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WELCOME TO OUR AUGUST 5TH, 2025.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW IS 7 0 1, AND THE MEETING IS NOW IN SECTION.
ANY PERSON WISH TO ADDRESS TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL THAT IS PROVIDE AT ENTRY TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT TO THE CALL TO THE CITY, CITY CLUB ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER RIGHT THERE PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF ORAL COMMUNICATION.
A SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED, AND TONIGHT INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MATT CHA.
LONG TIME
I HOPE YOU BECOME OUR, CONTINUE A REGULAR OKAY.
AND I HOPE YOU INVITE US TO YOUR EVENT.
AND, UH, WE, WE, WE LOVE ONE OLD CHURCH.
OKAY? AND, UH, AND MYSELF WILL LEAD US OKAY.
WOULD YOU ALL BOW YOUR HEADS AND LET'S PRAY TOGETHER.
LORD JESUS, WE THANK YOU TONIGHT, GOD, FOR THE GREAT GIFT OF LIFE THAT YOU GIVEN TO EVERY ONE OF US.
AND AS LONG AS WE WAKE UP WITH BREATH IN THE MORNING, LORD, WE KNOW WE HAVE PURPOSE, AND WE KNOW YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR US, GOD AND LORD.
AND WE ASK YOU JUST FOR YOUR BLESSING, GOD, AND FOR THE CONTINUED GIFT OF COMMUNITY, LORD, AND FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LEADERSHIP.
LORD, I PRAY A BLESSING AND A FAVOR, LORD, OVER OUR CITY COUNCIL, LORD, TONIGHT, EVERY CONVERSATION, EVERY DECISION TO BE MADE.
LORD, I PRAY THAT WE WOULD CONTINUE, LORD, CONTINUE TO SEEK YOU AND ASK MORE FOR WISDOM IN EVERY DECISION AS WE PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS, LORD.
AND ALSO FOR COMPASSION TO ALWAYS ACT WITH MERCY AND FOR HUMILITY TO ALWAYS PURSUE, LORD, TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
WE THANK YOU, GOD FOR THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND THE GREAT GIFT YOU'VE GIVEN US IN OUR AMAZING CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE THANK YOU IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS.
PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART ON THE FACE OF FLAG AND FOLLOW MY LEAD.
READY? I HAD TO JESUS, TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WI IT STANDS WHAT NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, IS THIS THE CITY MANAGER, ROCO, PLEASE, PLEASE.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT SHE'S ABSENT.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT TO THE CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT, MR. MAYOR.
AND THEN OKAY, BEFORE I MOVE ON, OKAY.
AND THE ORAL COMMUNICATION, MR. MR. MAYOR, PATIENT, GO AHEAD.
I'M GONNA BE PULLING NUMBER TWO FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TODAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA PULL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO, OKAY.
SO WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS NUMBER, WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS NUMBER TWO TODAY.
SO NUMBER TWO HAVE BEEN PULLED AND WON'T BE DISCUSSED TONIGHT.
AND, UH, ALL, ALL THE PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION.
THERE'S ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER OLLIE KENTO BIRTHDAY TODAY.
AND, UH, TO DEBATE WITH US AND WILL COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL DEBATE FOREIGN.
AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL CAKE FROM THE CITY FOR YOU.
AND, UH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY OL KENTO.
AND, UH, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A DEBATE GOING ON, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO WISH EVERYBODY A HAPPINESS AND, UH, AND A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
AND, UH, IF YOU GUYS CAN HAVE, OKAY, LET'S HAVE A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
THANK YOU VERY, VERY, VERY MUCH.
AND THEN LET'S GO TO THE NEXT AGENDA.
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ORAL COMMUNICATION.WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.
THE COMMENT ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR THE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM.
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTED TO THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF
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THE MEETING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMIT TO SPEAK OF TOPIC, SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKER ALLOWED TIME LIMIT AND MAKING SLANDEROUS AND PROFE REMARK OR USE LOUD, THREATENED ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPT DISTURB, PLETE, OR RENDER INVISIBLE IN THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING.MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN ANY PERSON WITH PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN THE MANNER THEY MAY REASONABLE BE INTERPRETED AS A IMMINENT THREAT OF THE PHYSICAL HARM.
WILL YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED? PLEASE? UH, YOU MAY SEE IN THE FRONT ROW DESIGNATE FOR THE PUBLIC SPEAKER.
THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
AND, UH, SINCE CITY MANAGER, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TONIGHT, YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 13 SPEAKER SLIPS.
FIRST ONE, WE'RE GONNA START WITH CARMEN NING, FOLLOWED BY MARIO MOETT, FOLLOWED BY ANNA MARIA LOPEZ.
FIRST SPEAKER, UH, WHO, WHO FIRST MM-HMM
HOW YOU DOING EVERYBODY? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
HOW YOU DOING? WOULD YOU, SIR, WOULD YOU MIND SAYING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? YOUR NAME.
ANYWAYS, I WAS HERE IN MAY, UH, TO DISCUSS THE STREET SWEEPING SIGNS.
THAT, UH, I WAS SHOWING YOU GUYS THAT ON IN
THEY DO IT ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS.
AND HERE ON THE, ON EAST OF AZUA, THEY'RE ALL ON WEDNESDAYS, BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
AND WE EX I EXPLAINED THAT THERE WAS REALLY NO PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO PARK THEIR CARS.
MOST OF, I WOULD SAY 80% OF THE PEOPLE ON EAST OF AZUA HAVE ONE CAR GARAGE.
AND, UH, I HAVE THREE VEHICLES.
MY WIFE, MINE AND MY, AND MY DAUGHTER, MY GRANDDAUGHTER.
AND SO TWO HAVE TO BE IN THE STREET.
SO IF YOU ALTERNATE THE STREETS AND DO WEDNESDAY ON ONE SIDE, THURSDAY ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE CAN, EVERYBODY, THE NEIGHBORS CAN MOVE THEIR CARS AND THEN MOVE THEM BACK.
THAT'S, I MEAN, THAT'S, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT THEN I GOT THIS, A WARNING CITATION, YOU KNOW, IT IS JUST, UH, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
YOU KNOW, I, I, ONCE I GOT THIS, I EMAILED EVERYBODY, YOU, YOU, YOUR HONOR, RAM MAYOR AND CASA DIAZ, AND GOD KNOWS WHO ELSE WAS ON MY LIST HERE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, TO EXPRESS, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY SHOWED UP.
I WENT AROUND, KNOCKED ON DOORS YESTERDAY AND HANDED OFF THINGS TO TELL 'EM THERE WAS A MEETING TODAY AND THIS WAS GONNA BE DOWN THEIR AGENDA.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M BACK.
I MEAN, I, I GOT AN, I ALSO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THE YELLOW, DOUBLE YELLOW LINE COMING IN FROM AZUA AVENUE ONTO STEWART AND HOLLY OAK.
UM, THERE NEVER USED TO BE A YELLOW LINE THERE.
APPARENTLY THE CITY ORDERED TO HAVE THE YELLOW PAINTED, HOWEVER, THEY DIDN'T DOT THE INSIDE.
SO THIS IS COMING IN FROM AZUA, HOLLY OAKS.
THIS WAY, STEWART'S OVER HERE.
IF I WAS HERE AND I WANTED TO GO HERE, I WOULD CROSS OVER TWO DOUBLE YELLOWS.
AND THIS SAME SCENARIO APPLIES OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE.
COMING IN FROM LARK ALLEN GOING INTO HOLLY OAK AND STEWART.
IT HAS THE SAME DOUBLE YELLOW LINES SAYING THEY'RE NOT BROKEN.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE THIS, EXCEPT THEY'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION.
SO, ANYWAYS, UH, IN CLOSING, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
CAN YOU GIVE THE INFORMATION TO CITY, UH, MANAGER.
SO, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU GIVE ALL YOUR INFORMATION TO CITY MANAGER AGAIN AND INCLUDING YOUR ADDRESS, SO HE WILL LOOK INTO IT AND SEE HOW WE CAN HELP TO IMPROVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH, YEAH.
I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S JUST ABOUT MAKING AN OPPORTUNITY.
COULD YOU GIVE THE INFORMATION TO THE CITY, UH, MANAGER RIGHT HERE.
EMAIL ME YOUR INFORMATION AND THEN COULD YOU PROVIDE THE INFORMATION? YEAH, YOU GOT HIS INFORMATION.
HEY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CARMEN NING, FOLLOWED BY ANNA MARIA LOPEZ.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE STREET SWEEPING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY IT'S INEVITABLE.
CAN YOU LOWER YOUR MIC PLEASE? IT'S INEVITABLE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING YOU TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGNS OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S JUST UNREASONABLE.
I WORK FROM HOME AND I THINK MANY OF US, WE DON'T HAVE JUST ONE OR TWO CARS.
RIGHT? A DRIVEWAY FITS WHAT? MAX? TWO CARS.
UM, OUR HOUSEHOLD HAS LIKE SIX CARS.
WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, SHE IS ESSENTIALLY KIND OF DISABLED.
SHE JUST HAD KNEE SURGERY, BACK SURGERY.
I CAN'T PARK 10, 12 BLOCKS, WALK OVER THERE, GET THE CAR, PICK HER UP, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST ASKING, JUST LIKE IN LA I BORN AND RAISED IN
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LA EVERY OTHER DAY I, I GET THE SIGNS ARE ALREADY UP ON, YOU KNOW, WEDNESDAYS ON BOTH SIDES.BUT ALTERNATE ONE WEEK, ONE WEEK, IT'S THE LEFT SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE NEXT WEEK IT'S THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT'S WHAT WE DO IN, IN EAST LA.
SO I REALLY WOULD HOPE YOU GUYS WOULD RECONSIDER BOTH DAYS AT THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW, WORKING FOR, IT'S A CHALLENGE.
AND YOU'RE ASKING US, WHERE AM I SUPPOSED TO PARK MY CAR? LIKE, I'M NOT TELLING YOU GUYS TO TAKE DOWN THE SIGNS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
YOU KNOW, I WANT OUR STREETS TO BE CLEAN, BUT IT'S KIND OF UNREASONABLE THOUGH, RIGHT? BLOCKS, I CAN'T EVEN, I HAVE TO WALK LIKE 10 MILES, LIKE COUNTING, LOOKING AT THE MAP, I HAVE TO WALK LIKE 20 MINUTES TO PARK OUT OF THE ZONE, YOU KNOW.
SO I WOULD JUST REALLY THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD RECONSIDER, LIKE ALTERNATE IT, PLEASE.
AND WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE YOUR INFORMATION TO CITY BANK? YEAH.
WHAT INFORMATION DO YOU NEED? LIKE THE ADDRESS THAT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO HE CAN HELP US TO IMPROVE YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ACCOMMODATE WHAT YOU NEED NEED.
LIKE I KNOW THE ADDRESS, WE HAVE THEIR INFORMATION.
NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA MARIA LOPEZ.
I'M ALSO HERE ABOUT THE STREET SWEEPING.
I KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOODS NEED IT, BUT THE WAY THE SIGNS ARE PUT UP, THEY'RE NOT CLEAR.
AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING NEW IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE IN A BORDER TOWN WHERE IT'S WAS COVINA, ENT, THERE'S A FLOOD CHANNEL THAT DIVIDES.
SO THE HOUSES BEHIND MY BACKYARD BY THE CHANNEL IS ENTE.
THEY'VE HAD STREET SWEEPING AND THE WAY THEIR SIGNS ARE SET UP ARE CLEAR, IT WILL SAY ENTIRE BLOCK OR THERE'S ARROWS TO INDICATE BOTH STREETS.
AND THEN THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT TIMEFRAME.
ONE WILL BE ON A MONDAY, ONE WILL BE ON A TUESDAY, WHICH THAT MAKES SENSE.
AND SOMETIMES THEY PARK IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO YOU GUYS CAME WITH YOUR SIGNS.
THERE'S TWO ENTRANCES TO COME IN THROUGH WEST COVINA OR LA PUENTE.
IT'S A LONG STREET AND THERE'S TWO CUL-DE-SACS.
SO BOTH OF THEM HAVE A SIGN AS YOU'RE GOING IN.
SO IT DOES INDICATE THE STREET SWEEPING.
BUT THE MAIN STREET, HIGH CASTLE, THERE'S A TWO SIGNS ON THIS SIDE, BUT THIS SIDE, THERE'S NO SIGNS.
SO PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PARKING THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO SIGNS.
THEY CAME BY AND THEY GAVE EVERYBODY CI CITATIONS.
IF THERE'S NO SIGN, CLEARLY POST IT.
WHY ARE YOU GUYS GONNA GIVE CITATIONS TO PEOPLE TO PARK IF YOU DO NOT WANT US TO PARK ON HIGH CASTLE ON THIS SIDE? THEN THE SIGN ON THIS SIDE HAS TO HAVE AN ARROW INDICATING ENTIRE BLOCK OR THE LEFT AND RIGHT.
THERE'S ONLY THE SIGNS ON ONE SIDE OF HIGH CASTLE.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS.
EVERYONE FROM THE CUL-DE-SAC GONNA PARK AND HIGH CASTLE 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GO OVER TO LA PUENTE BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE STREET SWEEPING THAT SAME DAY, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A DIFFERENT CITY.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER SIGN WHEN YOU'RE COMING UP THE STREET AS YOU'RE COMING UP, THERE IS A SIGN THAT SAYS ENTIRE, UM, STREET SWEEPING, BUT NO ENTIRE SIGN, NO ARROW, NO ENTIRE BLOCK.
BUT IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER WHERE YOU TURN.
SO WHEN YOU COME DOWN THE MAIN STREET, HIGH CASTLE, PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT SIGN IS INDICATOR FOR THERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO ARROW POINTING DOWN HIGH CASTLE.
YOUR SIGNS ARE NOT CLEAR AND THE WAY THEY'RE FACING IS NOT CLEAR.
SO PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THE AREA, THEY'RE NOT GONNA KNOW.
AND BECAUSE YOU CAN GO IN BOTH WAYS, SO IF YOU'RE COMING THIS WAY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE THE SIGN THAT'S HERE THAT'S FACING THIS WAY AS IF YOU'RE COMING THIS WAY.
AND NOWADAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE TO LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS, SISTERS AND STUFF.
I MEAN, IS THERE ANY WAY TO CHANGE IT WHERE IT'S LIKE A MONDAY AND THEN A WEDNESDAY? I MEAN, THEY WORK MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
IT'S NOT MUCH THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
IT'S JUST BE REASONABLE WITH PEOPLE.
PEOPLE HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY TO GO TO WORK.
AND THE STREET SWEEPING IS NOT FROM 12 TO FOUR.
BUT IF YOU LEAVE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, YOU'RE NOT AT SEVEN IN THE MORNING.
YOU'RE NOT THERE TO MOVE YOUR CAR BY ONE O'CLOCK SO YOU DON'T GET THE CITATION.
SO I WAS JUST LIKE, I CAME HERE, THEY SAID THERE'S NOTHING THEY COULD DO.
I SHOWED THEM PICTURES OF THE SIGN.
THEY SAID THEY'RE STILL GONNA WORK ON IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA PUT ANOTHER SIGN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HIGH CASTLE OR JUST KEEP ONE SIGN ON ONE SIDE OF HIGH CASTLE.
AND EXPECT PEOPLE TO KNOW YOU GUYS ARE IN.
HIGH CASTLE, RIGHT? DO YOU HAVE ADDRESS? BLACKBROOK AND BURG.
ALRIGHT, MAYOR, WE HAVE ERNESTO GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY CINDY, FOLLOWED BY TAMMY.
UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITIES, UP AND DOWN CALIFORNIA HAVE TAKEN A STAND ON WARRANTLESS MASKED MEN, KIDNAPPING NOT ONLY UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS, BUT CITIZENS, VETERANS, AND
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EVEN MINORS.SOME CITIES HAVE FILED TO JOIN A FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST ICE, CHALLENGING THE LEGALITY OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL TACTICS SUCH AS USING A PERSON'S RACE AS A SOLE BASIS TO DETAIN AND DISAPPEAR THEM AS A MINIMUM.
WEST COVINA COULD ADOPT A SIMILAR SET OF MEASURES TO WHAT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAD JUST PASSED.
THEY WOULD BAN LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM WEARING MASKS AND FORCE THEM TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
LA COUNTY HAS ALSO COMMISSIONED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY TO DETERMINE WORKFORCE LOSSES AFFECTED INDUSTRIES, ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE AND LONG-TERM EFFECTS ON BUSINESS.
WE ASK WES COVINA TO DO THE SAME OR JOIN THE LAWSUITS.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THIS IS AFFECTING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND WHAT REVENUE WEST COVINA USD MIGHT BE LOSING AS A RESULT OF FRIGHTENED PARENTS AND CHILDREN DECIDING AGAINST COMING TO SCHOOL.
WHY NOT SHOW YOUR RESIDENTS THAT YOU STAND BEHIND THEM AND MOVE FORWARD? AND I DON'T JUST ASK THAT RHETORICALLY BRIAN GUTIERREZ, IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO MOVE FORWARD, I'M SURE WE WOULD ALL START TO WONDER EXACTLY WHY.
JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THE GROUP I CAME HERE TODAY WITH STARTED A PETITION TO REQUEST THAT YOU ADOPT THE ACTIONS I JUST DESCRIBED WITH NOT MUCH EFFORT AT ALL.
THAT PETITION IS NEARING 300 SIGNATURES.
BEFORE THIS PETITION, THERE WAS A MARCH, WHICH WE ALSO ORGANIZED VERY HASTILY, I THINK, OVER THE COURSE OF A COUPLE OF DAYS.
AND I WOULD PUT THE TOTAL MARCHERS THAT DAY AT ABOUT 500.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT WE COULD PULL OFF IF WE STARTED KNOCKING ON THE DOORS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS SHOWING UP AT LOCAL EVENTS WHERE PEOPLE GATHER OR STARTED MAKING PHONE CALLS LAST TIME? A FEW OF US BROUGHT THIS UP.
A COUPLE OF YOU TURNED THE FOCUS SOMEHOW TO VIOLENCE AGAINST POLICE.
SOMETHING, UH, OF WHICH THERE IS NO EVIDENCE FOR WHATSOEVER IN WEST COVINA.
WE ASK AGAIN NOW, PLEASE STAND WITH YOUR RESIDENTS.
A MAJORITY OF WHICH ARE LATINO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I ASK YOU, I ASK YOU WITH MY HEART.
THIS COUNCIL HAS A PROXIMITY TO BIGOTRY AND IT'S A PROBLEM FOR YOU.
WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT A BIGGER PROBLEM.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WORK WITH YOU ON THIS ISSUE, THIS ONE ISSUE.
AND WE ASK YOU TO STAND UP PUBLICLY SO THAT WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE BEHIND US.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS TOWN LOOK LIKE I DO.
SHOW US THAT YOU CARE ABOUT THAT.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO WANTS TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IN OUR CITY IS PROTECTED NO MATTER THEIR SKIN COLOR OR IMMIGRATION STATUS.
ALL OTHER CITIES IN LA LA COUNTY HAVE STEPPED UP TO PROTECT THEIR RESIDENTS.
WEST COVINA SHOULD BE LEADING WITH THEM, NOT LAGGING BEHIND.
HERE ARE SOME ACTIONS WE NEED TO SEE FROM YOU.
ONE IS WE MUST BAN ALL ICE AGENTS FROM WEARING MASKS OR FACE COVERINGS WHILE ON DUTY.
THERE'S A GROWING CONCERN ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY WITH POTENTIAL IMPERSONATION OF O UM, OF OFFICERS KIDNAPPING PEOPLE OFF THE STREETS.
WHY NOT JOIN LA COUNTY IN THE A CLU IN THIS LAWSUIT THAT CHALLENGES ICE AND CBP FOR RACIALLY TARGETING UNLAWFUL RAISE AND DENYING DUE PROCESS.
TWO, PROVIDE YOUR COMMUNITY WITH PROPER EDUCATION ON HOW TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.
WE NEED REGULAR MULTILINGUAL LAWYER RIGHTS, LEGAL TRAINING, OUTREACH FOR GRANTS AND RESOURCES AND TANGIBLE SUPPORT FOR THOSE IMPACTED.
AND LASTLY, CREATE AN ACTION PLAN ON HOW WEST COVINA PLANS TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES.
THESE RAIDS HAVE IMPACTED FAMILIES AND LOCAL BUSINESSES DEVASTATING AND DAMAGING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
SILENCE OR EXCUSES ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
WE ARE WATCHING CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT YOU WILL DO AND WE'LL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PROMISES YOU MAKE.
OUR COMMUNITY IS COUNTING ON YOU TO PROTECT ALL OF US.
NEXT SPEAKER IS TAMMY GREETINGS.
UM, I HAVE A DAUGHTER WHO'S EIGHT YEARS OLD THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO SCHOOL AND TAKE, YOU KNOW, SHE IS BROWN.
SHE SAID, MAMA, WHAT IF THEY TAKE ME TODAY, MAMA? WHAT IF THEY TAKE ME TODAY? AND I SAID, HONEY, YOU'RE, YOU WERE BORN HERE.
AND SHE SAID, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS ANYMORE.
I ALSO WANT YOU TO THINK, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE COUNCILS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE, SOME OF YOU WITH YOUR LAST NAMES OR WITH YOUR ACCENTS, CAN YOU IMAGINE IF YOU WERE JUST DOING YARD WORK OR HAD TO GO TO HOME DEPOT AND, AND WORK,
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YOU KNOW, CLOTHES THAT YOU WORE TO DO YOUR GARDENING? CAN YOU IMAGINE? AND THEN YOU WERE STARTED TO CHATTING WITH SOMEONE THAT YOU SAW A CONSTITUENT IN THE HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT.AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, ICE DRIVES BY AND THEY SEE SOMEONE WITH AN ACCENT.
THEY SOMEWHAT SEE SOMEONE WITH THE NAME DIAZ.
THEY SEE SOMEONE WITH BROWN SKIN.
THEY SEE YOU WITH TATTERED CLOTHES, DIRTY HANDS.
'CAUSE YOU WERE DOING GARDENING.
YOU COULD BE, YOU COULD BE TAKEN TOO.
SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO SIT HERE FOR THE NEXT 45 SECONDS AND THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
SO MY DAUGHTER DOESN'T SAY, MAMA, ARE THEY GONNA TAKE ME TODAY? SO I JUST WANNA ASK FOR A MOMENT.
I'M USING MY TIME FOR SILENCE.
SO IT GIVES YOU TIME TO THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU WILL DO.
SO LITTLE GIRLS THAT GO TO PORTO'S OR MAYBE ACCOMPANY THEIR KID TO THE DMV AREN'T AFRAID TO BE TAKEN.
I HOPE YOU USE THAT MOMENT TO REFLECT ON THAT THE BROWN KIDS ARE THINKING AND WHAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE THINKING THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSH MA, FOLLOWED BY YAMIN S HUDEN, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN CALDERONE.
HI, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA LIBRARY ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST FROM THREE TO 4:00 PM CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF SEVEN AND 12 ARE INVITED TO LEARN ABOUT SIMPLE MACHINES LIKE GEARS, LEVERS, AND MORE.
THEN COMBINE THEM TO CREATE THEIR VERY OWN CHAIN REACTION.
CONTRAPTIONS REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, LA COUNTY LIBRARY.ORG.
AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY WILL REOPEN FOR SERVICE AT 10:00 AM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
MY NAME IS YAMIN SHU AND I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH AN OFFICE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
I WANNA JOIN THE OTHER CITIZENS WHO'VE SPOKEN HERE TODAY IN ASKING THE CITY TO CONDUCT AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY ON THE ICE RAIDS THE ECONOMIC EFFECT OF THE ICE RAIDS HERE IN OUR CITY.
I WANNA KNOW IF THOSE RAIDS ARE IMPACTING FOOT TRAFFIC AND THEREBY HURTING OUR BUSINESSES.
I WANNA KNOW IF THOSE RAIDS ARE IMPACTING SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND THEREFORE DAMAGING OUR KIDS' EDUCATIONAL FUNDING.
I ALSO WANNA ASK THAT THE CITY ADOPT A BAN ON FEDERAL AGENTS WEARING MASKS WHEN THEY'RE CONDUCTING THEIR ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES HERE IN THE CITY.
OUR POLICE, WEST COVINA POLICE HAVE THE GUTS TO SHOW THEIR FACE WHEN THEY PERFORM THEIR DUTIES HERE IN OUR STREETS.
AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE THAT FEDERAL AUTHORITIES SHOULDN'T HAVE THE SAME STANDARD.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE IDEA THAT THESE ARE FEDERAL ACTIVITIES AND OUR CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO STOP THEM FROM DOING ANYTHING.
YOUR EFFORTS TO STAND UP AND TELL THE WORLD WHAT THIS CITY BELIEVES IN ARE SIGNIFICANT TO THE FAMILIES HERE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FIND OUT WHO OUR CITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS.
ARE YOU GOING TO BACK UP THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY? OR ARE YOU GONNA BACK UP THE FELON IN WASHINGTON DC THE CITY OF WEST COVINA? THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WANNA KNOW.
WELL, I ALSO THINK IT'D BE EMOTIONALLY SUPPORTIVE AND SIGNIFICANT IMPEACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD PUBLICLY STATE THEIR OPPOSITION TO ICE RAIDS HERE IN OUR CITY.
IF ANY OF YOU DON'T HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO SO, THEN PUBLICLY STATE THAT YOU AGREE WITH THE RAIDS.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU STAND.
THE PEOPLE AT WEST COVINA ARE WATCHING YOU.
WE'RE GONNA POST YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHERE YOUR LOYALTIES LIE.
DO THEY LIE WITH US OR DO THEY LIE WITH THEM? WE'RE ASKING YOU.
GOVERN YOURSELVES ACCORDINGLY.
NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN CALDERONE TAB.
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BY ADDRESSING SOMETHING.UH, AND, AND I'D I'D LIKE, UH, THE ATTORNEY TO, TO LOOK INTO, UM, THE NOT ALLOWING FOLKS TO TURN IN THEIR CARDS WHILE PUBLIC COMMENT IS STILL GOING ON.
UH, ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, AS LONG AS PUBLIC COMMENT IS ON, PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO TURN IN THEIR CARDS AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
UH, AND SO THE RESTRICTION ON SPEECH, UH, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE TIME LIMITS.
I CAN UNDERSTAND ONCE PUBLIC COMMENT IS COMPLETELY DONE, BUT WHILE PUBLIC COMMENT IS HAPPENING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE, THE COUNCIL TIME OF PUBLIC COMMENT ISN'T, UH, ISN'T CONSISTENT, RIGHT? WHEN WE HAVE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC COMMENT COULD HAPPEN AT EIGHT O'CLOCK.
UM, IF WE HAVE NO PRESENTATIONS LIKE WE HAD TODAY, PUBLIC COMMENT STARTS REALLY EARLY.
UH, AND SO THE FACT THAT I'VE ALREADY SEEN FOUR PEOPLE COME UP AND BE DENIED, THERE ARE COMMENT CARDS.
UH, I I, I THINK IS, IS BAD PRACTICE IS IS BAD GOVERNANCE.
OKAY? SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
UH, AS FOR MY COMMENTS TONIGHT, UM, WE STARTED SCHOOL TODAY, UM, THIS WHOLE WEEK AND THIS WEEKEND, UH, TEACHERS ACROSS THE STATE, WE SPENT OUR TIMES NOT GETTING OUR LESSON PLANS READY, NOT GETTING OUR BULLETIN BOARD READY.
BUT INSTEAD, WE WERE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTS ON HOW TO PROTECT OUR STUDENTS.
UM, WE WERE IN KNOW YOUR RIGHTS TRAININGS.
WE WERE IN COMMUNITY PATROL TRAININGS.
A GROUP OF US WERE OUTSIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I TEACH AT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT OUR STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO ENTER SAFELY AND NOT BE ABDUCTED.
UM, WE'VE COME TO THIS COUNCIL BEFORE, WE'VE ASKED YOU TO, TO WRITE, AND I ASK YOU MAYOR WU, UH, TO WRITE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF SB 6 27, SB 8 0 5, THAT WILL REQUIRE LAW ENFORCEMENT TO NOT WEAR BA UH, WEAR MASK AND ALSO TO WEAR BADGES THAT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES.
SO THAT WAY WHEN AN INCIDENT LIKE IN SAN BERNARDINO, WHERE ICE AGENTS REFUSE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, WHERE THEY BROKE THE WINDOW OF A FATHER AND HIS SON AND SHOT AT THEM THREE TIMES, THAT THAT FAMILY CAN TAKE RECOURSE AT THAT ABUSE OF POWER.
UM, SO THE OFFICERS THAT ILLEGALLY DETAINED ARLETA SPECIAL ED STUDENT, 15-YEAR-OLD AMERICAN CITIZEN, WAS ILLEGALLY DETAINED BY ICE.
SO MIGUEL CONTRERA STUDENT HAMIN MARCELO GUERRERO CRUZ, WHO AGAIN, WAS ABDUCTED BY WALKING HIS DOG, UH, AGAIN, WE HAVE MASKED MEN WHO ARE TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITY.
DOZENS HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM WEST COVINA, FROM THE HOME DEPOT, FROM THE CAR WASHES.
UH, AND MOST TROUBLING IS THE IMAGES I'VE BEEN SENT OF WCPD WITH ICE AGENTS.
AGAIN, I ASK YOU TO JOIN THE LAWSUIT, THE A CLU LAWSUIT TO END THESE RAIDS.
WE HAVE HOLLYWOOD FOLLOWED BY SHERRY BRUEN, FOLLOWED BY DR.
CAN I SAY SOMETHING? UH, OKAY.
CAN WE FINISH THIS? UH, JUST, THERE WAS THREE OF, IT WAS ACTUALLY THREE RESIDENTS.
SO IF IT'S OKAY IF THEY COULD TURN IN THEIR CARDS.
I WILL ANNOUNCE IT ONE MORE TIME.
HOLLYWOOD FOLLOWED BY SHERRY BRUEN, FOLLOWED BY DR.
UH, WHO, WHO IS NEXT SPEAKER? LOOKS LIKE HOLLYWOOD.
SO I'M GONNA TRY AND GET THIS, THIS REALLY QUICK.
I'M A RESIDENT OF 58 YEARS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THANK YOU FOR MOVING THAT SIGN.
IF YOU WATCH YOU GUYS ON YOUTUBE, YOUTUBE DISAPPEARED INTO IT.
YOU COULD NOT EVEN SEE YOU AT ALL.
SO THAT SIGN DOES NOT BELONG BACK HERE.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF BLANK WALLS TO MOVE IT.
SECOND THING IS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LET'S NOT HERE TONIGHT, BUT ONE OF THE MEETINGS LED.
HE SAID, WELL, EVERYONE IN THE CITY HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN THE PETITION.
DURING THE TIME THAT THE PETITION WAS BEING CIRCULATED, WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
NOBODY ANSWERED THE DOORS WHEN PEOPLE WENT.
SO THEY JUST HAD TO HOP FROM PARK TO PARK.
AND WE HAD TO FIND THEM IN ORDER TO SIGN THAT PETITION.
SO I'D LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS.
IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SHOULD GO THROUGH, PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
WE ALREADY HAVE THREE ELECTIONS IN 2026.
IT WON'T COST THAT MUCH MORE AND LET US RESIDENTS DECIDE.
AND THE SECOND THING IS OUR MAINTENANCE YARD.
YOU WANNA SELL A MAINTENANCE YARD? RIDICULOUS.
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HAD TRAYWICK.$758,000 FOR NOTHING MORE THAN BLUEPRINT PLANS FOR A STATE-OF-THE-ART FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BUT YOU HAVE NEVER COME TO THIS DIOCESE EVER AND SAID IT'S GONNA COST US THIS MUCH TO MOVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THIS MUCH TO MOVE THE MAINTENANCE YARD.
UNTIL YOU HAVE AN IRONCLAD WITH AT LEAST A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OVERRIDE WHAT IT'S GONNA COST TO BUILD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAINTENANCE YARD.
YOU HAVE NO BUSINESS PLAYING WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS TO SELL SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO US.
BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS WANT.
THAT YOU, YOU, I NEED TO SEE FROM YOU EXACTLY WHAT THAT COST IS GONNA BE.
AND YOU HAVE NEVER EVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THANK YOU, SHERRY, FOR THE TICKETING, FOR THE, FOR THE, UH, STREET SWEEPING.
YOU STARTED A PLAN INSTEAD OF PLACATING EVERYBODY AND SAYING, WELL, WE'RE GONNA LOOK INTO IT.
PUT A STOP TO THE ENTIRE THING UNTIL YOU GUYS COME UP WITH A PLAN AND THEN COME BACK TO THE CITY WITH IT.
A BRI, CAN I SAY SOMETHING? OH, I DIDN'T EVEN START TALKING WHEN THIS STARTED.
IT STARTED BEFORE I OPENED MY MOUTH.
SO WHEN MY NAME'S CALLED BEFORE I GET OUTTA MY SEAT.
WOULD YOU PLEASE START IT? I CAN GIVE YOU, I CAN GIVE YOU MORE SECOND IF YOU WANT.
YEAH, IF YOU CAN 20 MORE SECONDS.
UH, I'M A FACULTY MEMBER AND ALSO ADMINISTRATOR IN HIGHER EDUCATION AT CLAREMONT COLLEGES.
UM, SO I'M HERE TODAY SIMILARLY TO ADVOCATE IN TERMS OF JOINING THE FEDERAL MASK BAN WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THERE'S A LOT OF ARGUMENT IN TERMS OF HOW IT WOULD BE ENFORCED.
FEEL FREE TO CONTACT LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS THEIR LAWYERS ARE WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE ITSELF.
THAT WOULD BE TAKING PLACE IN ABOUT 45 DAYS NOW.
UM, AND I WOULD ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT THE IMMIGRATION RATES LOCALLY IN COVINA AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS HAVE NOT ONLY DEVASTATED FAMILIES, BUT HAVE SEVERELY IMPACTED LOCAL ECONOMY.
MYSELF AND OTHERS HAVE GONE AROUND TO LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ASK THEM HOW THEY'RE DOING.
A LOT OF THEM ARE IN FEAR FOR THEIR LIVES.
NOT ONLY JUST THE BUSINESS OWNERS, BUT PEOPLE WHO WORK THERE AS WELL AS THE CONSTITUENTS WHO COME TO THE ACTUAL BUSINESSES THEMSELVES, ESPECIALLY SPECIFICALLY MEXICAN STORES.
THE FOLKS WHO ARE VENDORS WHO SELL TO THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST ON THE STREET AND TRYING TO MAKE MONEY THEMSELVES.
AND SO, OFTENTIMES PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND OTHERS ARE PULLING OUT OF OUR OWN PERSONAL POCKET JUST TO MAKE SURE THEY GET HOME SAFELY.
SO I WOULD ADVOCATE IF THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE TO DO IN TERMS OF YOUR OWN POLICIES TO PUT FORTH ON THE CITY AND THE POLICE OFFICERS TAKE OUT OF YOUR OWN POCKETS AND A PERCENTAGE OF YOUR SALARY, YOU'RE GETTING OUT OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TO PUT TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS IN THEIR OWN POCKETS.
SO THE CITY OF SEATTLE POLICE CHIEF HAS SAID HIMSELF, HE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO BE JAILED AND DETAINED ON BEHALF OF HIS CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS THAT HE OVERSEES.
EVERYONE HAS THEIR LINE WHEN IT COMES TO THIS ISSUE.
I WANNA KNOW, WHAT IS YOUR LINE? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA STAND ON? WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO LOSE YOUR JOB FOR AND BE VOTED OUT FOR? AND I, I'M NOT ASKING THAT RHETORICALLY, I'M BEING SERIOUS BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS IN HISTORY WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE THAT AND IT'S TERRIFYING.
I CARRY AROUND MY GLOBAL ENTRY CARD WITH ME EVERY SINGLE PLACE THAT I GO.
AND I HAVE IT IN MY WALLET RIGHT NOW.
MY DAD WAS AT A PARK NEARBY THE OTHER DAY.
HE SAW A NICE AGENT STANDING STARING AT HIM.
I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH HIM AND I TALKED TO HIM AND I SAID, PAPA, GO IMMEDIATELY TO YOUR VEHICLE RIGHT NOW.
WE WERE BOTH BORN HERE AND MY GRANDPARENTS PICKED IN THE FIELDS.
THAT HAPPENED IN TWO GENERATIONS, RIGHT? THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXIST ANY LONGER BECAUSE THEY'RE AN ALLIGATOR AUSCHWITZ WHO ARE DYING.
THERE ARE CHILDREN THERE DYING.
AND THE POLICE HERE, GO AHEAD AND KEEP LOOKING AT THE CLOCK.
THERE ARE POLICE HERE WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO ENFORCE THE COUNTY TEMPORARY PROTECTIVE ORDER.
SO PLEASE MAKE YOUR DECISIONS.
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WHAT, UH, NEXT SPEAKER, BILL ELLIOT.AND I JUST WANNA SAY HOW HAPPY I AM TO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY LIKE WEST COVINA.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR INDEPENDENT POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR INDEPENDENT FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR PARKS, AND THE LAW ABIDING NATURE OF THE CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA.
THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME TALKING ABOUT THE IMMIGRATION, UH, INS OR EXCUSE ME, THE ICE RAIDS.
UH, THOSE PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ARE HERE ILLEGALLY.
AND THE ONES THAT ARE ARRESTING, THEY'RE HERE ILLEGALLY.
THEY ENTERED WITHOUT INVITATION OR PERMISSION, AND THEY DO NOT DESERVE TO BE IN THIS COUNTRY.
SO I STAND HERE TONIGHT TO TELL YOU HOW THANKFUL I AM THAT THESE LITTLE EFFORTS AT TRYING TO MAKE FEDERAL AGENTS NOT CARRY OR NOT WEAR A MASK OR PUT ON A UNIFORM AND NOT HAVE PLAIN CLOTHES.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE ANYBODY'S NOTICED, BUT THEY DRIVE PLAIN CARS THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND THEY WEAR PLAIN CLOTHES BECAUSE THEY'RE UNDERCOVER.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ABOUT GRABBING PEOPLE THAT ARE BROWN, LIKE THESE RACIST, LIKE BRIAN TAB.
THE BIKE JUST GOT UP AND SAID, IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT.
WHEN THEIR AGENTS GO TO HOME DEPOT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GUESS WHO'S ILLEGAL.
'CAUSE IT'S ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING AWAY.
SO TODAY I'M SO THANKFUL WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WITH BALLS TO ENFORCE EXISTING LAW, TO ENFORCE EXISTING LAW THAT'S BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, NO PRESIDENT BEFORE HIM HAS HAD THE COURAGE TO ENFORCE LAW, FEDERAL LAW, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW.
SO I ENCOURAGE AND I ADMIRE THESE AGENTS.
IF I WAS A YOUNG MAN, I'D GO BE ONE MYSELF,
SO WHEN PEOPLE GET UP HERE AND THEY SAY, THIS IS ABOUT RACE, AND WE WANNA, UH, HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU FOOLS WHO ARE ADVOCATING FOR THESE PEOPLE THAT HEAR YOU ILLEGALLY HAVE NOTICED, BUT EVERY MEMBER OF THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL IS A CONSERVATIVE.
DON'T COME PREACH YOUR TRASH HERE IN WEST COVINA.
PLEASE, PLEASE LET, LET, LET'S RESPECT EACH OTHER, PLEASE.
WE ALL HAVE TO BEAR WITH THAT, PLEASE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH OKAY.
FOR YOUR, WE HAVE TO BE HERE AS A COMMUNITY.
I KNOW SOMETIME THIS, THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO OPEN OUR EAR PLEASE.
AND DO WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKER? WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKER SLIPS, BUT OKAY.
WHO IS COMING AND LATE AND, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE? OKAY.
COME, COME, COME, COME TO SPEAK.
SINCE YOU ALREADY HERE AND WE HAVE NO PRESENTATION, SO, AND THEN, AND WE, WE WANT TO LISTEN TO YOU.
EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK.
AND COME OVER HERE A NICE SPEAKER PLEASE.
AND YOU, YOU HAVE A CALL YOU? YEAH.
THE FIRST ONE IS CHRISTIAN AMAYA.
CHRISTIAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? FOLLOWED BY BRIAN B BRIAN B FOLLOWED BY MS. SERRANO.
YOU COME OVER HERE, WE WANT TO LISTEN.
WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE MY, YEAH, SORRY.
UH, MY MINE IS JUST, UM, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S REGARDING, UM, STREET CLEANING NECESSARILY, BUT, UM, WE HAVE AN EMPTY LOT NEAR OUR AREA ON DEVOUR STREET.
UM, RIGHT ACROSS THE HOSPITAL THAT CURRENTLY HAS QUEENSVILLE VALLEY.
I THINK SO IT, IT'S DEVOUR STREET.
YOU'RE DEV STREET, RIGHT? CITY MANAGER? YES, GO AHEAD.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S UM, A LOT OF WEEDS BUGS GOING THERE.
OUR COMMUNITY'S BEEN CLEARING IT OUT THE AREAS THAT WE'RE ALLOWED TO, BUT, UH, WE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
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ACROSS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.A LOT OF THE, UH, BUGS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND A LOT OF THE WEEDS, UH, WE'VE CALLED A FEW TIMES IN REGARDS TO CLEANING IT UP, INCLUDING THE AREA THAT'S NOT PART OF THE LOT, BUT NEAR THE STREET THAT'S PART OF IT TO CLEAR IT OUT.
SO, UH, WE'RE JUST REQUESTING FOR IT TO BE CLEANED UP AND CLEARED.
SO THEY HAVE BEEN CLEANING IT UP BEFORE THEY DID, RIGHT? UM, A LONG TIME AGO AFTER THAT, IT WAS US, THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS CLEANING IT UP ON OUR END.
WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE THE ADDRESS LOCATION TO CITY MANAGER? SURE.
WE WILL MAKE SURE WE WILL TAKE CARE FOR YOU.
UM, ALSO UNRELATED, I DO STAND WITH, UM, MY COMMUNITY WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN B BRIAN, GO AHEAD.
OH, HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO GIVE MY THANKS TO THE GENTLEMAN WHO SUBMITTED HIS COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, CARDS BEING ABLE TO BE TURNED IN WHILE PUBLIC COMMENTARY STILL BEING GIVEN.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE SPEAKERS, UH, WHO ARE SPEAKING ON TOPICS THAT ARE MUCH MORE SERIOUS THAN JUST STREET SWEEPING.
UH, BUT THAT SAID, THIS TOPIC DOES HAVE A, A VERY SIMPLE ANSWER, WHICH IS JUST ALTERNATE DAYS.
YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY MAKING THE ENTIRE STREET UNUSABLE.
DID YOU HAVE YOUR ADDRESS LOCATION? I'M NOT GONNA SUBMIT MY ADDRESS.
I JUST PUT MY AREA CODE BECAUSE IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO MY STREET OR MY ADDRESS.
IT'S AFFECTING A TON OF THE CITY.
AND FOR, SINCE NOT EVERYBODY'S SPEAKING, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND FOR THOSE OF WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT STREET SWEEPING HERE, THEN THE REASON YOU'RE HERE.
UH, I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A CITY THAT'S DONE THIS, WHETHER I'VE PARKED MY CAR IN LONG BEACH OR LA VERNE OR SANTA MONICA.
EVERYBODY HAD THE FORESIGHT TO NOT MAKE IT ON THE SAME DAY AT THE SAME TIME.
DON'T KNOW WHY THAT HAPPENED HERE, BUT IT'S A SIMPLE FIX.
HOPEFULLY ALTERNATE THE ROUTES TO ALTERNATE THE TIMES.
YOUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. SERRANO.
UM, HELLO CITY COUNCIL, UM, AND CITY.
I WANNA START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO THE CITY AND ALL THE HARD WORK THAT GOES ON EVERY DAY.
UM, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFICULT TOPICS, BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK, UM, IN TERMS OF ALLOWING US TO SPEAK.
I HAVE TWO JOBS AND I MADE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK TODAY.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME.
UM, I WANNA STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES AND, UM, TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDOCUMENTED, THAT ARE BEING TARGETED, ACTUALLY PEOPLE OF COLOR BEING TARGETED JUST FOR BEING LATINO.
UM, AND THERE'S CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DOCUMENTED.
AND SO I STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.
I ACTUALLY AM CONCERNED ABOUT MY KIDS JUST WALKING BECAUSE A MASS PERSON COULD COME AND KIDNAP THEM UNDER SOME SORT OF FEDERAL GUISE.
NOW, MYSELF, IF ANYBODY CAME WITH A MASK WITHOUT ANY TYPE OF IDENTIFICATION, UM, I WOULD HAVE TO DEFEND ME AND MY FAMILY.
SO THAT IS NOT SAFE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN UNSAFE SITUATIONS BY EXPECTING US TO COMPLY.
UM, LASTLY, UH, THE MAIN REASON WHY I CAME BY, UM, IS BECAUSE OF THE STREET SWEEPING MANDATES THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
I THINK THAT YOUR CITY HAS EXISTED FOR A HUNDRED YEARS WITHOUT THESE ADDITIONAL FEES.
AND I THINK WE'LL BE FINE FOR THE NEXT A HUNDRED YEARS.
UM, IT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT JUST INCONVENIENT.
IT'S LIKE A ECONOMIC TOLL ON OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BE STRESSED ABOUT, ABOUT GETTING TICKETED.
A LOT OF US HAVE MORE THAN TWO CARS IN OUR COMMUNITY, LET ALONE CUL-DE-SAC.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE BEAUTIFUL CUL-DE-SACS, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO FIT ALL THOSE CARS, NOT EVEN ON JUST ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
UM, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL STRESS OF LIKE, WHERE ARE WE GONNA PARK OUR CARS AND ALL THE PARKING WARS? LIKE, DO WE REALLY NEED ADDITIONAL STRESS FOR UNNECESSARY THINGS? WE'VE HAD A STREET SUPER BEFORE IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
IT SEEMS LIKE A REALLY SLEAZY MONEY GRAB.
AND I THINK THAT WE COULD CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITHOUT THIS.
THIS IS ACTUALLY TANGIBLY AFFECTING THE, THE POCKETS AND THE STRESS OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, AND IT'S UNNECESSARY.
SO, UM, JUST PRETTY MUCH SHARING THAT.
I HOPE YOU GUYS DO THE RIGHT THING BECAUSE WE'RE ALL CONCERNED.
AND, UM, THERE'S BEEN NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT I HAD ACTUALLY DECIDED NOT TO LIVE IN BECAUSE OF QUALITATIVE FACTORS LIKE THIS.
UM, HAVING TO MOVE MY CAR EVERY SINGLE WEEK, PEOPLE GET A LOT OF TICKETS.
I'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO HAVE MY CAR REMOVED BECAUSE ALL THESE COMPOUNDED TICKETS BEFORE IN THE PAST IN OTHER CITIES.
AND I CHOSE NOT TO LIVE IN THOSE CITIES BECAUSE THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
UM, SO, BUT ON THE LASTLY IS PLEASE MAKE A STATEMENT ON YOUR STAND ON NOT JUST UNDOCUMENTED COMMUNITIES, BUT THE CLIMATE OF FEAR.
AND, UM, I AM ACTUALLY PRETTY GRATEFUL FOR OUR SCHOOL, UH, OUR, OUR POLICE HERE.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR OUR POLICE ACTUALLY TO ALSO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT THEY SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.SO, UH, WE DONE WITH THE SPEAKER, RIGHT? YES, WE ARE DONE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SPEAKER FOR SHARE WITH YOUR THOUGHT.
AND THEN WE LISTEN AND, UH, HEAR CITY MANAGER.
UM, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT COMMENTED ON STREET SUIT TONIGHT, MARIO CARMEN, ANN MARIE, UH, BRIAN, MS. SERRANO.
UM, THAT'S ONE OF THE TOPICS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
THE COUNCIL WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
UM, EMERY, I WILL CHECK THE SIGNS ON HIGH CASTLE, THE SIGNAGE FROM GLADBROOK ON BOTH SIDES THERE.
AND ALSO MARIO, I'LL CHECK AZUSA STEWART.
HOLLY OAK COMING IN OFF OF AZUSA AND LARK.
UM, SHERRY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CITY YARD FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ALSO STREET SWEEPING.
UM, ERNESTO, CINDY, TAMMY, YASMIN, YEMEN, BRIAN TABBA, DR.
MS. SERRANO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS ON ICE TACTICS, FEDERAL IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT.
UM, JOSH, UH, FROM THE WEST COVENA LIBRARY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, UPDATES ON THE LIBRARY AND CHRISTIAN, UM, ON THAT PROPERTY ENDEAVORS.
WE WILL LOOK, INVESTIGATE THE BUG ISSUE AND GET THAT PROPERTY CLEANED UP.
I BELIEVE THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CORTEZ PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER.
AND THE CITY OF TY'S SENIOR CENTER COLLABORATED TO BRING SUMMER FUN TO SENIOR CITIZENS.
PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED A MEAL PREPARED BY SENIOR CENTER CHEFS, HOLLY AND THERESA DANCE TO THE JAMS OF DJ PHIL, AND AN ICE CREAM BAR.
HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR.
VEER RESEARCH INCORPORATED THE PALM VIEW ADAPTIVE.
THE PALM VIEW PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER HELD ITS ANNUAL SUMMER ADAPTIVE BARBECUE.
ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 14TH, HELD IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WEST COVENA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE WEST COVENA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
THE EVENT FEATURED A LIVELY ATMOSPHERE WITH MUSIC, DANCING, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND A BALLOON TWISTING ATTENDEES ENJOYED A DELICIOUS HAMBURGER MEAL DONATED BY NORMS AND COOKED BY WEST COVINA PD.
THE EVENT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTICIPANTS TO INTERACT WITH LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS IN A FRIENDLY, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT, ENHANCING COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND PROMOTING INCLUS INCLUSIVITY.
OVERALL, IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT THAT CELEBRATED DIVERSITY AND STRENGTHENED COMMUNITY BONDS.
THIS YEAR, NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S ANNUAL TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT.
ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, THE COMMUNITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND GREET WITH WEST COVINA PD, TAKE PHOTOS WITH FIRST RESPONDERS.
INTERACT, INTERACT WITH THE VEHICLES THAT KEEP WEST COVINA MOVING FORWARD.
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VENDORS, FOOD AND ATTRACTIONS.
EVENT TOOK PLACE AT THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER FROM 6:00 PM TO 9:00 PM THE PAVILION CANOPY AT THE WEST COVINA.
SPORTSPLEX IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES OF ITS REPAIR.
A WALKTHROUGH TO CONFIRM WORK WILL TAKE PLACE.
UM, THIS FRIDAY DAY, THE LATEST EDITION OF THE DISCOVER WEST COVINA WAS RELEASED ONLINE EARLIER THIS MONTH.
EXPLORE NEW CLASSES, SPECIAL EVENTS ACTIVITIES, AND LEARN ABOUT THE LATE, THE LATEST PROJECTS AND INITIATIVES IN WEST COVINA BY READING THE DISCOVER.
THE DISCOVER IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY OF WEST VENA'S WEBSITE.
THE 2025 STATE OF THE CITY IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
THIS YEAR, THE CITY IS HIGHLIGHTING WEST VENA'S BUSINESSES WITH AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK AND INVESTMENT OR OUR, OUR BUSINESS FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WHILE A NUMBER OF AWARDS WE GET OUT, WE ARE ASKING THE COMMUNITY'S ASSISTANCE WITH ONE SPECIAL AWARD, THE PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD.
THIS AWARD WILL BE GIVEN TO THE WEST COVINA BASED BUSINESS THAT RECEIVES THE MOST NOMINATIONS AT THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025.
BUSINESSES CAN NOMINATE ONLINE BY VISITING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WEBSITE.
SOME OF OUR UPCOMING EVENTS, STATE OF THE CITY WILL BE AT THE WEST COVINA, SPORTSPLEX FIVE 30 TO 8:30 PM ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH.
AND OUR DISTRICT ONE TOWN HALL MEETING WILL BE HELD HERE AT WEST COVINA CITY HALL FIVE 30 TO SEVEN 30 ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT.
CITY MANAGERS AND, UH, OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTION.
OTHERWISE, I WANT TO MOVE THE YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, THE PICTURE YOU SHOWED OF THE PAVILION, UM, ARE THEY GONNA PUT BACK THE FANS IN THERE, THE AIR VENTS? OR ARE YOU GONNA HAVE IT SUPER HOT IN THERE, BUT
WE WANNA KEEP IT SUPER HOT IN THE EFFORTS OF LETTING PEOPLE GET THE SWEAT AND THE TOXINS OUTTA THEIR BODY.
NOW, FOR THE EVENT, UM, WE WILL ENSURE THAT IT IS VENTILATED AND, UM, THAT THERE IS AIR MOVEMENT THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY.
OH, LIKE IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S THE FA THERE'S THE AIR, ONCE THE AIR OUTTAKES ARE GONNA BE PUT BACK UP, WE CAN REPORT
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BACK TO YOU AFTER FRIDAY WHAT THE STATUS OF THAT IS.ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL? YES, MR. MAYOR.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THE AT T UM, REPORT, UM, GIVEAWAY, PLEASE.WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO AT T ABOUT THE AT T WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO JUMP IN? YES.
JUMP IN, UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I MAY.
UM, SO, UM, EARLIER THIS MONTH, THE CORTEZ PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AT AND T AND HUMAN, IT PROVIDED FREE REFURBISHED LAPTOPS TO 100, UM, SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UM, MAYOR TONY WU HOSTED THE EVENT WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UM, COUNCILMAN DIAZ, UM, AND MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ, VITO IN SUPPORT AND PRESENT FOR THE EVENT.
UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING OUR SENIORS, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR NEW DEVICES.
UM, AT AND T AND HUMAN IT HAVE PROMISED, UM, TO COME BACK AND TO PROVIDE, UM, TRAINING TO OUR SENIORS SO WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING THEM A LAPTOP AND SENDING 'EM ON THEIR WAY.
WE'RE ALSO GIVING THEM THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED, UM, IN ORDER TO NAVIGATE THEIR NEW TECHNOLOGY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, COUNCILMAN CONTOS, UH, YES, THAT, THAT WE HAVE A, A LOT OF PICTURE FOR THAT DAY AND I WANT TO THANK, I THINK THIS IS, UH, UH, EVENT IS START WITH, UH, OKAY.
I THINK IT'S YOU TO APPROACH AT T.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE CREDIT.
SO, SO THIS IS NOT FROM ME OR FROM THE CITY? IT'S FROM OUR COUNCILMAN, UH, ALI KENTO TO APPROACH ABOUT SOME KIND OF, UH, DONATION AND THEY, UH, REACT TO, UH, COUNCILMAN KENTO AND, UH, TO PROVIDE 100.
AND, UH, TO OUR SENIOR AND, UH, HUNDRED SENIORS OVER THERE IS VERY, VERY HAPPY.
AND MR. MAYOR, THEY ALSO, UH, ALL RECEIVE LIFETIME ACCESS TO THE MICROSOFT WORD SUITE AS WELL.
SO DO YOU BELIEVE IT DAY? I HOPE THEY DON'T SELL ON THE EBAY.
I HOPE THAT I DON'T GIVE TO THEIR GRANDKID.
THEY HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO USE THE COMPUTER.
ANYBODY ELSE? OTHERWISE, I'M MOVING TO CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE HAVE ONE TO 15.
ANY COUNCIL WANT TO PULL ANY ITEM? YEAH.
I WANNA MOVE, UH, 16 TO SEVEN, 16 AND 17 UP TO THE FRONT.
AND THEN I WANNA PULL 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, AND 14.
WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO PULL? I ASKING WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO PULL? WHICH ONE YOU WANNA PULL? UH, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 4, 5, 6.
HOW ABOUT YOU WANT TO PULL ONE TO 15, ONE TO
AND THEN MOVE ITEMS NUMBER 16 AND 17 TO THE FRONT.
SO FOUR, FIVE, I, I, I WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO MOVE NUMBER 16 AND 17 TO THE FRONT BECAUSE IT INVOLVES STREET SWEEPING I PROGRAMS. OKAY.
WHICH ONE YOU WANT? YOU WANT THE POOL THING OR YOU WANT TO MOVE 16? WHICH ONE YOU WANT GO FIRST? UM, WE COULD, WE COULD, I WANNA, I WANNA MOVE 16 AND 70 TO THE FRONT WITH 16 GOING FIRST.
THEN AFTER 17, SO 16, THE THREE SWEEPING GO FIRST.
AND THEN, BUT WE GO TO A CONSENT CALENDAR.
AND THEN HOW, WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO PULL? FOUR OR FIVE? SO 16, 17, AND THEN FOURTH.
1617 IS ALREADY NOT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'M GONNA, I WANT TO PULL IT UP.
I WANNA OUT YOU WANNA GO THERE FIRST RIGHT NOW? YES.
SO YOU WANT TO, BEFORE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, YOU WANNA GO TO 16 AND 17? YES.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I THINK WE SHOULD GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR FIRST.
RATHER THAN JUST MOVING AROUND.
SO YOU WANT MOVE 1670? GO FIRST.
'CAUSE I THINK EVERYONE HEARS ABOUT STREET SWEEPING AND PROBABLY WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE AUDIT TOO, SO, OKAY, SO, SO, OKAY.
YOU WANNA MOVE 60, 70? SO WE ARE GOING TO PUT CONSENT CALENDAR RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO BASICALLY YOUR MOTION IS MOVE 60 AND 70.
[16) REVIEW OF STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM AND STRATEGIES]
UH, STREET SWEEPING.I DO A PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA GIVE AN INTRODUCTION TO IT.
UM, MAYOR WILL, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL STAFF IS ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE DIRECTION ON OUR CURRENT STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM.
LITTLE BACKGROUND, ON DECEMBER 5TH, 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO TRANSITION FROM BIWEEKLY STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE TO A WEEKLY SCHEDULE.
ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2024, THE CITY COUNCIL ORDERED A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE INSTALLATION OF NEW STREET SWEEPING SIGNS.
ON FEBRUARY 4TH, 2025, STAFF PRESENTED PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE STREET SWEEPING SECTION OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATES AND OUTLINING
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WHEN AND WHERE THE NO PARKING ON STREET SWEEPING DAYS REGULATIONS WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE CITY.ON JULY 21ST, 2025, PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICERS BEGAN ISSUING STREET SWEEPING WARNING NOTICES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SINCE THE START OF OUR STREET SWEEPING SIGNAGE INSTALLATION AND THE ISSUANCE OF WARNING NOTICES, STAFF HAVE RECEIVED AMPLE FEEDBACK FROM RESIDENTS BOTH IN SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM AND WITH CONCERNS.
SUPPORTIVE FEEDBACK HAS INCLUDED OBSERVATIONS OF CLEANER STREETS AND FEWER ABANDONED VEHICLES.
CONVERSELY, SOME RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS REGARDED LIMITED PARKING AVAILABILITY DURING THE DESIGNATED STREET SWEEPING PERIODS.
UNDER THE CURRENT PROGRAM, THE CITY'S DIVIDED INTO FIVE ZONES, EACH SCHEDULED FOR STREET SWEEP, STREET SWEEPING THE DAY AFTER ITS DESIGNATED TRASH COLLECTION DAY WHEN WITHIN EACH ZONE, STREETS ARE FURTHER SUB SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE FOUR HOUR TIME SLOTS DURING WHICH ON-STREET PARKING IS RESTRICTED.
ADDITIONALLY, STAFF IDENTIFIED AREAS WITH HIGH DENSITY HOUSING THAT REQUIRE AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH IN THESE AREAS.
AN ALTERNATE, ALTERNATE SIDE STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE IS IMPLEMENTED TO ACCOMMODATE THE HIGHER VOLUME OF PARKED VEHICLES.
BASED ON INPUT RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS AND DIRECTIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF HAVE EVALUATED ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM OPTIONS FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATIONS.
THESE OPTIONS AIM TO ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS WHILE MAINTAINING AN EFFECTIVE STREET CLEANING PROGRAM THAT COMPLIES WITH AIR AND WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS.
THE FOLLOWING THREE PROGRAM OPTIONS HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
REVISE THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE ALTERNATE SIDE SWEEPING ROUTES AND RESTRICTIONS.
CONTINUE WITH THE APPROVED SAME SIDE, ZONE BASED STREET SWEEPING ROUTES AND RESTRICTIONS.
ADDRESS RESIDENCE CONCERNS ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
TO ACCOMMODATE ALTERNATE SIDE RESTRICTIONS IN A COST EFFECTIVE MANNER, STAFF PROPOSES, PROPOSES USING CUSTOM STICKERS THAT CAN BE FIXED OVER THE EXISTING SIGNAGE.
TO INDICATE THE ALTERNATE SIDE RESTRICTION SCHEDULE BASED ON CHANGING APPROXIMATELY 5,200 SIGNS IS ESTIMATED THAT EACH STICKER WOULD COST ROUGHLY $16 AND 50 CENTS, RESULTING IN A TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF $86,237 FOR STICKER FOR STICKER FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION.
THE NUMBER CAN INCREASE OR DECREASE DEPENDING ON THE FINAL ROUTE PROPOSED BY NATIONWIDE, WHICH MAY INCLUDE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE.
IN ADDITION TO OBTAINING THE SIGNAGE, THE THIRD PARTY, THIRD PARTY STREET SWEEPING VENDOR WOULD NEED TO REVISE ITS CURRENT SWEEPING ROUTES.
DUE TO THE DECREASED OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY ASSOCIATED WITH ALTERNATE SIDE SWEEPING THE CITY WOULD INCUR ADDITIONAL SERVICE COSTS.
THE, AN THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL COST TO REVISE THE CURRENT CONTRACT FOR THESE SERVICES WOULD INCREASE BY $935,124 A YEAR.
THE TOTAL ESTIMATED IMPLEMENT IMPLEMENTATION COST TO TRANSITION FROM SAME SIDE STREET SWEEPING TO ALTERNATE SIDE STREET SWEEPING, INCLUDING THE REQUIRED PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLES EQUIPMENT AND STAFF WOULD BE ONE A LITTLE OVER 1,333,000 FOR THE FIRST YEAR.
THIS AMOUNT WOULD COVER UPDATES TO SIGNAGE AND INCREASE STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT AND ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT STAFFING.
AFTER THE FIRST YEAR, IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THE ANNUAL COST OF THE TRANSITIONING FROM SAME SITE STREET SWEEPING TO ALTERNATE SITE SWEEPING WOULD BE $1,092,124.
UM, MAYOR WILL AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, UH, KENTO.
UM, MR. ACTING CITY MANAGER CAN THE, CAN THE HIGHER COSTS BE OFFSET BY EXAMINE AREAS THAT REQUIRE LESS MAINTENANCE? SO THAT WAY, UH, LET'S SAY RIGHT NOW THERE MIGHT BE WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING, BUT THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT ARE JUST LOW MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
SO THEN THAT WAY IT WOULD LOWER THE COST FROM THAT ESTIMATE.
THAT, UM, COST OF ONE MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL, MR. COUNCILMAN, UM, OTHER OPTIONS IS DIRECTED BY THE COUNCIL CAN BE CONSIDERED.
ANY, ANY OTHER COUNCIL QUESTION? UH, OKAY.
I THINK, UH, HAS THE CITY, HAS CITY STAFF BEEN, UH, COLLECTING ALL THE DATA OF, OF RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT REGARDING THEIR STREETS? YES, WE HAVE.
AND SO, SO WOULD IT BE, WOULD THAT BE CONSIDERED CASE BY CASE BASIS, UH, UH, ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS BY MAKING THOSE STREETS A ALTERNATE SCHEDULES? UM, IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT WE'VE HAD CONCERNS ON MOST STREETS IN THE CITY, IF NOT ALL THE EXCEPTION OF SOME OF THE ONES MAYBE IN THE HILLSIDES.
UM, BUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN ALL THE DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS, UH, WE'VE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT ALTERNATE SIDE UM, SWEEPING.
SO ARE YOU SAYING THE WHOLE CITY WANTS IT CHANGED OR
WHAT, WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? I WOULD SAY WE'VE RECEIVED CONCERNS FROM EVERY PART OF THE CITY.
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SO, SO WE PROBABLY SHOULD TELL YOU TO GO RENEGOTIATE THE DEAL WITH NATIONWIDE THEN.WOULDN'T THAT BE MORE JUST, I MEAN, MORE LOGICAL OR THAT ITEM WAS PULLED FOR TONIGHT, BUT, UM, IF THE COUNCIL WERE TO INCREASE OR GO TO A, A DIFFERENT PLAN, YES.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY THE COST BREAKDOWN, BECAUSE SOUND LIKE VAGUE TO ME BECAUSE, UH, WHEN THIS STARTED, OKAY.
AND, UH, WHAT THE RESIDENT ONE IS, WE WANNA HAVE A CLEAN CITY, AND THEN WE WANT TO OKAY.
WEEKLY FREE SWEEPING AFTER TRASH DAY.
AND SO NOW WE NEED TO KNOW HOW TO BE MORE CONVENIENT BECAUSE THAT TIME THEY WANT TO DO MAYBE FIVE, SIX HOURS.
WE SAY TOO LONG, WE WANNA CUT DOWN TO THREE, FOUR HOURS.
CONVENIENT FOR THE PEOPLE TO PARK BACK THIS AND THAT.
BUT KIND OF WE MISSED ABOUT, OKAY.
THE, THE SAME AREA, THE SAME TIME, BECAUSE WE NOT PROFESSIONAL, WE DEPEND ON THE PROFESSION THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS, THE, THE NATIONWIDE TO TELL US WHAT IS A SUFFICIENT WAY.
AND PLOT TO INSTALL THE, THE, THE SIGN.
AND THE IDEA IS NOT TRYING TO FIND PEOPLE, IT'S TRYING TO CLEAN THE, THE STREET.
SO ANYTIME WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY CLEAN AND THEN THEN THE RIGHT OF WAY WASTE CAN PARK BACK.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE THESE THREE, FOUR HOURS, THEY HAVE TO BE NO PARKING AT ALL.
BUT AGAIN, ALLOW THE THREE SWEEPER TO CLEAN THE STREET WEEKLY, AND THEN ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE STREET, SOME, SOME CONTINENT NEVER BE MOVED.
SO HOPEFULLY CAN HELP WITH THIS.
I THINK WHY I RECEIVED THE EMAIL AND THE RESIDENT, THEY VERY COOPERATED.
JUST THEY WILLING TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS GOOD TO CLEAN OUR STREET.
BUT I THINK THE WAY IS HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM MORE CONVENIENT RATHER THAN WALKING SIX BLOCK THIS, THIS IS RIDICULOUS.
AND LAST TIME THE LADY SAY TWO O'CLOCK, AFTER SHE FINISH HER JOB, SHE HAVE TO WALK TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
AND THE FATHER HAVE TO PICK HER UP.
SO HERE IS WHAT WOULD BE THE COST.
AND IF WE GO TO ALTERNATE, OKAY.
AND THIS STREET OVER HERE, STREET OVER THERE, WHAT IS THE COST? OKAY.
AND, UH, CAN WE CHANGE THE SIGN? SO THE THIRD THING IS WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? THE SECOND THING, WHAT IS THE COST? OKAY.
THIRD THING, HOW SOON WE CAN, IF WE DECIDE TO DO THIS, HOW SOON WE CAN IMPLEMENT.
SO THE, THE PEOPLE CAN REALLY OBEY.
THEY WILL COOPERATE SO THAT WE CAN CLEAN THE STREET.
IT'S NOT TRYING TO GIVE PEOPLE FINE OR ANYTHING.
SO, SO DID YOU HAVE A COURSE ANALYSIS? OKAY.
AND BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I THINK I RECEIVE MAYBE 20 OR 15 ABOUT EMAIL REGARDING THE ISSUE.
SO ABOUT THE ALTERNATE, AND WE KNOW SOME APARTMENT AREA OR SOME STREET, THEY ARE MUCH MORE OKAY.
UH, WITH, UH, WITH A, WITH A, OKAY.
AND THE AREA, SO THEY HAVE NO PARKING.
SO HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE OKAY.
FOR THEM TO, TO HAVE A WAY TO PARK? DO YOU HAVE A NUMBER? OKAY.
SO AT LEAST WE CAN KNOW WHAT WE GET INTO IT AND MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION TO BE CONVENIENT AND AFFORDABLE AT THE SAME TIME.
WHO ONE WOULD BE A BETTER FOR EVERYBODY? SO THROUGH OUR REPORT AND ISSUE APP, THROUGH EMAILS, PHONE CALLS, UH, WE'VE PROBABLY CAPTURED PROBABLY ABOUT 800, UH, RESIDENTS THAT HAVE CONTACTED US REGARDING SIGNAGE ISSUES AND THE FACT THAT THEY WANTED ALTERNATE, UM, STREET SWEEPING SIDES, UM, TO BREAK DOWN THE COSTS.
IF ON YOUR REPORT IT, IT BREAKS DOWN A, A ONE TIME AND A REOCCURRING COST IF WE WERE TO GO TO ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO IN SUMMARY, SO RIGHT NOW, UNDER THE CURRENT CONTRACT, CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS AND THE CURRENT SIGNAGE AND ROUTE AS IT EXISTS, IT COSTS THE CITY ABOUT $1.8 MILLION A YEAR FOR THE STREETS.
$1.8 MILLION FOR ALTERNATE? NO, THAT IS THE CURRENT PROGRAM.
IF WE WERE TO GO TO ALTERNATE, NOT 1.3.
NO, YOU GOTTA FACTOR IN THE, UM, STAFF COSTS.
WHAT STAFF? THE ENFORCEMENT STAFF.
I'M GOING OFF BUDGETED NUMBERS.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EXIST, THE EXISTING PROGRAM.
WHY WOULD WE NEED TO HIRE MORE ENFORCEMENT STAFF? DIDN'T SAY THAT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT SO, SO WHY IS THE EXISTING IS RIGHT NOW.
SO, BUT WHAT WOULD, WHY IS THE NATIONWIDE CURRENT CONTRACT SUPPOSED TO BE DISCUSS, DISCUSSED TONIGHT IS 1.3, RIGHT? YES.
SO IF WE, I WANT TO APPLE TO APPLE, I'M TALKING ABOUT 1.4 OR 1.3, BUT IF WE CHANGE THE ALTERNATE, HOW MUCH INCREASE?
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I THINK IT WOULD BE MUCH EASY TO UNDERSTAND.IF WE GO TO ENTIRE CITY OR CASE BY CASE, BECAUSE SOME AREAS THEY, THEY, OKAY.
SOME AREA, OKAY, THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO WE, WE, WE CHANGE INTO THE AREA, HAVE THE ISSUE FIRST.
AND, UH, OKAY, THEN WE MAKE SURE, BECAUSE LAST TIME WE TALKING ABOUT YOU ALREADY HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY FOLLOW THE, THE, THE, THE, OKAY.
AND THE SWISS SWEEPER, AND THEY ALREADY FIND OUT WHICH THE LOCATION HAVE THE ISSUE AROUND THE SCHOOL.
WHEN THEY DROP OUT THEIR KID, THEY ABSOLUTELY NEED TO CHANGE THE TIME.
OKAY? AND SOME AREA HAVE APARTMENT, THEY REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME BECAUSE THE PARKING IS PRETTY TOUGH AND THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED TO, TO, SO WE CAN HAVE THEM, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM WITH ALTERNATE DATE, THIS AND THAT.
AND THEN SOME AREA MAY BE IN SOME AREA THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM, NO ISSUE AT ALL.
SO, SO, SO WHAT THE ANALYSIS BASED ON TODAY, WE WANT TO MAKE A DECISION.
WE HAVE TO, BASED ON THAT ANALYSIS, WHY YOU COME OUT AND THE COST, IF WE GO ENTIRELY CHANGING EVERYTHING, OKAY, BACK TO ALTERNATE AND HOW MUCH WILL COST.
AND TO, TO, TO, TO DO THE NATIONWIDE.
OKAY, HOW MUCH IS THAT? AND PLUS, OKAY.
AND THEN WE GO TO COST TO CHANGE, PUT A STICKER AND THEY, IT WILL BE MORE PERMANENT.
SO WE CAN, BASED ON OUR BUDGET AND HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE, BUT AGAIN, UH, CASE BY CASE, OKAY.
AND, UH, WITH ANALYSIS, WITH, UH, THE, THE, OKAY, THE STAFF REPORT TO US AND A LOT OF AREA, WE NEED TO ADJUST THAT.
BUT SOME AREA, NO POINT, NO POINT TO ADJUST.
SO, SO WHAT'S THE, WHAT IS THE, THE, THE DIFFERENT CHARGE.
ON THE BUDGET, DO YOU HAVE THAT NUMBER? YEAH.
SO IF, AGAIN, IF WE WERE TO GO TO ALTERNATING SIDES OF THE STREET, THE ONETIME COST, UH, FOR EQUIPMENT, UM, I'M, I'M NOT GOING TO OVER EQUIPMENT.
I'M TALKING ABOUT NATIONWIDE, SWISS SWEEPING.
IF THEY DO ALTERNATE WITH A DIFFERENT STREET AND ENTIRE CITY, DO YOU HAVE A COST FOR THAT? OKAY.
BECAUSE THAT IS THE WHAT, HOW THEY CHARGE US.
IF CURRENTLY THEY GIVE US 1.3, IT'S THE SAME TIME EASY FOR THEM TO MOVE THEIR TRUCK.
BUT IF THEY CHANGE INTO ALTERNATE WITH DIFFERENT TIME, WHAT IS INCREASE ON, ON, ON THE BUDGET? THE, THE INCREASE TO THE BUDGET WOULD BE $935,000 ON TASK ON THE 1.3, JUST ON THE CONTRACT.
SO BASICALLY THE CURRENTLY OUR COUNTRY 1.3, SO PLUS 900, $2.1 MILLION.
JUST AS A SOLUTION, I, I RECOMMEND THAT WE OPT AS HEAR ME OUT FIRST, UM, BUT THAT WE OPT FOR, UH, RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE.
SO WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN, UM, REMEDY THE SITUATION THAT'S FACED BY PEOPLE ACROSS THE CITY, BUT WITH A CAVEAT OF GIVING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AND STAFF SOME AUTHORITY TO MAKE SOME CHANGES BY MODIFYING AREAS THAT, THAT REQUIRE LESS MAINTENANCE.
SO IT ISN'T 935,000 BECAUSE WHAT THAT IS, IT'S NOT FACTORING IN, UH, THE, THE, THIS COST SAVINGS THAT WOULD RESULT IN LOWERING THE NUMBER OF, OF TIMES PER MONTH THAT CERTAIN STREETS WOULD BE SWEPT BECAUSE THERE ISN'T A NEED THERE BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PLA NOT EVERYWHERE.
THERE ARE PLACES THAT ARE HIGH DENSITY THAT HAVE MORE NEED, BUT THERE ARE PLACES THAT LOWER DENSITY THAT, THAT, THAT CAN BE FINE WITH EVERY TWO WEEKS STILL.
SO JUST AS A, AS A, AS A PRACTICAL MATTER, IF WE WERE TO GO WITH RECOMMENDATION NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD IMMEDIATELY PROVIDE RELIEF TO EVERYONE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO, TO PRO PROCEED FORWARD WITH REROUTING AND FIXING ALL OF THIS.
AND CONCURRENT WITH THAT, UH, IF WE WERE TO GIVE THEM THE AUTHORITY TO JUST MAKE, MAKE CHANGES BY LIMITING STREET SWEEPING IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE THE, WHERE IT'S, UH, IT'S, THERE ISN'T A LOT OF TRASH OR ANYTHING, THEN THAT WAY IT WOULD MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF GOING, UH, UH, THE ROUTE OF GOING UP.
STREET, STREET SWEEPING AND BEING ON NO PARKING IN BOTH SIDES.
SO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CASE BY CASE? NO, NO, IT'S, UH, NUMBER ONE ON OPTIONS.
ONE, ONE WITH OPTIONS TO TO, TO, NOT CASE BY CASE, BUT DO AN ENTIRE TO REALLY, REALLY FO FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT WE PUSH FOR NO, FOR NO STR UH, NO ELIMINATING THE SITUATION OF WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO PARK.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, GIVING STAFF THE LATITUDE TO, TO CHANGE CERTAIN SCOPES IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE STREET SWEEPING MAINTENANCE IS, IS NOT AS NECESSARY THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO FIX THE PROBLEM.
I I ISN'T CASE BY EXACTLY, BUT I THINK, OKAY, I GO BACK TO YOU.
I, I THINK, OKAY, WHEN WE GO TO WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING, WE NEED TO BE FAIR, ALL THE OLDER THREE NEED TO BE WEEKLY.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT FAIR FOR EVERYBODY PAY TAXES.
OKAY, ONE WEEK, SOME TWO WEEKS.
I THINK IF WE GO, OKAY, IT SHOULD BE EASIER.
WEEKLY, EVERYBODY AFTER TRASH DAY.
OKAY? SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY, WE DON'T HAVE A OKAY.
BUT NOW WE WORK ON THE, THE TIME I DID, I THINK THE PROBLEM ISSUE THEY HAVE IS
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ALTERNATE.OKAY? SO HOW CAN WE MAKE THEM TO MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM? OKAY.
THEY, I DON'T, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYBODY BESIDE ONE LADY THEY TALKING ABOUT, OKAY.
AND TWO WEEKS IS FINE, BUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE, THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH CT, THEY JUST WANT THE ALTERNATE.
SO THEY HAVE A EASY CAN PARK ACROSS THE STREET AND THIS AND THAT.
THEY'RE NOT AGAINST WEEKLY STREET SWEEPING.
THEY JUST SAY, HEY, GIVE US PARKING ACROSS THE STREET MUCH CLOSER, NOT WALKING SIX BLOCKS.
SO HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE THEIR NEED AND WITH WHAT THEY WANT? OKAY.
AND THEN WE SHOULD ACCOMMODATE.
SO THEY, THEY WILL NEED TO WORK WITH US.
WE WILL NEED TO ACCOMMODATE WITH YOU.
WE HAPPY FAMILY AND WE GET A JOB DONE.
AM I RIGHT, MR. MAYOR? SO, OKAY, SO ANYWAY, OKAY.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, I WASN'T HERE WHEN THIS HAPPENED, BUT, UM,
UM, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, LISTENING TO THE VOTERS AND WHAT, AND THE, THE RESIDENTS, WHAT THEY WANT, I THINK THEY, THEY WANT ALTERNATE SCHEDULING, UH, TO ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE PARKING.
UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT ALL STREETS NEED TO BE CLEAN.
UM, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, ORDERING STICKERS, REVISED INSTALL SIGNAGE AND PREPARE RESOLUTION, YOU KNOW, SO THESE NUMBERS, UH, WILL INFLATE LIKE THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT DID, I THINK IT WAS WHAT, HOW MUCH WAS THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT? 700,000 FOR SIGNS.
SO APPROXIMATELY, I THINK WHY, WHY COULDN'T PUBLIC WORKS BUY A STICKER MACHINE? ISN'T THAT POSSIBLE FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO BUY THE, A ADEQUATE MACHINE TO ACTUALLY PRINT THEM THEMSELVES? NO.
UM, THESE ARE SPECIALIZED STICKERS.
AND WHEN I SAY STICKERS, THESE ARE MORE SIMILAR TO YOUR DMV TAGS.
THERE'S, THEY'RE CUSTOMIZED, GEE, YOU CAN'T PEEL THEM OFF.
IT WOULDN'T, A NORMAL STICKER CAN BE PEELED OFF.
THESE ARE A SPEC SPECIFIC MAGNETIC TYPE GLUE STICK.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A, OKAY, GREAT.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A, A PRINTER THAT ACTUALLY DOES THAT.
SO MAYBE'S A COMPANY THAT DOES THAT, CORRECT? WELL, THERE'S A COMPANY, BUT I WANT, I WANT TO KNOW IF IT'S CHEAPER IF IN-HOUSE, IF WE DO IT IN-HOUSE WITH, IF WE BUY THAT MACHINE, I CAN EXPLORE THAT OPTION FOR YOU.
UH, MR. MAYOR? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, IT'S NOT A MATTER OF AN ABSENCE OF FAIRNESS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T FEEL THAT THE STREET SWEEPING SHOULD BE MOVED TO ONCE A WEEK.
SO IT'S ALSO A MATTER OF IT NOT BEING FAIR WHEN PEOPLE ARE RIGHT NOW NEEDING TO NOT BE INCONVENIENCED BY HAVING TO WALK SEVERAL BLOCKS.
SO THAT'S WHY THE FIRST SOLUTION, IF WE WERE TO DO THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION, BUT THEN MAKE, GIVE STAFF THE LATITUDE TO, TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS WHERE IF THE AREA'S CLEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY WOULD NECESSARILY SAY, HEY, GOSH, YOU'RE NOT HERE EVERY WEEK.
BUT IT WOULD AT LEAST SAVE COSTS, WHICH WOULD THEN SAVE OUR HELP WITH OUR BUDGET WHILE ADDRESSING THE, THE, THE, THE NEED NOT TO HAVE NO PARKING ON BOTH SIDES ON THE SAME DAY.
UM, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE DO HAVE THIS PROBLEM, UM, CITYWIDE AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHICH STREETS WE WANNA SWEEP, WHICH STREETS WE DON'T.
AND I WOULD SAY FOR CONSIST CONSISTENCY PURPOSES THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE TO MAKE IT ALTERNATE DAYS.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT WOULD MM-HMM
AND I, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY HAVE NOT COMPLAINED YET.
AND I THINK THAT ONCE YOU START ISSUING THOSE CITATIONS, BELIEVE YOU ME, THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SCREAMING AT US.
AND, UH, ARE YOU GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION? OKAY.
WANNA DO IT OR, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OPTION NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS REVISE THE STREET SHIP PROGRAM TO BE ALTERNATE SITE.
ALTERNATE DAY BY DIRECTING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE WITH NATIONWIDE AND PRESENT AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND NATIONWIDE TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS APPROVAL AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, AND I GUESS IT GOES ON AND SAYS, ORDER STICKERS, REVISE THE INSTALL SIGNAGE, PREPARE RESOLUTION TO UPDATE THE STREET, STREET BEING PARKING, RE UH, UH, I GUESS WELL, WHATEVER, WHATEVER OPTION ONE IS.
YEAH,
COUNCIL MANIA, IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? COUNCILMAN MANIA IS WHAT HE SAY YOU WANT.
YOU, YOU WANT A SECOND? YOU SECOND MR. MAYOR, JUST, OKAY.
I JUST FINISHED THE FIRST AND SECOND THEN GO AHEAD.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE FIRST, WE HAVE SECOND.
UM, WOULD, WOULD THERE BE JUST, JUST A SMALL AMENDMENT WITH THE, WITH THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, BE WILLING JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE LATITUDE WITH REGARD TO, TO, TO GIVE STAFF LATITUDE IN CASE THERE ARE AREAS THAT, THAT DON'T REQUIRE STREET SWEEPING ON BOTH SIDES.
SO THAT WAY AT LEAST WE CAN OFFSET THE COST.
IT'S, THAT'S A SMALL AMENDMENT.
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THEN, OKAY.SO, SO YEAH, WE JUST FOCUS ON WHAT ALTERNATE DAY AND THEN, AND THEY MAKE SURE OUR STREET'S CLEAN AND THEY'LL NEGOTIATE WITH A GOOD PRICE.
AND NOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO SEND CONTRACT.
NOW THEY CONTINUE TO STICK WITH WHAT THEY HAVE.
WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND AND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
SO FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE A FIRST BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
MAYOR PRO TEM, LET LOPEZ LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT SHE'S ABSENT AND MAYOR WU AYE.
AND THE APPROVE FOUR ZERO, AND THEN IT'S MAKE IT ALTERNATE FOR PEOPLE TO BE CONVENIENT.
UH, CITY MANAGER, BETTER TO NEGOTIATE GOOD PRICE.
OKAY, SO ANYWAY, AND, UH, LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA
[17) PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED AUDIT OF CITY PARTNERED SPECIAL EVENTS WITH NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS]
NUMBER SEVEN 17 ABOUT, UH, OKAY.OUR EVENT CAUSE AND, UH, DISCLOSURE.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE COMING BACK TO YOU, UM, UH, REGARDING A MOTHER.
MAY I REQUEST, UM, THIS IS A PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON A CITY COUNCIL REQUESTED AUDIT OF CITY PARTNERED SPECIALS EVENTS WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
UM, CITY PARTNERED AND SUPPORTED EVENTS ARE ONE OF THE HALLMARKS OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO HOST SPECIAL EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT RANGE IN SIZE AND AND SCOPE.
UM, MANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN HOSTED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND AGAIN, JUST HELPS TO STRENGTHEN THE BONDS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN OUR NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND OUR CITY, AND ALLOWS OUR CITY TO EXTEND ITS REACH.
SOME OF THESE INCLUDE THE EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA AND PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB OF WEST COVINA, THE MOON FESTIVALS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA.
THE KIWANIS CARD TOBER FEST HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S FESTIVAL OF RIGHTS, THE KIWANIS CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARADE IN SAN VILLAGE.
AND WE ALSO HAVE AN ARRAY OF NONPROFIT FACILITY USES, UM, THAT DON'T NECESSARILY, UM, HAVE AN MOU.
SO THE REQUEST FOR PRESENTATION AND AUDIT STEMMED FROM A JUNE 17TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL FORMALLY REQUESTED A PRESENTATION AND AUDIT AUDIT OF EXPENDITURES RELATED TO COMMUNITY EVENTS CONDUCTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
THESE CITY PARTNERED EVENTS IDENT, THE, THE CITY PARTNER EVENTS IDENTIFIED FOR THE REVIEW AND AUDIT ARE THOSE FOR WHICH THE CITY ENTERED INTO A ME RANDOM OF UNDERSTANDING OR HAD A FACILITY USE THAT INVOLVES SOME CITY COORDINATION.
AND SO WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS REALLY CREATE A DISTINCTION OF WHERE WE WERE GOING TO BEGIN THIS AUDIT, BECAUSE THROUGH THIS AUDIT PROCESS, WE DID DISCOVER THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER OF, UM, VALUED PARTNERSHIPS THAT THE CITY HAS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY FALL INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES, AND WE CAN DISCUSS THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
UM, IN THIS PRESENTATION, THOSE NONPROFITS WERE CONTACTED TO VOLUNTARILY PROVIDE FINANCIAL AND PROGRAMMING INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT REPORT.
IN RESPONSE, THIS PRESENTATION PROVIDES A PRELIMINARY OVERVIEW OF EVENT RELATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEARS OF 2022 THROUGH 2024.
BEFORE I MOVE ANY FURTHER, I WANNA PREFACE THIS PRESENTATION BY SAYING THAT NOT ALL OF THE EVENTS NECESSARILY WERE HELD IN 2022.
SOME OF THEM MAY HAVE STARTED 2023 OR LATER.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE, THIS PRESENTATION WILL COVER THOSE YEARS, UM, AND THOSE EVENTS, UM, THAT FALL WITHIN THIS TIME PERIOD.
AND THAT MET THE OTHER CRITERIA, THE MOU OR HAD A FACILITY USED WITH CITY COORDINATION, UM, ARE PART OF THIS PRESENTATION.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH THE EASTER EGG EXTRAVAGANZA.
UM, THIS IS AT HELD AT BOTH CORTEZ PARK AND DEL NORTE PARK.
SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT OFFERING FAMILY-FOCUSED ACTIVITIES WITH EGG HUNTS, FOOD TRUCKS, CRAFTS, UM, CRAFTS ACTIVITIES, AND ENTERTAINMENTS CO-HOSTED WITH THE QANTAS AND SUPPORTED BY CITY STAFF.
THE EVENT IS HELD IN TWO LOCATIONS, CORTEZ PARK AND DEL NORTE PARK.
UM, AN MOU IS INTER ENTERED INTO WITH CITY PROVIDING THE FACILITY STAFF ACTIVITIES, SUPPLIES, AND ENTERTAINMENT.
THE KIWANIS PROVIDES VOLUNTEERS ACTIVITIES AND SUPPLIES AT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXPENSE.
SO WHEN WE ENTER INTO AN MOU, THE MOU MAKES A DISTINCTION BETWEEN WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES VERSUS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE ORGANIZATION OR THE ENTITY'S RESPONSIBILITIES.
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MEMORIALIZING WHAT THAT RELATIONSHIP LOOKS LIKE, UM, BUT IT ALSO ALLOWS US, THE CITY AS WELL AS THE ORGANIZATION TO BE ABLE TO RESPONSIBLY TRACK THE ROLES OF EACH ENTITY.SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK, UM, AT THE OVERVIEW, UM, OF THE EXTRAVAGANZA FINANCIALS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, AGAIN, THIS, THESE ARE PRELIMINARY NUMBERS.
UM, AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THESE ARE SELF-REPORTED.
THESE ARE NOT NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY AUDITED BY A THIRD PARTY, UM, BECAUSE WE ARE GIVING THE COUNCIL AN UPDATE TONIGHT.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO TAKE A LOOK.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, UM, THE TYPES OF INCOME THAT EACH RECEIVE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THE QAS CLUB DOES RECEIVE PARTNERSHIP, EXCUSE ME, RECEIVE SPONSORSHIPS TO HELP OFFSET THEIR EXPENSES.
UM, THE OTHER IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS RELATIONSHIP IS THAT THE KIWANIS ALSO PROVIDES VOLUNTEERS 10 TO 15 VOLUNTEERS FOR EACH OF THEIR EVENT.
SEEMS TO BE WHAT HAS BEEN, UM, THE ROUTINE FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
UM, THE CITY DOES COLLECT SOME INCOME, SOME FEES.
UM, WE COLLECT VENDOR FEES WHEN WE HAVE VENDORS AT THOSE LOCATIONS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE PAYROLL CALCULATIONS, UM, ARE NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT.
BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THIS EVENT ARE THE NON-PAYROLL EXPENSES, UM, THAT ARE RELATED TO THE CITY.
UM, AGAIN, I'LL GIVE YOU A MOMENT TO DIGEST.
UM, WE CAN ASK QUESTIONS LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION OR YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS NOW.
SO THIS IS AN EMERGING FALL EVENT FEATURING CAR DISPLAYS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S FESTIVAL OF RIGHTS.
TOBRA FEST WAS ORIGINALLY A STANDALONE EVENT IN 2022 AND 2023 WITH CITY EXPENSES REALLY JUST RELATING TO STAFF.
IN 2024, THE EVENT WAS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY'S ALREADY BUDGETED AND ESTABLISHED FESTIVAL OF FRIGHTS.
UM, AN MOU IS ENTERED INTO WITH CITY PROVIDING STREET CLOSURES.
THE CUIS ORGANIZED THE CAR SHOWS PARTICIPANTS ALONG WITH PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS ACTIVITIES, PRE PLANNINGS AND SUPPLIES AT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXPENSE.
SO AGAIN, A VERY SIMILAR, UM, SPREADSHEET THAT WE HAD BEFORE.
UM, WE TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF INCOME THAT THE QIS RECEIVES.
WE TALK ABOUT THE TYPES OF FEES, UM, THAT THEY CHARGE, UM, IN ORDER TO, UM, ADD INTO THAT INCOME.
AND THEN AGAIN, UM, THE QIS CLUB'S EXPENSES THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR EVENT.
UM, WE ALSO HIGHLIGHT THEIR VOLUNTEERS.
AGAIN, THEY'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT, UM, WITH THEIR NUMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS BASED ON WHAT THEY'VE REPORTED.
UH, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IN 2022, UM, THE RE THE CITY DID RECEIVE, UM, A DONATION FROM THE KIWANIS FOR, UM, THE SENIOR CENTER, UM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $775.
UM, AGAIN, THOSE CALCULATIONS ARE UNAVAILABLE FOR PAYROLL EXPENSES.
UM, IN 2023, UM, THERE WERE NO NON-PAYROLL EXPENSES.
UM, AND THEN IN 2024, WHAT WE WANNA POINT OUT IS BECAUSE THIS, THE EVENT WAS HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FESTIVAL OF FRIGHTS, UM, WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB, REALLY JUST UTILIZING THEIR VOLUNTEERS FOR THEIR AREAS AND STAFF ALREADY BEING SCHEDULED FOR THE FESTIVAL OF FRIGHTS.
THERE WAS NOT, UM, AN IMPACT, UM, TO, UM, PAYROLL OR, OR THERE WASN'T PAYROLL EXPENSES BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.
SO BASICALLY THE BAND, THE STAGED ALSO, THERE'S UH, IS THE CITY.
IS THE CITY THE CITY BASICALLY PAY FOR ALL THE STAGE, CORRECT.
AND, UH, TO DOING THIS, JUST WANT TO CLARIFY.
UM, AND AGAIN, BECAUSE THE FESTIVAL OF FRIGHTS WAS, UM, ALREADY AN EVENT THAT WAS HAPPENING, IT WAS A TWO MU, IT REALLY WAS A MUTUAL BENEFIT.
YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE A SEPARATE STANDALONE EVENT AND, UM, IT ALLOWED, UH, THE ABILITY TO DROP IN, UNDERSTAND THE CAR SHOW INTO THAT EVENT.
I WANNA SAY THIS KIWANI CLUB IS ONE OF THE MOST OKAY.
ACTIVE, UH, MEMBERS TO HELP THE CITY TO PUT THE EVENT TOGETHER.
WITH, UH, OUR YOUTH COUNCIL TO OVER HERE TO BE A MAYORS TO BE.
AND, UH, I WANT TO THANK BRAD.
YOU'VE BEEN VERY DEDICATED TO PUT ALL THIS EVENT TOGETHER.
SO THAT'S WHY CITY HAVE ALL THIS EVENT.
SO, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELPING THE CITY.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO THE CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARADE, UM, AND SANTA'S VILLAGE.
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THIS IS ANOTHER EVENT THAT IS HOSTED ANNUALLY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WANIS CLUB.ACTIVITIES INCLUDE THE PARADE AND THE FLOATS, SOME MAKE SHIP FLOATS, SANTA'S VILLAGE VENDOR BOOTHS, PETTING ZOO AND HOLIDAY MUSIC.
UM, ONE OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF THIS PARADE IS THAT WE, THE KIWANIS CLUB REALLY EMPHASIZE HAVING THE CHILDREN TO BE THE STAR OF THE SHOWS AND THAT IT IS A WALKING PARADE.
UM, AND MOU IS ENTERED INTO WITH THE CITY PROVIDING THE FACILITY STAFF ACTIVITIES, STREET CLOSURES AND SUPPLIES.
AND THE KIWANIS ORGANIZED THE PARADE, UM, SANTAS VILLAGE VENDORS ALONG WITH PROVIDING VOLUNTEERS PRE-PLANNING AND SUPPLIES AT THE ORGANIZATION'S EXPENSE.
AND I WANT TO CLARIFY ONE THING, THE REASON YOU'RE SO DETAILED, I KNOW EVERYTHING BECAUSE YOU ARE THE MEMBER OF Q1 CLUB.
AND WE NEED TO PUT A DISCLAIMER OVER THERE.
YOU'RE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE, YOU ARE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
YOU ARE, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO PUT A DISCLAIMER.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S A CONFLICT.
NOTHING WRONG TO JOIN THE KANI CLOCK.
I WANNA JOIN KANI CLOCK, BUT HE SAY I'M NOT QUALIFIED.
I DON'T KNOW, BRAD, IS HE QUALIFIED? STAND ON THAT WHATSOEVER.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE, UM, THE NUMBERS.
THE, UM, INCOME IN TERMS OF SPONSORSHIP THAT THE QIS CLUBS WERE FEE, THE FEES, UM, THE INCOME IN TERMS OF VENDOR FEES.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE SANTA'S VILLAGE.
UM, THE EXPENSES, UH, THE VOLUNTEERS, AGAIN, CONSISTENT WITH THE 15 ADULTS AND 40 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS, UM, IN 2023 WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE CITY PAYROLL, OR EXCUSE ME, THAT THE CITY INCOME, WE DID RECEIVE A DONATION OF $2,000 FROM THE KIWANIS.
UM, AND THEN THE NON-CITY PAYROLL EXPENSES OF NINETY THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWENTY THREE AND 9,700 IN 2024.
UM, SO THAT THIS SPREADSHEET REPRESENTS THAT PARTICULAR EVENT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, AGAIN, YOU CAN MAKE 'EM NOW OR MAKE 'EM LATER.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA HOP INTO THE MOON FESTIVALS.
SO SINCE 2023, THE CITY HAS BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA TO HOST MOON FESTIVALS IN THE FIRST YEAR IN 2023.
THIS WAS A ONE DAY EVENT DUE TO THE SUCCESS OF THE EVENT, UM, THE AMOUNT OF FOOT TRAFFIC THAT WE RECEIVED IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND JUST THE OVERALL POSITIVE RECEPTION FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT WAS EXPANDED TO A TWO DAY EVENT IN 2024 FEATURING 200 PLUS VENDORS, ENTERTAINMENT AND PARTNERS.
UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PARTNERS FOR THE EVENT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE ABILITY FOR THE LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, TO REALLY SHOWCASE WHAT THEY HAVE, UM, TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN WEST COVINA.
UM, THIS CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA DONATED $5,000 TO THE WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION AND $5,000 CAME FROM THE ZING DAO GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
UM, ALSO DONATED TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION IN 2024.
AND MOU IS ENTERED INTO FOR THE MOON FESTIVALS WITH THE CITY, PROVIDING STAFF STREET CLOSURES, ASSISTED WITH COORDINATION SUPPLIES, ACTIVITIES, AND SOME OF THE ENTERTAINMENT.
C-A-A-W-C, UM, PROVIDES VOLUNTEERS, COORDINATES, VENDORS, PERMANENT APPLICATIONS, ENTERTAINMENT SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT EVENT ORGANIZATION, PRE-PLANNING, ET CETERA.
THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON, A LOT OF PRE-PLANNING THAT GOES ON, UM, FROM THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, UM, THEIR COMMITTEE, IF YOU WILL, UM, THAT DO PUT ON THIS EVENT.
UM, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT, UM, WE, WHEN THE REQUEST GOES FOR, UM, EXPENDITURES, IT IS A VOLUNTARY REQUEST.
WE'RE WORKING WITH VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WHO ARE PUTTING THE NUMBERS, WHO ARE GOING TO PUT THE, WHO PUT THE INFORMATION TOGETHER.
UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO REALLY, OTHER THAN TO REQUEST AND TO ASK.
AND BECAUSE THEY ARE, UM, A VALUED PARTNER, UM, THEY ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE PRESENTING THIS TONIGHT.
UM, SO PAYROLL EXPENSES, UM, ARE AVAILABLE AS WELL AS NON-CITY PAYROLL EXPENSES.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO BE UPFRONT ABOUT, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS WOULD BE A NATURAL QUESTION, IS WHY WOULD WE HAVE THE PAYROLL EXPENSES CALCULATED FOR 2023 AND 2024 FOR THIS PARTICULAR EVENT AND NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE OTHER ONES? WELL, THIS IS THE REASON WHY, BECAUSE IN THE PAST WE HAVE RECEIVED, UM, PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS REGARDING CERTAIN EVENTS.
AND WHEN THOSE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS GO OUT, A LOT OF THESE NUMBERS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
SO THAT IS WHY WE HAVE THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS ATTRIBUTED, PARTICULARLY FOR THIS EVENT.
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HAVE RECEIVED A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, SAY FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT.UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE DISTINCTIONS OR ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO, TO JUST BE UPFRONT WITH THE BODY ABOUT.
DID YOU GO BACK TO PREVIOUS ONE? SO OVER HERE YOU DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER.
I KNOW THEY PAY FOR THE, OKAY.
ALL THE RENTAL STAGE, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT, 50, $60,000, RIGHT.
FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THE SIGN IN FACT AND THE BATHROOM.
AND THEY ALSO IS PAID BY THE CAWC.
SO PAYROLL, HOW CAN PAYROLL FOR 64,000 WHERE THIS PAYROLL COMING FROM, IS THIS PAYROLL FOR THE CITY PAYROLL? CORRECT.
WHY 2024 JUMP INTO 64,900? IT SOUND LIKE VERY EXPENSIVE FOR CITY PAYROLL.
THE DISTINCT, POINTING OUT THE DIFFERENCE IN COSTS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD POINT TO IS THAT YOU MOVE FROM A ONE DAY EVENT, THE CITY MOVED FROM A ONE DAY EVENT TO HOSTING A TWO DAY EVENT.
UM, THE COSTS ARE GONNA GO UP IF, UH, TWO DAY TIME, TWO 30,000, IT SHOULDN'T GO TO 64,000.
SO DO YOU HAVE THE DETAIL? I WANT TO SEE THE DETAIL.
WE CAN MOST CERTAINLY PROVIDE THE DETAIL.
WE WANT TO SEE WHY ONE DAY IS, UH, $30,000 FOR THE STAFF.
WHY THE SECOND TIME TWO DAY BECOME 64,000? I'M, I'M PRETTY SURPRISED.
IT'S PRETTY PRICEY THEN IN THAT WAY.
THEN WE, THE CITY, WE NEED TO FIND A FUNDING FOR THAT STAFF OR WE SHOULD CUT DOWN OR MAYBE CHANGE VENUE.
AND REGARDING WHY COST SO MUCH JUST FOR STAFFING, BECAUSE I MIGHT REMEMBER THEY HAVE ABOUT 30 VOLUNTEER FOR THAT TODAY.
AND THE CWC WAS A LOT OF TROJANS OVER THERE.
THEY HANG OUT THE, THE CHECK OKAY.
BUT IN VOLUNTEER THEY PUT THE DECORATION, THEY START IN NINE, I WAS THERE, I SAW THEM, HOW THEY HELPED TO TAKE OFF THE STAGE, I TOOK.
MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THEY STAY TILL VERY LATE.
IT'S ABOUT, I THINK YOU THERE TOO, 30 VOLUNTEER KID IN 2023? I WAS THERE 20, 24 WAS, YEAH, IN 2023 I WAS THERE, I WAS THERE LATE AND I, I CAN, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTELY ATTEST FOR THAT.
AND, UM, I THINK 2024 YOU THERE TOO.
2023 WAS THERE LATE THE FRIDAY NIGHT BEFORE, UM, AND THEN 2024 I WAS THERE INTO THE EVENING.
YOU GUY, UH, INTRODUCED A LOT OF VENDORS.
ALL THE CALLS FOR THE STAGE AND THE SELLING SOUND SYSTEM AND, AND THAT IS ALL PAID BY MY UNDERSTANDING BY CAWC ACCORDING TO THE I, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK THEM TO PROVIDE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH THEY PAY.
I THINK THEY, MY UNDERSTANDING TOLD ME THEY, OKAY, THEY PAY OUT ABOVE $50,000 JUST FOR ALL THOSE EXPENDITURE.
BUT IF, UH, IF THE CITY PAY 64,000 THEN CITY IN THE LOST, THEN THEN WE GOTTA ISSUE TO DISCUSS HOW WE REDUCE OR SHOULD WE CHANGE IN EVEN WITH VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT, BUT HOW CAN THEY COST 64,000, JUST 4%.
NOW WHY ONE OF THE, I, FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR 2024, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOOK AT IS I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE OVERTIME COSTS TOO.
UM, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT IN 2024, I ONLY REQUEST TO HAVE A DETAIL ABOUT WHY 20 23 1 DAY IS $13,000.
THINK IT'S HIGH $13,000 FOR ONE DAY, BUT HOW CAN THE 2024 BECOME $64,000? WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE IN INFO THAT INFORMATION IN THE DETAIL.
WELL PLEASE LOOK INTO MAYBE OUR NEW OKAY.
OUR, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR CAN GET THE DETAIL OKAY.
SO WE CAN SEE TOTAL COST AND THE TOTAL CONTRIBUTION.
SO WE CAN SEE THE APPLE TO APPLE AND WE, WE WOULD BE HA YEAH, WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOME VERY PRICEY FOR THE STAFF CALL CALLS MM-HMM
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, UM, WHICH NON-PROFITS, UH, OKAY, SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WHICH NONPROFITS PARTICIPATED IN THIS VOLUNTARY AUDIT? WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY PARTICIPATED? IF YOU CAN BE A LITTLE CLEAR.
WELL, HOW DID YOU WELL, OKAY, I, I'M, I'LL GO DOWN A LIST RIGHT NOW, BUT JUST TO START IT OFF, BUT WHO SENT YOU THEIR NUMBERS? THE WEST.
AND IN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT FILM AT WEST FNA AGREED TO SEND YOU NUMBERS IN THE COMING WEEKS, MILAN? THAT IS CORRECT.
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HAS NOT COMMUNICATED WITH YOU WAS C-A-A-W-C.HAVE YOU SENT A-C-A-W-C REQUEST YET? WE DID SEND A REQUEST, UM, BACK IN JUNE TO THE CAWC PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT THAT WE HAD ON FILE.
SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN SOPHIA, WHEN, CAN YOU SEND AGAIN AN OR I WILL ASK THEM TO PROVIDE THE ABSOLUTELY NUMBER.
SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR THIS TOPIC.
UM, SO I'M GONNA START OFF BY SAYING, UM, IT'S A QUESTION FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY.
DOES MAYOR TONY WU HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN PARTICIPATING IN THIS AUDIT DISCUSSION RELATING TO A NONPROFIT THAT HIS WIFE, UH, IS A TREASURER AND FOUNDER OF IN THE MOU CONTRACT? WELL, I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL OPINION ON THAT.
UM, HOW WAS, UH, AND THIS COULD BE FOR CITY STAFF, HOW WAS THIS MONEY ALLOCATED AND HOW WAS THE MOU SIGN, UH, ACTUALLY BEFORE WE GO TO THERE IN 2022, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE YOU SAID WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T HAVE A MOON FESTIVAL IN 2022.
BUT YOU HAD, SO 2023 WAS THE FIRST MOON FESTIVAL, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU, THERE WAS A-C-A-W-C EVENT AND THAT THERE WAS A PERMIT WAIVE IS MY UNDERSTANDING FOR A BANQUET THAT HAPPENED AT THE SPORTSPLEX, RIGHT? UH, YES.
UH, I THINK THEY HAVE, UH, THE RENDER PLACE FOR THE INSTALLATION.
THERE IS A FACILITY USE 22 20 22.
AND SO IN 2022 THERE WAS A FACILITY USE ONLY, I THINK 2022 STARTED.
THEN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IN 2022 THERE WAS A DIFFERENT TIME CLOCK, UH, OR OR TIMEKEEPING SYSTEM COMPARED TO 2023 AND 2024.
AND SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED TO CALCULATE THE STAFF TIME FOR 2022.
IS THAT CORRECT? IN 2020, WHAT I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO IN 2023, WE HAD A DIFFERENT FIN, OR EXCUSE ME, 2022, WE HAD A DIFFERENT FINANCIAL SOFTWARE MM-HMM
UM, IN 2023 THAT A NEW FINANCIAL SOFTWARE WAS INTRODUCED.
UM, SO IF YOU ARE ASKING FOR 2022 NUMBERS, THOSE AREN'T AS READILY AVAILABLE AS SAY 2023.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC HAS AN UNDERSTANDING THAT IT'S NOT JUST BLACKED OUT AND THERE'S NO, NO, WELL, THERE WAS NO MOON FESTIVAL IN 2022, BUT THERE WAS THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE MM-HMM
UM, DISCUSSES THE MOON FESTIVALS.
AND YES, SIR, I THINK, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHY IN 2021, IT'S NOT A MOON FESTIVAL.
WE HAVE A SEVEN NON-PROFIT, THE SPRING FESTIVAL WHEN YOU STARTED MM-HMM
AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 10, 20,000 TO FOURPLEX AND THEN WITH, UH, CARNIVAL AND, UH, WE JUST OUT PANDEMIC AND WE HAVE ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE, ALMOST LIKE JULY 4TH POSSIBLE.
THAT ONE IS FROM, UH, FILIPINO ASSOCIATION AND THE JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTERS AND, UH, CA AND NWCP SEVEN NONPROFIT, UH, KOREAN.
SO YOU'RE THE PERSON WHO HOSTS A MEETING AND, AND WHY THAT PARTICULAR EVENT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED IN THIS IS BECAUSE THAT EXISTED BEFORE MOUS.
UM, WE DIDN'T, AND WE WEREN'T IN THE CITY PRIOR TO AND PRIOR TO, UM, I GOT HERE, DIDN'T ENTER INTO MOUS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.
UM, SO THAT IS WHY THAT PARTICULAR ONE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CAPTURED.
UM, AND WE COULD, AND THIS IS A, A BIG EVENT, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
AND WE HAVE A SEVEN, I THINK SEVEN NON-PROFIT.
AND YOU DID A ZOOM MEETING, OKAY.
AND, UH, AND EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE AND YOU JUST START WITH THE AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
IF, UH, BRIAN GUTTIER IS TALKING ABOUT, AND I THINK THEY HAVE, UH, I, I WASN'T THERE BECAUSE I I GOT A COVID.
SO THAT'S, UH, INSTALLATION THERE.
I THINK THEY LEASE A PLA PLACE.
I THINK THAT IS, UH, BUT LET'S NOT, UH, EVENT, IT'S MORE LIKE THE INSTALLATION.
THEY RENT A PLACE JUST LIKE BRIAN LEASE A PLACE FOR HIS NEPHEW AND A COUPLE TIMES WITH A BIG EVENT OVER THERE, BUT I PAID FOR IT.
I THINK THAT WHY I PAID, THAT'S WHY I PAID BY CI PAID FOR IT.
AND, UH, YOU JUST WANT, CAN I FINISH MY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE TAKING MY TIME? NO, NO, NO.
SO I I WANT THE CITY TO ANSWER IT THOUGH.
SO, UM, CITI, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS DINNER ALSO HAD STAFF, BUT YOU NEED TO, IT, IT'S GONNA TAKE YOU MORE TIME TO GET US THESE NUMBERS CORRECT.
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I IF YES, ANY OKAY.PAYROLL TYPE EXPENSES, UM, PAYROLL EXPENSES ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO CALCULATED.
I JUST WANNA KNOW, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY WHAT, WHAT YOU YES, IT WOULD, IT WOULD TAKE US, IT WOULD TAKE US SOME TIME TO, TO PULL THOSE NUMBERS.
AND THEN, UH, SO BACK TO THE OTHER QUESTION.
UM, HOW WAS THIS MONEY ALLOCATED AND, UH, HOW WAS THIS MOU SIGNED FOR, LET'S JUST SAY THOSE TWO MOUS YOU HAVE LISTED HERE IN 2023 AND 2024, WHO EXECUTED THOSE AGREEMENTS? SIGNING AUTHORITY GOES TO THE CITY MANAGER.
SO IN 2023, THE SIGNING AUTHORITY WOULD BE, UM, THE CITY MANAGER AT THE TIME, PAULINA MORALES, UM, 2024.
UM, SIGNING AUTHORITY AGAIN WOULD BE TO THE CITY MANAGER, PAULINA MORALES.
WILL THE COUNCIL VOTE ON THIS MOU THIS YEAR? AND IF SO, WHEN THE MOU IS BEING DRAFTED? UM, IT IS IN ITS FINAL STAGES.
UM, WE HAVE NOT BROUGHT MOUS TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE PAST BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S, UM, AUTHORITY TO SIGN.
UM, WE, WE CAN BRING THE MOU WELL, UM, THAT'S NOT MY UNDERSTANDING.
UH, CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU CLARIFY THAT, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT YOU WERE GONNA BRING IT TO THE SECOND, THE FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPTIONS.
SO NOW IT'S MY SIGNATURE AUTHORITY IS, OKAY.
SO IT'S NOT, OKAY, SO WHO, OKAY, NEXT ONE.
WHO TURNED IN THEIR NUMBER? OKAY, WE ALREADY ANSWERED THAT.
SO, UM, WAS CA, WHAT'S WAS C-A-A-W-C GIVEN ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THIS REQUEST? AND SO HOW, WHAT FORM IT WOULD'VE, IT WAS A LETTER THAT WAS MAILED SHORTLY AFTER, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
I WANNA SAY IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE END OF JUNE AND IT WOULD'VE GONE TO THEIR PRESIDENT.
AND DID YOU DO A FOLLOW UP EMAIL? IT WAS A, IT WAS A LETTER.
WE DID NOT DO A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL.
AGAIN, IT'S, IT WAS VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
SO THE, THE MOST RECENT, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE FROM WHAT THE MAYOR SAID, JUST CHECK IN WITH THEM AGAIN, IS WHAT IT IS, WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ALSO SENT THE EMAIL, SO YOU, YOU, YOU DID NOT, YOU ONLY SENT THAT TO LETTI LOPEZ REALDO OR NOT? WE DID NOT SEND AN EMAIL TO LETTI LOPEZ.
I HAVE THE EMAIL, I HAVE THE EMAIL IN FRONT OF ME.
IT WAS NOT SENT TO LETTI LOPEZ.
IT WAS SENT BY SUSIE PEREZ TO EMILY, WHO IS THE YOUNG LADY THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FILM? IT, IT WAS NOT, WAS SENT.
UH, AND, AND YEAH, WELL, EMILY AND, BUT THE NONPROFIT IS FOUNDED BY, BUT UM, WHEN IT CAME TO CAWC, DID THEY GET THAT EMAIL TOO? THEY RECEIVED A LETTER.
BUT THAT SPECIFIC EMAIL SENT BY SUSIE PEREZ, WHO DID I WHO WAS WHICH NONPROFIT GOT THAT EMAIL FILM AT WEST COVINA FILM.
UM, IS AN MOU IS NOT, EXCUSE ME, IS NOT AN MOU IS A FACILITY USE AND IS NOT NECESSARILY A, UM, ONE THAT WAS PART OF THE INTENT TO BE CAPTURED IN THIS WAY.
WE WERE LOOKING, WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THESE LARGER EVENTS, UM, MOU EVENTS THAT HAD THE MOUS.
UM, WE RECEIVED DI I RECEIVED DIRECTION TO INCLUDE FILM AT WEST COVINA, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, AN EMAIL WAS SENT.
TOM, IF THE COUNCIL, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR TOM.
IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES, CAN A MANDATORY AUDIT REQUIREMENT BE ADDED TO THE MOU? SURE.
A COUNCIL'S DIRECTION, IF YOU WANT TO ADD THAT, YOU CAN PUT IT IN.
AND TO ROXANNE, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OTHER CITIES THAT DO THIS? CAN YOU PLEASE ELABORATE THAT HAVE AN AUDIT REQUIREMENT IN AN MOUI AM.
SO WHEN I WORKED
FOR THE CITY OF LA PUENTE, WE DID DO AN MOU WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB, UM, THAT WAS IN LA PUENTE AT THE TIME.
AND ONE OF THE, UM, EXCHANGES, IF YOU WILL, FOR CITY SUPPORT IS THAT IT GAVE THE CITY THE ABILITY TO AUDIT THE BOOKS.
HOWEVER, WE, WHEN I WAS IN LA PUENTE, WE DID NOT DO A THIRD PARTY AUDIT.
IT WAS THE CITY HAD THE ABILITY, UM, THE CITY DID GO DOWN AND DID, UM, MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT AT THE TIME AND, UM, DID REVIEW THEIR BOOKS.
AND THEN, UM, TOM CAN, IF THE COUNCIL DECIDES, CAN THE COUNCIL
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DECIDE NOT TO REENTER INTO AN MOU WITH THE MEGA MOON FESTIVAL OR CAWC? CERTAINLY IT'S THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION.NEXT QUESTION IN THE, THIS IS FOR, UM, MILAN IN THE PAST, OR CURRENTLY IN THE PLANNING OF THE MEGA MOON FESTIVAL WITH CITY STAFF, HAS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL GIVEN DIRECTION OR SUGGESTION TO CITY STAFF ON DESIGN MUSIC REQUESTED OR ANYTHING RELATING TO THE MEGA MOOD FESTIVAL, INCLUDING POL REQUESTING POLICE AND FIRE PRESENCE AT THESE EVENTS, SUGGESTING OR DIRECTING, UH, DIRECTION SUGGESTIONS? SUGGESTIONS? YES.
WHAT, AND, UH, LET'S SEE, SEE, LET'S NOT BREAK IT DOWN HERE, BUT WHAT I WAS SHOWN, UH, IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT FOR THESE EVENTS IN 2023, SORRY, IN 2023, THE CITY GOT NO INCOME, SAY CITY INCOME DONATION BLANK.
IS THAT CORRECT? THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE A DONATION TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUND, WELL TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION THAT RECEIVES IT.
NO, BUT THEY DID RE WE DID RECEIVE THE $10,000.
SO 5,000 FROM, YEAH, THAT'S 2024.
AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ALL VENDORS THAT REQUIRED A FIRE PERMIT, WERE THEIR FEES WAIVED FOR THIS EVENT? THEY WERE WAIVED FOR THIS EVENT, JUST LIKE THEY'RE WAIVED FOR OTHER EVENTS THAT WE HOST WITH NONPROFITS YEAH.
AND THAT'S PART OF THEIR MOUS AS WELL, RIGHT? SAY THE QUESTION AGAIN, YOU WAS YOUR QUESTION OR WAIVED.
HUH? WELL, COULD YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
SO I WAS ASKING FOR THESE EVENTS FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE M FOR THE MEGA MOON FESTIVAL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S TONS OF VENDORS THAT NEED A FIRE PERMIT FEE.
WERE ALL, WERE ALL THESE VENDORS FEES WAIVED FOR THE FIRE OR THE CITY FEES? FIRE.
FIRE OR FIRE FEES? THEY WOULD'VE BEEN WAIVED.
UM, AND THEN, UM, SO, SO IN 2023, THE CITY HAD PAYROLL EXPENSES OF $13,124 AND 47 CENTS.
AND THEN IN 2023, CITY NON-PAY EXPENSES WAS $18,737 AND 75 CENTS.
BUT THEN THE CITY HAD NO INCOME IN BACK.
AND THEN IT WAS ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, THAT ALL VENDOR FEES, ALL SPONSORSHIP FEES, GO DIRECTLY TO CAWC.
THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA AND THE TAXPAYERS OF WEST VNA CITY HALL, CITY OF WEST VENA DO NOT GET ANY OF THAT MONEY.
IS THAT CORRECT? VENDOR FEES FOR THE MOON FESTIVAL ARE NOT COLLECTED BY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND, AND SPONSORSHIP FEES TOO.
THEY, THEY COLLECT ALL OF THE MONEY.
THE CITY DOES NOT, CITY STAFF DOES NOT SOLICIT SPONSORSHIPS FOR THE MOON FESTIVAL.
UM, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, SO THIS IS THE ONLY CHARITY THAT DID NOT COOPERATE IN THE AUDIT, BUT WHAT I'M LOOKING AT, THEIR 9 9 9 90 EZ PUBLIC FORMS ONLINE.
IT SHOWS, UM, IT SHOWS THE CFO IS OBVIOUSLY MAYOR RU'S WIFE.
AND IN 2020 THEY REPORTED AN INCOME OF 16,100.
IN 2021, THEY REPORTED AN INCOME OF $500.
BUT IN 2022, WHICH WOULD'VE BEEN THE FIRST YEAR THEY DID A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, SOMEHOW THEIR INCOME JUMPED 79,800.
AND IN 2023, THEIR INCOME JUMPED $65,938.
WHILE WEST VENA TAXPAYERS GOT NOTHING IN RETURN BESIDES IN 2024, WHICH I DO NOT HAVE THEIR NUMBERS 'CAUSE IT'S NOT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AT THIS TIME, UH, ONLINE.
BUT IN ALL THESE OTHER, ALL THESE OTHER YEARS, THE TAXPAYERS DIDN'T GET NO MONEY IN RETURN.
AND SO YOU WOULD THINK THAT A, A CHARITY WILL BE VOL VOLUNTEER, THEIR VOLUNTEER, THEIR NUMBERS TO THE TAXPAYERS OF WEST PHOENIX TO SHOW TRANSPARENCY IN WHAT PROFIT MARGINS WERE THEY MAKING THAT I THINK THE TAXPAYERS AT WEST VENA HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW FROM A NONPROFIT, HOW MUCH MONEY ARE YOU MAKING ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYERS AT WEST COVINA? AND SO I'LL CONCLUDE MY, MY, UH, MY QUESTIONS ON, ON THIS MATTER.
AND I WILL JUST SAY, UH, TRANSPARENCY IS KEY TO THE TAXPAYERS O WEST COVINA.
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UNDERSTAND.SOME OF THE OKAY THING, OKAY, LIKE, MY WIFE DONATE $2,000 AND THE CHAIRPERSON DONATE $3,000 EVERY OTHER YEARS OR EVERY YEAR.
SO DEPEND ON, AND THEN ALL THE MEMBER DONATE $500.
SO IT'S ALL THE RECORD, HAVE A CHECK EVERYTHING.
SO MOST OF THE MONEY IS DONATION FROM THE MEMBER.
SO THE CHAIRPERSON, THE, OKAY, VICE, VICE CHAIR, I THINK THERE IS A 2000 OR 3000.
SO ALL THE MEMBER DONATE THE MONEY.
SO WHEN YOU SEE THE INCOME POSSIBLE IS THE, THE YEAR THEY DONATE.
THE MONEY AND, UH, ALL THE, I THINK, OKAY.
AND, UH, EVERYTHING REGARDING THAT HAS A CHECK HAS TO PROVE AND REGARDING, OKAY.
EXPENDITURES ON THE MOON FESTIVAL AND, UH, ALL THE RENTAL, MY UNDERSTANDING OKAY.
AND THE BATHROOMS, THE, THIS AND THAT.
I THINK IT'S ABOUT $50,000 TO PAY OUT, UH, FOR THAT.
BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE A NUMBER FOR YOU GUYS TO REVIEW IT.
DONATION, HAVE A BANNER SHOWING THE, WHO IS THE OVER THERE.
AND THEY ANNOUNCED BY THE, UH, DJ OVER THERE ALL THE TIME.
SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SPONSOR.
AND PLUS I, REGARDING, I THINK THEY HAVE ABOUT MY UNDERSTANDING, LIKE LAST YEAR THEY ABOUT 30, UH, FULL VENDOR.
THE 30 FULL VENDOR THEY PAY, I THINK SOMETHING OKAY.
AND THEN THE, THE NON-FUEL, I THINK IS ONE OR $200, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE NON-PROFIT.
SO, SO IF THEY HAVE ABOUT 30 OR 40 PAY POSSIBLE, THE SCHOOL, THE HOSPITAL, OKAY.
AND, UH, THE, THE OKAY, THEY, THEY, THEY ALL GET IT FOR FREE.
AND, UH, THE IDEAS, OKAY, BASED ON CAWC, THE IDEA IS HOW CAN WE MAKE WEST COVIN ON THE MAP WITH, UH, BASICALLY WITH ALL THIS LIKE A SHOWCASE, THE SCHOOL OVER THERE, DISTRICT AND THE HOSPITAL OVER THERE, PORTAL OVER THERE AND 85 C OVER THERE.
EVERYBODY'S SHOWING ABOUT THE GOOD FACE OF OUR CITY.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE 10 OR 20,000 PEOPLE OVER THERE TO SHOWING OKAY, THE, OKAY, THE HOW GOOD THE CT FACE IS.
AND, UH, OKAY, ALL THIS CANNOT MAKE MONEY.
ALL THIS BASICALLY IS TRY TO DO DONATION.
AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE CWC CONSISTENTLY IN THE CITY COUNCIL DONATE MONEY INTO THE ALL THE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, CHILDREN, OKAY.
CHARITY, MEANING ALL THE INCOME HAVE TO DONATE OUT.
OKAY? EVERYTHING'S SHOWING OVER THERE.
BUT I, I KNOW ALL THESE MEMBER, THE CHINESE AMERICAN ARE VERY PASSIONATE TO TRY TO HELP OUT OUR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM.
I WANT TO GIVE THE CHILDREN HAVE A DENSITY PERFORMING.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE, FOR RICO, THE, THE, THE MESS.
ME, MEXICAN, THE FOLK DANCER, AND THEY NEED TO GO TO NEW YORK.
THEY DONATE CONSISTENTLY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TO SUPPORT SPONSOR THEM.
AND THE LAST TIME WE HAVE A CHEERLEADER, THEY DONATE 1000 AND THEN, AND THEY, THEY DONATE $5,000 FOR THE APP, THE, UH, PERFORMING ART ACADEMY.
SO, SO AGAIN, LAST TIME THEY DONATE $7,500 FOR THE POLICE, POLICE EXPLORER.
AND WHERE THIS MONEY COMING FROM? THE MONEY COMING FROM THE DONATION FROM THE MEMBER, AND I DONATE 7,500, UH, MY STIPEND.
AND, UH, TO GET $15,000 ON THE, OKAY.
A COUPLE MEETING AGO, AND TO GIVE THE $15,000 TO HAVE OUR POLICE EXPLORER, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SHOWING OKAY.
THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILLING TO PARTICIPATE NOT ONLY LED TO PUT A PROGRAM, ALSO DONATE CHARITY FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR OUR EXPLORER.
OKAY? AND THIS FUNDING WILL BE THERE.
AND, UH, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE ALL THE DIFFERENT GROUP TO PARTICIPATE.
WE WANT TO DIFFERENT OF NONPROFIT TO COMING IN.
AND THEIR COMMUNITY, THEY, THEY SHOULD PARTICIPATE AND THEY SHOULD HELP OUT.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
BUT IT SHOULD BE TAXPAYERS MONEY.
WE CAN, DON'T DO THIS IF YOU ARE REALLY ANGRY ABOUT THIS.
IF THE CITY DECIDE, I'M NOT GOING TO COOPERATE THIS AND THAT IS QUITE ALL RIGHT.
BUT, BUT WE, WE WANT TO SAY IT'S THIS.
AND, UH, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS, OKAY, TO HAVE MORE EVENT.
WE WANT ENCOURAGE MORE NON-PROFIT TO COME IN OKAY.
NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE CITY TO PAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, SPRING FESTIVAL IS A HUNDRED PERCENT CITY, CITY PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
SO, SO, SO WE HAVE A SUMMER COUNCIL, BASICALLY OCT.
THE REASON WE WANT TO SET UP THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS HOW THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO HELP
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OUT THE DONATION FOR OUR CITY EVENT.SO I THINK CITY EVENT IS UNIT OF OUR CITY TOGETHER.
AND EACH, EACH OF THE MEMBERSHIP, THEY OR EACH OF THE NON-PROFIT OR EACH OF A NONPROFIT OR ANY ORGANIZATION, THEY SHOULD COME IN TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CT FUTURE.
WE ARE HERE, THE NEIGHBOR, NO MATTER WHAT, AGREE, DISAGREE, WE SHOULD WORK TOGETHER, IMPROVE OURSELF.
WE TALKING ABOUT WE ALL DIFFERENT COLOR, DIFFERENT GROUP, THIS AND THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HERE FOR SHOWING THE ACTION TO WORK TOGETHER RATHER THAN TRY TO TEAR EVERYBODY DOWN WITH A CONSPIRACY THEORY.
OKAY? BUT MORE IMPORTANT THING, MORE IMPORTANT IS OUR CHILDREN FUTURE.
HOW WE CAN HELP THEM, HOW WE CAN UNITE THEM, HOW WE CAN SPREAD LOVE RATHER THAN HATE.
BUT MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS.
LET'S HAVE A MORE EVENT, LET'S HAVE A MORE PARTICIPATION CHARITY TO HELP OUR CHILDREN.
I THINK THIS IS WHY WE SITTING OVER HERE, OTHERWISE WHY WE'RE SITTING OVER HERE, WHY THOSE MEMBER WILLING TO PARTICIPATE WORK ON THIS VOLUNTEER AND THIS AND THAT.
RECENTLY WE RECEIVED A GIRL SCOUT, OKAY? AND UM, AND THEY WANT TO HELP US OKAY? TO CLEAN UP, OKAY, THE GLOUCESTER PARK AND TO TAKE CAMPING OVER THERE.
AND THIS IS WONDERFUL SUGGESTION AND PROJECT.
WE WANT THEM TO HAVE OWNERSHIP OF THE GL PARK, OKAY? AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN WORK TOGETHER PARTNERSHIP.
AND THE PARTNERSHIP MOST IMPORTANT THING IS CENTRAL COMMUNITY.
NOT EVERYTHING'S A GO GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT IS COMING FROM THE PEOPLE ANYWAY.
AND WHAT WE HEAR IS TO UNITED PEOPLE AND FOR DIFFERENT RACE.
CHINESE AMERICAN IS AMERICAN, OKAY? HISPANIC AMERICAN IS AMERICAN.
WE ALL AMERICAN IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO ANYWAY, AND I THINK OKAY, TO, TO SHOWING, OKAY, THE NUMBERS SHOULD BE, HAD ANY PROBLEM HAVE FOR CWC TO PROVIDE HOW MUCH THEY PAY OUT.
OKAY? I THINK THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT.
I NEVER HEARD ABOUT THEY RECEIVE A LETTER POSSIBLE, THE MAILING, OKAY.
BUT THEY HAVE NO PROBLEM TO OPEN THEIR BOOK TO SHOWING OKAY, THE COST, THIS AND THAT.
AND, UH, THEY EVEN, THEY HOW MUCH THEY PAY EVERY YEAR FOR THEIR MEMBERSHIP AND THEY'RE WILLING TO HELP OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
SO ANYWAY, AND THIS IS ONE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO CONTINUE? YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SPRING FESTIVAL AND THE MEGA MOON FESTIVAL IS THAT THE SPRING FESTIVAL, THE CITY GETS TO COLLECT, UH, THE FEES, UH, FOR THE MEGA MOON FESTIVAL.
ALL THE MONEY GOES INTO A CHARITY THAT'S FOUNDED BY UNFORTUNATELY YOUR WIFE.
UM, AND SO WHEN YOU COME TO 2024.
120 $100,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY WENT TO, UH, THIS FOR RESOURCES FOR THIS EVENT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU MENTION ALL THESE CHARITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY, IMAGINE WHAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO IF WE USE THAT 121,000 THOUSAND, 121 A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AND GIVE BACK SCHOLARSHIPS AND SPONSORSHIPS TO OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LOCAL CLUBS IN OUR COMMUNITY, LIKE THE GIRL SCOUTS AND BOY SCOUTS.
UH, SO THAT, THAT'S MY, MY CONCERN.
WE CAN BRING THE MOU AND THE CITY DECIDE OKAY.
THAT WANT TO CONTINUE, BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE REALLY WANT TO SEE WHY CITI COSTS SO MUCH MONEY ON THE PERSONNEL IS PRETTY SURPRISING.
BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT CT JUST, OKAY.
NOW AGAIN, TO GO TO THE, ON THE GLENDORA AVENUE IS A SUGGESTION BY THE CITY BECAUSE CITY WANT TO REVITALIZE, UH, LESS THREE.
AND IF YOU HAVE MORE EVENT, IF WE CAN PUT OVER HERE, THEN WE, WE BASICALLY MUCH CHEAPER OKAY? BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO BLOCK THE STREET.
OKAY? WE CAN JUST USING OVER HERE THE PARKING LOT.
OKAY? BUT IT'S NOT THE CT ONE, CT ONE EVENT AT THE GLENDORA, LIKE THE FINITE.
SPRING FESTIVAL OR MOON FESTIVAL.
LET, LET, LET, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE BUSINESS PEOPLE TO KIND OF KNOW WEST COVINA HAS A DOWNTOWN, OKAY? AND, UH, NOW YOU CAN SEE GRADUALLY MORE PEOPLE GO OVER THERE.
SO THE INVESTMENT IS NOT JUST A DOLLAR A MONTH.
THE INVESTMENT IS ABOUT THE FUTURE, ABOUT HOW YOU REVITALIZE THE AREA, HOW YOU REVITALIZE THE AREA.
YOU, YOU PUT PROGRAM, YOU PUT ATTRACTION, YOU HAVE PEOPLE TO GO OVER THERE, TENS OR SO OVER THERE, THEY CAN SEE, OH, WE HAVE A, UH, OKAY.
AND, UM, UH, CAFE 86, OH, WE HAVE A BOUNCE STREET.
OKAY? WE HAVE A LOT OF, WE HAVE THOSE MEXICAN RESTAURANT, VERY, VERY TASTY.
AND THEN WE CAN VIBRANT THE AREA BY BRINGING THE EVENT.
OTHERWISE WHY WE DO EVENT OVER THERE? WHY WE HAVE, THEY HAVE TO SPEND ALL THE TIME, OKAY.
AND, UH, TO, TO, TO TRY TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, OKAY.
TO MAKING LIKE 10,000, $20,000 IS CHUNK CHANGE FOR ALL THOSE, OKAY.
MEMBER, BUT THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND THAT.
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HOW WE COST 121,000, THAT'S PRETTY AMAZING AND SHOCKING WHY WE COST THAT MUCH MONEY BECAUSE OKAY.POSSIBLE TO MAYBE BLOCK THE STREET AND THIS AND THAT, BUT IT'S THAT.
SO WHAT YOU, YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY TAKE A LOOK AT THE STAFFING RESOURCES, WHAT, YOU KNOW, FINANCE DID PULL THESE NUMBERS TOGETHER BASED ON, UM, HOURS, WORKED BASED ON TIME SHEETS, UM, AND VERIFIED THOSE WITH THE DEPARTMENTS.
AND I, I, I ABSOLUTELY HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU KNOW, IT IS, IT IS A LARGE NUMBER AND, UM, HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS ALLOWS, UM, STAFF TO BRING THESE FORWARD TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE, UM, EDUCATED DECISIONS.
SO YOU HAVE THE TOOLS THAT YOU NEED, UM, TO LEAD THE COMMUNITY FORWARD.
AND IN THIS CASE WOULD BE EVENTS.
AND, UH, AND ANOTHER THING REGARDING THE OKAY.
AND, UH, UH, WE BLOCKED THE STREET FOR FINITE.
WE BLOCKED THE STREET, OKAY? AND, UH, FOR THE, UH, UH, OKAY, CHRISTMAS MM-HMM
OKAY? IS THAT THE SAME STAFF CHARGE OR A DIFFERENT CHARGE? WHY MO FESTIVAL HAVE A MORE CHARGE THAN, THAN OTHER OKAY.
SPRINT, SPRINT FESTIVAL, WE THE STAFF.
HOW MUCH STAFF TIME? BECAUSE SPRINT FESTIVAL PAY ANYTHING A HUNDRED PERCENT STAFF.
OKAY? AND CT HAS NO DONATION FROM THE CAWC.
AND THEN HOW MUCH FOR THE STAFF OVER THERE? SO WE CAN COMPARE APPLE TO APPLE.
SO HOW MUCH COST FOR THE STEP TIME FOR SPRING FESTIVAL? MAYBE CITIES SHOULD JUST TAKE OVER THE MOON FESTIVAL.
SO IF THEY HAVE ALSO SUSPICION OKAY.
SO, BUT, BUT WE NEED EVENT OVER THERE.
IF, UH, IF CITY WANT TO DO IT THEMSELF, I WILL ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO TAKE OVER.
AND, UH, HAVE A, A MOON FESTIVAL, A HUNDRED PERCENT CTO, INCLUDING CITY RECRUIT, EVERYTHING, DO EVERYTHING AND THE CITY DO EVERYTHING.
I THINK WE, I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT.
AND, UH, IN THE FUTURE, OKAY, 2020 NEXT YEAR.
AND, UH, BECAUSE THIS YEAR THEY ALREADY DO ALMOST THERE.
SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR, OKAY, WE CAN PUT MOUC MAYBE LET THIS ONE LET THE SIT ALL THE FOUNDATION ALREADY THERE.
ALL THE PARTICIPANT ALREADY THERE, SO, AND THEN ALL THE VENDOR WE CAN, OKAY, CAW CAN GIVE TO YOU.
SO YOU CAN HAVE THEM TO COME IN, JUST TAKE OVER.
SO, SO, SO IN THAT WAY, CITY HAVE TO PAY ALL THE TIME.
AND, UH, OKAY, THIS, THAT, AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, THIS IS ANOTHER SUGGESTION.
OKAY? WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE THIS THING HAPPEN EASILY.
OKAY? SO IN THAT WAY, NO MORE COUNTRY, OKAY? NO MORE CONTROVERSIAL THING GOING ON.
OKAY? THE CITY WANT TO TAKE OVER A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT ORIGINAL IDEA IS A MORE PARTICIPANT FOR NON-PROFIT, OKAY? TO HELP OUT RATHER THAN CT ALWAYS IN CHARGE OF A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR EVERYTHING.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S ALL GOOD.
OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? OTHERWISE, CAN WE GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR? ARE YOU OKAY? YOU, YOU READY NOW? YES.
IS THIS A RECEIVE AND FILE, RIGHT? IT IS A RECEIPT AND FILE.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
THE, OKAY.SO I KNOW YOU WANNA PULL ALMOST EVERYTHING, SO YOU STARTING, OKAY.
WHICH ONE YOU NOT PULLING?
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BESIDE 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14.
MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ VIDO, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ VIDO IS ABSENT.
[4) CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT AND JOINT ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PORTION OF DEVELOPMENT SITE (APN 8474-007-940) IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA]
FOUR, QUICKLY PLEASE.SO, UM, IT IS A CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT AND JOINT ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS FOR A PORTION OF DEVELOPMENT SITE IN THE WEST CITY OF WEST, UH, CITY.
OH,
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THIS OPPORTUNITY IS FOR TEXAS ROADHOUSE TO BE LOCATED HERE IN WEST COVINA.
EVERYONE NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, TO HAVE A MOTION TO LEONARDO?
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OKAY.FINALLY, YOU HAVE A QUICK ONE,
WHO MADE THE MOTION? MOVE THE MOTION.
[5) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR EXECUTIVE LEVEL RECRUITMENT SERVICES]
NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR THE EXECUTIVE A LEVEL RECRUITMENT SERVICES, WHICH I BELIEVE INCLUDE, UH, FIRE CHIEF AND CITY MANAGER POSITION.UM, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE OR CARITAS HERE? UM, IT'S A QUICK QUESTION.
UH, CARITA, DO YOU PLAN ON COMING BACK TO US WITH THESE, UH, THESE, UH, COMPANIES AND, AND GETTING OUR GUIDE, SOME OF OUR SUGGESTIONS AND GUIDELINES ON, ON WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL'S LOOKING FOR? I AM.
MIKE, YOU'LL GET THE MIC CLOSE TO YOUR MARK
AND NOW WHEN WOULD THAT BE? AFTER THIS IS APPROVED? PROBABLY LIKE IN TWO MEETINGS.
UH, I CAN BE THE NEXT MEETING.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR CAR IS THIS, IS, THIS IS RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE TRIBE PEPPI AS THE RECRUITER? YES.
AND THEN, AND THEN TRIBE PEPPI WILL WORK WITH COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, SECOND MOVE ALREADY.
[6) CONSIDERATION OF REJECTION OF RFP 2026-05 STATE OF THE CITY CATERING PROPOSALS AND AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO PROCURE SUCH SERVICES]
AND NUMBER SIX.NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF REJECTION OF REP FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY CATERING PROPOSALS AND AN AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO PROCURE SUCH SERVICES.
UH, SUSIE, HOW WILL YOU ENSURE THAT THIS, HOW WILL THE PROCESS WORK TO AWARD THE $30,000 TO A, UH, IT IT'S NOT TO EXCEED 30,000, UM, FOR AN ANTICIPATED TENANTS OF 550 GUESTS.
UM, HOW WOULD, HOW WILL THAT PROCUREMENT WORK? SO SIMILAR TO HOW WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT, UH, QUOTES, WE WOULD GO OUT AND FIND, SEEK DIFFERENT PROPOSALS, AND GO WITH THE OPTION THAT IS GONNA BE BEST SUITABLE FOR THE EVENT.
AND LET'S JUST SAY WE HAVE LIKE, UH, 450 PEOPLE SHOW UP, THEN OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT GONNA BE PAYING THE EXTRA COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE EXTRA PLATES OR, UH, THAT IS CORRECT.
WE ARE MONITORING THE NUMBERS CLOSELY AND THEN WE'LL START, UM, CUTTING BACK AS THE EVENT, UM, APPROACHES AND, UH, CUT CHECKS ACCORDINGLY.
I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
WELL, I MAKE A MOTION, UH, IN CONSIDERATION REJECTION OF RP NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO FIVE, STATE OF THE CITY CATERING PROPOSALS AND THE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER TO PROCURE SUCH SERVICES.
WHO SECOND DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
COUNCILMAN DIAZ? COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE.
AND APPROVED FOUR ZERO NUMBER EIGHT, PLEASE.
UH, SUM, SUM SEVEN, RIGHT? I THINK,
[7) CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASING REPORT AND REJECTION OF UNAWARDED BIDS]
UH, SEVEN.SUM SEVEN CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASING REPORT AND REJECTION OF ON WATER BIDS.
SO THE ONLY THING, UM, SO THE ONLY THING I'M GONNA ASK, UH, UH, MYAN, IF YOU COULD TELL KAREN, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN THE PAST THE CONSOLE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE, WHICH IS, UM, UH, DATES ON, UH, I THINK IF SHE COULD REFERENCE THE LAST REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE CONSOLE.
I THINK IT HAD DATES ON THERE.
AND A LITTLE MORE, A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICS ON THIS REPORT.
'CAUSE IT'S KIND OF, UM, UM, HARD TO READ SOME OF THEM.
YEAH, SO I'LL JUST ASK THAT IF, IF THE, IF THE NEXT REPORT REPORT COULD BE, PLEASE BE SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US, I THINK BY PAULINA, WHICH WAS HAD DATES AND STUFF.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
I'LL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASING REPORT AND REJECTION O OF OF, SORRY, OF ORDER BIDS.
MAYOR PROAM LOPEZ VITO'S ABSENT.
ALRIGHT, AND APPROVE FOUR ZERO NUMBER 8 4 0.
[8) CONSIDERATION OF MONTHLY SALARY FOR ACTING CITY MANAGER]
EIGHT, CONSIDERATIONS.A MONTHLY SALARY FOR ACTING CITY MANAGER.
UM, MINING, UH, OH, SHOOT, HE CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT IT.
UH, CARITA, UM, BRIEFLY IF YOU COULD JUST, UH, OBVIOUSLY MINE HAS WORKED VERY HARD AND OBVIOUSLY HE, HE HAS GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND
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HERE AT CITY HALL AND, AND I JUST WANT THE, THE PUBLIC JUST TO BE AWARE, UH, OF, UH, OF OBVIOUSLY THE, THE WORK HE'S DONE, BUT ALSO WHAT THIS MEANS, UH, THE ACTIVE CITY MANAGER IS BEING COMPENSATED AT $1 ABOVE THE HIGHEST, UH, SUBORDINATE THAT HE'S SUPERVISING AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.AND THIS IS TRUE OF PROPER INTERNAL EQUITY, THE CITY MANAGER, UM, FOR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AS A TOP EXECUTIVE.
SO THEREFORE WE'RE ASKING THAT HIS SALARY BE $1 MORE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE EXPANDED SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES THAT HE IS PERFORMING AT THIS PRESENT TIME.
AND THAT WILL BRING HIS MONTHLY, UM, STORY TO $17,415 $1 MORE THAN THE SUPER THAT HE, THE SUBORDINATE THAT HE'S SUPERVISING.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
FOR WHICH WAS THE CONSIDERATION OF A MONTHLY SALARY FOR ACTIVE CITY MATCH? REAL QUICK, I HEARD TWO SECONDS.
UH, NUMBER 14, RIGHT? UH, I THINK 12.
[12) CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE TPMT HYDRAULIC DRIVEN AIRLESS PUMP SPRAY SYSTEM FOR INSTALLATION ON TRUCK CHASSIS]
12.UM, THIS ONE, UH, I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION ABOUT THIS ONE WAS, UM, IS THIS, THIS, IS THIS ALSO USING MEASURE M FUNDS? OH, I GUESS, UH, MIKE'S THERE FOR NOW.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS? YES.
THIS IS USING MEASURE M FUNDS.
AND MEASURE M FUNDS IS IS ALSO USED FOR LIKE BUS STOPS TOO, RIGHT? UM, I, I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK.
I BELIEVE THAT IS ONE OF THE APPLICATIONS.
BUS STOPS, STREET REPAIRS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UM, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY THIS IS, UH, I BELIEVE HYDRAULIC DRIVEN.
SO CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION PURCHASE OF A HYDRAULIC DRIVEN AIRLESS PUMP SPRAY, WHICH I BELIEVE WILL HELP DO A LOT OF THE CROSSWALKS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
STOPS AND LAGS, UM, INTERSECTIONS.
IT'LL, IT'LL REALLY SPEED THE PROCESS UP.
WE WON'T HAVE TO DO IT BY HAND.
IT SHOULD, IT SHOULD INCREASE OUR PRODUCTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE A-T-P-M-T.
I DRIVEN AIRLESS PUMP SPRAY SYSTEM FOR INSTALLATION ON TRUCK CHASE.
LOOK, GIMME DIAZ FOR A SECOND.
MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VITO'S ABSENT MAYOR WU.
[14) CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE SPECIALIZED FLEET VEHICLE - BOOM TRUCK]
NUMBER 14.I SEE THERE WAS SOME WORDING CHANGES COMPARED TO THIR 12 AND 14.
SO IN, IN, UM, IN THE DIFFERENCE IN 12, I BELIEVE WAS IF, IF THE PURCHASE WASN'T AVAILABLE AFTER, I GUESS IT WASN'T AVAILABLE AFTER ALL THAT, I BELIEVE ON NUMBER 12, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, GO TO THE NEXT, UH, BIDDER IN THE PROCESS.
THAT IS WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO.
BUT NUMBER 14, I BELIEVE IT'S WRITTEN DIFFERENTLY.
I MAY, MAY HAVE BEEN ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR.
WELL, 12, 12 IS JUST THE BED FOR THE SPRAYER.
SO 12 IS JUST THE APPARATUS THAT GOES ON THE BACK AND THERE'S ONE VENDOR ON ITEM NUMBER 14.
THE BOOM TRUCK IS A ACTUAL TRUCK AND BOOM THAT IS SOLD IN ONE PIECE AND DEPENDING ON AVAILABILITY, UM, WHAT WE DIDN'T WANNA DO IS NOT HAVE A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.
SO WE WOULD GO TO THE LOWEST BID, WHICH IS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT, NOT WHERE GO TO THE NEXT BIDDER.
BUT IF, IF NOTHING'S AVAILABLE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE COULD MOVE WHAT FORWARD WITH THE TRUCK AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION TO THE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE.
SO IT SAYS YEAH 'CAUSE IT SAYS, UH, IN THE EVENT THE BOOM TRUCK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FROM WEST FNA.
PERFORMANCE FORWARD AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE, AUTHORIZED THE ACTIVE CITY MANAGER TO PURCHASE A COMPARABLE VEHICLE MEETING THE CITY SPECIFICATIONS PROVIDED THE PURCHASE PRICE SHOULD NOT EXCEED $200,000.
AND MAYBE THIS IS A, A TOM QUESTION, TOM.
UM, IN THIS CASE, WOULD THE, WOULD OUR PURCHASE POLICY STILL BE IN EFFECT SO THEY'LL HAVE TO GO TO THE NEXT BIDDER IN, IN THE IN LINE KIND OF THING? UM, NO.
THEY, THEY, THEY'D ASSESS IT AND GO TO THE NEXT YEAH.
RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, BUT WOULDN'T BE THE NEXT IN LINE.
WOULD IT BE THE NEXT IN LINE? IT WOULD BE THE NEXT IN LINE.
AND THEN OUR CONCERN WAS IF BOTH VEHICLES WEREN'T AVAILABLE TO AND THEY'D GO TO THE YEAH, CORRECT.
YEAH, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION THAT IT'S NOT LIKE YOU GET 200,000 AND THEN YOU BUY IT FROM ANYWHERE KIND OF THING.
NO, WE WOULD GO, WE WOULD USE THE BIDDERS, GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR THE LOWEST, THEN THE SECOND, AND THEN IF THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE, THEN CITY MANAGER AUTHORIZATION.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE CONSIDERATION OF AUTHORIZATIONS TO PURCHASE SPECIALIZED FLEET VEHICLE.
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WOO.SO WE OWE THE CONSENT CANDIDATES OVER.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
TO THE COUNCILMAN MEMBER REQUEST AND COMMENT.UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT MY ONE MOTHER, MAY I PLEASE BE READ? YES.
I WISH TO MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCT STAFF TO REFRAIN FROM FURTHER UTILIZING ITS CITY RESOURCES OF TIME, FINANCES, AND OTHER ASSETS TOWARD THE 2025 MEGA MOON FESTIVAL UNTIL, OR UNLESS THE COUNCIL ISSUES A FORMALLY APPROVED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? AYE.
AND ANY OTHER, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS, SO MYLAN, YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE GONNA BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL REGARDLESS ON THE FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER.
IS THAT, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS OLI IS JUST SAYING INSTEAD OF SPENDING TAXPAYER'S MONEY RIGHT NOW, THAT THE MOU SHOULD COME TO THE CONSOLE TO REVIEW.
SO WE COULD DETERMINE IF WE'RE GONNA ADD WORDING IN THERE, SUCH AS MANDATORY AUDIT, THE CITY'S RIGHT TO AUDIT THE BOOKS.
I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ALREADY SAID THAT COULD BE ADDED.
WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT ADDING CONDITIONS OF THE MOU? YES.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YOU ARE GONNA BRING THIS MOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE FIRST MEETING OF SEPTEMBER IF THAT'S WHAT THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE.
WELL, I THINK, I THINK, I THINK NOT ONLY WOULD IT GO OVER YOUR $50,000, UH, BUDGET, YOUR MANDATORY SPENDING LIMIT, BUT I THINK IT'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO COME.
SO I THINK ALL OLLIE IS ASKING FOR IS THAT INSTEAD OF SIGNING CONTRACTS AT THIS TIME, LET'S FOLLOW THE CITY'S POLICY AND NOT SPEND THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY UNTIL WE EXECUTE THAT MOU.
SO, UM, SO DOES THE CITY PLAN ON EXECUTING CONTRACTS WITH TAXPAYERS MONEY FOR MUSIC PERFORMANCES IN THE COMING WEEK? OR CAN THEY WAIT TILL THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THAT ITEM IS SUPPOSED TO BE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL? I'M, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY CONTRACTS THAT ARE COMING.
WE MIGHT ASK, UM, STAFF IF THERE'S ANY CONTRACTS BETWEEN NOW AND, UM, SEPTEMBER 2ND.
THE SEPTEMBER 2ND WOULD BE THE MOU, THE CONTROLLING DOCUMENT.
I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER CONTRACTS THAT ARE GOING TO THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MOU IS SUPPOSED TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE FIRST WEEK OF, UH, SEPTEMBER.
CORRECT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
SO YOU ARE BRINGING IT TO THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER.
SO ARE YOU AWARE, OR, BECAUSE I MEAN OBVIOUSLY YOU'RE THE CITY MANAGER, THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR THE CITY ON ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYERS.
ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY TAXPAYER MONEY, ANY MUSICAL PERFORMANCES THAT THE CITY'S RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR FURTHER MEGA MOON FESTIVAL BEING EXECUTED BETWEEN NOW AND THE FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER? NO, I'M NOT.
SO THERE'LL BE NO CONTRACTS YOU'RE EXECUTING ON BEHALF OF, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ORDERING ANY BANNERS, ANYTHING IN UNTIL THE, I MEAN, FROM NOW THROUGH THE FIRST MEETING, THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER, I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CONTRACTS COME TO MY DESK.
AND DO YOU, AND, AND, AND, AND IF, IF THEY DO COME, ARE YOU GONNA EXECUTE THEM? MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE MOTION FAILED? OKAY, GREAT.
SO, UH, TOM, UNDER THE LAW, UNDER, UNDER THE CITY'S MOU POLICY, IF THERE'S NO MOU THAT ACCORDING TO OUR POLICY, WHAT THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY COULD STILL BE USED WITH OR WITHOUT MOU YEAH.
THE MOU IS JUST IN A CONTRACT AND AGREEMENT.
THE CITY MANAGER HAS AUTHORITY UP TO, I BELIEVE 50,000 TO, TO SIGN, UH, CONTRACTS.
SO IF ONE BECOMES BETWEEN COMES UP BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 2ND, IT'S UP TO THE CITY MANAGER WHETHER OR NOT TO EXECUTE THAT.
SO I, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS MOU HAS CONTRACT TERMS THAT EXPLAIN, UH, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT, UH, WESTFIELD TAXPAYERS ARE AT RISK POTENTIALLY FOR LIABILITY BECAUSE WE CURRENTLY TECHNICALLY DON'T HAVE AN MOU EXECUTING AND WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYERS MONEY.
THE MOU IS GONNA EXPLAIN EVERYTHING AND, AND WHO'S, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT, WHAT RESPONSIBILITIES THAT THE SO, SO NONPROFIT HAS WHAT RESPONSIBILITY THE CITY HAS.
SO WOULDN'T IT BE, I MEAN, RESPONSIBLE LEADERSHIP FOR US TO SEE THAT BEFORE WE START SPENDING TAXPAYERS' MONEY?
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I THINK THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION.I MEAN, I MEAN, IN OTHER CITIES, THE CITY SPEND TAXPAYERS' MONIES TO THIRD PARTY NONPROFITS.
I I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHOEVER CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
I THINK, YEAH, THIS MOU THIS, THIS MOU, THIS CONTRACT, UH, TO, TO HAVE NO COMMITMENT TO PREVENT THE MISUSE OF TAXPAYER'S MONEY AND TO SAY THAT TAXPAYER'S MONEY COULD BE USED FOR AN EVENT HOSTED BY THE MAYOR'S WIFE, A NONPROFIT THAT'S COLLECTING ALL PROFITS AND SPONSORSHIPS, AND FOR US TO SAY, OH, WE DON'T SUPPORT AN MOU.
WE'LL LET THEM CONTINUE TO SPEND TAXPAYER'S MONEY RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT LEADERSHIP, WHAT, UH, RESPONSIBILITY ARE WE SETTING FOR THE TAXPAYERS WHO ELECTED US TO OFFICE? BUT I HAVE A, AND SO I HAVE A SUGGESTION MM-HMM
AND THE HANGOVER EVERYTHING TO THE CT.
SO HAVE C TO COLLECT EVERYTHING.
AND HAVE C TO DO THE MOON FESTIVAL ITSELF.
SO, UH, I THINK IN THAT WAY, UH, TO CLARIFY.
ALL HAND OVER TO C SO CITY CAN, CAN TO DO EVERYTHING WHAT YOU WANT BECAUSE THEY ALREADY ANNOUNCED AND 10 OR 20,000 PEOPLE WILL COME.
AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING GET OKAY.
I WILL SUGGEST CWC TO HANG OVER EVERYTHING TO THE CITY TO SUSIE, HAVE A SUSIE TO HAND.
HANDLE EVERYTHING A HUNDRED PERCENT RUN BY THE CITY.
AND, UH, WILL THAT BE OKAY? SETTLE YOUR, UH, SUSPICIONS THAT THIS WOULD BE OKAY FOR YOU? YES.
AND, AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I DON'T HAVE SUS I DON'T HAVE SUSPICION.
I, I'M, IT'S JUST BECAUSE THAT'S FINE.
THEY DIDN'T PROVIDE THEIR NUMBERS.
I WILL SUGGEST CWC AND THEN TO HANG OVER ALL THE CURRENTLY DONATION.
AND FOR CITY TO RUN THE SHOW, AND SINCE THAT THEY ALREADY COLLECT OKAY.
EVERYTHING, CWC ALREADY PARTICIPATE, BUT C UH, THE CITY CAN TAKE OVER EVERYTHING INCLUDING THE DONATION, INCLUDING THE VENDOR, BUT THE CITY.
THE, THE, OKAY, THE CT HAVE CONTINUED TO COLLECT.
SOME OF THE VENDOR, MY UNDERSTANDING HASN'T PAID.
MOST OF THEM ARE NONPAID BECAUSE NONPROFIT AND WHAT WE WANT IS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
I THINK THE MORE IMPORTANT THING CAN WE GET A GREAT EVENT FOR THE CITY.
SO, SO I THINK EVERYTHING JUST HANG OVER, UH, TO THE CITY, INCLUDING EACH OF THE VENDOR, HOW MUCH THEY GET PAID, AND THIS AND THAT.
AND, UH, BUT THEY HAVE A COST PLATE.
AND THEN BECAUSE THE CITY, THE CITY HAVE TO COME OUT $20 PER PERSON IF THEY WEAR A COSTUME AND, UH, $100 PER PERSON.
SO CITY BETTER TO COME OUT, HOPEFULLY A POSITIVE ON ALL THOSE THING.
AND THEN SUPPOSEDLY THEY, THIS ALL PAID BY THE CAWC.
BUT IF OUR MEMBER, OKAY, TWO MEMBER HAVE A SUSPICIOUS, I THINK A CITY'S BETTER THIS WAY.
OKAY? EVERYTHING HANDLED CITY, BUT WE, WE STILL WANT A GREAT EVENT TO SHOW THE SHOWCASE OF THE CITY.
SO, OKAY, SO IN THAT WAY, I THINK, UM, SO I'LL SECOND THAT.
I WILL JUST SAY THAT PUBLICLY.
SO ANYWAY, AND, UH, AND, UH, SO I WOULD TALK TO CWC AND TALK TO, OKAY.
AND, UH, UH, TO, TO HAVE A
AND THEN LET'S GET THE THING, LET'S GET A SHOW.
OKAY? OCTOBER 4TH COMING UP PRETTY SOON, LET'S HAVE A GOOD EVENT OF 20,000 PEOPLE TO UNIT UNITE OVER THERE AND THE CITY COLLECT EVERYTHING, INCLUDING THE VENDORS, INCLUDING ALL THE, ALL THE FOOD AND THIS THAT, BUT YOU GOT TO HAVE TO HANDLE EVERYTHING FOR NOW AND, AND INCLUDING THE VOLUNTEER, BUT THEY, I THINK THEY'RE STILL WILLING TO DO VOLUNTEER FOR YOU.
OKAY? SO ANYWAY, BUT THEN THE CITY HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING YOURSELF, INCLUDING THE RENTAL, THE BATHROOM, THIS AND THAT.
SUPPOSEDLY THIS SHOULD BE PAID BY THAT.
AND NOW YOU GOTTA HAVE TO PAY.
AND ANYTHING ELSE? UH, NO, I THINK THAT'S IT.
I THINK, I THINK, UH, WE, WE PROBABLY JUST WANT CLARIFICATION IN, IN, IN YOUR PLANNING AND LIKE, YEAH, OKAY.
I THINK SUSIE ALREADY TAKE OVER EVERYTHING AND UH, AND UH, OKAY, CW WILL STAY HELD, BUT I THINK THEY SHOULD HANG OVER EVERYTHING, INCLUDING ALL THE INCOME, THE DONATION TO THE CITY.
OKAY? AND IN THAT WAY, OKAY, CW IS NOT HERE FOR THE MONEY.
THE CW HERE WANT TO HAVE A GREAT EVENT.
SO, AND LET THE CITY TO COLLECT EVERYTHING, BUT CITY HAVE TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING YOURSELF THIS TIME.
AND THEY WILL BE, SINCE NO MONEY THERE HAVE NO DONATION.
SO, SO C WILL WELL, VERY GOOD.
OKAY, WE CLARIFY ALL THIS THING.
[02:25:01]
OFF ANYTHING C TAKEOVER, INCLUDING THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE WANNA CONTINUE GREAT EVENT.SO, SO PUT, I, I VERY CONFIDENT.
S SEE AND SOME OF THE MEMBERS, CWC AND THE, AND THE, UH, OKAY,
OKAY? SO ANYWAY, ANY OTHER THING YOU WANT TO, UH, HAVE MOTHER? MAY I, UH, NO.
AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? HAVE A MOTHER? MAY I? NO, THEN I, I WON'T HAVE ONE.
I THINK, SO ONE THING IS, UH, VERY, WE NEED TO CLARIFY ABOUT THE COUNCIL, UH, MEMBER, UH, CONDUCT.
HOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER TALKING TO STAFF, HOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOING THE TOWN HALL MEETING.
HOW DO COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER DEAL WITH THE CITY MANAGER? OKAY.
AND HOW DO THE COUNCIL MEMBER COME TO CITY HALL? OKAY.
INCLUDING MYSELF, ALL FIVE MEMBER.
SHE'LL HAVE A GUIDELINE IN DETAIL AND LET'S CHECK ABOUT ANY OTHER CITY SO WE CAN HAVE A CALL CONDUCT.
SO IN THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE ISSUE OKAY? TO HAVE A LOT OF STAFF FEEL LIKE HARASSED AND, UH, AND, AND DECIDE TO RESIGN.
OKAY? SO HOPEFULLY IN THAT WAY THEY UNDERSTAND, OKAY, THEY'RE HERE TO WORK, NOT HERE TO GET SOME KIND OF, UH, PUSHOVER, THIS AND THAT.
AND WE WANNA HAVE A HAPPY FAMILY.
AND THIS APPLY TO ALL FIVE CITY COUNCIL AND THE FUTURE CITY COUNCIL ELECT.
THEY ALL HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING.
SO, AND THIS IS MY MOTHER, MAY I, AND, UH, REQUEST CITY MANAGER TO GO INTO A CITY ATTORNEY CHECKING ALL OTHER CITY IN DETAIL CALL CONDUCT.
OKAY? AND THEN IN THAT WAY, AND NEXT, NEXT TIME NEXT, OKAY, NEXT MEETING TO COME TO DISCUSSION BY ALL THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE, OKAY.
ITEM BY ATON IS, THIS IS THE, UH, A, A RULE FOR ALL THE CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE THEIR CONDUCT.
SO DO I HAVE, UH, ANYBODY AGAINST THIS? SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU MENTIONED TOWN HALLS.
WHAT IS THE ISSUE WITH TOWN HALLS? OKAY, I KNOW, I KNOW YOU TRY TO BLOCK ME AND ALL THESE TOWN HALLS INTERNALLY, BUT, UH, NOBODY BLOCK ANYBODY.
OKAY? AND, UH, YOU WON'T DO THE TOWN HALL, BUT DON'T WASTE THE CITY STAFF TIME, OKAY? AND IF ALL FIVE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUE TO DO THE TOWN HALL MEETING WITH ALL REQUEST STAFF TO BE THERE, I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A TIME TO DO THEIR REAL BUSINESS TO SERVE THE RESIDENTS.
MR. MAYOR, IT'S NOT A WASTE OF TIME TO HAVE STAFF INTERACT WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING TOWN HALL MEETING IS ABOUT, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A MOTHER MAY I, HE CAN BRING, BRING BACK AND YOU GUYS CAN SAY, HEY, I STILL WANT THE CITY OKAY TO PARTICIPATE AND PROMOTE FOR US.
YOU CAN CONTINUE TO, WELL LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
SO ANYWAY, THIS IS, UH, MY MOTHER.
MAY I, OKAY, UH, DO I, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST AN AMENDMENT TO THAT, JUST EXCLUDING THE TOWN HALLS.
NO, I THINK EVERYTHING SHOULD BE INCLUDED, BUT YOU CAN VOTE IT OUT.
UM, BEFORE I SECOND IT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE SEVERAL ITEMS IN THERE.
AND SO AT THAT POINT, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE DISCUSSION.
I MEAN IT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DISSECT IT, UM, MAYBE MAKE SOME CHANGES TO IT.
BUT, UM, I THINK AT THAT POINT, UH, BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S A LIST OF THINGS THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS, UM, CONDUCT THE RULES OF CONDUCT WITH OUR, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA SECOND BASED ON THAT.
THIS IS JUST A BRING BACK AND DO YOU GUYS WANT ANYTHING YOU CAN ADD OR DELETE OR THIS AND THAT, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A RULE OF IN DETAIL.
SO IN THAT WAY, MUCH EASIER FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY OR CITY MANAGER TO SAY, AND THIS IS NOT ONLY FOR US, THIS FOR THE FUTURE SAKE.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO LIMIT TOWN HALLS.
UH, TOWN HALL IS, YOU TRY TO DO THAT BEFORE MOVE TOWN HALLS.
THERE HAVE, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THIS.
BECAUSE THIS, I MEAN, IT'S JUST A MOTHER MAY I, AND WE COULD COME BACK WITH AN AGENDA AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT.
BUT, AND AT THAT POINT, DURING, UM, THE TIME THAT IT COMES BACK IN AN AGENDA AND IF IT DOESN'T PASS, THEN, THEN IT DOESN'T PASS.
THIS JUST MOTHER ME, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RE I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE WITH THE TAX WITH, WITH THE TAXPAYERS COMING TO TOWN HALLS.
THEY DON'T, YOU DON'T THINK THAT THE, THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD LIKE THE U2 OFFICE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR CITY? NO.
IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TOWN HALL CONTINUE TO DO THE WAY LIKE THIS, YOU CAN PUT THE REASON.
AND NEXT TIME WE SAY WE, WE SAY, OKAY, THIS IS THE WAY EVERYBODY AGREED, THEN WE CONTINUE, THEN WE ALL FIVE OF CITY COUNCIL ALL CAN DO THE SAME THING.
BUT YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA LIMIT US.
'CAUSE YOU YOU TOLD CITY STAFF MULTIPLE TIMES.
NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE STAFF TIME.
IF YOU REMOVE TOWN HALLS ARE SUPPORTED, BUT ME TOO.
REMOVE TOWN HALLS FROM THE LIST OF, OF WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE MOTHER.
IF YOU MADE THE MOTION, IF YOU AGREE TO REMOVE IT, LET'S DO, OKAY, LET'S DO THIS.
I FOR HERE, I WANT TO MAKE SURE NEXT MEETING WE HAVE A CALL OF CONDUCT FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, INCLUDING
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MYSELF, PHI, HOW TO DEAL WITH THE STAFF, HOW TO TALK TO THE STAFF, HOW TO TALK TO CITY MANAGER.OKAY? AND, UH, LET'S START WITH THIS ONE.
AND I ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE, UH, TOWNHOUSE RIGHT NOW.
SO DO I HAVE ANYBODY AGAINST THIS? IF NO.
OKAY, THEN LET'S GO TO NEXT MEETING AND TO COME OUT OKAY.
WITH, UH, WITH, UH, CODE CONDUCT.
SO, UH, SO, AND THAT IF WE CAN DISCUSS EACH OF THE DETAIL, THEN WE CAN ORDER ABIDE BY THE RULE OF CODE CONDUCT FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF A COUNCIL MEMBER.
ANY ABOUT ONE? ANYTHING? OKAY.
AND, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? I'LL MOVE TO ADJOURN.
YOU WANNA CONTINUE THE MEETING? NO SECOND.
YOU WANNA CONTINUE
HAVE A GREAT NIGHT AND GOOD NIGHT EVERYBODY.