* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] , SORRY [CALL TO ORDER] TO WAKE YOU GUY UP. GOOD EVENING. UH, WELCOME TO WEST COVID CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. TODAY IS, UH, JUNE, JUNE, JULY 15TH, 2025, CURRENTLY. OKAY. 7 0 2 AND OUR MEETING SESSION, AND TONIGHT THE INVOCATION. OKAY. AND WILL BE LED BY REVEREND FELICIA AND, UH, UM, RIS. OKAY. FROM MURPHY CHAPEL, ST. PAUL, A ME CHURCH AND MAYOR PROTEIN COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. SHE'S OUTTA TOWN. SO TONIGHT IN VOCATION WILL PERFORMED BY MAYOR PROTEIN LADY LOPEZ VIDO. AND WE WILL LET THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGION. AND BEFORE I LET HAVE OUR PASTOR COME UP, I WANT TO READ THIS. OKAY. SAME THING I FORGOT TO READ, BUT ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL THAT IS PROVIDE ADD ENTRIES TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT A CARD TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENTS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION. SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER OVERALL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED. SO, ALL RIGHT. PLEASE, THANK YOU FOR WAITING. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. LET US LOOK TO THE LORD FROM WHEN COMETH OUR HELP GRACIOUS AND LOVING GOD, WE PAUSE IN THIS MOMENT OF GATHERING TO ACKNOWLEDGE YOUR PRESENCE AMONG US. WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF COMMUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVICE. WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THIS COUNCIL WITH CLARITY OF MIND, COMPASSION OF HEART, AND COURAGE OF CONVICTION AS THEY LEAD WITH JUSTICE AND WISDOM. LET THE VOICES LIFTED TONIGHT REFLECT UNITY AMID DIVERSITY. HOPE AMID CHALLENGE AND PROGRESS ROOTED IN CARE. FOR EVERY RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA, STRENGTHEN EVERY HEART COMMITTED TO PUBLIC SERVICE THAT EACH DECISION MADE HERE WOULD PROMOTE PEACE, EQUITY, AND DIGNITY. COVER THIS MEETING WITH YOUR GRACE AND LET THE OUTCOMES BE FOR THE GOOD OF ALL. WE HONOR YOU IN THIS SPACE AND ENTRUST OUR SHARED FUTURE TO YOUR GUIDANCE. IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE FACE THE FLAG, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY. BEGIN THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDI, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HAVE A SEAT, PLEASE. ASSISTANT MAYOR WU. I WILL NOW PERFORM. ROLL CALL. YEAH, GO AHEAD, PLEASE. MM-HMM . MAYOR WU, UH, CAN YOU START WITH, UH, ABSOLUTELY. COUNCILMAN OLI CONTOS HERE. COUNCILMAN ROSARIO DIAZ NOT HERE TONIGHT. SHE'S ABSENT. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT. COUNCILMAN ROSARIO DIAZ IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN GUTIERREZ HERE. MAYOR PROAM. LETTI LOPEZ VIDO. PRESENT. MAYOR TONY WU HERE. THANK YOU. UH, I KNOW YOU STEP IN FOR THE CITY, CITY CLERK, BUT YOU'RE DOING GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, UH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REPORT OUT, UM, FOR THE CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND, UH, I THINK, UH, BRIAN , UM, COUNCIL MEMBER YOU WANT TO MOVE? YES. IF WE CAN MOVE, UM, IF WE CAN MOVE, UM, NUMBER 16. NUMBER 16 TO THE LAST PRESENTATION. YEAH. UH, IN THE LAST PRESENTATION FOR THE WEBSITE DESIGN, UH, WE WANNA MOVE UP SO PEOPLE CAN LISTEN TO WHY YOU WANT TO, UH, DESIGN THE WEBSITE. AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A WHILE. AND, UH, EVERYBODY ANXIOUS WANT TO KNOW THIS MAGNIFICENT WEBSITE TO SERVE OUR RESIDENT AT 7 24 5 24 7. AND THEN PEOPLE CAN REALLY UTILIZE THE SERVICE OKAY. FOR THE FUTURE. SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A GREAT PRESENTATION FOR YOU. [PRESENTATIONS ] SO NOW WE GO TO THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE A THREE PRESENTATION. I CAN SEE WE HAVE SO MANY LOVELY LADY OVER HERE. OKAY. WE COME TO WEST COVINA AND, UH, IT WILL BE NUMBER THREE. SO BEAR WITH ME. LET'S [00:05:01] GO TO THE NUMBER ONE. YEAH. YOU ALWAYS WANT TO JUMP DOWN. NAILED. I'M A JOKER. I LIKE THAT. OKAY. YOU GOT READY? OKAY. UH, FIRST PRESENTATION, UH, AND NOW WITH COVINA AUDIENCE AND A MILLION OF PEOPLE WATCHING GLOBALLY. OOH. LADIES, GENTLEMEN, ARE YOU GUYS READY TO RUMBLE AT THE RIGHT CORNER? WE HAVE A DESTINY. TINA, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME OUT TO RED CORNER AT THE RIGHT CORNER? WE HAVE THE OLD MAN, TONY W AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN. YOU COME OVER HERE. I I I'M GOING TO FIGHT WITH YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO, OKAY. HIRE ME AS YOUR ANNOUNCER. THE REPLACEMENT FOR THE, WE GOING INTO A RAMBO. HE SAY, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. I'M TOO YOUNG AND YOU ARE TOO OLD. OKAY. NO, NO, NO, NO. IT'S A VERY FAMOUS ANNOUNCER. THEY ALWAYS BEFORE THE BOXING. OKAY. AND THE COMPETITION. HE COME OUT TO INTRODUCE THE TWO SIDE, BUT, UH, THE PARENT WANT TO, UH, SOMEBODY COACHED. OKAY. THE FATHER. OKAY. AND LET ME READ THIS. OKAY. DESTINY IS WEST CORINA'S NEW CALIFORNIA, GOLDEN GLOBE BOXING CHAMPION. LET'S GIVE HER A HAND. AND, UH, I WANT TO MAYOR POTEN, LET LOPEZ AS SHE SET THIS UP FOR ME. OKAY. AND OTHERWISE, UH, I HAVE NO CHANCE TO, TO KNOW THIS YOUNG LADY A A CHAMPION OF, UH, BOXING. OKAY. AND, UH, SHE HAS OVERCOME MANY EDUCATIONAL CHALLENGE WITH THE HELP OF BOXING WHILE STAYING FOCUSED AND WORKING HARD IN AND OUT OF THE RING. DESTINY IS AN INSPIRATION TO HER PEER AND ADE, ESPECIALLY ME. OKAY. CONSISTENTLY MOTIVATE EVERYONE. SHE RECENTLY REPRESENT WEST COVINA IN A NATIONAL TOURNAMENT IN LAS VEGAS. WOW. NOW, FATHER, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE HAND OVER TO DESTINY? WELL, ALL I COULD SAY IS THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF HER. UM, LIKE I MENTIONED TO, TO LADY IS THAT WHEN SHE WAS FIRST STARTING SCHOOL, SHE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTIES LEARNING. AND WITH THE HELP OF BOXING, IT REALLY HELPED HER A LOT. SHE DEVELOPED A LOT BETTER IN SCHOOL. SHE'S ABLE TO FOCUS MORE. SHE HAD, UH, A DHD BUT LUCKILY TO THIS SPORT, IT WAS ABLE TO CONTAIN HER ENERGY AND FOCUS IT ON ONE THING. AND, UM, I DIDN'T SAY IT PREVIOUSLY, BUT NOW SHE'S RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE COUNTRY. YAY. AND, UH, IN SEPTEMBER, SHE'S GONNA REPRESENT WEST COVINA ONCE AGAIN. AND, UH, TULSA, OKLAHOMA FOR A NATIONALS TOURNAMENT ONCE AGAIN. WOW. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FATHER. OKAY, DAD. OKAY. GOOD JOB. OKAY. AND MAYBE MALE POTENT LETTI TI LOPEZ. FIDO, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? SINCE YOU SET THIS UP AND I THINK YOU KNOW THE FAMILY VERY WELL. YES. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU, A TRUE FIGHTER CHAMPION. AND IF ANYBODY HERE HAS GONE INTO THE RING BOXING, IT'S NOT EASY. THAT THREE MINUTE WILL WIPE YOU OUT. I'VE TRIED IT, SO I COMMEND YOU. IT'S, IT'S AMAZING. AND I JUST WANNA SAY, GREAT JOB. AND I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU REACHED OUT. UH, THIS IS A PROUD MOMENT FOR OUR WHOLE CITY TO SEE THIS. AND, UH, WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU. WE'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOUR FIGHTING STANCE LOOKS LIKE AND, AND HAVE THAT. BUT IF YOU WANTED TO JUST SHARE AND TELL THIS, UH, YOUR, YOUR WHOLE, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE GOT. BUT ALSO, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CITY POSTED YOUR PHOTO THERE IN THE RING. CHAMPION IT THERE, IT SAYS DESTINY MEDINA, AND IT SAYS WEST COVINA. SO WEST COVINA IS TRULY PROUD OF YOU. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. GIVE HER A ROUND APPLAUSE. CHAMPION. CHAMPION NOW HERE IN THE RED CORNER, . TONY, DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB. OKAY? WE WON'T HAVE YOU DESTINY TO SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. I KNOW. UM, I'M BE THINKING, [00:10:01] UM, FROM MY COACH, HE DON'T WANNA MAKE ME BECOME RANK NUMBER ONE AND THEN ALSO MY DAD. 'CAUSE HE DON'T WANNA KEEPS ON PUSHING ME THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE EXHAUSTED, KEEP ON GOING FULL ENERGY. AND FOR THE SPORT, HE DON'T WANNA SAY WHATEVER HAPPENS IN OUR RING. UM, DO NOT GET EMOTIONAL EXCEPT YOU WHEN, UM, THE TIMES THAT, UM, HOW TO AWAY, HE DON'T ONE THAT HAD TO HELP ME DEAL WITH IT. AND THE TIMES THAT I HAD TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE THINGS, HE WAS THERE FOR ME TOO. IT, THAT, THAT BELL IS VERY HEAVY. I ALREADY SAW MY SHOULDER. I, I NEED TO DO PRACTICE AND MAYBE I JOINED THE RING SO I CAN PRACTICE. BUT I THINK IT'S GREAT JOB. IT'S FOR A YOUNG, OKAY. UH, USED. OKAY. THEY'RE WILLING TO DO THIS KIND OF TOUGH COMPETITION, OKAY? IT'S NOT LIKE EASY AND, UH, TO CONTINUE, UH, TO ACHIEVE AND, UH, WIN. BUT WE WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST AND BE SAFE, OKAY? BE HEALTHY. AND IT'S MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE WE WANT YOU TO GROW UP AND BE STRONG AND TO CONTINUE REPRESENT WEST COVINA. AND, YOU KNOW, WEST CO LOVE YOU. AND WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU TO DO, TO HAVE THIS ACHIEVEMENT. SO REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA. WE ARE GOING TO GIVE YOU, WE CANNOT GIVE YOU A BELL, OKAY? BE THE, THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE. THAT'S TOO EXPENSIVE, OKAY. AND MY WASTE, MY WASTE THAT WILL RECALL ME AGAIN. OKAY? SO, SO, SO YOU DON'T WASTE THE MONEY, BUT NO. OKAY, WE, WE, VERY PROUD OF YOU AND WE HAVE THIS RECOGNITION. SAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU REPRESENT THE ITY OF WEST COVINA. WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU. AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU WIN AGAIN. AND THEN WE WILL TALK TO OUR ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, CITY MANAGER TO GIVE YOU A BETTER PAPER. OKAY? , MAYBE THE WOOD. OKAY, THE PLAQUE, OKAY. AND, UH, MAYBE LET, CAN PAY FORWARD. OKAY? SO, SO ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THE CONGRATULATIONS REALLY APPRECIATE. OKAY, HOLD ON. YEAH. WINNER GRAB YOU UP. YEAH, NO, GRAB HIM UP. OKAY. AND THERE'S A PICTURE. YOU COME IN YEAH. AND YOU GRAB HER HAND HIGHER. WOO. NUMBER ONE. NUMBER ONE, THANK YOU, DESTINY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT JOB. APPRECIATE. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH. SEE YOU GUYS SOON. OKAY. LET'S WIN AGAIN. WIN AGAIN. AND UH, NEXT ONE. I WANT TO INTRODUCE MY BELOVED FRIEND, ONE OF A MAJOR, MAJOR, OKAY. SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE A WEST COVINA HAVE A SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, OKAY? AND, UH, WE HAVE BIG CITY AND WE HAVE THREE MAJORS. SCHOOL DISTRICT HAVE MOST ALL POPULATION. THE NUMBER ONE GUESS, WHICH, WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS THE MOST STUDENT IN WEST COVINA. IF YOU CANNOT ANSWER, YOU'LL BE CHARGED FOR $50. DONATE TO WEST COVINA FOUNDATION. OKAY? YOU GUYS KNOW WHICH ONE, WHICH SCHOOL? WEST COVINA UNIFIED? UH, WHERE THIS WEST CO UNIFIED SCHOOL HAS THE MOST, THE STUDENT, EVERYTHING IN WEST COVINA BOUNDARY. WHICH ONE IS THE SECOND ONE? NO, THE SECOND ONE IS COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED. THAT'S ON THE CITRA EAST. OKAY. THAT IS COVINA UNIFIED. ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, NUMBER THREE. WHICH ONE IS THAT? RURAL UNIFIED. RURAL. UNIFIED FROM THE BKK SOUTH SIDE. AND THEN PREDOMINANT THAT IS RURAL, UNIFIED. AND RURAL. UNIFIED IS OUR NUMBER THREE BIG CITY. OKAY. ONE THIRD OF OUR POPULATION IN THE SOUTH SIDE. BASICALLY ALL IN THE RURAL UNIFIED, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF GREAT SCHOOL. OKAY? AND RECENTLY, I JUST WENT TO THE LONG GALES HIGH SCHOOL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE DAY WITH, UH, OKAY. OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ AND IS A GREAT SCHOOL AND THEY IMPROVE SO MUCH. OKAY. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW. SO I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR BELOVED SUPERINTENDENT, ALEX FLORES, COME UP AND, UH, LET'S GIVE HIM A HAND. AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, OKAY. AND KEVIN MAYA KAWA, UH, THE SUPER. OKAY. OUR BOARD MEMBER ELECTED, THEY, THEY HAVE A FIVE ELECTED BOARD MEMBER AND THEY HIRE THE SUPERINTENDENT, SOMETHING TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL. YOU HAVE A FIVE CITY COUNCIL AND HIRE. OKAY. CITY MANAGER. OKAY. AND THEN ADAM PARK. OKAY. OKAY. ADAM PARK. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE [00:15:01] ERIC. OKAY. UH, MY GOOD FRIEND ERIC, RIGHT THERE. OKAY. VERY VEGAS. OKAY, SO, AND, UH, WE HAVE, THIS IS FOURTH. WHO ELSE DID I MISS? ANYBODY? NO. RIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, JACOB, JUNE, UH, THE IS A PRINCIPAL. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, HERE, I'M GOING TO GIVE THE MIC TO OUR SUPERINTENDENT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. W UM, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. FIRST, I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY BRINGING DR. JACOB JUNG TO UP HERE AND TO INTRODUCE HIMSELF AS HE IS ONE OF THE NEWEST PRINCIPALS IN YOUR CITY. YAY. HE IS THE PRINCIPAL AT TESUS ACADEMY. SO, JACOB, YES. THANK YOU. SUPERINTENDENT ALEX FLORES TO THE ROLE IN UNIFIED BOARD OF EDUCATION, TO ME, W AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, AND TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JACOB JUNG, AND I'M THE VERY PROUD NEW PRINCIPAL AT TELESIS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND MATH. UM, I LOOK FOR, I'M HONORED TO BE IN THIS POSITION AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH WEST COVINA CITY, UM, TO BUILD A STRONG CONNECTION AND ALSO, UH, MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY STUDENT EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THIS. HE WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT I TOLD HIM THAT THERE A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY. UM, 'CAUSE YOU'VE SHOWED SO MUCH SUPPORT TO TELESIS AND THE OTHER TWO SCHOOLS IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT ALSO, UH, HOWORTH AND GANO. SO, THANK YOU JACOB. YOU'RE GONNA BE IN GREAT HANDS HERE WITH THIS CITY. WE'RE HERE FOR ANOTHER REASON AS WELL. UM, ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, UM, DR. KEVIN HAYAKAWA, ALLEN PARK, AND YOUR VERY OWN WEST COVINA RESIDENT, MR. ERIC VENEGAS. OKAY. UM, WE'RE HERE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY, THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR YOUR PARTNERSHIP WITH US. YES, WE MIGHT BE THE THIRD DISTRICT SIZE, BUT WHO'S HERE TONIGHT? . BECAUSE REGARDLESS, REGARDLESS OF, THIS IS OUR STORY AT ROLAND UNIFIED, WE BELONG TO FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES IN A SENSE, AND THE COUNTY. BUT REGARDLESS, THE CITY OF WEST KOREA ALWAYS MAKES US FEEL AS IMPORTANT AS ANY OF THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS. THEY SHOWED THAT THROUGH THEIR ACTIONS AND WE REALLY TRULY APPRECIATE IT. YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE HAVE SOME SUPPORT HERE. WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FORMER NOGALES ALUM IN CASTLEMAN RIS. WE HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM CASTLEMAN CONTOS WHO'S ALWAYS REACHING OUT TO US AND TALKING TO US, AND HOW WE CAN BE INVOLVED AND GAINING OUR INPUT, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE PARK PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE THERE AND THAT WE'RE INVITED AND WE'RE PROVIDING INPUT. AND OF COURSE, OUR MAYOR, MAYOR WU, WHO LOVES TO READ TO KINDERGARTNERS, , AND I WAS WITH THEM WHEN HE WAS READING WITH KINDERGARTNERS, AND THEY KEPT THEM GOING. I'VE NEVER SEEN MAYOR WU SPEECHLESS UNTIL KINDERGARTNERS GOT TO HIM. . THAT'S A LOT OF TOUGH QUESTION. SO, SO THE ONE THING, UH, WE, WE JUST SO APPRECIATE BEING PARTICIPATING IN OUR PRINCIPAL FOR THE DAY. THIS WAS THE ONLY CITY THAT THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICIPATED. AND IT WAS KIND OF A BATTLE BECAUSE THEY ALL WANTED A DIFFERENT SCHOOL, BUT IT JUST SHOWED THE SUPPORT THAT THEY HAVE FOR OUR DISTRICT. AND WE JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU. AS I FINISHED MY FIRST YEAR AS SUPERINTENDENT OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SPEAKING TO OUR, OUR BOARD, WE JUST WANTED TO COME OUT AND SAY THANK YOU. UH, BECAUSE AT THIS DAY AND AGE AND THIS TIME, WHAT WE NEED IS TO REALLY CELEBRATE. AND WE NEED TO HAVE MORE UNIFIED OPPORTUNITIES TO SAY THANK YOU TO ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO DON'T DO THIS FOR THE MONEY. BUT THEY DO THIS FOR THE PASSION FOR THE CITY . AND WE JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO WE WANNA PROVIDE EACH OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS A, UH, CERTIFICATE, A PIECE OF PAPER AS YOU SAID, A BUT IT'S THE WORDS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. AND IT'S FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR STUDENT, STAFF AND COMMUNITY OF THE ROLLING UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE HAVE ONE FOR EACH, EACH OF YOU. 'CAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. AND WE ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PUT UP BANNERS UP IN YOUR CITY OF ALL THE WONDERFUL UNIVERSITIES. OUR STUDENTS ARE GOING TO, UM, JUST TO REALLY SHOW OFF OUR OWN RESIDENCE HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. 'CAUSE ALTHOUGH NOGALES IS NOT OFFICIALLY PART OF WEST COVINA, WE KNOW PART OF IT IS IN THE CITY. A LOT OF YOUR STUDENTS GO TO NOGALES AND THEY DO WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THINGS. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE RIGHT THERE. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ON THE BEHALF OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WE WANNA THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT ALONG WITH YOUR DIVISIONS. I'M SORRY. UM, GIANNA CELEBRATES HAVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, COME AND DO PARTNERSHIPS THERE AS WELL. AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE AND BEEN ROLE MODELS FOR OUR KIDS THERE AS WELL. SO [00:20:01] THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I'LL STOP TALKING. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU, YOU CAN TALK FOREVER. C COME NEXT TO ME, . OKAY. PLEASE, PLEASE. SHE, SHE THE CENTER STAGE, PLEASE. OKAY. COME OVER HERE. DON'T BE SHY. I DON'T BUY. OKAY. I ONLY TALK. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, I I WANNA SAY THIS. OKAY. AND, UH, ROLAND UNIFIED IS A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT. OKAY? AND, UH, EXCELLENT. I REMEMBER, UH, BACK INTO THE, BECAUSE ONE THIRD OF OUR POPULATION, ESPECIALLY SOUTH SIDE, THEY ALL WENT TO THE OKAY, ARE GOING TO, OKAY. THE, THE RURAL UNIFIED. AND I'VE BEEN CHECKING THEM OUT. I WENT TO ALMOST ALL YOUR SCHOOL LOCATED WEST COVINA, AND THEY'RE DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB IN PERU. I WENT TO, UH, HOWORTH, OKAY, THE ELEMENTARY, OKAY. AND, UH, YES, THEY'RE OVER THERE. THEY, THE ELEMENTARY AND THE KINDERGARTEN, THEY GAVE ME A LOT OF VERY TOUGH QUESTION. OKAY? AND THEY CAN ANSWER EVERYTHING. THEY VERY, VERY SMART KID, SO MANY GREAT EDUCATION AND A DEDICATED TEACHER, FACULTY, AND REALLY TEACHING OUR CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE. AND I REMEMBER SOMETHING, OKAY? AND, UH, IN THE 2020 WHEN I WAS MAYOR AT THAT TIME, I GOT INVITED TO THEIR PERFORMING ARTS CENTER. THEY, THEY OPEN 2020 AT THAT TIME. SO I WENT, REMEMBER, OKAY, I, I GET INVITED FROM THE PREVIOUS SUPERINTENDENT BECAUSE I DONATE MONEY TO THEM. AND THAT'S WHY THEY SAY, OKAY, YOU COME. OKAY. SO, OKAY, IF I DIDN'T DONATE MONEY, OKAY, I DONATE THE AFTERSCHOOL SHOP LOCAL AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM BECAUSE WE WANT MAKE SURE, OKAY, ALL THE CHILDREN HAVE A AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM SO THEY CAN OCCUPY THEMSELVES INSIDE THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. AND, UH, LEARNING SOMETHING THEY LIKE, NOT ACADEMIC, BUT DANCING THING, PERFORMING TO KEEP THEM IN THE SCHOOL AND NOT GOING TO OUTSIDE TO LEARN A BAD HABIT. SO, SO TILL SIX O'CLOCK, AND THEY'VE BEEN DOING THAT AND THEY NEED FUNDING. UH, WEST COVINA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE CAWC PROVIDE THE FUNDING FOR THEM AND THE ONE ALL THE CHILDREN BE HAPPY IN THE SCHOOL. AND THAT IS THE FIRST IN THE WEST COVINA AND OTHER SCHOOL. WE ARE THE FIRST CITY TO PROVIDE THE FREE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM FOR OUR CHILDREN FOR DANCING, SENIOR PERFORMING ARTS. SO LET'S GIVE THE THEM A HAND. AND, UH, I WANNA SAY ONE THING IS THIS, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10 YEARS OKAY? OVER HERE AND TALKING AT THIS. AND THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THE SCHOOL DISTRICT COME OUT TO GIVE A CERTIFICATE. SO, SO, SO I WANNA SAY COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED AND WITH COVINA UNIFIED, WHERE ARE YOU? ? WHERE IS OUR CERTIFICATE? , WE'VE BEEN ATTENDING ALL YOUR EVENT AND SUPPORTING YOU DONATE MONEY, BUT WE NEVER BEEN RECOGNIZED. NO, NO. I'M JUST KIDDING. I, I THINK WE, WE, WE, HERE IT IS NOT ABOUT TO BE RECOGNIZED. WE, HERE IT IS A MISSION TO WORK TOGETHER. RECENTLY, I WANNA SAY ONE THING. WE JUST INVITE ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OKAY. AND WITH OUR SCHOOL LIAISON, WE WORK WITH ALL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HOW TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY, THE TRAFFIC OUTSIDE THE CAMPUS, HOW WE IMPROVE, OKAY? THE CROSSROAD AND THIS, THAT, AM I RIGHT? MM-HMM . AND THEN ALSO TO HAVE OUR POLICE AND FIRE TO GO TO YOUR SCHOOL, PROVIDE THE EXAMPLE, AND, UH, PROVIDE INSPIRATION TO THE CHILDREN. SO CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SHOULD WORK TOGETHER, HAND IN HAND, RATHER THAN SOMETIME HAVE A, SOME KIND OF A RIVALRY. IT'S, IT IS WRONG BECAUSE WE ARE SERVING THE SAME POPULATION. I WANT TO THANK ERIC, OUR RESIDENT, OKAY. AND, UH, BEING OKAY, WORKING VERY HARD TO IMPROVE. AND I WANT TO, OKAY, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SCHOOL OKAY. BOARD MEMBER AND THE PRINCIPAL. I WENT TO YOUR SCHOOL LAST TIME, UH, WITH, UH, OUR COUNCILMAN ALI KENTO. OKAY. AND, UH, HE'S A REGULAR, I'M JUST A POPUP FOR SOMETIME. . OKAY. . AM I RIGHT, ALI? YES, SIR. OKAY. HE'S OVER THERE ALL THE TIME. I DUNNO WHY. OKAY. SO, BUT, BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE AND, UH, LET'S WORK TOGETHER AND IMPROVE OUR, UH, STUDENT AND THE CHILDREN. OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. CAN WE TAKE A PICTURE? YEAH. AND, UH, COUNSEL, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO ACCEPT THE GLORY, PLEASE? YEAH, I'M DONE. OLLIE? YES. COULD YOU HELP OLLIE? OKAY. WANTED TO, UH, OH, OKAY. GO DOWN. YEAH. [00:25:18] AWESOME. THANK YOU. IT'S ALRIGHT. YES. SEE YOU. GOOD, SIR. I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH PRESENTATION, RIGHT? I'M KID AND I KNOW , NO, MAYOR, YOU CAN GO HEAR ME ON THE STREET. MAYOR. YES. AND SAY SOMETHING. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, BRIEFLY. I JUST, I JUST WANT GO AHEAD. YEAH. I JUST WANT TO THANK, UH, THE WEST C UH, SORRY. OH MY GOD, MY MIC. CAN YOU HEAR ME? IT'S A LITTLE LOW, BUT, UM, I JUST WANNA THANK, UH, ROLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR COMING TONIGHT. UH, UH, THE SCHOOL BOARD'S COMMITMENT AND THE SUPERINTENDENTS COMMITMENT, UH, AND OUR TEACHERS OUT THERE WHO ARE, ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO, UH, PROS MAKE OUR SCHOOLS IN WESTFIELD PROSPER. UH, I, I COMMEND YOU ALL. AND, AND I THINK OUR RESIDENTS HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND THAT ROLLING UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT LEADS AWAY AND IN HIGHER EDUCATION AND MAKING SURE THAT, UH, STUDENTS DO BECOME, UH, TOMORROW'S LEADERS. SO, AND I'M A PROUD, UH, UH, PROUD TO BE A NOAL. I GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF 2008 AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF MY TEACHERS THERE AND, AND, AND THE PASSION AND LEADERSHIP THAT WE'RE ONLY GONNA FIGHT, UH, CONTINUES TO DO EVERY DAY IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU, BRIAN. NO MATTER GOOD AND BAD, HE'S YOUR PRODUCT. . WE JUST HAVE TO TAKE IT. OKAY? SO ANYWAY, SO, BUT CONGRATULATIONS. HE, UH, BRIAN, BRIAN'S WORKING VERY HARD, OKAY? AND HE REALLY PASSIONATE TO SERVE, OKAY. WEST COVINA. AND HE BEEN TRYING, FINALLY, HE SIT OVER THERE, HE WORKING VERY HARD. I THINK THIS IS ALL COME FROM THE EDUCATION FROM WOODLAND UNIFIED, FROM THE LGA HIGH SCHOOL. OKAY? SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, NOW WE'RE WAITING THE MAN OF OUR ATTRACTION TONIGHT. . OH, ARE WE GOING TO RUM? NO, IT'S NOT RUMBLE. OKAY. ARE WE GOING TO, UH, SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE 30 YEARS OF SERVICE? OKAY. AND THE VOLUNTEERS OKAY. TO HELP OUR DEPARTMENT OKAY. IS STRONG. AND I SEE YOU ALL THE TIME. I SAW YOU ALWAYS HERE AND THERE AND THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD. AND, UH, I DUNNO, I'M THE KID. YOU TOOK ME TO THE STREET AND THEY WALK ME HOME. NO, NO, IT'S NOT ME. I'M TOO OLD. OKAY. . OKAY, SO, SO, BECAUSE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN WALKING A LOT OF CHILDREN, YOU WANNA COME OUT BETTY, OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. OKAY. AND I, I DON'T WANNA READ THIS THING BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE THING OKAY. ACCOMPLISHED THAN THIS PARAGRAPH. OKAY? NO, NO, NO. WE, WE JUST WANT YOU TO SAY, OKAY. AND ONE THING I WANNA SAY, HOW PROUD WAS COVINA TO HAVE YOU? AND BECAUSE YOU AND THE ALL, ALL VOLUNTEER AND SERVING THE CITY. OKAY. AND, UH, AND, UH, SELFLESS. SELFLESS, OKAY. WITHOUT ANY OR RESERVE, ALWAYS TRY TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY. OKAY? AND YOU, YOU WORK FOR THIS 30 YEARS, AND ESPECIALLY YOU, YOU LIVE IN OUR CITY SINCE 1969. SO YOU ARE THE OLD TIMER. UH, WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONTRIBUTION, OKAY? AND TO HELP OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY, WE HAVE OUR STRONG POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE YOU MAKE THEM STRONG. YEAH. SO, HERE I WANT TO, OKAY, TURN OVER THE MIC TO OUR BELOVED BETTY TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOBODY QUIT ON VOLUNTEER. YOU HAVE TO CONTINUE TO BE A VOLUNTEER FOR US TO A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. . YES. AM I RIGHT? YES. WHY YOU QUITTING? NO QUITTING. OKAY, I'M GOING TO THAT YOU WALK ME HOME. OKAY. GO AHEAD. SAY SOMETHING . OKAY. WELL, I WANNA THANK THE CITY FOR THE AWARD. AND I'M, I'M VERY, VERY HONORED THAT TO EVEN GET ONE BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE I WORKED VERY HARD . I NEVER, I NEVER WORKED HARD, BUT IT MET A LOT OF NICE PEOPLE AND I'M HAPPY THAT I'VE BEEN THERE AND I ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF IT. SO IF I DIDN'T ENJOY IT, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE. SO, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. JUST GIVE, [00:30:01] I, I THINK BETTY IS THE EXAMPLE. INSPIRATION TO OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE, BECAUSE YOU, OKAY. AND YOU LOOK SO GOOD ON THE UNIFORM. OKAY. VERY, VERY ATTRACTIVE. OKAY? I SAID I, I DON'T, YEAH, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE IT ALL. I THINK YOU SHOULD KEEP THIS UNIFORM. CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CITY. OH GOSH. DON'T TURN IT IN. OKAY? JUST CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE WE NEED YOU, BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ANCHOR. YOU WALK ON THE STREET, ALL THE CRIMINAL RUN AWAY. OKAY. MOM'S HERE, LET'S RUN. OKAY. SO, SO, AND I, I THINK SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE, THE, THE CITY HAVE SOMETHING, SOME PEOPLE LIKE YOU AND A LOT OF VOLUNTEER. I SEE, OKAY. AND THAT I, I REMEMBERED YOU DELIVERED MY OKAY. PAPER OR MY, UH, BINDER TO MY HOME. OKAY. FOR SO MANY, MANY YEAR BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. I, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I, I, I MET A LOT OF YOU GUYS. WE EVEN CHITCHAT ALL THE TIME, DANA. OKAY? WE KNOW EACH OTHER FOR SO LONG TOO. BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY, MANY OF OUR RESIDENT REALLY DEVOTED AND YOU NEED TO SHOW THEM MORE PEOPLE SHOULD JOIN THIS POLICE VOLUNTEER. OKAY. TROOP. AND MAYBE YOU CAN BE A TRAINER OR A TEACHER AND TO HELP US. AM I RIGHT? MENTOR. MENTOR, YES. THE TRAINER, MENTOR. AND TO SHOW PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED SOMEBODY LIKE YOU. OKAY. CONTINUE TO HELP OUR CITY TO GROW AND IMPROVE OUR CITY BECAUSE WE ALLOW YOU, WE WILL HAVE US TO CONTINUE TO TAKE OVER, LIKE YOUR DEDICATION AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND BECOMING A VOLUNTEER BECAUSE IT'S VERY SATISFYING AND YOU CAN DO A LOT OF GOOD AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE NEED VOLUNTEERS 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE TO WORK. SO FOR THE PEOPLE DIDN'T WEAR THE UNIFORM, NOW SHE'S, PAT IS TALKING, UH, OKAY. AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE NEED TO SIGN THEM UP. OKAY? AND, UH, DON'T LET THEM LEAVE WITHOUT THEY SIGN THE CONTRACT. OKAY. ON HAND, I THINK GIVE THEM WHAT GIVE ALL OF THE OUR OUR VOLUNTEERS PEOPLE AHEAD. OKAY. ALL THIS VOLUNTEER. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? COME UP, COME UP, COME UP, CHIEF. OKAY. THE SCRIPT. THE SCRIPT DIDN'T SAY I SHOULD INVITE YOU. SO, SO, OKAY. BUT, BUT, BUT I WANT YOU, I WANNA LET YOU TO SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, UH, HOW EXTREMELY PROUD AND GRATEFUL I AM OF OUR, UH, VOLUNTEERS AND POLICING PROGRAM. IF ANYBODY WANTS TO BECOME A MEMBER, WE ARE ALWAYS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS ON OUR WEBSITE. SO PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN OUR TEAM. UM, OUR, OUR VOLUNTEERS DO SO MUCH TO KEEP OUR DEPARTMENT RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THEY DO SO MUCH TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AND THEY DO SO MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE AT OUR COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND, UH, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL. AND TO BETTY, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. UM, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR EVER SINCE MY FIRST DAY HERE AT THE WEST CAM POLICE DEPARTMENT. I WORKED WITH HER SON WHO RETIRED AS THE CHIEF OF POLICE AT THE BALDWIN PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT. SO WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR MANY YEARS AND, UH, I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL ON BEHALF OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE WEST CAMINO POLICE DEPARTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, OF EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH AND WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK. THANK YOU. YAY. UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO, ON BEHALF OF, UH, OUR STAFF, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU THESE FLOWERS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. BEAUTIFUL. BEAUTIFUL. AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE IN, IN, UH, IN APPRECIATION OF, UH, 30 YEARS OF YOUR SELFLESS SERVICE, DEDICATION, AND UNWAVERING COMMIT COMMITMENT AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. I HOLD THIS FOR YOU. WE CAN GIVE IT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. UH, YOU STOLE MY SON . YOU GAVE HER A FLOWER. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAVE MORE BUDGET IN THE CITY. OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. AND A FLOWER AND A BEAUTIFUL CERTIFICATE. BUT WE GIVE YOU A PIECE OF PAPER. BUT, BUT, BUT THIS PIECE OF PAPER RECOGNITION IS PRINTED IN GOLD. OKAY? SO . YEAH. SO, SO, BUT, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU. OKAY? AND THE CITY RECOGNIZE YOUR CONTRIBUTION. UH, CHIEF, I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP HER. OKAY. DID YOU CHECK THE CONTRACT? OKAY. MAYBE SHE SHOULD CONTINUE TO . YEAH, WE CAN. BUT RAISE . UH, OKAY. UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, LET'S APPROVE THE BUDGET. OKAY. CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. WE WILL GIVE YOU A RAISE FOR ANOTHER 50 CENTS. OKAY? SO IT'S WAGE IS ABOUT, BUT ANYWAY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH BECAUSE [00:35:01] YOUR LOVE AND CITY LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE CONTRIBUTION HERE IS A RECOGNITION FOR YOU. APPRECIATE THE HONOR. I AM DEEPLY HONORED THAT THE CITY WOULD CONSIDER ME, YOU KNOW, WORTHY OF THIS. SO, SORRY, I, I PUT THE MICROPHONE TOO CLOSE. AND THEN OTHER, OTHER OF A VOLUNTEER WANNA TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT BETTY BEFORE. OUTSTANDING. OKAY. SOMEBODY WANNA SAY SOMETHING? NO. YES. OKAY. GO AHEAD. UH, BETTY, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR OBVIOUSLY YOUR 30 YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR DEPARTMENT. IT'S ACTUALLY OVER 30 YEARS. IT'S ALMOST 31. AND, UH, WE THANK YOU. UH, THE BIGGEST THING THAT I CAN SAY IS, UH, WE KNOW YOU'VE BEEN DOWN IN TRAFFIC FOR THE LAST COUPLE YEARS AND HELPING OUT DOWN THERE, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SMILEY FACE THAT YOU COME IN EVERY DAY AND JUST LOVE TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. ANY TAKER? OKAY MAN, I THINK YOU GUYS CAN TALK MORE THAN ME. SO ANYWAY, BUT BETTY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE LOVE YOU AND, UH, YOU'RE TOTALLY WELCOME, PLEASE. OKAY, COME BACK TO VISIT SIR. IF YOU WANNA PUT A UNIFORM, LET'S WELCOME TO PUT A UNIFORM AGAIN. OKAY. OKAY. , ANY FAMILY MEMBER WANT JOIN? SO WHO'S IT YOU WANT? YEAH, COME UP. COME UP, COME UP. ANYBODY WANT TO JOIN? THESE ARE HOOK WATER. YEAH. COME UP. THE BIGGER THE BETTER. LET'S GO. YEAH, YEAH. LET'S GO. LET'S GO. . YEAH. COME. NICE. COME ON. YEAH, I THINK WE'LL GO BACK AND YOU LET YOUR FAMILY. OKAY. YOU STAY GRANDSON. AWW GRANDSON. GET IN HERE. THE BOTTOM. WE . YOU WANNA CALL HIM? CAN WE ALSO HAVE RETIRED POLICE CHIEF JOHN CURLEY COME UP HERE AS WELL WITH HIS WIFE? OH WOW. YEAH. ANY FAMILY MEMBER OR ANY PEOPLE JOIN, PLEASE COME UP HAPPY. I KNOW, I KNOW. HAPPY. OH, ANOTHER FLOWER. THERE WE GO. OH WOW. MY GOODNESS. THANK YOU. NO, NO, NO. DON'T WORRY. OKAY. ARE YOU VERY YAY BETTY. VERY AWESOME. GO BETTY. GO BETTY. BETTY. YOU WANNA HOLD THAT FOR YOU? GET HER BACK HERE. THANK YOU. PLEASE, PLEASE DO. YOU'RE WAY MORE FUN THAN MINE. I'LL TAKE YOU IF YOU COME. I . I'VE BEEN TO A NUMBER OF CITY COUNSEL CITIZEN. I LOVE THAT. LOVE TORRANCE. [00:40:02] WOW. THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE. NO, NO, NO. AFTER CONSENT. AFTER CONSENT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE TRY CAREFULLY BETTY. WE LOVE YOU. OKAY, NOW WE [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Three (3) minutes per speaker ] ARE MOVING TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. I'M GOING TO READ THIS. OKAY. UH, DISCLAIMER. OKAY, WE MOVING TO, OKAY. ORAL COMMUNICATION COMMENT ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER. THIS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR A CITY COUNCIL REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THE NON AGENDA ITEM MEMBER. THE PARTY MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTED TO THE ELDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEAK OFF TOPIC. SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKERS ALLOWED TIME LIMIT MAKING SLANDEROUS OR PROFOUND REMARK OR USING LOUD, THREATENED OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPT DISTURB, PLETE, OR RENDER INVISIBLE THE ELDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING. MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN ANY PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN THE MANNER THAT MAY REASONABLE BE INTERPRETED AS AN ELEMENT THREAT OF PHYSICAL HARM. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, YOU MAY SIT IN THE FRONT ROW DESIGNATE FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS. THE TIME WILL START WHERE YOUR NAME IS CALLED. AND AS CITY, UH, CITY MANAGER, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TONIGHT, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT SPEAKER SLIPS. NO AFTER ORAL ATION COMMUNICATION AFTER THE CONSENT CALENDAR. YEAH, PLEASE. OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT SPEAKERS. YEAH, GO AHEAD. THE FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY SABRINA BOW, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN IS YOUR FAVORITE SONG. ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST BECAUSE WE JUST BIT OFF LIKE $8.1 MILLION IN COUNTING. UH, WHAT WAS EVEN MORE AMAZING IS YOU'D READ THE AR READ THE OPINION, AND THEY BASICALLY SAID YOU'RE A LIAR. THAT WAS THE, SO NOW WE HAVE, WHAT WAS IT, UH, THAT WAS PUBLISHED ON FACEBOOK THAT WE NOW HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER, BRIAN GUTIERREZ, WHO WAS REFERRED TO AS A SERIAL LIAR. AND NOW WE HAVE ONE THAT THE APPELLATE COURT REFERS TO AS A LIAR. INTERESTING, UH, COMBINATION OF FOLKS, BUT, YOU KNOW, 8 MILLION. AND WE STILL DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WAS PAID TO, UH, MARK TAYLOR. I IMAGINE IT WAS PROBABLY IN, UH, AROUND THE SAME BALLPARK EXCEPT FOR LEGAL FEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. YOU DO UNDERSTAND THE IDEA IS TO KEEP THE MONEY IN THE CITY. WHAT'S EVEN WORSE IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IS SOME OF THIS NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE. SO THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE SIX NEW VEHICLES WERE $279,000 TO WRITE PARKING TICKETS. I DUNNO IF YOU SAW IT ON FACEBOOK, BUT THERE'S THIS PLACE CALLED COCO COACHES THAT FOR LESS THAN $20,000 YOU CAN BUY BASICALLY GOLF CARTS THAT ARE RUN AROUND THE CITY ALL DAY AND DO THE SAME THING. OR IS IT BECAUSE OUR, UH, INTERIM CITY MANAGER CAME FROM LA PUENTE WHERE, UH, THEY USE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY CODE ENFORCEMENTS VEHICLES TO, UH, DO OTHER THINGS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, UH, A THING TO GO TO YOUR HANDLERS AT THE FBI ON, WHICH IS THAT THIS COULD BE APPROPRIATION MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE USED FOR JUST THAT. THEY'RE GONNA BE USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE. IT ALSO, IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING TO, UH, LOOK AT AND, UH, TALK ABOUT THE, UH, LET'S SEE. THAT'S THAT. OH, UH, WHAT DID YOU GUYS SCREW UP SO BAD THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A MEETING ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT THAT FROM AS LONG AS I REMEMBER, HAVE NEVER HAD A COUNCIL MEETING ON THAT NIGHT. WHY AREN'T YOU WANNA GO OUT AND MEET, UH, THE PEOPLE AND THE PUBLIC, BUT HAVE A MEETING? WHAT DID YOU DO THAT REQUIRES JUST TWO WEEKS AGO THERE WAS NOTHING THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT IS SO URGENT THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE IT THAT NIGHT. I WAS JUST WONDERING. AND MY LAST COMMENT REGARDS, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PAID FBI INFORMANT GUTIERREZ, WHO LAST MEETING FLIPPED ME OFF. NOW I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A VULGAR OR, UH, VULGAR, UH, [00:45:01] SIGN TOWARDS ME, OR HE WANTED SOME SORT OF RELATIONSHIP, BUT, YOU KNOW, UH, I KNOW BILL ELLIOT TELLS ME THAT ALL THE TIME. THAT ISN'T THE WAY I RUN. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU TWO GUYS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND THAT WOULD SOLVE A LOT OF YOUR PROBLEMS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN. THE NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER, SABRINA BOW. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER AND STAFF. MY NAME IS DR. SABRINA BOW. AND WHILE SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW ME AS A COUNCILWOMAN FOR THE CITY OF AZUA, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR SHEPHERD'S PANTRY, A NONPROFIT FOOD PANTRY SERVING THE GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. A RECENT STUDY FROM USC INDICATED THAT 25% OF FAMILIES IN LA COUNTY REPORT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THEIR FAMILY. THAT NUMBER IS NEARLY TWICE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE BETWEEN FOOD, RENT, GAS, MORE BETWEEN FOOD, RENT, AND GAS. MORE AND MORE FAMILIES ARE STRUGGLING TO COVER THE BASICS. SINCE 2004, SHEPHERD'S PANTRY HAS BEEN FIGHTING FOOD INSECURITY AND HELPING PEOPLE MAKE ENDS MEET. AMONG OUR THREE FACILITIES IN GLENDORA, IRWINDALE AND EL MONTE, WE SERVE AN AVERAGE OF 3,500 HOUSEHOLDS A MONTH. LAST YEAR, WE PROVIDED FREE NUTRITIOUS FOOD TO OVER 38,000 HOUSEHOLDS REACHING APPROXIMATELY 92,000 INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING CHILDREN AND FAMILIES, SENIORS, VETERANS, AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. WHETHER IT'S THROUGH OUR WEEKLY FREE FOOD DISTRIBUTIONS, UTILITY BILL AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE, OR CASE MANAGEMENT REFERRALS TO HOUSING, EMPLOYMENT, AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. SHEPHERD'S PANTRY WORKS TO MEET, TO UPLIFT THOSE IN NEED, PROVIDING HOPE AND A HELPING HAND. WE DO THIS WORK WITH A SEVEN MEMBER STAFF AUGMENTED BY THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEER HOURS. AND WITH THE HELP OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, ON BEHALF OF OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, STAFF, VOLUNTEERS, AND MOST OF ALL OUR CLIENTS, I EXTEND MY SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY FOR SHEPHERD'S PANTRY TO ONCE AGAIN, BE CONSIDERED AS A CD BG GRANTEE. THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER IS HERMAN. WOW. LA COUNTY SEES A 4% DROP IN HOMELESSNESS, BUT I DON'T SEE IT. MATTER OF FACT, I DIDN'T SEE THIS EITHER. DID YOU, DID ANY ONE OF YOU SEE THIS? BECAUSE ACCORDING TO CASE LAW, JW CASE NUMBER 8 3 2 9 1 67 TO INCLUDE CASE NUMBER 2 23 CV OH 2 4 2 7 KJRR, PAGE FOUR FOR THE RECORD, LET'S GET A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT PARTICULAR INDIVIDUALS LIKE THE MAYOR AND SOME COUNCIL PEOPLE WHO DO ACTIONS LIKE I CAN DO. AND THAT IS PHYSICAL INTIMIDATION BY A KNOWN EL MONTE GANG MEMBER ON FEDERAL PROBATION. WHO WOULD I BE TALKING ABOUT? IS IT THE LADY FROM CUDA? HEY, CYNTHIA GONZALEZ WITH A PHD WHO SAID, HOMIES, WE GOTTA GET CONTROL OF ICE. WELL, SORRY, I SUPPORT ICE. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M GONNA READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. AND THOSE TWO COURT APPEALS BECAUSE THE MAYOR ESCALATED THE SITUATION BY SENDING OVER A KNOWN EL MONTE FLORES, SPELLED CAPITAL F-L-O-R-E-S GANG MEMBER WHO IS OUT ON FEDERAL PATROL ARISING FROM A RICO CASE INVESTIGATED BY ONE AND ONLY EL MONTE PD. SO WHAT DOES IT TELL YOU FOLKS? WHAT DOES THIS TELL YOU FOLKS? WHAT DOES THESE TWO CASES TELL YOU ABOUT THE HOMIES? THE GANGSTERS FROM AND EL MONTE TELLS YOU THAT WE GOT REAL SERIOUS PROBLEMS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. ONE, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUPPRESSES, IMPEDES, DENIES US OUR FIVE MINUTES OF PUBLIC SPEECH BECAUSE THEY CANNOT TOLERATE A FEW VULGAR OFFENSIVE AMERICAN WORDS, JUST LIKE THIS ONE UNIVERSAL SIGN LANGUAGE, WHICH I DICTATE RIGHT NOW. I CONTROL THE FLOOR. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY I POINT THIS OUT TO YOU. MATTER OF FACT, WHEN I WAS OUT THERE IN THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, I TOLD THE SHERIFF THERE TODD GOODBYE, AND I'LL [00:50:01] SEE YOU A LONG WAY FROM YOUR JOB. 'CAUSE THEY GOT THE FIRST BLACK FEMALE MAYOR THERE, MS. CHASE. BUT IT'S APPARENT THAT WE NEED TO STOP THE CHOLOS AND CHOLOS IN OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND THE PEOPLE WHO CALL THEMSELVES DUMB ASS AND A******S THAT RUN OUR CITY INTO A BUDGET DEFICIT. 42 USC 1983. POLITELY. F**K YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU HERMAN. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE RECORD NEXT SPEAKER. NEXT SPEAKER. JIM GRITCH, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESMAN, FOLLOWED BY LISA MAYO. AS A MEMBER OF YOUR AUDIT COMMITTEE, I FEEL COMPELLED TO TALK ABOUT AUDIT. UH, THE CALIFORNIA STATE AUDITOR IN DECEMBER OF 24, UH, ISSUED A REPORT WITH THE TITLE, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA REMAINS A HIGH RISK ENTITY FOR FUTURE FINANCIAL INSTABILITY. ON THAT REPORT, THEY LISTED SEVERAL REASONS THAT THEY DREW THAT CONCLUSION. UH, ONE OF THEM WAS LACK OF OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE THAT CONTRACTS PROVIDE BEST VALUE. UH, I'M GONNA FOCUS ON A CONTRACT THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA THIS EVENING. UH, IT'S UNDER AGENDA. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER NINE. IT'S FOR THE PURCHASE OF SIX VEHICLES. UH, WHAT DOES BEST VALUE MEAN? IT MEANS YOU'RE BUYING SOMETHING THAT RETURNS A DIRECT VALUE FOR THE CITY THAT'S WORTH WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT. I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ENTITY. UH, I CHECKED AROUND QUITE A BIT THAT USES POLICE INTERCEPTORS TO WRITE PARKING TICKETS. UH, THEY USE SMALL VEHICLES. UH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES BECAUSE, UH, I HAPPEN TO BE, I HAPPEN TO PARK IN AN AREA WHERE THEY FREQUENT QUITE A BIT AND THEY USE LITTLE TINY VEHICLES, UH, HALF THE PRICE OF POLICE INTERCEPTORS. AND YOU MAY SAY, WELL, $20,000 FOR SIX VEHICLES WASTED. THAT'S ONLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND. WHAT'S, WHAT'S THAT? BUT MY POINT IS THAT THINGS NEED TO BE SIZED FOR WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE FOR. UH, AND, AND THEY ALSO NEEDED TO BE COMPETITIVELY BID. I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS A BUNCH OF TIMES. IT SAYS THERE WAS ONLY ONE RESPONSIVE BIDDER FOR F1 FIFTIES. HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THE CITY ONLY FIND ONE RESPONSIVE BIDDER BY F1 FIFTIES? UH, THAT DOESN'T, THAT JUST STRIKES ME AS BIZARRE. UH, AND, UH, AND, AND I STILL CAN'T FIGURE OUT POLICE INTERCEPTORS. I CANNOT SEE AT FIRST PLACE. UH, PEOPLE WHO WRITE PARKING TICKETS AREN'T ALLOWED TO CHASE ANYBODY. UH, THEY'RE NOT SWORN POLICE OFFICERS. SO I, WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU EVER PUT THEM IN A POLICE INTERCEPTOR? IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME AT ALL. UH, AND THE LAST PART I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS THERE'S A FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT THERE, AND I COULDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE OUT OF IT. I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THESE VEHICLES ARE BEING PAID FOR WHAT BUDGET IT'S COMING FROM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. UH, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER, ZI MESSMAN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELSIE MESSMAN, A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA. FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA CONGRATULATE WHERE LARRY WHITHAM ON HIS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WIT WINNING THE APPEAL FOR A FOUR TO $1 MILLION RETURN WITH ATTORNEY FEES. STAFF SHOULD GET ADVICE FROM THE ATTORNEY BEFORE THEY HURT THE CITY ANYMORE. AND LARRY, WE'RE PROUD OF YOU, RIGHT? PROUD OF YOU. HOW MANY MORE GOOD PEOPLE HAVE THAT THEY LET GO AND ASKED TO EITHER RESIGN OR FILE A CLAIM THAT WE WEREN'T TOLD ABOUT? AND WHY IS ONE PERSON, AND I'LL REPEAT ONE PERSON, DESTROYING OUR CITY BY MAKING DECISIONS THAT IS COSTING THE CITY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND THIS CITY, UH, [00:55:01] IS NOT A REAL ESTATE OFFICE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, MARK TAYLOR WAS TERMINATED, BUT SETTLED OUTTA COURT OF AN AMOUNT UNKNOWN TO US. AND THEN THE TERMINATED LARRY WHITHAM WHITHORN WITH, UH, AND THEY JUST WON THE FOUR, 4.1 MILLION PLUS ATTORNEY FEES TO BE PAID BY THE CITY. NUMBER THREE, BRIDGE CREEK RETIREMENT COMMUNITY DID NOT HAVE A BUSINESS LICENSE WHEN THE TWO PEOPLE DIED OF COVID. IS THAT WHY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? THIS IS WHY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEVER SHOWED UP. AND NO, WE DON'T WANT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND DON'T NEED IT AND DON'T WANT IT. FOURTH, THE FOURTH SPORTSPLEX IS COSTING THE CITIES THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR WHAT? 4TH OF JULY FESTIVAL. THAT'S ALL I CAN SEE. IT'S THERE FOR NUMBER FIVE. STREET SWEEPING IS A JOKE COSTING THE CITY MILLIONS FOR SIGNS, INSTALLATION, CARS, EMPLOYEES MISTAKES, PUTTING UP WRONG SIGNS, AND TIME SPENT ON MEETINGS WITH A STAFF AND CONSULTANTS THAT DID NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE FOR TWO TIMES A MONTH. AND EVERY NOW FROM BEFORE TWO TIMES A MONTH TO EVERY WEEK NOW, IS COSTING US OVER $50,000 A MONTH EXTRA JUST FOR THE SWEEPERS. WE WOULD BE BETTER SERVING THE PEOPLE BY PUTTING SIGNS WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY'RE NEEDED, NOT ON EVERY STREET. AND LET US BE FREE. OKAY? AND LOOK AT THE MONEY WE SPENT ON STOLI AND ENDED UP BEING TRASHED. NOW IT'S OKAY FOR THE WEST COVINA EMPLOYEES TO GO TO WORK IN A TOXIC DUMP AND THE HOTEL IN THE MAINTENANCE YARD LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LOOKING AT LOOKING FOR MONEY AND NOT OUR EMPLOYEES HEALTH. AND LAST, THANK YOU. LEAST YOUR TIME'S UP. OKAY, I'LL LET SOMEONE ELSE CHANGE THE GLASSES. APPRECIATE, OKAY. THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER IS LISA MAYO, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA LARIOS, FOLLOWED BY JD. I AM GONNA TRY TO SPEAK AS LOUD AS I CAN. MAYOR WOO. MAYOR PRO, UH, LOPEZ. WELL, YOU KNOW, UH, COUNCIL BRIAN AND OF COURSE MY FAVORITE. I'M SORRY I'M DON'T MEAN TO DO THAT. OLI . I COME TO YOU LITERALLY ASKING FOR YOUR HELP. LUCKY FOR ME, ROXANNE ANSWERED HER PHONE WHEN I CALLED HER. YOU KNOW, I BELONG TO, UH, MURPH CHAPEL, A ME CHURCH, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A SOUNDS ON THE GROUND EVENT COMING UP ON THE 26TH. SO WE HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING TONIGHT. WE, UH, OUR, OUR, OUR PASTOR FILLED OUT ALL THE FORMS. UH, WE SENT THEM IN AND WHATEVER HAD TO BE DONE CORRECTLY. UM, AND THEN TODAY SHE FOUND OUT SHE WENT THROUGH THIS, ALL THE PAPERWORK WAS DONE. AND SHE FOUND OUT TODAY THAT THERE IS A PERMIT OF 1,300 AND AND $4. OUR CHURCH IS SO SMALL, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO THIS CHURCH, IT'S TINY. ONCE A MONTH. WE DO GIVE AWAY TUESDAYS. SO WE PUT IN OUR MONEY TO GIVE TO 50 PEOPLE, FOOD, CLOTHING, WHATEVER WE CAN WE DO. SO WE WERE GONNA HAVE THIS SOUND ON THE GROUND EVENT COMING ON THE 26TH. SO I'M ASKING YOU FOR HELP. THANKS GOD TO ROXANNE. SHE WAS ABLE TO HELP ME. A LITTLE BIT OF IT. BUT I NEED TO KNOW TO HELP THE PASTOR WHO'S PRETTY DISTRAUGHT AT THIS MOMENT. 'CAUSE WE'VE ONLY GOT A WEEK TO GO TO BE ABLE TO, HOW WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO PAY IT. OR HOW CAN WE POSSIBLY GET IT SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY IT THIS TIME, MAYBE NEXT TIME. OR HOW ARE WE GONNA CANCEL ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO COME IN? UH, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE KIDS DO PAINT. YOU KNOW, IT'S A SIMPLE, SIMPLE THING. AND IF YOU SAW THE CHURCH, YOU'D SEE HOW TINY IT IS. IT'S LIKE WE HAVE ABOUT, I WOULD SAY, AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY I'M GONNA BRAG THAT I'M PART OF THE CHOIR, BUT THERE'S ONLY LIKE 30 PEOPLE THERE. . IT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A CHURCH. BUT WE DO BELIEVE IN SERVING OUR CREATOR AND HARPING OUR COMMUNITY. SO I'M ASKING YOU TO HELP ME GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT I CAN HELP MY PASTOR SO THAT WE CAN DO THE RIGHT THING, SO THAT WE CAN BRING THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND HELP OUT. WE'RE ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS HERE OF THIS EARTH, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE HELPED HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER AND TO DO GOOD FOR THE WORLD. NOGALES HIGH SCHOOL, CARL CHRISTIAN, I DON'T KNOW. HE GRADUATED. [01:00:01] HE, HE WAS ONE OF THE KIDS THAT I GOT IN MY FILM AND NOW HE HAS HIS OWN TV SHOW. WE HELP EACH OTHER OUT. WE DO THINGS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, TO HELP KIDS. AND SO I'M ASKING YOU TO PLEASE LEAVE ME IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS ACCOMPLISHED, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS EVENT WITHOUT A PERMIT. WE WANNA DO THE RIGHT THING AND HONOR OUR CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO, BECAUSE LET'S FACE IT, IT'S HARD. OH, OH MY TIME'S UP. THANK YOU. YOU CAN, CAN YOU SAY THE CHRISTINE? OKAY. I'M JUST KIDDING. OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THANK YOU. CHRISTINA RIOS, FOLLOWED BY GD WELCOME, WELCOME LIBRARY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA. UM, I'M HERE, CHRISTINA LARIOS TO PROVIDE UPDATES ON OUR WONDERFUL PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE, UM, COMING UP TOMORROW FOR CHILDREN. WE HAVE OUR DAVE PIKE BOOK PARTY. CHILDREN CAN COME AND CREATE, UM, THEIR OWN FLIP ORAMA, LEARN ABOUT DOG MAN AND OTHER, UH, BOOKS BY DAVE PELKE. UM, ALSO ON, UH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 23RD, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BIG VENTRILOQUIST SHOW, UM, AT 2:00 PM AND WEDNESDAY, JULY 30TH, HANDS ON COLOR SCIENCE FOR KIDS. COME JOIN US FOR SOME FUN. SCIENCE. KIDS WILL LEARN ABOUT DIFFUSION AND LIGHT BY MAKING A TOY SPINNING WHEEL. UM, ALSO FOR TEENS COMING UP TOMORROW, TEENS, UH, CAN PAINT THEIR OWN VASE. THAT WILL BE AT FOUR O'CLOCK. AND FOR ADULTS, OF COURSE, WE HAVE OUR ZUMBA WEDNESDAY EVENINGS AT SIX 30. AND, UM, ON TUESDAY, JULY 29TH, WE WILL HAVE PRESSED FLOWER ART WHERE ADULTS CAN CREATE THEIR OWN ART IN A GLASS FRAME. ALL MATERIALS WILL BE PROVIDED. SO WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO JOIN US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. NEXT IS JD. UM, PASTOR, PASTOR, YOU WANNA STAY? WE ARE GOING TO ANSWER SOME LISA REQUESTS. OKAY. WOULD YOU PLEASE STAY? OKAY. LET'S SEE HOW WE CAN RESOLVE THE ISSUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE, UH, NEXT SPEAKER. JD. JD, GO AHEAD. HOW YOU DOING MR. WU? THANK YOU, COUNSEL. UH, I COME UP JUST 'CAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE CENTRALIZING NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, AND I'M HOPING TO ENCOURAGE, IF THAT IS SO, ENCOURAGE THAT THE, UH, FORMAT BE OF A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD WITH HOPEFULLY THE FIRE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPRESENTING THE CITY SINCE THOSE ARE OUR TWO MAIN CONCERNS. SO THAT THE CITY RESIDENTS CAN NOT ONLY PARTAKE, BUT ALSO BENEFIT FROM HEARING IT AT HOME SO THAT IT'S RECORDED AND PUT OUT THERE, UM, AND NOT JUST A KUMBAYA TYPE OF PARTY HERE AT THE, UH, CITY PARK. RIGHT? HOPEFULLY YOU WILL, UH, CONSIDER MY, MY SUGGESTION. THANK YOU. GOOD POINT. THANK YOU, JDI. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. NO MORE SPEAKERS. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN, OKAY. AND ACTING CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE RESPOND ALL OF THE SPEAKER? UH, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, FIRST OF ALL, MR. UH, UH, SHOEMAKER. UM, I KNOW YOU COMMENTED ON A COUPLE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT, UH, ON THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING, IT WASN'T A, A, A ERROR MISTAKE BY COUNCIL. UM, STAFF WAS LATE IN GETTING A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, AND THAT REPORT HAS TO BE TAKEN TO THE COUNCIL AT A, UH, REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING, WHICH FORCED US TO, UM, ASK FOR THE UN CANCELLATION OF THE AUGUST 5TH MEETING. SO IT WASN'T THE COUNCIL, IT WAS, THAT WAS AN ERROR ON STAFF'S PART. UM, DR. BEAU, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION ON SHEPHERD'S PANTRY. UM, HERMAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS ALWAYS. UM, JIM GVI, UM, I KNOW YOU ALSO SPOKE ON AN ITEM THAT'S ON THE, UH, AGENDA TONIGHT. I'LL JUST CLARIFY. IT IS MEASURE W MONEY THAT'S BEING USED, UH, FOR THE ITEM NUMBER NINE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. UM, ELSIE MEMA, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, COMMENTS. UM, EVERYTHING FROM THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, STREET SWEEPING SPORTS COMPLEX, UM, AND OTHER CITY MATTERS. UH, LISA MAYO ON THE, UM, SPECIAL EVENT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. UM, I'LL GIVE YOU MY BUSINESS CARD IF YOU'RE HERE DAY, RIGHT THERE. AND I'LL WORK WITH YOU ON FILLING OUT A, A FEE WAIVER APPLICATION. AND I'LL DEFINITELY WORK WITH YOU, UM, TOMORROW ON THAT, AND WE'LL GET THIS TAKEN CARE OF FOR YOU. OKAY? YEAH. I WILL GIVE YOU MY CARD. YES. UM, CHRISTINA RIOS, THANK YOU AS ALWAYS FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE, UH, LIBRARY, THE BOOK, BOOK PARTY, VENT, SHOW, SPEC, SCIENCE EVENTS, PAINTING, ART, AND OTHER EVENTS. UM, JD THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND YOUR INPUT IN ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO INVOLVED WITH OUR, UH, POLICE AND FIRE, UH, DEPARTMENT FOR THAT EVENT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. AND THE OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANTED TO ADD ON. OKAY. OTHERWISE, I WANT TO ADD ON SOMETHING AND SAY, OKAY. AND, UH, I KNOW THE A ME CHURCH, OKAY? I'VE BEEN THERE. AND, UH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL SMALL, BUT IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, VERY TIE OKAY. OF, UM, A CHURCH AND HAVE PEOPLE OVER THERE. AND WE WILL DO EVERYTHING [01:05:01] TO, TO MY, MY TIME'S UP. OKAY. SORRY, , I ONLY HAVE A, I FEEL I ONLY HAVE A 52ND. OKAY. IT WAS, IT WAS FOR, IT WAS FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER. NOT YOU. IT'S FINE. OKAY. BUT I, I'LL SAY THIS, OKAY? WE, WE NEED ALL THIS GOOD EVENT AND, UH, ANYTHING WE CAN HELP, UH, WE ARE COMMUNITY, WE WORK TOGETHER ANY PROBLEM, PLEASE COME TO US. WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO A COME DAY BECAUSE WE ARE FAMILY, OKAY? NO WORRY. UH, DON'T GET STRESSED OUT, OKAY? AND, UH, IF, IF CITY DON'T WAVE, UH, I WILL FIND A DONATION FOR YOU. SO DON'T WORRY, OKAY? JUST, JUST CONTACT US. UH, WE WANT THE COMMUNITY UNITED TOGETHER, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE. AND BY THE WAY, UH, YOU ALWAYS COME OVER HERE TO HELP US WITH INVOCATION. WE, WE, THANK YOU. BUT I WANNA SAY SOMETHING REGARDING THE, OKAY, AND BY THE WAY, OUR MANAGER ALREADY, HE, WE SIGNED A WAIVER BECAUSE THE NONPROFIT, LOCAL NONPROFIT CHURCH THAT WE SHOULD BE HELPING YOU FOR THAT. SO A ABOUT THE LAWSUIT, AND, UH, I THINK THAT ANYTHING MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS IS PAID BY THE INSURANCE, RIGHT? YES, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. SO CITY ATTORNEY. YEAH. SO, SO ANYTHING AND, UH, THE, REGARDING THE LAWSUIT THIS ARE LED IS, UH, THE INSURANCE THAT OKAY, THEIR, THEIR LIABILITY. AND, UH, AND SO THEY, THEY SAID WE ALREADY PAY UP TO, AND THE REST OF IS, WILL BE, UH, THE INSURANCE COMPANY LIABILITY THING. SO ANYWAY, SO IT'S NOW WE WASTE A MILLION THIS AND THAT TREMENDOUS NUMBER. OKAY? AND, UH, AND SO THE CHOOSE IS BASICALLY, AND THE INSURANCE PAY FORWARD. OKAY? INSURANCE WANT TO GO TO LAWSUIT, IT'S THEIR LIABILITY, OKAY? IF THEY DON'T DO A GOOD JOB, UH, BASICALLY THAT IS WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES GO INTO THE INSURANCE COMPANY. SO OTHER THAN THAT, YEP. OKAY. AND, UM, A COUNCIL MEMBER, YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, TO ANY NON-PROFIT IN, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, I BELIEVE. UM, AND, AND ROXANNE COULD CLARIFY, I BELIEVE YOU GET, UH, ONE WAIVER PER YEAR, RIGHT? ON PERMITS. YEAH. SO ANY NONPROFIT IN OUR, IN OUR GREAT CITY WHO, WHO NEEDS, UH, ASSISTANCE IN, UH, COVERING, UH, UH, AN EVENT PERMIT FEE WAIVER, OUR CITY DOES HAVE AN ESTABLISHED POLICY THAT ALLOWS FOR A, A WAIVER, UH, TO BE, UH, GIVEN TO YOU YEARLY, UH, DUE, UM, THE, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE. UH, ALSO, I WANTED TO CLARIFY, DO WE KNOW WHY THE, THE FEES WERE A THOUSAND DOLLARS THROUGH THE CHAIR? I MAY, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AS WE WERE COMING DOWN THE ELEVATOR, UM, INTO, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT SHARED WITH ME. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXTENT OF, UM, HER APPLICATION IS. AND SO SHE WAS ASKED TO FILL OUT A FEE WAIVER APPLICATION, WHICH IS WHAT, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER SAID HE WOULD ASSIST HER WITH. OH, OKAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL, BUT JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS. AND ANY RESIDENT, ANY NONPROFIT GROUP OR ANY GROUP HAVE ANY ISSUE, JUST COME TO US. OKAY? AND, UH, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR CT STAFF AND THE COUNCILS REALLY WANT TO OKAY, HELP PEOPLE. MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, ESPECIALLY YOU ARE DOING THE EVENT AND, UH, THE CITY REALLY PROMOTE ANY COMMUNITY EVENT, ESPECIALLY CHURCH AND, UH, THAT FOR CHILDREN, PAINT THE FACE, THIS AND THAT, AND MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY. AND THE CHURCH IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SPIRIT TO OUR OKAY. WELLBEING AND MENTAL HEALTH. BUT WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE PROBLEM SOLVE. OKAY? SO ANYWAY, NO WORRY. YOU GUYS TOO STRESSED OUT, OKAY? DON'T WORRY. OKAY. THING WILL BE RESOLVED. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE OVER HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN NOW WE MOVE INTO CONSENT CALENDAR. THEN AFTER THAT, THEN WE ARE GOING TO OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY? UH, CITY ACTING, [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT ] CITY MANAGER, UH, MANAGER. REPORT PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I'LL START OFF WITH, UM, SOME WORK BY OUR WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO OUR, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, EACH YEAR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTS ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS REGARDING THE USE OF FIREWORKS DURING THE 4TH OF JULY. AND ON DAYS LEADING UP TO THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY, UM, THIS YEAR THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FOUR OPERATIONS CONDUCTED. UM, THREE BY BUST OPERATIONS, ONE SEARCH WARRANT. UM, UH, 15 CITATIONS WERE ISSUED, FOUR ARRESTS WERE MADE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WERE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ALSO OUR ARSON INVESTIGATOR FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SEIZED 9,500 POUNDS OF FIREWORKS, ILLEGAL FIREWORKS IN OUR CITY, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE. UM, NUMBER, THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER HELD HIS ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION, DANCING TO PATRIOTIC BEATS WITH DJ, RUDY, SORRY, CHEFS. HOLLY AND THERESA PREPARED A DELICIOUS RIB MEAL FOR 190 PARTICIPANTS. AND EVENTS LIKE THESE ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH A GREAT SUPPORT, GREAT SPONSORS LIKE GREATER COVINA, UH, MEDICAL GROUP. UM, 4TH OF JULY, SPECTACULAR. THIS YEAR WAS HELD AT THE WEST COVINA SPORTS PLEX ON JULY 4TH, APPROXIMATELY 7,000 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE. IT FEATURED GAMES, FOOD VENDORS, A BEER GARDEN HOSTED [01:10:01] BY THE COVE COCKTAIL BAR ENTERTAINMENT FROM DJ PHIL AND THE BAND, THE DREAM BOATS. UH, THE, THE EVENING CONCLUDED WITH A GREAT FIREWORKS FINALE. UH, THE THIRD CONCERT IN, UH, THIRD CONCERT IN OUR SUMMER CONCERT SERIES TOOK PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 9TH, AND FEATURED THE NEW ROMANTICS, UM, A TAYLOR SWIFT TRIBUTE BAND WITH APPROXIMATELY 400 SWIFTIES ATTENDING THE CONCERTS, THE CALIFORNIA FISH GRILL CELEBRATE THE OPENING OF ITS WEST COVENA RESTAURANT WITH A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY ON FRIDAY, JULY 11TH, UH, CALIFORNIA FISH GRILL. WEST COVEA IS LOCATED AT THREE 10 SOUTH CAROL, CALIFORNIA AVENUE. ON FRIDAY, JULY 11TH. JULY 11TH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HELD AT COOL KIDS OF SUMMER DAY AT PALM VIEW PARK. FROM 11:00 AM TO 1:00 PM UH, THE EVENT VENTURED A TWO HOURS OF SUMMERTIME FUN, INCLUDING WATER GAMES, WATER SLIDES, ARTS AND CRAFTS VENDORS, AND A DJ. THE NEXT WATER DAY IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS FRIDAY, JULY 18TH AT DEL NORTE PARK, ESPN SEVEN 10 RADIO HOSTED ITS ALL STAR FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE WEST COVINA SPORTS COMPLEX ON FRIDAY, JULY 11TH. THIS IS THE FOURTH YEAR THE THAT E-S-P-N-L-A SELECTED THE WEST COVINA SPORTS COMPLEX. FOR THIS EVENT, APPROXIMATELY 600 PEOPLE WERE IN ATTENDANCE, WHICH COMPLETED ALL DAY LIVE BROADCAST PRIZES, GIVEAWAYS, THE RECOGNITION OF THE ALL STAR STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS, FOOD, FOOD, KID ZONE, AND SEVEN 10 ALLSTAR. CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME, COMPUTER FREEZE HERE, PUBLIC WORK STAFF REPAINTED CROSSWALKS, CURBS AND CROSSWALKS AT CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, UH, TO GET READY FOR BACK TO SCHOOL. UH, MOSQUITO AND PREVENTION, MOSQUITO PREVENTION AND PROTECTION TIPS. THE ST. GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT HAS MOSQUITO PREVENTION AND PROTECTION TIPS TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE. AND ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT AND CONTINUES TO BE, UH, DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT THE CITY IS OUR, OUR STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM. SO THE CITY HAS FINISHED THE INSTALLATION OF THE STREET SWEEPING SIGNS. WE'RE STILL TROUBLESHOOTING A FEW AREAS WHERE SOME SIGNS WERE, UH, MIS UH, DISPLAYED IN WRONG PLACES. THERE ARE ALSO SOME OLD SIGNS THAT ARE STILL BEING REMOVED. UM, AS WE PROCURE VEHICLES, WE WILL START ROLLING OUT WITH A SERIES OF FOLLOWING THE SWEEPER, THERE WILL BE FOUR SWEEPERS RUNNING AT THE SAME TIME, WE WILL ISSUE WARNING NOTICES OF THOSE VEHICLES IN VIOLATION. FROM THERE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE DATA AND IDENTIFY AREAS WHERE THE SIGNAGE IS WORKING, AND SOME AREAS WHERE MAYBE THE TIMES NEED TO BE CHANGED. MAYBE WE, SOME AREAS ARE POSTED IN A SCHOOL ZONE WHEN SCHOOLS ARE LETTING OUT OR, UH, COMING INTO SESSION. THEY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED. AND WE'LL ALSO BE TAKING A LOOK AT AREAS THAT ARE HIGH DENSITY AND MAY NEED SOME MODIFICATIONS. IT'S A WORK IN PROCESS. AND UNTIL WE GET OUT THERE AND START DOING, UH, WARNING NOTICES AND GET THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT'S OUT THERE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO COME BACK WITH ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO THE COUNCIL UNTIL THAT POINT. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND ACTING CITY MANAGER AND ANY COUNCIL WANT TO HAVE ANY REMARK OR ANY QUESTION? IF NONE, THEN THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S, UM, I WANNA SAY THE PUBLIC WORK AND, UH, EVENT, COMMUNITY SERVICE, THEY'RE ALL DOING A GREAT JOB. OKAY. THEY, EXCELLENT JOB. AND I WANT THANK ALL THE STAFF, OUR WORK. OKAY. WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSAND PEOPLE ON JULY 4TH, OKAY. AND, UH, ALL THE EVENT AND THE FOUR PEOPLE LEFT AND, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE SENIOR OUR OKAY. UH, SUMMER COUNCIL. OKAY. AND, UH, REALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE. AND THIS TIME WE HAVE, UH, TAYLOR SUITE. OKAY. WANT TO BE OKAY. AND, UH, WE HAVE ALL THE YOUNGER, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SEE SO MANY CHILDREN OVER HERE ENJOYING OUR SUMMER COUNCIL. SO WE NEED TO OKAY. AND KIND OF, UH, ENTERTAIN DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE. SO NOW ALWAYS ENTERTAIN WITH THE SENIOR. SOMETIME WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN THE CHILDREN, AND THEN SOMETIME WE WANNA ATTEND THE YOUNG TEENAGERS. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN UNITE ALL THE PEOPLE. BUT I WANT TO THANK AND THE STAFF. OKAY. ALL THE HARD WORK, POLICE, FIRE, COMMUNITY SERVICE PROBABLY WORK. OKAY. I PROBABLY WORK, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB UNDER THIS HOT WEATHER, A HUNDRED DEGREE AND, OKAY. AND THEY, THEY PAINT THE SCHOOLS SURROUNDING, OKAY. UM, CROSS ROAD AND THE, IF REALLY WANT TO, BEFORE THE SCHOOL STARTED, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR, OUR CHILDREN WILL BE SAFE ACROSS OKAY. THE, THE STREET. SO I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE PUBLIC WORK, HARDWORKING, OKAY. AND WORKING FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR US. AND WE GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR IF NOBODY WANT. GO AHEAD, MR. MR. MAYOR, BEFORE COUNSEL GETS STARTED WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR, I WANT TO ADD THAT AT THE DIOCESE, WE'VE PROVIDED YOU AN UPDATED STAFF REPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE. IT'S ALSO BEEN POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AND LEFT UP TOP FOR, UH, PEOPLE COMING INTO, UH, THE MEETING. AND IT JUST CLARIFIES [01:15:01] THE INTENDED USE OF THE VEHICLES, UH, UNDER THE DISCUSSION. OKAY? AND, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AHEAD. YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, ECHO WHAT MAYOR TONY W STATED AND WHICH WAS, UH, COMMAND OUR, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, PEOPLE WHO WORKED, UH, TO GET OUR SCHOOL SITES READY. I KNOW THEY DID, UH, SOME GREAT WORK IN, IN, THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND IN DISTRICT ONE. AND I ALSO WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK OUR, UH, ACTIVE CITY MANAGER, MILEY HICK FOR, UH, DIRECTING PUBLIC WORKS AND, AND GIVING THEM, UH, UH, INSIGHTS ON, ON AREAS TO COVER THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. AND SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND YOU TO ACTING CITY MANAGERS. OKAY? THANK YOU. AND LET'S GO TO CONSENT [CONSENT CALENDAR ] CALENDAR. OKAY. WANT TO JOIN? ANY PEOPLE WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM? AND OLI? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER OLI CAN TALK. YES, MR. MAYOR, ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE. NUMBER NINE. AND OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO PULL ANYTHING. UH, NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THREE, REGARDING THE BUS STOP. OKAY. BUS SHELTER. OKAY. AND SO NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER NINE. ANY OTHER? IF NONE, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I WANT TO TELL BESIDE THE THREE AND NINE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I MOTION SECOND. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BY OLLIE. OKAY. UH, CITY MANAGER, MOVE. UH, OKAY. MOTION MOVE BY MAYOR PROTON. AND, UH, SECOND BY, UH, COUNCIL MAN, OLI KENTO. AND, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. AYE. COUNCILMAN ROSARIO DIAZ. ABSENT. COUNCILMEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. AND, UH, MOTION APPROVE. FOUR ZERO. WE GO TO NUMBER THREE [3) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT WITH VALLEY LIGHT CENTER FOR SOCIAL ADVANCEMENT FOR BUS SHELTER CLEANING SERVICES ] REGARDING THE BUS STOP SHELTER. OKAY, GO AHEAD, BRIAN. YEAH, I JUST, UM, I, I DID SEE THAT THEY, THEY DID START CLEANING, UH, SOME STOPS IN OUR CITY, BUT, UH, I STILL HOLD A CONCERN, UH, THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T, THEY, THIS, THEY WERE NOT GETTING, UH, THE JOB DONE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND, AND, AND THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, THEY HAVE BEEN IN CONTRACT WITH US. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CONTRACT AMOUNT AND YOU DIVIDE THAT BY 12 MONTHS, THAT'S LESS THAN I THINK, $800 OR SOMETHING. AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE PAYING THEIR, THEIR STAFF, UH, WITH THAT LOW AMOUNT FEE IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE OUT IN OUR STREETS ALMOST EVERY OTHER DAY, SUPPOSED TO BE OUT IN EVERY OTHER DAY. AND SO IT'S, IT'S COMPLICATED TO TO BE PRODUCT CONTRACT WHEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UH, WHAT IS IT, A FOUR YEAR CONTRACT? THREE YEAR WITH A, OH, SORRY. HUH? IT WAS A THREE YEAR WITH TWO A THREE YEARS WITH TWO OPTIONAL ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS. AND SO, OKAY. UH, AND, AND WE DID NOT DO A, UH, RFP EITHER FOR THIS. AND SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO IDEALLY SEE A, UH, AND, UH, HOLD ON. LET, LET'S HAVE FIRST, YEAH. 18 CITY MANAGER. ANSWER YOUR QUESTION FIRST BEFORE YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTION. I THINK THE, AND THE QUESTION WILL BE, UH, IS LESS SUFFICIENT FUND OKAY. FOR THE BUS SHELTER CLEANING? AND, UH, THE ISSUE IS, AND I THINK IT'S POSSIBLE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, INCLUDING MYSELF, OR FEEL LIKE THE ALL BUS STOPS STILL UNDERPERFORM SO POSSIBLE. IS THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HIRE ENOUGH PEOPLE BECAUSE THE CHARGE IS TOO LOW. OKAY. AND SO MAYBE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. I'M GONNA ASK, UH, ASSISTANT OF CITY MANAGER KELLY MCDONALD, WHO'S, UM, BETTER PREPARED TO ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS TO COME UP, PLEASE. HI. UH, GOOD EVENING. THERE'S, UH, SUFFICIENT, UH, SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM. WE ARE OFFERING HOW MUCH WE CHARGE THEM. UH, HOW MUCH DID THEY CHARGE US, UH, FOR ANNUAL OR MONTHLY? HOW MUCH IS THE CONTRACT? UH, CURRENTLY THE PROPOSED CONTRACT IS EIGHT $18 18 PER CLEANING. SO, UH, THE TOTAL IS NOT TO EXCEED 1 13 7 60. SAY THAT AGAIN, IS HOW MUCH? 18 1 100 $13,760 FOR THE YEAR IS AN ANNUAL COST. AND THAT 1 31 3 0, UH, 1 1 3. 1 1 3, YES. $113,000 RIGHT. A YEAR? CORRECT. OKAY. SO EQUALLY, DIVIDE 12. HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH PER MONTH? IT'S ABOUT, HUH? 909,489,000 A MONTH. A MONTH DIVIDED BY WHAT? FIVE, FOUR WEEK, FOUR WEEKS. HOW MANY, HOW MANY, HOW MANY? BUS STOP? WE HAVE FIVE WEEKS. UH, THE, THERE'S, UH, NUMBER OF BUS STOPS, BUT THE TOTAL CLEANINGS IS 120. CLEANINGS 120. IS THEY, SOME ARE CLEAN TWICE OR THREE TIMES A WEEK, DEPENDING ON THE TRAFFIC. HOW, HOW MANY DAYS ARE THEY CLEAN? IS IT MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY? YES. THEY DIVIDED BY FIVE, THAT'S $379 A DAY. HOW MANY THEY CLEAN A DAY, APPROXIMATELY 20. BASED ON THE, [01:20:01] THE ATTACHED SCHEDULE. UM, 18 TO 22. 17 TO 22 A DAY. I, I THINK THE ISSUE, UH, THE COUNCIL HAVE IS I, I, DRIVING AROUND, I SOLD OKAY. MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BARRANCA AND CITRUS. THE BUS STOP IS HY ESPECIALLY ON BARRANCA BRIDGE AND THEN OUTSIDE THE EASTERN MALL. AND THAT, THAT BUS STOP IS REALLY PRETTY BAD. AND THE ONE ON THE CITRA. OKAY. THE REASON I SAW IT, BECAUSE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T KNOW, DRIVING AROUND SOME IS GOOD, SOME IS TYPE OF TRASH OR DIRTIES. BUT I WANT TO GIVE THE CHANCE FOR ALL THE CITY COUNCIL TO PITCH IN ABOUT THEIR, ANY CON THEY HAVE ANY ISSUE OR WHY SUGGESTION? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UH, LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT WE GIVE THEM ONE MONTH. OKAY. AND TO SEE, UH, CAN THEY IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE? OKAY. WE, WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THIS IS FOR THE A DA, WE REALLY WANT TO HELP THEM. BY THE SAME TIME WE, WE WANT OUT BUS STEPS CLEAN. MM-HMM . PRESENTABLE. SO, SO OTHERWISE, UH, IT'S NO POINT. UH, YOU PAY $113,000 A YEAR, BUT YOU, YOU DON'T GET THE SERVICE ABOUT THE CLEANERS OF THE BUS STOP AND THE TRASH AND THIS, THAT. SO INSTEAD, WE DO HAVE A SUPERVISOR TO LOOKING INTO, WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM, YEAH, GO AHEAD. YEAH. HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A FULL-TIME CREW THAT IS OUT THERE ON A DAILY BASIS. WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PRESENTATION, A VIDEO. I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN KIND OF MAYBE SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE YEAH. WHY NOT EVERYBODY? EVERYBODY AGREE? YEAH. YEAH. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE THE CREW, YEAH. HAVE THE CREW TO COME OUT TO EXPLAIN TO US HOW CAN THEY IMPROVE. WE, WE, WE TRY TO SEE THE WAY WE CAN HAVE OUR BEST PRESENTABLE. LET'S MOST DEFINITELY HELP YOU UNDERSTAND. PLEASE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR, WE REALLY WANNA GIVE YOU CHANCES. AND CHANCES. YEAH. WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS CONTRACT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THEN WE DO ACTUALLY PRIDE OURSELVES. YEAH. COME, COME BACK. COME BACK. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. SO THIS, THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE SITES THAT WE ACTUALLY ENCOUNTER, UH, FROM ON A DAILY BASIS ALMOST TO WHERE, YEAH, THAT MCDONALD'S RIGHT THERE ON THE AMAR AND AMAR AND TEMPO. YES. THAT'S WHAT WE GO THROUGH. EVERYTHING. I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T GO OUT THERE. SEE, THIS IS WHAT WE TALKED LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BASIC THINGS THAT YOU GUYS DON'T SEE. YEAH. THAT'S A PROBLEMATIC AREA. YES. KNOW. AND THEY'RE DIRTY. I MEAN, WE CAN GO DOWN, UP, UP ONE STREET, COME DOWN THE OTHER BETWEEN, AND NEXT, THE OTHER SIDE IS DIRTY. I MEAN, YOUR STUFF THAT YOU GUYS DO NOT SEE IF YOU CAN PLAY THE NEXT, UH, THE, THE VIDEO. YEAH. GO, CONTINUE. CONTINUE. YEAH. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS WE ENCOUNTER AND WE HAVE TO GO AND CLEAN. SO I, WE DO HAVE EXAMPLE AS TO US COMING ONTO, THIS IS ONE OF THE SITES THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, CAME UPON AND SEE THIS WHY IT IS A BARCA, RIGHT? THIS IS A BARQUE. AND THAT THAT TRASH CAN, YOU GUYS WOULDN'T FIX IT. SO WE, WE WENT TO CITY YARD. WE ASKED WHEN THE CITY GOT, WE COULD PUT ONE OF THOSE GREEN CONTAINERS THERE. PAUSE IT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. WE PUT A TRASH CAN THERE. WHEN WAS THAT? SO AFTER, UH, I DON'T HAVE THE DATA, SO WHEN THIS, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY HOW IT'S COMPLETED WHEN WE'RE ACTUALLY LEAVING THE SITE. SO THIS IS A STATE THAT THEY LOOK UPON WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH OUR SERVICES. SO I, I BELIEVE THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF, WE'RE ENCOUNTERING QUITE A BIT OF HOMELESS, UH, INDIVIDUALS, KIND OF, YOU'LL SEE IT IN SOME OF THE OTHER PICTURES, BUT THIS IS THE ACTUAL LOCATION. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY STARTED IMPLEMENTING WHERE NEXT PICTURES WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING, UH, PICTURES OF BEFORE AND AFTER TO SUBMIT TO THE CITY TO SHOW PROOF AS TO, DO YOU HAVE A NECK? OH, YEAH. OVER HERE. SO THIS IS JUST KINDA SHOWING THE, THE GROUND, BECAUSE IT, IT DOES GET WE POWER WASH. WE POWER WASH. WHO? WHOEVER SPEAKS. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR THE AUDIENCE TO HEAR AS WELL? SO JUST SO THE, THE VIEWING PUBLIC CAN HEAR YOU. POWER WASH. SEE THESE OH, WHILE YOU GO, YOU CAN PAUSE PLEASE. IF YOU GO BACK TO THE NEXT ONE, YOU'LL SEE THIS IS RIGHT THERE ON THE, IN THE WEST COVINA MALL. YEAH. THIS IS WEST COVINA PARKWAY. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE DO HAVE TO FREQUENTLY VISIT MULTIPLE. HOW ARE YOU POWER WASH TO BUS STOP? IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY. SO WHEN WE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE DO, WE HAVE A ROUTE. IN FACT, THIS IS A ROUTE WE DID TODAY. YEAH. COULD YOU CLOSE TO THE MIC, MIKE? SORRY. THIS IS A ROUTE WE DID TODAY. OKAY. AND WE, WE CHECK OUT EVERY, EVERY BUS STOP WE DO. IF WE DON'T DO A BUS STOP, WE DON'T CHECK IT. WE'LL GO THE NEXT DAY. SOMETIMES THERE'S A, THERE'S HOMELESS THERE OR THERE'S PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIR AND WE WON'T MOVE THEM. WE'LL COME BACK AND IF THEY'RE STILL THERE, WE'LL GO THE NEXT DAY AND, AND DO IT. YEAH. AND, AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS SAY WE'RE NOT THERE. WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE TIMES THAT WE'RE THERE. WE ARE THERE ALL DAY TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME YOU GUYS GO OUT TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT WE DID. UH, BUT WE, WE DO 'EM. AND, AND YOU KNOW, MY, MY CREW IS SO PROUD TO WORK FOR THIS. THEY WEAR THEIR BADGE, BUT IT'S A, UH, UH, INVISIBLE BADGE FOR WEST COVINA. THEY'RE THE EYES FOR WEST COVINA. WE GRAFFITI WITH. THERE'S GRAFFITI. WE CALL THIS, WE CALL MY, MY SUPERVISOR MELISSA WILL CALL THE CITY. THERE'S A, UH, [01:25:01] WATER METERS WITHOUT THE LID. WE CALL THE 'CAUSE PEOPLE CAN WALK AND FALL. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA GET SUED. WE TRY TO KEEP GOT IT. YOU KNOW? GOT IT. GOT IT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A OKAY. PUBLIC WORK STAFF TO KIND OF, UH, SHARE ABOUT HOW THEY WORK WITH THEM? BECAUSE WE SHOULD HAVE A I GOT IT. WITH THE PUBLIC WORK PEOPLE, IT'S NOT BEING SEEN AT THE TIME. THIS IS WHAT WE GO THROUGH LAN AND I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T SEE YEAH, I GOT, I GOT IT. HOLD ON. LET ME ASK A QUESTION FOR, DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORK STAFF TO WORK WITH THEM? BECAUSE THEY TALK ABOUT CDR, THEY TALK ABOUT PUBLIC WORK BECAUSE LOOK LIKE IT TAKES YOUR HAND IN HAND WITH OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF, OUR SUPERINTENDENT. UH, THAT'S CORRECT. MR. MAYOR. I WILL FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC WORK STAFF IS WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM. AND WHENEVER YOU CALL PUBLIC WORKS AND NEED SOMETHING TAKEN CARE OF, LIKE A TRASH CAN, UH, WE WILL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT WE WOULDN'T TAKE CARE OF THAT. YEAH. AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. YEAH. HOLD ON. BECAUSE LAST TIME WE TALKING ABOUT, WE GIVE THEM THE TIME WE WANT TO BECAUSE THE CITY STAFF IS A FULL-TIME. OKAY. AND THEY WALK, THEY DRIVING AROUND TO KIND OF SAY YES. OKAY. CITY HAPPY. BECAUSE WHEN WE SEE IT, IT IS KIND OF IN BETWEEN. AND, AND, AND THEN THE, OKAY, THE PEOPLE STILL DUMB BUT THIS ON THAT, AND THEY GET A BAD NAME, BAD REP BECAUSE THEY JUST CLEAN IT AND SOMEBODY MESS UP AGAIN. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A PROOF FOR OUR CITY STAFF. THEY BEEN WRONG. AND, UH, OUR COEN ENFORCEMENT, YOUR STAFF TO TELL US ABOUT YES. STAY. WE CLEAN. SO HAVE A SUPERVISION. DO WE HAVE ANY OF THAT MECHANISM? ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT PUBLIC WORKS AND THE PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF ARE ALSO MONITORING ALL THE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 'CAUSE LIKE WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS OR PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF, THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OF THE CITY. SO THEY'RE IN, THEY'RE IN THOSE AREAS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF THE WEEK. UM, SO WE DEFINITELY CAN MONITOR THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE LAST TIME WE REQUEST THE CITY STAFF TO GIVE US, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE, NOT FULL TIME IN THE CITY. WE, WE DONE THIS AS A POLICY MAKER, BUT WE HAVE A STAFF ALWAYS IN OUR CITY WORKING. SO THERE MAY BE OUR, OUR CO ENFORCEMENT, OUR PUBLIC. OKAY. AND THE PUBLIC WORK STAFF. OKAY. THEY CLEAN UP GRAFFITI, CLEAN UP THIS AND THAT. THEY SHOULD REPORT SOME ISSUE, HAVE, TEND TO HELP OUT THE CLEAN. OKAY. AND IN THAT WAY, SOMETIME WE, MAYBE ONE TIMES NINE. NOW MAYBE WE NEED TWO TIME, THEN WE NEED TO ADD ADDITIONAL BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMING AGAIN, TO BE FAIR. MAKE SENSE? SO, SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SHOW CHANGE. YOU, WE WANNA SAY, IF WE NEED MORE SERVICE, WE HAVE ADD, WE CALL YOU AND CLEAN THE COST STUFF AGAIN. AND THEN YOU HAVE MORE TO SHOW US. YES. YEAH. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. NEXT. INCLUDE OUR EVIDENCE. VERY GOOD. GO AHEAD. WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH. WOULD YOU PLEASE SHOW US? OKAY. NEXT. OKAY. THE PICTURES THAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE JUST SOME OF THE EXAMPLES OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE ARE ENCOUNTERING AND HOW BAD THEY ARE. UH, YOU CAN ALSO SEE AFTER WE'RE DONE CLEANING 'EM, THE STATE THAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY LEFT ON. UH, WE CAN'T CONTROL AS TO WHAT HAPPENS AFTER WE LEAVE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GO AND CONTINUE ONTO THE NEXT ROUTE. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SOME SITES THAT ARE SO HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AND UTILIZE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE GONNA GO AND HAVE IT TO WHERE THEY'RE CLEANING IN THE MORNING AND THEY'RE DIRTY BY THE AFTERNOON. UH, THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. KELLY PRIMARILY THERE IN WEST COVINA PARKWAY. THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING TO DO MULTIPLE TIMES PER WEEK. IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THE CREW ACTUALLY WILL HAVE TO GO IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, JUST TO KIND OF MAINTAIN THE, UH, PRESENCE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR JOB. AND AGAIN, WE'RE THERE DAILY. WE HAVE A CREW OF THREE ALONG WITH THE DRIVER, AND THEY'RE THERE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. WE ACTUALLY PARK OUR EQUIPMENT AT THE CITY YARD. CURRENTLY, OUR CON OUR CONTACT IS MIKE CAPP, WHO WE, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH WHENEVER THERE'S A, AN EMERGENCY OR THERE'S A, A ISSUE OF SAFETY CONCERN. SO WE WILL SEND NOTIFICATIONS AS TO ANY DAMAGE PANELS OR ANY, UH, HAZARDOUS, UH, SITUATIONS THAT A RESIDENT MIGHT COME IN AND CUT THEMSELVES OR INJURE THEMSELVES. WE WILL SEND A PICTURE AND A NOTIFICATION VIA TEXT AND A PHONE CALL JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S ABLE TO KIND OF, UH, GET THE INFORMATION AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THERE ARE SITUATIONS TOO, IN WHICH, WHERE I KNOW THAT THERE'S A CONTRACTOR THAT GOES AND DOES THE GRAFFITI REMOVAL, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT, UH, GRAFFITI SITUATIONS WHERE WE SOMETIMES GO AND TAKE CARE OF THAT OURSELVES TO AVOID THAT DELAY IN RESPONSE. YOU KNOW, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MAYBE USE THE, THE, THE COLOR BLENDS TO, UH, COVER THE, THE BUS SHELTER. OR IF IT'S ON THE PLEXIGLASS, WE HAVE A SPRAY THAT WILL GO AND REMOVE IT SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF REMOVE THE VANDALISM. SO YOU GUYS, I HAVE QUESTIONS. OKAY. HOLD ON. OKAY. UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I HAVE HEARD FROM OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF THAT THEY ACTUALLY WORK VERY HARD AND DO GREAT WORK. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT THE YARD EVERY DAY. UM, TALKING WITH OUR STAFF, I THINK WHAT I WOULD DO, AND I WILL DO IS BETWEEN VALLEY LIGHT AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, I'LL PUT THEM IN TOUCH WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER. THAT WAY, IF THEY NEED TO CALL, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF OR VICE VERSA, THERE'LL BE AN EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. IT [01:30:01] SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE COMMUNICATING WITH OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF THIS MAY BE AN ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY AS WELL THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. SO I HAVE QUESTIONS? YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. SO, UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR PICTURES, BUT THEY LOOK OLD. SO WHEN WERE THOSE PICTURES TAKEN? TAKEN? JUST TWO WEEKS AGO. AND ALSO, UH, CAN YOU GET IN THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? SO, SO THE AUDIENCE DON'T GET ALL THESE PHOTOS ARE, UH, TIMESTAMPED. I ALSO SHOT SOME OF THESE IN THOSE VIDEOS THAT YOU JUST SAW, DIDN'T SEE WITH MY DRONE JUST LAST WEEK. SO YOU CAN SEE THE ABOVE AERIAL SHOT OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO. JUST LIKE IVAN SAID, WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND BY ALSO PROVIDING SPRAY PAINT AND GRAFFITI CLEANING OURSELVES WHEN WE ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH CITY COUNCIL, THAT SHOULD BE TAKING CARE OF THESE THINGS. SO IF WE DO A ROUTE AND WE GO OUT THREE DAYS LATER AND WE STILL DON'T HEAR ANY ANYTHING, OR THREE OR A WEEK LATER, WE END UP TAKING THAT, UM, INTO OUR OWN, UH, ACCOUNT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JOB IS DONE. NOW, ANOTHER THING IS ALSO THAT THESE, UH, SHELTERS ARE ALSO DAMAGED BY SUN AND WEATHER. TRUE. UM, WHICH ALSO MIGHT AFFECT THE VISUAL APPEAL OF WHICH YOU WILL SEE WHEN APPROACHING THESE SHELTERS. UNDERSTAND. I COULD ALSO ADMIT THAT, UM, JUST THE OTHER LAST WEEK WHEN I DID DO THOSE DRONE SHOTS OF SOME OF THE SHELTERS PULLING AWAY FROM THOSE, UH, THAT SHELTER RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THEY JUST CLEANED THE SHELTER AND WE ENDED UP SEEING SOME, UM, NEW HOMELESS PEOPLE ARRIVE, DUMPING THEIR STUFF IN. WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THOSE VIDEOS OR PHOTOS. 'CAUSE THOSE WEREN'T PART OF WHAT'S NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS TASK IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY. BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE DO HAVE. OKAY. SO I WA I WAS OUTSIDE. HOLD ON. I'M NOT DONE YET. I KNOW, I KNOW. I WANT THEM TO HAVE A SEAT BECAUSE I DON'T SO MANY PEOPLE, SOMEBODY CAN STAY HERE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AND MOST PEOPLE PLEASE HAVE A SEAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. UH, YEAH. HAVE A SEAT. THEN WE NEED YOU, WE COME UP TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE ALL TALK ACROSS EACH OTHER. BRIAN, GO AHEAD. YEAH. SO I UNDERSTAND HOW YOU MAY HAVE SUPER CLEAN IT TODAY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT MY CONCERN FOR THE TAXPAYERS IS HAVE YOU BEEN DOING THAT THROUGHOUT THE CONTRACT TERM? AND, AND, AND YOU COULD SAY YES, BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE. BECAUSE I'VE DRIVE AND I THINK CITY STAFF HAS DRIVEN TO BY AREAS WHERE IT HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED. I, I'M WAS OUTSIDE FIRE STATION NUMBER WAS WHAT'S FIRE STATION'S NUMBER ON SUSE AVENUE? FOUR. FOUR. STATION FOUR. AND THIS HAS COBWEBS AND, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN CLEANED FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG WEEKS I WOULD HAVE TO GO IN. IS THAT PART OF OUR ROUTE? UH, YES, IT IS SUSE AVENUE AROMA. WELL, WOULD YOU, IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO SPEAK, IF YOU CAN KINDLY, IT'S FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING. OKAY. THERE'S SOME SHELTERS OUT THERE THAT ARE DONE BY CLEAR CHANNEL. THERE'S ANOTHER PROGRAM. AND THOSE, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THOSE ARE, ARE VERY, AND I WAS ASKED IF WE SEEN THEM OUT THERE, AND I DO SEE 'EM. I CAN'T SAY I DON'T, BUT I RARELY SEE 'EM. HOLD ON. UH, ACTIVE CITY MANAGER, WE HAVE A TWO SYSTEM. WE HAVE A DAM AND WE HAVE A CLEAR, CLEAR WHAT CHANNEL? CLEAR SHADOW. DO WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, UH, SOMEBODY KNOW KELLY? YES. UH, CLEAR CHANNEL. YES. CLEAR CHANNEL. RIGHT. THEY, THEY, UH, OWN THE ADVERTISING PANELS, AND SO THEY, THEY, UH, PERFORM THEIR MAINTENANCE. REMEMBER LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT TO TALK TO THEM, MAYBE WE WANT TO, UH, ELIMINATE OR TERMINATE THEIR CONTRACT. MM-HMM . YEAH. YES. SO HAVE YOU, HAVE YOU, OKAY. CHECK INTO IT. I'LL ANSWER THAT BECAUSE THIS IS LOOK LIKE IT'S 2 1 24 24 PLUS, OR THIS ONE BELONG TO THE CHANNEL? NO, IT'S, IT'S A SUSE AND FAIRGROVE. IT'S ON YOUR LIST. YOU DO IT. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IT EVERY THURSDAY. AND I STOPPED BY LIST PAST FRIDAY AND WAS NOT CLEAN. WE, WE DO, I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT MIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT WE CLEAN THEM. OKAY. WE HAVE, WE HAVE, HAVE WE HAD A COMPLAINT FROM ANY CONSUMERS OUT THERE? YES. MAYBE. I, I I THINK WE, WE OKAY. WE, I DON'T WANNA CONTINUE TO I'M SORRY. ARGUE OVER HERE. OKAY. I HAVE A MALE POT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. IF I CAN JUST SAY ONE THING, ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, IMPLEMENTING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE MORE, UH, TRANSPARENCY. WE ARE DOING PICTURES BEFORE AND AFTER THAT WE ARE IN THERE. I I UNDERSTAND YOU SHOW US ALREADY. YEAH. A MALE AHEAD. UM, THERE'S NO QUESTION OF WHAT YOU GO THROUGH. WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, WE SEE THAT, THAT MESS, UM, AND RESIDENTS TELL US AS WELL. SO THAT WHAT YOU DO, I, I COMMEND YOU. I THANK YOU FOR CLEANING IT UP. I GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, I, AND I APPRECIATE, I SAW THAT LIST THAT WAS JUST SHARED, AND WITHIN THAT LIST, THERE'S LIKE TWO THAT WAS NOT CLEAN FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND I KNOW WE SPOKE ON THE LAST COUNCIL, UM, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S HOMELESS THAT ARE THERE, SO YOU GUYS JUST DON'T CLEAN. BUT AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, MY CONCERN WAS, WELL, HOW OFTEN IT'S NOT CLEAN. I, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE [01:35:01] DATA THAT, OKAY, THESE ARE, ARE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE MONTH WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CLEAN WELL, 88 TIMES, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT IS. AND THEN WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T CLEAN X AMOUNT OF BUS STOPS FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO THOSE PROBABLY, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE GETTING THE CLAIM, CLAIM THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING CLEANED. UM, SO THAT WAS ONE, UM, WANTING TO KNOW WHAT, HOW MANY SHELTERS ARE NOT BEING CLEANED. UM, AND IF THAT SHEET THAT WAS SHARED, IF THAT'S A WEEKLY THING, THERE'S THE ONES THAT WE DON'T CLEAN. WE, WE DO NOT MARK, WE DON'T NOT MARK IT MONEY. IF, IF YOU LOOK IN THIS, THIS, UH, SHEET, THERE'S TWO THAT HAVE LINES THAT WE DID NOT DO TODAY. NO. I, AND THAT ONE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. BUT AS, AS A COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE ARE PAYING TO CLEAN EACH SHELTER, RIGHT? AND SO IF THERE ARE SHELTERS THAT ARE NOT BEING CLEANED, HOW MANY DAYS, HOW MANY TIMES ARE NOT BEING CLEANED, THAT IS GONNA BE A CONCERN. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE AS, YOU KNOW, AS THE REPORT. SEE, LIKE, LIKE THESE TWO WE DIDN'T DO TODAY, BUT WE WILL DO 'EM TOMORROW. THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T DO 'EM, THERE WAS A, UH, WHEELCHAIR PEOPLE IN THERE, AND THE OTHER PERSON IS A, A, A HOMELESS. YEAH. BUT, BUT WE DO GO THE NEXT DAY. AND IF THEY'RE STILL THERE, WHAT WE DO IS CALL OUR SUPERVISOR AND THEY CALL THE CITY TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN HOMELESS THERE FOR TWO, THREE DAYS. AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE PAST, UM, THERE ARE HOMELESS THAT HAS STAYED ON A BUS STOP FOR OVER IN A MONTH. SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT BUS STOP DOES NOT GET CLEANED IN OVER A MONTH? IN ALL HONESTY, WE'VE NEVER HAD THAT, THAT SITUATION. 'CAUSE I THINK WE'VE ALWAYS CONTACTED MIKE. UH, IF THE INDIVIDUALS PRETTY MUCH LEAVE THE AREA, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLEAN IT. UH, WE'D BE VERY HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANYBODY TO GO AND MAYBE SHARE MORE TRANSPARENCY OR MORE, UH, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OR SHARE THAT AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT THEY CAN KIND OF MAYBE DO A CLOSER MONITORING, HOWEVER YOU'RE TRYING TO IDENTIFY IT. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DATA ON JUST WHAT IS NOT BEING CLEANED ON. OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO. AND, UH, COUNCIL MAN, OLI KENTO. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, I REALIZE THAT THIS SOUNDS MUST BE REALLY FRUSTRATING TO YOU GUYS BECAUSE WE'RE SAYING THIS STUFF, BUT WE, WE WANNA MAKE, I I WANNA JOIN WITH OTHERS IN MAKING CLEAR THAT WE, WE HEAR THIS, WE HEAR COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS AND WHO, WHO ARE UPSET WHEN THEY SEE THINGS THAT ARE NOT DONE. AND IT MAY BE, AS AM MAYOR SAYS, UH, THAT MAYBE THIS, THIS ACTUALLY WE NEED MORE STAFF. WHO KNOWS. BUT, BUT THE THING IS, WHAT WE HAVE SEEN, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND I WENT OUT FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS. WE WENT THROUGH LINE BY LINE WITH A CONTRACT AND LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE, AND WE DROVE AROUND AND WE DID NOT. AND THERE WERE MANY, MANY BUS STOPS THAT JUST LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE NOT CLEANED FOR A WHILE. AND, AND, UH, EVEN THIS, I I ALSO WENT WITH THIS WITH THE, UM, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER ON SUNDAY JUST TO SERVE SPOT CHECK THINGS. IT WAS OKAY, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE WERE STILL COBWEBS AND THINGS. SO WE, WE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT. BUT, BUT YOU PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE DOING THIS, WE'RE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE, WE ARE HEARING ABOUT AND, AND SEEING. AND WE, WE GO AROUND. WE'RE, WE'RE VERY ACTIVE WITH THIS STUFF. WE LITERALLY GO ON PATROL AND I, I GO AROUND AT LEAST FOUR TO FIVE TIMES A WEEK ON DIFFERENT THINGS AND EVEN CHECKING THIS OUT. AND IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND I, WE FOLLOWED THE CONTRACT ROUTE BECAUSE THE CONTRACT SAYS WHAT'S HAPPENING ON WHICH DAY. AND WE WENT STOP BY, STOP BY, STOP. ONE BY ONE BY ONE. AND WE, WE, AT FIRST WE'RE GOING TO SORT OF JUST DO PICTURES, BUT THERE WERE JUST SO MANY ISSUES LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THERE'S STILL MORE. AND SO, SO YOU PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, UM, I REALIZE THAT YOU'RE, WE ARE WORKING HARD ON THIS, BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT SYSTEMICALLY WHAT IS THE SOLUTION HERE. WHETHER IT, IT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE STAFFING, SO THAT WAY THERE'S MORE, OR IF, WHETHER THERE, THERE'S STAFFING, IF THERE, THERE'S NEED FOR MORE, MORE. OR IF IT'S QUALITY CONTROL. I, I DON'T KNOW. BUT WE, WE CAN TELL YOU THAT WE, WE STILL DO SEE THESE ISSUES, UM, WITH THE VARIOUS, UH, STOPS THAT ARE UNDER, UNDER ON THE, THE CONTRACT. SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO JUST POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, MAYOR PUTIN, THANK YOU. UM, AND JUST ANOTHER ISSUE, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S CERTAIN BUS STOPS THAT NEED TO BE CLEANED ALMOST DAILY. WE GET THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS YOU CLEAN IT BY THE END OF THE NIGHT, IT'S A MESS. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION BECAUSE THEN WE'D LIKE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL CLEANING, WHETHER IT NEEDS TO BE EVERY OTHER DAY OR A DAILY THING. 'CAUSE UM, IT DEPENDS ON HOW OFTEN IT'S BEING CLEANED. I KNOW CERTAIN AREAS YOU CLEAN A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT SOME NEEDS A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION. BUT THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT NEED TO COME TO US AND BE PRESENTED. SO THAT WAS, WE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH WHOEVER YOU IDENTIFY OR PRESENT SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF MAYBE . I, I THINK WE, I UNDERSTAND. I THINK WE HEARD ABOUT, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, THEY REALLY, UM, CHECK INTO IT AND REALLY SPEND TIME AND, UH, REALLY WANT WHAT WE PAY FORWARD. WE WANT PRESENTABLE BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS. SO, SO WE HAVE TO FIND A SOLUTION OKAY. AND SEE HOW YOU GUYS CAN IMPROVE, OR AT LEAST WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO SEE ONLY FEW IS KIND OF, UH, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE [01:40:01] CONSISTENT DUMPING, UH, WE HAVE TO FIND A, A SOLUTION OR, OR CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER OKAY. AND SUGGESTION. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M LIKE, BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE NEVER END. OKAY. BECAUSE WE SAY SOMETHING, YOU SAY SOMETHING AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE A CROSS BECAUSE, UH, WE SAY WE DON'T SEE ANY IMPROVEMENT. BUT YOU SAY YOU GUYS SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND THE SHOWING US THE PICTURE AND VIDEO. BUT THE, THE THING IS, LOOK LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A CROWD SAY YES, SOME OF IT'S CLEAN, BUT, BUT POSSIBLE THE TIME WE SEE, BUT THEY SAY THEY SPEND THE TIME THEY'RE DRIVING OKAY. AROUND AND CHECK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE. SO WE POSSIBLE HAVE SOME KIND OF, UH, DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT YOU SCHEDULE AND WHAT THEY CHECKING BECAUSE THEY, SO LIKE, THEY'RE REALLY CHECKING, THEY'RE REALLY DRIVING AROUND TO CHECK YOUR THING. SO, SO, SO ANYWAY, ANY OTHER COUNCIL OIU HAVE ANY SUGGESTION HOW TO IMPROVE BEFORE WE GO TO OUR COUNCIL DISCUSSION? OKAY. DO YOU HAVE ANY SUGGESTION HOW TO IMPROVE THIS OR WHAT YOU CAN DO OTHERWISE? I WANT TO GO BACK TO, I WANT TO HAVE A CITY COUNCIL OKAY. TO TALK ABOUT THIS SUGGESTION. OR WE GET, SO WE CAN MOVE, MOVE, MOVE AWAY FROM THIS TOPIC. WE CAN GET OVER WITH WHAT THE SOLUTION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. ON THE MIC, PLEASE. OH, I WAS GONNA SAY, UH, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, THE RESIDENTS. WE HAVE THE PEOPLE THAT STOP AT THAT, THAT ARE CATCHING THE BUS, THAT ALWAYS GIVES US COMPLIMENTS AND THEY ALL SAY, GOD, WHY DON'T YOU GUYS COME TO POMONA AND CLEAN OUR BUS STOPS? YOU KNOW, WE GET A LOT OF COMPLIMENTS OUT THERE AND I WISH I COULD HAVE THE PEOPLE COME AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, TALK TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE COMPLIMENTS. OKAY. GOT IT. SO YOU, ANY SUGGESTION YOU WANT TO HELP US TO IMPROVE OR, UH, UH, I THINK THE ONLY SUGGESTION I HAVE AT THE MOMENT IS TO REALLY, UH, IDENTIFY EXACTLY WHO WE NEED TO GO AND REPORT BOARD INFORMATION TO SO WE CAN EXCHANGE IF THERE'S A CERTAIN DEFICIENCY OR SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, MISSED, THEN WE CAN KIND OF GO BACK. OKAY. GOT IT. AND YOU HAVE A LAST SAY YOU WANTED TO SAY BEFORE I MOVE ON. ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE FOR YOU GUYS TO, UM, HAVE SOMEONE COME OUT AND JOIN OUR STREET TEAM, AT LEAST FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS TO SEE THE ROUTES THAT WE TAKE. UM, THEY TAKE ABOUT 15 MINUTES TO CLEAN EACH SHELTER, TOP TO BOTTOM. IT MIGHT NOT LOOK LIKE IT, BUT WE DO START OUR DAYS OFF QUITE EARLY, AND THEN WE END, UH, BEFORE ONE O'CLOCK. SO MOST TRAFFIC HAPPENS AROUND TWO, THREE O'CLOCK RUSH HOUR, AROUND FOUR OR FIVE. THAT'S ALSO THE TIME WHERE THINGS LIKE EXTRA TRASH AND STUFF LIKE THAT DISPOSED STUFF ACTUALLY HAPPENS. NOT SURE WHEN YOU GUYS DID CHECK THE ROUTE OUT, BUT AROUND THAT TIME, AFTER ONE O'CLOCK, THINGS PROBABLY HAVE PROGRESSED AND ACCUMULATED AT EACH BUS SHELTER THAT I UNDERSTAND, GIVEN YOU GUYS THE VISUAL THAT WE ARE NOT DOING OUR JOBS. SO YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A SEAT TO JOIN. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND. BECAUSE THE BUS COMING IN AND OUT. OKAY. AND THEN, THEN, THEN THE TRASH OKAY. ACCUMULATED AGAIN. OKAY. SO, UH, OKAY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, GO AHEAD. YEAH. AND, AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE SAYING YOU, YOU'RE NOT WORKING HARD ENOUGH. I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT YOU MAY NOT BE STOPPING AT THESE LOCATIONS THAT YOUR CONTRACT MANDATES YOU TO. UH, AND, AND I THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE. AND, AND SO I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND, AFTER WE HAVE, WHEN WE HAVE THE CONSULT DISCUSSION, IF WE, IF WE WERE TO GO ON A MONTH-TO-MONTH BASIS, THAT DOES NOT HARM YOU IN ANY WAY IN, IN THE, THE WORK YOU'RE DOING, CORRECT? NO, IT DOES NOT. OKAY, GREAT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION I HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, KELLY, I DID WANNA RESPOND TO THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, UH, THE IMPROVEMENTS. AND I THINK THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOCUMENTING THE BEFORE AND AFTER WITH TIMESTAMPING AND WE WILL BE SHARING THAT INFORMATION WILL BE HELPFUL. YES. I, I THINK WE NEED MORE MONITORING. OKAY. AND, UH, TO GIVE A CHANCE AND THEN MONTH TO MONTH OKAY. AND TO SEE THE IMPROVEMENT OR MAYBE WHEN YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT WITH THEM, FOLLOW THEIR OKAY. CLEANINGS TO SEE HOW HE CLEAN AND, UH, AND WE NEED HAVE OUR PUBLIC SAFE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT MANAGER AND THE PUBLIC WORK TO COORDINATE WORK TOGETHER, COLLABORATE OKAY. TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALL NETWORKING. AND I AGREE BECAUSE OKAY, YOU CLEAN IT AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON IT'S A HECTIC AND THEN TRASH ACCUMULATE AGAIN. SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE. THEY JUST DUMP EVERYTHING TO ALL BUS STOP THIS AND THAT. YEAH. MAYOR PORT. SO I, I DO APPRECIATE THAT YOUR, YOUR TEAM DOES GO ABOVE AND BEYOND ON CERTAIN THINGS. I KNOW SOMETIMES IT IS HARD WHEN YOU REPORT ISSUES. OUR CITY IS, YOU KNOW, SHORT STAFFED AND IF YOU COULD TAKE CARE OF IT, THAT IS GREAT. UM, THAT I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL PARTNERSHIP THAT IS PROBABLY ADDED THAT CAN SAVE, UM, PUBLIC WORKS OF NOT HAVING TO DO IT, UH, ON THAT LIST. I KNOW YOU HAD DIFFERENT REPORTING ISSUES, WHETHER IT'S GRAFFITI OR ANYTHING, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD, I MEAN, THAT CAN COMPOSE PART OF THE BUS STOP. UM, SO THAT WHEN OTHERS SEE IT, WE SEE IT AS A WHOLE. AND, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND SAY, OH, IT'S A CITY. AND THEN THE CITY'S LIKE, WELL WE DID. AND SO IF YOU CAN HAVE LIKE A, A FULL ON PACKAGE THAT COVERS ALL THAT SO THAT WE KNOW WHEN WE SEE A BUS STOP AND THERE'S ANYTHING ISSUE, YOU GUYS DON'T SAY IT'S CITY. WE CAN JUST OFFICIALLY SAY IT'S ALL YOU. SO, UM, THAT IS PROBABLY A RECOMMENDATION. I WOULD LIKE TO OKAY. UH, MAKE AND PUT IN WITH THE CONTRACT. YEP. OKAY. [01:45:01] COUNCIL MEMBER. YEAH. AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY, UH, I THINK TO MAKE YOUR JOB EASIER, YOU COULD DOWNLOAD OUR WEST VNA REPORT APP AND YOU COULD TAKE A PICTURE, UPLOAD IT AND REPORT IT THERE TOO. SO YOU KEEP TRACK OF, OF THE INCIDENT, UH, IDS THAT YOU'RE REPORTING. UM, UH, BUT I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, UH, WE, WE DO THAT YOU DO FULFILL THIS LIST AND, AND THAT THE AT THE BUS STOPS DO GET CLEAN. 'CAUSE THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO JUST LAST TIME I WOULD VERY HAPPY TO COMPLY WITH THAT. BUT IF YOU CAN APPOINT A CERTAIN INDIVIDUAL SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET INSTANTANEOUS INFORMATION IN MANY INSTANCES AS WE'RE DOING THE ROUTE WE NORMALLY GO AND SEND THAT INFORMATION. YEAH. NOW THE ONLY PERSON WE HAVE IS MIKE CREA, BUT WE DO NEED MORE PEOPLE. YEAH. NEED MORE CONTACT, MORE CONTEXT. LIKE I SAID, THE MORNING TEAM MANAGER. OKAY. YOU CAN, YOU CAN APPOINTMENT TO THE RIGHT PERSON THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THAT INDIVIDUAL. YES. I'LL PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH MATTHEW ZA, WHO ARE OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER, AND HE HAS A STAFF OF AT LEAST A DOZEN OFFICERS OUT THERE THAT CAN ASSIST YOU AT ANY TIME. SO I'LL BE SURE AND PROVIDE YOU HIS INFORMATION. YEAH. DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE A FAIR REP. OKAY. AND, AND WHO'S IN CHARGE OF OUR TRASH PICKUP AT THEIR BUS STOPS? IS IT IN ATHENS? YES. YES. ATHENS IS RESPONSIBLE. THAT'S CORRECT. SO HAVE WE NOTIFY ATHENS? SO THEY'RE OVERFLOW TRASH CANS? YES, WE HAVE. AND WHAT DO THEY SAY? THEY'VE INCREASED FREQUENCY. OKAY. SO, UH, WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN THOSE PICTURES ARE TAKEN. 'CAUSE WE CAN'T HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. WE CAN HOLD YOUR COMPANY ACCOUNTABLE FOR, FOR NOT CLEANING OUR BUS STOPS. BUT IN ORDER FOR US TO HOLD OTHER PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE, WE NEED TO KNOW, UH, WHEN THOSE PICTURES ARE TAKEN. SO, I'M SORRY, AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE WANNA GO AND GIVE YOU THOSE, UH, PICTURES OF BEFORE AND AFTER. THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE DATE AND THE STAMP AS TO WHEN THE SITUATION HAPPENED. RIGHT. SO THAT WE, SO YEAH. SEND IT TO KELLY AND KELLY CAN SEND IT TO HER. YEAH. LET, LET, LET, LET'S WALK TOGETHER WITH THE AGENCY AND TRY TO MAKE OUR, UH, BUS STOPS. OKAY. AND THE PRESENTABLE AND THE PEOPLE CAN BE PROUD. OKAY. AND, UH, TRY EITHER DRIVE THROUGH OR TAKING THE BUS AND EVERYTHING'S KIND OF AT LEAST CLEAN. OKAY. AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. OKAY. AND, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION MOTION FOR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, UH, PUT THEM ON A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT FOR, FOR NOW AND ALSO TO INITIATE AN RFP PROCESS, UH, FOR THIS, THIS, UH, YEAH. OKAY. SO YOU WANT TO MOVE THIS MOTION CONSENT CALENDAR TO MOVE TO THE WHAT? AND GIVE THEM FOR FOUR YEARS. OKAY. AND THEN YOU WANT TO MOVE TO MONTH TO MONTH? YES. MOVE TO MONTH TO MONTH AND DIRECT STAFF WITHIN TWO, WITHIN, UH, NO LAYER THAN TWO MONTHS TO POST AN RP FOR, UH, FOR, TO, FOR COMPETITIVE BIDDING. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THIS? SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. AND , PLEASE. CAN I ADD TO THAT? GO AHEAD. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO, I KNOW WE HAVE THIS WHAT IT IS, BUT I'D LIKE TO INCLUDE ALL THE, LIKE, SOME OF THE REPORTING ISSUES THAT THEY CAN TAKE CARE OF INSTEAD OF THE CITY HAVING TO TAKE CARE OF, SUCH AS LIKE THE GRAFFITI AND, AND SO FORTH. TRUE. OKAY. THEY SAY THEY, THEY, THEY SOMETIMES THEY CLEAN THE GRAFFITI TOO. AND UH, I WANT TO ADD, LAST TIME WE TALKED ABOUT A 24 FROM CLEAR CHANNEL. OKAY. WE NEED TO SEE HOW WE CAN REMOVE THOSE ADD OR WE CAN HAVE THEM TO BE CLEAN, KELLY. OKAY. AND THEN WE'LL BE INCLUDING THIS. OKAY. MOTION. EVERYBODY AGREE? YEAH. AND THEN, AND THEN, YEAH. AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, WHEN WE'RE SAYING OUR BUS STOPS LOOKS STURDY, IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING GRAFFITI ON THERE. WE'RE, WE'RE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT THE ENVIRONMENT OF, OF THE AREA. SO THE TRASH, THE, AND THE, THE COP GRABS WE F YEP. OKAY. AND, UH, SO YEAH, YEAH. NO, WE GO I KNOW, I KNOW, SIR. OKAY, WE GO TO THE MONTH TO MONTH, SO WE DIDN'T SAY TERMINATED MONTH TO MONTH. SO MEANING WE STILL WANT TO KEEP YOU. OKAY. AND THEN IF EVERYTHING'S GOOD AND EVERYTHING LOOK NICE, WE CAN BRING BACK TO SEE, GIVE YOU A LONG TERM CONTRACT. IS THAT FAIR? FAIR. YEAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND UH, OKAY. AND THE ROLL CALL PLEASE. MOTION, JUST TO CLARIFY RIGHT NOW, THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR IS TO EXTEND TO A MONTH TO MONTH CONTRACT AND TO DIRECT STAFF TO INITIATE AN RFP TO POST WITHIN TWO MONTHS. YES. UM, AND INCLUDING THE, THE CLEAR CHANNEL, A 24 BUS STOP. OKAY. WITH THE AD. OKAY. WE SEE HOW WE DEAL WITH, BECAUSE SOUND LIKE THEY DIDN'T CLEAN THE 24. SO WE NEED TO INCLUDING IN OUR BUS STOP CLEANING. SO ADDITIONALLY LOOK INTO OR REVISITING THE AGREEMENT WITH CLEAR CHANNEL FOR THE 24 BUS STOPS THAT THEY CURRENTLY, WHAT THEY CURRENTLY PROVIDE SERVICE, YES. AND CONTRIBUTION. AND THEN, THEN IN THE LATER WE CAN BRING BACK IF THEY ARE DOING A GOOD JOB, THEN WE CAN CONSIDER WITH A LONGER ACTUALLY, OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, DO, CAN YOU, UH, DO YOU MIND IF WE, UH, ASK THAT CLEAR CHANNEL COMES PRESENTS BY THE FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER OR SECOND MEETING OF ON [01:50:01] IT? UM, KELLY, IS THAT POSSIBLE WE CAN INCLUDE IN THIS MODEL? MAY I TO HAVE A CLEAR CHANNEL TO PRESENT? UH, MAYBE, BUT WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE CONTRACT FIRST. MR. MAYOR? YES, GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. UH, KELLY HAS PROVIDED ME THE CONTRACT AND THE BACKUP PAPERWORK FOR THE CLEAR CHANNEL IS ON MY DESK. AND I'M PREPARING A REPORT FOR COUNSEL, UH, TO BRING BACK, IDENTIFY THE SHELTERS, THE RESPONSIBILITIES THEY HAVE, UM, THE FEES COLLECTED FOR THE ADS. SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS. AND WE WILL BRING THAT BACK. YEAH. NO LATER, NO LATER THAN THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER. VERY GOOD. SO WE ALL COMBINE AND TYPE SHELTER ISSUE. OKAY. REAL QUICK PLEASE. REAL QUICK. AND THEN, UM, THE MAYOR PRO TEM ALSO HAD, UM, REMARKS AS WELL, UM, LOOKING INTO THE REPORTING SO THAT, UM, THERE IS MORE, THERE'S A MORE EFFICIENT LINE OF COMMUNICATION IN HANDLING AND ADDRESSING THOSE REQUESTS. IS THAT GIST OF IT? IT'S NOT JUST AGENCY COLLABORATE TOGETHER, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC SAFETY, INCLUDING PUBLIC WORK AND, UH, TO MAKE SURE AND THE TRASH ETHAN, AND TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER TO HELP THEM BECAUSE IT SOUND LIKE THEY TOOK, THEY'RE TAKING ALL THE BAD WRAP CURRENTLY BECAUSE ALL THE AGENTS NOT HELPING YOU. AND THEN EVERYBODY SEE IT'S JUST FILTHY. OKAY. AND SO, SO, SO WE ARE GOING TO HOPEFULLY COLLABORATE AND HELP YOU AND, UH, TO GIVE YOU THE JUSTICE. OKAY. MR. MAYOR? YEAH, GO AHEAD. ONE, ONE SMALL THING WITH THAT ALSO, UM, IF, IF THERE COULD BE A DESIGNATION OF WHO ON STAFF WE SHOULD REACH OUT TO, TO REACH OUT TO THEM IF WE SEE ISSUES SO THAT WAY WE CAN TROUBLESHOOT. YEAH. AND, AND A GOOD POINT, WHO IS THE POINT PERSON IN THE FUTURE TO WORK WITH THEM? SO WHO IS THE SUPERVISOR, CONTRACT SUPERVISOR TO SEE THE PERFORMANCE? WE ASKING THAT LAST TIME. SO STAFF SHOULD HAVE SOMEBODY APPOINT? YES. WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER, UH, MATTHEW RAZA. OKAY. IN CHARGE OF THAT PROGRAM. WELL, IN THAT WAY WE WORK TOGETHER. SEE, WE ARE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER. OKAY. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GIVE YOU A HARD TIME. WE JUST WANT TO IMPROVEMENT FOR BUS STOP. SO ROLL CALL PLEASE. ROLL CALL. VOTE. I HAVE A MOTION FROM G. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS. COUNCILMAN CONTOS? AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ DIAZ IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. AND, UH, MOTION APPROVE. FIVE, UH, FOUR ZERO. UH, THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER IN PR, OUR BUS STOP. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE. OKAY, LET'S GO TO [9) CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE VEHICLES FROM PEORIA FORD ] NUMBER NINE. OKAY. UH, NUMBER NINE. I DID MR. MAYOR. YEAH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. UM, MR. ACTING IS, UH, CITY MANAGER. CAN YOU, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THE UPDATES ARE TO THE REPORT? IT CAME REALLY LATE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE UPDATES. WOULD YOU PLEASE AND ON THE WEBSITE HAVE ALL THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION? GO AHEAD. YEAH. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN CONTOS. AND YES, I PLAN TO READ THAT INTO THE RECORD HERE, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR LISTENING AUDIENCE. SO THERE, THERE WAS SOME INFORMATION LEFT OFF THE ORIGINAL STAFF REPORT, UM, AFTER IT WAS PUBLISHED. SO I'D LIKE TO READ INTO THE RECORD, UH, UNDER THE DISCUSSION. UH, WHILE THE VEHICLES ARE PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT, THEY MAY ALSO BE USED TO SUPPORT OTHER NPDS, WHICH IS OUR NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM. PROGRAM RELATED ACTIVITIES AS NEEDED, INCLUDING EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO MAJOR STORMWATER RUNOFF EVENTS PROVIDED SUCH USE ALIGNS WITH MEASURE W FUNDING REQUIREMENTS VEHICLES PURCHASED. UTILIZING MEASURE W FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED TO STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS, MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH N-P-D-E-S REQUIREMENTS AND RESPONDING TO, UH, MAJOR EVENTS AND EMERGENCIES IN THE CITY. AND THESE VEHICLES WOULD NOT BE USED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR UNRELATED PURPOSES. AND THAT WAS ADDED TO THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU. CAN, CAN YOU, CAN YOU ADDRESS WHAT, WHAT RESIDENTS HAD ASKED EARLIER ABOUT HOW WE, WE, UH, ARE PROPOSING TO, TO PURCHASE THESE, THESE FORD RAM, UM, TRUCKS AS OPPOSED TO, UH, LESS EXPENSIVE VEHICLES LIKE THOSE THAT COST JUST 20,000? ABSOLUTELY. SO WHENEVER WE USE RESTRICTED FUNDS, MEASURE MONIES TO MAKE A PURCHASE, WE WANT TO GET THE MOST FOR OUR MONEY, UH, FOR WHAT WE BUY. UM, WHILE THE INTENDED PURPOSE AND THE, THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE VEHICLES WILL BE TO, UH, THE NPDS AND THE STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM AND THE ELIMINATION OF STUFF FLOWING INTO OUR STORM DRAINS, THESE VEHICLES COULD ALSO BE USED FOR WHEN WE'RE ADDRESSING ENCAMPMENTS, THINGS THAT ABUT THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE IN HILLSIDES WHERE ITEMS ARE GONNA RUN OFF INTO THE STORM DRAIN. SO THEY'LL SERVE AS A MULTIPURPOSE. SO IN ADDITION TO WHEN THEY'RE NOT BEING USED FOR THE ENFORCEMENT, THE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, UH, THE FOLLOWING OF THE SWEEPER, THEY CAN BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES TO PREVENT, UM, ITEMS FROM GETTING INTO OUR STORM DRAIN AND FLOWING INTO THE OCEAN. OKAY. SO, UH, YOU, SO YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING THAT THAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE OTHER USES AND THOSE, ALL THOSE ADDITIONAL USES THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE GRANT WHERE WE'RE, UH, WE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO FALL A AFOUL OF WHAT THE INTENTION OF THE GRANT MONEY IS TO BE USED FOR. THAT [01:55:01] IS CORRECT. AS LONG AS WE USE THE VEHICLES FOR THE INTENDED PURPOSE, WHICH IS TO IMPROVE STORM WATER AND THE ELIMINATION OF ITEMS GETTING INTO OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM, YES, IT IS AN ALLOWABLE ACTIVITY. AND, AND SO HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THAT JUST TO MAKE THE MAXIMUM USE OF THAT, OF THESE VEHICLES FOR WEAR AND TEAR PURPOSES, THAT THEY'RE JUST, ESPECIALLY WHEN LOOKING AT HOW, UH, THE MANY OF, UH, FREQUENTLY THEY'RE JUST USED TO, TO DO PARKING TICKETS AND THAT SORT OF THING. WHAT, WHAT IS THE, THE PLAN FOR, FOR, UM, UM, MAXIMIZING THE, THE DURABILITY OF THESE VEHICLES BY NOT JUST SIMPLY USING THEM ONLY FOR, UM, PARKING TICKETS AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE WITH A, WITH A, THESE VEHICLES AT THIS EXPENSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE UPKEEP LATER AND IF WE JUST USE THEM TO DRIVE AROUND, IT'S SORT OF OVERKILL, AT LEAST WITHIN THE PARKING, UH, TICKET CONTEXT. SO WHAT WAS, WHAT'S THE PLAN THERE? ABSOLUTELY. SO THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT WILL BE CHARGED WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND MONITORING OF THESE VEHICLES AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE USED THE MOST EFFICIENTLY FOR THIS COMMUNITY, FOR THE PROGRAM AND THE ELIMINATION OF DEBRIS GETTING INTO OUR STORM WATER. UM, AS YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES PARKING AND ALL TYPES OF DIFFERENT ENFORCEMENTS, IS WORKS IN COLLABORATION WITH OUR, UH, POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES, INCLUDING OUR HOPE TEAM, WHICH IS ADDRESSES ENCAMPMENTS. AND JUST TODAY WE ARE OUT AT SEVERAL WHERE YOU HAD ITEMS THAT WERE, WOULD HAVE FLOWN INTO THE STORM DRAIN, THAT WE HAD OTHER VEHICLES, INCLUDING CARS PLACING TRASH IN THEIR VEHICLES, UM, TO TAKE THEM BACK TO THE CITY YARD. SO IN THAT, THAT CASE, WHEN THESE VEHICLES WERE NOT BEING USED FOR IN, IN THE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, UM, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN USED FOR, UM, HELPING REMOVE SOME OF THE ENCAMPMENTS, INCLUDING THE, IF WE HAD STUFF LEFT AT THE, UH, SAY THE BUS SHELTERS, WHICH YOU TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IF THERE'S A PILE OF TRASH AND SOMETHING COULD GET INTO OUR STORM DRAIN, WE COULD STOP AND PICK THAT UP AS WELL. IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE SWEEPER AND THERE'S ITEMS IN THE CURB LINE THAT THE SWEEPER'S GONNA GO AROUND, YOU'D HAVE THE ABILITY TO THROW THOSE VEHICLES IN THE BACK OF THEIR TRUCK SO THEN THE STREET COULD BE PROPERLY SWEPT AND AGAIN, PREVENTING DEBRIS FROM GETTING INTO OUR STORM DRAINS. AND HOW FREQUENTLY, UM, ARE THESE ESCALATED USES, UM, OCCURRING, UH, EACH WEEK, JUST GENERALLY FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE ALREADY? UM, I WOULD SAY WE'D BE USING THEM ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, THE ISSUE OF TRASH AND DEBRIS, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, UH, AS WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, JUST FOR THE BUS SHELTER MM-HMM . THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A PUSH DOWN POP UP. WE CLEAN UP ONE AREA TO PEER SOMEPLACE ELSE. SO THIS IS REALLY A MOVING TARGET THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY ADDRESSING. AND I COULD SEE THESE BE USED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR A MULTITUDE OF PURPOSES. IT ALSO SERVE AS A MULTI A FORCE MULTIPLIER IN THE EVENT THAT WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY OR SIGNIFICANT EVENT, THE VEHICLES UNDER THE MEASUREMENT, W RESTRICTIONS CAN BE USED FOR ANY EMERGENCIES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF WE HAD A FIRE AND THERE ARE HOSING, UH, DOWN A FIRE, SOME OF THE VEHICLES WILL BE USED AT THAT TIME ALSO FOR THOSE TYPE OF EMERGENCIES. THANK YOU. NO MORE QUESTIONS, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN KENTO? YEAH, AND HOLD ON. I NEED TO GO ON THE RECORD. . THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN KENTO. I FORGOT TO KNOW MY MIC. AND THEN NOW WE GO TO COUNCIL MEMBER GUT. GO AHEAD. YES, YES. AND, AND I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I I I WAS ABLE ALSO ABLE TO, UH, DIG DEEP INTO THE, THE VERBIAGE OF THE LEGISLATION, UH, MEASURE W AND I DID SEE THAT ONE OF THE, I THINK ONE OF THE, UM, UH, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT THIS, UH, PURCHASE IS THAT THESE VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE A, A, A DISASTER. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR HILL SITE, UH, AREAS WHERE HAVE BEEN PRONE TO FIRE. I THINK, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR THERE WAS A FIRE IN, UH, IN VEER PARK, A SMALL BRUSH FIRE. AND SO WHEN YOU HAVE TO RESPOND COMING FROM AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND, WHEN YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO A NATIONAL DISASTER OR, OR A DISASTER IN GENERAL, AND YOU HAVE MUDSLIDES OR OTHER I OR OR OTHER UNSTABLE GROUND, AND YOU NEED TO DRIVE UP TO THOSE AREAS, YOU, YOU BETTER HAVE A FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE OR YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET UP THERE. AND SO I, I THINK, UM, BEING ABLE TO USE THESE ASSETS IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER IN OUR COMMUNITIES, ESPECIALLY THE HILLSIDES, UH, TO HAVE THEM AT FOUR WHEEL BE FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND, AND, AND ALSO TO HAVE, UH, TWO INTERCEPTORS THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT TO HANDLE, UH, SITUATIONS LIKE THAT, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE PREPARING, BEING PREPARED FOR THE NEXT DISASTER THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HIT OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL? WANT TO HAVE A QUESTION? MR. MAYOR? ONE LAST QUESTION. GO AHEAD. WHAT IS POLICE? WHAT ARE POLICE INTERCEPTORS EXACTLY U USED FOR IN THE, IN THE FIELD, JUST THE POLICE INTERCEPT IS JUST A MODEL OF THE FORD EXPLORER AND THEY WILL BE USED FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF THE PROGRAM AND ALSO THE SURVEYING AND CLIMBING INTO SOME OF THE HILLSIDES WHERE WE HAVE PENDING PROJECTS, FUTURE [02:00:01] PROJECTS AND AREAS THAT WE CAN'T GET TO AT THIS CURRENT TIME. UM, THEY WILL ALSO BE EQUIPPED WITH THE, UH, MOBILE CHARGING STATIONS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR CARRYING, UH, DIFFERENT PIECES OF EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES THAT'LL BE USED FOR THE PROGRAM. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THANK YOU. AND I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. SO THIS IS NOT FROM GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? THIS IS NOT FROM GENERAL FUND. SO THIS IS FROM, UH, THE GRANT, THIS IS FROM MEASURE W MONIES. CORRECT. SO THEY HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF WHAT KIND OF A CAR WE NEED TO PURCHASE. WE, THE, IT HAS GUIDELINES OF WHAT THE VEHICLES COULD BE USED FOR AND THESE VEHICLES BEST SUIT THE NEEDS OF THOSE GUIDELINES. GOT IT. OKAY. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. WHAT? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. OH, THANK YOU. DO I HAVE A SECOND ? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. I HAVE A FIRST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ A SECOND. FROM MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO, ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. UH, MOTION APPROVE. FOUR ZERO. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NOW WE MOVE TO, [16) PRESENTATION ON THE STATUS OF THE NEW CITY WEBSITE ] OKAY. NUMBER ITEM NUMBER 16. THE PRESENTATION FOR THE WEBSITE. WE MOVE YOU UP BECAUSE OKAY. WE REALLY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTION. UH, WE WANT, WE DON'T WANT YOU FALL ASLEEP AT THE END. OKAY. SO HERE WE'VE BEEN WAITING IN THE DRONE ROW FOR OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG, LONG TIME. YEAH. OKAY. GO AHEAD. IF MAY I WANNA TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE YOU? UM, JEWEL GRIFFITHS WITH CIVICS PLUS, HE WILL BE PROVIDING THE MAYOR AND THE COMMUNITY, THE MAYOR, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITH AN UPDATE AND STATUS OF THE WEBSITE REDESIGN PROJECT. TAKE IT AWAY, JOEL. THANK YOU, ROXANNE. UH, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. UH, IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AND GET TO SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH YOU GUYS GOING THROUGH THE WEBSITE. ESSENTIALLY, WHAT I HOPE TO DO TODAY IS GIVE YOU A STATUS UPDATE AND AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS, WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED, AND WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO DO. SO LET'S START BY JUST KIND OF REINTRODUCING THE TEAM, UM, THAT YOU HAVE AT CIVIC PLUS THAT, THAT SUPPORTS YOU AND WORKS CLOSELY WITH YOUR TEAM HERE. UM, LILY CASTRO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER. SHE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE OVERALL TIMELINE AND COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT. UM, KATE SOLOMON, YOUR ART DIRECTOR, UM, ALL THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH DESIGN, COLORS AND LAYOUT. UM, SHE'S BEEN HAD A HAND IN JEFFREY GUTIERREZ, UM, WEB CONTENT SPECIALISTS, ALL THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THE CONTENT IN TERMS OF MIGRATING IT FROM YOUR CURRENT WEBSITE TO OUR PLATFORM. UM, AND THEN MYSELF AS AN IMPLEMENTATION CONSULTANT. UM, MY JOB IS TO WORK CLOSELY WITH YOUR TEAM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROJECT ON USER EXPERIENCE. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS WE LIKE TO MAKE SURE IS THAT WE DON'T BUILD YOU A COOKIE CUTTER WEBSITE. UM, WE UNDERSTAND THE NUANCES, UM, AND THE IDENTITY OF THIS OFFICE AS WELL AS YOUR COMMUNITY. AND WE CATER AND CUSTOMIZE YOUR WEBSITE ACCORDINGLY. UM, SO I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH ROXANNE AND WILL AND, AND THE GREAT TEAM THAT YOU HAVE HERE. UM, I'LL ALSO BE BACK TO TRAIN YOUR STAFF IN SEPTEMBER, UM, BEFORE WE ULTIMATELY LAUNCH THE WEBSITE. SO, AGAIN, GOOD TO MEET YOU ALL WANTED TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A SCOPE OF WORK. UM, THIS COULD BE A REFRESHER. UM, BUT WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE INITIAL CONTRACT AND, AND WHAT'S INCLUDED, YOU GUYS ARE GETTING OUR CIVIC ENGAGE CENTRAL ULTIMATE WEBSITE. UM, AND IT ALSO COMES WITH AUDIO. I, WE KNOW THAT A DA COMPLIANCE IS A BIG PRIORITY, UM, FOR THIS GROUP. AND SO THE AUDIO I ADD-ON THAT YOU GUYS HAVE WILL INCLUDE, UM, ON TOP OF ALL THE, UM, ADD-ONS THAT WE ALREADY BUILT INTO OUR PLATFORM. YOU HAVE A DEDICATED TEAM THAT, UH, WILL APPLY AN AUTOMATED SERVICE THAT AS YOUR TEAM CREATES AND UPDATES CONTENT, IT WILL FIX A DA COMPLIANCE ISSUES. UM, THE TEAM ALSO MANUALLY WILL GO IN AND DO SPOT CHECKS ON A REGULAR BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WEBSITE STAYS COMPLIANT. UH, THE ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTICE IS THAT MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CIVIC PLUS AND YOUR STAFF. UM, THROUGHOUT THIS IMPLEMENTATION IN THIS MIGRATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO US TO BUILD THE WEBSITE, UM, THAT'S COMPLIANT. BUT AS YOUR STAFF, UH, YOU KNOW, LAUNCHES THE WEBSITE AND ULTIMATELY ADDS AND CREATES CONTENT, IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN US TO, UM, MAKE SURE WE'RE UP TO THOSE STANDARDS MODULES. THESE ARE ALL OF THE ESSENTIAL, UH, TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. COUPLE OF THEM I'LL SHARE WITH YOU TODAY, BUT YOU GUYS WITH THE ULTIMATE WEBSITE HAVE ALL OF OUR STANDARD MODULES AND FUNCTIONALITIES. AND AS FAR AS THE TECHNICAL SETUP, WE HAVE ONE DOMAIN IN SSL, UH, CURRENTLY WEST COVINO.ORG. BELIEVE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO WEST COVINO.GOV. UM, TALK WITH THE PROJECT TEAM HERE TODAY ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE WON'T EXPERIENCE ANY BROKEN PAGES. WE'RE GOING TO WORK BEFORE LAUNCH TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE STILL USING.ORG WILL BE REDIRECTED TO.GOV, UM, WHEN YOU GUYS LAUNCH. [02:05:01] HMM. AS FAR AS DESIGN, UH, WE HAD A DESIGN AND DISCOVERY MEETING EARLY ON IN THE PROJECT, UM, TO KIND OF SELECT THE COLOR AND THE LAYOUT, UH, AS WELL AS THE CONCEPT, AND WHICH WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU GUYS A SNEAK PEEK OF THAT TODAY. UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK FOR CONTENT, 500 PAGES OF CONTENT, WERE CONTRACTED TO BE MOVED FROM YOUR CURRENT WEBSITE OVER, UM, TO OUR NEW PLATFORM, AS WELL AS 100 MEETINGS WORTH OF AGENDAS AND MINUTES. UM, TRANSFERRED TO YOUR NEW WEBSITE, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU, YOU SAY OUR WEBSITE CHANGES FOR DOC ORG TO THE.GOV TO GOVERNMENT. AND SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GO OV AT IN THE FUTURE. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S DOT ORG AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL BE SWITCHING TO DO, UH, DO GOV. SO THAT'S OUR FUTURE TO GO TO GOVERNMENT. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS OUR FUTURE. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. BUT, BUT THAT IS OUR FUTURE. OUR EMAIL BE CHANGED TO DO GOV. OKAY. AT WEST COVINA.GOV. YOU KNOW, IF WILL IS HERE, IF HE CAN SPEAK TO THAT OR PERHAPS WE'LL GET THAT, WE'LL GET THAT RESPONSE TO YOU. BUT THAT IS MORE OF AN IT QUESTION, I THINK BECAUSE, BECAUSE THAT WILL BE OKAY. WILL BE OKAY. CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING. IF WE CHANGE TO DO, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF CONFUSED WHY WE ARE A OKAY. ORG. SURE. I THINK WE SHOULD BE GOV OKAY. GOV. YEAH. WILL OKAY. ONE THE BEST. OUR IT GUY COUNCIL. YEAH. THANK YOU. UH, IF I MAY, UM, PRETTY MUCH, YES, WE'RE ALL GONNA MOVE TO.GOV. IT'S MANDATORY, SO WE HAVE TO MANDATORY. YES. SO IT'S MANDATORY. SO WE CANNOT EVEN SAY WE DON'T WANNA DO IT. NO, WE WANT IT. OKAY. WE WANT, I WANT THIS 10 YEARS AGO, BUT THAT'S FINALLY AFTER 10 YEARS IT HAPPENED. SO MANDATORY. WE GO TO THE GOV, SO IT'S NOT MISLEADING TO ORG. RIGHT? SO WE'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THE RG, SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE REDIRECTED. SO LET'S SAY YOU HAVE GOT IT AN OLD OF COURSE ACCOUNT, OR YOU GO TO THE OLD WEBSITE, YOU'RE GONNA GET REDIRECTED. AND BECAUSE TO PEOPLE ARE USED TO THE GOV, WE DON'T WANT THE, UH, ORG, WE DON'T WANNA MISS ANYBODY. CORRECT. JUST LIKE, OKAY, THIS GUY DISAPPEAR BECAUSE EMAIL DISAPPEAR. VERY GOOD. WELL, YOU'RE THE BEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. CONTINUE PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO, YES, LIKE I SAID, MENTIONED, UH, CONTENT, 500 PAGES MIGRATED AS WELL AS A HUNDRED, UH, MEETINGS, UH, WORTH OF AGENDAS AND MINUTES. UH, THE LAST ITEM HERE IN YOUR SCOPE OF WORK IS YOUR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. AGAIN, THAT INCLUDES THREE DAYS OF ONSITE TRAINING. UM, WE HAVE THE BENEFIT OF BEING ABLE TO HAVE ME AS YOUR CONSULTANT WHO HAS BEEN WITH THIS PROJECT TEAM SINCE THE BEGINNING. UM, SOMETIMES WE DO A HANDOFF TO A NEW TRAINER, BUT, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT GOES OFF. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AS SCHEDULED AND ACCORDING TO PLAN, UM, I'M JUST GONNA STAY WITH YOU GUYS AND, AND BE BACK TO TRAIN THE STAFF. UH, I'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO ANALYZE THEIR CURRENT CONTENT ON THE WEBSITE, UM, AND ULTIMATELY UPDATE IT, DELETE WHAT NEEDS TO BE DELETED BEFORE THEY MIGRATED OVER TO THE NEW WEBSITE. THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY ON THIS IS, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE CONCERN AROUND PERSONNEL CHANGES ON BOTH SIDES AS FAR AS THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT ON OUR SIDE AND THE PROJECT TEAM YOU HAVE INTERNALLY. UM, AND JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE HAD, UM, FANTASTIC COMMUNICATION, UM, AND TRANSPARENCY. AND, UH, THE PREVIOUS PROJECT MANAGER, UH, WENT OUT ON FMLA AND SO WE ANTICIPATING THAT, UM, HAD HER START WITH LILY AND THEY OVERLAPPED A FULL MONTH BEFORE THEY HANDED THE PROJECT OFF. SO, REST ASSURED, UM, IN, IN TERMS OF THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROJECT AND THE TIMELINE, UH, WE ARE ON SCHEDULE. I, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE A STATE OF THE CITY COMING UP AND I, I BELIEVE I HEARD THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THIS WEBSITE. CORRECT. AND, UM, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. SEPTEMBER 4TH. SEPTEMBER 4TH. OKAY. SO I'LL BE READY ON SEPTEMBER 1ST. TO GO THROUGH WITH EVERYTHING, WITH, WITH MY COLLEAGUE. I WANT ALL MY COLLEAGUE HAVE A, A CHANCE TO BE ON THE, UH, OKAY. SHOWCASE. OKAY, SURE. EVERYBODY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, SO NOT ONLY THE MAYOR, BUT OF COURSE WE ALL COLLEAGUES SHARE WITH THE FIGHT INDUSTRY AND THE, SO WE WANT TO SHOW ABOUT HOW, HOW DOES SMART CITY, OUR FUTURE, THAT WEBSITE'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR SERVICE TO HOPEFULLY 24 7 ECHO. ABSOLUTELY. AND WE HAVE, WE WILL SHOW YOU A FULL TIMELINE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION, BUT JUST TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD, AUGUST 26TH, WE'RE DOING YOUR FULL WEBSITE REVEAL. THAT'S WHEN YOUR CONTENT TEAM, WE'LL GET A FULL, UM, DEMONSTRATION FROM ME. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET INTO THE WEBSITE. SO IN AUGUST, WE SHOULD BE A COMPLETE PROJECT AND, UH, WE CAN NOT COMPLETE, COMPLETE WOULD BE GOING LIVE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS OCTOBER 1ST. BUT THE ABILITY FOR US TO LET YOU INTO THE WEBSITE KNOW THAT THE CONTENT, UM, IS DONE. UM, THEY'LL HAVE A, A TWO WEEK PERIOD WHERE THEY CAN REVIEW THE CONTENT FOR ACCURACY. ALRIGHT. TRY, TRY OUT TIME AND, UH, FINE TUNE. ABSOLUTELY. YES. ALRIGHT. UH, IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS. WE, WE USE A UTILIZE A SIX PHASE PROCESS, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE. INITIATE, ANALYZE, DESIGN, [02:10:01] AND CONFIGURE, AND THEN OPTIMIZE, WHICH IS THE CURRENT PHASE THAT WE'RE IN. I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF IMPORTANT MILESTONES IN EACH OF THESE PHASES. UM, THE ONES THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED AND THE ONES THAT WE STILL, UM, HAVE UPCOMING. THERE ARE A FEW DATES HERE, AND I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU THESE AGAIN AT THE END. BUT LIKE I SAID, WEBSITE REVEAL ON THE 26TH, I WILL BE BACK TO TRAIN THIS STAFF ON HOW TO UTILIZE THE WEBSITE ON THE WEEK OF THE EIGHTH. AND I'LL WORK WITH ROXANNE AND THE FULL PROJECT TEAM TO MAKE SURE, UM, THE AVAILABILITY AND THE SCHEDULING WORKS. IT'S, YOU GUYS ARE BUSY. IT'S HARD TO GET 10 TO 12 EDITORS TO, YOU KNOW, TAKE TIME WITH ME. SO WE'LL BREAK THE SESSIONS OUT AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE MOST OF THAT, MOST OF THAT TIME AND, AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE GETS TRAINED. AND THEN, UM, YOUR LAUNCH CONFIRMATION MEETING, THAT'S ONE LAST CHECK-IN WHERE WE MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THE GUIDELINES, YOU'RE READY TO GO LIVE, UM, AND ANY LAST MINUTE QUESTIONS AND, AND, UH, CONCERNS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, WE'LL ANSWER THOSE AT THAT MEETING. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE WILL LAUNCH, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE ON THE 2ND OF OCTOBER. SO GIVING YOU A, JUST A, A BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE PROJECT HERE IN TERMS OF WHAT'S TRANSPIRED, THE STEPS WE'VE GONE THROUGH, WHERE WE ARE AND, AND WHAT WE HAVE TO DO LEFT. THIS IS, UH, A VIEW OF OUR GANTT CHART AND OUR TIMELINE. UM, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STEPS, UM, THAT GO INTO THIS PROJECT. I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY ONE OF THEM TODAY FOR YOU, BUT I, I WILL, AGAIN, I MENTIONED THOSE SIX PHASES. I'M GONNA POINT OUT AN IMPORTANT STEP IN EACH PHASE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE GREEN CHECKBOX MEANS THOSE STEPS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. UM, AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE GREEN ICONS ARE, UM, STEPS THAT CIVIC PLUS IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. UM, AND SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE RESOURCES ALLOCATED TO THOSE STEPS. THE ICONS THAT YOU SEE IN RED ARE, UM, DELIVERABLES FROM YOUR PROJECT TEAM. SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RESOURCES ALLOCATED, UM, TO THOSE. I DO JUST WANNA SAY THAT ROXANNE AND WILL AND THE WHOLE PROJECT TEAM HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC AS FAR AS GETTING THE DELIVERABLES, UM, TO US SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL STAY ON SCHEDULE. UM, STARTING WITH THE PROJECT KICKOFF MEETING, UH, THIS WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, LATE LAST YEAR. KIND OF AN OVERVIEW SHOWING THIS, THIS, UH, VISUAL ONE MORE TIME. IN THAT KICKOFF MEETING, UH, WE KIND OF GO THROUGH THE FULL PROJECT IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT TO EXPECT, THE DELIVERABLES FROM YOUR TEAM, UM, THE DELIVERABLES FROM US. AND WHEN WE LEAVE THAT MEETING, OUR GOAL IS TO, UH, MAKE SURE WE HAVE, WE UNDERSTAND THE FULL SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, UM, AND THEN WE CAN PRESENT A TIMELINE, WHICH WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE TO YOUR TEAM AND GIVE THEM A TWO WEEK PERIOD TO APPROVE IT. UM, AND ULTIMATELY MOVE. LET US MOVE ON TO THE, THE SECOND PHASE OF THE PROJECT. UM, THEY APPROVED THAT TIMELINE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE'RE STILL ON SCHEDULE TO HIT THAT TARGET. UM, SO THAT IS THE FIRST STEP OF THIS PROJECT THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD. GOING BACK TO, OR MOVING ON TO ANALYZE, WE HAVE OUR DESIGN AND DISCOVERY MEETING IN PHASE TWO. UM, THIS IS WHEN OUR ART DIRECTOR KAY SOLOMON, MEETS WITH YOUR TEAM, UM, AND REALLY, UH, GOES THROUGH GREAT DETAIL IN TERMS OF, UH, ALL OF THE INFORMATION FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, A COLOR PERSPECTIVE THAT YOU GUYS WANT. UM, AND SO WANTED TO STOP HERE. THIS IS A, A PREVIEW OF YOUR HOMEPAGE IN TERMS OF SOME COLOR, UM, AND SOME LAYOUT HERE. UH, I'VE GOT LABELED KIND OF ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'VE CONNECTED WITH YOUR TEAM TO MAKE FROM YOUR SITE ID. UM, THE ALERT CENTER ON TOP, I UNDERSTAND THAT. AGAIN, ALERTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT. MAKING SURE YOU GET IMPORTANT INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. SO WE WANTED TO DISPLAY THAT AS WELL. UM, THE GRAPHIC LINK BUTTONS, THE SEARCH BAR, ALL OF THESE OPTIONS WERE KIND OF HANDPICKED BETWEEN YOUR PROJECT TEAM AND OUR ART DIRECTOR. UM, AND DONE THOUGHTFULLY. UH, WE TAKE A LOOK AT ANALYTICS, WE TAKE A LOOK AT FEEDBACK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE GOTTEN FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND ULTIMATELY, WHEN YOU LAND ON THIS HOMEPAGE, THE MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION, UM, THAT THE RESIDENTS NEED, WE WANT THEM TO BE ABLE TO GET THERE WITHIN ONE TO TWO CLICKS. AND SO THAT IS HOW WE'VE DESIGNED THE WEBSITE AND THE LAYOUT AS WELL. SO, UM, MOVING ON HERE, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE KNOW IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOU GUYS IS A MOBILE RESPONSIVE WEBSITE. UM, AND SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ON YOUR NEW WEBSITE WHEN YOU LAUNCH, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DEVICE YOUR RESIDENTS COME TO THE WEBSITE ON, IT WILL BE THE SAME EXACT EXPERIENCE, AND THAT INCLUDES COMPATIBILITY, UM, AS WELL AS ALL THE FEATURES, UM, THAT ARE AVAILABLE. UM, THEY SHOULD HAVE NO ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE A CONSISTENT EXPERIENCE. ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE NEWS FLASH. UH, I THOUGHT A LOT OF THE, UM, KIND OF AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS YOU GUYS DID TONIGHT WAS, WAS FANTASTIC AND, AND WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT, [02:15:01] THIS IS THE BOTTOM OF YOUR, YOUR GUYS' HOMEPAGE. SO A LOT OF THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, POPULAR AND POSITIVE NEWS ACCOMMODATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UM, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE THIS TOOL ON YOUR HOMEPAGE TO DOCUMENT, UM, THE IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE GOING IN, GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE FEELS REALLY CONNECTED. UM, AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A PREVIEW OF WHAT YOUR HOMEPAGE WILL LOOK LIKE. YOUR TEAM WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO IN, UM, AND WHEN JUST A FEW MINUTES, MAKE UPDATES TO IMPORTANT NEWS, UM, THAT YOU WANNA SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY. THE OTHER GREAT THING ABOUT THE NEWS FLASH IS WE HAVE A NOTIFY ME TOOL THAT ALLOWS YOUR COMMUNITY TO SUBSCRIBE TO ALL OF THE INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE. UM, AND SO INSTEAD OF THEM HAVING TO COME TO THE WEBSITE AND PERIODICALLY CHECK FOR NEWS AGENDAS MINUTES, THEY WILL BE ABLE UPON LAUNCH TO SIGN UP FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS AND GET EMAIL AND TEXT MESSAGES ABOUT ALL OF THAT INFORMATION. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU AS WELL. MOVING ON TO THE CONTENT PROCESS MEETING. UM, THIS IS A MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH OUR CONTENT SPECIALIST. UH, MIGRATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT ON THESE PROJECTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE GET ALL OF YOUR IMPORTANT INFORMATION MIGRATED TO THE NEW WEBSITE, UM, AND THAT IT'S ALL AVAILABLE AND WELL ORGANIZED AND, AND A DA COMPLIANT. UM, AGAIN, 500 PAGES OF CONTENT IS WHAT WAS CONTRACTED TO MOVE OVER. AND HERE'S A LIST OF THE ITEMS THAT WE INCLUDED. ALL THE TEXT, IMAGES AND DOCUMENTS THAT WE FOUND ON YOUR WEBSITE. WE MIGRATED THEM OVER, UM, APPLIED OUR BEST PRACTICES TO THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE COMPLIANT. UM, AND WE ORGANIZED THEM BY DEPARTMENT. SO IF WE FOUND PAGES ON YOUR CURRENT WEBSITE THAT DIDN'T HAVE PROPER HEADERS, PHOTOS, THAT DIDN'T HAVE ALTERNATE TEXTS, AS WE MIGRATED THOSE, THAT INFORMATION OVER, WE FIX ALL OF THAT FOR YOU. UM, AND AGAIN, WHEN WE MEET WITH THE STAFF LATER OR IN SEPTEMBER TO TRAIN, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TRAINED ON ALL COMPLIANCE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN MAINTAIN THAT LEVEL OF QUALITY WHEN THEY START TO UPDATE THE WEBSITE TRAINING ENGAGEMENT. UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COMING UP IN SEPTEMBER, AND HERE'S JUST A SCREENSHOT. ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT OUR TRAINING IS, NUMBER ONE, WE GET TO DO IT ON SITE. UM, SO ALL THE NUANCES AND THINGS THAT I'VE LEARNED FROM EACH OF THESE DEPARTMENTS, AS I'VE MET WITH THEM OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, I'M GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE TRAINED, UM, ON SPECIFICALLY THE TASKS THAT THEY NEED TO COMPLETE. UM, WE TRAIN ON THE LIVE PRODUCTION WEBSITE, SO IT'S NOT A SANDBOX WHEN I COME BACK TO TRAIN THE TEAM. UM, IT WILL BE VERY HANDS-ON AND, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PREPARED, UM, AND CONFIDENT AND READY TO, UH, UPDATE THE WEBSITE AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU GUYS LAUNCH. AND THEN TO WRAP UP HERE, WE HAVE OUR WEBSITE REVEAL MEETING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AUGUST 26TH. UM, THAT IS WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SHOWCASE ALL OF THE CONTENT THAT WE'VE MOVED OVER. HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE LOOKS ON YOUR CURRENT WEBSITE. UM, THE ONE THING THAT'S IMPORTANT IS AS WE MIGRATE THE CONTENT, THE CONTENT WILL LOOK FAMILIAR. UH, I'M SORRY TO ROB. YES, ACTING CITY MANAGER. YOU NEED A NEW PICTURE, , GO AHEAD. SO THE, THE CONTENT WILL LOOK RECOGNIZABLE TO YOUR STAFF AND YOUR COMMUNITY JUST HAS OUR BEST PRACTICES APPLIED TO IT. HERE'S THE SAME PAGE ON THE NEW WEBSITE. THIS ARE LIKE MARK HAW, THE , THE CITY MANAGER, . YEAH, CONTINUE. PLEASE PICTURE MY FULL PICTURE, , SEE WHAT THE ALL TAG SAYS OF THAT ONE. SO A, A BEFORE AND AFTER, AGAIN, WITH OUR BEST PRACTICES IN YOUR NEW DESIGN APPLIED. UM, COUPLE OF THE DIFFERENCES YOU'LL SEE AS WE LOOK AT THESE. UM, THE EMAIL IS MASKED. WE HAVE QUICK LINKS FOR CONTACT INFORMATION. UM, ANYTHING THAT CHANGES, WE'LL HAVE A CENTRAL LOCATION TO UPDATE THE STAFF DIRECTORY. AND ALL OF THAT WILL, WILL BE REALLY AUTOMATED AND EASY TO, TO UTILIZE FOR YOUR TEAM. SO, AGAIN, THE CONTENT'S GONNA LOOK FAMILIAR, BUT IT'S GONNA HAVE OUR BEST PRACTICES AND ALL OUR NEW TOOLS AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO CONTINUE AND, AND MAINTAIN THE QUALITY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. SO, MOVING ON HERE TO THE LAST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA IS OUR WEBSITE LAUNCH. AND SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A TIMELINE OF WHAT WE HAVE LEFT TO COMPLETE, UM, THAT REVEAL ON THE 26TH FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY ME BEING BACK TO TRAIN THE STAFF AND THEN THE LAUNCH CONFIRMATION MEETING TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S BUTTONED UP IN TERMS OF YOU GUYS BEING READY TO TURN THE WEBSITE ON, MAKING SURE THAT YOUR STAFF IS CONFIDENT IN ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED ON. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, WE WILL LAUNCH ON THE SECOND. OKAY. UH, THIS NOT OUR BUILDING. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE WE HAVE OUR BEAUTIFUL OKAY. CITY HALL AND, UH, OUR COARD AND OUR 16 PARK. OKAY. CITY COUNCIL. ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, GO AHEAD. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, AND ONLY YOU HAVE A [02:20:01] QUESTION. YES. YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, UH, THE TABS YOU HAVE ON TOP, IT LOOKS LIKE THE LETTERING'S BLENDING IN. CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT ON THE, LEMME GO BACK TO IT HERE. OH, RIGHT HERE. IT'S TOO, UH, IT'S HARD TO SEE IF I'M A, IF I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN, I CAN'T SEE THAT. SO I, I WOULD SAY THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT ZOOMED OUT JUST IN, IN TERMS IN, IN TERMS OF CON UH, COMMUNICATING THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND, AND WHAT YOU'VE SELECTED. UM, I THINK YOU'LL FIND WHEN YOU GO TO THE, THE URL MORE, MORE VISIBLE, THE TOP MORE VISIBLE TABS, UH, A BIGGER FONT, BIGGER FONT, BIGGER FONT. YEAH. THIS IS, THIS SCREENSHOT IS, IS KIND OF MINIMIZED JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD FIT. IF YOU LOOK AT THE STANDARD SIZE AND RATIO OF A SCREEN, THIS WEBSITE WOULD PROBABLY FILL, IF WE WERE ON THE URO, IT WOULD FILL THE WHOLE SCREEN. OH, OKAY. SO VISUALLY, UM, I THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH HOW, HOW MUCH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE AND EXPERIENCE THE CONTENT ON THE HOMEPAGE. VERY GOOD. OKAY. GREAT. GO AHEAD. THAT'S IT. OKAY. AND OLLIE? YEAH, GO AHEAD. YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. SO WITH THE FIRST QUESTION IS, WITH REGARD TO THE TRAINING THAT YOU HAVE FOR STAFF, ARE YOU GOING TO BE VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDING THAT SO THAT WAY IF STAFF CHANGES, THEY'LL STILL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE, AT THE TRAINING THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS AUGUST? SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL QUESTION. THAT'S ALWAYS AT THE PROJECT TEAM'S DISCRETION. IF ROXANNE WANTS US TO RECORD THE TRAINING, WE ABSOLUTELY WILL. GREAT. AND THEN SECOND, UM, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR CAPABILITY WITH THIS NEW WEBSITE WITH REGARD TO EMERGENCY NOTIFICATIONS? LET'S SAY SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS IN THE CITY AND WE NEED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING. IS THAT WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS, OR IS THAT SOMETHING SEPARATE? GREAT QUESTION. SO WE HAVE AN ALERT CENTER BUILT IN. IT'S A TOOL THAT WE HAVE INTERNALLY THAT ALLOWS US TO PLACE NOTICES LOUD AND CLEAR ACROSS EVERY PAGE OF THE WEBSITE, SHOULD YOU CHOOSE. UM, AND ALSO, UH, YOUR, YOUR RESIDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP AND SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAD A CATEGORY CALLED EMERGENCY ALERTS, THEY CAN GET TEXT MESSAGES AND EMAILS ABOUT THAT. UM, AND THEN LIKE THE EXAMPLE WE HAVE HERE, AS SOON AS YOU GET TO THE HOMEPAGE, IT'S LOUD. IT'S AT THE BEGINNING AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE AND IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON. SO WE DO HAVE AN INTERNAL ALERT SYSTEM THAT THE TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO UTILIZE FOR THEIR NEEDS. GREAT. THANK YOU. OF COURSE. OKAY. UH, MAYOR PUTIN. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW PD HAS, UH, THEIR OWN WEBSITE. WEBSITE, YEAH. SEPARATE WEBSITE. SO IS THAT GONNA BE LIKE, IF THEY CLICK ON, IF THEY GO TO PD, WOULD THAT DIRECT THEM TO THAT WEBSITE? YEAH. FANTASTIC QUESTION. SO THIS EXAMPLE RIGHT HERE WHERE IT'S JUST LISTING A FEW DEPARTMENTS, THE PD WILL BE LISTED THERE, JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT. WHEN YOU CLICK IT, IT WILL SEAMLESSLY REDIRECT TO THEIR WEBSITE. OKAY. AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE IN, UM, INTEGRATED WITH, UM, LIKE PUTTING IN THE APPS AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND THE GIS AND EVERYTHING WILL BE THERE. THAT'S CORRECT. SMOOTHLY. OKAY. ALL THOSE CAPABILITIES YOU'LL, YOU'LL HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCIL. OKAY. I JUST, UH, WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I THINK OKAY. AND SINCE WE MOVING TO THE AI SMART CITY AGENDA, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. MM-HMM . I THINK ALL THE CITY IS COMPETE EACH OTHER, TRY TO CATCH UP ABOUT THIS TREND. OKAY. AND, UH, BASICALLY OUR WEBSITE IS OUR FUTURE OR OUR FACE. SURE. BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T COME TO CITY HALL, YOU HAVE A 2100 20,000 POPULATION. MOST OF THE TIME THEY WANNA CHECK INFORMATION, THEY GO TO WHERE GOOGLE IT, RIGHT. CHECK OUR WEBSITE. SO OUR WEBSITE HAS TO BE OKAY, 24 7 OKAY. TO SERVICE THE RESIDENT OR ANY PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT, AND, UM, OKAY. INVEST OR SET UP BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA. AND THIS WEBSITE SHOULD BE GIVEN A VERY EASY CHANNEL TO PROVIDE INFORMATION OR EVEN APPLICATION. CAN WE DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY. AND SO IN TERMS OF THE WEBSITE KIND OF EVOLVING INTO SOMETHING THAT'S AI COMPATIBLE AND AI FRIENDLY, UM, OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS CONSTANTLY, UH, LOOKING AT WAYS TO IMPROVE THE WEBSITE WITH YOU GUYS HAVING OUR ULTIMATE SERVICE. AS SOON AS THOSE TOOLS BECOME AVAILABLE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA ROLL THEM OUT TO ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS INTERNALLY. WE ARE ALREADY STARTING TO USE THOSE AI TOOLS TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT THEY'RE COMPATIBLE, OBVIOUSLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE A DA COMPLIANT AS WELL. BUT, UH, WITH THE FUTURE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION, CIVIC PLUS IS COMPLETELY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT OUR WEBSITE STAYS UP TO DATE FOR, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IF PEOPLE ASK QUESTION AND THEN, THEN THEY HAVE A CT OR AI RESPONSE EITHER IN THE AUDIO OR A PICTURE COMING OUT AND SAY, MAY I HELP YOU? CAN I DO THIS? AND LIKE, LIKE WHEN YOU GO TO ANY, SOME, ANY OF THE WEBSITE, THEY WILL POP OUT, THEY WANNA TALK TO YOU, CAN I SERVE YOU? OKAY. SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST A, JUST A QUESTION. AND IS THAT IN YOUR MIND FOR THE FUTURE SERVICE? SO THAT ENHANCEMENT YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE, AND I'M UP ON THIS SLIDE RIGHT NOW. IF YOU GO TO THE INTERNAL CHAT BOT DOWN IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT, YOU'RE AGREED BY AN AI BOT, YOU'RE ABLE TO ASK SPECIFIC QUESTIONS. THE STAFF COULD ASK A QUESTION, HOW DO I UPDATE THIS PAGE? IT'S GOING TO DIRECT THEM TO ALL OF OUR ARTICLES IN TERMS OF, [02:25:01] UM, HELPING THEM WITH WHATEVER SOLUTION THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. UM, NOW AN EXTERNAL CHAT BOT, WE DO HAVE THAT, UH, AS AN AVAILABLE FEATURE THAT WE CAN DISCUSS ADDING ON TO, UM, YOUR WEBSITE. BUT THAT TECHNOLOGY IS AVAILABLE E EXACTLY. AND LAB CAN BE MONITORED NEXT DAY WHEN THE STAFF ON DUTY WILL CHECK IT ABOUT WHILE THIS SAYS, SO WE WILL HAVE STEP MONITOR ALL THIS INFORMATION OR WHAT THIS AND THAT, AND THEY COMPUTE INTO THE EMAIL TO OUR STAFF. SO WE CHECK AND WE LIKE PERSON CAN RESPOND TO THE PERSON, SAY, OH, GOT IT. THIS AND THAT. WE WILL TAKE CARE FOR YOU. AGAIN, WE TALK ABOUT SMART CITY AND THE, AND THE INNOVATION TO HELP OURS. GOVERNMENT FOR FUTURE SERVICE, CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS IS THE FIRST TOUR IS OUR WEBSITE WITH ALL THE INFORMATION, INCLUDING, FOR EXAMPLE, PEOPLE WANT TO BECOME A VENDOR IN OUR EVENT MM-HMM . CAN THEY CHECK THE INFORMATION? CAN THEY CHECK WHAT KIND OF GUIDELINE, WHAT CAN HAVE TO PROVIDE? AND, UH, SO BASIC INFORMATION AND THEY CAN SUBMIT APPLICATION RIGHT AWAY, EVEN PAY THE FEE FOR CERTAIN. OKAY. FOR EXAMPLE, FILM IT. OKAY. UH, UH. OKAY. UM, OKAY. UH, SUPER MOON FESTIVAL OR SPRING FESTIVAL JULY 4TH, AND THEY CAN BOOK AND EVEN SEE ALL THE INFORMATION. CAN WE DO THAT? ABSOLUTELY. ALL OF THOSE TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE CURRENTLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ACTIVITIES. UM, THE ABILITY TO, UH, PAY, USE A PAYMENT PORTAL TO PAY, REGISTER, THE ABILITY TO CUSTOMIZE FORMS FOR EVENTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, ALL OF THAT CAN BE BUILT OUT. AUTOMATED RESIDENTS WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THAT KIND OF INFORMATION AT 3:00 AM AND THE FOLKS THAT NEED TO GET IT, UM, RECEIVE THAT INFORMATION ON YOUR STAFF WILL BE LISTED AND THEY WILL GET ALL THAT INFORMATION DURING BUSINESS HOURS. VERY GOOD. ONE OF, AND THE OTHER THING I'LL SAY ON THAT IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR NEW WEBSITE IS THE SINGULAR SOURCE OF TRUTH AND INFORMATION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT THEM TO BE CONFIDENT THAT THIS IS THE PLACE THAT THEY SHOULD GO INSTEAD OF FACEBOOK. AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR STAFF IS CREATING A VIRTUAL OFFICE. SO OUR GOAL IS EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO THEM WHEN THEY COME TO CITY HALL AS FAR AS, AS FAR AS RESOURCES, INFORMATION, WE WANT TO DUPLICATE THAT SO THEY FEEL CONFIDENT GOING TO YOUR WEBSITE FOR, SO BASICALLY WHAT THEN THE GOOGLE WHERE THEY COULD JUST, OUR WEBSITE BECOME LIKE THEIR GOOGLE FOR ANY WEST COVINA INFORMATION, ANY INVESTMENT, ANY AVAILABLE OKAY. OR STAFF AND THIS AND THAT. SO THEY CAN GET SERVICE RIGHT AWAY WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE SEARCH. OKAY. AND THE WEST COVINA WEBSITE CAN PROVIDE OKAY. ALL THOSE INFORMATION FOR THEM. ABSOLUTELY. WE'LL HAVE ALL THE TOOLS AND THE CAPABILITIES TO BUILD OUT. ALL OF YOU LIKE TO PROMISE ME EVERYTHING LIKE A SKY HIGH. I HOPE YOU CAN DELIVER. LISTEN, I, I THESE THINGS ARE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO YOU. SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED TO JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT. UM, AND I HAVE, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WAITING FOR ABOUT THEIR STREET PAYMENT PLAN. OKAY. AND EVEN TYPE IN THEIR STREET, AND THEN THEY WILL POP OUT ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR RATING AND WHEN THEY WILL BE SERVICE, WE PAY THIS AND THAT, AND WHEN'S THE LAST TIME THEY PAY? SO WE HAVE ALL THE STREET INFORMATION. SO CT HAVE TO PROVIDE IN, ENTER THE DATABASE INTO YOUR PORTAL, INTO AI AND THE SMART CT WEBSITE. BUT IN THAT WAY, AND INCLUDING THEIR TREE, THE, THE CITY OWNED TREE IN THEIR FRONT YARD, WHAT IS THE STATUS WHEN WE BE TRAINED? CAN THEY PROVIDE ALL THOSE INFORMATION SO WHEN THEY'RE HOME, THEY CAN RIGHT AWAY ABOUT THE HILLSIDE, ABOUT THEIR TREE, ABOUT THEIR TREE. SO THEY CAN GET ALL THE INFORMATION. THEY DON'T HAVE IT IN THE DARK AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ABOUT WHEN THEY GET SERVED, INCLUDING THE TRASH PICKUP TIME AND THE STREET SWEEPING TIME AND EVERYTHING WILL BE INFORMATION OVER THERE. YEAH. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WILL HELP WITH THAT IS DEVELOPING AND BUILDING OUT FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. AND WE HAVE A TOOL TO DO THAT. WE ALSO HAVE A REQUEST TRACKER SO THEY CAN REALLY SERVE THEMSELVES IN TERMS OF ASKING QUESTIONS AND GETTING INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CITY, THEIR STREETS, THEIR HOME. YOUR TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD OUT, UM, KIND OF WORK PROCESSES, UM, WITHIN THAT AND, AND WORK WITH THE CITY. YEAH. I WANT TO HAVE A CITY MANAGER OR SOMEBODY TO ANSWER WHAT I JUST MENTIONED. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN REQUEST FOR COUPLE YEARS. YEAH. WHAT YOU'RE, AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, WHICH, WHICH THE CURRENT WEBSITE ALREADY, UM, HAS SOME OF THOSE FEATURES IS THROUGH THE GIS LAYERS. AND SO HAVING THOSE GIS LAYERS AND WORKING WITH THE STAFF TO ENHANCE THOSE LAYERS SO THAT IT CAN BE MORE, UM, COMMUNICATIVE IN THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SO THAT GIS INFORMATION CAN BE BUILT IN TO THIS NEW WEBSITE. UM, THE TOOLS ARE THERE, IT HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT. SO YES. YEAH, WE HAVE, UH, WE HAVE, UH, LOST THE, THE THREE CONSULTANT TO SURVEY ALL OUR STRING ENTIRE CITY, INCLUDING WHEN TO PAY THIS AND THAT. WE HAVE THAT. AND THEY SAID THEY ARE GONNA PUT OUR WEBSITE. SO THIS SHOULD BE GOING TO YOUR WEBSITE IN DETAIL. OKAY. AND WHAT'S THE, BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE ASKING ALL THE TIME ABOUT WHEN WE GONNA [02:30:01] PAY THEIR STREET. AND THEN, SO IT'S ABOUT THE, THE GRADE. OKAY. GRADING IS, IS THERE IN THE LEVEL 1, 2, 3, 4, WHEN THERE WILL BE AND THEN WILL BE HOPEFULLY ALL STREET WILL BE WITH A OKAY. FAIRNESS TO PAY IN THE DUE TIME, BECAUSE CURRENTLY SOME STREET HAS 30 YEARS, MAYBE WE PAY AND SOME STREET WITHIN 10 YEARS GET PAID TWO TIME. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T WASTE. OKAY. AND SO CITY CAN LOOK INTO ALL THIS. SO WE MONITOR ABOVE OUR DATABASE, INCLUDING THE TREE, TREE CURRENTLY FROM WEST COAST. I REMEMBER THEY TOLD US THEY HAVE EACH, EACH TREE, THEY ALL IDENTIFY AND THAT TREE SHOULD BE ON THE WEBSITE AND TALK ABOUT THE CYCLE OR TREATMENT OR RESIDENT FEEL LIKE THE TREE BE IN DANGER. THEY CAN RIGHT AWAY ONLINE SAY, MIGHT THIS TREE OKAY. IS PROBLEMATIC. HAVE SOME PEOPLE TO LOOK INTO IT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE TREE COLLAPSE INTO THEIR HOME. AND THEN WE HAVE TO HAVE, UH, PAY FOR NOT ONLY THAT WE DO WANT, WANT ANY OF, UH, OKAY. INJURY OR ANYTHING FROM THE TREE FALLING AND DESIGN. WE MAKE SURE, BECAUSE RECENTLY, UH, CAMPING AND THE ONE KID GET OKAY. AND, UH, THE OKAY. FAT ACCIDENT BY THE TREE FELLING ON ON HIM. SO WE DO NOT WANT THIS KIND OF THING. MAKE SURE THE TREE IS, IS WE PROPERLY MAKE SURE, OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIABILITY ISSUE OR CREATE ANY FATAL OKAY. OR INJURY OR PROPERTY, PROPERTY DAMAGE. SO, AND I THINK IT SOUNDS SO GOOD. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR, BUT IT'S TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE. I HOPE IT'S TRUE. , BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS SO GOOD, RIGHT? ALI? I THINK. YES. IT SOUNDS SO GREAT. AND THEN WE REALLY WANT THIS WEBSITE. WE CANNOT WAIT TO TEST YOUR EYE AND HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. OKAY. AND, UH, ALI, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO, I DO, GO AHEAD. IN TERMS OF TOOLS, DO WE ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO CLICKFUNNELS OR OTHER SIMILAR SOFTWARE SO WE CAN HAVE EMAIL AUTORESPONDERS AND, AND WHERE DO WE HAVE A, A DIFFERENT EMAIL SERIES FOR THINGS WHERE WE COULD PRE-WRITE AND PRE AUTOMATE ALL OF OF THAT? IS THAT ALSO A PART OF THE WEBSITE PACKAGE? YEAH. BUILT INTO A LOT OF OUR TOOLS, YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE AND CUSTOMIZE WORKFLOWS, UM, THAT ALLOW YOU TO CUSTOMIZE AUTO RESPONSES WHEN FORMS ARE SUBMITTED AND INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED AND REQUESTED, UM, BY THE PUBLIC. SO BUILT INTO THE, THE BACKEND OF OUR WEBSITE, THE ABILITY TO, TO KIND OF CREATE THOSE WORKFLOWS AND HAVE THEM, UH, LAUNCH AUTOMATICALLY IS DEFINITELY AVAILABLE. OH, GOOD. SO, SO, SO AS AN EXAMPLE, IF WE WANTED TO SAY FOR ANY BUSINESS COMING TO TOWN, THAT THAT, THAT WE SEND THEM TO THIS AUTORESPONDER AND THEN THEY HAVE A SERIES OF FOUR OR FIVE THINGS THAT WE TELL THEM. SO THAT WAY IT JUST AUTOMATES THE COMMUNICATION THAT'S ALREADY WITHIN THE CAPABILITY HERE. ABSOLUTELY. WHAT I WILL SAY IS THAT WHAT, WHAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DO WHEN WE LAUNCH IS YOUR STAFF WILL HAVE TO KIND OF BUILD OUT THOSE WORKFLOWS. SURE. AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT I WILL TRAIN THEM ON WHEN I COME BACK. ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT TOOLS, HOW TO UTILIZE THEM. AND IT'S REALLY WHY IT'S BEEN GREAT TO BE CONNECTED WITH THIS TEAM FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT, BECAUSE I'M NOT JUST GOING TO SHOW THEM THE BARE BONES OF HOW TO USE OUR TOOLS. I KNOW WHAT THEY NEED THE TOOLS FOR. UM, AND AS I CONTINUE TO GET THAT INFORMATION, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE CUSTOMIZE THOSE WORKFLOWS FOR YOUR SPECIFIC NEEDS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. OKAY. I THINK OKAY. WE CANNOT WAIT TO HAVE YOUR COMPLETE PROJECT AND, UH, LAUNCHED AND, UH, AND EVERYBODY LIKE, WHOA, SO GOOD WEST COVINA AHEAD OF THE TIME. AND BECAUSE WE REALLY, THIS IS THE TREND. OKAY. ALL THE OTHER CITIES IS CATCHING UP AND WE WANT TO BE IN THE FRONT RATHER THAN CATCHING PEOPLE. SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT, GREAT START. OKAY. I HOPE THAT THE PROMISE CAN BE DELIVERED. OKAY. ALL THE GOOD STUFF WE JUST MENTIONED ABOUT IT'LL BE EASY ONE STOP SHOPPING TO SEE EVERYTHING. AND SINCE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A AI SMART CD PROGRAM, SO POSSIBLE THIS ALL CAN BE DOABLE, UH, FOR OUR FUTURE. SO, SO THIS IS RECEIVED ON FIRE, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. SO, SO WHAT DO I NEED TO HAVE A VOTE? NO. RIGHT? WE JUST LIKE, OKAY. NO. OKAY. UH, ARE YOUR NAME PLEASE? JEWEL GRIFFITHS. OKAY. JEWEL? YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HOPE FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. UH, WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND HOPEFULLY NEXT TIME YOU OVER HERE IS GIVE US A TRAINING AND, UH, WE OVER HERE SAY THANK YOU, JEWEL. OKAY. VERY GOOD. WE, I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU A LONG TIME. OKAY. SO, SO, SO, SO THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAITING FOR A GREAT SERVICE FROM THE CITY. THANK YOU, JOE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM. THANK YOU, HOWARD. APPRECIATE. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCILOR. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, UH, LET'S GO TO THE, OKAY. UM, OUR PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER 13. OKAY. OKAY, GO AHEAD. DO WE READY IF WE MOVE UP ON NUMBER 15 FIRST? I'M SORRY. YEAH. 15. UM, YOU WANT TO MOVE TO 15? MM-HMM . YOU WANNA GO THIS ONE FIRST? YES. SO WE HAVE 13, 14, 50. OKAY. OKAY, LET'S [15) TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT (TEFRA) HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ISSUANCE OF TAX-EXEMPT BONDS FOR EMANATE HEALTH QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL ] GO NUMBER 15. THAT IS, I THINK THE HOSPITAL BOND, RIGHT? YEAH. BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE WAITING OVER THERE, SO WE DON'T WANNA WASTE HIS TIME. IT IS THIS YOU, SIR. OKAY. SO, UH, DO AND NOBODY AGAINST, WE MOVE 15 FIRST SO HE CAN GO HOME. OKAY. NUMBER 15. [02:35:01] OKAY. OKAY. I'M GOING TO READ NUMBER 15. OKAY. WE ARE MOVING NUMBER 15, TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ISSUANCE OF A TAX EXEMPT BOND FOR M AND A HEALTH QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL. THIS HEARING HELD UNDER THE AUTHORITY AND THE OKAY, PURSUANT TO THE SECTION 1 4 7 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OVER 8 19 86. THE PURPOSE OF THE HEARING IS TO HEAR, COMMENT, AND DISCUSSION RELATING TO THE PROPOSED ISSUANT BY THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF TAX EXEMPT BOND FOR THE FINANCE OF, UH, M AND A HEALTH FACILITY IN WEST COVINA. COVINA NOT TO EXIST. $90 MILLION. THE BOND PROCEED WILL BE USED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE M AND A HEALTH SCREEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL CAMPUS, LOCATED AT 1 1 1 5 SOUTH SUNSET AVENUE IN WEST COVINA. UH, IS THE CITY CLERK OR A CITY A CITY CITY MANAGER VERIFY PROPER NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN? YES, THE AFFIDAVIT IS ON FILE. A LEGAL NOTICE APPEARED IN THE JULY 7TH, 2025 ISSUE OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE AND SUBSEQUENTLY ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE ADVISING OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. AND NOW I'M GOING TO DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN SO BEFORE, AND I MOVE TO THE COM PUBLIC COMMENT OR COUNCIL QUESTION. AND WHO IS GONNA PRESENT? OKAY. AND THIS ITEM MICROPHONE, PLEASE. SORRY, GO AHEAD. ACTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER. GERARDO RO ROJAS WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SORRY FOR THE DELAY. UM, . OKAY. UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING CALLS FOR THE CITY TO CONDUCT. IS IT? I'M SORRY. THIS ONE HERE. OKAY, THERE IT IS. APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING CALLS FOR THE CITY TO CONDUCT A TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT, BETTER KNOWN AS TEFRA HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF THE APPROVAL AND THE ISSUANCE OF TAX EXEMPT BONDS IN THE MOUNTAIN, NOT TO EXCEED $90 MILLION BY THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS C-S-C-D-A, FOR THE BENEFIT OF EMINENT HEALTH TO, UH, FINANCE OR REFINANCE CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR FACILITIES WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THE C THE, EXCUSE ME, THE C-S-C-D-A WAS CREATED UNDER CALIFORNIA JOINT EXERCISE, UH, EXERCISE OF POWERS ACT TO PROVIDE CALIFORNIA'S LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH A TOOL FOR THE FINANCING OF COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC BENEFIT PROJECTS. MORE THAN 500 CITIES, COUNTIES, AND SPECIAL DISTRICTS, INCLUDING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UM, HAVE BECOME PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. C-S-C-D-A HELPS LOCAL GOVERNMENTS BUILD COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CREATE JOBS AMONGST OTHER ITEMS. WEST COVINA AS A GOVERNMENT UNIT, HAVING JURISDICTION OVER THE AREA MUST CONDUCT A TEFRA HEARING AND PROVIDE APPROVAL OF THOSE BONDS AS A CONDUIT. WEST COVINA WILL HAVE NO FINANCIAL OBLIGATION TO THE BONDS OF THE 90 MILLION IN TAX EXEMPT BONDS. UM, 74 MILLION WILL BE USED FOR THE FINANCING OF EMINENT HEALTH FACILITIES IN WEST COVINA. THE REMAINDER OF THE BONDS WILL BE USED BY EMINENT HEALTH OR ONE OF ITS AFFILIATES TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF COVINA AND CITY OF GLENDORA. UH, THE CITY OF COVINA, FAC, EXCUSE ME, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FACILITY IS EMINENT HEALTH QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL. AS A REMINDER, THE QUEEN OF THE VALLEY EXPANSION ENTITLEMENTS WERE APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN MARCH OF 2020. THE FOLLOWING SLIDES HIGHLIGHT THE EXPANSION THAT IS TAKING PLACE AT THE HOSPITAL, INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT, WHICH YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN NOW, THE CANCER CENTER BUILDING. AND LASTLY, UM, THE THIRD FLOOR PRIMARY CARE CLINIC EXPANSION AND THE FOURTH FLOOR OB GYN CLINIC EXPANSION. [02:40:02] UH, THIS CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT. UM, I ALSO WANNA, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, MR. TONY BLAKELY, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION FOR EMINENT HEALTH, IS IN ATTENDANCE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. OKAY. AND, UH, THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? IF NONE, I WILL, UH, OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. AND, UH, SO NO. OKAY. SO WE CAN BRING BACK, UH, SO PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT. OKAY. UH, STARTING WITH, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENT, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, OR ANYONE YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS PROJECT OR THIS, THIS BOND? GO AHEAD. I DO NOT HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS. AND THEN, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER? NONE, NO SPEAKER CARDS AT THIS TIME. PLEASE SUPPORT THIS. OKAY. ANYBODY AGAINST THIS ? DOUG, YOU WANNA DO AGAINST THIS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW, NOW I'M GONNA CLOSE PUBLIC. OKAY. COMMENT AND THEN BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL DISCUSSION. AND, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, BRIAN, GO AHEAD. YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, UM, MAYBE WE HAVE, UH, THE PERSON COME OVER HERE MM-HMM . SO YOU'LL BE WAITING WHOLE NIGHT. SO I WANT YOU TO HAVE SOME TV TIME. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. YOU LIKE IT, YOU LIKE OUR COUNCIL MEETING? YES. WE'LL COME, COME BACK EVERY TIME. MM-HMM . AND WE STAY LATE. OKAY. . OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD. FINE. UH, MAYBE YOU CAN INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND YOUR TITLE WITH THE MA HEALTH. MY NAME IS TONY BLAKELEY. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION. SO ALL OF THAT CONSTRUCTION YOU SEE, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON, I'VE BEEN WITH M AND A HEALTH FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS. GREAT, GREAT. GREAT STEEL CITRIX VALLEY HEALTH PARK. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT. YEAH, IT'S GREAT. YEAH, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT HAPPENING, UH, BEING BUILT. UH, I THINK THAT'S IN DISTRICT ONE. NO, I THINK SO. NO, NO. IT DOESN'T MATTER. YEAH, IT DOESN'T MATTER. BUT, UM, BUT IT, WE ALL REPRESENT OUR OWN DISTRICTS, BUT WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN MY DISTRICT, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO SEE 'EM. UH, BUT, UM, BUT IT AFFECTS THROUGHOUT THIS DRAW. IT'LL HELP MANY PEOPLE. THAT'S THE POINT. AND, UH, AND SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, MAYBE YOU COULD ASK, UH, YOUR LEADERSHIP OR SOMETHING, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW, UM, HOW, UH, HOW DOES WEST QUEEN HAVE A VOICE? UH, MAYBE IT'S RESIDENTS OR SO FORTH IN, IN ANY OF YOUR BOARDS OR ANY OF YOUR, UH, AND MAYBE YOU DON'T, YOU WON'T KNOW THAT QUESTION SINCE IT'S NOT YOUR PREVIEW, BUT WELL, WELL, WE DO HAVE, UH, A COUPLE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD. OUR, THE ZU MAYOR IS A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD. MM-HMM . UH, THE, THE FORMER COVINA MAYOR WAS A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD. MM-HMM . SO WE TRY AND HAVE CIVIC LEADERS AND, UH, YEAH. AND IS THERE A REASON WHY WEST COVINA? BECAUSE YOU, WELL, I'M NOW ON THE BOARD AND THAT'S WHY YOU WANT TO ASK ME. NO, NO. I DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE BOARD. BUT WHAT I'M I WHAT I WANT TO KNOW IS, UH, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND YOU COULD TAKE THIS BACK TO YOUR LEADERSHIP, IS THAT WEST GREENA TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF MENTE HEALTH. YET WEST COVINA DOES NOT HAVE A VOICE ON ANY OF YOUR BOARDS. AND AND I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE WEST COVINA RESIDENTS HAVE A VOICE. AND, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS CONCEPT. IT COULD BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHO COULD APPLY FOR THAT POSITION. BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WEST COVINA, WEST VENA RESIDENTS DO HAVE A VOICE BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST FACILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, UH, HELPING PEOPLE MOST IN NEED. AND I THINK THAT, UH, WESTERN TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN VERY GENEROUS TO IMMENSELY HEALTH AND ITS OWNERSHIP. AND I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE HAS A VOICE, JUST NOT THOSE NEIGHBORING CITIES. YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT NOT ONLY YOUR NEIGHBORING CITIES WILL HAVE A VOICE, BUT ALSO THE CITY THAT YOU, YOU ACTUALLY OPERATE IN WILL HAVE A VOICE. AND I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL. SO, YEAH. THAT'S WHY I, I WANTED, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK TO MY CEO. YEAH. UH, UM, AND I WANNA ECHO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUT. OKAY. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 10 YEARS OKAY. AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOUR PREVIOUS CEO AND CURRENT CEO AND, UH, ROGER SHERMAN. OKAY. I EVEN HAVE A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER SET OUT A OKAY. MEETING WITH HIM. OKAY. BUT, AND, UM, HE HAVE A COVINA CITY COUNCIL COME OUT TO SPEAK TO US BECAUSE HE'S THE BOARD MEMBER. MY QUESTIONS VERY SIMPLE. 2016, I WAS ON THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL, AND WE, WE OKAY, UH, LOBBY, UH, WE FIGHT, OKAY. WE CALL PEOPLE TO SUPPORT SELL OUR SUNSET FIELD. OKAY. AND, UH, THAT IS OUR PARK. AND, UH, WE WANT PEOPLE TO VOTE BECAUSE WE NEED PEOPLE TO VOTE ON OUR PARK TO GIVE, TO SELL VERY CHEAP TO OKAY. AND, UH, UH, QUEENSLAND VALLEY AND BE, BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOU TO HAVE THAT LAND, BECAUSE LAND WILL HELP YOU TO BUILD. CURRENTLY WE ARE WAITING FOR THE ER, THE EXPANSION [02:45:01] OF EMERGENCY ROOM. OKAY. AND THAT MY FATHER WAS THERE FOR FIVE TIMES BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY IN, IN THE QUEENSLAND VALLEY. OKAY. AND, UH, BECAUSE THE EMERGENCY ROOMS REALLY, REALLY NEED TO UPDATE. AND I WENT THROUGH BACK IN 1998 TO 1999, AND LET'S SEE HOW CRAMPY THAT PLACE WAS. UH, CURRENTLY STILL IS. SO TO EXPANSION FOR EMERGENCY, TO SAVE LIGHT ON THE SERVICE IS ABSOLUTELY NEEDED. SO, SO I THINK, OKAY. AND YOU ARE THE NUMBER ONE EMPLOYER OKAY. IN WEST COVINA. AND WEST COVINA IS THE SECOND LARGEST CITY IN ST. GABRIEL'S VALLEY. SO WE TALK TO THEM. I TALKED TO YOUR CEO TO SAY, HEY, I THINK, OKAY, WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL, WELL OF US DESERVE TO BRING A VOICE TO YOU GUYS. SO WE WORK AS A PARTNERSHIP. WE WANT CLOSE TIE WITH OUR NUMBER ONE EMPLOYER IN OUR CITY. OKAY. AND IN QUEENSLAND VALLEY, WE WANNA HELP YOU PROMOTE YOU WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE YOU TO BE OUR NUMBER ONE MEDICAL CENTER, AND HOPEFULLY ALL OTHER SURROUNDING PEOPLE COME TO HERE TO USE YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR EXPANSION WITH THAT BEAUTIFUL FACILITY, WITH ALL THIS CHEMO SERVICE PLACE. I, WE ALL WENT TO VISIT, OKAY. A COUPLE YEARS AGO. AND THEN, AND THEN WE WENT TO OKAY. OF YOUR, UH, I THINK THE HIGH TECH WITH ALL THE NEW EQUIPMENT. OKAY. WITH THAT, I THINK SOME KIND OF, UH, TECHNO IS OUR CANCER CENTER. CANCER CENTER, BECAUSE WE THINKING ABOUT WE CAN MAYBE ALL BEAT OKAY. CITY OF HOPE. OKAY. TO, TO, TO DO A BETTER SERVICE AND, UH, TO, TO HAVE A PEOPLE UTILIZE YOUR PLACE BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THE NEW EQUIPMENT. I THINK YOU HIRES ONE OF THE VP FROM THE CITY OF HOPE, AND I REMEMBER WE ALL WENT, ALL THE SURROUNDING CITY COUNCIL WENT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. OKAY. WE, WE WANT TO THANK YOU. OKAY. BUT HOPEFULLY, UH, WE A CITY COUNCIL, ONE OF THE CAN BE BRING THE VOICE OKAY. TO OUR RESIDENT, SINCE EVERYBODY VERY PROUD TO HAVE, UH, QUEENSLAND VALLEY. IT MAKES SENSE. IT MAKES SENSE TO YOU. IT DOES. OKAY. SO I THINK, UH, RATHER THAN, WE DON'T MIND AZU MAYOR TO BE ON THE BOARD, BUT IS THAT WEST COVINA COUNCIL, ONE OF US TO BE DEAD? DOES IT MAKE MORE SENSE? YES. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UH, AND, UH, PLEASE BRING THIS BACK. I WILL, WE WANT TO SERVE, WE WANNA HELP YOU. WE WANT ANYTHING. YOU HAVE A PROBLEM. OKAY? AND WELL OF OUR REP OVER THERE IN YOUR BOARD, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE YOU, WE TAKE CARE OF YOU OKAY. CONTINUALLY AS A PARTNERSHIP. SO, SO THAT IS, THAT IS SEEMS VERY IMPORTANT. SO FOR US TO, OKAY, WELL VERSED, REPRESENT A TAXPAYER, WEST COVINA, THAT SUPPORTING QUEENSLAND VALLEY TO HAVE A VOICE IN YOUR NON-PROFIT BECAUSE YOU ARE A NON-PROFIT HOSPITAL. RIGHT. SO, SO, AND, UH, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO PROMOTE YOU HAVE A EVEN BETTER REPUTATION TO COMPETE OKAY. WITH, UH, OWEN PARK. OKAY. KAISER. SO BECAUSE HOSPITAL, THEY PUT THE BEST MORTALITY. I WAS THINK ABOUT WEST CONVENIENCE PRETTY GOOD TOO. SO VALLEY HAS THE BEST MATERNITY, RIGHT? RIGHT. SO, SO EVERYBODY COMPETE EACH OTHER AND THEN WE NEED TO BE ON THERE. BUT NOTHING WRONG TO HAVE A WEST CO CITY COUNCIL TO HELP YOU GUY TO PERSUADE THE RESIDENT TO UTILIZE AND TO COME TO THE QUEENS SALT VALLEY OKAY. OR INTER COMMUNITY. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE MORE OPEN-MINDED OKAY. TO HELP. WE, WE CAN HELP YOU AS A PARTNER. OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY, ANY OTHER COUNSEL? OTHERWISE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 42, A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVIN, CALIFORNIA APPROVE THE INSURANCE OF THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY REVENUE BONDS FOR HEALTH SERIES 2025 IN AN EVER GREATER PRINCIPLE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 90 MILLION FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING AND OR REFINANCING ACQUISITION CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPPING IMPROVEMENT, RENOVATION, REHABILITATION, AND OR REMODELING, INCLUDING BY RE REIMBURSING EXPENDITURES MADE FOR SUCH PURPOSES OF HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE RELATED FACILITIES AND CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS RELATED. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? ? DO I HAVE A SECOND? YOUR SECOND PUT, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. I, A FIRST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ IS SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VIDO. ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. COUNCILMAN DIAZ IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PROM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU AYE. AND, UM, MOTION TO APPROVE FOUR ZERO. CONGRATULATIONS. AND HOW HOPE YOU BRING THIS BACK. WE REALLY WANT TO WORK AS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE QUEENSLAND VALLEY, WITH THE EMANATE, AND THAT IS WORK TOGETHER, HAVE A, WELL [02:50:01] OFFER CITY COUNCIL TO BE THERE LIKE COVINA. LIKE SUSE, AND HOPEFULLY GLENDORA CAN BE HAVE CITY COUNCIL SEE ON THE BOARD BECAUSE GLENDORA HAVE YOUR, YOUR METHOD CHURCH, RIGHT? OKAY. GLENDORA. OKAY. THAT HOSPITAL, I, I WENT TO CHECK ALL THREE OF YOUR HOSPITAL, INCLUDING YOU HAVE HOSPITAL CARE. SO TOTAL FOUR FACILITY. SEE, I KNOW AL I KNOW ENY VERY LIKE MY FINGER, SO I, OKAY. I'VE BEEN LIVING HERE SINCE 1989 AND THEN MY FAMILY USING YOUR SERVICE. SO, SO HOPEFULLY RESIDENT REALLY PROUD AND YOU CAN TAKE OUR SUGGESTION TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING MAYBE NDRA AND WEST COVINA, ONE OF THE COUNCIL IN THE FUTURE. SAME THING TOO. SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY, WE CAN HELP ENTIRE COMMUNITY MORE IS BETTER TO PROMOTE AND GET MORE SERVICE, MORE BUSINESS COME TO YOUR OKAY. AND THE FACILITY. MAKES SENSE. MAKES SENSE. AND I TAKE IT BACK TO OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, AND I WANNA JUST SAY IT MORE MY HEART TO SEE YOU GUYS WORK WITH THE LITTLE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS THE CHAMPION, BOXER . THAT WAS SO COOL. YOU, YOU LIKE MY ANNOUNCEMENT? LIKE YES. LET'S GO TO THE RUMBLE. YOU MAY HAVE A SECOND CAREER THERE. I KNOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I BEEN PRACTICING, I'VE BEEN PRACTICING THE WHOLE DAY. OKAY. OKAY. I WATCHED THE VIDEOS THREE TIMES, FIGHT TIME AND SAY, UH, MY ACCENT IS NOT THERE YET, BUT NAME IS GENTLEMAN. OKAY? BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU WARD. HE DOES, YEAH, HE DOES. HE DOES. HE'S VERY FAMOUS. SO, AND TRY TO IMITATE HIM. OKAY. UH, REALLY QUICK. OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO THE NUMBER 13. OKAY? AND LET'S GO TO NUMBER 13, ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING. I THINK THIS IS A-C-D-B-G FUND. YES. IT'S CDBG FUND. UH, THE NUMBERS, YOU KIND OF MESS UP MY, MY, MY NUMBER OVER HERE. LET'S GO TO THE NUMBER 13. [13) CONSIDERATION OF PY 2025-2029 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND RELATED BUDGET AMENDMENT ] OKAY? UH, THE MOTION IS ORDERED TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING. THE ITEM NUMBER 13. UH, OKAY. THE PROGRAM YEAR 2025 TO 2029. C, DPG CONSOLIDATE PLAN. OKAY? AND THIS CON, OKAY. UH, OKAY. OKAY. UH, NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION OF A PY 2025 DASH 2029 TO 2029. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THE RELATED BUDGET AMENDMENT, THE MEDICINE FOR, FOR PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. IS CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSED PROGRAM. OKAY. AND THE CITY MANAGER IS A PROPER NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN GIVEN. YES, MAYOR IT HAS. OKAY. NOW I'M DECLARED THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN FOR THE CDBG. OKAY. AND, UH, A REVISED PLAN, UH, FOR TONIGHT. AND, UH, WHO IS GONNA PRESENT THIS CDBG FUND. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR KELLY MCDONALD WILL PRESENT THE, YEAH, GO AHEAD PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. UH, THIS HEARING CONCERNS THE PROGRAM YEAR 20 25, 20 29 CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN. UH, AS A RECIPIENT OF CDBG FUNDS FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO PREPARE A CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT GUIDES THE INTENDED USE OF FUNDS DURING A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THE, UH, CONSOLIDATED PLAN CONTAINS A, UH, FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN, A ONE YEAR ACTION PLAN, AND A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN. THE CDBG PROGRAM WORKS TO ENSURE DECENT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND TO CREATE JOBS THROUGH THE EXPANSION AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES. THIS IS THE SECOND OF TWO REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MAY 20TH. THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THEIR PRIORITIZATION OF NEEDS SHOWN IN TABLE ONE. THE CATEGORIES ARE MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT ONE. I DO WANNA MAKE A, UH, CORRECTION TO THE REPORT. UH, RENTAL HOUSING IS SHOWN AS LOW IN THE REPORT AND IT SHOULD BE, UH, REFLECTED AS HIGH AS, UH, SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE. UH, PRIORITY LEVEL RELATES TO THE INTENDED USE OF CDBG FUNDS. A HIGH PRIORITY TRANSLATES INTO, UH, FUNDS WILL BE USED, MEDIUM FUNDS MAY BE USED IN LOW FUNDS, WILL NOT BE USED TO ADDRESS THE NEED. UH, TABLE TWO SHOWS THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC PLAN BUDGET. THIS IS A FIVE YEAR, UH, BUDGET BY CATEGORY AND IT'S DEVELOPED, UH, INCORPORATING STATUTORY CAPS FOR ADMINISTRATION, 20% IN PUBLIC SERVICES AT 15%, WHICH THE CITY HAS HISTORICALLY MAXIMIZED. UH, THE BUDGET ASSUMES AN AVERAGE OF $830,000 PER YEAR BETWEEN THE GRANT AND PROGRAM INCOME GENERATED THROUGH, UH, LOAN REPAYMENTS TO THE HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM. TABLE THREE SHOWS UNENDED BALANCES [02:55:01] OF ACTIVITIES APPROVED IN THE PRIOR CYCLE. THAT'LL BE CARRIED OVER INTO THE NEW CYCLE. UM, THESE ACTIVITIES ARE NOT REFLECTED IN EITHER THE STRATEGIC OR THE ACTION PLAN BUDGETS AS A REP, WHICH, UH, THOSE TWO BUDGETS REPRESENT NEW MONEY AND IN WANT TO CONFLATE THE TWO. THE, UH, UH, PROJECTS HERE ARE THE FRIENDSHIP PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UM, PROJECT IT'S $755,000, A HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM AT FOUR 25,000, UH, AND A COUPLE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES. A FACADE IMPROVEMENT AND TECHNICAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, BOTH AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A TOTAL OF 1.38 MILLION. THAT WILL BE, UH, IT'S PRE, UM, PREVIOUSLY APPROVED MONEY THAT WILL BE CARRIED OVER. UH, TABLE FOUR SHOWS PROPO THE PROPOSED ACTION PLAN BUDGET BY CATEGORY DEVELOPED AGAIN WITH THESE STATUTORY CAPS AND, UH, ASSUMING AN 830,000 UM, DOLLARS IN RESOURCES FOR, UH, THE PROGRAM YEAR, UH, 10,000 FOR FAIR HOUSING, UM, 114 5 FOR, UH, PUBLIC SERVICES. UH, 5 39 5 FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND 1 66 FOR, UM, PLANNING AND ADMIN AND TOTALING $830,000. THE UH, TABLE FIVE SHOWS THE PROPOSED, UH, BUDGET, UH, CDBG FUNDING BY ACTIVITY FOR HER PROGRAM YEAR 2025. UM, ACTIVITIES TWO THROUGH FIVE DESIGNATED WITH A SINGLE AS RISK ARE THE, UH, CARRYOVER ACTIVITIES THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY, PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED. UM, AND, UH, RELATIVE TO, UM, PUBLIC SERVICES. UH, A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY WAS, UH, PUBLISHED IN MARCH. WE RECEIVED 10 FUNDING REQUESTS. UM, ATTACHMENT THREE, UH, DESCRIBES THE APPLICANTS AND THE SERVICES. THE, UH, REQUEST TOTAL $220,000, WHICH IS ABOUT 95,000 MORE THAN WE ESTIMATE HAVING AVAILABLE STAFF HERE MARKED, UH, STATUS QUO FUNDING FOR CITY ADMINISTERED PROJECTS THAT ARE, UH, DESIGNATED WITH, I'M SORRY, DESIGNATED WITH A, UM, DOUBLE ASTERISK AND, UH, STATUS QUO FUNDING IS A, UH, DECREASE IN THE CDBG FUNDING WOULD, UM, INCREASE THE BURDEN ON THE GENERAL FUND. UH, STAFF ALSO RECOMMEND STATUS QUO FOR THE, UH, HOUSING RIGHTS CENTER, WHICH HELPS, UH, THE CITY MEET A, UH, HUD REQUIREMENT. AND, UM, THE BALANCE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE, UH, APPLICANTS WERE EVALUATED BY THE CDBG AD HOC COMMITTEE OF THE, UH, COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION. AND BASED ON A REVIEW OF THE APPLICATIONS, UH, DONE ON JUNE 18TH, UM, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IS RECOMMENDING THE FUNDING FOR, UM, ACTIVITIES NUMBER 11 THROUGH 16 IN THIS TABLE FOR A TOTAL OF, UH, 2.2 UH, MILLION DOLLARS IN PROGRAM YEAR 2025. NOW THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS. YOU MAY, UH, APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OR PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION. NOTICE FOR THE HEARING WAS PUBLISHED ON, UH, JUNE 13TH, AND A DRAFT WAS AVAILABLE FOR A 30 DAY REVIEW. NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THERE'S NO FISCAL IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND, AND THE ATTACHED BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL ALLOCATE CDBG FUNDING AS DIRECTED. UH, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY, VERY GOOD. AND, UH, ANY CD CALLS? I HAVE A QUESTION. NO. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT AND DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENT OR ANY SPEAKER? A CITY MANAGER? WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO CLOSE. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING BACK TO COUNCIL APPROVE. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENT? IF NOT, DO I HAVE UH, A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE? I HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. FIRST AND SECOND. UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR PROM LOPEZ VIDO. AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS. COUNCILMAN CONTOS? AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ BATHROOM. IT'S OKAY. UH, ABSENT MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. AND MAYOR WU. OKAY. AYE. AND APPROVED THREE ZERO. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE. NOW WE MOVE [14) PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 ANNUAL REPORT AND ASSESSMENT ] TO ITEM NUMBER 14. OKAY. UM, NUMBER 14. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT PHYSICAL YEAR 2025 DASH 2026 TO 2026. ANNUAL REPORT AND ASSESSMENT. [03:00:01] OKAY. AND THIS WAS THE CITY ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER. IS THE PROPER NOTICE HAVE BEEN GIVEN? YES, MAYOR IT HAS. OKAY. AND NOW I'M GOING TO OPEN DECLARE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN. OKAY. AND THE CITY ASSISTANT, CITY MANAGER, UH, WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS, UH, AGENDA. MR. MAYOR, ACTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, GERARDO ROHAS RO HOSPITAL PRESENTS TONIGHT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MEMBERS COUNCIL THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT AT RESOLUTION, SEEKING TO CONFIRM THE ANNUAL REPORT FILED BY THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND LEVYING AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE PLACED ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY TAX ROLLS FOR THE, UM, COMING FISCAL YEAR. UH, THE, THE AUTO PLAZA BID IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN DEALERSHIPS. IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR THE READER BOARD SIGN, AND THE SHARED MARKETING ON IT FOR THE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS. SINCE THAT TIME, THE SIGN HAS BEEN REPLACED AND GRID UPGRADED. PART OF THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU WILL VOTE ON TONIGHT WILL GO TOWARDS THE REPAYMENT OF THE LOAN AS WELL AS INSURANCE, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, ELECTRICITY, AND OTHER COSTS. THIS IS A DISTRICT MAP OF THE DIFFERENT BENEFIT ZONES AND INCLUDES THE FORMER ENVISION TOYOTA WEST COVINA, NORM REEVES HONDA, TESLA WEST COVINA PERFORMANCE FORD ENVISION MERCEDES-BENZ OF WEST COVINA, ENVISION AUDI OF WEST COVINA. AND LASTLY, THE FORMER DRIVETIME SITE. IN ORDER TO PLACE THE ASSESSMENT, A SERIES OF BENCHMARKS HAVE TO OCCUR. FIRST, THE AUTO PLAZA ADVISORY BOARD MET ON MAY 27TH, 2020 OF THIS YEAR, EXCUSE ME, WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED THE BUDGET AND VOTED TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025. ON JUNE 17TH, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO LEVY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE AUTO PLAZA VID AND SET THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, FOR THIS EVENING, TONIGHT WE ARE PROPOSING THE ANNUAL REPORTS WHERE YOU CAN CONFIRM AND LEVY THE ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE RESOLUTION. THE ANNUAL REPORT INCLUDES A TOTAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 26 OF 121,000 $168, WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF $16,524, WHICH WILL BE APPLIED TO EACH DEALERSHIP SITE. THE ASSESSMENT WILL GO TOWARDS ANNUAL EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE COST OF MAINTENANCE, ELECTRICITY, PROGRAMMING, AND INSURANCE FOR THE READER BOARD, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING, WHICH TOTAL 59,650 FOR THE AUTO PLAZA. THE LOAN IS REPAID TO THE CITY IN TWO ANNUAL PAYMENTS, WHICH TOTAL 57,874. THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND THE CITY COUNCIL, ANY QUESTION IF NONE? OKAY. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANY WRITTEN COMMENT? NO, NO WRITTEN COMMENTS. ANY, ANY OUR SPEAKER NO COMMENT CARDS OR SPEAKERS? NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY GO BACK TO THE CTE COUNCIL COMMENT. OTHERWISE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? A MOTION TO APPROVE? OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. VERY GOOD. OKAY, ROLL CALL PLEASE. UH, WE ARE ROLLING. YEP. I HAVE A MOTION FOR MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ. VITO AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS. ROLL CALL VOTE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? COUNCILMAN DIAZ IS ABSENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, STAY IN THE BEDROOM. OKAY. SO, AND THE NEXT MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. AND MAYOR WU. AYE. AND THE MOTION APPROVE. THREE ZERO. NOW WE CONCLUDE ALL THE AGENDA. WE GO TO THE [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION ] CITY COUNCIL REQUEST AND CITY COUNCIL COMMENT. UH, WE WANT TO HAVE ANY REQUEST. GO AHEAD. YES, MR. MAYOR, UM, OH, THANK YOU. UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO READ, UH, ONE MOTHER. MAY I FOR ME? PLEASE, PLEASE ALLOW ME ONE MOMENT. I ASK THAT THE CITY COUNCIL INSTRUCT STAFF TO CONDUCT A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT LAYS OUT THE COST FOR REBUILDING FIRE STATION. ONE FIRST POINT AT THE CITY YARD, SECOND POINT ON A PARCEL NEAR THE SPORTSPLEX AND THIRD AT AN AREA CLOSE TO CITY HALL. PROVIDING THESE DETAILS ABOUT THESE DIFFERENT OPTIONS WILL BEST POSITION US AS A CITY TO ASCERTAIN AND ULTIMATELY TO DECIDE THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR PROCEEDING FORWARD. UH, I'M KIND OF CONFUSED. SO YOU WANT, THE FIRE STATION RIGHT NOW IS CONDEMNED. SO WHAT KIND OF SURVEY YOU WANT? OH, IT'S JUST TO ASK FOR A COST ANALYSIS OF HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO REBUILD THE, FOR THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS. WHAT WOULD BE THE COST TO REBUILD ON THE CITY YARD SITE? WHAT WOULD BE THE COST TO REBUILD, UM, ON THE, ON THE CITY, UH, HALL CAMPUS OR WHAT WOULD BE THE COST? UM, AT THE SPORTSPLEX? UM, IT WILL COST, WE ALREADY HAVE A PPK AND DOING THE DESIGN, THE COST, NO MATTER WHAT, WON'T BE LESS THAN $12 MILLION. OKAY. AND THE REASON WE HAVE TO SELL THE CDR BECAUSE OKAY. WE DON'T HAVE A $12 MILLION. [03:05:01] WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR GRANT FOR A COUPLE YEARS, SO THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT, OKAY. SO I WON'T SUPPORT THIS MOTHER, MAY I? BECAUSE IF WE ALLOWED MONEY, WE CAN OKAY. BUILD THE STATION ONE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE OCEAN VIOLATION FOR OUR FIREFIGHTER LIVING. THE OKAY. AND THE, THE, THE, THE TRAILER FOR A COUPLE YEARS ALREADY. SO WE NEED TO HURRY UP. OKAY. AND WE HAVE THE LAND AT THIS CORNER AND THIS IS WHAT THE PREVIOUS CITY, UH, THE FIRE, UH, CHIEF REQUEST TO BUILD. OKAY. RIGHT THERE TO SAVE LIFE BECAUSE IT'S MUCH EASIER TO OWN OFF EAST WEST. OKAY. SO, SO I THINK THIS IS ALL BE DONE BY PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL FOR SO MANY YEARS AND APPROVE FIVE ZERO. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T, AND THE FIRE FFA ARE REQUESTING FOR US TO BUILD ASAP AND WE, WE ARE ALREADY POSSIBLE TO GET A $30 MILLION INTO THE CITY. SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY OF UH, OKAY. AND TO WASTE CITY TIME, STEP TIME TO TRY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN BUILD. WE ALREADY KNOW WE NEED $2 MILLION BILL. OKAY. AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, WE THEN WE ONLY WAY TO DO IS SELL TO CDR AND PLUS CD IS LIKE A JUNK YARD IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN. AND THAT SHOULD BE A GOOD DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR CITY FUTURE. ANYWAY, UH, I WON. IT'S NOT TO, IT'S NOT TO SAY TO SELL OR NOT TO SIT TO SELL THE CITY LAND, IT'S JUST TO, TO KNOW WHAT THE COST WOULD BE FOR BUILDING ON THOSE THREE DIFFERENT SITES. THAT'S REALLY IT. I UNDERSTAND. BUT THE POINT IS, THE PPK DESIGN COMING OUT, IT'S ALREADY, WE SPEND 900,000 EURO APPROVED THAT PROJECT. OKAY. AND, UH, TO HAVE USING THE, UH, COVID-19 MONEY TO OKAY. GO WITH THE BPK TO DESIGN. AND WHEN DESIGN COMING OUT, THEN WE HAVE USED A DESIGN TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH, SO THAT TIME YOU CAN SAY HOW MUCH BASED ON THAT DESIGN. OKAY. AND WE WILL SEE, CAN WE GET THE MONEY, CAN WE DO THIS AND THAT MAYBE THAT TIME WE CAN LOOK INTO IT. BUT CURRENTLY WE ARE WAITING FOR BPK DESIGN COMING OUT AND THEY'RE ALREADY SPEND HOW, HOW LONG A MONTH. OKAY. SINCE LAST YEAR. SO IT'S ABOUT TIME TO GIVE US SOME UPDATE ABOUT THEIR DESIGN. SO ANYWAY, AND I'M WAITING FOR THE DESIGN COMING OUT TO ESTIMATE HOW MUCH BASE ON THE DESIGN THAT WE SPEND $900 A BUDGET AND WE APPROVE FIVE ZERO. OKAY. FOR THAT. OKAY. AND MAYOR, YOU HAVE SAY SOMETHING COLE. YEAH, I, I MEAN IN REGARDS TO HIS REQUEST, IS IT JUST TO LIKE GET AN ESTIMATE OR TO ACTUALLY HAVE TO PAY SOMEBODY AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANNA WASTE MONEY. NO, JUST A STAFF REPORT. IT'S, IT'S JUST A STAFF REPORT JUST TO GET THE COSTS OF WHAT IT WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO BUILD ON ANY OF THOSE THREE PLACES. THAT'S LITERALLY IT. IT'S NOT SAYING ONE OR THE OTHER. UNDERSTAND, I, I'M JUST EXPL ANSWERING THE MAYOR PRO TEMS QUESTION. UNDERSTAND. UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. BUT IS THERE WAY FOR THE BPK THAT WE ALREADY APPROVED PAY FOR THIS $900,000 FOR THEIR BUDGET OR FOR THEIR DESIGN COMING OUT TO SEE BASED ON DESIGN, HOW MUCH WOULD COST US, WOULD BE MORE GENUINE THAN RIGHT NOW WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT DESIGN COMING OUT. OKAY. AND THAT IS BETTER, MORE SUFFICIENT TO, BASED ON THE, WHAT THE DESIGN IS AND TO GET AN ESTIMATION. AND THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE, SUFFICIENT RATHER THAN WE CHASE FOR CD TO JUST SAY, OH, THEY, WE CODE THIS AND THAT AND THAT. IT'S NOT EVEN GENUINE. SO IS THE DESIGN JUST BASED ON, UM, UM, ASSUMING THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MOVED TO THE, THE, THE BK K UH, OR THE, YOU KNOW, THE SPORTS PLEX. SO THAT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MENTION THE COST OF THE OTHER ALTERNATIVES. THE DESIGN IS ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. THE GRADING ABOUT LAND IS ANOTHER CHARGE. BUT IF YOU JUST TALKING ABOUT CONSTRUCTION, UH, FOR THE, UH, STATION ONE, IT'S A BUILDING. HOW MUCH FOR THE BUILDING COST FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, IT SHOULD BE THERE. AND THEN SHALL WE MOVE HOW MUCH FOR GRADING? THERE'S UH, THIS GRADING PLAN, THE GRADING PLAN AND THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN IS TO TOTALLY TWO DIFFERENT THING. SO IF THEY ALREADY DESIGN ALMOST THERE, WHY NOT WAIT FOR THE DESIGN COME OUT TO SEE HOW THIS DESIGN THAT, BUT ANYWAY, I WON'T SUPPORT THIS. OKAY. YEAH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, AND DO WE NEED TO NEED THREE VOTE TO HAVE A MOTHER? MAY I APPROVE BECAUSE THIS'S A NO, YOU, YOU NEED A MAJORITY OF YOUR COUNCIL, YOU NEED THREE VOTES FOR ORDINANCE RESOLUTION OR PAYMENTS OF MONEY. SO YOU JUST NEED A MAJORITY OF WHO'S RESIDENT. SO THREE VOTE RIGHT QUO. SO, SO ALLOW MY TWO OR THREE ALLOW MY SUPPORT. IT DOESN'T HAVE A THREE VOTE. MAY I ASK IF THERE'S GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD ALI, GO AHEAD. I WAS JUST ASKING IF THERE, IF THERE WAS ANY SECOND. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S FAIR. OKAY, ALI, UH, NO WORRY. WE, WE WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH, OKAY, I THINK LET'S WAIT FOR PPK COME OUT. OKAY. COMING UP PRETTY SOON. AND THEN WE, BASED ON THE, WHAT THEY DESIGN THAT WE APPROVE BEFORE AND TO WE APPROVE THAT PROJECT. SO YOU ARE THE, YOU SAY YES. NOW MAYBE YOU'RE CHANGING YOUR MIND, IT'S OKAY, BUT CAN WE WAIT? OKAY. AND THEN WE CAN BASE ON THAT TO SEE DO WE HAVE ALTERNATIVE, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MONEY TO SEE SHOULD WE DO, DO THIS AND THAT? [03:10:01] OKAY. SO ANYWAY, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD. UM, IN DESIGNS, THERE'S MULTIPLE FACTORS AS, UH, MAYOR WILL MENTIONED ABOUT GRADING AND SO FORTH. AND THEN THE TYPE OF DESIGN AND, AND DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION YOU HAVE TO REDESIGN BASED ON LOCATION AND, AND THE NEEDS. AND, UH, THERE'S MULTIPLE THINGS. BUT MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL THIS DESIGN COME THROUGH? I'M, I'VE BEEN ASKING THAT. PPK. YEAH, I MEAN 'CAUSE I, I WOULD SUPPORT AFTER I GET YEAH. GET THIS INFORMATION, THE DESIGN, WHEN CAN, WHEN THEY, THEY CAN COOK AND READY FOR US. YES. OUR DEVELOPMENT TEAM, OUR PROJECT TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM, UM, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THE COMPANY NEXT WEEK, UM, TO GET AN UPDATE ON WHERE THEY'RE AT WITH THE FINALIZED PLANS AND WHAT THE COST TESTAMENTS WOULD BE FOR BUILDING THE NEW FIRE STATION. OKAY. I THINK THAT WOULD BE MORE GENUINE BASED ON THE, OTHERWISE YOU ASK CITY TO DO THIS, THAT IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A GENUINE NUMBER UNDER A PLAN. BUT IF WE ALREADY HIRE BPK OKAY AND THEY'LL DOING THE DESIGN, WHY NOT WAIT FOR THAT? WE NOT IN THE HURRY. WE IN A HURRY TO BUILD, BUT WE NOT IN THE HURRY TO GET ESTIMATE. WE ALLOW THE PROOF ABOUT THE PLAN, WHAT WE WANT TO DO. OKAY. AND DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER MINUTE? MOTHER, MAY I, THAT'S IT, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, OLLIE. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND UH, YOU HAVE ANY MOTHER MAY I, I HAVE A QUICK ONE QUICKIE. OKAY. REGARDING THE, OKAY. AND, UH, WE NEED TO HAVE OUR FILE, UH, MARSHALL, INCLUDING OUR PUBLIC WORK, UM, REGARDING THE ALL THE HILL SIDE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY UPDATE ABOUT MERCHANT ABOUT WE PAY 1.3 OR $1.4 MILLION FOR THE BUDGET. WHAT'S THE UPDATE? WHAT'S THE STATUS RIGHT NOW? OKAY. AND UH, WE WANT TO HAVE A INFORMATION UPDATE ABOUT THE PERFORMANCE OF, UH, MERCHANT. REMEMBER MERCHANT, WE APPROVE MM-HMM. ALL THE HILLSIDE CLEANING, REMEMBER OLLIE? MM-HMM . OKAY. THEY CLEANED THE, UH, WOODGATE PARK AND DISABILITY. THEY SHOULD MOVE TO ALL THE HILLSIDE, UH, A R AND THEN ALL THE HILLSIDE AND THEN WE, WE APPROVE. SO WHITES UPDATE ON THAT AND PLUS WE SHOULD HAVE A SURVEY ENTIRE WEST COVINA HILLSIDE INCLUDING ALL THESE CLUSTERED UPON THIS AND THAT WE ALREADY APPROVED BUDGET FOR, FOR THE HILLSIDE CLEANING. BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A SURVEY. OKAY. REGARDING WHICH ONE IS PRIORITY BY THE FIRE MARSHAL TO SEE POTENTIALLY FIRE, UH, HAZARDOUS TO OUR RESIDENT NEAR THEIR HOME WITHOUT THIS HAIL. OKAY. AND ANYBODY AGAINST THAT? IF NONE, OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY. SO, SO WE NEED TO UPDATE WHAT THE MERCHANT MERCHANT OKAY. REGARDING WHEN, WHERE THEY AT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. AND, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING SUPPOSEDLY SHOULD BE DONE FEBRUARY OR MARCH OF THIS YEAR. SO WHAT IS THE STATUS CORRECT MR. MAYOR? SO I KNOW OUR PROJECT MANAGER, OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM AND OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE, UH, NOT ONLY THE LMDS AND THAT PROJECT WITH UH, MERCHANTS, BUT ALSO SOME FUTURE PROJECTS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. SO WE'LL LOOK TO BRING THAT BACK TO THE SECOND MEETING ON AUGUST. YEAH. AND WOULD YOU PLEASE INCLUDE IN THE FILE MARCH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY NEED TO DO A SURVEY SINCE THEY PROTECT OUR HILL, UH, WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT. SO THEY NEED TO SURVEY, OKAY. ABOUT THE SOUTH SIDE, ABOUT DISTRICT FOUR HILL, DISTRICT FIVE HILL AND THE NORTH SIDE. THIS HILL AND THE DISTRICT FOUR A LOT HILL AND THE, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS HILL. OKAY. OKAY. THAT IS A OKAY KING SUMMIT. A QUEEN, QUEEN SUMMIT. KING CREST. OKAY. THAT IS HAIL. SO, SO POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC. SO SHOULD WE LOOK INTO ALL THIS HILL TO SURVEY? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? IT IS A SPRINKLER BROKEN. CAN WE FIX SPRINKLER? MAKE SURE HIGHER FIRE HYDROGEN. OKAY. BECAUSE WE SOLD ALL THE OKAY. AND THE EASTERN FIRE AND UH, IT'S SO CLOSE TO US AND PLUS THE PACIFIC POLICY, THEY NEVER THINK ABOUT THIS WAY HAPPEN TO THEIR HOME. SO WE NEED TO PRE PREVE TO MAKE SURE, PREEMPT TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT ALL THIS RESIDENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THIS HILL. MAKE SENSE? UNDERSTOOD. WE'LL BRING BACK A DETAILED UPDATE AT THE AUGUST 2ND MEETING IN AUGUST. ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? UH, CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SUPPORT. OKAY. THIS PUBLIC SAFETY, WE WANNA MAKE SURE UNDERSTOOD. ANY OTHER THING GAVE COMMENT? ANY COMMENT? ALI? NO. MR. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY ALI? OKAY. YOU WANTED TO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS. OKAY. REALLY QUICK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. FOR ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL JULY 4TH, OKAY. ALL THE EVENT THAT PROVIDE BY THE CITY STAFF AND THEY ARE SO AWESOME, THEIR PASSION THAT THEY HAPPY AND TO SERVE. AND I SEE ALL THE HAPPY FACES, RESIDENT, THE KID, AND OUR SUMMER COUNCIL. OKAY? I JUST DON'T WANT TO SAY I'M THE ONLY OVER THERE DANCING. OH, OUR CITY COUNCIL NEVER SHOW UP. SO IT'S ABOUT TIME FOR YOU GUYS SHOW UP TO DANCE. OKAY? TOMORROW NIGHT, TOMORROW IS BITTER. OKAY? SO, SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN BE THERE, OKAY? AND ENJOYING A GREAT NIGHT [03:15:01] WITH OUR RESIDENT. OTHER THAN THAT, DO I HAVE UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND ADJOURNED. A LET'S GO. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.