DETAILS. AND, UH, THIS IS A CITY MANAGER DID ADDRESS IT IN OUR CITY MANAGER REPORT. AND, UH, THIS IS BEFORE THE HOLIDAY SEASON. AND, UH, WE TOLD, WE TOLD YOU WE WILL BE AROUND. JUST GIVE US A FREAKING, OKAY. A PROCLAMATION WE SIGN, WE WILLING TO SIGN. SO IT IS NOTHING TO DELAY BECAUSE THIS IS SECOND GUESSERS AGAIN. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. WE ASK SOMETHING WE ALL AGREE UPON, BUT EVERYBODY DISAPPEAR AND, UH, WE SAY WE ALL, EVERYBODY IN TOWN. OKAY? WHY NOT GIVE A SIGN AND SEND IT BACK TO THEM? RIGHT? CITY MANAGER, WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT. I BELIEVE THAT TOM HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY. IT DOESN'T MATTER. WE ASKING FOR SIGN. OKAY. AND WE ALREADY SAY WE ARE WILLING TO SIGN ANY TIME I NEED TO GIVE IT TO SIGN AND SEND TO THE STATE. OKAY? UM, WE NEED TO HAVE A LEFT THING DONE TO SHOW THE, UH, THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST TO SIGN AND THE RIGHT. YOU GUYS STILL WANT TO SIGN, RIGHT? YEAH. YOU GUYS, AGAIN, ANYBODY AGAINST TO SIGN THAT? NO. WE, WE WANT TO SIGN, I DON'T CARE. WE DON'T CARE THE THE STATE TALKING ABOUT THEIR THING, BUT WE SEE HE STILL SAY, YOU DON'T DO YOUR JOB. WE WANT TO OKAY. CURE, OKAY. AND, UH, RESOLVE THIS CRISIS. WE WANNA SHOW THEM WE CARE AND ACT, REACT TO WHAT RESIDENT WANT US TO DO. MAKE SENSE? SO HOW SOON WE CAN GET THIS PROCLAMATION TO SIGN OKAY. OR RESOLUTION TO SIGN. WE JUST WANNA SHOW SUPPORT. YEAH. HOW SOON? I DON'T KNOW. HOW DIFFICULT IS THAT? JUST PRINT THE, THE, THE THING THERE. SIGN DO AT NEXT MEETING. AND, AND SO WE WERE PREPARED TO DO IT, AND IT WAS BE, IT WAS TO ASK THE STATE TO TAKE ACTION. WELL, THE STATE ALREADY TOOK ACTION, SO WE CAN STILL SEND IT SAYING, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE ACTION. RIGHT? EXACTLY. RIGHT? YEAH, EITHER WAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR ACTIONS REALLY CAN MAKE THE SENSE. OKAY. HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAY THEY'RE NOT GOOD ENOUGH. YOU WANT TO DO MORE, WE WANT YOU TO DO MORE SO PEOPLE CAN GET INSURANCE. SO AGAIN, AGAIN, WE JUST WANT THEM TO, TO DO SOMETHING AND, UH, PEOPLE SUFFERING CANNOT GET A, GET A OKAY. INSURANCE. YEAH. COUNCIL MEMBER. UH, YEAH. AND, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE, THE REQUEST WAS TO NOT ONLY DIRECT A LETTER TO, UH, THE HONORABLE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, RIC, CARL, LAURA, BUT ALSO, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE INSURANCE COMMISSION FOR BOTH THE SENATE AND THE STATE ASSEMBLY. JUST EXECUTE. WE OTHERWISE, NO POINT FOR US SITTING OVER HERE APPROVE SOMETHING AND YOU GO TO YOUR HAND AND NOTHING COME BACK TO US. SO IF WE SAY, SIGN, APPROVE, AND THEN JUST PROVIDE THAT PHONE, AND WE SIGN AND YOU MAIL OUT AND SHOW US MAIL OUT, WE DONE. AND THEY SHOULD BE SURE AND GO. NOW, WE ALWAYS COME BACK TO VERIFY. AND THERE WITH EXCUSES THERE ALWAYS PURE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT. THEN EVERY TIME WE DO SOMETHING, SAY, OH, THIS ALREADY DONE. Q NO, IT'S, IT'S NOT, SHOULD NOT BE LIKE THIS. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, LET'S MOVE ON PLEASE. OKAY. ASAP, UH, BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, WE SHOULD HAVE A LEFT PHONE SIGNED BY FIVE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN SENT TO THE STATE SHOWING THE WEST COVINA. REALLY? I WANT THE, IT'LL, IT'LL BE ON THE AGENDA FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. YEAH. COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE THE ACTION. IT'S ADOPTING A RESOLUTION. UH, WE, THEN WE SIGN IT RIGHT AWAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THANK, THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. NEXT ONE, PLEASE. YES. THE NEXT COUNCIL REQUEST IS DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE TO PUT A SAFETY, REDUCE SAFETY, UH, TO ENACT SAFETY REDUCER SOLUTIONS ON NORTH BROADMOOR AND ROLAND AVENUE. SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES CAN BE, UH, A SPEED, A MONITOR SIGN, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY SEE A, A MONITOR SIGN THAT HAS RED AND BLUE, UH, FLASHING LIGHTS TO THAT SIGN THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE. AND IT HAS SHOWN STATISTICALLY, UH, THE VEHICLES DO SLOW DOWN WHEN THEY SEE THOSE RED AND RED AND BLUE LIGHTS. I THINK THIS IS, UH, SIMILAR TO THE CORTEZ ISSUE WITH THE FLASHING WARNING SIGN MM-HMM . TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC. YEAH. SO IF I COULD, UH, ADD, UH, TO MAYOR WU'S, UH, REQUEST AND ADD CORTES STREET TO THAT. YES. [02:25:01] UH, CITY MANAGER, IF YOU COULD, UH, DO AN EMAIL BY THIS WEEK TO THE, TO THE NO, TO THE THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE. YEAH. SO, SO WE WERE COMBINING MOTHER MAYORS NO, NO, NO, NO, NO NEED TO. OKAY. THIS. OKAY. I, WE HAVE MINE AND THEY JUST HAVE HIS, OKAY. SO IN THAT WAY HAVE, UH, UH, HIS MOTHER MAY I ABOUT THATSO STREET? YES, YOU HAVE A, OKAY. UM, UH, CITY, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY. OKAY, GOT IT. TRAFFIC COMMUNITY TO LOOK INTO AND THE HOW TO, UH, DO THE SIGN FLASHING TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC. I THINK THE ISSUE IS WE HAVE A LOT OF STREET SPEEDING AND THEY CREATE AN ACCIDENT, AND THEN THAT WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN, BUT THE ONLY WAY TO CAN FORCE THEM TO SLOW DOWN IS, IS THE FLASHING LIGHT AND NOT UNDERSTAND IN THE FRONT, IT WILL BE A CURVE OR SOMETHING THAT CAN, IT MIGHT HIT THE WALL. SO, SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE A MORE ACCIDENT. PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIFE. SO ANYWAY, UH, NEXT ONE, PLEASE. UH, SO YEAH, SO JUST TO CLARIFY THAT ONE, UH, I AM SPECIFICALLY ASKING THAT THE SPEED MONITOR SIGN INCLUDE RED AND BLUE LIGHTS TO IT. AND, AND AS, AS A COST EFFECTIVE MEASURE, WE DO HAVE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS STAFF. SO IF WE COULD PLEASE USE THEM SO THAT WAY WE COULD GET THIS PROJECT DONE FASTER BY OUR CITY, BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE THE PARTS AND THEN USING OUR PUBLIC WORKS TO ACTUALLY INSTALL IT. AGREE. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GET THINGS DONE FASTER, LIKE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO AGREE. SO, SO, SO, UH, MY MOTHER MAY AND HIS MOTHER MAY, I IS ALL TALK ABOUT SAME THING, ALL ONE TO THE COST EFFECTIVE AND, UH, PROMPTLY TO MAKE THE THING HAPPEN TO SAVE LIFE. OKAY. UH, NEXT ONE, PLEASE. YES. THE NEXT COUNCIL REQUEST IS THAT THERE IS FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON HER USE OF S-L-E-R-F FUNDS USED. THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CONS IN EARLY DECEMBER, 2024. BY THE SECOND MEETING OF JANUARY, UH, SORRY. BY THE FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY, I DID, THE CITY MANAGER NEEDED TIME. SO THE FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES. AND ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? OKAY. AND MOVE ON. NEXT ONE. SAFER. OKAY. NEXT ONE. TO REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER TO PRESENT TO THE CONSOLE AND UPDATE ON THE STATE AUDITS REPORT BY THE SECOND MEETING OF JANUARY, PLEASE ADDRESS IN SPECIFICS WHY THE CONTRACTING POLICIES WON'T BE UPDATED UNTIL JULY, 2025 IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN. SO, ALSO GO OVER WHY THE CITY REMAINS AT HIGH RISK, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO FIX THIS ISSUE, UH, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT ACTIONS WILL OUR CITY MANAGER BE TAKING? OKAY. ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? OKAY. WHEN'S THE TIME YOU WANT? SECOND MEETING OF JANUARY. UM, HOLD ON. OKAY. OUR, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR. WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? COME, YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, DUE TO THE TIMEFRAME THAT WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY REPORT BACK TO THE STATE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE TAKING, UH, THIS TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ON JANUARY 27TH. AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT WE COULD HAVE IT COME TO COUNCIL THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY, SO THAT AUDIT COMMITTEE CAN GO THROUGH AND MAKE THEIR LIST OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT. UM, BEFORE BRINGING IT TO COUNCIL, I WILL SAY THAT THE CONTRACTING POLICY WAS APPROVED AND AMENDED BY COUNSEL IN NOVEMBER. UM, AND THEN DEC FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER, THE TIMING OF IT LED TO THEIR PUBLICATION AND OUR COMPLETION AT THE SAME TIME. SO IT WAS STILL IN THE REPORT. OKAY. RIDICULOUS. OKAY. THEY SHOULD FIX THAT THEN, BUT, UH, YEAH. SO I'LL, MY THING TO MAKE A, A DEADLINE BY THE, TO, THIS HAS TO COME BACK BY THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING IN FEBRUARY. YOU OKAY WITH THAT DIRECTOR? THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND SEE, HAPPY FAMILY. OKAY. AND THEN LET'S MOVE ON. THE NEXT ONE, PLEASE. NEXT ONE TO REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH STAFF TO PRESENT OPTIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE COST RELATED IN THE CITY ITSELF. SO, UM, IT SAYS, PIGGY, KIND OF PIGGYBACK ON, UM, WHAT MAYOR WHO SAID EARLIER ABOUT BUSINESS LICENSES, UM, AND, AND, AND IT, IT COULD JOIN YOU, WHATEVER YOU, WHATEVER, IT'S PREFERRED, BUT IT, IT JUST SAYS, REQUEST A CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH STAFF, UH, TO PRESENT OPTIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE COST RELATED IN THE CITY ITSELF, BEING RESPONSIBLE TO ISSUE BUSINESS LICENSE. ALSO INFORM THE CONS WHAT THE CONTRACTING COMPANY CURRENTLY DOES. MANY BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN REGARDING THE CONSTANT DELAY OF OBTAINING LICENSES. WE ARE, WE ARE A BUSINESS FAIRLING CITY AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN ANYMORE. UM, AND, UM, YEAH, AND I THINK WOULDN'T YOU REQUEST IT TO COME BACK? MAYOR? RULE ASAP, LIKE, UH, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS WANT, I PUT THE SECOND MEETING ON FEBRUARY. WHAT, WHAT DAY? YOU CAN I WIN THEM BACK? SAID FEBRUARY. SO I THINK, YEAH, FEBRUARY THE FIRST MEETING, YOU SAID SECOND. I THINK SHE NEEDED SECOND MEETING. SECOND MEETINGS. [02:30:01] OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND HIS MOTHER MAY SIMILAR TO MINE, WE CAN COMBINE TOGETHER, UH, DO THE SAME THING SO WE DON'T HAVE THE REDUNDANT, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. AND NEXT ONE PLEASE. THE NEXT CONCERT REQUEST IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER, UH OH. UH, LEMME SEE. HOLD ON. LEMME MAKE SURE. UM, OKAY. TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LMA AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES, SUZY PEREZ, TO PRESENT TO THE CONSOLE AT THE FEBRUARY THE FIRST MEETING, UH, IN FEBRUARY, THE CURRENT INCOME BEING GENERATED AND EXPENSES, AND A REVIEW OF THE FIELD RENTAL COSTS AT THE SPORTSPLEX. I STRONGLY BELIEVE, UH, THAT THERE'S AN UNFAIR COST, UH, BETWEEN SPORTS AT THIS AT, AT THE SPORTSPLEX. AND I WOULD LIKE, UH, A REVIEW AND COMPARISON OF THE FEES AND, AND HAVE THE CITY STAFF PRESENT A REPORT BACK TO THE CITY CONSOLE, UM, THAT ADDRESSES WHY, UH, ADDRESSES THAT THESE FEES SHOULD BE EQUAL. THEY SHOULDN'T BE SOCCER, SHOULDN'T BE MORE THAN SOFTBALL. IT'S UNFAIR. AND, AND I THINK WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. UH, I THINK WE HAVE, UH, ANOTHER MAY I, AND THEY ALREADY APPROVE TO REQUEST. OKAY. SU PEREZ, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR GIVE US PRESENTATION OF WHAT PLEX, ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. ABOUT THE, THAT WOULD BE INCLUDING THE FEE. OKAY. AND THAT, THAT IT'S ABOUT TIME. SO CAN YOU DISCUSS, CAN YOU TELL US WHEN SHE CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO, WE'VE BEEN SUPPOSED TO BE LAST YEAR'S OKAY. IN OCTOBER, BUT DUE TO SOME ISSUE, WE DELAY TUESDAY AFTER. OKAY. MAYBE THE NEW YEAR. NOW. THE NEW YEAR COME, UH, WE WANT TO THIS PRESENTATION, ASAP, IT'S ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING ON JANUARY 21ST. PERFECT. OKAY. AND THEN WE'VE BEEN, INCLUDING WHY HE'S REQUEST ABOVE FEE ISSUE. WE WILL, YEAH. WE WILL INCLUDE, UH, THE FEE. OKAY. YOU OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. THE FEES FOR THE PARK, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET A COMPARISON FOR OTHER FACILITIES. AND WHAT I, I DON'T NEED A COMPARISON. I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S UNFAIR FEES HAPPENING AT THE SPORTSPLEX AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT POLICY. OKAY. AND SINCE, UH, TWO DOWN, SINCE OUR DIRECTOR, SUZIE PEREZ WILL COME GIVE US A, UH, A PRESENTATION AND YOU CAN ASK HER DURING THE TIME REGARDING THE FEE ISSUE. SO I THINK SINCE WE ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MEETING, SO VERY GOOD. OKAY. WE MOVE ON. NEXT ONE, MAYOR. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT COUNCIL REQUEST IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO REV, INVITE WEST FNA HEALTH DIRECTOR DR. BEZO , TO BRIEF THE CONSULT AND THE PUBLIC ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE CITY'S APPLICATION TO BECOME A PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT. PRESENT UPDATES TO THE CURRENT AND RISING HEALTH ISSUES AFFECTING LOS ANGELES COUNTY, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE UNITED STATES. PLEASE ALSO PRESENT WHAT COMMUNITY OUTREACH DR. BAZO HAS ACCOMPLISHED AND DONE IN THE COMMUNITY, AND HOW THE PUBLIC CAN REQUEST DR. BASIL'S APPEARANCE AT THEIR SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR WORKPLACE. IN THE INTEREST OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, I ALSO REQUEST AN UPDATE ON THE CONS, UH, UPDATE AN UPDATE TO THE CONSOLE AND THE PUBLIC ON THE CURRENT EXPENSES RELATED TO THE WEST HEALTH AND THE FINANCIAL AND THE FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN ON PAPER BY OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, DIRECTOR SINCE THE START OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PRESENT, THIS SHOULD BE PRESENTED AT THE FEBRUARY 18TH CONS MEETING. IS THAT OKAY? THE TIME IS OKAY WITH YOU. THE PRESENTATION? YEAH. PRESENTATION. OKAY. AND, UH, YES, WE NEED TO UPDATE WHEN THE STATE CAN GIVE US, UH, THE STATUS, THE APPROVAL, OR THE, OR ANYTHING BECAUSE WE LIKE INTO THE BLACK HOLE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SO HOPEFULLY WITH THAT PRESENTATION AT THE SAME TIME, WE CAN TELL THE STATE, HURRY UP. OKAY. WHAT IS DRAGON? OKAY. AND WITH THAT PRESENTATION, EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND. I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ONE. OKAY. AND, UH, NOBODY AGAINST THAT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THE NEXT AGENDA, UHHUH . THE NEXT, NEXT MOTHER MAY I, THE NEXT CONCERT REQUEST IS TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO EXPAND THE GR THE GRANT WRITER PRESENTATION OR, OR, OR AGENDA ITEM THAT'S COMING OUR WAY. UH, I BELIEVE AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING TO ALSO INCLUDE AN OPTION TO ESTABLISH A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF GRANT ADMINISTRATION. THIS PERSON WILL HAVE EXTENSIVE, HAVE AN EXTENSIVE SUCCESSFUL RECORD IN SECURING GRANTS, AND WILL OVERSEE ALL GRANT OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED, WORKING IN CONJUNCTION AND, AND OVERSIGHT OF OUR, UH, WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND, AND CITIES, A GRANT WRITER CURRENTLY. AND, AND, AND OVERSEEING THEM AND ASSISTING THEM IN SECURING MILLIONS AND HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL GRANTS AND STATE GRANTS TO THE CITY OF WEST VIETNAM, UH, HAS MISSED OUT ON YEAR AFTER YEAR. SO YOU WANT THE CITY MANAGER TO, AS A HEADHUNTER TO, UH, TO HIRE [02:35:01] ASSISTANT MANAGER SLASH UH, THE GRANT. THE GRANT WRITER, YES. OKAY. AND, UH, YES, GO AHEAD. I THOUGHT YOUR MOTHER MAY ALWAYS TO INCLUDE IT AS AN OPTION IN THE, UH, STAFF REPORT PART OF THE PRESENTATION. SHE'S GONNA, SHE'S GONNA BE PRESENTING AT THE NEXT CONS MEETING, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. SO IT'LL BE ONE OF THE, OUR, OUR OPTIONS. OKAY. UM, SO ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? NOPE. OKAY. AND, UH, GREAT JOB. OKAY. UH, MOVE ON. OKAY. THIS ONE IS A, IS VERY REMARKABLE . THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN A LONG, LONG MEETING EARLIER TODAY WHERE, UH, WHERE OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, PAULINA MORALES AND OUR, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, STEPHANIE SIMA. SORRY IF I'M NOT PRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME RIGHT. BUT HERE WE GO. THIS IS EXCITING NEWS. GET READY. . IT STRUCK THE CITY MANAGER TO USE ORANGEWOOD PARK PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS OF THE $1.3 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN BUDGETED TO IMPLEMENT A NEW STAY OF THE ART, A DA PLAYGROUND AND REFURNISH THE BA BASKETBALL COURT AND REPLACE THE TWO CURRENT PAVILIONS. REDO THE SKATE PARK DESIGN AND INCORPORATE A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND REMODEL THE PUBLIC RESTROOMS AND CREATE AN A DA ACCESSIBLE ROUTE TO AND FROM THE FRONT OF THE PAR TO AND FRONT, FROM THE FRONT OF THE PARK AND THE BACK OF THE PARK, PLEASE FOCUS ON THE STATE OF THE ART PLAYGROUND REPLACEMENT AND REFURNISH BASKETBALL COURTS PAVILIONS. PLEASE SUBMIT AN RFP IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY OF SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION A AFTER THIS. UM, OKAY. PLEASE SUBMIT AN RFP IN COLLAB. PLEASE SUBMIT AN RFP BY NO LATER. THEN MARCH 13, BRING BACK TO THE CONSULT TO AWARD A RFP BY THE SECOND CONSULT MEETING OF MAY, WHICH IS MAY 20TH, 2025. UH, OKAY. UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, CITY MANAGER, DON'T WE HAVE A PARK PLAN OR MASTER PLAN THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PRESENTED TO US ABOUT ALL THE PARKS? YEAH. SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BRINGING A REPORT TO, TO SELECT A VENDOR TO, UH, INITIATE THE PARK MASTER PLAN THAT'S GONNA LOOK COMPREHENSIVELY AT ALL OF OUR PARKS AND PARK FACILITIES. UM, AND WHAT ARE THE AREAS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE ON? WHAT ARE WE AREAS THAT, UM, OR FACILITIES THAT ARE WORKING AND THINGS THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE IN THOSE, UH, FACILITIES. I WANT SOME OF HIS MONEY. . YEAH. AND, UH, AND, UH, OKAY. OKAY. 1.3. BOYS AND GIRL. BOYS AND GIRL. HOLD ON. OKAY. POINT ORDER NO FIGHTING OVER HERE. AND ALL THE DISTRICT FIGHTING FOR MONEY, PLEASE. OKAY. WE ARE WORKING FOR ONE CITY, UNITED, WE STAND. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. PLEASE. OKAY. AND I WANT, I WANNA SAY DOWN, HOLD ON. I WANNA SAY ONE THING OVER HERE. OKAY. WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING, UM, THE MASTER PLAN FOR PARK TO PRESENT TO US WHY WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED REPRESENTATION. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. WE, OKAY. WE WANNA HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR PLEX ABOUT, UH, THE OKAY. WHAT THE CURRENT, UH, UH, PERFORMANCE AND HOW ABOUT OUR RESTAURANT? CAN WE STARTING OKAY. CONTRACT. WE TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS. SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE, UH, OUR VERY, VERY GOOD STAFF. OKAY. SUSIE PEREZ TO OKAY. AND MAKE THING HAPPEN TO HELP US TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION. AND THEN THE PARK MASTER PLAN. HOW SOON? YES. UH, SENIOR CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD TO THE CHAIR IF I MAY. UM, COUPLE THINGS I WANNA POINT ON. AND JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT CITY MANAGER MORALES HAD SAID, UM, SHE HAD STATED THAT WE ARE BRINGING FORWARD A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A FIRM TO PUT TOGETHER THE COMPREHENSIVE PARK MASTER PLAN. TO YOUR POINT, UM, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, THAT WOULD STILL COINCIDE WITH WHAT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S, UM, IDEA CONCEPT, UM, FOR, UM, UH, THE DIRECTION OF ORANGEWOOD PARK TO REHABILITATE THE PARK AND ESSENTIALLY REBRAND THAT PARK FOR UTILIZATION FOR INCLUSIVE UTILIZATION BY THE PUBLIC. UM, SO THAT WOULD STILL BE APPROPRIATE. A PAR A COMPREHENSIVE PARKS MASTER PLAN WOULD IDENTIFY, UM, NOT ONLY NEEDS AND OPPORTUNITIES, BUT FUNDING SOURCES. SO THE FACT THAT WE'RE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS RIGHT NOW, THAT THESE CONVERSATIONS ARE ONGOING WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, WE'RE GETTING A HEAD START. GOT IT. OKAY. AND THAT DOESN'T LEAVE OUT THE PUBLIC INPUT? THAT DOESN'T LEAVE OUT, UM, COUNCIL'S INPUT. IT'S AGAIN, GOT IT, GOT IT. WE'RE DOING OUR HOMEWORK. GETTING A HEADS APPRECIATE. OKAY. MY POINT IS, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE DURATION, THE TIME WHEN THIS GOING TO PRESENT TO US THE, AS INDICATED BY THE CITY MANAGER, WE ARE [02:40:01] BRINGING FORWARD THE FIRM AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR A RECOMMENDATION BY THE COUNCIL. WE WILL WORK, UM, TO DEVELOP NOT ONLY A TIMELINE THAT WILL ALSO BE DISCUSSED, WHAT TIME, WHEN, WHAT MONTHS? UM, IT TAKES ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO DEVELOP THE PARK MASTER PLAN. AND THE REASON THAT IT TAKES THAT TIME PERIOD IS BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE. REQUIRE. I UNDERSTAND. BUT I THINK WE HAVE THIS REQUEST SINCE, OKAY. A YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO ABOUT THIS MASTER PLAN. AND, UH, RIGHT NOW YOU SAY YOU NEED ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. NO, THE FIRM, ONCE WE BRING A FIRM ON, WE'VE SIGNED THE CONTRACTS THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED, UM, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. WELL, WE HAVEN'T STOPPED ANYTHING WITH THE MASTER. WE HAVE, WE HAVE PRODUCED THE RFP, WE HAVE INTERVIEWED THE FIRMS THAT WILL BE, UM, PUTTING TOGETHER THE RFP. YOU WILL HAVE, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT THE RFP, THE COMPREHENSIVE PARKS MASTER PLAN, BE WORKING WITH YOU AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY. GOT IT. CITY MANAGER. OKAY. I THINK, OKAY. MAYBE WE HAVE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING OVER HERE. MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. SINCE LAST YEAR OR THE YEAR BEFORE LAST YEAR, WE TALK ABOUT MASTER PARK PLAN DURING THE, EVEN THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, DAVE, COME COMMONLY TALK ABOUT MASTER PLAN. NOW WE TALKING ABOUT, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE RP THE CONSULTANT, NO, SORRY. AN RFP HAS BEEN, UH, WE RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. WE HAVE RECEIVED PROPOSALS. AND SO NOW STAFF HAS BEEN GOING THROUGH THE, THE VENDORS THAT HAVE SUBMITTED THE PROPOSALS, AND WE ARE REVIEWING THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. BUT THE POINT IS, WHY, WHY OVER HERE IS BECAUSE WE NEED TO AVOID OKAY. UNDER, LIKE, DISTRICT NUMBER ONE, TALKING ABOUT HIS $1.3 MILLION AND THE DISTRICT THREE TALKING ABOUT WASTE MY MONEY, I, I, I I COULD ADDRESS THAT. MAYOR, HOLD ON PLEASE. WHEN I GET AN OPPORTUNITY, HOLD ON, LET ME FINISH. DON'T CUT IN, PLEASE. OKAY. SO, SO WHAT WE TRY TO AVOID IS HOW WE CAN GET ALL THE, ALL THE CITY WITH DIFFERENT DISTRICT ALL GET TREATED EQUALLY. OKAY. AND THEN THE MASTER PLAN OF THE PARK'S IMPORTANT TO SEE ALL THE PARK ALL GET TREATED EQUALLY. AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A GRANT BECAUSE WE EVEN WANT TO BUILD OKAY. THE STATION. OKAY. THE SO CALLED THE EDGEWOOD. OKAY. AND THE SPORTS CENTER, THAT SHOULD BE INTO THE PLAN TOO. SO WE CAN UTILIZE ENTIRE CITY EQUALLY WITH ALL THE PARK, UH, WITH ALL THE STEP EQUALLY ATTENTION. OKAY. AM I RIGHT? SO HOW SOON WE CAN GET THAT THING DONE? UH, OKAY, LET ME, LET ME, I'M ASKING STILL ON MY MIND. OH, I KNOW, I KNOW. DIFFERENT ONE. OH, NO. OKAY. I WANT TO SEE HOW WE COULD GET THAT DONE. SO YOU'RE, IF I CAN CLARIFY, YOU'RE ASKING WHEN WE'RE GONNA BRING THE, UH, PARK MASTER PLAN BEFORE YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION? YES. ROXANNE, ONCE YOU AWARD THAT CONTRACT, WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON A SIX. SO, SORRY, QUESTION. OKAY. SO YOU HAVE AN, THE CONTRACT TO COUNCIL FOR THE ARC FOR THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURES COMING AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL, OR THE CONSIDERATION? OH, THE, ONCE THAT'S, ONCE THAT'S AWARDED, WE WILL BEGIN A EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE, NOT ONLY COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG, HUGE PORTION OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, BUT ALSO PUTTING IT TOGETHER. OKAY. GOT IT. OKAY. BECAUSE SINCE THIS IS NOT A DISCUSSION ABOUT MASTER PLAN, I WANNA GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, FINISH UP HIS MOTHER. MAY I GO AHEAD? YES. SO, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION ABOUT WHAT THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND IS AND ONE, THE $1.3 MILLION, WHY, WHY IT WAS ALLOCATED, UM, THAT DEVELOPMENT FUND WAS ALLOCATED BECAUSE OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN DISTRICT. ONE OF THE, I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THE NEW HOUSING PROJECTS WITHIN DISTRICT ONE, THAT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE JUST RE I MEAN MULTIPLE HOUSING, UH, ELEMENTS. CAN WE CLARIFY THAT? SO IF I COULD CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT. UM, SO WHEN A DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, THEY CAN EITHER PAY, UM, UH, THEY HAVE TO PAY PAR, UH, PARK FEES, AND THOSE PARK FEES GO TO, I BELIEVE THE PARK WITHIN THAT AREA. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BUT IT'S THE CLOSEST PARK TO THAT DEVELOPMENT. AND SO WITH THE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ON CAMERON PARK, UM, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE THE, THEY PAID THAT PARK FEE THAT WENT TOWARDS, UM, THE CLOSEST PARK, WHICH WOULD BE ORANGEWOOD PARK. SO THERE'S OTHER, UH, PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS OR PDFS FOR THE DIFFERENT PARKS BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THEM. THEY GET THAT FUNDING. BUT I CAN HAVE, UH, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, I, I, I REALLY DON'T WANT TO STUCK IN THIS MOTHER. MAY I, BUT GO AHEAD. UM, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, SO EVEN THOUGH THE, UH, FUNDING DID GO INTO THAT PDF COUNCIL CAN AND HAS IN THE PAST MOVE FUNDING TO OTHER PDFS THAT MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING OR MAY NOT BE AS REVITALIZED AND GETTING RENEWED FUNDS FOR THE PARK AREAS. SO HE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT THE MOTHER MAY I, IS A $1.3 MILLION LOCATE OKAY. INTO THE ORANGEWOOD PARK AND THIS AND THAT AND THAT, AND THAT IS THAT 1.3 MILLION ALREADY ASSIGNED TO THIS PARK? IT DID COME INTO THAT PARK IN THAT PDF, BUT COUNSEL COULD [02:45:01] CHOOSE TO MOVE IT TO A DIFFERENT PDF IF THEY SO CHOOSE. SO BASICALLY HIS REQUEST IS WHAT THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL HAVE APPROVE. SO IF IT'S OTHER CITY COUNCIL NOT GOING TO APPROVE, HE'S NOT GOING TO GET A BASKETBALL COURT. AND THAT'S WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YES. SO WE HAVEN'T APPROPRIATED THE FUNDS. IT JUST FUNDING CAME IN, REVENUE CAME IN, IT GOES INTO THAT PDF, WE GET ALL THE PDFS. AND THEN IF SO, SO THE MONEY CAN SPREAD OUT TO OUT THE PARK? IT COULD, IT COULD TECHNICALLY, BUT WHY IS YOUR GUYS OBJECTION? BECAUSE HE REQUESTS TO ALL THIS MONEY GOING INTO THE ORANGEWOOD. CAN, CAN I ANSWER THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S MY REQUEST. UM, UH, I WILL URGE MY COUNSEL, UH, TO PLEASE SUPPORT ME IN THIS, IN THIS MOTHER MAY I, IF YOU GO TO ORANGEWOOD, IT IS, UH, VIOLATING FEDERAL A DA REGULATIONS AND LAWS. THE CITY IS VIOLATING THE A DA, UH, WE HAVE A PLAYGROUND THAT'S A HAZARD. AND, AND, AND IT PUTS A, A, A JEOPARDY OF A LAWSUIT TO OCCUR AGAINST THE CITY. WE HAVE A SKATE PARK GOT IT. WHERE HOMELESS PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THERE AND SLEEPING IN AIR. GOT, AND THIS IS, THIS IS MONEY THAT LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND DISTRICT ONE HAD TO PAY. OKAY. GOT, GOT IT. YEAH. SO IF IT IS, IF THAT MONEY GOING TO CLEAN UP THE SKATE PARK, BECAUSE SKATE PARK NEED A MAJOR, UH, CLEAN UP IS LIKE THAT MONEY CAN, UH, SO THAT, THAT 1.3 MILLION COULDN'T GO TOWARDS, UM, SPECIFICALLY AND INCLUSIVELY, ONLY ORANGEWOOD, AND IT COULD GO TOWARDS ANY IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT PARK. UNDERSTAND, INCLUDING THE SKATE PARK. I UNDERSTAND. BUT, BUT THE SKATE PARK IS REALLY IN TROUBLE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. CAN WE, OKAY. UH, BECAUSE HE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, YOU GUYS HAVE A, WHAT, WHAT'S MOTHER? MAY I, WE CO ACT ON THE MOTHER. MAY I, WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THE MOTHER? MAY I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT BE BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, HIS MOTHER MAY I IS CALLED THE $1.3 MILLION. YOU NEED OTHER CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE WITH THE MONEY ALLOCATED TO ORANGEWOOD PARK. ONLY IF WE APPROVE THAT MONEY WILL GO THERE. BUT NOW WE WILL SAY, HEY, HOW ABOUT THIS MONEY? WE'RE GOING INTO THE SKATE PARK TO CLEAN UP THE SKATE PARK. IT'S STILL IN HIS DISTRICT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. I I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ JUST BROUGHT THIS AS A MOTHER. MAY I, UM, IF WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD FOR IT, THEN THEY WILL PRESENT TO US AND THEN WE CAN DISCUSS FURTHER. BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS. UM, SO I MEAN, I, I DO SUPPORT. VERY GOOD POINT. OKAY. THIS IS JUST A MOTHER MAY I I'M JUST WAY INTO THE DIRECTION ARGUMENT. I DON'T WANNA, IT'S A DIRECTION. UM, BECAUSE, UH, OKAY. BECAUSE COUNCILWOMAN D ARE STARTING WITH THIS GO AHEAD. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I DON'T ARGUE. YOU KNOW ME. OH, I KNOW, I KNOW. I'M JUST FACETIOUS AND I MAKE YOU MAKE SENSE. YOU MAKE SENSE. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW, I, UH, I'M JUST TRYING TO WORK FOR MY DISTRICT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO TAKE MONEY FROM MR, I MEAN FROM COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. BUT IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A MASTER, UH, PARK PLAN, AND I JUST, COUNCILMAN KENTO, YOU SO QUIET. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YES. UM, I, I REALLY, UM, I, I, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE PRINCIPLES OF, OF WHAT, UM, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ HAS SAID CONCURRENT WITH THAT WE, WE NEED TO LOOK AT JUST AT THE BROADER PARK, PARK MASTER PLAN AND FIND A WAY TO BEST ALLOCATE THE RESOURCES. BECAUSE LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IF WE DON'T, IT DOESN'T, FOR HIM TO ACHIEVE THOSE GOALS, WHAT IF IT DOESN'T COST 1.3 MILLION? IT ONLY COSTS, UM, 600,000. I'M JUST THROWING SOMETHING OUT. IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED TO MAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH FOR, UH, UH, UM, IMPROVING OUR PARKS ALL, ALL ACROSS THE CITY. AND AS, AS I HAVE BEEN TO THAT PARK WHERE, AND I'M ACTUALLY PRETTY OUTRAGED AS TO HOW THE PARK LOOKS THERE. UM, I WENT WITH COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, AND I CAN SEE WHY HE'S PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT. IT IS A REALLY HORRIBLE, IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT AND CONCURRENT WITH THAT. BUT I'M JUST EXPLAINING THAT, THAT WE NEED TO BE, UH, LOOK AT THE OVERALL EFFORTS OF, UM, BY LETTING THE PARK MASTER PLAN PROCESS MOVE FORWARD, GET INPUT ABOUT ALL OF THE PARKS, AND THEN FACTOR THAT IN, INCLUDING THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT, THAT HE'S ASKING FOR. SO THAT WAY WE PUT IT, WE DO IT ALL TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT'S ORGANIZED, SO THAT WAY WE MAXIMIZE USE OF ALL THE RESOURCES, UM, ACROSS ALL OF THE PARKS. VERY GOOD. OKAY. AND, UH, I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT. OKAY. I THINK SOUND LIKE, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THIS MOTHER? MAY I? OKAY. AND, UH, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. AND I'LL JUST, UH, JUST TO ANSWER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS, UH, QUESTION. WHAT I WAS TOLD TODAY IN OUR MEETING IS THAT ORANGEWOOD ORANGEWOOD PARK DID NOT HAVE, UH, I THINK, GOALS IN PLACE FOR THAT PARKS PLAN. SO AS, UH, PAULINE, CAN YOU, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT? YEAH. WHAT DID YOU SAY? SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, DEL NORTE PARK HAD IN THE CIP PROJECT, UH, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT PROGRAMED MONEY, I THINK IT WAS 1.3 MILLION FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT PARK. SO WHILE WE DID RECEIVE, UH, 1.3 MILLION IN THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT A PROJECT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. AND SO, UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S REQUEST TONIGHT IS TO CREATE A PROJECT, [02:50:01] UM, FOR THAT PARK SO THAT WE CAN START LOOKING AT, UH, PUTTING BIDS OUT FOR SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HE'S PRIORITIZING. A OKAY. IS THAT INCLUDING THE SKATE PARK? I BELIEVE IT INCLUDED THE SKATE PARK. YEAH. SO IT'S FOCUSING ON THE PLAYGROUND. YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S GONNA BE A, IT'S GONNA BE PART OF BAY, UH, IT'S GONNA BE A PART OF THE MASTER PLAN. SHE COME BACK, BUT ALSO PRIORITIZING. NO, I, I WAS FOR YOU. OKAY. I, I THINK THE SKATE PARK AND SOME OF THE, THEY'RE HORRIBLE, BUT I NEED TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THE COLLEAGUE. OKAY. I DON'T WANT TO ALL LIKE ALL THE LOVE ON HIS SIDE BECAUSE HE'S, UH, ASKING THAT MUCH OF IT, BUT I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY AGAINST THAT. YEAH. YEAH. AND, AND MAYOR, I'LL JUST SAY, YEAH, I THANK MY COLLEAGUES FOR SUPPORTING ME ON THIS. AND, AND ON BEHALF OF THE 12,000 RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE, UH, WE THANK YOU FROM OUR BOTTOM OF OUR HEARTS FOR SUPPORTING THEM IN, IN SUPPORTING THEIR LOCAL IS WEST COVINA. WE, WE, ON BEHALF OF AND, AND THE WHOLE CITY. BUT SO WE, WE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DISTRICT THAT I, THAT ELECTED ME HERE TODAY. I KNOW, I KNOW. BUT, BUT, BUT WE, WE THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THAT PARK AS A SPOTLIGHT. OKAY. AND, AND, UH, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER . OKAY. I KNOW, I KNOW. UH, THAT IS BEEN OBSOLETE FOR A LONG TIME. AND, UH, LET, WE NEED SOME UPDATE. AND, UH, WE GOT THIS MONEY, WE REALLY NEED TO KIND OF FIX UP THE AREA WE ALL AGREE UPON. UH, BUT, AND ANY OTHER PARK, THEY HAVE SOME SIMILAR ISSUE THIS, THAT WE ALL NEED TO ADDRESS, BUT, BUT I DON'T THINK ANYBODY AGAINST THAT IS GOING TO OKAY. APPROVE THIS. OKAY. AND, UH, BRING IT BACK. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY IN NO TIME WE CAN HAVE A MASTER PLAN AND TO SHARE EQUALLY TO EACH OF THE PARK. WE HAVE A 16 PARK. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THIS, EVERYBODY CAN ADDRESS THE ISSUE. OKAY. AND, AND WE CAN FIND THE FUNDING. AND I THINK OUR BRAND CRITERIA HAS A LOT OF CONNECTION FROM THE FEDERAL OR THE STATE. AND, UH, MAYBE HE CAN HELP US TO GET A PARK GRANT SO WE CAN FIX ALL THE THINGS FOR, MAKE ALL THE PARK PRIME FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY IT. OKAY. UH, NEXT, NEXT. MOTHER. MAY I? NO MORE MOTHER MAY. EYES . AH, YOU, YOU DISAPPOINTED ME. OKAY. I WAS, I WANT MORE. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE ONE. OH, OKAY. GO AHEAD. . IT'S, IT'S A SMALL ONE. I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT THE COUNCIL, UM, PUT ON THE, UH, AGENDA APPROVAL OF, OF, UH, A, A FUNDING SUPPORT FOR A, A CROSSING GUARD AT, UH, TELESIS ACADEMY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY OF DANGER IN THAT AREA, AND, AND CAUSED BY THE COMMUNITY IN THAT AREA FOR A CROSSING GUARD. UM, OKAY. AND INSTEAD, CITY CAN LOOK INTO THE FOUNDING SOURCE AND THE REGARDING CROSSING GUARD, BECAUSE CROSSING GUARD LOOK LIKE IT IS A CITY LIABILITY. AND THE RESPONSIBILITY NO. IF, IF I MAY, UM, THE, THE CROSSING GUARDS THAT WE DO HAVE, HAVE BEEN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO THEY'RE, UM, PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE SCHOOLS AND PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THE CITY. SO ARE THEY LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH US FOR A CROSSING GUARD? THE, UH, BASED ON AN EMAIL BY THE SUPERINTENDENT EARLIER TODAY, HE, HE SAID THAT UNDER EXISTING, IT, IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY. SO I, I JUST, SO, I MEAN, BUT I, I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY, ANYONE HURT THERE. SO AT LEAST IT'S DIFFERENT FROM APPARENTLY WHAT WE HAVE WITH WEST COVINA UNIFIED, WHERE WE PAY HALF, THEY PAY HALF. BUT, UH, COUNCIL, UH, AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ES, SO I'M A GRADUATE OF NOGALES HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS PART OF THE ROLLING ENTER UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A YOUNG KID. UM, AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECT CORRECTLY, UH, ROLLING. ENTER UNIFIED DECIDED TO CUT FUNDING, UH, TO SUPPORT CROSS, UH, CROSS, UH, CROSSING GUARDS IN CERTAIN SCHOOLS SITES. AND, UH, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY COUGH UP SOME MONEY TOO, IF THEY WANT OUR SUPPORT . UH, AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE CROSSING GUARD, BUT WE SHOULD SHARE THE BURDEN BECAUSE IT'S ALL TAXPAYERS MONEY. OKAY. AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A BLANK CHECK AND, UH, WE DON'T OKAY. AND, UH, JUST OKAY. AND WRITE A CHECK FOR THEM, BUT, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER. SO, SO THE MOTHER MAI CITY, LOOK INTO THE COOPERATION, LOOK INTO COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THUS, UM, UH, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CROSSING GUARD POSITION AT ELLIS. YES. AND THAT WE, THAT, THAT WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. OKAY. AND, UH, RIGHT. EVERYBODY SUPPORT THAT. RIGHT. THE CITY LOOKING TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL AND SEE HOW CAN WE SHARE THE CALLS OKAY. AND TO MAKE SURE THE KID IS SAFELY CROSSED. OKAY. AND TO THE, UH, THE, THE OKAY. AND THE SCHOOL AND, UM, AND YOU GUYS ALL DONE. OKAY. AND ONE, ONE THINGS I WANT TO FOLLOW THE PIGGYBACK WITH, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO SINCE LAST TIME WE TALKING ABOUT I, I MYSELF. OKAY. AND THE SCHOOL, UM, LIAISON WITH, UH, UH, COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER AND, UH, WE TALKING ABOUT WITH COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL AND THE WEST COVIN UNIFIED SCHOOL AND THE ROW UNIFIED SCHOOL, ANY OF SCHOOL IN OUR, UH, CITY JURISDICTION, [02:55:01] WE NEED TO LOOK INTO OKAY. POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS, UH, TRAFFIC SITUATION AROUND THE CAMPUS. OKAY. IS WHAT SHOULD WE IMPROVE? OKAY. FOR EXAMPLE, UM, AND THE, THE, THE OKAY. UH, THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY OKAY. SURROUND THE CITY AND, UH, WELL, OKAY. WE DO NOT WANT ANY CHILDREN AND, UH, WE, UH, GET HURT BY THE MOTOR RISK, THIS AND THAT. SO, SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, SOMETHING I THINK WE'VE BEEN REQUESTING BEFORE, BUT NEVER COME BACK TO US. UH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN. I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GRANT, RIGHT? CORRECT. UM, WE DID APPLY AND WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, A TP FUNDING, AND I APOLOGIZE, I'M NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT THAT ACRONYM IS FOR, BUT WITH THAT, WE ARE ABLE TO DO IMPROVEMENTS SPEC, UM, AROUND SCHOOLS SO THAT IT HELPS IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, CROSSING, LET'S, I REMEMBER, BUT NEVER BRING BACK TO US. WE COULD DO A PRESENTATION TO THE COUNCIL AND WE CAN GIVE A PRESENTATION AND, UH, CAN WE INVITE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OKAY. ABOUT WHAT WE GOING TO DO AND HELPING ALL THE SAFETY AROUND THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. BASICALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S A COUPLE SCHOOL DISTRICTS. SO WE CAN PROVIDE AN UPDATE FROM THE ENGINEERS AS WHAT ARE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PART THE GRANT WE RECEIVE, AND THAT WE CAN UTILIZE A LOT OF THING WE CAN USE THE GRANT. OKAY. AND ANY OTHER MOTHER, MAY I, GO AHEAD, . SORRY. NO, UM, MY, UH, MY NEXT ONE WOULD BE, UM, AS TO IF WE HAVE NOT DONE, IF, IF WE HAVE, UM, NOT DONE SO ALREADY, UH, OR, OR, AND IF WE HAVE THEN RENEW, UH, THE REQUEST FOR A CITY OF EMERGENCY, UH, ON HOMELESSNESS IN OUR CITY, UH, SO WE COULD, UH, GARNER MORE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS TO ADDRESS, UH, THE RISING HOMELESS ISSUES IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. UM, AND, AND YEAH, UH, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE GRANT FOR THE HOMELESS. UH, I THINK WE HAVE LEARNED LAST TIME ON THE, UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, OLI CANTOS REGARDING, UH, HOMELESS, AND HE WANT TO ADD ON MAJOR A ON TOP OF, UH, YOUR, UH, HOPE TEAM. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, YEAH. UM, A, A CITY OF EMERGENCIES SIMILAR TO A STATE OF EMERGENCY, UH, IT MAY OPEN UP AVENUES FOR MORE FUNDING TO COME TO US WHEN WE DECLARE A CITY OF EMERGENCY ON HOMELESSNESS. YOU WANT THE CITY TO DECLARE THE, UH, STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR HOMELESS ISSUE? CITY OF EMERGENCY, YES. YEAH. NO. OKAY. SO YOU WANT US TO, UH, CITY ATTORNEY? UH, I WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A POINT IN COME. YEAH, GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. JUST, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE ON RECORD. THAT, THAT IT, WE CANNOT, UH, WITH REGARD TO THE HOUSING FIRST POLICY, I, I, UH, UH, WITH, WITH WHATEVER FUNDING WE, WE, WE, WE CANNOT JUST, UM, SUPPORT HOUSING FIRST BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACCOUNTABILITY REQUIREMENT FOR ANY MONEY. THERE'S MIL, THERE'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS ALREADY AVAILABLE THROUGH THE DIFFERENT GRANTS, BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE THAT, WE, WE HAVE TO ALLOW, UH, VARIOUS THINGS TO HAPPEN, INCLUDING, NO, NO MAJOR ACCOUNTABILITY IF PEOPLE DECIDE TO DO THEIR DRUGS OR DRINK OR WHATEVER ON, ON SITE. SO THAT'S JUST, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO, UH, POINT THAT OUT WITH WHATEVER WE DO ON HOMELESSNESS THAT WE NEED TO OPPOSE HOUSING FIRST. UH, UNDERSTAND. BUT, BUT I THINK HE'S, UH, MOTHER MAY I, IS TO SIT HERE LOOKING TO, TO DECLARE THE CITY EMERGENCY FOR HOMELESSNESS ISSUE. AM I RIGHT? YEAH. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I AM ASKING FOR THE CITY OF WEST KOREA TO DECLARE A CITY OF EMERGENCY, UM, TOM OR, OR PAULINA, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A CITY OF EMERGENCY MEANS? I THINK WE'VE JUST GONE WITH THE TERM STATE OF EMERGENCY, STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION, UH, EMERGENCY FOR THE CITY. BUT, UM, THAT HAPPENS WHEN, AND THE, UH, THE COVID-19, THE PANDEMIC. YES. AND WE, WE FOLLOW THE STAY AND THEN REDUCE OR REMOVE, DISSOLVE OUR CT EMERGENCY. BUT I, I NEED THIS AS FOR THE LEGALITY ISSUE FOR PRO AND COM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT A EASY OKAY. AND THEN WHAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE IF WE DECLARE THAT? BECAUSE THEN WE, OUR CREDIT WILL BE HIT OR THIS AND THAT, RIGHT. SO CITY OKAY. TO LOOK INTO IT. YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO CITY LOOKING TO IT. OKAY. AND, UH, TO BRING WHAT THE PRO AND COME, IF WE WANNA DO THAT, I THINK HIS WHAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRITERIAS ONE IS HOW WE CAN DO, GET GRANT AND, UH, AND THAT IS, UH, WHAT THE PURPOSE TO, OTHERWISE THE POINT TO DECLARE THE EMERGENCY IF WE DON'T HAVE A BENEFIT. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER YEAH, YOU HAVE MORE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES DECLARED A CITY OF EMERGENCY, AND THAT ALLOWED FEDERAL FUNDS TO COME THEIR WAY TO A SYSTEM IN ANY HOMELESS ISSUE. UH, WHICH INC. SO IN MY CASE, A CIVIL EMERGENCY WILL BE DECLARED ON SPECIFIC HOMELESSNESS. SO IT MAY OPEN THE DOOR FOR US TO GET MORE MONEY FOR LA CANATA AND EXPAND THEIR SERVICES. YES. OKAY. UH, [03:00:03] WE HAVE, UH, A-T-A-C-T IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY IF A-A-T-A-C-D-O DECLARE, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. HOW MUCH MONEY THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE TO A DA CITY JUST FOR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. SO, BUT ANYWAY, UH, ENOUGH OUR DISCUSSION. WE HAVE A CITY, WE ALREADY APPROVED THE CITY TO LOOK INTO, OKAY. ON THE EMERGENCIES, A CITY OF EMERGENCY FOR HOMELESSNESS, AND TO SEE THE PRO AND COME, UH, ANY CONSEQUENCE. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER MOTHER? MAY I, ARE YOU GUYS SURE ARE, I THINK WE ARE ROLLING. OKAY. YOU SURE? ON THE CALL TONIGHT AND GO HOME. OKAY. NO IS ENOUGH. YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE, AND DO WE HAVE A THEY'RE ALREADY GONE. OKAY. THEY'RE ALL GONE. THEY SO QUIET. OKAY. NO CAKE, NO PUNCH, NO COFFEE. IT'S ALL GONE. BECAUSE WE SO DEDICATE TO OUR JOB AS SOMEBODY HAVE A LONG MODEL AI, BUT WHAT WE HERE IS TRY TO DO THE JOB FOR THE CITY. AND THAT'S IMPORTANT. I THINK THIS IS, UH, THE SHOW MUST GO ON TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OUR CITY. BUT I WANT TO THANK OKAY. UH, AGAIN, ANOTHER STRONG SHOWING OF, UH, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GUT. OKAY. AND, UH, AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBER AND PARTICIPATE WITH ALL THE GOOD, UH, MOTHER MAY I. AND NOW HIS ONLY THING IS HOW OUR CITY MANAGER CAN EXECUTE WITH ALL THIS MOTHER. MAY I INTENTLY MATTER SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT FROM THE CITY? ANY OTHER COMMENT? UH, CITY COUNCIL WANT TO TALK? OKAY. UH, BRIAN, [CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS] UH, CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS NOW? YES. YES. OKAY. YES. SO, UM, SO, UM, YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN, CONGRATULATE, UH, CHIEF, UH, OUR NEW POLICE CHIEF FOR THE CITY OF WEST FI, CHIEF FORTINA. AND ALSO AGAIN, UH, UH, REMIND THE RESIDENTS AND THE CITY OF AND, AND OUR RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THAT THIS CONSOLE STAYS COMMITTED ON REBUILDING AND BEAUTIFYING OUR PUBLIC PARKS, MAKING SURE THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS HAVE, UH, LIVING SPACES AND ENVIRONMENTS WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE SAFE AND, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO LIVE AND ABLE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY, ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH POLICE OFFICERS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO PROTECT THIS COMMUNITY. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST RECENTLY WENT ON A RIDE ALONG WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED, UH, THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS BEFORE THEY GO ON PATROL, ARE REQUIRED TO WATCH A BRIEFING VIDEO. AND THAT BRIEFING VIDEO GOES OVER DIFFERENT SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON DIFFERENT THINGS THEY MAY FACE ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I COMMEND OUR, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR, FOR INITIATING THAT. SO THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS. IF WE DON'T GET A BLACKOUT. SO , YEAH. UH, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE DON'T WANT TO GET POWER OFF. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. ANYBODY WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT? OTHERWISE, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO AUR I MOTION? I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND I MOTION, UH, JIM. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.