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GOOD EVENING.[CALL TO ORDER]
WELCOME TO OUR MARCH 4TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW IS 7 0 1, AND MEETING IS NOW IN SECTION.AND ANY PERSON WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY MATTER BASED ON THE AGENDA, EXCEPT, EXCEPT ANY MATTER EXCEPT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING OR ANY OTHER MATTER WITHIN THE COUNCIL JURISDICTION DURING ORAL COMMUNICATION.
MUST COMPLETE THE SPEAKER CALL.
TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT TO THE CAR, TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENTS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION, THE SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, PLEASE PROVIDE THE, THE SPEAKER CALL ON THE BEFORE THE ORAL COMMUNICATION.
AND TONIGHT, INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FOR AMAZING LOVE MINISTRY.
AND I WILL LEAD US TO THE PLEASURE OF ALL RELIGION.
ANY FATHER, AS ALWAYS, AS WE GATHER HERE, WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS AND THE BLESSINGS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR COUNTRY.
WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF THE SONG OF ALL AMERICA, AMERICA, GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE.
AND YOU HAVE FATHER, EVERY BLESSING THAT WE ENJOY, EVERY FREEDOM IS BECAUSE OF YOU.
HELP US TO BE A GRATEFUL COMMUNITY, A GRATEFUL CITY, A GRATEFUL STATE, AND A GRATEFUL NATION IN HEAVENLY FATHER.
WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF ALL, FROM THE WORDS OF THE PSALMIST.
I WILL LIFT UP MY EYES UNTO THE HILLS.
MY HELP COMES FROM THE LORD WHO MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH.
HE WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR FOOT TO BE MOVED.
HE KEEP AS YOU WILL, NEITHER SLUMBER NOR SLEEP.
HEAVENLY FATHER, KEEP OUR CITY, KEEP IT SAFE.
KEEP OUR CHILDREN HEAVENLY FATHER, AND KEEP OUR SCHOOLS SAFE HAVEN.
KEEP OUR TEACHERS, KEEP AND PROTECT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
FATHER, BE THE KEEPER OF OUR STREETS.
FATHER, THAT PEACE AND HARMONY PREVAILED IN OUR STREETS AND KEEP OUR BUSINESSES PROSPERING.
THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WITH COVINA.
THE LORD SHED HIS GRACE UPON YOU.
THE LORD LIFT UP HIS CONTINENCE UPON YOU AND GRANT YOU HISTORY ALONE.
PEACE, NOTHING MISSING, NOTHING BROKEN.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS OUR GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
PLEASE PULL YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART TO FACE THE FLAG.
I PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG AND THE UNITED STATES AMERICA NATION.
ON HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE CALL PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
MAYOR WU HERE, THE CITY ATTORNEY.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? REPORT FROM THE CLOSE.
[PRESENTATIONS]
TO OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.SO ONE IS THE PROCLAMATION PROMOTING NUTRITION.
ANOTHER ONE I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IF WE DON'T OWN IT, WE'LL BE IN TROUBLE, ESPECIALLY THE GENTLEMAN AND WE ARE GOING TO OWN, OKAY.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, THE OWNER, THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S MONTH.
AND LET'S HAVE, UH, MICHELLE FINN TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
SUPPOSEDLY, I HAVE TO READ THIS LONG PARAGRAPH FOR YOU, BUT C COULD SAY, I BETTER TO BE QUIET BECAUSE THE NUTRITION, THE SPECIALIST, WANT TO PRESENT IT TO YOU GUY, HOW TO EAT PROPERLY.
SO I THINK YOU CAN DO MUCH BETTER JOB THAN ME.
I AM A NUTRITION STUDENT AT CAL POLY POMONA.
SO MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN FOOD CONNECTS US 2025 NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH.
WE BELIEVE WE ARE CONNECTED TO FOOD AND CAN CONNECT FURTHER BY LEARNING TO COOK FOOD, PREPARATION AND MEAL PLANNING.
ALSO BY EXPLORING WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT COMMUNITY RESOURCES SUCH AS SNAP, WHICH IS KNOWN AS CALFRESH IN CALIFORNIA, WIC AND LOCAL FOOD BANKS.
ADDITIONALLY, FOOD CONNECTS US TO HEALTH.
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INCLUDE CONSUMING FRESH FOODS LIKE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, WHOLE GRAINS, LEAN PROTEIN FOODS, AND LIMITING ADDED SUGAR, FAT, AND SODIUM.FOR THOSE INTERESTED, THEY CONNECT WITH A NUTRITION EXPERT BY ASKING THEIR PRIMARY DOCTOR FOR A REFERRAL TO A REGISTERED DIETICIAN.
OR USE THE FIND AN EXPERT TOOL@EATRIGHT.ORG.
MARCH 10TH IS NATIONAL REGISTERED DIETICIAN DAY FOOD ALSO CONNECTS US TO OUR CULTURE.
WE CAN EXPERIMENT WITH RECIPES OR COOKING TECHNIQUES FROM DIFFERENT CULTURES.
INCLUDE YOUR OWN FAVORITE CULTURE OF FOODS OR TRY NEW GLOBAL FLAVORS.
AND RESEARCH SHOWS THAT ENJOYING FAMILY MEALS WHEN POSSIBLE IMPROVES OUR HEALTH OUTCOMES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO OUR CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE MAYOR, MR. TONY WU FOR RECOGNIZING NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH IN 2025.
WE BELIEVE THAT BRINGING ATTENTION TO NUTRITION EDUCATION AND RESOURCES CAN BE A GATEWAY TO HEALTH IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.
IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS OR CARES TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, I HAVE ACCESS TO PDF FILES ON NUTRITION TIPS ON SEVERAL COOKING TOPICS, INCLUDING EATING ON A BUDGET, EATING ON THE RUN, MEALS FOR OLDER ADULTS, SMART SNACKING AMONG OTHERS.
AND THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE IN ENGLISH, SPANISH, ARABIC, TAGALOG, CAMBODIAN, AND VIETNAMESE.
ANY AUDIENCE HAVE A QUESTION? HOW TO EAT WITH THE NUTRITION AND OF TASTY TOO? I DON'T.
I, I UNDERSTAND NUTRITION IS IMPORTANT, BUT I LIKE JUICY STEAK AND I LIKE MEAT.
IT'S THAT, HOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WAY TO HELP PEOPLE CHANGE THE DIET AND THE MORE IN TWO HEALTHY DIET, OR I THINK I READ THIS THING LIKE HOW TO HELP EACH OTHER, THE FOOD CONNECT US, HOW WE OKAY.
MAKE FOOD THAT WHEN WE PREPARE FOOD TOGETHER AND TO MAKE DIFFERENT KIND OF FOOD.
I THINK THIS IS VERY ENJOYABLE WHEN I HAVE MY WIFE TOGETHER WITH DOING SOMETHING AND COOK FOR THE KID WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE, BUT THEY, THEY GROWN BIG.
SO, BUT SO HOW DO YOU THINK, WHAT SHOULD WE DO TO CHANGE THE HABIT OKAY.
AND CUT DOWN THE FAST FOOD AND MORE, GO INTO MORE OF A HEALTHY FOOD.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE APPROACH IS MORE ABOUT A BALANCED DIET.
I MEAN, WE HAVE TO BE REALISTIC TOO, WHEN TRYING TO COME UP WITH OUR MEALS.
SO AS LONG AS YOU EAT IN MODERATION, I THINK THAT IS KEY.
I I THINK THIS IS A, A GOOD, OKAY.
AND, UH, SO CAL POLY STUDENT, RIGHT? SO, UH, ANY SUGGESTION? MAYBE YOU CAN COOK FOR US OR SOMETHING SO WE CAN, OKAY.
MAYBE WE CAN HAVE, UH, SOME OF, UH, OKAY.
HEALTHY, EAT HEALTHY AND CONNECT PEOPLE TOGETHER.
DO YOU HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, INVITATION WE CAN INVITE WEST COVIN A RESIDENT TO ATTEND YOUR CLASS? UM, I COULD, PERSONALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY LIKE, UH, DEMONSTRATION FOR KING CLASSES AT CAL POLY POMONA, BUT
SO
SO YOU HAVE TO PREPARE YOURSELF.
LIKE, ONCE UPON TIME, I WAS LIKE, YOU, BUT LOOK AT, I'M STANDING OVER HERE.
TRY TO HOST A MEETING, PRETEND I KNOW EVERYTHING.
BUT, BUT THE POINT IS, I THINK IMPORTANT.
I THINK IT'S VERY OKAY, HEALTHY FOR YOU TO SHOW UP TODAY TO TELL PEOPLE TO EAT HEALTHY AND PREPARE THE FEEL, CONNECT WITH A FEW, AND, AND I THINK TO MAKE FEEL.
AND THAT WITH A FAMILY IS EXTREMELY ENJOYABLE.
I THINK IT'S A FAMILY TRADITION.
REMEMBER, WE COOK TURKEY TOGETHER, FAMILY TOGETHER IS ALL ABOUT OKAY.
AND PLUS IT'S EXTREMELY A FAMILY GATHERING.
I THINK THIS IS, AND HOW TO PUT THE FOOD MORE HEALTHIER.
AND THE MORE VEGETABLE, UH, LESS STEAK.
LIKE WHAT I'M EATING ALL THE TIME.
OKAY? SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR US.
SO HERE, WEST COVINA PROCLAMATION, NATIONAL NUTRITION MONTH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP.
SHARE WITH US AND WITH ALL THE CITY COUNCIL TO EAT HEALTHY.
UH, NEXT ONE, WOMEN HISTORY MONTH.
OKAY, TRACE THE RULES TO THE MARCH 8TH, 1857.
BUT FIRST THING, I WANT TO INVITE OUR WEST COVINA FIREFIGHTER, BRIANNA FADO.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WEST COVINA, SAME THING.
NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER OF, UH, CT.
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THE OTHER DEPARTMENT, WE WILL COME FEMALE.OKAY? AND, UH, TO JOIN, TO DO ANY KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
AND THE TASK, BECAUSE, OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO, OKAY.
AND, UH, BASICALLY DEVELOP, DEVELOP THEIR UNLIMITED TALENT.
AND ESPECIALLY, I THINK YOU DREAM ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTER, AND NOW YOU ARE THE FIREFIGHTER.
AND WE WELCOME YOU WELL, FOR A LONG TIME, WEST DOESN'T HAVE A FEMALE FIREFIGHTER.
THIS COUPLE, YOU FINALLY, RIGHT, WE HAVE, WE HAVE YOU, WE WELCOME YOU.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE CITY COUNCIL LEADER.
WE LOOK AT, WE HAVE TWO FEMALES, A LEADER.
MY WIFE'S MY BOSS, OKAY? OKAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER.
OKAY? IT'S A, IT IS A FEMALE TOO.
OUR CITY STAFF, THEY'RE FEMALE.
THEY CONTROL THE CITY, RUN THE CITY.
SO, SO FOR YOU, I DON'T WANNA READ THIS THING, OKAY? I, I THINK MORE IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOU TO SHARE WITH US WHAT, OKAY.
UH, WOMEN'S MONTH, UH, MEANING TO YOU.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I LOVE WORKING FOR THIS CITY BECAUSE THEY TREAT ME AS ONE OF THE BOYS.
SO IT REALLY DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH MALE, FEMALE, JUST A FIREFIGHTER.
IT IS A MALE OR FEMALE, BUT TOO BAD THIS MONTH IS A FEMALE, OKAY? WOMEN'S MONTH.
SO WE NEED TO SEVEN A, OKAY? OTHERWISE, I CANNOT GO HOME.
MY WIFE WILL LET ME SLEEP IN THE GARAGE.
OKAY? I, I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO BASICALLY TO RECOGNIZE, OKAY? BECAUSE ONCE UPON A TIME, OKAY, NOT ONLY THE MINORITY AND THE FEMALE CANNOT VOTE, OKAY? AND NOW FINALLY, UH, THEY CAN, AND THEN THEY GRADUALLY, EVERYBODY SHOULD GO TO THEIR ABILITY RATHER THAN THEIR SEX RACE GROUP.
SO EVERYBODY CREATE EQUAL, AND ESPECIALLY FEMALE.
RIGHT? NOW, IT CAN BE A LEADER CAN BE OWNED, THE COMPANY CAN BE A LEADER.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT, BUT THIS COUNTRY, OKAY, WALK FOR A LONG WAY, BECOME TODAY, OKAY? BUT WITHOUT OUR PREDECESSOR TO FIGHT, OKAY? I CANNOT STAND OVER HERE.
BUT BECAUSE ALL THESE CIVIL, RIGHT, THIS AND THAT.
BUT MORE IMPORTANT THING IS ABOUT THE WOMEN'S MOUTHS THAT WE APPRECIATE.
NOT ONLY THEY SACRIFICE TO RAISE THE FAMILY KID, OKAY? AT THE SAME TIME, THEY BECOME A BRAVE MAKER.
OKAY? AND NOW, TODAY, THERE ARE A LOT OF LEADER AND WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THEIR EFFORT AND CONTRIBUTION.
SO YOU WANNA SAY MORE? ARE YOU HAPPY ENOUGH? ARE YOU SURE? YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SENTENCE? I SAID THE ENTIRE PARAGRAPH.
SO ANYWAY, PROCLAMATION, I WANT YOU TO REPRESENT, OKAY? VERY IMPORTANT GROUP OF OUR CT, 50% POPULATION.
THE WOMEN LED WITH, UH, MONTHS SPEAKING TO 2012 MONTHS.
EVERY EVERY DAY IS A WOMEN'S DAY, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.
THAT'S OUR MOM, OKAY? THE FAMILY IS ALL ANCHOR BECAUSE THE WOMEN'S POWER.
AFTER PRESENTATION, OKAY, WE HAVE ORAL COMMUNICATION, OKAY? AND, UH, NOPE.
SINCE CITY CLERK, OKAY? AND BASICALLY
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.AND IF WE HAVE, UH, HOW MANY SPEAKER, BUT LET ME READ THIS PARAGRAPH SO WE UNDERSTAND.
OKAY? WE HAVE A MUTUAL RESPECT IF YOU WANT TO SPEAK ADDRESS TO COUNCIL.
THE COMMENT ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, OKAY? OR THE CITY COUNCIL MAJORITY REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM.
MEMBER OF PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR LATE IS THE DISRUPTIVE TO THE ELDERLY COUNTER OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEAKING OFF TOPIC, SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKER.
ALLOW TIME LIMIT MAKING SLANDEROUS OR PROFOUND REMARK, OR USING LAO THREATENED AND ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPT DISTURB, PLETE, OR RENDER INVISIBLE
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THE ELDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING.MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN ANY PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN MANNER THAT MAY REASONABLY BE INTERPRETED AS AN INTIMATE THREAT OF PHYSICAL HARM.
SO BASICALLY, WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINE UP IN THE CENTER ROW.
THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOU NAME IS CALLED.
SO ANYWAY, WE JUST WANT HAVE A MUTUAL RESPECT, PLEASE.
OKAY? YOU ARE, YOU CAN CRITICIZE, YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT, BUT PLEASE HAVE A MUTUAL RESPECT, OKAY? AND TO THE CITY AND TO THE PUBLIC, TO EVERYBODY.
SO, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TODAY? OKAY, GO AHEAD AND HAVE A FIRST SPEAKER.
WE HAVE 12 SPEAKERS NEAR OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS R ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY JAMIE, FOLLOWED BY CLEMENTS.
UH, YOU GUYS LOOK A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS TONIGHT, BUT, BUT, UH, I THINK I'M OKAY.
OKAY? UH, I CAN ASSURE YOU, I DON'T BELIEVE OUR, OUR STREET STREET SWEEP BEING PROGRAMMED THE WAY IT WAS, WAS JUST FINE.
I DON'T THINK WEST COVINA IS IN VIOLATION OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
UH, RECENTLY, UH, THE SECOND CITY PACIFIC PALISADES IS BURNED DOWN.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO MANAGE THEIR FORCE IN WOODLANDS.
CITIES ARE BURNING DOWN IN CALIFORNIA.
I THINK THIS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA MAY BE IN VIOLATION OF QUA NOT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UH, YOU SHOULD JOIN WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES AND STRAIGHTEN THAT OUT.
UH, I DON'T WANT A STREET SWEEPING SIGN IN MY YARD, JUST LIKE THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA.
THEY DON'T WANT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR STREET SWEEPING SIGNS.
AND WE'RE NOT IN VIOLATION OF SEQUENCE.
AND I DON'T THINK YOU GUYS CAN AFFORD IN THE BUDGET TO PUT STREET SWEEPING SIGNS, WALL TO WALL ALL OVER.
I MEAN, OUR TAX DOLLARS SHOULD GO FOR THINGS THAT ARE MORE NE NEEDED THAN STREET SWEEPING SIGNS.
UH, UM, SO I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A, UH, UH, A PHONE NUMBER FOR A LAW FIRM, RAMEY THOMAS AND MOOSE.
UH, UH, THEY'RE AT 4 55 CAPITAL MALL IN SACRAMENTO, SUITE TWO 10.
THE PHONE NUMBER IS (916) 443-2745.
OUR, OUR STREET SUITE, THEY'RE, THEY CAN ASSURE YOU, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE A SE QA LAW FIRM, A GOOD ONE IN SACRAMENTO.
AND THEY CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY SE A STANDARDS.
MAYBE THE CAL STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS.
BUT THAT'S THEIR PROBLEM, NOT OUR PROBLEM.
AND OUR STREET STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM WAS FINE THE WAY IT WAS.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
UH, I HOPE, UH, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT BEFORE WE SPEND TOO MUCH MONEY.
I MEAN, WHEN IT WAS FIRST MENTIONED, I FIGURED THAT YOU GUYS WOULD FIGURE IT OUT, BUT APPARENTLY YOU HAVEN'T FIGURED IT OUT YET.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA, WHEN YOU GET A DICK TOT FROM SACRAMENTO, UH, ONE GOOD THING, UH, MIGHT BE TO JUST IGNORE IT.
I MEAN, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING EITHER S SO, UH, I JUST WANNA STOP TALKING BEFORE I GET OFFENSIVE.
APPRECIATE, I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
I, UH, AM PROUD TO SAY I WAS BORN, RAISED IN A SPARTAN CLASS OF 76 RESIDENT.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF LERS AND MYSELF.
WE'RE ASKING FOR OUR FINE CITY TO PROVIDE A RESIDENCE WITH PERMANENT DESIGNATED WELL LIT OUTDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS.
AS YOU MAY KNOW, PICKLEBALL IS THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA.
IT IS RECOGNIZED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND THERE ARE NOW TOURNAMENTS FOR MONEY AND EQUIVALENT TO USTA COMPETITIONS WITH RANKINGS AND SKILL LEVELS THAT ARE SIMILAR.
PICKLEBALL IS A GREAT SPORT, YOUNG AND OLD.
I'M HAPPY TO SAY I'M A PART OF SEPTEMBER, 2022 INAUGURATION AND FIRST GROUP PICKLES AT CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER, HELPING INTRODUCE ANYONE INTERESTED
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AT BOTH OF THE OPEN HOUSES, THE SPORT, ITS POPULARITY GROWTH OVER THE COUNTRY IS GETTING ATTENTION FROM CITY LEADERS WHO ARE ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF PICKLEBALL FACILITIES IN THEIR COMMUNITIES TO THE DEVELOPMENT FROM THE GROUND UP.NEW SITES SUCH AS, UH, HOLLENBECK PARK, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, AND COVINA, AND OTHER DEMANDS CAN BE MET, BE MET BY, UH, CONVERTING TENNIS COURTS.
WE WILL MAKE FOUR PICKLEBALL COURTS, WALNUT, GLENDORA, DOHERTY, AZUSA, AND OTHER ADJACENT CITIES HAVE DONE SO.
TYPICALLY, IF THERE'S ADEQUATE ROOM, EVEN BASKETBALL COURTS JUST NEEDS TO BE CONCRETE,
BY ESTABLISHING DEDICATED COURTS, WE CAN PROVIDE A SAFE, ENJOYABLE SPACE FOR PLAYERS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS FAST, EXCITING, GROWING SPORT.
NOT ONLY WILL THIS HELP MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS FOR PICKLEBALL IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT PROMOTES GOOD HEALTH, MENTAL HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FOR GENERATIONS AND BACKGROUNDS, ALL GENERATIONS, MAKING NEW FRIENDS IS THE BEST PART.
I CAME BACK HERE FROM HUNTINGTON AFTER 40 YEARS PLAYING TENNIS.
AND WHEN I CAME BACK HERE AT COVID, THERE WAS NOTHING TO DO PHYSICALLY.
ADDITIONALLY, HAVING DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURTS CAN BRING ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, MANY LOCAL PICKS TRAVEL TO OTHER CITIES TO PLAY DEDICATED COURTS.
BY ESTABLISHING OUR OWN FACILITY, WE CAN ATTRACT THESE PLAYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO OUR AREA, POTENTIALLY BOOSTING REVENUE FOR OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND TOURISM.
WE URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS INVESTMENT WILL BENEFIT OUR RESIDENTS, PROMOTE HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, AND POTENTIALLY BRING ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO THE CITY.
GIVE TO THE CITY CLERK NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.
CLEMENTS, FOLLOWED BY FRANK LEY, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL ACOSTA.
UM, THIS IS MORE OF A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT JAMIE IS ASKING FOR, UM, REGARDING, UH, PICKLEBALL.
I AM ACTUALLY A USA PICKLEBALL AMBASSADOR, UM, FOR THE WESTERN REGION STATES THAT INCLUDE CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, IDAHO, UTAH, OREGON, WASHINGTON, HAWAII, AND, AND ALASKA.
US USA PICKLEBALL IS THE GOVERN GOVERNING BODY FOR THE ENTIRE SPORT.
AND THEY HAVE AMBASSADORS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO HELP TO PROMOTE AND EDUCATE ABOUT THE FASTEST GROWING SPORT IN AMERICA.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TO HELP JAMIE WITH HER.
CAUSE AS WE DID FOR COVINA, THAT'S HOW THEY ESTABLISHED THEIR PERMANENT PICKLEBALL ERS AS WELL.
UM, AS A USA PICKLEBALL AMBASSADOR, WE HAVE ACCESS TO MANY RESOURCES REGARDING PICKLEBALL, WHETHER IT'S HOW YOU BUILD A COURT, WHAT KIND OF LIGHTING YOU NEED, WHAT KIND OF INFRASTRUCTURE YOU NEED, WE HAVE FREE ACCESS TO ALL OF THAT.
UM, I CAN SAY THAT MY SERVICES AS A USA AMBASSADOR, USA PICKLEBALL AMBASSADOR IS FREE.
UM, SO PLEASE, IF YOU DO DECIDE TO PURSUE THIS, USE ME AND ABUSE ME
I I'VE DONE IT FOR OTHER CITIES.
I'M WILLING TO DO IT FOR WEST KEEPING AS WELL.
CAN YOU PROVIDE INFORMATION TO OUR, I I SURE WILL.
SO WE CAN USE ABUSE YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
I HAVE ACTUALLY A USA PICKLEBALL, UM, UH, AMBASSADOR BUSINESS CARDS, WHICH I WILL, UH, GLADLY GIVE TO THE CA MANAGER AND THE CLERK.
AND JUST ONE MORE THING, UM, I KNOW THAT WEST COVINA IS UNDERGOING A MASTER PLAN, UM, TRYING TO DEVELOP WHAT YOU GUYS WANNA DO FOR THE CITY.
WELL, THERE'S A WHOLE COMMUNITY HERE THAT IS DESIRING TO PICKLEBALL COURTS FOR THEMSELVES.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE COURTS AT PLENTY, WHETHER IT'S COURT CONVERSIONS AT DEL NORTE PARK OR EVEN THE RECENTLY RAISED, UH, A LOT OF LAND BY CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES FOR WEST COVINA.
AND CERTAINLY THERE'S A BIG, HUGE, BIG HUGE DEMAND HERE, UH, FOLKS THAT ACTUALLY WANT THEIR DEDICATED COURTS.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FRANK ACKLEY, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL ACOSTA, FOLLOWED BY JOANNA G MEETING.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I LIVE AT THE CORNER OF BAINBRIDGE AND SHEFFIELD.
UH, SOMETIME LAST YEAR, I BELIEVE THE DECISION WAS MADE TO REMOVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM ISSUING PARKING TICKETS THAT IT'S BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
I HAVE THE NUMBER, I'VE CALLED IT ABOUT 60% OF THE TIME.
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THERE IS NO ANSWER.I HAVE NOT SEEN A CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER COME OUT AND GIVE ANYBODY A TICKET FOR PARKING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT.
UH, ALSO WE HAVE A PROBLEM THERE.
I LIVE ACROSS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THE TRAFFIC AT ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON.
ONE 30 TO, UH, TWO O'CLOCK IS HORRENDOUS IN THERE.
THEY PARK THREE ACROSS SOMETIMES BECAUSE THE BUSES ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE GRID CURB FOR THEM.
I SEE THIS MORNING THAT THEY'VE GOT A SIGN OUT THAT THEY, UH, NOT A SOAP BOARD, BUT A SANDWICH BOARD THAT THEY SET OUT, TELLING PEOPLE THAT THE RED CURB IS FOR THE BUSES.
THEY STILL DON'T, UH, PAY ATTENTION TO IT.
THE BUSES HAVE TO PULL INTO THE PARKING LOT ITSELF TO MAKE UP THEIR PICKUPS.
I TALKED TO, UM, THE CORPORAL THAT, UH, IS THE HEAD OF YOUR MOTOR OFFICERS DIVISION, AND HE WAS DOWN THERE ONE DAY WITH TWO OTHER OFFICERS, AND THEY WERE DOWN THERE IN THE MORNING AT ABOUT SEVEN O'CLOCK TO EIGHT O'CLOCK.
AND THEY DID HAVE A GOOD, UH, TURNOUT FOR TICKETS.
UH, AND IT DID MAKE A IMPRESSION, BUT I HAVE TOLD PEOPLE SEVERAL TIMES, DON'T PARK IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT.
AND I EVEN HAD THIS ONE WOMAN SAY THAT, WELL, IT'S NOT A WORKING FIRE HYDRANT.
THIS GUY SAID, WELL, THE POLICE DON'T COME OUT AND GIVE TICKETS ANYMORE.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
UH, I DID WITNESS ONE TIME THE FIRE TRUCK COME IN THERE WITH EMERGE WITH EMS AND THEY HAD TO WAIT TO GET THROUGH THAT TRAFFIC.
IT WAS IN FRONT OF THERE BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE THREE CARS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL ACOSTA, FOLLOWED BY JOANNA G, FOLLOWED BY ALICE.
EXCUSE ME, SIR, CAN YOU HOLD ONE SECOND? UH, CAN YOU GIVE THE AZE CITY CLERK REGARDING WHAT NUMBER YOU DIAL AND NOBODY ANSWER.
YOU PROVIDE INFORMATION SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE, IMPROVE OUR SERVICE BECAUSE I SAW YOU LEAVING OTHERWISE, WE NORMALLY, WE WAITING AT THE END OF OUR COMMUNICATION, BUT JUST GIVE TO AZI CITY CLERK.
I KIND OF LIVE IN THE LIMBO ZONE OVER BY, UH, WHERE LA FUENTE, WEST COVINA AND, UH, WALNUT UP MEAT.
SO IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT MY CITY HALL, BUT IT'S ABOUT AS CLOSE AS I COULD PHYSICALLY GET TO ONE WITHOUT GOING TO LOS ANGELES.
UM, SO I'M SURE WE ALL KNOW ALL THE CRAZY STUFF THAT'S GOING ON IN, UH, WASHINGTON AND ALL THE CHANGES IN POLICIES REGARDING MIGRANTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND I'M SURE WE ALL KNOW THERE'S KIND OF A CULTURE OF FEAR.
I'VE DEFINITELY SEEN IT WITH MY FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES WHO MIGHT NOT HAVE THEIR CITIZENSHIP OR THEY'RE JUST MIGRANT WORKERS OR WHATEVER.
SO I JUST WANNA KNOW, IS THERE ANYTHING, THE CITY HERE, ANY PRECAUTIONS IS THEY'RE TAKING TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HERE FEEL SAFE, THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO, UM, REMAIN HERE.
UM, THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO HIDE THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF ALL THE STUFF THAT'S GOING ON ON THE NATIONAL SEAT.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAD TO SAY.
AND THE CITY MANAGER, YOU CAN ANSWER LATER ON.
NEXT SPEAKER IS JOANNA G, FOLLOWED BY ALICE, FOLLOWED BY DOUG FOR GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.
MY NAME IS JOANNA G AND SOME UPCOMING PROGRAMS AT WEST BERNET LIBRARY.
THIS IS THE LAST ONE UNTIL WE COME BACK TILL WE ARE ON BREAK AT 10 15.
THEN WE HAVE OUR FAMILIAL VIOLENCE AWARENESS PREVENTION PROGRAM ON TUESDAY, MARCH 11TH AT 2:00 PM AND NEXT WE HAVE OUR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, THE ART OF FLOWERS, MAKING FLOWERS OUT OF CREPE PEPPER ON TUESDAY, MARCH 25TH AT 2:00 PM AND I ALSO WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS WILL BE MY LAST MEETING WITH YOU GUYS.
I DO ENJOY, I ENJOYED BEING HERE, UM, IN THIS WONDERFUL CITY.
THE INTERIM CLM, IT WILL BE CHRISTINA RIOS.
SHE'LL BE TAKING MY SPOT AS I GO BACK TO DRE LIBRARY TO REOPEN, UM, THE LIBRARY AFTER RENOVATIONS.
COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF AND RESIDENTS.
I WORK HERE NEXT TO WEST COMINO LIBRARY AT THE REGIONAL OFFICE.
I'M THE REGIONAL YOUTH SERVICES COORDINATOR.
I DID WORK AT WEST COVINA LIBRARY MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, AND I WAS FORMALLY THE MANAGER AT BALDWIN PARK LIBRARY.
SO I KNOW THIS COMMUNITY WELL.
I'M FROM THIS COMMUNITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING OUT TEMPORARILY UNTIL A PERMANENT, UH, MANAGER IS ASSIGNED.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION WHY, WHAT YOU JUST STARTED AND THEN NOW YOU ARE ALREADY LEAVING US.
I WAS JUST THE INTERIM WHILE MY LIBRARY WAS BEING RENOVATED AND THERE WAS AN, UH, SO YOU JUST INTERIM FOR THE, THAT TIME? YES.
AND OKAY, SO YOU, NOW YOU GO BACK TO YOUR PERMANENT POSITION AND, UH, I'M SORRY, YOUR NAME? CHRISTINA LARIOS.
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CHRISTINA WILL BE THE PERMANENT FOR OUR LIBRARY.NO, AT INTERIM I WILL BE HERE HELPING OUT UNTIL A PERMANENT MANAGER IS OKAY.
MAYBE WE SHOULD BRING THE PREVIOUS THAT WITH US FOR FOREVER.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ALICE, FOLLOWED BY DOUG.
FOUR, FOLLOWED BY GLEN KENNEDY.
GOOD EVENING COUNSEL, GENTLEMEN AND LADIES.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH WEST COVINA BACK IN 87.
PURCHASED MY HOME, FELL IN LOVE WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE BACK IN THOSE DAYS WE USED TO HAVE PERMITS WHERE WE, CAN YOU JUST SPEAK TO THE MIC PLEASE? YOU WOULD HAVE BLOCK PARTIES AND THEY IN OUR STREET, EVERYBODY GOT A PERMIT.
AND WE HAD BARBECUES FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
EVERYBODY YARD WAS OPEN AND WE COULD GO FREELY FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE BECAUSE WE ALL KNEW EACH OTHER.
SO THAT'S WHY IF ALAN LIVE WEST COVINA, BACK THEN, I RECEIVED IN THE MAIL A NOTIFICATION FOR THE PEOPLE TO FIRST TIME TO PUT UP THE SUITE SIGNS TO PICK THE TIME FOR YOUR STREETS.
AND MY NEIGHBOR AND I WENT AND, UH, WE SET THE TIME FOR OUR STREET AND EVERYTHING.
IT WAS NEVER MENTIONED THAT DOWN THE LINE THAT THEY HAD TO BE FIVE.
I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S 500 FEET OR FIVE.
ANOTHER SIGN I WOKE UP THIS MORNING TO A SIGN IN MY YARD,
I SAT ON MY PORCH HAVING MY COFFEE, AND I JUST RETIRED LAST YEAR.
AND I SEE THE SIGN, THE SWEEPING RIGHT THERE.
AND I WAS WONDERING WHY WE NEEDED ANOTHER SIGN WHERE OUR HOUSES, THE, EVERYBODY IN OUR STREET KNOWS THERE'S ONE AT THE BACK AND ONE THERE.
BUT I JUST SAID, OH MY GOD, HERE I AM TRYING TO SIT ON MY BEAUTIFUL PORCH WITH MY NEIGHBORS ENJOYING MY TEA.
AND THERE'S THIS SIGN RIGHT THERE.
NOW I AM AWARE THE CITY OWNS THE EASEMENT.
BUT IT WAS NEVER SAID IN THE BEGINNING THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A SIGN PUT ON YOUR CLOSER TO A HOME.
'CAUSE THEY WERE ALWAYS AT THE ENDS OF THE CORNER.
SO I'M HERE HOPING THAT IT CAN BE REMOVED.
UM, CAN YOU PROVIDE YOU A STREET AND YOUR ADDRESS? I, I DID PUT IT HERE.
I, I DON'T KNOW THE ADDRESS, BUT I WILL GET THE ADDRESS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE OUT ON THE, IN PUBLIC, BUT WE WILL CHECK ABOUT THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, MAYBE WE CAN DRIVE BY TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, PLEASE.
CITY MANAGER, MAYBE WE'LL TAKE A LOOK.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T REDUNDANT OKAY.
THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH OR NOTIFICATION, BUT, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
WE WANT NEED TO LOOK INTO THE PUBLIC.
DOUG FOUR, FOLLOWED BY GLENN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY, I BELIEVE IT'S MATTHEW GONZALEZ.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DOUG FORD, RESIDENT OF DISTRICT FIVE, OWNER OF RESTAURANTS AND DISTRICT THREE.
I HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING LAST MEETING'S PRESENTATION REGARDING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT OVER THE FOUR LAST FOUR YEARS, THE CITY HAS INVESTED ALMOST A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS INTO A PROJECT WITH REALLY ONLY HEALTH FAIRS AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT TRAINING TO SHOW FOR IT.
MY EXPECTATIONS ARE WITH SO MUCH INVESTMENT THAT WE'VE INVESTED, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE INVESTED, UM, THAT, UM, AND THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, THE FOLLOWING SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED IN THE PRESENTATION.
HOW MANY BUSINESSES WOULD BE MONITORED BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? WILL THIS BE AN INDIVIDUAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITHIN THE CITY OR AN IN OR TO BE AN INDEPENDENT DEPARTMENT? SPECIFICALLY, WHAT BUSINESSES WILL BE INCLUDED IN INSPECTIONS, RESTAURANTS, CONVENIENCE STORES, SENIOR HOUSINGS, HOTELS IN A FOUR ZERO VOTE BY CITY COUNCIL.
TESTING FOR THE, WITH THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBCONTRACTED OUT.
HOW MUCH MORE IS GONNA BE CONTRACTED OUT OR INTENDED TO BE CONTRACTED OUT? THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TOLD THAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL OCCUR IN PHASES.
WHERE, AND WHAT ARE THESE PHASES? WHAT ARE THE PROJECTED YEARLY COSTS OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? HOW MANY SUPPORT STAFF MANAGERS AND INSPECTORS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS? HEALTH DEPARTMENT? GRANTS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED AS A FUNDING SOURCE.
WHO WILL BE WRITING THE GRANTS? WHO WILL BE MONITORING THE GRANTS? WHERE WILL THE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BE HOUSED AT? HAVE BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE NEW CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT BEEN SURVEYED REGARDING THEIR DESIRE TO EVEN HAVE A CITY RAN HEALTH DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
WHAT INPUT HAS THIS CITY RECEIVED FROM BUSINESSES THAT WILL BE FACTORED INTO THE CURRENT PLANS? THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS I THOUGHT WOULD BE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, FOUR YEARS, A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
WHAT I, I WOULD'VE EXPECTED A LITTLE BIT BETTER OF A PRESENTATION.
UM, MYSELF, OTHER BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS REALLY APPRECIATE MR. CONTOS RESPECT FOR TRANSPARENCY.
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BUSINESS OWNERS AND THE COMMUNITY DESERVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE WORK COMPLETED AND FINANCIALS SPENT ON THIS PROJECT.HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WEST COVINA RUN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN RUN OUR OWN 9 1 1 FIRE DISPATCH.
THAT IS WHAT IS MIND-BOGGLING.
ONE OF THE ITEMS, MIND BOGGLING TO ME, YOU GUYS TOOK THE FIRE DISPATCH AND MOVED IT UP TO CENTRAL CALIFORNIA AND WE DON'T EVEN RUN THAT ANYMORE.
BUT YOU GUYS WANNA RUN A HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND ALSO YOU GUYS GAVE TRANSTECH A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE CONTRACT IN MARCH OF 2022.
WHERE, WHAT HAVE THEY DONE WITH THAT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
GLENN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY MATTHEW GONZALEZ, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.
UH, GLENN KENNEDY, 62 YEAR RESIDENT.
UM, I WENT TO EDGEWOOD, BY THE WAY.
UM, I'M HERE, UM, NOT TO CRITICIZE, BUT, UH, JUST GIVE YOU MY OPINION.
UH, YOU KNOW, YOU ARE PLANNING ON, UH, RENAMING PART OF AZE AVENUE, UH, UM, AFTER, UH, GRACE NAPOLITANO, WHICH I'M VERY GOOD FRIENDS WITH.
BUT I AM WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGAINST THIS DECISION.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANY STREET SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER ANY POLITICIAN.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE 18 WAR HEROES SITTING ON THAT WALL WHO DON GET NO LOVE.
UM, WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE PIONEERS IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE BENJAMIN, UH, MAXON, WE HAVE JOE HURST, WE HAVE CULVER S'S GRANDFATHER, WHO, IF IT WASN'T FOR HIM, THERE WOULDN'T BE NO WEST COVINA.
HE'S THE ONE WHO WENT OUT AND ACTUALLY GOT THE 500 SIGNATURES TO START THIS CITY.
THE PROBLEM WAS HE DIED A MONTH BEFORE, SO HE PROBABLY WOULD'VE BEEN OUR FIRST MAYOR.
SO, UM, I, THAT'S, THIS IS MY OPINION.
AND SINCE WE BROUGHT IT UP, SINCE THIS IS BROUGHT UP, I I THINK THAT WE HAVE 18, UH, WAR HEROES ON THAT WALL.
WE HAVE TWO MORE THAT NEED TO GO ON.
UM, I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD DO IS FIND OUT WHERE THEY LIVED AND WE PUT THOSE HONORARY, UH, UM, STREET SIGNS UP LIKE WE DO FOR THE FALLEN POLICE OFFICERS.
AND, UH, THAT'S JUST MY 2 CENTS AND I ONLY GET THREE MINUTES.
WE WON'T WASTE NO MORE OF YOUR TIME.
FOLLOWED BY MR. G, FOLLOWED BY TONY LOU.
UM, I'VE LIVED NEXT TO FCI AND THAT SPECIFIC, UH, AREA HAS BEEN HIT HARD WITH, UH, PARKING.
THE OTHER CITY, BALDWIN PARK IS BEEN, UH, IS BLOCKING IT REALLY HARD.
UM, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY FOR ME TO ACTUALLY PARK IF THAT STREET PEAK, UH, STREET CLEANING SHOWED UP, BECAUSE THE DRIVEWAY IS ONLY, MY DRIVEWAY IS ONLY 10 FEET AND THE CARS ARE 16 FEET, SO THAT IT IS, NO, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE BY THE CAR DISTANCE AND ALSO BY THE OTHER CITIES NEARBY.
UM, THE ONLY WAY THAT WOULD I WOULD BE ABLE TO PARK IS IF I GO ALL THE WAY TO LA PUENTE, WHICH IS LIKE ABOUT 10, 10 MINUTES AWAY.
AND I DON'T REALLY WANT TO DO THAT.
AND SOMETIMES I DROP WORK IN SAN DIEGO AND I DRIVE THREE HOURS THAT WAY, THREE HOURS BACK.
UM, THE LAST THING I WANNA DO IS GO ANOTHER 10, 10 FEET OF WALKING.
UM, THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE, THE, THE GIST OF IT.
UM, I, I JUST DON'T WANNA REALLY, UH, THE WHOLE STREET OF OUR AREA IS REALLY CONDENSED AND I JUST DON'T REALLY WANT TO, UH, DEAL WITH THAT.
CAN YOU PROVIDE YOUR ADDRESS TO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S LISTED.
I MET ONE OF YOUR RECREATIONAL LEADERS TODAY GOING THROUGH BUSINESSES HERE IN OLD DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA.
YOU'RE TELLING THEM, YOU'RE TELLING THE OWNERS, MAKING 'EM AWARE OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN DOWN THERE.
YOU'RE GONNA ASK THEM TO LIMIT THEIR PARKING, WHICH THEY'RE GONNA HAVE STREET PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, WHICH IS NICE FOR THE BUSINESSES.
BUT WHEN YOU TAKE THE TIME TO HAVE PEOPLE EMPLOYED IN THE CITY TO DO THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT PARKING AND SAFETY.
IF YOU GO ANY TIME OF THE DAY, WHICH I'VE SPENT THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS IN SEVERAL OF THOSE BUSINESSES, THE BACK OF THAT STREET, THE ALLEY, WHICH IS PART OF THE CITY, YOU HAVE CRACK HEADS, PEOPLE GETTING HIGH SMOKING.
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THE POLICE NEED TO BE THERE.THIS POOR MAN'S BUSINESSES HAS TWO OR THREE STREET PEOPLE HANGING OUT THERE DRINKING ALCOHOL AND SMOKING.
WEST COVINA HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES TALK ABOUT RESTAURANTS.
IT'S ONE OF THE FEW ONES THAT YOU ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AT.
THAT'S THE TYPE OF BUSINESS WE NEED.
WHEN I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL WITH THAT YOUNG LADY OVER THERE, MOST OF THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED OR WENT TO SCHOOL, THEIR FATHERS AND THEIR MOTHER'S OWN BUSINESSES, THAT'S WHAT MADE THE CITY GREAT.
AND THEY DIDN'T ACT LIKE LOS ANGELES.
IT WAS NOT THE VALLEY, IT WAS THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WHICH IS INDEPENDENT CITIES.
IF WE HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, GREAT.
WHETHER HIS QUESTIONS SHOULD BE ANSWERED, THAT'D BE NICE.
'CAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.
HOW, WHAT, WHEN, WHY I ASKED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY, WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER A RESIDENT AND WHAT YOU CONSIDER A CITIZEN? AND WHY DO WE PAY PEOPLE TO COME INTO THE CITY THAT HANDLE A CLARK BAR AND A BOTTLE OF WATER AND CALL IT A WIN? 'CAUSE THEY TALK TO SOMEBODY ON THE STREET IF WE REMOVE THEM OR ACT LIKE A CITY JUST DOWN 6 0 5, THAT IT'S NOT JUST SENDING THE MONEY, NOT GONNA GIVE THE CITY OR WHAT THE STATE WANTS.
INDEPENDENT THOUGHT IS WHAT MAKES WEST GREENER STRONG.
NOW, FOR THE SWEET SWEEPING, MY QUESTION IS, ONCE WE ESTABLISH THE TIMELINES FOR THE SWEET SWEEPING AND THE DAYS ARE MISSED, ARE WE GONNA PAY A TAX FOR BEING IF WE MISS PAY? THANK YOU, MR. G.
I MAY NOT LOOK AT, BUT I'M AN 80-YEAR-OLD MAN.
WHERE PICKLEBALL HAS GIVEN ME A NEW LEASE ON LIFE.
UM, UH, I, I PLAYED RACQUETBALL FOR OVER 30 YEARS, BUT IN THE SUMMER OF 2022, I DEVELOPED ART OSTEOARTHRITIS IN MY WRIST THAT WAS SO PAINFUL.
I HAD TO, UH, RETIRE FROM RACQUETBALL.
AND I TELL YOU, IT'S A WONDERFUL SPORT.
I'VE, UH, MADE A LOT OF FRIENDS.
IT'S A, IT'S A FORM OF, IT'S A GREAT RECREATION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE BEEN PLAYING AT, UH, CAMERON, IT'S ONE OF THE PLACES THAT I'VE PLAYED AT, AND CAMERON'S BEEN REALLY WONDERFUL.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN IT'S REALLY QUITE INADEQUATE.
WE HAVE SOMETIMES CLOSE TO 40 PEOPLE WANTING TO PLAY ON THREE COURTS.
AND THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I'M HERE WITH JAMIE AND CLAM AND SEVERAL OF OTHER OF MY FRIENDS.
UH, TO ASK THE, THE CITY TO REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER BUILDING PERMANENT COURTS FOR THE CITY.
UH, THERE ARE MANY CITIES NEARBY ALREADY, SUCH AS, UH, COVINA, GLENDORA, LAVERNE POMONA, AZUSA, DTI, ARCADIA, UH, DIAMOND BAR.
ALL OF THESE PLACES HAVE BUILT PERMANENT QUARTS AND THEY'RE BEING WELL USED.
AND, AND ONE THING THAT WE DO, UH, QUITE OFTEN, UH, AFTER PLAYING A GROUP OF US WILL GO OUT AND VISIT ONE OF THE EATERIES.
AND ALSO THAT ALSO CAN HELP, UH, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU, IT'S ALSO A GREAT WAY OF BUILDING FRIENDSHIP WITH PEOPLE.
I RE, AS I SAID, I RECENTLY CELEBRATED MY 80TH BIRTHDAY AND HAD A NUMBER OF MY NEW PICKLEBALL FRIENDS COME TO HELP ME CELEBRATE.
SO I REALLY DO ASK THAT THIS, THIS, UH, COUNCIL, THE CITY WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER BUILDING THESE, UH, PERMANENT COURTS FOR OUR USE.
AND, UH, CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND? SOME OF THE SPEAKER? UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, SO BIG TOPIC TONIGHT THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS, UH, BETWEEN PICKLEBALL AND STREET SWEEPING.
SO I'LL START WITH STREET SWEEPING.
UM, WE ARE, UM, WE HAVE MOVED FORWARD WITH WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING.
UM, WE ORDERED AND ARE NOW IN, IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING THE SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE MENTIONED.
WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH THE RESIDENT REGARDING RELOCATING
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THE SIGN ON HER PROPERTY.UM, I GUESS IT WAS ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT, UM, THERE ARE, UH, LAWS THAT DICTATE WHERE WE HAVE TO LOCATE THE SIGNAGE SO THAT WE CAN THEN ENFORCE IT.
AND SO WE WILL WORK AS BEST AS WE CAN WITH THAT PROPERTY, UH, WITH THAT RESIDENT.
UM, BUT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNS, UM, AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS, DURING THIS TRANSITION, WE WILL, UM, HAVE SUSPENDED, UH, PARKING ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE AS THE SIGNAGE GOES UP, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEET WITH THE EXISTING, UM, STREET SWEEPING THAT WAS BI-WEEK OR BI-MONTHLY.
AND SO, UM, WE WILL BE, UH, WORKING ON THAT.
I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING ALL OF THE SIGNAGE IN, UH, INSTALLED, UH, MID-APRIL.
SO THAT PROJECT, WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING IS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THE SWEEPER STREET SWEEPERS HAVE STARTED GOING WEEKLY, AND WE HAVE MADE THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
UM, WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE DOING A EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO OUR RESIDENTS SO THAT THEY KNOW, UH, WHEN THEIR NEW STREET SWEEPING DAY IS GONNA BE.
IT'S ALSO AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE ON THE GIS MAPS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT YOUR, UM, WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE WILL BE.
UM, AND THEN SECOND PICKLEBALL COURT.
SO WE DON'T HAVE DEDICATED PICKLEBALL COURTS, BUT WE DO HAVE PICKLEBALL COURTS, UM, AT THE, UH, DEL NORTE PARK, UM, AT THE TENNIS COURTS.
UM, WE DO HAVE THE PICKLEBALL STRIPING.
SO THAT IS AN AMENITY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS OF TODAY.
UM, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A PICKLEBALL, UM, LEAGUE THAT PLAYS OUT OF THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER AT, UH, CORTEZ PARK.
UM, IN ADDITION THOUGH, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE ARE STARTING THE PARK MASTER PLAN.
WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE, UH, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, EARLY APRIL TO GET FEEDBACK FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
SO THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, THE PICKLEBALL
UM, AND REGARDING THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT FOR THE FIRE HYDRANT, WE HAVE THE GENTLEMAN'S ADDRESS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT, UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT GOES OUT THERE TO ENFORCE, UM, PARKING FRONT OF A FIRE HYDRANT.
UM, AND THEN THE RESIDENT, UH, THAT WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT, OH, WHAT WEST COVINA IS DOING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT FEDERAL IMMIGRATION POLICIES CAN CREATE UNCERTAINTY, AND WE WANNA ENSURE YOU THAT OUR CITY IS COMMITTED TO FOSTERING A SAFE AND WELCOMING COMMUNITY FOR ALL RESIDENTS.
OUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOCUSES ON OUR COMMUNITY SAFETY AND DOES NOT ENFORCE, UM, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS.
SO THEY'RE FOCUSED ON PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY, MAKING US SAFE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
UH, JOE ENERGY, UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING INTERIM FOR THESE LAST COUPLE MONTHS, UH, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU, CHRISTINA, MOVING FORWARD AND GETTING THE UPDATES FROM THE LIBRARY, UM, UH, SPRING FESTIVAL.
YEAH, WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING THE SPRING FESTIVAL NEXT, UH, AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
UM, AND I THINK THAT COVERS IT FOR ME.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE, CITY COUNCIL YEAH.
CALL, UH, YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST MAKE SURE, UH, YOU LOOK INTO, UH, THE STREET SIGNAGE FOR STREET STREET BECAUSE A LOT OF MY RESIDENTS AT DISTRICT ONE HAVE ALSO VOICED CONCERNS THAT, UH, I THINK THEY'RE EITHER EIGHT OR 10 FEET HIGH, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY HIGH TO PUT AT A RESIDENTIAL HALL THAT'S BEEN CORRECTED ALREADY.
ARE OTHER CITY COUNCIL? UH, OKAY.
I JUST HAVE, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, BRENT BRIDGE.
AND THE STREET REGARDING THE, THE SCHOOL PARKING.
I THINK WE JUST NEED TO SEND OUR TRAFFIC, UH, POLICE OFFICERS, THE MOTORCYCLE OVER THERE TO MAKE SURE CONTROL LOOK LIKE IT'S OUTTA CONTROL CURRENTLY.
AND I THINK, SO OUR, OUR CHIEF CAN HAVE OUR, UH, TRAFFIC ENFORCER TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT DOUBLE TRIPLE PARKING AND YOU CAN YOU BLOCK THE STREET.
AND, UH, REGARDING THE FIRE HYGIENE, WE TALKING ABOUT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, EITHER OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND TO MAKE SURE NO CAR AND WE SHOULD PAINT IT IN RED.
SO IN THAT WAY TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DON'T PARK BECAUSE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENED, THEN WE CAN UTILIZE THE, THE FIRE HYGIENE.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, ANY OTHER THAN THAT? ANY, IF NONE.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
REPORT PLEASE.YEAH, JOIN THE, THE METHOD PLAN COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, WE HAD THE, UH, ENVISIONED TOYOTA OF WEST COVINA GRAND OPENING AND RIBBON CUTTING.
UM, THIS, UH, ON THE FEBRUARY 19TH, UM, IT'LL CREATE APPROXIMATELY 115 FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME POSITIONS.
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A RELOCATION FROM THEIR EXISTING FACILITY TO EXPAND THEIR DEALERSHIP SO THAT THEY CAN, UM, PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE FOR RESIDENTS AND, UH, BE ABLE TO MEET THE HIGH DEMAND OF CAR SALES AT THE FACILITY.SO, UM, VERY HAPPY TO, TO ANNOUNCE THEIR GRAND OPENING.
UM, WE ALSO HAD SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AT DEL NORTE AND ORANGEWOOD PARK, THE, UH, LIGHT POLE REPLACEMENTS THAT HELP PROVIDE, UH, ENHANCED LUMINOSITY AND SECURITY THROUGHOUT THE PARKS.
INSTALLATION TOOK PLACE AROUND PLAYGROUNDS, RESTROOMS, PICNIC AREA, PAVILIONS AND PATHWAYS.
UM, THE, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, ALONG OVERDUE PROJECT, BUT REPLACE THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON, UH, VINCENT AND GLENDORA.
SO THE REPLACEMENT WAS COMPLETED, UM, YESTERDAY.
CAN YOU SEE IT? UH, REALLY HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WEST COVINA WAS, UH, AWARDED A $4.7 MILLION GRANT.
THE, UH, HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM CYCLE 12.
UM, AND SO THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE, I BELIEVE, 64 SIGNALIZING INTERSECTIONS.
IT INCLUDES INSTALLATION OF RETROREFLECTIVE BACK PLATES, REPLACEMENT OF SIGNAL, UH, HEADS, UM, PROTECTED LEFT TURN PHASING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF VITRINE INTERVALS.
SO, UM, THAT'S GONNA BE A BIG PROJECT FOR THE CITY AND IT'S GONNA HELP IMPROVE SAFETY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE WORK THAT OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF IS DOING.
THEY'VE BEEN DOING SOME CURB AND NUTTER DRAINAGE, UM, IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, UH, UH, ISSUES THERE.
UM, THE SM A DATA COMPLETION IS THIS SATURDAY, AND IT'S BEING DONE BY OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT STAFF NEXT.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SHE RECEIVING SIGNAGE.
INSTALLATION COMMENCED FEBRUARY 17TH, AND THEN IT WILL BE COMPLETED WITH 50 DAYS, WHICH INCLUDES MID-APRIL.
UNTIL THEN, UM, PARKING ENFORCEMENT HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.
A FRIENDLY REMINDER TO PLEASE, UH, TO PARTAKE IN OUR CITY WEBSITE REDESIGN SURVEY.
AND THEN, UH, WANTED TO ANNOUNCE ALSO TONIGHT THAT WE HAVE A NEW GIS LAYER ON OUR WEBSITE, AND IT'S FOR CIP PROJECTS.
SO YOU CAN GO TO THIS, UH, WEBSITE.
SO THIS LAYER WILL HELP SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THEY COULD SEE WHAT PROJECTS CIP PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING IN THE COMMUNITY, WHERE THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM, AND THE SCHEDULE FOR THESE CIP PROJECTS.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST A WAY THAT WE CAN, UH, SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY ALL OF THE WORK THAT THE CITY IS DOING TO HELP IMPROVE, UH, THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, THEIR COMMUNITIES.
SO, CAN YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL TALKING ABOUT C-P-I-C-I-P.
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND THE WHERE REPRESENT WHAT? OKAY.
SO I CAN, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO DO IT FROM HERE.
SO EACH, UH, PROJECT HAS ITS ICON.
SO, UM, THE HIP CYCLE 10 IMPROVEMENTS ARE, THEY HAVE THEIR LOGO, UM, THE ICON AND IT'S IN ORANGE, AND IT'S A SIMILAR ICON FOR HIP CYCLE 12.
AND WHICH IS THE RED COLOR ONE.
UM, IT'S, WE GOT NEWS OF THE, UH, GRANT.
SO IT STILL SAYS ON THE WEBSITE THAT THE PENDING THE APPLICATION IS, UH, PENDING RECEIVING GRANT FUNDING, BUT WE HAVE NOW CONFIRMED WE HAVE, UM, THE, IS THAT FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR WHAT? THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS, YES.
UM, THE, SOME OF THE, COULD YOU STOP SIGN FLASHING, STOP SIGN.
THE IMPROVEMENT OF A TRAFFIC CONDITION.
I BELIEVE THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND NOT FOR STOP SIGNS.
UM, SO FOR THIS, UH, CIVIC CENTER, I'M SORRY FOR THE CORTEZ ROOF, UH, SENIOR CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT, IT'S A PURPLE ICON AND YOU CAN PULL UP ON IT.
ROXANNE, YOU PUT IN YOUR QUESTION.
NO, UH, JUST IS IT EASY TO UTILIZE A USER FRIENDLY FOR THE COMMUNITY WHEN THEY LOG INTO THIS? AND I GUESS WHEN YOU CLICK ON EACH ONE, IT GIVES YOU A DESCRIPTION AND FURTHER INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE DETAILS.
SO IF YOU, UH, IF YOU, IT'S KIND OF HARD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT THERE, BUT IT DOES.
SO FOR THE SENIOR CENTER ROOF REPLACEMENT TO CITY, IT'S REPLACING THE ROOF IN HVAC SYSTEM AT THE COURT TESTING SENIOR, UH, CENTER.
THE PROJECT INCLUDES REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE ROOF ON THE SOUTHERN BUILDING, AS WELL AS REFURBISHMENT OF THE ROOF ON THE NORTHERN BUILDING.
IT GIVES YOU THE TIMEFRAME, UM, AND THEN IT GIVES YOU THE LOCATION AND THEN THE FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND THEN A CONTACT.
SO IF YOU WANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, GO AHEAD.
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HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WILL IT STILL BE THERE? IT'S NOT GONNA BE DELETED.UM, WE'LL PROBABLY CREATE A LAYER OF COMPLETED PROJECTS SO THAT IT DOESN'T GET VERY COM OR OVERWHELMING WITH TOO MANY UH, LAYERS.
BUT YEAH, WE WILL KEEP THAT INFORMATION, UM, ON A GIS LAYER THAT WE CAN PULL UP EASILY.
UM, SO THE PARK, LED UH, INSTALLATION IS ALSO ON THERE.
UM, AND IT HAS ITS SEPARATE ICON, SO YOU CLICK AND CLICK ON THAT ONE.
IT'S ALSO THE CORTEZ IF YOU CONSUME MINERAL.
UM, AND SO IT JUST, IT HAS A BRIEF DESCRIPTION WHERE THE FUNDING IS AND THEN THE CONTACT INFORMATION.
SO LIKE WHEN WE DO OUR, UH, STREET REHAB, UH, PAYMENT WORK, IT'LL HAVE THE INFORMATION THERE, UH, OUTLINING WHAT STREETS ARE GONNA GET REPAVED, AND THEN THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE CONTRACTOR IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES OR CONCERNS.
SO WE HOPE THAT THIS, UH, IS A BENEFICIAL TOOL FOR OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE, KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IF THEY SEE, UM, SOME TYPE OF WORK HAPPENING, THEY CAN COME TO THE WEBSITE AND CHECK, OH, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, H-I-S-A-P, OR IT'S THIS PROJECT.
SO, UH, SO THIS ONE ALSO, I KNOW YOU SAID STREET REPAVING, BUT YOU CAN, IS DOES THIS ALLOW YOU TO TYPE IN YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN GIVES YOU THAT AREA? UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE THE, WELL YOU MENTIONED STREET PAVING, RIGHT? LIKE IF THEY, THEY WANNA KNOW WHEN THEIR STREETS ARE PAVED OR WHEN IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SO THAT THERE'S ANOTHER LAYER FOR THAT.
BUT WHEN, WHEN THAT CIP IS ACTIVE, IT'LL BE ON HERE.
AND THIS ONE ALSO INCLUDES THE TREE TRIMMING.
WE HAVE THE TREE TRIMMING ON THE, UM, RESOURCE MAP.
CAN WE ALL CONDENSE INTO ONE? YEAH, IT'S, IT COULD BE EASIER.
SO WHAT CONFUSING, I THOUGHT YOU CLICKED ON RESOURCE MAP WHEN I SAW IT.
UM, WHEN YOU SHOWED THE, THE FULL MAP AND THEN IT SAID, AND YOUR GIS IT SAID RESOURCE C, IT SAID, YEAH, WEST COA RESOURCE MAP.
SO I, I SEE IF YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN ROXANNE AND SHOWS THAT'S COMPLICATED.
WE, WE WANT TO BE USER FRIENDLY.
SO THESE ARE DIFFERENT LAYERS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE, UH, GIS MAP.
UM, IF I, I'M GONNA SCROLL BACK SO I CAN, SO WE HAVE CITY OF WEST COVINA, COUNCIL DISTRICT, CITY OF WEST COVINO FIRE DEPARTMENT MAP A ZONING MAP, UH, ART AND PUBLIC PLACES MAP, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT MAP SPECIFIC PLANS WITHIN THE CITY, THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS, UH, BUS STOP AND, AND ROUTES AND BUS ROUTES MAP.
UM, THEN WE HAVE THE FIVE YEAR CITYWIDE RESIDENTIAL PAVEMENT PROGRAM PLAN.
THE WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING MAP THAT IS HAS THE CURRENT WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING, UM, SCHEDULE, UM, THE WEST GIVING A REPORT AND ISSUE DASHBOARD AND THEN THE CAP PROJECT MAP THAT WE ARE LAUNCHING TONIGHT.
GO DOWN A LITTLE BIT, PAUL, NOW.
AND THEN THIS IS THE YEAH, THIS IS THE RESOURCE MAP THAT HAS, UM, ALL OF THE LAYERS.
OH, LOOK, IT, IT'S A NEW CONCEPT NUMBER THERE.
CAN YOU BLOW UP? CAN YOU BLOW UP? OKAY.
MR. GAN CLICK AGAIN ON THE, HUH? IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
THE, THE, IT NEEDS, IT SAYS ME.
I HAVEN'T CHANGED MY NAME YET.
UH, AND I, I'VE BEEN ALL THE CITY AND, UH, I, I REMEMBER I WENT TO PASADENA TO DO SOME BUSINESS AND, UH, I GOT A PARKING TICKET BECAUSE, BUT I REMEMBER THERE, THERE, THERE ARE NO PARKING OR THE PARKING VIOLATION THING IS KIND OF SMALL.
THAT OUR IS LIKE GIGANTIC, LIKE HUGE P AND UH, SO CAN WE OKAY.
AGREE OR WHAT, WHY WE HAVE LESS HUGE OKAY.
WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW, BUT, UH, IT JUST A SWEET SWEEPING POST.
AND REGULARLY FOR A COUPLE HOURS, PEOPLE MOVE THEIR CASTLE.
SO, SO OUR SWEEPER CAN CLEAN THE STREET.
AND I COULDN'T SAY THE STREET LOOK MUCH CLEANER RIGHT NOW THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE WE NOW OKAY.
I THINK THE PARKING SUCH A, UH, INVASIVE OKAY.
AND A HUGE SIGN AND THE, ALL THE, ALL THE PLACE OF CITY.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY FOR OUR CITY.
WE WANT THE BEAUTIFICATION, BUT WE DON'T WANT, WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WE, WE HAVE THAT, OKAY.
SW SWEEPING WEEKLY IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME IN DIFFERENT STREET,
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BUT I THINK THE SIGN IS TOO HUGE.I DUNNO, THERE'S SO BIG WITH NO PARKING.
I SAW, I SAW THE PICTURE RIGHT THERE.
IS THAT THE ONE, THE LADY TALKING ABOUT A GIGANTIC SIGN IN FRONT OF HER FRONT YARD AND YOU JUST HAVE A, YOU ON YOUR WEBSITE, YOU JUST HAVE A NO PARKING P MM-HMM
IS THAT THE SIGN WE POST? WHAT'S THE DIMENSION? YEAH.
UM, I, I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT UP.
I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
BECAUSE NOBODY BUT IT, I THINK IT'S A SMALL SIGN.
ON THE, ON THE, THE, THE, THE STREET LIGHT MM-HMM
AND THE BIG POST WITH BIG SIGN ON PEOPLE'S POVERTY ON THE STREET OR RESIDENTIAL? I THINK, I DON'T KNOW.
THE SIGN SHOULD BE MORE DISCREET.
I KNOW WE HAVE TO SEE IT, BUT IT'S, PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND AFTER THE, AFTER THE PICKUP DAY.
THE NEXT DAY WILL BE THE CERTAIN TIME, THE HOURS, FOUR HOURS, THEY NEED TO MOVE THEIR CAR SO WE CAN CLEAN THE STREET FOR THEM.
UM, THE, THE SIGN OR THE PHOTO THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE IS JUST A STOCK PHOTO.
IT'S NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT THE SIGN SIZE THAT WE'RE USING FOR STREET SWEEPING SIGNAGE.
SO I CAN GET, I CAN PROVIDE YOU THAT INFORMATION.
AND, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN SHOW US, WE CAN DRIVE AROUND TO SEE THE NEW INSTALLED SIGN, WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
ANY OTHER QUESTION? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER? YEAH, THEY WERE, UM, THIS ONE'S ZOOMED IN, BUT IT, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A REGULAR SIZE ONE, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS, IS THAT THE POLES THAT THEY'RE PUTTING IN 'EM ON ARE LIKE 10 FEET HIGH OR EIGHT FEET HIGH.
SO THEY'RE PUTTING SUPER TALL POLES IN PEOPLE'S LAWNS AND YARDS WITHOUT, BUT LIKE, IT LOOKS VERY TACKY RIGHT NOW.
IS, IS IT NORMALLY THIS SIDE SHOULD BE TIED.
ON THE STREET, STREET, STREET LIGHT.
AND I SAW MOST OF THE, IN THAT WAY IT WOULD CUT DOWN THE CODE COAST A CAR, THE CARS WOULD BE COME DOWN RATHER THAN WE HAVE TO PUT THE POST, PUT THE FOUNDATION, IT WILL COST A LOT OF MONEY FOR SO MANY SIGN.
THERE IS REQUIREMENTS AS TO THE DISTANCE THAT THESE SIGNS HAVE TO GO.
SO IF THERE'S A, A LIGHT POLE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE, I BELIEVE WE CAN.
BUT IF, IF NOT, THEN WE DO HAVE TO CREATE A POLL OR PRO IT THE, THE TIME WE OKAY.
WITH TRANSEX AS THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO TALK ABOUT THIS.
IS THAT A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THEM? YEAH, WE CAN HAVE THEM COME AND PROVIDE A PRESENTATION OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO JOIN NOW? I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW TO AN ANSWER THE QUESTION.
UH, CAN I HAVE
WE ARE GONNA PUT SO MANY SIGN AROUND OUR CITY AND OUR STREET, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE MISTAKE AND WE HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN AND THERE WILL BE A HORRIBLE WASTE OKAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
AND YOU NEED TO BE RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE I SAW THE SIGN, IT'S ALL TIED UP WITH A POST RATHER THAN YOU PUT THE ANCHOR WITH A BIG POST, A FEET HIGH, THAT'S COST SO MUCH MONEY AND DOESN'T EVEN LOOK GOOD FOR THE RESIDENT.
WE DON'T WANT TO INTRU THE PRIVACY AND PUT THE SIGN ALL THE PLACES ON THEIR RESIDENTIAL STREET.
THE CALIFORNIA A-M-U-T-C-D ENDS, WELL, AS THE VEHICLE CODE HAS GUIDELINES ON WHERE SIGNS NEED TO BE POSTED AT EVERY ENTRANCE TO A STREET.
IF YOU CAN TURN RIGHT, YOU GOTTA HAVE A SIGN.
IF YOU'RE GOING LEFT, YOU GOTTA HAVE A SIGN IF THERE'S ANOTHER STREET ENTRANCE, SO THAT PEOPLE, WHEN THEY ENTER ANY PART OF THE STREET, THEY KNOW THERE'S STREET SWEEPING BECAUSE IT'S FOUND THAT IF YOU DON'T PUT IT ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, YOU PUT IT ON THE OTHER, THEN THE PEOPLE WHO PARK MAY NOT KNOW THERE WAS STREET SWEEPING GET A TICKET AND THEN IT COMES BACK.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE SIGN PLACEMENT IS.
UM, PAULINA SAID WE WILL GET THE ADDRESSES AND THEY CAN LOOK AND SEE WHERE THEY WERE INSTALLED AND SEE IF THERE'S A BETTER PLACE.
NOW THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN FROM THE CURB FACE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SIGN NEEDS TO BE SEVEN FOOT, SO THAT IF SOMEONE'S WALKING BY, THEY'RE NOT GONNA HIT THEIR HEAD OR SOMEONE'S ON A BICYCLE.
SO THAT'S MAYBE WHY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE SUM OF THE STANDARDS.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE EIGHT AND 10 FOOT POLES, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK INTO THAT.
BECAUSE I PARKED MY CAR ON TEMPLE CITY BOULEVARD BECAUSE THE, THE, THE BUSINESS PARKING LOT IS PAVING.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IS THE OKAY.
AND THE, I DIDN'T SEE ANY SIGN, BUT THEY TOLD ME THE SIGN AT THE BEGINNING, AT THE END OF THE STREET, BUT IN THE MIDDLE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SIGN.
I STILL HAVE TO PAY THE TICKET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY, OKAY, AND CAN WE DO THE, OKAY, START THE STREET AND END THE STREET AND IN THE MIDDLE, DO WE NEED TO PUT A SIGN? WE DON'T NEED IT, RIGHT? IT'S ONLY IF SOMEONE CAN DRIVE FROM
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ANOTHER STREET INTO THE MIDDLE.UHHUH,
YOU GOTTA PUT SIGNS WHERE ANYONE ENTERING A STREET CAN SEE IT.
OR YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE WITH GETTING TICKETS AND THEY'LL BE COMING BACK.
MAY I PUT THAT ON? SO I WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE'S ALREADY ORIGINAL SIGNS FOR WHATEVER OTHER SIGNS ON THE STREETLIGHTS.
ARE YOU PUTTING THIS ONE ABOVE AND MANEUVERING THAT? OR ARE YOU JUST MAKING ANOTHER POLE AND JUST ADDING ADDITIONAL? NO, THEY SHOULD BE PUTTING ON, THEY CAN ADD THAT SIGN WITH ANOTHER SIGN.
AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T CONFLICT, IT CAN BE ON A STREET STREETLIGHT.
IT JUST DEPENDS WHERE THE STREETLIGHT IS.
SINCE THIS IS NOT ON AGENDA, I JUST WANT A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, GUY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWER.
UM, YEAH, I, I KNOW I SENT, UM, YOU GUYS A COUPLE AND YOU GUYS HAVE ACTED QUICKLY, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY MORE OUT THERE WITH THE SAME SITUATION.
SO IF WE COULD SOMEHOW CREATE A CONCEPT TO, WE NEED TO GO EXPECT THAT CONTRACTORS WORK BECAUSE, UH, IT'S JUST TOO MANY FOR, I MEAN, NOT EVERY RESIDENT IN MY DISTRICT'S GONNA TEXT ME, BUT I'VE DR.
DROVE AROUND MY AREA AND, AND I'VE SEEN THE SAME ISSUE, ISSUE AFTER ISSUE.
SO WE NEED TO, UM, FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH, WITH THE CONTRACTOR.
MAY PUT THAT, UH, PRETTY MUCH, I THINK, UH, THE, I GUESS IT SEEMS LIKE THE COUNCIL AGREES.
WE JUST DON'T WANT SIGNS TO BE FLOODED ALL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.
IF WE CAN DO WHATEVER THE BARE MINIMUM IS THAT IS LESS INTRUSIVE, THEN WE'D LIKE TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND MAKE SURE, IF YOU CAN JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THAT SO WE DON'T HAVE OTHERS COMING IN.
I THINK THE PURPOSE, WE WANT TO BEAUTIFY AND SANITATION OKAY.
FOR THE CITY, BUT WE DON'T WANT, BECAUSE WE DOING THAT, THAT WE POST SIGN ALL THE PLACES AND THE TREMBLE IN THEIR PRIVACY AND MAKE IT SO UGLY.
SO WE DON'T WANNA FIX SOMETHING BUT END UP WE DIRTY SOMETHING.
SO, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THE SIGN IS THERE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO INCLUDE PEOPLE'S VISUAL IMPACT AND, UH, AND THE PLUS.
AND THEY'RE SO BIG AND THEY ENSURE THEIR PRIVACY.
IF I HAVE A NICE YARD IN THE FRONT, THEN CERTAINLY YOU HAVE BIG UGLY SIGN IN FRONT OF THEIR FACE, I WILL BE NOT HAPPY.
SO, SO WE NEED A COURTESY TO MAKE SURE.
AND, UH, SO, AND, UH, SO CONTRACTOR, WE HIRE, UH, WE NEED TO, UH, SET UP THE, THE MAYBE PRESENTATION FROM TRANSTECH TO TALK ABOUT OKAY.
ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUE AND THE PURCHASE ISSUE.
SO WE HAVE OVERSIGHT AND TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, EVERYTHING IS PROPERLY ADDRESSED.
AND, UH, WE JUST BEFOREHAND TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T CREATE A MISTAKE AND THEN LATER WE HAVE TO REMOVE, AND THIS WE DONE, THEY HAPPENED MANY TIMES ON THE GOVERNMENT, WE DON'T WANNA WASTE YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, WHAT IS ASSIGNED DIMENSIONS AGAIN? I DON'T KNOW.
AND THAT'S THE MINIMUM SIZE, RIGHT? YOU GUYS ARE NOT MAKING IT? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
REGULAR, REGULAR, REGULAR ONES.
WE COULD GO OVER THE DESIGN, UM, AND THEN SCHEDULE FOR THE CONTRACTOR.
AND FOR THE ONES THAT THEY STILL HAVE NOT, SO MEMBER, GO AHEAD.
UM, AND THEN I THINK THE OTHER ISSUE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WERE HAVING IS THAT THE CONTRACTOR ON SOME HOUSING LOCATIONS ARE CHOOSING THE EASY WAY OUT.
SO THEY'RE PUTTING IN THE GRASS AND IT'S NOT IN THE REGULATIONS THAT YOU'RE EXPLAINING EARLIER.
THEY'RE JUST DOING THE EASY WAY.
SO LET'S PUT IT IN THE GRASS INSTEAD OF PUTTING IN THE CEMENT, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE, PROBABLY MORE EXPENSIVE FOR THEM TO DO, BUT, SO IT HAS TO BE CONSISTENCY.
IT CAN'T JUST BE ON SOMEONE'S YARD BECAUSE IT'S EASY.
IT'S ROBERT IS THE CCPI PROJECT MANAGER TO SUPERVISE THE SITUATION, OR THEY HAVE SOMEBODY TO SUPERVISE, UH, THE ODC INSTALLATION.
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PROPERLY, NOT JUST GOING FREE AND, UH, AND CREATE ISSUE FOR THE CITY AND WASTE THE MONEY.
WE, WE ARE GOING TO SET UP THE AGENDA FOR THIS CITY MANAGER.
AND WE CAN HAVE YOU COME BACK WITH MORE DETAIL.
AND THEY'LL SHOW THE PICTURE, EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THIS GOING TO HAVE OUR OWN ENTIRE CITY AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO EVERYBODY'S STREET.
EVERYTHING DO IT PROPERLY AND NOT JUST HASTILY AND THE HAS MAKE WASTE.
CITY MANAGERS, ANYTHING ELSE? UM, JUST UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE HAVE THE SPRING FESTIVAL AND THE, UM, MARCH 29TH THROUGH 30TH AND THE EASTER EGG EXTRAVAGANZA A SAVE THE DATE FOR APRIL 12TH.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
INTO, OKAY.[01:10:01]
TO APPROVE.OTHERWISE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, UH, SEC, YOU POLL, I WILL, UH, RECUSE MYSELF FOR NUMBER TWO.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 1, 2, 3, AND, UH, MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A, A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ BDO, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN, UH, DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UM, ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
COUNCILMAN CONTOS, EXCUSE ME, YOU, HE'S, HE'S OUT TODAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UH, ABSTAIN.
BESIDES, UH, ABSTAIN ON, I JUST SAID THANK YOU, MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ.
[FINANCE DEPARTMENT ]
PRESENT DEPARTMENT REGULAR MATTER.WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS AGENDA? I CAN PRESENT IT.
SO, UM, THE REQUEST WAS MADE TO BRING BACK THE, UH, CITY MANAGER'S PURCHASING AUTHORITY, UM, AND LOOKING AT PLACING THE, UH, PURCHASING AUTHORITY AT 50,000.
UM, SO BEFORE YOU IS A STAFF REPORT, UM, JUST PROVIDING INFORMATION ON, UM, THE HISTORY OF HOW WE GOT TO THE PURCHASING AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS AT THIS TIME.
IT INCLUDED, UM, COMPARISON TO OTHER CITIES AS WELL, UM, WITH, UH, WITH THE PURCHASING AUTHORITY FOR THE CITY MANAGERS WITHIN THOSE CITIES THAT RANGE BETWEEN TWO 50 ALL THE WAY TO 30,000.
SO, UH, THIS, THERE'S VARIOUS OPTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED.
THE OPTION THAT, UM, WAS PART OF THE MOTHER MAY I REQUEST WAS TO BRING THE, UH, CITY MANAGER, UH, PURCHASE AUTHORITY TO 50,000.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD BE OPTION TWO, IF THAT'S, UH, THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO.
AND THEN I HAVE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, MARIO LISA, IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THE REPORT.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, ANYBODY WANT TO ASK THE QUESTION? UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? UM, I THINK NO, NO, YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTION? ANYBODY HAVE QUESTION? UH, THEN I CAN, I CAN, I CAN SAY SOMETHING.
WANT TO SAY SOMETHING FIRST? UH, I, I THINK, OKAY.
WE, IN THE 2021, UH, WE APPROVE, UH, THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER DURING THE PANDEMIC AND HE REQUEST 200,000 SO WE CAN PURCHASE THINGS MUCH FASTER DURING THE PANDEMIC PERIOD.
AND, UH, I THINK THAT TIME MYSELF AND, UH, MAYOR PRO AND THE COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND, UH, WE AGREE.
AND AT THE TIME I TALKED TO, UM, OKAY, THE, THE, OKAY, UH, THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR, ROBIN BUR AND I, AND SHE SAY, OH, YEAH, BECAUSE MUCH FASTER DUE TO, SO WE CAN DON'T WASTE TIME BECAUSE THE PANDEMIC, THE TIME I SAID PRETTY SEVERE IN 2020 AND 2021.
SO, BUT NOW I THINK, UH, WE, NOT THE PANDEMIC TIME, SO MAYBE WE NEED TO, OKAY.
IT'S NOT LIKE, UH, OKAY, WE WANT TO RESTRICT THE, THE, THE, THE, THE SPENDING.
IT'S, WE WANT TO RESTRICT, OKAY? AND, UH, ANY OF THIS, THE CITY COUNCIL AS, UH, TAXPAYER WATCHDOG, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE HOW THEY SPEND.
OKAY? AND SO IF THEY, EACH DEPARTMENT, THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY COME TO US, THEY PUT THE AGENDA, UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING'S RUSHED, WE HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING.
SO IN THAT WAY, OUR JOB IS TO CONTROL THE BUDGET, MAKE SURE WE DON'T OVERSPEND.
SO I THINK THAT'S THE REASON, UH, LAST TIME WE HAD MOTHER MAY I FOR THIS, AND I AGREE, IS MAKE SURE WE EACH DIME FOR TAXPAYER, WE PROPERLY SPEND, OKAY? AND WE APPROVE IN THE OPEN OF, UH, OF A, OF A, UH, AGENDA.
SO IN THAT WAY, AND I, I, I RATHER EACH CITY DIFFERENT, BUT I THINK IT'S ABOUT BASED ON THE BUDGET, OKAY? FOR EXAMPLE, PASADENA BUDGET IS $900 MILLION.
I HOPE THAT'S MY DREAM TO ONE DAY WITH COVINA CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF A BUDGET.
SO WE, WE WORK VERY HARD, HOPEFULLY TO BRING MORE DEVELOPMENT MONEY IN TWO OUR CITY BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY, WE ONLY
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HOW MUCH? OKAY.WHY WE ONLY, OKAY, NOT EVEN $200,000, $160 MILLION, SOMETHING AROUND THERE.
SO WE NEED TO INCREASE OUR, OUR INCOME.
SO MEANING NOT FROM THE TAXES, BUT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT HOTEL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THEY COMING TO BRING, UH, INVEST MONEY TO US.
SO, SO EACH CITY HAVE A DIFFERENT BUDGET AND THEIR CITY MANAGER HAVE A DIFFERENT OF AUTHORITY TO USE WITHOUT THE CITY COUNCIL OKAY.
NAGGING ON THE CITY MANAGER'S BACK TO PUT ON THE AGENDA.
SO, SO ANYWAY, AND THEN IF WE GO TO THE BUDGET, EVERY CITY AIR MONTE IS WHAT, 50,000 OR 35,000.
AND, UH, SAME, SAME, SAME, SAME SIZE OF A, A POPULATION LIKE US.
AND PASADENA HAS A MORE BUDGET.
BURBANK, THEY HAVE A BURBANK AIRPORT.
SO THEIR BUDGET IS PRETTY INTENSE.
AND WE HOPE WE WILL BE THE BLACK BURBANK BUDGET TOO.
ONE DAY WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT, BUT CURRENTLY WE STILL NINE THERE YEAR.
SO WE CHOOSE WISELY TO SPEND EVERY DIME.
SO ANYWAY, YEAH, GO AHEAD, MAYOR.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, I KNOW I PUT IN A REQUEST A FEW MONTHS AGO TO ANY PURCHASING IS, UM, TO BE GIVEN WEST COVINA BUSINESSES THE PRIORITY.
SO WHENEVER WE PURCHASE ANYTHING NEEDS TO BE WEST COVINA.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS IS THE SAME THAT, UM, IT APPLIES THAT AGAIN, ANY PURCHASES SHOP LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL, THAT WEST COVINA BUSINESS GETS THAT PRIORITY, ESPECIALLY PURCHASE COSTS BECAUSE IT'S A BIG ITEM.
I MEAN, EVEN WITH THE PURCHASING CARDS, IT NEEDS TO BE HERE.
ALL THE BUSINESSES HERE IN WEST COVINA, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE CLOSE OR YOU LIVE WHEREVER NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE.
UM, I KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY THAT STARTS FISCAL BY JULY 1ST, BUT I JUST WANNA PUT THAT UP SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PURCHASES.
UH, I, I THINK A LOT OF CITY, UH, LIKE PASADENA, THEY, THEY, THEY REQUEST THE PURCHASE WOULD BE LOCAL FIRST LEASTLY.
IF LOCAL, UH, CANNOT PROVIDE, THEN THEY GO TO OTHER AREA.
BUT THEY, THEY WANT, IF WE WANT OUR RESIDENT SHOP LOCAL MM-HMM
THEN GOVERNMENT SHOULD SHOP LOCAL FIRST.
OKAY? IF WE NOT EVEN SHOP LOCAL, HOW CAN WE PERSUADE? BUT WE NEED EACH DOLLAR COME TO US SO WE CAN PAY ALL THE EXPENDITURE.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, OKAY, UH, NOW YOU WANT TO TALK, REMEMBER, GO AHEAD.
NOW, UH, YEAH, LIKE, UH, MAYOR RU SAID, UH, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I FELT, UH, THIS ITEM WAS, UH, VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE A COUNCIL REQUEST ON WAS BECAUSE, UH, WE AS A COUNCIL, UH, HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WE ARE ALL COMMITTED TO ENSURING THAT ACCOUNTABILITY, UH, TO OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKING SURE, UH, EVERY PENNY IS ACCOUNTABLE, ACCOUNTABLE FOR, IN AND IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY.
AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT IT, IT COULD GROW AND, AND BE PROSPEROUS.
AND I ALSO WANNA SAY I COMMEND, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES, FOR NOT BEING AT ALL, UH, AGAINST, UH, THIS PROPOSAL.
UM, AND, AND FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE OF, OF, UH, OF THIS CHANGE AS WELL.
SO I, I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THAT, PAULINA, BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOWING THAT YOU ARE AS WELL SUPPORT, ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE DOWN FROM 200,000 TO 50,000.
IS THAT A COMMON CONSENSUS? YES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OPTION NUMBER TWO.
UM, DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ.
VITO FOR OPTION NUMBER TWO FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING PURCHASING THRESHOLDS.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
NEXT ITEM, UH, ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PRESENTATION REGARDING THE BUSINESS LICENSE ADMINISTRATIONS, UH, COMPLETE COMPLIANCE WITH COMPLIANCE SERVICE.I THINK THIS MOTHER MAY I REQUEST BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ.
AND WHO'S GONNA PRESENT THIS? I BELIEVE IT WAS YOUR MOTHER.
SO WEST COVINA, UM, CONTRACTS, UH, HDL TO MANAGE ALL OF OUR BUSINESS LICENSES.
UM, WE, MANY YEARS AGO USED TO DO IT INTERNALLY, AND I DON'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD WHEN WE SWITCHED OVER TO, UM, CONTRACTING WITH HDL.
BUT, UM, I WILL HAVE IAN, UH, DAVIS COME UP, UH, AND PROVIDE A PRESENTATION.
AND, UM, CHRISTINE AND CHRISTINE, SORRY.
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GOOD EVENING.MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M CHRISTINE NEY WITH HDL, AND WE HAVE A PRESENT.
IF YOU COULD, UH, GO TO SLIDE TWO PLEASE.
SO THIS SLIDE REALLY DEPICTS THE PROCESS FOR WHEN A BUSINESS LICENSE IS, UM, PROVIDED TO HDL, AGAIN, ACTING ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA.
AND THIS IS THE PROCESS FLOW FOR IN-CITY APPLICATION ONLY.
SO THE INITIAL APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED AND IT KIND OF, UM, WORKFLOW THROUGH THE PROCESS, GOING THROUGH THE APPROVALS THAT THE CITY REQUIRES, THE TAXPAYERS INVOICED, AND THEN WE PROCESS THE APPLICATION ISSUE.
THE CERTIFICATE, THE KEY STATS ON THE BELOW JUST GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE HOW HARD WE'RE WORKING FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I WOULD SAY MOST NOTABLY THAT FOR 2024 THAT WE ANSWERED ALMOST 5,000 EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS WERE ANSWERED AND THAT 88% OF ALL BUSINESS LICENSES WERE RENEWED INTO 2024.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE WAS A REDUCTION OF 12% OF IN-CITY BUSINESSES, BUT MOSTLY THE 12% THAT DIDN'T RENEW ARE GONNA BE TRANSIENT CONTRACTORS FOR THE 2020.
OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ONLY INTO THE THIRD MONTH OF THE YEAR, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE ALMOST UP TO PROBABLY CLOSE NOW.
A THOUSAND EMAILS AND PHONE CALLS.
AND 82% HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO RENEW FOR THE, UH, 20, 25 YEAR.
IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE RENEWALS.
SO EVERY BUSINESS LICENSE IS RENEWED ANNUALLY.
MOST OF THEM WHO HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE OF DECEMBER 31ST.
THERE ARE A FEW CAVEATS WHERE THEY EXPIRE IN JUNE 30TH, WHERE THAT'S GONNA BE OUR CONTRACTORS AND THE RESIDENTIAL RENTAL UNITS.
THE, UM, PAYMENT IS DUE FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS THAT EXPIRE IN JANUARY.
THE, UM, EXPIRATION DATE, I'M SORRY, BEING DECEMBER 31ST, THE, THE PAYMENT IS DUE 30 DAYS THEREAFTER.
WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEND SEVERAL RENEWAL NOTICES TO THOSE BUSINESSES.
AND 30 DAYS AFTER THE EXPIRATION DATE IS WHEN A PENALTY FEE IS, UM, ENACTED.
I THINK ONE IMPORTANT THING TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW IS THAT ALL OF OUR TAX SPECIALISTS UP IN FRESNO ARE PROFESSIONALLY TRAINED TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS BY THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS CITY STAFF.
AND WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON, UM, EFFECTIVE AND, UH, PROFESSIONAL, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
THIS ONE'S MY, UH, MY SIDE, MY SIDE OF THE AISLE, JUST OUR COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.
SO OUR COMPLIANCE DISCOVERY PROGRAM OVERVIEW.
UM, THIS IS JUST A QUICK SAME TYPE OF DEAL WE HAD WITH THE RENEWAL STRUCTURE WHERE WE HAVE THE IDENTIFICATION PHASE, WHERE THIS IS WHERE WE IDENTIFY BUSINESSES WHO ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING WITHOUT OUTSIDE OF COMPLIANCE.
UH, WE MOVE INTO OUR MAILING PHASE WHERE THIS IS THE NOTIFICATIONS THAT WE'RE SENDING OUT TO TAXPAYERS TO GET THEM REGISTERED.
THIS MOVES INTO OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS PHASE, WHICH IS OUR PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS OF THE BUSINESSES WHO WERE IN THIS NON-COMPLIANCE STATUS.
AND THEN FINALLY IT GETS TO THE REMITTANCE STAGE WHERE WE'RE ADMITTING ANY OF THE NEW FINDING REVENUE THAT WE HAVE.
UM, I'LL QUICKLY MOVE OVER TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF YOU CAN, UM, JUST TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OF THE EFFORTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED WITH THIS COMPLIANCE PROGRAM.
UM, SO PAULINA MENTIONED THIS A COUPLE SECONDS AGO.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA STARTED WITH HDL IN 2015.
SO WE'RE ON OUR KIND OF 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CONTRACT AT THIS POINT.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA SPECIFICALLY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS.
'CAUSE I, THIS IS WHEN I STARTED AT HDL IS WHEN I STARTED WORKING WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND DURING THAT TIME, I'VE RAN THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING AND I'VE WORKED CLOSELY WITH PAULINA, UM, WITH PAST CITY MANAGERS, PAST FINANCE DIRECTORS ON ENSURING THAT EVERY BUSINESS IN THE CITY IS PAYING THE APPROPRIATE BUSINESS TAX.
THOSE EFFORTS HAVE LED TO A TOTAL OF $6 MILLION IN FINDINGS FOR THE BI FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, OF THAT $6 MILLION, THAT IS A, UH, COMBINATION OF ABOUT 1200 NEW BUSINESSES WHO WERE COMPLETELY UNREGISTERED PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST NOT PAYING THE TAX WHATSOEVER.
AND WITHIN THAT IS ALSO 1300 BUSINESSES THAT WERE DELINQUENT AT SOME POINT, WHETHER IT BE FOR ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
WE GOT INTO COMPLIANCE THE LAST FEW YEARS, HAS SEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A REDUCTION, MAINLY BECAUSE OF, UH, ONE FACT, WHICH IS THAT ALL OF YOUR COMMERCIAL RENTALS, WHICH ARE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE RENTING OUT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY LIKE THE PLAZA WEST COVINA OR OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES LIKE THAT ARE COMPLETELY REGISTERED AND HAVE NOT FALLEN OUT OF REGISTRATION, UH, FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME,
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MAINLY BECAUSE OF HOW UP TO DATE WE ARE ON THAT BECAUSE OF HOW DEPENDENT YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE REVENUE IS ON THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY.UM, TO GIVE YOU A QUICK LITTLE SUMMARY OF THAT, MOST OF YOUR BUSINESSES, LIKE YOUR RESTAURANTS AND OTHER TYPE OF MISCELLANEOUS RETAIL BUSINESSES OF THAT NATURE, THEY PAY BASED ON EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S USUALLY LIKE A 200, MAYBE $300 TAX, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
YOUR COMMERCIAL RENTALS ARE PAYING A 1% GROSS RECEIPTS TAX, SO IT CAN BE LARGE DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT THEY END UP PAYING.
AND THAT'S WHERE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF YOUR REVENUE IS COMING FROM.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BUSINESS LICENSE PROGRAM, WE HAVE CLEANED UP ALL OF THAT.
IF A, A SOLID 90 TO 90% OF 99% OF YOUR BUSINESSES IN THE COMMERCIAL RENTAL CATEGORY ARE REGISTERED OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE'VE FOCUSED ON THE OTHER GROUPS, WHICH IS WHY, IF YOU SEE THAT LITTLE GRAPH RIGHT THERE, THERE'S THAT THREE YEARS OF 500,000, 200,000 AND $400,000 IN DISCOVERY REVENUE.
THAT'S ALL COMING FROM GENERAL BUSINESSES.
BUSINESSES THAT ARE JUST UNLICENSED AND NEED TO GET LICENSED.
AND THAT NUMBER IS GONNA CONTINUE TO GET SMALLER.
'CAUSE THE MORE EFFORT THAT WE PUT IN, THE LESS UNLICENSED BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE, AND THE MORE CONSISTENT YOUR REVENUE IS GONNA BE YEAR AFTER YEAR.
SO THAT'S, I BELIEVE THE LAST SLIDE IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
AND COUNCIL, DO ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD.
UM, AND THEN HOW MUCH ARE YOU MAKING OFF THE THIS? SO YOU, HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE OFF THIS PARTNERSHIP? SO OUR FEES, SO FOR ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM, IT'S A FLAT FEE.
SO THAT FLAT FEE IS, I THINK BECAUSE IT'S ADJUSTED WITH CPI, SO I THINK IT'S AT ABOUT $17 PER ACCOUNT.
OH, OUR COMPLIANCE FEES ARE CONTINGENCY FEE BASED.
SO WHEN WE'RE SENDING OUT NOTIFICATIONS, THERE'S NO DIRECT COST TO THE CITY.
WE ONLY GET A 25% CONTINGENCY FEE ON ANYTHING THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY IDENTIFYING.
SO OVER THE 10 YEARS OF THE PROJECT, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT $6 MILLION NUMBER, IT'S ABOUT NOT DOING REALLY GOOD MATH IN MY HEAD, BUT ABOUT 1 MILLION I THINK, OVER THAT 10 YEARS.
BUT IT'S ONLY BASED ON FINDINGS THAT WE HAVE NOT ON ANY, BUT THERE'S NO GO FORWARD REVENUE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING ON OR ANYTHING ELSE LIKE THAT.
AND IF A, IF A BUSINESS HAD A ISSUE, IS THERE LIKE A CONTACT PROCESS AS THE, THAT THE CITY DOES CURRENTLY? UH, LIKE IF THERE'S A, IF, IF THERE WAS A COMPLAINT, IS THERE SOMEONE IN PLANNING OR THAT WILL CONTACT YOU OR? SO I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH PAULINA 'CAUSE WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR SO LONG.
AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S BUSINESSES THAT COME TO HER.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, ANY AND MOST BUSINESSES JUST KNOW TO CONTACT US BECAUSE WE'VE JUST BEEN SO ENTRENCHED HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
I REMEMBER IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WEST COVINA PARTNERSHIP THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION OF WHO HANDLES WHAT.
'CAUSE THERE WAS STILL LIKE A BUSINESS LICENSE PERSON WHO USED TO WORK IN CITY HALL AND JUST NOW WORKS HERE.
SO THERE WAS THAT KIND OF FACE OF THE CITY THAT USED, THAT PEOPLE USED TO GO TO.
MOST BUSINESSES KNOW THAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH US AND THEY HAVE TO CONTACT US, BUT IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES OR IF THERE IS A PROBLEM OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING, THEY USUALLY GO THROUGH CITY MANAGEMENT OR THEY GO THROUGH A DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, WHICHEVER DEPARTMENT IS EXPERIENCING THE, THE LIFT.
ANOTHER THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT, UM, 'CAUSE I MENTIONED THE DIRECT COST AS FAR AS THE CONTINGENCY FEE IS CONCERNED, UM, A SUPPLEMENTARY KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS WITHIN THEIR FEE SCHEDULE, UM, IS A RECOVERY FEE WHICH GETS PASSED ON TO THE, LIKE TO THE ACTUAL BUSINESS.
SO OUR FEE IS ACTUALLY NEVER DIRECTLY PAID BY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
IT'S ALWAYS DIRECTLY PAID BY THE, UM, BY THE BUSINESS OWNER WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR DISCOVERY AND COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS. OKAY.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE LIKE A, IF A, IF A COMMUNITY RESIDENT WAS TO CALL, YOU GUYS HAVE A CALL CENTER I BELIEVE, OR CORRECT.
AND THEN IF THEY WERE TO CALL YOU AND, AND, UH, LODGE A COMPLAINT, IS THERE A PROCESS YOU GUYS DO TO TRACK THAT COMPLAINT AND HANDLE IT OR? SO, UM, WE SEPARATE THOSE INTO TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.
SO IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A COMPLICATED ISSUE.
SO IF THERE'S AN ADMINISTRATION COMPLAINT AS FAR AS OUR RENEWALS AND NEW APPLICATIONS AND THE KIND OF DAY TO DAY WHERE THERE'S LIKE A CUSTOMER SERVICE COMPLAINT, THOSE IMMEDIATELY GET LODGED UP INTO OUR, UH, MANAGEMENT QUEUE WHERE PEOPLE ARE REVIEWING THAT, LIKE, INTERNALLY AND LIKE DISCUSSING WHAT WENT WRONG.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WENT WRONG, WE'LL NORMALLY REPORT THAT TO THE CITY.
UM, WHETHER THAT BE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR OR WHOEVER, OUR MAIN POINT OF CONTACT IS FOR, LET'S SAY IT WAS A, AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO WE TALK, TALK TO SOMEONE IN PLANNING.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THE PARTICULAR ISSUE IS.
UM, WITH COMPLIANCE, BECAUSE AS I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, WHENEVER WE'RE TRYING TO COLLECT BUSINESS TAXES AND BACK TAXES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, MOST BUSINESSES ARE KIND OF WITHIN THAT COMPLAINT CATEGORY.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT IS IN A, LIKE, I WOULD SAY LIKE A HIGHER STATE OF COM LIKE, UH, OF A COMPLAINT WHERE THERE'S SOMEONE THAT IS OVERLY AGGRESSIVE AND THEY'RE LIKE YELLING AT OUR STAFF OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, NORMALLY, UM, MY FIRST THING I DO IS I USUALLY EITHER REACH OUT TO PAULINA OR I REACH OUT TO THE FINANCE DIRECTOR JUST TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THIS IS A PARTICULAR ISSUE THAT IS, THAT'S HAPPENING.
AND THEN I'M ON THE, I'M ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, THE PROCESSING CENTER.
UH, ARE YOU OPEN TO, UH, WORKING WITH PAULINA TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL SQUARE? I GUESS THERE'S A SQUARE BOX OR SECTION IN THIS AREA THAT, THAT WILL, WE'LL PUT THAT TO LIKE, IN OTHER WORDS, FILE A COMPLAINT.
SO WE HAVE, I MEAN, WOULD IT BE LIKE A CITY STA WE CAN, WE CAN TALK, YEAH.
IT'LL BE LIKE A JOINT EMAIL THING THAT YOU GUYS BOTH HAVE ACCESS.
'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, A LOT OF BUSINESSES HAVE VOICE
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CONCERNS, BUT I THINK IF WE COULD CREATE A, A DIALOGUE MM-HMMBETWEEN THE CITY AND YOU GUYS, MORE EFFICIENCY, MORE EFFICIENTLY WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PUTIN, UH, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION.
IT COULD BE CITY OR YOU ALL ARE ALL CONTRACTORS HAVE MUST HAVE THE BUSINESS LICENSE FOR WEST COVINA? YES.
IF THEY'RE DOING WORK IN WHAT? THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, THEY'RE REQUIRED HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE.
AND THIS INCLUDES LIKE ALL THE INSTRUCTORS OR ANYBODY LIKE THAT YOU, THAT WE PARTNER LIKE IN RECREATION OR ANYTHING.
SO THEY ALL GO THROUGH HDL TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE.
UM, ANY ABOUT ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
I THINK THAT THE POSSIBLE IS ME HAVE THIS MOTHER OR OTHER CITY COUNCIL COMPLAINING ABOUT SERVICE.
I, WE JUST WANT CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND MEANING WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, WANT TO DO BUSINESS, SET UP BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA AND THEY APPLY THE BUSINESS LICENSE.
AND I THINK THE ISSUE IS HOW CAN WE HELP THEM TO OBTAIN THE BUSINESS LICENSE BECAUSE THEY WANT TO PROVIDE THE FEE TO THE CITY.
SO I THINK THIS IMPORTANT IS CUSTOMER SERVICE.
I THINK THAT, I THINK WE HEARD ABOUT THE ISSUE IS SOME OF THE BUSINESS, NEW BUSINESS SAY THEY HAVE A HARD TIME, UH, TO GET A BUSINESS LICENSE OR SOMETHING.
UH, SO I THINK THAT'S THE REASON WE INVITE YOU TO GIVE US, AND I REMEMBER 2015 WHEN WE HAVE A STAFF IN-HOUSE, WELL, WE DECIDE TO GO TO THE OUTSOURCING MEETING A BIGGER COMPANY LIKE YOU GUYS TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE AND HOPEFULLY, AND THE PEOPLE CAN GET IT DONE OKAY.
I THINK THIS IS THE, THE PURPOSE.
HOW TO PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HOW TO INVITE MORE BUSINESS TO OUR CITY.
I, I THINK THIS IS THE ISSUE IS MAYBE OKAY, UNDER LOOKING TO HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE SERVICE OR WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE.
CAN WE HAVE A NEW WEBSITE TO APPLY THE PIECE OF LICENSE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE? CAN WE DO THAT? I BELIEVE THEY, WE GO THROUGH THEIR WEBSITE TO DO THE APPLICATION.
WE DID ACTUALLY JUST REMODEL OUR WEBSITE.
SO IT IS KIND OF A SLEEKER LOOK.
UM, IT LOOK LIKE WEST COVINA OR IT LOOKED LIKE YOUR WEBSITE.
SO OUR WEBSITE, I, I THINK ON YOUR WEBSITE THERE IS A LINK TO OUR WEBSITE, BUT IT IS LIKE A DIRECT CONNECTION.
MY SUGGESTION IS THE BUSINESS LICENSE, WEST COVINA IS IN OUR CITY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO THEIR WEBSITE.
PEOPLE GO TO WEST COVINA AND SAY, HEY, IF I ALL WANNA SET UP BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA, THEY CHECK ABOUT THE WEBSITE.
'CAUSE PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW WE ARE CONTRACT OUT TO YOU.
SO IF WE CAN HAVE OUR WEBSITE BUSY LICENSE, YOU CLICK THE LINK AND GO INTO THEIR WEBSITE.
I'M WORKS IT IS LIKE THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO ROXANNE CAN PULL IT UP, BUT IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THERE'S A PAGE FOR BUSINESS LINK, THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
SO IF PEOPLE WILL GO TO OUR WEBSITE FIRST AND THEN YOU JUST OUTSOURCING BECAUSE YOU HAVE MUCH MORE MANPOWER.
AND THEN OUR SAY THAT TIME, REMEMBER WE ONLY HAVE A TWO PERSON TO WORK ENTIRE CITY AND UH, HUNDRED, IF THEY HAVE THE ANSWER THOUSAND OF EMAIL OR COMPLAIN, AND TWO PERSON CANNOT DO IT.
I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO LOG ONTO TO THE WEST COVINA WEBSITE AND THEY GET REDIRECTED TO EACH FIELD'S WEBSITE ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING BE NOTICING A BIG DIFFERENCE.
THEY PROBABLY GOING TO THINK THEY'RE STILL IN THE WEST COVINA WEBSITE.
I, NO, OR JUST LIKE, WE WANT TO HAVE PEOPLE AT MY EASY ASSETS, USER FRIENDLY TO FIND HOW I CAN APPLY, HOW CAN I DO IT? OKAY.
SO IN THAT WAY THEY'RE NOT IN THE MAZE.
AND THE PEOPLE CAN AT THE NIGHTTIME TO CHECK IN RESEARCH HOW TO DO BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA, HOW TO SET UP BUSINESS, BECAUSE THAT'S OUR LIFELINE.
WELCOME TO BUSINESS, COME TO CITY TO INC.
TO CREATE JOB, CREATE SERVICE.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE IT IS EASY ACCESS.
AND ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE, I GOT COMPLAINT REGARDING QUITE A FEW, UH, PEOPLE WORK AT HOME MM-HMM
AND THEY GOT YOUR REQUEST TO PAY.
AND THE PENALTY OR THIS AND THAT.
SO THE ISSUE IS THEY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY WORK, WORK AT HOME, UH, NEED TO PAY.
AND, UH, THE BUSINESS LICENSE AND, UH, THEY, THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY BUSINESS LICENSE, BUT SINCE YOU GOT HIT THEM WITH A PENALTY, SO, SO HOW WE WORK WITH THAT.
SO JUST TO BE, JUST TO BE TRANSPARENT, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HIT THEM WITH THE PEN PENALTY.
WE'RE JUST ONLY FOLLOWING WHAT THE MUNICIPAL CODE IS STATING.
UM, HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, AND ME AND PAULINA CAN OBVIOUSLY TALK ABOUT THIS OFFLINE, BUT HISTORICALLY SPEAKING, THE CITY HAS HELD PRETTY FIRM.
I'M NOT WAIVING ANY PENALTIES.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A, A POLICY THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE HIRED 10 YEARS AGO, WE WERE HIRED OUT OF NECESSITY, NOT OUT OF I THINK, DESIRE.
UM, THE CITY WAS IN PRETTY DIRE STRAITS FINANCIALLY.
AND I THINK HIRING US, BECAUSE WE WERE A CHEAPER OPTION WAS LIKE REALLY IMPORTANT.
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PHASE WHERE WE'RE MAKE, TRYING TO MAKE THESE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN, IN NEW TAX REVENUE, UM, WAS REALLY IMPORTANT.AND WAIVING MONEY WAS NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WAS LIKE ON THE TABLE.
UM, SO THESE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE'VE NOW ENTRENCHED OURSELVES IN A SITUATION IN WHICH THAT WE DON'T WANNA BE INEQUITABLE TO THE BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVEN'T WAIVED THE PENALTIES FOR IN THE PAST.
AND SO STAYING FIRM AND STAYING LIKE CONSISTENT WITH OUR POLICY HAS BEEN, I THINK THE, THE, JUST THE METHOD THAT WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN USING.
UM, HOWEVER, IT, THERE'S ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY TO WAIVE PENALTIES FOR SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES.
WE COULD CREATE GUIDELINES, LIKE SAYING, FOR AN EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANNA APPLY FOR A HARDSHIP EXEMPTION, LIKE YOU MAKE LESS THAN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF GROSS RECEIPTS.
LIKE LET'S SAY YOU MAKE $10,000 OR LESS, YOU CAN QUALIFY FOR, UH, A PENALTY EXEMPTION.
AS LONG AS WE MAKE THESE TYPES OF POLICIES THAT CAN BE EQUITABLE AND SHARED ACROSS THE BOARD TO YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, AS YOUR CONSULTANT, WE WOULD JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S BEING DONE SO THAT EVERYONE'S BEING TREATED FAIRLY AND NO ONE'S GETTING LIKE A FAIR, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY COMPLAIN, THEY GET THE PENALTY WAIVER, BUT SOMEONE WHO JUST PAID OUT OF POCKET DOESN'T GET THE PENALTY.
I THINK IT'S THE, WE WANT TO TREAT, UH, OUR RESIDENT, OUR BUSINESS PARTNER WITH FAIRNESS.
AGAIN, AGAIN, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO, PEOPLE INTENTIONALLY TRY TO GET OUT THEIR, OKAY.
THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO OPERATE BUSINESS, MAKE MONEY IN OUR CITY.
WE WANT THEM TO PAY A, A FICTION OF FAIRNESS.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I SEE SOME PEOPLE SENIOR, THEY WORK AT HOME.
AND THEN SUDDENLY THEY GET HIT WITH, UH, THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY NEED TO, OKAY.
APPLY A BUSINESS LICENSE FOR THEM TO WORK AT HOME.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME, SOMETIME THEY HAVE A NCY, BUT WE NOT TRYING TO SPOIL THE PEOPLE SQUEAKING WHEEL, GET THE GREASE, THAT KIND OF SITUATION.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TREAT PEOPLE WITH FAIRNESS.
IF THEY WILLING TO PAY BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO PAY, BUT BEFORE THEY DON'T KNOW THEY WORK AT HOME OR SOME KIND OF A CONSULTANT, THIS AND THAT, THEY NEED TO EVEN GET A BUSINESS LICENSE.
SO IN THAT WAY, THEN WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE OR YOU GUIDE THE JUDGMENT OR CITY MANAGER TO SEE HOW WE DEAL WITH THE SITUATION.
SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T PUT PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS.
I JUST WANT TO, AND PLUS THIS IS ONE ISSUE, BUT THE ISSUE MORE ABOUT THE NEW BUSINESS, HOW WE CAN APPLY, HOW CAN WE HELP THEM TO APPLY THE BUSINESS ACCESS EASIER.
IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUE AND THEY CAN GET A, A RESULT RIGHT AWAY, I THINK THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THIS PRESENTATION INVITE YOU TO COME OVER HERE WITH US SO WE CAN KNOW EACH OTHER BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR 10 YEARS.
THIS AFTER 10 YEARS, WE CAN SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN.
AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL HAVE A YES.
UM, SO I THINK, UH, ONE THING, UH, OUR CITY COULD FIX IS IF YOU GO TO THE REP WEBSITE, PAULINA, AND YOU GO TO PERMITS, UH, THERE'S NO TAB RIGHT THERE THAT SAYS BUSINESS LICENSE PERMIT.
SO CAN WE ADD THAT TO THAT SECTION? YEAH.
I THINK HE WANT TO ANSWER YOU.
UM, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK THE STARTING YOUR OWN BUSINESS IS, I THINK WHERE IT HAPPENS.
IF YOU GUYS WANNA ADD ANOTHER ONE THAT WOULD, BUT THAT THIS ONE WAS MORE FOR CITY STAFF.
WELL IT'S CONFUSING HOW TO FIND THAT ONE TOO.
JUST TO LIKE AN ADDED LITTLE CLARIFICATION.
UM, AND JUST ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE BEING STICKLERS.
UH, IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY A PERMIT, IT'S TECHNICALLY A TAX.
SO YOU'D WANNA MAKE SURE YOU'RE LABELING IT AS TAX NOT PERMIT.
WELL THEN WE HAVE TO FIND AN EASIER WAY FOR PEOPLE TO FIND THIS STARTING A BUSINESS.
YOU HAVE IT HIT, IT'S LIKE ALL IN GARBAGE ON BUSINESSES.
SO IT'S LIKE IN A LITTLE, YOU HAVE TO, YOU HAVE TO CLICK THROUGH MULTIPLE TABS.
SO WHAT IS IT OBTAIN NECESSARY.
SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS SOMETHING ON, BUT ON THE TOP OF THE WEBPAGE, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT START YOUR OWN BUSINESS, AN ACTUAL TAB THAT SAYS APPLY FOR BUSINESS LICENSE, THEN NOW WE'RE MAKING IT EASIER BECAUSE I'M NOT GONNA WELL I'M, I'M, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THESE STEPS TO FIND YOU.
MAKE IT EASIER TO APPLY MM-HMM
BECAUSE IF YOU WANT PEOPLE PAY, YOU WANT THEM TO EASY WAY TO PAY.
AND SO LET'S WHAT THIS, HOW CAN WE MAKE OKAY.
AND THE BUSINESS COMING IN WANT TO APPLY AND THEY'RE WILLING TO JOIN WITH US AND SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM EASY ASSETS.
AND THAT THE WISHES OF THE COUNCIL YES.
WHATEVER WORKS BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY AND HOW IT AFFECTS OUR WEBSITE.
I, I, I, I THINK I CAN CONCLUDE IS EVERYBODY'S OKAY.
AND BASICALLY WE WANT IS EASY, BUSINESS FRIENDLY AND UH, WE WANT TO OKAY.
AND, UH, AND TAKE CARE OF OUR PARTNERS.
IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUE, WE CAN TAKE CARE.
AND IF ANY PEOPLE HAVE ISSUE AND WE WANNA FIND OUT WHAT ISSUE IS THAT THEY DON'T KNOW THEY NEED TO APPLY, AND THEN WE HIT THEM WITH A VERY STEEP PENALTY, MAYBE WE CAN SEE ABOUT WHAT A ISSUE.
AND, UH, WE ARE NOT HERE JUST TRY TO BEAT PEOPLE WITH
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THEIR MONEY OUT OF THEIR POCKET.NO, I THINK WE SHOULD TRY PEOPLE WITH FAIRNESS.
AND, UH, IF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE PENALIZED, WE NEVER TELL THEM YOU NEED TO APPLY.
BUT STILL CREATE A CUSTOMER SERVICE ISSUE.
BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME BUSINESS, BIG BUSINESS THEY INTENTIONALLY OKAY.
WHO, OKAY, SO, SO AND SO IN, SO YOU HAVE A A TWO OKAY.
AND DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY BE TREATED WITH A FAIRNESS.
UH, SO I DO SEE YOU HAVE A TAB HERE OR A SECTION THAT SAYS REPORT A PROBLEM.
SO CAN YOU PUT THAT BY ITSELF SO PEOPLE CAN FIND IT BETTER TOO? YEAH.
AND THEN, UH, IN REGARDS TO OUR OWN WEBSITE, I THINK THAT'S MORE OF OUR CITY STAFF FIXING THAT AND PUTTING A TAB WITH THE, THAT'S INTEGRATED INTO THE TAB.
SO WHEN THEY CLICK ON THAT, IT REDIRECTS THEM TO THEIR WEBSITE.
SO IT'LL BE OUR, OUR RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
SO I KNOW ON YOUR, ON YOUR RENEWAL TIMELINE, I I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT YOU SEND THEM MULTIPLE NOTICES.
I KNOW IT'S PRIMARILY ONLINE WITH ONE TIME, UH, MAILING AN ACTUAL NOTICE.
UM, I KNOW YOU'LL SEND THE DELINQUENCY NOTICE ONCE, BUT WHEN PENALTIES ACCRUE AT 10% PER MONTH MAX, UM, MAXING AT 100% AFTER THAT LAST, UM, OR THAT ONLY DELINQUENCY NOTICE ONE.
IS THAT DELINQUENCY NOTICE BY MAIL OR ONLINE, LIKE EMAIL? YES.
SO ACTUALLY, UM, MOST OF THESE NOTICES ARE ACTUALLY DONE VIA POST MAIL.
UH, THE ONLINE RENEWAL NOTICE IS BASICALLY MORE OF JUST A, SO THE, THERE'S A RENEWAL NOTICE THAT YOU'LL SEE MAILED RENEWAL NOTICE UHHUH.
THAT ONE IS LIKE THE PHYSICAL COPY THAT IT'S LIKE, LOOKS LIKE ALMOST LIKE A REAL TAX RETURN WHERE THERE'S LIKE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE TO FILL OUT.
IT'S LIKE ACTUALLY A TA A RETURN THAT YOU HAVE TO FILE FOR YOUR BUSINESS TAX RETURN.
THE OTHER NOTIFICATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING ARE ACTUALLY STILL BY POST MAIL.
THERE'S AN EMAIL THAT ACCOMPANIES THEM IF YOU HAVE ONE ON FILE.
BUT THERE THEY'RE JUST ONLINE RENEWAL NOTICES, WHICH ACTUALLY JUST POINTS YOU TO THE WEBSITE.
'CAUSE WE, WE WANNA ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THE ONLINE PLATFORM, BASICALLY.
BUT THEY, THEY RECEIVE A HARD COPY.
YOU RECEIVE A CARD COPY AND AN EMAIL COPY.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT IS THE TURNAROUND TIME WHEN SOMEBODY PUTS IN, UM, WANTING TO HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE? LIKE ONCE THEY PUT IT IN, WHEN WOULD I GET MY LICENSE TO SEE, I HAVE THAT YOU SEEN THREE DAYS
IT'S, IT'S USUALLY, UM, IT DE IT DEPENDS ON A MULTITUDE OF FACTORS, RIGHT? SO ONE IS THAT IF IT'S A CONTRACTOR, FOR AN EXAMPLE, SOMEONE COMING FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY, IT'S, THEY ARE, IF THEY SHOW UP TO THE PERMIT DESK AND THEY CALL US, THEY GET IT IN 15 MINUTES BECAUSE THERE'S NO APPROVALS, THERE'S NO COMPLICATED ISSUES.
IT'S JUST A FLAT FEE THAT THEY PAY AND THEY MOVE ON.
UM, IF YOU'RE, LET'S JUST MOVE IT UP TO THE COMPLICATION LADDER A LITTLE BIT.
YOU'RE A, A RETAIL BUSINESS, UM, OF SOME SORT AND YOU'RE JUST IN A COMMERCIAL LOCATION.
THERE'S COMMERCIAL PLANNING AND COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT HAS TO GET APPROVED.
UM, THAT GOES THROUGH AN APPROVAL PROCESS.
SO OUR SIDE OF THE EQUATION USUALLY TAKES 24 HOURS.
WE HAVE APP LIKE PEOPLE JUST PROCESSING APPLICATIONS NONSTOP.
UM, SO THAT PROCESS IS ACTUALLY REALLY QUICK AS FAR AS FROM OUR CONCERNED.
UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN SOMETIMES TAKE A FEW DAYS TO A COUPLE WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE COMP.
I'M ASSUMING THE COMPLEXITY OF THAT PARTICULAR COMMERCIAL ZONING APPLICATION.
UM, AND THEN MOVING IT UP THE LADDER EVEN FURTHER, IF A NEW MASSAGE BUSINESS COMES INTO TOWN OR JUST A NEW OVERLY REGULATED TYPE OF BUSINESS COMES INTO TOWN, THAT CAN TAKE MONTHS DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE BUSINESS LICENSE PROCESS IS CONCERNED, SO NOT NECESSARILY ANY OF THE APPROVAL PROCESSES, THAT IS LESS THAN LESS THAN TWO DAYS IN PROCESSING TIMEFRAME.
HDL AND THEN YOU SAID IN PERSON.
SO THEY CAN COME HERE TO CITY HALL.
SO THEY, THE, THERE IS NO IN PERSON CITY HALL LIKE DESK, BUT IT'S USUALLY THE CONTRACTORS THAT ARE COMING IN.
'CAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO PULL A PERMIT AND THEN THEY CAN CALL US.
ALSO, YOU CAN DO ALL YOUR APPLICATIONS OVER THE PHONE TOO.
YOU WON'T, YOU MIGHT NOT GET THE BUSINESS LICENSE RIGHT AWAY.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THOSE APPROVAL PROCESSES BEFORE OBTAINING ONE.
UM, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE HAVE THE ONLINE WEBSITE, WE HAVE PAPER APPLICATIONS YOU CAN FILE AND YOU CAN CALL IN REALLY, REALLY QUICK.
I JUST WANT ADD ON WHAT MAYOR PUTIN SAY, JUST FOR EXAMPLE, OKAY, WE HAVE A NEW RESTAURANT COMING IN.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THEM TO GET A PERMIT, GET A, GET A BUSINESS LICENSE.
SO DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, RIGHT? AND DEPENDING ON, AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW THAT LOCATION OR THE, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SO IT WOULD ALSO DEPEND ON THEIR VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS THEY'VE RECEIVED, BUT IT WOULD BE NORMALLY ABOUT A DAY FOR US TO PROCESS IT UNDER 24 HOURS.
THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND IT WOULD TAKE THEM AROUND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THREE BUSINESS DAYS AND ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
AND THEN IN THAT TIMEFRAME, THE BUSINESS THEN PAYS, DEPENDS ON HOW LONG OBVIOUSLY THE BUSINESS TAKES TO PAY.
AND THEN WE ISSUE A CERTIFICATE IMMEDIATELY.
SO A WEEK, ROUGHLY A WEEK OR TWO? YEAH, AT MOST, A FEW WEEKS.
AND SO, AND THAT'S USUALLY DEPENDING ON THE BUSINESS' RESPONSIVENESS TOO.
'CAUSE ANOTHER I KNOW THE, THE, THE DOCUMENTATION IS, YEAH, AS FAR AS OUR PROCESSING TIME IS CONCERNED, WE'RE ALWAYS UNDER TWO DAYS AS FAR AS THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND THE BUSINESS BEING INVOLVED IN THE SITUATION BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED PLANS OR THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED INFORMATION, THAT CAN TAKE A FEW WEEKS DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.
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YEAH.AND THEN, UH, SO THOSE WHO LIKE MAYOR RU REFERENCED TO, UH, WHO HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES OR WHO MAY HAVE NOT KNOWN ABOUT THE PROCESS, ARE THEY GETTING LIKE A NOTICE TO PAY TO REGISTER THEMSELVES BY AN X AMOUNT OF DAY BEFORE THEY'RE, WHEN THEY, BEFORE THEY FACE A PENALTY OR SO? NO.
UM, IMMEDIATELY IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINAS MUNICIPAL CODE, THE FIRST DAY THAT YOU'RE OPERATING A BUSINESS, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO OBTAIN A BUSINESS LICENSE.
30 DAYS FROM THAT DAY TO GET APPLIED AND PAY BEFORE PENALTY START TO ACCRUE MM-HMM
THAT'S WHEN THE 10% PENALTY STARTS TO ACCRUE WITH A MAXIMUM OF A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT, LIKE AT THIS POINT IN THE PROGRAM, LIKE WE'RE, AS FAR AS LONG AS WE ARE, THERE IS NOT A MULTITUDE OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE ANYMORE.
WE'VE SPENT THIS LAST 10 YEARS DOING THAT KIND OF CLEANUP PHASE THAT I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
AND I, I FIND IT UN UNLIKELY THAT IT'S MORE THAN A HANDFUL OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PENALTY AT THIS POINT.
THE REASON I BROUGHT UP THE EQUITY CONCERN BEFORE IS BECAUSE EACH YEAR THIS HAPPENS, RIGHT? SO EACH YEAR THERE'S A BUSINESS THAT RIGHT NOW IN, IN MARCH, SORRY, WE JUST, WE MOVED INTO MARCH.
THERE'S BUSINESSES RIGHT NOW PAYING 20% PENALTIES BECAUSE THEY FORGOT LIKE THEY WERE AN ACTIVE BUSINESS, BUT THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS GET BUSY AND THEY, THEY JUST DON'T REMEMBER 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T PAY WITHIN THAT 30 DAY TIMEFRAME.
AND THEY'RE PAYING A 20% PENALTY IF WE DECIDE TO, FOR THESE BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMPLETELY UNLICENSED, WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING YOU TAX FOR 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 YEARS TO WAIVE THEIR PENALTIES.
UM, THE ONLY THING THAT I'M BASICALLY PROVIDING HERE IS THAT FROM AN EQUITY PERSPECTIVE, IT CAN'T JUST BE THAT I, YOU KNOW, I FOR AN YOU TONY, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE IS A, UM, I DIDN'T KNOW QUALIFIER, RIGHT? WELL, EVERY BUSINESS THAT'S IN THIS DISCOVERY PROGRAM IS GONNA CLAIM THAT WHETHER THEY, WHETHER THAT'S TRUE OR NOT.
I HAD, UM, PARTICULAR BUSINESSES THAT ARE MEGA MILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES, BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESSES ARE LIKE WEST COVINA ISN'T COVINA
AND SO WE HAVE THAT ALL THE TIME WHERE THERE ISN'T THIS, LIKE, IT'S, IF WE MAKE THAT THE RULE, THEN WE HAVE TO APPLY THAT TO EVERYONE.
'CAUSE EVERYONE'S GONNA SAY, OH, I FORGOT THAT THE, THE BUSINESS LICENSE, UH, RENEWAL WAS IN DECEMBER AND I JUST MISSED THE DEADLINE.
WE HAVE THESE LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO IF WE WANNA CREATE LIKE AN EQUITABLE RULE WHERE THERE'S LIKE SOME SORT OF SUBSTRATE OF BUSINESSES THAT QUALIFY FOR THIS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED HOME-BASED BUSINESSES, THAT WOULD BE TOTALLY FINE TO DO SOME SORT OF LIKE, AGAIN, HARDSHIP EXEMPTION THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO FOR THE PENALTIES.
I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST, WE WOULD AGAIN, WORK WITH PAULINA TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE AND IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE PARTICULAR EXEMPTIONS MIGHT BE FOR THE PENALTIES.
BUT WE'D WANNA MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THE EQUITY PERSPECTIVE SO THAT PEOPLE ALSO DON'T ABUSE THE, THE GRACIOUSNESS OR THE OLIVE BRANCH YOU'RE TRYING TO HAND OUT FOR THE PENALTY PROGRAMS. VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER, YEAH, MAYOR PROTA, UM, JUST THREE QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO SIMILAR.
UM, HOW MUCH IS A BUSINESS LICENSE? UM, UH, WHAT IS A PENALTY FEE AND WHAT DOES THAT A HUNDRED PERCENT MAXIMUM PENALTY FEE LOOK LIKE? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE BUSINESS.
SO YOUR BUSINESS TAX CODE IS PRETTY OUTDATED, SO MOST OF YOUR BUSINESSES, RIGHT? AS FAR AS LIKE, JUST ON, ON THE GENERAL, UM, FRAME YOU'RE HAVING LIKE PROFESSIONALS, YOUR RETAIL BUSINESSES, SO ON AND SO FORTH.
IT'S AROUND A HUNDRED DOLLARS TO START.
AND THEN IT'S ABOUT, I THINK IT'S ABOUT $10 PER EMPLOYEE THEREAFTER.
SO IT'S AN LIKE PER EMPLOYEE TAX.
IT'S A SCALING PERSPECTIVE ON HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE.
THEN YOU HAVE YOUR RESIDENTIAL RENTALS, WHICH IS AROUND THE SAME TYPE OF RATE.
IT'S ABOUT $89 FOR THE FIRST UNIT.
AND THEN FOR EVERY UNIT THEREAFTER, IT'S ABOUT $10.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIKE YOUR 10 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX, YOU'RE PAYING ABOUT A HUNDRED BUCKS PLUS EIGHT, NINE BUCKS.
UM, THE MORE YOU MOVE ON AND THE MORE THE, THE BUSINESS TYPES CHANGE.
SO CONTRACTORS PAY A FLAT FEE.
UM, THEN YOU MOVE INTO YOUR COMMERCIAL RENTALS, WHICH IS WHAT I MENTIONED BEFORE.
THIS IS WHERE A PRIME, LIKE THE, THE MOST AMOUNT OF YOUR REVENUE COMES FROM IS BECAUSE IT'S A 1% GROSS RECEIPTS TAX.
SO IT'S $10 PER A THOUSAND DOLLARS OF GROSS RECEIPTS.
SO IF YOU MAKE A MILLION DOLLARS, YOU'RE PAYING $10,000.
AND SO THERE'S A, LIKE THIS HUGE DISCREPANCY OBVIOUSLY BETWEEN THE BUSINESS ON HOW THE BUSINESSES ARE PAYING IN THE CITY.
UM, NORMALLY CODES ARE SET UP THIS WAY FOR CITIES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO THIS, UM, IS BECAUSE COMMERCIAL LANDLORDS PASS ON THEIR TAXES TO THEIR TENANTS.
AND SO CITIES WILL SOMETIMES SET UP CODES LIKE THIS TO MAKE IT SO THAT THE MONEY IS BASICALLY NOT REALLY DIRECTLY BEING PAID BY GENERAL BUSINESSES, BUT IT JUST GENERALLY GETS PAID BY EVERYONE IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM.
UM, WE WOULD RECOMMEND OBVIOUSLY AT SOME POINT THE CITY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER DOING A BUSINESS TAX RECONSTRUCTION AND A MODERNIZATION.
UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT WOULD JUST DEPEND ON HOW YOU GUYS WOULD WANT TO GO ABOUT THAT AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A VOTE IF YOU WERE TO CHANGE SOME OF THESE THINGS AROUND.
CAN WE JUST RECEIVE ON FILE? YOU GUYS HAVE ALL QUESTION.
CAN YOU DO US A FAVOR? CAN YOU LEAVE, UH, CONTENT INFORMATION SO IN CASE, I DON'T THINK WE WILL CALL YOU ALL THE TIME, BUT MAYBE IN THE BLUE MOON WE WILL SAY, HEY, YOUR, YOUR FIRST NAME IS IAN IN OKAY.
I SAY, AND THEN CHRISTINA? YES.
SO YOU PROVIDE THE INFORMATION SO IN CASE WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE CAN, OKAY.
SINCE YOU ARE KIND UNDER OUR OUTSOURCING CONTRACTOR, WE NEED HAVE SOME ISSUE.
MAYBE WE CAN CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY.
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OKAY.FOR COMING TO EXPLAIN EVERYTHING FOR US.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE C FILE? NO.
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL REPORT.
AB, UH, 1, 2, 3, 4 CONFERENCE AND THE MEETING REPORT.
ANYBODY HAVE THAT? IF NONE, THEY GO TO CITY COUNCIL REQUEST A CITY COUNCIL COMMENT.
I WANTED TO MAKE A COUNCIL REQUEST TO CREATE RUSE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR OUR, OUR, UH, BIG EVENTS.
WE HAVE, LIKE FOR OUR SPRING FESTIVAL, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, UH, RUSE IN PLACE FOR, UH, OUR VENDORS, FOR OUR ALCOHOL SELLERS AND MAKING SURE THERE'S A FAIR PROCESS AND THE SELECTION AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT GOES IN CREATING A, THE RULES AND AND PROCEDURES FOR A MAJOR EVENT LIKE THAT.
SO CD TO CREATE ANY OF FAIRNESS FOR THE VENDORS AND, UH, ALCOHOL SELLING AND THIS AND THAT FOR EVERYBODY HAVE ALL FAILED.
CHANCE? UH, YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I WAS JUST GONNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT ON THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, I WON'T BE HERE AS I HAVE TO ATTEND A, UH, I'LL BE AT SACRAMENTO FOR WORK.
WHAT? SO WE HAVE THE CANCEL NEXT MEETING YOU WANT.
THAT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, BUT
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU HAVE UH, YOU HAVE MORE? YEAH, JUST TO FINISH THAT LA THE LAST SENTENCE ON THAT, THAT WILL BE TO BRING IT BACK BY THE SECOND MEETING OF, UH, MAY.
IS THAT REALISTIC? ARE WE OKAY.
SPRING FESTIVAL IS ALREADY OVER IF YOU GO INTO MAY.
SPRING FESTIVAL IS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
I, I KNOW, BUT I THINK
AND, UH, UH, WHY ELSE? UH, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE, UH, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US A, UM, UM, I DID A, OH, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE, COME ON.
VICE VERSA, BUT, UH, I, I DID A CONSULT REQUEST REGARDING OF CREATING A VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL.
IF YOU COULD GIVE US AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING WHERE THAT'S AT AND, AND PROCESS IN INTO THAT.
UM, ALSO IF YOU COULD PROVIDE US, UH, I, WAS THERE AN UPDATE FOR THE FIRE HYDRANTS TESTING? WAS THAT THE NEXT MEETING OR THE MEETING AFTER THAT? WE CAN PROVIDE IT AT THE NEXT MEETING.
BUT THE FIRST MEETING OF APRIL.
I COULD ALWAYS WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING ONLINE TOO.
WE NEED YOU PARTICIPATE WITH VOTING.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND THEN, AND THEN ALSO WOULD BE TO, UH, HAVE A TRANSTECH, UH, I THINK IT IS TO JOIN WITH, UH, MAYOR RU'S, UH, REQUEST EARLIER, BUT IT'S TO HAVE TRANSTECH PRESENT ON THE HIGH SAFETY IMPROVEMENT GRANT, UH, THAT WE JUST RECEIVED FOR CYCLE 12.
AND HOW THEY, THEY PLAN ON USING THAT MONEY AND THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY'LL BE PURCHASING AND WHO'S RESPONSIBLE, UH, AND AND SO FORTH IN THAT PROCESS.
SO, UH, I THINK THAT WAS GONNA BE AT THE NEXT MEETING, RIGHT? OR? YES.
SO, UH, WE WANNA SEE THE OVERSIGHT REGARDING THE PURCHASE AND THE PROCESS AND THE, UH, THE, THE SIGNAGE AND THE DESIGN.
AND WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, EXAMPLE PICTURE TO SHOWING HOW TO INSTALL THOSE SIGN ON OUR, ON OUR STREET RESIDENTIAL STREET.
SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK HOW IT GOES SO WE CAN IMPROVE BEFORE IT FINISH.
AND CREATE ISSUE FOR OUR RESIDENT.
ANYTHING ELSE? AND, AND THEN JUST TO ADD TO THAT, UH, I WANT ALSO TRANSECT TO PRESENT TO US SOME ALTERNATIVE, UH, IDEA AND DESIGNS THAT THEY HAVE AT THE DISPOSAL.
YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE DISCOVERED THERE'S SO MUCH MORE OUT THERE TO ENSURE SAFETY IN OUR ROADS.
SO I WANT MAKE SURE, UH, MELISSA IS ALSO ABLE TO PRESENT ON THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY.
UH, I THINK MOST RECENTLY, UH, I SENT OVER TO TRANSTECH FOR ORANGE AVENUE.
THE, UH, THE BIG STOP SIGNS WITH THE LEDS AROUND THE, THE, THE FLASHING STOP SIGN AND THE STOP ITSELF ALSO ILLUMINATES.
SO THAT'S SOME OF THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY THAT'S OUT THERE AND I THINK IT'LL BE INSTRUMENTAL TO ENSURING OUR STREETS ARE SAFE.
AND UH, AND I WANT TO ADD ON, JUST SAY, I THINK I AGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE ON THE CORTEZ, THE STOP SIGN, THE FLASHING STOP SIGN, IT ALWAYS ONLY WORK FOR CERTAIN TIME, BUT MOST OF THE TIMES NOT WORKING.
AND I'VE BEEN CALLING RAUL FOR SO MANY TIME, EITHER BATTERY OR EITHER SOMETHING.
[01:55:01]
STOP SIGN, UH, FOR FLASHING STOP SIGN.SO WE NEED SOMETHING MORE RELIABLE.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
HAVE ANY REQUESTS? AND, UH, ANY COMMENT? I HAVE A COMMENT.UH, JUST SO, JUST TO, UH, I THINK SOMEONE SPOKE ABOUT, UH, EDISON LIGHT POLES AND, AND THE BEING DARK IN THE ALLEY.
SO I, AND, AND, AND THE COUNCIL ARE WORKING REALLY DILIGENTLY WITH, SO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON AND, UH, WE HAVE REQUESTED A MEETING, UH, WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON WITH THEIR DESIGNATED PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR LIGHTING INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE, UH, TO COMMUNICATE WITH SOCAL EDISON, THE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR LIGHTING IN VARIOUS STREETS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT OUR STREETS.
SO JUST TO UPDATE THAT AND, UH, THAT'S ABOUT IT.
UH, NO, I THINK THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE ALLEY BEHIND THE YES.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THAT WAS THE MAIN, I THINK ANDERSON SHOULD ADD A STREET LINE OVER THERE TO MAKE SURE ALL THE LIKE, ISSUE NOT GOING TO BE CONTINUE OVER THERE BECAUSE LIE IT SHOW PEOPLE WON'T BE HIDING OVER THERE.
DO DRUGS, SELL DRUGS OR DO WEIRD STUFF.
SO, SO, SO BRIGHTER BEAMS. YEAH, I THINK SO.
TO PUT THE RIGHT PLACE, UH, TO CHECK ALL THE DARK AREA TO MAKE SURE.
AND, UH, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT, OKAY, THE BRAZIL OF THE SHADOW OAK AREA WITH ALL THE WALK AREAS WITH OUR LED LIGHT, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY DARK AND THIS AND THAT.
SO, AND I THINK WE NEED A REPORT TO SEE WHAT THE STATUS, I THINK I'VE BEEN REQUEST ABOUT OKAY.
BETWEEN THE HOUSES, THEY HAVE A COMMON AREA AND THE, THE, THE RESIDENT PAY, UH, FOR LIKE THE HOA ON THEIR TAX TAXES.
AND IT IS CALLED THE LMD NUMBER.
I DON'T KNOW, NUMBER FOUR OR SOMETHING.
AND THE, THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDING TO TRAIN, UH, TRAIN DOWN ALL THESE VEGETATION SO PEOPLE CAN WALK, WALK AROUND AND NOT WORRY ABOUT, SOME PEOPLE WILL JUMP OUT AND THEN ALL THOSE LIGHT ON THE, AROUND THE WALKWAY AND THEY SHOULD PUT ON THE LED LIGHT WITH, UH, WHITE LIGHT SO PEOPLE CAN WALK THROUGH DURING THE, THE NIGHTTIME, UH, IS NOT GOING TO BE SCARED OR WORRY AND IF PEOPLE WALK WITH THE DOG.
SO I THINK I REQUEST THIS FOR MM-HMM.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS THING CAN BE DONE BECAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE.
AND THEN, UH, THE LAST THING I'LL SAY WILL BE, UM, I DID, UH, JOIN A, A CONSUMMATE WOMAN, LETTI LOPEZ RO AND, AND HER HUSBAND.
WE DID DO A, WE DID DO A, A DRY A WALK BY ON THE ALLEYWAY ON, UH, UH, DOWNTOWN, UH, WEST COVINA.
AND WE SAW WHAT COULD BE DONE.
WE POTENTIALLY AS WELL, BESIDES ADDISON, IT WILL BE TO, IF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, MILAN, UH, PAULINA COULD PUBLIC SAFETY.
IF OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, MILAN COULD REACH OUT TO THE APARTMENT OWNERSHIPS THERE AND TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED TO UPGRADE THEIR LIGHTING, A LOT OF THE CRIME IS HAPPENING FROM THEIR APARTMENT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO HOLD A HIGHER STANDARD TO THOSE APARTMENT OWNERS TO UPGRADE THEIR LIGHTING OUTSIDE THEIR PREMISES.
AND TO ADD TO THAT, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF, UM, LIGHT BULBS THAT ARE OUT THAT JUST NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FROM BOTH ANGLES IN THE FRONT AND BEHI AND ON THE BACK.
ANYTHING I KNOW ROSARIO, YOU, YOU, YOU KIND OF UNDER WEATHER AND YOU'RE STILL SHOWING UP.
AND, UH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO VOTE
AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, DON'T COUGH.
SO ANYWAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO A GYM? I MOTION? OKAY.
DO I HAVE SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
NEED A JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING UP.
AND, UH, THIS, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE, ALL DIDN STILL HERE.