* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] GOOD [CALL TO ORDER] EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR JUNE 16TH MEETING, CITY COUNCIL. IT IS 7:08 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION. ANY PERSON WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD THAT IS PROVIDED AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND SUBMIT THE CARD TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK RIGHT HERE PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENTS OF ORAL COMMUNICATION. SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED. TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RISE, PLEASE. UM, PLEASE REMOVE, WAIT, WAIT. OH, SORRY. SORRY. YOU FIRST. SORRY. . THANK YOU, MAYOR. HEAVENLY FATHERS, WE GATHER HERE THIS EVENING. WE ARE A THANKFUL. WE THANK YOU FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR WONDERFUL COUNTRY. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR SERVICE, MEN AND WOMEN FROM EVEN THE PAST AND PRESENT THAT HAVE ASSURED OF US THE FREEDOMS THAT WE SO RICHLY ENJOY. AND WE ASK YOU, HEAVENLY FATHER, THAT YOU PROTECT OUR SOLDIERS, THAT YOU PROTECT OUR POLICE OFFICERS. FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS HERE IN WEST COVINA. WE THANK YOU FOR OUR, OUR TEACHERS THAT TEACH OUR CHILDREN. AND WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR SCHOOLS TO CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE HAVENS THAT YOU BLESS OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, FATHER, THAT THEY BE SAFE FOR US TO WALK AT NIGHT. WE THANK YOU HEAVENLY FATHER FOR THIS. WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS OUR FAMILIES, BLESS FATHER, EVERY FAMILY IN THIS CITY. ABOVE ALL, WE ASK YOU THIS EVENING TO BLESS THOSE, THAT LABOR WORK IN THIS CITY, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY. SO WE ASK THAT YOU GIVE WISDOM TO OUR MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, AND ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY IN THIS CITY. AND FATHER, HELP US ALL TO WORK TOGETHER. AND AS WE CON, AS THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY IS CONDUCTED THIS EVENING, WE ASK THAT YOU HELP US ALL TO BE HONORABLE AND BE RESPECTFUL, FATHER OF ONE ANOTHER. FATHER, I THANK YOU AMERICA. AMERICA, GOD, SHED HIS GRACE ON THEE. AND CROWN THY GOOD WITH BROTHERHOOD FROM SEA TO CHINA. SEA GOD BLESS AMERICA. AND GOD BLESS OUR WONDERFUL CITY OF WEST COVINA. IN JESUS' NAME. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE, UH, REMOVE YOUR HAT IF YOU'RE ABLE TO, AND PLEASE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR, YOUR, YOUR HEART. READY. BEGIN PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC. FOR RICHES STANDS, ONE NATION, HONOR GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ROLL CALL PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ HERE. COUNCILMAN WU? YEP. THE WOMAN DIAZ. HERE. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. HERE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO, PRESENT [REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION] CITY ATTORNEY. IS THERE ANYTHING TO BE REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? YES, MADAM MAYOR, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, JOHN DOE V, CITY OF WEST COVINA. ON A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS COUNCIL VOTED 3 0 2 TO DEFEND MAYOR LOPEZ, VITO CITY MANAGER, MILAN MARRACK, SINCE THEY WERE NAMED AS DEFENDANTS IN THE JOHN DOE CASE. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, QUICK QUESTION. SO SINCE WE ARE INDEMNIFY ANY FUTURE SERVICE NOTE OR ANYTHING THAT HAS TO BE GIVEN TO THE ATTORNEYS, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. SINCE YOU'RE REPRESENTED BY BUCK HALTER, EVERYTHING WILL GO NOW GO THROUGH THAT FIRM. OKAY. SO WE SHOULDN'T BE GETTING IT AT OUR WORK OR HOME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. UH, [PRESENTATIONS ] ONTO PRESENTATIONS, TESTING, TESTING, TESTING. WE BOUGHT THIS OUT FOR A REASON. UH, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE ED RHODES TO THE FRONT. THIS IS A CERTIFICATE RECOGNIZING SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL TEAM PRESIDENT, ED RHODES, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS EVENING. UH, THIS EVENING, THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL AND PRESIDENT ED RHODES BE RECOGNIZED FOR HIS GENEROUS DONATION OF THE PATRIOTIC BELL AND CUSTOM BUILT TABLE. THE PATRIOTIC BELL AND TABLE WERE HANDCRAFTED FROM SCRATCH BY PRESIDENT ED RHODES, AND WAS RECENTLY DISPLAYED AND USED DURING THE MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY WAS A NICE TOUCH. THE, THIS MEANINGFUL DISPLAY WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS AN [00:05:01] IMPORTANT TRIBUTE DURING FUTURE MEMORIAL DAY AND VETERANS DAY EVENT. SO WE GREATLY APPRECIATE THIS. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE ANYTHING TO SAY AND THE DESIGN AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU PUT INTO IT? THANK YOU. IT WAS, UH, OUR HONOR TO, UH, CREATE THIS FOR THE CITY AND USE IT AND HAVE THEM USE IT TO HONOR THE, THE SERVICE MEMBERS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO RETURN FROM THEIR DUTIES. SO, UH, WE HOPE THAT IT'S HERE FOR, UH, USED HERE FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IF THOSE WHO DID NOT ATTEND THE MEMORIAL DAY, IT WAS VERY HEARTWARMING. AND THIS BELL RANG FOR EACH AND EVERY MEMBER THAT HAS FALLEN. UH, CAN YOU SHOW THEM HOW TO, HOW IT SOUNDS AND HOW IT RINGS SO THAT EVERYBODY HEAR. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YAY ON. BE. UH, SO ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE FOR YOUR GENEROUS DONATION OF THE PATRIOTIC BELL AND THE CUSTOM BUILT TABLE. IT'S ALL IN ONE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE GOT A HANDCRAFT HERE. JOIN US ON THIS SIDE, TAKE A GROUP PHOTO. THIS IS YOUR WHOLE TEAM. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT. MAYOR. NEXT TO THE HERE, LET'S GO. HERE. WE ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SENIOR SOFTBALL LUNCH. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. I'D LIKE TO INVITE JERRY OKA, TO THE FRONT FOR THE TASTE OF WEST COVINA, SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY. AT SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY, THEY ARE COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING STUDENTS TO ACHIEVE ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, DEVELOP STRONG CHARACTER, AND BECOME CONFIDENT LEADERS IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY. FROM INNOVATIVE STEM PROGRAMS IN RIGOROUS COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADE ACADEMICS TO COMPETITIVE ATHLETICS, FINE ARTS, AND STUDENT LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, THEIR STUDENTS ARE INSPIRED TO LEARN, GROW, AND SUCCEED EVERY DAY. DISCOVER HOW SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY IS PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS RIGHT HERE IN WEST COVINA BEGINNING TONIGHT, AND FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS. SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY IS OFFERING 30% OFF REGISTRATION FEES FOR NEW ENROLLMENTS. AND THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH SCHOOL'S OUT, THEY GOTTA REGISTER BACK IN SCHOOL IN THEIR UPCOMING YEAR. UH, HOW SO? HOW IS SOUTH HILL PREPARING THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS? SO AT SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY, WE ARE PROUD TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE ARE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS TO BE LEADERS BY ENCOUR, ENCOURAGING THEM TO BE, UM, CRITICAL THINKERS, TO BE LEADERS OF SOCIETY, AND ALSO ENLARGING THEIR EXPERIENCES ALL, ALL AROUND THE CO THE COMMUNITIES. SO WE INVITE YOU TO COME AND VISIT IF YOU HAVE A STUDENT FROM KINDERGARTEN TO 12TH GRADE. WE ARE ACTUALLY, WE HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 1957. NEXT YEAR WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 70TH BIRTHDAY. SO THAT IS A GREAT THING. SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU. YES. SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US. SO ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO, UH, ALSO RECOGNIZE SOUTH HILLS ACADEMY FOR TO CELEBRATE TEST TASTE OF WEST COVINA. SO IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, CONSIDER ANOTHER EXCEPTIONAL SCHOOL. WE HAVE A GREAT SCHOOL DISTRICT, BUT HERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSIDER TO COMING AND JOINING IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'D LIKE TO INVITE ISMAEL AND NANCY SUAREZ TO THE FRONT. THIS IS A TASTE OF WEST COVINA PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING ANNA'S PIZZA. SO A WEST COVINA FAVORITE CRAVING, FRESH, DELICIOUS PIZZA MADE WITH QUALITY INGREDIENTS, AND SERVED WITH A SMILE. LOOK NO FURTHER THAN ANNA'S PIZZA. WHETHER YOU'RE GATHERING WITH FAMILY, CATCHING UP WITH FRIENDS, OR SIMPLY TREATING YOURSELF TO A SLICE, ANNA'S PIZZA HAS BEEN SERVING UP A GREAT FOOD AND WELCOMING HOSPITALITY THAT KEEPS THE COMMUNITY COMING BACK [00:10:01] FOR MORE. FROM CLASSIC FAVORITES TO SPECIALTY PIZZA, EVERY PI BITE IS PACKED WITH FLAVOR AND MADE WITH CARE. SO, STARTING TODAY AND RUNNING FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS, ANNA'S PIZZA WILL OFFER CUSTOMERS 15% OFF THEIR PURCHASE. SIMPLY MENTION TASTE OF WEST COVINA ON YOUR VISIT. SO WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ITEM ON THE MENU? UM, I LIKE THE REGULAR BASIC PIE, BUT WHAT'S, UH, REALLY POPULAR IS OUR DETROIT STYLE PIZZA. OH, WHICH ONE? CHICAGO. CHICAGO DEEP DISH. IS THAT THE ONE POSTED RIGHT THERE? YEAH. YEP. TOP RIGHT TOP, TOP RIGHT ONE. THAT'S ONE. A LOT OF CUSTOMERS COME FOR THAT ONE. AND LITERALLY THAT TAKES MAYBE ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO MAKE . THERE YOU HAVE IT. IT'S FRESH CHICAGO PIZZA. UH, RIGHT AFTER THIS MEETING, IF YOU JUST GO SWING BY THERE TONIGHT AND ENJOY. AND JUST REMEMBER, WHAT DO THEY SAY AGAIN FOR THAT DISCOUNT TEST TO WEST COVINA. SO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO ANNA'S PIE PIZZA FOR CELEBRATING THE TASTE OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PIZZA. PIZZA. THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COOL. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, NOW [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH WE'LL BE GIVING NOW TO OUR OFFICIAL CITY MANAGER. MYLAN, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR . WOO. YEAH, IT'S OFFICIAL. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NO LONGER ACTING. FIRST SLIDE. CITY STREET CREW COMPLETED A SIDEWALK DRIVEWAY APPROACH, CURB AND GUTTER REPLACEMENT PROJECT AT 1 2 2 2 EAST MARINA IN, IN THE CITY. BY DOING SIDEWALK REPLACEMENTS IN HIGH RISK AREAS, CITY CREWS ARE REDUCING LI CITY LIABILITIES RELATED TO TRIP AND FALL HAZARDS, WHILE KEEPING HELP HELPING KEEP WEST COVINA SAFE. AT THE SAME TIME, STREET CREWS ARE ALSO WORKING ON THE FOLLOWING UPDATES TO HISTORICAL DOWNTOWN AREA ON GLENDORA AVENUE, OLD PLANT BED STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR SAFETY AS WELL AS HEALTH AND OF THE PLANTS. BY DOING THESE UPDATES, STAFF IS NOT ONLY ENSURING THAT THE PLANTS RECEIVE APPROPRIATE WATER AND NUTRIENTS, BUT THESE UPDATES WILL ALSO REDUCE THE HAZARDS. THE PRIOR STRUCTURE COULD HAVE IMPOSED CITY PUBLIC WORKS. CREWS HAVE BEEN COMPLETING UPDATES TO THE WEST SPORTSPLEX AS FOLLOWS, PAINTING OUTFIELD WALLS AND REPLACEMENT OF DAMAGED ASTROTURF IN SEVERAL AREAS OF THE OUTFIELDS. WORK CONTINUES TO BE DONE AT THIS FACILITY ON TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH. THE PALM VIEW PARK AND COMMUNITY CENTER'S CREATIVE CONSUMERS CLASS HOSTED AN ART EXHIBIT. THIS WAS A COMMUNITY CENTERED EVENT CELEBRATING THE CREATIVITY, RESILIENCE, AND VOICES OF ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES. THE EXHIBIT WAS MEANINGFUL, WAS A MEANINGFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME OUT TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF INCLUSION, ACCESSIBILITY, AND ARTISTIC EXPRESSION OF INDIVIDUALS OF ALL ABILITIES. THE GOAL OF THE EVENT WAS TO UPLIFT THE TALENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS WHILE FOSTERING GREATER AWARENESS AND CONNECTION ACROSS THE CITY. ATTENDEES ENJOYED A VIBRANT DISPLAY OF ARTWORK, HIGHLIGHTING THE DIVERSE CREATIVITY AND ARTISTIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PARTICIPANTS. THE WEST WESTFIELD SPORTSPLEX HOSTED TRIPLE CROWNS ZOOM INTO JUNE GIRLS SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT SATURDAY JUNE 6TH AND MONDAY JUNE 8TH. THE EVENT DREW MORE THAN 100 TEAMS AND WELCOMED OVER 2,800 PART SPECTATORS FROM ARIZONA, COLORADO, HAWAII, NEVADA, UTAH, AND WASHINGTON. OVER THE COURSE OF THE TOURNAMENT, THE SPORTSPLEX GENERATE 20,000 IN ADMISSION FEES AND 9,000 IN RENTAL FEES. A HUGE THANK YOU TO TRIPLE CROWN FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. SPORTSPLEX. THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WELCOMED WALLACE CHICKEN ON SUNDAY, JUNE 7TH. THE GRAND OPENING EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH HUNDREDS OF VISITORS WITH SOME GUESTS HAVING ARRIVED THE NIGHT BEFORE TO UP FOR THE GIVEAWAYS. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, HAVEN'T ALREADY, PAY THEM A VISIT FOR A GREAT CHICKEN SANDWICH. ON SATURDAY, JUNE 13TH, THE CITY WAS THRILLED TO WELCOME BUNNY MOON CANDY SHOP TO THE COMMUNITY. THE GRAND OPENING WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS WITH HUNDREDS OF EXCITED VISITORS SHOPPING BY TO CELEBRATE AND EXPERIENCE ALL THE SWEET TREATS BUNNY MOON HAS TO OFFER. IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO SATISFY, SATISFY YOUR SWEET TOOTH, BE SURE AND VISIT MONEY. VISIT BUNNY MOON CANDY SHOP INSIDE HAVEN CITY FOOD HALL. A BRAND NEW BUSINESS HAS OFFICIALLY JOINED OUR COMMUNITY. O'REILLY AUTO PARTS IS NOW OPEN AT WEST COVINA PARKWAY PLAZA AND READY TO SERVE ALL YOUR AUTOMOTIVE NEEDS. THE STORE OPENED ON MAY 23RD AND WILL HOST A FORMAL GRAND OPENING EVENT ON AUGUST 20TH. EVERYONE WILL BE INVITED OUT TO THE CELEBRATION. MARK YOUR CALENDARS. ON MAY 28TH, A COORDINATED PROBATION COMPLIANCE OPERATIONS WAS SUCCESSFULLY CONDUCTED THROUGH A JOINT EFFORT INVOLVING DETECTIVES FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION [00:15:01] AND PATROL UNITS. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THE OPERATIONS WAS TO CONDUCT PROBATION SEARCHES ON HIGH RISK SUBJECTS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERED CONDITIONS AND TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY SAFETY. SIX PROBATION SEARCHES WERE CONDUCTED, COMPLETED, COMPLETED TARGETING IN INDIVIDUALS WITH VIOLENT FELONY CONVICTIONS. AMONG THESE SUBJECTS, SEVERAL WERE CONFIRMED. DOCUMENT MEMBERS OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS UNDERSCORING THE HIGH RISK NATURE OF THIS ENFORCEMENT EFFORT. FIVE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR VIOLATION OF THEIR TERMS AND CONDITIONS. THESE VIOLATIONS INCLUDE, BUT WERE NOT LIMITED TO FAILURE TO REPORT POSSESSION OF CONTRABAND AND ASSOCIATION WITH KNOWN GANG MEMBERS. THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT WITH ESTABLISHING COUNTYWIDE PROTOCOLS FOR THESE TYPE OF OPERATIONS. THE OVERTIME ACCRUED FOR THIS OPERATION WAS FULLY REIMBURSED BY LA COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENTS. ON JUNE 4TH, POLICE DETECTIVES AND FIRE ARSON INVESTIGATOR CHRIS BENNETT, CONDUCTED A FIREWORKS BET BY FIREWORKS BY BUST OPERATION. APPROXIMATELY 800 POUNDS OF ILLEGAL FIREWORKS WERE CONFISCATED, INCLUDING TWO EXPLOSIVE FIREWORKS EAST THE SIZE OF A QUARTER STICK OF DYNAMITE, AND A TOTAL OF FOUR ARRESTS WERE MADE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WANTS TO REMIND OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ALL FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. CURRENTLY, OUR HOPE TEAM OFFICERS ARE CONDUCTING PROACTIVE PATROLS, UTILIZING DUAL SUPPORT MOTORCYCLES, WHICH ALLOW FOR GREATER MOBILITY AND ACCESS TO TRAILS AND TRAIN THAT ARE DIFFICULT TO REACH WITH TRADITIONAL PATROL VEHICLES. IN ADDITION, WE ARE ESTABLISHING EXTRA PATROLS USING OUR ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES, WHICH WERE RECENTLY DONATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BY, BY THE DEPARTMENT, BY WEST COVINA POLICE FOUNDATION. THESE VEHICLES WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL RESOURCE TO INCREASE OFFICER VISIBILITY AND IMPROVE OUR ABILITY TO RESPOND QUICKLY WITHIN PARK AREAS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES. ON SATURDAY, THE WEST CO FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A BRUSH FIRE AT GELTER PARK. FIRST ENGINE ARRIVED TO FIND FIRE BURNING AND HEAVY BRUSH CREWS. BEGAN AGGRESSIVELY ATTACKING THE FIRE BY PUTTING, UH, PROGRESSIVE HOSE LAYS. ADDITIONALLY RESOURCE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES REQUESTS FROM LA COUNTY, MONROVIA, MONTEREY PARK, ALHAMBRA, SAN GABRIEL, ARCADIA, SAN MARINO, PASADENA, AND LA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT. FORWARD PROGRESS OF THE FIRE WAS STOPPED AT 9:57 PM A TOTAL OF 149 PERSONNEL RESPONDED TO THE FIRE CREWS MAIN ON SCENE, REINFORCING CONTROL LINES AND MOPPING UP HOTSPOTS UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. FIRE DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO PATROL AND MONITOR THE AREA, AND ALL HOSE LINES REMAIN IN PLACE SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED. FIRE INVESTIGATORS ARE ON ONSITE, WERE ON SITE YESTERDAY. THE FIRE REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION. GALSTER PARK REMAINS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. NOTICE TO ALL WEST COVINA RESIDENCE. ALL FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PROHIBITS THE USE OF ALL FIREWORKS, INCLUDING THOSE COMMONLY SOLD AS SAFE AND SANE. FOR SAFE CELEBRATION RESIDENTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND PROFESSIONALLY PERMITTED PUBLIC FIREWORKS DISPLAYS RATHER THAN USING FIREWORKS AT HOME. THE FIRE BAR DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN AUGMENTING STAFFING ON THE 4TH OF JULY. THE BAN APPLIES TO THE POSSESSION, STORAGE, SALE, USE, OR DISCHARGE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. THIS INCLUDES WAS NOT LIMITED TO SPARKLERS FOUNTAINS, GROUND SPINNERS, SMOKE DEVICES, FIRECRACKERS, ROMAN CANDLES, AND BOTTLE ROCKETS. WEST COVINA, PACIFIC COAST LITTLE LEAGUE SHARED THE HEARTBREAKING NEWS OF THE PASSING OF A PLAYER. DOMINIC MC WORDER AND HIS FATHER, WHO TRAGICALLY LOST THEIR LIVES IN A CAR ACCIDENT LAST WEEK TO HONOR DOMINIC AND HIS DAD, THE LEGAL HOST, A COMMUNITY WIFFLE BALL FUNDRAISER FEATURING AN ICE CREAM TRUCK AND KONA ICE. DOMINIC WAS A BELOVED 9-YEAR-OLD WHO HAD PASSION FOR BASEBALL, CHERISHED THE FRIENDSHIPS HE MADE AT THE BALLPARK, AND LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY. HE WAS ALSO A STUDENT AT WORKMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE COMMUNITY HAS INVITED TO CELEBRATE DOMINIC'S LIFE, SUPPORT HIS LOVED ONES, AND REMEMBER THE JOY HE BROUGHT TO EVERYONE AROUND HIM. UPCOMING EVENTS, SUMMER CONCERT AND NIGHT MARKET. THE COMPANY BAND WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17TH, HERE AT THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER TIES AND TIARAS. FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH AT SHADOW OAK BARINI CENTER, SUMMER CONCERT AND NIGHT MARKET JOURNEY THROUGH TIME. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24TH, 2026. WE'RE HERE AT THE CITY HALL AND THE DISTRICT FOUR COMMUNITY MEETING TUESDAY, JUNE 30TH AT TAYLOR HOUSE IN HERITAGE PARK. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO BEFORE MOVING TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF FORMER MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBER LLOYD JOHNSON, PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT AND MILITARY VETERAN LLOYD JOHNSON WAS WIDELY RECOGNIZED FOR HIS COMMITMENT TO SERVICE BOTH IN AND OUT OF PUBLIC OFFICE BEYOND HIS TIME SERVING IN THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL. AND AS MAYOR LLOYD JOHNSON WAS KNOWN FOR HIS VOLUNTEER EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING NEIGHBORHOOD CLEANUPS, VETERAN RELATED CAUSES, AND NUMEROUS CHARITABLE EVENTS. HE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY THE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY AND HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU. UH, WE WILL [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] NOW MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. [00:20:01] COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, UNLESS MODIFIED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR THE CITY COUNCIL REQUEST TO SPEAK ON. AGENDA ITEMS WILL BE HEARD PRIOR TO REQUEST TO SPEAK ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTIVE TO THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SPEAKING OFF TOPIC, SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKER'S ALLOTTED TIME LIMIT MAKING SLANDEROUS OR PROFANE REMARKS OR USING LOUD THREATENING OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPTS, DISTURBS, IMPEDES OR RENDERS AND FEASIBLE VIA ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING. MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT THREATEN ANY PERSON WITH PHYSICAL HARM OR ACT IN A MANNER THAT MAY REASONABLY BE INTERPRETED AS AN IMMINENT THREAT OF PHYSICAL ARM. WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR NAME BEING CALLED, YOU MAY SIT IN THE FRONT WROTE, DESIGNATED FOR PUBLIC SPEAKERS AS A TIMER WILL START WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? 17 SPEAKERS MAYOR. 17. UH, OKAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN SHOEMAKER, FOLLOWED BY SPEAKER A FOLLOWED BY MARIO MO. NO. CAN WE? OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SILENT S PHONES. JUST KIND OF A QUICK ITEM. I KNOW YOU'LL BE GOING OVER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER EXPENSES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION, BUT, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE STILL IN THE OLD HABITS OF NOT, UH, EXPLAINING WHAT THINGS ARE. ONE TIME EXPENSE DOESN'T TELL THE PUBLIC ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT THAT EXPENSE WAS FOR. YOU KNOW, WAS IT FOR A LAMP FOR THE PER SOMEBODY'S HOUSE? YOU KNOW, WAS IT COMPUTER PR, UH, OR WAS IT A PRINTER FOR SOMEBODY'S HOUSE? OR WAS IT, UH, SOMETHING ACTUALLY RELATED TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BENEFITING THE, UH, COMMUNITY? UH, I NOTICED THAT, UH, MOST OF YOU DON'T SPEND VERY MUCH MONEY , YOU KNOW, FROM, UH, FROM THAT. SO THAT'S THE NICE THING ABOUT IT. BUT IF, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A LOT BETTER INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, I JUST WONDER IF THE THINGS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WERE AT LEAST THE, UH, WHAT THE EXPENSES WERE FOR WERE MORE ACCURATE, YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM THAT STANDPOINT OF, UH, OF PUBLISHING THOSE. SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE A, A CORRECTION TO THAT SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT'S THERE. YOU KNOW, IF THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, $900 FOR LOGOS OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, IT WOULD BE NICE TO KNOW WHAT THAT ONE TIME EXPENSE WAS, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN ALL, UH, SEE IT AND, UH, BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT A LITTLE BIT MORE. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AS, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU ARE ALWAYS CLAIMING ABOUT WANTING TO BE TRANSPARENT AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, FROM THAT STANDPOINT, THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, YOU KNOW, PUT IT OUT THERE. GO, HERE'S WHAT MY EXPENSES ARE. IF YOU REALLY BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, OR IF IT'S JUST ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, WAY OF, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE THING, YOU KNOW, DO AS I SAY, DON'T, NOT AS I DO. YOU KNOW? AND SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONEY, I'M STILL TR WANTING TO FIND OUT WHERE THE PERSON WHO SCREAMS THE MOST ABOUT TRANSPARENCY SCREAMS THE EST. EVERY MEETING, THE LOUDEST, EVERY MEETING. WHERE'S THE TRANSPARENCY ON HOW YOU PAID FOR, YOU KNOW, THE, THE MAILER THAT WENT TO, YOU KNOW, A TON OF PEOPLE IN, IN THE DISTRICT. I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT'S THERE. YOU KNOW, WHY AREN'T YOU TELLING US, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF THAT HAD HAPPENED TO, IF ONE OF YOU HAD DONE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'D BE GETTING CALLS FROM THE FPPC, YOU KNOW? 'CAUSE HE WOULD BE DEMANDING THINGS. I MEAN, THIS IS A GUY WHO MADE A COMPLAINT TO THE FPPC WHEN HE IN PAY, BOUGHT A BIRTHDAY PRESENT FOR SOMEBODY AND SAID, YOU DIDN'T CLAIM IT. YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT YOU HAD TO CLAIM BIRTHDAY PRESENTS WHEN YOU THINK YOU'RE GETTING IT FROM A FRIEND. YOU KNOW, THAT TYPE OF THING. SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN, UH, IF WE CAN GO FROM, UH, FROM THERE, YOU KNOW? SO, UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT GOES ON. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, SPEAKER A FOLLOWED BY MARIO M, FOLLOWED BY ANNAMARIE LOPEZ. HELLO. THIS MAY ADD TO THE CITY CLASS BECAUSE I AM HERE TO SERVE JOHN DOE. I UNDERSTAND HE IS A COUNCIL MEMBER HERE. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHO COUNCIL MEMBER JOHN DOE IS? BECAUSE I NEED TO GIVE HIM THESE LEGAL DOCUMENTS FOR PROP, FOR PROPER SERVICE. SO IS JOHN DOE HERE? OH, YES. DO WE GIVE IT TO THE CITY CLERK FOR JOHN DOE? IS THIS PUBLIC COMMENT? SHE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO SPEAK. AND GO AHEAD. I NEED TO HAND IT TO YOU. I KNOW WHO IT IS. HAVE YOU BEEN SERVED? I DON'T KNOW WHO IT'S, I SAYS SERVER. THAT'S JOHN DOE, [00:25:01] THE CITY ATTORNEY. DOES THAT WORK? OKAY, SO YOU HAVE, UH, YOU, UH, YOU HAVE THREE FULL MINUTES. SO WE HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES, I GUESS UNTIL THE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK MORE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO. OR IF SHE YIELDS TIME. THAT'S MY TIME. OH, THAT'S OKAY. SHE GIVE. SO HERE, UH, GIVE TO A, GIVE TO THE ASSISTANT. I MEAN, GIVE IT TO THE, OH, NO, WE, WE DON'T HOW DOES THE, OH, HOW DOES THAT WORK? CITY ATTORNEY. OKAY. CAN WE ALLOW HER TO COME IN THE POINT OF ORDER? THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS NOT A SHOW. AND TOWEL MATTER. THIS, THIS, THIS IS PUBLIC COMMENT. SHE HAS THREE MINUTES. TYPICALLY, UM, SPEAKERS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE WELL AREA. SHE CAN WAIT MAYBE DURING A BREAK OR, UM, AFTER THE MEETING TO HAND IT TO 'EM AFTER THE MEETING OR AFTER HER TIME. CAN WE, CAN WE, I I WOULD NOT WANT, UH, THEM TO WAIT TO ENTIRE, THIS MEETING COULD GO TO MIDNIGHT AS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST POINT OF ORDER. FOLLOW THE, THE RULES. SHE HAS ONE MORE MINUTE. SHE'S UTILIZING HER MINUTE. SO SHE HAS, SHE HAS A WHOLE MINUTE. THEN LET HER, LET HER TALK. YOU STOP TALKING FOR HER. OH, I'M THE PRESIDING OFFICER. IT'S, ARE YOU JOHN DOE? YEAH. I HAVE 40 SECONDS. AND THEN, I MEAN, I AM THE PRESIDING OFFICER, SO IF YOU NEED TO ACCEPT, I, I DO NOT WANT THEM TO STAY HERE THE ENTIRE MEETING. SHE HAS PUBLIC STUFF. OKAY. UM, I'D LIKE FOR, WE HAVE THIS, YOU HAVE BEEN SERVED. SO, UM, HOW, HOW WOULD YOU, DO I NEED TO PROCESS IT THROUGH LISA TO GIVE POINT OF ORDER? WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE RULES THAT YOU CREATED. YES. YOU CAN MAKE UP RUSE AS YOU WISH. MAYOR. SHE DOES NOT. SO FOLLOW THE RUSE. SHE HAS NINE SECONDS NOW. YES. SO DURING HER TIME. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU. I WILL CALL RECESS AND THEN YOU CAN PROPERLY SERVE. SO I WILL CALL RECESS SO SHE CAN, SHE CAN PROPERLY SERVE, UH, RECESS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. KNOW RECESS. NEXT, NEXT SPEAKER PLEASE. OUR, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARIO M FOLLOWED BY ANNAMARIE LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY ANNAMARIE RUIZ. HELLO, I'M BACK AGAIN. THIS IS MY FOURTH TIME DISCUSSING THESE WARNINGS NOTICES. UM, LAST TIME I WAS HERE LAST MONTH, UH, I WAS TOLD THAT THESE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ISSUED OUT ANYMORE. AND MY NEIGHBOR OF MINE TOLD ME AFTER I HAD LEFT THAT THERE WAS A DISCUSSION AMONG THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNCIL HERE REGARDING THE CITATIONS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ISSUED ON JULY 6TH. UH, ACCORDING TO MY NEIGHBOR, UH, THE DISCUSSION WAS, CAME TO A HEAD, WAS THE FACT THAT NO CITATION WAS GONNA BE ISSUED IN JULY OR GOING FORWARD ONLY THESE WERE GONNA BE SENT OUT, KEEP PUT IN ON OUR CARS, UH, TO LET THE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THEY'RE PREPARED, THAT THAT MAY BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD. UH, SO I WENT TO THE CITY, I WENT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, LAST WEEK TO FIND OUT WHEN THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS. AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS TODAY. AND THE GUY LOOKED AT ME, HE RECOGNIZED ME, AND HE SAYS, OH, YOU'RE BACK AGAIN. I GO, YEAH, 'CAUSE HE KEEP GETTING THESE DAMN THINGS ON MY CAR. AND, UH, I SAID, BY THE WAY, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON THE, UM, CITATIONS BEING IN JULY? HE SAYS, AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S STILL GOING FORWARD. THAT ORDER HAS NOT BEEN RESCINDED BY THE CITY MANAGER OR BY THE MAYOR, OR BY THE COUNCIL. SO IS IT, ARE WE STILL GONNA GET TICKETS COME JULY 6TH OR NOT? I MEAN, LET'S PUT IT ON RECORD IN THE RECORDING HERE AND LET'S FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. BECAUSE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AS FAR AS I KNOW, AS FAR AS THEY KNOW, THAT IS STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THE, WITH THE CITATION REQUEST AS PER THE COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER HERE. SO WHAT'S THE STORY ON THAT? ANYBODY? AT THE END OF ALL THE COUNCIL COMMENTS, THE CITY MANAGER WILL ADDRESS ALL THE COMMENTS. , WHAT DO YOU MEAN ADDRESS THE COMMENTS? WE GIVE EVERY SPEAKER A THREE MINUTE. I KNOW, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, IS THERE, ARE WE GONNA HAVE TICKETS BEING ISSUED ON JULY 6TH GOING FORWARD? YES OR NO? YES OR NO ANSWER AT THE END OF THE, SORRY. AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, I'LL ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS. WELL, YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO SAY YES OR NO. YES. WE WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH IT OR NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA ISSUE CITATIONS AFTER EVERYBODY HAS THEIR CHANCE TO SPEAK. SORRY. POINT OF ORDER FOR YOU. THEY'RE LISTENING. YEAH. SO WE'RE SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT HERE AT LO, SO MM-HMM . YOU KNOW, YEAH, I GOT EMAILS. I GOT EMAILS GOING ALL THE WAY BACK TO JULY OF AUGUST OF 2025. OKAY? IF I GET A CITATION, I'M LETTING YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M BUILT. YOU GUYS ARE HELPING ME BUILD [00:30:01] MY CASE TO THE JUDGE. I KNOW A HUNDRED TO PRESENT CASES TO THE JUDGE. I GOT YOUR BUSINESS CARDS, I GOT MY EMAILS, I GOT THESE CARDS. I'M READY TO TAKE, TAKE ANY CITATION THAT I GET TO COURT AND I'M READY TO GO. READY TO GO MAKE A DECISION. CHANGE THE ALTERNATING DAYS. THAT'S ALL WE ASK. THAT'S ALL WE ASK. YOU GOT 500 SOMETHING PLUS MILES. YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL, YOU GOT 500 PLUS MILES OF CURB. WELL, WHOEVER GENERATED THIS PROGRAM DIDN'T TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE PARKING SITUATION. AND I BELIEVE YOU CAN FIX IT WITH ONE SIMPLE SWIFT ALTERNATING DAYS ON UPSIDE OF THE STREET. WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. THANK YOU. SIMPLE. IT'S VERY, VERY SIMPLE. I'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANNA MARIA LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY ANNA MARIA RUIZ, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT. I HERE A COUPLE OF TIMES FOR THE SAME ISSUE. I KEEP GETTING THESE, I HAVE NO SIGN. THERE IS NO SIGN. SO IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE FOR ME TO BE GETTING, ALL MY NEIGHBORS ARE GETTING THESE. I BROUGHT IT UP. I SPOKE TO CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT, UH, HE CAME ON FRIDAY, GAVE ME AN ATTITUDE THAT HE WAS JUST DOING HIS JOB. IF HE'S OUT IN THE FIELD, HE COULD GO ABOVE HIS JOB AND INFORM HIS SUPERVISORS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT SIDE HAS NO STREET. SO YOU GUYS COULD FIX THE PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY WE PICKED YOU GUYS. YOU GUYS ARE GETTING PAID WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS. OKAY? I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS WANT CLEAN STREETS. I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 52 YEARS. MY NEIGHBORHOOD'S ALWAYS BEEN CLEAN. BUT IF THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS WANT, THAT'S FINE. YOU GUYS HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THE NA WEST COVINA IS MORE CROWDED THAN IT WAS 30 YEARS AGO. YOU HAVE MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN ONE HOME. SO YOU HAVE FIVE, SIX CARS. YOU CAN'T HAVE TWO, TWO STREET, UH, ONE STREET, BOTH SIDES THE SAME DAY. YOU CAN'T. OR YOU WANT US TO WALK ALL THE WAY HERE TO THE MOM PARK. WE HAVE ELDERLY PEOPLE. WEST COVINA HAS CERTAIN AREAS, HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY. AND I SEE IT WITH MY NEIGHBORS HAVING TO WALK FAR TO PARK THEIR CAR BECAUSE YOU GUYS CAN'T PUT A SIGN FOR AN ALTERNATE DAY. SO WHERE I LIVE, HIGH CASTLE, IT'S A LONG STREET. WHERE I LIVE IS WEST COVINA. THERE'S A FLOOD CHANNEL RIGHT OVER THE FLOOD CHANNEL IS LA ENTE. SO YOUR CODE ENFORCER GUY SAID TO PARK OVER HERE THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO PROBLEM. THERE IS A PROBLEM. THIS PART OF LA ENT, THEY HAVE FRIDAY, THE SAME SIDE AS THIS SIDE OF HIGH CASTLE, THIS SIDE, HIGH CASTLE ENTENTE MONDAY, UM, SEVEN TO 11. THIS SIDE HIGH CASTLE, NO SIGNS. SO THE PEOPLE FROM CUL-DE-SACS HERE, BECAUSE WE HAVE FRIDAYS ONE THROUGH FOUR, WE'RE PARKING OVER HERE 'CAUSE THERE'S NO SIGNS. BUT WE'RE ALL GETTING TICKETS. SO WHY CAN'T, IF LA PUENTE HAS THIS MONDAY, SEVEN TO 11, THIS PART OF HIGH CASTLE, HE COULD JUST DRIVE HIS TRUCK RIGHT HERE, MAKE THIS, THAT DOESN'T HAVE A SIGN FOR MONDAY THE SAME AS ENTENTES, BECAUSE THIS, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS A LONG STREET OF HIGH CASTLE. AND THEN ON FED ME, AS YOU COME IN, THERE'S ONE SIGN AND IT'S ALSO A LONG STREET AND IT CURVES LIKE A CUL-DE-SAC AND THEN IT LOOPS. THERE'S NO, BUT EVERYBODY HAS THESE. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN HERE LIKE THREE TIMES ABOUT THIS. I'VE CALLED THE SUPER. I HAVE HIS BUSINESS CARD. I'VE CALLED HIM. OH, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR MONTHS. IT DOESN'T TAKE THAT LONG TO WORK ON IT. IF THIS IS SOMETHING YOU GUYS WANT. AND THERE'S A LOT OF STREETS, I'VE NOTICED WHEN I GO WALKING THAT THEY HAVE THE SAME TIME. THERE'S NO WAY. I MEAN, IT IS NOT GONNA HURT YOU GUYS TO MAKE OPPOSITE DAYS. THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO WASTE MONEY ON CLEANING STREETS, THAT'S FINE. WE SOMETHING WE CAN DO AS CITIZENS, BUT HELP US OUT. MAKE IT ALTERNATING. THE SAME GUY THAT DOES THIS, HE DOES THE WEST ANNA MARIA RUIZ, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY SHERRY BARIAN. GOOD EVENINGS, UH, MAYOR. AND, ALRIGHT, THAT'S, I WAS QUICK. YOU HAVE TIME. I GUESS I GET PUNISHED FOR GREETING . OH, OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS ANNA MARIA. REASON I LIVE IN SOUTHWEST COVINA. UH, IT USED TO BE, AND I THINK WE ALL CONFUSE, IS IT SAN JOSE HILLS? BUT ANYWAYS, AROUND NOGALES HIGH, UH, I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR 36 YEARS AND WE ONLY HAD SWEEP CLEANING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET A YEAR AGO. NOW THE WEST, NO, I'M SORRY, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET. I HAVE A MAP, SO I FORGET. AND NOW THEY ADDED A YEAR AGO IN AUGUST TO THE EAST SIDE. UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE IS THE SAME. ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS THE SAME. IT'S ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS TO FIND PARKING ON SWEEPING DAYS. SO LIKE YOU'VE HEARD FROM PS, IT IS A BURDEN [00:35:01] ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, ON ELDERS. I'VE HELPED MY, UM, A COUPLE OF MY NEIGHBORS MOVE THEIR CARS, BUT I WORK EVERY OTHER FRIDAY, SO I'M NOT ABLE TO HELP THEM EVERY FRIDAY. UM, SO I JUST, UM, I REPRESENT A COMPLEX OF 70 HOMEOWNERS. SO THE, OUR ALTERNATIVE IS WE'RE GONNA PARK ON FRIENDSHIP PARK, BUT WILL WE BE SIGHTED IF WE PARK A FRIENDSHIP PARK? UM, THAT'S THE ONLY THING I SUGGESTED TO MY NEIGHBOR. I CAN MOVE YOUR CAR MAYBE THURSDAY NIGHT OR REALLY EARLY FRIDAY BEFORE I GO TO WORK. UM, SO I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE, TO RECONSIDER YOUR ORDER, TO RESENT, UH, YOUR ORDINANCE. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE LOOK AT YOUR PRACTICE, BECAUSE WE ARE, I'VE BEEN A HOMEOWNER PAYING TAXES FOR OVER 30 YEARS. PLEASE CONSIDER OUR BURDEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY SHERRY BIAN, FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SYKES. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. FEELS LIKE GROUNDHOG STILL, RIGHT? THAT WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO. PEOPLE HERE SPEAKING ABOUT STREET SWEEPING. I WAS HERE TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT. GUESS WHAT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT STREET SWEEPING. TWO WEEKS BEFORE THAT. PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT STREET SWEEPING. LET, LET ME, LET ME BRING THE PUBLIC UP TO SPEED. THERE WERE COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE THE COMMUNITY, ABOUT 10 OR 12 PEOPLE ATTENDED THOSE, SAID, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE DON'T NEED THIS BECAUSE WE'RE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANT, BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD, PLEASE DO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET. THIS WAS THREE YEARS AGO. YOUR, YOUR STAFF NEVER PRESENTED THAT TO YOU BECAUSE I GUESS RESIDENT OPINIONS DON'T MATTER. FOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS ALL CAME UP. LET'S GO A LITTLE FURTHER. LET'S, LET'S, LET'S MOVE THE CLOCK FORWARD. YOU GUYS IMPLEMENT THIS PRODUCT. YOU SAY, HEY, LET'S HAVE NO PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE SPOKE AGAINST IT AT A COUNCIL MEETING A COUPLE YEARS AGO, GUESS WHAT? PEOPLE WERE P****D. THE SIGNS WENT UP. YOU GUYS GOT LETTERS, YOU GOT EMAILS, YOU GOT PROBLEMS. DID YOU DO ANYTHING? YEAH. YOU TOLD EVERYONE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? WE'RE GONNA REEVALUATE. AND IN MAY OF THIS YEAR, IT CAME BACK AND YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE SIGNS TO GO TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STREET. YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, BUT YOU SAID COST TOO MUCH. COUNCILMAN CONTOS, MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS AND COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ SAID, HEY, LET'S JUST NOT DO THE ENFORCEMENT OF PARK PARKING RESTRICTIONS AT ALL. GUESS WHAT FOLKS? THAT COSTS NOTHING. YOU VOTED AGAINST IT. THREE OF YOU, THREE OF YOU BASICALLY THUMBED YOUR NOSE AT THE RESIDENCE WHO HAVE PARKING ISSUES. I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR MONTHS. PEOPLE ARE NOW STARTING TO GET WARNING NOTICES. THEY COULD PROBABLY FILL THIS ROOM WITH CONFETTI AND YOU GUYS JUST KEEP PRINTING 'EM AND KEEP PUTTING 'EM ON WINDOWS. KEEP ACTING LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY'LL FIGURE IT OUT. NO, THEY WON'T. SOME PEOPLE HAVE HANDICAP ISSUES. YOU CAN'T GO ON VACATION FOR MORE THAN SIX DAYS. YOU'RE GONNA GET A TICKET. SO WHAT? THEY CAN'T GO ON VACATION. CAN'T LEAVE THEIR CAR PARKED ON THE STREET. WHAT ARE WE DOING? WE, WE GOT FRIENDS THAT COME OVER AND OH MY GOSH, THEY MAY SHOW UP ON A TUESDAY UNANNOUNCED, OR A WEDNESDAY OR A FRIDAY AT THE WRONG TIME AND THEY GET A TICKET. WE DIDN'T HAVE DIRTY STREETS. YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD IT. NOT JUST TONIGHT, FOR WEEKS, FOR YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE DIRTY STREETS. THE PROBLEM OF DIRTY STREETS EXISTS ON A VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE IN THIS CITY. BUT YOU GUYS DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT A CITYWIDE RESTRICTION. THAT'S STUPID. WHAT ARE WE THINKING? THESE PEOPLE HAVE LIVES. LET THEM LIVE THEIR LIVES. WHY ARE YOU GOING AFTER THEM FOR A REVENUE SOURCE? THAT'S ALL THIS IS. IT IS A REVENUE SOURCE. FIX THE PROBLEM. YOU'VE KNOWN ABOUT IT FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU'VE DONE ZERO. EVEN THOUGH TWO PEOPLE HAVE TRIED, THREE OF YOU HAVE IGNORED EVERYBODY. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. SHERRY BELLION, FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SYKES, FOLLOWED BY MARIO S THIS IS A CONTINUATION FROM LAST WEEK. I RAN OUTTA TIME. THIS IS ABOUT SELLING OUR PUBLIC LAND. UH, THEY WANT TO BUILD A FIRE STATION OVER AT THE LIBRARY. OKAY? THE ORIGINAL PLANS FOR THE FIRE STATION WERE ABOUT $189,000. THIS FIRE STATION WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 9,500 SQUARE FOOT AFTER SEVEN ATTEMPTS FROM COUNCILMAN WU, THE CHANCE OF THE PLANS OF CHANGE AND CHANGE CHANGE TO NOW THE NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GONNA BE 17,000 SQUARE FEET AREA, WHICH HAS OUTGROWN THE EXISTING LOCATION. SO INSTEAD OF GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL PLAN OF APPROXIMATELY $8,500,000 [00:40:02] TO BUILD A FIRE TO STATION, WE'RE LOOKING AT 20, OVER $23 MILLION TO $45 MILLION FOR THE NEW BUILDING. THE PLANS ALONE WITH ALL SEVEN CHANGES IS NOW GONNA COST THE CITY $1,380,000 JUST FOR THE PLANS BECAUSE OF THE SEVEN CHANGES. SO IF YOU TAKE THE $45,000 TO BUILD A NEW FIRE STATION, YOU MINUS THE $21,000 THAT IT'S GOING TO COST TO, UM, SELL THE LAND. YOU'RE STILL SHORT $24 MILLION TO BUILD THE NEW FIRE STATION. WHERE IS THAT MONEY GOING TO COME FROM? AND LAST TIME OUR CITY ATTORNEY SAID THEY COULDN'T FIND THE PAPERWORK THEY SUBMITTED TO THE STATE TO GET PERMISSION TO SELL THE LAND. COULD THAT BE BECAUSE THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY PEOPLE DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE TO THE STATE THAT OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT, OUR MAINTENANCE YARD, IS THERE. AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO ADDITIONALLY EXPLAIN TO THE STATE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY AND THE PROPERTY TO MOVE THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO SIT, PUT IT IN THIS PARKING LOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR, UM, FORSAKE. SO, UM, I'M HOPING THAT THE WEST GIVING POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHEN THIS COUNCIL, THE, THE MEMBERS THAT ARE COMING THIS YEAR ASKING FOR, UM, ENDORSEMENT THAT THE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK OFF AND DO NOT ENDORSE ANY CANDIDATES BETWEEN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, SELLING OUR PUBLIC LAND, DOING AN INADEQUATE PARKING SITUATION. AND THE DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, I COULD HAVE GONE TO THE SIXTH GRADERS AND GOTTEN A GROUP IN HERE TO COMMONLY SENSE STATE THAT, UM, NO, THE DAY AFTER ON TUESDAY, THE STREET SWEEPER SHOULD NOT HAVE COME. AND CODE ENFORCEMENT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE PUTTING YELLOW STICKERS ON THE STREET. SWEEPER PAID YOU FOR GOING UP AND DOWN MY STREET AND DOING NOTHING. CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS PAID FOR PUTTING THE STICKERS ON THE CAR. THIS IS NOT COMMON SENSE. YOU HAVE TO HAVE DEGREES TO HAVE THESE JOBS AND YOU'RE ACTING WORSE THAN SIXTH GRADERS 'CAUSE YOU CANNOT DO THE RIGHT THING. FREDERICK SYKES FOLLOWED BY MARIO S FOLLOWED BY JOSH MURRAY. WOW, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. AND, UH, MY GOODNESS, MY NEIGHBORS ARE FEELING LIKE, I FEEL THAT'S WHY I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M PRETTY UPSET. IT'S THE FIRST, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, UH, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE. AND I LIVED IN THIS PLACE FOR 50 YEARS. AND, UH, NOW I'M HAVING TO ALTER MY LIFESTYLE. YOU KNOW, CAN'T PARK ON THE STREET WHEN I GO ON VACATION. THAT WAS MENTIONED. MY FRIENDS COME OVER, HAVE VISITORS. I GOTTA BE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, RUNNING OUT AND MOVING A CAR SO THAT, UH, WE DON'T GET A TICKET. YOU KNOW, I MOVED HERE AND THIS CITY, UM, IT HAD ITS STANDARDS AND THEY WERE STANDARDS THAT, UM, PUT US A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, A LITTLE BIT SAFER THAN, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS, SOME OF OUR OTHER CITIES, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, UNINCORPORATED AREAS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO US. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE EVEN HAD A LAW, JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW WE THINK HERE IN MUS COVENA, OUR STANDARDS. WE HAD A LAW WHERE YOU COULDN'T SELL ALCOHOL IN GAS STATIONS. THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE THINKING FAMILIES. WE'RE THINKING KIDS WHAT THEY SEE. BUT SOMEBODY ON OUR COUNCIL SAID, AH, LET'S TAKE IT FROM 'EM. WE DON'T WANNA HAVE THAT STANDARD ANYMORE. AND NOW WE HAVE THIS SITUATION WHERE IT'S GETTING UNCOMFORTABLE. WE DON'T WANNA LOSE OUR STANDARD OF LIVING THAT WE'VE HAD FOR ALL THIS TIME. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE SPEAKING TO YOU. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARY ON MY STREET, JUST THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED. TRASH VERY SELDOM PILES UP. AND WHEN IT DOES, BECAUSE ALL OF US ARE VERY COGNIZANT AND CONCERNED ABOUT OURSELVES AND OUR COMMUNITY, VALUE OUR PROPERTY. WE GET OUT THERE AND WE SWEEP. WE CLEAN UP. WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO. WHETHER YOU HAVE A SWEEP SWEEPER COME BY OR NOT. WE DON'T CARE. WE SEE IT. WE PICK IT UP. THAT'S THE STANDARD OF WESTS COVINA. WE DON'T REALLY NEED [00:45:02] THIS LAW. SO MY NEIGHBORS HAVE REALLY TRIED TO PLEAD WITH YOU. AND I'M HERE NOW ASKING YOU, PLEASE RECONSIDER. I WOULD EVEN SUGGEST WE MOVE THIS LAW. LET'S WORK ON SOMETHING ELSE. I SENT YOU AN EMAIL. IN THAT EMAIL. YOU SEE THE BROKEN UP STREET STREET NEEDS TO BE MAINTAINED, NOT SWEPT. THANK YOU. MARIO S FOLLOWED BY JOSH MURRAY, FOLLOWED BY FRANK ACKLEY. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, CITY COUNCIL, UH, GIVE MY NOTES HERE. SO A COUPLE OF UPDATES. UH, WE ARE CONTINUING TO HOLD OUR WEST COVINA NIGHT MARKETS AT, UH, HEARST RANCH. UH, THIS PAST JUNE 5TH, WE RAISED, UH, $2,005 FOR EDGEWOOD, PTSA, UH, JULY 17TH. WE WILL BE DOING A FUNDRAISER THERE FOR THE WEST COVINA PONY LEAGUE. SO PLEASE COME OUT AND SUPPORT, UH, SUMMER FEST FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. AUGUST 29TH. UM, IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT EVENT. UH, WE WILL BE, UM, AWARDING, UH, POSTHUMOUSLY, BILL MCINTYRE WITH THE, UM, PRESERVATION AWARD. UM, ACTUALLY WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON VIDEOS AND INTERVIEWS FOR THAT. SO YOU GUYS MIGHT GET SOME CALLS ON THAT. UH, LET'S SEE. MOVING ON SOME OTHER DEALS. THE YOUTH SCIENCE CENTER, I WAS GLAD TO HEAR THAT. UM, THERE'S SOME CITY TALKS TO GET THAT UP AND RUNNING. SO THERE WAS A CLOSE CALL WITH THE FIRE. FIRST THING, WHEN I SAW THE SMOKE, I ACTUALLY RAN UP THERE TO SEE THAT OUR WORK DIDN'T GET BURNED DOWN, BUT APPARENTLY IT WAS HIGHER UP. ALL RIGHT, UH, MOVING ON TO SOME OTHER DEALS, PONY RIDES AT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER BACK IN FEBRUARY. WE, WELL, I PUT A LITTLE BIT OF BLOOD AND SWEAT EQUITY IN KIND OF HELPING TO BUILD A, UH, YOU KNOW, WITH ROTARY TO GET THOSE ARENAS FIXED UP. AND, UH, BUSINESS CAME OUT TO DO SOME PONY RIDES THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND IT WAS WELL ACCEPTED, BUT CITY CAME OUT AND SAID, NO, WE NEED INSURANCE. WE NEED PERMITS. AND THIS WAS BACK IN FEBRUARY. I FEEL THAT THE BUSINESS HAS, UH, DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE CITY, BUT IT'S KIND OF JUST GONE BACK AND FORTH AND BACK AND FORTH. AND AT THIS TIME, I, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THEY REALLY WANT TO COME TO THE TABLE ANYMORE. UM, YOU SAY WEST COVINA IS BUSINESS FRIENDLY AT THIS POINT. I'M SAYING REACH OUT TO THE BUSINESS. THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME TO YOU. REACH OUT TO THEM IF YOU REALLY WANT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. UH, MOVING ON THERE. CITY YARD. I WANNA BE FRANK ON THIS. UM, I KNOW OF TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE RIGHT OF ACCESS, UH, WAYS TO THE CITY, MAINTENANCE YARDS AS IT EXISTS NOW. UH, THEY'RE JUST WAITING FOR YOU TO SELL IT TO SUE. YOU GUYS BLUNT? OKAY, NEXT STREET. SWEEPING AS, UM, UH, STEVE BENNETT. JUST GONNA REITERATE ON THAT, I WAS HERE THREE YEARS AGO. UM, IT MADE SENSE, ALTERNATE WAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RUNNING THE MEETINGS DIDN'T WANNA LISTEN TO US. ALL THEY WERE CON UH, CONCERNED WITH WAS ASKING US, DO YOU LIKE CLEAN STREETS? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE A CLEAN WEST COVINA? AND THEN THEY TRIED TO SPEW SOMETHING ABOUT, UM, DIRTY WATER GOING INTO THE SEWERS. UH, I HAVE COUNTLESS VIDEOS. IF YOU WANT. I CAN POST THEM OF THESE STREET SWEEPERS PASSING BY AND NOT DOING ANYTHING. I ACTUALLY PUT LEAVES IN THE PATHWAY ON PURPOSE TO SEE IF IT'LL PICK 'EM UP. DOESN'T HAPPEN. SO GUYS NEED TO RETHINK IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SEND ME THE VIDEOS. THANKS. JOSH MURRAY, FOLLOWED BY FRANK LEY, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA MENDOZA. UH, HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSH MURRAY. I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF WEST COVIN LIBRARY. I'D LIKE TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THE LIBRARY WILL BE CLOSED THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 19TH FOR THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY. EBOOKS, ELECTRONIC AUDIO BOOKS, MUSIC DATABASES, AND STREAMING MOVIES WILL STILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, LA COUNTY LIBRARY.ORG. TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF OUR LUNCH AT THE LIBRARY PROGRAM WHERE WE SERVE FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES TO KIDS AND TEENS, AGE 18 AND YOUNGER, FROM 12 TO 1:00 PM TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM TODAY, JUNE 16TH TO AUGUST 7TH, EXCEPT JUNE 19TH AND JULY 3RD. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE, LA COUNTY LIBRARY.ORG. AND THEN I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE ADULTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO ATTEND OUR FLOWER WATER COLORING PROGRAM ON SATURDAY, JUNE 20TH, FROM THREE TO 4:00 PM THIS EASY PAINTING ACTIVITY IS GREAT. FOR A MOMENT OF MINDFULNESS, PARTICIPANTS WILL USE BASIC WATERCOLOR TO PAINT A VARIETY OF FLOWERS ON WATERCOLOR, FLORAL SHEETS. THE FINISHED SCENE WILL BE A VISION OF CALM THAT YOU COULD TAKE HOME AND ENJOY FOREVER. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANKS. FRANK LEY, FOLLOWED BY PATRICIA MENDOZA, FOLLOWED BY JESUS GOMEZ. GOOD EVENING. [00:50:01] I LIVED IN THIS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD AT, UH, BAINBRIDGE IN SHEFFIELD FOR 51 YEARS. I CAME HOME ON THE 4TH OF MARCH. THE TRAFFIC HAS GOTTEN SO BAD WITH THE CALIFORNIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT I HAD TO GET OUT AND TELL PEOPLE TO GET OUT OF THE STREET. THEY WERE PARKED THREE DEEP AND I COULDN'T GET TO MY HOUSE. UH, ON THE 5TH OF JUNE, WE HAD TWO. I HAVE A FIRE HYDRANT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. WE HAD TWO VEHICLES PARKED IN FRONT OF THE HYDRANT. UH, THE CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT OPEN ON FRIDAYS. I CALLED THE WATCH COMMANDER AND REPORTED THEM. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. I CALLED THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND LEFT A VOICEMAIL, NO RESPONSE. I HAD A NEIGHBOR THERE. THEY, SHE HANDED ME THE PHONE. I, UH, CHATTED WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND, UH, IT CAME BACK WITH, UH, THE STATEMENT OF, UH, THE MAYOR. UH, I PRESUME IT WAS AI. MAYOR'S OFFICE DOESN'T WRITE CITATIONS. UH, NO ONE IN THE OFFICE ON FRIDAYS ON CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, LADY COME OUT. SHE WAS COMPLAINING THAT SOMEBODY HAD CALLED THE SCHOOL OFFICE TO HAVE HER MOVE HER VEHICLE. UH, THE OTHER VEHICLE MOVED ALSO WITHIN, UH, 10 MINUTES. THERE WAS A BLACK BMW IN FRONT OF IT. I HAVE THE PHOTOS OF ALL THIS ON THIS HARD DRIVE. I HAVE THREE YEARS WORTH OF VIOLATIONS ON THIS HARD DRIVE. AND WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE BECAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE A INCIDENT WHERE SOMEBODY GETS HURT. THE OTHER THING WAS, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT SPOKE EARLIER, THAT WE HAD A GOOD CITY, THAT THINGS WERE, UH, QUIET AND PEACEFUL. WE HAD A GOOD RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE STILL HAVE A GOOD RESPONSE FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ON THE, UH, 12TH OF JUNE AT 2122, I WAS LAYING IN BED WATCHING TV AND I HEARD TWO SHOTS. I FLEW OUT OF BED AND OVER TO MY WINDOW, AND I DID NOT SEE THE VEHICLE IT WAS DRIVING BY. IT DROVE BY AT A REGULAR HIGH, AT A REAL HIGH RATE OF SPEED. BUT THE POLICE WERE THERE WITHIN A MINUTE. NOW, THE POLICE, THERE WAS A PARTY AT THE BAINBRIDGE CLUB. THE POLICE, UH, COLLARED THE STUDENTS AND HELD THEM THERE AND DIDN'T GET ANYWHERE. AND I FEEL SORRY FOR THE POLICE BECAUSE SHOOTING TWO ROUNDS IN THE AIR DOESN'T GET IT. AND THAT'S AFTER THE POLICE LEFT. THEN I HAD A GROUP OF STUDENTS BY MY BEDROOM WINDOW THAT WAS SAYING, WE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. HE JUST SHOT TWO SHOTS IN THE AIR. UH, SOMEBODY NEEDS TO EX UH, EDUCATE THESE KIDS ABOUT TERMINAL VELOCITY. THAT BULLET COMES DOWN AT 120, UH, MILES AN HOUR, ANYBODY UNDERNEATH IT. AND HE ISN'T GONNA SURVIVE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PATRICIA MENDOZA, FOLLOWED BY JESUS GOMEZ, FOLLOWED BY KEILA HERNANDEZ. HELLO EVERYONE. HELLO MAYOR. AND CITY COUNCILS AND THE PUBLIC. UM, I'M HERE TO, UM, PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING JESUS GOMEZ REGARDING THE PROPERTY THAT SHE LOST THE CONDO IN 2000 2024. AND, UH, THAT WAS IN THE CITY OF ELMONTE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE CORRECTIONS. I SPOKE TO THE DAUGHTER AND I SAT DOWN WITH HER. UM, IT WAS THE SHERIFFS THAT EVICTED HER. BUT SINCE EL MONTE HAS, UH, BLACK AND WHITE VEHICLES, SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A CITY OF EL MONTE POLICE OFFICERS. WHEN THEY SHOWED UP AND EVICTED THE DAUGHTER THAT'S DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, AND SHE WAS BY HERSELF. UM, IT WAS THE SHERIFFS AND THERE WERE TWO ALREADY INVESTIGATE THE NAMES. AND, UM, WHEN A NEW LANDLORD IS PROTESTING AND WANTS THEIR PROPERTY, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LAW EVICTING THE PERSON THAT OWNED THAT PROPERTY. AND ONCE THE JUDGE SIGNS THE JUDGMENT AND A PAPER GIVES THE POWER TO THE NEW INVESTOR, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, AND SAY, THE LAST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS DO THE EVICTION. AND YOU GOTTA GO TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND DO IT RIGHT. YOU KNOW, DON'T FORGET THERE'S FAMILIES AND BABIES LIVING THERE. THEY MIGHT BE LIVING THERE. UM, I WENT TO, WE WENT TO THE CITY OF ELMONTE COURTHOUSE. WE WENT TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA COURTHOUSE. THAT'S WHERE THE CASE WAS HANDLED. THE CITY OF ELMONTE DOESN'T HANDLE CIVIL CASES LIKE EVICTIONS, DIVORCES. AND IT WAS HERE AT THE CITY OF, UH, WEST COVINA. SO I SPOKE TO THE SERGEANT, THE SHERIFF IN THE COURTHOUSE. [00:55:01] HE WANTED TO KNOW WHO I WAS. HE BULLIED ME, VERY ARROGANT, VERY RACIST. BUT AT THE END, HE KNEW HE HAD TO GIVE ME INFORMATION. WHAT THEY DIDN'T DO, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO FILL OUT A FORM, THE NEW OWNER. AND YOU PAY $145 AT THE CLERK WHERE YOU FILE THE CASES. AND ONCE YOU GET THAT STAMP, YOU GO TO THE OTHER DEPARTMENT AT THE SHERIFF'S AND YOU PAY $40 AND YOU FILL OUT OTHER FORMS. NO ONE DID THAT. NO ONE DID THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE TWO SHERIFFS SHOWED UP AT THE CONDO. BULLY, THE DAUGHTER THAT'S DISABLED. BUT AT THE END, UM, THE DAUGHTER ASKED FOR THREE FAVORITES. ONE, IF SHE CAN GET THE LEACH OF THE DOG, IT WAS A DOG. SECOND, IF SHE CAN GET THE DAD'S, UH, KEYS FROM HIS CAR. AND, UH, THE THIRD, IF SHE CAN GET THE HEART MONITOR FOR HER DAUGHTER THAT WAS IN THE HOSPITAL A FEW DAYS PRIOR OF, UH, FEBRUARY, UH, 24TH, 2000, 2025. AND THEY SAID THE THIRD ONE, THE HEART MONITOR, IT'S LIKE THERAPY. 'CAUSE THEY BOTH USE IT. THEY SAID NO. UM, THEY WERE VERY THANK YOU, JESUS GOMEZ, FOLLOWED BY KEILA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY JOHN RODRIGUEZ. UM, THESE TWO OFFICERS, UH, ONE OF THEM DID TELL THE DAUGHTER, UH, MS. GOMEZ TOLD THE OTHER SHERIFF, THE OLDER ONE, DON'T YOU SEE HER CONDITION? SHE'S DISABLED. LET'S GIVE THEM ONE MORE DAY. HE SAID, NO, I GOT ORDERS THAT THEY GOTTA MOVE OUT TODAY. BUT SHE NEEDS TO GET HER STUFF. SHE CAN GET EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE HEART MONITOR THE MACHINE, IT'S THERAPY THEY BOTH USE. AND IT'S LIKE PATCHES YOU CONNECT. AND, UM, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO USE THAT, I THINK FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. I, MYSELF, PERSONALLY, ARE VERY, VERY P****D OFF AT THE SON OF A GUN BECAUSE ONLY A PERSON THAT REACTS LIKE THAT IS MALICE. OKAY? THEY'RE EVIL, MALICIOUS. AND IT, TO THEM, IT'S A JOKE. IT'S A LAUGH. AND THEY THINK THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH ALL THIS BECAUSE NO ONE REPORTS THEM. I DID SEE THE VIDEO AND SOMEHOW THEY CAME OUT WITH SOME PAPERWORK AND FILES AT THE COURTHOUSE AT COURT, BUT THEY CANNOT SHOW ME AND PROVE THAT SOMEONE PAID FOR THE FORMS. AND I DON'T THINK NO ONE DID. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO DID THEY, WHO, WHO THEY DID AS A FAVOR TO THE LANDLORD OR THE, OR HIS ATTORNEY. BUT I DID CALL THE ATTORNEY IN IRVINE, AND I LET 'EM KNOW THAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF THEY FILL OUT THESE FORMS, IF HE FILLED IT OUT, HIS CLIENT, HE DOESN'T HAVE TO TELL ME, BUT I'M JUST SHARING WITH THAT ATTORNEY THAT SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THEM TO GET EVICTED WHEN THEY NEVER DID PUT A SIGN OF FIVE DAY NOTICE WITH THE RED LETTER SAYING, YOU HAVE FIVE DAYS NOTICE, UM, TO MOVE OUT. THE SHERIFFS WILL BE COMING ON MONDAY, FOR EXAMPLE. AND THIS FIVE DAY NOTICE INCLUDES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. I WENT TO DOWNTOWN THE COURTHOUSE, ME AND MS. GOMEZ. AND I WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT GETTING THE FIVE DAY NOTICE, THE SAME PROBLEM. SO IT'S NOT ONLY WHAT MS. UH, GOMEZ FAMILY WENT THROUGH, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN. SO THIS WEEK I'LL BE GOING TO THE, THE COUNTY CHIEF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. YES. YEAH. BOARD OF IN LA OKAY. AND, UM, I'M GONNA SPEAK TO THE CHIEF. I HOPE HE'S THERE, AND I PRAY HE'S THERE. BUT THE REASON, UM, I'M REALLY MAD IS BECAUSE I'VE HAD OTHER CASES THAT I'VE HANDLED. THERE'S A LOT OF DIRTY WORK THAT THESE SHERIFFS DO, ESPECIALLY THE ONES IN DOWNTOWN LA. THE LAW SAYS THAT YOU HAVE 15 DAYS AS A LA NEW LANDLORD TO GIVE NOTICE TO THE TENANTS TO COME AND PICK UP THE PROPERTY. SO WHAT THIS NEW INVESTOR, THIS NEW LANDLORD DID, HE LET A LOT OF PEOPLE GO IN THE CONDO. THEY ROBBED MS. GOMEZ, PERSONAL THINGS, MONEY, JEWELRY, A LOT OF THINGS. THEY DESTROYED EVERYTHING. THEY BROKE EVERYTHING. IT TOOK THEM FOUR MONTHS AFTER SHE HIRED THESE OTHER CORRUPT PEOPLE, AND INCLUDING AN ATTORNEY IN THAT OFFICE, UH, THE ONES THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THE BANKRUPTCY, TOOK 'EM FOR FOUR MONTHS TO TRY TO GET THEIR STUFF BACK FROM THIS INVESTOR. THANK YOU, KAYLA OR KAYLA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY JOHN RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY RALPH BELTRAN. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING ALL. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS KAYLA HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. AND I'VE BEEN LIVING IN WEST COVINA FOR 35 YEARS AND NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES. I LOVE MY CITY. WE'RE VERY DIVERSE. IT'S A CLEAN CITY, LOTS OF [01:00:01] GREEN TREES. WE LOVE IT. UM, FIRST ISSUE I'VE HAD, AND I'VE, I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD IT FROM A LOT OF THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE, AND I WANNA SAY THEY'RE MY NEIGHBORS, UM, HAS TO GO WITH THE STREET SWEEPING. AND, UM, OUR STREET GETS SWEPT EVERY TUESDAY. TODAY WAS THAT DAY. AND UM, WE HAVE AN ALLEY. AND IN THE ALLEY IT SAYS, NO PARKING ON WEDNESDAYS. OKAY, NO PARKING ON WEDNESDAYS. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE MOVE OUR CARS ON TUESDAYS TO THE ALLEY, BUT THE SWEEPER COMES IN ON TUESDAYS AND SWEEPS. HOW CAN HE SWEEP WHEN ALL OUR CARS ARE THERE? AND HE JUST PUSHES EVERYTHING, ALL THE DIRT, ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE ALLEY, WHICH IS MY, THE BACK OF MY HOUSE. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE THE ONES THAT ARE CLEANING THAT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T, HE JUST PUSHES ALL THE DIRT BACK THERE. NOW, SWEEPING ON TUESDAYS IS AN ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY. SO WE HAVE TO, WE MUST HAVE THAT ALLEY FREE. WELL, THIS LAST WEEK, THE SWEEPER, I CAUGHT THE SWEEPER COMING IN ON A TUESDAY, AND I STOPPED HIM. I MOVED MY CAR TO THE ALLEY AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? AND HE SAYS, I'M SWEEPING. I SAID, NO, THE SIGN SAYS WEDNESDAY. WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? AND YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME, AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS. HE SAYS, WELL, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE CHANGING. THIS WHOLE AREA WILL BE CHANGING. A THREE MILE RADIUS IS GOING TO BE CHANGING FOR TUESDAYS. AND I SAID, WELL, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE HEALTH ISSUES AND THEY CANNOT MOVE THEIR CARS. SO NOW I HAVE OUR 81-YEAR-OLD RECOVERING FROM CANCER NEIGHBOR WHO DRAGS HIS CAR ON TOP OF HIS GRASS TO KEEP HIS TRUCK FROM BEING TICKETED. SO WE JUST CANNOT HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, FOR A THREE MILE RADIUS IS WHAT HE SHARED WITH ME. I MEAN, I CANNOT HAVE MY 81 AND ALSO SOME OF THE OLDER PATIENT, I WANNA SAY PATIENTS NEIGHBORS WALK THAT FAR AND COME HOME. THEY, I MEAN, IT, IT'S, IT'S, WE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PARK ANYWHERE IF WE DO THIS. SO WE MUST HAVE, LIKE MANY OF US HAVE SAID, ALTERNATING DAYS OR I KNOW IT'S CONVENIENT FOR YOU, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THE CONTRACTOR DO IT ALL ON THE SAME DAY, BUT WE JUST CAN'T DO THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. JOHN RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY RALPH TRAN, FOLLOWED BY HOLLYWOOD. HI EVERYBODY. YOU LOOK LIKE ANNA PAULINA LUNA. WHAT THAT IS, CONGRESSWOMAN. OH. ANYWAY, MY NAME IS JOHN RODRIGUEZ. I'VE LIVED, UH, I LIVED IN WEST COVINA FOR 36 YEARS NOW. TAXPAYER ALWAYS PAID MY TAXES. ALL MY KIDS WENT TO WEST COVINA HIGH. UM, SORRY. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. . ALL MY KIDS WENT TO WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL. UM, MY SON PLAYED FOR THE BASKETBALL TEAM THERE. AND WE'VE, MY, MY OTHER KIDS WENT TO EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL. WE PARTICIPATED IN ALL THEIR CONCERTS AND EVERYTHING. MY SON PLAYED, UH, CLARINET THERE. AND SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME. AND, UH, WE NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS. WE NEVER NEEDED A STREET SWEEPER BEFORE. I'VE LIVED THERE 36 YEARS. I HAVE A GARDENER, OUR GARDENER MOWS OUR LAWN BLOWS OFF OUR, OUR, OUR OUR, UH, DRIVEWAY PICKS UP ALL THE LEAVES IN THE, IN THE GUTTER. SO WE'VE NEVER NEEDED A STREET SWEEPER IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE. I PARKED TWO CARS IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE AND THE GUTTERS NEVER DIRTY. AND IF IT IS, I'LL GO OUT THERE AND, AND SWEEP IT UP MYSELF BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE A, A RAIN TO COME IN. AND THEN THERE'S LEAVES IN THE DRIVEWAY. IT ONLY HAPPENS ONCE IN A WHILE, OCCASIONALLY IN FALL OR WHEN THE WIND BLOWS REALLY BAD. BUT, UM, UH, MY GARDENER DOES IT. AND THEN ME AND MY WIFE, WE TOOK A DRIVE AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO FIND OUT WHERE WE CAN PARK. WE DROVE ALL THE WAY UP WORKMAN TO LARK ELLEN, ALL TUESDAY, ALL THE WAY DOWN. RK ALLEN TO BADILLO TUESDAY DOWN BADILLO TO SUNSET TUESDAY. EVERYTHING'S TUESDAY. THERE'S GOTTA BE [01:05:02] A THOUSAND, 2000 CARS. THEY'RE ALL SUPPOSED TO DISAPPEAR IN ONE DAY. AND THEN YOU GOT A PROJECT COMING IN THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD A, WHAT IS IT, 230 UNITS IN, ON DEL NORTE. 230 UNITS. THAT'S POTENTIALLY WHAT, TWO CARS PER UNIT? THAT'S WHAT, 460 CARS MORE. OH, IT'S 250 UNITS. AND THEN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, BUT IT'S NEVER AFFORDABLE. WHAT IS IT? ABOUT SIX, 700,000. YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE DO? THEY GET TWO FAMILIES TO BUY ONE UNIT, AND THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY FOUR CARS PER UNIT, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF POTENTIALLY 920 NEW CARS IN THAT SAME AREA. SO YOU, SO I MEAN, SOMEBODY'S NOT THINKING, SOMEONE IS NOT THINKING. THESE CARS CANNOT JUST DISAPPEAR OVERNIGHT. THERE'S SO MANY. UM, WE WERE HERE LAST YEAR AND I HAVE A SCREENSHOT OF, OF WHAT IT SAID LAST YEAR. IT SAID, THIS IS AUGUST 19TH, 2025. CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED CHANGES TO THE STREET SWEEPING SCHEDULE. THANK YOU. NEW PROGRAM WILL SWITCH TO ALTERNATE SIDES. ALTERNATE DAYS SYSTEM NEVER HAPPENED. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RALPH BELTRON. THANK YOU. FOLLOWED BY HOLLYWOOD, RALPH. YES. HELLO. BOARD MEMBERS AND MAYOR. UM, I'M A EX, UH, A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA OF 15 YEARS, BUT I MOVED IN UNINCORPORATED COVINA, BUT THAT I STILL CONSIDER MYSELF 40 YEARS AS A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA AS A, UH, FORMER, UH, PROBATION OFFICER. AND, UH, WORKING WITH JUVENILE KIDS FROM CAMP AWA CAMP PAGE UP IN LAVERNE. AND, UH, KNOWING THAT, UH, I WAS PROMOTED TO THE TRAILS MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE TRAIL SYSTEM IS BEING PATROLLED. UH, WE RAN INTO THEM, UH, DURING ONE OF OUR PATROL, OUR INSPECTIONS, ME AND MY SENIOR WORKER. BUT I HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO BRING UP IS THAT, UH, NOT KNOWING THAT THE CITY IS, AND EVERYONE IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE HERE IS, UH, MORE THAN WELCOME TO BE A PART OF THE QUANTUM FINANCIAL SYSTEM IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE OF IT. BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE A ZIM BOND FROM ZIMBABWE THAT YOU CAN REDEEM AT THE REDEMPTION CENTER, OKAY? THIS IS A 50 TRILLION, OKAY? IT'S A TAP SERIES. THAT'S THE MOST VALUABLE. I DIDN'T BRING THE A HUNDRED TRILLION 'CAUSE THAT'S MORE VALUABLE, BUT IT HAS TO BE A TAP SERIES. BUT IT ALLOWS ME TO BE A HUMANITARIAN. I HAVE THREE PROJECTS THAT I'M GOING TO PRESENT AT THE REDEMPTION CENTER, AND I HAVE EIGHT, UH, UH, HAVE, HAVE UP TO EIGHT MINUTES TO PRESENT IT. BUT MY, UH, MY THING IS I JUST CAME BACK FROM MAVERICK FIELD AND I WANTED TO SEE IF WE CAN MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON MAVERICK FIELD, THE RIDGE RIDERS HOLBECK PARK. AND I JUST SAW THIS REGARDING THE, UH, THE LL NORTE, UM, UH, SCHOOL SITE FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD, AND FOR THE MONEY THAT'S AVAILABLE OUT OF THE TRUST FUND. OKAY? IS BETWEEN ONE AND $5 MILLION. I WOULD ASK JUST OUT OF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD ASK FOR $3 MILLION TO COVER ALL THREE OF THOSE FACILITIES FOR 20 YEARS. YOU CAN GO UP TO 20 YEARS TO, AND THEN IT COVERS THE COST OF THE STAFF. WHO'S GOING TO MANAGE THAT? SO THAT'S THE ONE THING. 'CAUSE I WENT TO THE CITY OF LAVERNE, I WENT TO THE CITY OF, WEST OF, OF COVINA. I PRESENTED IT. I GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM A LOT OF, UH, TRADE SCHOOLS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN IT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE AT LEAST SOMETHING TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT, WEST COVINA IS WILLING TO ACCEPT $3 MILLION JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD FOR 20 YEARS FOR THOSE FACILITIES THAT I JUST MENTIONED. THANK YOU. OUR LAST SPEAKER IS HOLLYWOOD. [01:10:04] NO, NO. GEORGE IS A HEARING, CORRECT? CORRECT. THIS I DO WANNA SPEAK OPPOSED IN FAVOR OR NEUTRAL, NEITHER. BEFORE I BEGIN, UH, I'M KIND OF A LITTLE BOTHERED BECAUSE I'VE BEEN COMING HERE A LONG TIME. THERE WAS A TIME YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT IN A CARD. IT WAS A TIME WE HAD FIVE MINUTES. NOW I'M BEING ASKED, ARE YOU FORWARD AGAINST IT? YOU KNOW, ARE YOU, IS THIS AN AGENDA AGENDIZED, UH, ISSUE? YOU'RE PUT THROUGH THE RINGERS TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK. IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO COME UP WITH THE NERVOUSNESS. WE PROBABLY ALL EXPERIENCE, UM, TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH SO MUCH TRIAL AND TRIBULATIONS JUST TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL REGARDING STREET SWEEPING. I ADVOCATED FOR ISSUING OF TICKETS MOVING FORWARD WITH IT, BECAUSE TO HAVE STREET SWEEPING AND NOT HAVE SOME SORT OF ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM TO ENSURE THAT THE STREETS ARE CLEANED IS NONSENSE. HOWEVER, I SPOKE TO THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE BECOMING A CITY MANAGER FAR BEFORE YOU FOLKS VOTED, WHICH I WASN'T AWARE OF. NOT TO UPDATE THE SIGNAGES. IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT TICKETS WOULD NOT BE ISSUED UNTIL IT WAS ALTERNATE STREET PARKING. IT'S HARD ENOUGH ALREADY TO FIND PARKING, BUT TO ELIMINATE ALL POSSIBILITIES OF PARKING BY NOT ALLOWING THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET TO BE AVAILABLE ON THE, ON THE DAY THAT YOURS IS BEING CLEANED IS ABSURD. THAT'S AS ABSURD AS ME HAVING TO COME UP HERE AND BE PUT THROUGH THE RINGER ABOUT WHICH ITEM I WANNA SPEAK ON. MM-HMM. I HAVE ONLY THREE MINUTES FOR GOD'S SAKE. GIVE ME THE THREE MINUTES AND LET ME COME UP HERE AND SAY WHAT I WANNA SAY. YOU'VE HAD PE PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COME UP HERE AND SHAKE THE BIRD AT YOU AND GIVE YOU SOME PRETTY FINE WORDS. AND THEY GOT AWAY WITH IT. I'M A RESIDENT OF 30 YEARS, AND I COME UP HERE AND I GET DRILLED ABOUT WHAT I'M, YOU KNOW, I'M COMING IN HERE FOR, SOMETIMES THERE AREN'T EVEN CARDS UP THERE. OKAY? AND I'M ASKED, WELL FILL ONE OUT. DO I, IS IT A BROWNS ACT VIOLATION FOR YOU TO OBLIGATE ME TO FILL OUT A CARD AND GIVE MY NAME? THAT'S WHY I PUT HOLLYWOOD. DO I PUT JD OR SOME OTHER NAME? DO I HAVE TO DISCLOSE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION TO WEST COVINA TO THOSE IN, IN, IN ATTENDANCE HERE TO YOU? LITTLE BOTHERED ABOUT THAT. I'LL BE BACK TONIGHT 'CAUSE I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE DEVELOPMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT TODAY. WE'LL HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER RESPOND TO ALL YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNS. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, UM, MR. SHOEMAKER COMMENT ON A, UH, AGENDA ON, UH, AGENDA ITEM FOR TONIGHT, AND I'LL LEAVE IT FOR THAT. WE DISCUSSED AT THAT TIME. JOSH MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON THE, UH, ROSEMEAD LIBRARY. UH, MR. ACKLEY ON THE BAINBRIDGE AND SHEFFIELD AREA. UM, CODE ENFORCEMENT PUBLIC SAFETY DOES WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THEY HERE ARE HERE ON FRIDAYS. THE EASIEST WAY TO REACH THEM IS THROUGH THE MOBILE APP. UM, SUBMIT YOUR REQUEST, IT GOES LIVE, AND IT'S DISPATCHED TO THE OFFICERS IN THE FIELD AT THIS TIME. AND THEY WILL RESPOND, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, UH, PARKING CONCERNS, UM, AROUND THE SCHOOL AREA. AND I RECOGNIZE ALSO A LOT OF THE PARKING CONCERNS AROUND THOSE SCHOOLS. UM, THEY HAPPEN PRETTY QUICKLY. PEOPLE STOP. THEY PARK IN THE RED ZONE IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT. UH, DO A QUICK PICKUP AND LEAVE. SO THE, THE FASTEST WAY TO GET AHOLD OF STAFF IS THROUGH THE, UH, MOBILE APP. UM, IF YOU'RE LIMITED TO A LANDLINE, YOU CAN CALL EXTE, UM, NINE THREE NINE EIGHT FOUR TWO SIX. AND THAT, THAT LINE IS CHECKED DURING THE DAY, UM, BY PUBLIC SAFETY STAFF. UH, BUT IN THE, IN A CONCERN WHERE YOU WANT SOMEBODY TO COME OUT RIGHT AWAY, THE MOBILE APP IS THE BEST WAY, UM, TO GO. UM, FOR MS. MENDOZA, MS. GOMEZ, ON YOUR UPDATES ON THE EVICTION PROCESS, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO, UM, THE CIVIL PROCESS BUREAU OF LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT DO THE, UH, LOCKOUTS FOR EVICTIONS. AND THERE IS A 60 DAY, A 30 DAY AND A FIVE DAY NOTICE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN POSTED. UM, THEY WOULD HAVE THOSE RECORDS, AND AGAIN, THEY DO, UM, LOCAL AREAS. THEY DO WEST COVINA, THEY DO EL MONTE, AND THEY DO ALL THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS AS WELL. UM, MR. BELTRAN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, UPDATE AND, UM, INTEREST IN FACILITATING SOME [01:15:01] MAINTENANCE AT SOME OF OUR PARKS. UM, ON THE, UH, STREET SWEEPING ISSUE. UM, THAT'S A, MOST PEOPLE SPOKE ON THAT TONIGHT. UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS AN ITEM THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED MULTIPLE TIMES AT THE COUNCIL LEVEL, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO BACKWARDS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE, THE INTENT OF THE WARNING NOTICES IS TO WARN RESIDENTS THAT YES, ENFORCEMENT IS IN THE FUTURE. IT ALSO HELPS IDENTIFY THAT ROUGHLY WHAT TIME THAT SWEEPER WILL BE COMING DOWN YOUR STREET. I THINK WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS THAT YOU'RE RECEIVING THE WARNING NOTICES PROBABLY WITHIN THE SAME 20 TO 30 MINUTE TIMEFRAME, UM, EACH DAY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT DAY OF THE WEEK IS. UM, ONE OF THE POLICIES THAT IS IMPLEMENTED WITH THE STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM IS THAT, UM, RESIDENTS ARE ASKED TO MOVE THEIR CARS ENOUGH TIME FOR THE SWEEPER AND THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER TO PASS. SO ONCE THE SWEEPER PASSES, THE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PASSES, YOU CAN IMMEDIATELY REPARK. UM, THAT'S ONE THING. UM, AT THE JULY 7TH, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM WILL BE PRESENTING A REPORT TO THE COUNCIL. UM, AS I'VE MENTIONED AT PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WHETHER YOU'VE CALLED IN, YOU'VE SENT AN EMAIL, UM, YOU FLAGGED US DOWN. YOU MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT, LOOK, YOU WANT OUR AREA TO BE LOOKED AT FOR ALTERNATING SIDES OF THE STREET. THE SIGNS AREN'T POSTED CORRECTLY. THEY'RE OLD SIGNS. WE DON'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY, WE HAVE TO PARK IN THE ALLEY. UM, WE'VE CAPTURED ALL THOSE ON A SPREADSHEET. AND WITH EACH AND EVERY CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT TO THE MANAGEMENT TEAMS, UH, ATTENTION, A A FIELD INSPECTION WAS CONDUCTED, AND THEY DID IDENTIFY AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REPOSTED, UM, REWORKED IN SOME WAY. UH, I, LAST COUNT, I BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE DONE CLOSE TO 200 FIELD INSPECTIONS. THERE'S PROBABLY CLOSE TO 300 SIGNS THAT EITHER NEED TO BE REMOVED OR REPLACED WITH, UM, THE CORRECT SIGNS. SO THAT'S ALL IN THE WORKS. UM, AS THE REQUESTS COME IN, WE'RE INSPECTING, WE'RE COMING UP WITH A GAME PLAN. AND THEN ALSO, UM, STAFF, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY, THEY WILL BE CONTACTING EVERYBODY THAT LEFT CONTACT INFORMATION, WHETHER IT BE AN EMAIL OR A PHONE NUMBER, LETTING 'EM, LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT STAFF'S FINDINGS WERE. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT MAY HAVE NOT BEEN CLASSIFIED AS HIGH DENSITY, BUT ARE NEXT TO A HIGH DENSITY AREA, WHICH AFFECTS, UM, THE AREA. AGAIN, I'M AWARE OF AN AREA LIKE OFF OF AZUSA WHERE THERE MAY NOT BE DRIVEWAYS. UM, THOSE ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSED AS WELL. SO IF YOU HAVE, UH, AGAIN, PROVIDED A CONCERN TO THE CITY, IT IS BEING INVESTIGATED, LOOKED AT, WE'LL PROVIDE A FULL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL ON JULY 7TH FOR THE QUESTION. IF OUR CITATIONS GONNA BE ISSUED IN JULY, YES. THE TARGET DATE IS STILL JULY. WELL, WE WILL BE ISSUING, UM, STAFF WILL BE ISSUING, UM, CITATIONS. UH, NO. OKAY, SO HOLD ON. CITY. I'LL ANSWER, I'LL ANSWER, I'LL ANSWER. HOLD ON. I'LL ANSWER. LET LET CITY MANOR FINISH AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE. IF, IF THERE IS NO SIGN POSTED, THEN THERE'LL BE NO CITATION ISSUED. UM, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE ALL THE ISSUES ADDRESSED PRIOR TO ENFORCEMENT. I SAY RIGHT NOW, THE CITATIONS WILL BEGIN IN JULY, WHETHER IT'S JULY 6TH, OR 13TH OR 20TH, IS TO DETERMINED BECAUSE AGAIN, STAFF IS TO CORRECT ALL THE IMPROPER SIGNAGE AND REPOST AREAS THAT NEED TO BE REPOSTED. WE HAVE SOME AREAS THAT ARE, UH, HAVE BECOME OR WILL BECOME ALTERNATING SIDE OF THE STREET. WE HAVE AREAS AROUND THE SCHOOLS WHERE WE'RE REMOVING SIGNAGE SO IT DOESN'T CONFLICT WITH DROP OFF OR PICKUP AREAS. UM, AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THEY'RE ASKED. OBVIOUSLY, WE CAN SPEND, UH, IF YOU WANNA SCHEDULE A MEETING, COME IN, WE CAN TALK IN MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE PROGRAM. BUT IF A CITATION IS ISSUED, YOU DO HAVE APPELLATE RIGHTS. UM, AND THOSE ARE HEARD BY AN INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER. SO THE INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER WOULD, YOU COULD DO IN PERSON, YOU CAN DO IN WRITING. A REVIEW IS CONDUCTED, THEN YOU'D GET YOUR ANSWER THAT WAY. UM, PROBABLY ABOUT 15, 20 YEARS AGO, UH, THE COURTS DECRIMINALIZED, UH, PARKING CITATIONS. THEY'RE NO LONGER HEARD THROUGH THE COURT. ONLY THE THIRD LEVEL APPEAL, WHERE IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE, THE CITY'S FINDINGS, YOU DISAGREE WITH THE INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER'S DECISION. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL TO SUPERIOR COURT IN, UM, DOWNTOWN LA. UM, BUT THE LOCAL HEARINGS THAT USED TO BE HELD AT, UH, WEST COVINA OR EL MONTE COURTS ARE NO LONGER HELD FOR INFRACTIONS OF THE PARKING CITATIONS. I HOPE THAT ANSWERS THOSE QUESTIONS. AS FAR AS, UM, PARKING CITATIONS, HMM. UH, SO CITATIONS ARE HEARD BY AN INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER, SO THE CITY, SO, OKAY. SO INDEPENDENT HEARINGS ARE, CAN EITHER BE DONE BY MAIL, THEY CAN BE DONE BY PHONE, AND THEY [01:20:01] CAN BE DONE IN PERSON. BUT WHAT THE CITY CONTRACTS WITH A COMPANY THAT PROVIDES A DIFFERENT HEARING OFFICER EACH MONTH TO HEAR THE APPEALS AND MAKE AN INDEPENDENT JUDGMENT. THE OFFICERS THAT ISSUE THE CITATIONS ARE NOT IN THE HEARING. THIS IS STRICTLY BETWEEN THE PERSON THAT IS CITED AND THE INDEPENDENT HEARING OFFICER THAT WILL HEAR YOUR ARGUMENT FOR, TO DISMISS THE CITATION. SO, SITTING MANAGER, BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON, YES. 'CAUSE HOLD ON. WAIT, WAIT. ONE MOMENT. UH, WE'RE NOT, UH, WE'RE, YEAH, I'M JUST GONNA ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED. OH, CITY MANAGER. UM, HOLD ON ONE MOMENT. CITY MANAGER. UH, AND, AND THIS IS A REQUEST THAT I WILL PUT IN AT THE VERY END BECAUSE I HAVE, I HAVE SPECIFICALLY MADE THAT, UH, THAT I DO NOT WANNA BURDEN OUR RESIDENTS ONE, AND THAT ALL THIS HAS TO BE PUT IN PLACE. SO WHEN I HAD MADE THAT REQUEST TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE, ALL THE RESIDENTS HERE, IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO ALREADY, TO SEND US THE EMAIL, BECAUSE AS YOU, ME, AS YOU HAVE HEARD, HE, THEY CREATED THE STREETS, UH, THAT ARE IMPACTED, UH, THE STREETS THAT ARE HIGH DENSITY, THE STREETS THAT HAVE SPECIAL, UH, CASES AND SO FORTH, THEY ARE, UH, ALTERNATING SIDES. SO, AGAIN, WHEN I SAY THANK YOU, BUT IF, IF THIS IS GONNA COME TO US ON JULY 7TH, THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY CITATIONS BE GIVEN PRIOR, UM, BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS. THE PROCESS OF THIS, UH, THESE WARNINGS IS TO GET EVERYBODY IN THE LOOP OF KNOW WHAT'S, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, WHAT'S GONNA OCCUR, AND THEN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT IS GIVEN WITH THAT INFORMATION THAT HAS TO BE PRESENTED TO US AND TO BE SHOWN SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING THINGS RIGHT. BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO GET ALL THESE CITATIONS AND RECEIVE A FLOOD OF TRYING TO REMOVE THESE THINGS. UH, SO ONE, IF THAT'S THE DATE OF THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 7TH AND ALL THAT INFORMATION, I EXPECT TO SEE THAT ON HERE WITH ALL THE NEW CHANGES OF WHERE WE KNOW WHICH STREETS ARE THE ALTERNATIVE SITES. AND THEN TWO, THE CITATIONS SHOULD START BE GIVEN ONCE THE STREET SIGNS HAVE BEEN ALREADY POSTED AND FIXED. SO I, AGAIN, WE DO NOT WANNA BURDEN OUR RESIDENTS. WE'RE NOT HERE FOR THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT VERY CLEAR BECAUSE I MADE THAT VERY, VERY CLEAR AT MY LAST PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, UNDER, UNDER UNDERSTOOD. SO AGAIN, I SAID IT WOULD START IN JULY, NOT SPECIFICALLY THE SIXTH. UM, THE IDEA IS TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL ON THE SEVENTH AND WE WILL IDENTIFY, AND WE'LL HAVE THESE FULL SPREADSHEET FOR YOU, OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN REPORTED TO THE CITY, WHAT OUR FIELD INVESTIGATION FOUND, AND WHAT ACTION WAS TAKEN, IF ANY, TO ADDRESS THAT. AND AGAIN, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, TALKING WITH STAFF, UH, FROM OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM, I BELIEVE THE LAST COUNT I HEARD IS THERE WERE ABOUT 300 SIGNS THAT NEED TO BE CHANGED, REPLACED, OR REMOVED. UM, SO THERE IS A LOT OF ACTIVITY AND THERE ARE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS, YES, WE DO NEED TO GO TO ALTERNATING SIDES. UM, BUT ALL THE DATA WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL. AND YEAH, IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA START THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY WITH CITATIONS. UM, THAT'S THE DATE WE'VE TRIED TO TARGET, UM, FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW. BUT AGAIN, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT ALL CORRECTIONS AND ACTIONS ARE TAKEN BEFORE THE ACTUAL ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM BEGINS. AGAIN, WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCEPT REQUESTS AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE. AND EVEN ONCE THE PROGRAM STARTS WITH AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION, UM, AS I, THINGS ARE IDENTIFIED OR ARE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WILL BE REVISITED. UM, AGAIN, IT, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE, EVEN AS WE GIVE OUT WARNING NOTICES, FEEDBACK FROM, UH, OFFICERS IN THE FIELD IS A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE NOT MOVING THEIR CARS 'CAUSE ONE, THE SIGN'S NOT POSTED, SOMETHING'S IN THE CORRECT. AND WE DO HEAR A LOT, OR STAFF IS HEARING A LOT THAT I'LL MOVE MY CAR ONCE THE SIGNS ARE FIXED. SO THE REAL TEST WILL BE, ONCE EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE, EVERYTHING'S FIXED AND CORRECT, WE'LL REALLY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S WORKING AND WHAT'S NOT WORKING. UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE INTENT OF THE WARNING NOTICES IS JUST TO CONTINUE TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS IS THE DAY AND TIME THAT THE SWEEPER'S GONNA BE PASSING YOUR HOUSE UNLESS WE DECIDE, OR IT'S DECIDED TO CHANGE THAT DATE AND TIME. UH, BUT IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS. WE HAVE, UM, PEOPLE ASKED WHILE THE OFFICERS ARE DRIVING AROUND, ARE THEY TAKING NOTES OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED? YES. SO I, IF IT'S ON A TUESDAY, AN OFFICER SEES A SIGN THAT'S MISSING, HE'S NOTING THAT IT'S MISSING, HE COMES BACK THE FOLLOWING WEEK, HE'S STILL NOTING THAT SIGN IS MISSING. SO UNTIL WE CORRECT ALL THOSE OFF OUR PUNCH LIST, YOU KNOW, THERE WOULD BE NO ENFORCEMENT ON THOSE STREETS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THIS WILL BE COMING TO OUR MEETING JULY 7TH. OKAY. THAT'S CORRECT. UH, HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON. NO CITATIONS. NO CITATIONS WILL BE GIVEN OUT. UM, LET ME, UH, IT'S I'LL, I'LL, SORRY. AND ANYTHING FOR THE RESIDENTS, I KNOW WE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY IT'S NOT A DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH, BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND US AN EMAIL AND WE CAN [01:25:01] ADDRESS ALL THOSE, UH, CONCERNS. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTTER? I, I'M NOT, YEAH, WAIT, I'M SORRY. LET LET THE CITY MANAGER, UH, FINISH ALL THE, UH, CHAIRS. ONE SECOND. UH, PLEASE. CITY MANAGER IS, UH, EXPLAINING THE, UM, YEAH, SO I THINK THAT ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS ON THE STREET SWEEPING AGAIN, YOU CAN EMAIL, UH, PERMITS AT WEST COVINA, PERMITS AT WEST COVINA WITH ANY QUESTION CONCERN REGARDING THE PROGRAM. AND THERE'S A STAFF OF PROBABLY FOUR OR FIVE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVESTIGATING EACH AND EVERY REQUEST THAT COMES IN. UM, SHERRY VERMILLION ON YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FIRE STATION, ON, ON THE PLANS FOR THE FIRE STATION, UH, THE CITY HAS SPENT A TOTAL OF $93,000. UM, THE ORIGINAL $800,000 BUDGETED FOR THAT, UM, PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE FIRE STATION WAS ARPA MONEY THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2021. THAT MONEY CAN ONLY BE USED FOR THAT PROJECT AT THIS TIME. WE HAVE NOT MOVED FORWARD WITH, UM, DOING ANY FURTHER THAN THE $93,000 THAT IS SPENT AS WE DO A, UM, FEASIBILITY STUDY, UH, ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CURRENT CONCERNS THAT YOU HAD AND OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE HAD, UH, FROM MOVING IT HERE TO WHAT IT WOULD COST TO REBUILD IT, WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY LOCATED, UH, TO OTHER COMPONENTS. AND LET'S SEE IF I MISSED ANYBODY ON THEIR CONCERNS. OKAY. I BELIEVE THAT'S CONCLUDES MY RESPONSES FOR TONIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. SO I THOUGHT AT, I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BRING THIS BACK AT THIS MEETING DUE TO THE VOLUME OF CALLS CONCERNS. UM, THE REPORT'S NOT COMPLETE. UM, WE HAD TARGETED FOR THIS, BUT THIS MEETING, BUT RESIDENT CONCERNS ARE STILL COMING IN. SO RATHER THAN COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL WITH, WE'VE CONCLUDED OUR GETTING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND ADDRESSING CONCERNS, WE EXTENDED IT 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE STILL CALLING AS WE'RE ISSUING WARNING NOTICES, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE EACH RESIDENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERN AND THAT WE ADEQUATELY ADDRESS IT RATHER THAN CUTTING OFF. SO THEN WHY DON'T WE CREATE A NOTICE THAT SAYS, WE WANT YOUR INPUT. EMAIL THE CITY AND GIVE US YOUR INPUT. NOT GIVE THEM A NOTICE SAYING YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA BE CITED ON THIS STATE. HOW ABOUT RIGHT NOW? WE TELL THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME OR HERE TODAY THAT YOU WILL NOT START ENFORCEMENT ON THAT DATE UNTIL THIS COUNCIL VOTES ON THE ACTION ON THE, THE FIRST MEETING OF JULY. CAN YOU COMMIT TO THAT, TO THE PUBLIC TODAY? THE, THE COUNCIL'S ALREADY VOTED ON THIS ISSUE. UM, AND THAT'S, UH, FROM PREVIOUS MEETINGS ON THE NOTICES, THERE ISN'T A SPECIFIC DATE, UH, CALLED OUT IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA START ENFORCEMENT. IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A WARNING NOTICE. NOTICE THAT LETS THEM KNOW THAT STREET SWEEP ENFORCEMENT WILL IN 30 DAYS. SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU ONE MORE TIME. YOUR NOTICE SAYS JULY 6TH, CAN YOU COMMIT TO THESE RESIDENTS THAT YOU WILL NOT TAKE NO ACTION, NO CITATIONS TO THEIR VEHICLES UNTIL THIS COUNCIL VOTES ON SOMETHING ON THE FIRST MEDIUM OF JULY? I'VE ALREADY SAID THAT WE WEREN'T GONNA BRING, HE SAID THAT. HE ALREADY SAID THAT IN PROM CONTEST. COUNCIL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRING IT BACK. BUT I IS THAT SAYING THAT YOU ARE NOT GONNA CITE THEM THEN? COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ALREADY STATED THAT WE ARE NOT GONNA BE ISSUE ANY CITATIONS UNTIL ALL SIGNS AND ISSUES HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED BY CITY STAFF. AND AS WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY, WE DIDN'T WANT TO CUT OFF AND SAY WE'RE NOT ACCEPTING ANY MORE, UM, REQUESTS OR CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO WE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE AND WE CONTINUE TO ADD TO THIS LIST. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CAPTURE AND ADDRESS ALL RESIDENT CONCERNS IN THE CITY. BUT AS YOU'VE HEARD TONIGHT, I'VE HEARD DIFFERENT PEOPLE SPEAK TONIGHT THAT MAY HAVE NOT VOICED THEIR CONCERN THROUGH EMAIL OR PHONE CALL YET, THOUGH WE WILL CAPTURE THOSE AND WE'LL INVESTIGATE THOSE AS WELL. THE IDEA, AGAIN, WAS TO EXTEND IT A LITTLE BIT SO WE CAN HEAR THE RESIDENTS AND REVISIT ISSUES. UM, IF IT, IT'S STILL A PROBLEM. BUT AS FAR AS THE REPLACEMENT OF SIGNS AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, WE DON'T HAVE A LARGE STAFF HERE AT THE CITY TO DO ALL THAT WORK. SO WITH THE RESOURCES WE HAVE, YES, THINGS HAVE BEEN PUSHED A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT BEFORE ANY ENFORCEMENT BEGINS, THAT ALL ISSUES HAVEN'T BEEN INVESTIGATED, ALL OLD SIGNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED, AND WHATEVER THE CORRECT SIGNS THAT ARE TO BE IN PLACE ARE IN PLACE. THAT INCLUDES MAYBE REMOVING ONE NEW ONES THAT ARE THERE NOW AND REPLACING THEM WITH AN ALTERNATE SIGN BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF OUR ENGINEERING AND OUR PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM. YEAH, AND, AND MY CONCERN IS THAT WHEN, WHEN RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS FOR YEARS NOW, AND, AND WHEN THE CITY FORCES A PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD AT A RAPID PACE, UH, WHERE A CONTRACTOR CHARGES OVER $800,000, I BELIEVE FOR SIGNAGE THAT WAS WRONG AND INSUFFICIENT, WHERE WE COMMIT TO THE RESIDENCE, THAT WE'RE GONNA DO ALTERNATE SCHEDULING, THEN WE BACKTRACK THAT AND NOW ARE ISSUING HIM NOTICES. I HAVE A CONCERN FOR THAT. I HAVE [01:30:01] A CONCERN ON BEHALF OF THE VOTERS I REPRESENT IN DISTRICT ONE AND THE REST OF THE CITY. SO THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, AGAIN, I I WORK AT THE DIRECTION THE COUNCIL IN WHATEVER DIRECTION COUNCIL PROVIDES IS THE WAY STAFF WILL, UH, WORK. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ADDRESSING THE CONCERNS. I ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO SEND THEIR CONCERNS IN. UM, EMAIL IS EASY, THE THE EASIEST FOR US 'CAUSE IT'S ALL IN WRITING AND WE CAN FOLLOW SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE CONCERN IS. BUT AGAIN, I CAN TELL YOU, UM, JUST AS THE REPORT IS BEING BUILT AND THAT WE'RE COMPILING THE DATA, YES, THERE'S SOME VERY VALID CONCERNS OUT THERE. RESIDENTS ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THEY DO NOT HAVE A DRIVEWAY. THEY NEED A PLACE TO PARK. THOSE ARE ALL BEING ADDRESSED. WE RECOGNIZE THAT DURING SCHOOL DROP OFF AND PICKUP TIMES, IT SHOULD NOT BE POSTED ANYTIME FOR STREETS OF BEING 'CAUSE IT'S A PROBLEM. SO WE ARE ADDRESSING PROBABLY CLOSE TO TWO TO 300 REQUESTS, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO A SITE VISIT AND THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATE EACH AND EVERY CONCERN, UM, AND HAVE A, AN ANSWER FOR THAT RESIDENT AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL ON WHAT WE'VE DONE. MY LAST, WE'VE, WE'VE GOT, LAST THING WAS WHAT, WHAT PHONE NUMBER OR EMAIL ADDRESS CAN RESIDENTS EMAIL THEIR CONCERNS TO REGARDING THIS? WE HAVE A DEDICATED EMAIL ADDRESS, PERMITS, PERMITS AT WEST COVINA, PERMITS AT WEST COVINA, AND THAT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM IS ADDRESSING. SO CITY, UM, AND FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS, WE'LL HAVE PLEASE POST THIS ON, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA SO THAT EVERYBODY, THEY CAN SHARE IT TO KNOW WHERE TO SEND, UH, YOUR ADDRESS AND INFORMATION OF THOSE AREAS OR STREETS THAT ARE IMPACTED. AND, UH, PLEASE PUT THAT UP AND PUT THE NOTICE OUT SO THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHERE TO SEND THE EMAILS TO AND THEY SHOULD BE BROUGHT FORTH ON JULY 7TH WITH THE NEW CHANGES WITH THOSE STREETS THAT ARE IMPACTED. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO JUST, UH, THE EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER PLEASE PERMITS@WESTCOVINA.ORG IS THE BEST WAY TO CONTACT GOV, NO.GOV OR.ORG BOTH WORK IT. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THE, YOU, SO PRETTY MUCH ON THE REPORT ON JULY 7TH, WE EXPECT A COMPREHENSIVE REPORT THAT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION AND DETAILS. AND WITH THAT, OF COURSE, WE'LL DEFINITELY SHARE THAT ON, UM, YEAH. WITH THE, THE PUBLIC, CORRECT. SO THE CHANGES ON OUR WEBSITE WITH THE, THE RESOURCES MAP AND THE STREETS WE MAP, UM, IT WILL IDENTIFY THE STREETS THAT ARE ALTERNATING SIDES OF THE STREET, WHETHER WE ADD ONE STREET OR 10 STREETS OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND IF AREAS ARE GONNA BE DIFFERENT DAYS, UM, ALTERNATING SIDES, THAT'LL ALSO BE CAPTURED ON OUR WEBSITE. IT'LL BE IN THE REPORT. AND AGAIN, THIS IS GONNA BE A, A PROCESS FOR A LITTLE WHILE. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU EVERYBODY. MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE, WHO WROTE ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES OR OTHERS IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD WHO HAVE DISABILITIES, I WROTE A COMPREHENSIVE REPLY TO ONE OF THE RESIDENTS. SHE AUTHORIZED ME TO GIVE HER NAME, UH, VIVIAN. AND, AND I, I LAID OUT A COMPREHENSIVE ANSWER AND MY PERSONAL VIEW IS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO, TO SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE DISABILITIES IN, IN, UM, MAKING SURE TO COMPLY WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT. MM-HMM . AND THE REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973. UH, I HAVE PERMISSION TO FORWARD THAT EMAIL, UH, TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SEE IT, BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE. BUT THAT IS JUST TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S MY PERSONAL VIEW ABOUT, UH, HOW I FEEL THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE, WITH APPLICABLE DISABILITY RIGHTS LAW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR CANTOS. UH, PROAM, UH, [CONSENT CALENDAR] WE'LL GO ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR. COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YES. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? UM, I WOULD VOTE NO ON NUMBER ONE, AND THEN I'M GONNA PULL, I, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO PULL? THANK YOU. NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THREE. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? NUMBER FOUR. THREE AND FOUR. YOU'RE PULLING THREE AND FOUR? NO ON ONE. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO PULL AND NO. ON FIVE. NO ON FIVE. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANYTHING? OKAY. SEEING NONE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH NINE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THREE AND FOUR? MOVE THE MOTION [01:35:01] SECOND. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ROLL CALL PLEASE. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONCHOS TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR. AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ VOTING NO ON NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER FIVE, CORRECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, BEFORE I TAKE ROLL CALL, MAYOR, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THE ELEVATOR IS GONNA BE GOING, SO, OH, JUST FYI. OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. COUNCIL MIN WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES. [3) CONSIDERATION OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR TRANSTECH ENGINEERS] OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN THAT I ASKED FOR? OR WHO'S, WHO IS DOING THE REPORT ON THIS? UH, ROBERT ORTEGA. OUR CIP PROJECT MANAGER IS HERE FOR THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE. RIGHT. SO WE DON'T HAVE, UH, THE DOCUMENT I REQUESTED, YOU REQUESTED DOCUMENT ABOUT AN HOUR BEFORE THE MEETING? I DO NOT HAVE THAT. UH, IS ROBERT COMING? ROBERT AND ROBERT ORTEGA AND OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. SO, UH, MY QUESTION IS, UH, WHY ARE WE, UH, WHY DO THEY NEED 620 $600,000? I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. SO YES, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. WE ARE, UH, TONIGHT REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDING OF 620 20 6,000. UM, AND THIS IS TO PAY FOR OUR ENGINEERING SERVICES AS SPECIFIED IN THE STAFF REPORT. PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE REQUEST IS NOT ONLY FROM GENERAL FUND, BUT ALSO FUNDING FROM PROP C AS GAS TAX AS WELL. YEAH. AND SO MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT, UM, THIS IS TECHNICALLY ONE DOUBLE PAGE AND ONE SINGLE PAGE. I THINK, OH, SORRY. NOPE, THAT'S THE WRONG ONE. . OKAY. SO, SO IT'S, IT'S TWO DOUBLE PAGES AND, UH, A SINGLE PAGE. I, I THINK GOING FORWARD, UH, I, I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW, I THINK THE PUBLIC SHOULD KNOW WHAT THESE EXPENSES ARE FOR. I, I DON'T SEE, UH, SPECIFICALLY WHICH PROJECT THIS IS RELATING TO FOR TRANSTECH. I KNOW I UNDERSTAND THIS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES, BUT THIS IS INVOLVE THE FIRE STATION. DOES THIS INVOLVE, I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THAT, BUT THAT'S MY CONCERN. SO, UH, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. DID YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC QUESTION OR DO YOU WANT NOT THAT'S, I MEAN, UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE DETAILS ABOUT WHERE, WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING, SPECIFIC PROJECTS, THEY'RE, SO IT'S A MIXTURE. SO TRANSTECH, WHEN THEY BILL US MONTHLY, IT'S A MIXTURE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING, UM, THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. SO IT CAN BE SEVERAL PROJECTS THEY'RE WORKING ON. IT CAN BE THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON. SO IT'S SEVERAL THINGS. IT'S NOT JUST ONE ITEM. SO WE DON'T KNOW. WELL, IT, IT'S SEVERAL. SO IT'S, IT CAN BE, UM, LIKE THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE, ALL THE, UM, THE WARRANTS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THE TRAFFIC STUDIES. UM, THEY DO A LOT OF REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS THAT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT, THEY CHECK, UM, THEY VERIFY THEIR REQUESTS, BUT ALL THAT IS BEING CHARGED TO THE ENGINEERING. SO IT'S A MIXTURE OF QUITE A FEW THINGS. YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT MAYBE NEXT TIME, UH, THERE'S MORE DETAILS AND THOSE, THOSE, THOSE ARE ATTACHED TO THE PUBLIC AGENDA. BUT THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. OKAY. IS THERE, OH, UH, COUNCILMAN WU. OKAY. UH, SO ON THIS AMENDED, OKAY, TRANSTECH IS, THIS IS, UH, WHAT THE PERIOD OF THAT TIME? IT'S, UH, MONTH TO MONTH. SO THIS IS THREE MONTHS, SIX MONTHS TO ACCUMULATE, UH, THIS AMENDED BUDGET. SO THAT'S, IF I KNOW WE HAVEN'T APPROVED ON THE, THE CONTRACTS, IT'S MONTH TO MONTH. SO THIS IS JUST MONTH TO MONTH, RIGHT? AM I RIGHT? SO SO THE BUDGET MONTH TO MONTH, AND THEN, THEN THIS IS WHAT THE PERIOD OF TIME, CERTAINLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE QUESTION. SO TO, JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ARE ON A MONTH TO MONTH ARRANGEMENT WITH TRANSTECH FOR OUR ENGINEERING SERVICES AS WE HAVE NOT BOUGHT FORTH, UM, AWARDED, AWARDED CONTRACT YET. UM, BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE REQUEST FOR THE 600,000 IS TO PAY FOR, UM, OUR CURRENT EXPENDITURES THROUGH, I BELIEVE THE MONTH OF MARCH OR APRIL TO DATE. SO THIS IS A PROJECTION. SO IT'S A PROJECT, NO, APRIL OR MARCH. THIS IS ALREADY PASSED. YES. IT'S A PROJECTION OF WHAT WE, BASED UPON WHEN THE STAFF REPORT WAS PREPARED. [01:40:01] THIS IS THE ESTIMATED, UM, BUDGET THAT WE WOULD NEED TO CONCLUDE THE, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. SO CITY MANAGER, WHEN WE GOING TO HAVE AN ENGINEER IP COME BACK SO YOU CAN, CAN RECOMMEND IT FOR THE CONTRACT. SO IN THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN, BECAUSE EVERY TIME WE HAVE TO BRING BACK OKAY. AND DUE TO THEY DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT. UH, I'LL HAVE TO CHECK OUR CALENDAR, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S THE SECOND MEETING OF JULY, IF NOT THE SECOND MEETING OF AUGUST, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST. SO IT'S EITHER THE SECOND MEETING OF JULY OR THE SECOND MEETING OF AUGUST OF OUR NEXT TWO MEETINGS. THANK YOU. SO, NO, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IN MEANING IF WE HAVE A CONTRACT AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LIKE THIS DUE TO THIS, BECAUSE THIS MONTH TO MONTH, THIS IS ACTUALLY DUE TO A BUDGETARY CONSTRAINT. MM-HMM . IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE AGREEMENT NOT IN PLACE IS THE FACT THAT WE, WE NEED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS TO PAY FOR THE ENGINEERING SERVICES. SO THE SERVICE RENDER, WE HAVE TO PAY. ABSOLUTELY. SERVICES ARE RENDERED. WE MUST PAY. HOWEVER, NOT UNTIL WE HAVE ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION ARE WE AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. OKAY. AND I AGREE WITH, UH, COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBERS. MAYBE NEXT TIME IF WE HAPPEN AGAIN, MAYBE SOME DETAIL ABOUT PROJECT THIS AND THAT. SO IN THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT THIS GO TO. OKAY. UH, MOVE, MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. MAD MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PROM. CONTOS. UH, THANK YOU. UM, MADAM DIRECTOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR, UM, BEING HERE. I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS. I WANTED TO ASK, WITH THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT, DOES THIS NOW PUT US IN DEFICIT? IF WE AMEND THE BUDGET IN LIGHT OF HOW, HOW PRECARIOUS OUR BUDGET WAS PRIOR WITH THE BUDGET WE ALREADY APPROVED WITH THIS AMENDMENT, DO WE NOW GO INTO DEFICIT IF WE APPROVE THIS? UH, TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, PRO TEMP CONTOS ON THE EXHIBIT A OF THE RESOLUTION, WE DO HAVE, UM, A LISTING OF THE JOURNAL FUND, THE BUDGET, THE AMENDED BUDGET REVENUES, AMENDED BUDGET EXPENDITURES TO DATE. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE APPROVAL OF THIS, OF THIS $361,900 FOR JOURNAL FUND, AND WE ARE PROJECTING A DEFICIT OF 3.2 MILLION FOR THE JOURNAL FUND. MM-HMM . THIS IS A BUDGETARY PROJECTION. AND WHEN I STATE THAT IS BUDGETARY, WE HAVE, WE HAVE TO STILL ANALYZE OUR ACTUAL REVENUES AND ACTUAL EXPENDITURES. SO UPON THAT REVIEW, IT APPEARS THAT OUR EXPENDITURES TO DATE ARE COMING BELOW OUR BUDGET. ON THE FLIP SIDE, REVENUES RIGHT NOW ARE COMING SLIGHTLY BELOW THE REVENUE BUDGET AS WELL. AGAIN, ON THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, THESE ARE MERELY THE AMENDED BUDGETS, NOT THE ACTUAL AMOUNTS. SO AS A SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTION THEN, THEN WHAT YOU, WE'VE ALREADY INCURRED, UH, SERVICE COSTS, WHICH IS WHY WE NEED TO PAY THIS. SO IN TERMS OF OUR PRACTICE, HOW IS IT THAT WE INCUR BUDGETARY EXPENSES WITHOUT ALREADY FIRST HAVING THE MONEY COMMITTED IN THE FIRST PLACE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK AND RETROACTIVELY APPROVE OF PAYING FOR SERVICES THAT WERE ALREADY DONE, THAT WE'VE ALREADY, WE'VE ALREADY, UH, GOTTEN SERVICES FOR IN TERMS OF THE, UM, THE THINGS THAT, THAT TRANSTECH HAS DONE FOR US, EVEN THOUGH WE DIDN'T HAVE A, THE APPROVAL FOR THAT WASN'T FACTORED INTO THE BUDGET THAT WAS GIVEN TO US BEFORE. SO THE BUDGET WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, DUE TO THE VOLUME OF ENGINEERING SERVICES NECESSARY, THAT'S WHY IT, IT SURPASSED OUR APPROVED BUDGET. AND SO IT IS BASED UPON THE VOLUME AND THAT WAS NOT ANTICIPATED. SO IN EFFECT, THE BUDGET THAT WE APPROVED PREVIOUSLY THAT MADE IT LOOK MORE ROS THAN WE WERE ACTUALLY IN LIGHT OF YOUR KNOWING THAT THESE EXPENDITURES WERE ALREADY NEEDED TO BE PAID. UH, NOW IT'S, IT'S PUTTING US IN A POSITION TO HAVE TO, UH, IN, IN, UH, INCUR DEFICIT, UH, SPENDING BECAUSE OF NOW OUR HAVING BEEN OBLIGATED BECAUSE OF THE SERVICES ALREADY HAVING BEEN PROVIDED? THAT'S CORRECT. THE BUDGET, THE ORIGINAL BUDGET WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED, UM, IT WAS ON A PROJECTION BASIS, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PLANNING DOCUMENT. AND THEREFORE WE'RE GOING FROM THE COUNCIL REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CORPORATIONS TO PAY FOR THE SERVICES RUNNING FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. AGAIN, THE ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT WE ARE RECEIVING IN OUR BILLINGS IS DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME THAT INCLUDES ALL THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED. MM-HMM . AS WELL. AGAIN, THIS HAS EXCEEDED THE ADOPTED ENGINEERING SERVICES BUDGET. AND AS A QUICK DETAIL ORIENTED QUESTION, IS THERE, WITHIN THOSE WHO ARE PAID AS ENGINEERS OR WHATEVER CATEGORY AS DR. BASIL MENTIONED, OR ARE, UH, PAID THROUGH ANY OF THESE FUNDS FOR HEALTH HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELATED, UH, EXPENSES, HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELATED EXPENDITURES ARE, UM, PAID OUT OF APA FUNDS. THESE ARE NOT OPERA FUNDS, BUT THERE IS NO, THERE'S NO, UH, PROVISION FOR TRETECH TO, UH, PAY, UH, OUT OUT OF THIS FUNDING OF THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE DESCRIBING TONIGHT THAT WOULD GO FOR HEALTH, HEALTH RELATED, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE [01:45:01] I DIDN'T SEE IT THERE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE. YES. UH, WE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL A FEW MONTHS AGO NOT TO EXPAND ANY FUNDS RELATED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WITHOUT APPROVAL OTHER THAN THE ARPA FUNDS. SO NO, NONE OF THESE, UM, SERVICES RENDERED ARE RELATED TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. IF IT, IF IT EVER WERE THERE, WOULD REPEAT OUT OF ARPA FUNDS. THANK YOU. OKAY. I ALREADY MOVE THE MOTION. THERE'S A MOTION, THERE'S A SECOND ROLL CALL. I HAVE ONE MORE THING TO SAY. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, FOR DR. BEZOS, UH, STIPEND, UH, WHO SENDS THE INVOICES? WE RECEIVE A, THE BILLING FROM TRANSTECH ENGINEERING, TRANSTECH ENGINEERS, THAT'S CORRECT. RUNS OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE RECEIVE THE BILLINGS FROM TRANSTECH ENGINEERING FOR THE SERVICES RENDERED BY DR. BASIL. OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST STATEMENT IS, SO, AND JUST GO TO GO BACK. WHY IS THIS NOT DETAILED? THIS, AN EXAMPLE OF THIS IS LIKE, LET'S JUST SAY, LET'S JUST SAY YOU GOT A BANK STATEMENT FROM YOUR PERSONAL BANK. YES. AND YOUR CREDIT CARD IS 600 AND $600,000. ARE YOU GONNA JUST PAY IT OR ARE YOU GONNA LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT, WHAT WAS CHARGED TO IT? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER HAVE THAT TYPE OF LIMIT. YEAH. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT . SO, AS A METAPHOR NO, I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND. I, I I BELIEVE WE BOTH UNDERSTAND YOUR REQUEST. YEAH. AND I THINK IN THE FUTURE, I'M SURE THE STAFF REPORTS HAVE BECOME MORE, UM, COMPLETE AND INCLUSIVE WITH MORE DETAILS IN THE FUTURE FOR ANY TYPE OF ENGINEERING SERVICES THAT THEY COME FORWARD. YES. THANK YOU, KAREN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAD A FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A CONFIRMATION ON WHO CALLED THE SECOND FIRST? OH, SECOND. THANK YOU. I MOVE THE MOTION. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WA SECOND BY, UM, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR TRANSTECH ENGINEERING COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? NO. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES [4) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES ] ONTO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. IS, UH, IS CHER HERE TO PRESENT? I SEE. I'M IN THE AUDIENCE. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, AND IF I CANNOT, I WILL HAVE ASSISTANCE FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. GREAT. SO IS AL ALTER HERE TO PRESENT? I'M HERE TO, I HAVE A QUESTION TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. GREAT. WHATEVER I CANNOT ANSWER. UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE ASSISTING ME. GREAT. SO BCH ULTRA, WE DO HAVE A LAWYER FROM BCH ULTRA HERE THEN, RIGHT? I BELIEVE SHE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE SO. LET ME, I HAVE THE FLOOR. UH, SO, OKAY. SO, UM, SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO I KNOW JONES AND MEYER, UH, I BELIEVE YOU, UH, THE FIRM HAS GONE THROUGH A RFP? UH, I BELIEVE SO. RIGHT? UH, MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ANSWER THAT. I BELIEVE YOUR FIRM DID GO THROUGH AN RFP PROCESS IN THE BEGINNING, RIGHT? OR SOMETHING BACK IN THE DAY. BACK IN THE DAY. I THINK 20 13, 20 14, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T, AND, AND, AND MAYBE THIS IS YOUR QUESTION OR WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT. UM, DID BALD CULTURE EVER GO THROUGH A RFP OR AN RFQ PROCESS? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. UM, DID I DO BELIEVE THOUGH, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID AUTHORIZE, UM, THE CITY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH BULK CULTURE AS BEING OUR, UM, COUNSEL? I BELIEVE WE GOT THE DIRECTION WE WERE DOING ONE OF THE INVESTIGATIONS, THE REQUEST WAS TO HAVE AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS THEN DETERMINED TO BE BULL CULTURE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS, UH, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS ON THE, UH, COUNCIL DID VOTE ON THAT TO RETAIN THEM. YEAH. SO, UM, OKAY. SO, BUT, UH, AND I DON'T THINK I VOTED FOR THAT FOR HIM. UH, SO, BUT, UM, SO BOLT HOLTER HAS NEVER GONE THROUGH AN RFP OR AN RFQ PROCESS THEN? NOT FOR THE CITY OF WEST, MY KNOWLEDGE. GREAT. HAS LIBERTY CASSIDY WHITMORE EVER GONE THROUGH AN RFP OR AN RFQ PROCESS? UM, DURING MY PERIOD OF TIME, I DON'T RECALL. HOW ABOUT JAMELE EMPLOYMENT LAW? JAMELE WAS APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL WHEN THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED US TO GO FOR AN OUTSIDE COUNSEL AND ANY OTHER RELATED FIRMS. AND, AND DID THEY HAVE TO GO, DID SHE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A RFP OR AN RFQ PROCESS? WE DID NOT GO THROUGH AN RFP NOR RFQ PROCESS FOR JAMELE. HOW ABOUT JL GROUP? L-L-C-J-L GROUP? UM, WE UTILIZED THAT FIRM FOR OUR BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS. AND THEN I SEE A CHARGE FROM PLANTE AND MORRAN, PILC FOR 17,500. UH, WAS THERE A REPORT DONE THAT WAS ALSO, UM, AUTHORIZED BY THE COUNCIL WHEN WE WERE DOING THE COUNCIL INVESTIGATION TO HIRE OUTSIDE FIRMS? SO THE, THERE'S A CHARGE OF 17,500. SO WAS THERE A REPORT DONE? I'M SURE IT WAS. I, I BELIEVE SO. [01:50:01] THERE IS A REPORT DONE BY PATON MORRAN? I, I BELIEVE SO. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M HEARING ABOUT THIS. I'M NOT PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION. I'M SORRY. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? UH, UH, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. WHY IS THE FINANCIAL, UH, FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION REPORT CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET? THAT SHOULD BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, JUST LIKE YOU DID THE OTHER JAMALI REPORT, YOU KNOW? AND I'M NOT BLAMING YOU, KAREN, BUT I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. UH, SO, OKAY. AND WE MOVE ON. HOW ABOUT COLE HUBBER, LLP? DID THEY EVER GO THROUGH AN RFP OR AN RFQ PROCESS? SO COLE HUBBER, UM, THEY ARE A FIRM THAT WE USE FOR THE COUNTY OF LA MEASURE A. OKAY. YES. AND THEN HOW ABOUT WHO, WHO'S NANCY BO? UH, NANCY BO IS OUR LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT. WE USE HER AS WELL FOR A BACKGROUND, INVESTIGATIONS OR ANY, UH, EXAMS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, BUT IT'S RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT. AND, AND DID THE CITY EVER GO THROUGH AN RFP OR AN RFQ PROCESS TO HIRE HER? UM, DURING MY TIME I DID, NO, PRIOR TO ME, I, I CANNOT ANSWER. OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW. THANK YOU. UH, DID ANY OTHER COUNSEL HAS A QUESTION? I ACTUALLY DO. UM, AND THESE ARE ALL LEGAL LAWSUITS, CORRECT? I'M SORRY. THESE, THESE ARE ALL FOR LEGAL LAWSUITS? UM, THEY'RE FOR LEGAL LAWSUITS ARE FOR LEGAL SERVICES BEING RENDERED. OKAY. MAJORITY OF THESE LEGAL SERVICES ARE FOR WHAT? UM, I CAN KINDA GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW IF I MAY. SURE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SO IN TABLE ONE OF THE STAFF REPORT, I'M JUST GONNA SURMISE THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE LEGAL SERVICES FOR GENERAL. UM, THIS IS ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE MONTH OF APRIL. IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 178,000 FOR LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES IS 164,000 FOR LITIGATION SLASH COUNSEL INVESTIGATION, APPROXIMATELY 736,000 LITIGATION, 315,000. AND THE, UH, CITY ATTORNEY'S RETAINER IS 507,000. SO IN TOTAL IT IS APPROXIMATELY 1.9 MILLION. OKAY. UM, AND I KNOW SINCE IT'S COUNCIL, I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS OUT, OUT OF ALL THE LAWSUITS THAT, UM, COUNCIL MCG GUTIERREZ SLASH JOHN DOE HAS DONE DURING, UH, LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CITY, HOW MANY MOTIONS, CLAIMS LITIGATION HAS HE DONE AGAINST THE CITY AND HOW MUCH IS IT COSTING US PAYING TO DEAL WITH THAT? SO, UM, AS FAR AS LITIGATION EXPENSES RELATED TO COUNCIL, UM, IF, IF I MAY, I COULD BREAK IT DOWN IN THIS FASHION. SO FOR, UM, LITIGATION COUNSEL THROUGH THE MONTH OF MAY, APPROXIMATELY 826,000, UM, THAT IS FOR LITIGATION MATTERS. THAT IS NOT INCLUDING THE COUNCIL INVESTIGATION, AND THAT IS THROUGH BULL CULTURE. NOW, AGAIN, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT SOME OTHER FIRMS, UM, INCLUDING ELLI, PLANT AND MORON. UH, THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL COSTS. SO WHEN WE INCLUDE, UM, THOSE JAMALI AND PLANT MORON, THAT IS NOT RELATED TO LITIGATION, THAT WAS REFERRED TO THE INVESTIGATION, IF I MAY SEPARATE THE TWO. OKAY. SO IT'S, SO FAR IT COST IS $826,000. HOW MUCH, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS STILL CONTINUING ON A LAWSUIT COUNCIL AGAINST THE CITY, HOW MUCH COULD IT GO? ARE WE LOOKING AT MILLION TWO MILLIONS UP? WELL, SO I CAN GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. I JUST RECEIVED THE MONTHLY BILLING FROM MAY FROM BO CULTURE, AND THAT INCLUDED A LITIGATION IN TOTALITY OF ABOUT 131,000. AND THAT WAS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY. SO UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T KNOW, UM, HOW MUCH IT COULD EXTEND TO BE. I WILL TELL YOU THIS, UH, I WILL INFORM THE COUNSEL THAT, UM, BY THE END OF AUGUST, I WILL BE BACK ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR LEGAL SERVICES. SO THIS IS ALL TAKEN OUT OF OUR GENERAL FUND, CORRECT? THIS IS UNFORTUNATELY, YES, I'M SORRY. YES, IT IS FROM OUR GENERAL FUND. SO WITH THESE LAWSUITS, HOW DOES IT IMPACT OUR OPERATION WITH THE CITY AND WHAT IS IT, HOW IS IT HURTING THE CITY? BECAUSE WE ARE DOING ALL THESE LAWSUITS, UH, FOR REGARDING ONE COUNCILMAN, WELL, TWO FOR ONE, SORRY. JOHN DOE AND COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, WHO'S THE SAME. DON'T FORGET YOUR LAWSUITS TOO. WELL, SO JUST IN GENERAL. UM, OH YEAH, HE'S SUING MY, ME AND THE CITY MANAGER. OH, THE, THE $5 MILLION YOU PAID OUT. GO AHEAD, PLEASE. IN, IN GENERAL, UM, THESE COSTS FOR THESE LEGAL SERVICES ARE, UM, AS I STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT CONSIDERABLY HIGHER THAN THE PAST. AND, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING IS COMING FROM GENERAL FUND, I HAVE NO OTHER REVENUE SOURCES THAT CAN COVER THIS. THIS IS DAMPERING OUR ABILITIES TO PROVIDE OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE UTILIZING GENERAL FUND. SO YES. AND I SEE, UH, CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD. YES, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. THE, THE COSTS ARE VERY HIGH, AND SINCE ALL THIS IS COMING OUT OF GENERAL FUND, [01:55:02] IF THESE COSTS CONTINUE AT THE RATE THEY'RE GOING, WE'LL PROBABLY BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL PROBABLY MID-YEAR. UM, DISCUSSING, UM, WHAT PROGRAM CUTS NEED TO BE MADE, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH SENIOR PROGRAMS, YOUTH PROGRAMS, UM, STAFFING LEVELS IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. UM, IT'S UNSUSTAINABLE AT THIS RATE, UH, TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL AT SOME POINT ASKING, UM, WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO AS FAR AS THIS IMPACT TO THE GENERAL FUND WHERE WE CAN MAKE CUTS. WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER REVENUE SOURCE TO OFFSET THESE COSTS. UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, MAYOR. OKAY. AND, AND I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHY IS THE ATTORNEY BILL IS SO HIGH. OKAY. SOUND LIKE, OKAY. MAYBE, UH, WHAT COMPANY IS THIS? TER BO CULTURE RO ROGER SCOTT'S HERE FROM TER TO ADDRESS. YEAH. WOULD YOU PLEASE KIND OF EXPLAIN TO WHY IT WILL COST ALMOST LIKE 800 TO MILLION DOLLARS JUST WITH, UH, UH, A CITY COUNCIL SUING THE CITY AND SU INDIVIDUALLY, AND NOW ANOTHER LAWSUIT FILED FOR SUING THE MAYOR AND CITY, UH, MANAGER. SO IT SOUND LIKE IT'S GOING TO ACCUMULATE MORE OUR GENERAL FIRM. SURE. SO CAN YOU TELL US WHY THE BILL AND THE PROJECTION, UH, WHEN WE BEGAN? BECAUSE WE REALLY DON'T WANT THE CITY GO DOWN BELOW. UH, ATTORNEY FEE. ATTORNEY FEE CAN BE VERY SCARY. SO AS FAR AS A PROJECTION, I DON'T KNOW THAT I HAVE A SPECIFIC NUMBER FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. UM, AS, UH, MS. OGA WAS SAYING, WE KNOW WHAT'S BEEN BILLED IN THE PAST, I CAN TELL YOU THAT FEDERAL LITIGATION, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEEN FILED BY JOHN DOE AGAINST THE CITY RIGHT NOW, TYPICALLY LASTS APPROXIMATELY 18 MONTHS. UH, IT CAN BE MORE, IT CAN BE LESS DEPENDING ON WHAT'S GOING ON. UM, SO A AS WAS NOTED, WE SPENT ABOUT A LITTLE OVER $800,000 TO DATE THIS YEAR IN THE FIRST, UH, SIX MONTHS OR FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, CAN YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIC JUST IN CASE THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS ? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT PROJECTION IS GOING TO BE LINEAR GOING FORWARD, BUT IT GIVES YOU SOME IDEA OF WHAT MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR. UM, THERE WAS A, A QUESTION OR A COMMENT ABOUT KIND OF THE BREAKDOWN BETWEEN THE MATTERS. UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING RIGHT NOW, THE AMOUNT THAT WAS SPENT OUTTA THAT 826,000 OR SO, UH, THAT WAS BASED ON DEFENDING THE LITIGATION THAT WAS BROUGHT BY JOHN DOE, IS APPROXIMATELY $582,000. I'M AWARE THAT THERE'S A SEPARATE LITIGATION THAT THE CITY FILED AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ BY COMPARISON. UH, YEAR TO DATE, THAT'S APPROXIMATELY $34,990. TO GIVE YOU AN APPROXIMATION OF WHAT THAT IS. UM, AND YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY WAS WHY IS THIS SO HIGH? UM, SINCE THIS CASE WAS REMOVED, UH, THE DOE VERSUS CITY CASE WAS REMOVED TO FEDERAL COURT IN MARCH. JOHN DOE HAS FILED, UM, APPROXIMATELY 4,000 PAGES OF DOCUMENTS WITH THE FEDERAL COURT. UM, HE'S MADE, I THINK OVER 170 SEPARATE DOCUMENTS FILED. UM, SO EACH ONE OF THOSE REQUIRES OUR FIRM TO READ THEM, REVIEW THEM. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. ANY, I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR COUNSEL, I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. YOU DO NOT HAVE THE POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? GO AHEAD, PLEASE ASK MR. SCOTT IF HE'S WAIVING PRIVILEGE BY SPEAKING ABOUT A CASE. I WANT TO KNOW THAT ON THE RECORD. NO, NO PRIVILEGES WAIVE. I'M SPEAKING ABOUT WHAT PUBLICLY FILED RECORDS ON THE DOCKET. OKAY. IF YOU LOOK AT THE, BUT YOU'RE ALSO THE, THIS IS ALL, THIS IS ALL PUBLIC RECORD, BUT YOU'RE ALSO THE LAWYER. OKAY. CAN YOU CON CAN YOU CONTINUE PLEASE? I, I THINK THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE ANSWER THAT I HAD TO COUNCIL MEMBER W'S QUESTION. SO, SO THE REASON WE CURRENTLY CALL CT IS THE $800,000 BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT, THE FIRING THE MOTION, THE, THE 4,000 DOCUMENT YOU GUYS HAVE TO REVIEW. AND, UH, SO IN EVERY TIME YOU RECEIVE A EMAIL FROM FROM JOHN DOE, THEN YOU GUYS HAVE TO REVIEW IT. AND THAT'S WHY IT ACCUMULATE THE COST TO THE CD. I MEAN, EMAILS, I THINK WOULD BE A SMALL PORTION OF IT. I WOULD LOOK MORE AT WHAT'S FILED ON THE FEDERAL DOCKET TO SEE THE VOLUME OF DOCUMENTS FILED. SO BASICALLY THE FILE TO THE COURT. OKAY. ALL THOSE DOCUMENT, YOU GUYS HAVE TO REVIEW IT PAGE TO PAGE AND LET'S ACCUMULATE THE COST TO THE CITY. THAT'S CORRECT. SO IF, IF, UH, THIS OKAY. DOCUMENT CONTINUE TO ADD ON, THEN MORE MEANING MORE COSTS WILL COST THE CITY TO PAY FOR YOUR SERVICE. THAT'S A BROAD QUESTION, BUT AS A GENERAL MATTER, YES. THE MORE DOCUMENTS THAT GET FILED, THE, THE MORE BILLS GET ACCUMULATED. AND, AND HOW ABOUT THE NEW LAWSUIT FILED WAS ESTIMATION WILL CALL CT DUE TO CT F TO DEFEND THE CITY AND THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER? JUST TO CLARIFY THAT IT WAS NOT A NEW LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED BY JOHN DOE. JOHN DOE AMENDED HIS EXISTING LAWSUIT TO ADD ADDITIONAL DEFENDANTS. UM, AND [02:00:01] I THINK AS WAS REPORTED OUT OF CLOSED SESSION TODAY, THE CITY VOTED TODAY, UM, THAT THE CITY WILL DEFEND AND INDEMNIFY THE TWO INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE SUED, WHICH ARE MAYOR LOPEZ, VITO, AND, UH, THE CITY, THE CITY MANAGER, MILAN RACKAGE. SO THE SUING FOR THE TITLE OR THE SUING THE PERSONNEL. THEY HAVE N UH, JOHN DOE HAS NAMED THE INDIVIDUALS PERSONALLY. UM, BUT BASED ON THE ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE IN THE PUBLICLY FILED COMPLAINT, IT APPEARS THAT THEY'RE BEING SUED FOR ACTS THAT WERE UNDERTAKEN IN THEIR CAPACITY AS MAYOR AND CITY CA GOT IT. MANAGER RESPECTIVELY. SO MEANING, UH, THE COURSE WILL CONTINUE TO ADD ON WITH ALL THESE AMENDED NEW LAWSUIT, SUE, FOR THE, UH, CITY MANAGERS AND THE CITY AND THE MAYOR, UH, I CAN'T PREDICT HOW MUCH COST IS GONNA BE ALLOCATED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE AMENDED COMPLAINT, BUT YOU, AGAIN, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE MORE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FILED. SO MORE WORK HAS TO BE DONE. WELL, JUST UTOPIAS LEAVING THE HAPPY LAND. IF, UH, UH, MR. DOE OKAY. DISMISSED THE CASE, THEN WE DON'T ACCUMULATE OR ANY CALLS ANYMORE. UH, I WOULD HA I WOULD BE SPECULATING. BUT IN THAT, IN THAT UTOPIA, YES. IF A CASE IS DISMISSED, THEN THE LITIGATION STOPPED. SO THE COURT WILL STOP IF, UH, THE CASE DISMISS. CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WORST CASE SCENARIO, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WORST CASE, LIKE UP TO, UH, MADAM MAYOR? RESPECTFULLY. I, I, THAT WOULD BE TOO SPECULATIVE FOR ME TO ANSWER. OKAY. UH, COUNT. OH, UH, MAYOR, OH, OKAY. I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS, HOW MUCH DID IT COST, UH, THE TAXPAYERS FOR THE LARRY WHITHORN CASE IN LITIGATION THAT YOUR FIRM REPRESENTED? I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? I WASN'T INVOLVED IN THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER THAT. YOUR FIRM DID REPRESENT THE CITY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. UM, HOW ABOUT, UH, THE MARK TAYLOR CASE? HOW MUCH DID THAT COST TO TAXPAYERS? AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PRESENT LITIGATION. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE PAST LITIGATION. NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BILLS. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT PRESENT LITIGATION. 'CAUSE IF WE'RE GONNA GO OFF LITIGATION, THEN WE'RE VIOLATING THE BROWN ACT. SO WE'RE GOING OFF OF YOUR BILLS. SO I THINK THEIR QUESTIONS ARE RELATING TO YOUR BILLS. UM, IS THAT UNDER THIS AGENDA ITEM? YEP. WELL, WELL, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR OR COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, THIS IS A BILL FOR, FOR THE, UH, JOHN DOE CASE AND THE INVESTIGATION, THE, THE, THE WHITHORN AND THE TAYLOR YOU ASKED FOR, I BELIEVE, UM, INITIALLY BEST BESS AND KRIEGER REPRESENTED US, AND THEN BALTER ENDED UP REPRESENTING US. SO THAT WAS A, A WHILE AGO. AND THAT'S NOT BEFORE YOU, RIGHT NOW. BEFORE YOU LEMME UPDATE MY QUESTION. YEAH. SO, UH, LET ME UPDATE THE QUESTION. UH, HOW MUCH HAS IT COSTED OUR CITY IN THIS BILL TO REPRESENT THE CITY? AGAIN, A LITIGATION THAT, UH, VINCENT CAPELLI FILED FORMER FIRE CHIEF VINCENT CABALI. VINCENT CAPAL. VINCENT CAPELLI FILED A INTIMIDATION AND I BELIEVE HARASSMENT LAWSUIT, UH, CLAIMING THAT I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER TONY WU ENGAGED IN, IN CONDUCT THAT WAS RETALIATORY, THAT GOT HIM FIRED. AND I, AND I THINK I EVEN REMEMBER BEING IN ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS WHERE, UH, HE'S DIRECTING THE FORMER CITY MANAGER TO FIRE HIM. BUT THAT'S A DIFFERENT SUBJECT. BUT, UH, HOW MUCH HAS THAT COST TO THE TAXPAYERS IN THIS BILL? COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, AND I'LL LET MS. OGAWA CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE BILLS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THROUGH MAY. UM, AND THE BREAKDOWN THAT I'VE GIVEN, UH, HAD TO DO WITH THE OVERSIGHT OF THE INVESTIGATION, UH, THE ANTICIPATION OF LITIGATION BASED ON LITIGATION THAT MIGHT BE BROUGHT AGAINST, UH, MR. GUTIERREZ OR BROUGHT, BROUGHT BY MR. DOE AND THE DEFENSE OF, UH, DEFENSE AND PROSECUTION OF THOSE SPECIFIC MATTERS. CAPELLI WAS FILED RELATIVELY RECENTLY. THERE HAVE BEEN VERY LITTLE FEES EXPENDED TO DATE ON THAT. SO THIS STAT WE'RE DISCUSSING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS SUBJECT CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES. YEAH. AND THIS IS THE CURRENT, HE JUST ASK A QUESTION ABOUT BOTH ALTER. SO I, I'M ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT BOLT ALTER TWO, IS IT RELATED TO THIS AGENDA ITEM? WHERE DOES IT SAY JOHN DOE ON HERE? THAT, THAT YOU GET TO, IF, IF YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK ON OFF SUBJECT, WHY AM I NOT ALLOWED? WHAT DOES IT SAY? JOHN DOE ON HERE. THIS IS NOT OFF SUBJECT. MAYOR LOPEZ, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE CURRENT THE PAID GO AHEAD HONOR. MAYOR, WHERE DOES IT SAY JOHN DOE ON HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JOHN ROAD. WE RETAINED BUCKHALTER TO DEFEND THE CITY AGAINST JOHN DOE. SO, AND VINCENT CAPELLI. RIGHT. UM, AND VINCENT CAPELLI. OKAY, SO LET'S NOT BE BIASED HERE. LET'S, LET'S BE FACTUAL. I DON'T, I DON'T, THERE MIGHT BE SOME, HOLD ON, BRIAN. THERE MIGHT BE SOME AMOUNT. KAREN, WITH RESPECT TO CAPELLI, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU, YOU IS, IS THAT IN THIS OR NOT? I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS. UH, YES, AS FAR AS THE, UH, LITIGATION COSTS, LEGAL SERVICES RENDER DUE TO THE CAPELLI, I DON'T HAVE THAT BREAKDOWN WITH ME. I'M SORRY. I DID THE BREAKDOWN BY THE CATEGORY OR THE ACTIVITIES THAT REPORTED OUT ON THE STAFF REPORT. YEAH. SO MAYBE NEXT TIME WE COULD HAVE SOME MORE ACCURATE NUMBERS HERE. UH, BECAUSE MY NUMBERS ARE ACCURATE, SIR. NO, [02:05:01] NO, NOT YOU. SORRY. LEMME CLARIFY THAT MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SOME MORE ACCURATE NUMBERS IN, IN, IN LIKE THE, THE DETAILS, ALL THE, ALL THE, ALL THE EXPENSES RELATING TO BUG ALTER OR LCW OR, OR, OR JONES AND MEYER. UH, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ONE CASE, BUT IN REALITY, THEY'RE REPRESENTING OUR CITY IN MULTIPLE CASES. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. SO, UM, AND, AND SO, UH, AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UH, HOPEFULLY, UH, WE COULD MOVE FORWARD ONE DAY AND, AND SAY, UH, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY ACT AND, AND STOP, UH, RETALIATING AGAINST OFFICIALS WHO ARE NOT PART OF THAT ACT. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR ARE YOU, YOU'RE SO, AND I'M NOT REFERRING TO MAYOR CONTOS EITHER, SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO INSTIGATE OVER THERE, BUT, UM, SHE'S NOT, SHE'S NOT. YEAH. OKAY. HE SAID I'M NOT, UM, SO, UH, AND SO MY, MY, UM, MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT, AND, UH, THIS LITIGATION WAS A HISTORY OF RETALIATORY BEHAVIOR, BECAUSE ONCE I STARTED QUESTIONING, UH, I THINK THERE WAS, UH, AND I BELIEVE IS WHEN, UH, THAT JOHN DOE STARTED QUESTIONING, UH, EXPENSES RELATING TO A MOON FESTIVAL, WHERE OVER 102, UH, OVER, UH, UH, HOW MUCH WAS IT OVER? I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, TWO, IT WAS, IT 2 2 1 180 $5,000. AND THEN WE HAD 120, 100, I THINK IT WAS 140 AROUND THERE. YEAH. 120, 140. AND THEN YOU HAD 187,000 IN INVOICES TO A BOARD MEMBER OF, OF RURAL LIGHTING WHO SITS ON THAT SAME FOUNDATION. AND, AND RIGHT AFTER, UH, THOSE ISSUES, UH, AND ALSO ADDRESSING UNDER CONFLICTS, UH, THE CITY TOOK RETALIATORY STEPS. UH, AND, AND SO I THINK JOHN DOE HAD A, AN OBLIGATION TO PROTECT THE VOTERS WHO ELECTED HIM TO OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE IN THIS CITY HALL. AND, AND I BELIEVE, UH, THAT'S THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT A JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS. SO THAT'S WHY I GOTTA SAY THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. SO, UM, REFERRING TO THIS $874,000, HOW MUCH IS RELATED TO THE LAWSUITS OF JOHN DOE? UH, SPECIFICALLY, OR JUST IN AGGREGATE? UM, I HAVE IT IN AGGREGATE, IF I MAY, FOR THE 874 THAT'S RELATED TO THE CASE THAT'S IN QUESTION HERE. SO THE 874,000 OR 875,000 I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE AMOUNT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN EXPENDED THROUGH TO BULL CULTURE. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO THE BREAKDOWN FOR A BULL CULTURE FOR THE 874,000, IT WAS, UM, INVESTIGATION WAS ABOUT, THIS IS THROUGH APRIL, THAT'S IN THE STAFFER REPORT. RIGHT. SO IT WAS ABOUT 28,000 WAS FOR THE COUNCIL INVESTIGATION, AND THE LITIGATION COST WAS ABOUT 624,000. OKAY. AND THAT'S JUST FOR, JUST FOR THOSE TWO CASES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT BULK CULTURE ARE ALSO PROVIDED AS SERVICES FOR OUR OTHER TYPE OF, LIKE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AS WELL. OKAY. TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, THOSE ARE THE TWO, SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY $600,000 JUST BASED ON THE JOHN DOE CASE, JUST FOR THE BOOK HALTER. OKAY. AND, AND THAT'S JUST FROM APRIL, THAT'S JUST THROUGH APRIL? YES. CORRECT. AND SO, AND, AND I DO HAVE MAYS. AND YOU HAVE MAYS? YES. OKAY. SO NOW, UM, UM, I'M SORRY, COUNSEL, ROGER . UM, SO NOW HOW LONG DO YOU SAY THAT IT'LL PROBABLY TAKE TO TAKE THIS CASE? FEDERAL? I, I CAN'T PREDICT SPECIFICALLY. GENERALLY SPEAKING, A FILED FEDERAL ACTION TAKES ABOUT 18 MONTHS FROM START TO FINISH, BUT IT, IT CAN BE LONGER AND CAN BE SHORTER, DEPENDING. SO WHAT'S THE LONGEST THEY CAN TAKE ON A DIFFICULT CASE? UH, I, I MEAN, LOOK, I'VE BEEN ON CASES AND I, THEY WERE NOT CASES LIKE THIS ONE, BUT I MEAN, I HAVE SEEN CASES THAT HAVE GONE ON FOR A DECADE. THIS ONE I SERIOUSLY DOUBT WOULD GO ON FOR A DECADE, BUT YOU'VE ASKED ME WHAT THE LONGEST IS, THEY CAN GO ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. BUT I, HERE, I WOULD EXPECT THIS TO BE IN THE REALM OF AVERAGE. UM, WHICH THE SHORT END IS 12 MONTHS. THE LONG END IS USUALLY 24 MONTHS FOR A CASE LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY I SAY 18 TO JUST TEND TO BE AVERAGE. SO I WOULD THANK YOU HEAD ON THE OUTSIDE TWO YEARS. THANK YOU. UM, I, I REALLY HAVE A CONCERN WHAT THE EXPENSES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE INCURRING AND, UM, I WOULD HOPE THAT OUR COUNCIL OR THIS JOHN DOE PERSON WOULD CONSIDER DROPPING HIS CASE IF THERE'S NO CASE THERE. UM, I JUST, UH, I, I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT HOW IT'S GONNA AFFECT OUR CITY, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR RESIDENTS THAT THEY SO MUCH ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT IN THE FIRST DISTRICT. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR BUDGET. I MEAN, AND, AND IF IT CONTINUES LIKE THIS, I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE US BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS WITH ALL THE PROJECTS [02:10:01] WE WANNA DO, ALL THE SUMMER PROJECTS, WE WANNA DO THE SENIORS THAT NEED, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ASSISTANCE. I I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THIS. AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS AND I HOPE THAT, UM, I HOPE WE CAN OVERCOME THIS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. THANK YOU. AND THEN ALL THE, 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS ON ONGOING LITIGATION. OUT OF THE, UH, PAST COURT CASES THAT JUST OCCURRED WITH JOHN DOE AGAINST THE CITY, WHAT WAS THE RESULTS? AND DID THE COURT SHOW ANYTHING WRONG? ANY WRONGDOING BY THE CITY, OR WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME? ARE WE GONNA TALK CASE FURTHER OF THE PAST? OKAY, GREAT. THE COURT CASE, 'CAUSE WE WON AND NOT LEAST END THAT. SO I, I THINK MADAM MAYOR, UH, JUST TO GET SOME DEFINITION AROUND THIS, THERE IS ONE COURT CASE THAT HAS BEEN FILED BY JOHN DOE AGAINST THE CITY WITHIN A COURT CASE. THERE MAY BE DIFFERENT MOTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SIMILARLY, THERE'S ONE COURT CASE FILED BY THE CITY AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. WITHIN THAT, THERE MAY BE VARIOUS MOTION PRACTICE. UM, SO I, I'M NOT HOW MANY MOTIONS, ROUGHLY, BECAUSE EVERY MOTION WE HAVE TO BRING IN YOU TO THE COURT, IT I KNOW. SUBPOENA THE STAFF AND SO FORTH. RIGHT. HOW MANY MOTIONS HAVE THERE BEEN SO FAR IN THE, I'M, I'M GOING OFF MY BEST RECOLLECTION. CAN YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO THE MIC, PLEASE? SURE. UH, GOING OFF MY BEST RECOLLECTION IN THE DOE VERSUS CITY CASE, SINCE IT WAS FILED, THERE WAS TWO EX PARTE APPLICATIONS FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS AT THE STATE COURT LEVEL. THERE WAS ANOTHER EX PARTE APPLICATION THAT WERE BOTH RULED ON AND DENIED. UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER EX PARTE APPLICATION AT THE FEDERAL COURT LEVEL THAT WAS RULED ON AND DENIED. UM, THERE IS CURRENTLY A PENDING MOTION, UH, TO RECONSIDER THE DENIAL OF THE TRO, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RULED ON. THERE'S A PENDING MOTION TO DISQUALIFY MY FIRM, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RULED ON. UH, THERE WAS A MOTION FILED BY JOHN DOE, UH, RELATED TO HIM PROCEEDING UNDER A PSEUDONYM, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN RULED ON. I THINK THE COURT STRUCK IT, AND JOHN DOE HAS SAID THAT HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO REFILE THAT THAT'S IN THE FEDERAL CASE, UH, THAT OR WHAT'S CURRENTLY A FEDERAL CASE BETWEEN JOHN DOE AND THE CITY WITH THE, THE CITY AND MR. GUTIERREZ REGARDING THE PUBLIC RECORDS ACT CASE. UM, THERE WAS A DEMUR, WHICH IS A CHALLENGE TO THE PLEADING, WHICH WAS HEARD AND DENIED. THERE'S CURRENTLY A PENDING MOTION TO RECONSIDER THAT DENIAL OF THE DEMUR THAT WON'T BE HEARD UNTIL SEPTEMBER. UM, THERE WAS, UH, THERE ARE TWO MOTIONS SCHEDULED FOR HEARING THIS COMING THURSDAY IN TWO DAYS, UH, WHICH HAVEN'T BEEN HEARD YET. SO THERE HAVEN'T BEEN ANY RULINGS ON THAT. UH, JOHN, DO YOUR SURE. KEEPS YOU BUSY, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S RACKING UP THE PRICES. UM, OKAY. UH, MADAM MAYOR. OKAY, GO AHEAD. MAYOR PRO PROAM CONTOS, I'D LIKE TO STEP BACK FROM THIS JUST FOR A, JUST FOR A MOMENT TO JUST THINKING AS A RESIDENT, WATCHING ALL OF THIS WITH THE LITIGATION COSTS AND EVERYTHING, AND I, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THERE WOULD BE AN OFF RAMP TO ALL OF THIS. UH, THERE'S CLAIM COUNTERCLAIM SO FORTH, THIS, THIS LITIGATION AMONG COUNSEL. IT'S JUST UNPRECEDENTED. AND AS A RESIDENT AND AS A MEMBER OF THIS COUNCIL, TRYING TO LOOK AT HOW WE SPEND OUR MONEY, I WOULD RATHER THAT WE SPEND 860,000 PLUS OR WHATEVER IT IS. I'D RATHER THAT WE SPEND IT ON SENIOR PROGRAMS AND ROADS AND PARKS AND RECREATION AND, AND YOUTH SPORTS AND INNOVATIVE PROGRAMS AND, AND SUPPORT FOR, FOR PET OWNERS AND FOR, THERE'S ALL SORTS OF OTHER THINGS. SO I'D LIKE, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE BECAUSE OF THE LITIGATION STANCE IN THE NAME OF CIVIL RIGHTS. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE, WE'RE SPENDING MONEY IN FIGHTING, BUT AS WE SPEND THAT MONEY, THAT EVERY DOLLAR THAT, THAT GETS SUCKED OUT OF OUR TREASURY, IT JUST LEADS TO MORE FIGHTING, WHICH MEANS WE HAVE DEPLETED RESOURCES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE SOON MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE REALLY TOUGH DECISIONS THAT COULD AFFECT THE EMPLOYMENT OF OUR STAFF. THIS IS REALLY ANGERING, IT'S REALLY ANGERING THAT, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING. I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO ASK WHAT, AND, AND IT'S UP TO WHICHEVER, WHOEVER, WHAT WOULD BE AN OFF-RAMP TO DOING ALL OF THIS? BECAUSE FRANKLY, I'M THE ONLY ONES WHO WIN ARE THOSE WHO, WHO GET TO BILL US FOR ALL OF THIS. UM, AND WE NEED, WE NEED SUPPORT. WE, WE NEED TO, WHENEVER OUR CITY IS SUED, WE, WE HAVE TO HAVE A QUALITY COUNCIL, BUT [02:15:01] FOR US TO BE SUED THIS WAY, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S UNIMAGINABLE. I, I, I JUST, I WORRY ABOUT HOW THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE. THEN THERE'S, I MEAN, IT WAS, I REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, UM, ROGER, HOW YOU, HOW YOU, YOU, YOU DESCRIBED THE DIFFERENT PROCESSES THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH REGA WITH REGARD TO THESE CASES. BUT STEPPING BACK EVEN FROM THAT, WHERE'S THE OFF RAMP TO THIS? JUST MORE MOTIONS AND, AND MORE COUNTERCLAIMS AND, AND MORE, I MEAN, IT, IT'S JUST BECAUSE THERE'S LITIGATION ON OTHER MATTERS DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT MAKES THIS RIGHT EITHER. I MEAN, I MEAN, I, I'M JUST EAGER TO HEAR, I'D LIKE TO LEARN FROM COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND WHOEVER JOHN DOE IS, I, OR, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW DO WE, HOW DO WE GET OFF OF THIS TRAJECTORY? BECAUSE I HAVE SO MANY THINGS AS DO OUR COLLEAGUES AND AS DOES THE COUNCIL MEMBER FROM DISTRICT ONE. WE ALL HAVE PROJECTS WE WANNA DO, BUT I'M WATCHING MONTH AFTER MONTH, THE MONEY JUST GETTING SUCKED OUT OF THE TREASURY IN ADDITION TO THE LITIGATION THAT WE ALREADY HAVE FROM OTHER MATTERS. BUT FOR THIS TO COME FROM WITHIN LIKE THIS, IT'S, I MEAN, WE CAN TALK FOREVER ABOUT HOW THE PEOPLE OF EACH OF OUR DISTRICTS ELECTED US TO HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE. WELL, WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN FRONT OF THIS ENTIRE CITY, AND OTHERS WHO TUNE INTO THIS TO ALL OF THIS, IS WE'RE WATCHING OUR MONEY BE DRAINED MONTH AFTER MONTH, DAY AFTER DAY THROUGH LITIGATION. I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW AND WHERE WOULD THE OFF RAMP BE? IS THERE, IS A MEDIATION POSSIBLE BY THE PARTIES? IS IT POSSIBLE TO JUST COME OFF OF THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO SPENDING THAT MONEY IN OTHER PLACES INSTEAD OF JUST FOR ATTORNEYS? I MEAN, NO OFFENSE. I MEAN, I'M AN ATTORNEY TOO, , YOU KNOW, , BUT I DON'T WANT MONEY JUST SPENT LIKE THIS. THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE ALL HAVE THAT, THAT AS, AS I'M HEARING THESE NUMBERS, I'M WORRYING, OH MY GOSH, HOW ARE WE GOING TO, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET DONE AND SPENT THE MONEY THAT OUR TAXPAYERS HAVE GIVEN US AND ENTRUSTED US WITH WHERE WE SPEND ON LITIGATION AND ON TOP OF THAT, FOR IT TO BE LITIGATION IN THE NAME OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN A MATTER THAT COSTS THE, THE TAXPAYERS ALL SORTS OF MONEY. I MEAN, I'M, I'M ALREADY LOST AS TO WHAT THIS IS ALL ULTIMATELY FOR. I MEAN, I'M SURE THERE MUST BE A REASON, BUT WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THERE TO BE AN OFF-RAMP? SO WE STOP SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY? WHAT IS IT THAT THE PERSON ULTIMATELY WANTS? WHAT DO THEY WANT? AND HOW DO WE GET OFF OF THIS THING? BECAUSE I JUST, I CRINGE AT THE THOUGHT OF OUR NEEDING TO COME BACK SIX MONTHS LATER AND SPEND ANOTHER X NUMBER, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OR A MILLION DOLLARS OR WHATEVER THE NUMBER MIGHT BE. THAT MONEY DESERVES TO BE SPENT ON OUR RESIDENCE AND NOT ON LITIGATION. THIS IS ANGERING TO ME. WE HAVE TAXPAYERS WHO ARE HERE THROUGHOUT THIS CITY WHO HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD AND WHO WOULD RATHER HAVE THEIR TAXPAYERS SPENT FOR THEM. AND INSTEAD, WE HAVE TO PAY LITIGATION COSTS. THIS IS MADDENING. THEY'RE ALL, ALL OF US HERE WHO, WHO ARE, WHO ARE EITHER PROPERTY OWNERS OR WHO PAY INTO THE CITY, OR WHO DO WHATEVER. ALL OF THIS IS BEING SUCKED BY INTO, INTO ALL OF THIS, THROUGH LITIGATION. WHERE DO WE GET OFF OF THIS? BECAUSE I'M TELLING YOU FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT I HEAR, PEOPLE ARE REALLY ANGRY, NOT ONLY WITH STREET SWEEPING, BUT ALSO WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH HOW OUR MONEY IS BEING JUST DRAINED IN LITIGATION. HOW DO WE GET OFF OF THIS? THIS ALSO SAYS NOTHING ABOUT THE RISK THAT WE POSE. IF WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE HIGH RISK TO THE JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, WHAT IF THEY DROP US FOR ALL OF THIS? THEN WE HAVE TO SHOULDER ALL THESE COSTS ALONE BECAUSE OF REPRESENTING AN EXCESSIVE COST TO THEM. IF WE LOOK LIKE IT'S HARD TO ENSURE, UH, UH, US BECAUSE OF ALL OF THIS LITIGATION, ALL OF THIS DRAMA, THEN WHO'S GOING TO WANT TO INSURE US? THIS HAS MAJOR IMPLICATIONS. SO HOW THE HECK DO WE GET OFF OF THIS? THIS IS ANGRY TO KEEP. I I JUST, THIS IS MAKING ME JUST ABSOLUTELY LOSE MY MIND OVER THIS. WE NEED TO KNOW, AND I, I REALLY DEMAND TO KNOW WHERE, HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET OFF OF THIS? HOW ARE WE GOING TO STOP THIS ENDLESS LITIGATION BECAUSE IT IS COSTING OUR TAXPAYERS. I'M GONNA BE REALLY EVEN MORE ANGRY IF WE HAVE TO CUT EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD OUR TO PAY FOR OUR HARDWORKING STAFF WHO'VE BEEN LOYAL TO US FOR DECADES IN SOME CASES. HOW IS IT FAIR TO THEM? HOW IS IT FAIR TO THE SENIOR CITIZENS WHO DEPEND ON US TO THE KIDS WHO HAVE YOUTH PROGRAMS TO THE RECREATION AND PARKS TO OUR ROADS? HOW IS IT FAIR FOR ALL OF THEM TO HAVE TO WATCH ALL OF THIS? THAT'S WHAT I WANNA KNOW THE ANSWER TO. THANK YOU, MAYOR PROTE CONTOS. YEAH. UM, COUNCIL, THAT ALL OF YOU, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, DISCUSSING YOU GUYS. WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION. [02:20:01] WELL, DIAZ HAS A, UM, MAYOR PROM, UM, CONTOS. I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU TALK TO JOHN DOE OR BRIAN BRIAN GUTIERREZ, AND ASK HIM, BECAUSE AS YOU'RE TALKING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE VERY PASSIONATE IN HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE CITY, ASK HIM AS HE'S SMILING AND LAUGHING OVER THERE. ORDER PLEASE. IT'S QUESTION, QUESTION ORDER PLEASE. ORDER. WAIT TOO LONG. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. OKAY. I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. AND THE, OKAY, UH, THE, WE GOT THE GPIA INSURANCE. I KNOW THE PREVIOUS, UM, OKAY. LAWSUIT. WE COVERED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND THE, THE DEDUCTIBLE. WE CD HAVE TO PAY A MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE ATTORNEY FEE, ET CETERA. ANYTHING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS AND COVERED BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND REGARDING THE CASE AND, UH, REGARDING THE TAYLOR CASE. OKAY. AND, UH, I THINK THAT THE BASICALLY CD PAY UP TO A MILLION DOLLARS. SO HOW ABOUT THIS NEW LAWSUIT, UH, FOUND. JOHN DOE, IS THAT COVERED BY OUR INSURANCE COMPANY? WELL, UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE SELF-INSURANCE RETENTION AND, UM, WITH CAL JPI, CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, OUR AGREEMENT IS THAT WE COVER THE FIRST MILLION DOLLARS. SO THAT IS BASICALLY OUR, UH, TENTION AMOUNT. ANYTHING OVER AND ABOVE THAT WILL GO THROUGH THE INSURANCE POLICY. AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT TIERS FOR THAT, AND DEPENDING UPON THE ARRANGEMENTS, SO, SO, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, IS THAT OKAY? UH, ANYTHING ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR FOR THE GENERAL SUING? THE CITY IS SUING THE TWO INDIVIDUAL. WERE LEFT COVERED BY THE JPIA. YEAH, SO, SO MADAM MAYOR, UH, TYPICALLY JPA COVERS LIABILITY CLAIMS, RIGHT? LIABILITY CLAIM. THIS WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED A LIABILITY CLAIM LIABILITY LIKE YOU, WE WE HEARD EARLIER. UM, SO ALL THIS WOULD BE AUTO ACCIDENTS. WE CAN LOOK INTO THAT. WE CAN, WE CAN ADDRESS IT WITH JPA AND SEE IF THEY'RE WILLING. BUT, UM, OTHERWISE THIS WOULD BE OPEN GENERAL FUND. YES, IT WOULD BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY. OKAY. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE AMENDMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES? SO, MOVE. I'LL SECOND. THERE'S A, A MOTION FIRST AND A SECOND ROLL CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, I JUST WANNA BRIEFLY SAY SOMETHING, UM, JUST TO RESPOND BRIEFLY TO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER DIAZ'S COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE CASE IN GENERAL. SO HOPEFULLY GOING FORWARD, UH, UH, CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL RECORDS CAN BE LEAKED THROUGH YOUR HUSBAND AGAIN AND BLAMING JERRY TRICS OF HER PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST THAT SHE NEVER GOT. SO, NO. OKAY. THAT WAS A NO NO, HE SAID, OR NO, ALREADY. OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T HEAR HIM. NO. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ VIDO AYE. MOTION PASSES ONTO [10) CONSIDERATION OF A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, ZONE CHANGE, PRECISE PLAN, TENTATIVE TRACT MAP, AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 232-UNIT RESIDENTIAL PROJECT LOCATED AT 1501 W. DEL NORTE STREET ] ITEM NUMBER 10 FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATION OF A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT ZONE CHANGE PRECISE PLAN, TENTATIVE TRACK MAP TO REMOVE REMOVAL PERMIT AND ADOPTION OF A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 232 UNIT RESIDENTIAL PROJECT LOCATED AT 15 0 1 WEST DEL NORTE STREET. THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSIST OF A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ONE PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ONE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NUMBER 25 DASH 10 TENTATIVE TRACK MAP NUMBER 0 0 4 6 1 8. AND A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 34 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES AND 198 ATTACHED TOWN HOMES FOR A TOTAL OF 232 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 5 0 1 WEST DEL NORTE AVENUE. WILL THE CITY CLERK VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN. MAYOR. OKAY, SO AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PRECISE PLAN, THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, THE ZONE CHANGE, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT, AND THE TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. UM, THEY'LL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT, THEN WE SHALL HEAR FOR THOSE IN FAVOR AND THEN OPPOSE. FINALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE A REBUTTAL TO ANY TESTIMONY RECEIVED IN THE OPPOSITION. UM, [02:25:01] MS. UH, MILAN IS WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ART CERVANTES IS HERE, AND ALSO OUR CONSULTANT, JEFF ANDERSON, IS ALSO HERE TO PRESENT THE REPORT. UH, THANK YOU MILAN. UH, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ARTURO CERVANTES AND I'M THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. TONIGHT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT AT THE DELL NORTE SCHOOL SITE, LOCATED AT 1 5 0 1 WEST DEL NORTE STREET. THE PROPOSED PROJECT REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING, A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE DE DESIGNATION FROM CIVIC SCHOOLS TO NEIGHBORHOOD MEDIUM DENSITY AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, A ZONE CHANGE TO ALLOW THE CHANGE, UM, TO ALLOW THE CHANGE OF ZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R ONE TO SPECIFIC PLAN NUMBER 33 DEL ILLINOIS TEST, PACIFIC PLAN AND OPEN SPACE. A PRECISE PLAN TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE 232 UNITS, A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP TO ALLOW THE SUBDIVISION OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE SALE OF THOSE UNITS, AND A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE REMOVAL OF ONE SIGNIFICANT TREE FROM THE PROPERTY. THE SIZE OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS 13.62 ACRES. IT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF DEL NORTHEAST STREET AND NORA AVENUE SURROUNDING USES INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON THE SOUTH AND WEST OPEN SPACE OF THE NORTH AND OFFICE IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ALONG THE EAST. THE SUBJECT SITE IS ABUTS A DEL NORTE PARK ON THE NORTH. A PORTION OF THE SITE OF THE, ON THE EAST SIDE ABUTS A PARKS, TENNIS COURTS. THE SITE WAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS AN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL UNTIL 1989. MORE RECENTLY, IT WAS USED AS A REGIONAL OCCUPATIONAL PROGRAM TECHNICAL CENTER. WHEN THE CENTER RELOCATED THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH MMLC HOLDINGS TO SELL THE PROPERTY. THE PROJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY IMPROVED WITH SCHOOL BUILDINGS, PARKING LOTS, OPEN SPACE, AND BASEBALL FIELDS. THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL WOULD DEVELOP THE SITE WITH 232 RESIDENTIAL MARKET RATE UNITS. THE UNITS WOULD CONSIST OF TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THREE STORY TOWN HOMES. EACH UNIT WOULD INCLUDE A TWO CAR GARAGE. SOME OF THEM WOULD BE, UH, WOULD INCLUDE TANDEM PARKING. THE SITE WOULD INCLUDE 62 GUEST PARKING SPACES, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR A TOTAL OF 526, UH, PARKING SPACES ON THE SITE. THERE WILL BE A COMMON AREA LOCATED IN THE CENTER OF THE PROJECT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A SWIMMING POOL AND OTHER AMENITIES. DEL NOR DEL NORTE STREET WILL BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SO THAT IT CONNECTS TO SUNSET AVENUE. IT'LL PROVIDE ADDED STREET PARKING ALONG THAT EXTENSION THAT, UH, THAT, THAT EXTENSION WILL ALSO BE DEDICATED TO THE, TO THE CITY FOR, UH, STREET PURPOSES. THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED A PROJECT TWICE SINCE THE FIRST PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING. THE CURRENT PROPOSED PLAN ELIMINATED FOUR STORY UNITS, SO THAT THE PROJECT WILL INCLUDE ONLY TWO AND THREE STORY UNITS. THE, THE REVISED PROPOSAL ALSO REDUCES UNITS TO UNDER 20, UH, PER ACRE AND LOWERED THE BUILDING HEIGHT TO A 38 FOOT MAXIMUM. THE REVISED PROPOSAL DE DECREASED THE AMOUNT OF UNITS TO 232 UNITS AND PROVIDES FOR 1.45 ACRE DEDICATION OF LAND TO THE CITY. THE DEDICATION ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS CURRENTLY HAS A, A LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELD THAT WOULD BECOME PART OF THE DEL NORTE PARK. THE AMOUNT OF OPEN SPACE INCREASED FROM 115,000 SQUARE FEET TO OVER 208,000 SQUARE FEET. THIS INCLUDES THE, UH, PARK DEDICATION. THE TOTAL, UM, LAND THAT WILL BE DEVELOPED IS 11.74 ACRES. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS 13.62. THE DEDICATION TO XTEND DEL NORTE STREET TO SUNSET AVENUE REDUCES THE SIZE TO 13 POINT 19 ACRES WITH THE PARK DEDICATION OF 1.45 ACRES. THE RESULTING, UH, SITE COMES DOWN TO 11.74 ACRES, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED WITH HOUSING. THE SITE PLAN WILL BE CONFIGURED SO THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UH, FRONTING THE STREETS OF DEL NORTE AND NORA NORA AVENUE, UM, ARE, ARE DETACHED. THE MULTIFAMILY HOMES WILL, WILL BE LOCATED IN THE NORTH, CENTRAL AND EASTERN PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO THE PARK AND TO THE OFFICE. USE THE PARK DEDICATION WOULD BE IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE. THE SITE WILL HAVE TWO POINTS OF VEHICULAR ACCESS, ONE ON DEL NORTH STREET AND ONE ON NORA AVENUE. VEHICLES WOULD ACCESS GARAGES AND GUESS PARKING THROUGH A SYSTEM OF INTERNAL DRIVE LANES, ALL OF WHICH COMPLY WITH FIRE REGULATIONS. THE NORTH AND EAST SETBACKS ARE A MINIMUM OF 10 FEET IN WIDTH. WALKWAYS OR PRESALES WITHIN DEV WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD PROVIDE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO ALL THE INTERIOR UNITS. THERE ARE TWO PLAN TYPES FOR [02:30:01] THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES AND THREE PLAN TYPES FOR THE TOWN HOMES. IN ADDITION, THERE ARE TWO ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. WE'VE PREPARED SLICE FOR EACH TYPE. WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM FAIRLY QUICKLY. UM, THERE ARE SOME MERIT PLANS, WHICH WE WON'T ADDRESS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN ESSENCE THE SAME. JUST FLIPPED. THIS HERE IS A FLOOR PLAN FOR PLAN 3, 2, 2, 2 SINGLE FAMILY UNIT, WHICH IS, UH, A LITTLE OVER 1600 SQUARE FEET AND HAS AND HAS, UH, THREE BEDROOMS AND 2.5 BATHROOMS. THIS IS A PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN FOR, UH, PLAN 3, 5 2 2, APPROXIMATELY 1,950 SQUARE, UH, SQUARE FEET, FOUR BEDROOMS, THREE AND A HALF BATHROOMS. HERE IS THE FLOOR PLAN, UH, FOR FLOOR PLAN, ONE FOR TOWN HOMES, 1,220 SQUARE FEET, TWO BEDROOMS, 2.5 BATHROOMS. THIS HERE IS, UH, FLOOR PLAN, UH, TWO FOR TOWN HOME PLAN 2 1470 SQUARE FEET, THREE BEDROOMS, THREE BATHROOMS. THIS IS THE FLOOR PLAN FOR TOWN HOME PLAN. 7 1750 SQUARE FEET, FOUR BEDROOMS, FOUR BATHROOMS. NOW HERE ARE THE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES PROPOSED AT THE END OF ROWS OF BUILDINGS. THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO PROVIDE ENHANCED ELEVATIONS WITH EXTRA TREATMENT AND DETAILS TO PROVIDE INTEREST ON THE, ON THE ELEVATIONS FACING THE PARK AND LOCATIONS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE ARCHITECTURAL STYLES. THIS ONE HERE IS THE SEASIDE STYLE FOR PLAN 3, 2, 2, 2. THIS PLAN HERE IS, UH, THE SPANISH STYLE PLAN FOR 3 2, 2 2 AS WELL. THAT HAS A BUILDING HEIGHT OF 24 FEET AND TWO INCHES. THIS IS A SEASIDE STYLE PLAN FOR 3 5 2 2. THIS IS THE SPANISH STYLE ELEVATIONS, AND THE NEXT FEW ARE ELEVATIONS FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY TOWN HOME UNITS. THIS IS THE SEA SEASIDE STYLE FOR THE FOURPLEX, THE SEASIDE STYLE FOR THE SIXPLEX, THE SPANISH STYLE FOR THE FOURPLEX, BECAUSE THIS ONE, AND THIS IS THE SPANISH STYLE FOR THE SIXPLEX. UM, THIS HERE IS THE PLEX. WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY. UH, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE PLANS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE UNDER, UM, CURRENT PROJECTS. UH, STAFF UPLOADED THESE IMMEDIATELY AS, UH, WE RECEIVED THEM FROM THE APPLICANT. ONE OF THE COMMENTS DURING OUR PUBLIC HEARING AT PLANNING COMMISSION WAS THAT PEOPLE WANTED TO GET THESE PLANS ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CITY DID. UM, SO WE MADE SURE TO UPLOAD THOSE, THOSE THESE HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR MONTHS. SO HERE'S, UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PARKING. EACH ATTACHED AND DETACHED UNIT HAS A TWO CAR GARAGE. OF THE 232 GARAGES PROVIDED 150 ARE SIDE BY SIDE TWO CAR GARAGES. 77 OF THEM ARE TANDEM GARAGES. A TOTAL OF 464 PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED IN THE GARAGES. A TOTAL OF 62 GUEST PARKING SPACES ARE ALSO PROVIDED. THIS IS A TOTAL OF 526 PARKING SPACES FOR THE UNITS THAT BREAKS DOWN TO APPROXIMATELY 2.27 SPACES PER UNIT. IN ADDITION, THE DETACHED HOMES WILL HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT ALLOW FOR TWO CAR, UM, FOR TWO CARS TO PARK, ALLOWING FOR AN ADDITIONAL 68 PARKING SPACES. STREET PARKING IS ALLOWED ON THE SURROUNDING STREETS IN THE NEWLY DEVELOPED PORTION OF DELL NORTH STREET. 1111 PARKING SPACES WILL BE CREATED ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET. SOME INFORMATION ON THE SITE DESIGN WALLS AND FENCES WILL BE INSTALLED FOR THE PROJECT. FENCING WILL BE INSTALLED. WERE ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, SOLID WALLS AND FENCES ALONG THE EAST SIDE, THREE FOOT WALLS AND THREE FOOT TUBULAR FENCING ON MOST OF THE NORTH SIDE AND ADJACENT TO THE BALL FIELD. FENCES WOULD ALSO BE INSTALLED AROUND, AROUND THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE PROJECT. UM, AND TO THE BALL FIELD OUTFIELD. A CONDITION HAS BEEN INCLUDED THAT THE HOA WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR, FOR INSTALLING NETTING TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS, VEHICLES AND UNITS. COMMON OPEN SPACE WOULD BE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE LARGEST BEING THE CENTRAL OPEN SPACE, 21,000 SQUARE FEET INCLU. THAT INCLUDES A SWIMMING POOL AND OTHER AMENITIES. OTHER OPEN SPACE AREAS INCLUDE THE YARDS OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES, UH, PASSELS BETWEEN THE UNITS AND OTHER OPEN SPACES AROUND THE UNITS. A TRACK MAP WOULD BE RECORDED TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR THE SALE OF THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND FOR THE AIR RIGHT SUBDIVISION OF THE UNITS. THIS HERE'S, UH, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPE PLAN. ITS, UH, INTENT IS TO DISTRIBUTE LANDSCAPE THROUGHOUT THE SITE. HERE'S A COMPARISON OF SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENTS THAT OCCURRED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. UM, IN PARTICULARLY THE DEVELOPMENT ON PIONEER AND ON VINCENT. UM, THOSE PROJECTS WERE APPROVED IN 2021. UH, THE PIONEER PROJECT WAS [02:35:01] A LITTLE OVER NINE. ACRES HAD 158 UNITS FOR DENSITY OF, UH, 17.3. UM, THAT PROVIDED 450 PARKING SPACES, 99 GUEST PARKING, UH, AND HAD A CENTRAL OPEN SPACE OF 10,400 SQUARE FEET. THE VINCENT DEVELOPMENT WAS A LITTLE OVER EIGHT ACRES. 119 UNITS THAT BREAKS DOWN TO 14.8 UNITS PER ACRE PROVIDED 285 PARKING SPACES AND 47 PARKING SPACES FOR GUEST PARKING. THAT'S A PARKING RATIO OF APPROXIMATELY 2.39. CENTRAL OPEN SPACE FOR THAT WAS 85 78. THE DEL NORTE, AGAIN, IS 11.74 ACRES. 232 UNITS BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT 19.76 UNITS PER ACRE. A TOTAL PARKING OF FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX SIXTY TWO OF THOSE WILL BE GUEST PARKING BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT 2.27 UNITS PER ACRE, UM, CENTRAL OPEN SPACE OF 21,000 SQUARE FEET. ONE THING TO NOTE HERE IS, AGAIN, BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, THE INITIAL, UM, UH, PRESENTATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WE DECIDED TO, WELL, WE REQUEST IT FROM THE APPLICANT TO INCREASE, UM, THE NOTICING RADIUS TO A THOUSAND UH, FEET AROUND THE PROPERTY. SO WE ENDED UP SENDING A LITTLE OVER 700 NOTICES, UH, FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RENA. SINCE 1969, THE STATE HAS REQUIRED ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PLAN FOR THE HOUSING NEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THE PROCESS STARTS WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OR CITY DETERMINING HOW MUCH HOUSING IS NEEDED. EACH CITY IN CALIFORNIA IS THEN REQUIRED TO ADOPT HOUSING ELEMENT, A HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH INDICATES HOW THE CITY WILL MEET THEIR ASSIGNED LOCAL HOUSING NEEDS. THE HOUSING NEED IS SPECIFIED IN DIFFERENT RANGES OF HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, INCLUDING VERY LOW, LOW, MODERATE, AND ABOVE MODERATE OR MARKET RATE. WEST COVINO WAS ASSIGNED FIFTY THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY SIX UNITS. THIS IS WITHIN THE TIMEFRAME OF, UM, OCTOBER, 2021 THROUGH 2029. WE HAVE TO, UM, FIND LOCATIONS TO DEVELOP THOSE, THOSE UNITS. AND AS YOU CAN TELL BY THIS TABLE, UM, WE'VE COMPLETED, UH, 511 UNITS. UM, THANKS. IN PART TO THOSE TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE MENTIONED EARLIER. AS PART OF TONIGHT'S APPLICATION, A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT IS RE, IS REQUIRED. UM, THEY'RE SUBMITTING FOR ONE, WHICH WILL BE GRANTED AS PART OF THIS, AS THIS APPLICATION. THAT TREE PERMIT IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT TREE ON THE SITE. UM, IT IS A COAST LIVE OAK LOCATED ALONG DOWN NORTH THE STREET BETWEEN THE EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDINGS. FIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS WERE HELD BY THE APPLICANT TO ALLOW FOR COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE, BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE PUBLIC. THREE, PRIOR TO THE FIRST HEARING IN 2025 AND TWO IN 2026, ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP DURING THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS INCLUDED TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION, GUEST PARKING ONSITE AND ALONG NORTH NORA AVENUE AND WEST EL, NORTH STREET GATES AND FENCING. PRICE ESTIMATES FOR THE UNITS AND LACK OF AFFORDABILITY, THE PROPOSED TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND WHY HIGH-END HOMES WERE NOT PROPOSED WHEN HOMES WOULD, WHEN HOMES WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND AN INTEREST LIST, UH, FOR SIGNUP, IF ITEMS FROM THE SCHOOL WOULD BE DONATED BEFORE THE DEMOLITION, IF REMOVING THE FIELD FROM THE LITTLE, UH, IF REMOVING THE FIELD LIMITED, UM, ACCESS TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND HOW THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE PARK, UM, IF THE DEDICATION OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE PARK, UH, WAS GRANTED AND HOW THE EXISTING DOG PARK OR HAVING THE EXISTING DOG PARK REMAIN. ALSO. UM, IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PROPOSAL FOR THE, A PROPOSAL FOR THE HOMEOWNERS, UH, TO UTILIZE THE POOL AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT AMENITIES FOR THE DENSITY AT THE SITE. IT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED THE, UH, POLICE IMPACTS THE REQUIREMENT FOR IMPACT FEES, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CALCULATING THOSE IMPACT FEES AND CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 28TH, 2026. NINE INDIVIDUALS SPOKE THREE IN FAVOR AND SIX IN OPPOSITION. THOSE IN FAVOR SPOKE ABOUT THE REDUCTION IN UNITS, THE DEDICATION OF THE BALL FIELD AREA, AND THE FEES THE CITY WOULD RECEIVE. THOSE IN OPPOSITION SPOKE ABOUT TRAFFIC, PARKING, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, DENSITY OF THE PROJECT, THE NUMBER OF UNITS, THE NEED FOR MORE OPEN SPACE, THAT MONEY FROM THE PROJECT SHOULD BE USED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THE BALL FIELD IS IN. POOR CONDITIONS, THAT THE PROPOSED BUILDING SHOULD HAVE MORE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S PROCESS TO SELL THE LAND PLANNING. COMMISSIONER CHAIR HAS SET UP MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT. RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROJECT WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT SHE ADDED. COMMISSIONER HANG, PROVIDED THE SECOND THE MOTION WAS PASSED THREE TO ONE WITH VICE CHAIR LEWIS VOTING, NO COMMISSIONER CASTANO BEING ABSENT [02:40:01] THE RECOMMENDED. SO THE MOTION PASSED THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WERE ADDED, INCLUDING REVISING CONDITIONS REGARDING CCNRS TO CLARIFY THAT GARAGES MUST BE USED TO PARK VEHICLES FOR, UM, FOR THEIR OWNERS, UH, THAT THE BALL FIELD BE DEDICATED IN AN IMPROVED CONDITION, UM, AND THAT IN AN IMPROVED AND SAFE CONDITION, THAT THE SITE INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF GUEST PARKING THAT THE APPLICANT ADDRESSED TRAFFIC ISSUES FROM WORK AND A WORKMAN AVENUE ON SUNSET AVENUE, THAT THE PROJECT INCLUDE THE INSTALLATION OF A SIDEWALK ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEL NOR STREET FROM NORA TO SUNSET, AND THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE, UH, ADDITIONAL UTILITIES OUTSIDE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. ALONG SUNSET, THE PROJECT WAS REVIEWED PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACTOR SEQL. THE ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED BY RING CONE CONSULTANTS. WE'RE GONNA TURN THE MIC OVER TO RING CONE CONSULTANTS, UM, TO GIVE US, UH, SOME INFORMATION ON THE SE QL PROCESS AND FINDINGS. MA'AM, MAYOR, GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL. UH, MY NAME IS JOHN MORLAND, REPRESENTING RCON CONSULTANTS WHO CONDUCTED THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR THE PROJECT. PURSUANT TO STATE LAW AND THE CITY'S SQL GUIDELINES, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT, UH, NEEDED AN, AN INITIAL STUDY, MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION OR I, SM AND D. THIS SLIDE SHOWS A PROCESS FOR THE IISM AND D. UM, FIRST RING COM PREPARED THE I, M AND D. UH, THEN THE CITY RELEASED THE ISM AND D FOR PUBLIC REVIEW. ON OCTOBER 25TH, 2025, THE CITY RELEASED THE I SM AND D FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, UH, EXTENDING IT BEYOND ITS REQUIRED 30 DAY NOTIFICATION PERIOD THROUGH DECEMBER 1ST TO ACCOUNT FOR THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY, THEN RECOM RESPONDED TO COMMENTS AND PREPARE THE FINAL I, M AND D. THE IM AND D IS PART OF THE PROJECT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. SLIDE PLEASE. SQL GUIDELINES INCLUDE 20 DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS RANGING FROM AESTHETICS TO WILDFIRE. IN OUR REVIEW, THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANCE IMPACT COULD OCCUR, NEEDING MITIGATION, AND ALL OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. UH, AREAS. THE PROPOSED PROJECT FOUND THAT TO HAVE EITHER NO IMPACT OR A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITHOUT THE NEED FOR MITIGATION. THE SIX DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AREAS INCLUDE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY HAZARDS AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, NOISE AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES. THE MITIGATION MEASURES INCLUDED AVOIDING NESTING BIRDS PROCEDURES FOR UNANTICIPATED DISCOVERY OF CULTURAL PALEONTOLOGICAL OR TRIBAL RESOURCES. TESTING EXISTING, UH, BUILDINGS FOR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS PRIOR TO DEMOLITION, CONDUCTING A PHASE ONE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND INSTALLING NOISE BARRIERS DURING CONSTRUCTION, AS WELL AS RESTRICTIONS ON CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT AND RETAINING A NATIVE AMERICAN MONITOR. PRIOR TO GRADING SLIDE, PLEASE. WHEN THE ISM AND D WAS RELEASED FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, THE CITY RECEIVED TWO COMMENTS ON THE IM AND D ONE FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT AND THE OTHER FROM CALTRANS. THE SANITATION DISTRICT COMMENTS WERE INFORMATIONAL, WHEREAS, UH, CALTRANS COMMENTS INCLUDE REQUEST TO STUDY QUEUING AND MULTIMODAL CONFLICTS. A RESPONSE TO COMMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND IS ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT. THE COMMENTS DID NOT REQUIRE ANY REVISIONS TO THE ISM AND D SLIDE, PLEASE. SINCE THE PUBLIC REVIEW OF THE ISM AND D, THE UH, APPLICANT, UM, HAS MODIFIED THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNITS FROM 282 TO 232. UM, AS A DEPUTY DIRECTOR RESPONSE HAS MENTIONED, UH, IT WAS ALSO PROVIDED A PARK AND REMOVING THE FOUR STORY HOUSING TYPE PURSUANT TO, UH, CQA, THE CITY WOULD NEED TO RE-RELEASE THE I SM AND D IF ONE OF TWO CONDITIONS WERE MET. FIRST, DO THE MODIFICATIONS INTRODUCE NEW SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS? AND SECONDLY, DO THE MODIFICATIONS REQUIRE NEW MITIGATION? WE REVIEWED THE, UH, 20 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AREAS AND DETERMINE THAT THE MODIFICATIONS DO NOT INTRODUCE NEW LAND USE TYPES, NOR DOES EXPAND THE PREVIOUSLY ANALYZED DEVELOPMENT FOOTPRINT. THEREFORE, THE REVISED PROJECT WOULD NOT RESULT IN ANY NEW OR INCREASED SEVERITY OF, UH, SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL INFECTS BEYOND THOSE THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ISM AND D. AS SUCH, NO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OR DOCUMENTATION WAS REQUIRED FOR THE REVISED PROJECT UNDER CE QA AND WE PREPARED A FINDING NEED WATER , FINDING A CONSISTENCY MEMORANDUM INDICATING HOW MODIFICATIONS TO THE PROJECT WOULD AFFECT THE 20 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE AREAS. UM, THAT'S INCLUDING IN THE PACKET. I WILL NOW TURN THE PRESENTATION BACK, UH, TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JOHN. SO, AS PART OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY A PARK AND LIE FEE OF $961,350 AND THE AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES OF [02:45:01] $360,670. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO CONTRIBUTE $15,000 PER UNIT FOR UP TO 10% OF THE PROJECT'S TOTAL DWELLING UNITS TO THE CITY'S FIRST TIME HOME BUYER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. THE CONTRIBUTION WILL BE USED BY THE CITY TO PROVIDE HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE TO ELIGIBLE FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. SO FINALLY, UM, FOR OUR LAST SLIDE, AS PART OF THE PROJECT PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT, STAFF PREPARED RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES FOR THE GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT ZONE CHANGE, PRECISE PLAN, TENTATIVE TRACK, MAP AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT FINDINGS HAVE BEEN MADE AND PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND IN THE RESOLUTION AND ORDINANCE. CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THOSE RESOLUTIONS, INCLUDING CONDITIONS REQUIRING THE ENHANCED ELEVATIONS OF FINAL LANDSCAPE AND IRRIGATION PLAN, A DETAILED WALL AND FENCE PLAN, COMPLIANCE WITH THE ART AND PUBLIC PLACES ORDINANCE, THE SUBMITTAL OF CC AND R FOR STAFF TO REVIEW AND APPROVE AND HOMEOWNERSHIP ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION. THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROJECT WITH ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE CONDITIONS PRESENTED TONIGHT INCLUDE, UM, AN UPDATE TO LANGUAGE IN THE CCNRS. TO CLARIFY, THE GARAGES MUST BE USED TO PARK VEHICLES. SO THAT LEAVES FIVE OUTSTANDING CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE, UM, PART OF THIS APPROVAL TO RECAP THOSE CONDITIONS. UM, SO AGAIN, TO RECAP, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE, UM, TONIGHT'S PROJECT WITH, UH, THESE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING, THE BALL FIELD TO BE DEDICATED IN AN IMPROVED CONDITION WITH IMPROVEMENTS, UM, AND PROVIDED, UH, IN SAFE CONDITION TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GUEST PARKING, TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC ISSUES FROM WORKMAN AVENUE AND SUNSET AVENUE TO INSTALL A SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEL NORTH STREET FROM NORTH TO SUNSET, AND TO PROVIDE UNDERGROUND OF UNDERGROUNDING OF ADDITIONAL UTILITIES OUTSIDE OF THE SUBJECT AREA ALONG SUNSET AVENUE. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF STAFF'S REPORT STAFF AND THE CONSULTANTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. I BELIEVE SHE HAS A PRESENTATION THAT SHE WOULD LIKE TO, UM, SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL DURING HER, UH, PUBLIC HEARING COMMENT. IS THAT, UH, IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? UH, MAYOR PRO CONIUS, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THE SIZE OF THE FIELD SPACE WAS 1.5 ACRES, IS THAT RIGHT? 1.45. FOUR FIVE, YES. 1.45 ACRES FOR, FOR REGULATION LEVEL PLAY. FOR, FOR LITTLE LEAGUE, THEY WOULD NEED 1.6. SO IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF, OF THE APPLICANT, UH, MAKING PO UH, ALLOWING FOR ADDITIONAL SPACE JUST TO, UH, ALLOW THAT LEVEL OF THAT THAT SIZE SO THAT WAY IT COULD BE APPROPRIATE PLATE INSTEAD OF JUST FOR T-BALL? I THINK WE CAN HAVE THE APPLICANT ADDRESS THAT SHE DID SOME, UH, RESEARCH ON LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS. I BELIEVE 1.45 WAS A STANDARD. UM, UM, ACTUALLY, I, I BELIEVE 1.45 WAS A STANDARD, UM, FOR LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD OF, OF, UH, CERTAINLY COUNCIL CAN ASK, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE INCREASED. UM, BUT IN THE RESEARCH THAT WE'VE CONDUCTED, 1.45 IS, IS THE, THE LITTLE LEAGUE, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO LITTLE LEAGUE. YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PLAY ANYTHING BEYOND THAT. BUT IF, IF WOULD THE APP, MY QUESTION IS, I GUESS, AND THE APPLICANT CAN ANSWER, WOULD THE APPLICANT BE WILLING TO, TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO ALLOW A REGULATION SIZE OF 1.6? SO IN OTHER WORDS, TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO, TO MAKE POSSIBLE A FIELD OF THAT SIZE IN, IN SUPPORT OF LEAGUE PLAY. THAT CAN CERTAINLY BE REQUESTED OF THE APPLICANT, BUT I, IT, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE FOR LATER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO POSE THAT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF TO COUNCIL? UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, STATES WE'RE GETTING, WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? PAY AND PARK AND LOW FEE. WE'RE ONLY GETTING 961,000 BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING THE PARK. NO, THAT'S THEIR CONTRIBUTION FOR, FOR, UM, THE, THERE'S A, THERE'S A FORMULA FOR THAT. SO WHEN, WHEN YOU BRING NEW PEOPLE INTO THE CITY, UM, INSTEAD OF BUILDING NEW PARKS, YOU PAY THIS PARK IN LU FEE. SO YOU HAVE THE, YOU HAVE THE OPTION OF BUILDING A PARK OR PAYING THIS PARKING LIE FEE, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE APPLICANT GOT THE PROPERTY FOR $4 MILLION CHEAPER. SO TECHNICALLY, I THINK WEST GONNA UNIFY DONATING THE PROPERTY TO US DUE BY LOWERING THE PURCHASE PRICE FOR, FOR MERITAGE. BUT TECHNICALLY MAR MERITAGE IS GONNA CLAIM THAT THEY'RE DONATING IT, BUT THEY DID GET A DISCOUNT ON, THEY DID GET A DRASTIC MAJOR DISCOUNT OFF THEIR PURCHASE PRICE. SO WILL WE THEN BE ENTITLED TO OUR FULL PARK FEES? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I AGREE WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS IS THAT FROM WHAT I'VE SPOKEN [02:50:01] TO RESIDENTS ABOUT, UH, THEY WANT A 1.6 ACRE FIELD, AND THEY ALSO WANNA ADDRESS THE PARKING ISSUE THERE. UM, AND, AND WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS HOW WE'RE GONNA BUILD EVEN A 1.45 ACRE, 1.45 ACRE, RIGHT? CORRECT. BASEBALL FIELD WITH THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY. THAT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH MONEY TO PUT, TO PUT THE IN INTEGRATION AND, AND THE WATER SYSTEM, THE GRASS, THE, THE LIGHTING. UH, YEAH. SO THERE, THERE, YEAH. SO THERE'S NO, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY. AND PLUS MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY GOT, UM, OR FROM $4 MILLION OFF THEIR PURCHASE PRICE FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO, BUT, UH, I GUESS THE RE REST OF MY QUESTIONS WILL BE FOR THE APPLICANT. UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO SPEAK PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC, UM, WITH THE LI OR DID YOU WANNA WAIT? YOU, YES, YOU CAN COME UP AND SPEAK AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO HAVE AT THE VERY END, AFTER ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, YOU'RE, UH, ABLE TO REBUTTAL AT THE END. SO FEEL FREE TO COME UP. YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? I HAVE A PRESENTATION. OKAY, GO AHEAD. OKAY, WHILE THEY'RE PULLING THAT UP, I'LL JUST GREET YOU GUYS. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S LUISA PHILTO. I'M WITH MERITAGE HOMES. WE ARE THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, I FIRST WANNA START OFF BY JUST THANKING STAFF. THEY HAVE BEEN VERY EFFICIENT, VERY RESPONSIVE, WORKING THROUGH THIS. UM, THE PROJECT STARTED WHEN THERE WAS SOME OTHER PEOPLE ON STAFF. WE WENT THROUGH THE TRANSITION AND THEY WERE REALLY GREAT HELPING, KEEPING THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, UM, THE OUTREACH WE NEEDED TO DO AND, AND HELD US TO A REALLY HIGH STANDARD THAT MADE THE PROJECT BETTER. AND WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UH, I'M GONNA WALK THROUGH A LITTLE ABOUT WHO WE ARE, HOW WE BUILD, WHAT WE DO, THE EVOLUTION OF THE SITE PLAN, UM, SOME PROJECT RENDERINGS, THE OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY CONCERNS, AND, UM, SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MERITAGE. UM, WE ARE THE FIFTH LARGEST PUBLICLY TRADED HOME BUILDER BASED ON CLOSINGS. UM, AS OF 2025, WE HAVE 41 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE. UH, WE OPERATE IN 12 STATES, 31 MARKETS, AND HAVE BUILT OVER 20 210,000 HOMES TO DATE. OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIVISION HERE OPERATES THROUGHOUT, UM, LA ORANGE COUNTY, THE INLAND EMPIRE, AND SAN DIEGO COUNTIES. UH, WE HAVE BEEN AROUND SINCE 2004. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 13 ACTIVELY SELLING COMMUNITIES, 10 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND 15 MORE IN THE PIPELINE. UM, OPERATIONALLY MERITAGE AS A WHOLE, WE FOCUS ON A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, A FIRST TIME MOVE UP BUYER, REALLY TRYING TO GET THAT PRICE POINT FOR PEOPLE TO, UH, ACHIEVE THE DREAM OF HOMEOWNER. HOME OWNERSHIP. UH, MERITAGE, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF. UM, WE ARE AN 11 TIME RECIPIENT OF THE EPA ENERGY STAR PARTNER OF THE YEAR. WE'VE RECEIVED NUMEROUS AWARDS WHEN IT COMES TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. UH, WE PARTICIPATE IN A PROGRAM CALLED AVID. SO IT IS A THIRD PARTY, UM, CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, AND SURVEY THAT GOES OUT TO NEW HOME BUYERS. SO THEY DO A ONE MONTH SURVEY AND A ONE YEAR SURVEY. AND OUR DIVISION HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE TOP AWARD NATIONALLY, UH, I WANNA SAY THREE OUT OF THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE'RE REALLY, REALLY PROUD OF THAT. UM, ADDITIONALLY, MERITAGE, WE DO SOME GREAT THINGS, UM, PHILANTHROPICALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M MOST PROUD OF IS THAT WE PARTNER WITH OPERATION HOME FRONT, WHICH, UH, ACTUALLY BUILDS AND GIVES AWAY A HOME MORTGAGE FREE TO A VETERAN. SO ABOUT HOW WE BUILD, UM, THIS SLIDE IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES WE DO. TWO THINGS THAT I DO WANNA FOCUS ON THOUGH IS OUR SPRAY FOAM INSULATION AND OUR CONDITIONED ATTICS. SO, CONDITION ATTICS, THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE NO VENTING, NO OPENINGS, PERFORATIONS. SO IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WHERE WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, INCREASED RISK OF WILDFIRE, IT MEANS THAT NO EMBERS ARE ABLE TO GET IN. UM, AND THEN THE SPRAY FOAM INSULATION, IT ACTUALLY EXPANDS AND, YOU KNOW, GETS EVERY NOOK AND CRANNY IN YOUR WALLS. SO, UM, NOT ONLY IS YOUR HOME MORE TEMPERATURE REGULATED, SO YOU GET LOWER ENERGY BILLS, BUT IT ALSO FOR, UM, TOWN HOMES WHERE YOU'RE ATTACHED, IT ACTUALLY REALLY HELPS WITH SOUND MITIGATION SO YOU'RE NOT HEARING YOUR NEIGHBORS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, SO A BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE FOCUS REALLY ON THAT FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, FIRST TIME MOVE UP BUYER. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING. UM, SO TO THE LEFT YOU SEE MORE OF YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UM, TO THE RIGHT [02:55:01] YOU SEE THAT HIGH DENSITY MID-RISE HIGHRISE, AND IN THE MIDDLE IS A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE FIND OUR SWEET SPOT. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT, YES, YOU'RE TRADING A LITTLE HIGHER DENSITY, BUT IT MEANS YOU'RE ABLE TO SPREAD LAND DEVELOPMENT COSTS OVER MORE HOMES. SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO KEEP THAT PRICE POINT DOWN. THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE ABLE TO SELL, YOU KNOW, AT A PRICE POINT WHERE YOUR TEACHERS, YOUR FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR EVERYDAY WORKING PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO REALLY GET THAT DREAM OF HOME OWNERSHIP, THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR. UM, WE FIND THAT WE ARE ABLE TO APPROACH SITE PLANNING, TRYING TO BLEND IN THE FABRIC OF THE EXISTING COMMUNITY AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, REALLY CONSIDERING THOSE EDGE ADJACENCIES AND TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR THE EXISTING COMMUNITY WHILE BRINGING, UM, NEW HOMES TO THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO A BIT ABOUT THE SITE. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE ABOUT A HALF MILE NORTH OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. UM, AND ABOUT, UH, AND ABOUT A HALF MILE EAST OF, UM, THE CITY BORDER WITH BALDWIN PARK. UH, JUST WALKING THROUGH KIND OF THE ITERATION, I KNOW, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CERVANTES TOUCHED ON THIS. SO THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN. WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES, UM, THAT INCLUDED THE FOUR STORY STACK FLATS THAT YOU SEE IN THE, UH, UPPER RIGHT CORNER. AND FROM CONCERNS WE HEARD AROUND HEIGHT AND DENSITY ON THE SITE, UM, WE, WE STEPPED DOWN. SO THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN AT 282 HOMES. UM, FROM THERE WE ELIMINATED THOSE, WENT TO JUST THREE STORY TOWN HOMES. SO THIS REDUCED IT, UM, IT REDUCED THE DENSITY OF THE PLAN. SO EVERYTHING WAS UNDER 20 TO THE ACRE. OUR HEIGHT LIMIT WAS AT, UM, 38 FEET. AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HEARD THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEIGHT AND THE DENSITY MADE THAT CHANGE. FROM THERE, THOUGH, WE WANTED TO DO MORE, WE STILL WERE HEARING CONCERNS AROUND THE DENSITY. UM, AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT, WHICH IS THE CURRENT PROPOSED PLAN. SO IT'S 232 HOMES. WE HAVE, UM, 34 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, 198 TOWN HOMES. UH, OVERALL PARKING IS AT ABOUT, UM, A 0.28 FOR GUESTS. THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE DRIVEWAYS OR ON STREET PARKING ON DEL NORTE. UM, IT INCLUDES THE 1.45 ACRE CARVE OUT FOR A PARK DEDICATION, WHICH REALLY BECOMES A CITYWIDE LEGACY INVESTMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, IT EXPANDS NOT ONLY THE USABLE PARK SPACE FOR, UM, THIS, IT, IT EXPANDS THE USABLE PARK SPACE FOR ALL RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, NOT JUST, UM, OPEN SPACE FOR THE PROJECT. UH, AND IT KEEPS THE EXISTING IMPROVEMENTS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL FIELD FOR THE CITY. UM, IT BRINGS IT UP TO A STANDARD FARM LEAK FIELD SIZE. SO IT'S 180 FOOT, UM, DEPTH WITH A 20 FOOT BUFFER BEYOND THAT, AND THEN SOME ADDITIONAL OPEN SPACE BEYOND THAT AS WELL. UM, AND THIS PARKLAND IS A PERMANENT BENEFIT THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN BACK OR CONVERTED LATER. SO JUST A FEW PROJECT RENDERINGS TO SHARE. THIS WOULD BE A VIEW ALONG DEL NORTE STREET. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S THE TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ADDRESSING THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. BEYOND THAT IS THE THREE STORY TOWN HOMES. SO FROM THE STREET, YOU'RE REALLY FEELING JUST A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD OUT TO EACH OTHER. THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT IS REALLY TUCKED BEHIND. UH, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE THREE STORY TOWN HOME, AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A REALLY, UM, NICE FRONT ELEVATION, LOTS OF MOVEMENT. UM, THE UPPER STORIES ARE STEP BACK, SO IT HELPS SOFTEN THAT STREET VIEW. AND THIS IS A VIEW FROM DEL NORTE PARK REALLY KIND OF FOCUSING ON THAT. UM, MIXED FENCE MATERIAL. SO YOU CAN SEE THE SOLID WALL WITH TUBE STEEL ON TOP. UM, THE BUILDINGS ARE SCREENED AND KIND OF STEP BACK, UM, WE WERE PREVIOUSLY LOOKING AT DOING, NOPE, NOT, UH, SOME PARK PORTALS, UM, CONNECTIONS. THOSE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PLAN. UM, WE HEARD MIXED CONCERN, MIXED FEEDBACK FROM NEIGHBORS ON HAVING DIRECT CONNECTIONS FROM THE PROJECT INTO DEL NORTE PARK. SO WE REMOVE THEM FROM NOW, ALTHOUGH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE OPEN TO ADDING THOSE BACK IN IF THAT'S A FEATURE THAT WE, THAT COUNCIL THINKS IS, UM, VERY VALUABLE. AND WE WOULD ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ADDRESS, UM, THE INTERFACE AT THE EXISTING DOG PARK, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONCERN IS, UM, ACCOUNTED FOR FOR THAT ADJACENT USE. SO A BIT ABOUT OUR OUTREACH. UM, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THIS KIND OF QUICK. SO AS, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CERVANTES MENTIONED, WE DID, UH, FIVE DIFFERENT OUTREACH THINGS. SO THE INITIAL NOTIFICATION RADIUS WAS 500 FEET. UM, THAT'S THE BLUE. AND THEN WE EXPANDED WITH SOME, UH, THOSE ADDITIONAL AREAS IN YELLOW. UH, WE DID TWO ROUNDS OF MAILERS [03:00:01] AND MEETINGS. AND THEN WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S TOWN HALL LAST AUGUST. UM, THE FAQ. SO THIS WOULD'VE BEEN THE PREVIOUS ORIGINAL 282 PLAN THAT, THAT THOSE MEETINGS AND FLYERS FOCUSED ON. UM, WE THEN HA PARTICIPATED IN, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S TOWN HALL MEETING IN FEBRUARY. UM, THIS WAS RIGHT AROUND THE TIME WE WERE DOING THIS FINAL UPDATE TO THE 232 UNIT PLAN THAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. UM, BRIEF UPDATE ON THAT PROJECT, FOCUSING ON THE SITE PLAN ADJUSTMENTS. DID ABOUT AN HOUR Q AND A. AND THEN, UM, WE INCLUDED SIGNUP SHEETS. SO ANYONE, BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UH, ADVERTISED, UH, HIS MEETING OUT TO HIS ENTIRE DISTRICT, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE BEYOND THE THOUSAND FOOT RADIUS OR THE EXPANDED RADIUS THAT WE DID, UM, WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IF THEY WERE INTERESTED. SO FROM THOSE, WE EXPANDED OUR RADIUS. SO YOU CAN SEE WE WENT MUCH FURTHER NORTH, UM, FROM CONCERNS THAT WE HAD OF, UM, SOME OF OUR EARLIER OUTREACH. WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE FURTHER NORTH OF THE, OF THE PARK THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED, UM, IN THAT 500 FEET. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CAPTURING THAT. UM, WE HELD A FOLLOW UP TOWN HALL, MEET A FOLLOW UP COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE SCHOOL AGAIN, UM, DID IT MORE OF A PRESENTATION STYLE Q AND A. OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER WAS THERE TO ANSWER SOME SPECIFIC QUESTIONS AS WELL. AND FOR THAT MAILER, WE DID IT AS A, AS A LOOSE POSTCARD KIND OF MAILER BECAUSE WE HAD HEARD SOME FEEDBACK THAT OUR NORMAL, UM, MAILER IN A MERITAGE ENVELOPE SOMETIMES LOOKS LIKE A SPAM. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS OBVIOUS FOR PEOPLE TO SEE IT. UM, THREE THINGS I WANNA FOCUS ON FROM THE GARAGE SIZE AND STORAGE TRAFFIC AND GUEST PARKING. SO GARAGE SIZES. UM, EVERY HOME WOULD HAVE A MINIMUM, UH, 20 BY 20 CLEAR GARAGE AND A SIDE-BY-SIDE CONFIGURATION, OR OUR TANDEM GARAGE IS OVERSIZED AT 11 BY 40. UM, EVERY HOME HAS A, AT LEAST 160 CUBIC FEET OF STORAGE IN THEIR GARAGE, UM, THAT IS OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICULAR AREA. AND OUR CCNRS WOULD REQUIRE, UM, THAT, UH, ALL HOMEOWNERS PARK TWO CARS IN THEIR GARAGE. UM, THEY WOULD REQUIRE THIS IF NE NECESSARY, THERE WOULD BE PROVISIONS FOR DOING GARAGE INSPECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, UM, WE WOULD INCLUDE IN THE CC AND R PROVISIONS ABOUT SETTING UP A GUEST PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM FROM THE START TO ENSURE THAT THE GUEST PARKING ON SITE WAS REMAINED FREE OF OVERFLOW VEHICLES FROM RESIDENTS, AND THAT THEY WERE REALLY FOR GUESTS COMING TO THE SITE. UM, TRAFFIC SCOPING, UH, WAS COMPLETED IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY. WE WENT THROUGH MULTIPLE ROUNDS, UH, AND ADDED ADDITIONAL INTERSECTIONS AND SEGMENTS FOR EVALUATION FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. UM, AS JUST KIND OF A BASELINE REMINDER BY THE SCHOOL SITE HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THE ROP LEFT IN 2020, SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF ADJUSTS BACK TO NOT HAVING THAT AS A SCHOOL USE WITH NORMAL TRAFFIC. UM, THE STUDY FOUND THAT, UM, THE INTERSECTION OF ROLAND AND SUNSET WOULD BE CONSIDERED FAILING, WHICH IS A LEVEL OF SERVICE, UM, DESIGNATION OF F WITH OR WITHOUT THE PROJECT, UM, IN THE FUTURE. AND SO AS A RESULT, THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE OBLIGATED TO PAY FAIR SHARE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION. UM, THE STUDY I DO WANNA NOTE TWO THINGS. THE STUDY DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR, UM, A PROJECT FEATURE THAT WE ADDED LATER, WHICH IS A LEFT TURN TO POCKET OFF OF SUNSET. UM, AND THE PROJECT'S, TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OF APPROVALS AND IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WERE ALL BASED ON THE ORIGINAL 282 HOMES. SO THAT MEANS THAT THE ANALYSIS IS ACTUALLY MORE IMPACT THAN WHAT THE CURRENT PROJECT BEFORE YOU IS GOING TO CREATE. SO WE ARE GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT THE 232 UNIT PLAN OR 232 HOMES WOULD ACTUALLY DO. UH, SO, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CERVANTES TOUCHED ON THIS, THE DEDICATION OF DEL NORTE STREET. SO THIS WOULD BE CREATING A CONTINUOUS STREET FROM HOLLOW OUT TO SUNSET. UM, IT WOULD ALLOW RIGHT AND RIGHT OUT, UH, TURNING MOVEMENTS. IT WOULD BE PUBLICLY DEDICATED TO THE CITY AFTER COMPLETION. AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, IT WOULD CREATE 11 NEW PARALLEL PARKING SPACES. UM, BASED ON, UH, CURRENT PARKING PROHIBITIONS, THE RESIDENTS OF THIS PROJECT WOULD ACTUALLY NOT BE ABLE TO PARK ON THOSE. IT WOULD ONLY BE ABLE TO BE THE EXISTING RESIDENCE [03:05:01] TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THOSE SPACES. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE ADDED A PROJECT FEATURE, WHICH IS THIS LEFT TURN POCKET FROM SUNSET. SO ONE OF OUR EARLIEST COMMUNITY MEETINGS, ONE OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WAS RESIDENTS ON WORKMAN WERE CONCERNED THAT SO MANY RESIDENTS FOR THIS PROJECT WOULD BE QUEUING AT THE LIGHT AT WORKMAN TO MAKE THE LEFT, AND THEN COMING UP THROUGH EITHER HOLLOW, UM, FOXDALE OR YELLIN OR NORA, AND COULD WE LOOK AT ADDING A DIRECT LEFT TURN LANE FROM SUNSET. SO WE WENT THROUGH THE ANALYSIS WITH THE CITY, UM, THE QUEUING DISTANCE AND ALL OF THAT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THIS FEATURE, AND WE THINK IT'S AN AMAZING, UM, THING TO BE ABLE TO ADD TO HELP AVOID. UM, WE THINK IT COULD DIVERT ALMOST 35% OF THE PROJECT'S TRAFFIC, UM, BEING ABLE TO ENTER THIS WAY AND NOT DISRUPT THE EXISTING FLOW OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND IDEALLY IF THE PROJECT WERE TO BE APPROVED, WE COULD LOOK AT PRIORITIZING THIS. SO, UM, IT COULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND INSTALLED AND CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC WOULD BE ABLE TO GO THIS WAY AND NOT NEED TO CUT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. SO, GUEST PARKING ON SITE. UM, THERE ARE 66 GUEST SPACES WITHIN THE PROJECT PROPOSED. UM, EVERY HOME WOULD HAVE THE TWO CAR GARAGE. THE 34 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALL HAVE TWO, UM, CAR DRIVEWAY SPACES AS WELL. SO FULL DRIVEWAYS, UM, THE RED LINES ON THE STREETS, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE A PREFERENTIAL PARKING PERMIT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE. UM, AND WITH THE ON STREET PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF DEL NORTE AND THE EAST SIDE OF NORA, THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT 11 NEW PARALLEL SPACES THAT WOULD BE CREATED FOR THIS. UM, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CCNRS WOULD REQUIRE THAT ALL HOMEOWNERS PARK TWO CARS IN THEIR GARAGES, UM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY REMAIN FREE AND CLEAR FOR THAT. AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE THAT GUEST PARKING PERMIT PROGRAM SO THAT THE 66 SPACES WERE RESERVED FOR GUEST PARKING THAT THEY WEREN'T, WOULD NOT BECOME OVERFLOW FOR RESIDENTS. AND I DO JUST WANNA MENTION ON THAT NOTE, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE AMAZING SALES COUNSELORS IN OUR, IN MERITAGE AND IN WORKING WITH FUTURE HOMEOWNERS, YOU KNOW, IT IS A CONVERSATION OF, HEY, THIS IS WHAT THIS SITE HAS, THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE OBLIGATED TO DO, WHAT YOU, THE ASSUMPTION IS IF YOU'RE A THREE, FOUR CAR HOUSEHOLD, THIS, THIS IS NOT GONNA BE NECESSARILY THE COMMUNITY FOR YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE THAT IMPACT ON THE EXISTING COMMUNITY. WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR, FOR HOMEOWNERS TO SPILL OVER AND REALLY DISRUPT THE EXISTING COMMUNITY. SO HAVING THAT KINDA CANID CONVERSATION OF, HEY, THIS ISN'T GONNA BE THE RIGHT COMMUNITY FOR YOU. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A TOWN HOME AND YOU HAVE FOUR CARS LIKE THAT, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT. SO, GETTING INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY, UH, DEPUTY DIRECTOR CERVANTES, I ALREADY KIND OF WALKED THROUGH THESE AT A HIGH LEVEL, SO GETTING INTO EACH ONE, UM, AS HE MENTIONED, THE, THE REVISING THE LANGUAGE OF, UM, CC NRQ TO CLARIFY, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. UM, THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE EXISTING BASEBALL FIELD. SO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NOT HAD ANYONE RENTING THE FIELD FOR USE PROBABLY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. UM, THERE WAS CONCERNS AROUND GO FOR HOLE ISSUES AND OTHER THINGS, UM, THAT DETERRED THE LEAGUE FROM NECESSARILY WANTING TO USE IT FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. UM, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE BATTING CAGES AND THE STORAGE AREA ARE STILL U UTILIZED BY THE LITTLE LEAGUE, THOUGH. UM, THE EXISTING FIELD IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION IS UNDERSIZED. EVEN FOR FARM LEAGUE, UH, THE DEDICATION AREA WOULD ALLOW FOR A PROPER FARM FIELD DIMENSION OF 180 FEET FROM HOME PLATE TO THE OUTFIELD LINE. IT WOULD STILL HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE 25 FEET BEHIND, UH, HOME PLATE TO THE BACKSTOP. UM, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A 20 FOOT BUFFER BEYOND THAT AREA AND SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING KIND OF IN THE RIGHT FIELD AND LEFT FIELD AREA. UM, MERITAGE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE INITIALLY WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND, UM, THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND THE IRRIGATION TO TIE IN THE PARK AND THIS DEDICATION AREA. UM, IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY AT KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO BRING THIS FIELD INTO A PLAYABLE CONDITION, UM, IT'S SOMEWHERE IN THE BALLPARK OF 250 TO 300 HUNDRED $50,000. UM, IN SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATIONS, KIND OF FROM THAT INITIAL POINT, YOU [03:10:01] KNOW, THERE WAS HIGHER LEVEL CONVERSATIONS WITH COMMUNITY, WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS THAT, UM, WHAT THE BEST IMPROVEMENTS FOR THIS AREA WOULD BE ARE, ARE STILL KIND OF IN THE, IN CONVERSATION. UM, MERITAGE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS AROUND WHAT HAPPENS HERE. HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IN KIND, UM, WE'RE PAYING A $961 PARK AND LOUIE, SO WE WOULD WANT TO WORK WITH THE CITY FOR ANY PARK AND LOUY TO BE ADJUSTED ACCORDINGLY BASED ON IMPROVEMENTS PROPOSED IN THIS AREA. UM, IF THERE'S NO DESIRE AT THIS TIME FOR THE CITY TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS HAPPEN BECAUSE CONVERSATIONS STILL NEED TO OCCUR ON WHAT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE IS, YOU KNOW, THEN WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THIS CONDITION BE REMOVED AND THAT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TAKE THE FULL PARK DEDICATION AND THE FULL, UM, REMAINING PARK AND LOOPY AS IS. SO WHEN THE PROJECT WAS GOING THROUGH THE REDESIGN TO CREATE THE 1.45 ACRE DEDICATION, UM, WE MAXIMIZED GUEST PARKING TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. UM, SIMPLY PUT, THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT ROOM TO ADD ADDITIONAL SPACES ON SITE WHEN YOU FACTOR IN REQUIRED SETBACKS, BUILDING SEPARATIONS AND UTILITIES NEEDED FOR A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS. UM, THE PROJECT AT A, AT A BASE LEVEL IS EXCEEDING THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE IF YOU WERE TO BREAK OUT SINGLE FAMILY AND TOWN HOMES SEPARATELY. SO THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CALLS FOR, UM, ON HOMES THAT HAVE FOUR OR FEWER BEDROOMS. IT REQUIRES FOUR SPACES, TWO OF WHICH WAS TWO OF WHICH SHALL BE ENCLOSED IN A GARAGE. SO ESSENTIALLY A TWO CAR GARAGE AND A TWO CARS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY. UM, FOR MULTI-FAMILY, UM, IT REQUIRES TWO SPACES COVERED PER TWO BEDROOM OR LARGER UNIT, AND ONE GUEST SPACE FOR EACH FOUR UNITS. SO, SIMPLE MATH YOU HAVE THERE, IT WOULD BE CALLING FOR A TOTAL OF 200, EXCUSE ME, 582 SPACES. IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT ALL THE SPACES PROVIDED, INCLUDING THE DRIVEWAY SPACES ON THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, WE WOULD BE PROVIDING 598 SPACES, NOT INCLUDING, UM, WHAT IS CREATED ON NORA AND DEL NORTE. UM, AS SUCH, UH, MERITAGE, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE DRIVEWAY SPACES WERE INCLUDED, OUR TOTAL WOULD BE CLOSER TO 2.58 SPACES PER UNIT. UM, AS SUCH, MERITAGE REQUESTS THAT THIS CONDITION BE REMOVED, THERE WAS A CONDITION, UH, REQUESTED TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC ISSUES FROM WORKMAN AVENUE ON SUNSET AVENUE. UM, AND WE, WE HEARD THIS AT PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC ON WORKMAN BETWEEN VINCENT AND SUNSET, UM, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE FREEWAY ON AND OFF RAMP, UH, CIRCULATION. UM, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR PROJECT TEAM WORKED WITH THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO AGREE UPON THE SCOPING FOR THE PROJECT. UM, THIS PROCESS INCLUDED RE REVIEW AND AGREEMENT OF THE EXPECTED TRIP GENERATION, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE. UM, WORKMAN EAST OF THE SITE, UM, BEYOND WORKMAN EAST OF THE SITE CLOSER TO VINCENT, WAS NOT INCLUDED. IT WAS NOT IN INVOLVED IN ANY CONVERSATIONS. UM, THE SIGNAL AT SUNSET AND WORKMAN AFTER OUR ANALYSIS, AGAIN AT THE 282 HOME ANALYSIS, IT WAS SHOWN TO BE OPERATING AT A LEVEL OF SERVICE OF A OR B AT THE HORIZON YEAR OF 2050 WITH THE PROJECT'S ORIGINAL HOME COUNT. UM, SO MERITAGE, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THIS REQUEST WOULD ENTAIL, AND AS SUCH, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT THIS CONDITION BE REMOVED, THE FIN OR NOT THE FINAL. UM, SO THE CONDITION REQUEST OF ADDING SIDEWALKS, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEL NORTE FROM NORA TO SUNSET. SO MERITAGE, WE CONTROL THE, IF THIS WERE TO BE APPROVED, WE WOULD CONTROL THE SECTION OF DEL NORTE. THAT IS THE DEDICATION FROM HOLLOW TO SUNSET. UM, WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH ADDING SIDEWALK ALONG THERE FOR THOSE PARALLEL SPACES. THE OTHER THREE BLOCKS BETWEEN NORA AND HOLLOW, HOWEVER, UM, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE LOWER ON THE SCREEN, UM, THIS INCLUDES PLANTING, SIGNAGE AND UTILITIES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED OR RELOCATED TO INSTALL SIDEWALK. UM, THESE HOMEOWNERS HAVE UTILIZED THIS AS EXTENDED SIDE YARD FOR YEARS. [03:15:01] UM, MERITAGE WOULD NOT HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THIS PROPERTY. UM, AND TITLE EVALUATION WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SEE IF THIS IS DEDICATED TO THE CITY AS RIGHT AWAY OR NOT, UM, AS A FIRST LEVEL. ADDITIONALLY, SOUTH OF DEL NORTE STREET DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE ANY SIDEWALKS. SO FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEL NORTE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WORKMAN, UM, THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ON FOXDALE, YELLOW TIN HOLLOW OR WORKMAN OR THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF NORA. UM, SO THE PROJECT WOULD BE IMPROVING DEL NORTE AND NORA WITH NEW SIDEWALK PARKWAY, CURB AND GUTTER. SO MERITAGE IS REQUESTING THAT THIS CONDITION BE REVISED TO, UM, A SIDEWALK SHALL BE INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEL OF THE DEL NORTE STREET DEDICATION ONLY. FINALLY, THERE WAS A, A REQUEST DISCUSSING THE UNDERGROUNDING OF ADDITIONAL UTILITIES OUTSIDE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ON SUNSET. UM, THE PROJECT FRONTAGE ALONG SUNSET, UH, IS, IS ABOUT 124 FEET IN TOTAL LENGTH. UM, THIS IS TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD BE OBLIGATED IN A PROJECT SITUATION TO UNDERGROUND. USUALLY IT'S YOUR FRONTAGE. UM, MERITAGE AND COORDINATION WITH OUR DRY UTILITY CONSULTANTS HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS BOTH WITH SOCAL EDISON AS WELL AS THE CITY ENGINEERING TEAM ON THE FEASIBILITY OF UNDERGROUNDING HERE. UM, AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS IN THIS SEGMENT, THOSE FIVE CIRCLES ARE THE FIVE POLES IN THAT AREA. UM, AND THAT IS THE SEGMENT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE UNDERGROUNDED IF THAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S CURRENTLY THERE. THERE ARE TRANSFORMERS ON POLES. A LOT OF THE HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA ARE CURRENTLY SERVED WITH OVERHEAD POWER. UM, SO THE FEASIBILITY AND, UM, COMPLICATED NATURE OF DISRUPTING SERVICE AND, AND TRENCHING AND TYING IN ALL THESE EXISTING HOMES WITH A CHANGE OF POWER JUST BECOMES OVERLY COMPLICATED AND HONESTLY COST PROHIBITIVE. UM, SO IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CITY'S ENGINEERING TEAM, THAT'S WHY THIS WAS NOT A REQUIREMENT. UM, AS SUCH, MERITAGE REQUESTS THAT THIS CONDITION BE REMOVED. UM, ONE FINAL THING I AM REQUESTING IS JUST A REVISION ON PLANNING CONDITION. W IT IS REGARDING THE ENHANCED SITE ELEVATIONS. UM, IT CALLS OUT 23, UH, ENHANCED SITE ELEVATIONS. UM, OUR SHEET A 1.10, WHICH IS THE ARCHITECTURAL SITE PLAN, THE 23 NUMBER IS ON THE OLDER 260 HOME VERSION. THE CURRENT HOME, THE CURRENT SITE PLAN, UM, ONLY HAS 19. AND SO THIS IS, THE REDUCTION CAME FROM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S LESS BUILDINGS THAT FRONT THE PARK, UM, OR SITE ONTO THE PARK, EXCUSE ME. SO THAT IS THE REQUEST ON THIS ONE IS JUST A SIMPLE EDIT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ACTUAL, UM, ADDITIONAL EDGES THAT WE COULD ENHANCE, UM, THAT WOULD GET THE BENEFIT OF BEING ENHANCED FOR PEOPLE TO ENJOY. THEY WOULD ALL BE BURIED. UM, SO JUST KIND OF REVIS REITERATING, UM, AS I COME TO A CONCLUSION HERE, THE REVISED SITE PLAN, UM, IT ELIMINATED THE FOUR STORY STACK FLATS AND REPLACED THEM WITH THE THREE STORY TOWN HOMES. IT REDUCED THE TOTAL UNIT COUNT BY 50 HOMES, BRINGING THE DENSITY BELOW 20 UNITS TO THE ACRE, ELIMINATING THE MIXED GPA REQUEST THAT IT INCLUDED A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION, LOWERED THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT TO THREE STORIES, INCREASES THE OPEN SPACE ON SITE, AND PROVIDES A 1.45 ACRE PARK DEDICATION, UH, TO EXPAND DEL NORTE PARK. SO WITH THAT, UM, I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, MY CIVIL ENGINEER HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, SPEAK PLEASE. UM, OKAY, WELL I'LL, IT'S GONNA BE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU COME BACK. YEAH, YEAH, WE WANNA GET THEM DO THAT. UH, THANK YOU IS SO, UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISH TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PROJECT? YES, MAYOR. I HAVE SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE JAMES RA RA, FOLLOWED BY MARIO S FOLLOWED BY SHERRY IAN JAMES. GOOD EVENING. UM, MAYOR AND MAYOR, PRO COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING. I'LL TRY TO BE SUCCINCT. UM, AS SHE STATED, MY NAME IS JAMES VERA. I'M A LOCAL REALTOR WITH EXP REALTY. UM, MY, THE TEAM I'M PART OF, WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP AN OFFICE HERE IN WEST COVINA. UM, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF WORKING WITH CHE HOMES, UM, AND I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR DEL NORTE, THE DEL NORTE PROJECT. UH, AS A REALTOR, I WORK PRIMARILY WITH FIRST TIME HOME [03:20:01] BUYERS. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES I SEE, UM, IS FINDING HOMES THAT MEET BOTH THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR NEEDS. UM, A LOT OF THE BUYERS I WORK WITH, THEY'LL START MAYBE HERE IN WEST COVINA, COVINA, AND THEN THEY'LL END UP PUTTING THEIR SEARCH ON HOLD OR, UM, START LOOKING FURTHER THEIR EAST. UM, AFFORDABILITY IS AN, IS PART OF THAT, CERTAINLY A FACTOR, BUT A MAJOR CHALLENGE I FIND IS THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S MORE MOVE-IN READY. UM, AS YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE, MOST OF THE HOMES IN THIS AREA ARE, WERE PREDOMINANTLY BUILT IN THE 1950S. UM, AND AS A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, UM, THAT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES WITH THAT AGE. UM, EVEN IF THOSE HOMES ARE WELL MAINTAINED OR REMODELED, UM, MANY OF MY BUYERS ARE FACED WITH SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REGARDING MAJOR SYSTEMS. IT COULD BE ROOFING, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, EITHER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY MOVE IN, OR, UM, IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I HAD A BUYER RECENTLY CANCEL BECAUSE THE HOME HAD A ROOF THAT WAS 16 YEARS OLD AND THERE WAS ISSUES POSSIBLY WITH A THE SEWER LINE. SO PROJECTS LIKE DEL NORTE PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPOUND HOUSING CHOICES WITH MODERN ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES THAT REQUIRE LESS IMMEDIATE MAINTENANCE AND OFFER GREATER PEACE OF MIND FOR BUYERS THOUGHTFULLY PLANNED COMMUNITIES SUCH AS THIS HELP MEET CURRENT HOUSING NEEDS WHILE SUPPORTING THE CITY'S LONG-TERM GROWTH AND ECONOMIC ECONOMIC VITALITY. I RESPECTFULLY ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS RESIDENTIAL PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER, MARIO S FOLLOWED BY SHERRY BIAN, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATERS. HELLO AGAIN. UH, DEL NORTE, UH, PROJECT. SO I CAME ACROSS THIS, UH, BEING AT THE DOG PARK, MY DOG WONDERING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE PROPERTY. AND, UM, THERE WAS A VERY SHORT RADIUS OF, UH, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND I STUMBLED ACROSS IT THROUGH A FELLOW DOG PARK PERSON THERE SHOWING A PICTURE OF A PICTURE, UH, THAT WAS TAKEN OF A MAILER THAT WAS SENT OUT. ANYWAYS, ONCE WE FOUND OUT ABOUT IT, STARTED LOOKING INTO IT, AND MAN, IT'S BEEN TWO YEARS, MAYBE, MAYBE ALMOST THREE YEARS, UM, THAT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON, UH, SINCE THE BEGINNING WHEN IT WAS STARTED AS 281 UNITS. MERITAGE IS A SOLID DEVELOPER. UM, AND, AND I'M BEEN HERE JUST GOING KIND OF BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM. THEY'VE DEFINITELY, UH, ACCOMMODATED, UM, YOU KNOW, THE LOOK OF THE HOUSES, THE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TWO STORY. SO THEY'RE NOT THE SINGLE STORY RANCH IN THE FRONT, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NICE. TWO STORY HOMES. GOT RID OF THE FOUR STORY, UM, FORGOT WHAT THEY WERE CALLED IF THEY WERE CONDOS OR WHATEVER THOSE WERE. UM, BUT ALL IN ALL, YEAH, I THINK IT'S, UH, A GOOD PROJECT. UM, I ALSO, HAVING RESEARCHED IT, NOTHING AGAINST MERITAGE, BUT IT'S BETTER THE DEVIL, YOU KNOW, THAN THE DEVIL YOU DON'T. UM, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IF THIS WERE NOT TO COME THROUGH, THERE'S LIKE A 500 UNIT PROJECT, 600 UNIT PROJECT THAT COULD COME THROUGH. AND IF THEY MADE IT WITH 10% AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE. IT JUST GOES THROUGH. THAT'S CALIFORNIA LAW. UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, YEAH. UM, IT'S BEEN A LONG ROAD AND WE'RE HERE. I THINK IT'S YEAH, TIME TO JUST LET IT HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF PROGRESS AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. IF I CAN. THANK YOU SHERRY IAN, FOLLOWED BY JERRY PATRA. OKAY, I AM FOR THE PROJECT. 100%. NO, WE ALL WANT NICE LITTLE HOUSES NEXT DOOR TO US. THAT'S THE WAY WE ALL LIVE IN WEST COVENA. NOW. THAT'S NOT THE WAY OF THE FUTURE WITH THE HOUSING SITUATION. NOT JUST HERE. GO TO GLENDORA ALL THE WAY DOWN ROUTE 66. THEY'RE ALL FOUR STORY BUILDINGS. COVINA HAS JUST SOLD THREE OF THEIR SCHOOLS AND GONE INTO THESE HUGE COMPLEXES. THIS IS MERITAGE HAS GONE OUT OF THEIR WAY TO LISTEN TO EVERY SINGLE COMPLAINT, LOG THEM DOWN, WORK WITH THE PEOPLE, EVEN GIVING THAT PORTION THAT BACK TO THE BALL FIELD. MY NEXT REQUEST IS COULD THIS GROUP WITH THE KIDS PLEASE HERE BE HERE NEXT SO THAT THESE LITTLE GUYS CAN GO HOME AND GO TO BED? YEAH. YES, SIR. UH, YEAH, EXACTLY. DO I HAVE A COUNCIL OF PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE A CONSENSUS. OH, I, I DON'T HAVE THEIR, I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE IN FAVOR. . I HAVE THEM COME UP. DID YOU WANT, DID YOU HAVE A ON OPPOSITION OR APPROVAL? NEUTRAL. NEUTRAL. IF I HAVE, DID THEY? UM, WE CAN GO HOME, PUT IN, IF WE HAVE A CONSENSUS, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, YOU CAN COME [03:25:01] UP AND STATE YOUR NAME. THOSE WITH THE CHILDREN. THESE ARE YOUR KIDS, THE WHOLE FAMILY. I THINK THEY'RE ALL BASEBALL, SO. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE YOUR CARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. I DON'T KNOW. I'M LATE FOR THE KIDS. THANK YOU. UH, CAN YOU PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD SO I I KNOW WHAT'S, SO, MY NAME IS ANDREA HERNANDEZ. ONE MOMENT. UM, AS A BOARD MEMBER OF WEST COVINA NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE AT DEL NORTE PARK, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS MY CONCERNS AFFECTING THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WE SERVE. FIRST, WE WOULD LIKE CLARIFICATION RE REGARDING THE PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON OUR BASEBALL FIELDS. DURING SEVERAL MEETINGS, THE DEVELOPERS, DEVELOPERS HAVE STATED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH WHAT THEY REFER TO AS A FARM FIELD AS PART OF THE PROJECT. WHILE WE ARE APPRECIATE THE GESTURE, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS WOULD LIKELY BE LIMITED TO THE CURRENT SIZE OF THE EXISTING FIELD BASED OFF OF THE REMOVABLE FENCE. OUR CONCERN IS THAT THE FIELD OF THAT SIZE WOULD NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR ENTIRE LEAGUE. WEST COVINA NATIONAL SERVES PLAYERS RANGING FROM FOUR TO 14, AND WE ALREADY FACE CHALLENGES IN FINDING PRACTICE BASE FOR ALL DIVISIONS. THIS WOULD BE A BURDEN ON OUR LITTLE LEAGUE AND THE FAMILIES WE SERVE. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE CLARIFICATION THAT WHILE THE DEVELOPERS MAY PROPOSE DONATING A FORM FILLED THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE USE AND DESIGNATION OF THAT LAND RESTS WITH THE CITY. THE DEVELOPERS CAN MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROPOSED FIELD WILL REMAIN DEDICATED TO YOUTH BASEBALL. WE ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER KEEPING THE PROPOSAL OF THE YOUTH BASEBALL FIELD AND THEN, UM, OUR VOLUNTEER BOARD MEMBERS DEDICATE COUNTLESS HOURS TO SERVING THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF WEST COA COMMUNITY. WE BELIEVE AS ELECTED OFFICIALS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS, WE SHARE WITH YOU THE SAME COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING LOCAL LEAGUE YOUTH PROGRAMS AND ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY SPACE. WE RESPECTFULLY ASK, UM, THAT YOU CONSIDER KEEPING THE FIELD AND OBVIOUSLY THE, THE, UM, THE DEVELOPERS TO JUST EXPAND THE FIELD JUST SO WE HAVE EXTRA SPACE. AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR THE LITTLE ONES, BUT ALSO FOR THE OTHER KIDS TO BE ABLE TO PRACTICE. OBVIOUSLY OUR OLDER CHILDREN CANNOT PLAY THERE 'CAUSE THEY'RE 13 AND 14, BUT THEY COULD AT LEAST HAVE AN AREA TO PRACTICE BECAUSE WE'RE STRUGGLING EVEN WITH GETTING SITES FOR THE SCHOOLS, ASKING THEM IF WE CAN USE THEIR GRASS AREAS FOR THEM TO EVEN PRACTICE. WE STRUGGLE WITH JUST THAT. SO, UM, WE JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION AND CONTINUE TO SERVICE OUR COMMUNITY. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING TOGETHER TO FIND RESOLUTION THAT BEST SERVES THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I WILL GET YOU, JERRY, IF YOU WANNA HAVE A SEAT, JERRY, FOR A LITTLE BIT. SORRY, , WE'RE JUST GONNA FINISH FINISH THEM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ADRIANA PADILLA. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA SINCE 1988. I WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL HERE. AND, UM, I'M A FIRST TIME PARENT IN THE LITTLE LEAGUE AND I REALIZED A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE MISSING IN THE PARK. UM, SO, UM, AS, AS A FIRST TIME PARENT, I REALIZED LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ARE, UH, BASEBALL MACHINES DON'T WORK. THE SCOREBOARD DOESN'T WORK. UM, WE'RE STRUGGLING TO FIND TIME TO PRACTICE. UM, PARENTS GET UPSET. AND, UM, SO THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY I'M HERE IS TO ASK, YOU KNOW, THE CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE. AND I PRIDE MYSELF TO SAY THAT THE WEST COVINA DIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, I'M VERY PROUD OF IT AND WHAT'S WHAT IT'S BECOME. UM, AND I THINK THAT, UH, IT WOULD ALSO, UH, BE TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NEW HOMES BEING BUILT, THAT THEY HAVE A NICE PARK NEXT DOOR. SO I THINK IT'S A MUTUAL, UH, UM, CONSIDERATION THAT THE KIDS GET A BEAUTIFUL PARK. IMPROVEMENTS. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR SNACK BAR HAS MOLD, UM, AGAIN, THE, UM, OUR, WHAT DO WE CALL IT? THE ROOF, THE PLUMBING. WE GET FLOODING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SNACK BAR. UM, LIKE I SAID, OUR [03:30:01] SCOREBOARD WON'T FUNCTION, I WOULD SAY 80% OF THE TIME. AND, UM, WE WOULD KINDLY REQUEST THAT WE DO GET THAT 1.6, UH, BASEBALL FIELD FOR OUR KIDS. UM, LIKE I SAID, I'M A FIRST TIME PARENT AND, UM, IT'S VERY EXCITING. UH, MY KID MADE THE ALL STARS YAY, YAY. AND HE'S NEVER PLAYED BASEBALL BEFORE IN HIS LIFE, SO THAT'S ALSO VERY EXCITING. HE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE TODAY, BUT HE IS SUFFERING FROM, UH, PNEUMONIA. OH. SO WE'RE PRAYING AND HOPING THAT HE CAN FEEL BETTER TO PLAY ON SATURDAY. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. HELLO MAYOR. HELLO COUNCILS. UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FIRST FOR, UM, FOR LISTENING TO US. UM, I AM ALSO PART OF THE BOARD FOR WESTFIELD NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE. NOT ONLY THAT, I AM A PARENT AND A CAN YOU YOUR NAME? MY NAME'S RICARDO QUIN. YES. NICE TO MEET YOU. UM, NOT ONLY AM I A PARENT, I'VE ALSO OF A PREVIOUS, UM, LITTLE LEAGUE AS WELL. UM, I WENT THERE AS A LITTLE KID. UM, NOT ONLY AM I REQUESTING FOR THE FULL 1.6 AC UM, LOT ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS OF THE MOLD, THE CONCERNS OF THE, OF THE ROOF OR THE SNACK BAR. UM, OUR BATTING CAGE, UM, 20 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS THERE, THIS WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THERE WAS SO MANY KIDS, IT WAS SUCH A GREAT COMMUNITY. AND TO SEE THE LACK OF CARING FOR THIS PLACE WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BUILD THE FUTURE OF OUR KIDS' LIVES IS KIND OF SAD. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT HELPED ME STAY OUTTA THE STREETS AND HELPED ME BECOME, UM, THE FATHER THAT I'M TRYING TO BE. AND I'M TRYING TO ALSO MAKE THIS SOMETHING FOR NOT ONLY MY KIDS, BUT FUTURE KIDS. I'M ALSO A COACH, YOU KNOW. AND, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S LIKE REALISTICALLY I'M LOOKING AT THE PLANS, YOU KNOW? UM, I WILL ALSO A CERTIFIED, UH, UM, CAD DRAFT MAN. SO I'VE DONE A CAD FOR ARCHITECTURE, STUFF LIKE THAT. REALISTICALLY, YOU DON'T NEED A POOL THERE. THAT POOL IS WAY TOO SMALL FOR 200 AND SOMETHING LIKE HOUSES. YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU DON'T NEED THAT POOL THERE, HONESTLY. LIKE, THERE'S LITERALLY A SPLASH PAD, LITERALLY AT THE PARK FOR THE KIDS. YOU KNOW, IF WE FOCUS ON THE PARK TO MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER FOR THE KIDS, WHY DO WE NEED A POOL THERE? YOU KNOW, LIKE THE WHOLE POINT IS TO BUILD A COMMUNITY FOR THE FUTURE, RIGHT? LIKE, OUR CHILDREN ARE THE FUTURE. AND INSTEAD, LIKE THIS PAST COUPLE YEARS, PEOPLE DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT DEL NORTE PARK WAS EVEN A RURAL PARK ANYMORE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TAKING CARE OF IT. THE FLOODING OF LIKE, WHAT WAS IT LIKE THE GRASS WAS FLOODING FOR, FOR LIKE MONTHS? LIKE IT WAS A LIKE A SWAMP OUT THERE FOR LIKE MONTHS BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. LIKE, NOBODY WAS LIKE, WHO WAS MAINTAINING THE GRASS? DIDN'T EVEN LIKE, SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT FOR THE LONGEST TIME. LIKE, ALL THESE THINGS IS WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, LIKE, COMING HERE AND WAITING AN HOUR FOR, UH, OVER AN HOUR ABOUT YOU GUYS ARGUING ABOUT INTERNAL STUFF AT SCHOOL. I GET IT. BUT AT THE END, SAY, YOU GUYS SEE THE KIDS HERE, WE CAME HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY, WE CAME HERE BECAUSE WE CARE ABOUT THE KIDS AND THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT. THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE FUTURE OF WEST COVINA, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE THIS HOUSING IS COOL AND ALL, YOU KNOW, LIKE, LIKE I WOULD LOVE TO CONTINUE TO LIVE HERE AND CONTINUE TO GROW MY KID, LIKE GROW MY FAMILY HERE. BUT HOW CAN I, IF YOU GUYS AREN'T EVEN TAKING CARE OF OUR PARKS? AND, UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S REALLY IT. I LOST MY TIME. I, I HOPE YOU GUYS CHOOSE THE PARK. THANK YOU. UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, MAYOR, THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS WERE NEUTRAL. THEY'RE ALL NEUTRAL, CORRECT? HELLO, MY NAME IS JAVIER VEGA. UM, MY POSITION IS MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR. GO AHEAD. AT WEST COVIN INTERNATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE ALSO DEL NORTY. I'M ALSO A COACH. ONE OF THE KIDS THAT'S STILL HERE. SEBASTIAN, ONE OF MY BEST PLAYERS. GOT A LOT OF HUSTLE. UM, UM, I JUST WANT TO MENTION, UH, LUISA, RIGHT? HER NAME WAS, SHE CAME UP HERE, SHE BROUGHT UP THAT 1.45 WAS GONNA GO BACK TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE OR TO THE CITY SHOULD SAY, BUT THEN SHE MENTIONED THAT WHATEVER IS THE INTEREST OF THE CITY PRETTY [03:35:01] MUCH CHANGING THE FACT THAT IT MIGHT BECOME A BASEBALL FIELD OR IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING ELSE. I'M JUST ASKING THE CITY TO CLARIFY THAT AND MAKE IT A POINT THAT IT IS GONNA BE A BASEBALL FIELD OR WHAT IS THE PLAN FOR THAT LAND? UM, THE LEAGUE'S BEEN THERE SINCE 1953. IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN FROM WEST COVINA, YOU GUYS KNOW OF DEL NORTE FOR A CERTAIN REASON. IF IT WAS FOR THE SCHOOL OR FOR THE PARK SPLASH PAD. I'VE TAKEN MY KIDS THERE. A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE THEIR DOGS THERE. AS THE GENTLEMAN MENTIONED EARLIER, IT'S DEL NORTE. IT'S, IT'S A LANDMARK FOR WEST COVINA AND IT'S DETERIORATED FOR SURE. AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR HELP. YOU KNOW, WE'RE A NONPROFIT. THE KIDS WE DO GET, SOMETIMES THEY LEAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR THEM TO PRACTICE. GAMES ARE REAL TIGHT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S A STRUGGLE OUT THERE AND WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE EXTRA HAND FROM THE CITY. UM, YOU GUYS WERE THERE FOR OPENING DAY. I RECOGNIZE YOUR GUYS' FACES. I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING THERE. THE LIGHTS GREAT HELP. IT WAS 'CAUSE IT WAS DARK. UM, WE JUST WANT HELP AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO ASK FOR. THAT'S WHAT THEY CAME FOR. SO THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU MAYOR. FOR THE RECORD. MR. VEGA WAS NEUTRAL. NEUTRAL, CORRECT. THAT'S OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE THERE? GO AHEAD. ALL NEUTRAL, CORRECT. OKAY. NEUTRAL. GOOD EVENING. UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU ALL FOR RESPONDING TO OUR EMAILS IN FEBRUARY AND GETTING THOSE LIGHTS FIXED. IT'S, UH, VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR OUR FIELD TO HAVE THOSE LIGHTS IN THOSE KIDS TO PLAY. SO THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS PETE LIMON. I'M A PARENT AND VOLUNTEER COACH WITH WEST WING NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE, WHERE I HAVE PROUDLY SERVED FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO VOICE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE FIELD AND FACILITIES THAT WE MAY POTENTIALLY LOSE. LITTLE LEAGUE HAS BEEN PART OF OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS AMERICA SINCE 1939. FIELDS LIKE OURS ARE INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, OUR CHILDREN. LEAGUES LIKE OURS BRING FAMILIES TOGETHER AND CREATE FRIENDSHIPS THAT LAST A LIFETIME. OUR LITTLE LEAGUE PARK IS MORE THAN JUST A PLACE TO PLAY BASEBALL. IT'S A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES GATHER ON WEEKNIGHTS TO ENJOY A BURGER AND SOME NACHOS WHERE NEIGHBORS CONNECT AND THE KIDS SIMPLY BE KIDS. IT'S A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE SPEND THEIR SATURDAYS CHEERING ON PLAYERS WHILE YOUNGER SIBLINGS RUN AROUND AND MAKE MEMORIES JUST LIKE WE DID GROWING UP. THESE PARKS AND FIELDS PLAY A VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPING SOCIAL SKILLS, TEAMWORK, AND A SENSE OF COMMUNITY, ALL OF WHICH ARE MORE IMPORTANT, ALL OF WHICH ARE IMPORTANT NOW, MORE THAN EVER. BASEBALL HELPS CHILDREN BUILD CONFIDENCE, LEARN RESPONSIBILITY, DEVELOP TEAMWORK, AND FORM LASTING FRIENDSHIPS. WITHOUT THESE FIELDS, NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE. LOSING THESE FACILITIES WOULD MAKE IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR OUR LEAGUE TO SURVIVE. WE'LL LOSE PLAYERS, FAMILIES, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE YOUTH. WE NEED YOUR HELP. I RESPECT, RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS AND DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PRESERVE OUR FIELDS AND PROTECT OUR LEAGUE. WE DO NOT WANT TO BE ANOTHER WEST COWE OF BASEBALL PROGRAM THAT DISAPPEARS LIKE ORANGEWOOD LEAGUE AND WEST VEA PONY CULT. PLEASE HELP US SAVE OUR FIELDS, OUR LEAGUE, AND POSITIVE IMPACT THEY HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. CAN I HAVE YOUR NAME? NAME? OH, SIR, CAN I HAVE YOUR NAME? PETE. THANK YOU MR. LIMON. YEAH, HE DID. HE DID SAY THAT. I REMEMBER YOU PETE. ANYONE ELSE NEUTRAL FROM THERE? OKAY, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO JERRY. OH. OH, SORRY JERRY. NO, WAIT, I'M SORRY. HE'S NEUTRAL. WAIT, PART OF THE, IF YOU, IF YOU WANNA STAY WITH NEUTRAL, I COULD GO BACK TO APPROVED. ARE WE I HAVE OTHER NEUTRALS. I HAVE AOR VIRA. I THINK JERRY'S BEEN WAITING. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL, WE'LL DO, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE TRADITIONAL, THE, SORRY. OKAY. JERRY'S DOING SQUATS TONIGHT. WE WANT JERRY. RIGHT? JERRY BE WAITING FOR WHOLE NIGHT. WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL. UH, JERRY, COME JERRY. WE WANT JERRY. WE WANT JERRY. THANK YOU FOR HELPING HER. YOU WAITING AN OLD NIGHT? YOU OLD NIGHT? WE GOT A LITTLE WORKOUT THERE. YEAH. YOUR TURN. YOUR TURN. YEAH. I'M GETTING OLD HERE. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU. UM, LIKE [03:40:01] MANY WEST COVINA RESIDENTS, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CHANGES IN HOUSING DENSITY THAT'S COMING. CHANGES ARE NEIGHBORHOODS CREATE STREET PARKING ISSUES LIKE CRAZY AND INCREASES TRAFFIC CONGESTION. I, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. AND I KNOW WHEN I FIRST MOVED TO WEST COVINA, I LIVED IN A GATED COMMUNITY, TOWNHOUSE COMMUNITY, AND WE HAD PARKING. I WAS ON THE BOARD. I DEALT WITH PARKING. WE ALSO IMPACTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS BECAUSE WHEN WE FILLED UP OUR ALLOTMENTS, THEY HAD TO PARK IN THE GARAGE AND THEY HAD TO USE, COULDN'T USE GUEST PARKING. THEY WENT OUT ON THE STREET. SO I SUPPORT THIS CONCEPT, BUT I'D LIKE YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S PERMIT PROCESS THAT'S OCCURS IN SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE THERE'S APARTMENT BUILDINGS AND STUFF, YOU'RE GONNA NEED SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN MY VIEW, ESPECIALLY SINCE THERE'S A LOT OF MORE CARS. UM, I ATTENDED SOME OF THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON THIS AND ALSO ON THE VINCENT AND PIONEER PROJECTS. I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH MERITAGE. I THINK THE BUILDINGS LOOK SO MUCH BETTER THAN SOME OF THESE MONSTERS THAT HAVE COME IN. I THINK THEIR FLEXIBILITY OF LISTENING TO WHAT RESIDENTS WERE TALKING ABOUT UNPARALLELED. IT REALLY WAS. I REALLY LIKE THE SWIMMING POOL. YOU DON'T SEE THOSE VERY OFTEN. THE COMPLEX I LIVED IN HAD ONE AND IT GAVE US MORE OF A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. WE, WE JUST ENTERTAINED EACH OTHER. VISITED AND STUFF. YOU MET YOUR NEIGHBORS. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY UNIQUE FEATURE. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I LOVE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL FIELD, WHICHEVER IT IS. IS THERE, UM, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE WAY THAT FIELD GOT ACQUIRED, BUT I DON'T THINK YOU'LL DO THAT AGAIN. WILL YOU , UM, DEAL WITH PARKING PLEASE OUT ON THE STREET WHEN THE FREEWAY WAS BEING BUILT OR REDONE? CARS COME OTHER DIRECTIONS AND STUFF AND LIKE YOU SEE THEM COMING DOWN THE DIFFERENT STREETS TAKING ALTERNATE ROUTES, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THAT. SO PLEASE DEAL WITH SOME OF THE EXTERNAL STUFF. I SUPPORT THIS. I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. I JUST WANT YOU TO DEAL THESE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WENT IN. THERE'S PARKING THAT'S REALLY NOT BEING EFFECTIVELY DEALT WITH, WITH, UM, AND I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. UH, I I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE LAURA VIRA IS NOT HERE. OH, SHE IS HERE. THIS IS ALSO NEUTRAL MAYOR. OKAY. NEUTRAL LATE. HI EVERYBODY. I, UM, LIVE IN TONY'S DISTRICT. HI, TONY. HOW YOU DOING? AND I OWN A HOME. MY VERY FIRST WEST COVINA HOME WAS IN, IN DISTRICT ONE, UM, ON SHADY DALE, WHICH YOU CAN SEE FROM, UM, THE TENNIS COURTS ON THE DRAWINGS. MY, I'M VERY FORTUNATE THAT MY GRANDCHILDREN AND MY SON WHO PLAYED AT WEST COVINA NATIONAL, UM, YAY, STILL LIVE IN THAT HOME TODAY. UM, AND THE IMPACT, UM, THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT AND THAT I'M HERE TO SUPPORT OUR, FOR MY FORMER NEIGHBORS WHO I LIVED ON THAT STREET FOR 22 YEARS AND I LOVE DEARLY AND THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING, ABOUT THE SPEEDING DOWN THE STREET THAT'S GOING TO SPILL OVER FROM SUNSET. THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED WITH THE, THE BUILD, THE LARGE BUILD THAT WAS OVER, UM, ON, UH, VINCENT AND, UM, WORKMAN, UM, AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN GETTING TO SCHOOL. THE OVERFLOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH DEL NORTE PARK, OR I'M SORRY, WITH, UM, DEL NORTE SCHOOL. DEL NORTE PARK IS AN ICON IN WEST COVINA. IT'S AN ICONIC PARK. AND THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THESE CHILDREN THE PROPER SIZE FIELD, I AM SURE MARITA, I, I, I LEARNED ABOUT THE, THE, UM, THE BUILD. I DIDN'T GET THE, THE NOTIFICATION EVEN THOUGH I WAS IN THAT FIRST, UM, SPOT, THE FIRST, UH, MAILER. I NEVER GOT ANY OF IT. BUT I HAVE LEARNED ABOUT IT. I'VE COME, I WILL SAY THAT MAROSH HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB TO MAKE IT CONCESSIONS FOR THE CONCESSIONS FOR THE AREA FOR SURE. BUT I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE, THE BASEBALL FIELD HAS TO BE MADE A LITTLE BIT LARGER. THE PARKING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT FURTHER. THE, UM, THAT STREET GOING THROUGH HAVING NO SIDEWALK, YES, THERE'S NO SIDEWALK THERE TODAY, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE 200 MORE HOUSES THERE WITH CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL TO GET TO SCHOOL. SO, UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF MERITAGE. I DO THINK [03:45:01] YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ASKED FOR. THANKS. YOU GUYS HAVE A GOOD NIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OPPOSED, MAYOR. OKAY. ELVA, LIMA, OR ORTIZ. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGHOUT TONIGHT, TONIGHT'S MEETING RESIDENTS HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING. THEY HAVE RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND OTHER ISSUES THAT AFFECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE RESTAURANTS OF ES COVINA. SEVERAL SPEAKERS HAVE REMINDED US OF WHAT WEST COVINA USED TO LOOK LIKE. THEY HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW IT WAS A WELL PLANNED OUT CITY, A COMMUNITY WHERE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE DESIGNED THOUGHTFULLY, AND WHERE RESIDENTS COULD RELY ON SELF ACCOUNTABILITY, NOT, NOT NUISANCE ENFORCEMENT. AND WHERE RESIDENTS COULD ALSO COUNT ON RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP AND THEIR IN THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I AM MASKING YOU TONIGHT TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION. PLEASE HELP KEEP OUR COMMUNITY, OUR CITY ORGANIZED, SAFE AND LIVABLE BY CAREFULLY CONSIDERING THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF A DECISION BE BEFORE YOU. TONIGHT. THE PROPOSAL NORTH PROJECT WILL ADD MORE THAN 232 HOMES WHILE PROVIDING PARKING THAT IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THE NEEDS OF FUTURE RESIDENTS, THEIR VISITORS, AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. WITH MANY OF THESE HOMES DESIGNED FOR FAMILIES OF THREE, WITH THREE TO FOUR BEDROOMS, THE PARKING DEMAND IS LIKELY TO EXCEED WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED VERY QUICKLY. AND THEY WILL BE UTILIZING THE PARKING SPOTS CURRENTLY DESIGNED FOR THE PARKING FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT VISIT THE PARK OR THAT COME TO PLAY TENNIS. ALL OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS WILL BE OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW WHEN THERE IS A GAME. I CAN SEE A LOT OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE, UM, PARENTS CIRCLING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRYING TO FIND PARKING. THESE RESIDENTS FOR THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT WILL BE UTILIZING SOME OF THOSE PARKING SPOTS OR, UH, AND TAKING THAT FROM, FROM THOSE, UM, THAT COME VISIT. VISIT THE PARK. TO THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME TODAY AND EXPERIENCE PARKING ISSUES ON TUESDAYS, IMAGINE EXPERIENCING THAT EVERY DAY AT EVERY TIME DURING THAT DAY, NOT ONLY ON TUESDAYS. IT'LL BE VERY IMPACTFUL TO OUR CITY. A DECISION ON DEL NORTE PROJECT SHALL NOT BE BASED SOLELY ON SHORT TERM CONSIDER CONSIDERATIONS OR PRESSURES. I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE LASTING IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC, PARKING, AVAILABILITY, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, AND OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, OF THE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS. THE LEGACY OF THIS COUNCIL SHOULD BE ONE THAT MAKES THE CITY BETTER, NOT ONE THAT IS AFFECTED AND WHERE WE ARE GONNA BE STRUGGLING IN THE FUTURE. I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. GLEN KENNEDY. I'M TIRED. GOOD EVENING. CITY COUNCIL. GLEN KENNEDY, LIFELONG RESIDENT, BORN AND RAISED ON THE NORTH SIDE. VERY PROUD OF IT. UM, FIRST OF ALL, UM, IT'S REALLY NOT THAT I'M AGAINST THE PROJECT, IT'S THE PARKING. I WANNA ADDRESS A FEW ISSUES. FIRST, I, AS A, I PLAYED AT THAT PARK. I WENT TO DEL NORTE. I WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS. I WAS ON DISTRICT 19 BOARD AND YOU KNOW, MILAN, THE, THE, THE FIELD IS 1.6, OKAY? IT'S NOT 1.45, IT'S 1.6, OKAY? UM, MY, UH, ISSUES ARE PARKING, PARKING, PARKING, PARKING. OKAY? SO WITH 232 UNITS GOING IN THERE, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT 63, REALLY 63 GUEST PARKING. REALLY? IT SHOULD BE ONE FOR ONE, NOT NOT MINUS FOUR TO ONE. UH, THIS IS A BIG CONCERN. SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? THEY'RE GONNA TELL YOU HOW NICE IT IS AND IT LOOKS GOOD AND THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE BY LAW. BUT IN REALITY, IN TWO YEARS, THAT PARK'S GONNA BE GONE. THERE'S GONNA BE NO PARKING AT THE PARK. THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE WHOLE PARKING LOT OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE UP AND DOWN, SUNSET, BOTH SIDES [03:50:01] OF SUNSET, BOTH SIDES OF NORA, BOTH, BOTH SIDES OF WORKMEN. THERE'S GONNA BE NO PARKING. OKAY? AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE RESIDENTS. AND BY THE WAY, THE RESIDENTS BOUGHT THOSE HOMES. THOSE ARE SINGLE STORY RANCH STYLE HOMES. OKAY? SO NOW YOU'RE GONNA PUT IN TWO STORY, THREE STORIES. THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM. THEY, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE NO VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS. YOU HAVE COMPLETELY DESTROYED A HARMONIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE. AND YEAH, THEY, MERITAGE BUILDS A GREAT PRODUCT, THEY'RE VERY GOOD, BUT IN THE END, THEY'RE GONNA WALK AWAY AND THE PROBLEM'S GONNA BE HERE TO, TO US. AND THEN BACK IN TWO YEARS, I'M GONNA COME BACK AND I'LL SAY, I TOLD YOU SO. SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HAVE, UH, SOME, CONSIDER SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THAT. I REALLY DON'T BLAME YOU. I ACTUALLY BLAME THE SCHOOL BOARD. THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS MISHANDLED THIS FROM DAY ONE. OKAY? SO IF, IF YOU WERE PLANNING ON SELLING DEL NORTE, YOU SHOULD HAVE WENT TO THE RESIDENCE INSTEAD OF SENDING, OH, WELL WE SENT OUT A FLYER THAT'S 500 FEET. NO, YOU SHOULD HAVE ACTUALLY WENT AND TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS. SEE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WORKSHOP, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE HERE, IT'S GONNA AFFECT YOU. BUT THEY NEVER DID. THEY TOOK THE MONEY AND THEY RAN. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU GUYS HAVE A NICE EVENING. THANK YOU MARIE. I THINK SHE LEFT. I DON'T SEE HER. JUSTIN. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. UH, MAYOR PROTE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, MY NAME'S JUSTIN HARVEY, DISTRICT ONE. UH, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. UM, WILL THE ROUGHLY, UH, 900,000 IN LIEU OF PARK FEE, UH, BE GOING DIRECTLY BACK INTO DEL NORTE PARK, UM, OR INTO THE CITYWIDE PARK FUND AND, UH, WHO PAYS FOR THE YEARLY MAINTENANCE AFTER THE CITY TAKES OWNERSHIP? UM, ALSO, UM, JUST NEED SOME CLARITY ON WHETHER THE CITY IS RECEIVING A FULLY USABLE BASEBALL FIELD OR SIMPLY JUST THE LAND, YOU KNOW, DESIGNATED AS PARK OPEN SPACE. UH, THAT IN THE FUTURE WE'LL NEED CITY FUNDS TO TURN IT INTO A USABLE, UH, BASEBALL FIELD. AND THEN, UM, JUST BEFORE PROVING THIS PROJECT, UM, HAVE YOU DONE A EVALUATED, UM, COMBINED IMPACT ON THE DEL NORTE PROJECT AND THE CITY YARD? UM, BOTH OF THEM COMBINED IS ABOUT 373 UNITS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND DOING A STUDY ON THE TRAFFIC, THE PUBLIC SAFETY PARKS INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF THEM ARE WITHIN 1.2 MILES AWAY FROM EACH OTHER. YOU KNOW, SO I KNOW THAT THESE ARE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, PROJECTS AND THEY'RE ANALYZED SEPARATELY, BUT THE RESIDENTS ARE GONNA FILL THEM COLLECTIVELY. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. MAY I ALSO HAVE TWO CARDS WITH THEY DIDN'T STATE, UH, IN FAVOR OPPOSED OR NEUTRAL? THE FIRST SPEAKER IS STEVE BENNETT. I YOU SAID NEUTRAL. I HEARD. OKAY, LET'S HAVE A REALISTIC TALK HERE. YOU KNOW ME, I'M ALWAYS REALISTIC. FIRST OF ALL, UM, YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THE PARKING GLEN'S A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT? UM, GLEN GREW UP IN THAT AREA, WORKED AT THAT PARK AS A VOLUNTEER. I'M A FORMER LITTLE LEAGUE PRESIDENT MYSELF AT A DIFFERENT PARK, SO I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. UM, BUT LET'S TALK PARKING. RIGHT NOW ALL OF THE PARKING DOWN NORA AND ALL THE PARKING ALONG, UH, DEL NORTE IS PERMIT PARKING DURING SCHOOL HOURS. WELL, PRETTY SURE THAT'S NOT GONNA BE AN ISSUE ANYMORE, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT GONNA NEED PERMIT PARKING DURING SCHOOL HOURS, BUT THEY ARE GONNA NEED PERMIT PARKING OVERNIGHT. THEY'RE GONNA NEED PERMIT PARKING AT SOME PERIOD OF TIME. THOSE RESIDENTS NEED TO TELL YOU WHAT THAT PARKING PERMIT SHOULD BE. BUT THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PARKING PERMIT ON THE CURRENT EXISTING SIDES OF THOSE STREETS ARE THERE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO PARK WHEN THEY NEED TO. EXCEPT FOR STREET SWEEPING. THAT'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE. UM, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS FIRST OF ALL, TAKEN CARE OF. AND THAT SHOULD BE AT THE CITY'S EXPENSE, NOT THE $180 OR $150 FEE FOR EACH OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS TO REQUEST THAT. SO THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU GUYS NEED TO DO. AND YOU NEED TO INCLUDE THIS. I DON'T THINK IT'S MERITAGE FAULT. YOU GUYS NEED TO HANDLE THAT. SECOND THING THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT, UM, IS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT STREET SWEEPING. WE'RE ADDING WHAT, 250 PEOPLE TO THIS AREA? AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PARKING ALREADY. YEAH, YOU GOTTA FIX THE STREET SWEEPING 'CAUSE THAT'S A PROBLEM. AND THIS IS GOING ON OVER INTO, OVER AGAIN. [03:55:01] NOT GONNA HARP ON GROUNDHOG DAY. 'CAUSE YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW I'M AGAINST WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING. UH, LET'S TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC ON WORKMAN. WE DID THE VINCENT WORKMAN THING. THOSE NEIGHBORS NEVER GOT PERMIT PARKING. AND IF YOU DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET, YOU GOTTA DRIVE HALF THE SPEED LIMIT SO YOU DON'T HIT SOMEBODY RUNNING OUT BETWEEN CARS. THAT STREET IS TERRIBLE. I GREW UP IN THIS AREA. I WENT TO VINCENT'S SCHOOL BACK WHEN IT WAS THERE. THE PARKING WAS NEVER AN ISSUE UNTIL THAT DEVELOPMENT SHOWED UP. SO PARKING, PARKING, PARKING. LET'S TALK ABOUT BASEBALL FOR A SECOND. IT IS A 200 FOOT FENCE FOR A 12-YEAR-OLD TO PLAY IN. IF BASEBALL LITTLE LEAGUE EVER CLOSES AS SOME DO, I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO RENT OUT THAT FIELD. YOU'RE NOT GONNA RENT IT OUT AT 185 FOOT FENCE. 'CAUSE THAT'S A 10-YEAR-OLD. THAT MEANS TRAVEL BALL'S NOT GONNA RENT IT. SO YOU'RE GONNA NEED AT LEAST A 200 FOOT FENCE FROM HOME PLATE, WHATEVER THE ACREAGE IS. 'CAUSE I'M NOT THAT MATH GUY. IF IT'S 1.6, IT'S 1.6. SECOND THING EVERY SATURDAY MORNING THEY NEED IN THEIR CCRS THAT THEY'RE GONNA HEAR MORNING LITTLE JOHNNY UP TO BAT AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING ON EVERY SATURDAY. SO IN THEIR CCNRS, IT NEEDS TO SAY THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE PA SPEAKERS ANNOUNCING KIDS EVERY SATURDAY MORNING, ALMOST YEAR ROUND AND EVERY WEEKDAY NIGHT. AND THERE SHOULD BE NOTHING THAT PREVENTS THAT. THEY'VE ALREADY AGREED TO FOUL BALL NETTING AND HOME RUN NETTING TO PREVENT ANYTHING HAPPENING INTO THE AREA. BUT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE IRRIGATION IS FOR THAT FIELD BECAUSE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS PROBABLY FUNDING IT. I KNOW. AND THEN NOW THE SCHOOL IS NO LONGER FUNDING IT, SO THE CITY'S GONNA HAVE TO IRRIGATE IT. STEVE, THANK YOU. I JUST NEED AN ACCOMMODATION 'CAUSE I NEED MORE TIME. I DIDN'T, BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY BECAUSE YOU KNOW, ITS WHAT, IT'S SO WE NEED MORE IRRIGATION NEXT SPEAKER. THANK YOU. JUST MORE ACCOMMODATION LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER PEOPLE. I MEAN, FIVE MINUTES. PUT IT IN WITH, UH, THE CITY. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. BUT I WANT TO DO IT WHILE I'M TALKING. OKAY. , I LIKE THAT. FISH HIM OUT. JG THANK YOU , THAT HELPED YOU OUT. THANK YOU. DISCLOSURE, UH, THAT WAS EARLIER. THAT WAS MY TWIN BROTHER THAT YOU WILL WANT. YEAH. . UM, WE SEEM TO BE CREATING A NEW NORMAL HERE. UH, AND I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST CITY COUNCIL. I THINK IT STEMS FROM SACRAMENTO. UM, AND BY THE WAY, WELCOME BACK, MR. ANDERSON. MR. ANDERSON WAS THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING WHEN THE STATE CAME DOWN AND EXPLAINED HOW THIS WAS GONNA WORK. AND THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE GOTTEN A SWEET DEAL BECAUSE THEY'VE GOTTEN THE SUPPORT OF SACRAMENTO AND CITY COUNCIL. THEY ARE NOW SELLING US A GLORIFIED MATCHBOX STARTING AT $800,000. AND THEY PACKAGED THIS AND SOLD IT TO US, TELLING US THAT THIS WAS TO HELP THE HOMELESS OR THAT HOUSE AND THE LACK OF HOUSING, BUT WITH THE IDEA OF HELPING THOSE THAT ARE UNHOUSED. WELL, THAT REAL ESTATE AGENT CAME UP HERE AND ADVOCATED FOR IT. BUT I ASKED HIM, HOW MUCH DOES A RESIDENCE, ONE OF THOSE 50-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT RESIDENTS, I THINK, UH, COST. HE SAYS, OH, ABOUT $800,000. I SAID IN ONE OF THESE, HE SAID, STARTS AT ABOUT $800,000. I SAID, WELL, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO BUY THAT WHEN YOU CAN BUY A OLDER HOUSE, MAN, HAVE SOME PLUMBING PROBLEMS. IT COMES WITH A BACKYARD, A FRONT YARD, 1650 OR 1700 SQUARE FEET FOR THE SAME PRICE. AND JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS FAR LESS. THIS NEW NORMAL IS TAKING HOUSING TO A POINT WHERE NO FIRST TIME, HOW HOME BUYER'S GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT. THAT'S JUST A FACT. THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT AS FAR AS WHAT MANY OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN. IT'S IMMEDIATE AND IT'S PERSONAL. BUT THAT MATRIX THAT CAME THROUGH THE, THE STATE TO US MANDATES THAT YOU BUILD A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNITS AT LOW INCOME. WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF LOW INCOME THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT AT PIONEER AND THESE OTHER, THE NORTE AND THESE, THIS OTHER ONE THAT YOU'VE BUILT HERE IN THE CITY THAT THIS DEVELOPERS BUILT? HOW MANY HOMES ARE ACTUALLY LOW INCOME? AND ONCE YOU'VE REACHED SATURATION AT THE HIGHER END, MODERATE HIGH END, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA BUILD THESE LOW END INCOME HOMES IN THE POORER NEIGHBORHOODS? THOSE DISTRICT, MRS. VITO'S DISTRICT, MRS. DIAZ DISTRICT, WHERE THE STREETS ARE, ALLIGATOR [04:00:01] STREETS ACCORDING TO THE LAST MANAGER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO FURTHER SPEAKERS. MAYOR. UM, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT THE RESIDENT'S EAR HAVE ADDRESSED? GIMME JUST A MOMENT. SO TO START IN RESPONSE AROUND THE BASEBALL FIELD, UM, IT'S A, IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS JUST BEING ABLE TO MAGICALLY GAIN THE EXTRA FEET TO MAKE IT WORK WITHOUT FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON THE SITE PLAN WITH CIRCULATION AND PARKING. UM, WHEN WE WERE EVALUATING HOW TO CREATE THE CARVE OFF, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WERE DOING IT IN A WAY TO MAXIMIZE WHAT HAPPENED, WHAT WHAT WE COULD CREATE THERE. AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, UM, FROM THE LITTLE LEAGUE OF HAVING FIELDS THAT ARE DIFFERENT SIZES THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY SERVE A YOUNGER AGE GROUP. UM, AS WE HEARD THE 180 FOOT IS REALLY FOR THOSE 10 AND UNDER, UM, THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A, THE FIELD THAT WAS BEING RENTED PREVIOUSLY FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. UM, SO CLEARLY THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT WORK. WE UNDER, I I CAN UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATION THAT IT BRINGS. UM, AS HE SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE 12 AND OVERS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET TRAVEL BALL WHO CAN NECESSARILY USE IT. BUT IT IS STILL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LITTLE LEAGUE MENTIONED, THEY START AS YOUNG AS FOUR. SO THERE IS A, A GROUP THAT WOULD BE SERVED BY THIS. UM, WE SEE THE VALUE OF IT. WE SEE, YOU KNOW, THAT YES, THE HOMES ADJACENT TO BOTH THE PARK, THE DOG PARK, THE FIELDS, YEAH, THERE'S GONNA BE DISCLOSURES THAT NEED TO BE SIGNED. YOU'RE GONNA KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING YOURSELF INTO, WHAT YOUR ADJACENCY IS. AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING BECAUSE THAT IS COMMUNITY THAT IS BECOMING A PART OF, UM, WHAT IS HERE IN THE FABRIC. UM, SO WE HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THAT. MAKING SURE THAT, THAT THAT IS A TRANSPARENT THING FOR THOSE HOME BUYERS THAT HEY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE CALLING UP THE CITY COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LIVING NEXT TO AN ACTIVE USE. UM, THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED DURING MY PRESENTATION, WE REALLY DO WANT TO, UM, IF, IF THERE ARE IMPROVEMENTS THAT MERITAGE CAN HELP WITH IN A WAY OF UTILIZING THE, THE IN LFI TO COVER THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO, TO ADD THAT BENEFIT, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. UM, BUT IT SOUNDED LIKE, YOU KNOW, IS IT A MULTI-USE? IS IT A TRUE BASEBALL FIELD? YOU KNOW, THE THE END END USE THAT YOU GUYS WANT TO SEE THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY DECIDED YET. SO THAT, THAT'S WHY MY, UM, REQUEST WAS TO REMOVE THAT CONDITION. UM, IN TERMS OF PARKING, OBVIOUSLY AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE EXCEEDING WHAT IS CALLED OUT IN THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT DOESN'T EXCUSE OR NEGATE THE FACT THAT YES, THERE IS PARKING CONCERNS AND PARKING CONSTRAINTS. AND WE SEE THAT ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY WITH INFILL DEVELOPMENTS. UM, BUT I CAN SAY THAT MERITAGE, WE DO HAVE A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE OUR PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO LIMIT THE IMPACT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW THAT WHAT I'M SAYING IS JUST ME SAYING IT AND UNTIL IT'S, IT'S THERE AND IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE IT'S WORDS. BUT I CAN TELL YOU IN OUR PREVIOUS COMMUNITIES, SIMILAR TO THIS, WHERE WE'RE COMING IN, IN AN AND FILL SITUATION, WE REALLY ARE AS TRANSPARENT AND AS POSSIBLE WITH BUYERS AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ENFORCE AND LIMIT WHAT THE SPILLOVER IS INTO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I I, I DO WANT TO REITERATE THOUGH, UM, I, I KNOW THAT I, JUST TO MAKE SURE FOR FULL TRANSPARENCY FOR EVERYONE, THIS IS THE SCHOOL'S PROPERTY. UM, WE ARE IN ESCROW. WE HAVE NOT PURCHASED IT. WE HAVE NOT, UM, MADE ANY AGREEMENTS. UM, WE OR WE HAVE NOT CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY AS OF YET. UM, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS A, A CLOSED PROPERTY AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THE PROCEEDS AND REINVEST IT INTO THE DISTRICT, INTO [04:05:01] OTHER CAMPUSES, INTO, YOU KNOW, FOOD PROGRAMS OR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT THEY WANT TO DO. AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO PARTICIPATE BY BUYING THIS AND HELPING IMPROVE A DISTRICT THAT THESE FUTURE HOMEOWNERS ARE GOING TO BE A PART OF. UM, WE, THERE'S NO EASY WAY OF TAKING WHAT'S COME DOWN FROM THE STATE AND CHANGING, YOU KNOW, THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS 50 YEARS AGO, THE TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, THAT, THAT IS NOT WHAT SACRAMENTO IS MANDATING. UM, BUT WE SEE THIS AS A REALLY NICE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE EDGE OF THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY, STILL BRINGS SOME DENSITY, STILL HELP LOWER THAT COST OF WHAT THE HOME IS SO THAT AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE CAN ACHIEVE, UM, HOME OWNERSHIP. UM, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE. SO, YEAH. SO, UM, I'M JUST GONNA OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION AND I'M JUST GONNA ASK FOR A COUNCIL DISCUSSION. AND THIS IS FOR OUR COUNCIL TO GO AHEAD AND ASK QUESTIONS. UH, COUNCILMAN WU? YEAH. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. UH, I KNOW THE LAND BELONGED TO THE SCHOOL AND THEY'VE BEEN CLOSED FOR A LONG TIME AND THE FENCING AND WHO IS THE SCHOOL? OKAY, THEY SELL YOU FOR WHAT? $50 MILLION? I KNOW THERE'S GOING TO USE THAT TO IMPROVE THE SCHOOL FACILITY, INCLUDING THE, I HEARD ABOUT CENTRAL KITCHENS OR SOMETHING ELSE, BUT THEY SHOULD COME OVER HERE, TELL US WHY THEY NEED THIS $50 MILLION OR OTHERWISE THEY MAY BE HAVE TO A BOND. OKAY. AGAIN. OKAY. LIKE BEFORE OKAY. TO INCREASE OUR PROPERTY TAX. SO, SO BASICALLY MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS WHAT SCHOOL WANT TO OKAY, UH, SELL THIS AND THEY GET THIS SINCE THE DAY IT'S NOT BEEN USED FOR A LONG TIME. AND THEN THEY NEED THIS REVENUE. OKAY? LIKE ANY OTHER SCHOOL, COVINAS AND, UH, GLENDORA AND ALL THOSE CITY AND THE SCHOOL, NOT ENOUGH OF OUR POPULATION. WE, MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, BASED ON THE SUPERINTENDENT TOLD ME ABOUT 30, 30% OF THEIR POPULATION IS FOUND NOT IN OUR CITY AND UH, CAME TO WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. SO WE NEED MORE CHILDREN. OKAY? BUT, BUT THIS IS THE PROBLEM. WE HAVE THE BIRTH RATE. SO THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO, BUT THEY STILL NEED TO USE THE MONEY TO INCREASE. BUT I THINK THE SCHOOL SHOULD BE OVER HERE, TELL US WHAT THEY WANT TO USE THIS MONEY AND WANT THE CITY TO SUPPORT. OKAY. AND, UH, WHAT THEY, JUST US TO LOOK INTO YOUR PROJECT AND I UNDERSTAND, OKAY, NATION, NATION KNOW A LITTLE LEAGUE. WE WENT TO YOUR, UM, OKAY. OPENING AND THEN REMEMBER THE LIGHT. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE LIGHT. WE WANT TO IMPROVE. AND, UH, I SAW THE FIELD LOOK BEAUTIFUL. I POSSIBLE THEY HAVE SOME OTHER ISSUE. I KNOW THE, THE BAR HAS SOME ISSUE AND THE, I THINK CITY MANAGER ALREADY PROMISED THEY'RE GOING TO OKAY. IMPROVE IT. OKAY. WE JUST WANT TO IMPROVE OUR PART. LOOK NICE. OKAY. AND MY PICTURES, I TOOK PICTURES WITH YOUR OPENING DAYS. LOOKS BEAUTIFUL. GORGEOUS. BUT WE UNDERSTAND, OKAY, YOU NEED ANOTHER FIELD TO, TO PLAY. SO WE WANT MAKE SURE THE NATIONAL CAN CONTINUE TO SURVIVE, OKAY? AND THAT'S WHY OKAY. WE TALK TO THEM. AND SO HOW THEY, HOPEFULLY THEY WILLING TO GIVE US SOME EXTRA LAND FOR YOU GUYS CAN, CAN USE. AND, UH, WE, WE WANNA CONTINUE HAVE THIS LEAK. AND, AND ALSO FOR THE, THE, THE, THE FUTURE, THE PEOPLE MOVING IN. IF WE HAVE THIS PROJECT, A YOUNG COUPLE WILL HAVE KID AND THEY CAN JOIN THE NATION. NOW, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE WANT POPULATION, WE WANT KID, AND WE WANT TO HAVE, UH, THEY PLAY THE SPORT, OKAY? AND OTHERWISE WHY WE BUILD THIS. ANOTHER THING REGARDING THE SACRAMENTO, THEY, THEY FORCED US TO BILL FOR WESTCO BEING A 5,346 UNIT. AND WE ONLY HAVE TIER 2030, RIGHT? AND, UH, FOR THE ARENA, WE HAVE TO BUILD 5,346 UNIT OF THE HOME. AND THEY DON'T WANT US TO BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE. NOBODY CAN OKAY. AFFORD A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE ANYMORE. THEY WANT US TO BUILD SOMETHING, OKAY? CONDO AND THIS AND THAT. THAT'S WHY THIS BUILD IT. OKAY? COME OVER HERE. AND I WANT TO APPRECIATE THE BUILDER WILLING TO INVEST YOUR MONEY TO WEST COVINA BECAUSE IT'S A TOP MARKET RIGHT NOW. SO, SO, SO THE FIRST QUESTION I WANT TO ASK IS, OKAY, YOU'RE BUILDING 200, UH, 32, I THINK IT'S COMING FROM ALMOST 300. YOU'RE COMING DOWN AND THE FOUR STORY COMING DOWN TO THREE STORY AND, UH, MATCHING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHY IS THE PRICE, OKAY? WHY'S THE STARTING PRICE? BECAUSE WE HOPE THE YOUNG COUPLE CAN MOVE IN TO OWN THEIR FIRST HOME AND OWN THE OCCUPY, [04:10:01] AND SO THEY CAN HAVE BABY AND JOIN THE NATIONAL IN THE FUTURE. THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. WE AGAIN, WE WANT POPULATION. SO WHY IS THE PRICE IS THAT AFFORDABLE? BECAUSE, UH, UH, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ENTRY LEVEL HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME, HOME BUYER, YOUNG COUPLE COMING INTO WEST COVINA, FIND THIS BEAUTIFUL PLAY WITH A PARK NEXT DOOR, AND THEY WILLING TO MOVE IN OKAY. AND STARTING THEIR LIFE OVER HERE. WHY, WHY IS YOUR STARTING PRICE? YEAH. SO FOR THE, UM, AND TAKE THIS WITH A, WITH AN ASTERISK, RIGHT? IF THEY WERE, IF THEY WERE GONNA BE GOING TO MARKET TODAY. UM, SO WE CAN'T NECESSARILY MAGIC BALL WHERE THE MARKET'S GONNA BE IN A COUPLE YEARS, BUT IF THEY WERE GOING TO MARKET TODAY, UM, THE TOWN HOMES, SO WE HAVE TWO, THREE, AND FOUR BEDROOMS, THEY WOULD BE STARTING IN THE MID SIXES, UM, UP TO SIX, $600,000. YEAH. UP TO THE HIGH SEVENS. AND THEN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THEY WOULD BE STARTING IN THE MID EIGHTS TO HIGH EIGHTS. AND BECAUSE SINGLE FAMILY HAS OKAY, LOOK LIKE THEY ARE ALMOST 2000 SQUARE FEET, UH, 3 MILLION, 4,000, UH, I BELIEVE, UM, , HOLLY, YOU SCARE ME. SORRY. SORRY. IT'S A LOT OF DISCREET, YEAH. MILLION DOLLARS. OKAY, GO AGAIN. HOW MUCH IS A TWO? IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE IN THE FRONT. MM-HMM . SO BASICALLY ABOUT $800,000 WITH A 2000 SQUARE FEET HOME. YEAH. SO IT'S, AND TOWNHOUSE IS ABOUT $600,000. UH, YEAH. SO THE, THE TOWN HOMES ARE MID SIXES TO SEVENS, AND THEN THE SINGLE FAMILY ARE IN THE EIGHTS. YES. YEAH. BEGINS, I, I THINK WITH INTEREST RIGHT NOW IT'S AROUND 5.875. OKAY. AND, UH, WITH SIX, HOPEFULLY AROUND LOW SIX. OKAY. AND, UH, SO THEN HOPEFULLY THE TEACHER OR ANY OF OUR PEOPLE, OKAY, YOUNG COUPLE CAN MOVING IN. OKAY. AND, UH, THEY CAN PAY THEIR MORTGAGE PAYMENT. SECOND THING IS, OKAY, FIRSTHAND HOME BUYERS, WE ALWAYS REQUEST FIRSTHAND HOME BUYER ASSISTANT DUMP PAYMENT ASSISTANT PROGRAM BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAVE A LOT OF DOWN PAYMENT. SO HOPEFULLY YOU, YOU, YOU COME UP BECAUSE WE REQUIRE, LIKE YOUR PREVIOUS PROJECT, WE ALL RE REQUEST THE FIRST HOME BUYER DOWN PAYMENT IS THIS PROGRAM. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE COMMITTED TO THE 10% OF HOMES BEING PART OF THE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UM, I THINK THAT AS STATED, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IN THE CONDITIONS IT CALLS FOR, UH, 15,000, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO GO, UM, TO 20. UM, AND, AND 50,000, YOU CANNOT EVEN PAY THE CLOSING COSTS. I THINK YOU NEED TO COME UP A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE ABLE TO COME UP TO 20. UM, IN ADDITION, MERITAGE OFFERS A HANDFUL OF OTHER INCENTIVES THAT ANY BUYER, NOT JUST THOSE IN THE HAP PROGRAM WOULD BE ABLE TO UTILIZE. SO 20,000 SO FINE, 15 TO 20,000. WHAT IS VINCENT HOME? YOUR DOWN PAYMENT AS THIS PROGRAM? I REMEMBER 30,000, RIGHT? UM, OUR PREVIOUS PROJECTS WE'VE DONE IN THE CITY, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE FLAT RATES. WE, OR WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE A DOLLAR VALUE FOR EACH. UM, WE DID MORE OF A FLAT RATE, BUT I WANNA SAY THAT THOSE WERE AROUND, UM, I WANNA SAY ONE WAS 17, FIVE, AND THEN THE OTHER MIGHT'VE BEEN CLOSER TO 20. SO $20,000. SO IS THE HIGHER YOU CAN GO UP FOR THE FIRST TIME ON PRIOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSIST PROGRAM? UM, I COULD YOU GET MORE? I THINK WE COULD GO TO, COULD WE GO TO 22 5? HOW ABOUT 25? OKAY. WE CAN DO 25. OKAY. 22 FIRST. THAT HOME BUYER. OKAY. 25. WE CAN'T DO 39. WE CAN'T DO 30, BUT, BUT WE CAN DO 30 WOULD BE BETTER. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. I I GOT 25 EQUAL 30. OKAY. SO, SO, BUT WE JUST WANNA HELP YOUNG PEOPLE. YEAH. WE, WE, NOT EVERYBODY HAVE A DUMB PAYMENT. NOT EVERYBODY, ESPECIALLY WORKING CLASS, THE SAVING AND THIS AND THAT GETS PRICE SO HIGH. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HELP THEM TO MOVE IN THEIR FIRST HOME. YEAH. WITHOUT THE FIRST AT HOME BUYER, WE HAVE NO FUTURE. WE HAVE TO HELP THE FIRST AT HOME BUYER OF A YOUNG COUPLE TO STUDY ON THEIR FIRST HOME IN WEST COVINA. I, I THINKS, AND THEN VERY IMPORTANT, ANOTHER THING IS THE OWNER OCCUPIED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY'RE NOT FOR RENTED. WE DON'T WANT THE INVESTOR COMING IN BUY THE, THE, THE, THE PROJECT MM-HMM . PROPERTY AND RENT IT OUT. OKAY. WE WANT PEOPLE TO OWN THEIR HOME. YEAH. THEN THEIR KID WILL GO JOIN THE NATIONAL, UH, LEAGUE BECAUSE THEY, THEY'RE NOT ATTENDANT. THEY, THEY, THEY HONE THEY'RE PRO, THEY'RE PROUD. AND THEN IN ONE DAY THEY MAYBE BECOME CITY COUNCIL AND GET YELLED AT ALL THE TIME OKAY. FOR THEIR FUTURE. OKAY. GOOD LUCK. OKAY. SO, SO ANYWAY, IF SOMEBODY HAVE TO SERVE, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. AND GET PAID BY THE WAY, VERY, VERY DETAILED. OKAY. OKAY. SO JUST WANT TO OKAY. SEE THAT. SO, UM, SO BASICALLY, AND, UH, AND, UH, IS ANY POSSIBLE, I KNOW I CHECK, OKAY, I GOOGLE IT. I CHECK BEFORE THIS IS 1.5 TO TWO ACRE, UH, TWO ACRE LAMB FOR THE LITTLE [04:15:01] LEAK. ANY POSSIBLE YOU CAN SQUEEZE, I KNOW YOU ARE 1.45. I I SAW YOUR DESIGN. IT'S 1.45 TO 1.5 BASED ON THE GOOGLE IS VERY CLOSE. IT'S VERY CLOSE. AND, AND THERE'S, WHEN WE WERE REEVALUATING THE SITE PLAN, UM, THERE'S THE, THE CHALLENGE IS, UM, MAINTAINING YOUR CIRCULATION FOR FIRE ACCESS AND ALL OF THAT IS REALLY WHAT LIMITS THAT, THAT I SAW HOW YOU CUT THE ROW, CUT THE, RIGHT. SO THEY KIND OF GO AGAINST EACH OTHER. AND THAT'S REALLY OUR LIMITING POINT TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE SAFE AND ADEQUATE FIRE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION THROUGH THE PROJECT. UM, IT THE EDGES WHERE WE HAVE A DRY VIAL AND, UM, THE HEAD IN PARKING, RIGHT? YOU HAVE SOME BUFFER BEYOND THAT 180 FOOT IN THOSE AREAS. BUT IT'S REALLY THAT MIDDLE POINT THAT'S, THAT'S THE PINCH POINT. UM, CONSTRAINING FACTOR. SO WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND ADDITIONAL UNIT LOSS, UM, THAT THERE'S NO WAY TO INCREASE THE SITE TO, TO GET TO THAT, UM, OUTFIELD LINK. UNFORTUNATELY. UH, ONE THING IS THIS OKAY? I KNOW, UM, MORE IS BETTER. AND UH, JUST TO ASK YOU GUYS TO GIVE OUT THE LAND FOR THE OPEN SPACE FOR THE CITY, I KNOW IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AND ESPECIALLY FOR BUILD, GIVE OUT, OKAY? THAT MUCH OF A LAND, BECAUSE EACH ONE ACRE YOU CAN BUILD MORE HOUSES BASED ON EARTH 20 HOME, 20 UNIT, UM, PER ACRE. SO YOU BASICALLY, YOU, YOU SACRIFICE ALMOST 30 UNIT, BUT, BUT NO, NO MATTER WHAT THAT IS BENEFIT TO THE, TO THE CITY AND THE RESIDENT BECAUSE WE NEED THAT LAND MM-HMM . TO IMPROVE THE, THE, THEIR NOTING. OKAY? AND I HOPE OKAY. CITY CAN KIND OF, UH, HELP NATIONAL AND THEN MAKE THAT OKAY, THAT PARK, AND SO THEY CAN HAVE A SECOND ONE THEY CAN PRACTICE. OKAY. AND ONCE COMPETITION ONE. OKAY. AND REGARDING THE, UH, PA ANNOUNCEMENT, I LIVE NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AT ELEMENTARY. EVERY MORNING I GET WAKE UP. OKAY? SO, SO I ALWAYS USED TO, IF I DON'T HEAR IT, LIKE IT'S NOT SUMMERTIME, I JUST FEEL LONELY. OKAY? I, I WANT TO LISTEN TO THE, AND THE, THE DRUM, THE, THE PRACTICE. OKAY? EVERY DAY, OKAY? NOW THIS STILL PLAYING, UH, AND, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT YOUR CHOICE, YOU, WE WANT TO, UH, LIVE NIGHT TO THE SCHOOL OR LIVE NIGHT TO THE PARK. AND THAT IS A CONSEQUENCE BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE TO UTILIZE, AND SOME PEOPLE MAYBE EVEN PLAY THE LOUD MUSIC OR BOOMBA. OKAY? AND I THINK THEY'RE NAUGHTY OR . THEY, ZUMBA, BOOMBA, ZUMBA. ZUMBA, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ZUMBA, AND VERY LOUD. OKAY? AND, UH, SO I, AND I JOINED SOME OF THEIR ZUMBA DANCE. SO, BUT ANYWAY, I, I THINK THE PROJECT BECAUSE THAT, UH, AND WE NEED FEW MORE HOUSING AND, UH, IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE OKAY? THAT WE CAN AVOID ANY WHAT SO-CALLED CALIFORNIA. OKAY? THE HOUSING CRISIS WE NEED TO BUILD. AND THAT'S WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO COME TO WISCO. YOU KNOW, WICO IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY, OKAY? AND I THINK PEOPLE WANT TO MOVE IN AND WE JUST NEED TO FIND SOME OKAY. ENTRY LEVEL HOME FOR THEM. AND, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND THE CHANGE WITH THE IMPACT, OKAY? TRAFFIC. AND THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, TRAUMATIZED AND ALSO THE PEOPLE NOT USED TO IT. OKAY? THE, THE, THE BIG LAND AND NOW YOU HAVE A HOUSING. SO, BUT IT, IT IS A SCHOOL NEEDED $50 MILLION OKAY? AND, UH, WE NEED SOME ENTRY LEVEL HOME OKAY? AND, UH, YOU WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE OKAY, THE LAND, SO WE CAN SAVE THE LITTLE LEAK AND, UH, FOR THE FUTURE, RESIDENT CAN, CAN HAVE, UH, OKAY, THE PLACE TO MAKE BIGGER PARK AND FOR THEM TO PLAY, OKAY? I, I WILL SUPPORT OKAY? AND THE PROJECT. OKAY? BUT THE ONE THING IS, OKAY, I THINK THE, THE PARKING, I THINK YOU ALREADY TRIED YOUR BEST TO THE PARKING FOR THE MAXIMUM. OKAY? I, I, I, I MOVE AROUND, I DON'T SEE HOW CAN WE OKAY. MOVE EVEN MORE. OKAY? AND TO SACRIFICE, OKAY? THE SPACE. AND THEN YOU CAN STILL AFFORDABLE, WILLING TO BUILD BECAUSE YOU CAN EASILY JUST WALK AWAY, OKAY? AND THE SCHOOL WILL MISSING THE $50 MILLION AND, UH, WE DON'T HAVE THIS OPEN SPACE BECAUSE CURRENTLY IT'S A PRIVATE PROPERTY IS FENCING OKAY? AND WE CAN EVEN USE THE LAND, UH, BECAUSE WE BELONG TO THE SCHOOL. SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A GIVE AND TAKE. IT IS A WIN-WIN OR A LOSE LOSE. OKAY? IF WE DECLINE THE PROJECT, THEN NONE OF THIS WILL HAPPEN. BUT IF WE TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GIVE THE SCHOOL THIS REVENUE TO IMPROVE THE CHILDREN OKAY. AT THE SAME TIME, [04:20:01] OKAY? AND, UH, WE GOT A SPACE, THEY CAN ABSOLUTELY USE IT BECAUSE IT'S ADJACENT TO THEIR FIELD TOGETHER. AND, UH, WE NEED TO IMPROVE THE, THE PARK AND INCLUDING THE, THE, THE, THE, THE BOT CAN. OKAY? SO THE SMALL, HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE INCREASED IMPROVE. OKAY? AND SO, SO IN THAT WAY IT'S ALWAYS LIKE, GIVE AND TAKE AND HOPEFULLY, AND THE RESIDENT WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. AND UH, BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL YELL AT ME, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE NEED TO, UH, TRY TO FIND A MIDPOINT. I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. YOU ALREADY HAVE A COUPLES VERY SUCCESSFUL PROJECT. VINCENT HOME. CAMERON HOME, OKAY, CAMERON 86. OKAY, CAMERON 50. AND, UH, AND THE PIONEER HOME AND, UH, VINCENT HOME. SO, SO IT'S ALSO VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH GOOD QUALITY. I NEVER HEAR ANY PEOPLE COMPLAIN. SO HOPEFULLY THIS PROJECT YOU WILL KEEP THE SAME QUALITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MA'AM. THANK YOU. UM, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, SO HOW MUCH ARE YOU BUYING THE PROPERTY FOR LARISSA? UH, WE JUST, UH, ADJUSTED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. IF YOU LISTEN TO THEIR BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, UM, THEY ACCEPTED A PRICE REDUCTION. SO IT'LL BE FOR $46 MILLION, 46 MILLION. AND WHY SHOULDN'T WE CHARGE YOU THE PARK FEE IN FULL PRICE IF THE DISTRICT GAVE YOU TECHNICALLY THE MONEY BACK FOR GIVING THAT UP? IT'S NOT THE FULL AMOUNT THAT WE'RE LOSING. UM, IT WAS WHERE WE NEGOTIATE. UH, WE LANDED ON THE NEGOTIATION, UM, THROUGH THE, WHAT WE THINK IS A BETTER SITE PLAN TO THE CITY AND TO THE COMMUNITY. UM, WE ASKED THEM TO, YOU KNOW, PARTICIPATE IN THE, UM, IMPACTS OF THAT. AND SO WE HAD INITIALLY ASKED FOR A LARGER PRICE REDUCTION. THEY DID NOT ACCEPT THAT. SO THIS IS WHERE WE LANDED. UM, IT'S STILL A DEDICATION OF LAND TO THE CITY, AND IT IS A NOT A SMALL AMOUNT, UM, IN A CITY THAT'S FAIRLY BUILT OUT. SO THAT IS WHY AS, UM, IN DEPUTY DIRECTOR CERVANTES PRESENTATION, HE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A FORMULA FOR THE PARK AND LU FEE THAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE PAYING. I WANNA SAY IT WAS POTENTIALLY ALMOST $3 MILLION ORIGINALLY. BUT THE, THE VALUE OF THE LAND IS WHAT OFFSETS THAT. AND SO, UH, THE PARK DEDICATION OF 1.45 ACRES FACTORS IN, AND THAT'S WHERE THE REMAINING AMOUNT OF THE $960,000, UH, LANDS AND THE PARKING SITUATION, I THINK, I THINK, UH, IN THOSE AREAS, THERE'S NO PARKING. THERE'S A MAJOR APARTMENT COMPLEX ADJACENT TO THAT, AND THOSE RESIDENTS CURRENTLY PARK IN THE STREETS SURROUNDING, UH, THE DOWN NORTH AREA. SO MY CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE HAVE NOT FULLY ADDRESSED THE PARKING SITUATION. AND, AND ACTUALLY BEFORE I, I CONTINUE IN THAT, SO THE DISTRICT IS WILLING TO, UH, I GUESS RENEGOTIATE PENDING THIS HEARING OR, OR EVEN IF THIS HEARING WAS, UH, POSTPONED TO A FOLLOWING MEETING, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE FINAL DECISION OF THIS COUNCIL, THE DISTRICT IS STILL OPEN TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOU, RIGHT? NO. WELL, YOU GUYS SIGNED THE PAPERS. THE, THE AMENDMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED AND AGREED UPON BY THE BOARD AND MERITAGE, THERE'S NO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. THERE WAS CAVEATS IN IT WHERE THERE'S NO FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS. SO WHY WOULD, UH, WHY WOULD YOU, WHY WOULD MERITAGE SIGN AN AGREEMENT IF YOU FIRST HAVE NOT HAD THIS COUNCIL MEETING AND HERE THE PUBLIC, LIKE, SO YOU ALREADY EXECUTED THAT, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU CAN'T MAKE CHANGES OR, OR YOU'LL LOSE BECAUSE OF THOSE CHANGES OR I, WE ARE NO LONGER THE, THE DISTRICT DID NOT WANT TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATION, SO WE HAVE TO ACCEPT THAT. UM, SO THAT, THAT IS WHY THE AGREEMENT WAS, WAS WHAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOARD. ACCEPTED BY THE BOARD AND SIGNED, YEAH. AND, AND, AND I THINK, UH, OUR LITTLE LEAGUE, UH, I, I THINK THEY WANT A FOOD REGULATION FIELD. AND, AND THAT'S 1.6 ACRES. AND, UH, I, AND I THINK THIS, THIS LOCATION IS NOT PART OF OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. SO IS THAT CORRECT? UH, DIRECTOR CERVANTES, KEEP SAYING, I CAN KEEP SAYING YOU ARE CORRECT. IT'S NOT PART OF A IDENTIFIED SITE IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT. SO THERE'S NO MANDATE FROM THE STATE THAT CERTAIN THAT WE, THERE'S NO MANDATES AS TO LOCATIONS THAT DO HAVE THAT MANDATE THEN, RIGHT? [04:25:01] CORRECT. THAT MAKES SENSE. THAT'S NOT LISTED IN OUR HOUSING ELEMENT. SO THE CONSOLE DOES HAVE AUTHORITY TO ADD, UH, ADD, UM, I GUESS, UH, REGULATIONS OR, OR, OR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, LET'S JUST SAY IF WE WANTED TO, AS A CONSOLE DIRECT THAT MERITAGE IS TO GIVE 1.6 ACRES DEDICATED TO BASEBALL, WE CAN DO THAT, CORRECT? THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO CONSEQUENCE ON UNDER THE STATE'S HOUSING ELEMENT. 'CAUSE THIS LOCATION'S NOT DESIGNATED, CORRECT? I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S NO, I MEAN, I I MEAN, I, I DON'T, I KNOW MERITAGE STILL NEEDS TO AGREE TO THAT STUFF. BUT HYPOTHETICALLY, UH, ON, ON OUR PART, UH, CAN WE IMPOSE A REGULATION OR IMPOSE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL OF, FOR EXAMPLE, MANDATING 1.6 ACRES FOR, FOR THE FULL SIZE REGULATION FIELD? YOU CAN CERTAINLY MAKE THAT, THAT MOTION. YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, ALSO, UM, I, I DON'T SEE IN YOUR PLANS, BUT I'M ASSUMING THAT ALL THESE SIDEWALKS EVEN WITHIN THE COMPLEX ARE ALL, UM, A DA ACCESSIBLE CORRECT. WHEELCHAIR ACCESSIBLE? UH, IF, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE SOME AREAS THAT HAVE, UM, A COUPLE STEPS, BUT IF THERE WERE, THERE WOULD BE ALTERNATE WAYS TO GET TO ALL OF THE COMMON AREA AMENITY SPACES AND OUT TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE, UH, BUILDING CODE THEN. AND THEN, UH, ANOTHER ISSUE I, I THINK IT'S A LITTLE CONCERNING IS YOU HAVE A, I THINK YOU HAVE A, AROUND THE BASEBALL FIELD CURRENTLY YOU HAVE A THREE FEET WALL WITH A THREE FEET STEEL FENCE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE BEST COMBINATION TO PUT RIGHT NEXT TO A BASEBALL FIELD. LIKE WHAT HAPPENS IF THE BOGGLES THROUGH THE, THE STEEL FENCE 'CAUSE IT'S OPENINGS. SO AS I MENTIONED IN MY PRESENTATION, SO THE DEDICATION AREA ALLOWS FOR 180 FOOT FARM FIELD, AND THEN IT HAS A 20 FOOT BUFFER BEYOND THAT. UM, THIS WAS THE FENCING CONDITION FOR ADJACENT TO THE PARK. IT'S A VIEW FENCE, UM, TO ALLOW A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMEABILITY AND SOFTNESS BETWEEN THE USES. UM, WE DO HAVE PROVISIONS THAT SHOULD IT BECOME SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE THAT BASEBALL NETTING, UM, COULD BE INSTALLED IF NEEDED. UM, BUT THE CONCEPT WAS TO HAVE THAT PERMEABILITY. UM, HOWEVER SIMILAR TO THE EDGE ADJACENT TO THE DOG PARK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE FURTHER CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF IF THERE'S A BETTER FENCING SOLUTION ADJACENT TO THOSE USES. AND THEN I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEL NORTH DAY STREET, UH, EXIT, UM, THAT STREET'S SO LONG, UH, THAT SOME SORT OF, UH, SPEED REDUCER MECHANISM HAS TO BE IMPLEMENTED FOR AN AREA LIKE THAT, IF IT'S SPEED BUMPS OR, OR SOMETHING. BUT, UM, TO HAVE A STREET OPEN LIKE THAT RIGHT NEXT TO A PUBLIC PARK WHERE YOU LITTLE KIDS ARE CROSSING, UH, FOR THE PARK OR FOR SCHOOL OR FOR LITTLE LEAGUE. UH, CAN I ASK WHERE WHERE ARE YOU TALKING? UH, I THINK THE WHOLE, I GUESS THE WHOLE DOWN NORTH DAY STREET AREA BY THE COMPLEX, UH, PRIMARILY BY, I WOULD SAY THE MOST IMPORTANT AREA IS PROBABLY BETWEEN THE MAIN STREET AND THE, UH, THE, THE NEW DEDICATED PRIVATE STREET OR PUBLIC STREET THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SEGMENT OF THE DEL NORTE DEDICATION BETWEEN HOLLOW AND SUNSET SPECIFICALLY? YEAH. THAT LEG, A NEW AREA. YEAH. SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT THAT PORTION, SO THE NORTH SIDE OF DEL NORTE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IS GONNA BE DEDICATED, UH, EXCUSE ME, IS GONNA BE IMPROVED WITH NEW, UH, HERB GUTTER PARKWAY SIDEWALK. SO THE SIDEWALK'S GONNA BE SEPARATED FROM THE STREET. SO THERE'S THAT NATURAL BARRIER AND BUFFER OF PLANTING AND TREES. AND THE DEDICATION PORTION SPECIFICALLY, THAT ROAD SEGMENT ACTUALLY TAPERS DOWN. SO RATHER THAN HAVING A, UH, CALL IT A 36 OR A 40 FOOT CURB SECTION IN THAT SEC SPECIFIC AREA, IT'S ONLY 26 FOOT DRIVE LANE. AND THEN WE JUST HAVE THE PARALLEL PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE, UM, HAPPY TO REVISE THE REQUESTED CONDITION TO, UM, INCLUDE THE SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT PORTION. UM, SO, UM, FOR PEDESTRIANS GOING TO THE PARK, PEDESTRIANS GOING TO SCHOOLS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THERE WILL BE SAFE PATHS OF TRAVEL ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT, UM, WOULD NOT HAVE IMPAIRMENT FROM VEHICLES. YOU'RE SAYING A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT AREA, THE SAME AREA, RIGHT? UH, THE DEL NORTE DEDICATION. YEAH. SO THAT WOULD BE SAFE PASSAGE THERE, YOU'RE SAYING Y YEAH, I MEAN, THE [04:30:01] PEDESTRIANS WILL BE SEPARATED FROM THE DRY VILE IN TERMS OF SPEEDING CONCERNS. THAT AREA IS ACTUALLY NARROWER THAN A TRADITIONAL STREET. IT'S ONLY 26 FEET VERSUS THE FULL 36 OR 40 FOOT CURB SECTION. YEAH. SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT MAKES ME MORE CONCERNED. TRA IT'S ACTUALLY REVERSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT. SO WHEN A STREET NARROWS, YOU NATURALLY GO SLOWER, SO IT ACTS AS A NATURAL TRAFFIC CALMING THERE. UM, IN ADDITION, WE'LL HAVE STOP CONTROLS AT, UM, SUNSET BECAUSE CARS WILL NEED TO STOP AND QUEUE AND SAFELY BE ABLE TO PULL OUT. RIGHT. UM, AND THEN, AND, AND I THINK I HAVE A, AND THEN ALSO I KNOW YOUR OTHER PROPERTIES HAD IT AND I, I DIDN'T SEE IT IN IN THESE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, BUT ARE YOU OPEN TO INSTALLING, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE TWO ENTRYWAYS INSTALLING, UM, FLOCK CAMERAS THAT LINK BACK TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT? UH, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE DONE THOSE IN PREVIOUS COMMUNITIES OR NOT. UM, I'M, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE, UM, I WOULD NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND THE ONGOING COSTS. MM-HMM . UM, BEFORE COMMITTING TO THAT. AND THEN THE, THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS THE SOME, UH, LAW, I MEAN A LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, STREET NAMES AND SO FORTH. IS CHIEF CRIT HERE? HE'S HERE. OKAY. UM, IF NOT, IT'S OKAY. NO. OH, OKAY. IT'S OKAY. OR, UM, SO I KNOW, I KNOW IN SOME OF YOUR OTHER PROPERTIES, AND THERE HAS BEEN A CONCERN THAT, UM, SOME AREAS IN THE PROPERTY HAS HAVE THE SAME NU NUMERICAL NUMBER AND, UH, BASED UPON MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE AREA, I THINK IN ONE OF YOUR PROPERTIES, I THINK THERE'S AN ADDRESS THAT HAS THE SAME NUMERICAL NUMBERS ON ONE SIDE AND, AND ALSO ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FIND THE STREETS, IT'S KIND OF COMPLICATED. 'CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK ONE OF THE PROPERTIES HAVE THE SAME STREET IN ALL OF QUARTER SACS WITHIN IT. UM, I THINK THE PLAY, I THINK, UH, I THINK YOUR LOCATION'S ON WORKMAN, I THINK THE WORKMAN IN VINCENT AREA HAVE LIKE A SAME STREET NAMES IN SOME OF THE AREAS WITHIN, AND I THINK IT CREATES COMPLICATIONS. AND THAT'S WHY I WAS GONNA ASK CHIEF PATINA ABOUT IF, IF IT HAVE, IF IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, UH, WHEN THEY'RE DISPATCHED TO AREAS LIKE THAT, THAT IF THEY PREFER ACTUAL STREET NAMES PER AREA. SO ALL I CAN TYPICALLY, UM, ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU GO THROUGH COORDINATION WITH USUALLY BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT ON GETTING YOUR ADDRESSING APPROVED. UM, EVERY CITY DOES IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF DO YOU WANT EVERY SINGLE SEGMENT WITH ANOTHER, WITH A UNIQUE STREET NAME? DO YOU WANT YOUR PRIMARY STREET? IF IT'S LOOPS, LIKE WE HAVE A LOOP HERE, WOULD THAT BE A SINGULAR NAME? UM, DO BUILDINGS GET ONE ADDRESS AND THEY, EACH INDIVIDUAL HOME IS A LETTER OR IS EACH INDIVIDUAL HOME ITS OWN NUMBER? ALL OF THOSE VARIATIONS ARE TYPICALLY BASED ON WHAT THE CITY'S STANDARDS ARE. SO WE TYPICALLY PROPOSE SOMETHING AND THEN WORK WITH BOTH THE PUB, THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, AND, UM, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT ON, ON WHAT THE CITY STANDARDS ARE. UM, I COULD, WE DON'T HAVE A PREFERENCE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. YEAH. AND, AND, AND SO YEAH, AND IT'S, SO I, I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA, WHAT WAS IT? ONE POINT SOMETHING MILLION, UM, IN PARK FEES IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED. UH, THE PARK IN LIE FEE IS THE 961. THAT WAS A HUNDRED THOUSAND. THE IMPACT FEES DON'T COUNT, UH, SEPARATE IT. SAY THAT AGAIN. IS IMPACT FEES SEPARATED FROM THE PARK FEES? YES. SO THE IMPACT FEE, SO THE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES IS AROUND $378,000. AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES IS ABOUT $384,000. UM, I DO JUST WANT FOR, FOR CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY. SO WHILE THE PROJECT DID SB THREE 30, THE CITY DID PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS, UM, CERTAIN IMPACT FEES TO INCREASE BASED ON CPI. SO WHILE THE STAFF REPORT AND, UM, CONDITIONS CALL OUT ONE RATE, THAT IS THE OLDER RATE, SO TECHNICALLY THE CURRENT, UM, THERE'S A SLIGHT INCREASE THAT HAPPENED, UM, FROM THE DOLLAR AMOUNTS LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT VERSUS THE CURRENT 2026 FEES. SO WE WOULD BE PAYING THE 2026 FEES BECAUSE THE CITY DID ADOPT THAT ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS FOR CPI INCREASES. AND YOU, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE STATING, I ESTIMATE THE CITY ABOUT $300,000 TO BUILD THE BASEBALL FIELD, UM, FOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE REGRADING TURF. AND, AND MIND YOU, THIS IS, [04:35:01] IF THE AGREEMENT WAS FOR MERITAGE TO TAKE SOME OF THE PARK AND LOU FEE MONIES TO DO IT BEFORE THE DEDICATION WOULD BE MADE SO THAT WE COULD DO IT AT COST VERSUS NEEDING TO UTILIZE PREVAILING WAGE IF THE CITY WERE TO BE DOING IT, UM, YOU KNOW, NEW, NEW FACELIFT ON THE DUGOUTS AND ON THE, THE, UM, ANNOUNCER BOOTH AREA AND POTENTIALLY ON THE BATTING CAGES, IT WAS 250 TO $350,000. YES. YEAH, I THINK, UH, I THINK, UH, I THINK, I THINK A MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT IF WE, IF THE CITY DOES IT, UH, THERE'S A PROCESS AND THAT'S NOT GONNA COST THE CITY THAT'S GONNA PROBABLY GO INTO, I WOULD ASSUME 800 TO A MILLION DOLLARS, UH, WITH THE REQUIREMENTS. UH, AND THAT'S WHY I DID, YES. THAT'S WHY I DID MENTION, YOU KNOW, SO MERITAGE IS WILLING TO, IF, IF IT WAS AGREED UPON THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE COMING OUT OF THE PARK AND LOUIE BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD BE DOING, UM, WE WE'RE OPEN TO THAT. YES. YEAH. AND I THINK, UH, I THINK THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ALSO LOOKED AT IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE, UH, THAT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE, RIGHT? ATTORNEY? WELL, BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE MERITAGE OWNED LAND, WE WOULD DO THE IMPROVEMENTS PRIOR TO GIVING IT TO THE CITY. SO THAT'S HOW WE WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT WITHOUT PREVAILING WAGE AND THEY'D GET A CREDIT. OKAY, GREAT. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, SO I THINK, UM, YEAH, I THINK, I MEAN IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I, I, I'M HOPING, I, I HOPE THAT IT, WHAT, I MEAN, WHATEVER THE BODY VOTES FOR, BUT I'M HOPING THAT THERE IS A PARKING ISSUE, UH, THAT I THINK SOMEHOW WE NEED TO ADDRESS, UH, IF IT'S REQUIREMENTS AROUND THE AREA OR FLORIDA AREA, UH, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO WITHIN MY DISTRICT, UH, THAT IS THEIR MAJOR CONCERN. UM, AND WE HAVE TO, AND I ASK, UH, MY COLLEAGUES TO PLEASE TAKE THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AROUND THAT AREA INTO CONSIDERATION. UH, BECAUSE IT, IT'S GONNA, THE PARKING OVER THERE RIGHT NOW IS, IS EXTREMELY, UH, BAD BECAUSE OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND I THINK THE APARTMENT COMPLEX CHARGE AN EX EXTRA FEE IF THE RESIDENTS HAVE A SECOND CAR. SO MOST OF THEM DON'T WANT TO PAY THAT. SO THEY'RE PARKING OUT IN, IN THE PUBLIC PARKING AREAS, UH, WHICH IS TAKING ALL THE PARKING ON, ON, ON ONE STREET. THAT'S NOT FOR PERMIT ONLY. UM, ANOTHER CONCERN IS, AGAIN, I THINK THAT WE NEED TO, UH, HEAR OUR, OUR LITTLE LEAGUE, UH, OUR LITTLE LEAGUE, UH, KIDS. AND, AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HELP SUPPORT THEIR PROGRAM, I, I THINK THAT IDEALLY WE SHOULD FIND A SOLUTION. AND EVEN IF THAT, EVEN IF THIS REQUIRES, UH, YOU TO COME BACK AND, AND, AND FOR US TO BRING IT BACK TO A FUTURE MEETING, I THINK WE SHOULD ALLOW, UH, YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, JUST SEE, UH, IF THEY'RE OPEN TO, UH, DE I GUESS VER OR LOWERING THE PRICE FOR MERITAGE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH A 1.6 ACRE FOOD REGULATION BASEBALL FIELD. UM, AND I, AND I KNOW, UH, I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER, MILAN, HE, HE SERVES ON BASEBALL UTE LEAGUES. UH, UM, AND, AND I, I, AND, AND IS THAT ROUGHLY THE, THE REGULATION SITES FOR A FOOD SIZE REGULATION? MILAN CITY MANAGER. SO WITH MOST NEW DIAMONDS, UH, THAT LITTLE LEAGUE IS BUILDING, AND I'VE BUILT SEVERAL COMPLEXES. UM, IT'S RECOMMENDED FOR 200 FEET IF YOU'RE GONNA BE USING 12 YEAR OLDS. ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND THOUGH, IN, IN MOST LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAMS, 60%, 70% OF YOUR KIDS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE MINOR DIVISIONS. UM, BETWEEN THE TEAM BALL, THE FARM, UM, THE COAST, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THE TWO OR THREE MINOR DIVISIONS BELOW THE MAJORS, THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE KIDS ARE. MOST LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAMS TODAY, UH, OPERATE WITH PROBABLY THREE TO FOUR, UH, MAJOR TEAMS, WHICH USUALLY IS 10 TO 12 YEARS OLD. UM, FIELDS WE BUILT IN OTHER AREAS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. UM, WE'VE UTILIZED 180 FEET FOR THE FENCING IN SOME CASES. UM, WE JUST RAISED THE FENCE, OR WE DEDICATED THE, UM, FIELD WITH 180 FEET TO THE MINERS AND BELOW, AND ALSO LEFT SOME OPEN GREEN SPACE FOR, UM, T-BALL. AND ALSO PRACTICES, UH, GREEN SPACES IS AS VALUABLE AS ANYTHING. UM, AND THEN WITH ONE OTHER DIAMOND AT REGULATION AT, WITHOUT UTILIZING THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR PROGRAM OR INTERMEDIATE DIVISION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A 300 FOOT FENCE, UM, I, THIS WOULD WORK FOR ME IF I WAS BUILDING A, A LITTLE LEAGUE COMPLEX. I, I BUILT NORTHEAST LOS ANGELES, I BUILT [04:40:01] LA LITTLE LEAGUE AND SOME OTHERS. UM, TO HAVE TWO DIAMONDS AS A BENEFIT. UM, AND AGAIN, WITH MOST LEAGUES, UM, OPERATING ONLY THREE OR FOUR, UM, MAJOR TEAMS, THE REST OF THEM WOULD BE PLAYING ON A, COULD EASILY PLAY ON A SMALLER DIAMOND. AND HOW ABOUT THE, THE CURRENT, UH, PROPOSED, UH, FENCING AROUND THE COMPLEX IS, IS IS THE THREE FEET WALL WITH THE THREE FEET STILL, RIGHT. SO AS I MENTIONED, UM, IT WOULD BE, YOU WOULD HAVE 180 FEET TO YOUR OUTFIELD LINE, AND THEN THERE'S THE 20 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN THERE AND THE PERIMETER WALL. UM, THE PERIMETER WALL IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED AS A COMBINATION BLOCK WALL WITH TUBE SEAL ON TOP. UH, HOWEVER, UM, WE ARE OPEN TO CHANGING THAT IF, UM, IT WAS THE COUNCIL OR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DO SO. , BASED UPON YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHAT KIND OF, UH, FENCE, WHAT KIND OF FENCING USUALLY GOES AROUND A, A FIELD OF, OF THIS, OF THIS SIZE OR, OR I THINK SHE'S REFERENCING FENCING THAT'S GOING AROUND THE COMPLEX. YEAH, BUT TYPICALLY ON LITTLE LEAGUE DIAMONDS, UM, YOU'RE GONNA BE USING STANDARD CHAIN LINK FENCE. MM. YEAH. SO, BUT YEAH, I, I THINK MY CONCERN IS, UH, AGAIN, UH, UH, YOU, I WANT TO ADD ON. I'D LIKE TO ALSO, YEAH, SO JUST, CAN I JUST COME ON, LEMME FINISH, PLEASE. I'M ALLOWING YOU, GEEZ. I HAVEN'T, I HAVEN'T EVEN SPOKE ENOUGH. CONTINUE. BUT, UM, AND SO, UM, YEAH, SO AGAIN, I, I THINK THE 1.6 ACRES, I, I THINK WE NEED TO HOPEFULLY FIND A WAY, EVEN IF IT'S ALLOWING YOU TO, UH, COME BACK TO US, UH, OR COME BACK TO STAFF, SO, AND BRING THIS BACK TO US, BUT FULL TRANSPARENCY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S NOT GONNA NEGOTIATE WITH US ANY FURTHER. HMM. YEAH. AND, AND SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE ON MY PART 'CAUSE I, I REPRESENT THE DISTRICT AREA, BUT THE PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE MAIN ISSUES IS THAT THE WAY THIS FIELD WAS ADDED TO THIS PROJECT, I DON'T THINK FOLLOWED THE PROPER PROTOCOL. AND IF YOU RECALL, YOU CAME TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC, YOU CAME TO SPEAK BRIEFLY IN BEGINNING OF A, A CLOSE SESSION THAT WAS REGARDING THIS PROJECT. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT LUISA? YES. AND, AND WHAT DID THE, WHAT DID NEIL TELL YOU WAS THE REASON YOU DON'T RECALL? I DON'T RECALL. SO IF, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, I THINK YOU INDICATED TO ME THAT THE CITY WAS GONNA GET DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL IN CLOSED SESSION, UH, IN ORDER TO ALLOW MERITAGE TO ADD THIS WITHOUT GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST. NO, THAT, THAT, I, THAT WAS NEVER ANYTHING THAT I RECALL BEING TOLD. SO WHAT DO, WHAT DO YOU RECALL? I JUST KNOW IT WASN'T THAT WE WERE JUST, THE CONVERSATION WAS AROUND A PUBLIC BENEFIT CONTRIBUTION. AND THAT'S ALL I RECALL THAT MEETING BEING OUT. WHY, WHY, WHAT DID, WHAT DID NEIL TELL YOU? WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY MERITAGE WAS GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION FOR I DON'T RECALL . AND WHAT WAS THE REASON WHY IT DIDN'T GO TO CLOSED SESSION THE SECOND ROUND OF TIME? I COULD NOT TELL YOU. I MEAN, NEIL REMEMBERS MA MADAM MAYOR. SO WE, IT WAS AGENDIZED FOR CLOSED SESSION FOR THE COUNCIL, WAS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE PROPERTY AND IT WAS UNDER PURCHASE AND SALE. AND SO, NO, NO NEED TO GO BACK AGAIN. I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS, WHAT DID YOU SAY? CITY ATTORNEY WAS PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE PROPERTY. PURCHASE AND SALE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. WE WERE GONNA PURCHASE A SALE. WE WERE GONNA PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. THERE WERE, COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN IT AND, AND CHOSE NOT TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. UH, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION. THAT'S NOT TRUE. SINCE WHEN DO WE MAKE AN OFFER TO BUY THE PROPERTY? CAN WE, THEY, IT'S CLOSED SESSION COMMUNICATIONS. THAT'S WHY WE WENT INTO CLOSED SESSION. COUNSEL WAS NOT INTERESTED, NOT INTERESTED IN BUYING IT. WELL, THAT, THAT'S NOT THE REASON WHY HE WENT THERE. BUT THAT WE CANNOT GET INTO CLOSED SESSION WITHOUT, YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GO THERE. BUT YOU JUST MADE A STATEMENT AND I NEED TO CORRECT IT FOR THE RECORD. BUT, UH, NEO, UH, DO YOU RECALL WHAT YOU TOLD LARISSA? WHAT OCCURRED? WHY IT WAS GOING TO CLO? WHAT WAS THE REASON AND WHAT WAS THE OUTCOME OF CLOSED SESSION? SO BASED ON OUR CONSULTATION WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, UH, WE INITIALLY DID GO INTO CLOSED SESSION AS THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST MENTIONED. THAT WAS THE JUSTIFICATION FOR GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THAT TIME. THERE WAS THAT DISCUSSION AND WHAT CITY ATTORNEY JUST MENTIONED WAS THE REASON FOR GOING TO CLOSED SESSION. YEAH, I DON'T, I DON'T WANT YOU TO TELL ME ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED IN CLOSED SESSION. I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THE YEAH, DON'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT [04:45:01] INSIDE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED OUTSIDE BETWEEN YOU AND THE DEVELOPER, WHAT DID YOU TELL THE DEVELOPER? AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION? YES. AND DON'T TELL, DON'T SAY NOTHING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN CLOSED SESSION. 'CAUSE THAT'S CONFIDENTIAL. BUT I'M ASKING SPECIFICALLY, WHAT DID YOU TELL LORIA REGARDING THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM THE FIRST TIME AND EVEN POTENTIALLY THE SECOND TIME THAT IT WAS TAKEN? IT WAS NOT GONNA, IT WAS NEVER PUT ON THERE. THERE WAS NO, UH, CONVERSATION ABOUT A SECOND CLOSED SESSION ITEM BECAUSE WE DID NOT PUT, OKAY. HOW ABOUT THE FIRST TIME? THEN? THE FIRST TIME, SO THE FIRST TIME WE LET LUISA KNOW THAT THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE GOING ON CLOSED SESSION. AT THAT TIME, LUISA PERSONALLY CAME TO THE CLOSED SESSION MEETING TO PRESENT HER PROJECT. DID LUISA EVER WANT YOU TO INQUIRE IF THE CONCERT WAS OKAY WITH A, A SPECIFIC SIZE BASEBALL FILM? IF SHE WAS OKAY WITH A SPECIFIC SIZE BASEBALL FIELD, DID LARISSA EVER INQUIRE YOU ABOUT IF THE CONSOLE WILL BE FINE REGARDS TO A SPECIFIC SIZE FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD? NO, THAT WAS NOT PART OF THE CONVERSATION. SO SHE SHE NEVER ASKED YOU? OH. CAN YOU FIND OUT IF, UH, 1.45 ACRES IS OKAY? CAN CAN YOU ASK THE CONS IF THAT'S OKAY? SHE NEVER ASKED YOU THAT. AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM, WE HAD A DISCUSSION MM-HMM . AND THAT DISCUSSION LED TO HER GOING BACK TO, UM, THE BOARD, THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND WHAT DID, WHAT DID YOU TELL HER RELATED TO, TO THE SAME CONVERSATION YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WHAT DID YOU REPORT BACK TO HER? THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD IN CLOSED SESSION. I, OKAY. I I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH OF, UH, THIS, CAN YOU JUST CONTINUE ASK QUESTION? YEAH. YES. BUT I I, I, I'M ASKING A QUESTION REGARDING THIS PROJECT, AND I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT TO KNOW. SO YOU TOLD HER ABOUT CLOSED SESSION, WHAT OCCURRED IN CLOSED SESSION THEN? THAT'S WHAT YOU JUST STATED. I TOLD, I TOLD HER, AND I DON'T WANT, I DON'T WANNA KNOW WHAT WE DID IN CLOSED SESSION TO THE ATTORNEY. I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU TOLD HER. WE GO TO THE ALL COUNSEL. HEY, CAN WE BE FAIR? 'CAUSE YOU JUST ALLOWED HER HIM TO SPEAK. IT'S MIDNIGHT. YEAH. YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR ON CONTENT. AM FAIR. IT'S FIRST AMENDMENT FAIR. YOU'RE ASKING THE SAME THING. AND WE'RE NOT GONNA DISCUSS WHAT WAS CLOSED SESSION. MAYOR. IT'S CONTENT BASED SPEECH. YOU CANNOT CENSOR THAT. IT'S A FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION. PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTION. MR. UH, MR. NEO, IF YOU CAN. YES. SO WHAT DID YOU SPECIFICALLY TELL HER? SO THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD POST THE CLOSED SESSION WAS THAT WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THE PROJECT. THAT'S IT. AND THAT PROJECT WAS RELATING TO THE BASEBALL FIELD. THERE'S NO, YOU'RE NOT GONNA, OBVIOUSLY I AM ASKING THIS BECAUSE OF MY OVERSIGHT DUTIES, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NO WAY TO TRY TO SHAME YOU OR ATTACK YOU IN ANY WAY. AND THERE SHOULD BE NO CONSEQUENCES FOR YOU TELLING THE TRUTH. SO, BUT I CANNOT SAY THAT BECAUSE IT'S A CLOSED SESSION ITEM. BUT WHAT DID YOU TELL HER IS WHAT I WANNA KNOW. SO YOU, YOU TOLD HER ABOUT DIRECTIVE. SO WHAT, WHAT DID YOU TELL HER ABOUT CLOSED SESSION? OR WHAT DID YOU TELL HER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED? AGAIN, IF I MENTION THAT I KNOW THE ANSWER TO IT, BUT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW. WHY DON'T YOU JUST, WHY DON'T YOU, WHY DON'T, SINCE I MEAN SINCE YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HEARD? I WAS TOLD BY THE DEVELOPER THAT YOU CALLED HER AND TOLD HER THAT THE CONSOLE AGREED TO ALLOWING HER TO DEDICATE 1.45 ACRES OF LAND. THAT IS NOT CORRECT. THAT IS NOT CAN YOU TELL US IF YOU'RE DISPUTING MY INFORMATION? WHAT DID YOU TELL HER THEN? I JUST, WE HAD A CONVERSATION RIGHT IN CLOSED SESSION. AND SO THE, THE COMMUNICATION THAT WAS RELAYED TO HER IS WE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IN CLOSED SESSION ABOUT THE PROJECT. AND SO WHAT WAS, WHAT SPECIFICALLY YOU TO TELL HER? AGAIN, THAT'S, THAT WAS CLOSED SESSION, SO YOU CAN'T TELL HER SHE'S NOT PART OF THE, THE CLOSED SESSION. SO YOU, YOU DID, SO YOU, SO YOU'RE, YOU COMMUNICATED WITH HER SOMETHING ABOUT CLOSED SESSION THEN. SO YOU CAN'T PROTECT PRIVILEGE OR, OR CLAIM WE'RE NOT GONNA CLOSED SESSION. WE NEED, CAN WE PLEASE GO BACK TO THE AGENDA POINT OF ORDER, PLEASE. I HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. YOU CANNOT CONTENT BASE THE ATTORNEY. [04:50:01] THIS IS, WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH, BACK AND FORTH. WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. RIGHT. AND, AND, AND NEIL CANNOT DISCLOSE ANY CLOSED SESSION COMMUNICATION. SO HE DID NOT DISCLOSE ANY CLOSED SESSION COMMUNICATIONS TO THE DEVELOPER AT ALL. YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT HE JUST SAID. SO THERE, SO IT SEEMS, BASED UPON WHAT, WHAT YOU JUST SAID. SO YOU COMMUNICATED A MESSAGE BACK TO HER ABOUT WHAT OCCURRED IN CLOSED SESSION? WE'LL LEAVE IT LIKE THAT. UM, AND, AND, AND THE PUBLIC COULD JUDGE THE VIDEO LATER. BUT AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS THAT THE PROCESS WASN'T PROPERLY FOLLOWED AND WE SHOULDN'T BURDEN THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA OR THE LITTLE LEAGUE WITH THAT PROBLEM. BECAUSE IF WE WERE TO FOLLOW THE RIGHT PATH, BUT WOULD'VE HAPPENED WAS, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, WAS THAT YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO GO BACK IF, IF THERE WAS, LIKE, IF IT WOULD'VE CAME TO US AT, BEFORE YOU PUT THE BASEBALL FIELD HERE, YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO COME TO US IF THEY REQUESTED THIS, THIS FIELD, THE BODY, THEN YOU WOULD'VE HAD TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN COME BACK TO US. AND, AND THE, THE GOAL WAS TO BYPASS THE PROCESS. AND, AND AGAIN, THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, WEST, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS AND, AND LITTLE LEAGUE KIDS, UH, AND KIDS WHO HAVE GROWN UP IN THAT AREA SHOULDN'T HAVE TO, UH, ENDURE THAT AS A CONSEQUENCE. AND, AND SO I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND A SOLUTION. SO THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, AND A MAYOR, UH, GO AHEAD. UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, LEE LUIS, UH, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I, I REALLY WANT TO JUST THANK YOU FOR THE DIALOGUE, JUST, JUST IN THE WAY THAT YOU, YOU HAD DIFFERENT EVENTS AND, AND TALKING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THE MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU HAVE MADE. UH, I, I, I JUST APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE SOME OTHER DEVELOPER COULD JUST COME IN AND JUST TRY TO HAVE A DIFFERENT PROCESS AND NOT BE OPEN TO THE RESIDENTS. AND SO I, I JUST WANTED TO START OFF BY JUST EXPRESSING THAT, UM, I WAS TRYING TO DO SOME MATH. THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE HEARING ME DO EARLIER. I WA I HAD A FEW QUESTIONS IN TWO DIFFERENT AREAS, BUT, SO FIRST, YOU SAID EARLIER THAT FOR EVERY UNIT THAT'S SOLD, THAT $15,000 WOULD BE SET ASIDE FOR SUPPORT FOR, UH, A LOWER INCOME RESIDENTS. IS THAT, IS THAT RIGHT? I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FIRST, YOU WENT UP TO 25, RIGHT? NO, 25. 25,000. YEAH. SO FIRST TIME, OKAY. DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. UH, THE CITY'S HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM HAS DIFFERENT POINT CRITERIA. SO THE FIRST YOU GET, YOU HAVE TO QUALIFY WITH FOUR POINTS. MM-HMM . YOU GET THREE POINTS FOR BEING A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. YOU HAVE TO BE ONE. UM, THERE'S FOUR OTHER CRITERIA YOU CAN BE TO GET THAT FINAL POINT. UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A WEST COVINA RESIDENT, A WEST COVINA EMPLOYEE, A PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYEE, SO FIREFIGHTER, TEACHER, NURSE, ANYTHING IN THAT REALM. UM, OR YOU COULD BE A LOW OR MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLD. SO ANY OF THOSE FOUR, AS WELL AS BEING A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER. SO IT'S NOT EXCLUSIVE TO LOW INCOME NECESSARILY. UM, IT'S OPEN TO ANYONE WHO IS A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER AND QUALIFIES WITH THOSE POINTS. GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT CLARIFIES. UH, THAT, AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THE, I I, I, I KNOW THAT, THAT THIS HAS TO MAKE BUSINESS SENSE BECAUSE THIS IS A, A GOOD WIN-WIN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US WHERE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN MAKE MONEY FROM THE SALE OF, OF THE LAND. UH, THE, THE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME MONEY FROM THIS NEW RESIDENTS WHO COME IN CAN, CAN HAVE NEW HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT DIDN'T EXIST BECAUSE THESE ARE BEING BUILT AND RESIDENTS COULD IN THE COMMUNITY, UH, ALSO BENEFIT. SO IN THE LIGHT OF THAT LAST ITEM WITH REGARD TO RESIDENTS, UM, I, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE, YOU'VE INDICATED THAT THAT 1.6 IS REALLY TOUGH, BUT, BUT I I, I'D REALLY INVITE YOU TO, TO, UH, RECONSIDER THAT PORTION OF IT IN THE SENSE THAT IF, IF YOU WERE TO HA IF YOU WERE TO ALLOCATE OR FIND A WAY TO, TO HAVE 1.6 ACRES, THEN IT WOULD BE A WIN-WIN FOR IT. WOULD THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD DO IT. THAT WOULD SEAL IT FOR ME. BECAUSE THAT WOULD MEAN THAT, UH, LITERALLY WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE A ABILITY TO HAVE, UM, UH, TRAVEL BALL, RENT THE SPACE. IT'LL BE 200 FEET. IT'LL BE REGULATION SIZE. AND, AND IT ALSO TO, TO USE FROM A QUOTE FROM AN OLD BASEBALL MOVIE, BUILD IT, AND THEY WILL COME. SO EVEN IF THERE MAY NOT BE KIDS AT A HIGHER DIVISIONS, RIGHT NOW, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE HAVE A AVAILABILITY, UH, THAT IS NOW POSSIBLE BECAUSE THE FIELD IS BIG ENOUGH FOR OLDER KIDS TO PLAY, THEN THEY CAN WORK ON BUILDING. LITTLE LEAGUE CAN THEN SAY, HEY, WE, WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO, TO HAVE KIDS HERE PLAY WHO ARE OLDER THAN 12. UM, AND I REALIZE WE CAN'T DO 300 FEET, BUT LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, 200 FEET, LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S ALREADY WOULD BE A, A COMPROMISE. SO I, I, I REALLY, I WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE IF, IF [04:55:01] YOU WERE TO BE WILLING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE. AND I'M ALSO AWARE THAT ESCROW IS CLOSING. I MEAN, THE ESCROW TIME PERIOD IS COMING UP REALLY, REALLY FAST. AND I'M REALLY MINDFUL OF THAT. AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO, TO LOSE ON ON THAT WHOLE, UH, DEAL. AND I ALSO WANT THE, THE, THE DISTRICT TO, TO MAKE MONEY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HELP KIDS, UH, IN, IN EDUCATION, UH, UH, UH, REALLY HAVE MORE ACCESS TO MORE, MORE, UH, COMPREHENSIVE AND ROBUST SERVICES. THE ONE THING I'M ASKING PLEASE, IS THAT YOU AGREE TO THE 1.68, UH, ACRES SO THAT THE BASEBALL FIELD CAN BE BUILT AT THE, AT THE LEVEL THAT THE LEAGUE ASKS. IF YOU DO THAT, THEN, THEN YOU'LL HAVE MY FULL SUPPORT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE, THERE'S, THERE'S NO GETTING TO THERE. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE THROWING AROUND. THEY'RE THROWING AROUND 1.6 AND THEY'RE THROWING AROUND 200 FEET. AND I COULD SAY, LET ME LOSE 12 PARKING SPACES AND GET TO 1.6, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT A 200 FOOT FIELD THAT'S GONNA BE ADDING IT OFF TO THE SIDE. UM, TO GET TO A 200 FOOT FIELD REQUIRES, YOU KNOW, REDESIGN OF THE SITE, LOSING ADDITIONAL UNITS, PROBABLY LOSING PARKING SPACES BECAUSE OF THE CIRCULATION ASPECT OF, UM, YOU, YOU HAVE THE CONCAVE OF THE OUTFIELD LINE COMING AGAINST THE CONCAVE OF A ROAD THAT NEEDS TO LOOP. AND SO EVERYTHING THEN HAS TO PUSH INTO THE SITE. SO IT'S NOT JUST A SIMPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, REDRAW A LINE. IT, IT HAS SOME MAJOR KIND OF RAMIFICATIONS THAT THEN FOR A PROJECT WHERE WE HAVE ALREADY, UM, REDUCED IT BY 50 HOMES, REALLY BRINGS INTO QUESTION AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THE VIABILITY OF IT. JUST AT, AT THIS POINT, IT, IT'S A VERY TIGHT MARGIN. AND SO, UM, LOSING MORE HOMES REALLY WOULD NOT WORK FOR US, UNFORTUNATELY. I WILL REITERATE THOUGH, THAT THE FIELD RIGHT FROM HOME PLATE TO THE OUTFIELD LINE IS THE 180, AND THERE'S THAT ADDITIONAL 20 FOOT BUFFER BEYOND THAT. SO DEPENDING ON THE PERIMETER FENCING CONDITION, IF THAT WERE TO CHANGE, YOU COULD, YOU COULD IN THEORY HAVE A 200 FOOT DEPTH DEPENDING ON HOW YOU UTILIZED IT AND WHAT WENT IN THERE. BUT THE, TO CR HAVE A BUFFER ZONE BEYOND IT'S THE 180 FOOT DEPTHS. SO IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A 200 FOOT WITHOUT A BUFFER THOUGH. BUT IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE ANYONE HERE WHO'S EXPERT AT PLANNING THESE FIELDS. IS THAT, IS THAT WORKABLE TO HAVE A 200 FEET, SO THAT WAY THEY CAN HAVE THAT SPACE FOR, FOR, I MEAN, WITHOUT A BUFFER. I MEAN, DO WE NEED TO HAVE THE BUFFER OR, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN, UH, YOU WOULDN'T WANT THE OUTFIELD FENCE RIGHT UP AGAINST THEIR PROJECT. UM, YOU WOULD WANNA HAVE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE OUTFIELD FENCE AND ANY STRUCTURES OR DEVELOPMENTS. OH, I SEE. CORRECT. OKAY. UM, AGAIN, WHAT OTHER LEAGUES HAVE DONE IN CASES WHERE THE FENCING IS LESS THAN 200 FEET, UM, THEY'VE SIMPLY RAISED THE OUTFIELD FENCE TO COMPENSATE FOR THAT. UM, AGAIN, IN 2022, LITTLE LEAGUE CHANGED THE, THE BAT RATIO. WE ELIMINATED THE 1.5, UM, PERFORMANCE RATING, AND WE WENT TO A-A-U-S-A BAT, WHICH THE BALL DOESN'T TRAVEL AS FAR OFF OF THOSE BATS. NOW, TRAVEL BALL USES A DIFFERENT TYPE BAT, AND THE BALL DOES TRAVEL FARTHER. AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OLDER KIDS, THE 13, 14 YEAR OLDS, LITTLE LEAGUE REGULATIONS 300 FEET ON THAT WAY. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY CAN USE THE BB CORE, UM, DROP FIVE AT THAT LEVEL. UM, IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, IN AN AVERAGE LITTLE LEAGUE, LET'S SAY OF 204 KIDS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE 56 KIDS, 48 KIDS IN THE MAJORS. YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA HAVE 156 KIDS MINORS TO T-BALL IN THAT RATIO. SO AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF YOUR LEAGUE IS GONNA BE ABLE TO USE A, A, A DIAMOND OF 180 FEET. UH, BACK WHEN LITTLE LEAGUE FIELDS WERE FIRST BUILT, IF YOU GO TO ANY OF THE TEMPLE CITY PARKS, THE ALHAMBRA, UM, THEY'VE ALL BEEN BUILT AT 180 OVER THE YEARS AS, UM, CITIES HAVE REDEVELOPED THEIR FIELDS, THEY TRIED TO INCREASE THE 200 FEET, BUT WE STILL HAVE A NUMBER OF LITTLE LEAGUES THAT ARE AT 180 AND DO COMPETE IN INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT PLAY AT THE 180. BUT YOU, YOU, YOU JUST INDICATED THAT IT'S POSSIBLE TO MODIFY ONE OF THE SPECIFICATIONS TO, YOU SAID THE BATTING. I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE TERM YOU USED ABOUT RATIO? SO A LOT OF AREAS, UM, ARCADIA NATIONAL, LITERALLY, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, THEY HAD, THEY CALL IT THE BLUE MONSTER, UH, BECAUSE THEY COULD ONLY PUT THEIR FENCES OUT TO A HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE, A HUNDRED SEVENTY FEET. SO THEY RAISE THE OUTFIELD FENCE TO 10 FEET, WHICH COMPENSATED FOR THE LACK OF DISTANCE. IT STILL TOOK [05:00:01] THE SAME AMOUNT OF POWER TO HIT IT OVER, UM, UH, EIGHT OR 10 FOOT FENCE AT 165 FEET, AS IF IT WOULD BE A FOUR FOOT FENCE AT 200 FEET. SO IS IT, SO IS IT POSSIBLE WITH WITHIN THE PARAMETERS HERE TO, TO DESIGN THIS THAT WAY, UH, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT SATISFY WHAT THE LEAGUE COULD, I MEAN, WHAT COULD WORK FOR THE LEAGUE? I'M TAKING OFF MY CITY MANAGER HAT AND PUTTING ON MY LITTLE LEAGUE ADMINISTRATOR CAP. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. SURE. HOW YOU, OKAY. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, UM, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT, UM, CITY MANAGER, WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER FIELD THAT'S JUST NEXT TO THIS ONE FIELD THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT? IS THAT UP TO PAR AS FAR AS THE ONE FOR THE OLDER CHILDREN TO PLAY BASEBALL? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PARK CAN ACCOMMODATE ANY 13, 14-YEAR-OLD FIELDS. OKAY. BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 300 FOOT, UH, DISTANCE. AND AGAIN, THE, THE BATS THAT THEY USE AT THAT LEVEL ARE DIFFERENT AND THE REGULATIONS ARE, ARE DIFFERENT. AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING 13, 14 YEAR OLDS, YOU'RE NOW TALKING, TALKING ABOUT 90 FOOT BASIS, 60 FOOT, SIX INCH PITCHING, WHERE ON A LITTLE LEAGUE DIAMOND'S, 46 FEET OF PITCHING, UM, AND 60 FOOT BASE PATHS. SO THERE, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE. OKAY. I THOUGHT MAYBE THAT ONE AND USES OTHER ONE FOR THE YOUNGER KIDS, BUT THANK YOU. COULD YOU GO AHEAD? YEP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. UM, SO, SO THE CURRENT, I KNOW, OKAY, SOUND LIKE 1.6 HAS BECOME A DEAL BREAKER. , UNFORTUNATELY THERE, THERE'S NOT ANY, THE WALK AWAY, THERE'S NOT AN EASY WAY FOR US TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. HOW ABOUT THIS? OKAY. BECAUSE BASED ON THE CITY MANAGER AND DUE TO HIS DIFFERENT HAT, OKAY. AS A LITTLE LEAGUE, HE SAY IT IS, IT'S A PLAYABLE BECAUSE THIS IS MORE LIKE A PRACTICE. OKAY. AND, UH, FOR THE CURRENTLY, HE ONLY HAVE ONE FAIL, AND THEN HE NEED TO OKAY, LEASE FROM THE SCHOOL. BUT FOR TWO YEARS THEY HAVE A DIFFICULT OKAY, DIFFICULTY TO USE THE, THE SCHOOL SITE. AND ESPECIALLY THEY HAVE A FENCE, SO HIGH AND A FENCING, BUT NOW IT'S GOING TO OPEN. SO CITY MANAGER, SO THIS 1.45 IS PLAYABLE. YOU COULD DEFINITELY PUT A LITTLE LEAGUE DIAMOND IN THERE. AND IF YOU HAD THE FENCES AT 180 FEET, UH, AGAIN, I HAVE PROGRAMS THAT OPERATED 180 FOR 12 YEAR OLDS. AND UNDER, IN THIS CASE, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBERS THAT THE LEAGUE HAS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE AT THIS PARTICULAR PARK. UH, AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THEIR KIDS ARE GONNA BE IN THE MINORS DOWN TO T-BALL. AND MOST LEAGUES IN THIS AREA NOWADAYS ARE CARRYING NO MORE THAN FOUR MAJOR TEAMS. SO PROVIDING YOU HAVE TWO DIAMONDS, YOU COULD DEDICATE ONE TO THE MAJOR DIVISION AND YOU COULD, UH, DEDICATE THE OTHER FIELD TO THE THREE LOWER DIVISIONS. SO NEXT QUESTION WOULD BE, SO, UM, LOOK LIKE THEY CANNOT GIVE US ANY MORE THAN 1.45, BUT THEY CAN BUILD IT FOR US. AM I RIGHT? CAN YOU, CAN YOU BUILD IT FOR US? AND I WAS GONNA, LEMME FINISH WAS ON THAT ONE TOO. YES. YOU BUILD IT FOR US. IF THERE'S THE TRADE OFF OF, UM, THE OFFSET IN THE PARK AND LOUY CAN, YOU DON'T TRADE OFF, CAN YOU JUST FOR THE NO, JUST GIVE US, GIVE US THAT TO BUILD IT. OKAY. HEY, I HAVE TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE. OKAY. YEAH. AND THE $900,000 YOU CAN, WE CAN USE FOR THE PARK, DOOR PARK AND OTHER AREA TO USING THE $900,000 FIX EVERYTHING. AND, UH, SO TO SATISFY MY COLLEAGUE, OKAY, YOU JUST SPENT ANOTHER 250 A TINY LITTLE MONEY . OKAY? AND JUST, JUST, JUST, JUST BUILD IT FOR US, OKAY? AND, UH, OKAY. HOPEFULLY THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR MIND. OKAY. I I, I REALLY THINK ABOUT THIS WIN-WIN FOR THE SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY NEEDED MONEY TO BUILD A CENTRAL KITCHEN AND EVERYTHING AND DON'T HAVE TO RAISE, OKAY. THE, THE, THE MEASURED BOND TO THE PROPERTY TAX FROM THE RESIDENT THERE. AND UH, AND UH, AT THE SAME TIME WE GOT EXTRA LAND OPEN SPACE FOR OUR RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN LITTLE LEAGUE NATIONAL CAN SURVIVE WITH A TWO FAIL AND ONE PRACTICE ONE, OKAY. AND, UH, AND THE COMPETITION AND IF YOU CAN BUILD THIS, OKAY. FOR US AND THE 90,000 WE USING FOR OKAY, OUTER PARK, OKAY. DOOR PARK, OKAY. AND THEY KNOW THE PARK USING THE MONEY, FIX THE, THE SPORT BAR FOR DAN, BUILD A NEW ONE, DEMOLISH THIS, THAT, THAT JUNK, DEMOL IT AND PUT A NEW LOCATION TO FIT IN. SO LOOK NICE AND BEAUTIFUL. I THINK RESIDENT WILL REALLY LOVE YOU, OKAY? AND, AND THEY SUPPORT YOU. SO, AND I THINK EVEN, UH, THE, OUR COUNCILMAN CRITERIA WILL SUPPORT YOU TOO. AM I RIGHT? YEAH. SO [05:05:01] MAYBE WHAT HAPPENS IF WE ALLOW 'EM TO USE SOME OF THE MONEY TO ALSO BUILD A NEW SHACK BAR? YEAH, YEAH. NO, THAT'S WHAT I JUST SAY. I THINK YOU'RE GONNA KEEP THE MONEY THEN. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. DON'T EVERYTHING USING OKAY. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. BUT THE 250,000 JUST BUILD UP OKAY. BASEBALL FIELD, BECAUSE YOU CAN BUILD MUCH CHEAPER THAN THE CITY, CITY WILL BE FIVE TIMES THE NEW SHACK BAR. SO JUST, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE CONVERSATION IS REDUCING THE PARK AND LOUY AMOUNT, $250,000 FOR MERITAGE. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. YOU TO BUILD TO A DEAL BREAKER TO MAKE THINGS THIS SWEET WHERE EVERYBODY CAN SUPPORT YOU. YOU BUILD THAT BASEBALL FIELD, , OKAY? AND THEN, AND THEN WE GIVE OUT THE PARKING. OKAY? YOU PARKING ALREADY COMPLY WITH C AND THEN $900,000 USING THE MONEY TO BUILD THE, THE, THE SPORT BAR AND OTHER, THE THING AND THE . WE NEED , WE NEED MONEY TOO. THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT AS THAT TWO, NO, I'M JUST ASKING YOU, IT IS OKAY MAYBE TO TALK TO CO CO CALL NICK? YEAH. OKAY. AND THEN COME BACK. YEAH. AND THEN, THEN, THEN WE, WE CAN, I I CAN, I CAN MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE YOUR PROJECT. OKAY. SO IF THE, THE CONVERSATION NEEDS TO BE THE WHAT, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS, WE'LL GET THE 1.6, 1.455 GIVE US $250,000 MORE. SO IF THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE LIMITED TO, I GUESS THE, THE, THAT'S THE TRADE IS, IS IT A CAP ON, ON IMPROVEMENTS OF $250,000? OKAY. OKAY. IS IT OKAY? IS THAT CAP OKAY? WORK? WAIT, $250,000 AND THE, THE BUILD A BUILD A DUCK. WHAT? DUCK HOUSE OR SOMETHING. OKAY. I MEAN IT, IT'S UNDERSTANDING WHEN WE WERE TALKING AROUND THE 250 TO THREE AND THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, 2000, IT REQUIRED REGRADING, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THE GO, THE, THE LITTLE LEAGUE, THE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM WERE SIGNIFICANT GOER DAMAGE UNDER LOUIS UNDERNEATH. SO RE REGRADING CV. LOUISA, I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU. I, I UNDERSTAND. I'M JUST TRYING TO BE TRANSPARENT. SAY, OKAY, THEN WE CALL THE NIGHT, I WANNA GO HOME. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WE UNDERSTAND. THAT MEANS LET HER LET, IT'S NOT GONNA, IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE LIGHTING, IT'S NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, NEW STRUCTURES ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S GONNA BE A FACELIFT. IT'S NOT GONNA BE A BRAND NEW FIELD FOR 250. UH, CITY MANAGER. HOW MUCH LIKE, AS THE PRIVATE SECTOR, $250,000 CAN DO OR FAIL CAN DO A LOT, RIGHT? WE WANNA MAKE SURE THEY DON'T SHOW CHANGES. WELL FOR THE 250,000 YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THE GRADING, YOU DO THE IRRIGATION, UH, AND GET IT READY TO CUT OUT AN INFIELD, UH, TO PUT THE, THE FIELD IN. UM, BUT IT WOULDN'T INCLUDE ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES. HOW ABOUT, HOW ABOUT IF WE, IF, IF WE, IF LET'S JUST SAY WE GAVE YOU THAT PARK FUNDS BACK OF 900 SOMETHING THOUSAND, WILL YOU BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY BUILD A, A GOOD FIELD, BUT ALSO BUILD A NEW SHACK BAR FOR THEM FOR THAT PRICE? SHAQ BAR? SO, UM, BEFORE I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S LIKE PAST 12, UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS DISCUSSION ON THE BASEBALL FIELD INDICATES THAT THE MATTER IS NOT READY FOR THE COUNCIL. I WANNA MOVE MOTION. SO I WANNA MOVE MOTION. OKAY. MOVE THE MOTION FORWARD. MOTION. YEAH, I WANNA MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. THAT WILL BE TO APPROVE THE PROJECT, BUT THE MERITAGE HAVE TO SPEND 250,000 EXCEPT 900,000. THE PARK FEE THAT WE GOING TO IMPROVE THE, OKAY. ALL THE PARK AND THE, THE, THE, THE DOLLAR PARK, THIS AND THAT, BUT THAT WOULD BE A QUARTER. OKAY. MILLION DOLLAR TWO, GIVE US. OKAY. AND, UH, WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR $250,000. YEAH, WE CAN PUT A CAP ON THAT. WE, WE, WE NOT HERE TRY TO SQUEEZE YOU PRETTY MUCH. YES. OKAY. BUT, BUT WE TRY TO WORK A PROJECT THAT CAN BENEFIT THE RESIDENT OVER THERE. AND, AND THEN IN THAT WAY, SO, SO, SO, UH, AND THEN, UH, THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, UH, $25,000 WITH A QUALIFICATION, AND THEN THE DEDICATE TO THE 1.45 ACRE AND WITH A CAP OF $250,000 AND TO IMPROVE THE LAND. SO WHEN, WHEN, WHEN YOU GIVE TO US, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAWN AND SPRINKLER OVER THERE, HOPEFULLY EVEN MORE. OKAY. SO WHAT'S THE ONLY OTHER REQUEST WOULD, THAT WOULD BE THE ADDED CONDITIONS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION TO REMOVE THE CONDITIONS AS, UH, REQUESTED. WHICH ONE? DURING MY, WHICH ONE, WHICH CONDITIONS? UH, IF IT'S RIDICULOUS, WE CAN TAKE IT AWAY. YES. UH, SO THERE WAS CONDITION, UH, THE PARKING, UH, THE GARAGE HAD TO PARK THE CAR. I AGREE. THEY SHOULD PARK THE CAR LEAVE. YEAH. SO IT WAS, UM, THEY CANNOT, THEY CAN USE THE STORAGE. I'LL BRING 'EM UP TO THE APOLOGIES. YEAH. SO IT WAS THE, UM, WE'VE NOW TALKED ABOUT THE BASEBALL FIELD. SO THAT KIND OF ADDRESSES [05:10:01] THAT CONDITION. UM, THE PARKING, THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT CAN GET ADDED TO REMOVING THAT CONDITION. UM, THE REQUEST AROUND TRAFFIC ON WORKMAN AND SUNSET TO REMOVE THAT CONDITION, IT WAS KIND OF, WE WAS NOT CLEAR WHAT THE REQUEST WAS. AND THE, THAT'S WE BROUGHT, THAT'S A C THAT'S A CT JOB. SO LEMME FINISH MY MOTION PLEASE. IT WAS TO ONLY TO REVISE THE CONDITION FOR SIDEWALK TO ONLY BE AT OUR SEGMENT OF THE DEL NORTE STREET DEDICATION THAT WE CONTROL. NOT PUTTING SIDEWALK ON PROPERTY WE DON'T CONTROL, AND THEN REMOVING THE CONDITION, UM, FOR UNDERGROUNDING ALONGSIDE ON. OKAY. AND, UH, THE ASSISTANT PLANNER, YOU AGREE WITH THOSE? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE OKAY WITH WHATEVER COUNSEL IS RECOMMENDED. I UNDERSTAND, BUT YOU'RE THE PROFESSIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION MADE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THESE ARE THE SIX RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS NOT PROFESSIONAL. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY. THESE WERE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOVE WHAT WE HAD ALREADY. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I THINK I, I WANT UNDERGROUND THE UTILITY, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT DUE TO, IN THE MIDDLE IS THERE PROJECT, BUT IN THE FRONT AND BACK MM-HMM . THEY OLD. OKAY. SO YOU CAN COME HERE IS THE POWER PULL, AND THEN BOOM, YOU GO TO UNDERGROUND. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL. OKAY. I DON'T EVEN THINK, OKAY, EDISON WILLING TO DO IT. SO THAT ONE CAN BE ELIMINATED. BUT, BUT, BUT, UH, THE, THE, I THINK QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS, THE GAP FOR YOU TO SPEND TO BRING THAT 1.45 ACRE TO PLAYABLE FOR THE NATION NATIONAL RIGHT AWAY, THEY CAN UTILIZE, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A PLUS FOR THEM, ESPECIALLY FOR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE OPEN SPACE. SO THIS IS MY MOTION, MAYOR, MADAM MAYOR CONTOS. I, I'D LIKE TO, TO HEAR NOT JUST DEFERENCE. I, I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHICH OF THE, THE, THE ADDITIONAL COMMI, UH, UH, CONDITIONS BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. I DON'T WANNA, I I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANNA JUST BE ARBITRARY WITH THAT. I, I NEED TO HEAR PRO PROFESSIONAL OPINION AS TO WHICH OF THOSE WE SHOULD KEEP LY SHOULDN'T AGREED. ABSOLUTELY. SO, CONDITION. SO THERE WERE SIX RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS, UM, ABOVE WHAT, UH, ABOVE THE SERIES OF CONDITIONS THAT WE, WE, UM, CREATED. THE FIRST ONE WAS A CR UH, REVISION TO, UM, ITEM QQ IN, UM, THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CCNRS. WE'VE MADE THAT REVISION ALREADY IN YOUR PLANS. UH, THE SECOND CONDITION WAS THE BALL FIELD TO BE DEDICATED IN, IN AN IMPROVED CONDITION, UM, AND TURNED OVER TO US IN AN IMPROVED AND SAFE CONDITION. THE QUARTER MEETING ALL ABOUT. THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE, UM, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF GUEST PARKING. THE FOURTH WAS TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC ISSUES FROM WORKMAN AVENUE ON SUNSET AVENUE. THIS IS HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION GAVE THEM TO US. THE FIFTH WAS TO INSTALL SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEL NORTE STREET FROM NORA TO SUNSET. AND THE FINAL ONE WAS TO PROVIDE UNDERGROUNDING OF ADDITIONAL UTILITIES OUTSIDE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, SPECIFICALLY ON SUNSET AVENUE. THAT'S OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF, OF, OUTSIDE OF OUTSIDE. SO WOULD SOUND LIKE THREE 40 AND FIVE WOULD BE WHAT WE SHOULD STILL KEEP, BUT THE OTHERS I MOVED WHICH ONE? THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE. WHICH THREE? INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF GUEST PARKING FOR ADDRESS TRAFFIC ISSUES FROM WORKMAN AVENUE ON SUNSET AVENUE. AND FIVE SIDEWALK SHALL BE INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF JOHN MONTE. OR, OR EVEN FOUR FIVE. YEAH. TRAFFIC. YEAH, TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC JOB. UM, SIDEWALK. SO, SO MY REQUEST WAS WE ACCEPT REVISING ONE. OBVIOUSLY WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TWO GUEST PARKING, THERE'S LITERALLY NO ADDITIONAL AREA TO OKAY, THAT'S FINE. ADD ADDITIONAL SPACES, UM, THAT WALK, THE REQUEST OF FOUR WAS UNCLEAR BECAUSE THE CURRENT TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWS THAT WORKMEN AND SUNSET DOESN'T HAVE ANY CURRENT FAILURES IN ITS LEVEL OF SERVICE. UM, FIVE TO BE REVISED TO BE SPECIFIC FOR THE SEGMENT. OH, SORRY. THE PUBLIC CAN'T SEE WHAT WE'RE SEEING AND THE WHOEVER'S RUNNING THE AUDIO, I MEAN, THE VIDEO IS NOT PRESENTING THAT ON THE SCREEN. UM, SO F FOUR IS AROUND, THANK YOU. TRAFFIC ISSUES ON WORKMAN AND FROM WORKMAN ON SUNSET. UM, AS I STATED DURING MY PRESENTATION, THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS LOOKED AT WORKMAN AND SUNSET. THAT INTERSECTION DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, LEVEL OF SERVICE FAILURES RIGHT NOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S ISSUES FURTHER DOWN AT WORKMAN AND VINCENT, BUT THAT WAS NOT PART OF OUR, UM, AGREED UPON SCOPE FOR THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. SO IT'S KIND OF A VAGUE OPEN-ENDED CONDITION. UM, THE CONDITION FIVE, A SIDEWALK BEING INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DEL NORTE STREET FROM NORA TO SUNSET, WE ONLY CONTROL FROM HOLLOW TO SUNSET. RIGHT? YEAH. UM, WHICH WE HAVE NO PROBLEM ADDING SIDEWALK ON THAT [05:15:01] PORTION. OKAY. BUT THE OTHERS, WE DON'T CONTROL IT'S SIDE YARD WITH IMPROVEMENTS FROM THOSE HOMES RIGHT NOW. UM, AND THEN SIX, THE UNDERGROUNDING OF ADDITIONAL UTILITIES, THAT'S JUST, UM, NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE DISTANCE THAT IT IS AND, AND THE OKAY. COORDINATION OF WHAT THAT ENTAILS. AND THEN I HAD SEPARATELY REQUESTED, UM, ONE FINAL CONDITION, JUST A TYPO ON IT. THE, UM, CONDITION W ON THE ENHANCED ELEVATIONS, JUST TO CORRECT THAT NUMBER. FROM 23 TO 19, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THESE DEALS, RIGHT? JUST, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SAY, AND OH, YOUR BOSS OR WHOEVER SAID NICK SONG, HE AND WILL HURT YOU RIGHT NOW, SO, OKAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT AUTHORITY. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO I MOVED A MOTION ALREADY. I'M, LET ME GO SIX. YEAH. SO WHICH ONES ARE YOU TAKING OFF AGAIN? UM, IT WAS ONE, ONE WE ACCEPT TWO IS REVISED FOR A $250,000 IMPROVEMENT CAP, UM, ON THE BASEBALL FIELD. AND THEN WE STILL HAVE 900,000 FOR THE REST OF, UH, THE AREA. YES. PLUS TWO 50, UH, THREE IS TO BE REMOVED, INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF GUEST PARKING. OKAY. UH, FOUR IS TO BE REMOVED ADDRESSING TRAFFIC ISSUES. FIVE IS TO BE REVISED TO SPECIFY SIDEWALK ONLY ALONG THE SEGMENT OF DEL NOR YOUR PROPERTY OF OUR PROPERTY. MM-HMM . AND THEN SIX, UH, THE UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES IS TO BE REMOVED. THAT IS, YEAH. AND THEN IT IS, UH, ALSO EDITING CONDITION W UM, TO FIX THE NUMBER OF ENHANCED ELEVATIONS FROM 23 TO 19 TO MATCH THE PLAN SET AND, AND ALSO ADVISING KK ON THE FIRST TIME HOME BUYER PROGRAM. YEAH. FIRST TIME HOME BUYER, 25,000 INCREASED FROM 15,000 TO 25,000 AND THE 250,000 TO IMPROVEMENT. YEAH. SO IN THAT WAY WE BASICALLY COMPLY WITH WHAT COMMISSION THEY WANT TO HANG OVER. YES. SO, SO I MOVE THE MOTION SECOND IF THERE'S A FIRST AND A SECOND WITH ALL THESE, IF I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH EACH MOTION THAT'S NEEDED, WE NEED OH YEAH. MORE THAN ONE MOTION. SO IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND ME TAKING THE LEAD ON THAT AND WALKING YOU THROUGH THOSE MOTIONS. OKAY. I I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST. UM, TRAFFIC ON FROM, WAS IT WORKMAN AND SUNSET? WHEN ARE YOU, WHERE WHEN YOU GONNA INSTALL A, A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE SOMEWHERE? SO THE TRAFFIC REPORT, UM, CALLED OUT THAT THE INTERSECTION OF ROLAND AND SUNSET IS THE INTERSECTION THAT WOULD BE DEFICIENT IN THE HORIZON YEAR 2050 WITH OR WITHOUT THE PROJECT. AND THE PROJECT WOULD BE PAYING FAIR SHARE CONTRIBUTIONS TO A FUTURE SIGNAL THERE. UM, BUT THERE, THAT IS, THAT'S THE ONLY THING. SO YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR THIS THING OVER THERE? WE ARE NOT PAYING FOR A SIGNAL. WE ARE PAYING FOR OUR FAIR SHARE CONTRIBUTION. UM, IT'S A PERCENTAGE, UM, THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE TRAFFIC REPORT. UM, FOR THE TRIPS, OUR PROJECT CONTRIBUTES TO THAT INTERSECTION. SO WE WOULD BE PAYING THAT TO THE CITY AND IT WOULD GO, I BELIEVE, INTO LIKE A TRANSPORTATION FUND FOR FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS THERE. AND WHEN, WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDRESS TRAFFIC ISSUES AND WORKMEN AND SUNSET, WHAT, WHAT WERE THEY REFERRING TO? IT REALLY WAS NOT CLEAR. THERE WAS CONVERSATION AROUND WORKMAN TOWARDS VINCENT, UM, AND SOME OF THE TRAFFIC DOWN THERE. BUT AS I MENTIONED, THE ANALYSIS DONE OF WORKMAN AND SUNSET DOES NOT SHOW ANY ISSUES, UH, RIGHT NOW OR IN THE HORIZON YEAR. SO BECAUSE FURTHER EVALUATION IF WAS NEVER BROUGHT UP WHEN WE WERE GOING THROUGH SCOPING, UM, WE NEVER LOOKED AT WORKMAN TOWARDS SUNSET. UM, SO IT DOES FEEL LIKE IT'S BEYOND THE PROJECT SCOPE TO EVALUATE. YEAH. AND THEN I THINK, UM, TO PUT A PRICE TAG OF 250,000, THAT WHEN YOU START BUILDING, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY OR IT'S GONNA BE A, THE, THE COSTS TO BUILD THAT MIGHT GO UP. SO WHAT I DON'T WANT IS FOR YOU, FOR, FOR THE CITY TO COME BACK AND SAY, OH, WELL, BECAUSE IT'S GONNA COST MORE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA COVER THE WHOLE COST NO MORE. SO I, I RATHER IT BE IMPLEMENTED ON THE MOTION THAT WE ACTUALLY DIRECT YOU TO BUILD SPECIFICALLY WHAT, WHAT, WHAT TO BUILD ON THAT LOCATION. IF, IF SO COUNCIL MEMBER WHO WAS WILLING TO AMEND HIS MOTION, MAYBE TO ADD SPECIFICALLY, UM, I'M NOT A LITTLE LEAGUE SPECIALIST. OKAY. MAYBE MYLAN CAN. YEAH. SO WHAT, WHAT WILL COVER NO, I THINK WHAT NEED TO BE COVERED TO BE $250 CAPS, BECAUSE I KIND OF UNDERSTAND HE HE MIGHT BE INFLATE YEAH. AND NOW WOULD GET LESS. SO MAYBE WE CAN OKAY. LET HER TO DO SOMETHING LIKE GRASSY AREA. YEAH. AND THAT, AND, UH, ANYTHING NOT SPENT FOR MORE THAN 250,000, THEN WE CAN USE, WE CAN USE THAT TO THE OUTER PARK. [05:20:01] MEANING THE THEANO PARK IMPROVEMENT. RIGHT. SO I, I WOULD THINK, UM, I'M BUILT A FIELD A LITTLE BIT, BUT FOR 250,000 YOU'D PROBABLY BE ABLE TO DO THE GRADING, THE IRRIGATION AND THE SOD. WHAT ABOUT LIGHTING? NO. HOW ABOUT THE DUCK? NO. NO. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GIVE THEM, ALLOW THEM A LITTLE MORE PARK FEES BACK SO THEY CAN ACTUALLY DO EVERYTHING? WE, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN DISCUSS LATER ON, BUT WE, WE, RIGHT NOW WE JUST WANT TO GET ADDITIONAL $250,000. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING, IT'LL BE CHEAPER IF THEY DO IT. OF COURSE, THEY'RE MUCH CHEAPER. EXACTLY. BUT LATER ON WE CAN HAVE, WE CAN ADD IN, BUT LIKE IF, LET'S JUST SAY WE, WE MAKE THEM DO TWO 50 AND THEN WE SAY FROM THE 900, WE'LL GIVE YOU TWO 50 BACK. SO NOW YOU HAVE 500,000. CAN YOU BUILD THE WHOLE THING YET? NOT YET. NOT YET. NOT YET. NOT YET TOO EARLY. THAT, THAT WOULDN'T COVER LIGHTING IS EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING LIGHTING. I THINK, NO, I THINK WE SHOULD JUST FOCUS ON TO GET 250,000 OUT OF, UH, EXCEPTION OF $900,000. SO IN THAT WAY, OKAY, WE CAN GET THIS DONE. BECAUSE OTHERWISE IF WE GO TO DETAIL, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE GO TO AND, UH, HOW MUCH WE COST US. WE HAVE NO IP. SO I THINK RIGHT NOW WE JUST GIVE TO THE CITY VALUE OF 250,000 IMPROVEMENT. SO IT'S LIKE YOU SAY, OKAY, AND SPRINKLER THIS AND THAT. SO MAKE IT SIMPLIFI MAKE IT TOO COMPLICATED. SO, SO MAYBE IT SHALL INCLUDE THE INTEGRATION SYSTEM, THE, WHAT'S IT CALLED? UH, GRADING AND GRASS. YEAH, THAT, THAT, THAT SHOULD BE COVERED. $250,000. RIGHT. CAN WE PUT THAT PART OF THE CONDITION? YEAH, NO, IT HAS TO BE, THAT'S, IT HAS TO BE COVERED. UH, CITY MANAGER. IS THAT OKAY? IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU? I AM FINE WITH BEING REVISED TO IMPROVEMENTS. UM, SHALL BE THE GRADING GRASS, GRASS AND IRRIGATION NOT TO EXCEED $250,000. AND MADAM MAYOR, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO, TO, OUT OF THE 960,000 FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT 300,000 OF THAT MONEY STAYS IN THAT AREA? SO THAT WAY IT DOES. I MEAN, WE HAVE OTHER THINGS AROUND TOO, OF COURSE FOR THE WHOLE CITY. BUT BECAUSE THIS IS THE AREA BEING PRIMARILY IMPACTED, IF WE ADDED, IF WE AT LEAST COMMITTED A MINIMUM, LET'S SAY 300,000 FROM THAT PARK MASTER MONEY, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD AT LEAST, UH, MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY STAYS IN THE AREA TO IMPROVE THAT PARK. WELL, WE, WE, WE HAVE A $900,000. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND THAT 9,000 DESIGNATE FOR THE DISTRICT ONE, BUT IT'S JUST FOR DISTRICT ONE. OKAY. BUT, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S, BUT IT'S CHEAPER FOR THEM TO DO IT. YES. CHEAPER THE PROBLEM, BUT LET'S GET THE $250,000 FISH. OH NO. SHE'LL GIVE US THAT TOO. I KNOW. THEN LATER ON, IF WE WANNA DO SOMETHING, WE SAY, HEY, CAN WE DO THIS? WE, WE DEDUCT THE CREDIT OF $900,000. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, AND I GET IT, AND I UNDERSTAND, UM, BOTH POINT OF VIEW, ESPECIALLY, UH, KNOWING THAT IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THIS AND WE DON'T KNOW HOW YOU BID IN ANYTHING, AND THEN YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THAT'S NOT ENOUGH AND PULL FROM THE 900,000, WE DON'T WANT THAT. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE COVERED. GRANTED, UM, I DO WANT, AND I HAD THIS BEFORE, UH, COUNCILMAN WU HAD MENTIONED IT, THAT, UM, WE, WE, I PREFER TO HAVE MERITAGE TO DO THE WORK BECAUSE IT IS MM-HMM . MASTER CHEAPER, QUICKER, CHEAPER THAN IF THE CITY WOULD DO, UM, ANY OF THAT. AND, UM, THOSE PARK IMPROVEMENTS. UH, I ALSO DO ASK, UM, I KNOW OUR LITTLE LEAGUES ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU PROBABLY GET THEIR INPUT OR, UH, YOU KNOW, ADVICE OR CERTAIN THINGS TO JUST MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT THEY WANT AND IT, IT GETS THERE. SO I CAN, FOR WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING, UH, WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO ENSURE THAT THE IRRIGATION TIES INTO THE EXISTING DEL NORTE PARK IRRIGATION. UM, BEYOND THAT, MY UNDERSTANDING WOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE JUST SOME STANDARDS FOR WHAT YOU'RE GRADING AND THE LEVEL OF DIRT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT IN FOR THE INFIELD. UM, IF THERE'S OTHER COORDINATION, THINGS REGARDING HORIZONTAL, WE CAN OBVIOUSLY DISCUSS WITH THEM, UM, WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. OKAY. BUT YEAH, SO IF, UH, THAT, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT 900,000, UM, TO MAKE THE OTHER PARK IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT AREA, UH, WOULD BE FUNNELED THROUGH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY TAKE CARE OF THAT. WE CAN'T NECESSARILY BE THE CORNER. THE FIELD ITSELF IS WHAT WE CAN DO UNTIL WE TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY, CITY IS, UNTIL WE DEDICATE IT, IT'S PRIVATE. SO WE CAN DO THE IMPROVEMENTS RIGHT. WITHOUT PREVAILING, WITHOUT NEEDING TO BID IT OUT AND GO THROUGH THAT. MM-HMM . BUT ANYTHING IN THE PUBLIC PARK HAS TO FALL UNDER THAT PROCESS. SO WE DON'T HAVE, ONCE IT'S, ONCE IT'S THE CITY'S RIGHT. AND THEN THE PARK AND LU FEES ARE GONNA BE PAID TO THE CITY. SO YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH UNTIL IT'S GIVEN DEDICATED TO THIS TO US. CORRECT. RIGHT. BUT THEY DIDN'T, UM, THEY DIDN'T, UH, [05:25:01] DIDN'T, DIDN'T, BRITTANY, I SHE FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BRITTANY OR WHOEVER, BUT ANNA, YEAH. THEN THEY FIND A, THEN THEY FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT IF THEY WERE TO ASSIST IN DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT DOWN ORG, THAT THERE WAS A A, A WAY YOU GUYS FIGURED OUT NO, IF IT'S, IF IT'S PRIVATE, THEY CAN DO IT. ONCE IT'S DEDICATED, IT'S PUBLIC AND WE HAVE TO DO ALL CT. YEAH. SO THE WAY THEY FIGURED IT OUT IS JUST DO IT BEFORE THEY DEDICATE IT. UM, WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING, MAYOR, CAN WE HAVE ACO PLEASE FOR THE MOTION? WELL, DO YOU HAVE TO DO, WELL, THERE'S FOUR MOTIONS THAT, UM, THE ASSISTANT DO YOU HAVE A LOT OF AGENDA CITY CLERK NEEDS TO GO THROUGH? YES. SO IF WE'RE READY, I'LL, SORRY, ONE MORE THING. ONE MORE THING. SO MY CONCERN IS THAT, SO WHAT HAPPENS IF IT, IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT IF NOT TO EXCEED 250,000, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF IT DOES? I MEAN, I THINK AT THAT POINT WE'D HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE CITY, BUT I, I THINK, UM, WHAT WE WOULD HOPE TO DO AND WHAT, UM, THE GUIDANCE IS THAT THOSE HORIZONTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO REGRADE IRRIGATION SAW SOD WOULD, I THINK WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER TO SUPERVISE THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PROFESSIONAL. SO WHAT, WHAT ELSE WILL BE MISSING I GUESS AT THAT POINT? WELL, CAN WE C CLARIFY ONE THING, LISA? WOULD THIS BE TYING INTO THE EXISTING IRRIGATION OR INSTALLING A NEW IRRIGATION SYSTEM? NEW PIPING, NEW HEADS? IT WOULD BE NEW IRRIGATION FOR THE FIELD BECAUSE IF WE'RE GRADING IT TO GET RID OF THE GOPHER ISSUE, YOU'RE KIND OF DESTROYING ALL OF THAT. MOST LIKELY MUST BE NEW. SO IT WOULD BE TYING, IT WOULD BE NEW IRRIGATION, TYING IT'S ALL NEW INTO THE EXISTING PARK SO THAT IT'S PART OF THE SAME SYSTEM AND ON THE CITY'S WATER METER AND ALL OF THAT. HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST JUST FOR THE INTEGRATION SYSTEM UNDER 250? YEAH, BECAUSE THERE, THERE'S IRRIGATION ADJACENT THERE ALREADY AND WHEN WE WALKED THE SITE, IT, WE WOULD LATERAL, THERE MIGHT BE A SMALL PUMP THAT NEEDS TO GET AT IT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH WATER PRESSURE REACHING TO THAT DISTANCE. BUT THAT'S WOULD BE PART OF THAT, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT. HOW MUCH DO YOU ESTIMATE LIGHTING WILL COST? IF, IF, IF JUST IN GENERAL FOR YOU, IF YOU WERE TO DO IT? I'M TELLING I HAVE ANOTHER PROJECT IN THE COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE WITH VALLEY WIDE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT, AND WE'RE PUTTING IN A FIELD IN MUSCOW LIGHTING IS $500,000 MUSCO LIGHTING. HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH? MUSCO LIGHTING IS VERY EXPENSIVE. BEHIND HALF A MILLION, IT'S ABOUT $500,000 TO, AND THEN IT'S THE MUSCO LIGHTING SYSTEM. CORRECT. IS THERE A CHEAPER LIGHTING SYSTEM OR MUCO LIGHTING IS WHAT BASICALLY ALL PARTS SHOULD ONE ALL, LET'S GET THIS MOVING. IT'S ALREADY 12 PAST 1230. GOOD MORNING. YES. OH MY GOD. UH, ALL RIGHT, MOTION. GO AHEAD, LISA. GO AHEAD. OUR FIRST MOTION MAYOR IS A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 20 26 39, WHICH IS ADOPTING THE MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND APPROVING AND ADOPTING A MITIGATION AND MONITORING PROGRAM FOR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 25 0 1 ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ONE PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ONE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP 0 0 4 6 1 8 AND TREE REMOVAL PERMIT NUMBER 25 DASH 10 FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A 232 UNIT RESIDENTIAL PROJECT AT 1501 WEST DEL NORTE STREET PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. SO I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND MOVE THE MOTION. SECOND ROLL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. UM, BECAUSE OF THE REASONS STATED EARLIER, UH, THOSE CONCERNS REMAIN. AND, AND ALSO, UM, IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE COSTS, I DON'T BELIEVE 250,000 IS GONNA BE ENOUGH TO FINISH THAT FIELD. AND, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SAY NO. COUNCILMAN WU. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS. OH BOY. I AM TRYING TO, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT. IT WON'T BE ENOUGH. NO. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT MOTION. NEXT MOTION IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 40 ADOPTING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? NO. OH, I'M SORRY. I NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. SECOND. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. SAME PROJECT, RIGHT? YES. YEAH. YEAH. NO. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS. NO. MAYOR LOPEZ VIDO AYE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT MOTION. MOTION IS IN ORDER TO ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 25 41 APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NUMBER 25 DASH ONE TO CHANGE THE [05:30:01] ZONING FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL R DASH ONE TO SPECIFIC PLAN NUMBER 33. THE DEL NORTY SPECIFIC PLAN AND OPEN SPACE O DASH S FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1501 DEL NORTY STREET. I MOVE THE MOTION. SAY AGAIN. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? NO. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO TEMP CONTOS. THAT ONE I THINK IS DIFFERENT. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT MOTION. OUR FINAL MOTION IS IN ORDER TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 26 20 26 DASH 41 APPROVING PRECISE PLAN NUMBER 25 DASH ZERO ONE ENTRY REMOVAL PERMIT NUMBER 25 DASH 10 AT 1501 WEST EL NORTY STREET AND RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 42 APPROVING TE TRACK MAP NUMBER 0 0 4 6 1 8 AT 1 5 0 1 WEST DEL NORTY STREET. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE $25,000 FOR FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS. THIS INCLUDES THE $250,000 CAP FOR GRADING, IRRIGATION AND SOD. THIS, UH, FIXES THE TYPO ON, UM, CONDITION OF APPROVAL. LETTER W MOVING IT FROM 23 TO 19. AND THIS ALSO REMOVES CONDITIONS THREE THROUGH SIX WITH NU CONDITION NUMBER FIVE, ONLY BEING THE SIDEWALK AT THEIR PROPERTY. I'LL NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. SECOND, UM, SORRY, WHO DID THE MOTION? COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THAT THRESHOLD TO BUILD IT THEN. NO. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAY I APPROACH HIM? CONTOS AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT ON TO THANK YOU. ON TO ITEM NUMBER [11) REPORT ON JOB VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 2561] 11, REPORT ON JOB VACANCIES AND RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY. BILL 2 5 6 1. AT THIS TIME, THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION ON THE STAFF REPORT AND WE'LL SH HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CITY MANAGER WHO WILL RE PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. UM, HUMAN RESOURCES AND RISK MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR CARER LEE UNDERWOOD. GO AHEAD. SHE CAN START. OH, EVERYBODY GONE? EVERYBODY GONE? THANK YOU. BYE. HAVE A GOOD, WELL, GOOD MORNING. HAVE A GOOD MORNING. YEAH, SURE. I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. OH, WOW. YOU'RE STAYING. ONLY ONE PERSON LEFT. ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. A TROOPER. THANK YOU, . HEY, JEFF, YOU SURE I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING? , I JUST ASK YOU TO SAY SOMETHING . NO, NO, NO. SOMETHING SHE SAID. THANK YOU SO MUCH AS THEY'RE PREPARING FOR THE REPORT. UM, GOODNIGHT. GOODNIGHT, . GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. OH MY GOODNESS. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE THAT, UH, PRESENTATION UP? READY TO GO? ALL RIGHT, LET'S ROCK AND ROLL. OH, IS YOUR, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU SPEAK. UH, YOUR MIC, PLEASE. IS IT ON? READY? OKAY, GO AHEAD. GOOD MORNING, MADAM MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS PROVIDED IN COMPLIANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 25 61, WHICH AMENDED THE MEYER MILAS BROWN ACT AND REQUIRES PUBLIC AGENCIES TO REPORT ANNUALLY ON VACANCIES, RECRUITMENTS, AND RETENTION EFFORTS PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE ANNUAL BUDGET. LITTLE BACKGROUND, AB 25 61 BECAME AN EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025, AND APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC AGENCIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. THE LEGISLATION WAS ADOPTED IN RESPONSE TO STATEWIDE STAFFING SHORTAGES IMPACTING PUBLIC SERVICE DELIVERY AND EMPLOYEE WORKLOAD. THE PURPOSE OF TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS TO PROVIDE TRANSPARENCY REGARDING CURRENT VACANCY LEVELS, RECRUITMENT AT FIRST, RETENTION STRATEGIES AND POTENTIAL OBSTACLES IN THE HIRING PROCESS FOR FISCAL. THIS IS A CITYWIDE STAFFING OVERVIEW. AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 THROUGH 26, THE CITY AUTHORIZED 325 FULLTIME POSITIONS. THE PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 26 27 BUDGET INCREASED STAFFING AUTHORIZATION TO 330 FULLTIME POSITIONS, INCLUDING RECLASSIFICATIONS. AND AS OF MAY 26TH, 2026, THERE ARE 28 VACANCY CITYWIDE. THE AB 25 61 REQUIRES REQUIREMENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS, THE CITY MUST PROVIDE A PRESENTATION AT A PUBLIC HEARING ON AN ANNUAL BASIS PER FISCAL YEAR. PRESENTATION MUST INCLUDE STATUS OF VACANCY RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS, AND [05:35:01] IDENTIFYING ANY RECRUITMENT ACTIVITY. AND THE CITY MUST ALSO ALLOW THE RECOGNIZED EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS FOR A BARGAINING UNIT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. AT THE HEARING, ALL BARGAINING UNITS WERE NOTIFIED YOU. EACH DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THEIR RECRUITMENTS AND COORDINATES WITH FINANCE FOR A BUDGET FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE. ALL JOB DESCRIPTIONS ARE REVIEWED AND UPDATED AS NEEDED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF A POSITION. ONCE THE JOB DESCRIPTION IS FINALIZED, THE POSITION IS POSTED AND PUBLISHED TO ALL MAJOR JOB BOARDS. WE USE THE ONLINE APPLICATION TRACKING SYSTEM TO ENSURE ALL CANDIDATES ARE SYSTEMATICALLY REVIEWED. HR PRE-SCREENS ALL CANDIDATES AND WORKS WITH HIRING MANAGERS TO CREATE A SCREENING AND INTERVIEW PLAN THAT BEST SUITS THE POSITION. ONCE THE INTERVIEW PROCESS IS COMPLETE AND A CANDIDATE HAS BEEN SELECTED, AND OFFER LETTER IS CREATED. THE VACANCY OVERVIEW BY DEPARTMENTS. OUR CURRENT VACANCY CONSISTS OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. THE CITY OVERALL VACANCY RATE AS OF JUNE 16TH, 2026 IS 9%. THE BARGAINING GROUP WITH THE HIGHEST VACANCY RATE IS THE FIRE MANAGEMENT GROUP AT 33.3%, FOLLOWED BY DEPARTMENT HEADS. HOWEVER, THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED AND THAT PERCENTAGE IS 20%. THE POSITION IN THAT FIRE MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT IS MAKING THE PERCENTAGE OVER IS THE ONE POSITION FOR THE FIRE ASSISTANT. FIRE CHIEF FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, EXCUSE ME, THE, UM, PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR, THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, AND THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF ARE THE THREE THAT ARE OVER THE 20% VACANCY RATE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE'S A TOTAL OF FOUR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS CANDIDATES THAT ARE UNDERGOING BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS AT THIS TIME. THERE ARE NO OPEN RECRUITMENT FOR THE FIRE ENGINEER AND THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF PROMOTIONAL RECRUITMENT CLOSED ON JUNE 12TH, 2026. APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE ONGOING RECRUITMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE TACTICAL ASSESSMENT, PROBLEM SOLVING PRESENTATION, AND ORAL INTERVIEW FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE OFFICER LATERAL ARE INTERVIEW, WERE INTERVIEWED. THE INTERVIEW LASTED UNTIL JUNE 8TH, 2026. THE ELI HAS PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENTS FOR CANDIDATE SELECTION. THE JAILER INTERVIEWS HAVE CONCLUDED ON JUNE 4TH, THE ELI WAS ALSO PROVIDED, AND THERE ARE THREE CANDIDATES IN BACKGROUND FOR THE POLICE SAFETY DISPATCH. THERE WAS A TEST DONE AND WE WILL NOW BEGIN AN ADDITIONAL TESTS ON JULY, 2026, WHICH WILL THEN THEREFORE COVER THE TWO VACANCIES THAT THEY HAVE. PUBLIC WORKS CURRENTLY HAVE SEVEN VACANCIES, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, THE FLEET SERVICE COORDINATOR, AND THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS POSITION. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO RECRUITMENTS ACTIVE FOR THE FLEET SERVICE CO COORDINATOR RECRUITMENT, THE MAINTENANCE WORKER TWO INTERVIEWS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED AND ELIGIBILITY RELEASE HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVE SELECTED FIVE CANDIDATES TO MOVE FORWARD FOR THE HIRING PROCESS AS OF TODAY. EXCUSE ME, AS OF LAST YESTERDAY, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR RECRUITMENT OPEN ON JUNE 9TH, 2026 AND WILL CLOSE JULY 12TH, 2026. THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION CHALLENGES AND EFFORTS, MAINTAINING COMPETITIVE COMPENSATION PACKAGES FOR ALL BARGAINING GROUPS, NOT OFFERING REMOTE AND HYBRID POSITIONS AS A GENERAL POLICY FOR RETENTION EFFORT, OPPORTUNITIES FOR ANNUAL MERIT INCREASE, WE PROMOTE POSITIVE WORKPLACE CULTURE WITH ACT ACTIVITIES LIKE QUARTERLY TEAM BUILDING EVENTS, POTLUCKS, MONTHLY BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS, AND RECOGNITION OF OTHER LIFE EVENTS. DEVELOPING AN INTERNSHIP PROGRAM AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL EDUCATION INSTITUTES, ENHANCING EMPLOYEES ONBOARDING EXPERIENCE, ENCOURAGING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, EXPLORING NEW ADVERTISING METHODS AND ENHANCING SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE. CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE CITY BRANDING AS AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE. LET'S CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BY COUNCIL MEMBERS? I MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. IT'S, IT'S RECEIVE AND FILE. IT'S A RECEIVE AND FILE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MAYOR. OH YEAH. IS THERE, OH, THERE WAS NO, AND THERE WERE NO SPEAKER CARDS. COMMENTS BY ONE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? THERE'S NO COMMENT. NO COMMENT. OKAY. SO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UH, IS THERE MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? OH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? I, I JUST HAD A, A QUICK QUESTION. WITHIN PUBLIC WORKS, WHAT, WHAT IS, IS OUR RETENTION RATE OR, OR ATTRITION? I'M JUST CUR UH, CURIOUS FOR THE ELECTRICIAN POSITION FOR, FOR, FOR PUBLIC, FOR PUBLIC WORKS, [05:40:01] WHAT IS THE ATTRITION RATE WITHIN THAT DEPARTMENT? SO AT THIS PRESENT TIME, UM, THIS IS, THEY'RE NOW HIRING THE MAINTENANCE WORKERS TOO. SO THAT HAS BEEN A NEW POSITION AND THEY WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. OKAY. AND SO WE DO HAVE THE FIVE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE FLEET COORDINATOR, THAT IS A NEW POSITION AND IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH HR COMMISSION FOR A NEW UPDATED JOB DESCRIPTION TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPERIENCE INSIDE THE JOB DESCRIPTION. AND AS FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, WE HAVE JUST NOW REOPENED THAT POSITION. UM, AND IT WOULD CLOSE JULY 12TH, 2026. SO I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY APPLICANTS WE HAVE AT THIS PRESENT TIME. THAT'S OKAY. BUT THAT, THAT, THAT ANSWER, I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT ATTRITION, BUT, BUT YOU, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YOU ARE WELCOME. OKAY. SO, UH, DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR RECEIVING FILES? SO, NO, IT'S RECEIVE AND FILE ONTO DEPARTMENTAL [12) CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027] REGULAR MATTERS. ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. I'M FINANCE DIRECTOR KAREN OGA. WILL GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. MORNING. I'LL BE VERY BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. TONIGHT IS THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 45, WHICH IS BASICALLY ADOPTING THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27. THIS RESOLUTION WILL SET THE LI UM, ANNUAL APPROPRIATION LIMIT TO 212, UM, MILLION 879, EXCUSE ME, $212,879. NO, 2 1 2 8 7 9 3 5 9. I'M SORRY, . YOU WERE READY. MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT , BUT, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THIS RESOLUTION WILL SET THAT ANNUAL APPROPRIATION. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? MADAM MAYOR, GO AHEAD. UH, MAYOR APPROACH, JUST WONDERING WHAT'S, WHAT'S THE, THE, THE, UM, MEANING OF THE, OF THE APPROPRIATION IF WE KEEP AMENDING IT ANYWAY, WE KEEP AMENDING OUR BUDGET. SO IS THIS, DOES THERE, IT'S JUST A, A SNAPSHOT, RIGHT? SO IF WE SET THIS AS A LIMIT, BUT WE KEEP AMENDING THE BUDGET EVERY MEETING OR, SO WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS ULTIMATELY, WHAT BEARING DOES THIS HAVE FOR A COMPARISON? THE, THE LIMIT IT SAYS IS 212. WE ONLY AT 139. I DO NOT THINK W EVER WILL HIT THE MAXIMUM LIMITS. UH, EVEN WITH THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, I THINK WE'LL BE FINE. OKAY. GREAT. THANK, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS THERE ANY, WOULD A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND ROLL CALL? THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU IS SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE, UH, DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTER NUMBER 11, WHICH, I'M SORRY, NUMBER 12. 12 CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26. 27. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, WHAT IS THIS? FUNDING FOR? THE APPROPRIATION ANNUAL APPROPRIATION LIMIT CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL APPROPRIATION LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, 27. ITEM NUMBER 12. YES. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES NOW. ITEM TWO, ITEM [13) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION BUDGET] NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 26 27. WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICE FOUNDATION. BUDGET CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT FINANCE DIRECTOR KAREN ALAWA. HELLO AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SO ON MAY 19TH, STAFF PRESENTED THE PROPOSED 26 27 BUDGET CITY COUNCIL AND THE ACTING, UM, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION FOR CONSIDERATION. UH, TONIGHT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGES TO THE PROPOSED BUDGET, AND WE REQUEST, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THE 26 27 BUDGET AS PRESENTED FOR THE FOUNDATION. UM, STAFF, DO YOU HAVE, I'M SORRY. UH, CITY COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND ROLL CALL THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS FOR DEPARTMENTAL. ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 26 27 WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION. BUDGET COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? NO, NO. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VIDO AYE. MOTION PASSES ONTO ITEM 15, REVIEW OF COUNCIL'S ALLOWANCE AND COUNCIL EXPENSE. AND 14. I'M SORRY, SORRY. 14. 14. 14. NOT YET. I'M NOT GOING HOME YET. I WAS TRYING TO BE OUTTA HERE BY 1:00 AM BEFORE 1:00 AM UH, ITEM [05:45:01] 14, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 26 27 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET. UH, CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE REPORT. I HAD A, ABOUT A 20 MINUTE PRESENTATION, BUT I WILL DEFER AND LET OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR PRESENT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CONSIDERATION OF THE TIME OF BE VERY BRIEF HONOR BEARING COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATIONS. THE 26 27 OPERATING BUDGET AND THE CIP BUDGET. JUST A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW IS THAT THE ALL FUNDS ESTIMATED REVENUES IS APPROXIMATELY 190 MILLION AND EXPENDITURE IS ABOUT 148.4 MILLION AND THUS THE RESULT IS ABOUT 13.6 MILLION SURPLUS. AGAIN, THIS IS FOR ALL FUNDS. AS FAR AS FOR GENERAL FUND, THE ESTIMATED REVENUES IS OVER 99.8 MILLION AND THE EXPENDITURES ARE 99.7 MILLION AND A PROJECTED RESULT OF THE, UH, SURPLUS IS 108,000. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. CITY COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MADAM MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS, UH, WITH THAT SURPLUS OF 108,000, ISN'T IT ALREADY OFFSET FROM THE, FROM OUR EARLIER APPROVAL EARLIER THIS EVENING WITH REGARD TO THE, THE WELLNESS PROGRAM? YES. SO THE ADOPTION OF THE WELLNESS PROGRAM, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS A BUDGET TRANSFER IS NOT AMENDMENT. SO WE'LL BE TRANSFERRING FUNDS FROM A PERSONNEL SALARIES ACCOUNT, UM, TO COVER FOR THE WELLNESS PROGRAM OF 107,000. SO THERE IS NO BUDGET AMENDMENT AND WILL NOT IMPACT THE PROJECTED SURPLUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE ROLL CALL MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU IS SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTER NUMBER [14) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET ] 14, CONSIDERATION OF A CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING FISCAL YEAR 26 27 OPERATING AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. BUDGET. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, UM, DO YOU WANNA GET, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTER SOMETHING ON THE RECORD, UH, OR IN THE MINUTES IF, IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT AGAINST IT, BUT IT'S SIX, IT'LL BE TO, UH, JUST TO STATE THAT, UH, BECAUSE I SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE, I'M GONNA VOTE YES. UH, UH, BUT I DON'T AGREE ON UNDER ALLOCATIONS. THIS IS A, A ROLL CALL. WHAT YOUR VOTE, WHAT, WHAT'S THE PROPER RIGHT TO DO THAT? WHAT'S YOUR VOTE? YOUR INTEREST? I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SAID. I WANT OKAY, THE RECORD THEN YOU, YOU NEED, YOU NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND AND A MAJORITY VOTE COUNSEL. SO I WANNA, IT, IT, I WANTED TO, UH, PUT ON THE, THE, THE, THE RECORD, THE, THE MINUTES THAT I'M VOTING. YES. BUT THAT I DON'T AGREE, UH, WITH THE DISBURSEMENTS TO OTHER, TO OTHER PROGRAMS. UH, SORRY, LET ME REPHRASE THAT. THAT I, THAT I, BECAUSE I SUPPORT POLICE AND FIRE THAT I'M GONNA VOTE YES FOR THE BUDGET, BUT I DO NOT AGREE, UH, WITH CERTAIN DISBURSEMENTS. IS THAT A MOTION? THAT'S YOUR MOTION. I'M TRYING TO, YEAH, THAT'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND FOR HIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. MOTION DIES. I'M SORRY, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION. IS, IS THE MOTION FOR YOU TO SUBMIT REVISED AND EXTENDED REMARKS FOR THE RECORD? FOR THE MINUTES? YES. OKAY. SECOND. NO, NO, THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION. WHAT WAS IT? WHAT ARE WE DOING? YOUR MOTION IS TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE MINUTES, NOT TO SUBMIT FOR THE MINUTES. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? OH, OKAY. JUST YOU MEAN TO INCLUDE YOUR STATEMENT JUST NOW. OH, OKAY. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? OH, JUST SOMETIMES WE, WE CAN SUBMIT STATEMENTS IN ADVANCE. LIKE I DO THAT SOMETIMES. JUST FOR THE RECORD, YOU KNOW, I SUBMIT A STATEMENT AND IT'S INCORPORATED INTO THE MINUTES THEMSELVES. I GUESS I COULD, I GUESS I COULD SUBMIT A HANDWRITTEN ONE. SO YEAH. SO I'LL SUBMIT A HANDWRITTEN ONE RIGHT NOW. HAD A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND FOR HIM? SECOND IS COUNCIL MEMBER GUTTIER. THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO SUBMIT A HANDWRITTEN COMMENT AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? NO. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? NO. MAY I APPROACH TIM CONTOS? AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ VIDO NO. MAY MOTION FAILS. UM, OKAY, I HAVE QUESTIONS. NOW YOU, THIS IS ROLL CALL. SO I HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS. NO, THIS IS ROLL CALL. SO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME TO VOTE. I HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS REGARDING OUR BUDGET. THIS IS ROLL CALL. DISCUSSION WAS DONE. WELL, CAN YOU ALLOW ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK THE QUESTIONS? I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA ALLOW ME FOR MY, I GAVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK. IT WAS, YOU DIDN'T ALLOW ME TO ADD MY COMMENT ON THE RECORDS OR, OR MY STATEMENT ON THE RECORD. DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY QUESTIONS THEN AND DO MY DUE DILIGENCE. THIS IS ROLL CALL. I WILL LIKE THE WRITE. OKAY. YOU HAVE TO ASK QUESTIONS. I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SPEC SP SPECIFIC TIME YOU'VE BEEN GRANTED SPECIFIC TIME TO VOTE. AND I WILL ALLOW [05:50:01] THAT TIME TO RUN, TO VOTE. UH, THAT TIME IS INACCURATE. SO I HAVE QUESTIONS. CAN I ASK QUESTIONS OR YOU DON'T WANT ME TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR DISBURSEMENTS? THE CITY ATTORNEY. CAN WE WORK CALL? CAN HE STILL ASK QUESTION? THIS IS A MAJOR BUDGET. HOW AM I NOT ALLOWED TO ASK QUESTIONS? IT'S ROLL CALL THE ATTORNEY. WE'RE ON ROLL CALL MADAM MAYOR. HOLD IN A MINUTE. WE'RE GONNA WAIT A MINUTE. I HAVE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BUDGET. SO HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED TO THE MEGA MOON FESTIVAL? UH, NO, IT'S ROLL CALL. THANK YOU. DID THE CITY GET BACK? ITS, UH, FUNDS FROM THE LAST MOON FESTIVAL. OH, WE'RE NOT ANSWERING THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, I FORGOT. MAD A MAYOR. THAT ONE. I LIKE TO VOTE MINUTES. THE ONE MINUTE IS UP. SO YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED. I PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE. THAT'S NOT THE CORRECT MINUTE. OKAY? IF YOU DO NOT CAST A VOTE, IT'S NOT THE WHAT? THE, IF YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE LAW, IF YOU DO NOT CAST A VOTE, IT IS OF AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE. NO, IT'S NOT. SO CAST YOUR VOTE. NO, IT'S NOT. I HAVE A RIGHT TO ASK QUESTIONS. I GAVE YOU TIME. POINT OF ORDER. ALLOW ME TO ASK THE QUESTIONS. I HAVE CITY ATTORNEY WITH THE DILIGENCE. POINT OF ORDER TO YOU. UH, ORDER YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR. OKAY. THAT IS AN AFFIRMATIVE VOTE THEN. NO. THANK YOU. I HAVE QUESTIONS. ROLL CALL. THAT'S NOT THIS CALL. VOTE THIS, THIS DISCUSSION IS OVER. THIS IS ROLL CALL. HAVE QUESTIONS. POINT OF ORDER. COUNCILMAN WU, I HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT THE BUDGET. AFFIRMATIVE VOTE. COUNCILMAN WU. I I HAVE QUESTIONS TO ASK ABOUT THE COURT, THE BUDGET. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS AGAIN. THE MAYOR IS AGAINST MY RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. BE LIABLE IN COURT. SO BE HOW LIABLE IN COURT, PLEASE. YOU NEED TO STOP BEING DISRUPTIVE. NO, YOU'RE BEING DISRUPTED. 'CAUSE YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW, STOP THE AMERICA'S DISABILITY ACT. THIS IS A WARNING. NO, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE LAW. MAYOR, UH, FOLLOW THE LAW. SECOND WARNING, FOLLOW THE LAW. IT'S AMERICA'S DISABILITY ACT. LEARN IT. SERGEANT OF ARMS. DO WE NEED TO GO THERE? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO ONTO THE NEXT ONE. ONTO, UH, 15. I DID NOT CAST MY VOTE. ITEM 15, REVIEW OF COUNCIL. I WANNA CLARIFY. DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? I DID NOT CAST MY VOTE. LISA, IT'S, UH, ONTO ITEM 15 REVIEW OF I HAVE A POINT OF VOTER. UH, YOU DON'T, YOU DO NOT HAVE THE FLOOR. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER BEING DISRUPTIVE. POINT OF ORDER. I ASKED YOU TO STOP. NO, NO. YOU CANNOT TALK ALL THE VOLUNTARY RULES. I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. ALL RIGHT. I'M, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CALL A RECESS, PLEASE. AND, UM, IF YOU WANT SERGEANT OF ARMS TO COME BY, WE NEED TO CONDUCT THIS MEETING IN ORDERLY FUNCTION. I HAVE A POINT OF I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER. WHAT'S HIS POINT OF ORDER? I HAVE A POINT OF ORDER. WHAT IS YOUR POINT OF ORDER? THAT I HAVE A, A, A RIGHT. UH, TO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUDGET. AND YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING ME. AND YOU'RE ALSO, UH, THE, THE, THE DEPRIVE ME OF A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION. YOUR ONE MINUTE IS INSUFFICIENT. AND THERE WAS MEDICAL BACKING FOR THAT. SO THAT'S A, THAT IS THE ACCOMMODATION. A THAT'S NOT WHAT THE MEDICAL EXPERTS HAVE RULE. AND YOU NEED TO FOLLOW WHAT THE MEDICAL EXPERTS HAVE RULED. AND IT CANNOT, A MEDICAL CANNOT BE DISREGARDED. OKAY. I'VE HEARD ENOUGH. YOU'VE HAD YOUR ONE MINUTE. I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE RULE IS. HOW LONG DO I HAVE A RULE? HE, I GAVE HIM REASONABLE TIME. THAT WAS A ROLL CALL. THIS GUY SAYS HE HAD A POINT OF ORDER AND THE MAYOR DID HURT HIS POINT OF ORDER. THE MAYOR'S NOT, UH, ENTERTAINING IT. POINT OF ORDER. AND THE MAYOR'S MOVING ON. OKAY. NUMBER 15, PLEASE. SO, ALL RIGHT, ONTO ITEM 15. WELL, SHE ASKED THE QUESTION. ONE MORE WORD, SERGEANT OF ARMS. ASK A QUESTION. CAN YOU, CAN YOU PLEASE SERGEANT OF ARMS? HE'S NOT, HE'S BEING DISRUPTIVE. CAN'T WE NEED TO CONTINUE ON PLEASE? NUMBER 15, ARE YOU, DO YOU WANNA MOVE ON OR YOU NEED TO BE, LET'S MOVE ON, PLEASE. LET'S MOVE ON. NO, IS, IF YOU NEED TO STOP TALKING, YOU NEED TO STOP BEING DISCRIMINATORY. MOVE ON. DISRUPTIVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BEING DISCRIMINATORY, MOVE ON. NUMBER 15, [15) REVIEW OF COUNCIL’S ALLOWANCE AND COUNCIL EXPENSE AND REIMBURSEMENT POLICY] PLEASE. NUMBER 15, REVIEW OF COUNCIL ALLOWANCE AND COUNCIL EXPENSE AND REIMBURSEMENT POLICY. CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. FINANCE DIRECTOR KAREN AVA. GOOD. KAREN, I ASSURE YOU THIS IS THE LAST REPORT. THIS IS THE LAST ONE. SPEAKING OF TONIGHT, THIS EVENING, THIS MORNING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, SO AT THE MAY 19TH COUNCIL MEETING, UH, COUNCIL REQUESTED TO REVIEW THE CITY COUNCIL ALLOWANCES AS WELL AS THEIR EXPANSE AND REIMBURSEMENT POLICY. UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AMENDED THE COUNCIL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY ON NOVEMBER 7TH IN 2023. [05:55:01] THAT AMENDMENT, UM, PURSUANT THE, PURSUANT TO THE AMENDMENT, IT ADJUSTED A POLICY SUCH THAT THE ALLOWANCE EXPENSE WILL BE CAPPED AT THE AMOUNT OF THE BUDGET. SO AGAIN, WHATEVER THE BUDGET IS, THAT'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF ALLOWANCE. AND SO SINCE STARTING IN 23, 24 FISCAL YEAR, THE ALLOWANCE IS SET AT $5,000. AND AGAIN, THAT'S BASED UPON THE BUDGET ADOPTION. AND ANY UNUSED ALLOWANCE AT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR IS THEN ROLLED OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR. UPON EXPIRATION OF A CITY OFFICIAL'S TERMS, THE REMAINING BALANCE WILL BE VERTED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. UH, COUNCIL, I HAVE A QUESTION. COUNCILMAN WU. OKAY, ON THE 25, 26, AND, UH, I HAVE ONE ITEM SOLD TROPHY CENTER FOR 180 SOME DOLLARS. I, I DON'T KNOW, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2025. UH, WHAT THAT IS ABOUT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW. I SPEND $182 FOR TROPHY CENTER. SO WHAT, WHAT IS, I THINK I HAVE SUGGESTION IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE YOU NEED TO ITEMIZE. OKAY. ONE TIME SHOULD BE WHAT WE SPEND THAT SO WE CAN KIND OF REMEMBER WHAT WE DID. OKAY. SO, SO, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW I SAY ONE TIME, ONE TIME WE, I, I JUST DON'T KNOW, I DON'T REMEMBER. SO WITH THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, WHEN IT REFERS TO ONE TIME, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PURCHASING CARD. THAT'S HOW OUR ACCOUNTING SYSTEM, UM, TRANSLATES IT. WHENEVER YOU USE A PURCHASING CARD INSTEAD OF THE VENDOR NAME, UM, IT'LL SAY ONE TIME PAY. SO AGAIN, JUST TO REITERATE, WHEN IT SAYS ONE TIME PAY UNDER THE VENDOR NAME, THAT IS REFERRING TO OUR PURCHASING CARD, OUR CREDIT CARD THAT WAS UTILIZED. OH, YES. BECAUSE THIS, THE GET, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE COUNCIL DOES NOT HAVE ANY PURCHASING CARDS AT ALL. WE DON'T KNOW. UM, THE, THE STAFF WILL UTILIZE THEIR PURCHASING CARD TO MAKE PURCHASES ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL. THOSE CHARGES THEN ARE EXPENSE TO YOUR ACCOUNT, YOUR ALLOWANCE ACCOUNT. GOT IT. BUT CAN, CAN THAT BE IN DETAIL REGARDING, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME KIND OF EXPENDITURE AND JUST PUT THE VENDOR'S NAME? WE CAN DEFINITELY CUSTOMIZE IT IN THE FUTURE. ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER THIS WAY. SO WE CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, MY, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I SPEND, WHAT I'VE BEEN DEDUCT FROM THE CITIES. A LOT OF THINGS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE TROPHY CENTER, I'M PRETTY SURPRISED. AND I KNOW, UH, SOME, UH, I ORDERED THE SHIRT A COUPLE YEARS AGO BECAUSE I CAN'T WAIT. OKAY. AND, UH, SO I HAVE, AND, BUT THIS YEAR I DIDN'T BECAUSE I SHRINK. SO I, I WEAR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL, UH, T-SHIRT. OKAY. I, I DON'T HAVE THE OLDER NEW ONE. SO, SO IN THAT WAY, MAYBE YOU CAN PUT ON THE, UH, GOLF SHIRT OKAY. OR CD SHIRT, SOMETHING. SO, SO WE CAN, WE CAN REMEMBER WHAT LEFT FOR. OKAY. BUT OTHERWISE IT'S, I HAVE TO TRY TO REMEMBER WHAT THE HECK IS THAT. SO, SO TROPHY CENTER, WHAT, WHAT? I SPEND ON 180 SOME DOLLARS. WHY IS THAT? I BELIEVE THAT WAS A, UM, HOW DO YOU SAY A CITY, THE TROPHY, IT'S NOT REALLY TROPHY, BUT IT WAS MORE OF AN ENGRAVE. SO WHEN I ORDERED A MAY LAST YEAR, IF I ORDERED THE TROPHY FOR THE OKAY. THE RECIPIENT, FOR EXAMPLE, LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE TWO LADY. YES. SO THAT WOULD BECOME FROM MY ACCOUNT. , THAT COMES FROM YOUR ACCOUNT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. NEXT TIME I USE PAPER. YES. OKAY. I'M KIDDING. I DON'T MIND. THEY DESERVE IT. THEY DESERVE THE PLAQUE. THEY DO. THEY, THEY DESERVE IT. SO, SO IF YOU ARE THE MAYOR, YOU ORDER THE, THE PLAQUE FOR THE RESIDENT FOR THE LIFETIME, YOU NEED TO PAY FOR IT FOR YOUR ALLOWANCE. YES, YOU DO. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME. . OKAY. PHI E PHI, UH, MAYOR POT CONTOS. UM, A AS A SUGGESTED COLUMN NAME, MAYBE JUST THE WORD DESCRIPTION, SO IT COULD BE CORRECT. LET'S SAY TROPHY CENTER PURCHASE OF AWARD FOR WHATEVER, YOU KNOW. EXACTLY. SO KIND THAT WAY, JUST LIKE THE WAY IT WOULD BE IN AN INVOICE, BE A DESCRIPTION COLUMN SO THAT WAY PEOPLE CAN SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT'S FOR AND WHY. OH, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. WE WILL DO, SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT, I'M SORRY. OKAY, I'VE FINISHED MY, UH, QUESTION. OKAY. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF I OWE THE TROPHY FOR MYSELF, FOR FOR SURE, THAT'S MY ALLOWANCE. BUT IF I ORDER FOR THE BUSINESS FOR THE CITY, I DON'T MIND TO PAY FOR IT, BUT I JUST KIND OF WONDER WHY. OKAY. THAT WOULD BECOME FROM THE COUNCIL ALLOWANCE. IF IT IS FOR YES, FOR THE CITY BUSINESS, FOR THE CITY TO GIVE AWAY. OKAY. FOR THEIR ACHIEVEMENT AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, WE TREAT THAT AS A DIRECTION FROM YOU OR THEN THE MAYOR TO [06:00:01] PURCHASE SUCH STATE ITEMS AND THEREFORE IT COMES OUT OF YOUR ALLOWANCE. OH, GOT IT. I'M SORRY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER FUNDS, SO, SO ALI, BE CAREFUL. YOU'LL BE THE MAYOR NEXT, SO YOU DON'T ORDER TOO MANY PLAQUES. GOTTA GO. CRYSTAL AWARD. EITHER THE, I WANT CRYSTAL ONE. YOU CAN ALWAYS USE REUSABLE MARBLE ONES. . I'M DONE. OKAY, I GOT IT. UM, YOU HAD A QUESTION? OH, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? NO, I WAS JUST KIDDING. OKAY. UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM MAYOR. SO KAREN, ARE YOU, UM, THIS ONE TIME PAYMENT IS FROM A CREDIT CARD, SO YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO TELL US WHAT IT WAS FOR. I COULD TELL YOU THE DESCRIPTIONS IF YOU HAD THE PARTICULAR ITEM QUESTION. MIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ME, APPARENTLY I SPENT $700 BACK IN 2023. AND IT WAS A ONE-TIME PAY? YES, IT WAS FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES. IT WAS FOR THE 2 20 23 ANNUAL CONFERENCE THAT YOU ATTENDED. OH, YOUR REGISTRATION FEES. OKAY. $700. WOW. IT IS, IT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW. YES. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, OKAY. AND IF THE, MY NAME IS ON HERE. YES. THAT MEANS THAT I WAS REIMBURSED. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO I SEE THIS WHEN WE WENT TO TAIWAN. OKAY. SO THEN, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME ON COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ'S, UM, LIST 530 IN WHAT, IN 2025? 539 WAS A REIMBURSEMENT. OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE TRANSACTION IN FISCAL YEAR 24, 25. MM-HMM . SO $539 65 CENTS, UH, WAS FOR, UM, CITY COUNCIL SHIRTS. OKAY. MM-HMM . AND 316, UH, AGAIN IN THE SAME FISCAL AREA, 24, 25. THAT WAS FOR DINNER FOR THE FIRE STATION NUMBER FOUR. OKAY. AND 980 AGAIN, SAME YEAR, 24, 25. THAT WAS FOR THE PURCHASE OF 10 PLAQUES. OKAY. AND DOES THE CITY HAVE, UM, A DESIGNATED, DESIGNATED, UH, TROPHY COMPANY OR DO WE JUST USE ANY OF THEM? UH, USUALLY WE USE US TROPHY. US TROPHY. THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE, SO WOULD THAT BE TROPHY CENTER? TROPHY TROPHY CENTER? MM-HMM . OKAY. SO LEWIS ENGRAVING, IS THAT SOMETHING ELSE? THEY DO THE ENGRAVING PORTIONS AND THEN THE TROPHY CENTERS YOU ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE PRODUCTS FROM. OH, YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE FROM BOTH OF THEM, BUT DEPENDING UPON WHAT PRODUCTS ARE AVAILABLE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I THINK THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. AT LEAST I KNOW WHAT THAT ONE TIME PAY IS NOW. YEAH, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY BENEFICIAL IF WE HAD A LITTLE DESCRIPTION AREA. WE KNOW EXACTLY. AND TRANSPARENCY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WILL SEE WHAT WE SPEND ON. WE WILL DO. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO IN, IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSEMENTS, UM, SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN PURCHASE LIKE A BUNCH OF DONUTS TO THE FIRE STATION AND GET REIMBURSED FOR THAT. I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF REIMBURSEMENTS WE CAN, SO YEAH. SO IN THE, IN THE POLICY, IT STIPULATES THAT IF IT'S A CITY FUNCTION OR BENEFITS OF THE CITY, THEN YES. AND THAT DOES QUALIFY FOR AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE IF IT'S A CITY FUNCTION, CITY FUNCTION, CITY ACTIVITY. YES. SO BROADLY WRITTEN IN THE POLICY. SO I CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, TREAT THE STAFF OUT OUT OF MY OWN BUDGET AND COVER THE COSTS. LIKE IF I WANTED TO GET CITY RELATED EXPENSES OR, OR ANYTHING, I CAN JUST DO THAT. MM-HMM . IT'S VERY BROAD WRITTEN. YES. OKAY. GOOD TO KNOW. THANK YOU. UM, LET'S SEE. UH, DO OTHER COUNCILS HAVE QUESTIONS? I MOVE THE MOTION TO RECEIVE VIA SECOND. OKAY. UH, THAT'S RECEIVE AND FILE. ALL RIGHT. RECEIVE AND FILE. YES. UH, WE'RE GOOD. SO ON TO [MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS] THANK YOU. NOW TO CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. ANY AB 1 23 CONFERENCE AND MEETINGS? I HAVE A, NO, I HAVE A, I HAVE A COMMENT REPORT. THE, THEN WE'LL WAIT TILL THE COMMENT SECTION, PLEASE. YES. THANK YOU. [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION] ANY CITY COUNCIL REQUEST? I HAVE A CITY COUNCIL REQUEST. UM, BECAUSE ON OUR SIDEWALKS WE HAVE A LOT OF UNEVEN, UM, STREET WEAR ON TRIPPING HAZARDS. UH, I WANTED TO REQUEST TO HAVE A TRIP HAZARD SOLUTION. I ATTENDED A CONFERENCE A WHILE BACK AND I, YOU KNOW, I MET ONE OF THE VENDORS, UM, POSITION, UH, CONCRETE CUTTING. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO, FOR THE CITY TO LOOK INTO HAVING THIS, [06:05:01] UM, EITHER THIS COMPANY OR BID OR WHATEVER TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL SIDEWALKS ARE LEVELED GRADED SO THAT IT PREVENTS ANY TRIPPING HAZARD, UM, PREVENTS ANY LAWSUITS THAT GOES TO THE CITY. AND, UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE THIS AS A PREVENTIVE METHOD. OH, WE HAVE, OKAY. COME ON REAL QUICK. SURE. THIS IS LOOK WORKS. MAYOR. COUNCIL. GOOD MORNING, MOR. GOOD MORNING. IT'S A GOOD EVENING. WE CURRENTLY ARE UNDER CONTRACT WITH PRECISION CONCRETE. WE'VE BEEN USING 'EM FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. WE'RE GOING INTO THE LAST AMENDMENT IN THE CONTRACT, SO IT'S PART OF OUR SAFETY INSPECTIONS. THEY DO A REPORT OF OUR TRIP HAZARDS. THEY DO MITIGATE, UM, SIDEWALKS AND TRIP HAZARDS ARE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH. SO THEY GRIND THOSE. THEY HAVE A SPECIALTY GRINDER. I SAW THOSE GRINDERS. IT'S REALLY GREAT. AND THEN THEY PROVIDE US A LIST OF OTHER REPAIRS THAT CANNOT BE MADE. AND THOSE EITHER WE DO 'EM IN-HOUSE OR WE GIVE 'EM TO ENGINEERING. SO, UH, IT HELPS US IN OUR, YOU KNOW, IT HELPS US FOR LIABILITY. IT'S PART OF C-J-P-I-A AND WE ARE CURRENTLY USING IT. ARE WE, ARE THEY, ARE WE TAKING A CITY, SORRY, IT'S SUPER LATE , UH, PROACTIVE APPROACH AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE, UM, LOOKING AT EACH SECTION OF THE CITY TO, OR ARE THEY'RE JUST GETTING CALLED WHEN WE GET A REPORT IN THE CITY IS BROKEN UP INTO SIX SECTIONS. OKAY. SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY BY YEAR AND WE'RE GOING INTO, THIS'LL BE THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE PROGRAM. SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THE ENTIRE CITY YET, BUT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSELY GETTING DONE IF WE STAY WITH PRECISION CONCRETE AFTER THIS LAST AMENDMENT. SO, UH, WE'RE 80% DONE AND IT'S DONE ANNUALLY IN THE REPAIR. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL BUDGET AND A CONTRACT IN PLACE THAT TAKES CARE OF THAT. SO THEY DO THE REPAIRS AND THE INSPECTIONS ANNUALLY. OKAY. WONDERFUL. GOOD TO KNOW THEN. BUT I, I MEAN IF, YEAH, I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO COME TO COUNCIL. I, I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WHAT THE MAYOR SAY. MAYBE YOU CAN PROVIDE THE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC WORK SO YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT TO COMPARE. OKAY. AND BECAUSE JPIA AND, UH, TO TALK ABOUT PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING, THAT'S WHO WE'RE IN CONTRACT WITH. NOW. WE ALREADY HAVE THIS. OH, WE ALREADY HAVE THAT. WE ALREADY HAVE. YEAH, WE HAVE THEM. OH, YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE USING THEM, WHATEVER, BUT MAYBE WE CAN BRING THIS UP TO, UH, COUNCIL JUST TO EXPLAIN THIS AND GIVE US AN UPDATE. MAYBE, MAYBE THEY CAN COME TO DO A PRESENTATION. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO REQUEST A PRESENTATION ON THE, UH, THEY CAN TELL US CONCRETE HERE. AND I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION BECAUSE I SEE A LOT OF UNEVEN, SAME THING, YOU WALK ON THE STREET, LIKE I SAID, WE GET REPORTS, SO THEY DON'T FIX ALL ISSUES. THEY DON'T FIX ALL ISSUES. LIKE I SAID, THERE'S A, THERE'S A COST TO EACH REPAIR, AND WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN ANNUAL BUDGET FOR THAT, AND IT'S THREE QUARTERS AND BELOW. ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, LIKE I SAID, THEY GIVE US THE REPORT. WE, WE TACKLE AS MUCH AS WE CAN IN-HOUSE, AND THEN WE PUT IT INTO THE, WHATEVER ENGINEERING PROJECT'S BEING DONE AT THAT TIME. FULL TRANSPARENCY. NOT EVERY ISSUE IS ADDRESSED, BUT WE KEEP THE LIST AND OBVIOUSLY WE WORK TOWARDS FIXING EVERY ISSUE. I JUST WANTED TO SEE, MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROACTIVE APPROACH. NOT THAT OKAY, IT'S REPORTED, THEY'RE COMING IN TO FIX IT, BUT IF THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, SURVEY THE CITY PER SECTION TO JUST MAKE SURE, OKAY. THIS AREA IS GOOD. THIS AREA, LIKE, I I WANTED TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE SERVING, THEY, THEY SURVEY ALL SIDEWALKS WERE BROKEN UP INTO SIX DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, LET'S SAY ZONES, NOT DISTRICTS, SIX DIFFERENT ZONES. THEY GET ON A SEGUE AND THEY DRIVE THE WHOLE AREA. ALL SIDEWALK. WE HAVE IN EACH ZONE, THEY DRIVE IT ALL. OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING THIS, UM, FOR UPCOMING COUNCIL MEETING AS A PRESENTATION. YEP. UH, WE THANK YOU, UH, REALLY QUICK. OKAY. BECAUSE WE, UH, TALK ABOUT IF THEY ARE SURVEY AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND, UH, THE PIONEER, NOT PIONEER FRONTIER, AND THEY DIG ALL THE, IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOME WITH, UH, ON THE SIDEWALK OR ON, EVEN IF THEY CHECKING ALL THOSE AREA. IT'S A LOT. ALMOST ALL THE HOME IN FRONT OF THERE. THERE'S THE WALKWAY TO CLARIFY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE UTILITY BOXES. CORRECT. AND YEAH, BUT THE FRONTIER UTILITY BOXES, THEY, THEY DO UNDERGROUND, BUT THEY DIG INTO OUR SIDEWALK INTO THE STREET AND YOU CAN SEE A LOT UNEVEN. AND THEY BE FOUR YEARS AGO. AND, UH, THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF PLACES. I DON'T THINK IT'S EVEN IS THAT COVERED BY THIS COMPANY? THE INSPECTION? YES, BUT DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE REPAIR, BECAUSE THEY, THEY WILL REPORT ALL THAT FOR US. IF, UH, IF ASPHALT'S LEFT IN PLACE OF A BOX, IF THE, THE UNEVENNESS, IF IT'S NOT UNDER THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH, THEY DON'T FIX IT. THEY JUST GIVE US THE REPORT ON THAT. SO THEY DO REPORT IT? YES. OKAY. SO INVITE THEM TO HAVE PRESENTATION. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTION. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL DRILL THEM WHEN THEY COME IN. MADAM MAYOR, UH, MAYOR PROTO CONTOS. WELL, SINCE MIKE IS HERE, DON'T LEAVE, COME BACK. . SORRY. YOU'RE GONNA GO TO SLEEP JUST FOR WHEN, WHEN YOU INCLUDE IN THE REPORT. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, WE GO HOME ABOUT NINE MONTHS AGO. I DID A, UH, I REPORTED TO YOU ON THE, THE, THE, THE BREAKS IN THE SIDEWALK BETWEEN HERE AND CITY HALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST COVINA PARKWAY, UM, EAST OF SUNSET, ALL THE [06:10:01] WAY DOWN THAT WAY. THERE WERE THREE OR FOUR REALLY BAD ONES. I AND MYSELF ALMOST TRIPPED ON, ON THOSE. I, I MEAN, PLEASE INCLUDE THAT IN THIS REPORT BECAUSE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THAT TO BE REPAIRED. AND I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING A REPORT THAT IT WAS DONE YET. AND OTHER PEOPLE, IT'S HIGH TRAFFIC. SO I BELIEVE THAT WAS JUST DONE IN THE STREET PROJECT. WE JUST DID A LARGE SECTION OF WEST COVINA PARKWAY. WE DID BUS PADS. WE HAD THE BUS PADS WERE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE, SO THAT WAS NOT DONE BY THE MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT. THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE IN THE ENGINEERING PROJECT. OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU WELCOME. THANK YOU. I KNOW MY DAUGHTER TRIPPED ON ONE OF THOSE, BUT DON'T WORRY, WE DIDN'T SUE. OH, I DON'T WANT YOU TO SUE US. WE DON'T SUE . ALL RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COUNCIL? YES, ONE. OKAY. UM, GO AHEAD. MAYOR. PROAM CONTOS. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE MEDIANS AND THE CONTRACT AND APPROVAL OF THE RFP AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE STILL I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY IMPROVEMENTS THERE. I HAVEN'T SEEN IN SHOULD HAVE A MIC COPY. WELL, MIKE, YOU SHOULD JUST STAY. MIKE, MIKE, COME BACK. EXCEPT FOR YOU TO ANSWER. GET A MARATHON. OH, IT'S ALL YOU. OR FAIL. MM-HMM . OH, MESSY. BRETT. MESSY. MIKE, WHEN ARE WE BRINGING BACK THE, UM, RFP WITH THE, UH, MEDIANS? MEDIAN PLAN IS TO BRING BACK THE STAFF REPORT AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE LAST MEDIAN RFP. ON THE SECOND MEETING OF AUGUST, WE'VE CANCELED THE FIRST MEETING FOR NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. SO THE PLAN IS TO BRING IT BACK. THE SECOND MEETING, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF INTERVIEWING THE CANDIDATES. NOW I WANT TO ADD ON, OKAY. UH, OKAY. MALE POTENT. OKAY. UH, IT'S NOT ONLY THE MEDIAN. I COULD THE SIDEWALK TREE. WELL MM-HMM. IT ALL LOOK HORRIBLE. THIS WAS BID IN TWO DIFFERENT PARTS. SO THERE'S A WEED ABATEMENT PORTION, WHICH INCLUDES THE SIDEWALKS AND ALSO EXTENDING THE MAIN ARTERIALS. WE UNDERSTAND THIS COUNCIL'S CONCERN ON THE WEED, THE WEEDS, AND, UH, WE'RE DRIVING, SEEING IT, TRYING TO BE AS PROACTIVE AS WE CAN, CHANGE SEASONS, ALL THOSE THINGS WE HOPE WE ADDRESS IN THIS, IN THIS SCOPE. IF YOU GO TO SEE THE COFFEE AND THE SIDEWALK, ESPECIALLY FROM CHERRYWOOD, GO TO THE, UH, LOCK ISLAND. OKAY. THAT IS JUNGLE ON THE SIDEWALK. CORRECT. SO, SO WOULD YOU PLEASE I WAS THERE THIS WEEK. I WAS THERE THIS WEEK. I SAW IT. THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CURRENT SCOPE, BUT THE NEW SCOPE IS WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. SO OUR STAFF DID THE MEETING ON AZUA AND STEWART THIS WEEK. I DON'T WANNA SPEAK ON LARK YELLEN, BUT THAT WAS ADDRESSED THIS WEEK ALSO, OR THAT WAS DISCUSSED AND SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED SHORTLY. YEAH. THE VE BETWEEN THE FREEWAY WARD AND THE, OKAY. THE RESIDENTIAL IN THE BACK AND LESS SIDEWALK, YOU CAN SEE NEVER BEEN CLEANED FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL CAN BE ADDRESSED. IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD. AND THE, SO SAME THING TO, UH, LGA. YOU SEE LGAS WITH THE BRIDGE. WELCOME TO WEST COVINA. IT LOOK FILTHY, SO IT'S NOT WELCOME AT ALL. SO HOPEFULLY THAT CAN BE CLEANED UP. OKAY. SO, SO, SO IT IS JUST, AGAIN, IT'S A CONTRACT ISSUE. POSSIBLE YOU HAVE TO FIND MORE THAN ONE CONTRACTOR BECAUSE WE SUCH A BIG CITY. I KNOW, UH, WARN CONTRACTOR IS DOING A GREAT JOB, BUT ONE ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN US. WE ARE ABOUT 16 AND A HALF, AND THEY ARE ONLY LIKE, WHAT, FOUR. OKAY. OR FIVE. SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN BREAK IN FOUR OR FIVE SO THEY CAN HANDLE THE JOB. UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. AND RELATING TO, OH, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. UM, RELATING TO WEEDS, UM, WILL THERE BE SCOPE OF WORK WITH REGARD TO WEEDS ON THE HILLSIDES AND SO FORTH? 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S NOT MEDIANS, BUT IT IS A WEED ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO REALLY WORK ON ABATING THAT BECAUSE OF A FIRE SAFETY AND SUCH HILLSIDE, THE CITY MANAGER HILLSIDES IS NOT PART OF THIS CONTRACT. THIS, THIS IS FOR OUR, OUR MEDIANS AND THEN OUR SIDEWALKS ALONG THE MAIN ARTERIAL. OKAY. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE HILLSIDES. THANK YOU. UH, I THINK IT'S, UH, . WELL, THEY, WE CAN ALWAYS REQUEST THEM TO COME AND PRESENT AND GIVE UPDATES. UH, ANY OTHER COUNCIL REQUESTS? COUNCILMAN? UH, MADAM, MADAM MAYOR WAS THERE, WAS THERE SOME INTEREST IN THE ROLL? THE REIMBURSEMENT POLICY? NOT ALLOWING THE ROLLOVER? I THOUGHT I MIGHT HAVE HEARD THAT. NO. STOPPING THE ROLLOVER OF THE 5,000. OH, WE ALREADY PASSED THAT. WHAT WAS THAT? OH, DID YOU MAKE IT? I WAS TALKING ABOUT IT. SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS WE DON'T WANNA ROLL IT OVER, WE JUST WANNA START FRESH AND THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT MONEY GO INTO, UH, THE, UM, GENERAL FUND, USE IT OR LOSE IT. SO, ON THE COUNCIL REQUEST, UM, CURRENTLY AS IT STANDS, IT'S UM, IF YOU DO NOT USE YOUR COUNCIL STIPEND, IT CARRIES OVER TO THE FOLLOWING YEAR AND IT JUST GROWS AND GROWS AND GROWS. SO FOR SOME OF THE COUNCIL WHO DON'T SPEND, YOU CAN CONTINUE TO GROW. AND I, I, THE HISTORY FOR THAT IS, BEFORE THE STIPEND WAS ONLY A THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICH THAT WAS NOTHING IF YOU ATTEND THESE, UH, THINGS. SO THAT'S WHY THE ROLLOVER OCCURRED. BUT NOW THAT THE COUNCIL STIPEND IS 5,000, UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU THAT'S MY REQUEST. IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS IF YOU WANT PASS IT, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY. OKAY. IF YOU DON'T WANNA ABUSE OR ANYTHING, BUT I'D LIKE TO LET [06:15:01] IT ROLL OVER JUST A LITTLE BIT. 'CAUSE LET'S SAY IF I HAVE LIKE 500 OR WHATEVER, JUST TO CARRY IT OVER, BECAUSE SOMETIMES CERTAIN THINGS ARE WAY MORE EXPENSIVE AND NOT USED IN EVERY YEAR. BUT DO YOU WANNA HIT A CAP? SO LIKE, I KNOW LIKE I PROBABLY HAVE LIKE 14,000 OR SOMETHING, BUT DO YOU HAVE I HAVE A LOT BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T REALLY, I'M NOT A SPENDER. MAYBE YOU COULD DO SOME OF YOU. IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING LIKE TO TRANSFER OR SHOULD WE CAP IT? OKAY. AFTER 10,000, THAT'S IT. LIKE, DON'T CARRY OVER OR, AND IT IS JUST, I'M FINE WITH A CAP, BUT THEN FIVE IS A LITTLE LOW. 'CAUSE I MIGHT NEED A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE YEAR. NOT ON VACATION. , DID YOU WANNA I GUESS IF HE GOING TO, IF WE CAN CAP IT AT 10. OKAY. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COUNCIL THINKS. BUT IS THERE, UH, A MO UH, SHEET MOTION TO CAP IT AT 10? SO CAP, SO REVOLVER, CAP ROLLOVERS, BUT, AND ANY LEFTOVER WILL BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND. SO I CAN GIVE MY 4,000 BACK TO AND EVEN GO TO CAP 10. YOU DON'T USE IT, YOU LOSE IT. YOU DON'T? THAT'S FINE. CAN I CASH OUT, RIGHT? NO, YOU CAN'T. NO CASH OUT. . THAT WOULD BE NICE, WOULDN'T IT? BUT AT LEAST IT GIVES A LITTLE FLEXIBILITY. THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. I APPRECIATE IT. ALSO, SHE, WE HAVE THAT REQUEST AND THAT MOVES FORWARD JUST FOR YOU, ALI. OH, THANK YOU TONY. NO OTHER DENIAL. ALL RIGHT. UM, ANY OTHER COUNCIL REQUESTS? THIS THIS IS REQUEST. OH, WE DON'T NEED TO VOTE. WE HAVE A CONSENSUS. OPPOSED? OKAY. NOBODY OPPOSED? WE'RE GOOD. UM, SO REQUEST NO OTHER REQUESTS [CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS] NOW ONTO CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS, SO YES. YES. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, YOU MAY GO. YES. UH, YEAH. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, I KNOW, UM, UH, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTING DISTRICT ONE, I, I KNOW, UH, OF THE PASSING OF, UH, FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR, UH, LLOYD JOHNSON AND, UH, A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT SHERRY PAVILION PROVIDED ME, UH, A LITTLE BACKGROUND SHE DID WITH HIM. UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO READ THIS FOR THE RECORD. UH, IT SAYS, LLOYD JOHNSON GREW UP IN EAST LOS ANGELES. AFTER GRADUATION, LLOYD JOINED THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS. HE WENT TO SERVE IN THE VIETNAM. LLOYD WAS WOUNDED, WOUNDED AND RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART FOR HIS INJURIES. MOVING TO WEST COVINA IN 1970, LLOYD BUILT A CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION AS A CERTIFIED WELDER. AND, AND MEANT TO SOON BE MEANT HIS SOON TO BE WIFE LINDA, WHO IS A GRADUATE OF ENG EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967, WHERE SHE LIVED WITH HER PART OR HER PARTNERS. LLOYD AND LINDA WERE MARRIED AND HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER 49 YEARS, LIVING IN WEST CONA. LLOYD AND LINDA HAVE TWO CHILDREN. ONE IS HIS SON, JEFF, AND A DAUGHTER WENDY. THEY NOW HAVE EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN. BY THE TIME HIS CHILDREN WERE IN MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY, LLOYD STARTED TO ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. HE FORMED A RALLY AND STOPPED THE STATE FROM EXPANDING THE BUILDING FOR A PROBATION DEPARTMENT IN WEST COVINA. IF HE HAD NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THIS BUILDING WOULD HAVE DOUBLED IN SIZE AND EXPANDED THE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 25 YEARS. HE SPOKE OUT AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND HIS F FAC AND THIS, AND THIS FACILITY WAS MOVED TO ANOTHER CITY. LLOYD AND LINDA WERE ACTIVE IN THE PTA AS WELL AS THE MUSIC PROGRAM. ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT LLOYD WAS INVOLVED IN WAS AT MONTE VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. READ TO THE CHILDREN PROGRAM. LLOYD STAYED WITH THE PROGRAM AFTER HIS CHILDREN LEFT ELEMENTARY. AFTER BECOMING THE CITY'S MAYOR, LLOYD RED TO THE CHILDREN AT LOCAL SCHOOLS ALL OVER WEST COVINA. HE CONTINUED THE PROGRAM FAR AFTER HIS CHILDREN LEFT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM. HIS SON WON A WEST GREEN UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CONTEST IN MUSIC TO PLAY ANY MUSIC OR INSTRUMENT OF HIS CHOICE. HIS INSTRUMENTAL CHOICE WAS THE BARITONE WHEN HIS CHILDREN MOVED TO EDGEWOOD. WHEN HIS CHILDREN MOVED INTO EDGEWOOD MIDDLE SCHOOL, HE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE BAND BOOSTERS FOR HIS SON AND CORE BOOSTERS FOR HIS DAUGHTER. WHEN HIS CHILDREN MOVED ONTO WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THEY GRADUATED, LLOYD WAS BUSY WITH THE BAND BOOSTERS FOR HIS SON IN THE SC BAND. HIS SON ALSO WAS ON THE JAZZ BAND PLAYING THE GUITAR LLOYD'S DAUGHTER AS MUCH AS A GOOD SINGER. SHE WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE WEST COVINA CORE PROGRAM, AND HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CORE BOOSTERS THIS WHOLE TIME. LLOYD ATTENDS HAS THE, DID ATTEND EVERY WEST STUDENT COUNCIL MEETING AND STAYED INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. LLOYD PARTICIPATED IN THE LOS ANGELES OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY IN 2004. THE TORCH WAS RUN DOWN GLENDORA AVENUE IN WEST COVINA. THE TURNOUT WAS VERY LARGE AND LOTS OF NEWS MEDIA. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY OF WEST VENUS TOWN [06:20:01] PROGRAM FOR THE 2015 SPECIAL OLYMPICS WORLD GAMES. LLOYD NEVER STOPPED DONATING HIS BLOOD TO THE AMERICAN RED CROSS OR ANY ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD TAKE HIS BLOOD. HE DID THIS AFTER HE WAS A CANCER SURVIVOR. HE WOULD GO EVERY MONTH IF HE WAS ABLE TO, BUT HE HAD TO REPLENISH HIS OWN SUPPLY. FIRST. ONE OF THE PROGRAMS LLOYD WAS INVOLVED IN WAS THE BIGGEST FOR THE CITY OF WEST VIETNAM, LLOYD JOHNSON, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF GLEN KENNEDY AND GEORGE OREGON. OREGON WAS THE BUILDING, WAS THE BUILDING OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL IN THE CITY COURTYARD OF THE WEST CITY HALL. THIS SMALL COMMITTEE WORKED AND FUNDRAISED FOR 10 YEARS TO GET THE MONEY AND PERMISSION FROM THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE PLANS AND RAISE THE FUNDS TO COMPLETE THIS MUCH NEEDED PROJECT. THIS WAS A LABOR OF LOVE FOR LORI GLENN AND GEORGE. THE FUNDRAISING WAS EXTENSIVE. THE CITY WAS ALS THE CITY ALSO PUT IN VERY LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY TO MAKE THIS PROJECT COME TO LIGHT. I GUESS I EVEN FORGOT TO LOOK, TOOK I, I, SHE, SHE PUTS, I GUESS I EVEN FORGOT OR, OR TOOK IT FOR GRANTED. BUT THE MEMORIAL DAY JUST PASSED IN THE CITY OF WEST VENA'S VETERANS MEMORIAL CELEBRATION. WE ALL REFLECTED ON THE THREE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE FOR BUILDING THIS GREAT VENTURE MEMORIAL AT THE COURTYARD OF THE WEST CITY HALL. LLOYD JOHNSON AND THE COMMITTEE WERE HONORED BY THE CITY OF WEST FNA CITY COUNCIL, AND SEVERAL ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THIS PROJECT. LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT LLOYD'S 1956 CHEVROLET CLASSIC CAR DEDICATED TO OUR VIETNAM VETERANS. LLOYD IS A MEMBER OF THE, WAS A MEMBER OF THE COW RODS WHERE HE, HE SHOWS HIS CAR ALMOST EVERY WEEKEND. IT WAS A WONDER TO BEHOLD A MUST-SEE CAR. LLOYD DECIDED TO RUN FOR A SEAT ON THE WESTFIELD CITY COUNCIL. HE WON HIS SEAT FOR IN 2015 TO TWO 20 TO 2020. LLOYD WAS THE LONGEST SERVING MAYOR IN THE CITY OF WEST VEA, A MEMBER OF THE WESTFIELD CITY COUNCIL. AND IT SAYS, UM, , UH, AND THEN IT SAYS, LLOYD IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER, WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WESTFIELD VETERANS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE ALPS CLUB, AND THE HEARST RANCH BARN BOYS SERVING ON ALL BOARDS AND A LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERAN. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WEST COVINA. SINCE LEAVING THE WEST CITY COUNCIL, LLOYD HAD HAD STARTED INVOLVED, AND IT WAS DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COUNSEL, UH, TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, PUT THIS STATEMENT INTO THE RECORD. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE WITHOUT, UH, I I MOVE UNANIMOUS CONSENT, UM, WITHOUT OBJECTION, NO OBJECTION. UM, UM, MAYOR, UH, UH, COUNCILMAN WOO. UH, I KNOW IT'S VERY LATE, BUT LLOYD JOHNSON IS A DEAR FRIEND OF MINE. AND, UH, 2015 WHEN I DECIDE TO RUN, AND LORI APPROACHED ME AND WE AND I, WE RUN TOGETHER IN 2015. AND, AND THEN WE BOTH GOT ELECTED. OKAY? AND HE HAS A FIRST, FIRST PLACE, AND I'M THE SECOND PLACE. AND THE THIRD PLACE IS A FIRST SIDE THAT TIME THE CURRENT MAYOR. BUT WE WORK HARD TOGETHER. WE HELP EACH OTHER. AND LLOYD HELP ME A LOT, OKAY? BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY. I'M LIKE, OKAY. AND, UH, DON'T KNOW. NEVER RUN ANYTHING IN MY LIFE. BUT LORI INTRODUCED ME TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF, UH, RESIDENT THAT I HAVE, UH, NEVER, EVER HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO MEET THEM. SO, UH, BASICALLY, UH, LORI IS SUCH, SUCH A WARM, CARING, AND THAT I'M TELLING THE TRUTH WHILE I BEEN VERY CLOSE WITH HIM. AND NOT ONLY THAT, UH, 2017, WE, WE WENT TO CHINA TOGETHER, OKAY? AND, UH, AND UH, HE TOLD ME, HE SAID, TONY, THIS, THIS, THE FIRST TIME I'M GOING TOEA. I SAY, I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK YOU, YOU WENT TO VIETNAM ALREADY. THAT'S ANOTHER COUNTRY. HE SAID, OH, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO, UH, WE WENT TO CHINA IN 2017. UH, KU KUMI IS DOING THE VIETNAM WAR. THAT WAS THE HEADQUARTER, OKAY? AND THE COMMUNIST, CHINAS AND THE VIETNAM COMMUNIST AND, UH, THE FIGHTING WITH, UH, US SOLDIER. AND HE WAS A FIGHTER OVER THERE. SO THIS IS THE STORY. AND NOW, AT THAT TIME AT QIN, BACK IN 2017, IN JUNE, AND UH, HE EVEN HAVE A FRIENDSHIP WITH A RETIRED GENERAL IN CHINA THAT WAS SERVING THE VIETNAM WAR TOO. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? THE KO WENT TO A CIRCLE THAT WAS FIGHTING TO EACH OTHER. AND NOW AT THE 2000, OKAY, 17, THEY BECOME FRIENDS [06:25:01] SITTING AT THE SAME TABLE, HAVE A DINNER. SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A FOREVER ENEMY. YOU DON'T HAVE A FOREVER FRIEND, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THE ENEMY BECOME FRIEND AGAIN. AND THAT'S WHY LAW IS THIS, OKAY? LAW IS VERY WARM TO THEM. NEVER SAY SH SHOW ANY ANIMOSITY. AND, UH, WE REPRESENT THE CITY AS A C CITY AS, AND THEN TO REPRESENT THE WEST COVINA, WE ARE THE ONLY US CITY OVER THERE INVITED. OKAY? AND THAT'S MY FIRST TIME IN CHINA, UH, TOO. OKAY? AND, UH, SO WITH LAW, AND, AND IN 2019, WE GOT ELECTED AGAIN, OKAY? OH, NO. WE GOT, UH, INVITED AGAIN TO GO TO THE HARBIN AGAINST SNOW AND THIS NICE CALLED THE MALE ROUND TABLE AND IN CHINA AND, UH, ALMOST CLOSE TO SIBER. AND, UH, WE OVER THERE IS SO COLD, WE CAN USE A HOT WATER TO BECOME A MIST. AND, UH, AND WE TOGETHER, OKAY, TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER AND REPRESENT THE CITY TOGETHER. AND, UH, AND HE JUST SUCH A NICE GUY, OKAY? SUCH A WARM PERSON. AND, UH, I WENT MISSING DEARLY. OKAY? AND, UH, WE SERVED TOGETHER FROM 2015 AND UNTIL 20 AND 20. AND, UM, AND HE ALWAYS TALK TO ME AND, UH, ALL THIS, UM, AND I WENT TO, I THINK COUPLE DAYS AGO, UH, LAST WEEK I WENT TO VISIT, UH, HIS WIFE LINDA AND, UH, SHOW MY CONDOS AND ALSO SEE SHE NEED ANY HELP. AND SHE'S SUCH A OPTIMISTIC AND VERY NICE, WARM PERSON. AND, UM, SHE SAYS SHE HAS A HARD TIME TO ADJUST, UH, LOST HER HUSBAND. I SAY, I HAVE A HARD TIME TO SEE HIS GUN BECAUSE I WAS THINKING ABOUT HE WILL KICK FOREVER, OKAY? BECAUSE HE'S SO ENERGETIC, I THINK HE WOULD BE DEALING WITH, AND HE'S SUCH A, SUCH A, A FIGURE OF THE CITY BECAUSE HE'S ALL THE PLACES WITH THAT COWBOY HEAD WITH A PURPLE HAT. NOBODY CAN MISS HIM. AND HE, WHEN HE IN CHINA, EVERYBODY'S STOPPING. WE HAVE A PICTURE WITH HIM. NOBODY WANT A PICTURE WITH ME BECAUSE I LOOK LIKE THEM. SO THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T THINK I'M AMERICAN. OKAY? THEY THINK GO AWAY. WE WENT WITH COWBOY AND JUST LET YOU KNOW, HE'S SO POPULAR, OKAY? LIKE JOHN WAYNE, OKAY. IN, IN, IN, IN, IN CHINA. SO JUST LET YOU KNOW, I THINK HE HAS A WONDERFUL TIME AND I JUST WANNA SHARE WITH THE WIFE I SHARE ON THIS FOR ALL THE PICTURE WE HAVE IN CHINA ALL TOGETHER, OKAY? AND TO GIVE LINDA A PEACE OF MIND ABOUT HOW HAPPY OKAY. AND HER HUSBAND, OKAY? AND THEN NOT ONLY IN CHINA, BUT ALSO IN OTHER CITY EVENT. AND HE ALWAYS OVER THERE FOR THE RESIDENT. SO, AND HE WOULD BE MISSED BIG TIME. OKAY? AND, UH, HE BE MY HOME MANY, MANY TIMES. AND, UH, I WANT TO WISH THE THE FAMILY ESPECIALLY IN SEE ANY HELP SHE NEED. OKAY? AND, UH, I KNOW THE SURVEY WILL BE, I HEARD ABOUT WILL BE HER RANCH, OKAY? AND, UH, PRETTY SOON, I THINK JULY 6TH OR SOMETHING. AND BASED ON LINDA TOLD ME. SO I, OF OF COURSE I WILL BE THERE AND, UH, TO SHOW MY, UH, RESPECT AND ALSO, UH, TO REMEMBER MY DEAR FRIEND. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO, UM, ACTUALLY LLOYD JOHNSON IS AN AMAZING GUY. HE'S A TRUE AMERICAN. I REALLY WISHED HE HAD WON HIS REELECTION IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT HE'S, HE'S JUST BEEN GREAT. UM, MY DAUGHTER LOVED HIM. UH, WE LOVE HIM DEARLY. AND UM, YES, IN REGARDS TO HIS COWBOY HAT, EVERYBODY REMEMBERS HIM. HIS A AWESOME CAR. UH, THE VETERANS, UH, GREAT IMPACT THAT HE HAS DONE. AND, UH, WE, WE DO MISS HIM DEARLY. HE HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO THE CITY, UH, WITH THE MANY, MANY THINGS THAT HE HAS PROVIDED AND GIVE AND, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE HIM. CITY LOVED HIM AND HE DEFINITELY LOVED WEST COVINA. GREAT MAN. BUT, UM, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. GO AHEAD. MAYOR APPROACH. UH, I'D LIKE TO JOIN WITH, WITH OTHERS IN EXPRESSING MY GRATITUDE FOR HAVING KNOWN LLOYD, WHO I, I LITERALLY, LITERALLY CALLED COWBOY. UM, HE IS, OR WAS THE KIND OF PERSON WHO WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR ANYBODY. HE WOULD PICK UP TRASH ALONG WHEREVER BECAUSE HE WANTED THE CITY CLEAN. HE WOULD HELP ANYBODY WHO NEEDED HIM. THE LAST THING THAT I HEARD FROM HIM WAS HE WAS JUST CHECKING ON MY MOM TO SEE IF SHE HAD THE COMPOST SHE NEEDED, UH, DELIBERATELY A FEW DAYS BEFORE, BEFORE HE PASSED. HE'S A FRIEND TO EVERYBODY AND HE'S JUST, HE JUST WAS SO KIND. AND HE, THE, THE SPIRIT THAT, THAT HE EMBODIED IS JUST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE WEST COVINA THAT WE ALL COULD BE IF WE WERE TO FOLLOW HIS EXAMPLE BY BEING COLLABORATIVE AND REALLY STRIVING HARD TO, TO FIND COMMONALITY IN PEOPLE [06:30:01] AND TO REALLY BUILD ON THAT LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP AND CARING. IF WE ALL FOLLOWED THAT, THEN THAT WE'D BE ALL BETTER OFF AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A CITY. I, I, I REALLY MS. LLOYD AND, UH, I KNOW ALL OF US DO. AND HE, HE'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO, TO BE IN OUR HEARTS BECAUSE HE IS THE KIND OF PERSON WHOSE EFFECT WILL LAST LITERALLY FOR GENERATIONS. BECAUSE ALL OF US WHO HAVE KNOWN LLOYD, WE ARE IMPACTED BY HIM AND WE'RE BETTER BECAUSE OF HIM. AND THEN WE HELP OTHER PEOPLE BY OUR BEING BETTER. WE HELP THE, THE WORLD. AND SO THEREFORE, LLOYD'S LEGACY CONTINUES. SO I'M REALLY GRATEFUL FOR, FOR LLOYD'S NAME BEING BROUGHT UP TONIGHT, JUST FOR US TO GET TO TALK ABOUT HIM. AND I TALK ABOUT HIM IN THE PRESENT TENSE 'CAUSE HE'S ALWAYS WITH US. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THESE SENTIMENTS. FLOYD IS, IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE MISSED AND WE JUST NEED TO CARRY ON HIS LEGACY. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. ANY OTHER, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS? UH, SEEING NONE. IT'S 1:40 AM BEFORE 2:00 AM MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.