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ALL RIGHT.[ CALL TO ORDER]
EVENING EVERYONE.WELCOME TO OUR JULY 21ST, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IT IS 7:00 PM MEETING IS NOW IN SESSION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING ORAL COMMUNICATION MUST COMPLETE A SPEAKER CARD AVAILABLE AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND SUBMIT IT TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK BEFORE ORAL COMMUNICATIONS BEGIN.
SPEAKER CARDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED ONCE ORAL COMMUNICATION HAS STARTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SB 7 0 7.
AFTER ALL SPEAKERS WHO ARE PRESENT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS HAVE FINISHED, WE WILL THEN HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR SAMUEL MARTINEZ FROM AMAZING LOVE MINISTRIES, AND COUNCILMAN WU WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
HEAVENLY FATHERS, WE GATHER ONCE AGAIN THIS EVENING.
WE THANK YOU FOR OUR COUNTRY, THE FREEDOMS THAT WE ENJOY IN OUR LAND, AND THE GRACE THAT YOU HAVE SHED UPON AMERICA, AMERICA, AMERICA.
GOD SHED HIS GRACE ON THE FATHER.
WE ASK THAT YOU SHED YOUR GRACE UPON OUR CITY LEADERS, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR BUSINESSES, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL OUR HOMES AND FAMILIES.
AND THAT ESPECIALLY SHED YOUR GRACE UPON ANY INDIVIDUAL IN OUR CITY THAT MAY BE GOING THROUGH ANY KIND OF CRISIS.
SHED YOUR GRACE UPON THIS MEETING, HEAVENLY FATHERS, EVEN AS WE REMEMBER THE WORDS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DURING THE CONVENTION FOR THE CONSTITUTION AS HE WAS QUOTING PSALM A HUNDRED TWENTY SEVEN, ONE, HE SAID, UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN WHO BUILT IT.
WE ASK THAT YOU SET YOUR GRACE UPON THIS MEETING.
ARE OUR DISCUSSIONS HEAVENLY FATHER, EVEN AREAS WHERE WE MAY DISAGREE, GIVE US ALL A HEART FOR OUR CITY.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS OUR BELOVED CITY OF WIS COVINA.
PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND TO YOUR HEART AND FACE THE FLAG AND FOLLOW MY LEAD READY VOTE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY, NOT JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[ REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION]
CLOSED SESSION MEETING WAS CANCELED, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT, UM, THIS EVENING ON TWO PRESENTATIONS.[PRESENTATIONS ]
I'D LIKE TO INVITE NICOLE TRAN TO THE FRONT.
SO IF YOU'RE CRAVING FRESH, FLAVORFUL, PLANT-BASED CUISINE, ONE VEG WORLD IN WEST COVINA OFFERS A DELICIOUS SELECTION OF VEGAN AND VEGETARIAN DISHES MADE WITH QUALITY INGREDIENTS AND BOLD FLAVORS.
WHETHER YOU'RE ENJOYING A HEALTHY LUNCH DINNER WITH FAMILY, OR TRYING SOMETHING NEW, ONE VEG WORLD HAS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
SO STOP BY AND SUPPORT ONE OF WEST COVINA GREAT LOCAL RESTAURANTS STARTING TODAY AND ENDING ON AUGUST 31ST WHEN VEG WORLD IS OFFERING 15% OFF YOUR IN-STORE PURCHASE.
SO NICOLE, WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DISH? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU MAYOR LOPEZ.
BDO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND EVERYONE WHO IS PRESENT HERE TODAY.
IT MEANS SO MUCH TO CELEBRATE WITH.
UM, IT MEANS SO MUCH TO US AS WE MARK 22 YEARS OF ONE VEG IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
UM, YEARS BEFORE PLANT-BASED EATING HAS FOUND ITS WAY INTO THE MAINSTREAM.
OUR FOUNDER, MR.
HE BELIEVED THAT COMPASSION CAN BE NURTURED THROUGH WHAT'S ON OUR PLATES.
HE'S WATCHING OVER US TONIGHT AND WE HOPE THAT HE IS PROUD OF HOW FAR THIS BELIEF HAS CARRIED US.
AND WE'RE HONORED THAT THE MAYOR HAS INVITED US TO BE PART OF TASTE OF WEST COVINA.
WE'RE HAPPY TO REPRESENT VEGAN CUISINE AMONG SO MANY AMAZING LOCAL BUSINESSES.
WE LOVE FOR EVERYONE TO COME TRY.
WHY CELEBRITIES LIKE, UH, WOODY HARRELSON DIRECTOR MIKE WHITE OF THE WHITE LOTUS, UH, PAMELA ANDERSON AND BEN STILLER LOVE OUR FOOD.
SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR DISHES OF OUR, OF ONE VEG WORLD IS OUR ONE VEGETABLE BURGER, A TOP 20 FINALIST OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BATTLE OF THE BURGERS, OUR JACKFRUIT CARITAS TACOS, OUR LEMONGRASS CHICKEN BUNNY SANDWICH, AND OUR DIVINE BERRY CHEESECAKE.
COME TRY ONE VEGETABLES AND SEE HOW TASTY PLANT-BASED CAN BE.
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YOU'LL FEEL THE HEALTHY DIFFERENCE AS WE LOOK TOWARD THE FUTURE.WE HOPE TO KEEP SHOWING THAT KINDNESS TO THE ANIMALS AND TO THE ENVIRONMENT CAN BE DELICIOUSLY WONDERFUL.
UM, AS WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE CITY AND TO THE, I'M SORRY WE'RE GRATEFUL TO THE CITY, THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE SUPPORT ALL THESE YEARS, AND WE THANK YOU AGAIN FOR CELEBRATING THE 22ND ANNIVERSARY WITH US.
SO, ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE FOR ONE VEG WORLD CELEBRATING TASTE OF WEST COVINA.
BUT WE DO HAVE A TWO, ACTUALLY, TWO CERTIFICATES FOR YOU.
UH, CELEBRATING 22 YEARS, ONE VEG WORLD HAS BEEN PROUD TO CALL WEST COVINA HOMES, SERVING OUR NEIGHBORS WITH FLAVORABLE FULL PLANT-BASED CUISINE.
AND A COMMITTEE TO COM, A COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY THAT GOES FAR BEYOND THE TABLE SITS ITS FOUNDING BY MR. T.
ONE VEG WORLD CONTINUES TO GIVE BACK THROUGH CHARITABLE CAUSES THAT REFLECTS ITS ENDURING MISSION OF KINDNESS AND SUSTAINABILITY.
SO COME TRY OUT SOMETHING HEALTHY AND VEGAN AND IT TASTES LIKE MEAT.
SO IF YOU ARE NOT VEGAN, COME TRY IT OUT.
AND ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AGAIN.
UP NEXT, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION, RECOGNIZING SYLVAN LEARNING.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE JESSICA AON TO THE FRONT.
HI, UH, HELP YOUR CHILD BUILD CONFIDENCE AND ACHIEVE ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT SILVER AND LEARNING FROM READING AND MATH TO WRITING STUDY SKILLS.
AND, UH, SAT AND A CT PREP S'S PERSONALIZED PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO HELP STUDENTS REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.
WHETHER YOUR CHILD NEEDS EXTRA SUPPORT OR WANTS TO GET AHEAD, THE EXPERIENCED TEAM AT SYLVAN LEARNING IS HERE TO HELP EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
FOR THE NEXT MONTH, SYLVAN LEARNING WILL OFFER CUSTOMERS A FREE ASSESSMENT.
SIMPLY MENTION THE TASTE OF WEST COVINA ON YOUR VISIT.
SO JESSICA, CAN YOU GIVE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS PROGRAM? OF COURSE.
I'M THE OWNER OF SYLVAN LEARNING CENTER IN WEST COVINA.
YOU KNOW, I PURCHASED, I STARTED THIS BUSINESS A FEW YEARS AGO WITH THE INTENTION OF SERVING THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY AS BEST AS I CAN.
AND AT SYLVAN WE HELP WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING AND WE PERSONALIZE ALL OF OUR ACADEMIC SUPPORT PER STUDENT.
UM, NOT EVERY STUDENT LEARNS THE SAME WAY, AND WE KNOW THAT.
SO WE PERSONALIZE OUR PROGRAMS. WE HELP WITH MATH, WITH WRITING, READING, HOMEWORK, SUPPORT, COLLEGE PREP, SAT.
REALLY ANYTHING THAT STUDENTS NEED HELP WITH, WE, WE WILL FIND A WAY EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE.
UM, SO WE ALSO DO AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS AS WELL.
SO WE WORK WITH SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE AFTERSCHOOL SUPPORT IN ALL OF THESE SUBJECTS AS WELL.
SO, UM, I REALLY URGE YOU TO COME IN AND, AND TALK TO ME.
IF YOU NEED ANY SUPPORT OF ANY KIND FOR ANY STUDENTS TK THROUGH 12TH GRADE AND EVEN IN COLLEGE, IF WE HAVE A TUTOR THAT CAN HELP, WE WILL HELP.
AND WE HAVE A GOOD VARIETY OF TUTORS.
SO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, GIVE US A CALL.
AND I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU FOR RECOGNIZING US FOR THIS.
ANY CHANCE THAT WE HAVE TO BE IN FRONT OF THE COMMUNITY WILL DEFINITELY TAKE IT.
SO YOUR KIDS, GRANDKIDS, GET THEM THAT EXTRA SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED, COME TO SYLVAN LEARNING AND GET THEM TO BOOST THEIR GRADES UP.
SO ON BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO, TO RECOGNIZE SYLVAN LEARNING, CELEBRATE TASTE OF WEST COVINA.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CITY MANAGER, MILAN.ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HELD ITS THIRD AND THIRD SUMMER CONCERT.
IT FEATURED LIVE PERFORMANCE BY OC GROOVE AND OFFERED A VARIETY OF FAMILY FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES INCLUDING FACE PAINTING, BALLOON TWISTING, YARD GAMES, AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.
ATTENDEES ALSO ENJOYED A, A BEER GARDEN ALONG WITH A SELECTION OF FOOD AND RETAIL VENDORS, CREATING A GROOVY COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE AND PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR GUESTS OF ALL AGES.
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ON FRIDAY, JULY 10TH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT HELD ITS SECOND COOL KIDS OF SUMMER.THE COMMUNITY ENJOYED WATER SLIDES, WATER ACTIVITIES, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND VENDORS.
THOSE IN ATTENDANCE ALSO ENJOYED FREE ICE CREAM, A PERFECT WAY TO START TO BEAT THE HEAT.
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT AND MADE SUCH A FUN DAY.
ON FRIDAY, JULY 10TH, SHADOW OAK COMMUNITY CENTER HOSTED A SUCCESSFUL PAINT AND SIP NIGHT.
PARTICIPANTS ENJOYED A SUMMER THEMED EVENING FEATURE FEATURING A GUIDED PAINTING OF A SUNSET AND PALM TREE CANVAS WHILE SOCIALIZING OVER COCKTAILS, MOCKTAILS, AND A CHARE BOARD, THE EVENT PROVIDED A FUN AND RELAXING ATMOSPHERE THAT ENCOURAGED CREATIVITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND SOCIAL CONNECTION.
ON SATURDAY, JULY 11TH AND SUNDAY JULY 12TH, THE WEST COVINA SPORTSPLEX HOSTED THE U TRIPLE SA BASEBALL TOURNAMENT AND, AND ADULT SOFTBALL SPORTSPLEX WELCOME 30 TEAMS AND OVER 1300 SPEC ACRES IN A TWO DAY TOURNAMENT.
THE SPORTS SPEC COLLECTED 10,000 IN ADMISSION FEES AND 4,000 IN RENTAL FEES.
THANK YOU TO U TRIPLE SA FOR PARTNERING WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
OUR FOURTH SUMMER CONCERT HELD ON JULY 15TH WAS ANOTHER GREAT EVENING OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FEATURING AN ENERGETIC PERFORMANCE BY HERE FOR NOW, ATTENDEES ENJOYED CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES OF VARIETY OF FOOD AND RETAIL VENDORS, A BEER GARDEN AND A 50 50 RAFFLE, MAKING IT A FUN-FILLED NIGHT FOR ALL AGES.
THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO ENJOYED US, WHO JOINED US.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT OUR FINAL TWO CONCERTS SERIES FEATURING NEON NATION AND SUAVE.
ON FRIDAY, JULY 17TH, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT WRAPPED UP ITS FINAL COOL KIDS OF SUMMER EVENT AT DEL NORTE PARK FA HAS ENJOYED AN AFTERNOON FILLED WITH EXCITING WATER SLIDES, FUN WATER ACTIVITIES, ARTS AND CRAFTS VENDORS, FREE ICE CREAM, AND SPECIAL VISITS FROM THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WELCOME BEA LOS ON SATURDAY, JULY 18TH.
THE GRAND OPENING EVENT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS WITH LOTS OF VISITORS WITH OVER 100 GUESTS HAVING RECEIVED A GREAT GIVEAWAY GIFT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY COME BY, PAY A VISIT TO THEM AND ENJOY SOME GREAT BEEF AND GOAT BEREA.
EMINENT HEALTH QUEEN OF THE VALLEY WILL SOON OPEN ITS NEW WING OF ITS HOSPITAL.
A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF THE QUEEN OF VALLEY EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND INTENSIVE CARE UNIT IS EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF AUGUST, 2026.
AN ANTICIPATED RIBBON CUTTING WILL BE SCHEDULED FOR LATER THIS YEAR.
EVERYONE WILL BE INVITED OUT TO THE CELEBRATION.
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR MORE WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO PROVIDED HIGH RISK AREAS, PUBLIC WORK STAFF CLEAR DRY BRUSH AT FOLLOWING LOCATIONS, BKK GALLER PARK, GIRL SCOUT CAMP, AND PORTIONS OF THE WALKING PATH, PUBLIC WORK STAFF COMPLETED REPAIRS TO WELCOME THE WEST TO ONE OF THE WELCOME TO WEST COVINA.
MONUMENTS ON AMAR EZS WERE INCURRED DUE A TRAFFIC DUE TO A TRAFFIC COLLISION.
PUBLIC WORK STAFF ARE WORKING WITH CONTRACTORS TO WRAP UP PROJECTS TO SECURE THE FACILITY AND HAVE FIRE STAFF BACK IN FIRE STATION SOON.
THIS IS A STATION 1 23 WORK IS PROJECTED TO BE DONE BEFORE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IN AUGUST, PUBLIC WORK STREET CREW REMOVED A LARGE TREE STUMP FROM A FALLEN TREE THAT HAS CAUSED DAMAGE TO OUR SIDEWALK.
PUBLIC WORK STAFF PAINTED WALLS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S WELLNESS CENTER, WHICH IS WELL UNDERWAY AND WILL BE COMPLETED SOON.
WEST COVINA PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WITH MET WITH THE CITY OF WALNUT TO DISCUSS, SHARED THE SHARED NOGALES CORRIDOR TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO COLLABORATE.
IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE MEDIAN AND STREET REPAIRS, CLEANLINESS OF THE CORRIDOR.
THE IMMEDIATE REMOVAL OF TWO TREES WAS CARRIED OUT.
THESE TREES WERE DEEMED DEEMED UNSALVAGEABLE AND WERE LIFTING SECTIONS OF THE STREET CURRENTLY WORKING ON REFLECTIVE TRAFFIC SIGNAL STREET SIGNAGE WHERE CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE CITY OF WALNUTS.
THE NOVEMBER 3RD, GENERAL THIRD MUNICIPAL ELECTION NOMINATION PERIOD.
STARTED, STARTED MONDAY, JULY 13TH AND CLOSES ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO OR TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK TO PULL NOMINATION PAPERS, PLEASE CALL 6 2 6 9 3 9 8 4 3 3.
AS OF JULY 16TH, THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE HAS RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 731 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS, AVERAGING 26 REQUESTS A WEEK.
IF THE REQUESTS CONTINUE AT THIS CURRENT PACE, THE CITY WILL IS PROJECTED TO RECEIVE OVER 1300 PUBLIC RECORDS REQUESTS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE CITY RECEIVED 75 CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES.
AS OF JULY 16TH, THERE HAVE BEEN 51 CLAIMS SUBMITTED SO FAR.
IF CLAIMS CONTINUE AT THE CURRENT RATE, THE CITY IS PROJECTED TO RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY 95 CLAIMS BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
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148 SUBPOENAS WERE RECEIVED LAST YEAR, AND WE ARE ALREADY AT OVER 1000 AS OF JULY 16TH.THAT, THAT THIS IS A 584 580 4% INCREASE, OR ABOUT 6.84 TIMES LAST YEAR'S TOTAL.
THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MIGHT NOTICE A NEW FORMAT FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL.
THE NEW TEMPLATE WILL ALLOW FINALIZED MINUTES TO SHOW UP NEXT TO THE CORRESPONDING AGENDA ITEM, UH, ON OUR CURRENT MEETING, AGENDA, MEETINGS AND AGENDA PAGE, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY HAS FIVE POSTINGS ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
SEVEN ACTIVE RECRUITMENTS IN PROGRESS, AND FIVE ADDITIONAL RECRUITMENTS SCHEDULED TO START IN THE COMING DAYS.
RECRUITMENTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY INCLUDE, UH, COMMISSIONER RECRUITMENTS FOR COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES.
THOSE ARE OPEN CONTINUOUS AND PLANNING COMMISSIONER OPEN AND CONTINUOUS ACTIVE OPERATIONAL RECRUITMENTS, POLICE, JAILER, LATERALS, UM, POLICE LATERAL OPEN.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, IS CURRENTLY POSTED WITH THAT.
ON JULY 16TH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT DETECTIVES CONDUCTED A COORDINATED JOINT OPERATION INVOLVING SEX REGISTRANT, PAROLEES COMPLIANCE CHECKS AT 10 DESIGNATED LOCATIONS.
THIS OPERATION WAS EXECUTED COLLABORATION WITH THE UNITED STATES MARSHAL SERVICE TEAM, HOMELAND SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS PERSONNEL, AND LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INVESTIGATORS.
AS A RESULT OF THIS OPERATION, FOUR ARRESTS WERE MADE FOR VIOLATION OF PAROLE CONDITIONS.
DEFENSES INCLUDED POSSESSION OF PORNOGRAPHIC MATERIAL, INSTALLATION OF UNAUTHORIZED APPLICATIONS ON DIGITAL DEVICES, OUTSTANDING WARRANTS AND POSSESSION OF DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
LAST FRIDAY, WEST CONA POLICE OFFICERS MADE A SPECIAL STOP AT COOL KIDS OF SUMMER EVENT AT DEL NORTE PARK, TAKING TIME OUTTA THEIR DAY TO CONNECT WITH THE YOUNGEST MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY OFFICERS BROUGHT SMILES TO THE FACES OF THE CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE BY HANDING OUT POLICE BADGE STICKERS TO THE KIDS IN ATTENDANCE.
UPCOMING EVENTS, SUMMER CONCERT AND NIGHT MARKET, NEON NATION.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND, UH, 7:00 PM HERE.
SUMMER CONCERT NIGHT MARKETS SUAVE BAND, JULY 29TH, HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER, 7:00 PM AND NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH HERE AT THE WEST COVINA CIVIC CENTER.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT FOR TONIGHT.
[ ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
COMMUNICATIONS.UH, PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, BOTH IN PERSON AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
ONCE ALL IN-PERSON PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE IF THERE ARE ANY REGISTERED REMOTE PARTICIPANTS WHO WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THERE ARE REMOTE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WISH TO SPEAK, THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK WILL BEGIN RECOGNIZING REMOTE SPEAKERS.
REMOTE SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED BY NAME, ASKED TO UNMUTE THEMSELVES AND PROCEED WITH THEIR COMMENT.
WHEN A SPEAKER'S TIME HAS EXPIRED, THE NEXT SPEAKER WILL BE NOTIFIED.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY NOT ENGAGE IN BEHAVIOR THAT IS DISRUPTED TO THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMIT 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 INFEASIBILITY THE 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 INTERPRETED AS IMMINENT THREAT OF PHYSICAL HARM ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.
WE HAVE FIVE IN-PERSON SPEAKERS.
I HAVE ONE REMOTE SPEAKER AND I HAVE ONE COMMENT TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOSH MURRAY, FOLLOWED BY FREDERICK SYKES, FOLLOWED BY RAY VINCENT VARGAS JR.
AND WE DID SAY THE LIBRARIAN WILL ALWAYS SPEAK FIRST.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA LIBRARY.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE TEENS OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE THEIR VERY OWN TIE DYE SHIRTS TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22ND, FROM FOUR TO 5:00 PM IN THE LIBRARY SEMINAR ROOM.
WHO DOESN'T LOVE TIE DYE SHIRTS? UM, TEENS WILL LEARN ABOUT COLOR MIXING, FABRIC MANIPULATION, AND PATTERN DESIGN BY TIE DYEING THEIR OWN T-SHIRTS.
WE WILL BE PROVIDING THE SUPPLIES.
CHILDREN ARE INVITED TO THE SUMMER DISCOVERY PROGRAM FINALE ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH, FROM THREE TO 4:00 PM JOIN US FOR AN AFTERNOON OF FUN CRAFTS GAMES AND PRIZES, AND LEARN ABOUT SOME VERY USEFUL LIBRARY RESOURCES TO HELP OUT WITH SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS.
AND THIS PROGRAM IS FOR AGES FIVE TO 12 WITH THEIR PARENT OR CAREGIVER.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
SPEAKER FREDERICK SYKES, FOLLOWED BY RAY VINCENT VARGAS JR.
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OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF AND AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE.I'M HERE TONIGHT TO REVISIT THE, UH, NO PARKING SWEEP SWEEPING SITUATION.
I'M HOPING THAT, UM, YOU WOULD, UH, RECONSIDER THAT THIS TIME WHEN YOU BRING A LAW, PLEASE, UM, FOCUS ON RESIDENTS.
UM, TRY TO GET THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS.
AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU JUST SIT AND OBSERVE THE STREET SWEEPER, THE TRUCK ITSELF, UH, YOU CAN SEE IF YOU COME TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON FRIDAYS WHEN WE HAVE OUR STREET SWEEPING, UH, THE STREET VEHICLE COMES BY AND HE'S JUST SPINNING THE TIRES AND, AND THE FANS BECAUSE THE STREETS ARE NOT DIRTY.
AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE DO A BETTER JOB THAN THE MACHINE.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WHATEVER YOU BRING, MAKE SURE YOU GET SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN GET INVOLVED.
ANOTHER THING ABOUT THAT SUPPORT OF THE PEOPLE CULTURE.
WE NEED TO AFFECT WITH SIGNAGE AND SOME SORT OF COMMUNICATION PROGRAM THAT THE STREETS ARE DIRTY BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE DISCARDING THEIR TRASH INTO THE STREET OFTENTIMES.
AND THAT CAN BE PREVENTED IF WE JUST ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO START GETTING INVOLVED AND UNDERSTAND THE PRICE THAT THEY PAY IN TICKETS AND SO FORTH.
FOR LITTERING AND FOR HAVING DIRTY STREETS, NOT ONLY DOES IT LOOK SULLY AND UNINVITING, BUT IT'S ALSO UNHEALTHY.
ALSO, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHEN WE HAVE TRASH HOLIDAY, THAT WE DON'T HAVE A STREETS, PEOPLE ROLLING THROUGH.
UH, THAT HAPPENED HERE RECENTLY WHERE WE HAD A HOLIDAY, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT HOLIDAY.
AND, UM, ON MY, UH, STREET SWEEPING DAY, UM, WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE FRIDAY BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAY, THERE WAS THE STREET SWEEPER COME BY AND THE TRASH TRUCK WAS STILL HAVING TWO OR THREE RUNS TO MAKE, AND THE STREET SWEEP WAS ALREADY GONE.
AND, UM, IN CLOSING, JUST HAVE EMPATHY FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT HAVE TO, UH, STRUGGLE TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK.
UM, THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE FOR YEARS AND HAVE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE, UH, VEHICLES, WELL NOW YOU'RE GONNA TAKE FROM THEM BY FORCING THEM TO HAVE TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK THOSE VEHICLES WHEN THEY'RE AWAY AT WORK.
AND, UM, JUST REMEMBER YOU'RE HITTING US TWICE.
WE HAVE TAXES THAT PAY FOR ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND EVERYTHING THAT WE SAW RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
AND THEN NOW YOU'RE ADDING TICKETS TO IT.
FOLLOWED BY LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT.
FIRST OFF, I WANT TO GIVE, UH, SPECIAL THANKS TO WEST COVINA PD AND ALSO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THEIR EMERGENCIES.
I LIVE ON A BUSY MAIN STREET AND I SEE THEM BACK AND FORTH, ROLLING 9 1 1 CALLS, SIRENS, LIGHTS, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE WEST COVINA A SAFER AND BETTER PLACE FOR ALL OF US.
UM, BUT NOW I WANNA START, UM, WHAT A JOKE THIS LAST MEETING WAS.
I WASN'T HERE, BUT I LOOKED AT THE VIDEO.
UM, OFFICERS WERE CALLED DOWN HERE TO CONFISCATE A CAMERA FROM ONE OF THE COUNCILMEN.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE JUST VERY UNPROFESSIONAL.
YOU GUYS DON'T NEED BE SITTING UP HERE.
UM, I KNOW ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP.
TONY, THIS IS YOUR MUPPET SHOW RIGHT HERE.
YOU KNOW, YOU STAND THERE WITH A GRIN ON YOUR FACE SITTING THERE WITH A GRIN ON YOUR FACE, BUT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
I CAN'T PAY ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO.
I CAN'T REALLY UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE EVERYTHING'S F*****G BROKEN.
I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WORDS.
I GOTTA COME HERE AND I GOTTA PUT IT TOGETHER.
BUT CONTOS, UH, BRIAN, THIS IS AN UPHILL BATTLE.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SETTLED FOR AN UPHILL BATTLE BECAUSE IT'S THREE AGAINST TWO AND IT'S GONNA BE LIKE THAT.
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THIS WHOLE COUNCIL, THIS CITY AND ALL THIS BS IT'S A BIG CORRUPTION.IT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN MAYWOOD.
IT'S WHAT HAPPENED IN ARCADIA.
THE CITY OF BELL, YOU KNOW, FROM THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, UM, CITY ATTORNEYS, EVERYBODY WAS CROOKED.
THE SAME BS IS HAPPENING HERE AND NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR IT.
NOBODY'S PUTTING A STOP TO IT.
EVERYBODY FEARS IT WALKS ON EGGSHELLS BECAUSE OF TONY AND THE MUPPET SHELL.
I DON'T BACK DOWN FROM NOBODY.
MILAN TRIED TO DO IT ABOUT FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF, FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I TOLD HIM WHERE TO GO.
AT THAT TIME, HE WAS RUNNING CODE ENFORCEMENT.
YOU KNOW, NOBODY COMES TO WHERE MY RESIDENCE AND KNOCKS AT MY DOOR AND THREATENS ME.
NOBODY, NOBODY INTERFERES WITH MY FAMILY.
BUT YOU TWO CONTOS BRIAN, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND BOTTOM LINE, KICK SOME ASS.
LESLIE, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT.
HI, MY NAME IS LESLIE AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT TWO.
AND SINCE OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING, ICE FATALLY SHOT LORENZO SALGADO RAJO IN TEXAS, AND JOANNE SEBASTIAN GUERRERO IN MAINE, MAY THEY REST IN PEACE, BOTH GENTLEMEN, WERE NOT THE INTENDED TARGETS OF ICE OPERATIONS AND THE AGENCY CONTINUES TO RECKLESSLY TAKE LIVES.
I BELIEVE THAT YOU AS THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A DUTY TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF YOUR RESIDENTS.
YET I'VE HAD TO PAINFULLY WATCH CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS WHERE RESIDENTS SPEAK OUT ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS WITH ICE.
AND THE CITY CLERK GIVES THE SAME MONOTONOUS RESPONSE THAT THE CITY DOESN'T WORK ICE THE SAME RESPONSE THAT I GOT LAST MEETING.
THIS ANSWER IS INCREDIBLY INSIGHTFUL, BUT FOR ALL THE WRONG REASONS, IT TELLS US AS RESIDENTS THAT YOU ARE NOT BEING PROACTIVE ABOUT PUTTING ANY SAFEGUARDS IN OUR CITY.
IN FACT, YOU'RE ACTIVELY COMPLICIT BECAUSE FAULT CAMERAS ARE STILL UP.
AND I SEE THEM BEING WELL-MAINTAINED WITH NEW SIGNS BEING ADDED TO THEM.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE CLAIM THAT YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH FLOCK AND THEIR TECHNOLOGY LIKE YOU COMMENTED LAST MEETING, THEN YOU ARE AFFIRMING THE BELIEF THAT MANY OF US HERE HOLD, WHICH IS THAT YOU, THE COUNCIL, LACK THE ABILITY TO MAKE THOUGHTFUL DECISIONS WITH COMPANIES WHO COME TO WEST COVINA LOOKING FOR BUSINESS.
THAT'S HOW WE END UP WITH THOUGHTLESS PROJECTS LIKE THE STREET SWEEPING WITH ATHENS.
IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH FLOCK OR WHY THEY'RE RECEIVING MASS SCRUTINY, THEN DO YOUR JOB AND LOOK INTO THE COMPANY YOU PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO, TO LET THEM SURVEIL THIS CITY.
EVEN THE LAPD HAS SUSPENDED THEIR CONTRACT WITH FLOCK BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY HAS ACCESS TO DATA.
AND MAYBE FOR SOME REASON, YOU GENUINELY BELIEVE THAT WEST COVINA HAS SOME SORT OF IMMUNITY AGAINST THE VIOLENCE OF ICE.
AGAIN, IN THE BEGINNING OF JULY, I STOPPED SOMEONE ON FRANCIS CITO AND WILLOW AND JUST LAST WEEK ON ONE OCCASION, THERE WERE MULTIPLE ICE AGENTS PRESENT AT OUR OWN COURTHOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO OUR LIBRARY THAT IS BUSY WITH FAMILIES, CHILDREN, STUDENTS, STAFF, ET CETERA.
AND SO I ASK YOU THIS, WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY SHOW SOME LEADERSHIP? WILL YOU WAIT FOR AGENTS TO SHOW UP AT A SUMMER CONCERT? MAYBE THE FARMER'S MARKET? WILL YOU WAIT FOR THEM TO TAKE SOMEONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR VERY OWN EYES? WILL YOU WAIT FOR THEM TO TAKE THE LIFE OF A RESIDENT OR LOVED ONE? I BEG YOU TO BE THE LEADERS OF THE PEOPLE HAVE ELECTED YOU TO BE.
PLEASE COUNSEL THE FLOCK SAFETY CONTRACT AND CREATE A PRO A PROTOCOL FOR YOUR CITY STAFF.
YOU KNOW, EVEN BILL MURRAY FIGURED OUT ON GROUNDHOG'S DAY NOT TO KEEP REPEATING THE SAME MISTAKE YOU GUYS FINALLY DECIDED TO SUSPEND STREET SWEEPING RESTRICTIONS.
BUT UM, HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO TODAY I DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE AND SAY IT'S GROUNDHOG'S DAY 'CAUSE THIS IS THE DAY HOPEFULLY THAT YOU GUYS REALIZE THAT THAT WAS MISGUIDED TO BEGIN WITH.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY AT THE LAST MEETING WE SAW THE, THE RISING OF THE WEST COVINA CITY CIRCUS, THE CLOWN SHOW.
AND DURING THAT CLOWN SHOW, WHICH WAS PERPETUATED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WAS CLEARED OF RESIDENTS.
CAN'T HAVE THE RESIDENTS WITNESS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HERE WHEN
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YOU GUYS WERE PRESSURING A COUNCIL MEMBER TO GET RID OF A CAMERA.SO YOU GUYS HAD THE COUNCIL ROOM CLEARED.
LET ME MAKE SOMETHING VERY CLEAR.
UNDER THE CALIFORNIA BROWN ACT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5 4 9 5 7 0.9, THAT IS NOT ALLOWED.
YOU CANNOT CLEAR A MEETING ROOM.
I RECOMMEND YOU DON'T DO IT AGAIN.
THERE IS A VERY NARROW CIRCUMSTANCE WHEN YOU CAN CLEAR A MEETING ROOM, AND THAT IS WHEN THE PERSON WHO IS DISRUPTIVE, A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CANNOT BE REMOVED.
AND YOU HAVE TO CLEAR MULTIPLE PEOPLE FROM A MASSIVE DISRUPTION.
THAT IS WHAT THE BROWN ACT STATES.
THAT IS WHAT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION SAYS.
IT GOES ON TO STATE THAT IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE ACTS OF ANY COUNCIL MEMBER'S DISRUPTIONS THEMSELVES.
SO THEREFORE, THE PUBLIC MUST STAY IN THE ROOM.
SO I IMPLORE YOU, PLEASE DON'T MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN, OR ELSE YOU'LL BE WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONE OTHER THAN JOHN DOE FILING LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CITY BECAUSE THAT IS A MAJOR BROWN ACT VIOLATION AND IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE POLICE WANT TO CLEAR A SITUATION.
IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN THEY'RE AT A CRIME SCENE.
THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND CAMERAS ARE ALLOWED AND THE RECORDING OF MEETINGS IS ALLOWED AND THE PUBLIC IS ALLOWED TO SEE THIS ALL UNFOLD EVEN IN YOUR NON FINEST HOURS, WHICH WAS PRETTY OBVIOUS THE LAST TIME.
SO AGAIN, DO NOT CLEAR THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WHEN YOU GUYS ARE THE DISRUPTION OR YOU WILL SEE MORE THAN JOHN DOE.
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR REMOTE PARTICIPANT PARTICIPANTS.
CHRIS MILLER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, MUTE YOURSELF.
I'LL START THE TIMER AT THREE MINUTES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THE CITY IS REQUESTING BUDGET AMENDMENT TOTALING 424,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26.
LEGAL RELATED EXPENSES, THE FUNDING WOULD COME FROM AVAILABLE GENERAL FUND RESERVES.
THE REPORT PROJECTS FISCAL YEAR 25 26, LEGAL SPENDING OF APPROXIMATELY 2.325 MILLION STAFF NOTES.
PRIOR FISCAL YEAR LEGAL SPENDING WAS 1.1 MILLION.
IN OTHER WORDS, PROJECTED LEGAL SPENDING HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
THE REPORT EXPLAINS WHAT IS COSTING MONEY, BUT IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN IN DETAIL WHICH LAWSUITS ARE DRIVING THE COSTS.
WHY COUNCIL INVESTIGATIONS COST APPROXIMATELY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILLION.
AND WHAT SPECIFIC MATTERS MAKE THIS UP.
WHAT WORK IS EXCUSE FOR THE BUTCHER TI PERFORM TO GENERATE OVER 1.2 MILLION IN FEES? WHETHER ANY OF THESE MATTERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
HOW MUCH OF THESE COSTS ARE ONE TIME VERSUS ONGOING? HOW MUCH HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT ON CITY COUNCIL INVESTIGATIONS SINCE THEY WERE AUTHORIZED IN SEPTEMBER, 2025? WHETHER INSURANCE WILL REIMBURSE ANY OF THESE EXPENSES, THOSE DETAILS ARE NOT PROVIDED IN THE STAFF REPORT SECTIONS I REVIEWED.
FROM A TAXPAYER PERSPECTIVE, THE BIGGEST ISSUE ISN'T THE 424,000 ITSELF, IT'S UNDERSTANDING WHY TOTAL LEGAL SPENDING REACHED APPROXIMATELY 2.3 MILLION MORE THAN DOUBLED THE PRIOR YEARS LEVEL AGENDA.
ITEM FOUR, NUMBER OF PROPOSALS RECEIVED, SCORING SHEETS, EVALUATOR RANKINGS, BID TABULATIONS COST COMPARISONS BETWEEN, UH, BIDDERS.
THERE'S EVIDENCE OF A COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, BUT I DID NOT FIND DOCUMENTATION SHOWING HOW THE VENDORS WERE EVALUATED OR WHY THESE FIRMS WERE SELECTED OVER OTHERS.
AGENDA ITEM SIX, THE AGENDA SUMMARY REFERENCE CONTINUED EMERGENCY REPAIRS AT FIRE STATION THREE.
BUT IN THE PACKET MATERIAL I RECEIVED, I DID NOT FIND THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION, THE REQUIRED FINDINGS, JUSTIFICATION FOR BYPASSING NORMAL BIDDING EXPENDITURE HISTORY, REMAINING WORK SCOPE.
AS A RESIDENT IN THIS AREA, I WANT WANT TO CLARIFY PUBLICLY, WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION? WHAT AMOUNT HAS ALREADY BEEN SPENT? WHAT REMAINS AUTHORIZED? WHY CAN'T THE REMAINING WORK BE COMPETITIVELY BID? AND FINALLY, TWO OTHER ITEMS. JIMMY LIMA IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT FIVE.
HE HAS NO POLITICAL BAGGAGE AND HAS A SOLID, SOLID VIEWS AND THE BENEFIT OF THE RESIDENTS DEFINITION OF INSANITY, DOING
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THINGS THE SAME AND EXPECTING DIFFERENT RESULTS.AND, AND FINALLY, DO NOT WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTIONS TO RESOLVE THE PARKING ISSUE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, UH, REMOTELY IS JOHN SHOEMAKER.
MR. SHOEMAKER, IF YOU CAN PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
JUST WANTED TO AN UP, WELL, ACTUALLY THE UPDATE, UH, THAT I'M GOING TO GIVE, AND PART OF IT IS THE REASON FOR THE HIGH LEGAL EXPENSES ON JULY 10TH, SPENT AN ENTIRE DAY IN COURT BECAUSE OF, UH, BRIAN GUTIERREZ AND VARIOUS CLAIMS THAT HE MADE AND MADE, WHICH, UH, A COUPLE OF THEM HAD TO DEAL WITH HIS CONSTANT DEMAND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY DISQUALIFY THEMSELVES FROM REPRESENTING THE CITY AND OR EMPLOYEES CARRIED THIS ON FOR SIX MONTHS, AND THEN TWO DAYS BEFORE THE HEARING CHANGES HIS MIND AND DROPS THAT PIECE.
BUT THE PART THAT RELATED TO ME, HE CONTINUED ON WITH, AND THERE WERE ABOUT 10 ITEMS WHICH THE JUDGE FOUND.
I WAS CREDIBLE AND HE WAS NOT.
BUT THE THING THAT WAS THE MOST AMAZING ABOUT THIS WAS AT THE END, HE HAS STATED, HE BLAMED ME BECAUSE OF MY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND POSTS FOR STRESS, HIS SAFETY, HIS FEARS, AND UNBELIEVABLY BLAMED ME FOR A RECENT AUTO ACCIDENT HE WAS INVOLVED WITH.
WHAT MAKES THIS EVEN MORE AMAZING IS CAME ACROSS DOCUMENTS THAT HE BLAMED THE SAME THING ON THE CITY.
NOW, MY QUESTION IS, IS HE'S UNDER SUCH DURESS AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHY IS HE ON THE ROAD? BUT THERE WAS ONE THING THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
HE STATED THE FOLLOWING, THAT HE FACES THIS FEAR EVERY DAY.
AND HE WOULD GIVE IT ALL UP IF IT MEANT HE'D BE SAFE.
O'BRIEN, I'LL MAKE YOU A DEAL, RESIGN NOW, AND I WON'T TALK ABOUT YOU EVER AGAIN.
SO IF YOU ARE TELLING THE TRUTH WHEN YOU WERE UNDER OATH, THAT THIS IS SUCH STRESS ON YOU THAT YOU CAN'T FUNCTION AND YOU WANT TO, AND IF YOU GAVE IT UP, I CAN PROMISE YOU I WON'T SAY A WORD ABOUT YOU EVER AGAIN.
SO TELL US, BRIAN, YOU'RE GONNA RESIGN OR WERE YOU LYING AGAIN? COME ON.
OH, AND BY THE WAY, UH, CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? IS THAT GOPRO THE ONE THE CITY BOUGHT OR IS, OR, UH, SOMETHING ELSE THAT HE'S USING? SO, AND BY THE WAY, HOW, I WANNA MAKE SURE I GET A FULL COPY OF WHATEVER'S BEING RECORDED ON THAT.
I'M STILL WAITING FOR OTHERS BECAUSE I HAVE THE DISTINCT FEELING THAT HE WILL END UP MODIFYING, UH, THINGS AND NOT, UH, ACTUALLY GIVE THE FULL THING, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S THE CITIES.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE NO MORE REMOTE PARTICIPANTS.
MAYOR, I HAVE ONE COMMENT TO READ INTO THE RECORD.
AND WE ALSO RECEIVED A LATE REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM DENNIS.
IT'S SO I'LL READ, UM, OUR COMMENT AND TO THE RECORD FROM MR. GIBBS.
FROM MR. GIBBS MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM ASKING ONE COUNCIL MEMBER TONIGHT TO REQUEST A FORMAL STAFF REPORT ON COMPLAINT 1 0 2 2 5 2 AND HILLSIDE CASE CCE 26 0 2 5 THROUGH A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST.
THE CITY WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ANY PERMITS APPROVED GRADING, DRAINAGE, OR IRRIGATION PLANS, INSPECTION RECORDS, OR ENGINEERING DOCUMENTATION GOVERNING THESE HILLSIDE IMPROVEMENTS.
THE CITY ACKNOWLEDGED THAT HISTORICAL PERMIT RECORDS MAY BE INCOMPLETE.
THAT DOES NOT PROVE NO PERMIT EXISTED, BUT IT MEANS THE CITY CANNOT NOW DOCUMENT LAWFUL APPROVAL OR CONFORMITY WITH CONTROLLING PLANS.
YET THE CITY CLOSED THE CASE WITHOUT FULLY EVALUATING IRRIGATION, DRAINAGE, SOIL SATURATION, SEEPAGE RUNOFF, CROSS LOT WATER MOVEMENT, SLOPE STABILITY, OR ACTIVE PERMITS.
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THE OWNER WAS ASKED FOR THE MISSING RECORDS.
SINCE CLOSURE, I HAVE TWICE DOCUMENTED HOSE AND BUCKET WATERING.
ON JULY 16TH, I OBSERVED ABOUT 35 MINUTES OF CONTINUOUS HOSE FLOW, DIRECT WATERING, AND REPEATED FILLING AND POURING OF BUCKETS.
UPHILL WATERING IS NOT AUTOMATICALLY UNLAWFUL AND DOES NOT ALONE PROVE INSTABILITY.
BUT CONCENTRATED REOCCURRING WATERING WITHOUT IDENTIFIED APPROVED IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE DESIGN CREATES A POTENTIAL UN PERMITTED CONDITION AND UNRESOLVED NUISANCE AND SAFETY QUESTIONS.
THE CITY CANNOT LOGICALLY RELY
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ON NO RECENT CONSTRUCTION WHILE DECLINING TO VERIFY THE PLANS, EXAMINE THE WATER CONDITIONS, OR PROMPTLY INSPECT THE ACTIVITY.I HAVE A SPINAL CORD INJURY AND USE A WHEELCHAIR.
A HILLSIDE, DRAINAGE, OR EVACUATION EMERGENCY WOULD DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECT MY ABILITY TO LEAVE SAFELY.
TODAY, I SUBMITTED THAT COMPLAINT WITH THIS POST CLOSURE EVIDENCE.
THE STAFF REPORT SHOULD ANSWER WAS THE PRIOR CASE REOPENED OR WAS IT LINKED CASE? A LINKED CASE CREATED.
WHAT PERMITS AND APPROVED PLANS GOVERN THESE CONDITIONS? IF THE RECORDINGS ARE, IF THE RECORDS ARE MISSING, HAS THE OWNER BEEN REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THEM? WILL BUILDING PLANNING ENGINEERING AND CODE ENFORCEMENT JOINTLY REVIEW THE PROPERTY AND HAS THE REASONABLE OFFICIAL EVALUATED A POTENTIAL UNSAFE CONDITION OR PUBLIC NUISANCE, INCLUDING UNDER WCMC SECTION 15 DASH 200 SUBSECTION J AS REQUESTED? I AM NOT ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DECLARE A VIOLATION.
I AM ASKING WHY THE CITY MAINTAINS CLOSURE WITHOUT DOCUMENTATION ESTABLISHING COMPLIANCE OR INSPECTIONS RESOLVING THE POTENTIAL HAZARD.
THE LOWEST RISK RESPONSE IS VERIFICATION, INSPECTION, WRITTEN FINDINGS, AND CORRECTIVE ACTION IF WARRANTED.
IF NO COUNCIL MEMBER REQUESTS A STAFF REPORT, THE RECORD WILL SHOW THAT THE COUNCIL RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE UNRESOLVED PERMIT, DRAINAGE, NUISANCE INSPECTION, AND DISABILITY RELATED SAFETY CONCERNS AND, AND DECLINE TO REQUEST ANSWERS.
SO I WILL END WITH THIS, WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER IS WILLING TO ACT TONIGHT, REQUEST THIS REPORT AND PROTECT THE SAFETY OF A DISABLED RESIDENT.
AND THEN I HAVE THE LATE SPEAKER.
YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO RONNIE AND TO THE MIC.
CAN YOU EXCUSE ME, SIR? UH, EXCUSE ME TO THE MIC SO WE COULD HEAR YOU.
UM, MOTHER'S DAY I WASN'T TOO HAPPY ABOUT.
THE STREET CLEANER CAME BY AT SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
WHAT'D THEY DO? ALL THE CARS ON MY STREET.
WHAT'D THEY DO IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE? TURN THE SIRENS ON.
LIKE MY HOUSE IS GETTING RAIDED.
I'M GOING ON 30 YEARS OF THIS STUFF.
I GOT A STACK OF PAPERS OVER THIS S**T.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA STOP THIS WHEN YOU MOST SCREWED? I'M ON.
YOU KNOW WHICH ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT MY MOTOR HOME IN TWO DEAD TREES.
WHAT ABOUT THAT? WHAT'D YOU WRITE IT UP? OH, I GOTTA HAVE IRRIGATION IN MY WALL.
MY, YOU HAVE TO SPEAK TO THE, TO COUNSEL IF YOU COULD DIRECT, I WANT TO STOP BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A WAR.
YOU GUYS KNOW THESE GUYS? RICHARD BONNER PARK.
OH, WE HAD TO DO SHERIFF IN TOWN.
HE ONLY LASTED A MONTH ON MY STREET.
OH, WE GOT YOU, HUH? HUH? YOU CAME INTO MY HOUSE A COUPLE TIMES AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT THOSE TREES.
YOU'D HAVE TO DIRECT IT TO THE COUNCIL.
AND WHAT'D YOU TELL ME TO DO? I SHOWED YOU THE PAPER.
I HAD A MOTOR HOME THERE AND TWO TREES IN OCTOBER.
THEIR, SHE, THEIR TWO DEAD TREES ARE DEAD.
I MEAN, THOSE TWO TREES ARE DEAD.
RIGHT? THAT WHAT IT WAS ON THAT PAPER.
WHAT ABOUT MY MOTOR HOME? THAT WAS ALL TORE UP.
THE WINDOWS WERE ALL BROKE OUT.
WELL, I GOT PICTURES AND EVERYTHING ON THAT.
AND WHAT'D YOU TELL ME TO DO? I SHOWED YOU THE PICTURES.
I SHOWED YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT.
YOU TOLD, YOU KNOW WHAT HE TOLD ME TO DO.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ON THIS? YOU GUYS GONNA KEEP COMING AROUND MY STREET AND CAUSING PROBLEMS. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH YOU, YOU, AND YOU IN THE OFFICE.
LIKE OUR MEETING HAD 30 SOME YEARS OF THIS.
YOU REMEMBER? WHAT ABOUT DAN? WHAT ABOUT, WHAT ABOUT THAT OTHER GUY, DAN? THAT, THAT CAME TO MY OH, FIREWOOD.
WHAT ABOUT THE FIREWOOD? DOES THAT BRING ANYTHING TO YOU? I DON'T NEED ALL THE FIREWOOD IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOW AM I GONNA DO GET THE FEEDING? YOU CAN SEND THE INFORMATION AND THEN WE WILL REACH OUT.
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I MEAN, WE, I THINK WE HAVE YOUR CARD ALREADY, THE PUBLIC COMMENT.OH, WE HAVE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOUR INFORMATION IS ALREADY ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT, THEN NO, HE DIDN'T PROVIDE ANY CONTACT INFORMATION.
MAYOR, IF YOU COULD JUST PROVIDE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION AND THEN WE CAN, UM, REACH OUT OFFICE.
I HAVE NO, NO FURTHER SPEAKER SLIPS, MAYOR.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, WELL, THE CITY MANAGER TO RESPOND TO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, UH, CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS AND THINGS FROM TODAY.
UM, JOSH MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON THE WEST VENA LIBRARY.
UH, MR. SYKES, IS HE STILL HERE? NO, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE COME BACK WITH ANYTHING REGARDING THE STREETS SWEEPING PROGRAM, UM, WE'LL INCORPORATE, UH, FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY AND MOVING FORWARD TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE ARE BETTER.
AND I DO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DID HAVE ONE WEEK WHERE A FEDERAL HOLIDAY FELL ON A MONDAY AND THE STREET SWEEPER STILL SWEPT ON THE DAYS THAT WERE POSTED.
SO IT DID FORCE THE, UM, THE TRASH COMPANY ALTERED THEIR DAYS.
SO OUR STREET SWEEPER WAS RUNNING THE SAME DAY AS TRASH DAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE FIXING THAT AS WELL.
RAY VARGAS, THANK YOU FOR COMPLIMENTING WEST COVINA PD AND WEST COVINA FIRE.
THEY ABSOLUTELY DO A GREAT JOB OF HELPING, UH, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY CLEAN AND SAFE.
THEY'VE DONE SOME GREAT WORK, UM, OVER THE YEARS IN THIS, UM, PAST FEW MONTHS.
BEEN EXCEPTIONAL AT MULTIPLE INCIDENTS.
LESLIE, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AGAIN.
ON, ON ICE AND ON THE, UM, THE FLOCK CAMERA SYSTEM.
FOLLOWING OUR, UM, LAST MEETING WHEN I COMMENTED THAT I WASN'T VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE, UM, FLOCK CAMERAS, UH, THE CHIEF OF POLICE DID PROVIDE ME WITH, UH, QUITE A BIT OF READING MATERIAL ON, ON FLOCK CAMERAS.
AND ALSO I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THAT.
ALSO THAT ON OUR WEBSITE ON THE TRANSPARENCY PORTAL FOR WEST COVINA PD, THERE IS INFORMATION ABOUT OUR FLOCK CAMERAS, HOW THE INFORMATION'S USED, UM, ET CETERA.
IS IS ON OUR WEBSITE FOR ANY RESIDENT.
THAT'S, UH, UM, STEVE BENNETT.
UM, AGAIN, COMMENT ON STREET SWEEPING AND, AND ON THE CAMERA ISSUE FROM LAST MEETING, UM, THAT'S BEEN RESOLVED.
OBVIOUSLY IT WASN'T A A POSITIVE MEETING.
IT WASN'T A POSITIVE MALCOLM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.
UM, THE REASON THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS WERE CLEARED IS BECAUSE OF THE DIRECTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT.
IT WASN'T THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL.
I WAS UP HERE AND THE ORDER WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AT THAT TIME.
SO THE CITY PROPERTY CAMERA HAS BEEN RETURNED.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBER HAS PROCURED HIS OWN CAMERA AND HE USES USING IT TONIGHT AND AS, AND HE'S FREE TO USE.
UM, MR. MILLER, UM, THANK YOU.
SPOKE ON, UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE AND NUMBER FOUR.
UM, DURING, UM, FOR THE, FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER, UH, MR. SHOEMAKER UPDATE AGAIN ON ITEM NUMBER THREE AND ALSO SPOKE ABOUT THE CAMERA.
UH, MR. GIBBS, I KNOW YOU'VE SENT A NUMBER OF EMAILS TO VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.
I BELIEVE MOST DEPARTMENTS, ENGINEERING, CODE ENFORCEMENT AND OTHERS HAVE PROVIDED WRITTEN RESPONSE, UH, REGARDS TO, UM, THE CONCERNS YOU HAVE REGARDING A NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY.
I WILL TELL YOU MOST OF THE CONCERNS, AS I'VE SEEN, UH, BORDER ON MORE OF A CIVIL DISPUTE BETWEEN UH, TWO NEIGHBORS.
IT'S NOT THE POSITION OF CITY STAFF TO BE INVESTIGATING IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, UM, AND THOSE TYPE THINGS.
UM, THE IDEA IS THAT CODE ENFORCEMENT PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, DOCUMENTS AND OBSERVES VIOLATIONS, UH, THAT THEY CAN PHYSICALLY SEE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA DIG UP PEOPLE'S YARDS OR ANYTHING ELSE TO, TO FIND A PROBLEM.
UM, AND, UH, RONNIE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS ALWAYS.
UM, I'M AWARE THAT, UM, I DO REC REMEMBER YOUR HOUSE AND THE ISSUES WE DEALT WITH, UH, CLEANING UP SOME ISSUES THERE.
UM, I'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU WHENEVER YOU'D LIKE TO MEET.
UH, IF YOU'D LIKE THE COUNCIL TO BE MEMBER TO BE PRESENT AS WELL, WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, I'VE GOT YOUR INFORMATION UP HERE NOW.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RESPONSES FOR TONIGHT, MADAM MAYOR.
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TO CONSENT CALENDAR, COUNSEL, IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ.UH, I'LL STAND FOR NUMBER ONE AND VOTE NO ON NUMBER THREE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER COUNCIL THAT LIKES TO PULL ANYTHING? I WOULD PULL NUMBER THREE.
UH, COUNCIL MANU PULLING ON NUMBER THREE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL? UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? NO, I WAS GONNA MOVE THE MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, MAY I APPROACH HIM? SECOND ROLL CALL.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, I SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN WU TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH SEVEN WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER THREE,
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WHICH WAS PULLED BY COUNCILMAN WU.AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER ONE.
[3) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES ]
NUMBER THREE.UH, COUNCILMAN W THANK YOU MAYOR SOKI.
UH, I KNOW, UH, THE, THE ATTORNEY HAS A NECESSITY EVIL THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY.
AND, UH, BUT THEY SPEND THE $2.3 MILLION.
I THINK THAT IS REALLY BECOME A POSSIBLE UNSUSTAINABLE.
SO REALLY SEEING WHY THE, WE HAVE A WAY, UH, WE CAN STOP THIS BLEEDING.
FOR EXAMPLE, OKAY, ON THE OKAY.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN KIND OF DETAIL TELL US AT THIS LAST TIME WE TALK ABOUT, WE WANT TO SEE SOME DETAILED OKAY.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, CAN WE FIND A WAY THAT WE CAN OKAY.
AND, UH, BECAUSE ALL THESE ATTORNEY FEES FROM OUR GENERAL FUND, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK FIRST THING IS MAYBE YOU CAN BREAK DOWN ABOUT THE ATTORNEY CHARGE.
AND UH, THEN THE SECOND THING IS WE WANT TO SEE THE, THE, THE MAJOR CHARGE FROM THE ONE ATTORNEY COMPANY CAN SHARE WITH US.
AND NUMBER THREE IS HOW CAN WE WORK IT OUT AND, UH, STOP THIS BLEEDING.
AND THEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MEDIATION, HOPEFULLY.
WE CAN STOP THIS BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN GO TO SOME OTHER PROGRAM THIS ON THAT CAN, SO THE THREE ISSUE IS OKAY.
THE SECOND THING ABOUT JUST, OKAY, ONE COMPANY HAVE A $1.2 MILLION.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE NO CHOICE, BUT IF WE DON'T HAVE A ISSUE, THEN WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THAT MONEY.
NUMBER THREE, CAN WE STOP? OTHERWISE THIS WILL CONTINUE ESCALATE.
AND I, I KNOW ONE TIME, UH, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO, 20 YEARS AGO.
LAWSUIT WITH, UH, AHA DEALERSHIP.
AND THE CITY PAYING TREMENDOUS ATTORNEY FEE AND WE ONLY GET SETTLEMENT FOR $3 MILLION.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THE SAME THING.
SO THIS IS THE CONCERN I THINK EVERYBODY WILL HAVE AND HOW CAN WE DEAL WITH THAT? SO, SO GO AHEAD, ANSWER THE SUM QUESTION PLEASE.
SO AS IN TABLE TWO, IN THE STAFF REPORT ON PAGE TWO, WE OUTLINED THE LEGAL SERVICES BY THE FIRMS. UM, I'D LIKE TO JUST CLARIFY FOR BULL CULTURE, UH, WE HAVE 1.2 MILLION.
UH, MAJORITY OF THAT, UM, ARE LITIGATION MATTERS.
HOPEFULLY THEY'RE ONE TIME, THEY'RE NOT LIKE OUR REOCCURRING LEGAL FEES.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO IDENTIFY THAT FOR JONES AND MEYER, THE MAJORITY OF THE PAYMENTS FOR THE LEGAL SERVICES IS OUR RETAINER.
THEY EXIST WHAT DATE WE AGREE UPON THAT IS TRUE.
SO IT, THEY STILL STAY IN THE SAME AMOUNT.
UH, NOW WE'VE, UH, JONES MAY, WE'VE EXCEEDED, UH, THE BUDGET, ORIGINAL BUDGET.
THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING TONIGHT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
UM, WHAT I'D LIKE TO LIKE TO STATE THAT GOING FORWARD, HOWEVER, IN FISCAL YEAR 2007, UM, HOPEFULLY LITIGATION MATTERS ARE SETTLED.
UM, BUT I WANNA, WHAT I WANT TO REITERATE IS THE RECURRING LEGAL EXPENSES, UM, THAT NORMALLY OCCUR EVERY YEAR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT MORE ABOUT 1 1, 1 0.1 MILLION.
SO HOPEFULLY IF THE LITIGATION MATTERS ARE SETTLED, THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO ROUGHLY A LITTLE OVER A MILLION FOR 27.
THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR AND I'M HOPEFUL.
SO JONES MEYERS ATTORNEY FEE BASICALLY IS IN YOUR BUDGET ON THE 20 ABSOLUTELY.
THEY'RE DEFINITELY INCLUDED IT, YES.
AND MAJORITY OF IT IS DUE TO THE RETAINER? YES.
AND THE REST, SOME SMALLER, UH, OR LABORS.
I THINK THAT YOU, WE NEGOTIATE SO WE NEED TO USE THEM.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, GEMINI, JAMALI, JAMAL, YOUR PLANT, MORAN, UH, YOUR, THOSE ARE ONE TIME RELATED TO THE COUNCIL INVESTIGATION.
SO WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE THAT TO REOCCUR IN FISCAL YEAR 27.
SO BASICALLY THE ONE WE HAVE IS $1.23 MILLION ON BULK CULTURES.
THE ATTORNEY COMPANY PRIMARILY, THAT'S DUE TO LITIGATION? THAT'S CORRECT.
SO MAYBE WHAT CULTURE CAN COME UP IS THEY HAVE A, THEIR REP OVER HERE
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TO TELL US, SHARE WITH US.AND THE FIRST IS THIS IS CURRENT CHARGE AND IT'S STILL RECURRING MORE.
NUMBER COMING UP, AM I RIGHT? I I CAN'T RECALL SPECIFICALLY WHICH MONTH THE CURRENT REPORT REFERS TO, BUT YES, THEY'RE CURRENT CHARGES.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ON THE MIC PLEASE? YEAH, I, I CAN'T RECALL WHICH MONTHS THE, THE CURRENT STAFF REPORT REFERS TO, BUT YES, THEY'RE CURRENT CHARGES.
SO MEANING IF, UH, THE, THE LITIGATION CONTINUE INTERNALLY AND DISCHARGE WILL CONTINUE TO ACCUMULATE? THAT'S CORRECT.
I MEAN, PRIMARILY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE RESPONDING TO COURT FILINGS THAT ARE MADE.
IF SOMEBODY FILES SOMETHING IN COURT, THEN WE HAVE TO OPPOSE IT.
SO ANY POSSIBILITY WE CAN FIND A WAY, UH, WITH THE MEDIATION SO WE CAN, AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE A LAWSUIT FUND INTERNALLY, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A CONTINUED CHARGE.
IF I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION CORRECTLY, IT'S, IF THE MATTER IS SETTLED, IT WOULD STOP ALL CHARGES.
IF THE MATTER WERE SETTLED, IT WOULD STOP THE CHARGES.
SO ANY POSSIBILITY WE CAN DO THIS INTERNALLY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PAY THE ATTORNEY FEE BECAUSE THE LAWS WILL CONTINUE.
I'M, I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO THE LEGAL BILLS THAT ARE BEING INCURRED.
I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK TO ANY POTENTIAL LEGAL STRATEGY.
BUT I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IF WE CONTINUE LIKE THIS, IT'S LIKE THIS GOING TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND THEN CONTINUE CHARGING OUR GENERAL FUND.
AND OUR JOB IS TRY TO PROTECT THE GENERAL FUND AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT KAREN WANT TO LISTEN NOW WE JUST HOPEFULLY OKAY.
SO LEGIT, KAREN? YES, ABSOLUTELY.
AND I CAN TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, THE BULK CULTURE, UM, WHAT THEIR EXPENDITURES WERE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
UH, SO REOCCURRING COSTS AND LEGAL EXPENSES POTENTIALLY, UM, IS DIFFICULT TO PROJECT.
BUT I CAN IDENTIFY WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO REFER TO AS ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, EXPENDITURES THAT OCCURRED DUE TO A PARTICULAR INCIDENT.
UH, SO IF I REFER TO THOSE ONLY, I WOULD SAY THE MAJORITY OF BO HALTER'S, UM, PAYMENT OR ESTIMATED COST OF 1.2 MILLION IS DUE TO ONE TIME INCIDENTS.
ONGOING REOCCURRING EXPENSES FOR BULL CULTURE, UH, I WOULD SAY IS PROJECTING PROBABLY AROUND MAYBE A HUNDRED THOUSAND.
THAT IS WHAT I WOULD ANTICIPATE IN 27.
AND ASSUMING ALL LITIGATION MATTERS ARE SETTLED, THEN REOCCURRING COSTS WOULD BE NO MORE ABOUT AROUND A HUNDRED THOUSAND ROUGHLY.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR, SO BASICALLY IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY SETTLEMENT OR CONCLUSION, THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
UH, THE BREAKDOWN FOR ALL THE LEGAL SERVICES BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT, UH, TAKES US THROUGH THE SERVICES RENDERED THROUGH JUNE.
SO THESE ARE SERVICES RENDERED THROUGH THE MONTH OF JUNE OF 2026.
SO THIS MORE AFTER JUNE, BECAUSE WHEN NOT JULY, UH, WHAT IT, IT'S SO DIFFICULT TO GAUGE HOW MUCH JULY OR AUGUST WILL BE.
'CAUSE IT DEPENDS UPON THE SERVICES THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR OUR, UM, LEGAL, LEGAL COUNSEL.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU FOR LIKE THE MONTH OF MAY, UM, TO JUNE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR COMPARISON.
SO ON THE OF JUNE, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY ALMOST DOUBLE THAT OF MAY.
UH, SO AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW JULY MIGHT THE OUTCOME FOR JULY, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT IF, UM, THE LITIGATING MATTERS WERE, SAY, SETTLED, THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING ABOUT MAYBE NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED THOUSAND, MAYBE 50,000 RECURRING COSTS.
UH, THEN YEAH, THE, BECAUSE UH, JUST TO SEE THE $1.23 MILLION JUST FOR ATTORNEY FEE, THAT IS PRETTY YES.
AND I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
OKAY, THERE'S PAPERS TO PAPERS, THIS AND THAT.
BUT WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, WE REALLY NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION OKAY.
AND, UH, TO GET THIS THING SETTLED.
I MEAN, ALL THESE ISSUES FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, DRAMA, ALL THAT STUFF AT THE END, THE ONLY ONE WHO WINS ARE THE ATTORNEYS.
I MEAN, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.
I MEAN, IT'S KINDA LIKE A DIVORCE AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE ATTORNEYS ARE COLLECTING ALL THESE MONEY AND IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S SAD BECAUSE I KNOW, I MEAN, I, AND I'M PRETTY SURE MOST OF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT OUR CITY, PROTECT OUR, OUR, OUR GENERAL FUND.
I MEAN, IT IS A TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
UM, IF THERE'S ANY WAY, I MEAN, I WISH THIS CAN ALL CEASE.
UM, I WISH THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH THESE LITIGATIONS.
UM, IF THERE'S A WAY TO STOP THE BLEEDING, I'M FOR IT.
I MEAN, I'M WILLING TO JUST END THIS AND JUST LET'S MOVE FORWARD.
UM, IF THE PUBLIC HAS, YOU KNOW, IF THE
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PUBLIC WANTS TO HELP AND ASSIST WITH THIS, BY ALL MEANS WE'RE FOR IT.AND, UM, BUT I JUST, YEAH, I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THESE ONGOING COSTS IS GONNA, IT, IT HURTS, IT HURTS MOST PEOPLE.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT THINKING OF THE CITY AS A WHOLE.
UM, AND SO I JUST, YEAH, AGAIN, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO NEGOTIATE WORK AROUND THIS AND JUST END THIS TO, TO STOP.
SO WITH THIS, I KNOW THIS REQUESTING ADDITIONAL THREE 48,000, UM, THAT'S ONLY FOR UNTIL JUNE.
THAT MEANS WE'RE STILL RACKING UP ADDITIONAL FEES AND THE COST, CORRECT? YES.
WE ARE REQUESTING 424,000 THAT'LL TAKE US ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL LEGAL SERVICES THAT WE ARE AWARE OF NOW.
SO KAREN, WHEN YOU SAY ONE-TIME FEES, WHAT, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHEN I'M REFERRING TO ONE TIME FEES IS LIKE, UH, A LITIGATION MATTER THAT'S KIND OF A ONE-TIME ITEM.
IT'S NOT A REOCCURRING MATTER THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M REFERRING TO.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT I DON'T KNOW.
UM, SO NOW ATTORNEY, UM, SO ON LET'S SAY, UH, A ONE WEEK PERIOD, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU, UM, HAVE TO HAVE A LITIGATION, UH, HAVE TO GO TO COURT FOR LITIGATION THAT WOULD COST THE CITY A ONE-TIME FEE? SO I THINK WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF AS GOING TO COURT, WHICH IS WHEN AN ATTORNEY LIKE MYSELF PHYSICALLY STANDS IN A COURTROOM, IS ACTUALLY RELATIVELY RARE.
UM, WHAT MOST OF IT IS, IS, UH, RESPONDING TO EITHER MAKING WRITTEN REQUESTS TO THE COURT OR RESPONDING TO WRITTEN REQUESTS THAT ARE MADE BY THE OTHER SIDE.
THAT HAPPENS VERY FREQUENTLY IN THE CURRENT LITIGATION.
UM, YOU, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MULTIPLE FILINGS IN A GIVEN MONTH THAT WE HAVE TO ASSESS AND WE HAVE TO DETERMINE WHETHER WE NEED TO RESPOND TO THEM.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER THINGS WHERE WE MIGHT NEED TO MAKE OUR OWN MOTION, UM, YOU KNOW, TO ASK THE COURT FOR RELIEF OURSELVES.
UM, SO THAT'S WHAT MOST OF IT IS, IS THE LEGAL, THE LEGAL DRAFTING AND THE LEGAL WRITING TO MAKE PRESENT ARGUMENTS TO THE COURT IN WRITING.
SO NOW, IN A WEEK, LET'S SAY, HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO EMAILS OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU NEED TO RESPOND TO? I'LL MAKE IT EASY.
I MEAN, I, I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH, IT, IT, IT DEPENDS ON THE WEEK.
UM, IN THE MONTH OF JULY, UH, THERE WAS A PUBLIC COMMENTER WHO MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, SOME FILINGS THAT WERE IN THE SHOEMAKER MATTER.
WE HAD TO MAKE SOME FILINGS FOR THE SHOEMAKER MATTER.
UM, AND THEN THE FILINGS THAT WE WERE MAKING, THE, THE MOTIONS WERE, UH, ULTIMATELY WITHDRAWN BY, UH, THE OPPOSING PARTY.
I THINK THE SECOND WEEK OF JULY WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY LIGHT IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT LITIGATION FOR THE CITY.
UH, LAST WEEK, UM, THERE WAS A FILING BY PLAINTIFF THAT THE COURT ORDERED US TO RESPOND TO ON A THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AND WE HAD TO FILE A RESPONSE BY MONDAY.
UM, SO THAT WAS A VERY, UH, HIGH AMOUNT OF WORK IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.
WE HAD TO TURN AROUND AND FILE THAT BY LAST MONDAY.
UM, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE COURT ULTIMATELY MADE THERE MORE PAPERS THAT ARE FILED.
UM, WE HAVE TO READ THE RULING AND UNDERSTAND THE RULING.
UM, IN THAT CASE, THE PLAINTIFF FOLLOWED, FILED A FOLLOW UP MOTION, WHICH IS CALLED A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION, BECAUSE THE PLAINTIFF DIDN'T AGREE WITH WHAT THE COURT HAD SAID.
UM, WITHIN 24 HOURS, THE COURT TURNED AROUND AND DENIED THAT.
UM, SO YOU KNOW THAT LIKE IN THE PAST 10 DAYS, THERE'S BEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
UM, ULTIMATELY THE CITY PREVAILED ON THOSE MOTIONS.
UH, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO.
EVERY TIME SOMEONE FILES SOMETHING, WE'RE REQUIRED TO RESPOND.
AND, UM, AND ARE THERE MULTIPLE ATTORNEYS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS? YES, I AM THE PRIMARY HANDLING ATTORNEY FOR THE CITY VERSUS GUTIERREZ MATTER.
THE JOHN DOE VERSUS CITY MATTER.
UM, AND THEN I WAS HANDLING SOME ISSUES, UH, WITH A SUBPOENA THAT WAS ISSUED IN THE DOE VERSUS SHOEMAKER MATTER.
UM, THAT'S I THINK, THE BULK OF THE LEGAL PLAN THAT YOU'RE SEEING.
THERE'S ALSO THE CAPELLI MATTER, WHICH IS AN ONGOING LITIGATION MATTER, WHICH IS IN THE RELATIVELY EARLY STAGES.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER ATTORNEY FROM BUCKHALTER, JENNIFER MSIT, WHO WAS THE PRIMARY ATTORNEY, ATTORNEY HANDLING THAT MATTER.
UM, BUT THAT, LIKE I SAID, IS PROBABLY NOT THE BULK OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER ATTORNEYS THAT SUPPORT ME IN MY WORK AND SUPPORT JENNIFER MSIT HER WORK, AND THAT'S HOW WE GET BILLED.
BASED ON HOW MANY HANDS TOUCH IT, HOW MANY PEOPLE RESPOND TO IT.
UH, DO YOU, I KNOW WE HAVE THE, THE SET BILLING HOURLY RATE, BUT LIKE WHEN YOU GET THESE, UH, COURT STUFF WHERE IT SAYS YOU NEED TO RESPOND BY MONDAY BY FIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, DO, IS THERE, ARE WE CHARGED MORE? UM, BECAUSE IT'S A RUSH EXPEDITED
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COST AND THEN WORKING ON THE WEEKENDS, UM, BECAUSE HAVING TO DO THIS, JUST AS I KNOW WE HAD TO DO THAT.UM, IS THERE ADDITIONAL, LIKE, ARE WE CHARGED MORE FOR WHEN THOSE THINGS THAT COME UP? UM, INSTEAD OF LIKE THE STANDARD TIME WHEN WE HAVE THAT TIMEFRAME? NO.
FOR, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, IF A CAR SALESMAN SELLS CARS AS AN ATTORNEY, I SELL MY TIME AND MY TIME COSTS THE SAME NO MATTER WHETHER IT'S ON A NIGHT OR A WEEKEND OR ANY TIME.
UM, SO THERE'S NO OVER OVERAGE OR OVERTIME CHARGE OR HOLIDAY CHARGE BECAUSE I WORK ON A WEEKEND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I MEAN, NEVERTHELESS, THESE CHARGES KEEP RACKING UP.
UM, AND I MEAN, I, I JUST HOPE THAT EVERYTHING CAN BE SETTLED.
UM, HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING CAN BE FIXED.
UM, I JUST DON'T WANT THIS TO COME BACK TO US AND ASK FOR MORE ATTORNEY FEES.
COUNCILMAN WU, I HAVE A THANK YOU.
MAY I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION? SAID ANYTHING? I KNOW WE HAVE A-J-P-I-A INSURANCE COMPANY.
IS THAT COVERED BY THE JPIA OR THIS LAWSUIT OR THE OT STRING OR LAWSUIT? ESPECIALLY THE INTERNAL ONE? UH, CURRENTLY I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
SO BASICALLY, NO MATTER HOW MU HOW HIGH IT GO, IT'S ALL GOING TO OUR, WELL, WE ARE, UM, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH CAL JPA TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME FORM OF REIMBURSEMENT, BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, CONFIRMATION.
SO I, I WOULD'VE TO SAY NO RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE ARE WORKING ON, UH, CHATTING WITH CAL JPIA TO SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME FORM OF REIMBURSEMENT, SOME OF THESE LEGAL, LEGAL EXPENSES.
UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND ALL THIS IS FROM MY GENERAL FUND.
I AM, UM, YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
TO PROTECT OUR CITY, IT'S FOR LEGAL SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
JUST HAVE A COMMENT, BUT I DON'T NEED THEIR ANSWER ANYMORE.
YOU GUYS CAN HAVE A SEAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO HAVE A COMMENT.
I THINK, UH, I THINK MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THIS.
I THINK WE ALL SIT OVER HERE A CITY COUNCIL.
AND NO MATTER WE HAVE AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT, BUT WE OKAY.
ONCE UPON TIME, WE ALL FRIEND.
SO WE CAN MAYBE TALK THIS THROUGH AND, UH, REALLY TO HAVE A, UM, SOME KIND OF A MEDIATION OR SOMETHING.
WE CAN SIT DOWN OR MAYBE ATTORNEY OR SOMETHING.
WE, WE TALK THROUGH, HOW CAN WE BOTH SIDES MAYBE LOOK INTO SOME KIND OF SETTLEMENT OR DRAFT THIS ON, IF THAT POSSIBLE SO WE DON'T HAVE TO IMPOSE ANYTHING, AND THEN WE CAN WORK IT OUT WITH THE ANYTHING BOTH I CAN AGREE UPON ABOUT ANY OF THE TINY ISSUE OR A DETAIL.
WHAT WE CAN DO TO, TO STOP THIS, OKAY.
CONTINUE ACCUMULATOR ATTORNEY FEE.
AND THAT, THAT'S MY SUGGESTION.
IF, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN AGREE UPON THAT, LET'S WORK IT THROUGH AND THAT I THINK OUR JOBS OVER HERE IS, UH, WORK ON OUR CT.
THE ISSUE, THE WELLBEING, ANY MATTER, NO MATTER WHAT DISTRICT WITH THIS, OUR CITY, LET'S WORK TOGETHER, OKAY.
WORK ON OUR CT ISSUE AND SET ASIDE ALL THIS KIND OF A DIFFERENT, OR THIS, THAT MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME ISSUE.
MAYBE IT'S NOT, BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I THINK IF WE CAN ALL KIND OF WORK TOGETHER AND LET'S FOCUS ON THE CITY BUSINESS AND STOP THIS ATTORNEY IF HE CONTINUE ACCUMULATE AND, AND THE IMPULSE TO OUR GENERAL FUND.
SO THIS IS MY SUGGESTION, I HOPE, UH, WE CAN GO, WE CAN WORK ON IT TOGETHER.
SO THE, I WILL SWALLOW ANYTHING, ANY PRIDE, ANYTHING TO SIT DOWN OKAY.
AND TO, TO GET THIS THING OKAY.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, CONCERNS? UM, IS THERE A MOTION? I REALLY DON'T WANNA MOVE THIS MOTION.
I'M GONNA MOVE THE MOTION WE NEED TO, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL.
HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING A BUDGET.
A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR LEGAL SERVICES.
[8) PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 ASSESSMENT FOR THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT]
ONTO, UH, PUBLIC HEARING NOW.UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 26 27.
ASSESSMENT FOR THE WEST COA, CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
THERE'LL BE FIRST, UH, THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
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WE'LL SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.UM, MR. MILAN, WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
IT'LL BE OUR CAP PROJECT MANAGER, ROBERT ORTEGA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS TODAY WE INVITED CHARMAINE FROM WEB ASSOCIATES, WHO'S GONNA BE PROVIDING A BRIEF, UM, UPDATE ON THEIR ASSESSMENT FOR THE LMDS.
UM, THE FIRST ITEM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, IS FOR THE CITYWIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
THE REVENUES COLLECTED PAY FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE STREETLIGHTS, UH, STREET TREE TRIMMING, THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF DEAD TREES, AND THE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF LIGHTS, HARDSCAPE, AND SIDEWALK REPAIR.
UH, THE PROPOSED INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR, UM, 26 27 IS 2%.
UH, INCREASING THE RATE OVER LAST FISCAL YEAR BY $1 AND 22 CENTS, RESULTING IN A RATE OF $62 AND 42 CENTS PER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS FOR THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBERS FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN.
THE DISTRICTS PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING LANDSCAPING.
THE INSTALLATION, OH, WE'RE STAYING ON NUMBER EIGHT.
I'M NOT GOING, I HAVE TO STAY ON NUMBER EIGHT.
THESE ARE FOUR STEP PUBLIC HEARINGS.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING THROUGH SECTION FOUR STEP REPUBLIC HEARINGS.
OPEN PUBLIC HEARING CLOSE, AND THEN WE'LL VOTE THREE.
WELL, THIS IS JUST NUMBER EIGHT.
WE'RE ONLY ON THE, THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT FOR NUMBER EIGHT.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS BY STAFF FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS.
DO WE VOTE ON IT OR, YEAH, WELL, WE JUST WAIT, THERE'S A PROCESS, THERE'S A STEP.
DO YOU TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC? THAT'S JUST, I'M JUST ASKING.
WELL, UH, MADAM CITY CLERK, UH, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN PROTEST OR OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNING THE WEST CITYWIDE LIGHTING, UH, AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT? NO, I HAVE NOT.
ARE THEY THERE SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO.
MAYOR, I HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS ON THIS ITEM.
SO I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE HEARING, ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, UM, ROLL CALL.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN COUNCILMAN WU, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 26 27 ASSESSMENT FOR THE WEST COVINA, CITY WIDE LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT.
MOTION PASSES NOW TO AUTO ITEM NUMBER
[9) PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 ASSESSMENTS FOR WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS 4, 6 AND 7]
NINE, WHICH IS THE PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 26 27 ASSESSMENT FOR WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN.UM, THIS MATTER IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, AT THIS TIME I'LL OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING IN THE WEST COVENA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER 4, 6 7, AND THERE WILL BE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE'LL, WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC, THE CITY MANAGER WHO'S MAKING THE REPORT, AND WE'LL HAVE THE CONSULTANT AGAIN PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, THESE NEIGHBORHOOD SPECIFIC DISTRICTS PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF EXISTING LANDSCAPING.
UH, THE INSTALLATION OF, UH, THE INSTALLATION AND PLANTING OF LANDSCAPING, UH, PUBLIC LIGHTING FACILITIES, REMOVAL OF TR, REMOVAL OF, UH, TRIMMINGS RUBBISH DEBRIS, AND OTHER SOLID WASTE AND GRAFFITI REMOVAL.
THE RATES FOR THESE DISTRICTS ARE AT THE MAXIMUM, AND SO THERE WILL BE NO INCREASE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26, 27.
SO, UH, CITY CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN PROTESTS, OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THE LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS WITHIN THE WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN? NO MAYOR AND I ALSO HAVE NO SPEAKER SLIPS, NO SPEAKERS.
SO I'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE HEARING AND ASK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.
ADOPT THE RESOLUTION CONFIRMING THE ENGINEER'S REPORT AND THE ASSESSMENT CONTAINING THE REPORT OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN.
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CONFIRM, I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WA SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING.ITEM NUMBER NINE, REGARDING FISCAL YEAR 26 27 ASSESSMENTS FOR WEST CONA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS FOUR, SIX, AND SEVEN.
20 26 73, 20 26 74, AND 20 26 75.
[10) PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE COLLECTION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED REPORT]
ITEM NUMBER 10, UH, PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE COLLECTION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED REPORT.SO THIS MATTER SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR AUTHORIZING THE COLLECTION OF THE ANNUAL SEWER SERVICE CHARGE THROUGH THE COUNTY TAX BILL.
AT THIS TIME, I SHALL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE.
THERE WILL BE FIRST THE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT, THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND, UH, SHE'S MAKING SHALL BE MAKING THE REPORT.
ALL RIGHT, ONTO ITEM 10, UH, REPORT PROCEED.
UM, THE CITYWIDE SEWER REVENUES PAY FOR THE ROUTINE VIDEO INSPECTIONS, JETTING CLEANING, THE REHABILITATION REPLACEMENT OF THE SEWER, MAINLINES, AND EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT.
UM, THE DISTRICT RATES ARE AT THEIR MAXIMUM.
UH, SO THERE IS NO PROPOSED INCREASE FOR THIS YEAR, AND THE MAXIMUM RATE IS $82 AND 2 CENTS.
ANY QUESTIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, UH, CITY CLERK, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN PROTEST OBJECTIONS, COMMENTS REGARDING THIS? NO, MA'AM.
UH, SO THERE'S NO SPEAKERS MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND THEN THERE'S A SECOND.
CAN I GET CONFIRMATION ON THE SECOND PLEASE? UH, MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS.
A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS TO APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING.
ITEM NUMBER 10, REGARDING THE WEST COVINA CITYWIDE SEWER SERVICE CHARGE COLLECTION METHOD AND ASSOCIATED REPORT, RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26 67.
[11) PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 2026-27 ASSESSMENT]
11, PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR 26 27.SO THIS IS A TIME SET FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION THAT LEAVES THE LEVI'S, THE ASSESSMENT OF THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AREA FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27.
I NOW DECLARE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
ALL PERSONS WHO DESIRE TO BE HEARD WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY PORTION OF THIS HEARING.
WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AND THE ORGANIZATION, IF ANY, WHICH YOU'RE REPRESENTING AT THIS HEARING.
THEY'LL FIRST BE PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT, THEN WE SHALL HEAR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
UH, CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT, UM, FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
UM, PROJECT TEAM GERARDO ROJAS, PROCEED.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, A RESOLUTION SEEKING A CONFIRMED THE ANNUAL REPORT FILED BY THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA ASSOCIATION BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND LEVINE ANNUAL ASSESSMENT THAT WILL BE PLACED ON THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY TAX ROLLS FOR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR.
I'M SORRY, IS THE POWERPOINT NOT UP? COULD I REQUEST IT HELP UP HERE? I SEE IT TRYING, BUT IT'S NOT, YEAH, IT'S JUST FLICKERING ALWAYS TECHNOLOGY.
CAN YOU CLICK ON THE LITTLE SCREEN? I KNOW IT'S TRYING.
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WE'RE GOOD.IT'S NOT GONNA BE A MIDNIGHT MEETING OR 2:00 AM YES, WE ARE
SEE HARMONY MANY 2:00 AM YOU SEND HARMONY.
UM, THE AUTO PLAZA BID IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN DEALERSHIPS.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED FOR THE READER BOARD SIGN, AND THE SHARED MARKETING FOR THE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS.
SINCE THAT TIME, THE SIGN HAS BEEN REPLACED AND UPGRADED TO AN LED SIGN.
THE ASSESSMENT THAT YOU WILL VOTE ON TONIGHT WILL GO TOWARDS INSURANCE, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, ELECTRICITY, AND OTHER COSTS COST.
THIS IS THE DISTRICT MAP OF DIFFERENT BENEFIT ZONES AND INCLUDES THE FORMER ENVISION TOYOTA OF WEST COVINA, NORMIES HONDA, TESLA WEST COVINA PERFORMANCE FORD ENVISION MERCEDES-BENZ OF WEST COVINA, AUDI OF WEST COVINA.
AND LASTLY, THE FORMER DRIVE TIME SITE.
IN ORDER TO PLACE AND COMPLETE THE ASSESSMENT, A SERIES OF BENCHMARKS HAVE TO OCCUR.
FIRST, THE AUTO PLAZA ADVISORY BOARD MET ON JUNE 18TH, 2026, WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED THE BUDGET AND VOTED TO APPROVE THE ANNUAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27.
ON JULY 7TH, 2026, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO LEVY ASSESSMENT FOR THE, UH, LEVY, THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND SET THE DATE AND TIME FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS EVENING.
TONIGHT WE'RE PROPOSING THE ANNUAL REPORT, WHICH WE CAN CONFIRM AND LEVY THE ASSESSMENT AS PART OF THE RESOLUTION.
THE ANNUAL REPORT INCLUDES A TOTAL BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 27 OF $121,168, WITH AN ASSESSMENT OF 16,524, WHICH WILL BE APPLIED PER DEALERSHIP SITE.
THE ASSESSMENT WILL GO TOWARDS ANNUAL EXPENSES, INCLUDING THE COST OF MAINTENANCE, ELECTRICITY, PROGRAMMING, AND INSURANCE FOR THE READER BOARD, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, WHICH TOTALS 60,750 FOR THE AUTO PLAZA.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE LOAN PROVIDED TO THE AUTO PLAZA, BID, BY THE CITY, HAS BEEN PAID OFF AS OF LAST MONTH.
THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORT AND I'M, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES.
UM, IS THE, THE FEE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING, IS THAT SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN THAT AREA OR MAINTAIN A SIGN THAT IS SUFFICIENT? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, CITY MADAM CITY CLERK, DID YOU RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS REGARDING THE WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT? NO, MA'AM.
NOR DO I HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS.
SO AT THIS TIME, UH, WELL, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE ANY TESTIMONY FROM THE SPEAKERS, SO I'LL CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE HEARING AND ASK FOR ADDITIONAL COUNCIL MEMBER DISCUSSION.
THERE'S A MO MOTION AND A SECOND.
I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 11, PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER WEST COVIN, WEST COVINA AUTO PLAZA BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 78.
MOTION PASSES ON TO DEPARTMENTAL.
[12) PRESENTATION ON WEBSITE UPDATE EXPANDING PUBLIC ACCESS]
OH, ITEM NUMBER 12, PRESENTATION ON WEBSITE UPDATE.CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
IT TO PULL UP THE, I THINK THEY MIGHT NEED YOU BACK THERE TO OPEN IT UP.
THEY'RE GONNA PULL UP THE PRESENTATION.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND WEST COVINA RESIDENTS.
I AM WILL TRUJILLO, NOT RAMOS CITY'S IT MANAGER.
I'M EXCITED TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY DOC ACCESS BY CIVIC PLUS A POWERFUL NEW SOLUTION THAT MAKES ALL DOCUMENTS ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, A DA COMPLIANT.
WE HAVE RECENTLY MADE OVER 2,884 PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS THROUGH THE NEW DOC ACCESS A DA SOLUTION, GIVING THE COMMUNITY EASIER WAYS TO READ, SEARCH, TRANSLATE, AND UNDERSTAND CITY INFORMATION ONLINE.
TO SHOW YOU A LIVE DEMONSTRATION, OUR CITY, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMA, WILL BE SHOWING YOU THE ON THE PROJECTOR, HOW THIS SOLUTION WORKS.
ROXANNE, GO AHEAD AND BRING UP THE 2027 BUDGET DOCUMENT EXAMPLE WE'LL BE USING FOR TONIGHT'S DEMONSTRATION.
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BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT SHE SELECTED FROM OUR WEBSITE, UH, WITH DOC ACCESS, YOU CAN RAPIDLY CONVERT DOCUMENTS TO HTML TRANSCRIPTS IN THE 2027 BUDGET DOCUMENT THAT YOU SEE THERE.UM, YOU'LL SEE ON TOP WHERE IT SAYS PRINT FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSCRIPT VIEW.
UH, YOU CAN TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THEM TO ACTIVATE.
ONCE THE DOC ACCESS IS ACTIVATED ON THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, NEW AND EXISTING PDFS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AUTOMATICALLY OPEN AND IT MOBILE FRIENDLY DOC ACCESS VIEW.
RESIDENTS CAN ALSO USE THE PRINT FRIENDLY VERSION OF THE HTML TRANSCRIPT, WHICH INCLUDES DETAILED ALT TEXT FOR IMAGES DOC ACCESS ALLOWS YOU TO ALIGN TRICKY DOCUMENTS TO WCAG 2.1 AA STANDARDS.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON PAGE FOUR OF THE 2027 BUDGET, ROXANNE, GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON THE ACCESSIBLE TRANSCRIPT VIEW AND YOU'LL SEE THE SIGNATURE CHANGE TO A TYPED OUT NAME.
UH, CLICK BACK TO THE PRINT FRIENDLY VIEW AND GO DOWN TO PAGE SEVEN.
THEN TURN ON THE ACCESSIBLE TRANSCRIPT VIEW TO HAVE THE PIE CHART GET CONVERTED INTO CATEGORIES FOR AN EASIER READ.
THE CITYWIDE REVENUE BY CATEGORY PIE CHART IS NOW LISTED BY CATEGORY ON THE LEFT AND PERCENTAGES ON THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN NOW EASILY READ THE PROPERTY TAX CATEGORY AND THE 33% TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THIS IS ON PAGE EIGHT, UM, TOGGLE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE PRINT FRIENDLY AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSCRIPT VIEW.
TO HAVE THE PIE CHARTS CONVERTED INTO EASY TO READ CATEGORIES, YOU CAN NOW EASILY READ THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS CATEGORY AND THE 49% TO THE RIGHT OF IT.
DOC ACCESS ALSO TRANSLATES TO 250 PLUS LANGUAGES ON ANY PAGE.
GO AHEAD AND CLICK TRANS THE TRANSLATE OPTION ON THE RIGHT TOOLBAR TO CHANGE THE LANGUAGE TO OF THE DOCUMENT.
UH, CLICK ON SPANISH TO SHOW THE DOCUMENT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DOCUMENT NOW IS IN SPANISH.
THEN CLICK ON THE ENGLISH, UM, OPTION TO CHANGE IT BACK IN REAL TIME.
AND LIKE MENTIONED IT'S, IT, IT HAS ABOUT 250 DIFFERENT LANGUAGES YOU CAN TOGGLE BETWEEN DOC ACCESS ALSO HAS A BUILT IN ASK QUESTION TOOL ON ANY PAGE.
GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON THE ASK A QUESTION OPTION ON THE RIGHT TOOLBAR TO TYPE IN A QUESTION.
ROXANNE, PLEASE TYPE IN WHO IS ON THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT CAN SEARCH THE DOCUMENT AND PROVIDE YOU WITH AN ANSWER.
THE ANSWER WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED IN THE DOCUMENT AND THE RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION WILL BE SHOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ASK QUESTION TOOL.
DOC AXIS ALSO HAS A DOCUMENT OUTLINE TOOL FOR EASY NAVIGATION THROUGHOUT THE DOCUMENT ON ANY PAGE, GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON THE DOCUMENT OUTLINE OPTION ON THE RIGHT TOOLBAR TO VIEW THE IN INTERACTIVE DOCUMENT OUTLINE.
THIS ALLOWS YOU TO QUICKLY JUMP BETWEEN SECTIONS OF THE DOCUMENT, MINIMIZING, SCROLLING, AND ALIGNS TO A DA REQUIREMENTS.
LASTLY, DOC AXIS HAS A 30 MINUTE, SORRY, 30 MINUTE FREE LIVE DISABILITY ASSISTANCE THROUGH IRA, THE WORLD'S LEADING VISUAL INTERPRETING PLATFORM ON ANY PAGE.
GO AHEAD AND CLICK ON THE DISABILITY ASSISTANCE OPTION ON THE RIGHT TOOLBAR TO GET THE INFORMATION TO CONNECT VIA PHONE, WEB BROWSER, OR THE IRA APPLICATION.
AND THIS COVERS ALL OF THE MAJOR TOOLS.
DOC ACCESS HAS TO OFFER OUR RESIDENCE.
UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY AMAZING AND UH, SO THANK YOU TO YOU AND THE IT TEAM FOR ALL THE UPDATES AND KEEPING UP WITH THE TIMES AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR ALL OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, I GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I THINK WE TALK ABOUT SMART CITY, WE WANT TO, WE IMPROVE THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
IT'S EVEN OUR OFFICE CLOSE FRIDAY OR SATURDAY, SUNDAY, BUT THEY STILL CAN GO ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE TO GET SERVICE, RIGHT? THIS IS I THINK THE IDEA.
RIGHT? SO AT THE NIGHTTIME, OKAY.
WHEN THEY ARE RESTING AND THEY IN BED, THEY CAN JUST TYPE IN AND CHECK ALL THE INFORMATION, FOR EXAMPLE.
UH, WELL, WHEN THEIR SWEEP SWEET SWEEPER WILL COME MM-HMM
WHEN THEIR TRASH WILL ARRIVE TO PICK UP SO THEY CAN TYPE IN AND SEE ON THEIR ADDRESS.
THIS JUST MAKES IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR OUR A DA RESIDENTS.
YEAH, BUT MY POINT IS INCLUDING
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A DA INCLUDING THE YES.THEY BASICALLY CAN CHECK ANY INFORMATION RATHER THAN CODE THE CD HALL DURING THE BUSINESS HOUR, THEY CAN JUST ONLINE CHECKING.
SO THE SOLUTION TRANSLATES ALL OUR DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON THE WEBSITE, MAKING IT MORE A DA, UH, COMPLIANT.
SO, SO YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE A LOT OF SENIOR OR A LOT OF PEOPLE CHECKING ALL INFORMATION, INCLUDING LAST TIME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, I KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, THIS WILL BE OFF THE SUBJECT, BUT STILL THE WEBSITE ABOUT SERVICE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE A VENDOR IN OUR EVENT AND THEY CAN APPLY.
THEY HAVE FORMS SET UP FOR THAT.
AND THAT FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT JULY 4TH OR NOT JULY 4TH PASS.
THEN WE HAVE, UH, SOME OTHER EVENT COMING UP.
AND, UH, AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY WILL RESPOND BACK TO THEM.
THE FORM, THE FORMS ARE SET UP TO GO TO THE, UH, DEPARTMENT ACCORDINGLY.
AND CAN THEY PAY ONLINE? CAN THEY PAY? OKAY.
ON OUR WEBSITE, IS THIS STILL AVAILABLE? DEPENDING, DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY NEED TO PAY FOR.
AND HOW ABOUT BUILDING A SAFETY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO APPLY, CAN THEY SOME CT THEY ALREADY, EVERYTHING IS IS PAPERLESS.
THEY CAN JUST GO ONLINE AND THEY WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT.
OH, YOU'RE STILL WORKING ON THAT
I'VE BEEN FINDING ALL THE WAY TRY TO POK INTO GET YOU LIKE, I DONE THIS, DONE THIS, BOOM.
THAT'S A BIG, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
BECAUSE A LOT PEOPLE WANT TO DO A-A-P-U-A-D-A, SOME PEOPLE ALREADY APPLY AND THEY WANT TO DO THEIR PROCESS AND EVERYTHING ONLINE SEEN.
THE PROCESS, THE PROCEDURE, HOW LONG IT TAKE.
RATHER THAN THEY EMAIL US WHY SUCH A DELAY? SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S A CUSTOMER SERVICE.
AND SMART CITY IS, RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING IS ONLINE AND HOPEFULLY CLOUD AND THIS AND THAT.
AND HOW HOPEFULLY UNDER YOUR WATCH, I THINK YOU'RE DOING GREAT JOB AND WE'RE ON IT.
WE'RE ON IT AND YOU PUT IT TOGETHER.
HOPEFULLY THAT THAT CAN BE DONE AND PEOPLE CAN JUST PAY.
AND MAYBE THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR PLAN OKAY.
THEY CAN REVIEW IT EVEN DURING THE WEEKEND.
WILL, THANK YOU FOR BEING USER-FRIENDLY.
UM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE MAYOR PRO CONCHOS WHO WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING.
UM, MR. TRUJILLO, THAT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT.
I I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU, UM, EARLIER YOU WERE ASKING THE A DA COORDINATOR AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER TO, TO CLICK ON THINGS BY USING THE MOUSE.
SO, UH, THIS JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE, JUST I THINK I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT JUST FOR FOLKS WHO ARE WATCHING, UH, IF, IF, UH, FOLKS NAVIGATED BY WAY OF THE KEYBOARD AND NOT USING THE MOUSE, IT WOULD STILL BE ACCESSIBLE AND THEY COULD TAB OVER TO, TO THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND IF IT ENTERED TO SELECT AND SO FORTH.
AND IT ALSO MAKES IT, UM, VERY EASY FOR YOUR SPEECH APPLICATION TO USE.
IS THERE ANY AUDIO FEATURE WITHIN THE SITE ITSELF, LET'S SAY TO CLICK ON ANYTHING FOR, FOR THE SITE ITSELF TO READ THE AUDIO YES.
FEATURE ON THE SITE ITSELF? NO.
YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE SPEECH APPLICATION ON YOUR PHONE OR ON YOUR COMPUTER.
LIKE, SO WHETHER IT'S JAWS OR IF IT'S OVER ON THE IPHONE, BUT IT STILL WILL WORK WITH YES, IT WORKS WITH ALL OF THEM.
AND IT'S COMPLIANT WITH, WITH, UM, THE WEB CONTENT ACCESSIBILITY, UH, GUIDELINES.
IT'S, THERE'S SO MANY PLACES THAT DON'T DO THIS AND THIS FOR US TO DO THIS.
I, I JUST CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU, HAVING WORKED ON THESE ISSUES AT A NATIONAL LEVEL FOR DECADES TO SEE THIS IN OUR HOMETOWN, IT IS SUCH A SOURCE OF PRIDE.
IT'S JUST SO APPRECIATIVE TO YOU WILL AND THE TEAM FOR, FOR ALL OF THIS.
UH, THE LAST QUESTION IS, WHAT ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE VIDEOS, UH, LET'S, LET'S SAY, UH, OUR, OUR MULTIMEDIA FOLKS, UH, PUT ON, PUT VIDEOS ON THE WEBSITE.
IS THERE YET, OR COULD THERE BE A, A, AN AI SORT OF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE VIDEOS SHOW? OR HOW, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? I KNOW THIS IS DOC ACCESSIBILITY, SO YOU MAY NOT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING JUST GENERALLY AT LEAST TO WE HAVE CLOSED CAPTION ON YOUTUBE.
SO THERE'S ALREADY CLOSED CAPTIONING THAT'S ALREADY AUTOMATED.
SO, SO THAT'S ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING.
AND THEN WE HAVE IT IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ALSO.
SO IT'S IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ON TOP OF THAT.
AND IS THERE, UM, IF YOU CAN, UM, THIS THE ANSWER TO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO ASK MIGHT BE NO, BUT JUST TO ASK, IS THERE A WAY TO, TO LOOK INTO, UH, UH, AN AI AUDIO DESCRIPTION OF VIDEOS THAT WE PUT UP, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE THERE THAT COULD ACTUALLY, UM, INCREASE VISUAL ACCESS, UH, FOR PEOPLE WHO AREN'T ABLE TO SEE THE VIDEOS, BUT WHO WANT TO EN ENJOY THE VISUAL CONTENT TOO.
SO IF YOU COULD LOOK INTO THAT, THAT WOULD, WE COULD DO THAT.
THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY INCREDIBLE FOR US.
PRESS RELEASE WAS OH YEAH, I REMEMBER THE PRESS RELEASE OUT.
BUT, UM, SO, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS, FEEL FREE TO TEST IT OUT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY KEYS AND, UH, LET US KNOW.
BUT I, I AM GLAD TO HEAR THAT HE'S HAPPY.
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IS NEW, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO SOME MORE RESEARCH ON IT AND WE'LL HAVE LIKE SOME BETTER STUFF FOR YOU.AND YOU, YOU MENTIONED IRA FOR THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
IRA IS LITERALLY ONE OF THE BEST COMPANIES THAT PROVIDES A HUMAN CONTACT WITH PEOPLE WHO CAN ACTUALLY HELP, HELP WITH ANYTHING THAT FOLKS ARE STUCK WITH.
SO YOU GET 30 MINUTES FOR FREE MM-HMM
WITH, WITH WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE ONLINE.
UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES, IT'S, IT'S GREAT TO SEE, UH, THAT OUR WEBSITE IS A DA COMPLIANT AND, UH, BEING ABLE TO SEE ALL THOSE NEW ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES, I THINK WILL MAKE A HUGE IMPACT FOR SURE, UH, TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK OUR, UH, AS WE WORK TOWARDS A BETTER TOMORROW, I THINK OUR CITY CONTINUES TO LEAD WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO A DO BETTER EVERY DAY TO BECOME MORE AND MORE COMPLIANT WITH THE ADA.
A SO TO SEE THIS STEP TAKEN, UH, IS REMARKABLE.
SO I, AND I KNOW YOU'VE WORKED VERY HARD ON THAT WILL, SO THANK YOU.
JUST TO PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT, THIS WAS DUE APRIL, 2027 AND WE ACTUALLY LAUNCHED EARLY.
THAT JUST SHOWS, UH, KUDOS TO THE, UH, IT DEPARTMENT AND THE ONE LEADING IT, IT MANAGER, UH, NO, IT'S RECEIVING FILE.
UH, UNLESS MOTIONS MADE TO DIRECT STAFF.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
ITEM NUMBER 13, PRESENTATION ON PROPOSED PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.UH, CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT.
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMA WILL PRESENT TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE MAYOR HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
UM, WE WERE ASKED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE.
WE'RE IN OUR FINAL STAGES TO BRING BACK A FINAL DRAFT OF A PARKS IMMIGRATION MASTER PLAN FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
BUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TONIGHT IS HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE KEY FEATURES OF THIS PLAN.
UM, PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SOLICIT FEEDBACK IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS THAT PERHAPS WE MAY HAVE MISSED.
UM, AND THEN OF COURSE, LIKE I SAID, BRING IT BACK FOR, UM, A, A PROPOSED ADOPTION, IF YOU WILL.
SO ME GIMME JUST A MOMENT TO DRAG IT OVER AND GET STARTED.
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE WORK THAT WAS COMPLETED OVER THE PAST YEAR.
THAT INCLUDES TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION SYSTEM ASSESSMENT, DEMOGRAPHIC REVIEW, NEEDS ASSESSMENT, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THE DRAFT REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND IS READY FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND COMMUNITY INPUT.
AGAIN, WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK VERY SHORTLY, BUT WE WANTED TO GIVE, UM, JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE IMPORTANT PRIORITIES.
SO SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, HIGHLIGHT STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS AND THREE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS.
DISCUSS CONDUCTED SURVEY OF 1,240 RESIDENTS ACROSS 400 HOUSEHOLDS.
UM, THIS WAS A STATISTICALLY VALLEY MULTIMODAL APPROACH, OUTREACH TO EIGHT SPORTS ORGANIZATIONS, RE REPRESENTING 5,500 PLUS ATHLETES PROJECT WEBSITE, PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM WORKSHOPS, WEBSITE FEEDBACK, COMMENTS RECEIVED, AND PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM POP-UP EVENTS.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS IN WHICH WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK AND INPUT IN ADDITION TO PARTICIPATION AT WORKSHOPS AND VISITING THE PARKS MASTER PLAN WEBSITE.
SO THESE ARE THREE PRIORITIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING TONIGHT.
AGAIN, THIS IS A SNEAK PEEK OF WHAT'S TO COME.
UM, SO WE'RE SAYING MAINTAIN AND MODERNIZING EXISTING PARKS, EXPANDING RECREATIONAL AMENITIES AND STRENGTHENING RECREATION PROGRAMS. SO THE, THE PRIORITIES, OR EXCUSE ME, THE ELEMENTS THAT, UM, WERE PART OF THIS PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THESE PROCESSES WILL FALL INTO ONE OF THESE THREE PRIORITIES.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT PRIORITY NUMBER ONE, MAINTAIN AND MODERNIZING EXISTING PARKS.
SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS OPPORTUNITIES WERE IMPROVING PARK MAINTENANCE AND CLEANLINESS TO ENSURE WELCOMING WELL-KEPT SPACES FOR ALL RESIDENTS, MODERNIZING AGING RESTROOMS AND FACILITIES ACROSS THE PARK SYSTEM TO MEET CURRENT STANDARDS.
ENHANCE SECURITY LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE PARKS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND VISIBILITY, IMPROVE OVERALL PARK SAFETY THROUGH INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADES AND REGULAR ASSESSMENTS.
ENHANCEMENTS TO ATHLETIC FIELD LIGHTING, ADDRESSED A DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO EXTEND THE LIFESPAN OF EXISTING PARK ASSESSMENTS AND AMENITIES.
AND ENSURE A DA ACCESS, UM, TO PARK AMENITIES AND WALKWAYS.
PRIORITY TO EXPAND RECREATION AMENITIES, IMPROVE AND EXPAND DOG PARK TO BETTER SERVE PET OWNERS AND FAMILIES.
ADDING PICKLEBALL COURTS TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR THIS POPULAR SPORT.
UPGRADING PLAYGROUND WITH MODERN INCLUSIVE EQUIPMENT FOR ALL AGES.
EXPANDING AQUATIC AMENITIES INCLUDING
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SPLASH PAD AND PERHAPS SWIMMING OPPORTUNITIES.IMPROVING WALKING PATHS AND TRAILS FOR CONNECTIVITY AND ACTIVE RECREATION UPGRADES TO ATHLETIC FIELDS TO SUPPORT YOUTH AND ADULT SPORTS PROGRAMS. NEW PLAYGROUNDS SHOULD FOLLOW ALL INCLUSIVE UNIVERSAL DESIGN STANDARDS TO CREATE EQUITABLE PLAY SPACES.
A DA ACCESS IS CONSIDERED PLAYGROUND, PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING AND WALKWAY PROJECTS, RIGHT? RIDGE RIDER, EQUESTRIAN PARK IMPROVEMENTS AND EQUESTRIAN PROGRAM SURFACED IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AND CPSC ANALYSIS IDENTIFIED A FUTURE NEED FOR EITHER ANOTHER HOCKEY RINK OR TAKING A LOOK AT THE OPERATION OF THE CURRENT HOCKEY RINK IN ORDER TO MEET DEMANDS OF THE, UH, OF WHAT THE, UM, THE PLAN IDENTIFIES AS A HIGHLY UTILIZED FACILITY PRIORITY.
NUMBER THREE, STRENGTHEN RECREATION PROGRAMS, EXPAND COMMUNITY EVENTS INCLUDING SEASONAL FESTIVALS, OUTDOOR CONCERTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS.
INCREASE FITNESS AND WELLNESS PROGRAMS SUCH AS GROUP EXERCISE CLASSES.
ENHANCE SENIOR PROGRAMMING WITH DEDICATED ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL EVENTS AND ACCESSIBLE FITNESS OPTIONS.
GROW YOUTH RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, SPORTS LEAGUES AND SUMMER CAMPS.
PARTNER WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO BROADEN PROGRAM REACH AND SERVE DIVERSE COMMUNITY NEEDS.
AND DEVELOP PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL ARTISTS, SCHOOLS AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR EXHIBITS, ART WALKS AND MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS.
AND EQUESTRIAN PARK IMPROVEMENT COULD ALSO SUPPORT CULTURAL EVENTS SUCH AS CULTURAL FESTIVALS ALIGN WITH ARTS AND MULTICULTURAL PROGRAM PROGRAMMING GOALS.
OVER THE PAST COUPLE MONTHS, WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING ADDITIONAL A DA FEEDBACK REGARDING PLAYGROUND ACCESSIBILITY.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON INCORPORATING THOSE ELEMENTS INTO THE PARKS RECREATION LA MASTER PLAN, INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK RECEIVED REGARDING PARK USE BY USER GROUPS.
SO TAKING A LOOK AT THE VARIOUS PARKS THAT WE HAD AND THE USES OF EACH OF THESE PARKS, HOW THEY'RE BEING USED BY THE USER GROUPS, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE PARK RESERVATION SYSTEM OR PERHAPS THROUGH A, UM, FACILITY USE AGREEMENT.
UM, FINALIZE THE MASTER PLAN BASED ON COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND PREPARE THE MASTER PLAN FOR CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND ADOPTION.
I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, BUT I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS.
SO OF COURSE IT IS THAT PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER MONTH.
UM, WHEN I WAS A COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER, UH, BEFORE COUNCIL, I WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE DESIGN FOR THE CAMERON PARK PLAYGROUND.
AND, UH, THAT WAS OUR FIRST A DA PLAYGROUND.
UM, I KNOW I DID RECEIVE LIKE AN EMAIL ON, UM, ONE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS, UM, THAT NEEDS UPDATING.
THAT BEING SAID, WHEN WILL THIS MASTER PLAN COME TO US? BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO MOVE THIS ALONG AND MAKE IT, YOU KNOW, GET THESE GOING AND, UM, START ON THE PROJECT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND SOME OF THESE AREAS WE'VE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED THAT WE CAN START RIGHT AWAY WITH SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARKS AS WE FINALIZE THE PLAN.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I DO WANNA TOUCH ON, YOU HAD BROUGHT UP CAMERON PARK AND YOU WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGN TEAM.
UM, WE HAVE, OR AT LEAST I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH A, A GROUP THAT THE, THE NAME OF THE GROUP IS CALLED BOUNDLESS.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY A GROUP OF, UM, PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WHO, UM, HAVE, UH, WHETHER IT'S, UM, A GROUP OF CHILDREN WHO, WHO NEED PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT CAN BE MORE ACCESSIBLE TO THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED NEEDS.
SO I'VE BEEN TOURING EACH OF THE PARKS WITH THEM, ACTUALLY HAVE ANOTHER TOUR SCHEDULED WITH THEM TOMORROW.
AND WHAT WE'RE LEARNING FROM THIS IS, YES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PARK PLAYGROUNDS, WE HAVE PLAYGROUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, SOME HAVE BEEN MODERNIZED, SOME ARE A LITTLE BIT OLDER, BUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE PUT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR A DA ACCESSIBILITY AND FOR PLAY NEEDS MAY NOT BE, UM, WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE CURRENTLY.
AND SO WALKING THROUGH THE PLAYGROUNDS AND LOCKING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT APPARATUSES AND MAKING NOTES FROM THE CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE AS OPPOSED TO SELECTING ITEMS FROM A CATALOG OR HEARING A PRESENTATION BY A CONTRACTOR REALLY GAVE US A LOT OF INSIGHT.
SO WE'RE INCORPORATING A LOT OF THAT KNOWLEDGE, UM, BASE INTO THIS PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.
AGAIN, WE REALLY WANNA MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT IS USER FRIENDLY, BUT ALSO SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES US WITH GUIDANCE FOR FUTURE PARK PROJECTS.
UM, SOME OF THE IMMEDIATE ONES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UM, THE DOG PARK.
I KNOW THE DOG PARK HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN, UM, CIRCULATED AMONGST THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THAT HAS RANKED HIGH ON THE LIST OF PRIORITIES.
AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN COME BACK TO COUNCIL WITH THE DRAFT RFP, UM, TO GAIN COUNCIL INSIGHT AND APPROVAL ON THAT.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE DRAFT, RFP, NOT THE FINAL.
UM, THE OTHER, THE OTHER AREA THAT WE CAN
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TAKE A LOOK AT TOO, THAT'S BEEN, UM, IT IT IS IN NEED TO, TO ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY IS OUR SPLASH PAD.UM, WE HAVE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
UM, WE DO, WE DO HAVE OPTIONS FOR MOVING FORWARD IN A FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER.
AND SO THOSE ARE JUST TWO OF THE THINGS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD THAT I CAN SAY THAT WE CAN, UM, START MOVING FORWARD ON AS WE, AS WE'RE CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN NOW AND FINALIZATION.
I KNOW WE ATTEND, UM, AND SUPPORT THE ANNUAL PARENTS PLACE THAT HAS IT AT CORTEZ PARK WITH ALL THE DISABILITY DISABLED CHILDREN AND THAT THAT'D BE GREAT FOR FEEDBACK FOR FROM THEM AS WELL.
IF YOU CAN PUT THAT AND INVOLVE THAT.
UH, AND I THINK, UH, WE'VE BEEN WAITING THIS FOR I THINK SHOULD BE A LONG TIME, LONG TIME.
TWO YEARS AND, AND, OR THIS SHOULD BE DONE LAST YEAR, BUT IT'S OKAY.
BUT AT LEAST NOW IT'S COME TO A CONCLUSION.
IT WON'T HAVE A PERFECT PLAN, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A PLAN.
WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS WE REALLY NEED TO START WORKING WITH.
DOOR PARK, WE TALK ABOUT DOOR PARK FOR A LONG TIME.
THE DOOR PARK REALLY NEED TO BE FIXED.
AND WE TALK ABOUT, OKAY, FRIENDSHIPS PARK, OKAY, WE TALKING ABOUT, OKAY, THE LIGHTING ON THE CHILDREN PLAYGROUND.
AND THAT IS A POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LIGHT OVER THERE AND THAT THEY PLAY IN THE DARK AND THE POTENTIALLY LIABILITY TO THE CITY.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SHADOW OAK PARK, OKAY? THE LOWER LEVEL AND EVERYBODY COMPLAINING ABOUT WHY IS SNOW PAVING OKAY? AND THEN THEY NEED TO BE PAID.
AND THEN WE TALK ABOUT CAMERON PARK, THE CAMERON PARK THAT WE BE TALKING ABOUT THAT SHOULD BE, HAVE SOME IMPROVEMENT.
AND WE TALKING FOR A LONG TIME AND WE TALKING ABOUT CORTEZ PARK, THE, THE, THE BATHROOM HAD BEEN COMPLAINED A LOT AND THEY NEED TO HOPEFULLY REMODEL AND KIND OF, UH, OKAY.
OKAY? BECAUSE THE GROUND HOLE OR SOMETHING, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN BEEN EATING UP ABOUT UP AND DOWN.
SO I SOLD OKAY, THE, THE FOOTBALL FIELD IS FIXING RIGHT NOW.
BUT, BUT AGAIN, UH, THE MASTER PLAN IS HOW WE UTILIZE, OKAY? AND WE GET THE FUNDING AND STARTING AND FIXING ALL THIS 16 PARK, OKAY? AND I KNOW, UH, UH, THE CITY FIXED THE, OKAY, THE PLEX AND I SAW THE PICTURE, IT LOOK GORGEOUS.
I THINK IT'S BECOME, IT WOULD BE A PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP OF CITY.
AND THE PEOPLE COME TO WEST COVINA, THEY REMEMBER WEST COVINA.
SO I, I HOPE OKAY, WE CAN UTILIZE OKAY, THIS PLAN AND THIS PLACE SO WE CAN HAVE ACTION BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO TALK, TALK, TALK, BUT WE NEVER HAVE ACTION.
AND THE PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR SOME OF THE PARK.
AND FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE TI DEVELOPMENT AND THEN WE HAVE THE $900,000 AND PLUS, UH, EXTRA LAND.
AND THEN WE CAN USE THAT MONEY TO FIX, OKAY, THE DTE PARK.
OKAY? MAKE SURE SOME OF THE, THE, THE, THE SPORT BOND, OKAY, THAT CAN BE FIXED, THIS AND THAT.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A LOT OF, UH, OKAY.
AND, UH, INVESTMENT AND THE PLAN.
AND I THINK WE SHOULD JUST ACT ON IT.
HOPEFULLY CAN BRING BACK ASAP, OKAY.
WE APPROVE IT AND THEN YOU NEED TO MODIFY, BRING IT BACK TO US, THEN WE APPROVE WITH THE IP, THIS AND THAT.
BUT AT, AT LEAST WE CAN START DOING AND SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS.
UM, MADAM MAYOR AND, UM, MS. LIMA, CONGRATULATIONS.
I'VE, IT, THIS WAS ALL THE, THE DIRECT RESULT OF ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND SO I WANTED TO ASK, UM, IN THE WAY THAT THERE'S BEEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS THAT THAT'S LED TO THIS, UH, WHAT ARE THE POSSIBILITIES OF, IF WE WERE TO JUST HAVE ONE MORE TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THIS DRAFT AND THEN TO FIND JUST, JUST ONE MORE, JUST TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT AND HAVE, HAVE COMMENT, AND THEN THAT WAY WE CAN MAKE FINAL TWEAKS TO IT.
JUST LIKE THE WAY YOU, YOU, YOU TALKED ABOUT BOUNDLESS, HOW YOU WALKED AROUND AND THAT MADE SOME REFINEMENTS BETTER.
I MEAN, 'CAUSE THIS IS LIKE A ONCE IN A GENERATION OPPORTUNITY.
WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY OF JUST HAVING ONE MORE, NOT NOT DRAWN OUT? 'CAUSE I, I DON'T, I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULD HAVE LET THE PERFECT BE THE ENEMY OF THE GOOD.
WE NEED TO MOVE ON THIS, BUT I, BUT CAN WE HAVE JUST ONE MORE, UH, UH, SESSION FOR PEOPLE TO, TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE DRAFT MATERIALS AND THEN WE'D HAVE ONE MEETING WHERE WE WOULD GET FEEDBACK AND THEN YOU'D MAKE REFINEMENTS AND THEN YOU COULD BRING IT BACK TO US.
WHAT WOULD BE THE TIMELINE IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IF WE WERE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? UM, WE WOULD BRING, WE WOULD BRING THE FINAL DRAFT BACK IN SEPTEMBER, IS WHAT WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT.
SO IN, IN LIGHT OF THAT, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT MUCH LONGER.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE JUST HAVE ONE MORE COMMUNITY, UH, WORKSHOP TO GET, GIVE PEOPLE THE COMMUNITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO PUT A CHERRY ON TOP OF THIS AND SAY, THIS HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF ALL OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
THEN WITH ANY FINAL TWEAKS AND REFINEMENTS, HAVE THE COMMUNITY GIVE INPUT ON IT, BUT THEN
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BRING IT BACK TO US IN SEPTEMBER, REFLECTING THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY.I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION, UM, IF YOU KNOW TO, TO DO THAT.
BEFORE, UH, COUNCILMAN WU, GO AHEAD.
HOW MANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH? WE DID IT FOR THE, WE DID THREE, WE ALREADY, WE DID THREE WORKSHOPS.
SO WE ALREADY THREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE'VE DONE THREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WORKSHOPS.
WHAT, WHAT'S A REQUIREMENT? HOW MANY OUTREACH WE NEED TO DO? I THINK YOU'VE DONE OUTREACH, I THINK WHAT BETWEEN THE SURVEYS, MULTIMODAL REPORT, THE MULTIMODAL SURVEYS, THE WEBSITE.
BUT IF I AM UNDERSTANDING WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM IS REQUESTING IS GIVING THE RESULTS BACK TO THE COMMUNITY YES.
SO THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON IT.
FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO I THINK THAT'S WHERE HE'S COMING FROM.
IN OTHER WORDS, JUST, IT'S JUST A SMALL, A SMALL DELAY OF A FEW WEEKS.
GIVE THEM ONE FINAL OPPORTUNITY.
LIKE THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
AND I'M NOT SAYING AGAIN, TO, TO JUST DRAW THIS OUT FOREVER.
I'M, I'M WITH YOU ALL ON, ON THIS.
BUT THE COMMUNITY, THE REASON WHY THIS IS SO GOOD IS BECAUSE THE COMMUNITY WAS REALLY ACTIVE.
WE HAD LITTLE KIDS COMING IN, WE HAD ADULTS, WE HAD SENIORS, WE HAD EVERYBODY THAT WAS ALL TALKED ABOUT.
ONE, THE ONE LAST PIECE IS IF THEY COULD SEE THIS REPORT AND SAY, OH GOSH, THIS IS ALL GREAT.
WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THESE SMALL REFINEMENTS.
THEN THAT WAY IF, IF, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO BRING, YOU JUST SAID IT'S POSSIBLE TO BRING IT BACK IN SEPTEMBER, IT'S JUST A FEW MORE WEEKS AWAY.
BUT YET WE WOULD ADD THAT LAST COMMUNITY COMPONENT.
IT'S NOT A MATTER OF HOW MANY WE'VE HAD IN WHEN WE MEETING THE REQUIREMENT.
IT'S A MATTER OF CONTINUING TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE WAY.
EVERY STEP WE'VE DONE IT GREAT THIS FAR.
LET'S JUST CAP IT OFF WITH ONE MORE TO HAVE THE COMMUNITY NOT ONLY JUST READ THE REPORT, BUT MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS AT ONE MEETING, NOT FOUR, NOT THREE, JUST ONE MEETING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, REFLECT THOSE CHANGES IN THE FINAL THAT YOU BRING BACK TO US IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING OF COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ.
UM, SO IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE, IF WE'RE SAYING THAT YOU WANNA DO LIKE AN UNDER COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT SEPARATELY FROM THE TOP PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN PENDING, UM, WHAT HAPPENED THERE? I RAN OUT MEMORY, BUT, UM, IF, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO, UM, THIS AS A SEPARATE FROM OTHER HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS, LIKE LAYING OUT CEMENT ON THE BOTTOM LEVEL OF SHADOW OAK PARK OR, UH, ADDRESSING THE DOG PARK OR, OR THE WATER PARK OR, OR COR OR CORTEZ PARK OR CAMERON PARK'S NEW GRASS FIELD THAT HAS NO BARRIER THERE, THAT ALLOWS THE BUGS TO GO DIRECTLY INTO THE STREET.
UM, IIII, IF WE'RE GONNA SEPARATE THOSE TWO, THEN, I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA, BUT IF I DON'T, I DON'T WANT IT TO, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO PAUSE NO.
NOT PA NOT PAUSE, JUST TO LET THE COMMUNITY SEE, NOT, NOT JUST SEE THIS REPORT, BUT COMMENT ON IT AND THEN MAKE, MAKE SOME WHATEVER SUGGESTIONS AND THEN HAVE THAT REFLECTED IN WHAT COMES BACK TO US IN SEPTEMBER.
THAT'S LITERALLY IT, IT'S ONE MORE ENGAGEMENT MEETING FOR THE COMMUNITY.
NOT ONLY TO JUST READ THE REPORT 'CAUSE IT'S THE RESULT OF ENGAGEMENT.
BUT JUST TO SAY, OKAY, NOW THAT WE SEE THE DRAFT REPORT, THIS ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY, JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST ONE MORE WAY TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT WAY IT'S, IT'S REFLECTIVE.
I, AND IT'S NOT, IF THIS WERE TO TAKE ANOTHER SIX, NINE MONTHS, FORGET IT.
BUT IT'S JUST TILL SEPTEMBER AND IT'LL BE EARLY ENOUGH FOR US TO TAKE ACTION ON IT.
IT'LL, BUT IT'S, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, UH, FOR US TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST BY DOING WHAT'S MINIMALLY REQUIRED, BUT JUST THE, THE PHILOSOPHY OF THIS COUNCIL JUST SHOULD BE JUST TO KEEP ENGAGING WITH THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT BUILDS TRUST.
AND IT REALLY SHOWS THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TRYING TO RUN THINGS THROUGH AND NOT ALSO DELAY THINGS UNNECESSARILY, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE FEEDBACK TO THE, TO THE VERY END.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE JUST ABOUT THERE.
THAT'S WHY I'M ONLY JUST ASKING FOR ONE, ONE LAST MEETING FOR, FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GO THROUGH THIS AND SAY, OKAY, WELL WE LOVE THIS.
WE JUST HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS AND IT GETS INCORPORATED INTO THE FINAL SEPTEMBER REPORT THAT IT'S COME BACK TO US AND WE'RE DONE.
SO JUST TO CONFIRM, SO I THINK, I THINK ROXANNE HAS A LIST OF HIGH PRIORITY LOCATIONS LIKE PALM VIEW, UH, CORTEZ DOWN, NORTE.
CAMERON, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU WANT THAT PAUSE AND TELL THE COMMUNITY INPUTS? OR CAN WE SEPARATE THAT? WELL, I MEAN, WITH THE THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE, GO, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THING.
THE LOW HANGING FRUIT THAT WE CAN DO, LET'S GO.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT SEPARATE.
BUT, BUT LIKE, LET'S SAY THERE'S MAINTENANCE ISSUES.
WE DON'T NEED A COMMUNITY MEETING TO SAY, OH, SHOULD WE FIX THAT CONCRETE? OF COURSE WE SHOULD.
I MEAN, THAT'S STUFF LIKE THAT WE SHOULD FIX THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED.
BUT WHEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, THE NEW REFINEMENTS AND EVERYTHING, IF WE JUST, THAT'S THE PART THAT I'M, YEAH.
UM, AND, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE BY THE CITY.
I MEAN, I KNOW LIKE THEY CAN STILL COME TO US AND, AND YOU KNOW, THEY REACHED OUT SO WELL.
UM, I, AND THIS IS JUST A DRAFT THAT'S COMING IN.
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ANYTHING, YOU COULD RELEASE THIS DRAFT AHEAD OF TIME.UM, TO GIVE THE COMMUNITY THE OPPORTUNITY, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THESE WORKSHOPS, A LOT OF THESE, THE ONES WHO PARTICIPATE, THEY'RE VERY BUSY WORKING MOMS, WORKING FAMILIES, SPORTS ACTIVITIES, UH, I'D LIKE THEM TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS AHEAD OF TIME, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN GET, BECAUSE THIS, THIS IS GONNA COME TO US IN A DRAFT FORM, IT'S NOT FINALIZED.
AND WITHIN THAT, WITH ALL THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET, IS WHEN WE CAN MAKE ADDITIONAL CHANGES IN EVERYTHING.
THAT, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS.
THE, THE THING IS, I THINK, SORRY.
I PROMISE, AFTER COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, IT WAS COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ.
SO COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, YOU SEE THAT? YOU SEE THAT IN SIBERIA.
THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T SEE, AND I SAID YOURS.
OKAY, YOU THAT SAW YOUR LAST, SORRY.
OKAY, WELL, I HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
AND WE FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING HERE.
SO WHAT I'M GONNA ASK IS, I THOUGHT THERE WAS A PROCESS, SARAH, WE HAD A COMPANY THAT CAME IN, CORRECT? AND THEY GAVE THESE PRESENTATIONS.
AND WE PLAYED ALL THESE GAMES AND, AND THE COMMUNITY REALLY GOT INVOLVED IN WHAT THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THEIR PARK, WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE IN THEIR PARKS.
SO FROM THAT, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THEY WERE GONNA COME BACK.
AND THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BACK IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, CORRECT? THE CONTRACT TERM WASN'T UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
SO ORIGINALLY WAS ESTIMATED NOVEMBER.
THE CONTRACT TERM WAS THIS YEAR.
SO IT WASN'T 2025, THE CONTRACT TERM WAS THIS YEAR.
SO THERE WERE, UM, ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE PUT TOGETHER.
THERE WERE SOME BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS THAT ALSO NEEDED TO PUT PUT TOGETHER.
UM, SO WHILE YES, INITIALLY IT WAS NOVEMBER, THAT TIMELINE ENDED UP GETTING EXTENDED, UM, FOR OTHER REASONS.
SO WITH THAT SAID, UM, I THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD GET A PRESENTATION FROM THE COMPANY OF ABSOLUTELY WHAT, WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO FOR US.
AND THEN AT THAT POINT IS WHEN WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND EITHER MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
I GUESS WE NEED TO HAVE, UM, NEED TO HAVE A, A QUOTE AS TO WHAT IT'S GONNA COST US.
I, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
SO LET'S, LET'S SAY WE TAKE THE FEEDBACK FROM TONIGHT.
SO LET'S SAY WE'RE SCHEDULING THIS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE AUGUST, IT'S THE SECOND, SECOND, SECOND MEETING, YEAH, THE SECOND TUESDAY, OR EXCUSE ME, THE THIRD TUESDAY IN AUGUST.
SO WE WOULD SCHEDULE IT FOR THAT MEETING.
WE'D INVITE THEM TO COME BACK, GIVE THE PRESENTATION FROM THERE.
YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPTION TO EITHER APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PARK MASTER PLAN, OR YOU COULD NOT APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PARK MASTER PLAN.
THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, WHAT WE CAN DO, AND I'M NOT TRYING TO STEAL ANYONE'S THUNDER, BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT THE MAYOR HAD SUGGESTED.
WE CAN RELEASE A DRAFT EARLIER AND, UM, ATTACH A SURVEY TO IT, UM, BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, AND GAIN FEEDBACK THAT WAY.
IT SEEMS THAT THAT'S KIND OF MORE IN LINE OF WHAT THE MAYOR PERHAPS WOULD LIKE.
I THINK HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK, UM, MAYOR PROAM, I THINK THAT THAT KIND OF CAPTURES WHAT YOU ARE REQUESTING.
UM, AND THAT WAY IT STAYS IN LINE WITH THE NEXT MEETING, WITH THE NEXT POSSIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IT BACK.
IT'S KIND OF THE HALFWAY POINT.
UH, COUNCILMAN, I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
IT'S TECHNICALLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN, SURVEYS ARE FINE FOR ADULTS, BUT FOR KIDS WHO THEY WHO PLAY THERE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA FILL OUT A SURVEY.
THAT'S WHY IF WE HAVE ONE MEETING, THEY, THERE COULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHARES WITH EVERYBODY WHAT, WHAT THIS IS ALL GONNA BE.
SO THE KIDS DON'T HAVE TO READ, OR I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S JUST NOT A WAY TO CAPTURE KID FEEDBACK.
THEY'RE JUST, WELL, CAN WE HAVE THIS MEETING BEFORE THE START? YEAH.
CAN WE HAVE THE MEETING BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING? IS THAT, LET ME, LET ME SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
I DON'T WANNA GIVE A DATE TODAY, BUT LET ME SEE WHAT WE CAN DO SCHEDULING WISE.
IF YOU COULD DO THAT, THAT WOULD BE, I MEAN, I REALIZE IT'S, BUT YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE REALLY DO HAVE THAT SENSE OF URGENCY, BUT I ALSO WANT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THAT WOULD BE A POSS YEAH.
LET ME LOOK, LET ME LOOK INTO IT THAT WAY.
IT SATISFIES, YOU KNOW, MOVING IT ALONG AND GETTING THIS APPROVED.
AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, I KNOW HE'S BEEN ASKING CONTINUE.
CONTINUE, AND THEN I COULD OKAY.
YOU WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO HEAR FROM THE CONSULTANTS.
THAT'S JUST, BUT BEFORE YOU CONTINUE, SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAYBE NOT ENOUGH TO TALK
THE, THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS THAT THIS HAS BEEN LONG WAITED FOR.
SO I, I HAVE A RESIDENT, IT'S NOT EVEN IN MY DISTRICT, UM, YOU KNOW, REGARDING ANOTHER
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PARK THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SHE TAKES HER CHILDREN THERE AND IT'S BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE.AND I KNOW PUBLIC WORKS AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A PARK MASTER PLAN, AND THEY'RE SAYING, WHEN, WHEN IS THIS GONNA BE OUT HERE? AND SO, YOU KNOW, TO DELAY, TO DELAY IT, IT'S JUST, I, I, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND, BUT WE, I WANNA SEE THIS.
I, I WANNA SEE IT COME TO FRUITION.
I WANNA SEE WHAT WE HAVE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE IT, THAT'S NOT LIKE THE FINAL, FINAL, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE CHANGES THAT WE'RE GONNA DO AS WE HAVE.
UM, BUT I, I, YEAH, THAT WAS MY, MY THING OF WANTING TO BRING THIS FORTH BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS WITH CHILDREN I WANTED TO SEE HAVE BEEN, HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT THIS IS TAKING WAY TOO LONG.
AND, AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT FLEXIBILITY, UM, WE WOULD COME BACK IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE NOT IN LINE WITH THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, WE WOULD COME BACK TO COUNCIL AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS REPRIORITIZED OR THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED, OR FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING, UM, WE RECEIVED A BUNCH OF REQUESTS FOR A, A PARTICULAR ITEM, THEN WE DEFINITELY COULD LOOK AT THAT.
AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT TOO, MAYBE WE REPRIORITIZE, PERHAPS THERE COULD BE BUDGETARY CONSIDERATIONS AS WELL.
I MEAN, SO THOSE ARE ALL A HUNDRED PERCENT POSSIBILITIES, BUT WE WOULD BRING IT BACK.
NO, NO, I, I'M JUST TRYING TO OKAY.
BUT IF WE, WE STILL, WE SKIPPED THE, THE FIRST MEETING, SO WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN SQUEEZE IN JUST TO SATISFY YES.
OUR MALE PROTEIN JUST GO FORWARD.
WE CAN, WE COULD DO THAT, PLEASE.
AND, AND THEN THIS, THE THIRD, UH, TUESDAY, THE SECOND MEETING THAT WE BRING THAT TO US.
SO WE REALLY CAN SEE, WE KNOWING FOR TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, I, YOU KNOW, AND I, WE WANT TO SEE IT AND WE WANT, I'VE BEEN ON THAT JOURNEY WITH YOU.
WE WANNA APPROVE IT SO PEOPLE CAN SEE.
THE, THE, THE, THE SHADOW OAK, THE PAVING, THE MM-HMM
AND THE BATHROOM AND A LOT OF THINGS WE NEED TO HURRY UP.
IT'S REALLY NO WAITING, BUT I THINK WE STILL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME.
AND MAYBE WE CAN SQUEEZING ONE OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR THEM TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
HOW, HOW THEY BRING CHILDREN IF THEY WANT TO HAVE SOME INPUT.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF THINGS, SAFETY IS ONE.
I THINK THAT'S A HIGH POINT RIGHT WAY.
LIKE LIGHTING THIS ON THAT BECAUSE IT'S COMING DARK PRETTY SOON.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S ALREADY END OF JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS OVER AND IT'S SO DARK.
SO, SO, SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE SHOULD HURRY UP.
REVIEW THE PLAN AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
AGAIN, THIS JUST A RAW PLAN, BUT WE CAN STILL MODIFY LATER ON IN EACH PART AND PEOPLE WILL STILL COME TO US.
SO THIS IS MY SUGGESTION, AND IF THEY'RE OKAY WITH OLLIE OKAY, WE HAVE ONE.
AND THEN I THINK WE SQUEEZE ONE.
I THINK THEY ALL AGREE UPON, RIGHT? MM-HMM
UH, FOR CLARIFICATION, I HAVE A MOTION.
I'M GONNA NEED A SECOND AND TAKE VOTE FOR THAT.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE STILL BRING THE PLAN OR THE NEXT MEETING IT ON SEPTEMBER IN AUGUST, RIGHT? AUGUST.
MY MOTION IS TO HAVE ONE MORE COMMUNITY MEETING.
AND THAT'S CORRECT, BUT THE MOTION, BUT NO, THE MOST IMPORTANT PRIORITY IS WE ARE GOING TO SEE, OKAY.
THE PLAN NEXT WEEK, UH, NEXT MEETING.
SO NEXT MEETING, THAT COULD BE AN 18 EVENT BY MAY APPROACH CONTOS.
IF IT BY AUGUST 18TH, WE, THEY'RE STILL THROWN IN BETWEEN.
HAVE THAT ON AUGUST AND, AND THE PARK IS GRIN, RICH PARK, UM, JUST MM-HMM
SO THAT, THAT'S ONE THAT CAN SHOW THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS HELP.
AND THAT, I BELIEVE THAT RESIDENT DID SPEAK WITH, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORK SUPERINTENDENT TODAY, AND HE DID BRIEF ME ON THAT AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ALIGNS WITH WHAT IS, YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THE FOR ALREADY IN.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS TO HAVE ONE MORE COMMUNITY MEETING AND STILL BRING THE DRAFT PLAN BACK TO COUNCIL BY AUGUST 18TH.
AND I HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU.
COUNCILMAN, ARE WE READY TO VOTE? UH, ROLL CALL MEMBER GUTIERREZ.
AND, AND THEN I WAS GONNA SAY ALSO, UH, UM, SORRY, I, I REMEMBER, UM, ALSO WHEN YOU BRING THE REPORT BACK, UH, MAYBE YOU COULD ALSO TELL US WHAT ITEMS THAT PUB OUR OWN PUBLIC WORKS ARE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
UH, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, I KNOW THERE ARE PROS AT CEMENT, SO MAYBE THEY COULD DO SHADOW OAK PARK
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OR DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT OUR OWN PUBLIC WORKS COULD GET DONE FASTER THAN LATER.I THINK CEMENT'S TOO EXPENSIVE.
I THINK WE SHOULD SUGGEST O FOUR.
THAT SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE PARKING.
ALL RIGHT ON AS A TEAM TO, YEAH, I LIKE THAT.
ANY AB 1 23 CONFERENCE AND MEETING REPORT? NONE.
UH, CITY COUNCIL REQUEST NONE.
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I SEE YOU TOMORROW NIGHT.SUMMER COUNCIL AT, UH, NE NE NEON.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF NEON.
SO IT SHOULD BE A NATION OF NEON.
UM, MADAM MAYOR, THANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I JUST WANTED JUST TO SAY A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL THE KIDS THAT THAT REALLY THREW WATER AT ME AT PALM VIEW PARK.
GET THE COUNCILMAN OR GET THE MAYOR PRO TIM OR WHATEVER.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES THAT, I MEAN, THEY WERE AT ME.
BUT JUST A, A FUN THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YEAH, WITH ALL THE BUSINESS WE DO, WE ALSO GET TO PLAY.
WE LITERALLY GET TO PLAY AND THAT'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN.
SO THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY, IT WAS REALLY KEEP KEEP COMING TO OUR EVENTS AND IT'S JUST REALLY EXCITING.
SO, UM, JUST SAY THAT'S WHAT WEST COVINA IS ABOUT, WHEN WE ALL JUST GET TO BE TOGETHER AND IN A SPIRIT OF POSITIVITY AND, AND MOVING AHEAD.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM MAYOR.
UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES.
I I ALSO WANNA SAY, UH, I KNOW, UH, ROXANNE AND, AND, UH, SUSIE, I KNOW, UH, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEY ALSO HOSTED THE, THE DOWN NORTE, UH, WATER EVENT AS WELL.
UH, I KNOW ALL THOSE KIDS WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY.
UH, AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO WERE ABLE TO COME OUT AND GIVE THEM STICKERS, UH, TO ALL THE KIDS WHO ARE WATCHING AT HOME AND WHO, WHO WOULD GET TO MEET A POLICE OFFICER OR A FIREFIGHTER.
KEEP DREAMING AS YOU COULD BECOME ANYTHING YOU WISH TO BE.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? ONE LAST THING.
UM, JUST, JUST A CONGRATULATIONS TO THE KIWANIS CLUB OF WEST COVINA, ALONG WITH A WHOLE HOST OF VOLUNTEERS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES WHO BROUGHT A LOT OF SCHOOL SUPPLIES IN FOR KIDS IN SUPPORT OF KIDS WHO, WHO ARE UNHOUSED AND IN FOSTER CARE.
IT WAS SUCH A STRONG EVENT AT THE WALMART IN, IN BALDWIN PARK WITH ALL THE SUPPLIES.
UM, AND MATTER OF FACT, UH, COUNCILMAN, UM, MEMBER GUTIERREZ AND I, WE WE BOUGHT MORE STUFF AND THEY HAD HAD TO TURN US BACK.
'CAUSE THERE'S JUST, THERE WAS NO, WE HAD ENOUGH OF THE CRAYONS WE BOUGHT, BUT
BUT I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S, IT JUST REALLY JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO THAT COMMUNITY EFFORT THAT THAT WAS LED BY QANTAS CLUB OF WEST COVINA AND CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, LATTERDAY SAINTS AND OTHER FOLKS.
JUST AGAIN, YET ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF COMMUNITY.
UH, OTHER COUNCIL COMMENTS? UM, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
UM, JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THERE IS NO COUNCIL MEETING ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH IN AUGUST, BUT WE DO HAVE THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, UH, THE TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT HERE AT OUR COUNCIL.
SO EVEN IF YOU THOUGHT IT'S A COUNCIL MEETING, THE COUNCIL, WELL, I MEAN, I WILL AND, AND MOST OF THE CITY STAFF WILL BE HERE AT THE, UH, TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT.
BUT JUST A REMINDER, AGAIN, NO COUNCIL MEETING, BUT COME JOIN US HERE AT THE EVENT HERE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT MEETING ADJOURNED.