May 06, 2025 City Council

THE MEETING IS NOW IN SECTION HOUR.

APOLOGIZE.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER HOUR CLOSE SECTION, SO IT'S DELAYED 15 MINUTES.

AND, UM, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SO NOW WE WERE STUCK IN THE ELEVATOR.

OH, YEAH.

THE ELEVATOR WAS ACTING UP.

IT, WE WERE STUCK IN THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT.

UH, IT'S, IT'S A FREE AMUSEMENT PARK FOR YOU.

SO NO COMPLAINT.

ANY PERSON WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL THAT IS PROVIDE AT ENTRY AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT A CARD TO ASSISTANT CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF ORAL COMMUNICATION.

SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED.

AND TONIGHT INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FOR AMAZING LOVE MINISTRY.

AND THE COUNCILWOMAN DEAR WILL LET DEAR EARTH OKAY.

IN THE PLEDGE OF RELIGION.

ALL RIGHT, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

LET US PRAY.

HEAVENLY FATHER, AS WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING, WE ARE A BLESSED PEOPLE AND WE ARE A THANKFUL PEOPLE.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN AMERICA.

WE THANK YOU THAT WE CAN GATHER AROUND THE AFFAIRS OF OUR CITY, AND WE THANK YOU FOR THOSE FATHER THAT, UH, SERVE OUR CITY.

THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY MANAGER, FATHER, AND, AND ALL THOSE THAT, THAT WORK AROUND THEM.

FATHER, WE ASK THAT YOU GRANT THEM WISDOM, THAT YOU GRANT THEM DIRECTION, THAT YOU BLESS THEM HEAVENLY FATHER, AND THAT YOU BLESS THEIR FAMILIES AND YOU BLESS THEIR CHILDREN.

BLESS THEM WITH HEALTH, HEAVENLY FATHER AND PEACE AND JOY.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT YOU BLESS OUR STREETS, THAT YOU BLESS FATHER, OUR SCHOOLS FATHER, AND THAT YOU BLESS OUR TEACHERS.

WE DECLARE FATHER, THE PROTECTION OF YOUR ANGELS OVER ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

FATHER, OUR SCHOOLS WILL CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE HAVENS.

AND SO HEAVENLY FATHER, WE, WE, WE BLESS YOU AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR CITY, AND WE THANK YOU, FATHER FOR OUR MILITARY.

WE THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND THOSE THAT SERVE TO PROTECT THE FREEDOMS THAT WE SO RICHLY ENJOY IN AMERICA.

FATHER, BLESS THE BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PROSPER.

WE THANK YOU AND WE PRAISE YOU, FATHER, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOOD AND YOU'RE MERCY ENDURES FOREVER.

AND WE PRAY FOR ANYONE IN OUR CITY, FATHER, THAT MAY BE GOING THROUGH A DIFFICULT TIME, A CRISIS, A LOSS.

FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD COMFORT THEM.

AND NOW, FATHER, WE SPEAK THE BLESSING OF GOD OVER ALL OVER, OVER, OVER, ALL OVER OUR CITY, COVINA, WEST COVINA.

MAY THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU.

MAY HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU.

MAY HIS HAND BE UPON YOU.

GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS OUR GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.

IN JESUS' NAME, AMEN.

AMEN.

GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMOVE YOUR CAPS AND FOLLOW MY LEAD.

I PLEDGE.

PLEDGE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND REPUBLIC FOR WHICH HAS ONE NATION UNDER GOD.

LIBERTY, JUSTICE , PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCILMAN CONTOS HERE.

COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

HERE.

HERE, MAYOR PRO TE LOPEZ VIDO PRESENT.

MAYOR WU HERE.

AND CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? REPORT OFF OUR CLOSED SECTION.

NOTHING TO REPORT, MR. MAYOR.

OKAY, THANK

[PRESENTATIONS]

YOU.

AND, UH, WE GO TO PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESENTATION TONIGHT.

EIGHTH, WHAT HAPPENED, 1945.

LET IS START THE FIRST ONE.

AND, UM, AND THE FIRST PRESENTATION I WANT TO PRESENT TO EVERYBODY.

I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THIS MONTH, MAY ANYBODY KNOW MAY WHAT? OKAY.

VERY IMPORTANT MONTH OF 2025 IS A MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH.

AND, UH, REMEMBER, UH, 80 YEARS AGO, OKAY, IN MAY OF, UH,

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WE, WE WON THE WAR IN EUROPE.

AND THE NAZI GERMANY, THEY SURRENDER IN MAY 8TH.

AND THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE THE EUROPE HAS A LOT OF PARADE GOING ON.

AND THIS YEAR IS 80 YEARS OF OUR VICTORY.

AND SEPTEMBER 2ND THAT WE WON THE PACIFIC, THE JAPANESE, JAPANESE, THEY SURRENDER THE PACIFIC WAR.

SO YOU CAN SEE SO MANY PEOPLE SACRIFICE, OKAY? TENS OF MILLION PEOPLE AND PARISH, BECAUSE WAR IS VERY CRUEL.

AND, UH, AND THE BRUTAL.

AND WE, OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT THE WAR HAPPEN AGAIN.

BUT WITHOUT THE MILITARY, WE HAVE TO PROTECT US.

WE WON'T HAVE OUR FREEDOM OVER HERE TODAY.

SO WE NEED TO APPRECIATE, OKAY, OUR MILITARY APPRECIATION, APPRECIATION MONTH.

AND I WANT TO HAVE, UH, SOMEBODY TO REPRESENT, UH, THE MILITARY AND MYSELF.

MAYBE YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW, I SERVED THE ARMY FOR TWO YEARS.

I WAS TRAINING THE SOLDIERS AS A SERGEANT.

THEN WHEN I RETIRED, I WAS A SECOND LIEUTENANT AND HE TURNED A H AGAIN INTO MEN, UH, ABOUT ME.

AND I SAY, THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO LEARN, THE PRINCIPLE TO LEARN, PERSISTENT TO LEARN.

YOU ACCOMPLISH YOUR MISSION WITHOUT ANY HESITATION.

YOU TURN A OKAY, A KID, OKAY.

A TEENAGER INTO A PERSON THAT WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR INJUSTICE.

AND FOR EVERYBODY HERE, I WANT TO FIRST OUT OKAY, IS OKAY, YOU WANNA COME DOWN? MAYBE YOU CAN, YOU CAN REPRESENT, SINCE YOU ARE THE VETERAN, UH, THE CITY STAFF, YOU WANT TO REPRESENT THE GLORY OF OUR VETERAN AND OUR MILITARY, AND THEREFORE MEN AND WOMEN SERVING IN THE, IN OUR COUNTRY, MILITARY TO PROTECT US.

I'M NOT ONE TO TALK ON, I'M NOT ONE TO TALK ON THE MIC.

I AM USUALLY BEHIND CAMERAS.

I SERVED IN THE MILITARY FROM 9 19 99 TO 2003.

I WAS IN THE NAVY.

I WAS ON A US CARRIER CALLED THE USS CONSTELLATION.

SO I KIND OF GOT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED DURING NINE 11.

AND WE WERE ON OUR WAY BACK FROM OUR DEPLOYMENT AND WE WERE GONNA HEAD BACK OUT TO HELP OUT.

BUT AS ORDERS CHANGED, WE WERE ABLE JUST TO STAY BACK IN SAN DIEGO AFTER OUR SEVENTH MONTH DEPLOYMENT.

AND THEN THE YEAR AFTER THAT, WE WENT BACK OUT AND OUR SHIP IS THE ONE THAT STARTED THE, THE, UH, ENDURING FREEDOM WAR.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

OUR VETERAN AND THE, AND THE GREAT STAFF AND TO HELP THE CITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE, AND WE LOVE OUR MILITARY.

WE LOVE THEM.

WE WON'T BE HERE TODAY.

SO WE APPRECIATE ALL THE PEOPLE, MEN AND WOMEN SERVE IN OUR MILITARY.

UH, PROTECT OUR COUNTRY IN ALL THE PLACES.

SO, UH, REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.

WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION ABOUT MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH, MAY OF, OF THIS YEAR.

AND IS AGAIN, OKAY.

AND, UM, UM, WE KNOW THIS, 80 YEARS AGO NOW, TANK FLEW BY.

OKAY? WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A WAR.

SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO KEEP OUR MILITARY STRONG SO PEOPLE DON'T THINK WE ARE WEAK AND ATTACK US.

AND, UH, MEMORIAL THIS COMING UP.

SO WE WANT TO SAY, OKAY, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HAVE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

WE REMEMBER YOU, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU SEE OUR OKAY.

AND, UH, ARD AND HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE FROM OUR CT SACRIFICE AND, UH, UM, PASS AND DIE IN THE WAR.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEIR ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE AND TO WE FOUND OUR CITY.

AND HERE'S A PROCLAMATION.

APPRECIATE.

AND NEXT ONE IS, UH, OKAY, PROCLAMATION THIS MONTH ALSO AT THE MAY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

OKAY? AND, UH, UH, WHO WANT TO COME UP? NOT YOU GUY.

YOU, YOU WANT COME UP TO REASON? OKAY.

NO.

SO ANYWAY, UH, OLLIE AND, UH, JOANNE, AND, UH, WE KNOW OKAY, ASIAN AMERICAN, WHO IS ASIAN AMERICAN, YES.

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NOT ONLY, OKAY, THE ASIAN PACIFIC.

ASIAN AMERICAN, THE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE ASIAN CONTINENT, AND THAT IS ALL ASIAN, BUT THEY HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT ASIAN HERITAGE, AND THEY SHOULD BE PROUD ABOUT WHO THEY ARE.

OKAY? AND, UH, OKAY, IN THE CENTRAL ASIA, THEY ASIAN.

SO ANYWAY, THIS IS ALL UNITED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND REALLY QUICK, OKAY.

IN OUR CITY, WE HAVE A 53 50 4% HISPANIC AND ABOUT 30% ASIAN.

OKAY? AND THIS 30% ASIAN, OKAY? AND THAT'S WHY I HAVE THIS TWO POWER HOUSE COME NEXT TO ME.

AND THE MORE THAN 30, WITHIN 30% ASIAN PACIFIC, OKAY? IN OUR COMMUNITY, MORE THAN 50% ARE FILIPINO AMERICAN.

SO THAT'S WHY OLLIE IS A FILIPINO PROUD FILIPINO AMERICAN.

JOANNE BOND, OKAY, IS OUR PLANNER OKAY? PLAYING, UH, DIRECTOR AND IS A FILIPINO AMERICAN, THIS OUTSTANDING, OKAY.

AND ASIAN AMERICAN REPRESENT, UH, OUR OKAY.

COMMUNITY AND SERVING OUR CITY.

OLLIE, I KNOW YOU CAN SPEAK A LOT, AND YOU ARE, YOU CAN VERY ELOQUENTLY SAY ANYTHING.

AS WE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN INDIVIDUALS FROM THROUGHOUT WEST COVINA AND LITERALLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, WE ALSO RECOGNIZE HOW ALL OF US IN THE SPIRIT OF LOVE AND CARING AND INTEGRATION CONTINUE TO PLAY ROLES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION IN OUR COMMUNITY, IN BUSINESS, AND IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR AND IN GOVERNMENT.

AND SO, AS WE CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE, WE ALSO GET TO CALL UPON EVERYONE TO CELEBRATE ALL OF OUR ORIGINS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE RECOGNIZE THAT OUR ORIGINS SHAPE WHO WE ARE, THEN WE GET TO POSITION OURSELVES FOR GREATER, GREATER SUCCESS THAN EVER.

SO THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR INVITING ME TO COME TO BE A PART OF THIS, UH, THIS EVENING WITH THIS PRESENTATION.

AND NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU OVER HERE.

OH, TO BACK TO THE MAYOR.

THIS IS SHORTER SPEECH.

I HAVE A HAVE ON YOU.

YOU DON'T WANT YOU SPEAK MUCH LONGER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO CUT THE TIME.

REALLY APPRECIATE.

AND NOW WE GO TO JOANNE.

OUR BELOVED PLANNER AND, UH, PLANNING DIRECTOR.

AS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WEST COVINA IS HOME TO A VIBRANT ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER POPULATION THAT CONTRIBUTES SIGNIFICANTLY TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, SCHOOLS, CIVIC LIFE IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THIS PROCLAMATION NOT ONLY HONORS OUR HERITAGE, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZES THE GENERATIONS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS BOTH PAST AND PRESENT, WHOSE CONTRIBUTIONS CONTINUE TO HELP BUILD A MORE INCLUSIVE AND THRIVING CITY.

THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND TO THE MAYOR FOR CELEBRATING THIS IMPORTANT DAY OR MONTH WITH US, UM, IN ACKNOWLEDGING OUR LEADERSHIP STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THEN I WANT TO SHARE REALLY QUICK, I WILL MAKE IT SHORT.

YOU SAID TONY.

TONY, YOU TALK TOO MUCH.

BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU REGARDING THE CONTRIBUTION FOR ASIAN COMMUNITY SINCE, UH, 19TH CENTURY, WE HAVE A RAILROAD, UH, BUILT BY THE CHINESE LABOR, AND IT COME FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST, AND THEY'RE CONNECTED TOGETHER.

OKAY? AND THEN WE HAVE A JAPANESE FARMER IN WEST COVINA.

ONCE UPON TIME, WE HAVE A BIG POPULATION OF JAPANESE AMERICAN FARMER, AND THEN WE HAVE A FILIPINO, OKAY, AMERICAN JOIN THE SERVICE, OKAY? IN THE NAVY, IN THE ARMY.

SO YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF CONTRIBUTION, UH, INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S WHY BE PROUD ABOUT YOUR HERITAGE, OKAY? AND CONTRIBUTE TO YOUR COMMUNITY.

AND THIS IS OUR HOME.

AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER, UNITED, CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, IMPROVE OUR FUTURE GENERATION, AND BUILD A FUNDAMENTAL FOR US.

LETTI, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I KNOW YOU'RE NOT ASIAN, BUT WHO CARE? .

I'M ACTUALLY HALF .

I'M HALF FILIPINO, HALF MEXICAN.

UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, BUT ALSO COME SUPPORT.

NOT SURE IF A LOT OF YOU KNOW, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF FILIPINO RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE JUST BEEN OPEN.

WE JUST HAD A FEW GRAND OPENINGS.

UH, FEEL FREE.

FOOD IS GOOD.

DESSERTS ARE GREAT.

UH, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, LIKE SIX SIG AND HAVEN CITY, THE 180 5 CAFE, OR 80 YEAH.

86 CAFE, UH, THAT JUST OPENED ON GLENDORA.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF FOOD.

UH, GET INTO THE CULTURE, EAT, CELEBRATE, AND, UH, ENJOY.

AND THANK YOU FOR THIS AGAIN.

AMBOY, A-M-B-O-Y, VERY FAMOUS HAMBURGER.

AND THEN MYSELF, I, I CALL MYSELF HONORABLE FILIPINO, OKAY? BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY LOVE FIELD AND THEY LOVE DRINK, AND THEY LOVE PARTY, OKAY? SO KARAOKE, OKAY, BUT I WANNA SAY THIS, GO TO HEAVEN CITY.

HEAVEN CITY, UH, WITH THEIR, UH,

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THEY JUST OPEN THIS, UH, UH, SUN SATURDAY, AND THEY HAVE A LONG LINE AND THEY R THE BURGER.

OKAY? YOU GUYS CAN GIVE A TRY BECAUSE EVEN, UH, SUNDAY THEY R THE BURGER AGAIN.

SO MEANING GIVE A TRY TO SO UP THE QUALITY OF THE MEAT, OKAY? AND OF AMBOY AMBOY IS FROM THE FILIPINO AMERICAN TO BUILD AS A CHEF, TO BUILD THAT PLACE AND, UH, BECOME A HEAT IN THE OUR HEAVEN CITY AND THE INSIDE HAVE A CC, CC OF A C.

CC LA.

AND THERE'S A VERY FAMOUS FILIPINO, UH, DELICIOUS MEAL.

AND GIVE A TRY.

THEY HAVE A VERY DELICIOUS FOOD.

SO GO TO, TRY TO GO TO, OKAY.

ENJOYING HEAVEN CITY, SEAFOOD CITY MELINA WAY.

AND THIS IS HOW THIS CITY'S ABOUT ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF NATIONALITY CULTURE.

WE ARE ALL HERE TOGETHER ENJOYING ABOUT THE CULTURE, ABOUT THE HERITAGE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HERE.

REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY AGAIN, OKAY.

OF WEST COVINA.

OKAY? AND WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, AND THANK YOU FOR THE ASIAN COMMUNITY.

CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR NATION.

WE HAVE A NEXT PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING THE FIFTH 56TH ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERK WEEK.

OKAY, NICK.

NICK, YOU ARE ELECTED, OKAY? CITY CLERK.

OKAY? I KNOW YOU SAY, HEY, I DON'T WANNA DO THIS, BUT YOU GET ELECTED, SO YOU ARE OKAY.

AND I WANT OUR CITIZEN CITY CLERK, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? AND HE'S A REAL PERSON DOING EVERYTHING.

AND FOR PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY CLERK, CITY CLERK DOING, THE CITY CLERK DOING A LOT OF THING, BECAUSE ALL THE RECORD, EVERYTHING, PUBLIC RECORD.

WHEN PEOPLE WANT TO COMPLAIN ABOUT ME AND THEY HAVE GO TO PUBLIC RECORD TO ASKING, OKAY, FOR MY, WHAT, MY FORM, THIS AND THAT, ANYTHING OR CONTACT INFORMATION NEED TO PROVIDE FOR HER AND SHIPPING, ASKING FOR MY PUBLIC RECORD WEEKLY.

OKAY? SO WHEN YOU ARE THE MAYOR, THEN THIS IS A SIDE EFFECT, BUT HEY, WE, THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR HER.

THAT'S WHY SHE'S SO BUSY.

AND, UH, BESIDE DOING EVERYTHING I WANNA SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH OKAY.

TO CONTRIBUTE.

OKAY? AND THE CITY CLERK, BECAUSE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT.

BASICALLY, THEY KEEP OUR RECORD AND FOR THE ELECTION, OKAY? ELECTION AND THE CITY CLERK IN CHARGE OF ELECTION.

AM I RIGHT? YEAH.

SO WHO WANNA SPEAK FIRST? GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS NICHOLAS LEWIS.

I'M THE ELECTED CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

UM, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, OBVIOUSLY HOPEFULLY INTRODUCE, UH, LISA SHERICK, WHO IS OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK WHO ACTUALLY DOES THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF RUNNING THE DEPARTMENT THAT IS THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

UM, LIKE TO INTRODUCE ALSO, UH, A COUPLE OF OTHER STAFF MEMBERS, MONIQUE AND, AND LAURA, IF YOU CAN, UM, STAND UP AND, UH, AND, AND PLEASE BE RECOGNIZED.

UH, MONIQUE IS OUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

AND, UH, AND, AND LAURA IS THE FRONT FACING PERSON.

YOU'LL SEE AT THE FRONT DESK WHO IS GONNA, UH, INTERACT WITH YOU DIRECTLY.

UM, SO IN, IN ANY CASE, AS, UH, AS, AS THE MAYOR SAID, UM, I, I DO THINK THAT OBVIOUSLY THIS, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IS IMPORTANT FOR KEEPING RECORDS, BUT IT'S ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR ONE THING, AND THAT IS TRANSPARENCY.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS TRANSPARENT, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HOLD ANYONE ACCOUNTABLE.

AND ULTIMATELY, THAT'S THE ONE THING THAT I CAN SAY OUR STAFF DOES A WONDERFUL JOB AT.

WE HAVE, UH, BASED UPON THE INFORMATION I'VE BEEN PROVIDED.

AND IF SOMEBODY TELLS ME OTHERWISE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

I'M HAPPY TO COMPLAIN.

I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS MY VOICE WILL BE HEARD, UM, VERY LOUD AND CLEAR.

BUT LISA HAS INFORMED ME THAT, UH, OVER THE PAST, UH, OVER THE PAST CALENDAR YEAR, WE HAVE HAD, UH, 100% COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS.

UM, AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME RECORDS REQUESTS THAT TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL TIME, UM, WE ARE ABOUT 90% COMPLIANCE IN TERMS OF MEETING THE STATUTORY DEADLINE WITHOUT, UH, REQUESTING ADDITIONAL REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, WHICH I THINK IS A, A PRETTY GOOD, UH, STATEMENT OF THE QUALITY OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.

SO, AGAIN, I BELIEVE THIS PROCLAMATION DEFINITELY GOES TO LISA AND HER STAFF.

AND AGAIN, UH, ONCE AGAIN, THANK, UH, THANK THESE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY ARE WONDERFUL.

UM, AND THEY SERVE AN, UH, A, A, AN EXTRAORDINARILY NECESSARY PURPOSE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON.

SO, LISA, THANK YOU

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SO MUCH.

UM, AS, UH, OUR CITY CLERK, NICK, SO GRACIOUSLY STATED, I COULD NOT DO MY JOB WITHOUT OUR STAFF, AND WITHOUT THE HELP OF MONIQUE AND WITHOUT THE HELP OF LAURA, WHO, UH, KEEP ME, UH, ON, ON MY TOES, THEY ASSIST ME WITH OUR DAILY TASK.

AND IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO WORK WITH THEM.

AND, UH, AS NICK MENTIONED, OUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST LAST YEAR, LAST CALENDAR YEAR, WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND .

THAT'S FUNNY, RIGHT? , AND THAT'S A, THAT'S A LOT FOR US.

STAFF OF TWO.

UM, MONIQUE AND I PRIMARILY ANSWER THOSE RECORDS REQUESTS, AND THAT'S A LOT FOR US TO, TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IN A YEAR'S TIME.

AND SO, AGAIN, I THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK AND THEIR, THEIR HELP WITH, UM, THE DAY-TO-DAY ACTIVITIES.

SO, THANK YOU.

YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? SEE, THEY ARE THE HARDWORKING LADIES, OKAY? THEY DON'T WANNA SPEAK, OKAY? BUT THEY REALLY MAKE THING HAPPEN.

AND, UH, SORRY ABOUT THE THOUSANDS OF, UH, PUBLIC WORKERS AGAINST ME.

OKAY? SO ADVISOR, OKAY? THEY COME WITH A JOB, OKAY? BUT, OKAY, I WANNA READ THIS SINCE, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK PREPARED THIS.

OKAY? I BETTER READ IT.

OTHERWISE, I HAVE NO LUNCH FROM HER.

OKAY? INITIATE IN 1969 BY IIMC AND ENDORSED BY ALL OF THESE MEMBERS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND 15 OTHER COUNTRIES.

THE WEEK IS A TIME OF CELEBRATION AND REFLECTION ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CLERK OFFICE.

TRANSPARENCY.

IN 8 19 84, PRESIDENT REAGAN, RONALD REAGAN SIGNED PROCLAMATION, LET OFFICIALLY DECLARE MUNICIPAL CLERK WEEK, THE FIRST FULL WEEK OF MAY.

LET'S GIVE IT A HAND, NOT YET, OKAY? AND REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF, UH, WEST COVINA.

I WANT TO OKAY.

PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION TO OUR CITY CLERK AND CITY CLERK.

OKAY? NICK LEWIS ELECTED, THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALWAYS HOW FOR US? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY? APPRECIATE, THANK YOU, LEE.

AND THEN WE GO TO THE, ANOTHER PROCLAMATION.

OKAY? ANOTHER PROCLAMATION MAY IS LIKE, UH, THE, THE MONTH OF, UH, EVERY, EVERY BUSINESS, EVERY GROUP, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THEM PROCLAMATION AND SEVERAL BETWEEN A SMALL BUSINESS WEEK RATHER COMING UP, OKAY? FOR MORE THAN 60 YEARS, THE US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HAS CELEBRATED NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, ACKNOWLEDGING THE CRITICAL CONTRIBUTION OF AMERICA, OKAY? AND THE ENTREPRENEURS AND THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK 2025 WILL TAKE PLACE MAY 4TH TO 10TH.

AND THE, AND THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WILL OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZE THEIR HARD WORK INGENUITY AND THEIR DEDICATION, INCLUDING THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO THE ECONOMY.

AND ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE FOR SMALL BUSINESS, OKAY? FOR THE JOB CREATED BY THEM, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE? ANYBODY KNOW? UM, AND IF YOU, RIGHT, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU TO LUNCH.

OKAY? ANYBODY KNOW HOW MANY? 74? HOW MANY PERCENT? 74, 75 ROUND.

FROM CAFE 86 TO COME UP AND RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION, UM, BEFORE SHE SHARES A FEW WORDS.

OKAY, IF YOU GOOGLE IT, I GOOGLE IT BEFORE I SHOW UP.

IT'S A 55%, IT'S A 55%, 55, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, IT, YOU MAKE, UH, CLOSE ENOUGH, THE 55%.

SO IT IS A MAJORITY OF OUR JOB CREATED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS.

SO HOW IMPORTANT WE NEED TO APPRECIATE ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESS.

AND IN WEST COVINA, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE 4,000 BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS, THEN SOME OF THEM, THE BRICK AND MORTARS, OKAY? SOME OF THEM WORK AT HOME, SOME OF THEM WORK IN THEIR GARAGE, SOME OF THEM ARE OKAY, OKAY.

WITHIN WORK IN THE CLOUD.

BUT WE HAVE SO MANY BUSINESS, OKAY? AND, AND, AND TRY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY CREATE JOB AND CREATE TAX REVENUE, OKAY? AND, UH, RATHER YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WILL, AS THE MAYOR SAID, A SMALL BUSINESS WEEK THIS YEAR IS HAPPENING THIS WEEK, MAY 4TH TO MAY 10TH, UH, THIS WEEK AND EVERY WEEK WE MUST REAFFIRM OUR COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO SHOP SMALL SHOP, LOCAL, SHOP WEST COVINA.

ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, I WANNA EXTEND MY GRATITUDE TO ALL OUR LOCAL BUSINESS OWNERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK, YOUR INNOVATION, AND YOUR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO MAKING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND DO BUSINESS.

IN HONOR OF NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE OWNERS OF ONE OF THE NEWEST BUSINESSES IN THE CITY, AND THE NEWEST MEMBER OF OUR WEST COVINA CHAMBER, UH, OWNER GRACE REYES

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I ALSO WANT TO TAKE, UM, THIS, I'M SORRY, BEFORE SHE SHARES A FEW WORDS, I WANNA TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO ALL OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN THE CITY TO BECOME MEMBERS OF OUR WEST COVINA CHAMBER OF THE CITY'S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BUT ALSO HUGE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE HAVE OUR UPCOMING NEXT MIXER HAPPENING THURSDAY, JUNE 5TH, FROM FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 AT CAFE 86.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST SHARE REALLY QUICK.

SO MY FAMILY, UM, HAS LIVED IN WEST COVINA FOR 38 YEARS.

AND SO, UM, MY BROTHER, MY SISTER WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL HERE.

UM, AND SO WHEN WE WERE PICKING A PLACE OF WHERE TO BUILD OUR BUSINESS, UM, WE JUST OPENED LIKE MARCH 8TH, LIKE THEY SAID, UM, WEST COVINA WAS LIKE THE FIRST ONE, UM, THAT WE REALLY THOUGHT OF.

AND IT'S SO FUNNY BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S ASIAN AMERICAN, UM, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, UM, YOU KNOW, MONTH.

AND SO WE ARE A FILIPINO INFUSED, UM, UM, CAFE.

UM, AND WE, WE, WE TRY TO SHARE OUR FLAVORS IN A REALLY TWIST, BUT THERE'S A TWIST.

AND SO WE DO A LOT OF UBE LATTES, UBE MILK TEAS, UM, AND SO, UM, I'M FILIPINO, BUT I'M ALSO CHINESE.

SO, UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO INVITE YOU ALL TO COME.

UM, WE ARE IN THE AREA IN GLENDORA, UM, LIKE, UM, LATI SAID, UM, UH, EDWARDS IS, AND SO I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THIS, FOR THIS HONOR.

UM, AND, UM, I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL SOON.

UM, AND WHEN WE, YOU TALK ABOUT, UM, THE 55%, ALL MY STAFF ARE WEST COVINA FROM WEST COVINA.

THEY'RE ALL, UM, STUDENTS THAT LIVE AROUND THE AREA.

SOME OF 'EM WALK THERE.

SO, UM, SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU GRACE.

AND I WENT TO YOUR GRAND OPENING, OKAY? AND, UH, AND, UH, WITH THAT VERY, VERY DELICIOUS DRINK, OKAY? AND THEY OPEN AT, UH, UM, COLONY.

OKAY? COLONY.

YOU GO IN ON THE RIGHT HAND, LEFT HAND SIDE, AND THE PEOPLE WENT IN A KNOT IN THE LINE AND FOR THEIR DRINK AND THEIR PURPLE DRINK, THAT IS SO ATTRACTIVE BECAUSE IT'S PURPLE, MY FAVORITE COLOR.

OKAY? AND, UH, VERY TASTY.

AND YOU GUYS SHOULD TRY AND IT'S NOT TOO SWEET, AND YOU CAN YEAH.

AND, BUT IT'S VERY HEALTHY.

OKAY? OKAY.

SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T KNOW.

I, I THINK IT'S PRETTY HEALTHY BECAUSE I THINK I'M, I DON'T GAIN WEIGHT TOO MUCH.

OKAY? BUT THIS IS SUCH A GOOD STUFF, OKAY? GOOD DRINK.

AND PEOPLE SHOULD GO TO SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS.

AND GLENDORA OUR SO-CALLED OUR HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN, AND WE TRY TO REVITALIZE AND HOPEFULLY IT CAN HAVE ALL BUSINESS, MORE BUSINESS COMING IN AND HAVE ALL THE OKAY.

RESTAURANT CAN JOIN ALL THIS ACTIVITY AND HOPE PEOPLE CAN WALK OVER THERE AND THEY WALK THEIR DOG ENJOYING THE FOOD, ENJOYING THE OKAY.

DRINK.

AND, UH, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY AGAIN.

OKAY? AND, UH, GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA WITH 120,000 POPULATION.

WE SO PROUD TO PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS WEEK.

AND YOU ARE THE NEW BUSINESS, AND YOU ARE NEW ATTRACTION TO OUR CITY.

WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH, OKAY.

AND TO PUT THIS CONTRIBUTION YOU WANNA COME UP, OKAY? AND, UH, NO.

YOU SURE YOU WANT COME UP? OKAY? BUT OTHERWISE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

PUT YOUR TRUST AND INVESTMENT IN WEST COTA.

THEY ALSO HAVE SANDWICHES THERE TOO, SO THEY HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

I WOULD THINK.

WHO'S TALKING TO ME? ? I WAS THINKING MY WIFE'S TALKING TO ME NOW.

I'M BUSY.

I'M WORKING ON, OKAY.

AND NEXT ONE I WANNA SAY CERTIFICATE FOR THE HONORING.

THIS YEAR, WE ARE CELEBRATING 20 YEARS OF GIVING SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.

MICHAEL YEN.

MICHAEL, COME UP.

YOU WANNA COME UP THE EDISON SCHOLARSHIP? OKAY.

AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS MICHAEL, INTEREST IN STEM BEGAN AFTER THE, OKAY.

ALL THE COURSES WHERE THEY ANALYZED PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE VOTING DATA.

I THINK ONE THING I, READING THIS, I THINK I ALLOW TO TELL US WHAT MICHAEL, OKAY.

ACHIEVEMENT AS A YOUNG AGE.

HOW IS MICHAEL 17? OKAY.

STILL UNDER AGE.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE GOING TO COLLEGE, OKAY? SO GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

I'M MARISSA CASTRO SALVATI.

I'M THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.

BUT TONIGHT I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MICHAEL EWEN.

UH, HE GOES TO SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IN FACT, UH, SOUTH HILLS, HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IS ONE OF THE RECIPIENTS EVERY YEAR.

SO THIS IS THE THIRD RECIPIENT THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, FROM SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL TO RECEIVE EDISON'S, UH, SCHOLARS EVENT, WHICH IS OUR EDISON SCHOLARSHIP.

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WE HAVE GIVEN $19.3 MILLION TO ABOUT 790 STUDENTS, UH, SINCE 2006.

AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF APPLICANTS THAT APPLY, AND ONLY 30 STUDENTS MAKE IT.

30 STUDENTS RECEIVE $50,000.

UH, SO THEY ARE GOING TO A FOUR YEAR HIGH, UH, FOUR YEAR COLLEGE.

AND MICHAEL, I WILL LET YOU TELL EVERYBODY WHAT SCHOOL YOU'RE GOING.

'CAUSE I'M GONNA SAY HOORAH.

AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE A, UM, AN A GREAT EVENT FOR HIM TO BE PART OF THAT, UH, COLLEGE.

HE IS ACTUALLY, UM, GOING TO, UM, UH, GO AS APPLIED MATHEMATICIAN.

THAT IS GOING TO BE HIS, UH, WELL, WE'LL LET HIM INTRODUCE HIMSELF, BUT MICHAEL EWEN.

MICHAEL EWEN IS A STUDENT AT SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE'LL BE GOING TO, SO IF I'M GOING TO USC, UM, SO LIKE SHE SAID, I'M GONNA MAJOR IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS, AND I HOPE THAT THROUGHOUT MY FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE, I'M GONNA EXPLORE WHAT, UH, CAREER PATH I WANT TO TAKE.

AND, UH, I ALSO PLAN ON JOINING THE MARCHING BAND AND, YOU KNOW, DOING ALL THE FUN ACTIVITIES THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, SO THANK YOU.

AND, UH, AND, UH, TWICE THIS, SO THIS IS, THIS IS A CHECK.

HE CAN'T CASH IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST MORE FOR PICTURE.

SO BASICALLY ADDISON OKAY.

AND, UH, BASICALLY DONATE A 50,000 SCHOLARSHIP FOR EACH STUDENT.

EACH STUDENT GETS $55.

WHOA.

GREAT.

$50,000 LAST YEAR ACTUALLY WAS US DOLLARS.

US DOLLARS, YES.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DONATION.

AND, UH, THIS IS A GOOD $50,000 YOU CAN PAY FOR YOUR SCHOLAR, OKAY? AND TUITION.

AND THE, AND THE PARENT, PARENT CAN COME UP.

PARENT COME UP, AND, UH, I, I, I THINK USC IS VERY EXPENSIVE, OKAY? $50,000 MAYBE HELP YOU ONE SEMESTER, OKAY? THE REST OF YOU ON YOUR OWN.

OKAY? SO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR PROUD SON? YEAH, I'M VERY PROUD OF MY SON.

AND, UH, ALSO, I VERY THANK YOU FOR MAYOR AND THIS, UH, UH, THE , SOUTHERN , THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYBODY.

AND, UH, MOM WANNA SAY SOMETHING? OH, I CAN ASK YOU.

OH, OKAY.

UH, SHE SAY, SHE SAY, I'M VERY PROUD OF MY SON.

OKAY, SO, SO WE VERY PROUD OF HIM AND FAL HILL, AND THEY GET $50,000 SCHOLARSHIP, AND THEY REPRESENT US, GO TO USC.

OKAY? AND, UH, WE SHOW THE BEST, AND THEN, OKAY, HOPEFULLY, OKAY, YOU COME BACK TO SHARE WITH US WHAT IS YOUR LIFE IN THE COLLEGE, OKAY? AND THEN WE ARE INTERESTED TO, TO KNOW AND HERE REPRESENT AGAIN, OKAY? WE DON'T GIVE YOU $50,000, WE GIVE YOU A PIECE OF PAPER, OKAY? OKAY.

AND, UM, CITY OF BUDGET ISSUE, WE DON'T GIVE YOU $50,000, OKAY? WE, AS OUR GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO OUR, ONE OF OUR KID.

AND, UH, GET, UH, ONE THE OKAY SCHOLARSHIP FOR $50,000 AND ALSO GO TO THE USC, UH, WILL BE OUR FUTURE SCIENTIST, AND THEN MAYBE GO TO THE MOON, GO TO THE MOSQUE, OKAY? BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THEN MAYBE, UH, BECOME AI ROBOTIC AND THIS AND THAT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.

MICHAEL, THIS IS, UH, EDISON SCHOLARSHIP FROM SOUTH HILL HIGH SCHOOL.

WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE PRESENT OUR GREAT CITY.

AND THE LAST PRESENTATION IS OUR POLICE CHIEF.

ALL POLICE WANNA COME DOWN TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ABOUT OUR OKAY.

WITH COVINA EXPLORER PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO RECRUIT A LOT OF YOUNG KID, UH, BESIDE THEY GO TO USC, MAYBE THEY CAN JOIN OUR POLICE FORCE.

OKAY? AND, UH, SO THIS IS ANOTHER OUTLET, UH, FOR OUR FUTURE.

YOU WANT TO, MIKE? THANK YOU.

EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS TONY CORINO.

I'M THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE WEST COVIN POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND WE WANTED TO JUST TAKE A, UH, BRIEF COUPLE MINUTES TO, UH, TELL EVERYONE ABOUT OUR POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM.

AND TO HANDLE THAT PRESENTATION, I HAVE LIEUTENANT MIKE WEATHERMAN, WHO OVERSEES OUR ENTIRE, UH, EXPLORER PROGRAM.

SO I'LL HAND IT OVER TO HIM NOW.

UH, I'M GONNA JUST KINDA TAKE MY NOTES HERE AND I'LL FACE THAT WAY, IF THAT'S OKAY.

UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WU, ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE

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PUBLIC.

MY NAME IS MIKE WEATHERMAN, AND I SERVE AS A PATROL LIEUTENANT WITH THE WEST COMMAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.

IN ADDITION TO MY REGULAR DUTIES, I ALSO HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF OVERSEEING OUR POLICE EXPLORER PROGRAM.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING AT THE REQUEST TO COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM.

FIRST, I WANT TO EXTEND MY SINCERE THANKS TO THE COUNCIL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ABOUT A PROGRAM THAT IS NOT ONLY CLOSE TO MY HEART, BUT VITAL TO THE FUTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

TO ASSIST WITH MY REMARKS, I PREPARED A BRIEF POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I LIKE TO REFER TO IT NOW.

UH, WE CAN WATCH THE VIDEO FIRST, IF THAT'S OKAY.

UM, 15 MINUTES TO GET IT UP.

LIABILITY INSURANCE COVERAGES.

UH, WE CAN DO THIS FIRST IF YOU WANT.

THAT'S FINE.

UH, PROGRAM OVERVIEW.

AS FAR AS THE, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, UH, WEST CAMINO POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPLORER PROGRAM IS A CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION PROGRAM OPENED TO YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE BETWEEN 14 AND 20 AND A HALF, UH, YEARS OF AGE, WHO EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSION.

ITS PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN TRAINING AND EXPERIENCES THAT ASSIST YOUNG ADULTS IN MATURING AND BECOMING MORE RESPONSIBLE, COMPASSIONATE, INDEPENDENT, AND SELF-CONFIDENT.

UH, OUR WEST CAMINO POLICE DEPARTMENT EXPLORE PROGRAM HAS BEEN AN INTER INTEGRAL PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1967.

OVER THE DECADES, THIS PROGRAM HAS SERVED AS A FOUNDATIONAL TRAINING GROUND FOR MANY YOUNG INDIVIDUALS, SOME OF THEM WHO HAVE GONE AND BECOME FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN WEST COVINA AND AT OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM ARE, THEY VOLUNTEER HUNDREDS OF HOURS TO THE COMMUNITY ANNUALLY THROUGH THEIR PARTICIPATION IN DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS WHILE LEARNING VALUABLE LIFE LESSONS.

THEY'RE A VALUABLE DEPARTMENT ASSET.

THE PROGRAM IS SPONSORED AND RAN BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA.

THE EXPLORER PROGRAM IS SOLELY FUNDED THROUGH DONATIONS RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, THERE ARE DUTIES.

THE POLICE EXPLORERS OFFER VALUABLE SUPPORT TO POLICE DEPARTMENT BY PARTICIPATING IN VARIOUS ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS, TRAINING, AND ASSISTING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.

THEY HELP WITH TASKS LIKE TRAFFIC CONTROL AT EVENTS, CROWD MANAGEMENT AT CITY EVENTS, AND ASSISTING OFFICERS DURING RIDE-ALONGS.

EXPLORERS ALSO RECEIVE TRAINING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE, PHYSICAL FITNESS AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

THE EXPLORERS TRAVEL TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO COMPETE AGAINST OTHER EXPLORER POSTS IN POLICE TRAINING RELATED EVENTS.

NEXT SLIDE.

UH, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, MANY OF OUR, UH, PREVIOUS EXPLORERS HAVE, UH, GONE ON TO BECOME EITHER POLICE OFFICERS WITH OUR DEPARTMENT OR POLICE OFFICERS WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

THESE ARE SOME OF, UH, OUR CURRENT ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY SERVING WITH OUR DEPARTMENT ON THE LEFT AND SOME OF OUR PRIOR ONES ON THE RIGHT OVER THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

NEXT ONE, OUR CURRENT STAFFING.

SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT OUR, UH, SPONSORSHIP AND OUR, UH, CURRENT STAFFING.

OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM OPERATES UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, WHICH PROVIDES OVERSIGHT IN AREAS SUCH AS ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE AGE OF THE RECRUITS IS, IS, UH, MANDATED BY US, BY THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, UH, TRAINING STANDARDS FOR ADVISORS.

THE PROGRAM IS ENTIRELY FUNDED THROUGH COMMUNITY DONATIONS AND REVENUES GENERATED BY THE EXPLORERS PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL EVENTS.

CURRENTLY, OUR OPERATING BUDGET STANDS AT ABOUT APPROXIMATELY $3,000.

I SHOULD NOTE THAT THE EXPLORER PROGRAM DOES NOT HAVE A DESIGNATED LINE ITEM IN THE CITY BUDGET.

ALL FUNDS THAT SUPPORT THE PROGRAM ARE THROUGH DONATIONS OR PAID EVENTS PERFORMED FOR OUR EXPLORERS.

THESE FUNDS ARE USED TO COVER ESSENTIAL EXPENSES, WHICH INCLUDE UNIFORMS AND EQUIPMENT, ANNUAL CHARTER FEES WITH THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS SUCH AS COMPETITIONS, OVERNIGHT STAYS, AND MEALS, AND TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITIES.

AS WE TALKED ABOUT OUR STAFFING OVERVIEW.

PRIOR TO COVID-19, UH, PANDEMIC, OUR EXPLORER POST HAD APPROXIMATELY 20 ACTIVE MEMBERS.

HOWEVER, LIKE MANY PROGRAMS NATIONWIDE, WE WERE IMPACTED BY BOTH THE PANDEMIC AND BROADER SHIFTS IN THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.

THE POST WAS TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN, BUT I'M PROUD TO REPORT THAT IT HAS SINCE BEEN REESTABLISHED.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE FIVE FULLY TRAINED EXPLORERS AND TWO ADDITIONAL RECRUITS IN THE TRAINING.

IN CURRENTLY, WE'RE BEGINNING TO SEE RENEWED INTEREST FROM YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE ONCE CONSIDER, AGAIN, CONSIDERING LAW, LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A CAREER PATH.

AND OFTEN THEIR JOURNEY BEGINS WITH THE EXPLORER PROGRAM.

SO, LIKE I SAID, OUR CURRENT STAFFING IS, UH, FIVE ACTIVE, RECRUIT, ACTIVE, UH, EXPLORERS, AND TWO RECRUITS.

IS THAT IT? THERE WE GO.

UH, THESE ARE OUR CURRENT EXPLORER ADVISORS.

UH, EXPLORER ADVISORS, UH, COME IN AND THEY, UH, DO WEEKLY TRAINING WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, RECRUITS.

AND THEY ALSO HAVE TO ATTEND THE EVENTS WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE OBVIOUSLY, UH, ADULT SUPERVISION WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES.

UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY OVERVIEW.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE AND SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE EXPLORE PROGRAM AND ITS MISSION TO MENTOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS AND COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTION OR DO I YEAH, QUICKLY.

WE DO AS A COUNCIL TO SUPPORT YOUR INITIATIVE TO RECRUIT MORE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY? SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT THE BIGGEST, UH, CHALLENGE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS OBVIOUSLY OUR BUDGET.

UM, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT CHALLENGES ARE YOU CURRENTLY FACING AND WHAT CAN

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UM, OUR BUDGET IS DICTATED BY THE DONATIONS RECEIVED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, RIGHT NOW OUR CURRENT, UH, EXPLORER PROPOSED IS GOING TO APPROXIMATELY TWO EVENTS A YEAR, UM, COMPETITIONS A YEAR, UH, THROUGH THOSE COMPETITIONS.

OBVIOUSLY WE'RE PAYING FOR THEIR, UH, UNIFORMS TO, TO TRAIN FOR THOSE EVENTS.

WE'RE PAYING FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT, WHICH ALSO GO THROUGH TO THAT EVENT.

AND THEN ALSO THEIR HOTELS, THEIR TRAVEL AND THEIR, THEIR MEALS WHILE THEY'RE AT THOSE EVENTS.

AND THAT'S ALL FUNDED, UH, DIRECTLY THROUGH THE DONATIONS RECEIVED.

AND, AND IF, IF YOU HAD A, A WISHLIST, HOW MUCH, UH, REALISTICALLY WHAT YOU NEED FOR 1, 1 1 YEAR? UH, AS OPPOSED, I MEAN, IDEALLY, I GUESS IF, IF WE COULD IN ORDER TO GET THEM THE UNIFORMS THAT THEY REALLY WANT, THE EQUIPMENT THAT THEY NEED, AND TO TRAVEL WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THEIR FOODS, I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE AROUND $15,000 WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN OLLIE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND LIEUTENANT, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.

TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THIS PROGRAM INTERSECT WITH A BOYS, UH, MEETING, UH, EAGLE SCOUT REQUIREMENTS WHO ARE UNDER 18? UH, IS THERE ANY IN, IS THERE ANY, UH, INTERSECTION BETWEEN BOTH THE EXPLORER PROGRAM AND, AND EFFORTS TO GET BOYS TO BECOME EAGLE SCOUTS IF THEY'RE STILL, UH, YOUNG ENOUGH TO, TO WORK TO QUALIFY? UH, FROM WHAT I KNOW AS FAR AS THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, I BELIEVE THE, UH, EXPLORER POST AND THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ACTUALLY OPERATED ON TWO SEPARATE, UH, THINGS.

I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY INTERSECT WITH EACH OTHER.

IT'S SOMETHING I HAVE TO LOOK INTO.

UH, IF NONE OKAY, WE, OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.

UH, OKAY.

I THINK IT'S EXCELLENT PROGRAM AND THAT I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE ALL THE, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE WILLING TO OKAY.

I'M SORRY.

THEY HAVE A VIDEO.

OH, YEAH, WE HAVE A SHORT VIDEO IF YOU WANNA SEE THE EXPLORERS IN ACTION.

NOT YET.

QUESTION THE COMPETITIONS.

AND, UH, MAYOR PUTIN LETTI, YOU WANNA HAVE A QUESTION? GO.

UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, HAS OUR EXPLORERS WON ANYTHING IN THE PAST? SO OUR EXPLORER POST IN THE PAST HAS A, ACTUALLY, UH, HAD MULTIPLE AWARDS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, UH, PHOTOS ON THE, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

UH, THIS LAST, UH, TRIP WE WENT TO CHANDLER AND THEY TOOK, I BELIEVE IT WAS THIRD PLACE IN A, UH, INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM, UH, COMPETITION, WHICH IS PRETTY HARD.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE RUNNING A, A CRITICAL INCIDENT AND MAKING DECISIONS FOR A CRITICAL INCIDENT AT WORK CURRENT AT THAT TIME.

AND IF RESIDENTS WISH TO DONATE, WHERE WOULD THEY DONATE IT TO? UH, THEY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE OR THEY CAN CONTACT, UH, SERGEANT SPA OR MYSELF.

UH, VERY GOOD.

I THINK GREAT PROGRAM AND LET'S MAKE MORE PEOPLE.

STUDENT JOIN US.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE VERY PROUD WISH OF BEING A PD, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

AND, UH, UH, I WANNA SAY ONE THING.

I FEEL LIKE EITHER MY EYE BEEN FIXED OR OUR PROJECTOR IS SO PRETTY.

I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT IT IS A NEW PROJECTOR.

OH, THAT'S SO NICE.

YOU GUYS SEE MUCH CLEARER THAN BEFORE.

YOU LIKE IT? OKAY.

I'LL BELIEVE YOU ALL AND LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU LATER ON.

SO ANYWAY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CT CITY MANAGER, PUT THIS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A WHILE, BUT NOW WE CAN SEE CLEARLY, AND I THINK ALLIEN CAN SEE THAT SCREEN.

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OKAY? CLEARLY.

AND, UH, THE PRESENTATION LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

OKAY? AND ANOTHER THING I WANT TO QUICKLY, BEFORE WE GO TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, AND, UH, WE, IN APRIL, WE HAVE A DISPATCHERS APPRECIATION MONTH, OKAY? THINGS WE KIND OF, UH, BUSY AND, UH, WE WANNA DO IT OKAY WITH OUR POLICE CHIEF, DO BRING ALL THE, OKAY, DISPATCHER, IF THEY HAVE TIME TO COME DOWN TO NEXT MEETING TO GIVE RECOGNIZE AND OUR DISPATCHER WORKING VERY HARD FOR OUR CT.

THEY'RE THE FRONT LINE, OKAY? TO RECEIVE CALL AND SEND OUR POLICE PATROL, UH, OFFICER TO THE AREA.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO THANK THEM.

SO SORRY ABOUT THE APRIL, DIDN'T WE MISS, BUT WE WANNA DO IT AND NEXT, OKAY.

MEETING AND, UH, OUR POLICE CHIEF, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN DO, UH, DO A PRESENTATION FOR US, INCLUDING A LOT OF, UH, I I RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING THE OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE FOR ARREST CRIMINAL, AND, UH, WHEN THEY BURGLARIZE AND, UH, UM, OKAY, VANDALIZED AND, UH, EVEN SET A FIRE TO SOME PEOPLE'S HOME AT THEIR, THEIR CAR.

AND THEY GOT ARRESTED RIGHT AWAY BY OUR POLICE AND OUR FIRE CHIEF, OKAY? FIRE DEPARTMENT INVESTIGATORS.

SO I WANNA THANK OKAY, ALL THIS PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF AND OFFICER TO PROTECT OUR CITY.

AND, AND I WANT THANK DISPATCHER AND WE WANT RECOGNIZE AND THE NEXT MEETING AND THIS COMING WEEKEND, ANYBODY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THIS SUNDAY? VERY IMPORTANT DAY.

IT'S NOT MY BIRTHDAY, OKAY? BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT DAY.

WHAT DAY IS THAT? MOTHER MOTHER'S DAY.

YEAH, MOTHER'S DAY.

I WANNA SAY WISH ALL THE MOTHER HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

OKAY? AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DAY AND, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOW, AND YOU CANNOT EVEN FIND A RESTAURANT THAT YOU HAVE AN EMPTY SEAT BECAUSE IT'S A BOOK.

SO BOOK YOUR RESTAURANT FOR YOUR MOM.

OKAY? I WANNA THANK OKAY, ALL THE MOM, OKAY? AND I WISH THEN HAPPINESS, OKAY? AND, UH, HEALTHY ALL THE TIME.

IF YOU STILL HAVE YOUR MOM, PRECIOUS, OKAY? BECAUSE THAT IS THE TREASURE FOR YOU.

I LOST MY MOM IN 2015 AND I STILL VERY SAD HERE TODAY.

OKAY? SO PRECIOUS, YOUR MOM SHOWER HER WITH FLOWERS, SHOWER WITH GIFT.

AND I WANNA SAY WISH EVERYBODY, UH, VERY, VERY HAPPY MOTHER DAY.

WE MOVE INTO ORAL COMMUNICATION.

AND NOW

[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

I, I HAVE TO READ THIS IF YOU BEAR WITH ME, OKAY? AND, UH, WE GO TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATION, OKAY? COMMON ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR CITY COUNCIL REQUEST TO SPEAK.

AND ON AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEMS. MEMBERS OF PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THE ELDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEAKING OFF TOPIC, SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKER'S ALLOWED TIME LIMIT MAKING SLANDEROUS OR PROFOUND REMARK OR USING LOUD THREATENING OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPT, DISTURB, PLETE, OR RENDER I FEASIBLE THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING.

MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN ANY PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN A MANNER.

LET MAY REASONABLE BE INTERPRETED AS AN ELEMENT THREAT OF PHYSICAL HARM.

WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE START LINE UP IN THE CENTER ROW AND THE TIME WE'VE STARTED WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED A CITY CLERK.

UH, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TODAY, MAYOR, WE HAVE 17 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

17? YES SIR.

OKAY, LET'S LINE THEM UP.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATCHES, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CALDONE, JOHN TIME.

COUPLE THINGS.

ONE OF THE THINGS IS CHANGING THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.

THAT THAT SEEMS A RATHER, UH, NOT GOOD, BUT WHAT IT MAKES ME, WHAT MAKES ME WONDER ABOUT IT IS WHO'S RUNNING THE CITY.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, AT LEAST ON SOCIAL MEDIA SAYS IT'S MAYOR WU.

WELL, CONSIDERING THAT, WHO, WHAT WAS IT? THERE'S 50 MOTHER MAIS WHO HAVE BEEN PUT IN AND LISTENING TO MAYOR WU TALK ABOUT ALL THE MOTHER MAIS THAT HAD BEEN PUT IN.

I THINK IT'S THE, UH, THE PAID INFORMANT WHO'S ACTUALLY RUNNING THINGS, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE HE'S GETTING ALL THESE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT'S THE, UH, WHAT'S THE PROPER TERM I LOOKED UP FOR HIM WOULD BE SNITCH, WHICH MADE ME WONDER WHAT'S GOING ON THAT, YOU KNOW, WHO IS, UH, STILL PAYING YOU? BECAUSE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT A VIDEO THAT SAID SNITCHES ARE, I WON'T USE THE OTHER WORD, BUT

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SNITCHES LIE AND DIE.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, ARE THEY WARNING YOU ABOUT SOMETHING? ARE THEY WARNING YOU? AND SINCE YOU'RE WILLING TO RAT ON ANYBODY WHO GIVES YOU MONEY, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST FOR YOU TO TELL ME WHAT YOU HAVE ON HIM? BECAUSE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE SOMETHING ON HIM, HE WOULDN'T BE LETTING YOU GET AWAY WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

COULD IT BE, I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A PERSON ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR CAMPAIGN THAT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE FBI.

'CAUSE HE WAS THE HEAD OF AN ORGANIZATION THAT TRACKED CHINESE NATIONALS IN THE UNITED STATES.

YOU HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

AND WHAT I FIND EVEN MORE AMAZING IS THAT THE TIME YOU WORKED AT YOUR, THE, YOUR FORMER EMPLOYERS AND THE TIME THAT YOU BECAME AN INFORMANT, LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE THERE.

LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST, I'M JUST WONDERING HOW THAT GOES AND WHY ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE BRINGING THESE THINGS FORWARD AND THE MAYOR IS GOING, YES, MR. SNITCH.

I'M JUST WONDERING WHY, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, SEND, SEND ME A MESSAGE ON WHAT THE DOLLAR AMOUNT WOULD BE AND I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN ARRANGE FOR YOU.

AND I'M STILL WONDERING WHY OUR CITY HAS NOT DEMANDED AN ACCOUNTING OF THE MONEY HE'S GIVEN TO THIS CITY.

SO WHAT IT TELLS ME IS THAT MAY VERY WELL BE THE CASE, AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT HE'S GOT ON YOU.

SO I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA GIVE THE POLICE WHAT THEY WANT.

'CAUSE THEY KNEW ABOUT YOU BEING A SNITCH BEFORE ANY OF US DID.

OKAY, THANK YOU, JOHN.

JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CALDONE SHABABA, FOLLOWED BY LAYLA CALDONE.

IT STARTED WITH WOODROW WILSON.

TONIGHT I'M GOING TO COMMENT ON ITEM 12, EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY JOB DESCRIPTIONS IF PASSED.

THIS ITEM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF REMOVING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE CITY MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEAD POSITION, JOB REQUIREMENTS, AND IN TURN, LOWERING HIRING STANDARDS.

THE OPTICS ARE HORRID.

A LOOK AT THE HISTORY.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ON AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, HIRING PRACTICES SHOWS TWO DOMINANT MODELS HAVE OCCURRED.

THE FIRST MODEL, THE SPOIL SYSTEM, OR POLITICAL PATRONAGE, WAS THE PRACTICE WHERE POLITICIANS AND OFFICE HOLDERS FACILITATED GOVERNMENT JOBS AND CONTRACTS TO THEIR SUPPORTERS, FAMILY, FRIENDS, FAVORED PEOPLE.

IT WAS A CORRUPTED PROCESS THAT EVENTUALLY GAVE RISE TO REFORM.

AND THE SECOND MODEL, THE MERIT BASED CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH TODAY.

IN SHORT, THE MERIT SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED TO TAKE POLITICS OUT OF AND CORRUPTION OUT OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS HAVE STANDARDS APPLICANTS MUST MEET.

THE MERIT SYSTEM IS CONSIDERED TO BRING PROFESSIONALISM TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.

IT'S AN LONG STANDING PROCESS OF PROFESSION BEING PROFESSIONAL AND NOT BEING CORRUPT.

THAT CONCEPT MUST BE SUPPORTED.

THE STAFF REPORT REGARDING THE IMPLICATIONS THEY CHANGE, SUCH AS THIS WILL MAKE ON HIRING A SOUND.

IT WILL IMPACT YOUR ABILITIES TO GET QUALITY PEOPLE.

I KNOW I WORKED IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR FOR 40 YEARS.

THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING.

I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT WHAT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT I'M GONNA ADD MY OWN CONCERNS.

REMOVING DEGREE REQUIREMENTS FOR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND CITY MANAGERS SETS THE STAGE FOR HIRING FRIENDS, RELATIVES, FAVORED EMPLOYEES, PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT OR MAY BE QUALIFIED FOR A JOB THAT'S WRONG.

THERE SHOULD BE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.

A DEPARTMENT HEAD WITHOUT A DEGREE MAY END UP SUPERVISING EMPLOYEES WITH DEGREES.

ARE YOU GONNA DROP DEGREES FOR RANK AND FILE? I HOPE NOT.

PAY SCALES, FACTOR IN DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

ARE YOU GONNA DEVELOP TWO PAY SKILLS? ONE FOR A PAY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DOESN'T HAVE A DEGREE AND ONE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH A DEGREE? I DOUBT IT.

THIS REQUEST WAS INITIATED AS A MOTHER MAY I BY COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ ON FEBRUARY 18TH, 2025.

AT THE TIME HE MADE THE REQUEST.

HE COMMENTED THE CHANGE WOULD MAKE WEST COVINA HIRING MORE LIKE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PRACTICES.

THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN TO ME.

GOVERNMENT WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE ARE IN THE NEWS QUITE OFTEN TODAY.

LET'S NOT ORDER LOWER OUR HIRING STANDARDS AND MAKE CHANGES IN OUR WORKFORCE THAT CAN EASILY EVOLVE INTO A PATRONAGE

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OR SPOIL SYSTEM.

BRIAN CALDONE TABBA, FOLLOWED BY LAYLA CALDONE, FOLLOWED BY ZACHARY RAMLEE.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

UH, MAYOR, UH, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE LAND WE GATHER ON IS THE STOLEN HOMELAND OF THE GABRIELINO PEOPLE, THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THIS REGION.

I BEGIN THIS, UM, REMINDER NOT AS RITUAL, UH, BUT AS RECORD, BECAUSE HISTORY MATTERS, CONTEXT MATTERS.

UH, TONIGHT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO ACCEPT THE LOWER LOWERING OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS IN OUR CITY GOVERNMENTS, SPECIFICALLY THE REMOVAL OF THE COLLEGE DEGREE REQUIREMENT FOR THE POSITION OF CITY MANAGER.

LET ME BE CLEAR, THIS IS NOT A MOVE GROUNDED IN EQUITY.

THIS IS A CALCULATED DECISION, ONE THAT ERODES ACCOUNTABILITY, WEAKENS PROFESSIONAL OVERSIGHT, AND OPENS THE DOOR TO POLITICAL PATRONAGE.

WE ALREADY STRUGGLE TO RECRUIT AND RETAIN HIGHLY QUALIFIED DEPARTMENT HEADS IN THE CITY.

PUBLIC SECTOR PROFESSIONALS, PLANNERS, ENGINEERS, FINANCIAL ANALYSTS ARE WATCHING, AND SO IS THE CALIFORNIA JPIA.

IF WE ABANDON BASELINE EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE MOST CRITICAL EXECUTIVE POSITION IN THE CITY, WE RISK LOSING INSURANCE COVERAGE, CREDIBILITY, AND THE TRUST OF THOSE WE ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT.

LOWERING THE BAR DOES NOT MAKE US MORE COMPETITIVE.

IT SIGNALS INSTABILITY AND FRANKLY, DESPERATION.

SO LET'S NOT PRETEND THIS IS ABOUT EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY TO WEAKEN OUR HIRING REQUIREMENTS IS NOT ONLY UNETHICAL, IT'S DANGEROUS, IT EXPOSES OUR CITY TO LIABILITY, UNDERMINES PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND MOCKS EVERY QUALIFIED PUBLIC SERVANT WHO HAS WORKED HARD TO EARN THEIR EDUCATION AND THEIR REPUTATION.

US RESIDENTS DESERVE BETTER.

WE DESERVE A CITY GOVERNMENT GROUNDED IN TRANSPARENCY, IN MERIT, AND IN INTEGRITY.

NOT ONE RULED BY BACKROOM DEALS AND LOWER STANDARDS.

LET'S NOT TRADE PROFESSIONALISM FOR PATRONAGE.

LET'S DO BETTER.

LAYLA CALDONE, FOLLOWED BY ZACHARY RAMLEE, FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON.

HI, MY NAME IS LAYLA CALON.

I'M A SENIOR AT POLY AND I'M CURRENTLY DOING MY SENIOR PROJECT.

FOR MY SENIOR PROJECT.

I DECIDED TO CHOOSE THE TOPIC OF ANIMAL ABUSE, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY ANIMAL NEGLECT.

UM, SO ANIMAL NEGLECT DOESN'T JUST MEAN NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR ANIMAL OR JUST NEGLECTING THEM, BUT IT ALSO MEANS NOT BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEIR BASIC NECESSITIES, LIKE TAKING THEM TO THE VET, FEEDING THEM, OR PROVIDING THE NEEDED SURGERIES.

UM, AS A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA, I HAVE BECOME AWARE OF INSTANCES WHERE BELOVED PETS IN OUR COMMUNITY SUFFERED DUE TO THEIR OWNERS' FINANCIAL LIMITATIONS.

TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM, I DECIDED TO MAKE A PETITION TO HELP THE CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA EASILY FIND RESOURCES THAT HELP THEM PAY FOR THESE, UM, NECESSITIES, RESOURCES LIKE THE BROWN DOG, FOUNDATIONS, ACTORS, AND OTHERS FOR ANIMALS AND MANY OTHERS.

BY PROVIDING THESE HELPFUL RESOURCES, WE CAN HELP WEST COVINA PET OWNERS SEEK HELP BEFORE A SITUATION ESCALATES INTO SEVERE NEGLECT AND LESSENING THE AMOUNT OF ANIMAL SUFFERING IN OUR CITY.

THEREFORE, I'M ASKING THE WEST COVINA COUNCIL TO ADD THESE LINKS TO THE OFFICIAL WEST COVINA WEBSITE.

THIS ACTION WILL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF COUNTLESS PETS AND THEIR OWNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

JUST IMAGINE A WEST COVINA WHERE FEWER PETS ARE SURRENDERED TO THE SHELTER, DUE TO HARDSHIPS, AND WHERE MORE ANIMALS RECEIVE THE CARE THEY DESPERATELY NEED.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.

CAN, COULD YOU GIVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE CITY MANAGER? HUH? OKAY.

WE HAVE, WE HAVE HER CONTACT.

WE GOT IT ALREADY.

SO THEY CONTACT YOU, SEE HOW CAN WE WORK TOGETHER? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL WELLBEING.

MAYOR.

NEXT SPEAKER IS ZACH ZACHARY RAMLEE, FOLLOWED BY JOHN CARSON, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL DIO.

UH, HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ZACHARY ROMLEY.

AND, UM, SO FOR MY SENIOR PROJECT, UH, MY TOPIC IS ON VIDEO GAME ADDICTION.

AND SO I CREATED A PETITION THAT, UH, CAUSED THE, FOR THE WEST COVIN CITY COUNCIL TO HELP RECOGNIZE VIDEO GAME ADDICTION AS A GROWING MENTAL HEALTH CONCERN, ESPECIALLY AMONG OUR YOUTH.

UH, SO, UH, TO START OFF, THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION STATES THAT AN ESTIMATED 160 MILLION AMERICANS PLAY ONLINE VIDEO GAMES.

LOOKING AT THIS NUMBER GLOBALLY, UH, IT GOES UP TO ABOUT 3 BILLION.

UH, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES ISN'T INHERENTLY A BAD THING, BUT WHEN IT BECOMES EXCESSIVE, ESPECIALLY AMONG YOUNG CHILDREN OR ADOLESCENTS, IT CAN BE, UH, VERY BAD AS IT CAN LEAD TO THINGS LIKE NEGATIVE, NEGATIVELY AFFECTING THEIR EMOTIONAL,

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UH, IN OTHER CASES, IT LEADS TO INTERNET GAMING DISORDER, WHICH IS A NEW MENTAL HEALTH CONDITION THAT HAS ONLY RECENTLY BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION.

UH, SOME SERIOUS EFFECTS CAUSED BY INTERNET GAMING DISORDER INCLUDE ISSUES WITH SLEEP AND POOR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, LINKS TO DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND LOW SELF-ESTEEM, NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON RELATIONSHIPS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, AS WELL AS ISOLATION, SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL, UH, CHANGES IN MOOD, INCLUDING AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIORS.

UH, SO MY PETITION ASKS, UH, THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL SCHOOLS SUCH AS, UH, WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, UH, OR EVEN LOCAL LIBRARIES TO HOST FREE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS THAT CAN HELP EDUCATE FAMILIES ABOUT INTERNET GAMING DISORDER.

UH, OFFER RESOURCES FOR THOSE SEEKING, UH, PROFESSIONAL HELP AND PROVIDE TOOLS FOR HEALTHY SCREEN TIME HABITS.

UH, THESE WORKSHOPS CAN BE LED BY MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND HELD MONTHLY TO SERVE AS A PRO UH, PREVENTATIVE TOOL.

AND ULTIMATELY THIS WILL HELP EMPOWER FAMILIES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE TO ADDRESS GAMING ADDICTION EARLY AND EFFECTIVELY.

UM, THAT IS ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CAN YOU LEAVE YOUR CONTENT INFORMATION TO YEAH.

THIS CONCEPT? YEAH, I, I, IT'S A GOOD POINT.

I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF ISSUE ABOUT THE YOUNG PEOPLE ARE ADDICTED TO THE GAME AND THIS AND THAT, AND THEY DON'T SLEEP, AND YOU WOULDN'T BE IN TROUBLE.

I KNOW I HAVE A KID, SO I UNDERSTAND.

AND, UH, COUNCILMAN OLLIE.

OH, I, I'M JUST REALLY, THEY, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.

OH, OKAY.

UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL? BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOOD JOB.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN CARSON, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL DINO, FOLLOWED BY NORA ORTEGA.

HI, JOHN.

HEY, WELL, GOOD EVENING, UH, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR WU.

UH, WHAT I'D LIKE TO TALK TO TONIGHT ABOUT IS A STREET SWEEPING ISSUE ON MY STREET.

THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

UH, FIRST THING, IT IS NECESSARY.

OUR STREET IS A MESS, YOU KNOW, UH, BEFORE CARS WOULD BE PARKED IN THE STREET AND THE, YOU COULD TELL IF A CAR WAS GONNA STAY THERE FOR A COUPLE DAYS 'CAUSE OF TRASH BUILDUP, BUT THAT IS NECESSARY.

BUT I LIVE ON NELSON STREET RIGHT OFF OF FAIRGROVE AVENUE.

WE SIMPLY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING ON THIS, UH, STREET SWEEPING, UH, WHICH IS THURSDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

ONE SIDE OF THE STREETS ARE APARTMENTS, WHICH IS 192 UNITS.

THE PROBLEM IS YOU ONLY GET ONE PARKING SPOT PER UNIT, AND THE AVERAGE UNIT HAS TWO TO THREE CARS.

SO MATHEMATICALLY IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.

UM, THE A APART, UH, UH, WE HAVE BETWEEN 40 OR 50 CARS PARKED ON THE STREET ON ANY GIVEN DAY BETWEEN 10:00 AM AND 2:00 PM THE ISSUE IS ALL THE STREETS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA WITHIN A MILE RADIUS, UH, THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME SIGN, 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THE CLOSEST PARKING IS TARGET, WHICH IS A HALF A MILE AWAY.

UM, 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I MOVED INTO THE AREA, I WOULD, UH, JUST SEE A HANDFUL OF CARS.

BUT THINGS HAVE CHANGED THROUGH THE YEARS.

MORE PEOPLE ARE WORKING AT HOME.

UH, CHILDREN ARE LIVING IN THE HOUSE LONGER, WHICH DRIVE ALSO.

SO IT CHANGES.

AND IN THE APARTMENT BUILDING, YOU CONSTANTLY HAVE NEW PEOPLE MOVING IN.

AND SO THE CAR, THE AMOUNT OF CARS IS GONNA VARY, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY.

UM, SO WHAT I SUGGEST, UH, I DON'T COME OUT, IF I'M COMPLAINING, I HAVE SUGGESTIONS.

SO TWO THINGS CAN HAPPEN.

ONE IS THEY CAN DO ONE SIDE OF THE STREET ONE DAY OR, AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE THE OTHER DAY, OR VARIOUS HOURS.

BUT WHAT I, UH, MY NUMBER ONE, UH, SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO, UH, CHANGE THE PARKING ON FAIR, UH, ON FAIRGROVE AVENUE, WHICH IS 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM UH, PERHAPS MAKE IT A DIFFERENT DAY.

SO I'M JUST ASKING FOR THE COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THIS.

IT IS A HUGE PROBLEM.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, JOHN.

O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, IT, EVEN IF IT WAS EIGHT O'CLOCK, THAT'D BE BETTER BECAUSE PEOPLE GO TO WORK, PEOPLE GO TO SCHOOL.

YEAH, WE WILL ANSWER YOU AFTER ALL THE ORAL COMMUNICATION IS OVER.

AND NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL DEA RINO, FOLLOWED BY NORA ORTEGO, FOLLOWED BY TOM KIS.

YES, I'VE COME TO TALK ABOUT THE SAME THING.

STREET SWEEPING.

I LIVE ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON LES AND AMAR, AND OVER THERE THERE'S NO PARKING.

AND I HAVE GROWN CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN LIVING IN MY HOUSE, THAT DRIVE.

SO WE ONLY HAVE FOUR SPOTS, SO WE HAVE NOWHERE TO PARK.

SO WE HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET AND, UH, PUT IN THESE SIGNS.

I JUST NOTICED THESE SIGNS.

I GUESS I WASN'T PAYING ATTENTION THAT ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING ALL ON THE SAME DAY.

WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PARK AT? I MEAN, IT, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

AND THEN STARTING AT SEVEN

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BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M HANDICAPPED.

I CAN'T BE PARKING TWO MILES DOWN.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

AND I, I HAVE MY GARAGE, I HAVE CAR, MY CARS IN THERE AND THE DRIVEWAY.

BUT THERE'S, WE HAVE SIX CARS.

SO, UH, AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT STREET SWEEPING, I'VE LIVED HERE 34 YEARS ON THE SAME STREET, AND I NOTICED THAT YES, IT DOES IT, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CLEANING OR WHAT IT'S DOING, BUT IT'S KICKING UP DUST AND, AND A LITTLE BIT OF WATER.

AND ALL IT DOES IS PUSH THE TRASH DOWN TO THE SEWER.

SO WHEN IT RAINS, ALL THAT STUFF GOES DOWN INTO THE DRAIN AND YOU HAVE SIGNS THERE.

DON'T PUT NOTHING IN THE DRAIN, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT.

I THINK IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY.

AND, UM, I THINK YOU SHOULD PUT IT LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, ONE SIDE THIS AND ONE SIDE, THAT YOU CAN'T DO IT ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

IT'S TOO MUCH.

IT'S A, IT'S A HARDSHIP ON THE PEOPLE EVEN LIVING THERE.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE SPOT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.

SO IT, IT'S REALLY RIDICULOUS.

THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.

EXCUSE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NORA ORTEGA, FOLLOWED BY TOM KI, FOLLOWED BY VER, FOLLOWED BY VERONICA.

HELLO? I'M SORRY.

I'M NOT PREPARED FOR THIS, BUT I'M GONNA SHOOT .

SEE WHAT I'M GONNA SAY? EASY.

YEAH, IT'S REGARDING THE PARKING.

ALL OF US.

CAN YOU LOWER YOUR MIC, PLEASE? YES.

REGARDING THE PARKING, I NEVER COMPLAINED.

I LIVE HERE IN WEST COA FOR 38 YEARS, BEEN VERY HAPPY.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I WAKE UP ONE DAY AND I SEE ALL THE SIGN RIGHT ON MY FRONT OF THE HOUSE FROM ONE TO FOUR FRIDAYS.

SO YOU CANNOT PARK.

I LOOKED AROUND.

UM, I HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, CARS.

I HAVE, I LIVE IN THE CORNER.

I AM HANDICAPPED.

I CANNOT WALK THROUGH MY DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR.

UM, MY DAUGHTER WORKS FROM HOME, MY NIECE, SO I HAVE MULTIPLE CARS THAT I CAN'T PARK IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE ANYMORE, SO THEY MOVE TO THE DRIVEWAY, BUT STILL, I DON'T, I CANNOT PARK BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR FOR ME.

AND I WAS NOTICING THE CLEANING.

THE MACHINE COMES AND PUSHES THE DIRT AND ALL OF THAT AROUND, AND IT'S NOT DEFEATING THE PROBLEM.

I NEVER HAD PROBLEMS WITH DIRTY STREETS OF PARKING BEFORE.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, ONE DAY I JUST GET UP AND NOTICE THAT NOT CLEANING IT WELL, NOT DOING ANYTHING TO THE BENEFIT, AND I'M JUST GONNA SUFFER NOW BECAUSE OF THE PARKING.

I TRY MOVING MY CAR, YOU KNOW, TO THE NE NEAREST PLACE THAT I COULD.

SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO MOVE SOMEWHERE IN WALNUT.

'CAUSE I LIVE ON A PUENTE ROAD IN, IN, IN FOR CASTLE, AND THEY HAVE VERY STRICT PARKING, UH, LAWS THERE.

AND THEY SEE RIGHT AWAY THEY CALL THE COPS ON YOU.

SO, UM, I JUST, I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S LIKE AN ALTERNATE, YOU KNOW, IT IS RIGHT NOW FROM ONE TO FOUR ON FRIDAYS.

MAYBE THEY COULD DO FROM ONE TO TWO, ONE SIDE AND FROM TWO TO FOUR THE NEXT SIDE.

AND WE CAN MOVE AROUND.

UM, AND, AND, UM, I KNOW THE REVENUE IS GONNA BRING MONEY FOR YOU GUYS AND ALL THAT, WHICH I UNDERSTAND, BUT I'M GONNA BE GETTING TICKETS AND I'M GONNA BE PAYING.

SO I'M JUST HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD GET YOUR HEADS TOGETHER AND COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS OR SOMETHING.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

HER TWO PREVIOUS LITTERS AT THE SHELTERS AS STRAYS.

REALLY APPRECIATE.

OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS TOM KI, FOLLOWED BY VERONICA, FOLLOWED BY BOB ARNOLDS.

HELLO, MY NAME'S TOM KEESH.

I VOLUNTEER TWO MILES FROM HERE AT YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL CARE CENTER.

I'M HERE SPEAKING IN MY OWN CAPACITY, HOPING THAT WEST COVINA WILL ENACT IN ORDINANCES REQUIRING RESIDENTS TO SPAY OR NEUTER AND MICROCHIP THEIR DOGS AND CATS.

HERE'S A STORY.

REX AND UN NEUTERED DOG GETS OUT OF A BACKYARD BECAUSE OF WANDERLUST.

WHILE OUT, HE IMPREGNATES JONI, AN UNALTERED FEMALE, AND THEN BUMPS INTO JAKE, ANOTHER UNALTERED MALE.

AND THE TWO GET INTO A HORMONE FUELED BATTLE.

A DO-GOODER GETS BITTEN ON THE HAND, TRYING TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT BEFORE THE DOG SCURRY OFF, ONLY FOR REX TO GET HIT BY A CAR CAUSING A MAJOR TRAFFIC INCIDENT, WHICH REQUIRES THE PD, EMTS, AND ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS SPEND A PLETHORA OF HOURS BRINGING REX TO AN OUTSIDE VET, LOOKING FOR JAKE AND ACOS AND THE DDI UNIT INVESTIGATE THE INCIDENT SCORES OF BILLABLE HOURS, THE COST FOR AN OUTSIDE VET, PLUS VACCINES, IMPOUND, AND BOARDING FEES.

ALL THESE FINANCIAL COSTS TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

ALL BECAUSE TWO UNALTERED MALES DID WHAT UNALTERED MALES DO.

AFRAID OF GETTING INTO TROUBLE AND TO AVOID COSTS.

REX'S FAMILY DECIDES TO ABANDON HIM AS A STRAY.

JAKE, WHO KNOWS? AND JONI, HER PEOPLE DUMPED

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AND THIS TIME THEY'RE GONNA DUMP HER TWO BECAUSE OF THE TOLL THE PREGNANCIES HAD ON HER.

SINCE THEY ALL CAME IN FROM STRAYS FROM WEST COVINA.

GUESS WHO PAYS EVERY STRAY YOU PAY? IMAGINE IT WAS A TEACHER WHO GOT BITTEN IN FRONT OF SCHOOLCHILDREN AND WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY THE PIANO AT CHURCH AGAIN.

THE CAR INCIDENT PUT TWO SENIORS IN THE ICU AND ALL THREE DOGS WERE EUTHANIZED JAKE, BECAUSE OF THE BITE REX, AFTER HE HAD TO HAVE A HIND LEG AMPUTATED, LEARN HOW TO WALK AGAIN, AND WAITED NINE WEEKS WITH NO ONE COMING FOR HIM.

AND POOR SWEET JONI, A BROKEN DOWN PUPPY MACHINE WHOSE ONLY TIME OUT OF HER YARD AFTER THE AGE OF EIGHT WEEKS WAS BEING BROUGHT TO THE SHELTER AS DUMPED AS A STRAY.

TRANSPARENCY.

IN THE LAST TWO YEARS COMBINED, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAD OVER 1500 ANIMALS.

ENTER THE SHELTER SYSTEM.

1500.

COMPARE THAT TO THE CITY OF AZUA AT 739.

THE CITY OF WALNUT AT 166 AND LU PUENTE AT 59.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RELUCTANCE.

I REALLY DON'T.

I MEAN, SPAY AND NEUTERING REDUCES THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS ENTERING SHELTERS.

IT SAVES LIVES, PREVENTS WANDERLUST, REDUCES DOG FIGHTS, REDUCES TRA TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL TRAUMA TO YOUR CITIZENS, AND LOWERS THE COST FOR THE PEOPLE OF WEST COVINA.

EVERY STRAY YOU PAY, I'LL CLOSE WITH THIS.

I GUARANTEE IF ANY OF YOU WORKED OR VOLUNTEERED OR EVEN SPENT TIME AT AN ANIMAL SHELTER, 100% YOU WOULD ENACT SPAY AND NEUTER AND MICROCHIPPING LAWS.

100%.

I HAVE EIGHT SECONDS.

SO MANY DOGS DIED LAST WEEK AT THE SHELTER.

AND ON MY INSTAGRAM, I POST ABOUT 'EM.

VERONICA.

FOLLOWED BY BOB ARNOLD, FOLLOWED BY ALEX.

HELLO, GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS VERONICA AND I'M A CITIZEN OF BELGIUM PARK.

I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT TWO DOGS, CHIP AND REMISS.

CHIP IS FOUND IN YOUR CITY AND BROUGHT TO THE SHELTER.

A MICROCHIP IS DISCOVERED AND LINKED TO A PHONE NUMBER AND AN ADDRESS.

AN OFFICER LOOKS THEM UP, AND SINCE THEIR LICENSE AND SHOTS ARE ALL UP TO DATE, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THEY'RE GONNA CALL THE NUMBER AND INFORM THE PERSON THAT IF THEY CAN GET THERE IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO, THEY'RE GONNA DO THEM A FAVOR AND WAIT TO START THE IMPOUND PROCESS.

CHIP COULD BE RETURNED AT NO COST TO HIS PEOPLE OR WEST COVINA.

AND IF CHIP WERE IMPOUNDED WITH UP-TO-DATE INFO ATTACHED TO A MICROCHIP, HE WOULDN'T NEED SHOTS.

AND HIS STAY WOULD MOST LIKELY BE SIGNIFICANTLY SHORTENED.

DOG TWO, REMISS, REMISS WAS FOUND IN WEST COVINA WITHOUT A TAG OR A MICROCHIP.

AND BECAUSE OFFICERS KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HER, SHE GOT VACCINES AND A RABIES SHOT DOESN'T MATTER THAT SHE DIDN'T EVEN NEED THEM.

AND THE SAD THING ABOUT REMISS IS THAT HER PEOPLE HAD BEEN LOOKING FOR HER AND HAD JUST GIVEN UP A WEEK EARLIER.

IF NO ONE COMES TO REMISS.

NOW, WESTS COVINA INCURS THE COST OF THE IMPOUNDMENT FEE, THE FOUR INJECTIONS, AND EVERY DAY THAT THE ANIMAL STAYS AT THE SHELTER UP TO THE MAX.

AND IF AN OUTSIDE VET IS NEEDED, WEST COVINA ALSO PAYS EVERY STRAY YOU PAY.

AND THE MORE DAYS, THE MORE YOU PAY.

BY ADOPTING SPAY AND NEUTER AND MICROCHIPPING, THE PEOPLE IN CITY OF WEST COVINA WILL SAVE LIVES AND MONEY.

THE SHELTER DOESN'T WANT YOUR ANIMALS.

THEY WANT THE ANIMALS TO GO HOME AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

MICROCHIPPING ANIMALS HELPS REUNITE LOST PETS WITH THEIR OWNER FASTER.

IT HELPS OFFICERS DETERMINE WHICH ANIMALS NEED VACCINES OR NEED RABIES SHOTS.

NONE OF THIS IS NEW INFORMATION.

A 2009 AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL STUDY SHOWED THAT 22% OF NON CHIPPED DOGS ENTERING THE SHELTER WERE RETURNED TO OWNERS COMPARED TO 52% WHEN A DOG WAS MICROCHIPPED.

THAT'S 30.

AROUND 30 MORE DOGS RETURNED PER HUNDRED DOGS COMING IN AND THE STUDY, ONLY 2% OF UN CHIPPED CATS WERE RETURNED TO OWNER COMPARED TO 40% OF MICROCHIPPED CATS.

I SEE THE POST ONLINE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF BUS COVENA, MISSING ANIMALS AND MISSING CATS.

YOU GUYS GET A LOT OF MISSING CATS AND A LOT OF MISSING DOGS.

HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE MAKING IT BACK HOME? EVEN THOUGH THESE NUMBERS ARE STAGGERING, THOUGH, THE RESULTS WOULD'VE BEEN MORE DRAMATIC WITH MORE PETS BEING RETURNED TO OWNERS, IF MORE THAN 60% OF THE CHIPS HAD BEEN REGISTERED, AGAIN WITH LESS IM POUNDS LESS DAYS IN THE SHELTER SYSTEM, THERE'S A LESS COST TO WEST COVINA AND THERE'S GONNA BE MORE ANIMALS IN HAPPY HOMES AND MORE FAMILIES HAPPY WITH THEIR PETS.

JUST AN IDEA.

YOU GUYS SEEM TO HAVE A LOT OF CITY EVENTS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT TO POSSIBLY INVITE A CHIPPING COMPANY TO MAYBE OFFER THE, OFFER THEIR SERVICES THERE SINCE PEOPLE CAN BRING THEIR PETS, JUST SEEING WHAT YOU GUYS OFFER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

SURE YOU, THE CONSTITUENTS DON'T WANT TO STRAY ANIMALS ROAMING THEIR STREETS.

OKAY, NEXT PICKUP, PLEASE.

BOB ARNOLD.

FOLLOWED BY ALEX, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA RIOS.

UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY FOR TO ME TO SPEAK TONIGHT.

MY NAME IS BOB ARNOLD.

I, TOO AM A VOLUNTEER AT THE BALDWIN PARK, UH, ANIMAL CARE CENTER, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT IN MY OWN CAPACITY.

UH, EVERY ANIMAL, EVERY HOUR ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICERS ARE IN THE CITY ANSWERING CRITICAL AND PRIORITY CALLS, ATTEMPTING TO CATCH STRAYS, PICK UP INJURED OR DEAD ANIMALS, INVESTIGATING COMPLAINTS OR INCIDENTS, AND FILING REPORTS EVERY REQUIRED OUTSIDE VEI IT.

ALL OF THIS ADDS UP QUICKLY FOR THE CITY.

WE'RE

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THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR OTHER ANIMALS.

THE OTHER PEOPLE STRAY ANIMALS.

THEY DON'T WANT HIT ANIMALS WITH THEIR CARS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO PAY FOR BITE INVESTIGATIONS.

THEY DON'T WANT THEIR POLICE AND EMTS DEALING WITH DOG BITES AND TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED.

THEY DON'T WANT ANIMALS GETTING SICK IN THE SHELTERS BECAUSE OF THE OVERCROWDING, AND THEY DON'T WANT CHANCES OF INCREASED RABIES PER PARVO, DISTEMPER, PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND OTHER DISEASES.

THEY DON'T WANT TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ANIMALS BEING EUTHANIZED WHEN THEY COULD EASILY BE PREVENTED.

THE THEY DE THEY DESIRE INCREASED SAFETY FOR THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR PETS, UH, AND WOULDN'T WANT TO ENCOUNTER PACKS OF DOGS, STRAY DOGS RUNNING THE STREETS.

FOR THOSE WHO THINK THAT IT'S TOO EXPENSIVE TO MICROCHIP, SPAY AND NEUTER DOGS.

THERE ARE LOW COST OPTIONS, VOUCHERS AND SOME NONPROFITS THAT WILL HELP.

PLUS ALL ANIMALS ADOPTED FROM YOUR LOCAL COUNTY SHELTERS ARE VACCINATED, SPEED AND NEUTERED AND MICROCHIP.

LET'S RECAP.

THE LONGER AN OFFICER HAS TO SPEND TIME AND THE MORE OFFICERS REQUIRED IN WEST COVINA, THE MORE WEST COVENA PAYS, THE MORE HIT BY HIT BY CAR CALLS, THE MORE CHARGES AND BILLABLE HOURS, MORE DEAD AND WOUNDED ANIMALS ON THE ROADS, MORE CHARGES, MORE CALLS TO BREAK UP DOG FIGHTS AND CATCH THREE DOGS MORE CHARGES.

THE TRUTH IS, IT'S ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENT THERE, THERE, BUT THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH OFFICERS BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF STREETS AND ANIMALS ENTERING THE SYSTEM, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY RUNNING FROM BEHIND.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO PATROL, ENFORCE LAWS, ANSWER NOISE COMPLAINTS, EDUCATE AND DO OUTREACH.

SPAY AND NEUTERING.

MICROCHIPPING WILL HELP THERE TOO.

I WILL ECHO WHAT TOM SAID.

1500 ANIMALS FROM WEST COVINA INTO THE SHELTER SYSTEM COMPARED TO AZUSA AT 739.

CITY OF WALNUT AT 166 IN LA ENTENTE AT 30, AT 59.

BOTTOM LINE, EVERY STRAY YOU PAY AND THE MORE DAYS YOU PAY, CRACKING DOWN ON BACKYARD BREEDING WOULD ALSO HELP ALLEVIATE THIS ISSUE.

AND KUDOS TO THE YOUNG LADY WHO JUST LEFT THAT FOCUSING ON A PETITION FOR ANIMAL NEGLECT.

YES, YOU AS A COUNSEL HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP ANIMAL WELFARE.

WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, ANNETTE.

SPEAKER PLEASE.

ALEX FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA LARIOS, FOLLOWED BY TREVOR JACKSON.

MY NAME IS ALEXANDRA CHARLE.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME SPEAKING AT A CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I'M A VOLUNTEER AT AN LA COUNTY ANIMAL CARE CENTER, BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT IN MY INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY.

I CAN TELL YOU FIRSTHAND, ANIMAL SHELTERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ARE OVERWHELMED.

WE'RE HERE ASKING FOR YOUR HELP.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT WEST COVINA ALONE CAN'T SOLVE THIS CRISIS.

IT'S ONE OF 88 CITIES IN LOS ANGELES.

AND LA COUNTY IS JUST ONE IN 10 IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

VOLUNTEERS RESCUES, FOSTERS ADOPTERS AND SHELTER STAFF SHOW UP EVERY DAY KNOWING WE CAN'T SAVE EVERY ANIMAL.

STILL.

WE KEEP TRYING.

WE KEEP PUSHING FOR CHANGE BECAUSE EVEN SMALL STEPS MAKE A REAL DIFFERENCE.

IMAGINE IF EVERY CITY, TOWN, AND NEIGHBORHOOD MADE JUST ONE IMPROVEMENT.

ONE COMMITMENT.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

CITIES LIKE WALNUT, BALDWIN PARK AND AZUA HAVE USED SOCIAL MEDIA TO FEATURE ADOPTABLE ANIMALS AND RAISE AWARENESS WITH A SIMPLE POST.

BALDWIN PARK ALSO PROMOTES ADOPTION EVENTS ONLINE AND ON DIGITAL SIGNS AT MORGAN PARK.

THEY'RE IMPROVING SHELTER SIGNAGE TOO.

SOMETHING THAT WEST COVINA COULD EASILY DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW PROJECTOR.

BALDWIN PARK ALSO PROMOTES ADOPTION EVENTS, UM, AND AZUA AND LONG BEACH HAVE BROUGHT LOVABLE ADOPTABLE DOGS INTO CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, PUTTING A FACE TO THE ISSUE.

IN ROOMS LIKE THIS ONE, EVEN LOCAL INSTITUTIONS ARE STEPPING UP.

THIS SATURDAY ON MAY 10TH, FIRE STATION 1 0 1 AT 1 4 1 EAST LEMON AVENUE IN MONROVIA IS HOSTING AN $8 PANCAKE BREAKFAST, WHERE DOGS FROM BALDWIN PARK ANIMAL CARE CENTER WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

CREATIVE COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EVENTS LIKE THIS MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

POLICY CHANGE MATTERS TOO.

MANDATING, SPAYING, NEUTERING, AND MICROCHIPPING WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ANIMALS ENTERING SHELTERS.

RIGHT NOW, WE ARE DROWNING IN ANIMALS EVERY DAY.

MORE COME IN THAN ARE ADOPTED OUT.

WE'RE ASKING YOU AS LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY TO HELP US HELP THEM.

LET WEST COVINA BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR CONSIDERING HOW THIS CITY CAN BE A VOICE AND A LIFELINE FOR THE ANIMALS WHO CANNOT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

FOLLOWED BY GLENN KENNEDY.

AND NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.

NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA RIOS, FOLLOWED BY TREVOR JACKSON.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MAYOR PROTE, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.

I'M CHRISTINA LARIOS.

I'M HERE REPRESENTING THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY.

AND I WANTED TO SHARE ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE.

UM, WE HAVE ON, UH, THURSDAYS THIS MONTH, OUR BABY STORY TIME, WHICH TAKES PLACE

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AT 10:15 AM AND FRIDAY MORNINGS WE HAVE OUR SMARTYANTS STORY, TIME FOR AGES TWO THROUGH FIVE.

UM, THERE'S LOTS OF FUN BOOKS, FINGER PLAYS AND MUSIC AT BOTH PRO BOTH OF THESE PROGRAMS. TOMORROW, UH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH AT 3:30 PM WE HAVE ROCK PAINTING FOR KIDS FOR AGES FIVE THROUGH 12.

AND, UM, ALSO IN HONOR OF A CELEBRATING ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH, WE HAVE EASY ORIGAMI CREATIONS.

THIS PROGRAM IS FOR KIDS AGES FIVE TO 12, LEARN THE JAPANESE ART OF PAPER FOLDING AND LEARN HOW TO MAKE SOME EASY ORIGAMI CREATIONS TO TAKE HOME.

THIS IS WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST AT 3:30 PM AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO REMIND, I, I SAW THERE WERE SEVERAL TEENS HERE TONIGHT.

UM, TOMORROW MAY 7TH, WE HAVE OUR TEEN ADVISORY BOARD MEETING AT 4:00 PM WHERE TEENS CAN COLLABORATE, TALK ABOUT THEIR LIBRARY PROGRAMS AND EARN SERVICE HOURS.

UM, AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

SO I ENCOURAGE ANY TEENS THAT ARE INTERESTED TO COME AND JOIN US TOMORROW AT 4:00 PM AND LASTLY, WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AT ZUMBA, UH, WEDNESDAYS THIS MONTH AT 6:30 PM AT THE LIBRARY.

THANK YOU, ALI.

DON'T FORGET ZUMBA .

TREVOR JACKSON, FOLLOWED BY GLENN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY DOUG.

FOUR.

UM, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.

MY NAME IS TREVOR JACKSON AND I'M A LOCAL CHRISTIAN ARTIST, AS WELL AS THE OWNER OF YOUNG VISIONARY APPAREL.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT.

UH, I COME BEFORE YOU AS NOT JUST AS A RESIDENT, BUT AS SOMEONE BORN AND RAISED RIGHT HERE IN THE HEART OF WEST COVINA.

I'VE ATTENDED WEST, UH, CAMERON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND PROUDLY GRADUATED FROM WEST COVINA HIGH.

THIS CITY HELPED SHAPE ME AND NOW I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO GIVE BACK TO THE VERY STREETS THAT RAISED ME.

I'M AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY, NOT JUST BY PRESENCE, BUT THROUGH PARTICIPATION, OUTREACH AND SERVICE.

COMING UP ON 10 YEARS, I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY THROWN A TOY DRIVE EVERY YEAR TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AT CAMERON PARK, AS WELL AS A LOCAL CHURCH ST.

STEVENS.

TODAY, I RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF STREET VENDING LICENSING THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO OPERATE A SMALL MOBILE BUSINESS WITHIN THE CITY.

ONE ROOTED IN SERVICE, CULTURE, AND LOCAL PRIDE.

THIS JUST, THIS JUST ISN'T ABOUT EARNING A LIVING.

IT'S ABOUT KEEPING THE WEST COVINA DOLLARS CIRCULATING IN WEST COVINA.

BY OPERATING HERE, I'LL BE SOURCING FROM LOCAL VENDORS, SUPPORTING OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES, AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS.

EVERY DOLLAR SPENT WITH MY BUSINESS HELPS STIMULATE OUR CITY'S ECONOMY AND STRENGTHENS THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.

STREET VENDING BRINGS ENERGY AND ENGAGEMENT TO PUBLIC SPACES.

IT'S A WAY TO ACTIVATE OUR SIDEWALKS, ATTRACT FOOT TRAFFIC, AND CREATE SAFE, VIBRANT AREAS WHERE FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS CAN GATHER, CONNECT, AND ENJOY THE CITY WE ALL CALL HOME.

I'M COMMITTED TO OPERATING LEGALLY, RESPECTFULLY, AND PROFESSIONALLY.

WITH YOUR APPROVAL, I'LL BE IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH HEALTH ZONING AND SAFETY REGULATIONS.

THIS IS NOT AN UNDERGROUND HUSTLE.

IT'S A STRUCTURED STEP TOWARD LONG-TERM SUSTAINABLE GROWTH.

ONE THAT CAN LEAD TO HIRING LOCAL HELP, EXPANDING INTO A STOREFRONT, AND INVESTING BACK INTO THE NEXT GENERATION OF WEST COVINA ENTREPRENEURS, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY CREATING PROGRAMS WITHIN THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND MAKE NO MISTAKE, I PLAN TO BE VISIBLE, CONSISTENT, AND PRESENT.

I WANT THE YOUTH TO, I WANT THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SEE ME AND KNOW THAT HARD WORK, CREATIVITY, AND FAITH CAN BE BUILT ON SOMETHING REAL.

I WANT TO BE PROOF THAT SUCCESS DOESN'T HAVE THE MEAN TO LEAVING YOUR HOMETOWN.

IT COULD BE POURED RIGHT BACK INTO IT.

I'M NOT ASKING FOR A SHORTCUT.

I'M ASKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW WITH THE CITY, NOT AROUND IT.

I LOVE WEST COVINA.

IT'S WHERE I'M FROM, AND I WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING HERE THAT REFLECTS THE PRIDE I FEEL EVERY TIME I SAY THAT, AS WELL AS BREAK GENERATIONAL CURSES IN MY FAMILY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO LOCAL VOICES AND SMALL BUSINESS GROWTH.

I'M READY TO BE A PART OF THIS CITY'S NEXT CHAPTER, AND I HOPE YOU ALLOW ME TO DO THAT WITH YOUR SUPPORT.

CAN YOU HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION? YOU HAVE EVERYTHING RIGHT? SO WE WILL TRY TO HELP YOU OUT.

OKAY? YES, SIR.

UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GLENN KENNEDY, FOLLOWED BY DOUG.

FOUR, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

UM, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON, UM, MEMORIAL WALL HERE.

UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, I STARTED THIS WITH GEORGE OGDEN AND, AND LLOYD JOHNSON.

WE STARTED THE MEMORIAL WALL.

UH, WHEN I STARTED 25 YEARS AGO.

I DIDN'T HAVE COMPUTERS, DIDN'T HAVE EVERYTHING WAS THROUGH FISH TAPE AND THE OLD VETERANS THAT WERE STILL ALIVE.

UM, I MISSED THREE NAMES.

, UH, FROM

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WORLD WAR II.

UM, WE, WE WITH NOW WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE, UH, DONE ALL THE PAPERWORK.

WE'VE DONE ALL, ALL THE BACKGROUND THERE.

I HAVE THREE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT WERE KILLED IN WORLD WAR II THAT WE'D LIKE TO PUT ON THE WALL.

I GIVEN THE PAPERWORK TO THE CITY.

AND I'D LIKE YOU, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN EXPEDITE THAT, UH, FOR MEMORIAL DAY.

I KNOW IT'S THREE WEEKS AWAY, I'D ASK HIM FOR A BIG FAVOR.

UH, 'CAUSE ONCE YOU TAKE THE PLAQUE DOWN, YOU KNOW, I KNEW ABOUT TWO NAMES.

WE, WE KNEW ABOUT TWO NAMES, BUT WE DIDN'T WANNA TAKE THE PLAQUE DOWN.

WE CAN TAKE IT DOWN WHILE, TAKE IT DOWN ONCE AND, AND PUT THE NAMES ON IT.

AND, UM, SINCE I'M HERE, I MIGHT AS WELL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, BACKGROUND ON THEM.

THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, UM, HOMER CUSHMAN.

HOMER.

CUSHMAN LIVED AT THE CORNER OF LARK ON AND, UH, 20, HE'S THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPORAL KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF POOLE IN 1944.

UM, THE OTHER ONE IS WILLIAM LANG.

WILLIAM LANG, THE STREET, UH, STREET LANG'S, NAMED AFTER, UM, HE LIVED OVER HERE ON, ON NORTH ORANGE.

UM, HE WAS THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

HE WAS KILLED.

WELL, SUBMARINE WENT DOWN LUZON STRAI AND HIS BODY WAS NEVER RECOVERED.

VELA GUY IS, UH, JACK WILKE.

JACK WILKE WAS A, UM, INCIDENT IN THE NAVY.

HE WAS A FIGHTER PILOT.

HE LIVED OVER THERE OFF OF HOLBECK BETWEEN, UH, CAMERON AND CORTEZ.

UM, HE WENT DOWN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY.

HE ACTUALLY SHOT DOWN LIKE FOUR OR FIVE, UH, JAPANESE ZEROS.

HE WAS, UH, PUT UP FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR.

HE WAS AWARDED THE NAVY CROSS.

AND, UM, THEY NAMED THE SHIP AFTER HIM.

SO, UM, I'M JUST GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

UM, SO I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.

AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU, GLENN.

I THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY TO TRY TO PULL THAT NAME ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEFORE THE MEMORIAL DAY.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE SPRING FESTIVAL.

OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE, MAYOR.

NEXT SPEAKER IS DOUG FOR, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.

HELLO GUYS.

MY NAME IS DOUG FOR RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER IN WEST COVINA.

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO START BY, UH, THANKING COUNCILMAN GUT FOR ADDING THE LIGHTING AND THE SECURITY BEHIND THE BUSINESSES ON GLENDORA AVENUE.

UM, YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE THE BUSINESSES AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS SAFER ARE WELCOMED AND APPRECIATED BY THE COMMUNITY.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE REQUEST AND DETAILS PROVIDED IN THE AGENDA.

WE'VE SPENT OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A TWO DAY EVENT.

I THINK IT'D BE APPROPRIATE FOR, UM, THE INFORMATION TO COME OUT OF WHAT WE'VE SPENT ON THE MOON FESTIVAL.

ALSO, AS THAT IS A PRIVATE EVENT ALSO FOR SPENDING OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A TWO DAY FESTIVAL.

CAN WE GIVE $15,000 TO THE CADET PROGRAM? UM, MAYBE $30,000.

UM, WE'VE ALSO SPENT $750,000 ON STREET SIGNS.

CAN'T WE GIVE THEM $15,000 FOR THE CADET PROGRAM? I THINK THAT WOULD GO A LOT FURTHER.

UM, LASTLY, THE COMMUNITY DESERVES, UM, A REPORT BY TRANSTECH.

THEY SIT IN HERE AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

UM, WE'VE GIVEN THEM HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR PHASE TWO OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, AND WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM THEM.

I ASK MEETING AFTER MEETING TO HEAR, UM, WHAT THEY CAME UP WITH PHASE TWO AND WHERE ALL THE MONEY IS GONE.

UM, WE DO NEED ACCOUNTABILITY.

UM, LASTLY WITH A MINUTE AND A HALF LEFT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR COMING.

I'VE ADOPTED A PET OUT OF YOUR GUYS' SHELTER AT BALDWIN PARK.

SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

LASTLY, PAULINA, I KNOW WE'VE AGREED ON THINGS.

WE HAVEN'T AGREED ON THINGS.

UM, I'M SORRY FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE SITTING THERE TONIGHT.

UM, I'VE, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNSEL OR MR. WU IS GONNA LET YOU GO TODAY.

UM, THAT SUCKS.

NO ONE WANTS TO GO THROUGH THAT.

UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT YOU, YOU'RE HERE.

SO MAYBE THEY'VE HAD A CHANGE OF HEART.

UM, BUT AS A WEST COVINA RESIDENT, I'M SORRY THAT WEST COVINA HAS DONE THAT TO YOU.

SO THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. G.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN AND MAYOR.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AS A DISABLED SENIOR CITIZEN, WHOEVER SPONSORED GO WEST COVINA FOR THE LAST SIX WEEKS.

THAT HAS ASSISTED ME GREATLY TO GO TO MEET WITH WHEREVER I NEEDED TO MEET INSIDE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, GO TO DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS, BE ABLE TO GO TO THE TRAIN STATION WHEN I NEED TO GO TO LOS ANGELES.

AND AS

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A DISABLED PERSON AND A SENIOR, IT'S WORKED VERY WELL WITH MY BUDGET.

AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK WHOEVER WAS IT, STAFF OR COUNCILMAN BROUGHT IT.

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

I REALLY, REALLY DO.

AND I WANNA THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, WHOEVER PARTICIPATED IN THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOU LIKE THE PROJECTOR? WHAT'S THAT? YOU LIKE THE PROJECTOR? OH YEAH, THAT WAS GREAT.

'CAUSE I'M NO LONGER GOING LIKE THIS.

I REMEMBER HE COMPLAINED LAST TIME.

I WASN'T COMPLAINING.

I JUST COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

YEP.

I CAN, I DON'T HAVE TO WEAR MY DARK GLASSES BECAUSE THE LIGHTS DON'T HURT MY EYES ANYMORE.

NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.

MAYOR.

UH, THE CITY MANAGER YOU WANT TO RESPOND ON WITH THE SPEAKER, PLEASE? YES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UM, THERE'S A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME UP AND SPOKE ABOUT ITEM 12.

I'LL LEAVE THE DISCUSSION TO THE AGENDA ITEM, UH, LATER THIS EVENING.

UM, WANTED TO APPRECIATE THE INDIVIDUALS THAT CAME AND SPOKE ABOUT US MAKING, UH, WEST COVINA MAKE IT A REQUIREMENT TO SPAYING AND NEUTERING AND MICROCHIPPING, UM, ANIMALS.

I BELIEVE IT WAS A MOTHER MAY I, BY ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AT A FORMER MEETING.

SO I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE WORKING ON BRINGING SOMETHING BEFORE THE COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO THAT.

SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT, BUT, UH, WE APPRECIATE IT AND WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

UM, CHRISTINE ALSO FOR COMING AND PROVIDING UPDATES ON WHAT'S GOING ON AT, UH, THE, UH, COUNTY LIBRARY NEXT, UH, NEXT DOOR.

UM, AND THEN THERE WAS A COUPLE INDIVIDUALS THAT SPOKE ABOUT STREET SWEEPING.

UM, IT IS AN INITIATIVE THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED DIRECTION ON.

WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH, UM, THE WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM.

I KNOW THAT IT, IT IS A BIG CHANGE FOR THE COMMUNITY.

UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS THAT WE CAN LOOK AND ADDRESS AT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, FOR THE MOST PART IN THE SINGLE FAMILY AREAS, IT IS, UH, UH, PER DAY.

AND IT USUALLY FOLLOWS THE DAY OF YOUR, UH, TRASH PICKUP FOR YOUR STREET SWEEPING.

UM, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE IT'S HIGHER DENSITY, UM, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WHERE WE DO ALTERNATE, UM, THE DAYS, UH, THE SIDES OF THE STREETS WITH THE DAYS.

AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY AREAS WHERE IT DOES ALTERNATE, UM, ON A, A SPECIFIC DAY FOR STREET SWEEPING.

UM, BUT WE CAN LOOK AT CERTAIN AREAS AND SEEING IF, IF WE CAN ADDRESS IT.

IF WE DON'T IN, IN, IN AN AREA THAT DOES NEED TO HAVE ALTERNATE, UH, DAYS FOR STREET SWEEPING, WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

UM, AND THEN IN REGARDS TO, UH, ALSO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION, STREET SWEEPING, IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.

UM, UH, THE GIS MAP SHOWS YOU, UM, THE, THE NEW DAYS AND TIMES FOR STREET SWEEPING.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT SURE, THERE'S ALSO THE WEBSITE THAT HAS THE INFORMATION ON WHERE WE'RE PUTTING THE SIGNS, THE SCHEDULE FOR THE SIGN COMPLETION AND INSTALLATION.

UM, SO THAT'S ALL ON OUR WEBSITE AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO ON THERE AND TAKE A LOOK.

WE ALSO, UM, LAUNCHED ON THE WEST COVINA REPORT APP.

SO IF YOU HAVE ISSUES OR CONCERNS WITH THE SIGN, YOU CAN REPORT IT THROUGH THERE AS WELL.

UM, IN REGARDS TO THE ADDING THE NAMES TO THE MEMORIAL WALL, UM, WE HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED THE INDIVIDUAL AND THEY WILL BE, UH, UH, INCLUDED FOR THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT.

THIS, UH, AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.

UM, AND THEN, UH, WANTED TO APPRECIATE MR. G.

WE ARE THE, UH, FOR PROVIDING COMMENTS OR APPRECIATING THE PROGRAM THAT WE LAUNCHED.

WE WERE, UH, THE FIRST CITY IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TO LAUNCH THE MICRO TRANSIT PROGRAM IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO IT IS A PILOT PROGRAM AND WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR THAT, UH, IT IS WORKING FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THEY ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PROGRAM.

UM, UH, THANK YOU TO LAYLA AND ZACHARY FOR COMING AND SHARING THEIR, UH, SCHOOL PROGRAMS. WE'LL REACH OUT BACK TO YOU GUYS SEEING HOW WE CAN PARTNER, UM, ON THE SCHOOL PROGRAMS. AND THEN I BELIEVE LASTLY THERE WAS A, UM, TREVOR, UH, WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU REGARDING, UH, UH, STREET VENDING.

I BELIEVE THAT WE DO ALLOW SOME TYPE OF MOBILE, UH, STREET VENDORS AND THERE IS A PROCESS AND WE WILL HAVE STAFF REACH OUT TO YOU.

AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

BEFORE I HAVE OVER TO THE COUNCIL TO COMMENT AND DECIDE LIKE THAT, WANT YOU SHARE WITH, UH, UH, THE THREE SWEEPING ISSUE.

AGAIN, LAST TIME WE MENTIONED IT'S A WORKING PROCESS.

WE ARE STILL WORKING AND TRY TO FINE TUNE AND TRY TO OKAY.

AND MINIMIZE AS A INCONVENIENCE FOR OUR RESIDENT.

SO WE DON'T WORRY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE ANYBODY TICKET.

WE NOT DOING THE THREE SWEEPING TRY TO COLLECT THE FEE.

IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE TRY TO KNOW, WE TRY TO CLEAN THE STREET.

WE TRY TO MAKE SURE AND THE CAR CAN MOVE OKAY.

DURING THE THREE SWEEPING TIME.

BUT, BUT WE WILL WORK WITH THE RESIDENT, ESPECIALLY THE APARTMENT AREA.

LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN DO IT.

BUT JUST PLEASE BE PATIENT.

AND WE, WE TRY TO OKAY, FINE.

TUNE IT AND TO MAKE SURE WE CAN, UH, OKAY.

TENTATIVE TO EVERYBODY'S KNEE AND REGARDING

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THE, OKAY.

THE, UM, THE CANVASSING.

REGARDING THE, I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THAT AND THE CITY MOVING INTO HOW TO THE, THE COUNTY.

THEY DON'T DO CANVASSING.

THEN WE CITY GOING TO DO CANVASSING WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND THEN, AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE A LOT EVENT.

I AGREE WITH YOU.

SO WE CAN DO EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE TO DO THE, UH, CHIP THIS AND THAT MAY HAVE, I HAVE A THREE DOG.

THEY ALL HAVE ARAB SHOT CHIP, AND THEY REGULARLY GO TO THE VET.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE, AND THEY ALL N AND FIX, WE LOVE, LIKE OUR KID JUST, THEY WANNA SHARE WITH YOU.

NOT ALWAYS COVINA WILL ABANDON.

THEY LIKE MY KID OR MY GRANDKID.

WE LOVE THEM DEARLY.

SO JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU, I THINK A LOT OF MY NEIGHBOR DOING THE SAME THING TOO.

SO, SO WE, WE SHOCK AS 1500 ABANDONED DOG.

THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN AT ALL.

BUT WE TRY TO MINIMIZE AS, AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

I THINK CANVASING OKAY.

DOOR KNOCKING AND MAKE SURE THE DOOR WITH TAG WITH A RABBIT SHOT AND A REGULAR CHECKUP AND THE CHIP.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK THIS IS, AND REGARDING, OKAY.

AND, UH, THE VENDOR THING, GRACE, I JUST FORGOT TO MENTION.

SHE WAS A VENDOR.

SHE WAS A VENDOR FROM SOME OF THE EVENT.

I MET HER COUPLE MORE COUPLE YEARS AGO AND NOW SHE OWN THE PLACE.

BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN COLONY.

AND I HAVE A, OKAY, CAFE 86.

SO, UH, CONTINUE TO CHASE YOUR DREAM.

UH, WE GO TO THE VENDORS AND STARTING WITH THEY GO TO EVENT AND GRADUALLY BUILD YOUR FOLLOWER.

ONE DAY YOU GONNA OWN YOUR OWN OWN PLACE.

AND THEN OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO, OKAY.

AND MAYOR PORT, YOU GO FIRST.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

ACTUALLY, YOU MENTIONED A LOT, UH, WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IN REGARDS TO ALL THE ANIMALS.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE, WE DO HAVE A DOG PARK HERE IN OUR CITY.

UH, I'D LIKE TO BRING YOU ON AND, AND PARTNER FOR ANY FUTURE PROMOTIONAL EVENTS.

UM, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE, WE ALSO HAVE, DURING HALLOWEEN, WE HAVE THIS, UH, PET COSTUME CONTEST.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO BE THERE, UM, TO PROMOTE ALL THESE THINGS OR, OR POSSIBLY EVEN DO THE CHIPPING THERE.

UM, OF COURSE OUR RESIDENTS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ALL THOSE LOW COST FEES AND, UM, ANYTHING THAT COULD BE PROVIDED.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT IS A PARTNERSHIP AMONG EVERYTHING ELSE THAT, UH, MAYOR WU SAID, BECAUSE WE HAD ADDRESSED THIS A WHILE BACK ALREADY.

SO THOSE CONCERNS, BUT YOU COULD ALWAYS, UH, VOLUNTEER, HELP PROMOTE, GET BIG.

WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE YOU ON AND, AND PARTNER WITH THAT.

UM, AS FOR VENDORS, UM, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

UH, FEEL FREE.

AND THIS GOES TO ANY OTHER VENDORS FOR ALL OUR EVENTS.

WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING AND OPENING IT UP LIKE SPRING FESTIVAL OR ANYTHING THAT THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME AND JOIN IN AND BE PART OF THE EVENT.

AND AS MAYOR WU HAD MENTIONED, SOME OF OUR VENDORS HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING THIS AND THEN LATER ON OPENED UP, UM, AND CREATED BUSINESSES AND A BRICK AND MORTAR HERE.

SO, UH, WE WELCOME EVERYBODY AND YEAH.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUT.

YEAH, UH, I WAS JUST GONNA, UH, EMPHASIZE TO, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE STREET SWEEP, UM, I, I KNOW WE'RE SENDING BACK RESPONSES AND SO FORTH THROUGH EMAIL TO RESIDENTS, BUT I, I THINK WE NEED TO COME UP WITH A ACTION PLAN.

SO MAYBE IN THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS, UH, PAULINA, YOU COULD COME BACK AND, AND TELL US WHAT WE COULD DO TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE CONCERNS AND POTENTIALLY, UH, LOOK AT MAYBE POTENTIALLY CHANGING SOME OF THESE STREET SIGNS FOR STREETS THAT ARE ACTUALLY HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT TO THE VEHICLES BEING PARKED ON, ON THE RE ON HAVING TO MOVE THE CARS IN AREAS THAT ARE SUPER CONDENSED.

SO, GREAT.

AND, UH, AND COUNCILMAN OLI KENTOS.

UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF FOR THEIR RESPONSIVENESS TO THE INDIVIDUAL STREET SWEEPING ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND, AND, AND AS THE CITY MANAGER HAS INDICATED, IT'S GREAT THAT I, WELL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON DOING IS MAKING MODIFICATIONS WHERE, WHERE NEEDED THERE.

AND ALSO A QUICK WORD TO THOSE WHO, WHO PROVIDED A GREAT EDUCATION TO US ABOUT THE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR ANIMALS BETTER AND OUR PETS, THAT VERY SAME NIGHT WHEN I THINK IT WAS TOM WHO, WHO BROUGHT THEM THE ISSUES TO OUR ATTENTION ORIGINALLY, WE MOVED ON THAT VERY SAME NIGHT.

AND I, AND I'M JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE, WE ALL GOT TO DO THAT HERE BY ASKING FOR WHAT'S CALLED A MOTHER MAY I, WHICH INSTRUCTS STAFF TO PROVIDE THE VERY, UH, MEET THE VERY REQUEST THAT YOU HAVE MADE HERE.

SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME WHEN STAFF, UH, FINALIZE THE REPORTS TO GIVE TO US FOR CONSIDERATION FOR ULTIMATE ADOPTION BY THE CITY.

UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN ODI KENTOS.

AND, UH, NOW, UH, NONE.

I'M GOING TO MOVE TO OKAY.

CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL WANT TO PUT ANY ITEM? YES.

I HAVE A CITY MANAGER'S APPOINTMENT IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT.

COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

UH, MAYOR,

[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]

I'M SO SORRY.

YEAH, GO .

I JUST WANT TO GET OVER WITH YOU.

PLEASE GO AHEAD.

CD MANAGER REPORT.

I WILL GO QUICKLY.

JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE, UH, SPRING EDITION OF THE DISCOVER HAS BEEN POSTED AND, UM, WE'LL BE, IF NOT ALREADY OUT IN

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PEOPLE'S MAILBOXES.

SO TO CHECK OUT THE NEW EDITION OF DISCOVER, WE ALSO, UM, LAUNCHED THE, OR HELD THE FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING FOR, UM, THE PARK MASTER PLAN AT CAMERON.

WE HAD A VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE.

WE HAD ALMOST 80, UH, APPROXIMATELY 80 COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND ATTENDANCE.

UM, AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS, UH, TREND CONTINUES AND GROWS AND WE HAVE MORE ATTENDANCE AT THE NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE, UH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 28TH AT THE CORTEZ, UH, PARK AND COMMUNITY, UH, CENTER.

UM, IT'S ALSO GONNA BE FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM UM, AND SO EACH, UH, WORKSHOP IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUILDING UP ON THE PREVIOUS WORKSHOP.

UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU, UH, RESIDENTS TO PLEASE ATTEND AND ATTEND ALL OF THE WORKSHOPS THAT YOU CAN PROVIDE AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE.

THE NEXT EVENT, OH, THERE WE GO.

UH, WE HAD OUR WEST COVINA SENIOR IN HEALTH, HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT THIS PAST SATURDAY.

UM, JUST ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT, UM, TO HELP PROMOTE, UH, HEALTH AMONGST OUR SENIORS AND HAVE A FUN TIME DOING IT WHILE PLAYING SOME SOFTBALL.

UM, SO IF YOU DIDN'T ATTEND THIS YEAR, WE ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT WANT TO ARE TURNING, UH, 55 OR OLDER NEXT YEAR, THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE SENIOR SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.

UM, NEXT WE HAD, UH, A BUSY SATURDAY.

LAST SATURDAY WE ALSO HAD AMBOY GRAND OPENING AT HAVEN CITY.

THIS IS ONE OF THE LATEST GRAND OPENINGS AT WEST COVINA.

FIRST FOOD HALL AND ONLY FOOD HALL.

UM, UH, THEY ARE, UH, RATED AS ONE OF THE TOP BURGERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

UM, AND THEY HAVE BEEN, UH, RATED, UH, TOP RATED BY THE LOS ANGELES, UH, TIMES EATERY LA UM, AND THEY SERVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT HAMBURGERS, INCLUDING THEIR CLASSIC STEAKHOUSE BURGER AND CHILI CHEESEBURGER.

I ACTUALLY WENT ON MONDAY AND IT WAS SUCH A SUCCESSFUL EVENT OVER THE WEEKEND THAT THEY HAD RUN OUT OF EVERYTHING AND I HAD TO PUT ON A SPECIAL YES, UM, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OF THEIR I SIGNATURE ITEMS. SO, UM, GIVE THEM, UH, I THINK THEY SHOULD BE READY TO START SERVING THEIR ITEMS NOW, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY GO GIVE IT A TRY.

YOU MAY BE HUNGRY NOW.

THERE WAS, FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD.

YES, THEY HAD A, THE SPECIAL WAS LIKE A DORTA TYPE OF, UH, SANDWICH.

UH, THEN WANTED TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

UH, MERRILL GARDENS HAS REACHED A HUNDRED PERCENT OCCUPANCY.

UM, THEY OPENED IN OCTOBER OF 2020, AND, UH, THEY HAVE A STAFF OF 65 EMPLOYEES WITH 50% OF THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM WEST COVINA.

SO JUST A SUCCESSFUL STORY ABOUT, UH, OR A LOCAL BUSINESS.

UM, AND THEN JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND NORTH OF THE FREEWAY TODAY.

THERE IS, UH, SOME STREET OR LANE CLOSURES ON SUNSET, UM, DUE TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SANITATION WORK, UM, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETED, UM, BY THE END OF THIS WEEK.

UM, AND THOSE STREETS INCLUDE SUNSET DEL NORTE, WORKMAN ORANGE, AND PACIFIC.

UM, TOMORROW THEY WILL START WORKING ON, UH, REPAVING WILLOW SOUTH OF THE FREEWAY.

UM, SOME OF THE STREET OR WILLOW IS, UH, CONSIDERED, UH, UNDER A MORATORIUM BECAUSE IT WAS RECENTLY REPAVED AND PART OF THE STREET REHAB PROJECT.

UM, AND SO THEY WERE PERMITTED TO DO SOME WORK ON IT.

UM, BUT WILL THE RESTORATION WILL FOLLOW THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE FOR MORATORIUM STREET SINCE IT WAS JUST REPAVED.

UM, AND THEN ONCE PAVING IS COMPLETED, THE MARKINGS WILL BE REPLACED, INCLUDING STRIPING, WHICH WILL IS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT WEEK.

UM, ONCE THE WORK IS DONE, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFF GO AND INSPECT ALL OF THE WORK.

UM, BEFORE FINALIZING THE PERMIT, A COUPLE UPCOMING EVENTS WE HAVE MEMORIAL DAY, UM, UH, THAT WILL BE HELD HERE MONDAY, MAY 26TH, UM, AT THE CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD FROM 10:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.

THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WORKSHOP NUMBER TWO THAT I MENTIONED, UM, AT CORTEZ PARK FROM SIX TO EIGHT ON MAY 28TH.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING OFF OUR, KICKING OFF OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES, UH, JUNE 18TH.

UM, AND THE FIRST BAND IS GONNA BE SOTO BAND.

SO WE CAN HOPE, UH, TO SEE EVERYONE, UH, JOIN US FOR THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE, UH, VENDOR SPACES AVAILABLE IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED.

DRIVER .

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

AND REALLY QUICK BEFORE I HANG OVER TO, UH, MY, UH, CITY CONCERT COLLEAGUE AND, UH, REGARDING THE PARK MASTER PLAN, I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF ATTRACTION AND PEOPLE REALLY WANT TO INPUT.

I THINK THE ISSUE I RECEIVED THE EMAIL IS A LOT OF PEOPLE CANNOT ATTEND.

THEY WANT TO GO TO OUR WEBSITE, BUT THEY SAY OUR WEBSITE CANNOT FILL IT UP.

TOO MUCH OF INFORMATION.

SO WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO, SO OUR RESIDENT CAN PUT THEIR COMMENT AND, UH, SUGGESTION SO WE HAVE MORE SPACE FOR THEM.

WANT TO SEE THEIR 16 PARK WHILE TO DO, WHERE TO GO, THE MONEY, HOW WE IMPROVE.

AND TO FILL IT OUT SO WE CAN HAVE MORE INPUT AND WE CAN HAVE AN ENTIRE CITY RESIDENT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE REALLY INTERESTED,

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AND I THINK THIS IS THE TAXPAYER MONEY.

MAKE SURE EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE.

CITY COUNCIL.

WHO WANNA GO FIRST? OKAY.

OKAY, YOU WANNA GO FIRST? COUNCIL MEMBER GUTES, CAN YOU ZOOM THE NEXT MEETING? UH, PAULINA, YOU THINK WE CAN WORK WITH THE, UH, UH, CONSULTANT? ROXANNE? I BELIEVE THEY'RE RECORDING THE VIDEOS OR, OR THE MEETINGS OR NO, SO IF TO THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS, UM, THEY HAVE A, A VIDEO COMPONENT.

SO THEY'VE RECORDED THE PRESENTATION IN ADVANCE AND THEN POST IT.

UM, WE DID HAVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO POST IT, WHO RECORD ON THEIR OWN AND POST ON YOUTUBE, BUT WE CAN COORDINATE WITH IT.

MAYBE IF WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, WE COULD YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

BROADCAST SOMEONE LIVE TOO ON DO ZOOM OR CHAT, WHATEVER.

SURE.

AND THEN PEOPLE COULD SUBMIT, DO LIVE QUESTIONS ON THERE TOO.

AND THEN THE, AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT TOO, IF I MAY, JUST TO, TO, UM, THE MAYOR'S POINT, UM, WE'LL DISCUSS WITH THE CONSULTANT BECAUSE THERE IS THAT PARKS AND REC MASTER PLAN WEBSITE.

I, THE ISSUE IS THE, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHARACTERS.

SO WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN, HOW WE CAN WORK AROUND THAT.

SO YES.

POINT TAKEN.

I COULD ALSO ADD THE MEETINGS ARE INTERACTIVE, SO THEY BREAK UP THE, UH, ATTENDEES INTO DIFFERENT TABLES AND GROUPS, AND THEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.

SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE WOULD HAVE ZOOM PARTICIPATION IN THAT MANNER BECAUSE IT IS, UM, THEY PUT LIKE A LITTLE CHARETTE, THEY, UH, UH, POSE QUESTIONS AND THERE'S DIALOGUE AT THOSE TABLES AMONGST THE RESIDENTS.

SO, UM, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A TABLE OF THE ZOOM AND WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO WORK SOMETHING OUT.

MAYBE IT'S SUGGESTION IS SO WE CAN JUST LIKE SOME OF OUR MEETING PODCAST LIVE.

LIKE OUR, UH, THE COMMUNITY COMMISSIONER MEETING LIVE AND, UH, WE HAVE OUR BUDGET, UH, OKAY.

MEETING LIVE.

SO MAYBE WE CAN DO THE SAME THING.

WE HAVE, UH, THIS MEETING THEN WE PUT LIVE AT THE SAME TIME THAT PEOPLE CAN TYPE IN ABOUT THE QUESTION OR INPUT INTO A WEBSITE SO WE CAN RECEIVE, SO SOMETHING WE CAN LET MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

AND, UH, AND IF THEY CANNOT ATTEND, EVERYBODY HAVE TIME TO ATTEND, THEN THEY CAN MAYBE TYPE INTO THE WEBSITE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE ROOM FOR THEM TO TYPE IN OR ATTACH ABOUT SUBJECTION ATTACHMENT.

SO IN THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE EVERYBODY'S OKAY AND SUGGESTION INTO OUR MASTER PLAN.

ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, COUNCILMAN ONLY? NO.

OH, UH, JUST BRIEFLY GO AHEAD TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, THERE'S ALSO BEEN EFFORTS, UM, TO ASK PEOPLE FOR INPUT ONLINE.

SO AS PEOPLE PUT INPUT IN, INTO COMMENTS AND EVERYTHING, CAN I, UH, SEND THOSE TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALL INCORPORATED TO, BECAUSE SOCIAL MEDIA IS ANOTHER WAY THAT PEOPLE JUST PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK.

SO CAN WE INCORPORATE THOSE AS WELL? CAN WE SEND THOSE TO YOU? ABSOLUTELY.

AND IF, UM, AND IF I MAY, WHAT WE'LL DO TO, ONE OF THE FEEDBACK, UM, THAT WE, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED REGARDING THE WEBSITE TOO, IS TO, UM, INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE KEY, THE TEAM MEMBERS', NAMES FROM STAFF, THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES.

SO THE REQUEST IS GOING TO INCLUDE THAT AS WELL.

SO IF ADDITIONAL, UM, FEEDBACK OR JUST OUTREACH NEEDS TO OCCUR, THEY CAN ALWAYS CONTACT THE STAFF TOO.

SO, YEAH.

AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT INCREASING THE, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF CHARACTERS.

UM, AND THEN YES, GO AHEAD AND FORWARD IT TO US.

UM, COUNCILMAN CONTOS, ANY FEEDBACK, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO INCLUDE STAFF MEMBER EMAILS.

AND, UH, PLEASE AND, UH, MAKE THE THING HAPPEN BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING SO THE PEOPLE CAN START INPUT INTO IT.

AND THEN WE MOVE ANY OTHER, OTHER ONE? I'M GOING TO MOVE ON.

THEN WE MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

AND

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ANY COUNSEL WANT TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FROM ONE TO THIRD, UH, ONE TO CAN SEND CALENDAR ONE TO 11.

ONE TO 11.

APPOINT MATERIAL NUMBER SEVEN.

AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ NUMBER SIX, RIGHT? YES.

AND ANY OTHER PEOPLE? OKAY.

NUMBER SEVEN.

UH, ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL OF THE Y? OKAY.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, 1, 2, 1 TO 11 BESIDE NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

WHO'S THE FIRST? WHO'S FIRST? I DID IT AT THE SAME TIME.

WE ALL, IT WAS OKAY, FINE.

A TIE.

AND, UH, ALSO WOMAN DIAZ, UH, MOVE THE MOTION AND, UH, MAYOR PRO SECOND.

COUNCILWOMAN DEAR PLEASE.

AND ROLL CALL PLEASE.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ.

VITO, TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN, EXCUSE.

UH, ALSO I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, YOU GUYS HAVE A, UM, A PAPER ON YOUR DESK THAT'S STAPLED THAT IS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE MINUTES THAT WAS PROVIDED BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS.

SO THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES FOR, UM, THIS, THIS STAFF REPORT.

AND THEN FOR RULE COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE.

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AND, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND NUMBER SIX.

UM,

[6) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH DAVID VOLZ DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, INC. FOR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE DEL NORTE PARK IMPROVEMENTS & DOG PARK PROJECT - PROJECT NO. 24001]

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

UM, I PULLED THIS BECAUSE, UH, THIS IS REGARDING THE DEL NORTE PARK IMPROVEMENT AND DOG PARK PROJECT.

AND, UM, EVEN THOUGH, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA, BUT I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE.

I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON A PARK PLAN AND, UM, WE NEED TO SAVE THAT MONEY.

WE DON'T WANNA BE SPENDING OR WASTING TAXPAYER'S MONEY ON JUST ONE PARK WHEN WE DON'T KNOW IF WE MIGHT BE CONSIDERING ADDING ADDITIONAL DOG PARKS AT OTHER PARKS.

SO THAT'S, UH, WHAT THAT SAID AGAINST THIS.

AND I WOULD BE VOTING NO.

UH UH.

AND SO YOU HAVE A, YOU PREFERRED THIS GOING TO THE MASTER PLAN? YES.

AND AFTER FINISH AND, OKAY.

AND, UH, UH, OKAY.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, SO IT'S BEEN, I THINK OVER 12 YEARS SINCE DOWN NORTE PARK OR ORANGEWOOD PARK GOT ANY FUNDING FOR ANY MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS.

YOU HAVE CAMERON PARK, WHO JUST GOT A BRAND NEW GRASS AREA, UH, DOWN NORTH.

A DOG PARK WAS PROMISED TO THE VOTERS, I THINK, FOR OVER 15 YEARS AGO.

UM, AND THIS IS MONEY THAT, THAT WAS DESIGNATED THROUGH THE PARKS DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT ONE.

AND IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU OR BELIEVE THAT DISTRICT ONE'S RESIDENTS IN WEST DON'T DESERVE THEIR PARK MONEY, THEN WE HAVE TO RECONSIDER THAT THIS IS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE.

THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR OVER 15 YEARS FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE DONE.

AND WE HAVE NEGLECTED DISTRICT ONE FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ELECTED ON DECEMBER 4TH TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WERE PROMISED TO THEM MOVE FORWARD.

AND, AND THE DOG PARK'S BEEN PROMISED FOR OVER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, AND IT'S JUST BEEN LEFT IDLE AND, AND MOST RECENTLY IDLE BECAUSE OF A MAJOR DEVELOPER WHO WANT, WHO WANTED TO BUILD A ENTRANCE INTO OUR PUBLIC PARK RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARK, UH, WHICH THE RESIDENTS WERE NOT GONNA GO FOR.

SO THIS, THIS PROJECT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY, IT BENEFITS.

UH, LAST TIME STEPHANIE PRESENTED ON THE FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT, AND IT WAS ALLOCATION MONEY SPECIFICALLY FOR DISTRICT ONE PROJECTS, BUT NO ONE, NO PRIOR COUNCIL MEMBER EVER CARED ABOUT THEIR PARKS.

AND, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING AWAY MONEY AGAIN OR, OR PROPO STOPPING THIS PROJECT AGAIN, UH, FOR DISTRICT ONE.

THANK.

UH, LET'S HAVE CITY MANAGER TO EXPLAIN ABOUT THIS MONEY IS THIS MONEY IS OKAY TOWARD TO THE, THIS PARK.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO THE COUNCIL AND THEN MAYBE'S OUR, UH, OKAY.

PLANNER.

OUR PLAN MANAGERS AND OUR TRANSACT TO SHARE WITH US.

AND TO, TO LET IT IS A BOARD.

WHAT THIS AND COMPARE WITH THE MASTER PLAN, IS THERE CONFLICT OR IS THIS MONEY ALREADY IDENTIFIED ONLY FOR THE PARK USE OF THOSE PARK? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SO THE, UM, THE CITY HAS, I, I CAN'T CONFIRM 15 YEARS, BUT I KNOW IN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THAT WE HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE A, UH, WE PREVIOUSLY DID A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.

SO FOR SOME PARK IMPROVEMENTS, IT IS A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, UM, THAT IS IN, UH, THAT WAS FUNDED.

UM, AND I'M TRYING TO GET THE DATE WHEN IT WAS FUNDED, 2324 UNDERWAY.

IT WAS 1.3 MILLION WAS FUNDED FOR THE PRO PARK, INCLUDING THE DOG PARK AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PAVILIONS, THE BATHROOMS AT THAT PARK.

UM, WE DID HOLD OFF ON IT BECAUSE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, GUTIERREZ, UH, MENTIONED, UM, WITH THE SALE OF THE SCHOOL SITE, UM, AND THE DOG PARK BEING DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO IT, WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH THEM AND COME UP WITH A COHESIVE DESIGN, UM, FOR THE DOG PARK AREA THAT IS LITERALLY ADJACENT TO, UM, THE, THE SCHOOL SITE PROPERTY LINE.

UM, AND SO, UH, THE, THE PARK DOES HAVE A CIP PROJECT OF 1.3 MILLION BUDGETED FOR IT.

UM, BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE HAD PLACED IT ON HOLD AND THEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ HAD REQUESTED THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.

SO THE QUESTION WOULD BE THIS $1.3 MILLION IS DESIGNATE INTO THOSE PARK, IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT'S BEEN FUNDED.

COUNCIL HAS THE DISCRETION TO REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

BUT MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS $1.3 MILLION IDENTIFIED DESIGNATE TO DEDICATED THOSE POWER DEDICATED? IT'S DEDICATED TO THE CIP PROJECT THAT IS FOR DEL NORTE PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG PARK.

SO THIS ALREADY DEDICATED, DESIGNED FOR THIS USE ONLY.

IT'S, YEAH, THAT'S, YES.

WHO APPLY THOSE GRANT

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IT'S NOT A GRANT.

NO, IT'S NOT A GRANT.

NO.

SO THIS IS THE MONEY COMING FROM GENERAL FUND.

GENERAL FUND.

SO, OH, IT'S A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

SO IT CAME FROM, UH, BUILDING, BUILDING NEW HOUSING.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? OR YOU WANT TO HAVE FINANCE DO THAT? IF I CAN HAVE MARIA LOUISA OUR ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR AND FINE.

UM, QUESTION.

SORRY, GO AHEAD.

SO WHERE IS THE FUNDING FOR THE, UH, DEL NORTE PARK, THE $1.3 MILLION FOR DEL NORTE PARK? WHERE'S THE FUNDING SOURCE COMING FROM? IT'S COMING, UH, WELL, IT'S THE FUND.

IT'S COMING FROM A PDF FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR DEL NORTE.

HOW DOES THAT, HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN THAT THEY GET ALL THIS $1.3 MILLION FOR ONE? SO BASED ON, UH, BUILD OR, UH, BUILDING PERMITS IN THAT AREA, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR PARK FEES.

AND THOSE ARE THE PARK FEES THAT GO TO THE, THE PARK MOST ADJACENT TO THE, THE DEVELOPMENT SITE.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU CAN'T REALLOCATE THOSE FUNDS.

YEAH, IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT AREA.

UM, AND IT IS COMING FROM DEVELOPMENT BUILDING DEVELOPMENTS AS SHE NOTED IT.

AND IT WAS FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT.

NOW, I THINK MOST PROJECTS FOR PARKS WERE PUT ON HOLD AND YOU CAN'T, YOU, FOR THE BUDGET POLICY, YOU HAVE THE DISCRETION.

I MEAN, IT'S ALREADY BUDGETED FOR AND IT'S FUNDED, LIKE THINGS ARE FUNDED IN THERE FOR DEL NORTE.

BUT, UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR PERMISSION IF THE 1.3 COULD BE ALLOCATED, BUT THERE IS ENOUGH FUNDING IN THERE FOR THAT PARK.

AND THESE FUNDS HAVE TO BE USED JUST FOR PARKS.

RIGHT, OKAY.

FOR DEL NORTE DEL NORTE, BUT AS THE COUNCIL, WE CAN REALLOCATE IT TO OTHER PARKS.

SO, YEAH.

SO NOW WHAT ABOUT THE PARK PLAN? WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM FOR THAT, ONCE THAT'S COMPLETE? SO THERE ARE, UM, PARK DEVELOPMENT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW FOR THE VARIOUS PARKS.

UM, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE THE PARK MASTER PLAN THAT IS FUNDED.

THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT IS GONNA DEPEND ON THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

SO IS THE PARK PLAN, UM, ARE THESE FUNDS GONNA BE USED AS PART OF THE PARK PLAN PROJECT? THEY COULD BE USED, UM, THEY COULD BE USED TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS.

THEY COULD BE USED TO LEVERAGE GRANTS TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR PROJECTS ONCE THE PARK MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETED.

WELL, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY.

I, IT'S LIKE NOT A SAFETY ISSUE.

WHEN WE PUT MONEY INTO CAMERON PARK, WE DID THAT, WE PUT THE GRASS IN AND WE HAD TO REMOVE THAT HOUSE BECAUSE IT WAS, IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE.

WE HAD HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING IN THERE AND CAUSING PROBLEMS AND PEOPLE COULD HAVE GOT HURT IN THERE.

I MEAN, THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT, OR MONIES THAT NEEDED TO BE SPENT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE A SAFE AREA.

AND AS FAR AS THE GRASSY AREA, WHILE WE NEEDED TO PUT SOMETHING THERE, BUT IT WASN'T, IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE.

AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT A PARK, UH, A DOG PARK IS A SAFETY ISSUE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE FEEL LIKE THEY WERE NEGLECTED AND THEY DIDN'T GET ANYTHING, I GUESS.

BUT I MEAN, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH 16 PARKS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS WITH THIS PLAN, AND I JUST DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE FAIR THAT WE ADDRESS THIS ONE AND NOT THE OTHERS AND NOT WAIT FOR A FINAL SOLUTION.

DISTRICT ONE WHO CARED ABOUT THEIR RESIDENTS FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY THEY SERVE AND THEIR PARKS THEY SERVE.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

AND, UH, OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD.

YEAH, WELL, I, I THINK IT'S UNFAIR THAT YOU, YOU WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE AWAY MONEY FROM THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE.

UH, I DON'T LIVE BY THE PARK, SO IT DOESN'T BENEFIT ME AT ALL.

BUT THIS IS RE THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE.

THIS IS FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED FOR DISTRICT ONE.

UH, OUR PARKS ARE FALLING APART.

DISTRICT ONE'S PARKS HAVE NOT BEEN, UH, REMODELED OR, OR ADDRESSED.

LIKE CAMERON PARK HAS A, A, A WHAT IS CONSIDERED A MORE LUXURY AND, AND BEAUTIFUL PARK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UH, YOU HAVE DOWN NORTH DATE THAT'S, UH, UH, THE DOG PARK IS IN, IN A MAJOR NEGLECT.

IT, IT'S BEEN PROMISED TO THE VOTERS FOR OVER.

THE REASON WHY I KNOW IT'S BEEN OVER, UH, EIGHT YEARS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN TWO DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE ME THAT HAVE PROPOSED THIS AGENDA ITEM.

THERE'S IS AN ITEM THAT EVEN BEFORE I WAS HERE ON YOUR, YOU, YOU, WHEN YOU WERE ON THIS CONSOLE FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THERE WAS FUNDING IN THAT ACCOUNT FOR, FOR THE DOG PARK, BUT IT WAS NEVER, THERE WAS NEVER NO ONE IN

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AND DISTRICT ONE'S PARKS ARE THE MOST NEGLECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I CAN NAME THREE PARKS THAT ARE THE MOST NEGLECTED, DEL NORTE, ORANGEWOOD AND GALLER ARE THE MOST NEGLECTED PARKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY.

UM, AND THIS IS FUNDING THAT WAS ALLOCATED TO APPROPRIATE MEANS.

THE ONLY DIFFERENCE NOW IS, IS THAT I READ THE DOCUMENTS, I READ THE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS, AND I'VE DE AND I FOUND OUT, UH, AND, AND I'M SURE, DO YOU KNOW OFFHAND HOW MUCH CAMERON PARK HAS IN, IN, UH, POTENTIAL FUNDING RIGHT NOW? I DO NOT.

I CAN GET BACK TO YOU.

THERE'S, UM, SEVERAL PDF FUNDS.

YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF FUNDS OUT THERE.

IT'S JUST THAT NO ONE, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T TELL CITY STAFF OR DO A COUNCIL REQUEST, IT'LL NEVER GET DONE, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT I, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

NO, PLEASE.

LET GIVE SOME OTHER COUNCIL A CHANCE.

UH, COUNCILMAN KEN , GO AHEAD.

UH, I, I TO, UH, REALLY, UM, SUPPORTER OF, OF, UH, RESIDENT FEEDBACK.

AND IN THAT SPIRIT, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, HEAR THE, THE, THE FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS ABOUT ALL THE PARKS.

AND THAT IN LIGHT OF THAT AND IN SUPPORT OF RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT ONE, AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE DOING A, A COMPREHENSIVE PARK MASTER PLAN TO LOOK AT HOW TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES BEST ACROSS ALL THE PARKS, INCLUDING DEL NORTON PARK, UH, I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE PREMATURE AT THIS POINT TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE, IF WE DO THIS, THEN THAT MEANS THAT WE DON'T LISTEN TO WHATEVER PEOPLE IN DISTRICT ONE SAY IN TERMS OR AT THE REST OF THE CITY TOO, IN TERMS OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN.

WE ARE BASICALLY SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GOING TO ALLOCATE THIS MONEY TO PARKS.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO DO A PARK MASTER PLAN, BUT OH, BUT WE'RE JUST DEDICATING THIS MONEY ANYWAY.

I MEAN, WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE FOLLOW THROUGH THE FULL PROCESS OF, OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN, GET THE FEEDBACK FROM ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING HOW TO STRENGTHEN THE DARK PARKS AND MAKE THEM BETTER, ET CETERA.

AND THEN THAT'S HOW WE'LL BE ABLE TO MEET THEM NEEDS THERE.

BUT WE SHOULDN'T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

SO I, I AM IN OPPOSITION TO THIS.

AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.

UH, YOU MADE ME LOSE MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.

THEN GO TO, OKAY.

GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER UTI.

SO ONLY WHY DIDN'T YOU DO ANYTHING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS? SO THIS IS, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN OVER EIGHT YEARS SINCE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN ANY, ANYTHING'S BEEN DONE FOR DOWN NORTH DAY PARK.

AND YOU'RE SAYING, UH, THE REASON WHY IT WASN'T DONE FOUR YEARS AGO, BECAUSE THE CITY SAID A DEVELOPER, A HOME DEVELOPER, SHOULD HAVE PREFERENTIAL RIGHTS TO BUILD A ENTRANCE INTO THE MIDDLE OF OUR PARK, INTO THE NEW HOME DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THEN I FOUND THAT OUT AND I BROUGHT IT TO LIGHT, AND, AND THEN I DID A CONCERT REQUEST TO BRING THIS FORWARD FOR THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE WHO HAVE BEEN WAITING OVER 12 YEARS FOR THIS PROJECT.

AND NOW WE'RE GONNA SAY, LET'S PUT IT ON FOR MORE HOLD.

I, I GOT IT.

WELL, ALL THE BACK AND FORTH ARGUMENT.

AND THE ORIGINAL QUESTION IS, OKAY, THIS $1.3 MILLION, WHERE THEY COME FROM AND WHERE'S THE, THE DEDICATE OR THE DESIGNATE TO, UH, WHICH PARK? AND, UH, YOU ANSWER TO ME AND I REMEMBER.

AND, UH, I'M NOT TAKING SIDES OVER HERE.

I'M JUST BASED ON MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND, UH, THIS DESIGNATE TO THE, THE NORTY PARK.

SO MEANING LET'S INCLUDE THE DOOR PARK.

AND I THINK THEY'VE BEEN OKAY.

YOU, YOU TOLD, TOLD US SOME OF THE MONEY HAVE BEEN USED INTO SOME OF THE OKAY.

FIX UP, UH, THE PLAYGROUND, RIGHT.

THE FLOORING, THIS ISSUE, AND WE USE SOME MONEY.

AND AM I RIGHT? UH, ROBERT, ARE YOU OVER THERE? YOU WANT TO YEAH, WE, WE DID SPEND MONEY TO FIX THE, UM, THE PAD UNDERNEATH THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE IT WAS CORRECT, CORRECT.

IT WAS A LIABILITY ISSUE THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED.

NO, NO, NO, NO PROBLEM AT ALL.

SO, SO THE ISSUE IS, OKAY, THIS MONEY IS LED.

WHAT, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUT SAY HAS BEEN DESIGNATE OR DEDICATED TO THE, THE NORTE PARK? IT IS THE FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED THROUGH PARK DEVELOPMENT FUND OR FEES.

SO THAT IS OKAY.

JUST LIKE OUR ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR SAY THERE WAS OKAY.

AND, UM, DEDICATE TO OKAY.

DI NORTY PARK AND THE DOOR PARK.

CORRECT.

SO, SO ANYWAY, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

UM, MAY I, PUTIN, THANK YOU.

UM, I'M NOT HAVING ANY SITES EITHER.

UM, I DON'T LOOK AT DISTRICT PARKS.

I LOOK AT PARKS CORRECT.

AS A WHOLE IN WEST COVINA, THE PARK.

UM, I'M NOT SAYING THAT DEL NORTE AND ORANGEWOOD, I MEAN, THOSE TWO PARKS DO NEED AN UPGRADE.

I, I AGREE WITH YOU ON THAT.

ON YOUR REPORT.

UM, IT STATES THAT I KNOW THAT'S CURRENTLY 1.3 MILLION ALLOCATING FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR

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PARK IMPROVEMENTS.

UH, I JUST NEED YOU TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS.

IT SAYS, WITH THE CITY'S PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN THE FALL OF 2025 THIS YEAR, ONE OPTION FOR CONSIDERATION IS TO HOLD THESE FUNDS IN RESERVE.

DOING SO COULD ALLOW THE CITY TO LEVERAGE THE FUNDING AS MATCHING DOLLARS FOR FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PRIORITIES IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN.

I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH DO WE CURRENTLY HAVE? IS, IS THIS ONLY 1.3? AND, UM, DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE OF HOLDING IT TO THE FALL AND SEEING WHERE THESE MATCHING DOLLARS? LIKE, I JUST WANNA KNOW IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN FURTHER, YOU KNOW, THAT STATEMENT OF DOING SO COULD ALLOW CITY TO LEVERAGE FUNDING, UM, MATCHING DOLLARS FOR FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

UM, YES.

SO I, I, I'D HAVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH, UH, MARIA, LISA, BUT, AND LOOK AT THE BUDGET.

UM, WE DO HAVE FUNDS IN DIFFERENT, UH, PARK DEVELOP, I FORGOT WHAT PDF STANDS FOR.

I KNOW I WAS GONNA, BUT THERE, THERE'S DIFFERENT POCKETS OF MONIES THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE AREAS.

UM, AND SO I THINK IT'S 1.3 FOR CAMERON, I THINK, OR SORRY FOR DEL NOR I THINK IT'S ANOTHER 1.3 OR SOMETHING AROUND THAT FOR ORANGEWOOD.

UM, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

THEN I'LL LET, MIGHT AT LEAST.

YEAH, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT, I HAD TO GET THE BUDGET BOOK, BUT YEAH, IT'S, THERE'S DIFFERENT ONES.

FOR DEL NORTE, THERE IS 1.3, SO THAT WOULD BE IT FOR, AND IT PRETTY MUCH LEAVES THE FUNDS CLOSE TO ZERO.

SO IT'S ZEROING IT OUT.

UM, THERE'S SOME, FOR PALM VIEW, ORANGEWOOD, I THINK YOU, THERE ARE ABOUT 1.4 MILLION, 1.7 MILLION.

UM, AND THEN WILL, WILL MARDO DOESN'T HAVE ANY, CORTEZ HAS ABOUT 50,000.

UM, SO YEAH, THERE'S, HOW ABOUT COSTA PARK? THE WHAT? CARLOS AUGUST PARK, ANY OF, UH, BUDGET FOR CLEAN UP THE OVERGROWN VEGETATION? IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 200.

THEY HAVE A $200,000.

AND THEN HOW ABOUT CAMERON? CAMERON ACTUALLY COMES FROM OUR CAP.

SO WHAT, FROM A DIFFERENT FUND? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT IS? SO IT'S WHERE WE HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT, LIKE PARK ACQUISITIONS.

SO THERE'S LIKE A COUPLE MILLION IN THERE AS WELL.

COUPLE MILLION.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN, YEAH, THERE'S A PARK ACQUISITION LIKE CAMERON PARK.

SO IF AND OTHER FUNDS , I FOUND YOUR MONEY.

MR. MAYOR.

THIS IS A QUESTION SOMEBODY, LUISA, IF WE WERE TO HOLD US IN RESERVE TO KEEP IT FOR DEL NORTE, BUT THEN HOLD IT, WOULDN'T THAT ALLOW, ALLOW US TO LEVERAGE THOSE, UH, THOSE FUNDS FOR MATCHING AS OPPOSED TO DEDICATING MONEY FOR THIS AND THEN HAVING LESS MONEY THAT WE COULD USE FOR MATCHING FOR FUTURE GRAD PURPOSES THAT WOULD ACTUALLY HELP DEL NORTE PARK MORE? THAT, THAT IS A POSSIBILITY.

AND, UM, YOU DID YOUR QUESTION IS HOLD THIS 1.3, JUST DEDICATE TO THE DEL NORTE PARK AND THE LL PARK, AND THEN TRY TO WAIT FOR THE MORE MATCHING FUND.

THAT'S WHAT YOU, THAT'S WHAT YOU SAY.

UH, YES.

MR. BARR, JUST TO ASK THE QUESTION FOR MARIA LUISA ABOUT IF WE WERE TO HOLD THE MONEY, KEEP IT FOR DEL NORTE PARK, BUT WAIT FOR THE PARK MASTER PLAN TO GO THROUGH AND THEN, AND THEN LEVERAGE THE MONEY TO USE FOR MATCHING FUNDS, THE MORE MONEY COULD BE USED FOR THAT PARK THAN THIS BECAUSE OF THE THOUGHT THAT IF WE DEDICATE THE MONEY NOW, THEN WE HAVE LESS MONEY THAT WE COULD USE FOR MATCHING, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY BE A COST AGAINST DEL NORTE PARK.

IS IT POSSIBLE IT'S A POSSIBILITY.

MATCHING FUNDS.

MATCHING FUNDS, POSSIBILITY? IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS.

WHY HAVE WE GOT MATCHING FUNDS? SO, SO IS POSSIBLE WE CAN GET MATCHING A MATCHING FUND? YEAH.

WE COULD USE IT TO LEVERAGE FOR GRANTS OR OPPORTUNITIES OPPORTUNITY.

UH, GO AHEAD.

UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER COULD HEAR IT.

WELL, IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS AND WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A GRANT FOR DOWN NORTH DAY FOR THE DOG PARK.

UM, SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE WAITING FOR THE NEXT 12 YEARS.

UM, BUT, UM, AGAIN, THIS, THIS IS JUST FOR THE DESIGN PERIOD.

SO IT TAKES TIME EVEN FOR THEM TO START THIS PROCESS.

SO, UH, THIS IS A PERFECT TIMING TO HIRE A CONTRACTOR FOR DESIGN, BECAUSE THEN THE DESIGNER COULD PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE PARK MEETINGS AND GET PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC DIRECTLY TO HOW TO INTEGRATE THIS DESIGN INTO OUR COMMUNITY IN, IN, IN, IN DAL NORTE, AT DAL NORTE PARK DOG PARK.

SO RIGHT NOW IS THE PERFECT TIMING.

THIS IS NOT, YOU'RE NOT AUTHORIZING 1.3 MILLION.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE PICKED THE HIGHEST BID ON HERE, BUT FOR 200 1500 THOUSAND DOLLARS.

BUT, UH, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT , BUT WHAT WHAT IT IS FOR IS $215,000 RIGHT NOW JUST TO HIRE THE LANDSCAPE, UH, DESIGNER TO, TO WORK WITH A DESIGN.

TO CREATE A DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE NOT SPENDING MORE THAN THAT AT THIS TIME.

COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, THANK YOU.

WELL, RIGHT NOW, I, MY PARK, CAMERON PARK IN DISTRICT THREE HAS $2 MILLION.

DECIDE THAT I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR MY PARK.

I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SELFISH OF ME TO

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I WOULD JUST WAIT UNTIL ALL THE PARKS ARE CONSIDERED AND WE HAVE A PLAN FOR ALL 16 PARKS SO THAT WE CAN SHARE ALL THE FUNDS AND, AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR PROJECTS ARE DONE.

GOOD.

GOOD POINT.

I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING.

GOOD POINT.

I DIDN'T, WELL, YOU'RE NOT ON MY SIDE ANYWAYS.

NO, NO, NO, NO.

I'M, I'M NEUTRAL.

NO, NO.

AND, UH, HOW LONG IT TAKE, HOW LONG IT TAKE FOR THIS, UH, PLAN, UH, GENERAL PARK MASTER PLAN, WHEN WE CAN GET THIS MASS PLAN OUT? SO WE CAN GET, SEE ALL THE FUNDING MATCHING FUND GRANT, MAYBE TRANSTECH CAN FIND SOME GRANT FOR US FOR PARK.

SO THE, I BELIEVE THE PARK MASTER PLAN IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF OCTOBER OR FALL OF THIS YEAR.

FALL.

SO HOW MANY MONTHS? OKAY.

IS, UH, FALL OF 2025.

SO, SO, AND ANYBODY WANT TO, OKAY.

UH, IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, YOU'RE ONLY AUTHORIZING $215,000 FOR THE DESIGN ON HERE.

SO IN BETWEEN THE TIME YOU HAVE TIME TO GO FIND GRANT MONEY, SO YOU DON'T PUT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE, IT THEIR PARK ON HOLD.

UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO SAY DISTRICT ONE BECAUSE THE VOTERS, UH, THERE WAS A VOTER IN WEST VENA WHO SUED THE CITY TO MAKE COUNCIL DISTRICTS.

THERE WAS A STATE LAWMAKER WHO MADE A LAW THAT SAID, WE'RE BROKEN UP INTO FIVE DISTRICTS AND WE'RE TO REPRESENT AND FIGHT FOR OUR RESIDENTS IN EACH DISTRICT.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE REPRESENT THE CITY AS A WHOLE, BUT LET'S NOT FORGET THE LAW THAT WE'RE, WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE PART.

WE PUT THE, YEAH.

SO, AND THIS IS JUST $215,000 FOR JUST THE DESIGN, AND WE SHOULDN'T OKAY.

PUT THIS DESIGN ON HOLD, UH, AGAINST SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.

SO YOU TO CONTINUE TO DO THE DESIGN YEAH.

SPEND THE $200,000, UH, PUTIN, GO AHEAD.

WE'RE GONNA STICK TO DESIGN THEN.

UM, I HAD QUESTIONS ON THE DESIGN FOR THE SCHOOL.

IS THAT FULLY SET, THAT DESIGN OF THE FORMER SCHOOL THAT READ, UH, RENOVATION? AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED ABOUT, UH, DESIGNING IT TO OPEN UP TO THE PARK AND THEY'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT.

UM, IS THAT DESIGN ALREADY SET AND FIXED? BECAUSE WHY MOVE TO THIS WHEN THAT'S NOT EVEN DONE? AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO REDESIGN BASED BECAUSE OF WHAT THEIR WHOLE OUTLINE'S GONNA BE? SO, YEAH.

SO I THING IS YEAH.

DESIGN.

SO FIRST, UH, THERE, THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS WITH MERITAGE HOMES.

UH, I BELIEVE JOANNE HAS ALSO HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MERITAGE HOMES.

I KNOW I'VE SPOKEN TO MERITAGE HOMES.

AND, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE TOTALLY FINE NOT PUTTING IN AN ENTRANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR PARK.

UH, AGAIN, I WALKED THAT AREA, IT'LL BE DEVASTATING TO PUT A ENTRANCE TO A, A, A PRIVATE DEVELOPER, A PRIVATE GIVING A PRIVATE DEVELOPER THE RIGHT TO HAVE OUR PARK AS A BACKYARD, A MIDDLE ENTRANCE INTO OUR PARK.

AND, AND THEY SAID THEY WERE FINE WITH, UH, NOT DOING THAT.

UH, AND, AND I BELIEVE JOANNE ALSO SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THAT AS WELL.

SO, OKAY.

UH, GOT IT.

AND THE MAYOR PROTEIN AGAIN, UM, AGAIN, THE, UNTIL THOSE DESIGNS ARE SET, BECAUSE ANYTHING CAN CHANGE, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.

I'D LIKE TO SEE THOSE DESIGN MERITAGE HOMES SET BEFORE SEEING THESE DESIGNS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA WASTE THEIR MONEY AND THEN REDESIGN SOMETHING.

ARE WE, ARE WE SAYING THAT THE PRIVATE DEVELOPER HAS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT OVER THE PUBLIC'S PART? NO, NO, NO.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT WE'RE GONNA STALL THEIR PARK AND, UH, LET'S DO THIS CIVILIZED.

WITH THIS IS A PARK.

WE ARE GOING TO IMPROVE THE PARK NO MATTER WHAT.

THE PARK WILL BE IMPROVED.

AND THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT.

THE NOTED PARK WILL BE IMPROVED.

THE DOOR PARK, THE SKATE PARK OH, WILL BE IMPROVED WHEN, SO PLEASE.

AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER, I KNOW WE, WHAT YOU WANT IS, OKAY, THE DESIGN, AND I ALREADY ASK WHEN THE MASTER PLAN SHOULD BE DONE, AND WE CAN WAIT MAYBE A COUPLE MONTHS TO SEE MORE INPUT.

SO IN THAT WAY, AND WE ARE GOING TO RESERVE THIS $1.3 MILLION, OKAY.

DEDICATE AND TO THE NOTED PARK, WE ARE NOT GOING TO SHOW CHANGE ANYTHING.

SO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING, AND WE CAN HAVE A ENTIRE MASTER PLAN WHERE WE SPEND THE MONEY OR MAYBE TRANSTECH TO TRY TO FIND A MATCHING FUND GRANT FOR THE PARK.

BECAUSE ON THE, OKAY.

UH, THE FRENCH PARK, I KNOW WE GOT IT FROM GRANT TO SPEND A MILLION DOLLAR TO DO THE PLAYGROUND, AND THAT THAT IS A GRANT.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND GRANT TO IMPROVE MORE ABOUT, OKAY.

THE, THE, THE NOTED PARK, THE DOOR PARK AND THE SKATE PARK, THEY, THOSE PARK NEED.

WE SET DOWN LIKE A YEAR, YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

RE REMODEL, NEED IMPROVEMENT, ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH THAT.

BUT IT'S THE TIME WHEN AND TO DO IT.

SO MAYOR, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? NO, NO.

BRIAN, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UH, YEAH.

SO QUICKLY, PLEASE.

SO WHAT ARE WE SAYING? WHEN IS THIS MASTER PLAN GONNA BE DONE? FALL OF 2025.

FALL OF 2025.

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AND THEN, WELL, WE JUST, WE, WE ACTUALLY STARTED IT.

WE STARTED THE, WE EXECUTED THE AGREEMENT.

AND SO WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE PARK PLAN GONNA HAVE THE DOG PARK IN THERE? IT'S ONE OF OUR FACILITIES.

SO IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PARK MASTER PLAN.

SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WAITING NOW OR THEN YOU GET THE INPUT, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE THE INPUT PLAN.

AND I, AND I KNOW THAT THE BOTTOM PART WAS PUT IN THERE ON PURPOSE TO, TO CAUSE THIS TO BE DELAYED.

BUT THAT'S FINE.

THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.

BUT, UM, SO WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? WHEN YOU WOULD HAVE COMMUNITY INPUT ABOUT WHAT AMENITIES OR RESOURCES THEY WANT AND THE PARKS AND THE RECREATION REALM WITHIN THE CITY, YOU WOULD ALSO HAVE A COMPLETED PARK MASTER PLAN OUTLINING THOSE ITEMS. AND THEN THAT PARK MASTER PLAN ONCE COM, ONCE IT'S COMPLETED, GIVES US MORE, UM, LEVERAGE WHEN APPLYING FOR GRANTS, BECAUSE WE HAVE A COMPLETED REPORT ON WHAT WE NEED.

OH, AND WHEN IS HERITAGE HOMES EXPECTED TO FINISH THEIR DESIGN PHRASE OF THEIR PROJECT? THEY'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH STAFF, UM, IN REVIEWING THEIR, UH, PLANS.

AND WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM ABOUT DEVELOPING A COHESIVE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEIR PROPOSED PROJECT AND THE CITY PARK.

AND DID YOU ASK THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE IF THAT WAS OKAY TO USE THE BACKYARD OF A PUBLIC PARK FOR A PRIVATE DEVELOPER? IT IS GOING THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS.

SO THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

SO IT'S OKAY TO TELL, TO TELL A DEVELOPER I KNOW I'M ASKING A QUESTION.

I KNOW, BUT NOT OF MY RESIDENTS.

SO IT'S OKAY TO TELL A DEVELOPER THAT IT COULD HAVE OUR PARK AS A PRIVATE, A BACKYARD, THEN THAT WAS NEVER A OKAY.

BUT WE HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO GET RESIDENTS INPUT ON THIS INFORMATION.

SO ANY PART OF THIS PARK PLAN, YOU TELL THE RESIDENTS, YOU WANNA PRIVATE DEVELOPER TO HAVE A, A ENTRANCE IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR PARK.

WE GOT YOUR POINT.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT.

WE GOT YOUR POINT.

AND, UH, WE DON'T KNOW THE DEVELOPER.

THE PROJECT WILL BE APPROVED, BUT OUR POWER PLANT IS COMING UP IN NO TIME.

SO WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE, NO, HOLD ON.

AND, UH, I WANT TO GIVE THIS CHANCE TO MAY PRO MAY GO AHEAD.

SO, UH, THE PARK MASTER PLAN HAS DESIGNS INCLUDED AS WELL, RIGHT? CORRECT.

OR NO? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

'CAUSE NORMALLY IT DOESN'T, AND I SAY THIS TO YOU, I KNOW YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE WITH DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS.

I URGE YOU TO LET YOUR DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS PARTAKE IN THIS MASTER PLAN SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO EVEN REDESIGN WHAT THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU AND TELL US WHAT THEY WANT, UH, IN THEIR PARKS, EVEN FEATURES THAT THE DESIGNER MIGHT MISS.

SO THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO GET ALL YOUR RESIDENTS TO BE VOCAL AND GO THERE AND SAY WHAT THEY WANT, KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, AND PARTAKE IN THIS.

SO THAT'S WHAT I RECOMMEND, UM, WHICH THAT CAN CHANGE THE OUTLOOK OF THIS WHOLE DESIGN.

BLANK.

AND WAS THERE A REASON WHY HIRSCH AND ASSOCIATES DIDN'T COME UP IN, UH, FIRST PLACE? IF THERE WERE THE SECOND, UH, OR THE SECOND LOWEST BID, THE OTHER PROPO, THE OTHER PROPO PROPOSALS WERE, WERE MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND BETTER.

SO, UH, WHEN I WALKED, UH, I WALKED, I SPOKE TO OVER 8,000 RESIDENTS.

SO I, I'LL JUST LET THEM KNOW THEIR, THEIR VOICE DON'T COUNT NO MORE.

THAT IS NOT TRUE, PLEASE.

WELL, I, I WALKED TO 8,000 RESIDENTS, SO I KNOW WHAT THEY WANT, BUT, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ON, BUT, UH, PLEASE, I'M BEING MOVE ON.

I SAID, UH, SO REGARDLESS, UH, MY OTHER CONCERN HERE IS THAT WE, YOU PICK THE NUMBER THIRD HIGHEST BID ON THIS PROPOSAL.

WHY DID YOU GO WITH THE, THE HIGHEST, THE HIGHER NUMBER? I'LL LET STAFF RESPOND TO THAT QUESTION.

SO, PER THE RFP CRITERIA, THE FEES AND COST IS, UM, 15 POINTS.

UM, SO WHEN WE DID THE SCORING, UM, THE, THE AVERAGE SCORE, THE A, UM, AND DID THE, THE AVERAGING FOR ALL, FOR ALL THE SCORES FROM, FROM ALL THE RAIDERS, UM, DAVID VOLT'S, DESIGN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, UM, THEY SCORED THE HIGHEST.

SO, AND WHERE DID IT GET, HI, WHERE WAS THE HIGHEST POINTS CAME IN FROM? DUE TO INTERVIEW? NO, FROM FROM THE RATING SHEETS.

IS THIS ON HERE? SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE THREE RAIDERS, ROB, UM, ROBERT, SUZY PEREZ, THE DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR.

AND AND I, WE, WE'VE COMPLETED THE RATING SHEETS AND AFTER REVIEWING THE, THE PROPOSALS, AND WE, WE SCORE THEM BASED ON THEIR, THE PROPOSALS AGAINST THE EVALUATION CRITERIA.

SO THE REASON WHY THE FEE, UM, THE FEE, THE, I GUESS THE THIRD, THE, THE THIRD HIGHEST FEE, UM, PROPOSAL FEE WAS SELECTED WAS BECAUSE, WAS BECAUSE THE, THE FIR THE LOWEST AND SECOND LOWEST FEES SCORED LOWER.

AND THE OTHER, UM, CATEGORIES.

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AND, UH, AND I THINK THE POINTS HERE, OKAY, SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

HOLD ON.

I KNOW, I KNOW YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE.

I THINK $1.3 MILLION OKAY.

DEDICATE TO THE, THE NOR PARK.

AND NOW, CURRENTLY WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN GOING ON, AND THAT SHOULD BE DONE WHAT? SEPTEMBER.

HOPEFULLY WE GET THE INFORMATION OKAY.

COMING UP.

AND, UH, WE, IF THEY WAIT FOR 12 YEARS, THEY CAN WAIT FOR ANOTHER FOUR MONTHS TO GET ENTIRE EVERYTHING READY.

AND THIS IS MY SUGGESTION, BUT THE MONEY 1.3 WILL DEDICATE OKAY.

INTO THE DEL NORDIC PART BY, IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK THE MAJORITY COUNCIL KIND OF AGREE UPON IS TRYING TO, OKAY.

AND, UH, LET'S GET ALL THE INPUT IN HOW WE DESIGN.

AND THEN ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, UH, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT DEVELOPMENT SPEAKING TRUE.

WE DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT WE WANT TO DO AS A EMPHASIZE THE PARK.

I THINK PARK IS MORE IMPORTANT.

WE DON'T KNOW HOW THE DEVELOPMENT WILL GO IN THE FUTURE.

WHAT KIND OF DESIGN WILL BE APPROVED BY THE RESIDENT? THEY NEED TO DO A COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE, WE WANT TO SEE HOW WE IMPROVE OUR PARK, BUT THE MONEY WILL RESERVE TO THE ANOTHER PARK.

ANY COUNCIL WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I DO.

I MAY PUT, GO AHEAD.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, WITH THE DEVELOPERS, I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT THE DEVELOPERS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MY CONCERN IS LOOKING AT WEST COVINA AS A WHOLE, I'D LIKE A MATCHING CITY.

I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO, I MEAN, PREFERABLY IF TREES AND EVERYTHING THAT A CITY AS A WHOLE CAN BLEND.

SO THE DEVELOPERS AND OUR CITY PARKS AND RESIDENTS HOUSES SHOULD ALL BE ABLE TO BLEND NICELY.

SO IT SHOULDN'T STAND OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB.

SO THAT IS ONE SECOND.

IN REGARDS TO PARKS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT TO UTILIZE THAT.

I HAVE PETS, YOU KNOW, I'VE TAKEN DOGS BEFORE.

I'VE ADOPTED AT, AND I'VE TAKEN THEM TO DEL NORTE.

SO I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED THAT IT NEEDS TO BE UPGRADED.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU.

BUT JUST LIKE, UH, DISTRICT ONE, THEY ALSO UTILIZE ALL OUR PARKS.

I FOCUS ON ALL PARKS, 16 PARKS.

AND SO I WANT EVERYTHING TO LOOK NICE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST STATE THAT, THAT NOT ONLY THE FOCUS IS ALL DISTRICT ONE, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN MY DISTRICT, 'CAUSE I'M LIKE BORDER THERE CLOSE THAT UTILIZES THAT, THAT IMPACTS THEM TOO.

SO IT IMPACTS RESIDENTS AS A WHOLE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE THAT AS THAT.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

COULD YOU, LET'S GET, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

SO I MEAN, I MEAN, I COULD ASK THE QUESTION, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU'VE BEEN AT DOWN NORTH DOG PARK AND YOU KNOW, FIND OUT THERE'S HOLES IN THE DIRT THERE, WHICH CREATE A LIABILITY SAFETY ISSUE.

FIX THE LIABILITY ISSUE.

WE CAN PUT THOSE IN ANYTHING THAT SAFETY RIGHT NOW.

COUNCILMAN URS LET IS SAFETY FIX IT.

YEAH, RIGHT NOW I HAVE TO TELL YOUR CITY, CITY MANAGER THAT, BUT, UM, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO BRING THIS BACK, UH, IN BY THE SECOND MEETING OF SEPTEMBER.

UH, THAT'S MY MOTION.

YOU GOT OKAY WITH THAT? I'LL SECOND.

OH, TO BRING, WAIT, TO BRING IT BACK.

BRING IT BACK.

SEPTEMBER.

UM, MR. MAYOR, UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, THAT WE JUST REMOVE THIS UNTIL, BECAUSE THE DESIGN PROPOSAL COULD CHANGE BASED ON THE FEEDBACK FROM, FROM THE, THE MASTER PARK PROCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY.

DO YOU WANT, DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION? OH, THERE WAS NO SECOND YET.

DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR, UH, BRIAN'S, OH, SORRY, MAYOR, IF I MAY, UM, SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU ARE BIDS, AND SO WE WOULD HAVE TO FORMALLY REJECT THEM, UM, AND THEN WE'D HAVE TO DO REDO A BID ONCE THE PARK MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETED, IF THAT WOULD BE, SO I MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND IN ADDITION TO GO F TO DO A NEW RFP, UH, TO BE POSTED, UH, BY, UM, THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY FOR, UH, SORRY FOR TO BE POSTED BY THE SECOND, UH, UH, SORRY.

I'LL GIVE YOU A DATE.

HOLD ON.

IF THE PARK MASTER PLAN IS THE END OF FALL 2025.

SO WHEN IS THAT GONNA BE? OKAY, UM, BRIAN.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CITY MANAGER OR JOANNE.

UM, THIS IS, OKAY.

THE DESIGN IS SUGGEST BY APPROVED BY THE, UM, PLANNING DEPARTMENT.

JOANNE, YOU, YOU, YOU RECOMMENDED THIS COMPANY OR NO? SO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE, UH, PROPOSALS AND THAT'S WHO THE, BECAUSE IF WE ALREADY SEND IP, WE JUST PICKED THEM.

PICK ONE THAT YOU RECOMMENDED.

WE JUST DO NOT ATTEND TO DESIGN TILL.

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DO WE, DO WE NEED TO GO? THAT'LL BE GOOD.

DO WE NEED TO GO TO THE OKAY.

ENTIRE OKAY.

IP AGAIN.

AND WE THINK THE TIME, SINCE YOU GOT ALREADY SEND THE TIME, THAT'S ONLY RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO DESIGN AND THEN HOLD IT TILL OUR MASTER PLAN COME OUT AND WE ARE ALREADY DEDICATED.

1.3, MAYBE CHANCE CAN GET A MATCHING FUND FOR US, OR ANOTHER 1.3 FOR YOU GUYS.

YEAH, THAT'S, DO THAT.

YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.

SO I THINK IN THAT WAY, YEAH, IT'S IMPORTANT.

WE, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

COUNCILMAN KENTO AS A MATTER OF LOGISTICS, BECAUSE THE RFP CONTOURS COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK FROM THE MAR, FROM THE PARK MASTER PLAN AND ALL OF THE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING FROM DISTRICT ONE PROVIDING FEEDBACK, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT THE RFP DEVELOP BE DEVELOPED AFTER THE MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN PARK MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

SO AS MOST ACCURATELY TO REFLECT THE FEEDBACK OF THE RESIDENTS BY THAT POINT, IF WE WERE TO JUST SIMPLY JUST DELAY THIS, BUT IT'S STILL BEFORE THE PARK MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED, THEN WE'RE BACK AT THE SAME PROBLEM AGAIN.

SO IF WE WERE JUST TO WAIT TILL AFTER THE CONCLUSION OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN WHERE WE LISTEN TO THEIR GOT IT.

I GOT IT.

AND, UH, BUT, UH, BRIAN GUTIEREZ, YOU CAN STILL, UH, MAKE A MOTION AND THEN, THEN SEE YOU HAVE A SECOND.

AND THEN WE SEE, OKAY.

ALL THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ANY, YEAH, I THINK MAYOR PROTIME HAS SOMETHING.

NO, I, MAYOR PROTE, YOU GO AHEAD.

I WAS GONNA, FER WAS GONNA SAY THAT IT'S NOT REALLY ACCURATE TO STATE THAT BECAUSE EVEN WITH A MASTER PLAN, THEY COULD EASILY, IT CAN GO BOTH WAYS.

IT COULD SAY LIKE NOTHING.

AND THEN WE'RE STILL BACK TO THIS.

UM, THE CITY, THE STAFF PUT IN THE TIME, THE ENERGY CORRECT.

UM, TO PUT ALL THIS STUFF, THE INTERVIEWS, THE, THE THOROUGHNESS OF EVERYTHING, OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.

SO THE WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE.

I WOULDN'T WANNA JUST REDUNDANT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, DISMISS THAT.

SO IF THAT IS A POSSIBILITY, I DO SUPPORT THAT.

AND THAT'S A MIDDLE GROUND.

GETTING THIS, BUT HOLDING IT OFF, YEAH.

POSSIBILITY A DESIGN MIGHT CHANGE.

BUT IF THE DESIGN DOESN'T CHANGE OR WHATEVER INPUT.

'CAUSE EITHER WAY, SOMETIMES WITH THE DESIGN, WHEN THEY BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL, THERE MIGHT BE SOME CHANGES WE WANT OR THE INPUT THAT THEY GET FROM THE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS.

SO I, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THAT.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

YEAH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT, BUT TO ALSO DIRECT THE CONTRACTOR.

THEY'RE NOT TO ALLOWED TO DESIGN UNTIL THE PARKS MASTER PLAN HAS BEEN DONE.

AND THAT I WILL ALSO ENCOURAGE THE VAL, THE CONTRACTOR TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE UPCOMING MEETINGS AS WELL.

I SECOND THAT, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

DO YOU HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR WISH YOU COULD RECALL? YES, I, UM, I'D, I'D LIKE TO, TO ASK FOR A, A SUB SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO DELAY THIS ACTION UNTIL AFTER THE PROCESS HAS BEEN COMPLETE.

SO, SO THAT WE, THAT THE RFP CAN MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE NEEDS OF GOT IT.

AND PRIORITIES.

SO BASICALLY, UH, REMOVE EVERYTHING OR WAIT FROM MASTER PLAN, THEN WE DO EVERYTHING.

EVEN THE STEP STEPS, SPENDING TIME, UH, WE WANT THEM TO DO IT AGAIN.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

SO, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION HIS CHITCHAT WITH ALL THE PEOPLE CHITCHATTING.

MR. MAYOR, JUST, JUST AS, AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FIRST MOTION, I'D LIKE JOANNE TO RESPOND.

GO AHEAD, JOANNE.

UM, THERE MAY BE ISSUES WITH, WITH, UM, GOING FORWARD WITH THIS CONTRACT MAINLY BECAUSE THE, UM, THE CONTRACT IS FOR WORK THAT, THAT WOULD, THAT IT'S EXPECTED TO BELY BE COMPLETED AND, AND DONE.

SO THE COST MAY CHANGE IF THEY WAIT FOR SIX MONTHS.

AND ALSO, AND ALSO, UM, THE CURRENT RFP DOESN'T ADDRESS THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND ALL THE CONTENTS WITHIN THE PARK MASTER PLAN.

SO THAT COULD ALSO CHANGE THE PROPOSAL.

SO YOU PREFER TO HAVE A BRAND NEW IP FOR THE FUTURE? IF, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO WAIT FOR THE PARK MASTER PLAN.

THEN THAT IS PREFERRED BY STAFF.

SO WE HAVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

HAVE, UM, FOUND, UH, COUNCILMAN LEY KENTO REGARDING LET'S WAIT FOR THE MASTER PLAN.

$1.3 MILLION TO DEDICATE OKAY.

AND WE STILL, OKAY.

TO THE .

WE'RE NOT GONNA TAKE THE MONEY AWAY THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE MONEY FROM CHANGE TECH OKAY.

TO GET THE MATCHING FUND.

SO, AND FOR THAT, THEN WE CAN MAKE IT GLORY AND OUR DISTRICT ONE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WILL BE HAPPY.

SO, AND WE HAVE A SECOND, UH, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

UH, MAY, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTACT, I'M GOING TO REPEAT YOUR MOTION AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M INCORRECT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO REJECT THE BIDS AND DELAY THE PROCESS TILL AFTER THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IS COMPLETE.

AND I HAVE A, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

SO, UH, BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IT, THEN THIS MOTION PRETTY MUCH DIES.

IT, IT'S, IT IS SUBSTITUTE.

YOU HAVE FIRST AND SECOND, BECAUSE THAT IS A SUB.

THAT ONE GOES FIRST AND THEN WE GO AFTER HE GO FIRST.

IF THIS ONE PASSED, THEN IT'S OVER.

IF THE ONE DIDN'T PASS,

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THEN WE'LL GO.

I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR JOANNE.

UH, JOANNE.

UH, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE SCOPE COULD CHANGE, BUT ISN'T THIS FOR A DESIGN? YES, IT'S FOR A DESIGN.

BUT IF THE, IF THE MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIES OTHER DESIGN NEEDS, UM, YOU COULDN'T, BUT YOU, YOU COULDN'T ASK, UH, IT'S NOT GONNA BE IN, IN THERE.

YOU COULDN'T ASK THE CONTRACTOR TO PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF THESE, UH, COMMUNITY TELE MEETINGS.

IT WAS NOT A SCOPE THAT WAS LISTED IN THE RFP.

UH, AND THERE WAS NOTHING.

THERE WAS NOTHING.

THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE THAT PREVENTS IT.

OH, ISN'T IT? HIGHER COMMUNITY INPUT? SO WE'RE GONNA JUST DESIGN IT, RIGHT? OKAY.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

UM, OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAIL POTENT.

I KIND OF UNDERSTAND JOANNE POINT OF VIEW.

THE POINT IS BASICALLY, UH, THE CURRENT, THE IP APPROVED IS BASED ON WHAT OKAY.

CURRENT SCOPE.

AND IF WE, UH, GO INTO, OKAY.

THE MASTER PLAN, THEY MIGHT CHANGE ALL THE THING MIGHT CHANGE.

MAY I PRETEND YOU, YOU UNDERSTAND? NO, WHAT, WHAT JOANNE SAY.

I DO, BUT I'M, I'M LOOKING ON PAGE 25, THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, UM, PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

THE TASK ONE WAS, WHICH IS THE INITIAL KICKOFF, UM, WITH CITY PROJECT STAFF.

SO, AND THEN THE PROJECT DESIGN SCHEDULE, INCLUDING DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS, UM, COLLECT AVAILABLE DATA AND MAPS.

UM, SO PAGE 1 25.

PAGE 25.

THE, SO WHEN YOU'RE COLLECTING, GATHERING DA DATA GATHERING ANALYSIS, WOULDN'T THAT INCLUDE COMMUNITY INPUT? SO USUALLY, UM, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S LISTED HERE OR IF JOAN CAN SPEAK FURTHER TO IT, BUT THEY USUALLY INCLUDE A LIMITED OR CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MEETINGS WITHIN ALBERT, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? IF I MAY.

ALLOWED BY.

INCLUDES, UM, INCLUDES COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

CITY MANAGER SERVICES, IT DOES CALL OUT FOR THE DOG PARK AND RESTROOM SOLELY ON THIS RFP.

SO TO PIGGYBACK OFF WHAT JOANNE'S SAYING, IF WE START THE DESIGN, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT MASTER, UH, PLAN DESIGN, BECAUSE THEN IT'S GONNA, THE PROJECT'S GONNA GET BIGGER AND WE'RE GONNA ACCRUE A LOT MORE COSTS TO THIS PROJECT.

, SORRY.

IT DOESN'T SAY COM.

WHAT DOES IT SAY? IT DOESN'T SAY COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

IT JUST SAYS DATA GATHERING AND ANALYSIS TO COLLECT AVAILABLE TO YOU.

UM, YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH DISCUSSION.

AGAIN, PLEASE.

LET, LET, LET'S MOVE ON.

THIS, I, I THINK, UH, THE CITY STAFF, THEY DON'T MIND.

I WORRY ABOUT WASTE THEIR TIME TO DO IRP.

THAT WAS MY CONCERN.

AGREE.

I AGREE.

BUT THE, THEIR POINT IS THIS, THIS, THIS, IF WE GOING TO GET MORE MONEY, THE PROJECT WILL BE BIGGER.

WHEN THEY GET BIGGER.

WHY WE AWARD THE A MONTH BECAUSE DOLLAR A MONTH IS NOT GOING TO WORK.

SO IN THAT WAY, WE BETTER TO WAIT.

AND IN THAT WAY, THEY MIGHT COMING BACK WITH A DIFFERENT NUMBER.

SO BASED ON WHAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS SAFER THIS WAY, OTHERWISE WE APPROVE A BOGUS PLAN, NOT BASED ON THE FUTURE.

MUCH BIGGER DESIGN.

NO, AND I AGREE.

AND, AND THAT I CAN'T SUPPORT, UH, WHAT COUNCILMAN CONTOS MENTIONED.

BUT IN REGARDS TO BIGGER, IT MIGHT BE BIGGER.

YEAH, IT COULD BE.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

AND WE WANT TO FIX THE, THE SKATE PARK.

MY QUESTION IS, IN REGARDS TO MATCHING FUNDS AND EVERYTHING, ARE WE CURRENTLY CONSISTENTLY LOOKING JUST, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU, I WANNA KNOW, WHEN DO YOU GUYS LOOK AT THESE MATCHING FUNDS, UM, FOR THESE PARKS AND JUST HOW OFTEN? WHERE, WHEN? UM, YEAH.

SO, UM, WE DO, WE HAVE GOTTEN GRANTS FOR DIFFERENT PARKS.

AND SO WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME UP, WE DO LOOK AT DIFFERENT OP GRANT FUNDING FOR, UH, PARKS.

AND I KNOW THAT TRANSTECH HAS BEEN AN, HEY STAYS GOOD.

THEY GONNA GIVE HER MORE MONEY.

SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

LET, LET, LET, LET'S, LET'S STOP THIS, PLEASE.

I HAVE, I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.

SO WHEN IS THE PARKS PLAN SUPPOSED TO BE DONE, JOANNE? UNDER THE CONTRACT TERMS? THE PARKS MASTER PLAN? YES.

UM, WE'VE, UM, WE'VE STATED THAT IT, IT WOULD BE COMPLETE FALL OF 2025.

FALL 2025.

SO SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.

SO FALL SEPTEMBER.

WHAT'S THE LATEST? BECAUSE WE, WE SAID THE WEBSITE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE LIKE A YEAR AGO, AND IT'S STILL NOT DONE.

SO , I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS, FIGURE IT OUT SO I COULD, I COULD DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

NOVEMBER 20.

NOVEMBER.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO SAY, UH, IN OF ORDER.

THERE WAS A ROLL CALL ALREADY IN, IN, THERE WAS ALREADY A ROLL

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CALL.

IT'S NOT ALREADY CALL, WE ALREADY FIRST AND SECOND.

AND, UH, BEFORE I CALL, I SAID A ROLL CALL AND THEY HAVE A MORE QUESTION.

SO WE, I THINK WE HAVE TO FINISH ROLL CALL.

SO CITY, CITY ATTORNEY, WAS THERE A ROLL CALL? WE DO ROLL CALL.

I WAS CLARIFYING IF, IF COUNCILMAN CLARK CLARIFYING THE MOTION.

SO I ALSO A ROLL CALL.

SHE SAID WANNA CLARIFY THE MOTION.

SHE HADN'T TAKE A MOTION SO WE CAN GO TO ANOTHER SUBSTITUTE AND SUBSTITUTE MAD.

SO WE GO AGAIN.

LIKE, SO MANY DRAMA.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, BRIAN.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, UM, FOR CITY STAFF, UH, BASED UPON THE PARKS PLAN THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN, UH, SORRY, UPON, WHAT'D YOU SAY? NOVEMBER.

THE PARKS PLAN WILL BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER.

THAT BY, UH, THAT BY BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK THAT A NEW RFP BE DONE IN ACCORDANCE TO THE, TO THE INPUT RECEIVED.

DO THAT PARKS PLAN.

I'LL SECOND AND, AND, AND REJECT AND REJECT THESE BITS TO ME.

SO WHAT, WHAT MADAM CLERK, IF IT'S THE DIFFERENCE, WELL, HE JUST, WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TWO? IT'S THE SAME.

IT'S JUST THE TIME.

YEAH, THE TIME.

I THINK THE TIMELINE IS THE DIFFERENCE.

HUH? THERE WAS NO TIMELINE IN THE PRELIMINARY SECOND.

BECAUSE IF THE OCTOBER, WE GOT IT.

YOU DON'T WANNA WAIT FOR IT.

YOU SAID OCTOBER, YOU SAID NOVEMBER FALL.

IT'S, YOU SAID NOVEMBER FALL IS SEPTEMBER THE LATEST.

NOVEMBER.

YOU MAY BE SEPTEMBER.

WE ALREADY GOT IT.

DUE BY NO LATER THAN THE SECOND MEETING OF NOVEMBER.

UH, AT RFP POSTED, BRING IT BACK BY.

THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER IS SAID SUBSTITUTE OF SUBSTITUTE.

SO BASICALLY SAME LIKE OKAY.

AN OLLIE KENTOS MOTION.

THE DIFFERENCE BASICALLY IS THE, IS IS THE, THE TIME TO PUT THE TIME OVER THERE.

THE DIFFERENCE IS A DATE.

IT COULD BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT IF OLLIE WANTS TO KNOW THAT.

NO, JUST HOW ABOUT JUST PUT A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO HIS, THE TIME IS OKAY WITH YOU OLI.

STEPH, I, I'D LIKE TO ASK FOR, FOR STAFF ABOUT THAT.

'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA BOX THIS IN DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

SO IS, IS THAT, HOW DOES STAFF FEEL ABOUT THAT? IS THAT DOABLE? UM, WELL, IF WE POST IT IN, I GUESS THE SEC THE THIRD WEEK OF NOVEMBER, UM, IT WOULD BE TOO SOON TO BRING IT TO THE FIRST MEETING IN DECEMBER OR SECOND MEETING OF DECEMBER.

SO ARE YOU ASKING FOR IT TO COME TO COUNCIL ON THE SECOND MEETING? YES.

TO BRING BACK FOR POTENTIAL SELECTION OF A DESIGNER BY DECEMBER? I GUESS THERE WOULD NOT BE SUFFICIENT TIME FROM THE TIME THAT THE PARK YOU WANT.

SO YOU FIRST, THE FIRST MEETING OF JANUARY TO BRING IT TO US.

I THINK WE ARE NITPICKING OVER HERE, ELIZABETH, THE THING.

YEAH, I'D LIKE TO IN DECEMBER 2ND MEETING, THAT WOULD BE YOU, THE HOST.

YOU HOST THE MEETING.

I'D LIKE, I MEAN, JUST TO BE REASONABLE WITH STAFF AND EVERYBODY ON THE HOLIDAYS, BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF ORGANIZATION ARE CLOSED.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE MM-HMM .

OUT.

BUT I ORIGINALLY, WHEN I HEARD YOUR MOTION, IT SOUNDED LIKE AS SOON AS A MASTER PLAN IS DONE, YES.

RFP IS OUT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WANT FOR THEM TO COME.

THAT WAS ALWAYS WHAT'S MINE.

IT'S NO, I, I HE WANTED, HE, HE, SHE SAYS IT.

OKAY, LET ME CLARIFY IT.

SO PAULINA SAYS IN NOVEMBER IT SHOULD BE DONE.

SO I'LL SAY DO AN RFP BY, UH, WHAT, WHAT DO YOU NEED? THE SECOND WEEK OF DECEMBER? POST AN RFP.

AND THEN, UH, BASED UPON THAT PARKS MASTER PLAN.

SO I'M, WHAT I'M DOING IS PUTTING A, A DATE ON THERE THAT YOU HAVE TO POST IT BY BECAUSE, UH, UH, WE, IF WE DON'T PUT NO DATE ON THERE, IT'S JUST GONNA, NEVER GONNA GET DONE.

JUST TO POST THE RFP.

NOT BRING THAT BACK.

BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE TURNAROUND POST.

UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT NOVEMBER.

UM, COULD WE DO MAYBE LIKE 60 DAYS AFTER IT'S BEEN FINALIZED? THE, THE PARK MASTER PLAN THAT WE DO, WE POST THE RFP.

THAT'S A LONG TIME.

NO, HOLD ON.

WHEN YOU SAY FALL, THIS IS SEPTEMBER WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SIX MONTHS LATER.

THIS NEXT YEAR.

SO, SO, SO WHEN YOU SAY, OKAY, FALL, SEPTEMBER SUPPOSED TO BE WEEKEND WEEK.

IF WE CAN SHOOT FOR SEPTEMBER, MAYBE WE CAN GET THIS THING DONE BY END OF SEPTEMBER.

SO YEAH.

I, SORRY, I, I MISSPOKE.

IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER, SO IT NO, IT'S NOT FALL ANYMORE.

IT'S NOVEMBER.

SO IT'S WINTER.

NO, THEY, THEY OPERATE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

OH, NOVEMBER IT GO WINTER.

DECEMBER, JANUARY, MARCH.

FALL IS, YEAH, FALL.

NOT GOING HAPPEN.

WINTER IS, I BELIEVE JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH.

NO, DECEMBER.

SO POST THE RFP BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

LET, LET'S GET THIS THING OVER WITH THE POLICE.

NOT GOING TO FIGHTING FOR THE DATE.

SO DO YOU WANT TO I DOUBT IT IN NOVEMBER.

THEY CAN FINISH.

YOU HAVE THE DATE OF A, DO YOU WANNA NOVEMBER MINUTE YOUR MOTION TO SAY BY DECEMBER MAYBE OLLIE CAN JUST BE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO PUT UP A DATE.

BUT ANYWAY, LET, LET'S GET IT.

SO WHAT, WHICH ONE WE HAVE SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

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AND THAT'S IT.

YOU WANNA PUT A, DO YOU WANNA PUT A DATE TO DO WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE COMPLETION OF THE NO, IT'S DECEMBER.

YOU OKAY.

OH, DECEMBER I, SHE SAYS IT'LL BE DONE IN NOVEMBER.

AND IT COULD BE AND COULD BE RFP COULD BE POSTED BY DECEMBER 60 DAYS WITHIN THE COMPLETION.

I WILL AGREE TO 60 MINUTES.

60 DAYS WITHIN, WITHIN 60 DAYS OF COMPLETION OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN OVER COURSE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, BUT, OKAY.

SO I'LL, I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

HUH? I'LL MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

SO MY SUBSTITUTE MOTION BASED UPON THE CITY MANAGER'S INPUT, IT'LL BE DONE BY NOVEMBER THE LATEST.

SO I'LL SAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS BREAK, WHICH IS WHAT, THE THIRD OR FOURTH WEEK OF DECEMBER THAT AN RP BE DONE BEFORE EVERYONE TAKES A HOLIDAY BREAK.

UH, AND, AND, AND, AND FINISH THE BIDS OFF BY TIME WHEN STAFF COMES BACK FROM VACATION.

SO THAT'S MY RFP, MY AND REJECT ALL BIDS TODAY.

UH, IT'S, UH, DOABLE.

JOANNE, THAT'S DOABLE.

THAT'S DOABLE.

WE CAN POST IT.

WE HAVE SUB MOTION AND, UH, STEP SAYS DOABLE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THIS? SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

WELL, IF JOANNE SAYS IT'S DOABLE, THEN I'LL SECOND.

THE SECOND, I'M SORRY.

CLARIFICATION.

WHAT IS THE MOTION SUBSTITUTE? SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS, UH, NOT 60 DAY IS BASICALLY AFTER NOVEMBER MASTER PLAN DONE.

BY DECEMBER THAT THEY WILL SEND OUT RP AND BE JOANNE IS DOABLE.

CAN I MAKE A A ADDITIONAL STATEMENT PLEASE, MAYOR, QUESTION.

LAST ONE.

UM, IN REGARDS TO THE MASTER PLAN, BECAUSE WE ARE FO FOCUSING ON DEL NORTE, YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WAIT TILL THE WHOLE MASTER PLAN IS DONE, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN PHASES AND STUFF.

SO IF YOU ALREADY SEE THAT EARLY ON, THAT THE WHOLE DEL NORTE MASTER PLAN IS KIND OF ALREADY SET, BY ALL MEANS START THE RFP.

THAT'S QUITE THE BEGINNING.

IF MAY.

WELL, YOU NEED TO WAIT FOR THIS.

SO I'M GONNA AMEND MY MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT PART TOO.

MAYOR, IF I MAY, THE, THE PA PARKS MASTER PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY, BY US, US, WELL BY THE COUNCIL.

THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE SENIOR, UM, COMMUNITY, IT WAS, UM, PARKS AND RECS, SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE, SENIOR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY SERVICE SUBMISSION.

ALSO THE CITY COUNCIL.

OH, THEY WOULD, SO, SO IN ORDER FOR THE PARKS MASTER PLAN TO BE IMPLEMENTED, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY, UH, BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE END.

SO WOULD IT BE THE OFFICIAL, UM, IT WOULD BE JUST A DRAFT? UH, YEAH.

UH, BRIAN, GO AHEAD.

AND THEN, BUT IN BETWEEN THAT TIME, YOU HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCOPE OF WORK, RIGHT? 'CAUSE YOU WERE, YOU ALREADY HAVE A FINISHED PRODUCT.

YOU'LL, YOU'LL STILL HAVE TO DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE STUFF IN LIKE, GETTING THESE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS TO APPROVE IT.

BUT YOU'LL AT LEAST HAVE WHAT YOU, WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PARKS PLAN HAS.

UM, TYPICALLY WE HA WE HAVE SOME KIND OF IDEA.

HOWEVER, UM, THE, THERE ARE BEEN, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INSTANCES WHERE, WHERE WE PRESENT SOMETHING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR THE, OKAY.

SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION OR THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAD MADE CHANGES TO THAT.

SO I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE IF OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

SO YOU SAY IT WAS DOABLE EARLIER, SO NOW IT'S NOT DOABLE.

UM, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, IT'S, WE CAN, WE CAN POST THE RFP, BUT WE WOULD NOT HAVE A SELECTION UNTIL AFTER DECEMBER UNTIL THAT, THE FOLLOWING.

45 DAY OR 60 DAYS, OR JUST SAYING POST RRP.

INSTRUMENT.

AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

OH, OKAY.

AND COUNCILMAN .

YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO, SO, UM, THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE, UM, GOSH, JUST TO GET THIS STRAIGHT.

UM, IS IT, IS IT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE US GO 60, I MEAN, WITH WITHIN 60 DAYS OF THE FINAL APPROVAL OF THE PARK MASTER PLAN BY COUNCIL.

I'M KIND OF, THERE'S A, IS THAT, IS THAT SO, SO ARE WE GOING TO GO WHICH ONE GO FIRST? VOTE FIRST BECAUSE IS, IS 60 DAY HAS A SECOND.

AND THEN COUNCILMAN G AND COUNCIL HAD A MEMBER HAS A SECOND, A NEW MOTION.

SO HE GO TO, OKAY.

NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

IP.

AND IF, UH, WE CAN GET A MASTER PLAN EARLIER, THEN WE SEND IP EARLIER.

THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT YOU SAY, RIGHT? YES.

LET'S SUBSTITUTE SUBSTITUTE, SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

BIDS ISSUE AN RFP BEFORE THIS, UH, CHRISTMAS BREAK.

AND THEN, UH, WE HAVE A SECOND, RIGHT? SO, SO I'M GOING TO GO TO ROLL CALL.

SO THERE IS A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO, UM, ISSUE AN RFP TO REJECT ALL

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AND, UM, OPEN THE RFP AFTER THE CHRISTMAS BREAK.

AND IF SOME MM-HMM .

INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE BEFOREHAND TO START THIS PROCESS SOONER.

AND THERE IS A SECOND BY MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ VIDO.

ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCILMAN CONTOS SETTING US UP FOR FAILURE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE.

MAYOR PRO TE LOPEZ.

MAYOR WU.

AYE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE.

GO WITH THAT.

AND THEN I WANNA SAY, THIS IS NOTHING GO FAILURE, BECAUSE IF YOU THINK THAT DEAL, WE CAN STAY EXTENDED.

SO WE JUST WANT TO GET, MAKE SURE WE HAVE THIS IP AND WE WANT TO IMPROVE OUR PARK.

THANK YOU SO

[7) CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OF FIRE PREVENTION VEHICLES USING SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (AQMD) FUNDS]

MUCH.

AND LET'S MOVE FROM, OKAY.

AND, UH, NUMBER SEVEN.

NUMBER SEVEN, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.

MAYOR WAS PULLED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.

GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD.

YES, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS FOR, UH, SOME BRAND NEW 2025 DODGE RAM PICKUP TRUCKS.

IT IS, AND I THINK IT HAD LIKE THE LUXURY PACKAGE OR SOMETHING WHERE THEY HAVE, LET'S SEE.

AND THEN, UM, MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS FROM, UH, A-A-Q-M-D GRANT.

AND THEN MY UNDERSTANDING ALSO THAT THIS GRANT COULD ALSO BE USED FOR URBAN GREEN GREEN INITIATIVES, PLANTING TREES, CREATING GREEN SPACES TO REDUCE URBAN HEAT ISLANDS AND IMPROVE AIR QUALITY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, IMPLEMENTING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS BIO RAILS AND PERMANENT PAVEMENTS TO MANAGE STORM WATER RUNOFF AND, AND, AND MUCH MORE.

AND SO MY ONLY CONCERN IS, UM, I THINK THERE'S SOME PRETTY GOOD LOOKING ALMOST NEW PICKUP TRUCKS UPSTAIRS RIGHT NOW ON THE SECOND LEVEL.

UH, WHY ARE WE GONNA USE THIS GRANT MONEY FOR TO BUY NEW 2025 DODGE RAMS? WHILE WE COULD PROBABLY USE THIS MONEY FOR CORTEZ PARK WHO HAS A DISASTER ON THEIR GRASS WHEN IT RAINS AND THERE'S WATER OVER THE, THE GRASS IS TORN APART IN BY THE PLAYGROUND AREA.

SO MAYBE THIS COULD BE MONEY WE USE TO FIGURE OUT A STORMWATER RUNOFF, UH, ISSUE OVER THERE.

UM, SO I'LL HAVE, UH, ACTING FIRE CHIEF MIKE BROWN COME AND ANSWER, BUT I DO WANNA, UM, I OR EMPHASIZE THAT THEY ARE LOOKING TO REPLACE THREE VEHICLES, TWO THAT ARE NOT OPERATIONAL, AND ONE THAT IT SAID IT'S NEAR NON-OPERATIONAL.

IT HAS OVER 200,000 MILES ON IT.

SO IT'S JUST TO REPLACE, UH, A FLEET FOR, UM, FIRE PREVENTION.

BUT I'LL LET, UH, ACTING CHIEF BROWN TAKE.

YEAH, I'LL START OFF BY JUST, UM, REITERATING THE FACT THAT THIS IS REPLACING THREE VEHICLES.

ONE THAT'S PARKED AT CITY YARD.

IT'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER SIX MONTHS.

THAT IS NON-OPERATIONAL.

UM, THAT'S OUR 2007 FORD EXPLORER HYBRID.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE TWO CROWN VS.

THAT WERE HAND ME DOWN VEHICLES TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT ARE 2003 WITH OVER 200,000 MILES ON IT, ONE OF WHICH DOES NOT RUN.

SO THOSE ARE THE VEHICLES THAT WE ARE REPLACING TO SPEAK TO.

THE THREE PICKUP TRUCKS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE, THOSE ARE PURCHASED FOR WILDLAND.

THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THOSE PURCHASES.

UM, THEY'RE IN THE SUMMERTIME.

MOST OF THE TIME.

THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY.

THEY'RE OUT DEPLOYED ON WILDLAND, UH, MUTUAL AID RESOURCES ASSIGNMENTS.

UH, LAST YEAR DURING, UM, OUR BUSY SEASON, UH, ALL THREE PICKUP TRUCKS WERE OUT.

WE HAD TO BORROW, UH, TWO VEHICLES FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, ONE OF WHICH BROKE DOWN IN THE PROCESS OF OUR US BORROWING IT, WHICH FIRE DEPARTMENT FIXED AND RETURNED BACK TO THEM.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S TO REPLACE OLD VEHICLES.

AND NORMALLY THOSE THREE PICKUP TRUCKS THAT ARE PARKED IN THE, UH, PARKING STRUCTURE RIGHT NOW ARE NORMALLY HOUSED AT THE FIRE STATION.

THEY WERE JUST MOVED UP HERE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CURRENT, UH, FIRE PREVENTION VEHICLES TO USE.

AND, UM, DID WAS AN RFP DONE TO ALLOW LOCAL CAR DEALERSHIPS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BIDDING PROCESS? SO THIS GOES WITH SOURCE, WELL, UH, NATIONAL FLEET COMPANY THAT IS ALREADY, THEY USE THAT.

UM, WE USE THEM TO GO OUT AND SOURCE AND BID THOSE.

UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE NORMAL RFP.

SO, OKAY.

SO YEAH, SO NO, NO, THEN.

APPROPRIATED IN THE YEAR.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTION? OH, IF I COULD HAVE ACTING, UM, FINANCE DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THE USE OF THE A QMD FUNDS? GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.

UM, SO TYPICALLY WE GET ABOUT 120,000 OF A QMD FUNDS EVERY YEAR.

AND SO WE LEAVE IT IN THESE FUNDS IN THAT FUND, AND IT'S JUST TO BE USED FOR LOW EMISSION.

TYPICALLY, WE USE IT FOR VEHICLES.

AND SO THIS WAS ALREADY

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THERE WAS 60,000 ALREADY APPROPRIATED FOR THE YEAR FOR FIRE.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS THREE, TWO MORE VEHICLES THAT THEY WANTED TO USE AND WE CAN USE IT FOR.

THOSE FUNDS ARE FOR LOW EMISSION, ESSENTIALLY.

MM-HMM.

IT'S PRETTY BROAD, BUT THERE IS A RESOURCE GUIDE THAT'S PROVIDED BY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, A QMD, I FORGET AIR QUALITY, BUT ANYTHING REALLY OF THAT SOURCE TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF THE AIR.

AND WE GET ABOUT 120, 130,000 A YEAR.

AND TYPICALLY IT IS FOR ANY DEPARTMENT REALLY THAT WOULD LIKE TO USE IT.

UM, AND FIRE HAS ELECTED TO USE IT.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY USED SO MANY FUNDS, SO IT'S GOOD THAT THESE ARE BEING USED.

AND THE MAYOR POT.

UH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A Q AND D, SO I KNOW YOU SAID IT COULD BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, UH, THE ONE THAT COUNCILMAN, UH, GUTIERREZ MENTIONED SUCH AS, UH, CLIMATE, UH, FOR TREES, PLANTING TREES AND STUFF THAT IS, THAT CAN BE USED FOR THAT TOO.

IT CAN, AND WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS WITH OUR REPRESENTATIVE ALSO AS WELL, JUST LIKE WHAT, PARTICULARLY WHAT IS NEEDED AND WHAT THE COST MAY BE BECAUSE THERE ARE FUNDS IN THERE.

IT COULD BE FOR SOME PORTION OF TRAFFIC SYNCHRONIZATION.

IT'S, IT'S VERY SPECIFIC THOUGH.

AND WE USUALLY DO GET APPROVAL.

SO WHEN YEAH, THAT'S FINE.

WHEN WE DO, WHEN WE ASK FOR THESE TRUCKS, SOMETIMES ONLY THE 2023 MODEL CAN BE APPROVED, NOT THE 2024.

SO I ALWAYS GO AND I REFER BACK TO OUR REP AND HE'S PRETTY FAST.

CAN I, UH, GET THAT LIST OF WHAT IT IMPROVE, WHAT IT INCLUDES JUST FOR THE RESOURCE GUIDE AQ? YEAH.

THE RESOURCE GUIDE AND THE A QMD, ALL THAT STUFF.

IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, BUT WE CAN PROVIDE IT TO VERY GOOD.

ANY OTHER QUESTION? OKAY.

UH, COUNCIL, UH, MAN, OLLIE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE ACTING, UH, CHIEF, UH, ACTING CHIEF BROWN.

WHAT WOULD BE THE ADVERSE IMPACT IF WE FAILED TO PURCHASE THESE VEHICLES FOR THE FLEET IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE TWO THAT DON'T WORK AND THE ONE THAT'S ABOUT NOT TO WORK? UH, IT WOULD IMPACT DURING THE SUMMERTIME, OUR ABILITY TO ACTUALLY PUT PEOPLE IN VEHICLES AND GO OUT AND DO OUR, UM, FIRE INSPECTIONS, SPRINKLER INSPECTIONS, ALL OF THOSE TYPE OF INSPECTIONS, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON BORROWING FROM ANOTHER, ANOTHER DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT.

AND IF I CAN JUST ADD TO, IT WASN'T A LUXURY PACKAGE THAT IS ON THERE.

UM, IT'S A TRADESMAN, UH, VEHICLE WITH CLOTH SEATS.

UH, IT MEETS THE A QMD REQUIREMENTS OF THE LOW EMISSION VEHICLES.

UM, THE PACKAGE I THINK THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE UPFIT OF THE CODE THREE LIGHTING GRAPHICS FOR THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT LABELS TO BE PUT ON THERE.

UM, AND WHEN WE WERE LOOKING TO REPLACE THESE VEHICLES, WE WERE LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE SOURCES OF FUNDING THAT WOULDN'T, UH, IMPACT THE GENERAL FUND AND IT WOULD ALSO HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT THROUGH LOWER EMISSIONS.

VERY GOOD.

UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE.

I'LL SECOND.

UH, SO, UH, I HAVE, UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO AND MOVE THE MOTION AND I HAVE A MAYOR POT, UH, LOPEZ VDO.

UH, SECOND.

COUNCIL, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, COUNCILMAN COUNCILS APPROVED.

UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WITH A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TE LOPEZ.

VITO COUNCILMAN CONTOS.

I'M SORRY.

COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE.

UH, MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE

[12) EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CITY JOB DESCRIPTIONS]

ZERO.

AND THEN WE GO TO THE NUMBER 12.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT FOR CT JOB DESCRIPTION.

UH, AND WHO WANT TO PRESENT THIS? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

I CAN PRESENT THE REPORT.

UM, IF THE COUNSEL, WHICH WISHES TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, WITH ANY PROPOSED CHANGES, I HAVE OUTLINED THE PROCESS, UM, THAT DEPENDING ON THE, THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS OR THE POSITIONS THAT THE COUNSEL CHOOSES TO CHANGE THE REQUIREMENTS, IT MAY REQUIRE US TO NOTIFY THE, UH, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, UM, AND GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UH, REVIEW THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

WAIT, THIS IS, GOT IT.

UM, SO STAFF WAS ASKED TO LOOK AT THE, UH, JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR POSITIONS, AND PROVIDE, UH, EVALUATION OF WHETHER OR, OR, UH, REMOVING THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE POSITIONS.

UM, WE DID LOOK AT, UM, SURROUND OR COMPARABLE CITIES.

A LOT OF THEM DO HAVE A EDUCATION REQUIREMENT, UM, AS PART OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

UM, SOME OF THEM HAD, UH, A, A COMBINATION OF AND OR EXPERIENCE.

SO, UH, EXPERIENCE, UH, EDUCATION, AND THEN CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS WITHIN, UH, GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCE, UH, REQUIREMENT.

UM, SOME PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ASSOCIATIONS DO REQUIRE MANDATE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR POSITIONS.

UM, AT MINIMUM, USUALLY IT IS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

UM, FOR THE MOST PART, UH, WEST COVINA IS CURRENTLY WEST COVINA.

JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE DIRECTORS, INCLUDING, UH, THE CITY MANAGER, DO HAVE A, A EDU A MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIREMENT OF A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

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UM, THE CITY MANAGER, ALONG WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS DON'T, ARE NOT PART OF AN EMPLOYEE GROUP, SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE, WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO NOTIFY THOSE, THOSE POSITIONS.

UM, ANOTHER POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, STATE IS IF COUNCIL DOES MOVE FORWARD WITH REMOVING AN EDUCATION REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY MANAGER AND DEPARTMENT HEADS, UM, WE'D ALSO LOOK OR WOULD LIKE DIRECTION ON WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD MOVE DOWN THE ORGANIZATION.

'CAUSE THERE ARE, UM, SOME ENTRY LEVEL POSITIONS THAT DO REQUIRE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

UM, UH, THE BEST PRACTICES IS TO REQUIRE, AT MINIMUM A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FOR THESE TYPE OF EXECUTIVE LEVEL POSITIONS.

UM, AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, SO THERE'S THREE OPTIONS.

UH, MAINTAIN CURRENT REQUIREMENTS, UH, REMOVE THE ED EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT BY MODIFYING THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO ALLOW ANY COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND, AND OR EXPERIENCE.

UM, BUT FAVORING, BUT NOT REQUIRING A DEGREE.

UM, IF THAT'S A DIRECTION COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO GO, THERE'S A COUPLE, UM, UH, DIRECTIONS OR DIRECTION THAT WE WOULD NEED FROM COUNCILS HOW THAT WOULD HAPPEN.

UM, IF, LIKE I SAID, WOULD WE REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FROM ALL JOBS BELOW THAT, THE BACHELOR'S REQUIREMENT, UM, THEN, UH, IF IT'S, AND OR, UM, REMOVING THE BACHELOR DEGREE, UH, THEN DOING A PROGRESSIVE NUMBER OF YEARS THAT THEY'RE THE INDIVIDUAL OR THAT POSITION WOULD HAVE REQUIRE THAT INDIVIDUAL TO HAVE WORKED IN EXECUTIVE LEVEL, UH, IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

UM, AND THEN, UH, IF YOU WANNA SPECIFY, UH, SUPERVISORY OR MANAGEMENT CAPACITY WITHIN THAT JOB DESCRIPTION AND REQUIRE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS WITHIN THAT LEVEL OR THAT TYPE OF POSITION AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, IF THERE'S ANY CERTIFICATIONS OR, UM, REQUIREMENTS OR PREFERENCES FOR THOSE SPECIFIC JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

UM, AND SO THAT IS MY PRESENTATION.

VERY GOOD.

AND THE CITY COUNCIL WANT TO HAVE A COMMON SUGGESTION.

UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

UH, WELL WHO GO FIRST? I GO FIRST.

OLI.

COUNCILMAN OLI CAN TELL.

GO, GO, GO.

UH, I, I, I'M IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE, THE, THE STANDARDS CURRENT AS IS AND NOT REMOVING OR CHANGING THE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENT.

I'VE WRITTEN TO ALL OF YOU WITH REGARD TO, UH, MY OBJECTIONS, AND I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE THEM HERE.

UH, TO, TO ME, IT IS NOT A QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT EDUCATION IS IMPORTANT OR EXPERIENCE IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S GOOD FOR US TO JUST HAVE BOTH.

IT, WE HAVE BOTH.

THEN IT HELPS OPTIMIZE THE, THE QUALITY OF CANDIDATES THAT WILL RECEIVE FOR ALL POSITIONS.

AND IT ALSO MINIMIZES THE RIPPLE EFFECT THAT WILL OCCUR IF WE START, UH, TINKERING WITH THIS.

AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ALREADY ADHERE TO AND HAVE AND EXPECT HIGH STANDARDS, UH, OF OUR APPLICANTS, INCLUDING HIGH EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF BACHELORS, UM, AND OR IDEALLY ABOVE AS WELL AS EXPERIENCE.

THEN IT ENABLES US TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO ATTRACT HIGH QUALITY INDIVIDUALS WHO SEE THE CITY AS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK BECAUSE OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE HIGH STANDARDS AND THAT WE, WE, WE OPERATE ACCORDINGLY AS OPPOSED TO LOWERING OUR EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS BY REMOVING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WILL THEN HAVE A NUMBER OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES.

UH, AND IT'S, IT'S IF WE JUST MAINTAIN KEEPING BOTH HAVING, UH, EDUCATION BLESS YOU REQUIREMENT, AS WELL AS KEEPING, UH, UH, EXPERIENCE AT, UM, AS, AS A FACTOR, THEN THAT WILL ENABLE US TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO APPLY ALL ARE MINIMALLY REQUIRED BECAUSE OF QUALITY EDUCATION THROUGH A BACHELOR'S DEGREE THAT ONLY COLLEGE EDUCATION CAN ACTUALLY AFFORD IN TERMS OF, UH, PROVIDING THE INTELLECTUAL AND OTHER FRAMEWORK WHILE COMBINING OTHER EXPERIENCE.

CANNOT PROGRESS IN THE CHART OF LEADERSHIP AND ONE DAY BECOME THE FIRE CHIEF OF THEIR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY GREW IN.

AND, UH, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.

YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, POSITIONS AGAIN IN THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WHERE YOU COULD EARN, UH, YOU COULD GROW WITHIN THE, THE GS SCALE.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, I THINK, UH, EVEN POLICE OFFICERS, I THINK THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER IS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, OR A FIREFIGHTER IS A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.

AND SO ARE WE SAYING THAT ONE DAY THEY

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SO THIS IS STUFF THAT I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND, AND SEE.

UH, THAT'S ONE, THAT'S ONE ISSUE THERE.

UH, BECAUSE I THINK, UH, IF YOU, IF YOU COULD EARN YOUR WAY AND HAVE A PROVEN RECORD, THEN YOU SHOULD BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SUCCEED IN LIFE AND, AND BE GIVEN THAT OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE YOURSELF.

UM, IN REGARDS TO, UH, THE CITY MANAGER POSITION, UH, THAT'S A POSITION, UH, APPOINTED BY, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THERE'S PEOPLE WHO HAVE WORKED THEIR LIVES, THEIR LIVES IN PUBLIC SERVICE, WHO, WHO WANT AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, UH, SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE.

AND, AND THERE'S PEOPLE SIMILAR TO, UH, WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, WHO HAVE A PROVEN RECORD.

AND MANY OF THOSE PEOPLE, UH, ARE ALSO CURRENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THERE'S, THERE'S THE SAME PROCESS IN, IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

IT'S THE SAME PROCESS.

YOU COULD, YOU COULD EARN YOUR WAY, UH, UP IN THE CHAIN, UH, OF COMMAND.

AND I THINK, UH, I THINK ONE OF THE POSITIONS, UH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE TOO COMPLICATED TO GO THROUGH EACH AND EVERY ONE AND, AND GO OVER EACH AND EVERY ONE.

BUT I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THE POSITIONS I THINK I, I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON, UM, IS TECHNICALLY THE CEO POSITION OF OUR CITY, WHICH IS THE CITY MANAGER POSITION, AND POTENTIALLY OTHERS.

IF, IF WE HAVE TIME FOR THAT.

UH, MAYOR POTENT, GO AHEAD.

UH, CERTIFICATIONS ARE IMPORTANT.

UM, I DO HAVE A LOT TO SAY FOR THIS.

UM, AND THIS WOULD APPLY IN GENERAL.

UM, I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO WHEN A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA WAS A NEED AND FOR THE SAME POSITION THAT A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA NEEDED MANY YEARS AGO REQUIRES A BACHELOR DEGREE FOR AN ENTRY LEVEL LOW PAYING JOB, WHICH IS SAD TO SEE.

UM, I'VE SEEN, UM, SOME WHO'VE NEVER FINISHED COLLEGE ARE AMAZING.

IDEALLY, WE HAVE SEEN THERE ARE BOOK SMART AND STREET SMART.

UH, I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A MESH OF BOTH.

UH, WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE SEEN HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE WHO NEVER FINISHED COLLEGE THAT ARE SUCCESSFUL.

UH, I KNOW STEVE JOBES, UH, MARK ZUCKERBERG, UM, A VARIETY OF, YOU KNOW, DI BILL GATES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW OUR EDUCATION SYSTEM DOESN'T RANK THE HIGHEST.

AND, UH, I KNOW THERE ARE SOME WHO CAME IN WITH, UH, THAT STARTED IN ORGANIZATION THAT THRIVE.

THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE THAT DEGREE, BUT THEY ARE CAPABLE.

I AM, UM, I DO AS WHEN WE POST THINGS, UH, I DON'T WANNA REMOVE EDUCATION LIKE COMPLETELY, SO IT WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF BE EQUIVALENT OF SOME SORT.

SO I KNOW ON HERE, ON, UM, COMPARABLE AGENCIES, SOME CITIES INCLUDE FLEXIBLE LANGUAGE, ALIGN COMBINATION OF EDUCATION EXPERIENCE TO SUBSTITUTE FOR FORMAL DEGREES, UH, PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND ASSOCIATION.

UM, THEY RECOMMEND, UH, LIKE THIS ONE I KNOW FOR INTERNATIONAL CITY COUNTY MANAGEMENT RECOMMENDS A MASTER DEGREE IN PUBLIC ADMIN.

UH, IF HOLDING A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, A MINIMUM OF NINE YEARS EXPERIENCE IS RECOMMENDED.

AND IF LESS THAN A BACHELOR'S DEGREE, 15 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UM, AND BEST PRACTICES FOR EXECUTIVE LEVEL, FLEXIBILITY AND EXPERIENCE CAN BE CONSIDERED.

BUT ELIMINATION OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS COULD REDUCE ATTRACTIVENESS.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

UM, BUT I DON'T MIND IF THERE'S A, A LEVEL OF, UH, SITUATION THAT WE CAN BRING IN PEOPLE.

I KNOW AS ONE, UH, PERSON WHO MENTIONED EARLIER, HE STATED, WELL, THERE, WE ALREADY STRUGGLE TO RECRUIT PROFESSIONALS.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT JUST STRICTLY SAID THAT THAT IS DIFFICULT.

WE HAVE SEEN THAT TO GET IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE COMING IN TO APPLY.

AND THIS JUST OPENS UP A LITTLE MORE, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE CAPABLE, EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGEABLE.

UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE CERTIFICATIONS IN, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DON'T FINISH THEIR DEGREE.

AND WE ALSO SEEN PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE A DEGREE THAT IS NOT IN THE SAME FIELD.

I'VE HAD MY DEGREE, A LOT OF PEOPLE GET A DEGREE AND THEY DON'T EVEN GET IN THAT SAME FIELD.

SO I AM OKAY IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.

IF YOU ARE PUTTING IT OUT THERE, YOU WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, DEGREE IS PREFERRED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, IF E OR THIS OR YOU KNOW, X AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE, BUT IT HAS EQUIVALENT TO BE REPLICABLE.

EQUIVALENT.

EQUIVALENT, YES.

EQUIVALENT THE EQUIVALENCY.

SO THAT, THAT I'M FOR JUST TO BRING IN MORE TALENTED, CAPABLE PEOPLE.

UH, AND UH, I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP.

BE PROTEIN AND, UH, OKAY, I HAVE A BASIC DEGREE, BUT BASICALLY BRING ME .

BUT ABOUT MY JOB ABOUT AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND AROUND A BUSINESS, I ONLY NEED POSSIBLE HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE FOR THE REAL ESTATE LICENSEE, OKAY.

AND THEN I UNDERSTAND EDUCATION, BUT MY EDUCATION IS FOR ME, OKAY.

AND TO LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE AND THIS AND THAT.

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AS A REALTOR.

AND THEY HAVE PEOPLE OUTSTANDING LEADER.

THIS ON THAT.

I SAY EQUIVALENT IS IMPORTANT.

LEARN FROM THE JOB, LEARN FROM THE JOB, OKAY? AND THEN YOU MUST HAVE EQUIVALENT ON SHOWING THE PEOPLE, THE LEADERSHIP.

AND YOU CAN RUN A CT AND THIS AND THAT, AND THIS BASICALLY THAT IS PROVEN THAT YOU HAVE LIABILITY.

AND THEN YOU MUST HAVE A 10, 20 YEARS OF EQUIVALENT ABOUT SHOWING YOUR LEADERSHIP.

SO TO PUT OKAY.

A COLLEGE DEGREE, UH, MASTER DEGREE, A PHD DOESN'T MEAN OKAY, YOU CAN RUN THE SHOW.

OKAY? I THINK THE POINT, THE POINT IS THE LEADERSHIP IS COMING FROM YOUR RUN.

YOU COME FROM THE TRENCHES AND YOU LEARN, LEARN FROM EVERYTHING.

LIKE ME, I COME FROM TRENCHES.

OKAY? I LEARN FROM EVERYTHING AND BECOME WHO I AM TODAY.

SO WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE HAVE A LONG, LONG-TERM EQUIVALENT OF EXPERIMENT IN THE SAME FIELD, AND THAT CAN SHOW IN OKAY, HELPING THE CITY.

AND, UH, WE DO NOT WANT TO DISCRIMINATE ANY OF PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A DECENT LAND.

THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO DECENT ON LAND.

AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF ENTREPRENEUR AND A SUCCESSFUL, OKAY, THEY ARE HIGH SCHOOL, NO COLLEGE DROP OFF.

OKAY? SO I THINK, OKAY, I WILL, OKAY, FOLLOW THROUGH WHAT MAYOR PROTON SAY, EQUIVALENT A JOB DESCRIPTION SHOWING THE ABILITY TO RUN THE, THE, THE BUSINESS TO RUN FOR THE DEPARTMENT OR TO RUN FOR HOW OUR OKAY.

AND JOB REQUIREMENT AND LESS A MUST, SO MM-HMM .

DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT JOB.

AND EXPERIENCE.

I THINK THAT'S A THING.

AND I AGREE WITH, UH, CITY MANAGER, IF WE PUT THIS, THEN WE NEED TO GO TO SOME OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR ENTRY LEVEL.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO PUT THE REQUIREMENT BECAUSE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT, WHO THEY ARE.

IF, UH, THEY HAVE EQUIVALENT JOB, OKAY, AN EXPERIENCE OR THEY ARE ACCOUNTANT, THEN WE NEED ACCOUNTANT THAT KIND OF A TRAY.

OKAY? IF THEY ARE OKAY, AND SOME OF ELECTRICIAN, THEN WE WANT ELECTRICIAN CERTIFICATE, SOME OF THE TRAY AND, UH, EITHER ENTRY LEVEL OR ELECTRICIAN FROM THE TRADE SCHOOL, OR THEY'RE GONNA LEARN FROM THE JOB ELECTRICIAN AND GET A CERTIFICATE.

OKAY? BUT IT'S NOT A DEGREE, IT'S A CERTIFICATE.

AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE BACKBONE OF OUR SOCIETY.

WE DEPEND ON THEM TO RUN THE CITY, TO RUN THE BUSINESS AND TO RUN OUR CITY.

SO, SO I SUPPOSE, UH, WHAT, OKAY.

MAYOR POT SAY THE EQUIVALENT AND TO HAVE PEOPLE TO HAVE A CHANCE OKAY.

TO PROVE THEMSELF.

ANYWAY.

AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? IF NOT, THEY'LL HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT FOR CITY MANAGER, UH, TO, TO INCLUDE A IS EITHER A, I THINK RIGHT NOW IT STATE'S BACHELOR'S DEGREE, CORRECT? UH, PAULINA OR TOM? CORRECT.

SO RIGHT NOW IT STATE'S BACHELOR'S DEGREE.

SO I'LL SAY, UM, FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION TO AUTHOR TO ALLOW THE CHANGE FOR IT TO OCCLUDE.

NOW, UH, 10 YEARS OR 10, IT'LL BE EITHER BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR 10 YEARS A PROGRESSIVELY RES OR MORE 10 YEARS OR, OR MORE, YEAH, 10 YEARS OR MORE.

A PROGRESSIVELY RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT.

I MOVE TO KEEP THE REQUIREMENT THE SAME.

WELL, I MOVE, I MEAN, I, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS.

THE OPTION ONE, TWO, AND THREE I, UH, AM GOING FOR OPTION TWO.

WHICH ONE IS THAT ONE? THAT'S FOR THE OPTIONS.

UM, 'CAUSE ONE, ONE SAYS, MAINTAIN CURRENT REQUIREMENTS TO REMOVE EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS, MODIFY JOB DESCRIPTIONS TO ALLOW ANY COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE.

OH, SORRY, YEAH.

FAVORING, BUT NOT REQUIRING A DEGREE.

AND THEN IT GIVES A BUNCH OF EXAMPLES.

FOLLOWING IS A SAMPLE LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE ADDED TO THE JOB.

SORRY, I'LL ADMIT IT TO.

AND THEN NUMBER THREE, EVALUATE A CASE BY CASE BASIS, ALLOW COUNSEL TO CONSIDER DEGREE NOW IS THE MANAGER DIRECTOR.

YEAH, IT'S ALL THE, IT'S EVERYBODY.

EVERYBODY.

OKAY, PERFECT.

IS IT A TRICKLES DOWN? EXACTLY.

UH, WOULD BE EITHER OR YOU DON'T, AND, UM, PROVIDE THE NUMBER OF YEARS BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY WANT PROGRESSIVE BETWEEN THE DIRECTORS TO THE CITY MANAGER, UM, IN THE YEARS OF BEING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT OR BEING IN A EXECUTIVE LEVEL POSITION.

TO ALL.

I AGREE.

SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO ACTUALLY SELECT OPTION NUMBER TWO.

DO I HAVE SECOND? I'LL SECOND WAIT, SORRY.

SO OPTION TWO, THERE'S STILL SOME ITEMS OR CLARIFICATION THAT I WILL NEED EITHER FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT OR I CAN GO BACK, CHANGE THE JOB DESCRIPTIONS AND PROPOSE, UH, THE LANGUAGE THAT,

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AND SO WE, I CAN BRING THOSE BACK, UM, AT A FUTURE MEETING WITH THE PROPOSED, UH, YEARS.

AND FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION, YOU GOT OKAY WITH THAT? OH, CAN I, UM, YOU ALREADY HAVE A MOTION? YEAH.

CAN I MINUTE? YEAH, GO AHEAD.

YOU'RE OKAY WITH THAT? I'M FINE.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE ISSUES I SAW IN THE PAST POSTINGS, IT SAID THAT YOU HAD TO BE, I THINK THE CITY MANAGER POSITION SAYS YOU HAVE TO BE A CURRENT CITY MANAGER OR A FORMER CITY MANAGER, OR A FORMER ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, OR EX ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

AND I THINK IF WE, IF WE ALLOW FOR EVERYONE TO, I DON'T, NO, NO.

YOU MAKE IT COMPLICATED.

YEAH, WE'LL MAKE IT.

THAT'S TOO COMPLICATED.

NUMBER TWO.

YEAH, YOU MOTION, YOU HAVE A SECOND AND THEN, AND THE COUNCILMAN KENTO.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

AND WE HAVEN'T RECALL YET.

WE THOUGHT YOU DID RECALL .

SORRY, SORRY.

JUMPING.

SORRY, SORRY.

I WANNA GIVE YOU A CHANCE.

SORRY, I I APPRECIATE THAT.

NO, UM, UM, I KNOW YOU SAY NO, SORRY, VERY CLEAR.

NO, YEAH, I UNDERSTAND.

BUT I JUST WANNA YOU A CHANCE TO, YOU WANNA DO A SUBSTITUTE OR ANYTHING, OKAY.

OTHERWISE, I'M GONNA HAVE A ROLL CALL.

I, I, I, NO, I, I DON'T, I'M NOT GONNA SUBSTITUTE THE MOTION.

WE NEED TO KEEP THE REQUIREMENTS THE SAME.

AND, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR WU WITH A SECOND BY COUNCIL BY OH, THE, THE NON, OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, THERE WAS NO SECOND FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR.

SECOND, I BELIEVE I HEARD COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ MAKE A MOTION, AND THEN THERE WAS NOTHING.

AND THEN COUNCILMAN OR MAYOR WOO SAID NO, NO.

MAY POT SECOND.

NO, NO SECOND HIS, NO.

MY, MY MOTION WAS OPTION.

I AMEND MY MOTION.

I AMENDED THE MOTION TO INCLUDE OPTION NUMBER TWO.

UH, OR DO YOU WANNA MOVE YOUR MOTION THEN? I NEED A SECOND.

I DON'T HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT.

NO.

YOU WANNA ADD, FIND THE AMENDMENT TO I, I ASKED.

THE, TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE OPTIONS THAT THE CITY MANAGER PROVIDED? YES.

THOSE THREE OPTIONS.

I PREFER TO GO WITH OPTION TWO.

THAT WAS MY I MINUTE MOTION, AND THEN, YES.

AND SO, SO WHO, WHO MOVED THE MOTION? MOVE IT.

YOU WANT? OKAY.

AND I THINK SHE'LL SECOND YOUR SECOND.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO GO WITH OPTION NUMBER TWO AND A SECOND BY MAYOR APPROACH, LOP LOPEZ VIDO.

THIS IS A BIG MISTAKE.

NO, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

ABSTAIN.

MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ.

AND MAKE ONE COMMENT.

UH, JUST, JUST SO I, I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.

IT'S ALL IN MY DIGITAL THING, SO I COULDN'T FIND THE CORRECT THING.

SO, AND JUST TO ELABORATE WHAT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN LETTI LOPEZ RIADO SAID IT WAS TO TRICKLE DOWN ON AND LOOK AT ALL THESE POSITIONS.

UH, LIKE THAT WAS JUST PASSED, SO YOU GOT IT.

I DIDN'T SAY IT RIGHT IN THE BEGINNING, THAT WAS BECAUSE IT'S ALL DIGITAL HERE AND I PROBABLY NEED PAPER NEXT TIME, BUT YEAH.

AND THE CITY MANAGER YOU'RE GONNA BRING BACK OKAY.

WITH, UH, OKAY.

THE SUBJECTION, THEN WE GO THROUGH AGAIN.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S VERY GOOD.

OKAY, SO IT'S APPROVED 3 1 1.

UH, WELL, OBJECTION, WELL ABSTAIN.

AND THE THREE APPROVED AND THE MOTION

[13) SPRING FESTIVAL 2025 EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE BREAKDOWN ]

APPROVAL CODE NUMBER 13.

SPRING FESTIVAL EXPENDITURE AND THE REVENUE BREAKDOWN.

I'LL HAVE ROXANNE, UH, THE DEPUTY, UH, ASSISTANT, OR SORRY, GOOD EVENING.

THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION.

AND SUSIE, UH, PEREZ, THE DEPUTY, UH, DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.

UM, IF I MAY, UM, CITY MANAGER MORALES, UM, WHAT I WILL DO SINCE, UM, THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR WAS THE AUTHOR OF THE REPORT, SHE'LL GIVE THE REPORT THIS EVENING.

AND, UM, I'M HERE TO JUMP IN OR PROVIDE ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE AND ANSWER ANY NECESSARY QUESTIONS.

UM, SO IF YOU ARE AGREEABLE TO THAT, I'LL HAVE, UM, SUSIE STEPIN.

UH, HISTORIC, UM, DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA.

COUNCIL CITY STAFF, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND THOSE WATCHING ON YOUTUBE.

SO, UM, WE BRING BEFORE YOU A STAFF REPORT, UM, IN REGARDS TO A MOTHER MAY I, THAT WAS, UM, PROPOSED BACK ON APRIL 1ST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN GUTIERREZ WITH A BREAKDOWN OF OUR EXPENDITURES AND REVENUES FROM, UH, THE SPRING FESTIVAL THAT WE JUST HAD THE LAST WEEKEND IN MARCH, SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH AND SUNDAY, MARCH 30TH.

UH, DURING THIS EVENT, COMMUNITY EVENT, WE, UH, SHUT DOWN SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE ON,

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AND WE HAD LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, UM, ENTERTAINMENT FROM OUR COMMUNITY GROUPS, UH, FAMILY FUN ZONE, UH, VENDORS, A CARNIVAL.

AND SO, UH, WE SAW PROBABLY ON THE TWO GIVEN DAYS, APPROXIMATELY 10,000 PLUS, UM, PEOPLE COME THROUGH, UH, SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE.

UM, SO THE FESTIVAL IS, UM, AN AREA KICKED OFF ALL OF OUR EVENTS FOR THE YEAR.

AND, UM, IF YOU, UM, WE BROKE DOWN THE EXPENDITURES BASED OFF OF OUR OVERTIME STAFFING COSTS, OUR PART-TIME COSTS, AND ALSO THE EXPENDITURES, UH, FOR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT WE HAD.

SO, UM, OVERALL FOR THE OVERTIME COSTS, UM, AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, UM, THAT WE UTILIZE FOR THIS TWO DAY EVENT.

POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

THE FULL-TIME OVERTIME COSTS, UM, CAME OUT TO TWO THOU, UH, $29,958 AND 39 CENTS.

UM, THE PART-TIME STAFFING COSTS, AGAIN, THIS IS FOR POLICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, WAS $13,442 AND 50 CENTS.

UM, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE, UM, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY PART-TIME COSTS CURRENTLY, UM, JUST BECAUSE, UM, THOSE STILL NEED TO BE CODED TO, UH, THE PROJECT FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL.

BUT IN, UH, WORKING WITH FINANCE, WE HAVE AN APPROXIMATE, UH, COST OF AN ADDITIONAL $12,000 FOR PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THAT WEEKEND OF THE SPRING FESTIVAL.

UM, SO AGAIN, THIS TWO DAY EVENT, UM, REQUIRES, AND I CAN GO, UM, ITEM BY ITEM IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COST OF THE BAND SOUND LIGHTING, STAGING, UM, AGAIN, EVERYTHING FROM THE FAMILY FUN ZONE, THE DJ, UM, OUR PROMO PIECES, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PIECES, EVERYTHING THAT WE PRINT, THE STREET BANNERS, UM, SIGNS AT OUR DIFFERENT PARKS, OUR PHOTOGRAPHER, UM, HEALTH DEPARTMENT FEES, UH, PORTABLES, INCLUDING PORTA-POTTIES, SINKS, HAND WASH STATIONS, EXCUSE ME, UM, UH, DECORATIONS, AGAIN, PRINT ITEMS. AND THEN, UM, OUR EQUIPMENT SUCH AS TABLES, CHAIRS, CANOPIES, AND, UM, MIS MISCELLANEOUS SNACKS AND ITEMS OF THAT NATURE.

THE TOTAL COST FOR, UM, WITH THEIR EXPENDITURES WAS $89,936 AND 12 CENTS.

UM, WE DID COLLECT FEES THIS YEAR, UM, FOR DIFFERENT I, UH, AREAS.

SO WE DID COLLECT FEES FROM OUR FOOD VENDORS, OUR NON-FOOD VENDORS, THE KIDS ZONE.

AND WE ALSO DID GENERATE SOME REVENUE FROM THE CARNIVAL.

SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT WE DID GENERATE FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL THIS YEAR WAS $13,615.

SO OVERALL, OUR TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXPENDITURES, UM, AGAIN, UM, THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE THE PUBLIC SAFETY PART-TIME STAFF FEES WAS $133, EXCUSE ME, $133,317 AND 1 CENTS.

AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT FEES THAT WE COLLECTED FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL WAS, UH, $13,615, UM, WITH THE TOTAL NET COST OF APPROXIMATELY $119,000, $119,702 AND 1 CENTS.

SO WITH THAT, I AM OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

AS YOU MAY RECALL, WE DID IT AS A COLLECTIVE WITH ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE CENTENNIAL TYPE EVENTS.

AND I HAVE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DI WE RAISE HER HAND.

UM, I HAVE A QUESTION AND, UM, I'M WONDERING, DID WE RECEIVE ANY SPONSORSHIP? SO WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY SPONSORSHIPS FOR THIS EVENT.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE JUST ROLLED OUT OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKET FOR THE YEAR, SO IT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED PREVIOUSLY THAT WE'VE JUST BEEN ABLE TO EXECUTE.

SO THERE WILL BE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL MAJOR EVENTS MOVING FORWARD.

SO IN THE PAST, UM, FESTIVALS WE'VE NEVER RECEIVED, UM, I MAY DEFER THAT TO, UM, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR BACK.

PRIOR TO MY, UM, ME LEAVING, WE DID HAVE A SPONSORSHIP PACKET ESTABLISHED, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF THERE WAS ONE ESTABLISHED IN THE LAST THREE YEARS IN, UH, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, I CAN SAY CAN SPEAK TO THE 2022 SPRING FESTIVAL.

THERE WERE, THAT WAS THE FIRST SPRING FESTIVAL.

THERE WERE SPONSORSHIPS.

UM, I CAN SPEAK TO THE 2023 SPRING FESTIVAL, UM, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THE CENTENNIAL SPRING FESTIVAL.

UM, WE, UM,

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THERE WERE SPONSORSHIPS, UM, FOR THAT ONE AS WELL.

UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR ONE, ONE OF THE FOCUSES THAT THE STAFF HAD HAD IS THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE CHARGED FOR CERTAIN AMENITIES.

AND SO THAT, WITH THAT BEING THE FOCUS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF, UM, THE, THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM, THAT'S WHERE, THAT'S WHERE THEIR FOCUS WENT TO.

SO WE DID GENERATE THAT ADDITIONAL $13,000, WHICH HASN'T BEEN DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD JUST TO SUZY, AS INDICATED THAT THIS COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT IS WORKING TOWARDS, UM, GETTING THOSE SPONSORSHIPS FOR FUTURE, FOR FUTURE EVENTS.

UM, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND ANY OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO ASK QUESTION? UM, YEAH, GO AHEAD.

UM, YEAH, I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION WILL BE FOR THE, UH, FOR THE EXPENSES ARE HIGHER IN AMOUNT, ARE WE DOING ANY, UH, RFP PROCESS FOR THIS? SO WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING, UM, IN THE, WE ARE IN THE PROOFING PROCESS FOR RFPS FOR OUR LIGHT, UM, SOUND, SOUND TECHNICIANS STAGING.

YEAH, WE DO.

OKAY, GREAT.

SO THAT IS IN THE PROOFING PROCESS.

AND THERE'S ALSO ONE THAT'S GONNA GO OUT FOR THE EQUIPMENT SUCH AS TABLES, CHAIRS, CANOPIES, PORTABLES.

SO THAT IS ALSO IN THE WORKS.

AND THEN, UH, LET'S SEE.

AND THEN SOME OF THE STUFF LIKE, UM, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE'S IT UP? THERE WERE SOME BANNERS.

I'M TRYING TO, I'M JUST WANT, I JUST WANNA SEE HOW MAYBE WE COULD POTENTIALLY SAVE MONEY AT SOME OF THESE EVENTS SO WE COULD PUT MORE MONEY BACK INTO MORE COMMUNITY EVENTS OR EVEN EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER CONCERT PROGRAM BY SAVING MONEY ON MANY OF THESE, UH, SOME, SOME STUFF THAT WE DON'T POTENTIALLY DON'T NEED.

COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I MAY.

SO WE HAVE ALSO STARTED, SO, UM, WITH THE STREET BANNERS, WE ARE GETTING A BETTER QUALITY, SO THAT WAY WE CAN REUSE THOSE EVERY YEAR FOR A FEW YEARS UNTIL WE POTENTIALLY CHANGE THE BRAND.

SO, UM, WE HAVE STARTED, UM, DOING THAT AS WELL.

SO WE'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL COST SAVINGS THERE AND BE REUSING SOME OF THOSE STREET BANNERS.

THE SAME WITH, UM, THE A-FRAME SIGNAGE.

WE'RE MAKING IT SO IT'S GENERIC, SO THAT WAY WE CAN REUSE SOME OF THAT SIGNAGE EVENT BY EVENT OR, UM, PER EVENT AS WELL.

SO.

GREAT.

AND, UH, MY MAIN POINT, GO AHEAD.

UM, JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, COMMUNITY EVENTS IS NORMALLY A LOSS IN GENERAL.

I MEAN, OUR 4TH OF JULY, THE SPRING FESTIVAL, IT'S ALWAYS OPERATING A LOSS BECAUSE IT'S A COMMUNITY GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, MY QUESTION FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL, I NOTICE, UM, IS A POSSIBILITY OF PROBABLY CHANGING THE DATE.

WE NOTICE IT'S FREEZING COLD AND IT RAINS AND , IT'S NOT SPRING, IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU THAT SPRING FEELING.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBERS MIGHT BE AFFECTED.

I MEAN, UH, FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT WE SPENT, UH, FOR ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE, THAT'S ROUGHLY $12 PER PERSON THAT WE GIVE, WHICH IS FREE FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE DEAL TO PARTICIPATE IN.

UH, TAKE EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT IS FREE.

SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SPRING FESTIVAL 'CAUSE OF THE WEATHER, UM, THAT WE'VE BEEN NOTICING.

WE CAN REVISIT DATES FOR 2026.

UH, NOW MY TURN.

OKAY, NOW IT'S MAY, IT'S COLD.

I KNOW.

THE, AND IT'S RAINING.

OKAY, SO, SO, AND, UH, I MEMBERS OKAY, ONE, ONE YEAR IN SPRING FESTIVAL.

IT, IT WAS HOT.

SO WE REALLY CANNOT CONTROL THE WEATHER.

I THINK THE DAY IS IMPORTANT.

BUT, BUT I WANT TO SAY REALLY QUICK OVER HERE, I WANT TO THANK SUZY AND, UH, THE STAFF.

TO PUT CANOPY LIGHT THIS AND THAT.

AND, UH, I HAVE, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE OKAY, COMPLIMENTS SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

C OUR LOCAL RESIDENT.

AND WHEN I WENT TO THE, UH, FOURPLEX AND FOR THE, UH, THE SENIOR SOFTBALL, UH, TOURNAMENT, DR.

NAN OKAY, THE ONE ANCHOR AT THE HISTORIC SOCIETY, HE CAME TO ME AND SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, CITY.

LET YOU WE TO PUT EVENT OVER THERE ON THE GLENDORA AVENUE.

WE TRY TO REVITALIZE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE TRY TO HELP OKAY.

PEOPLE TO KNOW WE HAVE AN AREA THAT, THAT CAN BE WALKING AROUND THIS AND THAT, UNLESS THE, THE POINT WE SPEND ALL THIS MONEY IS TRY TO REVITALIZE THAT AREA.

WE PUT THE, OUR, UH, CENTENNIAL MAYOR REQUIRE

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IT LOOKED SO ROMANTIC AND BEAUTIFUL.

AND HOPEFULLY, HOPEFULLY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE STREET THAT WE CAN PUT A LIGHT OVER THERE TOO.

OKAY? BUT RIGHT NOW, I KNOW THEY HAVE A ISSUE WITH THE OUTLET, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY, OKAY, THIS IS IN INVALUABLE TO PEOPLE, PUT PEOPLE TOGETHER.

AND AGAIN, AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE EFFORT, THE STAFF AND, UH, HAVE ALL THE, UH, OKAY.

AND ALL THE PROGRAM.

THE ONLY, ONLY THING I WANT TO, UH, SUGGESTION IS BASICALLY IS, UH, GET THE PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MORE ONE BY ONE TOGETHER.

AND WHEN YOU BEGINNING, IF YOU HAVE A OPENING, YOU NEED TO SCHOOL, PARTICIPATE WITH HIGH SCHOOL, WITH A BAND, SO YOU A AUTOMATICALLY AT THE BEGINNING, LIKE, WE HAVE A LOT OF AUDIO WITH THEIR PARENTS.

AND THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SAY IS THIS, UH, CITY NEED TO PARTNER WITH CHAMBER COMMERCE, THAT TO RECRUIT ALL THE BUSINESS AND ALSO BUSINESS HAVE DONE TO SPONSOR OKAY.

OUR EVENT.

SO IT COULD REDUCE SOME OF THE BURDEN OF OUR CITY TO PULL OUT THIS EVENT.

I KNOW AN TO DONATE $300,000 FOR COMMUNITY EVENT CURRENTLY IS IN GENERAL FUND BECAUSE WE ALLOW THEM, UH, TO, TO RAISE THE PRICE, UH, THE IN BACK IN 2016, 17.

AND THEY FUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND AND IN INTO 300,000.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE WEST COVINA FOUNDATION AND WE HAVE ALL THE, SOME VENDOR THAT SERVICE OUR CITY DONATE MONEY IN THE WEST COVINA FOUNDATION.

AND THE LAST YEAR, THE OKAY.

AND THE FOUR, OKAY.

THE, THE MEGA MOON FESTIVAL AND THE CAWC DONATE 10,000 TO WEST COVINA FOUNDATION AND TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE EXPENDITURE.

NOT ONLY THEY PAY FOR ALL THE RENTAL, THIS AND THAT.

AND EXPENDITURE.

SO PARTNERSHIP, JUST LIKE, UH, UH, WE PARTNER WITH KIWANI CLUB AND WITH, UH, UH, UM, OKAY.

UH, UH, OUR EGG COUNT.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, THAT CHRISTMAS CHILDREN PARADE PARTNERSHIP.

I THINK THIS IS A MAYBE, BUT THE EVENT IS SUCCESS, OKAY? FOR OUR RESIDENT TO UNITED TOGETHER.

THE ONLY WAY TO UNITE PEOPLE TOGETHER IS BRING THEM INTO THE EVENT AND ENTERTAIN.

AND THEY BROTHERHOOD, SISTERHOOD, AND WITH ALL DIFFERENT OF BACKGROUND OF, UH, RACES THEY DARE AND, UH, ENJOY.

AND THEY HAPPY SMELLING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL? YEAH, MAYOR PORT.

JUST WANTED TO SAY, UM, GREAT JOB.

AGAIN, IT'S A WELL ORGANIZED, IT FLOWED WELL, THE SIGNAGE WERE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT IMPROVES.

IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER.

THE SIGNAGE WAS WONDERFUL.

PEOPLE KNEW WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DO.

UM, OVERALL, JUST EVERYTHING WAS GREAT.

UM, AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU HIT EVERY TARGETED COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S THE CHILDREN TO THE ADULTS, YOU KNOW, FAMILY, SINGLE, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER.

YOU.

THIS TARGETED EVERYBODY, AND IT WAS OPEN TO ALL.

SO I JUST WANTED US TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.

APPRECIATE IT.

THE BUSINESS OVER THERE CAN GET THE BENEFIT BECAUSE WE BRING PEOPLE OVER THERE.

AND COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, THANK YOU.

MY GRANDDAUGHTER LOVED IT.

, SHE HAD A GREAT TIME.

THE ROCK CLIMBING, THE, UM, THE SLIDES, THE, I MEAN, OH MY GOD, SHE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME, SO THANK YOU.

DID A GREAT JOB.

I JUST WANNA SAY THIS, OKAY, OUR JOB NOT ONLY TRY TO KEEP THE STREET CLEAN AND TRY TO KEEP OKAY SAFE FOR PEOPLE, WE WON'T BRING HAPPINESS.

OKAY? I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO, AND THE HAPPINESS, THE, AND THE UNITY IS NOT MONEY CAN.

OKAY? AND, UH, TO, TO BUY AND, UH, TO KIND OF SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO SPEND HOW MUCH THIS AND THAT WHILE WE GET BACK THIS AND THAT.

WE, IF WE CAN DO IT, IF WE, WE WANT DO MORE EVENT TO UNITE PEOPLE TOGETHER.

AND THE WEST CO BECOME A VERY UNITED CITY, A PROUD CITY BECAUSE WE PROVIDE ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF SERVICE.

WE HAVE 16 PARK, WE TRY TO IMPROVE OUR PARK, AND, UH, WE TRY TO PUT THE EVENT AND WE TRY TO REVITALIZE THE CONDO, OUR AVENUE FOR THE PEOPLE JUST FEEL LIKE WE NOT DOING ANYTHING.

WE TRY TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS.

WE TRY TO BRING PEOPLE OVER THERE AND TO HOPEFULLY ALL THE RESID, ALL THE BUSINESS OVER THERE UNDERSTAND, APPRECIATE OTHERWISE WHY WE OVER THERE? IT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY BECAUSE WE WANT OUR DOWNTOWN TO BE PRESENTABLE.

AND THIS IS, UH, OUR MISSION.

OKAY? YEAH.

YEAH, EXACTLY.

IT'S A VERY HAPPY REPORT.

AND EVERYBODY, WHEN I WAS THERE, EVERYBODY COMPLIMENT AND SAY THANK YOU.

AND EVEN DR.

TENON SAY, UH, WE DO A GREAT JOB, OKAY? TO PUT GLENDORA AND CONTINUE OVER THERE.

WE CAN PUT, IF ANY PLACES WE CAN PUT A SPORT PLAQUE, WE CAN PUT A OVER HERE JUST IN OUR PARKING LOT.

OKAY? BUT , I'M, THEY LOVE THE CHRISTMAS, OKAY? BUT WE WANT TO DO IT IN GLEN.

DOY COST MORE MONEY BECAUSE WE WANT

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WE BRING 10,000, 20,000, ALL THE EFFORT AND TRY TO BRING THE OKAY.

VIBRANT AND, UH, BUSY.

AND PEOPLE ENJOY AND PROUD IN OUR HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN.

ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL? OKAY, GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GU, GO FIRST, PLEASE.

YES, I, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF POSSIBLE IS MORE OF OUR SCHOOLS MORE INVOLVED.

SO MAYBE WE COULD USE SOME OF THAT BANNER MONEY OR SOME MON MORE, OR FIND MONEY TO MAYBE POT WORK WITH THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SEE HOW WE COULD WORK TOGETHER.

MAYBE THEY NEED, MAYBE THEY NEED SOME FUNDING TO PRINT OUT SOME FLYERS FOR THE, THE STUDENT'S PARENTS OR SOMETHING TO GET MORE MARKETING OUT THERE.

UH, AND ALSO, UH, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I, I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, UH, YOURSELF, UH, ROXANNE AND, AND, AND PAULINA.

SO SHE'S OUR CITY MANAGER.

AND, AND, AND ALSO, UH, YOU, UH, UH, UM, OH MY GOD.

MY NUMB, MY BRAIN.

SHALL I MOVE ON? SUSIE? SUSIE.

TOO MUCH WORK IN MY BRAIN.

BUT SUSIE, UH, I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS GOING, UH, ABOVE AND BEYOND AND MAKING THESE EVENTS SPECIAL, MAKING THEM SHINE AND, AND, AND, AND YOUR, YOUR, YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND, UH, IS, IS SEEN.

AND, AND, AND I KNOW THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS I SPEAK TO WHO, WHO GO TO THESE EVENTS ALL SPEAK VERY HIGHLY OF YOU.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU DO.

I MAY, IT'S A TEAM EFFORT.

SO SHOUT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, EVERYONE THERE, AND ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT IT REALLY TAKES TO PUT ON A LARGE SCALE EVENT LIKE THAT.

THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN GUT.

YOU'RE SO NICE.

AND, UH, LET'S GO TO THE COUNCILMAN ALITO.

I, I WANTED TO ACTUALLY COMPLIMENT THE TEAM BECAUSE OF THE EXECUTION OF THE EVENTS.

UH, IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY THERE.

EVERYTHING IS SO WELL ORGANIZED AND, AND PEOPLE ARE, ARE HAPPY.

AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST AN, UH, A NICE THING WHEN WITH, WITH THESE EVENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HA UH, OCCURRING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.

IT REALLY HELPS PEOPLE BUILD MEMORIES TOGETHER.

OKAY? UH, JUST WE SEE ON FIRE, RIGHT? SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND THEN SEE YOU NEXT EVENT AND SUMMER COUNCIL COMING UP.

AND THEN DON'T FORGET, WE, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH ALL THE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAJOR AND, UH, LET, LET'S PARTICIPATE, HAVE THEM TO COME WITH US AND, UH, AND THE PROMOTION AND THE, BRING THEM PARTICIPATE, OUR PERFORMANCE.

AND LET'S GO TO THE, I THINK WE'RE DONE.

AND NOW WE GO TO THE COUNCIL.

COMMENT AND THE REQUEST.

AND ANYBODY WANT TO GO FIRST? UH, SORRY.

THIS TIME LET OLLIE LET GO TO THE OLLEY.

COUNCILMAN OLLIE, GO FIRST PLEASE.

UH, I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT A REALLY NEW, TO ME.

IT'S NEW.

MAYBE EVERYONE ELSE KNEW ABOUT THIS WHEN IT COMES TO BUDGET FORMATION, UH, FOR CITIES, UH, THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND, AND THERE'S THIS CONCEPT CALLED THE BUDGET STUDY GROUP.

I HAD NO IDEA I LEARNED ABOUT IT FROM WALNUT AND 'CAUSE I SAW THEM AT AN EVENT.

AND I'M, I LIKE TO REQUEST THAT, THAT WE HAVE A BUDGET STUDY GROUP WHERE WE BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO TALK ALONG WITH ALL OF US AS AT COUNCIL, AT AN OPEN MEETING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANNA SPEND OUR MONEY ON.

AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF, OF, OF OUR NEED TO STAY IN THE BLACK, UH, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO PRIORITIZE AND TO DO IT TOGETHER.

AND SO I'D LIKE TO, TO REQUEST THAT STAFF BE INSTRUCTED TO PUT TOGETHER BUDGET STUDY GROUPS WHERE WE, WE, WE SIT TOGETHER.

NOT JUST TELLING THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S COME BEEN THE STAFF HAVE, HAVE COME UP WITH, BUT TO HAVE US ALL TALK TOGETHER AS TO WHAT PEOPLE WANT.

AND THEN HAVE PEOPLE LITERALLY HAVE THE SAME KIND OF DIALOGUE TOGETHER.

AND FOR US TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THEM AND TO ASK, ASK QUESTIONS OF US.

SO WE CAN, WE CAN COME UP WITH AN OVERALL GENERAL COMMUNITY CENSUS SO WE CAN LISTEN TO THE COMMUNITY TOO.

AND FACTORING IN HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY AND THANK YOU.

I THINK THIS MOTHER MAYOR REGARDING, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF WORKSHOP IS WHAT YOU WANT A, A BUDGET STUDY GROUP THAT WOULD BE AN INTERACTIVE FORMAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE THREE, THREE CITY COUNCIL TOGETHER.

WE CANNOT HAVE ANY DISCUSSION.

I ASKED ABOUT THAT.

AND THERE'S A WAY IT'S, UH, YOU, IT BUDGET, UH, STAFF COULD CHECK WITH WALNUT AS TO HOW THEY DO IT.

IT IS A WAY TO DO IT WITHOUT VIOLATING THE COMMENT.

THE CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY.

GO.

TOM, YOU CAN HAVE A STUDY, A STUDY SESSION, TOWN HALL TYPE OF FORMAT YES.

WHERE THERE'S A DIALOGUE.

BUT WE'LL LOOK TO SEE HOW WALNUT DOES IT.

I'LL YEAH, BUT ANOTHER QUESTION, WARN HAS A VERY SMALL BUDGET.

SIT TOGETHER AND TO TALK BACK AND FORTH AS TO WHAT THEY THINK WE SHOULD DO, AND WE SHOULD ASK QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY IT ISN'T THAT THE WAY IT HAS BEEN, THE WAY IT'S BEEN IS STAFF PRESENTS STUFF AND THEN PEOPLE, OKAY, SO YOU HAVE MOTHER MAY I DO I HAVE A SECOND STUDY GROUP? DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? BECAUSE I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE, WE ALREADY DO THAT.

WE HAVE MUCH BIGGER, AND THIS WARN IS A CONTRACT CITY AND UH, WE ARE BASICALLY A FULL SERVICE CITY.

SO WE ARE EXTREMELY MORE COMPLICATED.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE, I THINK WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, BUDGET SECTION AND, UH, ON OKAY.

LIVE AND THAT BASICALLY, AND I THINK WE'RE STUDYING RIGHT NOW OKAY.

AND HAVE A COMMUNITY INPUT.

AND WE ARE DOING THAT ALL THE TIME.

IT'S NOT THE SAME.

I MEAN, IF WE WERE TO

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NO, WE DON'T.

NO, NO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE, WE DO THAT ALREADY.

'CAUSE TOM SAY HE HAD TO GO TO CHECK WITH YEAH.

WANNA MAKE CAN YOU CAN BRING IT BACK.

IT'S DOABLE.

AND TY TYPICALLY YOU HAVE STUDY SESSIONS THAT ARE INTERACTIVE OR TOWN HALL THAT WAY.

SO THAT'S THE FORMAT.

THAT'S THAT, THAT'S FINE TO DO.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO SMALLER GROUPS.

I DON'T, I DON'T UNDER, I DON'T KNOW HOW NO, WE'D ALL BE TOGETHER.

WE, I'LL GO.

IT'D BE, IT'D BE THE BODY ACTING WITH, WITH THIS IN THE STUDY SESSION FORMAT WITH ON YES.

IT'S LIKE A SPECIAL MEETING THEN I THINK THAT, I THINK, I THINK I, I THINK I SAW OTHER CITIES.

I DON'T REALLY, ONE MORE MEETING.

I HAVE ANOTHER MEETING'S, A LIFE MEETING THIS DAY.

TWO OR THREE, THREE TIMES A WEEK IF YOU WANT.

IT'S LIKE A SPECIAL, I SPEND WAY TOO MUCH.

CALL IT, WE SHOULD, I ALWAYS SAY I NEVER GO HOME.

I THINK OTHER CITIES DO IT.

IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING.

I SLEEP IN THE GARAGE NOW, LIKE A SPECIAL SESSION.

UH, WE HAVE A FIRST SET PLEASE.

SORRY, WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND DO.

THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.

UH, LET'S SEE.

WHERE ARE WE? YEAH, AND IT, BUT IT'LL BE LIKE A SPECIAL SESSION, RIGHT? LIKE A SPECIAL MEETING SESSION, I WOULD SAY NO.

YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE NEED TO, I I WOULD RATHER HAVE YOU COME BACK WITH THAT INFORMATION.

SO I'LL SAY, I'LL SAY NO FOR NOW.

MAY I APPROACH HIM LOPEZ? IF IT'S TO MOVE FORWARD TO BRING THAT BACK SURE.

BUT TO MAKE IT MANDATORY FOR US TO COME TO ANOTHER MEETING, THEN NO, NO.

I MEAN, IF ASKING STAFF TO, I GUESS LOOK INTO, IF YOU LOOK INTO IT, YOU, I JUST LOOK INTO IT THEN LOOK, I'LL BRING BACK ON WHAT, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO I I I WILL VOTE NO.

AND THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT MORE OF THIS AND THAT IF WE ALREADY HAVE A BUDGET SECTION OKAY.

AND I REALLY DON'T WANT TO GO INTO, OKAY.

THE STAFF SHOULD DO THEIR JOB.

AND BRING THE COMMUNITY, LIKE WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, WHY WE NEED TO BUILD ANOTHER BUREAUCRATIC.

BUT IT CAN'T STOP A COUNCIL MEMBER FROM ATTENDING THAT.

'CAUSE I HAVE, I WAS THERE.

WE CAN ATTEND AND THEN THEY CAN SPEAK TO YOU.

YOU CAN AT THE VERY END.

COUNCIL.

AND IT'S, IT IS A, IT IS A WHAT? 3, 4, 1 OR THREE TWO.

WE CAN CLARIFY THE VOTE.

SO I DIDN'T GET, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM'S VOTE.

YES OR NO? I MEAN, IF, IF IT'S WHAT I JUST MENTIONED.

JUST BRING BACK INFORMATION.

BRING BACK INFORMATION, YES.

SO YES.

DY WANTS SO SWEET TO LET YOU SCHEDULE THREE, TWO, APPROVE.

BRING IT BACK FOR THE, FOR US TO DISCUSS AGAIN.

UH, WHAT'S NEXT? THAT'S IT.

AND, UH, COUNCIL MA, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.

UM, THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I JUST WANNA BRING UP THE, UM, THE ISSUE RELATED TO THE COST OF, UM, HAVING THE SIGNS CHANGED OR HAVING EVERY OTHER, HUH.

STREET, UH, FOR THE STREET SWEEPING MM-HMM .

HAVING THE STREET SWEEPER BE, UM, EVERY OTHER DAY OR, UM, ONE DAY.

ONE DAY.

AND, AND THEN THE OTHER DAY, IF I CAN CLARIFY YOU SPEAKING, ALTERNATE ALTERNATING DAYS FOR CITYWIDE NO, NO, NO, NO.

WELL, DIFFERENT AREA.

I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

YOU'RE ASKING FOR MAYBE, BUT THEM, THEM TO BRING BACK TO US A PROPOSAL FOR ALTERNATING SCHEDULES.

AND THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT ALTERNATING SCHEDULE FROM NATIONWIDE.

AND ALSO THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH REPLACING THE SIGNS THAT ALREADY BEEN ISSUED.

UH, AND THE, BUT IT'S NOT ALL THE AREA HAS THE ISSUE.

SOME AREA HAS A MAJOR ISSUE AND THE APARTMENT OKAY.

COMPLEX.

THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THAT ISSUE.

SO I THINK WE SHOULD OKAY.

THAT WE SAY, UH, WORK, WORK PROGRESS AND WE COLLECT ALL THE PROBLEMATIC AREA, THEN WE GOING TO IDENTIFY.

SO IN THAT WAY WE NOT BLANKET, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IF WE WANNA DO THIS ALTERNATIVE IN ENTIRE CITY, IT WILL COST US A LOT OF MONEY.

SO IF WE CAN DO A DIFFERENT AREA POSSIBLE, THE COST WOULD BE LESS.

SO, SO, SO IN THE BUDGET CONCEPT TRACKING CONCEPT, MAYBE THIS ISSUE ECHO AHEAD MAYBE IN REFERENCE TO THAT.

I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, OR THEY MENTIONED THAT THEY'VE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE HIGH DENSITY AREAS TO NOT, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ALTERNATIVE.

NOW MY QUESTION IS, ARE THEY CONSIDERING THOSE ALL APARTMENT COMPLEXES HIGH DENSITY? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THOSE THAT LIVE IN APARTMENT AND I'M, I'M CURIOUS, IS THAT CONSIDERED HIGH DENSITY? AND LOGICALLY IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE THAT STREET IS HIGH ETHNICITY.

SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW IN REFERENCE TO COUNCILMAN DI'S THE PROBLEMATIC AREA YES.

STREET THAT'S IN SHOW US WHAT IS CONSIDERED THE HIGH DENSITY AREAS AND IF THEY'RE REALLY CAPTURING THOSE STREETS.

COMPLAINTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMING IN ARE RESIDENTS.

SO WE HAVE, UH, A MOTHER MARY FOR THAT.

HUH? THE

[03:40:01]

I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK INTO IT.

I DON'T THINK WE HAD NOBODY AGAINST THAT.

LET'S, LET'S, LET'S GO.

I WAS, I WAS GONNA ASK THE CONSEQUENCES.

SHE COULD, UH, ALSO ADD MAYBE THE, THE CITY COULD CREATE SOME SORT OF PROCESS FOR RESIDENTS TO REPORT IT ONLINE SO THEY COULD KEEP TRACK OF THE STREETS THAT NEED LOOKING AT .

I, I SECOND THAT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GETTING LOTS OF EMAILS.

IF THERE'S A PROCESS THAT THEY CAN JUST SEND, IF THEY ALREADY BEEN PUT, ADDED TO THE, UH, APP SO THAT YOU CAN REPORT THE SIGNAGE FOR STREET SWEEPING PARKING RESTRICTIONS.

PUT IT ON THE BANNER ON THE WEBSITE.

UH, THE, WE CAN PUT THE BANNER.

THERE IS A BANNER FOR STREET SWEEPING ALREADY ON THE WEBSITE.

OH, NO.

BUT LIKE, THIS ONE WILL BE SPECIFICALLY TO REPORT THAT WE DON'T LIKE THIS STREET SIGN BECAUSE THIS, THIS, AND THIS.

IT'S KINDA LIKE ALL THESE EMAILS WE'RE GETTING, I, I DON'T THINK THERE'S NO WAY TO TRACK 'EM ALL.

SO, SO LET'S HAVE, UH, PEOPLE CAN SEND OKAY.

THE COM OKAY.

THE, THE ISSUE REGARDING THE SIGN AND MAYBE SEND TO THE, UH, UH, THE WHAT'S GOING ON, REPORT PROBLEM OR OUR WEBSITE, SOMETHING WE CAN ACCEPT.

BUT ONE THING IS THIS.

OUR IDEA IS TO CLEAN THE STREET.

WEEKLY AND THEREFORE VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

AND WE HOPE WE CAN LESS TO OKAY.

AND INCONVENIENCE OF, OF OUR RESIDENT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE REALLY HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN CLEAN ALL THE STREET.

SO ANYWAY, APPROVE.

I THINK NOBODY AGAINST, UH, MOTHER MAY I FROM SMALL MODIFICATION YEAH, GO AHEAD.

ABOUT TO ADDRESS ALSO THE SIGN POLLUTION ISSUE BECAUSE MANY RESIDENTS, AS WE'VE SEEN, ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT SO MANY SIGN.

I DON'T RELATE TO THE VISUAL THING, BUT I HEAR APPARENTLY YOU LOOK ACROSS, YOU SEE SIGN AFTER SIGN AS YOU DRIVE.

UN UNDERSTAND.

I THINK ADDING THAT PLEASE, YES.

TO CHECK ABOUT THE SIGN.

AND THE SOUND, THE DOUBLE SIGN.

ON THE SIGN.

BUT I WANNA SAY THIS, THE SIGN, I SAW IT ON THE PICTURE, SOME PEOPLE COMPLAIN THIS ON THE CITY SIDEWALK LAND, IT'S NOT ON THE RESIDENCE.

UH, PROPERTY.

BUT AGAIN, UH, I AGREE SOME OF THE SIGN IN FRONT OF THEIR FACE, MAYBE WE CAN TRY A BETTER PLACE.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY, UH, WE CAN BE MORE DISCREET AND HELP.

BUT AGAIN, ANYTHING ROLL OUT, THEY ALWAYS HAVE SOME FINE TUNE.

AND THEN RIGHT NOW WITH THIS BIG PROJECT, AND OKAY, NORMALLY YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK AND WE TRY TO WORK IN PROCESS, TRY TO ACCOMMODATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME OKAY.

AND COMPARE WITH 120,000 POPULATION.

AND, UH, OUR COMPLAINT RIGHT NOW IS SPEAKING TO THE RACIAL LESION.

VERY LOW THAT WE EVEN HAVE A RESIDENT OKAY.

COMPLIMENT ABOUT NOW THEY CAN HAVE DISTRICT CLEAN.

SO, SO, SO WE HAVE TO SEE MAJORITY RESIDENT REALLY HAPPY.

OKAY? EVEN I WANT, I DON'T WANT TO MENTION DR.

TENON AGAIN, BUT HE'S REALLY SAY, TONY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S REALLY OKAY.

AND, UH, UH, AND UH, SOMETHING TOUGH.

BUT WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS CLEAN AND, UH, BUT WE ARE APPROVE.

RIGHT? NOBODY AGAINST MS. MAYOR.

ONE OTHER THING, WHEN THE SIGNS ARE BEING PUT UP ON SIDEWALKS, THEY HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT PATH OF TRAVEL OF 32 INCHES ACROSS BECAUSE IT'S GONNA AFFECT ACCESSIBILITY.

SO THAT'S ALSO TO BE FACTORED.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SIGN PROPERLY PLACE AND UH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR INSTALLER AND THE PEOPLE COMPLAIN WE ARE A COMMON DAY OR THEIR ISSUE, TRY TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.

AND THEY SEE THAT IS, UH, A REASONABLE OR SOMETHING JUST THEY'RE NOT USED TO ON THEIR CORNER.

TO PUT A SIGN I LIVE ON A CORNER LOT HAS NO SIDEWALK.

AND, UH, 2, 3, 5, LEAVE.

I DON'T WANNA GIVE HER THE ADDRESS.

BUT IT'S MY OLD ADDRESS.

SO, BUT IT'S CORNER LOT, UH, AND NO SIDEWALK.

AND I SAW THE, SOME PICTURE, THEY, THEY SEND THE ISSUE WITH ME BECAUSE WE PUT A CORNER WITH, UH, PARKING, NO PARKING WHAT TIME.

BUT I THINK IF WE DON'T PULL OVER THERE, WE HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT BECAUSE IT'S A CORNER.

SO ANYWAY, AND I AGREE.

OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON.

AND EVERYBODY, NOBODY AGAINST THIS.

EVERYTHING IS REASONABLE AND IT USED TO HAVE MORE, OH, JUST ONE THING.

AND I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH, I THINK, UH, I THINK PAULINA AND, AND JOANNE AND ROBERT HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY HELPFUL IN, IN THOSE SIGNS THAT WERE PUT UP BY THE CONTRACTOR IN AREAS THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PUT IN THAT LOCATIONS.

A LOT OF THOSE SIGNS HAVE BEEN REPOSITIONED, SO VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU STAFF FOR DOING THAT.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND LET'S MOVE ON.

AND ANY OTHER REQUESTS? SO WE HAVE, UH, HIS REQUEST ABOUT, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOP.

COUNCILWOMAN DEAR, REGARDING THE SIGNAGE.

AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OKAY.

AND, UH, OKAY.

UM, I'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THOSE ELEVATORS BEFORE AND I DON'T WANNA HEAR IT'S OLD.

AND, UH, THE ALTERNATE ABOUT SOME HIGH DENSITY AREA AND ANY OTHER GOOD? NO.

MAY I I HAVE IT.

ACTUALLY, HAVE, GO AHEAD.

UM, WELL, AFTER TODAY, COUNCILWOMAN AND I GOT STUCK ON THAT ELEVATOR AND IT WAS BOUNCING.

I KNOW.

UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.

DANGEROUS.

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WE UNDERSTAND.

IT'S OLD.

I'D LIKE TO REQUEST TO HAVE THAT UPGRADED, UPDATED, BECAUSE THERE ARE TIMES IT'S SERVICE SERVICE, IT MIGHT NEED TO BE UPDATED OR, BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS LIKE A CONSTANT THING.

IT COST MONEY OR SERVICE LIKE FIVE SOMETHING.

BUT WE GET YEAH, BECAUSE IT, IT WHERE'S TRENDS? WHERE'S TRENDS STACK? OR, UM, SOMETIMES IT WON'T OPEN AND YOU'RE LIKE, AND THEN SOMETIMES IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE JUST GONNA FALL 'CAUSE IT'S MM-HMM .

IT'S SHAKING.

SO THERE'S MULTIPLE ISSUES WITH THAT ELEVATOR AND THAT ALL NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

AGREE, AGREE, AGREE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, IT IS A-A-C-I-P UH, FUNDED PROJECT RIGHT NOW.

SO WE ARE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON THE ELEVATOR.

ALMOST LIKE A CITY.

I UPDATE THE CITY HALL.

I THINK THERE'S A MAJOR PROJECT, BUT HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE MONEY CITY, THE CITY HALL REALLY NEED TO SOME UPDATE.

I FEEL LIKE I STILL LIVE IN 1980.

THAT'S SOMETHING NICE.

SO, AND YEAH, GO AHEAD.

AND, AND THEN, AND THEN THE ELEVATOR THAT WAS SHAKING BACK AND FORTH WITH, THAT'S ALL.

DOWNLOAD POLY NEEDS TO BE A A, A MAINTENANCE CALL.

POLY HAS TO BE CALLED LIKE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

IT CALLED THE MAINTEN.

SO YOU COULD USE YOUR YEAH.

DISCRETIONARY FUND.

YEAH, NO WAY.

TEAM.

THE CPI, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS GONNA OPEN SHE AND I.

THAT'S, THAT SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.

STOP SHAKING.

AND I'M LIKE, IS THIS GONNA OPEN? I'M PRESSING AND YEAH.

I SHOULDN'T BE DOING THAT.

COUNCIL, I THINK IT WAS JUST TWO BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE'RE ALL IN THERE.

NO, I GOT STUCK IN AT ONE TIME.

NO, WE, WE, WE PUSHED THE DOORS OPEN.

SAME ELEVATOR.

AND I, AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE TOM, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND THE, AND THE, OUR ACTING FIRE CHIEF, WE STUCK INSIDE AND THEN WE UP AND DOWN AND UH, AND UH, BUT I WAS, I FELT SAFE 'CAUSE TOM WAS GONNA RESCUE US.

UM, FOR THESE FRONT ROW RESERVE SEATINGS, CAN WE PUT LIKE THE FIRST FOUR, AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKER, I DO NOTICE WHEN THEY WAIT, THEY WAIT ALL THE WAY UP.

SO AT LEAST THEY'RE ALREADY NEXT IN LINE TO JUST AGREE.

I THINK WE SHOULD REMOVE THOSE RESERVE IF YOU CALL THE, NO, NO.

I MEAN IT SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR PUBLIC, I MEAN, FOR COMMENTS SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE NEXT IN LINE, I UNDERSTAND THEY COULD SIT DOWN 'CAUSE WE CALL THEM OVER THERE.

THEY SIT DOWN AND THEN THEY COULD JUST COME UP WITHOUT HAVING A WALK FROM WHEREVER THEY'RE AT OR, YOU KNOW, SO THEY ALREADY KNOW WHO'S NEXT IN LINE.

UNDERSTAND.

BUT THE OLDEST PAPER LOOK PRETTY SAD.

I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A BETTER SIGN.

BETTER SIGN.

THIS IS NOT, IT'S NOT PRESENTABLE AND I AGREE.

I THINK WE SHOULD REMOVE THAT RESERVE SIGN AND PUT SOME BETTER DIRECTION.

AND SO THIS IS MOTHER, MAYOR, NOBODY AGAINST THAT.

AND THEN, OKAY.

THE FIRST LINE WE SERVE FOR PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK THE COMMENT PRESENTATION.

UH, LET'S GO TO, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTTER.

THE FIRST, DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? THE FIRST FORWARD THERE? I JUST, THOSE TWO.

[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]

LET'S GET OVER WITH SO WE CAN GO HOME.

STILL HAVE TO WORK TOMORROW.

MY REQUEST IS, LET'S SEE, I WOULD LIKE TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO CONDUCT A IN-HOUSE STUDY ON DIRECTOR SALARIES IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE COMPETITIVE IN OUR SALARIES SO WE COULD, UH, JUST FOR DIRECTOR POSITIONS, GIVE US A REPORT IN-HOUSE, MAYBE CALL DIFFERENT CITIES AND FIND OUT ON, UH, WHAT SALARIES ARE THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE, UH, WE CONTINUE TO BE A COMPETITIVE MARKET.

IS THIS IS YOUR MOTHER, MAYOR? DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO WE, DO WE NEED A SECOND OR NO, WE NEED A SECOND.

OH, DO, OKAY.

SO IT'S JUST A, IT'S JUST A IN-HOUSE, UH, UNDERSTAND.

UM, WHAT WAS THAT CALLED AGAIN? THE CITY MANAGER? YEAH.

IN-HOUSE STUDY.

YEAH, I KNOW.

DO, DO I HAVE A SECOND? UNLESS YOU, UNLESS WE DON'T NEED A COMPETITIVE, BUT, OKAY.

SO, UH, NEXT MOTHER PLEASE.

UM, LET'S SEE.

FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THE ASSET FORFEITURE PROCESS AND THE TIMING TO PREVENT DELAYS FROM OCCURRING, UH, WITH THESE FUNDS.

HUH? SAY THAT AGAIN.

FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO THE ASSET FORFEITURE PROCESS AND THE TIMING IT TAKES TO PREVENT DELAYS FROM OCCURRING ON THESE FUNDS AND HOW THEY'RE USED, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND.

IT'S, ITS SUPPORT OF THE POLICE THAT I'D LIKE TO.

UM, I I DO REMEMBER MEETING WITH, UM, POA FORFEITURE, THE ASSET FORFEITURE.

SO CURRENTLY THEY HAD THINGS READY TO PURCHASE FOR THE POLICE, WHICH IS ONLY, COULD BE ONLY USED THROUGH THE ASSET FORFEITURE, BUT BECAUSE WE HAD CHANGED THE, UM, THE RECOMMENDED, UH, AUTHOR PURCHASING AUTHORIZATION, IT MESSED IT ALL UP.

AND THEN THEY NEEDED TO DO ALL THIS.

AND SO THERE WAS LIKE A, A FULL DELAY.

AND SO IT WAS THE CITY MANAGERS,

[03:50:01]

THE PURCHASING AUTHORITY.

I, IT FEELS LIKE IT SHOULDN'T APPLY TO THE ASSET FORFEITURE SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THOSE EQUIPMENT BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY FOR JUST POLICE AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR EQUIPMENT AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR, YOU KNOW, SO IT SHOULDN'T TO HAVE A LOT OF RED TAPES.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE SAME.

YEAH, IT'S, BUT I, I SPOKE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY AND SO THE CORRECT WAY TO ASK IS FOR, UH, THE CITY, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE TO BRING BACK ANY POTENTIAL WAY TO MINIMIZE THE RED TAPE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY SINCE YOU ARE MAYBE ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND, AND, AND, AND WE DISCUSSED, UM, UH, FI SPEAKING WITH FINANCE AND FINANCE HEALTH OUT WITH THAT.

SO WE'LL BRING BACK, UH, WE'LL LOOK AT IT AND SEE IF THERE IS A LOT OF RED TAPE AND WHY THERE'S RED TAPE.

AND, AND IF THERE, IF THERE IS, WE'LL COME BACK WITH A SUGGESTION.

I HAVE A SECOND TO SUPPORT THIS.

I'LL SECOND THAT ONE.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? ANYBODY AGAINST THIS? NOPE.

AND, UH, OKAY.

THERE'S A MOTHER MAY I APPROVE.

THEY'LL BRING IT BACK ABOUT THE DETAIL.

NEXT.

THE NEXT ONE IS TO, UH, BRING BACK TO THE CONSOLE, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, ORDINANCE REGARDING, UH, HO MOTELS AND HOTELS THAT FAIL TO REGISTER GUESTS AND ALSO PROPOSE, UH, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE, UH, MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH OUR POLICE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I BELIEVE I WAS TOLD BY THE POA THAT THERE'S SOME HOTELS AND MOTELS IN OUR CITY WHO ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS, UH, BUT THAT THE CURRENT, THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN MAKES IT VERY COMPLICATED FOR THEM TO ENFORCE IT.

SO POTENTIALLY THERE'S SOME RECOMMENDATION TO, UH, BRING BACK, UH, IF, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS TO OCCUR, PD WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPORT THIS TO, UH, THEIR, WHATEVER THE PROCESS IS WITHIN POLICE.

SO POLICE CAN REPORT IT TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO ALERT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

UH, IS THIS, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT JOB OKAY.

HUH? YES.

IS THERE, THERE'S AN EXISTING ORDINANCE YOU SAID? MY UNDERSTANDING IS YES.

SO THIS A PUBLIC, WE'LL GO, WE'LL TALK TO CHIEF CORTINA ABOUT THAT.

SO, SO WHAT IS YOUR MOTHER MAYOR ABOUT? UH, TO, TO BRING BACK AN, AN INFORM US OF WHAT THAT CURRENT POLICY IS, AND THEN ANY RECOMMENDATIONS ON WHAT WE COULD DO TO FIX THE BROKEN POLICY.

WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE A BROKEN POLICY? WELL, THE POAS, THE POA SAYS CITY MANAGER.

DO WE HAVE A, WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT THAT'S A BROKEN POLICY.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT.

WE HAVE THE PURCHASING POLICY THAT, UM, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.

THE HOTEL, MOTEL, MOTEL.

OH, I'M SORRY.

MOTEL.

I'M ON YOU IN THE, YOU IN THE WRONG CENTURY.

WE NEED TO GO HOME.

YEAH, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT ORDINANCE AND WAYS IF WE TIP.

AND AND THEN ANY, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.

I'M CURIOUS ON WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS.

NOPE.

OH, BRING BACK TO THE HOTEL, MOTEL OR NURSE TO SEE WE HAVE A BROKEN POLICY.

AND THEN WE CAN FIX IT.

SO ANYWAY, I THINK THAT'S IT, RIGHT? THEN THE FINAL ONE.

FINAL ONE.

THE HEAD ON THE FINAL ONE IS FOR ANY MAJOR CITY EVENT THAT SUPERSEDES A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAXPAYER FUNDING, THAT THE CONS WILL BE GIVEN A REPORT A MONTH LATER REGARDING THOSE EXPENSES.

SO I THINK THIS, JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, I THINK THIS IS MICROMANAGEMENT.

UH, NO, BUT OKAY.

AGAIN, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WELL, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S SOME EVENTS THAT ARE MAKING HUNDREDS, MAKING THOUSANDS, BUT, WELL, WE KNOW THE TWO EVENTS.

4TH OF JULY, SPRING FESTIVAL, I MEAN THAT'S, BUT MY UNDERS OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND.

BUT I THINK THAT PAULINA WAS SAYING THAT THE CITY HAS A PROCESS, BUT IT'S NOT BEING, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S NOT BEING ENFORCED OR SOMETHING THAT THERE WAS A PROCESS AFTER IN THE PAST.

UH, IN THE PAST, UM, THE CITY, UH, WOULD PROVIDE AN UPDATE IN, ON AN AGENDA ITEM, JUST ON THE COST OF A, AN EVENT.

JUSTIFY ABOUT EXPENDITURE.

SO, SO WE'VE DONE THAT IN THE PAST.

WE HAVE SINCE STOPPED THAT.

UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE BROUGHT BACK IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES MI MR. MAYOR, GO AHEAD.

UM, WITH, WITH REGARD TO THESE EXPENDITURES, IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT IN THE BUDGET ANYWAY, RIGHT? WHEN WITH THE PROPOSED BUDGET? I THINK SO, YEAH.

IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS? AM I RIGHT? EVENTS AND MOUS LIGHT ITEMS FOR DIFFERENT, COULD YOU ANSWER THE BUDGET IS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

UM, ONE THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT CHANGING IN THE BUDGET THIS YEAR IS DOING A LINE ITEM FOR EACH EVENT, LIKE AN ESTIMATE.

SO WE OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WHAT THE ACTUALS ARE, WHAT'S BUDGETED, UH, BUT WE ARE GONNA BE INCLUDING LINE ITEM FOR EACH EVENT, WHAT WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GONNA COST, UM, AND ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR, FOR THAT EVENT IN, IN THE BUDGET.

SO IT IS INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET.

GOOD, THANK YOU.

AND WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE MORE, UH, INFORMATION IN, IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET NOW HO HOPEFULLY MOST SPONSORSHIP AND INCOME COMING TO

[03:55:01]

AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR, OKAY, AND MOTHER, MAY I FUND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? WELL, I DON'T NEED A SECOND, BUT WHAT, OKAY, SO IF YOU DON'T WANT, YOU GUYS DON'T WANT TO KNOW, I WANT TO KNOW.

SO AFTER A MONTH AFTER A MONTH, UH, THESE EVENTS HAPPENED, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I HAVE THE RIGHT TO REVIEW FINANCIALS.

FINANCIALS.

SO AFTER A MONTH OF EVERY MAJOR EVENT, I WOULD LIKE A REPORT SENT TO ME, TO MY EMAIL.

YOU CAN PROBABLY ASK, UH, OKAY.

FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE YOU THE INFORMATION.

I I DON'T NEED IT.

I DON'T WANT TO READ MORE.

ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE ON ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, ANY COMMENT? GO AHEAD.

COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, I JUST WANNA WISH EVERY MOTHER A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY THIS SUNDAY, YOUR BIRTHDAY.

ENJOY YOUR FAMILIES.

DO WE SING THIS ALL FOR YOU SO YOU GUYS ALL BE BLESSED? YES.

AND HAVE FUN WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND ENJOY.

OKAY, WE'RE GONNA SING, UH, LETTI HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

OH, IT FALLS ON MOTHER'S DAY EVERY FEW YEARS, BUT NOT, NOT THIS YEAR.

IT'S ON THE 12TH.

IT'S, IT'S GONNA FALL ON A MONDAY.

AND I NEVER HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT WEEKEND BECAUSE LIKE MAYOR W SAID, I CAN'T COMPETE WITH A MOM, SO IT'S A TWO FOR ONE AND IT'S A BUSY WEEKEND, SO, SO HERE WE GO.

I WANNA CELEBRATE MY MOM.

IT IS MY BIRTHDAY TOO.

I'M KIDDING.

LISA, HERE WE GO.

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR.

HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.

WHY ELSE? AND I'LL JUST SAY, UH, I ALSO WANNA WISH, UH, ALL THE MOTHERS AND, AND MOMS AND CAREGIVERS IN OUR COMMUNITY A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY.

UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE FOSTER PARENTS WHO ARE CAREGIVERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, KNOW THAT YOU ARE INSPIRATION TO SO MANY AND THE WORK YOU DO EVERY DAY, UM, TO LOVE YOUR KIDS AND TEACH 'EM, UH, TO BECOME AL'S LEADERS, UH, IS INSPIRING TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.

AND, AND, AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY TO ALL THE MOMS AND CAREGIVERS AND AUNTS AND TIAS AND LA LATINOS AND EVERY, ANYONE WHO, WHO'S A, A FIGURE TO A CHILD OR ANYONE THAT, UH, YOU CONTINUE TO DO, UH, WITH HEART AND PASSION AS YOU ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SO MANY LIVES.

SO HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL.

YEP.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTTI.

ANYBODY WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? COUNCILMAN OLLEY.

CANTO.

WELL, THANK YOU.

I LOVE MOM'S DAY AND HAPPY, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL MOMS, OF COURSE.

AND, AND JUST WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS TO CELEBRATE AHEAD, SO THANK YOU.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO JIM SO WE CAN GO HOME? MOTION SECOND.

ME DEAR JIM, THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY.