* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] LET'S GO. [CALL TO ORDER] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR MAY 5TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS 7:00 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY SLE DE MAY. THIS SAYS TODAY, AND WE'LL HAVE, UH, WE'LL INTRODUCE THE NEW EDITION LATER ON THIS EVENING. ANY PERSON WISHING TO INTRODUCE THE, ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER'S CARD THAT IS PROVIDED AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND SUBMIT THE CARD TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. UH, SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MASON OKUBO FROM IMMANUEL FIRST LUTHERAN CHURCH, AND COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RISE, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THIS PRIVILEGE. LET US PRAY. HEAVEN, MANY FATHER GUARDIAN AND KEEPER OF YOUR PEOPLE, WATCH OVER THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AND PROTECT THEM. GRANT THEM WISDOM AND JOY IN THEIR SERVICE. HELP US ALL TO NOT LOOK FORWARD IN FEAR, BUT RATHER TO LOOK FORWARD WITH HOPE. HELP US TO SEE OPPORTUNITY AND CHANGE AS CHANGES ARISE. LEAD US SAFELY THROUGH ALL TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS. AND WHEN WE CANNOT STAND IT, CARRY US IN YOUR ARMS. SHOW US HOW TO SERVE IN EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT WE MIGHT MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. WE ASK THIS IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE, UM, GENTLEMEN, PLEASE REMOVE YOUR CAPS AND FACE THE FLAG. AGAIN, I PLEDGE ALL PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ROLL CALL PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ HERE. COUNCILMAN WU? YEP. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. HERE. MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS HERE, MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO, PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY. IS THERE [REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION] ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? YES, MADAM MAYOR, WITH REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ON A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ AND A SECOND BY THE MAYOR, UH, LOPEZ VITO. AND ON A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO NEGOTIATE AND DRAFT AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND MILEY RACKAGE NAMING HIM AS CITY MANAGER. AND THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK ON JUNE 2ND FOR COUNCIL ACTION. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? YES. AND THEN ALSO ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, UNDER EXISTING LITIGATION NUMBER TWO, KENNEDY CASE V. CITY OF WEST COVINA. THIS CASE AS A NON-JURISDICTIONAL IT INCIDENT DID NOT OCCUR, OCCUR ON THE CITY PROPERTY, AND THIS CASE HAS BEEN DISMISSED. PERFECT. THAT'S IT. MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONTO PRESENTATIONS, [PRESENTATIONS] TESTING, TESTING. SO I KNOW ON THE PRESENTATIONS WE HAVE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE, THOSE WHO HAS NOT ALREADY KNOWN, BUT WE HIRED SIX BRAND NEW OFFICERS, THEY WERE SWORN IN YESTERDAY. SO WE ARE EXCITED THAT WE ARE BRINGING IN NEW OFFICERS TO OUR CITY. BUT THE FIRST PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING NATIONAL'S CORRECTION OFFICER AND EMPLOYEES WEEK. I'D LIKE TO INVITE LIEUTENANT ENRIQUE MA MACIAS TO THE FRONT AS HE IS WALKING. WE RECOGNIZE NATIONAL CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AND EMPLOYEES WEEK FROM MAY 3RD THROUGH MAY 9TH, AND HONOR THE DEDICATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORK IN THE OUR JAIL FACILITY. THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, AND COMMITMENT TO SAFETY PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND ON, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE THANK OUR JAIL STAFF FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND SERVICE. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? UH, OUR JAILERS ARE AN INTRICATE PART OF OUR DEPARTMENT. AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF OUR JAILERS, WE THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND, UH, THEY DO A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. SO HERE'S THE, UH, PROCLAMATION AND THANK YOU FOR KEEPING IT SAFE, SECURE FACILITY AND DOING A GREAT JOB THERE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZES NATIONAL POLICE WEEK. I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF CORTINA TO THE FRONT. IS HE HERE? IS HE HERE TODAY? I THINK HE, IF HE'S NOT, CAN I HAVE SOMEONE ON HIS BEHALF GO TO DC ? OH, THERE [00:05:01] YOU GO. , YOU FILL BOTH ROLES. SO AS HE'S WALKING THROUGH, UM, WE ARE ALSO RECOGNIZING MAY 10TH THROUGH MAY 16 AS NATIONAL POLICE WEEK, A TIME TO HONOR THE DEDICATION AND SERVICE OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY EVERY DAY. OUR OFFICERS WORK WITH PROFESSIONALISM, COURAGE, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT, OFTEN IN CHALLENGING AND UNPREDICTABLE CIRCUMSTANCES. AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR SERVICES. OH, THERE HE IS. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO ALL OUR OFFICERS FOR THEIR DEDICATION, PROFESSIONALISM, AND CONTINUED SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT JUST GOT SWORN IN YESTERDAY. SO, THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL. THANK YOU. MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY NUMBER ONE, UH, HOW PROUD OF 'EM OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS THAT, UH, LIEUTENANT MACIAS IS REPRESENTING TONIGHT AS WELL. AND AGAIN, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR PERSONNEL THAT ARE GONNA BE PARTICIPATING, UM, IN THE POLICE UNIT TOWARD THIS UPCOMING WEEK TO HONOR ALL THE FALLEN OFFICERS THAT WE LOST THROUGHOUT THIS LAST YEAR. AND ALSO FOR THE MEMORY, THE FALLEN OFFICERS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND PAST. AND IN TALKING TO A LOT OF THE, UH, FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF FALLEN OFFICERS, THEIR BIGGEST FEAR IS THAT THEIR LOVED ONE WILL BE FORGOTTEN OVER THE YEARS. AND SO IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE ALWAYS REMEMBER AND AND HONOR THOSE THAT GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE. SO, UM, WITH THAT, AGAIN, I'M JUST VERY PROUD OF, UH, EVERYBODY HERE WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I AM VERY GRATEFUL TO THIS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SO MUCH SUPPORT FROM YOU ALL, AND, UM, THAT DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR HONORING THEM. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. WE HAVE SOMETHING FROM BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA AS WELL. ONE, TWO. THE NEXT ONE IS A CERTIFICATE FOR RECOGNIZING BAKER TO VEGAS. FIRST PLACE. WOO-HOO. I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE CHIEF AND THE BAKER TO VEGAS TEAM CAPTAINS, SERGEANT ANA AND SERGEANT BEIT TO THE FRONT. YOU GUYS ALL KNOW HOW FAR VEGAS IS, RIGHT? GONNA BRING UP THE WHOLE TEAM. HEY, HOLD UP THE WHOLE, YEAH, THE WHOLE TEAM. WELL, YOU WERE GONNA SPEAK UP. SO THIS IS NOT THE WHOLE TEAM JUST FYIA COUPLE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THEY'RE ALL FIT. THEY'RE RUNNERS. UH, WE RECOGNIZE OUR BAKER TO VEGAS TEAM FOR AN OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT, EARNING FIRST PLACE IN THE 99 CATEGORY FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW. THIS IS REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT AT A GREAT SOURCE OF PRIDE FOR ENTIRE CITY. SO PLEASE GIVE THEM BIG APPLAUSE. THEY'RE STILL FIT AND THEY ALL DO GREAT WORK. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU GUYS FOR SUPPORTING OUR TEAM. OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR LETTING US REPRESENT YOU GUYS. AND THANK YOU TO OUR CHIEF AND OUR, UH, EXECUTIVE STAFF UPSTAIRS FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT YOU GUYS. UH, THIS YEAR WE FINISHED, UH, FIRST PLACE AGAIN. WE FINISHED A TOTAL TIME OF 1601, UM, WHICH IS THE FASTEST TEAM IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. UM, REAL QUICK, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE MY, MY, THE TEAMMATES THAT I HAVE HERE TODAY. WE HAVE, UH, OFFICER AUSTIN HENRY, OFFICER DREW GOMEZ, UH, OFFICER DANIEL CLEMENTS, OFFICER MARTIN HERRERA, UH, OFFICER SAUL PENA AND LIEUTENANT MATT NELSON. UH, JUST A FUN FACT. UH, WE RE UH, WE DEDICATED THIS RUN, UH, FOR FALLEN OFFICER, UH, SAM RIVEROS, WHO ACTUALLY WORKS FOR, UH, BALDWIN PARK PD. HE WAS, UH, KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY, UH, THIS MONTH, UM, MAY 31ST. SO WE'RE GONNA CELEBRATE HIS ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY AS WELL. AND LASTLY, WE, UH, DEDICATED THIS RUN TO, UH, RESERVE LIEUTENANT, UH, TY KAVANAUGH, WHO, UM, LOST HIS BATTLE TO CANCER. SO IT MEANS A LOT TO US. AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT. HAD A QUICK QUESTION FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, HOW MANY MILES WAS THAT, AND HOW DID YOU ALL DO THAT AND ALL THE THINGS TO TAKE TO GET TO THAT LEVEL? YEAH, SO, UM, THE, THE RACE STARTS IN BAKER, CALIFORNIA AND ENDS, UH, IN LAS VEGAS. THE TOTAL, UM, MILEAGE FOR THE RACE IS, UH, 120 MILES. WE HAVE 20 RUNNERS, UM, AND REPRESENTING, UH, 20 DIFFERENT STAGES. UM, THAT JUST TO, TO PREPARE FOR THAT TOOK, UH, MONTHS OF TRAINING, UH, MONTHS OF PAIN, TEARS, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY WE, UH, WE [00:10:01] CAME AT VICTORIOUS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO, ON BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE WHOLE PD TEAM, AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU AND RECOGNIZE YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. I DID THAT. I DID THAT. THE RUG, THE IS I'M SURE THEY HAVE POSTED VIDEOS AND PICTURES, RIGHT? SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE. YES. OKAY. SO IF YOU WANNA LOOK, LOOK AT THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA FOR PD UP NEXT. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE 57TH ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK. AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR CITY CLERK, NICK LEWIS, TO THE FRONT. OH, ALTHOUGH IT IS ONE OF THE OLDEST POSITIONS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, FEW PEOPLE REALIZE THE VITAL SERVICES MUNICIPAL CLERKS PERFORM FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. PRIMARILY, THEY ACT AS THE CORNERSTONE OF THEIR COUNCIL. THEY ALSO PREPARE THE COUNCIL AGENDAS REC RECORD, RECORD AND INDEX MINUTES, AND MAINTAIN THE COUNCIL'S ORDINANCE AND RESOLUTION FILES. OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE KEEPING THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CITY, CONDUCTING LOCAL ELECTIONS AND PROCESSING PERMITS. MANY SERVE AS FINANCIAL OFFICERS OR TREASURERS, AND IN SOME MUNICIPALITIES MAY ACT AS CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS. YOU DO A LOT. THANK YOU, . A FEW WORDS TO SAY, . I KNOW, I KNOW. WELL, THAT'S HILARIOUS. ANYWAY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS NICHOLAS LEWIS. I AM THE ELECTED CITY CLERK FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. UM, AS, UH, AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, BUT, UH, MAYBE SOME OF YOU DON'T. UH, THE ELECTED CITY CLERK POSITION IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA IS EFFECTIVELY A TITLE HOLDER POSITION. AND THE REAL PERSON WHO ACTUALLY DOES ALL OF THE WORK, ANSWERING ALL OF YOUR PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS AND, UH, KEEPING THE MINUTES AND EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN IS, UH, IS THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, MS. LISA SHERICK, WHO IS DOING A WONDERFUL JOB. UM, I, I, FIRST AND FOREMOST JUST WANT TO, JUST WANT TO COMMEND HER ON THE FRANKLY INSANE AMOUNT OF, UH, OF WORK THAT SHE DOES WITH A, FRANKLY, SHOESTRING BUDGET. AND, UH, I, I HAD HEARD THAT OVER THE LAST, UH, CALENDAR YEAR, SHE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS, AS WELL AS, UH, RIGHT NOW SHE'S RECEIVING ON AVERAGE THREE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUESTS PER DAY, WHICH IS, UH, WHICH IS A PACE THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE CITY IN SOME TIME. SO, UM, I FIRST AND FOREMOST WANT TO JUST, UH, THANK HER FOR, FOR HER, UH, FOR HER SERVICE. AND, UH, AND IF SHE'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE, THE ACTUAL CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, I, I WOULD CERTAINLY INVITE THAT. THANK YOU, LISA. THANK YOU, NICK. I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE MAYOR COUNCIL, UH, MYLAND AND STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. I ALSO WANNA RECOGNIZE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN MY OFFICE THAT UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO FAMILY SITUATIONS WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT. AND THAT IS MONIQUE DELAROSA, MY DEPUTY CITY CLERK, AND WE HAVE OSCAR, UM, HERRERA, THANK YOU , WHO HAS BEEN, UH, HELPING OUT AND BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE THIS YEAR AS WELL. SO, JUST THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU IN THIS NEXT YEAR OUT HERE. SO, I KNOW LISA AND HER OFFICE DOES A LOT OF WORK. ALL THOSE EMAILS THAT EVERY, THAT EVERYONE SENDS IN, ALL THESE REPORTS, UH, SHE WORKS OVERTIME PRETTY MUCH. SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT THEY THEY DO A TREMENDOUS JOB. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HER UP. IF YOU WEREN'T GONNA DO IT, I WAS GONNA BRING HER UP. SO, UH, I'M GLAD THAT OUR ELECTED CITY CLERK MET, UH, RECOGNIZES THIS AS WELL. SO, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND PROCLAIM THE 57TH ANNUAL PROFESSIONAL MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU GO, NICK. THANK YOU. , THAT'S YOURS. THERE YOU GO. SHE TAKES ALL PAPERWORK. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. SO WE DO HAVE A PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, AND I'D LIKE TO INVITE DONIA ADAMS TO THE FRONT. ONE OF OUR STAFF, FOR THOSE WHO DOESN'T KNOW, IT'S NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK, AND WE'RE CELEBRATING THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. BEHIND EVERY SMALL BUSINESS IS A STORY. EARLY MORNINGS, LATE NIGHTS, BIG DREAMS, AND THE DETERMINATION TO KEEP GOING. [00:15:01] THESE SPACES ARE BUILT ON PASSION, RESILIENCE, AND THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP DAY AFTER DAY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. WHEN YOU SUPPORT, WHEN YOU SUPPORT A SMALL BUSINESS, YOU'RE NOT JUST MAKING A PURCHASE, YOU'RE SUPPORTING A DREAM, A FAMILY, AND A COMMUNITY. CELEBRATE NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK BY SUPPORTING YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL WEST COVINA SPOTS, BECAUSE EVERY VISIT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. AS, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN PROMOTING SMALL BUSINESSES. THIS IS ONE THING THAT I HAD IMPLEMENTED THIS YEAR IN 2026, IS A TASTE OF WEST COVINA AS OUR WAY OF PROMOTING ALL THESE SMALL BUSINESSES. SO IN RECOGNITION, I LETI LOPEZ RO, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, TO HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 3RD, 2026 THROUGH MAY 9TH, 2026, AS NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESSES EVERYWHERE. AND WE ALSO HAVE RADO WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SO I'M GONNA HAVE THEM SAY A FEW WORDS. THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND FOR THE TASTE OF WEST COVINA. UH, IT HAS BEEN WIDELY SUCCESSFUL. UM, IN FACT, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE HONORING A COUPLE OF, UH, BUSINESSES. AND IT'S REALLY A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE WEST COVINA CHAMBER AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WHERE THE WEST COVENA CHAMBER HAS BEEN REALLY TRYING TO REACH OUT TO SMALL BUSINESS TO SUPPORT YOUR EFFORT, UM, AND TO, UH, GET BUSINESSES TO JOIN UP AND PARTICIPATE. SO WE'VE BEEN REALLY BUSY FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. THIS WEEK IN PARTICULAR, UH, SMALL BUSINESS WEEK IS A, UH, VERY IMPORTANT WEEK FOR US, FOR THE CHAMBER AND FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. AND AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP. WE THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THE SUPPORT, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. THANK YOU, BLO. THIS WEEK. I JUST WANNA, THIS WEEK I JUST WANNA ENCOURAGE, UH, ALL WEST COVINA RESIDENTS TO VISIT YOUR LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS, UH, BE A PATRON TO THOSE BUSINESSES AND, UH, SHOP SMALL, SHOP LOCAL, AND SHOP WEST COVINA. YES, I AGREE. SO THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT. SHOP LOCAL, EVEN IF YOU'RE GONNA GAS UP YOUR CAR, GAS UP HERE IN WEST COVINA, ALL THESE TAX REVENUES, STAY IN OUR CITY, BUY THE THINGS HERE AND SHOP LOCAL. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE PROCLAIM NATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND ON TO OUR TASTE OF WEST COVINA, A TASTE OF WEST COVINA PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING EL PESCADOR, WEST COVINA. I'D LIKE TO INVITE ADRIAN GARCIA TO THE FRONT. YAY, ADRIAN. FRESH FLAVORS, COASTAL VIBES, AND OUR FAVORITE SEAFOOD SPOT RIGHT HERE IN WEST COVINA. AT EL PESCADOR, EVERY DISH IS MADE WITH PASSION FROM PERFECTLY GRILLED FISH TO MOUTHWATERING SHRIMP COCKTAILS AND CLASSIC MARISCOS THAT SATISFY EVERY TIME. WHETHER YOU'RE STOPPING BY FOR A QUICK BITE OR BRINGING FRIENDS AND FAMILY, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE STARTING TODAY AND RUNNING UNTIL THE END OF MAY. EL PESCADOR WILL OFFER CUSTOMERS 10% OFF THEIR ORDER. SIMPLY MENTION TASTE OF WEST COVINA ON YOUR VISIT, AND THEY DO OPEN LATE AS WELL. BUT I WILL GO AHEAD AND LET ADRIAN MENTION A FEW THINGS. SURE. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. SECOND OF ALL, WHILE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT OUR FOOD, MY MOUTH WAS GETTING WATERY , SO DINNER TIME, IT, IT IS DINNER TIME. IT IS SINGLE DE MILES. SO WE ARE EXTREMELY BUSY RIGHT NOW, BUT ON BEHALF OF THE ORTIZ FAMILY, UM, I GLADLY ACCEPT THIS, UM, AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE ORTIZ FAMILY. BUT ONCE AGAIN, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING, IF YOU, UH, MENTION TASTE OF WEST COVINA, YOU DEFINITELY WOULD GET 10% OFF. UM, ON BEHALF OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, ALL MY STAFF, WE THANK YOU GUYS AND WE THANK THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND IT, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PHOTOS, THEY HAVE ALL THOSE DELICIOUS DISHES. WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE DISH OR WHAT'S THE FAVORITE THAT EVERYBODY CLASSIC GETS? IT'S DEFINITELY THE LOBSTER TRIO. LOBSTER TRIO IS THE MOST FAVORITE. YEP. THAT, THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS GOOD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY ARE LOCATED HERE AT THE WEST COVINA MALL. AND, UH, ON BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE EL PESCADOR, ESPECIALLY WHAT PERFECT TIME. CINCO DE MAYO, WE HAVE TWO TASTE OF WEST COVINA HERE TODAY IN, IN HONOR OF THAT, UH, CELEBRATING TASTE OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, ANOTHER CINLE DE MAYO. WE HAVE TASTE THE WEST COVINA PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING MR. MANU WEST [00:20:01] COVINA. I'D LIKE TO INVITE ROGER MENDEZ TO THE FRONT. YAY, ROGER. EVEN THOUGH THE TITLE SAYS, MR. MANU, GUESS WHAT? THERE'S A MRS. MANU. OH, SHE, MR. MRS. MANU IS HERE TOGETHER AND WE'LL, UH, ALSO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN. MIGHT AS WELL BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY. IT'S A WHOLE FAMILY SUPPORT. BRI, COME ON IN. AMELIA, THIS IS MR. AND MRS. MANU AND THEIR WONDERFUL CHILDREN, THE PART OF THE CLAN, AND THEY WE'RE ALL WORKING HARD ON THEIR OPENING DAY ON. SO MR. MANU TASTES THE BEST MENU IN TOWN, KNOWN FOR ITS RICH, TRADITIONAL RECIPES AND QUALITY INGREDIENTS. MR. MANU OFFERS A COMFORTING AND SATISFYING DINING EXPERIENCE THAT KEEPS CUSTOMERS COMING BACK. WHETHER YOU'RE JOINING THEM FOR A HARDY BREAKFAST OR A WEEKEND FAVORITE, EACH DISH DISH IS PREPARED WITH CARE AND CONSISTENCY. VISIT THEM AND HELP US WELCOME MR. MANU TO THE COMMUNITY. FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, MR. MANU WILL OFFER CUSTOMERS 10% OFF THEIR ORDER. SIMPLY MENTION TASTE OF WEST COVINA ON YOUR VISIT. I'D LIKE TO, UH, RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL GRAND OPENING. IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST THAT WE'VE ATTENDED. UH, ALL FIVE CITY COUNCILS WERE THERE AND, UH, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS WERE THERE. I KNOW, UH, JERRY WAS THERE. AND, UH, SO A FEW PEOPLE WERE THERE AND THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE. THIS IS THEIR THIRD PLACE. IT'S THE ONLY MR. MUNIO IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO WELCOME THEM, TRY THEIR FOOD. UH, IT WAS WONDERFUL, BUT I'LL LET THEM GO AHEAD AND SPEAK. THEIR WHOLE FAMILY WAS WORKING. IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE. BUT GO AHEAD. SO I TOOK SOME TIME AND, YEAH. AND ROTTEN. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY GOOD, GOOD EVENING, WEST COVINA. FIRST, I WANNA THANK GOD FOR GIVING US HEALTH STRENGTH AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY AT THE CITY HALL WITH, AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU. I ALSO WANNA THANK THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF WEST COA FOR THE WA WA US WITH SO MUCH SUPPORT. THESE PAST DAYS HAVE BEEN SOME OF THE BIGGEST AND MOST, UH, MEMORABLE DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF MR. REBRAND. HONESTLY, THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BEST GRAND OPENINGS WE'VE EVER HAD. SEEING THE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE CITY LEADERS BRINGS EVERYTHING TO US. WE ARE, WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE NINE COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM DIFFERENT CITIES, INCLUDING WEST COVINA, DOWNEY IRWINDALE, AND SUPPORTING AREAS COME OUT AND SUPPORT OUR GRAND OPENING, THAT THAT KIND OF SUPPORT MOTIVATES US AND KEEPS ON WORKING EVEN HARDER FOR THE COMMUNITY. MR. MINO STARTED BACK IN 2019 AS A SMALL STREET STAND IN COMPTON, SERVING FOOD ON THE CANOPY. WE STARTED WITH A, WITH A MISSION. THAT MISSION WAS TO NEVER, IT WAS, HAS NEVER CHANGED TO SERVE HIGH QUALITY FOOD MADE WITH REAL INGREDIENTS, AND GIVE OUR COMMUNITY THE BEST EXPERIENCE POSSIBLE. AND MR. RENO, WE DON'T CUT CORNERS. WE USE TOP QUALITY, BEEF, TOP QUALITY INGREDIENTS, AND EVERYTHING MADE FRESH DAILY. NO CANNED PRODUCTS, NO SHORTCUTS. JUST REAL FOOD MADE THE RIGHT WAY EVERY SINGLE DAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR AMAZING STAFF FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION AND ALL. AND THIS WOULD BE, WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE, WITHOUT THE IMPO. AND, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, I WANT THANK MY FAMILY, MY WIFE, MY KIDS, AND MY PARENTS WHO ALWAYS BELIEVED IN ME AND SUPPORTED EVERY CRAZY IDEA AND DREAM ALONG THE DREAM I HAD ALONG THE WAY TO THE REST OF THE WEST COVIN. WE ARE HERE, WE ARE HERE TO STAY, AND WE'RE HERE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH PRIDE. WE'RE LOCATED AT 3 2 7 NORTH OF SOUTH AVENUE. AND WE'LL LOVE TO, WE'LL HAVE EVERYONE. WE'LL LOVE TO HAVE EVERYONE COME VISIT US. ENJOY THE MISS NOODLE EXPERIENCE. AS A THANK YOU, WE ALSO WANT TO OFFER A 10% DISCOUNT TO EVERYBODY HERE IN THE AUDIENCE. WE HAVE THE COUPONS HERE. WE BE PASSING 'EM OUT. UH, WE'RE EXCITED TO NOT ONLY BRING GREAT FOOD TO WEST COVINA, BUT ALSO CREATE JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. WEST COVINA, MS. RENO IS HERE AND WE'RE READY TO BRING NOTHING BUT HIGH QUALITY FOOD AND GREAT SERVICE TO THE CITY. THANK YOU AGAIN. AND I'LL NOW HAND OFF THE MICROPHONE TO MY WIFE TO SAY A FEW, COUPLE WORDS, UH, FOR THE BUSINESS AND WHERE WE STAND AS IN THE FUTURE. YAY. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THANK YOU MAYOR, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND FOR ALLOWING US TO GET TO THIS POINT. WE'RE EXTREMELY EXCITED AND I JUST WANNA CONVINCE MY HUSBAND AS WELL FOR PUSHING SO HARD AND BELIEVING IN US AND OUR DREAM, AND FOR MAKING OUR DREAM COME TRUE. UH, WE FEEL VERY HONORED AND SUPER EXCITED TO JOIN, UH, THE WEST COVINA COMMUNITY. AND WE FEEL AT HOME AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR, UH, ALL THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE ARISE. AND WE'RE HERE TO, TO CONTINUE TO STRIVE AND PUSH FOR THE BEST AND TO PROVIDE THE BEST QUALITY FOOD AND SERVICE TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THEIR PORTIONS ARE BIG. YOU SEE SOME PHOTOS, COME TASTE IT. UH, TRY IT FOR YOURSELF AND BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SO ON BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. MANO CELEBRATING TASTE OF WEST COVINA. AND THAT IS THE NAME OF THE RESTAURANT, MR. MANO, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE MR. AND MRS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:25:14] YAY, ROGER AND CELINE. YAY. UP NEXT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY VACCINE VET CLINIC. I'D LIKE TO INVITE DAVID U TO THE FRONT. HE'LL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WELL, FIRST THANK YOU EVERYBODY, UH, FOR HOSTING THIS. AND A BIG THANK YOU TO SUSIE PEREZ AND VANESSA FOR LETTING US START OUR, UH, COMMUNITY CLINIC PROGRAM HERE. WE'VE NOW BEEN GOING TO THE DEL NORTE DOG, UH, PARK FOR, UM, AROUND TWO MONTHS. AND WE'VE HAD THREE CLINICS. WE'VE SERVICED OVER 50 PETS IN THAT TIME. AND EVEN OUR LAST CLINIC, WE SAW 20 PETS. WE SEE CATS, DOGS, PUPPIES, AND IT'S JUST BEEN A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO PROVIDE YEAR-ROUND CARE FOR EVERYBODY AND BRING ACCESSIBLE PET CARE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY. UM, YEAH, THESE ARE ACTUALLY SOME PHOTOS FROM OUR LAST CLINIC, UM, THE PAST MONTH. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST CLINIC THAT WE DID. UM, AND SINCE THEN WE'VE EXPANDED TO 15 PARKS ACROSS LA. SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR OUR SUP FOR YOUR SUPPORT, UM, FOR GIVING US THAT AND ALLOWING US TO EXPAND FROM THERE AND BRING SERVICE TO MORE COMMUNITIES. AND WE'RE WORKING ON EXPANDING THAT EVEN MORE RIGHT NOW. UM, YEAH, WE HAVE A VERY SIMPLE THREE STEP PROCESS FOR EVERYBODY. THEY FIRST COME, WE HAVE A LICENSED VET, UH, THAT WE TRY TO SOURCE LOCALLY AND A TEAM OF TWO TO THREE ASSISTANTS, AND THEY GET A QUICK WELLNESS CHECK. THEY CAN PICK WHATEVER SERVICES THEY WANT, IF THEY WANT VACCINES, A MICROCHIP, AND THEN THEY GET ALL THEIR RECORDS DIGITALLY RIGHT THERE. SO IT'S A VERY QUICK PROCESS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SERVING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE EVERY TIME. AND YEAH, THAT'S OUR SETUP. WE SET UP IN FIVE MINUTES BREAK DOWN IN FIVE MINUTES. WE'RE THERE FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF EVERY FOURTH SATURDAY, UH, OF THE MONTH FROM I BELIEVE 2:00 PM TO 3:30 PM SO ANYBODY HAS ANY PETS AND WANTS TO GET A QUICK CHECK FROM THE VET, IT'S COMPLETELY FREE. UM, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GET ANY SERVICES. SO YEAH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ABSOLUTELY. THESE ARE JUST ALL THE SERVICES WE OFFER. WE HAVE PACKAGES FOR PUPPIES, UH, FOR GROWNUP DOGS, CATS, MICROCHIPS, FLEA SERVICE. UM, IF I MAY FOR THE GOOD OF THE GROUP, DAVID, WOULD YOU MIND GOING THROUGH AND READING WHAT EACH OF THOSE PACKAGES INCLUDE? UM, THAT WAY, UM, ALL MEMBERS OF OUR AUDIENCE, VIEWERS AT HOME, MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL ARE AWARE. SURE. UM, SO WHAT WE RECOMMEND FOR MOST PEOPLE, UM, IS OUR FULL GUARD PACKAGE. WE DO RABIES FOR $15, WHICH ALL THESE VACCINES ARE GENERALLY AT A LOCAL VET'S OFFICE, ANYWHERE FROM $60 EACH. AND THEY CHARGE ANYWHERE FROM 50 TO A HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR AN EXAM. SO THIS FULL GUARD PACKAGE WOULD PROBABLY BE THREE TO $400 AT A PHYSICAL VET'S OFFICE. UM, AND WE DO THAT ALL FOR A HUNDRED DOLLARS, BUT PEOPLE COULD ALSO JUST GET RABIES, WHICH IS LEGALLY REQUIRED, AND PEOPLE COME AND JUST GET THAT AS WELL. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A PUPPY PACKAGE, WHICH INCLUDES THREE VISITS, UM, THAT INCLUDES THREE MONTHS. THAT'S JUST WHEN PEOPLE FIRST ADOPT, UH, A DOG. AND, UH, WE HAVE CATS AS WELL, UM, THAT WE DO FOR, UH, INDOOR CATS. AND THERE'S ALSO A PACKAGE FOR OUTDOOR CATS IN CASE YOU HAVE A CAT THAT WALKS THE STREET AND IT NEEDS A LITTLE MORE PROTECTION. UM, AND ON TOP OF THAT WE OFFER FLEA AND TICK TREATMENT, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THREE MONTHS AND MICROCHIPS TO PROTECT YOUR DOG, WHICH IS JUST ONE TIME. AND THEN IF YOU EVER LOSE YOUR DOG, THE LOCAL SHELTER CAN SCAN IT AND CALL YOU UP. DAVID, IF I MAY, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FULL GUARD FOR THE CAT. SO INDOOR CATS ARE $59, OUTDOOR CATS ARE $99 IF YOU GO THROUGH EACH PRICE. SURE. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. SO THE INDOOR CAT PACKAGE INCLUDES, UH, A VACCINE CALLED FRCP, WHICH IS, UH, A A BUNCH OF, UH, IT'S LIKE A THREE IN ONE VACCINE FOR CATS. UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES DEWORMING AND RABIES, AND THEN THE OUTDOOR CAT PACKAGES, EVERYTHING PLUS FELINE LEUKEMIA, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR OUTDOOR CATS. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I CAN ADDRESS? SO IF I MAY, I AM GONNA JUMP IN. SO FOR EXAMPLE, DOG FLU SHOT CAT CANINE INFLUENZA VACCINE IS $40 FLEA AND TICK TREATMENT FOR PUPPIES UNDER SIX MONTHS. ONE MONTH PROTECTION IS $30. YES. FOR DOGS OVER SIX MONTHS, $80 AND THREE MONTH PROTECTION FOR CATS OVER SIX MONTHS, $60 THREE MONTH PROTECTION. UM, THEY ALSO OFFER MICRO CHIPPING, UM, FOR $40. UM, THE PUPPY CARE PACKAGE, UM, IT INCLUDES THEIR FIRST AND SECOND BOOSTERS INITIAL VACCINES. IF YOUR PUPPY IS OVER THREE MONTHS OLD, YOU CAN SKIP THAT [00:30:01] FIRST ROUND, UM, FOR A, A LOW PRICE OF 180 9. AND THE KITTY PACKAGE IS AT THAT SAME PRICE. I APOLOGIZE, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR, UM, FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, FOR THOSE WATCHING AT HOME AS WELL AS FOR ALL MEMBERS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, I HAD A QUESTION. SO HOW MANY ATTENDED, UH, DO YOU HAVE THE NUMBERS AND FACTS OF HOW MANY PARTICIPATED IN THE LAST VACCINE? THE LAST VACCINE CLINIC? I THINK WE SAW 21 DOCS AND CATS TOTAL. OH, 21 TOTAL CATS. 21 TOTAL. YEAH. AND I THINK OVER THE PAST THREE WE'VE SEEN OVER 50. OKAY. YEAH, THERE WAS ONE TIME WE DID A CLINIC AND I THINK THERE WAS A PROTEST ON THAT DAY, SO I THINK WE ONLY SAW FOUR PEOPLE. UM, BUT YEAH, GENERALLY IT'S BEEN ANYWHERE FROM LIKE 20 TO 25, BUT IT'S BEEN PICKING UP AS THE WORD GETS OUT. AND, UH, WE HAVE A BANNER UP AT THAT PARK YEAR ROUND, SO THAT HELPS SPREAD THE WORD. PERFECT. AND THEN FOR TO, FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING, UH, WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? DAYS AND TIME. SO THE NEXT ONE IS ON, UH, MAY 23RD AND IT'S 2:00 PM TO 3:30 PM THANK YOU. OTHERS. MADAM MAYOR? UH, MAYOR PROTOS. THANK YOU. HOW DO PEOPLE SIGN UP OR DO THEY JUST COME FIRST, COME FIRST SERVED? SO IT'S NO APPOINTMENT. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WALKUP CLINIC. UH, THE WHOLE PROCESS TAKES LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. YOU JUST DO A QUICK CHECK, PICK WHAT YOU WANT, AND THEN THERE'S TWO TO THREE, UH, VETERINARY ASSISTANTS THAT ADMINISTER THE VACCINES. BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, ARE YOU HOLDING THIS JUST AT ONE PARK OR DIFFERENT PARKS IN WEST COVINA? WE DO IT AT THAT ONE PARK DEL NORTE PARK, BUT WE'RE AT 15 PARKS ACROSS LA COUNTY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN TONY. WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, OKAY, THE PRICE IS VERY GOOD. I HAVE A THREE DOG. OKAY. AND THE POSSIBLE THREE OR FOUR TIMES ABOUT WHAT YOU CHARGED OKAY. ABOUT, AND YOU GO TO THE VET. I'M NOT GOING TO FIRE MY VET, BUT JUST SAY IT IS A VERY GOOD PRICE. I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD UTILIZE YOUR SERVICE. AND I THINK THE CITY OKAY. SHOULD PROMOTE ABOUT YOUR TIME AND, UH, WHEN YOU WILL BE THE, THEY NOT THE DOG PARK. OKAY. AND THEY PROVIDE A SERVICE, I THINK, AND THAT IS WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE NEED. A LOT OF PEOPLE SHY OF THE OKAY. ABOUT THE, THE, THE COST. OKAY. SO IF YOU CAN PROVIDE THE LOW COST FOR PEOPLE TO UTILIZE, I THINK IS IMPORTANT. AND HOW ABOUT THE ONE PRETTY EXPENSIVE? THE PAY AND THE NEUTER. OKAY. HOW ABOUT THIS SERVICE? DO YOU PROVIDE THAT KIND OF SERVICE? WE DON'T DO SPAY AND NEUTER, BUT WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE THAT WE COULD RECOMMEND. 'CAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NONPROFITS THAT DO THAT. AND THEY, SO YOU CAN PROVIDE THE INFORMATION? YEAH. OKAY. FOR THE PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THEY WANT TO, WE COULD ASK THAT A LOT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE GIVE THEM RESOURCES. GOOD. OKAY. BECAUSE WE HAVE A, A POPULATION MAYBE NEED HELP TO OKAY. FIX THEM. SO IN THAT WAY THEY DON'T CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AND, UH, BECOME A, A ISSUE FOR THE PAIR ON THE STREET AND, UH, IN OUR SHELTER. AND THERE IS THE ISSUE. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE SERVICE. I THINK CITY NEED TO MAYBE, UM, AND OUR CITY MANAGER, MAYBE WE CAN PROVIDE THE INFORMATION OKAY. ON THE WEBSITE TO PROMOTE IT. THERE IT IS. IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE SECOND SLIDE. IT WASN'T, UH, SHOWN TO THE PUBLIC. SO, SO PEOPLE CAN KNOW YOU BECAUSE YOU ONLY SHOW HOUR AND A HALF. AND IF THEY MISS THE, THE WINDOW, THEN THEY MISS THE, SO YOU SHOW EVERY WEEK, RIGHT? MM-HMM . UH, EVERY ONCE A MONTH ON THE FOURTH, ONCE A MONTH. IT'S ACTUALLY FOR A DIFFERENT LOCATION. UM, I THINK. OKAY. THAT ONE. YEAH, THAT ONE SAYS EL SEGUNDO AND REDONDO. SO WHAT, WHAT IS YOUR REGULAR TIME? OKAY. ONCE A ONCE A ONCE A MONTH. WHEN WILL BE THE WHAT DAY? UH, OF THE MONTH. THAT REGULARLY YOU WILL SHOW AT THE DOOR PARK. SO THE NEXT ONE'S MAY 23RD, 2:00 PM TO THREE 30. AND IT'S JUST THE FOURTH SATURDAY. THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE THAT BANNER AND WE DON'T HAVE TO. SO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. OKAY. THE SECOND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. THE FOURTH. FOURTH THE FOURTH. SO THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF THE MONTH. OKAY. YOU WILL COME TO OUR CT AT THE, AT TWO TO 3:30 PM TO 3:30 PM OKAY. SO THEY WILL BE PROVIDED A SERVICE FOR OUR RESIDENT TO UTILIZE. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD DAY. ALRIGHT. ONTO [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT. THAT'LL BE GIVEN BY ACTING CITY MANAGER MILAN. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. FIRST SLIDE UP THERE COMING. ALRIGHT. THREE NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES WERE PURCHASED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT USING ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONS. CONSERVATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS, EQUIPMENT REBATE VOUCHERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $153,000 VEHICLES PURCHASED, UH, ARE AS ALWAYS ONE. UM, TRA UH, TRANSIT VAN FOR FACILITY MAINTENANCE STAFF. ONE F1 15 AND LIGHTNING [00:35:01] TRUCK FOR INFORMATION SERVICES STAFF. AND ONE MOCK E SEDAN FOR PUBLIC WORKS MANAGEMENT AND AN OFFICE STAFF USE. UH, THESE VEHICLES WILL ASSIST IN CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS AND IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY STATUS. UPDATE ON THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS TO FIRE STATION 1 23 WORK IS ONGOING FOR REPAIRS OF THE FIRE STATION. THE EMERGENCY WORK, EXCLUDING KITCHEN INSTALLATION IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY MAY 19TH ON SATURDAY MAY 2ND. ATHENS SERVICES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF PUBLIC WORKS AND QMA SERVICES STAFF GAVE AWAY A FREE COMPOST TO WEST COVINA RESIDENTS 338 VEHICLES PARTICIPATED WITH A TOTAL OF 79 TONS OF COMPOST GIVEN AWAY TO WEST COVINA RESIDENCE. THIS EQUALS 4 40 20 YARD BINS, UH, DELIVERED BY ATHENS. FOR THIS EVENT. ON APRIL 24TH, THE CORTEZ COMMUNITY CENTER AND SENIOR CENTER CELEBRATED NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH WITH A SPECIAL VOLUNTEER PROGRAM LUNCHEON. THE EVENT RECOGNIZED OVER 60 VOLUNTEERS FROM A RANGE OF ORGANIZATIONS AND SENIORS AWARDS INCLUDED MOST HOURS, UH, CALEB MOON AND ARROYO DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MOST HOUR, MOST GUESTS I SAY MOST HOURS. SENIOR PARTICIPANT TONY TRACK AND VOLUNTEERS OF THE YEAR. SENIOR PARTICIPANT NANCY BONTA, THE HEARTWARMING LUNCHEON BROUGHT TOGETHER SENIORS, VOLUNTEERS, AND ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING SPECIAL NEEDS, FILLING A ROOM WITH CONNECTION, LAUGHTER, AND COMMUNITY. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LA LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, THE CITY IS HOSTING A FREE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE AND E-WASTE COLLECTION EVENT ON MAY 16TH. THE EVENT WILL BE FROM 9:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AT THE MAINTENANCE YARD. THE CITY RECEIVED A $50,000 GRANT FROM CAL CYCLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MARKETING MATERIALS TO PROMOTE THIS EVENT AS WELL AS UPCOMING HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTIONS. THE DRAFT PROGRAM YEAR 2026 CDBG ACTION PLAN IS AVAILABLE FOR 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW THAT BEGAN ON MAY 1ST. HARD COPIES CAN BE VIEWED AT THE COUNTY LIBRARY, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND COUNTER AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE DRAFT ALSO CAN BE VIEWED ELECTRONICALLY AT THE CITY'S WEBPAGE. THE DRAFT WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION IN PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 2ND. THE CITY'S DEVELOPING A LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, WHICH IS A FEMA REQUIRED FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC DOCUMENT THAT IDENTIFIES NATURAL HAZARDS LIKE EARTHQUAKES, FLOODS, OR WILDFIRES, AND DEVELOPS LONG-TERM ACTIONABLE STRATEGIES TO REDUCE RISK TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. IT ACTS AS A GUIDE FOR DECISION MAKERS TO LOWER DISASTER COSTS, IMPROVE SAFETY AND ENSURE ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS. ON, ON THURSDAY, MAY 28TH, THE FIRST OF SEVERAL MEETINGS FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT AND ASK QUESTIONS WILL BE HELD. THE MEETING WILL OCCUR IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT CITY HALL, STARTING AT 6:00 PM MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A LINK TO AN ONLINE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE. THE BUSINESSES KEEP COMING TO WEST COVINA. WE ARE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE CITY WILL WELCOME ANOTHER NEW BUSINESS TO THE COMMUNITY. STRATEGIC FORTUNE WEALTH MANAGEMENT WILL BE COMING SOON TO THE LAKES BUILDING NEAR OUR DOWNTOWN AREA. STRATEGIC FORTUNE WILL BE A HOLISTIC FINANCIAL PLANNING FIRM THAT WILL OFFER AN ARRAY OF WEALTH MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING INVESTMENT GUIDANCE, RETIREMENT PLANNING, AND MORE. JOIN US FOR THE GRAND OPENING CEREMONY THIS THURSDAY, MAY 7TH AT 9:00 AM CITY OF WEST COVINA WILL BE HOSTING A, UH, NEW BUSINESS COMMUNITY. HABITAT HEALTH PACE CENTER WILL BE COMING SOON TO THE CORNER OF NORTH AZUSA IN EAST LA PUENTE AVENUE. IT'LL BE AN ALL-INCLUSIVE CARE FACILITY FOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY AND SERVE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN CATEGORIZED AS NURSING HOME ELIGIBLE SERVICES PROVIDED INCLUDE MEDICAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND SOCIAL SERVICES, ALL SERVICES THAT ENABLE PATIENTS TO STAY IN THEIR HOMES AND COMMUNITIES. ANTICIPATED OPENING IS JULY 1ST, 2026. THE CA WEST COVINO. WELCOME MR. MANU. THIS PAST SATURDAY, THE GRAND OPENING EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH HUNDREDS OF VISITORS, GUESTS WHO ARRIVED AT 8:00 AM OPENING TIME AND ANTICIPATION OF THE HIGHLY RATED MENUDO. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY PAID, VISIT TO THEM. IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR, FOR MEXICAN CUISINE, FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS WHO ARE LOOKING TO MAKE HOME IMPROVEMENTS. WEST COVINA CONTINUES TO OFFER CITY HOME PRESERVATION LOAN. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES WEST HOMEOWNERS A 0% INTEREST HOME IMPROVEMENT. LOAN LOANS ARE LIMITED TO $25,000. FUNDS CAN BE USED FOR QUALIFYING EXTERIOR HOME IMPROVEMENTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT OUR COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION AT 6 2 6 9 3 9 8 4 1 7. UH, BRIEF COUNSEL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, REPORT PREPARED BY HUMAN SERVICES, THE CITY PROCESSED A TOTAL OF 68 RECRUITMENTS OF ALL, [00:40:01] UM, DEPARTMENTS, AGAIN, FROM THE PERIOD OF JULY ONE THROUGH APRIL 26, UH, SUPPORTING, UH, STAFFING PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY SERVICES, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP. AND ONE THING TO POINT OUT OF SIGNIFICANCE JUST WITHIN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ONBOARDED AND HIRED 24 NEW EMPLOYEES ON SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH, SORRY. ON APRIL 22ND, PANERA BREAD HOSTED A COFFEE WITH A COP EVENT, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO MEET WITH OUR OFFICERS, ASK QUESTIONS, AND ENGAGE IN MEANINGFUL CONVERSATION. OFFICERS WERE ABLE TO LISTEN TO CONCERNS, SHARE INFORMATION, AND STRENGTHEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE RESIDENTS WE SERVE. ON APRIL 30TH, THE CHIEF AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT CHAPLAINS MET WITH VARIOUS RELIGIOUS LEADERS FROM ACROSS THE CITY FOR THEIR QUARTERLY GATHERING. THE DISCUSS. THE GROUP DISCUSSED INFORMATION REGARDING OUR HOPE TEAM AND SERVICE AREA LIEUTENANTS, AND CONTINUED BUILDING CONNECTIONS, UH, TO STRENGTHEN COLLABORATION WITH OUR FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY PARTNERS. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE COMMENDED THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, DETECTIVE BUREAU AND PATROL PERSONNEL FOLLOWING THE ABDUCTION AND SAFE RECOVERY OF A SMALL CHILD. THE DA'S OFFICE SPECIFICALLY RECOGNIZED THE PROFESSIONALISM, EXCELLENT AND TERMINATION DEMONSTRATED BY EVERYONE INVOLVED. FOUR OF OUR FIRE EXPLORERS RECENTLY REPRESENTED WEST COVINA WITH GREAT PRIDE AT THE ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST WILD WILDLAND ACADEMY, US FORESTRY SERVICE EXPLORER ACADEMY. MARCH 28TH THROUGH APRIL 26TH. UH, PICTURE ABOVE EXPLORER ADVISOR GREG IAN CHRISTIAN MONTANO AND AWARDS AND MEDALS WENT TO LUKE VILLANUEVA AND ETHAN MENDEZ. JAKE GODINA THE TRAINING CERTIFICATES AS TYPE TWO. WE LAND FIREFIGHTER EXPLORERS RECEIVED SEVERAL FEMA CERTIFICATES, INCLUDING ICS 100, 200, 700, 800 AND WILDLAND CERTIFICATIONS AS, UH, ONE 30 THROUGH ONE L 180. HIGHLIGHT OF THE TRAINING WAS BEING INVOLVED IN A LIVE BURN EXERCISE THAT THEY HAD LA COUNTY FIRE ELDER HELICOPTERS DOING WATER DROPS DIRECTLY OVER THEM. ON APRIL, ON TUESDAY, APRIL 21ST, ENGINE 1 23 PARTICIPATED IN CAREER DAY AT ROLAND ARROW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, FIREFIGHTER TROUB SHOWN HERE INTERACTING WITH STUDENTS WHILE WEARING HIS FULL, UH, PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GEAR. HIS PPE INCLUDES TURNOUTS, HELMET, FLASH, HOOD, BOOTS, GLOVES, AND SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS. THE PPE EAR GEE GEAR CAN WEIGH BETWEEN 45 TO 75 ADDITIONAL POUNDS. WEST COVINA PD AMBULANCE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OFFERS AN AMBULANCE SUBSCRIPTION PROGRAM THROUGH WHITMAN ENTERPRISES. THE COST OF MEMBERSHIP IS CURRENTLY $73 AND 50 CENTS AND IS VALID FOR 12 MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF YOUR PAYMENT RECEIVED PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO LIMIT OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES RELATED TO EMERGENCY AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM CAN BE FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PAGE UNDER FIRE ADMINISTRATION TAB. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALSO PROVIDED BROCHURES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO ON THE TABLE OUTSIDE, UH, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TONIGHT, WEST COVINA, ISS ELECTRIC BOBA FEST AND NIGHT MARKET IS SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MAY 30TH FROM 4:00 PM TO 9:00 PM IN THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER PARKING LOT HERE AT CITY HALL EVENT WILL FEATURE BOBA VENDORS A BOBA TESTING, BOBA TEST TASTING CONTEST, LIVE DJS ENTERTAINMENT, ALONG WITH FOOD AND RETAIL VENDORS. FUN ATTRACTIONS AND FAMILY FRIENDLY GAMES ARE ALSO PART OF ELECTRIFYING EVENTS. CITY OF WEST COVINA IS COOPERATING WITH VACCINE VETS TO OFFER PET VACCINE CLINICS ON THE FOURTH SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH AT DEL NORTE PARK FROM 2:00 PM TO 3:30 PM. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE A COMBINATION OF FREE AND LOW COST OPTIONS ON A WALK-IN BASIS ONLY IN THE MATTER OF JOHN DOE VERSUS CITY WEST COVINA. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE YESTERDAY THE CITY WON A SIGNIFICANT VICTORY IN ITS ONGOING LITIGATION AGAINST JOHN DOE. IN A DETAILED 14 PAGE RULING, THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FEDERAL JUDGE RED REJECTED ALL OF MR. DOE'S ARGUMENTS IN HER RULING. THE JUDGE FOUND THAT MR. DOE HAS NOT SHOWN A LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS ON THE MERITS OF HIS TITLE II DISCRIMINATION CLAIM AND IS UNLIKELY TO SECEDE ON HIS RETALIATION AND INTERFERENCE CLAIMS. A COPY OF THE COURT'S COURT ORDER CAN BE FOUND ON THE, ON OUR WEBSITE UPCOMING EVENTS. PS PET VACCINE CLINIC HOSTED AT DEL NORTE PARK ON SATURDAY, MAY 23RD, MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 25TH. WEST COVENA CIVIC CENTER, ELECTRIC BOBA FEST AND NIGHT MARKET ON SATURDAY, MAY 30TH HERE AT WEST COVINA CITY HALL PARKING LOT. AND, UH, REQUESTS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I SHOULD HAVE BROUGHT UP EARLIER, [00:45:01] IS A STREET SWEEPING DEMONSTRATION, WHICH WILL BE SATURDAY JUNE 6TH HERE AT WEST COVINA CITY HALL AT 10:00 AM WE'LL HAVE OUR, OUR STREET SWEEPERS HERE AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE COMPANY TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RESIDENTS MAY HAVE. AND, AND MADAM MAYOR. AND WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT ON, ON MY CITY MANAGER REPORT TONIGHT IS, UM, I'LL BE ADDING DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TO THE REPORT, UM, EACH COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FROM REQUESTS FROM OUR COMMUNITY. UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT ATTENDED OUR, UH, BUDGET WORKSHOPS. THEY'RE VERY PRODUCTIVE. A LOT OF GREAT QUESTIONS. AND AGAIN, I, I HEARD THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY AND I HOPE I'VE INCLUDED THOSE REQUESTS IN TONIGHT'S, UH, PRESENTATION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. WONDERFUL. GREAT. SEEING ALL THE POSITIVE OUTCOMES THE CITY IS DOING. SO GOOD TO HEAR. UM, BEFORE MOVING INTO ORAL COMMUNICATION, WE'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN REMEMBRANCE OF MR. STEWART. I HAVE SERVED WITH HIM ON THE COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSION PRIOR TO BEING ELECTED IN THE COUNCIL, BUT MR. STEWART GAVE GENEROUSLY OF HIS TIME AND TALENTS IN SERVICE TO OUR CITY, CONTRIBUTING THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP AND CIVIC COMMITMENTS ACROSS MULTIPLE ROLES. HE SERVED AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER FROM 2011 TO 2013, HELPING GUIDE IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT SHAPED THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF WEST COVINA. HE LATER CONTINUED HIS SERVICE AS A COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSIONER IN 2016 TO 2017. AND AGAIN, IN 2019, SUPPORTING PROGRAMS AND POLICIES THAT ENRICH THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS GENERATIONS. HIS WILLINGNESS TO STEP FORWARD, TO ENGAGE AND TO SERVE REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF COMMUNITY SPIRIT. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENT OF WEST COVINO, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO HIS FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE HIM IN RECOGNITION, IN HIS SERVICE, AND IN GRATITUDE FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED IN HIS MEMORY. THANK YOU. AND WE [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. UM, EVERYBODY KNOWS THE DRILL, SO I'M NOT GOING TO CITE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE, UH, MENTIONED. JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS RESPECTFUL AND WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, YOU MAY SIT IN THE FRONT, UM, AND THE TIMER WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? MAYOR? WE HAVE 12 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. OKAY. BEFORE CALLING OUR FIRST SPEAKER, MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO CALL ATTENTION TO AN EMAIL YOU RECEIVED FROM MS. ANN ROBERTS IN REGARDS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER THREE, THE FIRE STATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. GOT THAT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATES, FOLLOWED BY GLORIA GI WONDER WHO JOHN DOE IS. LET'S SEE. IT CAN'T BE COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ OR VITA 'CAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE JOHN DOE. IT PROBABLY CAN'T BE COUNCIL MEMBER WU, BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER WU WAS NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT. SO THAT LEAVES OLI AND COUNCIL MEMBER BRIAN GUTIERREZ. AND SINCE OLI IS NOT UNDER ANY PROGRAMS TO HIDE HIS NAME OR ANYTHING ELSE, THEY LEADS ONE PERSON. I JUST THINK IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT, UH, YOU LOOK AT THESE DOCUMENTS AND THEY'LL SAY THINGS LIKE, JOHN DOE IS AN INDIVIDUAL AND AS A MEMBER OF THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL , IT JUST REALLY HAS TO BE, UH, UH, FUNNY. EARLIER THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, RECOGNITION WAS GIVEN TO OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK AND HER STAFF, AND THEY MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, OVER A THOUSAND, UH, OVER A THOUSAND, UM, UM, REQUESTS WERE MADE. AND I FIGURED OUT THAT PROBABLY ALL BUT FIVE CAME FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. I MIGHT BE OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT, BUT I DON'T THINK BY VERY MUCH. UH, THE OTHER ITEM IS QUICKLY ON THE SALE OF PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID IT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES, BUT WHEN YOU'RE SELLING PROPERTY BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST KEEP GOING DOWN, DOWN, DOWN. I MEAN, HOW MUCH PROPERTY HAVE WE SOLD? I'M KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THE BOND HOLDERS HAVEN'T SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, THAT'S OUR COLLATERAL. YOU KNOW, GIVE US SOME OF THE MONEY. AND ALSO, WHEN IT COMES TO LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING, THE IDEA OF LONG-TERM FINANCIAL PLANNING IS ACTUALLY PAYING, PAYING ATTENTION TO IT, YOU KNOW, UH, WHAT HAS BEEN SAID IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON NOW AND WHAT'S BEING REALISTIC ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST GOING TO GO SOMEWHERE. AND I, UH, YOU KNOW, I I JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE TO EVEN START. WE, WE JUST DON'T REALLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, FINANCIAL STRENGTH AND [00:50:01] FINANCIAL PLANNING AND WAY TO, UH, PICK IT UP, YOU KNOW, ALSO, YOU KNOW, I FIND IT RATHER DISCOURTEOUS THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN DOE ISN'T PAYING ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD HAVE THE, THE, AT LEAST THE POLITENESS TO PAY ATTENTION. YOU KNOW, TONY EVEN LOOKS AT ME AND, AND I NAIL HIM ALMOST EVERY MEETING, BUT AT LEAST YOU HAVE THE COURTESY TO LOOK AT ME. AND, YOU KNOW, AT AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT YOU'RE LISTENING, YOU KNOW, OR BEING RESPECTFUL ENOUGH TO MAKE EYE CONTACT. AND I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, SO WE GO FROM THERE. SO WE'LL TALK TO YOU SOON. BYE. JERRY PATRAS, FOLLOWED BY GLORIA G, FOLLOWED BY GREGORY MCQUEEN. GOOD EVENING. I'M COMMENTING ON AGENDA ITEMS THREE AND SIX. AGENDA ITEM THREE IS THE SALE OF THE CITY YARD PROPERTY. SIMPLY STATED, THE MAJORITY OF WEST COVINA RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT THE CITY YARD SOLD, BUT REBUILD FIRE STATION ONE. WHERE IT IS THE STAFF REPORT IS INACCURATE. IT STATES, THE CITY LISTED THE PROPERTY AS SURPLUS AND IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SURPLUS LAND ACT. THE CITY IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE. THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS AN OPEN INVESTIGATION ON THE STATUS OF THE CITY'S COMPLIANCE, YOU WERE CONTACTED BY THEM TODAY. THEY DETERMINE AND CERTIFY COMPLIANCE. A CITY JUST CAN'T DECLARE COMPLIANCE VIOLATIONS OF THE SURPLUS LAND ACT COSTLY. FOR INSTANCE, AT THE PROPOSED PURCHASE PRICE OF JUST OVER 21 MILLION, THE FIRST VIOLATION WILL COST THE CITY A LITTLE OVER 6 MILLION. A SECOND VIOLATION WILL COST A LITTLE OVER 10 MILLION. CITY YARDS ARE KNOWN TO BE CONTAMINATED. THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TOXIC SUBSTANCE CONTROL DETERMINES CONTAMINATION CONCENTRATION AND WHETHER OR NOT HABITABLE STRUCTURES HOMES CAN BE BUILT ON THE LAND. A CONTAMINATION STUDY IS REQUIRED. HAS DTSC FINALLY BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SALE OF THIS LAND? WEST COVINA CONTINUES TO BE A HIGH FINANCIAL RISK CITY. YOU ARE MAKING A MAJOR FINANCIAL COMMITMENT WITHOUT THE COST BENEFIT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. THE STATE AUDITOR RECOMMENDED INSUFFICIENT ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM COSTS, RESULTS IN OVERSPENDING AND PREVENTABLE LEGAL EXPENDITURES. TABLE THIS PROJECT UNTIL THE CITY MEETS REGULAR REGULATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS AND CONDUCTS A COST BENEFIT FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS TO DO OTHERWISE AS RECKLESS. AGENDA. ITEM SIX, PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27 BUDGET. DURING THE COMMUNITY BUDGET WORKSHOPS, THE RESIDENT ASKED ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED HEALTH WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE WERE TOLD THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET. IT'S FACTUAL THAT THERE IS NO FUNDING ALLOCATED FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I ASKED IF THE WEALTH COVINA, WEST COVINA HEALTH BOOTH WOULD CONTINUE TO BE AT SPECIAL EVENTS. I RECEIVED A RESPONSE INDICATING MANY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE HEALTH FAIRS. THE BUDGET TEXT SHOWN ON PAGES 25 AND 53, CLEARLY CONVENIENT, CONVEY AN INTENT TO ESTABLISH A HEALTH DEBU DEPARTMENT. FOR EXAMPLE, UNDER COUNCIL GOALS, SEEK PROVISIONAL APPROVAL FROM CDPH FOR CREATION OF A FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE BUDGET TEXT DOES NOT REFLECT NO FUNDING IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THERE ARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE WEST CAMTA HEALTH BOOTH AT EVENTS. WHERE ARE THOSE EXPENSES BUDGETED AND HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED? THANK YOU. GLORIA G FOLLOWED BY GREGORY MCQUEEN, FOLLOWED BY JOSH MURRAY. GOOD EVENING. I ATTENDED, UH, TWO OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS. THEY WERE VERY ENLIGHTENING. HOWEVER, I WAS APPALLED AT THE FACT THAT THE CITY SPENT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS OF COVID MONEY TO ESTABLISH A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THIS, DESPITE THE FACT THAT, UH, YOU DIDN'T KNOW, NO ONE KNEW THAT THE UH, LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT STOP US FROM HAVING TO PAY OUR HEALTH TAX. I GUESS IT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY TAX. SO WE WOULD STILL CONTINUE TO HAVE TO PAY THAT NO MATTER WHETHER OR NOT WE HAD A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WAS GONNA DO WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE COUNTY DOES. SO I ALSO WAS, REMEMBER HEARING THAT THERE WOULD BE NO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I DO RECALL THE PAGE. I HAVE IT HERE, PAGE 25, [00:55:02] WHERE THE CITY STILL WANTS TO GO AND HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, WITHOUT GENERAL FUNDS. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT. UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THE STATE WILL COME UP WITH THEIR, UM, I GUESS, REGULATIONS FOR, UH, A CITY TO HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND I WONDER, DID YOU EVEN CONTACT THE, UH, CITIES OF LONG, LONG BEACH AND PASADENA, WHO HAVE THEIR OWN HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE HAVING FINANCIAL PROBLEMS SUPPORTING THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT? THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. GREGORY MCQUEEN, FOLLOWED BY JOSH MURRAY, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT. GOOD EVENING. UM, MIKE. MIKE. HI. THANK, SEE, I SEE. UM, GOOD EVENING, UM, UH, MAYOR AND THE DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS GREGORY MCQUEEN. I AM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FACILITIES FOR LA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY. UH, I'M HERE TODAY TO JUST INFORM YOU AND THE PUBLIC OF OUR, UH, SOLAR PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING SOON. UM, WE HAVE A SOLAR PROJECT THAT'S GONNA BE STARTING POTENTIALLY AT THE END OF MAY, UM, CLOSER TO JUNE, UM, DEPENDING ON WHEN THEY GET PERMITS. UM, THE PROJECT WILL BE, UH, INSTALLING THREE VERY LARGE, UH, SOLAR CANOPIES ON THE PARKING LOT THAT'S ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS OUR EMPLOYEE LOT. UM, FOR THE, FOR THE LIBRARY. UM, THE PROJECT WILL LAST ABOUT, UM, 14 WEEKS. UM, SO HOPEFULLY STARTING AGAIN CLOSER TO, UH, THE BEGINNING OF JUNE. UM, WE ANTICIPATE, UM, DURING CONSTRUCTION AND MAY BE SOME INCONVENIENCES TO THE PUBLIC. UH, LARGE FENCES, CONSTRUCTION FENCES GOING AROUND THE PARKING LOT. UM, UM, WE, UH, DUST, DEBRIS, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE WITH, UH, ANY TYPICAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. UM, AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WE ALSO, UH, ANTICIPATE THE REMOVAL OR DISPLACEMENT OF SEVERAL TREES SO WE CAN INSTALL THESE CANOPIES FOR THE PROJECT. UH, AND AS PART OF THAT, WE WILL LOOK TO PROVIDE SOME REPLACEMENT TREES IN OTHER LOCATIONS. UM, BUT PRIOR TO THAT, WE'VE GOTTA CONFIRM THAT THOSE TREES WILL BE THE RIGHT KIND OF TREES. SUSTAINABLE, UM, CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREES AND SHRUBS THAT WILL NOT DISRUPT THE SHADE OF THE, OF THE SOLAR CELLS. UM, UH, IN ADDITION, I THINK, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT PROJECT FOR US. UH, WE, UM, WILL BE PROVIDING CLEAN, SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR THE NEXT 20, 25 YEARS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. JOSH MARY, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN HARVEY. UH, HI. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSH MURRAY AND I'M ALSO HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LIBRARY. UM, I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE ADULTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO JOIN US ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH AT 2:00 PM FOR ACROSS THE PACIFIC WITH JACK PIE. IN HONOR OF ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH JACK PIE WILL TEACH CLASSICAL DANCE INSTRUCTIONS WITH AN ENGLE, AN EAST MEETS WEST BLEND. JOIN US, UH, AS WE LEARN ABOUT TRADITIONAL CHINESE DANCE AND LATIN DANCE TOGETHER. ACROSS THE PACIFIC IS A PROGRAM TO PRESENT BEAUTIFUL ASPECTS OF LATIN AND CHINESE CLASSICAL, AS WELL AS POPULAR DANCES TO CELEBRATE ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDER NATIVE, UM, HAWAIIAN HERITAGE MONTH. JACK WILL DEMONSTRATE AND TEACH BOTH DANCES, HIGHLIGHTING THEIR DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES. USING THE SAME MUSIC PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN CHOREO, CHOREOGRAPH DANCE MOVES, AND GAIN FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH CULTURES AND A FUN AND INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. AGAIN, THIS FREE PROGRAM WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY, MAY 9TH AT 2:00 PM AT THE LIBRARY. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN HARVEY, FOLLOWED BY JESUS GOMEZ. HOW YOU GUYS DOING? YOU KNOW, I, UH, I LOVE COMING AND TALKING TO YOU GUYS. I'M, I'M ALWAYS SURPRISED AT THE LACK OF CONSIDERATION OF RESIDENTS OPINIONS ON CERTAIN THINGS. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE SALE OF THE CITY YARD. MS. PATRAS, VERY ELOQUENT, VERY NICE SPOKEN. STEVE BENNETT. MORE TO THE POINT, UM, YOU GUYS ARE VIOLATING THE SILVER PLUS LANDS ACT. THAT'S A FACT. AND THERE'S NO QUESTION THE DEPARTMENT OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HAS MADE THAT CLEAR. YOU WERE NOTIFIED [01:00:01] IN DECEMBER OF 23. YOU WERE VIOLATING THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT BY A LETTER ADDRESSED TO THEN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, PAULINE MORALES, THAT YOU GUYS VIOLATED THE ACT THEN. BUT APPARENTLY YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS. SO YOU'RE DOING IT AGAIN. ENTERING INTO AN ENA FOR A PROPERTY EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATING AGREEMENT FOR THOSE AT HOME, UH, IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A PROPERTY THAT HAS NOT CLEARED THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT. YOU KNOW, WEST COVINA UNIFIED SOLD THE DEL NORTY SCHOOL. THEY FOLLOWED ALL THE STEPS OF THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT. THEY MADE SURE THAT THEY NOTIFIED AGENCIES LIKE US SO THAT WE COULD BID ON IT FOR A BASEBALL FIELD THAT TONY NEGOTIATED IN A BACK DOOR. THAT'S HOW THAT WORKS, IS WE GET NOTIFIED AND PEOPLE GET NOTIFIED IN THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT SO THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY HAVE BIDS BY MUNICIPALITIES FROM THE STATE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT. THAT'S THE POINT OF THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT. THEY GET FIRST OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THE LAND. YOU DON'T JUST GO OUT AND GET THREE RANDOM BIDS AND GO, GOSH, I REALLY LIKE THEM. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. THAT'S HOW GOVERNMENT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO WORK. SORRY TONY, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE A REAL ESTATE GUY, BUT THIS DOESN'T WORK IN PUBLIC RECORDS. SO MY ADVICE TO YOU GUYS IS PULL IT. I'M HOPING YOU DO. 'CAUSE YOU DID RECEIVE A CALL TODAY SAYING YOU'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE. AS MS. PORES POINTED OUT, I'M AWARE OF THAT IN MYSELF, SO I KNOW FOR A FACT YOU'VE GOTTEN THAT. POSSIBLY OUR SLEEPY ATTORNEY BACK HERE WILL LET YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT SURE. HE MIGHT, HE MIGHT NOT. I MEAN, AFTER ALL, MYLAN HAD TO REPORT OUT ON THE LAWSUIT INSTEAD OF OUR ATTORNEY. 'CAUSE HE NEVER REPORTS OUT ON LAWSUITS THAT, YOU KNOW, HAPPEN THAT ARE AGAINST THE CITY. BUT EITHER WAY, THAT SURPLUS LANDS ACT VIOLATION IS GONNA COST US 30% OF THE SALE PRICE ON THE FIRST VIOLATION, 50% ON THE SECOND VIOLATION. SO THAT MONEY THAT YOU WANT FOR A FIRE STATION, TONY, ON A HILL THAT THE RESIDENTS FOUGHT TO KEEP, AND TRUST ME, WE'RE GONNA FIGHT AGAIN. UM, AND ALL THOSE TREES, THE, THE, THE LIBRARY GUY, HE DOESN'T NEED TO REPLACE HIM. YOU'RE CUTTING HIM DOWN. ANYWAYS, SO JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, AND LASTLY, ON THE PUBLIC RECORDS, THIS IS WHY THERE'S SO MANY REQUESTS. 'CAUSE WE DON'T TRUST YOU. THAT'S WHY THERE'S SO MANY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS. HAVE A GOOD DAY. JUSTIN HARVEY FOLLOWED BY JESUS. GO GOMEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA MENDOZA. GOOD EVENING. UH, JUST, UH, I'M JUSTIN HARVEY, DISTRICT ONE. I, UH, JUST WANNA PLACE, UH, TWO, UM, QUESTIONS ON THE RECORD. UH, FIRST ON THE CITY YARD, BRANDY WINE ITEM, UH, BEFORE THE CITY DOES DECIDE TO, UH, GO INTO EXCLUSIVE, UM, NEGOTIATIONS. UM, AND IF YOU EVEN DO, CAN STAFF PROVIDE THE PUBLIC WITH THE, UH, ESTIMATED COST TO RELOCATE OR REPLACE FIRE STATION ONE AND, UH, CITY YARD OPERATIONS? UH, THE PROPOSED PURCHASE PRICE, UH, MIGHT BE 21 MILLION, BUT RESIDENTS STILL NEED TO SEE THE NET IMPACT AFTER RELOCATION COST, NOT JUST THE SALE PRICE. AND, UH, SECOND ON THE BUDGET AND LONG RANGE, UH, FORECAST. UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET SAYS EXPENDITURES ARE INCREASING FASTER THAN REVENUES. UM, AND THE LONG RANGE FORECAST POINTS TO FUTURE GENERAL FUND DE DEFICITS. UH, WHAT SPECIFIC STEPS IS THE CITY TAKING, UH, NOW TO PREVENT THOSE, UH, FROM TURNING INTO SERVICE CUTS, TAX INCREASES, OR, UH, RESERVE DOWNSIDES LATER? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESUS GOMEZ, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA MENDOZA, FOLLOWED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ. I HELLO. HELLO, HELLO. HI. UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD. INTERPRET FOR JESUS GOMEZ. THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW SHE HIRED A REAL ESTATE OFFICE, RAY MAX AND WEST COVINA, AND THEY RIPPED HER OFF. UM, WHEN THE NEW INVESTOR BOUGHT HER CONDO, HE HIRED, UH, A BIG CORPORATE LAW OFFICE TO DO THE EVICTION IN THE CITY OF IRVINE. THE ONLY THING THEY DIDN'T DO WAS THAT THE LAST THING THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO IS GO TO THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE INSIDE THE COURTHOUSE, FILL OUT A FORM, PAY $40 PLUS, PAY 145 FOR THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE. AND THE FORMS ARE $40, 185. THE CASE WAS HERE IN WEST COVINA, BUT THE PROPERTY WAS IN, UH, EL MONTE. EL MONTE. UM, I WENT [01:05:01] TO THE WEST COVINA COURTHOUSE TWICE, AND WE WENT TO THE EL MONTE COURTHOUSE. UH, NO ONE HAD HIRED ANY SHERIFFS TO MAKE SURE SHE GET THE FIVE DAY NOTICE WITH THE RED LETTERS, INCLUDING SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, OR THE SHERIFFS WOULD COME EITHER MONDAY. UM, THE OFFICER FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF'S, THE ONE THAT WORKS INSIDE THE, UM, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HE DOES THE WEST COVINA AND EL MONTE. HE FILLED OUT SOME FORMS AND HE GOT TWO POLICE OFFICERS FROM MOUNT MONTE TO EVICT HER DAUGHTER. REMEMBER, I I MENTIONED SHE WAS BY HERSELF AND SHE WAS, SHE'S DISABLED AND HANDICAPPED. UM, BUT ON MAY 21 OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE GONNA GO AND FILE A COMPLAINT AT THE SHERIFF'S COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HEARING IN DOWNTOWN LA. IT'S GONNA BE AT NINE O'CLOCK, MAY 21 AT NINE O'CLOCK BEFORE I SEND A LETTER TO THE PRESIDING JUDGE. AND BEFORE I FILE A COMPLAINT IN THE LETTER TO THE NEW OWNER, THE INVESTOR, TO HIS, UH, CORPORATE LAW OFFICE. UH, BUT JESUS, I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE JESUS GOMEZ. SHE LIKES COMING HERE. SHE FELT VERY GOOD. I TOOK HER TO THE CITY COUNCIL AT . I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT, UH, WHAT HAPPENED, BUT SHE GOT REALLY SICK. SHE DIDN'T FEEL GOOD ENERGY. MAYBE IT'S THE BUILDING THAT'S OLD, BUT SHE LIKES COMING HERE BECAUSE SHE SAYS THAT SHE FEELS THAT YOU GUYS DO CARE, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. AND ALSO PRIOR HER HIRING THE RE MAX, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THE TWO, A SHORT SALE. SO THEY HAD LIKE 10 MONTHS TO DO IT. THEY DID HAVE TWO OPEN HOUSES, BUT THEN THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT, TALKING ABOUT, UM, GOING TO CHECK OUT SOME KIND OF MOBILE HOMES, BUT THEY NEVER RE MAX NEVER TOLD 'EM, WELL, YOU'RE JUST GONNA OWN THE MOBILE HOME, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA OWN THE LAND IN THE BOTTOM. YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY EXTRA. SO THEY DECIDED TO CANCEL. CAN I, PATRICIA MENDOZA, FOLLOWED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY JD. I'M GONNA CONTINUE. SO WHAT HER HUSBAND DID, HE GAVE A CHECK TO, TO AN ESCROW OFFICE OF $2,000 TO SEE THAT THEM BEING CONVINCED TO BUY THAT MOBILE HOME. WELL, IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. SO THE PEOPLE FROM RE MAX, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW, THEY DECIDED TO GO BACK TO THAT ESCROW OFFICE. AND THEN, UM, EL MONTE MONTEBELLO. AND, UH, THEY PICKED UP THAT CHECK AND THAT CHECK WAS UNDER THE HUSBAND'S NAME AND THE ESCROW. SO RE MAX HERE IN WEST COVINA PICKED UP THAT CHECK AND CASHED IT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING NEW. UM, I FEEL LIKE ELON MUSK WITH ALL THIS, THE MORE I DIG, THE MORE I DIG , I, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FRAUD IS GOING ON, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WHERE I LIVE IN DOWNTOWN LA EVEN THOUGH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND EVERYBODY, THE PHARAOH ATTORNEYS AND EVERYBODY, THEY TALK ABOUT SO MUCH FRAUD. BUT I DIDN'T THINK THESE, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THESE PEOPLE THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY. AND IT'S JUST VERY SAD BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE GO TO SCHOOL, THEY HAVE A LICENSE, YOU KNOW, BROKERS HERE, YOU HAVE THIS GUY FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFFS THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE AFTER MAYBE 20 YEARS HE CAN RETIRE. IF SOMEONE FILES A COMPLAINT LIKE THE LEPD IN DOWNTOWN, THEY LOSE EVERYTHING. THEY DON'T GET THEIR A HUNDRED PERCENT PENSION. THEY'LL GET SOMETHING, BUT IT GOES ON THE RECORD, AND THEN THEY CAN GET FIRED. SO, UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT AND LISTENING. AND, UH, MRS. GOMEZ AND HER HUSBAND BELIEVES THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME SUPPORT FROM YOU GUYS IN THE FUTURE WHEN I GET ALL THIS TOGETHER AND I SEND MY LETTERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GRACIAS. AND I THANK YOU MYLAN FOR, UH, GIVING YOUR CARD AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT, WHICH IS GRACIAS. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY JD, FOLLOWED BY RAY VINCENT VARGAS, JR. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DO. I DON'T THINK WE THANK YOU ENOUGH. AND I SAY WE, BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE CITY, AND I HAVE LIVED HERE 30 SOME ODD YEARS. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO, UH, UH, SERVE OUR COUNTRY, OUR COUNTRY, WHILE OUR CITY, INCLUDING OUR POLICE OFFICER, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND ALL OUR EDUCATORS. UM, SUNDAY IS MOTHER'S DAY, SO I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE MOTHERS, THE GRANDMOTHERS, THE AUNTS, YOU KNOW, AND ALL THE, UH, SURROGATE MOTHERS. UH, TOMORROW IS NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER. AND, UH, AND ON MAY 15TH, 1776, [01:10:03] GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON ORDERED THIS IS, QUOTE, THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, HAVING ORDERED FRIDAY THE 17TH INSTANT TO BE OBSERVED AS A DAY OF PRAYER, HUMBLY TO SUPPLICATE THE MERCY OF ALMIGHTY GOD, THAT IT WOULD PLEASE HIM TO PARDON ALL OUR MANIFOLD SINS AND TRANSGRESSIONS, AND TO PROSPER THE ARMS OF THE UNITED COLONIES. AND FINALLY ESTABLISH THE PEACE AND FREEDOM OF AMERICA UPON A SOLID AND LASTING FOUNDATION. THE GENERAL COMMANDS ALL OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS TO PAY STRICT OBEDIENCE TO THE ORDERS OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. THAT BY THEIR UNFEIGNED AND PIOUS OBSERVANCE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS DUTIES, THEY MAY INCLINE THE LORD AND GIVER OF VICTORY TO PROSPER OUR ARMS. FAST FORWARD TO MAY, UH, FIFTH 8, 19 88, THE PRESIDENTIAL SET ASIDE. THIS IS PUBLIC LAW 103 0 7, THE PRESIDENTIAL SET ASIDE AND PROCLAIM THE FIRST THURSDAY IN MAY IN EACH YEAR AS THE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER IN WHICH THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY TURN TO GOD IN PRAYER AND MEDITATION AT CHURCHES, IN GROUPS, AND AS INDIVIDUALS. UH, SO I WILL INVITE EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, UH, TOMORROW AT THE COURTYARD. WE, UH, TODAY IS TUESDAY. SO, UM, THAT WILL BE THURSDAY, NOT TOMORROW. THURSDAY. UH, WE WILL HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE AT THE COURTYARD AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. EVERYBODY'S INVITED TO COME AND PRAY WITH US. WE PRAY TO THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM. I SECOND JACOB, YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO COME AND PRAY. WE WILL ONLY BE THERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, YOU KNOW, SO WE WILL NOT BE THERE AN HOUR OR TWO. AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOD BLESS AMERICA, AND GOD BLESS WEST COVINA. THANK YOU. 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, THURSDAY. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RESIDENTS ARE INVITED. JD FOLLOWED BY RAY VINCENT VARGAS, JR. ANOTHER, THIS THING WOULDN'T COOPERATE THE MINUTE I GET UP HERE. GOOD EVENING. REASON I STAND UP HERE IS FOR, UH, TWO REASONS. ONE WITH REGARDS TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CONTRACT FOR ANIMAL CARE. AND THE SECOND IS STREET SWEEPING WITH REGARDS TO THE ANIMAL, UH, SERVICES. THERE. ONCE UPON A TIME, THEY CAME OUT TO CAMERON PARK AND THEY ADMINISTERED VACCINATIONS FOR THE ANIMALS AS WELL AS REGISTERED THE ANIMALS. AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY TOWARDS THE END OF TRYING TO GET EVERYONE ON BOARD AND GETTING THEIR ANIMALS REGISTERED AND VACCINATED. AND I BELIEVE THEY WERE DISCOUNTED AS WELL. SO IT WAS A GOOD PROGRAM. IT WAS, FROM MY EXPERIENCE, IT WAS ONLY DONE ONCE AT CAMERON PARK. SECOND, WITH REGARDS TORE SWEEPING, WHICH IS REALLY THE REASON I'M UP HERE. I NEED TO KNOW WHETHER STREET SWEEPING IS BEING ENFORCED OR NOT, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY STARTING TO GET FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTING. I HAVE CARS THAT DID NOT MOVE. MY WIFE AND I MOVE OUR CARS, REALLY, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO DEFEAT THE PURPOSE OF STREET SWEEPING. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THIS FRONT OF OUR HOMES SWEPT, UNFORTUNATELY, SO MANY OTHERS ARE NOT. AND CONSEQUENTLY, IT COMES ROLLING DOWN, RIGHT? I CALLED CODE ENFORCEMENT. I SAID, LISTEN, TRASH CANS ARE OUT TWO DAYS NOW, WAY BEYOND STREET CLEANING. UH, AND THERE'S CARS PARKED OUT HERE. STREET CLEANING'S GONNA COME BY. YOU FOLKS ARE DOING A STUDY ON HIGH DENSITY AREA, I BELIEVE IS HOW YOU IDENTIFIED IT. ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS, IS THE AREA OF LAR ALLEN NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE PARK, AND THE ELEMENTARY IDENTIFIED AS A HIGH DENSITY AND PART OF THE STUDY? AND WHAT AREAS ARE PART OF THIS STUDY? HAS THE STUDY BEGUN IN EARNEST? ARE WARNINGS BEING ISSUED? BECAUSE THIS IS DRAGGED ON SO LONG NOW THAT I THINK RESIDENTS THAT WERE ANGRY AT IT BEFORE, 'CAUSE THEY HAD TO GET OUT THERE AND MOVE IT, ARE NOW SCHIZOPHRENIC AS TO, WELL, WHAT DO I DO IF I MOVE MY CAR? DO I LEAVE IT THE HELL WITH IT? I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE IT. RIGHT? AND OTHERS THAT DO END UP FRUSTRATED. SO I APPRECIATE IF SOMEBODY WOULD ADDRESS THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD POINT. RAY VINCENT VARGAS, JR. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. [01:15:02] FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR COMPLETE AND EXCELLENT SERVICE. THEY PROVIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ALSO ALL DISPATCH OPERATORS AND MAINTENANCE WORKERS. SAD TO SAY, WE DON'T THINK THE SAME FOR WEST COVINA. UH, CORRUPTION WITH THIS COUNCIL. THIS IS A SERIOUS CORRUPTION GOING ON HERE FOR YEARS. EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT IT. I'M BACK AGAIN TO SEE TONY AND HIS MUPPET SHOW, LETTI, ROSARIO AND TONY. I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD, NOR THE COMMUNITY OF HOW MUCH THE CITY MADE ON THE MOON FESTIVAL. ALSO, WHY HAVEN'T TO, WHY HASN'T TONY AND ROSARIO BEEN CENSORED? TONY IS THE LEADER TO THE CORRUPTION HERE. LOOK AT WHAT TOOK PLACE WITH BILL ELLIOT AND STEVE BENNETT. I ASKED MYSELF, HOW MUCH LONGER IS THERE A CORRUPTION GOING ON BEFORE THE LAW STEPS IN AND STRAINS THINGS OUT? LET THE, LET ME ASK YOU SOMETHING. DOES THE LOS ANGELES CITY MAYOR BASS KNOW THE CORRUPTION COUNCIL HERE AND YOU ARE A PART OF IT? DOES MAYOR BASS KNOW HOW YOU DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS DISABILITIES? WHY IS TONY SO EAGER AND DETERMINED TO SELL MAINTENANCE YARD? IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE BECAUSE THE PROJECT HE'S PUTTING TOGETHER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS A LOT MORE COSTLY. MILAN, WHEN DOES THE COUNCIL MEMBER NEED APPROVAL FROM THE CITY MANAGER TO COME INTO THE CITY HALL? I UNDERSTAND YOUR AGE, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT POSITION, BUT THE WAY YOU'RE GOING ABOUT THINGS AGAINST THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GOT AUTHORIZATION PERMISSION FROM THE COUN, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENCE. THEY DON'T NEED, UH, CITY MANAGERS. OKAY. APPROVAL. UH, THE COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS ALREADY GAVE APPROVAL TO THE MEMBERS HERE AT THE CITY HALL. DON'T LET THE POWER GET TO YOUR HEAD AND BLOW IT UP, OR DON'T LET TONY DICTATE TO YOU SO YOU CAN HOLD THE PERMANENT POSITION HERE IN THE CITY. THANK YOU. NEXT BILL. FURTHER SPEAKERS, MAYOR. OKAY, UM, THAT ENDS ORAL COMMUNICATION, ACTING CITY MANAGER. WILL YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, CONCERNS TODAY? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, JOHN SCHUMAKER, JERRY PORTS, GLORIA G, STEVE BENNETT, JUSTIN HARVEY, AND PART OF RAY'S COMMENTS, UM, YOU COMMENTED ON AGENDA ITEMS, AND I'LL WAIT FOR THAT DISCUSSION TO HAPPEN, UH, IN A LITTLE BIT. UM, RAY, I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, I'M NOT, UM, FOLLOWING ANY ONE PERSON'S DIRECTION OR I FOLLOW THE DIRECTION OF THE FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND AS FAR AS THE RULES THAT YOU MENTIONED, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY MY RULES AND THEY HAVE 'EM FOR A REASON. BUT TRUST ME, I'M NOT BEING BULLIED OR INFLUENCED BY ANYBODY. THOSE ARE GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS THAT I'LL BE MOVING FORWARD. NOT ONLY FOR EXAMPLE, ACCESS TO CITY HALL, BUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH STAFF, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THEY'RE GONNA BE MOVING FORWARD. AND AGAIN, AS LONG AS I'M SITTING UP HERE, YOU KNOW, I REALLY NEED TO RUN THE SHOW MY WAY. AND I, I, TRUST ME, I, I LISTEN TO THE COUNCIL AS A WHOLE, BUT NO ONE PERSON IS DIRECTING ANYTHING AT ME, AND I'M NOT FALLING IN ONE PERSON'S DIRECTIONS. UM, FOR MR. MCQUEEN AND JOSH MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON THE LIBRARY AND THE SOLAR PROJECT THAT'S COMING. I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE, UH, EMAILS COME ACROSS MY DESK, I BELIEVE FROM YOU ON THE UPCOMING PROJECT. AND YES, IF YOU ARE TO REMOVE ANY TREES, PLEASE, IT'D BE NICE THOSE TO HAVE THOSE RE REPLACED ON, UH, FOR MS. GOMEZ AND PATRICIA MENDOZA ON YOUR EVICTION, YOUR EXISTING LITIGATION, I PROVIDED MY BUSINESS CARD TONIGHT. IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE SATISFACTION ON THE AVENUES THAT YOU'RE PURSUING, UH, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL, SEND ME AN EMAIL. I'LL PUT YOU IN CONTACT WITH THE ALI COUNTY SHERIFF'S, UH, REAL ESTATE FRAUD DIVISION, AND THERE'S OTHER REGULATORY, UM, AGENCIES THAT DEAL WITH REAL ESTATE IN THE STATE. AND I'LL, I'LL, I SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT ONE. UH, PASTOR MARTINEZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR NICE COMMENTS AS ALWAYS, INVITING THE PUBLIC TO, [01:20:01] UH, THIS THURSDAY, 10:00 AM IN OUR CIVIC CENTER AREA FOR A TIME OF PRAYER. UM, JD GOOD QUESTIONS TONIGHT. WHERE JD, GO BACK. HI, JD. SO ON THE, I AM IN CONTACT WITH ALL THE COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL ON A REGULAR BASIS. AND NOW THAT WE'VE PASSED THE, UH, SPAY AND NEUTER, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, UH, BRING BACK THE SPAY AND NEUTER ORDINANCE. I'VE ALREADY TALKING TO THEM ABOUT A, UM, REGISTRATION AND VACCINE CLINICS TO BE OFFERED AT OUR PARKS, INCLUDING CAMERON PARK. AND THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW. ALSO, IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE COUNTY HAS NOT DONE CANVASSING. THEY ARE GONNA DO CANVASSING FOR US THIS YEAR. SO THOSE IDEAS ABOUT LA COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL MOVING, UM, THOSE CLINICS FORWARD ARE IN THE WORKS AND I AM IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM. STREET SWEEPING, AGAIN, GREAT QUESTION. I'M AS ANXIOUS AS ANYBODY TO GET THINGS GOING. SO I'LL TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, ON MAY MONDAY, MAY 11TH, WE WILL START THE PROCESS OF ISSUING THE WARNING NOTICES. UH, TWO RESIDENTS WILL HAVE, UH, STAFF FOLLOWING THE SWEEPERS AT THAT TIME. WE CURRENTLY HAVE FOUR SWEEPERS THAT OPERATED IN THE CITY, THREE DIFFERENT TIME ZONES. BUT WE WILL START AND YOU WILL SEE VEHICLES BEHIND THE SWEEPERS ON MONDAY. WE WERE IN THE PROCESS, UH, 'CAUSE THE PROG PROGRAM'S BEEN DRAGGING FOR A WHILE. THE PEOPLE WHO ORIGINALLY WERE GONNA HIRE TO, UH, BE BEHIND THE SWEEPERS FOUND OTHER JOBS WE'VE RECENTLY BROUGHT ON AND HIRED PEOPLE TO, UH, NOW FILL THOSE ROLES. SO WE'RE READY TO GO. EVERYBODY'S GOT THE UNIFORMS, WE GOT THE VEHICLES, WE GOT THE WARNING NOTICES, AND WE WILL GET THAT GOING. UM, AS FAR AS THE HIGH DENSITY AREAS, WE DO HAVE A MAP PROVIDED TO US THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED EXISTING HIGH DENSITY AREAS, SPECIFICALLY THE ONE THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING ON, UM, LARK YELLEN AREA. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S INCLUDED, BUT AS FAR AS OUR PART OF OUR WARNING NOTICE PROCESS, WE'RE GONNA BE IDENTIFYING AREAS WE SHOULD BELIEVE SHOULD ALSO BE CONSIDERED HIGH DENSITY. IT'S ONE THING TO LOOK AT A MAP AND SAY, UH, THIS IS GONNA BE HIGH DENSITY. THIS ONE ISN'T UNTIL WE PHYSICALLY GET OUT THERE AND START FOLLOWING THE SWEEPER. WE WON'T KNOW THE IMPACT OF HOW MANY VEHICLES. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN YOU PROPOSE A PROGRAM FOUR YEARS AGO, MAYBE PEOPLE HAD TWO OR THREE CARS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE'S NOW MORE PEOPLE LIVING IN EACH RESIDENCE, THERE'S MORE CARS. SO WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS. AND ADDITIONALLY WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING IS THE, UH, STAFF THAT'LL BE FOLLOWING SWEEPERS, THEY'LL BE DOING A COMPLETE INVENTORY OF SIGNS IN THE CITY, UH, SIGNS THAT CAN BE REMOVED OR REPLACED. UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE SIGN POLLUTION IN THE CITY. THEY'LL BE ADDRESSING THAT. WE'LL ALSO BE IDENTIFYING THE OLD SIGNS THAT NEED TO BE REMOVED THAT MAYBE WERE NOT REMOVED. AND ALSO, IF AN AREA HASN'T BEEN POSTED PROPERLY, WE'LL IT BE ADDRESSING, UM, THAT ISSUE AS WELL. MAD MAYOR, THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WU? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE COUNTY LIBRARY. OKAY. BECAUSE, UH, WE KNOW SOME OF THE PARKING BELONG TO THE CITY, THE CITY PROPERTY WE LEASE TO THEM. I THINK WE STAY MONTHS TO MONTHS. SO IF THEY WANT TO CONSTRUCT OKAY. ON THE, THE PARKING LOT WITH A SOLAR PANEL, IS THAT GOING TO ENCROACH TO CD PROPERTY? MR. MCQUEEN? IF, IF I'M CORRECT, IT'S GONNA BE EAST PARKING LOT, WHICH IS SOLELY COUNTY PROPERTY. CORRECT. SO WE NOT, YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING ANY CITY PROPERTY? THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S JUST GONNA BE THE EAST PARKING LOT, WHICH IS THEIR EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT, THE SMALLER ONE. UM, THAT'S THE AREA THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THANK YOU ON, UH, UH, QUICK QUESTION. OKAY. I'M SORRY. OKAY. SO WHEN WE, WITH THE COUNTY, OUR CITY LAND IS LESS MONTH TO MONTH AND CURRENTLY WITH THE, UH, COUNTY LIBRARY. UH, CURRENTLY IT IS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T RENEGOTIATED A LEASE AGREEMENT FOR ANY MORE THAN MONTH TO MONTH. CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, UH, ON THE MONTH TO MONTH RIGHT NOW. AND IF WE ARE TO ENTER AN, UH, A LONG-TERM LEASE, AND MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE DESIGN FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE FIREFIGHTERS OF STATION NUMBER, UH, ONE AND THE WE NOT, UH, OKAY. MEANING THAT THE COUNTY NOT GOING TO LOSE ANY OKAY. CD PROVIDE, UH, THE PARKING SPACE, MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY STILL WILL HAVE A PLE PARKING. AM I RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT, YES. YEAH. SO IN THAT WAY, UH, WE STILL NEIGHBORLY WITH THE COUNTY, WE WANNA PROVIDE OKAY. THE JOIN TOGETHER. SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO LET THEM LOSE ANY PARKING SPACE. SO THE COUNTY LIBRARY AND OTHER COUNTY FACILITIES, COUNTY STAFF ARE GREAT PARTNERS WITH THE CITY. WE HAVE A GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT. SO, UH, IF THIS THING HAPPENED, THEN WE MAYBE SHOULD OKAY. NEGOTIATE A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH THE COUNTY. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THANK YOU. ONTO CONSENT CALENDAR. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, EARLIER YOU SAID YOU TALKED ABOUT, UH, I THINK ONE OF YOUR STAFF MEMBERS TALKED ABOUT THE WEST UNIT CHAMBER, AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT'S REGISTERED AS A PRIVATE NON-PROFIT THAT CURRENTLY HAS CITY STAFF ON THERE. UH, SO ARE YOU ACTIVELY RECRUITING MEMBERS TO THE WEST KIND [01:25:01] CHAMBER? A PRIVATE NONPROFIT? I BELIEVE WE ARE CURRENTLY RECRUITING MEMBERS TO, FOR THE CHAMBER? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. SO DOES THE CITY INTEND TO FIX, ITS, ITS ESTABLISH NONPROFIT TO BECOME A PUBLIC CHARITY? BECAUSE STAFF, IF STAFF MEMBERS ARE BEING USED TO COLLECT FUNDS FROM LOCAL BUSINESSES, THAT'S A USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY, WHICH IS A NON PRIVATE NONPROFIT IS NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE, WHO, WHO ARE PAYING THAT BILL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, I BELIEVE THAT QUESTION'S ALREADY BEEN POSED TO LEGAL AND I BELIEVE WE ARE OPERATING OKAY AT THIS TIME. SO, LEGAL, YOU REFERRING TO MR. DOHERTY, YOU SENT AN EMAIL AND IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED BY OUR OFFICE. I I NEVER GOT A RESPONSE. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL GET TO, THIS IS, UH, IN REP STAFF. YEAH, BUT WE'RE GETTING OFF TOPIC. YEAH, I WAS GONNA MENTION THAT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENTS. UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M REFERRING TO A PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. LET'S GO TO THE, UM, ONTO CONSENT [CONSENT CALENDAR] CALENDAR. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? WHAT? EXCUSE ME. UM, MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE. THREE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? FIVE. FIVE. OKAY. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH FIVE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE AND FIVE AND ONE, OH, HOLD ON. SORRY. SO COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, YOU, UH, FOR ABSTAIN FOR NUMBER ONE. OKAY. SO IT'S NOT, HE'S NOT PULLING, IT'S JUST HE IS ABSTAINING FROM ABSTAIN. OKAY. SO, SO MOVE I SECOND. OKAY. ROLL CALL OF A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH, UH, EXCUSE ME, ITEM NUMBER ONE, NUMBER TWO, AND NUMBER FOUR, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER ONE, CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. I'M SORRY. AYE, SORRY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN WU. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY, ONTO [3) CONSIDERATION OF EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY YARD PROJECT SITE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA] ITEM NUMBER THREE, MAYOR POT. MADAM MAYOR. UM, WITH, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER THREE AND THE HCD STAFF IS IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH HCD, HAS A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH HCD, UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. AND WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOCATING THESE DOCUMENTS THAT, THAT WE NEEDED WAS WITH THE PAST ADMINISTRATION. UM, SO WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY FINDING 'EM, BUT, BUT WE ARE CONSTANTLY TALKING TO HCD COMMUNICATING ON THE PHONE OR EITHER THROUGH EMAIL. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. THIS ISN'T A DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY. ALL THIS IS, IS THAT WE'RE HAVING AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT WITH RANDY WINE. THAT'S ALL THIS IS. OKAY, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. UM, MR. ACTING CITY MANAGER, UH, I JUST HAVE A, A A FEW QUESTIONS. UH, ARE, ARE WE, UH, ARE WE IN COM UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT? MY UNDERSTANDING IS, YEAH, MA MADAM MAYOR, I JUST, I JUST ADDRESSED THAT. SO WE, SO WE DID, WE DID GO THROUGH THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT TWICE THE SECOND TIME WE COMPLIED WITH IT. HCD IS REQUESTING SOME INFORMATION FROM US TO SHOW THAT WE COMPLIED WITH IT. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF LOCATING THOSE DOCUMENTS. I BELIEVE STAFF CAN SPEAK TO THAT. AND ONCE WE, ONCE WE DO THAT TO HD'S SATISFACTION, THEN WE OF COURSE CAN MOVE ON. SO, UH, MY NEXT QUESTION, HAS IT BEEN REPRESENTED TO BRANDYWINE THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SURPLUS LENS ACT? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. THAT MAY, MAYBE DONNY KNOWS THAT ONE, IT HAS NOT BEEN TRANSMITTED TO BRANDYWINE. WE'RE STILL NEGOTIATING WITH BRANDYWINE. RIGHT? SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE RIGHT TO, TO CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATIONS UNDER AN ENA. SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS, WOULD IT NOT BE CON UH, WOULD IT NOT BE PREMATURE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ENA WHEN THERE HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALIZATION IN CONFIRMING THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT? MADAM MAYOR, THE, THE ENA, UM, COULD TAKE SOME TIME. THERE'S SOME TIME LIMIT TO IT. THEN BEYOND THAT, IF THE, IF AT SOME POINT WE END UP WITH A, AN AGREEMENT WITH BRANDYWINE, THEN WE WILL GO INTO A PSA, WHICH AGAIN, COULD TAKE SOME TIME BECAUSE OF ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT'S GONNA NEED TO HAPPEN WITH THESE PROPERTIES. AND IN THE PROCESS, WE'RE HOPING THAT WE CAN SATISFY HD'S REQUEST FOR THE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT. I THINK IF YOU RECALL, WE WENT OUT ONCE, UH, UNDER, UNDER THE SURPLUS LAND ACT AND, AND NEGOTIATED FOR THE 90 DAYS. AND THEN, UM, [01:30:01] THERE WAS A, A COMPLAINT. SO WE WENT OUT A SECOND TIME AND NEGOTIATED AND, UM, DIDN'T, DIDN'T REACH A CONCLUSION WITH ANYBODY, AND WE COMPLIED WITH IT. AND THAT'S THE DOCUMENTATION WE NEED TO SHOW THAT WE'VE, WE DID NEGOTIATE WITH, WITH THE OTHER, UH, INTERESTED PARTIES. THEN WE WENT OUT A THIRD TIME, AND THAT'S HOW WE'VE, UM, COME TO THE CONCLUSION WITH BRANDY WINE. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT THAT WE CAN SPEAK WITH THEM. OF COURSE, THEY'RE GONNA KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL LOOKING FOR DOCUMENTATION TO RESOLVE THE, UH, HCD ISSUES. AND AGAIN, IF, IF WE REACH, UH, AN INCLUSIVE NUMBERS AND, AND NUMBERS THAT ARE, UH, CONTENT WITH BOTH PARTIES, THEN WE'LL BRING BACK A PSA, UH, UH, PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR YOU, WHICH WILL TAKE SOME TIME. THERE'S GONNA BE SOME, UM, ISSUES OF DUE DILIGENCE THAT, THAT ALL PARTIES ARE GONNA HAVE TO COMPETE WITH. SO THE, I'M SURE THEY, THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THE STATUS OF THAT. THANK YOU. MY NEXT QUESTION TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER IS TO WHAT EXTENT, IF ANY, HAS IT BEEN DISCLOSED TO BRANDYWINE IN, IN, AS PART OF OUR GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO DISCLOSE ALL MATERIAL INFORMATION THAT THERE HAVE BEEN, THERE ARE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS WITH REGARD TO REMEDIATION THAT WOULD NEED TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE ANYTHING IS BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY? YEAH. WELL, MADAM MAYOR, AGAIN, THIS IS A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA GET TO THE NUMBERS, UM, AND OTHER TERMS. AND THEN WHAT ONCE AND IF A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT COMES BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT IS WHEN ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE AND DISCLOSURES HAPPEN AT THAT POINT IN TIME. AND BRANDY, BRANDY WINE IS, IS AN EXPERIENCED DEVELOPER AND THEIR STAFF AND THEIR ATTORNEYS UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST, IT'S SIMPLY A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT TO SEE IF WE CAN GET TO THAT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, WHICH WOULD THEN BE THE DISPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UH, UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT THAT IS STILL THE, THE NEGOTIATIONS WOULD STILL NEED TO BE PENDING. UH, WOULD IT NOT STILL BE CONSIDERED PREMATURE IN LIGHT OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING HERE? NOT REALLY BEING ABLE TO BE ANSWERED DUE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION, OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT STILL NEED TO BE, BE, UH, UH, BROUGHT, UH, FORWARD TO MAKE SURE TO CLARIFY, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASK, WHAT I'VE BEEN JUST BEEN ASKING MADAM MAYOR, I WOULD, I WOULD ANSWER NO TO THAT QUESTION. BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE THE BODY. IF YOU, IF YOU NEED MORE DOCUMENTATION OR YOU, OR YOU NEED SOMETHING ELSE, IT'LL BE THIS BODY'S DECISION IN, IN LIGHT OF THAT, I, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO, UH, TO POSTPONE THIS MATTER UNTIL WHICH TIME WE HAVE WRITTEN CONFIRMATION FROM HCD THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SURPLUS LAND ACT. AND, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND, BUT I, I, I HAVE, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING. COUNCIL COR? YES. UM, SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. HI, DONATE. WHAT, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU, YOU HEARD FROM HCD THIS AFTERNOON. GREAT. THROUGH AN EMAIL. AND, AND CAN YOU RECALL WHAT, WHAT IT, WHAT THEY SAID IN THAT EMAIL? NOT VERBATIM, I DON'T HAVE THE EMAIL WITH ME. OKAY. SO I'LL, I'LL JUST READ IT FOR THE AUDIENCE. GOOD AFTERNOON. HCD IS AWARE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONSIDER AUTHORIZING THE INFILTRATION OF AN ENA WITH BRAND NEW WINE ACQUISITION GROUP FOR THE CITY YARD PROPERTY. AT TONIGHT'S MEETING, HCD WILL LIKE TO REITERATE OUR FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026 EMAIL. BELOW THAT, WITHOUT THE NECESSARY INFORMATION REGARDING THE FOOD NEGOTIATION PROCESS SURROUNDING THE MARCH, 2023, N-O-A-H-C-D CANNOT PRODUCE A LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING SLA COMPLIANCE AND THE CITY RISK VIOLATING THE SLA IF IT PROCEEDS WITH A DEPOSITION. DEPOSITION AS A REMINDER, INFORMATION REGARDING THE LOCAL AGENCY SLA REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CAN BE FOUND IN SECTION 400 OF THE SLA GUIDELINES AND DETAILS REGARDING THE PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH SLA VIOLATIONS CAN BE FOUND IN SECTION 5 0 1 OF THE SLA GUIDELINES. UH, SINCERELY, SANDRA MCAA, SENIOR HOUSING POLICY SPECIALIST FOR THE HOUSING ACCOUNT BUILDING UNIT FOR HOUSING POLICY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, UH, FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA, WROTE THAT EMAIL TODAY. AND IT SEEMS IN THIS EMAIL CHAIN, UH, IT GOES BACK MONTHS. UH, THERE'S AN EMAIL FROM THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA BACK IN FEBRUARY 10TH, 2026. THIS IS GOOD AFTERNOON. AT OUR LAST MEETING ON JANUARY 12TH, THE CITY SHARED ITS INTEREST IN MOVING FORWARD WITH DISPOSING OF THE CITY YARD PROPERTY TO EITHER PUTE HOME, EXCUSE ME, I'M NOT SAYING IT CORRECTLY, BUT PUTE HOME COMPANY OR BRANDYWINE RESIDENTIAL. [01:35:01] BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE CITY, NEITHER OF THESE DEVELOPERS INDICATED THEIR INTEREST IN THE CITY YARD PROPERTY DURING THE MARCH 20, 23 SLA AND OA PROCESS. THESE TWO ENTITIES APPEAR TO HAVE RESPONDED TO THE RFP 2025 DASH 20 PUT OUT BY THE CITY IN JUNE OF 2025. AS NOTED, THE CITY HAS YET TO RESPOND WITH COMPLETE DOCUMENTATION TO HCD, WHICH INCLUDES EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY CONDUCTED GOOD FATE NEGOTIATIONS, WHERE ALL ENTITIES THAT RESPONDED TO THE CITY'S NOA OLSEN COMPANY, NATIONAL CORE, ENVISION HOTELS, MLC HOLDINGS, CITY VENTURES, USA PROPERTIES FUND. TO DATE, HCD HAS ONLY RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION REGARDING THE CITY'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH MLC HOLDINGS. WHILE THE CITY NOTED THAT THE DIFFICULTY IN PRODUCING RELEVANT DOCUMENTATION DUE TO STAFF TURNOVER, THE CITY MAY WANT TO CONSIDER REACHING OUT TO THE RESPONSIVES RESPONSIVE MARCH, 2023 S-L-A-N-O-A DEVELOPERS FOR A COPY OF THE CORRESPONDENCE EMAILS THAT DEMONSTRATE GOOD FATE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY IN ORDER TO FINALIZE THE SLA PROCESS. ABSENT OF THIS NECESSARY INFORMATION, HCD CANNOT PRODUCE A LETTER ACKNOWLEDGING SLA COMPLIANCE AND THE CITY RISK VIOLATING THE SLA. IF IT PROCEEDS WE'RE AT DISPOSITION, PLEASE REACH OUT ONCE THE CITY HAS THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. AND THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON. WE HAVE ANOTHER EMAIL, JANUARY 20TH, I BELIEVE YOU SENT HER, DON. UM, YOU HAVE ANOTHER EMAIL FROM THE STATE ON JANUARY 8TH, 2026. UH, I BELIEVE YOU GUYS MET, WE GO FURTHER BACK. I CENTRALIZE OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE JOINING US, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, JOIN US, UH, JOIN YOU GUYS. UH, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS BEEN BILLING THE CITY HOURLY CHARGES TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE MEETINGS, BUT IT GOES BACK FOR MONTHS. UH, AND, AND THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO PRODUCE THE DOCUMENTS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS ASKED FOR. AND PENALTIES INCLUDE UP TO 30%, UH, OF PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING THE SL EIGHT. AND, AND SO I'LL JUST SAY, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU ALREADY SECOND THE, YEAH. SO BEFORE, CORRECT. AND, AND I, YEAH. SO I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS BEFORE THIS COUNCIL GIVES AUTHORITY TO, OR, OR ALREADY SECOND A MOTION. BUT, UH, CAN THE CITY ATTORNEY, I'M GONNA ASK THE QUESTION AGAIN. CAN THE CITY ATTORNEY IDENTIFY THE ZACH HCD COMPLIANCE LETTER PROVING THE CITY HAS SATISFIED A SURPLUS IAC? AND MY UNDERSTANDING WE CAN PRODUCE THAT TODAY, CORRECT? WELL, YEAH, YOU JUST, YOU JUST READ THE EMAILS, CORRECT. WE HAVE AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH, AND SANDRA'S GREAT TO WORK WITH. THEY KNOW WHAT THE CITY, UM, IS LOOKING FOR THESE DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THAT WE DID O OPERATE IN GOOD FAITH. UM, THIS IS NOTHING NEW TO US. AND AGAIN, THIS IS SIMPLY A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. THIS IS NOT A DISPOSITION OF THE PROPERTY POINT, POINT, ALL THE MAYOR. OKAY. AND WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. WE HAVE A SECOND, AND I THINK ALL THE COUNCIL SHOULD HAVE A RIGHT TO OKAY. ASK QUESTION. SO, AND IDENTIFIED TO HOW TO VOTE TO VOTE. SO I WANT TO REQUEST, I WANT TO ASK SOME ABOUT HIS MOTION TO POSTPONE DUE TO THE, OKAY. AND, UH, CALIFORNIA, THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT. AND I WANT TO ASK SOME QUESTION REGARDING THIS. AND I, HE ALREADY AGREE WITH, BUT I'M STILL IN DOUBT ABOUT WHAT LEGALITY ON THAT. SO, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? CAN I FINISH DONE WITH YOUR QUESTION? ALMOST A COUPLE OF MORE HE CAN ASK AFTER WHAT I ASK. HE WE AGREE. WE SAID, CAN I WRITE NO, THIS THE ATTORNEY. THAT'S NOT WHAT I HAVE THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. DO YOU WANNA TAKE A ROLL CALL? I I WOULD LIKE TO FINISH MY QUESTIONS BECAUSE ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, IF, IF THE MEMBER HAS A FLOOR, HE POSED HIS QUESTION, BUT I STILL HAVE, I'M JUST ASKING THE BODY. I'M JUST ASKING THE BODY IF THEY WANNA TAKE A VOTE ON THE MOTION. YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS. IF YOU HAVE A SECOND, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A ROLL CALL. BUT IF HE AGREE AND I HAVE SOME QUESTION ABOUT HIS AGREEMENT, THEN I SHOULD HAVE BOTH TO QUESTION. THEN THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. YOU CAN DISCUSS THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR IF YOU WISH TO. I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE, THE BOARD. SO WHO, BUT IF, I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE, CAN WE YEAH, I ALTERNATE THE QUESTIONS MIGHT BE YEAH, GO AHEAD AND ASK IS, AND, AND SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS, IS THE CITY'S POSITION THAT EIGHT 11 SOUTH SUNSET AVENUE IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE UNAFFECTED OR UNRESOLVED BY H-C-D-S-L-A ISSUE INVOLVING 8 2 5 SOUTH SUNSET OR IS IS THE SAME PROPERTY CORRECT? 8 2 5, I BELIEVE. UH, THERE'S [01:40:01] TWO ADDRESSES SHOWING, SORRY, WE HAVE ONE A PN NUMBER, I BELIEVE THAT REPRESENTS EIGHT 11. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TWO AP PN NUMBERS ON THIS SITE. OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN, SO, AND THEN ALSO IF THE CITY MOVES FORWARD, AND HCD THERE DETERMINES THE SURPLUS LAND ACT WAS VIOLATED, IS IT, IS THE CITY AND, AND THIS COULD BE, UH, MR. DOUGHTY DISCRETION, UH, BUT IF THE CITY MOVES FORWARD, HCD LATER DETERMINES THAT THE SURPLUS LAND ACT WAS VIOLATED, IS THE CITY POTENTIALLY EXPOSING TAXPAYERS TO A PENALTY OF APPROXIMATELY 30% OF THE APPLICABLE DIS DE DISPOSITION VALUE ON A 21.3 MILLION TRANSACTION? THAT COULD BE ABOUT 6.39 MILLION BEFORE CONSIDERING WHETHER FAIR MARKET VALUE WAS HIGHER. WHO, WHO IS ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT RISK? YOU KNOW, I DON'T, CERTAINLY DON'T WANNA DISCUSS ANY EXPOSURE OR LIABILITY ON HERE, BUT I HAD, AS I SAID, A NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF TIMES, THIS IS SOLELY A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT THAT SIMPLY THAT IS IT. YOU CAN NEGOTIATE WITH BRANDYWINE IF THIS TURNS INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT, AND THEN WE DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY THROUGH. AND THEN THERE IS A DISPOSITION. HOPEFULLY BY THAT TIME WE HAVE LOCATED THE DOCUMENTS AND HCD WOULD'VE SENT US A LETTER. SO, YEAH. AND, AND SO IT GOES ON. SO H CD'S 2024 SLA GUIDELINES STATE THAT AUTHOR A FINDING LETTER OF NOTICE OR VIOLATION DISPOSING CITY ATTORNEY. AGAIN, IN REGARDS TO ALL TIME, WE UNDERSTAND, I'M ASKING, I'M MAKING A STATEMENT NOW. OH, WELLING ON SURPLUS NINE WITHOUT CORRECTING VIOLATIONS, CAN TRIGGER A PENALTY OF 30% OF AC APPLICABLE DISPOSITION VALUE FOR A FIRST VIOLATION AND 50% FOR LABOR. YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THAT. UM, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT TO THE NEXT QUESTION, COUNCILMAN? WOO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. AND, UH, THE ENA JUST, UH, EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO NEGOTIATE OKAY. FOR THE AGREEMENT, MEANING IT'S SUCH A VERY EARLY STAGE, OKAY? AND I THINK I WENT THROUGH THIS ABOUT THREE, FOUR YEARS SINCE, OKAY? THE STATION NUMBER ONE HAVE BEEN CONDEMNED, OKAY? AND OUR FIREFIGHTER LEAVE THE TRAILER OKAY. FOR THE, WHAT, THREE YEARS ALREADY. AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO HOUSE THEM BECAUSE WE CANNOT HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS LIVE IN THE TRAILER FOR THREE YEARS. WE WILL IN TROUBLE, OKAY? IF WE DON'T DO SOMETHING AND WHERE WE GET $22 MILLION TO FUEL STATION NUMBER ONE. SO THAT'S WHAT IS COMING UP IS HOW CAN WE, AND THEN I THINK THE PREVIOUS FIRE CHIEF TO LOCATE, AND THIS CORNER IS OWNED BY THE CITY, AND THEN I THINK OUR ACTING CITY, UH, FIRE CHIEF OKAY? AND WORK WITH THE DESIGNER AND HOW ABOUT TO MAKE IT AND EVEN INCLUDING THE PRE, UH, FUTURE EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER FOR THE CATASTROPHE FOR THAT TO SAVE LIFE. AND THE REASON THEY PICKED THIS PLACE, BECAUSE THEY EASY ASSET TO OTHER PLACES, BUT THE ENA IS JUST NOT ABOUT TO HAVE AGREEMENT. DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO BUY, DOESN'T MEAN WE CAN SELL. IT'S JUST WE, WE NEGOTIATE. AND THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO, WE ALREADY WENT THROUGH THE, THE, THE, THE IP, RIGHT? OKAY. WE WENT THROUGH IT AND I THINK THE TIME MARTO OVER $29.5 MILLION, OKAY? AND DUE TO THE MARKET GO SLOW. AND THEN THEY BACK OUT DUE TO THEY GOT, THEY NOTED THE $50 MILLION PROJECT AND THEY ABANDONED US. AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE, OKAY, THIS THAT, BUT I THINK THE FIRST ONE, UH, WE PICKED AS THREE YEARS AGO. THAT IS ENVISION, ENVISION OFFERED. BUT, UH, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL, UH, MR. TAB BY FILE COMPLAINT, THEY WANT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO, SO, SO THE, THE HOUSING AUTHORITY, OKAY, THE STATE WANT US TO REBID AGAIN TO CREATE MORE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THAT'S MY RE MY MEMORY. THAT'S HOW YOU WENT THROUGH IT. MEANING, MEANING, OKAY, CD, WHAT, OKAY. AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ALREADY AGREE, BUT THEY WANT US TO BUILD 15% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, OKAY? AND THAT IS THE DISPUTE AND BACK AND FORTH. AND THEN WHEN THEY BACK UP, WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER OF, I THINK THE TIME CT, CT VENTURE. THEY, THEY PROVIDE, THEY WANT TO DO 20%, OKAY? AND THEN LATER ON, NOW AFTER COUPLE YEARS LATER, THEY DON'T WANT TO BILL IN WEST CODA ANYMORE. SO THEIR PRICING IS NOT THERE. AND THEN NOW WE HAVE A BRANDY OF WINE. OKAY? SO HOPEFULLY WE HAVE A CHANCE TO NEGOTIATE. IT'S NOT TO ASK, OKAY? WE STILL HAVE A PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE ONE TO CHECK ABOUT, OKAY? BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL, THEY HAVE, UH, UH, UH, GAS STATION, OKAY? FOR OUR CTR CAR AND THEY HAVE, UH, SOME OF, UM, OKAY. AND, UH, UH, UH, MECHANIC BAY. OKAY? AND THAT IS POTENTIALLY CHANGING OIL GREASE. THEY SHOULD HAVE A OKAY, [01:45:01] CONTAINER DOWN UNDERGROUND. SO ALL THIS PHASE ONE NEED TO BE CHECKED LIKE ANY OTHER PROPERTY. AND THEN PHASE TWO, MEANING HAVE TO GO TO CLEAN UP, GET ALL THE DIRT OUT, PUT THE NEW DIRT INSIDE. SO PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO TO MAKE SURE ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE. SO THIS IS A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT THIS EA UH, THIS SHOW, THE CITY IS FOR THE OUR FIREFIGHTER. WE WANT TO MOVE ON THAT WE ARE WORKING TO GET THEIR HOUSING ON THE STATION. NUMBER ONE, WE DON'T HAVE A $22 MILLION TO BUILD ON THIS CURRENT LOCATION. WHERE IS $22 MILLION? OUR CONGRESSMAN ONLY GIVE US $250,000. YOU CANNOT EVEN BILL COUPLE BATHROOMS. SO, SO TELL ME, OKAY, HOW WE GET THE $22 MILLION. SO MAKE SURE WE COMPLIES WITH OUR STATION. SO I THINK WE NEED TO RATHER WASTING TIME DRAGGING THREE YEAR, FOUR YEARS ALREADY AND WE CONTINUE TO DRAG, OKAY? AND BASED ON ATTORNEY TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, WE, WE ARE STILL IN COMMUNICATION AND WE HAVE ALL THE TRAIL RECORD. OKAY? I CLEARLY REMEMBER THESE THREE, FOUR YEARS NEGOTIATE, CONTINUE IP AND TALKING TO THE STATE AND WITH THEIR HOUSING, THEY SAY, NO, YOU CANNOT, YOU NEED TO GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING BECAUSE THIS, UH, SUR SUPPLY LAND ACT. SO, AND WE WILL NEED TO COMPLY TO BUILD A AND I THINK BRAND ONE WILLING TO, TO DO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING TOO. SO THAT'S WHAT CITY NEED. THE CITY NEEDS SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THEN NOW WE JUST SHUT DOWN THEM, OKAY? WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONTINUE TO DELAY. SO MEANING OUR FIREFIGHTER CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE TRAILER AND THEN WE STILL DON'T HAVE ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I THINK AS A CITY COUNCIL, WE SIT OVER HERE AND THE ATTORNEY ALWAYS SAY, WE OKAY TO DO THIS. SO, SO IN THAT WAY, WHY WE WANT TO DELAY, DELAY ANOTHER YEARS DELAY TO ANOTHER TWO YEARS, HOW LONG WE GONNA DELAY THIS? LET DISCUSS IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BUY THEM, WE OUTTA LUCK. IF WE CANNOT SELL, WE, WE OUTTA LUCK, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON. EVERYTHING START WITH A BABY STAMP, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN GET SOMETHING HAPPENING. SO I WANT TO MOVE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS FOR THE ENA, OKAY? AND FOR C, TO CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE AND WORK WITH THE STATE AND WORK WITH THE BUILD, UH, THE BUILDER AND MAKE AND WORK WITH OUR FIREFIGHTER, MAKE SURE WE ARE ALL WORKING THE SAME TEAM TO IMPROVE OKAY. THEIR, THEIR, THEIR LIVING STANDARD. AT THE SAME TIME, MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FIRE STATION THAT CAN SAVE LIFE. SO I HAVE A MOOD MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND SUBSTITUTE MOTION FOR SUBSTITUTE MOTION? I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. UM, WE HAVE A FIRST SECOND. WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS. UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, YOU HAD COMMENTS? UM, YEAH, I'M, I JUST FEEL LIKE WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING. I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND DEALING WITH THIS PROPERTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND, UH, DEALS COME IN AND DEALS FALL APART AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE FOR THE SAKE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA TRY TO GET THEM A PLACE TO STAY AND, UH, WHERE ARE WE GONNA GET THE MONEY? WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. AND IF WE HAVE A PIECE OF PROPERTY, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE CAN'T GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS. HOW LONG ARE WE GONNA HAVE THEM IN TRAILERS? I MEAN, IF SOMEBODY, WHAT YOU WANNA TAX, WANNA TAX THE PEOPLE? YOU WANNA TRY TO GET GRANTS? HOW LONG IS THAT GONNA TAKE? IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE A LONG TIME AGO IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE CAN'T HOLD ON, WE GOTTA MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, IT'S ANALYSIS PARALYSIS. I MEAN, WE JUST, WE GOTTA MOVE FORWARD AND I WANNA MOVE FORWARD AND, AND APPROVE THIS. AND I THINK THAT OUR ATTORNEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT ALL OUR DUCKS ARE IN A ROW, THAT WE DO EVERYTHING PROPERLY. I, UM, I'M TRUSTING THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO. AND, UM, WE MOVE FORWARD. MADAM MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PROM CONTOS, UH, SPEAKING OF ANALYSIS, UH, THERE HAS BEEN NO COST, UH, ANALYSIS WITH REGARD TO HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO MOVE THE CITY YARD IF THE LINE WERE TO BE SOLD OR IF WE WERE TO, TO BUILD ON FIRE STATION, UH, BUILD A FIRE FIRE STATION ONE ON CITY, UH, YARD, UH, PROPERTY, OR TO KEEP IT WHERE IT IS OR TO MOVE IT TO THE SPORTSPLEX, OR THERE HAS BEEN NO ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE ASKED FOR HERE IN THE PAST THAT, THAT ANYONE CAN GO BACK TO SEE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'M, I FEEL LIKE THIS IS PREMATURE. IF WE WERE TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH IS POSTPONING IT UNTIL WE RECEIVE CLEARANCE FROM HCD DEFINITIVELY SAYING THAT WE CAN, UH, THAT WE, WE, WE MAY PROCEED FORWARD BECAUSE WE, WE COMPLY WITH, WITH THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE POINT WHERE WE COULD GO TO BRANDYWINE AND SAY, OKAY, WE HAVE COMPLIED. NOW LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ENA. IF WE DO IT THE OTHER WAY BY PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, WE STAND A VERY REAL RISK IN LIGHT OF THE EMAIL THAT WAS JUST READ OF OUR BEING FINED MORE THAN $6 MILLION. [01:50:02] AND SO I UNDERSTAND, AND I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF FIRE AND WHICH IS WHY I I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THAT, THAT, UH, UH, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN, UH, UH, DIAZ FOR, FOR BRINGING UP THAT WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY. THAT'S WHY I'VE SAID IN THE PAST, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF A TAX TO FUND POLICE AND FIRE. SO THERE ARE OTHER WAYS, UH, TO PROCEED FORWARD WITH BRINGING OTHER REVENUE. AND AS FAR AS THE SALE OF THE LAND GOES, WE SHOULD DO THIS IN THE RIGHT ORDER, NOT PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. IF WE ARE WRONG ABOUT THIS, LET'S SAY IN SPITE OF ASSURANCES FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT WE ARE FINE, THAT THIS IS JUST AN E NH JUST PRELIMINARY, WE COULD JUST PROCEED FORWARD AND LATER WE ARE FINED BY HCD, THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? HOW ARE WE GOING TO EXPLAIN AS A COUNCIL TO THE RESIDENTS THAT WE JUST UNNECESSARILY FIND, UH, CAUSED A FINE ON OURSELVES OF $6.3 MILLION? SO THEN NOT ONLY DO WE NOT HAVE A FIRE STATION IN THAT SCENARIO, BUT NOW WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE CAUSE A DRAIN TO OUR TREASURY. I UNDERSTAND WHY WE NEED TO PROCEED FORWARD, BUT WE NEED TO DO THIS PROPERLY AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH, WITH PROCEDURES THAT, THAT, THAT ARE EFFECTIVE AND THAT WORK FOR THIS. THAT'S WHY I'M JUST PROPOSING THAT WE SIMPLY POSTPONE UNTIL WE RECEIVE COMP, UH, WORD THAT WE HAVE COMPLIED WITH HCD THEN PROCEEDING FORWARD WITH, WITH THEY, IF THEY WANNA DO AN EENA THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN THEN DO THAT AT THAT POINT. BECAUSE BY THAT POINT WE WILL HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE. AND THEN AFTER THAT POINT, OR AT SOME POINT THERE STILL NEEDS TO BE AN ANALYSIS WITH REGARD TO WHAT IS TO HAPPEN IF THE CITY LARGE YARD WERE TO BE SOLD. THAT STILL HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED TO THIS COUNCIL EVEN THOUGH WE ASKED FOR IT MONTHS AGO. AND EVEN THOUGH THAT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO. SO THAT'S WHY I'M A, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS EFFORT. OKAY, MA MADAM MAYOR, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A, A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. IF HCD SENDS TO OUR STAFF LETS US KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, WE'LL BE THE FIRST TO LET THE CITY COUNCIL KNOW WE COULD NOT LOCATE THOSE DOCUMENTS. WE ARE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, BUT AS OF AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM. WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE THOSE DOCUMENTS AND GET TO THEM. THIS IS JUST A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT. THIS IS NOT A DISPOSITION. YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD. AND IF HED SAYS THAT, THAT YOU CAN'T MOVE FORWARD AT SOME POINT WE WILL STOP. CLEARLY. WE'LL STOP. SO HERE, I'VE BEEN HERE, THIS, THAT PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY EIGHT 11 SOUTH SUNSET AVENUE. THAT'S THE PROPERTY WE'RE DISCUSSING. JUST THOUGHT ONE. UM, THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSION WITH PREVIOUS COUNCILS AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THAT PROPERTY? THAT WAS SIX YEARS AGO, IF YOU'VE SEEN IT. BY MARCH, 2021, DECI THE CITY DECIDED TO LIST THE PROPERTY AS SURPLUS. UM, AS THE ATTORNEY HAS MENTIONED, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THIS WITH DIFFERENT COUNCIL MEMBERS IN REGARDS TO THE, THE SURPLUS. I KNOW WE'VE, UM, HAD NEGOTIATION IN CLOSE SESSION. UM, IT WASN'T, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS, THIS IS LIKE OCCURRING. WE'VE HAD, WE'VE DEALT WITH IT. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED WE HAD IN 2021, THEN WE HAD THE 2023, AND THEN WE HAD, UM, THEN WE HAD AS, AS COUNCILMAN TONY RU HAD, UM, MENTIONED A FEW OF THOSE THINGS AND THEN SOME CHANGES BECAUSE OF THE HOUSING SITUATION. AND SO WE HAD BROUGHT IT UP AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE PROPER LEGAL, AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS NOW THE THIRD TIME. UM, MY ISSUE IS, I MEAN, I I AM FULLY IN SUPPORT OF FIRE, UH, ESPECIALLY THE BUILDING, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THE, WE ALL KNOW HOW THINGS TAKE FOREVER TO MOVE FORWARD. WE ALL KNOW HOW, I MEAN, THIS IS SIX YEARS AGO, WAITING AND WAITING IS GONNA BE ANOTHER FEW YEARS. BUT MY QUESTION AND MY CONCERN, I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED A FEW THINGS. IF WE MOVE FORWARD AND LET'S SAY HCD SAYS NO, IS THAT AN AUTOMATIC FINE? BECAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW WE'VE HAD, UM, ESPECIALLY IN CLOSED SESSION, UH, UNFORTUNATELY PAULINE IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT SHE HAD, UM, A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION, A LOT OF THE RECORDS, WHICH I KNOW THE CITY HAS TO PULL THOSE PROOF OF EMAILS OR RECORDS THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH. BUT ATTORNEY SAID, WE ARE NOT FINE. AGAIN, THIS IS IN REGARDS TO MOVING FORWARD AND, UM, MAKING THINGS HAPPEN. UM, WE'VE AS MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD, I KNOW, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS, YOU MENTIONED THE TAX, UM, THIS, THIS IS CONVERSATION WAS A FEW YEARS AGO. IF THAT WAS SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD BY ALL MEANS COULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD. BUT I DON'T KNOW IF EVERYBODY RECALLS, THEY DID A TAX, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO AND THE RESIDENTS, UH, THAT TAX FAILED. SO TAX IS, IT'S LIKE A BAD WORD IN IN THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY DON'T WANT, UM, THAT WAS ON THE BALLOT, IT DIDN'T PASS. UM, AND SO IF ANYTHING TO SUPPORT OUR FIRE TO MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE ATTORNEYS AND [01:55:01] THE STAFF ARE ALL ALIGNED, THEN I'M OKAY WITH IT. AND IF, UH, OUR ATTORNEY'S SAYING THAT IT'S, THERE'S NO ISSUES, UM, IT'S NOT A, IT'S JUST A NEGOTIATION, UM, AGREEMENT AND JUST LIKE WHAT WE'VE HAD DONE IN THE PAST WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PREVIOUS ONES AND THEN, THEN WE MAKE CHANGES. I MEAN, THAT'S HOW WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO, UH, YEAH. WORK ON THAT. BUT, UM, THAT'S MY, MY STATEMENT. UM, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. SO, YOU KNOW, OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE LIVING IN HORRIBLE CONDITIONS THAT VIOLATE CAL OSHA STANDARDS. THEY'RE LIVING IN ENVIRONMENTS WHERE FIREFIGHTERS ARE HAVING TO CRAWL INTO THE ATTIC AND, AND, AND TAKE OUT DEAD RATS FROM THE TOP OF THE CEILING. THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. UM, AND, AND SO TO MISLEAD, OUR FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA SELL A $20 MILLION LAN WHILE OUR DESIGN PLANS THAT STARTED OFF AT A SMALL DESIGN BECAUSE MY UNDERSTANDING, OUR FIREFIGHTERS WANT A NEW PLACE TO SLEEP THAT'S SAFE FOR THEM AND, AND LIVE AND AND TO DO THEIR JOB. AND THEY CAN'T EVEN GET THIS BECAUSE THERE WAS IN AN INDIVIDUAL ON THIS CONSOLE THAT DEMANDED THE DESIGN PROJECT BE EXPANDED INTO THE 30 TO $40 MILLION RANGE. AND SO IF YOU'RE GONNA SELL A, A, A LAND FOR $20 MILLION PLUS YOU HAVE PUBLIC WORKS ON THAT SAME LAND, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA MOVE PUBLIC WORKS AT WHERE $20 MILLION? HOW ARE YOU GONNA PAY FOR THE FIRE STATION THAT THAT WAS DESIGNED? HOW ARE YOU GONNA PAY FOR A 30 TO $40 MILLION FIRE STATION? AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK CONGRESSMAN GIL ROS FOR, FOR WORKING ON BEHALF OF THE CONSTITUENTS OF WEST CAVITA FOR SECURING $250,000 FOR, FOR THIS CITY TOWARDS THAT PROJECT AND TO SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE CONDITIONS THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE EXPERIENCING. AND SO IT'S MISLEADING TO SAY, AND, AND IT'S MORE MISLEADING WHEN THIS ITEM IS BROUGHT BACK BEFORE THE COST ANALYSIS. IT, IT'S MORE UNFORTUNATE THAT THE SAME DAY THAT THE CONSULT TAKES DIRECTION ON A CITY MANAGER POSITION, THAT IS ALSO THE SAME DAY WHERE WE HAVE, AND THIS ITEM PUSHED ONTO THE AGENDA LATE AT NIGHT ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. IT, IT, IT'S RIDICULOUS. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE. WHEN WE HAVE REAL ISSUES HERE, WE HAVE TO DO COST ANALYSIS. THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO COME BACK TO THIS CONSOLE, BUT IT WAS NOT BROUGHT BACK. I MEAN, WE HAVE MR. RAMAD HERE FROM TRANSTECH WHO'S WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACT WITH B-B-K-B-B-K TO MY UNDERSTANDING. AND AND I THINK THEY ALSO VOICED THIS TO MAYOR PROTO CONTOS, IS THAT A COST ANALYSIS WAS DONE, BUT IT'S NOT BEING BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC, TO THE CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT EXPOSES THE REAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING THIS FIRE STATION. AND SO IT'S MISLEADING TO MAKE OUR FIREFIGHTERS BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE GONNA SELL A $20 MILLION LAND. WELL, AT THE SAME TIME, THE DEVELOPER HAS VOICED CONCERNED SAYING, WE WERE NEVER TOLD THAT THERE'S A CELL TOWER ON THAT BILL ON IN THAT PROPERTY, AND IF YOU DON'T MOVE THAT CELL TOWER WHEN WE'RE GONNA CANCEL THIS DEAL, THE CITY HAS FAILED TO PUT THIS IN THEIR, THEIR, THEY HAVE FAILED TO NOT DISCLOSE THAT THEY ORIGINALLY, THEY DID NOT ORIGINALLY TELL THE BUYER THAT THERE WAS A CELL TOWER AND THAT THE, AND THEN NOW THE DEVELOPER HAS INDICATED THAT A PROMISE HAS BEEN MADE TO THEM THAT DON'T WORRY, WE'RE GONNA REMOVE THAT CELL TOWER. NOW. IT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CONCERNING WHEN YOU SEE YOU'RE GONNA REMOVE A, A, A FEDERAL COMPLIANCE CELL TOWER WITHOUT FIRST COMMUNICATING WITH THE PHONE COMPANIES OR, OR THE SELLER TOWER OWNER TO EVEN SEEK PERMISSION BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT COMMITMENT. AND SO MY MY OTHER QUESTION, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF CAN STAFF EXPLAIN WHY THE STAFF REPORT SAVES. THE PROJECT INCLUDES 150 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, 15% AFFORDABLE UNITS DESCRIBED AS 50 UNITS, AND A TOTAL OF 200 MARKET RATE AND RENTAL UNITS. WHILE BRANDY WINE'S PROPOSAL SAVES 141 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, TOTAL BRAND NEW WINES COVER LETTER AND SITE SUMMARY STATE 141 UNITS CONSISTING OF 64 2 STORY HOMES AND 77 3 STORY TOWN HOMES. THE STAFF, THE STAFF REPORTS 1 50 5200 NUMBERS DO NOT RECONCILE ON THEIR FACE. SO, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, JUST TO CONFIRM, THAT WAS THEIR RESPONSE TO THE RFP. UPON COMPLETING THE RFP, WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, MISS SANDRA HCD AND WE CONFIRMED THAT ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF HCD WAS THE 15% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHICH WE HAD CONVEYED TO BRANDY WIDE. SO UPON CONVEYING THAT TO BRANDYWINE, THEY WERE ABLE TO [02:00:01] KEEP THE 21.3 MILLION PURCHASE PRICE THE SAME WHILE, UM, ENSURING THE 50% AFFORDABILITY, WHICH IS THE 50 UNITS ADDITIONALLY. GREAT. AND, AND THEN SO WHAT THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA IS WANTING TO KNOW IS, DID THE CITY OF, DID THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOLLOW THE SURPLUS LAND ACT? THEY WANT DOCUMENTS TO PROVE THAT THE CITY REALLY ENGAGE IN GOOD FAITH EFFORTS TO FIND THE BEST BUYER FOR THIS LOCATION THAT, UH, THAT OFFERS AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND IT DOESN'T AT THE COST THAT'S BEING OFFERED. AND FOR THE CITY TO COME HERE TODAY, DISREGARD A COST ANALYSIS, YOU KNOW, MISLEAD OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD A 30 TO $40 MILLION FIRE STATION WITH ONLY $20 MILLION PLUS YOU HAVE PUBLIC WORK STATE, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE WE'RE GONNA HOUSE 'EM AT. IS, IS, IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. AND WHEN ELSE HCD IS WRITING THE CITY AN EMAIL TODAY, IF HCD DIDN'T TAKE THIS SERIOUS ENOUGH, THEY WOULDN'T BE EMAILING THE CITY. THE CITY MANAGER, UH, DON, YOU'RE ON THERE. DONNIE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, NAISH RADO RU FROM JONES AND MEYER, MR. DOHERTY'S OFFICES, THIS IS GOING ON FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS. I IF DOCUMENTS CAN BE FOUND. SO WE'RE GONNA JUST, WHAT DO WE DO? HOW CAN DOCUMENTS NOW BE FOUND? AND AND I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC, SINCE WE TALK ABOUT THE CPRA REQUESTS ALL THE TIME, I ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO DO A-C-P-R-A REQUEST, DEMAND THESE RECORDS THAT ARE MISSING SOMEHOW AND HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE BECAUSE THESE RECORDS ARE MISSING THE HOW ARE THEY NOT AROUND IT? IT, IT'S ODD TO SAY THAT THESE RECORDS SOMEHOW HCD THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN REQUESTING THESE DOCUMENTS FOR MONTHS NOW, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA DISREGARD IT. AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA, YOU'RE GONNA INSUR THAT. IT'S OKAY, IT'S FINE. WE COULD DO THIS. WELL, HTD SENT AN EMAIL TODAY AND I'M SURE IT WAS FORWARDED TO YOU, UH, AND, AND, AND SO IT'S CONCERNING WHEN IT'S, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD. WE, WE GOT IT. I'M ALMOST FINISH. I DON'T WANNA KEEP REPEATING IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER. I'M JUST, I'M FINISHING MY LAST COMMENT. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR LAST COMMENT. AND, AND SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S IRONIC THAT WE CONTINUE THIS. THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS CONTINUED TO EMAIL CITY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND NO RECORDS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED. AND, AND SO TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS IS RECKLESS AND A DISREGARD, UH, TO THE TRUE NEED THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS EX NEED AND EXPECT. AGAIN, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, AS I, AS I HAVE EXPLAINED, WE ARE IN COMMUNICATION WITH HCD SANDERS GREAT TO WORK WITH. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S DOCUMENTS THAT THEY WANT FOR US TO PRODUCE TO THEM SO THAT CAN, WE CAN ADDRESS THIS. THE SLA THAT'S UNDERSTOOD THERE. THERE'S WE'RE, THIS ISN'T A DISPOSITION. THERE IS NO VIOLATION. THIS IS A NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT, AS I'VE SAID, I DON'T KNOW, 10 TIMES ALREADY TONIGHT. SO THIS ISN'T A DISREGARD FOR DOCUMENTS. I KNOW WE'RE DILIGENTLY LOOKING FOR THESE DOCUMENTS AND IF WE CAN'T SATISFY, UH, HCD, THEN I'LL COME BACK AND SAY, WE COULDN'T LOOK AT THAT. WE CAN'T SATISFY AND WE, WE SHOULD, WE SHOULD GO OUT AGAIN TO RFP. OKAY, MR. MAYOR. OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. AS I SAY FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS IS JUST VERY EARLY STAGE ENA. WE HAVE ONE IDENTIFIED MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WITH, UH, ME TOUCH MEMBER THE $29.5 MILLION. AND THEN, AND THEY ALMOST LOG IT IN. WE SAID, YEAH, WE PASSED THE ENA AND DUE TO THEIR, THEY GIVE UP AND THEY WENT TO THE, THEIR TI SCHOOL AND THEY PURCHASED A $50 MILLION AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PAY A 29.5. SO WE HAVE TO GO TO IP AGAIN, AGAIN. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS THE EARLY STAGE OFF NEGOTIATION. SO IF ANY ISSUE, OKAY, OR ANY CAUSE ISSUE, WE CANNOT DO IT OR STAY ISSUE OR BRANDY WINE HAVE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE. THIS GOING TO BE NOT EVEN HAPPEN, BUT WE HAVE TO DO A LIST THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, WE WILLING TO SPEAK TO THEM AND THEN WE WILL GOING TO BRING THE STAY IN. WE BRING THE DEVELOPER RESIDENT ALL TOGETHER. THIS, THIS STAY. OKAY? ON THE CDR IS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN BEFORE MY TIME. OKAY? MEANING THEY ALREADY IDENTIFIED THIS LOCATION. IT'S A DOWNTOWN PLAN, MEANING LIKE, OKAY, UH, MULTIRESIDENTIAL AND LEA IS NOT GOING TO BE A, A CAR, A CAR PARKING LOT. LEA THIS IS A CT ALREADY IDENTIFIED BACK IN 2013, 14, OR 15. SO WE NEED WHAT THAT LOCATION, NEED TO HAVE SOMETHING. AND IT WAS CURRENTLY OUR FIRE STATION NUMBER ONE IS CONDEMNED. SO THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT. AND, UH, ONE DOESN'T BUILD IN ONE DAY IT DURING THE PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE TO MAKE SURE THIS PROJECT CAN COMPLETE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BILL. OKAY? EVERYTHING, YOU GOT A $25 MILLION, $30 MILLION TO GET IT DONE BECAUSE [02:05:01] WE DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DESIGN, ET CETERA. THE PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE INTO IN INCLUDING THE, UH, FIRE CHIEF, THE ONE AND THE THE FIREFIGHTER ONE, THE, THE EMERGENCY OPERAT CENTER. SO SINCE I ALREADY MOVE, SUBSTITUTE MOTION, I REQUEST A VOTE. YEAH. SO WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS ON THE TABLE. UM, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBSTITUTION. MOTION GO FIRST. YES, IT'S SUBSTITUTION MOTION, THE HOUSE. OKAY, SO, SO MY MOTION IS, UH, OKAY TO START THIS PROCESS. LET ALL SIDE TO TALK TOGETHER, SEE HOW THIS INCLUDING MAYBE THE BUDGET, MAYBE THIS AND THAT ALL CAN DISCUSS AND, UH, INCLUDING THE STATE. SO WE'RE BRINGING EVERYBODY IN THE SAME TABLE AND SEE IT'S DOABLE. AND WE LET THE FIREFIGHTERS OKAY. FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MORE IN THIS AT THE SAME TIME TO SEE HOW CAN WE WORK AS A JOINT VENTURE TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ADDRESS THE FIRE STATION ONE ISSUE. OKAY? SO I'M OKAY, I WOULD MOVE MOTION. SECOND. I REQUEST A ROLL CALL. A ROLL CALL A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU WITH A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT FOR THE CITY YARD PROJECT SITE AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. COUNCIL MEMBER CON, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. YES. I'LL MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE I VOTE. UM, WAIT, THERE'S, AND SO, UM, I'M MAKING A COMMENT BEFORE I VOTE. OKAY. MAKE IT BRIEF, PLEASE. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I ALSO WANT TO JUST STATE ONE THING IS THAT MAYOR PROTE CONTOS ALSO MENTIONED ANOTHER AVENUE ABOUT CAN YOU FOCUS ON YOUR CANADIAN ATTACKS? AND YOU JUST ALLOWED HIM TO GIVE AN EXTRA SPEECH. I'M NOT, I'M NOT ALLOWED TO, JUST TO VOTE. WE WROTE ON YOUR COMMENT NOT, NOT WE ROLL, LET HIM SPEAK. SO, OKAY, LET ME MAKE MY COMMENT. SO MAYOR PROTE CONTOS BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT INITIATING A, A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX AND, AND TO SAY THAT THAT FAILED MISERABLY OR FAILED, THAT WAS BECAUSE THE VOTERS DID NOT TRUST THAT THE MONEY WAS GONNA BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR MOVING FORWARD. IF THE VOTERS HAVE INSURANCES THAT THEIR TAX MONEY WILL SUPPORT OUR FIREFIGHTERS OR SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, THAT IS VERY DOABLE AND VERY ACHIEVABLE BECAUSE THE VOTERS AND THE RESIDENTS EXPECT ACCOUNTABILITY HERE AT CITY HALL. SO, NO, UH, COUNCILMAN WU. AYE, BUT I WANT TO MENTION I WENT THROUGH IT IN 2017 OR 18 AND THE, THE, THE OKAY COUNCIL, OKAY, I THINK THEY PUT A SAFER TAX. OKAY, AND THEY'RE INCREASING THE TAX. 80%, NO, 20%. YES. JUST LIKE GO TO READ THE HISTORY, 80% OF OUR WEST COAST RESIDENTS SAY NO. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN DEMAND THAT. SO ABSOLUTELY WE NEED TO MOVE ON TO MAKE SURE WE CAN HAVE, UH, MONEY TO BUILD THE STATION, NUMBER ONE. SO YES, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT DESERVES THEIR FIRE STATION. AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN LAGGING, WE'VE BEEN JUST WAITING AROUND AND ALL THIS, UH, AC ACCUSATIONS OF US NOT DOING THE RIGHT THING IS WRONG. WE HAVE A CITY ATTORNEY WHO IS OUR CONSULTANT, AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IF HE IS WRONG, THEN HE'S GONNA BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. SO I VOTE YES, HE, WE NEED A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE NEED TO SELL THIS PROPERTY. MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS, THE, THE, THE CONTEXT WITH REGARD TO THE TAXES IS ACTUALLY NOT THE, THE, THE REASON WHY THE, THE MEASURE FAILED, IT WAS BECAUSE OF ITS CONSTRUCTION AND HOW IT WAS WRITTEN NOW, BUT THAT'S A WHOLE SEPARATE MATTER. BUT I REPEAT AGAIN THAT THIS IS PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, IN SPITE OF WHATEVER HAS BEEN SET HERE, AND EVENTUALLY SOMETHING HAPPENS, JUST LET IT BE KNOWN THAT WE, WE TRY TO WARN YOU THE ANSWER. MY VOTE IS NO. WELL, MAYOR LOPEZ, VITO, I CAN THANK YOU. UM, I MEAN THAT I CAN'T LEAVE THAT PROPERTY AS IS, SO I VOTE. AYE, MOTION PASSES ONTO [5) CONSIDERATION OF NEED TO CONTINUE EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT FIRE STATION 3] ITEM FIVE, NUMBER FIVE. I THINK GUTIERREZ, OH NO, WE ALREADY HAD ROLL CALL PASSED. SO ITEM I ONTO ITEM FIVE? YES. OKAY. YES, MA. UM, MADAM MAYOR, JUST A POINT OF ORDER. THAT WAS JUST THE MOTION WAS WITH REGARD TO THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION. SO, WELL, WE STILL HAVE TO DO THE ROLL CALL FOR THE OTHER ONE HAS TO BE A ROLL CALL FOR THE, THE SUBSTITUTE MOTION PASSED. THREE, TWO, THE UNDERLYING MOTION IS, IS DONE. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. NO, YOU, YOU, FOR THE RECORD, IF YOU WANNA DO THE ROLL CALL, I'M ASSUMING IT'S GONNA END TWO THREE. IT'LL FAIL. OKAY. ON TWO ITEM FIVE, UM, THAT'S COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, GO AHEAD. YES, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? SO, HI MIKE. UM, WHAT IS THE STATUS, UH, OF FIRE STATION? UM, NUMBER THREE, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT CAL OSHA VISITED LAST WEEK, THE [02:10:01] FIRE STATION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND, UH, I UNDERSTAND FROM SOME OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT THEY WERE, UH, IDEALLY LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE FACILITY NEXT TO IT, UH, ARE ALREADY TAKING THEIR, UH, CONCERNS INTO CONSIDERATION TO OPEN UP THE, THE, THE DOOR OPEN UP THE BUILDING, SO IT COULD BE JOINT IN THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. UH, IN OUR CIP THO, UM, THERE IS FUNDING, I BELIEVE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR STATION THREE, AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. SO AS OF AS OF RIGHT NOW. ALSO, ANOTHER THING IS, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S PESTS AND RATS INFESTATION IN, IN THE BUILDING, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE DOING, WE'RE TAKING OUT ROOF TILES, UH, PANELS, AND, UH, WE'RE REDOING THE FLOOR. I BELIEVE WE'RE REDOING THE KITCHEN, BUT DO WE INTEND TO, UH, FUMIGATE THE LOCATION? CURRENTLY, WE, UM, WE'VE REMOVED EVERYTHING. WE'VE TAKEN CARE OF ALL THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, DONE ALL MET ALL OSHA REQUIREMENTS AND SEALED EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO EN FOR, FOR ENTRANCE POINTS. AND THEN AFTER THIS WAS ALL DONE, WE JUST HAD THE EXTERMINATOR COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE FACILITY AGAIN, A COUPLE MORE THINGS WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WE CAN FIX. AND THEN, UH, WE WERE WORKING ON AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONTRACT TO TAKE CARE OF, UH, A COUPLE DOORS THAT ARE ENTRY POINTS. BUT, UM, FOR, FOR, FOR RATS, THE EXTREMITIES SAID THAT WE ARE SEALING ALL POINTS AND THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF RATS IN THE FACILITY AS WE SPEAK NOW TODAY. AND, AND, AND SO, UH, WOULD IT BE, IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE TOO COMPLICATED TO CUT A HOLE INTO THE WALL TO, TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE NEXT BUILDING OVER OR TWO SEPARATE THINGS. I MEAN, WE'RE HERE DEALING WITH THE EMERGENCY. SO THIS, THIS EMERGENCY IS BEING DEALT WITH. SO THE AREA THAT WAS IN WAS, WAS AFFECTED WHERE THE INFESTATION WAS SEEN. WE'RE DEALING WITH THAT. SO TWO SEPARATE THINGS GOING ON. UM, WE ARE TAKING CARE OF THE LIVING AREA, CLEANING THE SPACE, TAKING CARE OF THE HAZARDOUS, HAZARDOUS MATERIAL CEILING, ALL ENTRANCE POINTS AND DEALING WITH THE INFESTATION. AND THEN AS FAR AS, UM, A ADDING USE OF THE OTHER AREA WILL BE PART OF THE CIP PROJECT. SO OBVIOUSLY IN DEALING WITH THE INFESTATION, WE CAN'T REDESIGN A STATION. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. WHAT WE'RE DOING IS TAKING CARE OF THE PROBLEM, AND THEN THE PLAN IS TO MOVE FORWARD AND ADDRESS THE FIREFIGHTER'S NEEDS TO EXPAND THE STA THE STATION, LOOK AT THE AREA WE HAVE AND HOW WE CAN UTILIZE THAT. SO THAT IS THE NEXT, UH, THAT IS PART OF THE CIP NOT PART OF THE EMERGENCY. HOPE I'M EXPLAINING THAT CORRECT. YEAH. SO ARE ARE WE GONNA, SO THE BUILDING DOES NOT HAVE TO BE FUMIGATED THEN? NO. FUMIGATION, FUMIGATION TO MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE MORE TERMITES, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. THIS WAS RATS. SO ACCORDING TO THE EXTERMINATOR, WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THE RATS IN THE FACILITY AND WE ARE CLOSING ALL ENTRANCE POINTS. SO RATS CANNOT TO TRY TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO PREVENT RATS FROM COMING IN AGAIN. YEAH. AND, AND MY CONCERN IS, UH, ALSO, UM, IS THERE AN UPDATE ON A WASHER FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS FOR THAT STATION? THEIR WASHER'S BROKEN? I MEAN THAT, IT LOOKS LIKE A, THAT IS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THAT. IF THEY NEED TO WASH IT MEAN THE HANDLE ON THE SOAP BARS IS, IS MISSING. IT'S BROKEN. I MEAN, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE BEST SHAPE. I THINK I'VE SPOKEN TO, UH, OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. IS THERE AN UPDATE ON THAT? ONE IS ON ORDER. COUNCIL MEMBER. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, OH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE YARD OR I'M SORRY? UH, FIRE STATION. FIRE STATION. A WASHER. YEAH. UM, AND, AND SO WASH STATION. OKAY. YEAH. UM, YEAH, SO, SO MY, YEAH, SO AGAIN, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE AND THAT WE ARE ALSO HEARING THE VOICES OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND ADDRESSING THE ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE. UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN I KNOW FOR A WHILE NOW THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN ISSUES ABOUT PRIVACY. UH, THERE WAS A, A FEMALE FIREFIGHTER STATION AT THIS STATION. UH, THE NEED TO HAVE, UH, TWO SEPARATE, UH, RESTROOM UNITS, UM, AND MORE PRIVACY THROUGHOUT THE FACILITY IS, IS ALSO A NEED THAT, THAT I BELIEVE IS, IS URGENT. UM, BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT. I GOTTA SAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UM, THIS ITEM HERE ADDRESSES THE EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT FIRE STATION THREE, AND THAT'S WHAT MIKE'S HERE TO TALK ABOUT. UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, OUTSIDE THAT SCOPE, YES. UM, I AM WORKING WITH OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR, OUR NEW CHIEF CITIZEN, CHIEF BROWN AND MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT. THEY'VE BEEN HERE A NUMBER OF YEARS TO TRY TO REDESIGN THAT STATION TO BE MORE ACCOMMODATING AND FEASIBLE FOR THEIR USE. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT. BUT THAT WILL BE HANDLED THROUGH A CIP PROJECT, CORRECT? AND, AND I'LL JUST SAY AGAIN, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. UH, I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS AN EMERGENCY AND THAT CAL OSHA WAS VISITING THE STATION LAST WEEK. [02:15:01] SO OUTTA DUE DILIGENCE ON MYSELF, I WAS ASKING, UH, ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, BUT THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING THEM. OKAY, MAYOR, UH, COUNCILMAN WU, UH, MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, UM, ACTUALLY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. UM, IN REGARDS TO CAL OSHA, UM, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, UM, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ REPORTS TO CAL OSHA AND MET WITH THEM AND WALKED WITH THEM. UM, BY ALL MEANS, IF IT'S POSSIBLE, IF WE CAN WORK THINGS OUT, ANY REPAIRS OR EMERGENCIES, PLEASE LET US KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE INVOLVE KALOSHA, THEN WE GET FINED AND WE'RE PAYING ADDITIONAL FEES INSTEAD OF USING THOSE FEES FOR OUR, UM, TAXPAYERS TO GO THROUGH HERE. BUT THAT BEING SAID, UH, ROLL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF A NEED TO CONTINUE EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT FIRE STATION THREE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. YES, AND MIKE, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT BEFORE I VOTE, UH, AGAIN, SINCE YOU, SINCE YOU ADDRESSED ME. UH, THE NEED TO INVOLVE A STATE AGENCY IS VITAL WHEN OUR FIRE FIREFIGHTERS ARE LIVING IN CONDITIONS THAT ARE JEOPARDIZING THEIR HEALTH AND COULD CAUSE CANCER CANCEROUS EFFECTS. AND SO, UH, YES, COUNCILMAN WU. AYE, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, BEFORE I ANSWER, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A WAY THAT YOU CAN ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. I DO NOT, AND I DON'T THINK THAT I NEED TO EXPLAIN TO THE, TO THE WORLD HOW, UM, WE HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. THESE ARE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN, COULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO OUR CITY MANAGER. YOU, YOU MAKE YOUR WALK, YOU, YOU WALK AROUND TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT STATIONS AND YOU COULD HAVE ADDRESSED THEM IN PRIVATE INSTEAD OF CALLING OSHA BECAUSE THAT CAN COST US A LOT OF MONEY AS WELL. AND YOU TALK ABOUT SAVING THE TAXPAYER DOLLARS, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU GOTTA DO IT, RIGHT? YOU GOT, I MEAN, I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND. IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU WANNA CATCH ALL OF US IN A GOTCHU, YOU KNOW, OUR BUILDINGS ARE OLD AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THEM, BUT THEY, THEY SHOULD BE DONE IN AN ORDERLY FASHION AND THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND WE COULD HAVE WORKED ON THAT. I HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT I ADDRESS THE CITY MANAGER AND THEY GET TAKEN CARE OF. I DON'T HAVE TO STAND HERE AND TELL YOU I REPORTED THIS, I REPORTED THAT, AND THERE'S THIS AND THERE'S THAT. I DON'T NEED TO DO THAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT YOU NEED TO GRAND STAND, BUT I THINK IT'S WRONG. AND IT'S A YES. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ, VIDO. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. IF I MAKE, UH, JUST RESPOND REAL FAST, MAYOR, WE'RE DONE. YOU DID RESERVE THAT FOR THE, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS. SHE REFERENCED ME. SO, OKAY. COUNCIL COMMENTS AT THE END WE CAN ALL DISCUSS, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND COMMENT ALL THAT AFTER THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR THAT. UM, CONSENT CALENDAR ENDED DEPARTMENT REGULAR MATTERS [6) PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (CIP) BUDGET] ONTO ITEM SIX, PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 27, OPERATING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PRO PROGRAM, CIP BUDGET. UM, MR. VIC, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT, UM, FINANCE DIRECTOR KAREN AWA IS HERE TO PRESENT THE REPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. WE'LL JUST GIVE IT A QUICK MINUTE. I HAVE STAFF COMING DOWN AND THEY'RE ALL GONNA TAKE A SEAT IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S A LOT. ARE WE ALL READY? SETTLED IN. GO AHEAD. OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, KAREN PROCEED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US THE FISCALLY SOUND AND CLEAR DIRECTIONS AS WE FORGE AHEAD TO PREPARE THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, 27. NOW THE PROPOSED BUDGET REFLECTS WHAT I REFER TO AS A RESET FISCAL YEAR 26 27 IS A YEAR RESET FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. I WILL ILLUSTRATE THAT CITY HAS AND WILL HAVE MORE THAN A MINIMUM OF 18% GENERAL FUND RESERVES AS RECOMMENDED BY THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. DIFFICULT AS SOME MAY SAY, NOT EVEN PALATABLE DECISIONS WERE MADE IN THE PREPARATION OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH A NEW LEADERSHIP FROM OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER, MILAN RACKAGE AND A COLLABORATION FROM ALL OUR DEPARTMENTS HAS PAVED THE PATHWAY FOR A BALANCED BUDGET. WE HAD TO THINK [02:20:01] OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. WE HAD TO DRILL DOWN AND ANALYZE WHAT WE ARE SPENDING OUR LIMITED RESOURCES ON, AND RELY ON OUR EXPERTISE OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OUR STAFF TO IDENTIFY WHAT IS ESSENTIAL FOR US TO CONTINUE TO DELIVER OUR HIGH LEVEL SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS. I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPAND UPON THE, THE COLLABORATIONS OF OUR DEPARTMENT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT OUR EMPLOYEES ARE COMMITTED TO WEST COVINA FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. NOW, STAFF RECOGNIZES THAT WE NEED TO RESET IN HOW WE ADDRESS OUR SPENDING HABITS AND THE UTILIZATIONS OF OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. WE HAD ASKED OUR DEPARTMENTS FOR THEIR SUPPORT AS WE BEGAN TO PREPARE THE PROPOSED BUDGET. WE DID NOT TAKE THE EASY ROUTE OF A ROLLOVER BUDGET. NO. IN FACT, WE STARTED FROM GROUND ZERO, WHICH IS REFERRED TO AS A ZERO BASED BUDGET. SO IN OTHER WORDS, EACH DEPARTMENT HAD TO SUBMIT THEIR BUDGET REQUEST AND PROVIDE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR EACH DOLLAR REQUESTED. WE DID NOT TAKE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET AND JUST ADD 5% NOW. IN FACT, IT WAS JUST THE OPPOSITE. FOR EACH BUDGET REQUEST, WE REVIEW THE PAST THREE TO FIVE YEARS OF HISTORICAL EXPENDITURES. NOW THIS IS CRITICAL SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY IF THERE WERE ANY ONE-TIME TRANSACTIONS, TRANSACTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MISCODED, AND JUST TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF OUR REOCCURRING EXPENDITURES. FROM THERE, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER, OUR ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR AND MYSELF MET WITH EACH DEPARTMENT TO JUST DISSECT THE BUDGET. NOW I AM PLEASANTLY SURPRISED THAT THE WEST COVINA EMPLOYEES EMBRACED THIS GRUELING PROCESS AND WERE HONESTLY TELLING US THAT SOME ITEMS WERE NOT ESSENTIAL TO THEIR OPERATIONS AND THEY'RE WILLING TO CUT THOSE ITEMS. ONCE WE FINISHED INITIAL DEPARTMENT REVIEW, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT FIRE INSTRUCTOR AND MYSELF MET AGAIN WITH EACH DEPARTMENT. WE ASKED THE EXPERTS, THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND THEIR STAFF TO PRIORITIZE EVERY ACCOUNT. UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE OVER 4,000 ACCOUNTS. NOW THIS PROCESS PROVIDED MEANS FOR FINANCE TO CUT THE LOW LEVEL BUDGET REQUESTS WHILE STILL PROVIDING THE NECESSARY FUNDS FOR DEPARTMENTS TO PERFORM THEIR ESSENTIAL SERVICES. STILL, THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. WE HAD INFORMED THE DEPARTMENTS THAT WE DID NOT RECEIVE ENOUGH BUDGET CUTS IN THE OPERATIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE TO CONSIDER BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN PERSONNEL COSTS. I'LL ADDRESS THE BUDGET REDUCTIONS IN THE PRESENTATION. BUT BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH THE PRESENTATION, I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I HAVE DISCOVERED. I SIMILAR TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER, HAVE 40 YEARS EXPERIENCE WITH FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES. NOW, TO BE HONEST, THE INITIAL REASON I WANTED TO COME TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WAS BECAUSE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER MYSELF RAN OUR CAREERS TOGETHER. AND I THOUGHT, HOW WONDERFUL IT'LL BE FOR US TO END OUR CAREERS. BUT AFTER A FEW MONTHS, I REALIZED THAT STAFF WHO EASILY COULD HAVE BEEN HIRED BY ANOTHER CITY GET PAID MORE. THEY STAYED. THEY STAYED BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER IN THE TRENCHES WHEN TIMES WERE VERY DIFFICULT AND THEY SURVIVED BECAUSE THEY HAD EACH OTHER. JUST LIKE WHAT I WOULD SAY A FAMILY WOULD DO. SO THANK YOU COUNSEL FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS AND FIND A SENSE OF AN EXTENDED FAMILY. WESTS COVINA HAS BECOME THAT FAMILY FOR ME. THERE'S A CERTAIN WARMTH HERE, A KIND OF MAGIC IN THE ATMOSPHERE THAT I HAVEN'T FOUND ELSEWHERE. AND IT'S HARD TO PUT IN WORDS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT I TRULY VALUE AND DEEPLY APPRECIATE. MY POINT IS WHEN THE TIMES ARE TOUGH, YOU HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP YOUR BELT AND MAKE DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE. WELL, TIMES ARE A BIT CHALLENGING HERE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, BUT WE SUCCEEDED IN A, PROPOSING A BALANCED BUDGET WITH OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND IN GENERAL FUND SURPLUS. THIS WAS ACHIEVED FROM THE COLLABORATION OF POLICE, A FIRE, HUMAN RESOURCES, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC SAFETY, SEE THE CLERK'S, OFFICE, ADMINISTRATION, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FINANCE, WHO I PASSIONATE REFER TO AS THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FAMILY. WE HAD TO RELY HEAVILY ON EACH OTHER TO BE ABLE TO DEL TO DELIVER THIS BALANCED PROPOSED BUDGET. SO THANK YOU DEPARTMENT HEADS AND STAFF FOR MAKING THESE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT MUCH EASIER. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE CAN BEGIN WITH OUR PRESENTATION. NOW TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING THE PROPOSED 26 27 BUDGET, AND THAT'S GONNA INCLUDE THE REVENUES, THE EXPENDITURES, AND THE RESERVES. THERE ARE A LOT OF SLIDES, SO I WILL MOVE AS QUICKLY AS I POSSIBLY CAN. THIS PRESENTATION [02:25:02] IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT OVERVIEW OF THE CITY'S FINANCES AND HOW IT ALIGNS WITH THE COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES. SO THIS CHART INCLUDES ALL FUNDS, BUT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE TRANSFERS. THE BLUE BARS ARE REVENUES, THE ORANGE BARS ARE EXPENDITURES, AND THE RE GREEN BAR IS YOUR FUND BALANCE OR YOUR RESERVES. THIS CHART CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THAT THE FUND BALANCE IS BEING MAINTAINED WHILE EXPENDITURES HAVE BEEN INCREASING THE FASTER RATE THAN REVENUES. OUR NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA BREAK DOWN OF FUNDS. SO ON OUR LEFT IS THE NON-GENERAL FUND CHART. NOW, NON-GENERAL FUND INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION FUNDS SUCH AS PROP A, PROP C, UM, MEASURE M, MEASURE R, MEASURE W, AS WELL AS INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS. NOW ON THE RIGHT IS THE GENERAL FUND. THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED. I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THE GREEN BAR ON THE RIGHT CHART SHOWS THAT THE GENERAL FUND RESERVES HAS BEEN MAINTAINED. THE ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND BALANCE FOR 24 25 IS APPROXIMATELY 26 MILLION IN INCREASE OF ALMOST 1.8 MILLION FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WILL FOCUS ON FISCAL YEAR 26, 27. FIRST WE'LL BE DISCUSSING REVENUES FOLLOWED BY EXPENDITURES AND THEN FUND BALANCE. SO TOTAL REVENUES, ALL FUNDS IS 162 MILLION AND EXPENDITURES ARE 148 MILLION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES WILL RESULT IN THE SURPLUS. SO NOW LET'S DISCUSS REVENUES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SLIDE DOES NOT INCLUDE TRANSFERS, BUT THIS RING CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THAT GENERAL FUND IS THE MAJOR SOURCE OF REVENUES FOR THE CITY. GENERAL FUND ACCOUNTS FOR 62%, ESPECIALLY REVENUES ARE 28. OTHER INCLUDES YOUR ENTERPRISE FUNDS, UTILITY SERVICE FUNDS, AND YOUR TRUST. ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION OF OUR TOTAL REVENUES FROM ALL OUR FUNDS, AGAIN, GENERAL FUNDS 62%, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED MILLION SPECIAL REVENUES AT 45 MILLION CAPITAL PROJECTS. 909,000 DEBT SERVICES AT 1.4. OTHERS IS AT 14.9. NOW WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE OTHER OF 14.9 MILLION IS YOUR ISF, YOUR INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDS AT 11 MILLION. YOUR TRUST, ALMOST 3 MILLION IN THE ENTERPRISE AT 660,000. NOW THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON GENERAL FUND REVENUES. SO MAJOR REVENUES FOR GENERAL FUND IS YOUR PROPERTY TAX, YOUR SALES TAX AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES. WE'RE ON SLIDE NUMBER 12. PERFECT. NOW THE PROPERTY TAXES AND THE LIFT CHART, IT CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THE GROWTH. EARLY YEARS PROPERTY TAX GROWTH WAS AROUND FOUR TO 5% WHILE AS WERE SALES TAX. THE CHART ON THE RIGHT, IT SHOWS THAT 24 25 HAD DECREASED IN PRIOR YEAR BY APPROXIMATELY HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. AND THEN IT REBOUNDS IN 25 26 BY MORE THAN $800,000. AND THEN IT CONTINUES TO GROW AT THAT SAME RATE OF APPROXIMATELY 800,020 6 27. SO THE NEXT SLIDE WILL PRESENT THE TWO MAJOR SOURCES OF REVENUES, WHICH ARE CHARGES FOR SERVICES AND OTHER, UNLIKE SALES AND USE TAX PATTERN CHARGES FOR SERVICES, WHICH IS THE CHART ON THE LEFT, ARE MUCH MORE STEADY. CHARGES FOR SERVICES INCLUDES AMBULANCE SERVICES PLAN CHECK FEES, WHEREAS THE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS YOUR OTHER REVENUES. OTHER REVENUES INCLUDES FRANCHISE FEES, BUSINESS LICENSE TRANSIT, OCCUPANCY TAX, MISCELLANEOUS REVENUES. AND THE INCREASE IN 26 27, WHICH IS A LIGHT BLUE BAR ON THE FAR RIGHT, IS DUE TO THE REFUSE HAULER SUSTAINABILITY AGREEMENT WHEREBY THE CITY RECEIVED 1.5 MILLION ANNUALLY. THE SUSTAINABLE AGREEMENT IS FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT'LL EXPIRE ON DECEMBER, 2030. NEXT SLIDE. WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE PROPERTY TAXES A LITTLE FURTHER. SO THE DOTTED LINE HERE REPRESENTS THE TREND FOR PROPERTY TAXES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TREND IS MOVING FORWARD OR UPWARDS. AND IN THE PAST WE HAD INCREASES OF APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO 5%. NOW THE LA COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE INDICATED THE WEST COVINA PROPERTY TAXES ROLE FOR 25 HAD INCREASED BY 4.6, WHEREAS COUNTYWIDE RATE ONLY INCREASED BY 3.91%. NOW, ALTHOUGH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE FORECASTED A 4 4 6 INCREASE FOR 6 26 27, [02:30:02] I ONLY INCLUDED A 3% INCREASE. AND THE REASON BEING IS THAT ASSESSOR'S PROJECTION DOES NOT INCLUDE THE NON-PAYMENT OF PROPERTY TAXES. SO AGAIN, THE PROJECTED GROWTH RATE FOR PROPERTY TAXES IS 3%. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW HOW MUCH THE CITY RECEIVES FROM PROPERTY TAXES THAT YOU PAY. SO FOR EVERY $1 OF PROPERTY TAXES THAT YOU PAY, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA RECEIVES 14 CENTS. SO WHERE DOES ALL YOUR PROPERTY TAX MONEY GO TO? WELL, THE CULINARY BUYER HERE SHOWS THAT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROPERTY TAXES, WHEREBY THE LA COUNTY RECEIVES 33%. WEST COVINA SCHOOL RECEIVES 18% AND THE EDUCATIONAL AUGMENTATION FUND IMPOUND RECEIVES 17 AND THE OTHERS ARE 18%. AND AGAIN, WEST COVINA IS 14% OR 14 CENTS ON THE DOLLAR. THE EDUCATIONAL AUGMENTATION FUND IMPOUND IS WHERE THE LA COUNTY COLLECTS THE FUNDS AND IT DISTRIBUTES IT BACK TO THE SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO MEET THE STATE'S FUNDING GUARANTEES. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN OTHER IS MOUNT SAC, MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, LA COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT, ALLEY COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, ALLEY COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, JUST TO NAME A FEW. NOW ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SALES TAX. THE DOTTED LINE HERE REPRESENTS THE TREND FOR SALES TAX. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TREND IS MOVING UPWARDS AND IN THE PAST WE HAVE SEEN DECREASES AT 2% AND 3% INCREASES. PROJECTED FOR THE 26 27 IS A 3% GROWTH FACTOR FROM THE CURRENT YEAR'S ESTIMATE, SALES TAX REPRESENTS 27% OF YOUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES. NOW AS FOUR CHARGES FOR SERVICES WE'RE PROJECTING A GROWTH RATE OF 4%. AS MENTIONED EARLIER, CHARGES FOR SERVICES INCLUDES AMBULANCE SERVICES, WHICH ACCOUNTS FOR APPROXIMATELY 62% OF THE CATEGORY OF CHARGES FOR SERVICES. NOW AT UM, ONE OF THE BUDGET WORKSHOPS, I ANNOUNCED VERY EXCITEDLY THAT AMBULANCE SERVICES WERE GONNA INCREASE BY 124,000 OR 2%. I WAS NOT SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THESE REVENUES WERE INCREASING DUE TO OUR RESIDENTS REQUIRING MORE AMBULATORY SERVICES. SO TO THAT RESIDENT WHO SHARED HER HUSBAND'S HEALTH CONDITIONS AND EXPLAINED WHY SHE HAD TO CALL FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES, THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING MY INSENSITIVITY AS I REALIZE WHAT WAS DRIVING THESE REVENUES AND JUST NOT LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL FOCUS ON OTHER REVENUES. AS YOU SEE HERE, OTHER REVENUES SIMILAR TO PROPERTY AND SALES TAX ARE TRENDING UPWARDS. OTHER REVENUES ACCOUNT FOR 23% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND REVENUES. OTHER REVENUES INCLUDES OTHER TAXES, LICENSE PERMITS, USE OF FUNDS, FUNDS FROM OTHER AGENCY AND OTHER REVENUES. OUR OTHER TAXES ACCOUNT FOR 47%, WHICH REPRESENTS OUR FRANCHISE FEES ACCOUNT, OUR BUSINESS LICENSE, AND OUR TRANSIT OCCUPANCY TAX, ALSO KNOWN AS A TOT. NOW ELSE FOR LICENSE AND PERMITS, THIS CATEGORY REPRESENTS 15%, WHICH IS PRIMARILY CONSISTENT OF THE BUILDING PERMITS. OTHER REVENUES, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, INCLUDES THE REFUSE HAULER SUSTAINABILITY AGREEMENT OF 1.5. NOW THE NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA ILLUSTRATE THE USAGE OF THE GENERAL FUND MAJOR REVENUES. THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES THAT 67% OF OUR GENERAL FUND REVENUES GOES TOWARDS PUBLIC SAFETY. THAT'S POLICE AND FIRE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES. MORE SPECIFICALLY, PROPERTY TAXES. SALES TAXES COVERS THE COST OF POLICE, FIRE, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE AND UTILITIES. NOW THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE GONNA DIVE INTO THE EXPENDITURES. OKAY, SO THIS CHART DOES NOT INCLUDE YOUR ANSWERS, BUT THIS RING IDENTIFIES THAT THE GENERAL FUND ACCOUNTS FOR 58% AND SPECIAL REVENUES ACCOUNT FOR 20% OF THE ALLOCATION OF EXPENDITURES. CAPITAL PROJECTS IS APPROXIMATELY 3 MILLION. DEBT SERVICE IS ABOUT 16.1 MILLION AND OTHER IS ABOUT 13.8. AGAIN, OTHER INCLUDES INTERNAL SERVICE FUND, YOUR TRUST AND YOUR ENTERPRISE. ANOTHER ILLUSTRATION, ALL FUNDS EXPENDITURES, NOT INCLUDING TRANSFERS. NOW OUR NEXT SLIDE WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON GENERAL FUND. SO TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, INCLUDING TRANSFERS, IS APPROXIMATELY 99.7 MILLION. THE LARGEST ALLOCATION GOES TOWARDS SALARY AND BENEFITS ENCOMPASSING APPROXIMATELY 64% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, AGAIN, INCLUDING TRANSFERS. MATERIALS ARE ABOUT 16.4 MILLION. ALLOCATED [02:35:01] COST IS ABOUT 5.2 MILLION AND TRANSFERS ARE 14 MILLION. SO WHAT IS INCLUDED IN ALLOCATED COSTS? WELL THAT'S THE FLEET MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS. OUR LIABILITY AND OUR WORKERS' COMP S FOR TRANSFERS OUT INCLUDES A CITY'S BOND PAYMENT OF 12.2 MILLION FOR THE PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST BOND PAYMENTS, AS WELL AS A CITYWIDE MAINTENANCE SUBSIDY OF 373,000. SO THIS IS JUST A VISUAL DEPICTION. I'M SORRY IF WE CAN GO TO SLIDE NUMBER 24. RIGHT. THIS IS A VISUAL DEPICTION OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, WHICH INCLUDES RANCHERS, POLICE AND FIRE. COMBINED IS 64%, TRANCHES ARE 14%. NOW THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE DEPARTMENTAL EXPENDITURES. THE THE DECREASE YOU SEE HERE IN THAT ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNTS FOR THE DECREASE OF $400,000 IN LEGAL SERVICES. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S RETAINER ESTIMATE IS ABOUT 480,000 TO 25 26 AND 527,000 IN THE BUDGET INCLUDED IN 26 27. WHAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN A RETAINER PER OUR AGREEMENT IS LITIGATION. SPECIAL LEGAL SERVICES AND CODE ENFORCEMENT PROSECUTION INCREASE THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. THAT IS DUE TO THE NOVEMBER ELECTION COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY 350,000 FINANCING INCREASES DUE TO FILLING A VACANCIES AS WELL AS INCREASE IN IT COSTS. SIMILAR TO THAT WITH HR THE INCREASE IS DUE DUE TO FILLING OF VACANCIES. THE INCREASE IN POLICE IS DUE TO SALARY BENEFITS UAL WORKERS' COMP, WHICH IS OFFSET BY A $2 MILLION REDUCTION TO OVERTIME. FIRE HAS AN INCREASE IN SALARY BENEFITS UAL WORKERS' COMP AND THAT IS ALSO OFFSET BY $2 MILLION IN OVERTIME RESULTING IN A DECREASE OF APPROXIMATELY $11,000. PUBLIC SAFETY INCREASE IS DUE TO THE INCREASE IN NAMAL CONTROL OF ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND, WHICH IS OFFSET BY SOME OPERATING DEDUCTIONS. THE INCREASE IN PUBLIC WORKS IS DUE TO PERSONNEL COSTS AND SERVICE CONTRACTS. THE DECREASE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS DUE TO THE REDUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. THE DECREASE IN COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL COSTS AND REALLOCATION OF SPECIAL EVENTS, APPROXIMATELY 200,000 TO THE FOUNDATION. NOW, REGARDING THE FOUNDATION, AS THE CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER OF THE FOUNDATION, I AM OBLIGATED TO ACT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE FOUNDATION'S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS. THE BYLAWS PROVIDED THAT THE CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER HAS A CUSTODY OF THE FOUNDATION FUNDS AS RESPONSIBLE FOR DISPERSING THOSE FUNDS AS DIRECTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THAT IS THE COUNCIL. THEY FURTHER REQUIRE THAT CHECKS BE SIGNED BY THE CH CHIEF FINANCE OFFICER AND COUNTERSIGNED BY THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD WHO IS OUR MAYOR, WHICH IS A CURRENT PRACTICE. NOW AT THIS TIME, DISBURSEMENTS ARE BEING MADE CONSISTENT WITH THE BOARD APPROVED BUDGET AND ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES. THE BYLAWS DO NOT REQUIRE THAT EACH INDIVIDUAL DISAPP BE SEPARATED THE APPROVED AT A NOTICE BOARD MEETING ABSENT OF A SPECIFIC BOARD RESOLUTION IMPOSING SUCH A REQUIREMENT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE BOARD ALWAYS RETAINS AUTHORITY TO FURTHER DEFINE OR RESTRICT DISBURSEMENT PROCEDURES. IF THERE IS AN INTEREST IN REQUIRING ADDITIONAL APPROVAL OR MODIFYING OUR CURRENT PRACTICES, THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATELY BE CONSIDERED BY THE FULL BOARD. AT A PROPERLY NOTICE MEETING. I'LL ENSURE THE FOUNDATION THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET WILL BE PLACED ON THE UPCOMING AGENDA, WHICH IS JUNE 2ND FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL AND REVIEW THIS LIGHT HERE, IT REPRESENTS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS KNOWN AS CIP PROGRAMS. THERE ARE FUNDED, INCLUDING CURRENT FUNDING PLUS PRIOR YEAR ROLLOVERS THAT AMOUNTS TO 28.7 MILLION. THIS REFLECTS THE CITY'S INVESTMENT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR FACILITIES AND OUR STREETS AND OUR PARKS. THE 28.7 MILLION INCLUDES ALL FUNDING SOURCES. GENERAL FUND IS APPROXIMATELY 5.7 MILLION. ASSESSMENT DISTRICT IS 4.9 AND SPECIAL REVENUES IS 10 MILLION. A COMPLETE LISTING OF ALL THESE IP PROJECTS IS IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET, INCLUDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF 1.5 MILLION FOR THE FIRE STATION. NUMBER THREE RENOVATIONS. NEXT SECTION WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON FUND BALANCE. FUND BALANCE FOR ALL FUNDS IS 172.5 MILLION AND THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE TRANSFERS. NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, SPECIAL REVENUES HERE MAKES IT THE MAJORITY [02:40:01] OF 62% OF THE TOTAL FUND BALANCE AND GENERAL FUND IS 15%. THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WE'RE GONNA BREAK DOWN WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OF FUND BALANCE. HERE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE SPECIAL REVENUES AND OTHER NON-GENERAL FUND IS REPRESENTED IN THE CHART ON THE LEFT. THE NON-GENERAL FUND BALANCES ARE PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 146 MILLION AT THE END OF 27, GENERAL FUND IS ESTIMATED TO BE AT 26 MILLION AND THAT IS ILLUSTRATED ON THE CHART ON THE RIGHT. AS YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION SPECIAL REVENUES MUST BE USED WITHIN THREE YEARS THAT OUR PROJECT AND THAT OUR PROJECT COSTS REQUIRE US TO ATE THESE FUNDS IN ORDER TO COVER THE PROJECT COSTS. THUS, THE DECREASE IN THE NON-GENERAL FUND IN 25 26 REFLECTS THE USAGE OF SPECIAL REVENUES FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS. THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THAT YOU SEE IN 26 27 IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OF APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION OF THIS WILL BE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO UTILIZE FOR THE AZUSA PEDESTRIAN AND SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT OF 7 MILLION IN CYCLE 10 IMPROVEMENTS OF APPROXIMATELY 3.7 MILLION. NOW WE'RE GONNA BE DISCUSSING THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE IN THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. THIS SLIDE ILLUSTRATES OUR FISCAL DISCIPLINE. WE CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN HEALTH RESERVES TO ENSURE FISCAL STABILITY AND PREPARE FOR UNFORESEEN CHALLENGES. IN 24 25, WE'RE EXPECTING A SURPLUS OF OVER 1.8 MILLION, WHICH IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE PROPERTY TAXES AND AMBULATORY SERVICES COMING IN HIGHER THAN ESTIMATED IN 25 26. WE ALSO ARE EXPECTING SURPLUSES 2.3 MILLION IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE 1.5 FROM THE WASTE SUB UH, SUSTAINABILITY. EXCUSE ME. NOW WITH THE COLLABORATION OF ALL DEPARTMENTS, WE ARE ABLE TO REALIGN OUR EXPENDITURES TO OUR RESOURCES, WHICH INCLUDES REDUCING THE OVERTIME BUDGET BY 4 MILLION. THE FOLLOWING SLIDES WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS THE GENERAL FUND BALANCE EVEN FURTHER. THE CITY ADOPTED A FISCAL POLICY THAT REQUIRES THE CITY TO MAINTAIN AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE OF 18% OF THE GENERAL FUND OPERATING EXPENDITURES AS WE'RE COMMITTED BY THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE. WHAT IS UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE? WELL SIMPLY PUT IT IS UNRESTRICTED FUNDS THAT DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR PREPAID, YOUR ADVANCES OR LAND HELD FOR RESALE. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS CHART THAT WE HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING AN UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN THERE OF 18.5 MILLION TO APPROXIMATELY 22.8 MILLION. AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO REACH 22.9 MILLION. AT THE END OF 27, THE CITY HAS MET THE STATE CONTROLLER'S RECOMMENDATION OF MAINTAINING 18%. IN FACT, WE ARE PROJECTING SEVEN AND A HALF MILLION OVER THE REQUIREMENTS OF 15.5 MILLION AT THE END OF 27. THIS SLIDE WILL SHOW THAT THE FUND, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE NEXT SLIDE WILL SHOW THE FUND BALANCE IN HR. NOW AS STATED EARLIER, SO LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PRACTICE OUR FISCAL DISCIPLINE, WE CAN CONTINUE TO EXCEED THE STATE CONTROLLER'S OFFICE RESERVE REQUIREMENTS OF 18% AS WE FORGE AHEAD WITH THE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE LEADERSHIP FROM OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. COUPLED WITH THE COLLABORATION OF OUR STAFF, WE CAN BEGIN TO BUILD LONG-TERM FINANCIAL STABILITY AND IS DEPICTED ON THIS SLIDE HERE. NOW THE NEXT SECTION, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE GEARS. WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON AREAS OF FOCUS. NOW AREAS OF FOCUS ARE ONE-TIME REVENUES, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY STAFF RESOURCES AND COSTS, AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DRAWING FROM OUR LIMITED GENERAL FUND RESOURCES. WITH REGARDS TO ONE-TIME REVENUES, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED OVER $19 MILLION IN THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS ARPA AND MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS COVID MONIES. HERE YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED. CLEARLY THE USE OF THESE FUNDS WAS DISTRIBUTED TO POLICE, THE FIRE TO PARKS HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IT AND LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. THESE FUNDS MUST BE SPENT BY DECEMBER 31ST, 2026. ANY FUNDS REMAINING WILL RETURN BACK TO THE INE SOURCE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH UPDATE ON THESE FUNDS AS OF DATE LISTED ON THIS MATRIX. HERE ARE THE ARPA FUNDS REMAINING. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT WE'LL BE ADDING BACK TO THE FINAL, THE FINAL BUDGET, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SECTION UNDER THE LONG-TERM FACTORS. BASICALLY THE PERFECT [02:45:01] ADDED WILL INCLUDE THAT THE CITIES AND THE HOLDING PATTERN AS WE AWAIT THE APPROVAL FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THAT OTHER THAN APA FUNDS CITY, UH, OTHER THAN APA FUNDS FUNDED IN THE CIP PROJECT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET DOES NOT INCLUDE REVENUES NOR EXPENDITURES FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA ADDRESS THE STATUS OF THE STATE CONTROLLERS CLASSIFICATION. CITY OF WEST COVINA IS ON THE STATE CONTROLLER'S HIGH RISK LIST. THERE WERE SIX AREAS OF CONCERN. AS OF JANUARY OF 25, 50% OF THESE AREAS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED. WE BELIEVE THAT THE REMAINING THREE AREAS, WHICH IS CLASSIFICATION ONE TWO M SIX, HAVE NOW BEEN SATISFIED. HIGH RISK ONE REFERS TO DIMINISHING RESERVES. WELL YOU'VE SEEN IT TONIGHT. WE ARE WELL ABOVE THE STATE CONTROLLERS REQUIREMENT OF 18% HIGH RISK AREA TWO THAT REFERS TO THE LABOR AGREEMENTS THAT WERE NOT FULLY EXECUTED AND LIMIT THE COST OF HEALTHCARE BENEFITS. AS OF DATE, WE HAVE MEMORANDUMS OF UNDERSTANDINGS M WILL USE FOR ALL OF OUR NINE BARGAINING UNITS. HIGHER AREA NUMBER SIX THAT REFERS TO CONTRACTING PRACTICES. WELL ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024, THE CITY FORMALLY ADMITTED HIS CONTRACT PRACTICE TO INCLUDE THAT CITY MANAGEMENT IS TO DOCUMENT THE JUSTIFICATIONS FOR ENTERING INTO CONTRACTS OR EXTENSIONS EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS. NOW WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, FINANCE WILL TAKE TO COUNSEL A CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE. ANOTHER AREA OF FOCUS IS STAFF RESOURCES, WHICH IS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDES. THE PROPOSED BUDGET INCLUDES THREE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND RECLASSIFICATIONS AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN BALANCING THE BUDGET WITHOUT LAYOFFS. THERE ARE SEVERAL SLIDES ON THIS POSITION, BUT DUE TO THE LENGTH OF MY PRESENTATION, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. I LIKE TO SKIP TO SLIDE NUMBER 51, WHICH IS THE OVERTIME SLIDE. SO ONE OF THE BUDGET CUTS WAS A REDUCTION OF OVERTIME TO THE TUNE OF 4 MILLION AS SHOWN ON THIS MATRIX TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT POLICE AND FIRE 26 27 BUDGET HAS BEEN SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN COMPARISON TO THE PRIOR YEARS. THIS IS ACHIEVABLE BY FILLING THE VACANCIES IN BOTH DEPARTMENTS, WHICH HUMAN RESOURCES HAS DONE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW REMAINING VACANCIES. NOW, THE OVERTIME SHOWN HERE DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OVERTIME THAT IS REIMBURSABLE SUCH AS THE MUTUAL AID, NOR DOES IT INCLUDE ANY OVERTIME FUNDED BY NON-GENERAL FUNDS. NOW A QUESTION CAME ABOUT AT ONE OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS AND THAT WAS ON THE TOPIC OF OVERTIME. A, A ARISEN BROUGHT FORTH CONCERNS OF STAFF CALLING OUT AND THEN THE TIME SLOTS BEING BACKFILLED WITH OVERTIME, WHICH I THINK IS A VALID POINT AND THE DISCUSSIONS ENSUED AND CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT ABSENTEEISM. WELL, THERE ARE CONTROLS IN PLACE TO DETER MISUSE OF PAID TIME OFF THAT SICK VACATION COMPENSATORY TIME OFF. NOW FIRST OF ALL, ANY PAID TIME OFF MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD PRIOR TO TIME TAKEN OFF. FURTHER THE PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS, THERE IS A PROVISION FOR SUSPENSION, THE MOTION REDUCTION OR PAY AND DISMISSAL FOR EXCESS ABSENTEEISM OR ABSENCE WITHOUT APPROVED LEAVE. IN ADDITION, ALL OVER TIME MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD. SO THERE ARE CONTROLS IN PLACE AND I AM CONFIDENT THAT DEPARTMENT HEADS WILL EXERCISE THE APPROPRIATE MEASURES TO MANAGE OVERTIME IN THE RESPECTIVE DEPARTMENTS. WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT OVERTIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY IS INEVITABLE TO THE EMERGENCIES THAT ARISES. HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO VACANCIES, THEY'LL BE PROVIDED DEPARTMENT HEADS THE ABILITY TO HAVE THE NECESSARY STAFF RESOURCES TO MANAGE THEIR EMERGENCY CALLOUTS AND OVER TIME. SO COLLECTIVELY, SO LONG AS WE CONTINUE TO PRACTICE FISCAL DISCIPLINE THAT APPLIES NOT ONLY TO CITY COUNCIL, THE ACTING CITY MANAGERS, BUT ALSO TO US DEPARTMENT HEADS. WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR RESERVE BALANCES ABOVE THE MINIMUM RESERVE REQUIREMENT OF 18%. NOW THE FINAL, THE FOLLOWING SLIDE WILL ADDRESS OTHER AREAS OF FOCUS. I GAVE CONSIDERABLE THOUGHT ABOUT HAVING THESE FOUR COST ELEMENTS ON THE SAME SLIDE, BUT THERE'S TOO MANY SLIDES. I SAID JUST RIP THE BANDAGE OFF AND LET'S ADDRESS THEM ALL AT ONCE. SO THESE FOUR COST EXPENDITURES COVER APPROXIMATELY $26 MILLION OR 26% OF THE 26 27 BUDGET. THE FIRST COST DRIVER, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE LEFT HAND CORNER, UAL, WHILE UAL STANDS FOR UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY, SIMPLY PUT PENSION LIABILITY IN 26 27. IT'S PROJECTED TO BE 4.9 MILLION, WHICH IS [02:50:01] ABOUT A 30% INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT YEAR. NOW TO THE RIGHT OF UAL IS WORKERS' COMP 26 27 IS EXPECTED TO BE ABOUT 3.64. UH, 3.6 MILLION IS APPROXIMATELY A 54% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THIS IS DUE TO THE NUMBER OF INCREASED NUMBER OF WORKER COMPENSATION CLAIMS. GENERAL LIABILITY, WHICH IS ON THE LEFT BOTTOM SIDE, ACCOUNTS FOR 5.4 MILLION OR 12% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. GENERAL LIABILITY COVERS OUR LIABILITY AND LITIGATION EXPOSURE. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VERY FIRST MILLION IN SETTLEMENTS. NOW THE LAST CHART, WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE FAR BOTTOM RIGHT IS $12 MILLION AS A DECREASE OF 2% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. THIS ACCOUNTS FOR DEBT SERVICE, FOR OUR BOND PAYMENTS, FOR OUR LEASE REVENUE BONDS AND OUR NOTES. AS YOU CAN SEE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GENERAL FUND HAS BEEN SUBSIDIZING THE SPORTS PLEX APPROXIMATELY 726,000 UP TO 872,000. HOWEVER, WITH THE COLLABORATION OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LMA, OUR DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR PEREZ AND OUR PUBLIC WORK SUPERINTENDENT PRECEPT, WE WERE ABLE TO REDUCE THE SUBSIDY IN 26 27 TO $780,600. NOW AS FOR REVENUES FOR THE FIRST TIME, OUR SPORTSPLEX IS GONNA BE HOSTING THE TRIPLE COUNT SOFTWARE, UH, EXCUSE ME, SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT. THAT IS A THREE DAY EVENT AS WELL AS A-U-S-S-S-A LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES, WHICH IS A 16 DAY TOURNAMENT. THE COMBINED TOTAL OF THESE TWO NEW TOURNAMENTS IS PROJECTED TO BRING IN APPROXIMATELY 149,000 IN REVENUES. BUT SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT NOR DEPOSIT, I DID NOT INCLUDE THESE TOURNAMENTS IN THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS FOR 26 27. THUS, WE DO ANTICIPATE THESE TOURNAMENTS TO COME THROUGH TION AND THAT WILL REDUCE THE GENERAL FUND SUBSIDY TO 631,000. THESE POTENTIAL REVENUES, AGAIN, ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE 26 27 BUDGET NOW FOR EXPENDITURES. THE REDUCTION FROM PRIOR IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE RESTRUCTURING AND ALLOCATED STAFF RESOURCES, MODIFICATIONS TO THE STAFF SCHEDULES AS WELL AS MAINTENANCE COSTS. AT ONE OF OUR BUDGET WORKSHOPS, A RESIDENT INQUIRED ABOUT THE BOND THAT WAS ISSUED FOR THE SPORTSPLEX WELL IN 2006. AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY COUNCIL ISSUED A LEASE REVENUE BOND FOR 18 MILLION AND WITH INTEREST OF 21 MILLION FOR TOTAL BOND COSTS OF 39 MILLION WITH THE MATURITY DATE OF 2036. INCLUDED IN THE DEBT SERVICE BUDGET IS 1.4 MILLION FOR BOND PAYMENTS FOR THE SPORTSPLEX DEBT. THE REMAINING OUTSTANDING DEBT IS APPROXIMATELY 14.2 MILLION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO SECURE ADDITIONAL RENTAL FEES AND INCREASE IN CONCESSION REVENUES AS WELL AS INVESTIGATE OTHER POTENTIAL OPTIONS. THE NEXT SLIDE IS GONNA GEAR TOWARDS CITYWIDE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT. A BRIEF BACKGROUND IN THE CITYWIDE LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT IS THAT DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1976 AND IT PROVIDED THE CITY A MECHANISM TO FINANCE COSTS OF PROVIDING OPERATIONS, SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE OF STREET LIGHTING AND STREET TREES, INCLUDING MEDIANS AND PARKWAYS. NOW, INCLUDING THE FORMATION OF THE DISTRICT WAS A CLAUSE AND IT STATED THAT THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ADJUSTMENTS ARE TO BE BASED ON THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CPI FOR THE LOS ANGELES LONG BEACH ANAHEIM, WITH A MAXIMUM ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF NO MORE THAN 2%. I'M NOT SURE HOW IN 2021 THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT ADJUSTMENT WAS 4%. HOWEVER, WE ARE CONFINED TO MAXIMUM ADJUSTMENT OF 2% ON THE VOTERS APPROVE A HIGHER ADJUSTMENT. AND THAT IS PER PROPOSITION TWO 18. NOW, DUE TO THE ADJUSTMENT CONSTRAINTS OF 2% COMMENCING IN 24 25, WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE FUNDS COLLECTED FROM THE ASSESSMENTS NOT TO BE SUFFICED TO COVER THE DISTRICT'S EXPENDITURES FOR THE STREET LIGHTING AND STREET TREE MAINTENANCE. THE PROJECTED DEFICIT IS APPROXIMATELY 98,000 IN 24 25 AND OVER 550,020 5 26. FORTUNATELY, THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT HAD RESERVES TO COVER THESE SHORES FALLS. HOWEVER, WE ARE PROJECTING DEFICITS IN 26 27 OF APPROXIMATELY 373,000. THEREFORE, INCLUDED IN THE 26 27 BUDGET IS A TRIAGE FOR A 373,000 FROM GENERAL FUND TO COVER THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT DEFICIT. NOW, KEY TAKEAWAYS, AS WE CONTINUE TO REMAIN [02:55:01] FISCALLY DISCIPLINED, WE WILL HAVE MORE SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE. WE ARE REALIGNING OUR SPENDING HABITS TO BE CONFINED TO OUR LIMITED RESOURCES. WE'RE NOT RELYING ON ONE-TIME REVENUES. TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, WE'LL PLACE A STRONG EMPHASIS ON REVENUE ENHANCEMENTS BY ACTIVELY PURSUING NEW PARTNERSHIPS AT THE SPORTSPLEX, EXPANDING FIRE INSPECTION ACTIVITIES, AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKING ATTRACTING NEW BUSINESSES AND CONDUCTING TRANSIT OEE TAX AUDITS. EXCUSE ME. SO FISCAL YEAR 26 27 IS THE YEAR OF RESET. THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR COLLABORATION AND CONTRIBUTION FOR IT IS YOU. WHY I AM ABLE TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A BALANCED BUDGET. AND WITH THAT I AM DONE AND ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. YAY. WOO KAREN. UH, YOU ARE JUST AMAZING. UM, THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST BUDGET PRESENTATION I'VE SEEN AND, UH, THANK YOU TO THE RESIDENTS PROVIDING INPUT. I, I LOVE THE VISUALS, UH, MAKING A SIMPLE FOR THE EVERYDAY RESIDENT TO UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU WERE ABLE TO DELIVER THAT. SO THANK YOU. UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, JUST TO REMIND THE RESIDENT IN 2018, WE WERE HEADED TOWARDS BANKRUPTCY. WE WERE ONLY 10 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND, OR EIGHT OR 8 MILLION. IT WAS LESS THAN, IT'S LESS THAN DOUBLE DIGIT. AND UM, AND THE 2018 IS WHEN I GOT ELECTED. UH, WE HAD CHANGE OF, UH, COUNCIL LEADERSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF CHANGES. IT, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE WHEN YOU HAVE COMPETENT STAFF SUCH AS YOURSELF. WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE DOING. WHO KNOWS. 'CAUSE I, EVERY TIME I GO THROUGH BUDGET PRESENTATION, I REMEMBER THAT TIME OF THE FIRST BUDGET PRESENTATION. THE FINANCE DIRECTOR DIDN'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO EXPLAIN BUDGET. FUN BALANCE, FUN BALANCE. AND I REMEMBER JIM GRITCH AND EVERYBODY ELSE, LIKE THEY WERE JUST, BUT YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB. UM, SO THANK YOU. GLAD TO SEE THAT WE DID DOUBLE UP AND THAT ALL THOSE RISKS IS BEING ELIMINATED AND WE'RE WORKING ON IT. AND JUST, YOU KNOW, AND I TELL THE RESIDENTS WE CAN'T FIX THIS OVERNIGHT. IT TAKES TIME. BUT AS IF YOU CAN SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, IT'S BEEN MOVING IN AN UPWARD POSITIVE DIRECTION. AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY'S CONTRIBUTION. I KNOW A FEW YEARS AGO, THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT WE USED TO HEAR WAS, YOU KNOW, FIRE OVERTIME. YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY'RE USING THE OVERTIME. OVERTIME WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE WORD THAT WAS BIG AND TO SEE THAT OVERTIME HAD DECREASED, UM, IS GREAT TO ALSO KNOW. BUT THAT BEING SAID, I'LL GET TO MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, COUNCILMAN WU. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. AND, UH, THIS IS SUCH A NINE DAY 2018. UH, WE WENT THROUGH, TRY TO BALANCE THE BUDGET, CUT 10% OF POLICE ON FIRE AND THE LAY OF 22 PUBLIC WORK. OKAY. STAFF. OKAY. AND, UH, EVEN LAY OFF. OKAY. THE CIVIL GRANT, 10, UH, UH, I THINK NINE FIREFIGHTER HAS AND FREEZE. OKAY? THE ENGINE NUMBER FOUR. AND WE STILL THINKING ABOUT BRINGING BACK IF WE HAVE ENOUGH BUDGET. SO JUST LET YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH A VERY, VERY TOUGH TIME IN 2018. AND, UH, WE SELECT CONTRACT FINANCE DIRECTOR LANCASTER TALKING ABOUT BANKRUPTCY, UH, BANKRUPTING OR WE'RE GONNA BANKRUPT THE CT AND, UH, IF WE DON'T RAISE THE TAX, OKAY. AND THAT IS WHAT THE SUM BY IN 2018. AND, UH, AND, UH, I ASKED HER THE QUESTION. OKAY. AND THE, THE NEW ANOTHER CASE, ANOTHER ONES. OKAY. THE NEW HIRED, UH, OKAY, THE, OKAY. FINANCE DIRECTORS AND I, WE ASKED, I ASKED HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN THE BANK, THE FUND BALANCE, AND SHE CANNOT ANSWER. I MAKE, I ASK LIKE FIVE TIME DIFFERENT WAY. OKAY? HOW MUCH WE HAVE IN THE BANK OR FUND BALANCE AND FUND BA FUND BALANCE. AND IF YOU GO TO 2018, OKAY? AND, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, OUR COUNCIL MEETING, YOU WILL SEE THAT COMMITTEE OKAY. SHOW ABOUT THEY CANNOT EXPLAIN ABOUT THE FUND BALANCE. OKAY? WHAT THE RESERVE FUND BALANCE THE DIFFERENCE AND THAT SEE AND A BIG DIFFERENCE FROM 2018 AND NOW 2026, YOU CAN SEE VERY BRIGHT FUTURE. OKAY. YOU CAN SEE WE PHYSICALLY OKAY, VERY CONSERVATIVE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T SPEND THE MONEY WE DON'T HAVE. AND UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP, OKAY, UNDER YOU TRY TO MAKE SURE THE OVERTIME AND INCLUDING THE MUTUAL AID, UH, FOR THE FIRE AND UH, FOR FUTURE FROM THE POLICE AND ANYTHING, UH, WE CAN OKAY. COLLECT THE, THE, THE REVENUE AND THE RESULT TO, INTO THE CITY. INCREASING THE BUDGET, INCREASING THE REVENUE. I THINK RATHER THAN CUT, WE WANT [03:00:01] TO INCREASING THE REVENUE, MEANING BRINGING MORE MONEY INTO THE CITY SO WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SERVICE. AND REGARDING, AND I JUST SAW THE, REGARDING THE PLEX, I THINK SPORT PLEX CAN BE FIXED. I THINK JUST NEED TO CHANGE SOME OF THE STAFFING RIGHT THERE. AND THE PUBLIC WORK. I THINK WE HAVE A FIVE FULL TIME. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE IF YOU OKAY. AND, UH, UNLESS YOU HAVE A VERY BUSY SCHEDULE, YOU DON'T NEED A FIVE FULL TIME OVER THERE. I CAN INTERJECT RIGHT THERE ON THE SPORTSPLEX. UM, THE DEPUTY, DEPUTY DEPUTY QME SERVICES DIRECTOR HAS PROVIDED ME THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ENTIRE CALENDAR YEAR. IT IS BOOKED. SO HE IS BOOKED RIGHT NOW. HE IS BOOKED, SO HE'S GONNA MAKE MONEY HOME. I CAN'T INCLUDE IN THE REVENUES, I DON'T HAVE DEPOSIT, I DON'T HAVE AGREEMENTS. BUT SHE DID SHOW ME A SCHEDULE OF FULLY BOOKED. BUT AGAIN, IT WAS THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF, YOU KNOW, OUR ASSISTANT SENIOR MANAGER, LMA, OUR COMMITTEE DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIRECTOR, DEPUTY DIRECTOR PEREZ, AND OUR PARKS, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, UM, PRECEPT, THEY WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN, RESTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, RE TOTALLY RESTRUCTURE THE STAFFING, THE RESOURCES, RESCHEDULING MAINTENANCE COSTS. YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT EASILY TO DO TO SECURE. IT'S, IT'S A TEAMWORK. OKAY. THE, THE WORK TOGETHER, YES. AND WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING, OKAY. AND, UH, FILL OUT THAT PLACE A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. IT IS, UH, I CALL IT, IT IS LIKE, UH, UH, WEST COVIN ROSE BALL. OKAY? LIKE OUR SPORT PLEX, WE HAVE THIS 22, 23 ACRE OF UH, OKAY. SMALL AMUSEMENT PARK WITH UH, A SIX, UH, BASEBALL FIELD WITH, UH, INDOOR SOCCER FIELDS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE AND THAT WE WANT INVITE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE AT THE SAME TIME. COLLECT THE MONEY, OKAY? COLLECT THE FUN. OKAY? AND, AND I, IT'S SUCH A MUSIC IN MY EARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'VE BEEN PUSHING YOU GUYS. OKAY. MAKE SURE WE HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE. WE HAVE FULL SCHEDULE OVER THERE AND UH, OKAY. SO WE CAN FULLY FILL IT UP. WHY WHEN YOU FILL IT UP, THE FOURPLEX PEOPLE ARE PLAYING OVER THERE. NEXT THING YOU HAVE TWO RESTAURANT RIGHT THERE. AND WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE ASKING FOR FOOD, OKAY? ASKING FOR DRINK AND THAT IS GOING TO BRING THE REVENUE TO THE CITY. BUT AGAIN, WE ARE DOING A, AS A CITY, AS A NONPROFIT, AND WE JUST WANT TO BALANCE THE BUDGET BY THE SAME TIME WE WANT TO BALANCE, WE WANT TO HAVE A RESOURCE. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE A, A FACILITY WITH TWO RESTAURANT OVER THERE. AND THEN WE, I THINK WE SHOULD UTILIZE OKAY WITH THAT RESTAURANT, INCLUDING THE, NOT ONLY THE REVENUE BUT ALSO THE SERVICE. BUT OVERALL IT'S SUCH A VERY OPTIMISTIC OKAY. PROJECTION AND FUTURE. YES. OKAY. AND UH, WE CAN TELL 2018 WE CANNOT SEE ANY BUSINESS COUNTRY, WEST COVINA. AND IN 2018 OUR POLICE ARE FIRE. THEY ARE LEAVING US. SO COMPARED WITH RIGHT NOW, YESTERDAY I 10, WE HAVE SIX NEW POLICE OFFICERS JOIN US. WE HAVE A FULL PROMOTION. OKAY. TOO BAD. WE HAVE ONE RETIREMENT. OKAY. WE SHOULD PUT HIM BACK. OKAY. BUT WAS WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, PEOPLE ARE JOINING WEST CVID RIGHT NOW. THE POLICE IS DIFFICULT TO RECRUIT, BUT WE GOT SIX YESTERDAY COMPARED WITH 2018. SO IT'S A, IT KIND OF A LONG WAY TO COME TO TODAY. BUT I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF AS OKAY. WORK TOGETHER. I WANT TO THANK OKAY. A FINANCE DIRECTOR VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHAT BUDGET, ABOUT WHAT'S COMING AND WHAT 2027 COMING UP WILL BE LIKE, LOOK LIKE. AND UH, I CAN SEE, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE TEXTILE WAREHOUSE COMING IN, UH, FOGGO, THE CHARGE GOING TO OPEN PRETTY SOON AND I THINK MAY 17TH, UH, THE, THE WALL OF CHICKEN IS GOING TO OPEN IT, IT IS GOING TO, THEY SAY THEY WANT TO DO, UH, SOME KIND OF CALMING AND THEY WANT TO GET A PERMIT FROM THE CITY. SO A LOT OF GREAT THING HAPPENING. OUR CITY AND THE MEANWHILE, OKAY, WE ARE A HAPPY CITY RESIDENT COMING HERE TOGETHER. OKAY? EVERYBODY'S VERY HAPPY AND OUR FINANCE IS VERY STRONG AND IN THAT WAY, AND WE CAN PROVIDE MORE SERVICE, MAKE CITY MORE PRETTIER, OKAY. ATTRACT MORE BUSINESS, OKAY. AND MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN HAVE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM HAVE PLAYED SAFELY TO PLAY. I THINK THIS IS ALL WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, THE COMMUNITY, BUT I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANNA THANK YOU STEPH, ALL WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER IN THE SAME BOAT AND TO MAKE SURE THIS BOAT IS BEAUTIFUL AND CAN SELL FOREVER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. GREAT. UM, WHEN YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION, UM, YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE THE CUS YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF THE CUSTODY OF FUNDS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND DOES THE BOARD MEETING HAVE TO OCCUR FOR MONEY TO BE, OR DOES THE BOARD NEED TO VOTE ON DISBURSEMENTS? THE BOARD NEEDS TO VOTE ON THE BUDGET. AND WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THE BOARD VOTED ON THE BUDGET? THE BOARD, THE FOUNDATION BUDGET WAS INCLUDED IN THE CITY'S ANNUAL BUDGET, 25 26. [03:05:02] I WILL TAKE THE FOUNDATION BUDGET TO THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BOARD AT THE JUNE 2ND MEETING AS A SEPARATE ITEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE DIRECTION, HOW YOU WANT THIS FOUNDATION TO MOVE. GREAT. UM, AND SO I'LL START OFF BY SAYING, UH, MR. GAWA, I WANT TO BE CLEAR, UH, THE QUESTIONS I'M GONNA ASK. I WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT I SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIREFIGHTERS. UH, MY CONCERN TONIGHT IS NOT WITH THEM, UH, OUR, OUR OFFICERS OR EMPLOYEES. MY CONCERN IS RATHER FINAN FINANCE IS PRESENTING SELECTED NUMBERS IN A WAY THAT MAKES THE PUBLIC BELIEVE COSTS WERE CUT WHEN BUDGET SHOWS COSTS MAY HAVE BEEN SHIFTED, RECLASSIFIED OR PRESENTED WITHOUT FOOD TRANSPARENCY. UH, SO A COUPLE OF MY QUESTIONS ARE, UM, SO IT SAYS, UH, CDPH, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO TOLD ME ON DECEMBER 11TH, 2025 THAT IT DID NOT CURRENTLY HAVE AN APPLICATION OR APPLICATION PROCESS FOR A NEW LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AND THAT CDPH WAS NOT REVIEWING ANY DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED BY WEST COVINA. WERE YOU AWARE OF THAT BEFORE THIS BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC? I WAS UNDER UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE IN A HOLDING PLACE, BASICALLY WE'RE, WE'RE ON HOLD AND WAITING FOR OUR FINAL REVIEW AND APPLICATION. THAT WAS, THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THEN ON MARCH 10TH, 2026, CDPH ALSO STATED TO CLARIFY, WESTFIELD DOES NOT RECEIVE PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDS FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THERE IS CURRENTLY NO REGULATORY PROCESS IN PLACE FOR APPLICATIONS FOR A NEW LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. AS A RESULT, THE CITY OF WEST PHOENIX DOES NOT HAVE AN ACTIVE APPLICATION. CURRENTLY THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY, LOS ANGELES COUNTY CONTINUES TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN WEST COVINA. AND LA COUNTY CONTINUES TO PROVIDE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU. SINCERELY, OFFICE OF REGULATIONS COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. UM, AS MS. AWA STATED, WE ARE IN A HOLDING PATTERN AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT. SO I BELIEVE THAT QUESTION'S OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE BUDGET PRESENTATION. NO, I'M NOT, NO, IT'S NOT CITY MANAGER. LET ME ASK THE QUESTIONS. I'M ELECTED BY THE TAXPAYERS, I'M ASKING BUDGET QUESTIONS. PLEASE LET ME FINISH. SO I'M GONNA MOVE ON. SO $598,000 WAS SPENT OR ALLOCATED BEFORE, UH, ALLOCATED. THE BUDGET PRESENTATION IDENTIFIES $598,190 FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITH ONLY ABOUT $41,151 REMAINING. CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. IF CDPH WAS NOT REVIEWING A RESCUE NET APPLICATION AND NO APPLICATION PROCESS EXISTED AT THE TIME, WHAT EXACTLY DID TAXPAYERS RECEIVE FOR ALMOST ALL THAT MONEY? COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. I BELIEVE THOSE, ALL THOSE QUESTIONS ALL PREDATE OUR EMPLOYMENT WITH THE CITY, BUT IT'S ON THE BUDGET. SO I, I WANT TO ANSWER TO THE QUESTION. SO DO WE NOT KNOW THE ANSWER AT THIS TIME? MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT IS CORRECT. FINANCE DIRECTOR, HAS PRESENTED WHAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED AND WHAT OUR CURRENT BALANCE IS. YEAH. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET AND, AND SO MY CONCERN IS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WE CONTINUE TO PAY MONTHLY CONSULTING FEES FOR A CONSULTANT FOR SUPPOSEDLY DOING THIS HEALTH DEPARTMENTS, FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT. SO MONTHLY FEES ARE BEING PAID. AND SO MY CONCERN IS, IS TAXPAYER ACCOUNTABILITY ON THE BUDGET. SO AGAIN, IF I CAN JUST STATE THAT THE FUNDS THAT ARE USED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE FUNDS, NOT FROM ARPA. THE COVID MONEY'S NOT FUND. CORRECT? CORRECT. AND, AND AGAIN, JUST WANNA HAVE THAT CLARIFICATION. THAT'S, AND THAT'S STILL TAXPAYER MONEY. UM, AND SO CAN YOU STATE CLEARLY TONIGHT, IS WESTFIELD CURRENTLY APPROVED BY CDPH TO ESTABLISH A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? WE ARE NOT, WE'RE STILL IN A HOLDING PATTERN. AND WHERE IN THIS BUDGET IS THE FULL FIVE YEAR COST FOR STAFFING PENSION LIABILITY FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT LEGAL AND OPERATIONS, CDP H'S, OFFICIAL DPH 21 DASH 0 0 9 MATERIALS IDENTIFIED THE NEW LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT APPLICATION AS A REGULATORY PROPOSAL PROCESS. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, WE'RE STILL IN A HOLDING PATTERN. WE ARE WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM CDPH AND THEN WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THOSE TYPE QUESTIONS. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE PAYING MONEY FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE NOT EVEN APPROVED FOR. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. THE ARPA FUNDS WHEN PASSED, WERE [03:10:01] DEDICATED TO CERTAIN PROJECTS. THEY CAN ONLY BE SPENT ON THOSE SPECIFIC PROJECTS, WHETHER IT BE THE FIRE EQUIPMENT, HEALTH DEPARTMENT, LANDSCAPE, MEDIUMS, THEY'RE ALL IN A, A SEPARATE CATEGORY. SO YOU CAN'T TRANSFER FUNDS BACK AND FORTH. THEY'RE VERY SPECIFIC TO THE PURPOSE. SO WE'RE GOING TO EITHER EXPEND THE $41,000 REMAINING ON HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES AND EXPENSES, OR OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WILL WRITE A CHECK BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND THAT APPLIES TO EACH OF THE CATEGORIES IN THE ARPA ACCOUNTS. AND MAY I FURTHER CLARIFY OR EXPAND UPON THAT THE ARPA FUNDS, WHEN THE CITY RECEIVED THEM, IT WAS THE COUNCIL WHO APPROVED HOW THESE FEDERALLY FUNDED WERE GOING TO BE SPENT ON WHAT PROJECTS? AGAIN, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. WE ARE MERELY ABIDING BY WHAT THE COUNCIL HAD APPROVED. CORRECT. AND, AND, AND MY CONCERN IS THAT THERE WAS PRESENCE, THERE WAS, UH, ASSERTIONS MADE THAT PEOPLE WERE WORKING FOR FREE, BUT IT TURNED OUT THAT PEOPLE WERE NOT WORKING FOR FREE. THEY WERE GETTING MONTHLY FEES. AND, AND SO WE MOVE ON, UM, FOR POLICE OVERTIME. POLICE OVERTIME IS DOWN ON THE BUDGET, BUT THE POLICE BUDGET WENT UP. POLICE OVERTIME DROPS FROM ABOUT 3.62 MILLION ESTIMATED TO ABOUT 1.78 MILLION PROPOSED. BUT TOTAL POLICE EXPENDITURES INCREASE FROM ABOUT 34.7 MILLION TO ABOUT 38.36 MILLION. IF OVERTIME WAS TRULY CUT, WHY DID THE POLICE BUDGET STILL INCREASE FOR BY ABOUT 4.29 MILLION? WELL, I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL HAD APPROVED THE BARGAINING UNITS FOR BOTH POA AND PMA IN THOSE MEMORANDUM AGREEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED INCLUDE INCREASES, COLA INCREASES, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PAYS REFLECTED IN THE 26 27 BUDGET ARE THE MOU REQUIREMENTS. THAT IS WHY I STATED EARLIER THAT SALARY AND BENEFITS HAD INCREASED. IN ADDITION TO THAT, UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY HAS INCREASED AS WELL AS OUR WORKERS' COMP. ALL THOSE COSTS HAVE TO GET ALLOCATED TO WHAT REFERRED AS COST CENTERS OR DEPARTMENTS. CORRECT. BUT THE DETAIL INFORMATION THAT USUALLY THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE HAD ARE NOT IN THE BOOK, I'M SORRY. I BELIEVE THE ANNUAL BUDGET, THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT IS PRESENTED TO YOU RESEMBLES THAT OF WHAT WAS PROVIDED IN THE PRIOR YEARS, WE'RE MISSING OTHER ASPECTS WE'RE MISSING NON-PROFIT, UH, BREAKDOWNS AND SO FORTH. AND, AND I'LL MOVE ON TO THAT, BUT, UM, OVER TIME, UH, SO AGAIN, YOU COULD, YOU COULD TAKE, YOU COULD, YOU COULD SEE THE CONCERN THAT WHEN YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE CUTTING X AMOUNT OF MONEY, BUT SOMEHOW THAT SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY IS SOMEHOW INCREASED ON THE OTHER SIDE. AND, AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TAXPAYERS HAVE TRANSPARENCY. WELL, LET ME JUST BE CLEAR. THE MOU AGREEMENTS, THE NINE MOU AGREEMENTS THAT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL INCREASED OUR SALARY BENEFITS BY APPROXIMATELY 3.5 MILLION. THAT'S AN ANNUAL INCREASE. SO YES, THE SALARY AND BENEFITS OF PERSONAL COSTS HAS INCREASED. WE OFFSET THAT FROM THE COLLABORATION OF BOTH THE POLICE AND FIRE TO REDUCE THEIR OVERTIME BUDGET BY APPROXIMATELY 4 MILLION OR 2 MILLION FOR EACH DEPARTMENT. AND I DO THINK BOTH CHIEFS FOR THEIR COLLABORATION AND A REPORT SAYS OVERTIME IS REDUCED BECAUSE POLICE AND FIRE IES WERE ANTICIPATED TO BE FILLED. THAT IS NOT AN ACTUAL SAVINGS TODAY. CORRECT. THE SAVINGS IS, AS I REFER TO AS THAT, HAVING THE POSITIONS FILLED WILL THEN ALLOW THE DEPARTMENT HEADS, THE CHIEFS TO ALLOCATE STAFF RESOURCES AND THEREFORE ELIMINATE THE OVERTIME THAT WAS BEFORE WHAT WAS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE VACANCIES. SO IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT'S A FUTURE ASSUMPTION? THAT IS A FUTURE ASSU ASSUMPTION, YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND IS IT, IS IT MISLEADING TO PREVENT A MAJOR OVERTIME CUT TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE THOSE VACANCIES ARE ACTUALLY FILLED? THOSE VACANCIES, MAJORITY OF THOSE VACANCIES HAVE BEEN FILLED. AND I STATED EARLIER THAT HUMAN RESOURCES IS ACCURATELY FILLING THE REMAINING FEW VACANCIES AND IN, AND IN, IN POLICE, IF OVERTIME DECREASES ABOUT 1.84 MILLION. BUT SALARIES INCREASED TO ABOUT 17 POINT 30 MILLION. BENEFITS INCREASED TO ABOUT 12.63 MILLION PER UAO INCREASES TO ABOUT 2.7 70 MILLION. AND ALLOCATED COST INCREASED TO ABOUT 2.9 MILLION. IS IT A MORE ACCURATE TO SAY, COST SHIFTED CATEGORIES RATHER THAN DISAPPEARED? I DID STATE THE COST SHIFTED. I STATED THAT SALARY BENEFIT RELATED COSTS HAVE INCREASED, WHICH WERE OFFSET BY THE REDUCTION OF OVERTIME AND FIRE OVERTIME, AND FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE OVERTIME DROPS. AND THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS IS 'CAUSE I DO [03:15:01] SUPPORT OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY ARE WORKING OVERTIME, THAT THEY'RE GETTING PAID FOR, FOR THE THE JOB THEY'RE DOING. ABSOLUTELY. AND SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS, FIRE OVERTIME DROPS FROM ABOUT 3.82 MILLION TO ABOUT 1.51 MILLION. BUT FIRE PER UAL INCREASES FROM ABOUT 678,000 TO ABOUT 1.69 MILLION. AND FIRE MATERIALS AND SERVICES INCREASED TO ABOUT 3.25 MILLION. WHY WASN'T THE PUBLIC TOLD THAT THE O THAT THE OVERTIME, THE DECREASE IS OFFSET BY UTTER RISING FIRE COSTS? I BELIEVE I STATED IT IN MY STATEMENT ABOUT THE OVERTIME THAT THERE WERE INCREASES IN SALARY AND BENEFITS INCLUDING UAL UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY, WHICH WERE OFFSET BY THE $2 MILLION THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REDUCE THEIR OVERTIME BUDGET. I BELIEVE THAT WAS STATED. AND IT WAS. AND, AND SO WE MOVE ON. THE PRESENTATION SAYS OVERTIME IS BEING CUT. THE PURPOSE OF SAFETY, TOTAL POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY. PLEASE UNDERSTAND WHEN I STATE THAT OVERTIME IS CUT, THAT WAS NOT AN EASY DECISION TO BE MADE. YEAH, OUR POLICE CHIEF CHIEF, OUR FIRE CHIEF AGREED TO REDUCE IT. THEY ARE GOING TO DO THEIR BEST TO ELIMINATE THAT OVER TIME AND TO MEET THE BUDGETARY DEMANDS. I DON'T WANNA TAKE IT LIGHTLY. THE CUTS WERE DRASTIC AND IT'S TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. I JUST WANT THAT STATEMENT TO BE KNOWN. YEAH. AND, AND MY CONCERN WAS THAT MONEY HAS BEEN MOVED AROUND, BUT THE MONIES HAVE NOT BEEN MOVED AROUND. CONSUMMATE GUTIERREZ, THE UAL, THE UNFUNDED ACCRUED LIABILITY HAS INCREASED. THAT UNFORTUNATELY IS DUE TO THE CALPERS ACTUARIAL. YEAH, I I MEAN, I I COULD JUST GO OFF. IT HAS NO RELATIONSHIP TO YOU OVERTIME. I COULD JUST GO OFF WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW, BUT AGAIN, UNDERSTOOD. WE'LL MOVE ON. THE PRESENTATION STATES OVERTIME IS BEING CUT, BUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, TOTAL POLICE, FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMBINED INCREASES FROM ABOUT 62.35 MILLION TO ABOUT 66.67 MILLION. AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 4.32 MILLION. HOW IS THAT REAL PUBLIC SAFETY COST REDUCTION IF, IF YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE SAVING MONEY, AND, AND AGAIN, I WANNA MAKE SURE MM-HMM . WE HAVE FUNDING FOR THEM. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING THESE QUESTIONS. WE WERE ABLE TO BALANCE THE BUDGET. RIGHT. AGAIN, THE NINE MOUS COMES AT A COST OF 3.5 MILLION ANNUALLY. WE HAD TO ADD 3.5 MILLION TO OUR SALARY BENEFITS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, THE POLICE AND FIRE AGREED TO REDUCE OVERTIME BUDGET BY 4 MILLION. AND GENERAL FUND REVENUES INCREASE ABOUT 3% OR ABOUT 2.9 MILLION. BUT GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES INCREASE ABOUT 6% OR ABOUT 5 MILLION. CORRECT. HOW CAN FINANCE CALL THIS STRUCTURALLY BALANCED WHEN SPINNING IS GROWING ALMOST TWICE AS FAST AS REVENUE. THE DEFINITION OF A STRUCTURALLY BALANCED BUDGET IS WHERE THE INCOMING OR THE RESOURCES EXCEEDS THAT OF THE OUTSOURCES OR EXPENDITURES. I STATED EARLIER THAT ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND REVENUES WILL EXCEED THE ESTIMATED GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES BY APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED THOUSAND. THAT IS WHAT WE CALLED A STRUCTURALLY FINANCED BUDGET OR A BALANCED BUDGET. AND THE BUDGET SHOWS SPECIAL EVENTS AT ABOUT $587,960 PROPOSED. BUT I DON'T SEE A BREAKDOWN OF OF EVENTS. WHY IS THAT NOT IN THIS BUDGET, LIKE THE LAST, THE PRIOR YEARS. I THINK IN THE PRIOR YEAR BUDGET, I SAW THE SAME THING. WE LISTED ALL THE 20 SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE DESCRIPTIONS. I DO NOT RECALL SEEING DOLLAR AMOUNTS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THOSE EVENTS. YES, THERE WERE. THEN IT'S, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T, SO THERE'S STILL TIME TO, I MEAN, YOU'RE STILL GONNA COME BACK HERE, BUT YES. IS THERE A WAY TO SHOW THAT BREAKDOWN AT, AT THE NEXT BUDGET MEETING IF THAT IS THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE? ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, IT'S JUST A TRANSPARENCY QUESTION. SO IT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM TO SHOW COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. YEAH, WELL, IT SHOULD, IT SHOULDN'T BE HARD. I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR DOCUMENTS AND YOU HAVE NOT PRODUCED THOSE DOCUMENTS. SO, AND I'VE BEEN ASKING YOU, I BELIEVE YOU ASKED ME FOR THE SPECIAL EVENTS FROM 20 23, 24 TO CURRENT, UM, THAT WAS ASKED OF ME OF THIS WEEK. AND I AM SORRY, BUT I'VE BEEN QUITE BUSY WITH THIS BUDGET AND THIS PRESENTATION, SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO ADDRESS YOUR REQUEST. YEAH. IT, IT WAS ACTUALLY A PRIOR WEEK. UM, AND SO CAN WE ALLOW, UM, HOW MANY QUESTIONS DO YOU, SO I'M OKAY. I, LET ME FINISH PLEASE, MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, HE, HE GETS TO SPEAK ALL THE TIME AND YOU NEVER CUT HIM OFF WHEN I SPEAK, YOU ALWAYS CUT. NO, I DO NOT. I SPEAK SOLELY. I DON'T SPEAK THAT LONG. IT'S NOT AS AS LONG. AND BECAUSE THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE YOU'RE ASKING THE SAME QUESTIONS AND THE ANSWERS ARE BEING THE SAME REPEATED. SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A UNDERSTANDING. SO I'M JUST WANTING TO KNOW AND IF THE QUESTIONS ARE GONNA BE, SO I'M REPEATED, I'M CORRECT. I'M ALMOST DONE. AND SO [03:20:01] MY CONCERN IS TRANSPARENCY. A REDUCTION IN ONE OVERTIME LINE ITEM DOES NOT MEAN TAXPAYERS SAVE MONEY AT THE SAME COST REAPPEAR IN SALARIES, BENEFITS AND PENSION PAYMENTS ALLOCATED COSTS IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS. AND SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT. YEAH, THERE'S NO CORRELATION BETWEEN THE OVERTIME AND THE ALLOCATED COSTS AS WELL AS THE UAL. YEAH. BUT I HAVE TO BE CLEAR ON THAT. YEAH. BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING. AND, AND SO WHENEVER, AND SO, UM, AGAIN, WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY ON, ON THOSE CATEGORIES, ESPECIALLY THE, THE, WHEN IT COMES TO SPECIAL EVENTS, AGAIN, YOU HAVE 500 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS ALLOCATED, BUT I'M NOT SEEING HOW THAT'S DISPERSED. WE HAVE ONE EVENT THAT HAS NOT TURNED IN ALL THE FUNDING THAT THEY PROMISED TO GIVE BACK TO THE CITY STILL. AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S OF MAJOR CONCERN TO ME WHEN WE'RE NOT DISCLOSING TO THE PUBLIC MM-HMM . WHAT THAT $582,000 IS MADE OF. I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW HOW THEIR TAXPAYER MONEY IS BEING DISPERSED PER EVENT. BUT THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE IT VERY CLEAR, I BELIEVE THIS BUDGET IS VERY TRANSPARENT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED. I THINK THE PUBLIC FOR THE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, THEY ALSO AGREED THAT THIS BUDGET IS VERY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT. I HOPE MY PRESENTATION ALSO EXEMPLIFIED THAT. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I'M GONNA ALLOW THE ACTING CITY MANAGER AND THANK YOU MAYOR. I JUST WANT TO, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. UM, FIRST OF ALL, KAREN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR MOST DETAILED PRESENTATION I'VE SEEN WHILE BEING AT THIS CITY. THIS GOES BACK TO THE OLD DAYS WHEN WE WORKED TOGETHER FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AT THE SAME CITY, AND IT WAS RUNNING VERY WELL. AND WE HAD A VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL OPERATION COUNCIL MEMBER. GUTIERREZ, I WANT YOU TO JUST TAKE A QUICK LOOK IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, MEMBERS, THE, UH, COUNCIL, WE HAVE ALL OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HERE. WE ALL HAVE, OUR WHOLE MANAGEMENT TEAM IS HERE. DEPUTY DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS. IN MY YEARS HERE AT THE CITY, I HAVE NOT SEEN STAFF SIT IN UNIFIED SUPPORT. UM, YOU SEE YOUR POLICE CHIEF OUT THERE, YOU SEE YOUR FIRE CHIEF. UM, EVERYTHING IN THE BUDGET WE MET AND WE DISCUSSED INDIVIDUALLY IN SMALL GROUPS, AND WE'RE IN UNIFIED SUPPORT AS A WHOLE. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND THIS CITY IS MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I'LL TURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GREAT. CAN I RESPOND TO THAT? PLEASE? I'M GONNA, NO, I'M GOING TO, I WANNA, I WOULD LIKE TO THE RESPOND TO THE MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO MA MA NO, NO. MA ME. RESPOND TO THE MAYOR ORDER. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR. I WOULD LIKE TO ALLOW, SHOW YOURSELF, MAYOR. OH MY GOD, SOMEBODY SPEAK. ARE YOU DISRUPTING THE MEETING? ARE YOU BEING, YOU'RE BEING, ARE YOU BEING DISRUPTED? WARNING, CRAZY. TWO, DON'T, DON'T THREATEN YOU GOING ONE MORE. STOP. IT'S NOT A THREAT. DON'T INSULT PEOPLE WITH QUE DON'T CALL PEOPLE QUE ORDER ORDER. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU ONE LAST CHANCE, AND IF YOU CONTINUE TO DISRUPT, I'M CALLING SERGEANT AT ARMS STOP. NOW. I'D LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THE MEETING. MI I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? UM, THANK YOU. AND MYLAN AND KAREN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING VERY PATIENT AND EXPLAINING TO A COUNCIL PERSON MULTIPLE TIMES FOR I, BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. I'M NOT GONNA GO THERE. UM, I'D LIKE TO ALLOW MAYOR POTTI CONTOS TO HAVE THE FLOOR AS HE HAS QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS THE OTHER COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU MAYOR POTTI CONTOS, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. FIRST OF ALL, KAREN, I REALLY HAVE GOT TO COMMEND YOU WHOLLY KATZ. THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE BROUGHT TOGETHER, YOU AND THE ACTING CITY MANAGER HAVE RALLIED OUR STAFF TO START WITH A ZERO BASED BUDGET IN THIS WHOLE PROCESS. IT IS MAGNIFICENT. IT REALLY IS. UH, I'M JUST REALLY APPRECIATIVE TO THE ENTIRE STAFF BECAUSE THIS, THIS WAS, IT REALLY REQUIRED A, A TEAM EFFORT. THIS CANNOT BE DONE IN, IN A VACUUM. IT, IT ABSOLUTELY, IT HAS TO BE DONE IN A WAY THAT BRINGS EVERYBODY TOGETHER. AND FOR, FOR THIS BALANCED BUDGET TO COME ACROSS THIS WAY AS THE RESULT OF DIRECT TEAM INPUT WITH ALL OF THE SENIOR LEADERS, WHICH I AM SURE IS REFLECTIVE OF WHAT, WHAT THEIR, THEIR VARIOUS STAFF HAVE RECOMMENDED. IT'S JUST REALLY JUST INCREDIBLE. SO I'D JUST LIKE TO START OFF BY JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE ENTIRE STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. SO, I JUST HAVE A FEW QUICK CLARIFYING QUESTIONS IF, IF I MAY, PLEASE. UH, THE, THE FIRST ONE IS, YOU BROUGHT UP WORKERS' COMP EARLIER. CAN YOU DESCRIBE, UH, WHAT EFFORTS ARE OCCURRING, UH, OR PLANNED OR MAYBE YOU OR THE ACTING CITY MANAGER CAN ANSWER THIS? WHAT EFFORTS ARE OCCURRING TO LOOK TO MITIGATE RISK SO THAT WE, WE CAN CUT OUR WORKERS' COMP EXPENDITURES, BECAUSE I, WE, VARIOUS OF US JUST CAME FROM THE, THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY. AND, AND WE, WE REALLY WANT TO, UH, [03:25:01] CONTINUE TO CUT OUR, OUR RISK IN ORDER TO, TO MINIMIZE, UH, ACTUAL OCCURRENCES HAPPENING THAT WOULD CAUSE UNNECESSARY EXPENDITURES TO OUR CITY. SO CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT ARE IN THE WORK, WHAT IS IN THE WORKS, UH, TO LOWER THAT, THAT LINE ITEM, UH, FOR THE FUTURE AS YOU LOOK AHEAD, PLEASE. MAYOR PROAM CONTOS. SO WORKING WITH TONY LTE AND ALL OF THE JPIA STAFF, WE ARE ACTIVELY PURSUING AND SENDING ALL STAFF TO SAFETY TRAININGS. WE HAVE A SAFETY COMMITTEE HERE, ESTABLISHED AT CITY HALL, AND WE MEET QUARTERLY TO GO OVER OUR WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS AND HOW TO PREVENT THEM IN THE FUTURE. UM, STAFF INDIVIDUALLY, DEPARTMENT HEADS MANAGERS, ARE ALL WORKING WITH OUR FACILITY MAINTENANCE TEAM TO DO ASSESSMENTS, MAKE SURE WE HAVE NO WORKPLACE SAFETY ISSUES. SO STAFF IS, UM, PROGRESSIVELY AND PROACTIVELY, UH, ADDRESSING ALL WORKERS' COMP RELATED ISSUES AND THEIR ROOT CAUSE. IF I COULD ADD TO THE ACTING CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UH, THE WORKERS' COMP CLAIMS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSED IN THIS BUDGET DOES NOT MEAN THESE ARE OUR CURRENT CLAIMS. THESE ARE WORKERS' COMPS CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A FEW YEARS. IT TAKES QUITE SOME TIME TO GET THEM RESOLVED. SO UNDERSTAND, PLEASE, THAT THE INCREASE IN THE WORKERS' COMP ISN'T DUE TO CURRENT WORKER COMP CLAIMS. THESE ARE OUTSTANDING CLAIMS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING FOR QUITE SOME TIME. SO THERE'S THE DIFFERENCE, THE SHIFTING. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE YOU DESCRIBING THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY DISCUSSED AT JPIA, THAT ALSO THAT, THAT IT TAKES A WHILE FOR THESE TO GERMINATE AND EVERY, ALL THE CLAIMS ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES. SO WOULD, WOULD YOU VENTURE TO SAY THAT BECAUSE OF OUR PRACTICES, THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WE HAVE NEW BUDGETS, WE WILL LIKELY SEE THE WORKERS' COMP NUMBER GO DOWN BECAUSE OF CURRENT PRACTICES? ABSOLUTELY. AND A MR. ACTING CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU, UH, DESCR, UH, DESCRIBE THE, THE WAYS IN WHICH STAFF ARE BEING, ARE BEING TRAINED IN LEVERAGING JPIA RESOURCES, SO, UH, IN ALL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS SO AS TO, UH, AFFECT OUR, OUR RISK MITIGATION? ABSOLUTELY. SO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, UH, MANAGERS, SUPERVISORS HAVE A-J-P-I-A PORTAL. THEY'RE ENCOURAGED AND THEY ATTEND TRAININGS ON A REGULAR BASIS, WHETHER IT BE ONLINE OR IN PERSON. AND, AND AGAIN, AS I SAID, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH OUR RISK MANAGER, TONY LTE, AT A-J-P-I-A TO ADDRESS ANY SAFETY CONCERNS IN THE CITY. AND I THINK YOU WILL SEE CLAIMS GO DOWN AS WE OPERATE SMARTER AND SAFER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND MOVING ON TO ANOTHER SET, UH, LINE OF QUESTIONING. UM, I'M WONDERING WITH REGARD TO THE SPORTSPLEX, THE EXPENDITURES NOW ARE EXCEEDING 600,000, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S FULL BOOKINGS. CONGRATULATIONS TO STAFF. I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, WHAT WOULD, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WE WERE TO OUTSOURCE, UH, THE, THE, THE MANAGEMENT OF THE SPORTSPLEX SO AS TO CREATE FIVE, UH, POTENTIALLY UP TO 400 TO 500,000 IN POSITIVE RE REVENUE AS OPPOSED TO $600,000 IN EXPENDITURES? AND THAT MAY BE AN, AN, AN ACTING CITY MANAGER QUESTION. THAT'S KIND OF A HYPOTHETICAL. I MEAN, I, RIGHT. IT MAY, IT MAY BE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT I DID SEE THE SCHEDULE AT THE SUPPORT PLEX FOR THE CALENDAR THAT OUR DEPUTY COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR HAS PROVIDED. IT IS FULL, IT IS ABSOLUTELY FULL. SO INCLUDING THE WEEKDAY? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THE WEEKDAYS WITH THE RESCHEDULING, THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE STAFF SCHEDULE STAFF HAS, WILL BE THERE DURING THE WEEKENDS WHEN IT'S MOST POPULATED, MOSTLY USED. AND DURING WEEK, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE MINIMAL STAFFING. GREAT. SO IT'S THE EFFICIENCY OF OUR LIMITED STAFF RESOURCES. AND I DO, AGAIN, COMMEND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LMA, AS WELL AS OUR DEPUTY COMMITTEE SERVICES DIRECTOR PEREZ. I, I, I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU. AND SO BECAUSE OF, OF THE, OF THE TIGHT BOOKINGS AND, AND ARE HAVING EVERYTHING BASICALLY BACK TO BACK, HOW MUCH, AND I REALIZE THIS IS JUST GENERAL, IT'S NOT IN, THE MONEY'S NOT IN YET, IT CANNOT BE CONSIDERED PART OF THE BUDGET FOR WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING, BUT JUST GENERALLY, TO WHAT EXTENT ARE THE, THE REVENUES FROM THOSE BOOKINGS OFFSETTING THE, THE, THE PROJECTED EXPENSES FOR THE SPORTSPLEX? I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TWO NEW TOURNAMENTS THAT STAFF HAS SECURED, THE SPORTSPLEX IS ESTIMATED TO BRING IN JUST THOSE TWO TOURNAMENTS, 150,000. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE OTHER RENTAL COSTS WOULD BE. I DON'T KNOW THE TYPE OF ACTIVITIES. I HAVE SEEN THE SCHEDULE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE THOSE NUMBERS IN. OKAY. TO BE ABLE TO PROJECT. THANK YOU. I I HAVE ONE LAST, UH, UH, SET OF QUESTIONS. AND WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO ASK, UH, THE, THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, WELL, I WANTED TO, TO, TO ASK WITH REGARD TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S NO MONEY BEING DEDICATED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE REMAINING 40 PLUS THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT HAS TO BE SPENT, OR WE SEND, SEND THE, THE, THE MONEY BACK. I WAS WONDERING IF THE, THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK CAN PLEASE READ, UH, WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE SET ASIDE TO READING, [03:30:01] TO HAVING HER READ. AND THEN AFTER THAT, I'M, I'M GOING TO ASK MY QUESTION. GO AHEAD. UH, I, IN AN EMAIL I RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS, HE SAYS, ON PAGE 25, BULLET POINT, CONTINUE TO RESPOND TO THE GLOBAL COVID-19 PANDEMIC BULLET POINT. WITH DUE REGARD TO GENERAL FUND FISCAL IMPACTS, RESPOND TO CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH CDPH, PROPOSED REGULATIONS. SEEK PROVISIONAL APPROVAL FROM CDPH FOR CREATION OF A FISCALLY SUSTAINABLE MUNICIPAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. PREPARE A COMMUNITY, PREPARE A COMMUNITY HEALTH NEEDS ASSESSMENT, COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND OTHER STUDIES AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY CDPH AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH ACCREDITATION BOARD, NEGOTIATE AND EX EXECUTE AGREEMENTS FOR HEALTH DEPARTMENT LABORATORY SERVICES. PAGE 53, BULLET POINT, ADVANCE, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO WORK IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, CDPH ON THE E ESTABLISHMENT OF A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THIS CRITICAL EFFORT UNDERSCORES THE CITY'S DEDICATION TO EXPANDING PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AND ENSURING COMMUNITY WELLBEING. THANK YOU, MADAM. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. UH, THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO BRING THOSE UP IS BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THOSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CUT AND PASTED FROM PRIOR YEARS, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN CLARIFY WHY THAT IS IN THERE NOW, IN LIGHT OF HOW WE ARE NOT DEDICATING ANY FURTHER RESOURCES TO HEALTH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO COULD YOU PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO WHY THOSE, THOSE THAT LANGUAGE IS STILL THERE, PLEASE. WHAT I WANTED TO STATE, AND AS I STATED EARLIER, WE'RE STILL USING THE ARPA FUNDS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE CIP BUDGET. THOSE FUNDS ARE INCLUDED IN THERE. AND IT'S ALSO GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THE ROLLOVER. THERE ARE NO GENERAL FUNDS INCLUDED IN THIS BUDGET FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TO EXPEND THE 41,000. IF WE DO NOT, THOSE FUNDS WILL GO BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO IN LIGHT OF OUR NEEDING TO SPEND THE 41,000, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT FROM OUR BUDGET, IT'S ARPA MONEY. BUT WHAT, WHAT IS THAT TO BE SPENT ON IN LIGHT OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ESSENTIALLY NOT REALLY BEING ABLE TO, TO PROCEED FORWARD. SO, SO WHAT ARE WE SPENDING OUR MONEY ON AND HOW WOULD WE SPEND THAT MONEY IN A WAY THAT IS MOST PRODUCTIVE FOR RESIDENTS AS OPPOSED TO JUST SPENDING IT DOWN TO SPIN IT DOWN? BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO SEND THE MONEY BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. MAYOR PRO TEM, IF THE STATE CONTACT US TOMORROW AND SAID WE COULD PROCEED, WE WOULD INCUR EXPENSES. UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF SPECULATION OF WHAT MAY HAPPEN. BUT AS OF NOW, AS WE STATED PREVIOUSLY, WE'RE IN A HOLDING PATTERN. UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'LL RESPOND TO US THIS WEEK, A MONTH FROM NOW OR, YOU KNOW, THREE MONTHS FROM NOW. BUT IF, IF THEY ARE TO RESPOND AND THERE ARE EXPENSES TO BE INCURRED, IT'D BE LIMITED TO THE MONEY THAT'S REMAINING IN THE ARPA FUND. 'CAUSE THERE ARE NO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS DEDICATED TOWARDS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO, MR. ACTING CITY MANAGER, ARE THERE PO, ARE THERE POSSIBLE EXPENSES THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN BILLED FOR YET THAT THAT MONEY WOULD THEN NEED TO BE USED TO PAY FOR? OR IS IT THAT THERE MIGHT BE FUTURE ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD FALL UNDER IMPLEMENTATION OF HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOALS WITHOUT A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, JUST SO WE CAN SPIN THE FUNDS DOWN? I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, UH, EXPENSES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN PAID. AND I CAN'T SPECULATE ON WHAT THE FUTURE ENTAILS FOR, UM, COST OR ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY INCUR. UH, BUT AGAIN, IF THE MONEY'S NOT SPENT TOWARDS THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL RE BE RETURNED TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND I BELIEVE THE COUNCIL HAS GIVEN STAFF DIRECTION NOT TO INCUR ANY EXPENSES RELATED TO THE LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT UTILIZING GENERAL FUNDS. WE WERE ONLY AUTHORIZED TO EXPAND ARPA FUNDS, AND THAT IS WHAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING. AND, AND WHAT WOULD IT BE EXPENDED FOR IS BY WHAT I'M TRYING TO ASK. CALLS FOR SPECULATION. I MEAN, IF THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WERE TO CONTEXT, STATE CONTEXTS, BORROW AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS OR STAFF TO DO ADDITIONAL WORK OR ATTORNEY SERVICES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT, THOSE ARE ALL TYPES OF COSTS WE COULD INCUR. BUT AGAIN, I WOULDN'T KNOW UNTIL WE CONTACTED BACK FROM THE STATE. SO IN LIGHT OF THIS BEING BEFORE S AND A, IN, IN, IN CONSIDERING THE, THOSE VARIOUS FUNCTIONS THAT WERE READ ON PAGES 25, 34 AND 53, I'D LIKE TO MO TO MOVE TO, TO STRIKE THOSE FROM THE, FROM THE REPORT SO THAT WAY WE, WE NOT PROCEED FORWARD WITH THOSE SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS. I'LL SECOND DO YOU, DO YOU, WHAT EXACTLY? WELL, WITH THE, WITH THOSE ITEMS RELATING TO HEALTH DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTATION, SINCE THE THINGS THAT WERE JUST READ ON PAGES 25, UH, 34 AND 53 HAVE TO DO WITH THE, HAVE TO DO WITH THE, [03:35:01] THE, UH, HEALTH DEPARTMENT FUNCTIONS. UM, AND IN, IN THAT, IN WAYS THAT, THAT DON'T HAVE ANY RELEVANCE POINT ORDER. OKAY. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY 4 0 1. OKAY. INCLUDING OKAY. WHAT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT FOR $41,000. OKAY. AND THAT'S WHAT, AND I REMEMBER THAT IT IS NOT OKAY. WE CANNOT USE GENERAL FUND IN NEED OKAY. COUNCIL APPROVAL. OKAY. IF YOU WANT TO USE THE GENERAL FUND, BUT CURRENTLY WE ARE NOT USING ANY GENERAL FUND AT ALL. AND ANOTHER THING REGARDING THE STATUS RIGHT NOW IS, OH, I THINK THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ALREADY APPROVED IS GOING TO HEARING YOU GO TO SECOND HEARING AND THEN, THEN WE'LL BE APPROVED WITH THE 16 ATTORNEY. OKAY. THAT BECAUSE OUR APPLICATION, WE SET UP THIS NEW AGENCY FOR ALL THE CT TO APPLY. SO IT IS NOT ONLY WEST COVINA TO APPLY, BUT WITH THAT, THEN THEY WILL ACCEPT APPLICATION WITH THEIR NEW LAW, WITH HOW THEY SET UP WITH THE 16 ATTORNEY VIA FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THEIR WEBSITE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH FIVE YEARS OF APPLICATION. SO ANYWAY, THIS IS WHAT THE STATUS, IF YOU CAN READ OKAY. IF YOU UNDERSTAND OKAY. WHAT THE FIVE YEARS GOING, WENT THROUGH. OKAY. ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, HOW WE WEST COVINA IS A PIONEER, APPLY AND FORCE THE STAY. AND STARTING WITH ALL THIS, UH, PROCEDURE WE INCLUDING OKAY. AND THE MONTHLY MEETING WITH DR. UH, CHAPMAN FROM THE CDPH. OKAY. FOR BUILDING THIS THING, I THINK, UH, MYLAN'S, OKAY. OUR ADVOCACY MAJOR ATTEND MEETING MANY NUMEROUS TIME TILL RIGHT NOW THEY'RE, WE DONE WITH, UH, WITH ALL THIS, UH, UM, PROCEDURE AND THEN MOVING TO THE DEPARTMENT ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND TO GET FUNDING TO US, WE, WITHOUT FUNDING, WE HAVE NO HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE NEED THAT FUNDING AND FROM THE APPROVAL FROM THE STATE, BUT THEY NEED TO GET THIS PROCEDURE, OKAY. ALL COMPLETED AFTER THE SECOND TIME OF A HEARING, AND THEY WILL NOTIFY ALL THE CITY TO APPLY. AND WITH CONCE IS ALREADY ON THE TOP, THE FIRST ONE. SO OUR PACKAGE ALREADY THERE AND THEY WILL BE AUTOMATIC TO, BUT CURRENTLY, OF COURSE, OKAY, YOU DON'T HAVE A PROCEDURE. YOU DON'T HAVE APPROVAL ABOUT THE PROCEDURE. SO NOBODY CAN APPLY. SO THAT IS WHAT CURRENT PENDING DRAGGING ABOUT, BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING FOR STATE OKAY. TO GET A FINAL, UH, COMPLETION OF THE PROCESS APPLICATION. AND THEN ALL, ALL THE CITY, NOT ONLY WEST COVINA, BUT ALL, ALL THE CITY, I THINK TORRENT GOING TO APPLY TO APPLY. SO I'M ONLY GOING TO APPLY. OKAY. A LOT OF CITY GOING TO APPLY, THEY ALL WANT HAVE THEIR REVENUE FROM THE 50% FROM THE FEDERAL OKAY. FUNDING AND 25% FROM THE STATE FUNDING AND 25% OF OUR LOCAL OKAY. HEALTH INSPECTION THAT WILL BRING THE REVENUE AND CITY BASICALLY IN CONTROL WITH ALL THE $20 MILLION INTO THE CITY AS OUR BUDGET. OKAY. IT'S NOT FROM THE TAX, IT'S FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL AND INSPECTION PAID BY THE ALL THIS BUSINESS, INCLUDING RESTAURANT. CURRENTLY THEY'RE PAYING COUNTY OKAY. IN THE FUTURE IF WE GOT OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT PAYING US. BUT ANYWAY, I, I KNOW YOU FINISH YOUR QUESTION. I'M JUST SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOUR, YOUR QUESTION. I JUST WANT TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR, SINCE I'VE BEEN FOUR, FIVE YEARS ON THIS PROCEDURE. OKAY. AND THEN, SO YOU JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, OKAY, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN APPROVED FOUR ONE BEFORE. SO YOU WANNA STRIKE, YOU HAVE TO MAKE A MOTION TO STRIKE. AND WE ALREADY APPROVED BEFORE. SO WHY TO STRIKE SOMETHING THAT PREVIOUS COUNCIL ALREADY APPROVED. THANK YOU TO TO ANSWER THAT. IT, IT'S BECAUSE, UH, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO ACTIVE APPLICATION BEFORE THE, THE, THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. SO THEREFORE THE VARIOUS ITEMS THAT WERE MENTIONED ON THOSE PAGES THAT WERE READ GOT IT. I JUST ANSWER YOU. RIGHT. AND I'M ANSWERING FOR THE, FOR THE BENEFIT. CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY WE ARE WAITING FOR, THEY FINISH THEIR APPLICATION PROCEDURE SO WE CAN APPLY, WE LOG IN, TELL, SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN APPLY. WE JUST WAITING FOR, THEY SAY, OKAY, WHEN WE CAN APPLY. SO, BECAUSE FOR THESE FIVE YEARS, THEY WORK IN THE STALE PACE, OKAY? BY LAW, ANY CITY, IF THEY WANT TO GET OUT THE COUNTY OR CONTRACT, THEY'RE ENTITLED TO DO IT. OKAY. AND WE JUST WANT TO BRING THE TEXTILE BACK TO WEST COVINA, OKAY? WE WANT BRING THAT DIRECTLY HELP INTO OUR RESIDENT RATHER THAN THE COUNTY CONTROL EVERYTHING. AND WE HAVE NOTHING. SO JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW. AND, UH, NOW WE'RE WAITING FOR STAY BY OUR RIGHT. THAT'S OUR RIGHT. OKAY. AS LONG AS WE HAVE MAJORITY CITY COUNCIL ONE, LET THING BACK TO THE CITY, THE TEXTILE BACK TO OUR CITY, AND WE WILL CONTINUE AS STATE TO DO THEIR JOB, TO GIVE US OUR REVENUE, GIVE US OUR APPROVAL. THE, THE VARIOUS SPECIFIC PROVISIONS THAT I MENTIONED ONLY HAD TO DO WITH THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PASSED AND WHICH ARE WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE IF, AND SO I WAS SIMPLY TRYING TO, UM, MODIFY, UH, THAT IN ORDER FOR, FOR THE MONEY THAT DOES REMAIN TO BE SPENT IN, IN, IN AN [03:40:01] EFFORT TO, TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT RESIDENTS IN A ME IN A MEANINGFUL WAY. SO LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS COUNCIL WERE TO AGREE TO USE THAT MONEY FOR, FOR LET'S SAY A A A HEALTH FAIR OR SO, OR I MEAN SOMETHING THAT WOULD FALL WITHIN THIS WITH, WITHIN WHAT IS AUTHORIZED UNDER ARPA, BUT WITHOUT WASTING THE MONEY. THAT'S THE THING THAT I'M, I'M LOOKING AT. OKAY. I THINK YOU HAVE THE MOTION, MAYOR. OKAY. AND YEAH. AND WE CAN, I CAN MOTION, I MEAN THERE IS A MOTION, THERE IS A SECOND, UM, FOR ME IS IF YOU STRIKE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY ON HERE, UM, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, 'CAUSE IN, IN THE PAST YEARS, RESIDENTS COMPLAINED, HEY, YOU DIDN'T PUT THAT IN THE BUDGET. AND I REMEMBER HEARING THIS. WELL, NOW IT'S IN THE BUDGET. EVERYBODY CAN SEE EVERYTH, EVERYTHING IS, YOU KNOW, THERE FOR THEM TO, TO SEE. AND THEN IF WE STRIKE IT AND THEN SOMETHING OCCURS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO HEAR IT EITHER WAY. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S CURRENTLY IT'S ALL THERE. UM, THE WHOLE APPLICATION IS CURRENTLY ON HOLD, BUT IT CAN BE ACTIVATED ANY DAY. AND IF IT DOES, IT'S ALREADY, THIS IS THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND I JUST CAN'T SEE IT BEING STRIKED OUT WHEN EVERYBODY, UH, WANTS TO SEE THINGS IN THE BOOKS. UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A FIRST, WE DO HAVE A SECOND. UM, GO AHEAD. MAY I ASK FOR CLARIFICATION PLEASE? I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, UM, WANTS US TO INCLUDE THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN THE BUDGET. YEAH. UM, AND SO IT'S UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS. I'M NOT QUITE SURE. DO I KEEP IT IN OR DO KEEP IT OUT? I'M, I'M SORRY. JUST SIMPLE QUESTIONS SUCH AS THAT. YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS AGO, RESIDENTS COMPLAINED THEY WANNA SEE IT. WHY ARE YOU NOT TRANSPARENT? WHY IS IT NOT SHOWN? WHY IS IT NOT? AND SO YOU PUT IT IN THERE AND SO TO ELIMINATE I'M GONNA HEAR IT AGAIN. AND I DON'T WANT TO ELIMINATE SOMETHING THAT I'M GONNA GET. I HAD THOSE ISSUES ALREADY IN THE PAST. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING, I MEAN, IF, BUT AGAIN, YOU WANTED TO VOTE. WE DO HAVE A FIRST, WE DO HAVE A SECOND. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, UM, AND THE COUNCIL TO VOTE ON, I HAVE A COMMENT MM-HMM . UM, SO WHEN YOU SAY IT'S IN A HOLDING PATTERN, ARE WE, WE'RE STILL SPENDING MONEY, CORRECT? IN THAT HOLDING PATTERN? WE ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING ARPA FUNDS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, YES. TO ESTABLISH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YES. BUT WHAT ARE THEY DOING IF THERE'S NO APPLICATION? I'M NOT QUITE SURE. I DON'T OVERSEE THAT PARTICULAR FUNCTION, BUT THEY ARE AND WHAT TIME DID YOU UPDATE THE, THE, UM, THE PROPOSED BUDGET WITH THIS INFORMATION? WHEN, WHEN DID YOU UPDATE IT TO INCLUDE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? WELL, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS. BUT I BELIEVE THE SECTION YOU'RE REFERRING TO, I DID NOT INCLUDE THAT IN THERE. SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS IN WHICH THAT APPEARS. SO ONE SECTION, I DID REMOVE IT AND THAT WAS UNDER LIKE THE LONG TERM, UH, I BELIEVE LONG TERM FACTORS, IF I MAY, UM, I REMOVED IT FROM THERE. BUT, UM, THANKS TO THE ASSISTANT FINANCE DIRECTOR POINTED OUT TO ME, THAT IS ALSO LISTED UNDER THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS ON PAGE 25 OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET. YEAH. SO, SO THERE IS MONTHLY FEES THAT THE CITY'S PAYING. THERE HAVE BEEN MONTHLY FEES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT. YES. SO IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THE REMAINING 41,000 IS GOING TO SOMEONE'S MONTHLY. WE'RE PAYING FOR SERVICES BEING RENDERED. WE WHAT, WHAT DO THEY DO DAILY HERE AT CITY HALL? I, AGAIN, I DON'T OVERSEE THAT PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES. I'M SORRY. I CAN ANSWER THAT. UM, YOU DEFER TO MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND SO I, I THINK MAYOR PRO CONTOS BRINGS UP A A VALID POINT AND AND FOR HIM TO EVEN NARROW IT DOWN LIKE HE DID IS, IS REMARKABLE. AND, AND I COMMEND, I MEAN THAT'S, IT'S JUST MIND BOGGLING AND REMARKABLE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO PINPOINT ALL THAT PAST HISTORY. AND, AND AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN SAYING THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE'RE APPLYING FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TO DO COMMUNITY EVENTS FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. BUT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH DISPUTES THAT THEY, THEY SAY THAT WE'RE NOT AN APPLICANT AND THEY HAVE GIVEN US NO DIRECTION WHATSOEVER, UH, UH, AT ALL TO MOVE FORWARD. SO WE'RE EXPANDING MONEY AND, AND I THINK MAYOR PRO CONTOS BRINGS UP A VALID POINT IS THAT CAN WE USE THIS MONEY FOR POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY POINT POINT OUT. MAYOR, CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? UH, POINT OF ORDER. HE JUST, IT'S JUST ALLOWED TO, WHAT'S YOUR POINT? HOLD ON. WE WERE JUST ALLOWED TO SPEAK. HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON. LET ME, LET ME, BECAUSE YOU'VE CALLED POINT OF ORDERS IN THE PAST BEFORE MM-HMM . AND I'M SUPPOSED TO SAY, WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE. SO WHAT COUNCILMAN RU WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? I WANT TO HAVE A ROLL CALL. WE ARE FIRST AND SECOND AND HE, WE, WE PAY HIMSELF 10 TIMES. OKAY. I HOPE [03:45:01] WE CAN GO HOME. OKAY. AND GET THIS THING OVER WITH. AND ALL THE DIRECTOR OVER HERE, THEY SHOULD WASTE THEIR TIME OVER HERE. THAT TO OUR ING ABOUT TINY LITTLE $41,000. OKAY. SO I WANT ROLL CALL. SO, SO, UH, DO WE HAVE AGREEMENT? OKAY, THEN ROLL. KIND OF ORDER. ORDER CITY MAN. I MEAN CITY ATTORNEY. GO AHEAD. WHAT'S YOUR POINT OF POINT OF ORDER? YOU JUST ALLOWED HIM TO COMMENT ON MAYOR PROTO KATO'S MOTION FOR OVER FIVE MINUTES. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? I BARELY STARTED UNDER FIVE MINUTES TO THE ATTORNEY AND I'M BEING CUT OFF. I HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SPEAK. UH, CITY ATTORNEY, HE WAS ALLOWED TO SPEAK. ADDRESS YOUR POINT OF ORDER TO THE CHIEF. I KNOW, BUT YOU'RE THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT'S BOUND BY THE LAW. I UNDERSTAND. I'M THE CITY ATTORNEY. BUT ADDRESS YOUR POINT OF ORDER TO THE MAYOR. CAN YOU STOP YELLING? ARE YOU OKAY? CITY ATTORNEY NOT YELLING. THE ATTORNEY IS NOT YELLING. SO HE'S, SO AGAIN, YOU JUST ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? THAT'S MY POINT OF ORDER. YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR ON THIS STATUS. YOU CANNOT ALLOW HIM TO SPEAK. I'M THE PRESIDING OFFICER. SO ARE YOU GONNA VIOLATE, WHAT IS YOUR, HERE WE GO. UH, WE GO PLEASE. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? NOW? HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER EQUALLY? OKAY. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? I HAVE A CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO SPEAK EQUALLY. GO AHEAD AND SPEAK IF IT'S REALLY QUICK AND BRIEF. THANK YOU. BRIEF. THANK YOU. UH, AND SO QUESTION AGAIN. UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DON'T MARK MOCK HOW I SPEAK 'CAUSE I HAVE A DISABILITY, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE YOU DON'T MOCK MY DISABILITY. IT'S NOT YOUR DISABILITY. SO, UM, AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING THAT WE'RE IN A HOLDING PATTERN, BUT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY ON A POSITION THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. AND THAT'S A MAJOR CONCERN. THIS IS FEDERAL FUNDS, THERE'S FEDERAL REGULATIONS THAT TIE TO THESE FUNDS AND, AND FOR US TO, UH, SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA JUST CONTINUE TO PAY THIS MONTHLY CONSULTANT FEE FOR SUPPOSEDLY ESTABLISHING A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT WHEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYING, WEST COVINA, YOU'RE NOT AN APPLICANT. AND, AND THAT'S MY COMMENT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND OF STRIKING IT. IS THERE A ROLL CALL? THANK YOU. TO CLARIFY THE MOTION, IF I MAY, MAY I APPROACH HIM? CONTOS, YOUR MOTION IS TO STRIKE, UM, THE COMMENTS ON PAGE 25 AND THE COMMENTS ON PAGE 53. IS THAT CORRECT? AND 34, I THINK I HAVE 25 AND 53. OH, 53. OKAY. YES. 25 50. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTTIER A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTOS. A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO STRIKE THE COMMENTS ON PAGE 25 AND PAGE 53 THAT RELATE TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? NO. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? NO. MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO, NO. MOTION FAILS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AND FORWARD, RECEIVE AND FILE. RECEIVE AND FILE. OH, IT'S RECEIVE AND FILE AGAIN. NO, IT'S NOT A RECEIVE AND FILE. I'M SORRY. THERE'S RECOMMENDATIONS. APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, APPROVE RECOMMENDATIONS. I LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND THE DEPARTMENTS DIRECTORS, ALL THE, EVERYBODY'S HARD WORK WITH PUTTING THIS BUDGET DOWN. MAYOR IN HAS BEEN CRITICAL TO THIS. UH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, SECOND. HAVE A SECOND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ROLL CALL. YOU HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTI, EXCUSE ME, BY MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN MU TO APPROVE SAS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UH, I WANNA NOTATE FOR MY VOTE THAT I DO NOT SUPPORT THE ALLOCATION OF PUBLIC FUNDS OR FEDERAL FUNDS TO CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT THE CITY OF WESTFIELD DOES NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO PROCEED IN. WE ALSO HAVE AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT CON CONTRADICTS WITH STATE REGULATIONS AND LAWS. AND SO I WANNA PUT THAT FOR THE RECORD. AND SO, YES, I APPROVED THE OVERALL BUDGET, BUT I AM, UH, PUTTING THAT STATEMENT FOR THE RECORD. COUNCILMAN WU, I BUT A QUESTION, CAN HE DO THIS SPLIT? EITHER YES OR NO. YOU CAN'T. IT'S EITHER A YES OR NO, RIGHT? HIS VOTE IS YES. OKAY. VOTE IS A YES. OKAY. AND, UH, YES. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PROTI CONTOS. I ECHO THE SAME CONCERNS AS THE COUNCILMAN FROM DISTRICT COUNCIL. MEMBER FROM DISTRICT ONE, BUT ALSO LOVE THE REST OF THE BUDGET AND, AND THE PROCESS. AND APPRECIATE STAFF. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VIDO AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YES. ONTO, NO, NOT YET. WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER ONE. NOT MIDNIGHT. DON'T WORRY. NOT MIDNIGHT. OKAY. [7) LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR FY 2027-2031] ONTO ITEM SEVEN, LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEAR 27, 20 31. UH, CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. [03:50:01] FINANCE DIRECTOR KAREN AWA. HERE WE GO AGAIN. FINANCIAL. WE'RE BACK. THANK, THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU THANK YOU GUYS. GUYS ARE GREAT. BYE-BYE. NOW YOU GUYS CAN GO HOME. WE STEER YOUR SEAT OUT. . SORRY. WOULD'VE BEEN DONE SOONER, BUT YOU KNOW, SORRY. ALL RIGHT. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. WELL, I DO HAVE GREAT NEWS. UH, MY PRESENTATION ON THE LONG RANGE IS ONLY SIX SLIDES. . OH, AWESOME. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO. NICE. SO LET'S DO THIS RIGHT. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE LONG RANGE FINANCIAL FORECAST FOR FISCAL YEAR 27 TO 31. UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 104 FUNDS, HOWEVER, THE GENERAL FUND IS THE PRIMARY FUND TO ACCOUNT FOR THE CITY'S BASIC SERVICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY PLANNING, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE, PARKS, AND RECREATION. NOW, TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUND, THE PRIMARY RESOURCES FOR GENERAL FUND, OUR PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES, AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES ACCOUNT FOR APPROXIMATELY 77% OF THE GENERAL FUND REVENUES. UM, PROPERTY TAXES GROWTH IS ASSUMED TO BE AT 3% AS I STATED EARLIER, AND IS FORECAST INCREASE FROM THREE TO 5% THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SALES AND USE TAX WILL ALSO INCREASE AT A GROWTH RATE OF ABOUT 3.5 IN 27 AND TO 3.2 IN 2031. THE CPI, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE LOS ANGELES LONG BEACH ANAHEIM REGION IS 3.4%. YOU WILL SEE THAT ON THE SLIDES WE'LL BE APPLYING THE CPI TO OTHER TAXES, LICENSE PERMITS, USE OF MONEY, AND DUE TO THE NATURE OF OTHER REVENUES, WE'LL BE KEEPING THOSE AS FLAT OR AS ZERO. THE PRIMARY USAGE ON GENERAL FUND SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS 64% MATERIALS AND SERVICES AT APPROXIMATELY 16.4% FOR A COMBINED TOTAL OF 80% OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. NOW, BASED UPON THE CURRENT AND ANTICIPATED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDINGS, THE MOUS WITH OUR BAR UNITS WE'RE PROJECTING A 2.8 TO 3% RATE INCREASE. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE GONNA BE PROJECTED TO INCREASE AT A GROWTH RATE OF 2%. PENSION PROJECTIONS ARE BASED UPON THE CALPERS ACTUARIAL REPORTS AND FUEL AND UTILITIES WILL BE AT A GROWTH RATE OF THE CPI, WHICH IS 3.42. NOW, ON SLIDE FOUR, THE GENERAL FUND REVENUE EXPENDITURES FROM 25 TO 31, THE GREEN BAR WILL REPRESENT YOUR REVENUES. THE ORANGE BAR WILL REPRESENT YOUR EXPENDITURES, AND IF THE REVENUES EXCEED THAT OF YOUR EXPENDITURES, THIS IS REFERRED AS A SURPLUS. AND THAT IS INDICATED HERE WITH THE BLUE LINE. AGAIN, THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS YOUR SURPLUS, WHICH IS REVENUES EXCEEDING THAT OF EXPENDITURES. NOW, IF YOU CAN PLEASE REFER TO THE VERY FIRST COLUMN. UH, THE SET OF COLUMNS REPRESENTS 2025 ESTIMATE, AND WE ANTICIPATE A SURPLUS OF 1.8 MILLION IN THE SECOND GROUP OF COLUMNS. UH, REPRESENTS ESTIMATES FOR 26, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE A SURPLUS OF APPROXIMATELY 2.3 MILLION. UH, THE SURPLUS IS PRIMARILY DUE TO THE PROPERTY TAXES AND THE AMBULANCE SERVICES COMING IN HIGHER THAN ANTICIPATED, WHICH IS OFFSET BY SOME OF THE OTHER REVENUES THAT CAME IN LOWER. NEXT, THE TEXAS WORLD HOUSE PROPOSED SALE PROPERTY OF $3 MILLION IS NOT REFLECTED IN THE 27, UM, BUDGET. NOW, SINCE THE DUE DATE OF THE AGREEMENT IS NOT UNTIL LATER THIS MONTH, I WAS UNABLE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE PROJECTIONS. THE THIRD THROUGH THE SEVENTH COLUMN REPRESENTS OUR FORECAST. NOW FOR FISCAL YEAR 28, WE'RE PROJECTING THE DEFICIT OF 2.9 AND IN FISCAL YEAR 30, A DEFICIT OF 2.2 MILLION. BUT UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE WE ARE BUILDING OUR RESERVES, WE CAN SUSTAIN THIS DEFICIT IF IT DOES COME TO ATTRITION. NOW, IN FISCAL, YEAR 31 IS THE LAST SET OF COLUMNS, AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE PENSION COSTS TO INCREASE BY 150,000 FROM PRIOR YEARS, COUPLED WITH PRIOR, COUPLED WITH THE PRIMARY REVENUES INCREASING MORE THAN EXPENDITURES, WHICH RESULT IN A SURPLUS OF 4 MILLION. AGAIN, THAT'S IN FISCAL YEAR 2031. WE'RE MOVING ALONG PRETTY QUICKLY. SO ON SLIDE NUMBER FIVE, BEFORE WE DISCUSS THE FUND BALANCES, I WANNA JUST CLARIFY, AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS OF FUND BALANCE. THERE ARE EXACTLY FIVE CATEGORIES. SO THE SPREADABLE, BASICALLY, YOU CAN'T SPEND THE MONEY IE INVENTORY PREPAID AMOUNTS. RESTRICTED FUNDS ARE EXACTLY THAT. THEY'RE RESTRICTED FROM EXTERNAL FORCES SUCH AS THE GOVERNMENT, UH, REGULATIONS, RIGHT COMMITTED. THOSE ARE FUNDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS IMPOSED FORMAL ACTION FOR US TO RESERVE THOSE FUNDS FOR THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF ACTIVITY OR PURPOSE. WHEREAS A SIGN THAT REFERS TO FUNDS FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSE THAT WAS NOT IMPOSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, OR IT COULD BE BY OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER. NOW LASTLY, THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE ARE THOSE ARE THE SPENDABLE FUNDS THAT ARE NOT RESTRICTED NOR RESERVED FOR ANY OTHER SPECIFIC PURPOSE. SO NOW THAT WE ALL HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF FUND BALANCE, WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, NUMBER SIX. AND THEN HERE YOU SEE THAT THE GENERAL FUND UNASSIGNED FUND [03:55:01] BALANCE, THIS COLUMN REPRESENTS THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AND THE BLUE BAR, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE UNASSIGNED FUND BALANCE AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES. REASON BEING, THIS IS THE 18%, UH, REQUIREMENT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IN THIS PARTICULAR CHART, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE FIRST COLUMN, WHICH IS 24, AND WE LOOK AT THE VERY LAST COLUMN, WHICH IS 2030, YOU'RE GONNA NOTICE THAT IS INCREASED BY $5 MILLION. THE CITY'S FUND BALANCE POLICY IS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE 18% OF OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, UNASSIGNED, UH, EXCUSE ME, UNASSIGNED 18% OF THE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES, NOT INCLUDING TRANSFERS. AND AGAIN, THAT BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THAT PERCENTAGE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE PROJECTING THE CITY WILL MEET OR EXCEED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 18% WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FISCAL YEAR 29. NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GLAD TO SAY I CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOU . YEAH. ALRIGHT, I WANNA GO HOME. I'M TIRED FAST. YAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNSEL. GOOD JOB. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. I WANNA SAY SOMETHING. GO AHEAD. GO FOR IT. YOU KNOW, WE WERE GOING THROUGH ALL THIS GOING BACK AND FORTH THAT I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO. THANK YOU, KAREN. I LOVE THE IDEA THAT YOU HAD BE THESE THREE BUDGET MEETINGS THAT WERE SO, SO INFORMATIVE AND I WOULD THINK THAT JERRY PORES WOULD SAY IT WAS A GOOD JOB THAT KAREN DID. RIGHT. UM, I I JUST THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD JOB YOU DID. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AGAIN, IT WAS A COLLABORATION WITH ACTIVE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS OUR ASSISTANT CLIENT DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION, I'LL MADE A MOTION. THERE'S A SECOND ROLL CALL. IT'S A RECEIVING FILE. I'LL TAKE IT WITH NO, THAT'S, THAT'S RECEIVING FILE. OKAY. NO OBJECTION, . ALRIGHT, ON TO [MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS] CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. AB 1, 2, 3, 4, CONFERENCE AND MEETING. AND I KNOW SOME COUNCILS WENT TO THEIR MEETING, SO PLEASE, UH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. UH, JPIA, BUT, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS BELONG TO OH, NO. YEAH, BUT, BUT, BUT IT'S OKAY. BUT I THINK, UH, I THINK IT'S TOO GOOD TO DISCLOSE WHAT WE DOING. OKAY. WE WENT TO THE CHULA VISTA TO ATTEND THE JPIA, THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THAT 100 CITY GET TOGETHER OKAY. AND PUT THE INSURANCE POOL AND THEN IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO US TO OVER THERE MINGLING WITH A NINE CITY COUNCIL OR MAYOR. THEY ARE CURRENTLY EXECUTIVE BOARD. OKAY? SO MEANING WHEN, IF THEY WANNA KICK US OUT, WE WILL HAVE NO INSURANCE. SO, SO IT IS GOOD TO, UH, ROSARIO, OKAY. OUR COUNCILWOMAN AND OUR COUNCIL, UH, MAYOR PUTIN, UH, ALI, WE ALL WENT, OKAY. AND EVERYBODY TRIED DIFFERENTLY. SOMEBODY FLY OVER THERE, SOMEBODY DRIVE OVER THERE, SOMEBODY TAKE THE BUS, OKAY. OR TRAIN. SO, BUT ANYWAY, WE ALL DARED TO MINGLING WITH ALL THE PEER, ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT CT TOGETHER. BUT IT'S A VERY EDUCATIONAL WITH JPIA ABOUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY, HOW MUCH THEY PAY OUT INSURANCE, ABOUT 63% THEY PAY OUT. THE REST IS STILL OKAY. RESERVED. SO, AND, UH, THIS IS, UM, UH, VERY GOOD, UH, EDUCATIONAL TRIP AND, UH, IS, UH, I THINK TODAY, UH, AND WE OVER THERE TO LEARN ABOUT, UH, ABOUT THE SYSTEM. AND AT THE CENTER, I TOOK THE PICTURE, I SHARE WITH THE CITY STAFF, INCLUDING THE HOTLINE WITH, UH, UH, HR OKAY. RISK MANAGEMENT ISSUE AND, UH, SOME OF THE, SOME KIND OF HARD, THE, THE LINE WE CAN CALL THEM TO GET HELP, SO TO REDUCE ANY POTENTIAL LAWSUIT AND POTENTIALLY RISK. AND SO ANYWAY, AND EVEN A CITY MANAGER CANNOT BE THERE, BUT WE STILL PROVIDE INFORMATION TO SHARE WITH THE STAFF. AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO GET THE RESOURCE FROM JPIA AT THE SAME TIME, THEY, THEY SEEN THE CITY COUNCIL SUPPORT THIS EVENT OVER THERE AND THEY'RE WILLING TO TAKE ALL THIS, UH, TRAINING AND, UH, THEY WANT TO REDUCE THE POTENTIALLY LAWSUIT TO THE CITY SO WE CAN STAY IN THIS POOL. SO, SO, BECAUSE WE HAVE A MO A LOT OF THEM ARE CONTRACT CITY, MEANING THEY DON'T HAVE POLICE AND FIRE SPEAKING SHOULD, THEY DON'T REALLY LIKE THE FULL SERVICE CITY LIKE US HAS A POLICE AND FIRE AND THERE WAS A BIG OKAY. STAFF LIKE US. SO, BUT THEY WELCOME COME US AND THEY TREAT US VERY, VERY NICE. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO STAY THERE AND I KNOW OKAY, COUNCILWOMAN ROSARIO MAY BE WANT TO RUN FOR EXECUTIVE BALL, OKAY? MM-HMM. IN ONE OF HUNDRED CITY NIGHT BOARD MEMBER. SO HOPEFULLY WITH COVIN OKAY. OR MAYBE MAYOR POTENT OR, OKAY, ALI CAN BE THE BOARD MEMBER TOO. OKAY. AND, AND I KNOW FIVE OUTTA NINE OR SIX, AND THEN I CAN TRY TO LOBBY THE VOTE FOR ONE OF YOU. SO ANYWAY, UH, JUST, JUST, JUST WANT TO REPORT OUT ABOUT HOW THIS TRIP, UH, WAS AND, UH, HOW WE CAN BRING THIS, UH, INFORMATION AND, UH, RESORT TO THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. WOULD BOTH OF YOU, UH, MAYOR POTEN, CONTOS, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING? SURE. UH, SUPPLEMENTING COUNCILMAN [04:00:02] WOO. IT WAS AN AMAZING, AMAZING CONFERENCE. UH, NOT ONLY DID WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE IDEAS AND BEST PRACTICES WITH FELLOW ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM ACROSS THE, THE AUTHORITY, BUT WE, WE ALSO WERE, WERE ABLE TO GET TO KNOW THE STAFF THERE WHO, WHO WORK ON, ON, ON SUPPORTING ALL OF OUR CITIES. AND IT WAS JUST A REALLY, IT WAS A VERY, NOT ONLY WAS IT EDUCATIONAL, BUT IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY PRODUCTIVE IN TERMS OF NETWORKING AND BUILDING FUTURE PARTNERSHIPS. SO, THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I THINK IT WAS, UH, VERY INFORMATIVE AND I THINK THAT, UM, OUR CITY COULD REALLY USE THEIR HELP AND THEIR GUIDANCE AND, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR ACTING CITY MANAGERS ALREADY IN CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY THERE, AND I THINK THEY OFFER A LOT OF GOOD, UM, CLASSES. SO I, I THINK WE'RE DOING GOOD WITH THEM. OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER CONFERENCE? AB 1 23? NO. UH, [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION] ONTO CITY COUNCIL REQUEST. DO I HAVE ANY, UH, MAYOR CONTOS? YES. IJI JUST HAVE ONE. UH, IN THE PAST WE TALKED ABOUT THE DATA CENTERS, AND I APPRECIATE THIS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR OPPOSING, UH, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN, UH, IN NEIGHBORING CITY OF INDUSTRY. I'D LIKE TO, TO ASK TO, TO MODIFY THAT, WHERE INSTEAD OF JUST SENDING A LETTER THAT WE ACTUALLY DO A RESOLUTION, THERE'S SOME SAMPLE LANGUAGE THAT'S BEEN FLOATING AROUND. AND I'M WONDERING IF WE, IF FOLKS ARE OKAY WITH IT, IF WE RESTRUCTURE THAT LETTER TO BEING A FORMAL COUNCIL RESOLUTION THAT STAFF CAN PRESENT TO US WITH REGARD TO OUR, OUR SENTIMENTS THAT WE DESCRIBED PREVIOUSLY. UM, MAYOR YEAH. I, I DON'T MIND, BUT I JUST WANT TO ADD, UH, STORAGE OF BATTERY. YES. BATTERY STORAGE. YEAH. YEAH. THAT IS A MAJOR ISSUE BESIDE THE DATA. OKAY. SENT TO I THINK STORAGE OF THE BATTERY. BATTERY STORAGE IS, UH, POTENTIAL EXTREMITY FIRE HAZARD. OKAY. TO THE SURROUNDING AND THE POTENTIAL. OKAY. AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OKAY. TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD TOO, BECAUSE THEY, THEY, THE, THAT THEY'RE SHOPPING MORE OKAY. IS ADJACENT TO A LOT OF HOME. SO THERE'S REALLY A POTENTIAL ISSUE OKAY. FOR THE BATTERY. SO IF YOU CAN INCLUDE IN THE, BECAUSE THEY TRY TO DO, UH, DATA. OKAY. INCENTIVE, BUT ALSO ADD. OKAY. SO WE DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE THEY WANT TO EMPHASIZE POSSIBLE THEY WANT TO STORAGE. OKAY. THE BATTERY DUE TO THE, THE VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND A PLACE THEY CAN PUT IN THE DESERT, BUT THEY DON'T WANNA PUT THAT FAR. SO ANYWAY, THIS IS MY ADD ON. YES. ANY, UH, OTHER COUNCIL REQUEST? I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE, UH, BASED ON OUR WHOLE FINANCIAL BUDGET PRESENTATION, UM, I CAN SEE THE PASSION WITH MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ OF PUTTING ATTACKS FOR SPECIFIC USE OF OUR OLD BUILDINGS AND DETERIOR DETERIORATING BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY, UM, FOR OUR DIFFERENT FIRE STATIONS. AND I KNOW YOU BOTH MENTIONED THAT, UH, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE, WELL, IT'S NOT SOUND, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU BOTH LIKE SUPPORT IT AND, AND IT SOUNDED, YOU BELIEVE THAT IF IT WAS WORDED DIFFERENT OR PUT IN SPECIAL ALLOCATION, UM, THAT THE OUTCOME AND RESULTS WILL BE DIFFERENT. UM, THAT BEING SAID, UH, IS THAT SOMETHING YOU BOTH WANTED TO SEE MOVE FORWARD, UH, AND TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THIS TAX THING, UM, IF YOU SEE IT DIFFERENTLY, THAT COULD HELP THE CITY. UH, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO SEE TWO COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS TAKE THE LEAD AND PUSH FOR SOMETHING THAT MAYBE THAT CITY STAFF OR THE COMMUNITY HAD MISSED. SO IS THIS EITHER ONE OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AND PUSH THAT? UM, MADAM MAYOR, YES. I, I LOVE THIS. UH, THE, THE, THE, THE THING THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE IS IF WE AS A, A COUNCIL WERE TO MOVE FORWARD ON PROPOSING ATTACKS AND, AND WORRY, IT, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE, UH, ALL OF US TO COME TOGETHER WITH POLICE, FIRE, THE, THE UNIONS, THE RESIDENTS. I WOULD LOVE TO, TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BE COLLABORATIVE, BE, BUT WE, THE PART ADDITIONAL NUANCE TO THAT IS IF WE HERE WERE TO MOVE FOR IT, THAT WOULD REQUIRE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A, A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY TO PASS. IF IT WERE TO BE DONE AT THE RESIDENTIAL LEVEL WITH, WITH INDIVIDUAL SIGNATURES, UH, THEN THAT WOULD BE A 50% PLUS ONE. AND SO I WOULD LOVE TO WORK ON THIS. MATTER OF FACT, I'VE WANTED TO, BUT I'VE, I'VE, I'M JUST, UH, WAS ASKED TO, TO HOLD OFF FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M REALLY SUPPORTIVE OF. AND SO, UH, IF, IF, CAN I ASK WHY TO HOLD OFF? WELL, I, I GUESS JUST, THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, I MEAN, I AM SUPPORTIVE OF IT THOUGH. SO I MEAN, IF THIS COUNCIL LITERALLY TODAY WANTS TO SAY, HEY, LET'S, LET'S PROCEED FORWARD WITH WORKING WITH POLICE AND FIRE, WITH THE LEADERSHIP AND THE UNIONS AND THE RESIDENTS TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT WE ALL CAN, CAN PROPOSE AND AGREE, AGREE ON. I'M, I'M EAGER FOR US TO, TO RUN WITH THAT BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF THE, WE'RE THE ONLY CITY IN THIS AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PUB, A PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, [04:05:01] TAX FOR POLICE AND FIRE. SO THE DEVIL'S OF COURSE, IN THE DETAIL, BUT IF WE WERE TO GENERATE THAT REVENUE, THAT WOULD LITERALLY BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS A YEAR THAT WE COULD USE FOR INCREASED POLICE, UH, UH, BETTER SUPPORT FOR TRAINING FOR, FOR, FOR PD AND ALSO, UM, FIXING THE, THE FIRE STATIONS. JUST, I THINK IT WOULD BE MAGNIFICENT, BUT I, YEAH, THE REASON WHY I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE BOTH OF YOU HAVE MENTIONED, AND I, I, YOU KNOW, BASED ON PAST, YOU KNOW, I COUNCILMAN WU, I'M NOT SURE IF HIS STAND STANDS. I KNOW HE'S LIKE ABSOLUTELY NO ON TAXES. I WANT TO CUT TAX. HE WANTS TO CUT TAX. I'VE BEEN NEUTRAL. I'VE BEEN ALWAYS SAYING WHATEVER THE RESIDENTS WANT. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I WILL PUSH FORWARD OR ANYTHING. BUT SINCE I'VE BEEN HEARING BOTH OF YOU YEAH. PUSHING FORWARD FOR THIS, THEN IT WOULD BE LIKE BOTH OF YOUR LEADS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP. YEAH, I'LL WORK ON IT ON THAT. SO I'VE, I'VE ACTUALLY, BUT I, I, I'VE BEEN NEUTRAL, BUT I WILL SUPPORT YOU MAYOR TIM. GREAT. ANTOS. UM, BUT OF COURSE, UH, IF THIS IS SOMETHING THIS, THIS WOULD BE YOUR, YOUR REQUEST, YOUR SURE. AND THEN I'M ASSUMING COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A SECOND. YEAH. SO, SO WE'RE ASKING FOR LIKE A PRESENTATION TO BE BROUGHT TO US? NOPE. TO TELL US OR WHAT ARE YOU ASKING US? STRAIGHTFORWARD WITH, WITH, WITH PUTTING TOGETHER WORDING THAT WE WOULD ALL WORK ON, AND IT WOULD BE A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WHERE WE WOULD WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS. THAT INCLUDES THE, THE, THE, THE ACTIVISTS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH POLICE, WITH FIRE. WE COME UP WITH LANGUAGE THAT WE COULD ALL AGREE ON AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THEN WE COULD MOVE FORWARD IN UNISON TOGETHER TO DO THIS. AND IF, AND, AND, AND IF WE DO THAT IN COLLABORATION, WE FROM THE BEGINNING RATHER THAN, THAN JUST SORT OF GOING A PIECEMEAL, THEN I THINK THAT, I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT I THINK THAT SOMETHING CAN, CAN COME OF IT AT SOME POINT. SO WITH YOU BOTH TAG TEAMING AND, UM, PRESENTING THIS, I MEAN, I, IF, IF YOU BELIEVE, AND I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, UM, THAT PASSION AND COMMITMENT, BUT, UM, SO THIS WOULD BE MAYOR POT CONTOS REQUESTS. AND OF COURSE I HAVE TO ASK, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND AND AND SECOND. AND TECHNICALLY WE'RE NOT VOTING ON A TAX AT THE NEXT MEETING. WE'RE, WE'RE TECHNICALLY GONNA BRING BACK A REPORT, I BELIEVE. WELL, WE, WE, IF, IF THIS BODY IS SUPPORTIVE OF IT, I WOULD LOVE TO CONVENE POLICE, FIRE, THE UNIONS, THE RESIDENTS, AND WE, FOR US TO COME UP WITH THE LANGUAGE TOGETHER SO WE COULD BE, WE COULD DO A UNIFIED FRONT THEN, THEN I'D BE HAPPY TO BRING THAT BACK AND SEE WHAT, SEE WHAT, WHAT THE COUNCIL THEN SAYS. YEAH. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SAME YEAH, SAME THING. BUT YEAH, LIKE A, TO GET THERE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A RIGHT. IT WOULD HAVE TO BE COLLABORATIVE. IT'S NOT MY I IDEA OR EVER. IT'S, IT'S A MATTER OF BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER TO REALLY WORK ON IT SO THAT WAY ALL STAKEHOLDERS CAN BE, CAN CORRECT. CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE. THAT'S THE WAY TO GET, REALLY GET THIS DONE. AND I THINK THAT IT, IT, IT COULD, WHEN DONE THAT WAY, I THINK THAT IT, IT, IT ESPECIALLY COULD, CAN HAVE A REAL SIGNIFICANT TRACTION. WELL OWN IT. I MEAN, IF I AM OWNING IT, ABSOLUTELY. I LOVE, THIS IS EXCITING ME. OH MY GOSH, THIS IS AWESOME. YEAH, THIS IS GREAT. AND, AND BECAUSE OF THIS APPROACH OF BRINGING STAKEHOLDERS TOGETHER TO WORK ON IT. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. SO I ONLY BROUGHT IT UP BECAUSE YOU GUYS MENTIONED IT. YEAH. AND I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I HAVE BEEN NEUTRAL WITH TAX. I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, I JUST STAY WHATEVER THE RESIDENT WANTS. I KNOW COUNCILMAN, UH, WU IS LIKE H NO AND SO OH, CUT TAX. YEAH, HE WANTS TO CUT TAX, BUT I, I AM FOR, BUT IT, I'M JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ENVISION WHAT YOU SAID, AND IF YOU BOTH ARE TAKING THE LEAD AND YOU ARE PUSHING FORWARD AND MOVING US FORWARD AND, UM, I MEAN, I WILL SUPPORT, UH, A COUNCIL COLLEAGUES IN DENVER. UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS OR ISSUES? I I THINK YOU NEED A ROLL CALL, RIGHT? OH, ROLL CALL. SO FIRST, HERE, SECOND THERE. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO COLLABORATE WITH, REPHRASE IT, PHRASE IT PROPERLY TO, TO CONVENE ALL STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING A FRAMEWORK FOR, FOR DOING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX STUDY IN SUPPORT OF, OF POLICE AND FIRE. AND I JUST PHRASED IT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? ABSOLUTELY. NO. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I'M SICK OF TAXES. THAT'S A NO. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO. I DON'T LIKE TAXES TOO, JUST TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, BUT I AM SUPPORTING THEIR ENDEAVORS. A COUNCIL COLLEAGUE ENDEAVORS. OKAY. YEAH. I I SALES TAX THERE. IF IT'S, IF IT'S GONNA HELP THE BUILDING AND ALL THAT DID TO H UM, THAT BEING SAID, I AM SUPPORTING THE ENDEAVORS OF, I WANNA SEE WHAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH AND, AND DO AND IF IT BENEFITS THE CITY, GREAT. UM, AND FOR THAT REASON, I VOTE YES. SO THIS ONE MOVES FORWARD AND, UH, LET'S SEE WHAT MIRACLES YOU BOTH CAN CREATE. UM, COUNCIL COMMON, [CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS] OH, COUNCIL COMMENTS NOW CAN I SAY SOMETHING? YES. OKAY. UH, REALLY QUICK, I JUST SAY, UH, THIS SUNDAYS, [04:10:01] UH, MOTHER'S DAY, AND THEN I WANNA WISH OUT THE MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER WITH A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AND, UH, WISH YOU LIVE A LONG LIFE, HAPPY LIFE AND, UH, BE HEALTHY. AND, UM, TOO BAD MY MOM'S NOT AROUND. OKAY. SO, BUT MY WIFE, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW STILL AROUND. SO, SO I WANT, I WANT TO CELEBRATE WITH THEM AND, UH, TREAT YOUR MOM WITH FLOWERS, SHOWER THEM WITH GIFT AND, UH, GOOD FOOD. OKAY? AND I KNOW MAY POT AND YOUR, YOUR MOM, YOU LOVE YOUR MOM SO MUCH. OH YEAH. SAY HI TO YOUR MOM. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S MY WISH TO ALL THE MOM AND GRANDMA. ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UH, I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, I THINK KAREN LEFT RIGHT. I JUST WANNA ALSO THANK KAREN FOR HER HARD WORK. I KNOW SHE WORKED LATE NIGHTS, UH, TO PUT THE BUDGET OVERALL TOGETHER. AND SO I DO COMMEND HER AND, AND THANK HER FOR HER HARD AND DEDICATED WORK. I ALSO WANNA WISH ALL THE MOMS A, A VERY, UH, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. I, UH, I GREW UP IN, IN THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, SO I DON'T HAVE A MOM, BUT IT, UH, IT MADE ME WHO I AM TODAY BY BEING, HAVING PRESERVER PRE I DON'T WANNA TALK, BUT PERSEVERANCE. UM, AND, AND I WANNA WISH ALL THE MOMS, ALL THE CAREGIVERS, ALL THE PARENTS AND GUARDIANS OUT THERE OF EVERY HAPPY AND BLESSED MOTHER'S DAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR. SURE. MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS. I'D LIKE TO SHARE INFORMATION THAT WAS, UH, SHARED WITH ME BY LOS ANGELES COUNTY, UH, COMMISSIONER MATT CARRANZA, WHO IS A COMMISSIONER, A CLIMATE COMMISSIONER WORKING ON UNDER THE CHIEF SUSTAINABILITY OFFICE. AND IT'S REALLY SOMETHING FUN. UH, THERE IS ACTUALLY A GRANT OF, OF A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A KID WHO PUTS TOGETHER THE TOP VIDEO FOR THREE MINUTES ABOUT CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY AND A PROJECT THAT THEY WANNA DO. I WOULD LOVE FOR OUR WEST COVINA KIDS TO BE, UH, REALLY, REALLY REPRESENTED IN, IN THAT. AND, AND ONE PERSON FROM E EACH ONE KID FROM EACH DISTRICT WILL GET A THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND, AND SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY KIDS OR FAMILY OR GRANDKIDS WHO, WHO ARE AROUND HERE, WHO WOULD LOVE TO HA RECEIVE FURTHER INFORMATION, I, I, UH, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME AND I WILL PROVIDE IT. THE DEADLINE FOR DOING THIS, FOR SUBMITTING EVERYTHING IS JUNE THE FIFTH. AND I, I'LL GET YOU WHOEVER IS INTERESTED OF FURTHER, UH, FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. AND LASTLY, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT THAT MOTHER'S DAY IS BRI, UH, HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP BECAUSE I REALLY WANNA SAY PUBLICLY HOW MUCH I LOVE MY MOM. MM-HMM . SORRY. WE ALL HAVE OUR MOTHERS, UH, WITH OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE MOTHER FIGURES IN OUR LIVES. AND WHENEVER WE TAKE THE TIME TO CARE ABOUT THEM AND TO LOVE THEM AND TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND TO CHERISH THEM, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S ONE OF LIFE'S GREATEST GIFTS. AND SO, MOM OUT THERE, I, I JUST LOVE YOU. OH MY GOSH, I DIDN'T REALLY MEAN TO DO THE WATER WORKS. I JUST, I JUST LOVE MY MOM AND HAPPY EARLY MOMS DAY, MOM TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SORRY. UM, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, I HAVE TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY AS WELL. ALL OUR MOTHERS AND GRANDMAS OUT THERE. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, HAPPY EARLY MOTHER'S DAY. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY AND BLESSED DAY WITH YOUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. SO THAT'S IT. WHOSE BIRTHDAY? WELL, IT'S MY BIRTHDAY, BUT I CAN NEVER COME. UH, I CAN NEVER COMPETE WITH MOTHERS , SO IT'S LIKE A TWO FOR ONE HAPPY BIRTHDAY AS A MOTHER. SO I WANNA WISH THE MAYOR A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 'CAUSE I DO REMEMBER IT'S ON THE SAME PERIOD. SO THANK YOU COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT. AND, UH, YES, HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL. UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, IS THERE ANY OTHER, WELL, THANK YOU FOR ENDING ON A POSITIVE NOTE AND I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. * 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.