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GOOD EVENING.[ CALL TO ORDER]
TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.AND RIGHT NOW IT'S 7:00 PM AND MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
ANY PERSON WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL.
PLEASE PROVIDE AT ENTRANCE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT TO THE CALL TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF ORAL COMMUNICATION.
SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED TONIGHT.
INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY CHALIN KELLY DUPEE AND THE COUNCILWOMAN DIA WILL LEAD US IN A PLEASURE ALL RIGHTS.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE ARE THANKFUL THAT WE LIVE AND WORK IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVENA.
AND WE THANK YOU LORD FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE DOING IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IN OUR CITY.
AND LORD, TONIGHT WE LIFT UP THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE THEM WISDOM AND GUIDE THEM, LORD, BY YOUR HOLY SPIRIT.
BE A PART OF THIS MEETING, LORD, THAT YOUR BLESSING MIGHT COME UPON OUR CITY.
LORD, WE LIFT UP ALL OF THOSE WHO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY, WHETHER IT'S TEACHERS AND DOCTORS AND NURSES, BUT ALSO LORD, OUR POLICE AND FIRE FATHER.
IN PARTICULAR, WE LIFT UP THE CREW THAT IS OUT RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT RIGHT NOW HERE IN OUR CITY.
GOD, THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM ALL SAFE AND THAT THAT INCIDENT TONIGHT WOULD HAVE A PEACEFUL ENDING.
SO THANK YOU, GOD, FOR USING US, LORD, AND BLESSING US AND USING US TO BE A BLESSING TO ONE ANOTHER HERE IN THIS CITY.
BLESS THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
WE THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO HERE THIS EVENING.
I PLEDGE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FROM WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE.
UH, THE CITY MANAGER, UH,
AS CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REPORT OFF ON CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING.
[PRESENTATIONS]
ARE GOING TO PRESENTATION.THE FIRST ONE, RECOGNI RECOGNIZE.
OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, DEAN, UH, BLACKMAN, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO NAPOLEON? WOO.
AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
UNDER OUR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINKING ABOUT IT'S FOR COEN ENFORCEMENT.
IT'S NOT ONLY THE FOR COEN ENFORCEMENT SPEAKING TRUE.
THAT'S WHY, UH, THEIR VEHICLE HAVE A PUBLIC SAFETY OKAY.
SO WHEN THEY ARE DRIVING AROUND, OKAY.
AND THEY BASICALLY PATROL FOR OUR CITY, NOT ONLY OUR POLICE OFFICER, BUT ALSO OKAY.
AND, UH, THAT'S HOW, WHY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE AND FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, UH, DRIVING AROUND, NOT TRY TO PICK ON YOU ABOUT YOUR GRASS AND THIS AND THAT.
WELL, YOU BETTER CUT YOUR GRASS, OKAY.
OKAY? MAKE SURE YOUR TRASH CAN IS LIKE PUT INSIDE.
BUT MORE OR LESS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE, THE RESIDENTS SAFE, OKAY? AND FOR, OKAY? AND, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENT CAN REALLY WALK ON THE STREET FOR OUR CHILDREN, REALLY CAN PLAY ON THEIR FRONT YARD AND THEY FROM YA.
AND BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMEBODY WATCHING, OKAY? PROTECT YOU.
WHY? BECAUSE I THINK YOU SHOULD TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT, HOW YOU STOP THE CRIME AND HOW YOU MAKE SURE OUR RESIDENT IS SAFE IN OUR CITY.
SO, I DON'T WANNA READ THIS BECAUSE WHEN I READ THIS, AND THEN WE DON'T HAVE A CLIMATE, I THINK THE CLIMATE SHOULD BE FROM YOU, THE STORYTELLING FROM OUR OFFICER.
UH, CHIEF, YOU WANNA COME DOWN? GO AHEAD.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR WU AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO SOME OF YOU KNOW ME, UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T, UH, I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION.
UH, MY HUSBAND AND I, WE BOUGHT OUR HOME, UH, IN WEST COVINA IN
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1999 BECAUSE WE WANTED A GREAT CITY TO RAISE OUR DAUGHTER AND OUR FAMILY.UH, I QUICKLY BECAME INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, SERVING AS CAPTAIN IN 2016.
AND I ALSO TOOK PART IN CITIZENS ACADEMY, WHICH INSPIRED ME TO TAKE MY INVOLVEMENT A STEP FURTHER AND JOIN THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A VOLUNTEER.
SO, THROUGH THIS JOURNEY, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO HAVE INCREDIBLE MENTORS AND RECEIVE EXCEPTIONAL TRAINING THROUGH THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE FOUNDATION MADE IT A NATURAL TRANSITION FOR ME TO BEGIN WORKING FOR WEST COVINA CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS NOW PUBLIC SAFETY.
I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT MUCH OF MY GROWTH, UH, AND SUCCESS IN MY CAREER IS THANKS TO THE UNWAVERING SUPPORT, GUIDANCE AND TEAMWORK OF MY AMAZING PUBLIC SAFETY TEAM AND THE GREAT LEADERSHIP OF MATTHEW ZA AND MILAN MOKI.
UH, THEIR DEDICATION, VISION, AND SUPPORT HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON MY JOURNEY AND CONTINUE TO INSPIRE ME EVERY DAY TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY I'M PROUD TO CALL HOME PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT WORK HAND IN HAND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER WITH THE SHARED GOAL OF KEEPING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE.
RECENTLY, WHILE PATROLLING THE SOUTH HILLS AREA, I OBSERVED A FEMALE ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO A HOME.
I IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR POLICE BACKUP, MAINTAINING COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND FOLLOWED THE SUSPECT TO GALSTER PARK WHERE OFFICERS TOOK HER INTO CUSTODY.
SHE WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF BOLT CUTTERS AND OTHER BURGLARY TOOLS.
THIS INCIDENT IS A TRUE REFLECTION OF THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP AND TEAMWORK BETWEEN PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKING TOGETHER TO PROTECT OUR CITY.
I TRULY LOVE MY CITY AND DEEPLY CARE ABOUT THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE HERE.
UH, THEIR WELLBEING AND OUR COMMUNITY'S SAFETY WILL ALWAYS BE MY TOP PRIORITY.
I AM TRULY HONORED AND GRATEFUL TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR SIMPLY DOING THE JOB THAT I LOVE.
THIS RECOGNITION IS NOT JUST FOR ME, IT'S A REFLECTION OF THE INCREDIBLE TEAM I WORK ALONGSIDE EVERY DAY.
I WILL GIVE CHIEF ANOTHER ONE TOO.
SO, SO, SO I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND, OKAY.
WHEN, AS, UH, OUR POLICY AS A CITY, A CITY COUNCIL, WE TRY TO FIND THE BUDGET, OKAY.
I THINK PUBLIC SAFETY IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR WHY WE LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
SO WE WANT, THAT'S WHY WE HIRE A MORE POLICE OFFICER, UH, THIS YEAR FOR ADDITIONAL 10.
AND THEN WE SET IT UP LAST YEAR, UH, WITH, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.
WE CHANGED THE NAME THIS YEAR TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, AND THEN FOR ADDITIONAL 10 20.
THE, THE STAFF AND THE PATROL ON THE STREET TO MAKE SURE YOU SEE SOMETHING REPORTED RIGHT AWAY TO THE POLICE.
AND, UH, IF YOU KNOW, UH, WEST COVINA IS NUMBER THREE, THE CIVIL CITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
OKAY? I KNOW STEVE'S LAUGHING.
SAY, WELL, BUT THIS IS ON THE GOOGLE, IF YOU GOOGLE AWAY, YOU SEE BASICALLY ON OUR OKAY.
OKAY? WE ARE NUMBER THREE, THE SAFET CT IN THE 2023.
AND THEY DUE TO, WE HAVE LESS HOMICIDE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF BURGLARY EXCEPT IN NL CT PEOPLE COME INSIDE, OKAY.
AND STEAL AND THE WAY INSIDE THE HOME, LIKE WHAT YOU DID TO STOP THEM, TO MAKE SURE WE CAN STOP THE CRIME, UH, BEFORE IT REALLY HAPPEN.
SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, HOW THE CITY CONNECT TO EACH OTHER AND WANT TO HAVE A POLICY TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE.
SO CHIEF, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? AND HOW IS THIS COLLABORATION TOGETHER WITH OUR ACTING? OKAY.
AND THE CITY MANAGER WAS OKAY, AND SO CONTINUES OUR DIRECTORS OR PUBLIC SAFETY, AND YOU CAN SEE CITY WI OKAY.
STRENGTHEN AND EMPHASIZE, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK DEANNA FOR ALL HER WORK, JUST NOT ONLY WITH THE CITY AS AS A MEMBER OF PUBLIC SAFETY, BUT AS A LONG TIME VOLUNTEER.
BOTH HER AND HER HUSBAND SCOTT, UM, HAVE JUST BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN EVERY SINGLE EVENT WE'VE PLANNED FOR YEARS AND HAVE JUST HELPED SO MUCH WITH, UM, GETTING OUR, UH, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM OFF THE GROUND AND RUNNING SUCCESSFULLY OUR, UH, COMMUNITY ACADEMY.
AND THAT'S JUST A COUPLE, JUST A COUPLE SMALL THINGS, BUT THANK YOU BOTH.
I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.
AND TONIGHT I WANNA PRESENT A, UH, CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:00 AM PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, DEANNA BLAKEMAN WAS PATROLLING THE SOUTH HILLS AREA WHEN SHE OBSERVED A FEMALE SUSPECT ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO A RESIDENCE ACTING QUICKLY.
AND WITH VIGILANCE, DEANNA MAINTAINED VISUAL CONTACT WITH THE SUSPECT WHILE REQUESTING POLICE BACKUP.
SHE FOLLOWED THE INDIVIDUAL TO GLASER PARK, WHERE WEST COVINA
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POLICE OFFICER SAFELY, UH, TOOK THE SUSPECT INTO CUSTODY WITHOUT INCIDENT.AND AGAIN, AS DEANNA MENTIONED EARLIER, THE SUSPECT WAS FOUND TO BE POSSESSION OF BOLT CUTTERS AND UGLY OTHER BURGLARY TOOLS.
AND HER KEEN OBSERVATION, SOUND JUDGMENT, AND COORDINATED ACTIONS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE APPREHENSION OF A BURGLARY SUSPECT AND THE PREVENTION OF A CRIME.
HER DEDICATION REFLECTS GREAT CREDIT UPON HERSELF AND UPHOLDS THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND AGAIN, THIS REALLY DEMONSTRATES THE ESSENCE OF POLICE AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER.
SO NOT ONLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UH, PROVIDE A CERTIFICATE, I THINK THE CT OF WEST COVINA.
WE WANT TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING JOB OKAY.
PERFORMED TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE.
AND THE, THE SAFETY IS NOT ONLY FROM THE POLICE AND THE STAFF AND, UH, THE OFFICER, BUT ALSO THE RESIDENT.
OKAY? WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER.
OKAY? AND, UH, TO CONNECT, LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH, I THINK NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH WAS, IS, IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO HELP EACH OTHER.
WHEN YOU SEE SOMETHING, YOU REPORT TO THE POLICE OR PUBLIC SAFETY, OKAY? HAVE THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING HAPPEN WITH GOING OVER THERE TO HELP YOU.
SO IT IS, IT IS IMPORTANT, OKAY? YOU HAVE TO NOTIFY THE CITY SO WE CAN PROTECT YOU.
AND THE SAME THING YOU HAVE, ANYTHING YOU ARE NOT HAPPY, OKAY? WRITE AN EMAIL TO US.
WE WILL TRY OUR BEST TO IMPROVE IT, BUT IT'S WHY WE HERE TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH, DEANNA, FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING JOB TO HELP OUR CITY CONTINUE TO BE SAFE, OKAY? AND FOR THE RESIDENT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO INSURANCE AND THEY'LL GET TRAUMATIZED, OKAY? AND, UH, WHEN THEY COME HOME, THEY SEE ALL THE RANSACK.
OKAY? AND THAT IS HOW HORROR HAPPENED TO THEM.
AND NOW WE NEED TO SO-CALLED PREVENTION BEFORE IT HAPPEN.
AND THAT'S HOW WE HAVE PEOPLE PATROL ON THE STREET.
WE WANT YOU CONTINUE TO RECRUIT, OKAY? AND THE MORE STAFF, SO WE CAN FILL IT UP SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE PATROL ON THE STREET.
AND WE, WE RESPOND TIME MUCH FASTER.
SO PEOPLE ARE PROUD TO LIVE IN WEST COVINA.
OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE.
NOW, NOW, NOW I HAVE A STEREO.
CAN CONTINUE TO DO THE GREAT JOB FOR US.
MIGHT, YOU MIGHT NEED IT AGAIN.
UH, THE SECOND ONE IS THE FIRE PREVENTION WEEK POSTER.
CAN WE HAVE OUR ACTIVE CHIEF ACTIVE FIRE CHIEF.
SO WHO IS REPRESENT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? OKAY, DO WE HAVE, UH, OKAY.
FIRE PREVENTION SPECIAL SPECIALIST.
AND EIGHT, WHY YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? MM-HMM
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING FORWARD THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION POSTER CONTEST.
CHENIN GUO ROLAND ELEMENTARY COUNSELOR BATTERIES.
KOBO, THIS THEME, THIS THEME'S, YOUR, THIS, SORRY.
THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK WAS CHARGE INTO FIRE SAFETY LITHIUM BATTERIES.
THIS THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK WAS CHARGING INTO FIRE SAFETY LITHIUM IRON BATTERIES IN YOUR HOME.
THIS IS THE POSTER THAT CHAD AND DREW EIGHT SCHOOLS PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S POSTER CONTEST.
IT WAS MELINDA ELEMENTARY, VINE ELEMENTARY, WORKMAN ELEMENTARY, MESA ELEMENTARY, CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY, MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY, MERCED ELEMENTARY, AND ROLAND ELEMENTARY.
I WOULD NOW LIKE TO PRESENT CHALIN WITH A BUCKET OF GOODIES ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH INCLUDES DINNER FOR FOUR AT THE FIRE STATION.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRESENT OUR ANNUAL POSTER CONTEST, WINTER
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PLAQUE TO PRINCIPAL KIMBERLY BRASWELL, UH, YEP.THE COUNSELOR TO PROUDLY PRESENT THE PLAQUE IN THE SCHOOL UNTIL NEXT YEAR'S CONTEST.
HOW ABOUT YOU? YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UM, SURE.
LIKE, SAY ANYTHING? YEAH, SAY ANYTHING.
YOU TALK ABOUT YOUR POSTER, UM, HOW YOU WROTE THIS AND WHAT IS YOUR INSPIRATION.
OH, SO BASICALLY, UM, WE FOUND, UH, SO WE FOUND, UM, A CONTEST ON PARENTS SQUARE.
AND, UH, UM, AND THEN MY MOM TOLD ME TO LIKE, PARTICIPATE IN IT
AND MY DAD GAVE ME THE IDEA TO LIKE, DRAW A PHONE AND THEN, AND THEN IT'S LIKE CHARGING AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, CATCHING ON FIRE.
I KIND OF LIKE, I WAS RUSHING BECAUSE, UM, IT WAS LIKE THE DAY BEFORE.
SO I KIND OF DREW LIKE A BIG CROOKED.
SO YOU DIDN'T CHEAT, RIGHT? YOUR FATHER DIDN'T DRAW FOR YOU? NO, SHE, UH, NO, HE JUST GAVE ME THE HE ONLY YELL AT YOU
AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT LAST TIME OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF TALKING ABOUT, UH, THE PLUGIN, UNPLUG THE BATTERY.
AND THIS IS, UH, WHAT YOU SHOULD UNPLUG.
WHAT THIS IS, I DIDN'T HEAR, SORRY.
THIS, THIS IS YOUR IDEA ABOUT DON'T PLUG YOUR BATTERY FOREVER.
OTHERWISE IT MIGHT CATCH FIRE.
FATHER, MOTHER, YOU WANNA COME UP? FATHER'S OVER THERE.
THE MOM WANT TO HAVE A COME OVER HERE, HAVE, SHARE THE PICTURES, EVERYTHING.
OH, I FORGOT THE HUSBAND, MAN.
OKAY, DEANNA, I FORGOT TO INVITE THE HUSBAND TO COME.
AND WEST COVINA, WE HAVE A SUR CERTIFICATE TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
OUTSTANDING DRAWING ABOUT THE FIRE PREVENTION, OKAY? FOR THE CONTEST, FOR YOUR RULING ELEMENTARY TO WIN THIS PLAQUE TO THE HAND FOR WHOLE YEAR.
AND NEXT YEAR, WE ARE GOING TO ANOTHER WINNER.
SO, SO, AND, UM, ARE YOU PROUD ABOUT YOU, YOU WIN THIS CONTEST? YEAH, I'M PROUD.
YOU USUALLY YOU SHOULD ASK MY DAD.
AND THEN NOW YOU HAVE SO MANY CANDY OVER THERE,
OKAY? SO, SO, SO, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU SAID A GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR WINNING THE CONTEST HERE.
THE CERTIFICATE, MAYBE YOUR LITTLE SISTER CAN HELP YOU, OKAY? NO PROBLEM.
AND HERE IS, OKAY, RURAL UNIFIED SCHOOL, OKAY? AND, UH, COMING IN RIGHT HERE.
THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATE, HAVE YOUR OUTSTANDING CHILDREN, OKAY? I CAN CAN READ THIS FOR YOU.
OKAY? AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WINNING THE CONTEST AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY ARE AWARE OF THE FIRE PREVENTION, OKAY? IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE, UNPLUG YOUR BATTERY AND, UH, CLEAN THE, THE, THE VEGETATION AROUND YOUR HOME.
SO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T CATCH FIRE.
AND THAT'S HOW WE WANT TO LIVE IN A SAFE COMMUNITY.
THIS, YOU BRING IT, YOU HANGING YOUR SCHOOL, OKAY? TO YOUR NEXT YEAR, YOU HAVE BRING BACK.
YEAH, WE GIVE TO THE NEXT SCHOOL.
BUT IF YOU, YOU WIN AGAIN, THEN YOU CAN KEEP IT FOR ANOTHER YEAR, OKAY? OKAY.
THE THIRD PRESENTATION IS A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
UH, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A TEST.
WEST COVINA, WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF HISPANIC? 51 60.
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POSSIBLE.AND WHO, WHO ELSE? UH, ANYBODY? 55.
YOU READY? I JUST, I CHECK IT.
OKAY, SO I'M, UH, I GOOGLE IT.
SO MAKE SURE MY NUMBER IS CORRECT.
AND NOW WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM OUR WEST COVINA, UH, PUERTO RICO INTERNATIONAL.
WOULD YOU BECOME A IVY? IVY? I, I MET IVY 10 YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, THAT TIME SHE ONLY 15.
AND CAN YOU SEE NOW SHE'S A VERY FAMOUS DANCER FROM WEST COVINA AND, UH, UM, BASICALLY PERFORM ALL THE PLACES OKAY.
AND REPRESENT WEST COVINA WITH A, WITH A HISPANIC HERITAGE AND, UH, WITH THEIR MAGNIFICENT COSTUME AND DANCE.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING AND INTRODUCE YOUR DANCER? OF COURSE.
SO ACTUALLY I WAS A POLICE EXPLORER HERE IN THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
SO I DID IT FROM A HELLO, HELLO.
SO I DID IT FROM AGES 14 ALL THE WAY TO 20.
I WAS IN THE POLICE WEST COVINA POLICE EXPLORERS PROGRAM.
WONDERFUL PROGRAM, BY THE WAY.
I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE TODAY.
NOW I'M A DANCE TEACHER FOR THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SO I TEACH BALLET, TAP, JAZZ, MODERN HIP HOP, AND MEXICAN FOLK RICO.
SO IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF MISS LUCIA ROMERO.
UM, BUT I'M HERE TODAY JUST TO REPRESENT OUR DANCE GROUP.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE ABLE TO PERFORM FOR YOU GUYS, ESPECIALLY ON THE COMMUNITY EVENTS, THE MOON FESTIVAL, EVERY OTHER EVENT THAT YOU HAVE.
IT JUST ALLOWS US TO SHARE OUR ART, AND WE APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU IN THIS ROOM.
SO LET'S GIVE EACH OTHER A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
UH, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU AND DEMONSTRATE, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LOS MUTOS COMING UP, I WANTED TO SHOW YOU GUYS A LITTLE PERFORMANCE.
WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO SEE IT? YES.
SO I HAVE MY DANCERS, THESE ARE MY COACHES AS WELL.
WE HAVE COACH ISABELLA PORTILLO AND MADDIE MARQUEZ, WHO PRESENT TO YOU OUR MEXICAN TRADITIONAL FOLK, RICO.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE THIS WAY.
AND I'M GONNA GET THANK YOU GUYS FOR WAITING PATIENTLY.
SO THIS ONE IS FROM THE STATE HA OF JCO, MEXICO.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE STATE OF JCO, MEXICO.
EVERYTHING THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THIS DRESS IS HAND SEWED.
SO ALL THIS SEQUENCE THAT YOU SEE IS HAND SEWED, SEWED BY HAND.
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HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ENJOYED IT.
SHE'S MY MOM, ACTUALLY, MY MOM, THE DIRECTOR, SHE HAS BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 45 YEARS.
SO SHE GOT HER HOUSE HERE LONG, LONG TIME AGO.
SHE STARTED AT THE CAMERON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, AND NOW WE HAVE A STUDIO, AND NOW WE HAVE OVER A HUNDRED STUDENTS.
WE BOTH TEACH IT FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY, ESPECIALLY CELEBRATING, UH, COMING UP VIA LOS MARTO.
SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO, FOR ALWAYS, UH, BEING HERE, BEING PRESENT FOR US, FOR EVERYTHING, AND SHOWING US ALL THE WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE WITH THE MOON FESTIVAL, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE.
AND, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? OKAY.
I JUST, UH, RECEIVED THE EMAIL FROM TAIWAN.
TAIWAN, UH, UH, OUR SISTER CITY.
WE WENT WITH THE DEDICATION LAST YEAR TO WE INVITATION FOR THEIR 400 YEARS HISTORY LAST YEAR TO CELEBRATE.
AND THEY SEND THE INVITATION, THEIR REQUEST FOR RICO INTERNATIONAL TO PERFORM NEXT YEAR, 2023.
TAIWAN, THEY EVEN KNOW YOUR GROUP, AND THEY ASKING FOR YOU GUY ONLY.
YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A BANNER.
THIS IS WEST COVINA, BIG LETTERS.
AND THEY, THEY ALREADY PUT A STREET NAME FOR WEST COVINA AVENUE.
SO IF YOU GO OVER THE NEXT YEAR, YOU, THEY MIGHT SHOW YOU WEST COTA AVENUE IN TAIWAN.
SO YOU CAN SEE AS OUR SISTER CITY.
AND, UH, CONGRATULATIONS THAT YOU GUYS GOING TO TAIWAN.
IT'S A, THEIR FOOD IS SO GOOD.
I THINK ROSARIO WAS THERE LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, IN TAIWAN, IN THE LENTON FESTIVAL TOO.
AND THERE IS A GORGEOUS PLACE.
AND, UH, TAIWAN IS THE, UH, ANCIENT CAPITAL LIKE KYOTO, JAPAN.
AND THAT'S WHAT, FOR 400 YEARS.
AND HERE REPRESENT THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
AND, UH, FOR PROCLAMATION OF A HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, OKAY.
AS A, AS A 53.1%, UH, MAJORITY OF, UH, WEST COVINA, UH, WE ARE SO PROUD TO HAVE, UH, YOUR HERITAGE AND CONTINUE FOR YOU.
TO, AND I CANNOT BELIEVE YOU GREW UP SO FAST.
AND WHEN I KNEW HER, SHE WAS ONLY 15.
AND, UH, WEST, WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
AND IS, AND THEN NOW SHE GROW UP OKAY.
AS A VERY FAMOUS DANCER AND TAKING OVER MOM'S CAREER, AND IT BECOMES SO GOOD, OKAY? AND, UH, WITH THIS PASSION.
AND, UH, IT WASN'T FOR WEST COVINA FOR YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY, THE COMMUNITY, IT TURNED OUT TO BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALSO.
YOU WANNA REPEAT AGAIN,
YOU GUYS, THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.
I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU.
AND ON BEHALF OF TONY, BEHALF OF EVERYBODY, THANK YOU GUYS.
AND YOU, YOU CAN SEE, UH, GIVE HER A HAND,
YOU, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE FUTURE.
OKAY? AND 10 YEARS AGO, OKAY? SHE JUST 15 AND THE HIGH SCHOOL KID, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILL BECOME, BUT YOU CAN SEE FOR THE CONTINUE TO CARRY ON AND THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.
AND, UH, YOU SEE, THEY BECOME A SPECIALIST OF THE CULTURE, THE ART, THE DANCE, AND NOT EVEN GET OUTTA FOREIGN COUNTRY.
AND THAT IS A VERY OUTSTANDING HONOR BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE, UH, HOW YOU DANCE POSSIBLE TO SEE THE VIDEO, SEE THE, HOW WE SHOW THEM A LOT OF OUR CT THING.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS PERFORM YOUR HARD WORK, PAY
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OUT.AND THAT HOW THE YOUNG YOUNGSTER CONTINUE TO CARRY ON TO BE PROUD ABOUT YOUR HERITAGE.
SO PROCLAMATION, THE HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.
WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE YOU AS OUR COMMUNITY.
I, I SEE YOU TO NEXT PERFORMANCE.
I KNOW YOU, YOU'VE BEEN OUR REGULAR ORDER PLACES.
THE RICO, INTERNATIONAL WEST COVINA.
AND THE NEXT ONE IS THE FILIPINO AMERICAN.
AND BEFORE I INVITE, YOU CAN COME UP.
WE HAVE A 53.1 PERCENTAGE OF HISPANIC IN WEST COVINA.
HOW MANY ASIAN IN WEST COVINA? THE PERCENTAGE? HUH? 23, HUH? UH, ASIAN.
WHY IS ASIAN POPULATION IT IS PRETTY BROAD.
HOW ABOUT ASIAN? THE, THE INDIANS, ASIAN, MIDDLE EASTERN POSSIBLE IS ASIAN TOO.
SO WHAT KIND OF ASIAN? ASIAN PACIFIC.
SO LIKE YOU SAY, IF THE ASIAN PACIFIC POSSIBLE, THEY PUT A CATEGORY.
SO, AND IN THE, IN, IN WEST COVINA WITH ASIAN POPULATION, WHAT IS A NUMBER ONE GROUP? PHILIPPINE NO.
HOW MANY FILIPINO? I'LL GIVE YOU A FREE LUNCH.
OKAY, SO, SO NEVER HAVE A FREE LUNCH.
BUT, BUT, BUT THE, BUT THE THING IS, OKAY.
CURRENTLY, UH, THE FILIPINO AMERICAN IS A NUMBER ONE ASIAN POPULATION.
OKAY? AND, UH, SO, AND IF YOU SEE THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES OR CALIFORNIA, YOU ARE NUMBER SIX, WEST COVINA NUMBER SIX, OKAY.
OF THE MOST FILIPINO POPULATION.
IN, IN, SO IT'S A BIG, IT'S A BIG POPULATION OF FILIPINO AMERICAN.
AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE CELEBRATE OKAY.
AND IT, AND, UH, LINDA IS A FILIPINO AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, UH, WEST COVINA PRESIDENT.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING AND INTRODUCE STILL TO YOUR GROUP? I THINK THIS ONE IT'S WORKING.
AND, UH, MY NAME IS, UH, LINDA SANTOS, AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA.
AND I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS,
AND, UH, OF COURSE, UH, WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE AND GRATEFUL FOR THE CITY AND ITS LEADERSHIP FOR ALWAYS RECOGNIZING OUR FILIPINO COMMUNITY.
AND THEY'RE REALLY ALWAYS HELPFUL TO US, ESPECIALLY OUR CURRENT, UH, LEADERSHIP.
SO I WANTED TO INTRODUCE TO YOU FIRST IS, UH, EDWIN.
EDWIN IS, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ABOUT YOU.
I, I ACTUALLY OWN A KARATE STUDIO.
SO, UM, AND ONE OF THE REASONS I OPENED THAT, UH, STUDIO, THE KARATE STUDIO, IS JUST SO I COULD HELP THE COMMUNITY.
I, I WANTED TO CREATE, LIKE, LEADERS OF LITTLE YOUNG CHILDREN AND START 'EM OFF AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.
SO WITH OUR SCHOOL, WE'RE ACTUALLY INTRODUCING THE FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS, WHICH RIGHT NOW IS GAINING A LITTLE BIT OF TRACTION.
UM, SO, UM, IN THE, IN THE, IN, IN THE PAST, IT WAS A REALLY A SECRET KARATE OR A SECRET TECHNIQUE THAT NO ONE SHOWED.
ONLY A FAMILY MEMBER WOULD KNOW IT.
SO NOW THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF GO TO CALI, USA AND KIND OF LEARN THE HERITAGE, HOW, HOW IT WORKS, HOW THAT CULTURE IS, AND WHAT THE TRADITIONS ARE.
SO YES, IT IS, IT LOOKS COMBATIVE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF TRADITIONS BEHIND IT TOO.
SO OUR, OUR SCHOOL IS CALLED CALI,
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USA.YOU'RE PROBABLY THINKING IT'S CALI, CALIFORNIA, UU UNITED STATES, WHICH IS PROBABLY TRUE.
CALI'S JUST LIKE A GENERIC TERM FOR LIKE A WEAPON BASED MARTIAL ARTS THAT WAS BASED OUT OF PHILIPPINES.
AND, UM, REASON WHY WE, UH, PICKED CALI'S, JUST 'CAUSE IT'S, AGAIN, IT WAS VERY UNIVERSAL FOR US.
IF THIS PARTICULAR ART HAS A HUNDRED TECHNIQUES OR A HUNDRED STYLES THEY CALL IT, BUT WE KIND OF JUST MADE THAT GENERIC TERM.
CALI USA, BUT REALLY TRULY CALI, USA, IT JUST MEANS FILIPINO MARTIAL ARTS.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.
SO WE, WE FINALLY INTRODUCED THAT, THAT'S HERE IN WEST COVINA.
SO WE'RE LITERALLY YOUR NEIGHBOR RIGHT THERE ON FOUR 50 GLENDORA.
WE'RE, WE'RE CALLED CAL USA, BUT I'M, I'M JUST PART OF THE NEW MEMBER OF THE FILIPINO ESTATE ASSOCIATIONS.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING MISS WITH, UH, MR. LINDA.
AND THE NEXT PERSON IS, THIS IS LARRY.
UH, I CAME TO AMERICA IN 1994, AND I SPENT MY FIRST NIGHT IN WEST COVINA DIRECT FROM LAXI WAS BROUGHT TO WEST COVINA AND SPENT MY FIRST NIGHT HERE.
AND SINCE THEN, UH, I LOVE WEST COVINA.
I'M MAINTAINING AN OFFICE, A BUSINESS OFFICE THERE, UH, ALONG A MRA CORNER ZA, WHERE I'M OFFERING, UH, ENTERTAINMENT FILIPINO TELEVISION DIRECT, COMING FROM THE PHILIPPINES THROUGH THE INTERNET.
UH, THE BESIDE THE MARTIAL SHOWA, BESIDE THE ENTERTAINMENT I THINK WE LIKE THE MOST IS WHAT? FOOD.
WE LOVE THE FOOD, ESPECIALLY ON THE, OKAY.
HEAVEN CITY, RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE A SIX SIX, OKAY.
OPENING OVER THERE, AND IT IS CROWDED, AND YOU HAVE A AMBOY, THE HAMBURGER.
THAT IS A VERY GOOD HAMBURGER.
AND ALSO YOU HAVE A, A LOT OF FILIPINO RESTAURANT AND THIS AND THAT, SO YOU CAN SEE, AND THE FILIPINO IS VERY HAPPY PEOPLE.
THEY LIKE FOOD, THEY LIKE PARTY, AND THEY LIKE TO EAT.
SO, SO NEXT TIME YOU HAVE PARTY, DON'T FORGET TO INVITE US.
SO, REPRESENT A CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE WANT TO SAY, OKAY.
AND, UH, PROCLAMATION REGARDING THAT.
WE HAVE ALL DIFFERENT OF RACE LIVING WEST COVINA.
AND, UH, WE HAVE A HISPANIC, WE HAVE A FILIPINO, WE HAVE JAPANESE AMERICAN, CHINESE AMERICAN, AND THEN WE HAVE A GERMAN AMERICAN.
DO WE HAVE ITALIAN AMERICAN? RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE DON'T HAVE ITALIAN AMERICAN OVER HERE, BECAUSE THIS MONTH IS ITALIAN AMERICAN MONTH TOO.
SO MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE SOME BLOOD.
IT IS ITALIAN, SO MAYBE QUARTER PERCENT THIS AND THAT.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OKAY.
IT'S A VERY DIVERSE CITY, AND, BUT IT'S VERY RICH CITY, AND IT'S HOW WE HERE AS A COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND HELP EACH OTHER, BUT WE STILL ENJOY YOUR FOOD.
SO HERE REPRESENT EO WEST PROCLAMATION ABOUT THE HERITAGE AND THE AMOUNT OF, UH, FILIPINO AMERICANS.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, OKAY, I'M GOING TO, LIKE, BEFORE, LIKE LAST TIME, WE GOING TO HAVE OUR MANAGER REPORT GO FIRST.
YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? RIGHT? OKAY.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
FIRST.ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY CENTER COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER HOSTED APPROXIMATELY 80 PARTICIPANTS FOR HIS FIRST EVER OCTOBER FEST.
PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED FREE DRINKS PROVIDED BY LAZY DOG, GERMAN INSPIRED MEAL, AND AUTHENTIC POLKA BAND STAFF LED GAMES SUCH AS STEIN, HOLDING, RACING, AND TRIVIA.
HUGE SHOUT OUT TO GREATER COVINA MEDICAL GROUP FOR SPONSORING THE EVENTS.
ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER HAD A SHOWING OF THE ADAMS FAMILY A HALLOWEEN CLASSIC.
TO KICK OFF THE EVENT, ATTENDEES WERE ABLE TO DECORATE THEIR OWN TRICK OR TREAT BAGS, PLAY GAMES, ENJOY REFRESHMENTS.
PRIOR TO THE MOVIE, BEGINNING AT 8:00 PM ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, THE STREET CREW WERE NOTIFIED OF A SINKHOLE AT A R AND TEMPLE.
THEY QUICKLY RESPONDED TO THE CALL AND COMPLETED THE REPAIRS IN A TIMELY MANNER.
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SORRY, RIGHT? A LITTLE GLITCH HERE.UM, SPECIAL EVENT, UH, PUBLIC EDUCATION AT MARYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS CONDUCTED PUBLIC WORKS AND STAFF PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT.
UM, CITY STAFF IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF THE NEW CITY WEBSITE ON OCTOBER 30TH AT 9:00 AM EACH DEPARTMENT IS MAKING ITS FINAL UPDATES AND ADJUSTMENTS AHEAD OF OUR LAUNCH.
THIS IS A REMINDER THAT FEEDBACK AND INPUT COULD STILL BE SUBMITTED ON THE CITY'S WEST COVINAS, UH, MASTER PARKS PLAN.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO COLLECT FEEDBACK AND INPUT THROUGH THE WEBSITE UNTIL NOVEMBER 13TH.
FEEDBACK AND INPUT RECEIVED THROUGH THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WEBSITE WILL BE INCORPORATED IN THE FINAL MASTER PLAN DOCUMENTS.
WE ARE ANNOUNCING THAT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS BACK FOR 2025.
SAVE THE DATE NOVEMBER 29TH TO SHOP LOCAL, DINE LOCAL, AND SUPPORT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS.
MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND WEST COVINA ROTARY CLUB ARE HOLDING THE RED RIBBON RALLY EVENT ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH, UM, FROM 8:30 AM TO 11:30 AM AT WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
THIS EVENT, THIS EVENT INCLUDES A FREE PANCAKE, BREAKFAST, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE GROUPS, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, MENTAL HEALTH AGENCIES, WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
THE CITY'S ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FRIGHTS IS SCHEDULED FOR THIS SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM ON SOUTH GLENDORA IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA.
THE EVENT WILL FEATURE FOOD, A HAUNTED MAZE, TRICK OR TREATING WITH, UH, PARTICIPATING GLENDORA AVENUE BUSINESSES, COSTUME CONTEST VENDORS, ACTIVITIES, A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY, UH, THE SMOOTH SOUNDS OF SANTANA, THE CARBER FEST CLASSIC CAR SHOW BY THE QAS CLUB OF WEST COVINA.
AND THIS EVENT IS F UH, F UH, FREE FAMILY FUN EVENTS.
UM, SOME UPCOMING EVENTS, AGAIN, THE RED RIBBON, UH, RALLY THIS SATURDAY AT WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, EIGHT 30 TO 11:30 AM FESTIVAL FRIDAYS AND CAR TOBA FEST THIS SATURDAY FROM 4:00 PM IN DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA.
VETERAN'S DAY CEREMONY WILL BE NOVEMBER 11TH, 11TH AT THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD, STARTING HERE AT 11:00 AM AND SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, AN ALL DAY EVENT HIGHLIGHTING PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY MANAGER'S REPORT FOR TODAY.
OKAY, LAST MAYOR, BEN, DON'T MISS IT.
UH, GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN COLLEAGUE KENTO.
CAN YOU, UM, UM, MR. ACTING CITY MANAGER ALSO TALK ABOUT THE, THE, NO, THE OCTOBER 12TH EVENT, OR, OR MAYBE ROXANNE CAN THAT, THAT, THAT ALSO OCCURRED WITH REGARD TO SPAYING AND NEUTERING AND MICRO SHIPPING, THE EVENT THAT WAS DONE.
YOU, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE, UM, I'M SORRY, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE SPAY NEUTER CLINIC, UM, THAT HAPPENED AT THE SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER.
UM, THAT WAS HELD BY, OR EXCUSE ME, THAT WAS ORGANIZED BY THE 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT, UM, THE CANINE CONDITION.
SO IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
THEY ACTUALLY, UM, FILLED UP THEIR SPOTS, THEIR RESERVATION SPOTS IN A, UM, MIRACULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME.
UM, I THINK WITHIN LIKE A DAY OF US POSTING IT, ALL OF THE SPOTS HAD ALREADY BEEN TAKEN UP BY WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.
UM, THE COST FOR THE, THE SERVICES WAS $40, WHICH WAS AN EXCEPT, WHICH REALLY WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL VALUE FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF BRINGING THAT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY CENTER IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN I WANT TO FOLLOW UP, I THINK WE SHOULD INVITE THEM MAYBE MONTHLY BASIS.
IF THEY COMES, SINCE LAST TIME WE HAVE THE HUMAN SOCIETY TALK ABOUT WEST COVINA HAS THE MOST ABUNDANT DOG AND CAT FOR ALMOST 12 1000 SOMETHING.
SO WE NEED TO LOWER THAT NUMBER.
I THINK THE BEST WAY TO DO IS BASICALLY HAVE ALL THIS SERVICE OKAY.
COME TO, BECAUSE, UH, I DID IT TO MY DOG.
AND, UH, IT COSTS ABOUT SIX, $700 EACH.
SO IF THEY ONLY CHARGE $40, IT REALLY CAN HELP A LOT OF RESIDENTS TO BRING THEIR PET TO DO NEW, ALL THIS FIX.
WE PRODUCE AND THEN BECOME, BECOME AN ISSUE FOR EVERYBODY.
LET'S, LET'S INVITE THEM BACK.
WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT POINT.
AND, UH, ANYBODY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? IF, NOW I'M GOING TO
[ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, I'M NOT GOING TO READ THIS.I THINK PEOPLE ALREADY UNDERSTAND THIS TO BE CIVILIZED AND RESPECT EACH OTHER.
AND, UH, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE? WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 8 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
THAT'S THE FIRST SPEAKER, PLEASE.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ALEX POOF, FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOUR, FOLLOWED BY JOSH MARAY.
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ANA PROJECT COORDINATOR OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.UH, WE ARE PROUD MEMBERS OF THE SMOKE-FREE WEST COVINA COALITION, WHICH CONSISTS OF RESIDENTS DEDICATED TO CREATING SMOKE-FREE OUTDOOR SPACES.
WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES CONCERNING TOBACCO AND SECONDHAND SMOKE IN OUTDOOR AREAS, FROM CIGARETTES, E-CIGARETTES, AND OTHER LIGHTED PRODUCTS TO WEST COVINA RESIDENTS AND YOUTH.
WE HAVE DONE EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATIONS AT THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY, AND WE HAVE PARTICIPATED IN MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS SUCH AS THE SENIOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS EXPO, COOL KIDS OF SUMMER AND THE WEST COVINA KIWANIS CHRISTMAS PARADE, UH, PROVIDED TO YOU ALL TONIGHT WITH FOLDERS HIGHLIGHTING OUR COALITION'S WORK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, INCLUDING 475 PUBLIC OPINION SURVEYS CONDUCTED WITH WEST COVINA RESIDENTS AND 55 POSTCARD PETITIONS SIGNED BY RESIDENTS FROM THESE, UM, SURVEYS, WE LEARNED THAT 79% OF RESIDENTS SURVEYED REPORTED BEING EXPOSED TO SECONDHAND SMOKE OR AEROSOL IN OUTDOOR AREAS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
AND 80% EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR A LAW PROHIBITING SMOKING AND VAPING IN OUTDOOR DINING AREAS.
THESE RESULTS CLEARLY DEMONSTRATE SO STRONG PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR SMOKE-FREE OUTDOOR POLICIES IN WEST COVINA.
TOBACCO SMOKE CONTAINS OVER 4,000 CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS, OF WHICH 60 ARE KNOWN CARCINOGENS.
SECONDHAND SMOKE ODORS DETECTABLE AT 23 FEET FROM THE SOURCE, AND IRRITATION LEVELS BEGIN 13 FEET FROM THE SOURCE.
FURTHERMORE, ANYONE POSITIONED DOWNWIND FROM AN OUTDOOR SOURCE OF SECONDHAND SPOKE WILL BE EXPOSED EVEN AT SIGNIFICANT DISTANCES FROM THE SOURCE.
UH, THE 2024 SURGEON GENERAL REPORT SHOWS SECONDHAND SMOKE CLAIMS OVER 19,000 LIVES EACH YEAR, UH, MANY OF THEM FROM PREMATURE DEATHS, FROM HEART DISEASE AND LUNG CANCER DEATHS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION IN THEIR 2025 STATE OF TOBACCO CONTROL REPORT GAVE WEST COVINA THE LETTER GRADE OF AN F WHEN IT CAME TO SMOKE-FREE OUTDOOR AIR POLICIES.
THE BENEFITS OF SMOKE-FREE OUTDOOR AIR POLICIES INCLUDE PROTECTING NON-SMOKERS FROM EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE, LOWERING SMOKING RATES AMONG YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS, AND DIMINISHING THE SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY AND SOCIAL ADVANTAGE OF SMOKING.
MANY NEIGHBORING CITIES SUCH AS WALNUT MOST RECENTLY AND BALDWIN PARK HAVE PASSED POLICIES PROHIBITING SMOKING IN PUBLIC OUTDOOR AREAS.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK ABOUT THE HARMFUL EFFECTS OF SECONDHAND SMOKE IN OUTDOOR AREAS.
NEXT SPEAKER IS DOUGLAS FOR HELLO CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS DOUG FOR, I LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE.
HAVE A COUPLE BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT THREE.
I JUST WANNA DO A FOLLOW UP FROM LAST, UM, TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN I SPOKE, UM, I WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH MATT.
MATT CAME DOWN FROM PUBLIC SAFETY AND MET WITH ME, BROUGHT THE OFFICER ALSO.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION, UM, A VERY OPEN DIALOGUE, AND I THANK MATT FOR DOING THAT.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK LIEUTENANT, UM, WEATHERMAN AND MR. AND MRS. BLAKE AND, UM, BLACKMAN.
UM, I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
WOW, WHAT AN AMAZING, UM, THREE WEEKS.
UM, CITIZENS, IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN IT YET, UM, I WOULD HIGHLY SUGGEST, UM, YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, ATTEND THE CITIZENS ACADEMY.
IT IS VERY, UM, EYE-OPENING ON, UM, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST DO AN AMAZING JOB PUTTING THIS ON.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR, FOR SUPPORTING THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSH MA, WELCOME BACK LIBRARY.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY.
TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM CHILDREN AGES FIVE TO 12 IN THEIR PARENT OR CAREGIVER ARE INVITED TO SCIENTIFICALLY EXPLORE THE MICROSCOPIC UNIVERSE ALL AROUND US.
CHILDREN WILL LOOK AT ANIMALS, PLANTS, AND EVEN THEIR OWN HAIR UP CLOSE THROUGH MICROSCOPES.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO LET THE TEENS OF THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE ARE HAVING A TEEN JACKO LANTERN WORKSHOP ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH.
FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM TEENS WILL GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN ABOUT AND CREATE THEIR VERY OWN JACK-O-LANTERNS JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN.
NEXT SPEAKER, WE HAVE JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY MARIO ALVARO, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT.
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.JUST A COUPLE ITEMS. ONE, UH, SINCE OUR MAYOR ISN'T, UH, UH, AWARE OF ROTARY AND WHAT THEY DO, YOU KNOW, THAT RED RIBBON RALLY THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR LIKE 30 PLUS YEARS IN OUR CITY, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY DO.
JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, SINCE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT, UH, THE ORGANIZATION DOES HAVE DONE IT FOR.
AT LEAST THAT AS FAR AS I REMEMBER.
THE OTHER THING TOO IS, UH, IT WAS NICE TO, UH, FIND OUT THAT, UH, FOR THE NEXT YEAR, ACTUALLY, TONIGHT, OR ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE LAST NIGHT, WAS ONE YEAR SINCE A COUNCIL MEMBER AND HER HUSBAND ATTACKED STEVE BENNETT AND ME.
HE IS GETTING, YOU KNOW, PUNISHED ACCORDINGLY.
SHE LIED HER WAY OUT OF IT, YOU KNOW, SHE SAID DIFFERENT THINGS AND SHE'S GIVEN THREE DIFFERENT STORIES.
SHE'S GIVEN THREE DIFFERENT STORIES AS TO WHAT HAPPENED.
NICE THING IS PEOPLE CAN NOW COME TO MEETINGS AND KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE PHYSICALLY OR VERBALLY ASSAULTED FOR AT LEAST THE NEXT YEAR, YOU KNOW, AND A PERSON WHO CLAIMS TO BE SUCH RELIGIOUS, PIOUS PERSON, LIKE I SAID, SHE'S UNDER OATH GIVEN THREE DIFFERENT STORIES, YOU KNOW, BUT THE WEST COVINA PD, YOU KNOW, LOOKED THE OTHER DIRECTION WHEN IT CAME TO HER MISCONDUCT, AND IT SHOWS RESPECT THAT SHE HAS FOR PEOPLE BY HER WALKING OUT.
YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THERE'S MORE THAT'S GONNA BE GOING ON.
BUT, UH, I JUST THOUGHT, OH, AND OH, THE ONE THING ABOUT THE CRIME STATISTIC, EVEN THE PERSON WHO PUBLISHED THAT STORY PULLED IT OUT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE LATEST CRIME STATISTICS, WE'RE ABOUT 16% ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
AND BY THE WAY, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, YOU'VE FIRED 10 NEW POLICE.
YOU'VE HIRED 10 POLICE OFFICERS FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WHY ARE WE STILL AT A HUNDRED? THAT'S 50 NEW OFFICERS.
WE'RE STILL AT A HUNDRED WHERE WE'VE BEEN AT FOR, SINCE YOU WERE ELECTED.
CAN YOU SOMEDAY TELL THE TRUTH? JUST TRY IT ONCE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW WELL IT WORKS OUT.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I WANNA TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO CLARIFY TWO SEPARATE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROJECTS THAT HAVE RECENTLY BEEN DISCUSSED, BOTH INVOLVING THE SAME VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION, BUT WITH VERY DIFFERENT SCOPES, LOCATIONS, AND DATES.
THE INTENT HERE IS TO ENSURE THAT THE PUBLIC RECORD ACCURATELY REFLECTS THESE EFFORTS.
FIRST, ON JANUARY 18TH, 2025, VOLUNTEERS FROM WEST COVINA PAR PARTICIPATED IN THE HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER INITIATIVE.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL HUMANITARIAN PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN ACTIVE SINCE 2019, BUT IS BUILT ON A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE ROTARY CLUBS, WEST COVINA, AND TIJUANA ES THAT DATES BACK TO THE 1980S.
FOR OVER 35 YEARS, THESE TWO SERVICE CLUBS HAVE EXCHANGED SUPPORT AND WORKED ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ACROSS BORDERS, A COLLABORATION THAT EXEMPLIFIES CIVIC GOODWILL AND INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP.
SINCE 2019, THEIR HANDS ACROSS THE BORDER PROJECT HAS FOCUSED ON DONATING FULLY EQUIPPED COMPUTER LABS TO PUBLIC JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN UNDERSERVED AREAS OF TIJUANA.
BY JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, THAT PARTNERSHIP HAD RESULTED IN 30 COMPUTER LABS AND THE INSTALLATION OF OVER 1100 COMPUTERS.
THE MOST RECENT EVENT HELD IN JANUARY TOOK PLACE AT QUE LEONA RIO, WHERE VOLUNTEERS FROM WEST COVINA JOINED THEIR TIJUANA COUNTERPARTS FOR A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY TO OPEN A BRAND NEW COMPUTER LAB.
THIS EVENT WAS WELL DOCUMENTED BY THOSE WHO ATTENDED AND IS PART OF A SUSTAINED MEASURABLE IMPACT ON STUDENT ACCESS TO EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY.
SECOND, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE A VERY DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT HAPPENED MORE RECENTLY.
ON SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2025, MORE THAN 40 LOCAL VOLUNTEERS CAME TOGETHER AT THE RIDGE RIDERS EQUESTRIAN CENTER HERE IN WEST COVINA TO REPAINT AND REPAIR THE FENCING AROUND THE ARENA.
THIS WAS A JOINT EFFORT WITH THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH HAD COMPLETED STRUCTURAL REPAIRS TO THE FENCE EARLIER THAT SAME WEEK.
THIS LOCAL EVENT WAS PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED BY THE ACTING CITY MANAGER DURING THE SEPTEMBER 16TH COUNCIL MEETING, AND THE EFFORT WAS CARRIED OUT JUST AS REPORTED.
IT BROUGHT OUT RESIDENTS, VOLUNTEERS, AND COMPUTING PARTNERS IN A SHARED EFFORT TO IMPROVE ONE OF OUR CITY'S RECREATIONAL SPACES.
A TRUE EXAMPLE OF HANDS-ON LOCAL SERVICE.
SO, TO CLARIFY, FOR THE RECORD, THE MEXICO PROJECT WAS AN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE ABROAD.
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IN JANUARY, THE RIDGE RIDERS PROJECT WAS A LOCAL PARK MAINTENANCE AND BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT.IN SEPTEMBER, THEY WERE EIGHT MONTHS APART WITH DIFFERENT GOALS, DIFFERENT BENEFICIARIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.
BOTH EFFORTS WERE SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL, BOTH WERE DOCUMENTED AND BOTH REFLECT THE SAME CORE VALUE SERVICE TO OTHERS.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR THIS COUNCIL TO UNDERSTAND THAT HELPING PEOPLE INTERNATIONALLY DOES NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF HELPING PEOPLE HERE AT HOME.
THESE VOLUNTEERS ARE DOING BOTH.
AND WHETHER THE WORK TAKES PLACE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BOARD OR THE OTHER, IT IS DONE IN THE NAME OF SERVICE, FRIENDSHIP, AND COMMUNITY BETTERMENT.
DID YOU MISS ME? IT'S BEEN A YEAR I'VE MISSED YOU GUYS.
HOW Y'ALL DOING? TIME? YOU CAN LEAVE IT.
SO, LET ME EXPLAIN A FEW THINGS HERE.
I I WANTED TO KIND OF TALK ABOUT, UM, SOMETHING YOUR ATTORNEY DOESN'T TYPICALLY DO, AND THAT'S REPORT OUT ON LAWSUITS THAT YOU LOSE.
AS YOU GUYS PROBABLY ARE AWARE, UH, ON OCTOBER 15TH, THE CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT RULED AGAINST THE YOU GUYS IN THE WHITHORN VERSUS THE CITY OF WEST COVINA LAWSUIT, WHICH, UH, WAS FOR WRONGFUL TERMINATION, HARASSMENT, AGE DISCRIMINATION, NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS.
UM, THAT ORIGINAL VERDICT WAS 4.1 MILLION.
AND QUESTION IS, NOW HOW MUCH IS THE INTEREST ON THAT, WHICH IS RACKING UP AT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AS WELL AS THE ATTORNEY COSTS FOR BOTH SIDES AND ALL THOSE THINGS PROBABLY ESTIMATED SOMEWHERE IN THE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
BUT THE, THE REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION, AND I HAVE TO ASK THIS QUESTION, I'M HOPING SOMEBODY MAY ACTUALLY ANSWER THIS.
IS THE JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AGENCY GOING TO PAY OUT BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER COMMITTED PERJURY UNDER OATH.
THAT'S A CRIME THAT COULD BE A REASON FOR THEM NOT TO PAY OUT.
AND IF THEY'RE NOT GONNA PAY OUT, HOW MUCH ARE WE OUT AS A CITY? 'CAUSE IT COULD BE EIGHT, $9 MILLION.
SO I'M CURIOUS IF THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL ADDRESS A LAWSUIT THAT YOU LOST.
UM, USUALLY THAT'S NOT IN HIS WHEELHOUSE.
SO, LAST THING, TONY, I I, I HAD TO CHUCKLE.
YOU MENTIONED THE THIRD SAFEST CITY, AND I'M SORRY, I HAD TO LAUGH.
MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS, OH MY GOD, YOU NEED TO TAKE THAT TO THE LAUGH FACTORY IN COVINA.
WE'RE NOT THE THIRD SAFEST CITY.
IF YOU READ THE ARTICLE, YOU WOULD KNOW, AS MR. SHOEMAKER ALLUDED, WE ARE NOWHERE NEAR THE THIRD SAFEST CITY.
A COUNCIL MEMBER'S HUSBAND BEAT ME UP IN THE STAIRWELL OUTSIDE.
BUT I GOT BEAT UP BY A COUNCIL MEMBER'S HUSBAND AND I DIDN'T DO A THING.
ALTHOUGH IF YOU ASK THEM, I DID EVERYTHING, WHICH IS ALL LIES.
THAT'S WHY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY PROSECUTED THIS.
I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING LAUGHTER TO THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
IT WAS, IT WAS DEFINITELY CHUCKLING TO KNOW THAT WE'RE THE THIRD SAFEST CITY AND I'M A VICTIM OF A CRIME AT YOUR OWN CITY HALL.
AND BY THE WAY, DID SHE FOLLOW HER HUSBAND'S RULE OF NOT BEING HERE FOR A YEAR? THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. G, FOLLOWED BY JD.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUBJECTS AND ONE OF THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE HERE IN WEST COVINA.
WE HAVE SMALL BUSINESS DAY, COME IN ON SATURDAY.
WE HAVE DISABLED PEOPLE, WE HAVE SENIORS WHO WANT TO GO AND PURCHASE PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
I'M SIMPLY ASKING IF IT'S ALLOWABLE BY BUDGET, BY THE STANDARD.
IF WE WERE TO EXTEND TWO HOURS LONGER, GO WEST COVINA, BE ABLE TO GO SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES HOME, THEY CAN LEAVE THEIR CAR AT HOME, GET IN THERE WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE, FOUR TO THREE PEOPLE, OR WHATEVER THE AMOUNT, AND GO TO THE FASHION.
EASTLAND, OUR DOWNTOWN A OUR SHOP SMALL BUSINESS.
IT SHOULD PROMOTE BUSINESS, WHICH WEST GIVING HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT THE, THE SMALL MOM AND POP SHOP, ALONG WITH LITTLE ANCHORS, BIG ANCHORS GOING TO RESTAURANTS.
AND I HAVE SPOKEN TO DIRECTLY TO MR. ALI, CONTOS AND LETTY.
'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE'S NUMBER.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE, PROMOTE THAT IF POSSIBLE, JUST FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
SO PEOPLE HAVE A REASON TO GO AND SAY, I GOTTA WALK TOO FAR.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW 9-YEAR-OLD WOMEN WHO DRIVE STILL.
BUT THE HARDEST THING IS, YOU KNOW,
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TRYING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT FOR HANDICAPS.SO IF THEY'RE ABLE TO GET IN AND GO TO THESE THINGS IN THE VANS, WHICH ARE ACCESS ACCESSIBLE, I USE 'EM ALL THE TIME.
I ALWAYS USE ON A DAILY BASIS.
AND I'M SO PASSIONATE FOR THIS.
I, I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD THING FOR EVERY CITIZEN IN WEST COVINA TO REALLY GO ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR AT THIS TIME.
THE SPEAKER CARD SAYS RE THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR RETURNING MS. P.
I'M NOT HERE TO DIRECT MY COMMENTS EXACTLY AT YOU, BUT YOU ARE MY REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT THREE.
AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH CAMERON PARK.
UM, THE PAVILION WHEN I MOVED INTO WEST COVINA 27, 28 YEARS AGO, HAD I BELIEVE EIGHT METAL BENCHES TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY.
THOSE OTHERS WERE REMOVED AND NEVER REPLACED.
I KNOW MR. GUTIERREZ SAID YOU HAVE A PRETTY LARGE PDF ACCOUNT, PART DEVELOPMENT FUND THAT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE AVAILABILITY TO.
SO I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE YOU CAN HELP OUT IN THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PROBLEM.
AND WHILE WE'RE IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS, I LIKE TO KIND OF ADDRESS WHAT I CAME ACROSS YESTERDAY, AND THAT IS, WAS ONE OF THE, UM, CEMENT PILLARS THAT PREVENTS CARS IN THE EVENT THAT IT ROLLS INTO THE PARK FROM HITTING THE PEDESTRIANS.
WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE COMPLETELY BEEN BROKE AND REMOVED AND NEVER REPLACED.
WE HAVE ONE THAT IS JUST HANGING ON THREADS TONIGHT, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER THAT, AS I SPEAK, IS RESTING IN THE HANDICAPPED SPACE OF THE PARKING LOT.
I'M NOT SURE WHY OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT IS NOT GOING AROUND THESE PARKS AND FINDING THESE PROBLEMS. I APPLAUD OUR CONTRACT SERVICE AS FAR AS THE, UH, CUTTING OF THE GRASS AND KEEPING THE CAR, THE PARK CLEAN.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AT CAMERON PARK, AND I'VE ONLY MENTIONED A, A FEW 'CAUSE THERE ARE OTHERS THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO AND MONEY NEEDS TO BE INVESTED TO REPAIR.
AND LASTLY, I APPRECIATE MR. WU, THAT YOU REQUESTED FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER PUTTING GRASS IN THERE AT THEY DONE A GREAT JOB.
BUT WE HAVE THIS NO, WELL, IT WAS MR. WIII, IT WAS MR. WOO
I'M NOT TO THE BEST, MY MEMORY, I'LL GIVE YOU FULL CREDIT, BUT UP TO THE BEST OF MY MEMORY, I, I RECALL IT WAS MR. W YOU MADE THAT MOTION.
WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THAT THERE IS A VERY SHABBY LOOKING FENCE THAT STILL REMAINS AROUND THIS GRASSY AREA.
AND IT TOO NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, POSSIBLY REPLACED WITH MAYBE A ENTRANCE FROM THE STREET.
UH, MAYBE SOME EXERCISE MACHINES PUT IN THERE.
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH IT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST BEING USED AS A SOCCER FIELD AND A DOG, UH, PARK.
AND THE CITY, UH, ACTING CITY MANAGER WANT TO RESPOND SOME OF THE QUESTION.
UM, ALEX, THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION ON SMOKE FREE OUTDOOR AREAS, UM, SECONDHAND SMOKE AND THE HARMFUL EFFECTS THAT IT CAUSES.
UM, DOUG, DOUG, FOUR, THANK YOU FOR, UM, ACKNOWLEDGING PUBLIC SAFETY, TRYING TO WORK WITH YOU, WEST COVINA PDS EFFORTS, AND OUR CITIZENS ACADEMY IS A GREAT CLASS, AND I WISH MORE PEOPLE WOULD ATTENDED.
UM, JOSH MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR THE LIBRARY UPDATES AS ALWAYS.
UM, JOHN SCHUMAKER, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING, UH, RED RIBBON, UH, WEEK AND THE EVENT THIS SATURDAY.
UM, MARIO, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR UPDATES ON, UH, THE DIFFERENT EVENTS OF THE ROTARY ROTARY CLUB AND THE CLARIFICATIONS, WHAT THEY DO.
UM, STEVE BENNETT, DID YOU LEAVE? WELL, STEVE LEFT.
I WAS GONNA SAY, UM, THE LAWSUIT THAT HE MENTIONED WAS PRIOR TO JPIA AND I HAVE NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT.
UH, MR. G, THANK YOU FOR THE GO WEST.
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GO WEST COVIN.GO WEST COVINA, UM, PROGRAM EXTENDING HOURS DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON.
UH, I HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY COUNSEL AND WE ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS OF EXTENDING, UM, THE SERVICE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON FOR THE EXACT REASONS YOU MENTIONED.
UM, EVERYBODY'S IN FULL SUPPORT OF THAT.
UM, I'LL HAVE A MORE DETAILED UPDATE AT OUR NOVEMBER 4TH, UM, COUNCIL MEETING IN MY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, AND WE'LL GET IT PUBLICIZED TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT GREAT IDEA.
UM, IT'S GONNA BE WELCOME BY ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, MR. DERO, THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THE, UH, DEFICIENCIES AT CAMERON PARK.
I WILL BE OUT THERE TOMORROW WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS CREW, AND WE'LL START GETTING WORK ON THESE THINGS IMMEDIATELY.
ALSO, THE, THE FENCE THAT'S SURROUNDING THAT GRASS AREA, IT WAS TO BE REMOVED THIS WEEK, UM, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ REQUESTED THAT I HAVE THAT REMOVED.
UM, IT ISN'T, PEOPLE WANT TO USE THE GRASPING WHILE THEY'RE GOING BY THIS DILAPIDATED FENCING THAT DOESN'T LOOK REAL GOOD.
SO THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DOWN THIS WEEK.
I'LL FOLLOW UP WHAT HAPPENED, BUT IT WILL BE DOWN IN PROBABLY 48 HOURS AT THE LATEST.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT.
UM, I WANT TO KIND OF FOLLOW UP, UH, JD REGARDING THE EXTRA SPACE THAT MORE THAN HALF ACRE, WE PUT THE GRASS, AND I REMEMBER BECAUSE THE GIRLS SOFTBALL, THEY, THEY NEED A PRACTICE.
SO, SO POSSIBLE WE WANT TO HELP THE, THE, THE LITTLE GIRLS SO THEY CAN, OTHERWISE THEY ONLY HAVE A ONE FIELD TO, AND THAT'S WHY THEY REQUEST CAN THEY HAVE EXTRA SPACE? LET'S HOPEFULLY CAN HELP THE KID.
THEY CAN HAVE A
LIKE WHAT? WELL, THIS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE PURPOSE.
SO ANYWAY, BUT UM, OTHER THAN THAT, OKAY.
UM, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ.
AND I, AND I KNOW, UM, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, DIAZ HAS BEEN VERY DEDICATED TO, TO HER PUBLIC PARKS.
AND I KNOW, UM, AT OUR BUDGET HEARING, UM, WE SPOKE ABOUT, UM, THESE FUNDS.
AND AT THAT TIME, I BELIEVE OUR ACTING FINANCE DIRECTOR CAME HERE INDICATING THAT THERE WAS, I THINK OVER ONE POINT SOMETHING OR TWO ABOUT TWO POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS FOR CAMERON PARK.
AND, UM, I KNOW THIS IS BE, UH, THIS WAS BEFORE MILAN AND, AND KAREN, OUR ACTING, I MEAN, SORRY, KAREN OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, UH, WE WE'RE ON BOARD.
BUT I THINK IF I'M NOT, I, I THINK IT'S A CONCERN FOR ME AND, AND PROBABLY TO MY CONSOLE COLLEAGUES, THAT WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT MONEY.
BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD AT A PUBLIC MEETING THAT TWO, TWO, I FORGOT THE EXACT NUMBER OF US, ONE POINT SOMETHING OR TWO POINT SOMETHING MILLION WAS AT CAMERON PARK, AND NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT NEVER EXISTED.
AND, AND THAT JUST DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT IN, IN, IN, IN PUBLIC GOVERNMENT.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UM, WE WILL HAVE A REPORT BACK TO YOU ON NOVEMBER 4TH AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
UM, I'LL WORK WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, GET A CLEAR ANSWER ON ALL THAT.
AND, AND THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, UM, I THINK THERE'S ALSO, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW ME AND, AND, AND LETTI SERVED ON THIS, UH, ARTS IN PUBLIC PLACES, SO I, I THINK IF, IF THERE'S, I THINK EMERGENCY NEEDS TO ADDRESS, UH, CONS MAN'S PARK THAT WE REUSE, THAT FUNDS FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE AND, AND, AND HELP THAT PARK.
I THINK THE SAFETY REGARDING THE, THE CAR CANNOT COME IN AND LET, LET NOTHING NEED TO BE FIXED ASAP BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE EXERCISE WALKING AND SOME CRAZY COW GO INSIDE.
SO I THINK THAT THING SHOULD BE REPLACED RIGHT AWAY.
AND I AGREE, UH, WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ REGARDING THE, I REMEMBER IN THE MEETING TO TALK ABOUT $1.2 MILLION, INCLUDING, UH, THE, THE NOTTE PARK.
I THINK WE HAVEN'T FIXED THE DOOR PARK AT ALL.
SO WE NEED TO SEE, I KNOW WE HAVE, UH, UH, A MASTER PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE PARK.
BUT FOR THE POINT IS THIS, WE DELAY AND DELAY AND, UH, AND I HAVE PEOPLE CHEW ON ME SAY, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE DOOR PARK.
AND, UM, WE, I THINK WE JUST NEED TO HAVE SOME ACTION STARTING TRY TO OKAY.
AND THEN, AND THEN THE BIGGER THING WE CAN TRY TO FIND, BUT SOME DAILY MAINTENANCE, WE NEED TO DO IT OKAY.
THE THINGS USED CAN, CAN BE USED AS A DOOR PARK, CAN BE OKAY.
AND THEN ALSO THINGS CAN BE REALLY FUNCTIONAL FOR THE RESIDENT TO UTILIZE THE PARK.
IF I MAY, I THINK, UM, YOU, YOU HIT ON A VERY IMPORTANT POINT.
UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A PARKS MASTER PLAN IN THE WORKS DOESN'T MEAN THAT ROUTINE MAINTENANCE SHOULDN'T STILL BE TAKEN CARE OF.
AND SO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN IS NOT TO BE USED AS SOMETHING TO DEFER MAINTENANCE DOWN THE ROAD.
IT IS MORE OF THE, THE LONG RANGE WHILE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED
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IN THE IMMEDIATE.SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION.
WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND GET THAT MOVED ALONG.
AND, AND, UH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PARK, AND THE SAME THING TOO, THE CAMERA, THE TEZ PARK, I RECEIVED THE BRUIN.
THE MEMBER TALKING ABOUT THE FIELD NEED TO HELP, NEED TO BE FIXED OR SOMETHING.
BUT, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY IS THE BUG IN BETWEEN CITY AND THE LITTLE LEAGUE? OKAY.
IS WHO IS THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE FIELD? MAINTENANCE IS THE CITY.
IF THE CITY, THEN CITY NEED TO FIX IT, IF IT IS THEM, THEN THEY, THEY HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.
SO, SO I THINK CITY LOOKING TO THE CORTES PARK FOR THE BRUIN, THE BASEBALL FIELD TO SEE SOME OF THE, THE LONG OKAY.
THE GRASS NEED TO BE REPLACED AND REPAY, UH, REPAIR AND SAME THING TO, UH, THE, THE FOOTBALL FIELD.
I THINK LAST TIME THEY HAVE A BIG TRIAL MAKING THE TRENCHES AND THE KIDS PLAYING OVER THERE IS NOT SAFE.
I THINK WE FIX IT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S PROPERLY WITH OUR PROPERTY WORK AND SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE.
WE DON'T WANT ANY PE ANY KID GETS GET HURT OR SOMETHING.
UH, MR. MAYOR? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
JUST SORT OF BUILDING ON THIS AND IN SUPPORT OF WHAT MR. DERU HAS BEEN BRINGING UP, UM, MA MAKING SURE THAT THOSE, UH, 10 OUT OF 12 BENCHES ALSO BE FIXED.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS, HE, HE DID MAKE MENTION THAT THERE ARE OTHER CONCERNS.
SO IF, IF THE STAFF WOULD, COULD PLEASE MEET WITH HIM FOR, FOR HIM TO WALK AROUND.
AND I FOUND HIM TO BE VERY OBSERVANT.
I I RELIED ON HIM WITH OTHER THINGS IN THE PAST AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT IT'D BE GOOD FOR, FOR OUR STAFF TO, TO SEE WHATEVER EL ELSE HE SEES THAT, THAT ARE IN NEED OF FIXING, BUT ALSO TO DOCUMENT THAT.
AND I'D LIKE TO BE LOOPED IN ON THAT, ON THE, THAT CORRESPONDENCE TOO, JUST SO I CAN HELP KEEP TRACK AS WELL.
HE WANT HIS BACKYARDS CLEAN AND NICE.
ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO SHARE? OKAY.
NAD OKAY, WE MOVE ON THE, OH, YOU GO AHEAD, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, I, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO TRY TO MAINTAIN OUR PARKS FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS.
UM, OF COURSE, BACK WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, DOING A REDESIGN FOR THE DOG PARK, I HAD SAID THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY ADDRESS WITH THE PARK, UM, MASTER PLAN.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS THEM.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE SHOULD DO.
SO THE, OKAY, UH, MANAGEMENT TEAM.
YOU, YOU HEARD ALL THE YEAR FOUR ABOUT PARK ISSUE AND IT IS A BASIC MAINTENANCE THING AND WE JUST, UH, MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO MAINTENANCE WHILE THEY WAITING FOR MASTER PLAN.
IT TAKE TIME, BUT THE DAILY ROUTINE, LIKE BASIC THING AND, AND ASSETS PEOPLE CAN EASILY IN AND THE SAFETY, THE BLOCKER.
EVERYTHING SHOULD BE PROPERLY INSTALLED.
[ CONSENT CALENDAR]
TO MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR, ONE TO SIX.ANYBODY WANNA PULL ANYTHING OTHERWISE? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, IT'LL BE FAST, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, UH, 1, 3, 4, 5.
AND, UH, SO 1, 2, 5, WHICH ONE YOU ACCEPT? UH, WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE, WHICH ONE YOU DIDN'T WANT TO PULL? OH, UH, I DID NOT PULL, I GUESS TWO AND ONLY TWO, RIGHT? SIX, TWO AND SIX.
ANYBODY OUGHT TO APPROVE ANYTHING ELSE? UH, TWO AND SIX.
UH, WHO WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, CON CONSENT CANDIDATE TWO AND SIX.
I HAVE A FIRST FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS AND A SECOND FROM MAYOR WU.
AND SO, TWO AND SIX, UH, APPROVE.
UH, SO IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF WORK AND AUTHORIZATION TO FILE THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION IF STAFF COULD BRIEFLY, UH, TELL US WHAT THEY COMPLETED SO THE COMMUNITY CAN KNOW THE GOOD WORK THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR CITY'S DOING.
UM, THIS WORK INCLUDED THE REPLACEMENT OF STOP SIGNS, UM, AT VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS AROUND SCHOOLS.
IT ALSO WAS THE COMPLETION OF STRIPING AND SAFETY MARKINGS, SPECIFICALLY AROUND OUR, OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS.
AND THEN MAYBE, MAYBE GOING FORWARD WE COULD HAVE SOME OF THESE IMAGES, UH, ATTACHED TO OUR PACKET TOO, JUST SO WE SEE THE AMAZING WORK THAT PUBLIC WORKS IS DOING.
UH, SO, UH, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE LIKE THIS, IT'S COMPLETION, YOU CAN PUT ON YOUR MANAGER REPORT AND WITH THE PICTURES, THIS AND THAT.
QUICKLY SHOW US THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
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YARD, THE YELLOW, WE SAW THEM IN PROGRESS, BUT NOW IT'S COMPLETION, SO MAYBE THAT.SO IN THAT WAY EVERYBODY KNOW THE CITY DOING SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN IS SAFE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO THAT'S THE ADOPTION OF ORDER ANDS ADOPTING THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND THE 2025 WIRE LAND URBAN INTERFACE.
IF YOU, IF, IF, UH, MY, I KNOW FIRE IS RESPONDING TO AN INCIDENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, MIND IF YOU COULD BRIEFLY TELL THE COMMUNITY, UH, WHAT THIS ITEM IS, UH, AND WHAT'S BEEN, WHAT'S, UH, NEW TO, UH, THE FIRE CODE? UH, YEAH.
THANK YOU TO CHIEF BROWN WAS TO BE HERE BECAUSE HE IS OUT ON AN INCIDENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THIS PROVIDES, UM, THE LATEST UPDATES TO THE FIRE CODE, UH, THAT ADDRESSES GEOGRAPHIC, GEOGRAPHICAL, AND TOPICAL CONCERNS TO ADDRESS WILDFIRE, UM, ISSUES IN OUR HILLSIDES AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, IT'S A MATTER OF BEST PRACTICES IN NAVIGATING, UM, UM, CONDITIONS COULD CREATED BY CLIMATE AND OTHER THINGS.
UM, AND THIS IS THE ADOPTION OF THE, THE MOST CURRENT CODE FOR, UM, THE STATE AND WEST COVINA FIRE.
UH, DO I HAVE MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE A MOTION, SIR.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? NO, SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
UH, I THINK IT'S CHIEF PATINA HERE.
UM, UH, I JUST WANT, I, I GUESS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, UM, DID, DID, WERE WE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THAT DOJ UH, GRANT? OH, YOU KNOW, WHICH, DO YOU KNOW WHICH DOJI THINK IT WAS THE BULLETPROOF VEST THAT I THINK DOJ MATCHES, I THINK 50% OR SOMETHING.
WE, WE DID, UH, WE DO APPLY FOR DOJ VARIOUS GRANTS FOR, UH, BALLISTIC VESTS AS WELL.
AND THEN, UM, AND THEN, UH, ARE WE GETTING SOME NEW DRONES TOO WITH THIS? WE, THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR, WE WERE GETTING, UH, UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM SOFTWARE, WHICH IS USED FOR OUR, UH, MAJOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM.
WE CAN UTILIZE THE, THE, UH, DRONES TO RECREATE THE, UH, COLLISION SCENES.
UH, THANK YOU CHIEF CHRISTINA.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO DO, UH, REMARKABLE WORK IN OUR COMMUNITY, SO, THANK YOU COUNCILOR.
WANNA MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND DO ANYBODY SECOND OR NOBODY? SECOND.
WHO MOTIONED ON THIS ONE? ON ITEM FOUR? WHO GAVE THE MOTION? ALI, SAME THING.
AND, UH, AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE.
YES, I THINK, UH, IS THAT, THAT'S ALSO MINE.
YEAH, IF YOU COULD JUST, UM, JUST BRIEFLY, UM, TELL US WHAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, UM, WHAT THIS, THIS GRANT IS JUST BRIEFLY AND HOW MUCH YES.
THE, THE, UH, UM, OFFICE OF TRA TRAFFIC SAFETY GRANT, WHICH WAS THE OTS GRANT, UH, WE APPLIED FOR, AND WERE AWARDED $83,000.
UM, THAT MONEY IS USED FOR SWORN OFFICER OVERTIME, UM, AND FOR DIRECTED PATROLS SUCH AS SEATBELT ENFORCEMENT, UM, DUI ENFORCEMENT, DUI, TRAFFIC LANES, UM, WE ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE OR GET FUNDED FOR TO PURCHASE
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A NEW RADAR TRAILER, UH, THAT'LL TRACK SPEED AND EDUCATE OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, MANDATORY TRAINING AND SUPPLIES RELATED TO TRAFFIC AND SAFETY.AND, AND I KNOW YOU WERE WORKING ON THAT, UH, EXTRA, UM, RADAR, SO THAT'S GOOD.
NEXT YEAR WE WANT TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE FUNDING.
AND THAT'S ALL MY QUESTION BECAUSE 83,000 DOESN'T GO TOO, TOO, TOO FAR.
HOPEFULLY HALF MILLION DOLLARS OR EVEN MORE.
AND ANY YOU MOVE MOTION I GIVE YOU A CHANCE.
ANYONE? LORD, I'LL MOVE THE MOTION.
YOU'RE SENDING OVER THERE FOR THE, I HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND A SECOND FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.
UM, THEN WE DONE WITH THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE MOVE TO THE,
[7) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF ORDINACE NO.2533 (CODE AMEDMENT NO.25-01) TO ALLOW MODIFICATION TO EXSITING DRIVE -THROUGH FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS WITH APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT]
OKAY.UH, NUMBER SEVEN, CONSIDERATION OF DUCTION OF, UH, ORDINANCE NUMBER 2, 5, 3, 3, AND, UH, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER, WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS? MR. MAYOR.
UM, WE'RE STILL SHORT STAFFED IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE, UM, DRIVE-THROUGH ORDINANCE, WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AT A PREVIOUS MEETING.
THIS IS THE SECOND READING FOR ADOPTION.
UM, THIS WILL ALLOW FOR MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO SOME OF OUR OBSOLETE DRIVE-THROUGHS IN THE HEART OF THE CITY, UM, TO JUST MODIFY THE, UH, THE DRIVE-THROUGH SO WE CAN GET A VIABLE TENANT AND NOT HAVE BUSINESSES SUCH AS THE OLD SPOTLESS BURGER ON GLENDORA REMAIN, UM, VACANT FOR YEARS ON AT A TIME.
I'M GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION FROM MAYOR WU.
A SECOND FROM COUNCILMAN CONTOS.
[8) UPDATE- LANDSCAPE MAINTENCE SERVICES FOR LANDSCAPE MAINTENCE DISTRICT (LMDs) AND COASTAL SAGE AND SCRUB AREAS AT SPORTSPLEX]
UH, WE SEE IN FILE THE LAST ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHO IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS? UM, SUPERINTENDENT MIKE CRESS UP WILL PRESENT.DO I SO IT'S, YEAH, GO AHEAD,
UM, I'M ACTUALLY GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MERCHANTS.
HE'S, UH, THE MANAGER OVER AT MERCHANTS LANDSCAPING AND HE'S GONNA DO HIS PRESENTATION.
UM, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION OF A POWERPOINT IF WE CAN START.
UM, THIS IS A MAP OF YOUR EXISTING, UM, DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON NEXT.
THIS IS SOME, SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE'VE COM UM, COMPLETED.
UM, BASICALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT ARE VERY GREEN.
YOU CAN TAKE, SEE WHERE WE'VE TAKEN THE, THE VEGETATION DOWN TO THE THREE AND A HALF FOOT LEVEL, FOUR FOOT LEVEL.
THIS IS A MAP THAT I CREATED THAT SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE FINISHED IN GREEN AND WHAT'S LEFT TO DO IN ORANGE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ORANGE UP THERE, SO WE ARE ON THE, ON THE LAST LEG HERE.
UM, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE, UH, FALLEN INTO HERE.
UM, THREE DECADES OF NO MAINTENANCE.
UM, OVERGROWTH WAS MORE SEVERE THAN I EVER THOUGHT.
I HAD A HARD TIME GETTING INTO SOME OF THESE AREAS TO BE ABLE TO, TO LOOK AT 'EM BECAUSE WE HAD 14 FOOT BUSHES TANGLED UP WITH WEEDS, TANGLED UP WITH VINES.
UM, AND A LOT OF THIS WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO WITH CHAINSAWS.
A LOT OF IT WAS BY HAND, UM, OR WITH, UM, POWER EQUIPMENT THAT YOU CAN JUST DO SOME TRIMMING WITH.
SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T HIT MY MARK OF A YEAR AND A HALF.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE LIKE THREE YEARS, WHICH IS A YEAR AND A HALF FARTHER THAN YOU FOLKS WANTED.
UM, WE NEEDED TO IDENTIFY THE, THE, THE TREES, THE BUSHES, THE VEGETATION, WHICH I JUST SAID.
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MINOR PROBLEMS WITH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.UM, WE'VE BEEN MOVED A FEW TIMES FROM CERTAIN SITES.
FOR EXAMPLE, WOODGROVE IS NOT COMPLETED ON THE SLOPE BECAUSE THEY PULLED ME OUT OF THAT SO I COULD DO OTHER AREAS, BUT THAT WILL GET DONE BEFORE THE END OF THIS NEXT YEAR.
MOST OF THE WORK WAS REQUIRED WITH HAND TOOLS, NOT NECESSARILY WITH A CHAINSAW OR THE POWER TOOL.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF WEATHER.
WE'VE HAD THREE YEARS OF VERY GOOD RAINS, WHICH HELPS YOU 'CAUSE I'M TEARING THINGS DOWN AND WE NEED 'EM TO GROW BACK AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
UM, EAR IRRIGATION IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO THINK ABOUT IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I WILL WARN YOU, IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE EXPENSIVE.
WE WENT AND THEN STARTED ON A MAR AND AZUA SLOPES AND NOTHING THERE WORKS.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SAVE VALVES IF WE DO GET INTO THIS, BUT IT'S GONNA NEED ALL NEW PIPING, ALL NEW WIRING AND NEW CLOCKS.
UM, THE LAST THING IS, UH, WE REQUESTED FOR SPENDING TIME, UH, REVIEWING IRRIGATION, AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING.
UM, BUT THE ONLY TWO SLOPES WE'VE DONE, IF I'M NOT WRONG, JAVIER, IS OMAR AND AZUA.
SUSAN AND I BELIEVE THE, UH, JACQUELINE.
SO WE'VE DONE A FEW OTHERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THE, UM, THE WHAT THE EO AREA.
THESE ARE JUST SOME, AGAIN, THE REST OF THIS IS SAMPLES OF DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, SOME OF THEM ARE A VIDEO, SO IF WE CAN KEEP GOING THROUGH IT.
WELL, YEAH, A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS GROWING BACK NOW AND AS IT GROWS BACK, WE'RE KEEPING IT AT THE THREE AND A HALF, FOUR FOOT HEIGHT SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THESE JUNGLES AND WE DON'T HAVE THE FUEL THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST THAT WOULD BURN IN A FIRE.
THIS HAPPENS TO BE, UM, THE WEST FACING SIDE OF WOODGROVE.
ONE OF THE FIRST AREAS THAT WE TOOK DOWN LA THERE WAS A VERY LARGE HOMELESS AND CAMPUS IN THIS AREA.
AND I THINK THE CLEARING THAT WE DID, YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVEN'T COME BACK AND THAT THERE'S A LOT TO DO WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TOO.
YOU CAN SEE HOW NICE THE, UM, ACACIA IS HERE.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO DO A WHOLE LOT OF TRIMMING, THANK GOD TO THAT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S PRETTY MUCH NATURALLY AT ABOUT A THREE FOOT HEIGHT, BUT IT'S WORKED NICELY.
I WISH THAT, UM, THESE PICTURES COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN AT THE END OF LAST, UM, SPRING BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT MORE RAIN RIGHT NOW.
THIS HAS BEEN TAKEN AT THE END OF SUMMER AND OF COURSE THERE'S NO WATER, BUT WE DID JUST GET A REALLY GOOD STORM AND THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA KICK SOME OF THIS STUFF TO GROWING IN.
AGAIN, THIS IS, UH, UH, ON THE CORNER THERE'S A SHOPPING CENTER, A LITTLE SHOPPING CENTER, AND THEN AS YOU GO BACK WEST WESTBOUND, THIS HAS BEEN CLEANED UP.
YOU HAD A LOT OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT UP AT THE TOP.
WE'VE KEPT THAT ALL CLEAR AND THE MUST HAVE NOT BEEN RETURNING, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW BURNED IT IS FROM THE, THE SUMMER.
WE REALLY NEED TO GET WATER ON THIS.
HOPEFULLY AGAIN, WE GET MORE WATER IN THE FORM OF RAIN AND THAT'LL BRING IT BACK.
I WAS GONNA SAY, I DON'T THINK THAT ONE MOVES.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE YOU HAVE SOME NICE EUCALYPTUS TREES THAT ARE GROWING VERY GOOD IN HERE.
AND WE HAVE PLENTY OF OTHER SHRUBS THAT ARE, THAT ARE GETTING TO A FOUR FOOT LEVEL.
WE'VE BEEN PRUNING THEM REGULARLY TO KEEP 'EM THERE.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THIS IS LESS OF A FIRE HAZARD HERE.
WE HAVE, UM, PLUMBEGO, I BELIEVE, ON THIS SLOPE.
AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT HAS A LOT OF, UM, POWDER BLUE.
YOU CAN SEE A FEW FLOWERS ON 'EM AND THEY'RE VINE.
SO WE KEEP THOSE TRIMMED DOWN AND IT'S, UM, THEY'RE STARTING TO COME BACK NICELY AGAIN.
WE NEED MORE WATER AND THERE'S
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THE EXPECTED, UM, TIME OF COMPLETION BY THE END OF DECEMBER OF 26TH.AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER, I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT QUESTION.
UH, THEN YOU WANT TO OKAY, GO AHEAD MAYOR PUTTEN.
SO WHICH, UM, LMD OR DISTRICT SET HAS IRRIGATIONS AND WHICH DOES NOT, AND THE ONES THAT HAVE IRRIGATION, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME IT WAS USED? OR ARE YOU SAYING THAT THEY'RE ALL IRRIGATION RIGHT NOW IS NOT OPERABLE? CORRECT.
ANYTHING ON YOUR DISTRICTS ARE NOT OPERABLE.
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN USED IN THE BETTER PART OF THREE DECADES.
AND SO GOING THROUGH THEM, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO IS FIGURE OUT WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE AND WHAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO REPLACE.
AND A BETTER PART OF ALL THE PIPING'S GONNA NEED TO BE REPLACED, THE WIRING AND THE CLOCKS.
I'M HOPING, AND I DON'T KNOW THIS FOR SURE, THAT IF THE BRASS VALVES ARE STILL IN GOOD SHAPE, WE CAN JUST REPLACE THE GUTS.
AND THAT WILL SAVE YOU SOME MONEY.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE ONES THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT.
FOR EXAMPLE, AZE IS A PRETTY NICE BIG DRAG THAT YOU GUYS HAVE, OR NORTH AND SOUTH MIGHT BE THE BEST PLACE TO START AND YOU MAY WANNA THROW SOME PLANT MATERIAL IN IT AT THE SAME TIME.
I KNOW RAUL, WHILE HE WAS HERE, THEY SPOKE A LOT ABOUT DOING THAT AT SOME POINT.
AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE PULLED, UH, TO OTHER LEVELS.
UM, WHAT'S THE REASON OF BEING PULLED TO DIFFERENT AREAS? MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE COMPLAINING ABOUT IT BEING OVERGROWN, WHICH IT HAS BEEN FOR 30 YEARS.
SO, SO WE DROPPED WHAT WE WERE DOING.
WE WENT OVER AND WE CLEANED THOSE ALL UP AND THEN WENT BACK.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING TO ME THAT MUCH ANYMORE.
UM, AND I'M ALSO PUTTING IN CREWS IN HERE ON SATURDAYS TWICE A MONTH SO THAT WE CAN GET THINGS DONE, OBVIOUSLY QUICKER.
AND, UH, OKAY, UH, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I WANT TO LET OUR, MY COUNCIL, UH, COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMAN ALI.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND THANKS TO MERCHANTS FOR, FOR ITS WORK.
UM, THE FIRST IS WITH REGARD TO THE AREAS THAT YOU SAID ARE BROWN THAT HOPEFULLY WILL BECOME GREEN WITH RAIN, UH, ARE WITH THOSE AREAS ARE, IS THE ONLY WAY FOR US TO MAKE THOSE AREAS GREEN TO, UH, TO ADD OR REPLACE IRRIGATION? IS THAT, IS THAT THE, THE STATUS OF THOSE AREAS NOW? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO DO.
AND, AND, AND AGAIN, ONCE YOU FIND THE MONEY FOR IT, YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THOSE AREAS UP AND RUNNING ON A CLOCK.
AND TO WHAT EXTENT IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO USE PURPLE PIPING THERE TO USE RECLAIM WATER? THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WILL USE.
BUT THE, I DON'T KNOW THAT MIKE, I DON'T KNOW THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE RECLAIMED WATER AVAILABLE TO ALL THE DISTRICTS.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO CAN ELABORATE ON THAT FROM ANYONE? UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS? I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THE LINE ENDS ON AZUA.
I KNOW IT GOES DOWN AZUA GOES NORTH.
UM, WE TRY TO INSTALL IT IN ALL LOCATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.
AND I THINK, I THINK, UM, MD LMD TWO HAS IT AND PORTIONS OF MD FOUR, BUT I DO NOT BELIEVE SHADOW OAK HAS RECLAIMED WATER.
SO I THINK IT'S HALF AND HALF IN MD FOUR.
I BELIEVE THE LINE GOES UP TO CAMERON AND NOT PASS CAMERON.
AND I THINK THEY ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO ADD MORE PRESSURE SUBURBAN JUST REACH OUT TO US, BUT I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I WOULD NEED TO TALK TO ENGINEERING AND I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK ON THOSE THINGS.
BUT IF THAT COULD BE A FOLLOW UP ITEM, PLEASE, MIKE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
UM, THE, THE NEXT QUESTION TO MERCHANTS IS WITH REGARD TO WOODGROVE PARK, UH, WITH A DELAYED WORK THERE, WHAT WORK STILL REMAINS, AND YOU SAID IT NEEDS, IT'LL PROBABLY BE DONE BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, BUT CAN YOU DESCRIBE MORE WHAT WORK REMAINS IN WOODGROVE PARK? YEAH, UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PARK WHERE THE RESTROOMS ARE, EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RESTROOMS IS MOSTLY ACACIAS.
AND WE HAVE TO JUST GO IN THERE AND CUT THOSE DOWN A LITTLE BIT TO CLEAN 'EM UP.
AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS, WHAT IS THAT? UM, PARK, UM, PARKSIDE? YEAH, PARKSIDE.
THERE IS A, UM, A APARTMENT COMPLEX IN THAT AREA AND IT'S, YOU HAVE A AREA THAT SKIRTS BEHIND IT.
IT BASICALLY GOES FROM PARKSIDE TO FAIR GROVE.
IS THAT WHAT THAT AND, AND WE NEED TO DO THAT.
THAT IS PROBABLY BIGGER A PAIN THAN THE OTHER ONES BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF TALL STUFF THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING DOWN MM-HMM
BUT, AND YEAH, THE LA ACCESS IS NOT GREAT, BUT I DON'T, I'M SURE YOU FOLKS DRIVE AROUND IN YOUR OWN CITY A LOT.
IF YOU GO DOWN SHADOW OAKS, UM, WE'RE OVER ON, UM, NOGALES AND SHAKESPEARE RIGHT NOW.
THESE AREAS, UM, ARE GONNA BE A LOT EASIER BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PARK RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
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GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK ON IT.WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO CHIP IT RIGHT BACK IN OR CHIP IT INTO OUR TRUCK AND USE IT IN SOMEWHERE ELSE ON THE SLOPES.
SO IT'S GONNA BE A LOT FASTER.
AND IF YOU GO TO TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OVER THERE, SAME THING.
AND THEN I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO A LITTLE BIT INTO SOME OF THE PRESALES WHERE THEY'RE REALLY BIG.
UM, BUT I CAN GET THE TRUCK IN TRUCKS IN THERE AND, UM, AND, AND GET TO REMOVE THE DEBRIS FASTER.
AND JUST A CLOSING COMMENT WITH THIS, UH, TO, TO YOU GUYS, YOU REALLY DID A MAGNIFICENT JOB AND THE TEAM WITH, WITH, UH, THE, WITH ALL THAT YOU DID IN LANDSCAPING AT WOODGROVE, IT HAS MADE A COMPLETELY REMARKABLE DIFFERENCE.
THERE USED TO BE TEAMING WITH HOMELESS THERE AND IT IS NOW ALL GONE.
THERE ARE NOW PEOPLE THERE PICK TICKETING WITH THEIR FAMILIES, PEOPLE'S LIVES ARE BETTER.
PEOPLE REALLY FEEL SAFE THERE.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THAT REALLY WONDERFUL WORK THAT YOU DID THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL OF THAT.
AND, UH, I KNOW, UH, A COUPLE OF MONTHS BACK, UH, I THINK THIS COUNCIL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE, THE WORK PERFORMANCES YOU WERE DUE.
SO WHAT DOES MERCHANTS COVER CURRENTLY IN OUR CITY? MELON OR, OR YOU GUYS CAN ANSWER OR MORE, MIKE.
MERCHANTS, UH, CURRENTLY HAS CONTRACTS FOR OUR PARK MAINTENANCE.
SO THAT'S OPENING, CLOSING, AND ALL MOWING AND MAINTENANCE OF PAR, UH, LET ME BE CLEAR.
LANDSCAPING, MAINTENANCE OF PARKS AND ALSO CITY HALL.
AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, ALL OF OUR LMDS.
SO ONE, UH, NOT, NOT CITYWIDE, WHICH IS THE, THE MEDIAS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THAT IS A PORTION THAT THEY MAINTAIN.
UM, THE MO THE, THE AREAS THAT ARE THE HIGHEST CONCERN, FIRE RISK, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S AROUND GALSTER PARK, WHICH IS NOT PART OF THESE LMDS, WHICH IS, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS IN A SEPARATE WAY.
BUT LMD TWO AND FOUR ARE THE MAJOR, MAJOR, UM, CONCERN OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE GET A LOT OF CON CONCERN ABOUT, ABOUT FIRE CLEARANCE GROWTH, UH, ENCAMPMENTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO, UH, THAT'S WHERE THEY'VE BEEN FOCUSING SIX AND SEVEN DOES NOT HAVE THE IRRIGATION AND ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HILLSIDES WITH DIFFERENT PLANT LIFE.
SO THAT IS HANDLED DIFFERENTLY.
SO I KNOW, I KNOW A FEW MONTHS BACK, UH, THE COUNCIL HAD CONCERNS ABOUT SOME OF YOUR PERFORMANCE, BUT I DO SEE A, A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IN YOUR WORK, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND, AND, AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE HIGH STANDARDS OF WHAT YOUR CONTRACT REQUIRES AND CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR PARKS BEAUTIFUL.
AND I KNOW, UM, MIKE, UH, TOOK MIKE AND, AND I KNOW RENEE, HIS ASSISTANT, HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CONTRACTS ARE BEING FOLLOWED WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC WORK.
SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND YOU CONTINUE TO DO.
UM, YOUR, UH, YOUR CREW, HOW BIG IS IT? HOW MANY MEN ARE INVOLVED? I HAVE 10.
SO YOU HAVE 10 GUYS WORKING AT THE SAME TIME? OH YEAH.
AND THEN WE USUALLY BRING IN, UH, FOUR OR FIVE MAN CREW EVERY OTHER SATURDAY.
I KNOW WHEN COUNCIL MAN CONTOS AND I WERE OUT AT, UM, WHAT SIDE, WHAT IS IT? YOUR, YOUR PARK? YEAH.
WE SAW YOU GUYS WORKING OUT THERE AND WE TALKED TO THEM A LITTLE BIT AND REALLY NICE PEOPLE.
UM, I HAVE TO SAY THAT AREA HAS BEEN A MAJOR IMPROVEMENT.
I MEAN, IT LOOKS SO BEAUTIFUL.
SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE HOMELESS PEOPLE STARTED MIGRATING TO, UH, RIGHT BEHIND THE, UM, SHOPPING CENTER THERE.
AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO TRACK THAT DOWN AND, AND GETTING COMPLAINTS FROM PEOPLE THERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA, I WANNA THANK OUR CITY, NEW CITY MANAGER FOR MAKING SURE THAT THAT GETS CLEARED UP.
AND SO I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
I DON'T HAVE VERY MANY YOU'RE, UM, SHRUBS LIKE THAT IN MY AREA, BUT I KNOW THAT OUR FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEY HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH THAT, SO THANK YOU.
SO THE NO SIDE AND SOUTH SIDE.
SOUTH SIDE SHADOW OAK, I THINK.
WE TALK ABOUT, I THINK THIS IS A EX EXTRA CONTRACT WE APPROVED LAST YEAR FOR ONE POINT SOME MILLION DOLLARS FOR CLEAN UP ALL THIS EXTRA WORK.
BECAUSE THEN FOR ALL THIS AREA FOR 30 YEARS, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED MM-HMM
AND, UH, AND UH, A LOT OF RESIDENTS REALLY COMPLAIN A LOT BECAUSE THE FIRE HAZARD AND BIG GIANT TREE.
AND DEAD TREE, I KNOW TREE IS NOT YOUR ISSUE.
SO WE NEED OUR CONTRACTOR WITH THE TREE COMPANY TO REALLY TAKING CARE ALL THOSE DEAD TREE.
AND ANOTHER THING IS REGARDING, UH, THE MAJOR ISSUE IS, UH, SHADOW BETWEEN THE HOME.
AND IN THE MIDDLE IS A CITY PROPERTY.
AND THOSE, THOSE PROPERTIES OVERGROWN.
AND UH, I THINK THE, RECENTLY I SENT YOU THE REQUEST, I THINK YOU, YOU TOOK CARE ALREADY, RIGHT? THAT IS SOMEBODY WE'RE GONNA GO BACK.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF, UH, A, A LONG HISTORY.
TOWN, NOT THE TOWN HALL, IT'S MORE LIKE A
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NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.WE, THEIR RESIDENT AND THEY COMPLAINING ABOUT, OKAY, THE, THE, IN THE BACK OF THEIR HOME, THE MOST, MORE OR LESS IN THE SHADOW OAK, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BACK OF THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY CITY PROPERTY AND THERE'S A LOT OF OVERGROWN AND UH, AND THAT THE TREE OR BUSHES BASICALLY GROW INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY CAN EVEN SEE THE SOUND, SUNLIGHT.
AND THAT'S HOW OVERGROWN, I THINK YOU WENT TO SEE MANY, MANY HOUSES.
SO I THINK THE SHADOW, THE BRAZIL, THE WALKWAY AND IT'S ALL OVERGROWN AND A LOT OF LIGHT BASICALLY BROKE.
AND, UH, IT'S NOT SAFE FOR PEOPLE WALKING TO THE BRAZIL WITHOUT LIGHT OR SOME BROKEN LIGHT AND OVERGROWN ALSO.
AND VEGETATION, ANOTHER THING, THE HILLSIDE, BECAUSE SHE OAK.
AND THE HILLSIDE ON THE NORTH, THEY ALL HAVE OKAY.
ALL THIS OVERGROWN AND A MAJOR POTENTIALLY.
SO I THINK IT'S A SHADOW IN THE HILLSIDE ON THE NOSE.
IS THAT INCLUDING THE CONTRACT TO BE TRIMED TO BE, MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRE HAZARD WON'T BE A ISSUE FOR THE RESIDENT BECAUSE THEY HAVE HUNDREDS OF HOUSES RIGHT THERE.
WELL, UH, THE, THE AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS SHADOW RANCH PARK.
SO IT'S NOT IN THE DISTRICT CONTRACT OF CLEARING IT OUT, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IF THE LOWER PARKING LOT.
NOW, WHICH WAY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SHADOW OAKS PARK, SHADOW PARK.
SO THE, THE LOWER PARKING LOT, NOT THE THE GRAVEL BUT THE MIDDLE ONE, UHHUH,
AND THEN YOU GO ALL THE WAY UP WHERE THE, THE BASEBALL FIELD IS MM-HMM
HOUSES THAT ARE UP THERE, THAT AREA IS VERY THICK, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE DISTRICT.
SO IT'S NOT ON THIS PART OF THE COUNTRY.
SO WHAT DISTRICT IS SLEPT, BELONG? TWO, IT'S PARK ALL SPEED.
SO THE WAY THE LAND MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS WERE SET UP, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT KINDS.
UM, AND I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE WHICH IS WHICH, BUT FOR EXAMPLE, LAND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ONE, GINGRICH PARK IS THERE HILLSIDES AND THE PARK ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDS TO COME OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT IN MD FOUR, THE PAR MD TWO AND FOUR ARE DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.
SO THE PARK IS NOT INCLUDED IN, IN THE, IN THE AREA.
SO THE CURRENT CONTRACT, THE WAY IT'S SET UP, THE LAND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT WILL CLEAN UP ALL THE HILLSIDE AROUND THE HOUSES, ALL OF SHADOW OAK AREA ON THE EAST SIDE OF SHADOW OAK DRIVE, BUT IT WILL NOT INCLUDE THE 26 ACRES OF THE PARK.
SO THE PARK IS SEPARATE THAT FOR THAT TO BE ADDRESSED, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE OUT OF GENERAL FUND AND IT WOULD BE PART OF THE PARK'S CONTRACT AND THAT, AND OBVIOUSLY WE ONLY RENEW THE LMD CONTRACTS.
SO, SO BASICALLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS A SEPARATE PROJECT.
THIS IS A MORE LIKE A PARK, UH, FUND THAT WE NEED TO FIND A FUNDING FOR THE PARK MAINTENANCE FOR ALSO VERY OVERGROWN.
AND THAT IN OUR PARK NEED TO BE TRAINED.
BUT I THINK THE, RIGHT NOW THE MOST CONCERN IS ABOUT AROUND THE HOME.
AND UH, THAT IS THE MAJOR CONCERN BECAUSE, UH, THE FIRE HAZARD AND THE, THE SHADOW OAKS IS ONE OF THE ISSUE BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY HOUSES.
AND I TALKED TO CITY MANAGER, PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER MANY, MANY TIMES ABOUT ALL THIS HOME BETWEEN THEM.
THEY HAVE ALL HAVE VERY THICK OVERGROWN FOR 30 YEARS NEVER BEEN TOUCHED.
THAT SHOULD BE INCLUDING THE OMD OKAY.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING NEXT.
SO IF YOU, IF YOU TAKE GINGRICH PARK AND YOU GO SOUTHEAST, WE DID THAT ENTIRE HILL ALL THE WAY AROUND MM-HMM
JUST LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THESE OTHER AREAS ARE.
NOW IT'S CLEAR WE HAVE TREES LOOKING LIKE TREES.
WE HAVE BUSHES LOOKING LIKE BUSHES,
WE DID THE SAME THING ON THE, THE WEST SIDE THAT WENT AROUND SOUTHWEST SIDE THAT WENT AROUND, DID THE EXACT SAME THING.
IF YOU WALK THROUGH A LOT OF THOSE LITTLE PARKETTES THAT ARE IN THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT EVERYTHING'S OPEN NOW.
I'M GOING TO WALK OVER THERE BECAUSE I WALK BEFORE IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE.
PEOPLE CANNOT EVEN SEE ANYTHING OUTSIDE THEIR BACKYARD BECAUSE IT'S NOTHING BUT JUNGLE.
AND SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GRADUALLY TAKING CARE OF THE SHADOW AREA OKAY.
BETWEEN THE HOUSES WITH ALL THE CITY.
AND WE BASICALLY CHARGE ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX EXTRA IN, INTO THE RESERVE FOR OUR TRUST ACCOUNT.
FOR THAT I KNOW MUCH POSSIBLE, NOT ENOUGH.
BECAUSE THIS IS A LONG TIME AGO.
BUT HOPEFULLY AFTER WE CLEAN IT UP, WE SHOW THEM AND IF WE WANT TO OKAY.
MAINTENANCE, MAYBE THEY ARE WILLING TO HELP OUT EVERYBODY HELP A LITTLE BIT FOR THE SPRINKLER AND THIS AND THAT TO HELP OUT.
TO MAKE SURE IT IS SAFE AND IT IS CLEAN, PROPER MAINTENANCE.
AND THEN WE GO TO THE HILLSIDE, THE PROMONTORY.
THE, THE, THE OTS ON THE HILLSIDE GO INTO THE SOUTH SIDE UNDER THE HILL.
AND THAT'S ALL OVERGROWN VEGETATION.
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IF THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED, THAT'S MD SIX AND SEVEN.IT'S PART OF THE CONTRACT TOO, RIGHT? YES.
SO THAT WOULD BE, BECAUSE IT'S OVERGROWN THIS AS A POTENTIAL MAJOR FIRE HAZARD.
THERE'S ONE AREA, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A RESERVOIR, BUT YOU HAVE YOU, YEAH, YOU HAVE A BASIN DOWN THERE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WATER TANK.
IT'S, IT'S NOT A WATER TANK, BUT IT'S A BASIN IN BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND IT'S, UH, I, IT'S WHERE HILLSIDE ENDS THE STREET WHERE HILLSIDE ENDS COME AROUND.
I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THE STREET OFF TO GREN.
THERE, THERE, THERE'S A HERITAGE PARK.
NO, NO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT BY HERITAGE PARK.
IT'S, IT'S UP HILLSIDE AND PROMONTORY WHERE PROMONTORY AND HILLSIDE COME TOGETHER A HOLIDAY.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S HILLSIDE, RIGHT? ISN'T THAT HILLSIDE GOES, THE HILLSIDE GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN.
THIS IS THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT IS ON HILLSIDE.
AND BEHIND THERE IT'S AN OPEN AREA THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN DOWN AND CLEANED OUT.
AND THIS, THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS NEXT ROUND GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.
BECAUSE IF YOU WALK OVER THERE AND YOU CAN SEE OKAY, BEHIND ON THE CO SAY EACH OF THE, OKAY, THE ZO STREET FROM THE HILLSIDE GOES SOUTH INTO THE HILL.
SO CO SAID, AND AGAIN THAT BEHIND THOSE CO SAID IS ALL OVERGROWN VEGETATION AND UH, AND IF YOU GO TO DRY UP, YOU CAN SEE IT.
AND UH, AND I KNOW ALL THE RESIDENTS VERY WORRIED ABOUT IN THEIR BACKYARD UP ON THE HILL.
SO, AND THAT IS AGAIN, MAYBE 20, 30 YEARS, I THINK SOME OF PLACES WE TOUCHED COUPLE YEARS AGO, MAYBE 5, 6, 7 YEARS AGO, BUT NEVER BEEN TOUCHED AGAIN.
SO HOPEFULLY WE, WE, I KNOW SOME RESIDENTS TOLD ME THEY HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE EVERY THREE, SIX MONTHS THEY TRAIN.
BUT NOW OKAY, THEN NOBODY SHOW UP AGAIN.
SO HOPEFULLY WE NEED TO DO A PROPER MAINTENANCE TO TRAIN AWAY FROM PEOPLE'S HOME AGAIN.
WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN OTHER THAN THE NORMAL TRIMMING THAT'S DOWN ON HILLSIDE AND THEN THE RESERVOIR THAT'S UP ON TOP.
BUT THAT'LL BE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL GET TO, YOU'LL GET TO BY END OF NEXT YEAR.
I WOULD THINK ABOUT JANUARY THIS YEAR, EVERYTHING WILL BE DONE AND NOW WE GO TO NEXT YEAR.
WELL, YOU CAN PULL ME OFF WHATEVER YOU WANT AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT ONE INSTEAD.
UH, NO, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CITY PROPERLY UNDERSTOOD PROPERLY AMEND.
AND WE DON'T HAVE A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.
AND THAT IS THE ISSUE WE HAVE.
YOU SAW IT ENA YOU SEE PACIFIC POWER SALE.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN OVER HERE.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE WATER.
WE DON'T HAVE AN OVERGROWN VEGETATION TO, TO GO TO PEOPLE'S HOME AND ESPECIALLY ANOTHER DRY GRASSES AND GRASS, THE PARK AND BKK.
AND, AND WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUE TOO BECAUSE THERE'S A POTENTIAL ISSUE TO OUR LIABILITY.
AND ANYWAY, I I THINK I UNDERSTAND.
YOU ARE GOING TO CLEAN UP ALL THOSE AREA.
AND UH, SO, AND IF ANY RESIDENT THEY HAVE ISSUE, WE JUST SEND IT TO YOU GUY AND YOU JUST GIVE THEM, LET THEM KNOW WHEN TO, OKAY.
AND, AND THE SCHEDULE MAINTENANCE YOU GOT COME IN SO THEY KNOW.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHEW ON ME EVERY DAY.
SAY WHEN THEY COMING, WHEN THEY ARE COMING.
I JUST WANNA SAY OBVIOUSLY WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR SOME TIME.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THE EXPECTATIONS AND THIS CONTRACT WAS THE FIRST FOR US AND WE WERE VERY MUCH TRYING TO SET, NOT ONLY GETTING IT CLEANED UP, BUT KEEPING A STANDARD.
YOU KNOW, WE, UM, THERE'S ONE TIME FIXES, PARKS, THE HILLSIDE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OBVIOUSLY EVERY AREA HAS A DIFFERENT, UM, DIFFERENT ISSUE AND A DIFFERENT THING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE HILLSIDES AND MD SIX AND SEVEN, BUT IN THAT AREA, SOMETIMES THE PROPERTY LINES ARE MUCH FARTHER THAN PEOPLE THINK THEY ARE.
SO WHAT THEY WANT CLEAN DOESN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY FALL BEHIND A HOUSE.
YOU GOT THE FENCE, YOU GOT THE PROPERTY LINE, WE'VE GOT IT CLEAR THERE, BUT MD SIX AND SEVEN, THE PROPERTY LINES ARE DIFFERENT.
BUT, UM, OUR GOAL, MY GOAL TO YOU IS TO, TO SET THE STANDARD AND KEEP IT THAT WAY.
WHEN WE PUT THIS CONTRACT INTO PLACE, THERE WILL BE SOME THINGS TO IRON OUT, SHADOW OAK BEING ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN OTHER AREAS, BUT TRIM IT DOWN, KEEP IT AT FOUR FEET, DON'T LET IT GET OVERGROWN FROM THERE.
PROJECTS AND THINGS WE CAN DO TO FIX THE IRRIGATION, PUT IN NEW PLANT LIFE, MAKE IT LOOK BEAUTIFUL IF WE NEED TO.
BUT FIRST GETTING IT DOWN YES.
AND GETTING IT TRIMMED AND THEN FIGURING OUT HOW TO MOVE FROM THAT.
AND THAT'S HOW WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE BECAUSE THOSE VEGETATION IS LIKE OUR HAIR TO GROW BACK.
AND UH, SO YOU HAVE THE ALWAYS MAINTENANCE, OTHERWISE THEY WILL GO BACK TO, WHAT, 30 YEARS AGO, THE 70 TO GROW FAST.
UH, LOOK, THE TREE YOU TREAT ONE TIME NEXT YEAR GO EVEN BIGGER THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO, SO YOU HAVE TO TRAIN AGAIN.
WE JUST HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE OKAY.
IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S SAFE.
NOT OVERGROWN AND ALL THE VEGETATION CLEAN UP AWAY FROM THE HOME.
AND, UH, I THINK THIS IS, UH, WHAT WE TRYING TO DO, BUT THE LAST THING I REALLY WANT TO HAVE A ACTING CITY MANAGER.
I THINK WE TALK ABOUT THAT MANY TIMES ABOUT STER PARK.
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REALLY THE POTENTIAL ISSUE.AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR, UH, UH, GIRL SCOUT WANT TO GO INSIDE TO CLEAN IT UP, BUT THEY DON'T TREAT THE TREE, THEY DON'T TREAT THE VEGETATION.
WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH ANY MACHINE.
WE JUST WANT THEM TO PICK UP THE TRASH, THIS AND THAT, BUT, AND DO THE CAMPING OVER THERE.
SO HOPEFULLY, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE WILL LOOK INTO IT.
SO WE HAVE A LOOK INTO HOW TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A DRY GRASS OVER THE POTENTIAL ISSUE.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTION, I WANT TO SAY MORE SUGGESTION.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT SOME PLANTS OR BUSHES, I WOULD SUGGEST ANA BECAUSE IT HAS BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND YOU CAN FIND 'EM IN VARIATIONS OF COLORS AND IT'S A LOW BUSH AND LOW MAINTENANCE, LOW MAINTENANCE AND A LOW WATER CONSUMPTION.
AND UH, OKAY, COUNCIL COUNCILMAN, COUNCILMAN CANTEL? YES.
UM, THIS IS A QUESTION MORE TO THE, TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.
I SENT INFORMATION FORWARD WITH REGARD TO DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT WOULD ASSIST WITH FIRE, FIRE, UH, RISK ABATEMENT.
UM, WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THOSE? OF OUR APPLYING FOR THOSE GRANTS TO GIVE US MORE CAPACITY, POSSIBLY TO INCREASE OUR FUNDING IN THIS AREA SO WE CAN EXPEDITE GETTING THESE, UH, THESE ISSUES ADDRESSED.
I DON'T HAVE STAFF HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT BETWEEN THE ASSISTANTS OF THE CITY MANAGER, OUR ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS, UM, AND ACTUALLY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, WELL AS WELL HAVE BEEN APPLYING FOR THE GRANTS IN ORDER TO FACILITATE SOME OF THE, THE FUNDING SOURCES THAT COULD BE USED TO HELP CLEAN UP AND IRRIGATE THOSE AREAS.
UH, BEFORE I GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUT, I WANT TO ADD ON, I FORGOT ONE.
YOU GO TO THE BK, K, THE, THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND YOU SEE THAT'S A LOT OF VEGETATION.
THAT'S INCLUDING OUR LMD RIGHT? THAT IS THE COASTAL STAGE I BELIEVE.
SO THAT'S INCLUDING OUR MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THERE'S A, THE OLDER HOME BETWEEN IT AND BEHI BEHIND THEIR PROPERTY GO TO THE BKK.
THEY HAVE A LOT, A LOT OVERGROWN THE AREA.
YOU'RE TA YOU'RE TALKING THE HOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO B KK CORRECT? ON THE LEFT SIDE, YES.
THAT IS NOT PART OF THE LMD AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH THE PROJECT TO TAKE CARE OF STER PARK.
WE'RE LOOKING, WORKING WITH FIRE AND ALL DEPARTMENTS AS MILAN STATED.
UM, WE'RE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO CLEAR IT AND KEEP IT DOWN.
BUT THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE PROJECT.
AND FUNDING HAS BEEN MAL ALLOCATED FOR THAT BECAUSE I TALKED TO THE DTSC, UH, THE, THE DTSC NICE AND CLEAN AND SHOWED OKAY.
THEY, THEY CLEAN IT UP, BUT ON OUR SIZE IS A HIGH OKAY.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CREATE A FIRE HAZARD.
JASON, IT LOOK LIKE POTENTIALLY CT LAND.
SO, SO THOSE, SO I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? I UNDERSTAND.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT HE CAN MEET ME OVER THERE,
IT WAS OVERGROWN LIKE A JUNGLE.
NOW IT LOOK LIKE IT'S FINALLY SOMEBODY GET A HAIRCUT.
BUT IF YOU GO INSIDE THOSE PROPERTY, THEY, INSIDE THEY HAVE SO MANY PROPERTY AND THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AND TOWNHOUSE AND BE BEHIND THEM BETWEEN THEIR HOME.
THEY HAVE A SAME THING LOOK LIKE A SHED OAK.
AND IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE SHADE OAK, UH, PROPERTY OVER THERE.
BUT THEY ALL HAVE OVERGROWN AND THE, AND THE VEGETATION BETWEEN THE HOME AS THE CITY PROPERTY.
AND THEN YOU GO TO THE, THE NORTH END ADJACENT TO THE BKK.
AND YOU SEE, OKAY, OUR GRASS DRY AND TALL AND THEN HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED.
TO AVOID POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.
IS THIS THE AREA THAT THAT'S IT ENDS AT FAIR GROVE THAT LIKE, UH, JUST TO, TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S NOT PART OF MERCHANT'S RESPONSIBILITY ON AMAR.
THEY STOP AT THE COASTAL SAGE.
SO YOU HAVE THE COASTAL SAGE SURROUNDS, UM, THE SPORTS PLEX AND THE END THERE AND THE AREA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE HOUSES THAT ARE NEXT TO STER PARK, IT ENDS IN A DUMP THAT'S NOT THERE.
UH, IF YOU GO TO THE SHED OAK, YOU GO TO THE, UH, YEAH, YOU GO TO BKK SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE OF BKK, NOT THE NORTH SIDE, THE SOUTH, THE BACK SIDE ON THE SOUTH LES TO FROM AL TO OAA THAT YOU CAN CLEAN THE HILL THAT'S OVERGROWN FROM AL TO, TO THE, TO THE AZUA BEHIND AL AND AZUA.
THERE IS A LOT OF HOUSES OVER THERE.
AND BETWEEN THOSE HOMES THERE, THERE'S A, THERE'S ABOUT FIVE, 500 HOMES OVER THERE.
AND BETWEEN THE HOME THEY ARE BUILDING ALMOST SIMILAR TO SHE OAK.
THEY HAVE A BRAZIL, THEY HAVE A OVERGROWN, AND THIS IS OWNED BY THE CITY.
I THINK THAT'S A-L-M-D-I THINK IT'S DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT FOUR.
SO THIS SHOULD BE INCLUDING INTO YOUR PROJECT.
THIS, THIS SHOULD BE PART OF IT.
SO, SO THAT, THAT SHOULD BE CLEAN BECAUSE
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I, I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN CLEAN YET, BUT YOU ARE GOING OVER THERE SOONER OR LATER.BECAUSE I, I I, THEY CALLING ME EVERY DAY.
AND, AND ENOUGH, I HAVE TO BRING MY MORE LAWN, LAWN MOWER OVER THERE.
I DON'T WANT YOU DOING THAT, MAYOR.
NO, I'M, I'M GETTING OLD DOING THE THOSE JOB.
YOU LOOK VERY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND LET'S GO TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER GUT.
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, IF YOU COULD LOOK AT THE MIDDLE, THE MIDDLE ISLANDS ON, UM, I THINK VINCENT AVENUE BETWEEN, UH, MINES AND, AND COUNCILWOMAN, UH, I'M SORRY.
MAYOR PROTE LOPEZ REAL'S DISTRICT.
I KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THOSE BUSHES ARE GROWING A LITTLE HIGH AROUND, I THINK, UM, THAT WHAT'S THAT? UH, RESTAURANTS CALLED BY THE HONG KONG PLAZA COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT IS PART OF A SEPARATE CONTRACT.
THAT'S THE MEDIA SEPARATE CONTRACT? YES.
I THINK HE SAID BRIBIE IS A, THE ONE THAT IS NOT PUT FOAM.
AND THEN WHO, WHO LOCKS THE PARKS AT NIGHT? WAS IT, IS IT BRIGHTVIEW? THE PARKS ARE LOCKED? NO, THE, THE PARKS ARE LOCKED BY MERCHANTS.
SO MAYBE ON SOME OF THOSE PARKS THAT THE KIDS ARE USING OR MAXIMIZING, IF, IF YOU COULD, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, CLOSE THEM LATER TOWARDS THE CLOSING TIME.
WHAT'S LATER FOR YOU? NINE O'CLOCK? I, YEAH, I THINK SO.
HE AND HIS WIFE ACTUALLY CLOSED THEM AT NIGHT.
OKAY, SO I SAY I PROMISED TO EIGHT 30, LET YOU GUYS GO HOME BUT LOOK LIKE NINE O'CLOCK BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MUCH INTERESTING TOPIC MM-HMM
HOPEFULLY WE CAN CLEAN UP ALL THE VEGETATION.
OTHERWISE I HAVE NO CHOICE TO BRING MY LAWNMOWER OVER THERE.
SO THEY'RE NOT GONNA CHARGE YOU FOR THAT.
SO ANYWAY, OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR.
LET'S CLEAN ALL THE VEGETATION AND, UH, EVERYTHING I'M, WE MENTIONED ABOUT PLEASE OKAY.
OKAY, SO WE DONE WITH, UH, AGENDA NUMBER A, THEN WE GO TO THE, UH, OKAY.
IF NONE, THEN WE GO TO THE COUNCIL
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
COMMENT REQUEST.MAY I REQUEST IF I CAN ASK THAT IT BE READ PLEASE GO AHEAD.
ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER, OR EXCUSE ME, OF COUNCILMAN OLI CANTOS, I'LL READ THE FOLLOWING MOTHER, MAY I REQUEST TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY? I MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE POLICY THAT DOES THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE REQUIRES PLACEMENTS OF ALL CONTRACTS, AGREEMENTS, AND MEMORANDUM UNDERSTANDING ON OUR OFFICIAL CITY WEBSITE, REGARDLESS OF CROSS PRIOR TO ADOPTION AND ORDER TO GIVE THE PUBLIC TIME TO REVIEW AND ASK QUESTION.
AND TWO REQUIRES INCLUSION OF SUCH DOCUMENTS ON THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
AND IN THE CASE OF EMERGENCIES THAT OCCUR BETWEEN MEETINGS RATIFICATION, I ASK THIS TO BE PLACED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA BY NO LATER THAN THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION IN DECEMBER, 2025.
SO IN, ESSENTIALLY I'M JUST ASKING THAT, THAT, UM, THAT ALL CONTRACTS, REGARDLESS OF COST, CONTRACTS, MOUS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS BE PLACED ONLINE FOR EVERYONE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO READ THEM AND THAT IT BE DONE BEFORE, UH, ADOPTION.
AND ALSO THE SECOND THING, UH, IS THAT WE, WE SHOULD HAVE THEM INCLUDED IN OUR, IN OUR PACKETS AND OTHER MATERIALS SO THAT WAY EVERYONE CAN SEE THEM.
AND SO THAT WAY WE, WE'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO QUESTION, OKAY, YOU WANT, BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, UH, IP, SO YOU WANT ALL THE CONTRACT BEFORE YOU FINALIZED THE, THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE PROPOSED? YEAH.
ALL THE CONTRACT PROPOSED MM-HMM
MEANING IF WE HAVE A THREE BEATER, SO YOU WANT THE THREE CONTRACT ALL POSTS ON ONLINE? WELL, ONLY THE ONE, THE CT P ONE THAT, THAT THE ONE THAT'S SUBMITS BEING PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL.
BECAUSE I MEAN, IF, IF, IF IT'S NOT FINAL, I MEAN, IT'S JUST WHAT'S, WHAT IS IT THAT'S ULTIMATELY BEING PROPOSED? VALID.
SO, SO BASICALLY, UH, YOU REQUEST, UH, THE, THE WHAT THE CITY AND THE STEP, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATION AND THAT CONTRACT SHOULD BE POSTED BEFORE WE VOTE ON IT.
SO THE PUBLIC CAN ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW, ASK QUESTIONS OF US AND SO FORTH.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, ALI, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE AFTER IT'S EXECUTED, THAT THAT CONTRACT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC TO LOOK UP? YES.
ANYTHING THAT'S FINALIZED? YES.
IF NOT, THEN I DON'T THINK ANYBODY AGAINST THAT.
AND, UH, IF WE DON'T, I'M GOING TO A AH, OKAY, GO AHEAD.
UM, SO, UH, THIS, THIS EVENING WE GOT A EMAIL FROM OUR, UM, ACTING CITY MANAGER IN NOTIFYING US THAT BBK,
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UH, BBK ARCHITECTS WHO WAS DOING THE DESIGN FOR FIRE STATION ONE WANTS AN ADDITIONAL $742,500.AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS, UH, DRAFT IT HAS SENT A LETTER TO PUT A STOP, UH, A PAUSE TO THAT AGREEMENT, TEMPORARY.
BUT I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DISCUSSION TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENED AND, AND, AND WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, BY THE SECOND MEETING OF DECEMBER.
SO I THINK YOU ALREADY PAUSED, RIGHT? YEAH, I'VE, I'VE PLACED IT ON PAUSE.
WITHIN OUR CONTRACT WITH PBK, WE HAD THE OPTION OF SUSPENDING OR PAUSING AT ANY TIME.
AND APPARENTLY A BRIEF SUMMARY, WHAT HAPPENED IS CITY COUNCIL ORIGINALLY ADOPTED A PROPOSAL FOR A, UM, A SMALLER SIZE FIRE STATION.
AT SOME POINT, THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION CHANGED IT TO A LARGER FIRE STATION.
AT THIS TIME THEY WERE ASKING FOR SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS IN ORDER TO, TO FINISH THAT PROJECT, UH, THE, THE, UM, ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION DESIGN AND PAPERWORK.
SO WITH THAT, UM, PRIOR TO FINALIZING LOCATION, SCOPE AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I, I'VE ASKED THE COMPANY TO JUST PLACE EVERYTHING ON PAUSE UNTIL WE CAN FINISH OUR ANALYSIS AND MOVE FORWARD IN A MORE REASONABLE AND SMART WAY.
ALAN, I'M, I'M NOT TRYING TO DISCUSS, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING OKAY.
TO WIN THE INFORMATION, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, OKAY, FIVE ZERO APPROVED LAST YEAR FOR THE BBK.
WE, WITH THE FIRST TIME WE SUSPENDED, WE WANT THEM TO, WE WANT TO CHECK ALL THE COMPANY, SEE THE PRICE IS GOOD BECAUSE THEY CHARGE US ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS, 900 SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO, SO, SO THEY USE UP THE $900,000 ALREADY? NOT YET, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY NOT, NO.
THEY'VE USED ONLY A SMALL PORTION.
RATHER THAN DWINDLING DOWN THAT AMOUNT ANY FURTHER, I WANTED TO PUT IT ON PAUSE UNTIL WE FINALIZE EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE, UH, I THINK WE NEED TO FIND A FUNDING SOURCE.
AND, UH, EVERYTHING AND, UH, AND I REMEMBER WE APPROVED TO, TO MAKE SURE OKAY, WHERE WE CAN PUT HERE AND HOW MUCH OKAY.
AND WHERE THE $20 MILLION COMING FROM OR BECAUSE IF WE CANNOT SELL THE LAND, OKAY, THEN WE, THEN WE HAVE NO MONEY.
OR IF WE WANT TO PUT ON THE CURRENT LOCATION, THEN WE NEED TO FIND OKAY.
WHERE WE CAN GET 20, $30 MILLION RIGHT THERE.
SO, SO, SO THAT YOU AS A CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM HAVE TO LOOK INTO ALL THE FUNCTION, BRING BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND FIND A SOLUTION SO WE CAN BUILD A STATION NUMBER ONE.
AND THAT, THAT WAS A PLAN NOT TO SPEND MONEY THAT'S NOT NEEDED.
NOW? NO, WE DON'T NEED TO SPEND THE MONEY RIGHT NOW.
SO, SO NOBODY AGAINST I SECOND IT, SO, OKAY.
YEAH, WE, WE SUSPEND IT TILL WE KNOW WHAT WE GOING TO IT.
AND BRING IT BACK TO US IN THE SECOND MEETING JUST TO, 'CAUSE I KNOW, UM, EVEN BEFORE I GOT HERE, I KNOW MAYOR RU ADVOCATED REALLY, UH, STRONGLY TO SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND, AND I KNOW BBK NEVER TOLD, UH, THE CONS HERE BEFORE I GOT HERE, OR EVEN AFTER I GOT HERE, THAT SOMEHOW IT'S GONNA COST US AN EXTRA $742,000 TO EXPAND THE SCOPE.
SO I, I JUST, JUST SO WE DON'T GO INTO DISCUSSION, I, I WOULD LIKE THAT CONTRACT TO BE GIVEN TO US AND THEN, AND, UH, AND GIVE US SOME FACTS ABOUT IT AT THE SECOND MEETING OF DECEMBER.
AND IF NONE, DO I HAVE MOTION TO JIM? UH, ONE MORE YOU, ARE YOU SURE? YEAH.
UM, SO I WAS LOOKING AT, UM, AND I, I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS EARLIER IN THE YEAR ABOUT OUR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT OR THE, OR LOCAL DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.
AND I KNOW, UM, I THINK IT SEE A PROOF APPROPRIATION 598,000, AND NOW IT'S SAYING, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2025.
UH, AND MAYBE KAREN COULD EXPLAIN, BUT IT'S SAYING THAT WE HAVE $7,586.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MEANS REMAINING OR WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THEN I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A BUNCH OF ATTORNEY FEES, UH, BEING, BEING CHARGED FOR WESTFIELD HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND, AND SO I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, AND, AND I KNOW, UH, MAYOR RU HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
AND I THINK JUST TO MAKE SURE, UM, WE KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY'S IN THAT ACCOUNT AND, AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO FIGURE OUT STUFF THAT WE BE TOLD TRANSPARENTLY HOW MUCH MONEY IS IN THAT ACCOUNT, AND WHY WERE WE BEING CHARGED A BUNCH OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN ATTORNEY FEES FOR WESTFIELD HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO YOU WANT THE DETAIL WHERE MONEY GOES? YES, I AGREE.
COULD YOU PLEASE, UH, BRING THE DETAIL WHERE THE MONEY, HOW MUCH OKAY.
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WHERE'S THE ATTORNEY FEE GO TO? WHY, WHY WE NEED ATTORNEY FOR, FOR THAT.SO, BUT ANYWAY, UH, THE WE MEETING OF DECEMBER OR, UH, WHEN YOU CAN BRING THIS BACK TO US.
UH, FIRST MEETING OF DECEMBER.
FIRST MEETING OF DECEMBER WILL BE FINE.
FIRST MEETING OF DECEMBER IS CHANGING THE, OH, NO.
LET'S, LET'S DO THE SECOND MEETING.
I THINK SECOND MEETING IS BETTER.
THE FIRST MEETING WE NEED TO CHANGE THE ORGANIZATION.
SO I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A CT BUSINESS.
THE MAYOR PODIUM BECOME THE MAYOR.
SO ANYWAY, UH, NOW YOU'RE OKAY TO ADJOURN.
AND THEN, UH, WHAT ELSE WAS I GONNA SAY? SORRY, ONE MORE THING.
UM, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE GRANT STUFF, UM, AND MAYBE THIS IS COMMENTS, BUT THE GRANTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAD HAD MADE A COUNCIL REQUEST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO DO AN RFP TO LOOK FOR A POTENTIAL LOBBYIST, A POTENTIAL GRANT WRITER.
AND ALSO WE WERE ALSO WAITING FOR A PRESENTATION ON, UM, I FORGOT HIS NAME, BUT THE, THE, THE LOBBYISTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THE CITY, CITY WAS SUPPOSED TO GIVE THE CONCERT AN UPDATE ON WHAT HAS, UM, I FORGOT HIS NAME AGAIN.
YOU KNOW, NAME THE, THE LOBBY AS FOR OUR CITY, UH, WHAT HE'S ACCOMPLISHED FOR OUR CITY AND, AND DO WE NEED TO LOOK FOR A NEW RFP FOR THAT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE ALREADY GAVE DIRECTION, BUT IT HASN'T COME BACK YET.
UM, WE WILL COME BACK WITH, I BELIEVE IT'S GONZALEZ, UM, YES.
AND I THINK WE NEED ASK ABOUT THAT BEFORE.
I, I BELIEVE THE RFP HAS BEEN, UH, COMPLETED AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME ITEMS BACK.
AND ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE MET WITH A NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS THAT BEEN REFERRED TO ME BY THE COUNCIL THAT DO OFFER, UH, GRANT PROGRAMS, UH, IN FACILITATING GRANTS.
AND THEY'VE ALL BEEN INSTRUCTED TO GO THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS WITH US TO MAKE SURE WE, UH, CAPTURE EVERYBODY AND SELECT THE BEST PERSON.
I THINK NEIL COULD DO IT FOR US.
I, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE RFP PROCESS FOR THE GRANT.
YOU THE, AT THE SAME TIME GRANT WRITER.
I THINK YOU CAN WIN A LOT OF MONEY BACK TO WEST COVINA.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND OR YOU WANT MORE MEETING? OH, I SECOND.