* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] SORRY, IT'S KIND OF LOUD. OKAY. AND GOOD [CALL TO ORDER] EVENING. WELCOME TO OUR APRIL 15TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. RIGHT NOW IS 7 0 1. MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. ANY PERSON WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION, MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL THAT IS PROVIDED ENTRY TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT THE CALL TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENTS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION, A SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED. OKAY, AND TONIGHT INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY OUR PASTOR KEVIN TI FROM WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND MAYOR PROTON LOPEZ VIDO WILL LET THE EARTH IN THE PLEASURE OF RELIGION. ALL RISE. PLEASE. I HOPE I ANNOUNCED YOUR LAST NAME CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. , PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AND JOIN ME. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE GATHER HERE TONIGHT WITH GRATITUDE FOR THIS COUNCIL THAT IS SELFLESSLY GIVEN OF THEIR TIME AND RESOURCES TO SERVE THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA AND ITS RESIDENTS. MAY YOU LEAD AND DIRECT THEIR THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS AS IS, AS THEY DISCUSS DELIBERATE AND MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. BLESS THEM WITH YOUR WISDOM FROM ABOVE TO DISCERN WHAT IS JUST COURAGE TO PURSUE WHAT IS RIGHT AND THE HUMILITY TO LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER WITH OPEN HEARTS. LORD BLESS HIS COUNSEL WITH UNITY AND PURPOSE AND STRENGTH OF FAITH. THE CHALLENGES THAT MAY LAY AHEAD MAY THEIR WORK REFLECT YOUR LOVE, KINDNESS, AND COMPASSION FOR ALL PEOPLE, AND PROMOTE PEACE, FAIRNESS, AND PROSPERITY WITHIN THE CITY. AND MAY YOUR KNOWLEDGE, BLESS THIS COUNCIL FOR THE MANY DECISIONS TO BE MADE AND POLICIES TO BE ENACTED. WE THANK YOU FOR THEIR DIFFERENT VIEWS AND DIFFERENT OPINIONS. YET ONE PURPOSE, MAY YOUR PEACE AND PRESENCE BE THE FOUNDATION OF THIS COUNCIL. MAY IT FILL THIS BUILDING IN OUR HEARTS. WE ASK FOR YOUR GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION OVER OUR COMMUNITY, OUR COUNCIL, THOSE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY IN EVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO CALLS THIS CITY HOME. AND YOUR HOLY AND GRACIOUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. PLEASE FACE THE FLAG, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY, BEGIN TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC, REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ROLL. THANK YOU. HAVE A SEAT PLEASE. MR. CHAVEZ, CITY CLERK. OKAY, ROLL CALL PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GO AHEAD. COUNCILMAN CONTOS HERE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. HERE. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ HERE. MAYOR PROTI LOPEZ. VITO PRESENT, MAYOR WU. AND, UH, CITY [REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION] ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING RECALL FROM CLOSED SECTION? YES, MR. YES, MR. MAYOR, WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER ONE ON A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND A SECOND BY MAYOR CORAM LOPEZ, VITO, AND A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO INITIATE LITIGATION AGAINST LA COUNTY AND SUPERVISOR SLIS REQUESTING TO BE PAID, MEASURE A FUNDS DIRECTLY FROM LA COUNTY TO THE CITY AND REQUESTING THAT TO BE PAID ITS FAIR SHARE OF MEASURE A FUNDS TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ISSUES IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY AND, UH, [PRESENTATIONS] WE GO INTO THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. AND, UH, CERTIFICATES CELEBRATING WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, BAKER TO VEGAS WIN. UM, ANOTHER VICTORY TESTING. SO CAN I HAVE, UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF COME DOWN TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. I AM, YOU WANT OH YEAH, SURE. PLEASE GO AHEAD. DO YOU WANT ME TO GET THE TEAM DOWN HERE? YES, PLEASE. CAN WE GET, UH, ALL THE WEST COVINA PD RUNNERS AND SUPPORT TEAM DOWN HERE, PLEASE? I DON'T HAVE IF YOU WANT TO. OH, IT'S OKAY. YEAH. SO, UH, I THINK LAST YEAR WE THE FIRST PLACE, RIGHT? WE'RE BACK TO BACK FIRST PLACE. SO, SO, CONGRATULATIONS. THIS IS, UH, HEY. AND THEN NEXT YEAR WHEN LETTI BECOME THE MAYOR, WE WON YOU THE NUMBER THREE TIMES. OKAY. THREE TIMES A CHAMP. OKAY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WIN ALL THE TIME. WEST COVINA IS THE WINNING TEAM. OKAY. AND REALLY QUICK, THE BIGGER TO VEGAS RALLY IS THE MOST POSITIVE EVENT OFFERED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TODAY IS GIVE THEM A REASON TO MAINTAIN THE PHYSICAL FITNESS. AND YOU CAN SEE EACH [00:05:01] OF THEM ARE VERY, VERY FIT. OKAY? SO TO HELP THEM TO BETTER PERFORM THEIR DUTY OVER THE 35 YEARS, THE CHALLENGE COP BIGGER TO VEGAS RALLY HAS BEEN RUN. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL HAVE THREAT ACROSS THE DESERT. THE ORIGINAL IDEA OF THE RACE CONTINUE, THE TEAMWORK, THE COMMANDER RATE, THE PHYSICAL FITNESS AND THE COMPETITION. THE EVENT HAS EXPANDED IN MANY, MANY YEARS. MOST NOTABLE IN THE ENTRY AND THE CATEGORY. THE NUMBERS OF 10 HAS GROWN FROM THE 14 IN THE 1985. NOW THE NUMBER IS LIMITED TO 300 CATEGORY HAVE GROWN TO INCLUDING OKAY. PROBATION OFFICER, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, US ATTORNEY, AND THE CIVILIAN POLICE PERSONNEL. SO, CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOU GUYS. ANOTHER WIN A VICTORY. AND I CAN SEE YOU GUYS SO FIT. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE THE NUMBER ONE. OKAY. I, I NEED TO LEARN FROM YOU GUY. OKAY. OKAY. I I, I NEED TO BE IN SHAPE TOO. SO, POLICE CHIEF, OKAY. YOU WANT TO TELL US MORE IN DETAIL ABOUT EVERYTHING? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, YEAH, SO THE BAKER TO VEGAS, UH, RELAY RACE IS 120 MILES THROUGH THE DESERT. IT'S, UH, DIVIDED INTO 20 DIFFERENT STAGES. AND OUR RUNNERS RAN DISTANCES BETWEEN THREE MILES AND THE LONGEST BEING 10.7 MILES. AND THIS RACE STARTED AT, UH, ABOUT 2:00 PM IN THE AFTERNOON IN BAKER. IT WAS HOT AND DRY. UH, THE TERRAIN WAS PRETTY STEEP, UH, VERY DIFFICULT. AND THIS CHALLENGE TOOK US, UH, JUST UNDER 16 HOURS TO COMPLETE. SO OUR RUNNERS WERE RUNNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN IT WAS FREEZING COLD AND TEMPERATURES. AND IT JUST SHOWS THE, UH, UM, THE PREPARATION, THE DETERMINATION, UM, AND THE PRIDE THAT OUR RUNNERS, YOU KNOW, WANTED, WANTED TO REPRESENT WITH, FOR OUR CITY AND OUR, UM, DEPARTMENT. AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY PROUD TO RUN FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND, UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, WE GET OUT AND, AND JUST RUN. IT TAKES MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PREPARATION, UM, NOT ONLY FOR THE RUNNERS, BUT FOR ORGANIZING THE EVENT. IT'S A BIG DEAL GETTING SPONSORSHIPS AND JUST, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZING AND BEING PART OF AN EVENT WITH OVER 300 TEAMS INTERNATIONALLY. IT'S A BIG DEAL. UM, I, UH, WANNA RECOGNIZE THIS IS ONLY A PORTION OF OUR TEAM AND OUR SUPPORT STAFF THAT ARE HERE. UM, NOT EVERYONE COULD BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT, UM, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR TEAM CAPTAINS, UH, SERGEANT CHRIS GANIS AND CORPORAL KENNY BONITA. AND I DO WANNA GIVE MY, UH, HEARTFELT GRATITUDE OUT TO ALL OF OUR RUNNERS, ALL OF OUR SUPPORT STAFF THAT WORKED TIRELESSLY THROUGHOUT THE 16 HOURS BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE COURSE, AND TO ALL OUR STAFF THAT, UM, KEPT OUR CITY SAFE WHILE OUR, OUR PEOPLE WERE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF WEST COVIN IN THIS GREAT EVENT. AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, UH, SERGEANT CHRIS PAGANA. THANK YOU, CHIEF. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR A DEPARTMENT OUR SIZE OF BEING 99 AND UNDER. THAT'S THE CATEGORY THAT WE RAN. SO, UH, BASICALLY WE RAN AGAINST DIFFERENT, UH, POLICE AGENCIES WITH 99 SWORN OFFICERS. AND UNDER, UM, THIS YEAR WE RUN, WE, UH, FINISHED, UH, AT 1556, UM, AND 45TH OVERALL. AND, UH, WE'RE THE BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS IN OUR CATEGORY. SO IT'S, IT'S PRETTY EXCITING FOR US AS SMALL DEPARTMENT TO REPRESENT, UH, WEST COVINA, REPRESENT THE CITY REP, REPRESENT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND OBVIOUSLY REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE'RE SUPER PROUD OF IT. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE GET TO, UH, UH, DEFEND OUR TITLE AND, AND BE A THREE-PEAT CHAMPION. SO, UM, AGAIN, I LIKE TO PERSONALLY, I LIKE TO THANK THE POA FOR, UM, ALLOWING US TO, UH, REPRESENT OBVIOUSLY THE CHIEF, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF OUR, UM, SUPPORT STAFF AND RUNNERS. SOME ARE NOT HERE, SOME OF 'EM ARE UP THERE. UM, AND LASTLY, FOR THE COMMUNITY, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UH, LETTING US REPRESENT YOU GUYS. UH, WE'RE PROUD TO DO IT. IT'S A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND, UM, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD TO BE HERE, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AND, UH, ANYBODY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I'M AFRAID OF THAT . I FEEL LIKE A TALK SHOW HOST. OKAY, WE'LL SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. OKAY. BUT I WANNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE BECAUSE, UH, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOUR WIN BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT REPRESENT WEST COVINA THAT WE ARE HERE. OKAY. WE ARE THERE AND WE SHOW HOW STRONG OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT EASY TO WIN THE FIRST PLACE, ESPECIALLY BACK TO BACK. OKAY. THAT'S NOT EASY AT ALL. OKAY. AND IMMEDIATE DEDICATION. THE TEAMWORK, MEANING WE [00:10:01] ARE UNITED TOGETHER AS ONE PERSON AND TO ACHIEVE ANYTHING WE WANT. SO I THINK THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT OKAY. A WIN FOR OUR CITY AND SHOWING WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST. SO REPRESENT THE CITY OF 120,000 OF PROUD CITIZEN, A RESIDENT. WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. OKAY? AND, UH, I WANT TO SOMEONE COME OVER HERE. CAN WE INTRODUCE, HAVE THEM INTRODUCE MAYOR? YES. CAN WE AT LEAST, UH, INTRODUCE THEM, THEIR NAMES? OH, YES. WOULD YOU PLEASE, PLEASE PASS AROUND THE MIC AND NAME YOUR NAME? OKAY. AND, UH, ANYBODY WANNA COME DOWN? COME DOWN TO SHARE THE, OKAY. , IF YOU WATCH YOU, YOU SUPPORTED RIGHT. , YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUN EVERYONE. . ALRIGHT. I'D LIKE TO, UH, INTRODUCE OUR TEAM. WE HAVE, UH, SUPPORT STAFF. WE HAVE, UH, VALERIA CAMPOS. WE HAVE, UH, ONE OF OUR RUNNERS, OFFICER ALEX ILLA, UH, CORPORAL, UH, ANTHONY FLORES, OBVIOUSLY CORPORAL, UH, KENNY BONNI, UH, OFFICER MICHAEL CHANG. OKAY. MY SUGGESTION IS YOU JUST PASS AROUND. OFFICER MICHAEL CHANG, OFFICER DREW GOODMAN, OFFICER EMMA S DECOY, COO FUENTES, OFFICER ALLISON STEVENS AND TONY WU. OKAY. SO . SO THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND, UH, IT IS OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT. OKAY. WONDERFUL. OKAY. AND I WANT YOU GUY TO WIN AGAIN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH TO REPRESENT THE CITY AND HAVE THIS BIG WIN. OKAY. AND THE NEXT YEAR, MAYOR WILL BE LET LOPEZ VIDO AND WIN FOR HER. BRING IT HOME. . YEAH. SO BRING IT HOME AGAIN, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. HE TURNED IT OFF. HE TURNED IT OFF. YEP. OKAY. UH, NEXT PRESENTATION. OKAY. UH, I HAVE, UH, TWO OUTSTANDING WOMEN OKAY? AND THE, AND THE WOMEN OF THE YEAR. OKAY. WE WANT TO OKAY. RECOGNIZE THEM. AND, UH, AND THE FIRST ONE IS NOTHING BUT THE PROUD. OKAY. THE PRIDE OF THE CITY. OUR CITY, COUNCILWOMAN, CENTENNIAL, MAYOR ROSARIO, DEAR, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN? AND SHE HAD BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR OF THE, OKAY. UH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCA, UH, RUBIO. OKAY. AS A, AS A WOMAN OF THE YEAR OF, UH, THIS YEAR, RIGHT? YEAH. SO LET ME READ THIS FOR YOU SO YOU CAN SAY SOMETHING. AND I WANT TO HAVE A SUSAN RUBIO, THE SENATOR. OKAY. HER PICK AS A WOMAN OF THE YEAR. THERE IS SHERRY FISHER, OUR COMMISSIONER. IS SHE HERE? OH, SORRY. YEAH. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP SO YOU CAN HAVE MORE TIME? OKAY. ON TV. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, AND SHERRY FISHERS, UH, HAS BEEN PICKED AS APPOINTED, NOW APPOINTED. OKAY. ELECTED OR, OKAY. SELECTED. OKAY. SELECTED. SELECTED, OKAY. SELECTED AS A WOMAN OF THE YEAR, BECAUSE BOTH OF LADY IS REALLY OUTSTANDING. SO LET ME READ THIS AGAIN. OKAY. SINCE THEY TYPE IT ALL UP, SO I BETTER TO READ IT. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DI HAS DEDICATED HER CAREER TO BETTERING THE LIFE OF THOSE. SHE, SHE SERVE WITH A FOCUS ON PUBLIC SAFETY. EXACTLY. OKAY. AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN WEST COVINA. SHE TELL THIS LIST, OKAY. EFFORT, HAVE A HELP STRENGTHEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SINCE SHE SIT OVER THERE FIVE YEARS, FIVE YEARS ALREADY. OKAY. GOVERNMENT. AND YOU GOT, OKAY. WE ELECTED AGAIN, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIP. SO YOU HAD TO BEAR WITH HER FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. OKAY. SO, BUILDING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT HER DISTRICT. SO LET'S GIVE HER A HAND, PLEASE. OKAY. UH, OKAY. I, I, I KNEW HER FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, AND, UH, I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT SHE'S SUCH A STRONG WOMAN OKAY. AND A VERY, VERY DEDICATED AND, UH, SHE'S DRIVING AROUND OKAY. AND TASK TO FIND THE PROBLEM AND TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. SHE'S OUTSTANDING. AND, UH, I SAW IT IN MY, OKAY. I SEE WHAT HER PERFORMANCE IS UNBELIEVABLE. THE LOVE TO THE CITY. OKAY. AND THE COMMISSIONER, SHERRY FISHER, I THINK YOU ARE THE REGULAR [00:15:01] OVER HERE, HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED ALL THE TIME. , I THINK LAST YEAR, THE CITY OF THE YEAR AWARD, RIGHT? 2023. 2023. OH, TIME FLEW BY. OKAY. SO I FEEL LIKE YESTERDAY. SO COMMISSIONER SHERRY FISHER'S, A DEDICATED AND A COMPASSIONATE LEADER, HAS ALSO MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIVE IN SUPPORTING SENIOR AND FAMILY AS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. HER EFFORT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR SENIOR CITIZEN AND THE VULNERABLE POPULATION HAVE MADE AN IMPACT. COMMISSIONER FISHER'S EFFORT TO CREATE A MORE INCLUSIVE AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY HAVE GAINED RECOGNITION FROM RESIDENT AND HER PEER. AND IT'S TRUE STORY. I, I, I KNEW HER. OKAY. I KNOW WHAT, 2015 WHEN I DOOR KNOCK INTO YOUR HOUSE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU COME OUT AND SAY, WHY YOU KNOCK ON MY DOOR? OKAY. BUT THAT'S HOW I MET HER. BUT SHE IS SUCH A NICE PERSON, AND SHE OKAY. OFFER ME DRINK. OKAY. SO NOT ALCOHOL, DRINK WATER. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M SAYING, BECAUSE I'M DOOR KNOCKING, BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, SHE REALLY PASSIONATE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENT AND, UH, ESPECIALLY SENIOR RESIDENT. OKAY. AND BECAUSE THERE'S A, THERE'S THE POPULATION NEED TO BE SERVED. BUT HERE, I WANT TO GIVE THE MIC TO ROSARIO DIAZ OKAY. OUR BELOVEDS COUNCILWOMAN TO SAY SOMETHING AND HOW YOU FEEL, WHY YOU CAN PICK. AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE THE MAN OF THE YEAR IN THE FUTURE. . THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AM VERY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY, AND I WAS CELEBRATED ABOUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO BY ASSEMBLYWOMAN BLANCO RUBIO. AND I FELT VERY HUMBLED TO BE SELECTED AS THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR. AND I JUST WANNA THANK WHOEVER WROTE THAT ABOUT ME. AND, UM, I JUST WANNA CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SAFE AND, AND WE HAVE A, A LOT OF FUN IN OUR CITY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES FOR EVERYONE. AND SO I'M HERE, UM, TO SUPPORT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY'S RUNNING SAFELY AND, UM, UM, LOVELY . SO, UH, NOW I'M GONNA SEND IT OVER, UH, TO SHERRY FISHER. IS IT OKAY, MAYOR? YEAH. GO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. UM, THANK YOU. I'M, I AM REALLY HONORED TO BE RECOGNIZED AS WOMAN OF THE YEAR BY SUSAN RUBIO. HER OUTREACH TO WOMEN AND HER SUPPORTIVE WOMEN IS EXTRAORDINARY. UM, SHE KEEPS DOING THINGS FOR WOMEN AND WE KEEP SUCKING, SOAKING IT UP. AND IT IS JUST AMAZING. WOMEN, ESPECIALLY FAMILIES, JOBS, CHILDREN, CAREERS, FRIENDS. WE HAVE A THOUSAND THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AT ONE TIME AND WE KEEP DOING IT. AND SUSAN KEEPS RISING TO THE OCCASION TO HELP US BE BETTER. AND MY MY MOTTO IS, TOGETHER WE'RE BETTER. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK YOU CAN SEE THE TWO OUTSTANDING WOMEN OVER HERE AND TO SERVE OUR CITY IN DIFFERENT AREA, BUT THIS ALMOST ALL YOUR JOB. OKAY? SO VOLUNTEER JOB, OKAY. TO HELP OUR RESIDENT AND SENIOR AND PEOPLE NEED HELP AND ESPECIALLY IMPROVE OUR CITY. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION, OKAY? AND, UH, I'M KIDDING ON MALE OF THE YEAR. WE DON'T CARE. OKAY? I THINK WOMEN OF THE YEAR IS MORE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S, UH, WITHOUT WOMEN, THAT WE HAVE NO HUMAN BEING BECAUSE THE MOTHER, OKAY? SO, SO MOTHER DAY IS COMING UP PRETTY SOON, SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. OKAY? THIS IS A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU, AND, UH, THIS IS CERTIFICATE FOR YOU. AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU. AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WANT TO, YES, WE HAVE LEGISLATIVE REPS FROM THE ASSEMBLY WOMAN'S OFFICE, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME FLOWER TOO. IS THAT FOR ME? NO. OKAY. YEAH. COME UP. THANK YOU MAYOR WU. AND GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS WENDY VERA, AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OFFICE OF ASSEMBLYWOMAN RUBIO, WHO'S THRILLED TO BE HERE TO HONOR THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN'S VERY OWN PUBLIC SERVICE HONOREE FOR THIS YEAR'S WOMAN OF THE YEAR. AND OF COURSE, SHERRY FISHER, UH, ON THE SENATOR RUBIO SIDE OF HER OFFICE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THE ASSEMBLYWOMAN, SHE SELECTS A VERY, UH, SELECT A HANDFUL OF WOMEN, UM, IN HER DISTRICT, NOMINATED BY HER OWN COMMUNITY, UM, TO RECEIVE THIS ACCOLADE. AND, YOU KNOW, DURING WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, ASSEMBLYWOMAN HELD A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY TO HONOR SUCH WOMEN LIKE COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. UM, AND SO SHE RECEIVED HER ACCOLADES THERE, BUT TONIGHT, WE'RE HERE TO GRANT THEM BOTH FLOWERS, UM, IN FRONT OF THEIR COMMUNITY, IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, THOSE WATCHING AT HOME. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. HELLO. UH, MY NAME [00:20:01] IS NEHA. I'M A DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE FOR SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO. AND I JUST WANNA ECHO THE WORDS THAT, UM, WENDY SAID. UM, IT'S AN INCREDIBLE THING. WE HAVE TWO AMAZING WOMEN IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA THAT ARE BEHIND AND RUNNING EVERYTHING THAT WE LOVE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THAT'S NO EASY FEAT. AND I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S A HARD JOB. IT'S HARD WORK. UM, AND WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU ALL. UM, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE YOU AND LET YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU'RE DOING AN INCREDIBLE JOB. IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY. SO WE SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND THANK YOU FOR THE FLOWER, BUT WHO IS THE MAY'S FLOWER? . OKAY. BUT ANYWAY, OKAY. PICTURE TAKEN. OKAY. YEAH. , THANK YOU, YOU SHARING. THANK YOU. MY HUSBAND. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUTSTANDING TO OKAY. OF OUR, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN'S OKAY. COMMUNITY THAT, THAT, AND THE MOTHER'S DAY IS COMING UP PRETTY SOON. DON'T FORGET YOUR MOM. SEND THE FLOWERS, SEND THE WISHES, AND THIS AND THAT, AND TAKE HER TO DINNER, LUNCH, ANYTHING, AND BUY HER A GIFT, OKAY? AND, UH, SO YOU ARE VERY LUCKY YOU IF YOUR MOTHER STILL AROUND. OKAY? SO SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUTSTANDING. AND, UH, UH, READY TO BAKER, BAKER TO VEGAS. OKAY? SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE TO BE IN SHAPE AND, UH, REPRESENT OUR CITY. GREAT. OKAY. AND THEN [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] NOW WE MOVE INTO, UH, ORAL COMMUNICATION. OKAY? UM, ORAL COMMUNICATION, CONTINUE. WE HAVE THE GUIDELINE. OKAY? THEY WERE APPROVED BY OUR CITY COUNCIL. COMMENT LIMITED. THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM. IF YOU, ANY PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK ON THE, UH, HOSPITAL ISSUE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TIME. AND WE TRY TO QUICKLY FINISH OUR AGENDA. WE'LL MOVE TO THAT. SO RESERVE YOUR COMMENT ON THE, OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTED TO THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO. SPEAKING OF TOPIC, SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKERS ALLOWED TIME LIMIT AND MAKING A STANDARD. OKAY. A SLANDEROUS OF A PROFANITY REMARK OR USING LAO THREATEN OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPT DISTURB, IMP, PLEADED OR RENDER INVISIBLE THE ELDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING. MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN ANY PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN THE MANNER THAT MAY REASONABLE REASONABLY BE INTERPRETED AS AN ELEMENT THREAT OF A PHYSICAL HARM. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINE UP IN THE CENTER ROW AND THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED. OKAY? WE, WE WILL, OKAY. HONOR THE FREEDOM OF SPEECH, BUT PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL AND ANYTHING YOU CAN SAY, BUT PLEASE CONTROL, DON'T HAVE A PROFANITY AND ALL THAT. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S ALL OKAY. OKAY. AND HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE? NINE. MAYOR. OKAY, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ALBERT OCHOA, FOLLOWED BY JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY THERESA KOZAD, CITY MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF. ALBERTO CHO, WEST COVINO RESIDENT. I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF AGENDA, UH, THREE TRUCK ROUTES. I HAVE ADDRESSED THE CITY COUNCIL AT MANY MEETINGS WITH THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED WITH DOCUMENT PICTURES THAT I HAVE SUBMITTED, A LARGE COMMERCIAL TRUCKS CAUSING DAMAGE TO OUR RESIDENCE, PROPERTY AND STREET IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE WORKED. AND WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS TO CONTINUE BECAUSE IT WILL BE JUST A MATTER OF TIME THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE ACCIDENTS IN OUR AND THIS CONTINUE HAZARD. THE BIGGEST SAFETY CONCERN WITH THESE 18 WHEELERS IS THAT THEY HAVE BROKE OFF TWO STREETLIGHT CONCRETE POLES AND APPROXIMATELY 20, 25 FEET AND IS ELECTRICAL POWER LINE WOOD POLES, AND WITH THEIR TRAILER TANDEM AXLES, TIRES ARE RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK, IT'S UNSAFE. THEY ARE COMING REAL CLOSE TO ELECTRICAL POWER LINE WOOD POLES, AND EVENTUALLY COULD BREAK THIS. AND NOW THE RESIDENTS PUBLIC WILL BE IN A SERIOUS RISK WITH THE POWER LINES ON THE FLOOR. [00:25:01] WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T ALLOW THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO DRIVE THERE TO PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. MAKING CHANGES TO THE TRUCK ROUTE WILL HELP ADDRESS THIS ISSUE TO KEEP THE LARGE TRUCKS AND MAIN TRUCK ROUTES WHERE THEY BELONG AND OUT IN OUR RESIDENCE STREETS. AND THIS WILL BENEFIT ALL THE RESIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MY DISTRICT THREE COUNCILWOMAN ROSA DIAZ FOR HER PROMPT HELP ADDRESSING THIS WITH STAFF MEMBERS. AND THANKS TO WEST COVINA POLICE FOR PATROLLING OUR STREET. THANKS TO TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER WHO WORKED ON IMPROVING OUR STREETS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE RESIDENTS. SO MAINLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT HAVE ADDRESS IS THE LAKES AREA, WHERE THE COLONIES, UH, THAT'S THE AREA THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. UH, WE CAN LOOK AT MAKING THE CHANGES. SO I'M SPEAKING IN FAVOR FOR THAT. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY THERESA KOZAD, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CALDONE. TABBA. LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I ACTUALLY WORE THIS AS A JOKE. AND THEN I SEE ON THE AGENDA THAT THERE'S, UH, CLOSED CIRCUIT TV CAMERAS BEING, WANTING TO BE PUT IN. AND THERE WAS EVEN DISCUSSIONS OF, UH, OF HAVING, UH, METAL DETECTORS. SO, AND I HEARD THAT, I SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE I, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, THE ONLY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO HAS SOMETHING IN FRONT OF HIM SO HE CAN DUCK BEHIND. I HAVE TO WONDER WHY, REALLY DO HAVE TO WONDER WHY, IF HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN GROUPS THAT DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WHO ARE INFORMANTS OR RATS, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE TO GET PAID FOR IT, YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO, YOU KNOW, IT MAY, WHAT THIS CONSUL NEEDS TO DO IS REALLY TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE MORE POLICE HERE THAN NORMAL AND EVERYTHING ELSE. MAYBE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOING THINGS LIKE NOT ATTACKING THE PUBLIC OUTSIDE CITY HALL OR THE CONS, CHAMBERS. MAYBE THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE, UH, LOOKED AT, YOU KNOW? BUT I HOPE PART OF THE SECURITY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THAT THERE'S SOME SORT OF, UH, YOU KNOW, PROTECTIVE, UH, ITEMS THAT PEOPLE CAN WEAR TO MAKE SURE I ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER PART OF IT THAT GOES AROUND THE HEAD, BUT, UH, THAT HASN'T COME YET. SO I'M GONNA MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO IN THE FUTURE, MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW WHO, UH, WHO'S THE PERSON THAT YOU KNOW, CLAIMS TO. EVERYBODY'S OUT AFTER 'EM. WELL, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T ACCIDENTALLY HIT SOME ONE OF YOU OR ONE OF US. GREAT. THANK YOU JOHN. AND THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THEREA. KOZO, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CONE. TABBA FOLLOWED BY JD. GOOD EVENING. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST ITEM NUMBER ONE. UM, IN THE LAST MEETING, SOME PEOPLE VOICED CONS. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, YOU, UH, SPEAK OKAY TO THE MIC, PLEASE. UM, THANK YOU. IN VOTING FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, YOU WOULD BE NOT ONLY SILENCING THE VOICE OF COMMISSIONERS, BUT YOU WOULD BE SILENCING THE VOICE OF THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA. AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. SO, IN THE LAST MEETING, SOME OBJECTIONS TO WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS WAS THAT IT'S NOT CLEAR AND THAT ALL OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WERE NOT COVERED. SO WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS READ A SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE TO SEE IF IT STILL HOLDS TRUE. AND THIS IS FROM SECTION 2 67 C. IN ADDITION, UPON AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ANY COMMISSIONER MAY BE REMOVED FOR GOOD CAUSE AS DEFINED AS NUMBER ONE BEING CONVICTED OF ANY FELONY. TWO, BEING CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE. THREE, MISUSE OF CITY PROPERTY. FOUR. CLASSIF, UH, FALSIFYING CITY RECORDS. FIVE. A SUSTAINED WRITTEN FINDING OF HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY CITY, EMPLOYEE OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ON THE BASIS OF RACE, ANCESTRY, UM, ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, SEX, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PREGNANCY, DISABILITY, MEDICAL CONDITION, MILITARY VETERAN STATUS, OR ANY OTHER UNLAWFUL BIAS. WHAT'S NOT CLEAR? WHAT'S NOT CLEAR IN THIS? ALSO, WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE NOT COVERED IN THIS? IF THERE ARE OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES THAT YOU WANT, WHY DON'T YOU AMEND THIS ORDINANCE RATHER THAN THROW THE WHOLE THING OUT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. BRIAN CALDERONE. SABA, FOLLOWED BY JD, FOLLOWED BY MARIO AVARO. YEAH, WELCOME BACK. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. UH, TODAY, UH, [00:30:01] WE COMMEMORATE THE LEGACY OF JACKIE ROBINSON. UH, A MAN WHO DID NOT WAIT FOR PERMISSION, UH, TO STAND FOR JUSTICE. HE STEPPED FORWARD, BROKE BARRIERS, AND CHALLENGED INSTITUTIONS BUILT ON EXCLUSION. HIS LEGACY REMINDS US THAT COURAGE IN PUBLIC LIFE MEANS PROTECTING THE VOICES OF THOSE WHO MAY NOT SIT IN THE SEATS OF POWER, BUT WHO DARE TO SPEAK TRUTH. ANYWAYS, UH, I RISE TO SPEAK IN FIRM OPPOSITION TO I AGENDA ITEM ONE. THE ORDINANCE SEEKS TO AMEND SECTION 2 6 7 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, ALLOWING THE CITY COUNCIL TO REMOVE ANY COMMISSIONER WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE. THIS IS NOT ACCOUNTABILITY, IT'S AUTHORITARIANISM. LET ME BE CLEAR. THIS CHANGE IS UNNECESSARY, UNJUSTIFIED AND VIOLATES THE SPIRIT OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT. THE FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTS OUR FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION AND EXPRESSION, REMOVING COMMISSIONERS WITHOUT CAUSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE TARGETED FOR VIEWS OR ACTIONS. TAKEN IN GOOD FAITH, CHILLS CIVIC PARTICIPATION AND OPENS THE DOOR TO RETALIATION BASED ON POLITICAL DISSENT. LET ME REPEAT. THE CHILLING EFFECT THIS WILL HAVE ON CIVIL ENGAGEMENT CANNOT BE OVERSTATED. VOLUNTEERS, YES, VOLUNTEERS WHO STEP UP TO SERVE ON OUR COMMISSIONS WILL NOW HAVE TO CONSIDER WHETHER THEIR SERVICE MIGHT BE CUT SHORT, NOT FOR CAUSE, BUT FOR CONVENIENCE. THIS WILL DISCOURAGE PARTICIPATION, DIMINISH DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT, AND ULTIMATELY WEAKEN THE QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE IN WEST COVINA. OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE ALREADY DEFINES GOOD CAUSE IN CLEAR, PRECISE TERMS, FELONY CONVICTIONS, DISCRIMINATION, MISUSE OF CITY RESOURCES, ET CETERA. IF NONE OF THESE APPLY, THEN WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TRYING TO FIX? THERE WAS NO PUBLIC OUTCRY DEMANDING THIS CHANGE AT THE LAST MEETING. NOT A SINGLE RESIDENT ROSE IN SUPPORT. THE MESSAGE FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS CRYSTAL CLEAR. THEY WANT TRANSPARENCY AND FAIRNESS, NOT POWER GRABS. AND LET'S NOT FORGET, THIS MOVE ALLOWS A FOUR MEMBER SUPER MAJORITY TO OVERRIDE A COLLEAGUE'S CHOICE, STRIPPING MINORITY COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THEIR AUTONOMY AND SILENCING THE VOICES THEY APPOINT TO REPRESENT THEIR DISTRICTS. IF WE VALUE DEMOCRACY, WE CANNOT ENDORSE POLITICAL PURGES. IF WE VALUE PUBLIC SERVICE, WE MUST PROTECT THOSE WHO SERVE IN GOOD FAITH. AND IF WE VALUE THE LEGACY OF LEADERS LIKE JACKIE ROBINSON, WE MUST NOT CODIFY EXCLUSION AND INTIMIDATION INTO LAW. I URGE YOU TO VOTE NO ON THIS ORDINANCE. STAND FOR FAIRNESS, DEMOCRACY, THANK YOU BY PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA, JD FOLLOWED BY MARIO SORO, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA RIOS, JD VOTED, OPTED NOT TO SPEAK, MAYOR MARIO SOVA, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA RIOS, FOLLOWED BY JIM RIVI. ALL RIGHT, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS, UH, BACK IN JANUARY. WELL, LET'S GET THE TIMELINE STRAIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD BECAUSE IT MATTERS. BACK IN JANUARY, COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN GUTIERREZ REMOVED MULTIPLE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED BY THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL. AMONG THEM WERE SHELBY WILLIAMS, A WELL-RESPECTED VOICE IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND CECILIA MUNOZ AND ROBERT TORRES TO ENGAGE AND DEPENDABLE MEMBERS OF THE SENIOR AND COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, SAME COMMISSION SAID, HAS BEEN HAVING TROUBLE, UH, ACHIEVING A QUORUM FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. THEY WERE REMOVED WITHOUT REPLACEMENTS READY. AND TO THIS DAY, SEVERAL OF THOSE SEATS REMAIN, REMAIN VACANT. THERE WAS NO PLAN, THERE WAS NO URGENCY TO FILL THE ROLES, JUST REMOVALS. THEN MONTHS LATER, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ PUSHED THROUGH A NEW ORDINANCE, HIS MOTHER MAY I PROPOSAL, GIVING COUNCIL MEMBERS THE ABILITY TO REMOVE COMMISSIONERS WITHOUT CAUSE. THE ORDINANCE PASSED ON A THREE ONE VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS OPPOSING AND COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ ABSENT. BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM. THE ORDINANCES DIDN'T JUSTIFY WHAT HAPPENED IN JANUARY. IT CAME AFTER. SO THE OBVIOUS QUESTION IS, WAS THIS ORDINANCE ABOUT FUTURE POLICY? OR WAS IT ABOUT RETROACTIVELY COVERING QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS ALREADY MADE? COUNCIL MEMBER LOPI VIDOS, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ATTEMPTED TO OFFER CON CONTEXT FOR SUPPORTING THIS ORDINANCE AT THE LAST MEETING. BUT RESPECTFULLY, EVERY EXAMPLE YOU SHARED DESCRIBED A COMMISSIONER WITH CLEAR BEHAVIORAL OR PERFORMANCE ISSUES, EXAMPLES THAT WOULD ALREADY QUALIFY AS GOOD. CAUSE UNDER THE ORIGINAL RULE, YOUR ARGUMENTS DIDN'T SUPPORT THE CHANGE. THEY ACTUALLY JUSTIFIED WHY THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN PLACE. SO WHAT WAS THE REAL MOTIVATION? BECAUSE FROM WHERE THE PUBLIC STANDARD, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS WAS ABOUT REMOVING ANYONE TIED TO A PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, NOT FOR MISCONDUCT, NOT FOR ABSENCES, NOT FOR POOR PERFORMANCE, BUT FOR LOYALTY. AND ALSO, LET'S NOT FORGET [00:35:01] THAT COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ ALSO APPOINTED HIS OWN CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY WHO WAS REPRESENTING HIM IN ACTIVE FEDERAL CASE RELATED TO DELL RECORDS TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMISSION. LET THAT SINK IN. THE PRESSING ADVISING ON HR AND ETHICS FOR THE CITY IS CURRENTLY DEFENDING A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER IN FEDERAL COURT. THAT IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, THAT DEMANDS MORE SILENCE, MORE THAN SILENCE. SO I ASKED THIS COUNCIL IF THESE REMOVALS, IF THESE REMOVALS WERE NOT PERSONAL AND THIS ORDINANCE WASN'T REACTIONARY, WHY WEREN'T QUALIFIED REPLACEMENTS READY IN JANUARY? WHY DID YOU STRIP OUT GOOD CAUSE LANGUAGE AFTER THE FACT? WHY DID YOU SEAT YOUR OWN ATTORNEY IN A POSITION OF OVERSIGHT? 'CAUSE THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA ARE PAYING ATTENTION AND WE SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GOVERNANCE AND RETALIATION. AND SO THAT'S SOME TIME, UH, TRUCK ROUTE. I THINK THE LAST TIME THE TRUCK ROUTE WAS MODIFIED WAS 2005 WHEN THE WIGS FURNITURE WAS STILL THERE. UH, DIDN'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPED THAT HAPPENED SINCE. SO DEFINITELY FOR THAT ONE. BUT, UH, NUMBER ONE, COMMISSIONER, DEFINITELY A NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. CHRISTINA RIOS, FOLLOWED BY JIM RIVI. AND THEN I HAVE A SPEAKER WITH NO NAME. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS RESIDENCE STAFF. UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA LARIOS. I AM THE INTERIM MANAGER AT THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY. I'M HERE TODAY TO TELL YOU ABOUT SOME OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE FOR ONLINE LEARNING. UM, I'D ENCOURAGE EVERYONE IF YOU DON'T ALREADY HAVE ONE, BUT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR A DIGITAL LIBRARY CARD TO ACCESS OUR RESOURCES, UM, TO NAME SOME OF THEM. UM, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LEARNING ANOTHER LANGUAGE, WE OFFER MANGO LANGUAGES. UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL DATABASES THAT PROVIDE ONLINE LEARNING INSTRUCTION. UM, THEY HELP YOU WITH, UH, CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS, UM, LEARNING BUSINESS SOFTWARE. UM, SO ALL OF THIS IS FREE, AND I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO STOP BY AND GET A DIGITAL LIBRARY CARD. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO MENTION THAT COMING UP ON APRIL 17TH, WE HAVE OUR KNITTING AND CROCHETING CLUB. AND, UM, AS I MENTIONED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, ENCOURAGING YOU TO COME TO OUR ZUMBA CLASS, WHICH IS ON WEDNESDAY EVENINGS AT SIX 30. AND THEN ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23RD, WE HAVE A FREE FLU AND COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC AT THE LIBRARY. THANK YOU. AND HOPE TO SEE EVERYTHING THERE. SO, ZUMBA IS WEDNESDAY SIX? YES. OKAY, I'M COMING. WE WILL SEE YOU THERE. GREAT. YES. THANK YOU. SEE YOU THEN. JIM GRITCH, I SPEAK UP PLEASE. JIM GRITCH, FOLLOWED BY METHODIST CHURCH. HELLO EVERYBODY. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. SORRY, I HAVE A SICK WIFE, SO YOU DON'T GET THE PLEASURE OF MY COMPANY. UH, I ACTUALLY CAME TONIGHT PRIMARILY TO SPEAK TO LETTY, BUT I WANTED YOU TO ALL HEAR IT. UH, SOME TIME AGO, UH, LETTY MADE A SPEECH AT THE COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT HOW SHE FELT THE PROPOSAL FOR, UH, SWEET SWEEPING PARKING WAS INAPPROPRIATE. SHE FELT THAT IT WOULD BE TOO HARD ON THE RESIDENTS TO, UM, NOT HAVE AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AVAILABLE TO PARK. SHE FELT IT WAS TOO HARD ON THE RESIDENTS TO HAVE TO VACATE THEIR CARS AT 7:00 AM BECAUSE MANY OF THEM, UH, WENT TO WORK AFTER THAT. AND, UH, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND I ACTUALLY SPOKE IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME, BUT YOU PROBABLY DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I SAID. BUT, UH, IT WAS VERY DISTURBING TO ME IN THE COUNCIL MEETING THAT FOLLOWED THAT THE CONSULTANT GOT UP AND SAID, NOBODY DOES ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING. THAT WAS NOT TRUE. A LOT OF CITIES DO THAT, AND IT WAS VERY DISTURBING THAT, UH, THAT REPRESENTATION WAS MADE. THE OTHER THING, UH, THAT WAS NOT TRUE WAS THAT EVERYBODY STARTS AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING. THAT'S NOT TRUE EITHER. AND, UH, AND NOW, UH, IT'S, THIS SITUATION'S GONNA BE VERY HARD ON RESIDENTS, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT I THINK WERE FALSE. AND IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHERE I GOT THIS INFORMATION, GO TO LOS ANGELES, LOOK DOWN THE STREETS ON HOW THEY DO THEIR PARKING. ONE SIDE OF THE STREET PARKING, GO TO THE ZSA, THAT'S THE CLOSEST CITY. UH, SEE HOW THEY DO THEIR SEATS. A LOT OF CITIES DO BY PERMIT PARKING ONLY FOR THE PERSON THAT CAN ONLY PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN HOUSE. UH, THE THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT THERE WAS AN, UH, PRETEND ATTEMPT TO GET CITIZEN INPUT THE CITIZENS WEREN'T LISTENED TO ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. UH, IT AFFECTS ME PERSONALLY BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF CAREGIVERS THAT COME TO MY HOUSE TO HELP ME WITH MY WIFE. UH, SOMETIMES IT'S AN EMERGENCY. UH, THEY'RE GONNA GET A TICKET FOR THAT. UH, THE EVEN YOUR OWN, I, I, I JUST DON'T GET IT. UH, AND, UH, I, I'M HOPING THAT THE [00:40:01] COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER TRYING TO ACTUALLY CLEAN THE STREETS, WHICH WAS THE OBJECTIVE. MAKE THE STREET SWEEPERS PUT DOWN WATER, WHICH THEY DON'T DO. ALL THEY DO NOW IS KICK UP DUST. AND I PERSONALLY HAVE A PERMANENT LUNG INFECTION AND IT AFFECTS ME. UH, THEY DON'T CLEAN THE STREETS. THEY MAKE DUST, CLOUDS. OKAY, THANK YOU JIM. OKAY, UH, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE METHODIST CHURCH. GO AHEAD. UM, UM, OKAY. TIME, PLEASE. GO AHEAD. TIME PLEASE. YEAH, PLEASE. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. I AM HERE JUST TO GIVE AN INVITE. NO COMPLAINTS. I'M NOT FOREIGN AGAINST. I NOTICE YOUR THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH, . I NOTICE YOU HAVE TWO UPCOMING EVENTS IN WEST COVINA FOR THE INTERNMENTS OF APRIL. I DON'T THINK SO. SO I HAVE ONE MORE TO ADD FOR YOU. THE WEST COVINA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS HAVING A FREE WILL, DONATION ONLY CONCERT BY YOUR VERY FAMOUS PIANIST, BRIAN PENONI. AND IT WILL BE ON APRIL 26TH AT 3:00 PM ALL IS INVITED. ALL ARE INVITED. BUT APPRECIATE YOU PASSWORD, AND YOU PUT IT UP ON ANOTHER UPCOMING EVENT BESIDES ONLY TWO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THE CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU HELP HER TO PROPOSE THIS ON OUR WEBSITE? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NO FURTHER SPEAKERS, MAYOR. OH, OKAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, FOR THE SPEAKER AND THE CITY MANAGER, YOU WANT TO OKAY. RESPOND SOME OF THE SPEAKER, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS JUST WANTED TO RESPOND. I KNOW WE HAD A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME AND SPOKE AGAINST ITEM NUMBER ONE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL GAVE DIRECT DIRECTION ON. UM, AND IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT FOR THE SECOND HEARING. UM, UH, AND THEN THANK YOU TO CHRISTINE, MISS LARIOS, FOR SHARING ABOUT THE ZUMBA CLASS AND THE ACTIVITIES HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY NEXT DOOR. UM, AND I GUESS WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING OUR MAYOR THERE ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE ZUMBA CLASS. , I, I NEED IT. I NEED TO GET, OKAY. YES. UM, AND THEN ALSO WANTED TO THANK A COUPLE OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME AND SPOKE IN FAVOR OF, UH, SOME OF THE ITEMS. I THINK THEY'RE ALL PERTAINING TO THE TRUCK ROUTES. I KNOW SOMETIMES, UM, WE DON'T GET PEOPLE COMING IN AND, YOU KNOW, APPRECIATING THE CHANGE. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF WITH THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION HAS BEEN WORKING TOWARDS, UM, MAKING THOSE CHANGES WITH THE TRUCK ROUTES, UM, TO IMPROVE SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE, I, WE DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME, BUT TO THE, UH, LADY THAT CAME IN AND PROVIDED US THE INVITATION FOR THE, UH, UNITED METHODIST CHURCH EVENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO POST THAT ON OUR CITY CALENDAR. UM, AND I THINK THAT, UM, OH, THE LAST ITEM, STREET SWEEPING, IT HAS BEEN A PROJECT AND INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR, I BELIEVE IT'S A YEAR AND A HALF AT LEAST, UM, WITH THE COUNCIL. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DID GET DIRECTION. WE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. WE'VE SHARED IT ON OUR WEBSITE, ON OUR DISCOVER TO, TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF THAT INITIATIVE. UM, BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND IT IS A BIG CHANGE, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY. UH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO HELP IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CLEANLINESS OF THE STREETS. AND SO, UM, WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS RIGHT NOW. WE DO APPRECIATE, UH, OUR RESIDENTS, PATIENTS. WELL, WE GET THE SIGNS UP AND WE, AND THROUGH THIS TRANSITION, UH, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TOWARDS, UM, FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW. AND NOW IT'S COMING TO FRUITION. SO, UM, WE ARE HOPING THAT, UM, THE INSTALLATION OF THE SIGNS, UH, WILL BE COMPLETED BY MAY, AND THAT WE WILL THEN, UH, THERE'LL BE A 30 DAY, UH, EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN WHERE WE, UH, INFORM RESIDENTS OF THE CHANGES. UM, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION YOU CAN LOOK, UM, IT'S THE NEW SCHEDULE FOR STREET SWEEPING IS ON OUR WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN CONFIRM WHEN THAT'S GONNA BE. UM, BUT LIKE I SAID, DURING THIS TRANSITION, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PATIENCE. UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO LAUNCH IT, UM, IN THE, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. CITY MANAGERS. UH, I WANT TO ADD ON, OKAY. AND, UH, ABOUT THE STREET SWEEPING AND YEARS, YEARS AGO, WE HAVE A WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING AND, UH, AND I REMEMBER I MOVING MY CAR ALL THE TIME. THIS ON THAT, DOING THE, AFTER THE TRASH, OKAY. COLLECTION DAY. AND, UH, I KNOW NOW BECAUSE THE PREVIOUSLY BUDGET ISSUE, WE CUT DOWN TO, UH, TWICE A MONTH. SO WE, YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR STREET BECOME VERY FILTHY. AND SO WE, HOPEFULLY WE WANT TO WIN BACK. AND THEN THIS IS A WORKING PROCESS, SO WE GOING TO FINE TUNE IT. SO IN THE MEANTIME, IT'S EDUCATION AND TRY TO FIND, WE INSTALL THE, THE SIGN AND THEN WE SEE HOW IT WORK, AND THEN WE TRY TO FINE TUNE IT. SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. OKAY? WE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO KEEP ANYBODY [00:45:01] FIND ANYTHING YET. WE JUST TRY TO SEE HOW YOU WORK WEEKLY AND HOPEFULLY, AND EVERYTHING WILL APPRECIATE THE, OUR STREETS CLEAN, THIS AND THAT. AND WE LIVE IN A CITY THAT WE BE PROUD OF. THAT'S WHAT WE PROMISE YOU. SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. IT'S A WORKING PROCESS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO FINE TUNE IT AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO ADD ON ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY OTHERWISE, ANYBODY? OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. AND COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. MAYOR. UM, I BELIEVE I HEARD DURING THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND I THINK, UM, COUNCILWOMAN THAT LOPEZ VEDO REQUESTED THAT WE GET AN ESTIMATE OF HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO ADD ALTERNATE DAYS TO THE STREET SWEEPING. SO DO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHEN WE WOULD GET THAT? UM, I WILL BE PROVIDING, UH, COUNSEL THAT INFORMATION. DO YOU KNOW HOW SOON? UH, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNSEL? OTHERWISE? OKAY. UH, [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] MANAGER REPORT, PLEASE. OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL GO FROM THERE. , GO FOR IT. SO IT'S A SHORT CITY MANAGERS MEETING. JUST A COUPLE UPDATES. UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE INITIATIVE FOR THE WEST COVINA PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. UM, IT IS, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET FEEDBACK, UH, FROM ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE RECREATIONAL, UH, UH, NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE PROGRAMMING. AND SO WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL PARTAKE AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK. WE ARE GONNA BE HAVING THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WE ANNOUNCED LAST COUNCIL MEETING. THIS IS TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE NOW HAVE THE, UH, WEBSITE UP AND RUNNING. AND, UH, JOANNE CAN, I'M SORRY, . ROXANNE, CAN YOU PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE? SO THE WEBSITE ADDRESS IS THERE, UH, WEST COVINA, UH, PARKS MASTER PLAN.COM. UM, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UH, UH, PROVIDE FEEDBACK, GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING COMMUNITY, UH, MEETINGS. OKAY, SO , THERE IT IS. AND SO JUST AS ALL THE INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS INITIATIVE, UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO THIS PAGE, AND IT'S OFF OUR WEBSITE, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND IT THROUGH OUR CITY WEBSITE. UM, THE TIMELINE OF WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT HAVING THE MEETINGS, WHEN WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING, UH, UH, FEED INFORMATION BACK, UM, AND INPUT. UM, SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THAT PROCESS LOOKS LIKE, HOW THEY CAN GET INVOLVED, IT'S ALL GONNA BE ON THIS WEBSITE. SO THANK YOU, ROXANNE. THE NEXT ONE, WE DID HAVE OUR EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA. ON THIS SATURDAY, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE SUCH A SUCCESSFUL EVENT THAT WE HOSTED AT TWO DIFFERENT PARKS, UH, CORTES AND DEL NORTE, AND WE DID HIDE OVER 30,000 EGGS BETWEEN BOTH PARKS. UM, AND THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEST COVINA WANIS CLUB. SO IT IS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW EACH YEAR. UM, AND WE DID HAVE A, A VISIT FROM THE EASTER BUNNY, SO HOPEFULLY IF YOU DIDN'T ATTEND THIS YEAR, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. UM, ALSO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON, UH, THE WINDSTORM, UH, REIMBURSEMENT THAT WE ARE SEEKING THE EMERGENCY. SO STAFF HAS BEEN MEETING WITH FEMA ON A WEEKLY BASIS. UM, WE ARE, UH, UH, LOOKING TO GET REIMBURSEMENT FOR SOME OF THE FALLEN TREES, SOME OF THE, UH, DAMAGES THAT OCCURRED TO, UH, SOME OF OUR FACILITIES, UM, AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO, UM, THE COST SHARING BREAKDOWN IS FEMA WILL REIMBURSE 75% OF THE ELIGIBLE COST. CAL OS CALIFORNIA WILL PROVIDE 12, UH, 0.5%, UH, OF THE REMAINING 2020 5%. AND THEN THE CITY WILL BE, UH, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMAINING. SO WE ARE LOOKING TO, UH, NOT ONLY FIX THOSE, UH, UH, UM, FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT ALSO CREATE, UH, A LONG-TERM SOLUTION SO THAT IF WE DO HAVE A WINDSTORM LIKE THAT, THAT THEY ARE, UM, SECURED AND, UH, BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT. SO THAT'S THE UPDATE REGARDING OUR FEMA. UH, JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY EASTER THIS WEEKEND. AND THEN A COUPLE UPCOMING EVENTS. WE HAVE EARTH DAY ARBOR DAY, UH, APRIL 6TH, UH, 26TH. UM, AND THEN THE, UH, CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL WITH THE EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY JAPANESE, UH, UH, COMMUNITY CENTER ON APRIL 26TH AS WELL. AND THEN, UH, THE WEST COVINO SENIOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO, UM, AND SOUTHWEST TOURNAMENT ON MAY 3RD. AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE A VIDEO. WE CAN PAUSE IT, WE CAN RESTART IT. A VIDEO THAT, [00:50:01] UM, SHOWS OUR, UH, WEST COVINO PD TEAM, UH, COMPETING IN THE BAKER TO VEGAS. SO I'LL LET THAT PLAY. IT'S LOVE AFFAIR, NICH. I SAID WE, THIS IS ROCK NATION, ALL BLACK, EVERYTHING BLACK, BLACK CARS, ALL BLACK, EVERYTHING. AND I, A BLACK VERSE BROUGHT WITH THEY, I MOMENT YOU, THIS IS LIKE, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THEM AND VERY EXCITED THAT THEY WON TWO YEARS IN A ROW AND LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT THREEPEAT. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAINST YOUR WEST COVINA, UH, TEAM. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL, ANY QUESTION? AND DID THIS AND THAT. OKAY. UH, OKAY. HUH? ANYBODY HAVE, UH, OTHER THAN THAT? OKAY, WE MOVING? YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, BRIAN, UH, YEAH, ARE WE SURE IT'S, WHAT WAS OUR COST SHARE FOR FEMA? THOSE ARE THE PERCENTAGES THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THEM ON FINALIZED SUBMITTING OUR, UM, TOTAL COST. OKAY. 'CAUSE ON JANUARY 14, I THINK FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN LEFT OFFICE, HE, HE SIGNED A DECLARATION TO AUTHORIZE A HUNDRED PERCENT. SO YOU PROBABLY WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT OR REMIND OUR FEMA REPRESENTATIVES. OKAY. OKAY. YOU DONE? YEP. OKAY. SO I WANT TO FOLLOW THROUGH. I THINK WE HAVE A MAJOR DAMAGE ON OUR PLEX, OUR ROOF. OKAY. PLAYGROUND ROOF AND, UH, HAVE LAB IN ESTIMATED AND GET THE REIMBURSED FROM FEMA THAT'S PART OF THE REIMBURSEMENT PACKAGE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM. AND HOW SOON WE CAN FIX THE ROOF. UM, CAN YOU GIVE US, GIVE US AN ESTIMATE THAT IT'S BEEN OKAY DAMAGED FOR A LONG TIME. SO WE NEED TO BE PRESENTABLE, CORRECT? WE ARE WORKING TO FIX IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. WE ALSO, LIKE I MENTIONED, WANT TO, UM, PUT MITIGATION MEASURES SO THAT WE CAN PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING IN THE NEXT WINDSTORM. UNDERSTAND? DO YOU HAVE A ESTIMATION DAY TIME? I WOULD, I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. SO IT'S ONE MONTH, UH, TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS. ONE YEAR, TWO YEAR, FIVE YEARS. OKAY. AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. YEAH. SO I HOPE WE COULD GET IT DONE WITHIN A MONTH. SO TODAY, CAN YOU DONE, CAN YOU DO IT? I'D HAVE TO CHECK WITH STAFF. I, OKAY. I, WE CHECK WITH PROBABLY OKAY. AND WORK. OKAY. IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO OKAY. MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. OKAY. AND THEN, OKAY, SO WE GO TO [CONSENT CALENDAR] MOVING THE CONSENT CALENDAR, OKAY. AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO DO THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YEAH. OKAY. PULL THAT. OKAY. UH, HOW MANY YOU WANT TO PULL? UH, LET'S SEE. I'M GONNA PULL NUMBER TWO, NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER SIX. 2, 5, 6. AND, UH, ONLY. YES. MR. MAYOR, ITEM NUMBER ONE AND ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SO WE HAVE WHAT, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ALREADY. WHICH, WHICH ONE WE MISSED? HUH? SO, SO YOU HAVE HOW MANY? YOU HAVE THREE. NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THREE. WHO WANT TO PULL NUMBER THREE? NUMBER THREE IS CONSIDERATION. UH, ALL THE NAMES AMENDED BY TRUCK ROCK. OKAY. ANYBODY WANT TO PULL THAT ONE? SO AT LEAST YOU CAN SHOW RESIDENT ABOUT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE? THEN I PULL NUMBER THREE. OKAY. SO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, UP IN POOL. OKAY, LET'S [1) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-67 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONERS] GO TO NUMBER ONE. OKAY. UM, MR. ALDI, KENTO, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR. UM, J JUST FOR A REFERENCE, UM, CAN I PLEASE ASK, UH, THAT SECTION 2 67 D BE READ, UH, IN ITS ENTIRETY, PLEASE? UH, YOU WANT TO OKAY IT AGAIN? I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT, THAT SECTION TWO DASH 67 D BE READ, WHICH DIFF OKAY. UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE? OKAY, CLERK? YES. UH, TWO 60. THE MUNICIPAL CODE TWO DASH SIX SEVEN D READS REMOVAL. NOTWITHSTANDING [00:55:01] THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION TWO DASH SIX NINE, ALL COMMISSIONERS SHALL, SHALL SERVE AT THE WILL OF THEIR APPOINTING COUNCIL MEMBER AND CAN BE REMOVED WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE AT ANY TIME, IF THE SEAT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO MADE THE APPOINTMENT IS VACANT, THE REMAINING COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY REMOVE THE COMMISSIONER BY MAJORITY VOTE AND FILL THE VACANCY CREATED AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION TWO DASH SIX SEVEN C. IN ADDITION, UPON AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF NOT LESS THAN FOUR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ANY COMMISSIONER MAY BE REMOVED FOR GOOD CAUSE DEFINED AS ONE BEING CONVICTED OF ANY FELONY, TWO, BEING CONVICTED OF ANY CRIME OF MORAL TURPITUDE. THREE, MISUSE OF CITY PROPERTY, FOUR, FALSIFYING CITY RECORDS, OR FIVE, A SUSTAINED WRITTEN FINDING OF HARASSMENT OR DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ANY CITY, EMPLOYEE OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC ON THE BASIS OF RACE, ANCESTRY, ETHNICITY, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, MARITAL STATUS, SEX, GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER EXPRESSION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PREGNANCY, DISABILITY, MEDICAL CONDITION, MILITARY AND VETERAN STATUS, OR ANY OTHER UNLAWFUL BASIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I APPRECIATE THAT BEING READ. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, IN LIGHT OF THE SPECIFICITY OF WHAT PRECISELY CONSTITUTES FOR CAUSE AND CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT IF THIS WERE TO PASS, THAT OUR INDIVIDUAL AUTHORITY TO APPOINT OUR OWN COMMISSIONERS COULD BE THWARTED BY A SUPER MAJORITY OF FOUR. WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD ANY OF US WANT TO REMOVE OUR INDIVIDUAL ABILITY TO MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING OUR OWN APPOINTMENTS? PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF HOW THE DEFINITION OF FOUR CAUSE HOLDS PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE AND ALSO SETS THE STANDARD FOR ENSURING THAT THAT MEMBERS OF DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS MAY BE REMOVED IF THERE IS AN APPROPRIATE REASON. UH, ARE YOU ASKING THE ATTORNEY OR ARE YOU ASKING C I'M ASKING MY COLLEAGUES ON COUNCIL TO AND IS THAT WE HAVE THE OBLIGATION TO, BECAUSE LAST TIME WE ALREADY TALK ABOUT THIS AND THE LOAN DISCUSSION, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE, MR. YOUR HONOR, NO OBLIGATION TO RESPOND. UM, DID ANYBODY WANT TO RESPOND? UH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. AND THE MAYOR POTENT, AS I MENTIONED IN THE PAST, WE HAVE REMOVED COMMISSIONERS WHEN THE APPOINTING COMMISSION, THE APPOINTING COUNSEL WANTED TO KEEP A COMMISSIONER. SO IN REGARDS TO THIS, WE HAD REMOVED ONE WHO WAS NOT YET CONVICTED. UH, WE PREVENTED THAT, UH, WITH BAD PUBLICITY AND STUFF THAT IT WAS ON THE, ON THE URGE OF INVESTIGATION OR ANYTHING. SO WE DID REMOVE SOMEBODY OUT. GRANTED, THAT CONVICTION TOOK, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG A YEAR, SO WE DON'T DO BACKGROUND CHECKS AND STUFF. AND SO THERE'S JUST, I JUST, I WAS JUST GIVING YOU AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE JUST DID WITH A PREVIOUS COMMISSIONER WHERE WE WANTED TO REMOVE ONE. AND EVEN THOUGH AT THAT TIME THAT COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, NO, KEEP HIM. I LIKE HIM, AND IT, IT'S BAD. I MEAN, EVENTUALLY YES, THAT COM UH, COUNCIL LISTENED TO THE MAJORITY, BUT IT'S ALREADY THERE. SO WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST. AND SO I'M JUST AGAIN, HERE CONTINUING WITH THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL WANT TO RESPOND? BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS LAST MEETING. OKAY. AND THIS IS JUST, UH, ANOTHER REPETITION. OKAY. IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO, OKAY. I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO DI TO, TO REVERSE AND RESCIND THE REQUEST, UH, UM, AS PAST THIS, THE LAST MEETING. OKAY. UH, YOUR MOTION MOVE AND DO IT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. TO APPROVE IT. MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A MOTION? SECOND? NO, I, NO, HE GO FIRST. OKAY. HE GO FIRST, PLEASE. OKAY. UH, THE, UH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND ON THE COUNCILMAN OLLIE'S MOTION, UH, TO SEND BACK TO CD TWO? OKAY. UH, WE ARE, WE WHAT WE, TO NOT ADOPT. OKAY. TO, OKAY. SO BASICALLY DENY, UH, THIS, OKAY. DO I HAVE A MO DO I HAVE A SECOND? NOPE. OKAY. SO THE MOTION DIED. DO I HAVE ANOTHER MOTION? YES. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ORDINANCE SUBMITTING SECTION TWO DASH SIX SEVEN OF THE WEST COUNTY MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONERS. UH, AND JUST A BRIEF STATEMENT. UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY AND THAT WE'RE WORKING FOR THEM, SO THANK YOU. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO I HAVE A SECOND? I WANNA SAY, OKAY, GO AHEAD. I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS ORDINANCE, AND, UM, I'M CONCERNED IF WE CHANGE IT THAT [01:00:01] IT'S GONNA GIVE AN APPEARANCE OF IMPROPRIETY. SO MY VOTE IS GONNA BE NO. OKAY. SO, SO, UH, I WILL SECOND IT. OKAY. SO AGAIN, LET'S GO TO THE ROLE PLEASE, MR. MAYOR. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ADOPT FOR THE RECORD MY OFFICIAL POSITION THAT I'VE WRITTEN OUT IN WITH RESPECT TO THIS MATTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UH, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, A SECOND BY COUNCIL, UH, BY MAYOR WU FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION TWO DASH SIX SEVEN OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF COMMISSIONERS. COUNCILMAN CONTOS? NO. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? NO. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO TIM LOPEZ. AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. UH, MOTION TO APPROVE. THREE, TWO. OKAY. AND, UH, [2) CONSIDERATION OF CITY STAFFING OF THE ENGINEERING SERVICES DIVISION AND/OR AWARD OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR CITY ENGINEERING SERVICES] WE GO TO THE AGENDA NUMBER TWO, AND THIS IS WHO APPROVE THIS ONE, APPROVE NUMBER TWO. ME. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, SO I DON'T KNOW IF MAYBE, UH, THE STAFF FIRST WANTS TO BRIEFLY TELL THE PUBLIC WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE FIRST. YES. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND, UH, MERCY COUNCIL, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION. UH, JOANNE BURNS, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY, UH, DEVELOPMENT, WILL BE PROVIDING THAT PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, UM, AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A CONSIDERATION OF, OF THE CONSULTING FOR CITY ENGINEERING SERVICES. UM, THIS ALL STARTED IN, UH, AUGUST OF 2024. THE CITY RELEASED AN RFP STRICTLY FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, UM, WHICH INCLUDES OR ENTAILS THE REVIEW OF GRADING, GRADING PLAN CHECKS, UM, CIP PROJECTS, ENCROACHMENT PERMITS, AND ALSO THE PREPARATION, UH, AND OF ENGINEERING RELATED GRANTS. AND ALSO FOR, FOR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES AS WELL. THE CITY RECEIVED SEVEN PROPOSALS, AND THOSE PROPOSALS WERE RATED BASED ON, UM, THE RATING MATRIX OF COMPLETENESS OF PROPOSAL, RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION CAPACITY TO PERFORM IN PROPOSED COST. UM, IN THE, THE, THE, UM, PROPOSALS WERE REVIEWED BY, BY CITY STAFF MEMBERS OF THE, A MEMBER OF THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS, UM, THE CIP PRO, UM, PROJECT MANAGER, AND ALSO MYSELF. THE, UM, THE PROPOSALS, UM, WERE, WERE SCORED AND RATED. WE, THE HIGHEST SCORE THAT WERE RECEIVED WERE WITHIN WEST, UM, TKE AND TRANSTECH. THE CHART IS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. SO THE, THE, THOSE CONSULTANTS THAT WERE SELECTED AND RATED AT THE HIGHEST WERE THEN IN, INVITED TO TWO SEPARATE INTERVIEWS. UM, FOR, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE SECOND INTERVIEW, UM, THEY WERE PROVIDED SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AND IN THE INSTRUCTIONS THEY WERE PROVIDED, UM, THAT THEY BRING ALL THE PROPOSED TEAM MEMBERS, UM, IT TO ATTEND THE INTERVIEW IN PERSON AND TO PREPARE SOME EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL GRANTS SUITABLE FOR THE CITY, WHICH CAN APPLY, WHICH THEY CAN APPLY FOR IF SELECTED. AND ALSO IN DOING SO, UM, IF THEY CAN CONSIDER THE CITY'S BKK FORMER LANDFILL SITE IN THEIR ANALYSIS. AND BASED ON THE INTERVIEW QUESTIONS, UM, TRANSTECH SCORED THE HIGHEST IN, IN THE INTERVIEW. UM, WHEN, WHEN WE HAD ASKED THE, THE, UM, ALL THREE CONSULTANTS REGARDING THE CITY ENGINEERS, UM, OR ENGINEERING STAFF'S AVAILABILITY, UM, THAT THE CITY REQUIRES THAT ENGINEERING, THAT WE HAVE ENGINEERING STAFF PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY DURING THE HOURS THAT WE ARE OPEN. MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, UM, ENTER, UM, TRANSTECH IT, IT PROVIDES THAT SERVICES TO US, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABLE TO CONTINUE PROVIDING THAT SERVICES IF SELECTED. TKE HAD ASKED A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, IF THEY CAN SPLIT THE ENGINEER'S TIME BETWEEN TWO, TWO SEPARATE ENGINEERS AND MANY DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS. WHILE INNER WEST HESITATED A BIT BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION THAT, THAT THEY'LL TRY, THEY'LL GO AHEAD AND TRY TO WORK, WORK IT OUT. [01:05:01] UM, WHEN ASKED, UH, REGARDING THE EXPERIENCE WITH BROWN BROWNFIELD SITES, TRANSTECH, UM, WAS THE ONLY CONSULTANT THAT HAD EXPERIENCE WITH DEVELOPING BROWNFIELD SITES. UM, ALL THREE CONSULTANTS HAD VAST EXPERIENCE IN, IN GRANT WRITING. UM, HOWEVER, INNER WEST DID NOT BRING THEIR PERSON THAT WAS, I GUESS, MORE EXPERIENCED FOR, REGARDING, REGARDING GRANTS OR REGARDING, UM, DEVELOPMENT IN, IN SUCH PROJECTS AS THE BKK SITE. SO IN DOING SO, TRANSECT SCORE THE HIGHEST IN THE INTERVIEW PROCESS. AND THE INTERVIEW SCORES WERE BASED ON, UM, A 35, UM, POINT, MAXIMUM TOTAL SCORE. AND THEY WERE AVERAGED OUT BETWEEN THE, UM, THE, THE SCORING COMMITTEE AND THE SCORING COMMITTEE HAD, UM, SCORED EACH INDIVIDUAL QUESTION INDEPENDENTLY, UM, WITHOUT CONSULTING EACH OTHER. AND WE, WE HAD AVERAGED OUT THE SCORES TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS, IS FAIR. UM, AT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING, UM, STAFF WAS GIVEN DIRECTION TO LOOK INTO WHAT IT WOULD COST IF THE CITY WAS TO HIRE CITY STAFF, UM, TO, TO MANNER ENGINEERING DIVISION OR TO HIRE A CONSULTANT. AND BASED ON THAT, UM, ACCORDING TO THE ANALYSIS, IF WE WERE TO HIRE, UM, A FULL SERVICE ENGINEERING STAFF, IT WOULD COST A MINIMUM BASE PAY OF ABOUT FOUR, UM, 480,000, UM, AND A MAX 607,000. AND THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE, UM, THE OTHER LIKE PENSION LIABILITY AND, AND BENEFITS. UH, THIS IS JUST STRICTLY SALARY. UM, AND EVEN IF WE DO HIRE OUR, OUR OWN ENGINEERING STAFF TO MAN THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO CONTRACT WITH, UM, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES BECAUSE THEY DO PROVIDE, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING SERVICES IS A SPECIALIZED SERVICE, AND THEY DO THE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. AND THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT THAT YOU, THAT YOU WOULD NEED IN IN ORDER TO CONDUCT THAT, AND THAT'S NOT ALWAYS NEEDED. UM, SO BASED ON THE PREVIOUS INVOICES FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE, UM, THE COST TO HIGHER IN COMPARISON TO HA TO COST HIGHER CITY STAFF, UM, IT'S STILL MORE BENEFICIAL TO, UM, HIRE A CONSULTANT TO PROVIDE THE ENGINEERING SERVICES WITH THIS, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY, UM, CONTRACT WITH, WITH TRANSTECH. WE HAVE MELISSA DEMER, UM, HERE WITH, UM, A PRINCIPAL OF THE TRANSTECH IN HER TEAM. THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS IF NEEDED. OKAY. COME UP. OKAY. AND, UH, CITY. OKAY. COUNCIL, ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? UH, FOR THE, THE, THE PICK FROM THE CITY TRANSTECH. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE YOU FOR HOW MANY YEARS? FOUR, FIVE YEARS ALREADY? FIVE YEARS. FIVE YEARS, OKAY. I REMEMBER 2019. OKAY. FOR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, PICK YOU AS AN ENGINEERING. OKAY. SERVICE. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, WALDEN DOING THE BUILDING AND SAFETY. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, AND THEN, AND YOU STILL WITH US? SO, AND THEN NOW THEY STILL THINKING ABOUT YOU, THE, YOU STILL THE BEST. WHAT'S THE WHY IS THE PROPOSAL CONTRACT WILL BE, I'M SORRY, WHAT IS THE PROPOSED CONTRACT ENGINEERING SERVICES? YES. WELL, I KNOW HOW MANY, HOW MANY YEARS? I THINK TWO YEARS AND, UH, TWO YEARS OPTION. I READ IT. AM I RIGHT? YES. UM, TWO YEARS AND TWO YEARS OPTION. AM I YES. THREE, TWO YEARS AND THREE YEARS. OPTION THREE. SO, SO MEANING THAT THIS CONTRACT IS FOR TWO YEARS. OKAY. THREE. UM, OKAY. OKAY. AND THE COUNCIL, ANY COUNCIL HAVE A QUESTION? UH, WHO WANNA GO FIRST? MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, IT, UM, THE TRANSTECH HAS A PRESENTATION PREPARED. WOULD YOU LIKE THEM TO DELIVER THE PRESENTATION? OKAY, GO AHEAD. IF NOBODY AGAINST, LET'S HAVE A, A PRESENTATION FIRST TO SHOW HOW GREAT YOU'D BE DOING FOR THE CITY. I APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AS YOU BRING IT UP, [01:10:01] I JUST WANNA START OFF BY SAYING, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PROTO AND CITY COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF TRANSTECH ENGINEERS, IT'S TRULY SUCH A PRIVILEGE AND HONOR TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS TO BE ABLE TO SERVICE YOUR COMMUNITY IN CITY ENGINEERING. GRANT WRITING, PUBLIC WORKS, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT. IT'S TRULY BEEN AN HONOR, UM, FOR OUR COMPANY. MY NAME IS MELISSA DEMIRCI. I'M ONE OF THE PRINCIPLES AT TRANSTECH. I DO HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEERING, UH, BACKGROUND AND I'M PROUD TO LEAD THIS COMPANY, UM, DEEPLY ROOTED IN PUBLIC SERVICE, ESPECIALLY HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. OUR MOTTO IS, YOUR PROJECT'S OUR PASSION, AND THAT COULD NOT BE MORE TRUE HERE IN YOUR CITY. I WANTED TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE OUR TEAM THAT IS HERE WITH US TODAY, AND THIS IS YOUR DESIGNATED CITY OF WEST COVINA TEAM. WE HAVE MICHAEL LLOYD OVER THERE WHO IS YOUR DESIGNATED CITY ENGINEER. HE HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, MANY OF THOSE YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR, SERVING AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, CITY ENGINEER, AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. WE ALSO HAVE JANNA ROBBINS WITH US, WHO HAS OVER 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND SHE LEADS OUR, UH, SINCE THE CITY OF THERE ON ON THE TV, NOBODY CAN SIT THERE AND YOU WANT TO COME UP? NO, DON'T, YEAH, COME UP. SO, SO YEAH, COME UP THE WEST, THEY CAN SEE YOUR FACES. OKAY, PLEASE. OKAY. YOU ARE WELCOME TO SHARE THE GLORY AND THE ALUMNI OF TV. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO YEAH, INTRODUCE THEM AGAIN, PLEASE. YEAH, DEANNA ROBBINS, UM, IS A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNER OVER 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. AND JUST SOMETHING REALLY PERSONAL ABOUT WEST COVINA. ALL THREE OF HER CHILDREN WENT TO SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT HERE IN THE CITY. OOH. UM, WE ALSO HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING, UH, BRIAN CERVANTES, WHO IS ONE OF OUR ASSOCIATE ENGINEERS. HE'S AN E-I-T-M-B, A CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE. WORKS CLOSELY WITH YOUR AMAZING COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS. WE ALSO HAVE KOBE SKYE. HE IS OUR EXPERT WHEN IT COMES TO FEMA GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND BROWNFIELD AND LANDFILL SITES. HE IS ALSO THE FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES AND SPEARHEADED MANY OF THE BROWNFIELD AND LANDFILL DEVELOPMENTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND WE ALSO HAVE JASON ROBBINS WITH US, WHO IS YOUR BUILDING OFFICIAL HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND IT INTERACTS CLOSELY WITH JOANNE AND THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I DID WANNA MENTION THAT WE ARE REALLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE ALI K HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, WHO IS THE FOUNDER AND OWNER OF TRANSTECH. AND I WANNA SHARE HIS VISION SINCE 1989 HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO SERVE COMMUNITIES, NOT JUST WITH TECHNICAL EXCELLENCE, BUT WITH HIGH INTEGRITY AND HEART. AND WEST COVINA MEANS SO MUCH TO US AS A COMPANY. UM, WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO START OUR PRESENTATION. SO THIS IS OUR TEAM . UM, I PROMISE YOU I'M GONNA KEEP IT SHORT AND INTERACTIVE, UM, AS WE GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AND BEFORE WE PRESS PLAY, I WANTED TO SHARE A 62ND VIDEO. THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHO WE ARE AND INTRODUCING OUR FIRM TO YOU. MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO, AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE SECOND SLIDE AND PRESS PLAY. I THINK THERE'S VOLUME TOO. IF YOU PRESS THE SPACE BAR, IT MIGHT PLAY. TRANSTECH ENGINEERS WAS FOUNDED IN 1989, AND WE ARE A FULL SERVICE MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING AND SAFETY COMPANY. WE PROVIDE VARIOUS ENGINEERING AND BUILDING SAFETY RELATED SERVICES TO PREDOMINANTLY CITIES. SO WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 30 YEARS. SO WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS FROM PARKING STRUCTURES TO FULL ROADWAY CORRIDOR PROJECTS, ROADWAY EXPANSION PROJECTS, FUN YOUTH PARKS. SO WE'VE DONE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC WORKS RELATED PROJECTS. WE ARE ALL ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, CIVIC ENGAGEMENT, AND GIVING BACK. IT'S REALLY PART OF WHO WE ARE AS A CULTURE AT TRANSTECH. UM, GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE SERVE IN THE COMMUNITIES WE LIVE IN. AND FOR US, IT'S JUST WHO WE ARE. YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDING TECHNICAL SERVICES TO A LOT OF OUR CITIES, BUT WE WANNA BE A PARTNER. WE WANNA BE AN ACTIVE COMMUNITY MEMBER. AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE DOING THIS IN AND AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA. TRANSTECH, YOUR PROJECTS, OUR PASSION, YOUR PROJECTS ARE PASSION. TRANSTECH IS, YOUR PROJECTS ARE PASSION. WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED THAT OVERVIEW A LITTLE BIT MORE. WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 35 YEARS, AND WE'RE KNOWN SPECIFICALLY FOR PROVIDING CITY ENGINEERING SERVICES, GRANT WRITING SERVICES, AND PUBLIC WORK [01:15:01] SERVICES AS A WHOLE, INCLUSIVE OF TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AND DAY-TO-DAY ENGINEERING AS PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS. WE'RE PROUD THAT WE SERVICE OVER 80 MUNICIPALITIES IN CALIFORNIA. MANY OF THEM RIGHT HERE IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. WE KNOW WEST COVINA, WE KNOW THIS AREA. UM, WE'RE PROUD THAT WE HAVE OVER 200 TEAM MEMBERS. AND IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR UNIQUE QUALIFICATIONS. WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH METRO EPA, FEMA, CALTRANS, AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE FORMER HIGH RANKING STAFF MEMBERS AS PART OF OUR TEAM THAT WORKED FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALTRANS EDISON AND SOCAL GAS. AND WHAT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND THAT EXPERIENCE GIVES FOR OUR CLIENT CITIES IS BE ABLE TO TAP INTO WORKING WITH THOSE LARGE AGENCIES. WE HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH BROWNFIELD AND LANDFILL LAND DEVELOPMENT WITH TRANSTECH, AND NOW OFFICIALLY AS COL PART OF OUR TEAM. THAT EXPERIENCE HAS EXPANDED EVEN MORE. WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE FACILITATED OVER HALF A BILLION DOLLARS IN GRANT FUNDINGS, AND I'M EXCITED LATER ON. WE HAVE A SLIDE TO SHARE WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IN WEST COVINA, IN BOTH AS A PRIVATE SECTOR AND PUBLIC SECTOR FACING. WE'VE SERVED AS CITY ENGINEER, CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, PROJECT PROGRAM MANAGER, CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, CIP MANAGER AND GRANT WRITER. AND NOW THIS NEXT IS ALL ABOUT WEST COVINA IN THE NEXT SLIDE. AND IT'S REALLY TO SHOW OUR COMMITMENT AND ACHIEVEMENTS TOGETHER AS A TEAM. TRULY. UM, I WANTED TO START OFF WITH YOUR COUNCIL GOALS. YOU LISTED YOUR FISCAL YEAR IN THE NEXT SLIDE, 24 25 COUNCIL GOALS. AND OUR COMMITMENT AS TRANSIC TO YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THIS COMMUNITY IS THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO INTEGRATING THESE GOALS INTO OUR ENTIRE SERVICE PHILOSOPHY AND THE SERVICE APPROACH. WHETHER THAT BE OUR INTERACTIONS WITH STAFF, WITH EACH OF YOU WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WITHIN DELIVERING OUR PROJECTS TO THE CITY AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE REALLY PROUD. AND THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS FOR YOU THAT SINCE WE'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOUR CITY, WE'VE COMPLETED 41 CIP PROJECTS. AND THESE ARE NOT JUST SMALL PROJECTS, THESE ARE LARGE PROJECTS ALL OVER THE CITY THAT WE GET TO SEE AND WE GET TO USE AND WE GET TO DRIVE OUR CARS ON AND CROSS OUR CROSSWALKS IN. WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 15 PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS AS PART OF OUR CIP PROGRAM. THAT'S 56 COMBINED PROJECTS TOTAL THAT OUR TEAM HAS WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOUR INCREDIBLE CITY TEAM TO DELIVER FOR THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF OUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENTS THAT WE'RE SO PROUD OF FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVIN IN THE NEXT SLIDE IS THAT TWO OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE, UM, AWARDED VERY COVETED, EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE AWARDS. THIS IS THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARDS. THIS AWARD, UH, PROGRAM IS ONLY, UH, HAPPENING ONCE A YEAR AND IT INVOLVES THREE MAJOR COUNTIES. ALL CITIES WITHIN THOSE COUNTIES ARE ELIGIBLE. UM, JUST THIS PAST DECEMBER IN 2024, THE CORTEZ PARK SPORTS FIELD RENOVATION PROJECT DID RECEIVE THE PROJECT OF AWARD IN THEIR SPECIFIC CATEGORY FOR RECREATION ATHLETIC FACILITIES. AND THEN TWO YEARS PRIOR TO THAT, FRIENDSHIP PARK WON THE PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD IN THE SAME CATEGORY. THIS AWARD IS VERY SPECIAL THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE A PWA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION, WHICH IS ALL OF NORTH AMERICA, ATTENDS THIS AWARD CEREMONY. SO WEST COVINA NATIONALLY IS ON THE MAP, AND MY FAVORITE SLIDE OF THEM ALL IS GRANT WRITING HAS BEEN THE CORE OF WHAT WE HAVE DI DONE IN THIS CITY SINCE DAY ONE BACK IN 2019. AND I REMEMBER BEING IN THE CITY AND WE WERE IDENTIFYING DIFFERENT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY. AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT TODAY $20.9 MILLION OF GRANT FUNDING HAS BEEN SECURED BY OUR TEAM TOGETHER WITH THE CITY OF WEST COTA TEAM FOR YOU. UM, THIS IS A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT STATE, FEDERAL, LOCAL SPECIALTY FUNDING, AND WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED. WE LOOK FORWARD TO APPLYING AND IDENTIFYING MORE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY. AND THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A QUICK, UM, SPREADSHEET SHOWING WHAT THESE FUNDINGS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SECURED FOR YOU ARE. SOME OF THEM, UM, ARE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. SOME OF THEM ARE TO BE, UM, OBLIGATED. BUT YOU HAVE THIS FUNDING, IT'S SUPER EXCITING. THESE ARE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SAFETY PROJECTS, PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, AND YOU EVEN HAVE A PLANNING, UM, GRANT THAT YOU DID FOR LOCAL ROAD SAFETY PLAN THAT THE CITY IS GONNA BE IMPLEMENTING SOON. IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, WE TALK ABOUT OUR BROWNFIELD AND LANDFILL SITE EXPERIENCE. YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY LUCKY THAT WE WORK WITH MANY AGENCIES THAT HAVE, UH, SIMILAR TYPES OF VENUES AS YOU DO HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE HAVE THE FORMER DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY WHO SPECIALIZE SPECIFICALLY IN BROWNFIELD AND LANDFILL SITE DEVELOPMENT ALL OVER THE COUNTY. HE ACTUALLY WORKED WITH US, UM, ON THE COUNTY SIDE THROUGH OUR PROJECTS THROUGH TRANSTECH. SO WE HAVE EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN PROVIDING OUR EXPERTISE TO YOUR NEEDS AND TAILORING THEM TO FIT WHAT YOUR DEVELOPMENT GOALS ARE FOR THAT SITE. WORKING WITH CAL RECYCLE DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL, A QMD, THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY BOARD, U-S-E-P-A AND FEMA. IN [01:20:01] THIS NEXT, UH, SLIDE, WE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT FEMA GRANT FUNDING. UM, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO DIVE DEEPER INTO THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL THAT FEMA HAS TO OFFER, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY CAN REALLY UTILIZE. AND WE'RE GONNA BE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THESE GRANTS WITH OUR GRANTS TEAM. I AM INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN ALL OF THESE GRANTS WRITING THESE GRANTS, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BRING THAT, UM, TO FRUITITION FOR THE CITY. THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE REALLY JUST A LONG LIST OF DIFFERENT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED FOR THE CITY OF WEST COTA. WE CAN QUICKLY GO THROUGH THEM. I MEAN, THESE ARE FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL PROP GRANTS, PARK GRANTS, INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS, PLANNING GRANTS, SAFETY GRANTS. THERE ARE SO MANY, AND OUR TEAM HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE. WE'VE ALREADY DELIVERED $20.9 MILLION OF GRANTS FOR YOUR CITY. AND LIKE I SAID, WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET YOU MORE. UM, AND BEFORE I CLOSE, CLOSE, WHY TRANSTECH? WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY SO MUCH, AND YOU KNOW THIS TEAM HERE BEFORE ME. THIS IS YOUR WEST COVINA TEAM. THIS IS THE TEAM THAT IS HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY INTERACTING WITH YOUR INCREDIBLE CITY STAFF, WORKING CLOSELY WITH YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS. WE'VE BEEN IN THIS BUSINESS FOR 35 PLUS YEARS, UM, AND I KNOW THAT OUR FOUNDER, ALI, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY. UM, WE'RE KNOWN FOR PUBLIC WORKS, CITY ENGINEERING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION, CIP MANAGEMENT, GRANT WRITING, BROWN FILL, LANDFILL EXPERTISE, AND WE'RE REALLY KNOWN, UM, IN THE INDUSTRY TO DELIVER HIGH QUALITY WORK. AND WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A, OF A VIDEO WE WANTED TO SHARE IN THIS LAST SLIDE. AND WHAT IT IS, IS, UM, WE WANTED TO REVIEW WHAT DID THIS LAST FIVE YEARS LOOK LIKE? AND WE'VE DONE 56 PROJECTS IN PROGRESS OR COMPLETED. THIS IS JUST A BRIEF HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE IMPORTANT PROJECTS THAT YOUR CITY HAS DELIVERED AND WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE PART OF. SO I HOPE YOU ENJOY AND WE JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. MICROPHONE DOESN'T WANT TO WORK WITH ME. OKAY. SO, OKAY. UH, AND CITY COUNCIL, ANYBODY WANT TO START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION? OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER ? YES. UM, MY FIRST QUESTION WILL BE, UH, THE, THE AP I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE CITY'S GOTTEN THE A PWA AWARDS. UH, WHAT, WHAT IS THAT AWARD? THE A PWA, IT'S CALLED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION. AND THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION THAT PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ARE PART OF PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS, UM, CITY ENGINEERS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS PROFESSIONALS, AND IT'S, IT'S LIKE A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION. AND EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE AN A PWA PROJECT OF THE YEAR AWARD [01:25:01] CEREMONY, AND I THINK THE THREE COUNTIES, ORANGE COUNTY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES ARE PART OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER. AND IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE PROGRAM WHERE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SPLIT UP BY POPULATION AND CATEGORY TYPES OF PROJECTS. AND THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF APPLICATIONS THAT COME IN. AND THERE'S A VERY EXTENSIVE REVIEW PANEL THAT CONSISTS OF PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS ALL ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT REVIEW THESE APPLICATIONS ON A SCORING BASIS. AND TWO OF YOUR PROJECTS, ONE, ONE IN 2022 AND ONE IN 2024. AND ARE YOU PART OF THAT AWARD COMMITTEE THAT AWARDS THOSE AWARDS? I AM PART OF THE AWARD COMMITTEE, BUT I AM NOT PART OF THE REVIEW PROCESS, UNFORTUNATELY. UM, IT IS ALL DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTORS, UM, AND PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ACTIVELY WORKING FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND CITIES. GREAT, THANK YOU. AND THEN WHEN WERE YOU NOTIFIED BY THE CITY THAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING IN YOUR SECOND ROUND INTERVIEW? WHEN WERE YOU NOTIFIED BY THE CITY THAT THE CITY WAS LOOKING FOR A, A FEMA GRANT WRITER? UM, I DON'T KNOW THE EXACT DATE, BUT WE WERE GIVEN, UM, AN EMAIL WITH NOTIFICATION SAYING THAT WE WOULD BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SECOND INTERVIEW AND TO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WE, UM, BRING OUR, ON OUR TEAM, UM, QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS IN GRANT WRITING AS WELL AS BROWNVILLE AND LANDFILL EXPERTISE. AND DID THE CITY EVER MENTION ABOUT, UH, SPECIALTY IN FEMA GRANTS? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IN THE EMAIL IF IT MENTIONED THAT SPECIFICALLY. UM, KOBE PART OF OUR TEAM, BECAUSE HE WORKS WITH RECOVERY AND WOOSLEY FIRE HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH FEMA. AND HOW MUCH MONEY HAVE YOU GOT IN THE CITY OF WEST FEMA AND FEMA IN FEMA MONEY? HOW, HOW LONG HAVE THEY BEEN REPRESENTING THE CITY? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN REPRESENTING THE CITY? WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR FIVE YEARS AND WE'VE GOTTEN $20.9 MILLION OF OUTSIDE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, SPECIFICALLY WITH FEMA. WE HAVEN'T REALLY DIVED DEEP INTO FEMA, BUT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS IS A PRIORITY FOR YOU AND THE CITY OF IDENTIFYING GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND GOING AFTER THEM. AND WHEN DID YOU, UM, HIRE BLUE SKY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING THAT MR. SKY COMES FROM? YEAH, SO KOBE ACTUALLY LEFT THE COUNTY ONE YEAR AGO, I THINK PROBABLY FOR OVER A DECADE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER IN HIS CAPACITY AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR, AND HE ACTUALLY OVERSEES MANY OF OUR CLIENT CITIES LANDFILL AND BROWNFIELD SITES. UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY LUCKY THAT FOR THE PAST YEAR WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER COLLABORATING AND WE'RE JUST FORTUNATE THAT HE'S PART OF OUR TEAM. SO DID HE JUST RECENTLY GET PART OF YOUR TEAM? YEAH, HE'S ONE OF OUR, UM, ADVISORS. OKAY, GREAT. SO THIS THE, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU HAD A FEMA GRANT WRITER ON YOUR TEAM? NO, WE ACTUALLY HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE. WE WORK WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT SUB CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH FEMA AND EPA, I THINK SPECIFICALLY TO WEST COVINA. WE HAVEN'T BEEN SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO EVALUATE FEMA, BUT LIKE I SAID, NOW THAT WE KNOW THIS IS A PRIORITY, WE ARE GONNA HIT THE GROUND RUNNING, UM, AND GO AFTER THE GRANTS. OKAY. AND THEN THE, THE, UH, THE, THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS ARE FOR STAFF. SO, UM, OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION WILL BE FOR, UH, PAULINA. UM, PAULINA, CAN YOU EXPLAIN, UM, WHY TRANSTECH SCORED LOW ON THE FIRST ROUND AND THEN THEY INCREASE THEIR POINTS ON THE SECOND ROUND? AND WHY DID YOU SWITCH OUT VOTING COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN THAT PROCESS? SO, I'LL DIVERT THAT QUESTION TO JOANNE. SHE MANAGED THE, UH, RFP PROCESS. OKAY. THE, UM, AS FAR AS THE PROPOSALS ARE CON, THE PROPOSALS ARE CONCERNED WHEN WE, WHEN WE REVIEW THE PROPOSALS, WE, WE REVIEW THEM BASED ON, ON, ON THE CRITERIA, UM, AND BASED ON THIS CRITERIA, AND IT, IT'S SCORED INDIVIDUALLY BY, BY EACH MEMBER OF THE SCORING COMMITTEE. SO, SO, UM, I, I'M, THE SCORES WERE, WERE VERY CLOSE, UM, BETWEEN, BETWEEN THE THREE FIRMS. UM, SO WE, WE TYPICALLY, WHEN WHEN WE REVIEW PROPOSALS, WE, WE TYPICALLY, WE ALWAYS HAVE, UM, FOR SOMETHING, FOR A PROJECT OR, OR A CONSULTANT THAT DOES A LOT FOR THE CITY, SIMILAR TO THIS, WE AND ALWAYS CONDUCT INTERVIEWS AND WE ALWAYS INTERVIEW THE TOP THREE CONSULTANTS. AND [01:30:01] THEN WE BASED, WE BASED WHO WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, BASED ON THE SCORING. UM, AND ALSO THE, THE INTERVIEW AS WELL. UM, THE INTERVIEW IS THE, THE PROCESS THAT DETERMINES WHICH CONSULTANT IS GOING TO BE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, UH, WHEN I SPOKE TO PAULINA AND ASKED, UH, THE FIRST TIME WHY TRANSECT WAS BEING SELECTED WHEN THEY SCORED LOWER IN THE POINT SYSTEM, PAULINA SAID THEY SPOKE BETTER. SO BECAUSE THEY SPOKE BETTER, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HIGHER POINTS AUTOMATICALLY AND WIN THE BID. AND THEN I QUESTION THE INTEGRITY BEHIND THAT. AND THEN PAULINA ORDERED A SECOND ROUND INTERVIEW, UM, SORRY IF I MAY. YEAH. MM-HMM . UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SPEAKING BETTER, IT'S MORE OF THE PREPARATION FOR THE INTERVIEW, UM, AND ALSO THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT THEY BROUGHT TO THE INTERVIEW. UM, AND THAT THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, UM, IN A MANNER THAT, THAT IS ABLE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO, UM, TO PROVIDE, UM, THE NEEDED SERVICES THAT THE CITY NEEDS. RIGHT. SO IN THE FIR IN THE FIRST INTERVIEW, UM, TRANSECT WAS SELECTED MAINLY BECAUSE, OKAY, SO WE INTERVIEWED, UM, THREE CONSULTANTS, UM, INTER, UM, INTERWEST, THEY ONLY BROUGHT TWO OF THEIR PRINCIPAL, THE ONLY TWO OF THEIR PRINCIPALS, UM, SHOWED UP AND EVERYBODY WAS, WAS REMOTE. UM, AND THEY DIDN'T EXPRESS THEIR ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE NEEDED SERVICES THAT WE, THE IN-PERSON SERVICES THAT WE NEEDED OR THAT WE NEED IN THE CITY. SO THEY WERE, THEY SCORE, THEY, THEY WERE NOT SELECTED, UM, FOR, AND THEY WERE NOT OPTED FOR RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY. GREAT. AND THEN JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, DID, DID YOU TELL THE CONTRACTOR DID THEY HAD TO BE INTERVIEW IN PERSON IN ORDER TO SCORE HIGHER IN THE POINT SYSTEM? UM, WE TELL, WE TELL THEM THAT THEY HA THEY HAVE TO, THEY, THEY SHOULD BRING THEIR, THEIR PROPOSED TEAM IN PERSON. YES. THE INTERVIEW IS AN IN PERSON INTERVIEW. SO YOU TOLD 'EM THAT THEY'LL SCORE LOWER AND THEY DID A, A OVER CONFERENCE, UH, A VIDEO CONFERENCE IF YOU DID, THAT WAS RES RIGHT? I'M SORRY? RES IN INTERES, YES. OKAY. AND THEN, AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT, UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS I DID WAS ASK PAULINA TO PROVIDE ME THE DETAIL, UH, THE DETAIL NOTES OF STAFF, UH, THAT FOR ALL THE COMPANIES WE HAD INTERWEST, WE HAD TKE, WE HAD, UH, TRANSTECH. AND WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE STAFF'S NOTES, I SEE ALL STAFF MEMBERS, UH, WRITING DOWN FOR TKE THAT THEY HAVE SECURED OVER $4 BILLION. THEY HAVE SECURED OVER 500 MILLION IN WATER STREETS, STORAGE, DRAIN SEWER, AND TRANSPORTATION GRANTS. BUT SOMEHOW TRANSTECH STILL PREVAIL AS THE FINAL THING. AND, AND MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME THAT THE SCORES CHANGE. LIKE THIS, THE FIRST TIME WAS ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2024 WHEN PKE ARCHITECTS WAS AWARDED A CONTRACT WHEN THEY CAME IN AT A HIGHER PRICE. BUT SOMEHOW TRANSC WAS INVOLVED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS AND PRESENTATION PROCESS OF THAT AND ONLINE ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE BY TRANSECT, IT SAVES THAT TRANSTECH WAS CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS FOR THE CITY OF ONTARIO'S NEW FIRE STATION ONE, UH, WITH PKE, WITH, WITH P-K-P-B-K ARCHITECTS. AND THAT CREATES A CONCERN FOR ME. AND WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, AND, AND I'LL FINISH UP, BUT YEAH, ALMOST DONE. BUT, UH, AND, AND SO I'LL JUST LEAVE OFF BY SAYING, UH, I'M NOT SAYING NOTHING BAD ABOUT TRANSTECH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE SHOULD NOT RENEW THEIR CONTRACT AT THIS POINT. UH, BUT WHAT I, AND, AND, AND, AND JUST TO CLEAR IT UP, TRANSTECH IS STILL CONTINUES TO GET PAID ON A MONTH TO MONTH BASIS. SO ANY DECISION WE MAKE TODAY DOES NOT AFFECT THEIR CONTRACT. UH, AND, AND SO LATER ON, I'M GONNA URGE THE CONSOLE JUST TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY IN THIS BIDDING PROCESS THAT A NEW RFP IS DONE TO ENSURE THERE'S TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROCESS BECAUSE GOT, WHEN YOU DEAL WITH ALL THIS MONEY, IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, IT, IT'S JUST HORRIBLE, UH, FOR ME TO SEE HOW [01:35:01] THIS OUTCOME BECAME. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER TI I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER SEEMS CONSPIRACY THIS ALLEGED OKAY. SOME ISSUES DISCREPANCY ABOUT, SO, SO THIS IS HIS CONCERN. OKAY. I I, EVERYBODY HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA. EVERYBODY HAVE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION, BUT HE HAS A FREEDOM OF SPEECH TO SAY WHY YOU HAVE TO SAY. SO IT'S OKAY. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO SHOW US THE INTEGRITY OF THE OKAY. AND THE SELECTION OF THE COMPANY THAT YOU GUY GO WITH YOUR CONSCIENCE AND TRY TO SELECT THE BEST. LET'S GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE COUNCILMEN. OKAY. ALL YOU CAN TELL S GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, WHAT IS THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS WITH THE THREE WITH OPTION TO EXTEND ONE YEAR OR FOR, UH, THE NEXT THREE YEARS? SUBSEQUENT PLEASE. WE DON'T HAVE . UH, CAN YOU ANSWER? OKAY. AND, UH, MAYBE COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN? OKAY. AND ALI, CAN YOU WANT TO REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? SURE. I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE AMOUNT OF THE CON, UH, OF THE, OF THE CONTRACT FOR YEAR ONE AND TWO WITH OPTIONS TO EXTEND FOR, FOR A YEAR AT A TIME FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, HOW MUCH WE PAY THEM FOR THE YEAR AND TWO, RIGHT? YES. THE CONTRACT AMOUNT. SO MONTH WE, YEAH, EXACTLY. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE AWARD THEM OR THEY JUST PAY ON THE PERCENTAGE OF THE OKAY. AND GRAND WE RECEIVE FOR THE BUDGET TO BUDGET, SINCE THEY ARE THE, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THAT USUALLY IT, IT SAYS IT IN THE YEAH, EXACTLY. I DIDN'T SEE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT THERE LIKE IT NORMALLY IS YEAH. TWICE A DOLLAR AMOUNT. YEAH, I SEE THAT. SO ONE THING, WHERE'S THE WHY IS THE, WHERE'S THE BEEF? YEAH. I DON'T SEE IT . CORRECT. WE HAVE, UM, IN THE PAST WE'VE SWITCHED OVER BECAUSE WHEN WE DID A LIMIT AND THE THESE CONTRACT IS SIMILAR TO, UM, OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY CONTRACT THAT AS CONSTRUCTION RAMPS UP, THE CONTRACT INCREASES BECAUSE THE, THE DEVELOPMENT IS GOING UP. AND SO, UM, WE DID NOT, UM, PROVIDE A, UM, MAXIMUM CONTRACT AMOUNT SO THAT WE HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY. OKAY. SO SINCE THERE IS NO MAXIMUM AMOUNT, THAT MEANS THERE'S NO LIMIT TO WHAT CAN BE SPENT. SO I WANTED TO ASK, IN LIGHT OF OUR BUDGETARY, I WANTED TO ASK DIRECT THIS TO THIS, TO THE CITY MANAGER, UM, IN LIGHT OF OUR BUDGETARY SITUATION TO PREVENT US FROM GOING INTO DEFICIT. WHAT, WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WITH WHATEVER WE WOULD APPROVE HERE, THAT WE END UP NOT BE BEING IN A DEFICIT DUE TO OVERSPENDING OR DUE TO SPENDING MORE THAN WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, WHICH COULD THEN PUT US IN THE RED. AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD POINT. OKAY. DOES OKAY. BUDGETS MAJOR ISSUE, AGREE, ISSUE WE HAVE, OKAY. AND YOU NEED TO, WHEN YOU WANT US TO APPROVE THEIR CONTRACT, AND YOU NEED TO TELL US WHAT IS THE BUDGET, OKAY? YOU'RE ASKING A CONTRACTOR HOW MUCH, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? SO IF YOU CAN ASK THE CONTRACTOR NO. YEAH. SO , ASK YOUR ACCOUNT MANAGER. YEAH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. CITY MANAGER, BECAUSE IT IS THROUGH, UM, ENGINEERING SERVICES, THERE ARE DIFFERENT REVENUES AT, ARE FUNDS THAT PAY FOR THE SERVICES DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT IS BEING PROPOSED. UM, SO IT COMES, MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO HOW THEY GET PAID. OKAY. THEY GET PAID FOR THE PERCENTAGE OR THEY GET PAID FOR OUR GENERAL FUND. OKAY. SO, NO. SO THEY THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR. SO THEY ARE PAID ON AN HOURLY RATE, UM, BASED ON THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE WORKING. SO A LOT OF IT IS, UH, PROJECT BASED. SOME OF IT IS, AS JOANNE SAID, UM, GENERAL ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT WE NEED ON A GOT, SO THEY GET PAID HOURLY RATE. SO WHAT IS THE, OUR BUDGET TO PAY THEM? OKAY. WHAT IS THE CEILING OR WHAT IS THE FULL THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOME KIND OF BUDGET? WE DO, YES. AND WHY, WHY IS THE NUMBER? WE DO HAVE A BUDGET. SO THE BUDGET FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS 136,100,000. THE BUDGET FROM USING PROP C FUNDS IS 506,000, UM, 50,000 FROM GAS TAX AND A HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE SEVEN HUNDRED FROM SEWER BEANS. NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT PAYING TO, I THINK, UH, THESE ARE THE FUNDS USED TO PAY FOR THE CONTRACT COUNCIL IS ABOUT HOW WE AWARD THEIR CONTRACT. AND WHAT IS THE BUDGET ROUGHLY WOULD BE HOW MUCH, OKAY. I THINK THIS IS YOUR QUESTION, RIGHT? YES, MR. MAYOR? YEAH. OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER OR WHAT IS, HOW ARE YOU GONNA APPROVE FOR TWO YEARS CONTRACT? FOR HOW MUCH THE EFFORT HAVE THE ROUGH FIGURE COMPARED WITH THE PREVIOUS YEAR? SO WE HAVE A 56 PROJECT. OKAY. MEANING WE HAVE A LOT OF PROJECT AND HOW MUCH WE PAY THEM. SO HOW MUCH WE ARE GOING TO, OKAY. ON OUR FUTURE BUDGET, [01:40:01] IF I MAKE, UM, MAYOR YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. BASED ON THE, THE ENGINEERING INVOICES FROM THE LAST FOUR YEARS, IT A, I'M SORRY, FIVE YEARS, IT AVERAGES, UM, 873,000, 74 A YEAR. UM, THAT'S THE AVERAGE FROM ALL THE ENGINEERING INVOICES FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND SO AVERAGE ABOUT 800 SOME, YES. $800,000 NOT FOR FISCAL YEAR. 2024. IT SAYS 931,000. NO, THAT'S THE AVERAGE. YEAH. WELL, WE, WE CAN'T, I DON'T THINK WE, WE'RE NOT ELECTED TO VOTE ON AVERAGES. WE'RE ELECTED TO VOTE ON FACTS. YES. I'M, I'M GIVING INFORMATION. YEAH. IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT. NO. I, I, NO. OKAY. I, I THINK, OKAY. UM, OKAY. COUNCILMAN ALI. SO THEY BASICALLY, IT'S FOR PAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, IT'S AVERAGE $800,000. I CAN UNDERSTAND. OKAY. NOW, OKAY. IT IS DEPEND ON HOW MANY PROJECT WE HAVE. IF WE MORE PROJECT MM-HMM . THEN WE HAVE TO PAY THEM MORE. WE HAVE LESS PROJECT. WE PAY YOU GUYS LESS. SO IT DEPEND ON HOW MANY, SO WE WANT MORE PROJECT, WE WANT THE MORE GRANT COMING TO US. WE MIGHT HAVE TO PAY THEM MORE BECAUSE BASED ON HOW MANY PROJECT WE HAVE, SO AM I RIGHT? AM I RIGHT? CORRECT. IT IS BASED ON AN HOURLY RATE. WE DO HAVE A BUDGET THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR THIS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE A BLANK CHECK THAT WE GIVE THEM, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO FLUCTUATE AS DEVELOPMENT GOES UP OR DOWN, WELL, ROUGHLY 800,000, YOU CAN GO UP TO POSSIBLE A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE WE HAVE MORE PROJECT. AND AS YOU FIND MORE OF BUDGET FOR US TO PAY FOR THIS AND THAT. AND AGAIN, IS THAT FROM GENERAL FUND OR THIS FROM RESTRICTED FUND? IT'S FROM GENERAL FUND AND FROM RESTRICTED FUNDS. MM-HMM . WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE? I DON'T HAVE THE PERCENTAGE, BUT THE AMOUNTS, THE, DO YOU HAVE PERCENTAGE OF, BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF, I SAW A LOT OF STREET, I SEE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT. NEGATIVE SUICIDE QUOTA IMPROVEMENT THAT IS BELONG TO A RESTRICTED FUND. SO WE HAVE, UM, GENERAL FUND PROP C, GAS TAX, AND SEWER MAINTENANCE. I UNDERSTAND. SO THAT'S WHY THE PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE MORE ON THE RESTRICTED FUND DUE TO YES. THE MAJORITY OF IT IS FROM RESTRICT. IT'S A PART IMPROVEMENT. POSSIBLE GO TO GENERAL FUND, BUT GRANT, BUT THE STREETS, OKAY. ALL THE STREET IMPROVEMENT THAT SHOULD BE RESTRICTED FUND. MM-HMM . AM I RIGHT? AM I RIGHT, JOANNE? YES. OKAY. OLLIE, CONTINUE. YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO WHAT SAFEGUARDS ARE PUT INTO PLACE TO ENSURE THAT WE REMAIN FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE? I LOVE TRANSTECH. WHAT TRANSTECH DOES, ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. UH, I JUST, THIS IS MORE FROM AN ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT THAT WE SPEND WITHIN OUR MEANS, BECAUSE TRANSTECH LOOKS LIKE THE CADILLAC OF OF SERVICES IN MANY RESPECTS. MM-HMM . BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE COULD BE OTHERS. SO, SO ON ONE LEVEL, ONE MERCEDES-BENZ, BUT I MEAN, ON ON ONE LEVEL, THERE ARE OTHER COMPANIES OUT THERE, WHICH I UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY MY COLLEAGUE IS, IS SUGGESTING RFP TO, TO ENSURE A COMPETITIVENESS. BUT SEPARATE FROM THAT, WHAT HAPPENS WITH REGARD TO ENSURING THAT WE DON'T OVERSPEND? AND SO WHAT ARE THE POLI THE WRITTEN POLICY AND PROCEDURAL SAFEGUARDS TO ENSURE THAT WITH WHATEVER WE DO DO WITH TRANSTECH UNDERSTANDING IT'S A PROJECT BASIS, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T OVERSPEND TO END UP IN THE RED WITH OUR BUDGET, THROUGH OUR BUDGET PROCESS? SO WE BUDGET AN AMOUNT FOR THE TRANSTECH TRANSTECH CONTRACT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE TO ADJUST IT BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS WE ARE ABLE TO DO. SO, BUT YOU JUST SAID YOU, YOU DID NOT BUDGET IT. OKAY. YOU DO? YEAH, THAT'S FINE. OKAY. ALI, YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? YOU WANT CONTINUE? YES, PLEASE. YES, PLEASE. SO IN, IN LIGHT OF HOW IT'S, UH, UH, IT, IT'S, UM, THERE'S AN ABILITY FOR US TO DO THAT. THE THING THAT I'M WONDERING ABOUT IS I THOUGHT THAT WHEN WE ORIGINALLY APPROVED OUR BUDGET BEFORE VARIOUS AMENDMENTS THAT WE, WE, WE HAD, WE WERE IN THE BLACK STILL, BUT, BUT WE HAD TO BE CAREFUL WITH REGARD TO OUR SPENDING. AND SINCE THAT TIME, WE'VE DONE VARIOUS BUDGET AMENDMENTS. SO FISCALLY SPEAKING, ARE WE IN A POSITION NOW IN LIGHT OF DIFFERENT BUDGET AMENDMENTS THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE'VE PASSED? WANT GO? ARE ARE WE IN A POSITION TO APPROVE MORE BUDGET AMENDMENTS WITHOUT GOING INTO DEFICIT? WELL, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THIS CONTRACT IS BASED ON, YOU HAVE TO HURRY UP. WE HAVE A BUDGET THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET AMOUNT AS WE GET MORE PROJECTS, PART OF THE PROJECT'S, ADMINISTRATIVE FEES HELP PAY FOR THE TRANSTECH HOURLY RATES. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU'RE, BUT ARE YOU, ARE YOU ASSURING US THAT, THAT, UM, THERE ARE POLICY AND PROCEDURAL WRITTEN PROCEDURES IN PLACE THAT WILL ENSURE THAT WE DO NOT OVERSPEND, UH, WITH TRANSTECH TO THE POINT WHERE WE END UP IN A, A BUDGET DEFICIT BECAUSE OF OUR SPENDING? YES. WITH ANY CONTRACT IN THE CITY, THERE ARE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES THAT PREVENT THAT. NO, I, I THINK, OKAY. COUNCILMAN ALI IS WANTING TO MAKE SURE, UH, WE DON'T OVERSPEND ON OUR GENERAL FUND. YEAH. AND I, I THINK I, I THINK OKAY, THIS IS HER MAIN POINT. OKAY. AND I THINK FOR YOU TO SAY, SAY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE MOST OF THE MONEY WILL GO TO RESTRICTED FUND. BECAUSE RESTRICTED FUND, WE HAVE A LOT OF SURPLUS. OKAY. AND WITH LEAD, OKAY. I CAN, WE DON'T, AS LOW AS WE DON'T TOUCH A GENERAL FUND, THEN [01:45:01] POSSIBLE EVERYTHING WILL BE BETTER. LET'S GO IF YOU DONE, I WANNA GO TO THE COUNCILWOMAN ALL. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR ZARIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, I'M GONNA SWITCH GEARS HERE. I JUST WANNA, I WANT AN ANSWER TO THE, UH, TRANSTECH, UH, THE $20.9 MILLION THAT HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS GRANTS. UH, I, I SEE, UH, THE GRANT PROGRAM, I SEE THE PROJECT, THE FUNDING TYPE, AND THE AMOUNT. BUT WHAT IS THIS FOR THE PAST YEAR OR THE PAST TWO YEARS? FIVE YEARS. THE PAST FIVE YEARS. WELL, SINCE WE'VE, WE'VE COME ON BOARD. SO WE CAME AT THE END OF 2019, SO ALL INTENSIVE PURPOSES. WE STARTED JANUARY, 2020. SO WE WERE WITH YOU DURING THAT VERY DIFFICULT FIRST YEAR. UM, AND WE AGGRESSIVELY PURSUED THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. THESE GRANTS AREN'T AVAILABLE EVERY YEAR, SO THERE ARE SOMETIMES EVERY OTHER YEAR OR ONE AVAILABLE. AND ANY OPPORTUNITY WE SAW FOR THESE MAJOR ONES WE WENT AFTER, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHO PREPARES THIS, BUT I THINK FROM OUR STAFF, IT WOULD LIKE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DATES OR THE YEARS THAT THEY WERE RECEIVED. SO AT LEAST WE CAN, UH, RECEIVED, I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE AN, UH, THE BREAKDOWN ON THE WHAT YEARS, WHAT PROJECT BEEN DONE. SO EVERY YEAR WE WANNA SEE THE PROJECT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. AND YOU WANNA CONTINUE ANYTHING? THAT'S, IS IT, AND I'LL GO TO MAYOR PROTON. NO, THANK YOU. UM, ACTUALLY, I KNOW WE, ON THE, I, THESE DON'T HAVE PAGES, BUT 1, 2, 3, 4 ON THE FOURTH PAGE, I KNOW IT LISTS ALL THE PROJECTS. UM, IT, IT DOES LIST ALL THE COMPLETED YEARS, SO THANK YOU. UM, I THOUGHT WHEN WE WENT OVER THE WHOLE TRANSTECH BUDGET, THERE WAS LIKE A CAP, AND THEN I KNOW WE BROKE DOWN THE PERCENTAGES AND ALL THAT STUFF. UM, ON THE LAST ONE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN, BUT I, I DO SEE THE, UH, FISCAL YEAR, AND BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU PROVIDED AND THE AWARD-WINNING AND, AND THE BIGGEST PROJECT THAT MAKES SENSE ON WHY FISCAL YEAR 2022 AND FISCAL YEAR 2024 IS A LITTLE HIGHER, UM, THAN NORMAL WITH THE, UH, THAT HAPPENS TO GO ABOVE THE AVERAGE, AND THEN THE OTHERS ARE BELOW. BUT I DO WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. UM, WE ARE MORE ON, UH, THE, THE C'S A VISUAL, SO I KNOW SOMETIMES WHEN WE GET PACKETS, IT'S JUST A BUNCH OF WORDS. UM, IT DOESN'T CONNECT, AND WE GO, WE MOVE IN A FAST PACE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT PRESENTATION, UM, WAS BEAUTIFULLY MADE. AND, UH, GREAT JOB. AND THANK YOU FOR A LOT OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE DONE AND MADE THE CITY BETTER. SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. UM, BEFORE I TURN OVER TO BRIAN GUT. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, I THINK THE CONCERN, I THINK COUNCIL HAS, OKAY, THIS IS THE, UH, THE BUDGET, UH, OKAY. WHY IS THE ESTIMATION ABOUT, UH, THIS FISCAL YEAR, HOW MUCH WILL BE, I KNOW YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT WE MAYBE HAVE A, A FLOOR AND CEILING AND SEE WHAT, OKAY. AND, UH, UM, BUT I WANNA SAY THIS, SINCE I GET ELECTED SINCE 2015, UH, NOVEMBER, AND THEN, THEN TO TODAY, AND I WENT THROUGH, WE HAVE ALMOST NO PO NO PROJECT. OKAY. AND, UH, THE CITY, THE PARK, EVERYTHING LOOK HORRIBLE. OKAY? AND THAT WHAT THE 2019 REFORM STARTED, OKAY? WE BALANCED THE BUDGET AND WITH, UH, THE, THE GOOD ENGINEERING COMPANY COMING AT THAT TIME, WE HAVE ENGINEER, BUT, UH, OKAY. JUST NOT GOING TO GET WHAT WE HAVE. BUT NOW WE SEE A LOT OF PARK, EVERYTHING. OF COURSE, YOU'RE NOT PERFECT. WE, I STILL HAVE A LOT OF COMPLAINT ABOUT THIS AND THAT, BUT I WANT TO SAY, UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENT FOR THESE FIVE YEARS, ESPECIALLY THE PARK. OKAY? I THINK THE CHILDREN PLAYGROUND THIS AND THAT. BUT AGAIN, WE, I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW THE BUDGET. I THINK IT'S THE ISSUE AND WHAT, HOW MANY PERCENTAGE GO TO GENERAL FUND AND HOW MANY PERCENTAGES FOR OUR RESTRICTED FUND. SO WE, AT LEAST WE KNOW HOW MUCH. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OKAY. I THINK A LOT OF, UH, PEOPLE COMPLIMENT ABOUT THE PARK IMPROVEMENT SHIP PO. THERE IS A BEAUTIFUL PARK. OKAY. UH, BRIAN , GO AHEAD. YEAH, AND, AND JUST, AGAIN, I'M NOT TALKING BAD ABOUT YOU OR YOUR COMPANY. I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOUR STAFF SITS DOWN AND DOES NOTHING ALL DAY. I, I THINK THAT THEY DO DO DO WORK, AND THEY DO DO A JOB. AND, AND MY ONLY CONCERN, UH, WAS NOT NECESSARILY WITH YOU, BUT MORE OF CITY STAFF AND, AND OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, PAULINA MORALES, TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S, UH, THAT THIS PROCESS CARRIES OUT FAIRLY. UH, AND, AND IF YOU PREVAIL, YOU ARE, YOU WIN THIS, YOU WIN IN THE END OF THE DAY. AND, BUT MY, MY CONCERN WAS THE TRANSPARENCY IN THIS PROCESS AND, AND THERE WAS DISCREPANCIES. NOT ONLY DOES THIS AGREEMENT LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN METOS, UH, MENTIONS, FAILS TO DISCLOSE THE MAX AMOUNT OF MONEY THE CITY COULD, [01:50:01] UH, USE FOR THIS CONTRACT. OR LIKE COUNCILWOMAN ROSA DIAZ MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, THE DATES ARE NOT ON THERE WHEN IT COMES TO DIFFERENT, UH, UH, SECURING OF FUNDS. UM, AND SO THESE ARE QUESTIONS I THINK THAT THIS REPORT IS MISSING AND GOT IT. AND, AND THEN WHEN MY CONCERN WITH, UH, UH, WITH THESE, THESE IS THIS, THESE ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, DISCREPANCIES, I, I TRULY BELIEVE THAT, LET'S DO THIS. OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. OKAY. AND LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO MAYBE CONTINUE THIS, MR. MAYOR. YEAH, GO AHEAD. THANK, THANK YOU. UM, WHEN IT, WHEN IT COMES TO, TO, TO THIS, I GUESS THE, THE, THE THING I, I, BY, BY, UH, IN LIGHT OF HOW THE, THE, UH, TRANSTECH CAN CONTINUE TO PERFORM GREAT SERVICES FOR US, AND IN LIGHT OF THE UNCERTAINTY WITH REQUESTED INFORMATION, MY SENTIMENTS, I'M INCLINED TO THINK, UH, TO, TO, TO THINK, TO BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD AS A COUNCIL DECIDE TO, TO DELAY FINAL APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT UNTIL WE RECEIVE THAT SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, AND ALSO TO, AND GAVE, GIVE US THE FISCAL FLEXIBILITY, UH, FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE SPEND PROPERLY. I MEAN, BY CONTRAST, UM, THE, THE CITY OF COVINA NEXT TO US GOT IT. LAST YEAR THEY RECEIVED 30, $43 MILLION, 34 MILLION OF WHICH WERE IN GRANTS. WOW. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE THAN WHAT WE ARE SEEING HERE. OKAY. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, SO IF WE WERE TO HAVE AN RFP PROCESS TO, TO, TO, YOU KNOW, TO ENSURE THAT THE, THE TRANSPARENCY THAT, THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ HAS ASKED FOR, BUT YET CONTINUE TO WORK FOR TRANS WITH TRANSECT IN THE MEANTIME, THEN THAT COULD ACTUALLY RESOLVE. YES. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. SO BASICALLY, OKAY. WE, OKAY. UM, OKAY. COUNCILMAN OLLIE KENTO, MOVE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE. OKAY. AND, UH, LET'S HAVE, UH, ENOUGH INFORMATION FOR NEXT DISCUSSION. OKAY? AND BASICALLY, UH, GO AHEAD. CITY MANAGER. SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE IT TO A FUTURE MEETING TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. YEAH. IF WE, AFTER YOU GOT THE INFO INFORMATION, WE NEED TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE BUDGET OKAY. INFORMATION ABOUT EACH ITEM, ABOUT DAY AND THE BUDGET. AND MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US WHY THE FUTURE BUDGET. OKAY. FUTURE BUDGET, YOU WANT TO HELP US, OKAY? AND, UH, SOME, SOME PROJECT THAT WILL BE IN MIND. AND I THINK WE HAVE OUR AZURE, WE GOT A FEDERAL $7 MILLION THAT WE FIGHT FORWARD, AND THEN WE NEED TO HURRY UP IP HAVE LESS OUR IP. SO THAT IS THE MONEY. AND IN THE TRAN, IF WE DON'T USE IT, OR THE, THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT BE, WHETHER GOVERNMENT MAY BE GOING TO TAKE IT BACK, YOU KNOW, THEY TAKE BACK ALL THE MONEY. RIGHT? NOW WE WANNA SPEND IT ON OUR SYNCHRONIZATION IMPROVEMENT, A DA ON AZUA AVENUE, ASAP. SO IT, EVERYTHING'S TINY MATTER. WE CANNOT DELAY IT. DELAY, THEN WE, WE WILL MISS, WE WILL LOSE EVERYTHING. SO, SO HOPEFULLY URGENCY HELP OUR CITY TO GET THE THING DONE. SO, SO I THINK THIS IS A MOTION, AND, UH, AND, UH, YOU HAVE SECOND. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, YEAH. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS ALSO STATED FOR, SO MEANWHILE, WHILE, UH, HE ALSO STATED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT RP PROCESS OCCURS, OKAY? YEAH. AND FIRMLY WORK WITH THIS. TRY TO CLARIFY. TRY TO CLARIFY. OKAY. THE IPS, OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ HAS A MAJOR, UH, OKAY. HAVE A, SOME KIND OF TRUST ISSUE, AND LET'S FULFILL THE TRUST. OKAY? LET'S MAKE SURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE THIS SELECTION IS FAIRNESS. OKAY? AND THEN WE HAVE NO PROBLEM. YEAH. I THINK IF YOU'RE THE BEST, YOU HAVE NO PROBLEM AT ALL. YEAH. SO, SO, SO, SO BE CONFIDENCE AND THEN JUST SHOW US THE INFORMATION AND, UH, AND SHOW US ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THE SELECTION PROCESS. AND THEN WE MOVE ON. BECAUSE IT'S TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS OPTION, BUT WE KNOW TO KNOW THE BUDGET AT THE SAME TIME. UH, NO, YOU HAVE, UH, NO FAULT. OKAY? TERMINATION CLOUD ANYTIME. MM-HMM . ANYWAY, SO, SO, SO, BUT, BUT AS A TO, AS A, OKAY. AND, UH, WATCHDOG FOR THE TAXPAYER, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE HOW MUCH WE SPEND, AND ESPECIALLY BUDGET IS COMING UP. WE NEED TO BE CONSERVATIVE. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, BUT WE NOT CRITICIZE YOUR PERFORMANCE. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGETS OVER THERE. SO ANYWAY, UH, THEN YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, THAT WE CONTINUE, I JUST CLARIFY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, WE'RE GONNA CLARIFY THE PROCESS. WE'RE GONNA, UM, THE PROCESS, YES. I THOUGHT IT WAS A NEW RFP, SO THE MOTION WAS TO CONTINUE. THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION. SO WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK THIS CURRENT RFP PROCESS WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT. IS THAT, I THINK COUNCILMAN WERE TWO. THERE WERE TWO THINGS. ONE THING WAS TO, WAS TO, UH, DELAY, UH, VOTING ON THE CONTRACT TONIGHT UNTIL WE SEE THE SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, UH, TO LOOK IN TO DOING, UM, AN AN RFP, ANOTHER RFP PROCESS TO OPTIMIZE, UM, OUR, OUR OPTIONS JUST TO ENSURE THAT, THAT THIS IS THE DECISION THAT WE SHOULD MAKE, UM, IN MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER. SO THIS IS THE, UH, IP WE SENT OUT. OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. IS THIS IS YOUR MOTION? [01:55:01] OKAY. SO WE, I'LL SECOND SEND OUT ANOTHER IP. WRITE THIS YOUR MOTION, AND YOU SECOND IT. YES, I SECOND. OKAY. SO, SO, OKAY. AND, UH, IF THIS IS MOTION, UH, AND THE SECOND BY GUTIEREZ AND THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ FOR, UH, TO CONTINUE THE CONSIDERATION OF STA UH, CITY STAFFING OF THE ENGINEERING SERVICES DIVISION AND OR AWARDED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR CITY ENGINEERING UNTIL SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION CAN BE PROVIDED BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND A NEW R, NEW RFP IS ISSUED. YES. SORRY, TOM, IF YOU COULD, THAT'S RIGHT. WE'RE REJECTING IF WE WANT, IF COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO DO, DO A NEW RFP, WE HAVE TO REJECT THE BIDS TONIGHT. OR SHE COULD, SHE COULD REAPPLY. UM, CITY ATTORNEY. UH, WE NEED TO PUT THAT IN YOUR MOTION TOO. SO BASICALLY YOU NEED TO DECLINE THE SELECTION BECAUSE THEY ALREADY PICKED START. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TO START FROM THE SQUARE ONE AGAIN. HOW LONG IT TAKE? YOU COULD DO, UH, TAKES SEVERAL MONTHS, THREE, FOUR MONTHS. NO, NOT NECESSARILY. YOU COULD, WHAT'S THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW? IT'S TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? MM-HMM . OKAY. THAT DOESN'T TAKE, WELL, IT DEPENDS. I THINK WE CAN DEPEND TO DOUBLE CHECK. SO HOW LONG THERE'S STILL STAFF TIME TO REVIEW IT. SO, SO HOW LONG IT TAKE A MONTH? WELL, USUALLY WE PROVIDE FOR THIS TYPE OF SERVICES, WE PROVIDE AT LEAST A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF. UM, IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE A FAIR RFP AND TO GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO SUBMIT THE PROPOSAL AND PREPARE A NEW A PROPOSAL, THE, THE, UM, THE TIMEFRAME IS ABOUT A MONTH, A MONTH AND A HALF, TWO WEEKS WILL NOT BE A, OKAY. UH, LET, LET'S DO THIS. LET, LET'S DO A TWO MOTION, OKAY? BECAUSE, OKAY. UH, THE FIRST MOTION WILL BE PROVIDE INFORMATION AND PROVIDE A BUDGET. OKAY. LET'S CONTINUE. AND THEN EXPLANATION ABOUT SELECTION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THE INTEGRITY IS THERE AND GIVE, PROVIDE THE INFORMATION REGARDING THE EACH ITEM OF PROJECT. SO THIS IS THE FIRST MOTION. UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND, MR. IT'S, THAT'S THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION YOU HAD A MOTION ON? NO, NO, NO. BEGIN. I WANNA SEPARATE TWO. THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE IP. YOU CAN, OKAY. CAN WE DO THAT? YOU HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR ALREADY, SO YOUR MOTION YOU JUST MADE. OKAY. GOT IT. SO IS A SUBSTITUTE MOTION. SO YOU, YOU WANT TO COMBINE TOGETHER? UH, UH. OKAY. COUNCILMAN ALI, YOU, YOU WELL, I, I, I CAN WITH JUST TO CLEAN IT UP. I, I'LL, I'LL JUST WITHDRAW, DRAW THE MOTION TO DO IT AGAIN. OKAY. UM, SO THAT, UM, SO I, I AS THE, UM, ONE WHO MADE THE MOTION WITHDRAWAL THE MOTION, UH, BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, IF, IF THE, THE CONTRACT WERE NOT TO BE ACCEPTED TONIGHT, WILL WE STILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH TRANS CHECK UNDER THE MONTH TO MONTH RULES? YES. OKAY. THEN IN, IN THAT CASE FOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE FIR FIRST MOTION TO, UH, REJECT THE CONTRACT FOR TRANSTECH THIS EVENING. OKAY. AND DO WE HAVE, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, HE COULD, YOU COULD COMBINE TO DO A NEW RP ISSUE, A NEW RP, AND ISSUE A NEW RFP. SO YOU DECLINE AND, UH, OKAY. I, I WANT TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO SEPARATE THESE TWO. MOTION TO HAVE, UH, OKAY. THE MOTION AND, UH, TO, TO GET IT FOR, I JUST MENTIONED. AND THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE, OKAY, IP. OKAY. FOR ANOTHER MOTION. SO IT IS A TWO MOTION. SO, SO TO GET THIS THING OVER WITH, OKAY, SO ANYWAY, AS IN MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I SECOND. OKAY. SO WHICH ONE YOU VOTE FIRST? MY SUB. SO BASICALLY SAME THING. I JUST SEPARATE TWO. OKAY. I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. OKAY. IS IS THIS, SORRY, LEMME, LEMME, LEMME CLARIFY. YOUR MOTION IS TO, IS IT TO REJECT THIS? UH, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO REJECT ANYTHING. I'M GOING TO SAY, OH, THE SECOND ONE WILL BE REJECTED. AND THE SEND NEW IP, THAT'S THE SECOND MOTION. THE FIRST MOTION IS CONTINUE. HUH? CAN I, HE, HE BASICALLY COMBINED TWO TOGETHER. THAT'S FINE. HE REJECTED AND HE IP. YEAH. AND I SAY, UH, LET'S CONTINUE BOTH PROVIDE INFORMATION. OKAY. AND THEN AFTER THAT ONE, I WILL GO TO THE SECOND ONE WILL BE PEOPLE TO VOTE. WE WANT TO REJECT IT. I GOT IT. I GOT IT. OKAY. MAKES, MAKES SENSE. MAKES SENSE TO YOU. MOTION WITH THE SECOND IS TO REJECT AND ISSUE A NEW RFP. THE MAYOR HAS MADE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO GET MORE INFORMATION BACK. CORRECT. SO WE, WE DON'T, THIS IS SECOND IP WE SEND OUT. WE GO TO THIS. IF THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING THIS AGAIN, AGAIN, WE WILL NEVER END. SO MY POINT IS, I, I DON'T MIND. OKAY. TO THROUGH IF WE JUST VOTE. IF WE HAVE A THREE VOTE, THEN THERE WILL BE DECLINE. OKAY. AND GO TO IP. BUT THERE'S, BUT THE FIRST ONE, THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE, I WANT TO DO IT, IS OKAY, JUST GET INFORMATION AND GET CLARIFI AND GET A BUDGET AND HOW MUCH AND BRING TO US, AND THEN WE APPROVE THIS, THEN WE GO TO SECOND ONE WILL BE REJECTION. JUST GO TO NEW IP. CAN I MAKE, MAKE SENSE? MAKE SENSE? MAKE SENSE? I'M LOST, MAYOR. MAKE [02:00:01] SENSE? YEAH, GO AHEAD. SO, SO MR. MAYOR, YOUR, YOUR SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO GET MORE INFORMATION. CAN I SAY SOMETHING AND THEN GET MORE INFORMATION? GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. IT'S IN REGARDS TO THIS WHOLE THING. SO I MEAN, IF YOU REJECT IT, BUT YOU'RE GETTING INFORMATION, SHOULD, SHOULDN'T WE JUST TABLE THIS AGENDA AS NO, THEY WANT TO DO A REJECTION AND DO IP. JUST WANT, AND AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE'RE STILL PRO THEY'RE STILL GETTING PAID, THEY'RE STILL PROVIDING SERVICES. SO WHY WOULDN'T WE WANT THE ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THE ETHICS INVOLVED IN THIS? UNDERSTAND IS UNFAIR. UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND. NO, NO, NO PROBLEM. I'M GOING TO HAVE A LEAD MOTION TOO THOUGH. YOU, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A VOTE ON LEAD IF THEY, WHEN THEY REAPPLY, THEY CAN PROVIDE ALL THAT. MR. I UNDERSTAND, BUT I HAVE MY MOTION. OKAY. SO WE CAN VOTE TWO TIMES. SEE WHAT, HOW HE GOES. HE'S SAYING THAT WE CAN, BECAUSE WE ARE MR. CONTRADICTING, MR. MAYOR, LET, LET ME CLARIFY. THE FIRST MOTION ON THE FLOOR IS, IS A MOTION TO REJECT THE BID AND ISSUE. NO. RFP, THE MAYOR HAS MADE SUBSTITUTE MOTION, A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO NO, I WANNA BRING INFORMATION BACK AND VOTE ON THIS IN THE FUTURE. CORRECT? AND IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY DO A NEW AFTER THAT ONE? THE NEW MOTION TO, TO REJECT. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT WOULD RENDER THE UNDERLYING MOTION MOOT BECAUSE YOU'RE BRINGING THE CONTRACT BACK. YEAH, DEPENDING ON THE VOTE. DEPENDING ON THE VOTE. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. DID YOU, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION SECOND? I DID, BUT THEN I MEAN, WE'RE SAYING REJECTING AND THEN BRING IT. I UNDERSTAND, BUT DO, BUT DO YOU WANT TO SECOND? OKAY, BECAUSE YOU DO SECOND THEN MY MOTION DIE. IT SHOULD BE FAIR. LEMME SAY IT ONE MORE TIME. SO SHOULD BE FAIR AND MOTION IS TO REJECT. LET ME FINISH MY THING. YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING. YOU CAN REJECT IT. DON'T EVEN OVER SPEAK WHAT I'M SAYING. SOMETHING. OKAY, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE MY RIGHT TO DO A SUBSTITUTE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. I'M JUST SAYING THE FACTS. SO, SO ANYWAY, YOU SHOULD WANT, YOU SHOULD WANT TO KNOW HOW THE MONEY'S BEING SPENT. YEAH, OF COURSE. THAT'S WHY WE'RE GOING TO BRING THIS TOO. SO PLEASE RESPECT MY SEAT. YEAH. OKAY. SO MY MOTION BASICALLY OKAY. IS WHAT I JUST MENTIONED. YEAH. OKAY. AND, OKAY. DO I HAVE A, SO BASICALLY YOU WANNA REPEAT MY MOTION? MY MOTION IS BRING THE BUDGET. I SAY THIS SO MANY TIME. OKAY. AND CLARIFY THE INFORMATION AND CLARIFY WHY THE INTEGRITY. OKAY. AND INFORMATION, BECAUSE THIS IS A SECOND IP. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME. THIS IS SECOND TIME. SECOND. OKAY. SO, SO, SO IN THAT WAY. OKAY. I DON'T WANNA GO AGAIN. THE THIRD ONE, THE FOURTH ONE, NEVER END. SO IF THEY CAN PROVIDE THE INFORMATION AND YOU CAN PROVIDE, OKAY. WHY THE SELECTION OKAY. AND HOW MONEY SPENT. AND THEN IF THEY SATISFY, THEN WE CAN VOTE ON IT. OKAY? AND SO WE CAN SAVE ANOTHER COUPLE MONTHS, OKAY. OF THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS, THAT SAID, I JUST WANT TO BE EFFICIENT. OKAY? AND SO THIS IS THING, AND THIS IS THE FIRST MOTION. AND SECOND MOTION WILL DECLINE. OKAY? EVERYTHING JUST GO IP IF WE HAVE A THREE VOTE. SO I, I MAYBE DON'T HAVE A THREE VOTES. SO ANYWAY, THIS IS MY SUBSTITUTE AND UH, WE HAVE YOU HAVE A SECOND. JUST AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, UH, I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST RP THAT WENT OUT. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WAS, UH, THE CITY CONDUCTED TWO INTERVIEWS. IS THIS IS THE FIRST IRP OR SECOND IPI REMEMBER THIS THE SECOND, UH, 'CAUSE FIRST ONE FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. YES. I REMEMBER IT'S, I REMEMBER WE HAVE THE FIRST ONE AND THEN BRIAN DOESN'T LIKE IT. THEN YOU SEND OUT SECOND ONE. SO IF I COULD CLARIFY, THE CITY HIRED, SO I THINK IT IS THE THIRD TIME, BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME WE WENT WITH WILL DAN, AND THEN WE WENT TO TRANSTECH AND IT'S THE SECOND, NO, I THINK THIS TIME, THIS TIME, THIS TIME. OH. SO WE DID ONE RFP, AND IT WAS TWO INTERVIEWS THAT WE DID WITH THE, UM, PROPOSED, UH, VENDORS. AND THIS, THIS ONE IS THE SECOND ONE IS THE FIRST ONE. THIS IS, WE DID TWO INTERVIEWS WITH THEM THIS TIME. YEAH, THROUGH THIS RFP PROCESS. SO THIS IS FIRST IP OR SECOND IP. THIS IS, CAN YOU SAY ANSWER FIRST OR SECOND? JUST FIRST. WE'VE DONE, THIS IS ONE RFP. SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, SO THIS IS FIRST ONE. SO THIS IS NOT SECOND ONE. OKAY. UM, SO FINE. OKAY. NOW DO I HAVE A SECOND OR MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION? YES OR NO? I REALLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND YOUR SECOND MOTION. I, SORRY. OKAY. WILL YOU PLEASE ONE MORE, ONE MORE TIME. SO, SO ON ON THE FLOOR, YOU HAD MAYOR CANTOS MOTION TO REJECT THE BID AND ISSUE A NEW RFP. AND YOU HAD A SECOND. THE MAYOR SAYS, NOW I WANT MORE INFORMATION AND I WANT TO VOTE ON THIS. ONCE WE HAVE THIS, THE, I WANT TO CONTINUE AND WE NEED A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION TO VOTE ON THAT FIRST. NOW, CAN I MAKE A MOTION? I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANT TO APPROVE IT. I WANT TO BRING, OKAY. OKAY. CONTINUE AND BRING BACK INFORMATION AND, AND, AND BRING BACK THE OKAY. THE BUDGET AND BRING BACK THE CLARIFY ABOUT ALL THIS. OKAY. AND RIGHT, THAT'S THE MOTION. REASON SECOND. CAN I MAKE MY OWN MOTION NOW? WELL, JUST FOR POINT OF A CLARIFICATION, CITY, THE ATTORNEY, IF ODI WAS ABLE TO MAKE ONE, THEN TONY'S BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A MOTION. KAREN AND I MAKE A MOTION TO NOW, OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, WE, WE HAVE A MOTION. WE NEED A, WE NEED TO ASK FOR A SECOND FIRST IF WE, IF WE DON'T GET A SECOND, YEAH. THEN IT DIES. I HAVE TO, [02:05:01] IF WE DO GET A SECOND, THEN YOU CAN MAKE ANOTHER MOTION. OKAY. YEAH. SO, SO, SO I HAVE TO SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO OVER. OKAY. THE FIRST MOTION, DO I HAVE A SECOND TO BRING BACK ALL THE INFORMATION? I HAVE I SECOND. OKAY, SECOND. OKAY. AND SO, AND ILL MAKE A MOTION TO THE MOTION. OKAY. VOTE FIRST. YES. OKAY. AND, UH, SO, OKAY, THEN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION. CAN HE MOTION SUBSTITUTE MY MOTION? OKAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO, UH, I WILL ENCOURAGE MY COLLEAGUES THAT THERE IS ETHICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THIS PROCESS PLAYED OUT AND THAT WE HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE LAW TO MAKE SURE THAT TAXPAYER'S MONEY IS BEING SPENT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE LAW. YES. AND BECAUSE OF THIS DISCREPANCY, WE HO WE HOLD THAT RESPONSIBILITY UNDER THE LAW TO CONDUCT A FAIR RFP PROCESS. GOT IT. AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WOULDN'T WANT, IF IT WAS UP TO ME, I WOULDN'T WANNA REJECT THEIR RFP, BUT BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS SAYING THAT'S HOW THE PROCESS IS SUPPOSED TO WORK, THEN SO HOW IS YOUR MOTION A MOTION TO, UH, SUBSTITUTE MY MOTION REJECT, UM, TRANSTECH BID, CONDUCT A NEW RFP, BUT FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, SORRY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH TRANSTECH. UH, IN BETWEEN THAT TIME TO MAKE, TO HELP TRANSTECH GARNER THE INFORMATION THEY NEED TO, TO APPLY FOR THAT NEW RP. GOT IT. SO, SO HIS SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO DECLINE. OKAY. REJECT, UH, THE, THE SELECTION OF NINE AND GO TO THE NEW IFP. AM I RIGHT? UH, YEAH. YES. BUT TO ALSO HELP FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, SORRY FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO HELP MELISSA IN THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE SHE'S ABLE TO, UH, PUT ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT THIS COUNCIL REQUESTED OF HER TODAY INTO A NEW APPLICATION. SO THERE'S A FAIR PROCESS, SIR. GOT IT. SO, SO ON YOUR IP HAD PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION. WHAT, UH, WE JUST REQUEST AND IF WE, IF THERE THIS, WE HAVE A NEW IP SO, UH, OKAY. ON THE, OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SO DO I HAVE A, A ROLL? OKAY. ROLL CALL. FOR THE SUBSTITUTE. SUBSTITUTE, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, THE SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER OLI CONTOS TO REJECT ALL BIDS, ISSUE A NEW RFP AND WORK WITH TRANSTECH TO GET THE INFORMATION REQUESTED BY THIS COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN CONTOS? AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM LOPEZ. VIDO. SWIPE. AYE. AYE. OKAY. AYE. I JUST, UH, NO. OKAY. SO, FOUR, ONE. OKAY. SO FOUR, ONE. OKAY. AND THE MOTION APPROVED. WE SEND IP. SO YOU SEE WE WENT THROUGH OKAY. THE ROUTE. OKAY. SO, OKAY. SO, SO, UM, THE, THE, THE, THE IP HAD BEEN REJECTED. OKAY. AND LET'S SEND THE IP AND FOR YOU TO BRING THE INFORMATION AND WHAT WE JUST REQUEST. SO, UH, GOOD LUCK. OKAY. AND, UH, CT, I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SORRY. UM, BECAUSE WE TALK ABOUT DISCREPANCY AND STUFF, UM, WELL, CITY ATTORNEY, WAS THERE ANYTHING ILLEGAL WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS OF THIS OCCURRING? I, I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THIS, BUT I'M SAYING I WOULD. NOTHING. NOTHING. NO, NO. RED FLAGS, NOTHING. AND THEN, NO, IT'S NO RED FLAG. MY NEXT QUESTION IS AS IF WE'RE CONTINUING TO, UH, ASSIST WITH TRANSTEC, WOULDN'T THAT BE LIKE A PERCEPTION OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE RFP, I MEAN, NOT NOW, LIKE WITH, UH, BRINGING OUT THE NEW RFP AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE ASSISTANCE OF TRANSTECH, ISN'T THAT LIKE A NEGATIVE PERCEPTION OR JUST IN GENERAL OF WHAT THINGS ARE? YEP. I'M, I'M COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ HAD ADDED THAT TO THE UNDERLYING MOTION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO WORK WITH TRANSTECH IN COMPILING INFORMATION. UM, AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A FAIR ARC. OH, I, I THINK OKAY. AND THE VOTE HAVE BEEN CAST. OKAY. AND, UH, SO, UH, AND OKAY, THAT'S THE CONCERN I HAVE BECAUSE WE NEED TO GIVE THE, OKAY. AND I KNOW, AND LET ME FINISH. OKAY. AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. SO, SO THE THING IS, UH, WE GIVE THEM IP, OKAY? CT PICK. AND IF WE HAVE THIS CONSPIRACY SERIES AND WE DO THIS AND MAYBE GIVE PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT THEY HAVE SOMETHING IN BETWEEN, AND THAT'S WHY I'M THINKING ABOUT THIS ONE. BUT, BUT, BUT THE VOTE HAS BEEN TESTED. YEAH. OKAY. SO THIS, UH, BEEN REJECTED. OKAY. AND, UH, NOW WE GO TO THE I, MR. MAYOR, OKAY. YES. COUNCILMAN KENTO. JUST AS A PROCEDURAL MATTER AS A POINT OF ORDER THAT THE, THAT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT VOTE THAT THAT REPLACED THE ORIGINAL MOTION. SO PROCEDURALLY, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE NEED TO DO ANOTHER MOTION OR ARE WE GOOD? BECAUSE THAT, 'CAUSE I THOUGHT THAT THAT MOTION WAS JUST TO SUBSTITUTE THE ORIGINAL MOTION. BUT NOW THAT THAT'S DONE, DO WE STILL NEED TO DO ANOTHER VOTE? OR ARE WE ALREADY ALL SET? NO, NO, YOU'RE SET. SO YOU HAD INITIAL MOTION, YOU HAD ONE SUB, YOU HAD TWO SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS, YOU VOTE FROM THE TOP DOWN. YEP. IN AND THAT ONE BASICALLY, BASICALLY, AND THE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER [02:10:01] GUTIEREZ HAS A MOTION EXACTLY LIKE YOURS. OKAY. SO IT'S BASICALLY SUBSTITUTE OKAY. AND SUBSTITUTE MINE. AND THAT ONE WOULD BE FOUR ONE. OKAY. SO IT, IT IS OVER. OKAY. YES. OKAY. COUNCILMAN COUNCILWOMAN? YES. I'M SORRY. MAYOR, I, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED BECAUSE THE WHOLE ISSUE HERE IS THAT THERE MAY BE SOME IMPROPRIETIES. AND SO IF WE ARE ASKING FOR A CITY MANAGER TO WORK TOGETHER WITH CAL, I MEAN CALTRAN FOR TRANSTECH, SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THEIR INFORM, ALL THEIR DUCKS. AND I, I COULD CLARIFY THAT. I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE THEN THAT SOUNDS LIKE NO, YOU'RE HELPING 'EM OUT. . YEAH, I, I COULD CLARIFY THAT. GO AHEAD. SO SINCE IT WAS MY, UH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. WHATEVER. SUB MOTION. SO WHEN I REFER TO THAT, I AM SAYING, YOU HEARD WHAT WE SAID TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES. WRITE IT DOWN FOR TRANS SECOND, SEND IT TO THEM. I THINK THEY KNOW HOW TO APPLY ON THEIR OWN. DO NOT HELP THEM GET ON A COMPUTER AND APPLY FOR THEM. ALL I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T HAVE TO SHUT THE FRONT DOOR ON THEM 'CAUSE THEY STILL WORK HERE. BUT, UH, WHAT I'M ASKING YOU JUST TO DO IS PROVIDE TRANSTECH A DOCUMENT OF WHAT WE, WHAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY ABOUT SOME OF THE DISCREPANCIES THAT WERE ON THAT REPORT AND, AND PROVIDED TO THEM. THAT'S ALL. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. I, I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR. OKAY. IT IS JUST, UH, UH OKAY. AND THE MEMBERS OKAY. HAVE A COUPLE CONCERN. AND THE MAJOR CONCERN IS, IS THIS RAP? IT'S A, A FAIRNESS. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY, AND THEY CAN CLARIFY WITH THE FUTURE. JOANNE. JOANNE, OKAY. AND, UH, I THINK SO WE DON'T MAKE SAME MISTAKE, PLEASE. OKAY. SO TO GET CLARIFY OKAY. ALL THE SCORING SYSTEM AND THE OKAY. AND TO SHOW US THE FAIRNESS. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY OKAY. I THINK TRANSLATE DOING A GREAT JOB. OKAY. IT'S NOTHING PERSONAL. YEAH. IT'S A PURELY BUSINESS. OKAY. AND WE NEED TO SATISFY EVERYBODY'S CONCERN AND EVERYBODY WENT VOTE OKAY. TO SEE, UH, HOW WE CAN DEAL WITH THIS. I WILL, I WILL PROMISE. I PROMISE. THEN WE CAN GO HOME 10 30, BUT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE TO GO TO MIDNIGHT. OKAY. JUST FOR THIS ONE. TAKE FOR FOREVER. ONE MORE THING, MAYOR. OKAY. GO AHEAD. AND, AND JUST TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE, UM, MY COLLEAGUE COUNCILMAN LOPEZ REALDO KNOWS, UH, AT NO POINT DID I SAY YOU COMMITTED ANY ILLEGAL ACTIVITY. WHAT, WHAT MY SUGGESTION WAS FOR CITY STAFF, THESE, THERE IS DISCREPANCIES AND TO MAKE SURE THERE'S A, UH, A FAIR PROCESS IN THE GAME HERE AND, AND, AND CLEAR CLARITY TO THE PUBLIC AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING THEIR MONEY. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. BUT THAT'S MR. MAYOR, MR. THE ATTORNEY. GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. UM, FINALLY, THE DISCREPANCIES AND THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP TONIGHT SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE RFP AND NOT GO TO ONE POTENTIAL APPLICANT. SO LET'S PUT IT IN THE RFP. SO ANYBODY WHO APPLIES, AND THAT'S THE FAIRNESS. EXACTLY. AND TO BE FAIRNESS. OKAY. AND YES, GO AHEAD. I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON BEHALF OF TRANSTECH, WE ARE A VERY HIGH INTEGRITY FIRM. WE SERVICE OVER 80 MUNICIPALITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND OUR ETHICS AND OUR ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE IS THE NUMBER ONE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO OUR FIRM. AND I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF COMMENTS BEING MADE. WE TAKE IT VERY SERIOUSLY. UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL FOR 35 YEARS, UM, IN MANY MUNICIPALITIES. UNDERSTAND, OKAY, THAT'S MY SUBSTITUTE. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. THAT'S MY SUBSTITUTE MOTIONS ABOUT THAT. OKAY. SO TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OKAY. PEOPLE FEEL LIKE SOMETHING GO WRONG OVER HERE. NO. OKAY. I DON'T THINK SO. BUT AGAIN, AND THEN WE WANT TO CLARIFY. OKAY. AND THE CITY COUNCIL ALREADY VOTE ON IT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE TO GO TO THE NEW IP AND TO MAKE SURE THIS TIME WE DON'T MAKE SAME MISTAKE. SO EVERYBODY CAN FEEL LIKE THIS IS A VERY FAIR OKAY. AND OKAY. SELECTION AND EVERYBODY HAVE A FAILED CHANCE. YEAH. AM RIGHT. YEAH. IT'S, IT'S, AND IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, IT'S CITY'S STAFF'S RESPONSIBILITY. SO I'M JUST, THAT'S IT. WE NOT ACCUSE ANYBODY. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND I THINK OKAY. OUR COUNCIL MEMBER OKAY. HE JUST HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PROCESS. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. AND, UH, HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. AND SORRY TO HAVE DRAGGED EVERYBODY OVER HERE. OKAY. BUT HEY. OKAY. AND THING HAPPENS SOMETIME LIKE THIS, AND, UH, WE JUST HAVE TO WORK ON WHAT, AND HOPEFULLY GIVE US EVEN BETTER NUMBERS. I WANT WE, WE NEED TO HAVE A BUDGET, UH, PLEASE. THE NUMBER WE WANT TO HAVE NEXT TIME. OKAY. SO, AM I RIGHT? OKAY. OUR OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN, THEN MOVE ON. NEXT. UM, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT. WE ONLY NUMBER TWO. HOLY MICRO, WHO TALK THE MOST? NUMBER THREE. NUMBER [3) CONSIDERATION OF INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TRUCK ROUTES] THREE. OKAY. WHO'S COULD PUT NUMBER THREE? YOU DID YOU? OH, OKAY. , I WANNA SKIP NUMBER THREE. OKAY. APPROVE THIS. NO, NO, NO, NO. QUICKLY PLEASE GIVE US A, A MAP REGARDING THE, THE OKAY. THE TRUCK. OKAY. ROAD. OKAY. THE TRUCK ROUTE. OKAY. SHOWING EVERYBODY REGARDING HOW WE APPROVE. AND I THINK SOME OUR OKAY. MEMBER, AND SHE'S WAITING FOREVER. SHE SAID, WELL, WHY ARE WE TALKING FOREVER? OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. WE LIKE TO ARGUE. OKAY. GO. NEXT ONE. OKAY, PLEASE. MIC, MIC. . EVENING [02:15:01] MAYOR. MICROPHONE, PLEASE. GOT IT. YES. JOANNE BURNER, DEPUTY DI, UH, DIRECTOR FOR, UH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. WE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION. THANK, THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO THE, THE, UM, THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK ROUTE ORDINANCE, UM, WAS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THAT, UM, FOR STAFF TO WORK ON, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE WAS, THERE WAS, THERE WERE CONCERNED RESIDENTS, UM, REGARDING IT. THEY HAD CONCERNS REGARDING TRACK, UH, TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, DRIVING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS, UM, AND MA MAINLY BECAUSE THE CURRENT TRUCK ROUTE ALLOWS THEM TO DRIVE THROUGH LAKES DRIVE. UM, SO NOW WE HAVE AMENDED THE, WE ARE PROPOSING A, A TRUCK ROUTE ORDINANCE TO REMOVE THE, THE ROUTES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IN THIS MAP, WHICH IS, WHICH IS, UM, WHICH IS MOSTLY, UM, CALIFORNIA AVENUE NEAR LAKE DRIVE, UM, IN SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE BETWEEN LAKES DRIVES AND, AND WEST COVINA PARKWAY AND VALINDA, UM, AND LAKES DRIVE, PLAZA DRIVE, STATE DRIVE AND SO FORTH. SO WE'RE, WE'RE REMOVING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CURRENT TRUCK ROUTE. SO THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, IS MAINLY PASSES MAINLY THROUGH, UM, COMMERCIAL STREETS. AND IT DOESN'T, UM, TRUCK TRAFFIC WHEN THERE'S TRAFFIC ALONG THE FREEWAY. THEY DON'T DO, THEY DO NOT TRY TO EXIT AND, AND DRIVE THROUGH OUR CITY STREET IN ORDER TO, TO GET AWAY FROM, FROM RESIDENTIAL AREA TRAFFIC. YES. UM, TRAFFIC JAMS ON THE 10 FREEWAY. SO WITH THIS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE TRUCK ROUTE ORDINANCE OR INTRODUCE A TRUCK ROUTE ORDINANCE TODAY. UM, AND, AND WE WILL BE SCHEDULING IT FOR A SECOND READING AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. GOT IT. SO, SO SINCE I PULL IT, I'M GOING TO ASK THE FIRST QUESTION. SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT, CURRENT, UH, TRUCK ROUTE, RIGHT? YES. THIS IS OUR CURRENT TRUCK ROUTE. THE, THE EXISTING SEGMENTS ARE IN GREEN, IN THE PROPOSED SEGMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE REMOVED ARE IN RED. SO, UH, SO I, I, I THINK THIS IS A, A GREAT THING. OKAY. SO MAKE SURE THE TRUCK DON'T GO TO RESIDENTIAL AND THIS AND THAT, BUT THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE IS ENFORCEMENT, HOW WE ENFORCE ABOUT, OKAY. THE TRUCK WON'T GO TO RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT TRUCK, UH, GOING TO RESIDENTIAL RIGHT NOW, AND WE DISTURB THE, THE PEOPLE AND DESTROY OUR, OUR, OUR STREET. WE WILL BE PUTTING UP SIGNS, UM, PROHIBITING, UM, TRUCK TRAFFIC IN LIKE CERTAIN AREAS, UH, WHERE TRUCKS ARE NOT ALLOWED, UM, NEAR THE PREVIOUS TRUCK ROUTES. SO WE HAVE A SIGN SIGN AND THAT WOULD ALLOW POLICE TO ISSUE CITATIONS. GOT IT. WE HAVE A SITE SIGNAGE. WE JUST NEED TO ENFORCEMENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW SOON WE'LL, WE'LL GET THOSE SIGNS UP. , UM, A WE WILL, UM, WE WILL BE TAKING THIS TO A SECOND READING, AND AFTER THAT, THIS WOULD BE IN EFFECT 30 DAYS AFTER THE SECOND READING. AND AS SOON AS, AS SOON AS IT'S EFFECTIVE, WE'LL HAVE THOSE SIGNS UP THE NEXT, UH, YEAH, LET'S DO ASAP PLEASE. YES, PLEASE. OKAY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. BECAUSE WHEN EVERY TIME YOU SAY SOONER, THEN MAKE US WORRY. OKAY. SO , WE DON'T KNOW SOON. THE DEFINITION SOON IS YEARS OR MONTH. OR DAYS. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY DAYS. OKAY. SO WE CAN MAKE PEOPLE IN PEACE. UH, I'LL MAKE, I MAKE ANYBODY, YEAH. UH, UH, UH, YEAH. GO ALDI. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN ALDI, PLEASE. THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK ENFORCEMENT QUESTION. WHAT ARE THE FINES FOR TRUCKS WHO VIOLATE THIS ORDINANCE? AND, UH, WHAT ARE THE MECHANISMS THROUGH WHICH RESIDENTS MAY REPORT WHEN THEY SEE TRUCKS? DO THEY NEED TO SNAP PICTURES? WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT RESIDENTS NEED TO DO TO HELP SUPPORT THESE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS? SO AS TO PENALIZE THOSE WHO VIOLATE OUR NEW ORDINANCE, IF IT IS ADOPTED MICROPHONE, I DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION, UM, ON THE COST OF THE CITATIONS, UM, AT THIS MOMENT, BUT I CAN GO AHEAD AND ALL APPLY THAT INFORMATION TO YOU AT A LATER TIME. HUH? THEY JUST STEPPED OUT. THEY JUST STEPPED OUT. THEY, THEY HAVE ANOTHER LONG NIGHT TIME KNOWS. OKAY. UH, SO WE WILL FIND OUT INFORMATION. WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE [02:20:01] INFORMATION FOR US? YEAH, WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE NEXT REPORT FOR THIS. I THINK REQUEST WILL BE THE, UH, ENFORCEMENT TO HAVE OUR, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, ENFORCE OFFICER. OKAY. TO REALLY MAKE SURE THEY CAN PULL OVER THE TRIAL. UH, NOT SO NOT OKAY. IN THE WRONG AREA. OKAY. AND, UH, WHO WANT TO ANSWER THAT? OH, THE SECOND PART OF THAT QUESTION. OH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. SORRY. UM, JUST TO REPEAT THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD STEP, WHAT RESIDENTS MAY, WHAT STEPS MAY RESIDENTS TAKE TO ASSIST WITH, WITH REPORTING INCIDENTS SO AS TO HELP AUGMENT AND ENHANCE IN, UH, OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS? THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN WORK WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT VIOLATION, IF IT'S, UH, SOMETHING THAT A POLICE OFFICER HAS TO VIEW, BUT WE CAN OH, IF WE CAN HAVE A CHIEF KEITH FOR COME CHIEF. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU. THEY WENT SHOPPING. OKAY. AND, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL, ALDI, KENTO, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR CHIEF COME DOWN AS WELL ABOUT THE TICKET ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT OF TRUCK? YES. UH, HI, CHIEF. I JUST WANTED TO ASK, WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE THE PENALTIES FOR THOSE WHO VIOLATE OUR TRUCK ORDINANCE AND, OH, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? OH. AND, AND THEN, UH, ALSO IN ADDITION, WHAT, WHAT MECHANISMS SHOULD BE PUT INTO PLACE OR COULD BE PUT INTO PLACE TO, TO HELP RESIDENTS REPORT ISSUES SO AS TO HELP AUGMENT YOUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS? UM, WELL, RIGHT NOW OUR, OUR TRAFFIC UNIT DOES ENFORCE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, AND THEY ARE TRAINED SPECIFICALLY FOR IT. I KNOW THE FINES VARY BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE VIOLATION IS BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE TRUCK ROUTES. THEY'LL ALSO SEE IF THE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, ILLEGAL THINGS THAT COULD OCCUR. YOU GOT OVERWEIGHT, OVERWEIGHT. IT'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT, UM, AS FAR AS A SPECIFIC, UH, FINE FOR VIOLATING THE TRUCK ROUTE, I'D HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, UH, PROBABLY SAFETY DIRECTOR. OH MAN. I'M THE, THANK YOU. TO ANSWER YOUR SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND WELCOME EVERYBODY. UM, ON OUR APP, UM, OUR REPORTED AN ISSUE APP, AND ON OUR WEBSITE, I CAN ADD THE CATEGORY TRUCK ROUTE VIOLATION, TRUCK OVERWEIGHT. SO WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS I CAN SET IT SO RESIDENTS CAN SUBMIT THE REQUEST AT ANY TIME, 24 HOURS A DAY, AND IT'LL ROUTE DIRECTLY TO OUR MOTOR UNITS AND OUR TRAFFIC DEPARTMENTS. WOW. SO THAT WAY THEY GET IT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING OR AT NIGHT, WHENEVER THEY'RE WORKING, IT'LL GO LIVE TO THEM AND THEY'LL BE NOTIFIED THAT WAY. AND THAT WAY WE'LL HAVE A TRACKING REPORTING PROCEDURE AS WELL. GREAT. OKAY. AND, AND, BECAUSE GO AHEAD. AND, UH, CON, UH, MAY PUT, UH, DO RESIDENTS NEED TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE LICENSE PLATE OR ANYTHING JUST TO NO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CAPTURE A LICENSE PLATE WHEN IT'S, UH, DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. BUT CHANCES ARE, IF ONE TRUCK'S DRIVING DOWN A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THAT SAME TRUCK OR OTHER TRUCKS ARE ALSO USING THAT ROUTE. SO WHEN THE MOTOR UNITS ARE OUT THERE DECIDING WHICH STREETS THEY'RE GONNA WORK, UM, IF THEY HAVE A PATTERN THAT LOOK AT NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT, WE'RE HAVING TRUCKS GO DOWN THIS STREET ON A REGULAR BASIS, THEY'RE GONNA WORK THAT AREA. OKAY. BEAUTIFUL. CHIEF? YEAH. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, I, UH, WHAT WAS MY QUESTION? I FORGOT. NO, UH, IT WAS FOR, UH, PAULINE OR, OR JOANNE, POTENTIALLY. UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR YOU GUYS, RIGHT? ARE YOU, WHAT ARE I'LL GO FIRST. YEAH. UM, YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WHEN A RESIDENT REPORTS AN INCIDENT WHERE THERE'S A TRUCK AND THEY SEE THE NAME OF THE TRUCK, OR EVEN IF THEY GET A DRIVER'S LICENSE, I MEAN A, A VEHICLE LICENSE, UM, OUR POLICE OFFICERS CANNOT GIVE THEM A TICKET IF THEY FIND THEM LATER. OR EVEN CON, YOU CANNOT DO THAT BECAUSE THE POLICE OFFICER HAS TO ACTUALLY WITNESS IT, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO NOW MY NEXT, SO I'M WONDERING, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, AND IT'S PROBABLY A LOT OF WORK, BUT I MEAN, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO MAYBE CONTACT THE COMPANY NAME AND, AND MAYBE SEND 'EM A LETTER AND SAY, HEY, UH, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED AND YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE, SO AT LEAST WE PUT 'EM IN NOTICE. YES. THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. SO, WHILE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ENFORCE STATE CODES, VEHICLE CODES, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, UH, MY DEPARTMENT IS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE SIDE OF THINGS. SO IF WE IDENTIFY A TRUCK OR A COMPANY IN VIOLATION OF ANYTHING, WHETHER IT BE VENDING, IT BE OVERWEIGHT, UM, DUMPING, UH, EVEN THE ALLEGATION OF THOSE, UH, VIOLATIONS, WE WILL SEND A LETTER AND WE WILL CONTACT THE COMPANY. AND IT HAS PROVEN EFFECTIVE. WE HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE HAD A TRUCK PARKING OVERNIGHT. WE RAN THE LICENSE PLATE, WE FOUND OUT WHAT COMPANY IT WAS, AND IT, IT WASN'T COMMITTED IN THE PRESENCE OF A PEACE OFFICER, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTACT THE COMPANY. THEY CONTACTED THE DRIVER AND FOUND OUT THEY'D LIVED IN THE APARTMENTS AROUND THE CORNER, AND THEY WERE USING THE RESIDENTIAL STREET FOR THE STORAGE OF THAT VEHICLE. OKAY. GOOD. I LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. AND, AND, UH, REALLY QUICK I WANNA FOLLOW THROUGH. I THINK THIS IS, UH, WHAT YOU JUST MENTIONED ABOUT TRUCK, UH, INCLUDING [02:25:01] THE TRUCK PARKING. OKAY. THEY PARK IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE ISSUE? WHY IS THE SOLUTION? SO CURRENTLY, UH, WE'VE INCREASED OUR STAFF AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING TILL 2:00 AM UM, DURING THE WEEK UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON THE WEEKENDS. SO IF A RESIDENT REPORTS THAT TRUCKS ARE PARKING IN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE, PEOPLE ARE PARKING 'EM IN PROHIBITED ZONES, YOU KNOW, DURING RESTRICTED HOURS. WE NOW HAVE STAFF WORKING THAT, AND WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AT NIGHT TARGETING VIOLATIONS AND PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN EXISTING FOR MANY YEARS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE STAFF WORKING THOSE HOURS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY. UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, GREAT, GREAT WORK FOR, UH, MALIN AND, AND CHIEF CRIT FOR YOU GUYS WORKING VERY CLOSELY TOGETHER TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER. SO, UH, YOUR TEAMWORK HAS, UH, SHOWN TO THIS COMMUNITY THAT THINGS COULD GET DONE AND, AND SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE FOR THE, OUR COMMUNITY. SO, AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR CITY STAFF, BUT, OKAY. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE. OKAY. AND, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, MY QUESTION FOR CITY STAFF, UM, WHEN, UH, I KNOW MAYOR W AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ROSADO DIAZ, UM, MENTIONED ABOUT GETTING THESE SIGNS OUT, IS, ARE THESE SIGNS GONNA BE ORDERED IN-HOUSE? YES. OKAY. THANK GOODNESS. WE'RE GONNA SAVE MONEY. OKAY. SO, GREAT. ARE WE DONE? MY QUESTIONS . OKAY. UM, OKAY. I'M GONNA MO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MAKE A SECOND. OKAY. UH, THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNT BY MAYOR WILL, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ FOR CONSIDERATION OF INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TRUCK ROADS. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO TE LOPEZ. VIDO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. AND A MOTION APPROVE FIVE ZERO AND NUMBER [4) Consideration of City Hall CCTV ] FOUR, PLEASE. THAT'S WILL, UH, PUT BY BRIAN, RIGHT? UH, I THINK LEY OLE. OKAY. YOU PUT NUMBER FOUR. UH, THANK YOU. THIS IS THE WEST COAST ARBORIST CONTRACT? NO, THIS IS, UH, C WHICH ONE IS THIS? I'M SORRY. CCC T. OH, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, SO, UH, I'M WONDERING WITH THE CCTV UH, CONTRACT, IS THERE A WAY TO, TO JUST, UH, HIRE, UH, FOLKS TO DO, UM, THE, THE CAMERAS, BUT NOT, BUT WITHOUT THE, THE, THE METAL DETECTORS? OH, YEAH. I DO WANNA APOLOGIZE. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, CONTOS THE, UH, REPORT, UH, IN ACCURATELY INCLUDED, UM, METAL DETECTORS, BUT THE REPORT ITSELF AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS ONLY FOR APPROVAL OF THE CCTV CAMERAS. OH, MOVE THE MOTION. YEAH. YOU WANNA MOVE EMOTIONALLY? OH, WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, BUT NO METAL DETECTORS. NO, I DON'T. SO, OKAY. GREAT. WELL THEN THAT CASE, UM, MOVE TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND, UH, AND HOLD ON. OKAY. AGAIN. OKAY. WE MOVED THIS. OKAY. I, I, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. FIRST AND SECOND, I'VE BEEN CALLED, BUT I WANT TO ASK ABOUT OKAY. THE BUDGET. OKAY. HOW MUCH WE CALL THIS, RIGHT? OKAY. UH, I THINK IT'S HO JER 129,221, AUTHORIZED CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT WITH MTAC. OKAY. FOR $129,000 FOR JUST FOR CCTV, IT'S ALL OVER HOW MANY CAMERA THEY GONNA INSTALL. IF I COULD HAVE, UH, CHIEF CORTINA COME BACK DOWN, DO WE HAVE A BUDGET COMING FROM? WE DID IDENTIFY FUNDING, UM, AND, UH, ACCOUNT ONE 60 IS SAID FROM GENERAL FUND OR FUND THE GRANT. I BELIEVE IT IS GENERAL FUND. IF I COULD HAVE, UH, DO WE HAVE MONEY TO SPEND ON THIS? OH GOSH, YES. WE DID IDENTIFY FUNDS IN, IN FUND ONE 60. SURE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE OVER BUDGET. IT IS. NO, WE DID IDENTIFY FIVE. SURE. WE CAN BALANCE THE BUDGET IF WE SPEND THE MONEY ON THIS. YES. OKAY. I LIKE IT. OKAY. . HEY, THE BUDGET IS THE ISSUE. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAD ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD. OKAY. AND FINANCE INSTRUCTOR? YES. GO. OKAY. REGARDING THE 129,221 TO INSTALL ALL THE CAMERA, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CAMERA YOU INSTALLED, BUT THE CONCERN IS DO WE HAVE MONEY? OKAY. BECAUSE THIS HAS COME FROM GENERAL FUND. OKAY. WILL THAT BE AN ISSUE? OKAY. TO DING OUR BUDGET, THIS IS COMING FROM OUR CAP FUND. AND CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE, UM, BUDGETED AMOUNTS FOR IT. WE'RE JUST HAVING A DIFFERENT PROJECT FOR IT. BUT THIS IS, I MEAN, FROM GENERAL FUND BALANCE POLICY, WE DO ACTUALLY TRANSFER FOR CIP PROJECTS INTO THIS FUND SO THAT THIS IS WHAT WE'RE USING. OKAY. SO IT'S STILL FROM THE GENERAL FUND OR THIS IS FROM A GRANT OR SOMETHING IS NOT GOING TO WHAT? SO IT'S GENERAL FUND. WHEN YOU CPI FUND TRANSFER, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED. [02:30:01] I DON'T KNOW WHAT I MEAN. THERE'S GENERAL FUND DOES FUND CORRECT THE CIP FUND. SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY IT THAT WAY, YES. THERE HAVE BEEN RESERVES IN FUND ONE 60 THAT IS FUNDING FOR THIS. SO THE CPI FUND IS THE FUND BASICALLY IS NOT FUND GENERAL FUND, BUT IT WILL TRANSFER GENERAL FUND. SO WE SPEND ON THEM, IT TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND. GOT IT. SO STEAL FUND, GENERAL FUND. WHERE DOES ONE 60 MEAN? HUH? WHERE DOES FUND ONE 60? IT'S OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUND. HUH? IT'S OUR CAPITAL PROJECT FUND. OH. WHAT, HOW, HOW IS THAT MONEY GENERATED? IT'S FROM TRANSFERS FROM GENERAL FUND. IT'S, IT'S GENERAL FUND, WHATEVER CITY COUNCIL NOT IS GENERAL FUND APPROVES FOR. I KIND OF, I GOT IT. IT'S A CP, IT'S BE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND THEN IT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. THE MONEY IS COMING FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, SO NO MATTER HOW THEY SAY IT, YEAH. FUND, GENERAL FUND. MM-HMM . IT'S FROM OUR TAXES AND FROM OUR FEE AND THE SALES TAX COMING FROM AND UH, OKAY. AND THAT IS GOING TO PAY FOR THIS. AND, UH, BUT YOU SURE WE OKAY TO SPEND THIS MONEY? THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'S A FUND. YOU OKAY? YOU OKAY? WE DON'T HAVE MR. PREMIER MAYOR. WE WON'T GO TO DEFICIT. RIGHT? OKAY. YES, GO AHEAD. I GUESS A QUESTION BY SPENDING MONEY HERE AND NOT ELSEWHERE, WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE SACRIFICED THAT WE CANNOT SPEND MONEY ON IF WE SPEND MONEY ON THIS? YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY, THAT'S WHAT THE, RIGHT NOW THERE IS A FUND BALANCE FOR THAT. SO WE ACTUALLY ARE GOING THROUGH THE CIP PROJECT LIST RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR. AND SO AT THAT POINT, IF WE NEED TO DEFUND THIS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A PRIORITY OR, AND SO IT'S BEEN SELECTED AS A CAPITAL PROJECT FUND AT THIS POINT. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UH, DO YOU HAVE A, A DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE WILL NOT FUND BECAUSE WE END UP FUNDING THIS? BECAUSE THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING IS SO THAT WE ON COUNCIL CAN SEE THE BROADER CONTEXT OF THE BROADER LIST OF WHAT YOU PLAN ON FUNDING, SO THAT THERE MIGHT BE OTHER ITEMS ON THE CIP LIST THAT WE MIGHT HAVE AS A HIGHER PRIORITY IN COMPARISON TO THESE CAMERAS AS AN EXAMPLE. THAT'S, UM, PERFECTLY VALID. AND THAT IS PART OF THE WORKSHOP THAT WE DO WITH THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. THEY BRING THEIR PRIORITIES AND WE DISCUSS THROUGH THAT AND SEE WHAT COULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THERE. OF COURSE, NOT EVERYTHING GETS SELECTED. WE ALWAYS TRY TO USE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES WHEN POSSIBLE GRANTS OR OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE SOURCES. UM, BUT FOR THIS ONE OR ANY OTHER CATEGORIES THAT DON'T FALL INTO THOSE BUCKETS, THEN YES, IT IS BASED ON A PRIORITY. AND AT THIS POINT, UM, I BELIEVE SO. SO TO REITERATE, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE FUND, WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE REJECTED THAT WE NEED? YEAH. SORRY. IT WAS A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION. UM, WE HAVE THE LIST. I MEAN, WE COULD SHARE WITH YOU AT SOME POINT. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT OTHER PROJECTS IT COULD HAVE FUNDED, BUT ANYTHING, UH, I MEAN, IT'S 130,000 THAT YOU'RE TAKING FROM C SO I MEAN, YES, THERE'S A LOT OF CIP PRO, A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE COULD PUT THIS MONEY TOWARDS. UM, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL HAD PRIORITIZED, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE BRINGING IT BACK BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING. I WANNA FOLLOW THROUGH WHAT COUNCILMAN KEN QUESTION BECAUSE, UM, THE WORRY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO JUNE BUDGET OKAY. AND, UH, SECTION, AND, UH, RIGHT NOW IF WE SPEND THIS MONEY, UH, CAN WE OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S A PRIORITY, BUT OKAY. IT IS JUST, UH, TO FEEL LIKE SAFETY REASON. BUT SINCE THE BUDGET'S COMING UP, I DON'T KNOW, SHOULD WE SPEND, SPEND THIS MONEY? OKAY. AND, UH, WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO, UH, PHYSICAL OKAY. RESPONSIBILITY. AND, UH, IS THAT BECAUSE A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER HERE, A HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER THERE? HUNDRED THOUSAND OVER THERE, THE MILLION DOLLARS ALREADY. SO, YEAH, GO AHEAD. YEAH, AND, AND I'LL JUST MENTION, UH, I THINK THIS IS A MATTER OF PUBLIC SAFETY. UH, NOT ONLY FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO COME VISIT CITY HALL, THERE IS BLIND SPOTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT, UH, VIEW CERTAIN AREAS THROUGHOUT THE, THE PARKING LOT, THROUGHOUT THE HALLWAYS OUT THERE, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY ROOM, OUT THERE, THROUGH THE AUDIENCE OVER THERE. UH, YOU KNOW, YES. ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES WAS A, A VICTIM OF A, A ISSUE EARLIER, UH, WHEN, WHEN, UH, THEY ATTACKED HER. SO I THINK THIS IS ESSENTIAL FOR SECURITY AT CITY HALL. OKAY. AND, AND OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CHIEF, YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ABOUT THE YES. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I DID A PRESENTATION A COUPLE MONTHS AGO ABOUT JUST ABOUT THE EXACT AMOUNT OF CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING. I BELIEVE IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 CAMERAS. AND THAT WHAT'S GONNA BE COVERED BY THIS IS THE, UH, CCTV COVERAGE OF THE, UH, CITY HALL EXTERIOR, UH, THE CITY HALL PARKING LOT, UH, THE INTERIOR OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. UM, IT ALSO INCLUDED ACCESS OR, UM, INSTALLING ACCESS CONTROL TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO BE IN LINE WITH THE REST OF OUR, UH, CITY HALL FACILITY AND POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL. AND REPLACING TWO, UH, ADDITIONAL CAMERAS, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT [02:35:01] LOOK OVER TOWARDS THE, UH, PARKING LOT AREA AND ALSO MAINTENANCE TO SOME OF OUR EXISTING CAMERAS. OH, UH, UH, OKAY. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHO MONITORED ALL THIS VIDEO? OKAY. AND, UH, WE HAVE A COMPANY OR OURSELF, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MONITORS IT. UM, CURRENTLY OUR DISPATCH CENTER HAS A, A LIVE FOOT LIVE, UH, FEED OF IT AS WELL AS THE WATCH COMMANDER'S OFFICE, AND USUALLY THE SERGEANTS AS WELL. SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE A 25 CAMERA SCREEN SEEING ALL THE AREA, AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, UM, OKAY. A DEVICE IS GOING TO BE OKAY GOING THROUGH FOR LIKE, UH, 10 DAYS OR SOMETHING. AND, UH, WE KEEP THE RECORD, OTHERWISE THEY WILL RECYCLE AGAIN. AGAIN. RIGHT. WE KEEP RECORD FOR, UH, I BELIEVE 30 DAYS. AT LEAST 30 DAYS. YEAH. AND, UM, THAT WAY IF SOME INCIDENT OCCURRED, WE CAN GO BACK AND CAPTURE THE FOOTAGE FROM IT. OKAY. IT'S ALREADY HELPED US WITH A, UH, ONE OF OUR POLICE MOTORCYCLES, UH, WAS VANDALIZED RECENTLY, AND ONE OF OUR NEW CAMERAS WAS ABLE TO CATCH A SUSPECT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY PROSECUTE HIM. OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, I KNOW WHEN I WAS TALKING TO, UH, CHIEF C, THERE WAS A REASON, UM, WHY YOU GUYS HAD TO USE THIS COMPANY BECAUSE OF YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE OF CAMERA SYSTEMS. YOU SAID YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT? YES. THIS COMPANY'S, UH, DONE ALL THE WORK. THEY KNOW ALL THE WIRING, THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, UM, IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS I BELIEVE AT THE, UH, UM, PUBLIC WORKS YARD AS WELL. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER WANT TO QUESTION COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR? COUNCILMAN? YES. UM, I REALLY AM SUPPORTIVE OF THIS. I JUST DON'T HAVE A SENSE OF CONTEXT REGARDING WHAT THE OTHER PROJECTS ARE THAT WERE REJECTED. SO THAT'S THE PART THAT I, I WORRY ABOUT WHERE I, I, IS THERE A WAY, CAN ANYONE JUST PULL ANYTHING UP AND SAY, WELL, WHAT THE OTHER GENERAL PROJECTS ARE, BECAUSE I, I, I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS, BUT FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT OR FOR OTHER, JUST, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SEE THE BROADER CONTEXT OF WHAT THE OTHER PROJECTS WERE. UH, OKAY. I, I THINK HIS, HIS QUESTION IS, OKAY, WILL WE SQUEEZE ANOTHER PROJECT WHEN WE TO DO THIS? AND, UH, THEN I WANNA FOLLOW HIS QUESTION IS HOW IMPORTANT A POLICE POINT OF VIEW OKAY. TO INSTALL THIS 25 CAMERA. OKAY. WHAT IS, UH, URGENCY AND PRIORITIZED ABOUT THE ISSUE? SO WE NEED TO SPEND THIS MONEY ABSOLUTELY. JUST, OH, I'M SORRY. IF I CAN RESPOND A LITTLE BIT TO THAT. SO WE DO HAVE A LIST OF OUTGOING OR A LIST OF, UH, OUTSTANDING CIP PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF. UM, SOME ARE FUNDED AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT GET APPROVED THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS AND WE'RE ABLE TO ADDRESS, UM, SOME, WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL FUNDING LIKE WE WERE IN THIS CASE. UM, CAN WE USE THIS MONEY FOR ANOTHER CIP PROJECT IN THE CITY? YES. UM, AS I MENTIONED THOUGH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A PRIORITY FROM COUNCIL, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BEING BROUGHT BEFORE YOU, BUT I'M TRYING TO PULL UP THE LIST OF CIP PROJECTS. IT IS IN OUR, UM, IN OUR CURRENT BUDGET. UM, SO CHIEF, I DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WE ARE NOT DOING BECAUSE OF THIS, THOUGH. YOU KNOW, I, I, I DO BELIEVE FOR, UH, THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE, UH, THE FOOTAGE AS WELL AS THE LIVE FOOTAGE. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, WE RECENTLY, UNFORTUNATELY HAD A, UH, UM, A HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE. AND THE SUSPECT RAN THROUGH OUR, UH, AROUND OUR, OUR COMPLEX HERE. AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO CAP CAPTURE ANY VIDEO FOOTAGE BECAUSE WE JUST DIDN'T HAVE CAMERAS IN PLACE. AND THEN THE OTHER REASON I THINK IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE CITY IS, UH, LIABILITY REASONS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY, UH, SLIP AND FALL TYPE THINGS OR CLAIMS THAT OCCUR ON CITY PROPERTY. AT LEAST WE'D HAVE, UH, VIDEO FOOTAGE OF IT. THANK YOU. I MAY I PUT THIS. UM, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UH, I ACTUALLY HAD PUSHED FOR CAMERAS A FEW YEARS BACK. UM, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT HAS OCCURRED OUT HERE THAT WASN'T CAPTURED. UH, WE HAD RESIDENTS WHO HAD A LAWSUIT SAID SOMETHING RIGHT THERE THAT OCCURRED OUTSIDE, UH, EVEN HAPPENED TO ME OUTSIDE HERE. SO I'VE PUSHED FOR THIS. IT'S, UH, IT IS IN ONE OF MY HIGHEST PRIORITY. UM, A LOT OF OUR CIP PROJECTS, UH, HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS. UH, IT IS A NEED. UH, AND YES, IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY. SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE MOTION. YEAH, WE HAVE A, A SECOND. AND, UH, AND I WAS GONNA SAY SECOND . YEAH. I WAS LIKE, I THOUGHT IT WAS MOVED. I WAS LIKE, YEAH, WE DID IT. WE GOT YOU GUYS MOTION. YOU'RE RIGHT. I JUST CUT IT IN. OKAY. I'M JUST LIKE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THE BUDGET AND THE CITY MANAGER WHEN HE PROMISES HE'S GONNA BALANCE THE BUDGET. SO IN THAT WAY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM TO APPROVE THIS. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS. A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO APPROVE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF, OF CCTVS AT CITY HALL. COUNCILMAN CONTOS? AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. AND, UH, APPROVE. FIVE ZERO. [5) CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR FIRE PREVENTION PLAN CHECK SERVICES] [02:40:01] OKAY. LET'S GO TO NUMBER FIVE PLEASE. NUMBER FIVE. WHO? I THINK THAT'S MINE. IT'S ABOUT SERVICE AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PREVENTION. YEAH, I JUST WANTED, UH, I GUESS CHIEF BROWN WILL PRESENT ON THAT WELCOME CHIEF . YEAH. AND, AND, UM, MY QUESTION IS, UH, IF YOU COULD JUST EXPLAIN TO US, UM, WHAT THIS SPECIFIC AGREEMENT IS. UM, I KNOW I'VE HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS FROM BUSINESS OWNERS AND, UH, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS THAT THE PROCESSING FOR PERMITS TO THE FIRE, FIRE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES IS EXTREMELY PROLONGED. AND SO IT WAS, IT, IT, THIS, I JUST WANT EXPLANATION ON THIS. 'CAUSE UM, THERE IS CONCERN FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDING THE PROCESSING TIME FOR, FOR APPLICANTS. YES. UM, SO THIS PROCESS, WHAT IT IS, IS, UM, IF WE HAD FULL-TIME STAFF IN PLACE, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO PLAN CHECKS IN HOUSE. UM, WE CURRENTLY ONLY HAVE ONE FULL-TIME FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST. UM, SHE'S A NEW EMPLOYEE THAT ISN'T TRAINED IN PLAN CHECKS. UM, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES IN OUR HIRING PROCESS, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY APPLICANTS THAT CAME THROUGH THAT WERE QUALIFIED IN DOING PLAN CHECKS. UM, WE DO HAVE ONE PART-TIME EMPLOYEE THAT CAN DO PLAN CHECKS AND WHAT THIS PROCESS DOES, UH, WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING, UM, RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES. UM, ONE OF THEM GOES BACK TO AT LEAST 2017. UM, BOTH OF THESE WERE APPROVED IN 2020 TO BE, UH, CONTRACTORS SO THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY IN-HOUSE, WE CAN CONTRACT OUT AND TRY TO KEEP THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. IS THERE, UM, IS THIS, AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS, IS THERE ANOTHER ONE COMING TO US, I THINK FOR FIRE TWO AT THE NEXT MEETING? OR, OR IS THIS THE ONLY COMPANY DOING IT? I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, RIGHT? NO, IT'S TWO COMPANIES FOR PLAN CHECK SERVICES UNDER THIS ONE. THESE ARE THE TWO CONTRACTS FOR PLAN CHECKS. UM, WE HAVE OTHER CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING UP, BUT THEY'RE NOT RELATED TO PLAN CHECKS. OH, OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTION? OTHERWISE I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. I, I KNOW, UH, WE HAVE A COMPANY, BUT I THINK THE COMPLAINT IS, UH, VERY SLOW AND, UH, TAKING FOREVER. I DON'T KNOW, TRANSTECH, DID YOU GUYS DOING THIS KIND OF, UH, PLAN CHECK? WE CERTAINLY, WE HAVE TO COME UP SAY YEAH, THE PUBLIC HAS NO, YOU JUST, IT'S A HYPOTHETICAL, HEY, IF YOU CAN DO IT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU WOULD BE BETTER SERVICE. YEAH. AND, UH, AND THEN, AND THEN YOU CAN, AND THEN YOU MIGHT BE HIGHER SCORE. MM-HMM . OKAY, SO, SO YEAH, EXACTLY. . YEAH. YEAH. SO COME TO SHARE WITH US. CAN YOU GUYS DO A, CAN YOU HAVE ABILITY GO TO MIKE OKAY. SAY IF THEY HAVE A POSSIBILITY SINCE YOU ARE ALREADY IN HOUSE, AND THEN MAYBE GIVE US A SLACK CHEAPER. OKAY. SO BUDGET ISSUE. OKAY. SO IN THAT WAY, AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A BETTER SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME, SHARE SOME BURDEN FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO SEEING HOW WE CAN PROVIDE FIRE PLAN CHECK SERVICES AND INSPECTIONS. SO YOU GUYS CAPABLE TO DO IT? WE ARE CAPABLE TO DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STAFFING LEVEL IS, BUT ABSOLUTELY. WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS THAT, SO YOU HAVE STAFFING BECAUSE YOU ARE A BIG ENGINEER COMPANY, SO, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, . OKAY. WE PASS POSSIBLE, POTENTIALLY WE CAN HAVE A KIND OF IN-HOUSE. OKAY. AND, UH, AND TO DO THE JOB RATHER THAN, SO THIS IS MAYBE A POTENTIAL. OKAY. GO AHEAD. UH, YEAH. AND MY, MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, UH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I KNOW SOME, I KNOW THESE COMPANIES DO SPECIALIZED SERVICES. UM, UH, SO I, I WANNA MAKE JUST MAKE SURE, UM, YEAH, IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES, UH, EVEN WORKING WITH MELISSA, UH, I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THOUGH, BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK, WHEN I, WHEN I DID DO RESEARCH ON THESE COMPANIES, THEY HAD LIKE SPECIFIC, UH, REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY DO IN PLAN CHECKING FOR FIRE. BUT MELISSA, THE, IS IT THE SAME THING THAT YOU GUYS DO? OR YOU WANNA FIRE ? FIRE PLAN, CHECK INSPECTION IS A SPECIALTY MM-HMM . COMPONENT OF INSPECTION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO PROVIDE. WE ALL ALSO PROVIDING SERVICES TO ACTUALLY INDIAN RESERVATIONS AND CASINOS PART OF OUR SERVICES. SO WE DO DO THAT. UM, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE CAN EVALUATE AND SEE. SO, SO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION INCLUDE INTO ? YEAH. YEAH. UM, HOW DO WE, I MEAN, DO WE HAVE TO GO FOR AN RRP OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? UH, UH, CITY MANAGER. OKAY. SHOULD WE CITY ATTORNEY. OKAY. BECAUSE WE ARE OKAY. CITY, CITY ATTORNEY. CITY ATTORNEY . YEAH. [02:45:01] SO CAN WE, CAN WE DO THIS? OKAY. UH, SINCE THIS IS SOMETHING KIND OF A, OKAY. WE HAVE A BIG ENGINEER COMPANY AND IF POSSIBLY CAN HELP US WITH THIS, UM, MAYBE BETTER SERVICE AND BETTER BUDGET FOR US. SO, AND, UH, LISA LOOK LIKE A VERY EXCITED TO HELP US. AM I RIGHT? ALWAYS. YEAH. SEE, SO INCREDIBLE. YEAH, EXACTLY. BECAUSE THEY, IF I CAN ALSO ADD TO THIS TOO, UM, BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES, WHEN WE WENT TO 'EM TO ASK IF THEY WOULD RENEW THEIR CONTRACT, NEITHER OF 'EM UPPED THEIR FEES. THEY CONTINUED WITH THEIR FEES THAT WERE, UM, FROM 2020. UM, AND IF THIS IS APPROVED, THERE'S NO MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND WITH THEM. IT ONLY HAS A MAXIMUM. SO IF IT'S APPROVED TONIGHT, WE COULD STILL HAVE THESE COMPANIES AS WELL. AND THEN YOU'D BE, UM, OPEN TO LOOK INTO TRANSTECH AS ANOTHER COMPANY. AND THEN AT THAT POINT YOU COULD PRIORITIZE TRANSTECH AS BEING THE COMPANY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU, SO THIS IS TO, WE NOT NECESSARILY TO HIRE THEM, WE JUST APPROVE, POTENTIALLY USE THEM TO EXCEED 40,000. YEAH. THIS IS, THIS IS TO APPROVE BEING ABLE TO USE THEM AS CONTRACT AS UH, CONSULTANTS. AND THEN WE CAN FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, THE COMPLAINT IS THE SERVICE. OKAY. SLOW THIS AND THAT. YES. GO AHEAD. MAY I PUT IT? THANK YOU. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT WOULD THE TURNAROUND BE, BECAUSE CURRENTLY I, I KNOW I'VE HAD A RECENT, UM, BUSINESS COMPLAINT THAT THEY WENT, THEY CONTACTED THE FIRE, THEY DIDN'T COME OUT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A BIG DELAY. AND I UNDERSTAND NOT HAVING A PLAN CHECK STAFF. SO, SO IT, IT COULD BE CONFUSING ON BOTH PARTS BECAUSE PLAN CHECKS IS DIFFERENT FROM THEIR INSPECTIONS. UM, PLAN CHECKS IS JUST THE INITIAL PORTION OF THEM GETTING A PROJECT UP AND GOING. SO WITH THIS COMPANY, THEY HAVE, UM, SEVEN DAYS, SEVEN BUSINESS DAYS TO GET THE PLAN CHECKS BACK ONCE THEY'RE SUBMITTED. AND THEN IF THEY'RE EXPEDITED FEES, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GET IT BACK WITHIN 48 HOURS. BUT THAT, I THINK MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS THAT, THAT AT LEAST I'VE HEARD IN THE LAST FOUR MONTHS ARE MOSTLY ON THE INSPECTION SIDE. UM, GETTING THEIR FIRE SPRINKLER INSPECTED, GETTING THEIR, UM, UH, ELEVATORS IN, INSPECTED, THAT TYPE OF STUFF. SO I THINK THOSE COMPLAINTS ARE MORE ON THE FIRE, UH, INSPECTION SIDE, NOT PLANT CHECKS. DO THESE, DO THEY, ARE THEY ABLE TO DO THE INSPECTION AS WELL? THIS IS ONLY FOR PLAN CHECKS. I MEAN, WE COULD REACH OUT TO 'EM TO SEE IF WE WANTED TO CONTRACT OUT SERVICES FOR THAT. YEAH. UM, I THINK THAT'S A, A SEPARATE DISCUSSION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GOING WITH, UH, MR. GUTIERREZ'S THING, I THINK WE COULD, IF WE COULD HIRE PEOPLE IN-HOUSE, WE'D HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT IN-HOUSE AND HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT. AND WE JUST NEED MORE BODIES TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND MEET THE INSPECTION DEADLINES OF WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY. I, I WANT TO FOLLOW THROUGH YOUR QUESTION. OKAY. SO INSPECTION IS THE CONTRACT, NOT OUR IN-HOUSE. RIGHT. INSPECTIONS WE DO IN-HOUSE. SO INSPECTION IS IN-HOUSE. THAT'S WHAT OUR ONE, THAT'S WHAT OUR ONE FULL-TIME INSPECTOR AND OUR ONE PART-TIME INSPECTOR. SO, SO INSPECTION IS OKAY. UH, AND IT IS SLOW AND THIS AND TAKE FOREVER. MELISSA, DO YOU GET DO INSPECTION FOR FIRE ? WE'VE ASKED, YOU KNOW, FIRE INSPECTION IS A SPECIALTY. I'M SURE YOU'RE, I KNOW. DO YOU GUYS DO ASKING YOU QUESTION? CAN YOU DO IT? WE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE LOOKING FOR MORE RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO, SO, SO, SO YOU GUYS CAN DO IT, YES OR NO? YES. WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT WORK TOGETHER. YEAH. IT'S A POLITICAL, YEAH, SHE SORT WANT TO BE POLITE, DON'T WANNA TAKE YOUR JOB AWAY. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND. . OKAY. YOU'RE THE CHIEF. SHE CANNOT BE THE CHIEF. I'M JUST FOR, FOR INSPECTION. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY'RE DOING THE BUILDING A SAFETY. SO, SO WHY NOT GOING TO ANOTHER SIM SIMILAR IN THE FUTURE POSSIBLE. THE FOOD HEALTH INSPECTION. THIS IS ALL INSPECTION, SO, SO ALL UNDER ONE ROOF AND THEY HAVE ALL THE STAFF CAN DO IT. SO, SO THIS IS SOMETHING WE ARE THINKING ABOUT TO IMPROVE THE SERVICE BECAUSE A LOT OF COMPLAINT IS TAKING FOREVER AND THE DRAGON IS FROM THE FIRE INSPECTION. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN IMPROVE. AM I RIGHT? OKAY. AM I RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. GO AHEAD BRIAN. YEAH. YEAH. I THINK, UM, WHAT I HEARD FROM BUSINESSES IS THAT HOW LONG IS, SO WHEN SOMEONE SUBMITS AN APPLICATION FOR REVIEW BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE, FOR THIS, UM, REVIEW PROCESS, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE BEFORE THEIR, THEIR DOCUMENTS REVIEW? I THINK IT'S LIKE 10 DAYS, RIGHT? IT FLUCTUATES BACK AND FORTH DEPENDING ON HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE COMING IN. YOU KNOW, IT GOES THROUGH HIGHS AND LOWS. UM, WHEN WE HAD THE TOYOTA PROJECT, OBVIOUSLY THAT WAS A BIG ONE THAT REQUIRED A LOT OF WORK THAT GETS PUT INTO THAT MM-HMM . SO IT, THAT IT REALLY FLUCTUATES. SO TO BE ABLE TO SAY ONE PROJECT TAKES THIS TIME FROM THE TIME THEY SUBMIT TILL THE TIME THEY'RE DONE, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES TOO, THERE'S DELAYS ON THE CONTRACTOR SIDE AS WELL. [02:50:01] THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE READY FOR THE INSPECTION, WE COME OUT AND DO THE INITIAL INSPECTION AND THEY DON'T PASS MM-HMM . NOW THE CONTRACTOR HAS TO GO MAKE THOSE CORRECTIONS AND THEN SCHEDULE ANOTHER, ANOTHER INSPECTION. SO IT'S NOT JUST SIMPLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, CAN'T GET THE INSPECTIONS DONE. THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO INTO THAT NOT BEING READY PAST THE INITIAL INSPECTION. SO. YEAH. AND SO COULD THESE COMPANIES PARTICIPATE IN AN RFP PROCESS IF WE WERE TO DO AN RP PROCESS? SO THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, SO IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A RFP. OH YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. I KNOW. BUT IF, IF WE WERE, IF WE WERE TO LIKE BE LIKE, 'CAUSE I, I HEAR THE TRANS IS ALSO, UH, WHERE, WHERE DID MELISSA GO? WHY THEY, WHY THEY ? YEAH. SO WE HAVE MELISSA HERE TOO. WHO BOSS, YEAH. WHO ALSO INDICATED THAT HER COMPANY ALSO HAS THE CAPABILITIES OF DOING SOME OF THIS WORK. SO MY, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, UH, I KNOW IT'S A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, BUT, UH, PAULINA, CAN AN RP BE DONE FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES? UM, WE CAN, IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL WISHES TO DO. I THINK THE ONLY CONCERN IS ONE OF THE CONTRACTS IS UP IN, UH, JUNE OR JULY AND THE OTHER ONE'S UP IN SEPTEMBER. SO IN ORDER TO AVOID ANY DELAYS WITH DEVELOPMENT, WE'D WANNA RETAIN THEM, UH, AT LEAST HAVE SOMEONE ON CONTRACT. WHAT DOES THE CURRENT CONTRACT STATE? IS IT A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS AFTER IT EXPIRES? ALRIGHT, WHERE IS THAT ONE? BECAUSE THIS ONE SAYS FIVE YEARS. I DON'T, WITH NOT TO EXCEED 40,000 PER YEAR. OKAY. UH, AND AGAIN, IF THIS WAS APPROVED TODAY, THERE IS NO MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND WITH THEM. IF WE AGREED WITH THIS, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND THEN IF COUNSEL WAS TO GIVE OTHER DIRECTION AND, YOU KNOW, BRING SOMEBODY ELSE IN WITH A DIFFERENT PRIORITY. YEAH, IT COULD BE DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO SPEND WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE WERE TO DO, LIKE, THE PROBLEM IS, I THINK IT'S THE YEAR, THE, THE YEARS ON HERE. SO IT LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO THEN DO AN RP BECAUSE THEN THEY'LL HAVE I UNDERSTAND. I I THINK THE CHIEF'S POINT IS WE APPROVE THIS DOESN'T MEAN WE HAVE TO USE THEM BECAUSE THIS IS JUST, UM, 40,000. $20,000. OKAY. AND THEN, SO IF MELISSA CAN DO BETTER AND BETTER SERVICE, INCLUDING INSPECTION, SO WE CAN INCLUDING HER IN, SO WE APPROVE THIS, I MAKE A MOTION BY OBJECTION. RIGHT, RIGHT. WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER INTO ANOTHER. YEAH. SO WE, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. YEAH. I'LL MAKE A YEAH, GO AHEAD. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. UH, MY QUESTION, I KNOW ON THE EXHIBIT A THE FEE SCHEDULE, THERE'S A PLAN CHECK FEE, AND THEN THERE'S A FIELD INSPECTION FEE. WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY DO WITH FIELD INSPECTION? UM, AS FAR AS WHAT EACH INDIVIDUAL IN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF INSPECTIONS. UM, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT INSPECTIONS. BUT PLAN CHECKS, THAT VERY TOP LINE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM TODAY. ALL THE OTHER, ALL THE OTHER FEES GO INTO YOUR INSPECTION FEES. I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON, BECAUSE AN ATTACHMENT, IT'S PLAN CHECK AND INSPECTION SERVICES FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THAT'S WHY I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY. 'CAUSE IF THIS IS JUST FOR THE PLAN CHECK, THE ATTACHMENT IS ALSO FOR THE INSPECTION. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT CLARITY A CLARIFICATION. ARE THEY DOING INSPECTION? NO, THEY'RE JUST DOING THE PLAN CHECK. THEY ONLY DO PLAN CHECK. AND WHY DOES IT SAY ON THEIR CONTRACT? OR IS IT BE THEY READ THE CONTRACT? , I MEAN, I SEE IT, IT SAYS, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS CITY OF WEST CONCE PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH, YOU KNOW, THE COMPANY PLAN CHECK. CAN YOU INCLUDING YOUR MOTION, UH, BRIAN THAT OKAY. APPROVE THE PRODUCT IF YOU WANT YEAH. INCLUDING TO LOOK INTO THE ANOTHER ROUTE. YEAH, I WAS, I WAS THINKING OF, UM, AND IT, DOES IT HAVE TO BE, UM, 40,000? MY ONLY CONCERN IS IF WE, OKAY, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY MOTION'S GONNA BE AND THEN, AND I'LL TELL YOU MY CONCERN WITH IT. MY, MY MOTION WILL BE TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT AND THEN AT THE SAME TIME, UH, ISSUE OUT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RFP, UM, FOR, FOR THE, FOR THESE SERVICES. NOW, MY ONLY CONCERN IS IF THE, WHEN THE CITY DOES THIS RP PROCESS AND THEY FIND A NEW, UH, AGREEMENT, A NEW CONTRACT TO POTENTIALLY, OR, OR IF MELISSA IS SELECTED, TRAN IS SELECTED, THEY WILL HAVE TWO CONCURRING CONTRACTS. AND WHAT, I GUESS IT'S YOUR JOB TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, I GUESS NOT TO . YEAH, IT'S REALLY NOT TO NECESSARILY BALANCE THE BUDGET. OBVIOUSLY ONE, ONE CONSULTING FIRM HAS $40,000 CAP, ONE HAS 20. IT'S REALLY TO BALANCE THE WORK SO WE CAN GET THESE PROJECTS MOVING OUT IN AN EFFICIENT MANNER. OKAY. SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS FOR FIRE PREVENTION PLAN, CHECK SERVICES, AND AT THE SAME TIME DIRECT [02:55:01] THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE OUT A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RFP, UH, FOR THIS SPECIALTY AND CITY ATTORNEY. IS THAT OKAY? BECAUSE LOOK LIKE WE APPROVED THIS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE APPROVE A CONTRACT, BUT WE CONSIDER RFP THAT THAT'S FINE. AS, AS, AS THE, AS CHIEF BROWN HAS SAID, THEY USE NUM NUMEROUS, THEY HAVE NUMEROUS CONTRACTS THAT THEY CAN PICK AND CHOOSE FROM. THERE IS NO MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. IT'S JUST THERE. I'M ASSUMING THAT IF THE RFP COMES BACK AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT THE COUNCIL LIKES OR STAFF LIKES, THEY JUST BE ADDED TO IT. AND LET ME ADD ALSO THAT TYPICALLY OUR, OUR PSAS ALL HAVE, UH, TERMINATION CLAUSE 15 DAYS NOTICE WITH OR WITHOUT. CAUSE YOU CAN TERMINATE IT. YEAH. ON, ON, ON YOUR PAPERS. THEY SAY, UH, FILE PREVENTION PLAN CHECK AND INSPECTION SERVICE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REVIEWING. AND SO THAT'S WHY, I MEAN, IF WE'RE PAYING THIS CONSULTANT, AND I KNOW ON FISCAL IMPACT IT SAYS, UM, THAT IT'S PASSED THROUGH THE APPLICANT THROUGH PLAN CHECK FEES AND THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND. BUT READING ON THE BACKGROUND, UM, WHERE DID I SEE IT? I MEAN, SO THAT IT CAN BE, THE GENERAL FUND CAN BE MINIMIZED. THE IMPACT OUR IS GENERAL FUNDS. I MEAN THE, WE'RE PAYING THE CONSULTANT THOUGH, RIGHT? IS THERE ADDITIONAL FEES THAT WE'RE PAYING THEM? THAT'S QUESTION. BESIDES, IT'S A COMBINA IT'S A COMBINATION OF THE PLAN CHECK FEES AND THE FIRE INSPECTION FEES THAT COVERS THE COST OF, OF THE CO CONSULTANTS. SO THE APPLICANT 100% COVERS THAT WE'RE NOT PAYING THESE CONSULTANT ADDITIONAL FEES. YEAH, IT'S WITH THE REVENUE FUNDS THAT COME IN ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, UM, PLAN CHECKS AND INSPECTION FEES THAT COVERS THEIR COSTS. IT BREAKS EVEN. IT, IT BRINGS IN, IT BRINGS IN MORE REVENUE THAN IT, THAN IT COSTS US. GOT IT. OKAY. BUT, BUT WHAT THEN WHY WE NEED 40,020,000? YEAH. THEN TO NOT EXCEED WHAT WE'RE BUDGETING IN THE, FOR THE CONTRACTS. SO WE HAVE THE MINIMUM NUMBERS. SO IF WE, IF WE USE THE VENDOR FOR 41,000 WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET APPROVAL TO GO ABOVE THAT 40,000. AND THE REASON IT WAS AT 40,000 IS CAP. IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT 19 20, 20, 21 AND 23, 24, THE 60,000 MORE THAN COVERS. IT, IT WAS DURING CO WHEN EVERYBODY HAD MONEY, THEY HAD NOTHING TO DO. THEY WERE SPENDING ON A HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND EVERYBODY WAS TRYING TO DO IN A DU AND LARGE CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THOSE ARE THE ONLY YEARS WHERE, WHERE IT DIDN'T COVER THE COST. AND IF THAT WAS THE CASE, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL TO INCREASE THAT NUMBER. AND OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S, IT WOULD BE WORTH IT BECAUSE WE'RE BRINGING BUSINESS IN AND WE'RE BRINGING PROJECTS IN THAT ARE BRINGING IN THE REVENUE TO COVER IT AS WELL. AND THE FEE, GO TO THE GENERAL FUND, GO TO OUR, UH, QUE CITY OR GO TO THE GO TO POLICE DEPARTMENT. GO TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OR GO ALL THE, ALL THOSE FUNDS GO BACK INTO THE GENERAL FUND. GO THE GENERAL FUND. OKAY. UH, SO BASICALLY WE DON'T HAVE, WE APPROVE THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THEM. IF MELISSA WAS INSPECTOR, BETTER SERVICE, BETTER PRICE, THEN WE CAN USE THEM. AM I RIGHT? AND DURING THAT RFP PROCESS, WE CAN REACH OUT TO BOTH OF THESE COMPANIES AS WELL AND SEE IF THEY CAN MEET THE, THE NEEDS OF THE RFP. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. UH, YOU'LL HAVE MOTION. DO WE HAVE SECOND? SECOND. A SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VITO FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS FOR FIRE PREVENTION PLAN CHECK SERVICES. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRODO. AYE. MAYOR RU AYE. UH, APPROVE FIVE ZERO ENTRANCE DECK PLEASE. . OKAY. YEAH, DON'T, DON'T WORRY ABOUT FIRE DEPARTMENT, WORRY ABOUT CITY. MM-HMM . OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, NUMBER [6) CONSIDERATION OF INCREASING ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST ARBORISTS, INC. FOR CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2025] SIX, PLEASE. UH, THIS IS, UH, THREE, UH, THAT'S, THAT WAS MINE. IT'S YOU. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S, YEAH, GO AHEAD. IT DOESN'T MATTER. UH, YEAH. SO, UM, I WANNA KNOW, UH, IF YOU COULD GO OVER TO THE, FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT THESE SPECIFIC FEES ARE. UH, ALSO, IS THERE, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM RU COAST ARBORISTS HERE TODAY? UM, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THIS IS AN ITEM REGARDING SOME, UH, ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT WERE INCURRED TO. I KNOW, BUT I WAS ASKING IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM RU COAST ARBORISTS HERE TODAY? NO. OKAY. OH, SORRY. OH, HE IS. HEY, WE ARE HERE. GREAT. , YOU SAVED THE DAY. I WAS GONNA SAY, SEE? YEAH. WELCOME. VERY IMPORTANT THEN . THANK YOU. WE HAVE A LOT OF DISCUSSION. THIS IS, UH, GENACK. OKAY. AND YOU CAN SEE WE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS? YEAH, GO AHEAD. GREAT. YEAH. UM, WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING. UH, AND, AND IT JUST SHOWS THAT YOUR COMMITMENT ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS ISSUE FOR US, UM, YEAH, I, I KNOW, UH, I THINK I WAS EXPLAINING THAT [03:00:01] THESE ARE, THESE, THESE, THIS IS FOR PAST DUE BILLS. I THINK THERE'S A LITTLE THRESHOLD, UM, THE CITY MANAGERS PUT IN THERE FOR, FOR FUTURE INCIDENTS BEFORE THE CONTRACT EXPIRES. ALSO, CAN YOU EX UH, ALSO GO OVER, UM, WHY OUR CITY, WHY SUBS, CITY TREES ARE NOT, UH, CUT TO A HIGHER PERCENTAGE? UM, I, I HAVE SEEN THESE, I HAVE SEEN TREES CUT TO A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, UH, THE 45% OR 50% AND NOTHING, THE TREE DID NOT DIE. AND, AND, AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS EVEN MOVING FORWARD IS IF WE'RE PAYING YOU A CONTRACT SERVICES, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CUTTING THE TREE GOOD ENOUGH SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN TO THAT SAME TREE NEXT YEAR. SO IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN SOME OF THAT PROCESS AND SO FORTH. OKAY. SO A ACTUALLY I THINK YOUR, YOUR REASONING IS BACKWARDS. THE MORE YOU CUT, THE FASTER IT GROWS AND THE MORE MAINTENANCE YOU NEEDS TO BE DONE, THE LESS YOU CUT. OBVIOUSLY YOU WANT TO TAKE ALL THE PROBLEM BRANCHES OUT THE DEAD, THE LOW HANGING FUR CLEARANCE, DEAD WOOD, UH, ANY HEAVY ENDS. BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IF YOU CUT IT HARDER, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK MORE FREQUENTLY. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK MORE. SO THE LESS YOU CUT, THE LONGER IT LASTS. SO, UM, YEAH, I, I MEAN, I KNOW, I KNOW THERE WERE SOME TREES THAT THE, THE CITY AUTHORIZED YOU GUYS TO CUT. I THINK IT WAS MAYBE POTENTIALLY, I FORGOT THE PERCENTAGE. MAYBE 45 OR 55% AT, UH, ORANGEWOOD PARK. MM-HMM . UH, AND, AND THOSE TREES ARE, ARE NOT OVER, THEY'RE NOT SUPER AT A FAST TRACK OF SUPER GROWING. SO I, I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT OPTIONS AS A CITY WE HAVE TO GIVE DIRECTION THAT YOU CUT THE, THESE TREES MORE, MORE DEEPER IN. AND, AND ALSO IS THERE A COST INCREASE WHEN, WHEN YOU CUT MORE ON THE TREE AND SO FORTH? WE WORK WITH CITY STAFF AND IF THEY REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE WILL DO IT AT NO COST. BUT IF IT'S SIGNIFICANT, YEAH, THERE WOULD BE A, AN ADDITIONAL COST BUT, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE GO OUT THERE AND, AND CITY INSPECTOR SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, CAN YOU TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT? AND IT'S GONNA TAKE US AN EXTRA HALF HOUR OR SO ON THE TREE. WE JUST DO IT. BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA SPEND ANOTHER TWO OR THREE HOURS REALLY REDUCING IT, WHICH WOULD BE, WE WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND HIGHLY AGAINST THAT. BUT AT ALL, AT EVERY TURN, THEY'RE YOUR TREES. AND IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT, WE WILL APPLY THAT, THAT PRUNING PRACTICE. BUT WE TRY TO, UM, KIND OF STEER YOU IN THE MOST PROPER WAY TO TRIM THE TREES. BUT YEAH, YOUR TREES, WE WILL TRIM 'EM THE WAY YOU WANT 'EM. AND WHAT WAS YOUR NAME, JUST FOR THE RECORD? I, I'M NICK LAGO. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT REGIONAL MANAGER FOR, OKAY. VERY GREAT. YEAH. SO I, I DO KNOW YOU GUYS DO, UH, I KNOW YOU, I KNOW THERE WAS A COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE YOU GUYS DID COME OUT, BACK OUT WHEN PUBLIC WORKS TOLD YOU TO, UH, UL UH, CONTACTED YOU. UH, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, UH, AND FOR CUTTING THOSE IMPORTANT, UH, THESE TREES FOR ALL OUR CITY. BUT THAT WAS MY CONCERN MOVING FORWARD IS, IS THE POTEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, CUT TREES MORE, MORE, MORE BETTER AND MORE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK SO OFTEN. BUT Y YES, BY ALL MEANS, WE CAN ADJUST THE TRIM PATTERN TO FIT THE, UH, FOR RAWS, UM, UM, WHATE WHATEVER HE WANTS. SO, OKAY. UH, ANY CALLS? OKAY. UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, SORRY. LET'S GO. COUNCILWOMAN, FIRST LADY FIRST. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, AYE, AYE, I, I AM NOT QUITE SURE WHERE THE FIGURES CAME FROM, IF THEY CAME FROM YOU OR FROM STAFF. THE AMOUNTS HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO I WOULD BE ASKED IF I MAY. UM, THEY DO THE, SO THE FIGURES THAT WERE PUT TOGETHER, YOU'RE, ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE FIGURES IN THE STAFF REPORT OR IN THE ATTACHMENT? UH, THE STAFF REPORT AND ALSO THE ATTACHMENT. OKAY. SO THE FIGURES IN THE, AND THE FIGURES IN THE STAFF REPORT WERE BASED ON UNPAID INVOICES. AND THESE INVOICES WERE A RESULT OF THE WIND EMERGENCIES, THE HIGH RISK TREES THAT NEEDED TO BE RE TO BE REMOVED, AS WELL AS THE EUCALYPTUS TREES, SO THE BARK BEETLE INFESTATION. SO THAT PLUS, UM, WE WERE ALSO REQUESTING, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL IN THE EVENT THAT THERE ARE SOME UNFORESEEN EVENTS THAT COULD OCCUR. SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU, UM, PRIOR TO JUNE. OBVIOUSLY IF NOTHING HAPPENS, WE'RE NOT GONNA USE THAT. IT'LL JUST, UM, REMAIN IN FUND BALANCE. BUT THAT IS, UM, THAT'S WHERE THOSE FIGURES CAME FROM. NOW, THE ATTACHMENT THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UM, LET ME, LET ME TURN TO THAT. SO THE SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION. SO NOW, WHILE THE SCHEDULE OF COMPENSATION DOES INDICATE OR DOES SPELL OUT FOR YEAR 20 22, 20 23, THESE ARE STILL THE CURRENT RATES. OKAY. THESE ARE THE RATES THAT HAVE NOT GONE UP. AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THAT IS, THOSE ARE STILL THE CURRENT RATES. AND THESE ARE, THIS IS WHAT WE'VE BEEN BILLED WITH BE, WE HAVE STAFF COMPARED THEM TO INVOICES. I COMPARED THEM TO SOME RECENT INVOICES, UM, AS WELL. SO THAT IS WHAT, THAT IS WHAT THAT IS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. SO NOW, UM, SO I'M LOOKING AT [03:05:01] THE EUCALYPTUS TREES, AND TO DATE, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN 110 OUT OF A HUNDRED, UH, 1,666 THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND HAVE BEEN REMOVED. SO 110. SO I WAS TRYING TO DO MY CALCULATIONS 110. IS THAT $98,727, THE FEE FOR THOSE 110. SO AGAIN, THIS IS BROKEN DOWN BY THE INVOICES. SO THE EUCALYPTUS TREES, UM, WOULD'VE BEEN SPREAD ACROSS A NUMBER OF INVOICES. SO THAT'S WHERE, UM, BOTH, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS FINANCE, UM, WENT THROUGH THOSE INVOICES AND CAME UP WITH THESE FIGURES. OKAY. SO NOW, OKAY. 'CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO RECONCILE THEM TO THESE FEES HERE. PART OF THE ISSUE TOO WAS GONNA HA THE OTHER THING THAT YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT TOO IS THAT IT'S NOT JUST OKAY TO TYPE A TREE, IT'S ALSO THE SIZE OF THE TREE. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S THE SIZE OF THE TREE, THE LOCATION OF THE TREE, BECAUSE THERE MAY BE OTHER EQUIPMENT THAT'S INVOLVED IN ORDER TO REMOVE THOSE TREES SAFELY. IT'S ALSO THE TIME, IS THIS SOMETHING, UM, THAT TOOK PLACE WITHIN THE SCHEDULE? IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT WE'RE TAKING OUT OUTSIDE OF THE SCHEDULE? IS THIS SOMETHING, UM, THAT'S DONE, UM, BETWEEN A CERTAIN HOUR? SO LET'S SAY THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, UM, THERE'S A DIFFERENT MAN, OR THERE'S A DIFFERENT HOURLY RATE MM-HMM . UM, THAT APPLIES TO THAT. SO IT'S NOT JUST, IT'S THIS MUCH FOR A EUCALYPTUS TREE, IT'S, IT'S MORE INVOLVED THAN JUST THAT. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE INVOICES INDICATE ALL THAT THE INVOICES WOULD INDICATE THAT YES. AND THE PUBLIC WORK, HE'S, HE'S NODDING HIS HEAD YES TOO. AND SO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS STAFF THERE THAT THEY GO THROUGH IT, THEY COMPARE IT, UM, WITH ARBOR ACCESS. UM, AND ARBOR ACCESS, UM, IS A, IT'S KI IT'S LIKE GIS ESSENTIALLY, UM, IT'S GIS IT IDENTIFIES, UM, THE TREES, THE TYPE OF TREES WHEN THEY WERE TAKEN DOWN. AND I, I'M SURE IF I'M MISSING SOMETHING, YOU'LL STEP IN. UM, YEAH, IT'S OUR INVENTORY PROGRAM TO WHERE WE, WE DOCUMENT AND, UM, STORE EVERYTHING. UM, ALL CITY STAFF HAS ACCESS TO IT. THEY USE THAT SYSTEM TO MANAGE YOUR URBAN FOREST IN THAT PROCESS. WHENEVER WE TRIM A TREE, IT GOES, THE DATE THAT WE TRIMMED IT, THE SPECIES OF THE TREE, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS CHARGED, WHY IT WAS CHARGED, ANY SPECIALTY CHARGES WILL BE ACCOUNTED THERE. FOR, UH, EXAMPLE, IF THERE'S A SPECIALTY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT, LIKE A 50 TON CRANE THAT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT IN TO, UH, PULL A TREE OFF OF A SLOPE, THOSE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND THOSE WOULD BE REFLECTED ON THE INVOICE ALSO. AND THE, UM, WHO DECIDES WHETHER A TREE'S GOING TO BE CUT AND NOT AND THE STUMP NOT REMOVED? HOW, HOW DOES THAT WORK? UM, USUALLY ALL STUMPS ARE REMOVED. IN CITY PARKWAYS. WE RECOMMEND THAT ON SLOPES THAT THE STUMPS REMAIN, UH, FOR EROSION PURPOSES, IF, UH, YOU START TAKING THE SLOPE, UH, OR THE STUMPS OFF OR OUT OUT OF THE SLOPE, IT ERODES THE DIRT AND YOU DON'T WANT THAT ON A SLOPE. SO YOU LEAVE THE ROOT STRUCTURE INTACT TO KEEP, UH, THE SLOPE INTACT. SO, UM, BUT ANYTHING IN THE PARKWAY, WE RECOMMEND THAT WE GRIND THE STUMPS AND REMOVE THEM COMPLETELY. OKAY. UM, NOW I JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, I JUST WANNA UNDERSTAND THIS, UM, SO LIKE, ITEM NUMBER 19, IT SAYS TREE AND STUMP REMOVAL ZERO DASH 12 DSH. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, THAT'S A, A A A A MEASUREMENT RANGE. ZERO TO 12 IS ZERO INCHES TO 12 INCHES. AND D IS IT D-S-H-D-S-H, THAT'S DIAMETER AT SHOULDER HEIGHT. SO THAT'S WHERE WE MEASURE THE TREE TO GET THE DIAMETER. AND THAT ON THAT, UH, RECORD THERE, IT WAS ZERO TO 12. OKAY. YEAH, I NOTICED YOU HAVE A TREE AND STUMP REMOVALS AND TREE. AND NOW I UNDERSTAND THOUGH, THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. AS FAR AS ON THE SLOPE, BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THE LMDI THINK IT'S TWO, IT LOOKS HORRIBLE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE A BUNCH OF STUMPS AND NOTHING REPLACED IT. AND IT JUST, IT LOOKED HORRIBLE. AND I RECEIVED SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT THAT, SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW EVENTUALLY, AND IT TAKES TIME. THOSE STUMPS WILL E THEY'LL ROT OUT AND THEY'LL GO AWAY AND THEY'LL, THEY'LL PETRIFY AND THEY'LL CHIP OUT. YES, IT'S A LITTLE BIT INSIDING FOR, FOR A LITTLE WHILE. BUT ON THE FLIP SIDE, IF WE START PULLING THEM OUT, THEN AGAIN, YOU ERODE THE SLOPE AND YOU DON'T WANT SLIDES AND STUFF IN, AND THE RAIN AND STUFF, THE ROOT STRUCTURE HELPS HOLD THE SLOPE INTACT. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. I, OKAY. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COUNCILMAN, THANK YOU. UH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. UH, THE, UH, NICK, THE WEST COAST ARBORIST, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, YOU, YOU GUYS DID WOODROW WOODROW PARK ABOUT A YEAR PLUS AGO. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. I, I CONTINUE TO GET, UH, UH, FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS WHO COME TO ME UNSOLICITED AND SAY THAT IT'S JUST LIKE A CANOPY OF TREASON NOW THAT WITH THE WAY IT WAS ALL DONE THERE, THIS, [03:10:01] THE HOMELESS ARE GONE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY PICNICKING THERE WITH THEIR CHILDREN NOW. AND BEFORE IT WAS JUST AWFUL. AND YOU, YOU GUYS WITH THE, WITH THE TREES TRIMMING AND THE WAY THAT YOU MADE THAT WHOLE AREA THERE, UH, UH, ON THE NORTH, UH, WEST SIDE OF AMAR AZUA IS JUST BEAUTIFUL. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. UH, YOU, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A, DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB AND, AND RESIDENTS ARE REALLY HAPPY WITH YOUR WORK. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, BUT I THINK THAT'S FOR MERCHANT, RIGHT? OH, SORRY, SORRY, I GOT THE, SO SORRY. NOT MERCHANT. THEY ARE TREE TRIMMING. THIS IS MERCHANT IS CLEAN A PARK CLEAN BY MERCHANT. OKAY. IT'S OUR CONTRACT. THIS IS, I THOUGHT IT WAS THE TREE. NO, NO, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TREE? NO, THEY NO OVERGROWN, OVERGROWN VEGETATION. OH, OKAY. SO SORRY, WE DON'T VEGETATION? NO, THE TREES, THE, THEY, THEY ARE ONLY DEAL WITH BIG TREES TREE. OKAY. AND, UH, THE VEGETATION IS DONE BY MERCHANT. WE APPROVE THE BUDGET FOR $1.2 MILLION FOR MERCHANT. OKAY. THEY HAVEN'T FINISHED THE BUDGET. SORRY, STAND CORRECTED. YEAH, NO, NO, NO, NO. I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA GIVE THEM I SORRY. , NO PREVAILING WAGES BETWEEN THE TWO. IT TOOK IT ALREADY. I HAVEN'T FALLEN ASLEEP YET, SO I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. SORRY. OKAY, SO, SO, BUT HEY, YOU GOT A CREDIT FOR NOTHING. OKAY. BUT, UH, BUT IT IS, OKAY, TAKE IT. GO AHEAD. MAY PROTEST. , QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW YOU MAINTAIN THE TREES, BUT ARE YOU ALSO THE ONES WHO REMOVE, I MEAN, REMOVE THE TREES COMPLETELY, RIGHT? AND YES. AND IF YOU REMOVE THE TREES, ARE YOU, AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO REPLACE IT? IS THAT PART OF THE CONTRACT? THE STAFF COULD ASK ME. THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO THE CITY. WE DO, UM, PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. UH, IF WE REMOVE IT, UH, WE HAVE A VA WIDE RANGE OF, UH, TREES TO, UH, CHOOSE FROM. AND I DO BELIEVE WE CREATED A TREE PALLET FOR WEST COVINA. SO EACH SITE HAS A, UM, A SPECIFIED SPECIES TO REPLACE WHATEVER WE REMOVE. BUT THAT'S ENTIRELY UP TO CITY STAFF AND BUDGET. UM, I KNOW, UH, THROUGHOUT, UM, ALL OUR CITIES THAT WE MAINTAIN, YOU KNOW, SOME CITIES UNDER BUDGET RESTRAINTS AND THEY CAN'T REPLACE AS FAST AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ULTIMATELY LIKE TO REPLACE, UH, TWO TREES FOR EVERYONE THAT YOU REMOVE. UM, OUR URBAN FOREST IS SLOWLY DEPLETING, UH, THROUGHOUT ALL CITIES. NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST IN WEST COVENA, BUT EVERYWHERE. SO WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND TO REPLACE IF BUDGET ALLOWS. CURRENTLY IT'S NOT ON CONTRACT RIGHT NOW? I THINK IT IS. I THOUGHT IT WAS. YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS IN OUR CONTRACT. I'D LIKE TO VERIFY IT IS, UM, YES, YES, YES. AND IF IT IS, HAVE YOU BEEN REPLACING TREES THEN? TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I WOULD HAVE TO CHECK THE, THE, UM, THE WORK RECORDS TO SEE HOW MUCH PLANTING WE HAVE BEEN DOING. BUT IF IT'S IN THE CONTRACT AND CITY STAFF IS ADMINISTERING THAT AND ORDERING US TO GET IT DONE, OBVIOUSLY WE WE'RE DOING IT. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT PLEASE. TO, TO SEE IF TREES ARE BEING REPLACED AND HOW THAT LOOKS LIKE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW MY TURN. OKAY. AND, AND I REMEMBER BEFORE, OKAY, WE HAVE PRESENTATION FROM YOUR COMPANY MM-HMM . OKAY. AND, UH, AND YOU PRESENTED TO US LET'S BACK IN 2017. OKAY? AND, UH, REMEMBER IT WAS RIGHT ON THAT SCREEN, . OH MY. SEE, I TOLD YOU I HAVEN'T FALLEN ASLEEP YET. I KNOW EVERYTHING. OKAY. 2017 AND YOU PRESENTED OKAY, AND TALKING ABOUT EACH TREE, YOU IDENTIFY EACH, EACH TREE. OKAY. AND, UH, WHAT'S THE CYCLE TO TRAIN THEM? AND, UH, YOU HAVE THE NUMBER, THIS AND THAT. OKAY? IT, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE PER YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I FIND OUT IT KIND OF, UH, NOT REALLY THE EACH TREE IDENTIFY, I DON'T KNOW, POSSIBLE SOME OF THE TREE NOT BELONG TO, UH, YOUR JURY DICTION. SO, BECAUSE WE SEE A LOT OF DEAD TREE ON THE SHADOW OAK, OKAY? WE SEE SOME, OKAY. PROBLEMATIC TREE ON THE HILLSIDE. SO POSSIBLE THAT IS NOT YOUR JURISDICTION. SO, SO CITY MANAGER MAYBE WILL SHARE WITH US WHAT IS A IS A SHADOW OAK, THAT DEAD TREE IS YOUR DICTION OR THAT IS BELONG TO, OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. AND THE IMD. OKAY. WHAT THIS, UNLESS, SO, BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE THE FIRE HAZARD, A BIG TREE, OKAY? AND THE DEAD TREE, WE NEED WANT TO REMOVE ASAP BECAUSE THE FIRE HAZARD, ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, OKAY? AND WE DON'T WANT ANY PROPERTY IN DANGER. AND ANOTHER THING, UH, THE ISSUE I HAVE IS WE SEE A LOT OF TREE GROW INTO, ON THE, ON THE STREET, THE CANOPY. SO WHY THAT THING NEVER BE TURNED BACK? OKAY? SO, SO THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE CAMERON. OKAY? YOU GO TO DMV, YOU SEE SOME OF THE STREET OKAY, THE TREES COMING OUT. OKAY. AND, UM, SO LET'S PARK COUPLE ISSUE AND THE HILLSIDE, OKAY? AND THEN, OKAY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SHADOW OAK AREA, THE BIG TREE, BECAUSE YOU DEAL WITH THE TREE, OKAY? AND, AND WHEN YOU PLANT THE TREE, WE DON'T WANT YOU PLANT, YOU YP THE TREE AGAIN, OKAY? PLEASE. OKAY. PLANT SOME TREE, LOCAL TREE, OUR CALIFORNIA TREE. I THINK THIS WOULD BE MORE DESIRABLE, ESPECIALLY POTENTIALLY [03:15:01] A FIRE RETARDED. OKAY? THEN SOMETHING THAT TREE IS, UH, LIKE A TOCH OKAY? AND, UH, PALM TREE, THAT IS SOME PROBLEM TOO. SO HOW WE PLANT THE TREE THAT WILL FEED INTO THE, OKAY, AVOID THE POTENTIAL FIRE HAS OR THEY CAN ISSUE WILDFIRE. AND THEN SINCE WEST COVINA HAS A LOT OF HILLSIDE, SO I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE ISSUE WE WANT TO ADDRESS. SO CAN YOU ANSWER OKAY. HOW EACH OF THREE SPECIALTIES, CITY TREE, OKAY. ALONG THE CAMERA A HUNDRED. OKAY. UH, THIS IS BELONG TO THEIR JOB, RIGHT? CITY MANAGER, WEST COAST DART DOES DO THE CITYWIDE, UH, TREE TRIMMING CYCLE. AND THEN, UH, AS, UH, EMERGENCIES ARISE, THEY ALSO ADDRESS THOSE TREES, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR TONIGHT FOR THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS. BUT YES, THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITYWIDE TREE TRIMMING CYCLE. I, IT'S A FIVE YEAR TREE TRIMMING CYCLE. YEAH. AND ON THIS $869,819, OKAY, THIS IS ADDITIONAL, WE HAVE TO PAY THEM, YOU SEE IN OUR, OKAY, OR THIS IS SO WHAT ON THE CONTRACT. AND, UH, OKAY. IF I MAY, SOMETHING WE CAN HAVE TO PAY THEM ADDITIONALLY, IF I MAY, THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT IS NOT, UM, THE 800 AND WHAT WAS THE NUMBER, THE ADDITIONAL, I'M SORRY, IT'S IN FRONT OF ME. THE ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WAS NOT THE 869, 800 19,000. THAT'S THE TOTAL COMPENSATION. SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT IS REQUESTING AN INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF 284,219, 206,000 OF THAT, APPROXIMATELY 206,000 OF THAT ARE THE OUTSTANDING INVOICES THAT WERE BASED ON THESE EMERGENCY RESPONSES. AND THEN IN IT, OFFICER, WOULD YOU PLEASE HAVE AUDIENCE OKAY, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING, WE CAN, I CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING. OKAY. IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE. AND GENTLEMAN RIGHT THERE, PLEASE. OKAY. SO, SO TONIGHT WE ARE NOW TRYING TO APPROVE THE 869. YOU'RE, YOU'RE APPROVING $284,219, IS WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING. 206,685 IS THE OUTSTANDING INVOICES BASED ON THOSE EMERGENCY RESPONSES. UM, THE WIND, THE HIGH RISK TREES, THE EUCALYPS DIS TREES, AND THEN STAFF IS REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL 77,533 TO GET US THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR. SHOULD ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE. IF NO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES ARISE, THEN THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK. WE WON'T USE THAT MONEY, BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TONIGHT. SO IT'S NOT 800 THAT, THAT'S JUST THE TOTAL COMPENSATION AMOUNT. GOT IT. I I THINK WE HAVE, UH, UH, THE STONE. OKAY. WHILE, WHILE, OKAY. THE WINDSTONE COME TO CITY AND THEN WE GO TO, WE ASK THE FEMA TO HAVE A OKAY FE FEMA, FEMA'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT FIRST. SO BECAUSE WE UTILIZE THE CONTRACT, UM, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH WEST COAST ARBORISTS, WE PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO FEMA, IT GOES THROUGH THE FEMA PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S QUALIFIED FOR THOSE REIMBURSEMENTS. GOT IT. SO POTENTIALLY WE CAN GET SOME MONEY BACK. POTENTIALLY YOU CAN GET SOME MONEY BACK. AND TWO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S POINT EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN, WE, WE MET WITH FEMA LAST WEEK. WE ARE STARTING A WEEKLY MEETING WITH THEM. SO WE WILL BE CLARIFYING THOSE, THOSE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE, BECAUSE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT OR THE INFORMATION THAT OUR PROJECT MANAGER AND THE TEAM FROM FEMA AND CAL OES PROVIDED TO US. SO WE TRY TO APPROVE TONIGHT HOW MUCH? $284,219. UH, LET'S FOR THE TREE OKAY. FALL DOWN. THEN WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM, RIGHT? FOR THE, FOR THE HIGH RISK, THE WIND STORM AND THE EUCALYPTUS TREES. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY, MAYOR, PUT, I HAVE A QUESTION. SO I, I KNOW ON THE, UH, REPORT SAYS THE CITY'S ACTIVELY REMOVING DECLINING EUCALYPTUS TREES THAT HAVE BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED BY BARK BEETLE INFESTATION. IT'S A STATEWIDE ISSUE IN CALIFORNIA. SINCE THIS IS A STATEWIDE ISSUE, IS THE STATE PROVIDING ANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING TO HELP WITH THIS MITIGATION? I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA LOOK TO YOU. I MEAN, WE CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THE STATE. I COULD CHECK FOR YOU. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD RIGHT NOW. BUT I COULD GET BACK TO YOU AND, AND GIVE IT TO STAFF OPPORTUNITIES. AND YOU MENTIONED THE GRANT, AND I WOULD HEAVILY, I MEAN, I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK INTO THESE GRANTS ON A STATE LEVEL. I KNOW, UM, THE, THE TREES HAVE MANY BENEFICIALS. WE USED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE TREES TO THE COMMUNITY. I DON'T SEE ANY OF THAT. AND WE WANNA PLANT MORE TREES IN THE CITY. SO IF YOU CAN LOOK FOR, IN REGARDS TO THE STATE GRANTS AND REGARDING THESE MITIGATION AND FOR THE REMOVAL OF TREES AND ANY GRANTS TO PROVIDE, UM, OUR RESIDENTS ADDITIONAL TREES AND INCLUDING IN OUR CITY. SURE. SO THOSE, AND ANY OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE THERE IN REFERENCE TO TREES. THANK YOU. I'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OVER TO STAFF AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK. YEAH, GO AHEAD. YEAH. [03:20:01] UM, I, I, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UM, COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, RO MENTIONED, 'CAUSE I THINK MONTEREY COUNTY GOT, UH, A $1 MILLION GRANT PROGRAM AS PART OF THE STATE'S BUDGET. AND ADDITIONALLY, A $4.65 MILLION FEMA GRANT FOR DINNING TREES', MOSTLY PUS TREES, IT SAYS. SO THAT IS, THAT'S VALUABLE INFORMATION TO KNOW. UM, SO IF IT WAS INCORPORATED PART OF STATE BUDGET, ARE YOU, UM, I DON'T KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER, I DON'T MEAN TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY WAS DID THEY WORK WITH ONE OF THEIR LOCAL LEGISLATURES TO DO THAT? UH, DOES IT SAY VERY LIKELY, AND IT ALSO SAID THERE WAS TO, UH, FEMA. OKAY. AS WOW, THOSE MITIGATION COSTS. SO WE'LL WORK WITH FEMA ON OUR END, SINCE WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, WE'RE MEETING WITH THEM ONCE A WEEK TO BRING UP THAT INFORMATION. UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO REACH OUT TO, UM, OUR LOCAL LEGISLATURES TO SEE WHAT OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE COUPLED WITH ANY INFORMATION THAT WEST COAST ARBORISTS CAN FIND AS WELL. YEAH. SO WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION. THANK YOU. DO HAVE A MOTION? OH, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. GO AHEAD. UM, AND, AND YOUR CONTRACT, WHEN DOES THE, THE CONTRACT EXPIRE, ROXANNE, THE CONTRACT TERM IS, UM, JUNE 30TH OF THIS YEAR. JUNE 30TH. JUNE 30TH, WHO'S COMING UP? YEAH. AND THEN, UH, WHEN, WHEN IS THE RFP PROCESS INITIATING ONLINE? SO STAFF IS IN, IS IN THE WORKS OF PREPARING THAT RFP BASED ON, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAD MADE VIA YOUR MOTHER. MAY I, SO WE'LL FOLLOW UP, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S STILL ON TRACK. AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE COMMUNICATED BACK TO YOU AS FAR AS THE TIMING IS CONCERNED, WE'LL ABSOLUTELY LET, UM, THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, INFORM THE CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN SO YOU FORESEE, UH, THE $70,000, UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE IS IT AT? SOMEWHERE BY THE $77,000. IS THAT FOR, IS THAT FOR TWO MONTH, A TWO MONTH PERIOD, OR THAT'S FOR THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR? JUST JUNE, IF THERE'S ANY CORRECT. IF THERE'S ANY UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARISE THAT WE ARE NOT, WE DON'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU. I MEAN, WE CERTAINLY CAN. UM, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS BEHIND THAT. IF THERE ISN'T ANYTHING THAT COMES UP, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE, UM, UTILIZING THAT 77,000. SO DO YOU THINK MORE REALISTICALLY FOR THE FISCAL AND FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS JUNE, WHEN YOU SAY $50,000 IS MORE REALISTIC? IT'S HARD TO SAY. AND THIS IS WHY, BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO IF SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE REMOVED RIGHT AWAY, IT COMES DOWN TO THE SIZE OF THE TREE, IT COMES DOWN TO THE LOCATION OF THE TREE, IT COMES DOWN TO THE TIME OF DAY. YEAH. AND MY ONLY CONCERN WAS WHEN, YOU KNOW, CONSTI LOPEZ, REALDO MENTIONED SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT, AND THAT WAS IN OUR CONTRACT TERMS, IT SAYS THAT, UH, WEST COAST ARBORIST IS TO REPLANT TREES, UH, CREATE, UH, A TREE, KIND OF LIKE A, A TREE RESERVE. BUT UNTIL THE DATE, WE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN STATISTICS ON HOW MANY TREES THEY HAVE GIVEN OUR CITY, WE CAN WORK WITH BOTH WEST CO THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, WE'LL WORK WITH, UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN WEST COAST ARBORISTS TO GET THOSE STATISTICS FOR YOU. AND JUST TO FIND OUT, UM, WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING AS PART, AS FAR AS THAT CONTRACT PROVISION, UM, IS CONCERNED. I THINK ARBOR ACCESS IS A GREAT TOOL. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT, TAKE A LOOK AT, THAT WILL GIVE US A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE INVENTORY LOOKS LIKE, UM, AND WHAT REPLACEMENTS HAVE, IF ANY, HAVE BEEN MADE. BUT WE'LL BE ABLE TO REPORT THAT BACK TO YOU. SO, SO, UH, WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE REALISTICALLY OKAY, IF, IF I WAS TO MAKE A CONSULT, UM, I'M SORRY, A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UH, PAYMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LOWERING THE, THE 77,000 TO 50,000, AND THEN BY NO LATER THAN BY, UH, NO LATER THAN THE END OF MAY, BY THE SECOND MEETING OF MAY YOU PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE STATISTICS ON THE TREE PLANNING, AND THEN WE COULD, IF, IF A, FOR A FURTHER, IF MORE MONEY IS NEEDED AT THAT TIME, THEN WE COULD VOTE TO INCREASE IT TO THE 77 OR THE DIFFERENCE AGAIN. OKAY. I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE WE, WE SHOULD, HOW MUCH WE OWE THEM. OKAY. NO, THEY, TWO SIX, WHICH SEPARATE WAY WITH, UH, BECAUSE THEY CONTRACT UP TO WHAT, JUNE 30TH, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO MEANING IT'S ONLY TWO MONTHS. OKAY. TWO AND A HALF MONTHS. CORRECT. SO IN THAT WAY, THEY MAYBE CAN PICK AGAIN AND MAYBE THEY DON'T. OKAY. WE DON'T KNOW. OKAY. SO, SO HOW MUCH WE OWE THEM AND IS THAT LEGIT? AND THEN WE APPROVE THAT AND THEN, OR THE, THE ANYTHING ABOUT FUTURE, THIS AND THAT. OKAY. THE ESTIMATION, WE DON'T KNOW THEY WILL BE THE COMPANY DOING OUR TREAT. RIGHT? I THINK THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? THAT'S, I, I I THINK NA I THINK MORE OF WHAT, YES, WE CAN, YES. I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE REQUEST SHOULD SEPARATE TO TWO BECAUSE THE CONTRACT UP JUNE 30TH. WELL, HOW MUCH WE OWE THEN WE SHOULD GO FIRST. OKAY. [03:25:01] AND, UH, AND THAT IS LEGIT. YEAH. AND THEN WE PAY THEM FIRST ON THAT AND VOTE ON THAT, AND THEN WE VOTE ON SUPPOSEDLY, AND THEN WE CAN, WE CAN, WE CAN COME BACK TO YOU. EXCUSE ME. WE CAN BRING BACK ANY TIME IF WE DID. WE JUST INCREASE IF THEY HAVE ANY ISSUE THIS ON THAT, BRING IT BACK TO YOU. I'M GONNA LOOK FOR THE, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY FOR DIRECTION. JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S, THAT THAT WOULD BE FINE. AND, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, UM, I THINK, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LEER SAID THAT IF IT'S NOT, IF THAT MONEY, ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT YOU, YOU, YOU GRANT TONIGHT OR APPROVE TONIGHT IS NOT SPENT, IT GOES BACK, YOU COULD COME BACK TO US, THINK BACK TO YOU AS WELL. EITHER WAY IS FINE. BUT WE, WE, WE, WE NEED TO APPROVE IS DO WE OWE THEM THE MONEY AND THE, IF WE OWE THEM THE MONEY, THEN WE HAVE TO PAY. CORRECT. MR. MAYOR? YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, IT SEEMS THAT IT COULD BE JUST ARBITRARY WITH GOING FROM 77 DOWN TO 50. CAN, CAN WE JUST LEAVE THAT TO, TO STAFF TO, TO DETERMINE AND IT'S JUST EASIER WHERE WE WILL, WE'LL, FOR SURE WE NEED TO PAY THE, THE, THE OUTSTANDING BILL. BUT IF WE WERE TO JUST LEAVE IT AT 77,000, IF THEY DON'T NEED TO SPEND IT, THEN WE JUST DON'T SPEND IT. THE PROBLEM IS THEY'RE SPENDING AND THEY'RE NOT GIVING US THE TREES AND THEY'RE TAKING OUT TREES. I THINK YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT TREES BEING TAKEN OFF FROM YOUR HILL, BUT BE, UH, AND, OR, BUT THE, BUT THE HILL'S OVER THERE IN GENERAL, BUT THE BKK AREA AND COUNCILWOMAN LOPEZ, LOPEZ, VITO MENTIONED SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. AND THAT'S THE CONTRACT TERM. AND THE CONTRACT TERM SAYS THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO GIVE US TREES FOR FREE BACK. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S HAPPENING. WE'LL REVISIT THE, WE'LL REVISIT THE CONTRACT TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT WE AUDIT IS ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR. AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THOSE TRENDS HAVE BEEN. OKAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WHY NOT JUST APPROVE WHAT WE OWE THEM AND THEN SAY ZERO TO ANY ADDITIONAL WE COULD. I'LL SECOND THAT. . WE DEFINITELY DO THAT. YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK ANYWAY? YEAH. SECOND IT. SO YOU MOVE THE MOTION. YEAH, I'LL MOVE THE MOTION. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. SO HOW MUCH IS THIS? SO THE TOTAL DUE TO WEST COAST ARBORISTS. ALL RIGHT. I'M LOOKING AT YOU. $206,685 AND 80 CENTS. AND THAT'S LEGIT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THE REAL MONEY WE OWE YOU. THAT THOSE ARE THE INVOICES OF OF COURSE, YOU SAY YES. , AND THAT'S IT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND WE'RE DONE WITH THE SCHEDULED WORK FOR THIS YEAR. SO ANYTHING THAT'S ORDERED WOULD BE ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS, SO, OKAY. OKAY. GOT IT. YEAH, YEAH. GET BACK TO US ABOUT YES, YES, YES. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. LET'S, YEAH, LET'S ON, I'M, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SCHEDULED TRIMMING AND REMOVALS. YEAH. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THE PLANTING. HEY, WE, WE STILL TOGETHER? OKAY. JUST THE JUNE 30TH. WE JUST HAVE TO IP THAT'S IT. AND THEN IF YOU COME STILL THE BEST AND YOU STICK PICK. OKAY. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, WELCOME. PLEASE SECOND A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF INCREASING ANNUAL COMPENSATION FOR AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST ARBORIST INC. FOR CITYWIDE TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 DASH 25, AND IS TO PAY THE OUTSTANDING BALANCE ONLY. COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, WEST COAST. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE DON'T OWE YOU ANY MONEY ANYMORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN. OKAY. AND THAT IS, UH, OUR, OUR ANCHOR SHOW TONIGHT. OKAY. IT IS A PUPPY HEARING, RIGHT? OKAY. OH, DAMMIT. I HAVE TO READ THIS. OKAY. UH, PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. [7) CONSIDERATION OF A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, PRECISE PLAN NO. 23-05, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 23-04, AND VARIANCE NO. 24-02 AT 725/741 S. ORANGE AVENUE FOR A 42,000 SQUARE-FOOT PSYCHIATRIC/BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY ADDITION, INCLUDING REMOVAL OF 25 SIGNIFICANT TREES AND A 79 PARKING SPACE DEFICIENCY ] ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER. CONSIDERATION OF, UM, MITIGATED. OKAY. UH, NEGATIVE. OKAY. DECLARATION. OKAY. PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 23 DASH OH FIVE, UH, CONDITIONAL. USE PERME NUMBER 23 DASH FOUR. AND, UH, VARIANCE NUMBER 24 DASH ZERO TWO. AND THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTS OF A REQUEST OR APPROVAL OF A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 23 DASH OH FIVE, UH, CONDITION USE PER ME NUMBER 23 DASH OH FOUR. AND VARIANCE NUMBER 24 DASH ZERO TWO FOR CONSTRUCTION, CONSISTS OF A FOUR STORY 42,000 SQUARE FOOT, 71 BED. OKAY. AND, UM, PSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY, ADDITIONAL TO THE EXISTING WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER BUILDING WITH A 17 NINE PARKING SPACE DEFICIENCY AT THE 7 25 [03:30:01] SLASH 7 4 1 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE. OKAY. UH, WHERE THE CITY CLUB VERIFY THE PROPERTY LEGAL NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THERE. HAVE A FIRST BE, UH, WILL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT. THEN WE SHALL HEAR FROM THOSE IN FAVOR, THEN THOSE POSTS. FINALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A CASE THE REBUTTAL TO ANY TESTIMONY RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. OKAY. A CITY MANAGER WILL, WHO WILL PRESENT THIS STAFF REPORT. GOOD EVENING. UH, JOANNE BURNSVILLE, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WILL BE PROVIDING THE, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. OKAY. I'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH A BIT OF BACKGROUND. THIS ITEM WAS FIRST REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 11TH. UM, AT THE TIME, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROJECT AND ADDED CONDITIONS TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL PARKING, LOT LANDSCAPING AND THE VARIANCE IN CUP TO BE BROUGHT BACK IN TWO YEARS FOR COMPLIANCE. THE CITY COUNCIL CALLED UP THE, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL, UM, WITH DIRECTION TO INCREASE THE NOTIFICATION RADIUS TO 100 FEET FROM THE PARKING LOT ACROSS CAMERON AVENUE AND ORANGE, AND INDICATED THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS REGARDING THE NEED FOR MORE PUBLIC NOTICE AND MORE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, OBTAINED FURTHER INFORMATION ON, ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL PLANS. AND, UM, REGARDING PARKING, TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. UM, THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF, OF SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE, AND WEST OF CAMERON AVENUE INTERSECTION SOUTH OF, OF THE INTER INTERSTATE FREEWAY. UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE PARKING SPACES FOR, FOR THE SITE IS PROVIDED ACROSS CAMERON AVENUE ON ORANGE AVENUE, UM, PARKING LOT. UH, 132 PARKING SPACES IS BEING PROVIDED ON THIS SITE. THIS SITE IS OWNED BY THE WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER. O OWNERSHIP. THE, THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE A, UM, ABUTTING NEIGHBORS, THE A THE PARKING LOT ACROSS CAMERON, AGAIN OWNED BY WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER OWNERSHIP, THE FLORIN DECOR AND OFFICE BUILDINGS ACROSS CAMERON. THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR THE PROJECT. UM, THE ADDITION WILL BE LOCATED EAST OF THE SITE, EAST OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, UM, RIGHT ALONG HERE. AND IT IS A FOUR STORY, 42,000 SQUARE FOOT HOSPITAL EDITION, PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL EDITION WITH 71 BEDS. THE EXISTING FACILITY CURRENTLY HAS 46 BEDS AT THE MOMENT. A TOTAL OF PARK FIVE PARKING SPACES ON SITE ARE EXISTING. UM, BECAUSE OF THE ADDITION, THE MAJORITY OF THESE PARKING SPACES WILL BE REMOVED AND 18 PARKING SPACES WILL REMAIN A TOTAL OF 150 OFFSITE PARKING SPACES WILL BE PROVIDED, WHICH IS A 79 PARKING SPACE DEFICIENCY FROM THE REQUIRED 229 PARKING SPACES. UM, THE ARROWS ON THE SITE, THE GREEN ARROW SHOWS THE CIRCULATION OF, UM, VEHICLES ON THE PROPERTY. UM, THEY WILL COME IN THROUGH THE ORANGE AVENUE DRIVEWAY, THE PATIENT DROP OFF, UM, DRIVEWAY AREA, AND THEN CAN GO THROUGH THE BACK WITH MORE PARKING SPACES. AND THIS IS THE FIRE, AND THIS IS THE FIRE, UM, UH, ENGINE TURNAROUND AREA. AND THERE'S TWO MORE PARKING SPACES IN, IN THE REAR FOR A TOTAL 18 PARKING SPACES ON SITE. THAT'S THE ADDITION, AND THAT IS THE CIRCULATION ON SITE AT THE REAR. UM, THERE IS THE AMBULANCE. UM, I GUESS, UM, PARKING, LOADING, DROP OFF AREA ON THE PROJECTOR ARE THE ELEVATIONS PERTAINING TO THE AREA THAT IS VIEWED FROM THE CITY STREETS ALONG ORANGE AND CAMERON, WHICH ARE THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST ELEVATIONS. THE PROPOSED EDITION IS DESIGNED TO COMPLIMENT THE EXISTING MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, EXTERIOR FINISHES, STUCCO AND WHITE CREAM COLORED WITH GRAY AND LIGHT YELLOW STUCCO PLASTER WITH METALLIC TRIM. HERE [03:35:01] IS THE, THE FOUR, THE PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN. THE FIRST FLOOR WILL HAVE THE MEDICAL GENERATOR ROOM, AMBULANCE, BAY LOADING AREA, RECEIVING AREAS, ELEVATOR, LOBBY, STAFF OFFICES, KITCHEN, AND, UH, FIRE PUMP, RISER ROOM. AND THE STAIRS, THE, I'M ONLY GONNA SHOW THE, THE SECOND. THIS IS BASICALLY A SECOND FLOOR PLAN. UM, THE SECOND, THIRD, AND FOURTH FLOOR PLANS ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL. UM, THEY WILL ALL HAVE 12 PATIENT ROOMS PER FLOOR EXAM ROOMS, NURSES, NURSING STATION, DINING AREA, AND OFFICES, AND UTILITY ROOM, STAIRS AND ELEVATOR. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FLOOR PLAN IS ON THE, THE THIRD FLOOR, THERE IS AN OUTDOOR SPACE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS THIS TRIANGLE AREA THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED. AND ON THE FOURTH FLOOR THERE, UM, IS AN OUTDOOR SPACE. UM, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, JUST SOUTH OF THE ELEVATOR, UM, AREA, THE, THE CITY, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED THE, THE, THE REVIEWS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAD DIRECTED EACH OF THE, UM, DEPARTMENTS TO, TO REVIEW. UM, THE POLICE CHIEF, UM, CHIEF TONY CRI AND ALSO, UM, FIRE CHIEF CHIEF BROWN IS AVAILABLE. UM, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO GO OVER THE, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FILED FIRE DEPARTMENT REVIEWS, CHIEF CORTINA AND CHIEF BROWN. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, SO OUR, UH, POLICE STAFF, UM, CONTACTED THE, UH, MEDICAL CENTER AND, UM, OUR, OUR CONCERNS ARE, UH, RELATED TO THE SELF-DIRECT, UH, PATIENTS, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, UPON COMPLETE OF TREATMENT, THEY'D BE PERMITTED TO BE DISCHARGED OUTTA THE BUILDING IN WEST COVINA FROM THE FACILITY, UH, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARRIVED FROM. UM, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A SELF-DIRECT PATIENT WOULD EXHIBIT MENTAL STABILITY ENOUGH TO BE DEEMED ABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND ELIGIBLE FOR VOLUNTARY RELEASE. UH, UPON RELEASE, THESE PATIENTS WOULD BE OFFERED SERVICES SUCH AS TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING VOUCHERS OFFERED THROUGH THE COUNTY, BUT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO ACCEPT THEM. UM, WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER STAFF, UH, SAID THEY WOULD ALSO TRY TO HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER PICK UP THE PATIENT UPON RELEASE WITH THEIR FACILITY. UM, THE STAFF ALSO BELIEVED THAT THE, THE, UH, PATIENTS, UH, THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THIS WOULD BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10 TO 20% OF THE PATIENTS TREATED AT THEIR FACILITY. UM, OUR CONCERN IS IF PATIENTS ARE RELEASED OUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND THEY AREN'T FROM OTHER AREAS, UM, THE, THE RESOURCE, UM, DRAIN OR ADDED RESOURCES NEEDED, UH, FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, TO ASSIST THESE PEOPLE, OR, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW IT WOULD AFFECT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF RESIDENCES IN THE NEAR VICINITY. UM, THE, THE OTHER, THE OTHER CONCERN IS THAT THERE'S A MENTION OF MAYBE 10 BEDS, UH, AVAILABLE FOR WEST COVINA RESIDENCE. WELL, ANYONE THAT'S IN A, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ANYONE THAT'S IN A HOSPITAL SETTING IN WEST COVINA, FOR EXAMPLE, QUEEN OF THE VALLEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A WEST COVINA RESIDENT AT THAT POINT. SO IT'S NOT LIKE JUST POLICE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE ABLE TO TRY, UH, DRIVE STRAIGHT. THERE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE AN OKAY TO BOOK PRIOR TO BRINGING ANYBODY TO THAT FACILITY. UM, WHEREAS WE ALREADY CAN JUST, UM, BRING THEM DIRECTLY TO QUEEN OF VALLEY HOSPITAL OR INNER COMMUNITY OR PARKSIDE WITHOUT HAVING TO TRANSPORT THEM TO ANY OTHER SECONDARY LOCATIONS. SO TO, TO US, THAT IS NOT A BENEFIT. THANK YOU, CHIEF AND THE FIRE CHIEF. SO FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT, OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS ARE THE ABILITY FOR, UM, ANY ACUTE MEDICAL, UH, ISSUES THAT HAPPEN WHILE THEY'RE IN THEIR FACILITY, WHETHER THEY'RE, THEY'RE ABLE TO HANDLE THOSE OR NOT. UM, IF WE HAD TO RESPOND INTO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE SOMEBODY WAS HAVING DIFFERENT ISSUE, HEART ATTACK, RESPIRATORY ISSUE, UNRELATED TO WHAT THEY'RE IN THE PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY FOR, WOULD BE AN IMPACT ON US. UM, ANY, IM, ANY ADDITIONAL CALLS FOR SERVICE [03:40:01] TAKES AWAY THE ABILITY OF OUR AMBULANCES TO RESPOND TO OTHER CALLS WITHIN THE CITY. UH, THIS FACILITY WILL, UH, BE LOCATED IN FIRE STATION ONE'S DISTRICT, WHICH IS ALREADY OUR BUSIEST FIRE STATION. IT WOULD BE, THEY CURRENTLY HANDLE ABOUT 29 TO 30% OF ITS CALLS FOR SERVICE IN THE CITY, UM, WHICH IS ALREADY STRAINED FOR THAT PARTICULAR RESOURCE. SO IT WOULD CAUSE, UM, ANY OTHER CALLS FOR SERVICE WOULD BE AN, AN ANOTHER IMPACT AND POTENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO DRAW OTHER AMBULANCES IN FROM OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. UM, THAT WOULD CREATE AN IMPACT. UM, THE OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE A CONCERN IS ONCE THEY LEAVE THIS FACILITY, WHERE DID THEY GO? DO THEY BECOME CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA? DO THEY STAY HERE IN WEST COVINA? I KNOW THE, THE GROUP SAYS THAT THEY TRY TO GET THE PEOPLE BACK TO WHERE THEY BELONG, BUT SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE FROM DURING OUR MEETING SAID THEY'RE HANDED VOUCHERS TO GET BACK TO WHERE THEY ARE. BUT THERE'S REALLY, ONCE THEY WALK OUT THE DOOR, THERE'S NO CONTROL OF WHERE THOSE PATIENTS WOULD BE. SO, UM, ANY PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T RETURN TO THEIR ORIGINAL PLACE WHERE THEY WERE HOUSED PRIOR TO, UM, BEING IN THIS FACILITY POTENTIALLY WOULD NOW CREATE EVEN MORE CALLS WITHIN OUR CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, FROM A POLICE STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY CAUSE UNDUE SAFETY, YOU KNOW, SAFETY CONCERNS FOR, FOR THE CITIZENS AS WELL. UM, YEAH, THOSE ARE OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDPOINT IS INCREASED CALLS FOR SERVICES IN OUR ALREADY BUSIEST DISTRICT IN THE CITY AND TAKING AWAY OUR AMBULANCE, UM, THAT MAY HAVE TO SIT ON THE WALL AT QUEEN OF VALLEY HOSPITAL WHILE THIS PATIENT'S BEING TREATED THAT CAME IN FROM SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHIEF. MM-HMM . I APPRECIATE. OKAY. UH, JOE, ANYONE CONTINUE? ARE YOU DONE? YES. SO IN, UM, IN SHORT, IT, IT APPEARS THAT THERE, THERE IS SOME TYPE OF DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT WAS RELAYED TO WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN RELAYED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT THAN WHAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE OPERATIONS PLAN, WHICH STATES THAT PATIENTS ARE NEVER DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE STREET, UM, WHICH LEADS TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REVIEW, UM, WHICH IN WHICH THEY STATED THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE HEALTH WEST COVINA HEALTH STATED THAT FURTHER REVIEW OF A DISCHARGE PORT PROTOCOL IS NEEDED. UM, AND OTHER ITEMS TO CONSIDER. UM, SINCE THE CITY COUNCIL HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC, UM, IN PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, WE OBTAINED THE COLLISION DATA FOR, FOR COLLISIONS THAT OCCURRED WITHIN 250 FEET OF THE INTERSECTION OF ORANGE AND CAMERON AVENUE FROM JANUARY, 2020 TO DECEMBER, 2025, AND FOUND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN 11 ACCIDENTS REPORTED WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME ON, ON THE SITE. WHICH WOULD IN TURN, UM, SINCE THE MAJORITY OF THE PARKING SPACES OR PARKING OFFSITE PARKING, UM, FOR THE SITE WOULD BE PROVIDED ACROSS THE STREET WHERE, UH, FROM, FROM THE HOSPITAL, THERE IS A CONCERN THERE THAT IT WOULD INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THAT IS CROSSING THE STREET. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE, THAT ARE GONNA BE REQUIRED, UM, IF IT IS APPROVED, THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, WHICH EQUALS 1% OF THE CONSTRUCTION VALUE. UM, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES IN THE WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER IS OFFERED THE CITY 10 BEDS PER DAY. UM, WITH THAT STAFF IS MAKING A NEUTRAL RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND EITHER APPROVE THE WEST COVINA MEDIC MEDICAL CENTER ACCORDING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OR, OR, UM, UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS OR OVERTURN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL AND DENIED THE PROJECT. UM, BOTH APPROVAL AND DENIAL RESOLUTIONS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN THE CITY COUNCIL PACKET. UM, AND ALSO THE CITY CLERK HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM A RESIDENT THAT WAS FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND WAS ALSO GIVEN, UM, A COPY TO THE APPLICANT. THERE'S ALSO A COPY OF THE EMAIL ON THE DAIS FOR YOU IN ADDITION TO THE EMAILED VERSION. OKAY. AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF PRESENTATION. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UH, CITY COUNCIL, [03:45:01] ANY QUESTION? OKAY, WHO WANNA GO FIRST? GO AHEAD NOW. EVERYBODY QUIET? YEAH. OKAY, FINE. GO AHEAD. UH, IT'S THE, I ACTUALLY HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. IS THE APPLICANT GONNA COME UP? YES, THE APPLICANT IS HERE. WE CAN OPEN THE, MR. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE TO OPEN, LET'S HAVE QUESTIONS. STAFF NOW. IT, IT IS FOR STAFF. IT'S JUST FOR STAFF NOW. OKAY. NOT YET. YEAH, SORRY. OKAY. UH, YEAH, WE, WE HAVE TO GO TO STAFF FIRST AND THERE WE GO. TO YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. AND, OKAY, GO AHEAD. WE HAD, UH, JUST TO, JUST TO CONFIRM, WE HAD, UH, WEST KIND POLICE DEPARTMENT, WEST KIND, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WEST KIND HEALTH ALL, UH, CONDUCT INDEPENDENT STUDIES, RIGHT? UM, THAT'S CORRECT. THEY, THEY PREPARED INDEPENDENT REPORTS. OKAY. GREAT. AND HOW MANY RESIDENTS WERE NOTIFIED OF THE, OF THIS PROJECT? UM, I DON'T EXACT HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, OVER UM, OVER 300 RESIDENTS WERE NOTIFIED OR ADDRESSES WERE SENT, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES. OKAY. GREAT. OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, MAY I PUT IN, UH, TO FOLLOW UP ON COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ QUESTION, WHAT WAS THE, UH, DIAMETER OF THE, THE TARGET RESIDENCE? IS IT 500, 1,001 THOUSAND FEET FROM THE ORANGE AVENUE? UM, PARKING LOT AND IN ADDITION, UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE ALSO POSTED ON SITE, AND NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESSES AROUND. THEY WERE NOTIFIED BUSINESSES AROUND, UM, NOT A, AS FAR AS RESIDENCES ARE CONCERNED, IT'S, IT'S PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED JUST PROPERTY OWNERS, NOT PROPERTY. THE CODE REQUIRES 100 FEET, UM, NOTIFICATION FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, OWNERS OF PROPERTIES WITHIN 151 1000 FEET. SORRY. UM, I LIKE, CAN, CAN YOU REPEAT IT ? REPEAT IT. I MEAN, LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND IN A COMPLEX IT'S ONE PROPERTY OWNER, BUT WITHIN THAT THERE'S PROBABLY LIKE 10 BUSINESSES INSIDE, OR 20 OR MORE. SO WE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER INFORMED THE BUSINESSES. AND WE, YOU KNOW, THE BUSINESSES ARE AS EQUALLY IMPORTANT AS OUR RESIDENTS. AND I THINK THE REQUIREMENT IS 1000 FEET. YEAH. YES. THE, THE COUNCIL REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE NOTIFICATION RADIS TO 1000 FEET. UM, IN, ITS, IN ITS PER, PER THE CODE REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. UH, YEAH. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU DEFINE AS A PROPERTY ORDER? YOU MEAN IT'S SENT TO ALL HOW IT'S SENT, IS IT SENT TO ANYTHING WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET RADIUS OR IS IT JUST SENT TO THE OWNER OWNERS OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE OWNERS OF PROPERTIES AND THOSE PROPERTY, UM, OWNERS AND THAT ARE, HAVE ADDRESSES THAT, THAT WHERE THEY BASICALLY GET THEIR, THEIR TAX, UM, THEIR TAX SENT. 'CAUSE WE GET THEY, THE MAILING LABEL PREPARERS GET THE, THE PROPERTY ADDRESS INFORMATION FROM THE TAX ASSESSOR'S OFFICE. OKAY. SO DOES THAT INCLUDE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL? IT'S BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, YES. OKAY. OKAY. SO I GUESS, SO, SO THEN FOR COM COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AREN'T NOTIFIED IF THEY'RE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THAT NOTIFICATION? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND DID WE GET ANY FEE, DID YOU, TO RECEIVE ANY FEEDBACK FROM COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES? I DID NOT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN, I GUESS, AT LEAST A QUESTION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF? GO AHEAD. OKAY. COUNCILMAN, UM, MR. MAYOR, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CHIEF DID, DID, WHEN PREPARING THE REPORT, DID, DID THE RESPONDENTS PROVIDE ANY INDICATION OF WHAT THE CHANCES ARE OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS, UM, NOT TAKING THEIR MEDICATION EVEN AFTER THEY'RE STABILIZED AND LET'S SAY THEY'RE STABLE THEN, BUT THEN THEY LATER DON'T TAKE THEIR MEDICATION BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY'RE BETTER AND THEN THEY, THEY'RE ON. I MEAN, DID THEY, CAN YOU PROVIDE FURTHER DETAIL JUST ABOUT THE CONTEXT OF THAT? 'CAUSE I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE INFORMATION GATHERING THAT YOU, THAT YOU ENGAGED IN. OKAY. WE HAVE, UH, POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF COME DOWN TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION NOW. GO AHEAD. UM, THE INFORMA THE INFORMATION THAT WE WERE PROVIDED WAS THAT, UH, [03:50:03] A SELF-DIRECT PATIENT WOULD EXHIBIT MENTAL STABILITY ENOUGH TO BE DEEMED ABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND ELIGIBLE FOR VOLUNTARY RELEASE. AND I THINK ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AS FAR AS, UM, MORE OF THE MEDICAL SIDE OF IT WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO COME STRAIGHT. THE PERSONNEL THANK YOU. I DID YOU ION ON THAT. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO, NO, I DON'T, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE. IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT THEY CAN SAY ONCE THEY RELEASE A PATIENT OUT OF THEIR CARE WHETHER THEY'RE COMPLIANT OR NOT MM-HMM . THEY MAY HAVE STATISTICS ON THEY'RE, UM, PATIENTS THAT GET READMITTED POSSIBLY. BUT, UM, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE UP TO THEM TO PROVIDE THOSE. SO, SO THE QUESTION ON THE, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT. OKAY. AND, UH, THAT'S WHAT THE CONCERN WE HAVE. SO THAT'S WHY WE PULL TO CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE WHAT IS THE POINT COME. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO OKAY. MAKE SURE, OKAY, THE RESIDENT UNDERSTAND AND THAT WE HAVE TO CHECK IN EVERYTHING, MAKE SURE THIS DEVELOPMENT NOT GOING TO HUNT OUR RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, SO THE 20% DISCHARGE THEY WERE POTENTIALLY ROAMING ON OUR STREET. OUR CONCERN IS THAT POTENTIAL YES, A HUNDRED PERCENT. AND, UH, WITHOUT THE MEDICATION. AND THEN AGAIN, YOU MADE A GREAT POINT THAT IF THEY DON'T GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY'RE ALSO NOT COMPLIANT WITH THEIR MEDS, WHICH ADDS ANOTHER INCREASED LEVEL OF CONCERN FOR THE CITY. YEAH. BECAUSE SOUND LIKE THEY ON THE COUNTY AND THEY BRING THEM TO THIS FACILITY AND, UH, POTENTIALLY THEY RUN THE MONEY OF THIS ON LAND AND THEY, 20%, THEY POTENTIALLY WILL BE DISCHARGED. OKAY. AM I RIGHT? AND THEN, THEN THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO GO. BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THIS, SO CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD NOW I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PSYCHIATRIC. OKAY. UH, HOSPITAL, I THINK THERE'S A GREAT FACILITY TO HELP PEOPLE, BUT IT'S LED THE RIGHT LOCATION. OKAY. AND THIS CONCERN BECAUSE EMPLOYEE IS ALL RESIDENTIAL AND THE PEOPLE AND ALL THIS POTENTIALLY 20% PEOPLE WILL WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WHY IS THE PROTECTION FOR THEM? SO, SO I THINK THERE'S A CONCERN. I THINK I READ YOUR REPORT, I THINK THE SAME CONCERN YOU HAVE AND, UH, I THINK THAT YOU JUST SHOWED ABOUT THE IMPACT AND, UH, MAYBE YOU WILL STRENGTHEN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY RESOURCE. YEAH. AND THE OTHER CONCERN IS, YOU KNOW, YOU BRING MORE POPULATION INTO A FACILITY LIKE THAT. YOU'RE TRA YOU'RE BRINGING NOT ONLY STAFF TO THE FACILITY, BUT YOU'RE INCREASING YOUR TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA, WHICH WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CROSSWALKS IN THAT AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL FOR MORE TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, INCREASES WITH THE AMOUNT OF POPULATION THAT'S COMING IN. YEAH. THE CONCERN I HAVE, BECAUSE THEY NEED TO USE, UH, THIS VARIANT OKAY. TO, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ENOUGH, HAVE A PARKING SPACE, THEY HAVE TO GO CROSS STREET, AND THEN YOU HAVE A 10 FREEWAY EXIT. AND THEY CALLED US, ARE COMING DOWN, AND I WENT TO CHECK, THEY SAID, NO, STOP SIGN, NOTHING. OKAY. AND, UM, SO OKAY. AND PEOPLE GOING OUT ON EXIT, POTENTIALLY IT'S GOING TO BE, AND EVEN NIGHTTIME AND PEOPLE WALK ON THE CROSS FROM THE PARKING LOT, THIS AND THAT, SOMEBODY WOULD BE HIT. SO I JUST, WHENEVER I SEE IT, OKAY. THEY NEED A BRIDGE OR SOMETHING, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S PROBLEMATIC. THAT IS ABOUT TRAFFIC. OKAY. AND ABOUT EXIT OF THE 10 FREEWAY AND PLUS THE WALKWAY. OKAY. AND, UH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE, UH, MOST OF A PARKING LOT PARKING SCENE IN THE CROSS STREET. SO, AND I EVEN WENT INSIDE THE HOSPITAL, I MAKE A ROUTE, I I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE ANY PARKING SPACE IN THE FUTURE AFTER THEY BUILT, SO THEY WOULD RELY ON THE OLD CROSS STREET. SO THIS IS ANOTHER ISSUE I HAVE IS, UH, PARKING SPACE. OKAY. AND, UH, AND OF COURSE 20% THERE'S A MAJOR IMPACT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. SO, AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL? OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. FINE. YEAH. AND, AND JUST TO ECHO WHAT MAYOR ROOF STATED, UH, AGAIN, I AS RA UH, SUPPORT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN GENERAL, BUT TO PUT A, UH, PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF, AND, AND BECAUSE I AM ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF DISTRICT ONE, TECHNICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF DISTRICT ONE, UH, I THINK, UH, WITHOUT GETTING THE RESIDENTS FEEDBACK AND, AND, AND BASED UPON THE RESIDENTS I'VE SPOKEN TO AND WHO HAVE CALLED ME, I THINK, UH, THE WORK YOU DID IN YOUR STUDIES WERE INSTRUMENTAL. AND, UH, IT, IT ALSO PROVES THE POINT THAT THERE IS, UH, A POTENTIAL FOR NEGATIVE IMPACT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND, [03:55:01] AND A, A STRAIN ON PUBLIC RESOURCES. UM, OUR, OUR AMBULANCE SERVICES, OUR FIRE, FIRE FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE SERVICES, AND, AND, AND JUST MIKE, UM, SHAIR. MR. SAMIR, THIS IS TIME FOR QUESTIONS. YES. AND LET'S HOPE, LET'S, LET'S HAVE THE APPLICANT SPEAK. LET'S TAKE PUBLIC TESTIMONY THAT'S CLOSED, THAT, AND THEN SAT THEN WE CAN DELIBERATE. I'M NOT DELIBERATING, I'M MAKING A STATEMENT. CITY ATTORNEY. SO LET ME TALK. NO ONE'S ASKING YOU. NOW'S THE TIME FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY, GOOD FOR YOU. I'M, I'M, I'M MAKING A STATEMENT, THEN I'M GONNA TALK AND I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION FOR CITY STAFF. YOU DON'T REPRESENT DISTRICT COURT? I DO. OKAY, BUT WHY MS. LEE? NO, I KNOW. OKAY, LET'S GO. SO ANYWAYS, , ANYWAYS, I'M STATING A FACT. AND THEN MY QUESTION IS ON BEHALF OF MY RESIDENT IS, SO YOU CONCLUDE THAT IT WILL PUT A BURDEN ON PUBLIC RESOURCES, RIGHT? THERE'S DEFINITELY THE POTENTIAL FOR IT. IT'S HARD TO ACTUALLY QUANTIFY IT, BUT IT, IT DOES INCREASE POTENTIAL ALL THE WAY AROUND. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, AND AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE A STATEMENT BEFORE I'M ASK A QUESTION, TOM, SO THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, IF NO QUESTION FOR THE STAFF AND IT IS TIME FOR THE APPLICANT OR WE WON'T OPEN UP FOR AND THE FAVORS OF THIS, WHICH ONE WE GO FIRST? APPLICANT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN APPLICANT COME UP. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WE CAN MAYBE WE JUST YEAH. COME UP PLEASE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. OKAY. AND, UH, YEAH, UH, I THINK YOU CAN HEARD ABOUT THE CONCERN, THE IMPACT AND THE QUESTION WE ASKED THE STAFF. SO MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER REGARDING THE TRAFFIC CONCERN AND, UH, REGARDING THE 20% DISCHARGE AND THIS AND THAT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, UH, HONORABLE COUNSEL AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, WEST COVINA. UH, MY NAME IS WILLIAM NELSON. I'M THE APPLICANT. I'M THE CEO OF WEST COVINA MEDICAL CENTER. UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE 10 YEARS. UH, AND WHAT WE'VE DONE THERE IS WE HAVE OPERATED IT FOR 10 YEARS UNDER A PSYCH UMBRELLA, IF YOU WILL. WE ALSO HAVE HAD 40 TO 50 PSYCH PATIENTS COMING IN ON A DAILY BASIS FOR 10 YEARS. WE ARE VERY DISCREET, WE ARE VERY CAREFUL. WE DON'T HAVE, UH, WE DON'T HAVE SITUATIONS OF, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, UH, ELOPEMENTS, UH, UH, WHATEVER IN, IN FACT, IT'S DOWN. UH, WHEN I SPOKE WITH, UH, THE CAPTAIN, HE WASN'T AWARE THAT WE EVEN HAD THESE PROGRAMS, WHICH WE'VE HAD. SO WE ARE WAS SOMEBODY SAYING SOMETHING? YEAH. EXCUSE ME. UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE LET US DO OUR HEARING? OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION, PLEASE GO OUTSIDE. THANK YOU. OKAY, CONTINUE, PLEASE. UM, SO I WAS SAYING THAT AT THE HOSPITAL THAT WE HAVE NOW 13 OF THE BEDS THAT ARE THERE, THAT ARE GENERAL HOSPITAL BEDS ARE OCCUPIED OR WERE OCCUPIED BY PSYCH PATIENTS. NOW AMONG PSYCH PATIENTS, WHAT'S NOT UNDERSTOOD GENERALLY IS YOU DON'T HAVE ONE DIAGNOSIS. YOU HAVE TWO PSYCH PATIENTS TEND TO HAVE COMORBIDITIES. THEY HAVE COPD, THEY HAVE DIABETES, THEY HAVE ALL SORTS OF STUFF. SO WHEN THEY COME IN, THEIR PRIMARY DIAGNOSIS MAY BE PSYCH, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE MEDICAL ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE TREATED. WE DO THAT. WE TREAT BOTH. AND ALTHOUGH THE HOSPITAL IS NOT A LOCKED FACILITY OR WASN'T, WE CONTAIN THOSE PEOPLE AND OUR STAFF ARE VERY, VERY GOOD. THESE ARE NOT FLY BY NIGHT PEOPLE, UH, THAT JUST COME IN AND, AND THESE PEOPLE CAN JUST DO WHATEVER THEY WANT. THEY'RE PROFESSIONALS, THEY'RE LICENSED, THEY'RE, AND THE STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US HAVE BEEN WITH US MUCH LONGER THAN 10 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME. UM, PARDON MY HORSE VOICE. IT'S GETTING LATE. UM, SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE KNOW HOW TO DO THIS AND WE DO IT WELL. THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS. I GET IT. I COMPLETELY GET IT. NOBODY LIKES THE IDEA OF A PSYCH HOSPITAL. UH, BUT I CAN ASSURE THE THE COUNCIL OF ONE THING. THERE WILL NOT BE ELOPEMENTS. THERE WILL NOT BE PEOPLE COMING UP FROM THE STREET. WE DON'T ADMIT ANYONE OFF THE STREET. THEY COME FROM A NETWORK. WE, UH, ARE INVOLVED IN A NETWORK OF SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. THEY LIKE OUR OPERATIONS, THEY FOLLOW US AND THESE PSYCH FACILITIES. AND SOMETHING I DO WANT TO SIDETRACK ON, ON NURSING HOMES THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS MOST NURSING HOMES TODAY ARE PSYCH. THEY MAY NOT HAVE THAT IN THEIR TITLE, BUT THE DAYS OF THE TRADITIONAL OLD PERSON IN A WHEELCHAIR, THAT FOR THE MOST PART DOESN'T EXIST. THESE PEOPLE ARE ADULT, DUAL DIAGNOSIS, HAVE HEALTH ISSUES AND EMOTIONAL ISSUES. IT'S A BIG, BIG, UH, AREA. THESE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE. AND WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM, THESE PEOPLE, THESE INDIVIDUALS [04:00:01] TEND TO GET LOST AND MOVED AROUND. AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CONTINUITY OF CARE. AND THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF THE GOVERNMENT, IS THE MAINTAINING OF CONTINUITY OF CARE. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE DOCTOR FOLLOWING THE PATIENT FROM THE NURSING HOME TO THE HOSPITAL, TO THE PSYCH HOSPITAL AND BACK AGAIN. THAT'S, THAT'S THE ROTATION. THAT MEANS THAT THE SAME DOCTOR FOLLOWS THAT PATIENT KNOWS THE PATIENT WELL. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR MOST PLACES. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO REMEDY. UM, THE NURSING HOMES THAT REFER TO US OR WILL REFER IF WE DO THIS ALL GO BACK, THEY DO NOT GO. AND, AND IT'S POSSIBLE, UH, THAT, UM, UH, UM, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THEY CAN BE SELF-DIRECT. I UNDERSTAND IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THERE CAN BE A POTENTIAL BURDEN ON, ON 9 1 1 CALLS, BUT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH US. THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO ANYTHING, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS. WE ALSO RUN A, A FACILITY IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IN IN, UH, ROSEMEAD. IT'S 118 BEDS LARGER. WE DO NOT HAVE ELOPEMENTS. WE DO NOT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE NEIGHBORS. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS. IT'S CALLED INGLESIDE. IT'S PART OF OUR OPERATION. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. UM, UH, SO AGAIN, THESE PATIENTS COME THROUGH, COME THROUGH HOSPITALS THAT, UH, THAT, UH, CAN'T TREAT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, UH, UH, MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. SO THEY, THEY'RE DISCHARGED. AND THEY ALSO, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND. THEY DON'T COME BY AMBULANCE. THERE'S NOT AN AMBULANCE SCREAMING DOWN THE STREET COMING IN AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE NIGHT. AND THE SAME THING GOES WITH WITH POLICE. UH, THESE PATIENTS ARE TRANSPORTED BY MEDICAL TRANSPORT. THEY LOOK LIKE AMBULANCES, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE, THEY DON'T HAVE SIRENS. THEY COME IN, UH, UH, UH, THEY HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS. THEY BRING THE PATIENT IN, COME INTO THE, UH, UH, AMBULANCE AREA. THEY DON'T COME IN THROUGH THE RECEPTION AS IT APPEARS ON THE DRY. THAT'S, THOSE ARE GOVERNMENTAL REQUIREMENTS. THEY COME IN THROUGH THE BACK. IT'S VERY DISCREET. THAT'S WHERE OUR STAFF MEETS THEM AND ADMITS THEM AND THEY ARE TREATED. AND THAT, AND ALTHOUGH PATIENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO NOT TAKE THEIR MEDICATIONS, AND LET ME TELL YOU, AFTER DONE, HAVING DONE THIS FOR 27 YEARS, THE MEDICATIONS TODAY ARE VERY GOOD IF THEY TAKE 'EM. AND MOST CASES, AS YOU ALL KNOW, THESE PATIENTS DECOMP BECAUSE THEY GET OFF THEIR MEDICATION, THEY STOP TAKING 'EM. UH, OUR PURPOSE IS TO IS TO RESTABILIZE THEM. THEN THEY'RE TREATED VERY GOOD PROGRAMS. WE HAVE, THEY GO THROUGH A, A SERIES OF STEPS BEFORE THEY GRADUATE, IF YOU WILL. THEN THEY GO TO A LOWER LEVEL OF CARE. THEY DON'T GO OUT TO THE STREET. THAT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THE, THE FEARS AND THE CONCERNS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA BE AN ISSUE HERE IF THIS GETS BUILT. UM, UH, , SORRY. BUT I'VE HEARD THESE KINDS OF THINGS FOR YEARS. UH, THESE, THESE FEARS, UM, THESE PATIENTS GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME. WE CANNOT STAY IN BUSINESS IF WE ARE LOSING PATIENTS, UH, ON THE STREET. WE JUST CAN'T DO IT. OUR RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR MARKETING COMES FROM, UH, INSTITUTIONAL CARE THAT, LIKE US, THEY SEE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEY GET THEIR PATIENTS BACK, AND THEN THE FAMILIES ARE HAPPY, THE DOCTORS ARE HAPPY. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE TYPE OF PATIENTS THESE ARE, THEY'RE A RECURRING, THEY DECOMP AGAIN, EVEN WHEN THEY'RE TAKING MEDICATIONS IN A NURSING HOME SETTING. UH, THERE ARE ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS. GOT IT. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AM I GOING TOO LONG? YEAH, YOU, IT'LL BE TOO LONG. YEAH. I'M JUST GETTING LATE. YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND. I APOLOGIZE. I KNOW, I, WE, WE, WE HEARD ABOUT YOU ALL EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. I THINK WE GET THE FULL PICTURES. OKAY. BUT NO, NO, NO. NOT YET. WE ASK, WE HAVE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. UM, OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AHEAD. YEAH. UM, MY QUESTION IS, YOU STATED, UH, THAT YOU NEVER HAVE PATIENTS BEING RELEASED INTO THIS. WELL, RARELY. PARDON ME. I CORRECT MY SO RARELY. SO RARELY. OKAY. RARELY. YEAH. NO, WE DON'T, WE DO NOT DISCHARGE TO THE STREET. WE DON'T DO THAT. THEY HAVE TO GO BACK WHERE THEY CAME FROM. IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO GO TO, WE PAY FOR IT. WE, WE, UH, UH, PLACE THEM IN A NURSING HOME, WHEREVER IT HAPPENS TO BE. AND THERE'S A STEP DOWN SYSTEM. THEY, THEY GO 20 DAYS IN A NURSING HOME THEN TO AN ASSISTED LIVING BOARD AND CARE. AND THEN, UH, UH, UM, AND MANY OF 'EM COME FROM HOME ACTUALLY, THAT ARE, THAT ARE NINE, UH, THAT ARE IN, BECAUSE I, I THINK, UM, CITY STAFF WAS REPORTING, I THINK ON THE APPLICATION YOU INDICATED THEY WERE NOT BE RELEASED. BUT THEN I BELIEVE, UM, POLICE WERE TOLD THAT THEY ARE GONNA BE RELEASED IN THE STREET, A PERCENTAGE. OURS, OURS DO NOT. WE DO NOT RELEASE TO THE STREET. [04:05:01] NOT IN OUR MODEL. IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN. WE'VE DONE THIS FOR SEVEN YEARS. WE'VE DONE THE, THE PSYCH, UH, UH, NURSING HOME THINGS. WE HAVE A NETWORK OF THEM. UH, THEY, THEY DON'T, THEY HAVE TO SAY, AND LET ME SAY THIS, THE SYSTEM IS VERY REGULATED. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, UH, FOR, FOR FACILITIES TO DISCHARGE TO THE STREET THAT, THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR TROUBLE. YOU CANNOT DO THAT. YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THAT PATIENT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY, THEY, THEY, UH, GO BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME AND, AND THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS. THEY GO TO DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CARE BECAUSE THEY JUST DON'T OVERNIGHT GET BETTER. THEY HAVE TO BE MONITORED. THEY HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED THROUGH ON. AND THE THING WE HAVE TO OFFER IS THIS, THE SAME PSYCHIATRIST, THE SAME DOCTORS THAT KNOW THOSE PATIENTS AND THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT ARE IN OUR, ARE IN OUR SYSTEM THAT LIKE US. LIKE US. AND WE HAVE CALL CALL. OKAY. COUNCILMAN, MY NAME IS, UH, VICKI ROLLINS. GOOD EVENING. AND I'M A PSYCH PSYCHIATRIST, UH, NURSE. MM-HMM . AND, UM, I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF, UH, ACUTE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS HAVE THAT KIND OF APPEARANCE IN THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY ARE PURELY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL. WE ARE NOT, WE STILL HAVE THE MEDICAL SURGICAL COMPONENT OF THE HOSPITAL. WE DON'T ONLY DO PSYCH, WE ALSO TREAT OTHER MEDICAL AILMENTS LIKE YOUR DIABETES, YOUR HYPERTENSION, YOUR HEART PROBLEMS. YEAH. WE DO HAVE A DOCTOR IN HOUSE. 24 HOURS. YEAH. AND THEN YOU MENTIONED YOU HAVE, UH, OTHER FACILITIES AS WELL. THAT'S CORRECT. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND HAS THERE EVER EVER BEEN ANY ISSUES AT THOSE FACILITIES? NO, SIR. IN FACT, OUR 118, UH, BED PSYCH, UH, HOSPITAL PSYCH UNIT IN ROSEMEAD IS IN THE HEART OF HOUSES, RESIDENTIAL HOUSES. YEAH. CORRECT. AND THERE ARE NO, NO ISSUES WITH THE NEIGHBORS. NOW WE'RE PART, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. UM, OKAY. UH, MAYO PUTIN, UH, THANK YOU. GO TO YOU. UM, I KNOW YOU SAY NO ISSUES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE REPORT, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, ROSEMEAD POLICE REPORT TO JUST SEE WHAT THE SURROUNDING AREA IS. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING I WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUST BUT VERIFY. UM, THE ISSUE IS NOT GOING IN, UH, IT'S THE GOING OUT AND THE DISCHARGE. I KNOW YOU PROVIDE ALL THESE WONDERFUL THINGS, WHICH GREAT. THANK YOU. BUT THE QUESTION IS, YOU CAN'T HOLD A PATIENT, UM, AGAINST THEIR WILL. SO IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO OUT, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO, AND THEN DOES THIS ALSO APPLY TO THE 51 50? IS THIS ONE OF THE SITES THAT, UM, WHEN PD ANYWHERE, UH, DECIDES TO, THEY HAVE A 51 51 HOLD. ARE THEY, IS THIS ONE OF THE SITES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOR THIS? YEAH, SO, UH, WE ARE ACTUALLY LPS, UH, DESIGNATED FACILITY. AND UH, YES. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT, UH, IT'S THE LANTERMAN PETRA SHORT ACT THAT IS, UH, THAT LAYS DOWN THE FUNDAMENTAL LEGAL WORK FOR INVOLUNTARY PSYCHIATRIC, UH, TREATMENT AND, UH, TO DO CONSERVATORSHIPS FOR THOSE WHO ARE MENTALLY CHALLENGED TO MAKE THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE DECISIONS. UM, THE, UH, THE TYPE OF PATIENTS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, ARE NOT TYPICALLY THE TYPE OF PATIENTS THAT WE DO TAKE CARE OF. AS I HAVE SAID, WE ARE NOT PURELY PSYCH HOSPITAL. WE ALSO DO THE MEDICAL COMPONENT OF THE HOSPITAL. I UNDERSTAND. BUT MY FOCUS RIGHT NOW, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENT, IS A PSYCHIATRIC SURE. COMPONENT. AND THAT'S THE ONE WE NEEDED THE CLEAR CLARIFICATION. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN IN A PSYCHIATRIC, NOT ME BEING IN THERE, BUT I HAD VISITED, I REMEMBER FROM THE FIRST MEETING, , NO, AND, AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF BECAUSE WE DO HAVE ONE RESIDENT HERE THAT I'VE WORKED WITH, UM, WHO WAS HOMELESS, WHO HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT. AND I'VE VISITED HIM IN THE PSYCHIATRIC IN LA. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HE'S SHARED CERTAIN THINGS AND THE DISCHARGE, UM, HE WAS ACTUALLY DISCHARGED LIKE IN LONG BEACH. AND, UM, I KNOW NOW HE'S BACK WITH US IN THE CITY WITH THE CARE. BUT AGAIN, MY, UH, QUESTION IS A DISCHARGE. MY FOCUS IS A PSYCHIATRIC COMPONENT. AND THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IN REGARDS TO LIKE THE 51 50, AND HOW LONG ARE THEY ABLE TO STAY THERE? I MEAN, IF THEY WANTED TO BE PERMANENT RESIDENTS IN THAT FACILITY, WHERE DO YOU DRAW THE LINE? THIS IS KIND OF REMINDS ME BACK TO THE, UH, ISSUE THAT WE'VE HAD WHEN THEY BROUGHT UP LIKE THE HOMELESS SHELTER TO BE BROUGHT IN HERE. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY CAN NEVER ANSWER IS THAT DISCHARGE. AND I, I REALLY, I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE TO HEAR. IT DEPENDS. AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED LIKE, I KNOW HE, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ HAD MENTIONED 'CAUSE YOU SAID, UH, NEVER, BUT IT'S NOT NEVER. AND THEN YOU CHANGE IT TO RARELY. WELL, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF RARELY? SO I NEED THESE CLARIFICATION WORD, NEVER, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, , [04:10:01] I MEAN, I HAVE TO SAY RARELY BECAUSE SOMEWHERE THAT MAY HAVE HAPPENED. BUT IF, IF IT DOES, I I DON'T HAVE MUCH OF A MEMORY OF IT. ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT, AND THIS IS A SUBJECTIVE EXPLANATION, THAT YOU'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE STAFF THAT WORK FOR YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE STAFF, AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH HOSPITAL YOU WENT TO, BUT IF YOU HAVE STAFF THAT REALLY DON'T CARE, THEY'RE JUST PUNCHING IN AND GOING HOME, THEN YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE THE, THE OVERSIGHT AND THE ENCOURAGEMENT THAT THAT COMPANY PEOPLE HAVE DON'T GO TO THIS DAY. I DON'T STAFF, STAFF PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE, AND THEY, THEY FLUCTUATE. AND THAT DEPENDS. AND I DON'T HAVE, THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE CONTROL OF YOUR STAFF. YOU COULD HAVE STAFF. GREAT. ONE YEAR FOLLOWING YEAR, YOU KNOW, IT CHANGES. SO MINE IS THE RULES, THE, UH, PROCEDURE AND THE REQUIREMENT. SO THAT, THAT'S MY FOCUS. YEAH. COUNCILWOMAN, THE PROCEDURE IS, YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT DISCHARGE, UH, A PATIENT UNLESS THEY ARE DEEMED BY THE, UH, INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF YOUR PSYCHIATRIST, YOUR PSYCHOLOGIST, YOUR SOCIAL WORKERS, YOUR DISCHARGE PLANNERS, YOUR CASE MANAGERS, AND THE NURSES. YOU KNOW, IF, UH, THE PATIENT IS DEEMED SAFE TO DISCHARGE, THEN THAT'S WHEN THE PATIENT IS DISCHARGED TO WHATEVER THE, UH, THE DESIGNATED DESTINATION IS. WHETHER IT'S A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY, AN ASSISTED LIVING, A RESIDENTIAL CARE FOR THE ELDERLY TRANSITIONAL CARE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A, A COUNTY CONTRACT. AND, UH, THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF TRANSITIONAL CARE FACILITIES THAT, UH, TAKE THE PATIENTS AFTER THEY ARE HOSPITALIZED. AND WITH THAT, WHAT YOUR COMMENT THAT YOU MADE, BECAUSE I REMEMBER RIGHT AFTER COVID, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES ON THE STREETS. OUR, UH, PD HAD TO SEND, UH, RESIDENTS WOULD CALL. THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A PERSON OUT HERE. RIGHT. IT'S NOT MENTALLY STABLE. ALL THAT. UH, OUR OFFICERS, YOU KNOW, DO THEIR PRELIMINARY, UH, AND DECIDE WHETHER THEY NEED TO TAKE THEM. SO THEN THEY DO TAKE THEM. AND THEN NORMALLY THAT 51 50 IS SUPPOSED TO BE A 72 HOUR HOLD. YEAH. WE WERE GETTING A LOT WHERE THEY WERE RELEASING 'EM THE NEXT DAY BECAUSE RESIDENT SAYS, WELL, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT COUNCILWOMAN, I THINK YOU'RE, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM DEPARTMENTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY EDS, SO THAT WOULD NOT APPLY TO US. I AM A NURSE AND I KNOW HOW THE EDS WORK. YES. IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THEY WERE JUST RELEASING THEM OUT BECAUSE OF THE INFLUX OF THE PATIENTS IN THE EDS. BUT IF YOU HAVE AN INFLUX AT YOUR FACILITY, HOW DOES THAT WORK? WE, WE CANNOT HAVE AN INFLUX NUMBER ONE BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE LICENSED AT CAPACITY. IF YOUR CAPACITY IS ONLY 70, YOU CAN'T REALLY ADD MORE OR OPERATE ABOVE AND BEYOND, YOU KNOW, YOUR APPROVED LICENSING, UH, BED CAPACITY. AND NUMBER TWO, WE ONLY ADMIT PATIENTS THAT ARE MEDICALLY CLEARED FROM EITHER, YOU KNOW, OUR CLINIC RIGHT NOW, THE THIRD PARTY CLINIC THAT'S, UH, IN THE HOSPITAL IN OUR DOWNTOWN, UH, LOCATION. SO DO YOU HOLD PATIENTS AGAINST THEIR WILL IF YOU FEEL DEEMED THAT THEY'RE NOT READY, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO RELEASE AND THEY THINK THAT THEY'RE OKAY? NO, WE DON'T. SO THEY CAN BE, THEY, THEN IT GOES BACK OUT THAT, THAT THE SITUATION, THAT CASE SCENARIO HAPPENS IN THE ED. IT DOES NOT, I CANNOT IMAGINE IT HAPPENING IN ANY OTHER SETTING. WE CAN DO A FURTHER RESEARCH, BUT I'M ALMOST LIKE A HUNDRED PERCENT POSITIVE. THAT CASE SCENARIO THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP IS, UH, EXISTING IN AN EMERGENCY ROOM, UH, SITUATION. WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND DEFER THE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. LET ALL THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A CHANCE. LET THEM OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE YOU GOT PICK AND FORTH ALMOST THE SAME THING. OKAY. OKAY. GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN. UM, HI. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, MY QUESTION, WELL, I READ YOUR BOOK, WELL, ACTUALLY, THE AGENDA AND, UM, SO IT SAYS HERE THAT 80% OF YOUR PATIENTS ARE ONES THAT COME FROM DOWNTOWN LA WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR OTHER FACILITIES AND THEY GET TRANSPORTED TO YOUR FACILITY. THE MEDICAL CLEARANCE IS DONE AT THE, IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. AND SO THEN THEY GET TRANSPORTED, THEN YES, THEY WOULD GET TRANSPORTED TO THIS FACILITY. YES. COUNCIL WOMAN. AND THAT WOULD BE 80% THAT WOULD BE, YEAH. AND SO THEN THE OTHER 20% IS WHAT WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH, RIGHT. BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT MAY BE DISCHARGED TO THE STREET. NOT NECESSARILY THOUGH. NO, NO, I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T HAVE IT CLEAR. I I, I'M NOT, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 20%. WHAT'S THE OTHER 20%? WHERE DO THEY GO IF THEY GET DISCHARGED OR DO THEY GET WELL, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE 20%? YEAH. WELL, THE 20% STILL HAS TO BE CLEARED FROM OTHER HEALTHCARE SETTINGS BECAUSE BY LAW, WE CANNOT, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ADMIT DIRECTLY FROM THE STREET. WE'RE NOT ALLOWED DIRECT TO ADMIT DIRECTLY FROM, LET'S [04:15:01] SAY, A SCHOOL. WE'RE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, OR FROM THE PARKS, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO ADMIT THEM DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL. RIGHT. WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT CLEARING, UH, AGENCY. OKAY. BEFORE WE CAN ADMIT THEM. OKAY. AND SO THEN ALSO YOU OFFERED TO HAVE 10 BEDS AVAILABLE FOR OUR CITY? YES. COUNCILWOMAN. AND THOSE, THOSE 10, UM, BEDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, ONCE THEY'RE STABLE, AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE RELEASED THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, THEN OUR COMPANY WOULD BE WILLING TO ASSIST IN THE DISCHARGE. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, QUITE A BIT OF RESOURCES THAT OTHER HOSPITALS DON'T HAVE SIMPLY BECAUSE, UH, WE HAVE THE CONTRACT WITH, UH, THE LA COUNTY. AND, UH, AS I SAID, UH, THEY HAVE A LOT OF TRANSITIONAL CARE FACILITIES AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD TO US. WE WORK WITH THEIR HOME TEAM, WITH THEIR, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR PET TEAMS AND WITH THEIR, UH, LAPD. AND, UH, SO FAR WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN REALLY TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE THIS PATIENT. NOT IN THE STREET AFTER HOSPITALIZATION, BUT IN SOME KIND OF A, UM, OF A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT IF, UH, I CAN USE THAT TERM. SO THE MEDICATION COMPLIANT, IS THERE, UM, THAT, THAT'S THE PART I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WITH THE, THE 20%, OR ALSO I WOULDN'T EVEN WANT OUR CITY TO UTILIZE THE 10 BEDS BECAUSE IF THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO GET ASSISTANCE SO THAT THEY'RE, THEY DON'T GET WALKED OUT THE FRONT DOOR, I WOULD HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT, AND I WOULD PROBABLY WANT OUR CITY NOT TO UTILIZE IT. YEAH. EVEN THOUGH IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT OUR EMERGENCY ROOMS, I GUESS, ALSO RELEASE PEOPLE OUT TO THE STREET AFTER THEY'RE STABLE. YEAH. YEP. SURE. SO THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE. BUT, UM, FOR NOW, I'M OKAY. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO, THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTARY MATERIALS THAT SHOW THAT ROSEMEAD IS, IS HAPPY WITH YOUR, WITH, WITH THE, THE WAY THAT THEY'VE EXPERIENCED YOUR CARE IN, IN THAT CITY WITH THE 118 BEDS? OR DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY HERE WITH YOU TO DESCRIBE, DESCRIBE THE ROSEMEAD EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR COUNCILMAN? WE DON'T HAVE A FORMAL DOCUMENTARY, BUT, UH, WE DO, UH, SURVEY OUR NEIGHBORING OUR NEIGHBORS AND ASK THEM FROM TIME TO TIME, LET'S SAY ONCE IN A QUARTER MAYBE. AND, UH, BECAUSE WE INVITE THEM TO OUR BARBECUES AND WE INVITE THEM TO OUR EVENTS IN THE ROSEMEAD CAMPUS. SO THEY HAVE BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART IN OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, IN OUR CAMPUS. DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE HERE FROM, FROM, UH, FROM, UH, THAT COMMUNITY OR, OR ANYONE TO, TO DESCRIBE THE, THEIR EXPERIENCE FROM THEIR COMMUNITY STANDPOINT WITH YOUR BEING IN ROSEMEAD? I'M SURE WE CAN PROVIDE THAT, BUT NOT, NOT TONIGHT THOUGH, BECAUSE WE, WE HAVE TO DECIDE TONIGHT. UH, OKAY. AND SO THE, THE NEXT QUESTION IS, YOU'RE DESCRIBING THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF YOUR MODEL OF CARE, THERE ISN'T THE, LIKE, OF, OF THERE IS NOT REALLY A LIKELIHOOD THAT THEY WOULD, UH, FAIL TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THEIR MEDICATION. CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT MEDICAL MODEL FURTHER AND EXPLAIN HOW IS IT THAT PATIENTS UNDER YOUR CARE WOULD END UP BEING MORE COMPLIANT AS OPPOSED TO PATIENTS WHO ARE IN OTHER TYPES OF FACILITIES WHO END UP NOT BEING COMPLIANT AND WHO END UP OFF OF MEDICATION? WELL, COUNCILMAN, MAJORITY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE COMING FROM SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. SO AFTER DISCHARGE, OBVIOUSLY THEY GO BACK 10 OUT OF 10. THEY DO GO BACK TO THE SKILLED NURSING FACILITY WHERE THEY CAME FROM. SO IN A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY, THEY'RE ALSO HEAVILY REGULATED AS FAR AS MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION, THERAPIES, COMPLIANCE, AND, UH, AND, UH, THE NURSES DO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE PATIENTS, UH, ARE CONTINUING TO COMPLY WITH THEIR MEDICATIONS. SO, UH, IN OUR MODEL, BECAUSE MAJORITY OF OUR PATIENTS ARE IN THAT BUCKET, IN THAT CATEGORY, WE DON'T SEE IT AS, UH, A MAJOR ISSUE IN OUR YOU SAID THE MAJORITY, WHAT ARE THE, WHAT IS THE REMAINDER? UH, PROBABLY. OKAY. UH, 10%. NOW YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME THE 10% IS PROBLEM. WELL, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT NEW NUMBERS. SO LET'S SAY IT'S 10%, THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE SEVEN A DAY, THAT WOULD NOT FALL WITHIN THE FIRST CATEGORY THAT YOU DESCRIBED? UH, YES SIR. SO SEVEN A DAY WOULD BE 35 A WEEK, WHICH WOULD BE 140 A MONTH, WHICH WOULD BE FOUR, UH, 1500 A YEAR ANNUALIZED. IS THAT, WOULD THAT BE ABOUT ACCURATE IF IT WERE 10%? WELL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I, NOT TRYING TO BE EVASIVE, UM, UH, COUNCILMEN, BUT, BUT WE, WE DO THIS ALL THE TIME AND WE DON'T HAVE THESE KIND OF NUMBERS. AND I MEAN, THEY'RE HYPOTHETICALS [04:20:01] AND I RESPECT THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT OUR EXPERIENCE. UM, AL ALSO, I WILL MENTION THIS, THAT WHEN THERE ARE ISSUES WITH PATIENTS, UH, UH, TROUBLESOME PATIENTS, THAT NEIGHBORS, AND WE DON'T HAVE IT, BUT THOSE THINGS GO THROUGH THE STATE REGULATORS AND, AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RIGHT ON IT. AND WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ISSUES. SO, AND IF WE, IF WE DID, WE'D KNOW ABOUT IT. OKAY. I THINK, UM, ONE, WE CAN COME BACK. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY, THERE'S THE FIRST ROUND, SO I WANT TO PITCH IN TOO. OKAY. I JUST A COUPLE BEFORE I HAND OVER TO THE SECOND ROUND SO EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE OKAY. TO QUESTION. SO, OKAY. AND THIS IS ANOTHER QUESTION. OH, SURE. OKAY. HOPEFULLY YOU UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND WE KNOW WE NEED SOME OF THIS SERVICE, BUT WE HAVE TO REPRESENT THE RESIDENT TO HAVE, UH, SHOW OUR CONCERN. I THINK THE, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS, WHERE'S YOUR FUNDING SOURCE? OKAY. YOU AND BUILD THIS BIG HOSPITAL WITH A FOUR STORY. WHAT IS YOUR FUNDING SOURCE? WHO PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR YOU TO BUILD THIS? UH, WE HAVE, WE WON, UH, STATE GRANTS. SO THIS IS A STATE OR A COUNTY STATE, STATE GRANT PROVIDE, CORRECT. PROVIDE OR PROVIDE THIS TO YOU GUY FUNDING. AND YOU NEED TO, WE WON SINCE THAT YOU GOT THIS STATE GRANT. SO BASICALLY YOU ARE GONNA PROVIDE THE GUIDELINE FROM THE STATE REQUEST TO YOU, AND THEN THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT? SO THIS IS NOW YOUR PRIVATE SECTOR. THIS IS FROM THE STATE PSYCHIATRIC, OKAY. DEPARTMENT. OKAY. OR MENTAL HEALTH. THEY WANT, OKAY. FIND CORRECT HOSPITAL WHERE YOU DO IT AND YOU APPLY AND THEY SAY, GOOD. AND THEY SELECTED, SO THIS FUNDING SOURCE FROM THE STATE. SO SINCE, SINCE YOU GET THIS FUNDING, THEN YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THEIR GUIDELINE AND TO PROVIDE THE SERVICE. RIGHT. EXACTLY. SO, SO THIS IS WHAT THE FIRST QUESTION AND SECOND QUESTION, SINCE YOU GET THE STATE GRANT TO PROVIDE THE STATE REGULATION, THE PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT, OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINE TO ACCEPT, OH, WHAT KIND OF PATIENT? SO YOUR PATIENT, WHAT IS YOUR PATIENT SOURCE? IT'S IT FROM THE DOWNTOWN, ALL THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE OR PSYCHIATRIC PEOPLE. OKAY. AND THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE WAS SHIPPED TO OUR CITY. THERE'S A, A, A, A BIG EMPHASIS TODAY ON MENTAL HEALTH. AT ONE TIME IT WAS ALL ABOUT WITH THE HMOS, THE MANAGED CARE AND SO FORTH. IT'S ALL ABOUT PHYSICAL AILMENTS. EXCUSE ME. I'M ASKING YOU THE PATIENT SOURCE. OKAY. THIS IS, UH, IMPORTANT. I, I KNOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS IMPORTANT, THE SERVICE, THIS UNDERSTAND IT NEEDED, BUT I'M ASKING YOU THE PATIENT SOURCE, WHERE THEY COMING FROM? MAYOR I, UM, RIGHT NOW OUR HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW, IS, UH, HAS A CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY AND, UH, OH, IT IS FROM THE COUNTY, UH, LA COUNTY. SORRY. YEAH, I KNOW. WE, WE, WE, WE LIVE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH OF, SO, YES. SO, UH, AND THAT'S WITHOUT THE GRANT. AND WE DO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, THE GUIDELINES FROM THE STATE, THE CITY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, FEDERAL REGULATORS. SO BASICALLY ALL THESE PATIENT IS FROM AIRWAY COUNTY. AM I RIGHT? PARDON ME? MAYOR, I SAY YOU JUST SAY AIRWAY COUNTY, LA COUNTY. YEAH. SO BASIC, BASICALLY THE PATIENT SOURCE IT FROM AIRWAY COUNTY? NO. OKAY. NO SIR. NO. THEN YOU JUST MENTIONED, I KNOW, WE, WE GET PATIENTS FROM YOU, THE PATIENT SOURCE OF WHERE IT'S COMING FROM, BECAUSE YOU MUST HAVE A STRING OF SOURCE OF PATIENT COME TO YOU SO YOU CAN PAY FOR ALL THIS AND THAT. SO, AND THEN MAKE MONEY. SO MY POINT IS, WHERE IS THIS? OKAY. PATIENT SOURCE COMING FROM MAYOR. SO OUR PATIENT SOURCE IS, UH, SURE FROM THE COUNTY ALSO FROM SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AND ALSO FROM ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES, INDEPENDENT LIVING FACILITIES. SO THEY HAVE SOME THEY HAVE FROM COUNTY, YOU JUST SAY YES. RIGHT. YOU JUST SAY YES. JUST SAY YES. OKAY. YOU JUST MENTIONED IT IS A, FROM COUNTY, WE GET PATIENTS FROM, UH, FROM LA COUNTY. OKAY. YES. OKAY. AND WHY ELSE? YES, SIR. FROM SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. UH, SO WE GET A LOT OF THOSE HOSPITAL. OKAY. FACILITY. WE GET A LOT OF THOSE. YEAH. SO WHAT KIND OF PATIENT THEY ARE. OKAY. WHAT IS THE AGE RANGE? OKAY. AND HOW MANY MALE, FEMALE? 18, 18 AND ABOVE? UH, MALE. SO EIGHT. I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER. HOW MANY MALES? MANY MALE. AND THE QUESTION WOULD BE WHEN YOU SAY CHILDREN, CHILDREN IS LESS THAN 18. SO HOW CAN IT BE 18 AND 18 AND ABOVE? YEAH, I KNOW, BUT YOU SAY COMING FROM, OKAY. PATIENT SOURCE COMING FROM AIRWAY COUNTY AND CHILDREN FACILITY. BUT CHILDREN IS UNDER 18. NO, NO. YOU JUST, YOU JUST TOLD ME. YOU JUST TOLD US. OKAY. UH, PATIENT SOURCE COME FROM COUNTY AND, UH, CHILDREN, OTHER, OTHER SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. WHAT OTHER WHAT? SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. SKILLED NURSING. LIKE YOUR NURSING HOMES. NURSING. OKAY. NURSING HOMES. THE CONVALESCENT HOMES. SO, SO 18 AND ABOVE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES. YEAH. SO MAJORITY IS FROM THE COUNTY. NOT MAJORITY. MAJORITY COME FROM SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES. RIGHT NOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING OUR PATIENTS. BECAUSE YOU JUST TOLD US YOUR FUNDING [04:25:01] COME FROM STATE. OKAY. AND THE ONE FOR WEST COVINA. YEAH. AND THE, FROM THE STATE AND ON THIS FUNDING, YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STATE GUIDELINE AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND TO BRING THE OKAY. PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT. OKAY. TO, INTO YOUR FACILITY TO BE TREATED. AM I RIGHT? IT'S NOT TRICKY QUESTION, IT'S JUST ASKING , RIGHT? JUST LOST IN THE YEAH. YEAH. YOUR, UM, I, I MEAN, I, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE BEING VERY CLEAR. SO I'M NOT JUST ASKING YOU THE PATIENT COMING FROM. RIGHT. AND YOU SHOULD SAY, YOU MUST, YOU HAVE THE FOUNDING TO BUILD THIS, AND YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU HAVE A STRING OF SOURCE OF PATIENT COMING IN, OTHERWISE YOU WON'T BUILD THIS. SO I ASK YOU WHERE THIS SOURCE OF PATIENT COMING FROM. OKAY. THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION YOU HAVE TO ANSWER, BUT YOU JUST HAVE TO TELL US WHERE THIS PATIENT COMING FROM. I, YEAH. I CAN'T MAKE IT UP, MAYOR. YOU KNOW, WE GET MOST OF OUR PATIENTS FROM CONVALESCENT HOSPITALS, NOT JUST OUR OWN, BUT OUR PEERS, MANY OF 'EM. AND, AND THE COUNTY IN ADDITION REFERS JUST SAY IT, JUST SAY NOTHING WRONG. THEY'RE NOT EVIL NAME MAYBE, BUT OKAY. BUT TO SAY COUNTY, OKAY, IT'S FINE. THAT'S PARTIAL COUNTY. JUST SAY IT. IT'S NOT A MAJOR PART OF IT. IT'S A SMALL AND WE'RE, WE'RE, WE GET SOME, BUT THE MAJORITY ARE SKILLED NURSING. AND I, OKAY. UH, I, I THINK I'M GOING TO E MY TIME TO HAVE ALL THE CITY COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP THE, THE SKILLED GO AHEAD. SKILLED NURSING AND ALL THOSE THAT YOU MENTIONED, ARE THEY PRIVATELY OWNED OR ARE THEY BOTH THROUGH LA COUNTY? THEY'RE PRIVATE OWNED. OH, THOSE ARE PRI UH, ALSO WE GET REFERRALS FROM BOARD AND CARE HOMES. YEAH, BUT I JUST WANNA KNOW THOSE EXTRA, LIKE I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ALL THESE THINGS, BUT RIGHT. ARE THEY LA COUNTY? OH, NO, NO, NO. THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED. ALL OF 'EM. ALL OF THEM. ALTHOUGH COUNCILWOMAN, WE DO GET PATIENTS FROM THE LA COUNTY TRANSITIONAL CARE FACILITIES, BUT THAT'S NOT THE MAJORITY OF OUR ADMISSIONS. BUT YOU DON'T HAVE ALL THESE STATS, RIGHT? YOU DON'T HAVE THESE REPORTS OF WHERE THINGS ARE COMING FROM? WE DON'T, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE NUMBERS. WE CAN GENERATE A REPORT WHERE THE PATIENTS ARE COMING FROM RIGHT NOW IN OUR CAMPUSES, IN OUR ROSEMEAD AND, UM, LA DOWNTOWN. UH, AND THEN LET'S GO TO THE BANK. OKAY. AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER GO AHEAD. UH, LET'S, YEAH, FINISH UP. UM, SO YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU MENTIONED, UM, AND, AND I'M ONLY ASKING THIS QUESTION BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED YOUR ROSEMARY LOCATION, YOUR ROSEMARY LOCATION, WHEN YOU SEE YOU RECEIVE COUNTY FUNDS, TO BE MORE SPECIFIC, BECAUSE I I I LIKE TO DO RESEARCH. I LIKE TO READ AND DO MY HOMEWORK. UH, YOU DO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM MEASURE H, RIGHT? THROUGH LA COUNTY HEALTH MEASURE, H LA COUNTY, H MANAGE CARE MEASURE HH MEASURE H, H AS IN HENRY. UH, DID THEY GET ONE STATE FUND? STATE GRANT. AND YEAH, YOU GET, YOU GET FUNDS FROM ALL COUNTY TOO, RIGHT? UH, MAYOR A REIMBURSEMENT WHEN, WHEN WE, UH, . SO THE SYSTEM OF RE I'M NOT A BILLER, UH, COUNCILMAN, BUT I'M GONNA TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. NO, I'M SORRY. IT'S ABOUT FUNDING. I'M ASKING HOW YOU BUILD, I'M ASKING ABOUT YOUR FUNDING SOURCE, MAYOR. WOO. LET LOPEZ REALDO COUNCILWOMAN HAVE ASKED YOU ABOUT YOUR FUNDING SOURCES. I'VE DONE HOMEWORK, AND I SAW THAT YOU DO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM MEASURE H FOR YOUR A PORTION OF FUNDING FOR MEASURE HRE ROSE LOCATION. OH, FOR THE BUILD. OH, FOR THE ROSEMARY LOCATION. I WASN'T AWARE. COUNCIL, YOU HAVE IT ON YOUR WEBSITE, BUT OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON. BUT, UM, OKAY. UH, AND THEN YOU, YOU STATED THAT YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LOCAL, YOUR MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ARE DOING WELL. UH, AND I ASKED YOU, AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY, HAS ANY OF YOUR LOCATIONS EVER RECEIVED A PATIENT COMPLAINT? WELL, YEAH, OF COURSE. MM-HMM . AND, AND, UH, AND, AND JUST BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT AND, AND I'M MENTION IT NOW, AND, AND HAS ANY OF YOUR FACILITIES EVER BEEN ACCUSED OF NEGLECT ON PATIENTS? UH, YES. COUNCILMAN IN HEALTHCARE, THAT'S PRETTY COMMON. IT'S THE NORM. IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE DNA OF HEALTHCARE. OKAY. AND THEN YOU, YOU INDICATED, UM, UH, THAT YOU, YOU GO BACK AND FORTH IF, UH, IF A PATIENT COULD BE RELEASED ONTO OUR STREETS. AND SO I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY, THEY DO THEIR JOB VERY YOU OUT AND, AND DO THEIR HOMEWORK ROUTE AS WELL. AND SO IT, IT STATES, UH, THAT IF A PATIENT HAS BEEN ACCEPTED AND RECEIVED PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT EVALUATION IN THE WESTFIELD MEDICAL CENTER FACILITY, WHO IS DEEMED TO BE SELF-DIRECT UPON COMPLETION OF TREATMENT, WOULD BE PERMITTED TO DISCHARGE OUT OF THE BUILDING IN WEST FROM THE FACILITY, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY ARRIVE FROM. SO YOU DO ACCEPT SELF DIRECT PATIENTS, SELF [04:30:01] DIRECTS, UH, CAN EXIST COUNCILMAN BECAUSE OF PATIENT'S, UH, RIGHTS. SO YOU DO ACCEPT PATIENTS THAT WALK-IN ON SELF DIRECT? OH, NO, NO. WE CANNOT ACCEPT WALK-IN. OKAY. DEFINITELY. WE HAVE YOU ACCEPT ZERO, WE HAVE ZERO WALK-INS. I'M TALKING ABOUT SELF DIRECTS IN TERMS OF DISCHARGE. YEAH. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT SELF DIRECT PATIENT WOULD EXHIBIT MENTAL SUSTAINABILITY ENOUGH TO BE DEEMED ABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND ELIGIBLE FOR VOLUNTARY RELEASE COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH. YEAH. WE WANT TO MOVE ON TO PUBLIC. YEAH. SO YOU CAN SKIP THAT. SO, YEAH, I THINK THAT, UH, SUMS UP MY QUESTIONS. NOW I WANT TO HEAR FROM MY RESIDENTS IN THE PUBLIC. YEAH. SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. LET'S MOVE ON. OTHERWISE, WE WILL DISCUSS FOREVER. OKAY. THEY, WE STAY TILL MIDNIGHT TILL TOMORROW. OKAY. LET'S OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE PUBLIC SPEAKER. OKAY. WITH THE FIRST ONE. WE OPEN UP FOR THE, OKAY. YOU WANT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT? YES, MAYOR, I HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS IN FAVOR. OUR FIRST ONE IS PHIL MARINO. THEN I'LL MAKE THAT NOTE ON YOUR CARD, OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. I'LL MAKE THE SECOND ONE THAT WHO MARKED THAT THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF IT IS MR. CHAVEZ. NO, I'M ALREADY HAVING PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE. THEN I'LL, OKAY, I'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES ON YOUR CARD THEN. WE HAVE NO, SO THEY ON THE COMMENTS MEANT OPPOSED THEN. OKAY, THEN WE GO. NO, FINE. BYE. BYE. SO, SO ANYWAY, SO WE DON'T HAVE A IN FAVOR, THEN WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE WITH PEOPLE, UH, IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT HOBBY SPEAKER. WE HAVE, WE HAVE FIVE IN OPPOSITION. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE. FIRST SPEAKER IS GLENN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY ADELE, FOLLOWED BY CAROL RAYS. DAMN, I'M TIRED. UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, YOU ACTUALLY ASKED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS. I, I WAS GONNA SAY, FIRST OF ALL, UM, I THINK THERE, THERE'S NO HURRY TO BUILD THIS. WE NEED TO GO ASK THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE ON ORANGE SHEWAY, UH, ROSEWAY, ALL, ALL IN THAT GENERAL AREA. WE NEED TO EITHER HAVE A WORKSHOP OR A TOWN MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS. I DON'T THINK THERE MANY PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA PUT A, A MENTAL FACILITY RIGHT THERE. NOW, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY? THE HOSPITAL OWNS THE PROPERTY. THE STATE'S GONNA FUND IT. OKAY? NOW, IF THE STATE'S GONNA FUND IT, EVERYTHING THEY SAY, IT SOUNDS GREAT. BUT IF, YOU KNOW, WITH ANY GRANT THERE COMES STRINGS, THE STATE CAN SAY, SCREW IT, YOU'RE GONNA DO THIS, THIS, AND THIS. AND THEN WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN FIVE YEARS? YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THAT YOU EVER DID IT. SO, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ASKED. UH, THEY DIDN'T HAVE SEEM TO HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ON THE QUESTIONS THAT WE DID ASK, SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A COMMUNITY MEETING. OKAY. YEAH, I GOT OTHER THINGS, BUT I'LL LET 'EM GO AT THIS TIME. . THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ADELE, FOLLOWED BY CAROL XAVIER SAYS, HELLO, FOLLOWED BY. HELLO. OKAY. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ADELE, FOLLOWED BY CAROL RAS, FOLLOWED BY PHIL MARINO. UH, WHAT'S NEXT? NEXT SPEAKER IS CAROL RAS, FOLLOWED BY PHIL MARINO, FOLLOWED BY MR. CHAVEZ. I GOTTA RESET TIME. YES. YEAH. GOOD EVENING. I'M CAROL REYES. I LIVE ON ORANGE AVENUE. JUST A BLOCK AWAY FROM THIS PROJECT. I, UH, AGREED WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S. UH, ASSESSMENT. I DON'T BELIEVE IT, IT, I'M SORRY. I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS WISE TO INSERT A MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH SCHOOLS DOWN THE STREET. TWO OF MY DAUGHTERS WORK IN, UH, MONROVIA, WHERE A HEALTH FACILITY, MENTAL HEALTH FACILITY DOWN THE STREET FROM THEM. AND THEY DEAL WITH THE PEOPLE ON THE STREET ALL THE TIME. THEY COME TO THEIR STORES AT THE BEST. THEY'RE DISRUPTIVE, THE WORST, THEY ARE VIOLENT. UM, IT'S NOT RIGHT TO INTRODUCE THIS RISK INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND, AND, AND, AND, UH, PUT OUR CHILDREN WHO WELCOME THE STREETS TO GO TO SCHOOL, BACK AND FORTH AT RISK WITH POSSIBLE PEOPLE ON THE STREET WHO AREN'T TAKING THEIR MEDS, WHO HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH THE PROGRAM PROPERLY OR WHATEVER THEIR PROBLEM IS. IT'S JUST NOT SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. PHILIP MARINO, FOLLOWED BY MR. CHAVEZ. I RETIRED MARCH 28TH, 2006, 34 YEARS ON THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. 12 YEARS ON THE JAIL WARD AT COUNTY USC MEDICAL CENTER. AS SOON AS A POLICE AGENCY BROUGHT TO THE EMERGENCY RAMP, SOMEBODY WHO WAS A PSYCH PATIENT, DOCTOR WALKED OUT AND HE WENT RIGHT INTO STRAPS. DEPUTIES COULD NOT TAKE THOSE STRAPS OFF AFTER BEING THERE A NUMBER OF TIMES. [04:35:01] ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT CAME IN, HIS NAME WAS MICHAEL JACKSON. WHAT ARE YOUR COMPATRIOTS WHO KILLED OFFICER REEDY? I WENT TO WORK THE NEXT DAY IN STRAPS. HE HAD TO GO DOWN FOR AN X-RAY AND THE GUY LOOKS AT HIS M**********R, TAKE THESE STRAPS OFF AND I'LL KILL YOU. YOU WANT THAT IN OUR COMMUNITY. YOU WANNA CHALLENGE THEM TO GO IN THE ONE MAN CAR TO RESPOND FOR A PSYCH PATIENT. AND WHEN YOU GO TO THE FUNERAL, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA TELL A WIFE? YOU BETTER GET A TWO OR THREE MAN UNIT TO RESPOND TO THAT HOSPITAL. 'CAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THIS COMMUNITY. YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET. VOTE FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, NOT FOR A HOSPITAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MR. CHAVEZ. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND GOOD, AND GOOD, GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I KNOW IT'S A LATE NIGHT, SO WE'LL TRY TO KEEP IT, UH, SHORT AND SWEET. UM, BEING HERE AND LISTENING TO THE WHOLE THING AND, AND THEY HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I, I, I SEE THAT EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MADE GREAT POINTS. AND SO I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING THE RESEARCH, UM, ABOVE AND BEYOND. I CONCUR WITH ALL OF IT. I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS THE RIGHT SPACE FOR IT. I'VE LIVED IN THAT AREA FOR 15 YEARS, AND I HAVE HAD PEOPLE IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF CAMERON AND ORANGE THAT HAVE STOPPED TRAFFIC. I GET OFF THAT OFF RAMP COMING FROM LA EVERY DAY. AND JUST LIKE YOU SAID, PEOPLE ARE COMING AROUND. THAT'S NOT A PROTECTED LIGHT RIGHT NOW AS IT IS. I'VE HAD PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE RED BLOCKING CARS, CROSSING THE STREET BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO GO WHERE THEY NEED TO, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR CARS FROM. UH, THAT, THAT'S ONE THING. UH, THERE WAS A LOT OF GRAY, WAY TOO MUCH GRAY FROM, FOR SOMEONE TO, SOMETHING TO BE APPROVED TONIGHT FROM THEM. THEY KNEW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING TONIGHT. THERE WAS NO DOCUMENTATION, NO FACTS, NO REPORTS, NOTHING. AND THAT CONCERNS ME. IT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE MY FAMILY LIVES THERE. MY DAUGHTER'S A TEACHER AT IN WEST COVINA, NOT TOO FAR FROM THERE. WHEN THEY DID THE PUBLIC NOTICE, EVERYTHING ON THERE IS RED AROUND THERE. AND THE PRINT WAS SO SMALL, NO ONE CAN PARK TO ACTUALLY READ THAT PUBLIC NOTICE, WHICH IS A HUGE CONCERN. YOU HAVE TO GET OFF, FIND A PARKING SPACE, WALK TO IT, AND, AND READ IT. MAYBE THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE. BUT THE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, I FEEL BAD FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BOUGHT ON CAMERON, ALL THESE NEW PLACES THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN BUILT. THEY ARE WITH, THEY ARE WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, AND THEIR DOORS SIT RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF CAMERON. IF SOMEONE KNOCKS ON THEIR DOOR, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY SAID IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE STRAINED. WE TALKED ABOUT BUDGET THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EVENING WITH TREES AND WITH ALL THESE OTHER OPTIONS. WHY ARE WE GOING TO LET THIS HAPPEN? WE KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA GET BETTER. YOU CAN'T PROMISE THAT THEIR PEOPLE THAT ARE THE BEST PEOPLE THAT CAN WORK THERE ARE GONNA BE THERE NEXT MONTH, NEXT YEAR, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, THAT HOSPITAL WILL BE THERE. NOW, THEY DID A LOT OF FLUFF AND PUFF THIS LAST 30 DAYS ALONG THE OFF RAMP. THEY PLANTED PLANTS, BUT I JUST WALKED BY IT THIS MOR THIS THIS AFTERNOON. AND THE PAIN IS CHIPPING. IF THEY CAN'T TAKE CARE OF THEIR CURRENT HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW, YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE A SHINING STAR ON THE NEXT, BUT HOW LONG IS IT GONNA BE SHINING? I, I THINK IT'S A HORRIBLE IDEA. AND I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE PATIENTLY WAITING. AND SO I KNOW I HAVE ABOUT SEVEN SECONDS LEFT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE PREPARED. AND I DON'T THINK WE AS A CITY ARE PREPARED TO TAKE ON THIS BURDEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE, UH, NICE SPEAKER, PLEASE. SHE'S COMING. HELLO. UM, I'M A RESIDENT THAT LIVE ACROSS FROM THE FLOOR AND TO COURT AREA. WHILE I RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, I BELIEVE THE CURRENT LOCATION IS STILL UNSUITABLE FOR SUCH AN EXPANSION FOR SEVERAL CRITICAL REASONS. NUMBER ONE IS SIGNIFICANT PARKING DEFICIENCY. AS WE ALL KNOW, THE FACILITY IS ALREADY LACKING 79 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO A 35% SHORTFALL. THIS STRAIN ON PARKING WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FURTHER CONGESTION ON SURROUNDING STREETS. IF YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY, WHEN I EXIT THE FREEWAY, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE PARKING RIGHT ON THE CURBSIDE BY THE FREEWAY EXIT. SO, WHICH MAKES IT REALLY INCONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE LEAVE EXITING FROM THE PACIFIC AVENUE STREET. SECOND, SUPERVISION, SUPERVISION UNCERTAINTY. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER THE PROPOSED FACILITY WILL BE SU WILL BE FULLY SUPERVISED WITHOUT ROUND THE CLOCK OVERSIGHT. THE RISK OF PATIENTS LEAVING THE [04:40:01] PREMISES AND ENDANGERING THEMSELVES IS POSSIBLE IN THE SUMMERTIME. I KNOW THE CITY HALL HOSTS SUMMER EVENTS. IF THESE PATIENTS RUN AWAY, IT DOESN'T ONLY JUST ENDANGER OUR, WE, OUR, OUR NEARBY RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO ALL THE WEST COVINA RESIDENTS THAT ATTEND THOSE SUMMER EVENTS BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO THE CITY HALL. THIRD, THERE'S TRAFFIC AND NOISE IMPACT NEAR THE FREEWAY. THERE WILL ALREADY GONNA BE VISITOR TRAFFIC DUE TO, UM, THE CONGESTION BY THE FREEWAY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THE LOCATION IS VERY CLOSE TO THE FREEWAY. WHEN WE'RE DEALING WITH PSYCH PATIENTS, THEY MIGHT BE VERY SENSITIVE TO THE NOISE THAT ARE DUE TO THE FREEWAY, UM, CAUSED BY THE FREEWAY. AND SOMETIMES, AND SOMETIMES LIKE, UM, WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS COULD EXACERBATE THEIR CONDITIONS BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AROUND THE FREEWAY. AND THEN FOURTH REASON IS THE PROXIMITY TO THE FREEWAY HAZARDS BECAUSE THE FACILITY IS NEAR, IS CLOSELY LOCATED THE FREEWAY EXIT. IT CAN IT, IN THE EVENT THAT A PATIENT IS ESCAPING, THERE IS A REAL DANGER WHERE THE PATIENTS WOULD WANDER AROUND AND IMAGINE IF THEY ACTUALLY RUN UP TO THE FREEWAY AND THEY COULD CROSS, AND THEN IT COULD, IT COULD CAUSE MORE VEHICLE DAMAGE AND COLLATERAL DAMAGE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK A WEST COVINA WOULD WANNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE OF A FREEWAY EXIT EXIT DAMAGE THAT, THAT GO ONTO THE NEWS. AND FIFTH IS NEGATIVE IMPACT ON PROPERTY VALUES. THE FACILITY'S PRESENCE SO CLOSE TO ALL THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES COULD DETER FUTURE BUYERS, ULTIMATELY AFFECTING PROPERTY VALUES AND ULCERATING THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF NEIGHBORHOOD. AND FINALLY, IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM THE TREE REMOVAL. THIS PROJECT IS GONNA RESULT IN THE REMOVAL OF 38 TREES, AND AMONG THEM IS GONNA BE 25 SIGNIFICANT TREES. THIS IS 65% OF ALL SIGN SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT TREES ON THE SITE. SO TO YOUR POINT, UM, MS. LETTY, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GROW MORE TREES, SO THIS IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. I THINK SHE'S THE ONE WHO WROTE THE LETTER. CITY COUNCIL. UM, EVERYBODY MADE SOME EXCELLENT POINTS TODAY, AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU. DISTRICT ONE. THAT'S MY AREA. I LIVE ON SUNKIST. UM, IT, I LOOKED AT THE MAP THAT THEY PUT ON THE, UH, ON THE, UH, SCREEN. MY HOUSE WAS FOUR HOUSES AWAY FROM THE 1000 FEET. I ONLY NOTICED A SIGN 'CAUSE MY SON WAS DRIVING BY, TOOK A PICTURE AND SHOWED IT TO US FOUR DAYS AGO, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE. WE TRY TO MAKE PEOPLE AWARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT. AND, YOU KNOW, THERE PROBABLY SHOULD BE A LOT MORE PEOPLE HERE FOR THIS. THERE'S ONE MAIN POINT THAT I THINK NO ONE HAS REALLY DISCUSSED YET, BUT, WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE. THERE HAS BEEN NO GUARANTEES MADE BY THEM AT ALL. AND YOU CAN'T GO ON MAYBES, POSSIBLY, RARELY, ALMOST. THAT'S ONE BIG ONE. THE OTHER ONE IS FROM WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD THAT FACILITY. IT'S A SEVEN TO 10 MINUTE WALK FROM EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL AND ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THERE'S NO REASON WE SHOULD HAVE KIDS NEAR OR THAT PLACE THAT CLOSE TO ANY SCHOOLS. AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, MY HOUSE IS THERE. I'M GONNA LEAVE IT TO MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY, AS A LOT OF RESIDENTS ARE, A LOT OF RESIDENTS IN WEST COVINA HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. I WENT TO ALL THREE SCHOOLS HERE, ORANGEWOOD, EDGEWOOD, WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, AND NOW MY KIDS WENT TO THE SAME SCHOOLS. SO THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA STAY HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE WEST COVINA IS SUCH A GREAT CITY AND WE ALL WANT TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND I POSE THIS A HUNDRED PERCENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER. MAYOR, YOU, THERE'S NO MORE FOR OPPOSE, BUT THERE IS ONE FOR NEUTRAL. IT'S RICHARD BURNS. UH, RICHARD, YOU WANT TO SPEAK? UH, GO AHEAD. LONG NIGHT. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL. APPRECIATE YOUR VALUABLE TIME. MY NAME IS RICHARD BURNS. I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WESTERN STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS. I WILL BE SPEAKING ON HALF OF THIS PROJECT. UM, WE HAVE 187 MEMBERS THAT LIVE IN WEST COVENA. THEIR ALARM CLOCKS WILL BE GOING OFF AT, AH, 4 30, 5 30 TOMORROW. SO I'M THE ONE THAT'LL BE MAKING THE, UH, INTRODUCTION THIS EVENING. THIS PROJECT SHOULD UPHOLD STRONG LABOR STANDARDS, ENSURING THAT IT IS BUILT WITH SKILLED AND TRAINED WORKERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE MEDICAL BENEFITS AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR WORKERS TO RETIRE WITH DIGNITY THROUGH [04:45:01] A PENSION. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROJECT LIKE THIS SHOULD CREATE PATHWAYS FOR LOCAL HIRE, ALLOWING WORKERS TO ESTABLISH LONG-TERM CAREERS WITH WITHOUT FACING THE FINANCIAL BURDEN OF A LONG COMMUTE AND RAISING GAS PRICES. BY PRIORITIZING LONG LOCAL HIRE WORKERS WILL HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, REDUCING CONGESTION AND PROMOTING STABILITY. MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVE, WORK, AND SPEND IN THE COMMUNITIES OF THEIR CHOICE, STRENGTHENING THE LOCAL ECONOMY. WE URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THESE LABOR STANDARDS TO ENSURE THAT THIS PROJECT BENEFITS BOTH WORKERS AND THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND, UH, ANY OTHER SPEAKER? NO, NO, MA'AM. OKAY. NOW WE HAVE THE APPLICANT TO COME OUT TO REBUTTAL. OKAY. ABOUT OF ALL THIS OPPOSITION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS OUR SIDE OF IT. UM, I'VE HEARD IT ALL. I UNDERSTAND THE FEAR, AND I'VE DONE THIS FOR 27 YEARS, AND I WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY IF ALL OF THESE FEARS THAT I'M HEARING TODAY, WERE REALIZED, UH, OUR OPERATIONS ARE GOOD OPERATIONS. AND FOR, FOR SOMEONE TO BE WORRIED THAT MY KIDS ARE GONNA WALK BY, UH, A PLACE LIKE THAT, THAT THE BOOGEYMAN IS, IS, IS FREQUENTING, IS, IS ABSURD. I'M SORRY, BUT IT'S ABSURD. OUR PLACE, AND I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE HEARING IT, BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S TRANSPARENCY AND YOU'RE GONNA HEAR IT. THE OUR FACILITIES ARE SAFE. OUR FACILITIES ARE WELL STAFFED. YOU MIGHT NOT LIKE IT, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH. UM, AND THERE AREN'T PEOPLE GOING OUT OF THE BUILDINGS WITHOUT PERMISSION. UH, IS THERE AN EXCEPTION? THERE'S AN EXCEPTION IN ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD, BUT WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT HISTORY. UH, WE RUN GOOD FACILITIES AND, UH, UM, UM, I, I THINK THE LOCATION IS A GOOD LOCATION. IT'S OFF THE FREEWAY, OUT OF THE WAY. UH, WHERE, WHERE THE, WHERE THEY COME IN IS, IS, UH, UH, CAREFUL. THE, THE FACILITY'S GONNA BE ENCLOSED. UH, AND IT'S GONNA BE FAIRLY DISCREET, NOT ANYMORE, BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS, UH, HAS, UM, YEAH. HAS, UH, EXPRESSED THEIR, THEIR FEARS. UM, AND I RESPECT THAT. I RESPECT THE FEARS, BUT IT'S FEAR OF FEAR. AND, UM, I WILL SAY THIS, FOR THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY IN OUR ROSEMEAD CAMPUS WHERE IT'S A LARGER FACILITY, UM, UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE COMPLAINTS. AND, AND, AND I I UNDERSTAND. WE'LL, DOCUMENT IT, SHOW ME. WELL, I'M, I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IN MY EXPERIENCE, I WOULD KNOW AFTER SEVEN YEARS, THE PROPERTY VALUES HAVEN'T GONE DOWN IN THAT AREA. THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALL AROUND IT. UM, AND THE PROPERTY VALUES AREN'T GONNA GO DOWN IN WEST COVINA. IT'S A, IT'S GONNA BE A NICE LOOKING BUILDING. IT'S DISCREET, IT'S NOT GONNA SAY PSYCH. IT'S NOT GONNA, UH, HAVE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND. ODD. IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE ANY OF THAT. LIKE YOU HAVE EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THE, IN WEST COVINA AND EVERY OTHER CITY. YOU HAVE TERRIBLE SITU. WE HAVE TERRIBLE SITUATIONS, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE HERE. AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE BEING BLAMED FOR ALL OF THESE ILLS THAT SOCIETY HAS. AND IT, AND, UH, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HOLDING THE BAG HERE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, UH, FEEL THAT, UH, THAT, UH, WHAT WE'RE OFFERING TO THE CITY IS A GOOD THING. THE CITY, LIKE ANY OTHER CITY, HAS PROBLEMS. WE HAVE OFFERED, UH, 10, UH, RESIDENTS. I MEAN, TO ADMIT 10 PEOPLE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE SITUATION. UM, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, OKAY. ALL I CAN SAY, , WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION. AND, UH, MAYOR, DO YOU WANT HIM TO ADDRESS THE TREE? UH, THING I'D THE TREE ISSUE? OH, NO. HAVE ONE MINUTE. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. ONE MINUTE. ONE QUICK MINUTE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE MINUTE. YEAH. ON THE TREE ISSUE, OH, IT'S GONNA BE A FAST ONE MINUTE. UH, THOSE TREES THAT THEY'RE BEING REFERRED TO ARE FICA TREES. THERE ARE CRUMMY TREES. I'M SORRY, I PLANTED PLENTY OF THOSE IN MY MOTHER'S RESIDENCE YEARS AGO. THEY MADE GREAT HEDGES. THEY'RE JUST NOT VERY GOOD TREES. WHATEVER WE'RE TAKING OUT, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IS A BLESSING BECAUSE WE'LL PUT BACK NICE ORNAMENTAL TREES, WHETHER THEY'RE, I HAVEN'T JUST FIGURED OUT YET, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA TEAR DOWN TREES AND IT'S GONNA BE A DESERT. WE'RE GONNA LANDSCAPE IT BEAUTIFULLY PROFESSIONALLY, AND IT'S GONNA BE A NICE LOOKING BUILDING. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. OKAY. THANK, APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU FOR THE PATIENT. OKAY. I KNOW IT'S LATE. OKAY. MIDNIGHT ALREADY. UH, I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO KIND OF HEAR EACH OTHER, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. NO, NOT YET. NOT YET. NOT YET. I HAVE TO CLOSE . OKAY. OKAY. [04:50:01] OKAY. NOW, OKAY. I SHALL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND AS COUNSEL, IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER QUESTION AND DISCUSSION. OKAY. AND, UH, THEY, OKAY. THIS HAVE A MOTION IS IN ORDER TO APPROVE OR DENIED APPROVAL OF A MITIGATED. OKAY. NEGATIVE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 23 DASH OH FIVE CONDITIONAL USE PER ME NUMBER 23 DASH OH FOUR AND VARY NUMBER 24 DASH OH TWO. OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. UH, OKAY. HOLD ON. OKAY. YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? MAKE A MOTION FIRST. OKAY. MAKE A MOTION. OKAY. I MAKE A MOTION TO OVERTURN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL AND DENY THE PROJECT BY ADOPTING THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS. RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 31, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WESTFIELD, CALIFORNIA, DENYING PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 23 DASH ZERO FIVE FOR THE PROPERTY. LOCATED AT 7 2 5 7 4 1 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A FOUR STORY, 42,000 SQUARE FOOT PSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY ADDITION AND ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED TREE REMOVAL. AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 32. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CITY OF WEST COVIN, CALIFORNIA DENYING ADDITIONAL USE PERMIT NUMBER 23 DASH FOUR FOR THE PROPERTY. LOCATED AT 7 2 5 7 4 1 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE FOR A PSYCHIATRIC BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITY USE AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 25, UH, 2025 DASH 33. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST UNION, CALIFORNIA NINE. RANCE NUMBER 24 DASH TWO FOR THE PROPERTY, LOCATED AT 7 2 5 7 4 1 SOUTH ORANGE AVENUE. OKAY. FOR THE SPACE, A 79 SPACE PARKING. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY THE APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. OKAY. AND, UH, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD. YES. UM, I DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, AND MENTAL HEALTH IS A NEED IN GENERAL. I KNOW A REPORT IN OUR CITY OF WEST COVINA, IT'S NOT AS HIGH AS LIKE LA COUNTY, AND I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR A GOOD WHILE, BUT EVEN THE WORST BUSINESS STILL STANDS. UM, THE WORST HOSPITAL IS STILL STANDING. IT'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR MANY YEARS. UM, WE DON'T WANNA OPERATE IN FEELINGS, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH RESIDENTS AND INCLUDING MYSELF. UNLESS YOU CAN GUARANTEE AND HAVE THAT GUARANTEE, THEN THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY CONSIDER. WHEN WE ARE TAKING ANY GRANTS IN GENERAL, GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE IN THE MERCY OF SOMEBODY ELSE ON WHEN THEIR CHANGES. AND THEN WHEN THE GRANTS RUN OUT, THEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S A WHOLE NEW DIFFERENT FACTOR. UM, I CHECKED OUT YOUR ROSEMEAD MEDICAL CENTER. YOU HAVE A 2.5 RATING, UM, 58 REVIEWS. SO WITHIN YOUR REVIEWS ALONE, THAT'S JUST ALREADY GIVES YOU THE FEEDBACK OF HOW YOU RUN YOUR FACILITY. AND SOME EVEN TALKS ABOUT STAFF. SO I, I BRING THAT UP AND, AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY. I MEAN, I'M, I'M SUPPORTING OF, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ ON THIS, BUT THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UM, BEFORE WE ROLL CALL, I THINK THE ISSUE I HAVE IS THE, THE PARKING. OKAY. THEY HAVE TO USE THE CROSS STREET, AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, OKAY. EXIT FROM 10 FREEWAY AND LESS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. OKAY. AND, UH, AND THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAND BIG ENOUGH TO BUILD SUCH A BIG HOSPITAL. AND, UH, AND THEN WE NEED TO APPROVE YOU VARIANT OF OUTSIDE NIGHT NOW PARKING LOT. SO, SO I THINK THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE, A SAFETY ISSUE, A TRAFFIC ISSUE, AND TO GRANT YOU THE SPECIAL VARIANT OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT IS KIND OF DIFFICULT, UH, FOR ME TO, TO GO THROUGH. OKAY. AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANNA SAY SOMETHING? MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD. THANK, THANK YOU. UM, I, I, I WAS ASKING THE, THE QUESTIONS EARLIER, UH, BECAUSE, UH, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE STAKES THAT ARE SO HIGH THERE, HERE, AND IN LIGHT OF THE, THE 27 YEARS THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS, AND THEN IN WITH YOU'RE HAVING HEARD IT ALL, I WAS HOPEFUL THAT THERE WOULD BE, UM, SOME FURTHER DOCUMENTATION TO, TO BACK YOUR, EVERYTHING YOU'RE SAYING. SO IT WOULD'VE GIVEN US GROUNDS TO, TO GIVE DEEPER CONSIDERATION. BUT I, I DID ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND I'M, I'M SORRY THAT THOSE WERE LACKING HERE, BUT I JUST, I, I DID TRY TO ASK QUESTIONS THAT WOULD'VE SUPPORTED YOUR CASE IN, IN TERMS OF TRYING TO, TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE. BUT I, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OH BOY. IT'S, IT IS LATE. I JUST WANNA THANK YOU, UM, FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO AT LEAST CONSIDER. I BELIEVE THAT OUR CITY DOES NEED SOME SORT OF A PSYCHIATRIC FACILITY THAT MAY HAVE WORKED, BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I REALLY HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT MAY BE LET OUT WHEN THEY'RE FEELING BETTER. AND, UH, I KNOW MY RESIDENTS HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT, AND I [04:55:01] HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THAT. UM, AND AFTER HEARING COUNCIL WOMAN'S, UM, STATEMENT ABOUT THE, UH, THE REVIEWS, THAT'S CONCERNING TO ME. AND, UM, AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. WE HAVE MORE PROPERTY THAT WE NEED TO BUILD TO SATISFY THE STATE. SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE TO ME. BUT THE ISSUE HERE IS, IS THE PATIENCE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE A BURDEN ON OUR COMMUNITY. SO, OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. AND, UH, WORLD CALL PLEASE. AND, UH, THE WORLD CALL. OKAY. OKAY. FOR THE MOTION IS A DENIAL, THE APPROVAL. UH, YES, MAYOR, I HAVE A MOTION. A MOTION BY A COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VITO, TO OVERTURN THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL, AND DENY THE PROJECT BY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 31 20 25 DASH 32, 20 25 DASH 33. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, BEFORE I, I'LL JUST SAY I HEARD MY RESIDENCE. NO, ? NO, YOU SHOULD SAY YES TO OH, YES, YES. SORRY. SORRY. . SORRY. NO, ON THE, NO ON THE PROJECT, BUT YES, ON THIS DENIAL. , IT'S GETTING LATE. MAYOR PROTO. AYE. MAYOR. WOO. AYE. UM, FIVE ZERO. THE MOTION TO DENY THE PROJECT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. HOPEFULLY WE HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT WE CAN APPROVE. OKAY. [8) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT BADILLO STREET AND IRWINDALE AVENUE/SUNSET AVENUE (SHARED INTERSECTION WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY) AND ADOPTION OF BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PROJECT] AND, UH, NEXT AGENDA. NUMBER, NUMBER NUMBER EIGHT, ITEM CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL, NO IMPROVEMENT, AND AT BADILLO STREET AND URBANDALE AVENUE. SUNSET AVENUE. OKAY. SHEER INTERSECTION WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND ADOPT. OKAY. ADOPTION OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE PROJECT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. WHO GONNA PRESENT THIS? GOOD EVENING STILL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, GOOD MORNING. NO, GOOD MORNING, MIKE. NO, IT'S GO A MINUTE. UM, STAFF IS GETTING READY AS WE TRANSITION OVER, BUT, UM, JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. UM, THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES HAS CONTACTED THE CITY. THEY ARE WORKING ON A, THE INTERSECTION THAT IS, UM, AT BADILLO AND ERWINDALE AND SUNSET, THE CITY. UM, IT IS PARTIALLY IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND PARTIALLY IN THE COUNTY AREA. THEY APPLIED FOR A GRANT, UM, THE HSIP CYCLE GRANT. UM, AND WHEN THEY INITIALLY APPLIED FOR IT, THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION THAT WAS REQUIRED FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. UM, NOW THAT IT'S BEEN A COUPLE YEARS SINCE THEY APPLIED FOR THE GRANT, THE COST OF THE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE GONE UP AND THEY'VE ASKED, UH, FOR THE CITY TO CONTRIBUTE $355,000 TOWARDS, UM, THE GRANT OR THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION. CAN YOU HAVE THE PRESENTATION SHOW IN SUITE? I'M TRYING TO TOO MUCH PATIENT ANYMORE. YEAH. YES, BUT SO BEFORE YOU WASTE OF MONEY. YEAH, WE DO BOTH. IT SOUNDS LIKE A WASTE OF MONEY. YEAH. WE READ THE REPORT, WE'RE READY TO YEAH, GO AHEAD TO PRESENTATION AND PLEASE MAKE IT SHORT AND SWEET. OKAY. AND, UH, WE DON'T WANT TO OKAY. STAY HERE FOREVER. SO BEFORE YOU, TONIGHT IS THREE, A COUPLE OPTIONS. UM, THEY ARE ASKING, UH, UH, FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION OF 355,000 FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. UM, WE, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED FOR, AND WE'RE ASKING WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS IMPROVEMENT AT THIS INTERSECTION. UM, THERE IS ANOTHER INTERSECTION ON TUUS AND, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY, UH, AND LA PUENTE ROAD WHERE WE, IT'S PARTIALLY THE COUNTY AND WE WOULD NEED TO WORK WITH THEM. SO DOING A COST SHARING SHOW? YEAH, WE WERE THERE. GOT IT. GOT IT. OKAY. IT, SO CAN WE GO THIS PRESENTATION? OKAY. I WAS, THAT WAS GONNA BE MY PRESENTATION. WE'RE DONE. OKAY. WE'RE DONE. OKAY. AND, UM, WHO WANNA MOVE THE MOTION? YEAH. I MAKE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO NO PUBLIC COMMENT, RIGHT? NO. OKAY. JUST I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY, TO DENY, UM, THE CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY TRAFFIC SINGLE IMPROVEMENTS AT BADILLO STREET AND IRVINGDALE AVENUE, SUNSET AVENUE SHARE INTERSECTION WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY. AND THE ADOPTION OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THIS PROJECT IS DENIED. I MAKE A MOTION, AND I'LL MAKE A COMMENT THAT THIS DOES NOT BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA. IT ACTUALLY FALLS IN LA COUNTY. SO IF LA COUNTY WANTS TO, OR THE CITY OF RIVERDALE WANTS TO GIVE WEST V THE MONEY TO BUILD THAT, BE OUR GUEST. BUT FOR THE INTEREST OF OUR RESIDENTS, NO. OKAY. AND I'M GONNA SECOND IT BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS NOT EVEN IN OUR PROPERTY. AND COUNTY WANTS TO PAY, PAY FOR $350,000. THAT IS RIDICULOUS. COUNTY HAS ALL THE MONEY. OKAY. AND THEY SHOULD PAY FOR THEIR OWN PROJECT. WELL THEN COME TO ROB THE POOL AND, UH, SAVE THIS, THE RICH. SO ON THE SECOND. OKAY. AND ANYBODY, ANY COUNCIL WANNA SAY [05:00:01] ANYTHING? UM, OKAY. COUNCILMAN ALI? NO. YOU OKAY? NO. NO. OKAY. AND, UH, ARE YOU OKAY? OKAY. AND UH, OKAY. SHOULD WE WAIT FOR ROSARIO TO COME BACK? YEAH, LET'S WAIT FOR HER. THAT'S RIGHT. SHOULD WE WAIT FOR HER TO COME BACK? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN LET'S MAKE A MORE COMMENT. MAYBE YOU SAY SOMETHING. OKAY. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UH, THE RESIDENTS WHO WERE HERE TO AND STUCK WITH US THROUGH THE WHOLE MEETING. I KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY GONE FOR THE NIGHT, BUT, UM, FAN STAYS STILL HERE. YEAH. YEAH. HOLY MICRO. THEY PERSISTENT. THEY'RE JUST WAITING JUST IN CASE THEY HAVE TO COME UP, UP WITH THIS MICRO TRAFFIC. THIS IS ALL IMPROVEMENT, ALL THE ASSAULT TRANSFER. THEY WANNA BE THE FIRE ENGINEERS NOW. AND DON'T FORGET THE OLD MEDIA. A THE OLD LIKE RICH PEOPLE. THIS STILL STAY WITH US. ONLY MICRO. OKAY. OKAY. WE, WE HAVE A DUTY, SO WE HAVE TO STAY. UM, WAS ARIA, I'M GONNA ORDER PIZZA HUT. I GUESS SHE IS THERE. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, RIGHT? OKAY. UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR WU TO DENY THE AGREEMENT WITH LA COUNTY FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS. COUNCILMAN, UH, CONTOS AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. WE'RE DENYING IT RIGHT? FOR DENIAL. WE DENY? YES. AYE. MAYOR PRO TIM LOPEZ. VIDO AYE. MAYOR W AYE. AND, UH, MOTION APPROVE. UH, FOUR ZERO. OKAY. [9) HEALTH DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT - BUDGET OVERVIEW ] UH, THEN WE GO TO THE NUMBER NINE. OKAY. IS A MALE. OKAY. THIS IS MOTHER MAY I FROM BRIAN REGARDING THE IT NUMBER NINE, HEALTH DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT. BUDGET REVIEW DETAIL. OKAY. GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCIL, UH, WOMAN DIAZ. OKAY, SORRY. WE, WE, WE ARE DOWN THE VOTE. OKAY. BUT NO, I CAN GO HOME. THERE'S ONE MORE AGENDA. YEAH, WAY MORE AGENDA. WE'RE ALMOST DONE. WE'RE ALMOST DONE. LET'S GO TO NUMBER NINE, PLEASE. NUMBER NINE. NUMBER NINE ISH. MAKING SURE, MAKING SURE IT'S SWEET. WE WANNA GO HOME. OKAY. ALREADY. OKAY. GOOD MORNING. NOW. SO, UM, THE REQUEST WAS TO GO OVER THE INVOICES FOR THE, UH, CONTRACT FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. UM, IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER FOUR, JOANNE, PLEASE. OKAY. UH, I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES, PLEASE. MAYBE YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SORRY, SLIDE TWO. THIS IS, WE SEE A FILE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. SO THE CON THE TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT, UM, IS $5,980 AND A HUNDRED, OR SORRY, 598,000 $190. UM, WE, THE EXPENDITURES, EXPENDITURES TO DATE A TOTAL FIVE THOU, UH, 511,397, UM, DOLLARS AND 34 CENTS, LEAVING A BALANCE OF 86,000, UH, 792 AND 66 CENTS. UM, THESE, THIS NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT SLIDE INCLUDES THE INVOICES FOR WHEN IT COMES UP. IT'S THE ONE IN THE ATTACHMENT INCLUDES A LIST OF THE INVOICES FROM 2023 TO CURRENT. UM, I COULDN'T INCLUDE ALL OF THEM 'CAUSE IT'D GET REALLY LONG, BUT THE PREVIOUS ONES, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT TO 2023, THE TOTAL, UM, EQUATED TO 98,000. UM, AND SO, OH, SHOOT, THAT TOTAL SHOULD BE, UH, OH YES, FOUR 13. THANK YOU. UM, AND SO HERE YOU COULD SEE SOME OF THE, ON AVERAGE, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE CONTRACT, IT AVERAGES AROUND 80, UH, $8,876 FOR MONTHLY INVOICES. UM, SINCE THIS FISCAL YEAR, THE AMOUNT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO AROUND $3,000 MONTHLY FOR THE EXPENDITURES. THOSE MONTHLY EXPENDITURES EQUATE MOSTLY TO STAFFING LEVEL OR STAFFING. THAT'S WORKING ON SOME OF THE PROJECTS TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. UM, SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, UM, INCLUDE THE, THE LARGER INVOICES INCLUDE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH LIKE THE HEALTH FAIR OR FESTIVAL COSTS WHERE THEY ATTEND, UM, SOME OF THE CITY EVENTS AND THEY PROVIDE, UM, THE SERVICES AT THOSE EVENTS AS WELL AS SOME SUBCONTRACTOR PAYMENTS. UM, SO WE COULD GO TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN, BEEN COMPLETED AS PART OF, OR ONGOING AS PART OF THIS, UH, PROJECT HAS BEEN THE COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS ONGOING, AND THAT'S PARTLY, UH, COLLECTING DATA AND COM, UH, COMBINE. UM, UH, SUMMARIZING THE DATA THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED, THE COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND READINESS PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETE COMPLETED. THE PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICES AGREEMENT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE, THE COUNCIL AND THE, UM, AND LONG BEACH. AND THEN THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN NEEDED TO BE UPDATED, AND THAT'S BEEN COMPLETED, UM, PART OF THE COMMUNITY. NEXT PAGE, UH, THE NEXT, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. UM, WE'VE ATTENDED DIFFERENT [05:05:01] 19, UH, HEALTH FAIRS WITH OVER 2000 PARTICIPANTS, UM, OFFERING SCREENINGS FOR ASTHMA, UM, DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, VARIOUS OTHER OPTIONS. UM, THEY'VE ALSO, UH, DONE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS COLLABORATING WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS AND, UM, SOME OF THE SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE, UH, EDUCATIONAL TRAINING, UM, AND DISTRIBUTED HEALTH, UH, EDUCATION MATERIALS, UM, TO LOCAL CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. UM, AND THEY'VE CONDUCTED THREE HEALTH NEEDS SURVEYS WITH OVER 1000 RESIDENTS. UM, THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE, LITTLE BIT OF, UH, OVERVIEW OF WHERE THOSE, SOME OF THOSE MAJOR EXPENDITURES HAVE, UH, GONE TO. SO THE FIRST, UH, MEGA HEALTH, UM, WEST COVINA MEGA HEALTH FAIR THAT WE HOSTED IN OCTOBER OF 2022, UM, AVERAGED OUT TO 33, UH, A LITTLE BIT OVER 33,000 FOR THE COST. THAT INCLUDED COST FOR, UM, SOME MATERIALS, SOME STAFFING, SOME EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF HEALTH ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE PROVIDED AT THAT FAIR. UM, THAT WAS A PARTNERSHIP. UM, UH, ALSO WITH, UH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION, WHERE PART OF THAT WAS PAID THROUGH, UM, THE CITY. UM, OUR EO, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN UPDATE, UM, THAT WAS NEEDED TO BE UPDATED IN ORDER TO, UM, WORK ON OUR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN. UM, ALSO OUR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN GRANT REVIEW. SO WE HAD, UM, A SUBCONTRACTOR LOOK AT, UM, APPLYING FOR THAT, UH, GRANT, UM, SOME MEMBERSHIPS FOR, UH, NATIONAL, UM, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT MEMBERSHIPS. AND THEN THE SPRING AND MOON FESTIVALS IN 2022 IS A LITTLE BIT OVER 7,000. ONCE AGAIN, IT WAS FOR STAFFING AND EQUIPMENT NEEDED TO PROVIDE SOME OF THOSE HEALTH ASSESSMENTS. AND THEN PARTICIPATION IN THE, UH, ANNIVERSARY SPRING FESTIVAL IN 20, UH, THREE WAS A LITTLE BIT OVER 3000. UM, THE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLAN, UH, DID COST 31,000 TO BE COMPLETED, AND THAT WAS REQUIRED, IS A REQUIREMENT TO BE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE, THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH, UM, THE CONTRACT. UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. HOPEFULLY IT WAS QUICK ENOUGH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. NICE AND SWEET. OKAY. AND WE HAVE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER QUESTION. WHO HAS A QUESTION? UM, QUESTION. UM, YEAH, I MEAN, JUST IF YOU COULD, UM, UH, FI IF YOU COULD LOOK, REVIEW THE BUDGET INTERNALLY AND SEE IF THERE WAS ANY EXPENDITURES THAT SHOULD HAVE NOT CAME OUT FROM THAT BUDGET AND, UH, BRING BACK TO US AT THE NEXT MEETING. UM, I COULD, UH, SO THE, THIS CONTRACT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FUNDED THROUGH ARPA, AND SO WE DO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. SO, UM, THE, UH, ONE OF THE COSTS THAT I'LL, I'LL LET YOU KNOW TONIGHT SO I DON'T HAVE TO BRING IT BACK, UM, BUT IS THE, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATION PLAN, SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS GOING TO BE ALLOCATED A HUNDRED PERCENT TO THIS CONTRACT, BUT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT ARPA FUNDING, UM, WE ARE GOING TO REALLOCATE SOME OF THAT COST OUTSIDE OF THE CONTRACT. WHAT WHAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT EEOP PLAN AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER. SO BECAUSE IT'S ARPA FUNDING FOR SPECIFICALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S FOR RESPONSE TO COVID MM-HMM . THE EOP DOESN'T FALL WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT FUNDING. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO FUND, YOU'RE GONNA REINFORCE A PORTION OF THAT. YES. YOU'RE GONNA REIMBURSE THIS FUND. MM-HMM . OKAY. UH, OKAY. THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY, THAT WAS THE ONLY COST THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND THE OTHER QUESTION, OTHERWISE, UH, THANK YOU. AND, UH, AND DO WE NEED A VOTE RECEIVE FILE? NOPE. OKAY. THAT'S IT. OKAY. AND THEN LET'S MOVE ON. I WANNA SEND YOU GUY HOME. OKAY. [CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS] AND, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS AND REPORT. OKAY. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, DO YOU HAVE ANY REQUESTS? YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, BRIAN AGAIN? YEAH. YOU NEVER STOP THINKING. YEAH. WE HAVE FIVE PAGES. . I'M JUST KIDDING. . NO, WE GO. NO. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, UH, TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY MANAGER, UH, BY THE MONTH OF MAY, UH, FOR ANY CITY VEHICLE, WHICH INCLUDES PUBLIC WORK, PUBLIC WORKS, AND, UM, WITH THE EXEMPTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE OFFICE OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AS THERE, THOSE DIRECTORS CAN MAKE THEIR OWN DECISIONS ON WHICH VEHICLES SHOULD HAVE THE CITY LOGO ON THEM. BUT SO ANY CITY VEHICLE EXEMPT, UH, EXCEPT FOR THOSE EXEMPTIONS I JUST INDICATED, SHALL DISPLAY THE CITY LOGO ON THEIR, UH, VEHICLE IF IT'S PAID FOR BY TAXPAYER MONEY. GOT IT. SHOULD DISPLAY THAT. SO, UH, THE MOTHER MAY IS ALL THE CITY, UH, TAXPAYER PAY FOR THE CITY. UH, OWN COST SHOULD BE, HAVE A, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, PUBLIC [05:10:01] SAFETY. OKAY. PUBLIC, UH, WORK. OKAY. ANY OF, UH, UH, INSPECTION. IT'S A, THE CAR OWNED BY THE CITY. THEY SHOULD HAVE OUR CITY LOGO. AM I RIGHT? THAT'S WHY YOU ARE. YEAH. AND THEN WE'RE GIVING THE DIRECTORS OF, UM, POLICE, FIRE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY TO MAKE THOSE OWN DETERMINATIONS. OKAY. UH, ANYBODY AGAINST THAT TO MAKE SURE OUR CAR, OUR CD CAR HAVE OUR LOGO. SO IT'S A CD CAR, IT'S NOT A PRIVATE CAR. OKAY. UH, NOBODY AGAINST THAT. THEN WE APPROVE. OKAY. SO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED INTO OUR, OUR CT OWNED CAR. OKAY. UH, AND NEXT ONE. AND THEN MY, UH, NEXT ONE WILL BE, UH, TO DIRECT, UH, THE CITY MANAGER TO INVITE THE POLICE CHIEF AT THE NEXT MEETING TO PRESENT ON THE STATUS OF THE EXPLORE PROGRAM AND ANY RESOURCES, UH, THE EXPLORE PROGRAM NEEDS TO EXPAND MEMBERSHIP. OKAY. UH, I THINK THIS ONE, WE HAVE A SCHOOL LIAISON MEETING, AND THEN, AND THE SCHOOL IS GOING TO INVITE US INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL POSSIBLE THEY CAN AND THEN RECRUIT. SO MAYBE, UH, OUR CHIEF CAN MAKE A PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW TO COLLABORATE WITH ALL OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT. OKAY. AND TO, TO, TO RECRUIT ANY POTENTIAL MEMBER OF, UH, EXPLORER. AM I RIGHT? YES. OKAY. AND ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? NOPE. AND ANY RESOURCES THEY NEED? YEAH. YEAH, OF COURSE. THEY COULD TELL US. YEAH. YOU'RE DONE. YEP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THEN I HAVE COMMENTS. ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER? ALI, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, I'D, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR MOTHER MAY I, IN SUPPORT OF, OF, UH, BUSINESSES, UM, PARTI AND, AND, AND, UM, BUILDING MORE PROFITABILITY WITH BUSINESSES, UH, WITH REGARD TO FOLLOWING A MODEL FROM SAN DIEGO WITH REGARD TO GROCERY STORES AND PLACES THAT HAVE, UM, ELECTRONIC COUPONS. BY, BY, UH, ASKING THE, THE CITY TO DO A STAFF REPORT, UM, BASED ON THE SAN DIEGO MODEL THAT PROMOTES, UM, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, AND HAS BUSINESSES HAVE NON-ELECTRONIC COUPONS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO, TO, UM, HIGHER TECHNOLOGY AND SUCH. IN OTHER WORDS, UM, JUST PUTTING TOGETHER A REPORT ON THAT FEASIBILITY USING, UM, GOING DIRECTLY TO THE SAN DIEGO MODEL AND AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED THERE IN ORDER TO, TO, TO ADD MORE SUPPORT TO THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND, AND FEW PEOPLE OF LOW INCOME . I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WHAT WAS THE QUE WHAT WAS, I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTAND, BUT HE SAID YEAH, SORRY. THE, THE, THERE ARE, UM, VARIOUS, VARIOUS BUSINESSES, LIKE, OF GROCERY STORES AND OTHER PLACES HAVE, HAVE ELECTRONIC, UH, COUPONS, LIKE ON APPS AND SUCH. AND, AND SO IN ORDER TO, TO, TO FACILITATE PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE THOSE APPS, ALSO HAVING ACCESS TO THOSE SAVINGS. THERE'S A, UM, A, UM, AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PASSED IN SAN DIEGO THAT, THAT LOOKS REALLY PROMISING TO SUPPORT GREATER PROFITABILITY OF THOSE BUSINESSES BY MAKING SURE TO ATTRACT, UH, I HAVE, HAVE, UH, IS REGULATORY. YEAH. BECAUSE IS THAT REGULATORY? MY HOME, I RECEIVE A LOT OF COUPON IS MADE TO OUR HOME. I REMEMBER MY WIFE CUTTING THAT THING ALL THE TIME. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S JUST, SO I, IS THAT A REGULATORY YEAH. POLICY. YOU'RE ASKING FOR POLICY C DK, THAT KIND. YEAH. SAN DIEGO DID, UH, AND THEY ACTUALLY PASSED AN ORDINANCE, UM, UM, THERE IN THIS REGARD. I DIDN'T THINK IT COULD BE DONE EITHER, BUT IT WAS APPARENTLY IT'S, IT'S THE, IT'S REALLY, LET'S DO THIS HAVE, UH, GERARDO TO RESEARCH THE SAN DIEGO MODEL AND TO BRING TO US TO GIVE US A DISCUSSION. YES, PLEASE. WOULD YOU PLEASE? YEAH. IT'S OKAY WITH YOU A PRESENTATION ON IT. A PRESENTATION ON IT? YEAH. JUST LIKE, UH, SHARE WITH SAN DIEGO THE RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHAT COULD BE YEAH. BECAUSE QUIN NOT UNDERSTAND JUAN SAN DIEGO. YEAH. OKAY. AND IMPLEMENT ANYTHING. SO IS THAT OKAY? CITY MANAGER? OKAY. WE CAN HAVE OUR, UH, UH, OKAY. UH, SO-CALLED, UH, ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, GERALDO TO GIVE US A, A PRESENTATION ABOUT SAN DIEGO AT THE SAME TIME I WANNA ADD ON AND MAYBE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE CHAMBER CU THE WEST GOVERNMENT CU WHAT IS THE STATUS RIGHT NOW. YEAH. AND, AND THE PROS AND CONS OF THAT PROGRAM IN REGARDS TO REGULATORY POLICY. OKAY. UH, THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER REQUESTS? NO. OH, THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, HOW ABOUT ANYBODY, IF NOT, DO I HAVE A CITY? ACTUALLY, JUST ONE MORE, I FORGOT, I FORGOT. ONE MORE MICRO. OKAY. SORRY. ONE MORE, ONE MORE. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I WANTED TO ASK IF STAFF COULD DO A REPORT ON, ON INCREASING WALKABILITY OF OUR CITY BY LOOKING AT AREAS THAT HAVE, UM, THAT DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT SHOULD, IN ORDER TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO WALK TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND BUSINESSES AND OTHER RESIDENTS. I THINK I DID A CONSULT REQUEST ON THAT ALREADY. HUH? I DID A CONSULT REQUEST ON THAT ALREADY, I THINK. YEAH, I THINK. OH, YOU DID? I DIDN'T, YEAH, ALREADY. OH, OKAY. AND I THINK THIS IS, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS BELONG TO ENGINEERING ABOUT THE CITY SIDEWALK, RIGHT. THAT BELONG TO YOU GUY? NO, . [05:15:02] WE WORK TOGETHER. SHE'S A POLITICIAN. ALINA, YOU DIDN'T TELL NO ONE ABOUT IT. . YEAH. AND THEN, BECAUSE, UH, I KNOW JUST IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE NO SIDEWALK. YEAH. AND MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, I HAVE NO SIDEWALK. I HAVE NO SIDEWALK. NO SIDEWALK. RIGHT. SO A LOT OF, OKAY. I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE 70% OF CITY, NO SIDEWALK. SO, SO, SO, UH, SO YOU WANNA SURVEY HOW MANY PERCENTAGES? SIDEWALK? WELL, IT'S ALREADY ONE, BUT MAYBE YOU WANNA ASK THAT, THAT REQUEST. I DID COME BACK BY A SPECIFIC DATE NOW. WELL, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, I, I GUESS IT WAS EXACTLY THE SAME AS YOU SAID. I, I DIDN'T, YEAH, SURE. I MEAN, IF THERE WAS NO, WAS THERE A DATE ALREADY PRESCRIBED TO THAT LAST, I THINK YOU HAVE CALL. IT WAS A DAY, BUT IT'S BEEN, UH, EXPIRED. , BUT MY QUE OKAY. MY QUESTION IS OKAY. AND, UM, UH, SIDEWALK, BUT WE DON'T HAVE MONEY TO PUT THE SIDEWALK. YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY, I, I, IT WAS, IT WAS PROBABLY IN MY FIRST MEDIAN, JENNIFER. YEAH. I DID BRING THIS UP BECAUSE, UM, THEY, THEY MENTIONED IT AND, UH, THE SIDEWALK IS AN ISSUE. IT'LL COST US A LOT OF MONEY. CORRECT. 'CAUSE THE RESIDENTS ALREADY KIND OF USE AS PART OF THE YARD. THEY HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM. IT'S JUST GONNA MESS UP A LOT OF THEY THEY ENCROACH. YES. AND TRANSEX, THEY, THEY SAY THEY'RE GONNA GIVE US A GRANT FOR SIDEWALKS. TRANSEX, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH, UH, COME, COME, COME, COME. YEAH. COME TELL US. TELL US. SHE HAD A LONG NIGHT ALREADY. YEAH. JUST TELL US IN GENERAL, THERE IS GRANTS OUT THERE. WELL, TV, SHE HAS A MORE CHANCE TO BECOME . I MEAN, IF THIS IS THE WISH OF THE CITY, WE WILL REVIEW TO SEE IF THERE ARE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES OF WALKABILITY AND, UM, SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE'D HAVE TO DO RESEARCH, BUT SEE THIS, THERE'S A GOOD YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, UH, PAULINA, CAN WE, CAN YOU PUT SOMETHING ON? YEAH. I'LL REQUEST FOR CITY MANAGER A SPECIFICALLY SAYS SIDEWALK, UH, AND THE, AND THE BUDGET. OKAY. AND WE TRANSFER TO HELP US TO SEE ANYWHERE WE CAN HELP. IT'S A WALKABLE, ESPECIALLY VERY CRUCIAL AREA. OKAY. AND MAYBE WE CANNOT PUT SIDEWALK ALL THE PLACES. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE, BUT MAYBE WE CAN PUT SOME CRUCIAL IF WE HAVE A GRANT. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY APPRECIATE. YEAH. SEE, VERY HELPFUL. ENGINEERING IS, UH, VERY HELPFUL TO US. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER COMMENT YOU WANT TO DO? I HAVE A CONSOLE COMMENT. GO AHEAD. OKAY. YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UM, UH, IN DISTRICT ONE THEY'VE BEEN, UH, UH, OUR TRASH COMPANY HAS BEEN ASSISTING IN, UH, BRUSHING, WASHING OFF ALL THE OLD PAINT, UH, FROM THE SKATE PARK. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S GETTING, UH, REMODELED, UH, FOR FREE. BUT , IT'S JUST A PRESSURE WASHING RIGHT NOW. AND THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE CITY TO, UH, FIND SOME PAINT TO PAINT AT DIFFERENT COLORS ON THE GROUND. SO TO PREVENT FUTURE GRAFFITI FROM OCCURRING AT THE SKATE PARK. IT, IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A COMMENT, IT SOUND LIKE A REQUEST. NO, NO, NO. IT'S A COMMENT. NO, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO THERE'S ALREADY, IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING. UH, THEY SHOULD BE DONE BY FRIDAY. THE SKATE PARK WILL BE LOOKING NEW. UH, IT'LL BE GREAT. YEAH. IT IT'LL BE GREAT. THEY'VE BEEN PUSHING MACHINE, BUT, BUT THE SKATE, YOUR SKATEBOARD STILL HAVE A LOT OF ISSUE WITH, UH, ENTRY ISSUE. YEAH, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE LIGHTS. SO SIDEWALK. SO WE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE IT IS A WALKABLE AND THE PLUS THE FRONT NEED TO BE OPEN UP. YEAH. THE ENGINEERING TRANS MAYBE CAN HELP IT TO DESIGN. OKAY. AND SO WE CAN SEE FROM THE MISTAKE. YEAH. IT'S COMING. AND, AND THEN FOR THAT MUCH EASIER AND UH, FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THROUGH. AND NOT ONLY THAT, THAT PEOPLE REALLY CAN UTILIZE LANDSCAPE. MM-HMM . CURRENTLY IT'S ONLY FOR VEN VENDOR AND PLUS HOMELESS TO, AND THE GRAFFITI. SO. OKAY. ANY OTHER THING? THAT'S IT. I MAKE A MOTION CHARGER. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND TO ADJOURN THE MEETING? SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MEETING JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. REALLY APPRECIATE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.