* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:06] GOOD EVENING. WELCOME TO OUR NOVEMBER 4TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING RIGHT NOW IS 7 0 2, AND THE MEETING NOW IN SESSION. ANY PERSON WHICH TO ADDRESS TO THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CALL THAT IS PROVIDE ADD ENT ENTRY TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBER AND SUBMIT THE CALL TO THE, UH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. OH, WELCOME, MONIQUE. THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP. OKAY. AND NICE TO HAVE YOU. OKAY. AND TO OVER HERE TO HOST THE MEETING WITH ME. PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT AND OVERALL COMMUNICATION SPEAKER CALL WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. OKAY. AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED. OKAY. AND TONIGHT INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ. OKAY. AND PASTOR MARTINEZ. OKAY. AND I WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEASURE. ALL RISE, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR HEAVEN. FATHERS, WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING. WE REMEMBER TO THANK YOU FOR ALL THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN AMERICA. AND WE THANK YOU FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN THAT HAVE SERVED PAST AND PRESENT IN THE ARMED FORCES FATHER. AND WE THANK YOU THAT THEY HAVE PROTECTED THE FREEDOMS AND GAINED THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ARE ENJOYING EVEN THIS EVENING. HEAVEN ONLY. FATHER, WE THANK YOU AND HELP US NEVER TO FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE AND THEIR SERVICE. AND FATHER, HELP US NEVER TO FORGET EVEN OUR AMERICAN MOTTO. IN GOD WE TRUST. HELP US TO TRUST YOU. FATHER KING SOLOMON SAID THAT WISDOM IS A PRINCIPLE THING, AND YOU ARE THE GIVER OF WISDOM. HE SAID IN YOUR WORD, IF ANY MAN LACKS WISDOM, LET A MASK OF GOD AND THAT YOU WOULD GIVE LIBERALLY HEAVENLY FATHER. AND SO I ASK YOU TO GIVE LIBERAL WISDOM TO OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL, OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, FIRE, CHIEF FATHER, ALL THOSE IN AUTHORITY, IN, IN OUR, IN OUR CITY. FATHER, INCLUDING FATHER, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND SO MANY MORE THAT WE CAN NAME. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE PRAY FOR OUR SCHOOLS AND WE PRAY, FATHER, FOR THE PROTECTION OF YOUR ANGELS OVER ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. BLESS OUR TEACHERS, BLESS OUR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS. FATHER, BLESS OUR SCHOOL BOARDS FATHER HERE IN OUR CITY. AND FATHER, WE PRAY THAT YOU BLESS THE BUSINESSES OF THIS CITY. FATHER, WE PRAY FATHER, FOR OUR SCHOOL, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR STREETS TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFE HAVENS AS WELL AS OUR SCHOOLS. AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE BLESS YOU FOR AMERICA. WE BLESS YOU FOR OUR CITY, AND WE BLESS OUR CITY. THE LORD BLESS YOU AND KEEP YOU WEST. COVINA THE LORD MAKE HIS FACE SHINE UPON YOU AND LIFT UP HIS CONTINENCE UPON YOU AND GRAND YOU HIS SHALOM. PEACE. AND WE SPEAK PEACE. SHALOM, FATHER, TO ALL THE FAMILIES IN OUR CITY AND ALL THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT MAY BE GOING THROUGH SOME KIND OF CRISIS THIS EVENING, FATHER, BE IT AN INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT IN, IN THEIR HOME. A PHYSICAL CONFLICT, AN EMOTIONAL CONFLICT, AN ECONOMIC CONFLICT, FATHER, AND WE SPEAK YOUR COMFORT UPON THEM. WE THANK YOU. GOD BLESS AMERICA. GOD BLESS WEST COVINA, AND THANK YOU FOR HELPING OUR BOYS IN BLUE. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART. FACE THE FLAG AND FOLLOW MY LEAD. READY I FLAG TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MR. REPUBLIC, FOR WHICH CHANCE? ONE NATION UNDER LAW, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. HAVE A STATE, PLEASE. AND, UH, ASSISTANT CITY CLUB. UH, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, ROLL CALL. COUNCILMAN CONCHOS HERE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. HERE. MAYOR PROTI LOPEZ. VITO, PRESENT. MAYOR WU. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING RECALL FROM THE CLOSE SECTION? NOTHING TO REPORT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. AND FOR TONIGHT, I'M GOING TO MOVE THE AGENDA NUMBER SEVEN REGARDING THE WEBSITE, THE SMART CITY TO SERVICE OUR RESIDENT. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. GOING TO MOVE UP TO THE PRESENTATION. SO IT WILL BE OUR SECOND PRESENTATION. AND TONIGHT THE FIRST PRESENTATION [ PRESENTATIONS ] IS ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS. OKAY? AND, UH, SATURDAY. AND THAT IS SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FROM OUR ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT TO BRING THIS TO THE PUBLIC, [00:05:17] OKAY? UH, THE SMALL BUSINESS, HOW MANY SMALL BUSINESS WE HAVE IN WEST COVINA, HOW MANY BUSINESS WE HAVE IN WEST COVINA. BRAD, THAT THING YOU SHOULD KNOW. YOU RIGHT? I TAKE YOU TO LUNCH. 5, 5, 500 AT LEAST MORE THAN FIVE. WE HAVE MORE THAN FIVE. WE HAVE ABOUT THREE 4,000, ALMOST 4,000 BUSINESS IN THIS BIG CITY, WEST COVINA, OKAY? AND, UH, IT PREDOMINANTLY SMALL BUSINESS, OKAY? MOM AND POP. OKAY? THAT IS HOW THEY HIRE, OKAY? OUR PEOPLE, MEANING OUR RESIDENT, OUR YOUNG YOUNGSTERS, AND ALL THESE PEOPLE, OKAY? HAVE A JOB BECAUSE, UH, SMALL BUSINESS, HOW MANY PERCENTAGE OF, UH, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYEE THEY HIRE BY THE SMALL BUSINESS, WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE? ARE THEY HIRED BY THE BIG BUSINESS OR SMALL BUSINESS? SMALL BUSINESS. 55% OF OUR EMPLOYEE HIRED BY THE SMALL BUSINESS. NOW YOU CAN SEE HOW IMPORTANT THE MOM AND POP BUSINESS THEY CREATE ABOUT OUR ENGINE OF OUR CITY. SO HERE I WANT TO INTRODUCE, OKAY. AND OUR, THIS NEW HIRE. SO I'M THE FIRST TIME I'M MEETING HIM TOO. OKAY? THE SECOND TIME. SECOND TIME. SECOND TIME, YEAH. MONDAY IS THE FIRST TIME, THE SECOND TIME OUR ECONOMY, COMMUNITY ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, OKAY? AND, UH, MAYBE YOU SHOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, UH, AND, UH, OKAY. GERALDO IS OUR ACTING, OKAY. CITY MANAGER, OKAY. AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND MANAGERS FOR A LONG TIME. AND, BUT NOW WE HAVE ENFORCEMENT COMING IN TO HELP US TO BRING MORE BUSINESS AND HELP OUR THREE, 4,000 BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA. THANK YOU MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. HELLO, MY NAME'S DON YE ADAMS, I'M YOUR NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, MANAGER, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER, UM, TO BE PRECISE. UM, AND IN THIS ROLE, I'M GOING TO BE LEADING THE, ALONG WITH THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THE EFFORT TO BRING NEW BUSINESSES INTO THE CITY, TO SUSTAIN THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HERE AND TO ENCOURAGE JUST AN OVERALL BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, RIGHT? WE HAVE AN, WE HAVE A, UH, A WEST, UH, UM, UM, WEST COVINA CHAMBER THAT WE'VE JUST STARTED RECENTLY. UM, AND WE'RE GOING TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESSES TO JOIN UP, UM, IN THE WEST, IN THE, IN THE WEST COVINA CHAMBER. RIGHT NOW, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 30 BUSINESSES THAT HAVE JOINED, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO, TO ADD MORE BUSINESSES TO THIS, UM, TO THE CHAMBER. SO IF YOU'VE NOT JOINED, UM, OR IF YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING JOINING, WHY DON'T YOU TALK TO ME AFTER THE MEETING AND WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN GET YOU SIGNED UP. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE JOINED, WE'D LIKE FOR YOU TO ENCOURAGE SOME OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE CITY TO JOIN UP. SO, WITH THAT, I'LL GIVE IT BACK TO THE MAYOR. YEAH. UH, I THINK OKAY, FOR, WE HAVE ABOUT ALMOST 4,000 BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA AND OUR WEST CO CHAMBER ONLY 30. SO WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. OKAY? SO, SO WE HAVE TO CLIMB THAT MOUNTAIN, OKAY? SO, SO, AND MYSELF, AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I UNDERSTAND HOW IMPORTANT THE, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SMALL BUSINESS COMBINED TOGETHER AS A PARTNERSHIP. SO WE NEED TO BRING THIS PARTNERSHIP, OUR JOBS, TO HELP THE SMALL BUSINESS TO SURVIVE AND HELP THEM TO DEVELOP EVEN MORE BUSINESS SO THEY CAN HELP US AND HELP THE CITY. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING THAT'S, NO, I'M JUST AGREEING WITH YOU. THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. YES. SO, SO, SO AS A PARTNERSHIP, SO AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS HOW CAN WE HELP THEM, OKAY? FOR THEIR OVERCOME, THEIR OBSTACLE AND ANY ISSUE, OKAY? ANY OF A SAFETY ISSUE, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, GRAVITY ISSUE, OKAY. OR THEIR PARKING LOT. THIS AND THAT. OUR JOB IS TO HELP THEM, OKAY? AND MAKE SURE, AND ANOTHER THING IS COMMUNICATION CHANNEL. HOW THE GOVERNMENT AND, UH, OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND, UH, WITH, UH, WITH A SMALL BUSINESS, HOW CAN WE COMMUNICATE EACH OTHER, HOW WE HELP THEM, HOW THEM CAN HAVE A CHANNEL TO TELL, OKAY? AND, UH, OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR POLICE AND FIRE TO HELP THEM. AND IT IS THROUGH WEST COVINA CHAMBER, OKAY? AND THE WEST COA CHAMBER BASICALLY IS A VEHICLE AND HUB TO HAVE THE COMMUNICATION. AND SINCE YOU GUYS ARE OVER THERE, THEY HELPING THEM AND, UH, HELP SEE TO LISTEN TO THEIR ISSUE AND THE PROBLEM. AND RADO, YOU'VE BEEN IN THE CITY FOR A LONG TIME, SO I'M GONNA HANG OVER FOR YOU. AND, UH, WELCOME TO WEST COVINA. WE HAVE HIGH HOPE AND WE WANT TO SEE [00:10:01] NEXT TIME YOU IN THE MEETING. I WANT YOU BRING MAYBE 1000, OKAY? MEMBER , LETS GO FOR 2000. 2000, OKAY? IF YOU CAN BRING 2000, I'M GONNA TAKE YOU TO LUNCH, OKAY? AND GERALDO, SAY SOMETHING. JUST WANNA WELCOME DONYA TO THE TEAM. UH, VERY GLAD TO HAVE HIM AND WELCOME. WANTED TO ADD THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND LET, LEMME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON MYSELF. UM, I'VE SPENT ABOUT 17 YEARS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, RIGHT? ONE WITH THE CITY, SIX YEARS WITH THE CITY OF LINWOOD, AND 11 YEARS WITH THE CITY OF CARSON. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE 17 YEARS WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, I'VE SPENT ABOUT 15 YEARS AS A CONSULTANT. TWO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH A COMPANY CALLED DELL RICHARDSON ASSOCIATES, AND THEN SENECA REAL ESTATE SERVICES. SO I'VE GOT A, A, A NUMBER OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING, UH, MAYOR WITH THE, UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, AND WITH THE, WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH THE COUNCIL. SO I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A VERY GOOD MATCH. OKAY? UM, I, I, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A RIGHT STAFF COMING IN WITH A PASSION AND TO HELP OUR LOCAL BUSINESS. AND WE, OUR JOB OKAY? IS NOT A PROBLEM. SO GOVERNMENTS SHOULDN'T BE THE PROBLEM OF THE BUSINESS. GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE THE HELPER, OKAY? AND THE PARTNER, THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BUSINESS, BECAUSE WITHOUT THE BUSINESS, HOW WE GET RESOURCE, HOW WE GET JOB, HOW WE GET ALL THIS, OKAY, SERVICE THAT PROVIDE FOR OUR LOCAL RESIDENT, HOW WE PROVIDE FOR OUR YOUNGSTER, HAVE A CHANCE TO BE TRAINED AND TO INTO THE BUSINESS AND THE FUTURE. THEY WILL BE ONE OF OUR EMPLOYER OR EMPLOYEE. SO I THINK THIS IS, UH, WHAT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH COVINA TRIED TO BUILD. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THANK YOU TO JOIN WITH COVINA FAMILY. AND WE WILL, AND I HAVE A HIGH HOPE THE WAY YOU TALK. I CAN SEE AS A BUSINESS MAN TO A BUSINESSMAN, AND YOU REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY, HOW TO RECRUIT, OKAY? AND HOW TO RETAIN AND, UH, BASICALLY, AND HOW TO SERVICE OUR COMMUNITIES, OKAY? AND YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS PROCLAMATION? YES. SO WE HAVE A PROC PROCLAMATION, SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2025, WHICH IS THE DAY AFTER BLACK TH BLACK FRIDAY, RIGHT? AND WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH BLACK FRIDAY, RIGHT? SO WE WANNA MAKE THAT SATURDAY THE SMALL BUSINESS DAY, RIGHT? SO THAT YOU CAN SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I'M, I'VE GOT THIS PROCLAMATION, SIR, THAT I'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. TO ME, OKAY? I SHOULD PRESENT TO YOU . IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN PRESENT TO ME . I ALWAYS PRESENT TO PEOPLE PRESENT TO ME. I TAKE IT, I TAKE IT. WELL, SIR, THANK YOU, SIR. WHEREAS THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA CELEBRATES OUR, OUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND COMMUNITY. ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 36.2 MILLION SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE UNITED STATES. THEY REPRESENT 99.9% OF ALL THE BUSINESSES WITH EMPLOYEES IN THE UNITED STATES, AND ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 88.9% OF THE NET NEW JOBS CREATED BETWEEN MARCH, 2023 AND MARCH, 2024. AND WHEREAS SMALL BUSINESSES ACCOUNT FOR 45.9% OF THE TOTAL PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYING 62.3 MILLION PEOPLE. AND WHEREAS BETWEEN MARCH, 2023 AND MARCH, 2024, SMALL BUSINESSES CREATED 1.2 MILLION NET NEW JOBS. AND WHEREAS 93% OF CONSUMERS IN THE UNITED STATES AGREE THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO SUPPORT THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT THEY VALUE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTS OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT CREATE JOBS, BOOST OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND WHEREAS MAYOR ADVOCACY GROUPS, AS WELL AS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE ENDORSED THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING AS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. AND I'VE BEEN HERE AS A MAYOR FOR A WHOLE YEAR. [00:15:01] THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE , OKAY? AND THEN SUPPOSEDLY I SHOULD OKAY, READ IT AND GIVE TO YOU. BUT I LOOK LIKE WE CHANGE OUR, MAYBE MOVE TO WEST COVE, THAT WILL BE THE MAY ONE DAY, SO YOU CAN PRESENT THE CERTIFICATE. BUT, BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT TO, OKAY, PROCLAMATION ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS MONTH AND SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE BUSINESS IN WEST CODA. UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HERE TO HELP THEM, OKAY? AND THE GOVERNMENT SHOULDN'T BE THE PROBLEM. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE THE ANSWER SHOULD BE THE HELPER, SHOULD BE OKAY. AND, UH, MAKE SURE THEY, THEY GET THEIR HELP, THEY NEED, OKAY? AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN SURVIVE, HIRE MORE PEOPLE AND, UH, PROVIDE MORE TAXES, OKAY? TO THE CITY. SO PROVIDE, WE CAN PROVIDE A SERVICE, HIRE MORE POLICE AND FIRE TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE. SO, UH, WE, I THINK, OKAY, IN NOVEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? UM, YES. SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS, UH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH. WE'RE ENCOURAGING ALL BUSINESSES HERE IN THE CITY, UH, TO, TO PARTAKE IN SMALL BUSINESS. SATURDAY. ALL BUSINESSES, ALL, ALMOST 4,000 BUSINESSES HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ME, UH, ENCOURAGING YOU ALL TO PARTICIPATE. UM, THERE IS A PARTICIPATION FORM ON THAT EMAIL. UM, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND FILL THAT OUT IF YOU, UM, CHOOSE TO PARTICIPATE AND US EMAIL IT BACK TO ME, BUT YES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, A SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. AND, UH, DO WE HAVE A LOCATION FOR THEM TO GET TOGETHER OR JUST IT, IT ALL TAKES PART IN, IN EACH PARTICULAR BUSINESS, EACH RESPECTIVE BUSINESS. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN STUFF. SO, SO HOW THEY PARTICIPATE, JUST TO FILL THE EMAIL SENT BACK TO YOU OR SEND IT BACK TO ME, WE HAVE, UH, WE WILL PATIENT TO PUT THEM TOGETHER. UM, WE ARE RECEIVING, UH, MARKETING MATERIAL FOR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY FROM AMERICAN EXPRESS. AND IF YOU DO PARTAKE IN SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, I WILL BE HANDING THAT TO YOU. UM, THERE IS ALSO THE OPTION TO INCLUDE OR PROVIDE US WITH A SMALL 15 TO 22ND VIDEO, WHICH WE ALSO, UM, PUT ADDING TO OUR, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA AT WEST COVINA CITY AND AT AT WEST COVINA CHAMBER. I, I, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS IF WE WANT, OKAY, THE SMALL BUSINESS, OR ALL THE BUSINESS, NORMALLY THE SMALL OR BIGGER MEDIUM SIZE TO JOIN THE WEST COVINA CHAMBER IS YOU NEED TO LET THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE BENEFIT TO JOIN THIS CHAMBER, WHAT THE CITY CAN HELP YOU, OKAY? SO THEY FEEL THE VALUE TO JOIN THIS ORGANIZATION. AND THEN LATER ON, WE WANT THEM TO ELECT THEIR PRESIDENT, THE BOARD MEMBER, ET CETERA. SO WE CAN HANG OVER. WE, WE, WE APPROVE CITY COUNCIL, APPROVE THIS BECAUSE AS A BIG CITY OF WEST COVINA MUST HAVE A CHAMBER OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, SINCE WE HAVE ABOUT 4,000 BUSINESS OVER THERE, WE NEED TO UNITE THEM, AND THEY UNDERSTAND WE WANT TO HELP THEM, AND THEY HAVE A VOICE, OKAY? THE VOICE IS HOW TO IMPROVE THEIR BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA. I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT OKAY. FOR THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND FOR YOU TO JOIN US SO YOU CAN RECRUIT THEM AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE BENEFIT, UH, TO JOIN THIS, UH, WEST COVINA CHAMBER. THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. GO AHEAD. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR. I, I'D LIKE TO LEAVE YOU WITH A PHONE NUMBER THAT YOU CAN CALL FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY. AND THAT IS THAT THIS IS OUR OFFICE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING, UH, AREA CODE 6 2 6 9 3 9 8 4 1 7. OR YOU CAN EMAIL US AT G OJAS@WESTCOVINA.ORG. THAT'S HIS EMAIL. AND, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE ONE THING SAYS, BECAUSE I RECEIVE A LOT OF RESIDENT OR BUSINESS, THEY SAY, UH, SOMETIMES THEY EMAIL THE CT OR CALLED Z, THEY NEVER GET A RESPONSE. SO HOPEFULLY THIS TIME WITH YOU JOINING US, YES. OKAY. AND, UH, MAKE SURE, OKAY, I AM PROACTIVE, OKAY. TO RESPOND TO THE EMAIL, TO ANSWER THE PHONE, CALL THEM BACK AND MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WE ARE GOING FOLLOW THROUGH. WE'RE GONNA, WE RECRUIT THEM, WE'RE GONNA HELP THEM. THAT'S CORRECT, MAYOR. THAT'S CORRECT. WE WANT, SO I WANT WANNA LEAVE YOU, WELL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. WHY LEAVE, LEAVE IT WITH ONE SLOGAN MADE UP BY MR. ROJAS. SHOP, SMALL SHOP, LOCAL SHOP, WEST COVINA. VERY GOOD. OKAY, LET'S KEEP IT DOWN THE HAND AGAIN. WE HAD A QUESTION, MA'AM. UH, IF YOU HAVE A WEST COVINA BUSINESS LICENSE, WHATEVER EMAIL YOU PROVIDED, THAT'S WHERE I, UH, LET, LET'S DO THIS. OKAY? UH, NO, WE, WE, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION. IT'S WEST COVINA WEBSITE AND THE WEBSITE, WE PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION. AM I RIGHT, ANNE? THE WEBSITE HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT, SO WE'LL GO OVER THE INFORMATION AND I KNOW THAT, YES. UM, HERARDO HAS BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY ON MAKING SURE THAT THE SMALL BUSINESS, UM, SATURDAY INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE. YES. SO HE HAS TOLD ME THAT THAT IS A PRIORITY. WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL THIS, WE DOING SOME KIND OF, UH, IT'S NOT [00:20:01] JUST WHAT WE DOING. IT IS THE DO WE DOING, WE PROMOTE IT SO PEOPLE WILL KNOW AND PEOPLE CALL AND WE ARE GOING TO RESPOND. SO IN THAT WAY, WE NOW WASTE OUR ENERGY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE ALL THE BUSINESS CAN GET SERVICE AND UNITED UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP TO HELP THEM. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANNOUNCEMENT. WELCOME. WELCOME, DON. NOW, NOW YOU HAVE TO PERFORM. OKAY? ARE WE GOING TO MOVE TO THE SECOND PRESENTATION? AND THIS SECOND PRESENTATION BASICALLY IS OUR NUMBER SEVEN. BUT SINCE, OKAY, WE DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE LAKE, WE WANT TO GO TO THE HOW IMPORTANT THIS WEST COVINA NEW WEBSITE ABOUT THE SMART CITY. WHAT WE TRY TO CREATE IS A 24 7 OF SERVICE. SO GOVERNMENT IS NOT JUST YOU WAITING THE LINE, COME OVER HERE, THE COUNTER AND THIS MAKE APPOINTMENT, THIS AND THAT. OKAY? I THINK THE NEW SERVICE SHOULD BE 24 7. THAT NO MATTER WHERE YOU AT, OKAY? UNDER USING YOUR PHONE, TABLET, COMPUTER, YOU CAN ONLINE AND TO SUBMIT, OKAY, YOUR PLAN, SUBMIT YOUR QUESTION, OR YOU CAN APPLY IF A VENDOR, THE EVENT, YOU CAN CHECK ALL THE INFORMATION. THE IDEA IS THE GOVERNANCE SHOULD BE ALWAYS NEXT TO YOU, LIKE A BUSINESS TO SERVICE YOU. YOU HAVE PHONE, YOU HAVE COMPUTER, YOU BASICALLY CAN GET INFORMATION. HOPEFULLY IT'S A ONE STAR SHOPPING. THAT'S THE IDEA NOW, TO SEE THE DELIVER. CAN THEY DELIVER? NOW WE GO TO SECOND PRESENTATION FROM OUR [7) PRESENTATION ON THE NEW CITY OF WEST COVINA WEBSITE] CITY, CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LIMA, GO AHEAD. OH MY GOODNESS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. IT IS MY PLEASURE TO GIVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION REGARDING OUR NEW CITY WEBSITE. UM, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE DID DO A SOFT LAUNCH, UM, BEGINNING ON OCTOBER 30TH, WHICH WAS LAST WEEK, UM, TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. IT GAVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY WORK THROUGH SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE WEBSITE, AS WELL AS TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS IN REAL TIME. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, IT ALSO ALLOWED FOR SOME OTHER COMPONENTS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO BECOME LIVE, ONE OF WHICH WE'RE GOING TO, UH, SHOWCASE FOR YOU TONIGHT, WHICH IS OUR NEW CHAT BOT FEATURE. UM, BUT BEFORE WE DO ANY OF THAT, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND REGARDING THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE TOOK WHEN WE WENT INTO THIS WEBSITE. WHEN, UM, COUNCIL AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO CIVICS PLUS, UM, WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR INTERNAL STAFF AND WE DECIDED THAT WE WOULD COME UP WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION TEAM. NOW, THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHANGES TO THE STAFF, UM, BUT THE IMPLEMENTATION, IMPLEMENTATION TEAM, UM, THAT SAW THIS THROUGH WHERE MYSELF, OUR IT MANAGER, WILL TRAHIJO AND, UM, DEBORAH JOHNSTON FROM PUBLIC WORKS, WHO IS NOT WITH US TONIGHT. UM, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE HER SOME RECOGNITION AS WELL. AND WHAT WE DID IS WE MET WITH THE INDIVIDUAL DEPARTMENTS. WE MET WITH, UM, THOSE WHO ARE AT THE FRONT LINE, A ANSWERING PHONES, ANSWERING QUESTIONS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, UM, TO REALLY HELP US DEVELOP A WEBSITE, UM, THAT WAS GOING TO BE RESPONSIVE TO OUR RESIDENTS, AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AREAS THAT OUR RESIDENTS REALLY ASKED THE MOST QUESTIONS ABOUT. UM, FROM THERE, THE CITY ALSO IMPLEMENTED A WEBSITE SURVEY TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS. WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH CIVICS PLUS, UM, WITH OUR CONSULTANT JEWEL, WHOM YOU'VE MET, UM, WHO CAME AND GAVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE PROGRESS. AND THEN HE LET THE STAFF LOOSE. JEWEL TRAINED THE STAFF. UM, WE'VE CREATED TRAINING VIDEOS FOR THE STAFF. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY APPRECIATED ABOUT THE CIVICS PLUS MODEL WAS THE BACKEND, WAS THE FEATURES, WAS THE ABILITY TO REALLY GIVE THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND THE DIVISIONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE OWNERSHIP OVER THOSE PAGES. AND SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT MEANS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS AND THE DIVISIONS ARE THEIR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. SO WELL TRADE, SO STAFF GETS TRAINED, UM, THEY CAN MAKE, UM, THE ADJUSTMENTS, THE UPDATES TO THE WEBSITE, UM, SO THAT WHEN NEW INFORMATION IS MADE AVAILABLE, WHEN SEASONAL CHANGES OCCUR, ALL OF THAT CAN BE DONE JUST ABOUT INSTANTANEOUSLY OR SCHEDULED OUT. SO THAT, AGAIN, WE ARE MORE RESPONSIVE. UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO RIGHT NOW IS CALL UP OUR, MY PARTNER IN CRIME, MR. WIL TRUJILLO. LET'S GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. UM, BY THE WAY, HE'S THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, , OKAY, LET'S GIVE HIM ANOTHER HAND. THANK YOU. HE'S, UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HE'S OUR TECH MANAGER AND, UH, WE ALLOW HIM THE NOW OF THIS WILL WORK. APPRECIATE IT. HOW IMPORTANT IS THAT? GO AHEAD. APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING. MARY W UH, MAYOR PRO LETTI, UM, [00:25:01] AND COUNCIL, I'M ACTUALLY VERY, VERY PROUD TO FIND AND REVEAL THE CITY'S WEBSITE. UM, WE'RE NOW WEST COVINA.GOV, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CLARITY, WE STILL HAVE THE.ORG, BUT WE'RE GONNA AUTOMATICALLY REVERT OVER TO THE.GOV. SO EVEN IF YOU STILL GO TO THE.ORG, IT'LL AUTOMATICALLY TAKE YOU TO OUR NEW, SO OUR EMAIL WILL BE TONY, DO@WESTCOVIN.GOV. GO V NOT YET. THE EMAILS HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED. THIS IS STRICTLY JUST FOR THE WEBSITES FOR RIGHT NOW. UM, SO LIKE ROXANNE MENTIONED, LAST YEAR IN OCTOBER, CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE NEW CITY'S WEBSITE, REDESIGNED WITH CIVICS PLUS, AND NOW IT'S POWERED BY THE MUNICIPAL WEBSITE, CENTRAL CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, WHICH ALLOWS, UH, IT TO BE MORE ROBUST, USER FRIENDLY AND EFFICIENT WITH ALL NEW FEATURES, FUNCTIONALITY THAT'S NEEDED FOR TODAY'S AND FUTURE ENHANCEMENTS. THE NEW WEBSITE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR OUR CITY STAFF TO UPDATE IT AS FREQUENT, AS FREQUENTLY AS NEEDED. THE EASY TO USE SYSTEM ALLOWS OUR NON-TECHNICAL EMPLOYEES TO EFFICIENTLY UPDATE THEIR ASSIGNED DEPARTMENTAL WEBPAGE AT THEIR OWN LEISURE CIVICS PLUS PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE NEW WEBSITE FROM ANY DEVICE SCREEN SIZE OR ORIENTATION, MAKING IT MOBILE FRIENDLY WITH A RESPONSIVE AND OPTIMIZED DESIGN. THIS ENSURES THE CITY'S INFORMATION IS EASILY ACCESSIBLE ON OUR PLATFORMS OF ALL FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE NEW WEBSITE IS HIGHLY COMPLIANT WITH THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS OUTLINED WITHIN THE SECTION 5 0 8 AND WCAG LEVEL A AND AA, UM, CRITERIA. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, DRUM ROLL. I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO WITH THE WHIP SOCK SHOWS THE WEBSITE . SO ON A HIGH LEVEL, THIS IS OUR NEW WEBSITE. UM, FROM THE TOP, YOU GO AHEAD AND SEE, WE HAVE AN ALERT MESSAGING ON THE BANNER, SO IF THERE'S AN ALERT OR SOME KIND OF MESSAGE THAT WE WANNA RELATE TO OUR RESIDENTS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND UPDATE THAT BANNER. IT COULD BE TURNED ON AND OFF, UH, WHENEVER WE NEED IT. UM, RIGHT UNDER THAT WE HAVE THE ACCOUNT, UH, CREATION. SO PRETTY MUCH OUR RESIDENTS CAN CREATE AN ACCOUNT FOR THEMSELVES, AND THEN THEY CAN GET, UH, ANY NOTIFICATIONS ON WHATEVER THEY WANT, EVENTS, UM, NEWS, ANY CALENDAR UPDATES, STUFF LIKE THAT. SO ONCE THEY CREATE AN, UM, AN ACCOUNT, THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND SELECT WHAT THEY WANT AND IT'LL GO AHEAD AND START SENDING THEM MESSAGES, NOTIFICATIONS, UM, UH, TO THE LEFT OBVIOUSLY IS OUR BEAUTIFUL LOGO. AND THEN, UM, ROXANNE IS HIGHLIGHTING, UH, OUR VERY NICE ARTWORK THAT WE IN INFUSE INTO THE NEW WEBSITE, WHICH IS THE LITTLE SUN. SO EVERY TIME YOU CLICK ON ANY OF THE DROPDOWNS, YOU'LL SEE THE LITTLE SUN COME UP. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE ALL YOUR INFORMA INFORMATION, UM, WEBSITES THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON TO GET, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER YOU WANT. UH, WE DID MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE SIMPLER AND ADDED WIDGETS. SO LIKE ROXANNE MENTIONED WITH THE INTERVIEWS THAT WE HAD WITH RESIDENTS, THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WERE SELECTED THAT WERE MOSTLY VISITED OR RESIDENTS WANT MORE INFORMATION OF. AS SOON AS THEY GO TO THE WEBSITE, THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK FOR. SO AGENDAS AND MINUTES PERMITS, UM, WATCH SOME, YOU KNOW, THE MEETINGS LIVE. UM, GO TO THE WEST COVINA, UM, SITE WHERE YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GET PICKED UP. AND, UM, THE OTHER ONE IS REPORTING ISSUE, OBVIOUSLY TO REPORT ANY GRAFFITI, ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA REPORT FOR THE CITY. AND THEN NOTIFY ME, THIS IS A NEW ONE THAT WE HAVE WHERE YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP, LIKE I SAID, TO CREATE YOUR ACCOUNT AND THEN YOU'LL GET NOTIFICATIONS. UH, SO RIGHT UNDER THAT, IT'S OBVIOUSLY OUR MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL, OF COURSE, WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION, YOUR BIOS, EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE ORIGINAL WEBSITE WAS CLEANED UP AND MOVED OVER TO OUR NEW WEBSITE. SO, UM, RELIEVING US FROM ANY BROKEN SITES THAT WE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST. SO ALL THAT'S BEEN CLEAR, CLARIFIED AND CLEARED. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR RESOURCE MAPS, OUR GIS RESOURCE MAPS, SO, SO THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO THAT SITE. WE HAVE OUR DISCOVER, UH, MAGAZINE, SO THAT'LL TAKE YOU DIRECTLY TO THAT LINK. WE HAVE OUR PD THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO OUR PD LINK AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR RECREATION CLASS REGISTRATION. SO THAT, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT ALL OUR RESIDENTS ARE ASKING FOR ON A TWO CLICK, UM, NOTICE. SO ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS GO ON CLICK ONCE AND THEN CLICK TO WHATEVER THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AND THEY HAVE THE INFORMATIONS AT THEIR FINGERS. SO RIGHT UNDER THAT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE OUR CALENDAR, WHICH HAS ALL OUR EVENTS, MEETINGS, ANY, ANY INFORMATION THAT YOU WANT, IT'S DIRECTLY RIGHT THERE. YOU JUST CLICK ON THE LITTLE CIRCLE OR THE DATE AND IT'LL GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THE RIGHT. UH, [00:30:01] IF YOU WANT TO VIEW MORE CALENDARS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE VIEW ALL MEETINGS OR THE CALENDAR EVENTS, AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THAT PAGE WHERE EVERYTHING'S ON THERE. AND THEN IF YOU SCROLL A LITTLE BIT MORE DOWN IS OUR CITY NEWS. SO THIS IS GONNA BE UPDATED BY OUR DEPARTMENT STAFF. UM, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM TO UPDATE, UH, WHENEVER THEY HAVE TIME AND AS OFTEN AS THEY WANT. SO THIS IS GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY UPDATED ON A WEEKLY BASIS, PROBABLY EVEN SOONER, UH, DEPENDING ON AS MUCH AS INFORMATION COMES OUT. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL LET ROXANNE, 'CAUSE THIS IS HER FAVORITE. UH, WE HAVE A WC BOT THAT YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON AND ASK IT A QUESTION AND IT'LL RESPOND TO YOU RIGHT AWAY. WOW. GO AHEAD ROXANNE. JUST A SECOND. WE REALLY TOOK TO HEART, UM, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, MAYOR, YOU KNOW, THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP, THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF REALLY HAVING THAT SMART CITY COMPONENT AND THE A I COMPONENT. UM, AND AS I INDICATED EARLIER, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE SOME ADDITIONAL ONLINE FEATURES AND ENHANCEMENTS THAT WILL BE ROLLED OUT WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWEST ONES THAT WE HAVE THAT WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT, OR AT LEAST I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT. AND IT'S OUR WC CHAT BOT FEATURE. SO WHAT IT ALLOWS, UM, A MEMBER OF THE PRODUCT TO DO IS TO ASK A QUESTION OF THE CHATBOT OR TO FIND INFORMATION. AND WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL TAKE A LOOK AT OUR WEBSITE AND HELP THE RESIDENT FIND THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR, LOCATED A LOT QUICKER THAN PERHAPS THEM SCROLLING THROUGH AND TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING. SO WE REALLY, AGAIN, WE WERE TAKING THE AI, UM, INITIATIVE TO HEART AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN BE RESPONSIVE AND REALLY CUSTOMER SERVICE FRIENDLY TO OUR RESIDENTS. AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE CAN BE A 24 HOUR 24 7, UM, SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. UM, SO IF I WERE TO ASK A QUESTION, SO THE QUESTION IS, WHO IS THE CURRENT MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA LE ? SO THIS IS THE CURRENT MAYOR OF WEST COVINA IS TONY WU. YOU CAN FIND MORE MIS INFORMATION ABOUT HIM AND IN THE STATE OF THE CITY NEWS FLASH. SO WE HIGHLIGHTED YOUR STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS ALONG WITH THE VIDEO. UM, AND THE LINK IS PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. WHAT IS IT IN THE NEWS FLASH SECTION? SO, UM, WE WILL KEEP THESE ITEMS AVAILABLE SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE, SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS. UM, SO THAT, UM, ALL ARE INFORMED. UH, I, I THINK IT'S BEAUTIFUL BEFORE I HANG OVER TO OUR, MY COLLEAGUE, BUT I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION REALLY QUICK. OKAY. I CANNOT HOLD IT. OKAY. AND WE ASKING FOR 24 7 SERVICE, THEY, INCLUDING PAY THE FEE. AND LAST TIME WE ASKING ABOUT CAN, CAN PEOPLE PAY THE FEE USING THE PORTAL TO CREDIT CARD OR PAYPAL, ANYTHING? UM, TO, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, IN THE FUTURE WE SHOULD LIST ALL OUR EVENT AND THE VENDOR WANT TO SIGN UP AND THEY CAN BASICALLY BOOK OKAY, ON THE SPOT WITH A HOCHI EVENT, THIS, AND, AND THEY CAN PAY MAYBE SOME DEPOSIT TO OKAY, BOOK THE SPACE AND DO WE HAVE THAT FUNCTION YET? THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO GENERATE FORMS WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DOING. UM, AND ONE OF THOSE CAN BE TO ACCEPT THOSE PAYMENTS FOR THOSE VENDORS. WHAT I'M HIGHLIGHTING RIGHT NOW IS OUR RECREATION CLASS SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR THE ONLINE REGISTRATION AND THE PAYMENT SO THAT YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO GO IN PERSON, UM, OR MAIL IN YOUR REGISTRATION INFORMATION. 'CAUSE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OUTDATED AND ANTIQUATED. UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ACCEPT THE ONLINE PAYMENTS. UM, ANOTHER WAY THAT YOU CAN ACCEPT THE ONLINE PAYMENTS TOO IS THROUGH OUR PORTALS FOR, UM, LET'S SAY A CITATION. UM, YOU CAN ALSO TAKE YOUR, YOUR BUSINESS LICENSE FEES. UM, THOSE CAN ALSO BE PAID ONLINE. SO BASICALLY BUSINESS LICENSE, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. AND EVERYTHING ALL CAN BE PAID THROUGH OUR CORRECT WEBSITE. CORRECT? I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE SAVE A LOT OF, UH, OKAY. AND THE STRESS FROM THE RESIDENT AND THEY CAN CHECK. AND ANOTHER THING I THINK WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR ABOUT THE INFORMATION, THEY TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND THEY WILL SEE THEIR TREE, THEIR STREET, WHEN THEY WILL BE PAID AGAIN, WHEN THEY WILL BE SERVICE REPAIR. AND WHAT IS THEIR OKAY, SCORE. OKAY. AND THE TREE IN FRONT OF THEIR TREE IN THE CITY OR IN THE BACKYARD WITH A CITY. OKAY. A SLOPE. AND WHEN THOSE WILL BE CLEAN, OKAY. I THINK THAT THOSE INFORMATION AND THE RESIDENT CAN JUST TYPE IN THEIR ADDRESS AND THEIR CONCERN WILL BE RESOLVED BECAUSE ALL THE, THE SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE, WHEN THIS UNLED IF NOT HAPPENING, THEN THEY CAN REPORT TO THE CITY AND TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THEY CONCERN. [00:35:01] WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU RIGHT NOW IS THROUGH OUR GIS MAP SYSTEM THAT I ACCESS THROUGH THE WEBSITE, UM, WHAT THIS IS, I, I SELECTED THE PAVEMENT REHABILITATION PROGRAM, THE ZONES, IT CALLS OUT EACH OF THE AREAS, UM, ZONE ONE, ZONE TWO, OOPS, SORRY, UM, ZONE SIX, ZONE FIVE. AND IT INDICATES WHAT THOSE, UM, DATES ARE FOR THOSE ZONES. YOU CAN ENTER AN ADDRESS. SO FIND THAT INFORMATION. IF YOU NEED TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC, LET'S PULL UP ANOTHER GIS MAP. OKAY. I THINK THIS IS IMP VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION BECAUSE ALL THE RESIDENT AS A SHAREHOLDER, THEY WANT TO KNOW THEIR PROPERTY IN THEIR CITY AND, UH, THEIR SURROUNDING, OKAY. THEIR STREET SITUATION, THE CRIME, THE POLICE, PATROL, EVERYTHING. I WANT TO GIVE MY COLLEAGUE CHANCE, BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TOO. I DON'T WANNA TAKE ALL THE TIME. YEAH. SO WHO WANNA GO FIRST? IF I MAY JUST ANSWER ONE MORE PART OF YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD. I HAVE MORE, BUT I WANNA GIVE THEM THE CHANCE. YEAH, OF COURSE. UM, WHAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TOO IS THE TREE TRIMMING SCHEDULE. YOU MENTIONED TREES. UM, SO SAME THING, YOU CAN ENTER IN AN ADDRESS. YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ZONE MAPS AS AN OVERVIEW, UM, TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE TREE TRIMMING AND THE SCHEDULE. AND SO AGAIN, THAT CAN BE ACCESSED THROUGH OUR GIS MAPS. UM, I KNOW WILL YOU HAVE AN INCREDIBLE TEAM? UM, THERESA DOES A GREAT JOB WITH UPDATING THE GIS SYSTEMS THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A LOT OF EFFORT, A LOT OF VIRTUAL LIFTING, IF YOU WILL, UM, TO GET THAT INFORMATION. OKAY. MAYOR PUTIN, GO AHEAD. UM, IT'S FABULOUS. IT'S GREAT. UM, TOOK A FEW YEARS, BUT IT'S, IT REALLY LOOKS WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. MORE THAN TWO YEARS. NO, I SAID FEW YEARS. I DIDN'T SAY IT'S I THINK OVER FOUR YEARS, BUT IT'S ABOUT TIME. IT'S ABOUT TIME. BUT DID A FABULOUS JOB. UM, YOU KNOW, I URGE THE RESIDENTS TO PLEASE USE IT, PLAY WITH IT, PLAY WITH ALL THE LINKS. I KNOW WE USED TO GET TONS OF EMAILS PRIOR BEFORE WITH THE OLD SITE. THIS LINK DOESN'T WORK. THAT LINK DOESN'T WORK. SO WITH, UM, THE REPORT A PROBLEM, CAN RESIDENTS SAY DIRECTLY THERE AND SAY, THIS LINK DOESN'T WORK, OR I CAN'T VIEW ANY OF THAT? OR DO THEY HAVE TO SEND AN EMAIL TO YEAH, DEFINITELY THAT. SO THAT AND ENCOMPASSES ALL THAT ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE. UM, NO. AND, AND I THINK THAT GAS WHERE DID YOU ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT THE RESIDENTS HERE, WHERE DID YOU FIND THAT AGAIN? WEST COVINA RESOURCE MAPS MIDDLE. OKAY. SO IT'S ONE OF THE TILES. UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT CAME BACK TO US IS THAT THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE RESIDENTS WERE DEFINITELY LOOKING FOR. UM, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS ANALYTICS ARE CONCERNED ARE THE CLICKS. SO, UM, IN 30 DAYS, MYSELF WILL AND DEB, WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT THE BACK END OF IT AND SEE WHAT STILL NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHAT IS HIGHLIGHTED IS WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS TO FIND RIGHT AWAY. OKAY. UM, WELL YOU HEARD THAT. SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, UH, WITH YOUR HEALTH. THAT HELPS US IMPROVE. SO WITH THAT WHOLE GIS IT'LL HAVE, IT HAS A TREE TRIMMING, THE ROAD PAVING, AND OF COURSE ELECTION IS NEXT YEAR THERE DISTRICT EVERYTHING. OKAY. PERFECT. DISTRICT MAX. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. YOU HAVE, UH, MORE, UH, FOR RIGHT NOW? RIGHT NOW, UM, IF THEY WANNA SIGN UP FOR EMAILS, YOU KNOW HOW YOU CAN REQUEST THE EMAILS AND THEN YOU GET THE AGENDA EMAIL TO YOU. IT'S ALSO, YOU CAN SIGN UP NOTIFICATIONS ON THE NOTIFICATION. OKAY. PERFECT. OKAY. BRIAN, GO AHEAD. YES, SO JUST, UM, IT LOOKS GREAT. UH, SOME MINOR, JUST SOME MINOR CORRECTIONS. UM, UNDER THE PRIVATE POLICY PRIVACY POLICY, I, I THINK, UM, WE HAVE TO GET, UM, HERE IT GOES. THE DODGERS, YOU KNOW, UH, WE NEED TO GET THE CITY ATTORNEY, TOM DOHERTY TO UH, REVIEW THE PRI PRIVACY POLICY TO MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLIANT WITH STATE LAW BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S SOME OPT OUT, UH, LANGUAGE THAT HAS TO BE PUT IN THERE UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW. UM, LET'S SEE. THE GIS MAPS, WE, WE AS A CITY PAY FOR THAT. RIGHT? AND IMPLEMENTED IT AT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? THE, THE TREE? THE TREE ONE FOR THE TREES, THE MAP OF THE TREES. WELL, THE GIS MAPS ARE CREATED THROUGH US. UH, WE HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE PAY FOR. OKAY, PERFECT. AS FAR AS THE DATA, WE GET IT FROM BUILDING ENGINEERING. OKAY, GREAT. UM, AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, LET'S SEE, UM, UH, LET'S SEE FOR, OKAY, SO FOR OUR CONSOLE PAGE, I THINK, UM, I THINK THE ONLY THING I'LL SAY IS IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THE DISTRICTS TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE KNOW DISTRICTS. OKAY. YEAH. SO, UM, LITTLE BIT LIKE WHAT MAYOR PROTO STATED, UH, YEAH, IT'S JUST MISSING LIKE UNDER WHAT, SOMEWHERE AROUND THE NAME OR TITLE AREA, UH, WHICH DISTRICT EACH OF US REPRESENT. YEAH. THESE SMALL LITTLE TWEAKS, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE SOME TIME, BUT DEFINITELY WE'LL GET IT ALL CLEARED UP AND YEAH. YOU STILL HAVE PROGRESS. YEAH. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO TWEET IT. YEP. AND THEN FOR PERMITS, IF WE COULD SOMEHOW, I THINK AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS THERE WAS A, A CONSULT REQUEST [00:40:01] TOO, BUT IN THE PERMIT SECTION, IF WE COULD PUT, UM, A TAB FOR BUSINESS LICENSE. BUSINESS LICENSES. OKAY. SO WHEN BUSINESS OWNERS COME TO OUR, I'M, I, I, I WOULDN'T DOUBT THAT WHEN A BUSINESS OWNER'S COMING TO OUR CITY OR NEED TO LICENSE, THEY'RE GONNA PUSH THE PERMIT SECTION. YEAH. AND SOMETHING THAT JUST CLEARLY STATES BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION. OKAY. BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. UH, OKAY. UH, I WANNA FOLLOW UP REALLY QUICK. OKAY. I THINK, OKAY. THE BUSINESS THING. YEAH, I AGREE. WE SHOULD HAVE A, MAYBE THE ONE FOR JUST FOR BUSINESS BUSINESS QUESTION. THEY WANT TO SEE HOW WE SET UP BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA. HOW SHOULD I DO IT? WHAT? THIS AND THE QUESTION. SO, SO THE BUSINESS, OKAY. AND BY THE WAY, THEY CAN GET THEIR ANSWER THROUGH THAT CATEGORY. OKAY. AND BECAUSE, UH, THE BUSINESS CENTER, THEY, OR BUSINESS, SMALL BUSINESS, WE REALLY SHOW THEM WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THOSE BUSINESS. BUSINESS IS OUR LIVELIHOOD. THEY'RE COMING IN, SO INCLUDING THE DEVELOPER, INCLUDING THE BUSINESS, AND THEY COME INTO OUR CITY, WE SHOULD HAVE A ROADMAP. THEY'RE MUCH EASIER RIGHT. THAN THEY GO TO THE MAIL. BUT THIS IS A LOOK PRETTY IMPRESSIVE, VERY SIMPLE AND, UH, EASY TO FIND THE WAY THE PREVIOUSLY IS A BROKEN CHAIN, BROKEN LINK. OKAY. AND THIS IS MUCH MORE. YEAH. UH, BEFORE I GO BACK TO YOU, OLLIE, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UH, ROXANNE, CAN YOU, UM, DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HAVE PUT UP WITH REGARD TO INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS AND WHO THE LEADERS ARE AND HOW PEOPLE CAN ENGAGE WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS? WE CAN, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY. UM, SO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IS UNDER THE COMMUNITY SERVICES TAB. UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE TABS THAT BOTH WILL AND I WERE DISCUSSING HOW WE CAN HIGHLIGHT THAT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, ONE OF YOUR OTHER REQUESTS THAT YOU HAD TOO, UM, COUNCILMAN CONTOS PREVIOUSLY WAS SECTIONED TO HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE NEWS. UM, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT IS INCLUDING, UM, WAS INCLUDING THE, THE CITY NEWS SECTION, WHICH IS A CAROUSEL THAT IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOMEPAGE OF THE WEBSITE THAT INDIVIDUALS CAN SCROLL THROUGH. SO IT NOT ONLY ADVERTISES THE EVENTS, BUT ALSO POSITIVE PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OR, OR POSITIVE MENTIONS OF THE CITY. UM, WE HA WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF REQUESTS WAS MADE FOR THOSE VIDEOS SO THAT WE CAN LINK THOSE VIDEOS, UM, THAT YOU HAD ASKED US TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ON THAT CITY NEWS SECTION AS WELL. THANK YOU. AND MY NEXT QUESTION SURROUNDS, UH, A, A PLACE A SECTION FOR, FOR VISITORS TO WEST COVINA. LET'S SAY PEOPLE COME AND STAY AT OUR HOTELS, AND IDEALLY IF THEY WERE TO, THERE WOULD BE A SUB PAGE THAT WE COULD DIRECT THEM TO THAT WOULD BE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON VISITORS. WHAT ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS WITH OUR PARKS AND OUR PLACES OF BUSINESS AND OTHER, UH, ATTRACTIONS HERE, THAT SORT OF THING. IS THERE ALREADY SOMETHING THAT'S UP THAT HAS SOMETHING LIKE THAT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT AT LEAST IS POSSIBLE? IT IS POSSIBLE. THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD HAPPEN WORK THROUGH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION TO HIGHLIGHT. SO AS THEY MAKE THEIR UPDATES, INCLUDING THE UPDATES REGARDING THE WEST COVINA CHAMBER, THOSE UPDATES CAN BE ADJUSTED AS WELL. AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY THAT'S COMING UP, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, WE WILL DISCUSS A WAY TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UM, AT LEAST FOR THIS SEASON, UM, IF NOT INDEFINITELY. AND, UM, NEXT QUESTION. IS THERE A MULTIMEDIA SECTION THAT HAS THE GREATEST, THE, THE VARIOUS VIDEOS THAT WE'VE PRODUCED OVER TIME? LIKE FASO HAS PUT TOGETHER VARIOUS EVENTS, EVENT VIDEOS, UH, THE, THE VIDEO THAT WAS AT THE LAST STATE OF THE CITY OF WE ARE WEST COVINA. I MEAN, SO MANY GREAT VIDEOS LIKE THAT. SO IS THERE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE CAN LOOK FOR MULTIMEDIA TO SORT OF JUST LOOK THROUGH AND SEE WHAT, SEE OUR BEST AND WHAT WE PRODUCED? SO THERE IS AN ADDITION TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT WE HAVE, UM, THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED. AND WE'RE GONNA, I'M GOING TO USE YOUR EXAMPLE. THE WE ARE WEST COVINA VIDEO, UM, THAT CAN BE LOCATED IN THE CITY NEW SECTION ON THAT CAROUSEL THAT I WAS MENTIONING EARLIER. UM, THERE IS A DESCRIPTION TO THE VIDEO. IT TALKS ABOUT, UM, DISCOVER WHAT MAKES WEST COVINA TRULY SHINE IN OUR, WE ARE WEST COVINA V VIDEO, A HEARTFELT CELEBRATION OF THE PEOPLE, PLACES, AND TRADITIONS THAT BRING OUR CITY TO LIFE. AND SO IT DOES DO A REDIRECT TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HOUSES, UM, THOSE VIDEOS AND JUST BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE VIDEO, UM, IT, IT REDIRECTS THERE. WONDERFUL. AND THE LAST QUESTION IS MORE PROCEDURAL. DO WE ALREADY HAVE IN PLACE TRAINING FOR NEW STAFF THAT COME ABOARD? SO IF EVER THERE'S ANY TURNOVER THAT FOLKS WILL LEARN HOW TO MAINTAIN THE WEBSITE SO IT STAYS CURRENT AND UP TO DATE LONG BEFORE, LONG AFTER NOW WITH WHEN IT'S BRAND NEW AND SHINY, BUT JUST TO MAKE YOU SURE THAT IT ABSOLUTELY STAYS UP TO DATE EVEN AS TIME PROGRESSES. SO I'M GONNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN TWO WAYS. NUMBER ONE, WE DID TAKE THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER TRAINING, ACTUALLY THREE WAYS. NUMBER ONE, WE DID TAKE THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER SOME TRAINING VIDEOS. UM, SO WHEN JUUL WAS DOWN HERE TO GIVE, UM, [00:45:01] HIS IN-PERSON TRAINING FOR, I WANNA SAY THREE TO FOUR DAYS THAT HE WAS HERE, UM, WE CREATED VIDEOS THAT WE'VE ARCHIVED AND THAT WE'VE BEEN SHARING WITH THE STAFF. AND SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. I KNOW, UM, MOST RECENTLY WITH OUR NEW, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING MANAGER COMING ON BOARD, WE'VE PROVIDED HIM WITH ACCESS TO THOSE VIDEOS. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, CIVICS PLUS DOES HAVE ARTICLES ON TRAINING AND THEN SORT OF LIKE THE SAFETY, OUR SAFETY NET. UM, WE'VE PUT SOME GUARDRAILS ON WHAT CONTENT, UM, CAN BE, UM, UPLOADED ONTO THE WEBSITE. UM, THERE, IT ALSO, UH, WILL NOTIFY US IF SOMETHING IS NOT A DA COMPLIANT. UM, SO THERE'S SOME INTERNAL FEATURES THAT HELP US TO REALLY, UM, NOT ONLY SAFEGUARD OUR INFORMATION, BUT MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION THAT WE ARE PUTTING OUT THERE IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, AVAILABLE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND IS QUALITY INFORMATION. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT THE, THE, THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UH, SURROUNDS, UM, UH, LEVERAGE OF, OF THE WEBSITE FOR, FOR PUBLIC RECORDS. UH, WE, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT COUNCIL ACTION TO PLACE CONTRACTS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS AND MEMO MOUS AND SO FORTH ONLINE. IS THAT, IS THERE ALREADY A PLACE FOR THE WEBSITE HERE SO THAT AS THAT BECOMES POPULATED, PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO READ OUR, OUR VARIOUS AGREEMENTS THAT WE, THAT WE POST FOR, FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSES? IN ADDITION TO THE OUR, TO THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE CITY CLERKS PAGE? UM, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ON THE CITY MANAGERS PAGE, THERE WILL BE A TRANSPARENCY TAB THAT WILL BE POPULATED. SO ONCE THAT INFER ONCE, UH, THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE PROCESSED, UM, WE CAN UPLOAD THOSE TO THAT TRANSPARENCY TAB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. I I, I WANNA FOLLOW THROUGH BEFORE I HANG OVER, UH, TO COUNSEL, UH, WOMAN DIAZ OKAY. TO SAY SOMETHING. OKAY. I, I WANNA FOLLOW THROUGH, I THINK AND THE, UH, COUNCILMAN ALI COME UP. OKAY. A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND WE HAVE A 16 PARK AND THE PEOPLE, SOME, SOMETIMES THEY BOOK THE PARK, THEY BOOK THE FACILITY. DO WE HAVE A LEAD CHANNEL SO PEOPLE CAN FREELY TO GO TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND, AND, AND BOOK WHICH PARK THEY WANT TO? THE BIRTHDAY PARTY OR THE, THE, THE, THE SENIOR CENTERS. OKAY. THEY WANT TO BOOK FOR SOME THEIR, AN EVENT WANT TO RENT. LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN IN OUR PLEX AND I KNOW, UH, THINGS TO, OKAY, THEY WANT TO BOOK. OKAY. AND, UH, TO HAVE A SO BOWL TOURNAMENT. OKAY. SO ALL THAT CAN BE GO THROUGH THE ONLINE BOOK IT OR OKAY. RATHER THAN HAVE A CALL EMAIL BACK AND FORTH, THEY CAN JUST, JUST EASILY, THEY GO TO ONLINE BOOK THE TIME AND THEN WE RECEIVE OR GIVE THE CONFIRMATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. YEAH, GO AHEAD. THE WEBSITE HAS THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT. HOWEVER, RIGHT NOW, THE DEPARTMENT, THAT PARTICULAR DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SERVICES, THEY'LL HAVE TO COORDINATE INTERNALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE FUNCTIONAL. UM, AND WHAT I MEAN BY FUNCTIONAL, MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE STEPS , SO UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE SAME PAGE, ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE. GOT IT. SO STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION? CORRECT. UM, BUILDING ALL THIS OKAY. PROCESS. THIS IS, UH, BASICALLY A PROCESS GRADUALLY IMPROVE TO A FULL FUNCTION. THIS IS JUST, UH, ROLL OUT AND THEN HAVE PEOPLE GET USED TO IT AND, UH, AND TWEAK AND ADD MORE MEAT INTO WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR RESIDENT TO HAVE A FULL SERVICE THROUGH THIS. UH, RATHER THAN HAVE TO, UH, OKAY. COME TO THE CITY HALL AND, UH, MONDAY TO THURSDAY. NOW THEY CAN DO IT AT NIGHTTIME TO DURING THE SETTING SUNDAY OR HOLIDAY. YES. OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANNA THANK OUR STAFF FOR DOING THIS. LIKE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN MENTIONED, WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, AND I THINK SO FAR I THINK IT LOOKS EXCELLENT AND IT'S A GREAT IMPROVEMENT. EXCUSE ME. AND I KNOW THERE'S MANY TWEAKS THAT WE NEED TO FIX, LIKE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED HERE. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND IT COULD ONLY GET BETTER. SO I WANNA THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND, AND IF WE, I KNOW YOU WANNA SPEAK MORE, BUT, BUT, BUT YOU ARE, YOU ARE CHOKING OVER THERE. I, NO, I THINK YOU'RE SO TOUCHED. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. I, I HOLD MY TEAR TOO. OKAY. FINALLY, AFTER FIVE YEARS STRUGGLING, WE GOT FINALLY SOME WEBSITE COMING OUT AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL. MAYOR POTTON. GO AHEAD. UM, I, I LOVE THE VIDEO. THE, THE CITY. IT COULD BE TWEAKED TOO. SO . OH, THAT, THAT, THAT'S AMAZING. I MEAN, THE NIGHTLIFE, THE, JUST EVERYTHING, IT'S WONDERFULLY CAPTURED. THE, IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES, UM, WITH FACILITY RENTALS, WOULD THAT ALSO ALL BE INCLUDED TO SHOW ALL THE FACILITY SPACE, THE VISUALS, UM, SO THAT IF THEY LOOK AT ANY SITES, THOSE ARE THE RENTAL LOCATIONS TO PROMOTE ALL FACILITY? WE CAN MOST DEFINITELY DO THAT. AND THE, [00:50:01] THE DIRECTION IS RECEIVED, THE VISION, UM, DEFINITELY IS, IS UNDERSTOOD. SO WE CAN MOST DEFINITELY DO THAT. THE WEBSITE HAS THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UM, AND WHAT ARE THE KEY DIFFERENCE, UH, LOOKING AT THE WEBSITE ON THE, YOU KNOW, LAPTOP, COMPUTER VERSUS PHONE. I KNOW WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE PHONE, UM, THE TOP LAYERS, YOU KNOW, GOVERNMENT, RESIDENCE, ALL THAT DOESN'T SHOW, YOU'D HAVE TO CLICK ON THE THREE LINE ITEMS. BUT IS THERE ANY KEY DIFFERENCES VERSUS WHEN YOU LOOK AT FROM YOUR PHONE AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S LIKE IPHONE, ANDROID, DOES THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE? NO, IT'S, IT'S ALL GONNA FOLLOW THE SAME. UM, I THINK THE ONLY THING IS THE VIDEO'S NOT GONNA PLAY. IT'S JUST GONNA SHOW YOU A STAGNANT PICTURE. OKAY. BUT IT ALL COMES, YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN, EVERYTHING'S CLICKABLE. IT'S REALLY NICE. OKAY. I THINK THIS IS A GREAT PRESENTATION AND WE'VE BEEN WAITING AND, UH, FROM THE PREVIOUS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CITY MANAGER WE WENT THROUGH AND ASK THEM TO, OKAY, DO THIS IMPROVEMENT, BUT FINALLY, AND IT COME TO PETITION ABOUT, OKAY, SOME, AND I KNOW IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION, IS STILL PUTTING THE MEAT BECAUSE WE AS A CITY, EACH DEPARTMENT HAVE TO PUT DOWN THEIR INFORMATION AND THEY PUT INTO THE PORTAL TO, TO PAY THE PERMIT, ME AND THIS AND THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A BUILDING. OKAY. SAFETY AND PLANNING. THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR PLAN AND THEY CAN PAY THROUGH ONLINE. SO BASICALLY THIS IS A 24 7 SERVICE BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO COME IN AND PAY THIS THAT, BUT, BUT, BUT NO MATTER WHAT, THIS ALREADY LOOK VERY IMPRESSIVE TO, TO, TO HELP THE CITY. OKAY. AND, UH, TO REPRESENT THE CITY. TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF WE SERIOUS ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT SERVICE. OKAY? AND THE PEOPLE COME IN TO GET, HAVE A ONE STOP SHOPPING TO SEE, GET ALL THE INFORMATION. HOPEFULLY WE BUILD MORE MEAT. OKAY? GRADUALLY IMPROVEMENT. BUT NO WONDER YOU THE EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR, , OKAY, YOU MAKE THING HAPPEN FOR US. SO, SO OTHER THAN THAT, IF, IF, IF EVERYBODY, OKAY, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE, OKAY? WE ARE GONNA BRING IT BACK AND THEN MAYBE CONTINUE TO BRING THIS PRESENTATION FOR THE NEW IMPROVEMENT. SO WE, EVERYBODY WILL KNOW WHAT EXACTLY UPDATE WHAT WE NEW THIS AND THAT. BECAUSE THE, THE TREE, THE MEDIAN, THE, THE, THE, THE STREET LOOKING, OKAY, THE BEAUTIFICATION OF CITY, THE SAFETY OF CITY, THE STOP SIGN, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. ALL CAN BE DONE THROUGH THIS WEBSITE AND UH, AND SIT AND OUR RESIDENT CAN GIVE US SOME SUGGESTION HOW WE CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. SO IT'S A JOINT VENTURE TOGETHER. EVERYBODY KIND OF SHARE, EVERYBODY KIND OF PITCHING AND, UH, WE CAN BUILD A BEAUTIFUL OKAY. WEBSITE TO LET PEOPLE TO UTILIZE. AND NOT ONLY THAT, AND ANY PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE INTO WEST COVINA WANT TO DO BUSINESS, THEY ALL CAN GO TO THIS WEBSITE. I THINK THIS IS THE ORIGINAL IDEA WE TRY TO DO AND MAKE EASIER FOR EVERYBODY, INCLUDING OURSELF TO GET INFORMATION. OH, I WANNA THANK YOU STEP, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE HOW PUT THIS TOGETHER. IT'S ABOUT TIME. OKAY. AND, UH, BUT, BUT NO MATTER WHAT AND THAT THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE VERY PROUD AND VERY HAPPY TO GET THIS THING DONE, REPRESENT THE TAXPAYER. WE WANT TO THANK YOU. OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH WILL. OKAY. LET'S GET WILL ON ANOTHER HAND. YAY. WILL ROXANNE AND WE ARE, [ CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OKAY. AND CITY MANAGER REPORT. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. BEFORE I START MY CITY MANAGER REPORT, I'LL MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT, UH, COUNCILMAN CONTOS WILL BE LEAVING AT EIGHT 30, UH, TONIGHT. HE'S GOT A, SO WE HAVE TO HOST STOP AT THE MEETING. . YEAH. NO, HE HAS A, HE'S A MEETING IN WASHINGTON DC IN THE MORNING. SO HE'LL BE FLYING OUT TONIGHT AND GOING STRAIGHT TO THE MEETING. I HIM. OKAY. YEAH. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, GIVE ME JUST A MOMENT TO PULL THAT UP. JUST TO TRANSITION FROM THE WEBSITE, PLEASE. IT IS ALL YOURS. THANK YOU. UH, FIRST SLIDE. SO ON, ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH, FAMILIES GATHERED FOR A FUN-FILLED READING ADVENTURE, FAMILY PUMPKIN PAINT NIGHT AT SHADOW OAK PARK COMMUNITY CENTER WITH 55 PARTICIPANTS AND ATTENDANCE GUESTS PICKED A PUMPKIN FROM THE PUMPKIN PATCH, DECORATED AND PAINTED IT AND TOOK IT HOME. PARTICIPANTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO STROLL THROUGH THE PARK AND READ. THE FEATURED BOOK OF THE EVENING WAS LITTLE MONSTER BY SHERRY FINK, UH, FESTIVAL OF RIGHTS. THE CITY'S ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF RIGHTS WAS HELD ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25TH FROM FOUR TO 9:00 PM ON SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE IN HISTORIC DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA. THE EVENT FEATURED FOOD AND A HAUNTED MAZE, UH, TRICK OR TREATING WITH PARTICIPATING IN GLENDORA AVENUE BUSINESSES, COSTUME CONTEST VENDORS ACTIVITIES, A MUSICAL PERFORMANCE BY SMOOTH SOUNDS OF SANTANA AND A CAR TOBRA FEST CLASSIC CAR SHOW PRESENTED BY THE QANTAS CLUB OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU ALL. WHO WORKED AND VOLUNTEERED, DONATED AND ATTENDED THE EVENT. ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29TH, THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER HOSTED APPROXIMATELY 200 SENIORS FOR ITS ANNUAL HALLOWEEN BASH. ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED IN A COSTUME CONTEST DANCE TO THE MUSIC BY DJ PHIL AND ENJOYS ENJOYED A MEAL PREPARED BY SENIOR CENTER [00:55:01] SH CENTER CHEFS, HOLLY AND THERESA, UH, THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR, EMINENT HEALTH. THE ANNUAL ADAPTIVE HALLOWEEN PARTY AT PALM VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER HELD ON WAS HELD ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, DRAWING OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. ATTENDEES ENJOYED A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE FILLED WITH LIVELY MUSIC, DELICIOUS FOOD, CARNIVAL GAMES, AND ENGAGING CRAFT, ENGAGING IN CRAFT ACTIVITIES. THE EVENT FEATURED A SERIES OF TRICK OR TREAT STOPS AROUND THE PARK MARKETING THE FIRST TIME. THIS HAS BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE EVENT ORGANIZING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS. UH, THESE, THESE STOPS PROVIDED PARTICIPANTS WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLECT TREATS WHILE ENJOYING THE FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE OF THE CELEBRATION. THE CITY OF WEST COVE'S ANNUAL VETERANS DAY CEREMONY IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH AT 11:00 AM HERE IN THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD IN FRONT OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL. THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS, GUEST SPEAKERS, AND A VIP BARBECUE FOR VETERANS. IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY, WE'RE ANNOUNCING THAT SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY IS BACK FOR 2025. SAVE THE DATE NOVEMBER 29TH TO SHOP LOCAL, DINE LOCAL, AND SUPPORT LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS. UH, MORE INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THE MONTH AS THE HOLIDAYS APPROACH THE CITY ON DEMAND, UH, DEMAND TRANSIT. GO ES COVINA WILL OPERATE DURING EXTENDED HOURS SO WRITERS CAN SHOP, DINE, AND ENJOY HOLIDAY FUN EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 11TH THROUGH JANUARY 2ND, GO. WEST COVINA WILL RUN FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UH, THE SERVICE WILL NOT OPERATE ON HOLIDAYS. UH, SEE THE APP FOR MORE DETAILS. UM, UPCOMING EVENTS, VETERANS DAY CEREMONY, NOVEMBER 11TH HERE AT THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER COURTYARD STARTING AT 11:00 AM AND SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, ALL DAY EVENT HIGHLIGHTED, UH, HIGHLIGHTING, PARTICIPATING BUSINESSES. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ACTING CITY MANAGER. OKAY, WONDERFUL. OKAY. UM, REPORT. OKAY. YOU CAN SEE THE CITY UNITED TOGETHER WITH ALL THE GREAT EVENT. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY PARTICIPATE. OKAY. OUR VETERAN DAY EVENT, THIS AND THAT. OKAY. AND, UH, OTHER THAN [ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] THAT, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. OKAY. AND I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL THIS PARAGRAPH AGAIN AND JUST SAY, EVERYBODY HAVE THREE MINUTES AND BE CIVILIZED OKAY. WHEN YOU SPEAK TO OKAY. ANY ISSUE AND WILL COME TO SPEAK YOUR OKAY. ANYTHING AND ADDRESS TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY. AND OTHER THAN THAT, HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE? MAYOR. WE HAVE 11 SPEAKERS TONIGHT. HOW MANY? 11. OKAY, GO AHEAD. AND THE FIRST, FIRST SPEAKER, JOSH MURRAY. JOSH. FOLLOWED BY WHO? HUH? YOU WANNA SAY YOU WANNA TELL THEM TO LINE UP IN THE BACK? SURE. THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY SCOTT GRIFFITHS. YEP. YOU CAN SIT ON THE VERY FRONT IF YOU'RE THE NEXT SPEAKER. SO YOU DON'T YEAH, GO AHEAD. HI, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSH MURRAY AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA LIBRARY. I'D LIKE TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11TH. IN OBSERVANCE OF VETERANS DAY, I WOULD THINK LIBRARY NEVER CLOSE. , WE DO CELEBRATE VETERANS' DAY. UM, DIGITAL DOWNLOADS SUCH AS DATABASES, EBI EBOOKS, ELECTRONIC AUDIOBOOKS, UM, WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE THROUGH OUR WEBSITE, LA COUNTY LIBRARY.ORG. UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO LET THE TEENS OF THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THE TEEN GREAT DEBATE WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12TH FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM TEAMS WILL DEBATE ON VARIOUS POP CULTURE TOPICS SUCH AS WHICH CONSOLE IS BETTER, THE PS FIVE OR THE SWITCH TWO, OR WHO HAS THE BEST MUSIC, TAYLOR SWIFT OR OLIVIA RODRIGO. SO IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A QUITE A HEATED DEBATE, I'M SURE. GOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH, JOSH. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER. SOMEBODY'S A COUPLE ITEMS. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT I SAW WAS THE, UH, SWAT VEHICLES. HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME SORT OF CUTOFF BECAUSE I KNOW, UH, OUR DETECTIVES HAVE A TENDENCY OF FOLLOWING PEOPLE AND THE PERSON THEY'RE FOLLOWING STEALS THEIR CAR. SO I'D HATE FOR A SWAT TO COME OUT AND HAVE A SWAT VEHICLE TAKEN AWAY FROM 'EM. SO HOPEFULLY THEY'VE LEARNED FROM, UH, THOSE ERRORS IN THE PAST. ALSO, LISTENING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, EARLIER COMMENTS, WHY DO WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A WEST COVINA CHAMBER? THAT THE CITY IS FUND FUNDING WHEN WE HAVE THE GREATER WEST COVINA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION THAT ACTUALLY HAS MEMBERS IS INDEPENDENTLY RUN, OH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE KEY PHRASE. INDEPENDENTLY RUN, NOT, UH, CITY EMPLOYEES OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES. AND HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN PROMOTING THE CITY, BEEN PROMOTING THAT ORGANIZATION? AND IT'S STILL NOT UP AND RUNNING. [01:00:01] I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING TO GO OUT TO THE NEW WEBSITE AND ASK ABOUT THE WEST COVINA CHAMBER AND IT SAYS THE WEST COVINA CHAMBER WILL BE, WILL BE NOT IS WILL BE. IT'S KIND OF INTERESTING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT SCENARIO WHEN, YOU KNOW, LIKE, WHEN IS IT GONNA GET STARTED? WE ALREADY HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, FUNCTIONING AND IT WAS KIND OF DISAPPOINTING TO, UH, AT THE ROTARY FUNCTION. YOU KNOW, THE ORGANIZATION, YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS, I KNOW ONE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS THERE, BUT NOBODY ELSE WAS. AND IT'S KIND OF HARD TO KNOCK THE CONSOLE WHEN, UH, I BELIEVE ONLY ONE MEMBER OF THE SCHOOL BOARD SHOWED UP. SO THAT SHOWS THAT OF THE 10, UH, LEAST ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THAT AREA, ONLY TWO REALLY CARE ABOUT, UH, YOU KNOW, CITY FROM THAT STANDPOINT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, UH, UH, TONIGHT, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT, UH, STANDPOINT. SO HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WILL GET BACK AND LET ME KNOW WHY THE CHAMBER WILL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF ALREADY IS 'CAUSE WHAT WASN'T THERE A HUNDRED AND LIKE 50 GRAND PUT IN FOR THAT? WELL, I MEANT ONE THING WAS CHEAPER THAN THE, UH, UH, THE FESTIVALS THAT, UH, THE WEST COVINA, UH, CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION, UH, HAS, UH, SPENT. THANK YOU, JOHN. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. SCOTT GRIFFITHS, COULD YOU SET THE TIME PLEASE? GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. MY NAME IS SCOTT GRIFFITH. I AM THE OWNER AND, UM, OF GREAT SCOTT T TREE CARE. UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE COMPANIES THAT PUT TOGETHER A BID, UH, THIS YEAR FOR YOUR TREE TREE CARE. SO I WANNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. UM, WE, WE SERVE OVER, UH, WE SERVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. UM, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS NOW. AND THIS RFP HAD SEVEN FIRMS SUBMIT, UH, PROPOSALS. AND WE WERE ACTUALLY RANKED THE NUMBER ONE FIRM. UH, WE, WE WERE, WE WERE ON YOUR SCORE, WE GOT THE HIGHEST SCORE. UM, UH, BUT DESPITE THAT WEST COAST, A VERY LARGE COMPANY, NOT A SMALL BUSINESS LIKE MS. HEALTH, UM, WAS ALLOWED, UH, TO HAVE A WHO THEY WERE RANKED THIRD. THEY WERE ALLOWED TO REVISE THEIR PROPOSAL, BUT NOBODY ELSE WAS. WE'RE WONDERING WHY THAT WAS, WHY THAT WAS ALLOWED. HOW DO YOU NOT ALLOW A SMALL BUSINESS? HOW DO YOU ALLOW, ALLOW A LARGE BUSINESS? UM, TODAY YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, UH, AWARDING AND WANTING TO BE TAKING CARE OF SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, IT'S KINDA LIKE DAVID AND GOLIATH WE'RE THE LITTLE GUY IN THE BIG COMPANY THAT, THAT DOES ALL OF CALIFORNIA GOT A CHANCE TO LOWER THEIR PRICE ON SOME THINGS OVER 70% AFTER, AFTER THE, THE, AFTER THE, THE PUBLIC OPENING WAS DONE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S LEGAL OR NOT. SO WHAT, SO WE ARE JUST CURIOUS. SO HOW, WHY THAT HAPPENED. UM, WE WERE NEVER GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO NEGO NEGOTIATE OUR PRICE. UH, BUT, BUT THE, BUT THE, THE LARGE COMPANY WAS, UM, WEST COAST WAS PERMITTED TO DO THAT. UM, UH, THE SELECTIVE NEGOTIATION VIOLATES THE PRINCIPLES OF FAIR COMPETITION, UH, SET FORTH BY THE PUBLIC, UM, CONTRACT, UH, CODE, AND THE CITY'S OWN MUNICIPAL CODE. UM, SO WHY IT MATTERS IS FAIR COMPENSATION PROTECTS US AND PROTECTS FOR TAXPAYERS. YOU TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO BRING SMALL BUSINESSES IN, BUT THESE KIND OF ACTIONS KIND OF PREVENTS THAT. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU GUYS RECONSIDER THAT. UM, UH, WE, WE JUST REQUEST THAT YOU GUYS, UH, TAKE UP THAT YOU PAUSE ON THIS AWARD THAT YOU GUYS, UH, LOOK AT THE DECISION A LITTLE BIT MORE AND YOU GIVE THE SMALL BUSINESS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO COME IN INTO THE CITY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. THANK YOU, SCOTT. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. NEXT THREE SPEAKERS ARE ERIC FRANKLIN, FOLLOWED BY DENNIS JONES AND DOUG FOUR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. I COUNT AND COUNSEL. I'M WITH, UH, I'M ERIC FRANKLIN WITH UNITED PACIFIC SERVICES, AND I'M TALKING TONIGHT ON ITEM NUMBER SIX FOR THE TREE MAINTENANCE CONTRACT. AND UNITED PACIFIC IS A LOCAL COMPANY HERE IN LA COUNTY. WE'RE A SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE STATE. WE'RE A SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY. WE'RE COMMUNITY BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. WE'RE A WBE AND MBE. AND ON THIS BID, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PRICING, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, IT WAS A PUBLIC BID OPENING. YOU HAD A PUBLIC BID OPENING WHERE YOUR STAFF SHOWED EVERYBODY THE PRICES. THIS WASN'T A CLOSED BID OPENING, IT WAS OPEN BID OPENING. SO IT'S VERY UNUSUAL TO SEE A BID COME IN FROM WEST COAST LOWER AFTER THE FACT WHEN YOU HAVE A PUBLIC BID OPENING. THIS WAS, I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT. THE OTHER THING IS TOO, IS THAT, UH, MY BID FROM UNITED PACIFIC SERVICES, UM, WE'RE THE LOWEST PRICE ON THE FIVE TOP RANKED BIDDERS. AND YET WEST COAST COMES IN A PRICE LOWER, [01:05:01] WHICH IS VERY EASY TO DO BECAUSE IT WAS A PUBLIC BID OPENING. SO NONE OF THIS MAKES ANY SENSE. BUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HERE IS THIS BID NEEDS TO GO OUT TO REBID, NEED TO TABLE IT, DISCUSS IT, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. OR LIKE I SAID IN MY EMAIL, UM, ANOTHER, OTHER CITIES, WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TAKE THE HIGHEST RANK BIDDERS, THE FIVE HIGHEST RANK BIDDERS, AND THEN THEY SAY, OKAY, OFFER ME A FINAL PRIZE UNDER SEAL. YOU KNOW, SUBMIT A SEAL BID FOR A FINAL PRICE, AND THAT'S WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE HERE. AND THEN YOU GO WITH THE LITTLE BID 'CAUSE YOU ALREADY HAVE THE TOP FIVE BIDDERS, AND THAT'S WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S MY OPINION ON THIS. AND I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TO HUNDREDS COUNCIL MEETINGS AND I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. DENNIS JONES. GREETINGS COUNSEL. I'M SENSING A THEME HERE. UH, MY NAME'S DENNIS WITH MEOSA TREE MANAGEMENT, ONE OF THE OTHER BIDDERS FOR THIS TREE COMPANY. SO YOU ARE ANOTHER TREE COMPANY? YOU'RE ANOTHER TREE COMPANY. ANOTHER TREE COMPANY, YES. OKAY, GOT IT. YES, OSA. YES, SIR. UM, ANYWAY, I URGE YOU GUYS TO VOTE AGAINST THIS, UH, NEW AGREEMENT WITH WEST COAST ARBORISTS, A FIRM THAT HAS HELD THIS CONTRACT SINCE 1997. WHILE A LONGSTANDING RELATIONSHIP MIGHT SEEM COMFORTING, IT HAS LED TO A PROCESS THAT IS FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR AND DOES NOT SERVE THE BEST INTEREST OF YOUR CITY'S TAXPAYERS. LET'S LOOK AT THE FACTS AND THE INITIAL BID PROCESS AS O AS OTHERS HAVE ALREADY SHOWN TO YOU GUYS. THE INCUMBENT PRICING WAS THE HIGHEST AMONG ALL PROPOSALS RECEIVED, YET A UNIQUE EXCEPTION WAS MADE. ONLY THE INCUMBENT WAS ALLOWED TO ENTER INTO NEGOTIATIONS TO LOWER THEIR BID AFTER THE FACT. THIS SELECTIVE NEGOTIATION PROCESS IS A DISSERVICE TO THE COMPETITIVE BIDDING SYSTEM AND TO EVERY OTHER VENDOR WHO WAS NOT AFFORDED THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. WE TOO ARE PREPARED TO LOWER OUR PRICE AND MATCH ANY PRICING THAT WEST COAST OFFERS, BUT WE WERE NEVER GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO AWARD THE CONTRACT UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES SETS A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT SUGGESTING THAT THE INITIAL BID IS MERELY A STARTING POINT FOR A FAVORED FEW, OR IN THIS CASE, ONE. NOW REGARDING THE PRAISE FOR THEIR EMERGENCY SERVICE RESPONSE TIMES THAT'S IN THE COUNCIL DOCUMENTS. LET'S PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE. RESPONDING TO EMERGENCIES IS OFTEN A SIGNIFICANT SOURCE OF PREMIUM BILLABLE HOURS. IT IS A STANDARD PART OF DOING BUSINESS. WE ALL DO IT NOT AN ACT OF EXCEPTIONAL GRACE THAT SHOULD BE OVERRIDE COMPETITIVE PRICING. FURTHERMORE, WE NEED TO ASK A MORE CRITICAL QUESTION. WHY ARE THESE EMERGENCIES OCCURRING WITH SUCH FREQUENCY IN THE FIRST PLACE? PERHAPS A STRONGER LOOK AT PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND SYSTEMIC PRUNING ISSUES ARE REQUIRED, RATHER THAN SIMPLY REWARDING A CONTRACTOR FOR RESPONDING TO THE CRISISES THAT MAY BE A RESULT OF LONG-TERM NEGLECT UNDER THEIR CARE. BY VOTING AGAINST THIS RECOMMENDATION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR FAIRNESS, FOR FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND FOR A TRULY COMPETITIVE PROCESS THAT ENSURES THE BEST VALUE FOR YOUR CITY, PLEASE OPEN THE DOOR TO COMPETITION AND ENSURE THAT ALL CONTRACTORS ARE GIVEN AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE, MR. DOUG FOR HELLO GUYS. MY NAME'S DOUG FOR, I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE, HAVE BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT THREE. UM, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU ALI AND THE COUNCIL FOR THE FIVE OH VOTE FOR TRANSPARENCY AT THE END OF THE LAST MEETING. UM, WITH THE RECENT ACTIONS BY THIS COUNCIL, IT IS A MAJOR STEP IN TRANSPARENCY TO HAVE EACH OF YOU GO VOTE YES AT THE BEGINNING IN DECEMBER. EVERY MOU AGREEMENT CONTRACT, NO MATTER THE AMOUNT IS PLACED ON THE AGENDA AND VOTED BY COUNSEL. SECOND, I REQUEST AN UPDATE ON MY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THAT I REQUESTED ON TEN SEVEN. I STILL HAVEN'T RE RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM MY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST. THIRD, UM, IS THE WEST COVINA CHAMBER RAN BY THE CITY AND ITS EMPLOYEES, OR IS IT A SEPARATE ENTITY? UM, FOURTH, UM, EXACTLY WHAT JUST HAPPENED HERE WITH THESE GENTLEMEN. UM, ALSO HAPPENED WITH THE DRAWINGS AND FIREHOUSE ONE. THEY ALSO DID THIS BEFORE. UM, SO THIS ISN'T ANYTHING NEW THAT HAS HAPPENED. UM, THEY DID LIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH AN ARCHITECT SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND THEN APPROVED IT LATER THAT MEETING, UM, WITH A NEW FIREHOUSE THAT NOW WANTS TO CHARGE ANOTHER $700,000 ONCE THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN AWARDED THE CONTRACT. SO THIS IS NOT NEW AND THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO STOP. UM, LASTLY, UM, THANK YOU TO THEAS. UM, THANK YOU TO THE CITY. UM, MY BUSINESSES ALL, UM, PARTICIPATED IN THE EVENT AND IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT FOR THE CAR AND OCTOBER FEST. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, [01:10:01] NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. SCOTT NEELY, FOLLOWED BY JEFF AND MR. G SCOTT. AND, UH, WILL YOU SET A TIME, PLEASE? GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS SCOTT NEELY. I REPRESENT, UH, MV TRANSPORTATION, AND I LIVE IN COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS. I'M REALLY DELIGHTED TO BE HERE WITH YOU TONIGHT. I'M ACTUALLY TRAVELED OUT HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, UH, AS VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOR MV TRANSIT AND TO, UH, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, FOR THE LAST DECADE. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING WHEN THE MEETING STARTED OFF ABOUT A SMALL BUSINESS AS MV IS ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS THAT STARTED WITH ONE VAN AND TWO PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA. SO WE'VE NOW GROWN TO A NATIONAL, UH, LEADER IN TERMS OF PROVIDING FIXED DROUGHT AND PARATRANSIT SERVICES, AS WELL AS A HOST OF OTHER, UH, TRANSPORTATION SERVICES ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NOW, UH, WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON RECENTLY. UH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MOVEMENT IN OUR COMPANY TO DEVELOP, UH, A LASER FOCUS ON OUR PASSENGERS AND OUR CLIENTS. UH, WE DO THIS FOR OUR PASSENGERS BY PROVIDING SAFETY, CUSTOMER SERVICE AND A CONSISTENT OPERATIONAL, UH, PERFORMANCE FOR OUR CLIENTS. WE'RE DOING A LOT IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT FOR OUR PASSENGERS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MICRO TRANSITS IN ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES. AND SO WE'RE KEEPING THOSE ALL AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT IS NOW THE NEW MV AND WHAT TYPES OF PRODUCTS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO OUR CLIENTS AND OUR PASSENGERS. UH, COUPLED WITH THAT, WE'VE DEVELOPED A BEST IN CLASS, UH, SAFETY PROGRAM THAT BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE MANTRA OF EVERYBODY EVERY TIME, EVERYWHERE. AND SO WE KEEP THAT AT THE FOREFRONT AS THAT'S OUR HIGHEST PRIORITY OF MAKING SURE EVERYBODY GETS HOME, UH, THE SAME WAY THAT THEY CAME. UH, LASTLY, I WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT, UH, WE'VE GOT VERY, UH, CONSISTENT APPROACH TO, UH, DEVELOPING PRODUCTS FOR OUR CLIENTS THAT CAN BE, UH, ALLEVIATED AND, UH, LEVERAGED THROUGH, UH, WEST COVINA IN TERMS OF BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP PROGRAMS, PLANNING, DESIGN, AND COMPONENTS FOR MICROT TRANSIT SYSTEMS FOR SAFETY PROGRAMS. WITH OUR DEDICATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE GROUP, WE HAVE AN INTERNAL TEAM THAT WORKS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR MV. LIKEWISE, WE ALSO HAVE A ZERO EMISSIONS TEAM, UH, THAT LOOKS AT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN THE ZERO EMISSIONS FLEETS AND HOW THEY CAN BE APPLIED, UH, TO ALL OF OUR CLIENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH, WITH THAT, I JUST THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST DECADE, AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE, SCOTT. OKAY. UH, COULD YOU GIVE THE INFORMATION PROVIDE INFORM TO OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER? UH, OKAY. MYLAN, DO YOU HAVE HIS INFORMATION? OKAY. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE SAW YOU. OKAY. BECAUSE I THINK IF WE ARE TOGETHER FOR SUCH A LONG TIME, UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR CITY, AND SINCE WE ARE PARTNERSHIP FOR YOUR TRANSIT FOR A LONG TIME, SO I THINK IT'S BETTER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR US SO WE CAN, ANY, ANYTHING, ANY ISSUE, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN CALL HIM UP AND SHOW HIM UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SCOTT. UH, NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. HELLO, COUNCIL. MAYOR, HOW YOU DOING? LOWER PLEASE. YES, THANK YOU. HOW YOU DOING? WELL, SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF THE TREES, I JUST HAVE A LITTLE COMPLAINT. SO SINCE EVERYBODY ELSE IS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT, IS THAT I DRIVE AROUND IN OUR CITY QUITE A BIT. I'M VERY OBSERVANT. FOR INSTANCE, YOUR SI YOUR, YOUR CLOCKS ARE WRONG. YOUR, YOUR NOTICES OUTSIDE OR HAVE THINGS POSTED SINCE 2022. AND YET , THE GUYS THAT ARE CUTTING YOUR TREES ARE DOING A REALLY TERRIBLE JOB. AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO IT. IF YOU GO DOWN CAMERON AVENUE, YES, IT'S TWO LANES ON BOTH SIDES, BUT YET THE TREES CLO LITERALLY CL CLEAR HALF THE, THE, THE STREET. YES. AND THEY JUST CUT THE TOP OFF OR THE BOTTOM, LIKE THE, LIKE, SOMETHING'S GONNA CLEAR IT. AND THEN THE OTHER TREES ON MERCED, SOME OF THEM, THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE IS BIGGER THAN THE TOP OF THE TREE. THERE'S EVEN A DEAD TREE. I THINK. I KNOW THAT THE GUYS JUST CAME THROUGH MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE I WATCHED THEM DOWN CUTTING THE TREES ON MY STREET, AND I NOTICED THE, MY NEIGHBOR'S TREE IS JUST A STICK. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S PATHETIC. IT'S, IT'S A BAD, UGLY TREE. AND YET THEY TRIMMED IT. FOR WHAT REASON? I HAVE NO IDEA. I EVEN ASKED THE GUY, BUT HE DIDN'T SPEAK ENGLISH WELL ENOUGH FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND. AND THEN EVEN ON THE 800 BLOCK UP ON MERCED, THERE'S A DEAD TREE. SO YOU GUYS ARE GIVING THESE GUYS, AWARDING THEM A CONTRACT AND THEY'RE REALLY DOING A TERRIBLE JOB. I REALLY THINK THAT YOU GUYS SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO WHAT THEY'RE DOING OR HAVE SOMEBODY THE FOLLOW UP, WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND WHAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. OKAY. AND NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. MR. G. MR. G, PLEASE. [01:15:04] FIRST OF ALL, I WANT THANK THE COUNCIL AM EMBASSY MANAGER AND ALL THE STAFF FOR GO WEST COVINA. WHEN I CAME HERE TONIGHT, THEY SAID THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED FROM SEVEN TO 11, I MEAN SEVEN TO 10. SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT AS SOMEBODY WHO USES IT ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY AND THE COMMERCE KEEPS ROLLING. THE OTHER THING I, THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS ON AGENDA NUMBER TWO. YOU HAVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONSIDERING IT PARTIAL ON 25 27 EAST CAMERON, THAT'S REALLY DEAR AND NEAR TO MY HEART. I PLAYED THERE AS A KID THAT WAS A FAMILY FRIEND'S RESIDENCE. SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS GOING TO REMAIN AN R ONE, OR YOU GOTTA PUT MULTIPLE HOUSES THERE. IF YOU PUT MULTIPLE UNITS THERE, THAT INTERSECTION, I'VE ALMOST BEEN RUN OVER THREE TIMES BY WALKING MY DOG. 'CAUSE PEOPLE DON'T STOP. YOU HAVE A JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT BUS STOP RIGHT THERE IN A HIGH SCHOOL WALKING THERE. SO IF THEY PUT IN MORE THAN AN RRR ONE, THAT CAN BE VERY DETRIMENTAL. SO ON THAT APPROVAL, PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS BECAUSE JUST LIKE CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE LIABLE, YOU HAD TO CHANGE THE OUTLOOK. IT WAS ALWAYS AN R ONE. YES, IT'S A BIG PROPERTY, CONSIDER WHAT IT IS NOW, BUT PLEASE THINK ABOUT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. G. UH, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. LASTLY, UH, EXCUSE ME IF I DON'T PRONOUNCE THE NAME CORRECTLY. IT'S GLENN KENNEDY. HEY, GLENN . YES. NO, SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHO YOU ARE, SIR. YOU, YOU NEED TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF. STRANGER . GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL. NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY. I'LL BE REAL QUICK, MR. MAYOR. UH, I'M SPEAKING ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SO, UH, THIS FRIDAY WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR, UH, MONTHLY MEET AND GREET, UH, 3 38 SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE. AND, UH, THIS MONTH WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE 1930S AND THE PRIOR TO WORLD WAR, UH, TWO, HOW WEST COVINA WAS AND HOW IT EVOLVED. THIS IS PRETTY INTERESTING. UH, WE HAD A COUPLE FLOODS OF MA MAJOR FLOOD. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAME, CAME TO BE. UM, AND PEOPLE WEREN'T GROWING ORANGES. THEY WERE GROWING WALNUTS BACK THEN. SO, UH, COME ON OUT. UM, BE VERY INTERESTING. HOPE TO SEE YOU. WE'RE ALSO, UH, GONNA START ON THURSDAYS. WE'RE GONNA, AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WE'RE GONNA START HAVING, UH, HISTORY SESSIONS. SO IF ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS INTERESTED OR HAS PASSION OF THE CITY, OF WEST COVINA AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME. WE ALSO, UH, UH, STARTED A NEW SITE CALLED THROW BACK WEST COVINA. EVERYBODY'S WELCOME TO JOIN. SO WITH THAT, UH, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GLENN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NICE. SEE YOU AGAIN. NEXT SPEAKER, PLEASE. THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS FOR TONIGHT. MAYOR, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? NO. OKAY. OKAY. UH, UH, CITY MANAGERS, YOU WANT TO RESPOND? SOME OF THE SPEAKER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, JOSH MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THE WEST COVINA LIBRARY. UH, MR. SCHUMAKER, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS ALWAYS. UM, FOR MR. GRITCH SCOTT, UM, ERIC FRANKLIN, DENNIS JONES, AND JEFF AINO. UM, ITEM NUMBER SIX WILL BE ADDRESSING THE, UH, TREE SERVICE CONTRACT, UM, AND THE PROPOSAL. AND I WILL LET, UM, THAT DISCUSSION TAKE PLACE DURING THE AGENDA ITEM ITSELF. UM, DOUG, FOR ON YOUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST FROM OCTOBER 7TH, I'LL FOLLOW UP ON, ON THAT ONE AND WE'LL GIVE YOU A CALL TOMORROW AND LET YOU KNOW THE STATUS ON THAT ONE. AT MINIMUM, YOU SHOULD GOT A, A NOTICE THAT, UM, IT WAS BEING DELAYED FOR WHATEVER REASON. I KNOW WE'VE BEEN INUNDATED WITH PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST AND WE'VE BEEN SHORT OF STAFFED, BUT STILL YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. WE WILL GIVE YOU A CALL, UM, TOMORROW. UM, THANK YOU ON YOUR, UM, PRAISE OF THE, THE HALLOWEEN FEST, THE CARVER FEST DOWN ON SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE. IT WAS A WELL, UH, ATTENDED EVENT. AND ON THE DISCUSSION OF THE CHAMBER, I BELIEVE THE EXPECTATION IS THAT CITY STAFF INITIATE FORM, DEVELOP THE CHAMBER, AND EVENTUALLY TURN IT OVER TO A BOARD OF DIRECTORS ONCE THEY HAVE, UH, ENOUGH MEMBERS AND A BOARD TO RUN THINGS. AND THEN FROM THERE, THAT CHAMBER WOULD HELP SUPPORT OUR, OUR LOCAL EVENTS AND RELIEVE STAFF OF HAVING TO DO ALL THAT LEGWORK. UM, SCOTT NEELY, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT FROM TEXAS, GIVING US AN UPDATE ON MV TRANSIT. VERY IMPRESSIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. I WILL BE IN TOUCH, UH, MR. G, UM, ON 2 5 2 7, CAMERON. YES, THAT IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, AND I'LL WAIT FOR THAT DISCUSSION, UM, DURING THE NEXT, UM, PART OF THIS [01:20:01] MEETING. AND, UH, GLENN KENNY, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY SOCIETY, THIS EVENT, UH, COMING UP THIS FRIDAY, AND ALSO THE SESSIONS THAT'LL BE TAKING PLACE ON THURSDAYS, THE HISTORY, UH, SESSIONS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, ANSWERS FOR TIME. MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ACTING CITY MANAGER, MYLAN. OKAY. AND, UH, WE GO [ CONSENT CALENDAR] TO CONSENT CALENDAR 1, 2, 6. OKAY. WHO WANT TO PULL ANY? I KNOW YOU WANT THIS RULE NUMBER SIX. YES. OKAY. ANYBODY? I WANNA PUT NUMBER ONE BECAUSE I WANT TO INTRODUCE, OH, NO. AND, UH, YOU, OUR NEWLY APPOINTED, IS HE AROUND? YES, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. I PUT NUMBER ONE. OKAY. YOU PUT NUMBER SIX. YES. AND I, I WANNA PULL, UH, I WANT, I WANNA MOVE NUMBER SIX UP TO GO FIRST AND THEN I WANNA, UM, NO, NO, NO. REALLY QUICK. OKAY. NUMBER ONE IS JUST INTRODUCTION. I THINK OLLIE NEEDS TO LEAVE OLLIE LEAVING RIGHT NOW. I THINK HE WANTS IN, IN A LITTLE BIT, BUT I, I'D LIKE IF, IF IT'S OKAY TO MOVE ITEM SIX FIRST, PLEASE. UM, I KNOW AFTER THE, BUT, BUT MEANS HE ONLY HAS A SEVEN MINUTES. WHY? YEAH. I ONLY HAVE SEVEN MINUTES, BUT HE, BUT HE, HE'S GOING TO BE VERY LONG. I KNOW, BUT I WILL LET HIM SPEAK FIRST. I KNOW, BUT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR GET APPOINTED FIRST AND WE CAN CONNECT WITH OUR THREE TREATMENT. I KNOW, BUT I THINK, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND LET'S LET, LET'S, LET'S MOVE TO, OKAY. UH, YOU GUYS AGREE? MOTION? WELL, I THINK, I THINK THE COUNCIL MEMBER NEEDS TO LEAVE EARLY. I DON'T, I UNDERSTAND. BUT I WANT TO SEE, WE GET APPOINTED OF OUR PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR FIRST SO WE CAN CONNECT WITH TREE TREATMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL CONNECTED TOGETHER. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. IT'S GONNA TAKE LONG TO YOU HAVE A, YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR HIM? YES. OKAY. AND WHAT YOU GUYS THINK, YOU GUYS WANT TO MOVE OR YOU GUY WANT TO MOVE FIRST? I DON'T MIND. UM, COUNCILMAN. OKAY, THEN WE, THEN WE MOVE. OKAY. UH, BOTH, BOTH OF THEM. OKAY. UM, LET'S DO THIS. OKAY. AND, OKAY, GO TO NUMBER SIX. SINCE YOU HAVE, ARE YOU AGAINST, DO YOU AGAINST THAT? YOU, OKAY. OKAY. NO. NUMBER SIX, GO TO FIRST AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO, UM, OKAY. APPROVE NUMBER 2, 3, 4, 5. UH, WHO'S GOING TO MOVE THE AGENDA? AND, UH, I'M GONNA PULL, UM, NUMBER FIVE. SO YOU PUT NUMBER FIVE AND SIX. AND I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FOR NUMBER FOUR, UM, BECAUSE OF, UH, MY EMPLOYMENT. OKAY. SO NUMBER FOUR, YOU RECU YOURSELF. YOU PUT NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER SIX, AND I PUT NUMBER HOLY MICRO. HOW ABOUT EVERYBODY PULL EVERYTHING. OKAY, SO, OKAY, YOU PUT NUMBER THREE. SO WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE NUMBER FOUR ONLY, RIGHT? OKAY. YOU PUT NUMBER THREE. I PUT NUMBER ONE. OKAY, YOU PUT NUMBER FIVE, SIX. SO WE ONLY LEAVE NUMBER FOUR. TWO AND FOUR. OKAY. WHO GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO TWO AND FOUR MOVE MOVES. WHO? SECOND, SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. SO, OKAY. AND THE ROLL CALL PLEASE. AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY THE MOTION WITH NUMBER FOUR, EXAM, UH, FOUR. ACCUSING MYSELF COMPLETELY. OKAY. SO HE'S NOT, HE'S NOT VOTING ON NUMBER FOUR. YES. AT ALL. OKAY, SO I'M, SO ALSO, LET'S GO TO THE MOTION NUMBER TWO AND FOUR. ROLL CALL FOR NUMBER TWO AND FOUR. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, WHICH ONE'S THIS ONE FOR NUMBER, NUMBER TWO, FOUR. YOU QUEUE NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. OKAY. YOU ARE PUT NUMBER TWO. YES. AND THEN NUMBER FOUR IS LIKE, IF I'M NOT HERE, YEAH, HERE WE QUEUE. OKAY. AND, UH, THANK YOU MAYOR POTENT. MAYOR PRO. TIM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, NUMBER TWO AND FOUR. AND, UH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TU, WE QUEUE NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. [6) CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (RFP NO. 2026-01) FOR TREE TRIMMING AND TREE MAINTENANCE SERVICES TO WEST COAST ARBORISTS, INC.] AND LET'S GO TO NUMBER SIX, THE THREE TRIMMING. GO AHEAD. AND, UH, WE WANT TO, WE WANT TO DO THE REPORT. OKAY. AND, UH, LET HAVE, UH, UH, THE PANEL APPROVE THIS, THAT RECOMMENDED BY THE CT STAFF TO DO THE PRESENTATION. AND THEN WE START WITH, UH, HEARING FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. AND THE PRESENTATION. GO FIRST. WHO'S GONNA PROMOTE, WHO'S GOING TO PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION? MR. MAYOR, UM, SUPERINTENDENT MIKE CRESS UP IS HERE. WE ALSO HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, NEIL METTA THAT CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND ANALYST. BRENE CHAVEZ IS ALSO HERE TO ASSIST WITH ANSWERING QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MIKE. YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES. HE'S, HE, HE'S LEAVING. SO YOU BUILD CONDENSE IN FIVE MINUTES. . OH, YOUR MIC. OH WAIT, YOUR MIC, YOUR MIC. YOUR MIC'S ON. IT'S ON, IT'S ON. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. WOO. COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO, UH, THE CITY WENT OUT TO BID FOR ITS TREE SERVICES. UH, WE SENT OUT AN RFP, WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM SEVEN BIDDERS. UH, THEY WERE RANKED, THEY WERE RATED. AND THEN AFTER THAT, THE TOP FIVE BIDDERS WERE BROUGHT BACK IN TO, TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GO OVER THAT. AFTER THE INTERVIEWS, THE TEAM HAD DECIDED THAT THE MOST COMPETENT BIDDER WOULD BE WEST COAST ARBORIST. UM, THE RESOURCES THEY BROUGHT TO THE TABLE, THE SCALABILITY OF THE CONTRACT. UM, PREVIOUS HISTORY, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, OBVIOUSLY [01:25:01] WE JUST HAD THE WINDSTORM. 37 TREES WENT DOWN. AND, AND SO THOSE ARE THE FA THE MAIN FACTORS THAT WE WENT ON WHEN ASKING QUESTIONS AND ASKING WHAT RESPONSE TIME AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD TAKE CARE OF THE CITY IN THE MANNER THAT WE WANT. UM, WE WENT TO THE MUNI CODE AFTER RECEIVING THE RFPS. MUNI CODE STATES THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO NEGOTIATE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO, UM, THE TEAM ALSO MET WITH WEST COAST ARBORIST, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. UM, LESH WAS, UH, WAS THE HEAD OF THE TABLE AND NEGOTIATED WITH WEST COAST ARBORIST. AND WE ASKED IF WE COULD RETAIN OUR CURRENT RATES BECAUSE OF OUR FINANCIAL SITUATIONS. SO, UM, AT THAT POINT, AFTER NEGOTIATING, THAT WAS A DIFFERENCE IN, IN OUR RATINGS, AND THAT'S HOW WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION TO RECOMMEND WEST COAST ARBORIST. TRY TO KEEP THAT PRETTY BRIEF. IF I MISS SOMETHING, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. BUT, UH, THAT'S BASICALLY HOW WE CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WE DID. AND JUST TO ADD TO THAT, WE, UM, DID NOT SHARE ANY OF THE PRICING OF THE VENDORS WHO HAD PRESENTED TO WEST COAST. THE NEGOTIATION WITH WEST COAST WAS SOLELY BASED ON OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION. AND FORTUNATELY, UH, THE NEGOTIATION WITH WEST COAST WENT IN OUR FAVORABLE, UH, WAS FAVORABLE TO US BECAUSE THEY HAD BEEN PROVIDING THE SERVICES. SO THE PRICING THAT THEY HAD PROVIDED IS WHAT THEY HAD BEEN PROVIDING THE CITY. HOLD, HOLD ON, . OKAY. HAVE YOU FINISHED YOUR PRESENTATION? YES, I KEPT IT SHORT. YES. I TRIED TO KEEP IT AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. SO YOU'VE DONE YOUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. AND SO YOU WILL HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ASK YOU QUESTION. YES. YES, SIR. OKAY. AND, UH, SO WHO ON TO GO FIRST? LET ALI GO FIRST. 'CAUSE YES, ALI GO FIRST, I APOLOGIZE, BUT FOR REASONS RELATING TO PROCESS, AS MUCH AS I LOVE WEST COAST ARBOR, JUST TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE PROCESS, I MOVE THAT WE REJECT ALL BIDS AND WE START THE PROCESS OVER IN ORDER TO UP UP COLD FAIRNESS. AND I, I, OKAY. . OKAY. MY POINT IS THIS. I WANT TO LISTEN TO THE PROCESS, THE PROCEDURES, AND THEN, SO IN THAT WAY WE NOT JUST BLANK OKAY. BLINDLY TO REJECT. I HAVE A ISSUE WITH THE, THE, THE, THIS RECOMMENDATION TOO. BUT I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PROCEDURE AND PROCESS BEFORE WE JUST BLINDLY TO REJECT AND THEN WE MIGHT BE EVEN MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE OKAY. IF WE DO THIS. SO I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND, OKAY. THE PROCEDURE AND THE, THE, THE, THE PANEL ABOUT HOW DAY YOU REVIEW WITH THE SEVEN BIDDER AND HOW YOU OKAY. HAVE, UH, LIKE SOMEBODY SAY THEY, THEY, THEY ARE RANKING THE HIGHER, BUT THEY GET KICK OUT. AND THE NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE. SO WE, WE ALREADY HAVE A THREE COMPLAINANT OVER HERE. SO SOME SOUND LIKE THE PROCEDURE HAVE SOME ISSUE, BUT REALLY WANT TO, MAYBE THEY DON'T HAVE A ISSUE. OKAY. BUT WE JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND AND HOW YOU GUY GET THIS CONCLUSION. OKAY. AND RATHER THAN JUST REJECT BLINDLY OKAY. AND THIS, THAT, SO ANYWAY, AND OKAY. YEAH. YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD. MAYOR PROTON, UH, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION AND TO THE COMMENTS THAT THEY MADE, WAS THERE RENEGOTIATING REVISED PROPOSALS? I KNOW THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THAT WAS ACCURATE AND WHAT OCCURRED ON THAT. WE DID NOT RENEGOTIATE AND REVISED PROPOSALS. WE MET WITH WEST COAST ARBORIST AND NEGOTIATED WITH THEM AT THAT POINT PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT WE COULD DO THAT. AND AS, AS ASSISTANT MA, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER STATED, WE DID NOT SHOW RATES TO DO ANYTHING. WE NEGOTIATED ON OUR CURRENT RATES. SO, I'M SORRY, THE, THE REVISION AND THE VISAL PROPOSAL, THAT WAS AFTER, I MEAN, YOU APPROVED BASED ON THE, AFTER THEY ALL SUBMITTED. SO AFTER WE JUST, YEAH, WE, I MEAN, WE'D LIKE, THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL PROCESS SO THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS. YEAH. SO WE CONDUCTED A VERY THOROUGH, UM, INTERVIEW PROCESS. EVERYONE WAS GIVEN A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME AND EVERYONE PRESENTED THEIR CASE ALONG WITH THEIR PRODUCT AND SERVICES. AT THAT POINT, WE DETERMINED INDEPENDENT OF THE PRICING THAT WEST COAST WOULD PROVIDE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UM, A, A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SERVICE THE TREES. UH, ONCE THAT WAS DETERMINED, WE REACHED OUT TO WEST COAST AND WE WERE OBLIGED WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE PAY, UH, TO BE, UH, THE PRICING TO REMAIN THE SAME. AND SO THOSE WERE TWO INDEPENDENT DECISIONS THAT WE HAD MADE. THE FIRST DE DECISION WAS NOT BASED ON THE PRICING, IT WAS BASED ON THE QUALITY AND THE SERVICE. AND SO BASED ON WHAT WE HAD SEEN FROM THEIR PRESENTATION AND WHAT THEY, UM, PROVIDED US IN TERMS OF THE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS THAT WE GAVE ALL THE VENDORS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, WE FELT COMFORTABLE WITH WEST COAST PROVIDING US A CONTINUED SERVICE. THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENT. SO AT THAT TIME, WE DETERMINED THAT THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION, BECAUSE FINANCES ARE A KEY PORTION OF THIS, IS TO REACH OUT TO WEST COAST AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO PROVIDE US THE SAME SERVICES AT THE SAME COST. AND SO THAT IS WHAT THEY WAS AGREED [01:30:01] UPON BY WESTCO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I I GOT IT. I I THINK THIS, I DON'T WANT TO RUSH THIS BECAUSE ALL IS LEAVING. OKAY. AND THEN HE ALREADY MOVED THE MOTION, BUT I HAVE SOME PROBLEM WITH, UH, THIS OKAY. UH, DECISION ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. AND I WANT TO KNOW MORE THE DETAILS SO WE, HOPEFULLY WE DON'T MAKE SAME MISTAKE EVEN WE REJECT THIS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO RUSH. OKAY. BUT HE ALREADY MOVED A MOTION. OKAY. AND AGAIN, I I, I'M, SAME OKAY. ISSUE, BUT DO I HAVE A SECOND WITH HIS MOTION? OR WE CAN CONTINUE TO DISCUSS OKAY. TO FIND OUT WHY IS A BETTER SOLUTION, WHAT THE RUSHED AND BECAUSE WHEN WE REJECT, EASY TO REJECT YEAH, LET ME FINISH IS EASY TO REJECT, BUT HOW WE CAN CORRECT THE PROCEDURE SO WE CAN HAVE A BETTER, OR JUST A MORE FAIR SYSTEM FOR THE NEXT PANEL IF YOU REJECT OKAY. THEN WE MOVE THE MOTION DAYS OVER. YEAH. BUT THE POINT IS MAYBE THE NEXT OKAY. ELECTION WILL BE THE SAME THING AGAIN. SO, YEAH. CITY, UH, CITY MANAGER WANTS TO GO FORWARD. WELL, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS, THE CITY COUNCIL, I MAY NEVER RECOMMEND THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE, UH, PULL THIS ITEM AND MOVE IT TO, UM, THE 18TH AND GIVE OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR A CHANCE. LET, LET MR. I THINK, LET'S SAY MY, MY SUGGESTION IS LET OUR NEWLY APPOINTED CIVIL ENGINEER LET, SINCE HE'S A DIRECTOR, HE CAN REVIEW IT AND GIVE A RECOMMENDATION TO REJECT IT FOR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. AND SO IN THAT WAY, WE DON'T, WE NOT, WE NOT IN A HURRY TO APPROVE THIS, RIGHT? YEAH, GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE IF, IF THERE ARE TECHNICALITIES IN THIS VOTING BID, THEN IT SHOULD BE REJECTED AND THEN GIVE OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THE CHANCE TO INITIATE THE RP ON HIS H ON HIS OWN. WHY ARE WE GONNA, WHY ARE WE GONNA DEFER IT? BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I UNDERSTAND WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS IS SAYING, AND I AGREE WITH HIS, UM, WITH HIS, WITH HIS MOTION. BUT I FIRST WANNA SPEAK AND, AND PROVE THE FACTS BEFORE I COULD, I CAN MAKE A, A SECOND NOTE. SO, BUT I KNOW THE COUNCILMAN NEEDS TO LEAVE, SO NO, HE, HE'S LEAVING ALREADY. YEAH. AS A FINE. AND, BUT WE CAN CONTINUE. BUT I, I THINK THE POINT IS, I THINK WE ALL AGREE THE PROCEDURE POTENTIALLY PROBLEMATIC. OKAY. BUT MAYBE NOT. YEAH. BUT AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO ACCUSE THE STAFF OKAY. AND, UH, ABOUT SOMETHING WE DON'T KNOW. YEAH. I THINK IT'S BETTER IF WE SPEND TIME TO LISTEN TO THEIR PROCEDURE AND THEN WE DECIDE WHAT TO DO. AND, UH, BUT AGAIN, I DON'T THINK ANY OF, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL WANT TO APPROVE FOR THEIR, UH, CONTRACT TONIGHT ANYWAY. YEAH. OKAY. BUT I WANT, I WANNA, I WANNA, BUT, BUT I WANT YOU, I WANT YOU TO GO THROUGH, I THINK YOU PREPARE FOR A WHOLE WEEK. YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH YOUR OKAY. AND THE QUESTION I WANT GIVE YOU TIME, SO THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO RUSH. YEAH, YEAH. RUSH WILL REJECT. THEN YOU CANNOT EVEN PUT YEAH. YEAH. HE, THAT WAS A RUSH MOTION. BUT WE SHOULD MOVE ON NOW AND, AND, YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. LET, LET'S, LET'S MOVE ON. YEAH. LET'S, LET'S HEAR THE STAFF AND, AND LET'S EXACTLY. AND LET EVERYONE YEAH. LET'S HAVE A FAIRNESS TO LISTEN ON BOTH SIDE. OKAY. AND, UH, BALL, WHY THEY PICK THAT POSSIBLE. THEY HAVE A GOOD POINT. YEAH. THAT BIGGER COMPANY, THIS AND THAT. BUT MY PERSONALLY, I HAVE ISSUE LIKE, UH, UH OKAY. SUE'S HUSBAND, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT YOU SCOTT. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. SORRY. OKAY. I, I'M GETTING OUT. OKAY. AND, UH, HIS POINT REGARDING THE TREE ISSUE YEAH. AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF TREE ISSUE. OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN BETTER, OKAY. YEAH. I, I DON'T DISAGREE ANYTHING. I JUST WANT TO DO MY JOB AS A . NO, NO. I WANT TO LET YOU DO YOUR JOB, BUT I REALLY DON'T WANT HIM TO RUSH US BECAUSE HE OH, YEAH, YEAH. I, YEAH, YEAH. NO, NO. IF YOU WANT TAKE, I THINK THE MOTION DIE. YEAH. IF YOU WANNA CATCH AIRPLANE. OKAY. CASH. I AGREE WITH THAT. YEAH. YEAH. LET'S MOVE ON NOW, LET'S MOVE ON. YES. RUSH. AND THEN LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S THE REASON, AND SO WE DON'T MAKE SOME MISTAKE. MAKE SENSE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. SO LET'S MOVE ON. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE MOTION DIES. OKAY. OKAY. MOTION DIE AND THEN YOU GO, YOU CONTINUE. OKAY. SO, UM, YES. SO, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, F AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS WAS A RFP AND NOT AN RFQ, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. AND IN YOUR STATEMENT, YOU STATED YOU NEGOTIATED AND, AND I, AND, AND I THINK THE MAYOR PRO TO ASK THIS QUESTION TOO, AND JUST TO CLARIFY IT, BUT WHEN YOU SAY YOU NEGOTIATED, YOU DID THAT THE, ON THE SAME DAY OR ON A DIFFERENT DAY? NO, IT WAS DONE ON A DIFFERENT DAY. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MAHESH. MAHESH, BEING NEW TO THE CITY OF WESTVIEW, WHAT DIRECTIONS OR INSTRUCTIONS WERE YOU GIVEN AS A NEW EMPLOYEE REGARDING OUR BIDDING PROCESS? UM, SO IN TERMS OF MY, MY ROLE, MY ROLE WAS JUST TO BE THERE, UM, TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT IN TERMS OF GETTING A RECOMMENDATION FORWARD. AND BASED ON OUR, UM, OBSERVATION OF WHAT ALL THE VENDORS [01:35:01] HAD, UM, PRESENTED, UH, WE FELT COLLECTIVELY THAT WEST COAST WAS, UM, AND IS THE BEST OPTION. UM, AND AT THAT POINT, WE PR WE COMPLETED THE PROCESS PROPERLY, AND I'VE CONFIRMED WITH OUR STATE ATTORNEY THAT THE PROCESS WAS COMPLETED IN A FAIR AND COMPLETE MANNER AND INDEPENDENT OF ANY BIAS OR PRE-JUDGMENT, WE WENT IN, UM, AND WE TOOK EACH QUESTION AND PRESENTED IT INDEPENDENTLY WITH ALL THE VENDORS. GREAT. AND SO WHEN YOU SAY YOU GUYS, THAT YOU GUYS ALL AGREE, YOU ALL AGREE COLLECTIVELY THAT WEST COAST ARBORIST WAS THE COMPANY TO GO WITH, BUT THEN DID YOU VOTE, DID YOU, DID YOU DO YOUR TALLY FIRST BEFORE YOU START THAT DISCUSSION? OR YOU, YOU, YOU HAD THAT DISCUSSION FIRST? NO, THE TALLY WAS DONE INDEPENDENTLY MM-HMM . FOR ALL THE VENDORS. AND AT THAT TIME, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ASSISTANT RENEE HAD TALLIED IT AND IT SHOWED THAT WEST COAST DID IN FACT, UH, RECEIVE THE HIGHEST POINTS AT THAT POINT. WE COLLECTIVELY GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED ON A DATE TO INVITE, UH, WEST COAST OUT AND SEE IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO CONTINUE THE SERVICES AT THE RATE THAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY, UM, CHARGING US. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO CLARIFY, THE, THE BID THAT WENT OUT, UM, THE, THE, THE RFP THAT WAS POSTED, THE WORDING IN THAT RFP SPECIFICALLY SAID IT WAS AN RFP, CORRECT? OR MAYBE THAT'S ROXANNE, OR JUST TO CLARIFY THE WORDING IN THE RFP SPECIFICALLY STATED WITHIN THE WORDING THAT IT WAS AN RFP, CORRECT? IT SAYS IT'S A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. THAT IS CORRECT. AND SO, OKAY, SO I'LL CONTINUE. SO, UM, FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE INDEPENDENTLY REVIEWED THE FOOD EVALUATION MATERIALS FOR RFQ 2026 DASH ZERO ONE, TREAT, TRIM, AND TREAT MAINTENANCE SERVICES, WHICH I OBTAIN IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER. AFTER REVIEWING THEIR EVALUATOR SCORING SHEETS, I HAVE IDENTIFIED A CLEAR PATTERN OF SCORING AND REG MISSING JUSTIFICATIONS AND NON NON-DEPENDENT EVALUATIONS HAVE RAISED SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT FAIRNESS AND LEGALITY UNDER PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE 21 6 21 62, AND THE WESTFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE, THE CITY HAS A DUTY TO ENSURE THAT EVERY CONTRACT AWARD IS BASED UPON OBJECTIVE AND TRANSPARENT EVALUATION PROCESS FREE OF FAVORITISM OR BIAS. THE EVALUATORS INCLUDE, I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO THE NUMBERS BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE RP AGAIN, SO I'M NOT GONNA DISCLOSE THESE, THESE RANKINGS, BUT ALL EVALUATORS INCLUDE VARIOUS STAFF INCLUDED FOUR STAFF MEMBERS. UM, AND I'M NOT GONNA SAY, TELL, SAY THEIR NAME BECAUSE I, UH, I THINK LEGALLY I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO BECAUSE THEY MIGHT GO FOR AN RP AGAIN, BUT THE EVALUATION FORMS CONTAIN ONE WORD COMMENTS SUCH AS YES OR OWN ALL EQUIPMENT WITH A RANKING OF FIVE WITH NO EXPLANATION, SUPPORTING PERFECT SCORES FOR THE INCOMING VENDOR, ALL THREE, ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UH, VOTE, UH, OTHER EVALUATOR, ALL THREE FORMS STATED THE SAME DAY IN IDENTICAL HANDWRITING AND PHRASING. THE MORE DETAIL A PROPOSER'S RESPONSE, THE LOWER THE SCORE WAS GIVEN. THIS CONTRADICTS THE RFP INSTRUCTION SPECIFICALLY STATES, EACH PANEL MA SHALL INDEPENDENTLY SCORE EACH PROPOSAL AND PROVIDE COMMENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR SCORE SCORES. AND THERE ARE SCORES THAT MIRROR EACH OTHER AND REPEATS THE, ANOTHER ONE REPEATS THE SAME TREND, IDENTICAL SCORING SPACING, AND THEIR IDENTICAL COMMENTS. THE PATTERN SUMMARY INCLUDES FOUR EVALUATORS, SAME, UH, SIMILAR NCES IN SCORING, SAME TWO TO THREE POINT SPREAD INCOMPLETE OR COPY OR, OR SIMILAR COMMENTS. THE RESULT WAS A SYSTEMATIC INFLATION OF THE INCUMBENT VENDOR SCORES AND NO INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF COMPETING BIDS. THE PROCEDURE LACKS LEGAL ISSUES. THE LACK OF INDEPENDENT SCORING FOR IDENTICAL PATTERNS ACROSS EVALUATORS INDICATES POTENTIAL COORDINATION. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT HAPPENED, I'M JUST SAYING IT THAT'S WHAT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S, THERE'S MISSING JUSTIFICATION. SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE EVALUATOR SCORE SHEETS, IT SPECIFICALLY STATES, UM, PROVIDE COMMENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR SCORE. AND I GOT EACH SCORE'S [01:40:01] DOCUMENTS. EACH PERSON WHO WERE, WAS IN THAT ROOM WHO DID THAT INTERVIEW. AND WHEN I WENT THROUGH THEIR SCORING SHEETS, I SAW RANKINGS OF FIVE WHERE WERE BOXES ON THE RIGHT THAT WERE BLANK, WHICH MEANS THAT THE RFP INSTRUCTIONS WERE, WAS NOT F FOLLOWED AND IS A FLAW IN THIS RFP PROCESS. AND SO, AND, AND SO THEREFORE WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS, THIS IS REGULATED BY PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE, WHICH UNDER 2162 AWARDS MUST REST ON OBJECTIVE COMPETITOR CRITERIA UNDER OUR RESCUE AND MUNICIPAL CODE. IT PROHIBITS FAVORITISM OR MANDATES DOCUMENTED JUSTIFICATION, AND IT'S IN, IN MY LIST VERSUS THE SUPERIOR COURT OF 2006. PROCUREMENT DECISIONS LACKING A WRITTEN OBJECTIVE BASIS ARE VARIABLE UNDER STATE LAW. THESE AUTHORITIES MAKE CLEAR THAT THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION CANNOT MOVE FORWARD UNTIL THE PROCESS IS VALIDATED. AND SO I JUST HAVE A CA COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM, TO CITY MANAGER WHO AUTHORIZED THE 50 POINT SCORING RUB RUBRIC, WHEN AND WHEN WAS IT LAST REVIEW? OH, ACTUALLY, NEVERMIND. THIS IS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, TOM DOHERTY. MR. DOHERTY, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME, UM, OUR 50 POINT SCORING RUB RUBIK WAS REVIEWED FOR COMPLIANCE FOR PCC 2162? I DON'T KNOW WHEN LAST TIME IT WAS REVIEWED FOR THAT. YOU DON'T KNOW. UM, OKAY. DOES THE ACTING CITY MANAGER KNOW? I DO NOT KNOW. OKAY. UM, AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR, UM, ONE OF THE EVALUATORS, BUT WERE, WERE CO OR, OR, OR ACT, UH, ADDRESS IT TO OUR ACCURACY MANAGER WAS CO DO YOU KNOW, UM, BASED UPON THE EVALUATORS WERE COSTS OR TECHNICAL WEIGHING FACTORS INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BEFORE SCORING BEGAN, OR, OR, YEAH, I'LL DEFER TO SOMEBODY THAT REVIEWED THE RFPS AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. SO, I'M SORRY, THE QUESTION IS COST? YES. WERE, WERE, WERE, WAS COSTS AND TECHNICAL WA WEIGHTING FACTORS INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BEFORE SCORING BEGAN? COSTS WERE NOT, COSTS WERE NOT, A FACTOR WAS NOT A FACTOR. OKAY. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? HISTORICALLY, WHEN THE RFP COMES IN FI, THE FINANCIAL PORTION OF THE RFP IS REVIEWED BY FINANCE AND GIVING GIVEN TO US AFTER THE FACT. SO WE DON'T RATE, THE FINANCIAL PORTION ISN'T RATED BY THE, THE PEOPLE THAT REVIEW IT. IT'S RATED BY FINANCE, THE PURCHASING MANAGER, I BELIEVE, AND THEN SENT TO US AFTER THE FACT. YES. AND, AND, AND SO, BUT WE'RE WE'RE GETTING CONCLUSIONS THAT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS NOT A, THE FACTOR OF, OF, OF THE COST WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN, IN THE VOTING PROCESS. AND SO I DON'T THINK KAREN ALWA WAS A PANEL MEMBER, CORRECT. MR. CITY? MR. UM, I'M SORRY. OH MY GOD. MANAGER. MR. KERRICK. SORRY. MANAGER. CITY MAN. ACTING CITY MANAGER. YES. OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR DID NOT SIT ON THE PANEL. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, MIKE, UM, SOME, SOME QUESTIONS FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. DID EVALUATORS RECEIVE THE SAME WRITTEN GUIDANCE AND TRAINING ON SCORING CRITERIA? UH, I WANNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION CORRECTLY. UM, WE SAT, WE GOT THE SHEETS WE WERE GIVEN IN, I MEAN, WE WEREN'T REALLY GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. UM, COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY WE TOLD, WE KNEW IT NEEDED TO BE RANKED AND RATED, BUT I DO, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK ON WHETHER THEY WERE TOLD TO PUT A COMMENT IN EVERY BOX. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND I CONFIRM, I DON'T BELIEVE WE WERE TOLD TO PUT A COMMENT IN EVERY BOX AND, UM, HISTORICALLY I HAVE NOT, YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BE AN ISSUE HISTORICALLY. YES. AND, AND THEN WAR, WERE EVALUATORS PERMITTED TO DISCUSS OR ADJUST SCORES AFTER THE INTERVIEW CONCLUDED? NO, SIR. GREAT. AND DO YOU KNOW WHY SO MANY EVALUATION SHEETS LACKED THE NARRATIVE COMMENTS THAT WERE, THAT WERE REQUIRED UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF THE DOCUMENT? UM, ON MY, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANY OF THE OTHER RATERS. UM, YOU KNOW, IF I LEFT SOMETHING BLANKETS 'CAUSE I FELT SOMETHING WASN'T ANSWERED, IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I JUST DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS, YOU KNOW, OR WHERE IT WENT. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS PERTINENT INFORMATION. I, I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE OTHER RAIDERS. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN, UM, TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MR. TH HAVE YOU REVIEWED THE SCORING MATERIALS FOR LEGAL SU SUFFICIENCY AND INDEPENDENCE? I HAVE NOT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND, AND THE NEXT QUESTION WOULD'VE BEEN, BUT SINCE YOU HAVEN'T, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE NO, WHICH, I MEAN, YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU [01:45:01] HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT. BUT THE NEXT QUESTION WAS, WAS GONNA BE, DO THESE FORMS ON THEIR FACE SATISFIED THE CITY'S DUTY UNDER PCC 2162 IN WEST STREET MUNICIPAL CODE? WHICH, UM, SINCE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THEM, WE WANNA KNOW, BUT, UM, YOU WANNA CONTINUE OR, UM, YEAH, YEAH. I'M GETTING, I'M GOING THROUGH IT. WHY? SO AND THEN WAS WAS MARIOSA AND, AND, AND I'M JUST GOING BY THE, THE TOP THREE NOW AND THE TOP THREE ON THE, IN THE PRE PRE-INTERVIEW RANKED GREAT SCOTT ONE, IT RANKED, UH, MARIOSA TWO AND IT RANKED, UM, WEST COAST A THIS THREE. BUT THEN IN THE INTERVIEW IT CHANGED AND, AND, AND IT WENT THE OPPOSITE. NOW WAS GREAT. SCOTT MARIOSA OR ANY VENDOR TOWED THAT WEST COAST ARBORISTS IS ALLOWED TO USE OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY AND PARK THEIR VEHICLES ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS FACILITY FOR FREE, A FREE SUBSIDY. DID, DID THE OTHER CONTRACTORS KNOW THAT, THAT IF THEY WERE TO RESPOND TO A DISASTER THAT WEST COAST ARBORISTS WAS GIVEN A FREE SUBSIDY AND FREE PARKING WHILE THESE OTHER CONTRACTORS WERE NOT TOLD THAT YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T PARK YOUR EQUIPMENT ON OUR YARD. AND BASED UPON THAT, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO RESPOND IMMEDIATELY TO A DISASTER IF IT HIT OUR CITY? WAS THE OTHER VAL EVER TOLD THAT IN SPECIFIC DETAIL THAT WAS NOT TOLD? AND I DON'T BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS ASKED, BUT I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IN, UH, HISTORICALLY WHEN WE GO TO AWARD OR CONTRACT AFTER THE AWARD OF CONTRACT IS WHEN THINGS LIKE THAT ARE DISCUSSED. YEAH. BUT, BUT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO A, A FAIR PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERY, EVERY PERSON WHO WANTS TO BID IN THIS, INCLUDING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS OR, OR MID OR OR MID-SIZE BUSINESSES OR LARGE SCALE BUSINESSES, THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF, IF THAT THE RFP DISCLOSES THAT, THAT THE CITY DOES PROVIDE A PARKING SPACE FOR THESE CONTRACTORS. UNDERSTOOD. AND, AND SO, AND SO MY CLOSING STATEMENT IS, COLLEAGUES AT THE HEART OF THIS ISSUE IS SOMETHING LARGER THAN A TREE TRIMMING CONTRACT. IT'S ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR CITY'S PROCUREMENT PROCESS AND THE TRUST THE PUBLIC PLACES IN US TO MAKE FAIR, TRANSPARENT AND LAWFUL DECISIONS. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS, I HAVE DULY REVIEWED THE EVALUATOR SCORE SHEETS OBTAINED IN MY OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A COUNCIL MEMBER. AND THE PANEL COULD NOT BE CLEARER. MULTIPLE, THERE WAS MULTIPLE CONCERNS RAISED ISSUES AT HEART. COMPETING FIRMS LIKE GREAT SCOTT AND MAYOR BOSA WERE OFFERED STRONGER TECHNICAL DETAIL, CERTIFIED EVERY A VALOR ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS GAVE THE INCOME IN WEST COAST ARBITRARY PERFECT SCORES WHILE PROVIDING LITTLE OR NO WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION TO COMPETING FIRMS LIKE GRACE SCOTT AND MARIOSA WHO OFFERED STRONGER TECHNICAL DETAIL, CERTIFY ARBORISTS AND VERI VERIFIABLE MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE WHERE SCORE LOWER WITH VAGUE OR INCOMPLETE EXPLANATIONS. THIS IS NOT IN, IN AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION. THIS IS NOT OBJECTIVE PROCESS UNDER PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE 2162. THAT IS NOT A LEGALLY DEFENSIBLE AWARD. IF WE AS A GOVERNING BODY KNOW, KNOW A PROCEEDED ON A FLAW RECORD, A RECORD THAT OF THAT SHOWS UNIFORM SCORE INFLATION MISSING DOCUMENTATION, AND, AND POST INTERVIEW ALIGNMENT RE RISK VIOLATING OUR OWN PROCUREMENT STANDARDS UNDER THE WESTFIELD MUNICIPAL CODE, AND WE EXPOSE THE CITY TO PROTEST LITIGATION AND LOSS OF PUBLIC CONFIDENCE, WE CANNOT ALLOW EVEN A, THE APPEARANCE OF FAVORITISM OR BIAS TO TAINT OUR DECISIONS. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PUNISHING A CONTRA ANY CONTRACTOR. THIS IS NOT ABOUT PROTECTING A CITY. THIS IS ABOUT PROTECTING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. ITS TAXPAYERS, ITS CREDIBILITY, AND ITS LONG-TERM LEGAL INTEGRITY. SO TONIGHT I'M ASKING THIS MY CONS, COLLEAGUES, TO REST THE PROCESS, TO REST THE PROCESS THE RIGHT WAY, LET US REJECT ALL CURRENT BIDS ON OUR RFP 2026 DASH ONE AND DIRECT STAFF TO ISSUE A NEW TRANSPARENT AND INDEPENDENTLY MONITOR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. ONE THAT ENSURES ALL PROPOSALS ARE TREATED EQUALLY. ALL EVALUATORS ARE PROPERLY TRAINED AND ALL SCORES ARE SUPPORTED BY VERI VERIFIABLE [01:50:01] WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR NOW. OKAY. HOLD ON, MR. SAM. MAYOR, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT AND NOT SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE. THIS IS A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT, UH, NOT SUBJECT TO THE BIDDING REQUIREMENTS. I, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I THINK, UH, OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIEREZ RAISED THE ISSUE ABOUT THE FAIRNESS ABOUT THE BID. OKAY. THE IP AND THE, I THINK THIS IS BASICALLY, YOU WANT TO HAVE A MUCH MORE, UH, OKAY. OPEN AND FAIRNESS. OKAY. AND THIS AND THAT. THE FIRST THING I WANT TO KNOW IS, UH, WHO IS THE PANEL OKAY. WHO'S ON THE PANEL OKAY. AND OF THE SELECTION. SO, AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN HAVE THEM TO EXPLAIN TO US, OKAY, THEY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG OR THEY, MAYBE THEY MISSED SOMETHING. SO WE CAN, IF WE WANT TO DO OKAY, ANOTHER, UH, UH, CORRECTION WITH OUR NEW DIRECTOR, THEN WE CAN CORRECT. OKAY. OR OKAY. WE CAN SEE CAN BE MORE OF JUST AND, UH, FAIRNESS AND TO, WITH ALL THE OKAY. CONTRACTOR, THEY, THEY CAN FREELY TO SEND A BID. OKAY. SO, SO THIS IS SOMETHING, OKAY, I CAN, I CAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS OKAY. HIS OBJECTION ABOUT THE PROCEDURE OR THE ISSUE AND, AND THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL THING. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. THERE MAY BE OKAY. UH, THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN CHIME IN ABOUT THAT. BUT I GO TO THE MAYOR PRO, GO AHEAD. UM, THANK YOU. UH, CITY ATTORNEY, BASED ON THE PROCESS THAT THEY JUST DID, DID YOU FIND ANYTHING ILLEGAL WITH IT? NO. NO. THE, THE CITY HAS THE ABILITY TO RE GO BACK AND RENEGOTIATE. AND THE RFP, IT'S IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE. AND AGAIN, LIKE I I STATED EARLIER, THIS IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC CONTRACTING CODE. THIS IS, THIS ISN'T A PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT, IT'S A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, WITH LIKE, WITH ANY TRADITIONAL JOBS OUT THERE, EVEN AS EMPLOYEES WHEN THEY GO NORMALLY THEY GET THE TOP FIVE SCORES AND UM, A LOT OF TIMES THE ONE THAT SCORED THE HIGHEST SOMETIMES DOESN'T GET THE JOB. AND THIS IS JUST TRADITIONALLY, BUT I, YOU KNOW, I WANT, I, I THINK ALL THE OTHER TREE COMPANIES FOR COMING. I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE FOR YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE WATCHED A PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT WE'VE HAD WHEN WE DRILLED WEST COAST, UH, WE SHARED A LOT OF OUR CONCERNS, OUR ISSUES, RESIDENTS CONCERNS. SO I KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO'S HERE, WHO SHARED SOME OF THESE CONCERNS THAT OUR FRUSTRATION WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, UM, I KNOW SOME OF THE CONTRACT THINGS WEREN'T BEING ENFORCED AND THERE WERE THINGS THAT, LIKE I'VE CAUGHT THAT I'M LIKE, HEY, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO REPLACE A TREE. AND WE DIDN'T SEE THAT. OBVIOUSLY NONE OF THE COUNCILS ARE TREE EXPERTS. IF YOU HAVE WATCHED THAT COUNCIL MEETING, I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID INCORRECTLY OR MISINFORMATION. ONE PERSON CAME UP HERE AND SAID, MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT PREVENTIVE MEASURES. WELL, YES, THAT'S WHY WE'VE HAD THAT, UH, MEETING AND, UM, PRESENTATION ABOUT THE TREES BECAUSE WE WANTED TO SEE ALL THESE THINGS. OBVIOUSLY THE THINGS THAT WERE GIVEN, UM, WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE INFORMATION, IF THAT IS FULLY ACCURATE. I KNOW SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE HAD ASKED WAS LIKE, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IF WE TRIM A CERTAIN A POINT? AND, UH, SO IF YOU DID WATCH THAT COUNCIL MEETING, INCLUDING WHAT, UH, WEST COAST DID SAY, AND IF THERE IS ANY INACCURACY, LET US KNOW. UH, FROM MY STANDPOINT, I JUST WANT THE JOB DONE AND I JUST WANT THE JOB DONE. RIGHT. UM, SO THAT IS MY ISSUE. SO ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO CONTRACTS, IF THE, UH, BUSINESS, WHETHER SMALL OR BIG, CANNOT DO THEIR JOB, THEN OUT, BRING IN ANOTHER PERSON. UM, THAT, THAT'S MY STANDPOINT FOR, FOR THAT. UM, BUT I, I JUST WANNA KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN REGARDS TO ALL THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR VALUES. WE, WE WANT, RESIDENTS WANT CERTAIN THINGS AND YOU'VE SEEN CONTRACTS, YOU'VE SEEN, UM, A VARIETY OF THINGS, AND THAT IS YOUR EXPERTISE. SO THOSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW, UM, TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME. BUT I, THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THAT. OKAY. UH, AND, UH, OKAY. CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU TELL US, OKAY, WHO'S THE PANEL ON THE REVIEWING? SHOULD WE OKAY. IF TONIGHT WE DECIDE TO OR HANG OVER TO THE, OUR NEW DIRECTOR TO LOOK INTO IT, BRING BACK TO US AND, UH, WHO WILL BE ON THE PANEL, THIS AND THAT, IF WE WANT TO REDO IT AGAIN TO MAKE SURE ALL THE CONCERN WILL BE ADDRESSED. AND WE REALLY PICK THE BEST TREE TRIMMING COMPANY FOR, WE ARE BIG CITY. WE HAVE 16 PARK, WE HAVE TONS OF TREE AND UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF DEAD TREE, BIG TREE OR THE OVERGROWN TREE. AND THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE. A LOT OF RESIDENT COMPLAIN. CAN YOU SHARE WITH US WHO IS ON THE PANEL? SO WE HAD THREE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON THE PANEL, AND WE HAD ONE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE ON THE PANEL TO OVERSEE THE ADMINISTRATIVE [01:55:01] COMPONENT OF THE PROCESS. SO MAYBE, MAYBE, YEAH, MAYBE SHARE FIRE POINTING. GO AHEAD. SO, SO BASICALLY IS, UH, TWO PUBLIC WORK, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, OUR ACTING CITY MAN, TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. SO PANEL FOUR, MAYOR, EXCUSE ME. ACTUALLY WE HAVE, CAN YOU PUT THE MIC? YEAH, NO, IT'S A FOUR MEMBER PANEL. YES. MIKE C SUP, DAVE BRACKER, AND MYSELF, AS WELL AS OUR NEWEST ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. WE'RE PART OF THE INTERVIEW PANEL. SO THREE PUBLIC WORK MEMBER PLUS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER THAT IS CORRECT. TO, TO, TO, OKAY. BASICALLY GO THROUGH THE, OKAY. THE SELECTION, THE INTERVIEW AND THEN YOU COME OUT WHAT IT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR THE CITY FOR THE CONTRACT AND RECOMMENDED COUNCIL TO APPROVE. THAT IS CORRECT. YEAH, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY THICK OKAY. AND, UH, ALL THE SUGGESTIONS DESIGN THAT I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRE PREPARATION. IT TAKE, I THINK IT TAKE A LOT. TOOK A LOT OF TIME. THANK YOU. SO I DO WANNA ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT HAD, UM, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER SCHEDULE BEEN, UH, AVAILED IT, HE WOULD'VE BEEN, HE WAS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE AND WATCH THE PROCESS AS WELL. SO UNDER, SO WITH THE SCHEDULE CHANGE, SO BASICALLY FOUR OF YOU ALL, UH, WENT THROUGH OKAY. THE PROCEDURES AND THE SCROLLING, INCLUDING OUR, OKAY. SINCE CITY MANAGERS, ALL FOUR OF YOU ALL SCORE TOGETHER AND THEY COME TO CONCLUSION, WHO YOU THINK WERE RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE? ACTUALLY, WE HAD A SERIES OF NINE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED. UM, THE 10TH WAS ACTUALLY, UH, BASICALLY AN OVERALL SCORING AS IT RELATED TO THEIR PRESENTATION FOR THE TREES, UH, INVENTORY SOFTWARE, UM, THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO. SO ALL OF US, WE ALL BASICALLY TOOK TURNS ASKING THE QUESTIONS, EACH ONE OF US IN THE SAME ORDER. AND AGAIN, THAT SCORING TOGETHER, WE WERE IN, WE WERE EITHER WRITING OR NOT. SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, AND I DO UNDERSTAND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S CONCERNS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT SOMEBODY WRITES SOMETHING DOWN THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER, BECAUSE WE ARE ALL BEING INDEPENDENT EVALUATORS. HOW WE, HOW WE WRITE OR HOW WE SCORE WHAT WE PUT DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER IS DIFFERENT. THAT'S WHAT KEEPS US INDEPENDENT. SO AGAIN, AS FAR AS RATING AND PROCEDURE AND STUFF, WE WILL ALL, AGAIN, WE'RE IN. YES. YEAH, I, I THINK BEFORE I HANG OVER TO COUNCILWOMAN, BUT, UH, UH, OKAY. AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTTER RAISED A LOT OF HIS CONCERN ABOUT THIS. MAYBE I'M NOT QUITE, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT KIND OF UNDERSTAND, BUT MAYBE, OKAY. YOU CAN CHIME IN ABOUT WHAT HIS CONCERN AND ABOUT THE FAIRNESS SINCE HE KIND OF SAY POSSIBLE YOU GOT NOT FAIL. SO IN THAT WAY, CAN YOU CORRECT IT? OKAY. AND SEE, MAYBE DEFEND YOURSELF. OKAY. THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. OKAY. WE WANT TO KIND OF PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE CITY, THE CITY STAFF, AND THE PROCEDURE. SO WE, NOT TAKING THE FAVORITISM OR ANYTHING. UNDERSTOOD. MY JOB AS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST IS TO PROTECT THE, THE FUNDS OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY IN OUR DEPARTMENT AND MOST OF OUR EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. SO WITH SPECIFIC TO THE QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ASKED, I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN WE TOOK A LOOK AT THE RANKINGS, THE INITIAL THAT WE PUT THE SEVEN BIDDERS AND HOW THEY RANKED BASED ON THE CRITERIA OF THE TABLE THAT IS OVER THAT, THAT WAS JUST FOR THE RFP. WE DID THE INTERVIEWS AND WE PICKED THE TOP FIVE. UM, AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT WAS NINE QUESTIONS AND ONE SUMMARY, 10 AGAIN, BASED ON THEIR PRESENTATION. AND THEY ALLOWED US, AND WE ALLOWED AN HOUR FOR EACH ONE OF THE, THE FIVE. SO WE WERE ABLE TO ASK AGAIN, GET, GET THE QUESTIONS. AND, AND AGAIN, I TAKE NOTES DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHER PEOPLE. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT I'M KIND OF LOOKING FOR. BUT THEN AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T WRITE NOTES ON EVERYTHING. SOMETIMES I DO. UM, I, AGAIN, I CANNOT ANSWER FOR THE OTHER BIDDERS. I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT I, HOW I DID, HOW I TAKE A LOOK AT AND EVALUATE SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT FROM YOU OR YOU OR YOU. SO AGAIN, WITHOUT, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, KEEPING THE INTEGRITY OF AN RFP AND HOW WE ASK QUESTIONS, WHAT I'M HEARING IS THAT POTENTIALLY WE'RE GONNA BE TOLD THAT WE HAVE TO EV IN EVERY EVALUATION RIGHT DOWN A COMMENT, EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE ONE. SO BASED ON THE VENDORS OR THE POTENTIAL CONTRACTOR'S ANSWER, WE MAY BE SATISFIED. EITHER GET IT OUT THE PARK OR THEY BLEW IT COMPLETELY. AND WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT A COMMENT ON THAT. IT'S JUST WHERE WE FEEL AND HOW THEY RANKED ANSWERING THE QUESTION. SO THAT'S HOW I TOOK A LOOK, HOW I TOOK A LOOK AT IT. AND AGAIN, WE ALL SCORED OUR OWN SHEETS. I'M THE ONE THAT GAVE 'EM ALL TO ME. THEY SIGNED THEM AND I PUT 'EM ON THE SPREADSHEET. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THE RANKING YEAH. BE, BECAUSE THIS IS A KIND OF THE, MAYBE VERY FEW WHEN WE HAVE AWARD TO A BID OKAY. IP, THEN WE HAVE ALL THE, OKAY. AND THE BID COME OVER HERE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SYSTEMS FAIL. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE [02:00:01] OKAY. THAT YOU GUYS DOING YOUR JOB WITH A FAIRNESS. OKAY. SO IN THAT WAY, THEY DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY CAN SHOW CHANGE AND THEY, THEY BASICALLY BECOME A SIDE SHOW. THEY NOT REALLY LOOK LIKE YOU ALREADY DECIDE WHO AND THIS, SO I KINDA UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CONCERN IS. WE JUST WANT, WANNA MAKE SURE OUR, OUR IP SYSTEM, OUR SCHOOLING SYSTEM, THE INTEGRITY AND THE, THE, THE THING, THEIR CONCERN IS NOT, OR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. ISSUE IS NOT REALLY THE CASE. I THINK THAT IS HOW YOU GUYS HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE THAT WE, YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE ANY TIES ON THIS, ON THAT. MAYOR, MAYOR. JUST TO, JUST TO SAY ALL OF THE VENDORS THAT WERE INTERVIEWED, WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE JOB. THEY DO SERVICE, THEY SERVICE SEVERAL CITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. SO THAT'S NOT A QUESTION. IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO OUR CITY, OUR NEEDS THAT ARE UNIQUE IN AN EMERGENCY. THE, THE, THE TIME, THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO REACH OUT TO US. WE FELT THAT OUT OF ALL THE PROVIDERS, EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY'S MORE THAN CAPABLE OF PROVIDING THE SERVICE, WE FELT THAT WEST COAST WAS THE MOST QUALIFIED AT THAT POINT IS WHEN WE DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD REACH OUT. WE DO HAVE FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS IN THE CITY. WE WANNA MAKE SURE AS YOU HEAR THE RESIDENTS, THEY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE QUALITY OF CARE. AND THAT IS A DIRECT, UH, YOU KNOW, IMPACT ON THE FINANCES. IT'S THE FINANCES THAT ARE PREVENTING OR, UM, NOT SUFFICIENTLY COVERING THE TREE SERVICING. AND SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WEST COAST WOULD BE ABLE TO SUFFICE, WE REACHED OUT TO THEM AT THAT TIME AND THEY WERE CONFIDENT THAT THEY WOULD PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AT THE RATES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PROVIDING. GOT IT. SO, ON, ON YOUR, BASED ON YOUR JUDGMENT AND INTEGRITY, YOU THINK, UH, WEST COAST DID THE BEST FIT? I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME. I WANT TO LET COUNCILWOMAN DI HAVE SOME CHANCE TO SPEAK. YEAH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, UM, DID YOU ADD THE RANKING SHEETS IN THIS AGENDA? WE DID NOT, NO. OKAY. UM, MAYBE WE WOULD'VE HAD THE RANKING SHEETS, MAYBE MM-HMM . ADD MORE INFORMATION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE NORMALLY GET THAT. SO IT ALWAYS, IT'S BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT OUR STAFF GIVES US. NORMALLY WE HAVE THE RANKING. OKAY. AND THEN THEY SAY WHY WE PICKED THIS ONE. RIGHT. SO, AND THE, AND THE DIFFERENT PRICE. OKAY. AND DIFFERENT BID. NORMALLY WE HAVE LEAD. YEAH. AND THEN IT WAS UNUSUAL BECAUSE THE AGENDA HAD WHAT WAS PRES SCORED ON THE AGENDA FOR THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE TO SEE, BUT NOT THE INTERVIEW US. AND THEN THEY PICKED WHY THEY PICKED THIS ONE WITH THE EXACTLY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT, IT LOOKS, YEAH. IT DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT. HOLD ON. UH, YOU, YOU DON'T, YOU CONTINUE, PLEASE. UM, SO, WELL, WHAT I CAN SEE HERE, BASED ON WHAT NEIL MENTIONED, IS THAT THE CONTRACT WAS GIVEN TO, OR WON, THEY WON AWARD IT TO, UM, WEST COAST. WEST COAST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THE CURRENT PRICE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE, UM, HOPEFULLY NOT A SIMPLE PERFORMANCE . WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO, IF I COULD COMMENT REAL QUICK. WHEN WE MAKE OUR, AS A TEAM, THE RECOMMENDATION WE MADE TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, STATED, IS THE DISCUSSION ABOUT SERVICE. THAT'S A, THAT'S A HOT TOPIC. UM, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR EXPECTATIONS, WE UNDERSTAND WEST COVINA NEEDS TO COME FIRST. OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF OUR WORKFORCE AND THE RESOURCES THAT WEST COAST ARBORS HAD. THAT BEING SAID, WE DO FEEL THAT THEY'RE MEETING THEIR SCOPE. AND, UM, TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, A QUESTION WAS RAISED ABOUT, HEY, WE WANNA TRIM THE TREES BACK 50%. BUT THE SCOPE AND WHAT WE BID WAS JUST, WAS JUST A, A GRID TRIM, WHICH IS A, WHICH IS A SMALL TRIM THAT IS, I THINK MAX 20% OF THE TREE. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO THE NUMBER, BUT WE PAY, YEAH, WE PAY A SMALL, WE PAY A SMALL, WE PAY $70 FOR THAT. THAT TRIM IS DIFFERENT THAN THE TRIM THAT GOES OUT TO, UH, A PARK OR A TRIM TO THE HILLSIDE. AND OBVIOUSLY WEST COAST ARBOR COULD SPEAK TO THAT. UM, WE MADE THIS RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE OF OUR CITY, OUR URBAN FOREST, THE RESOURCES, AND THEN ALSO THE SCALABILITY. WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED A TRIM CYCLE YET. IN MY TIME, I'VE BEEN IN MAINTENANCE, I'VE BEEN IN PUBLIC WORKS NOW SINCE 2019. WE WENT FROM NO TRIM CYCLE TO SEVEN YEARS TO FIVE YEARS BACK TO SEVEN YEARS. AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN FINISHED THAT TRIM CYCLE. UM, TREES, DEAD TREES, THAT'S A TOPIC. WE, WE HAVE A LIST OF DEAD TREES AND WE KNOW WE HAVE DEAD TREES UP. AND WE, WE ATTACK THAT AT THE HIGHEST RISK. WE GO TO THE HIGHEST RISK AND WORK OUR WAY DOWN IS BUDGET ALLOWS ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UM, REASON THE RECOMMENDATION FOR WEST COAST WAS THE SCALABILITY. SOMETIMES BUDGET ALLOWS [02:05:01] THAT WE CAN DO MORE. A FEW YEARS BACK, WE DID $200,000 OF TREES ON THE HILLSIDES AND MD FOUR, THE MONEY WAS MADE AVAILABLE. THEY GOT OUT AND THEY DID THAT. THE, THE COMPANY'S SIZE AND THE RESOURCES AS NEIL WAS A, A BIG FACTOR TO THAT. SO THAT IS WHY WE ARE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION AS A TEAM THAT WE ARE MAKING. ULTIMATELY THERE, THERE WAS FIVE PROVIDERS THAT DO TREE SERVICE. ALL HAD KEY POINTS. BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU WAS SOLELY ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD BE BEST FOR THE CITY. AND OBVIOUSLY JUST EXPERIENCING AN EMERGENCY WHERE 37 TREES WENT DOWN, KNOWING THAT WE WERE, THAT WE WERE A PRIORITY AND WE'RE HERE, OBVIOUSLY UNTIL WE GET INTO A, A CONTRACT WITH A D DIFFERENT VENDOR, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT OUR RECOMMENDATION ON THE FACTS THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S WHY WE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU. UH, OKAY. SO WHAT DO YOU THINK TOOK, UM, WEST COAST, UM, OVER THE TOP WHERE THESE OTHERS DIDN'T? WHAT WAS THE KEY? DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ISSUE THAT THEY DID? YEAH, IF YOU, UH, SURE. WELL, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, IF WE WERE TO REMOVE PRICING FROM THE INITIAL SCORING, WEST COAST WAS THE NUMBER ONE. SO THE SCORING, BECAUSE OF THE HIGH PRICES THAT THEY QUOTED IS WHAT BROUGHT THEM. THAT MADE THEM NUMBER THREE ON THE LIST. SO AFTER WE WERE DONE WITH THE SCORING, IT IS THE RANKING, I'LL TELL YOU, IT WAS WEST COAST, ARBORISTS, GREAT. SCOTT, UNITED PACIFIC, MARIOSA, AND THEN NORTH STAR. SO THAT'S, THAT WAS THE RANKING, UM, AS AFTER THE INTERVIEWS. AND, UH, THIS, I APOLOGIZE, THIS WAS REMOVED FROM OUR STAFF REPORT. IT'S NOT IN THERE. SO AGAIN, UM, THROUGH THE, UM, ROUTING PROCESS, IT WAS REMOVED. SO AGAIN, WE DO HAVE THAT, THOSE RATING SCORES FOR THEM. SO I DID, AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT'S THE THING, THE THING THAT BRINGS WEST COAST IS BECAUSE OVERALL IN THEIR INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH THE RANKINGS, THEY DID COME OUT NUMBER ONE. NOW IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, TYPICALLY YOU READ THAT THEY WERE THE BEST PRICE AND THE BEST QUALIFIED. AND THIS STAFF REPORT, WE DIDN'T SAY THAT BECAUSE IT WASN'T TRUE. WE KNEW THEM TO BE THE BEST QUALIFIED BASED ON OUR RANKING. HOWEVER, I, WE COULDN'T PUT IN THAT THEY WERE THE BEST PRICE. SO WE DID GO THROUGH AND WE EXERCISED, UM, THE SECTION 10.8, THE DISCLAIMER AND RESERVATION OF RIGHTS WHERE IT ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE WITH, UM, THE, THE, UH, CONTRACTOR OR THE BIDDER THAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE BEST QUALIFIED, WHICH IS WHAT WE DID. OKAY. AND THE MAY OKAY. MAY PUT OKAY. YEAH. UM, NO, AND I UNDERSTAND. I MEAN, MEAN SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR AND GETTING THE LOWEST PRICE SOMETIMES DOESN'T HIT QUALITY. BUT I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE THROUGH THAT WHOLE TRIM CYCLE BUDGET, AND THE COMMON THEME THAT WE'RE HEARING IS BUDGET. AND OBVIOUSLY BUDGET MAKES A BIG FACTOR OF WHEN WE DO OUR CYCLES AND, AND ALL THAT. BUT I KNOW THE, UM, UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, FINANCE PREVENTING A LOT OF THE STUFF WHICH WE ARE FOCUSING ON QUALITY AND SERVICE. SO THE RESIDENTS SPEAK, WE SPEAK. AND SO IF WE WANT CERTAIN THINGS, I FEEL LIKE THAT SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR AND BUDGETED FOR. SO IF IT COSTS THIS MUCH, THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE BIDDING FOR, UM, TO BE, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO DO THOSE THINGS. SO THAT'S WHERE I AM. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN THAT BECAUSE I, I KNOW YOU GUYS MENTIONED BUDGET, YOU KNOW, THE FINANCE AND STUFF. UM, A LOT OF THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS BRING UP DEAD TREES, TRIMMING ALL THAT. WELL, CAN WE COMPRISE OF ALL THAT AND PUT THAT AS A BID TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN HIT THOSE TARGET MARKS? SO, SORRY. UM, ACTUALLY WE DID, UM, WE ASKED BASED ON COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL, WE ASKED FOR, INITIALLY FOR THE REGULAR CITYWIDE FOR A THREE YEAR, FIVE YEAR QUOTE. THEN WE LOOK FOR THE LMDS. AGAIN, IT WAS A FIVE YEAR. SO WE LOOKED AND WE WENT THROUGH EVERY KIND OF CRITERIA WE'VE EVER UTILIZED. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SAYING BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ARE MAKING, THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TREE TRIMMING THAT YOU ARE WANTING, LIKE CROWN CLEARANCE SUB DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE COULD DO IN CERTAIN AREAS. IT WOULD BE BETTER TO DO THEM OFF OF THE PRICE LIST THAT WE HAVE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THING, THE CROWN CLEARANCE. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE TREE TRIM IS JUST, WHAT'S THE OTHER FANCY STUFF? I'M SORRY, I'M NOT A TREE PERSON. I'M THE PAPER PERSON, TREE CLEARANCE, UM, WHAT OBVIOUSLY WEST COAST WANTS TO SPEAK ON. YEAH. SO ALL OF THOSE, ALL OF THOSE SERVICES, THEY ARE LISTED IN THE PRICE LIST. WE JUST HAVE TO PICK WHAT IT IS. AND I DID, I'M, UM, MAYOR PROAM, I DID WANT TO CORRECT YOU. THE CONTRACT DOES NOT HAVE THE, UH, THE PROVISION THAT WE TAKE WHEN A TREE IS REMOVED. OH, I'M SORRY. UM, THAT WHEN A TREE IS REMOVED, THAT ANOTHER ONE IS PLANTED, THAT IS AN AVAILABLE OPTION IF WE CHOOSE TO PAY FOR IT. BUT AGAIN, THAT'S NOT PART OF THE STANDARD CONTRACT THAT WE [02:10:01] CURRENTLY HAVE. OH, WE TOOK THAT OUT LAST, LAST TIME. WE WORSE. NO, LAST TIME WE ASKED. OKAY. THE, THE, THE WEST COAST, THEY SAY THEY WILL PLANT THE TREE. YEAH. THAT'S WHEN I FOUND THAT THE, I FOUND THAT ON THAT CONTRACT WHEN I REVIEWED THE CONTRACT, AND I SAW THAT, AND I WAS ACTUALLY SURPRISED. AND THAT WAS THE FIRST INITIAL CONCERN THAT I PERSONALLY HAD BROUGHT UP. AND ALSO FEEL THE HOLD. YEAH. NOBODY WOULD TRIP. SO THAT WASN'T THE FIRST WHEN I HAD, SO THE LAST REVIEW THAT THEY HAD, THE PRESENTATION, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND TIME BECAUSE MM-HMM . THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD THEM COME AND WE'VE HAD SHARED OUR CONCERNS. SO THAT, THAT WAS ON THE ORIGINAL CONTRACT PREVIOUS A FEW YEARS AGO. YEP. I FOUND THAT TO ANSWER THAT THOUGH, 2020 CONTRACT DOES NOT HAVE THAT IN THERE. IT AGAIN, IT'S PART OF THE PRICING THAT COULD BE, UH, YES, IT DID. THEY TESTIFIED TO THAT IN FRONT OF US. YOU DONE YET? YES. GO AHEAD. FOR RIGHT NOW, YES. OKAY. AND BRIAN, GO AHEAD. YES. UH, THEY, THEY TESTIFIED IN, IN THE PUBLIC MEETING THAT THEY, THAT WAS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY. AND, AND THE, AND WHAT'S WORSE IS, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR PROTE, I THINK HIT IT RIGHT ON THE, ON, ON THE ISSUE, WHICH IS IF, IF THE COMMUNITY WANTS SOMETHING AND, AND THEY EXPECT A HIGH STANDARD, THEN WHY ARE WE NOT, UH, DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT? AND, AND THE CONTRACT DID HAVE THAT. AND AT THE MAYOR PROTON DID FIND THAT IN THE CONTRACT. I EVEN REVIEWED IT MYSELF. AND IT DID HAVE THAT. AND, AND, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THE, THE CITY HAS BEEN SUED MULTIPLE TIMES NOW FOR A TREE BEING UNPLANTED. AND, AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SCORING RANKING RUBRICS, UM, I I HEARD FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE NOW ON THE PANEL SAYING THE RP WAS NOT JUDGED ON COSTS. CORRECT. YOUR, YOUR VOTES DID NOT FACTOR IN COSTS. THE EVALUATION OF THE BIDS. SORRY, THE, THE EVALUATION OF THE BIDS DID INCLUDE THE, UM, THE COST. AGAIN, BUT THAT NUMBER, I, I THOUGHT MAHE JUST SAID IT DID NOT. WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE ACTUAL INTERVIEW PROCESS THAT DID NOT INCLUDE COST, THE IN-PERSON INTERVIEW. THAT IS CORRECT. SO YOU, YOU JUDGED THEM IN THE PRE YOU, YOU, THEY WERE JUDGED BY COSTS TO THE PRE-INTERVIEW, BUT THEN IN THE IN-PERSON INTERVIEW, WE JUST DISREGARDED COSTS COST WAS NOT PART OF THE QUESTIONING. IN THE SECOND INTERVIEW, IN THE INITIAL, IN THE INITIAL REVIEW OF THE RFP SUBMITTED COST WAS DETERMINED BY FINANCE. AND THAT NUMBER WAS PROVIDED BY FINANCE. SO, AND THEN WE, WE CONFIRM THAT THE, THE ONLINE POSTING, ALL THE WORDING THERE SAID RFP AND THEN RFP REQUIRES THE CITY TO EVALUATE BOTH QUALIFICATIONS AND COST TO DETERMINE THE BEST OVERALL VALUE FOR THE PUBLIC. IN RFQ, BY CONTRAST, ONLY RANKS FIRMS BASED ON CREDENTIALS AND EXPERIENCE AND PRICES NEGOTIATED LATER. AND SO I HAVE NOW HEARD FROM MULTIPLE PEOPLE HERE TONIGHT, THE PRICE WAS NOT, UH, PRICE WAS NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE INTERVIEW. AND THIS WHOLE POSTING WAS AN RF RFP, EVERY WORDING AND THE EXPLANATION OF THIS, OF THIS ONLINE POSTING AND R ON R BIDDING WEBSITE STATED RFP. NOWHERE IN THERE DID IT SAY IT WAS REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS. SO THE ARGUMENTS AND THE SCORING EVALUATIONS, I'M BEING TOLD DOES NOT, IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE LAW, WITH THE CONTRACTING LAW. AND THEN WE, IF WE LOOK AT THE, THE SCORING SHEETS, UM, AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA, I'M NOT GONNA NAME WHO DID THIS BECAUSE I'M, I'M NOT GONNA PUT THE STAFF ON THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT LOOK AT, THIS IS ENVIRONMENTAL DISPOSAL PRACTICES. WEST COAST ARBORISTS, THEY WERE JUDGED NUMBER EIGHT, ENVIRONMENTAL DISPOSAL PRACTICES. THEY WERE A RANK OF FIVE WITH NO EXPLANATION COST EFFECTIVENESS. THEY WERE A RANK OF FOUR WITH NO EXPLANATION. AND AGAIN, PRESENTATION AND COMMUNICATION WAS LEFT BLANK AGAIN. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT DIFFERENT PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF WRITING NOTES. BUT THE PROBLEM IS THE SCORING SHEETS, THE INSTRUCTIONS STATE AND, AND MAHI, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, JUST TESTIFIED SAYING THAT NO ONE WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS PRIOR TO DOING THE SCORING. AND, AND SO WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS BEING GIVEN, I GUESS NO ONE PAID ATTENTION TO INSTRUCTIONS FOR EVALUATION PANEL. EACH PANEL MEMBER SHALL INDEPENDENTLY SCORE EACH PROPOSER PROPOSER EACH RATE EACH CATEGORY USING THE ONE TO FIVE, FIVE SCALE BELOW, FIVE BEING EXCELLENT, SIGNIFICANT EXCEEDS THE REQUIREMENTS. FOUR VERY GOOD ABOVE AVERAGE MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS. THREE SATISFACTORY MEETS MINIMUM [02:15:01] REQUIREMENTS, TWO FAIR BELOW AVERAGE, SOME ES ONE POOR DOES NOT MEET REQUIREMENTS. PROVIDE COMMENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR SCORE SCORES WILL BE TOTAL AND AVERAGE TO DETERMINE FINAL RANKING. AND AGAIN, IT'S MISSING. MULTIPLE PANEL MEMBERS DID NOT FILL IN THE BOX. UM, THEY LEFT THAT OPEN. UM, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PURCHASE POLICIES AND, AND THAT THINGS WERE COMPLYING WITH THE PURCHASE POWER POLICY, AGAIN, I'M NOT PUTTING STAFF ON THE SPOTLIGHT, BUT I JUST WANNA, I WANT CLARIFICATION ISH. WERE YOU GIVEN OUR CITY'S PURCHASE POLICY BEFORE VOTING ON THE PANEL? OKAY, THANK YOU. AND, AND THAT'S ALL MY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU. GIMME A . GO AHEAD. UM, FOR THE COMMENT SECTION, I DON'T REALLY HAVE AN ISSUE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I DO INTERVIEWS AND NOT EVERYBODY WRITES ON THE COMMENT SECTION. UM, GRANTED, YOU BETTER REMEMBER WHEN WE BRING YOU GUYS UP TO EXPLAIN. SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. SO I'M NOT HOLDING THE STAFF. UM, IN REGARDS TO THAT. NOW, ON PAST AGENDAS, WHEN WE RECEIVE AGENDAS, SOMETIMES WE, WELL, A LOT OF TIMES WE GET THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BIDS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE COST. SO THEY WOULD LIST THESE COMPANIES. AND THEN THE COST, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, AND UNLESS I MISSED IT, I DIDN'T SEE IT. BUT ON THE PRELIMINARY AGENDAS, IT DOESN'T SHOW ALL THE COMPANIES AND COST, BECAUSE I WANNA SEE IS THERE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN GAP BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS IN REGARDS TO BUDGET, THE EXPENDITURES AND EVERYTHING THAT WE, WE, WE SPEND. SO THAT, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE THAT. ACTUALLY, IT IS YOUR ATTACHMENT NUMBER SIX. IT'S ATTACHMENT NUMBER SIX. IT'S THE LONG SPREADSHEET THAT SHOULD BE IN YOUR BINDERS. THAT'S ALL OF THE, UM, LAST FIVE. SO THIS IS ALL OF THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, HOW, SO WE BASICALLY TOOK, THESE ARE THE, THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE INDIVIDUAL BIDDERS, AND WE'VE PUT THEM ALL ON ONE SHEET, SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THEM BASED ON WHAT THEY WERE, I'M SORRY. I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE, BUT THIS IS ALL INDIVIDUAL BREAKDOWN FOR EACH COST, THOUGH I WAS LOOKING FOR THE TOTAL COST OF WHAT IT WOULD COST THE CITY. AND I DON'T HAVE THAT. I MEAN, YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND DO THE MATH FOR EACH AND EVERYTHING AND BREAK THIS ALL DOWN? IT SHOULD BE, NO, NOT AT ALL. THE THING IS, LIKE, TAKING A LOOK AT THIS, UM, WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY QUOTE FOR SURE AS CLOSE TO IT AS POSSIBLE IS THE GRID TRIM CYCLE. BECAUSE THAT'S, WE KNOW THE QUANTITY OF TREES, THE EMERGENCY STUFF, THE TAKING OUT OF TREES, UM, IF WE HAVE TO DO THE, UH, STUMP GRINDING AND THAT KIND OF THING, THAT'S NOT, WE GUESS ABOUT HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE. SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY GIVE YOU A SPECIFIC COST. BUT I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO SEE GIVEN THEM. THIS IS THE STANDARD STANDARDIZATION. OKAY. TREE TRIMMING CYCLE CONSISTS OF THIS X AMOUNT OF TREES. HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST FOR EACH BUSINESS TO, YOU KNOW, DO THAT BASED ON THESE THINGS. SO I KNOW YOU HAVE THIS, BUT LIKE I SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS A LOT. AND THIS IS, DOESN'T GIVE ME, UH, A TOTAL OF WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR. I MEAN, IT STILL DOESN'T GIVE ME LIKE THE GRAND TOTAL. IT'S LIKE, FOR EACH AND EVERYTHING. SO I WOULD'VE LOVED TO SEE THAT, JUST SO THAT I KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR BECAUSE AS WE SAID IT CITY SAID IT, IT, IT DEPENDS ON COST. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR. SO I MEAN, I, I, I KNOW TO MAKE IT SHORT, I KNOW ALWAYS HERE, I, I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH DISCUSSION, OTHERWISE WE WILL GO ONLINE, BACK AND FORTH THE SAME THING. OKAY. I, I THINK WE HAVE TO FIND, FOUR OF US HAVE TO FIND A SOLUTION. OKAY. AND, UH, I, I, I THINK OKAY. I THINK ENOUGH. OKAY. JUST ONE MORE THING. GO AHEAD. QUICKLY. AND SO YOU MENTIONED TO THE MAYOR PROAM, THIS, THIS, UH, RUBRIC MM-HMM . BUT AGAIN, WHEN THESE COMPANIES, BEFORE ANY NEGOTIATION OCCURRED, AND AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE, UH, BUT GRACE SCOTT PROVIDED THE LOWEST COSTS TO THE CITY IN THEIR ORIGINAL BID. BUT THEN YOU, YOU GUYS WENT BACK AND NEGO RENEGOTIATED WITH, TO CLARIFY, THEY DID NOT. UNION PACIFIC DID. UM, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SHOWS ON UNI PACIFIC WAS THE CHEAPEST. THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SHOWS ON HERE. 63, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT THEY WENT THE TOP, OH, SORRY. I'M SORRY. MY APOLOGIES. THEY WEREN'T ONE OF THE TOP FIVE. I APOLOGIZE. YEAH. SO, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT COST. YEAH. ONE OF THE, I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. TAKING A, LOOKING AT THIS AS WELL, UM, THE OVERALL COST COULD HAVE, WELL, IT'S NOT EVEN THE OVERALL COST. WHERE THEY WOULD'VE BEEN LESS EXPENSIVE WOULD'VE BEEN ON THE GRID TRIM, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN IF I'M REMEMBERING THIS CORRECTLY. BUT THE OTHER COSTS, WHEN WE FACTOR IN, UM, SOME OF THE LMD WORK THAT WE HAVE TO DO, THE HILLSIDES AND THAT KIND OF THING, I THINK THAT'S WHERE THERE WERE SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES. BUT THEY DID PROVIDE A [02:20:01] GOOD QUOTE. BUT BASED ON EVERYTHING ELSE, WE WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE WITH OUR CURRENT CONTRACTOR TO HOLD ONTO THE RATES THAT WE HAVE. AND ANY SERVICE ADDITIONS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MAKE CHANGES IT AGAIN? UM, THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE IS THAT WE SHOULD, UM, FINANCIALLY IT WOULD BE BETTER TO START OFF AT A LOWER RATE THAN TO GO HIGHER. I THINK ENOUGH WE'RE DONE. YEAH. YEAH. YES. OKAY. UH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A SEAT PLEASE. OKAY. I, I THINK WE CAN WE, YES. OKAY. WE DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE BACK AND FORTH AND, UH, WE ARE NOT HERE. TRY TO BASH ANY STAFF. I THINK WE HERE TRY TO CLARIFY. YES. OKAY. AND FIND A SOLUTION. AND SO NEXT TIME WE DON'T MAKE SAME MISTAKE, SO MUCH MORE CLEAR, MAYBE IT'S NO MISTAKE. OKAY. YEAH. WE, WE, WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE BENEFIT OF YEAH, YEAH. FINE. YEAH. OKAY. IT'S JUST WE RAISE UP SOME OF THE GOOD POINT. OKAY. AND MY ISSUE IS, OKAY. AND, UH, WEST COAST, BASICALLY GET A KIND OF BAD REP. OKAY. BECAUSE SOME OF THINGS NOT THEIR JOB, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, WHEN I GET CHEW ON ALL THE BIG TREE, YOU COULD LOVE THE TREE, THE GROW, AND SOME OF THE JUNGLE GROW INTO THEIR HOME. THIS OH, YEAH. OH MY GOODNESS. I JUST RESORT THE HILL. YEAH. OKAY. AND I, I GO DOOR KNOCKING AND PEOPLE KICK ME OUT AND SAY, LOOK AT THE TREE. OKAY. SAY, OKAY. AND, AND, AND THE TREE IS REALLY SCARY. YEAH. ESPECIALLY YOU COULD LET THE TREE, BUT NOT, NOT, NOT NECESSARILY. IT'S THEIR JOB. OKAY. BECAUSE IT HAVE, IT WILL BE BASED ON MD, UH, BASED ON THIS, THE PARK, OR THIS IS THE CITY, THIS COUNTRY, INCLUDING. SO WE NEED TO GIVE THEM SAME THING, THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, BECAUSE I KNOW WE GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS, ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT. MM-HMM . I GET CHEW ON ALL THE TREE OVERGROWN, TREE SHADOW OAK. OKAY. HILLSIDE. AND THOSE THREE IS, UH, HUMONGOUS. IT'S LIKE A JUNGLE. OKAY. BUT IT'S LED IN THEIR CONTRACT. HAVE WE DONE THAT THING OR NOT? SO MY SUGGESTION IS, OF COURSE, WE ARE NOT, WE CANNOT APPROVE TONIGHT. I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE OUR NEWLY APPOINTED DIRECTOR, UH, PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR, CIVIL ENGINEER, TO REALLY REVIEW THIS AND SEE ANY OF, UH, CORRECTION IMPROVEMENT AND BRING BACK TO CONTINUE NEXT MEETING RIGHT AWAY TO TELL US MAYBE HE WOULD SEND IP OR THIS AND THAT. BUT WE, AT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO GIVE WEST COAST A A FAILED CHANCE TOO. SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE RIGHT AWAY WANT TO KICK THEM OUT. BUT I THINK WITH OUR NEWLY APPOINTED, SO, SO WE, UM, RATHER THAN JUST OKAY, REJECT, OKAY. WE, WE STAY ALL THE HARD WORK. I THINK WE SHOULD LET OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, NEWLY DIRECTOR, TO REVIEW ALL THIS AND, UH, TAKE OUR CONSIDERATION INTO, OKAY, OUR CONCERN INTO CONSIDERATION TO SEE OKAY. AND HOW TO IMPROVE AND BRING BACK NEXT AND TELL US, HEY, HIS OBJECTION IS REJECTED. THEN WE PERFECT. THEN THEY, THEY SEND OUR IP. SO WE GIVE THEM FREELY TO REJECT THE BID TO GO TO THE NEW IP. SO BASICALLY, THIS IS MY MOTION TO HAVE OUR PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR, SINCE HE HAS ALL THE CREDENTIAL, AND WE TEST HIM OUT, SEE HOW HE CAN LOOK INTO IT AND HELP US MAKE THIS, UH, DECISION. HEY, YOU CAN, YOU CAN PICK AND YOU HAVE TO PERFORM. IT'S THAT WHAT LIFE'S ABOUT. SO MY MOTION IS DO WE, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. GO AHEAD. SO DO WE WANNA PUT THAT PRESSURE ON THE NEW PUBLIC WORKER? NO, NO, NO. IT'S NO PRESSURE AT ALL. OKAY. GET WHAT THEY PAY FOR . IT'S NO PRESSURE. NO, IT'S NO PRESSURE AT ALL. BECAUSE IF HE'S, IT IS JUST LIKE HE SAYS, OH, NOTHING'S WRONG. GIVE IT TO WEST COAST HARPERS, THEN WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA OBVIOUSLY HAVE AN ISSUE. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. THIS, I, I THINK, NO, I THINK THAT HIM TO REVIEW IT AND THEN, AND THEN HE WILL ADDRESS THE CONCERN. OKAY. WE NEED TO TRUST A PERSON. IF WE APPOINT A DIRECTOR AND HE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC WORK MM-HMM . DO WE HAVE TO GIVE HIM OKAY. THE TRUST AND, UH, GIVE US A SUGGESTION. OKAY? IT IS NOT A PRESSURE. IT IS HIS DUTY AS A PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR AND IN CHARGE OF THE, ALL THE CONTRACT AND POSSIBLE HE LOOKING TO ALL THIS THING, HE FIND THE ISSUE A COMEBACK TO GIVE US A REASON, RIGHT? MM-HMM . OKAY. WE ARE NOT STUY. WE, WE ALL WANT TO LOOK INTO IT AND WE ALL KNOW, OKAY, OUR TREE ISSUE, TREE TREATMENT ISSUE, OKAY. WITH, UH, OKAY. CONCERN. AND, AND THEN WITH, UH, THIS NEWLY APPOINTED CIVIL ENGINEERED PUBLIC WORK, THE, WE SHOULD GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT, OKAY. AND, UH, AND COME BACK TO US. SO ANYWAY, UH, THIS IS MY SUGGESTION. IT'S NOT PRESSURE TO HIM. IT'S, HE PERFORMED HIS DUTY AS A DIRECTOR. MAKE SENSE TO YOU? SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY. RATHER THAN WE JUST OKAY. BLINDLY TO REJECT ON THE HARD WORK OF OUR STAFF. OKAY. AND THAT PUT ALL THIS HARD WORK. OKAY? I THINK THAT NEED TO BE REVIEWED BY THE PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR, WHICH YOU AGREE. HE ALREADY APPOINTED. HE ALREADY HIRED. WE JUST RECTIFIED TONIGHT. THEN IF IT WAS SO IMPORTANT, THEN WHY DID WE PUT THIS ON THE AGENDA TODAY, MYLAN, AND NOT WAIT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO GET ON BOARD. WHY WAS THERE A RUSH TO PUT THIS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? [02:25:01] THERE WAS NO RUSH. I'M CONFIDENT IN STAFF THAT THEY DID THEIR JOB PROPERLY AND IT WAS GENDERIZED PROPERLY AND BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL. BUT AGAIN, UM, STAFF IS WILLING TO, UM, SO YOU BROUGHT A GREAT QUESTION UP. SO ARE YOU SAYING THAT THESE INSTRUCTIONS SHOULDN'T BE FOLLOWED? I HAVE NOT READ THAT SHEET. COUNCIL MAYOR. IT SAYS PROVIDE COMMENTS TO SUPPORT YOUR SCORE. IT'S ON THIS EXTRACTION SHEET. YOU CAN'T, WE CAN'T MAKE UP OUR OWN RULES. OKAY. SO I'VE SAT ON HUNDREDS OF PANELS AND MM-HMM . SOMETIMES IF SOMEONE COMPLETELY FAILS A QUESTION, YOU MAY PUT A ZERO AND NOT PUT A COMMENT, OR SOMEBODY HITS IT OUTTA THE PARK AND YOU PUT A FIVE. I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY COMMON WHEN YOU SIT ON A PANEL THIS TIME WE HAVE FIVE SCORES OF FIVE. YEAH. YEAH. WE'LL MOVE ON. FINE. OKAY. WE NEED TO TRUST OUR ACTING CITY MANAGERS. MM-HMM . PUT THE AGENDA. OKAY. HE PUT THIS AND THAT WE, WE HAVE OUR RIGHT TO QUESTION. OKAY. AND THEN, YES. AND THEN HE HAS A RIGHT TO PUT ON THE AGENDA, BUT IT'S ALSO HIS JOB TO MAKE SURE THERE'S OVERSIGHT. SO HOPEFULLY HE PARTICIPATES TOO, BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. WELL, HOPEFULLY. OKAY, LISA, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, IF I SAW SOMETHING THAT STAFFED IT WRONG, I WOULD ADDRESS IT, BUT SO FAR I'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING THAT STAFF'S DONE WRONG. FINAL PAST CITY MANAGERS SERVE ON PANEL COUNCIL MEMBER. YES. I STAND BY MY STAFF'S YES. BOARD AND RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT YOU JUST SAY YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS. LEMME FINISH. I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM. NOTHING'S BEEN SHOWN. GENTLEMEN. OKAY, GENTLEMEN. OKAY. PLEASE. OKAY. AND LET'S BE CIVILIZED. OKAY. AND I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDE. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. I THINK I, I WILL MOVE MY MOTION TO, OKAY. UM, TO, OKAY. UM, CONTINUE. OKAY. FOR NEXT MEETING. OKAY. AND, UH, WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE A DECISION. WE ARE GOING TO LET OUR, UH, NEWLY APPOINTED CITY, OKAY. PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR, OKAY. AND TO REVIEW ALL THIS AND, UH, TAKE, HE'S HERE, RIGHT? IT'S, UH, IF HE'S STILL ACCEPTING THE JOB, HE'S HERE. YES. , AFTER HE WATCH HIS COUNCIL MEETING, ? NO, HE SIGNED THE CONTRACT. HE SIGNED BLOOD. OKAY. AND, UH, AND LOOK, WE ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE. WE JUST HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. SECOND. AND I, I'M, I'M GONNA SECOND. AND, UH, AGAIN, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, WE'RE NOT HERE TO MICROMANAGE. UM, THAT IS NOT OUR JOB TO MICROMANAGE THE LITTLE DETAILS. SO I ENTRUST OUR STAFF, WE HIRE THEM, AND WE WILL HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, UM, IF THEY DO NOT DO THEIR JOB, BUT WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE, UH, ABILITY TO DO THEIR JOB. SO, I, I WILL SECOND, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THIS IS HOW I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR STAFF, AND I THINK THEY TRY THEIR BEST OKAY. AND, UH, THE CONSPIRACY A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. AND, UH, MAYBE THEY HAVE A ISSUE, MAYBE THEY DON'T. BUT I THINK LET OUR, UH, NEWLY OKAY. APPOINTED DIRECTOR LOOK INTO IT OKAY. AND BRING BACK NEXT MEETING. OKAY. I'M STILL THE MAYOR. I STILL WANT TO IN CHARGE OF THIS . OKAY. AND HOPEFULLY, OKAY. AND WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL, PLEASE. AND BASICALLY, UH, OKAY. IS WE OKAY? CONTINUE FOR NEXT MEETING AND, UH, WITH ALL THIS, UH, OKAY. CONCERN AND THEN THE ENTIRE OKAY. OUR, UH, OKAY. IP SYSTEM AND THE AWARD FOR WEST COAST, HAVE OUR NEW, UH, APPOINTED PUBLIC WORK DIRECTOR TO REVIEW IT AND BRING BACK OKAY. HIS OBJECTION AND TELL US WHAT TO DO. AND THEN WE BASE ON THAT TO MAKE A DECISION THE NEXT MEETING. AND I'LL, I'LL MAKE ONE COMMENT. YEAH, GO AHEAD. ONE QUICK COMMENT. WHEN IT COMES TO, WHEN WE, WHEN WE, WHEN WE MENTION THE WORD MICROMANAGING, THIS IS A THREE POINT SOMETHING MILLION DOLLARS CONTRACT. I THINK THE TAXPAYERS OF WEST COVINA EXPECT US AS ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TAKE ACTION. AND THAT'S WHAT I GOTTA SAY. THANK YOU. UH, AND, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I THINK HE'S NOW TRYING TO, UH, UH, OKAY. HE, OKAY. I THINK EVERYBODY HAVE THEIR POINT OF VIEW AND THAT WE HERE WORK TOGETHER. OKAY. AND THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. ROLL CALL FOR ITEM SIX, A MOTION MADE BY MAYOR WU AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO, ROLL CALL. COUNCILMAN CONTOS IS ABSENT. ABSENT, CORRECT. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. AND MAYOR WU. AYE, UH, THE APPROVED FOUR ZERO AND COME BACK NEXT WEEK, UH, NIGHT AND TWO WEEKS LATER. OKAY. UH, AND THEN, SO WE CAN GO THROUGH THIS AND THEN LET'S GO [ 1) CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF APPOINTMENT OF PROPOSED PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR REMON HABIB] TO THE AGENDA NUMBER ONE. IS HE STILL HERE? HE DID GET SCALE AWAY. OKAY. UH, I THINK IT'S RAMON. OH, OH, RIGHT HERE. OH, YEAH. I WAS ASSUME YOU ARE THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR AT FIRST. I WAS. I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE YOU AT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I POINT TO YOU. I SAY WHAT, WHAT? WHY YOU SHAVE YOUR BE YOU LOOK LIKE HIM. YOU LOOK LIKE IDENTICAL. RIGHT? HE WAS A COUNTY AND THEY ALWAYS DRESSED THE SAME, THE SAME CLASSES. I WOULD MY POINT OF YOU, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WOULD ASSUME YOU ARE THE, UH, UH, UH, RYAN, RIGHT? YEAH. HE, HE LOOKS LIKE HIM. OKAY. UH, UH, WELCOME. I HOPE WE DIDN'T SCARE YOU, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW SERIOUS WE ARE WATCHING FOR OUR CT TAXPAYER, AND WE WANT THE BEST PERFORMANCE. OKAY. AND I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND ALL OUR POINT. AND, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEMBER GUTTI ALL HIS DETAIL ABOUT SCROLLING THIS AND [02:30:01] THAT. AND FOR, I THINK FOR ME, I JUST WANT, OKAY. THE PERFORMANCE, THE BIG TREE AND THE TREE DROPPING PEOPLE'S RULE TREE COLLECT TO PEOPLE'S HOUSE AND, AND THE DIG THE TREE AND THE DIDN'T FEEL IT BAD. AND THAT THERE'S SO MANY OVER OVERGROWN TREE, AND, UH, THAT, THAT IS REALLY, UH, PROBLEMATIC TO THE RESIDENT FOR A LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG TIME. SO HOPEFULLY AS YOU ARE NEWLY APPOINTED OKAY. BY OUR CITY MANAGER. AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO OKAY. APPROVE RATIFIED TONIGHT, AND YOU CAN PERFORM WITH ALL, BECAUSE ALL THESE CONTRACTOR WILL BE ALL UNDER YOUR SUPERVISION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL, UH, RAMON HABIB. AND, UH, I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE. I WAS HERE OBVIOUSLY LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION, UM, ABOUT THE TREE TRIMMING SERVICES, AND I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ON THE ASSIGNMENT AND THE REPORT BACK TO, TO THE COUNCIL. UH, JUST REAL QUICK, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT ME. SO I HAVE ABOUT 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, AS AN ENGINEER. STARTED OUT IN THE, UM, PRIVATE SECTOR IN CONSULTING. UH, DID THAT FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS. UM, FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS, I WAS A CITY ENGINEER, UH, AT THE CITY OF LAKE SNORE. UM, AND DEALT WITH SIMILAR ISSUES, UM, YOU KNOW, ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE, THE MAINTENANCE SIDE, AND OTHERS. UH, SO HAPPY TO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGES. SOUNDS LIKE IT'S A GREAT TIME TO JOIN THE CITY WITH THE NEW WEBSITE, NEW CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AND A LOT OF GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING. UM, SO, UH, YEAH, JUST THROUGH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, BUT IF COUNCIL, UH, HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO, TO ANSWER 'EM. UH, COUNCIL, ANYBODY WANNA GO FIRST? OKAY, BRIAN, GO. YES, GO. GO FIRST. OKAY. YEAH. BRIAN, GO FIRST. YOU ALWAYS GO FIRST. . NO. UM, YES. UM, SO I, I, I SEE THAT YOU HAVE A, UH, REMARKABLE BACKGROUND. UM, I KNOW YOU, YOU WERE THE DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING FOR THE CITY OF LAKE . UM, AND PRIOR TO THAT, A SENIOR ENGINEER WITH RI ENGINEERING IN ORANGE COUNTY, PRINCIPAL ENGINEER. UM, AND THEN YOU, SO IN, IN THESE, IN THESE ROLES, OR LIKE IN LAKE ALLISON OR A DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING ALSO WAS THE, THE MINOR WAS TELLING ME YOU ALSO WERE IN CHARGE OF PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. I INDIRECTLY OVERSAW, UH, PUBLIC WORKS THROUGH, UM, SUPERVISORS. AND WE ALSO HAD A, UH, GENERAL SERVICES MANAGER. GREAT, GREAT. YEAH. AND I KNOW MYLAN CAME UP WITH A GREAT IDEA OF SAVING OUR CITY IN THE LONG TERM, HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. BUT WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE EXPERIENCED THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME, I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, A, A AFIN, I MEAN, SORRY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS SLASH LICENSED ENGINEER. AND, AND I THINK HAVING A ENGINEER, CIVIL ENGINEER ON STAFF IS VERY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK MINING WAS STATING THAT I THINK HE HAS THE INTENT OF TAKING IT TO THE HUMAN RESOURCE COMMISSION TO POSSIBLY, I THINK RENAMED THE TITLE, UH, FOR, FOR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR TO ACTUALLY BE KIND OF BOTH IN OUR CITY. YEAH. HAPPY TO ACT AS BOTH. I AM LICENSED, UH, OBVIOUSLY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. I'M LICENSED IN, UH, IN OTHER STATES AS WELL. UM, OBVIOUSLY NOT BRITAIN, BUT, UH, HAPPY TO TAKE ON THE ROLE OF A CITY ENGINEER AS WELL. UM, THAT, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, AS YOU MENTIONED. GREAT, GREAT. YES, THAT, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S GONNA SAY TAXPAYERS, I THINK THOUSANDS OF, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS YEARLY. AND, AND MY LAST QUESTION IS, UM, DO YOU STAY COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL YOUR DECISIONS WITH THE CITY OF WEST CANADA WILL ALWAYS BE TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD, THE HIGHEST ETHICAL STANDARDS BY LAW? I DO. I DO THAT. THE BIBLE AND A . YES, THAT'S RIGHT. YOU STRONGLY SWEAR. SWEAR. HE, HE JUST SAW YOU IN WHERE YOU IN. OKAY. THAT, THAT'S DEFINITELY ALY SWEAR. WHERE'S THE, IN THE UNITED STATE CONSTITUTION? YES. I THINK, I THINK, UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO, TO US ALL. SO THANK YOU. UH, LOOK LIKE IS LIKE YOU. OKAY. AND, UH, NEXT. OKAY. UH, MAYOR POTENT. YEAH. UH, JUST WELCOME. UH, I, YOU LOOK FORWARD TO ALL YOUR EXP OR EXPERTISE. I KNOW YOU'VE DONE PAVEMENTS, UH, YOU'VE DONE THINGS THAT THE CITY LOOKS FORWARD TO. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK, I BELIEVE YOU DO WORK WITH LIKE THE CALTRANS ISSUES, THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE EXTERNALLY WHEN IT COMES TO PARTNERSHIP. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, TO EXPEDITING OTHERS TO DO THEIR JOB THAT'S IN, WITHIN THE CITY. SO I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND I DO WANNA SEE RESULTS, AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SHOWCASE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, NEXT MEETING HE WILL SHOW HIS TRUE COLOR. YEAH. . THANK YOU. OKAY, MAYOR. UH, OKAY. AND THE COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I JUST WANNA WELCOME YOU AND I WISH YOU LUCK, . MM-HMM . I'M SURE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF WORK, AND WE'RE GONNA REALLY KEEP YOU BUSY. BUT, UH, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR COMING TO OUR CITY AND CHOOSING OUR CITY. THANK YOU. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A GOOD TIME. OKAY, THEN, I PROMISE YOU. OKAY. DON'T, DON'T, DON'T, DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT TOO MUCH WORK OVER HERE. IT'S JUST A LOT OF DRAMA. OKAY? BUT, BUT MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS, OKAY? PROBABLY WORK IS, UH, UH, THE CT FACE, OKAY? BECAUSE THE STREET, THE, THE, THE LIGHT, THE, OKAY, [02:35:01] THE TREE AND THE, THE, THE MEDIAN, OKAY? AND YOU SAW IT. WE HAVE A MEDIAN ISSUE. WE HAVE A CONTRACT ISSUE, WE HAVE A TREE TRIMMING ISSUE, AND YOU CAN SEE, AND THE ONE CONTRACT, BECAUSE A BIG CONTRACT AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT FORCE COMING IN. SO HOW TO BE JUST AND FAIR, OKAY? AND TO DO IP AND MAKE SURE, AND THE CT GOT SERVICE. THE PROBLEM IS THIS, WE MAYBE GET THE CHEAPEST OR THIS AND THAT, BUT WE DON'T GET A SERVICE AND PEOPLE STILL COME COMPLAINING AND, UH, WE DON'T WANT GO THROUGH, OKAY? AND AFTER DINA OR PACIFIC PALISADE ABOUT THE TREE BURN DOWN THE HOUSES, ALL THAT KIND OF ISSUES. SO, SO TO PREVENTION, AND THEN HOW TO MAKE OUR PUBLIC WORK. OKAY? AND A STRONG, ONCE UPON TIME, WE HAVE ABOUT MORE THAN 50 PUBLIC WORK STAFF. BY 2018, THEY LAY OFF 22. I DISAGREE WITH, UH, THAT, BECAUSE IT'S COME FROM RESTRICTED FUND. SO HOPEFULLY YOU CAN REBUILD AND THAT, THAT CONFIDENCE, THE MORALE, OKAY. AND THE PROUD AGENCY AND, UH, WITH THAT ORANGES, OKAY? SHOULD AND TO ON THE STREET AND WITH WEST COVINA LOGO AND THE PEOPLE TO BE PROUD, OKAY? AND, UH, TO, TO SAY HI TO OUR PUBLIC WORK STAFF AND WORKING VERY HARD ON THE STREET. AND, UH, BUT CURRENTLY I THINK THEY HAVE A MORALE ISSUE. AND HOPEFULLY WITH YOU COMING IN, OKAY? AND, UH, HELP OUT, UH, TO BUILD THIS, UH, A VERY PROUD AGENCY AND HELP OUR CITY, AND TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FACE SHOWING TO NOT ONLY TO OUR RESIDENT, HAVE CONFIDENCE IN OUR MANAGEMENT, BUT ALSO TO THE VISITOR. COME TO WEST COVIN, THEY SAY, WOW, LOOK HOW CLEAN. WOW. LOOK HOW, HOW NICE, UH, WOW, LOOK AT AND HOW SAFE. AND, UH, ABOUT THE LIGHT, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL KNOW AND THE MEDIAN. AND THEN YOU SEE THE PAINTING ON THE CROSSROAD, AND, UH, PEOPLE FEEL SAFE TO WALK ON THE STREET AND THIS AND THAT. SO THIS IS ALL YOUR JOB. AND, BUT, UH, TWO WEEKS LATER, WE'RE GONNA SEE YOU TO PERFORM, GIVE US OBJECTION. MM-HMM . NOT TOO MUCH PRESSURE. DON'T WORRY. OKAY? BUT WE SEE YOUR EXPERTISE AND LOOK INTO THE CONTRACT AND FIND A WAY AND GIVE ADVICE, AND WE WILL BIND BY YOUR SUGGESTION AND, UH, MOVE ON. BUT I JUST WANT TO WELCOME, I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE YOUR APPOINTMENT. I'LL SECOND. OKAY? AND WE'LL GO FOR RER . YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS, YOU WANT TO ROCK PAPER SCISSORS? ROCK PAPER, SCI PAPER? NO, NOT LADIES FIRST. UH, LADIES FIRST. LADIES FIRST. GO AHEAD. OKAY, FIRST. OKAY. I, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S DO THIS. OKAY. MAYOR PRO, MOVE THE MOTION AND, UH, BRIAN GUT SECOND. OKAY. I, I, I GIVE UP. OKAY. SO, HEY. SO WE HAVE NO FIGHT AND A WIN-WIN. OH, SHE'S CONSIDERED UHOH. GOT IT. OKAY. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. ROLL CALL. UH, MAYOR PRO VI MOTION, MOVE THE MOTION. SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. COUNCILMAN CONTOS IS ABSENT. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEPI. EXCUSE ME. LOPEZ VITO. AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. CONGRATULATIONS. OKAY, MR. ABIBI, OKAY, WE, TO THE FAMILY OF WEST COVINA, I SEE YOU TWO WEEKS, OKAY. AND, UH, BRING THE PRESENTATION TO US. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. APPRECIATE. AND THEN LET'S GO TO THE AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, RIGHT? YOU PUT NUMBER FIVE. THERE'S SU NUMBER [ 3) 2025 CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARADE AND SANTA'S VILLAGE - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND KIWANIS CLUB OF WEST COVINA] THREE. NUMBER THREE, IT IS YOU, RIGHT? OKAY, NUMBER THREE, GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. TALK ABOUT FIRST QUESTIONS. YEAH, GO AHEAD. SURE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND THOSE WATCHING AT HOME, UM, TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS A STAFF REPORT IN REGARDS TO THE UPCOMING KIWANIS CHRISTMAS PARADE, WHICH IS GONNA TAKE PLACE ON SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE KIWANIS CLUB. I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. WHAT DAY IS THAT? YES, THANK YOU. SO THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH. IT STARTS FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM AND THE PARADE KICKS OFF AT 10:00 AM AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR, LETTI LOPEZ, WILL, WE WILL HAVE A NEW MAYOR. YES. SO, PARDON ME. YEAH. THE EVENT IS, YOU'RE KICKING ME OUT ALREADY. IT, IT FLEW BY MAYOR. I KNOW. UM, SO THE EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC. WE INVITE ALL DIFFERENT FAMILIES, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SPORTS LEAGUES, CHURCHES TO COME AND PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENT. WE ALSO HAVE BRAD MANNING, WHICH IS, UM, A VERY ACTIVE MEMBER OF KIWANIS. BRAD, IF YOU WANNA COME UP AND MAYBE SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE PARADE. UH, HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PARADE NOW FOR, UH, WE WERE THINKING ABOUT, WE WERE TALKING, WHAT, EIGHT, 10 YEARS NOW THAT, UM, THIS SEVEN YEARS. SO, UM, EVERY YEAR IT CONTINUES TO EVOLVE. WE GET MORE PARTICIPATION. IT'S A WALKING PARADE. AND AGAIN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY FREE FOR ANYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT. IT'S EVENT. GREAT, BEN. GREAT. SO, MR. MANNING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE IN REGARDS TO THE PARADE [02:40:01] AND THE SANZ VILLAGE. GOOD EVENING. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I, YOU KNOW, I COME TO THESE MEETINGS SPORADICALLY, MOSTLY WHEN ONE OF OUR EVENTS IS UP FOR YOU GUYS. BUT YOU'VE DONE SOMETHING, YOU'VE BECOME CLOSER TO THE PUBLIC HERE. I DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU DID THAT. WE MOVED EVERYTHING TO FRONT. YEAH. YOU, YOU'VE BROUGHT IT FOR WE WOULD DO OUR STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY LAST YEAR. YOU GUYS WERE WAY BACK THERE. YES. NOW YOU'VE MOVED IT UP. I LIKE IT. I LIKE THE CHANGE. UM, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A QUICK HISTORY OF THIS, OF THE CHRISTMAS PARADE IS THAT, UH, AT THE TIME, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, CHRIS, UM, FREELAND WAS ADDRESSING OUR QANTAS CLUB GIVE, KIND OF GIVING US IN SEPTEMBER A A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WAS COMING UP IN THE NEXT YEAR. AND WHAT A, A COMMENT THAT HE MADE WAS, THEY WERE TRYING TO RENOVATE THE, WHAT WE CALLED THE OLD TOWN WEST COVINA ON SOUTH GLENDORA. AND THEY WERE WANTED TO COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS TO TRY TO RE REJUVENATE THAT. AND I, YOU KNOW, ME, I SPEAK UP ON OCCASION AND I, I SAID, WHY DON'T WE DO A PARADE? I'D BEEN WORKING WITH SUSIE FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO OR THREE YEARS ON THE COVINA PARADE. I'D BEEN ON THE HACIENDA HEIGHTS 4TH OF JULY PARADE FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. SO I HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF PARADES AND KNEW EXACTLY HOW TO PUT 'EM ON. AND, UH, NEARLY EVERYBODY IN THAT ROOM LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, ARE YOU NUTS? IT'S NOT LONG ENOUGH. IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH. IT WOULDN'T WORK. AND SO I QUICKLY PIVOTED TO SAY, WHY DON'T WE DO A CHILDREN'S PARADE? FOCUS ON THE KIDS. THAT'S WHAT QANTAS IS FOR PRIORITY ONE. THAT'S OUR, THAT'S OUR MOTTO. UM, FOCUS ON THE KIDS, NOT ON THE PARENTS. WE WANT THE KIDS IN THE PARADES AND THE PARENTS WATCHING, AS OPPOSED TO THE PARENTS IN THE PARADE AND THE KIDS WATCHING, UH, THE QUICK DISCUSSION. WE FINALLY, BY THE END OF THAT MEETING, DECIDED THAT WE WERE GONNA LOOK AT IT. I MET WITH CHRIS, UH, AND, UH, WE KIND OF FORMULATED A PLAN. AT THAT TIME, IT WAS TOO LATE TO GET ROAD CLOSURES AND, AND, UH, A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO KIND OF BLOCK OFF THE STREET. BUT WE DID GET AGREEMENT TO GO FROM THE LAKES TO DALEWOOD, WHICH IS ONE BLOCK. AND SO WE CAME OUT OF THE LITTLE BREEZEWAY BETWEEN THE, THE, THE, UM, UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE AROUND, I KNOW TONY WAS AROUND BETWEEN THE PARKING STRUCTURE AND THE THEATER. WE CAME OUT ONE WAY, TURNED LEFT, WENT TO DALEWOOD, MADE A U-TURN ON SOUTH GLENDORA. WE HAD CONES DOWN THE MIDDLE, SO WE WALKED ONLY HALF THE STREET. AND SO WE WALKED UP ANOTHER BLOCK, MADE THAT SAME U-TURN, CAME BACK IN AND WENT IN THAT OTHER LITTLE ROAD GOING INTO THE THEATER SIDE. UH, IT WAS VERY SHORT, BUT WE SET THE GROUNDWORK FOR WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A MAJOR PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY. I MEAN, LITERALLY, WE HAD ALL THE COMPONENTS OF A REAL, OF A REAL PARADE. WE HAD BANDS, CHEERLEADERS, UH, ATHLETIC GROUPS, UH, CUB SCOUTS, BOY SCOUTS. WE HAD THE ROTC, UH, WE HAD THE FLAGS, WE HAD EVERYTHING GOING. AND WE HAD VENDORS IN THAT LITTLE ROUND AREA BY THE FOUNTAIN LAKE, BY THE LAKES. YEAH. AND WE THOUGHT, BOY, WE'RE NEVER GONNA FILL THIS. WE GOT THERE, WE WERE LIKE THIS. WE HAD, WE HAD, THE KIDS WERE PERFORMING ON, ON, NOT ON A STAGE, BUT OUT ON JUST, WE JUST CREATED AN AREA FOR THE KIDS TO PERFORM. SO WE ESTABLISHED THAT, THAT THE ENTERTAINMENT WOULD BE BY THE KIDS, NOT FOR THE KIDS. AND SO, UH, WE KIND OF SET IN MOTION, BUT WE KNEW RIGHT THEN WE NEEDED TO EXPAND. SO WE TALKED WITH YOU GUYS. WE GOT PERMISSION TO USE THE BIG PARKING LOT FOR THE SAND VILLAGE. WE WERE ABLE TO BLOCK OFF ALL THE WAY TO WALNUT CREEK. SO WE NOW HAVE A THREE BLOCK PARADE, AND IT'S WALKING. WE WALK FIVE BLOCK, NOW WE HAVE FIVE BLOCK. IT'S, IT'S A WALKING PARADE. THE ONLY PERSON THAT DRIVES OR RIDES IS SANTA. AND THAT'S JUST BECAUSE HE PHYSICALLY CAN'T MAKE IT DOWN. THE THREE WOOD BLOCKS, SORRY, DAVE , UM, OR, UH, SANTA, EXCUSE ME, . UH, UH, BUT, UH, WE STARTED SOMETHING GOOD AND IT'S GROWN AND GROWN AND GROWN EVERY YEAR. AND I'VE APPROACHED THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES ABOUT TRYING TO BLOCK OFF THIS EVEN MORE OF, OF SOUTH GLENDORA SO WE COULD KIND OF EXPAND OUR AREA FOR ENTERTAINMENT. UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY KIDS THAT WANT TO ENTERTAIN THAT IT, WE KIND OF RUN OUT OF TIME. UH, NEVER THOUGHT WE'D HAVE THAT. AND WE'VE RUN OUTTA SPACE. WE USED TO HAVE A CAR SHOW, WE HAD TO GET RID OF THE CAR SHOW, SO WE'D GET MORE VENDORS IN THERE. BUT IT'S GROWN. I MEAN, THE KIDS, EVERY KID GETS A TOY. EVERY KID GETS A BOOK. EVERY KID GETS TO SEE SANTA, UH, THEY HAVE, UH, FOOD VENDORS, THE ENTERTAINMENT [02:45:01] CRAFTS PROVIDED BY THE CITY. UM, UH, WE HAVE POUNDS HOUSES, WE HAVE, UH, ANIMALS, UH, PETTING ZOOS. UH, WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF NEAT THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO. AND THE PARENTS GET TO SHOP, AND THE KID, ACTUALLY, THE PARENTS GET TO STAND AND WATCH THEIR KIDS PERFORM. AND IF IT'S THERE, YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S JUST A BIG RING AROUND THE STAGE. AND, UM, IT'S A LOT OF FUN. AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. NOW, THIS'LL BE OUR SEVENTH YEAR. UM, I ATTEND EVERY YEAR AND STUDYING SEVEN YEARS AGO. AND I REMEMBER THE FIRST ONE, YOU IN THE LAKE IN THAT LIKE SQUARE IS A CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND SQUARE. OKAY. AND YOU PUT THE STAGE, AND I REMEMBER, OKAY. AND, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL, EVEN THIS, THE FIRST YEAR IT STARTING GROW AND NOW SEVEN YEAR LATER, LIKE LAST YEAR, LIKE GROW, OKAY? AND SO MANY, MANY, MANY OF, UH, PARADE THE CHILDREN, DIFFERENT GROUPS SHOW UP. UH, UH, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EVENT. I WANT TO THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE WEST KOREA NEED A PARADE. AND FINALLY, SEVEN YEARS AGO, YOU START A PARADE. WE TRY TO DO A JULY 4TH PARADE, BUT IT NEVER HAPPENED. BUT YOUR CHILDREN PARADE CONSISTENT FOR EVERY YEAR. AND, UH, ON THE GLENDORA AVENUE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN EXPAND EVEN LONGER SO WE CAN WALK LONGER. BUT EVERY TIME WE WALK COUPLE BLOCKS, WE SAY, AH, IT'S OVER. OKAY. SO, SO HOPEFULLY OKAY. A SMALL KID DECIDED. BUT IT, IT IS. EXCELLENT. BRAD, YOU ARE THE, THE, THE FACE OF THE CT. I WANT TO THANK YOU. AND THE, AND THE POOR, ALL YOUR CHARITY AND THE WARRANTY. OKAY. TO THE CT BENEFIT AND THE, ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN. OKAY. THE CHILDREN LOVE THE PARADE. THAT, THAT'S OUR GOAL. WE WANT TO GIVE THIS BACK TO THE KIDS. EVERYTHING WE DO IS BASICALLY FOR KIDS. AND SO WE HAVE OUR BIG FUNDRAISER, WE HAVE OUR BIG GOLF TOURNAMENT, AND THAT'S, UH, THAT'S OUR BIG FUNDRAISER. AND THAT HELPS US PROVIDE THE FUNDS TO PUT THIS ON. WE DO GET HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY THROUGH SPONSORSHIPS. UM, AND OF COURSE, WE COULDN'T PUT THIS ON WITHOUT YOU GUYS. AND SO, UH, WE TRY TO WORK REAL WELL TOGETHER. UH, SUSIE'S NOW, AND, UH, I MEAN, I, I KNEW SUSIE BEFORE SHE CAME TO WEST COVINA, AFTER SHE LEFT WEST COVINA, AFTER SHE CAME BACK TO WEST COVINA. WE JUST KEEP, WE JUST KEEP HAVING THIS RELATIONSHIP. SHE, SHE COME AND GO, , OKAY, IT'S A FREE COUNTRY, BUT I'VE STAYED. OKAY, I THINK WE CAN STOP. PEOPLE COME AND GO. AT LEAST YOU COME BACK. OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE DO. AND UH, WE TRY TO DO IT AS CHEAP AS WE CAN. AND, UH, WE DO IT QUICK, WE GET IT OVER WITH. BUT I THINK EVERYBODY HAS A GREAT FOUR HOURS OF FUN. PUTIN, THANK YOU. UM, I WAS THERE, ACTUALLY, I WAS A COMMISSIONER ONLY. AND I WAS THERE AT THE VERY, VERY FIRST. NOT ONLY, I USED TO BE A COMMISSIONER ALL THE TIME, , IT WAS NOT IN THIS CITY, IN ANOTHER CITY. AND IT WAS AMAZING. I KNOW WE WERE ALL HUDDLED RIGHT THERE AT THE, THE LAKES, AT THE EDWARDS THEATER. AND AS YOU EXPANDED, IT GREW. UM, ALSO, I'VE SEEN IT GROW MORE AND MORE WITH SO MANY PARTICIPANTS AND MANY GROUPS. HOW MANY GROUPS CURRENTLY? OR LIKE HOW MANY GROUPS? WE HAVE A, WE HAVE ABOUT 60 GROUPS COMING BY NOW. SOME OF THOSE ARE JUST PARENTS. WE ASK, YOU KNOW, WITH KIDS. I MEAN, THE FIRST YEAR, MY TWO GRANDKIDS WALK JUST BY THEMSELVES, YOU KNOW? UH, BUT WE SAY YOU CAN WALK BY YOURSELVES, YOU CAN WALK WITH YOUR PARENTS, YOU CAN WALK WITH YOUR TEAM, YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR SCOUTING GROUP, UH, YOUR CHURCH, WHATEVER ORGANIZATION. WE, UH, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOW UP. UM, AND, AND REALLY THE ONLY ADULTS THAT WE, WE ALLOW TO REALLY BE FEATURED OR YOU GUYS . SO, UH, THAT'S IT. YOU AND SANTA, YOU GUYS ARE THE ONLY ADULTS. THEY'RE EVERYBODY ELSE. WE FOCUS ON THE KIDS. ONE THING I SHOULD MENTION ABOUT THAT VERY FIRST PARADE, OUR INTENTION IS TO NAME EVERY KID IN THE PARADE. AND IT'S HARD TO DO THAT NOW, BUT INITIALLY, LITERALLY WE HAD, UH, ANDRES CASTANEDA WAS OUT WITH A BULLHORN, AND HE WOULD SAY, WHAT IS YOUR NAME? AND HE WOULD SAY IT AND HE'D GO, HERE'S JOHNNY JONES. YOU KNOW, AND, AND EVERYTHING. SO HAVING, YOU KNOW, YOUR NAME READ OR, OR ANNOUNCED, UM, IS A BIG DEAL FOR KIDS. WHEN I WAS PRINCIPAL AT GRADUATION, I HAD ONE RULE THAT THAT LOUD SPEAKER HAS TO BE LOUDER THAN THE PARENTS. 'CAUSE I WANT EVERY KID'S NAME TO BE HEARD AND PRONOUNCED PROPERLY, BECAUSE THAT, THAT PROBABLY MEANS MORE TO A KID THAN ANYTHING ELSE. RECOGNITION THAT HE IS OR SHE IS IMPORTANT. DID SOMEBODY WANT, OKAY, BRIAN? YES. SO YOU ARE THE, YOU ARE THE FOUNDING PERSON THAT MADE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE HAPPEN IN WAS, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THERE IS, THERE IS NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WOW. HE IS A GRANDPA. WOW. YEAH. I THINK, I THINK, UH, MAYOR, YOU SHOULD GIVE HIM THE KEY TO THE CITY . NO, WE DON'T NEED, WE DON'T NEED THAT. WE JUST, WE JUST WANNA GET APPROVED SO WE CAN GET ON. OH, HE JUST WANT, HE JUST WANT A DON HE WANT A DONATION. YES. HE WANT A DONATION. OKAY. UH, IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED, UH, THEY CAN CALL [02:50:01] ME AT MY PHONE NUMBER (626) 260-1997. OR EMAIL AT COACH 1326 AT GMAIL DO COM. YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE'RE GONNA APPROVE IT. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE PULLED IT THIS FOUR. I I IT WAS MORE OF A FINANCE ISSUE. YEAH, I KNOW. I KNOW. BUT, BUT, BUT THIS IS A GRAY EVENT NO MATTER HOW MUCH, OKAY. YEAH. THIS IS, THIS MONEY CAN BUY. AND I JUST WANT THANK YOU. I JUST CANNOT THANK YOU MORE AND PUT THIS TOGETHER BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU UNITED CITY AND HAVE THE CHILDREN HAVE A GREAT TIME BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS. OKAY. AND I THINK COMING MAY, MAY PROBLEM. OKAY. AND THE FUTURE MAY WILL BE VERY HAPPY OVER THERE WAVING TO PEOPLE. SO NOT LIKE ME. I SCARED PEOPLE LAST YEAR, SO, AND SHE GETS TO INTRODUCE YOU, . SO FINALLY, I CAN BE QUIET. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCE. OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE DISCUSSIONS HERE EARLIER, UH, ABOUT THAT. AND SO WE TRY TO TAKE ON AS MUCH OF THE EXPENSES THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. AND WE, WE'VE, WE'VE LISTED IT. WE TRIED TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, AND, UH, YEAH, I HAVE NO IDEA. I KNOW IT COSTS THE CITY SOME MONEY TO HELP US BY BLOCKING THE SEAT, THE STREETS, AND SETTING UP THE STAGE. NO MATTER THE MONEY CANNOT BUY YOUR SUCCESSFUL EVENT. OKAY? BUT I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, AND THAT AS A CITY, AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN. YEAH. AS A CITY IS A NONPROFIT. OUR CITY JOB IS TO BRING HAPPINESS TO THE RESIDENT. AND FOR YOU AS A NONPROFIT, WILLING TO HELP US TO DO THIS. AND, UH, FOR SO MANY YEARS WITH, UH, UH, CHILDREN'S. OKAY. PARADE NOT ONLY LED FOR THE, UH, EGG HUNT. OKAY. AND ALSO, UH, FOR THE YOUTH YOUNG CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. AND, UH, THEY COMING, COMING EVERY DAY. YEAH. STUDENT GOVERNMENT COMING, WHAT? JANUARY, FEBRUARY. AND ALL OF THEM ARE MAGNIFICENT EVENTS. SO, SO, SO I DON'T EVEN CARE HOW MUCH YOU SPEND. YOU COULD SPEND A MILLION DOLLARS STILL SUPPORTING YOU. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU UP ON THAT. . I'M TALKING ABOUT PESO, HOWEVER, I'M NOT SURE ANYTHING. JAPANESE YEN, JAPANESE YEN, . BUT ANYWAY, I WILL MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. SHE HAS QUESTIONS. OH, YEAH. YEAH. I JUST WANNA GO HOME. I KNOW YOU DO, BUT NO, I HAVE A, I HAVE A CHANCE. MM-HMM . UM, YOU MOVED THE MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA. MR. MANNING. BRAD. BRAD, WE'RE NOT DONE. THANK YOU. OH, . OH YEAH. YOU KNOW, I NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK YOU AS WELL. I MEAN, THE REST OF MY COUNCIL DID. AND I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR CITY. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO FEEL THAT I PULLED THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO PICK ON THE PARADE. UH, WANT ME TO STICK AROUND FOR ANOTHER HOUR AND A HALF? , RIGHT? I JUST LOVE SITTING HERE AND WATCHING AND LISTEN, THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I SAT THROUGH AN HOUR AND A HALF OF PAVEMENT CLEANING OR STREET CLEANING. NOW WE HAVE TREE TRIMMING . I REALIZED YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY INTERESTING TALK DISCUSSION, IMPORTANT TO THE CITIZENS. YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND I KNOW YOU DO A LOT FOR THE CITY AND I REALLY APPRECIATE. SO I JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT. THANK YOU. NOW YOU CAN MOVE THE MOTION. NO, SHE HAS QUESTIONS. SHE HASN'T ASKED HER QUESTION. I'LL, I'LL ADDRESS IT TOO, SUSIE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU. THIS IS REGARDING FINANCE. UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE ONLY GONNA SPEND ABOUT $15,000, RIGHT? THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT. IT DOESN'T INCLUDE STAFF. SO THAT IS NOT INCLUDING PERSONNEL COSTS. THAT IS CORRECT. SO WHAT I'D LIKE IS AFTER THE EVENT, YES. I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MUCH WE SPENT ON STAFF. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT. WE TRY TO PULL, UH, THE INFORMATION FOR FROM 2024, BUT AT THAT TIME WE STILL, WERE NOT ACCUMULATING THAT UNDER A PROJECT CODE. BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT FOR ALL EVENTS. RIGHT. SO THAT FOR TRANSPARENCY. ABSOLUTELY. YES. SO THAT, THAT'S ALL. THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD POINT. YOU WANNA GO HOME? I WANNA GO HOME. , MOVE THE MOTION PLEASE. I WANNA MOVE THE MOTION. THANK YOU. SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. ROLL CALL. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL. JUST, JUST CLARIFICATION. UM, DO YOU WANT TO INCLUDE THAT IN YOUR MOTION, UH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A REPORT BROUGHT TO YOU BACK? YES. CAN YOU I, I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. I THINK, I KNOW, I'M ASKING HER IF SHE WANTS, I THINK COUNCIL ALREADY EARLIER IN, IN PRIOR MEETINGS, HAS DIRECTED STAFF TO DO THAT. YOU JUST DIRECTED STAFF TO DO IT AGAIN, SO YEAH. YEAH. IF SHE CAN, YEAH. OKAY. UH, JUST SHOWED, UH, ABOUT THE CALLS, SO, OKAY. RESIDENT CAN KNOW INCLUDING MAYBE FIVE, NINE. OKAY. ALL THIS STAFF CALLS THING, SO WE CAN DO A COMPARISON. I THINK IT'S BECAUSE I, I SAW LESS POLICE AND FIRE SO POSSIBLE LESS OF THE CALLS. OKAY. SO ANYWAY. AND GO AHEAD. NO ROOM FOR BAJA BUG. SORRY. AND I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT. NO, NO, BECAUSE, UH, I HAVE A COMMENT. UH, GO AHEAD. YES. AND THEN, UM, JUST TO GO BACK TO FINANCES, [02:55:01] UH, COUNCILWOMAN THE, IS REMINDED ME ABOUT FINANCES. SO WHEN IT COMES TO FINANCES, I THINK ANOTHER GREAT QUESTION IS THE LONG TERM FOR OUR CITY. HOW CAN OTHER NONPROFITS IN OUR COMMUNITY DO SIMILAR, UH, PROJECTS IN OUR COMMUNITY? HOW CAN THEY BECOME A COMMUNITY PARTNER? AND I THINK DEVELOPING RULES OR, OR A POLICY AROUND THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO I THINK WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION OF, WHEN WE HAD THIS WHOLE NONPROFIT DISCUSSION PRIOR, AND I HAD MENTIONED THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO DEVELOP THESE PARTNERSHIP SPONSORSHIP RULES AND, AND LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS. SO THAT, THAT WAS IN THE WORKS. I, I THINK THIS IS ANOTHER TOPIC. AND THE FIRST WE WANT TO APPROVE. OKAY. THE CHILDREN PARADE FIRST, PLEASE. OKAY. AND, UH, NO, YOU CAN COME. I WANNA GO HOME. . WE LOVE YOU, BRAD. GO AHEAD. COME ON UP. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S VERY PERSONAL. YEAH, YEAH. GO AHEAD. OH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE COLLECT TOYS TO GIVE OUT TO THE KIDS EVERY YEAR. WE A NUMBER OF SOURCES. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BRIAN GUTIERREZ GAVE US LIKE A HUNDRED TOYS FOR US. I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF I'VE EVER OH, THAT'S ADDITIONAL. HE'S GOING TO REPEAT AGAIN. HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A HUNDRED. YEAH, NO, NO PRESSURE. BRIAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AFTER HE GET ELECTED, HE GOING TO DOUBLE IT. . SO ANYWAY, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. LET, LET'S GET THIS NOT PART OF THE AGENDA APPROVED. OKAY. WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL POLICE. OTHERWISE WE'LL STAY HERE TILL MIDNIGHT. OKAY. ROLL CALL PLEASE. COUNCILMAN CONTOS IS ABSENT. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. AND THE MOTION APPROVE. OKAY. GREAT EVENT. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. WE SEE YOU, UH, AT THE CHILDREN PARADE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRAD. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND GO TO AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE. AND THIS WILL BE BRIAN. OKAY. UM, YES. NO ONE IS ALWAYS, THERE'S CHIEF CORINA. HE WAS WAITING UNTIL THE END . HE SHOULD GO TO CON HE IS GO TO CANCUN. YEAH. OH YEAH. HE, HE HAS A, HE HAS A FLIGHT TO CATCH. YOU HAVE A FLIGHT? ? YEAH. YEAH. . HE, HE ON PURPOSE. STAY HERE. HERE. NOW YOU EARLIER. 10 O'CLOCK. WHEN YOU GO AHEAD. MEETING WITH MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. SEE STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. OH YEAH. JUST, JUST A QUICK, SOME QUICK QUESTIONS. UM, IS THIS, UH, WHAT, WHAT SOURCE OF FUNDING IS THIS FROM? UH, THIS IS FROM, UH, EQUITABLE SHARING FUNDS THAT ARE ALREADY APPROVED. IS THAT, UM, THE DRUG 26 BUDGET? IS THAT THE DRUG MONEY OR STUFF? SO EEC, EQUITABLE SHARING REVENUE, UM, STEMS FROM SUCCESSFUL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTION. EFFORTS OF NARCOTICS CASES INVOLVING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM. OKAY. PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. OKAY. GREAT, GREAT, GREAT. AND THEN, UM, THE LAST QUESTION I HAVE, UM, IS SOURCE FILE. I COULD HAVE SWORN I SAW ON MR. DOHERTY'S LEGAL BILLS. ONE OF THE LINE ITEMS WAS LEMON LAW. UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS ISSUES WAS, HAS THERE BEEN ANY ISSUES WITH SOURCE FILE ABOUT SELLING US LEMON CARS? I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY PARTICULAR WITH, UH, ANY OF OUR SWAT VEHICLES OR, NO. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. DO YOU WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MOTION FAIL. UH, THEN WE HAVE FIRST AND SECOND AND, UH, I'M SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. TOO LATE. UH, AND, UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE. I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. UH, TO APPROVE. UM, ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL. COUNCILMAN CONTOS. ABSENT, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ VIDO. AYE. MAYOR WU. AYE. MOTION FOUR ZERO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, HAVE A GOOD TRIP. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THEN WHO WILL BE THE ACTING CHIEF? UH, C UH, KEITH WILL BE ACTING CHIEF. AND I'LL ALSO NOTE WITH NO, HAVE A SEAT CHIEF. OKAY. I'LL SEE YOU SOON. THANK. OKAY. TAKE CARE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SAY HI TO YOUR WIFE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOUR FAMILY. OKAY. AND, UH, UH, OKAY. WE DONE WITH CONSENT CALENDAR. [ CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION] [ CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS] WE MOVE TO, UM, SEAT. OKAY. COUNSEL REQUEST. COUNCIL, UH, COMMON. OKAY. ANY REQUESTS OR AB 1, 2, 3, 4. IF NONE, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY. THEN WE GO TO THE, UH, COUNCIL REQUEST. GO AHEAD, BRIAN. YES. I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ASK THE CITY ATTORNEY TO WORK WITH OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. UM, THERE WAS A NEW LAW SIGNED BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM CALLED S SENATE BILL 7 0 7, WHICH PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE BROWN ACT. AND THE LAW REQUIRES US, UH, [03:00:01] IT TAKES EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2026. AND J P'S MEMO TO OUR, TO US ALL, UH, IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY ADOPT THESE NEW REGULATIONS BEFORE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. SO THIS IS NOT THE MAD MAYOR, THIS IS MORE LIKE A REQUEST. WE'RE DOING IT ALREADY. YOU'RE DOING ALL. OKAY. SO CITY MAN. CITY ATTORNEY. OKAY. AND, UH, ANY NEW LAW YOU NEED TO KIND OF, UH, BRING TO ATTENTION TO THE CITY AND CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER. OKAY. NEXT, UH, WHEN DO YOU, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO BRING THAT TO US? UM, I THINK OUR MEMOS ARE GOING OUT EITHER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. SOON IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE TO LIKE WHAT UP? UPDATE OUR MUNICIPAL COURT. THERE'S A NUMBER OF, THERE'S A NUMBER OF, UH, NEW LAWS, UM, I THINK GOVERNOR SIGNED AND ALSO RELATING TO THE BROWN ACT. YES. THERE'S OTHER ONES ABOUT, UM, COMMENTING, UM, TELEPHONICALLY AND OTHER CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS. SO WE'LL BRIEF THE COUNSEL ON THAT. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR. UH, COUNCIL. COUNCILMAN CONTOS DOES HAVE A MOTHER, MAYOR OKAY. FOR ME TO READ? YEAH. I COULDN'T READ IT. UH, BUT HOW CAN YOU MOVE? HE'S ABSENT. NO, HE CANNOT DO ANYTHING. 'CAUSE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION NO, NO. HE COULD DO IT NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. WHAT WAS IT? MAYBE I'LL, I'LL SPONSOR MAYBE, BUT IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IT IS. , BUT HE'S NOT HERE. YEAH. NO. WE CANNOT DO IT UNLESS WE IT'S VIOLATION. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S, NO, NO. OKAY. UM, NEXT TIME. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. I THINK IT'S BETTER TO HAVE HIM IN PERSON. OTHERWISE I DON'T THINK WE CAN THAT YOU GET THE FRIEND MAKE A MOTION. HUH? YOU NEED TO BE PRESENT TO MAKE A MOTION. EXACTLY. OKAY. SO WE CANNOT JUST DO IT. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, AND, UH, ANY COMMENT? IF NOT OKAY. I'M GOING TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE GREAT DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TREE TREATMENT THING AND, UH, WHO WANT TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. I'LL MOTION. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THE MEETING. JIM. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GENTLEMEN. AND THE LADY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.