* 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. [00:00:05] READY? HEY, [CALL TO ORDER] YOU'RE READY? YEAH. UH, GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO OUR JANUARY 21ST, UH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WE NOW IS SEVERAL O'CLOCK ON TIME. A MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. OKAY. TONIGHT, INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR L RICHARDSON. OKAY. AND, UH, FROM THE NEW BEGINNING, CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP OF WEST COVINA. AND COUNCILMAN KENTO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF LEGION. ALL RISE, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. LIKE HE SAID, MY NAME IS PASTOR AL RICHARDSON FROM THE NEW BEGINNING CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN WEST COVINA. IT'S AN HONOR FOR TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY. WITH THAT SAID, PREPARE YOUR HEARTS AND MIND AS WE PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME TO YOU TODAY THAT YOU MIGHT BLESS THIS COUNCIL. LORD, BLESS THIS MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE STAFF THAT THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GOVERN AS YOU WILL HAVE THEM TO, THAT THE CITY WOULD BE MORE BLESSED BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE A WAY FOR THEM TO BE WHO THEY ARE, AND THAT THEY REPRESENT A DIVERSE POPULATION. FATHER, THAT THEIR ASSIGNMENT IS ONE TO BRING UNITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU MIGHT USE THEM AND GUIDE THEM IN EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TODAY, THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT THEY CAN ALL SLEEP AT THE NIGHT. THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT EVERYBODY WILL IN FACT BE BLESSED, THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, EVERYONE WILL STILL BE INCLUDED. THAT THIS WOULD STILL BECOME A GREAT CITY, A SAFE CITY, AND A BLESSED CITY. SO WE THANK YOU RIGHT NOW FOR WHAT YOU'VE CALLED THEM TO DO. IT'S MORE THAN A JOB. IT'S AN ASSIGNMENT. IT'S A CALLING. IT'S A MINISTRY. SO WE PRAY YOUR BLESSINGS UPON THIS SESSIONS AND EVERYONE HERE, THAT WE ALL MIGHT COME TOGETHER TO DECIDE HOW TO MOVE THIS CITY IN THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WOULD HAVE A EGO. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THE MAYOR, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE STAFF, AND WE THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE IN THIS COUNCIL MEETING ON TODAY, THAT YOUR WILL WILL BE DONE IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE REMOVE ALL HATS. FACE THE FLAG, AND FOLLOW MY LEAD. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE. UH, IS THIS THE CITY CLERK? UH, ROLL CODE PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. HERE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. HERE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VIDO. PRESENT. MAYOR W. YEP. OKAY. AND, UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING PULL OUT FOR THE CLOSED SESSION? I THINK THE REPORT, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. [PRESENTATIONS] NOW WE GO TO THE PRESENTATION. AND THE FIRST ONE WITH CERTIFICATE FOR RECOGNITION TO THE WEST COVINA, , AND THE DONATION FROM THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP FOR THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP. AND WENT TO FLORIDA AND THEY BROUGHT BACK OKAY. THE NUMBER ONE, THE FIRST PLEASE. YAY. YEAH. TESTING, TESTING, TESTING. AARON, THE COACH, WANT TO COME OVER HERE? YOU KNOW, I, I MET THEM AT, UH, UH, BRIDGE CREEK RETIREMENT HOME, AND, UH, THEY OUTSTANDING, THEY BASICALLY DID A WONDERFUL JOB FOR US. OKAY. AND AT THE RETIREMENT HOME FOR ALL THE RESIDENT OVER THERE. SO HAPPY OKAY. TO SEE THEM. THEY, THEY BROUGHT DOWN THE HOUSE. OKAY. AND I TOLD THEM, I SAY ONE TIME, I WILL TALK TO THE CAWC FOR THEM TO SUPPORT THEM. I, I HEARD ABOUT IT. THEY'RE GOING TO FLORIDA. OKAY. I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN, AGAIN, WE NEED A VILLAGE OKAY. TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE ALL TOGETHER, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, BUT WE ALL HELPING EACH OTHER. SO, UH, I DON'T WANNA CONTINUE YBA TALKING. I WANNA BRING THE MIC TO YOU BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE HOW GREAT IS OUR YOUNGSTER AND OUR LADY. AND TO BRING BACK THE GLORY TO WEST COVINA. GO AHEAD. YES. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GIRLS FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK. THEIR HEAD COACH IS ADELA [00:05:01] DURAN, WHO UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T BE HERE. UM, BUT WE JUST WANNA SAY, WE APPRECIATE YOU GIRLS AND WE ADMIRE YOUR COMMITMENT AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK, UM, IN THOSE LONG COLD PRACTICES. AND TO THE PARENTS, THANK YOU GUYS FOR CONSTANTLY COMMITTING TO THE GIRLS AND BRINGING THEM TO EVERY PRACTICE IN THOSE COLD PRACTICE DAYS TOO. AND THEN ALSO TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR US. AND, AND BEFORE, UH, BEFORE I'M GOING TO PRESENT EACH OF, WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR THEM, RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT HERE. BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, OKAY. I WANT TO, I HEARD ABOUT, YOU WANT TO GIVE US SOME, LIKE A TASTE OF, UH, HOW YOU BROUGHT BACK TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP? YES. . OKAY. SO MAKE MAKE IT SAFE. MAKE YOU SAFE. YEAH. UNFORTUNATELY NOT TALL ENOUGH. SO WE'RE JUST GONNA DO A LITTLE CHEER AND A LITTLE STEP FOR YOU GUYS. YEAH. A TASTE IS GOOD ENOUGH. A LITTLE TASTE. 'CAUSE IT'S, UNFORTUNATELY, YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING TALL ENOUGH. AGAIN. THESE GIRLS WENT TO FLORIDA COMPETED. THEY WON THE NATIONAL TITLE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING TO LAS VEGAS AGAIN FOR, TO COMPETE FOR ANOTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. OKAY. SO GIRLS GET IN YOUR TWO LINES AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DO, WHEN WE SAY WEST, YOU GUYS CAN DO IT. OH, OKAY. CO CO. WE SAY YOU SAY CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL. PLEASE SAY NUMBER. YOU SAY NUMBER ONE. NUMBER ONE, LET'S GO BE. YAY. WHAT'S THAT? YOU READY? GO. 5, 6, 7, 8. SO, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. ONE, TWO. OH MY GOSH. , LET, LET'S HAVE YOU, WHAT'S THAT BELL MATTER ON YOU. AND THEN LET ME, STARTING WITH, UH, OKAY. NAME AND, UH, YOU WANT TO OKAY. HAVE ONE BY ONE, THEN I CAN HAND OUT THE, THE CERTIFICATE. YEAH. SO WE HAVE AMBER, ROSE, AMBER . THANK. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. , COME THIS AMBER, ARIEL, DESTINY, JASMINE, JADEN, ISABELLA. AVA. AVA, MADISON, MADISON, MIA, NEVA, AND, UH, OLDER LADY. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME OVER HERE, GROUP? NOT YET. OKAY. GIMME THE MICROPHONE, PLEASE. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, NOW, UH, THERE'S SOMETHING YOU GUYS [00:10:01] BEEN WAITING FOR. I ONLY GIVE YOU A PIECE OF PAPER, BUT SOMEBODY WANNA GIVE YOU CASH. OKAY. SO YEAH, SCHOLARSHIP. OKAY. HOW, SEE, THEY HEARD ABOUT SCHOLARSHIP, THEY'RE HAPPY. OKAY. CERTIFICATE IS OKAY, BUT SCHOLARSHIP EVEN BETTER TO CONTINUE. I THINK I HEARD ABOUT YOU GO TO VEGAS, RIGHT? SO HOPEFULLY A CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, THEY WANNA DONATE FOR YOUR TRIP. OKAY. AND, UH, YOU, WE HAVE THE SECRETARY OVER CAWC. DANIEL, YOU WANNA COME UP AND YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHECK AND HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO DONATE? HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT COUPLE DOLLARS. OKAY. LET'S, AND IT'S ONLY TAKE THE BUS. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD EVENING. UH, THANK YOU. OUR MAYOR. UH, ALL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THE RESIDENT HERE TONIGHT. UH, I'M DANIEL FROM, UH, CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. FROM VES COVINA. UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR AMAZING, UH, SO, UH, PRESIDENT SOPHIA LEE, WE ARE SO EXCITED TO PRESENT THIS DONATION, UH, TO OUR BRUS TEAM. UH, WE BELIEVE, UH, THIS, UM, UH, WE BELIEVE THIS CAN, UH, IS ABOUT THE BUILDING, THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S, THE CHARACTER AND TEAMWORK, AND IT CAN MAKE IT STRONGER, UH, COM COMMUNITY STRONGER. AND OUR ASSOCIATION NOW HAS, UH, 15, UH, BOARD MEMBERS AND, UH, ALMOST, UH, 300 MEMBERS RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, WE ALL HOPE TO, UH, SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, TO BE THE BEST, UH, IT CAN BE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. HOW, HOW MUCH YOU WANT TONIGHT? $1,000. $1,000. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND YOU WANT YOU OVER THERE? AND I WANT, I NEED YOU TO HANG OVER THE CHECK OTHER, I DON'T WANT TO CHECK WITH ME. ONE, TWO. YEAH. AND THEN THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER, YES. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. BACK. NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU. CAWC FOR YOUR GENERAL, GENERAL DONATION FOR $1,000. OKAY. AND, UH, AND, UH, THE, SEE, YOU CAN SEE ENTIRE CITY SUPPORTING YOU GUY. AND WHILE YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO WIN AND CONTINUE TO HAVE A GREAT OKAY. TIME. OKAY. AND AS A CHEERLEADER. SO BRING ANOTHER CHAMPIONSHIP FROM VEGAS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S GIVE ANOTHER HAND. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, . MAYOR I SAY SOMETHING. OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUT, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YES. UM, MAYOR, BEFORE, UM, MRS. HELEN LEAVES, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF WE COULD SING HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR HER BIRTHDAY TODAY. OH, YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. WOW. HELEN. HELEN. HELEN. . HELEN. HELEN. DON'T LEAVE ON YOU EARLIER. SHE'S COMING BACK. ? NO, SHE'S NOT COMING BACK. I THINK SHE'S OVER. I, I THINK IT'S, I THINK IT'S OKAY. OKAY. IT'S FINE. YEAH. UH, IT IS, UH, UH, CLWC, THE HELEN'S BIRTHDAY, BUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER. OKAY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE, THE EFFORT TO, UH, FUNDRAISING AND TO GIVE A THEME. SO THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. SHALL WE MOVE ON TO NEXT AGENDA? OKAY, LET'S MOVE IN. HUH? THEN WE NEED A CHEERLEADER TOO. . OKAY. OKAY. WHY YOU STARTED. OKAY, HERE WE GO. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR HOWLING. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU ARE FOREVER 21. OKAY? OKAY. AND WE KNOW, AND THE WEST LOVE YOU AND THE KID LOVE YOU. YOU ALWAYS TRY TO DO GOOD THING FOR THE KID. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. REALLY APPRECIATE, BUT THANK YOU FOR THE COUNCIL TO OKAY. SEND BIRTHDAY TO HELEN. OKAY. UH, WE KNOW WE GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA. SO OUR POLICE CHIEF WANT TO PRESENT THE WHOLE, WOULD YOU PLEASE INVITE OUR CHIEF KAAN? YES. IF I COULD HAVE A CHIEF CORINA COME DOWN AND PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION ON OUR HOPE TEAM. I ALSO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR HOPE TEAM TO YOU AS WELL. [00:15:01] OKAY. WE'RE HAVING WITH ME. IT'S GREAT. UH, UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. MY NAME IS TONY CORTINA. I'M THE CHIEF OF POLICE FOR THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND PART OF MY COMMITMENT TO BECOMING YOUR CHIEF WAS TO INCREASE OUR TRANSPARENCY AND EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES. AND TODAY, I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT OUR HOPE TEAM, INTRODUCE THE MEMBERS OF OUR TEAM, DISCUSS THE MISSION, SOME OF OUR PROCEDURES, AND SOME FUTURE NEEDS WE SEE, UM, FOR THEIR, UH, THEIR MISSION. AND WITH THAT, LET ME FIRST INTRODUCE OUR TEAM. UM, I HAVE A SERGEANT ERIC STREET. UM, HE'S IN CHARGE OF, UH, SUPERVISING THE HOPE TEAM AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC UNIT. I HAVE OFFICER JOE MELO AND OFFICER DOMINIC MARTINEZ HERE. UM, THE SLIDE. OKAY. SO THE MISSION OF OUR HOPE TEAM, UH, IT IS TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BUSINESSES, UH, BY ADDRESSING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN OUR CITY PARKS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS ISSUES. UH, CITYWIDE THE TEAM, AS I SAID, IS COMPOSED OF ONE SERGEANT WHO OVERSEES, UH, OUR TWO OFFICERS. BUT WE BASICALLY HAVE, AT THE MOMENT A ONE, UH, TWO OFFICER TEAM. AND THEY CURRENTLY WORK, UH, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAYS FROM 6:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND THEY'RE SUPPLEMENTED THROUGH THE CITY'S CONTRACT WITH LATA, WHICH PROVIDES TWO CIVILIAN, UH, HOMELESS OUTREACH COORDINATORS. AND THAT'S MONDAY, UH, TO FRIDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM. AND WHAT I WANT TO DO IS TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCEDURES AND HOW THEY OPERATE WITHIN THE CITY, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AND WHAT THEY CAN'T DO. UM, SO ONE, THEY'RE DEALING WITH, UH, HOMELESSNESS ISSUES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE FIRST STEP THEY'RE GONNA TRY AND DO IS OUTREACH TO THE, UH, UNHOUSED SUBJECTS THEY CONTACT. THEY'RE GONNA OFFER THEM SHELTER, REHABILITATION, AND GOVERNMENT BENEFITS. UM, AND THEN ALSO THEY'RE ALSO GONNA TAP INTO LATA TO ASSIST WITH WHATEVER KIND OF PROGRAMS WE CAN GET 'EM INTO FOR, UH, HOUSING OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROGRAMS. UM, BUT EVENTUALLY WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF GETTING 'EM OFF OF THE STREETS, UM, IF THEY REFUSE, UM, WE GIVE 'EM A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO GET THEIR PROPERTY AND TO LEAVE. UM, AND THEN IF NEED BE, UM, ARREST CAN BE MADE BASED OFF OF, UH, UM, TRESPASSING LETTERS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE REALLY COLLABORATE AND COORDINATE VERY, VERY WELL WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS. UM, BUT ONE THING WE DO PREEMPTIVELY IS OUR HOPE TEAM WORKS WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO PREEMPTIVELY CONTACT PROPERTY OWNERS AND, UH, THE MANAGEMENT OF, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY AREAS. UM, AND WE HAVE HAVE THEM SIGN TRESPASSING LETTERS, WHICH WE KEEP ON FILE, WHICH ALLOWS US TO JUST, UM, ENFORCE THE TRESPASSING LAWS. UM, AND IF THE SUBJECT REFUSE TO LEAVE, UM, WCP PERSONNEL HAVE A SIGNED LETTER AND AN ARREST WILL BE MADE. AND WE PROACTIVELY IDENTIFY THESE PROBLEM AREAS ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND, UH, AGAIN, CODE ENFORCEMENT WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH US, UM, TO HELP WITH THE, THE NETWORKING AND THE COMMUNICATION AND THE, UH, COOPERATION, UM, WITH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, UH, OWNERS AND, UH, MANAGEMENT ON, UH, PUBLIC PROPERTY. UM, AGAIN, WE'RE GONNA OUTREACH TO THE, UH, UNHOUSED SUBJECTS AND OFFER THEM SHELTER, REHABILITATION GOVERNMENT SERVICES. AND THIS CAN INCLUDE FOOD STAMPS, UM, GETTING THEM ID CARDS IF NEEDED, VOUCHERS, SSI AND EVEN EBT, UM, LATA, AGAIN, ASSIST US WITH ALL THESE PROGRAMS. AND, UM, AGAIN, OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO TRY AND HELP THEM WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION OF GETTING OFF THE STREET, NOT PUTTING 'EM IN A SHELTER FOR A DAY TO BE BACK OUT. WE WANT TO PROVIDE PERMANENT SOLUTIONS FOR 'EM. AND LATA HASS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF, OF PUTTING 'EM IN, UH, PROGRAMS THAT REALLY DEAL WITH THE ROOT CAUSE WHEN A LOT OF THESE ISSUES, SOME INVOLVE, UH, SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. AND SO THEY REALLY TACKLE THAT ISSUE RIGHT AT THE ROOT, AND IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR US. UM, AGAIN, IF, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO GIVE 'EM A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME TO COLLECT [00:20:01] THEIR PERSONAL PROPERTY AND LEAVE AND THROUGH JUST A DIFFERENT, UH, COURT RULINGS AND SO FORTH OUT THERE, WE'VE GIVE THEM 48 HOUR, UH, PERIOD TO, TO REMOVE AN ACCOUNT, MAN. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE'LL COME AND TAG THEIR PROPERTY, BUT WITHIN THAT 48 HOURS, WE'RE GONNA STILL CONTINUE, UM, AGGRESSIVELY OUTREACHING AND, AND TRYING TO BUILD SOME SORT OF TRUST RELATIONSHIP WHERE WE CAN, UM, GET THEM OFF OF THE STREETS VOLUNTARILY. UM, AND AGAIN, IF THEY REFUSE TO ENFORCE OR, OR IF WE, THEY REFUSE TO, UM, LEAVE, UM, WCP CAN ENFORCE MUNICIPAL CODES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE, UH, VIOLATIONS OF CALIFORNIA STATE LAW. SO, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE MUNICIPAL CODES, UH, AGAINST UNLAWFUL CAMPING, UH, STORAGE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY, UNLAWFUL ACTS IN THE, IN THE PARKS, UM, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, SMOKING IN THE PARKS, OPEN CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL, WHATEVER IT IS, UM, WE'LL ENFORCE FULLY. UM, AND WHEN WE, UH, AGAIN, WE, OUR, UH, OUR TEAM HAS, HAS HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS. AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS CONTINUE TO CONTACT THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BUILD THAT, THAT RELATIONSHIP SO THE TRUST IS MADE. SO THEY WILL, UM, TAKE YOUR, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR HELP AND THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR 'EM AS WELL. SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN SOME QUESTIONS ON WHAT WE DO OR WHY WE DO CERTAIN THINGS WITH THE PROPERTY WE FIND IN AN ENCAMPMENT, AND I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL. AND THIS IS PER, UH, A CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE. SO CERTAIN ITEMS CAN BE, UH, HAVE TO BE DISPOSED OF, THAT WE CANNOT COLLECT INTO SAFE, UH, SAFE KEEPING. THOSE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE WET, SOILED, MOLDY, FILTHY, PERISHABLE, UH, OPEN CONSUMABLES, RECYCLABLE WASTE HAS A FOUL LOADER, UM, COULD BE USED AS BEDDING MATERIAL OR INFESTED WITH INSECTS SO THAT PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY, UM, GETS DESTROYED IF IT'S, IF IT'S UNATTENDED. UM, AND IF THE PROPERTY DOES, PROPERTY DOESN'T APPLY TO ANY OF THOSE PARTICULAR ABOVE MENTIONED ITEMS, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED, UH, TO STORE IT FOR A MINIMUM OF 90 DAYS. SO IT, IT, THAT, THAT'S QUITE A, UH, A PROCESS FOR US AS WELL. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO. UM, AND AS FAR AS, UH, THE, UH, HOPE TEAM STATISTICS, UM, I AM JUST INCREDIBLY PROUD OF HOW HARD THESE TWO OFFICERS WORK EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT THEY WERE OUT HERE. UM, OFFICER MELLOW AND OFFICER MARTINEZ IN 2024, JUST THE TWO OF 'EM, UM, HAD OVER 1,663 CONTACTS. THEY INITIATED, THEY REMOVED 187 ENCAMPMENTS. UH, THEY COULDN'T ARRESTED 133 SUBJECTS FOR VIOLATING LAWS. THEY ISSUED 35 CITATIONS FOR SUBJECTS VIOLATING LAWS. AND IN WORKING WITH LATA, THEY WERE ABLE TO HOUSE 123, UH, PEOPLE IN 2024. SO THAT IS A TREMENDOUS, TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FOR THESE TWO OFFICERS. AND, YOU KNOW, HOUSING SOMEBODY IS, IS MORE THAN JUST PICKING SOMEBODY UP, TAKING 'EM SOMEWHERE. THEY USUALLY HAVE TO SPEND UPWARDS OF FOUR TO FIVE, EVEN SIX HOURS, UM, DURING THE INTAKE. A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GET A MEDICAL CLEARANCE FOR PEOPLE. SO IT'S QUITE A PROCESS. AND KNOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE RED TAPE AND HOOPS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED FOR SOMEONE TO GET HOUSED AND STILL HAVE THESE, YOU KNOW, THIS AMOUNT OF WORK DONE, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE. SO I WOULD JUST WANNA COMMEND THESE OFFICERS. UM, AND AS FAR AS OUR, UH, THE REST OF THE DEPARTMENT, IN 2024, THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A TOTAL OF 2,907 HOMELESS, UH, HOMELESSNESS RATED CALLS. AND OUR HOPE OFFICERS, IN ADDITION TO THEIR OTHER WORK, THEY RESPONDED TO ANOTHER 1,442 HOMELESS RELATED CALLS FOR SERVICE. AND, UH, AS FAR AS, UH, UM, LOS ANGELES HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY, UM, THEIR 2024 STATISTICS ON HOMELESSNESS IN WEST COVINA, UM, THEIR UNSHELTERED COUNT OF HOMELESSNESS FOR OUR CITY IN 2024 WAS 55. AND SPEAKING TO OUR HOPE OFFICERS, THEY FEEL THAT WE ARE AT ABOUT 45 AT THIS AT THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW. AND, [00:25:01] UM, WITH THOSE SAME 45 THAT ARE JUST WITHIN OUR CITY, THEY'RE CONTACTED EVERY SINGLE DAY BY, BY OUR PEOPLE. UM, AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE KNOWN. THERE'S A RELATIONSHIP BUILT WITH 'EM THERE. THEY'RE CONSTANTLY, UM, TRYING TO WORK ON THAT, THAT TRUST AND GET THEM INTO, INTO PROGRAMS AND, AND GET THEM BACK ON THEIR FEET AGAIN. UM, AS FAR AS, UH, THE FUTURE OF THE HOPE TEAM, AND IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE THE EFFORTS OF THEIR MISSION, UM, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO ADD ADDITIONAL FOUR TO SIX OFFICERS TO THE TEAM, UM, TO PROVIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, A TWO MAN TEAM, OR TWO PERSON TEAM FOR EACH OF THE FOUR SERVICE AREAS, OR TO AT LEAST, UH, UH, PATROL, UH, AND DEAL WITH THIS ISSUES DURING THE EVENINGS AND IN WEEK, WEEK WEEKENDS. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE COVERAGE FOR THAT OTHER THAN JUST OUR PATROL OFFICERS, UM, WHO ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO REGULAR CALLS FOR SERVICE AND, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. UM, WE WOULD ALSO NEED AN ADDITIONAL, UH, TWO TO THREE VEHICLES FOR THEM FOR THEIR MISSION, UM, INCLUDING A PICKUP TRUCK, WHICH WOULD ASSIST THEM WITH THE ENCAMPMENTS AND ITEMS THEY'RE HAVING TO COLLECT. UM, AND SO THAT WOULD IMPLEMENT, HOPEFULLY IMPLEMENT A SEVEN DAY COVERAGE PLAN. UM, AS FAR AS THE EXPENDITURES, UH, FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO ADD, UH, FOUR HOPE OFFICERS TO THE TEAM, UM, IT WOULD ADD AN APPROXIMATED BURDEN COST OF $639,000, UM, TOTAL PER YEAR FOR FOUR OFFICERS. UM, THIS WOULD BE APPROXIMATE INCREASE OF 1.8% TO THE POLICE BUDGET AND APPROXIMATE INCREASE OF 0.4% TO THE OVERALL CITY BUDGET. UM, THAT'S BASICALLY WHERE WE'D LIKE TO SEE OUR TEAM GO, UM, IF POSSIBLE. UM, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS IN THE CITY, BUT I AT LEAST WANT TO SAY THAT IF, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, SOME MORE HOPE OFFICERS OUT THERE, THE TEAM WOULD DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS IN DEALING WITH THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE WE ARE FACING IN WEST CONA AT THE MOMENT. AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. YEAH. OKAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHIEF. AND, UH, I WANT TO THIS TIME TO GIVE COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTION. WE WANNA GO FIRST. OKAY. AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUT GO. YEAH. UM, CHIEF CHRISTINA, CAN YOU, UH, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT LA I'M PROBABLY NOT SAYING IT RIGHT, BUT LATA, UH, DOESN'T, WHAT'S IT CALLED? LATA. LATA DOES, UH, IN OUR CITY AND, UH, WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE DOING, WHAT THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS ARE FOR THEM, AND WHAT ARE YOU, YOU ARE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTING, UH, TO HOW TO EXPAND THAT PROGRAM? IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, LATA RIGHT NOW IS WORKING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 4:00 PM AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PROACTIVELY, IT'S, IT'S TWO PEOPLE IN A VAN, AND THEY PROACTIVELY DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND MAKE CONTACTS WITH, UM, UNHOUSED PEOPLE AND TRY TO BUILD, UH, A RELATIONSHIP WITH 'EM. THEY'LL OFFER 'EM, UM, SOME FOOD OR WATER, WHATEVER IT MAY BE, JUST TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, BUILD THAT INITIAL TRUST. AND FROM THERE, WHAT THEY TRY AND DO IS FIND OUT WHAT THEIR SITUATION IS AND THE BEST WAY TO ULTIMATELY, WITH THE END STATE OF GETTING THEM OFF OF OUR STREETS, HOW THEY CAN DO SO. AND A LOT OF THAT IS DONE THROUGH, UM, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH LASA AND PROVIDING HOUSING OR THROUGH, UM, ADA'S, UM, DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS, WHICH ARE IN-HOUSE. AND, AND SO HOW, WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR VISION ON H BASED UPON THE CURRENT ISSUE, THE CURRENT HOMELESS SITUATION IN THE CITY? WHAT ARE YOU RECOMMENDING ON, ON, ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION OR EXPANDING SERVICES? SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT COMES TO LACA, LADO SPECIFICALLY FOR LATA, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM, UM, HERE ON THE WEEKENDS AS WELL. UM, IF, IF THEY CAN PROVIDE THE, THE, THE TROUBLE WITH THEM BEING HERE AT NIGHT IS A LOT OF THE RESOURCES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT NIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE THE BEST EFFECTIVE USE OF, OF LATA. UM, OUR HOPE OFFICERS CAN BE OUT THERE AT NIGHT, UM, ENFORCING AND ASSISTING. BUT AS FAR AS, UM, UH, LAKOTA'S BEST, UH, EFFECTIVENESS, THAT'S DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS WHEN THOSE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE. [00:30:02] AND MY LAST QUESTION, SORRY, , UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW SU THE SUCCESS, HOW SUCCESSFUL THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN IN OUR CITY AND, AND POTENTIALLY HOW, UH, MANY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS HAVE GONE, UH, ON TO SECURE HOUSING AND UNDER, UNDER PROJECT, UH, OTHER, UH, LIVING SITUATIONS 'CAUSE OF OUR OFFICER'S OUTREACH AND, AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO, UH, MAKE THIS PROGRAM SUCCESSFUL? ABSOLUTELY. THE, UH, I MEAN, JUST FROM THIS OR 2024, LATA HOUSED OVER A HUNDRED AND APPROXIMATELY 130, UM, PEOPLE OFF OF OUR STREETS. AND THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER. I THINK LATA HAS BEEN THE MOST SUCCESSFUL, UM, PROGRAM THE CITY HAS, HAS ADAPTED OR ADOPTED, THAT'S, THAT'S DEALT WITH THE HOMELESS, UH, ISSUE WE'VE HAD. SO, AND THEY, AGAIN, THEY, UH, IT'S NOT JUST DEALING WITH THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND DRUG DRUG ABUSE OR, UH, ALCOHOL ABUSE. THEY WORK HAND IN HAND WITH, WITH LASA, THEY WORK WITH, UH, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH. AND AGAIN, THEY'RE BASICALLY INTEGRATED WITH OUR, WITH OUR HOPE TEAM. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER VANTI. OKAY. I, I WANT TO OKAY. HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. I, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TIME WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A MORE SERIOUS OR DISCUSSION, TRY TO IMPROVE OUR CITY. SO, UH, SINCE WE HAVE A LONG OKAY. AND A LOT OF, UH, AGENDA TONIGHT, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE IT BRIEF OKAY. SO WE CAN MOVE ON ON THIS PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE WANNA GO NEXT. MAYOR PUTIN, GO AHEAD. UH, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE HOPE TEAM. UH, QUESTION, WHAT DAYS AND TIMES DOES OUR HOPE TEAM CURRENTLY WORK? OUR HOPE TEAM IS CURRENTLY WORKING MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 6:00 AM TO 4:00 PM OKAY. AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN THE EVENINGS, SO IF THEY'RE NOT HERE AND THERE'S THINGS THAT OCCUR AT NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, UM, IS THERE A PERSON IN THE HOPE TEAM OR IS JUST A REGULAR OFFICER? WE'RE, WE'RE RELYING ON OUR, OUR PATROL STAFF TO DEAL WITH THAT. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, I KNOW, AND I GUESS THIS IS JUST THE OFFSITE ON WHEN WE HAD THE LAST LATA MEETING, WE EXTENDED THEIR CONTRACT AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED THE EXPANSION FOR THIS. UM, BUT I GUESS I COULD GET THAT INFORMATION LATER FROM OUR CITY, UH, CURRENTLY. HA WHO DOES THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS WE WORK? WELL, THERE'S A, IT'S, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT'S DONE. UM, WE WORK HAND IN HAND WITH, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS. OKAY. UM, THEY'RE AN ABSOLUTELY VALUABLE PARTNER TO AND COLLABORATOR WITH, WITH OUR HOPE TEAM, 100%. UM, WE WORK WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL CLEANUP OF ITSELF, UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS BIG WITH THAT. UM, SOMETIMES THE COUNTY OR CALTRANS, A LOT OF, A LOT OF THESE ENCAMPMENTS, UH, END UP RIGHT ON THE FREEWAY OFF RAMPS OR ON THE, UH, CALTRANS TERRITORY. SO WE WORK, UH, DIRECTLY WITH CALTRANS TO CLEAN UP AS MUCH AS THEY CAN ON, ON, ON THEIR AREAS OR JURISDICTION AS WELL. AND SOMETIMES FLOOD CONTROL AND, AND THE FLOOD CONTROL ZONES, UM, ENCAMPMENTS WILL, UM, START, UH, BEING BUILT UP IN THOSE AREAS AND WE RELY ON THEM TO DO THAT AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THE LAST CLEANUP, IT WAS REALLY QUICK. THERE WAS LIKE A REALLY LARGE ENCAMPMENT, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. AND THAT WAS ON A WEEKEND TOO, SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. THANKS. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO, ATTEND, AND, UH, UH, COUNCIL MAN, ALI KENTO. THANK YOU, CHIEF. UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, CHIEF, UH, WE, WE'VE SEEN FROM THE COUNTY HOW, WHEN THEY DO THEIR POINT IN TIME COUNT, I THOUGHT I REMEMBER THE COUNTY SAYING THAT OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT WAS 172 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IN LIGHT OF THE NUMBER YOU PRESENTED, I'M WONDERING IF YOU COULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON, ON, ON OUR METHODOLOGY FOR KEEPING TRACK OF OUR HOMELESS OURSELVES AS THOROUGHLY, THOROUGHLY AS WE DO, AND, AND HOW THAT DIFFERS POSSIBLY FROM WHEN, WHEN THE COUNTY SENDS PEOPLE IN. BECAUSE I, I HAVE GONE OUT AND, AND I'VE, WE'VE, AND WITH OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, WE'VE LOOKED AND WE DIDN'T SEE 172, UH, HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS OUT AND GOING OUT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. AND SO JUST CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE METHODOLOGY, BECAUSE I'M ALMOST WONDERING IF OUR OWN, UM, EFFORTS TO TRACK HOMELESS ARE MORE ACCURATE THAN WHAT THE COUNTY IS, IS PROVIDING, UH, TELLING US THAT WE HAVE, IN TERMS OF NUMBERS OF HOMELESS YES. UM, THAT MIGHT BE INCLUDING SHELTERED AND UNSHELTERED. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS SOME PEOPLE MIGHT BE IN VOUCHERS, IN, IN MOTELS OR, OR DIFFERENT, UM, FACILITIES. SO THAT MIGHT BE PART OF, OF THAT COUNT AS WELL. UM, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT, IT IS, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK NOBODY KNOWS BETTER THAN OUR HOPE TEAM IN LATA. EXACTLY. THEY'RE THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY'RE ON THE FRONT LINES, THEY'RE ON ALL ASPECTS OF OUR CITY STREETS EVERY DAY WORK TIRELESSLY. UM, BUT I, I TRULY BELIEVE, UH, IN THEIR NUMBERS. THANK YOU, CHIEF. AND I HAVE ONLY THREE QUESTIONS THAT ARE PRE-WRITTEN, AND IF [00:35:01] I COULD ASK, UM, THE CITY ASSISTANT, CITY CLERK TO READ THOSE, IF THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN ANSWERED, WE COULD JUST GO TO THE NEXT ONE. BUT SINCE I WROTE THOSE AHEAD OF TIME PRIOR, IF, UM, UH, MADAME ASSISTANT CLERK, IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE ONE, ONE QUESTION AT TIME, STARTING WITH QUESTION ONE. YES. I, I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN TOUCHED ON, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR QUESTION HAS BEEN ASKED, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ THE QUESTION, IF THAT'S OKAY. YES. WHAT LEVEL OF EXPENDITURES WOULD BE REQUIRED IF WE WERE TO EXPAND HOPE TEAM EFFORTS TO COVER WEEKENDS AND EVENING HOURS? ALREADY ANSWERED. SO THE NEXT QUESTION. PERFECT. WHAT HAS BEEN THE STAFF'S APPROACH TO REACHING OUT TO BRICK AND MORTAR BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE OPTION TO FILE AND RENEW 6 0 2 PAPERWORK? I THINK I TOUCHED ON THAT, BUT, UH, IT'S, UH, THE EFFORTS WITH OUR PD AND CODE ENFORCEMENT IN PROACTIVELY CONTACTING, UM, THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES. SO IT'S THAT COLLABORATION WITH OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE, WE'RE THE MOST EFFECTIVE. AND SO DO WE ASK, UH, JOANNE, UM, BURNS AND OTHERS TO, UM, PROVIDE A LIST AND THEN, UH, WE REACH OUT SYSTEMICALLY TO ALL THOSE KNOWN BUSINESSES WHO ARE, WHO ARE REGISTERED WITH US IN TOWN? YEAH. IF WE, WELL, WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTACT EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS. THAT'D BE, I MEAN, IT WOULDN'T BE REALISTIC TO DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF BUSINESSES WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, BUT THERE'S CERTAIN AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, ENCAMPMENTS TEND TO BE PRONE TO BE SET UP IN SO FORTH. AND, AND THE HOPE TEAM KNOWS WHICH AREAS, WHICH BUSINESSES SPECIFICALLY TO GO AND TALK TO, UM, IN ORDER TO GET THOSE, UH, TRESPASSING LETTERS ON FILE, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THE, UH, UH, TREES AND SHRUBS, EVERYTHING ARE NICE AND PRUNED DOWN. THERE'S, UH, LIGHTING AT NIGHTTIME, FOR EXAMPLE, AND SECURITY CAMERAS AND JUST ENSURING THAT THE AREAS ARE SAFE. THANK YOU. AND LAST QUESTION, MADAM, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, UH, YOU HAD A FOLLOW UP TO NUMBER TWO, COUNCILMAN CANTOS, PLEASE. IT WAS TO FILL US FACILITATE AWARENESS OF PAPERWORK SUBMISSION PROCEDURES, AND HOW TO KEEP THAT PAPERWORK CURRENT. OH, ANSWERED. OH, PERFECT. TO WHAT EXTENT DO HOPE TEAM EFFORTS QUALIFY FOR GRANT FUNDING FROM EXISTING COUNTY SAN GABRIEL VALLEY STATE AND FEDERAL SOURCES THAT THROUGH THIS POINT HAVE EITHER NOT BEEN TAPPED OR HAVE NOT BEEN TAPPED AS EXTENSIVELY? AND WHAT ARE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNSEL TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IN A MANNER THAT WILL RESULT IN GREATER SUPPORT? UM, WELL, LET'S, UH, CURRENTLY OUR, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, ANY OTHER FUNDING TO SUPPORT OUR HOPE TEAM OTHER THAN OUR, OUR, OUR BUDGET. UM, I THINK A LOT OF THE, THE COUNTY FUNDING THAT TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN OUT THERE IS SUPPORTING THE SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES THAT ARE OUT THERE. UM, I KNOW THAT MEASURE A, UM, IS A, IS AVAILABLE FOR, TO HELP WITH THIS, THIS, CAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MONEY YET. YES. WELL, I CAN HELP ADD, IF YOU WOULD LIKE CHIEF COR, I WOULD LOVE THAT. . UM, SO CURRENTLY, YES, WE DO, UM, FUND OUR CURRENT EFFORTS THROUGH GENERAL FUND AND OUR HOUSING, UH, FUNDS, UH, TO PAY FOR BOTH LOCATE A CONTRACT AND OUR HOPE TEAM. UM, WE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER AVENUES LIKE TRYING TO GET MEASURE H FROM THE COUNTY. UM, WHAT WE HAVE GOTTEN IS MONEY THROUGH, UM, THAT'S FILTERED THROUGH THE COG, UM, THE, UM, COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, OH, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE ACRONYM, BUT THE COG . UM, AND SO THAT'S HOW WE GET AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE OF ONE LATA OFFICER, OUR INDIVIDUAL, UM, CASE WORKER ONCE A WEEK, UH, TO ADD ON TO OUR TWO CASEWORKERS THAT THE CITY PAYS FOR. UM, AND SO I THINK, UM, EVEN BEFORE, UH, THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, ONE OF THE MOTHER MAYS BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ WAS TO WRITE A LETTER TO, UM, OUR, UH, LA COUNTY SUPERVISOR HIL US TO LEASE, ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, EITHER THROUGH MEASURE H OR THROUGH MEASURE A TO BRING THOSE LOCAL REVENUES, UH, BRING THOSE FUNDS TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA SO THAT WE CAN HELP ENHANCE, UM, OUR CURRENT, UH, HOMELESS EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY. GOT IT. UH, YOU DONE? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO AND, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU CHIEF FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE AS WELL. UM, I FEEL, UH, I WANNA COMPLIMENT YOU GUYS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL ENCAMPMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP VERY, UM, EXPEDITIOUSLY. AND I, I, I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE THESE REPEAT OFFENDERS THAT JUST KEEP COMING BACK TO THE SAME ENCAMPMENTS LIKE BY THE FREEWAY THAT WE CONSTANTLY HAVE TO REPORT [00:40:01] AND THEY JUST COME RIGHT BACK? WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE? WELL, I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT IS A LITTLE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO GET THEM OFF THE STREETS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HOW MANY REPEAT OFFENDERS WOULD YOU SAY THAT ARE JUST CONSTANTLY OVER AND OVER? THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT. SO CAN I, IS IT ALL, IF I HAVE A, CAN I HAVE ONE OF THE OFFICERS SPEAK ABOUT THIS? SURE. THANK YOU. UH, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS FIGURE OUT WHAT'S DRAWN ON THERE, AND A LOT OF TIMES IT'S WIFI MIC CLOSER. OH, SORRY. SO WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S BRINGING 'EM THERE. SO THERE WAS THE BIG ONE ON, UM, AZUSA IN SOUTH GARVEY ACROSS FROM THE DEALERSHIPS. MM-HMM . UM, THE BIGGEST THING WITH THAT WAS A CONCEALMENT WITH ALL THE VINES. RIGHT. AND WE WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH CALTRANS MULTIPLE TIMES. THEY CLEANED IT UP MULTIPLE TIMES, AND I TOLD 'EM, IF YOU GUYS JUST CLEAR OUT THESE VINES, THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE. RIGHT. AND THEY FINALLY DID IT, AND IT HASN'T BEEN AN ISSUE. UM, SAME WITH BUSINESSES. WE TRY TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IF THERE'S LIGHTING, IF THERE'S, UM, IF ELECTRICAL OUTLETS THAT ARE UNSECURED, IF THERE'S WIFI, WE TRY TO WORK WITH THESE BUSINESSES TO GET RID OF THAT STUFF, AND THEY USUALLY GO AWAY, UM, OR THE TRESPASS LETTERS. SO WE JUST TRY TO FIND THE ROOT CAUSE OF WHAT'S DRAWING, TO DRAWING THEM TO THAT AREA. AND USUALLY ONCE WE TAKE THAT AWAY, THEY LEAVE. OKAY. NOW THEY DO GO TO ANOTHER SPOT, AND THEN WE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND, AND WE GOTTA COME UP WITH, WITH ADDITIONAL WAYS THEN. RIGHT. UM, BUT IT'S HEAVY OUTREACH. IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, THEN IT GOES TO ENFORCEMENT. AND USUALLY ONCE THEY'VE GET ARRESTED A COUPLE OF TIMES, THEY USUALLY ARE MORE ACCEPT, WILLING TO ACCEPT HOPE. SO THANK YOU. MM-HMM . YEP. THANK YOU SO MANY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AND I, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUE HAS A TONS OF QUESTIONS, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT TO START OVER HERE TILL MIDNIGHT. OKAY. OTHERWISE, WE'LL CONTINUE BACK AND FORTH. OKAY. BUT I JUST WANT TO STOP ON THIS, BUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT. OKAY. I REALLY QUICK IS, UH, I THINK OUR TEAM DOING GREAT JOB. I MET OUR SERGEANT STREET OKAY. ON THE, THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, THE TRAGEDY. OKAY. AND I THINK THE PROBLEM WE HAVE IS WE UNDERSTAFF OKAY. WE UNDERSTAFFED, WE UNDERSTAFF, WE, WE, WE 120,000 POPULATION. BUT NOW WE ONLY HAVE, UH, OKAY. BUDGET 100, BUT WE ONLY HAVE A 90 SOME. OKAY. POLICE OFFICER, WE NEED MOST. OKAY. AND THE TRAFFIC CONTROL OFFICER, WE NEED MORE. HOPING YOU, I KNOW YOU WANT SIX, YOU DREAM FOR SIX, BUT WE ONLY CAN GIVE YOU RIGHT NOW, TWO, THREE OKAY. SO FAR AWAY FROM HOW WE CAN HANDLE THE CITY ISSUE. SO WE CITY COUNCIL, HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC SAFETY TO FIND MORE POLICE OFFICER FUNDING, UH, FOR YOU GUY. SO ANYWAY, UH, YOU WANT MORE? OKAY. I DON'T WANNA GO TO MIDNIGHT, SIR. OKAY. AGAIN, A QUICK ONE. GO AHEAD. YEAH. I'LL JUST FINISH OFF BY SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I TALK TO CHIEF CRI, HE'S, HE'S VERY COMMITTED ON, ON HELPING THOSE WHO ARE FACING HOMELESSNESS AND FINDING SOLUTIONS. AND, AND I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND I COMMEND OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE HERE TODAY. YOU KNOW, IT TAKES, UH, OFFICERS A LOT OF, I MEAN, OUR OFFICERS, UH, HERE IN WEST COVINA DEFINE THE TRUE MEANING OF PROTECTING AND SERVING. BUT I ALSO COMMEND OUR HOPE TEAM OFFICERS WHO WORK EVERY DAY TO, UH, INTERACT WITH THOSE WHO ARE FACING HOMELESS OR WHO ARE HOMELESS AND, AND GETTING THEM THE HELP THEY NEED. AND, AND I COMMEND YOUR, OUR OFFICERS FOR THEIR, THEIR WORK. AND, YOU KNOW, THIS PAST, UM, THIS MONDAY WAS, UH, THE MARTO KING EVENT. AND, UH, SUPERVISOR SLIS WAS THERE AT HER OFFICE, AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, SPEAK TO HER REPRESENTATIVE AND, AND ASK THEM ABOUT MEASURE A. AND, AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD, UH, INVITE SUPERVISOR ALI'S OFFICE TO COME PRESENT ON THE STATUS OF MEASURE A AND, AND, AND SEEK HER ASSISTANCE IN, IN SECURING FUNDING. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU OFFICER. AND WE WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU THE, THE, THE SUPPORT. OKAY. THE ENFORCEMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LET'S GO TO NEXT AGENDA. OKAY. AND THE NEXT AGENDA [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] IS, UH, MANAGEMENT REPORT. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I HAVE SOME UPDATES, SO I'LL TRY TO GET THROUGH THEM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, I DO WANNA, I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK OFF, UH, WANTED TO THANK THE HOPE TEAM. THEY DO AN INCREDIBLE JOB IN OUR COMMUNITY, WORKING VERY COLLABORATIVELY WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, WITH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, AND WITH OUR LA TEAM TO HELP ADDRESS AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO THE UNHOUSED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, JUST WANTED TO GIVE HIM BIG THANKS. UM, AND THEN, UM, WITH THE WINDSTORM THAT WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, THE FIRST WEEK OF, UM, JANUARY, UM, JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF THE PEOPLE, ALL OF THE WEST COVINA STAFF THAT RESPONDED TO HELP PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS. I KNOW THAT WE DID NOT HAVE WORSE DISASTER LIKE OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT WE WERE ALSO IMPACTED. AND AS THE LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT [00:45:01] AND SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. SO, WANTED TO THANK OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT. THEY ALL WORKED VERY COLLABORATIVELY TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE INSTANCES THAT WERE, UM, CALLED OUT. I THINK WE HAD A TOTAL OF 104 REPORTS THAT WERE RELATED TO THE WINDSTORM. WE HAD SOME DAMAGE TO OUR FACILITIES. UM, FALLEN TREE BRANCHES, I THINK EVEN SOME OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES, UM, EXTRA, UM, WERE ABLE TO GET, UH, INDIVIDUALS OUT OF, UH, THEIR VEHICLES THAT HAD, UH, FALLEN TREES ON THEM. AND SO, UM, FROM ADDRESSING, UH, DOWN WIRES AND GETTING THOSE TAKEN CARE OF SO THAT THE STREETS WERE SAFE FOR OUR FIRE AND POLICE TO RESPOND TO CALLS, UM, IT'S VERY A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS AS PART OF THAT AS WELL. UM, WE WERE ABLE TO HELP A AVERSON SCHOOL OF LEADERS, UM, THAT WAS IMPACTED, OR THEY LOST THEIR SCHOOL DUE TO THE EATON CANYON FIRE IN TNA. AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO LET THEM USE ONE OF OUR FACILITIES, UM, TO HOLD AN EVENT. SO, UM, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP OUT, UM, NEIGHBORING CITIES AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND THEN IT'S ALSO JUST A GOOD TIME TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REFLECT ON, UM, YOUR READY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS IN YOUR OWN HOMES. UM, NOT ONLY MAKING SURE THAT YOUR HOME IS READY, UM, BY HARDENING YOUR HOME TO PROTECT IT FROM FLAMES, HEAT AND FLYING AMBERS. UM, THIS MEANS FOCUSING ON MEASURES THAT STOP FLAMES FROM REACHING YOUR HOME AND PREVENTING MBS FROM ENTERING. UM, BUT ALSO CREATING A DEFENSIBLE SPACE BY CLEARING ANY FLAMMABLE MATERIALS AND VEGETATION AROUND YOUR PROPERTY TO LOWER THE RISK OF SPREADING, UH, FIRE SPREADING, UH, TO GETTING READY, UM, OUTLINING, UH, EVACUATION ROUTES, GETTING CONTACT INFORMATION AND MEETING POINTS WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS. SO IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, UM, YOU HAVE THAT READY TO GO. AND THEN LASTLY, UM, IT'S GET READY, GET SET, AND THEN GO. IF YOU FEEL UNSAFE OR THERE'S EVACUATION ORDERS, UM, THAT YOU NEED TO LEAVE IMMEDIATELY, YOU HAVE GO BAGS READY LOADED, UM, IN YOUR VEHICLES, UM, FOR QUICKER DEPARTURE. UM, AND, UH, INCLUDING ITEMS, UM, LIKE MEDICATIONS, UH, UM, CHANGE OF CLOTHES, UM, ITEMS THAT YOU MAY NEED. SO HAVING THOSE IN YOUR GO BAGG. AND THEN THE EVACUATION CHECKLIST, OBVIOUSLY YOUR LOVED ONES, INCLUDING YOUR PETS. UH, ANY IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS, PHONE NUMBERS, IMPORTANT, UH, PAPERS, UM, PRESCRIPTIONS, VITAMINS AND EYEGLASSES PICTURES, IRREPLACEABLE MEMORABILIA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KEEP. UM, AND ANY OTHER ITEMS LIKE CASH OR CREDIT CARD. SO JUST HAVING THAT GO BACK READY. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THE CITY IS DOING IS, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO ADDRESS THE HILLSIDE CLEANUP FROM THE VEGETATION. SO THE CITY, UM, UH, HIRED A CONTRACTOR AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY CLEARING THE AREAS IN LM D FOUR, UM, WHICH IS ALONG AMAR NOGALES ROAD. UM, THIS IS TO HELP, UH, REDUCE FIRE HAZARDS IN OUR OPEN SPACE AREAS, UM, AND ENHANCES SAFETY FOR, UH, PEOPLE AND PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE CONTINUING THOSE EFFORTS. UM, JUST WANTED TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON CAMERON PARK EXPANSION PROJECT. UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE DRIVEN BY THE GRASS IS GROWING, IT'S COMING IN, IT IS STILL CLOSED BECAUSE THE GRASS, UH, STILL NEEDS TIME TO FULLY GROW. UM, BUT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE COMMUNITY BEGINNING FEBRUARY, 2025. SO A COUPLE IN A COUPLE WEEKS. UM, THIS AREA HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNATED AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN OPEN SPACE, OR IN ADDITION TO CAMERON PARK THROUGH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN THAT'LL HOPEFULLY GET ADOPTED, APPROVED TONIGHT. UM, WE WILL BE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS TO DETERMINE THE, UH, HOW THIS PROPERTY OR SPACE, UM, WILL BE U UTILIZED. UM, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN DE DESIGNATED AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN OPEN SPACE. UM, FOR NOW, UM, THIS PAST WEEKEND I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE OUR WEST COVINA POLICE EXPLORERS, UM, ALONG WITH THEIR EXPLORER ADVISORS. TRA TRAVELED TO CHANDLER, ARIZONA TO TAKE PART IN THE CHAN CHANDLER TACTICAL COMPETITION HOSTED BY THE CHANDLER POLICE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT OUR EIGHT POLICE EXPLORERS, MANY OF WHOM ARE NEW TO THE POST, ARE COMPETING FOR THE FIRST TIME, JOIN THEIR ADVISORS FOR THE WEEKEND. AND TOGETHER THEY WENT UP AGAINST FOUR, THE 40 OTHER EXPLORER POSTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UM, THE SCENARIOS ARE DESIGNED TO TEST EXPLORERS, SPLIT SECOND DECISION MAKING AND TACTICAL SKILLS. UM, AND DESPITE COMPETING AGAINST LARGER POST, I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WEST CONVENIENT EXPLORER POST TOOK THIRD PLACE, UM, AT THE ICSA EVENT. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM. WE'RE VERY PROUD, UM, THAT THEY'RE REPRESENTING OUR CITY IN THEN GETTING THIRD PLACE. UM, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. UH, ONE OF THE REQUESTS [00:50:01] FROM THE LAST MEETING WAS TO HAVE A LETTER READY FOR HILDA ALI TO, UH, REQUEST ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE HOPE TEAM. UM, SO THE LETTER, UM, WAS SIGNED BY ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THIS EVENING AND WILL BE MAILED OUT TOMORROW, UH, TO THE SUPERVISOR. UM, AS WE START JANUARY, WE'RE GETTING READY FOR THE BUDGET SEASON. UM, AND THAT GETS KICKED OFF WITH OUR BUDGET SURVEY. SO WE'RE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK. UM, AND THE SURVEY IS ON OUR WEBSITE. YOU HAVE THE QR CODE UP THERE, UM, THAT DIRECTS YOU TO DIRECTLY TO THE WEB, UH, TO THE BUDGET, UH, SURVEY. AND THE SURVEY IS GONNA BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FEBRUARY 26TH, 2025. UM, I KNOW THAT WE ANNOUNCED IT LAST, UH, YEAR AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WE ARE NOW GOING TO WEST. UH, WE HAVE WEST COVINA, UM, GO BY VIA OUR NEW MICRO TRANSIT PROGRAM IN THE COMMUNITY. UM, WITH THAT, I WANTED TO SHARE A REMINDER THAT THE GO WEST SHUTTLES BLUE AND RED LINE WILL BE TERMINATED AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. UM, AND SO INDIVIDUALS WANTING TO UTILIZE OR, OR TO ACCESS TRANSPORTATION, UM, PLEASE GO TO THE GO WEST, UM, APP. UH, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT, UM, AND YOU CAN, UH, USE IT AND IT'S FOR FREE. SO WE HOPE OUR RESIDENTS WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, UH, TRANSIT PROGRAM. UM, IT DOES DO WEST COVINA FROM THE SERVICE AREA, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, UM, NORTH OF CAMERON. UM, AND IT ALSO CONNECTS US TO THE METRO LINK STATIONS IN BALDWIN PARK IN COVINA. SO SINCE WE LAUNCHED THE PROGRAM, WE'VE HAD 795, UM, ACCOUNTS CREATED 533 TOTAL RIDES, UM, WITH THE NUMBER OF RIDERS WHO HAVE RIDDEN GO WEST COVINA AT LEAST ONCE IS 240. AND WE'VE GOTTEN A FIVE STAR RATING, 222, UM, RIDES OUT OF 251. SO I THINK WE'RE DOING WELL AND HOPE THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FREE TRANSPORTATION SERVICE THAT WE'RE RIGHT PROVIDING TO OUR RESIDENTS. UM, WE DID ANNOUNCE AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE ARE GOING TO WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING. I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. UM, IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHEN YOUR, UH, WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING DAY IS, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE. UM, IT IS ON THE GIS MAP SO YOU CAN ENTER YOUR ADDRESS AND IT'LL TELL YOU WHAT DAY YOUR STREET SWEEP BRING DAY IS. UM, IF YOU HAVE POSTED, UH, PARKING RESTRICTIONS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ENFORCED. UM, AND TONIGHT ON THE AGENDA, WE DO HAVE, UH, THE, UH, ORDINANCE CHANGED TO, UH, DO WEEKLY, UH, PARKING RESTRICTIONS FOR WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING FOR THE ENTIRE CITY. UH, AND I ALSO WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME, UH, CONSTRUCTION AT SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS AS PART OF THE HSIP CYCLE 10. UM, THESE INTERSECTIONS INCLUDE SUNSET AND MERCED, ORANGE AND CAMERON VINCENT AND PUENTE, LARK, ELLEN AND BADILLO HOLLENBECK AND CAMERON AVENUE, TUUS AND LA PUENTE, ROLAND AND LARK, ELLEN FAIRGROVE AND AZUA AVENUE, TEMPLE AVENUE IN AMAR, SHADOW OAK DRIVE, AND AMAR. AND SO, UM, THESE IMPROVEMENTS STARTED EARLY THIS MONTH, UM, AND ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED BY FALL OF 2026. UM, SO, UM, LAST ITEM IS UPCOMING EVENTS. WE HAVE CORTES PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER OPEN HOUSE THIS FRIDAY FROM 12 TO TWO. UM, WE HOPE EVERYONE COMES, LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE, THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF PROGRAMS ARE AVAILABLE AT OUR LO AT OUR CITY FACILITY. SO IF YOU'RE NOT SURE WHAT WE OFFER, COME OUT, CHECK IT OUT. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE SPRING FESTIVAL. SO SAVE THE DATE MARCH 29TH, UH, THROUGH THE 30TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER. I KNOW COUNCILMAN DI, WE RAISED HER HAND. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE PARK AT CAMERON PARK, THAT PRIVATE AREA, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD RESPECT THE FENCES AND NOT PROMOTE IT AS A DOG PARK LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN. SO THAT'S WHAT I WANNA SAY. THANK YOU. SO, SO WE NEED TO SECURE THE FENCE MORE SO PEOPLE CANNOT JUST SQUEEZE IN BECAUSE I DID SQUEEZE TO CHECK THE GRASS. SO THEY HAVE A GAP THAT YEAH. EVEN MY SITES CAN GO THROUGH IT. SO, SO POSSIBLE WE ASK RESIDENTS TO STAY OFF THE GRASS SO THAT IT CAN GROW IN FULLY. YEAH. ANYBODY, ANY, YEAH. UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUT? YES. YEAH, I SAW IN YOUR PICTURE THERE'S A HOLE IN THE GATE, SO WE COULD FIX THAT . AND THEN, UH, SECOND, UH, THE GO WEST COVINA, UM, PROGRAM ARE, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS, UH, ARE INFORMED AGAIN THAT THOSE LINES WILL BE, UH, TERMINATING SOON AND TO REMIND, UH, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR PARENTS AND, AND STUDENTS ABOUT THAT? YES, WE CAN. WE ALSO HAVE THEM ON THE SHUTTLES, UM, ANNOUNCING THE TERMINATION OF THOSE LINES [00:55:01] AND ALSO PROMOTING THE NEW GO WEST, BUT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE IT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AGAIN. OKAY. ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER? OKAY. EVERYTHING'S OKAY. NOW [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] WE MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY. UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. IF, UH, ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE FILL OUT THE ORANGE SPEAKER CALL AND SUBMIT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. UH, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINE UP IN THE CENTER ROW. THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOU REACH THE PODIUM, UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK AND AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO THE REQUEST TO SPEAK AND NOW AGENDA ITEM. OKAY. SO, AND, UM, OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE, UH, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE? WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS. MAYOR? YEAH. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOANNA G, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY R ROBINSON. UH, LIBRARIAN. YES. WELCOME. HOW DIDN'T FORGET YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. I JUST WANNA MAKE SOME, UH, IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE HAVE N95 MAX AVAILABLE AT ALL COUNTY LIBRARIES. SO IF YOU NEED A N95 MASK, FEEL FREE TO COME VISIT US. UM, STARTING THE WEEK OF JANUARY 28TH THROUGH MAY 22ND, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE READING STARS. AND THAT IS A NO COST TUTORING SERVICES THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT OUR LIBRARY. SIGNUPS ARE ONLINE, AND IT'S A FREE TUTORING PROGRAM FOR GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX. UM, NEXT WE HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROMOTION PROGRAMS, AND THESE ARE ON TUESDAYS, FEBRUARY 11TH AND TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH. AND THEY TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION ADOPTION, RESILIENCE, AND FAMILIAL, UH, VIOLENCE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION. WE ALSO HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR TEENS TOMORROW, AND IT STARTS AT 4:00 PM AND IT'S GONNA BE DONE BY THE TAUGHT BY THE FORMER SIMPSONS ARTISTS, CARLOS NIETO III. AND HE'S GONNA TEACH TEENS HOW TO CREATE AND MODIFY ANIME, ANIME CHARACTERS. UM, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE CHESS TOURNAMENTS ON THE FIRST SATURDAYS OF THE MONTH. AND THIS IS FOR ALL AGES. AND THIS IS AT 10:30 AM AND FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT OUR WEBSITE@LACOUNTYLIBRARY.ORG. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? COUNSEL, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE'LL COME TO WEST COVINA. UH, WE EXPECT TO SEE YOU MORE OFTEN, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INFORMATION. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY A ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY TRE CRAIG, I REALLY DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING, BUT YOU GUYS GAVE ME SOME THINGS. UH, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT AFTER, HOW LONG HAVE WE HAD THAT, UH, PROPERTY OVER AT CAMERON PARK? SEVEN YEARS THAT WE'VE PLANTED GRASS, AND IT MIGHT GET USED FOR SOMETHING SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE. I ALSO FIND IT INTERESTING THAT, UH, A MEMBER OF OUR COUNCIL MAKES A COMMENT ABOUT A MEMBER WHO'S SITTING IN THE, UH, AUDIENCE. AND THAT SAME MEMBER'S MOTHER RECEIVED, UH, A TICKET FOR NOT HAVING A FRONT LICENSE PLATE. BUT WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A TESLA AND A HUMMER THAT DON'T HAVE FRONT LICENSE PLATES, AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TICKETED. SO IS THERE A SET OF, CAN I SEE THE BOOK THAT SAYS THERE'S A SET OF RULES FOR THE PUBLIC AND THERE'S A SET OF RULES FOR THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE GETTING, YOU'RE THE EXAMPLE, BUT THEN IT APPEARS THAT, I GUESS HIS MOTHER IS ON THE ENEMY'S LIST, SO THE RULES GET ENFORCED AGAINST HER. KIND OF STRANGE, ISN'T IT? YOU KNOW? SO ALSO, YOU KNOW, I KEEP HEARING YOU GUYS TALK ABOUT WE NEED TO GET MORE FUNDING TO GET MORE POLICE AND FIRE. AND THEN WHEN SOMEBODY COMES FORWARD, THE FIRE CHIEF, THE FORMER FIRE CHIEF COMES FORWARD WITH, HERE'S SOME FUNDING. HE GETS FIRED. HE GETS FIRED. AMAZING. SO WHAT FUNDING, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU, YOU LOOKING FOR THAT? YOU ARE NEVER GONNA HAVE A REDUCTION IF YOU GET, UH, THE HOMELESS BOND MONEY THAT CAN BE CUT OFF EVERY YEAR. SO HOW ARE YOU GONNA HIRE PEOPLE THAT WAY? YOUR OWN ACTIONS SHOW THAT YOU REALLY DON'T CARE. BECAUSE IF YOU REALLY CARED, WE ALREADY HAVE THE FUNDING TO ADD THE PEOPLE, EXCEPT IT'S JUST GIVEN TO A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE. SO YOU'LL GET POLITICAL BACKING. IT'S VERY SIMPLE. SO COULD YOU PLEASE ASK WHY? THERE ARE CERTAIN RULES THAT THE CONS EX IS EXEMPT FROM NOT HAVING A FRONT LICENSE PLATE IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF IT HERE AT CITY HALL. AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WELL AWARE OF IT, BUT [01:00:01] THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING. IF THE TWO WHO THEY KNOW I'M TALKING ABOUT REALLY WERE LEADERS, THEY WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE GONNA ENFORCE IT AGAINST EVERYBODY ELSE, GO WRITE ME A TICKET TOO. BUT THAT WOULD BE CALLED LEADERSHIP. THAT WOULD BE CALLED SAYING I'M NOT ABOVE THE RULES. AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RULES, COULD YOU ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY IF YOU'RE LEGALLY BANNING PEOPLE FROM YOUR POLITICAL WEBSITES AND POLITICAL SOCIAL MEDIA? BECAUSE YOU DO DO THAT. SOME OF YOU, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT IT, YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO CRITICIZE YOU. YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO CRITICIZE YOU. WELL, OH, POOR BABY, POOR BABY. YOU KNOW? AND I HEAR THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT BE GOING ON TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CONSOLE. I NEED TO GET A COPY OF IT. BUT I REMEMBER THERE WAS A HEADLINE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE WHEN THE LAST TIME SOME RULES WERE SET UP. UH, THIS WAS BACK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. IT WAS ABOVE THE FOLD. THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL PASSES THE SADDAM HUSSEIN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT WHEN THEY START PUTTING TIME LIMITS ON IT. SO IS THIS GONNA BE A REVISION TO THE SADDAM HUSSEIN FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT NUMBER TWO, THE UPDATE, YOU KNOW, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE, BECAUSE I KNOW ONE THING, EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE PEOPLE SPEAK, YOU GUYS HATE WHAT'S BEING SAID IN SOCIAL MEDIA, AND YOU READ IT ALL THE TIME. SO WHEN, WHEN I TALK HERE, 50 PEOPLE MAYBE HEAR IT WHEN A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE GO OUT TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND PUT SOMETHING ON IT. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE SEE IT. SO THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. SO WE'LL LET YOU GO. WE'LL SEE IF THERE IS GONNA BE CONSISTENCY. 'CAUSE THERE SHOULD BE TICKETS ON YOUR CARDS WHEN I WALK OUT THERE. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. UH, ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY ROC FROM DAYS INN, FOLLOWED BY MARIO. I DID RESET IT. I RESET IT WHEN HE WALKED TO THE MICROPHONE. EVENING COUNCIL, I STAND. UH, WELL, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY ON THE SOUTHERN BORDER. AND, UH, AND, UH, AND AMERICA IS OUT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION. I MEAN, THAT'S YEARS LATE, BUT IT'S, IT'S QUITE A RELIEF TO ME. THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS DIDN'T MENTION, UH, THE 350,000 MISSING CHILDREN THAT NEED TO BE FOUND. UH, THE PARENTS OF THOSE CHILDREN ARE PROBABLY A LITTLE CONCERNED, BUT THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS DIDN'T MENTION THAT, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. SO I STAND HERE TO RECOMMEND THE, THE, UH, A WEBSITE, THE CONSTITUTIONAL SHERIFFS AND PEACE OFFICERS, UM, CSPO OA.COM/SHOP. UH, THE ASSOCIATION WANTS TO BE ACTIVE IN RESTORING SOME SEMBLANCE, SEMBLANCE OF CIVIL ORDER IN THIS, UH, NEW GOLDEN ERA. WE'RE ABOUT TO ENTER, UH, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE GOTTA MAKE THE FUTURE, UH, BRIGHT AGAIN. UH, UH, EVIL HAS BEEN GAINING GROUNDS FOR YEARS. AND, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, LIGHT, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU THE TUNE I MENTIONED, UH, JESUS, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, PUT THE, PUT THE, UH, BLESSINGS ON US AND, AND, UH, A, A LIGHT NEEDS TO SHINE IN AMERICA AGAIN. UH, ANYWAY, THAT C-S-P-O-A, UH, ASSOCIATION THAT I MENTIONED, THEY, THEY WANNA BE THE LEADER IN, UH, RESTORING SOME SEMBLANCE OF, OF CIVIL ORDER IN THIS COUNTRY. A A CHICAGO, UH, HVAC WORKER DISCOVERED A LAYER OF SLEEPER CELL SUPPLIES WITH EXPLOSIVES, FIREARMS AND IDS AND FAKE FIRE AND POLICE UNIFORMS. HOW, HOW, HOW, HOW MANY OF THESE CELLS EXIST IN THIS COUNTRY ALREADY UNDISCOVERED, UH, WAITING FOR SIGNALS TO STRIKE IN SITUATIONS LIKE PACIFIC PALISADES AND EVERYWHERE ELSE? I MEAN, UH, UH, HOW, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE CONFRONTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL CARTEL GANG MEMBER DRESSED UP IN A POLICE UNIFORM, A FAKE UNIFORM, AND, AND PUTTING YOU UNDER ARREST? [01:05:01] SO, UH, UH, I MEAN, WE'VE, UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BITTEN, BITTEN OFF A LOT IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND WE, UH, NEED TO, UH, WORK OUR WAYS WAY BACK TO A LIGHTER FUTURE. SO, UH, WE HAVE TO BE ALERT TO STAY, UH, AWAY FROM FALSE FLAGS AND STAY AWAY FROM, UH, RILED UP CROWDS. I MEAN, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR WHO'S BACKING 'EM, BUT, BUT, UH, BOTH SIDES, WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, BOTH SIDES ARE GONNA BE BLAMING EACH OTHER. AND IF YOU'RE AROUND, YOU CAN BE TRAPPED ANY ANYWAY. UH, I ALSO WANNA MENTION, UH, THAT THAT WEBSITE, BECAUSE IT HAS THREE BOOKLETS, THREE PAMPHLETS, YOU CAN BUY 'EM FOR $5 THAT TALK ABOUT, UH, A SUPREME COURT 1997 CASE, A SHERIFF, UH, MACK AND PRINCE VERSUS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IT'S ABOUT THE BRADY CODE ACT, AND IT, IT CONTAINS VER UH, VERBIAGE FROM THE OFFICIAL COURT RECORDS TOGETHER WITH COMMENTS ADDED. UH, THE BRADY ACT WAS TRYING TO PUT THE FEDS IN, IN CHARGE OF, UH, THE CONSTITUTIONAL SHERIFFS WHO ARE DIRECTLY ELECTED. AND THEY, THEY SHOULD EXERCISE THEIR POWERS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW AT THE BORDER, TO, TO, UH, ADD A LITTLE SEMBLANCE OF ORDER. BUT, UH, THE, THE KEY CASE THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, UH, HELD THAT, AND SCALIA WROTE THIS OPINION, UH, OBLIGATION TO CONDUCT BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PER PERSPECTIVE. GUN PURCHASERS IMPOSED UNCONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGATIONS ON STATE OFFICERS TO EXECUTE FEDERAL LAWS. SHERIFFS WERE NOT IN POSITION TO CHALLENGE ACTS REQUIRED, UH, THAT THE CONSTITU CLEOS, THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, DESTROY HANDGUN. APPLICANT'S STATEMENTS AND GIVE WOULD BE PURCHASERS, UH, WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF REASONS FOR THANK YOU, BILL. I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. OKAY. SHAAK FROM DAYS INN, FOLLOWED BY MARIO, PLEASE. SHAAK FROM DAYS INN, FOLLOWED BY MARIO, FOLLOWED BY GLEN KENNEDY. HOW YOU DOING? COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR CLEANING UP THE FIVE STAR. LEMME TELL CODE ENFORCEMENT FIRST. THANK YOU GUYS. WEST CO PD. THANK YOU GUYS. HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME NEW FACES ON HERE. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DO. UM, I WAS LISTENING TO STUFF THAT WAS GOING ON RIGHT NOW. I SEE THAT, UM, WITH THE HOPE TEAM, THERE'S THREE OFFICERS THAT ARE FROM SIX TO FOUR. WHY DON'T WE SPLIT THAT UP? BECAUSE HALF THE CRIME AND HALF THE HOMELESSNESS AREN'T OUT BETWEEN SIX AND 4:00 PM SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO LOOK AT. UM, ALSO THE FUNDING AND STUFF THAT'S COMING INTO IT, YOU GUYS HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE WHERE WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING. I, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY OFFICERS WE HAVE, IT MATTERS THE TIMES THAT THEY WORK. FIRST OF ALL, THREE OFFICERS DURING THAT TIME, AND I'M NOT KNOCKING THEM THAT THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB, BUT DURING THOSE TIMES, HALF THE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN UP. MOST MAJORITY OF OUR STUFF HAPPENS WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN. SO I THINK COUNCIL NEEDS TO TALK TO OUR CHIEF AND THANK YOU CHIEF FOR THE GOOD PRESENTATION. HE JUST STEPPED UP AND HE'S TAKEN A BIG ROLE. AND THE STUFF THAT HE'S BEEN DOING, HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I'VE KNOWN HIM SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY, AND I APPRECIATE THE STUFF THAT HE'S DOING. ALSO, UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE I HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS. UM, I IS, I HAD ISSUES REGARDING THE BRIDGE ON BARRANCA AND SOUTH GARVEY. THAT ISSUE STILL HAS NOT BEEN FIXED. YOU GUYS HAD BROUGHT IT UP SAYING THAT. YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, P UH, POWER LINES, GAS LINES GOING IN THERE. ARE YOU GUYS JUST WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU GO THERE AFTER 10 O'CLOCK IN THE NIGHT BETWEEN 10 AND 11, UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY ARE STEALING POWERS. THEY HAVE BETTER LIGHTING THAN I DO IN MY ROOM. ALRIGHT? AND THEY'RE STEALING POWER FROM, I'M GUESSING THE SAME WAY THE FIRE STARTED LAST TIME OFF OF THE LIGHT THAT'S ON SOUTH GARVEY AND BARRANCA, OR THEY'RE STEALING IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE. I KNOW THAT IT'S A, IT'S COUNTY CITY ISSUE. I'VE EVEN ASKED TO RAISE MY, MY, MY GATE THAT I HAVE THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE WASH. SO I DON'T GET THE B******T THAT COMES FROM THE FIVE STAR. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CLEANING UP THE FIVE STAR. I REALLY DO, BUT I STILL HAVE THE HOMELESSES JUMPING OUR FENCE, TRYING TO STEAL BREAK INTO CARS. UM, I'M NOT GONNA PAY THE B******T PERMIT FEE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ASKING ME FOR TO PUT SIX INCHES ON IT. THE COUNTY SHOULD, THE CITY SHOULD WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND TRY TO GET IT RAISED. YOU GUYS KNOW IT'S A CONTINUOUS PROBLEM THERE. SO LET'S SEE WHAT WE COULD DO. AND I EXPECT AN ANSWER BECAUSE I'M HERE FOR THE NEXT WHAT MONTH, AND I WILL BE HERE AT EVERY MEETING ASKING [01:10:01] YOU GUYS THE SAME QUESTIONS. AND YOU GUYS KNOW THAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS UNDERNEATH THERE, THERE'S GAS LINES, SOMETHING'S GONNA EXPLODE. ARE YOU GUYS WILLING TO TAKE THAT CHANCE? BECAUSE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN. AND I WILL DOCUMENT IT, TELLING YOU GUYS THAT I'VE BEEN TO TWO MEETINGS AND STILL IN FOUR MONTHS, I'VE BEEN GONE. NOTHING'S BEEN DONE. OUT OF THAT BRIDGE, THAT INTERSECTION, THERE'S KIDS THAT WALK ON THAT BRIDGE EVERY DAY. THERE'S AT LEAST OVER 500 KIDS THAT WALK ON THERE ON THAT BRIDGE. AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KNOWS. CODE ENFORCEMENT KNOWS THEY'VE DONE THEIR HARDEST. EVEN THE COUNTY. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY COUNTY VEHICLES THERE, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, SO I CAN'T SAY. I DO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE KNOCKED OUT MORE OF THE, UH, BRICK WALL THAT THEY HAD PUT UP ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN THE FIRST FIRE HAPPENED THERE. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE, YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO. YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THE HOPE DEPARTMENT CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. THEY CAN'T. OUR CITY'S NOT THAT BIG, BUT IT, IT ISN'T, THEY WORK DURING CERTAIN HOURS. SO YOU GUYS NEED TO HAVE THE HOPE TEAM SPLIT UP ON THEIR HOURS FOUR DURING, YOU KNOW, THREE OFFICERS WORKING THE SAME SHIFT. WHAT DOES THAT DO? NOT A G*****N THING, IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY. I'VE LIVED HERE. I'M 38. 38, YEAH, I'M 38. I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE I WAS 11 YEARS OLD. I KNOW HOW THIS CITY WORKS AND I'VE BEEN IN TROUBLE. I'VE BEEN ARRESTED. I KNOW HOW THIS CITY WORKS. I'M BORN AND RAISED HERE, BASICALLY. AND YOU COULD ASK ANYONE IN WEST COVINA, THEY KNOW WHO I AM, BUT YOU GUYS AREN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS MAJOR ISSUE. IF SOMETHING HAPPENS THERE WITH THE KIDS, THERE'S SOMETHING GONNA HAPPEN. AND I'M NOT WILLING TO TAKE THAT RISK. I JUST DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE I'M PREVENTING IT FOR YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS HAVE THE, UH, ACROSS FROM EAST, UH, ACROSS FROM IN AND OUT. THAT USED TO BE WHERE THEY HAVE, UH, THE ICE AGENTS. THEIR CARS USED TO GET BROKEN ALL THE TIME TOO. NOTHING HAPPENED THERE. THE AGENTS WOULD JUST SECURE IT AND THEY HAD ARMED SECURITY THERE 24 HOURS. THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO DO. SO I'LL BE WAITING FOR AN ANSWER SOMEWHAT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU ETTE. OKAY, ANNETTE, SPEAK UP PLEASE. MARIO FOLLOWED BY GLEN KENNEDY. ONE MORE THING, SORRY. UM, I DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT YOU CUT OFF THE CHIEF OR MR. WU. I DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE QUESTIONS. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S TILL TIL 12:00 PM PM THANK YOU. APPRECIATE A NICE SPEAKER, PLEASE. MARIO FOLLOWED BY GLENN KENNEDY, I HERE TO MEET. ALL RIGHT, TIME STARTS. ALRIGHT, UM, NO PREPARED SPEECH TODAY. JUST TOUCHING ON A COUPLE TOPICS. FIRST OF ONE IS THE HOPE TEAM. UM, I REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GOT PUN INTENDED THAT YOU GUYS REALLY CONSIDER THAT. UM, JUST LIKE IN THE PAST, UH, CERTAIN CONTRACTORS KNEW THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WORKED ON FRIDAY, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, THEY WOULDN'T GET IN TROUBLE. SO DO THE, UH, HOMELESS AND, UH, PEOPLE THERE. THEY KNOW WHAT HOURS THE HOPE TEAM IS OUT AND WHAT TIMES THEY'RE NOT. SO IF WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FACETIME OUT THERE, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, IT'D BE GOOD. UH, NEXT THING, STATE OF EMERGENCY. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU GUYS CAN COMMENT ON THAT. UM, LETTY, I KNOW YOU WORK IN PASADENA. UM, TO THIS DATE, I JUST CHECKED, UH, TODAY ONLY LOS ANGELES CITY 'CAUSE OF PACIFIC PALISADES FALLS IN THERE. SANTA MONICA AND LA COUNTY ALTADENA FALLS IN THAT HAVE DECLARED STATES OF EMERGENCY. OTHER THAN THAT, WEST COVINA IS THE ONLY OTHER CITY IN LA COUNTY THAT HAS DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME FALLEN TREES, BUT I DON'T FEEL THAT THE DAMAGES TO THE EXTENT OF THESE OTHER CITIES, UM, FEEL THAT DIPPING INTO THAT RESOURCE MIGHT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THOSE THAT REALLY, REALLY NEED IT. BUT AGAIN, LITTLE ABERRATION ON THAT WOULD BE NICE. UH, LIGHTS DURING POWER OUTAGE. SO, UH, I THINK IT WAS THE 7TH OF JANUARY. UM, I LEFT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING EARLY. IT WAS IN MY JEEP, AND DECIDED TO KIND OF DRIVE AROUND, UH, A COUPLE OF FRIENDS' HOUSES. THEY WERE ON VACATION LIGHTS, WERE OUT IN SOUTH HILLS AREA. WEST CAMINO HIGH SCHOOL, WOODSIDE VILLAGE, UM, ALPINE VILLAGE, I'M NOT SURE. ANYWAYS, LONG CAMERON HOLLENBECK ALL OVER THE PLACE. ONE THING THAT I DID NOTICE IS CERTAIN AREAS HAD SOME FLASHING STOP SIGNS, UM, THAT WERE ON BECAUSE THEIR SOLAR POWER, THE BATTERIES, THOSE WERE NICE TO HAVE. UM, CERTAIN AREAS, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS ABLE TO PUT SOME, I DON'T KNOW, I DIVIDERS TEMPORARY STOP SIGNS, , I GUESS SO TO SPEAK. UH, BUT CERTAIN MAJOR INTERSECTIONS LIKE HOLICK AND CAMERON FOR INSTANCE, UH, COMPLETELY DARK. UM, AND CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA JUST SEEMED LIKE ACCIDENTS WERE REALLY PRONE TO HAPPEN. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BATTERY POWERED SOLAR THINGS THAT CAN BE JUST ADDED, EVEN IF IT'S JUST A TINY LITTLE RED LIGHT TO INDICATE, HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING THERE, UM, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL. UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE HERE? AH, YES, CAMERON. THE, UH, THE PARK. UH, YOU GOTTA STICK THE BAIT. ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THAT AREA, JUST SO YOU KNOW, UH, CONST, GUTIERREZ'S DEFENSE HAS BEEN REPAIRED WHEN I WAS THERE, TWO SECTIONS OF THAT [01:15:01] FENCE WERE COMPLETELY REMOVED. UM, IT WAS JUST INVITING TO KIND OF GO IN THERE AND AS IT'S SAYING, GOES SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS TO GREASE. UM, DROVE BY THERE TODAY. FENCE IS REPAIRED. ALL GOOD TO GO. UH, SINCE THAT POST, A COUPLE OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. TO SEE THE FENCE WAS FIXED, AWARENESS WAS MADE OF THAT AREA. AND, UH, JUST SO IT'S KNOWN, THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY A DISTRICT THREE AREA. IT IS A PART OF WEST COVIN. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU GUYS GET ELECTED BY DISTRICTS, BUT ONCE YOU'RE ON THE COUNCIL, YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE WHOLE CITY OF WEST COVINA. SO TO ALL OF YOU GUYS, UM, GOOD JOB ON THE, UH, ON THE GRASS GROWING THERE. UM, MAYBE PUT A SIGN, THOSE PRESS PRESS OR, HEY, WE'RE GROWING GRASS AND THIS WILL BE OPEN ON A CERTAIN DAY. OR JUST A CITY, YOU KNOW, , GOOD POINT. ANNOUNCEMENT SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE. UH, AND THE THIRD THING THAT HAPPENED IS, UH, YEAH, INCEPTED SEED WAS, UH, PLANTED. YOU KNOW, MAYBE A DOG PARK IS THERE. WE'LL SEE. UH, WHERE ARE WE AT? ONE 20. ALL RIGHT. UH, LAST ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS MEETING EFFICIENCY. I DID READ AT THAT SEEMS LIKE THE FOCUS ON THAT IS ON ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE THAT COULD BE MOVED, YOU KNOW, FURTHER UP, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE TILL MIDNIGHT TO HEAR ABOUT IT, BUT IF, SO, I PACKED THE LUNCH AND WATER, SO WE'LL BE HERE. AND LAST, UH, SEEING IF THERE'S ANY UPDATE ON DEL NORTE, UM, I DO GO TO THE DOG PARK THERE FREQUENTLY. UM, THE PAD IN THAT PLAYGROUND, ACTUALLY NO, THE ONE AT CAMERON PARK, THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY MESSED UP. UH, ONE AT DEL NORTE, GOOD KIDS ARE PLAYING THERE. UM, BUT YEAH, JUST NEED AN UPDATE. STEVE, THE DEVELOPER HAS DONE ANYTHING. I THINK THERE'S A MASTER PLAN PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSING, SO MAYBE THAT'LL ANSWER IT. BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M AT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARIO. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. GLENN KENNEDY. I WILL BE SHORT. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. UM, I DO SUPPORT THE CHIEF'S EFFORTS. UM, I THINK WE ALL SHOULD STAND. AND THE CHIEF, UM, I REMEMBER THE OLD DAYS WHEN, UH, THERE WAS NO LATA. IT WAS ME, LETTY, AND SUE. WE ARE THE ONES WHO WENT OUT, DEALT WITH THE HOMELESS FOR A WHILE. SO, UM, WITH THAT, UM, I'M HERE TO INVITE YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL. IN FACT, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. UH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, SIX O'CLOCK AT HEARST RANCH. WE ARE GONNA HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING. WE WANT TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, LIKE EVERY CITY, WE, WE HAVE OUR ISSUES. WE WANNA ADDRESS THE ISSUES GOING ON IN OUR CITY, AND, AND WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD IN A POSITIVE DIRECTION, A POSITIVE WAY. WE WANNA BE PART OF THE CITY. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING IS SO DAMN NEGATIVE. I WANNA BE POSITIVE. UM, HOW POSITIVE YOU WANT. I, I, I WOULD LIKE TO GET A FEW COMMITTEES TOGETHER. AND WE, WE HAVE ISSUES. WE HAVE HOMELESSNESS, WE HAVE STREET LIGHTS, WE HAVE THINGS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONSTANTLY, UH, COMPLAINING ABOUT. AND MAYBE WE, WE NEED TO GO IN A NEW DIRECTION AND WE GET A FEW COMMITTEES TOGETHER AND, AND DEAL WITH IT AND IN A POSITIVE MANNER. UM, WE GOTTA DEAL WITH IT ANYWAY. SO, UM, I, I'M INVITING YOU ALL, UM, AND TO COME DOWN AND, UM, AND, UH, SEE WHAT HAPPENS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT WAS NICE SEEING EVERYBODY. I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, GLEN. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INPUT. ANY OTHER SPEAKER? NO, MA'AM. BEFORE I HANG OVER TO, UH, UM, OKAY. OUR CITY MANAGER TO ANSWER, I WANT TO ANSWER ETTE REGARDING, SHE SAY I CAUGHT THE A BREACH CHIEF OFF. OKAY. IT'S A PRESENTATION. IT'S NOT A DEPARTMENT MATTER TO DISCUSS. SO WE WANT TO HAVE HE PRESENT AND THEN WE WANT CONCERN, AND WE WILL HAVE NEXT MEETING, THEN WE ARE GOING TO PUT THE DEPARTMENT MATTER. THEN WE WILL GO TO DISCUSSION. IT WILL FULL ON FOREVER TO DISCUSS, BUT PRESENTATION IS JUST FOR CHIEF TO PRESENT AND NOT TOO MUCH OF ANSWERING QUESTION. OKAY. AND, UH, CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. AGAIN. UM, JUST WANNA TO THANK JOHANNA FOR THE, UH, LIBRARY UPDATES. WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. WHEN YOU GUYS COME AND SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON AT, UH, THE LIBRARY. UM, THERE IS A COMMENT ABOUT OUR OFFICERS NOT PROVIDING TICKETS OR NOT ENFORCING THE LAW EQUALLY. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S A FAIR STATEMENT. I, OUR OFFICERS ENFORCE THE LAW EQUALLY AMONG ALL RESIDENTS. UM, IF THEY SEE A VIOLATION, THEY RESPOND TO IT. UM, SHAAK, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. UM, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK, I THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A REVIEW BEFORE THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION AN UPDATE ON THE FIVE STAR, THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. UM, SO I HOPE YOU ATTEND THAT. I KNOW YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THAT SITE. UM, THE BARRANCA BRIDGE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THAT [01:20:01] I THINK ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE AWARE, AWARE OF. UM, AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE IT'S OVER THE COUNTY WASH. AND SO THERE'S AREAS THAT OUR STAFF MEMBERS CANNOT ACCESS. UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE HAS TO BE THAT COLLABORATIVE EFFORT. BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS AN ISSUE AND I, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO ADDRESS IT. UM, WE'VE SPENT, UM, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TRYING TO REINFORCE THE OPENINGS ON THE AREAS THAT OUR STAFF IS ABLE TO ACCESS. UM, INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, BREAK THROUGH, I THINK THE LAST IMPROVEMENT, UM, HAS REMAINED. UH, AND SO WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO THAT TO ALL FOUR SIDES OF THE ACCESS TO THE BRIDGE POINT. UM, THE COUNTY HAS CHANGED THE FENCING THAT LEADS UP TO THE, UM, THE ACCESS POINTS, I GUESS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA CALL 'EM, . UM, AND SO THE, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T CLIMB THOSE FENCES BECAUSE THEY'RE A LOT SMALLER THAN NORMAL CHAIN LINK FENCE. AND SO I WAS OUT THERE, I BELIEVE LAST MONTH WITH COUNTY STAFF, WITH CITY STAFF LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN ADDRESS IT ON A PERMANENT BASIS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S A DRAIN ON RESOURCES TO KEEP HAVING OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF GO OUT THERE. OUR HOPE TEAM GO OUT THERE. AND SO I'D RATHER SPEND, UM, MONEY ON A PERMANENT FIX, UM, FOR THAT SITE. THERE ARE COMPLEXITIES BECAUSE IT'S, THERE'S A SPACE THERE, THERE'S UTILITY LINES THERE, THE COUNTY NEEDS TO SEE THROUGH THE BRIDGE. AND SO THROUGH ALL OF THESE ISSUES, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR, TO ADDRESS THAT SITE. UM, AND THEN THERE IS A COMMENT ABOUT, UH, WEST COVINA BEING THE ONLY, UH, CITY THAT, UH, FILED AN EEM, UH, STATE OF EMERGENCY, UM, IN LA COUNTY WITHOUT FIRE, NO, SAN MARINO ALSO FILED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY HAD ANY FIRE DAMAGE, UM, SAN MADRE AS WELL. UM, SO REGARDLESS IF WE, WELL, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, AS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS THE CITY MANAGER, WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA. AND SO WE DID RECEIVE DAMAGE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS. AND SO, UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT TO THE EXTENT OTHER CITIES, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT IT WASN'T THAT BAD. BUT WE DO NEED TO RESPOND, UH, TO THE DAMAGE THAT WE DID, UM, INCUR. UM, AND THEN, YES, THE FENCE HAS BEEN FIXED SINCE THIS AFTERNOON FOR CAMERON PARK. UM, AND, UH, JUST THANK GLEN FOR THE INVITATION FOR THE FEBRUARY 12TH COMMUNITY MEETING AT HEARST RANCH. AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER . YEAH. AND, UH, I THINK THERE WAS A COMMENT BY, UH, MARIO ABOUT, UH, DOWN NORTH DOWN NORTE PARK. UH, SO AT THE, THIS, IN THE JANUARY BEGINNING, THE FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY, UH, I WAS ABLE TO, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL SUPPORT DIRECT CITY STAFF TO, UH, START THE RFP PROCESS FOR EARLY FEBRUARY. AND THAT IS GONNA BE PRESENTED TO THE CONSOLE OF THE SELECTION OF AN RFP, UH, TO START THE DOG PARK AND RESTROOM RENOVATIONS, UH, WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY CONSOLE AT THE APRIL 15TH, 2025 MEETING FOR, TO START THAT WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, OTHER MEMBER WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OTHERWISE, I WANT TO ADD, I THINK MARIO HAS A GOOD SUGGESTION. MAYBE WE NEED TO POST SOMETHING. UH, NO TRESPASSING TO WHAT DAY. MM-HMM . THEY WERE OPEN FOR PUBLIC, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE, I WENT, THERE'S NO SIGN. NOTHING YOU'LL GET, SO I JUST SQUEEZE IN. OKAY. SO, SO I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW. OKAY. THE GRANTS NEED TO BE HELD TO THIS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY SIGN. I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK WE NEED TO POST SOMETHING BECAUSE FEBRUARY 25TH IS STILL ALMOST A MONTH, SO WE NEED TO POST SOMETHING TO PEOPLE KNOW. WE NEED A GRASS TO HAIL, TO PUT THE ROOTS INTO IT SO WE THAT CAN SURVIVE. AND THAT IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. IT LOOKS SO NICE. I THINK ENTICED THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SO GOOD. SO I THINK EVERYBODY'S HAPPY ABOUT THAT. ANY OTHER THING YOU WANT TO SPEAK? AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, EMERGENCY SCENE. WE HAD ANOTHER HILL. OKAY. AND ESPECIALLY HILLSIDE AND PARK. OKAY. WE HAVE AN ISSUE, BIG FIRE, ALMOST BURNED DOWN THE HILLSIDE, AND WE DO NOT WANT ANYTHING HAPPEN TO OUR RESIDENT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR FIREFIGHTER, EVERYBODY TO GO THERE TO MAKE SURE WATER DONE. ALL THIS KIND OF OVERGROWN. WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING HAPPEN TO OUR RESIDENT, AS I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. SO WE NEED TO PRO PROACTIVE OKAY. PROACTIVE TO ACT ON THE THING RATHER THAN LATER ON. TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. SO ANYWAY, HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS PROTECT OUR RESIDENT. OKAY. AND THEN WE GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR. OKAY. AND, UH, YOU WELL, WE, WE NEVER END. OKAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD. THE COUNCIL MEMBER REAL FAST. UH, MAYOR RU BROUGHT UP A GREAT SUBJECT ABOUT THE WHY THE CITY DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS WHEN, UH, HUGE TREES FALL IN CITIES, UH, AND, AND, AND OTHER WAYS [01:25:01] THAT AFFECT OUR CITY IN, IN THE, IN DOWN POWER LINES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT OCCUR DURING THE WINDSTORMS, UH, FROM THE SANTA ANA WINDS. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WHY A CITY DECLARES A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS TO TRY TO RECOUP SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT IT TAKES TO DISPATCH EMERGENCY SERVICES. UH, HAVING OUR TREE CONTRACTOR COME OUT ON EMERGENCY BASIS. UH, AS YOU SAW IN THE PICTURE FROM OUR CITY MANAGER EARLIER, UH, ONE OF THE HUGE TREES OUT THERE BY, ON, ON, ON SUNSET FELL DOWN ON, ON A TRUCK. UH, SO THAT'S A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD TO DISPATCH OUR TREE CONTRACTOR TO CUT THAT TREE UP AND, AND TAKE IT OFF THE, THE MAIN ROADWAY. SO A EMERGENCY DECORATION MAY POTENTIALLY HELP THE CITY RECOUP SOME OF THE FUNDING THAT WENT INTO RESPONDING TO THE SANTA ANA WIND EVENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. UH, LET'S MOVE [CONSENT CALENDAR] TO CONSENT CALENDARS. OKAY. NEC COUNCIL WANT TO PULL ANYTHING FROM THE ITEM? GO AHEAD. YEAH. I'LL P UH, ITEM NUMBER 3 6 8 8, 9, 10, AND 11. NO, 10 11 IS ALREADY DEPARTMENT MATTER. THINK KEVIN DID AND AT THE NUMBER. OKAY. SEVEN. UH, SO THAT WOULD BE 1, 2, 7, 1, 2, 7, 3, AND SIX. THREE AND SIX. OKAY. UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REST? SO, THREE AND SIX HAVE BEEN PULLED. OKAY. THE REST DO I HAVE MOTION? SO MOVE. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION MOVE. AND THEN SECOND BY MAYOR PRO ROCCO, PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ VIDO TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER THREE. AND NUMBER SIX, COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. COUNCILWOMAN COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ONE BESIDE THREE AND SIX, AND THEN NUMBER THREE. AND, UM, [3) CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA’S CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE] UH, OKAY. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER , PLEASE. SIX, SIR. REGARDING THE COUNCIL OF INTEREST? YES. UM, SO I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME POSITIONS COMING OFF, UH, ON THAT SUBJECT. I THINK SOME POSITIONS WERE COMING OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY FILLED. UH, IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE CONSOLE, I WOULD LIKE TO PUT A PROVISION IN THERE THAT IF THOSE POSITIONS WERE TO, UH, BECOME AVAILABLE AGAIN, THAT THOSE POSITIONS WILL BE IN, UH, REQUIRED TO FILE A FORM 700, UH, AND CITY MAN, CITY ATTORNEY. YOU OKAY WITH THAT? AND TYPICALLY, TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO, IF THEY, IF IT, IF IT CHANGES, WE CAN BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR AN AMENDMENT, BUT WE CAN ADD THAT CAVEAT IN THERE. SO THEY WILL HAVE TO, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT CAVEAT? YEAH. OKAY. ANY CITY COUNCIL AGAINST THAT? OKAY. DO YOU WANNA MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE? YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, WITH THAT PROVISION IN THERE. OKAY. AND THEN DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY, OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO AND THE WILL CALL PLEASE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ TO ADD A CAVEAT THAT IF A POSITION THAT WAS REMOVED IS FILLED, IT WOULD BE BACK ON THE LIST WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS. UH, FOR TRANSPARENCY, I'LL READ THE TITLE OF THE COUNCIL. ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. OKAY. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE AND THEN MOVE TO, AND THEN AGENDA NUMBER FIVE. GO AHEAD. NUMBER SIX. SIX OH, NUMBER SIX. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY. NUMBER SIX, PLEASE. [6) CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN] YES. SO NUMBER SIX, A CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY'S PARKS RECREATION MASTER PLANS. MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, BEFORE I, I ADDRESS MY, MY QUESTIONS, UH, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, UH, THE CONTRACTORS HERE TODAY TO ALSO PRESENT ON HIS, UH, PROPOSAL. CORRECT. OKAY. UH, CAN WE HAVE MAYOR, CAN WE HAVE HIM COME PRESENT? STAFF HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE VENDOR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET THE PRESENTATION RIGHT? I GUESS. I GUESS WE COULD DO BOTH, SO, OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. CITY MANAGERS WHO WILL PRESENT THIS ITEM NUMBER SIX. UM, ROXANNE LERMA, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. OKAY. UH, SO HAVE A SEAT PLEASE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. OUR CITY, CITY MANAGER GO FIRST AND WE WILL INVITE YOU, YOU ARE GOING TO ON THE SPOT. OKAY. DON'T WORRY. OKAY. AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD. ABSOLUTELY. UH, MAYOR WU, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IT IS MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE TO BRING BEFORE YOU TONIGHT THIS A PROPOSAL, OR EXCUSE ME FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, UM, AN AWARD OF AN AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY OF WEST CO PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. THIS IS A LONG TIME COMING. I AM LOOKING, UM, AT YOU MAYOR PRO TE. UM, I KNOW THAT YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY PASSIONATE ABOUT PARKS AND RECREATION, THAT IS THE FIELD THAT YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO DEDICATE YOUR LIFE'S WORK. [01:30:01] I ALSO KNOW THAT EQUALLY DEAR COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL ARE JUST AS ENTHUSIASTIC AND EXCITED ABOUT THIS AS WELL. UM, TO SPEAK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE RFP PROCESS, BECAUSE I DO WANNA GIVE THE, UM, THE PROPOSED CONTRACT, THE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE FOR YOU. UM, THE SEA OF WEST COVINA DID RELEASE AN RFP IN FEBRUARY OF 2024. PROPOSALS WERE DUE IN APRIL OF 2024. PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED BY A COMMITTEE MADE UP OF CITY STAFF, UM, THAT INCLUDED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH THE, UM, FUNDING, OR EXCUSE ME, WITH THE FEES ASSOCIATED THE COST CENTERS, UM, BEING SCORED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU DID HAVE A, A REALLY, A GROUP EFFORT, A TEAM EFFORT. IN REVIEWING THE PROPOSALS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF THREE PROPOSALS AND INVITED THE TOP TWO TO COME BACK FOR INTERVIEWS. IT WAS THROUGH THAT INTERVIEW PROCESS, UM, THAT THE COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT WE WANTED TO BRING FORWARD RJM FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. SO AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP KRISTEN FROM RJM. SHE'S GOING TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE IN STORE, UM, ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS, AND THEN I AM ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, MY NAME IS KRISTEN SCHNELL. I'M GONNA BE THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. AND I ALSO HAVE ZACH MEETING HERE WITH ME, WHO WILL ALSO BE WORKING ON THE PROJECT. UM, THE PURPOSE OF HAVING A PARKS AND MA RECREATION MASTER PLAN IS TO HAVE A ROADMAP OR A GUIDE TO, UM, MANAGE AND DEVELOP ALL YOUR CITY PARKS, RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED. OUR PROCESS COULD BE BROKEN DOWN INTO FIVE PHASES. FIRST, WE'LL LOOK AT THE INVENTORY OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND THEN WE'LL GO OUT FOR OUR EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHICH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN WE'LL DEVELOP OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT LEADS INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS. AND FINALLY, FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY TO, UM, DEVELOP THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS. OUR TIMELINE IS A EIGHT MONTH TIMELINE TO GET THIS PROJECT DONE WITH THE OUTREACH HAPPENING BETWEEN MARCH AND JULY. PART OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS ANALYSIS IS LOOKING AT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. , LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY PROFILE, WHICH INCLUDES THE DEMOGRAPHICS, WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WHAT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT THE INVENTORY OF PARKS AND FACILITIES, YOUR 16 PARKS AND SIX OR SEVEN COMMUNITY CENTERS, AND WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED IN, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE INVENTORY OF PROGRAMS OFFERED AND PARTICIPATION IN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE MOST IMPORTANT PART, THE EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS AN INCLUSIVE OUTREACH PROCESS, OFFERING MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS AND PARK USERS TO PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE THE ONE-ON-ONE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, THE STATISTICALLY VALID MULTIMODAL SURVEY, WHICH GOES OUT TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMUNITY DEMOGRAPHICS. WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS IN PERSON AND ONLINE FOR EVERYONE TO ATTEND. AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE THAT WILL ANNOUNCE ALL THE OUTREACH EVENTS, THE RESULTS FROM THOSE OUTREACH EVENTS, AND HAVE A FEEDBACK SURVEY THAT'S AVAILABLE 24 7 THAT PEOPLE COULD PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT. IT'S OPEN-ENDED, AND AS I MENTIONED, UM, LATE MARCH, BEGINNING APRIL, WE'LL LAUNCH THE PROJECT, WEBSITE, THE COMMUNITY, AND ADVERTISE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE AND GET EVERYONE INVOLVED. UM, WE HAVE A PLAN TO HOW QR CODES, POSTERS, A-FRAMES GET, REALLY GET THE WORD OUT THERE THAT THIS PROJECT IS HAPPENING. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. NO. GO, GO EARLY FIRST. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, KRISTEN. GOOD EVENING. HI. HI THERE. UH, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE STRATEGIES FOR REACHING OUT TO THE SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DIS UH, THE, THE SCHOOLS AROUND THE AREA AND THE RELATED SCHOOL [01:35:01] DISTRICTS, UH, TO, TO OPTIMIZE A PARTICIPATION OF FAMILIES, UH, UH, ESPECIALLY THE KIDS THEMSELVES, WHO, WHO WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A LOT TO SAY ABOUT WHAT THEY LIKE TO SEE AT THEIR PARKS. YEAH, DEFINITELY. THE YOUTH ARE OUR MOST PARK USERS, RIGHT. SO WE, UM, WILL ENCOURAGE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PASS OUT FLYERS AND GET THOSE FLYERS INTO THE SCHOOL, UM, CHILDREN'S BACKPACKS. SO THEY GET HOME AND THEY KNOW WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE THAT THEIR PARENTS COULD TAKE THEM TO. AND ALSO, UM, AT CITY EVENTS, WE'LL HAVE POP-UP BOOTHS AND WE COULD, UM, YOU KNOW, TAKE SURVEYS THERE TOO. AND WE HAVE PAPER SURVEYS AND ONLINE SURVEYS. SO, UH, WOULD, WOULD YOU ALSO BE WILLING TO GO TO THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS, UH, LET'S SAY BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL TO JUST PASS OUT FLYERS TO PARENTS? OR HOW IS THAT ALSO PART OF THE WAY THIS, THIS WILL WORK TO HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND TO OPTIMIZE, UH, AWARENESS OF THESE DIFFERENT INPUT OPPORTUNITIES? YEAH, ALL OUTREACH METHODS WILL GO THROUGH THE CITY DEPARTMENT. SO WE'LL USE THEIR CONNECTIONS, THEIR PARTNERSHIPS THAT THEY'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED TO, UM, FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO GET THOSE FLYERS OUT. AND THE WORD OUT. THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE POSTING ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIAS TOO. THANKS. YES. UM, UH, WHAT WAS THE RE UH, SO YOU'RE GONNA START, YOU'LL START, UH, IN MARCH OR APRIL? UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA START PROBABLY SOONER THAN THAT. UM, WE'LL HAVE THE KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE CITY TEAM AND GO OUT, TOUR ALL THE PARKS, DO THE PARK INVENTORY AND CONDITION ASSESSMENT, AND THE PROGRAM INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT. AND THEN, UM, SO THAT'S PROBABLY THE FIRST COUPLE MONTHS OR MONTH. AND THEN WE WILL LAUNCH THE WEBSITE LATE MARCH MM-HMM . AND, UM, START THE OUTREACH. OKAY. MARCH THROUGH JULY. AND WHEN IS, UM, AFTER THIS MEETING, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS, HOW LONG WOULD IT BEFORE OR BE BEFORE YOU, UH, PROVIDE THE CONTRACTOR AUTHORIZATION TO PROCEED? POLINA? UM, SO ONCE WE GET AUTHORIZATION FROM COUNSEL, THERE IS A ROUTING PROCESS THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH WITH OUR CONTRACTS. UM, AND SO THAT USUALLY CAN TAKE A COUPLE WEEKS. UM, I BELIEVE WE ALREADY GOT, UM, THEIR, UH, APPROVAL OF THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT. SO NOW IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ROUTING, NEGOTI, GETTING THE NECESSARY INSURANCE. OKAY. GREAT. AND THEN, UM, ON YOUR, ON YOUR, UH, PROPOSED, UH, FEE SCHEDULE IN, IN THE ON, UH, PAGE 27, UH, IT, IT IS, UH, HOUR RATES WILL BE ESCALATING EACH AUGUST 1ST IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY INCREASE IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX OR OTHER MUTUALLY AGREED UPON COST INDEX, BEGINNING WITH AUGUST 1ST, 2025, PROVISIONS FOR FREE ESCALATION PERTAIN TO ALL CONTRACT EXTE EXTENSIONS AND ADDITIONAL WORK. WHAT DEFINES A CONTRACT EXTENSION AND WHAT DEFINES ADDITIONAL WORK? UM, CONTRACT EXTENSION WOULD BE IF THE, UM, PERIOD IS EXTENDED, WHICH WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT HAPPENING. UM, ADDITIONAL WORK MIGHT BE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS REQUESTED OR, UM, THINGS REQUESTED BY THE CITY THAT AREN'T IN. OKAY. SO CONTRACT EXTENSION ONLY PERTAINS TO IF THE CITY'S REQUESTING ADDITIONAL SERVICES THAT THEREFORE WILL PO POTENTIALLY, UH, EXTEND THE PROJECT OUT. RIGHT. BUT THAT'S NOT IN ITSELF YEAH. A FEE TO EXTEND THE TIME. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IF YOU CAN'T COMPLETE THE JOB AT EIGHT MONTHS, THEN YOU'RE GONNA CHARGE US NO. FOR THE ADDITIONAL NO. OKAY. GREAT. AND, UM, GREAT. AND, UM, AND SO I'LL TAKE A, I'LL TAKE UP TO EIGHT MONTHS BEFORE THIS IS ALL DONE. WELL, DEPENDING ON REVIEWS AND APPROVALS, WE'VE, UM, PROPOSED A EIGHT MONTH SCHEDULE. AND, AND HOW MUCH, UH, OR MAYBE POLY ANNALS IS ANSWERED TO WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FOR PUBLIC INPUT? UH, YEAH, HOW, HOW LONG WOULD PUBLIC INPUT BE OPEN FOR, IF, I BELIEVE KRISTEN SAID FROM MARCH TO JULY WILL BE PUBLIC INPUT MARCH, APRIL, WE KEEP THE FEEDBACK MAY, JUNE, JULY OPEN UNTIL THE VERY END OF THE PROJECT. IS THERE A REASON WHY WE NEED, WHAT WAS SAY APRIL? YOU SAID, OH, I'M SORRY. WHEN, I BELIEVE SHE SAID STARTING MARCH OF JULY, WE HAVE MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY FIVE MONTHS. YES, WE HAVE, I DON'T THINK IT MAY, I DON'T THINK, I THINK THE PUBLIC WILL SPEAK BEFORE FIVE MONTHS . SO THERE'S, IS THERE A WAY TO SHORTEN THAT, THAT PUBLIC PERIOD? BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S, UH, I DON'T THINK IT'S TAKE, IT'S GONNA TAKE FIVE MONTHS BEFORE THE PUBLIC COULD RESPOND, MAYBE. WELL, WE HAVE SEVERAL METHODS OF OUTREACH. SO WE HAVE A PHONE SURVEY THAT LASTS A COUPLE WEEKS THAT GOES OUT TO THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. [01:40:02] WE HAVE THREE WORKSHOPS. EACH OF THOSE SURVEYS ARE OPEN TWO WEEKS. SO IT TAKES ABOUT A WEEK TO SUMMARIZE AND POST THE RESULTS. UM, WE HAVE A SPORTS ORGANIZATION SURVEY MM-HMM . THAT WE'RE DOING, AND, UM, THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS. OKAY. YEAH, I MEAN, I MEAN, I GUESS I COULD, I GUESS WE'LL DISCUSS THIS AFTER WHAT THE COLLEAGUES AND I KNOW. I KNOW. UH, OKAY. LET, LET'S ALL THE COUNCIL HAVE A CHANCE. MAYOR PROJECT. GO AHEAD. UM, THANK YOU. AND I, I DO APPRECIATE IT. I DO APPRECIATE THE TIMELINE, THE DETAILS OF EVERYTHING, THE METHODOLOGY THAT YOU'RE INPUTTING. UM, AND I AGREE, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SEASON, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S HERE DURING DIFFERENT TIMES. SO, UM, BASED ON YOUR TIMELINE, YOU ARE ABLE TO CAPTURE EVERYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE THAT IS NEEDED FOR ALL AGES, ALL LEVELS, AND, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT COME OUT IN THE WINTER, YOU KNOW, YOU CAPTURE THEM, ESPECIALLY PEAK TIME DURING THE SUMMER WHEN EVERYBODY'S ACTUALLY UTILIZING THE FIELDS. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I KNOW YOU SAID POPUP AT EVENTS. UM, ARE YOU ALSO GOING TO BE AT LIKE THE LOCAL PARKS OR, UM, JUST IN GENERAL OR JUST KIND OF KEEP IT IN, UM, THE SURVEYS AND HAVING THEM COME TO YOU? WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST IS WE'VE, UM, POSTED THE QR CODE TO THE WEBSITE AT THE PARKS SO PEOPLE COULD, AT THE PARKS COULD LOOK AT THAT. AND THE WEBSITE'S REALLY THE HOLDER OF ALL THE INFORMATION OF WHAT THE PROJECT'S ABOUT, WHEN ARE THE MEETINGS AND, UH, WHAT THE RESULTS OF THOSE MEETINGS ARE. SO WE LIKE TO PROMOTE THAT. AND THEN, UM, SO THE QR, THAT SHEET WILL BE POSTED IN EVERY FACILITY, EVEN, UH, OUTDOOR PARK SPACE AS WELL? JUST, YES. OKAY. THAT IS, YES, MAYOR PRO, PRETEND THAT IS CORRECT. UM, THE, THE INTENT IS TO CAPTURE AS MANY USERS AS POSSIBLE, BUT WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, PUBLICIZING THAT PARKS MASTER PLAN WEBSITE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO REMAIN ENGAGED AND SEE THAT IT IS A TRANSPARENT PROCESS. PERFECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR PROTE. OKAY. AND IF AN OTHER CITY COUNCIL AND I WANT TO GO, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. COUNCILMAN? YES. OH, I'M, I'M GLAD THAT WE, SO FAR THE TIMELINE IS SOMETHING THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN. I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHO YOU WERE GONNA BE REACHING OUT TO AND, AND WHAT YOUR PROCESS WAS. AND I'M REALLY, I LIKE THAT I'M ENCOURAGED BY IT. AND, UM, QR CODE, I THINK IT'S GREAT. SO I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO FINDING OUT WHAT YOU HAVE FOR US. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCIL. OKAY. AND LET ME, LET ME SAY SOMETHING. OKAY. AND, UH, I THINK IT'S THE, THE POINT I LET EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO NOT WANT TO PITCH IN MY, MY, MY QUESTION. SO, SO THE THE THING'S VERY SIMPLE IS THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A LONG TIME. I THINK WE ARE ASKING THIS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. MANY, MANY MOONS AGO. OKAY. SO, AND FINALLY NOW IT'S A IAN, AND FINALLY YOU HEAR TALKING THIS AND THAT AND, UH, OKAY, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS THING DONE AND, UH, WE CAN HAVE ALL THE IMPROVE ON OUR RESIDENT TO SEE OUR 16 PARK. NOT TOO MANY CITY HAVE THAT MANY PARKS. OKAY. I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, A POINTEE ONLY HAVE ONE AND A HALF PARK, AND WE HAVE A 16 PARK. SO WE NEED TO REALLY HAVE THIS PIPELINE AND SEE HOW WE GOING TO UTILIZE AND ALL OUR RESIDENT SHAREHOLDER, OKAY. STAKEHOLDER CAN HAVE INPUT. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. ANOTHER THING IS THAT, UH, WHEN I WANT TO ASK FOR CITY MANAGER, EVEN THEY'RE GOING TO DO THIS EIGHT MONTHS, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU WANT TO FIX THIS, THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, SKATE PARK, BECAUSE THAT ONE IS NEED TO FIX ASAP, I DON'T WANT ANY DELAY BECAUSE IT IS FOR WAIT FOR ANOTHER YEAR. AND THEN WE, WE, WE CAN GO TO, AND ANOTHER PARK IS GOING TO DECAY. SO DURING THAT TIME, WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH ALL THE IMPROVEMENT? GO AHEAD. IF I MAY, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE NICE THINGS ABOUT A PARKS MASTER PLAN IS THAT IT, IT IS A FLEXIBLE PROCESS. SO THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE WOULD PRIORITIZE WORK AND WE INCORPORATE THE WORK THAT WOULD BE DONE AT THE SKATE PARK, UM, OR ANY OF THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED BECAUSE OF HAZARDS OR THAT COUNCIL HAS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY AS PART OF THAT PLAN. SO THAT WOULDN'T, THAT WOULDN'T SLOW WORK DOWN. GOT IT. OKAY. BECAUSE LAST TIME WE HAD MODERN AI REGARDING THE, UH, ORANGE WOODS. OKAY. SPOKE CENTER AND THIS LADDER IN, OKAY. INCLUDING THIS MASTER PLAN. SO EVERYTHING WE, WE REDUNDANT. OKAY. SO WE, EVERYTHING SHOULD BE GOLD AT THE SAME TIME AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. SO THE GOAL WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, OR ONE OF THE GOALS OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IS REALLY TO CREATE A LIVING DOCUMENT, BUT IT'S ALSO A PLANNING TOOL FOR NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. SO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WILL CAPTURE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. AND THEN JUST REAL QUICK, IF, IF I MAY BRI SPEAK BRIEFLY ON ORANGEWOOD, UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING AN RFPA DID SHARE THE, THE CITY MANAGER'S AWARE OF THIS AS WELL, UM, FOR, UM, THE PLAYGROUND AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED PREVIOUSLY BY THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO THAT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD. ONCE, UM, THE CONTRACT IS FULLY EXECUTED, THEY [01:45:01] WILL BE BROUGHT UP TO SPEED ON THAT AS WELL. YES. OKAY. BUT IT IS NOT, IS FIXING THE BATHROOM, THE, OKAY, WE TALKING ABOUT MUCH BIGGER PICTURES, MEANING WE ARE MAKING OKAY. INCLUDING THE, OKAY. I, OKAY. HOCKEY, HOCKEY ARENA. OKAY. AND, UH, DO PARK AND THE SKATE PARK AND THE, OKAY. THE, THE, OKAY. THE, OKAY. UH, THE SWIMMING POOL, EVERYTHING THAT IN THAT AREA, WE CAN CONSOLIDATE INTO A CENTER THAT, THAT ALL OH, INCLUDING THE, OKAY. UH, THE ORANGE WOOD SOCCER FIELD. THAT IS THAT, THAT LET'S FOCUS, LET'S CONCENTRATE IN ONE AREA WITH ALL DIVERSE, DIFFERENT KIND OF, UH, ACTIVITY. AND WE NEED TO MAKE IT A CENTER BECAUSE THEY CAN BE UTILIZED BY ENTIRE CITY AS IT WILL BE A PROUD AREA THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDING YOUR MASTER PLAN. AND LET SEE FROM OUR MOTHER, MAY I FUND THE, UH, BRAND TI UH, COUNCIL MEMBER BRAND TIS ALREADY. SO THAT'S BE INCLUDING CORRECT. THAT. OKAY. SO RATHER THAN HE HAD OTHER IDEA. AND, UH, IT IS NOT A, SO WANNA MAKE SURE WE IN THE SAME PAGE. SO WE'RE MOVING TOGETHER. AND THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY BEFORE I HANG OVER TO COUNCIL COUNCILMAN KENTO. OKAY. AND I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WHEN I, UH, TAKE OVER, OKAY. THIS MAYORSHIP IS A E OF ACTION. OKAY. WE WANT ACTION, WE WANT THING GET DONE. OKAY. WE WANNA SEE, OKAY. WE CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE A DELAY AND OTHER EXCUSES RIGHT AWAY. GET THE THING DONE. OKAY. PUT THE THING TOGETHER. OKAY. AND THIS GENTLEMAN WANNA SAY THINGS. HE DRESS ALL UP. MAYBE YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YOU WANNA COME AND SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. COME. YEAH. I, I DON'T WANT YOU LIKE ALL DRESS UP TO PARTY. I DIDN'T GO THERE. HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. , THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR INVITING ME UP. I APPRECIATE THAT. IT, IT'S, I AM REALLY HAPPY TO BE INVITED OUT TO PLACES AND I YOU LOOK VERY NICE. GO AHEAD. THIS, THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY FUN PROCESS. I ENJOY THESE 'CAUSE WE GET TO MEET THE COMMUNITY. WE GET TO HAVE A DIALOGUE WITH THE COMMUNITY, YOUR COMMUNITY, AND FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT SO YOU CAN MAXIMIZE YOUR INVESTMENT INTO YOUR PARKS AND RECREATION. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS PROJECT. THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT PROCESS. WE WILL DELIVER IT ON TIME FOR YOU WITH, UM, A VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO DETAIL, MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS ATTENDED. SO YOUR POSITION IS, I'M SORRY, YOUR POSITION IS THE PARTNER OR YOU ARE THE I'M THE PRESIDENT OF RJM DESIGN GROUP. I'M THE PRINCIPAL. OH, YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT, OKAY. YES. I WORK VERY CLOSELY. YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE BIG SHOT. OKAY. I YOU'RE THE BOSS. OKAY. AND MAYBE WE CAN NEGOTIATE THE PRICE. OKAY. . OKAY. THE BOSS. THE BOSS IS HERE. ANOTHER MIDDLE MAN. WELL, I, I MUST SAY I AM MARRIED AND I HAVE A BOSS THAT I . YEAH, HE'S REALLY JUST ENTITLED ONLY I THINK JUST BOSS OVER THERE. WE JUST SEE THE BIRTHDAY FOR HER. OKAY. AND THEN, UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO, WE HAVE A BOSS OVER HERE. YOU WANT TO HAVE QUESTION FOR HIM? OH, YEAH, YEAH. YES, ZACH, IT'S GOOD TO, GOOD TO SEE YOU. UH, UH, WANTED TO ASK IN, IN LIGHT OF, OF THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE PRO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING WELL TO, TO WHAT EXTENT WILL YOU BE, UM, UH, OPTIMIZING, UM, POSTCARD AND OTHER, UH, OTHER DIRECT HARD COPY, UH, UH, AWARENESS AROUND THE RADIUS AROUND EACH OF THE PARKS? I KNOW THAT YOU, UH, EARLIER, UM, IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT IT WOULD BE GOING THROUGH SOME CITY RESOURCES, BUT THE THING THAT'S REALLY OF CONCERN TO ME AND, AND, AND OTHERS, I'M SURE HERE, IS THAT WE WANT TO OPTIMIZE HEARING FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT JUST A FEW. AND SO, SO CAN YOU PROVIDE FURTHER, BASED ON ALL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE AND ALL THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE TABLE, CAN YOU LAY OUT A BROAD VISION OF HOW YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE PROVIDING INPUT TO US ON EACH OF THE PARKS? UM, IT WAS GONNA A TWO PART ANSWER TO THAT ONE. ONE, WE LEVERAGE ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO US. SO I, I LIKE THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED, UM, POSTCARDS AND AS WELL AS PAPER. PAPER, OLD PAPER SURVEYS. I'M A FIRM BELIEVER IN MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE CAN PARTICIPATE ANY WAY THEY WANT TO, ANY WAY THEY CAN, ANY WAY THEY'RE COMFORTABLE. SO WE HAVE BOTH QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE MEASURES TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. AS KRISTEN SAID EARLIER, WE'VE GO THROUGH QUITE AN EXTENSIVE PROCESS. THE MULTIMODAL SURVEY IS DONE THROUGH PHONE, CELL PHONE, LANDLINE EMAIL, UH, UM, AS WELL AS SOME PAPER ELEMENTS IS THERE TOO. WE ALSO WILL PROVIDE, MAKE SURE THAT THERE ARE PAPER SURVEYS IN COMMUNITY CENTERS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET ACCESS TO THOSE IF THEY WANT TO. WE'LL HAVE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT A-FRAMES AND MULTIMEDIA, UM, MESSAGING SYSTEMS TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. SO THAT WAY WE ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE PART IN THE SYSTEM AT THE END AS WELL TOO. IF SOMEBODY MISSES A SURVEY, SOMEBODY MISSES A, A PHONE CALL OR THEY MISS THE, THE WORKSHOPS, I HOPE EVERYBODY COMES TO, MY JOKES HAVEN'T CHANGED AT ALL IN PROBABLY 15 YEARS . SO I REALLY HOPE PEOPLE DO COME UP AND SO I CAN GET SOME NEW FACES AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET A FEW MORE LAUGHS. BUT IF THEY MISS THAT EVENT, WELL THEN WE HAVE THE FEEDBACK BUTTON ON THE WEBSITE. SO PEOPLE CAN ALWAYS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPTIONS WITHIN THAT WEBSITE TO MAKE SURE IT'S ACCESSIBLE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO EVERYBODY THROUGH ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. UM, UTILIZING THAT TECHNOLOGY TO LEVERAGE AND LANGUAGES AND LANGUAGES TO UTILIZE THE TECHNOLOGY TO GET AS MUCH A RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR THE OUTREACH AS POSSIBLE. AND, AND IF I ALSO MAY INTERJECT AS WELL, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVEN'T SHARED WITH THEM YET, [01:50:01] UM, I WILL BE COORDINATING WITH THEM ONCE, UM, THE CONTRACT IS FULLY EXECUTED, UH, TO DESIGN A PAGE IN THE DISCOVER THAT'S GOING TO BE INFORMATIONAL PER THE CITY MANAGER'S DIRECTION. UM, SO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THE DISCOVER IS MAILED TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, ALL OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS IN WEST COVINA. THERE'S ALSO A DIGITAL VERSION. UM, SO WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS IN THE DISCOVER AND THAT WE REALLY MAKE IT AN ATTRACTIVE ADVERTISEMENT, AN INFORMATIONAL ADVERTISEMENT. SO REALLY CAPTURE THE COMMUNITY'S ATTENTION AND GET THEM EXCITED FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? YEAH. UM, BE YOU, LET'S SEE. UM, MY QUESTION WILL BE ALSO, UM, WILL YOUR, UH, PLAN ALSO INCORPORATE ALL THE A DA REGULATIONS ARE OUT THERE WITH THE AMERICANS DISABILITY ACT TO MAKE SURE YOUR DESIGNS OR IDEAS ARE ALSO IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE A DA. AND I ALSO THINK, UM, OUR CITY DID, UH, STUDY ON, ON, ON OUR CITY FACILITIES, SO THEY COULD ALSO SHARE WITH YOU, UH, SO YOU'RE ALSO AWARE OF SOME OF THE EDA COMPLIANCE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS TOO IN OUR PARKS PLAN. UM, ALSO, UM, COME BACK TO ME. YOU WANNA COME BACK? . THIS IS MY MAYOR. POTENT. UH, THANK YOU. UH, QUICK QUESTION. HOW LONG IS A SURVEY? BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS, UM, IT MIGHT BE TOO LONG, BORING, AND JUST, PEOPLE JUST SAY, FORGET IT. . MOST SURVEYS ARE LIKE THAT IN GENERAL. LIKE, IT JUST IS ENGAGING, EXCITING BALL LOOK VERY INTERESTING MEN. YEAH, I JUST, HOW LONG IS THE SURVEY? IS IT ENGAGED FULL? IS THERE PHOTOS? IS IT JUST MORE LIKE, JUST READ AND, AND THE, THE LEVEL OF READING? IS IT EASY SO THAT, THAT IS IMPORTANT? YEAH, WE WORK WITH THE CITY TEAM TO DEVELOP THE SURVEYS, BUT THE, UM, MULTIMODAL SURVEY IS 10 TO 12 MINUTES. UM, IT HAS MAYBE 20 QUESTIONS, AND THEN THE WORKSHOP SURVEYS ARE VERY BRIEF. UM, THEY HAVE ABOUT FIVE QUESTIONS AND THEY KIND OF, THEY PLAY OFF EACH OTHER. EACH WORKSHOP IS DIFFERENT. SO WORKSHOP ONE IS BIG PICTURE, UH, WORKSHOP TWO IS LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT PARKS, FACILITIES, PROGRAM NEEDS. AND WORKSHOP THREE IS COMING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WITH EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD AND A LONG LIST OF PARK NEEDS AND PROGRAM NEEDS THAT CAME OUT OF ALL THE OUTREACH EFFORTS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. NO. OKAY. AND THE, DO ONE MORE. OKAY. GO AHEAD. I REMEMBER NOW. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YEAH, JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE MAYOR MENTIONED EARLIER ABOUT ORANGEWOOD PARK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OF THE MAYOR AND MY COLLEAGUES, GREAT THINGS ARE COMING TO ORANGEWOOD AND, AND DOWN NORTE PARK. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE, THE CONS APPROVED THROUGH OUR, UH, CONS REQUEST WAS TO ACTUALLY INCORPORATE ORANGEWOOD PARK IN RENAMING IT ORANGEWOOD ORANGEWOOD SPORTS CENTER. UH, ANOTHER THING THAT WE ADDRESSED THROUGH A CONS APPROVAL REQUEST WAS, UH, ACTUALLY TITLING THE ORANGEWOOD, UH, NOT ONLY TITLING THE PROJECT NAME FOR ORANGEWOOD PARK, UH, AS A ORANGEWOOD SPORTS CENTER COMMUNITY DREAM PROJECT, WHICH HAS, IT'S AN PUTTING IMAGINATION INTO THE PROJECT, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE WHATEVER TOO. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. AND, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PUTIN. OKAY. AND SECOND BY AN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? YES. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ALI, YOU NEXT TIME? THERE YOU GO. FIRST. THAT'S OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. WE CALL PLEASE. YES. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ. VIDO. AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, LET'S DO A GOOD JOB. ACTION. YES. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. OKAY, NEXT [CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE] AGENDA, PLEASE. AS A, I THINK THAT WOULD BE NUMBER EIGHT, RIGHT? YES, IT'S THE FIRST DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS. UM, AND, UH, KELLY MCDONALD, UH, THE ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION. UM, BEFORE HE GETS STARTED, I JUST WANT TO, UM, SHARE WITH COUNSEL THE PRESENTATION OF THE REPORT BEFORE YOU PROVIDES VARIOUS OPTIONS. UM, TONIGHT WE ARE ASKING FOR COUNSEL TO PROVIDE US A DIRECTION INTO WHICH OPTIONS YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE FOR US TO PURSUE AND BRING THAT BACK TO, UM, FINALIZE THOSE, UH, THAT OPTIONS. SO, UM, I WILL HAVE KELLY PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS. GOOD EVENING. UH, THIS MATTER CONCERNS THE CONSIDERATION OF GRANT WRITING AND FEDERAL LOBBYIST SERVICES. UH, THE CITY RELIES ON VARIOUS SOURCES OF SPECIAL FUNDING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC. HISTORICALLY, THE CITY HAS PRACTICED, UH, MORE, A MORE COMMON APPROACH OF SEEKING GRANT FUNDING FOR ITS PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES WITH EACH DEPARTMENT, [01:55:01] RESEARCHING, APPLYING FOR, AND MANAGING THE GRANTS. UH, ATTACHMENT ONE LISTS GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO WHICH THE CITY HAS APPLIED OR HAD ACTIVE GRANTS IN 2024 WITH $10.3 MILLION IN AWARDS LISTED. THE LIST ALSO INCLUDES GRANTS SUBMITTED ON THE CITY'S BEHALF BY TRANSTECH AS PART OF THE ENGINEERING SERVICES THEY PROVIDE. OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THE CITY HAS ALSO RECEIVED, UM, $28.5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING ATTACHMENT TO PROVIDE SCHEDULES OF EXPENDITURES OF FEDERAL AWARDS OVER THIS PERIOD. ADDITIONALLY, $8 MILLION IN CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS WERE AWARDED IN RECENT YEARS. $2 MILLION WAS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED, UH, CONGRESSIONAL BILL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 FEDERAL BUDGET. HOWEVER, THIS IS YET TO BE FINALIZED. UM, IN FEBRUARY, 2024, COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS REQUESTED THAT THE CITY EXPLORE HIRING A WASHINGTON DC LOBBYIST AT THE SAME MEETING. UH, THEN COUNCIL MEMBER WU REQUESTED THAT THE CITY EXPLORE HIRING A GRANT WRITING TEAM. AND THIS REPORT IS IN RESPONSE TO THOSE REQUESTS RELATIVE TO THE GRANT WRITING. TEAM. STAFF DEVELOPED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SEEKING A TEAM THAT SPECIALIZES IN MANAGEMENT OF THE OVERALL GRANT PROCESS. THE SCOPE OF WORK IS BULLETED IN THE REPORT. RFP UH, 20 24 0 8 WAS POSTED IN MAY 15. PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED IN JUNE. THE PROPOSALS WERE EVALUATED, SCORED IN, RANKED BASED ON THE CRITERIA SHOWN IN THE REPORT. AND SCORES AND RANKS ARE SHOWN IN THE SECOND TABLE. MOST OF THE VENDORS PROVIDED HOURLY RATES. UH, SO THE PROJECT COST WOULD DEPEND UPON THE, UH, TAX AND THE COMPLEXITY FOR THE VENDORS PROVIDED A RATE FOR A MONTHLY RETAINER TRANSLATING INTO A, UH, ANNUAL COST OF 32 4 TO, UH, $102,000 PER YEAR. BASED ON THE PROPOSAL OF THE HIGHEST RANKED VENDOR, UH, AVANT-GARDE COSTS BY PROJECT ARE ESTIMATED TO RANGE FROM 3,500 TO, UH, 13 FIVE PER GRANT. UH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE ADDITIONAL SHOWS SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE TOP THREE SCORING PROPOSERS SHOWING THE AVERAGE HOURLY RATES. NONE OF THE TOP THREE WERE RETAINER BASED. UH, THE OFFICE LOCATIONS ALL IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND RANGES OF EXPERIENCE FROM 14 TO 22 YEARS RELATIVE TO THE FEDERAL LOBBYIST STAFF DEVELOPED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SEEKING A CONSULTANT TO NETWORK WITH LAWMAKERS TO ADVOCATE FOR PROJECT FUNDING. UH, SCOPE OF THE WORK IS BULLETED IN THE REPORT AND A SIMILAR, SIMILAR, UH, PROCESS AND TIMELINE AS THE, UH, GRANT WRITER WITH PROPOSALS EVALUATED, RANKED, AND BASED ON THE CRITERIA SHOWN IN THE REPORT AND SCORES AND RANKS SHOWN IN THE, UH, TABLE IN THE REPORT. UM, THE RFP WAS POSTED IN MAY SIX. PROPOSALS WERE RECEIVED. AND FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK, IT, IT'S IS STANDARD THAT, UH, A MONTHLY RETAINER FIXED FEE IS, IS, UH, THE STANDARD. AND BASED ON THOSE RECEIVED, THE ANNUAL COSTS WAS DETERMINED TO BE BETWEEN 42,000 AND $150,000 PER YEAR. UH, THE HIGHEST, UH, RANKED PROPOSER WAS TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AT $42,000. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF THE TOP THREE PROPOSERS IS PROVIDED ON THIS SLIDE WITH, UH, MONTHLY RETAINER RATES, OFFICE LOCATIONS, AND, UM, RANGES OF EXPERIENCE FROM, UH, 26 TO 37 YEARS. SO AGAIN, STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION REGARDING THE IDENTIFIED ALTERNATIVES, WHICH INCLUDE CONTRACTING A GRANT WRITING CONSULTANT, UH, DEVELOPING AN APPROVED VENDOR LIST FOR GRANT WRITING, SEEKING A, UM, WE'RE EXPLORING A CITY POSITION SPECIFICALLY FOR GRANT WRITING, ENHANCING THE CURRENT GRANT WRITING PROCESSES AND PRACTICES, UM, CONTRACTING A FEDERAL LOBBYIST AND ENHANCING CURRENT PRACTICES FOR LEGISLATIVE ADVOCACY. THESE ARE, THESE ALTERNATIVES ARE SUMMARIZED IN THE REPORT. AND, UH, RELATIVE TO OPTIONS REGARDING THE RFPS, THE, UM, CITY COUNCIL MAY AWARD TO AVANTGARDE AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH A, UH, PROPOSED AGREEMENT AND A FUNDING SOURCE FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR A GRANT WRITING TEAM. THE COUNCIL MAY DECIDE TO AWARD TO THE TOP FIVE FIRMS AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH PROPOSED AGREEMENTS AND FUNDING SOURCES FOR CONSIDERATION. UH, RELATIVE TO A NEW POSITION, STAFF MAY OR COUNCIL MAY REJECT ALL THE PROPOSALS AND DIRECT STAFF TO EXPLORE THE CREATION OF A NEW CITY POSITION FOR THE WRITING AND MANAGEMENT OF GRANTS. AND, UH, OR MAY ALSO REJECT ALL PROPOSALS AND CONTINUE TO HAVE STAFF, UH, OPERATE [02:00:01] AS CURRENTLY WITH, WITH SOME ENHANCEMENTS IN COORDINATION, UH, RELATIVE TO FEDERAL LOBBYIST RFP 20, UH, 20 24 0 9, UH, COUNCIL MAY AWARD TOWNSEND PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND DIRECT STAFF TO RETURN WITH A PROPOSED AGREEMENT AND FUNDING SOURCE FOR CONSIDERATION OR REJECT ALL PROPOSALS AND HAVE STAFF CONTINUE TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE LEGISLATOR'S OFFICE. AND OF COURSE, UM, ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION IS ALWAYS AN OPTION. UH, LAST SLIDE INCLUDES OR SUMMARIZES THE FISCAL IMPACT ONE IN THE FISCAL IMPACT SECTION FOR THE, UH, ALTERNATIVES IDENTIFIED. THERE'S A BROAD RANGE OF, UH, POTENTIAL COSTS RANGING FROM NEGLIGIBLE TO UPWARDS OF, UH, $267,000. AND, UH, ANY ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE FUNDED BY THE GEN FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND. AND, UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, KELLY. OKAY. AND, UH, DO WE HAVE A MEMBER WANT TO DISCUSS FIRST? WHO WANNA GO FIRST? OKAY. AND COUNCILMAN? OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN OLLIE. KENTO, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU. REALLY APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING THIS REPORT TOGETHER. KELLY. UM, WITH REGARD TO, UH, UH, TOWNSEND, UM, AND I GUESS JUST MORE, EVEN MORE BROADLY SPEAKING, UH, I, I I'D LIKE TO, TO, UM, TO ASK ABOUT THE EXTENT TO WHICH IT WAS CONSIDERED THAT, UM, ANY ENTITY ALREADY HAS A NUMBER OF CLIENTS WITHIN THE LOCAL AREA WHO COULD END UP COMPETING FOR THAT, UH, FIRM'S ATTENTION. UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT I JUST WANTED TO ASK JUST MORE. CAN YOU DESCRIBE MORE DEEPLY THE, THE CRITERIA THAT YOU USED FOR THE FEDERAL LOBBYIST, UH, UH, UH, FIRM AND, AND WHAT, HOW DID YOU END UP DOING THE SCORING? CAN YOU JUST PROVIDE MORE, UH, DETAIL OF THAT ON THAT, PLEASE? SURE. WELL, UH, THE, THE CRITERIA WAS, UM, JUST THE COMPLETENESS OF THE PROPOSAL, UH, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS, CAPACITY TO PERFORM BASED ON, BASED OUR INTERPRETATION AND THE READING OF, OF THE, UH, PROPOSAL. AND THE PRO PROPOSED COST WAS WEIGHTED BY FINANCE. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY KIND OF, KIND OF THE SWING. THOSE WERE, WERE KIND OF, THOSE WERE BROAD. THE, THE, UH, PROPOSALS WERE FAIRLY SIMILAR IN WHAT, WHAT THEY COULD ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT THEY PROPOSED. THE, THE, UH, COST VARIANCE WAS BETWEEN 42, UH, THOUSAND AND, UH, 150,000 WERE, WERE WIDE. AND THAT'S, AND THAT WAS 20% OF THE, UH, OR 20 POINTS, 20% OF THE SCORING. SO THAT KIND OF VACILLATED ON THAT. UM, THE TOP TWO WERE FAIRLY CLOSE, TWO POINTS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. CAN YOU NAME THEM PLEASE, JUST FOR ACCESSIBILITY? YES. UH, TOWN SAID, AND, AND, UH, CAR AND CLAY, AND THE THIRD WAS, UH, DELTA DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. AND, AND SO, UH, TO WHAT EX HOW DID, HOW DID YOU MEASURE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE FIRMS IN TERMS OF, UH, DETERMINING THEIR EFFECTIVENESS WITH SE WITH, WITH A SE LO SUCCESSFULLY LOBBYING FOR, UH, GRANT, UH, FUNDING, LOOKING AT THE, UH, YEARS OF, OF SERVICE AS WELL AS A TRACK RECORD PRESENTED IN THE PROPOSAL? SO WHAT WAS, HOW DID YOU MEASURE THE TRACK RECORD OF THE DIFFERENT FIRMS IN TERMS OF THEIR, THEIR SUCCESS IN, IN, IN, IN, IN LOBBYING FOR, FOR FUNDING FOR THEIR CLIENTS? JUST LOOKING AT THE, UM, LOOKING AT WHAT THEY PRESENTED IN TERMS OF THEIR PROPOSAL, THE, THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS AND THE, UM, THE TYPES OF GRANTS THAT THEY RECEIVED OR THE FEDERAL FUNDING THAT THEY RECEIVED. CAN YOU HIGHLIGHT THAT? THAT'S, THAT'S JUST, I JUST, I NEED YOU TO YEAH, I'M, I'M SORRY. I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE DETAILS. I, WE CAN, I CAN GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT AND, AND, AND, UH, ANY, ANY DIRECTION THAT'S DECIDED HERE IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO COME BACK WITH A, WITH A SUBSEQUENT REPORT. AND, AND IN THAT CASE, WE COULD PROVIDE YOU SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I'M, I'M THINKING, UH, MR. MAYOR, THAT JUST IN LIGHT OF THE, THE, THE NEED FOR FURTHER DETAIL WITH REGARD TO THE LOBBYIST CONSIDERATIONS, THAT, THAT WE, WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT MORE, UH, UH, DEEPLY BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS THAT I, THAT I'M, UH, NEED CLARIFICATION ON AND WHAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT WITH REGARD TO THE LOBBY. I SAID THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'M INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK NOT JUST ON THE LONGEVITY OF FIRMS, BUT ALSO THEIR SUCCESS LEVEL AND CONTEXTUALLY SPEAKING, THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT THEY HAVE IN THE CURRENT, UH, POLITICAL CLIMATE. AND SO THAT NEEDS TO BE FACTORED IN FOR US TO, UM, BE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN FROM ANY, UH, LOBBYING FIRM THAT WE HIRE, THAT THEY HAVE THE CURRENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MOST INFLUENTIAL LEADERS IN [02:05:01] CONGRESS, BECAUSE IT ISN'T SIMPLY GOING TO A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AND ASKING FOR FUNDS, LET'S SAY OUR, UH, CONGRESSMAN GIL CISNEROS IN OUR CASE. BUT IT ALSO ENTAILS SECURING BUY-IN FROM, FROM, UH, FROM THE LEADERSHIP OF CONGRESS. AND IT ALSO EN ENTAILS MAKING SURE TO GET THAT SUCCESSFULLY ACROSS. IT ALSO WOULD ENTAIL MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THEY CAN, THAT THEY CAN DESCRIBE TO US THE TIMELINE OF THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF WHAT IS DONE TO SECURE APPROPRIATIONS. AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC WAY THAT THAT'S DONE. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO SEE THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT, AND THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY CAN TAILOR THEIR LOBBYING EFFORTS, UH, TO THE THINGS THAT WE ARE, ARE ASKING FOR. BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, AND SIMPLY LOOKING AT NUMBERS ALONE, WITHOUT CONTEXT, WE HA WE RUN INTO THE POSSIBLE DANGER OF SPENDING MONEY WHERE WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE RETURN. THE PURPOSE OF EITHER OF THESE, WHETHER IT'S FOR GRANTS OR FOR, UH, LOBBYISTS, IS THAT WE, WE RECEIVE FAR MORE THAN WHAT WE SPEND. UH, OTHERWISE IT'S A WASTE. I MEAN, WE, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE, WE, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH, WITH GREAT, UH, CARE ABOUT THIS. SO AT LEAST THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. VERY GOOD POINT. AND, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER URIS, GO AHEAD. YEAH, UH, I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CONTOS BRINGS UP SOME GOOD POINTS. UH, I THINK YOU ALSO HAVE TO, UH, WHEN YOU DO THIS RFP PROCESS, YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT, UH, PROJECTS RELATING, PROPOSED PROJECTS RELATING TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND, AND TRY TO INCORPORATE, UH, SOME OF THAT DETAILS INTO THE RFP, SO WE COULD GET COMPETITIVE BIDDING, UH, WITH COMPANIES WHO ARE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN FUNDING FOR MUNICIPALITIES, UH, THOSE WHO HAVE A, A TRACK RECORD IN SECURING FUNDING FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND, AND SIZES, UH, COMPARED TO OUR CITY. SO I THINK, UH, LOOKING AND PUTTING A CRITERIA IN THE RFP, UH, THE ASSETS THAT THEY PUT PART OF THEIR PRESENTA, PART OF THEIR PACKET, UM, DETAILS ABOUT OTHER PROJECTS THEY'VE WORKED ON, UH, SPECIFICALLY PROJECTS THAT THEY WORKED ON IN MUNICIPALITIES COMPARED TO OUR SIZE OF CITY, AND WHAT DID THEY SECURE, UH, WHAT GRANT DID THEY SECURE SPECIFICALLY. 'CAUSE I THINK ALL THAT, UH, WILL BE INSTRUMENTAL AND HELPFUL, UH, TO DETERMINE IF, IF A LOBBYIST, UM, IS NEEDED. UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY, UM, I KNOW, UH, MAYOR RU WORKED VERY HARD, UH, UH, WITH CONGRESSWOMAN GRACELY ANO AND, UM, BECAUSE OF, UH, THE MAYOR'S ADVOCACY, HE, UH, WAS ABLE TO SECURE $7 MILLION, UH, FROM CONGRESSWOMAN, THE HONORABLE CONGRESSWOMAN GRACE ANO. AND, AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THANK THE MAYOR AGAIN, BUT ALSO THANK OUR CONGRESSWOMAN FOR HER, FOR ALL THE WORK SHE DID, UH, FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR SECURING OVER $7 MILLION FOR THE CITY OF WEST COA. UM, ALSO, UM, YEAH, I, SO I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO FACTOR IN. SO I, AND I THINK IF WE COULD SOMEHOW ATTACH, UH, TO THE PACKET, UM, UH, SOME OF THOSE PROPOSALS SO WE CAN REVIEW 'EM AS WELL, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO DETERMINE IF WE EVEN WANNA GO DOWN THAT ROUTE AND, AND TO SEE FIRSTHAND FOR US TO MAKE A DETERMINATION WHAT THE TOP THREE CAN BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY IF, IF WE DO DECIDE TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE. AND SO, YEAH. SO WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, UH, LOBBYISTS, THAT'S MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. GOT IT. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ. OKAY. I, I CAN, I CAN HEAR, OKAY. UH, LIKE TWO MEMBER ALREADY THINKING ABOUT, OKAY. AND MAYBE TABLE THIS OR CONTINUE THIS, UH, FOR FURTHER, BECAUSE WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. BUT BEFORE I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION OR ANYBODY MAKE A MOTION FOR CONTINUE, OR TABLE THIS AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS HOLD ON. GIFT IN YOUR, YOU WANT, YEAH, GO AHEAD, MAYOR PROTON. LET'S GIVE A CHANCE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. NO, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT ALL THE PROPOSAL SCORES FOR GRANT WRITING AND FEDERAL LO LOBBYISTS. AND I MEAN, THE HIGHEST SCORE IS AN 88. NOBODY SCORED IN THE NINETIES. AND, AND IT CONCERNS ME ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE OF WHAT THE SUCCESS RATE IN ACQUIRING THE FUNDS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA BRING IN SOMEBODY AND THEN WE SPEND MORE ON THEM THAN WHAT THEY CAN BRING IN. EXACTLY. YEAH. SO, UM, THAT IS A WASTE OF MONEY. A BIG FACTOR OF, LIKE, I, I MEAN, IT'S ALMOST LIKE DOING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OR ANYTHING. YOU, YOU DON'T WANT HOURLY RATE BECAUSE YOU END UP GETTING SCREWED. 'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA JUST CHARGE YOU MORE HOURS. AND THAT'S PROBABLY DUE TO THEIR COMPETENCY OR JUST, YOU KNOW, PUSHING THAT MM-HMM . UM, SO HOURLY RATE ALWAYS CONCERNS ME. I PREFER PROJECT. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THE POTENTIAL COST 3,500 TO 13,500 NOW, YOU KNOW, HOW IS THAT, IS THERE A PERCENTAGE IN RATIO BASED ON THIS GRANT THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, $10,000 GRANT AND [02:10:01] THEY'RE GONNA MAKE US, THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE US 13,000 FOR IT. LIKE, IT JUST GOTTA, WE WANTED TO SEE LIKE THE FULL PICTURE OF EVERYTHING. UM, AND, UH, NO, I MEAN, I WAS GOING THROUGH THE OTHER STUFF. I DON'T WANT THE CITY STAFF TO LOSE A RELATIONSHIP OR THINGS THAT IS ALREADY PROVEN. SO THE GRANTS THAT THEY PUT IN YEARLY WOULD LIKE, UH, FOR THAT TO STILL CONTINUE. NOW, IF THERE'S POSSIBILITY THAT THERE'S A WAY THAT THE GRANT WRITERS CAN HELP YOU IMPROVE AND GET MORE, THEN YES. I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE, UH, FOR THAT, UM, CONNECTION. BUT JUST, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WAS IN MY, IN MY MIND. AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT WHEN YOU LOOK FORWARD INTO BRINGING THESE THINGS. AND JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR PUTIN AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. YEAH. UM, I GUESS I, I GUESS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL SUBJECTS HERE, BUT, UH, YEAH. SO, AND THEN, AND WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, STATE GRANT WRITING, I, I KNOW WE HAD A CALL WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, UH, UH, WITH, UM, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY. UH, AND, AND I KNOW I ASKED THE, I ASKED OUR, OUR STATE LOBBYISTS, UH, ON STATUS ON DIFFERENT, UH, GRANTS AND DIFFERENT ISSUES AFFECTING OUR CITY. AND, AND I ASKED HIM DID HE HELP ALSO ASSIST, UH, UH, IN, UH, MAKING SURE THAT WE, HE WAS ABLE TO MARKET OUR RFP IN SACRAMENTO, AND HE SAID NO. UH, AND THAT HE ALSO RECOMMENDED A, A POTENTIAL COMPANY. UH, SO I THINK, UM, I, I KNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LOBBYIST PART AND THE GRANT PART, UH, UM, AND, AND THE WHOLE PACKET, HONESTLY, UH, IT NEEDS TO BE MORE DETAILED AND, AND IF POSSIBLE. UM, AND, AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO THE GRANT WRITING PART, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO SEEK, UH, ADVICE FROM THE LOBBYISTS THAT WE CURRENTLY PAY FOR, FOR, FOR SACRAMENTO. I THINK THAT'S WHY WE'RE PAYING HIM TO GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND SOME OPINIONS FROM HIM AS WELL. UM, ALSO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, POTENTIALLY HIRING, UM, UH, A POTENTIAL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION, UH, I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DETAILS. I THINK THE, THE NUMBERS HERE ON THIS SHEET DISPLAYS THE TOTAL BURDEN, BUT DOESN'T, UH, SHOW, UH, WHAT THE BASE, THE BASE COST IS AND, AND THE WHAT BENEFITS AND SO FORTH COSTS. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE CONSOLE, UH, TO SEE BOTH FOR, THEY COULD KNOW, UH, WHAT'S THE BEST DECISIONS, THE BEST DECISION TO MAKE, UH, ON, ON THIS ISSUE. I KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO AN ASSISTED CITY MANAGER, UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANNA SAY, UH, UH, KELLY, UH, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND, AND, AND ALEX AND, AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR APPLYING FOR GRANTS. AND, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS, UH, I RECOMMENDED WAS A POTENTIAL ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO HELP, UH, UH, LEAD THE, THE, THE LEAD, THE FORCE IN, IN, IN WORKING, COLLABORATING WITH ALL EACH OF OUR CURRENT GRANT WRITERS AND, AND LOOKING AT WAYS TO, UH, MAXIMIZE OUR POTENTIAL IN SECURITY FUNDING. UM, YOU KNOW, COMING WHEN, I MEAN, WHEN MY BACKGROUND, I, I UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF GRANTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN VARIOUS OCCASIONS, UM, THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR US POTENTIAL TO APPLY FOR MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN, IN, IN RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND I, AND I KNOW IT'S, IT'S A HARD PROCESS. AND, AND I THINK BY ESTABLISHING A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER POSITION, UH, BY ADDING ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS TO THAT POSITION, SUCH AS HAVING EXTENSIVE FEDERAL KNOWLEDGE IN, IN GRANT WRITING AND STATE GRANT WRITING, HAVING A MANDATORY, UM, TRACK RECORD AND SECURING FEDERAL AND STATE GRANT WRITING, UH, REQUIRING THAT THAT PERSON ALSO HAS AN ESTABLISHED RECORD IN MANAGING, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN THE GRANT PROCESS. UH, I KNOW, AND I BELIEVE WILL BRING AND TRACK MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE TAXPAYERS IN WEST COVINA. AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, WHEN WE'RE READY AFTER. OKAY. UH, YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION FIRST. OKAY. WE CAN, I CAN, I CAN, WE CAN STILL SPEAK. YES. OKAY. AND IT'S STILL DISCUSSED, BUT YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE IT. I WAS GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, ASK THE CITY, UH, TO GO BACK, UH, INTO AN RFP. WE, WE REPUBLISHED THE RFP, INCORPORATING SOME OF THE, THE POINTS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS POINTED OUT SOME POINTS THAT I POINTED OUT, SOME POINTS THAT, UH, MAYOR PROAM, THE MAYOR, AND, AND, UH, THE, THE COUNCILMAN DIAZ ALSO HAD SOME POINTS. NO, NO. OKAY. SO SOME OF THE POINTS WE BROUGHT OUT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO, OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. OKAY. I KNOW YOUR MOTION KIND OF CONFUSING. OKAY. IT'S A LONG MOTION. OKAY. SO YOU, CITY MANAGER, YOU WANNA HOLD WHAT YOU WANT TO SAY. UM, SO THE RFP HAS BEEN ISSUED AND HAS BEEN CLOSED. [02:15:01] AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE CAN'T MAKE ANY CHANGES. THE COUNCIL CAN EITHER ELECT TO SELECT A VENDOR OR REJECT ALL THE BIDS. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE. I GO TO BID, SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT, UH, ALL BIDS RELATING TO FEDERAL LOBBYISTS AND STATE GRANT WRITING. UH, AND THOSE THAT THOSE RFPS BE REPOSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, INCORPORATING WHAT THE CONSOLE INDICATED TODAY. AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WHEN ONCE THOSE PUBLICATIONS HAVE BEEN POSTED, THAT AT THE SAME TIME YOU BRING BACK THE SUBJECT MATTER AS WELL OF HIRING A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UH, WITH SPECIALTY IN GRANT WRITING. SO WE, WHEN WE BRING BACK THE PROPOSALS, WE'LL BRING BACK THE OPTIONS. YES. YES. I THINK HE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST IS, UH, INCLUDING THE COUNCILMAN, UH, KENTO, REGARDING THE MORE DETAIL. OKAY. AND THE SUCCESSFUL RAY, AND THAT WE JUST, ME, THEY JUST MENTIONED ABOUT, AM I RIGHT? YES. MR. MAYOR, AND CAN YOU ACCEPT HIS MOTION? YES. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WE HAVE A THIRD, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AND, UH, DO WE HAVE SECOND? SECOND. A SECOND. OKAY. BEFORE WE VOTE, I, I, I WANT TO, UH, PUT A COMMENT, NOT THE QUESTION. I THINK, UH, THE POINT IS THIS, OKAY. I THINK, UH, WE STILL UNDER LIKE $200 MILLION OF BUDGET. AND IF YOU COMPARE WITH PASADENA, 135 MILLION POPULATION, OKAY? POPULATION, OKAY. AND THEIR BUDGET IS 900, ALMOST 1 BILLION. THEY HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF GRANT. AND RECENTLY PASADENA JUST TO GET A GRANT FOR A MILLION DOLLAR FOR MENTAL HEALTH ON THE FEDERAL. AND HOW THEY GET IT IS NOT FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IT'S THE INDEPENDENT. AND WHY CAN WE APPLY THE SAME THING AS WE ARE ALMOST 120,000 POPULATION, OKAY? WE NEED A GRANT, RIGHT? GRANT WRITER. AND THEN TO GET A ANNUALLY, UH, ABOUT ALMOST LIKE, LET'S SAY 900,000, CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, GIVE US A MENTAL HEALTH, OKAY? SO WE CAN HELP OUR HOMELESS, OKAY. AND, UH, HELPS THE ISSUE WE HAVE, OKAY. IN OUR CITY. I THINK THAT IS THE ISSUE. AND SAME THING ABOUT MONTEBELLO. I CHECK WITH THEM. THEY HAVE A LOT OF GRANT TOO. SO, AND THEIR BUDGET, EVEN THEY ARE SMALLER POPULATION, THEIR BUDGET BIGGER THAN OURS. SO I THINK WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR BUDGET, INCREASE OUR GRANT, INCREASE THE REVENUE, INCREASE OUR OKAY, INCOME, OKAY? AND THE GRANT IS A MAJOR INCOME. AND THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE GOT A $7 MILLION FROM OKAY, OUR PREVIOUS, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN BECAUSE WE, SHE WILLING TO HELP US, AND SHE PUT ON ONTO THE MOTION AND THE CON CONGRESS APPROVE. AND, UH, SO THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, AND OTHERWISE WE WON'T GET THIS $7 MILLION. SO I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR OUR COLLEAGUE AND TRY TO HELP THE CITY. WE, WE PAY TAXES, AND WE HAVE A FEDERAL AND STATE, AND THEY HAVE SO MANY GRANTS, AND WE REALLY NEED TO APPLY THOSE GRANTS AND THAT WE ARE FIGHTING WITH ALL THE CITY. I KNOW E AND R FOR THE, FOR THE COG, FOR THE OKAY. STATE. THEY HAVE A, THEY HAVE A GRANT FOR OUR PARK, FOR OUR SO-CALLED, UH, HIKING AREA. IF WE WANNA DO THE HIKING AREA. THEY HAVE A GRANT FOR US. AND I REMEMBER I SENT THIS TO A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. SO HOPEFULLY WITH ALL THIS FIRE OF US AND PUSHING TO GRANT, INCLUDING THE DETAIL, FEDERAL AND STATE, AND WE CAN GET OUR FAIR SHARE TAX TAXES COME BACK. SO, UM, IF, IF THAT, ANY OTHER ONE TO ADD ANY COMMENT, OTHERWISE, ROLL CALL PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND BRING IT BACK AND REBID, UH, BRINGING TOGETHER ALL OF COUNCIL'S COMMENTS THAT THEY WAS MADE TONIGHT. AND THIS IS FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CONSIDERATION OF GRANT WRITING AND FEDERAL LOBBYISTS. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR W AYE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. AND, [COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT] UH, NEXT AGENDA NUMBER NINE, UH, REGARDING SWISS SWEEPING, WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS? MA? MAYOR, I HAVE ONE QUESTION. OH, GO AHEAD. UM, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT THAT TO GO BACK TO RFP? AND WHEN CAN WE EXPECT IT TO BE PRESENTED BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL? JUST SO I CAN WRITE IT DOWN IN MY NOTES? , UM, LET US, UH, CONFIRM WITH STAFF INTERNALLY WHEN THAT A TIMEFRAME IS, UH, WE CAN PROVIDE YOU A TIMEFRAME AND I CAN PROVIDE THAT, UH, VIA EMAIL. NO, WE WANT ASAP. YEAH. SO I UNDERS, I FIGURED , WE WENT DOWN IT YESTERDAY, I'M ASSUMING BY, WE DID IT YESTERDAY. CAN WE SAY THAT THE, CAN WE SAY THAT THE RFP WILL BE REISSUED BY EARLY MARCH? OH, YEAH. MUCH EARLY, MAYBE FEBRUARY. CAN WE, CAN WE SAY THAT WILL BE ISSUE IN THE END OF FEBRUARY? YES. TO BE PRESENTED BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN, IN BY THE SECOND MEETING OF MARCH? WELL, IT DEPENDS HOW LONG YOU WANT THE RFP TO BE OPEN, BECAUSE IF YOU GIVE IT A SHORT TIMEFRAME, THAT LIMITS THE, THE PEOPLE THAT CAN RESPOND. UM, SO USUALLY IT'S, BUT WE DON'T WANNA MISS OUT ON ALL THE GRANTS ARE OUT THERE BEFORE SPRING, SO, EXACTLY. [02:20:01] YEAH. SO I THINK, I THINK IDEALLY THAT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TIME FOR YOU GUYS. NO, HOLD ON. YEAH, HE ALWAYS GO TO MARCH. I WON'T GO TO FEBRUARY. CAN WE DO FEBRUARY? LET'S MAKE FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY. POST THE RFP. WE CAN DO IT BY FEBRUARY. YEAH. OKAY. NO, DON'T WAIT FOR MARCH. UH, WHEN YOU GONNA BRING BACK TO, SO IF HE, SHE CAN SEND IP FIRST, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH. SO WE SEND THE RRP AND BRING BACK MAYBE THE SECOND MEETING OF FEBRUARY. . HOW LONG IS RFP NORMALLY AT? OH, YEAH, LET'S START, LET'S START THERE. HOW LONG IS NORMAL? WE COULD GET THE RFP REPOSTED BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, THEN WE HAVE TO OPEN, LEAVE IT OPEN OR POSTED, UM, FOR A MONTH SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE WE GET GOOD VENDORS TO RES, OR NOT GOOD, BUT A GOOD NUMBER OF VENDORS TO RESPOND. AND THEN WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THEM AND THEN BRING THEM BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UM, AND PREPARE THE STAFF REPORT. SO THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA TAKE SOME TIME. GOT IT. OKAY. SO, SO, SO LET'S SEND OUT I-P-A-A-S-A-P, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE APPROVE SOME OF THE REPUTABLE COMPANY THEY'VE BEEN AROUND. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY THEY, WE CAN OKAY. KIND OF NOTIFY THEM THAT WE SEND, IP MAYBE THEY CAN BID ON IT SO WE CAN HAVE A, THEIR CREDENTIAL AND THEIR SUCCESS. OKAY. AND RECORD. THE THING IS THIS, WE WANT A SUCCESS RECORD THAT CAN, THEY CAN BRING A GRANT TO US. WELL THEN WASTE THE MONEY AND, UH, DO NOTHING. AND MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD. UH, UH, TO, TO ENSURE THAT, THAT, THAT OUR, OUR POINTS ARE APPROPRIATELY, UH, UH, INCORPORATED. UH, CAN THE STAFF PLEASE INTERACT WITH US TO, SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT IS CLEAR THAT WHAT YOU PUT OUT IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ASKING FOR? JUST TO MINIMIZE ANY MISUNDERSTANDING? OF COURSE. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH. UH, MOVE ON. YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, SO JUST SO, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND, SO, RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THE REPORT ALMOST FINISHED. I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY DONE, BUT WE'RE GONNA ADD MORE, MORE REQUIREMENTS. SO DO YOU NEED TILL APRIL TO BRING IT BACK TO US? OR CAN YOU BRING IT BACK REALISTICALLY IN THE, IN THE SECOND MEDIUM OF MARCH? TO US, THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE TO EVALUATE THE NUMBER, THE, THE PROPOSALS THAT WE RECEIVE. OKAY. I THINK, I THINK WE'RE, AS A QUESTION, WAS ANYONE SAY SOMETHING? I THINK IN ADDITION TO EVALUATING THE PROPOSALS, UM, AND, AND IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER AND THROUGH THE MAYOR, IS THAT INTERVIEWS SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE. I THINK BRINGING, TAKING A LOOK AT YOUR TOP SCORES, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE OUTTA TOWN, YOU CAN STILL DO VIRTUAL INTERVIEWS. 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A LOT THAT YOU CAN GAIN FROM CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW OUTSIDE OF JUST THE SCORING SHEETS. AND SO PERHAPS SOME OF THESE FIRMS CAN TELL THEIR STORY A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, A LITTLE MORE POIGNANTLY THROUGH AN INTERVIEW PROCESS. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. I I THINK I GOT IT. BUT I CAN JUST, I CAN TELL THE URGENCY THE COUNCIL, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANNA MISS THE GRANT. OKAY. AND, UH, SO NO MATTER WHICH ONE, THE DIRECTION WE WANT TO, THEY WANNA DRAG OVER THERE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. SO WE WON'T CLOSE ACTION HERE, BUT NOTHING GOING ON. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE IT THINK GOING ON. SO CAN POSSIBLE, WE CAN SEND, SINCE WE WE SENT IP BEFORE, CAN WE SEND AN IP WITH MORE DETAIL AND MORE, MORE INFORMATION? OKAY. AND, UH, FEBRUARY, JUST RIGHT NOW, IT JUST STILL JANUARY. OKAY. SO FEBRUARY, STILL LONG TIME TO GO. OKAY. MEANING ANOTHER WEEK. OKAY. THAT'S A LONG TIME. SEVEN DAY AND 24 HOURS A DAY. AND SUNDAY. AND SUNDAY. OKAY. THAT'S A LOT OF DAYS. THERE'S A LOT OF HOURS. SO CAN WE DO IT IN FEBRUARY? AND THEN CAN WE SEND OUT A FEBRUARY AND WE BRING BACK MARCH THE SECOND MEETING? I CAN'T GUARANTEE MARCH. I WILL DO, YOU CAN TRY YOUR BEST. YES. OKAY. DONE. SO YOU, YOU POSTED ON A TIMEFRAME. JUST HAVE TO PUSH. OKAY. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST, JUST FOR CLARITY WITH THE RFP, IT HAS, THERE ARE 2D THERE ARE DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. THERE'S A GRANT MAKING FUNCTION AND THERE'S A LOBBYIST. THOSE ARE SEPARATE TYPES OF FUNCTIONS. YEAH, I KNOW. I UNDERSTAND. BUT WE JUST WANT THEM TO, RATHER THAN DRAGGING OVER THERE, WAITING OVER THERE AND SOMEBODY PUT IT TOGETHER AND SENDING IT OUT, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT STAFF IS UN UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE, UH, THE STAFF UNDERSTANDS THE TWO SEPARATE. WE DID TWO SEPARATE RFPS, AND WE'LL DO TWO SEPARATE RFPS WITH CHANGES THAT WERE MADE PER THE COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. FEBRUARY, SAY NOW, MARCH 2ND MEETING, COME BACK TO US AND WE DON'T MISS THE BOAT. OKAY. WE WON. WE WANT THE MONEY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND LET'S GO TO THE, JUST WANTED TO PRECLUDE THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE WAITING FOR THIS GRANT, ANY GRANTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE AT THIS MOMENT, CITY STAFF NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO WRITE AND REQUEST. CORRECT. SO SOMETHING THAT, THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. KELLY KELLY'S LEFT ALREADY. KELLY? YEAH. YEAH. GOT IT. HE GOT IT. HE GOT IT. OKAY. WE, WE NEED 10 MILLION. $20 MILLION THIS MONTH. OKAY. UH, OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER NINE, PLEASE. UH, THREE SWEEPING. UM, I HAVE, UH, JOANNE, OUR DEPUTY, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, PROVIDE A PRESENTATION BEFORE SHE DOES. I JUST WANTED TO CAVEAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, HAS DIRECTED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM FOR OUR CITY. UM, TONIGHT BEFORE [02:25:01] YOU IS, UM, THE, UH, ORDINANCE AMENDING, UM, THE CITY'S, UH, CODE SO THAT WE CAN ENFORCE STREET SWEEPING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 7% OF OUR STREETS THAT HAVE PARKING RESTRICTIONS FOR STREET SWEEPING. AND SO WITH THIS ORDINANCE BEFORE YOU, IT WOULD AMEND IT FOR, UM, THE ENTIRE CITY TO, UM, REQUIRE THE ENTIRE CITY TO MOVE THEIR VEHICLES ON THEIR STREET SWEEPING DAY. SO JOANNE, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AS POLINA HAD MENTIONED, THE CITY, UM, IN IMPLEMENTING THE STREET SWEEPING, UM, DIRECTION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD MADE, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD EXAMINED THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, HAD EXAMINED THE CITY WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, AND DETERMINED THAT WE DO HAVE TO CHA MAKE CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT, UM, STREET SWEEPING REGULATIONS WITHIN THE CITY. UM, AND THIS IS INDICATED IN ORDINANCE 25 26, UM, SECTIONS 22 DASH 21, 22 DASH 1 74, AND 22 DASH 1 93. UM, 1 93 IS THE NEW SECTION HA ARE BEING AMENDED. UM, THE FIRST SECTION ALLOWS THE CITY TO ENFORCE THE PARKING REGULATIONS. UM, SECTION 22 1 74, ADDED LANGUAGE REQUIRING INDIVIDUALS ISSUED STREET PARKING PERMITS TO COMPLY WITH STREET PARKING REGULATION RESTRICTIONS. SOME STREETS WITHIN THE CITY ARE PERMIT PARKING ONLY. SO IF PEOPLE WHO ARE ISSUED, UM, STREET PARKING PERMITS WITHIN THOSE, WITHIN LIVING WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THIS SECTION WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO COMPLY WITH STREET SWEEPING PARKING REGULATIONS, ALTHOUGH THEY WERE ISSUED PARKING PERMITS, UM, BECAUSE THEY ARE SEPARATE. UM, SECTION, UM, THE NEW SECTION 22 DASH 1 21 93 PROHIBITS PARKING OF VEHICLES ON ANY STREET ALLEY DURING TIMES AND DATES DESIGNATED FOR STREET SWEEPING UNTIL AFTER THE STREET SWEEPER HAS PASSED. IT PROVIDES THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE TIME AND DAYS FOR PARKING RESTRICTIONS BASED ON AREA. IT REQUIRES A CITY MANAGER TO PLACEMENT OR MAINTAIN SIGNAGE PER THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE VEHICLE CODE. AND IT EXEMPTS CERTAIN COMMERCIAL VEHICLES AS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE. UM, THE EXEMPTIONS ARE BASICALLY DELIVERIES. UM, IF THERE IS A, A COMMERCIAL VEHICLE DELIVERING TO THAT CERTAIN STREET WHERE STREET SWEEPING RESTRICTIONS ARE IN PLACE, THEN THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM, FROM THE PARKING RESTRICTIONS. UM, WITH THIS STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 26 AND, UM, HOPE, DISCUSS THE ITEM. I I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY QUESTION? NO. AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. AND A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ. AND, UH, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AND PLEASE. UH, AND THIS IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO STREET SWEEPING REGULATIONS AND ENFORCEMENT. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VIDO AYE. MAYOR WU AYE. AND MOTION TO APPROVE AND [COMMUNITY SERVICES] WE MOVE ON. NUMBER 10, UH, REGARDING THE PRESENTATION. SO WE SEE ON FILE FOR PLEX NOW GO AHEAD. UM, MAYOR, UH, SUSIE PEREZ, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, WILL BE PROVIDING THE UPDATE ON THE SPORTS FLEX. THIS IS A REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL HAD, UH, REQUESTED, UM, AND BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, IT'S GONNA BE AN UPDATE ON THE FACILITY, THE PROGRAMMING FOR THE FACILITY, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON THE FACILITY. SO, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, UH, SUSIE, WAIT. WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WAITING. WELCOME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF, UM, THOSE WATCHING FROM HOME. AGAIN, MY NAME IS SUSIE PEREZ, UH, DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AND I WILL BE PROVIDING YOU WITH AN UPDATE ON THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX. WE'RE ALSO GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN THE PAST FROM 2021 TO 2024. UM, SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE WEST COVINA SPORTS PLEX, IT IS A UNIQUE REGIONAL PARK, UM, AND IT ACCOMMODATES ALL LEVELS OF LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND NATIONAL TOURNAMENTS AND LEAGUES AND, UM, LARGE EVENTS. IN 2021, UH, THE CITY TERMINATED THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, AND THE CITY HAS SINCE TAKEN THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE SPORTS PLEX. UM, THE CITY IS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THE [02:30:01] METHANE MITIGATION AND MONITOR MONITORING SYSTEM THERE. UH, THIS IS A RESERVATION BASED FACILITY, UM, AND THE INTENT IS TO RECOVER THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, THE USE AND SERVICES THROUGH THE FEES, UM, COLLECTED THROUGH THE USERS. UH, THE SPORTSPLEX FACILITIES DO CONSIST OF SIX REPLICA BALL FIELDS, UM, THAT CONSIST OF DODGERS, YANKEE, UH, WRIGLEY ANGELS, TIGERS AND FENWAY STADIUMS. AND IT ALSO HAS EIGHT, UH, STATION BATTING CAGES. FOUR, WHICH ARE FOR, UH, SLOW PITCH SOFTBALL, AND FOUR ARE FOR BASEBALL. UH, IT HAS TWO EQUIPPED, UH, PLAYGROUNDS AND TWO FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANTS AND BAR SPACES THAT ARE CURRENTLY NON-OP OPERABLE, UH, INCLUDING 400 PARKING SPACES. UM, IT ALSO HAS ONE COVERED MULTIPURPOSE PAVILION THAT ACCOMMODATES ANYTHING FROM INDOOR SOCCER TO CORPORATE OR PRIVATE EVENTS. UH, WE'VE HAD INQUIRIES ABOUT RUGBY FLAG FOOTBALL, UM, AND MORE. AND THEN, UM, IT DOES HOST CURRENTLY ADULT SOFTBALL LEAGUES TOURNAMENT PLAY SOCCER RENTALS, CHEER PRACTICES, BASEBALL, SOFTBALL PRACTICES, UH, BATTING CAGE PRACTICES, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS, AND IS AVAILABLE TO RENT, UH, FOR EVENTS. IN DECEMBER, 2024, THE CITY RECEIVED PROPOSALS IN RESPONSE TO THE RFP, UH, NUMBER 2 0 2 4 1 4 FOR, UH, THE, UH, SPORTS WIX MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS, MAINTENANCE SERVICES, AND OPERATIONAL RESTAURANT OPERATIONS. AND IS CURRENTLY IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH A POTENTIAL OPERATOR FOR ONE RESTAURANT FROM A PROPOSAL RECEIVED FROM AN RFP SIX ONE DASH 0 2 3. SO I'M GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO DETAIL ON THE OVERVIEW AND THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS. SO, UH, PAST SPECIAL EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HOSTED AT THE SPORTSPLEX, UM, INCLUDE STATE OF THE CITY, UH, THIS INAUGURAL SPRING FESTIVAL, CENTENNIAL DINNER AND CEREMONY, UH, THE ANNUAL ESPN ALL STAR FRIDAY NIGHT EVENT. UH, ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY, FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR SENIOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO AND SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT, UH, THE WEST CONA FIRE ASSOCIATION DUGOUT, UH, TOURNAMENT, AND A MOPAR CAR, WHICH IS A RENTAL. UM, I'M GONNA GO IN A LITTLE BIT INTO OUR STAFFING LEVELS. UM, SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT WE, ALONG WITH PUBLIC WORKS HAVE STAFF AT THE WEST COVINA. SPORTSPLEX PUBLIC WORKS DOES HAVE FIVE FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE WORKERS. UM, AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF OPERATE SOLELY WITH PART-TIME STAFF. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY OPERATING WITH 12 PART-TIME RECREATION LEADERS AND, UH, TWO AND A HALF PART-TIME SITE COORDINATORS. SO THE SITE COORDINATORS REALLY TAKE THE LEAD AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY JUST BEEN ONBOARDED HERE. AND THE LAST MONTH, SO FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER, UH, WE'VE BEEN OPERATING SOLELY WITH RECREATION LEADERS AT THE SPORTSPLEX, UM, AT A PART-TIME CAPACITY, UM, WITH THINGS RAMPING UP AT THE SPORTSPLEX. UM, WE DO HAVE THAT 0.5, UH, SITE COORDINATOR THAT DOES ASSIST AND HAS BEEN ASSISTING ON THE WEEKENDS, UH, TO ASSIST WITH, UM, ADMISSIONS AND ENSURING THAT, UH, THE REC LEADERS, UM, ARE STAYING ON TASK AND THE WORK IS BEING DELEGATED EFFECTIVELY. UM, SINCE JUNE, 2024, UH, THE CITY DID HIRE, UH, MYSELF THE DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. UH, MY OFFICE IS, UH, BASED OUT OF THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX, BUT I DO ALSO HAVE OTHER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. SOME OF THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE, UM, TAKEN PLACE FROM JULY, 2021 TO MAY, 2024 INCLUDED, UH, FIELD RENOVATIONS FACADE IMPROVEMENTS ON YANKEE AND DODGER STADIUM REPAIR OF THE METHANE MONITORING SYSTEM IN ALL THE BUILDINGS. UH, REPLACING 10, UH, GROUND WELLS THAT SITUATED THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY ON QUARTERLY MONITORING, UH, PROGRAMS, UH, MINOR REPAIRS TO THE BATHROOMS AND RELIED THE MAIN SEWER LATERAL IN THE SOUTH RESTAURANT BUILDING. DEVELOPED A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOR THE ATHLETIC FILLS. SOME OF THE RECENT, UH, FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS SINCE JUNE, UH, 2024, INCLUDE REPAIRS TO THE BATTING CAGES, MAKING THEM FULLY OPERA, OPERATIONAL AND OPEN FOR CUSTOMER USE. CONTRACTED NIGHTLY JANITORIAL SERVICES, UH, TO, UH, CLEAN THE RESTROOMS, RESTAURANTS AND OFFICES, WHICH WILL ENSURE THAT USERS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO CLEAN AMENITIES DAILY. [02:35:01] UM, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SNACK BAR SALES IN THE PRO SHOP. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY SELLING SODA WATER, GATORADE, CHIPS, AND PIZZA ON THE WEEKEND TO GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE, UM, OUT OF THE PRO SHOP, UH, SPORTSPLEX SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY. SO ON THE WEEKENDS WE HAVE DIRECTIONAL SIGNAGE, UM, SO THAT WAY ALL OF OUR USERS KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE GOING AND HOW TO GET TO THE RESTROOMS AND TO THE DIFFERENT BALL FIELDS AND, UM, ADMISSION RATES AND BATTING CAGE RATES AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE REPLACED AND DAMAGED A SECTION OF THE PAVILION COVERING, UH, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY ANOTHER SECTION OF THE COVERING WAS DAMAGED WITH THE WINDS THAT WE JUST HAD A FEW WEEKS AGO. SO THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY, UM, DEALING WITH AT THE SPORTSPLEX. UM, WE HAVE ALSO ADDED ADDITIONAL RECREATIONAL GAMES TO ONE OF THE TWO RESTAURANTS. SO, UH, WE'VE INVESTED IN A PING PONG TABLE, FOOSBALL TABLE BASKETBALL, AND CORNHOLE CORNHOLE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DEMONSTRATED IN ONE OF THE PICTURES IN THE RESTAURANTS. SO NOW THAT THE RESTAURANTS ARE CLEAN AND WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING A LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC, SOMETHING THAT WE HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR USERS IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ADDITIONAL AMENITIES AND PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, UM, WHAT, WHILE THEY'RE VISITING THE SPORTSPLEX. SO WE ARE, UM, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO, UM, ENGAGE OUR USERS AND TO POTENTIALLY ALSO GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE WHILE THEY ARE THERE. UM, MAINTENANCE OR PUBLIC WORKS DID REMOVE ALL OF THE STANDS SEATING FROM ALL THE FIELDS ON THE FIRST AND THIRD BASE LINE. UM, SO THEY, UM, REPAIRED OR REPLACED ALL OF THE BROKEN SEATS ON THE CENTER RIGHT BEHIND THE HOME PLATE. SO BEHIND HOME PLATE, ALL FIELDS HAVE, UH, STADIUM SEATING. AND THEN IF YOU SEE IN THE PICTURE ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, UM, ALL OF THE SEATING ON BOTH THE FIRST AND THIRD BASELINE HAS BEEN REMOVED. SO THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, PATRONS TO COME IN, UH, BRING IN THEIR OWN CHAIRS, THEIR UMBRELLAS AND SET UP THERE. AND THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO SIT ON ANY BROKEN EQUIPMENT. UH, WE HAVE ALSO DONE SOME ADDITIONAL PLUMBING AND REPAIRS TO THE RESTROOMS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS. SO NOW I'M GONNA GO INTO, UM, SOME OF THE FACILITY OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO THIS IS GONNA KIND OF, UH, GIVE YOU A LENS INTO, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, SOME AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT, UM, AND MOVE FORWARD WITH, UM, IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO ELEVATE AND ENHANCE, UM, THE USER EXPERIENCE AT THE SPORTSPLEX. SO, UM, WE CAN STILL CONTINUE ON TO, UM, LOOK INTO THE LEASE, UM, OF THE RESTAURANT OR OPERATE A RESTAURANT INTERNALLY. UH, WE CAN CONTINUE, WE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD LEAGUES AND PROGRAMS. UM, WE WILL WORK ON ACTIVELY MOCK MARKETING FACILITY RENTALS. UM, SO INCLUDING FOR SPORTS, CORPORATE EVENTS, WEDDINGS, UM, WE WILL BE REVISITING THE USER FEES. SO NOW THAT, UM, I HAVE BEEN ON BOARD FOR SIX MONTHS AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY THE COUNCIL, WE WILL BE MORE ACTIVELY LOOKING AT THOSE USER FEES. AND ALSO, UH, RESEARCHING, UH, SURROUNDING CITIES TO SEE, UM, WHAT OTHER CITIES AND OTHER FACILITIES OF OUR MAGNITUDE ARE, UM, CHARGING, UH, FOR FIELDS, UH, PAVILION RENTALS, THE TURF AS WELL, AND REALLY LOOKING AT DEVELOPING PACKAGES FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES, WEDDINGS, UM, CORPORATE EVENTS, WHICH IS, UH, STILL, UH, IN THE WORKS, BUT LOOKING TO BE BROUGHT BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO UPDATE THE FACADE FOR ALL SIX FIELDS, KNOWING THAT ALL OF THIS CANNOT BE DONE AT ONCE. UH, POTENTIALLY IMPLEMENTING, UM, A SCHEDULE WHERE TWO FIELDS WOULD BE UPGRADED EVERY YEAR. AND SO THAT WAY AT LEAST TWO OF THE, UH, SIX FIELDS ANNUALLY WILL BE UPGRADED AND HAVING THAT SCHEDULE IN PLACE, UM, UPDATE TO THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, ALTHOUGH, AND THE TENTING, ALTHOUGH, UM, THE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IS, UM, OPERABLE, UM, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE THAT EQUIPMENT, UM, IT, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO, UM, LOOK AT THAT AND THEN REPAIR AND REPLACE SOME NEW SCOREBOARDS TO ALL FIELDS. AND THEN THE PAVILION MAINTENANCE, INCLUDING THE ARTIFICIAL TURF MAINTENANCE AND ESTABLISHING A MAINTENANCE CYCLE. UM, AND THEN AGAIN, DEALING WITH, UM, THE PAVILION TARP THERE. AND THEN CONVERTING ALL OF THE LED LIGHTING IN, [02:40:01] UH, A CONVERTING LIGHTING TO LED IN THE PAVILION, UH, REPAIRS TO NETTING FOR BATTING CAGES AND SOCCER GOALS IN THE PAVILION. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT, UM, IF IT'S MORE FEASIBLE, UH, TO DO, UH, REPAIRS TO THE NETTING OR TO REPLACE ALL OF THE NET AND NETTING ITS IN ITS ENTIRETY, UM, AND THEN UPDATE THE EXISTING SOUND SYSTEM. IT HAS BEEN HELPFUL IN COMING OUT. AND, UM, THERE ACTUALLY IS A SURROUND SOUND SYSTEM AT THE SPORTSPLEX, SO IT'S NOW, AND IT DOES SEMI WORK, BUT WE NOW NEED TO EXPLORE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REPAIR OR IF AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO COMPLETELY UPGRADE AND MOVE TO A NEW SYSTEM AT THE SPORTSPLEX, THE INSTALLATION OF WIFI. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF OUR USERS DO REQUEST. WE DO HAVE WIFI IN THE OFFICE CURRENTLY, BUT, UH, WIFI AND RECEPTION IS A CHALLENGE WHEN YOU ARE VENTURING THROUGH, UH, THE ENTIRE SPORTS PARK. SO, UH, SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY WE WOULD WANT TO, UH, LOOK INTO AND EXPLORE. AND OBVIOUSLY THE RENOVATION OF THE TWO RESTAURANTS AND THE RESTROOMS. UM, SHOULD THE CITY OPT TO OPERATE INTERNALLY, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE AND LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF IMMEDIATE REPAIRS WE CAN MAKE THERE. UM, I DO HAVE A CALL INTO THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SEE IF THEY CAN, UH, PROVIDE ME WITH AN INITIAL, UM, ASSESSMENT OF THE RESTAURANTS TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS, UM, MAKING SOME GENERAL REPAIRS AND AT LEAST GETTING A GENERAL LETTER GRADE THERE. UM, SO WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, CONCESSIONS OF POTENTIALLY PREPACKAGED ITEMS, INVITING DIFFERENT CATERERS ON DIFFERENT WEEKENDS ON IN THE INTERIM TO SELL CONCESSIONS, UM, AT THE SPORTSPLEX AS WELL. AND FOR RENTALS. SO OUR CURRENT HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, ARE MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM FOUR TO 9:00 PM AND WE ARE ALSO OPEN FOR PRACTICES. SO LIKE, UH, SENIOR SOFTBALL USES IT, UH, TWO DAYS OUT OF THE WEEK. AND IF WE SHOULD GET ANY ADDITIONAL RENTERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN USING THE FACILITY DURING THE DAY, WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS TO BOOK THAT RENTAL AND TO BRING IN APPROPRIATE STAFF TO STAFF. UH, THE MAGNITUDE, UH, DEPENDING ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THE RENTAL, UH, WE ARE GOING TO START, UM, ON JANUARY 31ST TO OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS FOR TOURNAMENTS AND, UH, RENTALS AS WELL. AND, UH, WE CURRENTLY DO CLOSE, UH, THE SPORTSPLEX ON ALL MAJOR HOLIDAYS, UM, EXCEPT FOR 4TH OF JULY BECAUSE WE HAVE A BIG PARTY UP THERE. AND THEN ALSO FOR CITYWIDE SPECIAL EVENTS. SO WHEN WE HAVE LARGE CITYWIDE EVENTS, UH, STAFF RESOURCES ARE USED BOTH ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SIDE AND THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE TO WORK THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS. SO UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT STAY, UH, IN BUSINESS ON THOSE WEEKENDS AT THE SPORTSPLEX. AND THEN FIELD MAINTENANCE, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED, UH, FOR FIELD MAINTENANCE FROM MID TO DECEMBER THROUGH THE END OF JANUARY. UH, BUT AGAIN, WE STILL HAVE STAFF UP THERE AND THEY HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE READY TO OPEN HERE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. UH, THEY HAVE BEEN TAKING REGISTRATIONS FOR, UM, AND APPLICATIONS FOR ADULT LEAGUE, UH, TOURNAMENTS AND WEEKDAY RENTALS AND SOCCER RENTALS AS WELL. SO THEY'VE BEEN BUSY UP THERE AND THE BATTING CAGES ARE OPEN IF ANYBODY SHOULD, UH, WANT TO COME AND UTILIZE THAT SPACE. SO, UM, THE BATTING CAGES, LIKE I MENTIONED, ARE, UH, FULLY OPERATIONAL AND THE FEES ARE ESSENTIALLY A DOLLAR A MINUTE, STARTING WITH 10 MINUTES AT $10 AND THEN GOING IN, UH, FOR 15 MINUTES, UH, $15, 30 MINUTES FOR $30, AND, UH, FOR AN HOUR YOU SAVE $15 FOR, UH, UH, AND UH, CHARGING $45. SO WHAT'S NICE ABOUT THE BATTING CAGES IS THAT IT'S A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR A TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY OR A FAMILY OUTING, AND PEOPLE MAY NOT BE AWARE AND YOU CAN SHARE THE CAGE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE CAGE PER PERSON. SO IF YOU'RE COMING UP WITH YOUR FAMILY, YOU'RE COMING UP WITH YOUR TEAM, YOU WANNA BOOK THE ENTIRE HOUR, YOU CAN TAKE TIME, UM, AND BREAK THAT DOWN FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU WANT. AND WE ALSO HAVE BATS AND HELMETS AVAILABLE, AND WE HAVE INVESTED IN PURCHASING, UM, A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BALLS, BASEBALLS, AND, UH, SOFTBALLS TO ACCOMMODATE ALL EIGHT BATTING CAGES. [02:45:02] SO OUR CURRENT ADMISSION FEES, UH, WE IMPLEMENTED ADMISSION FEES, UM, IN LATE AUGUST, EARLY SEPTEMBER. WE ARE CURRENTLY CHARGING ON THE WEEKENDS. SO, UM, IF YOU ARE A WEST COVINA RESIDENT, A UNIFORMED PLAYER, A COACH, OR THREE YEARS IN, UH, YOUNGER, YOU GET INTO THE SPORTSPLEX FOR FREE. UM, IF YOU ARE A YOUTH FOUR TO 13, A SENIOR 65 PLUS OR MILITARY WITH A PROOF OF ID, IT'S $5. AND THEN ANY ADULT, 14 PLUS THAT IS NON-RESIDENT IS $10 AT THE GATE. AND AGAIN, THAT IS CURRENTLY ON WEEKENDS. WE CURRENTLY ARE NOT CHARGING DURING THE WEEK. UM, AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE FEE SCHEDULE AND SEEING WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS FEASIBLE, KNOWING THAT CURRENTLY OUR WEEKDAYS CONSIST OF OUR TEAMS, UM, TRAVELING TEAMS THAT ARE ALREADY, UH, RENTING OUT THE BALL FIELDS. UM, WE ARE LOOKING TO SEE, UM, WHAT KIND OF FEES WE CAN IMPLEMENT DURING THE WEEK. SO OUR CURRENT RENTAL, UH, FEE SCHEDULE, UM, WE DO, UH, REQUEST OR REQUIRE A $305 REFUNDABLE SECURITY DEPOSIT. IF YOU WERE RENTING A SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL FIELD, IT IS $50 AN HOUR PER FIELD. AND THEN FOR THE INDOOR PAVILION, IT'S $60, $65 PER HOUR. AND THE CURRENT RATE THAT IS SET FOR THE PAVILION ISN'T JUST FOR SOCCER, BUT IT'S FOR ALL TYPES OF RENTALS. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN AND RENT FOR A PARTY OR, UM, RENT FOR A CORPORATE EVENT, THAT HOURLY FEE IS CURRENTLY SET FOR ANY TYPE OF RENTAL THAT HAPPENS IN THE PAVILION. AND THEN THERE IS A STAFF FEE OF $20 PER HOUR. UM, AND THEN ON THE WEEKENDS IF A TOURNAMENT ORGANIZER WANTS TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL VENDORS, UM, THEY HAVE A VENDOR THAT'S SELLING BASEBALL BATS AND GLOVES, THEN, UM, THAT VEN THERE IS A VENDOR FEE THAT IS CHARGED OF $200 PER WEEKEND. AND THEN THE TOURNAMENT, UH, HOURLY RATE IS $45. AND THEN THE PRICING DOES VARY BASED ON THE SCOPE OF THE TOURNAMENT. AND AGAIN, UM, JUST TO REITERATE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE FEE SCHEDULE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT AREAS AND AVENUES THAT WE CAN TAKE IN ENSURING THAT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT USERS, UM, AND SPACE AT THE SPORTSPLEX IS EVALUATED, UH, DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY OR RENTAL THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THERE. SO, UM, BASED OFF OF, UM, A COUNCIL COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ'S REQUEST AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BRING FORTH AGAIN, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL IS, UM, THE PAVILION RENTAL, UH, FEES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SET. SO WE, UM, DID A REALLY BRIEF, UM, SEARCH LAST WEEK TO SEE WHAT KIND OF FEES ARE OUT, WHAT KIND OF FEES ARE OUT THERE, INCOMPARABLE, UM, FACILITIES. AND WE WERE ABLE TO SEARCH IN THE CITY OF ONTARIO SPORTS PARK, A FULL SYNTHETIC FIELD. THEIR HOURLY RESERVATION RATE IS $85 AND THEY HAVE A $25 PROCESSING FEE AND A REFUNDABLE DEPOSIT OF $350. UM, AND THEN THE $50 PER FIELD. AND, UM, THAT'S, UM, IF THEIR BOOKING ADDITIONAL FIELDS, UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE, BUT THE FAIRPLEX HAS A SPORTS COMPLEX, THEIR HOURLY RATE IS A HUNDRED DOLLARS, AND THEY HAVE, UM, SECURITY ON SITE, WHICH IS $36 AN HOUR. AND ON THE WEEKENDS THEY DO CHARGE FOR PARKING $15. AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THE CITY OFF OF LOS LOS ANGELES, AND AGAIN, FOR A FULLY SYNTHETIC FIELD IN BOYLE HEIGHTS, UH, SAME SIZE OF THE CITY OF ONTARIO, SIMILAR TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA SPORTS PLEX. UM, IF THEY'RE BOOKING ADULT, UH, FULL FIELD, IT'S $60 A DAY, AND AT NIGHT IT'S $70. AND THEN THEY DO, UH, CHARGE STAFF PER FIELD AT $30 AND THEY HAVE A $25 APPLICATION FEE, CITY OF BURBANK. SO I COULDN'T FIND A SPORTS PARK, UH, BUT I DID FIND A COMMERCIAL PARK RESERVATION THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE UP TO 400 PEOPLE. UM, AND FOR A TWO HOUR RESERVATION THERE, IT'S $217. UM, AND ANY ADDITIONAL HOURS, 108, $108 AND 50 CENTS, AND THEY HAVE A CLEANING DEPOSIT OF $327. AND THEN THE CITY OF BELLFLOWER AT SIMS PARK, UM, AGAIN, TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING THAT WAS THE SIZE OF, UM, THE PAVILION AT THE SPORTSPLEX FOUND A FACILITY THAT, UM, CAN ACCOMMODATE 300 PERSONS IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM, WHICH INCLUDED AN AUDITORIUM IN A KITCHEN. AND FOR THEIR RESIDENTS [02:50:01] IT'S $210 AN HOUR AND $310 FOR NON-RESIDENTS AN HOUR. AND THEN THEY HAVE BEFORE AND AFTER FEES IF THEY'RE GONNA COME IN AND SET UP, OR THEY NEED TIME TO BREAK DOWN AT $50 AN HOUR, AND THEY HAVE A 500, A, EXCUSE ME, A $500 REFUNDABLE SECURITY DEPOSIT IF THEY'RE NOT HAVING ALCOHOL, AND THEN A THOUSAND DOLLARS IF THEY ARE SERVING ALCOHOL AND A $75 PROCESSING FEE. SO OUR CURRENT BUDGET HERE IS, UM, FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE $171,624. AND, UH, WE DID EXPEND 536, UH, 22, UH, THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND THE BREAKDOWN THERE THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, UM, BREAKS IT DOWN WITH FOR FULL-TIME SALARIES, PART-TIME SALARIES, OVERTIME SALARIES, EMPLOYEE BENEFITS, CONTRACTUAL SERVICES, WHICH CONSIST OF, UM, AGAIN, THE METHANE SYSTEM, UH, OUR JANITORIAL SERVICES UP THERE, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT. SO WHEN WE'RE ORDERING DG, WE, UM, NEED SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE OFFICE. UH, THE BALLS, UH, THE MOUNDS, ALL OF THAT COMES OUT OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT M AND R. AND THEN OUR UTILITIES. SO OUR WATER GAS, UM, IT WAS 70,988. AND, UM, SO YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OUR REVENUE, SO OUR RENTAL AND ADMISSION INCOME, UM, ALONG WITH THE MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE. SO WITH THE INCORPORATION OF THE SALES IN THE PRO SHOP, AGAIN, UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GENERATE $171,624. AND, UM, WHAT I AM ANTICIPATING IS THAT, UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $472,000 BY THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS TRENDING HIGHER THAN, UM, THE PAST YEAR SINCE WE'VE TAKEN OVER IN 2021. AND THAT IS WITH, UM, KNOWING THAT WE ARE FULLY BOOKED THROUGH JULY FOR, UM, ANY WEEKEND THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR TOURNAMENTS AT THE SPORTSPLEX AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF ADMISSION THAT WE WILL BE SEEING. UM, AND WHAT WE WERE TRENDING, UM, IN TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR HERE WHEN WE STARTED CHARGING ADMISSION AND WE STARTED, UM, SALES IN THE PRO SHOP, IS WE WERE GENERATING ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO $15,000 ON A WEEKEND, JUST AN ADMISSION AND ADDITIONAL SALES AT THE PRO SHOP. SO, UM, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE GLIMPSE OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AT THE SPORTSPLEX, UM, FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, UH, WE DID OFFER AN ADULT LEAGUE. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON WEDNESDAYS WE ONLY HAD FIVE TEAMS, AND ON SUNDAYS WE ONLY HAD EIGHT TEAMS, AND THEY PLAY FOR 10 WEEKS. SO KNOWING THAT EACH TEAM HAS ABOUT 20 PLAYERS, THEY BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, AUDIENCE, SOME SPECTATORS, WE ANTICIPATED THAT MAYBE THEY BROUGHT IN ABOUT 2000 SPECTATORS OR FOOT TRAFFIC AT THE SPORTSPLEX. IF YOU LOOK DOWN BELOW AT LOOKING AHEAD, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ALREADY RECEIVED, UH, 14 APPLICATIONS FOR FRIDAY NIGHT ADULT SOFTBALL TEAMS. AND THEN WE ALSO ALREADY RECEIVED EIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT ADULT SOFTBALL TEAMS. SO OUR TEAMS, UM, AND OUR FOOT TRAFFIC AT THE END OF THE MONTH, JUST WITH THE NUMBER OF, UM, TEAMS THAT WE HAVE REGISTERED AND COMMITTED TO START PLAYING ARE ALREADY, UM, HAVE INCREASED SINCE LAST YEAR. AND THEN OUR WEEKEND TOURNAMENTS AGAIN, UM, SOME OF OUR REGULAR USERS AND TOURNAMENT ORGANIZERS ARE U TRIPLE S-A-N-C-S PERFECT GAME, AND THEY CAN SEE ANYWHERE FROM 1500 TO 2,500 PLUS ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND. AT THE SPORTSPLEX FROM JULY TO DECEMBER, WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 13 TOURNAMENT RENTALS. UM, AND AGAIN, THAT'S BECAUSE EITHER WE HAD DOWNTIME, WE WERE CLOSED FOR CITYWIDE SPECIAL EVENTS, WHATEVER THE CASE WAS. UM, AND LOOKING DOWN BELOW, AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE 34 TOURNAMENTS CONFIRMED. ALL AVAILABLE WEEKENDS THROUGH JULY, 2025 ARE BOOKED. SO, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S, AGAIN, THE SPRING FESTIVAL, WE WILL BE CLOSED. ANY MAJOR CITY HOLIDAYS, MOTHER'S, YOU KNOW, MOTHER'S DAY DAYS THAT WE KNOW THAT, UM, WE WOULDN'T GET AS MUCH FOOT TRAFFIC. UM, I'M TRYING TO THINK, OBVIOUSLY THE 4TH OF JULY WE WOULD BE CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THAT OUR NUMBERS ARE TRENDING UP THERE AS WELL. UM, WE HAVE A UNIQUE RENTAL RIGHT [02:55:01] NOW AT THE SPORTSPLEX, SO IT'S PLAY APP, AND THIS COMPANY REACHED OUT AND IT'S AN ACTUAL APP WHERE ANY SOCCER ENTHUSIAST CAN JUMP ON AND FIND PICKUP GAMES. SO THEY, UH, JUMP ON THE APP, THEY SEE WHERE THE LOCAL, THE MOST LOCAL PLACE TO PLAY A SOCCER GAME IS, AND THEN THEY REGISTER THROUGH THE APP AND THEN THEY SHOW UP AT THE SPORTSPLEX AND THEY PLAY. SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY RENTING REGULARLY TWICE A WEEK ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS FOR AN HOUR AT THE SPORTSPLEX. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REGULAR WEEKDAY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL RENTALS. SOME OF OUR, UH, REGULAR CUSTOMERS ARE THE WEST COVINA, SALT VAULT, WEST COVINA, PONY, GBL, WHICH IS A FAMILY BASED, UM, ORGANIZATION, UM, THAT RUN FRIENDLY GAMES AT THE SPORTSPLEX AS WELL. AND AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK DOWN BELOW, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED RECEIVING APPLICATIONS FOR OUR WEEKDAY BALL FIELDS. AND WHAT I SAW LAST YEAR IS WE WERE A LITTLE SLOW IN JULY, AUGUST, COME SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, UH, WE WERE BOOKING MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHTLY. MOST OF THE, MOST OF THE FIELDS WERE BOOKED AT THE SPORTS FLATS FOR PRACTICES. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL EVENTS UP THERE, AND I KIND OF BRIEFLY WENT OVER THERE OVER THOSE. BUT WE HAVE OUR CITYWIDE EVENTS. THAT MOPAR CAR EVENT HAPPENS ANNUALLY IN JUNE. UH, THEY RENT OUT THE PARKING LOT, AND SO, UH, THEY HAVE OVER 400 CARS COME IN AND, UH, THEY BRING OUT VENDORS. AND SO THAT GETS A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOOT TRAFFIC IN A DIFFERENT CLIENTELE, UM, AT THE SPORTS PLEX AS WELL, OUTSIDE OF JUST THE REGULAR BASEBALL AND, UH, SOCCER RENTALS. AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO DO HAVE A TURF SPACE AT SOCCER, AT THE SPORTS SPORTSPLEX AND CHEER ACTIVELY USED THAT MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. UM, AND SO THAT BROUGHT IN A DIFFERENT GROUP OF USERS AS WELL AT, UM, THE SPORTSPLEX THAT WE TRADITIONALLY WEREN'T USING. SO WE ARE TRYING TO MAXIMIZE OUR SPACE THERE AND, UM, WE ARE JUST EXCITED FOR WHAT'S TO COME HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. SO, UH, WITH THAT, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THIS INFORMATIONAL REPORT, AND I AM OPEN TO ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN I SAW THE HAND RAISE FIRST. OKAY. MAYOR PUTIN. OH, UH, THANK YOU. UM, THE VENDORS 200 PER WEEKEND, DOES THAT INCLUDE BOTH DAYS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY? YES, BOTH DAYS. OKAY. AND, UH, WELL, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, I KNOW IT'S PICKING UP, IT'S NOT AT FULL CAPACITY AS WE'D LOVE TO IT, BUT, UM, WITH YOUR PRESENTATION, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING THERE. SO THANK YOU FOR, UM, BRINGING THAT. ALSO, I JUST WANNA MAKE A, A CORRECTION. UH, CITY OF LA I SAW THE RATES AND FEES. IT'S ACTUALLY AN HOURLY RATE, AND THEY HAVE A DAYLIGHT RATE AND THEN A NIGHT RATE WHEN THEY HAVE LIGHTS. SO, UM, JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT UP AND GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT PLAY APP. UM, NO, JUST THOSE TWO THINGS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, WHO'S NEXT? OKAY, UH, BRIAN GUT? YES. UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE, I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UH, WHAT ARE, WHAT THE, SORRY, ONLY, UH, WAS WERE, WERE THE RE WERE THE SEATS REMOVED FROM ALL THE AREAS? SO Y FROM ALL SIX BALL FIELDS ON THE FIRST AND THIRD BASELINE ONLY, SO THERE ARE STILL SEATS BEHIND HOME PLATE. OH, OKAY. OKAY. MM-HMM . SO THERE WERE SEATS BY WHAT? I'M SORRY, THIRD PLATE. I'M SORRY, WHAT? YEAH, SO THE FIRST BASELINE AND THE THIRD BASELINE, UHHUH , THOSE HAD SEATS, BUT ALL THE, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE BROKEN. SO THOSE WERE REMOVED. AND THE ONES THAT WERE BROKEN FROM BEHIND HOME PLATE, THOSE WERE REMOVED AND REPLACED WITH GOOD SEATING. OKAY? MM-HMM . GREAT. AND THEN, UM, THE 13TH TOURNAMENT RENTALS, HOW MUCH ARE THEY PAYING PER HOUR TO RENTAL THOSE FIELDS? SO THE HOURLY RATE IS $45 AN HOUR, PLUS THE STAFF FEE OF $20 AN HOUR. UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MOST TOURNAMENT ORGANIZERS DO RENT FOR BOTH DAYS. AND, UM, THE AVERAGE RENTAL FEE FOR THE WEEKEND IS APPROXIMATELY $6,000. HOW MUCH ARE THEY CHARGING FOR THEIR TOURNAMENTS? UH, THAT, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. SO WE PROBABLY WANNA FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE CHARGING AND LEARN FROM THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE OFFERING AS A REWARD, PRICE, PRICE OR WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING, AND, AND INTAKE, UH, INCORPORATE THAT INTO, UH, THE CITY DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE THE SURPLUS PROFIT WE NEED FOR THAT LOCATION. UM, BUT YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. IT'S NOTHING AGAINST YOU, THANK [03:00:01] YOU. BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO SUCCEED AT THAT SITE, WE, WE HAVE TO RUN IT AS A BUSINESS AND, UH, AND, AND, AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO USE IT, BUT ALSO RUN IT AS A BUSINESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE FEES BEING GENERATED THERE. SO ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE TOURNAMENTS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, WE MAY BE GENERATING 6,000, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GENERATING 30,000. SO WE HAVE TO COMPETE WITH THEM AND, AND WE HAVE TO DO OUR OWN PROGRAMS IF WE'RE GONNA SUCCEED BECAUSE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS WAS THEIR OWN PROGRAM. AND SO IN ORDER TO SUCCEED AND MAKE THE MONEY THAT BIG LEAGUE DREAMS WAS MAKING, WE HAVE TO OPERATE LIKE THEM AT THAT LOCATION IN ORDER TO SUCCEED THERE. UM, ANOTHER THING, UM, UH, THE FEES, UH, DO WE HAVE A TIMELINE WHEN WE'RE GONNA ADDRESS THE SOCCER FEES AND, AND THE BASEBALL FEES? UH, SO WE ARE CURRENTLY ASSESSING FEES, AND I ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GONNA COME BACK TO YOU, UH, BY THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IF I'M NOT, IF I'M MISTAKEN. OKAY, GREAT. MM-HMM . YEAH. 'CAUSE UH, SOCCER SOCCER'S NOT ALLOWED ON THE BASEBALL FIELDS, RIGHT? NOT AT THE SPORTS PLEX, NO. YEAH. SO IT WOULDN'T BE, SO IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THEY'RE BEING CHARGED HIGHER. UM, BUT, UM, AND THEN, UH, THE PLAYGROUND UPDATE, UM, HAS ALL THE DAMAGE PARTS ON THE PLAYGROUND BEEN REPAIR ALREADY? NO, I DO NOT BELIEVE SO. UM, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE PLAYGROUND, BOTH PLAYGROUNDS ARE USABLE. OKAY. BUT THERE, IS THERE STILL BROKEN SLIDES THERE? NO, I, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WILL COME, I WILL CIRCLE BACK WITH YOU, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE ARE ANY, BECAUSE I, I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS IS CAPABLE OF ORDERING THOSE PARTS. SO IF YOU COULD YEAH. WORK WITH PAULINA AND UL, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT PLAYGROUND, THOSE PLAYGROUNDS ARE OPERABLE. UM, THE RFP, UH, UM, THE RFP FOR THE RESTAURANT, IT, IT INDICATED PARK MANAGEMENT AND OTHER STUFF. SO WHAT DID THE RFP GO OUT FOR THE RESTAURANT SPECIFICALLY OR FOR MANAGEMENT OF THE SPORTSPLEX? RIGHT. SO THERE WAS TWO SEPARATE RFPS. SO THERE WAS ONE RFP THAT WENT OUT, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT MONTH FOR YOU, BUT MID-YEAR, LAST YEAR, UM, ACTUALLY PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL, SO MAYBE EARLIER IN 2024. UM, AND THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE OPERATION OF THE ONE OR BOTH RESTAURANTS MM-HMM . AND THEN THERE WAS A SECOND RFP THAT WENT OUT ABOUT TWO TO THREE MONTHS AGO FOR THE MAINTENANCE IN OPERATION, INCLUDING, UH, THE RESTAURANTS, ONE OR TWO RESTAURANTS. UM, AND WE RECEIVED A, A FEW, UM, RFPS, UH, PROPOSALS BACK FOR THAT. BUT, UM, ROXANNE, IF YOU WANNA ADD ON TO THAT, I'M SORRY, REPEAT THE SECOND ONE AGAIN. SORRY. I'D BE HAPPY TO, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT. SO THE SECOND RFP THAT SUSIE IS REFERENCING IS FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS OF THE SPORTSPLEX, AND THEN THE OPTIONS FOR THE PROPOSING FIRMS TO PROPOSE TO RUN RESTAURANTS AS WELL. AND THE, UH, AND GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. SORRY, WHAT DEFINES OPERATION? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT OPERATIONS? OH, SOURCING. IS THAT CORRECT? COMPLETELY CORRECT. WHO OUTSOURCING, WHO AUTHORIZED, HOLD ON. WE NEVER, WE NEVER APPROVE OUTSOURCING. IPI DON'T THINK HIS COUNCIL EVER APPROVED THAT BECAUSE BEFORE HIS TIME. SO I WANT TO ADD ON WHY CT WITHOUT CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY APPROVAL. OKAY. IN OUR IP WITH OUTSOURCING. SO, UM, THE CITY HAD RECEIVED AN UNSOLICITED OFFER TO, UH, I UNDERSTAND, BUT MY POINT IS VERY SIMPLE. WE DISCUSS ABOUT, THAT'S WHY WE HIRE, UH, OKAY. DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT PLACE CAN BE OPEN. OKAY? IF WE ARE OUTSOURCING, THEN WE HIRE, WE HIRE SUSHI. SUSHI, VERY IMPORTANT. HE MAKE THE PLACE GREAT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHEN WE APPROVE OUTSOURCING FOR THIS PLAYER, NEVER IN OUR, I DON'T REMEMBER, EVER GO TO THE, OUR COUNCIL MEETING WE EVER AGREE UPON WITH THE THREE CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S WE WANNA OUTSOURCE HIM BECAUSE THIS AND THAT. UNLESS THIS IS A PREVIOUS MAYOR, OKAY. , HE REQUESTS, BUT WITHOUT OUR APPROVAL. YEAH. AND, AND I THINK I TOLD MAYOR RU WHEN I SAW IT ON PLANET BIDS THAT RFP, AND, AND I SAID, UH, NO, YOU'RE NEVER BEEN APPROVED. ANYONE, UH, APPROVED THAT ON THE CONSULT TO GO FOR AN RFP. SO THAT'S WHY I WANTED CLARIFICATION ON THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE I I, IF I HEARD RIGHT, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. SO WHAT IS IT , IT NEVER BEEN APPROVED? NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU NEVER, NEVER BEEN SENT OUT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY CITY SENT OUT IP WITHOUT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL. AND I THINK THAT SHOULD, THAT SHOULD, IT SHOULDN'T BE DONE LIKE THIS. IT SHOULD BE OKAY WITH OUR COUNCIL APPROVAL. IF WE WANT TO GO LATER OUT, WE WANNA DO IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, PLACE THAT IS A PRIDE OF THE CITY, AND WE HAVE, UH, WE CAN DO IT. AND WE HAVE, UH, THIS [03:05:01] VERY CAPABLE OKAY. AND, UH, UH, DIRECTOR TO COME IN AND YOU ALREADY FIXED THE BETTING CAGE THAT BRING A LOT OF REVENUE. IT NOT BEEN FIXED FOR THREE YEARS, BUT WHEN SHE CAME IN, IT'S FIXED. OKAY. AND NOW GENERATE REVENUE. AND NOW WE CAN SEE, WE CAN SEE THE PROGRESS, EVERYTHING IMPROVING BECAUSE CITY NEED A PLACE, JUST LIKE PASADENA HAS A ROSE SPORT, BUT THEY LOOK OLD. WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHINING OKAY. SPORT PLAQUES THAT CAN REPRESENT WEST COVINA. BUT ANYWAY, I WANNA CONTINUE HAVING YOUR TIME. YEAH. AND, AND SO YEAH, SO THAT, THAT WAS A, A MAJOR CONCERN THAT THAT RFP WENT OUT AND, AND SO, UH, SO WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THE RFP THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BEFORE THE COUNCIL, WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR REJECT. WE NEVER, THEY NEVER AUTHORIZE THIS. SO THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULD BE CANCELED IMMEDIATELY SO THAT, THAT ACTUALLY, THE, THE ACTUAL, THE ITEM WILL BE CANCELED, SHOULD BE CANCELED IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE YOU, YOU NEVER GOT DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROCEED WITH AN RFP. CITY ATTORNEY. CITY ATTORNEY. YOU WANT TO ADD IN ? OKAY. NOTHING TO ADD. OKAY. SO, UM, UM, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, SO YEAH. SO THAT SHOULD BE CANCELED. UH, AND THEN, UH, AND THEN, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, AT MY, AT THE LAST CONSULT MEETING, I ALSO DID A CONSULT REQUEST THAT ASKED FOR A COMPARISON IN, IN FEES BEING GENERATED FOR THE SPORTSPLEX. AND, UH, I LOVE THE POWERPOINT, BUT I, I WOULD'VE HAD LOVED TO GET THAT IN ADVANCE SO I COULD ACTUALLY SEE WHAT I WAS BEING PRESENTED. I MEAN, I, I SHOULD HAVE WORE MY GLASSES TODAY, BUT , BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ALSO BELIEVE IN IS THAT NOT, NOT ONLY DID THIS COUNCIL NOT AUTHORIZE THE RFP, BUT I ALSO REQUESTED THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING A DETAILED REPORT ON THE, ON, ON THE REVENUE, ON EXPENSES BEING SPENT THERE, AND ALSO THE INCOME BEING GENERATED. SO WE COULD COME, COME TO AN AGREEMENT AS A GROUP AND AS A TEAM TO DETERMINE WHAT ELSE NEEDS TO BE DONE, UH, TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT THIS PARK IN, IN ORDER TO RUN IT AS A SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY, UH, CENTER, BUT ALSO A, A OPERATIONAL BUSINESS THAT THE BIG LEAGUE DREAMS THING WAS BEFORE. AND IN ORDER TO SUCCEED AT THIS PARK, WE HAVE TO FIND AVENUES TO GENERATE MORE FUNDS. AND THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS CONSOLE CAN, UH, TAKE ACTION ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS THAT WE NEED, UH, DETAIL, A DETAILED REPORT. AND, AND SO I, I MADE A SPECIFIC CONSOLE REQUEST, AND, AND SO I HOPE MY, UH, I THINK MY COUNCIL REQUEST SPECIFICALLY SAID TO COME BACK ON, WHEN ARE WE IN JANUARY, THE FIRST MEETING IN FEBRUARY. SO I'M, I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT REPORT WILL STILL COME BACK ON THE FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY THAT HAS A DETAIL, UH, INCOME AND, AND FEES BEING GENERATED AND SO FORTH. UM, ANOTHER ISSUE WAS, UM, YEAH, SO I, I THINK THOSE WERE THE THREE BIG ISSUES. AND, AND I THINK, SO AGAIN, IN ORDER TO GENERATE FUNDS, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT AVENUES TO RUN, DO STUFF ON OUR, ON OUR OWN, IN ORDER JUST TO SEE THAT, THAT PARK, I BELIEVE THAT THAT PARK HAS POTENTIAL, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE GET THERE IS FOLLOWING STEPS THAT PRIOR PEOPLE HAVE DONE THERE. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE INCOME, WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO RUN THIS PARK FOR THE INTEREST OF THE, THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA. AND SO, UH, THOSE ARE MY THREE CONCERNS. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. BE BEFORE I COME TO YOU. UH, I OKAY. IF I HAVE YOU ANSWER AND, UH, GO TO COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN KENTO, UH, HE WILL BE THE NEXT SPEAKER, BUT I WANNA SAY THIS, THE PREVIOUS, UH, OPERATOR WAS HORRIBLE. HORRIBLE. OKAY. HE DIDN'T FIX A PLACE I WENT TO MANY TIMES. THEY HAVE A ONE LITTLE GIRL AS A MANAGER. THEY ONLY HAVE A ONE. OKAY. AND THE MAINTENANCE GUY DOING THE FAIL, AND THE PLAY IS A MESS. OKAY. ANYTHING DROP. OKAY. EVERYTHING HE NEVER PICK UP, IT'S JUST LIKE A TYPICAL OKAY. AND, UM, A TENANT, HE DOESN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING. OKAY. HE JUST SKIM OKAY. JUST WHAT I SAW. OKAY. DID, THAT'S WHY WHEN THEY ABANDONED THE PREP PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO FIX THE PLACE, THE PLACE IS BECOME LIKE ABANDONED AND HORRIBLE. SO, SO I DON'T THINK THEY OPERATE GOOD. I THINK THEY JUST SKI ON THE TOP AND, AND THEY DIDN'T EVEN PAY THE CITY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. FOR A LONG TIME. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO SHARE. OKAY. WE, THAT'S WHY DON'T TRUST ANY ANOTHER OPERATOR. YEAH. AND WE WON'T GET THE MONEY. AND WE, WE CAN EVEN GET IN. AND THEN THEY MAKING ALL THE MONEY MM-HMM . AND THEN LATER ON THEY ABANDONED THE PLACE THAT WE HAD TO FIX, SPEND MILLION DOLLAR. YEAH. I I REMEMBER WHEN, UH, IT WAS, IT WAS CLOSED AND YOU, BECAUSE OF YOUR LEADERSHIP AND, AND THE CONSOLE, UH, YOU BROUGHT IT BACK TO LIFE [03:10:01] AND OH, I THINK IT ALL TOGETHER, INCLUDING CONSOLE. YEAH. I THINK, I THINK ROSARIO AND, YEAH, I THINK THE MALE POTENT LOPEZ VIDO IS THE PERSON SHE SUGGESTS IF, UH, OKAY. OACD CAN DO IT, WE SHOULD CAN DO IT. SO SHE GAVE ME THE CONFIDENCE. I THINK THIS IS LETTI LOPEZ, UH, PROJECT AND GIVE YOU THE SUGGESTION, BUT, OKAY. HOLD ON. LET ME GO BACK TO THE, UH, COUNCIL KENTO. OKAY, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND SUSIE, KUDOS TO YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. UM, YOU, UH, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THE TRAJECTORY. SO IT SOUNDED LIKE LAST YEAR WE WERE IN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS PROGRAM ALONE. WE WERE IN DEFICIT BY ROUGHLY 360,000, BUT WITH WHAT YOU'RE PROJECTING THIS YEAR, WE WILL ONLY BE DOWN, UH, ROUGHLY 65,000. SO THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IN TERMS OF NUMBERS WOULD, UM, HA HA, UH, HAVE TO DO, UM, WITH, UM, IF YOU, UH, WERE TO EXPAND THE NUMBER OF HOURS IN THE EVENINGS PAST NINE O'CLOCK, I MEAN, ONLY AFTER THE CAPACITY IS FULL FOR EARLIER HOURS, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S A POSSIBILITY? BECAUSE I DO REMEMBER THAT THE, THAT THE SPORTSPLEX AT ONE POINT WAS OPEN TO US LATE AS MIDNIGHT. SO IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S A POSSIBILITY? IF WE HIT CAPACITY, WE HAVE EVERYTHING FULL FOR US THEN TO EXPAND AN ADDITIONAL THREE HOURS, UM, ON THE BACKEND, OR MAYBE EVEN ANOTHER HOUR ON THE FRONT END BEFORE FIVE O'CLOCK, UM, ON, ON OTHER DAYS. SO THAT WAY, IN OTHER WORDS, UH, DO, HAVE YOU ALREADY PROJECTED WHAT WE CAN DO THERE IN ORDER TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FIELD USAGE AND, AND OTHER RENTALS, SO AS TO INCREASE OUR REVENUE? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. YES, ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN LOOK INTO, UH, EXPANDING OUR HOURS, UM, AND AGAIN, UH, GIVING THE STAFF RESOURCES TO DO THAT. WE CAN ABSOLUTELY START PROGRAMMING MORE. UH, CURRENTLY ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SIDE, AGAIN, WE ARE OPERATING WITH PART-TIME STAFF. SO, UM, IF WE'RE LOOKING AT GENERATING ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO GENERATE REVENUE THERE, UM, AGAIN, MY OFFICE IS OUT OF THE SPORTSPLEX, BUT I AM NOT JUST SOLELY DEDICATED TO THAT FACILITY. SO BRINGING IN ADDITIONAL FULL-TIME STAFF IN THE CAPACITY OF A SUPERVISOR AND A COORDINATOR TO HELP START PROGRAMMING AND WORKING WITH DIFFERENT USERS AND ORGANIZERS AND DELEGATING THE WORK TO THE PART-TIME STAFF, I THINK IS A CRUCIAL PART OF HELPING GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AT THE SPORTSPLEX, WHERE WE CAN THEN START LOOKING, LOOK, LOOKING AT EXPANDING OUR HOURS, WHETHER IT IS DURING THE WEEK, UM, WEEKENDS, LIKE I SAID, RIGHT NOW WHEN THERE'S TOURNAMENTS, WE'RE OPEN FROM 6 45 TO 10 15. UM, BUT IF WE WANT TO GENERATE SOME ADDITIONAL REVENUE DURING THE WEEK, UM, AGAIN, BOOKING THE, UM, PAVILION FOR WEDDINGS, USING THAT TURF AREA, THE IDEAS ARE THERE. WE JUST, I NEED THE SUPPORT TO EXECUTE THAT NOW. UM, BUT YES, AGAIN, UM, THE SUNSETS UP THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. I MEAN, AND I JUST ENVISION SOMEBODY HAVING A BEAUTIFUL, YOU KNOW, RECEPTION UP THERE, EVEN IF IT'S THEIR CEREMONY, UH, FOLLOWED BY THEIR RECEPTION. IT'S JUST NOW GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, IF I HAVE STAFF TO HELP ME WITH THAT VISION AND START CREATING THESE PACKAGES AND BUILDING THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND THESE PARTNERSHIPS, AND REALLY, UM, SHARING THE MESSAGE THAT WE'RE OUT THERE, UH, WITH THE MARKETING AND, UM, LETTING START BRANDING OURSELVES AND LETTING OURSELVES, LETTING THE COMMUNITY KNOW AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY KNOW, AND COMMUNITIES KNOW THAT WE'RE UP THERE, THEN THAT WOULD BE OF GREAT SUPPORT, UH, TO ME AND THE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU HAVE IT WITHIN YOUR CAPABILITY TO, TO DO THE METRICS AND TO UNDERTAKE THE ANALYSIS, TO KNOW AT WHAT POINT WE RIPEN OURSELVES TO THE DEGREE WHERE WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT COULD PAY FOR THE STAFF. SO THAT WAY IT TAKES LITTLE MONEY TO MAKE THE MONEY TO INCREASE CAPACITY. UM, YES. AND WITH THE SUPPORT OF ADDITIONAL PART-TIME STAFF AS WELL. AND ALSO I THINK A BIG PART OF IT IS GOING TO BE EVALUATING WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THOSE RESTAURANTS AND ALSO WITH THE ALCOHOL LICENSE. SO I'VE BEEN WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, TO LOOK AT, UM, BIG LEAGUE, UH, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS ACTUALLY STILL HOLDS THE ALCOHOL LICENSE FOR THE WEST COVINA SPORTS CLUB. SO WE ARE LOOKING AT TERMINATING THAT, UM, AGREEMENT OR THAT LICENSE THAT THEY HAVE WITH A BC LICENSING AND EXPLORING DIFFERENT AVENUES TO POTENTIALLY BRING IN, UH, DIFFERENT BREWERIES, DIFFERENT BARS, DIFFERENT VENDORS THAT SELL ALCOHOL AT THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS, AND INVITING THEM TO THE SPORTSPLEX WHERE WE CAN START, YOU KNOW, HAVING ADDITIONAL ALCOHOL, ALCOHOL SALES, FOOD SALES. [03:15:01] UM, BUT IT REALLY JUST DEPENDS ON THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO GO WITH THOSE RESTAURANTS AND THAT ALCOHOL PERMIT AS WELL. THANK YOU. SO FOR, FOR 2025, WITH WHAT YOU'VE PROJECTED WITH FULL CAPACITY, WE ARE STILL UNDER BY ABOUT ROUGHLY 65,000, SO FOR 2026 AND BEYOND. DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, GENERAL PROJECTIONS TO, TO DE DESCRIBE THE EXTENT TO WHICH YOU THINK WE CAN OPERATE IN THE BLACK AND AT LEAST BREAK EVEN, UH, AT SOME POINT BECAUSE OF THE GROWTH IN WHICH YOU ARE ENGAGING? UM, IF WE COULD CLARIFY, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS? UM, I BELIEVE THE, AN ANTICIPATED REVENUES ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER A MILLION WITH THE ANTICIPATED REVENUES. UM, A LITTLE BIT UNDER HALF A MILLION. OH, OH, OKAY. SO THERE'S STILL A, A, A DEFICIT STILL, STILL A, A DEFICIT. OKAY. SO, UM, WHAT WITH, WITH WHAT YOU'RE BILLING, DO YOU PROJECT IN TERMS OF BREAKING EVEN, UM, AT SOME POINT? BECAUSE LIKE A COUNCIL MEMBER, GUTIERREZ SAYS TO RUN IT LIKE A BUSINESS, WHAT ARE YOUR YOUR STEPS FOR, FOR ACHIEVING, OR AT LEAST HAVING BREAK EVEN AND THEN EVENTUALLY GENERATING REVENUE, UH, AND THEN, AND THEN FROM THAT POINT, THAT WAY IT, IT BECOMES MORE SUSTAINABLE WITHOUT, UH, CAUSING, UM, THE, THE DRAIN ON THE, UH, ON THE BUDGET, OR AT LEAST EXPENDITURE FROM GENERAL OPERATING FUNDS THAT WE DO NOW. SO THAT IS THE GOAL. SINCE WE TOOK OVER IN 2021 MM-HMM . UM, WE HAD TO DO A HUGE INVESTMENT INTO THE FACILITY BECAUSE AS, UM, MAYOR WHO HAD INDICATED THERE HAD BEEN A LACK OF MAINTENANCE, PROPER MAINTENANCE AT THE FACILITY. AND SO WHEN WE TOOK IT OVER, WE DID HAVE TO MAKE A HUGE INVESTMENT TO MM-HMM . TAKE CARE OF LIABILITIES RIGHT AWAY, TO BRING IT UP TO PAR SO THAT WE COULD RENT IT AT THE RATES THAT WE ARE RENTING IT NOW, IT WAS DESTROYED MM-HMM . JUST SO, AND TO SEE, SO WE'RE, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS, AND AS WE CONTINUE, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GONNA BE ROUTINE MAINTENANCE MM-HMM . UM, AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA WANT TO HAVE, UH, SCHEDULED AS, UM, UH, SUSIE WAS MENTIONING. UM, BUT THEN MOVING FORWARD, INCREASING, UH, THE CAPACITY OF THE LEAGUES AND THE SIGNUPS FOR THAT AND THE TOURNAMENTS, AND THEN LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE EVENTS THAT WE CAN HOST THERE, UM, TO INCREASE THE RENTAL FEES AS WELL. SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A TIMELINE OF WHEN WE'LL GET TO, UH OKAY. BREAK EVEN. BUT THAT'S THE GOAL. OKAY. AND I WANT TO MOVE TO, UH, IS, UH, COUNCILMAN CANTO. CAN I MOVE THE TIME TO YES. THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND BEFORE I, UM, I WANT TO MOVE TO, OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DI TO LET HER SPEAK, UH, I WANT TO ADD ON FOR YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. SO I'M A BUSINESSMAN. YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY MM-HMM . OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO GO TO THE MIDNIGHT, WHERE THE STAFF, RIGHT. OKAY. SO WE NEED A STAFF. SO NEED TO DO A BUDGET ABOUT STAFF AND ANTICIPATE HOW MUCH INCOME MM-HMM . SO ANALYSIS ABOUT HOW MANY STAFF SHE NEED AND HOW WE CAN, WE CAN HIRE A BUNCH OF PART-TIME FROM COLLEGE, FROM CAL POLY KILOWATT. MY, MY NEXT DOOR IS, UH, UH, SIX FLAG. OKAY. AND THE AMUSEMENT PARK, THEY HIRE ALL THE COLLEGE KID. SO, SO WE CAN HIRE MAYBE CAL POLY OKAY. AND THE STUDENT TO BE ALL PART-TIME AND TO JUST DOING THE OKAY. AND THE KIND OF NINE THEY SAY. SO A LOT OF THINGS IT THAT WE HAVE THE FACILITY WITH THE, WITH THE LANDOWNER, WITH THE LANDLORD. SO IN THAT WAY WE HAVE A GOOD OKAY. UH, STAFF. OKAY. I THINK SUSIE HAS CAPACITY, ABILITY, AGGRESSIVENESS, UH, TO MAKE THE THING HAPPEN. OKAY. AND WE JUST WANT A PRO, A PROUD, UH, FACILITY THAT, THAT PEOPLE WILL KNOW WEST COVINA WITH A LOT OF SPORT, UH, WITH A OKAY. AND SPORT PLAQUE. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I GUESS I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. UM, SO I WANNA HAVE A QUESTION FOR COUNCILWOMAN. LET LOPEZ VIRO, SO WHEN YOU WORKED AT LA CITY AND THEY CHARGED THESE FEES TO RENT THIS FACILITY, RIGHT? SO WAS LA CITY IN THE BUSINESS OF PROFITING FROM THIS? SO WE HAD, UM, UH, I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME 'CAUSE I DIDN'T DIRECTLY OVERSEE THAT. I KNOW WE TOOK OVER IT, UM, NOT GRIFFITH PARK, NOT I, I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT, BUT THE GREEK, THE GREEK THEATER WAS, UM, ONE OF 'EM. AND THEN OF COURSE, WITH ALL THE SPORTS, THAT ONE IS JUST IN ALL PARKS, JUST LIKE WHAT WE NORMALLY DO. BUT THE GREEK THEATER WAS THE BIGGEST FACTOR THAT, THAT THEY TOOK OVER AND THEY HAD TO RENOVATE AND DO ALL THAT. AND THEN THEY, UM, PROGRAMMED, UM, THEY GOT A LOT OF THE VENDORS, THE CONCERTS AND EVERYTHING TO GET THAT GOING. SO THAT WAS THE, UH, THOUGHT PROCESS. AND THEY DID MAKE REVENUE BECAUSE OF THE LONGSTANDING CONTRACT THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY WITH THAT VENDOR. THEY, UH, CUT THAT OUT AND IT WAS THE SAME SITUATION. THEY LEFT IT A MESS. UM, SO THAT WAS ON THAT ASPECT. THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT, BUT THEY DID, UM, THEY DID RENT OUT OR, OR JUST HAVE LIKE OTHER AREAS, LIKE, [03:20:01] I GUESS MAYBE THE CONCESSION STAND OR SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD PARTNER OUT OR HAVE OTHER, UH, AGENCIES UTILIZE THAT. BUT THERE WAS A SU UH, DIRECTOR AND COORDINATOR RUNNING THAT. AND I KNOW IN REFERENCE TO THIS, WE DID APPROVE A SUPERVISOR, BUT I KNOW, UH, THAT SUPERVISOR END UP LEAVING. SO WITH THE SPORTSPLEX, WE END UP, I MEAN, WE NEVER REALLY HAD A CONSISTENT STAFF, AND THEN IT WAS JUST NOT, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE THE LEFTOVERS. SO I KNOW EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING. THIS DIDN'T GET THE FULL ATTENTION THAT IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD GET, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO ENVISION. I MEAN, UM, I KNOW THEY STARTED LAST SUMMER HERE, MAYBE TO HAVE LIKE A CLASS OR CLINIC, AND I'D LIKE TO SEE WELL, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SPORTS CAMP. YEAH. OKAY. AND THIS IS, OKAY, SO AS A WOMAN, CONTINUE. SO I GUESS, UH, WHAT I WAS WONDERING IS I DIDN'T KNOW WE HAD TO RUN IT AS A BUSINESS ONLY BECAUSE, UH, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS RAN IT AS A BUSINESS. WE HAVE 16 PARKS, AND WE, WE PROVIDE SO MANY ACTIVITIES FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? SO, I MEAN, DOES EVERY PARK HAVE TO SHOW A PROFIT? I KNOW CAMERON, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES FOR THEM, SHADOW OAK, ALL THESE DIFFERENT PARKS HAVE ALL THESE ACTIVITIES. I'M SURE THEY DON'T SHOW PROFITS, AND IT'S SOMETHING FOR THE CITY, FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO TO ME, THE SPORTSPLEX, I MEAN, IF WE ARE ABLE TO RENT IT OUT AND TO FIX THE RESTAURANTS AND TO RENT OUT, RENT OUT THE, OR WHAT TO HAVE MONEY MADE FROM THE RESTAURANTS AND RENT OUT THE FACILITY, AND, UM, HAVE ALL THESE TOURNAMENTS AND THEY MAKE MONEY AS A RESULT, THEN THAT'S A, THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GREAT. BUT I, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA TREAT IT AS A BUSINESS. UH, OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. OKAY. AND I WANT TO ADD WHAT YOU SAY, UM, I THINK, OKAY. UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER, GUTIEREZ AND OTHER MEMBER. OKAY. INCLUDING MYSELF. OKAY. UH, WE WANT RUN HIS FULL CAPACITY. OKAY. AND THEN WE WANT BALANCE THE BUDGET. UH, EXACTLY. OKAY. WE ARE NON-PROFIT. WE HERE IS PROVIDE SERVICE FOR OUR SHAREHOLDER STAKEHOLDER, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN BALANCE. SO WE DON'T, LIKE PREVIOUS COUPLE YEARS IS REALLY IN RED. IN RED, OKAY. MEANING THE DEFICIT. SO HOPEFULLY WHILE WE SERVE SUSIE, PER JOINED THE TEAM ONLY SIX MONTHS OR SEVEN MONTHS, HOW MANY JOIN US ALREADY? SEVEN, SEVEN MONTHS NOW. SEVEN MONTHS. YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE. MM-HMM . YOU CAN SEE THE BIG DIFFERENCE OF A SPORT PLAN, BIG DIFFERENCE. YOU CAN SEE, OKAY, THE, THE, THE, THE BETTING CAGE IS FIXED AND THE THINGS COMING IN AND ONLY WITH, UH, A SINGLE GENERAL, NOT TOO MANY OF, UH, OF A SOLDIER. AND SHE ALREADY SEE THE DIFFERENCE. AND IF WE CAN SUPPORT HER, UH, TRUST HER, GIVE US A, A PROPOSAL, AND, UH, THEN IN THAT WAY I THINK WE CAN BALANCE AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A FULL CAPACITY AND HOPEFULLY OKAY. RUN THE LEAGUE IN THE FUTURE. SO, BUT AGAIN, ROME DOESN'T BUILD IN ONE DAY. WE STEP BY STEP, BUT GRADUALLY. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT ALREADY. ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO ADD? GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GRANT YOU? YES. UM, SO CURRENTLY WHAT TIME IS THE PARK OPEN? TELL, UH, SUSIE? UH, SO CURRENTLY MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM FOUR TO NINE, UH, WE WILL START OPENING THE OPENING ON FRIDAYS, UM, ON JANUARY 31ST FOR RENTALS AND ADULT LEAGUE. AND WE WILL START ON FEBRUARY 1ST, OPEN FROM 6 45 IN THE MORNING TILL WHEN TOURNAMENT, UH, PLAY ENDS PROBABLY APPROXIMATELY TILL ABOUT 10 15, 10 30 ON THE WEEKENDS. OKAY? MM-HMM . AND SO IF YOU, IF YOU START, IF YOU START EXPANDING THOSE HOURS, I KNOW, I KNOW. UH, I KNOW YOU WORKED VERY HARD AND I KNOW, UH, WHEN ROXANNE WAS WORKING THERE TOO, I THINK THERE WERE SOME NIGHT RENTALS THERE UP, UP UP UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT. AND BASED UPON THE FEES THAT WERE BEING GENERATED FROM THOSE MIDNIGHT RENTALS, I THINK THERE WAS FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HAVE STAFF THERE AT THOSE TIMES. SO CAN YOU LOOK INTO, UH, POTENTIALLY EXPANDING YOUR HOURS UNTIL MIDNIGHT, UH, AND, AND GENERATING THOSE FEES TO HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL STAFF, IF I COULD SPEAK? UM, YES. SO, UM, I BELIEVE SUSIE MENTIONED IT. WE DO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE RENTALS, RIGHT? SO IF WE DO HAVE, UM, THE FACILITY RENTED OUT AND THE TOURNAMENT GOES UNTIL MIDNIGHT, STAFF WILL BE THERE. 'CAUSE THAT THE TOURNAMENT DO, DOES COVER THOSE FEES. BUT, UM, IF THE DEMAND IS THERE TO STAY OPEN THAT LATE, WE WILL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE STAFFING TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY OPEN DURING THOSE HOURS. YEAH. BUT IF YOU'RE NOT, IF YOU'RE NOT MARKETING IT, IF YOU'RE MARKETING IT UNTIL 9:00 PM THEN NO ONE'S GONNA BUCKET IT AT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. SO YOU HAVE TO, THAT YOU HAVE TO MARKET IT SOMEHOW THAT WE ARE, UH, THE RENTAL IS POSSIBLE UNTIL MIDNIGHT. UH, I OKAY. 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS AGREE. OKAY. [03:25:01] MAYBE SUSIE CAN LOOK INTO, WE CAN OPEN TILL MIDNIGHT AND THEN MAYBE COME OUT ADDITIONAL STAFFING. WOULD YOU PLEASE WE'LL, ABSOLUTELY. LOOK INTO THAT. YES. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UM, OKAY. UH, MAYOR LOPEZ. THANK YOU. AND, UM, IN REFERENCE TO COUNCILMAN DIAZ, I JUST ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, IN CITY OF LA THERE ARE SOME CENTERS THAT ARE COST RECOVERY SITES. SO THEY GENERATE, WELL, THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY PRODUCE WHETHER THEY'RE NOT UTILIZING THE CITY FUNDS. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT, UM, BIG LEAGUE DREAMS, SELF-FUND, SELF-FUND, SELF-FUND, IT GETS TO THAT LEVEL. AGREE. UM, AND THEN I KNOW FOR RFP AS A COUNCIL, I KNOW THE BIGGEST THING WAS TO PUSH IS FOR THE RESTAURANTS BECAUSE EVERYBODY WANTS THEIR FOOD AND ALCOHOL. AND THAT ALONE MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE OF JUST FOR PEOPLE TO JUST HANG OUT OUT THERE. AND SO, I KNOW, UH, WHEN IT, THE RESTAURANT CAME BACK AND FORTH, WE WANTED TWO SEPARATE, UM, RESTAURANTS. SO THEY KIND OF COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER, GET A VARIETY OF DIFFERENCE. BUT THAT'S WHERE I KNOW WE WERE MORE FOCUSED ON IS WITH THE RESTAURANT'S RFP. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. OKAY. I WANT TO ADD ON ABOUT RESTAURANT. AND I, AGAIN, I WENT TO THE BIG TO INSPECT A LOT OF TIME BECAUSE I KNOW THEY ARE OKAY IN TROUBLE. AND I CHECK ABOUT THE ISSUE. THEY DON'T ALLOW FOOD AND DRINK MM-HMM . OKAY. AND SO THEY ONLY HAVE TO BUY FOOD AND DRINK INSIDE BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR MAJOR REVENUE. SO I THINK THAT IS HOW WE IN THE FUTURE OKAY. WE NEED TO DO AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE NEED TO HURRY UP TO, FOR, SINCE YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE NOW, BEFORE PREVIOUS COUPLE OF YEARS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY PEOPLE THERE. SO NOBODY WILL GO TO OPEN UP THE RESTAURANT. I THINK RIGHT NOW, DUE TO THESE SEVEN MONTHS TO SHOW UP, WE HAVE MORE ACTIVITY PEOPLE, MORE CONFIDENCE. OKAY. WITH, UH, FULL TRAFFIC THAT YOU NEED TO AND DRINK. AND THE RESTAURANT WE HAVE EITHER WE DO IN OUR OWN, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A STAFF THAT CAN COOK, THEY DO GREAT. OKAY. SANDWICH AND HOT DOG. OKAY. SO POSSIBLE CAN LOOK INTO THE GROUND OR WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE OTHER RESTAURANT TO COME IN AND WE CAN TENANT IMPROVEMENT. WE HAVE THEM TO OPERATE AND THIS SHARE MAYBE, I DON'T KNOW, 50% PROFIT AND DRINK THIS OTHER AND THEN OPERATE. SO ANYWAY, WE NEED TO HURRY UP TO HOPEFULLY USE A TWO RESTAURANT TO GENERATE INCOME. YES. OKAY. AND, UH, WHO WANNA TO SPEAK NEXT? UH, THE BRIAN AGAIN. OKAY, GO AHEAD. . YES. SO WE SEE ON FIRE WE NEED TO MOVE ON. UM, ALSO JUST SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE GOT AN ANSWER, YOU'RE GONNA NOTIFY THOSE PEOPLE WHO BID IT ON THE RFP THAT THIS BID HAS BEEN CANCELED. PAULINA, IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED. SO WE'LL FOLLOW THE STEPS WE NEED TO OKAY. TO CANCEL IT. TO CANCEL IT. WE CAN'T CANCEL IT BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN CLOSED. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. JUDGE WILL NOT BE BACK TO US. WHATEVER THE STEPS ARE TO WHATEVER TO CANCEL. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WE SAY IN FACT YOU HAVE MORE. YEAH. AND THEN, UM, AND THEN ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UH, I KNOW WE HAVE TO GENERATE FUNDS FROM THIS LOCATION IS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, UH, WHICH ARE, THEY'RE BEING DEFERRED RIGHT NOW, BUT EVENTUALLY WE DO HAVE, UH, BOND OBLIGATIONS, UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, RIGHT? THEY'RE BOND BOND APPLICATIONS. LINA? YES. YES. YEAH. YEAH. BOND. AM I SAYING IT RIGHT? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. SO, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO NEED TO GENERATE FUNDS FROM THIS THING. BUT, BUT, UH, YEAH. AND JUST TO CONFIRM, MY LAST THING IS, UH, UH, WHAT THE, AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING DO, MY COUNCIL REQUEST WOULD MORE DETAIL, UH, COMPARISON ON HOW MUCH WE'VE BEEN GENERATING AND ON, ON THE PROS, THE, THE EXPENSES AND THE INCOME WE'VE BEEN GENERATING FROM THE SPORTS SPEC. WOULD THAT BE PRESENT, PRESENTED AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, MAYBE THE LAST THREE YEARS TO SHOW THAT OBVIOUSLY WE MAKE MORE MONEY. YEAH, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT. OKAY. YEAH. GREAT. UH, GA OKAY. NOW WE CAN MOVE ON. BUT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUSIE, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, WE CAN SEE THE IMPROVEMENT. THANK YOU. IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE, AND WE WANNA PROMOTE FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE AND WEDDING FOR BANQUET, FOR CORPORATE, THIS AND THAT FOR THE WINE TASTING, FOOD DISPLAY. A LOT OF THINGS CAN BE DONE OVER THERE. THAT'S SUCH A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PLACE. AND, UH, AND I KNOW, OKAY. AND OUR CONGRESSMAN WIFE BRIAN, OKAY. HE WANT TO BOOK THAT PLACE. OKAY. AND, UH, WITH OUR, UH, INDOOR SOCCER ARENA, UH, FOR HUNDREDS OF, UH, ELECTED COME TO WEST COVINA, I THINK THERE'S A GREAT PROMOTION FOR US TO SHOW THEM. WE HAVE THIS GREAT PLACE. SO, SO I THINK YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE ALREADY KNOW WEST COVINA HAS THIS SMALL PLAY AND GREEN, THE INDOOR ARENA CAN RENT IT OUT FOR SEVEN, 800 PEOPLE TO BE THERE. WE DO NOT WEST COVINA HAVE A PLACE, CAN PUT MANY PEOPLE IN THE ONE PLACE, INDOOR, KIND OF INDOOR, OKAY. AND IF OTHER PLACES, ONLY THE MOST 200 PEOPLE. SO [03:30:01] WE NEED SOME PLACES, OKAY. AND THIS IS THE BEST PLACE FOR US TO SEE THE BEAUTIFUL FIELD. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOU DO A GREAT JOB, A GREAT NIGHT. AND LET'S MOVE ON TO NEXT. OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE THE VOTE. THIS IS RECEIVING FILE. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, THE NEXT ONE [MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS] WILL BE NUMBER 11. LAST ONE. OKAY. FINALLY. OKAY. LET'S GET THIS SEEN. AND, UH, PRESIDENT, WHO IS GONNA PRESENT THIS AGENDA, PLEASE? MAYOR, I WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESIDENT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, SO AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE REQUEST WAS MADE, UM, TO BRING BACK, UH, SOME OPTIONS FOR MAKING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT. I DID A SURVEY OF 15 CITIES WITHIN, UM, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA. UM, AND, UH, THE INFORMATION THAT I GOT BACK WAS A MAJORITY OF THE, UH, CITIES, UM, HAVE, UH, A THREE, THREE MINUTE ORAL COMMUNICATION. UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE, UH, THEY CAN CHANGE THE TIME OF THE ALLOCATED SPEAKER TIMES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS AND, UH, BASED AT DISCRETION OF THE, UH, PRESIDING OFFICER, THE MAYOR. UM, SOME CITIES DO HAVE A TIMEFRAME OF WHEN THE SPEAKER CARDS ARE SUPPO ARE REQUIRED TO BE SUBMITTED. SO THAT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS, SOMETIMES THE, UM, NUMBER OR THE, UH, SPEAKER TIME, UH, CHANGES TO HELP FACILITATE, UM, GETTING TO THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. UM, ONCE AGAIN, SOME CITIES AFTER THE TIMEFRAME FOR, UM, UH, SPEAKER CARDS CAN BE SUBMITTED. NO MORE SPEAKER CARDS CAN BE SUBMITTED, UM, IN ORDER TO NOT CHANGE THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. UM, OTHERS COMMUNITIES ALSO HAVE LANGUAGE IN THEIR DECORUM SPECIFICALLY, UM, GEARED TOWARDS, UH, DISCOURAGING DISRUPTIONS OF THE COUNCIL MEETING. UM, WHETHER IT BE, UM, LET ME SEE, UM, DISRUPTIONS LIKE, UH, UTTERANCE OF LOUD THREATENING OR USE OF LANGUAGE WHISTLING, STAMPING FEET, OR OTHER ACTS THAT DISRUPT OR DIS UH, UM, DISRUPT THE COUNCIL MEETING. UM, SO AFTER THE SURVEY, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITIES, AS I MENTIONED, DO HAVE THREE MINUTE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. UM, THEY DO REQUIRE, UH, SPEAKER CARDS TO BE SUBMITTED, UH, PRIOR TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. UM, THEY DO, UH, WE COULD STRENGTHEN OR INC UH, ENHANCE, UH, THE RULES OF DECORUM, UM, TO HELP AVOID DISRUPTIONS OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND THEN THE, UM, TIMING OR THE PLACEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT AS WELL ON THE AGENDA COULD, UH, HELP MAKE MEETINGS MORE EFFICIENT. AND SO THAT'S MY, UH, PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. AND, UH, UM, OKAY. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE I GIVE TO MY, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER TO DISCUSS. OKAY. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND PREVIOUSLY WE HAVE A MANAGER REPORT AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION. OKAY. AND, UH, PREVIOUS. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, UH, MAYORS MOVED IN THE FRONT BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN DOING OKAY. AND, UH, SO I THINK WE NEED TO DISCUSS, WE MOVE BACK, OKAY. SO AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION AND, AND THEN WE GO TO THE, UH, MANAGER REPORT AND, UH, ANSWER SOME OF THE ORAL COMMUNICATION ALL ALTOGETHER. SO I THINK THAT IS ONE THING, BECAUSE LAST TIME WE APPROVE WITH THE PREVIOUS MAYOR OKAY. AMENDED. AND NOW MAYBE IF WE MAJORITY OKAY. WE MOVE BACK TO, OKAY. IT'S MUCH MORE OKAY. BETTER FLOW. OKAY. LET'S, MAYBE WE CAN DISCUSS ABOUT THAT. ANOTHER THING IS, I THINK, OKAY, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS I THINK OTHER CITY, UH, OKAY, OTHER CITY, WE STILL ABUSE LANGUAGE. THEY HAVE A COORDINATE. OKAY. AND, UH, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD FOLLOW. I THINK THAT THE ISSUE IS IF WE HAVE PEOPLE CURSING THIS AND THAT, AND THEY MAKE OUR CITY COUNCIL LIKE A CIRCUS, THERE'S NO CITY, NO RESIDENT DON'T, THEY DON'T WANT TO WATCH IT. THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. THEY DON'T WANNA SHOW UP. OKAY? BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS, THEY REALLY WANT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE SAY ALL, THEY KIND OF DISCOURAGE, OKAY, I THINK THIS IS THE ISSUE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE REASON WE WANT TO HAVE THIS LOOK INTO HOW CAN WE HAVE MORE RESIDENT TO PARTICIPATE, BUT NOT JUST FEW PERSON CURSING THIS AND THAT AND, UH, OKAY. AND BECOME AN ISSUE FOR OUR CITY TO MOVE OUR BUSINESS. I, I THINK THAT'S THE REASON. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO HAVE A, I THINK THAT'S HOW OUR COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO OKAY. CITY LOOK INTO THE REFORM. AND I THINK THIS STRONGLY BY OTHER CITY LIKE LAPUENTE AND THE BALDWIN PARK, EVEN EL MONTE DE HAVE, UH, NO ABUSE LANGUAGE, THIS AND THAT. AT LEAST WE CITY CAN OKAY. LOOK INTO AND WE CAN APPROVE THIS. CAN WE, I KNOW THEY HAVE SOME FREEDOM OF SPEECH, OKAY. BUT IT'S THAT WE CAN DO THIS. I DISCOURAGE SOME [03:35:01] ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, MORE RESPECTFUL. WE DON'T MIND THE CRITICISM, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DISCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. SO ANYWAY, I DONE WITH MY MONOLOGUE AT THE BEGINNING, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE TO MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. ANY PEOPLE WANT TO GO FIRST? OKAY. YEAH. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCIL MAN, OLI KENTO, MADAM CITY MANAGER OUT OF THE CITIES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, OUT OF THE, OUT OF THE CITIES THAT, THAT, UM, ONLY DO THREE MINUTES FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, HOW MANY OF THOSE CITIES ALSO AUTHORIZE THREE MINUTES PER AGENDA ITEM, OR THREE MINUTES FOR OTHER PORTIONS OF, OF THE MEETING OUTSIDE OF THE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CONTEXT? IN OTHER WORDS, THE, THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS BECAUSE I'M WONDERING ABOUT, EVEN IF IT'S THREE MINUTES FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, IF SOME CITIES, LET'S SAY IF YOUR RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT SOME CITIES STILL ALLOW THREE MINUTES FOR OTHER ITEMS UNDER 12 ITEMS, THEN THAT'S, I MEAN, CONTEXTUALLY THEN THAT MEANS THEY, THAT'S A LOT OF TIME. BUT THEN BY CONTRAST, IF THEY ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR ORAL COMMUNICATIONS AND THAT'S IT, THEN THAT'S ANOTHER STORY. SO I JUST WANT, WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD PROVIDE MORE BROAD CONTEXT RELATING TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH, UH, RESIDENTS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY DURING OTHER PARTS OF DIFFERENT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO, TO WEIGH IN, OTHER THAN JUST HEARINGS. UM, SO THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. SO I DID NOT INCLUDE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS AS PART OF THIS, BECAUSE THOSE, UM, ARE SEPARATE FROM ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. MM-HMM . BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE CITY THAT DOES PROVIDE, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TWICE, WHICH WITHIN THREE MINUTES. UM, AND THAT IS, UM, THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, I BELIEVE IT'S ONE MINUTE PER ITEM, THREE MINUTES PERMITTING MEETING, TOTAL ONE MINUTES. MM-HMM . WOW. WOW. THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN LOS ANGELES, . YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT, THAT WAS I AMS UM, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF, OF, OF EFFORTS TO CREATE, UH, LESS OF A CIRCUS ATMOSPHERE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UM, OH, I GUESS WE'LL SEE WHERE THE MOTIONS GO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. YEAH, I THINK, I THINK I, I DON'T THINK WE WILL, I THINK WE WILL GO TO ONE MINUTES LATE EXTREME. OKAY. BUT WE STILL HAVE A, A PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING PEOPLE CAN SPEAK. AM I RIGHT? CITY MANAGER? YES. AND USUALLY IN WEST COVINA, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE'VE GIVEN FOR ALL COMMENTS. SO WE HAVE ORAL COMMUNICATION WITH ANY AGENDA OR NON AGENDA. BUT IF WE GO TO THE ORAL PUBLIC HEARING, THEN THEY CAN STILL SPEAK. IT'S NOT LIKE THEY CANNOT SPEAK. THEY, THEY CAN STILL GO TO IT. OKAY. ANYWAY. AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO DISCUSS? UH, NO. YES. GO LET. UM, THANK YOU MAYOR PROTON. UM, MY THING IS THE RULES OF DECORUM. AND THAT IS LIKE MY MAIN FOCUS. I KNOW DIFFERENT CITIES, LIKE I GUESS ROSE, LA, ENTENTE, MONROVIA, THEY HAVE SIMILAR ONES OF, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY LIKE ONE RIGHT HERE. LA ENT DOES NOT MAKE PERSONAL IMP IMPORTANCE. SLANDEROUS AND PROFANE REMARKS. UM, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA CONDUCT THIS AS A OTHER CITY. YEAH. AS OTHER CITIES. AND IN A, IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER BECAUSE, UM, AS I MENTIONED PRIOR, SOMETIMES WE HAVE CHILDREN IN HERE MM-HMM . LOT OF TIMES. AND THERE'S A LOT OF TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE DO PRESENTATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVE TO SEND THEM OUT. AND, UH, YEAH. AND WE HAVE, UM, THOSE WHO WATCH THE YOUTUBE, I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY, THEY SAID, OH, WE CLOSED THE MIC. 'CAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY THING WE COULD DO. BUT I'D LIKE THAT, UM, TO, TO FOCUS AS THE DECORUM. 'CAUSE I, I DO WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE EVERYONE TO RESPECT, UM, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND, AND RESPECT HOW MEETINGS ARE HELD. MM-HMM . SO THAT, THAT IS MY FOCUS ON THE DECORUM. SO, AND I KNOW RIGHT HERE, I GUESS OTHER CITIES, YOU CAN, UM, ONE OF 'EM IT SAYS CAN BE BARRED FROM FURTHER AUDIENCE BEFORE THE COUNCIL DURING THAT MEETING. UM, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, UM, I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED INTO IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS MAYOR AT ONE TIME AND THE CITY ATTORNEYS, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE OTHER SECTION NUMBERS AND A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT CODES, WE WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THAT AND FOLLOW, FOLLOW THE SAME. WE WOULD COME BACK WITH, UM, WE, WE WOULD AMEND THE ORDINANCE. WE ALREADY HAVE A RULES OF DECORUM, AND WE ALREADY, AND WE CAN NOW IN THE STATE STAT STATE STATUTES SAY WE CAN NOW, AFTER A WARNING, IF YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, THE, THE MAYOR CAN ASK THEM TO LEAVE AND THEY'LL BE BARRED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE MEETING. BUT THAT'S FOR THE AUDIENCE. BUT THERE'S ALSO IN HERE THAT WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL, CORRECT. IF THEY'RE UP AT THE PODIUM, SAME THING. IF WHATEVER THEY'RE SAYING, AND IT'S A DISRUPTION TO THE MEETING, AND THE PRESIDING OFFICER WARNS THEM TO NOT DISRUPT THE MEETING. IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE AUDIENCE NOT SPEAKING TO THE COUNCIL, IF THEY'RE, UH, NOT STAYING ON TOPIC, VARIOUS REASONS, THE MAYOR CAN SAY YOU'RE DISRUPTING THE MEETING. IF YOU DO [03:40:01] IT AGAIN, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO LEAVE. SO ON THERE, ON OUR CODE, DOES IT HAVE PROFANITY AS WELL? WE CAN STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE. YES. I'D LIKE TO STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE, PLEASE. AND WHATEVER THE MOTION IS, WE'LL STRENGTHEN IT. I WILL EXERCISE THE ORDINANCE APPROVED TODAY, AND I WILL EXERCISE. OKAY. REMOVE THE PERSON IF THEY ARE PROFANITY AND THIS AND THAT. OKAY. AND, UH, BECAUSE I WANT TO FOLLOW ALL THE CITY. OKAY. MAKE SURE. OKAY. RESPECT. OKAY. A MUTUAL RESPECT IS SPACE THERE. OKAY. AND NOT TO DISRUPT THE BUSINESS. OKAY. THE CONDUCT BUSINESS MEETING. YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GUT IS, I COME BACK TO YOU. . GO AHEAD. GO. IT IS JUST A CONTINUATION BECAUSE I KNOW, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CITY OF EL MONTE, YOU KNOW, THIS SAYS IN THE MEETING, MUST ADHERE TO THE CITY'S POLICY BEARING HARASSMENT BASED UPON A PERSON'S RACE, RELIGIOUS CREED, COLOR, ORIGIN, ANCESTRY, HANDICAP, MEDICAL CONDITIONS, UH, MARITAL STATUS, GENDER, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, AND AGE. SO IN REFERENCE TO STRENGTHENING THAT, I'D LIKE THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD THAT WHERE THEY'RE JUST ATTACKING ALL THESE ITEMS THAT IS LISTED. SECOND. THANK YOU. YEAH. GOOD. AND, UH, YOU OKAY? YOU WANT, DO YOU WANNA CONTINUE OR, OKAY. UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, YEAH. I, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE, UH, I THINK OUR, OUR, OUR RULES, THE DECORUM LACK, UM, THE APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE THAT'S REQUIRED THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE, I I VISITED OTHER CITIES, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THEY HAVE A STRICTER, UH, PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR THOSE WHO ARE BEING DISCRIMINATORY TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, WHO ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE SEEING RACIAL SLURS. UH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE PROTECTED UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT. AND, AND WE AS A CITY NEED TO, UH, ESTABLISH POLICIES THAT, THAT PROTECT THOSE ACTS AND THOSE RIGHTS THAT WERE AFFORDED UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT AND UNDER ACTS. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, THAT WHEN THE PUBLIC GETS TO SPEAK, THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS DURING HER PRESENTATION OF WHAT, UH, EVENTS THAT THE CITY'S HAD, THE, UH, SUCCESSFUL, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE BEING ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND THEN I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT AFTER SOMEONE SPEAKS, THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS ABLE, UH, TO CARRY ON THAT MESSAGE, TO LET THAT PERSON KNOW, UH, THE CITY'S COMMITMENT. AND THIS COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT ON GETTING THE PEOPLE'S WORK DONE, UH, FOR THEM. UM, WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, PRINTING RESTRICTIONS ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME, UH, SOMEONE COULD SPEAK, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S EFFICIENCY IN ALLOWING EVERYONE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, UH, ENSURING THERE IS, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE DE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AND DEMOCRACY IS, IS ENSURING FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND, UH, BY MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IS ESSENTIAL, UH, TO THE FUTURE OF THIS, OF THIS COMMUNITY AND GENERATIONS TO COME. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT, UH, THOSE SUBJECT MATTERS AND, AND DETERMINE, UH, WHAT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. UM, BECAUSE YOU, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE CITIES, UM, UH, THAT HAVE, UH, AND, AND I WANNA SAY, UH, WHO DID THIS REPORT? OH, WOW. GREAT JOB. PAULINA . SO IT'S, IT'S A VERY DETAILED REPORT, UH, FROM MULTIPLE CITIES, AND JUST SO THE PUBLIC KNOW, IT'S A CITY OF LOS ANGELES, LA METRO, BURBANK, PASADENA, ROSEMEAD BOWEN PARK, AND MONTY SAN GABRIEL, UM, MONROVIA, LACANTO, FL RIDGE, MONTEBELLO, LA ENTENTE, COVINA, GLENDALE, ARCADIA, AND OF COURSE OUR CITY. AND SO, UH, TODAY I'M CONFIDENT THAT THIS COUNCIL WILL MAKE A, UH, A GOOD DECISION ON, ON THE INTEREST FOR THE PEOPLE. OKAY. AND THEN, SO, AND ANY OTHERS? COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THIS IS APPROPRIATE, OR I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS IS STRUCTURED, BUT I, I WANT TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO SHORTEN IT ANY TIME. IT'S FINE. FIVE MINUTES. YEAH, IT SHOULD. IT'S OKAY. TO FIVE MINUTES. IT'S FINE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. SO, UM, ANYBODY WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION? I THINK, OKAY. EVEN NOW, UH, YOU WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION? WANT PUT YOUR FINGER UP? WHAT DO YOU MEAN ? NO, YOU WANT TALK OR OTHERWISE, UH, I CAN MAKE A MOTION, OTHERWISE, I DON'T MIND. I CAN MAKE A MOTION. UH, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTATION, UH, TO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT TO ENSURE EFFICIENCY AND, AND THAT THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO GET INPUT FROM BACK FROM THE CITY MANAGER, UH, NUMBER TWO, UH, [03:45:01] TO, UH, TO CREATE RUSE ON PROFANITY AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION AND OTHER ACTS OF FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AND, AND, AND WAYS TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES ON THE RUSE OF DECORUM THAT OTHER CITIES THAT I MENTIONED HAVE ESTABLISHED WITHIN THEIR POLICIES IN ACCORDANCE TO THE LAW. UH, NUMBER THREE, IN REGARDS TO THE TIME PERIOD, UH, PEOPLE HAVE TO SPEAK. UH, I WILL RECOMMEND THAT, UH, WE DO, UH, IN ACCORDANCE TO ALL THE OTHER CITIES I'M SEEING, UH, BASED UPON THE MAJORITY OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE INSURED EFFICIENCY, AND THEY'RE SPEAKING, I WOULD SAY THREE MINUTES, UH, TO ALLOW FOR THREE MINUTES PER ITEM. UM, AND WITH THE OPPORTUNITY, WITH THE, AT DISCRETION OF THE CONSOLE OR, UH, SORRY, AT THE DISCRETION OF, UH, THE MAYOR OR MAJORITY OF THE CONSOLE TO AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES PER ITEM, HUH? YES. ORAL COMMUNICATION. YES. NOT PER ITEM, PER PER ORAL COMMUNICATION, GOING FROM FIVE TO THREE MINUTES. NOT PER ITEM, NO, NO ORAL COMMUNICATION. AND THEN, AND THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING, THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE THE SAME. MM-HMM . YEAH. AM I, YES. YES. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. YEAH. , MR. MAYOR. YEAH. YOU HAVE ONE TIME, YOU ONE TYPE TO SPEAK. I DIDN'T FINISH, LET, DIDN'T FINISH. YOU HAVE ONE TIME TO SPEAK DURING, UH, ORAL COMMUNICATION. ORAL COMMUNICATION, AND YOU HAVE EVERY TIME TO SPEAK AND EVERY OTHER ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA. YEAH. YEAH. SO IT'S, UH, WHAT? OH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OKAY. IF SOMEONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, WHAT HAPPENS? THEY DO IT THROUGH ORAL COMMUNICATION. RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY OTHER TIME THAT, UM, WE CURRENTLY ALLOW ANYONE TO SPEAK OUTSIDE OF ORAL COMMUNICATION IS IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM. OKAY. SO THEN THAT WAS, SO THEN THE TIME PERIOD WERE MATCHED BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE TWO THINGS. YES. AND SO, SO YEAH. SO I'M SAYING THREE MINUTES, UH, WITH THE, WITH THE, AT THE DISCRETION, UH, OF THE MAYOR OR MAJORITY OF THE COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES ON CASE BY CASE BASIS. OKAY. AND, UH, GOOD. AND HOW ABOUT THE SUBMIT, THE OH, YES. CALL. UM, I THINK IN ORDER TO, UM, PREVENT FUTURE VIOLENCE FROM OCCURRING IN THIS CHAMBER, AND TO TAKE ACTION, UM, TO PREVENT VIOLENCE IN THIS CHAMBER, I THINK IT'S VITAL TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK. AND SO, AS MY, UH, FOR RECOMMENDATION, I WILL RECOMMEND THAT TIME CA UH, PUBLIC SPEAKING CARDS BE TURNED IN, UH, BEFORE PUBLIC COMMENT COMMENCES. MR. MAYOR? YEAH, GO AHEAD. A POINT OF ORDER. I, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ONE, TWO, AND FOUR, BUT I, IS THERE A WAY TO BREAK UP THE MOTIONS SO THAT THE VOTES CAN BE CLEARED? BECAUSE I DON'T OPPOSE MOST OF IT, BUT I, I UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. YOU CAN SAY YOU OPPOSE THAT ONE WE PUT ON YOUR RECORD. SO, UH, UH, SEE ATTORNEY, DO WE HAVE THE ONE BY MAYOR? MR. MAYOR, THERE'S ONE MOTION RIGHT NOW. WE NEED A SECOND. AND THE MOTION INC INCLUDED, UH, FOUR ITEMS. OKAY. AND I WILL SECOND. OKAY. SO BASICALLY, AND HOW ABOUT HE APP APPRO? HE AGREE WITH EVERYTHING. UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO, BUT HE, HE DOES, HE HE DOESN'T WANNA GO TO THREE MINUTES. HE STILL WANT TO FIVE MINUTES? YES. AND I JUST WANT THAT CLEAR RIGHT THEN. UM, YOU, YOU CAN MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR RE KEEPING IT AT FIVE AND THEN GET A SECOND AND VOTE ON THAT AND LIKELY VOTE IT DOWN AND THEN GO BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION. AND, UH, WITH THE HOW BO HOW I'LL AMEND MY EMOTION. UH, I'LL AMEND MY EMOTION TO, UH, UH, TAKE OUT, UH, OKAY. A MINUTES, MINUTES PART AND, AND THREE, WHAT? THIS, THE ELEMENT THREE, DO A SEPARATE ONE. WE GO THE SECOND ONE? YEAH. SO, SO THIS ONE WOULD BE WE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE TIME. OKAY. SO THE TIME WOULD BE THREE MINUTES CAN BE THE CURRENT FOR APPROVED FOR THE ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES TO FIVE MINUTES MAX. OKAY. BUT EVERYBODY SHOULD BE THREE MINUTES. AND THEN THE SUBMITTED CARD SHOULD BE, UH, BEFORE THE ORAL COMMUNICATION STARTS. SO EVERYBODY SUBMIT A CALL, OKAY. AND THEN THEY WILL GO TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATION. SO, AND THAT ONE WILL BE SEPARATED. SO THIS ONE WILL REMOVE. SO THE ONE WILL BE FOR YOUR MOTION. I SECOND, THERE WILL BE NO PROFANITY, NO THIS AND THAT. AND THEN PUT IN DETAIL SO WE I CAN EXERCISE. OKAY. WHAT THE, WHAT, WHAT THE COORDINATE AND, UH, INCLUDING WHAT, WHAT ELSE? UH, SO THERE WAS, UH, SO, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUT THE MINUTE PART. FOR THIS MOTION, WE'RE GONNA PUT NUMBER ONE AS, UH, MOVING THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTATION TO AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GONNA, NUMBER TWO IS TO, UM, AMEND THE RULES OF DECORUM TO FOLLOW, UH, VARIOUS ACTS OF CIVIL RIGHTS AND OTHER ACTS ARE IN PLACE TO PREVENT DISCRIMINATION FROM OCCURRING IN THIS CHAMBER. UH, AND NUMBER THREE, WE ARE GOING TO FOUR. UH, THREE. YEAH. NUMBER THREE, WE'RE GONNA, UM, [03:50:01] MOVE THE PUBLIC SPEAKER CARDS MUST BE TURNED IN BEFORE PUBLIC SPEAKING. COMMENCEMENT STARTS. DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT? NO. ONLY. OKAY. HE'S, OKAY. SO THIS ONE. THIS ONE. SO ONLY THE TIME YOU HAVE YOU PROBLEM. YES. OKAY. AND I SECOND. OKAY. UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PROTI LOPEZ VIDO. AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE. NOW WE GO TO THE SECOND MOTION. GO AHEAD. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, IN THE ACCORDANCE TO ENSURE EFFICIENCY AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE HERE IN THIS CHAMBER IS THAT I'M GONNA REQUEST THAT THE MINUTES FROM FIVE BE CHANGED TO THREE MINUTES BY AT THE DISCRETION OF THE MAYOR OR THE, OR THE CONSULATE MAJORITY CAN INCREASE THE TIME TO AN ADDITIONAL TWO MINUTES ON CASE BY CASE BASIS. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. UH, ROCCO, PLEASE. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. WHO? GIMME A SECOND. I SECOND. I'M SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. COUNCILMAN CONTOS? NO. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM LOPEZ. VIDO. AYE. MAYOR. AYE, UH, MOTION APPROVED. FOUR ONE. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WE DONE WITH, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD. YEAH, NO, IT'S JUST, UM, I, I SAW CITY OF BURBANK AND I KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE TOTAL, UH, SPEAKERS, THEY JUST BRING IT DOWN. UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS AS A COUNCIL, LIKE, LET'S SAY THERE'S 40 SPEAKERS AND WE'RE LIKE, OKAY, DOWN TO A MINUTE, JUST LIKE RIGHT HERE THAT THEY HAVE IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT TOO, OR JUST NO, NO. AND YOUR CURRENT CODE SAYS YOU CAN, WE CAN ADJUST CAP IT 30 MINUTES ALREADY. YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT IN THERE, BUT TYPICALLY YOU GO FROM FIVE TO THREE MINUTES WHEN YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. YEAH. OKAY. AND FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE BEFORE WE HAVE 40, 50, 60 PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK. YEAH. CAN WE DOWN TO ONE MINUTE. OKAY. SO WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO SAY GO ONE MINUTE SO WE CAN ABSOLUTELY CONDUCT, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIME THEY SPEAK THE SAME THING. YEAH. OKAY. SO, OKAY. UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUT, GO AHEAD. UH, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION. UH, THIS WILL BE BROUGHT TO BACK TO US AND MOVING FORWARD, THIS WILL BE PART OF THE RULES WILL BE EVERYTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY ABOUT THE R THE CHANGES IN THE RUSE WILL BE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DISCLOSE THOSE RULE CHANGES ON OUR AGENDA MOVING FORWARD. UH, MEANING THIS HAS, THIS HAS TO AMEND THE ORDINANCE. SO YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH A PARTIAL READING AND A SECOND READING, AND THEN, THEN THE ADOPTION OF COURSE. AND THEN THE, UH, THE AGENDA AND THE MOVING OF THE CITY MANAGEMENT REPORT IS JUST DONE BY RESOLUTION. OKAY. AND THEN THE R WILL BE UPDATED ON, BECAUSE I THINK THE RUSE ARE DISPLAYED ON THE AGENDA RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? THEY'RE ALL YES, THEY'RE YES. ADOPTION. YES. SO, SO MEANING IF SOMEONE, IF WE APPROVE, SO MEANING WE CANNOT DO THIS NEXT MEETING, SO YOU JUST HAVE TO GO TO ANOTHER, WE GOTTA, WE GOTTA DO, WE GOTTA DRAFT IT, WE GOTTA BRING IT BACK. COUNCIL'S GOTTA APPROVE IT IN FIRST, SECOND READ. SO IN THAT WAY, IN THE FUTURE, IF AFTER WE APPROVE TWO HEARING, OKAY, AND ALL THIS ORDINARY PROFANITY AND THE DISCRIMINATION WITH THE RACE AND THE SEX AND A DA, OKAY, THEN CITY ATTORNEY CAN SAY, EXCUSE ME. UM, MR. MAY HE VIOLATE OKAY. ABOUT THIS LA YOU CAN EXERCISE. AND, AND EVEN IN THE, AND IN THE RULES OF DECORUM THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW, YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY IN STATE STATUTE, YOU HAVE THAT ABILITY. IF SOMEONE'S DISRUPTING THIS BUSINESS MEETING, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHEN THEY STAND OVER THERE, WHEN THEY TALKING, OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE THE ORDINANCE RIGHT NOW, LIKE ALL THE CITY HAS. SO WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THE ORDINANCE. SO WE HAVE, WE PASS. OKAY? WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE LIKE ALL THE CITY, THEY ALREADY PUT THE ORDINANCE. OKAY? WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO SWEAR. 'CAUSE THEY CAN CRITICIZE, THEY CAN SAY NO GOOD, THIS IS FINE. IT'S A FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DISCRIMINATE AND SCREAMING WITH ALL THAT KIND OF PROFAN. AND, UH, IT IS NOT REALLY, WE WON'T BE HERE. LISTEN TO ALL THAT KIND OF LANGUAGE, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN. AND, UH, PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET VERY OFFENDED. SO ANYWAY, UH, OKAY. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUT. YEAH. AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY THE LAST THING IS, UH, THE STEPS WE'RE TAKING HERE TODAY IS, IS JUST TO MAKE THE PUBLIC AWARE AND, AND ASSURE THEM THAT THEY COULD COME TO COUNCIL MEETINGS FEELING SAFE AND SECURED AND THAT THEY COULD PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMA, THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THOSE WHO DISCRIMINATE TO SAY PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND SHOULDN'T SERVE AN OFFICE. THOSE WHO SAY THAT PEOPLE WITH AUTISM SHOULDN'T SERVE AN OFFICE. THOSE WHO SAY THAT, UH, PROFANITY CONSTANTLY IN THIS CHAMBER, UH, WE ARE SETTING THE STANDARD THAT DISCRIMINATION, CIVIL RIGHT DISCRIMINATION, DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION SHOULD NOT BE ACCEPTED JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY HAS DONE. AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A STAND SEXIST. AND, AND, YES. OKAY. UH, MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD. JUST REGISTER MY RATIONALE FOR MY, MY NO VOTE. I REALLY [03:55:01] DO BELIEVE ALSO AS PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, WE NEED TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION. I REALIZE THAT THIS IS LOST IN THIS, ON THIS FRONT, BUT I WANTED TO EXPLAIN MY RATIONAL AS TO WHY THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HEAR THINGS THAT ARE UNPLEASANT, AND EVEN IF THEY DON'T SWEAR, BUT IT'S UNPLEASANT THAT WE, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IT FOR FIVE MINUTES. AND, AND, AND WE, WE SHOULD REALLY GIVE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY IN A SPIRIT OF HOW WE SHOULD STAY OPEN TO RESIDENTS TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY. THAT IS WHY I VOTED. NO, JUST WANTED TO REGISTER MY RATIONALE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. YEP. COUNCILMAN CANTO. WE RESPECT YOU ABOUT, UH, WE UNDERSTAND YOU, WHAT YOU BELIEVE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, ARE WE DONE WITH THIS MOTION? OKAY. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD. YEAH, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THE, THE STATEMENT I MADE WAS A REFERENCE TO THE RULES OF THE DECORUM. SO I, I WAS REFERENCING THE RULES OF THE DECORUM IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE MINUTE LIMITATION AS AS SOON SURE. THAT EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THIS ROOM IS PACKED AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXERCISE THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS, AND THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO HEAR IMPORTANT ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT, UH, LATE AND NIGHT TO SPEAK. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER CIERRE. I HAVE THE SAME FEELING AND THE SAME OKAY. RATIONALE REGARDING WHY WE DOING THIS. BECAUSE A LOT OF, UH, OKAY, SENIOR, THEY'RE WAITING, THEY'RE WAITING, AND AT THE END THEY GIVE UP. OKAY? BECAUSE THE, OKAY, PEOPLE OVER THERE IN THE FRONT TALKING FIVE MINUTES AND THIS AND THAT AND THE GRANDSTANDING A LOT OF ISSUE, NOT REALLY. SO WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE COME UP TO SPEAK. WE HAVE SO MANY TIME THAT PEOPLE GIVE UP AND I SAY, I REMEMBER, SAY YOU WANT TO SAY, OH, I CANNOT WAIT ALONE. I HAVE TO GO HOME. I PASS MY BEDTIME. SO, SO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW IT'S, WE ALREADY 11 O'CLOCK, WHICH THE YAP Y BUT TALKING, SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY DIFFICULT ONCE UPON TIME. OKAY? UH, PREVIOUS MAYOR, THEY WANT TO MOVE THE ORAL COMMUNICATION AT THE END. WE, WE, WE SAY NO, WE WANT TO MOVE THERE IN THE FRONT SO PEOPLE ALL CAN SPEAK TO US, NO MATTER IS GOOD AND BAD, BUT RESPECT IS, IS ONLY MINIMUM WE REQUEST AND THE TIMELY MATTERS. SO EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK. SO LET'S WHAT THE REASON IS WE, WE RATHER THEM, FOR FEW PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK FIVE MINUTES, BUT WE WANT MORE PEOPLE, OKAY? COME TO SPEAK TO US. AND THEY DON'T FEEL THREATENED. THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE, UH, DISRESPECT AND THEY'RE SCARED. I THINK THAT IS WHAT THIS'S TRYING TO DO. AND MORE PARTICIPATE RATHER THAN THE FEW PEOPLE ALWAYS OKAY, SAY THE SAME THING. SO ANYWAY, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, IT'S A STILL FREEDOM OF SPEECH. WE'RE STILL ALLOWED THEM TO SPEAK. OKAY? ANY OTHER THAN THAT? ANYBODY WANT TO ADD ON? NOPE. OKAY. SO WE MOVE ON TO THE, CAN WE MOVE ON? IS OKAY. SO WE CAN GO HOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. LET'S [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION] GO TO THE, OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN A COUNCIL MEMBER REQUEST. UH, OKAY. WE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A, A AB 1, 2, 3, 4. OKAY. BUT LET'S GO TO THE, UH, COUNCIL, UH, REQUEST. NO. OKAY. DON'T TELL ME YOU HAVE A 15. WE WANNA GO HOME, PLEASE. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? OKAY. YEAH. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT, UM, AND I THINK SHE'S ALREADY WORKING ON THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST, SAY OFFICIALLY THAT THE CITY MANAGER WORK ON, UH, LOOKING INTO HIRING A POTENTIAL, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT TO HELP DEVELOP THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND ALSO, UH, LOOK AT OTHER WAYS TO ASSIST, UH, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND PRESENT BACK TO THIS COUNCIL BY NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 18 CONSULT MEETING. UM, IS THAT MOTHER MAY I ALREADY INCLUDING OUR PREVIOUS OF OUR LOBBYIST THING? OH, IT'S SEPARATE. IS SEPARATE CITY MANAGER? YEAH. IS IS IT SEPARATE? SEPARATE. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER OPPOSITION? IF NOT, THEN WE APPROVE TO BRING IT BACK, UH, WITH THE PROPOSAL FOR THE, UH, WHAT IS THAT? EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, UH, CONSULTANT. OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. OKAY. I'M, I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT THE GRANT. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD ONE. OKAY. UH, NEXT ONE. NEXT ONE WILL BE, UM, UH, I, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO, UH, SUPERVISOR ALI'S OFFICE AND, UH, THEY SHARED THAT THEIR WILLINGNESS TO COME PRESENT ON MEASURE THE STATUS OF MEASURE A AND OTHER INFORMATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN OFFICIAL REQUEST TO INVITE SUPERVISOR ALI'S OFFICE TO PRESENT ON MEASURE A, UH, BY, UM, PROBABLY IN FEBRUARY, BY THE SECOND MEETING OF FEBRUARY, IF THEY'RE ABLE TO COME THAT DAY. . ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? OKAY. NOT, OKAY. NEXT, PLEASE. UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE, UM, AND THE CITY MANAGER. WOULD YOU PLEASE WRITE IT DOWN HIS REQUEST? I AM DOING THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, NEXT ONE PLEASE. SHE'S TYPING IT NOW, BUT, UM, LET'S SEE. UM, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE, UM, FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK AT WAYS, UH, UH, AND FINDING RESOURCES TO INCREASE, UM, AVENUES [04:00:01] TO INCREASE THE SERVICES FOR ADA LA I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING IT RIGHT. ADA LA, ADA, ADA ADA SERVICES, UH, TO ASSIST THE HOPE TEAM. ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? I THINK THAT INCLUDING OUR POLICE CHIEF REPRESENTATION. OKAY. APPROVED. NEXT. OKAY, NEXT ONE. UM, DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO APPLY FOR THE NATIONAL EXERCISE SUPPORT GRANT REQUEST FORM. THE DEADLINE IS MARCH 3RD TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION. PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM BY NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 17TH, 2025. SO THE COUNCIL ALSO HAS A CHANCE TO REVIEW. OKAY. WHAT GRANT IS THAT? UH, I'LL, I'LL EX. YEAH. SO, UH, THIS IS A GRANT OPPORTUNITY, UH, DO VARIOUS, UH, DO VARIOUS, UH, FEDERAL AGENCY FOR, UM, THE CITY TO APPLY TO HAVE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SERVICES TRAINED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT, POLICE AND STAFF ON VARIOUS PROGRAMS. GOT, UH, AT, AT THE GOVERNMENT'S EXPENSE, CITY MANAGER. UG. GOT, RIGHT? MM-HMM . ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? NOPE. OKAY. APPROVED. NEXT. THE NEXT ONE WILL BE TO CHANGE THE, THE CITY. UH, I BELIEVE IT'S A CODE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, TO CHANGE THE CITY CODE TO ALLOW FOR RED MARKINGS, UH, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS FOR RED MARKINGS TO BE PUT AT FIRE HYDRANTS BY NO LATER END OF MARCH 4TH MEETING. UH, YOU WANT TO PAINT THE FIRE HYDRANT RED? UH, NO. SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE, SOME PARTS OF THE CITY HAVE ISSUES OR CARS PARKING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT. OH. AND THERE'S BEEN MANY TIMES I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE RESIDENTS WOULD LOVE TO BE RED. YOU GET BY RECORD, RECORD CURB RED. YEAH. AND RIGHT NOW OUR CODE DOES NOT ALLOW IT. SO I WOULD LIKE THAT TO BE CHANGED. UH, NO, I THINK OUR CODE ALLOWED, NO, THEY DON'T ALLOW, ABSOLUTELY. YOU WOULD GET A TICKET. NO, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PAINT IN RED. WE'RE NOT PAYING, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PAINT IN RED, UH, CITY MAN, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY MANAGER, UH, ME AND PAULINA LOOKED AT, LOOKED INTO IT EARLIER WITH, UH, JOANNE AND GOT IT. OKAY. AND, UH, I AGREE. I THINK THE PEOPLE SHOULDN'T ESPECIALLY FIRE SEASON RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND SO YOUR MOTHER, MAY I SAY WE CAN PAINT THE CURVE? YEAH. RED SO PEOPLE DON'T PARK RIGHT THERE? YES. OKAY. UH, UH OKAY. I DON'T THINK ANYBODY AGAINST THAT. OKAY. UH, APPROVED RIGHT ON MARCH 4TH MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. THERE SHOULDN'T TOO DIFFICULT. YEAH. AND THEN, UH, NEXT ONE WILL BE, UM, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE, UH, A PRESENTATION OF THE CURRENT CITY'S EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN TO BE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AT A COUNCIL MEETING, UM, UH, IF POSSIBLE BY THE FEBRUARY 18TH COUNCIL MEETING. DO WE HAVE THE PLAN? I THINK WE HAVE PLAN, INCLUDING THE DR. BEZO, THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY PLAN. YEAH, THEY ALREADY DO. I I, I REMEMBER THEY WORK ON THAT WITH THE POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF TO PUT A CITY EMERGENCY PLAN, RIGHT? THEY DID. YES, THEY DID. RIGHT. SO I REMEMBER, SO YEAH, LET'S HAVE, THEN WE, OKAY. PRESENT TO US, UH, APPROVE. NEXT ONE, NUMBER, THE LAST ONE AS AND FINAL. FINALLY, THANK YOU. UH, IS TO ESTABLISH A VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. AND THIS IS A COMMITTEE, NOT A COMMISSION. SO IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT, UH, REGULATIONS INVOLVED. SO IT'S TO ESTABLISH A VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPOINT ONE COMMITTEE MEMBER EACH, AND THIS IS, UH, JUST A, UH, ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO THERE'LL BE AT THE CITY MANAGER'S DISCRETION WHEN THEY MEET. UH, IT'LL BE TO GET INPUT FROM OUR VETERANS, UH, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND SEE OF WAYS THAT WE COULD, UH, WORK TOGETHER ON, ON VETERANS EVENTS. I, I HAVE, UH, OKAY. QUESTION. DOES THAT BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMITTEE? IN FACT, AND I REMEMBER THEY, THEY INCLUDING THAT. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A TELL. WE HAVE A 10 PERSON IN THAT COMMITTEE. COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE IS SENIOR SERVICES THROUGH, I'LL LET ROXANNE YEAH. THROUGH THE CHAIR OF MA. UM, THE COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION HAS 10, HAS A TOTAL OF 10 WITH EACH COUNCIL MEMBER POINTING TO SO YOU'RE LOOKING TO ADD A SEPARATE COMMITTEE? NO. UH, MY POINT IS VETERANS, I'M ASKING YOU. HE'S ASKING FOR ANOTHER SEPARATE COMMITTEE. I'M ASKING, WE ALREADY HAVE A COMMITTEE SERVICE. CAN WE, RATHER THAN PUT ANOTHER COMMITTEE, CAN WE JUST HAVE A OKAY. AND, UH, SERVE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMITTEE TO SET UP ANOTHER VETERAN SERVICE. WE COULD LOOK, WE COULD REVISIT THEIR PER, NO, IT'S 21, BUT I'M JUST LIKE, THIS IS, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AT THE, IT'S AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. WE CAN REVISIT, UM, THEIR SCOPE. SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY OF, UH, THE COMMITTEE AND, UH, AND THEN DON'T EVEN DO ANYTHING. SO IF WE ALREADY HAVE A COMMITTEE, SO ANYWAY, GO AHEAD. YEAH. [04:05:01] YEAH. I, SO I, I ALSO SPOKE TO A LOT OF OUR VETERANS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I GOT THEIR INPUT AND THEY WILL PREFER, UH, SO, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND CITY SERVICES IS A COMMISSION AND HAS REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS TO FOLLOW. THIS WILL ONLY BE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO IT'S ONLY, UH, UH, BRINGING FIVE PEOPLE TOGETHER TO WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE THE CITY MANAGER, UH, ADVICE. HAVE ANYBODY, ANY ISSUE WITH JORGE'S SUGGESTION TO BRING BACK, UH, SET UP A VETERAN COMMITTEE, INDEPENDENT ONE, RATHER THAN GO WITH UH, COM COMMUNITY SERVICE. ANYBODY HAVE ANY ISSUE? YOU HAVE NO ISSUE. HOW ABOUT YOU? UH, BRIAN? UH, NOT BRIAN. OKAY. SORRY. IT LOOKED SIMILAR NOW AFTER 11 O'CLOCK, I CANNOT SEE THROUGH ANYTHING. OKAY. COUNCILMAN ALI CAN TELL? NO, NO. EVERYBODY OKAY? OKAY, FINE. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD. DONE. OKAY. YOU HAPPY NOW? YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. UM, THE VETERANS ARE HAPPY IN OUR COMMUNITY. . OKAY. SO NOT YET. THEY HAVE TO BRING BACK TO US. YEAH, THEY BRING IT BACK. YEAH. WE HAVE TO VOTE ON LAND. OKAY. WE JUST ABOUT MAY I, OKAY. AND, UH, OTHER, ANY CITY COUNCIL? YEAH. ONLY MR. MAYOR. I ONLY HAVE 12. JUST KIDDING. , I DON'T MIND. I GO WITH JUST GO MIDNIGHT WITH YOU. I DON'T, I, I, I PACE, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT I, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS SHOULD GO THROUGH COUNCIL, BUT I'M GONNA ASK OPENLY HERE, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, THERE, THERE ARE, THERE'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S WORKING TO SUPPORT FOSTER KIDS AND WANTED TO DO AN EVENT. SO DOES THAT REQUIRE CITY COUNCIL, UH, APPROVAL OR INSTRUCTION, OR DO I WORK THROUGH YOU DIRECTLY? I'M JUST ASKING PROCESS-WISE IF I NEED TO RUN IT THROUGH HERE OR, UM, IF THEY'RE A NONPROFIT THAT WANNA PARTNER WITH THE CITY, WE CAN HELP PARTNER WITH THEM IN HOSTING AN EVENT. OKAY, GREAT. THEN I WON'T, THEN I WON'T BRING THAT UP. THEN HERE, THEN I HAVE A SUGGESTION. YOU CAN BRING THEM TO OUR CITY STAFF, FOR EXAMPLE, AS SUSIE, OR THEY CAN INTRODUCE, OR MAYBE EVEN ROXANNE. OKAY. SEE WHAT THEY NEED, WHAT KIND OF EVENT THEY WANT TO DO. OKAY. I, I THINK THAT'LL BE EASIER TO TALK TO THE STAFF. SEE, WE CAN PULL IT TOGETHER. OKAY, GREAT. THEN. AND WHAT'S NEXT? THAT'S IT. THERE WERE TWO OF THOSE THAT, THAT WERE LIKE THAT, BUT I'LL JUST OH, NO PROBLEM. NO PROBLEM. OKAY. WE HERE TRY TO GET EVERYTHING DONE. OKAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I RECEIVED A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLAINT. UM, I GUESS RIGHT NOW WE ARE, UH, RESURFACING A LOT OF OUR STREETS, AND SO THEY'RE NOT REPLACING THE BLUE, UH, REFLECTORS TO INDICATE WHERE THE FIRE HYDRANTS ARE AT. SO IF WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE GETTING PLACED BACK AFTER THEY DO THOSE RE SLURRING. I DON'T THINK THIS MOTHER, THIS IS JUST A REQUEST, RIGHT? YEAH. SO, YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. DONE. WHAT'S NEXT? NO, NO, THAT'S A GOOD ONE BECAUSE FIRE, FIRE, FIRE HYGIENE IS IMPORTANT. OKAY. AND, UH, ANY, ANYBODY, OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO DO HAVE MY, I HAVE A 10. I'M KIDDING. I DON'T HAVE A 10. YOU HAVE FORM WITHOUT I NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. OKAY. AND, AND REALLY QUICK. OKAY. I REALLY QUICK. I, I THINKS THE FIRST THING IS I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY EVERY TIME I SEE ALL THE PICTURES OKAY. ON THE SCREEN, I SAY SO PRETTY BECAUSE IN THE BAG IS THE, IS THE CAPITAL NICE. THAT, THAT IS THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, THE DRAPERY AND THE, UH, A GIFT FOR OUR, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN. AND YOU ARE JUST SITTING IN THE FRONT. SO WHAT PETER TOOK TO YOU. SO IT'S A HINT POSSIBLE YOU WILL BE THE CONGRESSMAN IN THE FUTURE. WE NEED YOU WITH A GOOD SPEAKER. BUT, BUT HERE, I WANT TO HAVE THE MOTHER, MAY I TO, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT IT IN THE CLOSE ACTION. AND, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD SUGGESTION, OKAY. IS INVITE GRACE . OKAY. OUR COUNCIL, UH, CONGRESSWOMAN TO OKAY. COME TO VISIT US. AND, UH, SINCE SHE PROVIDE A $7 MILLION OF A GRANT FOR OUR, FOR US TO FIX THE SUICIDE AVENUE, SHE DID IT. SHE DIDN'T DISAPPOINT US. SHE DIDN'T JUST SAY IT. SHE DID IT. I THINK WE CONFIRMED WE GOT A $7 MILLION. OKAY. AND THE OTHER CITY MAY BE JEALOUS ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO, BUT WE SHOULD SAY ANYTHING. BUT WE GOT A, UH, FROM THE CONGRESSWOMAN WITH HELP. I THINK WE SHOULD AND MAY MAYBE. I THINK YOUR SUGGESTION IS GET THE KEY OF THE CITY AND INVITE HER TO COME OVER HERE. SO WE WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO HER. IS ANYBODY EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? YEAH, I THINK IT, IT IS A, IT IS A GOOD THING. AND, UH, OKAY, SO WE DONE, OKAY. SO WE, LET'S INVITE HER ASAP, BECAUSE, OKAY. I KNOW SHE'S KIND OF FRAGILE AND WE WANT TO CHEER HER UP AND WE WANNA SAY, NOBODY FORGET YOU. WE LOVE YOU. YOU REALLY HAVE WITH COVINA, BIG TIME. AND SECOND THING, AND I THINK WE HEARD ABOUT, UH, OKAY. CHIEF COTINA TALK ABOUT, OKAY, WE NEED MORE STAFF. OKAY. REGARDING THE HOMELESS, UH, HO AND THEN WE HEARD ABOUT WE NEED MORE TRAFFIC. OKAY. POLICE OFFICER. SO I WANT TO HAVE A MOTHER, MAY I TO HAVE, UH, $1.5 MILLION TO, TO FIND THE MONEY. OKAY. AND TO HIRE 10, UH, POLICE OFFICER AT LEVEL ONE, MEANING [04:10:01] THEY GOT JUST GET OUR ACADEMIES BECAUSE THEY ARE MUCH OKAY. AFFORDABLE FOR THE CITY. SO THIS IS, UH, SO RIGHT AWAY WHAT WE PROMISE HIM TO SUPPORT HIM, RIGHT NOW, WE DELIVER OUR PROMISE TO FIND FUNDING TO HAVE ADDITIONAL 10 LEVEL ONE, UH, POLICE OFFICER. SO THIS IS MY MOTHER, MAYOR. ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE GOT 10 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER. OKAY. UH, GO AHEAD. AND, UM, AND YEAH. AND AGAIN, UH, YEAH, I, UH, I'LL JUST ADD TO, UM, THE, I MEAN FOR, FOR, I KNOW, UH, THIS COUNCIL WORKED VERY HARD WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN, UH, TO SECURE THE $7 MILLION FOR THE SUSE AVENUE CORRIDOR, UH, SECRETIZATION AND HANDICAP IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. UM, THAT WILL BE REGULATED DUE TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND, UH, I WILL ALSO LIKE, UM, UH, TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY STAFF LOOK INTO RENAMING ONE OF THE STREETS OFF OF SUSE AVENUE AFTER GRACE, THE ANO. I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA. UH, I THINK IT'S OKAY FOR HIM TO PICK UP THE PHONE ALL THE TIME AND NEVER HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND ALWAYS TRY TO HELP US. I WORK WITH HER, UH, DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN I WAS MAYOR. I CALL HER ABOUT, WE DON'T GET NOTHING. SHE'S STEPPING RIGHT AWAY TO HELP WITH THE CDBG FUND, SO WE CAN HAVE A OKAY. A TEST CENTER. SHE IS A GREAT LADY. AND, UH, I THINK WEST COVINA REALLY IN DEPTH AND LOVE HER. AND WE WANNA SHOW HER. YEAH, WE WANT TO DO THAT. WE CAN PUT A PLAQUE OR SOMETHING, UH, FOR OUR POLITAN. OKAY. UH, STREET AVENUE. SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. UH, UH, ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? OH, GOOD. YEAH. WE ALL COME VIA TOGETHER. VERY, VERY NICE. YEAH. AND I'LL SAY, I KNOW YOU WORK VERY HARD, MAYOR ON THE SUSE AVENUE SYNCHRONIZATION AND ON TOP OF THAT, AND INCLUDES A HANDICAP IMPROVEMENT, UH, WITH ALL THROUGHOUT, UH, SUSE AVENUE FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. SO, UH, I THINK, UH, FOR THE, WHAT THE CONGRESSMAN SECURED FOR THE CITY AND, AND FOR THE PEOPLE, UH, WITH DISABILITIES OR WHO ARE HANDICAPPED, UH, YES, CONGRESSWOMAN, UH, YOU, YOU ARE A HERO TO THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND FOR STANDING UP FOR THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU. AND THAT BE BESIDE ALL THIS GOOD STUFF. WE NEED TO GET THE LIGHT. OKAY. COMPLETE. OKAY. THE LIGHT STILL INCOMPLETE, PLEASE. HOW SOON WE CAN GET THE LIGHT COMPLETE TOMORROW. OKAY. ANYWAY. AND, UH, DO I HAVE A, A MOTION TO A AGENDA MEETING? ANYBODY WANNA DO? I WAS GONNA SAY MOTION TO ADJOURN. OKAY. ANY, I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. MEDIA. JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYBODY. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. OH. * 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.