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THAT'S QUIET.[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING.WELCOME TO WEST COVE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY IS JULY 1ST, RIGHT NOW 7:00 PM ON TIME.
SEE, NEVER LATE, ALWAYS ON TIME.
AND ANY PERSON WISH TO ADDRESS TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING ORAL COMMUNICATION.
MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL, LET IS PROVIDE AT ENTRIES TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT THE CALL TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF ORAL COMMUNICATION.
SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED TONIGHT.
INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY CHAPLIN LISA MAYER.
AND, UH, MAYOR POTENT AND LOPEZ VDO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF LEG.
THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE.
LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT.
MY KIND AND HEAVENLY FATHER, I COME TO YOU GIVING YOU PRAISE, GLORY, AND HONOR.
BLESS ALL OF THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY, LORD, FOR THEY ARE DOING YOUR WILL EVERY DAY THAT THEY WORK HERE.
I ASK THAT YOU BLESS THE FIREMEN, THE POLICEMEN, AND MOST OF ALL, FATHER, HELP US TO BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
BLESS US ON THIS DAY, AND THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, FATHER, FOR ALLOWING US TO KNOW YOU.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO KNOW YOU AND YOUR SON'S NAME, I HAVE PRAYED.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND MR. THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD.
[REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION ]
ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REPORT FROM THE CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT, MR. MAYOR.[PRESENTATIONS ]
FULL PRESENTATION AND, UH, LET ME START THE FIRST ONE.UH, THE FIRST ONE I WANT TO INVITE GINA.
SO GINA ALSO KNOW AS, UH, KIKI, UH, NIKKI
I, I, I, I PREPARE ALL AFTERNOON.
I STILL CALL YOUR NAME WRONG, BUT I STILL REMEMBER.
GINA IS OUR SOHILL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER, AND THE LAST TIME WE INVITE HER TO COME OVER HERE WITH ALL THE STUDENT, LIKE, BASICALLY, AND, UH, PASS THROUGH THE, YOUR TRAINING AND, UH, FOR THE, OUR SO-CALLED, UH, MEDICAL, UH, PATHWAY AND THE PATIENT CARE PROGRAM, SOUTH HILL HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN THEY ARE GOING TO THE COLLEGE INTO THE, UH, MEDICAL FIELD.
SO IN THE FUTURE, DOCTOR PHARMACIST IS, AND THAT IT'S A ONE OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT SAVING LIFE BECAUSE SHE'S A CERTIFIED, UH, CPR.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK MORE.
I KNOW YOU CAN TALK MORE THAN ME, BUT I WANT, I I WILL GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE.
I'M NOT GOING TO FIGHT WITH YOU, BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT.
I WANT READ QUICKLY ABOUT WHO YOU ARE, NIKKI OR GINA RODRIGUEZ IS A CERTIFIED AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATE INSTRUCTOR FOR OVER EIGHT YEARS.
AND SHE, THIS STUDENT TO SUCCESSFUL, COMPLETE THE MULTI YEARS OF PATIENT CARE PATHWAY.
AND, UH, I I MAYBE YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR TWO STUDENT AND A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AND HOW THEY PERFORM CPR AND SAVE LIFE.
PEOPLE'S LIFE AND WHEN THEY NEED IT THE MOST, AND THEY DARE AND THEY EQUIP BECAUSE YOU ARE TEACHING.
MY STUDENTS, UH, ADDRESS ME BY MISS NIKKI.
SO I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND USE THAT.
UM, TONIGHT I HAVE BROUGHT CARISSA RAMOS WITH ME.
UNFORTUNATELY, SALLY ORTEGA COULDN'T
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MAKE IT.UM, SHE IS ON TOUR 'CAUSE SHE, I'M SORRY.
SHE JUST WENT ON A CRUISE, UH, TO EUROPE.
AND THEN WHEN SHE COMES BACK, SHE GETS TO ATTEND, UH, BERKELEY.
SHE'S GOING FOR PRE-MED, SO WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF HER.
UM, BUT CARISSA AND I, UH, I'VE HAD CARISSA AT SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL FOR THREE YEARS, AND WE HAD THE, UM, HONOR OF PERFORMING CPR ON A GENTLEMAN, BUT THIS IS CARISSA'S TIME TO SHINE.
SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND PASS IT OVER TO HER AND LET HER TELL YOU OUR AMAZING STORY.
MY NAME IS CARISSA RAMOS AND I'VE, AND I'VE BEEN IN SOUTH HILLS MEDICAL PROGRAM SINCE FRESHMAN YEAR.
IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY JOURNEY, BUT IT HAS BEEN ONE OF GROWTH CHALLENGE AND COUNTLESS VALUABLE LESSONS.
I'VE LEARNED THAT BEING IN THIS FIELD ISN'T JUST ABOUT KNOWLEDGE.
IT'S ABOUT STAYING CALM WHEN EVERYTHING FEELS LIKE IT'S FALLING APART.
LEMME TAKE YOU BACK TO A MOMENT THAT TESTED NOT JUST MY STRENGTH, BUT MY SKILLS.
DURING MY SENIOR YEAR, ON THE WAY TO CLINICAL, MS. NIKKI AND I SPOTTED AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN LAYING IN THE STREET.
WE IMMEDIATELY CHECKED HIS PULSES AND THEN STARTED PERFORMING CPR FOR ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES.
WHEN 9 1 1 RESPONDERS WERE ON THEIR WAY, WE WORKED AS A TEAM.
AND DUE TO CPR TRAINING FROM MISS NIKKI THAT I HAVE RECEIVED EARLIER THAT WEEK, I WAS PREPARED.
THANKFULLY, THE MAN MADE A FULL RECOVERY.
WE BOTH HAVE MISS NIKKI TO THANK MS. NIKKI IS MORE THAN JUST A TEACHER.
SHE'S THE REASON I'M ON THE RIGHT PATH FROM DAY ONE.
SHE SAW SOMETHING IN ME, EVEN WHEN I DIDN'T SEE IT IN MYSELF.
WHEN I STRUGGLED, SHE DIDN'T LET ME GIVE UP.
SHE SAT WITH ME, EXPLAINED THINGS AGAIN AND AGAIN, NEVER MADE ME ONCE FEEL SOMETHING SMALL.
SHE REMINDED ME THAT CONFIDENCE COMES WITH COURAGE.
SHE DOESN'T JUST TEACH FROM THE CURRICULUM, SHE TEACHES WITH HER HEART.
I DON'T JUST ADMIRE, I ADORE HER BECAUSE WHEN EVERYTHING WAS ON THE LINE, SHE SHOWED ME WHAT CHOOSE STRENGTH AND COMPASSION LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU, MS. NIKKI FOR EVERYTHING.
UM, SALLY IS ALSO A STUDENT, UH, THAT JUST GRADUATED AND SHE WAS WITH HER FATHER, AND THEY WERE GOING TO TARGET AT THE EASTLAND SHOPPING CENTER.
AND WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS AN UNCONSCIOUS MAN SITTING INSIDE OF HIS CAR.
SO SHE WENT IMMEDIATELY INTO ACTION AND SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL THE GENTLEMAN OUT AND, UH, HERSELF AND ANOTHER WOMAN WHO WAS A NURSE, UM, PERFORMED CPR.
AND THEY WERE ABLE TO REVIVE HIM ALSO.
AND I BELIEVE KRISTA SAID THAT I HAD TAUGHT HER CPR ON A SATURDAY AND WE WERE PERFORMING CPR THAT WEDNESDAY.
SO, UM, I ADMIRE THAT SHE WAS NOT THE ONE WHO FREAKED OUT.
IT WAS ME WITH THE 34 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BEING A NURSE.
AND THE LAST EIGHT YEARS, I QUESTIONED MYSELF BECAUSE ONE THING'S TO DO CPR IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT VERSUS TO BE OUT THERE AND DO CPR, THAT'S NOT A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT.
AND I ACTUALLY LOOK TO HER FOR A LITTLE BIT OF DIRECTION.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THESE YOUNG KIDS, THEY'RE FEARLESS.
SO, MR. WU, I HAVE A LITTLE STATEMENT THAT I WANTED TO, UM, SAY TO YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MR. WU AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF WEST COVINA, ON BEHALF OF OUR SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY HEARTFUL GRATITUDE TO YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO RECOGNIZING AND HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF OUR STUDENTS.
YOUR SUPPORT NOT ONLY ENCOURAGES ACADEMIC AND PERSONAL GROWTH, BUT ALSO HELPS BUILD A STRONGER, MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITY.
IN THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE AND SAFETY, I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER MY TIME AND EXPERTISE TO PROVIDE FREE HANDS-ONLY CPR TRAINING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS A SIMPLE BUT POWERFUL SKILL THAT CAN SAVE LIVES.
AND I BELIEVE EVERY RESIDENT SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN IT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR FOSTERING A CITY THAT VALUES BOTH EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO EMPOWER OUR RESIDENTS THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND CARE.
THANK YOU, MR. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I, I THINK YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL OKAY.
STUDENT AND THEY, WHEN THEY EQUIP OKAY.
THE SKILL THEY CAN PERFORM TO SAVE LIFE.
I, I THINK THIS IS WHAT IS SHOWING AND THE PASSION OF GINA, THE TEACHERS OKAY.
AND THE CPR AND I THINK OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, OUR OKAY.
AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DIRECTOR, I THINK WE SHOULD ARRANGE AND HOW YOU OKAY.
HAVE A CLASS AND TO SHOW TO PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY SENIOR OKAY.
OUR, OUR CENTER THAT NEED YOUR HELP BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW THEY HAVE A FIELD AND SOMEBODY BE CHOKE ON THE FIELD BECAUSE SOMEBODY HAVE THIS ISSUE.
SO HOW WE CAN INSTANTLY, BECAUSE IF YOU CALL THE OKAY, POLICE AND FIRE, IT WOULD
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TAKE THEIR TIME TO ARRIVE.BUT IF YOU, SOMEBODY OVER THERE ALREADY OKAY.
ALREADY EQUIP THE KIND OF, UH, SCALE AND RIGHT AWAY CAN PERFORM AND WE CAN SAVE LIFE.
AND THEN JUST LIKE LAST WEEK, WE SAVED, OKAY, UH, UH, UH, TWO, TWO MOTHERS.
WITH, UH, UH, LONG BEACH MAYORS AND OKAY.
THEY, THEY PERFORM CBR AT SAME TIME.
AND THEY HAVE, UH, ANOTHER INCIDENT IS SAME THING AND TO SAVE LIFE.
SO, AND WITH, UH, A SENIOR, UH, ASSISTED LIVING, SHE FISHERS GET COMPLY AND POLICE SHOW UP.
AND LUCKILY THEY, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TWO AND A HALF MINUTES THEY SHOW UP TO PERFORM.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
I THINK GAIL REALLY WANT TO LEARN.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
SO I THINK REPRESENT WEST COVINA, WE REALLY APPRECIATE, ESPECIALLY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT SKILL.
AND, AND CURRENTLY, WHAT GRADE YOU IN? ARE YOU, YOU GRADUATING OR NOT YET? I GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, SO YOU WANNA GO TO THE MEDICAL FIELD, RIGHT? I CAN SEE YOU ARE MY, MY FUTURE DOCTOR
I, MAYBE I'M STILL A WALKER AND HOPEFULLY I'M STILL HEALTHY.
BUT I DON'T THINK I WILL BE IN THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M GONNA PASS THE POT DOWN TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING OKAY.
AND THIS IS THE EXAMPLE FOR THE PEOPLE, FOR THE STUDENT, FOR ANYBODY TO KNOW, NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, YOU SHOULD ACT TO HELP PEOPLE.
SO REPRESENT WEST COVINA, THE GREAT CITY, AND WE HAVE CERTIFICATE SHOWING THAT YOUR HERO IS OKAY AND HELPING PEOPLE SAVE LIFE.
CARISSA RAMOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND UH, AND, UH, WE, WE HAVE A SALLY ORTEGA.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE TO HER? AND, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.
AND FOR YOU, I KNOW YOU HAVE A PREVIOUS ONE, YOU HAVE A LOT.
YOU CAN JUST A FRIEND ON YOUR LIKE, WALLPAPER.
SO, SO, SO ANYWAY, AND YOUR PARENT, YOU WANT TO INVITE YOUR PARENT TO HAVE PICTURE WITH YOU.
SO FAMILY, YOU WANT TO COME WITH, UH, YOUR DAUGHTER.
HEY, WHAT'S A LIFETIME CHANCE, RIGHT? WHY NOT? MAYBE MORE TIME, MAYBE SHE COME OVER HERE MORE.
AND, UH, UH, IT KIND OF GOOD STORY FOR HER.
BUT IT'S KINDA SAID TO THE CITY, SOME SOMEBODY WANT TO DEPARTURE, WANT TO SAY GOODBYE, BUT DON'T BE A STRANGER.
OKAY? LYDIA, WOULD YOU COME UP? OKAY.
I KNOW, I KNOW YOU FOR SO LONG.
I WANT TO READ A SCRIPT OR NOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, I'M A FREESTYLE GUY.
I, I JUST HATE TO READ SCRIPT.
EVERY TIME WE SCRIPT, I SCREW UP.
SO, SO, ANYWAY, AND, UM, LYDIA IS A GREAT EMPLOYEE AND STAFF WITH US FOR HOW LONG? 20, 20, 25.
YOU SHOULD STAY A BIT LONGER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, RETIREMENT IS VERY BORING.
SO YOU STAY HOME, YOU MAKE TROUBLE.
SO, SO, SO THAT'S WHY I MAKE TROUBLE IN THE CITY.
BUT ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 27 YEAR SERVICE.
AND MY DAUGHTER, MEGAN, LOVE YOU BECAUSE I THINK YOU TRAINED HER TOO.
SHE'S A NON-PAY INTERN FOR ALL YEAR AND SIX MONTHS, RIGHT? UNDER YOUR WATCH.
I, IN FACT, I COMMUNICATED WITH HER THIS MORNING.
HER DAUGHTER IS THE BEST I HAVE.
SO
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OKAY.YOU LIKE HER, BUT I WANT TO SAY, UM, OKAY.
AND, UM, FOR YOUR 27 YEAR SERVICE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS YOU WANT TO SAY.
WELL, UM,
IT'S VERY HARD TO LEAVE BECAUSE I'VE DRIVEN TO THIS CITY HALL EVERY DAY FOR 27 YEARS.
UM, TWO YEARS LIMITED SERVICE, AND 25 YEARS AS A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE.
SO, UM, I WANNA THANK THE CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA BECAUSE I'VE REALLY ENJOYED SERVING YOU.
I HAVE A SPECIAL LOVE IN MY HEART FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
ALL OF THEM WERE HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL.
UM, ARE YOU SURE? I'M POSITIVE.
I PLANNED THE TWO AS A TROUBLEMAKER.
HE WAS ACTUALLY AWESOME AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
SO, UM, HOW MUCH DO YOU PAY HER?
BUT ANYWAY, UM, LIKE I SAID, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOUR CITIZENS, AND THIS HAS BEEN MY HOME FOR A LONG TIME, AND I'M GOING TO MISS BEING HERE EVERY DAY.
I'LL DROP BY AND VISIT
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT LYDIA HAS BEEN THE HEART OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS.
SHE HAS BEEN A DEPENDABLE AND A CONSTANT SOURCE OF SUPPORT TO EVERYONE AROUND HER.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING IN, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IN THE PLANNING DIVISION IN 2006, SHE HELPED SHOW ME THE ROPES ON HOW TO PUT TOGETHER A PLANNING PERMISSION PACKET.
AND ALSO HOW LIKE THE ORGANIZATION, THE, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CITY, HOW IT WORKED.
AND SHE WAS VER SHE WAS, SHE, SHE HELPED ME FEEL WELCOME.
AND IF YOU CAN, ANY CHANCE YOU GET, UM, TALK TO LYDIA.
SHE HAS A LITTLE CUTE DOG THAT SHE JUST GOT.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR ALL, FOR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE, AND WE WILL MISS YOU VERY DEARLY.
WE'RE EXCITED FOR ALL THE GOOD THINGS RETIREMENT HAS IN STORE FOR YOU.
CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING.
AND, AND I THINK, OKAY, WE CANNOT, OKAY.
EVEN HE'S RETIRED AND HE FISHING ALL THE TIME.
BUT I WISH YOU, WE NEED TO INVITE HIM.
AND, UH, AND JEFF ANDERSON WAS OUR PLANNER.
OKAY? AND, UH, HE RETIRED, RETIRE.
OKAY? BECAUSE HE'S VERY STRICT.
AND YOU SAY NO, EVERYTHING HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
RA OKAY? BUT, BUT JEFF ANDERSON IS, IS A VERY, VERY GOOD PLANNER.
HE CHECK EVERY, HE CHECK EVERYTHING.
HE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING CORRECT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH YOU FOR A LONG TIME AND I SEE YOU AND, UH, UH, WHEN YOU RETIRE, MY DAUGHTER WAS CRYING.
OKAY? I'M JUST TRUE STORY, OKAY? I SAY, I SAY HE, I LOVE JEFF.
YOU GOTTA HAVE TWO BIG AGE DIFFERENCE, OKAY?
AND, AND, AND ALSO HE MARRIED.
OKAY? SO ANYWAY, JEFF, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I HAVE A DAUGHTER HER AGE.
SO
AND I THINK DOUG'S THE ONE THAT SAID THIS.
HE, HE TOLD LYDIA ONE TIME, SOMEDAY YOU'RE GONNA UNDER REALIZE THAT EVERY DAY IS NOT A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND.
AND I THINK THAT LYDIA STILL HASN'T FIGURED THAT OUT.
SHE'S, SHE'S ALWAYS, UH, SHE, MOST OF THE TIME SHE'S UP, I SHOULDN'T SAY ALWAYS.
WE ALL HAVE BAD DAYS, BUT SHE'S UP AND SHE'S, UH, READY TO HELP AND SHE'S READY TO TALK TO PEOPLE.
SO, UH, NOW HOPE EVERY DAY IS A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND FOR YOU.
TRIP TO DISNEY EVERY SINGLE DAY.
BUT, BUT, BUT, BUT YOU MAYBE FIND A SECOND JOB.
THEY, THEY JUST INCREASE THE PRICE AGAIN.
JUST SPEND YOUR, SPEND YOUR MONEY.
AND ASSISTANT PLANNER, YOU WANNA COME BACK? OKAY.
I THINK YOU, RIGHT NOW YOU WORK IN THE BOW PARK, RIGHT? YOU, YOU, YOU, YOU RETIRED TOO.
I DIRECTOR IN THE CITY OF SAN FERNANDO.
UM, UH, WHEN I LEFT THE CITY IN 2018.
SO I FIRST STARTED HERE IN 2005.
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THOUGHT ABOUT YOU EVERY DAY.UM, AND I'M, THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T MAKE 'EM LIKE YOU ANYMORE, LYDIA.
SO, BUT, UH, WELL DESERVED YOU DESERVE IT.
UH, SO THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU, BUT CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU WANT TO INVITE YOUR FAMILY TO SAY SOMETHING, SISTER, MY DAUGHTER? YOU WANNA COME UP? NO.
HEY, WE DON'T BUY, WE, WE, WE ONLY TALK.
HOW ABOUT HUSBAND? HUSBAND WANNA SAY SOMETHING? NOW? SHE RETIRE.
SHE GOING TO CHEW ON YOU EVERY DAY.
UM, I JUST, FOR 25 YEARS, SHE'S BEEN GOING TO WORK EVERY DAY.
AND NOW IT'S, WE HAVE TO GET USED TO BEING HOME ALL THE TIME.
UM, THE BEST THING ABOUT IT IS OUR DOG LOVES HER MUCH MORE THAN ME.
AND YOU, SO, SO, NO, I'M GONNA BE HAPPY.
UH, BUT IT, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A CHANGE IN OUR LIVES.
UM, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
UM, COUPLE OF TRIPS HERE AND THERE.
AND TRIP TO LAUGHLIN AND, YES, YES.
POSSIBLY CANCUN AND SOME OTHER PLACES.
AND JUST, JUST ENJOY OURSELVES.
'CAUSE, UH, SHE DESERVES IT A LOT MORE THAN I DO.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR GIVING HER THIS HONOR.
SO WHEN YOU GET TIRED OF HER, SHE SEND HER BACK.
OKAY? UH, AND ALL MY BROTHER AND SISTER, THEY RETIRED TOO, AND THEY'RE TRAVELING ALL THE PLACES.
I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST TRAVELING AROUND ENJOYING LIFE BECAUSE IT'S, UH, YOU SHOULD JOIN THE ARMY.
SEE THE WAR, SEE ALL THE PLACES, OKAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE BEAUTIFUL OKAY.
SCENERY, AND YOU HAVE ALL THE TIME NOW, BUT ANYTIME YOU GET LONELY, COME TO SEE US, OKAY? ESPECIALLY JOANNE.
JOANNE NEED A LOT OF HELP, BUT REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVIN, OKAY? THIS WILL ONLY GIVE TO THE PERSON, RETIRE.
AND THEY, THEY DESERVE THIS STREET NAME, AND YOU DESERVE, OKAY? OKAY.
SO HOPEFULLY ONE DAY I RETIRE, WE GET A STREET NAME TOO.
I DON'T, THEY WILL GIVE TO ME.
BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE FOR OUR GRAY CITY.
WE'RE GONNA HANG OUTSIDE OF YOUR, UH, MAYBE DRIVEWAY.
OKAY? SO, SO WE CAN ALLOW YOU PUT ON THE STREET, BUT DRIVEWAYS ARE FINE.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
AND THEN, AND THEN MAYOR, MAYOR W CAN I SAY SOMETHING TOO? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE SOMEONE WHO HAS PLAYED A, A QUIET, A VITAL ROLE IN OUR CITY.
LINDA HAS BEEN A CORNERSTONE OF THE WEST KIND PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
HER DEDICATION, ATTENTION TO DETAIL, AND STEADY HAND, HAVE SUPPORTED, NOT OWNING THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
SHE'S BEEN A PERSON BEHIND THE SCENES, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING RUNS SMOOTHLY, FROM MEETINGS, TO COMMUNICATIONS, TO KEEPING ALL OF US ON TRACK.
WHEN I WAS A PLANNING COMMISSION LAST YEAR, LINDA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE, FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM, YOUR HEART FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND YOU WILL BE DEEPLY MISS, DEEPLY MISSED BY YOUR IMPACT.
WE'LL, WELL LAST BEYOND YOUR TIME HERE.
WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
OKAY? OH, OTHERWISE YOU HAVE TO WAIT, WAIT FOR ANOTHER RETIREMENT.
NORMALLY SMALLER PAPER, BUT FOR YOU, WE GIVE YOU A BIGGER PAPER.
AND THE, THE CITY OR WEST COVINA OF, UH, YOUR RETIREMENT CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
OKAY? SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR 25 YEARS OF SERVICE IN OUR GREAT CITY AND YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS.
HEY, DON'T BE A STRANGER, OKAY? I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
IF YOU ARE VEGETARIAN, VEGAN, YOU WILL LOVE THEIR FOOD.
OKAY? THEN OUR CITY FOR 21 YEARS ALREADY.
OKAY? AND, UH, I MIGHT, WHEN YOU EAT IT, YOU MIGHT CHANGE IT FROM THE EMITTER.
BECOME A PLAIN EATER, OKAY? BECAUSE THEIR FOOD IS
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SO GOOD.SO I WANT TO INVITE, OKAY, THE FOUNDERS OKAY? I THINK, OKAY, NICOLE.
AND, UM, LET ME, THEY PREPARED THIS.
OKAY? IF I DON'T READ IT, THEY MIGHT BE, UH, DEDUCT MY PAY IF I DON'T GET PAID.
OKAY? FOUNDED IN 20 2004 BY VISIONARY ARTISTS AND A VEGAN, OKAY?
WORLD HAS SET A HIGH STANDARD FOR PLANT-BASED DINING AS THE ONLY VEGAN RESTAURANT IN THE AREA.
IT HAS EARNED NUMEROUS, OKAY? THE OWNER INCLUDING RECOGNITION FROM THE MY FOX, A LA AND THE LOS ANGELES TIME.
WHICH NAME IS SIGNATURE BURGER? OKAY.
ONE OF THE FINALISTS IN THE BATTLE OF THE BURGERS.
OKAY? ONE BIG WAR HAS A PROBABLY EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE THEY AT? I DO, YES.
WE, MY WIFE PURCHASE ALL THE TIME WHEN SHE WANT ME TO LOSE WEIGHT.
OKAY? SO ANYWAY, SO NO MORE GREASY FOOD FOR YOU.
OKAY? SO I HAVE TO LISTEN TO MY WIFE, OTHERWISE WE STAY IN THE GARAGE.
WELL, I THINK WAR HAS A PROUDLY SERVE THE DIVERSE, OKAY.
CLIENTELE, INCLUDING CELEBRITY LIKE WOODY HARRISON.
AND NBA CHAMPION, JOHN SLY, ALL OF THE WHO WILL DEDICATE VEGAN BEYOND ADE FOOD BUSINESS EXCELLENCE.
ONE VAGUE WAR IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE IN THE WAKE OF THE DEVASTATING AIRWAY WILDFIRE.
THIS YEAR, THE RESTAURANT OPENED ITS DOOR TO ALL THE EVACUATE AND FIRST RESPONDER WITH A HEART FREE, HEART HEALTHY PLANT-BASED MEAL.
THEY PERSONALLY WENT TO THE EVACUATION SITE TO FURTHER PRO PROVIDE RELIEF, OFFERING VEGAN MEAL, CLOSING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND COMFORT TO THOSE IN NEED AS WE CELEBRATE ONE BIG WAR OR 21 YEARS IN OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
AND COMMEND THEIR IMPACT FOR EFFORT IN THE LA WILDFIRE THAT WE THEN CONTINUE SUCCESS AND THANK THEM FOR NEW NUTRITION, BOTH PEOPLE AND THE PLANET.
HERE IS ONE IMPORTANT THING, OKAY? ONE COMPASSIONATE MALE AT A TIME.
YOU MADE ME, YOU MADE ME HANG HUNGRY.
NOW, WHEN I READ THIS, I MADE ME VERY HUNGRY.
OKAY? YOU HAVE SOME SNACK FOR YOU, OKAY? YOU ARE GRAPE.
SO
OKAY, SO, AND ANYWAY, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
AND I, I'VE BEEN, MY WIFE BEEN BUYING YOUR FOOD ALL THE TIME ON GLENDORA AVENUE.
YOU'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME, AND THAT YOU'VE BEEN NOT ONLY OKAY, PROVIDE A VERY GOOD FOOD AND, UM, OUTSTANDING OF, UH, VEGAN.
OKAY? AND, UH, THIS KIND OF, UH, UH, AND, UH, OKAY.
UM, VERY HEALTHY FOOD, OKAY? PROVIDING OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO YOU CHARITY, YOU, YOU, YOU GO TO THE PEOPLE IN NEED, THE WILDFIRE, ALL THE PEOPLE OKAY.
AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU PROVIDE, FUEL, YOU PROVIDE ALL THE NEED, AND EVEN FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.
SO I WANT YOU TO SAY SOMETHING AND, UH, MAYBE YOU CAN INTRODUCE US ABOUT OKAY.
WHY YOU ARE DOING THIS VEGAN AND HOW YOU CONTINUE, WANT MORE PEOPLE TO ENJOY YOUR, YOUR FIELD.
THANK YOU, MAYOR WU, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL OUR FRIENDS IN WEST COVINA.
IT IS A TRUE HONOR TO CELEBRATE ONE VEGETABLE'S, 21ST ANNIVERSARY WITH ALL OF YOU TO OUR INCREDIBLE TEAM MEMBERS.
A BIG THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND PASSION AND TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE DEEPLY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HONOR OUR BELOVED FOUNDER, MR. TAI
LONG BEFORE PLANT-BASED LIVING BECAME POPULAR, HE LEARNED FROM SUPREME MASTER SHANGHAI TO EXPRESS HIS COMPASSION THROUGH ACTION, CHOOSING A LIFESTYLE THAT AVOIDS HARMING OTHER BEINGS.
HIS DREAM WAS TO SHARE THIS MESSAGE OF LOVE THROUGH DELICIOUS MEAT FEED MEALS.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE EXPANDED OUR EFFORTS IN NEW WAYS.
WE PUBLISHED OUR ONE VEG WORLD VEGAN STARTER KIT, FILLED WITH PRACTICAL TIPS, RECIPES, AND INSPIRATION.
WE'VE DISTRIBUTED IT FOR FREE ACROSS NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND EVEN TO TEXAS WITH HEARTWARMING RESULTS.
OH, YOU'RE, YOU ARE ALL WELCOME TO PICK UP A COFFEE OUTSIDE ON THE TABLE, ALONG WITH SOME COMPLIMENTARY VEGAN COOKIES.
AND RECENTLY WE HOSTED A NO MEAT MAY PLEDGE, INVITING PEOPLE TO TRY PLANT-BASED LIVING FOR 30 DAYS.
MANY PARTICIPANTS SHARED THEIR EXPERIENCE, HOW IT CHANGED THEIR LIVES, LEAVING THEM FEELING UPLIFTED AND HEALTHIER.
SOME SHARED IT'S JUMPSTARTED, THEIR VEGAN JOURNEY.
WE'RE EXCITED TO HOST ANOTHER PLEDGE SOON.
SO WE INVITE EVERYONE TO JOIN US AND FEEL THE DIFFERENCE FOR THEMSELVES.
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I WANNA TAKE, I WANT TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO MAYOR WU FOR RECOGNIZING OUR EFFORTS DURING THE LA WILDFIRES.SUPREME MASTER SHANGHAI NOT ONLY TAUGHT US THE IMPORTANCE OF VEGANISM, BUT ALSO THE VALUE OF DOING GOOD FOR OTHERS, ESPECIALLY IN TIME OF URGENT NEED.
SO, WHEN THE FIRES BROKE OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE COLLABORATED WITH PLANT-BASED TREATY AND LAS HEISS ANA TO DELIVER NOURISHING VEGAN MEALS TO EVACUEES AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, TO THE FIRST RESPONDERS AT THE COMMAND CENTER, AT THE ROSE BOWL, AND THE, AND FOR THE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE LA HEADQUARTERS OF THE RED CROSS.
WE ARE HUMBLED TO, TO HAVE PLAYED A SMALL PART IN THESE RELIEF EFFORTS AND TO WITNESS THE STRENGTH AND RESILIENCE OF THE EVACUEES, THE TIRELESS FIREFIGHTERS, ALONG WITH INCREDIBLE OUTPOURING, LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY.
NOW, IF WE COULD DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCREENS, WE'D LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF THIS IN A BRIEF VIDEO.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING A KINDER AND HEALTHIER FUTURE FOR ALL OF US.
AND I, AND I WANNA SAY THIS, OKAY.
AND, UH, GLENDORA AVENUE, SO CALLED OUR HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN, GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.
OKAY? ESPECIALLY WE HAVE YOU AS AN ANCHOR, OKAY.
AND, UH, PROVIDE ALL THESE KIND OF, UH, VERY HEALTHY FOOD AND A LOT OF PEOPLE REALLY INTO, OKAY, VEGAN, OKAY.
AND THERE SOMETHING, THIS IS, UH, PROVIDE ALL DIVERSE.
EVERYBODY HAVE A DIFFERENT CHOICE.
SO, AND YOU PROVIDE THE CHOICE FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO OKAY.
HAVE A HEALTHY FEEL AND WITHOUT OKAY, ANY OTHER ANIMAL FAT AND THAT, BUT I WANNA SAY THIS, YOU CAN SEE THE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE OKAY.
SHOPPING THEIR AREA, MORE AND MORE RESTAURANT.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, OKAY? IS WANT TO CREATE A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY, AND THAT WE PUT A LIE INTO THAT AREA.
AND FOR ALL PEOPLE CAN WALK THEIR DOG, ENJOY YOUR FOOD AND WALK AROUND AND ANY OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
OTHERWISE, I'M GOING TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE.
SO WE PRESENT, OKAY? AND, UH, OUR GREAT CITY, AGAIN, WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR 21 YEAR SERVICING OUR CITY.
AND WE WANT YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS, OKAY? CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MORE DIFFERENT VENUE OR DIFFERENT MENU OR DIFFERENT FEEL AND CONTINUE TO DEVELOP MORE OF THE BID OKAY.
FOLLOWER, AND TO SHARP YOUR PLACE.
AND WE WILL YOU CONTINUE TO, TO, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE NEED TO INVITE MORE RESTAURANT TO, TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OKAY? BUT, OKAY, WE HAVE A NUMBER FOUR.
OKAY, WE WANT TO GO TO NUMBER FOUR AND, UH, OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SENIOR SERVICE DIRECTOR.
OKAY? AND, UH, AND OKAY, I WANT YOU TO SAY, I WANT YOU TO PRESENT THIS BECAUSE PARK MAKE LIFE BETTER.
AND I'M A STRONG BELIEVER OF A COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT BECAUSE COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS UNITE PEOPLE TOGETHER.
WHERE YOU SEE THE COMMUNITY EVENT, SPECIAL EVENT, YOU SEE ALL THE PEOPLE OVER THERE, VERY DIVERSE, ALL DIFFERENT NATIONALITY, ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUND BY EVERYBODY.
IT'S A BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE COMMUNITY SERVICE.
COMMUNITY SERVICE IS NO LESS THAN THE PUBLIC SAFETY BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY SERVICE IS GIVE PEOPLE THE MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS.
I SHOULD READ THIS, BUT, BUT I ALREADY KIND OF KNOW HOW IMPORTANT, OKAY.
AM I RIGHT? LISA? LISA, DID I GIVE YOU APPROVAL? YEAH.
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THIS IS SOMETHING, OKAY.OUR COMMUNITY SERVICE, SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF STAFF OVER THERE.
THEIR DEDICATION, THEIR HELP TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SENIOR MALE PROGRAM, OKAY? AND OUR SENIOR PROGRAM WITH ALL DIFFERENT KIND OF ACTIVITY.
OKAY? I SEE ALL THE PEOPLE SENIOR IN OUR SENIOR CENTER DANCING IN JOIN.
AND I REMEMBER IN THE 2020 WHEN I WAS MAYOR IN THE PANDEMIC, YOU AND VANESSA, YOU GUYS KNOW EVERYBODY'S NAME WHEN THEY DRIVE THROUGH TO PICK UP THEIR MAIL BECAUSE WE CANNOT OKAY.
CONTACT THEM BECAUSE OF, OKAY, UM, COVID-19 AND THE PANDEMIC, BUT YOU KNOW EVERYBODY'S NAME.
YOU WOULD SAY, HEY STEVE, HEY SWEETIE, HOW YOU DOING? I WOULD SAY, HOLY MICHAEL, HOW DO YOU KNOW WITH A MESS? BUT THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THE PERSON AND THEY DELIVER THE FOOD.
OKAY? I WAS THERE HELPING THEM.
SO I KNOW HOW HARD THEY WORK TOGETHER, HOW HARD THEY PUT THE THING TOGETHER, HOW HARD THEY PUT THE FIELD AND PPE AND TO GIVE TO OUR SENIOR, TO OUR RESIDENT GOING THROUGH OVER THERE.
AND YOU CAN FEEL THAT IT'S A SENSE OF A COMMUNITY.
WE UNITED TOGETHER, PASSING THROUGH THAT VERY HORRIBLE PANDEMIC.
NO INTERACTION, NO PEOPLE, EVERYBODY ISOLATED.
BUT I THINK THAT'S WHY CARISSA, WE NEED YOU.
OKAY? CURE US ABOUT THE DISEASE AND VIRUS.
WE DON'T WANT TO ATTACK OKAY, OUR COUNTRY AGAIN.
SO ANYWAY, AND I DIDN'T READ THIS BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN SAY MUCH MORE THAN ME, BUT I PUT MY SINCERELY PART OF MY HEART TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY SERVICE STAFF.
BECAUSE YOU GOT ALWAYS OVER THERE WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH, UH, SUMMER COUNCIL AND YOU GOT THERE, CLEAN IT UP, PUT THE THING TOGETHER, PUT THE CHAIR, AND UH, YOU GOT ALL DEDICATE.
AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I USUALLY LIKE TO WING IT MYSELF, BUT I HAVE A SCRIPT TONIGHT 'CAUSE I WANNA ENSURE I DON'T MISS ANYTHING.
AGAIN, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, MY NAME IS SUZY PEREZ, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AND I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF, UM, OVERSEEING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
TONIGHT, I AM HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZED IN JULY AS PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
THIS PROCLAMATION HIGHLIGHTS THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF EQUITABLE ACCESS TO LOCAL PARKS, RECREATION, TRAILS, OPEN SPACE, AND FACILITIES.
THESE RESOURCES ARE ESSENTIAL TO THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF ALL RESIDENTS, AND THEY BUILD STRONGER, HEALTHIER, MORE CONNECTED COMMUNITIES.
HERE IN WEST COVINA, WE ARE PROUD TO OFFER 16 BEAUTIFUL PARKS, THE WEST COVINA, SPORTSPLEX, AND FOUR ACTIVE COMMUNITY CENTERS.
BUT WE DON'T JUST PROVIDE RECREATION.
OUR PARKS AND PROGRAMS ARE EMOTIONAL OUTLETS.
THEY ARE SOURCES OF SUPPORT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND BELONGING.
WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN CREATING SPACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS OF ALL AGES, ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ALL ABILITIES CAN PLAY, THRIVE, GROW, AND BUILD COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
THIS WORK IS ONLY POSSIBLE THANKS TO A DEDICATED TEAM.
I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO INTRODUCE SEVERAL STAFF WHO ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN OUR SUCCESS.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR FULL-TIME STAFF, STARTING WITH VANESSA BANEZ.
AS VANESSA COMES UP, VANESSA PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN OVERSEEING THE DEPARTMENT'S DAILY OPERATIONS, SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATORS, AND ENSURING OUR PROGRAMS RUN SMOOTHLY.
ALONGSIDE VANESSA, I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR INCREDIBLE TEAM OF COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATORS, UH, STARTING WITH KIARA ALBERT, WHOSE MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, WHICH IS A UNIQUE COMPONENT TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND SHE ASSISTS WITH EVENTS SUCH AS AMERICA'S RECYCLE DAY, EARTH DAY, ARBOR DAY, OUR POPULAR PAPER SHREDDING EVENT.
AND SHE IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING ME WITH THE SPORTSPLEX.
NEXT WE HAVE LESLIE GODINA, WHO MANAGES A SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMMING ENRICHMENT CLASSES, TRIPS, EVENTS, SOCIAL SERVICES, AND OVERSEEING THE CONGREGATE MEAL PROGRAM FOR OUR OLDER ADULTS.
LESLIE BRAVO, BASED OUTTA THE SHADOW COMMUNITY CENTER, WHO PROGRAMS EVERYTHING FROM TINY TOTS AND PARENT AND ME CLASSES TO OLDER ADULT ENRICHMENT CLASSES.
SHE RECENTLY IMPLEMENTED EVENTS SUCH AS TIES AND TIARAS FOR FATHER'S DAY DANCE AND A MOMMY AND ME TEA PARTY, WHICH WAS A HIT.
NEXT WE HAVE CL CLARISSA ROMERO, WHO MANAGES A CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER, THE HUB OF OUR CITY FOR RECREATION INFORMATION AND PASSPORT SERVICES.
SHE RUNS CHEER, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, PICKLEBALL, PAVILION AND FACILITY RENTALS.
AND RECENTLY LAUNCHED A FREE MOVIE NIGHT FOR OUR FAMILIES TO ENJOY.
AND LASTLY, WE HAVE MIGUEL KIRA AT PALM VIEW PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, WHO HAS DEVELOPED AN INNOVATIVE ADAPTIVE RECREATION PROGRAM FOR ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS OFFERING CLASSES AND EVENTS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DELL HAVEN COMMUNITY CENTER IN MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE.
JUST RECENTLY, MIGUEL HOSTED AN OPEN HOUSE WHERE PARTICIPANTS SHARED THEIR TALENTS AND
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POETRY.AND OUR COORDINATORS, THEY HAVE A LITTLE FUN FOR YOU GUYS TONIGHT AND OUR STAFF.
SO, UM, IF YOU GUYS WANNA GO AHEAD AND TOSS SOME BALLS OVER TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THEN OUR PART-TIME, HAVE MORE TALKING TO ME.
NEXT I'D LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
THANK, I'D LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT PROVIDES A, I'M SORRY, HOLLY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR HEAD, COOK HOLLY SMITH.
AND UNIQUE TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE HAVE OUR OWN, UH, CHEF ON SITE AND HE PREPARES OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAMS, OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAMS TO 150 TO 180 SENIORS ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, SO HOLLY HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY NOW FOR AT LEAST, UH, 10 PLUS YEARS, RIGHT, HOLLY? YEAH.
SO, UM, NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SHOWCASE A BRIEF VIDEO, UM, OF WHAT HAPPENS IN OUR DAILY OPERATION.
SO IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK OVER AT THE PROJECTOR SCREEN.
SO THAT'S JUST A GLIMPSE OF INTO WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT OFFERS.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE OUR COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSIONERS.
TODAY WE HAVE MR. CHARLIE PATEL.
AND JEN GUTIERREZ COMM COMMISSIONERS PROVIDE GUIDANCE, ADVOCACY AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE OUR PROGRAMS MEET THE NEEDS OF RESIDENTS.
THEIR INPUT AND SUPPORT ARE INVALUABLE TO OUR SUCCESS.
AND FINALLY, I WANT TO INVITE UP ALL OF OUR PART-TIME STAFF WHO ARE HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
LET'S GIVE 'EM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THESE CAN YOU, THESE EMPLOYEES ARE TRULY THE FACE OF THE CITY.
THEY ARE OUR FRONTLINE WORKERS, GREETING RESIDENTS, ANSWERING QUESTIONS, RUNNING PROGRAMS, AND MAKING SURE EVERY VISITOR FEELS WELCOME.
I CANNOT EMPHASIZE ENOUGH HOW MUCH I VALUE EACH AND EACH OF YOU AS PART OF OUR TEAM.
YOU MAKE AN IMPACT EVERY DAY ON THE LIVES OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
LET'S GIVE 'EM ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
AND TO ALL OF OUR STAFF AND COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION, YOUR CREATIVITY, AND YOUR PASSION.
YOU MAKE IT A JOY TO COME TO WORK EVERY DAY.
AND I AM GRATEFUL TO BE PART OF THIS TEAM.
AND WITH THAT MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I AM HONORED TO RECEIVE AND ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION DECLARING PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
JULY, MAKING PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
UH, LET'S GET THAT ANOTHER HAND, PLEASE.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY? AND, UH, I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS EVERY YEAR, BUT WE, WE GET BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.
AND, UH, AGAIN, AGAIN, OKAY? AND, UH, YOU ARE OUR CITY'S FACED.
YOU'LL REPRESENT THE CITY BECAUSE OKAY, WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE PARK, THEY WANT TO DO THIS, DO THAT.
OR THEY GO TO THE OKAY, AND THE FACILITY, THEY ALWAYS ASKING FOR THIS AND THAT.
AND YOU GUYS ALWAYS HAVE LESS SMILE, OKAY? GUY, ALWAYS TRY TO EXTEND YOUR HAND TO HELP THEM.
AND THEY ALL GIVE A VERY GOOD OKAY.
AND, UH, FEEDBACK ABOUT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE CT WITH ALL THE STAFF, THEIR PASSION TO, TO SERVE.
AND I WANT TO THANK OKAY, WE PRESENT A GREAT CITY WEST COVIN.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE YOUR DEDICATION PUT OUR CITY OKAY.
IN THE GOOD NAME BECAUSE WE ALLOW YOU, WE HAVE NOTHING, OKAY? WE ALLOW YOU, OKAY? WE DON'T HAVE A PROGRAM.
WE ALLOW YOU, WE DON'T HAVE A SERVICE.
SO BESIDE THE POLICE AND FIRE, OKAY? AND THEN, AND THE OKAY.
OKAY? COMMUNITY SERVICE IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, NO LESS THAN ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU ARE SERVING OUR CITY IN THE FRONT LINE.
BECAUSE WE WEEKEND THIS SUNDAY AND I GET INVITED TO THE NEW CHURCH AT THE CAMERON,
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UH, FACILITY.AND THEN, AND, UH, ONE OF YOUR STAFF OVER THERE AND, UH, THIS THE RIGHT, RIGHT? YES.
YOU OKAY? YOU ARE HELPING THOSE CHURCH MEMBER, OKAY? AND I TO SEE THE NEW CHURCH, OKAY? BUT, BUT THEY'RE VERY HAPPY AND OUR FACILITY IS VERY CLEAN.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
LET'S GIVE THEM ANOTHER HAND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND, AND OUR, THIS FRIDAY, JULY 4TH, OUR BIG EVENT COMING UP.
AND BECAUSE YOU ALL, YOU GUY OVER THERE AND HELPING AND PUT THIS THING TOGETHER, OKAY? AND LET'S WHY WE HAVE THIS BIG EVENT, OKAY? WITH SPECTACULAR OF FIREWORK WITH, UH, OKAY.
ALL THIS SPECIAL EVENT, IMPROVING THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, REMEMBER WHEN THE PANDEMIC, WHEN WE ISOLATE, WE HAVE MENTAL ISSUE.
BECAUSE PEOPLE, WE ARE PEOPLE NEED TO INTERACT, INTERACT TOGETHER.
BUT NOW YOU'RE HELPING OUT FOR OUR RESIDENT TO WORK TOGETHER, COME OUT TO HAVE A GREAT TIME AND SMILING.
SO REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVIN NINE PROCLAMATION, THE PARK.
YOU WANNA HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE FRONT? MAYBE YOU CAN.
YOU SEE EVERYONE? ERIC, YOU GOT EVERYONE? LISA, YOU'RE IN BLUE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT PARTY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ]
UH, NOW WE MOVE TO OVERALL COMMUNICATION.OKAY, COMMENT ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THE AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THE NON AGENDA ITEM.
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN THE BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THE ORDERLY COUNTER OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEAKING OFF TOPIC.
SPEAKING BEYOND SPEAKING A LOUD TIME LIMIT, MAKING SLANDEROUS OR PROFANE REMARKS OR USING LOUD THREATENING OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPT DISTURB, PLETE, OR RENDER INVISIBLE THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING MEMBER.
THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN ANY OR PERSON WITH PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN A MANNER THAT MAY REASONABLY BE INTER INTERPRETED AS AN ELEMENT THREAT OF THE PHYSICAL HARM.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, YOU MAY SIT IN THE FRONT ROW, DESIGNATE FOR PUBLIC SPEAKER.
THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TODAY? WE HAVE, UH, 10 MAYOR.
JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY CHARLIE PATEL, FOLLOWED BY MR. G.
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I WAS GONNA SPEAK ABOUT WAS A CANCELLATION OF THE THINGS, BUT FORTUNATELY LISA EXPLAINED TO ME WHY IT WAS BEING DONE.
SO I I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT SHE GAVE ME.
PROBABLY WAS IN THE STAFF REPORT.
I JUST DIDN'T READ EVERYTHING PROPERLY.
BUT, UH, WHAT IT SHOWED IS ACTUALLY SOMEBODY, UH, WORKING FOR THE CITY AT A SENIOR LEVEL WHO THINKS ABOUT THINGS IN THE FUTURE INSTEAD OF THE LAST MINUTE, YOU KNOW? SO WE KIND OF TAKE IT, UH, FROM THERE.
THE, UH, OTHER THING IS, UH, YOU KNOW, I, I WAS READING SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE DOG PARK
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AND THAT THE CITY WAS WAITING 'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE DEVELOPER AT THE, UH, AT THE OLD SCHOOL SITE WAS GOING TO DO.BUT, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, YOU PROMISED THE PEOPLE OVER THERE THAT YOU WERE GONNA PUT A STOP TO THAT, THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE NO SALE TO THE LAND.
AND SINCE I KNOW YOU'RE PRESIDENT, TRUMP'S SUPPORTER, IS THAT A PROMISE MADE, A PROMISE FAILED INSTEAD OF A PROMISE KEPT NO THANKS.
I KNOW MAYBE YOU'RE THAT WAY, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AND GOD BLESS YOU.
BUT, UH, I, I'M NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT ATTRACTED TO YOU.
BUT THANK YOU FOR THE THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, UH, OFFER.
SO I ALSO TAKE IT THAT I GUESS, UH, UM, THE, UH, ME, THE MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS AREN'T AFTER YOU ANYMORE, SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR BIG, UH, UH, SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I KIND OF WONDER ABOUT IS WHEN WE HAVE A, WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE GETTING UP HERE WHO ARE BUSINESSES OR YOU KNOW, STAFF WHO HAVE DONE DIFFERENT THINGS, CAN YOU, MAYOR WU, CAN YOU SHUT THE HELL UP FOR A WHILE AND LET THEM TALK? YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HEAR FROM THEM.
YOU KNOW, AS ONE PERSON PUT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
COULD YOU LIMIT YOURSELF TO THREE MINUTES FOR ONCE? MY GOD, LET, LET THE PEOPLE WHO ARE YOU'RE HONORING TALK A LITTLE BIT.
IT REALLY WOULD BE NICE, YOU KNOW THAT SO WELL.
I JUST WONDER, CONSIDERING THAT WE HAVE AN FBI INFORMANT, A PERSON WHO, UH, CLAIMS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE WIFE OF A PERSON WHO CLAIMS THAT HER HUSBAND'S BUSINESS WAS, UH, SHOT DOWN BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
AND WE KNOW YOU HATE SANCTUARY CITIES.
I WONDER WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
GOT ANYTHING PLANNED? SO YOU PEOPLE OUGHT TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT GOES ON THERE.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPENLY, UH, STATING WHAT THEIR POSITIONS ARE.
CHARLIE PATEL, FOLLOWED BY MR. G, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA RIOS, MR. G, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA RIOS, FOLLOWED BY LISA MAYO.
MAYOR PROTE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SIMPLY SAY, PLEASE TAKE, MAKE SURE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM IS RATIFIED TO THE FACT THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS I HAVE BEEN THERE AND I HAVE MET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND IT'S BEEN A VERY GOOD THING.
AND THOSE THAT ARE HOME, IT INVITE THEM TO COME DOWN.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TRANSPORTATION, PLEASE USE GO WEST COVINA.
IF YOU'RE NOT ON THE, ON THE ROUTE, IT'S ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE, INTERACT WITH PEOPLE OF YOUR AGE, OR WANT TO JUST TAKE UP A COMPUTER CLASS, A DANCE CLASS, OF ALL THOSE THINGS ALL AROUND.
THE ONLY ISSUE I HAD WITH THE SENIOR CENTER IS YOU TOOK THE NAME OFF THE SENIOR CENTER.
I'VE ASKED SOMEBODY TO LOOK INTO IT AND I'LL WAIT FOR THE CLERK'S RESPONSE, WHICH I'LL COME AND GIVE YOU SOME MEET WITH YOU AGAIN.
BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. BUT I THINK THIS REALLY HELPS THE SENIORS TO COME OUT TO INTERACT, HAVE A POSITIVE OUTLOOK, AND SEE AND MEET THE COUNCILMEN AND THEIR STAFF WHO COME OUT REGULARLY.
BUT I STILL HAVE THE QUE I STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ANSWERED THE QUESTION, WHAT IS A CITIZEN OF WEST COVINA? I DON'T LIKE THE WORD RESIDENT, BUT ACTUALLY, OR RESIDENT.
I'D LIKE THE ATTORNEY, THE ATTORNEY TO ACTUALLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION FOR ME.
AND I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTINA LARIOS, FOLLOWED BY LISA MAYO, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEMP COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
MY NAME IS CHRISTINA LARIOS AND I'M THE INTERIM LIBRARY MANAGER AT WEST COVINA LIBRARY.
I WANTED TO SHARE, EXCUSE ME, ABOUT OUR PROGRAMS. FIRST OFF, I WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE STILL HAVE OUR SUMMER DISCOVERY PROGRAM GOING ON.
UM, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LIST, UM, THREE BOOKS AND COMPLETE THREE ACTIVITIES.
YOU CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY AND CLAIM A PRIZE.
WE HAVE PRIZES FOR ADULTS, UM, TEENS AND CHILDREN.
UM, ALSO I WANTED TO REMIND, UM, THE ADULTS THAT WE HAVE A VERY, UM, NICE GARDENING PROGRAM COMING UP ON TUESDAY, JULY 8TH AT 2:00 PM CREATE
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YOUR OWN SUCCULENT CONTAINER GARDEN.AND LASTLY, UM, WE STILL HAVE SPOTS AVAILABLE FOR OUR SUMMER STARS TUTORING PROGRAM FOR GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX.
UM, THE NEXT SESSION WILL BE MATH, AND IT STARTS JULY 15TH THROUGH AUGUST 7TH.
AND YOU CAN REGISTER AT LA COUNTY LIBRARY.ORG/SUMMER-STARS.
LISA MAYO, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN, FOLLOWED BY RAPHAEL CA CASTELLO, I JUST HAVE TO MAKE A SHORT
THERE GOES ON BY SECONDS AND MINUTES.
OKAY, WELL, I'M HERE ONLY TO INVITE AND ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM INVITING ALL OF YOU TO THE EMBLEM CLUB.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GOLF TOURNAMENT COME IN SEPTEMBER.
SO I'M SENDING THESE OUT TO SAVE THE DATE AND TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY TO US, WHY DO WE HAVE ALL THESE SOCIAL EVENTS OF THE ELKS LODGE? THE EMBLEM CLUB? WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE INSIGHT.
DO YOU WANT THESE SO YOU CAN GIVE IT TO THEM? THANK YOU.
WELL, WITH THE FACT THAT WE DO ALL OF THESE, UH, EVENTS, YEAH, THEY'RE SOCIAL EVENTS, BUT WE HELP THE ANDY VARGAS FOUNDATION, THE BOYS REPUBLICAN, THE SERVICE ANIMALS ADOPT A STUDENT, GRACE ELLIOT CENTER, MAMA HILL MARYVALE, SERENITY CARE UNIT, FOOTHILL FOOD KITCHEN, FOOD PANTRY, WEST COVINA, ELKS, MAJOR PROJECTS.
WEST COVINA, ELKS MOUNTAIN FOUNDATION.
WE DO THE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR THE KIDS.
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL THERAPY WRITING CENTER, QUEEN OF THE VALLEY PRENATAL CARE UNITS.
EL MONTE VETS VILLAGE, LB VETERANS HOSPITAL.
WE ALSO HELP FOSTER KIDS, WHICH IS MY PASSION.
ELKS, I MEAN THE MILITARY FAMILIES.
I PLAY MISS SANTA CLAUS FOR THEM.
SO I'M INVITING ALL OF YOU JUST TO BE ABLE TO SEE IF YOU'D LIKE TO PLAY GOLF, COME TO THE EVENT, SUPPORT THAT, BUT KNOW THAT OUR, WHATEVER WE DO, IT'S A GIVE IT OUT.
WE WANNA GIVE IT TO THE FAMILIES.
ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT NEEDS ANY KIND OF HELP, WE ARE HERE TO HELP.
ALSO, REAL QUICKLY, 58 SECONDS.
IT'S A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EVENT.
AND IT'S ALSO, I WILL GIVE THIS OUT TO THE MUSIC MINISTRY OF MURPHY CHAPEL, ST.
SO THAT I'M ALSO GONNA GIVE OUT.
AND LEAST, BUT NOT LEAST
SUMMER DANCE AGAIN FOR THE EMBLEM CLUB.
BUT THAT'S, UH, IF YOU LIKE TO DO HAWAIIAN DANCE OR YOU LIKE TO JUST PARTY HARDY.
SO HERE, I'M ALSO GIVING THESE UP.
AND SO I'M GONNA SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.
REMEMBER, YOU'RE STILL SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOTTA STAY POSITIVE.
AND WHEN YOU HEAR A NO, REMEMBER THAT MEANS ON, YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S NEWER AND BETTER.
I'M BACK TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE CHO LAWS AND THE CHO LAWS BROUGHT BY YOU BY THE CU PRO TEMP MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN, MS. GONZALEZ.
CYNTHIA, IN WHICH SHE MADE ACTIONS SO DEPLORABLE ABOUT HOW PROFESSIONALS AT RISK ARE ICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WHY IS THAT EVERYBODY, WHY IS A COUNCILWOMAN OR MEN CHALLENGING TRUMP CHALLENGING ICE AGENTS THAT ARE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB TO PREVENT GANGS, TO PREVENT ILLEGAL ACTIVITY AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRATIONS, WHICH SOME OF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND WHAT THE WORD ILLEGAL MEANS IS THAT YOU GET OUT AND COME BACK THROUGH THE DUE PROCESS REGISTER.
BUT APPARENTLY THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID, IT'S EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S NOT ABOUT THE GANG LIFE THAT'S OUT THERE PROTESTING AND SPEAKING UP.
SHE SAID, THAT'S MS. GONZALEZ.
WE'RE OUT HERE FIGHTING FOR OUR TURF.
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A TRUE CHOLA FROM CU HAY.BUT I'M GONNA READ IT TO THE RECORD, ALSO THE CASE ON MS. AKANA, JESSICA FROM EL MONTE AND JW CASE NUMBER A 3 29 1 67.
BECAUSE I'M INVITING ICE, I'M INVITING ICE TO SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
I'M INVITING ICE BACK TO EL MONTE BECAUSE JESSICA AND KUNA ON THIS CASE REFERS TO THE EL MONTE GANG.
NOW WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE CASES, BUT THEY ALL AMOUNT TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO HARM LAW ENFORCEMENT IN CALIFORNIA AND IN THE UNITED STATES.
SO IN PARTICULAR HERE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY, AND I'LL READ IT AGAIN IN WHICH THE VIDEO POINTED OUT, MS. GONZALEZ SAID, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WHERE ALL THE HOMIES CHOLOS ARE IN LOS ANGELES FROM THE STREET GANG, 18TH STREET AND FLORENCIA.
WHERE ARE YOU? YOU GUYS TAG EVERYTHING UP, CLAIMING YOU'RE FROM THE HOOD.
WHAT DOES SHE MEAN BY THAT? WHAT DOES AN ELECTED OFFICIAL MEAN BY THAT? BRINGING HARM TO YOU? THE POLICE OFFICERS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US AND ICE AGENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US, BUT WE KNOW WHO THE TRUE CHOLOS AND CHOLOS ARE.
'CAUSE I JUST GOT THROUGH TELLING YOU FOLKS.
SO I INVITE ICE TO WEST COVINA.
I INVITE TRUMP TO GET RID OF THOSE F*****G SANCTUARY CITIES.
FOLLOWED BY JIMMY, FOLLOWED BY DAVID CAST.
UM, WANTED, ACTUALLY, I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE, BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE COUNCIL AND YOU LISTENED.
WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL, UH, POLICE FORCE GROWING FROM WHERE I'M TOLD BY THE END OF THE YEAR, HEY SWEETHEART, DO YOU MIND PLEASE, WE'LL HAVE A POLICE FORCE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BUDGET.
HOW ARE WE GONNA MAINTAIN THAT? NOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME SAY THIS BEFORE, RIGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE NEED A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ON PROPERTY.
IF YOU ASK ANY RESIDENT WEST COVINO WHAT THE SALES TAX IN WEST COVINA IS, YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND SOMEONE WHO ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT IT IS.
WE HAVE THE LOWEST SALES TAX OF ANY CITY AROUND US.
WE CAN EASILY SUPPLEMENT OUR SAFETY WITH THAT.
UM, WASN'T ABLE TO STAY HERE TILL THE LAST COUPLE OF MINUTES OF MEETING.
LAST TIME I UNDERSTOOD THAT, I WAS, UH, ASKED, HEY, IF YOU WANNA PUT THIS ON A BALLOT, GO AHEAD AND DO THE WORK.
I ALSO HEARD THAT ALL IT WOULD TAKE WAS THE SUPER MAJORITY.
AND I, I, I SAW THE VIDEO AGAIN, IT WOULD TAKE SUPER MAJORITY, BUT THE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL TO VOTE TO PUT IT ON THE, ON A BALLOT.
MY QUESTION IS, WHO ON THE COUNCIL WOULD VOTE AGAINST IT? NOW YOU WOULDN'T.
YOU'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR THE POLICE.
TALKED TO A COUPLE OTHER MEMBERS.
UM, EVERYONE WANTS A SAFER CITY.
LET'S DO WHAT'S GOING TO GET US A SAFER CITY.
THEY NEED TO BE PAID AND THEY NEED TO BE EQUIPPED PROPERLY.
UM, I'M SPEAKING FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THEY COULDN'T ALL BE HERE, SO THEY TRUSTED ME TO COME UP.
OUR CHIEF, OUR CAPTAINS AND LIEUTENANTS, THEY COME BY WHENEVER WE ASK, ANSWER ALL OUR QUESTIONS.
UTMOST PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE, YOU, YOU EVER WANT TO MEET.
UM, WE HAVE A GREAT RETENTION PROGRAM.
OUR OFFICERS WORK FOR US, NOT BECAUSE OF THE PAY, BUT BECAUSE THEY LOVE OUR CITY.
LET'S REWARD THEM BY GIVING THEM THE BEST EQUIPMENT WE POSSIBLY CAN BY GIVING 'EM THE MEANS TO PROTECT US.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE REALLY ASKING AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND MOST OF, UH, THE PARK MEETINGS, THE NUMBER ONE, UH, TOPIC.
ONE, NUMBER ONE ISSUE ON EVERYONE'S LIST IS OUR SAFETY.
WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT WITH AN ADEQUATE, BUT ADEQUATE POLICE FORCE.
SO, UH, I ASK YOU DO THE RIGHT THING AND SEE ABOUT GETTING US A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX.
WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW CITIES THAT DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
AND WE'RE WOEFULLY UNDEREQUIPPED.
FOLLOWED BY DAVID, FOLLOWED BY BILL.
UM, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HERE, SO I DON'T KNOW HOW IT REALLY WORKS, BUT
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I'LL SAY WHAT I CAME TO SAY.UM, I'M HERE BECAUSE MY PARENTS LIVE ON THE CORNER OF AZUSA AND AMAR AND ON THE BACK OF THE HILL RIGHT THERE, I DUNNO IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, BUT BEHIND 3 9, 9 PIZZA, THE HOMELESS PEOPLE HAVE SET UP A WHOLE CITY BACK THERE.
THERE'S TENTS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THEY SET FIRES BACK THERE, THEY SMOKE, CRACK, DRINK.
AND, AND INSTEAD OF GOING DOWN THE HILL, THEY'LL JUMP OVER MY PARENTS' BACKYARD AND GO RIGHT THROUGH THEIR BACKYARD LIKE IT'S THEIRS.
WALK RIGHT THROUGH IN AND OUT.
THEY HAD TO GET, CHANGE THE LOCKS.
THEY JUMPED THE FENCES AFTER WE CHANGED THE LOCKS.
SO I DON'T KNOW, WE CALLED WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY SAID THEY CAN'T DO NOTHING.
THEY'RE THE ONES WHO TOLD ME TO COME TO THIS MEETING.
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW.
THIS IS MY, THIS IS THE LAST RESORT.
I GUESS THEY, THEY TOLD ME TO COME HERE, SO I CAME HERE.
SO I DON'T, I'M TELLING YOU GUYS NOW, IT'S NOT SAFE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE JUMPING OVER MY PARENTS' BACKYARD NOW.
MY PARENTS ARE SENIOR CITIZENS.
THEY CAN'T PROTECT THEMSELVES.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
SO I'M TELLING YOU GUYS NOW, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? SO, OKAY.
CAN YOU LEAVE YOUR CONTACT, YOUR PARENTS' ADDRESS AND CONTACT INFORMATION TO OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
OUR NEXT FEATURE SPEAKER IS DAVID, FOLLOWED BY BILL ELLIOT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR A WHILE, SO I'M NOT GONNA DO ANY DISSERTATIONS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THIS IS MORE ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS THAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN, IN THE CITY HERE.
UM, I FIRST WANT US TALK FIRST, SAY, UH, THANKS TO MAYOR PRO TETI FOR, UM, PRO, UH, FOR PROVIDING FOOD FOR US AT THE, UM, WEST COVINA CITIZENS ACADEMY.
ALSO, I WANT TO THANK, UM, COUNCILMAN ALI CANTOS FOR ALL HIS HELP THAT HE'S GIVEN ME IN THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.
UM, AND ESPECIALLY, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES, AND I FEEL FOR THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE I THINK I KNOW WHAT IT, I'VE SEEN WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT IN HIS BAD.
AND I THINK THAT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT TOO, I ASSUME.
MAYOR, UM, I THINK WEST COVINA IS TURNING INTO A THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WITH ALL THIS THAT'S GOING ON.
AND WITH THE HOMELESS PEOPLE OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THEM, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE HOMELESS.
I THINK THEY'RE CHOO CHOOSING TO BE HERE.
UM, AND ALSO WITH A LOT OF THE, UH, GANG GANG, UM, GRAFFITI, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO DOWN THE ALLEY ON, ON GLENDORA AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE 100 THROUGH THE 500 BLOCK IN THE ALLEY.
AND AS SOON AS THEY, THEY, THEY SPRAY IT THE VERY NEXT DAY.
THERE'S GRAFFITI, THERE'S GRAFFITI OVER THERE RIGHT NOW.
UH, GANG GRAFFITI, IT WAS JUST PUT UP THERE YESTERDAY.
THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, YOUR, YOUR GUYS CAME IN.
THEY, THEY HAVE TO COME IN EVERY DAY AND CHECK IF THERE'S GRAFFITI AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT, AND THEY HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE.
IT'S NOT FAIR THAT THE BUSINESSES HAS TO PAY THE GRAFFITI.
THAT BACK ALLEY UP TO THE SIDEWALKS BELONGS TO THE CITY.
THEY NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THAT.
THEY HAVE GRASS GROWING TWO FEET HIGH.
I WENT OVER THERE WITH SOME OTHER FRIENDS AND WE KNOCKED IT DOWN.
IT'S YOUR, IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY.
UM, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, SO I'M GONNA GO FAST.
UH, PALM VIEW PARK, THE, THE, THE, THE ROOF HAS BEEN FOR A YEAR WITH A TARP OVER IT.
WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GONNA HAVE THAT FIXED? WHEN'S THE ROOF GONNA BE FIXED? OKAY.
THERE'S STILL ON SUNSET AND POINTY AVENUE.
YOU STILL HAVEN'T PUT UP THE SIGN UP THERE.
IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR, AND THAT HAS TO BE, UM, PUT UP.
NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL ELLIOT, YOU CAN, OKAY.
ANYTHING YOU DIDN'T MENTION, UH, PLEASE.
YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR CITY MANAGER.
ANYTHING YOU MISSED YOU CAN PROVIDE FOR CITY MANAGER.
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UH, 25 YEARS AGO I WAS, UH, RUNNING A PLUMBING COMPANY AND I GOT A CALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT ONE NIGHT, AND SOMEBODY HAD A PROBLEM EMERGENCY, AND I WENT AND TOOK CARE OF 'EM FOR 'EM.THEY LIVED IN HAS HEIGHTS, WHICH WAS JUST DOWN THE FREEWAY FROM ME.
SO IT WAS A REAL SMALL PROBLEM.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS AN EMERGENCY, BUT I, IT WAS AN EMERGENCY, BUT IT WAS MINOR.
AND, UH, THEY BECAME MY FRIENDS.
AND, UH, I WOULD SAY PROBABLY, UH, COUPLE YEARS LATER, THE WIFE WAS TELLING ME, UH, I, I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU TO MY, MY FRIEND.
AND, UH, SO ONE DAY SHE DID, AND WE WENT ON A DATE AND I KNEW I HAD TO IMPRESS HER.
SO I, I TOOK HER TO THE SUMMIT HOUSE IN FULLERTON.
AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A GREAT DATE.
AND, UH, I DIDN'T WANT THE DATE TO END.
AND SO I DROVE REAL SLOW GOING HOME, WHICH IS UNCHARACTERISTIC OF ME.
AND, UM, NOT TOO LONG AFTER THAT, WE DECIDED TO GET MARRIED.
AND YESTERDAY WAS OUR 20TH ANNIVERSARY, IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL TO GOD THAT HE BROUGHT THIS WOMAN INTO MY LIFE.
AND I'M, I'M LITERALLY NOTHING WITHOUT HER.
AND I'M SO VERY PROUD TO STAND HERE TONIGHT AS HER HUSBAND.
I DON'T DESERVE HER, BUT I'M GLAD I HAVE HER.
SHE'S REALLY SMART, SHE'S VERY GENEROUS.
SHE LOVES PEOPLE AND SHE LOVES WES COVINA VERY MUCH.
AND I'M SO PROUD OF HER SITTING ON THE CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW HER, IT'S YOUR LOSS.
YOU SHOULD GET TO KNOW HER BECAUSE SHE'S A GREAT PERSON AND SHE'S SERVING THE CITY WELL.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I WOULD BE TONIGHT IF I HADN'T GONE ON THAT SERVICE CALL BECAUSE THAT CLARK YELLOW BOOK PAGE AD THAT I TOOK OUT FROM MY PLUMBING COMPANY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU BEING INTRODUCED TO HER.
SO YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GONNA LEAD YOU TO YOUR HEART'S DESIRE, BUT IT CERTAINLY DID THAT NIGHT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, HONEY.
WHERE'S THE FLOWER?
UH, AND ANY SPEAKER? NO FURTHER SPEAKERS.
YOU WANT TO RESPOND? SOME OF THE SPEAKER PLEASE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE SENIOR NUTRITIONAL PROGRAM FOR OUR GO WEST COVINA, UH, PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, ANYTHING THAT'S, UH, OF CONCERN IN THE CITY, FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME ANYTIME AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS TAKEN CARE OF.
UH, CHRISTINA RIOS, UH, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING US UPDATE ON THE SUMMER DISCOVERY, THE, THE GARDEN PROGRAM AND THE SUMMER STARS PROGRAM.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GET THE UPDATES FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE, THE LIBRARY.
UM, LISA MAYO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION ABOUT THE EMBLEM CLUB GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH, AND IDENTIFYING SO MANY, UH, GROUPS THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS.
UM, HERMAN, THANK YOU FOR EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS AND OPINIONS ABOUT ACTIVITIES HAPPENING IN OTHER CITIES.
UM, RAPHAEL CASTON, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE IDEA AND THE, THE RIGHTFUL CONCERN THAT WE SHOULD PROVIDE THE BEST FOR OUR, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THEY WORK HERE 'CAUSE THEY'D LOVE TO WORK HERE.
UM, JIMMY, UH, BORAS, UM, BEHIND THE 3 99 PIZZA, I, I KNOW WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST WITH THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS ALONG THE HILLS THERE AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
I KNOW WE CLEARED OUT A LOT OF THE VEGETATION.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S SOME OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, KNOCK DOWN POP-UP THINGS AND THEY KIND OF RELOCATE TO ANOTHER SPOT,
SO WE'RE, IT IS STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.
WE'RE STILL WORKING TO MOVE OUR WAY ACROSS THAT HILLSIDE AND CLEAN THE REST OF THE AREA.
UH, BUT I WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH YOU AND ALSO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH OUR, OUR HOPE TEAM.
'CAUSE THE, WHAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED AND EXPRESSED
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TONIGHT IS UNACCEPTABLE, AND WE WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.UM, MR. SCHWARTZ, UM, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, ON THE, UH, PALMVIEW PARK ROOF PROJECT, UH, THE ROOF REPLACEMENT PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A CONTRACTOR, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR DOCUMENTS TO, UM, START, UH, CONSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, EXPRESSING YOUR SUPPORT.
AND THANKS TO OUR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO HAVE, UM, HELPED IN PROVIDING SERVICES AND GIFTS TOWARDS OUR DIFFERENT EVENTS.
UM, THAT'S BEEN A, A TOPIC THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT.
I, I ACTUALLY WENT TO MEET WITH A CHIEF OF POLICE TODAY, AND WE TALKED FOR ABOUT AN HOUR ABOUT THAT ISSUE.
AND WE HAVE BOTH SEEN, AND OTHERS HAVE SEEN A SEEMINGLY INCREASE IN UNHOUSED, PEOPLE COMING TO OUR CITY, WHETHER THEY FEEL IT'S SAFE OR A GREAT DESTINATION, WHEREVER IT MAY BE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE WEST COVINA PARKWAY AREA BETWEEN CALIFORNIA EVENTS, THAT THOSE AREAS HAVE BEEN IN INFLUX.
ALSO, THE GRAFFITI ISSUE, UM, WHAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED IN THE LAST, WITH OUR BUDGET IS A GRAFFITI TRACKING SOFTWARE PROGRAM, WHICH WILL BE ROLLED OUT WITH OUR WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING IS WE'RE GOING TO BE CAPTURING AND IDENTIFYING ALL THE INCIDENTS OF GRAFFITI AND TYING THOSE SPECIFIC PEOPLE AND DOING SOME SELECTIVE AND SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT KNOCK OUT SOME OF THESE GRAFFITI ISSUES.
UM, I AGREE IT'S A GREAT BURDEN ON, UH, OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THAT WE NEED TO DO BETTER IN PREVENTING AND STOPPING GRAFFITI IN OUR CITY.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE INITIATIVES THAT I TOOK ON WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD AND BRING THAT TO THE FOREFRONT AND START ADDRESSING THAT THROUGHOUT OUR DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR IN ALL OF OUR BUSINESS DISTRICTS.
UM, I ALSO RECOGNIZE THE SIGN AT POINTE AND SUNSET NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
I WILL DISCUSS WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON WHAT THE DELAY IS IN THAT, AND AGAIN, UNDERSTOOD.
AND AGAIN, ANYTHING IN THE CITY OF ANY CONCERN, YOU HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME AT ANY TIME.
I'LL DIRECT YOU TO THE CORRECT DEPARTMENT AND WE WILL GET IT RESOLVED.
UM, BILL ELLIOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, TOUCHING COMMENTS.
UM, YOU COULDN'T BE TALKING ABOUT A BETTER PERSON, AND THANK YOU FOR TONIGHT.
I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT ME.
AND I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT.
BEFORE I MOVE TO, OKAY, MAYOR, IF I COULD, UM, EXCUSE ME REALLY QUICK.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, UM, THERE WAS A LETTER SUBMITTED TO YOU IN LIEU OF A PUBLIC COMMENT.
IT'S FROM, UH, FORMER MAYOR BRANCH BOT BY, YES.
AND, UH, OKAY, BEFORE WE GO TO THE, I HAVE ONE COMMENT, OH, BEFORE I GO TO THE OKAY.
UH, MANDATORY REPORT, I THINK YOU WANT TO PULL NUMBER NINE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A PROPER OKAY.
AM I RIGHT? YES, MR. MAYOR, WE ARE GONNA BE PULLING ITEM NUMBER NINE FROM THE AGENDA, UH, DUE TO IMPROPER NOTIFICATION OF THE AGENDA ITEM.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, SOME OF THE FALSE RUMORS ABOUT DOWN NORTE DOG PARK.
UH, JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAR, UH, DOWN NORTE DOG PARK IS ON TRACK OF, UH, GETTING, UH, AWARDED THIS COMING YEAR.
UH, WE ARE AWAITING FOR THE PARKS PLAN TO BE COMPLETED, UH, BUT THE DO, THE DOWN NORTE DOG PARK WILL ACTUALLY BE EXPANDED TO ALSO ALLOW FOR, UH, EVEN OUR POLICE OFFICERS CANINE UNITS TO TRAIN AT THAT FAC AT THAT PARK AS WELL WITH OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND IT WAS GONNA BE A VERY BEAUTIFUL DOG PARK.
AND, UH, THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE IT CLEAR, UH, WHEN I WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE, WE MADE IT ALL CLEAR THAT, UH, NO SPECIAL INTERESTS OR DEVELOPER WILL HAVE A SAY OVER OUR CITY PARKS, UH, THAT OUR RESIDENTS COME FIRST AND THEN WE STAY COMMITTED BY MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENS.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ]
OKAY.AND, UH, MANAGER REPORT, PLEASE.
YES, MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH, UM, MAYOR WU AND CITY STAFF MET WITH CAL POLY POMONA ON MONDAY, JUNE 23RD, 2025.
OUR COLLAB COLLABORATIVE WORK WITH CAL POLY POMONA WILL ENABLE THE CITY TO UTILIZE ITS, ITS OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AS CITY INTERNS.
UM, WE ARE ALSO LOOKING TO ESTABLISH AN MOU WITH THE COLLEGE FOR THIS ENDEAVOR, AND WILL BE THE FIRST CITY IN THE STA IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TO ESTABLISH THIS TYPE MOU.
UM, WEST COVINA IS ALSO AIMING TO LEAD THE WAY AS A SMART CITY, LEVERAGING AI AND INNOVATION TO ENHANCE ALL AREAS, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEALTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENTERTAINMENT, AND CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UH, MORE DETAILS WILL BE SHARED IN THE COMING MONTHS.
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CONCERT SERIES WITH SOTO BAND ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH, PLAYING LATIN FUNK R AND B AND DANCE.APPROXIMATELY 800 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE.
THE SECOND CONCERT IN OUR SERIES TOOK PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25TH, FEATURING FAMILY STYLE, BAND PLAYING CLASSIC SOUL R AND B AND ROCK.
APPROXIMATELY 750 COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, TINY TALK GRADUATION ON FRIDAY, JUNE 27TH, THE SHADOW SHADOW OAK PARK COMMUNITY CENTER HELD ITS TINY TALK GRADUATION, PROUD PARENTS CHEERED AS 21 STUDENTS WALKED ACROSS THE STAGE TO RECEIVE THEIR DIPLOMAS, MAKING AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THEIR EARLY EDUCATION.
THE SECOND ANNUAL PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT WAS HELD JUNE 28TH AT THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER.
THIS INCLUDED CO-ED DOUBLES TEAMS. EACH TEAM PLAYED IN A POOL OF POOL OF OPPONENTS, AND THE TEAM WITH THE MOST WINS AND POINTS GOT TO TAKE HOME A GIFT BASKET WITH PICKLEBALL GOODIES.
THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 18 TEAMS FOR THIS EVENT.
UM, THE CITY'S IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING BRANDING ON ALL CITY VEHICLES AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL, UH, THROUGHOUT ITS FLEET.
UH, PICTURED HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE NEW, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DECALS.
AND THEN ALSO ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS VEHICLES HAVE ALSO BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE CITY LOGOS.
PUBLIC WORKS THIS WEEK CLEANED UP THE WASH AREA, UM, ALONG THE GRAND AVENUE BRIDGE, UH, FROM OVERGROWN VEGETATION, TRASH AND DEBRIS, AND HAVE SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY DID.
UM, THIS WEEK, CITY CONTRACTOR BRIGHTVIEW IS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING UP A ZE AVENUE FROM THE 10 FREEWAY TO TEMPLE AVENUE.
AND I HAVE SOME PICTURES HERE, THEM ACTUALLY OUT THERE, UM, DOING SOME WORK.
AND AZU S AVENUE IS LOOKING A LOT BETTER.
UM, THIS WEEK, UM, ACTIVE RECRUITMENTS FOR CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS.
UM, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF VACANCIES IN THE CITY.
SO I'M CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF RECRUITMENTS FOR BOTH FINANCE DIRECTOR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, FIRE CHIEF, HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR.
SOME OF THOSE POSITIONS MAY BE UNDERFILLED WITH THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION, BUT THOSE ARE ALL INTRICATE AND KEY DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, UM, THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TO HAVE STAFFED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
UH, WITH THAT, AS I AM BRINGING ON A, A NEW TEAM OF DIRECTORS, I'VE GONE THROUGH AND I'VE REORGANIZED THE CI CITY'S DEPARTMENTAL ORG CHARTS TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I I'VE FOUND IS THE COMMUNITY SAYS THEY DON'T KNOW WHO TO CONTACT OR WHO'S ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE.
THEY GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND THEY GET LOST IN THE MAZE, OR THEY CALL CITY HALL AND THEY GET TRANSFERRED, UM, SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE FINDING SOMEONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY ASSIST THEM.
SO, WITH THE NEW ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, WE'RE GONNA PUT THIS ON OUR, OUR WEBSITE OR NEW WEBSITE THAT WILL BE LAUNCHING.
AND IT, IT, NOT ONLY DOES IT REORGANIZE, UM, BUT IT ALSO BREAKS UP INTO MORE RESPONSIVE DEPARTMENTS AND DIVISIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THAT I'VE BROUGHT IT TO BE A DIRECT REPORT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE INSTEAD OF A, UH, ANOTHER DIRECTOR, BECAUSE COMMUNICATION AND OUTREACH TO OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS ESSENTIAL.
AND THAT AREA DEFINITELY NEED TO BE IMPROVED.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS NOW GONNA BECOME A MORE OF A KEY PLAYER IN THE OVERALL SUCCESS OF OUR CITY.
AND MOVING FORWARD, YOU'LL SEE THAT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL NOW REPORT TO AN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO WILL HELP OVERSEE THOSE DEPARTMENT HEADS WORK AGAIN, TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND ULTIMATELY, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I AM GONNA BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH AND EVERY ASPECT OF THIS CITY.
AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT EACH DEPARTMENT IS ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, REBRAND AND RE-IMAGE THE CITY WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE AND ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I'VE HEARD THAT OVERWHELMINGLY FROM THE COMMUNITY, THAT THEY JUST WANT BE HEARD AND THEY WANNA SEE ACTION.
UM, THEY'RE TIRED OF CALLING IN THINGS AND NOT SEEING THE ACTION.
SO THIS IS AN ACTION PLAN, UM, TO BE IN A VERY ACCOUNTABLE ORGANIZATION.
UM, THIS WEEK, UH, AS PART OF IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF OUR STAFF, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ATTENDED MANDATORY TRAINING THIS WEEK FOR NPDS, UM, COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT.
AND THIS IS GONNA BE THE, UH, NATIONAL POLLUTANT STORM RUSH STORM, UH, POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM.
BASICALLY DEALING WITH ILLICIT DUMPING IN THE CITY, STUFF GOING INTO OUR STORM DRAINS THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO THERE.
AND EVENTUALLY ENDING UP IN OUR, IN OUR OCEAN, UM, OUR PARKS AND, UH, RECREATION MASTER PLAN WORKSHOP NUMBER THREE WILL BE IN, THERE'S A NEW DATE, UM, WE ARE GONNA BE DOING AT THE COMMUNITY WORKSHOP.
UH, PAR NUMBER THREE, UH, WEST COVINA PARKS MASTER PLAN.
THE NEW DATE IS JULY, UM, 31ST AT
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SIX TO 8:00 PM AT PALM VIEW PARK.UM, HAPPY 4TH OF JULY TO EVERYBODY.
UH, JUST A REMINDER, FIREWORKS ARE NOT PERMITTED IN THE CITY OF WEST COA.
INSTEAD OF BUYING AND LIGHTING OFF FIREWORKS IN THE CITY AND RUNNING YOURSELF IN JEOPARDY OF RECEIVING A CITATION AND CONFISCATION, UH, PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING OUR ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR, UM, AT OUR WEST COVINA SPORTS COMPLEX ON AZUSA AVENUE.
AND, UH, THE GATES WILL OPEN AT 4:00 PM FOR THAT EVENT.
UM, SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS, WE HAVE THE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES ON WEDNESDAY NIGHTS.
UH, THERE'LL BE NO CONCERT, UH, TOMORROW NIGHT, BUT WE'LL RETURN WITH THE NEW ROMANTICS ON JULY 9TH.
UM, THE 4TH OF JULY, SPECTACULAR, AGAIN, IS THE WEST COVINA SPORTS COMPLEX, 5:00 PM TO 9:30 PM GATES OPEN AT 4:00 PM UH, ESPN ALL STAR FRIDAY NIGHT, WEST GREEN SPORTSPLEX 5:00 PM TO 9:30 PM FRIDAY, JULY 11TH.
LIVE BROADCAST BEGINS AT 9:00 AM UH, SEVEN 10 SOFTBALL GAME AM SEVEN 10.
RADIO AND SOFTBALL GAME, STARTING AT 6:00 PM UH, COOL KIDS OF SUMMER WATER DAY PALMVIEW PARK.
UH, 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM FRIDAY, UH, JULY 11TH.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY CITY MANAGER REPORT FOR TONIGHT.
CITY MANAGER, ACTING CITY MANAGER, AND, UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL? ANY QUESTION? OKAY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, BRING UP, UH, FOR BRIGHTVIEW TO ALSO FOCUS ON, UH, THE OTHER MIDDLE ISLANDS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
UH, I THINK, UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER METOS, UH, MADE A MOTION TO HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE.
AND I, I WOULD LIKE TO HOPEFULLY SEE THAT RFP OR REQUEST FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES POSTED ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, HOPEFULLY BY THIS, THIS MONTH IN JULY, UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, UH, SOUTH COAST ARBORIST CON, UH, RFP THAT HAS NOT BEEN POSTED.
UM, IN ADDITION, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, AI, ARE WE LOOKING FOR, HOW, HOW WOULD THAT, HOW, HOW WAS THAT GONNA PLAY INTO, SO AFTER MEETING WITH CAL POLY POMONA, UM, THEIR PROFESSORS AND THEIR STAFF, MEETING WITH COUNCIL AND TALKING AMONGST OURSELVES, WE STARTED TO SEE SOME REAL VALUE IN BEING MORE INNOVATIVE AND USING AI AND TECHNOLOGY TO BETTER OUR, OUR SERVICES FOR THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, WE JUST MET LAST WEEK AND WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED BY THE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO CIRCLE BACK AND BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL PLAN TO, FOR THE CITY TO BE MORE INNOVATIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO THIS COMMUNITY UTILIZING AI AND OTHER SERVICES.
AND IS, IS THERE A MONETARY VALUE TO THAT? WELL, I, I THINK THE MONETARY VALUE WOULD BE, UH, IT WOULD CUT DOWN ON A LOT OF STAFF'S TIME.
ARE, ARE WE GONNA BE PAYING MONETARY TO THIS SERVICE? N NO.
WE'RE JUST EXPLORING OPTIONS, WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
BUT OBVIOUSLY KEEPING THE BUDGET AND CONCERN, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS WE CAN DO WITHOUT, UM, HAVING TO CONTRACT FOR, UH, AGAIN, JUST TAKING A LOOK AT OUR OVERALL OPERATION AND HOW WE CAN BE SMARTER AND USE AI TO, UH, AUTOMATE THINGS, BE AVAILABLE 24 7 ONLINE FOR CERTAIN SERVICES, THOSE TYPE THINGS.
YEAH, I, YEAH, I, YEAH, AI IS A GREAT PROGRAM AND YEAH, I THINK, I THINK, BUT IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE ANY MONEY FROM THE BUDGET, I THINK IT SHOULD BE A FAIR R-F-R-F-Q OR RFP PROCESS ONLINE.
A ABSOLUTELY, I AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UH, ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL? OTHERWISE,
[CONSENT CALENDAR ]
LET'S MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.AND, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR, ONE TO EIGHT, NUMBER NINE.
PROBABLY HEARING HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THE NEXT MEETING UNTIL WE HAVE ALL, EVERYTHING PROPER NOTIFICATION, AND OTHER THAN THAT, ONE TO EIGHT.
ANYBODY WANT TO PULL ANYTHING? I'LL PULL NUMBER THREE.
AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO PULL ANY? I, I WANT, IF NONE, I WANT TO PULL NUMBER 2, 6, 7, JUST A QUALIFICATION, JUST A CLARIFICATION.
NUMBER TWO, SIX AND SEVEN WOULD BE FROM ME.
AND, UH, AND THEN THE REST WOULD BE 1, 4, 5, 8.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MOTION.
SO, UH, MAYOR PROTON, MOVE THE MOTION.
UH, I ACTUALLY HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.
SO YES, SO A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTE, UH, LOPEZ VIDO WAS SECOND BY MAYOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ FOR ITEMS 1, 4, 5, AND EIGHT.
AND, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE ZERO.
[2) CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLATION OF THE CANCELLATION OF THE AUGUST 5, 2025 AND NOVEMBER 4, 2025 COUNCIL MEETINGS ]
NUMBER TWO.UH, JUST A QUALIFICATION BECAUSE OKAY.
I REMEMBER THE NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025.
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WE HAVE ELECTION AND ELECTION 2026.SO WHY WE CANCELED THE 2025 AND THE NOVEMBER 4TH.
DO WE HAVE ANY ELECTION ON THE, THIS OUR YEARS? NORMALLY IT'S A 2026.
YES, THERE'S A BIG ELECTION, MIDTERM ELECTION THAT SHOULD BE CANCELED BECAUSE THERE'S A BIG ELECTION AND PLUS C3 CITY COUNCIL OKAY.
HAVE THE GO AROUND FOR REELECTION.
BUT 20, 25, NOVEMBER FOUR, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY THAT, THAT'S CORRECT.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY LOCAL BALLOT MEASURES.
BUT THE, THE ROOM HERE, UM, AND THIS CHAMBER IS USED FOR A POLLING CENTER.
SO THE COUNTY WILL BE USING, UM, UPSTAIRS FOR THE POLLING.
AND WHILE THE COUNTY'S OCCUPYING THAT FOR A POLLING CENTER, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH TO ENTER THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
I HAVE A SUGGESTION BEFORE THEY ALWAYS IN THE COURTES OKAY.
AND, AND THEY CAN GO USING THAT EAST SIDE ROOM BECAUSE I VOTE THERE ALL THE TIME FOR, I DON'T KNOW, 20 YEARS.
SO WHY THEY NEED TO INTERRUPT OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
IF WE DON'T HAVE A ELECTION, IF COUNTRY WANT TO USE IT, OKAY.
THEY CAN USE IT, THEIR, THEIR PLACE.
DO YOU WANNA DO IT TO THE, OKAY.
UH, SENIOR CENTER, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A CITY BUSINESS.
OKAY? WE, WE NEED TO PUT IT TENTATIVE.
UNLESS IT REALLY BE USED MM-HMM
OTHERWISE, WHY SHOULD WE CANCEL IT? MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS WE ARE GOING PUSH.
AND PLUS NOVEMBER FOUR, I ONLY HAVE A TWO MEETING.
GO BECOME A STEP DOWN AS A MAYOR RELATIONSHIP.
SO, SO AM I RIGHT, LISA? MM-HMM
IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.
SO, SO I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NATIONAL IO AND KEEP IT OPEN FOR NOVEMBER FOUR.
IF WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS MM-HMM
BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON, WE REALLY NEED TO, I'LL SECOND.
AND, UH, WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
BASICALLY, THE MOTION WILL BE KEEP THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
THAT ONE'S CANCELED BECAUSE WE HAVE A POLICE BIG EVENT OVER HERE, BUT, UH, NOVEMBER 4TH.
SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ELECTION IN OUR CITY, NO POINT TO CANCEL IT.
HOPEFULLY WE, IF WE HAVE A, A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE, SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER THREE, FOUR WEEKS.
AND SO WE CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR WU, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO APPROVE, UM, AUGUST 5TH, 2025.
UH, YOU SECOND? YEAH, I WAS GONNA MAKE A COMMENT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, JUST TO JOIN WHAT MAYOR, WE WERE SAYING BEFORE I MAKE THE VOTE, BUT JUST AS A JOIN MAYOR, WE WAS SAYING, UH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF SPACES IN THIS CITY, BUT THIS DOES NOT AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK THEY SHOULD USE EVEN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY THEY HAVE NEXT DOOR, BUT YEAH, CORRECT.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY HORN AND ASSOCIATES, INC. FOR DESIGN ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE AZUSA AVENUE PEDESTRIAN HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY & SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT - PROJECT NO. 23008 ]
THREE.UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? YES.
UM, SO I, UH, WAS ABLE TO TALK TO, UM, OUR, OUR, OUR TEAM TODAY, UH, CITY TEAM AND, AND, AND OUR ENGINEERS AND, UH, FROM TRANSTECH AND SO FORTH.
UH, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO, ONE OF MY CONCERNS WAS THE USE OF MEASURE M FUNDS.
AND, UH, THEY DID, THEY DID SHARE THAT WE DO HAVE A SHARE, A SHARE PERCENTAGE WHERE WE HAVE TO, UH, INPUT OUR INPUT A PERCENTAGE INTO THE PROJECT.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO STATE, UM, THAT GOING FORWARD, UH, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE USE THE MONEY THAT, UH, THE CONGRESSWOMAN, AND I THINK I SHARED THIS EARLIER WITH THEM, IS THAT WE USE THE FUNDS THAT CONGRESSWOMAN, UH, POLITANO SECURED FOR THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE $7 MILLION THAT CALTRANS CURRENTLY, UH, HOLDS IN THEIR POSSESSION.
I ALSO, UH, ENCOURAGE STAFF TO MEET, UH, UH, TO GO MEET WITH KELLY AND, UH, AND CALTRAN SOONER THAN LATER TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND WHATEVER INFORMATION YOU GUYS NEED TO START GETTING SOME OF THAT MONEY.
SO, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER AND TO PER YOUR DIRECTION AND ADVICE, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THAT PROCESS TO GET THE APPLICATION INTO CALTRAN SO THAT WE, UH, FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT REIMBURSEMENT RATIO IS.
UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL? AND, BUT I WANT TO ADD ON WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER
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THE MONEY WILL GO BACK TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY TRY TO TAKE ALL THE MONEY BACK.
SO WE NEED TO HURRY, WE, WE HAVE TO HURRY UP.
UTILIZE THAT, THE MONEY, THE FUNDING THAT, THAT AWARD TO US.
TO, TO, TO, TO FIX THE A DA OKAY.
TO MAKE IT SAFE AND THEN TO CROSSWALK AND TO SYNCHRONIZE SYNCHRONIZATION.
AND THEN WE NEED TO HAVE LEAD.
ASAP SO WE CAN, BEFORE THEY TOOK THE MON TAKE THE MONEY BACK.
SO, SO UTILIZE THE $7 MILLION AS, AS A, AS A FIRST FUNDING, RATHER THAN USING THE MAJOR AIM, WE COULD USE THE MEASUREMENT SOMETHING ELSE.
AND DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? I MOVE.
AND DO I HAVE SECOND? SECOND? YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY? NO, NO, NO, NO.
SO WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND.
AGAIN, CAN I CLARIFY WHO MADE THE MOTION? I KNOW
I, I YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO EVERYONE.
AND THEN, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
AS THE MAYOR SAID, A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH KIMLEY HORNE AND ASSOCIATES FOR DESIGN ENGINEERING SERVICES FOR THE AZUSA AVENUE PEDESTRIAN HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY AND SIGN SYNCHRONIZATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, PROJECT NUMBER 2 3 0 0 8.
AND, UH, APPROVE FIVE ZERO NUMBER SIX.
[6) CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN WITTMAN ENTERPRISES, LLC AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES ]
OKAY.AND, UH, REGARDING THE WEST COVINA FOR AMBULANCE BUILDING SERVICE.
AND THE REASON I PULLED THIS, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY SINCE WE POSSIBLE WE ARE GOING TO SET UP OUR AMBULANCE FLEET.
SO MEANING CONNECT, INCLUDING THIS SERVICE, I'M GONNA ASK, UH, ACTUALLY CHIEF BROWN TO COME ASK YOU QUESTIONS ON THIS REPORT.
UH, MAYOR, IF I CAN REAL QUICK, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK EVERYONE TO OBSERVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE TWO FIREFIGHTERS KILLED IN IDAHO WHILE RESPONDING TO A WILDFIRE, UH, COE COUNTY FIRE AND RESCUE BATTALION CHIEF FRANK HARWOOD AND COEUR D'ALENE FIRE DEPARTMENT BATTALION CHIEF JOHN MORRISON.
UM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, AND ANY AMBULANCES THAT WE ADD TO OUR FLEET WILL DEFINITELY BE INCORPORATED IN THIS.
UM, IN THIS CONTRACT THAT WE DID HERE, BY PICKING BACKING OFF OF PASADENA'S AGREEMENT, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THEIR, UH, COLLECTION FEE FROM 3.9 UH, PERCENT DOWN TO 3.75.
AND, UM, THAT'LL REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF FEES THAT WE PAY TO THEM.
AND THEN BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF, UH, RESPONSES AND AMBULANCE TRANSPORTS THAT WE GET, THAT WILL ALSO INCREASE OUR REVENUE.
SO, SO QUESTION WOULD BE OKAY IF WE, UH, CAN UTILIZE AND TAG OUR, A AMBULANCE AND TO SERVICE NEIGHBORHOOD CONTRACT WITH THIS AMBULANCE, SO-CALLED AMBULANCE FLEET THAT WITH COVINA AMBULANCE FLEET TO SERVICE AND USE THE MOU UH, TWO PERSON OKAY.
TO AMBULANCE TO PICK UP OR TRANSFER, UH, THE PATIENT OR PERSON NEED HELP FOR THE, OKAY.
AND THE ICU OR OPERATION OR ANY OF THE SERVICE, DO WE NEED TO, DO WE DO THE CONTRACT AGAIN OR SHOULD WE, WE, WE NEGOTIATE OR ON YOUR CONTRACT? YOU SHOULD OPEN IT UP, SAY THE CITY.
INCREASING THE SERVICE, MEANING RIGHT NOW WE CURRENTLY ONLY USE THREE AMBULANCE IN THE FUTURE POSSIBLE WE'LL USE TOTALLY A AMBULANCE BECAUSE THAT IS GOING TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE SERVICE FOR THE REGION.
BUT, UM, THE CONTRACT WOULDN'T NEED TO BE RENEWED BECAUSE IT'S FOR ANY, ANY AMBULANCE THAT WE, UM, PROVIDE A TRANSPORT FOR.
SO WHETHER WE HAD OUR THREE CURRENT ONES, OR IF WE STAFFED FIVE, THEY DO THE, UH, BILLING FOR ANY TRANSPORTS THAT WE DO, REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF, UH, AMBULANCES THAT WE SERVICE IN THE, IN THE CITY.
AND IF WE WERE TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE AMBULANCES AND WE DO HAVE ONE STATION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO PRO PROVIDE, UH, HOUSING FOR AMBULANCE STAFF RIGHT OFF, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, WHETHER IT BE PARAMEDICS OR FIREFIGHTERS.
SO BASICALLY WE HAVE A OKAY, IF, IF WE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, WHEN WE INCREASING, UM, BECAUSE WE, WE CANNOT BUILD A ROLE IN ONE DAY, WE BUILD GRADUALLY TO USING 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 A YEAH.
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THE, HOW IT GOES.BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THIS SYSTEM ROLLING IF WE IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, A AM WE OWN CURRENTLY, AND TO UTILIZE, AND NOT ONLY TO HELP THE, OKAY, OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS REGION, BUT ALSO IT WILL BRING THE RESOURCE INTO OUR CITY.
WE, SO IN THAT WAY, IF WE HAVE A AMBULANT, MAYBE WE CAN LOWER THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CHARGE, RIGHT? YEAH.
WE ALREADY LOWERED IT, UH, BY PERCENTAGE THIS TIME THEY BASICALLY DO IT BY, BY CALL VOLUME.
UM, THIS WAS BUILT OFF OF 77,000, UH, CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR MEDICAL TRANSPORTS, UM, AND A LS SERVICES.
SO, UM, THE MORE WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, I, WE COULD LOOK BACK, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS CONTRACT, WE ARE ALREADY ABLE TO REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR FEE DOWN.
SO, UM, BUT YEAH, THE MORE AMBULANCES THAT WE HAVE, THE MORE POTENTIAL WE HAVE TO BRING IN.
SO CAN WE, ON THE CONTRACT, MAYBE PUT SOME KIND OF WORDING THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE PERCENTAGE WHEN WE HAVE MORE AMBULANCE, SO WE HAVE MORE CALLS? WE HAVE, UH, OKAY.
AND IF COMPARED WITH THREE, NOW WE HAVE A, WE DOUBLE MORE THAN DOUBLE OF OUR VOLUME CER CERTAINLY WE CAN NEGOTIATE WITH THEM AND PROVIDE A WRITTEN AMENDMENT TO IT AND, AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL.
OR YOU CAN DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO AUTHORIZE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THAT CONTRACT.
THE THE POINT IS THIS, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, OKAY, OUR, AS OUR OKAY.
AND THE BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICE.
AND, UH, OKAY, THEN THEY GO UP INTO REDUCING THEIR CHARGE.
WHEN WE GO MORE THAN $250,000 THEN TO BECOME CERTIFIED, WE BECOME 65.
SO WE WILL DO THE SAME THING WITH THIS BUILDING.
SO WE DON'T, BECAUSE WE, WE CREATE MORE VOLUME AND THEY CHARGE US OKAY.
AND THEN LET, SHOULD COME TO THE CITY RATHER THAN GO TO THE PRIVATE COMPANY.
CITY ATTORNEY LOOKING INTO THE WARDEN.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? YEAH, I WAS JUST, THIS IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY.
I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, IF YOU CAN MAKE SURE TOM, UM, THAT THE, THE CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN, UH, TO OBVIOUSLY PREVENT LIABILITY FOR THE CITY.
I KNOW THERE'S, UH, YEAH, A COUPLE OTHER CONTRACTS.
SO GOING FORWARD, MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTS, UH, ELIMINATING ANY LIABILITY TO THE CITY.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, ALSO LIKE MAYOR W STATED, UH, PUT SOME WORDING IN THERE THAT, THAT WILL MANDATE THE COMPANY TO RENEGOTIATE THEIR TERMS, UH, IF THE CITY ADDS ADDITIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICES.
UH, CHIEF, YOU WANNA ADD ON ANYTHING? UH, NO, JUST, I WANT TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT WHITMAN ENTERPRISES, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR OUR AMBULANCE BILLING SERVICES SINCE 2005.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH MULTIPLE PROCESSES.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT ASSET TO THE CITY IN RECO, RECOVERING AND RECOUPING OUR AMBULANCE BILLING, UH, UH, COSTS.
WHO WANTED TO MOVE THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION, SIR.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ AND A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND WILCO POLICE.
FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, STATE CONSIDERATION, UH, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN WHITMAN ENTERPRISES, LLC AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR AMBULANCE BUILDING SERVICES.
[7) CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIRE RECOVERY USA AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR INSPECTION AND PERMIT BILLING SERVICES ]
ZERO NUMBER SEVEN, ESSENTIALLY TO YOU.SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE WALKING AROUND.
AND, UH, THIS IS REGARDING INSPECTION.
THIS, AND, AND SO WE ARE GOING TO AWARD THIS COMPANY OKAY? REGARDING THE, OKAY, THIS IS, UM, UH, INSPECTION AND PERMIT BILLING SERVICE.
SO THIS ONE, WE CANNOT DO IT OURSELF, OKAY? OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THEN WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE, CONTRACT OUT.
UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST.
UM, FIRE RECOVERY SERVICE IS THE NATION'S LARGEST FIRE RECOVERY COMPANY SERVICING, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2006.
UM, IF YOU NOTICE IN THE LAST, YOU KNOW, FROM THE LAST TWO ITEMS IN THERE WHERE WE GAVE THE BILLING NUMBERS, UH, WE WENT FROM 169,000 DOWN TO 146,000.
THE REASON FOR THAT WAS WE DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF TO GO OUT AND, UM, PERFORM THE INSPECTIONS THAT WE NORMALLY DO.
UH, WE BROUGHT ON, FILLED OUR PART-TIME POSITION.
UH, WE SENT OUT AN OFFER LETTER TODAY FOR A FULL-TIME POSITION, AND SHE HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION, SO WE'LL BE IN THE PROCESS OF ONBOARDING HER.
AND THEN WITH THE NEW BUDGET, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL, WE MOVED, UH, BUT A MANAGEMENT ANALYST, UH, WE BASICALLY SWAPPED THAT POSITION TO, UH, UM, DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL AND THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET OUR NUMBERS NOT ONLY BACK TO THE WAY WE WERE IN 20 22, 23,
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BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXCEED THAT WITH OUR BILLING.NOW THAT WE HAVE, UH, PROPER STAFFING AND WORK TOWARDS BUILDING THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO INCREASE THOSE.
BUT CURRENTLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND DO THE, DO THE INSPECTIONS.
WE WOULD NEED TO HIRE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO BE ABLE TO, UH, SUPPORT THE, THE BILLING PROCESS OF IT, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER.
UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE IS THAT SUFFICIENT OR EFFICIENT TO DO THIS WAVE? BECAUSE MAYBE WE NEED TO SEE HOW WE DO SOME OF THE INTERNAL POSITION.
AND ANOTHER THING IS THIS, OKAY? AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, IF WE CAN BUILD THAT A AMBULANCE FLEET, WE CAN BRING, BRING NG FOUR BACK MM-HMM
WE CAN HIRE MORE FIRE FIGHTER BASED ON THE, WHAT THE RESOURCE REVENUE WE GENERATE FROM THE A AMBULANCE.
SO I THINK, AND, UH, WE WANNA BUILD OUR ARMY, BUT WE NEED REVENUE.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE A GENERAL FUND, BUT, BUT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF EQUIPMENT WHERE WE HAVE, UH, FIVE BRAND NEW AMBULANCE AND 3 0 1 AND A TWO.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF, SO WHAT WE NEED IS OKAY, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR YOUR STATION, AND THEN WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW, AND ANOTHER THING IS HOW WE BUILD THE SOFTWARE, MEANING THE PEOPLE INCLUDING YOUR OKAY.
AND HOW WE INTERNALLY USING OUR OWN STAFF AND, BUT, AND BRING WHAT THE FIREFIGHTER BACK AND BASED ON THE RESOURCE THEY GENERATE BY OUR FIREFIGHTER, OUR OKAY.
AND THAT IS BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.
AND, UH, AND THEN, THEN WE CAN GET AS MANY AS, AS IF STILL HAVE TO EFFICIENTLY HAVE OUR STAFFING MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
IF I CAN ADD ON TO THE FACT THAT, UM, UH, FIRE RECOVERY USA ONLY CHARGES US $18 AND 50 CENTS PER INSPECTION, AND THAT'S A PRETTY MINIMAL RATE COMPARED TO THE FEE THAT WE COLLECT.
BUT HOW ABOUT THE SERVICE, THE COMPLAINT FROM THE PEOPLE IS SOMETIMES THEY TAKE FOREVER FOR THE INSPECTION, THIS AND THAT.
THE SERVICE IS VERY IMPORTANT BESIDE THE, THE CHARGE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THE STAFF ON TO BE ABLE TO DO THE INSPECTIONS.
THIS IS SEPARATE IN COLLECTING THE FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO, AND THEY ONLY TAKE EIGHT 18.
QUESTION, ANNETTE, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.
HOW ABOUT THIS CONTRACT? THIS HOW, HOW LONG THIS CONTRACT WILL LAST? OKAY.
MOU ROLLING AND WE CAN BILL OUR TEAM AND WE GOT A RESOURCE, AND THEN WE USE USING THAT RESOURCE WE CAN GENERATE OKAY.
AND, UH, HIRE STAFF FOR WHAT CHIEF WANT.
THE, THE ENGINE NUMBER FOUR COME BACK.
THAT THERE'S A NINE FIREFIGHTER, BUT WE NEED RESOURCE, WE NEED REVENUE.
AND THEN, THEN AMBIENT SERVICE POSSIBLE WILL BRING THE REVENUE BACK TO US.
THEN WE CAN BRING IN, I THINK THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT.
AND THE, AND ANOTHER THING IS HOW TO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL YOUR STATION.
HOW WE CREATE THE RESOURCE REVENUE AND THE PAY FOR OUR EXPENDITURE.
ACTING CITY MANAGER'S SUGGESTION.
SO YOU'D LIKE ME TO MEET WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND DO AN ANALYSIS WHAT IT WOULD COST US TO BRING IT IN-HOUSE COMPARED TO GOING TO A CONTRACT? I, I THINK THAT IS, THAT IS THE THING BECAUSE THERE'S BETTER SERVICE.
SO PEOPLE, A LOT OF TIMES THEY, THE BUSINESS WAITING FOREVER FOR YOUR INSPECTION.
INSPECTION AND THEN WE CANNOT SIGN OFF AND THEY CANNOT GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL OKAY.
TO FINISH OUT THE PROJECT AND THEN WE NEED THEM TO FINISH THE PROJECT SO WE CAN GET A SALES TAX.
SO, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CLARIFY THAT THE FACT OF THEM GETTING AN INSPECTION OR DELAYS IN GETTING THEIR INSPECTION IS TOTALLY SEPARATE FROM THE FIRE RECOVERY, UM, COST RECOVERY PORTION OF IT.
AND I THINK AT $18 AND 50 CENTS PER PER INSPECTION, THAT'S ALMOST WHAT AN HOURLY RATE OF AN EMPLOYEE IS, AND THEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT, AT BENEFITS.
THAT, SO JUST IN A BRIEF ANALYSIS OVERVIEW, I UNDERSTAND, UNDERSTAND WELL HOW, HOW LONG IS THE CONTRACT? IT'S A ONE YEAR CONTRACT, FIVE YEARS.
UH, BUT CAN WE CANCEL ANY TIME BEFORE WE HAVE OUR IN-HOUSE 15 YEAR WITH OR WITHOUT 15 DAY WITH OR WITHOUT? CAUSE YOU CAN TERMINATE.
SO WE CAN TERMINATE WITHOUT THIS SUING US.
HOW MANY YEARS IS IT? FIVE YEAR.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER
UM, SO MY CONCERN IS THAT, UH, WE, WE CONTINUE TO, AND I GUESS OUR
AND, AND WE MAY BE LOOKING AT, UH, WHAT CITY WAS THIS CITY OF SAN BRUNO VENTURA'S, RFP ATTACHMENT ONE.
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I THINK, UH, THE COMMUNITY OF WEST GREEN DESERVES A FAIR PROCESS AND, AND THAT WE INITIATE RFPS FOR CONTRACTS LIKE THIS.I THINK THIS IS A SIMILAR, UH, ISSUE THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS BACK.
UH, I THINK THERE IS ALSO OTHER COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT WANNA BID IN, IN TAKE PART IN THIS PROCESS AND BID ON OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS.
AND I THINK WE'RE ELIMINATING, UH, THAT FAIR CHANCE BY CONTINUING TO PIGGYBACK OFF, UH, OTHER BIDS FROM OTHER CITIES.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT, THAT WAS MY MAIN CONCERN.
UM, AND YEAH, I, I SEE THE FISCAL YEAR REVENUE, SO IT, IT MAY BE $18 AND 50 CENTS, BUT IT, IT ADDS UP.
SO, AND, AND THIS IS A, A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT, SO I MEAN, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A, AN ACTUAL RFP BE DONE.
AND, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A, A 30 DAY RFP, IT COULD BE A, UH, THE, THE MINIMUM REQUIRED BY LAW, WHICH IS I BELIEVE, SO WHAT, WHAT IS IT, TOM? SEVEN DAYS OR 10 DAYS.
SO, UH, SO THAT WAY, AND IS THIS, UH, ARE THEY, UH, MONTH TO MONTH SERVICES RIGHT NOW? OR? UH, WE'D HAVE TO REACH OUT TO 'EM AND SEE THE CONTRACT IS UP.
UH, ACTUALLY, I'M NOT, NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON WHICH ONE.
I THINK IT'S AT THE END OF JULY.
SO I MEAN, UM, YEAH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ACTUAL RFP OKAY.
I THINK, UH, PER OUR CODE EVERY ESPECIALLY CONTRACT, WE NEED A IFP.
AND LET'S, LET'S SUBMITS AN EXEMPTION IN THIS ONE.
MATT, AN EXEMPT, THIS IS, SUBMIT THE EXEMPTION.
SO THIS ONE WE REACHED OUT TO THE PURCHASING DIVISION AND THEY DID VERIFY THAT, UH, THE CITY OF SAN, UH, BUENO, VENTURA'S RFP PROCESS MEETS THE CITY'S WEST COVINA BIDDING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, IS THIS IS AN URGENCY TO APPROVE TONIGHT, OR WE, WE CAN HAVE A CITY MANAGER TO TALK TO THE CHIEF REGARDING THE STAFFING ISSUE, THE OLDEST ISSUE, INCLUDING THE MOU ISSUE.
IS THIS IN A HURRY? UM, I, AGAIN, I JUST HAVE TO REACH OUT AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO MONTH TO MONTH, UM, AND SEE WHAT THE CONTRACT SAYS.
UM, BUT THIS IS THE LARGEST ONE.
UM, IT'S A LARGE COMPANY TO DO THIS LARGEST COMPANY AND HAS SERVICE HAS BEEN THE BEST SERVICE, YOU KNOW, SINCE 2006, SO ALMOST 20 YEARS.
ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL? ANY SUGGESTION? OKAY, ANY ADD ALL? YEAH.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCILMAN OLLEY.
UH, IF, IF THERE WERE TO BE A, A SLIGHT DELAY, WOULD THERE BE ANY, ANY COST TO US INDIRECTLY BECAUSE OF THE RESULT? AS A RESULT OF, OF, OF OUR NOT BEING ABLE TO BILL APPROPRIATELY AND COLLECT APPROPRIATELY OR WHAT A FEW DAYS OR MOVING INTO THE NEXT MEETING BE O OKAY.
UM, AGAIN, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CONTRACT, BUT THAT IS A RISK IF THEY AREN'T WILLING TO DO MONTH TO MONTH AND WE CAN'T EXECUTE A CONTRACT BEFORE THE END OF THE TERMS, UH, LET'S DO THIS.
LET ME MOVE THE MOTION TO TABLE THIS OR CONTINUE THIS.
SO MAYBE FOR TWO WEEKS NEXT MEETING AND SEE HOW THEY SAY.
AND, UH, MAYBE THIS MEANTIME YOU CAN, UH, TALK TO THE CHIEF.
AND, UH, THEN IF WE STILL HAVE TIME TO DO IP OKAY.
AND OR OUR NEXT MEETING, WE CAN DECIDE AND YOU CAN TALK TO THEM.
CAN THEY DO A, BECAUSE WE, IF WE AGREE THIS A FIVE YEARS CONTRACT.
AND, UH, SO MAYBE, UH, WE CAN SEE OKAY, MONTH TO MONTH, AND AT THE SAME TIME WE SEE HOW WE DO THE, THE STAFFING AND THE BILLING AND TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE OKAY.
SO IN THAT WAY WE DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKE.
MAKE SENSE? YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO GET THAT INFORMATION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE THE CITY MANAGER? WE, WE TRY TO BALANCE THAT OUT AND GIVE YOU SOME MORE, UH, MORE INFORMATION.
THAT GOOD FOR TWO WEEKS FOR A BETTER EYE.
SO I MOVE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR NEXT MEETING.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND IT.
AND I HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND.
SO BASICALLY WE CONTINUE FOR NEXT MEETING.
A MOTION BY MAYOR WU WAS SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN FIRE RECOVERY.
CHIEF USA AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR INSPECTION AND PERMIT BILLING SERVICES.
MAYOR WILL AYE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE FIVE ZERO AND NUMBER NINE HAS BEEN I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, SO THEY'VE BEEN AN EXISTING CONTRACT, TOM, THEY ALREADY HAVE AN EXISTING CONTRACT WITH US.
WE DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE UNDERLYING TERM OF IT.
I THINK THE CHIEF ACTING CHIEF SAID MAYBE JULY'S.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, UH, MAYBE GOING FORWARD, CAN WE GET A COPY OF ANY EXISTING CONTRACTS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING THAT IT'S PART OF OUR BINDER, UH, SUBMITTED WITH THE STAFF REPORT? YEAH.
AND UH, SO WE DONE WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
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ANY OF, UH, CITY COUNCIL HAVE A AB 1, 2, 3, 4? I I THINK IT'S NONE.AND THEN WE GO TO THE COUNCIL REQUEST AND COME WHO HAS, UH, OKAY.
REQUESTS, UH, WHO WANNA GO FIRST? NOBODY.
WE NEED TO DIGEST ALL THE MOTHER MAY I BEFORE SO WE CAN FINISH.
MAY I, HUH? I HAVE A, IT'S KIND OF LIKE, IT'S NOT A REALLY A GOT IT'S ALREADY IS AN EXISTING REQUEST, BUT ITS JUST COMMENT.
LET'S HAVE A RECORD THAT WE HAVE A NO MOTHER MAY I FOR FIRST TIME IN LIFE.
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GO TO THE NEXT ONE WITH THE COUNCIL COMMENT.WHO WANNA GO FIRST, BRIAN? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
YES, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UM, MYLAN, DO WE KNOW, UH, AN UPDATE ON, UH, THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE? CAN, CAN YOU TRY TO GET THAT RUNNING BY THE NEXT TWO MONTHS OR SO? ABSOLUTELY.
UM, IT'S ON THE LIST OF THE MANY MOTHER MA EYES AND REQUESTS THAT WE'RE NOT, UM, TAKEN CARE OF.
AND THEN, UM, ALSO IF YOU COULD, UM, UM, GIVE US AN UPDATE AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR, UH, THE STREET SWEEPING AND, AND WHAT, WHAT THE, WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM PRO, WHAT'S THE LONG-TERM PLAN ON ADDRESS THESE SEMINAL STREETS? ANY REPLACEMENT SIGNS OR, OR ADJUSTMENTS AND THEN THE NEW UPDATED PLAN ABOUT WHEN ENFORCEMENT IS GONNA START.
AND THEN, UH, MY, UH, LAST REQUEST, UM, UM, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, UH, THIS MIGHT, THIS MIGHT BE A CONSTANT REQUEST, BUT
YOU DON'T NEED TO MOTHER MAY I, IT'S NOT A REQUEST INFORMATION ONLY, BUT, BUT I KIND OF AGREE WITH SOME OF HIS REQUESTS.
AND, UH, UH, REGARDING THE, WHICH ONE IS FIRST ONE? WHICH ONE IS, WHAT'S THAT? UM, VETERAN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE? YEAH.
YEAH, LET THAT ONE BECAUSE WE NEED TO SET IT UP NOVEMBER VETERAN DAY.
SO WE NEED TO HAVE THEN LET, LET THE VETERAN COMMITTEE TO RUN THE VETERAN THEY HAVE THEN INVITE ALL THE VETERAN AND THEY HAVE THE PROGRAM HAVE THEN TO PITCH IN OKAY.
SINCE THIS THEY ARE VETERAN AND THIS THEIR CITY, SO HOPEFULLY, AND SO IN THAT WAY THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO.
OTHERWISE SET, LIKE COMMITTEE HAVE NOTHING TO DO.
WHY, WHY IS THE POINT TO SET OUT? YEAH.
AND SO, SO THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.
WHY YOU SAY, UH, THE LONG TERM PLAN ABOUT THE STREET? UH, STREET SWEEP SIGNS.
I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE IS WHEN WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT OKAY.
THE VEHICLE BEHIND THE SWEEPER.
AND JUST PUT A WARNING IN AND WE CAN START IN, BECAUSE I THINK MOST OF THEM ALREADY FINISH INSTALLATION, BUT NOW WE NEED TO CHECK IN ABOUT HOW TO DO IT.
AND UH, AND UH, THEN WE HAVE VEHICLE, UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
PARKING ENFORCEMENT BEHIND THE SWEEPER AND STUDY GIVE PEOPLE EDUCATION.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM TICKET.
WE GIVE THEM THE EDUCATION AND TO PEOPLE GET USED TO IT AND WE STILL FINE TUNE IF THEY CANNOT FIND A PARKING, MAYBE WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIFFERENT TIME AND TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR PEOPLE TO MOVE.
AND THEN NUMBER THREE, WE DON'T, DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
COUNCILMAN OLLEY, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? GO AHEAD.
JUST, JUST, JUST A COMMENT, UH, JUST AN UP TO UPDATE FOLKS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY THE ONLY THING I WANTED TO JUST APP JUST EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION TO WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.
UH, THE, JUST THIS PAST WEEK, UH, I WAS, UH, UH, GIVEN THE, UH, COMMUNITY HERO AWARD INTERNATIONALLY BY THE BRAILLE INSTITUTE OF AMERICA.
AND THE REASON WHY THEY GAVE IT TO US WAS BECAUSE OF OUR EXAMPLE OF OF JUST SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND, AND, AND BUILDING LITERACY AND SO FORTH.
AND THE CEREMONY AND THE AWARDS.
IT, IT WAS REALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT'S A WORLDWIDE, UM, EFFORT.
AND, AND TO RECEIVE THAT FOR THE GOVERNMENT CATEGORY WAS, WAS DUE PRECISELY BECAUSE OF OUR WORK HERE, UH, IN WEST COVINA.
AND IT JUST CAME OUTTA NOWHERE.
I JUST, I JUST GOT AN EMAIL SAY WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IT AND SO FORTH.
BUT IT'S JUST A, A DIRECT TRIBUTE TO THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA FOR JUST HOW WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER.
SO JUST, I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THEN, AND, AND THEN YEAH, PRESIDENT AND THEN, OKAY.
MAYBE I NEED TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION NEXT WEEK.
GIVE YOU THE RECOGNITION, THIS AND THAT.
BUT, BUT, UH, I'M KIND OF JEALOUS.
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T GET INVITED TOLD WHY, WHY DIDN'T TELL US LOW KEY? I DIDN'T REALLY OKAY.
IF YOU, IF YOU TELL US, IF YOU TELL US, IF YOU TELL US, WE WILL BE THERE LEFT TO SUPPORT YOU.
I THINK YOU, YOU, YOU HAVE THIS KIND OF GOOD THING FOR THE CITY.
NEXT TIME IF YOU HAVE ANY OF WHAT, I
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THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE.AND THEN, THEN PLEASE DON'T BE SHY TO NOTIFY US OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? GO AHEAD.
AND THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL MAYOR PRO? NO, NO.
I JUST WANTED TO JUST SAY, I HOPE EVERYBODY, ALL THE RESIDENTS AND FAMILY ATTEND, UH, THIS FRIDAY, 4TH OF JULY.
IF YOU HAVE KIDS BRING EXTRA, UH, WATER EXCHANGE, I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING ADDITIONAL MORE THINGS.
SO JUST COME OUT, BRING FAMILY FRIENDS, AND ENJOY WITH US ALL, UH, FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.
I HAVE, I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.
UH, ALSO, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT, UH, UH, W WITH, UH, MAYOR 20 WOO'S ASSISTANCE AT THE, THE LAST SAN VALLEY COG MEETING.
UH, I WAS SELECTED TO SERVE AS AN ALTERNATE TO THE REGION, THE SAN VALLEY REGIONAL HOUSING TRUSTS.
UH, UNFORTUNATELY, SUPERVISOR SLI INTERFERED IN THE PROCESS AND, UH, BLOCKED, UH, INTERFERED IN THE PROCESS TO ELECT HER PERSON AND OVERRIDE THE RECOMMENDATION OF SIX CITIES.
BUT REGARDLESS, I WILL ALSO WANT TO JUST, JUST COMMENT AND, AND, AND ASKED TO SUPERVISOR SLI UH, OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN WEST COVINA, UH, HAVE BEEN ASKING YOUR OFFICES TO INVEST IN THE WEST CONA COMMUNITY IN OUR PUBLIC PARKS.
AND I URGE SUPERVISOR SLI, UH, TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT SHE REPRESENTS AND THAT PAY TAXES FOR THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, SUPERVISOR SLI, OUR COMMUNITY PARKS NEED FUNDING.
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE, UH, ASSIST OUR COMMUNITY, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SINCE YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, THE PROCESS.
AND I WAS THERE AND I NOMINATE YOU AT THE SAME TIME AND, UH, LOBBY.
AND ASK PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR YOU AND, UH, WITH, UH, SUPPOSEDLY SIX CITY, OUR DISTRICT FOR TO VOTE FOR YOU.
AND SO YOU SHOULD BE PICKED AND, UH, AND THEN, THEN THEY CHANGE INTO ENTIRE CAR COUNCIL, GOVERNMENT 31 CT TO VOTE.
HAVE, THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR DISTRICT.
SO THEY'RE BASICALLY CHANGING THEIR GAME, BUT OKAY.
AFTER IF PEOPLE AND YOU STILL GET ALMOST, YOU ALMOST WANT THE ELECTION.
IT IS 50 50 IS TIE, WE DON'T KNOW IT'S TRUE TIE OR NOT, BUT THEY ANNOUNCED IT'S NOT WE, BECAUSE WITH A DOUBLE TREE WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THE MACHINE AND, UH, SO IN THAT WAY, BUT I HAVE TO SAY BRIAN GUT OKAY.
REPRESENT CITY WELL AND HE CANNOT SPEAK GOOD.
EVEN THE MAYOR OF, UH, PASADENA.
AND THE SUPPORT, YOU SAY THE GOOD THING AND THIS AND THAT, SO YOUR BOSS.
AND, UH, SO POSSIBLY BECAUSE YOU, OKAY.
SO, SO JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CITY MAYOR SUPPORT YOU, SO CONTINUE TO DO A GOOD JOB, OKAY? DON'T GET DISCOURAGED, OKAY? AND, UH, AND THE BETTER IS NOT OVER YET, OKAY? WE MIGHT WIN THE FIND THE WAR, OKAY? SO CONTINUE TO FIGHT.
OKAY? ANY OTHER COUNCIL WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OTHERWISE, DO WE HAVE UH, OKAY.
AN MOTION TO AJU I MOTION? I'LL SECOND.