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[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING.WELCOME TO OUR OCTOBER 7TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND WHEN NOW 7:00 PM AND THE MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
ANY PERSON WISH TO ADDRESS TO CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL THAT IS PROVIDED AT THE ENTRIES TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT TO THE CAR TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, UH, THAT WILL BE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF ORAL COMMUNICATION.
SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED DENIED.
IN WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ AND THE MAYO PRO LOPEZ.
LOPEZ VIDO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEASURE OF LEGION ALL RIGHTS.
MANY FATHERS WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE RICH FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN AMERICA.
WE THANK YOU, FATHER FOR EVEN THE, THE PRIVILEGE, THE RIGHT TO GATHER TOGETHER HERE AS WE DISCUSS CITY BUSINESS.
WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE CHIEF AND OUR FIRE CHIEF.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY IN THIS CITY.
REMEMBERING THE ADMONITION OF ST.
PAUL TO PRAY FOR ALL THAT ARE, ARE IN AUTHORITY, AND WE PRAY FOR DIVINE WISDOM AND DIVINE DIRECTION.
WE REMEMBER THE ADMONITION OF KING SOLOMON OF ALL TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL YOUR HEART.
LEAN NOT INTO YOUR OWN UNDERSTANDING, BUT IN ALL YOUR WAYS, ACKNOWLEDGE HIM.
FATHER, WE THANK YOU THAT YOUR PATH IS THE BEST PATH.
FATHER, WE SPEAK DIVINE PROTECTION OVER OUR SCHOOLS.
WE PRAY THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WILL CONTINUE TO BE SAFE.
WE PRAY THAT YOU PROTECT OUR POLICE OFFICERS FATHER, EVEN THOSE THAT MAY BE OUT THERE IN THE STREETS TONIGHT.
AND WE PRAY THAT OUR CITY FATHER, AS JESUS SAID, WILL CONTINUE TO BE LIKE A CITY SET ON A HILL WHOSE LIFE CANNOT BE HID.
MAY THIS CITY BE A TRUE LIGHT IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND IN CALIFORNIA.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND ALL THE AFFAIRS THAT ARE GONNA BE DISCUSSED THIS EVENING IN JESUS' NAME.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I FLAG THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS THE TWO REPUBLIC STANCE.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROLL CALL PLEASE.
AND A, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT.
OKAY, BEFORE I, UH, MOVE TO PRESENTATION, I WANT TO MOVE THE OKAY.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
OKAY.REPORT BEFORE THE ORAL COMMUNICATION.
SINCE WE'RE ON THE, UM, UM, DISCUSSING THE AGENDA, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO, UM, POSTPONE ITEM, UM, NUMBER 11, UH, TO, TO BE CONSIDERED IN MAY, 2026.
THIS RELATES TO THE EDUCATION REQUIREMENT.
YOU WANT TO MOVE TO WHEN? YEAH, IF THAT'S THE RIGHT AGENDA.
YOU WANT TO, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION ON THAT ITEM TILL MAY TILL THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MAY, 2026.
WHAT'S THE REASON, WHAT'S THE REASON? UH, WE, WE, I JUST WANT US TO, TO CONTINUE TO, TO, UM, TO STABILIZE AND, AND EVERYTHING.
BUT I I RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT JUST DISCUSSION, I JUST JUST MADE THE, THE MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND FOR THAT? I'LL SECOND THAT.
JUST SO YOU WANT TO MOVE TO THE MAIN NEXT YEAR.
SO MOVE THIS DISCUSSION TILL NEXT YEAR? YES.
THIS IS, THIS ALSO, I MEAN, WE HAVE A LOT OF POSITIONS OPENING.
THIS IS A DEGREE TO, FOR ANY OF THE POSITIONS.
MOVE THE CT WHILE THEN WE, ALL THE QUESTIONS.
AND, UH, YOU, SO YOU HAVE A FIRST AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND.
SO, SO BASICALLY YOU WANT TO POSTPONE THIS TMA NEXT
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YEAR? YES.SECOND MEETING, SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN MAY.
MAYOR, WILL NO, UH, MOTION APPROVE.
ANY OTHER PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE ANYTHING OTHERWISE I'M GOING TO GO TO THE PRESENTATION.
[PRESENTATIONS]
HAVE A FIRST PRESENTATION.ATION, RECOGNIZE THE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
UM, COULD WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF, FIRE CHIEF? OKAY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME, COME UP? OKAY.
I THINK WE JUST ATTEND YOUR FIRE PREVENTION, UH, OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY AT THE STATION TWO.
WE WERE THERE AT 10 O'CLOCK AND BASICALLY, AND, UH, WE SEE A LOT OF, UH, UH, THE GOOD PROGRAM FROM YOU ABOUT HOW TO PREVENT FIRE FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
SO MAYBE YOU WANT TO INVITE OKAY.
INVITE SOME OF YOUR STAFF TO MAYBE GIVE US SOME PRESENTATION.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'D LIKE TO INVITE LILIANA GALVEZ AND CLAIRE JOHNSON DOWN FOR OUR FIRE PREVENTION STAFF.
UH, EVERY YEAR SINCE 1922, THE NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION HAS DESIGNATED THE WEEK AROUND OCTOBER 9TH AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
AND THIS TOPIC THIS YEAR HAPPENS TO BE CHARGED INTO FIRE SAFETY, LITHIUM ION BATTERIES IN THE HOME.
WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE CHARGEABLE ITEMS IN OUR HOME, WHETHER IT'S A CELL PHONE OR A COMPUTER, OR, UH, A A CORDLESS ITEM THAT WE USE IN THE HOME.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE FIRE SAFETY WHEN WE'RE USING BATTERIES AND ESPECIALLY RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES.
AND I WON'T STEAL THE THUNDER FROM MY FIRE PREVENTION STAFF.
CLAIRE, WOULD YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? UH, YOU BASICALLY COVERED EVERYTHING.
JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT EVERY YEAR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK, THE NFPA NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION WORKS WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDES A THEME.
JUST LIKE CHIEF WOODRUFF SAID, REALLY STRESSES THIS YEAR TO BUY, CHARGE AND RECYCLE SAFELY WHEN IT COMES TO LITHIUM ION BATTERIES, BECAUSE THOSE FIRES CAN GROW FAST AND ARE HARD TO PUT OUT.
SO IF YOU DO FIND YOURSELF THE BATTERY FIRE, JUST REMAIN OUTSIDE AND STAY OUTSIDE AND CALL 9 1 1 FROM OUTSIDE YOUR HOME.
JUST A REMINDER TO THE RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE YOUR SMOKE ALARMS ARE WORKING AND HAVE A FIRE ESCAPE ROUTE IN CASE OF THE HOME FIRE.
IT'S A LIFE CHANGING, UM, MATTER WHERE IT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE AND GIVE YOU THE TIME TO EXIT.
AS, UH, MAYOR WU OPENED WITH, WE HAD OUR FIRE PREVENTION OPEN HOUSE AT FIRE STATION TWO THIS LAST WEEKEND.
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL CONTEST FOR THE STUDENTS TO TAKE THE THEME FROM NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION AND DRAW SOME BEAUTIFUL PICTURES.
WE'LL BE BACK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL MAKING AWARDS TO THOSE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN DRAWING, UH, THE DIFFERENT PICTURES TO HIGHLIGHT THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR COMING UP, OF COURSE, NOVEMBER 2ND, CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS.
REMEMBER TO CHANGE THE BATTERIES IN YOUR SMOKE DETECTORS.
THAT'S A COMMON THEME THAT WE USE EVERY YEAR.
MOST HOMES ARE NOW EQUIPPED WITH THE 10 YEAR BATTERY IN THEIR SMOKE DETECTOR, BUT IF YOU STILL HAVE A SMOKE DETECTOR OR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR THAT USES THE NINE VOLT BATTERY, MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE THAT IN EARLY NOVEMBER.
AND UH, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO WE HAVE SO MANY, WE CHARGE, WE CHARGEABLE BATTERY AT HOME LIKE, UH, SCOOTER AND THIS AND THAT.
CAN WE JUST CHARGE FOREVER? AND HOW ABOUT THE IPHONE, IPAD, EVERYTHING.
AND I THINK THIS TALK ABOUT THE BATTERY, WILL IT CATCH FIRE? THIS ON THAT? SO MAYBE GIVE OKAY.
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OF SUGGESTION BECAUSE I ALWAYS CHARGE PUT OVER THERE FOREVER.I DON'T WANNA PUT DOWN MY HOUSE.
YEAH, DON'T LEAVE THE BATTERIES ON THE CHARGERS FOREVER.
SO JUST LEAVE IT ON THE CHARGER LONG ENOUGH TO GET A FULL CHARGER ON IT AND THEN REMOVE IT FROM THE CHARGER.
IF THERE'S ANY DAMAGE TO ANY OF THE BATTERIES, YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OUT OF SERVICE.
ALWAYS USE THE CHARGER THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED BY THE MANUFACTURER.
THAT'S FOR ANOTHER ITEM AND TRY TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THE BATTERY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CHARGE.
AND THEN IF THE BATTERY'S AT THE END OF ITS SERVICE LIFE OR IT IS DAMAGED, THEN PROPERLY RECYCLED.
THAT'S NOT IN YOUR RECYCLED TRASH CONTAINER THAT'S AT YOUR CURBSIDE, HAS TO GO TO A SPECIAL FACILITY.
HOME DEPOT, LOWE'S, MOST OF THE LOCAL, UH, HARDWARE STORES PROVIDE A SPECIAL DROP OFF FOR THE LITHIUM ION BATTERIES TO KEEP 'EM SAFE.
DID I MISS ANYTHING? UH, YOU KINDA SCARE ME NOW.
I HAVE SO MANY THINGS PLUGGED INTO A BATTERY.
THEN THE SCOOTERS AND, AND THE, ALL, ALL THE DEVICE FOR THE MACHINE, LIKE A OKAY.
THEN YOU SAY I HAVE TO UNPLUG EVERYTHING, HUH? OKAY.
SO, BUT THE REST YOU CAN, YOU HAVE TO UNPLUG TO BE SAFE.
TO THE PUBLIC TO NOT PLUCK IN FOREVER.
AM I RIGHT? SO YOU SHOULD UNPLUG EVERYTHING BESIDE YOUR HOT DEVICE.
DON'T UNPLUG THE ONE SO YOU CAN RECHARGE ALL THE TIME.
SO HERE REPRESENT THE WEST COVID AT THE GREAT CITY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US THE INFORMATION AND THE ALL OKAY.
FOR US TO KIND OF, UH, KNOW THE PROGRAM.
AND AGAIN, AGAIN, UNPLUG YOUR BATTERY.
LET'S WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S SUGGESTION, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, THIS PROCLAMATION FOR THE FIRE PREVENTION AND BEFORE, BEFORE I LET YOU GO.
UH, THINGS BESIDE THE BATTERIES IS INSIDE THE HOUSE.
HOW ABOUT OUTSIDE SINCE WE HAVE WILDFIRES, THE TREE, THE VEGETATION, AND THE, MAYBE YOU CAN GIVE US SOME OF THE INFORMATION.
WILDFIRES, ESPECIALLY THE HILLSIDE AREA.
UH, SO MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, 'CAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT AT A COUPLE OF THE, UH, UH, TOWN HALL MEETINGS ABOUT THE RECENT RELEASE OF THE NEW MAPS FOR WILD HAT WILDFIRE HAZARD AREAS BY CAL FIRE.
FORTUNATELY IN, UH, WEST COVINA, THE AREA THAT HAD BEEN DESIGNATED A VERY HIGH HAZARD HAS BEEN REDUCED, MAINLY DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR HILLSIDES AND MORE HOMES GOING IN AND LESS WILDLAND THAT'S AVAILABLE.
BUT EVEN THEN YOU, YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR HOME FROM WILDFIRE.
AND ON THE CAL FIRE WEBSITE, AND WE HAVE LINKS TO THAT.
IT IDENTIFIES DIFFERENT ZONES AND WHAT KIND OF, UH, GROWTH OR PLANTS OR LANDSCAPING THAT YOU CAN USE IN THOSE ZONES.
ZERO ZONE IS ONE TO FIVE FEET OUT FROM YOUR HOUSE.
SO IT'S SIMPLE THINGS LIKE KNOCK STACKING FIREWOOD NEXT TO YOUR HOME THAT COULD CATCH ANY OF THE EMBERS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT FIRST FIVE FEET, UH, AS RESISTANT TO ANY TYPE OF FLYING EMBERS AS POSSIBLE.
UH, WHETHER THAT'S HARDSCAPE OR LOW BUSHES OR GREENERY THAT STAYS GREEN ALL YEAR LONG AND DOESN'T DROP A LOT OF LEAVES AND NEEDLES FROM THERE, FIVE FEET OUT TO 30 FEET OUT, YOU HAVE A LITTLE LESS RESTRICTIONS IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN GROW.
YOU CAN HAVE TALLER PLANTS, BUT AGAIN, YOU DON'T WANT 'EM ALL GROUPED TOGETHER.
YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT OF SPREAD OUT DISTANCE.
AND THEN FROM 30 FEET OUT TO A HUNDRED FEET, YOU CAN GROW TALLER TREES.
AGAIN, MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY LADDER FUEL.
SO ANY HIGH GRASS THAT MIGHT CAUSE A GROUND FIRE TO GET UP INTO THE TREES, YOU MAKE THOSE TYPE OF LIMITATIONS FROM 30 FEET TO A HUNDRED FEET OUT.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THE WILDFIRE
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HAPPENED THIS YEAR IN JANUARY AND DOWN A LOT OF HOUSES, AND THERE'S FOR SURE, LIKE WEST COVINA.WE HAVE A LOT OF HILLSIDE AREA.
OKAY? AND THAT'S KIND OF, UH, OVERGROWN AND PLUS A LOT OF CT AREA HAS KIND OF OVERGROWN HILLSIDE.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE ALL NEED TO KIND OF CLEAR OUT TO MAKE SURE OUR PROPERTY IS SAFE AND DIS THAT, OKAY, SO, SO 30 FEET OKAY.
SOME OF THE TREE POSSIBLE NEED TO BE TRAINED DOWN DUE TO SOME OF, LIKE EUCALYPS TREE.
THEY BASICALLY, THEY HAVE THE GREASE TO CATCH FIRE EASILY.
SO THE, THE LEAVES AND EMBERS CAN TRAVEL LONG DISTANCE.
WE SAW THAT WITH THE RECENT FIRES BACK IN JANUARY, EATON CANYON.
AND SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROPERTY IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO THOSE SPARKS GRABBING ANYTHING AND, AND BURNING AND THEN SPREADING TO YOUR HOUSE.
SO EVERYBODY KNOW WE HAVE, UH, INSIDE, UNPLUG YOUR BATTERY OUTSIDE, CLEAR YOUR VEGETATION.
AND, UH, I SEE YOU PRETTY SOON IN YOUR STATION.
BECAUSE TODAY AT THIS MONTH, PROCLAMATION OKAY.
RECOGNIZE OCTOBER AS A BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
NATALIA, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME OUT AND YOU ARE ALL PINK? YES.
I KNOW THIS IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY OKAY.
THE FEMALE TO ABOUT THE AWARENESS ABOUT CHECKUP, THIS AND THAT.
SO MAYBE YOU WANNA SHARE WITH US HOW WE CAN PREVENT AND HOPEFULLY ONE DAY WE CAN CURE THE BREAST CANCER.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR WU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY AS WE RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE A POWERFUL INITIATIVE THAT BRINGS HOPE, AWARENESS, AND UNITY TO OUR CITY AND BEYOND.
BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND THE PINK PATCH PROJECT.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, BREAST CANCER TOUCHES COUNTLESS LIVES.
IT IS A DIAGNOSIS THAT NO ONE WANTS TO HEAR, BUT ONE THAT FAR TOO MANY INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES HAVE FACED.
IT'S A JOURNEY FILLED WITH FEAR, COURAGE, AND RESILIENCE.
BUT IT'S ALSO A JOURNEY WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
THAT'S WHY I'M PROUD TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE PINK PATCH PROJECT AND INSPIRING PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN THAT BEGAN IN 2013, LAUNCHED BY THE SILL BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE SELL PATCHES, COASTERS, AND OTHER MERCHANDISE, AND DONATE THE PROFITS TO BREAST CANCER RESEARCH.
EACH OCTOBER, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, SWAP OUT THEIR TRADITIONAL UNIFORM PATCHES FOR OUR PINK ONES.
THESE PINK PATCHES ARE MORE THAN SYMBOLS.
THEY REPRESENT SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED, SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES, AND A POWERFUL COMMITMENT TO EARLY DETECTION AND LIFE SAFETY RESEARCH.
THEY SPARKED CONVERSATION, RAISE AWARENESS, AND HELP FUND ESSENTIAL PROGRAMS FOR CANCER RESEARCH, TREATMENT, AND SURVIVOR SUPPORT.
WHAT STARTED AS A LOCAL IDEA HAS GROWN INTO A NATIONAL MOVEMENT.
IT'S A REMINDER THAT EVEN IN THE MIDST OF SERIOUS ILLNESS, THERE IS HOPE.
SO ALL THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES PARTICIPATING IN THIS CAMPAIGN, WE THANK YOU.
YOUR EFFORTS GO FAR BEYOND PUBLIC SAFETY.
YOU ARE HELPING TO SAVE LIVES IN OTHER WAYS BY BEING CHAMPIONS FOR AWARENESS, EDUCATION, AND COMPASSION.
SO THE SURVIVORS, THE FIGHTERS, AND THE FAMILIES WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES, WE HONOR YOU AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING THIS FIGHT FOR YOU, NOT JUST IN OCTOBER, BUT ALL YEAR AROUND.
LET'S ALL WEAR OUR PINK, WHETHER IT'S A PATCH OF RIBBON OR A SIGN OF SUPPORT WITH PRIDE, PURPOSE, AND THE PROMISE TO DO MORE TOGETHER.
WE'RE NOT JUST RAISING AWARENESS, WE'RE RAISING HOPE.
CHIEF, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING JUST BRIEFLY? I WANT TO THANK YOU, NATALIA, FOR TAKING THE LEAD OF OUR PINK, UM, PATCH PROJECT AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'RE DOING BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING, UH, HOW MUCH, UH, MONEY WE CAN RAISE FOR THIS PURPOSE.
UM, SO AS YOU SEE, COUNCILWOMAN AND I DO SUPPORT IT.
AND AT THE FIRE PREVENTION THEY HAD THEIR, UH, GEAR, WHICH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN AND I DID PAY AND, UH, SUPPORTED THIS.
BUT I WANTED TO KNOW HOW CAN THE RESIDENTS OR OURSELVES, UH, GET THOSE ITEMS OR WHERE TO PURCHASE IT ONLINE.
IF YOU CAN KINDLY SHARE, THANK THE DETAILS OF IT.
SO I WILL BE CREATING A POST THAT WE'LL POST ONTO THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, SOCIAL MEDIA AS FAR AS WHAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE BOTTLE OPENERS, WE HAVE COASTERS, WE HAVE PATCHES, AND POTENTIALLY SOME OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA SELL FOR PROFIT.
UM, YOU COULD FIND THEM ALSO AT OUR FRONT DESK.
AND THE RECORDS CLERKS CAN ASSIST YOU IN PURCHASING THOSE.
IT'S ALL CASH RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A VENMO.
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THEM TO PURCHASE THE T-SHIRT.THE CUP AND THE, THE BADGE THAT THIS AND THAT.
YOU DON'T NEED A MERCHANDISE, JUST GIVE THEM THE CHECK.
AND IT'S TO SUPPORT THE AWARENESS OF BREAST CANCER.
AND CHIEF, YOU WANNA ADD ON ANYTHING? BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING EVERY YEAR.
SO WE TRY TO PROMOTE ABOUT AWARENESS OF THE BREAST CANCER.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
SO THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY, UH, ARE GETTING VERY ORGANIZED WITH THIS PROJECT.
AND FROM HERE WE'RE JUST GONNA GROW UP WITH IT AS FAR AS HAVING MORE MERCHANDISE, UM, MAKING EASE OF PAY AND SO FORTH.
BUT AGAIN, EVERY SINGLE PENNY THAT IS, UH, EARNED FROM THE SALE OF THESE ITEMS GOES TOWARDS THE RESEARCH, UM, AND CURE OF BREAST CANCER.
AND I KNOW THERE'S MANY OF US IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED, UM, BY BREAST CANCER.
I HAVE LOVED ONES THAT ARE CURRENTLY BATTLING IT.
SO IT HAS A PLACE IN MY HEART AND WE'RE GONNA WORK VERY HARD TO PROMOTE THIS.
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE, UH, TRY TO PRESENT A GOOD CAUSE FOR THE THING.
AND, UH, REPRESENT A GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND WE WANT HAVE A PROCLAMATION ABOUT THE BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH AND IN OCTOBER, 2025 WEST COVINA.
DON'T TURN IT OFF, THEN WE WON'T BE ON AGAIN.
THIS IS VERY SENSITIVE DEVICE.
OCTOBER IS ALSO THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OF WELLNESS MONTH ATTEMPT TO OKAY.
STAND WITH, UH, SURVIVAL ON THE LIFE LOSS AND THE SUPPOSED STILL LIVING IN FEAR.
AND I REMEMBER EVERY YEAR IT CAME TO SPEAK TO US.
I THINK RATHER THAN I READING THIS THING, I THINK I SHOULD GIVE YOU THE TIME TO YOU TO TELL US HOW THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECT PEOPLE AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE CAN SAVE LIFE.
HI, I'M WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT VICTIMS ADVOCATE.
AND WEST COVINA HAS AN AMAZING PROGRAM WHERE THE OFFICERS, UH, WRITE THE REPORTS AFTER THEY MAKE AN ARREST OR AFTER THEY CALL ON THE VICTIM.
IT'S A SLOW PROCESS WITH THE FOLLOW UP BECAUSE FROM ZERO TO SIX YOU GET TO KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
AND IF FROM ZERO TO SIX YOU LIVED IN A HOME THAT WAS LOVING AND SUPPORTIVE, YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT.
HOWEVER, MANY OF OUR CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP WHERE THERE'S FIGHTING AND LOUD NOISES AND CURSING AND BETRAYAL AND BELITTLING THEM, AND THEY HAVE NO SELF-ESTEEM.
SO THEY GO OUT INTO THE WORLD AND IT'S USUALLY A WOMAN, AND SHE CHOOSES SOMEONE THAT SHE THINKS SHE CAN REHABILITATE.
IF SHE CAN REHABILITATE HIM, THEN SHE'S LOVABLE.
THAT IS THE STICKING POINT, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME FOR ANYONE TO FACE THAT, TO REALIZE IT AND ADJUST TO IT.
AND WEST COVINA POLICE CHIEF HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO LET ME AND THE OTHERS DO THAT.
AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO WEST COVINA.
GO AHEAD, CHIEF, SAY SOMETHING.
I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK DIANE FRANKLIN.
SHE'S BEEN OUR VICTIM'S ADVOCATE SINCE 1999, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW, UH, SMALLER MUNICIPAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS THAT ACTUALLY HAS OUR VERY OWN DOMESTIC, UH, UH, VICTIM'S ADVOCATE.
SHE PRIMARILY WORKS WITH VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OR SEXUAL ABUSE.
AND I MEAN, THE AMOUNT OF WORK SHE DOES IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
UM, SHE WORKS WITH THESE VICTIMS, UM, WITH SUPPORT, WITH, UM, SHELTERING WITH GOODS THEY MAY NEED EVEN TO, UH, UM, TAKING SOME OF THESE, YOU KNOW, FEARFUL VICTIMS TO COURT AND ESCORTING 'EM TO THEIR COURT PROCEEDINGS.
SO, UM, WHAT SHE'S DOES IS JUST ABSOLUTELY PRICELESS.
I'M SO THANKFUL TO HAVE HER AND WE ARE ALL BLESSED AS A COMMUNITY TO HAVE DIANE HERE.
AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, JUST A FAMILY FIELD DECIDED BUT NOT TRUE BECAUSE THEY, I THINK, UH, JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO, UH, MONTE OKAY.
WE LOST TWO POLICE OFFICER BECAUSE THEY BASICALLY RESPOND TO THE DOMESTIC
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VIOLENCE CALL.AND WHEN THEY ARRIVE, BECAUSE THEY'RE HEATED AND OUR POLICE OFFICERS SACRIFICE, SO YOU CAN SEE, OKAY, THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN COME OUT, ESCALATE INTO SOMETHING VERY, VERY VIOLENT.
SO, SO IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO REPORT SOMETHING.
SO I THINK SOMETHING IMPORTANT, WE WILL MAKE SURE WE PROTECT EVERYBODY, INCLUDING OUR COMMUNITY.
WE SEE SOMETHING, MAKE SURE YOU LET PEOPLE KNOW, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT KNOW SO WE CAN GET INVOLVED IN THE EARLIER TIME WITHOUT ESCALATING TO SOMETHING LIKE WHEN PEOPLE ARE SO MAD AND THEN THE THING HAPPEN.
UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SINCE UH, RESPONSE IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS, UH, CAUSE OF SERVICE FOR, FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE VOLATILE SITUATIONS.
AND ALSO, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT, UM, FOR THIS MONTH, OUR PERSONNEL ARE ALL AUTHORIZED TO ALSO WEAR THE PURPLE RIBBON, SIGNIFYING OUR SUPPORT FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS.
AND THESE, UH, RIBBONS WERE, UM, PROVIDED BY DIANE FRANKLIN AGAIN.
YEAH, I THINK LET'S GET THAT ANOTHER HAND, ESPECIALLY DIANE, BUT THANK YOU.
EVERY YEAR HE CAME TO TELL US, OKAY.
AND THE GOSPEL ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HOW HORRIBLE IS LED AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW, OKAY, THAT IS NOT A, A SMALL CRIME, THAT POSSIBLE CAN BE A VERY SERIOUS, SEVERE SITUATION THAT WE HAVE TO FACE, BUT THE VICTIM, WE NEED TO HELP THEM AND THE CITY WILL HELP THEM TO PROTECT THEM.
DO YOU WANNA SAY MORE THING? DO I WANNA SAY MORE?
WELL, AS THE CHIEF SAID, WE HAVE A, AN INTENSE PROGRAM AND WITH ALL OF US, WE WANNA BE LOVED.
AND SOME PEOPLE PAY A VERY HIGH PRICE FOR THAT.
UM, AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THE ABSENCE OF IT RATHER THAN WHAT LOVE REALLY IS.
AND THIS IS A VERY TRYING TIME FOR MANY OF OUR VICTIMS BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID OF BEING DEPORTED.
UM, SO THEY SEEMS LIKE THERE'S LESS REPORTING AND SOME THAT DO REPORT OR AFRAID TO COME IN.
SO THESE ARE REALLY CHALLENGING TIMES.
SO IF YOU KNOW SOMEBODY NEED HELP, OKAY.
THE CITY WILLING TO HELP THEM, AM I RIGHT? CHIEF? AND THEN WE WILL FIND A SHELTER.
AND, UH, OKAY, THE FEMALE, THEY WILL BE PROTECTED.
THE VICTIM, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.
AND ALL THE HUMAN LIFE, UH, WILL BE SAFE.
I WILL BE SENDING A GREAT CITY WITH COVINA.
UM, MS. FRANKLIN FOR ALL YOUR OKAY.
DEDICATION AND EVERY YEAR COME OVER HERE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT TO AWARENESS ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IS THERE A HOTLINE PHONE NUMBER, MAYOR? YES.
IS THERE A HOTLINE PHONE NUMBER? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE A HOTLINE? CHIEF
IF YOU JUST HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, HOW THINGS WORK OR IF WE NEEDED TO CONTACT OUR, UH, DIANE FRANKLIN, UH, FOR NON-EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, YOU CAN CALL OUR NON-EMERGENCY LINE THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER.
BUT ANYTHING THAT IS HEATED ARGUMENT OR POTENTIAL VIOLENCE OR VIOLENCE, I IMMEDIATELY PLEASE DIAL 9 1 1 AND WE'LL BE THERE FOR YOU.
UH, NOW WE MOVE TO THE MANAGER.
ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER WELCOMED OVER 160 GUESTS AND 14 SENIORS TURNING 90 YEARS OLD OR ABOVE THIS YEAR, OUR BIRTHDAY GUESTS SHARED WORDS OF WISDOM.
THEY INCLUDE POWERFUL MESSAGES SUCH AS DON'T DWELL ON THE PAST AND BE HAPPY.
ALL GUESTS ENJOYED A DELICIOUS MEAL PREPARED BY OUR SENIOR CHEFS, HOLLY AND THERESA, AND DANCE TO THE VOICE'S.
THE 2025 MOON FESTIVAL WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH FROM 11:00 AM TO 9:00 PM THE EVENT INCLUDED A CAR SHOW PRESENTED BY NEW BEGINNING CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP AND MOTORS GAME ZONE WITH INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS AND TEENS HEALTH ZONE ORGANIZED BY WEST COVINA HEALTH LIVE ENTERTAINMENT THROUGHOUT THE DAY, SHOWCASING LOCAL TALENT AND CULTURAL PERFORMANCES, A COSPLAY CONTEST WHERE GUESTS SHOWCASED THEIR CREATIVITY AND COMPETED FOR PRIZES.
THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD ITS ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2025
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FROM 10:00 AM TO 2:00 PM THE EVENT FEATURED THE HANDS-ON OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT THE APPARATUS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND INTERACT WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, LEARN ABOUT FIRE SAFETY AND ENJOY A DELICIOUS BARBECUE.UM, THE CANINE, THE CANINE CONDITION FOUNDATION.
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WELL PARK COMMUNITY CENTER ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12TH FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM THE FEE IS $40 AND PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED.
UM, TEXT 7 4 7 3 1 3 2 9 7 1 FOR AN APPLICATION.
AND WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT THEY ARE NOW FULL, UM, DUE TO THE OVERWHELMING RESPONSE FROM OUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS TYPE OF EVENTS.
THE COG HAS SHARED THIS VIDEO REGARDING HAZING TO STAY SAFE, AND IN THE EVENT THE COYOTE ENCOUNTER, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE COG AND WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE STARTING TOMORROW.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A VIDEO TO, TO SHOW HAZING IS A WAY TO STAY SAFE IN THE EVENT OF A COYOTE AND COUNTER.
HERE ARE FIVE TIPS TO HAZE COYOTE
TIP ONE, STAY CALM, NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON A COYOTE.
TIP TWO, STAND TALL AND MAINTAIN EYE CONTACT.
AVOID RUNNING TO PREVENT TRIGGERING A CHASE RESPONSE.
TIP THREE, BE LOUD AND EXAGGERATE.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO WAVE YOUR ARMS AROUND AND YELL, GO AWAY.
CONTINUE TO BE LOUD UNTIL THE COYOTE FULLY BACKS DOWN AND RUNS AWAY.
IN SOME CASES, COYOTES WON'T FEAR THESE HAZING METHODS.
IN THE EVENT THAT HAPPENS, KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE COYOTE AND BACK AWAY SLOWLY.
NOW YOU KNOW HOW TO BE COYOTE SAFE.
AND I'M IN THE PROCESS AND CONTINUING TO FILL THE MAN EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT POSITIONS IN THE CITY.
UM, THIS MONTH WE'LL BE FILLING OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR POSITION, WHO IS ALSO A LICENSED CITY ENGINEER.
HE COMES US WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM RUTGERS.
WE'LL HAVE OUR, WE BRING ON A DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHO IS ALSO A CERTIFIED PLANNER WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE.
MASTER'S DEGREE FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HOUSING MANAGER, WHO IS ALSO A STATE LICENSED, STATE LICENSED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REAL ESTATE.
WILL BE COMING TO US WITH OVER 35 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WITH A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM USC.
UPCOMING REPORTS TO THE COUNCIL.
IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK THE TREE SERVICE RFP FOR CONSIDERATION, PROPOSED AGREEMENT WITH CLEAR CHANNEL, WHICH WAS A COUNCIL REQUEST FOR THE ADVERTISING AGREEMENT, UH, BRINGING BACK THE VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AN UPDATE ON, UH, THAT WITH A REPORT UPDATE ON SPAY AND NEUTER, UM, POTENTIAL ORDINANCE CHANGES IN THE CITY.
UM, THE CODE OF CONDUCT STANDING RULES WILL COME BACK, UM, IN NOVEMBER, AND WE'LL ALSO BE BRINGING BACK STATE MANDATED 1813 AB 1383.
UM, THIS MONTH, OR THE FIRST MEETING IN UM, NOVEMBER, UPDATES TO THE COUNCIL IN NOVEMBER WILL INCLUDE A DETAILED UPDATE ON OUR STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, UPDATE ON LANDSCAPE AND MEDIANS, UPDATE ON COYOTES BY THE STATE, UH, STATE OF CALIFORNIA FISH AND WILDLIFE, AND ALSO AN UPDATE ON OUR SPORTSPLEX OPERATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
WE'LL BE UPDATING YOU ON THE TEXAS ROADHOUSE BOGO DOHOW PORTO'S EXPANSION, PROPOSED HILL, THE CITY YARD AND AZUA CORRIDOR SIGNALIZATION, UM, AND SYNCHRONIZATION, UH, PROGRAM.
UH, SOME OF THE UPCOMING EVENTS WILL BE OCTOBER FEST, OCTOBER 10TH, 2025 AT THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY CENTER AND SENIOR CENTER.
12:00 PM TO 3:00 PM UH, MOVIE NIGHT, THE ADAMS FAMILY.
UH, CAMERON PARK FROM SEVEN TO 10:00 PM URI FALL FESTIVAL OCTOBER 11TH, EAST SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, JAPANESE COMMUNITY CENTER FROM 12 TO 6:00 PM SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC.
OCTOBER 12TH, SHADOW OAK PARK, 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION, JOB FAIR, OCTOBER 16TH, UH, AT THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER, 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM FESTIVAL OF FRIGHTS, OCTOBER FEST, OCTOBER 25TH, UH, AT THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA FROM 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AND MR. MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UM, CITY MANAGER'S REPORT TONIGHT.
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BUT BEFORE WE GO TO THE CALENDAR TONIGHT, I'M GONNA BE PULLING ITEM, UH, FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, UM, ITEM NUMBER ONE, UH, TO ALLOW STAFF TIME TO, UM, CORRECT AND UPDATE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS MATTER.ALLOW THE COUNCIL MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS.
AND ON THE SECOND ITEM, UH, UH, IN CONSENT, UH, UH, WE ARE GONNA, UH, REQUEST AND RECOMMEND OPTION NUMBER ONE BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNCIL, UH, TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR, UH, A COLLECTION OF DATA, UH, REGARDING OUR, UH, WEST COVINA MICRO TRANSIT, UM, PROGRAM.
WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.
IT LOOK VERY POSITIVE FOR OUR CITY MOVING.
OKAY? AND, UH, I THINK A LOT OF EVENT.
AND IT'S FULL OR FOR OUR OCTOBER AND NO.
I THINK THIS IS, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT'S ALMOST COME TO THE END OF THE, THE YEAR? OKAY.
LETTI READY TO TAKE OVER THE MEMBERSHIP
SO ANYWAY, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT THING THAT WE CAN SEE A LOT OF BUSINESS COMING TO THE CITY.
A LOT OF GOOD GREAT RESTAURANT.
OKAY? FORGO THEHOW, THE T WAREHOUSE.
I THINK A WALLACE CHICKEN IS ALREADY DOING THE REMODELING ON THE KFC LOCATION, OKAY? AND SEAFOOD.
AT, UH, LAKE, I THINK GOING ON TOO.
SO IT LOOK LIKE A CITY HAS A LOT OF GREAT THING GOING ON, AND I WANT TO THANK OKAY.
ALL THE STAFF TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
NOW WE MOVE INTO ORAL COMMUNICATION.
OH, BEFORE I STARTED, I WANT TO, I PROMISE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, I'M GOING TO GIVE HER THE CREDIT.
OKAY? LAST TIME ON THE STAY OF THE CITY, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT EVENT AND, UH, PEOPLE SAY, TONY, UH, YOU HAVE A GREAT SPEECH AND I WANT TO SAY ON THE GREAT MAN BEHIND IT, ALWAYS HAVE A GREAT LADY.
I WANTED TO THANK THE CITY, CITY MANAGER AT THE SEPTEMBER.
OKAY? FIRST, RIGHT? OKAY, YES.
OUR LABOR DAY AND MONDAY, AND SHE SHOW UP ON THE, HER HOLIDAY AND, UH, WORK WITH ME WITH ALL THE SPEECH BACK AND FORTH TO REVISE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE A GREAT SPEECH AND GREAT EVENT.
SO I WANNA THANK HER OKAY? FOR HER DEDICATION ON THE SEPTEMBER 1ST AND ON HER HOLIDAY SHE SHOW UP OKAY? AND WITH ME, AND WE EVEN REVIEWED THE VIDEO, OKAY? AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, ACTUALLY, I KEEP MY PROMISE, I SAY I WILL.
I FORGOT TO THANK YOU LAST TIME.
SO I'M GOING TO THANK YOU THIS TIME AND OF COURSE, OKAY, ACTING CITY MANAGER IS OVER THERE TOO, BUT HE, HE ALREADY HAVE A SLEEPING BAG IN OUR CITY.
SO I DON'T HAVE TO MENTION YOU, YOU OVERHEAR ALL THE TIME, BUT THANK YOU, THE STAFF TO PUT IT TOGETHER.
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NOW WE MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.NOW WE MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.
OKAY? COMMENT ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, OKAY? UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR THE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THE NON AGENDA ITEM.
MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTED THE ORDER CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT TO SPEAK OF THE TOPIC, SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKER'S ALLOWED TIME LIMIT AND MAKING THE SLANDEROUS OF PROFANITY.
OKAY? REMARK OR USING LOUD, THREATENED ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPT DISTURBED IMP IMPEDE AND RENDER INVISIBLE.
THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN TO ANY PERSON WITH A PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN THE MANNER THAT MAY REASONABLY BE INTERPRETED AS A ENT THREAT OR THE PHYSICAL HARM.
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, PLEASE.
OKAY? THE CITY IN FRONT OF THE ROAD DESIGN DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC SPEAKER.
OKAY? THE TIME WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.
AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE? YOU HAVE A TOTAL OF 10 SPEAKER SLIPS TONIGHT? YEAH.
WELL, WOULD YOU HAVE THE FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE? YES.
THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE JERRY PRORES, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTIE, FOLLOWED BY FBI THE TIME.
TONIGHT I'M COMMENTING ON ITEM NINE, THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR FIRE STATION ONE.
TODAY WE ONCE AGAIN OBSERVE OUR CITY COUNCIL MAKING MAJOR FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS WITHOUT A COST BENEFIT OR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS.
THE STATE AUDITOR REPORTS STATE THAT DECISIONS MADE WITHOUT A COST BENEFIT OR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS ARE, AND I'M QUOTING HIGH RISK FOR POTENTIAL WASTE, FRAUD, ABUSE, OR MISMANAGEMENT.
SO I SIMPLY ASK, HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST TO BUILD A FIRE STATION AT THE CIVIC CENTER? HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST TO BUILD A CITY YARD AT BKK AREA IF IT'S EVEN LEGALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY APPROVED TO BE BUILT THERE? HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST TO REBUILD FIRE STATION ONE AND UPGRADE THE CITY YARD AT THEIR PRESENT LOCATION? IF FIRE STATION ONE IS MOVED TO
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THE CIVIC CENTER AREA, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON RESPONSE TIMES TO RESIDENTS WHEN AN EMERGENCY ARISES? HOW DO YOU PLAN TO PAY FOR THESE PROJECTS? BORROW MONEY AGAIN, ARRANGE PRIVATE OR CORPORATE FUNDING RAISE TAXES.THE STATE AUDITOR'S REPORT ALSO NOTES NUMEROUS INSTANCES WHERE OUR CITY COUNCIL USED INCOMPLETE DATA TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT BUDGETARY AND OR LONG-TERM ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS.
INSUFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM COSTS, RESULTS IN OVERSPENDING.
YOU HAVE THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE TABLE.
THIS PROJECT UNTIL AN APPRE APPROPRIATE AND SUFFICIENT COST BENEFIT FINANCIAL A THAT LOOKS AT ALL ALTERNATES IS PERFORMED.
NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRISTIE, FOLLOWED BY FBI, CHRISTIE.
OKAY, WE HAVE HERMAN, HERMAN, ERNESTO FOLLOWED BY DOUG FOUR.
I'LL START THE CLOCK BEFORE I EVEN GET UP HERE.
SEE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I JUST START AND ALREADY MY TIME IS BEING STOLEN FROM ME, THE SAME CENSURE THAT I'VE HEARD ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DOWNEY.
WELL, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE I'M SPEAKING.
AND THE ISSUE HERE IS ABOUT THE CENSURE BETWEEN THE CITY OF DOWNEY AGAINST ONE F****T.
NO OFFENSE, I'M NOT CREATING ANY STATIC.
IT'S JUST THIS ONE PARTICULAR INDIVIDUAL WHO'S AN ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE CITY OF DOWNEY, HAS BEEN CED FOR SAYING SOME OFFENSIVE THINGS ABOUT CHARLIE KIRK.
AND I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD AGREE WITH ME THAT CHARLIE KIRK WAS AN OPEN-MINDED FIRST AMENDMENT CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIVE SPEECH SPEAKER HE TOOK TO NO SIDE, EXCEPT WE'RE FINDING OUT NOW THAT, LIKE IN PARTICULAR, SINCE THE CITY MANAGER LIKES FOR ME TO INCORPORATE THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, THEY LIKE PUTTING UP NEW RULES NOW WHERE THEY'RE TAKING YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT AWAY TO USE ANY TYPE OF AN OR C WORD.
TODAY I MENTIONED THE WORD NICKERSON GARDEN.
ARE ANY OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH NICKERSON GARDEN? HAVE YOU HEARD OF FLORENCE GRIFFITH JOINER? WELL, THESE ARE A USD SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA.
NICKERSON GARDENS A ROUGH GHETTO HARDSHIP LAND WHERE NOT MANY OF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR CHILDREN OTHER THAN IN WEST COVINA AND IF NOT BETTER, IN THE BURNED CITIES OF PALISADES AND RIGHT UP THE STREET HERE.
WHY IS THAT? WHY DO I SAY THAT? BECAUSE TODAY I FOUND OUT THAT ONLY TWO HOMES IN PALISADES WERE BUILT BY PERMIT TWO HOMES.
AND WHAT DID DONALD J. TRUMP SAY? CUT THE RED TAPE.
GIVE THESE PEOPLE THE PERMISSION TO BUILD ON THEIR PROPERTIES.
WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING? IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
SO IT SHOWS ME THE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS TO TAKE AWAY YOUR RIGHTS.
THEY'RE TAKING AWAY OUR RIGHTS BY THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
YOU CAN'T SAY THIS, YOU CAN'T SAY THAT.
DIDN'T TONY W JUST GIVE YOU GUYS WHAT HE CALLED? WHAT IMPERMISSIBLE PRIOR RESTRAINT SAYS YOU CANNOT, SHOULD NOT WILL NOT SAY THIS.
WELL, GUESS WHAT? I BELIEVE THE MAYOR AND FORMER MAYOR IS WRONG.
SO I'M GONNA EXERCISE JUST ONE PORTION OF MY FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT'S IT RIGHT HERE IN MY HAND.
THE FIRST AMENDMENT, WITHOUT ANY WORDS, IT'S UNIVERSAL.
N-W-A-M-W-A OR IT COULD JUST MEAN 42 SC 1983.
BUT I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT UNITED STATES VERSUS BAG DARIAN.
THERE'S NOTHING OFFENSIVE AGAINST IT, TONY.
AND THE REASON BEHIND THAT IS BECAUSE IN HIS VERBIAGE HE DID SAY SHOOT THE NIG.
OKAY, UH, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
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EVENING, COUNSEL.JUST CAME UP TO SAY A QUICK THANK YOU TO WHOEVER AMONG YOU DECIDED TO CORRECT THE ERROR IN THE VERSION OF THE AGENDA THAT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE THE CORRECTION WAS MADE A FEW DAYS AGO.
THAT ORIGINAL VERSION INCLUDED BILL ELLIOT AS THE PERSON WHO WAS GOING TO GIVE TONIGHT'S PRAYER.
AGAIN, WHOEVER THAT WAS THAT MADE THAT CHANGE, THANK YOU BECAUSE HAD HE BEEN UP HERE IN THAT CAPACITY TONIGHT, MYSELF AND MANY OTHERS WOULD'VE HAD A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TONE AND MUCH MORE TO ADD BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME PERSON WHO NOT TOO LONG AGO WAS LOUDLY BLUING UP HERE ABOUT A MAN WHO HAD COME TO TALK ABOUT DACA, DACA RECIPIENTS.
ELLIOT WAS APPARENTLY UPSET THAT THE MAN WAS QUOTING FROM THE BIBLE AND THE ELLIOT, JUST A SENTENCE LATER, DECIDED TO CALL ALL OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE COCKROACHES, A MAN WHO UNABASHEDLY WANTS WEST COVINA TO BE MORE WHITE AND IS THREATENED BY THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO COMPETE AGAINST HARDWORKING LATINOS.
I CAN SEE YOU ALL NOW AGREE IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE PERSON TO BE DELIVERING ANY KIND OF SPIRITUAL MESSAGE TO US.
SO WHETHER IT WAS OUR GROUP AND ITS FRIENDS CALLING THE COUNCIL OUT FOR HAVING ELLIOT MOMENTARILY BE THE PERSON WHO'S GIVE, GOING TO GIVE THIS EVENING'S RELIGIOUS MESSAGE OR BECAUSE SOMEBODY SOMEWHERE JUST DECIDED TO HAVE SOME GOOD COMMON SENSE.
I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE MOU FOR CAR TOBER FEST.
UM, I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A LONG TIME FOR TRANSPARENCY UP HERE AND I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THAT ON THE AGENDA AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA.
WE NEED HELP DOWN THERE AND THE BUSINESSES ARE EXCITED ALSO.
UM, I LOVED YOUR REPORT TODAY.
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AT THIS.
UM, SO MUCH BETTER THAN OUR LAST CITY MANAGER.
UH, YOU ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE EVEN IF WE DON'T AGREE, WE HAVE A CONVERSATION.
UM, AND I'M JUST NOT IGNORED ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PEOPLE.
AND, UM, YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
AND THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THE CITIZENS OF WEST COVINA.
NOW I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT FIVE NOTICE OF VIOLATIONS THAT I GOT AT MY RESTAURANT.
BUNN STREET FIRST VIOLATION WAS CODE NINE DASH 28 ILLEGALLY DISCHARGING IN THE STORM WATER SYSTEM.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS WAS FOR, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
ALSO, ALL OF THESE VIOLATIONS CAME ON SEPTEMBER 25TH.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY GUTTERS AT THE BACK OF BUN STREET.
I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SECOND ONE, UM, OVERGROWN OF DEAD, OVERGROWN, OR DEAD VISITATION.
THE CORRECTION SAID I NEED TO WATER MY PLANTS TRIM MOW THE FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.
THE CITY OWNS THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY AND IT'S ALL ASPHALT AND CEMENT.
SO I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED OF WHY I GOT THAT VIOLATION.
NO PERSON SHALL DUMP OR ALLOW JUNK SUCH AS TIN CANS, WIRE OLD AUTO PARTS OR DEBRIS MATERIAL ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY.
I DID NOT KNOW THE PICTURES ATTACHED.
HAD TWO BOXES BY MY BACK DOOR.
I WOULD NOT KEEP BOXES OF PRODUCT BACK THERE BECAUSE THAT GHETTO ALLEY, THE THINGS WOULD BE STOLEN IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES IF I DID.
UM, SO I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
THE NEXT VIOLATION WAS GRAFFITI.
UM, NO PICTURE OF THE GRAFFITI ON THE VIOLATION.
UM, SO I'M JUST WONDERING, I SAW NO GRAFFITI BACK THERE, BUT I TOOK 32 PICTURES DOWN THAT ALLEY OF GRAFFITI.
UM, BUT NONE ON THE BACK OF MY BUILDING.
NEXT VIOLATION WAS, THEY SAID AN UNPLEASANT ODOR WAS COMING FROM MY PROPERTY.
UM, IF YOU DON'T LIKE GREAT HAMBURGERS, I GUESS THAT IS UNPLEASANT
UM, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE DON'T NEED A HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY.
YOU GUYS,
I'VE DONE A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO FIND OUT WHO ELSE GOT VIOLATIONS FOR THAT DAY.
UM, I HAVE ALWAYS GOTTEN A RATINGS AT MY RESTAURANTS.
I HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY, BUT WE'RE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES.
NEXT SPEAKER IS BILL ELLIOT, FOLLOWED BY JOSH MARAY, FOLLOWED BY HOLLYWOOD.
PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS AS WE APPROACH THE THRONE OF GRACE.
OUR GRACIOUS AND LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER, WE LIFT UP WEST COVINA TONIGHT IN PRAYER.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSINGS, BIG AND SMALL, SEEN AND UNSEEN.
MAY THEY WORK FOR THE GOOD OF WEST COVINA.
INSPIRE THEM TO LEAD WITH FAIRNESS AND INTEGRITY.
LET THEM SET ASIDE THEIR EGOS AND INFIGHTING.
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PEACE AND HARMONY TO THIS GOVERNING BODY LIKE NEVER BEFORE WE PRAY FOR OUR WORTHY CITY MANAGER, MARLON MARICK, DEDICATE HIM TO WHAT HE HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH.WE PRAY THAT YOU LEAD THE PERFECT APPLICANT FOR THE POSITION OF FIRE CHIEF DIRECTLY TO HIS DOOR.
WE ASK THAT YOU REMOVE THE WORD ACTING FROM HIS TITLE AND GIVE HIM A LONG TENURE.
WE GIVE THANKS FOR YOUR SERVANT AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY TOM DUARTE.
WE COVET HIS WISE COUNSEL TO GUIDE THE WAY FOR WEST COVINA.
WE ARE EVER THANKFUL FOR OUR POLICE CHIEF TONY CORTINA.
GIVE HIM AN EXTRA MEASURE OF COMPASSION, PERSPECTIVE, AND MERCY.
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS, FOR THEY SHALL BE CALLED THE CHILDREN OF GOD.
ALWAYS PROTECT OUR BRAVE POLICE OFFICERS WITH THE FULL ARMOR OF GOD.
WE ASK FOR RICH BLESSINGS UPON OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PARAMEDICS PROTECT THEM WHEREVER FLAMES, RAGE, AND MAY THEY HEAR THE SMALLEST CRY.
BLESSED TO THOSE WHO ARE LOW IN SPIRIT, FOR THEIRS IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM A BAD DIAGNOSIS OR MENTAL ILLNESS AND ARE FEELING DEPRESSED, FRIGHTENED, HOPELESS, AND ALONE.
LORD, YOU ARE THE GREAT PHYSICIAN AND WE ASK FOR YOUR HEALING HAND OF MERCY UPON THEM.
BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO MOURN, FOR THEY SHALL BE COMFORTED.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO ARE MOURNING THE LOSS OF LOVED ONES, COMFORT AND CONSOLE, AND HEAL THE AFFLICTED.
BE VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO THEM IN THIS AND EVERY HOUR, AND WE SHALL GIVE YOU THE PRAISE.
WE MOURN THE LOSS OF CHARLIE KIRK AND PRAY FOR HIS WIDOW AND HER TWO LITTLE DAUGHTERS AND THE UNBORN CHILD THAT SHE'S STILL CARRYING.
POUR DOWN YOUR GRACE UPON THEM AND GIVE THEM PEACE THAT PASSES UNDERSTANDING.
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD EVEN BEFORE YOU FORMED US INSIDE THE WOMB, YOU KNEW US.
EVEN DOWN TO THE NUMBER OF HAIRS ON OUR HEAD.
WE MOURN THE LOSS OF MILLIONS OF INNOCENT UNBORN CHILDREN WHO ARE STILL BEING BRUTALLY MURDERED.
IN THE NAME OF HEALTHCARE WE PRAY FOR A TOTAL END TO THE HORRIFIC PRACTICE OF ABORTION.
BLESSED ARE THE MEEK FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH.
WE ASK FOR DIVINE PRESENCE IN THE LIVES OF LITTLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN WEST COVINA.
PARENTS RAISE UP YOUR CHILDREN IN THE WAY OF THE LORD.
AND WHEN THEY'RE OLD, THEY WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT.
WE ASK FOR THESE THINGS IN JESUS, PRECIOUS AND HOLY AND WONDERFUL NAME.
OKAY, UH, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA LIBRARY TOMORROW OCTOBER 8TH FROM FOUR FROM THREE 30 TO 4:30 PM CHILDREN AGES FIVE TO 12.
AND THEIR PARENT OR CAREGIVER ARE INVITED TO DISCOVER THE UNIQUE AND COLORFUL MOOLA FOLK ART OF PANAMA.
THEN THEY WILL CREATE THEIR VERY OWN MOOLA DESIGN WITH VIBRANT CONSTRUCTION PAPER AND OTHER ART SUPPLIES.
I'D ALSO LET TO, I'D LIKE TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THE FRIENDS OF THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY WILL HOLD THEIR BIG BOOK SALE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 12:30 PM NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO GET SOME GENTLY USED BOOKS AT AMAZING PRICES WHILE SUPPORTING LITERACY, LIFELONG LEARNING, AND ENHANCED LIBRARY PROGRAMMING.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, YOUR LAST SPEAKER, THE CARD JUST READS SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY.
ONE OF THE FIRST PERSONS SUBMIT THE CARD AND NOT THE LAST.
UM, SO, UM, I JUST WITNESSED THE CIVIL WAR FROM THE PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK OUR, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UH, FOR PROVIDING SO MANY DOCUMENTATIONS BECAUSE THOSE ARE A LOT OF THOSE DOCUMENTATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE FIGHTING TO SUBMIT A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST.
AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL ARE DENYING, WELL, THEY WILL NEVER RELEASE A TEXT MESSAGE EVIDENCE.
THEY WILL NEVER RELEASE A EMAIL EXCHANGE.
THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEVER DO, BUT SOMEHOW IN THIS CASE THAT HE DID IT PROVIDED TO THE PUBLIC.
I THINK THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE.
SECOND OF ALL IS THAT IT'S HARD TO JUDGE WHO IS THERE, WHO IS RIGHT.
AND IT IS HARD TO JUDGE WHO IS WRONG BECAUSE WE, NOBODY KNOWS THE, UH, UM, UH, TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT THEY ARE SOMETHING THAT, UH, I THINK THE CITY COUNCIL NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND.
AND NUMBER ONE, UM, YOU REMEMBER THAT, UH, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS ACTUALLY, UM, UM, WELL, WHAT, WHAT DID HE DO? HE WAS, UM, HE WAS, UH, HE WAS, UH, C TWICE, I FORGOT THAT SPECIFIC WORD, BUT HE WAS, UH,
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SOMETHING TWICE BY THE CONGRESS.BUT HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT REMOVE HIM FROM THE OFFICE.
IT DOES NOT REMOVE ANY OF HIS, UH, PRESIDENTIAL POWER.
AND IT DOES NOT, UH, ELIMINATE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIM TO GET REELECTED.
SO FOR THIS CENSURE, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN MAKING A PUBLIC STATEMENT.
OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK IT DOESN'T DO MUCH.
SECOND IS THAT HAVING A POLITICAL CIVIL WAR INSIDE OF THIS, UH, IN THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, THE ONLY VICTIM IS THE RESIDENCE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN FIGHT, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL DAY LONG.
THEY CAN GO TO EACH OTHER'S HOME ALL DAY LONG.
BUT AGAIN, THE PEOPLE WHO IT'S SUFFERING IS THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT.
I REALLY WISH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER SPEND MORE TIME SUPPORTING YOUR RESIDENTS, SUPPORTING MORE, SUPPORTING YOUR CITIZENS INSTEAD OF PLAYING THIS SOME SORT OF A MONKEY BUSINESS CHILD CHILDISH, THREE YEARS OLD FIGHT.
UH, NEXT BUT NOT LEAST IS THAT, UH, I ACTUALLY, I HEARD, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ SAID HE WAS A, A PERSON WITH, UH, AUTISM.
UM, I AM ALSO THE ONE WITH, UH, WELL, I WAS ALSO DIAGNOSTIC WITH THE AUTISTIC DISORDER.
I WAS FIRED, UH, FROM A WAREHOUSE SUPERVISOR POSITION DURING THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE I YELLED TO MY COWORKER IS A FEMALE.
I SAID, HEY, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE THAT YOU PUT ALL OF THE HEAVY BOX FOR ME AND YOU ARE DOING ALL THE LIGHT DUTY WORK? AND SOMEHOW MY, UH, COWORKER, FEMALE COWORKER SAID, I'M A VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE FOR POINTING THAT OUT.
AND, UH, CITY EQUITY CITY MANAGER, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND? SOME OF THE SPEAKER, OF COURSE, MR. MAYOR, UM, MS. B, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS REGARDING FIRE STATION ONE.
UM, THAT IS AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, SO I'LL LET THE, UH, EXPERTS SPEAK ON THAT AND COUNCIL MAKE THEIR DECISION.
I'M NOT GONNA WEIGH IN ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
UM, HERMAN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, MENTIONING AND SPEAKING ABOUT FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
UM, I DO FOLLOW OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT YOU ATTEND, AND YOU, UH, YOU CAN AGREE THAT THIS, AT LEAST AT THIS COUNCIL MEETING, UM, YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROVIDED THE RIGHT TO SPEAK YOUR AND EXERCISE YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT, ERNESTO, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, UM, NOT NOTHING SPECIFIC TO THIS AGENDA, BUT FOR PREVIOUS AGENDAS AND FUTURE AGENDAS, IF THERE IS A MISTAKE ON THE AGENDA, I WILL WORK TO, UH, MAKE THAT CORRECTION.
I'LL TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
UM, DOUG, FOUR, UM, INTERESTING LETTERS.
HEY, MUST ADMIT I, I'M THINKING ABOUT 'EM MYSELF, BUT LET'S DO THIS.
UM, WHY DIDN'T YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SPOKEN TO MATT RISE YET, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER, I'LL LET HIM GET IN THE WEEDS OF THESE LETTERS AND WORK THAT OUT.
BUT I THINK THE ONE THING WE CAN AGREE WITH IS THAT ALI DOES NEED WORK.
AND THERE ARE SOME THINGS NOW THAT I'M SITTING UP HERE, WE CAN DO A LOT BETTER.
SO IF YOU'RE READY TO REENGAGE AGAIN AND OPEN THOSE DISCUSSIONS, I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS OF, UM, HOW THE CITY CAN WORK WITH THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALONG THE GLENDORA CORRIDOR AND MAKE DOWNTOWN GLENDORA MORE VIBRANT OR GLENDORA DOWNTOWN, UM, GLENDORA AND THE WEST COVINA AREA MORE VIBRANT.
AND ALSO SOME IDEAS WITH THAT ALLEYWAY, WHICH IS, UM, DOES ACCUMULATE TRASH.
THERE'S GRAFFITI THERE EVERY DAY.
UH, BUT I'D LIKE TO SET UP WITH YOU AND SOME OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TO BOUNCE AROUND SOME IDEAS.
UM, BILL ELLIOT, THANK YOU FOR THE PRAYER AND ALSO THANK YOU BOTH, BILL AND, UM, DOUG FOR YOUR, YOUR KIND WORDS ABOUT ME.
UM, JOSH, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON THE LIBRARY AS ALWAYS.
UM, AND ALSO, UM, SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY.
I DON'T KNOW YOUR REAL NAME, BUT I'LL GO BY SUPPORT TRANSPARENCY.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR CONCERNS.
AND I, I WILL, UH, MENTION ON THE THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ACT, UM, ANYTHING SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AS FAR AS PUBLIC RECORDS, WE WILL, AND WE DO PRODUCE EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO.
SO FOR YOU AND THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU DO REQUEST, WE WILL PROVIDE, WE DO NOT, UM, HOLD BACK ANY, UH, DOCUMENTS.
WE ONLY HAVE TWO PEOPLE IN OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, SO SOMETIMES IT DOES TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO GET, UM, DOCUMENTS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE VERY VOLUMOUS AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE 10, 15,000 PAGES AS A RESPONSIVE DOCUMENT.
SO IT DOES TAKE US A LITTLE TIME, BUT EVERYTHING IS, UM, PROVIDED.
AND I BELIEVE, UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TODAY, MR. MAYOR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
THE CONSENT CALENDAR.ANY COUNCIL WANT TO PULL ANY OF, UH, ITEM? UH, I'LL PULL NUMBER THREE.
AND ANY OTHER COUNCIL? IT IS NOT OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? DO I MOTION THE MOTION? DO I HAVE A SECOND? TWO THROUGH SEVEN.
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TWO THROUGH SEVEN.OH, HOW MANY? HE, HE PULLED ONE.
SO IT'S, UH, FROM TWO TO SEVEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION.
HE PULLED NUMBER THREE, RIGHT? YES.
AND THEN, UH, FOR NUMBER TWO, YOU HAVE TO PICK A, A, B, OR C? NO, NO, NO.
HE ALREADY TALK ABOUT GO TO JUNE.
SO YOU NEED NUMBER THREE? YEP.
SO WE CAN LISTEN TO JUNE TO MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE DATA.
SO, AND THEN NUMBER ONE ALREADY PULL BECAUSE IT'S INCORRECT.
AND SO NUMBER THREE, WE PUT BY YOU.
THEN, THEN BASICALLY WE'LL BE, UH, 4, 5, 6, 7.
PLEASE KEEP, UH, FIRST BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VIDO.
SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ VO.
[3. CONSIDERATION OF SIXTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH NATIONWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES]
UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD.UH, YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR, UM, THE CONTRACTOR.
NIE SAMIAN WITH NATIONWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES.
YES, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
IT'S JUST A YES OR NO, AND THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS I HAVE.
BUT I, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, UH, FOR THE RECORD, IS IT TRUE THAT WHEN YOU STARTED, UH, RICKY STREET STREET BEING, UH, THAT THE CITY MANAGER IS NOT THE ONE WHO GAVE YOU DIRECTION, BUT RATHER ONE MEMBER OF THIS CONSULT DID? IS THAT CORRECT? IT WAS A PROCESS, BUT I DID HAVE DIRECTION AND THEN I GOT ANOTHER DIRECTION.
SO IS THAT YES OR NO? THAT, SO THERE WAS MULTIPLE LAYERS, BUT YES.
OKAY, SO THAT'S CORRECT THEN? YES.
AND DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I HAVE A FIRST FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.
[8. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF PROPOSED LAYOUT FOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS PART OF PROJECT NO. 22017 CITY HALL ADA IMPROVEMENTS DESIGN]
WE GO TO THE NUMBER EIGHT.AND THE CITY ACTIVE CITY MANAGER, WHO IS GOING TO REPORT THIS, I PRESENT THIS.
UH, MR. MAYOR, OUR CIP PROJECT MANAGER ROBERT ORTEGA WILL BE PRESENTING TONIGHT.
WERE YOU A NEWBORN BABY? OH WOW.
BARELY GETTING SOME SLEEP IN
30 YEARS AGO I CHANGED THE DIAPER
DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION NUMBER? COUNCIL CHAMBERS LAYOUT.
GOOD EVENING ON A ROLL, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
TODAY I'LL BE DISCUSSING, UM, THE A DA, UM, UPGRADES TO THE CHAMBER.
SO A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THIS PROJECT.
IN 2019, THE CITY'S RISK MANAGEMENT EVALUATION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA C-J-P-I-A LOST CAP PROGRAM RECOMMENDED THE PREPARATION OF AN A DA, WHICH IS THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITY ACT, SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN.
ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2000, UH, 23, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH BUREAU VITA'S TECHNICAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN A DA, SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN.
MARCH 18TH, 2025, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH BRIAN F. KNIGHT, UM, ARCHITECT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, A DA IMPROVEMENTS.
THE, THE SCOPE OF THE DESIGN IS SERVICES INCLUDE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACILITIES WITHIN CITY HALL TO BRING THEM UP TO CURRENT A DA STANDARDS.
SO WITH THAT SAID, ATTACHMENT ONE IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
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UM, SO ATTACHMENT ONE IS THE CURRENTLY OUT OF THE, OF THE CHAMBERS, WHICH IS NOT, UH, UP TO A DA STANDARDS.THE CHAMBER CURRENTLY HAS 128 SEATS WITH 180 DA SPACE, THE AISLES, STAIRS, CHAIRS, A DA LIFT, AND THE RESTROOM IN THE, IN THE BREAK ROOM ARE NOT UP TO A DA STANDARDS TO CORRECT THESE ISSUES.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ARCHITECT BRIAN, WHO'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS TO CREATE OPTIONS FOR YOU ALL TO CHOOSE FROM TWO.
SO, ATTACHMENT TWO, WHICH IS OPTION ONE, PROPOSES TWO AISLES EXTENDING DIRECTLY DOWN FROM THE STAIRS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ST, UH, THE STAFF SEATING AREA, ALONG WITH AN A DA COMPLIANT RAMP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER.
THIS LAYOUT WILL PROVIDE 127 SEATS, WHICH IS, UM, ONE UNDER WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, OR ONE LESS, AND TWO WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SPACES.
ALTHOUGH THE END SEATS, UM, IN TWO SECTIONS WOULD ONLY BE ACCESSIBLE FROM ONE AISLE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE RECONFIGURED THE BREAK, THE BREAK ROOM.
ESSENTIALLY, THE BREAK ROOM HAS THE SAME LAYOUT.
HOWEVER, WE ARE PROPOSING TO DEMO SOME WALLS TO MAKE THE RESTROOM A DA COMPLIANT.
SO ATTACHMENT THREE, OPTION TWO, THIS OPTION MAINTAINS THE CURRENT THREE AISLE CONFIGURATION WITH THE ADDITION OF AN A DA COMPLIANT RAMP ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CHAMBER.
THIS LAYOUT WILL PROVIDE 118 SEATS WITH TWO WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE SPACES WHILE ALLOWING GUESTS TO ACCESS ROWS FROM EITHER SIDE.
THIS OPTION ALSO SHOWS THE SAME RECONFIGURATION IN THE BREAK ROOM AND RESTROOM.
AS MENTIONED IN OPTION ONE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE OPTION ONE, WHICH PROVIDES A NET INCREASE IN SEATING CAPACITY AND ADDITIONAL A DA ACCESSIBILITY WHILE MEETING COMPLIANT REQUIREMENTS.
UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTION.
UH, WHAT, WHAT OPTION ARE YOU RECOMMENDING OR YOU'RE ASKING US TO PICK FROM ONE OR TWO? YEAH, SO I'M PROVIDING TWO OPTIONS, OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO, WE ARE RECOMMENDING OPTION ONE.
UM, SO I KNOW YOU ARE NOT HERE WHEN THIS, UH, THIS, I THINK IT WAS LIKE 500 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS STUDY FOR A DA OCCURRED.
SO I USED TO SERVE ON A, UH, COMMISSIONS, UH, WITH PEOPLE, UH, FOR DISABILITY ACCESS AND SO FORTH.
UM, AND THE ATTACHMENT ONE, UM, YOU'VE, IT'S MISSING THE TWO, THE, UH, THE LOCATION UP THERE, WHICH IS A, A DA, UH, LOCATION, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE IT ON HERE.
AND THEN THE SECOND ISSUE, UM, THE CONCERN I HAVE, UH, WITH OPTION ONE IS THAT, AND I'LL READ YOU THE, IT SAYS UNDER THE A DA 2010 STANDARDS, UM, ACCESSIBLE CITY MUST BE INTEGRATED AND NOT SINGLE ISOLATE, NOT IN A SINGLE ISOLATED SECTION.
IT HAS TO BE DISPERSED WHEN THE ROOM OFFERS DIS, DIS DISTINCT VIEWING AREAS AND PROVIDE COMPARABLE LINES OF SIGHT AND CHOICE OF LOCATION TO THOSE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
ALL ACCESSIBLE SEATS THERE ARE CLUSTERED IN ONE ROW ABOUT EP OF THE CHAMBER THAT CURRENTLY, UH, YEAH.
AND THERE IS NO FRONT ROW OR REAR VIEW OPTIONS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS.
SO ALTHOUGH THE PLAN IS PARTIALLY COMPLIANT, IT DOES NOT PROVIDE DISPERSION USERS HAVE ONLY ONE GENERAL LOCATION CHOICE.
SO I THINK YOUR MOST COMPLIANT, UM, ADA A ONE IS, FOR EXAMPLE, AN OPTION IN OPTION ONE.
YOU HAVE AN A DA ACCESSIBLE SEATING OUT IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S AN OVERFLOW? YOU'RE, YOU'RE, ARE WE SAYING ARE, WE'RE NOT GONNA JUST, WE'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW A WHEELCHAIR PERSON TO SIT THERE.
SO I THINK, I THINK THE COMMUNITY ROOM REGARDLESS HAS TO HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA FOR A WHEELCHAIR TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DISTINCT AREA THAT A PERSON WHO IS DISABLED HAS FAIR OF FAIR VIEWING ACCESS AS A PERSON WHO'S NOT DISABLED.
SO I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLIANT, THAT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE ONE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY ROOM, ONE UP THERE AT LEAST ONE OR TWO UP THERE, AND THEN ONE OR TWO, ONE IN THE FRONT HERE AND ONE IN THE BACK WHERE I AGREE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT TO THE PLANS.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT THE, OBVIOUSLY YOU DIDN'T DO THE STUDY, BUT, AND I KNOW BBFK PROBABLY RELIED ON THAT THIRD PARTY STUDY TO DO THEIR DESIGN.
UM, 'CAUSE I, I REMEMBER THAT.
UM, AND SO I GUESS, UM, I, I, ALL I ASK IS THAT IT, IT, IT, I MEAN, WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S COMPLYING WITH A DA OF COURSE.
DO WE HAVE A ENGINEER TO EXPLAIN? UH, NOT YOU GUYS
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WANT TO KIND OF ELABORATE WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER CONCERN ABOUT.WE DO HAVE THE ARCHITECT HERE YEAH.
WHO ALSO DID I BELIEVE A STUDY ON A DA BRIAN WHO MM-HMM
CAN WE GO TO THE OPTION, THE NEW OPTIONS? THIS IS THE EXISTING OPTION OR THE EXISTING CONDITION.
SO IN OPTION ONE, WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED THE A DA SEATING IN THE OVERFLOW AREA, THE, UH, UPPER UPPER ROW OF THE MAIN SEATING AREA, AND THEN ONE A DA IN THE FRONT ROW.
UH, IF, CAN YOU GO TO OPTION TWO? NOW? OPTION TWO DOES NOT HAVE, IS THAT OPTION TWO? YES.
THIS ONE WE'RE STILL SHOWING THE, UH, SEATING IN WHAT IS NOW I UNDERSTAND THE, UH, EMPLOYEE AREA UP THERE.
SO WE WILL ADJUST THIS OPTION TO SHOW A SIMILAR A DA DISTRIBUTION OR WHEELCHAIR DISTRIBUTION MM-HMM
BUT, UM, THAT IS AN A DA AREA UP THERE.
AND SO SOMETIMES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES NOT NECESSARILY ARE DISABLED.
SOMETIMES UNDER THE A DA, YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE WITH AUTISM, YOU COULD HAVE PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT DISABILITIES THAT FALL UNDER THE A DA.
AND SOMETIMES IT COULD BE THAT THEY, SOMETIMES THOSE DISABILITIES PREVENT THEM FROM BEING IN CROWDED AREAS OR, OR DIFFERENT DISABILITIES.
SO THAT'S WHY IT'S VITAL AND IMPORTANT THAT, THAT THE BREAKUP IS DIS DISTRIBUTOR EQUALLY A FAIR ADVANTAGE FOR PEOPLE WITH ALL TYPES OF DISABILITIES THAT FALL ON HER.
WE CAN, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY SHOW YEAH.
AS WE'RE DOING HERE IN THIS VERSION, UM, WHEEL WHEELCHAIR AREA.
LIKE OPTION TWO, OPTION TWO, I, UH, I THINK IF YOU WERE TO MOVE ONE OF THE, SO IN OPTION TWO, YOU'RE MORE, A LITTLE MORE COMPLIANT.
COMPLIANT, YOU SEE, UM, ON THE LOWER LEVEL SEATING, YOU HAVE TWO, UM, INTEGRATED IN THE SAME, TECHNICALLY IN THE SAME VIEWING AREA.
AND, AND IF ONE OF THOSE WERE TO GO MOVE FORWARD TO THE FRONT ROW HERE, THEN YOU'RE MORE COMPLIANT.
AND THEN ALSO FOR, UM, THE COMMUNITY ROOM OUT THERE, I THINK REGARDLESS, I THINK REGARDLESS, YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UH, IF, IF THERE WAS EVER AN OVERFLOW.
UH, AND I THINK ONCE IN A WHILE THERE'S BEEN, I DON'T, I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID, THERE WAS AN OVERFLOW, A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO SHOW WHEN WE HAVE THE DRAMA.
AND, AND THE COMMUNITY ROOM WAS FAILED.
AND, AND SO I THINK REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HAVE A SPECIAL DESIGNATED AREA.
WHAT ARE THIS, WHAT A WHAT? 88.
UH, SO I THINK IT'S MISSING THE COMMUNITY ROOM ON, ON OPTION OPTION TWO.
UM, MR.
I MEAN, TECHNICALLY, UM, IS THERE, WAS THERE A REASON WHY? UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY, UM, THE LOWER LEVEL IN OPTION ONE WAS, I GUESS, UM, WHERE'S THIS ONE LEFT? WHERE'S, OH, I GUESS IT'S GONNA BE RED DONE.
THE CITY'S GONNA BE DONE, BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY? UM, THE LOWER LEVEL WAS FAR, THE PROBLEM IS, WAS FAR IN THE RIGHT.
SO I THINK TO BE A FAIR, A FAIR VIEW ADVANTAGE TO A GENERAL PUBLIC, IT'LL HAVE TO BE ONE IN THE MIDDLE AREA, KIND OF, I MEAN, LOWER LEVEL KIND OF THING.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE, UH, WALKING.
THERE'S A DASH LINE IN FRONT OF THAT LOWER, UH, WHEELCHAIR THAT SHOWS THE MINIMUM REQUIRED CLEAR SPACE.
SO THERE'S NO ROOM FOR THE LOWER LEVEL, THE FIRST ROW, NOT IN THE, THE MIDDLE, NO.
I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK IF ANYTHING, I THINK IN OPTION ONE, IN OPTION ONE, IT'S JUST MISSING AGAIN, I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A LEASE, UM, UM, ONE OR TWO DESIGNATED FOR THAT AREA OVER THERE, UP HERE WHERE YES.
AND THERE IS, IF YOU LOOK UP THERE, THERE, I MEAN, IF YOU GO LATER ON, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A DA SIGNS THERE ALREADY.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WAS FOR EMPLOYEES ONLY, SO YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN FOR YEARS LIKE THAT.
UM, AND, AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE, AGAIN, SOMETIMES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE DIFFERENT UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES AND SOMETIMES THEY NEED TO BE IN AREAS WHERE THEY'RE NOT WITH A BUNCH OF PEOPLE.
AND, AND SO BEING ACCOMMODATING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO BASICALLY, I THINK I CAN UNDERSTAND.
UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER
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ROOM, WE NEED TO BE MULTI-USE.JUST MAKE ANOTHER STATE AND DOING NOTHING.
BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE WE DON'T NEED THAT MANY.
I, I THINK IT'S PORTABLE, RIGHT? YEAH.
SO, BUT I THINK WHAT HE SAY IS MAYBE ON THE EMPLOYEE AREA, WE CAN HAVE A DA.
SO PEOPLE CAN COME IN, THEY DON'T HAVE TO COME DOWN.
CERTAINLY, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE, WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A SLOPE CAN COME IN DOWN WITH A WHEELCHAIR.
SO WE HAVE TO USE THE ELEVATOR COMING DOWN AND MOVE PEOPLE.
SO MAYBE EASIER FOR THEM JUST ON THE TOP, NOT ONLY FOR THE EMPLOYEE, BUT PLUS A DA.
SO I THINK IT, YEAH, I THINK OPTION ONE, I THINK REALLY IT'S JUST MISSING.
YEAH, THAT'S, WE JUST PUT ONE OVER THERE.
SO EMPLOYEE AND A DA CAN COMBINE TOGETHER.
IF SOMEBODY WANNA STAY THERE, THEY DON'T WANNA COME DOWN, THEY CAN BE THERE.
SO WE, WE HAVE A WHEELCHAIR ACCESS.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL HAVE ANY SUGGESTION? GO? OKAY.
COUNCILMAN ALI? UM, THE COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT ONE IS CORRECT.
I HAVE OF SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS WITH REGARD TO THE INCLINE, UM, WITH THE, WITH REGARD TO, UH, IT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, ONE ELEVATION HIGHER FOR EVERY FOOT FORWARD.
SO IT HAS THE IN, I JUST DON'T KNOW.
SO IF YOU COULD JUST, YOU KNOW, TELL ME WITH REGARD TO THE INCLINE FOR WHEELCHAIR ACCESS TO MAKE SURE IT ISN'T TOO STEEP.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE PLEASE? YEAH, IT'S, UH, EIGHT, 8.3, UM, PERCENT GRADE.
SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE RAMP IS ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PAPER, YOU CAN SEE HOW HOW LONG THE RAMP IS.
I'M NOT ABLE TO, SO THAT'S WHY YOUR VERBAL IS HELPING.
SO, BUT IT, BUT IT DOES MATCH THE INCLINE.
AND, AND AS FAR AS AS LANDINGS GO, DOES IT HAVE A GOOD TURNING RADIUS FOR WHEELCHAIR, WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, I THINK IT'S 60 INCHES, UM, IN ALL DIRECTIONS? YES.
THAT'S ON BOTH THE UPPER LANDING AND THE LOWER LANDING.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER? YOU GUYS? OKAY.
UM, SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, UM, SINCE IF WE APPROVE, DO WE HAVE A BUDGET TO DO THIS RENOVATION? AND THE FIRST THING IS, DO WE HAVE A BUDGET TO DO? HOW MUCH COST US? SECOND THING IS HOW LONG IT TAKE? BECAUSE IF WE DO THE COUNCIL MEETING, IF WE DO THE RENOVATION WHERE WE DO COUNCIL MEETING, OKAY.
WE GO TO THE OVER THERE COMMUNITY ROOM OR WHERE TO DO IT AND HOW WE, SO WE HAVE TO SEE HOW WE ARRANGED, OKAY.
THE, HOW SOON WE CAN DO IN THIS, HOW MUCH, HOW SOON WHEN WE GET COMPLETED.
I THINK OUR COUNCIL CHAMBER NEEDS SOME REMODELING, BUT WASTE OF MONEY.
AND THE SECOND THING, ALL THIS CARPET, THIS AND THAT, AND THEN NEED TO BE REALLY UPDATED.
RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY LOOK VERY SAD.
SO DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT? SO FOR BUDGET? YES.
SO THIS COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND.
I THOUGHT IT CAME FROM THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT.
UH, DO WE HAVE A, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE A, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO USING OUR GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? I THINK THIS, UH, UH, ACTION CITY MANAGER, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT? WHERE, SO WHERE IS THE FUNDING COMING FROM? OR OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR.
WE'LL ANSWER THIS IN TWO PARTS.
MR. MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, THE APPROVAL TONIGHT, UH, WOULD NOT BE APPROVING THE FISCAL IMPACT.
THIS WOULD BE JUST FOR THE DESIGN, THE OUTLAY OF THIS, UM, THE LAYOUT.
UN UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU LAY OUT, SO KAREN'S GONNA COME DOWN AND TALK TO US ABOUT, UH, THE IDENTIFIED FUNDING SOURCE FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND I'M ALSO AWARE OF THE LOGISTICS.
IF WE ARE TO DO THE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBER UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WE WOULD HAVE TO RELOCATE TO ANOTHER PLACE TO HOLD OUR MEETINGS.
YOU WANNA SHARE THE LINE WITH US? YEAH.
IF WE APPROVE THIS AND HOW MUCH WILL COST US, HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? AND, UH, WHEN WE ARE GOING TO TURN IT ALTERNATE TO PLACE TO DO COUNCIL MEETING.
UM, I CAN ANSWER THE FUNDING SOURCE IF I MAY.
THERE IS ACTUALLY TWO PROJECTS ALREADY, UM, LISTED ON THE, UH, MIKE.
THERE ARE ORIGINALLY TWO PROJECTS LISTED UNDER THE CIP PROJECT BEING FUNDED OUT OF ONE 60 FUND.
ONE 60 IS ACTUALLY OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THE FUNDING SOURCE FROM THAT COMES FROM THE GENERAL FUND.
THE SURPLUSES MONEY'S GOING TO THIS PARTICULAR CIP FUND.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IN FUND ONE 60, WE HAVE, UH, TWO PROJECTS DESIGNATED AS CITY HALL A DA IMPROVEMENTS OF 245,000 APPROXIMATELY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER AND A DA IMPROVEMENTS OF 150,000.
SO THOSE TWO PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED TO THESE CIP PROJECTS.
LOCATE THE FUNDING RESERVE FOR $400,000 FOR BOTH.
AND THE REMODELING? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO, AND, UH, SO IF WE APPROVE WHEN THIS THING WILL HAPPEN,
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THE CONSTRUCTION IN HERE SHOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE MONTHS.WE HAVE PROPOSED THREE MONTHS.
WE PROPOSED TO HAVE COUNCIL MEETINGS AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND WORK WITH IT TO SEE WHAT WE NEED TO, UH, LET, LET'S DO THIS NEXT YEAR WITH LET LOPEZ, WITH THE MAYOR
BUT WE CAN SEE WHAT, WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO EXPEDITE THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
JUST, JUST SO FOLKS KNOW FOR THE RECORD, THAT, THAT IT IS OUR OBLIGATION, HOWEVER WAY WE GET THE MONEY, BECAUSE WHEN ANY EVER ANYONE LOOKS AT ACCESSIBILITY, THEY LOOK AT THE ENTIRE BUDGET OF THE, OF OUR, OF OUR CITY.
SO SINCE WE HAVE A BUDGET OF THE, IN THE HUNDREDS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, IF WE DON'T GET IT DONE, HOWEVER WAY WE GET IT DONE, THEN THAT SUBJECTS US TO LITIGATION.
BUT WE JUST HAVE TO IDENTIFY HOW MUCH WE GONNA SPEND.
SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW WE ALREADY IDENTIFY THE FUND, AND THEN WE WANT TO KNOW WHEN WE GOING TO IMPLEMENT AND WHEN WE GONNA FINISH.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO STAY THREE MONTHS END UP TO THREE YEARS
LIKE THE TRAIN, LIKE THE TRAIN
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND.
NOW WE KNOW WE HAVE A FUNDING SOURCE.
SECOND THING IS OKAY, IF WE APPROVE WHEN WE GET STARTED, BUT WE COULD TO CHANGE ALL THE COVER, RIGHT? AM I RIGHT? YES.
BECAUSE THAT CUP IS REALLY BAD.
SO HOPEFULLY, OKAY, WE CHANGE IT TO, DO YOU HAVE A DESIGN FOR OUR FLOORING? DO YOU KNOW WHAT FLOORING? NO, NOT YET.
ONCE WE GET THE CONCEPTUAL APPROVED, THEN WE CAN GET INTO THE KNIT INGREDIENT OF THE, UH, THE AESTHETICS.
SO, SO WE GOT THE FUNDING SOURCE AND WE KNOW THREE MONTHS, AND THEN, OKAY.
NOW JUST APPROVE AND THEN FIND OUT WHO WILL BE OUR CONTRACTOR AND THEY GET WILL APPROVAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN THREE MONTHS, HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME BACK TO THE, UH, COMPLY, A DA PLUS NEW AND IMPROVE COUNCIL CHAMBER.
UH, DO I HAVE, UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE, UH, OPTION ONE, UH, BUT WITH AN ADDITION WITH ADDITIONALLY ADDING, UH, EMPLOYEE AREA, AN EMPLOYEE AREA AS A, A DA DESIGNATED AREA AS WELL.
FIRST FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
[9. CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR FIRE STATION 1]
MOVING TO NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF GOOGLE, OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF THE FIRE STATION.UH, WHO IS GONNA PRESENT THIS? ROBERT, YOU OKAY.
SO I WON'T BE PRESENTING, BUT I'LL BE INTRODUCING BRUCE FROM PBK THAT WILL BE PRESENTING THIS.
YEAH, I THINK WE APPROVE YOU FOR $900,000 TO DO THIS DESIGN.
UM, MY NAME IS BRUCE WITH PPK, UH, EVENING CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND COMMUNITY OF WEST COVINA.
I'M HAPPY HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT OUR, UM, LATEST, UH, SCHEMATIC DESIGN OF THE WEST COVINA FIRE STATION ONE.
UM, ON YOUR SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED SITE IS ADJACENT TO THE CITY LIBRARY, RIGHT BY THE 10TH FREEWAY, UH, AT A CORNER SITUATED BETWEEN WEST COVINA PARKWAY AND GARVEY.
NEXT, IN TODAY'S AGENDA, WE'LL BE LOOKING OVER, UH, FIRST PRESENTING, TALKING ABOUT THE SITE PLAN, THEN WE'RE ZOOMING IN INTO THE FLOOR PLAN, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL TALK BRIEFLY JUST ABOUT SOME OF THE DESIGN VISIONS, SOME OF THE BUZZWORDS THAT WE DISCUSSED AT VARIOUS MEETINGS.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE'LL END WITH PROPOSED RENDERINGS.
NEXT, UH, ON YOUR SCREEN HERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UH, THE FIRE STATION IS LOCATED, UH, CLOSE TO THE, UH, THE, THE NORTHWEST CORNER.
UM, AND HE'S TOTALLY VISIBLE BY THE FEAR.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW IT'S HIDDEN BEHIND, UM, SOME 60 FEET TALL TREES AROUND THAT CORNER.
UM, ALL OF THAT WILL BE, UM, REMOVED, AND THEN THE FIRE STATION WILL BE HIGHLY VISIBLE AND SHOULD BE A, UH, PART OF THE COMMUNITY FOR YEARS TO COME.
UM, THE, THE, THE LAYOUT ALSO INCREASED ADDITIONAL PARKING, UH, OVERFLOW PARKING THAT'S ALSO CONNECTED TO THE EXIST TO THE CURRENT, UM, CITY HALL PARKWAY.
UM, SO THAT THERE'S A CONTINUITY SHOULD THE OVERFLOW PARKING EVENT NEEDED.
UM, THE, THE, THE FIRE STATION ALSO INCLUDES, UH, FOUR APPARATUS BAY DOUBLE DOUBLE DEEP, UH, WITH THE LIVING QUARTER, UM, ON KIND OF ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND THE SOUTH SIDE WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE FUTURE COMMUNITY EOC AND ADMIN OFFICES.
UM, NEXT FLOOR PLAN WISE, UM, I APOLOGIZE, THERE WAS A LITTLE MARKUP THAT THE STAFF THAT HAD ON THAT THING.
UM, ANYWAYS, ON THE, ON THE FLOOR PLAN, YOU CAN SEE, LIKE PREVIOUS MENTIONED, THERE IS A FORD FORD, UM, APPARATUS BAY DOUBLE DEEP.
UM, ON THE LEFT, UH, OR THE NORTH, NORTH SIDE, YOU HAVE, UH, ALL THE KIND OF THE, THE FIREFIGHTER LIVING QUARTERS, UH, AND ON THE RIGHT, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, PREVIOUSLY WILL BE A FUTURE EXPANSION FOR
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THE ADMIN OFFICES AND THE EOC.NEXT, YOU GONNA GET CLOSER TO THE MIC OR MAYBE KEEPING THIS MICROPHONE, THE PORTABLE ONE.
SO YOU CAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO ATTACHED TO THE, I'M GONNA COME, THAT ONE'S WORKING.
YOU WANT USING THE PORTABLE MIC? I THINK I'M FINE WITH THIS.
UH, YOU CAN SEE, UM, ALL THE LIVING QUARTERS, THERE'S 10 TOTAL.
UH, THEY'RE ALL ADJACENT, UH, ONE AND ANOTHER, AND THERE'S A UNISEX RESTROOMS ACROSS ON THE HALLWAY.
UM, AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE WILL BE A DOUBLE STORY, UM, VOLUME FOR THE APPARATUS BAY AND TO THE RIGHT WILL BE THE FUTURE EOC EXPANSION.
SO SOME OF THE DESIGN VISIONS, SOME OF THE WORDS FROM VARIOUS MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD.
UM, SHOULD THIS FIRE STATION ACT AS A BEACON, BE VISIBLE, UM, SYMMETRY, COMMUNITY PRIDE, PRESENCE, GATEWAY, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT RESONATES, UH, EARLY ON, AND HOW DO WE TAKE THESE KIND OF, UH, IDEAS AND ADJACENCY PROGRAM FLOOR PLAN THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER, WHICH, UM, I FORGOT TO MENTION, WAS, UM, THROUGH VARIOUS MEETINGS, HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY, UM, CHIEF BROWN AND THEIR TEAM, UM, IS, IT WAS AN ARBITRARY, LAID OUT ALL OF 'EM THAT WERE PRESENTED TODAY AS WHAT THEY NEEDED IN ORDER TO, FOR THEM TO PERFORM, UM, AND DO THEIR JOB AS A SERVICEMAN.
UM, SO TAKING ALL THE IDEAS TOGETHER, HAVING ALL THAT PROGRAM ADJACENCY, UH, BEING APPROVED BY CHIEF BROWN.
NEXT IS, UM, COINING INTO KIND OF WHAT POSSIBILITY, WHAT THIS FACILITY MIGHT LOOK LIKE, UM, FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UH, LOOKING DOWN AT THE CORNER, YOU CAN SEE, UH, KIND OF THE MIDDLE AREA IS KIND OF WHERE THE CITY HALL IS.
UH, TO THE BOTTOM IS THE, UH, THE LIBRARY AND IN THE CORNER WAS, UH, MORE COLORFUL IS LOCATION OF THE FIRE STATION.
NEXT, UM, AS YOU DRIVE ON THE FREEWAY, ONE 10 FREEWAY, YOU'RE HEADING EASTBOUND.
UM, RIGHT WHEN YOU SEE, UH, EXIT SIGNS OVER THERE, UM, YOU CAN, ONCE THE PROJECT IS DONE, UM, YOU WILL SEE THAT AS YOU DRIVE EASTBOUND, COMING, COMING BACK, COMING HOME.
UM, AND THEN IT WILL BE HIGHLY VISIBLE, UM, AND BE, UH, PRESENT FOR WEST COVINA.
NEXT, HERE'S A VIEW, UH, LOOKING AT, UM, WEST COLUMBIA PARKER.
THIS IS, UH, THE, THE LIBRARY, UH, IN THE FRONT AND HOW WE'RE TRYING AND TIED IN THE NEXT, UH, UH, CIVIC BUILDING TO THE, UH, EXISTING BUILDING WITH THE SAME, UM, URBAN FABRIC SO THAT IT LOOKS TO, UH, TOTAL INATED IN INCORPORATED AS A WHOLE.
NEXT, HERE'S A VIEW, UM, ACROSS THE STREET, UM, LOOKING, UH, FRONT AT OF THE FIRE STATION.
UM, IT HAS MORE OF A TRADITIONAL FEEL, UM, FOR APPARATUS BAY AND, UM, WITH MASONRY VENEER, UH, TO KIND OF MIMIC THE, THE SAME, UM, STYLE AND THE FABRIC TO THE ADJACENT BUILDING NEXT.
AND FINALLY, THIS IS A CORNER VIEW, UM, AS THE PEDESTRIAN WILL BE WALKING, UM, TOWARDS, UH, SOUTH, LOOKING AT THE FIRE STATION, THIS CORNER TO BE, UM, DESIGNATED IN THE FUTURE.
UM, PERHAPS A MEMORIAL, PERHAPS A ART, UH, UH, CULTURAL PIECE.
UM, THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE EFFORT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, IT JUST AS A, A VISION, UH, WHAT IT COULD BE, UM, IN THAT CORNER.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT.
UM, HERE, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER, ANYBODY HAVE QUESTION? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUT, GO AHEAD.
OKAY, WELL, TONIGHT I'LL BE, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
UM, TONIGHT I'LL BE ASKING SOME QUESTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROCESS IS GROUNDED IN FACTS.
AND, AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I, I DO, UM, SUPPORT THE DESIGN.
AND, AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE ACTUAL DESIGN OR CONCEPT KIND OF, KIND OF THING.
UM, BUT MY FIRST QUESTION, UM, IS TO, UM, THE CITY MANAGER, UH, MR. UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER.
HAS THE CITY CONDUCTED A FOOD COST ANALYSIS COMPARING POTENTIAL SITES FOR THE NEW FIRE STATION, ONE, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION, LAND USE, AND RELOCATION COSTS BEFORE BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD FOR CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TONIGHT? UH, NO, WE HAVE NOT.
IF NO FULL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WOULDN'T IT BE PREMATURE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPROVING ANY CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ESPECIALLY SINCE, UM, I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT, UH, THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE COST COMPARISON BEFORE COMMITTING TO ANY LOCATION OR DESIGN.
UM, I MEAN, WOULD YOU SAY THAT THAT'S VITAL OR IMPORTANT IN, IN, IN THE PROCESS TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST? UH, A COUPLE ANSWERS HERE.
UH, BUT WHAT ALSO SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION
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IS, YOU KNOW, MY ROLE SITTING HERE, UH, FOR THIS COMMUNITY IS WE DO NEED TO, UH, BUILD FIRE STATION ONE.YOU'RE LIVING IN A TEMPORARY TRAILER RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE.
WE HAVE ANOTHER FIRE STATION THAT NEEDS IMMEDIATE REPAIRS.
SO WITH THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD ASKED THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM WAS WITH THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, COULD THIS DESIGN BE PLACED IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, UM, BUILT YES, AS YOU SEE TODAY.
SO THIS DESIGN, WHETHER IT BE PLACED ON THIS CORNER, UM, FOUR BLOCKS AWAY OR 10 BLOCKS AWAY, UM, IT COULD BE THE SAME AS A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
UH, SO AGAIN, THIS IS A VISION.
THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE COMMITTED TO THAT'S GREAT.
WORKING WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO BRING FORWARD.
'CAUSE THE DESIGN IS BEAUTIFUL.
UM, AND HAS THE CITY, UM, BEGUN ANY PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER CCRA FOR THIS PROJECT? OR HAS A CONSULTANT EVEN BEEN RETAINED FOR THAT PROCESS FOR CR APPROVAL? I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT.
UM, CITY ENGINEERS, CITY ENGINEERS, UH, CITY ENGINEERS, ACKNOWLEDGING WE HAVE NOT.
AND IF CR HASN'T BEEN, OR, UM, LET'S SEE.
SO, YEAH, SO, AND THEN THIS IS JUST A STATEMENT.
IF, IF SECRET, IF SECRET REVIEW HASN'T BEEN STARTED, HOW CAN WE DETERMINE WHETHER THIS LOCATION IS EVEN VIABLE OR COMPLIANT BEFORE MOVING, UH, BEFORE APPROVING THE ACTUAL, UM, FINAL CONCEPTUAL PLAN? BECAUSE I THINK THE STAFF REPORT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS ASKING US TONIGHT TO POTENTIALLY APPROVE THIS DESIGN, BUT THEN ALLOWING BBK TO START THE FINAL STEPS OF, OF, UH, THIS, UH, PLANS AND, AND DETAILED PLANS.
SO YES, TONIGHT'S ASK IS FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THE CONCEPT THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED MM-HMM.
AND THEN THE DIRECT STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD, AS YOU DESCRIBED, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWING PROCESS.
AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, THERE WOULD ALSO BE, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE CQA DOCUMENTATION.
SO YES, YOU SUMMARIZED IT ACCURATELY.
AND, AND MAY I HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS FOR ENGINEERING? UM, GIVEN THAT THIS PROJECT SITS ADJACENT TO A MAJOR FREEWAY, HAS CALTRANS BEEN FORMERLY CONSULTED OR PROVIDED ANY PRELIMINARY FEEDBACK ABOUT POTENTIAL ACCESS, SAFETY, OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS? WE HAVE NOT CONTACTED CALTRANS ONLY BECAUSE WE CONTROL THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE PLAN TO ACCESS.
SO THERE WOULD NOT NEED TO BE AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT PROCESS THROUGH CALTRANS WITH WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
AND THAT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE THE, WHAT? THAT'S AN EXIT OR ENTRANCE TO THE FREEWAY ON THE RIGHT, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
IT WOULD BE ON THE WEST SIDE OF WEST COVINO PARKWAY.
YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE, THE ON AND OFF RAMP.
AND, AND THIS IS JUST, THIS IS JUST HYPO HYPO HYPERLY SPEAKING.
LET'S JUST SAY THERE'S AN, THERE'S THE GR THERE'S A GREEN LIGHT FOR TRAFFIC TO GET OUT OF THAT FREEWAY, USUALLY RIGHT THERE.
THEN YOU HAVE A FIRE TRUCK COMING OUT WITH AM WITH THEIR LIGHTS AND SIRENS WHILE THERE'S AN A FREEWAY EXIT JUST RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, WOULDN'T THAT BE GROUNDS JUST TO AT LEAST ASK CALTRANS FOR THEIR OPINIONS ABOUT WHAT WE COULD DO TO POTENTIALLY LIMIT POTENTIAL COLLISIONS THERE? SO, I, I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO CALTRANS, BUT JUST TO INFORM COUNSEL, WE'RE NOT OBLIGATED.
BUT, BUT I THINK I, I THINK AS A LIABILITY STANDPOINT AND, AND TO PROTECT OUR FIREFIGHTERS, WE WILL WANNA PROBABLY GET SOME OF THEIR BACK, UH, IN INPUT IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, I KNOW IN THE PAST, STAFF HAS REFERENCED, UH, AND I THINK TODAY THEY TALKED ABOUT THE SALE OF A CITY YARD, UH, STAFF REFERENCES THE POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS YARD, POSSIBLY NARROW, NARROW, OR ON THE FORMER BKK LANDFILL SITE, HAS THE CITY RECEIVED FORMAL STATE OR REGULATORY CLEARANCES FROM C CYCLE OR DTSC ALLOWING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT SITE? I, I'M NOT AWARE, AND I CANNOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ARE THEY HERE TODAY? FIRE DEPARTMENT, MR. N, CHIEF.
UM, AND, AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, UH, ASSISTANT CHIEF, UH, IS, UM, WHEN WAS THE LAST OFFICIAL RESPONSE TIME STUDY COMPLETED FOR OUR FIRE STATIONS AND HAVING, WE HAVE, WE CONSIDERED A COMMISSIONING A NEW ONE BEFORE FINALIZING SITE OF SITE FOR FIRE
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STATION ONE POTENTIAL LOCATION.I DON'T HAVE THE DATE ON THE LAST ONE THAT WAS CREATED.
UH, WE HAD WORKED ON ONE WHEN THERE WAS A POSSIBLE, UH, PLAN TO RELOCATE STATION THREE OVER THE NORTH AND PALMVIEW PARK.
AND, UH, SO THE MOST RECENT ONE I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF.
THAT WOULD'VE, IT WOULD'VE BEEN, I THINK, UH, WHEN I SPOKE TO UH, MEMBERS, I THINK THEY STATED THAT THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THEY DID ONE.
SO THAT WAS ABOUT, WHAT, 10 YEARS AGO? PROBABLY.
AND, AND JUST OUT, OUT OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, ONE UPDATED RESPONSE TIME DATA HELP ENSURE WE'RE BUILDING IN THE LOCATION THAT'S MOST EFFECTIVELY SERVES RESIDENTS, CITYWIDE, AND NOT JUST ONE DISTRICT.
I MEAN, I'M PROUD TO HAVE IT IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK ISN'T, ISN'T IT VERY IMPORTANT FOR I THINK, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GET AN, UH, UPDATED STUDY TO, UH, POTENTIALLY KNOW IF THAT'S THE BEST LOCATION TO PUT IT OUT? YES.
UH, BUT WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING RESPONSE TIMES, IT'S NOT JUST A GEOGRAPHICAL DISTANCE ANYMORE.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WORKING TO SERVE THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE MM-HMM
WE'RE LOOKING AT ALSO THE VALUES, THE DENSITY OF THE AREA MM-HMM
AND, UH, HOW WE COULD BEST YES.
GET ACROSS THE CO ACROSS THE CITY IN ORDER TO SERVE THE PUBLIC.
AND, AND THAT'S, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU.
AND THEN, UH, LET'S SEE, HOW MANY MORE I HAVE TWO MORE.
I THINK, UH, WAS THE PUBLIC INFORMED, AND THIS IS PROBABLY FOR, UM, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, WAS THE PUBLIC INFORMED THAT THE APPROVAL OF THE CONCEPTIONAL DESIGN TONIGHT WILL BE AUTHORIZED, AUTHORIZED STAFF TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FOOD PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AS STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT PRIOR TO THAT STAFF REPORT BECOMING PUBLIC.
UM, I BELIEVE EVERYBODY GETS NOTIFICATION AT THE SAME TIME ONCE OUR AGENDA IS POSTED AND STAFF REPORTS ARE PUBLICIZED.
AND I'LL JUST CLOSE BY SAYING I WANT TO ATE, I SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND I SUPPORT IMPROVING OUR CITY'S EMERGENCY RE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY ALSO MEANS PROTECTING PUBLIC TRUST AND TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
AND, AND ALL I'LL SAY IS, UH, I'M NOT GONNA READ THAT, BUT ALL I'LL SAY IS, UH, I THINK I, I LOVE THE, THE CONCEPT.
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD, AND THIS IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD APPROVE THAT DESIGN, UH, BUT THEN WAIT TILL WE OFFICIALLY GET A COST ANALYSIS.
AND, AND, AND I GUESS MY LAST QUESTION, WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT, I MEAN, THAT WE GET A COST ANALYSIS OR I CITY MANAGER, UH, TWO PARTS ON THAT.
COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ONE, I REALLY WANNA MOVE FORWARD WITH A CAN-DO ATTITUDE WITH ALL THE PROJECTS WE BRING FORWARD.
UM, THIS IS A, A VITAL COMPONENT AND ESSENTIAL TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND PART IS I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO COME DOWN AND SPEAK ABOUT FUNDING, UM, BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE CORRECT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
SO I'LL GET SOME INPUT FROM OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR WHO HAS BEEN MAGNIFICENT, MAGNIFICENT ON, UH, FINDING FUNDING SOURCES FOR US.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALLOCATED $885,000 FOR THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR THE FIRE STATION ONE.
THESE FUNDS ARE FROM THE ARPA.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE MUST EXPEND FULLY EXPEND THESE FUNDS NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST, 2026.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT COUNSEL, AS YOU ALREADY KNOW, RIGHT.
I'M AWARE OF THE SPENDING REQUIREMENTS IS A COVID-19 FEDERAL.
AND I THINK, UH, BBK, UH, I THINK, I THINK I HAVE A, I THINK I THINK I SPOKE TO YOU, UH, BRIEFLY OR LET ME YOUR OTHER, YOUR OTHER PARTNER, BUT, UM, HOW MUCH WAS THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN GONNA COST TAXPAYERS? I THINK, I THINK YOU WERE IN WHAT, I THINK IT WAS BETWEEN 20 TO 25 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? NO, BUT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION COST NOT HERE.
THE ACTUAL, LIKE I KNOW YOU'RE USING, I MEAN, BASED UPON YOUR BEST, UH, EXPERIENCE IN CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGNING CONSTRUCTION, HOW MUCH DO YOU ESTIMATE THAT THIS WILL COST US TO BUILD AT A HIGH LEVEL? RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRACKING ABOUT 25 MILLION.
UH, BUT AGAIN, I THINK THE LAST THING I'LL JUST SAY IS THAT I THINK IT'S A GREAT DESIGN.
I THINK WE SHOULD SUPPORT THE DESIGN, UH, AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET A COST ANALYSIS TO TELL US WHERE'S THE BEST LOCATION AND THEN DO THAT FIRE STUDY.
AND I THINK DECEMBER OF 2026, I THINK THAT GIVES US A, UH, A FAST TRACK PROCESS TO GET A LOT OF THOSE STUDIES DONE.
HEY, UM, BRIAN, PREMIER MAYOR.
AND, UH, RESPOND TO SOME OF, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CRITERIAS.
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KIND OF, UH SURE.SOME MORE INFORMATION I, UH, REMEMBERED OKAY.
TO PICK THIS LOCATION, PREVIOUS FIRE CHIEF.
AND, UH, UH, FIRE CHIEF CAPELLI.
AND, UH, THEN HE SAY THIS IS, UH, THE LOCATION THAT HE THINK ABOUT THAT WILL FIT INTO WHAT THE NEED FROM MOVING STATION ONE TO OVER HERE.
AND HE TALKED TO, I THINK A PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER DAY COMPANY, AND THEN TALKED TO THE PAULINA ABOUT THIS LOCATION.
THAT'S WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PICK.
SO YOU CAN VERIFY WITH, UH, UH, THE ACTING CHIEF ROUND.
THAT I THINK HE REMEMBER THIS IS, UH, HOW HE PICKED THIS LOCATION BECAUSE HE THIS WITH CITY ON THIS LAND.
AND SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
SO THIS IS ON THE, IF YOU GO BACK TO CITY, UH, MAN, CITY MANAGER CAN CHECK THE RECORD.
SO THAT BASICALLY IS FROM YOUR PREVIOUS FIRE CHIEF, UH, PICKED THIS LOCATION.
AND ANOTHER THING IS, I THINK THIS IS DESIGNED FROM, UH, BPK AND, UH, IT IS FROM LAST YEAR.
UH, WE APPROVE YOU TO, TO WORK ON THIS BECAUSE WE WILL, WE HAVE TO ABOUT THE FUNDING BEFORE THEY EXPIRE.
AND THEN, AND THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, THEY COME, I THINK THEY BASICALLY, OR PAULINA OKAY.
AND, UH, UM, HAVE US TO APPROVE, I THINK I REMEMBER IT'S FIVE ZERO APPROVE ABOUT, OKAY, THIS, UH, DESIGN I USING AND, UH, $900,000.
AND I REMEMBER I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHY IT'S COST SO MUCH, BECAUSE IF THIS IS THE DESIGN, IT'S COPY AND PASTE, BUT IT'S LOOK LIKE IT'S NOT THAT SIMPLE BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEW DESIGN WITH A DIFFERENT LOCATION AND THEN ANOTHER DIFFERENT COMPONENT.
OF COURSE IT WILL COST MONEY, BUT I THINK WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE DO DIFFERENT PHASE.
PHASE 1, 2, 3, AND, UH, THE PHASE ONE IS CONSTRUCTION OF THE SHELF.
AND THEN, OKAY, PHASE TWO IS SINCE WE HAVE A AMBULANCE, I THINK.
FIRE DEPARTMENT, THEY WILLING TO DO MOU WITH THE A AMBULANCE AND WITH OUR CD OKAY.
FINANCIAL DIRECTORS TO, TO PUT THIS FLEET.
SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL BRING REVENUE WITH $8 MILLION A YEAR WITH A SERVICE.
AND THAT IS HOW THE FUNDING, SO THE, THE FIRST FUNDING IS WE CAN HAVE OKAY, HAVE TO SELL THE, OKAY.
SELL THE CDR WITH A 20 MILLION OR MORE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET $30 MILLION OKAY.
WITH THE MONEY, BASICALLY, AND TO UTILIZE OKAY.
CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRST PHASE.
AND THEN IT, IT, EVERY CONSTRUCTION TAKE TIME, CCRA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO TAKING TIME, SO THAT IS GOING TO ACCUMULATE, SO-CALLED PHASE TWO, WHICH WE ACCUMULATE WITH OKAY.
AND OUR AMBU FUNDING AND, UH, TO PUT ON THE PHASE TWO IS INSIDE OF ALL THOSE DIVIDE VERY EXPENSIVE TOO.
SO, AND NUMBER THREE IS WHAT THEY WANT IS, UH, EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.
AND WE, AGAIN, PHASE ONE JUST BUILD A SHELL TO BUILD THE OUTSIDE.
BUT THE NUMBER THREE IS BASICALLY GOING TO OKAY.
AND THEN WE CONTINUE, HOPEFULLY WITH ACCUMULATE WITH OUR AMBULANCE AND BRING THE REVENUE TO EQUIP, OKAY.
IN OUR CV CENTER WITH, UH, OPERATION OKAY.
AND EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER.
AND THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY TOO, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF DEVICE COMPUTERS AND THIS ON LAB MONITORING.
AND, UH, AND, UH, BUT LIVE IS EXTREMELY VALUABLE TO SAVE LIFE AND, UH, AND WITH, UH, PROPER PLANNING, OKAY? AND WITH OUR OUTSTANDING FINANCE DIRECTOR, KAREN, KAREN, DON'T, DON'T SNEAK AWAY, OKAY? AND, UH, SO, SO, SO MAYBE YOU CAN COME TO SHARE WITH SOME OF THE LIFE WITH US ABOUT HOW WE COMPLETE THIS PROJECT WITH A DIFFERENT PHASE.
OKAY? AND SEE, MAYBE YOU CAN SHARE WITH US, AND AGAIN, WE ALREADY OKAY.
APPROVE PREVIOUSLY TO APPROVE THE BPK TO DESIGN AND THEN LOCATION PICKED BY THEIR FIRE CHIEF PREVIOUSLY, OKAY? AND, UH, WITH THIS LOCATION, AND, UH, IS THAT FEASIBLE WITH A DIFFERENT PHASE? AND BECAUSE CONSTRUCTION WON'T, YOU WON'T OVERNIGHT TO BUILD ONE DOESN'T BUILD IN ONE NIGHT, OKAY? AND ONE DAY, UH, BUILD TIME, OKAY? AND THE TIME, MEANING WHEN YOU BUILD, OKAY.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU ACCUMULATE YOUR FUNDING BY THE BUILDING RESOURCE, THIS AND THAT.
AND THEN WITH THE TWO, THREE YEARS, OKAY? HOPEFULLY, UH, WE SAW IT, THE PERFORMING OUR CENTER TOOK ABOUT FOUR, FIVE YEARS.
HOPEFULLY THIS ONE WON'T TAKE, LET ALONE BECAUSE WE NEED A FIRE STATION TO SERVE AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE, FOR THE PEOPLE.
OKAY? CURRENTLY, THE FIREFIGHTER LIVE IN THE TRAILER, OKAY? FOR 2, 2, 3 YEARS ALREADY.
THIS IS PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE WE NEED
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TO HURRY UP.AND, UH, AND, UH, THAT'S TOTALLY, UH, OKAY, ALL THE COMPLIANCE.
OKAY? SO WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND, UH, HOPEFULLY THIS OKAY.
CAN BE ACHIEVABLE AND WITH A PROPER PLANNING, GO AHEAD.
YOU WANNA SHARE SOME LIGHT WITH US? I, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT UTILIZING CITY LAND AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT AND PURCHASE THAT.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY COST SAVINGS, 50% OFF BECAUSE THE, THE LAND COSTS A LOT OF MONEY.
SO IT'S BOTH CITY PROPERTY, THAT'S GREAT.
IF THAT COULD BE UTILIZED, I THINK THAT'D BE VERY, UM, VERY FEASIBLE WAY OF APPROACHING THIS.
THE FACT THAT IT'S IN PHASES, IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE WHAT OTHER REVENUE OPTIONS THAT WE CAN HAVE AVAILABLE, OR WHAT ARE COST SAVINGS WE CAN POSSIBLY DO.
THERE'S A LOT OF ITEMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CIP PROJECTS THAT CAN BE DEFERRED IF THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S PREFERENCE AND PRIORITY.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE TO ANALYZE.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE A COST ANALYSIS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE COST IS AND HOW IT'S GONNA BE IN PHASE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER REVENUE OPTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO THE CITY THEY COULD POSSIBLY UTILIZE FOR THIS CONSTRUCTION OF THE FIRE STATION AS WELL.
SO, SO BASICALLY, OKAY, UH, NO, WE HAVE A PROPER PLANNING AND, UH, DIFFERENT PHASE, AND THEN MAKE SURE, BECAUSE THE, THE INITIATE OKAY.
IS YOU NEED TO HAVE LET 10, $20 MILLION TO STARTING THIS CONSTRUCTION.
OKAY? AND, UH, SO RIGHT NOW STAY OR FEDERAL WON'T GIVE US A DIME.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY WE HAVE TO DEPEND ON OURSELF.
OKAY? I, I UNDERSTAND THIS CORNER WAS TRYING TO SELL TO SOME BUILDER FOR A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS AND, UH, ABOUT 15, 17 YEARS AGO, OKAY? AND THEN, OKAY, NOT GOING TO WORK.
SO RIGHT NOW WE STILL OWN THE LAND, I THINK PERFECTLY OKAY.
THAT THIS CAN BE, UH, BY THE PICK, BY THE FIRE STATION.
POSSIBLE THIS IS A BETTER LOCATION, OKAY.
TO SERVE THE OKAY TO SAVE LIGHT.
NOW ONLY THE FREEWAY POWER, ALL THE PLACES ON THE, OKAY.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY, THIS TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE IS THE DESIGN OF, UH, THIS OKAY.
AND SHOWING TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OR FIREFIGHTER THAT WE CARE, WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO STAGNANT AND TALK AND NO ACTION.
WE ARE BASICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BUILD, OKAY? AND NO MATTER THIS LOCATION OR THAT LOCATION, BUT WE HAVE TO BUILD A STATION, ONE BECAUSE THE PROPERTY THAT THE HAS BEEN CONDEMNED AND, UH, SO IN THAT WAY, AND WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTER LIVE IN THE TRAILER.
TRAILER, OKAY? AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS THE ISSUE.
WE AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO REALLY TO MAKE A DECISION TO MAKE SURE WE ARE MOVING, OKAY? WE NOT CONTINUE TO STAGNANT ANALYSIS.
WE HAVE A, A BEAUTIFUL DESIGN, AND, AND I, I CAN SEE THIS RED BRICK IS MATCHING WITH THE LIBRARY.
SO IT'S ENTIRE COMPLEX WITH, UH, WITH, UH, WITH OUR SUPERIOR COURT.
OKAY? AND THEN LIBRARY CV CENTER IS BASIC, AND WITH THE AMBULANCE OVER THERE, IT REALLY CAN TAKING CARE ENTIRE, THE REGION AND PLUS, OKAY, THESE BOTH SHOWING THE PRIOR WEST COVINA.
AND ALSO WE HAD TO KEEP IN MIND THAT HOPEFULLY IN 26, 27, UM, TEXAS ROADHOUSE COMES IN.
SO THAT'S THE $3 MILLION THAT WE DID NOT INCLUDE.
SO WE CAN USE THE MONEY INTO TODAY, WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT HOPEFULLY IN 20, I KNOW WE DON'T COUNT THE MONEY, WE DON'T HAVE, RIGHT? YEAH, YEAH.
BUT WE POTENTIALLY COULD HAVE 3 MILLION.
I JUST WAIT FOR THE, AND THAT'S IN STAKE REOCCURRING REVENUES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
I KNOW, AND I THINK THIS IS A, A TEXTILE RAW HOUSE POSSIBLE.
WE BRING SOME REVENUE, BUT WE HAVE SO MANY HUNGRY MOUTH, WE HAVE TO UTILIZE $3 MILLION.
WE DID NOT HAVE MUCH OF MONEY COMPARED WITH OUR BUDGET AND PLUS, OKAY, WE HAVE ALL, WE HAVE STATION NUMBER THREE AND THAT WHY NEED A BIG HELP TOO.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND SOME RESOURCE TO KIND OF REDO THE STATION THREE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE URGENCY IS THE STATION NUMBER ONE DUE TO THE FIREFIGHTER LEAVING THE TRAILER AND IT'S AUTO COMPLIANCE.
OKAY? SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SHOW THEM THE CITY COUNCIL IS MOVING.
PLAY THE POLITICS ABOUT MOVING TO IMPROVE OUR CITY FUTURE.
IN LIGHT OF THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS OF THAT MR. GUTIERREZ HAD YES.
IN LIGHT OF THE YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IN LIGHT OF THE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS THAT MR. GUTIERREZ POSED, UH, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE, THAT WE DELAY, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS UNTIL WHICH TIME WE HAVE A FULL COST ANALYSIS, AND THAT WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE OPTIONS, LITERALLY NAMELY THE COST OF, OF BUILDING ON FIRE, UH, ON, ON THE SPORTSPLEX, ON THE CITY YARD AND ON THE CITY HALL, UH, THE CITY HALL CAMPUS SITE, AS WE HAD ASKED FOR PREVIOUSLY.
THIS IS PREMATURE DOING THIS NOW, AND THE, THE, THE NUMBERS
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CAN CHANGE.WE NEED TO HAVE A COST ANALYSIS PLUS ON TOP OF THAT IN LIGHT OF THE, THE NEED FOR US, ALTHOUGH NOT REQUIRED FOR US TO, TO CHECK WITH CALTRANS AS WELL AS WITH CQA AND TO DO THOSE THINGS FOR US TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH SO THAT WAY WE DON'T JUST DO THIS HAPHAZARDLY AND PIECEMEAL, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, OF MAKING SURE TO DO THIS PROPERLY.
AND IT, AND, AND BY MAKING THIS MOTION, IT IS NOT BECAUSE I, I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS.
IT'S BECAUSE I ABSOLUTELY DO, AND WE HAVE TO DO THIS PROPERLY BECAUSE THE MORE WE HAVE, UH, A BUDGETARILY, UH, PRUDENT APPROACH, THE BETTER IT IS FOR THEM AND FOR US TO, TO BILL AS QUICKLY AS AS WE CAN.
SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO, TO, TO MOVE THAT WE DELAY APPROVAL OF THIS UNTIL THAT COMPREHENSIVE COST IS DONE AND UNTIL WE HAVE C QQ, UM, APPROVAL, AND THAT WE HAVE CONSULTED WITH, WITH, UH, UH, CALTRANS TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK.
SO YOU WANNA MOVE THE MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS? YES.
UH, DO I HAVE A SECOND? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN, UH, CONTOS, ARE YOU, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU ARE LIKE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, BUT YOU JUST WANT ALL, YOU'RE ASKING FOR THAT BEFORE WE GIVE? THAT'S A BAD ANGLE, BUT BEFORE WE GIVE, UM, THE FINAL, FINAL OF APPROVAL, WHICH IS WHAT THE STAFF REPORT IS SAYING, IS WE AS A COUNCIL, DO WE AUTHORIZE, UH, BBK TO START DRAWING THE FINAL PLANS? YES.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE NEED TO HAVE THIS PROCESS FIRST IN ORDER THAT WE, WE HAVE ALL INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US, WHICH WOULD IMPACT THAT, AND THEN, AND THEN WE COULD GO FORWARD.
BUT I LOVE THE DESIGN THAT WAS DESCRIBED, BUT YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND IF I CAN, IF I MAY ASK A QUICK QUESTION, UH, BBK, I THINK YOU, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS YOU I SPOKE TO, BUT I THINK YOU STATED, UM, THAT BBK IS CAPABLE OF DOING A COST ANALYSIS.
CORRECT? I THINK YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO ASSIST OUR, OUR CITY IN GETTING THAT DONE.
I, I THINK THAT WORD MIGHT BE RELATIVE OR SUBJECTIVE.
UM, WE'RE DOING PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT THE COST ANALYSIS, I THINK EVERYBODY'S REFERRING TO IS MORE OF A HOLISTIC THING ON SITE IMPACT THAT YEAH, I CAN SOMEONE ELSE.
UH, FOR CONSTRUCTION, THEY ARE ARCHITECT.
AFTER THEY DESIGN, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE, UH, OKAY.
SO WE HAVE TO FIND A CONTRACTOR TO GIVE US ESTIMATE POSSIBLE.
WE HAVE TO FIND THREE OR FOUR OKAY.
LEGIT CONTRACTORS TO SEE HOW MUCH WILL COST US AND BASED ON THEIR EXPERIENCE, THIS AND THAT.
BUT RIGHT NOW, BASICALLY WE JUST APPROVE YEAH.
AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT TO SHOW OKAY.
THAT WE ARE MOVING AND THE THE DESIGN.
BUT ALL THE ANALYSIS, THIS AND THAT, YOU HAVE TO COME.
SO THINK, I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALI'S ASKING FOR.
IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S JUST NOT GIVING BBK THE GREEN LIGHT TO DRAW THE FINAL PLANS.
LIKE WHERE THE PIPES GO, WHERE THE WIRES GO, AND OF COURSE, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S, WE APPROVED THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
IF IT IS OKAY, THEN WE SHOWING, THEN WE FOLLOW THROUGH WITH, UH, ANALYSIS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY, WE SHOULD APPROVE THE CON CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
RATHER THAN DELAY, BECAUSE YOU DELAY THAT YOU HAVE NOTHING TO GOING ON.
AFTER LAND, THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THEM TO CONTINUE TO FIND OUT IS SELLING THE LAND IS FEASIBLE, MOVING TO HOW MUCH WE'RE MOVING THIS AND THAT.
SO WE HAVE THE NUMBER AND PLUS SOME BASIC ANALYSIS, HOW MUCH WE COST SERVICE WITH DIFFERENT PHASE PHASE ONE.
SO MAYBE, SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, OLE, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU APPROVED THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN JUST NOT AUTHORIZING THE FINAL PLANS.
HE WANT TO DELAY, HE WANT TO POSTPONE IT.
YOU WANNA COMPLETELY NO, I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST APPROVING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, NOT AUTHORIZING FINAL, NOT AUTHORIZING FINAL UNTIL WE GET THE COST.
SO YOU, YOU WANT TO APPROVE THE DESIGN.
YES, BUT WITHOUT, BECAUSE I LIKE THE DESIGN, BUT JUST WITHOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH THE FINAL OF MOVING FORWARD AT THE FINAL STEP UNTIL WE GET THE COST ANALYSIS.
SO, SO YOU, SO YOU WANT TO APPROVE THE DESIGN? YES.
AND THEN, OKAY, DO I HAVE, SO YOU APPROVE THE DESIGN, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU WANT THE CITY TO LOOK INTO ANALYSIS THE COST.
AND THAT IS OKAY WITH YOU? HE DOESN'T CARE.
HE
SO, SO WE HAVE, UH, APPROVED, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
C THE CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE MOTION? THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND THEN THE CT TO MOVE INTO OKAY.
BUT NOT APPROVING THE FINAL, FINAL DRAWING.
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TO GO INTO THE CON.AND, UH, AND THEN HOW MUCH WE CAN SELL THE LAND, DA DA DA.
AND WHERE IS THE MONEY COMING FROM? WHAT IS THE DIFFERENT PHASE? SO WE HAVE A PLAN.
AND THEN WITH THAT PLAN, THEN WE APPROVE THE DETAIL.
FIRST FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS, A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UH, ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO, SO BASICALLY, UH, WE ARE, THE MOTION IS APPROVED CONCEPTUAL DESIGN.
AND CT TO GO INTO THE DETAIL MM-HMM
SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT UNDERSTAND WE ARE MOVING ON.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DELAY THE ALL.
WE, WE APPROVE THIS CITY TO GO TO GET THE DETAIL FINANCE AND, UH, OKAY.
AND OKAY, MOVING THIS ON THAT INTO THE, INCLUDE THE PKK.
IS FEASIBLE AND CHECK EVERYTHING.
AND EVERYTHING, HAVE A DETAIL AND COME BACK TO US TO GET A APPROVAL OR OPTION.
SO ISN'T THAT THE NORMAL PROCESS? FIRST YOU GET YOUR DESIGN SUPPOSEDLY, AND THEN YOU GO THROUGH STEPS, RIGHT? YOU GO THROUGH THESIS.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'RE APPROVED, RIGHT? YEAH.
WHAT WE DOING IS, OKAY, AND TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE OVER HERE, IS JUST GET THIS DESIGN APPROVED.
AND THEN AFTER APPROVAL, THEN CT MANAGER, CITY MANAGER, AND FINANCE DIRECTOR HAVE A GIVE US ANALYSIS.
HOW MUCH FOR THE LAND? MM-HMM
HOW MUCH IS THIS? HOW MUCH IT COSTS ROUGHLY TO PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE.
AND THEN WE DECIDE, UH, TO CONTINUE OKAY.
AND MAKE SURE WE CAN SELL THE LAND AND THEN WE CAN CONSTRUCTION, STARTING DOING BACKGROUND.
AND JUST, AND JUST PUT IN THERE ALSO JUST WITH THE SEQ, CHECKING WITH CQA, UH, COMPLIANCE AS WELL AS VOLUNTARILY JUST CHECKING WITH CALTRAN.
AND OUR ENGINEER TO MAKE SURE CALTRAN WON'T BE OKAY.
OUR BURDEN, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO APPROVE DETAIL AND COUCH AND SAY, OOP.
WE CAN TWO CONTROL THE TRAFFIC.
BECAUSE THE, MY UNDERSTANDING, ALL THE INTERSECTION THAT THE FIRE STATION CAN CONTROL THE TRAFFIC, IT'LL BECOME RED LIGHT.
FIRE ENGINE CAN COME OUT OKAY.
WITHOUT ANY POTENTIAL ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING.
EVERYBODY AGREE ON THAT? MM-HMM
SO ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTION YOU HAVE ANY OTHER MM-HMM.
IF NOT, UH, WE'LL CALL VOTE NOT FOR DETAILED.
LET, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ONE MORE TIME.
UH, UH, FIRST FROM COUNCILMAN CONCHO IS SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.
WE LOVE THE, THE, THE DESIGNS.
AND NOW WE JUST HAD TO MAKE IT HAPPEN BECAUSE IT SOUND LIKE VERY EXPENSIVE, BUT WE JUST HAVE TO FIND THE MONEY.
OKAY, BRUCE, APPRECIATE AND, UH, WE GO TO
[10. PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES]
NUMBER 10, THERE'S A RESILIENT FIRE.UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENTATION AND THE UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
THANK YOU, MR. MR. MAYOR MATTHEW ARISES, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER WILL DO THE PRESENTATION.
AS WANNA NOTE THAT THIS IS A, A MOTHER MAY I FROM, UH, MAYOR PRO TETI LOPEZ, AND ALSO FROM OLI CONTOS IN A SUBSEQUENT YEAR TO DO A, THIS PRESENTATION.
SO ONE OF THE COMMITMENTS THE STAFF HAS MADE IS TO GET CAUGHT UP ON ALL THE MOTHER MAIS THAT HAVE BEEN WAITING TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.
SO I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MATTHEW RZA AT THIS TIME.
HONORABLE MAYOR W MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VLO, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND RESIDENTS.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW REZA, AND I SERVE AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT AN OVERVIEW OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT'S ROLES, RESPONSIBILITIES, GOALS, AND TO PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO HOW OUR TEAM COLLABORATES WITH PROPERTY OWNERS, MANAGERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND COMPLIANCE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
OH, ACTUALLY, THAT'S THE CORRECT SLIDE.
UH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT OPERATES A KEY SUPPORT AS A KEY SUPPORT DIVISION WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, FOCUSING ON CODE ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENT EFFORTS.
OUR DEPARTMENT'S MISSION IS SIMPLE TO ENSURE THAT WEST COVINA REMAINS A SAFE, CLEAN, AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY BY UPHOLDING CITY CODES, EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, AND TAKING PROACTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT BLIGHT AND UNSAFE CONDITIONS.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING AND SAFETY PLANNING AND ENGINEERING TO ADDRESS
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A WIDE RANGE OF ISSUES FROM PROPERTY MAINTENANCE AND NUISANCE ABATEMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY COORDINATION DURING CITYWIDE EVENTS.OUR DEPARTMENT'S PRIMARY FUNCTIONS INCLUDE INVESTIGATING AND RESOLVING VIOLATIONS RELATED TO PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, ZONING, AND MUNICIPAL CODE COMPLIANCE, PARTNERING WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS TO PROVIDE RESOURCES, GUIDANCE, AND VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE OPPORTUNITIES BEFORE MOVING INTO FORMAL ENFORCEMENT, SUPPORTING PUBLIC SAFETY EFFORTS ALONGSIDE WEST POLICE DEPARTMENT, HOPE TEAM AND OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, GRAFFITI, AND NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS.
WORKING WITH ATHENS VECTOR CONTROL, CALTRANS AND LA COUNTY PARTNERS TO ADDRESS REGIONAL CONCERNS THAT IMPACT OUR CITY'S IMAGE AND LIVABILITY.
OUR TEAM EMPHASIZES AN EDUCATION FIRST APPROACH TO COMPLIANCE.
OUR TEAM EMPHASIZES AN EDUCATION FIRST APPROACH TO COMPLIANCE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT MOST VIOLATIONS ARE NOT INTENTIONAL, AND THAT MANY PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS O OPERATORS ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US ONCE THEY UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE REASONING BEHIND THEM.
TO THAT END, OUR OFFICERS TAKE DELIBERATE STEPS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION WITH ALL PARTIES INVOLVED.
THESE STEPS OFTEN INCLUDE MAILING NOTICES OF VIOLATION OR COURTESY NOTICES THAT CLEARLY OUTLINE THE CONCERN, THE APPLICABLE CODE SECTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTION REQUIRED, LEAVING BUSINESS CARDS WHEN NO ONE IS AVAILABLE ON SITE, ENSURING PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE A CLEAR POINT OF CONTACT FOR FOLLOW UP.
CONTACTING PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS BY EMAIL OR PHONE TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES, EXPLAIN THE ISSUE, AND DISCUSS POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS SPEAKING DIRECTLY WITH BUSINESS STAFF OR PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVES DURING FIELD INSPECTIONS TO CLARIFY EXPECTATIONS, PROVIDE RESOURCES AND ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THIS COMMUNICATION PROCESS ALLOWS OUR DEPARTMENT TO RESOLVE THE MAJORITY OF VIOLATIONS VOLUNTARILY WITHOUT THE NEED FOR PUNITIVE MEASURES ONLY.
WHEN ONLY WHEN THOSE EFFORTS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL, DO WE PROCEED WITH FORMAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, SUCH AS CITATIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, OR ABATEMENT? THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS, WE MAINTAIN A FOCUS ON TRANSPARENCY, PROFESSIONALISM, AND COLLABORATION, ENSURING THAT BOTH THE CITY AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE WORKING TOWARD THE SAME GOAL, A SAFER AND MORE ATTRACTIVE WEST COVINA.
IN WEST COVINA, OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN SHAPING THE CITY'S IMAGE AND ECONOMIC HEALTH, ENSURING THESE AREAS REMAIN CLEAN, WELL MAINTAINED, AND CODE COMPLIANT IS ONE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S TOP PRIORITIES.
SOME OF THE MOST COMMON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY VIOLATIONS OUR TEAM ADDRESS INCLUDE FIELDING OR DETERIORATING PAINT, DAMAGED STUCCO, FADED SIGNAGE OR UNMAINTAINED LANDSCAPING THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THE APPEARANCE OF OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS.
TAGS ARE DEFACEMENT ON WALLS, DUMPSTERS, OR UTILITY ENCLOSURES THAT REQUIRE PROMPT ABATEMENT WITHIN 48 HOURS AS OUTLINED IN WEST COMMUNITY.
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 26 DASH 5 84, OVERFLOWING DUMPSTERS, LITTER AROUND ENCLOSURES AND LACK OF REGULAR WASTE SERVICE, OFTEN IN VIOLATION OF PROPERTY MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND PARKING LOTS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, CREATING VISUAL BLIGHT AND SAFETY HAZARDS, NON-FUNCTIONING EXTERIOR LIGHTING, UNSECURED VACANT UNITS, AND LACK OF, UH, VISIBLE ADDRESSES, WHICH CREATES SAFETY CONCERNS FOR BOTH THE PUBLIC AND RESPONDING PERSONNEL.
TEMPORARY OR RIPPED, OUTDATED BANNERS AND PENANT FLAGS, CRACKED ASPHALT, FADED STRIPING, OR MISSING ACCESSIBLE PARKING MARKINGS THAT FALL BELOW SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS.
EACH OF THESE CONDITIONS IS ADDRESSED TO THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE, MOST OFTEN UNDER SECTION 26 DASH 5 84, WHICH ESTABLISHES THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY UPKEEP.
BY ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES, WE HELP PROTECT PROPERTY VALUES, SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND MAINTAIN A POSSIBLE, A POSITIVE VISUAL ENVIRONMENT THAT REFLECTS THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY PRIDE AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
ONCE A VIOLATION IS IDENTIFIED, OUR APPROACH FOCUSES ON COLLABORATION, EDUCATION, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
THE GOAL REMAINS TO ACHIEVE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WHENEVER POSSIBLE, BUT WHEN COOPERATION IS NOT ACHIEVED, THE DEPARTMENT TAKES NECESSARY ENFORCEMENT ACTION TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY AND CITY STANDARDS.
OUR PROCESS GENERALLY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STEPS, INITIAL CONTACT AND COURTESY.
NOTICE OFFICER'S FIRST ATTEMPT DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH PROPERTY OR BUSINESS OWNERS BY EMAIL, PHONE, OR IN PERSON CONTACT TO EXPLAIN THE VIOLATION AND OFFER TIME TO CORRECT IT VOLUNTARILY.
FORMAL NOTICE OF VIOLATION IF THE ISSUE PERSISTS, A NOTICE OF VIOLATION IS ISSUED AND MAILED TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY.
THE NOTICE INCLUDES CODE, REFERENCES, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND COMPLIANCE DEADLINES, REINSPECTION AND FOLLOW-UP STAFF CONDUCT FOLLOW-UP INSPECTIONS TO VERIFY CORRECTIVE ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN WHEN PROGRESS ISN'T MADE.
ADDITIONAL OUTREACH OR WRITTEN EXTENSIONS MAY BE PROVIDED TO ENCOURAGE RESOLUTION, CITATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
CONTINUED NON-COMPLIANCE RESULTS IN THE ISSUANCE OF, OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS WITH THE OPTION FOR A HEARING BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND DUE PROCESS.
CITY PROSECUTOR REFERRAL AND LEGAL REMEDIES FOR CHRONIC, HAZARDOUS, OR
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UNRESPONSIVE CASES, THE MATTER IS REFERRED TO THE CITY PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE FOR REVIEW.DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY AND HISTORY OF VIOLATIONS, THE CITY MAY PURSUE CRIMINAL COMPLAINTS FOR CONTINUED NON-COMPLIANCE ABATEMENT WARRANTS TO ENTER AND REMEDY UNSAFE CONDITIONS, RECEIVERSHIP ACTIONS FOR SEVERELY NEGLECTED OR ABANDONED PROPERTIES, AND COST RECOVERY MEASURES THROUGH LIENS OR CIVIL JUDGMENT.
THIS PROCESS ENSURES THAT THE CITY HAS BOTH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL TOOLS NECESSARY TO UPHOLD COMMUNITY STANDARDS WHILE MAINTAINING FAIRNESS, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THROUGHOUT EVERY STAGE OF ENFORCEMENT BEYOND ENFORCEMENT.
THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON REVITALIZING AND ENHANCING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THROUGHOUT WEST COVINA.
THESE EFFORTS GO BEYOND ISSUING CITATIONS.
THERE ARE ABOUT IMPROVING SAFETY, SUPPORTING BUSINESS, AND RESTORING COMMUNITY PRIDE THROUGH COLLABORATION AND CONSISTENCY.
RECENT EFFORTS INCLUDE WEST COVINA VILLAGE WORKMAN.
IN AZUSA, THE SHOPPING CENTER EXPERIENCED ONGOING ISSUES WITH DUMPSTERS BEING LEFT OUTSIDE OF THEIR TRASH ENCLOSURE, AREAS WHICH CREATED BLIGHT AND UNATTRACTED AND ATTRACTED UNWANTED ACTIVITY.
AFTER MEETING WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, STAFF REINFORCED PROPER WASTE HANDLING AND ENCLOSURE USE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE DISCUSSED NEW LANDSCAPING IN THE PARKING LOT ISLANDS AND CONVERTING THE NON-OPERATIONAL WATER FOUNTAINS TO DECORATIVE PLANTERS.
THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL ENHANCE AESTHETICS, DISCOURAGE LOITERING, AND PROMOTE A CLEANER, MORE WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR PATRONS SOUTH HILLS PLAZA.
THIS PROPERTY WILL UNDERGO ROUTINE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND EXTERIOR AND EXTERIOR BUILDING, PAINTING, REFRESHING ITS OVERALL APPEARANCE AND HELP, AND HELPING ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE SURROUNDING CORRIDOR.
THE HEIGHT SHOPPING CENTER ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON GRAFFITI, DETERRENCE AND BEAUTIFICATION, INCLUDING ARTIFICIAL SCREENING TO PROTECT WALL SURFACES AND MAINTAIN CORRIDOR AESTHETICS.
SPOTLESS BURGER 400 SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE.
THIS PROPERTY HAS LONG BEEN AN EYESORE TO THE COMMUNITY, REMAINING VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
WITH RECENT AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S MORATORIUM, THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN NOW ACTIVELY PURSUE A VIABLE TENANT.
REVITAL REVITALIZING THIS PROPERTY REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY AS IT OCCUPIES A PROMINENT CORNER ALONG THE GLENDORA CORRIDOR.
GLENDORA AVENUE ALLEY STAFF IS BEGINNING TO WORK WITH, UH, APARTMENT OWNERS TO UPGRADE ALLEY ALLEYWAY LIGHTING, IMPROVING VISIBILITY AND DETERRING LOITERING, VANDALISM, AND AFTER HOURS ILLICIT ACTIVITY.
EACH OF THESE PROJECTS DEMONSTRATE HOW DEPARTMENT PRIORITIZES EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND PROACTIVE IMPROVEMENT, ENSURING WEST COVINAS COMMERCIAL CENTERS REMAIN VIBRANT, ATTRACTIVE, AND SAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AS WE LOOK AHEAD INTO 2026, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO INNOVATION, ACCOUNTABILITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND COLLABORATION.
OUR FOCUS WILL CONTINUE TO BALANCE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS CITYWIDE.
SOME OF OUR KEY UPCOMING INITIATIVES INCLUDE ENHANCED BUSINESS OUTREACH AND COMPLIANCE VISITS.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS OWNERS THROUGH PROACTIVE OUTREACH AND ONSITE INSPECTIONS.
OUR GOAL IS TO CREATE A CONSISTENT COMMUNICATION MODEL WHERE OWNERS ARE INFORMED, SUPPORTED AND ENGAGED BEFORE VIOLATIONS ARISE, CITYWIDE AESTHETIC AND MAINTENANCE STANDARDS, THE DEPARTMENT WILL COLLABORATE CLOSELY WITH PLANNING PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO ENSURE THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS SUCH AS AMAR, AZUSA, GLENDORA, WEST COVINA PARKWAY, INCLUDING OTHERS, REFLECT CONSISTENT AND HIGH QUALITY STANDARDS.
THIS INCLUDES IMPROVING SIGNAGE UNIFORMITY, TRASH ENCLOSURE STANDARDS, AND PROPERTY AND PROPERTY APPEARANCE, COMMUNI COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND EDUCATION.
THE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO LAUNCH MORE PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS INCLUDING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE REMINDERS, INFORMATION FOR BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS, AND SEASONAL OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ENCOURAGE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AND COMMUNITY PRIDE.
IN CLOSING, I WANNA ACKNOWLEDGE AND, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEDICATED STAFF WHO REPRESENT THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT DAILY.
THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, CONSISTENCY, AND COMPASSION CONTINUE TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER WITH COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP AND THE ONGOING SUPPORT OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND RESIDENTS, WE ARE STRENGTHENING PUBLIC SAFETY, PROTECTING PROPERTY VALUES, AND PRESERVING THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN WEST COVINA.
AND, UM, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL ANY QUESTION.
AND, UH, UH, MAY LOPEZ, THANK YOU.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THE REVITALIZATION.
UM, JUST WANTING TO DOUBLE CHECK, DOES ALL VIOLATIONS HAVE PHOTOS INCLUDED IF, IF ALL VIOLATIONS HAVE PHOTOS INCLUDED? YES.
SO WHEN BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS, THEY GET THEIR CITATION, PHOTOS ARE INCLUDED, THEY'RE ATTACHED TO THE NOTICE FOR EVERY, EVERY NOTICE, RIGHT? FOR EVERY NOTICE, YES.
UM, AND I HAVE, I'LL PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
I, I KNOW LIKE ON OUR STREETS, INCLUDING MYSELF, THEY, THEY WOULD SEND THAT OUT, SO I'VE
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RECEIVED ONE.UM, BUT YOUR CITATION THAT YOU RECEIVE, THERE'S NO COSTS THERE.
IT'S, SO SOME PEOPLE THINK, OH, THEY GOT THIS CITATION THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY A FEE RIGHT AWAY, BUT THEY ASK FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.
SO I KNOW A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORS I SAW WAS CLEANING UP THEIR ITEMS, BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO YOU HAVE ANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU PARTNER UP WITH TO ASSIST RESIDENTS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO COMPLY? SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHEN WEED ABATEMENT AND ALL THAT STUFF, IF, IF IT'S LIKE THE ELDERLY, IF THERE'S A PHYSICAL CONCERN OR A INCOME LEVEL, DO YOU HAVE ORGANIZATIONS TO ASSIST THEM SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLY? WE DO PARTNER WITH WEST COVINA.
UM, AT LEAST ONCE TO TWICE A YEAR.
UM, IT'S A ORGANIZATION HERE IN WEST COVINA.
UH, THEY HAVE ADDRESSED NUMEROUS, UH, NUMEROUS, UH, PROPERTIES, AND THEY'RE CURRENTLY ADDRESSING, UM, PROPERTIES NOW.
UM, AND WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER CLOSELY.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE, WE, WE KNOCKED ONE OUT IN THE, UM, SERVICE AREA, THREE LOCATIONS, AND, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK.
UM, AND THEN THIS GOES FOR ALL PARTS OF WEST COVINA.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE A COUPLE MORE PROPERTIES TO GO.
SO, UM, GIVEN THE, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE EXTENT OF THE CASE AND THE SEVERITY, THOSE USUALLY RISE TO THE, UH, TO THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THIS, UH, ORGANIZATION.
SO RESIDENTS, DOES THAT SAY THAT ON THE, UH, CITATION, LIKE IF THEY NEED ASSISTANCE OR HELP, THAT THEY CAN REACH OUT TO YOU TO GET THAT ASSISTANCE AND HELP? IT DOES NOT, NO.
UM, HOWEVER, RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT THEIR HANDLING OR THE HANDLING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING? OH, I CANNOT BELIEVE IT, MR. MAYOR.
WE DO, I REALLY, REALLY LOVE THAT YOU'RE THE ONE, UM, MATT GIVING THIS PRESENTATION.
I WANNA SAY TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE WORLD, BASICALLY HERE, MATTHEW ARAIZA HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.
HE HAS, HE HAS WITHSTOOD MY HUNDREDS OF EMAILS AND
AND, AND, UH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IT FRANKLY DOESN'T DO JUSTICE TO ALL THE AMAZING THINGS YOU DO WAY BEYOND, I MEAN, SO MUCH.
AND SO, JUST WANTED JUST QUICK, A FEW QUICK FOLLOW UP ITEMS SUBSTANTIVELY, UM, FOR SOUTH HILLS PLAZA, CAN YOU ALSO PLEASE ADD THE, THE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, BECAUSE THERE ARE LOTS OF PATCHES OF DIRT THERE THAT NEED TO BE FILLED IN JUST DIRT, JUST SLABS, BUT THERE ISN'T ANY DIRT.
SO CAN THAT PLEASE BE ADDED TO THE, THE REVIEW PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.
AND, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS, COUNCILMAN.
UM, SOUTH HILLS PLAZA, I WAS ACTUALLY OUT THERE TODAY WITH PROPERTY MANAGEMENT.
UM, THEY WILL BE ADDRESSING ALL THE ISLANDS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, NOT ONLY THAT, THEY LOOK TO PAINT THE, UM, THE PROPERTY AS WELL COME THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2026, WHICH SHOULD LOOK LOVELY.
UM, AND IT'S ON OUR LIST OF ITEMS THAT THE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO ADDRESS.
AND ASANO, ANOTHER FOLLOW UP COUNTS.
COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND I, UM, FOUND, UH, ISSUES WITH, WITH REGAL, AND I KNOW THAT WE GAVE THEM EXTRA TIME.
HAS THAT NOW BEEN FIXED WITH THE LIGHTING OF THE SIGNAGE AND, AND SO FORTH AND OTHER ISSUES, UH, THERE THAT, THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION? I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
I HAVEN'T BEEN OUT TO THE, TO THE PROPERTY AS OF LATE.
UM, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP AND PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU, UM, TOMORROW OR THE NEXT DAY.
THANK, AS SOON AS I GET OUT THERE TO VERIFY THAT THE LIGHTING AT NIGHT IS, UM, SUFFICIENT.
AND LASTLY, JUST FOR YOUR, UH, INFORMATION, UH, BOY SCOUT TROOP 7 24 IS WILLING TO GIVE SERVICE HOURS TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS WITH BASIC YARD WORK AND OTHER THINGS WITH WHATEVER PEOPLE NEED.
SO THAT JUST COULD BE ANOTHER RESOURCE, BUT THANK YOU SO VERY, VERY MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR TEAM'S WORK.
IT IS JUST, IT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE EVERY LITERAL DAY.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
IT COULD CAUSE WITH SENDING HUNDREDS OF EMAILS,
I'M A SUPER FAN OF YOURS, AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO YOU ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS WHO COME TO US ALL THE TIME, HOW QUICKLY YOU RESPOND TO RESIDENT ISSUES.
COUNCILMAN OLI KENTO, I'M, I'M GLAD YOU DIDN'T CC TO ME, OTHERWISE I WILL HAVE A MENTAL ISSUE OKAY.
BECAUSE THE HUNDREDS OF THEM I HAVE TO READ.
AND, AND LET'S GO TO THE MALE PROTEIN GO FIRST AND I GO TO YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES KEEP OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN, AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU.
IF SOMEONE CALLS FOR A VIOLATION ON A SPECIFIC RESIDENT OR BUSINESS, DOES THE STAFF CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF, WHEN THEY ARRIVE,
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ARE THEY ONLY LOOKING AT LOOKING AT THAT ONE BUSINESS OR RESIDENT? UM, OR WHEN THEY ARRIVE, OF COURSE THEY LOOK AT THAT, BUT DO THEY ALSO MIGHT AS WELL TAKE A LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING AND NEIGHBORS AS WELL? THAT'S CORRECT.UM, IF THERE'S A CALL ON ONE SPECIFIC PROPERTY, OBVIOUSLY THE STREET WOULD NEED TO BE SURVEYED AS WELL.
IF SOMEBODY CALLS IN ON A SPECIFIC PROPERTY, FOR EXAMPLE, TRASH CONTAINERS, OBVIOUSLY, IF THERE'S MULTIPLE TRASH CONTAINERS OUT, A NOTICE WOULD GO OUT ACCORDINGLY TO THE ENTIRE STREET.
UM, AND AGAIN, DEPENDING ON IF WE'RE GOING FOR A SPECIFIC INSPECTION ON, YOU KNOW, LANDSCAPE FOR A, YOU KNOW, A DEAD UNMAINTAINED LAWN, SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, UM, WE SURVEY THE STREET AS WELL, AND THE DEAD AND MAINTAINED LAWNS, I KNOW WITH WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO CONSERVE WATER MM-HMM
UM, ARE YOU ALSO PARTNERING UP WITH THE LANDSCAPE THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TURFS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN LET RESIDENTS ENCOURAGE? DROUGHT TOLERANT LANDSCAPE? ACTUALLY IT'S, UH, LESS MAINTENANCE AND, UM, CONSERVES WATER, IT LOOKS NICE.
SO, UM, WE DO ENCOURAGE DROUGHT TOLERANT, AND AGAIN, WE DO OBVIOUSLY WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM WITH CONSERVING WATER, AND WE PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT TIME TO ADDRESS THE LAWN AND GIVE IT TIME, YOU KNOW, TIME TO WATER THE LAWN IF, IF THAT'S THE ISSUE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, HEAR THEM OUT AND WORK TOGETHER.
I MEAN, IF YOU COULD PARTNER UP WITH THE ORGANIZATIONS I KNOW THAT PROVIDES THOSE ITEMS AT LOW COST, OR THEY HAVE THOSE YEARLY ANNUAL EVENTS WHERE THEY GIVE OUT FREE ITEMS TO THE COMMUNITY, IF YOU CAN BRING THAT TO ALSO CONSIST OF THAT LOCATION, THAT ISSUE.
AND IF YOU COULD ALSO, UM, KINDLY ASSIST OUR, UH, BUSINESS OWNER, DOUG.
I, I, SO SOME OF HIS QUESTIONS,
UM, AND I WILL BE TALKING TO HIM DIRECTLY.
MATTHEW, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR US.
AND I HAVE A DATE FOR YOU FOR THE EDWARD CINEMA SIGN.
THEIR DEADLINE IS OCTOBER THE 15TH.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW ABSOLUTELY.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
JUST GIMME ONE LAST I HAVE, HOLD ON.
ARE YOU SO EXCITED? I I'M REALLY QUICK.
AND, AND, UH, ON THE AZUA AVENUE ON THE NORTH SIDE OKAY.
ALL THE SHOPPING MALL, INCLUDING THE WORKMAN VILLAGE OR YOU CALL IT WEST COVINA VILLAGE, I THINK THEY CALL WALKMAN VILLAGE.
AND YOU CAN SEE INSIDE HE NEEDS SOME HELP.
AND THEN YOU GO CONTINUE TO GO TO OKAY.
WEST COVINA AREA OF SHOPPING MALL IN THE AREA.
AND, UH, SOME OF THEM WE DIDN'T NEED HELP.
I THINK, AND YOU MAYBE CAN TALK TO THE MANAGER OWNER OVER THERE AND LET THEM TO HELP US OKAY.
TO FIX UP THE AREA ONCE UPON A TIME.
I REMEMBER WHEN THAT MOVIE IN 1989, THAT WAS OUR DOWNTOWN, YOU HAVE A TONY ROMAN, THE, THE, THE RIB.
YOU HAVE, UH, THE STEAKHOUSE AND YOU HAVE CHUCK E.
CHEESE AND, UH, MY KIDS SO YOUNG AND, UH, WE HAVE A STROLLER, WE ALWAYS GO OVER THERE.
AND NOW YOU KIND OF GO TO THE SOUTH SIDE DEC.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP THEM OKAY.
AT LEAST CLEAN IT UP AND, UH, LOOK MORE INVITED.
SO WE DON'T HAVE A HOMELESS OKAY.
POPULATION OVER THERE AND, AND THEY LOOK VERY KIND OF, UH, OBSOLETE.
POSSIBLE YOU GO TO THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SEA OKAY.
AND THE PLAZA AND THE SOUTH SIDE WITH, UH, UM, OKAY.
THE GLOSSARY OUTLET AND THAT, THAT AREA NEEDS SOME HELP TOO, SO HOPEFULLY OKAY.
AND, UH, THEY NEED TO KIND OF CLEAN UP THE AREA AND YOU CAN SEE, AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF HOMELESS OKAY.
SO, SO MAYBE WE CAN HELP THE OWNER OVER THE OWNER OVER THERE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN HELP THEM.
SO THE BUSINESS CAN SURVIVE AND OTHERWISE GET THE BUSINESS OVER THERE, COME AND GO.
AND IT'S REALLY NO GOOD FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THEY TRY TO DO A GOOD BUSINESS ALSO RESTAURANT.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP THEM WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OKAY.
AND DEPARTMENT, AND TO HELP ALL THOSE BUSINESS AND WHO WANT TO SPEAK.
GO AHEAD TO, BUT, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU, UH, UM, OFFICER RAZA FOR ALL THE, THE GREAT WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, AND FOR STEPPING UP WHILE MILAN LEADS THE CITY AS OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, YOU GUYS ARE BOTH DOING A REMARKABLE JOB.
AND I COMMEND YOU BOTH FOR, FOR THE WORK YOU CONTINUE TO DO.
AND, AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO, UM, MAYBE RESIDENTS LIKE, LIKE DOUG WHO HAVE CONCERNS AND MAYBE THERE'S A WAY TO DEVELOP SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE TO ASK.
I MEAN, IS THERE A PROCESS CURRENTLY OR MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD PUT ON OUR WEBSITE THAT THE RESIDENTS COULD EMAIL FOR A ASKING FOR A REVIEW OF THE CITATION THEY RECEIVED? SO UPPER MANAGEMENT,
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LIKE YOUR SHELF IS ABLE TO VERIFY IF IT'S A VALID ENFORCEMENT OR NOT.UM, WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY NOW.
UM, ON THE LETTERS, IT HAS THE OFFICER'S NAME AND CONTACT INFO.
UM, SHOULD THE PERSON WHO RECEIVES THE LETTER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THE LETTER ENTAILS.
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL THIS, UH, OFFICER.
WE HAVE OUR, UM, CITY LINE, WE HAVE OUR, UM, THE OFFICER'S DIRECT LINE AS WELL.
UM, AND MY INFORMATION'S HERE AS WELL.
UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT ALL? UM, ANY RESIDENT HAS ANY ISSUES, UH, PLEASE BRING IT TO MY ATTENTION, BUT WE CAN YEAH.
LOOK INTO MAYBE A WEBSITE FUNCTION WHILE WE, UM, YEAH.
MAYBE EVEN A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS OR SOMETHING.
UM, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER MM-HMM
SO IF A, IF A RESIDENT OR A BUSINESS RECEIVES AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION, THAT'S TYPICALLY THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH STEP IN THE PROCESS.
ONCE A CITATION IS ISSUED, THE APPELLATE RIGHTS ARE INCLUDED ON THE CITATION.
AND UNDER, UH, STATE LAW AND COURT DECISION, HAAS VERSUS SAN BERNARDINO, EACH PERSON THAT CITED HAS DUE PROCESS AND THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO AN INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER.
SO IF A, A SOMEONE DISPUTES ONE OF THE CITATIONS ISSUED BY THE CITY, IT GOES BEFORE AN INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER.
IT CAN BE EITHER A WRITTEN REVIEW, TELEPHONIC OR AN IN-PERSON.
BUT IS IT THE CITATION ITSELF, IF WE GET TO THAT POINT, IT'S NOT REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF, IT'S THROUGH AN INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER.
AND, AND IF I, AND I'M ASSUMING JUST LIKE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF SOMEONE SAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOUR SUPERVISOR, THEN OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PROCESS TO ESCALATE IT TOO, RIGHT? YEAH.
I WAS REFERRING TO THE NOTICE, LIKE IF THEY RECEIVE A NOTICE YEAH, LIKE A REGULAR NOTICE TOO.
A CITATION WOULD BE DIFFERENT.
BUT, BUT I THINK, SO AS MY MEMORY, OKAY.
REGARDING, UM, WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER, THE WEBSITE MM-HMM
WHEN WE GOING TO ROLL OUT OUR WEBSITE OH YEAH.
THE SO CALLED SMART CITY, RIGHT? MM-HMM
AND LEAD SUPPOSED TO BE COMING OUT AND THEN ROLL OUT LAST TIME THE PRESENTATION SAY RAW IN OCTOBER.
WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL IN, WE'RE STILL IN OCTOBER.
BUT DEADLINE, OC WE ARE IN OCTOBER, BUT QUICKLY WILL BECOME NOVEMBER AND OUR PARKS PLAN.
SO, SO COULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT THEM AND THEN WE CAN ADD INTO MAYBE YOUR WEB, THE WEBSITE AND WE, REGARDING THE CITATION AND THEY CAN CHECK INTO THEIR PROCESS, THIS AND THAT, OR THEY CAN UPLOAD SOME PICTURE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
SO IN THAT WAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY.
AND THE SMART CT AND THE 7 24 OR 24 7 AND DURING THE STATE OF CT WE MENTIONED ABOUT THAT, HEY, WE WORK ON LESS SPEECH.
WE NEED TO ABSOLUTELY NOT GIVE WHAT WE PROMISE.
EACH DEPARTMENT, EACH DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN GIVEN THE KEYS TO THEIR SECTIONS.
AND SO THEY HAVE BEEN UPDATING AND PER AND, UM, UPLOADING INFORMATION THAT'S RELEVANT TO THEIR DEPARTMENT.
CAN YOU GIVE US A TIMELINE WHEN THEY ARE GOING TO COME SO WE CAN HAVE A MATTHEW.
WE GOT THIS WEBSITE WE COULD DESIGNATE FOR JUST FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SPECIFIC PAGE.
CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS THEIR OWN SPECIFIC PAGE THEY'VE BEEN ASSIGNED.
UM, STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN TRAINED.
CODE ENFORCEMENT HAS THEIR OWN SPECIFIC PAGE THAT'S BEEN ASSIGNED IN THEIR AREAS.
UM, THEIR PERMISSIONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED, CORRECT.
AND THEY'VE BEEN TRAINED ON THE WEBSITE, SO ON THE NEW WEBSITE.
SO THEY'RE JUST POPULATING AND, UM, IMPORTING INFORMATION.
SO WHEN YOU THINK THE TIME WE CAN SEE, UH, THE PRE THE PRESENTER COME BACK, THE DESIGNER COME BACK TO GIVE A PRESENTATION.
AND WHEN THIS THING CAN ROLL OUT, WE, WE PLAN ON ROLLING OUT THE WEBSITE BEFORE THE END OF OCTOBER.
IT'S, IT'LL BE READY TO GO TO, UM, GO LIVE WITH THE PUBLIC.
UM, IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO CALL THE CONSULTANT BACK, I MEAN, WE MOST CERTAINLY CAN.
UM, BUT AT THIS POINT IT'S BEEN HANDED OVER TO CITY STAFF.
SO HOPEFULLY BY 20 SOMETHING WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON.
SO ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? OKAY.
I WANNA DO IT RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY WANT TO DO AT THE END.
AND, AND I, I'LL JUST SAY, UM, LAST THING I'LL SAY IS, UH, I THINK YOU ALSO, YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB.
I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ALSO BEEN PATROLLING OUR, OUR PUBLIC PARKS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY, CORRECT? RIGHT.
SO YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN, UH, VERY INSTRUMENTAL TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO THANK YOU.
PICK PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DEPARTMENT IS BECOME A SYSTEM OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
UM, BUT UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE, OKAY, WHEN YOU SEE, I SEE SO MANY OF, UH, SHOPPING CAR, CAN YOU JUST NOTIFY TO PICK IT UP SO I DON'T HAVE TO REPORT IN? SO BY YOUR OKAY.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE SEEN FILE AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE, MR. MAYOR, JUST ONE LAST
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FOLLOW UP ITEM.UM, UH, MATT, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UM, DO FOLLOW UP ON, ON PLAZA WEST COVINO, I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MIGHT HAVE SENT SOMETHING, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET.
BUT IF YOU CAN JUST MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THEY CLEAN UP THEIR, THEIR PARKING GARAGE SERVICES, UH, PER WEEK PER OUR PRIOR, UH, COMMUNICATIONS, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
AND, UH, THIS WE SEE ON FILE, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.
SO WE DONE WITH OUR CONSENT, CAL? NO, WE DONE WITH OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGER THING.
AND, UH, AB 1 23, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A THAT.
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COUNCIL REQUEST AND COMMENT.UH, YOU KNOW, I SAW AND READ THAT THERE WAS, I GUESS THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SOME SORT OF PRESENTATION BY THE ROTARY CLUB AND, AND I LOOKED IT UP AND I GUESS THEY DID SOME COMMUNITY SERVICES IN, IN OUR LOCAL PARKS.
SO I WAS JUST ASKED, UH, IF THE MAYOR COULD RECOGNIZE THEM AT THE NEXT MEETING.
UM, I ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND, UH, WHEN YOU BECOME A MAYOR, YOU CAN INVITE ANYBODY YOU WANT.
BUT THEY THINK GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY, UM, MAYBE.
AND, UH, OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE ALMOST EVERYBODY.
SO ANYWAY, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, WHO, WHO NEXT? OKAY, MR. MAYOR ALI, GO AHEAD.
ACTUALLY, HE BEAT, HE BEAT ME TOO.
IT, UM, UM, I'M APPRECIATIVE TO YOU, MR. MAYOR, FOR TALKING IN THE PAST ABOUT BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD, BUT IN THIS CASE, BY REMOVING THE ROTARY CLUB, YOU REMOVED THE BROTHERHOOD AND SISTERHOOD OF PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED WITH MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE HELPING WITH, UH, THE, THE RIDGE WRITERS.
AND, AND IT, I'M REALLY SAD THAT THEY WEREN'T RECOGNIZED.
AND I REALIZE YOU CAN, YOU HAVE THE OPTION, BUT THAT WOULD'VE BEEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO RISE ABOVE PAST THE POLITICS.
AND REALLY, I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT IN THE POLITICS.
BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY ONLY, UH, WENT TO MEXICO TO GIVE A LAPTOP.
THEY DID THE 40 PEOPLE, THIS AND THAT.
I JUST HAVE, UH, PEOPLE SAY THEY WANNA RECOGNIZE THEM, BUT I SAY WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY PERFORM, AND I, IF THEY WANT TO, THEY CAN GO TO MEXICO TO GIVE LAPTOP.
WHY NOT GIVE TO WESTCO, GEORGIA? OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I, MY QUESTION TO THE CT, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER ABOUT.
AND, UH, IF, UH, SOMEBODY WON'T BE RECOGNIZED AND SHOW ME WHAT THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE DONE.
IF THEY DONE OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, DO THE THIS AND THAT, AND, UH, IF THAT, I DON'T KNOW.
I JUST HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY WENT TO MEXICO TO, TO BUILD SOME ELEMENTARY AND GIVE LAPTOP.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE IS, BUT I PREFER THE PEOPLE WILL DONATE TO OUR WEST COVID CHILDREN BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY NEEDED CHILDREN, UH, NEED HELP, NEED LAPTOP, A KNEE, A SCHOLARSHIP.
I THINK IF THEY CAN DO IT, THEN I WILL HAPPILY TO RECOGNIZE THEM.
SO IN THAT WAY IT IS NOT ABOUT THE POLITICS, IT'S ABOUT WHAT HAVE YOU HELP OR OUR LOCAL RESIDENT, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND, AND THIS IS MY DESCRIPTION ABOUT TO BE FAIR TO EVERYBODY, IS HOW WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE OKAY.
TO THE WEST COVINA CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.
I WILL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT.
IF YOU CAN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SHOW IT TO ME AND THEN OKAY.
AND I WILL SEE IS THERE WAS TO MY RECOGNITION OR MY PRESENTATION, BUT AGAIN, I HOPE THEY CAN DO FOR OUR CHILDREN RATHER THAN THE OKAY.
OTHER THAN THAT, WHO ANYONE, JUST TO CLARIFY THAT.
I, I THINK THAT, I THINK THE REASON WHY THEY WERE PUT ON THERE WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PARK WORK.
AM I WRONG? CITY MANAGER OR, I MEAN, I THINK A BUNCH OF PEOPLE WERE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA OFF ONE ORDER, BUT, BUT IN SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE PARK, UH, I MEAN, SORRY, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE ROTARY CLUB, WAS THAT, WERE THEY BEING RECOGNIZED FOR THE, THE WORK THEY DID AT OUR WEST VNA PARK OR FOR SOMETHING IN, I DON'T, UH, I, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING IT ABOUT MEXICO.
UM, THEY DID COMPLETE AND VOLUNTEER TO DO WORK AT RIDGE RIDERS IN MAVERICK, MAVERICK FIELD, THE PARK THERE, EQUESTRIAN PARK, THEY, UH, REPE REPLACED AND REPAIRED FENCING AND PAINTED.
SO ANYWAY, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW, SHOW ME THE INFORMATION AND UH, SHOW ME WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, LET'S GO TO, UH, THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENT OR MOTHER, MAY I, OKAY.
UM, I JUST WANNA THANK OUR STAFF FOR, UM, HAVING THE MOON FESTIVAL EVENT.
I KNOW THAT IT WAS DONE LAST MINUTE AND I'M SURE THERE WAS A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THIS DONE.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK, UM, OUR STAFF ARE DOING THAT.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT, UM, THEY WORKED HARD ON THAT, SO I JUST WANNA TELL 'EM I APPRECIATE THAT.
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IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO A GYM? OH, I HAVE, I HAVE ONE MORE.UH, CAN THEY, UH, I THINK, UH, IF THEY COULD, IF, UH, IF THEY COULD DOUBLE CHECK, UH, THE CAMERA SYSTEMS AND THEN I THINK, UM, I THINK RESIDENTS WERE COMPLAINING THAT THERE WAS A BACKLOG ON SPECTRUM.
SO, SO MAYBE IT COULD LOOK INTO THAT.
UM, LOOK INTO THE STREAMLINE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES.
I DUNNO, MY, BUT WHEN I SEE, LET YOU HAVE A MAJOR CLOSEUP.
MAYBE SHOULD ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT.
OTHERWISE,
I, I HAVEN'T CHECKED MINE YET.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE SIDE OF THE HEAD? SO HOPEFULLY WE ALL CAN BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DISTANCED.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA SCARE PEOPLE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO A JIM? OKAY.