May 19, 2026 City Council

DO YOU WANT TO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FIRST? OH, NO.

WE'LL DO INVOCATION FIRST.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE PRAY WITH ME.

DEAR CREATOR OF THE COSMOS, THE ONE WHO CREATED THE PLANETS AND STARS AND MOONS, THE ONE WHO CREATED HUMANITY IN YOUR IMAGE, PLEASE HEAR NOW THIS PRAYER.

PLEASE MAKE US AWARE OF YOUR PRESENCE.

PLEASE GUIDE OUR INTELLECT AS DECISIONS ARE DISCUSSED.

PLEASE HELP THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALL THE LEADERS MAKE DECISIONS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYONE.

THEIR DECISIONS WILL AFFECT AS THEY INTEND TO DO.

WE DON'T KNOW THE FUTURE.

PLEASE HELP THE LEADERS BE INFORMED AS BEST THEY CAN.

HELP THE LEADERS BE INFORMED AS BEST THEY CAN, AND HELP EVERYONE WHO MAKES UP THE COMMUNITY GIVE THEIR INPUT TO BEST SERVE THE COMMUNITY.

THE NAME OF COVENA COMES FROM THE WORD COVE.

A COVE IS CONSIDERED TO BE A POSITION OF SAFETY AND PROTECTION.

PLEASE GUARD, COVINA AND PROTECTED CITIZENS WEST COVINA.

AS YOU HAVE ALREADY, WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROTECTION THAT YOU HAVE AFFORDED ALREADY BY THE MANY NAMES YOU ARE KNOWN.

AMEN.

I PLEDGE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, REPUBLIC ONE NATION UNDER TOP LIBERTY, JUSTICE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ HERE.

ROLL CALL PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS HERE.

COUNCILMAN WU.

MAYOR LOPEZ DITO, UH, PRESENT AND, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ IS ABSENT THIS EVENING.

COST OF US PARTICIPATING IN THIS.

UM, THERE WAS NO CLOSED SESSION, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT.

SO NOW ON TO PRESENTATIONS.

I HAD LIKE TO INVITE CHIEF CORTINA TO THE FRONT FOR THE CERTIFICATE REC, RECOGNIZING THE POLICE UNITY TOUR.

TONIGHT, WE RECOGNIZE THE WEST COVINA POLICE UNITY TOUR TEAM FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO HONORING FALLEN OFFICERS AND REPRESENTING OUR CITY WITH PRIDE.

EACH YEAR, THESE RIDER TAKE ON A CHALLENGING JOURNEY TO ENSURE THE SACRIFICES OF OUR FALLEN HEROES ARE NEVER FORGOTTEN.

THEIR COMMITMENT, DISCIPLINE, AND DEVOTION TO THIS MISSION REFLECT THE VERY BEST OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY.

I'LL HAVE CHIEF CORTINA SAY A FEW WORDS, INCLUDING MORE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S POLICE UNITY TOUR.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

SO THIS YEAR, UM, THREE OF OUR DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL RODE IN THE UNITY TOUR, WHICH WAS MYSELF, UH, LIEUTENANT ENRIQUE MACIAS AND SERGEANT DOUG WEDO AND WHAT IT IS.

AND WE ALSO HAD THREE OF OUR, UH, MOTOR OFFICERS ESCORT US THROUGHOUT THIS EVENT.

AND WHAT IT IS, IT'S A 250 MILE, UH, BICYCLE RIDE FROM NEWARK, NEW JERSEY ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON, DC WHICH ENDS FINISHES IN THE, UH, NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON DC AND WE WERE MET WITH THE, UH, SURVIVORS OF ALL THE FAMILIES THAT HAVE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY HAD THEIR LOVED ONES TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.

AND SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THIS RIDE IS TO HONOR THEM AND RAISED MONEY FOR THE SURVIVING FAMILIES.

SO EACH MEMBER THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS RAISED OVER $2,300, UH, WHICH COVERED THE

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AND $1,300 EACH WAS DONATED INTO THE, UH, UH, OFFICER MEMORIAL FUND FOR THE SURVIVORS.

UH, OUR CHAPTER, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER, RAISED OVER $660,000 THIS YEAR ALONE, WHICH WAS PROVIDED TO THE FAMILIES.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL OUR PERSONNEL THAT TOOK, UH, PLACE IN THIS EVENT.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER RIDDEN IN THIS.

AND IT, UH, I'M SURPRISED I CAN STILL WALK TODAY.

IT WAS A VERY, UH, LONG BICYCLE RIDE.

UH, BUT IT WAS FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

AND IT WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE RIDING AND WE'RE THINKING OF THE MEMORY OF THOSE THAT GAVE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED IN HELPING US, UH, WITH FUNDRAISING, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS TRADITION FOR THE MANY YEARS TO COME.

AND SO, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT HONORING THE PARTICIPANTS POLICE UNITY TOUR.

AND THANK YOU FOR HONORING ALL THE, UH, PARTICIPANTS AND HONORING THE FALL IN.

AND ONE, TWO, THANK YOU.

AS WELL.

STAY UP.

UP NEXT WE HAVE THE RETIREMENT PRESENTATION HONORING OFFICER JEFF MOSLEY.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE HIM TO THE FRONT.

AND CHIEF CORTINA CAN STAY, COME ON UP.

SO TONIGHT WE HAVE THE DISTINCT HONOR OF RECOGNIZING AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE HAS SPAN MORE THAN 26 YEARS.

IN DECEMBER, 2001, OFFICER JEFFREY MOSLEY JOINED THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT BEGINNING A CHAPTER OF SERVICE MIKE, MARKED BY UNWAVERING PROFESSIONALISM, INTEGRITY, AND A GENUINE COMMITMENT TO THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY AS WE HONOR HIS REMARKABLE CAREER AND EXPRESS OUR PROFOUND GRATITUDE FOR HIS SERVICE.

IT IS MY PRIVILEGE TO INVITE OUR POLICE CHIEF TO SHARE A FEW WORDS IN RECOGNITION OF OFFICER MOSLEY EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM MAYOR.

UM, JUST BRIEFLY, UH, JEFF MOSLEY.

UH, I CONSIDERED HIM A DEAR FRIEND.

WE'VE WORKED PATROL TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE BOTH YOUNG OFFICERS.

UH, WE SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING ON OUR SWAT TEAM TOGETHER.

UH, BEEN THROUGH A LOT OF, UM, MANY ADVENTURES TOGETHER.

UM, JEFF IS JUST, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY JUST AN AMAZING, UH, POLICE OFFICER, BUT HE'S JUST AN AMAZING PERSON.

UM, A COUPLE THINGS, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT JEFF.

YOU KNOW, HE, UH, WORKED WITH OUR PATROL BUREAU.

HE WORKED WITH OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.

HE WORKED IN THE DETECTIVE BUREAU.

UH, HE'S ONE OF OUR TOP DEFENSIVE TACTICS INSTRUCTORS.

AND MOST RECENTLY, UM, HE WAS A SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER.

AND THE SCHOOL BOARD OF EDUCATION COULDN'T SAY ENOUGH GREAT THINGS ABOUT JEFF.

THEY WERE, UH, JUST AS HEARTBROKEN WHEN HE RETIRED.

I'M HAPPY FOR HIM.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S BITTERSWEET.

UM, BUT I'LL MISS HIM.

UH, WE'LL STAY FRIENDS AND STILL STAY IN CONTACT.

BUT, UM, JEFF IS JUST SUCH A GREAT PERSON.

AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, JEFF'S GONNA CONTINUE TO SERVE IN A, IN A DIFFERENT WAY.

UM, JEFF HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN THEOLOGY AND HE'S AN ORDAINED MINISTER.

AND HE PLANS TO CONTINUE HIS FORMAL EDUCATION AND EARN HIS PHD IN THEOLOGY AND CONTINUE TO, UH, UM, SERVE IN, IN MANY OTHER WAYS.

AND HE'S PARTICIPATED THROUGH HIS CHURCH AND IN HELPING VIOLENCE, UH, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS. AND I KNOW HE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO SERVE IN MANY, MANY WAYS AS HE HAS THROUGHOUT HIS ENTIRE CAREER.

UM, VERY PROUD OF JEFF.

AND I'D LIKE TO, IF IT'S OKAY TO HAVE HIM JUST SAY A FEW WORDS AND MAYBE INTRODUCE HIS FAMILY HERE.

THAT WAS VERY NICE.

UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MY WIFE OVER HERE, TANYA.

UH, WE'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR 32 YEARS, SO SHE, SHE HAS, UH, SHE'S BEEN WITH ME THROUGH THE UPS AND DOWNS THROUGH WHEN I WENT TO THE POLICE ACADEMY THROUGH ALL MY YEARS HERE SERVING.

AND THEN, UH, MY, MY TWO YOUNGEST CHILDREN ARE HERE TOO.

ABBY AND MATTHEW, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SEATED RIGHT HERE.

UH, IT'S, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A, AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THE, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IT'S BEEN A, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE, UM, UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.

UNDER TONY'S LEADERSHIP, UNDER THE FEW CHIEFS THAT I'VE SERVED, UM, THIS DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT.

AND, UM, AND IT CONTINUES TO DO SO.

AND, UH, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AT THIS DEPARTMENT FOR TWO AND A HALF DECADES IF THERE WASN'T SPECIAL, SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT IT.

SO I'M VERY HAPPY TO HAVE TO WORKED FOR THE CITY TO HAVE WORKED FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY, AND I'LL TRULY MISS IT FOR SURE.

SO, 20, 26

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YEARS IS A LOT.

AND THANK YOU TO YOUR FAMILY WHO SUPPORT.

YOU'VE BEEN THERE THROUGHOUT HIS WHOLE ENTIRE CAREER.

AND 26 YEARS, YOU'VE SEEN A LOT, BEEN THROUGH A LOT.

AND MOST RECENTLY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN AT THE SCHOOL.

SO WE ARE HONORED TO PRESENT THIS, UH, 26 YEARS OF OUR SERVICE, OUR FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE HAVE A SPECIAL PLAQUE HERE IN RECOGNIZING MAYOR, YOU HAVE A FAMILY TOGETHER FOR ON FAMILY.

COME UP AND JOIN .

SURE.

AND I WANNA HEAR WHAT THE WIFE HAS TO SAY.

, SHE'S, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

BUT, UM, GO AHEAD.

SO WITH, UH, I THINK YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR SOME OF OUR, UH, RETIREMENTS, BUT ONE OF THE BEST TRADITIONS IS OFFICER MOSLEY HAS EARNED A CITY OF WEST COVINA STREET SIGN.

YAY.

MOSLEY WAY.

CON.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAVE? WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HIM.

IT'S BEEN, UM, SOMETIMES A LONG 26 YEARS, BUT, UM, .

BUT HE IS ALWAYS COME HOME AND, UH, DONE HIS BEST TO BE ALL HE CAN BE FOR US, UM, ALL THE TIME.

BUT THANK YOU ALSO TO THE DEPARTMENT.

THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR US FOR SEVERAL THINGS.

WE'VE HAD THINGS HAPPEN IN LIFE.

'CAUSE LIFE HAPPENS AND THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT HAVE ALWAYS BEEN BEHIND THEM, AND IT'S BEEN A MON AN AMAZING FAMILY TO BE A PART OF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AS WELL.

SO WE HOPEFULLY COME BACK AS A CHAPLAIN AND LEAD OUR INVOCATION COMING SOON, .

ONE, TWO.

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RETIREMENT.

UP NEXT, WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION, UH, RECOGNIZING THE PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE PUBLIC WORKS STAFF TO THE FRONT.

THIS YEAR'S THEME IS ROOTED IN SERVICE POWERED BY COMMUNITY.

THAT'S A GREAT THEME.

IT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE ROOTS OF SERVICE RUN DEEP IN PUBLIC WORKS.

IT'S WHAT HAS PROPELLED PUBLIC WORKS INNOVATION THAT HAVE HELPED OUR COMMUNITIES EVOLVE INTO PLACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN LEAD LIVES OF PURPOSE AND POSSIBILITY.

SOME WORK LIKE BUILDING ROADS AND BRIDGES IS HIGHLY VISIBLE, WHILE OTHER PUBLIC WORK CONTRIBUTIONS LIKE MAINTAINING WATER AND SEWER SYSTEMS ARE SOMETIMES HIDDEN FROM VIEW.

TOGETHER, THESE EFFORTS FORM THE FOUNDATION OF THRIVING COMMUNITIES, REMINDING US THAT EVERY PROJECT SEEN OR UNSEEN POWERS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SERVICE AND THE PEOPLE IT SUPPORTS.

JUST WANTED TO ALSO GIVE A FUN FACT.

I KNOW SOMETIMES RESIDENTS REACHES OUT TO US AND SAY, HEY, THIS AREA'S NOT CLEAN, OR, THIS AREA IS JUST HORRIBLE.

AND WE HAVE TO SAY IT'S NOT OUR JURISDICTION, IT'S CALTRANS.

AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK PUBLIC WORKS SOMETIMES FOR STEPPING IN AND ASSISTING OR TAKING CARE OF THAT, BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE.

SO PUBLIC WORKS DOES AN AMAZING JOB.

SO HERE, I'D LIKE TO SEE A FEW WORDS.

YOU WANNA GO FIRST? GO AHEAD.

, UH, MAYOR COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCLAMATION.

I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT'S OUR PLEASURE TO WORK IN THIS COMMUNITY.

IT'S A GREAT COMMUNITY.

UH, WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO BE AS MANY PLACES AS WE CAN BE, AND OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE KEEP YOUR LIFE MOVING, MOVING SMOOTHLY EVERY DAY.

SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND, UH, IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, MOST OF YOU IN THIS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FAMILIAR FACES, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT.

WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE RESPONSIVE AND GET BACK TO YOU AND PROVIDE A GOOD QUALITY SERVICE.

SO, ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AND, UH, PROCLAIM NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK.

EACH YEAR, INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS COME TOGETHER TO RAISE AWARENESS AND ADVOCATE FOR BETTER MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND RESOURCES.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

I HAD LIKE FOR, WE HAVE THE PROCLAMA PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND CERTIFICATE, CELEBRATING 55 YEARS STRONG FOR EL UH, LATA.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE MANUEL MORA AND MICHELLE ENFIELD TO THE FRONT RIGHT HERE.

OH, HAVE JOHN .

SO, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, MAY IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, AN ANNUAL OBSERVA, UH, FOUNDED BY MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA IN 1949.

TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL WELLBEING, EDUCATE THE PUBLIC, REDUCE STIGMA, AND PROMOTE SUPPORT FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY MENTAL HEALTH CONDITIONS.

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SO THIS YEAR MARKS TRULY SPECIAL MILESTONE FOR LATA.

THEY ARE CELEBRATING 55 YEARS OF SERVING THE COMMUNITY SINCE THEY FIRST OPENED OUR DOORS.

THE GOAL HAS REMAINED THE SAME, TO PROVIDE A PATH TO RECOVERY AND HEALTHY LIVING FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST.

AND I KNOW, UH, SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, BRINGING YOU ON HAS THE MOST, IT'S BEEN A BLESSING.

I KNOW WE HAVE LASA, WE HAVE THE HOMELESS SITUATION, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND LATA HAS HELPED TREMENDOUSLY.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? 'CAUSE IT'S BOTH.

WE, WE DEAL WITH MENTAL ISSUES AND YOU COVER THAT BEAUTIFULLY.

SO GO AHEAD.

WHO WANTS TO GO? WELL, HELLO COUNCIL.

HELLO MAYOR.

THANK YOU, UH, FOR HAVING US.

UM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE, UH, SERVING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

UM, WE ARE DOING SOME GREAT WORK IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY AND IN COLLABORATION WITH, UH, CHIEF CORTINA AS WELL, WHO HAS EMBRACED US AND COLLABORATED WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

UM, DESPITE THE CHALLENGES IN, UH, HOMELESS SERVICE FUNDING IN THIS PAST YEAR, UM, THAT HAS NOT IMPACTED, UM, OUR, UH, IMPACT IN THE CITY IN REGARDS OF HOMELESS SERVICE.

UM, SO THIS IS ALSO BE, UH, IS ABLE TO BE DONE WITH THE, THE CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY.

UM, THE FOLKS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, THEY COME WITH, UH, COMPLEX CHALLENGES, AND WE ARE HERE TO OFFER, UH, VARIOUS DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS, UH, TO EACH OF THEM.

UH, IT'S A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

UM, NO SOLUTION IS COOKIE CUTTER.

UH, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE DIFFERENT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CASE.

UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE THE PROVIDER OF THE CITY AND TO CONTINUE TO CHANGE LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY.

MY NAME'S JOHN LUNA.

UM, I WORK, I'M THE PROGRAM COORDINATOR HERE FOR OUR WEST COVINA TEAM, UH, DOING OUTREACH MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SEVEN TO FOUR.

ME AND MY PARTNER JOHNNY.

UH, WE DRIVE AROUND THE CITY LOOKING TO SEE WHO WE CAN HELP, UH, ANY INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE OUT THERE STRUGGLING WITH HOMELESSNESS, MENTAL HEALTH, UH, PROBLEMS, SUBSTANCE USE ISSUES, AND WE TRY TO LINK THEM TO SHELTER, UM, DRUG TREATMENT PROGRAMS, UH, DMH OR OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PROVIDERS, UH, TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET THEM IN A BETTER SITUATION AND GET THEM ON THE PATH TO SOME KIND OF SECURITY AND SAFETY AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MORE, YOU KNOW, STRUCTURED AND FRUITFUL LIFE FOR THEMSELVES.

UH, SOMETIMES PEOPLE, THEY JUST NEED A LITTLE, A LITTLE HELP.

UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE, WE'RE HERE TO GO AND MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE OUT THERE UNHOUSED, AND TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF HOPE.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THAT YOU DO.

UM, THEREFORE I'D LIKE TO PROCLAIM MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH AND ALSO TO RECOGNIZE LATA FOR 55 YEARS OF COMMUNITY RECOVERY AND HOPE SO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THAT TO OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK UP.

NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE KAREN OGA AWA TO THE FRONT.

RECOGNIZING ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER MONTH.

MAY IS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC AND ISLANDER, A API HERITAGE MONTH.

A TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HISTORY, VIBRANT CULTURES AND INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF A API COMMUNITIES TO OUR NATION'S, PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.

SO THEY PUT IT, OH, PERFECT, THEY HAVE THAT UP THERE.

SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE LOGO, COLORS, AND FLORAL ELEMENTS REFLECT THE DIVERSITY WITH A API CULTURES.

THE LOTUS FLOWER REVEREND IN HINDUISM AND BUDDHISM SYMBOLIZES PURITY, ENLIGHTENMENT, AND RESILIENCE, AND IS CALMLY FOUND IN INDIA.

SRI LANKA AND SOUTHEAST ASIA CHERRY BLOSSOMS CELEBRATED ACROSS ASIA, PARTICULAR IN JAPAN, REPRESENT THE FLEETING BEAUTY OF LIFE AND OUR CHERISHED CULTURAL SYMBOL.

LUMERA CONSIDERED SACRED IN PART OF SOUTHEAST ASIA, SYMBOLIZES NEW BEGINNINGS AND ARE OFTEN USED TO MAKE LEIS THROUGHOUT THE PACIFIC ISLANDS, INCLUDING TAHITI, FIJI, SAMOA, HAWAII, NEW ZEALAND, TONGA, AND THE COOK ISLANDS.

TOGETHER, THESE SYMBOLS HONOR THE DEPTH AND DIVERSITY OF THE A API EXPERIENCE.

AND I KNOW WE'VE ATTENDED THE JAPANESE FESTIVAL, THE CHERRY BLOSSOM, UH, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND I KNOW YOU ARE A LEADER IN A LOT OF THOSE ORGANIZATION THAT YOU ARE THERE, HANDS ON, YOU GIVE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER.

UM, AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING THIS.

AND A FEW WORDS FROM YOU, HONORABLE MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

UM, IT'S SUCH AN HONOR TO BE HERE TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.

I AM A THIRD GENERATION JAPANESE AMERICAN, AND ALSO I'M A WEST

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COVINA EMPLOYEE, SO IT IS QUITE AN HONOR.

AND THANK YOU FOR THIS RECOGNITION.

SO HERE IS PROCLAMATION, ASIAN AMERICAN NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH.

HAWAIIAN BURGERS AMAZING.

AND OF COURSE, WE DO OUR, UH, TASTE OF WEST COVINA.

SO WE'D LIKE TO INVITE JENNIFER VALENZUELA TO THE FRONT.

THIS IS IN RECOGNIZING ISLAND'S RESTAURANT AUNT.

SO AT ISLANDS WEST COVINA, GREAT FOOD AND GOOD TIMES ARE ALWAYS ON THE MENU.

FROM JUICY BURGERS AND FRESH SALADS TO ICE COLD DRINKS AND LEGENDARY FRIES, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

GRAB YOUR FRIENDS, BRING THE FAMILY, AND TREAT YOURSELF TO RELAXING DINING EXPERIENCE WITH TROPICAL VIBES AND DELICIOUS FLAVORS.

STARTING TODAY AND RUNNING UNTIL JUNE 19, ISLAND'S RESTAURANT WILL OFFER 15% OFF THEIR ORDER.

SIMPLY MENTION TASTE OF WEST COVINA ON YOUR VISIT.

SO, JENNIFER, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE MENU? AND I, I KNOW THAT ONE.

I I'VE ALWAYS HAD THAT, THAT PINEAPPLE BURGERS, IT'S GREAT.

HAWAIIAN BURGER IS ABSOLUTELY MY FAVORITE.

IT'S ACTUALLY VERY NOSTALGIC TO ME.

UM, I GREW UP GOING TO ISLANDS.

MY AUNT WAS A BARTENDER IN PASADENA, SO I'VE BEEN GOING WITH HER SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD.

SO IT'S VERY NOSTALGIC.

IT'S CRAZY.

NOW I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER.

SO , IT'S A LONG PATH, BUT ABSOLUTELY, OUR CHEDDAR FRIES ARE THE BEST.

OR COCKTAILS.

WE HAVE THE BEST MA THAI, I'VE HAD MA TIES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

OURS IS ABSOLUTELY THE BEST.

I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT , BUT IT'S A LOT OF FUN.

WE, UM, DO A LOT OF SPORTS EVENTS, DO A LOT OF FUNDRAISERS.

WE GIVE OUT GOLDEN PINEAPPLE AWARDS, UM, TO THE YOUTH FOR ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS.

SO IT'S A GREAT TIME.

SO PLEASE COME JOIN US.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA RUN THE PROMOTION UNTIL JUNE 30TH, SO WE'RE GONNA EXTEND IT A LITTLE BIT LONGER FOR YOU GUYS.

THANKS.

YAY.

BE CLOSED.

UH, WE CLOSED THROUGH THE SUMMER AT 10:00 PM SOAP, AND WE OPEN DAILY AT 11.

GOOD.

SO, RIGHT AFTER COUNCIL MEETING, FEEL FREE TO STOP BY ISLANDS AND GET YOUR 15% OFF FROM YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYTHING.

AND HOPEFULLY IF FOR THE COUNCIL, IF WE END EARLY, WE'LL JOIN IN.

ON BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO CELEBRATE AND RECOGNIZE ISLANDS RESTAURANT FOR THE TASTE OF WEST COVINA.

SO COME TASTE ISLANDS.

I APPRECIATE FOR OUR SECOND TASTE OF WEST COVINA.

WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PREFERRED SERVICES.

INVITE STEVEN LOPEZ TO THE FRONT.

IS HE HERE TODAY? I GUESS HE COULDN'T MAKE IT, UM, BUT I GUESS I'LL, ARE WE GONNA HOLD IT OFF? OKAY.

UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE IT.

SO, LEGAL MATTERS CAN FEEL OVERWHELMING, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FACE THEM ALONE.

AT PREFERRED SERVICE, LEGAL SERVICE WEST COVINA, THEY'RE DEDICATED TO PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL, DEPENDABLE, AND COMPASSIONATE LEGAL SUPPORT WHEN YOU NEED IT THE MOST.

WHETHER YOU NEED ASSISTANCE WITH DOCUMENTS, LEGAL GUIDANCE, OR SUPPORT, NAVIGATING IMPORTANT PROCESS, THEIR TEAM IS THERE TO HELP CARE AND PROFESSIONALISM EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

SO, STARTING TODAY AND RUNNING UNTIL JUNE 19, PREFERRED SERVICES WILL OFFER 10% OFF ANY LEGAL SERVICES.

SIMPLY MENTION TASTE OF WEST COVINA ON YOUR VISIT, AND, UM, I KNOW THE OWNER, STEVE, AND FEEL FREE TO JOIN IN AND ASK FOR HELP THERE.

AND NEXT I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, JUDITH PINEDO TO THE FRONT.

SHE WILL GIVE THE INSURANCE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.

DO I NEED THIS? OKAY.

LIKE WHEN THE POINT THAT WAY? YEAH.

CAN YOU GO BACK? OR MAYBE I SHOULD OH, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT.

MAYBE I SHOULD POINT IT TOWARDS ROXANNE.

I CAN ADVANCE IT FOR YOU.

SMALL BUSINESSES, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, AND EVEN REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS, RIGHT? 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET A LOAN WITH, WE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE.

SO I, I GUESS WE CAN GO BACK TO THE FIRST.

SO, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYONE HERE.

THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY.

MY NAME IS JUDITH PNA.

I'M AN OUTREACH ANALYST FOR THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE.

PLEASE THINK OF ME AS YOUR LIAISON WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, UM, OR HAVE CONSTITUENTS WITH ISSUES, YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME DIRECTLY.

UM, SO INSURANCE WE KNOW IS NOT A FUN TOPIC.

IT'S NOT AN EXCITING TOPIC, BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITIES, RIGHT? IT AFFECTS OUR HOMEOWNERS,

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SO TODAY I AM GONNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE INSURANCE MARKET, WHAT REFORMS ARE IN PLACE, AND HOW THESE CHANGES AFFECT OUR COMMUNITIES.

CALIFORNIA INSURANCE MARKET HAS BEEN, OH, NEXT SLIDE.

THERE WE GO.

CAN WE GO BACK ONE MORE? OKAY.

SO INSUR, UM, INSURANCE MARKET HAS BEEN UNDER PRESSURE.

UM, WE ARE SEEING MORE SEVERE WILDFIRES, UM, FREQUENT NATURAL DISASTERS.

ALSO, REBUILDING COSTS HAVE GONE UP, RIGHT? INFLATION ON MATERIALS AND LABOR, UM, AND ALSO THE RISE OF REINSURANCE COSTS.

SO REINSURANCE IS THE INSURANCE THAT, UH, INSURANCE COMPANIES BUY TO PROTECT THEIR POLICIES.

AND WHEN DISASTERS INCREASE GLOBALLY, THOSE COSTS GO UP AS WELL.

SO, AND BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS, SOME COMPANIES HAVE STOPPED WRITING NEW POLICIES.

UM, OTHERS HAVE REDUCED COVERAGE, AND OF COURSE, RACE RATES AT THE SAME TIME, THE FAIR PLAN HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY.

WE THINK OF THE FAIR PLAN AS THE LAST RESORT, AND IT'S BECOME THE ONLY FOR MANY, UM, THE FIRST AND ONLY FOR MANY.

AND SO THE KEY QUESTION THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN, HOW DO WE STABILIZE THE INSURANCE MARKET IN CALIFORNIA? SO THERE ARE A FEW EFFORTS IN PLACE.

ONE IS THE SAFER FOR NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

HAS BEEN THE ONLY, IT'S VERY LOW COVERAGE.

SO ONE IS THE SAFER FROM WILDFIRES.

SO THIS RIGHT HERE, IT'S SAFER FROM WILDFIRES, UM, REQUIRES INSURERS TO OFFER DISCOUNTS FOR WILDFIRE SAFETY ACTIONS THAT HOMEOWNERS TAKE.

THIS INCLUDES LIKE BUILDING A DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND YOUR DWELLING, UH, HAVING A FIRE RESISTANT ROOF AND IN RESISTANT VENTS AND EVEN, UM, DOUBLE PAINT WINDOWS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IF YOU REDUCE YOUR RISK, IF HOMEOWNERS REDUCE THEIR RISK, THEIR PREMIUM SHOULD REFLECT THAT YOUR INSURANCE CARRIER SHOULD GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT.

UM, BUT INSURERS ALSO NEEDED BETTER TOOLS TO PREDICT FUTURE RISK, AND THAT'S WHERE THE SUSTAINABLE INSURANCE STRATEGY COMES IN.

SO THE SUSTAINABLE INSURANCE STRATEGY ALLOWS INSURERS TO USE FORWARD LOOKING CATASTROPHE MODELS WHEN WRITING THEIR POLICIES TO EVALUATE RISKS.

SO CALIFORNIA WAS THE ONLY MAJOR STATE THAT DID NOT ALLOW INSURERS TO USE CATASTROPHE MODELING.

SO THIS WILL HELP THEM, UM, PREDICT FUTURE RISK, NOT JUST RELY ON PAST DATA.

WE KNOW THAT HISTORICAL DATA DOES NOT REFLECT CURRENT OR FUTURE RISK.

UM, SO IF INSURERS USE THESE TOOLS, THEY MUST ALSO WRITE MORE POLICIES IN HIGH RISK AREAS.

UM, THE GOAL IS TO BRING INSURERS BACK INTO THE MARKETS AND INCREASE OPTIONS FOR, UH, CONSUMERS.

AND I'M GONNA REALLY BRIEFLY, UM, SO INSURANCE COMPANIES, THE DAD, UM, COMMITTED TO WRITING, UM, MORE POLICIES IN HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS ARE MERCURY, CSAA FARMERS, WHICH WAS JUST APPROVED.

UM, USAA PACIFIC SPECIALTY, UM, CALIFORNIA CASUALTY AND AAA.

SO ARE INSURERS UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE INSURANCE STRATEGY WHO HAVE COMMITTED TO WRITING, UM, MORE POLICIES AND HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS, UM, INCREASING, UM, OPTIONS FOR CONSUMERS.

SO WE TALK ABOUT MITIGATION YOUR HOME.

WE KNOW THAT REPLACING A ROOF, UM, IS NOT, DOES NOT COME CHEAP.

WE KNOW THAT REPLACING WINDOWS DOES NOT COME CHEAP, ESPECIALLY FOR FOLKS ON FIXED INCOMES.

AND THAT'S WHERE THE HOME GRANT PROGRAM COMES IN.

IT'S ASSEMBLY BILL 8, 8 8.

AND THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES PRO, PROVIDES, PROVIDES, UH, GRANTS TO LOW INCOME HOMEOWNERS IN HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

OKAY, SO THE GRANTS HAVE HELP PAY FOR DEFENSIBLE SPACE, LIKE MENTIONED LIKE REPLACING A ROOF, UH, REPLACING YOUR WINDOWS, BUILDING DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND, AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

SO FOR PREPARING, UH, PREPARING FOR, UM, DISASTERS ONLY PART OF THE SOLUTION, WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT RECOVERY AFTER A DISASTER WORKS.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, WE'VE LEARNED FROM WILDFIRE RECOVERY, FROM FEEDBACK FROM WILDFIRE SURVIVORS, UM, AND OUR INVESTIGATION INTO INSURANCE CLAIMS COMPLAINTS.

UM, OUR GOAL IS SIMPLE.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY INTO INSURANCE COMPLAINT, UM, SORRY, IN AFTER A DISASTER, NOT A PARTIAL ONE.

UH, A BIG CONCERN WITH THAT IS SMOKE DAMAGE.

ABOUT HALF OF WILDFIRE COMPLAINTS INVOLVE SMOKE DAMAGE, AND THERE IS NO, UH, CLEAR PUBLIC STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, SMOKE DAMAGE.

THROUGH OUR INVESTIGATION, WE HAVE RECOVERED OVER 23 BILLION AFRICAN CONSUMERS, AND ABOUT 50 MILLION OF THAT WAS RELATED TO SMOKE DAMAGE.

SO OUR, WE THINK HOMEOWNERS SHOULD NOT BE LEFT ARGUING, UM, WHETHER THEIR HOME IS SAFE TO LIVE IN.

SO WE HAVE ALSO, WE'VE ALSO SEEN, UM, ISSUES WITH COVERAGE GAPS, ENSURE, AND POLICY CLARITY.

SO, UM, FAMILIES HAVE RUN OUT OF, UH, TEMPORARY HOUSING COVERAGE.

REPLACEMENT COSTS CAN ALSO BE UNDERESTIMATED AND CLAIMS CAN JUST SIMPLY TAKE TOO LONG TO HANDLE.

SO WE ARE PUSHING FOR REFORMS THAT HELP SPEED UP THE CLAIM PROCESS.

WE WANT INSURANCE COMPANIES TO PLAN AHEAD FOR DISASTER SO THAT THEY'RE BETTER PREPARED AND WE WANT STRONGER COVERAGE FOR CONSUMERS.

UM, SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE FAIR PLAN, RIGHT? THE FAIR PLAN WAS MEANT, UM, AS A TEMPORARY LAST RESORT FOR MANY.

AND AS MENTIONED

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IT ONLY COVERS FIRE, UH, FOR HIGH COST.

SO, UM, IT HA THE FAIR PLAN HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE WITH THE FAIR PLAN HAVE BEEN LIMITED COVERAGE AND THE CLAIMS HANDLING PROCESS.

UM, SO, UM, THE COMMISSIONER ACTUALLY TOOK ACTION AGAINST THE FAIR PLAN FOR DENYING, UH, SMOKE DAMAGE CLAIMS, UM, RELATED WITH THESE RECENT FIRES.

SO WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IMPROVING OVERSIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE FAIR PLAN.

WE WANT TO EXPAND COVERAGE, AND WE, THE GOAL IS TO TRANSITION FOLKS BACK INTO THE TRADITIONAL MARKET.

WE WANTED TO POPULATE THE FAIR PLAN.

AND SO BECAUSE OF ALL OF THESE CHALLENGES, THE COMMISSIONER HAS SPONSORED A LEGISLATION THAT HAS BEEN INTRODUCED TO IMPROVE RECOVERY AND STRENGTHEN PROTECTION.

UM, UH, PROTECTION.

SO ONE BILL THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESSES THAT IS THE SMOKE DAMAGE.

IT'S ASSEMBLY BILL 1795.

SO, OKAY, SO THIS IS ASSEMBLY BILL, UM, 1795, INTRODUCED BY MIKE GIBSON.

THIS ADDRESSES ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT AREAS, WHICH IS SMOKE DAMAGE.

SMOKE DAMAGE CLAIMS ARE COMPLICATED BECAUSE HISTORICALLY THERE HAVE NOT BEEN CLEAR PUBLIC HEALTH STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO SMOKE DAMAGE, FOR INSTANCE, WHERE, UH, UH, AN EARTHQUAKE, THERE'S AN INSPECTOR THAT GOES TO YOUR HOME, INSPECTS YOUR HOME, AND DEEMS IF YOUR HOME IS LIVABLE OR IS SAFE TO MOVE BACK INTO, UM, THAT DOESN'T EXIST WHEN IT COMES TO SMOKE DAMAGE.

SO, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS BILL WILL CREATE SCIENCE-BASED STANDARDS.

IT ESTABLISHES CLEAR GUIDELINES FOR TESTING AND RESTORATION.

UM, WE KNOW THAT SMOKE DAMAGE IS AN INSURANCE ISSUE, BUT IT'S ALSO A PUBLIC ISSUE.

IT COULD BE A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS.

AGAIN, HOMEOWNERS SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY, UM, OVER WHETHER THEIR HOME IS SAFE TO LIVE IN.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

AND NEXT WE HAVE A SENATE BILL 8 7 6.

THIS IS A DISASTER RECOVERY REFORM ACT.

SO SB 8 76 FOCUSES ON SPEEDING UP RECOVERY FOR HOMEOWNERS AND RENTERS.

IT STRENGTHENS CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AND ADDRESSES DELAYS IN CLAIM PAYMENTS.

UM, THIS REQUIRES INSURERS TO HAVE A DISASTER RECOVERY PLAN.

IT, IT, UM, ALSO GIVES, UM, ALLOWS FOR PENALTIES FOR UNFAIR CLAIM PRACTICES.

AND IT REQUIRES A FIVE DAY STATUS, UH, UPDATE WHEN AN ADJUSTER CHANGES SO THAT THE CONSUMER IS NOT LEFT IN THE DARK.

ALSO EXPANDS ADDITIONAL LIVING EXPENSE COVERAGE BY A HUNDRED PERCENT OF WHAT'S ON THE CONSUMER'S POLICY LIMITS.

UM, ALSO EXPANDS UPFRONT PAYMENTS WITH INTEREST PENALTIES OF LATE.

UM, AGAIN, THIS IS DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE DELAYS AND INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO ALSO, UM, INSURANCE REPLA REPLACEMENT COST ESTIMATES ARE UPDATED ON NEW AND RENEWAL POLICIES.

IT ESTABLISHES MANDATORY BUILDING CODE UPGRADE COVERAGE, AND IT ENSURES HOMEOWNERS, UM, CAN BE BILLED TO CURRENT STANDARDS, UH, NOT OUTDATED ONES.

UM, IT THIS PREVENTS, UM, UNDERINSURANCE OR PRICESS AFTER A DISASTER AND HELPS FAMILIES RECOVER FASTER.

SO MANY PEOPLE IN THESE RECENT BUYERS WERE UNDERINSURED AND DID NOT KNOW THAT THEY WERE UNDERINSURED, UM, UNTIL AFTER THE FACT.

WE WANT TO, TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.

AND HERE WE HAVE THE MAKE IT FAIR ACT.

SO BECAUSE THE GROWTH OF THE FAIR PLAN, THERE IS A NEED FOR STRONGER OVERSIGHT AND MODERN MODERNIZATION, UH, MEANING BETTER PROTECTION FOR CONSUMERS.

UH, THIS BILL HERE WILL STRENGTHEN OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

UM, AB 1680, UM, ALSO REQUIRE, UH, IT WILL REQUIRE THE FAIR PLAN TO FOLLOW COMMISSIONERS RECOMMENDATIONS AND ALSO REQUIRES OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO HANDLE CLAIMS FASTER.

IT'S ABOUT ECONOMIC STABILITY.

SO IT, IT, THIS WILL EXPAND COVERAGE OPTIONS AND ALLOW, ALLOW, UM, PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.

UM, THE GOAL IS NOT TO GROW THE FAIR PLAN.

WE WANT TO STABILIZE THE FAIR PLAN AND AGAIN, TRANSITION PEOPLE BACK INTO OTHER REGULAR UH, MARKETS.

UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

IF ANY, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING, UM, GETTING MORE INFORMATION OR WANNA SUPPORT ANY OF THESE BILLS, UM, YOU CAN DO SO BY SCANNING THIS QR CODE INSURANCE IS MORE THAN POLICIES.

WE KNOW THAT WHEN INSURANCE WORKS, UH, HOMEOWNERS REBUILD, BUSINESS INVEST AND COMMUNITIES CAN RECOVER.

UH, SO WE DO WELCOME THE CITY'S PARTNERSHIP WITH, UM, IN MOVING THESE EFFORTS FORWARD.

WE DO ENCOURAGE OUR ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT AND STRENGTHENING CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AND HELPING STABILIZE THE INSURANCE MARKET.

SORRY, MARKET.

YEAH, MARKET.

UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO HERE, THIS IS A PROGRAM, UM, ASIDE FROM THE BILLS, THIS IS OUR CALIFORNIA LOW COST AUTO INSURANCE THAT I WANNA SHARE.

SO THIS IS A PROGRAM, UM, IT'S A STATE SPONSORED PROGRAM.

IT'S ONLY WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES.

IT'S LOW COST AUTO INSURANCE.

IT'S JUST LIABILITY.

UM, BUT IT IS, UM, IT'S DEPENDING ON WHAT COUNTY YOU LIVE IN, IT COULD BE AS LITTLE AS $200 A YEAR.

YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE A CLEAN RECORD.

UM, AND YOUR CAR DOES HAVE TO BE VALUED AT 25,000 OR LESS.

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BUT IT'S A, A GREAT RESOURCE FOR FOLKS WHO, WHO NEED IT AND HELPS FOLKS STAY INSURED ON THE ROAD.

UM, NEXT, UH, SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS OUR CONSUMER ALERTS IF YOU WANNA STAY INFORMED WHEN THE GRANT, UM, THAT I MENTIONED GOES OUT.

ANYTHING GOING ON WITH INSURANCE, ANY UPDATES, ANY, UM, NEW REGULATIONS TAKING PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO INSURANCE AND ALL LINES OF INSURANCE.

'CAUSE WE DO REGULATE ALL LINES OF INSURANCE, HOME INSURANCE, CAR INSURANCE, PET INSURANCE, ALL REGULATED THROUGH OUR DEPARTMENT.

WANNA REPORT FRAUD IS ALSO WITH OUR DEPARTMENT.

I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT YOU CAN DO SO BY SIGNING UP, UM, TO RECEIVE OUR CONSUMER ALERTS.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO OUR DEPARTMENT ALSO SPONSORS STATEWIDE EDUCATION SERIES.

THE NEXT ONE THAT WE HAVE COMING UP IS IN JUNE.

IT'S GONNA BE FOCUSED ON RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE.

UM, YOU'LL HAVE SPECIALISTS ONLINE, YOU COULD SUBMIT, UM, QUESTIONS WHEN YOU, UH, SIGN UP FOR, FOR THE WEBINAR.

THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IS IN AUGUST.

AND IT'S GONNA BE HEALTH, UM, HEALTH INSURANCE, WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT COVERS, WHAT IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOLKS, UM, UH, DON'T, UM, ARE NOT AWARE WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE COVERS AND WHAT IS, UM, HANDLED BY OTHER, UM, AGENCIES.

SO THIS IS, UM, AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WE HAVE IN OCTOBER IS, UH, IN, UH, GONNA FOCUS ON BUSINESS INSURANCE.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY CONSTITUENTS, ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO CONTACT OUR DEPARTMENT ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THEIR INSURANCE, WANNA REPORT FRAUD, ONE ANSWERS QU WANTS QUESTIONS ANSWERED, YOU COULD DO SO BY CONTACTING OUR DEPARTMENT AT A ONE 800 NUMBER, UH, 9 2 7 4 3 5 7.

IT'S 9 2 7 HELP.

IF THAT MAKES IT EASIER, YOU COULD GO ALSO ONLINE.

YOU COULD DO ALSO DO THAT ONLINE.

UM, YEAH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME AND IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO SURE.

BEFORE I PROCEED.

UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ACTUALLY A FEW MONTHS.

I HAD REQUESTED A COUNCIL REQUEST, UM, TO LOOK INTO THE INSURANCE BECAUSE A LOT OF THE INSURANCE ARE PULLING OUT OF CALIFORNIA.

AND, UM, THEY SAID THEY, THERE'S LIKE ONE INSURANCE WHO'S PULLING OUT OF THREE STATES OUT OF THE WHOLE US BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE CONSIDERED HIGH RISK.

SO ONE, THEY'RE GOING OUT.

TWO, THE INSURANCE HAS SKYROCKETED, LIKE DOUBLED, LIKE CARS, PREMIUMS, EVERYTHING.

UH, LIKE TO KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THAT.

AND, UM, THREE, THE, THERE'S A LOT THAT IS NOT DRIVING WITH INSURANCE.

SO WHEN I SEE LIKE, OH, IF YOU HAD A BAD RECORD IN THREE PAST THREE YEARS, IT'S, THEY'RE GOING OUT THERE AND NOT DRIVING.

SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THEY DOING ABOUT ALL THIS? AND, UM, YEAH, AND, AND JUST, THERE'S ALSO INSURANCE THAT ARE NOT TAKING NEW POLICY.

UM, SO THEY'RE JUST CAPPING IT.

SO THESE WERE THE ISSUES.

I KNOW SOME RESIDENTS HAD MENTIONED, I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THAT.

UM, AND JUST, IT'S BEEN WAY OVER.

SO IF YOU CAN KINDLY SHARE THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THIS.

RESIDENTS CAN FEEL FREE TO EMAIL AND SEND, BUT, UM, WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THOSE UNDER, YES.

THIS, UM, HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE.

UM, SO UNDER THE SUSTAINABLE INSURANCE STRATEGY WITH ALLOWING INSURERS TO USE CATASTROPHE MODELING SO THEY CAN BETTER PREDICT, UH, PREDICT, SORRY, FUTURE RISK.

UM, SO INSURERS, UM, THEY COMMITTED TO COMING BACK INTO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO THE COMPANIES THAT I MENTIONED HAVE COMMITTED TO HAVE FILED, UM, AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO WRITE NEW POLICIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY IN THO IN HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

AND THOSE COMPANIES ARE MERCURY FARMERS WAS JUST APPROVED.

UM, CSAA, AAA IS ALSO ONE OF THEM.

UH, PACIFIC SPECIALTY AND CALIFORNIA CASUALTY.

SO THESE COMPANIES, UM, OUR INSURANCE COMPANIES THAT HAVE FILED AND BEEN APPROVED AND COMMITTED TO WRITING, UM, NEW POLICIES IN, IN THOSE HIGH BUYER RISK AREAS.

AND ARE THEY AFFORDABLE BECAUSE THEY, LIKE I QUADRUPLE TRIPLED ? I DON'T, THAT DEPENDS ON, YEAH.

UH, COUNCILMAN WU? YEAH, THANK YOU.

MAYORS.

AND, UH, AND I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER ALMOST 40 YEARS IN WEST COVINA.

AND, UH, I NEVER SEE SUCH A HORRIBLE SITUATION TRY TO GET AN INSURANCE.

AND THEN TO MONOPOLIZE OKAY.

JUST FOR EXAMPLE, UH, I HAVE NO CLAIM FOR THE LAST 30, 40 YEARS AND MY HOME INSURANCE WENT UP 30%.

OKAY? AND ALSO, OKAY, MY PROPERTY, OKAY, IN TEMPLE CITY, IT WENT UP 40% WITHOUT ANY CLAIM FOR PREVIOUS 15 YEARS.

AND, UH, THEY EITHER YOU TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.

AND, UH, YES, I SHOP AROUND AND A COUPLE OF INSURANCE COMPANY YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT NEW APPLICANT.

OKAY? IF YOU SQUARE FOOTAGE OR YOU HAVE A DOG AND THEY, THEY GIVE YOU A LOT OF A RED TAPE, YOU HAVE A WHO HUB AND JUMP OVER, IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.

JUST THEY WANNA SHARE WITH YOU WHAT IS THE REALITY, OKAY? IN THE COMMUNITY, WHEN YOU SHOP AROUND, THEY COMPETE.

SO IN THE CO COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, I THINK YOU ARE YOUR COLLEAGUE CAME TO DO A, PRESENT A PRESENTATION.

AND I, MY SUGGESTION IS, WHY CAN'T YOU OPEN IT UP FOR MORE OF INSURANCE? COME TO, UH, CALIFORNIA TO DO A COMPETITION.

CURRENTLY YOU ONLY HAVE, UH, SIX OR SEVEN MAJOR.

OKAY? AND THEY, OKAY.

BASICALLY,

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OUR MARKET.

AND THAT'S HOW CURRENTLY WE HAVE ALL THIS MESS, AND THE PEOPLE REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME, OKAY? EVEN THEY WANNA BUY A HOUSE.

THEY, THEY NEED TO GET INSURANCE TO GET A MORTGAGE, AND THEN IF THEY CANNOT GET INSURANCE, THEY CANNOT GET A MORTGAGE.

SO YOU ARE, THAT'S THE INSURANCE THING, KILLING A LOT OF ECONOMY.

SO, JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU, I YOU ARE MESSENGER.

I KNOW NOTHING YOU CAN DO.

I'M NOT TRYING TO, SO MAYBE YOU CAN BRING BACK TO YOUR COMMISSIONER AND THEY SHARE WITH THEM WHAT THE EARTH OKAY.

AS A RESIDENT AND REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME AND TO SHOP AND TO, TO GET INSURANCE OKAY.

WITH, UH, AFFORDABLE.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO OUT SO HIGH, A LOT OF PEOPLE END UP, THEY JUST FORGET IT.

THEY'RE NOT DOING GET IN INSURANCE, BUT IT'S NOT HIGH RISK.

SO ANYWAY, THIS, THIS IS WHAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU BECAUSE WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATION SOUND VERY GOOD, BUT THE, THE REALITY, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE STATE FARM, I HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME OKAY? AND, UH, THEY, THEY EITHER PLAY A HARD BALL FOR YOU TO GET A CLAIM.

MY NEIGHBOR, THE HOUSE GET BURNED.

DONE.

HE TOLD ME HE HAS A HARD TIME AND TRY TO OKAY.

GET A CLAIM FROM, FROM THEM JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU A A LOT OF HORROR STORY CURRENTLY.

AND I THINK, AND, UM, OUR COMMISSIONER HAD TO PUT A FOOT DOWN OKAY.

TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT THE CONSUMER IN CALIFORNIA.

THAT'S ONE WOULD SHARE WITH YOU.

SO YOU ANY SOLUTION, OKAY.

OR SHARE WITH THE COMMISSIONER, SEE, CAN YOU OPEN UP THE MARKET FOR ANY OTHER ISSUE, COME TO CALIFORNIA, AND THEN REDUCE THE REGULATION.

HOPEFULLY IN THAT WAY HAVE MORE COMPANY COME TO COMPETE.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU BACK TO BRING BACK GOOD NEWS FOR THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT AFFECTS ALL THE RESIDENTS.

I, I COULD GO INTO DETAIL, BUT IT'LL BE LIKE A 30 MINUTE, HOUR PRESENTATION.

WE DON'T, FOR NEXT ONE WE COULD ALWAYS BRING YOU BACK.

THAT REGULATIONS AND MANDATES WHEN IT COMES TO INSURANCE HAD NOT BEEN UPDATED IN OVER 30 YEARS IN OUR STATE.

BUT, UH, MAYOR PROTOS, THANK YOU.

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

I WAS WONDERING IF YOU CAN FURTHER ELABORATE ON INITIATIVES BY YOUR DEPARTMENT AND UNDER COMMISSIONER LA'S LEADERSHIP TO, TO MITIGATE RISK IN THE COMMUNITIES THROUGH INITIATIVES TO EDUCATE THE POPULATION SO AS TO FACILITATE LOWER INSURANCE PREMIUMS. LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT IT'D BE INTERESTING TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT YOUR, YOUR DEPARTMENT'S ASSESSMENT IS OF, OF HOW HIGH RISK OR LOW RISK WE ARE HERE IN WEST COVINA.

AND THEN WHAT IS IT THAT WE SHOULD DO TO TAKE SPECIFIC STEPS WITHIN OUR INDIVIDUAL RESIDENTS TO, TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS SO THAT IT COULD RESULT IN LOWER INSURANCE PREMIUMS. CAN YOU TALK FURTHER ABOUT WHAT E EXISTING INITIATIVES COULD ASSIST US IN THAT WAY SO THAT WE DO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO MITIGATE YOUR HOME TO THE SURROUNDINGS? UM, IF YOU TAKE CERTAIN STEPS TO CLEAR OUT YOUR HOME, BY LAW, YOUR INSURANCE CARRIER IS, UH, SUPPOSED TO GIVE YOU A DISCOUNT.

NOW, I'M NOT GONNA SAY 4% OR, OR, OR WHAT THAT DEPENDS TOTALLY ON THE INSURANCE CARRIER IF YOU ARE NOT RECEIVING THOSE DISCOUNTS.

I, I DO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO CONTACT OUR DEPARTMENT.

ALSO, THE SUSTAINABLE INSURANCE STRATEGY THAT I JUST MENTIONED.

UM, SO WE, WE, YOU'RE SPEAKING OF LETTING INSURANCE COMPANIES BACK IN, BUT WE DO HAVE TO VET THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FINANCIALLY STABLE TO COVER THE RISK IN CALIFORNIA.

AND SO THE COMPANIES THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED ARE THE COMPANIES THAT I MENTIONED THAT HAVE BEEN, UM, HAVE COMMITTED TO WRITING 85% OF THOSE NEW POLICIES IN HIGH FIRE RISK AREAS.

WE DO EXPECT MORE TO FOLLOW.

WE HOPE THAT WITH US OPENING, UM, WE'RE HOPING THAT WITH AVAILABILITY COMES AFFORDABILITY.

UM, INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE A BUSINESS.

UH, WE ARE ONE OF THE STATES WHERE THEY MAKE THEIR MOST MONEY, I BELIEVE THE FOURTH LARGEST.

UM, SO THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE SUSTAINABLE INSURANCE, UH, STRATEGY COMES IN.

AND ALSO THE, UM, WHAT WAS IT, THE ASSEMBLY BILL 8, 8 8.

THE, THE, THAT GRANT PROGRAM IS, UM, IT'S, CAN'T HA I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE WHEN THAT'S GONNA OPEN UP, BUT THAT IS, UM, SPECIFICALLY TO HELP FOLKS, UM, UM, BE, UH, HAVE THAT FINANCIAL BACKUP TO, UH, HARDEN THEIR HOME.

SO, UM, THAT I WOULD STRONGLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO SIGN UP FOR, UH, CONSUMER ALERTS TO GET THAT NOTIFICATION WHEN THAT APPLICATION GOES UP.

UM, YEAH.

DOES THAT ANSWER, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTTER? YES.

UM, WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AND, AND, AND I KNOW, UH, IUR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER RICARDO, LAURA HAS BEEN AN ADVOCATE AND, AND A FIGHTER FOR CALIFORNIANS, UH, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CITY, BUT THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.

UH, I COME FROM THEIR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND, SO I KNOW HOW HARD THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER HAS BEEN FIGHTING.

THANK YOU FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

UM, CAN YOU, UH, ELABORATE, UH, OR CAN YOU MAYBE, UM, SEND OUR CITY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LOW INCOME, UH, ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR FIRE PRONE AREAS? 'CAUSE I THINK, UH, WE HAVE AREAS IN OUR CITY THERE ARE DESIGNATED HIGH RISK Y FEMA, SO I BELIEVE THEY QUALIFY.

SO I BELIEVE IT'LL BE A GREAT PROGRAM TO HAVE FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING.

AND THEN ALSO, WE, I KNOW

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UM, WE KNOW THAT THE COST OF REBUILDING A HOME, UM, LABOR AND MATERIALS IS NOT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT, IT WAS NOT EVEN, I WANNA SAY MAYBE 10 YEARS AGO, RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT, BUT YEAH.

IT'S MY FINAL NOTE.

THANK WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND, UH, WE DO WELCOME YOU BACK WITH GIVING, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO EMAIL THAT INFORMATION.

ALL

[PRESENTATIONS]

RIGHT.

UP NEXT WE HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, UM, WHICH WILL, MILAN WILL BE PROVIDING THAT.

AND CEILINGS HAVE BEEN SEALED.

THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR.

THE CITY IS PREPARING A LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, WHICH IS A FEMA REQUIRED, UH, STRATEGIC DOCUMENT THAT IDENTIFIES NATURAL HAZARDS AND DEVELOPS STRATEGIES TO REDUCE RISK TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THE PLAN ACTS AS A GUIDE FOR DECISION MAKERS TO LOWER DISASTER COSTS AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND ENSURE ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS.

PUBLIC INPUT IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THIS PLAN.

PREPARATION TWO, UP TWO UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK.

MORE INFORMATION, INCLUDING A LINK TO AN ONLINE COMMUNITY SURVEY IS AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBPAGE.

UM, THE DRAFT PROGRAM YEAR 2026 CDBG ACTION PLAN IS AVAILABLE FOR A 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW THAT BEGAN ON MAY 1ST.

HARD COPIES CAN BE VIEWED AT THE COUNTY LIBRARY, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, AND COUNTER IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE DOCUMENT CAN ALSO BE VIEWED ELECTRONICALLY FROM THE CITY'S WEBPAGE.

THE DRAFT WILL BE PRESENTED FOR CONSIDERATION IN A PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 2ND.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AT ITS REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON JUNE 16TH.

TO REVIEW THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, UH, RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND CONSIDER THE PROPOSED PROJECT PRIOR TO MAKING A FINAL, UH, DETERMINATION.

THIS CAN BE THE DEL NORTE, UH, HOUSING PROJECT ON SATURDAY MAY 9TH.

THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX HOSTED THE US AAA ADULT SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT.

THE SPORTSPLEX WELCOMED 42 MEN AND WOMEN TEAMS AND OVER 800 SPECTATORS ONE DAY TOURNAMENT.

THE SPORTSPLEX COLLECTED 5,000 IN ADMISSION FEES AND 6,500 IN RENTAL FEES.

THANK YOU TO YOU TRIPLES A FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX ON APRIL 24TH.

24TH THROUGH 26TH WAS WEST COVINA YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE'S SPRING SEASON TOURNAMENT NUMBER TWO.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, 16 TEAMS PLAYED A TOTAL OF 24 GAMES AND SAW AROUND A THOUSAND SPECTATORS.

THE WINNING TEAMS ARE REC RECOGNIZED AT THE YOUTH BASKETBALL BANQUET.

THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER HOSTED THE WEST CONA YOUTH BASKETBALL BANQUET ON FRIDAY.

MAY 1ST PLAYERS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE SERVED CHICKEN FETTUCCINE ALFREDO BEFORE THE AWARD-WINNING THE AWARD CEREMONY.

EACH PLAYER IS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION WITH A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND A MEDAL.

FOUR, UH, RAFFLE PRIZES WERE GIVEN AWAY.

325 PEOPLE WERE SERVED AT THE BANQUETS SHADOW WALK.

SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER IS HELD AS ANNUAL MOMMY AND ME TEA PARTY ON FRIDAY, MAY 8TH WITH OVER 50 ATTENDEES.

FAMILIES ENJOYED APPETIZERS, PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES, FACE PAINTING, BOUQUET MAKING, AND DRESSED TO IMPRESS AS THEY CELEBRATED THE ALL MOTHER FIGURES IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MOVIE NIGHT, THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER HOSTED ITS FOURTH MOVIE NIGHT OF THE YEAR ON FRIDAY, MAY 15TH, WITH A FREE SHOWING OF THE KARATE KID.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS ENJOYED GAMES, FUN CRAFTS AND SNACKS BEFORE THE MOVIE BEGAN.

THE EVENT WELCOMED 20 SPECTATORS.

CAMP CAMERON CLINIC'S, UH, BASKETBALL EDITION.

UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO START SOME, UH, FREE, UH, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED.

CLINICS AT CAMERON PARK FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS, AGES, UH, FIVE TO 14 AND TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR FIVE TO 8:00 PM ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS.

UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE ADULT VOLUNTEER COACHES, UM, TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM A SUCCESS A SUMMER AS SUMMER APPROACHES, WE'D LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMUNITY THAT OPEN GYM IS AVAILABLE FOR BASKETBALL MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM YOUTH AGES 17 AND UNDER ARE FREE AND ADULT ADMISSION IS $2 OPEN GYM IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR PICKLEBALL ON MONDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, AND FRIDAYS FROM 9:00 AM TO 4:00 PM SENIORS ARE FREE AND ADULT ADMISSION IS $2.

COME BEAT THE HEAT THIS SUMMER AT THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER ON SATURDAY, MAY 16TH, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY CLEAN LA TEAM WAS HOSTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR ITS ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE ROUNDUP AT THE CITY'S MAINTENANCE YARD.

THE EVENT NOT ONLY SERVED WEST COVINA RESIDENTS, BUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY RESIDENTS ALIKE THESE EFFORTS IN RECYCLING HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE HELP KEEP WEST COVINA SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL FIRE STATION 1 23 AVAIL UPDATES ARE ON SCHEDULE.

ALL WALLS

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FLOORS WILL START NEXT WEEK AND CABINETS ARE ON THEIR WAY.

PUBLIC WORKS PAINT, PUBLIC WORKS PAINT CREW UPDATED PARKING LOT AND RED CURBS ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON GLENDORA AVENUE BETWEEN 1 36 AND 360 SOUTH GLENDORA.

THESE WERE REVITALIZATION EFFORTS.

HELP US KEEP WEST COVINA SAFE AND BEAUTIFUL.

STAFF ALSO WILL BE UPDATING THE PLANTERS ALONG THIS AREA, UH, AS WELL.

IN THE NEAR FUTURE ON MAY 6TH, LAW ENFORCEMENT, UNITED WRITERS AND SUPPORT STAFF VISITED THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR A MEMORIAL WREATH LANG CEREMONY.

HONORING OUR OFFICERS WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THEIR TRIBUTE AND CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO REMEMBERING OUR FALLEN HEROES.

THE POLICE UNITY TOUR IS ON ITS ANNUAL TOUR, IS AN ANNUAL BICYCLE RIDE HONORING OFFICERS WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND SUPPORTING THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS MEMORIAL.

THIS YEAR, THE TEAM COMPLETED A THREE DAY JOURNEY FROM NEW JERSEY TO WASHINGTON, DC FOR A TOTAL OF 245 MILES.

WE'RE PROUD THAT SIX OF OUR OFFICERS, THREE RIDERS AND THREE MOTORS, TOOK PART IN THIS MEANINGFUL EVENT THAT ENDED AT THE NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S MEMORIAL PUBLIC SAFETY UPDATE ON STREET SWEEPING.

ON MONDAY, MAY 11TH, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT BANKING BEGAN ISSUING STREET SWEEPING WARNING NOTICES CITYWIDE THAT CURRENTLY IS CURRENTLY IN A TRANSITIONAL IMPLEMENTATION PHASE WITH MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS COURTING EFFORTS TO FULLY ROLL OUT UPDATED STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM.

AS PART OF THIS TRANSITION, THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT IS ISSUING WARNING NOTICES PRIOR TO FULL ENFORCEMENT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN MONDAY, JULY 6TH.

DURING THE WARNING PERIOD, ENFORCEMENT STAFF WILL FOLLOW BEHIND THE SWEEPER EACH WEEK.

AND ISSUE WARNING THIS NOTICES TO VEHICLES THAT ARE PARKED WITHIN THE POSTED RESTRICTIONS.

PROCESSES INTENDED TO HELP RESIDENTS BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE ON THEIR STREET.

ONCE THE STREET SWEEPER ENFORCEMENT OFFICER HAVE PASSED, RESIDENTS MAY MOVE THEIR VEHICLES AND PARK BACK ONTO THE STREET LEGALLY WITH WITHOUT PENALTY.

THE APPROVED STREET SWEEPING ROUTES WERE DESIGNED TO ENABLE SWEEPERS TO COVER LARGE AREAS SYSTEMATICALLY AND EFFECTIVELY, WHILE MINIMIZING OPERATIONAL COSTS, THE SCHEDULE IS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE CONSISTENT AND EFFECTIVE CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM.

THE SWEEPING SCHEDULE ALSO FOLLOWS RESIDENTIAL TRASH COLLECTION DAYS TO MAIN CONSISTENCY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

TO ASSIST RESIDENTS IDENTIFYING ALTERNATIVE PARKING LOCATIONS.

THE CITY HAS CREATED AN INTERACTIVE MAP AVAILABLE ON OUR CITY WEBSITE.

UNDER WEST COVINA RESOURCES MAPS CITY STAFF IS ACTIVELY REVIEWING CONCERNS AND EVALUATING AREAS WITH LIMITED PARKING, HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, AND OTHER UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS.

THE CITY'S PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM AND ENGINEERING TEAMS WILL CONTINUE ASSESSING WHETHER SIGNAGE, ADJUSTMENTS, RELOCATIONS REMOVALS, OR ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO IMPROVE CLARITY AND AWARENESS.

FOR GENERAL PARKING ENFORCEMENT RELATED QUESTIONS, RESUME CONTACT PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT AT 6 2 6 9 3 9 8 4 2 6.

AND FOR ANY SIGNAGE RELATED QUESTIONS, RESIDENTS MAY CONTACT THE ENGINEERING ENGINEERING DIVISION AT 6 2 6 9 3 9 8 7 3 3.

ALL RESIDENT CONCERNS, UH, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION WHETHER BY EMAIL, PHONE, OR, UM, HOWEVER ELSE IN PERSON ARE BEING LOGGED AND WILL BE SUBMITTED TO OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM TEAM FOR FURTHER REVIEW.

WHILE THE CITY CONTINUES ITS CITYWIDE REVIEW OF SIGNAGE AND SWEEPING ROUTES, RESIDENT CONCERNS ARE BEING CAREFULLY REVIEWED TO ENSURE THE PROGRAM IS BOTH EFFECTIVE AND RESPONSIVE TO THE COMMUNITY NEEDS.

SHOULD YOU WISH TO FOLLOW UP ON THE STATUS OF YOUR REVIEW FOR YOUR CONCERN, YOU CAN CONTACT THE CITY ENGINEERING'S DIVISION.

THAT'S, AGAIN, IT'S 6 2 6 9 3 9 8 7 3 3 OR, OR BY EMAIL AT PERMITS AT WEST COVINA UM, DOT ORG.

WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK OF THE ROLLOUT OF OUR PROGRAM, THE ISSUING AWARDING NOTICES AND, UH, ADDRESSING RESIDENT CONCERNS, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED SIX STREETS IN THE CITY THAT NEED TO BE, UM, REPOSTED FOR ALTERNATING SIDE, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CLASSIFIED AS EITHER HIGH DENSITY OR HAS A A UNIQUE PARKING SITUATION.

SO FOR THE COMMUNITY, A AS WE ROLL OUT THIS PROGRAM, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, REACH OUT TO CITY STAFF AND TO PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK, YOUR REQUEST, YOUR CONCERNS, AND THEY ARE GONNA BE, EVERY ONE OF 'EM IS LOGGED.

AND YOU WILL GET A RESPONSE BACK FROM OUR, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM.

JUST IN THE FIRST WEEK OF, UM, STREET SWEEPING OUR WARNING NOTICES, UM, CITY STAFF IDENTIFIED 47 ABANDONED VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREET.

UH, MOST OF THESE VEHICLES WERE NOT REGISTERED TO WEST COVINA RESIDENCE.

THEY HAVE JUST BEEN LEFT ON OUR STREETS FROM OTHER AREAS.

UM, AS WE IDENTIFIED THESE VEHICLES, THE VEHICLES WERE MARKED FOR, UM, UH, WITH A 72 HOUR NOTICE, UH, WHICH ALLOWS THE CITY STAFF TO REMOVE VEHICLES FOR PUBLIC STREET.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE PHOTOS, UM, THE TOW TRUCKS THAT ARE PICKING UP SOME

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OF THE ABANDONED VEHICLES ON, UM, PUBLIC STREET.

UM, INTERESTING NOTE ON THE, THE WHITE CAR THAT'S BEING HOOKED UP ON THE TOW TRUCK.

IT ACTUALLY HAD, UM, A QMD LICENSE PLATES ON THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY DID NOT BELONG TO THAT VEHICLE.

UM, FOR THOSE HERE THAT WANT TO ADDRESS STREET SWEEPING CONCERNS AND YOU'D LIKE STAFF TO LOOK INTO THOSE CONCERNS, OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER IS UP TOP, MATT ZA AND HE'S MORE THAN HAPPY TO TAKE DOWN YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, CONCERN.

IT'LL BE LOGGED INTO OUR SYSTEM.

WE'LL HAVE OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM GO OUT TO YOUR STREET, UH, INVESTIGATE AND WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.

UM, FOR THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, CITY CLERK'S PUBLIC RECORDS AS OF MAY 6TH, 2026, HAS RECEIVED 459 REQUESTS AND RESPONDED TO 395, UH, RECRUITMENT'S UNDERWAY.

UH, THERE ARE CURRENTLY 10 ACTIVE RECRUITMENTS UNDERWAY, UH, FOR DAYCARE TEACHER 14 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED PLANNING, ASSOCIATE ASSISTANT, FIRE CHIEF PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER, PART-TIME AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER WITH MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS FOR ALL OF 'EM.

AS AN UPDATE TO THE COMMUNITY SPAY AND NEUTER ORDINANCE WILL BE BACK FOR A SECOND READING AND PUBLIC HEARING AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 2ND OF OUR, WHICH IS OUR NEXT, UM, COUNCIL MEETING.

WEST'S FIRST 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.

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE BOBA VENDORS, A BOBA TASTING CONTESTS, LIVE DJS ENTERTAINMENT ALONG WITH FOOD AND RETAIL VENDORS.

FUN ATTRACTIONS AND FAMILY FRIENDLY GAMES ARE ALSO PART OF THIS ELECTRIFYING EVENT.

THE WEST COA FIRE ASSOCIATES IS HOLDING ITS FIFTH ANNUAL SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY, JUNE 28TH AT THE SPORTSPLEX.

REGISTRATION IS $500 PER TEAM.

THE EVENT WILL FEATURE FOOD VENDORS, MUSIC AND GAMES PROCEEDS WILL BENEFIT THE WEST COA FIREFIGHTERS RELIEF FUND.

UPCOMING EVENTS, PEX PET VACCINE CLINIC HOSTED BY VACCINE VETS WILL BE SATURDAY, MAY 23RD AT DEL NORTE PARK, MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 25TH, HERE AT THE WEST COVENA CIVIC CENTER, ELECTRIC BOBA FEST AGAIN AND NIGHT MARKET, SATURDAY, MAY 30TH AT WEST COVENA, UH, PARKING LOT AND CIVIC CENTER AND STREET SWEEPING DEMONSTRATION, UH, WHICH WAS, UH, REQUESTED BY THE COMMUNITY WILL BE SATURDAY JUNE 6TH HERE AT WEST COVINA CITY HALL AT 10:00 AM AND WE'LL HAVE THE COMPANY OUT HERE WITH SWEEPERS TO PROVIDE A DEMONSTRATION FROM THE, THE VACUUM SYSTEM TO THE WATER SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THAT CON CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, SO AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE, CITATION WITH FEES ARE NOT BEING GIVEN OUT.

SO I KNOW SOMETIMES YESTERDAY I GOT TICKETED, I HAVE TO PAY A FINE.

THERE IS NO FINE.

UM, IT'S JUST A WARNING.

AND IF YOU DO REACH OUT, UH, PLEASE, UH, INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

BUT AS MILAN HAD MENTIONED, IF MORE THAN WELCOME TO DISCUSS WITH MATT UP THERE.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THE, THAT ENDS THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT.

WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.

COMMENTS ARE, OH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I JUST HAD A A QUICK QUESTION FOR THIS.

ACTING CITY MANAGER.

JUST ONE, UM, MR. ACTING CITY MANAGER.

I WAS JUST WONDERING, I REALIZED THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUAL SITUATIONS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED, BUT WHAT WILL BE THE APPROACH FOR SITUATIONS IN WHICH PEOPLE HAVE CAREGIVERS WHO ARE NEEDING TO PARK ON THE STREET ON THE DAY THAT, THAT THEY, THAT THE STREET SWEEPER HAPPENS IS TO COME BY? UM, WHAT IS TO BE DONE TO SUPPORT RESIDENTS WITH DISABILITIES IN, IN SUCH, UH, CIRCUMSTANCES? I'LL START WITH THE SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION FIRST.

SO, UNDER STATE LAW, UM, STREET SWEEPING IS NOT EX UH, EXEMPT, UH, VEHICLES, UH, DISPLAYING DISABLED PERSON OR DISABLED VETERAN PLACE ARE NOT EX EXEMPT FROM STREET SWEEPING ENFORCEMENT.

UM, AND POSTED RESTRICTIONS, THEY ARE EXEMPT FROM TIME RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS METERED PARKING, TWO HOUR PARKING, ET CETERA.

SO THAT, THAT'S BEEN ALREADY BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE COURTS.

IT'S ALREADY PART OF STATE LAW.

UM, FOR THE PERSONS THAT HAVE, UM, CAREGIVERS AND, AND THOSE TYPE ITEMS, UH, WE, WE WOULD EXPECT THAT, UH, ONCE WE DO THE WARNING PERIOD FOR A PERIOD OF WHAT'S GONNA END UP BEING ABOUT FIVE WEEKS, THAT RESIDENTS WILL HAVE A, A, A VERY GOOD IDEA WITHIN A 15 MINUTE TO A HALF HOUR TIMEFRAME OF WHEN THE SWEEPER'S GONNA BE COMING BY ON A, A WEEKLY BASIS.

THE EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU, YOU LET THE SWEEPER AND ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PASS, THEN YOU CAN REPARK IMMEDIATELY.

BUT AS WE DO ROLL OUT THIS PROGRAM, OBVIOUSLY THERE WILL PROBABLY BE WILSON, THERE WILL BE SOME UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCES WE HAVE TO ADDRESS.

AND LIKE I INDICATED IN MY REPORT, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED SIX STREETS WITH, UH, UNIQUE SITUATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSED BY OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENTS.

UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES.

UM, ALSO, I, I THINK, UH, I THINK TODAY WE GOT A, AN EMAIL FROM ONE RESIDENT ASKING FOR A POTENTIAL A DA ACCOMMODATION BECAUSE OF STREET TRIPPING.

THE STREET STREET SWEEPING ISSUE.

UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD AND

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SO PEOPLE COULD KNOW, IF SOMEONE WANTED TO MAKE A A DA AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT ACCOMMODATION UNDER TITLE TWO, WHO WOULD THEY CONTACT? US? ACTING CITY MANAGER.

UM, THEY WOULD CONTACT OUR A DA COORDINATOR.

THEY COULD ALSO CONTACT ME AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S ASSIGNED TO THE CORRECT PERSON AND RESOLVED AGAIN, AGAIN, THIS HAS BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE COURTS AND IT'S ALREADY PART OF STATE LAW.

UM, I, I KNOW I DID PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE RESPONSE TODAY ON THAT QUESTION, UM MM-HMM .

BUT WE CAN, UH, ELABORATE A LITTLE FURTHER ON INDIVIDUAL CASE BY CASE.

AND THEN, UM, YOU SAY YOU, YOU STATED THAT, UH, ENFORCEMENT WILL START JULY 6TH.

UM, WELL, ACTUALLY BEFORE I GO THERE, UM, THE EMAIL PERMITS@WESTVIEW.ORG, IS THAT A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS FOR THIS ISSUE OR? CORRECT.

AND WE HAVE A, OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF BOTH, UM, CIP ENGINEERING, UM, ARE WORKING THIS ONE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR SPECIFICALLY FOR THE STREET SWEEPING, UM, CONCERNS, WHETHER IT BE SIGNAGE, CURBS, PAINTING, WHATEVER IT IS.

AND THEN, UM, SO YEAH, AND THEN GO, SO MY LAST QUESTION WILL BE, SO IT STATE YOU STATED ON MONDAY, JULY 6TH, ENFORCEMENT WILL BEGIN NOW THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE VOICING CONCERNS FOR THEIR STREETS.

HOW, WHAT IS THE PROCESS? WHAT WILL THE CITY, WHAT, HOW WILL THE CITY HANDLE WHEN THEY GET THAT EMAIL, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS? UH, AND WHEN WILL THE RESIDENT KNOW BEFORE THAT JULY 6TH DATE COMES? YEAH.

THE EXPECTATION IS WHEN WE RECEIVE THE, THE CONCERN OR COMPLAINT, UH, THAT IT'LL BE FORWARDED IMMEDIATELY TO OUR, UH, PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM.

THEY'LL LOG THE COMPLAINT WITH THE, UH, CONTACT INFORMATION OF THE REPORTING PARTY AND AGAIN, AS A MAYOR MENTIONED, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE RECEIVE AN EMAIL THAT YOU INCLUDE YOUR ADDRESS.

UM, SO FAR, UH, THE HANDFUL THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UH, A LOT OF 'EM DIDN'T RECEIVE, HAVE THE PERSON'S ADDRESS.

SO AS PROVIDING, WE HAVE THE ADDRESS, WE ALL HAVE STAFF PHYSICALLY GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE STREET, LOOK AT THE CONCERN, AND THEN THEY'LL BE PROVIDED A WRITTEN REPLY, UM, BACK.

AND THE EXPECTATION WOULD BE WE GET IT DONE IN, YOU KNOW, FIVE TO EIGHT DAYS.

I MEAN, IT SHOULDN'T TAKE US THAT LONG.

UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT MANY CONCERNS YET.

UH, BUT AS WE ROLL OUT THE PROGRAM, UH, WE WILL ADDRESS THE CONCERNS AND THE FEEDBACK SO FAR FROM THE COMMUNITY AS THE OFFICERS ARE DRIVING THE STREETS.

UM, A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK, BUT AGAIN, YOU STILL GET PEOPLE THAT HAVE INDIVIDUAL AND UNIQUE CONCERNS, AND SOME OF 'EM ARE VERY VALID, AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.

ONTO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

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UH, AGAIN, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR THE COUNCIL REQUEST TO SPEAK ON.

AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AG AGENDA ITEMS. I WON'T GO OVER THE DETAILS OF DECORUM, BUT I JUST ASK THAT EACH SPEAKER ARE RES IS RESPECTFUL, AND THE TIMER WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

SO, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.

HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

WE HAVE 21 SPEAKERS.

OOH.

NORMALLY WHEN WE HAVE THAT MANY, IT'S, IT'S USUALLY LIMITED.

I WOULD HAVE TO ASK THE COUNCIL, ARE YOU OKAY WITH THREE MINUTES OR DID YOU I KNOW MINUTES.

SO WE GOT THIS.

UM, OKAY, GO AHEAD AND START THE SPEAKER.

WHO'S THE FIRST SPEAKER? THANK YOU, MAYOR.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY JOSH MURRAY, FOLLOWED BY, AND I'M SORRY FOR THE PRONUNCIATION OF THIS NAME, DOUG ROW, ROWAN FOR THE SPORTSPLEX.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS GONNA ORIGINALLY START WITH WAS THE FACT THAT, UH, THERE WAS A LITTLE BUDGET ITEM IN THERE FOR 26, 27 THAT I FOUND A LITTLE ODD THAT CERTAIN EXPENSES WENT FROM LIKE 200,000 TO ZERO.

AND IT JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

BUT AFTER LISTENING TO THE DRL FROM OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER ABOUT HOW HE EMPHASIZED STATE LAW, IT SAYS, YOU CAN DO THAT.

YOU CAN TICKET PEOPLE.

YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM EXCEPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WHY WOULD YOU NOT JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S DISABLED, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THEM AN EXCEPTION.

THAT TYPE OF THING.

THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE IT.

NOTHING THAT SAYS YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE IT.

AND, YOU KNOW, BRAGGING ABOUT, WE FOUND 47 CARS, 47 CARS.

WHAT HAS CODE ENFORCEMENT BEEN DOING ALL THIS TIME? HOW DO YOU FIND 47 CARS? BASICALLY, THE FIRST WEEK THEY MAGICALLY SHOWED UP ONE DAY, THEY WEREN'T PAYING ANY ATTENTION TO IT BEFOREHAND.

I MEAN, COME ON FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE TRYING TO SELL IT, BUT YOU KNOW, I KNOW OF A STREET AND I HAVE PICTURES AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND THEM TO ANY OF YOU.

ONE SIDE OF THE STREET SAYS NO PARKING ON THURSDAY.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET SAYS, NO PARKING ON THE SECOND AND FOURTH

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THURSDAY OF THE MONTH.

AND DIFFERENT TIMES.

HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN PUTTING SIGNS UP? TALK ABOUT INCOMPETENCY.

IT'S JUST, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

AND YOU COULD HAVE AVOIDED ALL THIS BY LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC TO BEGIN WITH.

YOU KNOW, I WAS GONNA GO THROUGH THINGS LIKE, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN DOE NUT BUYING, $400 WORTH OF DONUTS, YOU KNOW, AND $700 WORTH OF COOKIES FOR AN EVENT.

YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT 50 PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO.

AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS, WHO'S HAD THREE EVENTS AND HAS SPENT $125.

HE SPENT 770.

I MEAN, IT'S ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

YOU KNOW, WE GAVE HIM A PRINTER.

HE BOUGHT A PRINTER OR A PRINTER.

IS HE USING IT FOR THIS STUFF? OR, OR CITY BUSINESS.

THAT'S WHAT HE SENT TO ME OVER, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

SO, YOU KNOW, $958 OR WHATEVER IT WAS FOR PRINT, FOR PAPER AND SUPPLIES, ABSOLUTELY UNBELIEVABLE.

AND, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE OF I NEED, I'LL NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT FINANCIAL ISSUES.

THIS INDIVIDUAL KEEPS CLAIMING POVERTY, BUT HE WAS IN, IN COURT RECORDS WHERE YOU SIGN THAT UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY THAT I CANNOT PAY THESE FEES.

THE FEES WERE HE SUING YOU, SUING STAFF, SUING ME, SUING WHOEVER.

WHERE'D HE GET SOMEWHERE AROUND 25 TO $30,000 TO FINANCE A CAMPAIGN? WHERE DO HE GET THE MONEY TO GO TO GERMANY? WHERE DO HE GET THE MONEY TO GO TO SPAIN? WHERE DO HE GET THE MONEY TO GO TO HAWAII? YOU KNOW, HE CAN, HE CAN BE GROUNDED.

I RECEIVED THAT EMAIL IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL TIME.

BUT WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THE PUBLIC, HE'LL SAY, WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER WU DOES THIS.

HE'LL SAY THAT MAYOR LOPEZ DOES THIS, OR EVEN COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ DOES THIS.

HE WON'T ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT HE'S THE ONE WHO STANDS UP THERE AND SAYS, YOU'VE GOTTA TELL US WHERE YOU GOT THE FUNDING FOR YOUR HOUSE, WHERE YOU GOT THE FUNDING FOR YOUR CAR, WHERE YOU GOT THE FUNDING FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN.

AND HE REMAINS SILENT.

HE REMAINS SILENT.

IF YOU'RE GONNA STAND THERE AND TELL EVERYBODY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, YOU OUGHT TO TRY DOING IT YOURSELF.

YOU KNOW? SO HERE'S A SIMPLE QUESTION THAT YOU CAN ANSWER.

WHERE ARE YOU GETTING THE MONEY FOR CARS, TRIPS AND EVENTS WHILE TELLING THE COURTS UNDER THE PENALTY OF PERJURY? YOU ARE POOR.

JOSH MURRAY, FOLLOWED BY DOUG ROWAN, FOLLOWED BY MARIO MOETT.

AND JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, I KNOW WHEN EVERYBODY COMES UP, WE NORMALLY DON'T SAY ANYTHING UNTIL THE VERY END AND THE CITY MANAGER WILL ADDRESS ALL THE ISSUES.

AND SO IT'S NOT A DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOU.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR FULL THREE MINUTES.

HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

I'M JOSH MURRAY.

I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA LIBRARY.

I'D LIKE TO INVITE CHILDREN AGES FIVE TO 12 AND THEIR PARENT OR CAREGIVER TO JOIN US TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH FROM THREE 30 TO 4:30 PM FOR EASY OPTICAL ILLUSION ART.

UM, CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT OPTICAL ILLUSIONS AND THEN CREATE THEIR VERY OWN OPTICAL ILLUSION ART TO AMAZE THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED AND REGISTRATIONS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, LA COUNTY LIBRARY.ORG.

ALSO, ON THE SAME DAY, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20TH, FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM TEENS ARE INVITED TO LEARN ABOUT ETIQUETTE IN OUR ADULT 1 0 1 CLASS.

TEENS WILL BRUSH UP ON THEIR MANNERS TO THRIVE IN SOCIAL SITUATIONS AND AVOID MISTAKES, INCLUDING NOT GETTING CAUGHT USING THE WRONG FORK, UM, WITH OUR INSTRUCTION ON DINING ETIQUETTE.

SO I HOPE TO SEE ALL OF THE TEENS IN THE COMMUNITY THERE AND THE CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY OVER AT OUR EASY OPTICAL ILLUSION.

ART, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

NEXT SPEAKER.

I, I BELIEVE THE PRONUNCIATION IS DOUG ROAN REGARDING THE SPORTSPLEX.

DANNY RO.

OH, I'M SORRY.

WHAT IS IT? , DID YOU SAY? DANNY? DANNY.

DANNY.

SO BOTH SPELLING, THANK YOU MAYOR FOR HAVING ME.

MY NAME IS DANNY ROMAN.

I'M A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER WITH LAPD, RETIRED SERGEANT.

AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FOUR FOR OVER 30 YEARS FOR DISTRICT AND SPORTS WORKS.

IT USED TO BE CALLED FIELD OF DREAMS. RIGHT.

AND IT, IT'S ASSUMED BY THE CITY NOW, RIGHT? I, I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ON WHY DID WE ASSUME IT? I THINK THE LEASE WAS UP FROM UNDERSTANDING.

MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN THAT.

AND I NOTICED THAT THE CAUSE TO PLAY BALL THERE IS A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE THAN IT WAS YEARS AGO BEFORE COVID.

SO I GO THERE ALL THE TIME.

I USED TO GO THERE AND PLAY THERE FOR MANY YEARS.

ADULT, ADULT, UH, TEAMS. SO SEVERAL TEAMS ACTUALLY.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY DID THE COST GO UP SO HIGH AND WHAT WERE YOU DOING? AND I KNOW IT, IT'S FINANCED BY THE CITY, RIGHT? THE CITY'S IT'S UNDER

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CONTROL.

THE CITY'S UNDER CONTROLS BUDGET, BUT RIGHT.

I DUNNO.

I'M ASKING, WELL, I'LL LET YOU GO AHEAD AND SPEAK YOUR, AND THEN AT THE VERY END, THE CITY MANAGER WILL ANSWER EVERYBODY'S OKAY AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO IT IS A QUICK, QUICK 'CAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS TO GO ON ISLANDS.

I GET IT.

SO , I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE COST IS FOR THE CITY TAXPAYER TO PAY TO SUPPORT.

'CAUSE I KNOW IT'S IN DEFICIT.

I THINK IT'S IN DEFICIT.

WE'RE SUBSIDIZING SOME OF THE FEES.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I WANT TO GO BACK TO PLAY AND I WANT IT TO BE THERE FOR YEARS TO COME.

RIGHT.

SO WE'LL GET YOUR S**T TOGETHER.

MARIO MOT, FOLLOWED BY LAMAR SLES, FOLLOWED BY FRIDA.

HELLO.

HOW YOU DOING? THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

I'M ADDRESSING THE STREET SWEEPING ISSUE.

I KNOW HE, THE CITY COUNCIL WENT THROUGH AND DISCUSSED ALL THE MATTERS.

HOWEVER, I WAS AT CITY.

UH, I WENT TO CO CODE ENFORCEMENT THIS AFTERNOON, AND I WAS ADVISED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT THESE CITATIONS ARE GONNA BE, OR THESE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.

AN EFFECTIVE JULY 6TH.

YOU'RE GONNA BE USING CITATIONS.

I WAS HERE, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME HERE, YOUR HONOR.

AND I MADE A SUGGESTION ON HOW TO FIX THE PROBLEM.

I LIVE ON WEST COVINA PARKWAY, EAST OF AZUA.

WEST OF AZUA.

HAS THE SAME SIZE ON WEST OF AZUA.

THEY HAVE WEDNESDAY.

WEDNESDAY, SAME DAY, SAME TIME, SAME EVERYTHING.

NOWHERE FOR, FOR MY, I LIVE ON HIGH DENSITY STREET.

THERE'S A LOT OF CARS ON THAT STREET.

YOU COULD DRIVE DOWN ANYTIME DAY, AFTERNOON, AND YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF CARS.

NOWHERE FOR PARK.

WE ALL HAVE ONE CAR GARAGES.

AND WEST SIDE VAA HAS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY, SAME THING.

THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WE DO ON THE, ON THE EAST SIDE.

NOW ON THE EAST SIDE, YOU HAVE WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY.

TAKE THOSE THURSDAY, WEDNESDAY SIGNS THAT YOU TOOK OFF FROM THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET ON THE WEST SIDE OF, OF AZUA.

TAKE 'EM OVER TO THE WEST SIDE, TAKE 'EM TO THE PRINTER, TAKE OFF THE WEDNESDAY, PRINT FRIDAY, TAKE 'EM BACK TO THE WEST SIDE AND PLACE 'EM ON THE NORTH SIDE WHERE THOSE MISSING SIGNS ARE.

AND NOW YOU GOT THURSDAY, FRIDAY YOU GO.

PROBLEM SOLVE.

I KNOW YOU WANNA CLEAN THE STREETS.

I GET THAT.

I'M ALL FOR THAT.

HOWEVER, WHOEVER DESIGNED THIS PROGRAM DID IT WRONG.

THEY DID NOT TAKE CONSIDERATION FOR THE PARKING STRUCTURES.

AND WHERE ARE PEOPLE SUPPOSED PARK THEIR CARS? THERE'S A LOT OF CARS PARKED.

I'VE BEEN HERE DOING THIS.

I'VE EMAILED, UH, COUNCILMAN DIAZ.

OUR EMAILS GO BACK TO MAY 19TH OF LAST YEAR.

THIS IS MY THIRD TIME HERE.

I CAME IN JULY OF LAST YEAR, AND I CAME IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

I, I DISPLAYED THESE SAME SIGNS HOW TO, HOW TO FIX IT.

BUT YET HERE WE ARE ALMOST A YEAR LATER AND IT STILL HASN'T BEEN FIXED.

YOU'RE SPENDING CITY MONIES PUTTING OUT THESE SIGNS FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.

WELL, I GOT THIS SIGN WAY BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.

I'M GETTING THEM AGAIN, AND WE'RE GONNA GET 'EM AGAIN FOR THE NEXT SIX WEEKS.

YOU'RE SPENDING MONEY OF THE CITY'S MONEY TO PRINT THESE SIGNS AND FOR SOMEBODY TO GO PUT 'EM ON CARS.

AND THEN IN SIX WEEKS, THE THE SIX, YOU'RE GONNA START PAYING THESE PARKINGS ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND START ISSUING TICKETS.

YOUR COURTHOUSE IS GONNA BE PACKED WITH COMPLAINTS.

IF, IF PEOPLE GET TICKETS, I GET A TICKET BECAUSE I HAVE TWO, THERE'S THREE VEHICLES AT MY HOUSE, MY, MY SISTERS, AND MY TWO WORKS.

I HAVE MY WORK CAR PARKED IN THE, IN THE DRIVEWAY BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN HIT ONCE PARKED OUT IN THE STREET.

SO NOW I PARK IT IN, IN THE DRIVEWAY.

I HAVE MY TRUCK AND MY SISTER'S CAR IN THE STREET.

WE HAVE ONE CAR DRIVEWAY, ONE CAR GARAGE.

WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PARK OUR CARS? THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN THE THIRD TIME I, I'VE BEEN HERE AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED YET.

IT'S A SIMPLE FIX.

WE'LL ADDRESS IT.

SIGN SWITCH, HIGH DENSITY STREETS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED URGENTLY.

LAMAR FOLLOWED BY FRIDA, FOLLOWED BY LARRY PETERSON.

LAMAR SALS, YES, THANK YOU.

I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE CAN YOU PUT THE MIC DOWN SO WE COULD HEAR YOU? THE RESIDENTS CAN HEAR.

I'M HERE BECAUSE OF THE STREET CLEANING.

I LIVE ON A SO, AND BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

IT SAYS WE CAN'T PARK ON THURSDAY.

WE HAVE FOUR CARS.

WE DON'T HAVE NO GARAGE.

SO WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PARK? WE HAVE A HANDICAPPED MOM AND USUALLY HER APPOINTMENTS ARE ON THURSDAY TOO.

THAT WAS MY ISSUE.

HELLO, I'M HERE ALSO REGARDING THE STREET SWEEPING.

SPEAKER FRIDA, FOLLOWED BY LARRY PETERSON, FOLLOWED BY MARIO AVARO.

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I LIVE ON AZUA AND NO PARKING ON THURSDAY.

WE HAVE FOUR VEHICLES, NO DRIVEWAY, AND ALL PEOPLE THAT LIVE ON EZU ON THAT STREET.

WE DON'T HAVE DRIVEWAYS.

WE ONLY HAVE ONE CAR GARAGE.

AND THERE'S FOUR VEHICLES.

AND MY CONCERN ALSO IS WHERE DO WE PARK? AND ALSO WE HAVE ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH THIS.

AND IF THEY'RE SAYING WE CAN'T PARK IN THE AREA, HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO WALK? YOU KNOW, THE, MY MOM'S 90 YEARS OLD, AND WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PARK AND HAVE HER WALK? THAT'S MY CONCERN.

LARRY PETERSON, FOLLOWED BY MARIO.

SO BAVARO FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRAS.

IT SEEMED LIKE I'M BEATING A DEAD HORSE WITH THE STREET SWEEPING.

BUT, AND AFTER LISTENING TO EVERYONE, IT MADE ME THINK OF SOME THINGS, LIKE YOU WERE MENTIONING THE HANDICAPPED, UH, CAREGIVERS.

WHAT HAVE YOU HAVE A REPAIR PERSON, YOU KNOW, COMING TO YOUR, TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND LIKE, I HAVE A LONG DRIVEWAY ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I CAN PARK MINE IN THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW MY SON'S IN TOWN AND I TOOK HIS, HIS MOTOR HOME OVER TO GET A NEW BATTERY.

WELL, BY THE TIME I CAME BACK AT NINE 30, I HAD NOWHERE TO PARK IT.

SO I PARKED IT AND THEY GAVE ME THE WARNING.

BUT YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY, A GUEST IS FROM OUTTA TOWN AND YOU CAN'T PUT, THERE'S NOWHERE TO GO.

I MEAN, EVERYBODY FOR MONDAY TRASH DAY AT THE TUESDAY, CLEANING THE WHOLE AREA.

IT'D BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU COULD PARK ON, WELL, LIKE BEFORE WE USED TO HAVE SECOND AND, UH, SECOND AND FOURTH, WE, UH, YOU KNOW, TUESDAYS.

SO IF THEY COULD DO ONE SIDE ON THE ODD, ODD WEEKS, THE OTHER SIDE ON THE EVEN WEEK.

SO THE WAY THE CARS WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, A CHANCE TO MOVE THEM.

'CAUSE I MEAN, NOT EVERYBODY'S RETIRED.

THEY CAN SIT THERE AND WAIT FOR THE STREET SWEEPER TO MOVE IT.

AND, OR LIKE I SAY, LIKE A CAREGIVER, IF SHE'S TENDING TO SOMEBODY, TIMING IS EVERYTHING.

SO I THINK THEY JUST NEED TO RE, RE, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT IT.

I UNDERSTAND THE HIGH DENSITY AREAS, BUT EVEN ON A REGULAR BASIS, THINGS HAPPEN.

MARIO SORO, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRAS, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESSMAN.

JUST A QUICK FUN QUESTION, UH, WHICH CITATION IS GREAT, OR PARKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, OR BEING, UH, CITED BY THE STREET SWEEPER, BUT, UH, WE'LL GET TO THAT.

COME OUT AND STRONGLY SUPPORT OUR WEST CONVENIENT POLICE EXPLORERS ON JUNE 5TH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

UH, I THESE OUT.

MY NAME IS MARIO LUISA RO WITH MISS NIKKI'S EVENT PRODUCTION ON THE WEST COVINA NIGHT MARKET.

AT HISTORIC CHRIS RANCH, I WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY WITH A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE WEST COVINA NIGHT MARKET, AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT A NEW COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE THAT WE ARE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT.

SINCE LAUNCHING THE MARKET, WE HAVE NOW SEEN ATTENDANCE EXCEEDING APPROXIMATELY 1500 PEOPLE PER EVENT NIGHT.

WITH PARTICIPATION GROWING TO AS MANY AS 72 VENDORS.

WHAT IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO US IS THAT ROUGHLY 80% OF THOSE VENDORS ARE FROM WEST COVINA AND ADJOINING SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CITIES.

THESE ARE LOCAL FAMILIES, LOCAL ENTREPRENEURS, LOCAL ARTISTS, LOCAL FOOD VENDORS, LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS, BEING GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.

TONIGHT, I ESPECIALLY WANT TO GIVE A HUGE PUBLIC THANK YOU AND RECOGNITION TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH COMMUNITY EVENTS PROGRAM.

WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK VICKI INSPECTOR TINA, TY EVENT CASE MANAGER, DEBBIE, AND THE ENTIRE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TEAM FOR TRULY HOLDING OUR HANDS THROUGH THE EVENT ORGANIZER PERMIT AND TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITY PROCESS.

AS MANY, YOU KNOW, NAVIGATING COUNTY PERMITTING AND COMPLIANCE CAN BE INTIMIDATING FOR SMALL VENDORS, ESPECIALLY FIRST TIME FOOD VENDORS.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE GUIDANCE AND JOURNALISM OF LA COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH, WE HAVE NOW HELPED BRING APPROXIMATELY 15 LOCAL FOOD VENDORS INTO FULL LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH COMPLIANCE.

MANY OF THESE VENDORS WERE EXTREMELY NERVOUS ABOUT THE PROCESS AT FIRST, BUT AFTERWARD, THEY WERE INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL AND PROUD.

ONE EXAMPLE IS MARCUS FROM MIMI STACKS, A 20-YEAR-OLD LOCAL ENTREPRENEUR THROUGH THE NIGHT MARKET PROCESS.

WE HELPED GUIDE HIM THROUGH OBTAINING HIS FIRST LA COUNTY TEMPORARY FOOD FACILITY, PERMIT INSURANCE AND LOCAL BUSINESS LICENSING.

HANDLING THESE YOUNG OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR OFFICIAL PERMITS AFTER THEY EARNED COMPLIANCE, WAS HONESTLY A VERY PROUD MOMENT FOR ALL OF US.

THIS WAS ALWAYS THE BROADER VISION OF THE WEST COVENA NIGHT MARKET.

NOT SIMPLY CURATE A FUN EVENT TO CREATE AN OPPORTUNITY, ACTIVATE COMMUNITY SPACES, SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND ULTIMATELY GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.

TONIGHT I AM ALSO HANDING OUT FLYERS TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER REGARDING OUR UPCOMING JUNE 5TH FUNDRAISER BENEFITING THE WEST COVINA POLICE EXPLORERS PROGRAM.

THE FUNDRAISER MODEL INCLUDES EVENT ORGANIZERS DONATING A PERCENTAGE OF VENDOR FEES, PARTICIPATING FOOD VENDORS DONATING A PERCENTAGE OF SALES, AND A LARGE 50 50 RAFFLE.

THE SAME EXACT FUNDRAISING FORMAT WAS UTILIZED THIS PAST FRIDAY IN COVINA FOR CAL GRAPPLERS WRESTLING CLUB, WHERE TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY, WE SUCCESSFULLY RAISED $1,557 FOR LOCAL YOUTH ATHLETICS IN A SINGLE EVENING.

WE ARE HOPEFUL THE COMMUNITY WILL

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WE ALSO WANT TO INVITE ANY YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT BOOSTER CLUBS, SO, UH, SCHOOL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROSPECTIVE VENDORS TO REACH OUT TO US DIRECTLY AT WEST COVINA NIGHT MARKET@GMAIL.COM.

JERRY PATES, FOLLOWED BY ELSIE MESSMAN, FOLLOWED BY STEVE GORAN.

GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.

I HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM THAT I'VE BEEN WONDERING ABOUT SINCE THE WEEKLY PROGRAM ROLLED OUT THE STREET SWEEPER GOES BY MY HOUSE AT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME TIME EACH TUESDAY, ABOUT 20 TO 30 MINUTES LATER, IT GOES DOWN THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET.

I COUNT THAT AS TWO TRIPS DOWN MY STREET.

THE APRIL 7TH STAFF REPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM FIVE DISCUSSES ALTERNATE SIDE OF THE STREET OPS, STREET SWEEPING OPTIONS IN TERMS OF COST, THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STREET SWEEPERS, ADDITIONAL STAFFING, ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT, THE PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL SIGNS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

I UNDERSTAND THOSE POINTS.

THE STAFF REPORT ALSO STATES ALTERNATE DAYS WOULD INCREASE THE STREET MILES TO BE SERVICED, HOW WE'RE NOT ADDING STREETS TO THE CITY.

THE STAFF REPORT ALSO STATES AN ALTERNATE SIDE OR ALTERNATE DAY SWEEPING PROGRAM INCREASES VEHICLE MILES, TRAVELED, FUEL USAGE, EMISSIONS EQUIPMENT, WEAR AND WEAR ON CITY STREETS.

HOW WHETHER THE STREET SWEEPER GOES DOWN MY STREET TWICE AND ONE DAY OR ONCE, ONE DAY, AND ONCE THE FOLLOWING DATE, IT STILL IS TWO TRIPS DOWN THE SAME STREET ACCORDING TO THE STAFF REPORT.

ONE SIDE STREET SWEEPING, ALTERNATE SIDE.

SWEEPING, SWEEPING WOULD INCREASE COSTS BY 75% BECAUSE, BECAUSE IT CALLS FROM FOR INCREASING THE FOUR STREET SWEEPERS CURRENTLY USED TO SEVEN SWEEPERS.

I UNDERSTAND A TINY INCREASE, BUT THIS IS A LARGE INCREASE THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE AND IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU DIDN'T APPROVE CHANGING THE PROGRAM.

PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW THAT INCREASE IS CALCULATED.

AND IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY BEFORE YOU IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM.

DO A COST ANALYSIS BEFORE YOU ENTER, IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS SAY AT THESE WORKSHOPS.

EVERYTHING WE SAID WAS JUST DISREGARDED.

ONE PERSON? THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS? WASS, THIS NEEDS TO STOP BECAUSE NO OTHER CITY SEEMED TO BE INTERESTED.

LC MESSMAN, FOLLOWED BY STEVE G FOLLOWED BY DOUGLAS FOUR.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS EL MESSMAN.

AND FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK OLLIE CAMPUS FOR ONLY THE ONLY ONE TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT IN MY DISTRICT.

I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THE FIRE AND THE POLICE UNIONS TO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE ELECTION IN WEST COVINA.

JUST LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE.

LET THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA VOTE FOR THEIR CHOICE, NOT THE UNIONS.

WHAT THE UNION IS DOING, IT'S HURTING OUR CITY.

NUMBER TWO, WHY ARE WE SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY IN STREET SWEEPING WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE SAT WERE SATISFIED.

AND THE CITY WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE LAW BEFORE THIS WEEKLY DISASTER TOOK PLACE BECAUSE ONE STREET NEEDED HELP.

THE PROBLEM, THE WHOLE, THE PROBLEM, THE WHOLE CITY IS NOT THE PROBLEM.

STREET CLEANING IS NOT THE PROBLEM OF THE STREETS.

IT'S THE POTHOLES, THE WEEDS, YOU NAME IT.

THAT'S WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

DID ANYONE IN STAFF OR COUNCIL STOP TO ESTIMATE THE COST OF THIS DISASTER? THE EXTRA TRUCKS SIGNS THE WRONG SIZE, REPLACING NEW ONES, CODE ENFORCEMENTS, SALARIES, EXTRA CLEAN, UH, CLEANING FOR TWICE A MONTH FROM TWICE A MONTH TO EVERY WEEK.

WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR ALL THIS? NUMBER THREE.

NOW, IN CASE YOUR PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW, YOU NEED TO GET A PERMIT FOR ARTIFICIAL TURF FOR $650.

PLUS THIS NOT ONLY SAVES WATER, BUT LOOKS A LOT BETTER THAN BROWN GRASS AND WEEDS.

ANOTHER EXPENSE FOR THE RESIDENTS AND, AND THE ROCKS ONLY.

AND PLANTS ONLY.

DO THEY NEED A PERMIT? WE WILL HAVE TO PAY AIR IF WE DON'T, IF IT, IF IT KEEPS UP.

THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED FIVE YEARS AGO.

THAT'S FIVE YEARS A WASTED MONEY BY THE CITY.

THAT WAS NOT NECESSARY.

THE HOME OF THE TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVES WERE TAKEN, UH, WERE NOT THE LIVES THAT WAS NOT REGISTERED.

THEY WERE NOT REGISTERED WITH THE LA HEALTH DEPARTMENT, IS WHY THEY'D NEVER SHOWED UP.

DID ANYONE EVER CHECK OR DID THEY LISTEN TO

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KING.

WOO.

YOUR DISTRICT IS THE WORST IN THE CITY.

YOU ARE BUSY SELLING CITY PROPERTY TO, TO NOTICE IT.

IS THIS NOT A CONFLICT OF INTEREST? THE ATTORNEY, THANK YOU.

STEVE GORAN, FOLLOWED BY DOUG FOUR, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW DELGADO.

I, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY STEVE JEFFREY ON UH, WELCOME MAYOR.

I HAD WRITTEN YOU A, AN EMAIL YESTERDAY.

I WAS GONNA READ THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE I REALLY NEED TO, UH, .

'CAUSE I DON'T EVEN THINK YOU'LL EVEN PAY ATTENTION TO IT.

GIVEN WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT REGARDING STREET SWEEPING, UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT YOU CHOSE TO, TO, UH, UH, SAVE MONEY RATHER THAN TO DEAL WITH THE, UM, THE PEOPLE THAT, AND THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THIS CITY.

AND THAT'S SAD.

UM, AND TO, TO DISPLACE EVERYBODY JUST TO SAVE SOME MONEY IS, IS, IS AGAIN, IT'S SAD.

UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT YOU WERE, UH, INFORMED ABOUT THE OPTIONS AND YOU CHOSE TO IGNORE IT.

UH, IT, LOOKING AT YOUR, YOUR MAP, UH, IT, IT APPEARS THAT YOU BASICALLY HAVE SAID THAT IN THIS WHOLE AREA, YOU'RE GONNA CLEAN ALL THE STREETS AT THE SAME TIME.

AND ALL THE STREET I WAS PARKED, UH, IN AN AREA ON, ON SANDY HOOK IN ADJACENT TO MY STREET, WHICH THE ENTIRE STREET IS MARKED TO BE DONE IN ONE DAY.

UM, AND THERE WASN'T EVEN A SIGN POSTED.

UH, THERE'S A PORTION OF THE STREET THAT'S NOT POSTED, AND I, I STILL GOT A WARNING TICKET AND I JUST HAPPENED TO BE THERE WHEN THE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR, OR AGENT OFFICER WAS THERE, AND HE SAID, OH, DON'T WORRY, THEY'LL BE PUTTING A SIGN UP.

SO IT'S LIKE, OKAY, REALLY THERE IS NO PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO PARK.

UM, AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM.

UM, SO I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER IT.

AND IT, IT, IT, IT'S, I MEAN, THE, THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE RIGHT NOW ARE VOICING THEIR CONCERNS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT HERE OR, OR EVEN WILLING TO COME OUT HERE AND TELL YOU IT, AND IT'S GONNA BE A PROBLEM.

WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.

DOUG FOUR, FOLLOWED BY ANDREW DELGADO, FOLLOWED BY CARLOS ROSALES.

HI GUYS.

IT SOUNDS LIKE TRANSTECH HAS SPENT A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THAT.

PARKING, I THINK WE'VE PAID THEM WHAT, A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE FIRST SWEET STRIPING A, YOU KNOW, MAP, AND THEN THERE ARE SIGNS.

UM, ANYWAYS, MY NAME IS DOUG FOR, I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.

I HAVE BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT THREE.

I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY THANKING WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY CHIEF CARINA AND LIEUTENANT ARMES FOR THE CONTINUED HELP WITH THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA.

UM, WHEN MY EMPLOYEE SHOWED UP TO WORK THIS MORNING, WE HAD TWO HOMELESS PEOPLE IN FRONT OF MY RESTAURANT.

AND, UM, THEY CAME OUT SWIFTLY.

UM, I BELIEVE THEY ARRESTED ONE OF THEM.

THEY, UM, IT, IT IS JUST GETTING REALLY BAD DOWN THERE, BUT WITH THEM, UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS ON IT.

UM, I CAN'T BE MORE THANKFUL FOR THEIR HELP TO TRY AND, UM, FIX THE PROBLEM.

SO, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

EVERYBODY THERE HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB IN HELPING US DOWN THERE.

UM, SECONDLY, DURING THE BUDGET MEETING, WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS ZERO BUDGET, UM, FOR THE WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UM, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THERE IS NOW A LINE ITEM FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

UM, LET'S BRING BACK OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO THIS CITY THAT WE HAVE SUBCONTRACTED OUT BEFORE MAKING A NEW DEPARTMENT.

THIS CITY DOES NOT HAVE ANY MONEY TO CONTINUE TO WASTE ON THIS MATTER.

UM, HAVE YOU READ RECENTLY THE PASADENA HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS LAYING PEOPLE OFF AND IT'S COSTING THEIR CITY MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR TO RUN THEIR HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

LET'S WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS TO MAKE THIS CITY GREAT AGAIN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THERE SHOULD BE OBVIOUS, RIGHT? SPORTS TEACHES YOU LIFE LESSONS THAT ARE UNDUPLICATED, COOPERATION, LEADERSHIP, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, HOW TO WIN, HOW TO LOSE.

ANDREW DELGADO, FOLLOWED BY CARLOS ROSALES, FOLLOWED BY ELIANA SINA.

UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE CANCELLATION OF THE BASKETBALL LEAGUE AT THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER.

I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN WITH THE STAT, IF I CAN.

68% OF ALL TOP CEOS, UNITED STATES PLAYED COLLEGIATE SPORTS AT SOME TIME IN THEIR LIFE.

NOW, THE CORRELATION

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RIGHT? NOW, WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS? TAKE UCLA GUARD TRENT PERRY, FOR EXAMPLE, TRENT PERRY CAME FROM HERE, WEST COVINA.

HE STARTED AT THE WEST COA UNIFIED BASKETBALL LEAGUE.

FOR REASONS I CANNOT UNDERSTAND.

WE WANT TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM OUR CHILDREN.

WE WANT TO CANCEL THAT.

I WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BACKGROUND.

I'VE COACHED AT THAT LEAGUE FOR NOW, THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

MY SON HAS PLAYED THERE FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS.

I CAN'T EXPLAIN TO YOU THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNI, THE AMOUNT OF CONNECTIONS AND LIFELONG FRIENDS I'VE MADE AND MY SON HAS MADE AT THAT LEAGUE.

IF YOU JUST TAKE ONE STEP INTO THAT COMMUNITY CENTER, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU TAKE A STEP INTO THAT COMMUNITY CENTER, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE MEMBERS WHO WORK THERE.

CAMERON MORENO AND HER STAFF DO AN EXCELLENT JOB OF RUNNING THE ENTIRE LEAGUE AND BUILDING A COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A PURE AND PERFECT REP, UH, REPRESENTATION OF THE CITY WEST COVINA.

PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU TO GO IN THERE AND APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO.

I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS.

I UNDERSTAND WE'RE IN THE TIME OF BUDGET CUTS.

I WORK IN MARKETING, I MANAGE MY MARKETING BUDGET.

I MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS EVERY DAY REGARDING BUDGET CUTS.

I UNDERSTAND, BUT PLEASE HEED MY WARNING.

DO NOT MAKE SHORTSIGHTED DECISIONS AND BUDGET CUTS ON THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF OR NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED INTO.

PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU.

KEEP THE COMMUNITY AND OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, AND PLEASE DO NOT TAKE AWAY YOUTH SPORTS FROM OUR CHILDREN.

AND QUESTION, WHAT, WHAT LEAGUE WHAT LEAGUE IS THIS? WHY YOU'VE BEEN CANCELED? WHAT LEAGUE IS THIS? YOU TELL ME.

OH, I DON'T KNOW WHICH LEAGUE WE CANCELED.

YOU TELL ME.

I WISH I KNEW.

HE'S SAYING LEAGUE, THE BASKETBALL LEAGUE LEAGUE.

I WISH I KNEW WHY.

CARLOS ROSALES, FOLLOWED BY ELIANA SALANO, FOLLOWED BY CARLOS.

HEY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WU TI.

HOW YOU GUYS DOING? UM, SO I'M ONE OF THE COACHES AS WELL FROM THE CAMERON PARK REC, THE ONE THAT YOU VISITED.

I CAME TO OUR MEETING.

ABSOLUTELY.

THE PROGRAM.

NEED TO HAVE THE PROGRAM AS IT HAS BEEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER.

AND YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE ME FROM THE PICTURE.

AND EMBARRASSINGLY I'M WEARING THE SAME SHIRT AND I PROMISE I HAVE MORE THAN ONE SHIRT .

UM, YOU KNOW, I PREPPED A STATEMENT HERE AND I JUST, I I CAME TO ADVOCATE FOR THIS.

THE, THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

YOU KNOW, UH, COACH ANDREW JUST SHARED THE IMPACT THAT COACH THAT YOUTH SPORTS HAVE ON OUR KIDS.

UM, ON BEHALF OF THE COACHES, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS OUR DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE FACT THAT THE LEAGUE HAS BEEN CANCELED.

UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR AND POWERFUL PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.

AND EVERY SEASON, HUNDREDS OF KIDS COME AND PARTICIPATE IN OUR PROGRAM.

WHAT MAKES OUR PROGRAM SPECIAL IS THAT IT'S TRULY INCLUSIVE.

IF YOU'VE NEVER PLAYED BALL BEFORE, THIS IS THE LEAGUE FOR YOU.

CO-ED LEAGUE.

IF YOU HAVE DISABILITIES OF ANY KIND, THIS IS THE LEAGUE WHERE YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND YOU NOT ONLY ARE ON A TEAM, BUT YOU GET TO PLAY EVERY SINGLE TIME.

IT'S A LEAGUE WHERE WE DON'T CARE ABOUT AS COACHES WINNING, BUT ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT OUR KIDS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN AND GROW AS, AS ATHLETES.

UM, WHAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION IS THAT THIS YEAR WE'VE CANCELED IT.

AND A PART OF THE REASON IS FOR BUDGET IS WHAT WE CONTINUE TO HEAR.

BUT WHAT I'VE HEARD IS THAT WE HAVE STAFFING ISSUES AS WELL.

WE HAVE STAFF THAT CAN'T WORK NIGHTS OR STAFF THAT CAN'T WORK WEEKENDS.

WE ARE THROWING AWAY A WHOLE SEASON BECAUSE SUPPOSEDLY WE DON'T HAVE STAFF THAT CAN RUN THE SCOREBOARD.

AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, IT DOESN'T TAKE A LOT OF PEOPLE TO RUN THE SCOREBOARD.

THE KIDS CAN RUN THE SCOREBOARD.

BUT WHAT I FEEL IS HAPPENING IS A LACK OF COMMITMENT FROM OUR PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT TO OUR YOUTH.

AND SO MY ASK OF YOU TODAY IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THE STAFFING CHALLENGES, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR TO THROW AWAY A PROGRAM.

I'M ONE OF THE ORIGINAL COACHES FROM FIVE YEARS AGO, AND THAT STARTED THIS PROGRAM TO THROW IT AWAY, JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T MANAGE OUR STAFF EFFECTIVELY.

AND I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO DO IT WITH VOLUNTEERS.

AND EARLIER TODAY YOU HEARD ABOUT A FREE PROGRAM THAT'S BEEN THROWN OUT THERE.

IT HAS ONLY BEEN PRESENTED BECAUSE LAST WEEK WE WENT TO THE COMMISSION'S MEETING.

MY DAUGHTER WENT AND READ A LETTER ON MY BEHALF.

PRIOR TO THAT, THEY WEREN'T GONNA EVEN OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE.

PRIOR TO THAT, THEY DIDN'T EVEN LOOP US IN.

NONE OF US KNEW.

AND THE REASON I KNOW THAT THIS NEW PROGRAM ISN'T GONNA WORK IS 'CAUSE ALL OF US GOT A TEXT THIS MORNING ON SEEING IF ANY OF US WANNA VOLUNTEER TO RUN IT.

WHAT THEY WANNA HAVE IS A VOLUNTEER PROGRAM THAT HAS NO SUPPORT FROM THE STAFF, NO SUPPORT FROM THE CITY.

AND THOSE COACHES WHO ALREADY DO MOST OF THE WORK, WE DO ALL THE COACHING FREE OF CHARGE, ARE EXPECTED TO GO MAP THIS OUT, PLAN THIS OUT, AND RUN A PROGRAM THAT'S, ALTHOUGH FREE SOUNDS NICE, IS REALLY UNSTRUCTURED, AND DOES NOT SUPPORT THE CAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHICH IS HELP THESE KIDS GROW, HELP THESE KIDS HAVE THE SKILLS AND ABILITIES THAT ARE GONNA MAKE 'EM SUCCESSFUL IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO MY ASK OF YOU IS, IF IT'S WITHIN YOUR POWER TO REVIEW THE BUDGET, TO REVIEW HOW THEY'RE MANAGING THE STAFF, IS THERE STAFFING CHANGES THAT NEED TO BE MADE? WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES, BUT WE

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BECAUSE WITHOUT THIS OUTLET, OUR KIDS ARE NOT GONNA HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO.

YEP.

AND WE ALREADY HAVE A COMMUNITY CENTER THAT DOESN'T OFFER KARATE, DOESN'T OFFER MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. AND IF IT DOESN'T OFFER BASKETBALL, WHAT DO WE HAVE? REALLY? RIGHT.

WE HAVE A GYM THAT'S RENTED OUT FOR PRIVATE PARTIES ONLY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ILEANA SALANA FOLLOWED BY CARLOS, FOLLOWED BY CHARLES GUERRERO.

I KNOW BEFORE WE GO ONTO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I, I JUST, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME BEING AWARE OF THIS SITUATION.

AND, UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I DO RUN SPORTS AS A PROGRAM AND I ACTUALLY COACH THERE FOR BASKETBALL AT CAMERON PARK MANY YEARS AGO.

BUT I'LL HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER ADDRESS ALL THIS AT THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENT.

NEXT SPEAKER.

ELIANA SALANO, FOLLOWED BY CARLOS, FOLLOWED BY CHARLES GUERRERO.

CARLOS, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL.

UM, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS REGARDING THE STREET SWEEPING.

UM, IT'S NOT ABOUT WHETHER STREETS SHOULD BE CLEAN.

I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS A CLEAN COMMUNITY.

THAT'S KIND OF EXPECTED WITH OUR TAX TAXES THAT WE PAY.

THE ISSUE IS WHETHER THE CITY IS PRIORITIZING RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY WHILE LARGER COMMUNITY CONCERNS REMAIN UNRESOLVED.

LAST YEAR, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED VEHICLES FOR HIS PROGRAM BEFORE FULLY RESOLVING STAFFING AND OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES.

SINCE THEN, WE'VE SEEN DIFFICULTY RECRUITING AND RETAINING EMPLOYEES.

NOW THE CITY'S DISCUSSING STAFFING LEVELS AS HIGH AS SEVEN TO NINE EMPLOYEES.

UM, WHILE THE PROGRAM IS STILL BEING EVALUATED, AND I THINK YOU, YOU MAY SAID THAT, UM, LET'S TRY THIS OUT AND SEE IF IT WORKS.

UH, IF THIS PROGRAM PROVES INEFFECTIVE OR UNSUSTAINABLE, WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE EMPLOYEES AND THOSE LONG-TERM PERSONNEL COSTS? YOU JUST GET RID OF 'EM, SAY, SEE YOU LATER.

UM, WE FACE SO MANY CHALLENGES HIRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE, OR IN SOME CASES THE WRONG PEOPLE WITHOUT THE RIGHT QUALIFICATIONS, UM, AS WELL AS RETAINING STAFF.

AND, AND IT'S COSTING TAXPAYERS A TON OF MONEY.

THERE ARE ALSO CONCERNS REGARDING TRANSPARENCY IN THE STAFF REPORTS, THE PUBLIC, UH, WE HEARD ABOUT A $1.8 MILLION PROPOSAL AND WHEN THE COST WAS $1.3 MILLION FOR THE CURRENT, UH, STREET SWEEPING, UH, BUT IT WASN'T CLEARLY ILLUSTRATED IN THE, UH, FISCAL IMPACT REPORT.

AND THE PUBLIC JUST DESERVES COMPLETE, UNDERSTANDABLE FINANCIAL INFORMATION BEFORE MAKING MAJOR DECISIONS.

UH, MAYOR LOPEZ, I THINK YOU CHUCKLED AT COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IN THE FACT THAT YOU ARE APPROVING A STAFF REPORT THAT'S SO VAGUE AND INCOMPLETE THAT I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, MEASURE R AND MEASURE W FUNDS WERE INTENDED FOR STREETS, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION, IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER QUALITY, NOT EXPANDING A CITATION DRIVEN ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.

THE ACTING CITY MANAGER ALSO STATED THIS PROGRAM COULD BE SELF-FUNDED THROUGH CITATIONS.

THAT'S A HUGE RED FLAG, UH, AND SHOULD BE A CONCERN TO EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT.

CODE ENFORCEMENT SHOULD EXIST FOR COMPLIANCE AND COMMUNITY, PROVEN NOT TO CREATE REVENUE STREAMS THAT SUSTAIN GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.

AT THE SAME TIME, WEST COVINA IS FACING LARGER ISSUES, HOMELESSNESS, BLIGHTED PROPERTIES, UNSAFE HOUSING, AGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.

YOU WANT US TO PARK A HALF A MILE DOWN THE STREET, YET THERE'S RISING, UH, CRIME FOR AUTO THEFT BREAK-INS.

YOU HAVE A FIRE, YOU HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS IN THE UNSAFE BUILDING AND THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNITY SAFETY.

SO ARE, SO ARE WE PROTECTING THE PEOPLE MEANT TO PROTECT US? AND THOSE ARE JUST SOME PRIORITIES THAT ARE, WE EXPECT OUR LEADERS TO FOCUS ON.

AND BY THE WAY, EMERGENCY REPAIRS JUST DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IT'S YEARS OF NEGLECT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, SIMILAR TO THE PATTERN WE KEEP REPEATING RIGHT NOW.

THE OTHER, UH, CONCERN IS JUST HAVING AN EXPERT ANALYSIS.

I THINK SOMEBODY HAD ALREADY POINTED OUT, UH, GIVING US A COMPARISON OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BUILD THE PLANE AS WE FLY OR REINVENT THE WHEEL.

IF OTHER CITIES ARE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THAT.

AND PEOPLE THAT ARE SUBJECT THAT MATTER EXPERTS OR SOME MIGHT SAY, IT'S LIKE HIRING AN ENGINEERING FIRM TO DEVELOP A HEALTH DEPARTMENT.

WE WANT THE RIGHT PEOPLE DOING THIS EVALUATION.

UH, FINAL NOTE IS, UH, CALIFORNIA EIGHT, UH, YOU GUYS ALL VOTED STATE MANDATE FOR A DS, UM, THAT EXPANDS PARKING LIMITS, UH, AREAS TO PARK.

AND I JUST, UH, THANK YOU ASKED THAT.

YOU KNOW, MY KIDS ARE GOING A HALF A, A MILE AWAY ROUND TRIP.

YOU DON'T LET ME CONTINUE.

BUT THE OTHER PERSON WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE.

YOU HAD A SPECIAL EMAIL FROM HR? NO, I ACCOMMODATION.

I KNOW HE DID.

THE OTHER GUY WENT OVER FIVE SECONDS.

AND YOU, YOU CUT ME OFF RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE I'M TALKING DIRECTLY TO YOUR INCOMPETENCE.

PLEASE.

THIS STREET SWEEPING DISASTER.

CHARLES GUERRERO, FOLLOWED BY JD, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, CHARLES GUERRERO.

HI, MY NAME IS CHARLES GUERRERO.

I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN WEST COVINA.

I'M ALSO

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A BUSINESS OWNER HERE.

I HAVE A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

UM, THIS MORNING, UM, WE'RE ALL FOR STREET CLEANING, YOU KNOW, ME AND MY FAMILY.

AND WE, UH, WANTED TO CONFRONT, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT TODAY.

AND WE PARKED SEVEN CARS ON MY LAWN THIS MORNING BECAUSE OUR STREET, THE STREET SWEEPING IS BOTH SIDES.

AND WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T REALLY SURE ON WHEN THEY WERE GONNA START TO ENFORCE IT UNTIL RECENTLY, I HEARD IN JULY.

WELL, I ALSO BEEN OVER A DOZEN OTHER STREETS HERE IN WEST COVINA WHERE I'VE WORKED.

'CAUSE I DO CONSTRUCTION AND IT'S THE SAME SITUATION THERE.

BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS ARE THE SAME DAY FOR CLEANING.

AND MY CREW COMES IN AND THEY'RE LIKE, HEY BOSS, WHERE ARE WE? WHERE DO WE PARK? AND I'M TELLING THEM, OH, WELL DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT IT UNTIL JULY.

SO WHEN THAT TIME COMES, THEN WHAT DO I DO? YOU KNOW? I MEAN, I WANNA WORK HERE IN WEST COVINA, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE PAYING FINES FOR MY, MY SERVICE TRUCKS AND MY CREW AND EVEN AT MY OWN HOME TO LIVE THERE.

SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I HOPE THERE'S A SOLUTION AT HAND AND QUICK.

THAT'S WHAT I CAME HERE TO SAY.

THANK YOU JD.

FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY JEFF.

A OBJECT.

STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY JEFF A WHILE.

QUITE A MEETING TONIGHT.

YOU GUYS ARE GETTING BEAT UP FOR CANCELING A BASKETBALL PROGRAM THAT SUPPOSEDLY YOU GUYS DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT, BUT STAFF TOLD THEM THAT THEY'RE CANCELING A DUE TO LACK OF STAFF.

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE OF THE BUDGET.

BUT YOU'RE BUDGETING A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A STATE OF THE CITY BANQUET OR WHATEVER.

WE'RE CALLING THAT SHINDIG.

AND YOU'RE BUDGETING 30 GRAND OR 40 GRAND FOR MAYOR WOO'S MOON FESTIVAL.

SORRY, COUNCILMAN WOO.

YOU'VE BEEN DEGRADED , SO I DON'T GET IT.

YOU GOT KIDS.

OUR JOB IS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS COMMUNITY.

AND YOU GOT KIDS HERE THAT ARE GETTING CANCELED ON A SUMMER PROGRAM.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU SAY YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

BUT IF THAT'S THE CASE, WHY I FOUND OUT ABOUT IT ON WEDNESDAY LAST WEEK, P****D ME OFF.

DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

THAT'S WHAT WE PAY TAXES FOR.

TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M GONNA USE SPORTS GUY.

THAT'S MY HEART.

I, I'M P****D.

LET'S BE HONEST.

I HOPE SOME OF YOU GUYS DO SOMETHING TONIGHT.

CHANGE SUBJECTS.

I'M STILL P****D.

YOU'VE JUST HEARD FROM RESIDENTS, MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A VOICE OF REASON.

BRIAN, YOU ACTUALLY WERE ON THIS WILL AS WELL.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE CAREGIVERS, YOU'RE TELLING THEM YOU CAN'T PARK THERE WITH A HANDICAP SIGN AND THEY NEED HELP AND THEY HAVE CAREGIVERS COMING.

ARE YOU SERIOUS? WHO DO YOU REPRESENT SERIOUSLY? YOU SAY WE WANT CLEAN STREETS.

WE DID THIS TWICE A MONTH.

OUR STREETS WERE CLEAN.

MAYBE, LET'S SEE, SEVEN OR EIGHT, 10% OF THE CITY WAS DIRTY.

LET'S ADDRESS THOSE.

COUNCILMAN MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS ADDRESSED THAT.

AND WHAT DID WE DO? SHRUGGED HIM OFF.

WE DID POINT OF ORDER, TONY.

'CAUSE YOU WANTED TO CUT HIM OFF.

THAT'S WHAT YOU DID.

WE GOT HIM.

WE GOT A MOTION IN A SECOND.

HE HAD SOME GREAT POINTS ON APRIL 7TH.

AND YOU STILL CUT 'EM OFF WITH POINT OF ORDER.

LET HIM SPEAK.

SAME WITH BRIAN.

LET HIM SPEAK YOU GUYS.

TONY.

GOD, YOU SPEAK FOREVER.

LET THEM SPEAK JESUS CHRIST.

BUT THIS STREET SWEEPINGS A DISASTER.

YOU DIDN'T NEED TO DO IT.

WE WERE FULLY COMPLIANT.

YOU ADDED IT TO FOUR WEEKS A MONTH.

BUT ON TOP OF IT, YOU WEREN'T HAPPY.

LET'S MAKE PEOPLE NOT PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSES.

YOU HEARD IT TONIGHT.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE FRICKING DRIVEWAYS.

I POINTED THAT OUT FOUR YEARS AGO.

THREE YEARS AGO IN THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

BUT YOUR TRANS TECH GUY DIDN'T SAY IT.

NOBODY TALKED ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT.

'CAUSE WE ALL WERE AGAINST IT.

AND NOW YOU HAVE CODE ENFORCEMENT, 47 CARS.

WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY DOING FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS GOING AROUND? I KNOW.

TELLING PEOPLE TO MOW THEIR LAWN.

I KNOW THAT WAS MORE IMPORTANT REALLY.

SO WE SPENT 1.7 MILLION TO DO STREET SOYBEAN TO FIND 47 CARS IN THE FIRST WEEK.

JESUS CHRIST.

DO A JOB, JEFF A MM-HMM .

THAT'S KIND OF HILARIOUS, RIGHT? .

SO, UH, I JUST THOUGHT I'D COME IN BECAUSE I WAS, I WANNA APPRECIATE BRIAN GUTIERREZ FOR BRINGING UP, POINTING OUT THE FACT THAT THE, OUR FIREMEN HAD TO SLEEP WITH RATS

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AND LIVE WITH RATS FOR PROBABLY TWO, THREE YEARS.

I WOULD IMAGINE.

I MEAN, RAT INFESTATION DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.

IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN ONE WEEK.

IT DOESN'T EVEN HAPPEN IN A MONTH.

YOU KNOW, MOST RAT INFESTATION PROBABLY LAST.

THERE'S OVER A YEAR PERIOD AT LEAST.

AND FOR THE FIREMEN TO BE LIVING AND AGAINST RATS AND THAT BAD OF A SITUATION IS JUST RIDICULOUS.

THESE GUYS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE SAVING OUR LIVES AND PROTECTING THE CITY.

AND THEN THEY, YET THEY'RE LIVING IN A TRAILER, I GUESS.

I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR CALLING OSHA.

IF YOU HAD TO GET IT DONE THAT WAY, PROBABLY THE ONLY WAY IT WOULD'VE GOTTEN DONE.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY SAD FOR EVERYBODY TO BRING IT, MAKE A MENTION TO, TO BRIAN ABOUT SAYING THAT WHEN IT WAS HIS DISTRICT, I GUESS, AND IT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY THING IT COULD HAVE GOTTEN DONE, WAS BY CALLING OSHA TO GET IT DONE.

IT'S AN EASY SOLUTION TO GET RID OF RATS.

ANYBODY THAT CAN'T GET A RHYTHM OF A RAT REALLY NEEDS TO EVALUATE THEMSELVES.

IT'S ABOUT CLEANING, COVERING HOLES, BLOCKING THINGS.

MAYBE GET A CAT.

THE CAT WOULD HELP.

BUT ON TOP OF THAT, , I KNOW THAT ALL YOU LIVE IN WEST COVINA AND THE STREETS ARE NOT THAT DIRTY THAT THEY HAVE TO GO EVERY WEEK.

THE GUY COMES DOWN MY STREET AND THERE'S NO CARS ON MY STREET.

THE CAR, MY STREET'S CLEAN.

I EVEN PUT A LITTLE WATER OUT THERE FOR WHEN HE'S GOING BY.

AND HE MADE A BIGGER MESS WHEN HE WENT BY .

I FIND IT SHOCKING.

AND THEN ANOTHER THING I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT ISN'T POLLUTION A PROBLEM? AIR POLLUTION'S A PROBLEM.

SO NOW EVERY WEEK THIS GUY'S GOING AROUND WITH MORE POLLUTION, KICKING UP DUST, MAKING THINGS WORSE.

I MEAN, EVERY OTHER WEEK WOULD'VE BEEN JUST FINE.

SO I THINK THAT, AND IT WOULD PROBABLY HELP THE SITUATION WITH PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS AND THEIR PARKING SITUATIONS.

SO, I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANNA THINK ABOUT.

'CAUSE I KNOW, I KNOW YOUR STREET'S PRETTY CLEAN AND I KNOW TONY, YOUR STREET'S PRETTY CLEAN TOO, EXCEPT FOR WHEN THE TREES ARE AND THE LEAVES ARE FALLING IN THE FALL.

BUT OTHERWISE, YOUR STREET'S PRETTY CLEAN.

AND IF IT'S GOING DOWN YOUR STREET EVERY, EVERY WEEK OR EVERY, YEAH, IT'S KIND OF SILLY.

I REALLY THINK THIS IS A MAKE BIG MISTAKE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER.

MAY I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD WITH NO NAME? IF THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO DIDN'T GET CALLED FOR STREET CLEANING? NO, YOU, I HAVE A SPEAKER CARD THAT WAS TURNED IN WITH NO NAME.

FOREMOST, IT TEACH 'EM TEAM CONCEPTS AND IT HELPS 'EM DEVELOP AND GROW WITHIN THE ACTUAL WORKING FIELD.

SO, OKAY.

DID YOU TURN IN A SLIP? YEAH, YOUR, YOU WANNA LET HIM SPEAK? GO AHEAD.

COME AHEAD PLEASE.

YOU CAN COME TO ME NEXT TIME IF IT'S OKAY.

GO AHEAD AND JUST, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? HELLO, MY NAME IS GARY EDWARDS.

UM, HERE ABOUT THE BASKETBALL CONSTELLATION FOR THE SUMMER.

UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY LIKE WHAT ANDREW AND CARLOS, I MET 'EM PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

I GOT INVOLVED IN BASKETBALL AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND WITH A GREAT COMMUNICATION CENTER.

THERE WAS, WHEN YOU CAME TO THE BANQUET, THAT WAS MY FIRST SEASON THERE.

I STARTED OFF COACHING ONE TEAM THE NEXT SEASON.

I DID TWO TEAMS THE NEXT SEASON AFTER THAT.

I LOVED IT SO MUCH.

I DID FOUR TEAMS. UM, I COACH TRAVEL BASKETBALL ALSO.

TRENT PERRY, THE ONE HE MENTIONED THAT'S AT UCLA PLAYING RIGHT NOW IS ONE OF MY PLAYERS THAT, UM, GREW UP PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH MY PROGRAM OUTSIDE OF BASKETBALL.

WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT THE STAFF, THE COACHES WHO ARE NOW MY FRIENDS ARE VERY GREAT.

THE STAFF IS EXCELLENT.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

BUT EVEN MORE SO THAN THAT, BASKETBALL IS A TREMENDOUS ACTIVITY FOR THE YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AS THESE COACHES ARE PROVIDED AS MENTORS, THEY'RE ACTUAL BASKETBALL GIVES THEM ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS TO BE INVOLVED IN, KEEPS 'EM OFF THE STREETS.

NOT ONLY THAT, IT HELPED THEM FOCUS IN SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN COACHING BASKETBALL FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS IN THIS AREA AND PRODUCED A LOT OF KIDS.

BUT THE GRADES THAT I SEEN FROM MY KIDS, FROM THE FOCUS THAT BASKETBALL TEACHES THEM, I MEAN, I'VE SEEN KIDS GO FROM A, A TWO POINT OR EVEN BELOW TWO POINT AVERAGE UP TO, UH, 3.5, EVEN 4.0 AVERAGE.

SO BASKETBALL HELPS KIDS FOCUS.

SO IF WE TAKE THAT AWAY FROM THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY NOW, WHAT TYPE OF FUTURE ARE WE TEACHING OUR KIDS? AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THAT HAVE LAW FIRMS, CORPORATE, AND WHAT THEY LOOK FOR WHEN THEY ACTUALLY HIRE ON THEIR RESUME, ANY TYPE OF COLLEGIATE SPORTS ACTIVITY, WHETHER IT BE BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, THEY LOOK FOR THAT.

'CAUSE IT HELPS THEM TEACH, UM, TO DRIVE AND WORK HARD FOR SOMETHING.

FIRST AND

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UM, NOT TO MENTION BASKETBALL HELPS A LOT OF YOUTH, KIDS SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH EDUCATION, WHICH SOME MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD.

AND IT HELPED PROVIDE MENTORSHIPS.

UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF SINGLE MOMS WHO KIDS PLAY SPORTS AND THESE COACHES HELP KEEP THEM DISCIPLINED.

THEY, YOU, YOU, YOU REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH, HOW MANY CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE WITH KIDS ABOUT OUTSIDE OF SPORTS.

NOT EVEN JUST BASKETBALL, JUST BEING THERE LETTING 'EM KNOW.

YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO YOUR MOM, YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO YOUR ELDERS.

YOU GOTTA LISTEN TO YOUR TEACHERS.

YOU GOTTA DO YOUR HOMEWORK.

IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU DON'T DO LIKE MY MY KIDS, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE MESSING UP IN SCHOOL, BRING THEM TO PRACTICE.

YOU HAVE TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AT PRACTICE AND DON'T PRACTICE.

NO FURTHER.

SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.

BECAME MORE OF AN ISSUE AS THEY WERE ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED, UM, ON THE SIGNS, UM, UNIQUE SITUATIONS.

SO ACTING CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, CONCERNS FOR TODAY? UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR.

21 SPEAKERS.

SO I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN TO CAPTURE A RESPONSE TO EVERYBODY HERE.

UM, LET'S START OFF WITH, UH, PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT.

UM, MR. DELGADO, MR. ROSALES, UH, MR. EDWARDS, UH, MR. BENNETTS, UM, TALKING ABOUT THE YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK, AND THAT IT WAS FRAMED AS THERE WAS GONNA BE A PAUSE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH COULD ALSO BE CONSTRUED AS A CANCELLATION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.

UM, JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

I'VE BEEN A YOUTH, UM, ADMINISTRATOR FOR BASEBALL FOR 35 YEARS, 48 YEARS TOTAL IN THE PROGRAM.

SO I CAN RELATE TO YOUR CONCERNS, YOUR COMMENTS, AND I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE.

UM, YESTERDAY, UH, OBVIOUSLY I GOT THIS INFORMATION ON THURSDAY, UH, LATER IN THE DAY.

UM, I MET WITH STAFF YESTERDAY MORNING AND SEEMINGLY WHAT SOMETHING WAS A, A SMALL BUMP TURNED INTO AN ACCELERATED.

WE'RE IN THE FAST LANE DOING A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR.

UM, SO WE ARE GONNA ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

UM, IT'S ON MY PLATE AND MY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMA, IS GONNA BE TAKING THE LEAD AND WE WILL GET THIS RESOLVED.

UH, AGAIN, MY FOCUS, MY WHOLE CAREER HAS BEEN ON YOUTH SPORTS.

AND AGAIN, FOR THE, THE COACHES THAT ARE HERE THAT SPOKE, UM, YOU'RE RIGHT.

UM, WHEN KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL AND PLAYING SPORTS, IT GREATLY HELPS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR JOBS AND MOVING ON IN LIFE, YOU KNOW, THE DISCIPLINE AND TEAMWORK YOU LEARN DURING YOUTH SPORTS IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE EXPERIENCES YOU CAN HAVE.

AND I KNOW FROM REVIEWING APPLICATIONS, UH, FOR DECADES, THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN YOUTH SPORTS VOLUNTEER, THEIR TIME HAVE PLAYED SPORTS COLLEGIATELY IN HIGH SCHOOL.

THAT CARRIES A LOT OF WEIGHT.

IT SHOWS THAT YOU'RE A TEAM PLAYER AND YOU'D BE A VALUABLE ASSET TO IN ORGANIZATION.

SO FOR THOSE WATCHING ON TV, THOSE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT THAT SPOKE, UM, WE WILL GET THIS ADDRESSED.

WE WILL GET IT RESOLVED.

AND AGAIN, UM, I ENCOURAGE THE MANAGERS AND COACHES THAT WERE HERE TONIGHT, I PROVIDED YOU WITH MY BUSINESS CARD, UM, TO STAY IN TOUCH.

WE'LL GET THIS RESOLVED AND WE'LL BE IN CONTACT, UM, PROBABLY TOMORROW MORNING, UH, TO ACCELERATE GETTING THIS RESOLVED ON THE, UM, STREET SWEEPING, I TRIED TO COVER MOST OF IT IN MY CITY'S MANAGER REPORT KNOWING THAT, UM, THERE WOULD BE, UH, QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS TONIGHT.

SO I, I WILL START OUT WITH, UM, FROM MR. SHOEMAKER TO MR. BENNETT, TO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT'S SPOKE.

EVERYBODY HAS VALID POINTS AND I RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, WE, THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION TOOK OVER THIS PROGRAM AFTER IT WAS IMPLEMENTED, ROLLED OUT.

WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO FIX ISSUES AS THEY COME UP ON THE QUESTION OF THE IN OPS.

I KNOW STEVE AND, UM, MR. SCHUMAKER BROUGHT UP, UH, INOPS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SAY WE FOUND, UH, INOPS AND ABANDONED VEHICLES ON PUBLIC STREETS, UH, WE HAVE FOUND SOME THAT WERE, YOU KNOW, SEEMINGLY VERY CLEAN LOOKING THAT MAY HAVE BEEN REPORTED STOLEN.

WE'VE HAD OTHERS WHERE THE LICENSE PLATE DOESN'T MATCH THE VEHICLE.

AND ON SOME OF OUR HIGHER DENSITY STREETS, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN OUR STREET AND THERE'S 30 CARS PARKED IN A ROW, YOU MAY NOT SPOT THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOT NO ENGINE BECAUSE SOMEONE'S EITHER HOSED IT OFF OR IT DOESN'T HAVE THE, UH, TELLTALE SIGNS OF BEING ABANDONED ON THE STREET.

BUT AS VEHICLES START TO MOVE ON STREETS AND YOU START TO ISSUE WARNING NOTICES, YOU CAN CLEARLY IDENTIFY, OH, NOW THAT THE OTHER VEHICLES HAVE MOVED, I CAN SEE THAT THERE'S COBWEBS OR THERE'S DEBRIS UNDER THIS VEHICLE THAT YOU MAYBE WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN BEFORE.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT PROACTIVELY, WE DO ABOUT 500 VEHICLES A YEAR ON PUBLIC STREET.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS WE DID, YOU KNOW, 47 IN THE LAST WEEK BECAUSE THEY'RE MORE READILY I IDENTIFIABLE.

SO IT'S NOT A A FAULT OF STAFF IN ANY WAY.

UM, IT JUST BE

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I KNOW, UM, MS. SOLAS, LAMAR, SOLAS AND FRIDA, I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT AZE AVENUE.

THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS THAT'S ON OUR LIST FOR, UH, REVIEW.

I'M, I'M VERY AWARE, AWARE OF THAT AREA.

AND OUR ENGINEERING AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM IS LOOKING AT THAT.

UM, MR. MOETT ON THE HIGHER DENSITY AREAS, WEST COVENA PARKWAY, I I DO RECOGNIZE ALSO THAT IS ONE OF THE STREETS THAT'S ON OUR LIST AND IS BEING EVALUATED.

UM, YOU KNOW, IF WE ARE GONNA CHANGE SIGNS IN THE CITY, WE ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE THEM AND, AND DO TOO MUCH WITH THEM.

THEY, WE DO HAVE THE MAGNETIC STICKERS, SO WE'RE ABLE TO ADJUST EITHER THE TIME OR THE DAYS ON A VARIETY OF, UH, SIGNS.

SO WE'LL BE, UM, GOING THROUGH THAT AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE ALL THE RESIDENTS TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT THROUGH EITHER A PHONE CALL, AN EMAIL TO ME, EMAIL TO, UM, OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT, AT PERMITS, UH, AT WEST COVINA.ORG.

AND WE WILL ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

I, NO PROGRAM IS GONNA BE PERFECT, BUT I, THE PURPOSE OF DOING THE WARNING NOTICES IS TO EDUCATE PEOPLE MORE THAT THE, THE PROGRAM IS COMING.

AGAIN, THE INTENT IS NOT TO ISSUE, UM, CITATIONS.

AND, AND I KNOW, UH, CARLOS, YOU MENTIONED ABOUT GENERATING REVENUE FROM THE PROGRAM.

MY COMMENT ON, UH, AT A PREVIOUS MEETING ABOUT REVENUE WOULD BE A SELF-SUSTAINING PROGRAM.

THE INTENT ISN'T TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

IN FACT, THE PROGRAM WILL GENERATE NO MONEY FOR THE GENERAL FUND.

IF THERE IS REVENUE CAPTURED, UM, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, BASED ON OUR FEDERAL, FEDERAL REGULATIONS, THAT MONEY WOULD THEN NEED TO BE RETURNED TO THE MEASURED W FUND, WHICH IN TURN WOULD THEN BE USED FOR WATER PROJECTS AS YOU IDENTIFIED, STREET MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, SLURRY, SEAL, POTHOLES, UM, THOSE ITEMS. SO I'M AWARE OF ALL THAT.

AND AGAIN, I JUST WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS NO MONEY GOING INTO THE GENERAL FUND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

UM, AND AGAIN, I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK AND WE WILL ADDRESS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, UH, OR EVERY COMPLAINT WE DO RECEIVE A CONCERN IT WILL BE ADDRESSING.

YOU WILL GET A RESPONSE.

AND AGAIN, MY DOOR'S OPEN, MY EMAIL'S ALWAYS THERE 24 7.

UM, IF YOU HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL CONCERN, PLEASE BRING IT TO SOMEBODY'S ATTENTION TO THE CITY AND WE WILL, UM, GET IT ADDRESSED.

UM, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE QUOTING STATE LAW, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S NO INTENTION OF CITING PEOPLE THAT THAT'S NOT THE GOAL.

THE THE PURPOSE IS TO GET OUR, OUR STREETS CLEAN.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, MY PARENTS BOTH HAVE, UM, HANDICAP, UM, PLATES.

AND IN THE CITY THEY LIVE IN, THEY HAVE STREET SWEEPING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

AND YES, THEY HAVE RECEIVED PARKING CITATIONS.

I'VE WORKED FIVE CITIES, AND THAT'S UNIVERSALLY, UH, WHAT CITIES HAVE DONE.

AGAIN, AS WE WORK WITH A PROGRAM AND WE WILL ADDRESS INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS, THERE WILL BE SOME, UM, I CAN TELL YOU, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

UH, WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER PASSED AWAY, UM, THEY HAD THE FUNERAL AND THE RECEPTION AT THE HOUSE AND EVERYBODY ON THE STREET, UH, WAS TO GET A PARKING TICKET FOR THAT DAY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, KNOWING HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS IN MOST CITIES, WE'RE ABLE TO CALL THE LOCAL CITY AND SAY, LOOK, WE HAVE A FUNERAL THIS THURSDAY.

CAN WE GET AN EXEMPTION FROM STREET SHIPPING? AND THEY, THE CITY HONORED THAT.

SO WHEN THOSE TYPE OF EVENTS COME UP, UH, WE WILL ADDRESS THEM INDIVIDUALLY AND WE WILL BE AS RESPONSIVE AND UNDERSTANDING AS POSSIBLY WE CAN WITH ALL OF THEM.

WE'LL ALSO, UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE RECEIVED IS AROUND THE SCHOOLS, UH, DURING, UH, PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIMES, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE ADJUSTING THE SIGNAGE, UH, EITHER REMOVING IT COMPLETELY OR, UH, CHANGING THE TIME ON THERE FOR ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS IN THE CITY.

UH, WE'RE GONNA SWEEP IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOLS AND THE DROP OFF AND LOADING AREAS, UH, PRIOR TO ANYBODY ARRIVING AT SCHOOL.

SO WE'RE TALKING MORE LIKE BETWEEN FIVE AND 7:00 AM TO SWEEP THOSE AREAS.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE ARE SOME STREETS IN THE CITY THAT DO NOT, UH, PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE DRIVEWAYS.

WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE.

UH, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED IN MY CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, THE, WE ALREADY HAVE IDENTIFIED AT LEAST SIX STREETS THAT NEED SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.

SO, UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR BEING PROFESSIONAL TONIGHT.

I KNOW IT'S A, A TOUGH TOPIC AT TIME WHEN YOU ROLL OUT SOMETHING NEW.

UH, I JUST WANT THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT, UM, MY STAFF, OUR PROJECT TEAM WILL, UH, TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, REVIEW AND EVALUATE EVERY CONCERN THAT'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

AND IF FOR SOME REASON YOU DON'T GET A RESPONSE, UH, FROM MY STAFF WITHIN A TIMELY MANNER, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND I WILL MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROVIDED, UM, THAT RESPONSE.

UM, MARIO, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATE ON THE, UH, NIGHT MARKETS AND THANKING OTHER AGENCIES AND THANKING OUR STAFF AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR WORK AND THE FUNDRAISING YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK THAT'S A,

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A, A GREAT EFFORT.

UM, DOUG, FOR THANK YOU FOR COMPLIMENTING OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, OUR, UM, PD, OUR HOPE TEAM FOR THEIR WORK OUT THERE, UM, ADDRESSING CONCERNS AS SOON AS THEY COME UP.

AGAIN, UM, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ANY TIME BEFORE, BUT I, I'M HOPEFUL THAT WHENEVER RESIDENTS CALL ANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, WHETHER IT'S PD, FIRE CITY STAFF, THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE AS POSSIBLE AND THERE IS RESOLUTION AND THERE ISN'T A DELAY IN SOLVING PROBLEMS. I KNOW I'VE MET WITH PEOPLE FROM THE DOWNTOWN, UH, BUSINESS DISTRICT AREA AND THE CITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, RETRIP THE PARKING LOT OR, YOU KNOW, REPAINTING THE HANDICAP SPACES DOING INCREASED PUBLIC SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT.

WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON SOME OF THE LIGHTING DOWN THERE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPAIRED.

WE'RE GONNA DO THAT.

UM, THE GRAFFITI ISSUE IS, HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.

UM, I'LL LET THE CHIEF OF POLICE SPEAK TO THAT ISSUE AT A, A FUTURE MEETING, BUT WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT, UH, A VARIETY OF WAYS, AND I THINK YOU'LL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT ON THAT VERY SOON.

UM, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS ALWAYS.

UM, AGAIN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MEASURE W UM, ON THE ARTIFICIAL TURF.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WHAT THE ACTUAL PERMIT FEE IS, BUT I'LL, I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME.

OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, UH, WHICH INCLUDES PLANNING, BUILDING, ENGINEERING, UM, THEY REVIEW ALL THOSE TYPE PLANS, AND I'M NOT READILY FAMILIAR WHAT THAT PERMIT COST IS, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT AND I WILL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.

UM, JOSH MURRAY, THANK YOU ON THE UPDATE ON THE LIBRARY.

UM, JERRY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UM, CRITIQUE ON THE STAFF REPORT, AND IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE CLEAR AS FAR FINANCIAL IMPACT.

UH, I UNDERSTAND YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THE ROAD MILES, UM, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, WHEN YOU DO THE ULTRA DAY SIZE OF THE STREET, IF WE WERE TO DO IT CITYWIDE, WE'D NEED ADDITIONAL SWEEPERS ONLY BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING EACH STREET TWICE.

UM, AND WE'D HAVE TO BREAK IT UP TO, WELL, ONE DAY WOULD BE, UM, AFTER TRASH DAY, YOU MAY HAVE ANOTHER SIDE OF THE STREET THAT WOULD BE MULTIPLE DAYS AFTER OR BEFORE, UM, TRASH DAY.

SO THAT WAS COVERED AT PREVIOUS MEETING.

I'M NOT GONNA GET MUCH MORE ON THAT.

BUT A AGAIN, I GUESS MY OVERALL COMMENT ON THE STREET SWEEPING IS PLEASE PROVIDE US YOUR, YOUR COMMENT AND WE WILL WORK TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT'S BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION ON MR. LET'S SEE.

SORRY, I LOST MY NOTES HERE.

UH, ON THE, UM, SPORTSPLEX, UM, SPORTSPLEX IS CURRENTLY ACTUALLY VERY BUSY WITH, UH, RENTALS, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS AND, UH, WE WILL BE BRINGING SOME IDEAS BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS REGARDING THE SPORTSPLEX.

UH, WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY RIGHT NOW TO REDUCE SUBSIDIES TO THE COMPLEX AND ALSO WORKING TO MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND ATTRACTIVE TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

WE DO WANT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, OUR YOUTH AND OUR ADULTS IN OUR CITIES TO BE UTILIZING THAT.

IT IS ONE OF OUR CITY PARKS AND NEEDS TO BE TREATED AS SUCH.

UM, IF I HAVEN'T MADE COMMENT ON ANYTHING THAT YOU, UM, BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION TONIGHT, I APOLOGIZE.

I HOPE I'VE COVERED ALL THOSE.

JEFF, ON STATION THREE, I WILL COMMENT ON THAT.

SORRY.

UM, THAT IS AN AGENDA ITEM TONIGHT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT YES, WE ARE MAKING THE NECESSARY REPAIRS.

UM, YOU, YOUR COMMENT ABOUT, UM, IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET TO THIS POINT, YOU'RE CORRECT.

I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S FAIR TO SAY THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY IS GETTING OLDER.

THERE HAS BEEN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OVER THE YEARS, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT BE HILLSIDES OR BE OUR CITY, UM, BUILDINGS, UH, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY WITH THE, UH, THE RATS THAT WERE THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GET INTO THE WALLS AND START, YOU KNOW, MAKING A HOME INSIDE THE WALLS, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO EXTERMINATE 'EM, YOU STILL NEED TO GET 'EM OUT OF THERE.

SO WE HAD TO, YOU KNOW, OPEN UP THE WALLS AND CLEAN IT UP.

UM, I CAN TELL YOU MIKE CRESS UP AND THE TEAM THAT'S OUT THERE HAVE DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

UM, AND ALSO OUR PROJECT MANAGERS THAT ARE WORKING WITH THE CONTRACTORS TO REMEDIATE THE SITUATION OUT THERE.

SO AGAIN, UM, I'M IN DAILY CONTACT WITH THE, THE FIRE CHIEF AND MEMBERS OF THE DIFFERENT STATIONS WHERE WE'RE MAKING NEEDED REPAIRS AS WELL AS ALL OF OUR FACILITIES.

UM, SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD AND WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT RESOLVED SHORTLY.

UH, MADAM MAYOR, THAT SHOULD CONCLUDE MY RESPONSES FOR TONIGHT.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, COUNCILMAN WU.

I'M PRETTY SURPRISED, LIKE, UH, THE CANCELLATION OF, UH, BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND I GOT INVITATION LAST YEAR TO WENT TO THEIR, UH,

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BANQUET AND, UH, IT WAS MAGNIFICENT.

A LOT OF KIDS.

AND, UH, I SEE THE STAFF OVER THERE AND OUR DEPUTY, UH, COMMUNITY DIRECTORS OVER THERE TOO, SO, SO I'M PRETTY SHOCKED.

IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS KIND OF PROGRAM CITY HAVE A ISSUE? I THINK MAYBE IT SHOULD BRING TO THE COUNCIL OKAY.

TO DISCUSS.

THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND AT THE TIME IT WAS CONVEYED TO ME THAT WE WERE JUST TAKING A PAUSE IN THE PROGRAM, WHICH, UH, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, CAN BE CONSTRUED AS A CONSTELLATION AT LEAST OF PART OF WHAT THEY'RE USED TO HAVING.

AND AGAIN, HAVING MY BACKGROUND IN, IN YOUTH SPORTS, I UNDERSTAND THAT COMPLETELY.

I GOT IT.

I, I, I THINK POSSIBLE THEY HAVE SOME ISSUE.

THE CT AND THE TEAM, BUT I THINK WE CAN WORK IT OUT.

I THINK MAYBE BRING THE, THE, THE, THE PARTY TOGETHER AND, UH, WE NEED TO WORK OUT SOMETHING BECAUSE SO MANY KID I SAW IT OVER THERE, DIFFERENT LEAGUE, AND, UH, THEY PLAY AND THEY HAVE A GREAT TIME.

AND AND HOLD ON, HOLD ON.

BECAUSE I THINK JUST LIKE SUMMER COMING UP, WE REALLY NEED, HOPE THOSE CHILDREN HAVE SOMETHING TO PLAY.

BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, OR ANY OF SPORTS SOCCER.

ALL THIS GAME TOGETHER.

AND THE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM, DANCING ING, PERFORMING ON KEEP THEM BUSY.

I, I THINK THAT'S HOW THE CITY, SO LAST YEAR I WENT, I WAS PRETTY IMPRESSED.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, THE TROPHY, AND I STAY WITH THEM, WITH ALL THE KID.

AND, UH, SO HOPEFULLY, UH, CITY FIND A WAY TO WORK WITH THE OTHER COACH.

ALLOW FURTHER DISCUSSION.

AND TO SEE WE, WE GET IT.

I THINK JUST, UH, CANCEL IT AND THIS AND THAT.

I THINK THIS KIND OF, UH, UH, TOO MUCH HASTE DECISION, I THINK.

AND SURVEY AND BRING THE, THE ORGANIZER AND THE CITY TO TALK, SEE WHAT IS THE ISSUE AND, UH, AND WORK IT OUT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THE CHILDREN, UH, LOSE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME PROGRAM.

THEY ALREADY, I SAW SO MANY KID OVER THERE PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

SO MAYBE YOU CT AND WORK WITH THE COACH OVER THERE AND THE ORGANIZE OVER THERE AND TO SEE, I, I HEARD SOME ISSUE OVER THERE, BUT ALL THE ISSUE CAN BE RESOLVED.

AND TO TALK, SO IN A WAY THE KID CAN BENEFIT ON THE SUMMER PROGRAM.

UNDERSTOOD.

I COULDN'T AGREE MORE WITH YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, AGAIN, THIS WAS, WE MET JUST YESTERDAY MORNING.

UM, STAFF WAS REACHING OUT TO THE COACHES TODAY TO GET A BETTER IDEA AND FEEDBACK FROM THEM ON WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO, WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO DO.

AND IT, IT'S PRETTY SAFE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE'RE GONNA BE FACILITATING RESOLVING THIS VERY SHORTLY.

I THINK JUST WHETHER I'M REFEREEING OR WORKING WORK OR IT'S GONNA GET DONE.

WE'LL GET OUT AND SEE HOW CAN WE SMOOTH BOTH SIDES AND COMPROMISE THIS OR THAT.

I THINK POSSIBLE THEY HAVE SOME ISSUE BECAUSE I, I KNOW THE STAFF, THEY ALL VERY PRO PROGRAM.

WE HAVE SO MANY PROGRAM GOING ON, AND, UH, SO IT'S JUST CERTAINLY LIKE THIS POSSIBLE THEY HAVE SOME ISSUE.

EVERYTHING HAS TWO SIDE.

UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.

ANOTHER THING REGARDING, UH, THE PERSON, THE SAY HE'D BEEN PLAYING THE BIG LEAGUE DREAM OF.

AND, UH, I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE DISCOUNT TO OUR LOCAL RESIDENT BECAUSE THIS HAS COME FROM OUR PROPERTY TAX AND, UH, WE PAYING OKAY.

THE BOND, UH, FOR THIS SO-CALLED BIG LEAGUE DREAM NOT BECOME OKAY.

A FOURPLEX.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BRING LIKE, ENTRY.

SOME FREE, FREE BECAUSE IT'S OUR NUMBER 16 PARK AND PLUS AND THE BOOK TO PLACE FOR THEM TO PLAY.

WE HAVE A WHAT? SIX.

BASEBALL FIELD.

SO POSSIBLE WE CAN HAVE A ONE OKAY.

JUST DESIGNATE FOR OUR LOCAL RESIDENT AND THEY WANT TO PLAY AND WITH A DISCOUNT.

PRICE, JUST LIKE ANY OF OUR PARK.

SO MAYBE YOU CAN PUT INTO YOUR CONSIDERATION.

UN UNDERSTOOD.

AND I ALSO AGREED TO EVERYTHING YOU SAID ON THE SPORTSPLEX.

UH, WE ARE HAVING, UH, MEETINGS INTERNALLY WITH STAFF.

WE ARE GONNA BE BRINGING IN THE COUNCIL SOME NEW IDEAS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SPORTSPLEX.

AGAIN, REDUCING THE SUBSIDY AND AGAIN, MAKING IT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND ATTRACTIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS A BIG PARK, SIX FAILED A LOT OF MAINTENANCE, A LOT OF OVERHEAD.

SO WE HAVE SOME MAYBE THREE AND WE HAVE TO DO SOME TRAVELING LEAK FOR THEM SO WE CAN GET SUBSIDIZED INCOME.

BUT SOME MAYBE HAVE OUR RESIDENT, SINCE THIS IS OUR LOCAL PARK, AND HAVE THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO UTILIZE.

AND JUST LIKE ANY, OUR PARK.

SO I THINK JUST THAT KIND OF BALANCE WITHIN, BUT MOST IMPORTANT THING TO FILL IT UP, UH, WITH ALL THIS OKAY.

SPACE FOR PEOPLE CAN RENT AND COME INSIDE FOR OKAY.

ENTIRE MONDAY TO SUNDAY.

SO IN THAT WAY, THE PLACE WILL BE UTILIZED.

AND HOPEFULLY THEN WE CAN, UH, CONTRACT OUT ON THE LEAD TWO RESTAURANT AND THEN BRING FEW AND SERVICE TO THE PEOPLE PLAYING OVER THERE.

UNDERSTOOD.

UM, BEFORE THE OTHERS TO SPEAK, UM, YOU AND STAFF KNOW THAT I'M A VERY, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE PERSON.

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I'VE, I MEAN, I WORK IN RECREATION AND PARKS.

I AM ADVOCATE FOR SPORTS PROGRAM EVENTS, AND YOU ALL KNOW THAT I ASK THAT YOU LOOP ME, US IN, ESPECIALLY ME, BUT IT'S MY SPECIALTY AND, AND WHAT I, YOU KNOW, COME IN FOR THAT YOU LOOP ME IN AND LET ME KNOW THINGS AHEAD OF TIME INSTEAD OF HEARING IT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

SO IF, IF YOU KNOW ABOUT IT LAST WEEK, YOU SHOULD SEND AN EMAIL TO THE COUNCIL AND, UM, PUT US IN THE MIX OF ALL THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND, AND AT THE TIME THAT INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED WAS FRAGMENTED AND INCOMPLETE AND BELIEVING WE HAD AT LEAST A DAY TO, UM, CAPTURE THE INFORMATION AND REPORT OUT TO THE COUNCIL.

UH, WAS NOT CORRECT.

ACTUALLY, IT ACCELERATED AND WE HAD SPEAKERS TONIGHT.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE FACTS AT THE TIME, WHAT WAS DESCRIBED AS A, AS A PAUSE, UM, IN ONE MEETING AND DESCRIBED IN ANOTHER MEETING AS A CANCELLATION.

UM, AGAIN, I'VE ASKED ROXANNE TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT AND WE, WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT IT, UM, YESTERDAY AND AGAIN TODAY.

UM, AND TODAY WAS THE FACT FINDING WITH THE, THE COACHES TO FIND OUT EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, THEIR DESIRE WISHES AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO AS A CITY TO FACILITATE, UM, THEIR NEEDS FOR THE YOUTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, IT'S A VERY VALUABLE PROGRAM.

I'M ONE OF THE BIGGEST SUPPORTERS OF YOUTH SPORTS YOU CAN FIND.

UM, SO IT WAS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.

AGAIN, THE INFORMATION WAS FRAGMENTED AND I, I HATE TO PUT STUFF OUT THAT'S INCOMPLETE WITHOUT DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH FIRST, BUT AGAIN, THIS ACCELERATE FAR FASTER.

UM, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT ROXANNE AND I, UM, ARE GONNA BE TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS AND GET THIS RESOLVED.

ROXANNE, DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING ON THIS, UM, ISSUE? I, I KNOW I I PASSED YOU ON THIS ONE.

IT'S OKAY.

UM, DEAR THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, ONE OF THE COACHES HAS KEYED IN ON IS THAT, UM, HIS, HIS CHILD HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, UM, WHEN THIS PROGRAM WAS BROUGHT BACK, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROGRAM BECAUSE THE MODEL THAT WE CURRENTLY USE AT THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER IS THE MODEL THAT I BROUGHT INTO PLAY, UM, WHEN I ONBOARDED.

SO, UM, I AM HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THIS FURTHER.

I'M HAPPY TO REVISIT THAT I HEAR A LOT ABOUT STAFFING.

I HEARD THERE WERE SOME STAFFING ISSUES.

THERE WERE SOME QUOTES THAT I KEYED IN ON ABOUT THE SCOREBOARD.

THERE WAS A QUOTE ABOUT STAFFING NOT BEING AVAILABLE IN THE EVENINGS OR THE WEEKENDS.

SO I'M GONNA TAKE SOME TIME AND REALLY DELVE INTO THAT AND SEE HOW THE STAFFING OVERALL IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, HOW THEY CAN BE SHIFTED SO THAT THE STAFFING IS THERE TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE'RE NOT STAFFING.

UM, JUST, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN, UH, ONE OF THE COACHES SAID THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO PUT EVERYTHING ON THE VOLUNTEERS.

NO, WE, WE NEED A STAFF TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, NOT TO MEET, UM, THE NEEDS OF PERSONAL INTERESTS.

SO I, I WANNA ASSURE THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT IS THE LENS THAT I WILL BE LOOKING, UM, AT THIS THROUGH.

AND FOR THOSE THAT VOLUNTEER, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I KNOW THAT TAKES A LOT OF WORK.

I MEAN, I WAS A VOLUNTEER BASKETBALL COACH MANY YEARS AGO AT CAMERON PARK, SO I UNDERSTAND THE DEDICATION AND SO FORTH, SO I DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

AND WE WILL RESOLVE THIS ISSUE AND GET THIS, UH, FIXED.

AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE, WE SEE ALL THESE CHILDREN SMILE AND PLAYING, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TIME OF THE SUMMER, SO I'M GLAD IT'S GONNA BE RESOLVED.

ANY OTHER QUESTION? COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES.

UM, SO I BELIEVE AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION, I'LL, I'LL PLAY A LITTLE FAST CLIP.

UM, JUST REALLY, UM, GETTING, UM, CREATIVE AND EXPLORING DIFFERENT IDEAS OF HOW WE CAN STILL SERVE THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITH WHAT, UM, THE BUDGET THAT'S GONNA BE ALLOCATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICES IS GOING TO BE MM-HMM .

I HAVE A QUESTION.

HOW MANY TEAMS, SORRY.

SO STAFF TOLD THE COMM, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING BUDGET, UH, BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS AND SO FORTH.

UH, THAT'S WHY THIS PROGRAM WAS, THAT WASN'T CLEAR.

YOU WANT ME TO PLAY IT AGAIN? NO, GO AHEAD.

ROB ANTE'S OPINION ABOUT STATE OF THE CITIES.

SO, UH, AGAIN, UM, BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET, UH, THEY HAD TO MAKE CHANGES.

AND WHEN WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE ALLOCATING, WHAT DO WE HAVE ALLOCATED HERE? WE HAVE $55,000 ALLOCATED FOR ELECTRIC BUBBLE FEST.

WE HAVE 38,000, ACTUALLY 40,000 ALLOCATED FOR THE MOON FESTIVAL.

AND THEN WE HAVE 50, 60, 70, 70 5,000 ROUGHLY ALLOCATED FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY, WHICH, THE STATE OF THE CITY ITSELF.

UH, I THINK THERE'S QUESTIONS RELATING TO THAT BECAUSE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL

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BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM, I THINK WHAT WE SHOULD BE TELLING STAFF IS WHEN YOU HAVE 300 STUDENTS IN A PROGRAM THAT'S BENEFITING WEST COVINA YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE, THEN WE SHOULD BE TELLING STAFF DO NOT CHANGE THAT PROGRAM, BUT FIND A SOLUTION TO RE TO RESTART THAT PROGRAM BEFORE THE END OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR SO WE COULD GET THE JOB DONE.

SO I THINK THAT'S ESSENTIAL, UH, FOR US TO GET DONE.

UH, IS NOT, THAT'S NOT CHANGE.

A PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, UH, IN, IN ATTRACTING OVER 300 STUDENTS, UH, UTE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WHEN IT COMES TO STREET SWEEPING, UH, THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO US, UH, BEFORE, AND, UH, I, AND, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS VOTED NO, UH, TO, UH, EX TO HIRE ADDITIONAL CODE EN PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, UH, AND, AND RESTART THIS ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WITHOUT FIRST DURING AN ANALYSIS FROM THE COMMUNITY OF WHAT STREETS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

AND I THINK THAT'S VITAL.

UH, BEFORE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE DOING, WE'RE, WE'RE CONTRADICTING OURSELVES WHEN THE, THIS COMMUNITY WAS TOLD WE NEED MORE STAFF SO WE COULD DO WHAT WE ORIGINALLY PROMISED TO THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH IS ISSUE YELLOW CARDS, TAKE THEIR INFORMATION DOWN, DEVELOP AN ANALYSIS SO WE KNOW TO COME BACK TO THE CONSOLE AND TELL THE CONSOLE WHAT STREETS NEED TO BE ALTERNATE SCHEDULING.

AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE GIVEN OUR RESIDENTS A DEADLINE OF JULY THAT, UH, THAT IF, IF THIS IS NOT RESOLVED, OR IF YOUR CONCERNS ARE NOT ADDRESSED, THEN YOU'RE GONNA BE CITED.

UH, AND, AND THAT'S NOT HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, UH, ADDRESS THESE ISSUES.

UH, OUR COMMUNITY VOICES COUNT, UH, AND THEY NEED TO BE HEARD.

AND I THINK THIS IS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I AND MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS HAS HAD MENTIONED BEFORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BEFORE WE START GIVING OUT CITATIONS.

LET'S CREATE, LET'S HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY FIRST ON AREAS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS IT? UM, BOTH.

AND THANK YOU.

UM, I, I AGREE WITH YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM, UM, AND I'VE COMMITTED THAT ROXANNE AND I ARE GONNA GET THIS RESOLVED, SO WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT ON THE STREET.

SWEEPING, UH, UH, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY COUNCIL VOTED TO CONTINUE WITH THE PROGRAM AS IT EXISTS WITH MAKING MODIFICATIONS AS WE IDENTIFY, UH, CONCERNS.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED SIX STREETS THAT NEED TO BE, UM, EVALUATED, REPOSTED, AND CHANGED BECAUSE OF UNIQUE OR SITUATIONS OR HIGH DENSITY.

THE EXPECTATION OF DOING THE WARNING NOTICES FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IS TO DO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE ASKED FOR, IS ALLOW ENOUGH TIME FOR COMMUNITY FEEDBACK CONCERNS, AND ALSO TO ALLOW US ENOUGH TIME TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS ADEQUATELY.

UM, AS FAR AS THE DATE OF JULY 6TH, YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM IN FULL FORCE.

IF WE APPROACH THE MIDDLE OF JUNE OR INTO JUNE, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ISSUES THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GET RESOLVED, UM, BEFORE THAT DATE, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE FLEXIBLE IN ADJUSTING AS NEEDED.

UH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS EARLIER WAS, YOU KNOW, ONE SIDE OF THE STREET HAS NEW SIGNS, THE OTHER SITE HAS OLD SIGNS.

UM, THE PREVIOUS CONTRACTOR DID, UM, MISS SOME AREAS.

UM, THE OLD SIGNS DO NEED TO BE REMOVED.

THE NEW SIGNS NEED TO BE CORRECT, UM, BEFORE ANY ENFORCEMENT BEGINS.

AND THE WARNING NOTICES ARE STRICTLY TO GET, UH, PEOPLE ACCUSTOMED TO THE PROGRAM ALLOW THEM TO TRANSITION TO GET THEIR FEEDBACK AND GIVE US A LITTLE TIME TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

IT'S A BIG CITY.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF STREETS.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF CUL-DE-SACS.

THERE'S A LOT OF UNIQUE AREAS.

THERE'S HIGHER HIGH DENSITY UP AGAINST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

THERE'S COMMERCIAL COMPLEXES IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, AREAS THAT, UH, NEED TO BE LOOKED AT AND ADDRESSED.

AND THE TIMEFRAME WE'VE IMPLEMENTED, UH, WE'RE HOPING AND PLANNING TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AT THAT TIME.

CITY MANAGER.

AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS IN REGARDS TO THIS.

SO IT'S, IT'S A WORKING PRODUCT, SO DON'T THINK THAT, OH, IT'S FINAL.

WE ARE WORKING WITH YOU FOR THOSE THAT CAME OUT HERE TODAY.

WE DID LISTEN TO YOUR CONCERNS.

WE ARE ADDRESSING THAT.

WE'RE PUTTING THAT, AND WE HAVE BEEN MODIFYING THIS, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CLEAR.

WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

UM, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I DID.

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I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO, UH, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR OUR ACTING CITY MANAGER WITH REGARD TO THE PAUSE OR CANCELLATION OR WHATEVER IT WAS REFERRED TO AS, WHAT WAS, CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT WAS THE BASIS FOR THAT? WHY WAS THERE, UH, A CANCELLATION OR, UH, OR PAUSE OR WHATEVER IT, WHAT, WHAT GAVE RISE TO THAT WHEN THIS WAS ALREADY ON THE CALENDAR? AND, UH, THIS NOTICE OF THIS WAS JUST PROVIDED LAST WEEK ON, ON THAT.

I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU COULD DELVE MORE DEEPLY INTO THE, AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHY THAT EVEN HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YEAH, THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE FACT FIGHTING AND, AND AGAIN, THE INFORMATION WAS FRAGMENTARY.

UH, WHEN I FIRST RECEIVED IT, THAT IT WAS A PAUSE, WHICH WAS SEEMINGLY OKAY, WE'RE PAUSING, UH, FOR A LITTLE BIT.

THEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, WELL, THIS MAY ACTUALLY BE A CANCELLATION OF PART OF THEIR SEASON.

UH, WE STARTED TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE, UM, YESTERDAY MORNING.

WE WERE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE COACHES, UM, THROUGH TODAY, UM, GETTING THE FEEDBACK.

SO AGAIN, THE INFORMATION AT THE TIME WAS FRAGMENTARY, UM, DIDN'T HAVE A CLEAR, UH, PICTURE OF WHAT ACTUALLY NEEDED TO BE RESOLVED.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S STRICTLY JUST A BUDGETARY ISSUE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, UM, SO MANY PART-TIME STAFF THAT HELP FACILITATE THE PROGRAMS IN ALL OF OUR CENTERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, UNDER STATE LAW, THEY'RE LIMITED TO 1,456 HOURS IN A FISCAL YEAR.

THEY'RE LIMITED BY HOURS DURING THE WEEK.

SO SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE PART-TIME MODELS, WHICH I'VE WORKED WITHIN MULTIPLE CITIES, SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET TOWARDS THE END OF A YEAR, UM, STAFF HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIR HOURS, THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WORK.

SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PART OF IT.

BUT AGAIN, IT WE'RE IN A FACT FINDING, UM, INVESTIGATION PHASE RIGHT NOW, ROXANNE'S GONNA TAKE THE LEAD AND RIGHT WITHIN A DAY OR TWO, WE'LL HAVE AN ANSWER BACK TO THE COUNCIL OF WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I PROVIDED MY INFORMATION TO THE, THE COACHES THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT.

I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, TO WORK WITH THEM AS WELL.

BUT WE'LL GET THIS RESOLVED.

AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST WITH OUR MODEL, OUR VOLUNTEER MODEL, JUST BASED ON PAST YEARS, HOW MUCH DOES IT COST TO RUN A SUMMER PROGRAM? I'LL DEFER TO ROXANNE ON THAT QUESTION.

I WOULD ACTUALLY DEFER TO THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT ON THAT ONE.

UM, JUST BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN, SINCE I'VE HAD MY HANDS, UM, INTO THAT PARTICULAR FACILITY AND OVERSEEING THAT PROGRAM.

UM, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PART-TIME AS WELL AS SOME FULL-TIME STAFF WORK THAT DOES TAKE PLACE IN ORDER TO GET THE LEAGUE RUNNING.

UM, SOME OF THE, AGAIN, JUST SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT I'M HEARING IS AVAILABILITY OF STAFF THAT GOES IN LINE WITH WHAT, UM, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER SAID.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH A PART-TIME STAFF MODEL, UM, PERHAPS THE AVAILABILITY OF STAFF MEMBERS AREN'T ALWAYS THERE.

UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT HOLISTICALLY, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND I'M ALSO COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS WELL AS HUMAN RESOURCES TO JUST GET TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM AND TO MAKE THOSE RESOLUTIONS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL, UM, AND HAVING THE COACHES AND VOLUNTEERS INVOLVEMENT, UM, SO THAT WE ARE HITTING THE MARKS APPROPRIATELY.

SO BEFORE THE CANCELLATION, WHAT WAS, WHEN WAS THE PROGRAM ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN? IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WOULD'VE BEGAN THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.

SO BA BASED, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, YOU, YOU HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE PROGRAM FOR YEARS, BUT JUST SO I HAVE A ROUGH IDEA, WHEN YOU DID RUN SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHAT WAS THE ROUGH, AND I UNDERSTAND, AGAIN, DISCLAIMER THAT YOU DON'T KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT FACTORS AND SO FORTH, BUT JUST TO HAVE A ROUGH BALLPARK AMOUNT, HOW MUCH GENERALLY WOULD IT COST TO RUN A SUMMER PROGRAM UNDER THE MODEL THAT WE CURRENTLY IMPLEMENT? JUST EVEN BALLPARK, JUST GENERALLY.

UM, I CAN GET YOU A, I CAN GET YOU A RESPONSE.

I WOULD RATHER BE CLOSER TO BEING ACCURATE THAN BEING MISQUOTED LATER ON.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MISQUOTE ME, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER I SAY PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY IS CONSISTENT AND THAT I GIVE ACCURATE INFORMATION.

SO IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME THE TIME TO GET THAT INFORMATION, I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.

I THINK KAREN'S HERE.

THAT, THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.

OUTSIDE SPORTS AGENCIES VERSUS WE RUN OUR OWN.

I APPRECIATE THE CONSIDERATION AND THE FLEXIBILITY.

MAYOR PRO TEM.

UH, THANK YOU.

IT'S FUNNY.

UH, TOMORROW I'M ACTUALLY FOR WORK, I ARE DOING A BUDGET FOR OUR SPORTS PROGRAM, JUST 'CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT INCREASES AND, UH, AND INCLUDING THE PART-TIME, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT BRINGING IN.

YOU KNOW, I, LIKE I SAID, I RUN SPORTS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE VOLUNTEERS, THE COACHES, UH, PART-TIME CAN ONLY WORK A THOUSAND, 40 HOURS AND WE ARE GOING TOWARDS THE END OF FISCAL YEAR.

SO A LOT OF 'EM, CAN'T, THEY, THEY ALL STOP WORKING, SO I HAVE TO WAIT TILL JULY 1ST, OR I HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEIR ANNIVERSARY DATE TILL IT RENEWS SO THAT THEY CAN GET BACK TO WORK.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE DOING OTHER, OTHER THINGS GOING ON.

AND THEN, UM, I KNOW HOW WE RUN IN WEST COVINA.

WE HAVE OTHER

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UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS TO THAT.

SO GRANTED, OF COURSE, YOU DON'T WANNA GIVE OUT, UM, UH, A NUMBER OR ANYTHING TODAY BECAUSE AS YOU WELL AWARE, THEY WILL REPLAY AND QUOTE YOU ON.

SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GOT THE RIGHT ACCURATE INFORMATION AND KINDLY PROVIDE THAT BACK SO WE CAN MAKE SURE, UM, THIS GETS RESOLVED AND WE WILL RESOLVE IT.

DEFINITELY WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS.

OTHER THAN THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF I MAY, IF I CAN JUST ADD ONE MORE POINT TO THAT AND KEYING IN AGAIN, JUST ON SOMETHING THE ACTING CITY MANAGER SAID.

THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION, AND THAT'S MY OTHER REASON FOR, LET'S JUST GIVE ME A MOMENT.

LET ME TAKE, LET ME GET SOME ACCURATE NUMBERS OUT THERE SO THAT WE'RE NOT MISQUOTED.

SO ANYTHING THAT WE SAY THAT THE PUBLIC CAN BE CONFIDENT AS IN, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO OUR COACHES.

SO I APPRECIATE THE UNDERSTANDING, THE FLEXIBILITY.

PERFECT.

TO CONSENT CALENDAR, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YES.

SO THAT ENDS THAT, UM, ON

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ONE, FOUR AND FIVE.

1 4 5.

ANYTHING ELSE? SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR? TWO, THREE, AND SIX.

SO MOVE SECOND.

ROLL CALL.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE CONSENT.

CALENDAR ITEMS TWO, THREE, AND SIX.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE.

COUNCILMAN W THANK YOU.

[1) CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE MAY 5, 2026, CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY REGULAR SESSION MEETING MINUTES AND THE MAY 5, 2026, CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY CLOSED SESSION MEETING MINUTES.]

AGENDA ITEM ONE.

UH, GO AHEAD.

COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ.

AND IT'S A FURTHER DISCUSSION OF WHATEVER IS BEING GATHERED AND PULLED.

UM, FOR ATTACHMENT NUMBER TWO ON COUNCIL REQUEST FOR REPORTS AND STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS.

UH, MAYOR PROTE CONTOS IS MOTION.

AND MY SECOND, UH, THAT'S NOT THE MOTION AND IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

I CAN, UH, I CAN TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND THE TRANSCRIPT AND, UM, I, I DID PULL FROM THE VIDEO AND THE TRANSCRIPT THE FIRST TIME, BUT I CAN TAKE ANOTHER LOOK WHAT NEEDS TO BE FIXED.

YEAH, I, I KNOW, UM, I KNOW, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE TO TALK DURING VOTING TIME, BUT WHOEVER'S MAKING THE MOTION, THAT'S WHO HAS THE FINAL SAY IN, IN THE MOTION.

BUT, UM, SO, UH, I I, I MEAN, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE VIDEO AND TRANSCRIPT BECAUSE I THINK MAYOR PROTO CONTOS, IF YOU, I MEAN, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU, YOU STATED.

SO THAT'S GO AHEAD.

UH, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS, UH, THANK YOU.

UH, I SPECIFICALLY, UH, JUST TO LET OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK KNOW WHEN THE MOTION WAS MADE.

I, I VERBALLY SAID, PLEASE PHRASE IT THIS WAY.

AND I LITERALLY SAID THAT, UH, TO CLARIFY THE MOTION, AND I CAN REPEAT IT HERE, THAT ESSENTIALLY THE, THE COMMITMENT WAS TO COLLABORATE WITH, WITH THE COUNCIL, UH, UH, AS WELL AS PD AND FIRE MANAGEMENT AND UNION IS WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTS.

IN OTHER WORDS, TO BE COLLABORATIVE.

I REALIZE YOU SAID ALL THERE, BUT I WANTED IT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT IT INVOLVES THE, THE, THE WHOLE EFFORT TO, TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE INVOLVES BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.

AND, AND I SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED THAT YOU'LL SEE IT IN THE VIDEO, UH, UH, AND I, I DIRECTLY CALLED YOUR ATTENTION TO THAT, WITH THAT REQUEST, ACTUALLY.

'CAUSE I DO RECALL THIS, AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR, UM, FOR YOU MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ TO WORK TOGETHER.

UM, AND I KNOW YOU WERE EXCITED ABOUT IT TO BRING FORTH, UM, BECAUSE, AND THIS IS IN REGARDS TO PUBLIC SAFETY TAX OR, UM, AND SO IT WAS TO START THAT, I MEAN, WE WILL SUPPORT, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A THREE, TWO, THE OTHER TWO COUNCIL IS LIKE, OPPOSE IT.

AND SO, UH, AND THEN I KNOW YOU MENTIONED YOU WERE GONNA, UH, WORK WITH PD FIRE, RIGHT? IT JUST MM-HMM .

AND WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT THAT, UM, AND THEN IT, IT CAN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO YEAH.

COURSE FOR THAT.

BUT IF YOU'RE EXPECTING COUNCIL TO, LIKE THE WHOLE COUNCIL, WHEN I HAVE TWO IN HERE, SITTING COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE JUST LIKE DEFINITELY NO TO IT.

I, THAT'S WELL, I ALWAYS SAY THAT I, I WANT TO CUT TEXT.

I DON'T WANT TO RAISE TEXT.

WELL, IT, IT WAS MORE THE, THE CONTEXT OF JUST WORKING WITH THOSE DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, SO THAT THAT WOULD BE INVOLVE THE COUNCIL, THE, UH, PD AND UH, AND FIRE AND THE RESIDENTS.

THOSE ARE THE THREE ELEMENTS THAT I SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED.

I JUST WANTED THOSE THREE ELEMENTS TO BE INCORPORATED CLEARLY SO THAT IT'S REFLECTED IN THE RECORD.

WELL, IN, IN REFERENCE TO COUNSEL.

WHAT EXACTLY, BECAUSE I MEAN, YOU BOTH REPRESENT THE COUNCIL, OBVIOUSLY.

SORRY, MAY I, AND HOLD ON ONE MOMENT.

UH, BOTH REPRESENT THE COUNCIL.

AND SO WITH THE COLLABORATIVE WORKING WITH PD AND FIRE, WHATEVER IS, UM, COMING UP, OF COURSE WITH CITY STAFF, IT COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL MM-HMM .

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AND, AND I KNOW YOU MENTIONED, UM, YOU BE TAKING THE LEAD MM-HMM .

AND, UM, YEAH.

THE, THE LEADER IN THIS, IT WAS JUST FOR THE RECORD TO MENTION THOSE THREE ELEMENTS.

THAT WAS LITERALLY IT.

AND, AND IT WAS, AGAIN, IT'S IN THE VIDEO WHERE I SPECIFICALLY, UH, SAID THAT, AND THERE WAS NO OBJECTION FROM THIS PARTY.

THROUGH THE MAYOR, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

IF I MAY, I HAVE THE TRANSCRIPT PULLED UP.

I CAN READ IT.

PLEASE DO.

SO IT STARTS WHERE I START SAYING, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS, AND A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO COLLABORATE WITH MAYOR PRO.

TIM CONTOS SAYS, I'LL REF, I'LL REPHRASE AND THEN PHRASE IT PROPERLY TO CONVENE ALL STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING A FRAMEWORK FOR AND DOING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX STUDY IN SUPPORT OF POLICE AND FIRE.

AND THEN COUNCIL OR MAYOR PROTO SAYS, AND AWE, AND I JUST REPHRASED IT.

I SAID, THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ SAID, I COUNCILMAN WU SAID, ABSOLUTELY NO.

COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ SAID, I'M SICK OF TAXES, I REPHRASED.

IS THAT A NO? AND MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS VOTED AYE, MAYOR LOPEZ SAID, I DON'T LIKE TAXES, BUT TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, I'M SUPPORTING THEIR ENDEAVOR.

AND THAT IS THE WORDING I HAVE IN MY MINUTES.

BUT WE CAN LET GO RIGHT AFTER THAT.

I ALSO SAID SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, THE NEXT SENTENCE, UM, UH, I DON'T, UM, MAYOR LOPEZ VIRO SAID, I DON'T LIKE TAXES TOO, JUST TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD, BUT I'M SUPPORTING THEIR ENDEAVORS.

A COUNCIL COLLEAGUE ENDEAVORS, THERE WAS OKAY.

UM, SALES TAX THERE, IF IT'S GOING TO HELP THE BUILDING AND ALL THAT.

DID THAT BEING SAID, I'M SUPPORTING THE ENDEAVORS.

I WANT TO SEE THAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH AND DO IT IF IT BENEFITS THE CITY.

AND THEN IT, IT WAS SAID, GREAT.

THAT FRAMEWORK REFERENCE, THAT'S, I I'M JUST ASKING THAT, THAT BE INCORPORATED INTO THE, INTO THE, YEAH.

INTO THE MINUTES.

THAT'S IT.

IF IT'S NOT PART OF IT, WE CAN INC OH YEAH, THAT IS IN THE, THAT, THAT'S THE SENTENCE WHERE MAYOR PRO CONTOS REPHRASED THE MOTION FOR ME IS WHAT IS IN THE MINUTES.

OH, I DIDN'T, IT SAYS MAYOR PRO CONTOS WOULD LIKE, I REMEMBER TO CONVENE ALL STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING A FRAMEWORK FOR DOING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX SUPPORTIVE OF POLICE AND FIRE SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ THREE, TWO DS.

NO, NO.

SO, UH, I WOULD LIKE IT TO REFLECT HIS SPECIFIC WORDS HE MENTIONED THAT DAY.

I WORD FOR WORD, THE WORDS SAY, UM, TO CONVENE ALL STAKEHOLDERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING A FRAMEWORK FOR DOING A PUBLIC SAFETY TAX STUDY IN SUPPORT OF POLICE AND FIRE.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS.

THAT'S NOT WHAT IT SAYS IN THE, OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR.

YEP.

I CAN BRING THAT BACK.

UM, THE SECOND ONE IS, UM, FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET, UM, I BELIEVE I AND MAYOR PROTOS, UH, STATED, UH, WHEN WE VOTED, WE ALSO VOTED TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE RECORD.

AND I DON'T SEE OUR COMMENTS ON THE RECORD FOR THAT VOTE.

I'M SORRY, CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I, I BELIEVE FOR THE, THE BUDGET ADOPT THE, THE REVIEW OF THE BUDGET, I BELIEVE, UM, I, I, AND, AND MAYOR PROTO ALSO STATED SOMETHING FOR THE RECORD WITH OUR VOTE.

SO OUR, OUR MINUTES ARE ACTION MINUTES.

IT'S WHERE, WHERE IS IT STATED FOR THE RECORD THEN IF THAT WASN'T IN ACTION? THEY'RE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MINUTES.

SO WHERE, WHERE, WHERE, WHERE DOES SOMEONE GET THE RECORD THE VIDEO? USUALLY IT'S, IT'S PUT A PART OF THE MINUTES, BUT NO, IT'S NOT, COMMENTS ARE NOT A PART.

NO.

OTHERWISE, OUR MINUTES WOULD BE HUGE IF WE PUT EVERYBODY'S YEAH.

I, I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR BUDGET, I, I, I WOULD LIKE FOR MY STATE OF RECORD TO BE PUT ON THERE.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT MAYOR PROTOS.

WE CAN'T PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH GOES.

SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, BRING, BRING, YEAH.

SO YOU'LL BRING THIS BACK TO US, OR THE ONLY THING THAT WAS MENTIONED WOULD BE BRINGING BACK MAYOR POT, TIM'S EXACT VERBIAGE.

UM, OTHERWISE THIS IS, WE'RE, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE, THIS IS THIS ALREADY OCCURRED.

THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM AND WE'RE HERE TO APPROVE, OR IF YOU DON'T WANNA APPROVE, BUT THIS IS, THAT'S, THAT'S THE ACTION WE'RE TAKING TONIGHT.

SO, SO IT'S MISSING OUR STATED FOR THE RECORD.

I, I WOULD LIKE, I THINK WE BOTH WERE LIKE OUR STATED RECORD STATEMENT, PART OF THE DEFENSE, THE ATTORNEY.

YES, SHE CAN, SHE CAN, WE'LL TAKE IT OFF THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

MAKE THOSE CHANGES AND BRING IT BACK FOR YOUR APPROVAL NEXT.

NEXT.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO I'LL YEAH, WE'LL

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BRING THIS BACK.

WE'LL BRING IT BACK.

THERE'S NO MOTION NEEDED, SO, OKAY.

SO THAT ENDS ONE.

COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES.

[4) PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION BUDGET]

ONTO ITEM FOUR.

SO NUMBER FOUR, UH, PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27 WESTFIELD COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION BUDGET.

SO, UH, IN OUR BUDGET.

UM, AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY, UH, THANK YOU KAREN, FOR PROBABLY BEING THE FIRST FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR, FOR BRINGING, UH, THE NONPROFIT ON ITS OWN TO A COUNCIL MEETING, I BELIEVE IN THE PAST, THAT WAS NEVER DONE BEFORE.

AND I DO WANNA SAY ON THE RECORD THAT I COMMEND YOU FOR, FOR BEING TRANSPARENT AND FOLLOWING, UM, THE IRS AND CALIFORNIA LAW ON, ON CHARITY TRUST.

SO, THANK YOU.

UM, SO OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION BUDGET, UM, IT SAYS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ALLOCATING, UM, MONEY FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY.

NOW.

HAVE WE LOOKED INTO THE ISSUE ABOUT, UM, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION ABOUT THE PUBLIC HAVING THE RIGHT TO, UH, ATTEND THOSE MEETINGS? AND ALSO, UM, THERE HAS TO BE COVE AS A MEETING, I BELIEVE.

YES, WE HAVE.

WE HAVE.

AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, ATTORNEY GENERAL OPINIONS ARE NOT BINDING.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION BEFORE AND, AND YOU'VE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY'RE NOT BINDING MM-HMM .

UM, THERE WE CAN, UH, AGENDIZE IT AS A MEETING AND STILL RUN IT THE SAME WAY.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO DO IT.

I BELIEVE LAST YEAR OR THE LAST TWO YEARS, UM, WE'VE STREAMED IT, I BELIEVE, IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO WE'VE KIND OF ADDRESSED IT.

IF YOU, IF WE NEED TO AGENDIZE IT, WE CAN AGENDIZE IT.

BUT AGAIN, YOU AND I HAVE HAD THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT IT NOT BEING BINDING RECALL.

WELL, I THINK, I THINK OUR DISCUSSION HAS BEEN, PLEASE FOLLOW THE AGS OPINIONS, BUT I THINK THE CITY HAS REFUSED TO FOLLOW ALMOST ALL HIS OPINIONS.

BUT, UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT BINDING.

CORRECT.

UM, BUT THE COURTS DO RECOGNIZE IT AS, AS, UH, AS A, BUT IT'S NOT BINDING.

CORRECT.

IT'S NOT BINDING, BUT IT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE COURTS.

UH, SO I, I MEAN, IDEALLY, WE, WE SHOULD ADDRESS THAT SOONER THAN LATER.

BUT, UM, THAT'S A SIMPLE FIX.

SIMPLE FIX.

UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, I SEE, DO WE AGAIN? YEAH, WE HAVE STATE EXPENSES IN HERE.

UM, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? AND I BELIEVE THE OTHER ONES ARE ON THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

SO THAT'S IT FOR ME.

SO IS THERE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND ROLL CALL.

I'M SORRY, WHO DID I GET A SECOND FROM? MAYOR.

NOBODY.

SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION BY ME.

COUNCILMAN WU? I HAD A SECOND BY THE MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO.

TIM CONTOS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE THE SECOND? DO YOU WANT IT DOESN'T MATTER.

DOESN'T MATTER.

WHICHEVER.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? UM, NO.

WAIT, WAIT, SORRY, WAIT, WAIT.

NO, NO.

SORRY.

I GOT CONFUSED BECAUSE YOU SECOND, YOU SECOND.

MM-HMM.

YOU, NO, NO.

WAIT, I CAN WE, BECAUSE I THREW ME OFF WHEN YOU SAID SECOND.

IS THIS, IS THIS A RECEIVING FILE OR IS THIS, UH, NO, THIS IS RECEIVING FILE AND SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING.

I, BUT, BUT THERE'S COUNCIL ACTION FOR SETTING A PUBLIC HEARING OR SETTING A HEARING ON THE 16TH.

IS THAT RIGHT, KAREN? UH, THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE AND IS TO BE INCLUDED INTO THE CITY'S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CIP OKAY.

ON THE 16TH.

ON THE 16TH OF JUNE.

SO ARE WE APPROVING THIS BUDGET OR WE SECOND IT? SORRY, I, I, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED.

I APOLOGIZE.

UM, IT WAS FOR THE, FOR THE 16TH.

IS THERE A, YOU KNOW, JUST SO WE'D HAVE MORE TIME, CAN WE LOOK AT IT FOR THE, THE SECOND, OR THERE'S NO WAY.

BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST TO GO THROUGH THE HEARING.

I, I GOT IT.

JUST TO BE INCLUDED INTO THE CITY'S ANNUAL OPERATING BUDGET AND CIP, WHICH WILL BE TAKEN TO COUNCIL ON JUNE 16TH FOR APPROVAL.

BUT IT'S THESE SPECIFIC EXPENDITURES AS, AS LAID OUT.

I UNDERSTAND.

SO I'VE, I, I UNDER, NOW I UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.

JUST DO IT OVER OKAYS.

UH, ROLL CALL PLEASE AGAIN, HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN W SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS TO APPROVE CONSENT.

I WITHDRAW MY SECOND, NOW THAT I UNDERSTAND IT.

UH, MY APOLOGIES.

I, I WITHDRAW.

PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27 WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION BUDGET.

SO I WILL SECOND, SORRY.

I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WOO.

A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO, TIM LOPEZ.

VITO ON CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR,

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THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PROPOSED ANNUAL BUDGET AND SCHEDULE THE ANNUAL BUDGET INCORPORATED IN THE OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

BUDGET FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE JUNE 16TH, 2026.

COUNCIL MEETING.

COUNCILMAN MEMBER GUTIERREZ? NO.

MAYOR PRO COUNCILMAN WU.

OH, IT'S, SO, IT'S A IT.

MOTION DS MOTION FAILED.

FAILS.

MOTION FAILS ONTO

[5) CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET TRANSFER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT]

ITEM FIVE.

UH, THERE IS, YES.

UM, SO I SEE ON, SO THIS IS THE CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET TRANSFER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND, UH, ON THIS BUDGET, UM, I SEE A TRANSFER OF $55,000 IS REQUESTED FOR THE ELECTRIC BUBBLE FEST AND NIGHT MARKET TO COVER REQUIRED ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, EQUIPMENT RENTALS, HEALTH DEPARTMENT FEES, SOUND AND LIGHTNING SERVICES, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS AND OPERATIONAL EVENT SUPPORT.

WHY ARE WE SPENDING $55,000 ON AN ELECTRIC BULB OFFICE IF, UH, IT'S A SUPPOSED TO BE A FOR? UH, I MEAN, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT VENDORS ARE PAYING FEES AND, AND, AND VENDORS ARE MAKING MONEY.

SO I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY WE'RE SPENDING $55,000 OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MONEY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT.

ALL SPECIAL EVENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE FREE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, UH, ALL SPECIAL EVENTS OUT THERE NEVER MAKES MONEY, UH, OTHERWISE, I, I, I MEAN, I DON'T, I PERSONALLY DON'T WANNA CHARGE RESIDENTS FOR ENTRANCE FEE TO PARTAKE.

I LIKE THIS FREE TO THE COMMUNITY.

BUT, UM, I'VE DONE SPECIAL EVENTS FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I HAVE NOT SEEN A SPECIAL EVENT, THIS GRAND TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU ACTUALLY MAKE MONEY AND YOU DON'T WANNA CHARGE ALL THESE VENDORS SO MUCH OF A HIGH COST THAT IT BECOMES UNREASONABLE.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, GO AHEAD KAREN.

YOU CAN ANSWER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND DEFER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND, UH, LIMA SURE.

THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, TO ANSWER, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S QUESTIONS.

WE CHARGE A VERY MINIMAL AMOUNT FOR VENDOR FEES.

AND PART OF THE REASON THAT WE CHARGE A MINIMAL AMOUNT TO THOSE VENDOR FEES IS SO THAT WE GIVE THOSE SMALL BUSINESSES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SELL AND TO VENDOR AND TO PROMOTE THEIR BUSINESSES.

AND ALSO, IN DOING SO, IT ALLOWS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTRACT OTHER CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO COME TO THE EVENT.

UM, SO EMPHASIZING WHAT THE MAYOR HAD STATED, UM, THE, THE PURPOSE OF THESE SPECIAL EVENTS, WHAT HAS BEEN THE COUNCIL DIRECTION FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS, PAST, AT LEAST SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, UM, IS THAT WE WANNA KEEP THESE EVENTS AS A WAY TO REALLY PROMOTE COMMUNITY SPIRIT, TO REALLY PROMOTE GOODWILL AND TO HARBOR THOSE POSITIVE FEELINGS AMONGST OUR, UM, RESIDENTS HERE, OUR YOUTH, OUR SENIORS.

UM, AGAIN, IT'S JUST A WAY THAT WE GIVE BACK.

AND IT, IT IS TRUE THAT THEY DO HAVE A HISTORY OF NOT MAKING MONEY, BUT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL'S CHOICE TO, TO MAKE THAT SUBSIDY.

AND THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS A HALLMARK OF RECREATION.

SO HOW MANY COMMUNITY SERVICE, UH, STAFF MEMBERS ARE WORKING THIS EVENT, WE CAN COME BACK WITH THE STAFFING SCHEDULE AND PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE NUMBERS.

WE SAID, LIKE THE ACTING CITY MANAGER SAID, LIKE COUNCIL HAS DIRECTED TO KEEPING THAT BASKETBALL PROGRAM ALIVE AND GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DELVE INTO THE STAFFING MODEL FOR IT.

'CAUSE WE JUST HAD A BASKETBALL PROGRAM WITH 300 LITTLE KIDS FROM WEST COVINA, SAID STAFF TELLING THEM ONE THING THAT THEY'RE SAYING SOMETHING ELSE IN A PUBLIC MEETING.

SO THE MAIN, THE MAIN EMPHASIS WAS WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STAFF, BUT THEN, UH, WE'RE GONNA CUT THAT PROGRAM, ALMOST CUT THAT PROGRAM.

UH, AND THEN, UH, A PROGRAM THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO START JUNE, THE FIRST MEETING, I MEAN, FIRST WEEK OF JUNE, BUT THEN AGAIN, UH, WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE $55,000 BEING TRANSFERRED TO ELECTRIC BUBBLE FEST.

UM, WHO, WHO, WHO CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA? YOU HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THERE, SO IF I CAN GO THROUGH THOSE QUESTIONS.

UH, SO FOR THE FIRST POINT ABOUT THE STAFFING AND THE STAFF MEMBERS AND THE NUMBER OF STAFF ON AN EVENT ON A SATURDAY, UM, LIKE I SAID, ONE OF MY TASKS NOW IS TO REALLY DELVE INTO THE STAFFING SCHEDULE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HOLISTICALLY, UM, AND REALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES HAVE COME FROM.

BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA CANCEL EVENTS, WE DON'T WANNA CANCEL PROGRAMS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SERVICING ALL OF OUR YOUTH AND THE SAME STAFF MEMBERS AND THEIR HOURS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY FOR A SUMMER PROGRAM MAY NOT BE THE SAME OR WHAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED AS FAR AS AVAILABILITY IS CONCERNED FOR THE SATURDAY EVENT.

SO WE CAN'T JUST TAKE ONE SINGLE EVENT.

AGAIN, WE ARE COMMITTED TO, LIKE

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UM, THE, THE ELECTRIC BOBA FEST, UM, WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY AS AN OPPORTUNITY, THE IDEA AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

THE CITY LOOKS AT THIS AGAIN AS A WAY TO REALLY PROMOTE AND HARBOR COMMUNITY SPIRIT.

UM, WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HELD SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE SPRING.

WE'VE TRADITIONALLY HAD A SPRING FESTIVAL.

WE'RE PIVOTING TOWARDS THIS ELECTRIC BOBA FEST AND NIGHT MARKET.

UM, JUST REALLY KEEPING UP WITH WHAT THE TRENDS ARE AND, UM, THE DEMOGRAPHICS THAT WE ARE, UH, TARGETING, WHICH IS THE YOUTH.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE ENTERTAINMENT IS NOT ONLY YOUTH DRIVEN, BUT IT IS THE YOUTH THAT ARE PARTICIPATING AND ARE, UM, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE THE STAGE.

SO YOU'RE REALLY GIVING OUR YOUTH THE PLATFORM, UM, TO, TO SHOWCASE WHAT THEY CAN DO.

SO COMMUNITY SERVICES IS NOT JUST SPORTS, BUT IT'S ALSO CULTURAL.

IT'S ALSO ART.

UM, AND WE'RE SHOWCASING THAT IN ITS ENTIRETY FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO, UH, OKAY.

AND THEN, SO AGAIN, WHO, WHO BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO THE CITY? FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS THE COLLECTIVE OF THE STAFF.

THE STAFF CAME TOGETHER TO COME UP WITH THE CONCEPT, THE, THE, WE REEVALUATED WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH THE SPRING FESTIVAL.

THE SPRING FESTIVAL WASN'T MAKING THE MARKS.

UM, WE DID HAVE INTERESTED VENDORS COMING FORWARD.

UM, THERE IS INTEREST IN POPULARITY AMONGST BOBA.

I KNOW MY 14-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER LOVES BOBA, ESPECIALLY THE POPIN BOBA.

KAREN'S LAUGHING BECAUSE SHE'S TELLING ME, SHE WAS TELLING ME EARLIER TODAY HOW MUCH SHE LOVES BOBA.

BOBA IS A THING RIGHT NOW.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY CAPITALIZING ON THAT.

LISA, OUR CITY, UH, SISTER CITY CLERK, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, BUT IS SHAKING HER HEAD YET THAT SHE KNOWS IT'S POPULAR DO THAT TOO.

SO WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO CENTER HER, WHAT WE DO FOR THIS EVENT ON OUR YOUTH.

SO FOR THE RECORD, NO COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS CONSULT BROUGHT THE IDEA TO STAFF FOR THE RECORD.

I THINK COLLECTIVE, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ALWAYS CONTRIBUTED INPUT.

AND SO I SAID, WELL, LET'S HAVE IT HERE IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE CLOSING THAT AREA FOR REMODELING FOR THE OLYMPICS.

CAN WE SAY YES OR NO ON THAT? IT'S A SIMPLE QUESTION.

I'M GONNA ANSWER IT THIS WAY.

AND THE WAY THAT I'M GONNA ANSWER IT, 'CAUSE THIS IS MY QUESTION MM-HMM .

TO ANSWER, IS THAT THE COUNCIL COLLECTIVELY, EACH ONE OF YOU AT SOME POINT HAS GIVEN YOUR INPUT ON AN EVENT, HAS GIVEN YOUR INPUT ON, HEY, THIS PARTICULAR VENDOR REACHED OUT TO ME.

WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU MIND ADDING THIS TO YOUR VENDOR LIST? HEY, THIS PARTICULAR BAND REACHED OUT TO ME.

WOULD YOU MIND ADDING THIS BAND TO YOUR VENDOR LIST? HEY, THIS COMMUNITY GROUP HAS AN IDEA FOR THE PALM VIEW PARK COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ADAPTIVE RECREATION.

UM, COULD YOU REACH OUT TO THEM AND MEET WITH THEM? EVERY SINGLE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS BROUGHT FORWARD EITHER AN IDEA, A GROUP, SOMEONE OR SOMETHING FOR THE CITY TO CONSIDER TO HELP IMPROVE OUR OPERATIONS AND WHAT WE DO.

SO THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.

EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE PROVIDED INPUT, HAVE PROVIDED FEEDBACK, HAVE PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS.

RECOMMENDATIONS, NOT DIRECTION, BUT RECOMMENDATIONS TO HELP IMPROVE OUR EVENTS AND REALLY CATAPULT THEM FORWARD.

SO, OKAY.

THAT'S A YES.

UM, OKAY.

SO, UM, I MEAN, BEFORE YOU WANT, JUST WANT TO PINPOINT CERTAIN, 'CAUSE I KNOW I PROVIDED INPUT.

I KNOW COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE SENT EMAILS, FOR EXAMPLE, THIS, UH, RISING STARS.

THEY'RE THE YOUTH KIDS PERFORMANCE.

SHE HAS REACHED OUT, OUR CHILDREN WANNA PERFORM.

WHEN'S THE NEXT EVENT? CAN YOU BRING ANOTHER EVENT? SO I HAVE ALL THESE GROUP, UH, OUT THERE, ALL THESE YOUTH THAT THEY WANNA PERFORM THAT THEY WANNA SHOWCASE.

AND I HAVE FORWARDED THAT OUT.

I KNOW ALSO, I KNOW WE WERE REMOVING THIS SPRING FESTIVAL BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A TWO DAY, IT COST THE CITY A LOT OF MONEY.

WE HEARD YOU.

UM, I PERSONALLY WANTED TO BRING, UH, THIS CAR CULTURE, UH, EVENT I'VE MET WITH, UM, AND I BLANKED OUT ON HIS NAME, BUT HE'S THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS GUY.

WE MET RIGHT THERE ON, UH, DOWNTOWN WEST COVINA, AND THEY HAVE AN ANNUAL EVENT IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH.

AND BECAUSE OF THE 2028 OLYMPICS, THEY WERE CLOSING IT DOWN.

AND ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN, HE HAS LIKE AN INSTAGRAM HIGH FOLLOWER, HE, I REACHED OUT, MY HUSBAND TOLD ME, UH, REACH OUT TO HIM.

HE HAS A BIG CAR FOLLOWING.

AND I DID LARRY CHEN.

AND THEN I SAID, CAN WE MEET? AND THEN I FOUND OUT HE'S A WEST COVINA RESIDENT AND HE'S PART OF THAT LONG BEACH, UH, PROGRAM.

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AND SO I WAS HOPING THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE SPRING FESTIVAL, WE MET WITH EDWARDS THEATER.

HE WANTED TO SHOWCASE, UH, HIS GRAND PREMIERE.

UH, GRANTED IT COULDN'T WORK OUT 'CAUSE A SPECIFIC DAY.

IT HAD, THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE FORMULA ONE THAT WAS GONNA BE AIRED IN LONG BEACH.

THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE EVERYTHING IN LONG BEACH LAND.

CITY OF LONG BEACH IS VERY SUPPORTIVE.

THEY ACTUALLY, UH, COMP A LOT OF THINGS FOR THEIR, UH, PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY BRING IN 10,000 OR MORE PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT STATES AND DIFFERENT AREAS.

AND OF COURSE, I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.

UM, WE MET WITH EDWARDS, UH, THEATER.

AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT DAY THAT HE WANTED THAT GRAND OPENING, UM, THEY SAID, IT COMPETES WITH SUPER MARIO BROTHERS, AND I'M TELLING YOU WHICH ONE'S COMING OUT.

SO YOU CAN'T COMPETE WITH CHILDREN'S FILM.

AND THEN WE WERE PLANNING TO, I WORKED OUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE THIS HERE.

AND THEN I FOUND OUT, UM, CITY OF LONG BEACH DIDN'T WANNA LOSE THEM.

AND THEY'RE LIKE, HERE, LOOK AT THIS OTHER VENUE NEAR THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC OR SOMEWHERE THERE.

AND SO CITY OF LONG BEACH KEPT THAT.

AND I WAS LIKE, DARN, THAT HAS MISSED, MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS TO REPLACEMENT OF SPRING FESTIVAL.

SO YEAH, WE ALL GIVE INPUT, RESIDENTS TALK TO US.

UM, AND SO I ADMIRE AND I GIVE KUDOS TO THE STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE YOUR FORTE IS ON THE CREATIVITY RECREATION NIGHT.

THAT'S WHY I LOVE RECREATION.

I'M IN THAT FIELD.

AND FOR YOU TO COME UP WITH VOA FESTIVAL KNOWING THAT IS A TREND, KNOWING THAT THE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPENING ARE HAVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOBA AND IT'S THIS YOUTH, WE'RE CAPTURING ALL THE DIFFERENT CULTURES AROUND.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND IT IS A GROUP EFFORT FOR ALL THIS.

SO JUST TO ADDITIONALLY ANSWER, 'CAUSE HE'S LIKE PINPOINTING TO CERTAIN COUNCIL, BUT I, I'M ONE OF 'EM THAT I'D LOVE TO GIVE INPUT AND BE PART OF THIS BECAUSE THAT IS MY FIELD.

SO YES, AND WE IN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY, IT'S OPEN TO ALL IDEAS AND WE DO VET THEM OUT.

WE DO TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN.

WE DO TAKE THE TIME TO FOLLOW UP AND TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS.

SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO RESCHEDULE MEETINGS, UNFORTUNATELY.

BUT WE DO TAKE THAT TIME BECAUSE THE EVENTS, THE WORK PRODUCT THAT WE PRODUCE IS OF THE COMMUNITY, IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

AND I REALLY COMMEND THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF FOR COMING TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY, UM, TO REALLY PUSH FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE WEAVING, THE, THE IDEAS THAT OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, AGAIN, NOT DIRECTION, BUT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY MAKE.

UM, AND JUST WEAVING THEM TOGETHER TO, TO PRODUCE EVENTS.

UH, GREAT.

AND THEN, UM, SO, UH, SO, UH, I MEAN WE HAVE, WE'RE YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE LINE ITEMS, UH, UM, BUT IT HA WE HAVE NO INFOR WE HAVE NOTHING, WE HAVE NO, NO INFORMATION ON, ON THE EVENT, UH, HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA COST IN STAFF IN OVERTIME.

I THOUGHT WE CUT OUR OVERTIME FOR OUR POLICE AND FIRE, UH, WHICH I DON'T SUPPORT, BUT I, I THINK THEY, THEY'RE GONNA END UP GOING OVER THAT AND, AND BECAUSE THEY NEED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, UH, WHICH I SUPPORT.

UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTION MARKS FOR THAT LINE ITEM.

AND, AND THEN, AND THEN WE THREW, WE, I GUESS WE, WE THREW IN ATTACHMENT, WELL NUMBER ONE OF OTHER SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO YOU'RE ASKING US TO APPROVE THIS LIST TOO.

WE'RE REQUESTING, UM, A TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES PERSONNEL, UM, BUDGET MM-HMM .

TO COVER THESE OTHER SPECIALTY EVENTS IN THE TUNE OF $182,751.

WE'RE ILLUSTRATING, UH, WHAT THE COST OF SOME OF THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS ARE SO YOU CAN HAVE MAKE A BETTER DECISION.

SO WE HAVE, UM, AGAIN, YEAH, 'CAUSE IN THE ATTACHMENT YOU HAVE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, $55,000.

I MEAN, HOW MUCH ARE WE CHARGING VENDORS? UM, WHAT'S THE PROGRAM BREAKDOWN? ARE WE GONNA GIVE MONEY AGAIN AND NOT MAKE MONEY BACK IN RETURN? THERE'S QUESTIONS THERE.

I THINK THE PUBLIC WANTS TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE SPEND $152,000 ON AN EVENT AND WE MAKE NO MONEY IN RETURN, AND A NONPROFIT'S ALLOWED TO KEEP ALL PROFITS IF, AND ALL SPONSORSHIPS, IT CREATES A, A, LET ME FINISH, IT CREATES AN ISSUE, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THEY WANT TRANSPARENCY.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I COULD VOTE FOR SOME VOTE ON STUFF THAT I HAVE NOTHING ATTACHED TO IT BESIDES NUMBERS LOUD BEFORE WE DO THAT.

UM, FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE WATCHING, THERE ARE MULTIPLE LINE ITEMS ON HERE, INCLUDING 4TH OF JULY,

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CARTO FEST, FESTIVAL OF FRIGHT SALES.

I MEAN, IT HAS TOUCH A TRUCK, VETERANS DAY, WATER DAME, EVEN MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL EVENTS, UH, JUST TO LET THEM KNOW ALL THIS.

BUT COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ IS ONLY FOCUSING ON ONE, THE ELECTRIC BOBA FEST AND NIGHT MARKET, WHICH HE'S, UH, TARGETING, UH, A COUNCIL MEMBER ON THIS, THIS, WHEN WE HAVE THESE THINGS, IF YOU'RE GONNA QUESTION THAT FESTIVAL FIGHTS AND ALL THESE OTHERS, THEY ALSO HAVE, UH, VENDORS THAT COME OUT.

UM, USUALLY WHEN YOU GET A BUDGET, A, YOU CAN'T FULLY TELL EXACTLY WHAT THE COSTS ARE GONNA BE.

IT, THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED AN ESTIMATE.

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T, YOU TRY NOT TO GO OVER THAT BUDGET.

BUT IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THE ONLY FOCUS IS ON LIKE THE 55,000, WHICH IS ONLY ONE OF THE MANY EVENTS.

I MEAN, EASTER EXTRAVAGANZA.

SO I'LL JUST GIVE THIS OUT THERE.

SO WE HAVE JULY 4TH, UM, WHICH IT'S 148,000 IN 2024.

AND I HAVE HAD SAID WE, UH, ELIMINATED, WE DO NOT ALLOW FIREWORKS IN OUR CITY, BUT I ALWAYS SAID WE NEED TO GIVE AN OUTLET TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO IF WE'RE ELIMINATING FIREWORKS IN THE CITY, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN OUTLET FOR THEM TO GO THIS FIREWORKS.

UH, I SUPPORT THAT JULY 4TH.

THIS IS, I UNDERSTAND YOU SAID YOU SUPPORT THAT, BUT THIS TRANSFER IS THE BUDGET TRANSFER FOR THIS WHOLE SPECIAL EVENT.

UM, IT'S NOT JUST THIS 55,000 ON THAT.

UM, BUT I'M, THE REASON WHY I'M GIVING YOU GUYS THE NUMBERS IS BECAUSE IT'S SHOWING HE, HE'S HITTING THE 55,000.

WE HAVE THE JULY 4TH, IT'S 148,000.

IT HAS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

IT'S A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

IT'S, IT'S AN EVENT THAT WE CANNOT ELIMINATE.

UM, BUT WE HAVE OTHER EVENTS, WHETHER IT'S HIGH, LOW, UM, I MEAN LIKE JUST OUR MEMORIAL DAY IS COMING UP AND THAT, THAT IS SPECIAL.

AND SO AGAIN, THE FOCUS IS HE'S MAKING, HE'S ASKING, OH, THIS AND MICROMANAGING AGAIN, WHICH WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION IN THE PAST WHEN WE, WE, WHEN HE'S TARGETING NONPROFITS AND TARGETING THIS AND THAT.

SO HERE I AM, IT'S, THIS IS AS A WHOLE AND THE DETAILS.

BUT ANYWAYS, UM, THAT'S MY SAY.

AND I KNOW, UH, ROXANNE, YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET YOU, UH, ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND IF I JUST MAY CLARIFY, THERE ISN'T A NONPROFIT SPONSOR THAT IS COLLECTING ANYTHING.

THE NONPROFITS THAT ARE CHOOSING TO PARTICIPATE ARE PARTICIPATING BY GIVING EITHER THEIR TIME, THEIR TALENT, OR THEIR TREASURE.

THAT MEANS THEY'RE GIVING TO THE CITY.

THEY'RE NOT TAKING FROM THE CITY.

THE VENDOR FEES THAT ARE BEING COLLECTED ARE GOING BACK TO THE CITY.

AGAIN, WE, THE, THE VENDOR FEES, DOES IT COVER THE COST? IT DOES NOT COVER THE COST.

BUT THAT WAS A SUBSIDY THAT THIS, THAT THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN TO MAKE BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING THE COMMUNITY FIRST AND, AND REALLY HELPING TO PROMOTE THOSE BUSINESSES.

AND NOW IF WE GO DOWN THE PATH OF, WELL, HOW MANY OF THESE BUSINESSES ARE WEST COVINA BASED BUSINESSES? WHICH IS A NATURAL QUESTION THAT PEOPLE MAY ASK.

ONE OF THE ONES IS THAT YOU CAN ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS AS IS THAT SOME OF THESE SMALL BUSINESSES, SOME OF THESE POPUPS THAT ARE HOSTING, THEY'RE ALSO GETTING A TASTE OF WEST COVINA.

THEY'RE BEING, THEY'RE GETTING THE FLAVOR OF WHAT WEST COVINA IS.

AND AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THROUGH THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LENS, THEY MAY CONSIDER COMING TO WEST COVINA ONCE THEY HAVE THE RESOURCES TO OPEN THEIR OWN BRICK AND MORTAR STORE.

SO THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER TOO.

SO YOU'RE NOT JUST, YOU'RE NOT JUST PROVIDING AN EVENT.

WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT THIS AT A COST RECOVERY.

NOW, IF THE COUNCIL CHOOSES AT SOME POINT TO SHIFT THE FOCUS, THEN THE COUNCIL CHOOSES TO DO THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE COUNCIL'S CHOOSING TO SHIFT THE FOCUS ON THE COMMUNITY AND TO REALLY BUILD THAT COMMUNITY SPIRIT AND TO BUILD THAT GOODWILL.

WHEN YOU SAY THE COUNCIL, I DON'T REMEMBER VOTING.

I, I DON'T REMEMBER VOTING GIVING CITY STAFF DIRECTION TO ADD ELECTRIC BUBBLE MOON, UH, ELECTRIC BUBBLE FEST, .

AND THEN I ALSO, THE COUNCIL DEAN AUTHORITY STAFF.

AND I WAS, I WASN'T FINISHED.

TWO DAY EVENT TO A ONE DAY EVENT TO SOMETHING THAT WE BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE ARE USING OUR PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE.

ON, ON HER QUESTION.

SO WHEN IT, THAT'S MY NEXT QUESTION, MS. SAIN, SPECIAL EVENTS, 104,000.

WHAT IS THAT FOR? THE MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL EVENTS WOULD BE SOME OF OUR SMALLER EVENTS THAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS THE AUTHORITY FOR THE ELECTRIC BOBA FEST, THE CITY COUNCIL CHOSE TO APPROVE A BUDGET FOR 20 25, 20 26.

THAT INCLUDED THE SPRING FESTIVAL, THE STAFF UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE LA THE, THE RESULTS OF THE LAST SPRING FESTIVAL, UNDERSTANDING THE DIRECTION THAT OTHER, UM, FESTIVALS AND EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE, UNDERSTANDING THAT SOMETHING DIFFERENT NEEDED TO OCCUR, SHIFTED, AND WENT TO THIS DIFFERENT DIRECTION WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE ACTING CITY MANAGER.

AND THAT IS WITHIN THE STAFF PURVIEW.

SO WE WENT FROM A

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SO WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDED THE FRAMEWORK, YES, THERE ARE POINTS THAT WITH THE SPRING FESTIVAL, IT STILL HAS THE VENDORS, IT STILL HAS THE ATTRACTIONS, BUT WE'RE REFOCUSING IT TO BE FOCUSED MORE ON THE YOUTH.

AND, AND, AND SO MY CONCERN IS WHEN YOU HAVE FIRE STATIONS FALLING APART, WHEN YOU HAVE FIRE STATION ONE, UH, WHICH ALSO HAS ISSUES IN A BUNGALOW, WE HAVE LIVING CONDITIONS WHERE OUR FIREFIGHTERS ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE.

BUT WE'RE GONNA SPEND, SO YOUR SPRING FESTIVAL LASTS WHERE 80,123 YOU THIS YEAR, YOU, YOU'RE ALLOCATING 55,000 FOR THE BABA MOON FEST.

SO WHEN WE HAVE OUR FIREFIGHTERS LIVING IN CONDITIONS LIKE THEY ARE, AND, AND WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIMITING THEIR OVERTIME ABILITIES, THAT CONCERNS ME.

THAT CONCERNS, UH, ME AS IN AS THE PERSON ELECTED FOR, FOR MY DISTRICT TO REPRESENT DISTRICT ONE AND, AND THE WHOLE CITY.

BUT, UH, THAT CONCERNS ME.

'CAUSE WE HAVE CONDITIONS OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THERE ARE LIVING CONDITIONS THAT THEY SHOULD NOT BE LIVING IN.

UH, AND, AND THAT'S MY CONCERN.

SO, COUNCILMAN, UH, WOO.

UH, THINGS THIS, OKAY.

I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE CITY TO CREATIVE.

BECAUSE, UH, WE, UH, ATTEND ALMOST ALL THE EVENT.

AND, UH, I THINK EVENT IS SO IMPORTANT FOR THE CITY BECAUSE YOU PUT A UNITY AND, UH, MENTAL HEALTH FOR PEOPLE UNITED, YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY INCLUDING THE SNOW, OKAY? LIGHTING THE TREE LAST YEAR IS PACKED WITH PEOPLE TOUCH A TRUCK PACK WITH PEOPLE.

SO, AND, UH, AND TWO YEARS AGO, THE MOON FESTIVAL, YOU HAVE 10,000 PEOPLE OVER THERE, AND YOU HAVE CHILDREN PERFORM AND NOW, AND, BUT THE SPRING FESTIVAL, WE KIND OF, NOT OUR PROMOTION, IT KIND OF TOO LONG TODAY AND TAKE COST TO MONEY.

SO THIS YEAR, CITY MODIFY AND THEN MOVE INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND NEW.

AND THEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, AND BOBA SOUND LIKE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE.

I DON'T DRINK BOBA BECAUSE , UH, OKAY.

I JUST WORRY ABOUT MY DIET.

I DON'T WANT TO NOTHING INTO MY SOUP.

SO, SO, SO, SO, I, I DON'T DRINK WATER ONLY.

OKAY? SO, BUT BOBA IS, UH, YOUNG PEOPLE, THEY'RE VERY HIP, THEY LOVE IT.

AND, UH, RIGHT NOW, I, I HEARD ABOUT THEY HAVE A, A BOBA PLACE GOING TO OPEN UP AT THE HEAVEN CITY.

I HEARD ABOUT, UH, MY STEP TOLD ME THEY YOUNG, THEY LIKE 20 SOMETHING.

THEY TOLD ME IT IS TWO HOURS WAITING JUST TO GET A DRINK FOR BOBA.

I, I'M GONNA WAITING FOR TWO HOURS, JUST GET A BOBA COST, $7 OR SOMETHING THAT I JUST DRINKING WATCH.

BUT I JUST WANT TO THAT, OKAY, SHARE THAT LOOK LIKE THIS IS A HIP.

A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE LOVE BOBA.

AND, UH, AND, UH, WE, UH, LEARNED TO THANK VERY CREATIVE ELECTRIC.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NEW TOO.

AND, UH, WITH LIGHTING, POSSIBLE, LED LIGHT, IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND, UH, OUR RESIDENT TO SHOW UP.

AND, UH, I DON'T THINK ANY CITY HAVE LED.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY CREATIVE, AND, AND, UH, I, I SAW YOUR PROGRAM, THEY HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN GOING TO PERFORM TEENAGER, AND WE NEED TO GIVE TEENAGER SOME PLACE TO, TO KIND OF, UH, GIVE OUT ENERGY AND THE CITY PROVIDE, UH, UNITY FOR TEENAGER, HAVE A CHANCE TO ENJOY THE BALL BAR, ENJOYING THE, ENJOYING THE MUSIC AND THIS AND THAT.

SO, SO AGAIN, WHY WEST COVINA CURRENTLY HAVE SO MANY BUSINESS COMING INTO OUR CITY? YOU HAVE A TEXTILE WAREHOUSE.

IT CAN GO TO OTHER CITY, THEY CAN GO TO ACADIA OR DIAMOND BAR, BUT THEY CHOSE WEST COVINA.

WHY FORGO THE CHILD FROM BEVERLY HILL FROM OKAY, PASADENA CAME TO WEST COVINA, TAKE OVER THE TGIF.

THEY CAN GO TO DIAMOND BAR ST.

DIMAS, BUT THEY, BECAUSE WEST COVINA HAPPY CITY, IT'S A, IT IS A CITY THAT PEOPLE UNITED US AND THEY ENJOY IT.

AND A SAFE CITY, SAFE, HAPPY CITY.

THAT'S WHY BUSINESS COMING IN AND ALL THIS EVENT CITY PUT IT TOGETHER.

I THINK A LOT OF THINGS COME FROM, OKAY, WEST COVINA FOUNDATION AND SOME DONATION FROM THE, I THINK $300,000 FROM THE, FROM THE .

BECAUSE THEY GIVE US A $1.8 MILLION.

1.5 WOULD BE FOR THE POLICE AND $300,000 FOR THE SPECIAL EVENT.

CITY MANAGER DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE PRO, UH, THE, HOW THEY DECIDE.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ALMOST OKAY, NOT DOING TOO MUCH OF OUR GENERAL FUND.

THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING BEFORE I'M DONE HERE, CITY OF HERE, 10 YEARS.

OKAY? I NEVER HEARD ABOUT, WE HAVE TO APPROVE ALL THIS.

IT'S NORMALLY THE CT ALREADY

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IT'S NOT THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHAT THE CT, WE ONLY APPROVE ENTIRE BUDGET, BUT WE DON'T GO IN TOO MUCH OF, UH, ALL THIS DETAIL BECAUSE OTHERWISE WHY WE NEED A CITY MANAGER, THEY SHOULD BE RUN BY FIRE VERSE AND THEN OKAY.

BUT THE CITY RUN BY THE CITY MANAGER AND WITH THE TEAM REGARDING HOW TO BRING THE CITY IN A MUCH MORE POSITIVE WAY TO ATTRACT NOT ONLY THE UNITY, BUT ALSO THE BUSINESS JOB, THIS AND THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS ABOUT.

AND ESPECIALLY, AND, UH, WE SAW A LOT OF CITY, THEY HAVE A LOT OF EVENT.

THEY HAVE THIS EVENT, EVENT, BUT THEY, THEY JUST DON'T HAVE SOMETHING.

AND, UH, WITH, FOR THE TEENAGER IN SUMMERTIME, AND THAT FOR, FOR, OKAY, ROXANNE TO THINK ABOUT THIS.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING VERY NEW.

OKAY? AND, UH, AND I HOPE CITY CAN UNDERSTAND, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN UNDERSTAND, OKAY, WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN DIFFERENT, OKAY.

GROUP OF PEOPLE, WE SENIORS, WE HAVE THEIR PROGRAM, OKAY.

AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, ALL DIFFERENT, OKAY.

CULTURAL, BUT SOMETHING WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN.

AND THE TEENAGERS OR OKAY, PEOPLE HAVE TEENAGER CAN COME WITH A PARENT ENJOYING THE TIME AND THEY ENJOY THE BUBBLE.

I WAS STILL DRINKING MY WATER, BUT PEOPLE CAN BE DRINKING THEIR BOBA OKAY.

WITH THAT.

SO, SO, AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, UH, GREAT.

AND, UH, OKAY, SO, UH, REGARDING WHOSE IDEA, THIS AND THAT, I THINK THIS IS THE CITY'S IDEA.

EVERYBODY'S IDEAS AND PUT IT TOGETHER HOW WE CAN ENTERTAIN.

THAT'S WHY CITY COUNCIL OVER HERE INPUT ABOUT, OKAY, I THINK, OKAY, MAYOR PORTAL ONLY HAS A LOT OF IDEA INPUT TO THE ONE-ON-ONE WITH CITY, UH, MANAGER.

THEN YOU DISCUSS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO, WHAT THIS AND THAT.

AND, UH, AND THEY SAY, OH YEAH, THAT'S GOOD IDEA.

AND THEY PUT IT TOGETHER.

SAME THING TOO.

COUNCIL MEMBER SOMETIMES HAVE SOME GOOD IDEA, AND THE CITY, OKAY, MANAGER WILL ADOPT, HEY, OH YEAH, THIS IS GOOD IDEA.

AND IT'S SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE, OKAY.

AND, UH, VITAL, THEY NEED TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL, GOT A THREE VOTE APPROVED.

BUT FOR THE PROGRAM, PROJECT ALTOGETHER IS TRY TO BRING CITY TOGETHER.

AND I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE CITY MANAGER MANAGEMENT TEAM.

AND IT IS YOUR JOB.

OKAY? BUT GO BACK TO THE BASKETBALL TEAM.

I THINK, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING WE CAN, YOU GUYS CAN KIND OF WORK IT OUT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S IMPORTANT PROGRAM TOO.

I UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE SOME KIND OF DIS DISCREPANCY BOTH SIDE, AND I HEARD ABOUT LAST YEAR ALREADY, BUT, BUT MAYBE WE CAN WORK IT OUT.

AND THE, THE, THE, THE PUT THE USE HAVE A PROGRAM, NOT ONLY THE SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT, MUSIC.

SO WE WANNA KEEP THEM BUSY AND THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WEST COVINA IS A FUN CITY AND ENTERTAIN EVERYBODY.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I DO.

I WANNA MAKE A POINT, JUST, JUST TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR.

COMMUNITY SERVICES IS NOT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.

WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE UTILIZING THE BUDGET THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED.

AND WE'RE LETTING, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE SHARING WITH YOU THAT WE'RE MOVING THE MONEY AROUND BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE THAT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, FOR THESE EVENTS, BECAUSE OF THOSE RISING COSTS, BECAUSE OF WHAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, WE'RE MOVING THE MONEY AROUND, BUT WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE ALLOCATION WITH WHAT WAS APPROVED.

AS FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES AS A WHOLE, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR MORE MONEY.

WE'RE SAYING WE'RE MOVING MONEY SO THAT WE CAN FULFILL THIS AREA.

BASICALLY JUST DISCLOSE TRANSPARENCY, TRANSPARENT, TO TELL US WHAT THIS MONEY GO.

WE ALREADY APPROVED THE BUDGET.

NOW THIS MONEY GO TO HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE.

EVENT, ALL THE VITAL, OKAY? OKAY.

BUT FOR EXAMPLE, 250 YEARS OF, UH, A BIRTHDAY OF UNITED STATES, OKAY, THAT, THAT, I KNOW YOU HAVE A TWO BANK, I SAY, WHOA, THEY COST A LOT OF MONEY.

BUT YOU SAY, WELL, YOU ONLY HAVE 1 250, SO WE CORRECT.

SO I SAY, OH, OKAY.

BECAUSE OKAY, IT IS A TWO BAND COST DOUBLE.

BUT, BUT AGAIN, UH, IT IS A SPECIAL EVENT.

IT'S OKAY.

IT IS, UH, OUR INDEPENDENT DAY IS 250 YEARS.

OKAY? AND, UH, IT IS A GOOD NUMBER AND WE HAVE A SIGN RIGHT THERE.

SO, SO SOMETIMES HE JUST SAID, WE ARE DOING A NONPROFIT.

WE DOING, WE BRING HAPPINESS TO THE RESIDENT, OKAY? AND, UH, WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN EACH OF A DIFFERENT GROUP, AND WE HOPE, OKAY, WE CAN UNITE.

OKAY? AND WE TRY TO CONTINUE TO, OKAY, WE TRY TO OKAY.

PUT EVERYTHING AND THEN AGAIN, AGAIN, AND NOT GOING TO DISCOURAGE YOU, I THINK, FOR YOU TO KIND OF CREATE SOMETHING NEW.

THAT'S WHY WE NEED YOU OVER HERE, OKAY? OKAY.

TRY TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OUR CITY, CREATE SOMETHING NEW, CREATE SOMETHING DIFFERENT, AND, UH, ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE SOMETHING WORK.

OKAY? AND SPORT, ENTERTAINMENT, SPECIAL

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THE PROGRAM TO THE CITY AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND HAVE MORE PEOPLE.

OKAY? HAPPILY LIVE IN WEST COVIN NOW AND CONTINUE HAPPILY PAYING TAXES.

OKAY? AND THAT'S HOW WE WERE HERE FOR, OKAY? WE'LL HAVE ACT CITY MANAGER, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ MAYOR, PRO TEM MAYOR, COUNCILMAN WU.

UM, I JUST WANNA BE, JUST CLARIFY SOMETHING REAL QUICK AND ROXANNE HIT IT ON THE HEAD, AND I JUST WANT REEMPHASIZE THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE COUNCIL.

IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THIS ITEM WOULD'VE BEEN HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY.

AND THIS NEVER WOULD'VE COME TO THE COUNCIL.

WE WOULD'VE MADE THESE CHANGES IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WHICH THEY'VE BEEN DONE, AND NOT BROUGHT A BUDGET AMENDMENT TO THE COUNCIL.

THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF BRINGING THIS ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL, AS WITH ALL THE OTHER BUDGET AMENDMENTS, IS FOR TRANSPARENCY.

AND THAT WAS THE REQUEST.

CONSTABLE GUTIERREZ, YOU WANTED ME TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, BRING EVERYTHING TO THE COUNCIL THAT INVOLVED MONEY.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DOING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A YEAR AGO WOULD'VE BEEN DONE INTERNALLY AND NOBODY WOULD'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT.

WE'RE NOT ALLOCATING OR MOVING, ADDING MONEY OR MOVING MONEY THAT'S NOT ALREADY THERE.

IT'S JUST A LINE ITEM TRANSFER.

AND AGAIN, THIS, THIS WHOLE THING, I I, I FEEL HORRIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS BEING DEBATED WHEN THE WHOLE EFFORT WAS JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND, YOU KNOW, THESE ITEMS, WE PLAN TO BRING THEM FORWARD ON A REGULAR BASIS WHENEVER WE DO THESE, AGAIN, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ FOR TRANSPARENCY, AND THAT WAS YOUR REQUEST THAT I DO THAT, AND I'M TRYING TO IMPLEMENT THAT.

BUT THIS IS BACKFIRING GREATLY.

UM, AGAIN, MONEY'S THERE.

IT'S JUST A TRANSFER.

SO, UM, WHEN YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS, THAT IS BECAUSE IRS CODE AND THE CHARITY TRUSTS OF THE CITY OF CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL REQUIRES MINUTES MM-HMM .

AND IN THE PAST, THE CITY HAS DISPENSED MONEY.

WITHOUT HAVING BOARD MINUTES, NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A BOARD MEETING OR, OR THAT WE'RE ALLOWED UNDER, UNDER THE LAW TO, TO HAVE AN ITEM LIKE THIS, PART OF OUR CONS AGENDA.

UH, SO I'M GLAD WE'RE FOLLOWING THE CODE NOW.

UM, AND, AND SO, UM, AGAIN, THAT REFERS TO, I MAY NOT HAVE ISSUES WITH ITEMS, BUT THERE, IF THERE'S NO ITEM, IF THERE'S NO INFORMATION ATTACHED TO THIS, HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT, WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE LIABILITY TO THE TAXPAYERS? WHAT'S THE DEFICIT? UH, I MEAN, SOMETHING LIKE THIS SHOULD BE PART OF THE, UH, ALSO, UH, INPUT IT INTO THE GENERAL BUDGET OF, UH, SECOND READING SO WE CAN HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THESE, UH, NEW, NEW COSTS TO THE TAXPAYERS.

YOU KNOW, YOU SAY YOU, YOU HEARD THE RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SPRING FESTIVAL.

WELL, IT WASN'T BECAUSE NO ONE WAS GOING, IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS A, A BURDEN ON THE TAXPAYERS.

SO WE WERE NECESSARY.

YOU'RE TECHNICALLY CREATING A NEW, A NEW EVENT IS WHAT I'M HEARING, UH, UNDER ELECTRIC BOBBLE FEST, NIGHT MARKET TITLE, UH, AND SO FORTH.

BUT GO AHEAD, I'M GONNA LET, UH, MAYOR PROM CONTOS, LET HIM SAY A FEW WORDS.

IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.

MAD MAYOR.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF FOR THE LEVEL OF DETAIL WITH THE WAY HE BROKE DOWN THE EVENTS.

AND PLUS THE TEAM IS AWESOME WITH ITS CREATIVITY AND EVERYTHING, UH, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S REALLY, REALLY WONDERFUL BECAUSE NOT ONLY DOES THE COMMUNITY GET TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT IT ALSO IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT THE MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS THAT WE HAVE.

AND SO TONIGHT THERE WERE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HOW THERE'S CULTURAL APPRECIATION AND GETTING, GIVING THE YOUTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM AND TO SHOW THEIR TALENT.

AND PLUS BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER.

I'M, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF ALL OF THAT.

I'M ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF YOUTH BASKETBALL.

AND, AND SO I, I ASKED EARLIER, WHAT ARE THE COSTS FOR RUNNING THE SUMMER PROGRAM? THERE WAS NO DEFINITIVE ANSWER.

I ALSO, AND I UNDERSTAND, I'M NOT, I IT'S JUST RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST EXPLAINING WHAT I DON'T KNOW.

I ALSO ASKED, UH, JUST EVEN BALLPARK WHAT WHAT THAT IS.

AND I DON'T WANT ANYTHING HAPPENING TO, TO THAT.

AND I'M REALLY, I JUST LOVE THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL UNITED IN SUPPORTING YOUTH BASKETBALL.

AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST, AND BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE FINITE LEVEL OF WHAT WE HAVE TO SPEND, WHAT I'M THINKING IS IF, IF THERE'D BE A WAY, UH, BE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS THAT, THAT YOU COULD CHECK TO SEE WHAT THE ASSOCIATED COSTS ARE, UH, FOR RUNNING THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM AND ENSURING THAT IT, IT CONTINUES IN FULL FORCE THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED BEFORE THE CANCELLATION SLASH DELAY.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE ASSOCIATED COSTS, THEN THAT'S WHEN WE CAN COME BACK AND, AND REVISE THIS, THIS BUDGET TO INCLUDE THAT.

UH, AND, AND THAT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LIMITED

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AMOUNT OF MONEY IN THE FOUNDATION, SO WE HAVE TO BE BUDGETARILY RESPONSIBLE.

AND SO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THESE EVENTS.

I MEAN, THESE ARE AWESOME.

THEY, AND I MEAN, GOSH, THEY'RE, THEY GET BETTER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR.

I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT BASKETBALL DOESN'T GET LEFT OUT.

SO IT'S NOT AN, IT'S NOT A ONE OR THE OTHER.

IT'S MORE A MATTER OF PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.

AND BECAUSE STAFF DID NOT HAVE THE INFORMATION FOR UNDERSTANDABLE REASONS, BECAUSE THIS INFORMATION JUST BROKE LAST NIGHT, UH, LAST WEEK, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFORMATION TO KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST.

AND I WOULD HATE FOR US TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE, LET'S SAY WE CALL UPON VOLUNTEERS AND, BUT WE STILL NEED STAFFING, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY, THEN, THEN WHAT WOULD END UP HAPPENING IS THAT WOULD CAUSE MORE RIPPLE EFFECTS, BECAUSE THEN WE, WE'LL HAVE TO DRAW FROM STAPH SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AND THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENS, THEN THAT, THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THAT.

AND IT JUST, IT'S SORT OF LIKE A WHACK-A-MOLE THING WHERE YOU TRY TO FIX ONE THING AND IT JUST CAUSES A RIPPLE EFFECT, UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES SOMEWHERE ELSE.

SO WHAT I, I'D LIKE TO, TO PROPOSE IS, IS THAT, UH, WE, WE REVISIT THIS JUST IN JUST TWO WEEKS, OR JUST THE NEXT MEETING FOR JUNE 2ND, WHERE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WOULD BE, IF ANY, IF THERE ISN'T ANY, THEN FINE, WE, WE JUST COME BACK WITH THIS.

BUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S NEEDED TO RUN THE, THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM TO THE SAME LEVEL THAT EVERYONE HAS COME TO EXPECT FOR ALL THESE YEARS AS IT'S BEEN GROWING, THAT, THAT WE SUPPORT THAT FULL FUNDING.

AND IF, AND IF THE MAIN BUDGET DOES NOT HAVE IT, THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY CAN COME, UH, THE, THE MONEY FROM THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION CAN BE USED TO INCORPORATE WITHIN THE EXISTING PARAMETERS AND THEN MAKE, MOVE MONEY AROUND ACCORDINGLY.

SO AS TO MAKE ALL OF THIS WORK.

IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE A FAMILY.

WE HAVE ALL THESE GREAT THINGS WE WANNA DO, BUT WE NEED TO SORT OF DO IT WITHIN SPENDING PARAMETERS.

SO I, I'D LIKE TO, TO HAVE US DO THAT.

IF, IF I'LL SECOND, I WANT TO CLARIFY, I I WANT TO, TO POSTPONE THIS.

HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, HOLD ON, EVERYBODY.

UH, I, LET ME, MAYOR PROAM, CONTOS, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS AGENDA, STAFF REPORT AND ITEM DOES NOT INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION.

THIS IS A TOTALLY SEPARATE TOPIC.

THE, THIS, THIS STAFF REPORT REFERS TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE TAKING A COST SAVINGS IN ONE AREA, MOVING IT OVER TO ANOTHER AREA JUST FOR THAT.

IT, IT IS, IT DOES NOT INVOLVE THE FOUNDATION AT ALL.

THIS IS SEPARATE REPORT COMPLETELY.

BUT, BUT WE, EVEN WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALSO RUNS A BASKETBALL PROGRAM TOO, RIGHT? SO, YEP.

IT WOULD STILL BE THE SAME.

I MEAN, EVEN IF IT'S NOT THE FOUNDATION, BUT IT'S THE DEPARTMENT.

I'M GONNA HAVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

YOUR YOUR POINT IS TAKEN, AND I DID PROMISE YOU THAT WE WOULD COME BACK WITH, UM, THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH BASKETBALL.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO WE'RE, THE BUDGET TRANSFER IS FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE BASKETBALL CROSSES OVER TWO FISCAL YEARS.

IT'S THIS FISCAL YEAR AND NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, WHAT I'M HEARING, AND EVEN IN SPEAKING WITH THE TWO COACHES OFF TO THE SIDE, AND I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW THAT YOU WERE HAVING OUR CONVERSATION, BUT I DID SPEAK WITH THE COACHES OFF TO THE SIDE.

WHAT THEY'RE TELLING ME IS THAT IT'S COMING DOWN TO STAFFING.

THE ISSUE IS A, IS STAFFING, THE ISSUE IS THE AVAILABILITY OF STAFF.

THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS.

SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE BUDGET TRANSFER FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS.

BUT YOU HAVE MY WORD MAYOR PRO TEM, THAT WE WILL LOOK AT THE BUDGETARY, IF THERE ARE ANY BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS, WE'RE STILL GONNA COME BACK.

AND I'LL ALSO GIVE YOU A RUN, A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT IT COSTS.

BUT WHATEVER THOSE BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, IF ADJUSTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE, THAT THOSE ADJUSTMENTS WILL BE MADE.

WE HEAR THE COUNCIL LOUD AND CLEAR, AND, AND I AM COMMITTED, WE ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING AS A TEAM WITH FINANCE AND WITH HR IN CONCERT WITH THE DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL FOR THE BA, YOUTH BASKETBALL.

SO THESE ARE TWO, TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS, TWO DIFFERENT TOPICS.

SO AGAIN, IT'S STAFFING, AVAILABILITY VERSUS SHIFTING, OR NOT EVEN VERSUS, BUT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS SHIFTING THE MONEY, THE COST SAVINGS IN ONE AREA TO COVER THE COSTS OF THESE EVENTS.

AGAIN, NOT PULLING FROM ANY OTHER DEPARTMENT USING WHAT WAS BUDGETED, WHAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

IS THAT CLEAR? I, OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THE, THE CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I'M FIERCELY PROTECTIVE OF THE YOUTH AND WANNA MAKE SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO THEM WITH THEIR PROGRAM, SO THAT THIS PROGRAM, WHILE IT'S RUN BY THE STAFF, THIS MODEL IS MY MODEL, AND I WILL TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.

THIS MODEL WAS MY MODEL, AND I AM FIERCELY PROTECTIVE OF ANYTHING THAT HAS MY NAME ON IT.

SO WE, YOU AND I ARE IN LINE WITH THAT.

OF THEIR ACTIVISM AND JUST GETTING INVOLVED.

WELL, I'D LIKE TO CONCLUDE BY THANKING THE YOUTH FOR SPEAKING UP LAST WEEK, JUST BECAUSE IT'S, IT SHOWS LOOK AT ALL OF THIS AS A RESULT

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SO THIS SHOWS THE COMMUNITY THAT IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

WE'RE HAVING THIS DIALOGUE NOW, AND I'M REALLY APPRECIATIVE FOR THAT VOICE AND FOR THE FAMILIES THAT WERE HERE, I'M WANTING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE GOOD.

AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE TELLING ME, ROXANNE, THAT, THAT THERE WILL BE NO ADVERSE EFFECT TO THIS PROGRAM, UM, FROM A BUNCH OF, AND, AND JUST TO ALSO ADD AGENDA, ITEM FOUR WAS THE SERVICE FOUNDATION.

AND EVEN WITH THE TRANSFER, THERE'S STILL FUNDS IN THAT ACCOUNT TO ASSIST WHATEVER THAT NEEDS TO BE USED FOR.

UH, AGENDA ITEM FIVE IS JUST TO THE TRANSFER, UM, FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO I KNOW WITH ONE OF 'EM, UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THEY NEED A TRANSFER OF 8,000 REQUESTED FOR MEMORIAL DAY EVENT TO COVER REQUIRED PRINTING, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, SOUND SERVICES, FOOD SERVICE, AND EVENT SUPPLIES, WHICH I'M WEARING THE BADGE FROM.

UH, I MEAN, UH, THE THING TO REMEMBER THEM.

UM, AND THAT'S COMING UP IN NEXT TWO WEEKS, A WEEK OR SO.

SO MONDAY.

OH, THIS MONDAY.

OH, THIS COMING MONDAY.

SO, UM, AGAIN, THIS WHOLE, UH, I'M HERE TO ALWAYS BUILD COMMUNITY, AND THIS CONTINUES TO BUILD COMMUNITY.

THESE MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL EVENTS.

WE GET THEM ALL THE TIME.

IT'S REPORTED ON THE CITY MANAGERS REPORT.

WE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL SPECIAL EVENT CALLED MOMMY AND MET TEA.

I PARTICIPATED THAT LAST YEAR WITH MY DAUGHTER.

AND SO THESE MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS COME, ENCOMPASSES ALL OF THAT.

AND THERE'S, WE HAVE TONS OF MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS, FATHER AND DAUGHTER DANCE, UM, AND DON'T GET ME STARTED WITH OUR SENIORS, A SE OUR SENIORS HAVE TONS OF EVENTS, AND IF YOU REMOVE THAT FROM OUR SENIORS, WE'RE GONNA HEAR IT.

AND THIS IS WHAT THEY COME TO.

BUT NOT ONLY THAT, ALL THESE SPECIAL EVENTS TARGET EACH AND EVERYONE, OUR YOUTH, ADULTS, OUR SENIORS, FAMILY, THOSE WHO WE REMEMBER, OUR VETERANS, WE ENCOMPASS ALL OF THAT FOR THAT REASON.

I'D LIKE TO MOVE, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AGENDA.

IS THERE A SECOND? HE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A MOTION.

AND THEN A SECOND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

SO, UH, SUBSTITUTE MOTION IS TO BRING THIS BACK ON THE FIRST MEETING OF, UM, OF, UH, JUNE.

UH, WE'RE INTEGRATING, UH, THE COSTS FOR THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

I UNDERSTAND, UM, YOU'RE GIVING US OUR COMMITMENT, BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE ON THIS COUNCIL IS TO ENSURE, UH, THAT WE, WE DO STUFF THAT PUTS THE INTEREST OF OUR YOUTH AND OUR COMMUNITY FIRST.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS HAS HE MADE, HAS MADE VALID POINTS, AND I DON'T THINK IT HURTS ANYONE TO WAIT ONE MORE MEETING SO WE CAN FIND OUT THAT COST AND SEE IF WE NEED TO, UH, LESSEN THE EXPENSE ON SOME OF THESE LARGER EVENTS.

UH, AGAIN, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY, UH, SO I BELIEVE THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE COSTS AND TOTAL TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS, BUT FEEL FREE TO INTERVENE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN? WHAT I CAN ADD IS THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT STAFF AVAILABILITY VERSUS COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIAL EVENTS VERSUS OPERATING COSTS, NOT PERSONNEL COSTS.

OPERATING COSTS VERSUS FOR SPECIAL EVENTS.

SO THIS, SO WHAT YOU HEARD THE COACHES TALK ABOUT, WHAT DID THEY SAY? THERE ISN'T STAFF AVAILABLE TO WORK NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS.

THEY'RE SAYING THERE ISN'T ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER AVAILABLE THAT CAN RUN A SCOREBOARD.

THOSE ARE WHAT THEY SAID PUBLICLY.

PLUS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAD WITH THEM OFF TO THE SIDE.

THEY PROVIDED ME WITH THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION.

I'LL BE TALKING TO THOSE COACHES TO CLEAR UP ANY MISINFORMATION AND ANY MISUNDERSTANDING SO THAT WE CAN GET THE YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM TO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.

THE SPECIAL EVENTS, THE THE SPECIAL EVENTS, THE BUDGET TRANSFER THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS COST, OPERATIONAL COST IS COST FOR AUDIO.

VISUAL IS COST FOR PERMITS, IT'S COST FOR ADVERTISING, GRAPHICS, EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THOSE OF EVENTS, THOSE REMAINING EVENTS.

IT'S JUST TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM MONIES THAT WERE ALREADY ALLOCATED FOR 25, 26 FISCAL YEAR.

NOT NEXT FISCAL YEAR, OUR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR TO GET US TO THE, TO GET US TO JUNE 30TH.

WHEN DID WE APPROVE ELECTRIC BUBBLE FEST? LIKE WE DISCUSSED? WE ARE, WHAT WAS APPROVED WAS A TWO DAY SPRING FESTIVAL.

THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THAT.

THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE SPRING FESTIVAL, BUT ARE BEING REFOCUSED TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR YOUTH.

ACTUALLY, WHAT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF IS DOING, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE REBRANDING THIS AND MAKING SOMETHING THAT'S RELEVANT TO THE YOUTH OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO FOCUS

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ON THE YOUTH.

JUST LIKE COUNCIL, OR, EXCUSE ME, I'M SO SORRY.

MAYOR PROM, JUST LIKE MAYOR PROM, CONTOS SAID HE'S VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE YOUTH.

SO AM I.

SO IS COMMUNITY SERVICES.

SO IS ALL, SO ARE THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MAYOR COUNCILMEN, WHO JUST LIKE YOU ARE, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO AGENDIZE A REPORT TO COME BACK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, JUST AS AN UPDATE REGARDING THE YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

AND I CAN GIVE YOU A STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE, LET YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, MAYOR PRO TEM, AS WELL AS THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I WILL BE HAVING DIRECTLY HAVING WITH THESE COACHES REGARDING THE YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE A SEPARATE ITEM THAT REQUIRES COUNCIL ACTION COUNCIL CAN AGENDIZE IT FOR THE FUTURE, BUT I CAN COME BACK WITH A STATUS UPDATE AT THE JUNE 2ND MEETING.

AGAIN, THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. WE HAVE EVENTS TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE GET, WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE COMMUNITY WITH THOSE SERVICES FOR THE EVENTS.

SO YOU BROUGHT UP A GREAT POINT.

YOU SAID YOU COULD BRING 'EM BACK AND WE CAN EVEN VOTE FOR IT.

SO WE ACTUALLY VOTED TO BRING BACK A COST ANALYSIS ON FIRE STATION ONE THAT'S NEVER COME BACK.

SO I HAVE CONCERNS WHEN WE SAY, WHEN WE DO SOMETHING AND WE DON'T DO IT, AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU, ROXANNE, SO THERE'S NO REASON TO, WE DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE ABOUT THAT.

BUT I'M NOT SAYING YOU, UH, SO THAT'S MY CONCERN.

AND, AND SO I, IS THERE, IS THERE A EXTRAORDINARY NEED FOR US TO APPROVE THIS TONIGHT? OR THE MEMORIAL IS COMING UP? WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE OPERATIONS.

WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A GOOD NAME WITH JUST BRING THE SIGN, BRING BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING.

WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE VENDORS AND OUR CONTRACTORS YEAH.

THAT HAVE COMMITTED TO THIS EVENT.

WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM IN GOOD FAITH SO THAT WE'RE NOT SAYING, HEY, WE'LL PAY YOU IN THREE WEEKS.

WHICH EVENT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT FOR THE EVENTS? THERE, THERE ARE EVENTS IN BETWEEN NOW AND THE JUNE 2ND COUNCIL MEETING.

YEAH, SO I CAN I, THE TWO, THE TWO, THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ITEMS, TWO SEPARATE ITEMS. JUST WE CAN, WE CAN AGENDIZE THIS, WE CAN PUT, WE WILL PUT THIS, WHEN I SAY AGENDIZE, I WANNA CLARIFY WHAT I WOULD BE REQUESTING OF THE COUNCIL IS GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO TALK TO THE COACHES TO EXPLORE, TO DELVE INTO THE YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

THE STATUS OF THAT WILL BE REPORTED BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, INCLUDING MAYOR PRO TEMS, REQUEST FOR THE FINANCIAL BREAKDOWN IF, AND WE WILL BE WORKING IN CONCERT WITH FINANCE.

AND AGAIN, THE YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM THAT CROSSES OVER TWO FISCAL YEARS, THE CURRENT ONE AND THE NEXT ONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, RUNNING EVENTS.

THIS IS SPECIAL EVENTS.

SPECIAL EVENTS IS USUALLY A ONE-OFF, ONE DAY, ONE TIME FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

PROGRAMS, CLASSES, SPORTS, THAT'S AN ONGOING THING.

AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I RUN, I RUN PROGRAMS, I RUN SPORTS, I RUN EVENTS.

AND IN REGARDS TO STAFFING, I TOO HAVE THOSE ISSUES.

SO WHEN THEY NEED CONSISTENCY EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT, OH, I NEED AN OFFICIAL EVERY, LIKE I RUN BASEBALL RIGHT NOW, SATURDAY, I NEEDED A UMPIRE ALL DAY TO GET THAT CONSISTENT CONSISTENCY.

SOME STAFF DON'T WANNA COMMIT TO EVERY SATURDAY FOR EIGHT STRAIGHT WEEKS.

UM, GRANTED LIKE THESE EVENTS, SOMETIMES THERE ARE STAFF THAT CAN'T WORK THAT EVENT, BUT WE MANAGE BASED ON THAT.

WHEN YOU HAVE PROGRAMS AND CLASSES, YOU NEED THAT CONSISTENCY.

AND I UNDERSTAND WITH THE STAFFING ISSUES.

BUT THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, TWO SEPARATE THINGS.

TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

UM, AND WE ARE FULL SUPPORT OF OUR YOUTH.

I MEAN, IT IS VERY CLEAR HERE THAT WE WANT THE BASKETBALL PROGRAM TO, TO CONTINUE ON.

WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR COUNCIL FOR, YOU KNOW, ALMOST EIGHT YEARS.

I'VE ALSO SERVED AS A COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER FOR A FEW YEARS PRIOR TO THIS.

AND THAT HAS BEEN A NUMBER ONE THING.

YOU KNOW, AS WHEN I WAS A COMMISSIONER, UH, THERE WERE CHANGES THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TO COUNCIL THAT WERE LIKE, OH, NO.

BUT WE SPOKE, THEY WERE, UH, THE CONCERNS WERE VALID AND THEY'VE MADE THOSE CHANGES.

SO WE ARE HERE, WE MADE IT VERY CLEAR THE COUNCIL, THE STAFF THAT THIS, UH, PROGRAM, BASKETBALL PROGRAM WILL CONTINUE ON.

SO I'LL, I'LL AMEND MY MOTION.

SO, UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO YEAH.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION, BECAUSE I ALREADY SUBSTITUTE APPROVE THIS.

I'M JUST CHANGING IT.

BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING.

SUBSTITUTE MOTION TO, UM, TO APPROVE ALL LINE ITEMS EXCEPT BRING

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IN THE FIRST MEETING, UH, UH, OF JUNE, THE TWO EVENTS OF ELECTRIC BABA FEST AND NIGHT MARKET AND THE MOON FESTIVAL.

SO I AM, THE MOON FESTIVAL ISN'T ON THERE.

WHAT? THE MOON FESTIVAL ISN'T PART OF THIS.

IT SAYS, IT SAYS IT.

SO THE BUDGET STANDS FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET TRANSFER IS NECESSARY TO ME.

SO WHAT ARE WE, SO WHAT IS THIS THEN? OKAY, GO AHEAD.

OUR FINANCE, IF I MAY HELP, UH, CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.

THANK YOU FOR HELPING OPPORTUNITY.

UM, SO WHAT I PRO WHAT WE PROVIDED FOR YOU IN THE ATTACHMENT WAS PURELY A LISTING OF THE 20 EVENTS THAT COMMUNITY SERVICES DOES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND ALSO FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES.

WE INCLUDED THE PRIOR YEARS 24 25 AS A BENCHMARK COMPARED TO THE CURRENT YEARS REQUEST.

UM, SO AS FAR AS REQUEST FOR THE, UM, BOBA FEST, WELL, THAT EVENT IS SCHEDULED FOR MAY 30TH.

AND THEREFORE, IF THIS ITEM WAS TO BE DEFERRED, WE WERE UNABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE BOBST AND PAYING OUR VENDORS AND WITH THE ACTIVITY.

SO FROM A FINANCE STANDPOINT, I'M UNABLE TO APPROVE ANY PURCHASE ORDERS OR TO PAY ANY VENDORS FOR THAT EVENT OR FOR MEMORIAL DAY, WHICH IS ON MONDAY THE 25TH.

SO WHY ARE, WHY ARE WE BRINGING, WHY ARE WE GETTING THIS ELECTRIC BUBBLE FEST LAST MINUTE THEN? IT'S COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, I BELIEVE.

UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED IT VERY CLEARLY THAT THE BOBA FEST IS IN LIEU OF THE SPRING FESTIVAL.

THEY GOT VERY CREATIVE, AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THE BOBA FEST WE EVER GET.

THE THE PROBLEM IS WE NEVER GOT THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT ON THE BOBA FEST.

WE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMPLAINED ABOUT THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SPRING FESTIVAL.

SURE.

BUT NEVER, THIS IS SOMETHING NEW.

WELL, WHAT'S ALSO NEW IS THAT YOU'RE SEEING A LINE ITEM OF ALL THE SPECIAL EVENTS AS WELL.

AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING NEW.

WE'RE GOING FORWARD, WE'RE PROGRESSING FORWARD.

WE ARE BEING MUCH MORE TRANSPARENT.

AND SO, UM, I BELIEVE IF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BRINGS FORWARD A NEW ITEM SUCH AS ELECTRIC BOBA FEST, I THINK IT'S THAT'S GREAT.

IT'S CREATIVITY.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION VOTE ON THIS.

THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION.

YOU DON'T THINK THE SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION SHOULD HAVE MAYBE HAVE INPUT ON THE EVENTS? I CANNOT ANSWER TO THE FOUNDATION.

I'M ADDRESSING THE ISSUE.

OKAY, SO LET ME, I'M AMEND MY MOTION.

THIS RELATES TO THE GENERAL FUND.

SO I GUESS THIS HAS, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS, THIS DOCUMENT.

SO, UM, I'M AMEND MY MOTION, SO I'M GONNA APPROVE THIS ITEM EXCEPT, UH, THE ALLOCATION OF TRANSFER OF $55,000 FOR THE ELECTRIC BUBBA FEST THAT HAS BEEN RELABELED.

UH, IN OTHER WORDS, IT WAS A SPRING FESTIVAL, BUT IT'S BEEN RELABELED AS ELECTRIC BUBBA FEST AND NIGHT MARKET.

THE FUNDS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED FROM THE SPRING FESTIVAL AND THEN ALLOCATED TO THE OTHER PROGRAMS. AGAIN, THE RA BOBA FEST NIGHT MARKET, THAT IS MAY 30TH.

AND SO, UNFORTUNATELY, FROM A FINANCE STANDPOINT, IT'D BE VERY CHALLENGING FOR US TO WAIT FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE.

I KNOW, BUT I, I HAVE, I MEAN, THIS IS MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I, I HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO ELECTED ME.

AND, AND, AND EVEN THOUGH THIS IS A LAST MINUTE ASK, I, I STILL DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS REGARDING THE COSTS, THE BURDEN ON THE, THE FOOD COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS BURDEN.

AND, AND I DON'T KNOW, UH, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT CUTTING CERTAIN PROGRAMS, UH, AT THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION, THEY STATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE FOUNDATION THAT BECAUSE OF BUDGET, UH, ISSUES, UH, BUDGET CUTS.

SO, UH, I COULD REFER TO THE FOUNDATION, THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF RESOURCES, UM, THAT THE FOUNDATION RECEIVES ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE ARE RESTRICTED TO WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES THE FOUNDATION CAN DO.

ONE, UH, FOCUSING ON THIS ONE, UH, THIS IS ALMOST LIKE A REPLACEMENT OF THAT.

SO IT'LL BE, I THAT'S, THAT'S, IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE FOR, THAT'S SEPARATE LIMITATION.

SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE COMMISSIONERS TO HAVE INPUT ON THIS NEW RELABELED, AN EVENT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO ATTEND TO BE FOR SPRING FESTIVAL IS NOW CHANGED TO THE ELECTRIC BABA FEST.

I THINK OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER SHOULD HAVE HAD INPUT ON THIS.

AND, AND THAT'S JUST MY, MY, UH, OPINION.

AND CERTAINLY WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK, THANK YOU.

AND I, I, I CAN'T FI FISCALLY VOTE FOR SOMETHING THAT, UH, UH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S LAST MINUTE, SO WITHOUT GETTING COMMUNITY INPUT ON IT.

SO THAT WAS MY MOTION, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW.

I MEAN, I SAT AS A COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER, AND THEY DON'T GIVE THAT FULL INPUT FOR ANY OF THE EVENTS.

AND AGAIN, YOU ARE PIGEON AND JUST PICKING ON THIS

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THIS, UH, WE HAVE, THE STAFF HAS THESE JURISDICTIONS.

THEY, WE HAVE THIS BUDGET ALREADY IN PLACE.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, SAYING THESE AND TRYING TO MANAGE, AND I, SORRY, IT'S JUST A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, BUT I'LL, UH, DEFER.

I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT.

CITY ATTORNEY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? I'M JUST, THAT'S A SUBSTITUTE MOTION.

WE SHOULD NEED A SECOND FOR IT IF THERE'S A SECOND.

NO SECOND FOR A SUBSTITUTE MO.

SO THAT DIES.

UH, I ALREADY HAVE I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

AND, UH, COUNCILMAN TONY WU.

SECOND SECONDED.

ROLL CALL PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.

I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR LOPEZ.

VITO, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF A BUDGET TRANSFER FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

YEAH, SO I'LL SAY, BECAUSE WE CONTINUE, I MEAN, WE JUST HEARD THAT THE SPRING FESTIVAL HAS BEEN RELABELED AS THE ELECTRIC BOB FEST AND NIGHT MARKET WITHOUT GETTING ANY PUBLIC INPUT.

NOT EVEN HEARING OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSIONER.

SO, NO.

COUNCILMAN WU, I MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS.

I, UH, WA JUST WANTED TO ASK, JUST TO MAKE ABSOLUTELY SURE.

UM, ROXANNE, YOU ARE SAYING YOU'RE GIVING ASSURANCES THAT THIS, THAT THE, THE, THE BASKETBALL ISSUE'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST INTERNAL BASKETBALL.

BASKETBALL IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE.

THIS IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE.

AYE, UH, MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, ROSEANNE, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE CITY DEPARTMENT COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR BUILDING AND PUTTING COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

AND AS WE HAVE ALWAYS STATED, WE SUPPORT, I KNOW, UH, THE WEST COVINA NIGHT MARKET IS COMING UP AND I'M FOR COMMUNITY EVENT TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER WITHIN OUR CITY AND EXTERNALLY FROM OTHER CITIES, UM, COMING OUT TO OUR CITY.

SO BUILD COMMUNITY AND UNITY.

[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]

ON TO CITY COUNCIL REPORTS.

AB 1 12 3 CONFERENCE AND MEETING REPORT.

ANYBODY? UM, WASN'T THERE A CONFERENCE THAT YOU BOTH ATTENDED? UH, SOME JPI? NO, THERE WAS NO CO UH, SOMETHING WITH THE CITY CONTRACT.

CITY CONTRACT CITY.

OH, NO, THAT DIDN'T, NOT AT TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE.

I'M SORRY.

NOT AT TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE.

OH, OKAY.

SO IF YOU DON'T, THE CITY DID PAY, DON'T YOU HAVE, EVEN IF THE CITY DOESN'T PAY IT, DOES THE COUNCIL NEED A REPORT OUT'S, GOT CITY FUNDS AND YOU, OKAY, GOT IT.

SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT.

UM,

[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]

CITY COUNCIL REQUEST.

SO I THINK SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE A REQUEST FOR THE YOUTH BASKETBALL JUST TO HAVE OKAY.

I'LL MAKE THE REQUEST FOR THE YOUTH BASKETBALL TO BRING UP, UM, AND BRING FORTH THE INFORMATION.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT.

THINK IT WAS ANYTHING ELSE.

JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, I, I WANNA SAY THAT WAS MAYOR PROTE CONTOS, HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION IN FIGHTING FOR THAT.

SO EVEN THOUGH SOMEONE ELSE MOTIONED FOR IT AT THE END, IT COMES BACK.

THE COUNCIL REQUEST IS NOT PUT IN DETAILS, BUT IT, WHATEVER, UM, IT'S GONNA COME BACK.

NO OBJECTIONS TO IT.

WE'LL, UH, WE'LL, IT'LL BE COMING TO, COMING FORTH TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING.

UM, POSSIBLY FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

UM, CITY COUNCIL, ANY OTHER POINTS? OH, YEAH, JUST, JUST A A, A REQUEST I'D LIKE TO ASK, UM, THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK TO, TO READ MY, UH, MOTION PLEASE.

THE MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS STATES, I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE CITY COUNCIL REMAINS FULLY RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIES OF OUR RESIDENTS.

THE SECOND READING OF THE 20 26, 20 27 BUDGET BE MOVED FROM JUNE 16TH TO JUNE 2ND.

ADVANCING THE TIMELINE WOULD PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY, WITH ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY, THOROUGH THOUGHTFULLY TO MAKE MEANINGFUL ADJUSTMENTS PRIOR TO FINAL ADOPTION, RATHER THAN THE COUNCIL BEING PLACED IN A POSITION OF APPROVING THE BUDGET AT THE LAST MINUTE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT TIME FOR CHANGES.

SO CLOSE TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT ENDS ON JUNE 30TH, 2026.

THANK YOU, LISA.

SO ESSENTIALLY, I LIKE TO ASK THAT WE, WE BRING UP THE, THE BUDGET, UM, CONSIDERATION TO THE, TO THE SECOND.

SO IN CASE WE HAVE ANY CHANGES, WE'LL STILL HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH ONE MORE MEETING BEFORE THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS.

WOULD THE STAFF BE, UM, I SEE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR COMING UP.

WOULD THE STAFF BE PREPARED, UH, TO HAVE THAT ALL READY? AND FOR THE JUNE 2ND MEETING, WE CAN DO OUR UTMOST BEST, BUT IT WILL NEED ASSISTANCE,

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THE PRODUCTION OF THE BUDGET IS OVER 300 PAGES.

WE ARE CURRENTLY FINALIZING IT, GOING THROUGH THE FORMAT.

UH, WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT DONE THIS WEEK.

WE WERE PLANNING TO GO ON PRODUCTION NEXT WEEK, SO WE CAN DELIVER IT TO THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ON TIME.

SO IF WE'RE GIVEN A LITTLE, GRANTED, A LITTLE WAIVER OF TIME TO, WE CAN DELIVER IT, THEN I'M SURE WE CAN MEET YOUR DEADLINE OF THE MEETING FOR THE JUNE 2ND.

UM, OH, UH, COUNCILMAN WU.

AND THE, OKAY.

CITY MANAGER.

HOW DO YOU THINK? OKAY.

AND, UH, IS THAT A, A REQUIREMENT OR IS A NEED WE HAVE TO DO IS LET RUSH ON THE JUNE 2ND, OR THEY HAVE MORE TIME TO PREPARE SO THEY HAVE A OKAY.

CLEAR BUDGET IN DETAIL AND, AND HAVE US TO APPROVE IN THE SECOND MEETING ON JUNE.

AND I DON'T WANNA RUSH IT WHERE YOU MAKE MISTAKES.

AND THEN I DO NOT WANNA MAKE A MISTAKES.

TRUST ME, THAT IS THE LAST THING WE WANNA DO.

BUT WE WILL DO OUR BEST FOR JUNE 2ND.

WE NOT IN THE RUSH.

GO TO JUNE 2ND.

RIGHT.

WHAT THE WORRY IS, I WENT THROUGH SO MANY BUDGET.

AND I THINK, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND.

AND, UH, OKAY.

THIS IS JUST A LOT OF, AND I WENT TO 2018 SIX BUDGET TO, IN AUGUST.

WE DIDN'T APPROVE TO AUGUST.

SO, SO I WENT THROUGH IT.

SO I UNDERSTAND HOW DIFFICULT, BUT I PREFER SAVING.

SORRY, WHAT? TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, I KAREN'S ANSWER'S POLITICALLY CORRECT, BUT REALISTICALLY, IF WE WERE TO TRY TO MOVE THIS TO JUNE 2ND, YOU'RE ASKING THE FINANCE STAFF, CITY STAFF TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAY BREAK HOLIDAY WEEKEND.

AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT 12, 14 HOURS A DAY, UM, TO BE ABLE TO GO TO PRINCE AND HAVE THIS READY, UM, FOR, FOR POSTING ON THURSDAY.

I MEAN, IT CAN BE DONE, BUT YOU'RE ASKING FOR CITY STAFF TO ADJUST THEIR SCHEDULES AND WORK EVERY DAY BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT WEDNESDAY MAY.

IT WOULD REALLY BE A RUSH.

I MEAN, WE START THE BUDGET PROCESS IN JANUARY, AND THESE DATES ARE PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL STARTING IN JANUARY.

SO THESE JUST AREN'T ARBITRARY DATES.

WE'VE, FROM OUR, OUR MEETINGS TO OUR INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS, TO MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS, TO BRINGING A DRAFT BUDGET, EVERYTHING IS ON A CALENDAR, AND TO CHANGE IN THE FINAL HOURS HERE OF WHEN WE NEED TO CROSS THE FINISH LINE IS REALLY A, A LARGE ASK OF THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT.

ME, PRO CONTOS COMING BACK ON THE 16TH MM-HMM .

WE WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS CONCERNS.

UM, I, I THINK ACTUALLY BRINGING IT TO THE SECOND DEFEATS WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO, THAT'S MY OPINION.

SO, SO LET'S JUST SAY WE, WE KEPT IT ON THE 16TH AND WE HAD SPECIFIC BUDGETARY CHANGES THAT WE WANTED TO PUT THROUGH.

IS THAT STILL DOABLE TO DO ON THAT DAY? UH, WITHOUT, WITHOUT, UH, FAILING TO HAVE A BUDGET? UH, I MEAN, LET'S SAY WE WANTED TO DO A LINE ITEM STRIKE.

LET'S SAY, I'M JUST MAKING THIS UP.

I MEAN, BUT LET'S SAY WE WANTED TO MAKE SPECIFIC CHANGES IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING THAT'S PRESENTED.

CAN THAT STILL BE DONE ON THE 16TH WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING OUR NOT HAVING AN APPROVED BUDGET BY JULY 1ST? YES, IT CAN.

AND THEN, UM, MAYOR PROTOS, UH, I KNOW I'VE BEEN HERE AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A BUDGET APPROVAL BEFORE THE FIRST JULY 1ST FISCAL YEAR.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A VISUAL CONTEXT, UH, I KNOW WHEN YOU HAD ASKED THAT QUESTION AND THE FINANCE DIRECTOR CAME UP, SHE'S A VERY CONFIDENT PERSON WHEN SHE COMES AND SPEAKS.

UM, EVEN THOUGH SHE SAID YES VISUALLY, IF YOU WERE LOOKING AT HER, HER, UH, FACIAL REACTION AND, AND HER BODY LANGUAGE WAS LIKE, UH, NOT REALLY.

SO, BUT SHE WAS JUST BEING A SPORT TO SAY YES.

UM, BUT IT'S, UH, I CAN SEE THE, THE DIFFICULTY, THE ISSUES I DON'T WANNA WASTE OVERTIME AND THEN STRESS OUT OUR STAFF, UM, AS YOU KNOW, I AM FOR STAFF, UH, BODY, MIND, SOUL, ALL NEED TO REFRESH, RELAX, AND, YOU KNOW, GET INTO THE GAME AGAIN.

UM, SO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO RELAY THAT JUST BECAUSE I SAW HER THANK YOU.

I, I, I SAW HER EXPRESSIONS AND I WAS JUST LIKE, AH, YOU, YOU WERE REALLY PUSHING IT.

I JUST WANTED TO, IF YOU, IF YOU SAY THAT THAT'S DOABLE, THEN I WILL, I WILL TRUST YOU WITH THAT.

I, I APPRECIATE THAT.

'CAUSE I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A WAY TO, TO DO THAT.

AND FOR, FOR THE, FOR THE RESPONSE ON THE 16TH, NOT TO BE SORRY, THERE'S NO TIME BECAUSE THE BUDGET'S ALREADY FINAL.

I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT BOXED IN IN THAT WAY, THAT IF THERE'S STILL CHANGES, UH, BA BASED ON OUR READ OF WHATEVER YOU GIVE US, WILL YOU GIVE US TIME TO GO THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE'LL STILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, INCLUDING THOSE SPECIFIC TYPES OF, OF DISCUSSIONS REGARDING, UH, ANY LINE ITEMS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO.

YOU'RE SAYING WE COULD STILL DO IT ON THAT DAY AND STILL HAVE AN APPROVED BUDGET BY JULY 1ST.

[03:45:01]

IT IS VERY DOABLE FOR THE 16TH.

AGAIN, THE, THE ASK FOR DOING SOMETHING ON JUNE 2ND, UM, IT'S, IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR TO THE STAFF.

IT WOULD ALTER OUR WORK PRODUCT AND IT WOULDN'T BE COMPLETE.

I, I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS ACTUALLY GIVES COUNCIL MORE TIME TO DIVE INTO THE BUDGET AND THOROUGHLY REVIEW AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS AND HAVE PROPER QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS FOR THE 16TH.

AND WHATEVER THE COUNCIL APPROVES THAT NIGHT, WE CAN INCORPORATE IT INTO THE FINAL BUDGET.

SO WITH THE FINAL BUDGET, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK THAT, UH, WE, WE BE GIVEN A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN THE THURSDAY BEFORE WITH SOMETHING SO VOLUMINOUS.

IT, IT, IT'S THE FRIDAY BEFORE , IT'S FRI IT'S, PLEASE, IT, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO GO THROUGH AND TO DIGEST ALL OF THAT.

SO I'LL, I'LL WITHDRAW MY, MY MOTION, BUT I AM GOING TO ASK, UH, PLEASE THAT YOU GET IT TO US FASTER RATHER THAN, THAN SLOWER.

IF YOU COULD JUST WORK TO GET IT.

BECAUSE I PERSONALLY NEED TIME TO GO THROUGH AND I, I, MY SPEECH PROGRAM THAT I LISTEN TO CAN ONLY GO SO FAST, .

AND SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE TO NOT FAIL TO HAVE THE TIME TO AN, TO ANALYZE THINGS DEEPLY ENOUGH BECAUSE LET'S SAY IT COMES SO LATE AND THEN I HAVE TO SCRAMBLE.

SO I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO SCRAMBLE EITHER.

SO, UM, VEPRO TIM CONTESTS, I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, AND I DO UNDERSTAND YOU WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE BUDGET PAGE OF OUR PAGE.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WAS BROUGHT FORTH TO THIS COUNCIL, THERE WAS NO CHANGES THAT WE GOT FROM THE COUNCIL.

AGAIN, THERE WAS NO DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TO MAKE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

SO WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS WHAT YOU'LL BE SEEING.

OH, OKAY.

WE'LL BE MAKING FORMATTING CHANGES.

I FOUND SOME TYPOS I HAD IN THERE AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT THAT ALREADY REFLECTED FROM WHAT YOU GAVE US.

UM, AGAIN, IT WOULD JUST BE MORE FORMATTING CHANGES THAT I NEED.

MAKE NOTHING OF CONTEXT.

WE ARE GONNA ADD A LITTLE MORE DESCRIPTION, A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION.

UM, PER THE QUEST REQUEST OF, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ IN THE SPECIAL COMMUNITY EVENTS DESCRIPTION, WE'LL BE PUTTING BUDGETARY AMOUNTS FOR SOME OF THE MAJOR PROGRAMS. SO OTHER THAN THAT, UH, THERE'LL BE NO MAJOR DOLLAR AMOUNT CHANGES, STRICTLY FORMATTING.

OKAY, THEN MADAM MAYOR, I WITHDRAW MY, MY REQUEST.

UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL REQUEST? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

CAN, CAN THE, THE ACTING CITY MANAGER UPDATE US ON THE, ON THE STATUS OF THE MEDIANS AND SO FORTH, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WAITING, WAITING AND THE COMMUNITY IS COMING AT, AT LEAST FOR ME, THEY'RE COMING AT ME EVERY WEEK ABOUT THAT SAYING, LOOK, THEY WANT THE BEAUTIFICATION.

AND IT'S, AND IT'S FRUSTRATING A LOT OF PEOPLE.

SO CAN YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE WE ARE WITH THE APPROVAL OF RFP WHEN IT'S WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE AND SO FORTH? THAT'LL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL SHORTLY.

UM, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS.

I BELIEVE OUR FINAL REVIEW IS TOMORROW WE'RE REVIEWING THE, UH, PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE RFP PROCESS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

NOT NECESSARY THE THANK YOU MAYOR.

UH, NOT MAD MAYOR.

I'M JUST WANT TO, UH, CLARIFY, UH, THE PROCESS.

LIKE WHILE THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WILL FOUR MONTHS, UH, USE ALMOST $6,000 ON THE ALLOWANCE.

SO WE WANT TO SEE CLARIFY ON HOW THEY WANT TO SUBMIT THE REIMBURSEMENT.

WHAT IS THE GUIDELINE? IT'S LIKE ANYTHING CAN BE INCLUDING THIS PUBLIC FUND.

THIS IS A ALLOWANCE.

IT'S A PUBLIC FUND.

SO, SO I KNOW IT'S A PUBLIC RECORD.

SO, AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL, HOW THEY USE REIMBURSEMENT AND IT SHOULD BE DISCLOSED AND, UH, HOW OKAY, THEY USE USING FOR FOOD AND THIS AND THAT.

SO THE GUIDELINE, CAN THEY BE LIKE, ANY OF US CAN JUST USE THE, EVEN REIMBURSE FOR THE FOOD OR DONOR AND ALL THAT KIND OF, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

AND THAT WITH FOUR MONTHS USING UP $6,000, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY.

AND WHAT HAPPENS, I MEAN, IF WE ARE HOLDING THE CITY AND THE RESIDENT AND BUDGET, 'CAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT BUDGET, HOLDING THEM FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE TO NOT GO OVER BUDGET, BUT A COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING OVER BUDGET AND NOTHING OCCURS AND IT'S NOTHING OUT THERE.

INFORMATION AND I THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE, UH, EACH COUNCIL COUNCIL HAS A BUDGET OF 5,000, BUT ONE COUNCIL A YEAR FOR, FOR THE WHOLE FISCAL YEAR.

AND I KNOW, I GUESS SOMEBO A RESIDENT PULLED A PUBLIC RECORD REQUEST ON ALL OF US FOR JUST THE FOUR MONTHS.

AND, UH, ONE COUNCIL HERE IS ALMOST AT 6,000.

AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MUCH.

AND THEN IT JUST LIKE, JUST LIKE WHATEVER, ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS SAID, THERE'S A GOPRO CAMERA AND A PRINTER AND, YOU KNOW, DONUTS TO THE FIRE STATION, WHICH USUALLY I KNOW LIKE, LIKE, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, SHE BAKES COOKIES, BUT SHE NEVER ASKS REIMBURSEMENT WHEN SHE GIVES COOKIES OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, SAME THING, LIKE I'VE SPENT MONEY OUTTA MY OWN POCKET AND I DON'T ASK FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ALMOST DECEPTIVE THINKING.

IT'S COMING FROM A COUNCIL WHEN IT'S, YOU'RE GETTING REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CITY

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I'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION.

SO, UH, THANK YOU COUNCILMAN WU, UM, FOR BRINGING THAT.

AND I DO SUPPORT THAT, UM, IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, THESE LINE ITEMS THAT, UH, PEOPLE PURCHASE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENCE WHEN IT'S PURCHASING FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT VERSUS YOUR OWN SELFISH PERSONAL REASONS THAT GOES ONLY TO YOU.

SO, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS MOVE FORWARD.

SO, YES, SO I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

UH, THE NUMBERS ONLINE ARE INFLATED AND WRONG.

SECOND OF ALL, UM, MAYBE LISA COULD ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE RECORD.

UM, WHEN DID THAT PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST GET RELEASED? MY NAME, LET LISA, I'LL ANSWER.

I'LL ANSWER COUNCIL.

MEMBER GUTIERREZ.

SO REGARDLESS OF WHEN IT WAS RELEASED, PUBLISHED, UH, I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT COMES OUT OF THIS CITY.

ANY DOCUMENTS, ANY TRANSMISSIONS? UM, I'M AWARE OF YOUR CONCERNS AND I AM LOOKING INTO THEM AND IF NUMBERS ARE INFLATED, EVEN MORE REASONS TO BRING UP COUNSEL.

I'M SORRY, IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY THE INFORMATION THAT, UM, APPEARED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

UH, UH, JUST JUST UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN THERE'S A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, ONE HAS TO DO WITH FINANCES.

THAT COMES FROM MY DEPARTMENT, FROM THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

SO KAREN, AND THEREFORE I HAD NOT PREPARED, UM, ANYTHING IN RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST TO THAT EXTENT.

SO WHATEVER IS OUT THERE THAT IS NOT FROM ME, THAT IS AN UNOFFICIAL THANK YOU DOCUMENT, KAREN, FOR CLARIFYING THAT.

UM, AGAIN, I, I, YOU KNOW, I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING LATE, BUT I AM DEFINITELY BEHIND ON MY PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.

WE'RE PRIORITIZING IT.

BUT AGAIN, UM, JUST TO STATE THAT, THAT DOCUMENT HAD NOT COME FROM THE FINANCE MM-HMM .

SO MY, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IT'S AN UNOFFICIAL DOCUMENT.

I WILL BE PREPARING, UM, RESPONSES, UH, TO THE PUBLIC RECORD RECORDS REQUEST AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY COUNCIL'S ALLOWANCES AS SOON AS I GET PAST MY BUDGET, AS SOON AS I GET PAST THE AUDIT.

UM, YES.

SO I'LL BE PREPARING THAT AND, AND, UH, I WANT TO CONTINUE WITH MY, UH, REQUEST, I THINK OKAY.

BECAUSE BEFORE, OKAY.

AND THE IO HAVE, UH, EN ABOUT DISCLOSE ALL THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHAT I HAVE BEEN SPENDING ON THAT ALLOWANCE.

FOR EXAMPLE, A TRIP TO SACRAMENTO OR SOMETHING.

AND LET DA, DA DA OKAY.

WILL BE THERE.

AND HOW MUCH LEFT? OKAY, THIS, OKAY.

THAT'S WHAT FOUND ROBIN BUR THE PREVIOUS, UH, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU.

SO LET ALL THE CITY COUNCIL WILL UNDERSTAND, I THINK QUARTERLY SHE'S SHOWED TO US ABOUT HOW WELL WE SPEND, BECAUSE SOMETIME WE OWE THE T-SHIRT, WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MM-HMM .

AND THAT SHOULD BE REGISTERED IN THAT IF I OWE THE OWE TWO T-SHIRT WITH MY LO WITH THE CITY LOGO, THEY WILL BE GOING TO MY ALLOWANCE.

SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

SO, SO IN THAT WAY, WE OKAY.

AND I REMEMBER THOSE OKAY.

UNIFORM POSSIBLE.

THEY WILL BE THERE.

OR A TRIP, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU ATTEND SOME KIND OF MEETING AND THEY WENT TO THE CONFERENCE MM-HMM .

AND, UH, WE HAVE TO STAY ONE NIGHT, BUT NORMALLY WE DON'T LIKE VEGAS, WE TRY TO RECO OKAY.

THE HOTEL OR BUSINESS.

AND I THINK I WENT WITH, UH, DARRIO, I WENT WITH, UH, UH, PAULINA.

THE TIME THE, I THINK THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND SHE PURCHASED THE AIR, AIR, AIR FLY THE, THE FLY.

BUDGET SO EACH OF US DON'T KIND OF OVERSPEND IT.

AND THEN, THEN, OKAY.

AND THE, THEY'RE KIND OF COVERED BY THE, BY THE CITY.

SO I KNOW THAT WILL BE DEDUCT FOR MY ALLOWANCE BECAUSE THE TRIP IS TRY TO RECRUIT THE BUSINESS.

OKAY? SO, SO ANOTHER THING IS, OKAY, I THINK CITY NEED TO HAVE, UH, IDENTIFY WHAT YOU CAN GET REIMBURSED.

WHAT YOU CANNOT GET REIMBURSED.

OKAY? SO IN THAT WAY, AT LEAST HAVE A GUIDELINE, OKAY? THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE OKAY, WE CREATE A CLOSING.

AND WHEN THE PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT WE WANT TO, OKAY, MAKE SURE OUR OKAY.

CHILDREN PROGRAM, OKAY.

THE BUDGET.

BUT THE SAME TIME, WE NEED TO CONTROL OUR BUDGET, OKAY? WE, WE DON'T WANNA OVERSPEND, WE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CTE OKAY, HAVE ENOUGH FUN FOR OUR CHILDREN, FOR BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND THIS AND THAT.

AND, UH, IF YOU SPEND UP TO THE $6,000 THAT POSSIBLE CAN BE USED, OKAY? TO HAVE OUR LEAK FOR THE SUMMER.

SO AGAIN, AGAIN, OKAY.

AND WHAT WE NEED IS SOME GUIDELINE, OKAY? ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN ASK FOR REIMBURSE WHAT YOU CANNOT.

OKAY? SO CITY SHOULDN'T BE ACCEPT ANYTHING, ANY COUNCIL.

AND BECAUSE POSSIBLE THE CITY MANAGER WORRY ABOUT, OKAY, AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THEY JUST APPROVE IT SHOULDN'T IT SHOULD BE THE GUIDELINE.

ABSOLUTELY.

AND IN THAT WAY, BLACK AND WHITE AND NOBODY CAN SAY, OH, WELL THIS AND LESS SO.

BUT AGAIN, WE JUST TRY TO CONTROL THE

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I APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, UH, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IN ONE FISCAL YEAR, IF YOU DON'T UTILIZE ALL YOUR ALLOTMENT OF 6,000, THAT GETS ROLLED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU ONLY USE 4,000, YET 2000, REMAINING THAT 2000 GO TO THE NEXT FOLLOWING YEAR.

WELL, I THINK I HAVE A LOT NOW, YOU'RE, HOWEVER, UM, COUNCILMAN MU, YOUR FUNDS ARE GONE.

THANK YOU, .

I GIVE UP.

I, I KEEP, YOU DON'T SPEND ANYTHING.

AND YES, THANK YOU.

I DIDN'T SPEND ANYTHING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

I, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT.

SO I THINK THIS WOULD BE, I, NO, I DIDN'T REIMBURSE.

I SPENT A LOT, BUT I DIDN'T REIMBURSE.

NO, YOU NEVER I HAVE NOT SEEN YOUR REIMBURSEMENT.

SO YES.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION.

MAYOR PROTO WANTED TO, IS OUR ALLOWANCE 5,000 OR 6,000? I WANNA SAY IT'S SIX FIVE.

NO, IT, IT'S, BUT AGAIN, IT'S ROLLED OVER.

UM, I UNDERSTAND THE COUNCIL'S REQUEST.

WE WANT SOME CLARIFICATIONS.

YEAH, WE COULD DEFINITELY BRING BACK A STAFF REPORT IDENTIFYING WHAT IS INELIGIBLE, WHAT'S NOT ELIGIBLE, AND WE ALSO WILL, UM, ITERATE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT PER YEAR.

AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW BECAUSE I WASN'T, I WASN'T AWARE OF ROLLING OVER, 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS OTHER YEARS WHERE I DIDN'T REALLY SPEND ANYTHING MM-HMM .

AND I REMEMBER MY FIRST YEAR WHEN I JUST ORDERED BUSINESS CARDS FOR ME, IT CAME OUTTA MY ALLOWANCE ON, ON LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO GET INFORMATION OF WHAT CAN CANNOT, AND ABSOLUTELY.

I JUST KNOW, I JUST REMEMBERED, I THOUGHT IT WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR ALLOWANCE FOR THE YEAR, USE IT OR LOSE IT AND WHATEVER.

BUT THAT'D BE HELPFUL IF IT COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS A REPORT.

ABSOLUTELY.

WE, WE CAN DO SO.

SO I WANNA, I'LL MAKE A COMMENT.

UH, WAIT, UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? I MEAN, I, THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENT IS THIS COMING MONDAY ALREADY? MAY'S ABOUT TO END.

UH, SO, UM, SO ORIGINALLY, UH, THERE WAS A REPORT, UH, SOMEWHERE RELEASED ONLINE BY, UH, THE HUSBAND OF A COUNCILWOMAN ON THE CITY CONSOLE, UH, THAT HAD INFORMATION ON THERE THAT WAS WRONG, DUPLICATED, UH, FALSIFIED, UH, ALSO, UH, CERTAIN AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT INFORMATION LEAKED ONTO IT ON PURPOSE.

SO, UH, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN BY ITSELF.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU, KAREN, FOR BEING TRUTHFUL, UH, BY INDICATING FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU DID NOT PRODUCE THAT REPORT, UH, WHICH WOULD'VE HAD TO COME FROM YOU IF IT WAS A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.

UH, THANK YOU FOR BEING HONEST, KAREN.

I, I COMMEND YOU FOR THAT.

UH, NOW IF YOU'RE GONNA ASK FOR, TO REVIEW THE POLICY, LIKE THE, THE WORDS YOU USE, KAREN, THEN I HAVE NO PROBLEM YOU BRINGING THAT BACK.

AND MOTION TO AGENDA, PLEASE.

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UM, PLEASE COME OUT, UH, SUPPORT, UM, AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN.

SO, AND, AND THEN OUR BOBA FESTIVAL IS COMING UP AS WELL, SO PLEASE ATTEND, COME SUPPORT.

UM, OTHER THAN THAT, UH, MEETING ADJOURNED.