* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] READY? [ CALL TO ORDER] GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE AUGUST 18TH, 2026 CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IT IS 7 0 5. 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 THE, UH, REMOTELY. SO TONIGHT'S INVOCATION WILL BE LED BY WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHAPLAIN KELLY DUPEE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RISE, LET US PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRIVILEGE AND THE BLESSING OF LIVING OR WORKING IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THE LEADERSHIP THAT YOU HAVE PUT IN PLACE IN OUR CITY COUNCIL. AND WE PRAY THAT YOUR BLESSING WOULD BE UPON THEM INDIVIDUALLY, AND THAT YOU WOULD BLESS TONIGHT'S MEETING, GOD, THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE THEM AND LEAD THEM, LORD, AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS THAT AFFECT ALL OF US. FATHER AS WELL. TONIGHT, LORD, WE LIFT UP THE FIRST RESPONDERS OF OUR CITY, THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE OUT THERE MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND PUTTING THEIR LIFE ON THE LINE. LORD, AS I JUST SAW IN THE BRIEFING, THERE'S SO MANY HEADING OUT ON PATROL TONIGHT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. BE WITH THOSE MEN AND WOMEN, LORD, AND WATCH OVER THEM AND PROTECT THEM AND KEEP THEM SAFE AS WELL. LORD, USE THEM AND BRING THEM SUCCESS OR GIVE THEM SUCCESS IN THEIR MISSION TONIGHT TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, LORD FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT THINGS THAT YOU'RE DOING IN THE CITY OF O WEST COVINA. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. PLEASE, UH, PLEASE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. REMOVE ANY HATS IF YOU CAN, AND READY TO BEGIN PLEDGE YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHES STAMPS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INVIS WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ROLL CALL. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ HERE. COUNCILMAN WU? YEP. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ HERE. MAYOR PROTE CONTOS. HERE, MAYOR LOPEZ VIDO PRESENT, UH, CITY ATTORNEY. IS THERE ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING TO REPORT. MADAM [PRESENTATIONS] MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ON TO PRESENTATIONS. WE ARE GONNA START OFF WITH THE TASTE OF WEST COVINA, RECOGNIZING SKIN EDIT BY CINDY. I'D LIKE TO INVITE CINDY CHAVEZ TO THE FRONT PLEASE. SO IS EVERYBODY READY TO REFRESH YOUR SKIN AT SKIN EDIT BY CINDY? THEY'RE ALL ABOUT HELPING YOU PUT YOUR BEST SKIN FORWARD, TREAT YOURSELF TO A PERSONALIZED SKINCARE EXPERIENCE, DESIGNED TO LEAVE YOU FEELING REFRESHED, CONFIDENT, AND GLOWING. IT'S TIME TO GIVE YOUR SKIN THE CARROT DESERVE. I ALSO WANTED TO THROW IN A PLUG. SHE IS GOING TO BE AT OUR WOMEN'S WELLNESS THIS SATURDAY, ALONG WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE HAVING HOLISTICALLY MASSAGE, UH, SOUND BATH AND YOGA AND EVERYTHING. AND SHE WILL BE THERE, UH, DOING A DEMONSTRATION FOR THE, THE SKIN AND HAVING INFORMATION THERE. SO FOR THE NEXT MONTH, SKIN EDIT BY CINDY'S OFFERING 20% OFF CUSTOM FACIALS. SIMPLY MENTION TASTE OF WEST COVINA ON YOUR VISIT. WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FOR THE FIRST TIME VISITOR? AND IS IT JUST ONLY FOR WOMEN FOR MEN, OR JUST LET US KNOW A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING. AND I KNOW WE HAVE THE INFORMATION UP THERE, WHERE SHE'S LOCATED AND THE DAYS AND STUFF, BUT 20%, THAT'S AN AMAZING DEAL. BUT GO AHEAD AND FEEL FREE TO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WELCOMING HERE, MAYOR AND CITY OF WELL, CO. WEST COVINA. YOU GUYS HAVE ALL BEEN SO WELCOMING TO ME AND MY BUSINESS, SO I THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, THE BIG AND MOST SPECIAL THING ABOUT MY SKIN WELLNESS BOUTIQUE IS THAT IT'S OPEN TO ALL GENDERS OF ALL AGES. I HAVE CLIENTS AT 10 YEARS OLD TO 75 YEARS OLD, AND I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. UH, I ACTUALLY PLANTED MY ROOTS HERE IN WEST COVINA A YEAR AGO, SO IT'S BEEN VERY SPECIAL TO ME. BUT, UH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, A CUSTOM FACIAL IS WHAT I FIRST RECOMMEND. COME ON IN. WE ASSESS YOUR SKIN, WE DISCUSS YOUR SKIN CONCERNS, AND WE TAKE IT FROM THERE. SO IT'S A VERY EXCITING TIME FOR ME. I LOVE WHAT I DO. I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE. SO THANK YOU. I KNOW ON, UH, WE HAD, WE'VE BEEN HAVING WEEKLY MEETINGS AND SO FORTH, AND WHEN SHE CAME, UH, AND OFFERED HER SERVICES AT THE WOMAN WELLNESS, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT SHE WAS GONNA DO A DEMONSTRATION. WHAT WAS THAT DEMONSTRATION? I HAVEN'T BEEN THERE YET. I MEAN, I, I'M GONNA COME AND CHECK [00:05:01] IT OUT AND TAKE ON THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR A TASTE OF WEST COVINA, BUT I KNOW YOU MENTIONED NANO SOMETHING, BUT IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN. SURE. IT'S THE NANO INFUSION, UH, FACIAL. WHAT IT IS, IT'S A DEVICE THAT CREATES MICRO CHANNELS TO YOUR SKIN, ALLOWING FOR BETTER PRODUCT PENETRATION. SO ONCE WE CREATE THOSE MICRO CHANNELS AND IT'S NON-INVASIVE, WE DON'T NUMB YOU ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UH, IT BASICALLY, THERE'S NO RECOVERY TIME. YOU'RE FINE. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO BE DEMONSTRATING. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS FOR BETTER PRODUCT PENETRATION. SO WE INFUSE YOUR SKIN WITH THE SERUMS THAT WE HAVE AND THAT GO WITH WHAT YOUR SKIN NEEDS. PERFECT. AND SO ON BEHALF OF CITY OF WEST COVINA, MAKE SURE EVERYONE CAN ATTEND. YOU COULD HAVE A, UH, MEN AND WOMEN, UH, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE SKIN EDIT BY CINDY CELEBRATING TASTE OF WEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAKE SURE YOU ALL COME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ONE, TWO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IF YOU WANNA SEE HER, COME SATURDAY, OUR SECOND TASTE OF WEST COVINA PRESENTATION RECOGNIZES CAFE BOMBON. AND WE'D LIKE TO INVITE NATALIE RAMIREZ TO THE FRONT. SO MAKE YOUR DAY A LITTLE BRIGHTER WITH A STOP AT CAFE BON BON. ENJOY DELICIOUS DRINKS, FLAVORFUL BITES, AND A WELCOMING ATMOSPHERE THAT MAKES EVERY VISIT WORTH SAVORING. GATHER YOUR FAVORITE PEOPLE, GRAB YOUR FAVORITE ORDER, AND COME ENJOY A LITTLE CAFE BONBON MAGIC. FOR THE NEXT MONTH, CAFE BONBON WILL WILL OFFER CUSTOMERS 10% OFF ON YOUR PURCHASE. SIMPLY MENTION THE TASTE OF WEST COMINA ON YOUR VISIT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN FURTHER. I KNOW WE HAVE DRINKS, AND, UM, YOUR FAVORITE DRINK OR WHAT'S THE MOST POPULAR AND ANYTHING SPECIAL THAT YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION? WELL, FIRST OFF, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY. I'M VERY HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY. UM, SO WE ACTUALLY STARTED OFF AS A COFFEE SHOP, BUT OUR BANANA MATCHA WENT EXTREMELY VIRAL LAST YEAR. SO EVERYONE FROM OUT OF TOWN COMES TO VISIT US FOR A BANANA MATCHA. IT'S BEEN OUR TOP SELLER ALL YEAR ROUND. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE KIND OF PUSHING OUT MORE OF A COFFEE NOW. SO I FEEL LIKE OUR TOP SELLER FOR COFFEE IS OUR BROWN SUGAR SHAKE ESPRESSO WITH OAT MILK AND, UM, FOR THE MATCHA. I MEAN, THE BANANA MATCHA IS STILL A TOP SELLER AS OF NOW. SO NICE. YEAH, . SO MAKE SURE YOU ALL GO AHEAD. ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO MENTION? UM, YEAH, WE ACTUALLY STARTED OFF AS A CATERING, UM, COFFEE CART AND WEST COVINA. WE DID A LOT OF CATERING EVENTS HERE FOR PARTIES. SO HAVING THE PRIVILEGE TO OPEN UP IN THE WEST COVINA MALL WAS EXTREMELY A HUGE DEAL FOR US. UM, WE STARTED OUT VERY SMALL. WE, WE INVESTED EVERYTHING WE GOT FROM THE BUSINESS IN THE BUSINESS, AND NOW WE'RE ACTUALLY OPENING UP OUR SECOND LOCATION. SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HONORED TO HAVE COME THIS FAR THANKS TO WEST COVINA. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU GUYS. YEAH, OF COURSE. CONGRATULATIONS. SO IF YOU'RE INSIDE THE MALL SHOPPING AND DOING ALL THAT WALKING, MAKE SURE YOU GRAB A DRINK AND ENJOY AND BE REFRESHED. SO, ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE CAFE BOMBON IN CELEBRATING TASTE OF WEST COVINA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION I'D LIKE TO BRING UP, UH, CHRISTIAN AND FELIPE RAMIREZ AND MR. DREW INGER FOR THE FILM AT WEST COVINA PRESENTATION. AND BEFORE WE HAVE, UM, BEFORE WE CONTINUE TO SPEAK, WE HAVE A QUICK BRIEF VIDEO OF THE EVENT THAT JUST HAPPENED. WE'D LIKE FOR EVERYBODY TO GO AHEAD AND SEE IT. THE, SO AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, UM, THIS IS THE EIGHTH YEAR THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IT. I STARTED THIS OFF THE VERY FIRST YEAR AND AS LIKE MENTIONED LAST YEAR AND THE YEAR BEFORE, WE MADE SURE THAT THIS WAS ALL STUDENT RAN. AND EVERY YEAR WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO PARTICIPATES. WE WANT THEM, WE WELCOME THEM TO THE BOARD, WE'LL HAVE THEM BE PART OF IT. SO IT'S DIFFERENT THAN SUBMITTING A SHORT FILM VERSUS RUNNING THE WHOLE EVENT. AND WE HAD THAT AT HAVEN CITY, AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, CHRISTIANE. SHE SERVED AS THE, UH, STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR. AND THAT'S A LOT OF WORK. I MEAN, FROM THE BROCHURES TO THE SPONSORSHIPS, TO THE ORDERINGS TO EVERYTHING. AND IT WAS HER VERY FIRST TIME. SO SHE TOOK ON A SIGNIFICANT LEADERSHIP ROLE IN ORGANIZING AND LEADING THIS PROJECT. WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HER EFFORTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PRESENTATION. WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE COMMITTEE. UH, SOME OF THE COMMITTEES, UH, THEY WENT [00:10:01] BACK TO SCHOOL. THEY'RE IN COLLEGE. UH, WE HAVE TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS. THEY, UH, ARE TAKING CARE OF THEIR FIRST GRANDCHILD, SO THEY WEREN'T HERE TODAY. AND SO THEY HAD STUDENT BAND PERFORMANCES, CELEBRITIES ALL OUT THERE. AND THEN ALL THE STUDENTS HAVE CASH PRIZES. AND WE ALSO HAVE MR. DREW INGER. HE IS THE WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER WHO'S ALSO BEEN ON THE BOARD. AND YOU'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR HOW MANY YEARS? SEVEN YEARS. SO HE CAME WHEN WE, EVEN DURING COVID, BUT I LIKE TO GIVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS, ESPECIALLY FOR CHRISTIAN ANN, WHO'S THIS IS HER FIRST TIME DOING THIS BEHIND THE SCENES. IT'S A LOT OF WORK. ALL THE STUDENTS AND HER TEAM WERE JUST AMAZING. BUT GO AHEAD, SAY A BIG THANK YOU TO THE CITY FOR RECOGNIZING PHILMONT WEST COVINA. AND I JUST WANNA THANK, JUST THANK JUST TIME TO SAY LIKE, UM, PHIL WSA HAS HELPED A BUNCH OF YOUNG FILMMAKERS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY EXPLORE THEIR PASSION IN FILM. AND I HOPE THAT IT CONTINUES, UM, NOT JUST BEYOND THIS YEAR, BUT IN MANY MORE YEARS. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB, CHRISTINE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UH, MR. DREW LORANGER. UH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. THIS FESTIVAL THAT WE HAVE IS AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO SHOWCASE THE ART OF OUR KIDS. UM, A LOT OF THE, THE ARTISTS FROM WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT'S ALSO OPEN TO STUDENTS FROM THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. AND IT'S FUN TO SEE THEM TAKE THEIR PASSION, THAT MIGHT EVEN BE AN ASSIGNMENT IN CLASS, AND GIVE THEM A PLATFORM AND AUDIENCE TO BE ABLE TO SEE, UH, THEIR ART AND TO GET RECOGNIZED. AND WE'VE HAD SEVERAL KIDS THAT HAVE GONE FROM WINNING, UH, OR PLACING IN THIS FESTIVAL TO WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD, UH, ONTO FILM SCHOOL AND THEN ACTUALLY NOW IN EDITING JOBS AND, AND WORKING, UM, IN THE INDUSTRY. THE OTHER THING THAT'S REALLY AMAZING IS TO GET, TO WATCH PEOPLE LIKE THIS ONE , UH, DO HER THING IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE. UM, CHRISTIAN IS AN AMAZING KID, AN AMAZING LEADER AT WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL IN A SB IN OUR MEDIA CLASS. AND WE HANDED HER THIS JOB OF RUNNING THE ENTIRE FESTIVAL WHEN SHE HADN'T ATTENDED ONE YET. AND WE GOT A LATE START, AND I HAD FULL CONFIDENCE AND SHE NAILED IT. GOOD JOB, CHRISTIAN. SO, ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA, WE, WE REALLY DO VALUE AND APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY DOES. WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE FILM AT WEST COVINA, FESTIVAL DIRECTOR CHRISTIAN FELIPE AND DREW INGER, AND, UH, THANKING THEM FOR THE WORK THAT THEY PROVIDE. IT'S NOT AS EASY THING IF YOU FILM THIS, REMEMBER, THIS IS LIKE A RED CARPET EXPERIENCE AND FROM GETTING THE JUDGES TO JUDGE ALL THESE INDIVIDUAL STUDENT FILMS AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET THE AWARDS. AND THEN WE THANK THE SPONSORS FOR DONATING BECAUSE THEY DO GET THEIR, UH, SCHOLARSHIP MONEY AND THEY USE IT FOR SCHOOL. SO THESE STUDENTS ARE VERY GRATEFUL. AND THEN IT PRODUCES, AND SOME OF THE LAST YEAR WINNERS WERE IN OUR, UH, COMMITTEE AGAIN, AND THEY WERE HELPING HER. I KNOW, LIKE ONE OF 'EM, JAYLENE, WHO WE HONORED HER LAST YEAR, SHE'S STUDYING FOR NURSING SCHOOL RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE STILL HELPED OUT AS AS MUCH AS WE CAN. AND THEN, SEE YOU GOT FANS THERE TOO. SO CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. PROUD FAMILY . THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO INVITE, UM, A PRESENTATION FROM PRECISION, PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING TO THE FRONT. I'LL BE MAKING A PRESENTATION HERE. MICROPHONE. YES. . YOU DON'T HAVE TO HOLD IT. . OKAY. MM-HMM . ALRIGHT. UM, SHOULD I BE PRESENTING IT TO, OH, JAYLENE'S HERE. I'M SORRY. CAN I JUST LIKE TO PLUG, OH, SORRY. I JUST REALLY, REALLY LET ME GET YOU A MIC, MAYOR. YEAH. WE JUST HAVE A SEAT FOR ONE MINUTES. SURE. SO JAYLENE, SHE'S PART OF THE GROUP AND REMEMBER I MENTIONED THAT SHE'S PART OF THE NURSING PROGRAM. COME AND SUPPORT HER. SHE WAS OUR FESTIVAL DIRECTOR LAST YEAR, AND SO I'M, I'M, I'M GLAD SHE MADE IT. COME ON, JAYLENE. THAT'S OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE SOMETHING TO SAY AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A ? I'LL JUST SAY SOMETHING QUICK. UM, I'M REALLY THANKFUL TO, UH, CHRISTIAN TOO, FOR LIKE, TAKING OVER A LOT THIS YEAR SINCE I REALLY COULDN'T DO MUCH HELP AS I WANTED TO SINCE I'M LIKE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A NURSING ASSISTANT PROGRAM. BUT YEAH, I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT FILM IT HAS TO OFFER FOR THE COMING YEARS. [00:15:01] 'CAUSE THIS YEAR WAS JUST AMAZING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO PRESENTATION FOR, SHE'S OUR PART OF COMMITTEE BOARD, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. OH, WE DON'T HAVE ERIC. I CAN, I CAN DO IT. OKAY. WE GOT MOST OF OUR COMMITTEES, ALL OUR STUDENTS. WELCOME CLOSER. CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S OKAY. WE'RE STUDENTS. THERE'S THE MIC. WE KEEPING THE MIC. DID YOU WANT THE MIC OR DO YOU WANT THIS ONE? OKAY. EVENING. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, I'M GARY. I'M GARY UCCI. I'M WITH PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING. AND I, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE AND THE RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. UH, WE, I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING. WE ARE A LEADER IN UNEVEN SIDEWALK REPAIR. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE, UH, 1992, AND WE HAVE BRANCHES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. UH, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A UNIQUE PROCESS FOR REPAIRING UNEVEN SIDEWALKS. WE'VE BEEN AWARDED NINE PATENTS, AND WE'RE WORKING WITH HUNDREDS OF CITIES AND COUNTIES, SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANIES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA. AND WHAT WE DO IS WE HELP CITIES KEEP THEIR SIDEWALKS SAFE, ACCESSIBLE, A DA COMPLIANT WITHIN, UH, TIGHT BUDGETS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE'RE ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY. UH, PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING WAS SELECTED BY THE C-J-P-I-A AS A STRATEGIC PARTNER FOR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE. UH, PRECISION WAS CHOSEN, UH, THROUGH A COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS, AND THEY CHOSE US BECAUSE OF OUR LOWER OVERALL COST AND OUR, UH, SPECIAL, UH, SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT SERVICES AND OUR UNIQUE, UH, UNEVEN SIDEWALK REPAIR. UH, C-J-P-I-A PUT IT TOGETHER, A, A SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. AND THEY HAD ESTABLISHED A MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT THAT IS AVAILABLE TO ALL MEMBERS. UH, OVER 50 MEMBER CITIES ARE USING THE MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE SYSTEM, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND THEY'RE TAKING, UM, ADVANTAGE OF THE PREFERENTIAL PRICING FOR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, OUR SOLUTION, WE PROVIDE A PROGRAM OF SIDEWALK ASSET MANAGEMENT SERVICES. WE USE THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY TO IDENTIFY SIDEWALK PROBLEMS. WE PROVIDE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS. WE DI PROVIDE DIFFERENT SERVICES OPTIONS, AND WE ALSO ASSIST IN PLANNING. AND WE USE AN ARRAY OF TOOLS THAT WE SPECIFICALLY DESIGN FOR SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT AND SIDEWALK UH, MAINTENANCE. AND THESE INCLUDE HANDHELD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY WITH HIGH RESOLUTION GPS MAPPING, SPECIALIZED, UH, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, AND OUR PATENTED SIDEWALK REPAIR EQUIPMENT. AND THIS ALLOWS US TO QUICKLY FIX THE SIDEWALKS, UH, WITH, WITHOUT THE COSTLY, UH, DEMOLITION AND REPLACEMENT. SO WE ALSO PROVIDE VERY COMPREHENSIVE DOCUMENTATION THAT, UH, PROVIDES INSPECTION REPORTS. UH, REPAIR REPORTS IDENTIFIES ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT NEED TO BE COMPLETED BY OTHER METHODS. WE INCLUDE A VERY DETAILED, UH, SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT LIST, AND WE ALSO IDENTIFY WHERE THERE'S SEVERE TREE ISSUES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, IT'S A VERY FAST, IT'S A VERY AFFORDABLE, AND IT'S A SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM. IT QUICKLY MINIMIZES THE CITY'S SIDEWALK LIABILITY RISK. IT MAXIMIZES THE YOUTHFUL LIFE OF YOUR EXISTING SIDEWALK ASSETS. IT MINIMIZES THE AMOUNT OF COSTLY RECONSTRUCTION THEY YOU HAVE TO DO AT ANY PARTICULAR TIME, AND IT ENABLES MANAGERS TO CONTROL THEIR BUDGETS. NEXT SLIDE. SO, OUR CITYWIDE SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT, UH, IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER. WE IDENTIFY PROBLEMS PER A DA SPECIFICATIONS. WE SPECIFY THE TYPE OF PROBLEM, THE SEVERITY OF THE PROBLEM. WE RECOMMEND A PRIORITY AND THE SOLUTION FOR EACH LOCATION. WE IDENTIFY THE AREAS FOR COMPLETE DEMOLITION AND [00:20:01] REPLACEMENT, AND WE PUT THIS ALL IN VERY DETAILED REPORTS, UH, SPREADSHEETS WITH ALL OF THE DATE, THE SIZE, THE THE SQUARE FEET, THE, THE ADDRESS, THE GPS LOCATIONS. AND WE PROVIDE PHOTOGRAPHS AND COLOR CODED MAPS. AND ALL THIS CAN BE INTERFACED INTO YOUR C'S GIS SYSTEM. NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF THE, THE MAPPING. UH, ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED, THEY'RE, THEY'RE COLOR CODED BY PRIORITY. YOU CLICK ON EACH ONE AND IT GIVES YOU ALL THE DATA THAT'S BEEN COLLECTED, THE SIZE, THE TYPE OF A PROBLEM, UH, THE PHOTOGRAPHS, THE ADDRESS, AND IF IT WAS REPAIRED OR NOT REPAIRED. IF IT WAS REPAIRED, YOU'D HAVE AN AFTER PICTURE SHOWING THE ACTUAL REPAIR AND A TIMESTAMP OF THE DATE THAT IT WAS REPAIRED. NEXT SLIDE. OUR UNEVEN SIDEWALK REPAIR SYSTEM IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UH, RATHER THAN GRINDING DOWN THE, THE, UH, SIDEWALK LIFTED SIDEWALKS OR REPLACING IT WITH NEW CONCRETE, WE SLICE IT DOWN, WE CUT IT DOWN WITH A SPECIAL DIAMOND SAW. AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS IT ALLOWS US TO COMPLETELY REMOVE THE CHANGE IN ELEVATION UP TO TWO INCHES OR EVEN HIGHER. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE THICKNESS OF THE SLAB, BUT WHAT THIS DOES FOR THE CITY IS IT REDUCES THE AMOUNT OF COSTLY RECONSTRUCTION AND IT'S VERY FAST. SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE VERY QUICKLY. IT ALSO HAS SUPERIOR RESULTS THAN, UH, THAN GRINDING OUR ASPHALT. PATCHING. IT MORE CONSISTENTLY MEETS A DA SPECIFICATIONS, AND IT'S ALSO AESTHETICALLY MORE CORRECT FOR THE CITY RESIDENTS AND THE VISITORS. AND IT'S VERY FAST. WE CAN REMOVE HAZARDS VERY QUICKLY AND IT BASICALLY, UH, IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY OF REDUCING YOUR SIDEWALK LIABILITY RISK. NEXT. SO THIS IS, UH, WHY WE DON'T GRIND. WE USED TO BE A GRINDING COMPANY. WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OFF, WE, WE WERE GRINDING AND WE GOT FRUSTRATED WITH, UH, THE, THE PROCESS. IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET A DA COMPLIANCE. IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE SLAB. THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE GRINDING EQUIPMENT GETS IN THE WAY, GETS UP AGAINST LANDSCAPING, UH, WALLS, FENCES, LIGHT POSTS. UH, IT'S ALSO VERY DIFFICULT FOR LARGER LIFTS. UM, IT'S PULVERIZING THE CONCRETE, IT'S SCRAPING IT DOWN. AND TO GET A, A PROPER A DA COMPLIANT REPAIR, IT'S DIFFICULT AND IT'S VERY TIME CONSUMING. SO MOST CITY ENGINEERS DON'T RECOMMEND GRINDING ABOVE AN INCH HIGH. OUR SYSTEM, WE CAN QUICKLY REMOVE, UH, UP TO TWO INCHES AND HIGHER. SO THE BOTTOM PICTURE IS WHAT WE DO. YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S A VERY CLEAN, VERY, UH, EFFICIENT PROCESS. WE MEASURE HOW HIGH THE LIFT IS, WE MEASURE HOW FAR WE NEED TO GO BACK, AND THEN WE CUT THE ADJACENT SLAB. WE LEAVE A ZERO POINT OF DIFFERENTIAL. WE REMOVE THE HAZARD COMPLETELY ACROSS THE SLAB. YOU CAN SEE IT'S A, IT'S A MUCH MORE EFFICIENT WAY OF, OF FIXING THE SIDEWALKS. NEXT COUPLE OF, UH, PHOTOS OF THIS TYPE OF WORK. THIS IS ABOUT A TWO INCH LIFT THAT IS, WE'RE BASICALLY CUTTING AN A DA COMPLIANT RAMP, AN A DA RAMP INTO THE EXISTING SLAB. NEXT PLEASE. AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S A VERY PRECISE, SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GRINDING AND WHAT WE DO. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IT'S VERY FAST. IT'S EFFECTIVE AND VERY ECONOMICAL. UH, A THREE MAN CREW CAN REMOVE HAZARDS UP TO 150 HAZARDS IN A DAY WITH A THREE MAN CREW. SO IT'S VERY QUICK. WE CAN GET THROUGH A CITY VERY QUICKLY, REMOVE YOUR LIABILITY RISK VERY QUICKLY, AND WE CAN REPAIR THE SLAB MULTIPLE TIMES BECAUSE IT'S NOT SO INVASIVE OF A PROCESS. 'CAUSE WE'RE SLICING, WE CAN SLICE IT AGAIN, IF IT RAISES UP AGAIN, WE CAN SLICE IT AGAIN. AS LONG AS THERE'S ENOUGH SLAB LEFT, WE CAN MAKE THAT SIDEWALK LAST. ANOTHER 15, 10, 15 YEARS. SO VERY, A VERY ECONOMICAL SOLUTION. NEXT, PLEASE. SO IN 2022, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PUT TOGETHER A SIDEWALK MAIN MAINTENANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM USING PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING. AND THE PURPOSE OF IT WAS TO QUICKLY IDENTIFY AND REPAIR THE UNEVEN SIDEWALKS TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY WHILE REDUCING THE CITY'S, UH, LIABILITY RISK. IT MAXIMIZES THE USE OF AVAILABLE SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE GREATEST NUMBER OF SIDEWALK TRIP HAZARDS. UH, IT USES PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING METHOD TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT THAT'S NEEDED. AND IT WAS TO ALSO ESTABLISH A PROACTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE PROGRAM THAT PRIORITIZES TIMELY REPAIRS AND, UH, EXTENDS THE USEFUL LIFE OF THE SIDEWALKS. [00:25:01] NEXT LOOK. NEXT SLIDE. SO THE CITY DIVIDED UP THE, THE CITY IN EIGHT MAINTENANCE ZONES. YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART HERE, UH, THEY, THEY PUT TOGETHER A SIX YEAR ANNUAL RECURRING PROGRAM COVERING THE EIGHT MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS. YOU CAN SEE YEAR ONE IS THE GRAY ZONE, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, AND YEAR TWO IS THE RED AND THREE AND SO ON. SO THE WHOLE PLAN IS THAT THE CITY WILL GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE CITY IN SIX YEARS AND REMOVE AS MANY OF THE HAZARDS THAT THEY POSSIBLY CAN, AND THEN THE FOLLOW, THEN THEY'LL START THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN. NEXT SLIDE. SO HOW'S THE PROGRAM BEEN BEEN DOING? SO THE PROJECT STARTED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022 WITH AN ANNUAL BUDGET OF $230,000. AND WE COMPLETED YEARS ONE YEARS TWO AND YEARS THREE IN PARTIAL COMPLETION OF YEAR FOUR IN JANUARY OF 2025. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF THE GAME. SO WE'RE ABLE TO REMOVE 4,942, UH, UNEVEN SIDEWALKS. SO WE RE REPAIRED ALMOST 5,000 TRIP HAZARDS, AND WE REPAIRED OVER 237,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALK FOR A COST OF 594,000, WHICH IS LESS THAN $3 A SQUARE FOOT. SO WE ALSO RECOMMENDED 680 LOCATIONS THAT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REMOVED AND REPLACED. AND WHEN YOU LOOKED AT ALL OF THE I, ALL THE SIDEWALK ISSUES THAT WE IDENTIFIED, ALL THE, ALL THE CHANGES IN ELEVATION, 98% OF 'EM WERE REPAIRED USING PRECISION CONCRETE. SO WE, WE SAVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THE CITY BY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF RECONSTRUCTION THAT YOU HAD TO DO. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THE ESTIMATED COST SAVINGS BASED ON THE PANEL SIZE AND 20, SAY $20 A SQUARE FOOT, WHICH IS A COST OF REPLACING SIDEWALKS. TO REPLACE 270,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALK WOULD COST $5.4 MILLION PRECISION CONCRETE CUTTING REPAIRED 2,700, 20 270,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALK FOR 594,000. SO IT WAS HUGE SAVINGS OVER $4.8 MILLION WORTH OF SAVINGS IF YOU WERE GONNA REPLACE THE WHOLE THING. AND THAT WAS BASICALLY LESS THAN $2 AND 30 CENTS SQUARE FOOT. SO VERY COST SAVING PROGRAM FOR THE, FOR THE CITY. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS JUST SOME, AN IDEA OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE. UH, THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHERE THE PRECISION OF THE SAW THIS LOCATION WITH THE, THE MANHOLE COVER, YOU KNOW, THAT SHOULD BE COMPLETELY REMOVED AND REPLACED IF, UNLESS YOU'RE ABLE TO SHAVE IT DOWN LIKE WE DID IN THE PROSPECT. SO THAT'S ONE EXAMPLE. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE ALONG THE, THE CURBSIDE, WE CAN GET RIGHT UP AND CLOSE TO THE, THE, UH, THE, THE POSTS THERE FOR THE TRAFFIC METERS. AND THERE'S ANOTHER SIGN RIGHT THERE. WE'RE ABLE TO JUST GET VERY CLOSE AND SAVE THAT SIDEWALK INSTEAD OF HAVING TO REPLACE IT. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. OH, YOU'RE GOOD. GOOD, GOOD. THIS IS ANOTHER, JUST A QUICK SIDE OF, OF SOME OF THE WORK THAT WAS DONE OUT THERE IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHERE ARE WE AT IN YEAR FOUR? AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE ABLE TO, UH, DO A PORTION OF YEAR FOUR. AND WHERE WE SIT RIGHT NOW, UM, THESE ARE WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN IN ZONE FOUR. WE IDENTIFIED, UH, ALL THESE HAZARDS WERE THE SIDEWALK ASSESSMENTS BEEN COMPLETED. THESE REPRESENT ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROBLEMS THAT ARE OUT THERE. YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS THE, THE SLIDE OF ALL THE STREETS THAT FALL IN ZONE FOUR. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DARK STREETS. THEY'RE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN DARK PURPLE. THOSE ONES ARE COMPLETED. THE ONES THAT ARE IN LIGHT PURPLE, THOSE ONES STILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED. AND THE ITEMS IN THE RED STREET SEGMENTS, THOSE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS. SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW, UM, WE HAVE COMPLETED 727 ROOT IN PHASE ONE. THERE'S 4,079 LOCATIONS OF LIFTED HAZARDS THAT STILL REMAIN IN PHASE TWO. THAT'S ABOUT 160,000 SQUARE FEET OF SIDEWALK. AND THE COST IS $631,000 TO REPAIR THOSE WITH PRECISION [00:30:01] CONCRETE CUTTING. SO, UH, THE AND, AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST FOR ALL OF THE MAINTENANCE ZONE, EVERY TIME WE DO A SIDEWALK ASSESSMENT, THERE'S ALWAYS MANY MORE HAZARDS AND PROBLEMS THAT NEED TO BE FIXED THAN THE BUDGET WILL ALLOW TO FIX. SO WHAT THE CITY DOES IS THE CITY THEN LOOKS AT ALL THE DATA THAT WE COLLECTED, AND WE HELP THEM DO THIS AND THEY PRIORITIZE WHICH LOCATIONS NEED TO BE REPAIRED FIRST WITHIN THE AVAILABLE BUDGET. ANYTHING THAT IS REMAINING THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED, THAT GETS PUT, THAT WILL BE PUT ON THE LIST AND PRIORITIZED DURING THE NEXT CYCLE. SO THE NEXT CYCLE, A NUMBER OF THOSE WILL BE REPAIRED AND IT'S JUST AN ONGOING PROCESS. SO IF YOU GO TO THE, THE NEXT, AND THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE, UM, THE, THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, UH, WITH THEIR SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, THEY RECOMMEND TO HAVE A PROACTIVE SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. ONE THAT ESTABLISHES AN ONGOING PROACTIVE APPROACH, UH, ONE THAT REGULARLY INSPECTS THE DOCUMENTS, ALL THE SIDEWALK CONDITIONS IN THE HAZARD. ONE THAT PRIORITIZES REPAIRS BASED ON RISK AND PEDESTRIAN EXPOSURE. ONE THAT CONTINUES ADDRESSING THE HIGHEST RISK HAZARDS, EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO REPAIR EVERYTHING. AND ONE THAT DOCUMENTS INSPECTIONS, DOCUMENTS THE REPAIRS AND THE ONGOING MAINTENANCE, AND CREATES A STRONGER DEFENSE AGAINST TRIP AND FALL CLAIMS BY DEMONSTRATING THAT YOU HAVE A CONSISTENT AND A REASONABLE MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE C-J-P-I-A, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA MEETS ALL OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE IN PLACE RIGHT NOW. SO IT, THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS. UM, THE KEY TAKEAWAY HERE IS YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIX EVERYTHING AT ONCE. YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN. YOU NEED TO HAVE A PLAN TO IDENTIFY, PRIORITIZE, REPAIR, AND DOCUMENT THE HAZARDS. AND YOU HAVE TO CONSISTENTLY EXECUTE THAT PLAN. AND THAT THE KEY WORD HERE IS TO EX EXECUTE. BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE A PLAN IF YOU DON'T EXECUTE, THAT'S NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU MUCH DEFENSE. BUT IF YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT YOU'RE CONSISTENTLY EXECUTING WITH WHATEVER AVAILABLE FUNDS THAT YOU HAVE, THAT GOES A LONG WAY WITH, UH, WITH PROTECTING THE CITY AGAINST THE SIDEWALK LIABILITY CLAIMS. AND I GUESS IT, THEY SAY IN, UH, WITH SIDEWALK MAINTENANCE PROGRAMS, UH, THE, THE BEST DEFENSE IS OFFENSE TO HAVE A PROGRAM IN PLACE AND BE EXECUTED. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY. UH, THANK YOU. I ACTUALLY ATTENDED A CONFERENCE AT WORK AND I SAW YOUR BOOTH THERE AND, UM, YOU HAD THE SAMPLES AND EVERYTHING AND I ACTUALLY BROUGHT THAT BROCHURE TO THE CITY STAFF AND, AND I WAS ACTUALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THEY ALREADY HAD BROUGHT YOU IN. SO I WAS LIKE, WELL, COME ON BY AND HAVE PRESENT THAT. 'CAUSE THAT'S SU SUPER IMPORTANT. UM, QUESTIONS. UH, COUNCILMAN WOO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. AND THE, AND I'VE BEEN WALKING OKAY. AROUND THE CITY, ALL THE PLACES AND THE, OUR SIDEWALK, SIDEWALK NEED HELP. OKAY. THEY HAVE A LOT OF TREE WITH A, WE 1923 AND HERE NOW. SO WE MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS. OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF HOUSES. OKAY. AND THE TREE IS, THE ROOTS GOT LIFTED UP. OKAY. SO MY QUESTION IS, I KNOW 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6 YEARS OF HAWAII OKAY? SOME OF THE AREA IN THE SOUTH SIDE, THEY GO TO SIX AND THERE'S, I THINK THEY HAVE ONE AREA IN GRAY. OKAY. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT'S NOT INCLUDING IN THE, THE FAR SOUTH, NOT INCLUDING IN THE, IN, IN OUR SERVICE. SO I THINK OKAY, MAYBE CITY CAN TALK TO THEM, MAKE SURE THEY COVER ENTIRE CITY. WE ARE 16.58, UH, SQUARE MILE. SO IT'S A PRETTY LARGE AREA. OKAY. AND, UH, MY QUESTION WOULD BE HOW YOU PRIORITIZE, OKAY, WE, WE HAVE YOUR SERVICE TWO YEARS AGO, OR HOW LONG WE HAVE THEIR SERVICE OR JUST NOW? SEPTEMBER OF 2020. WE STARTED IN SEPTEMBER. MIKE, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? , I JUST WANTED TO, I WAS, I WAS HERE WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM AND THE GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, SORRY. UM, WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM, THE THOUGHT PROCESS WAS START WITH THE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS FIRST. SO EVERYTHING WAS STARTED AT THE MALL AND THE AREAS WHERE WE HAD THE MOST FOOT TRAFFIC, UM, TRANSPORTATION, YOU KNOW, BUS STOPS, TRANSPORTATION, PEOPLE BEING DROPPED OFF. SO THAT WAS HOW WHY WE STARTED WHERE WE DID. WE STARTED AT THE MALL AND WORKED OUR WAY OUT. I, I GOT [00:35:01] IT. OKAY. AND THAT IS A ONE HIGH TRAFFIC, BUT A LOT OF IT'S A RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE PEOPLE WALK ON THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, ESPECIALLY SENIOR, THEY WALK AROUND AT THE EVENING. SO, AND THE, THE COMPLAINT IS THEY HAVE A LOT UNEVEN SIDEWALK. IT'S NOT EVEN SAFE. AND PLUS ON THE SHADOW OAK, WE HAVE A FRONTIER COMMUNICATION THAT DIG A LOT OF OUR SIDEWALK. AND, UH, POSSIBLE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S EVEN BECAUSE I, I WALK OVER THERE, I FIND OUT IT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO WALK FOR SENIOR ON THE SIDEWALK. SO HOW WE RESOLVE THE ISSUE, BUT, UH, I, I THINK ONE, I THINK I REPORT TO YOU GUY AND ONE OF THE RESIDENT, THEY HAVE, UH, REPORT TWO YEARS ABOUT THEIR LIP ABOUT TWO TO THREE INCH, SO IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE. AND THEY IS A TRIPLE HAZARD HAS, UH, HAZARD. SO, SO HOW WE TAKE CARE WHEN THE RESIDENT REPORT THE ISSUE, HOW SOON WE WILL TAKE CARE AND GRIND IT RIGHT AWAY. THAT'S A, THAT'S A MULTILAYERED QUESTION. NOT ALL SIDEWALKS CAN BE GRINDED. FOR EXAMPLE, YOU SENT ME, I, I WENT TO SOME TODAY I SAW FOUR INCHES. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE GRINDED. THAT WOULD EITHER BE DONE THROUGH A FORMAL CIP PROJECT OR IT'D BE DONE IN HOUSE. OUR IN-HOUSE CREW PROBABLY IS DOING ABOUT, I WOULD SAY ANYWHERE FROM, YOU KNOW, 70 TO 80 JOBS A YEAR. NOW, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND IT GOES ON A LIST. UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS JUST ONE PORTION OF OUR SIDEWALK MANAGEMENT PLAN BECAUSE WE ALSO HAVE OUR REPORTING APP SYSTEM. THINGS COME INTO THAT NATURE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UM, THE AREAS THAT WE'RE WORKING IN, WE'RE DOING STREET PROJECTS AND WE ADD CONCRETE WORK TO THOSE AS WELL. GOT IT. GOT IT. OKAY. AND BUT THE, THE THING IS, IF A RESIDENT REPORT ABOUT THE HAZARD IN FRONT OF THEIR HOME, OKAY, I THINK WE SHOULD RESPOND TO THEM ABOUT WHEN. OKAY. MAYBE, UH, SIX MONTHS, EIGHT MONTHS. OKAY. THE DURATION TO FIX, BECAUSE THAT IS REALLY A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR LIABILITY ISSUE TO THE CITY. OKAY. AND, UH, DUE TO ITS, UH, IS A, IT'S A WALKWAY. PEOPLE WALK POSSIBLY TRIP. SO, SO MY SUGGESTION, BUT BASED ON, SHE TOLD ME THAT TWO YEARS AGO THEY REPORT AND THEY EVEN HAVE A PINK MARK. THEY TOLD ME THE PINK MARK RIGHT THERE. SO, SO IF THEY HAVE A PINK MARK, SO MEANING SOMEBODY FROM CITY WANT TO FIX IT ALREADY, MARK THIS AREA. SO HOW SOON, OKAY. WHY IT TAKES A WHILE. I'M NOT TRYING TO CRITICIZE, I'M TRYING, I KNOW IT'S A BIG CITY. I'M SAYING HOW CAN WE HAVE A SYSTEM SINCE WE HAVE A PRECISION OVER HERE, OKAY. AND, UH, SEE THERE CAN BE GRIND. IF NOT, THEN WE, WHEN WE ARE GOING TO, UH, REPLACE THE CONCRETE, IF IT'S NOT GONNA BE GRIND. SO HOW IS THE SYSTEM? WE CAN WORK IT OUT AND MAYBE WE RESPOND TO THE, THE REPORT. OKAY. THE COMPLAINER ABOUT THE ISSUE. OKAY. AND SINCE THEY REPORT THE ISSUE, THEN HOW WE ADDRESS THE ISSUE SO THEY UNDERSTAND IT MAYBE TAKE SOME TIME. OKAY. NOT JUST OVER THERE FOREVER. THIS IS MY SUGGESTION. UNDERSTOOD. AND, AND ANOTHER ONE, THE FINAL QUESTION WOULD BE THE FAU IS SHOWING GRAY WHY'S NOT INCLUDING THE COLUMN. DID YOU SEE THAT ON THE MAP PRESENTATION? MAP ON THE MAP ON THE, YEAH. YEAH. THERE'S THAT DOWN BELOW. THIS ABOUT THOUSANDS HOME. AND DO YOU WANNA PULL UP THE MAP? YEAH, YOU SEE, YOU SEE THE, THE, THE, THE ONE, THE MAP ANOTHER ONE? YEAH. RIGHT OVER HERE. YEAH. YOU CAN SEE ON THE VALLEY OVER THERE. AND THAT IS THAT, THAT THAT GRAY AREA, YOU PUT A SIX, UH, YEAR SIX AND THAT'S STILL WEST COVINA. OKAY. I THINK THE MAP IS JUST CUT OFF BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA COVER ALL SIDEWALK IN WEST COVINA WE HAVE ALMOST 300 MILES OFS. YEAH. WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR ENTIRE CITY THAT, THAT, THAT THAT AREA IS WEST COVINA. SO WE NEED TO, OKAY. THEY PAY TAXES TOO. SO WE NEED TO COVER UNTIL SIDEWALK YOU NEED HELP. THEY, UH, THE STREET PAVING IS BEAUTIFUL. OKAY. AND, UH, NOW, OKAY, THE STREET SWEEPING, THEY LIKE IT. NOW THE ISSUE IS OKAY, UNEVEN SIDEWALK. OKAY. AND SOME TREE, TREE MEAN OTHERWISE. OKAY. IT IS BEAUTIFUL AREA AB AFTER YOU PA THE STREET, THIS JUST GORGEOUS AND, AND, AND VERY PRETTY OKAY. VERY UPSCALE. THEY'RE VERY HAPPY. SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. AND I'M MY TIME ALSO WANTED TO SAY ANYTHING, UH, SURE, GO AHEAD. YEAH, SO, UH, SOME OF THE CITIES THAT CAN WE WORK WITH, THEY WILL HAVE A VERY SIMILAR TYPE OF A PROGRAM WHERE YOU BREAK DOWN THE CITY INTO THE GRIDS AND GO AND CYCLE THROUGH THE GRIDS. THEY ALSO HAVE A KIND OF LIKE AN EMERGENCY LIST OR A, A CALL IN LIST. SO WHEN PEOPLE DO CALL IN WITH, HEY, I GOT A PROBLEM HERE. THOSE ARE COLLECTED AND THOSE ARE PUT ONTO A, YOU KNOW, ONTO A LIST. AND THEN WE WOULD, UH, WE WOULD DO THOSE ON A PERIODIC BASIS. SO LIKE EVERY 30 DAYS IS LIKE AN EEM, AN EMERGENCY LIST THAT YOU GO OUT AND YOU KNOW, OR YOU KNOW, A, THE RANDOM LIST OF SIDEWALK HAZARDS FROM THE PEOPLE THAT CALL [00:40:01] IN. WE COULD ALWAYS IMPLEMENT SOMETHING LIKE THAT. GOOD. SO MINI SOMETHING THAT REPORT TO YOU AND THAT IS REALLY NEED TO BE FIXED. YOU WILL BE THERE WHILE THEY WAITING FOR THE CYCLE. SO YOU ARE GOING TO DO EMERGENCY TAKING CARE FOR THE ISSUE BEFORE SOMEBODY TRIP? YES, WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND IF WE COULDN'T FIX IT BY, YOU KNOW, SHAVING IT DOWN, IF WE COULDN'T FIX IT BY SHAVING IT DOWN, THEN WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD PUT IT ON THE REPLACEMENT LIST THAT WOULD GO TO THE, TO THE CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK, THANK YOU. OH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. YES. UM, YEAH, I THINK IF THERE'S ANY OUTSTANDING, UH, REPORTS TO OUR CITY, UH, THAT'S EITHER A TRIPPING HAZARD OR A POTENTIAL A DA VIOLATION, UH, WITH OUR SIDEWALK THAT OUR CITY NEEDS TO DEVELOP A PLAN, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT. BECAUSE WAITING, UH, THREE YEARS OR, OR MORE IS NOT, UH, IT'S NOT, UH, APPROPRIATE. I THINK, UH, WE NEED TO FIND SOLUTIONS. SO MAYBE, UH, MIKE, YOU COULD FIGURE OUT A, AN OP, UH, SOME SOLUTION TO FIGURE, UH, THAT OUT. , IT'S A SIX YEAR CYCLE, SO YOU'D GET THE CITY AND YOU'D GET THROUGH THE CITY IN SIX YEARS. SO THAT, YEAH, THAT IS QUITE A BIT OF TIME. IT ALL DEPENDS ON, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MORE, MORE OR LESS HOW MUCH FUNDING YOU CAN PUT TO IT. YOU COULD SPEED THAT UP, YOU KNOW, BY GETTING MORE DONE EACH YEAR, WHICH WE COULD DO. IT'S JUST, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE, THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE. AND WOULD THAT REQUIRE A NEW RFP OR NOT A NEW RFP? WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO IDENTIFY FUNDING AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THAT. UM, DEFINITELY TRYING TO MANAGE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, PROJECTS, TEAR OUTS AND EVERYTHING THAT GARY DISCUSSED, BUT ALSO JUST WHAT WE CAN GRIND AND ALSO MAKING SURE WE HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO GRIND. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY, GRIND IS NOT THE RIGHT TERM TO, TO CUT. TO CUT PHYSICIAN CUTTING. YEAH. CUTTING. AND DOES THIS COME FROM A RESTRICTIVE FUND OR A GENERAL FUND? UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY, THIS IS OUT OF A SPECIAL FUND, BUT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I'M SORRY. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE PO IS. I WANT TO SAY IT'S A PROP FUND, BUT I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT. I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, SO I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK. HMM. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? OH, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTEST. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UM, GARY AND MIKE, GOOD EVENING. UH, WANTED TO ASK GARY, CAN YOU DESCRIBE VISUALLY WHEN YOU DO THE PRECISION CUTTING, WHAT DOES THE SIDEWALK LOOK LIKE? IT IS IT, DOES IT LOOK AS IF THERE WAS NEVER ANY RAISED AREA THERE? IS IT PATCHY OR IS IT NIGHT BEAUTIFUL? I MEAN, I'D IMAGINE IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST TELL ME MORE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. I'M, I'M CURIOUS. SURE. OH, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE MIC? SORRY. YEAH, IF YOU THINK OF BEVELING, WE'RE BASICALLY BEVELING WHERE IT'S LIFTED. SO WE'RE ACTUALLY BEVELING THE, THE LIP, THE LIP OF THE, WHERE THE SIDEWALK IS RAISED UP. WE'RE BEVELING IT AT A, A DA COMPLIANT SLOPE AT AN ANGLE, BUT A VERY SMOOTH TRANSITION THAT MEETS WHAT THE A DA REQUIRES. AND WHAT IT DOES, IT DOES TAKE OFF THE TOP SLURRY COAT OF THE CONCRETE. SO YOU CAN SEE THE EXPOSED AGGREGATE, UH, BELOW. SO THERE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENCE IN THE, UH, THE, THE LOOK OF THE, IT'S NOT THE, THE, UH, CONSISTENT SAME COLOR IN, IN IT'S, HAS A, A KIND OF A MORE FRESH, UH, CUT THAT YOU CAN SEE THE STONE AGGREGATE THAT'S BEEN CUT, UH, IN THE CONCRETE ITSELF. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. UM, THE, THE NEXT QUESTION, GARY, I, I HAVE IS, IT'S ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO COUNCILMAN WU. I'M WONDERING ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE ALONG KATHLEEN CORD AND JACQUELINE THERE, I KNOW THAT THERE, THERE ARE ONGOING EFFORTS THERE WITH BLACK PIPING AND SEWER, SEWER REPAIR AND, UH, REDOING THE STREETS AND EVERYTHING. UM, IS IT, IS IT CORRECT WITH, WITH MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT WILL ALL BE DONE BY, BY, UM, THE END OF OCTOBER? OR IS THAT A DIFFERENT CONTRACT? OR IS THAT, UM, MORE OF A MIC QUESTION BECAUSE THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF, OF ALL OF THE, EVERYTHING BEING TORN UP, IT LOOKS REALLY BAD FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. I MEAN THE, THE STREETS, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S JUST IN THE, WE ARE JUST IN THE REPAIR PHASE NOW, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF, IF WITHIN THAT, THAT AREA, UH, IS THAT GOING, IS THAT AMONG THE AREAS THAT WILL BE, I MEAN, THAT YOU'RE FIXING, UH, WITH, WITH REGARD TO ANY UNEVEN SIDEWALKS? OR IS THAT REPAIR OF THOSE PANELS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PROJECT? MIKE, THAT'S AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PROJECT. UM, THAT'S AN ENG AN ENGINEERING PROJECT THEY'RE MANAGING, WORKING THROUGH NOW. SO WHEN THAT PROJECT IS COMPLETED, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THEY FIX ALL OF THAT. OKAY, GREAT. AND THE LAST QUESTION, SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP THE MALL, I BROUGHT UP WITH YOU MIKE, BACK IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT FROM HERE, WALKING FROM HERE TO THE MALL ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF WEST COVINA PARKWAY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF TRIPPING HAZARDS. HAS THAT, I MEAN, CONSIDERING WE, YOU SAID THAT WE STARTED AT THE MALL AND THAT WAS IN 2022. UM, I'M WONDERING WHAT THE STATUS IS OF REPAIRING THE TRIP HAZARDS [00:45:01] ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST COVINA PARKWAY FROM SUNSET GOING EAST. THAT CORRIDOR IS CURRENTLY BEING LOOKED AT AND IS GETTING READY TO GO INTO THE DESIGN PHASES TO LOOK AT THE MEDIANS IN THE CENTER THAT HAVE THE RAISE, THE LIFTED, UH, THEY HAVE LIFTED BRICK IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN ALSO THE SIDEBAR, YOU KNOW, PART OF THAT DESIGN WILL BE THE SIDE AREA WHERE THE SIDEWALK WILL BE ADDRESSED. UM, PRECISION CONCRETE HAS GONE THROUGH THERE AND MADE THE REPAIRS THAT THEY CAN MAKE. SOME OF THE STUFF THAT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION IS, IS LARGER THAN WHAT PRECISION CONCRETE CAN ACTUALLY CUT. SO THERE HAS TO ACTUALLY BE TEAR OUTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE. MM-HMM . WE HAVE STARTED WORK OVER THERE. BUS PADS HAVE BEEN DONE AND WE ARE WORKING OUR WAY THROUGH THAT SECTION, BUT IT IS NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLETE. OKAY. IF YOU COULD GET BACK TO US ABOUT WHEN THAT AREA IS TO BE COMPLETE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT'S HIGH TRAFFIC FROM HERE TO THE MALL AND THE MALL TO HERE, UM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. REMEMBER, IT'S A PRESENTATION TODAY. YEAH. OKAY. SO IF YOU WANNA JUST YEAH. REALLY QUICK, REAL QUICK, REALLY QUICK. OKAY. I, I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS FROM THE RESTRICTIVE FARM GENERAL, MAYBE KAREN CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION BECAUSE IF IT, IF THIS REALLY FUND, MAYBE WE CAN INCREASE THE BUDGET BECAUSE THE TRIP HAZARD A CLEAR LIABILITY ISSUE, WE REALLY NEED TO FIX ALL THIS TRIP HAZARD LIFT AND THIS, AND THREE, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO FIX ASAP BECAUSE WHEN PEOPLE REPORT IT, WE NEED TO FIX IT RIGHT AWAY. IF THAT'S A BUDGET ISSUE, IF THIS RESTRICTED FUND, THEN I THINK WE HAVE AS KAREN HERE, THIS IS A RESTRICTED FUND. RESTRICTED FUND, WE CAN, SO, SO MAYBE WE CAN BRING IT TO THE NEXT, GIVE SOME OF THE INCREASE AND UH, TO, TO MAKE SURE ALL THIS TRIP HAS A ESPECIALLY VISIBLE OR THAT WILL BE TRIP HAVE TO ADDRESS RIGHT AWAY. YEAH. SO WE DON'T WANT, WE DON'T WANT ANY LAWSUIT. OKAY. SO, AND THEN WE DON'T WANT ANY PEOPLE GET, GET HURT. WE DON'T WANT ANY PEOPLE TO GET HURT. THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT THING. YEAH, I WILL, I WILL WORK WITH FINANCE AND LOOK AT THE FUNDS AVAILABLE AND WHAT'S AVAILABLE IN THOSE FUNDS AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO INCREASE, TO INCREASE THE, THE SCOPE TO INCLUDE MORE REPAIRS. AND THE LAST THING WOULD BE YOU HAVE A MAP, RIGHT? YOU, YOU CHECK ENTIRE CITY, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY, OH THIS, NOT JUST GO THROUGH THE, THE, THE AREA. YOU GO THROUGH THE ALREADY VISIBLE TRIP HAZARD, YOU JUST HAVE TO ATTACK THEM RIGHT AWAY BEFORE THEY BE CLEAR ISSUE FOR ANY PEOPLE TRIP. SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING, RATHER THAN JUST GO THROUGH THE AREA, BUT YOU SHOULD IDENTIFY, SO YOU SHOULD HAVE A MAP ABOUT WHICH STREET, WHERE THE UNEVEN RIGHT AWAY TO APPROACH THEM, ATTACK THEM, COUNCILMAN WU TO, TO IDENTIFY. THEY DO MARK EVERY AREA EVEN MORE THAN WHAT THEY FIX. IF IT'S SOMETHING THEY CAN'T FIX, IT'S SOMETHING WE PROVIDE TO ENGINEERING FOR PROJECTS SO THEY CAN DO, SO THEY CAN PUT IT INTO LARGER SCALE REPAIRS. UM, OKAY. THAT NATURE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I SAW A LOT. OKAY. SO HOPEFULLY IT CAN BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UM, NOTHING ELSE. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU GARY. APPRECIATE IT. [CITY MANAGER'S REPORT] CITY MANAGER'S REPORT, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR, JUST WAIT FOR THEM TO GET TO THE POWERPOINT HERE. ALRIGHT, THERE WE GO. UH, CITY STAFF HAS COMPLETED SAFETY MARKING UPDATES ON STREETS AND CURBS NEAR SEVERAL SCHOOL ZONES IN PREPARATION FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. COMPLETED WORK INCLUDES RED CURB MARKINGS, CROSSWALK MARKINGS, SLOW AND STOP PAVEMENT, STREET MARKINGS, PUBLIC WORKS CREWS COMPLETED NECESSARY CONCRETE REPAIRS ALONG CAMERON AVENUE, NEAR WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL HAZARDS AND TO ENSURE THE AREA IS PREPARED FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR. THE FOLLOWING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY IN THE WORKS WITH COMPLETION OF THE MASTER PARKS MASTER PARK PLAN. UH, FUTURE PARK IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASES AND WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION BEGINNING IN SEPTEMBER. CURRENT PROJECTS ESTIMATED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF THE MONTH ARE CORTEZ PARK PATHWAY LIGHTING PROJECT, AND IN FISCAL YEAR 2025 RESIDENTIAL STREET, UH, REHABILITATION PROJECT. OUR FIFTH SUMMER CONCERT WAS ANOTHER FANTASTIC EVENING OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT FEATURING AN ENERGETIC PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE BY NEON NATION GUEST. ENJOYED CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, A VARIETY OF FOOD AND RETAIL VENDORS, A BEER GARDEN AND A 50 50 RAFFLE, MAKING IT A FUN FILLED, FILLED EVENT FOR ALL AGES. UH, THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US. OUR SIXTH AND FINAL SUMMER CONCERT SERIES WAS ANOTHER F FANTASTIC EVENING OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, FEATURING AN ENERGETIC PERFORMANCE BY SUAVE. APPROXIMATELY 500 GUESTS ATTENDED AND ENJOYED CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, A VARIETY OF FOOD AND READ TO VENDORS, A BEER GARDEN, A 50 50 RAFFLE, WHICH AWARDED A GRAND PRIZE OF $280. MAKE IT IN A FUN FILLED EVENING, AN EVENT FOR ALL AGES. TO WRAP UP THE CONCERT SERIES FOR LUCKY ATTENDEES WHO PARTICIPATED IN SIX, UM, CONCERTS, EACH ONE OF, UH, SPONSOR A VENDOR SPONSORED GIFT BASKET. THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO JOINED US THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND HELPED MAKE THIS YEAR'S CONCERT SERIES SUCH A SUCCESS. THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HOSTED [00:50:01] ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND, UH, TOUCH A TRUCK EVENT ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH FROM SIX TO 9:00 PM THE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER FOR AN EVENING OF FAMILY, FUN, FRIENDLY ACTIVITIES, INTERACTIVE VEHICLE DISPLAYS, AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH LOCAL FIRST RESPONDERS AND CITY DEPARTMENTS. ON SATURDAY, JULY 25TH, STAFF AT THE CORTEZ PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER DISTRIBUTED 150, UH, SENIOR, UH, FARMERS MARKET NUTRITION PROGRAM BENEFIT CARDS, EACH WITH A VALUE OF $50 TO ELIGIBLE SENIOR PARTICIPANTS. THE BENEFIT CARDS WERE PROVIDED THROUGH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND DISABILITIES, AND TO SUPPORT SENIORS BY INCREASING ACCESS TO FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. UM, THESE CAN BE USED, UH, COUNTYWIDE. THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, UH, CENTRAL KITCHEN AND SENIOR CENTER MEAL PROGRAM CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE EXCELLENCE IN SERVING TO THE SENIOR COMMUNITY. THIS PROGRAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE SILVER THERMOMETER AWARD RECIPIENT FOR 2223, AND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2324, REFLECTING ITS COMMITMENT TO HIGH QUALITY MEAL SERVICE AND FOOD SAFETY SAFETY STANDARDS PROGRAM CONCLUDED, UH, 25 26 WITH 1,128 SENIORS ENROLLED AS OF JULY 26. JULY, 2020 6, 51. NEW SENIORS HAVE ENROLLED IN APPROXIMATELY 400. RETURNING SENIORS HAVE RENEWED THEIR PARTICIPATION WITH ENROLLMENT, CONTINUING TO GROW EACH DAY. SPECIAL THANKS TO HOLLY, THERESA, SIVA, MATTHEW, SADIE, DANIEL, JENNA, MONIQUE, BELLA, RITA, DAMIEN, AND VALERIE FOR THEIR HARDWORKING COMMITMENT TO ENROLLING AND SERVING OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY. THIS AWARD-WINNING MEAL PROGRAM. ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH, THE SENIOR CENTER HOSTED ITS FIRST COOLER CORTEZ EVENT, UH, DRIVE, DRIVE IN MOVIE MATINEE WITH FUN 1950S TWISTS. SENIORS WERE WELCOME INTO A COOL COMFORTABLE SPACE DECORATED WITH CLASSIC CAR PROPS, MOVIE THEMED DECOR, AND A PHOTO BOOTH SET UP. INSPIRED BY THE FILM GREASE, EVERYONE RECEIVED POPCORN, CANDY AND REFRESHING BEVERAGES, CREATING A TRUE DRIVE-IN FEEL ATMOSPHERE. MM-HMM . THE OTHER PARTICIPANTS WATCHED GREECE, LAUGHED S SANG ALONG, ENJOYED AN AFTERNOON FULL OF NOSTALGIA AND COMMUNITY. THE EVENT WAS LIVELY, JOYFUL, AND A GREAT KICKOFF TO THE COOLER CORTEZ SERIES. FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH, WE TOOK 50 WEST COVINA SENIORS TO THE D DOHERTY SENIOR CENTER AND FITNESS CENTER FOR A COOLER CORTEZ PALOOZA. WEST COVINA SENIORS JOINED ALONGSIDE DOHERTY SENIORS FOR A LIVELY POOL PARTY, SPLASHING IN THE WATER TO STAY COOL IN THE SUMMER HEAT WHILE ENJOYING HOT DOGS AND HAMBURGERS. THE AFTERNOON WAS FILLED WITH SHARED LAUGHTER, SOCIALIZING, AND PLENTY OF SHADE UNDER THE CANOPIES, CREATING A REFRESHING AND MEMORABLE SUMMER OUTING FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES. ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH, FROM 8:10 AM TO 2:00 PM COMMUNITY SERVICES STAFF PARTICIPATED IN BOUNDLESS BACK TO SCHOOL BASH BY HOSTING AN INFORMATIONAL TABLE AND LEADING A FUN HANDS-ON PET ROCK CRAFT. THIS THIS INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY EVENT BROUGHT FAMILIES TOGETHER IN WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT, PROVIDING CHILDREN WITH OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT, CREATE, ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY RESOURCES, STAFF'S PARTICIPATION TO HELP PROMOTE CITY PROGRAMS WHILE SUPPORTING BOUNDLESS MISSION OF CREATING AN INCLUSIVE AND WELCOMING EXPERIENCE FOR ALL ATTENDEES. THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER HOSTED ITS FIVE WEEK SUMMER YOUTH BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT, AUGUST 8TH AND NINTH. THE TOURNAMENT FEATURED 13 TEAMS IN A TOTAL OF 22 GAMES WITH EACH TEAM GUARANTEED A MINIMUM OF THREE GAMES THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND. THE EVENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS, BRINGING IN A CROWD OF MORE THAN 500 PARTICIPANTS, FAMILIES AND SPECTATORS. TO CONCLUDE THE FIVE WEEK SUMMER SEASON, THE CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER'S YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE HOST HIS END OF YEAR CELEBRATION ON AUGUST 8TH. PLAYERS AND COACHES CAME TOGETHER FOR A FUN FILTER EVENING THAT INCLUDED A FRIENDLY COACHES VERSUS PLAYERS GAME, INFLATABLE GAMES AND REFRESH REFRESHMENTS. PARTICIPANTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY THE ACTIVITIES AND CHEER ON THEIR COACHES AND TEAMMATES BEFORE GATHERING OR THE AWARD CEREMONY. DURING THE CEREMONY, EACH DIVISION WAS RECOGNIZED ALONG WITH ITS PLAYERS AND COACHES. EVERY PLAYER RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND A MEDAL TO CELEBRATE THEIR HARD WORK, DEDICATION, AND PARTICIPATION THROUGHOUT THE SEASON. YES, POPUP AGENT CUISINE WILL CELEBRATE ITS GRAND OPENING ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2026. THE NEWEST RESTAURANT TO OUR COMMUNITY SERVES TRADITIONAL CHINESE DISHES, INCLUDING DUMPLINGS, WONTONS, NOODLE, SPECIALTIES, SOUPS AND MORE. COME ON AND CELEBRATE IT WITH US AND WELCOME THEM TO WEST COVINA. AND THAT'S GONNA BE AT 9 87 SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE, UNIT NUMBER K IRVINE FOR THE COMMUNITY. O'REILLY AUTO PARTS IS NOW OPEN AT WEST COVINA PARKWAY PLAZA AND READY TO SERVE ALL YOUR AUTOMOTIVE NEEDS. COME JOIN US THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH AT 11:00 AM AS WE CELEBRATE THEIR FORMAL GRAND OPENING. EVERYBODY IS INVITED TO THIS CELEBRATION. CITY OF WEST COVINA CELEBRATED GROCERY OUTLETS 80TH ANNIVERSARY IN RIBBON CUTTING ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH. THE [00:55:01] GRAND OPENING WAS A HUGE SUCCESS, HUGE SUCCESS WITH LOTS OF VISITORS WITH THE FIRST 200 GUESTS RECEIVING A GREAT GIVEAWAY. IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE SO, PLEASE PAY THEM A VISIT FOR ALL YOUR GROCERY NEEDS. WEST GIVING CHAMBER IS HOSTING A MEET AND GREET MIXER THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 20TH. THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE AT ISLANDS RESTAURANT IN WEST COVINA FROM FIVE TO 7:00 PM ALL BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND WEST COVINA COMMUNITY ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS GREAT EVENING OF NETWORKING. ON AUGUST 6TH, THE FIRE STATION 1 22 HOSTED A TOUR OF THE JAPANESE EXCHANGE STUDENTS. THE TOUR PROVIDED THE STUDENTS THE TOUR PROVIDED THE STUDENTS WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ROLES OF FIRE SERVICE, TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO DAILY OPERATIONS, TO ASK QUESTIONS, INTERACT WITH STATION PERSONNEL, AND GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FIREFIGHTERS WORK TOGETHER TO PROTECT AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THE VISIT PROVIDED THE STUDENTS WITH A MEMORABLE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND A LOOK AT INTO THE ROLE OF FIRE SERVICE AND ITS COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY. ON AUGUST 13TH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HOSTED FAMILY DAY DESIGNED TO WELCOME RECRUITS AND THEIR FAMILIES TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE JOURNEY AHEAD. DURING THE EVENT, RECRUITS WERE ISSUED THEIR ACADEMY EQUIPMENT AND PARTICIPATE IN A STATION TOUR, GIVING THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE STATION. THE TRAINING ENVIRONMENT, THE DAY INCLUDED MESSAGES FROM FIRE CHIEF ASSISTANT, FIRE CHIEF AND TRAINING COORDINATOR WHO EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROFESSIONALISM, DISCIPLINE, TEAMWORK, AND COMMITMENT. THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMY, FAMILY MEMBERS WERE ALSO GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE TRAINING PROCESS AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE THEY PLAY IN SUPPORTING THE RECRUITS AS THEY BRING THEIR BEGIN THEIR CAREER JOURNEY IN THE FIRE SERVICE. ON AUGUST 1ST, FIRST WEST COVIN PD DETECTIVES THE ARREST, A SUSPECT LINKED TO A, A ROMANI TRANSACTIONAL, TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUP, TARGETING EBT AND CREDIT CARD INFORMATION THROUGH SKIMMING DEVICES. WORKING WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DETECTIVE USED REAL-TIME TRANSACTIONAL ALERTS TO LOCATE AND ARREST THE SUSPECTS AT THE 76 STATION, ATM AT 1200 SOUTH GLENDORA AVENUE. SUBJECT WAS FOUND TO BE IN POSSESSION OF 11, $11,000 IN STOLEN CASH AND APPROXIMATELY 400 CLONED CARDS. SUSPECT IS AFFILIATED WITH A TRANSNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME NETWORK AND IS CLASSIFIED AS A TRANS TRANSNATIONAL, ORGANIZED TERRORIST WHO REPORTEDLY ENTERED THE UNITED STATES UNDETECTED. ON AUGUST 2ND, LIEUTENANT HERNANDEZ DELIVERED A PRESENTATION TO CONGREGATION OF THE WEST COVINA BUDDHIST TEMPLE ON FRAUD PREVENTION. AS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT'S ONGOING COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDUCATION ON AUGUST 4TH, POLICE DEPARTMENT HAD ANOTHER HUGE SUCCESSFUL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN TOUCH OF TRUCK EVENT, THE ANNUAL TRADITION, ONCE AGAIN, BROUGHT OUR COMMUNITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TOGETHER FOR AN EVENING OF FUN, UH, CONNECTIONS AND PARTNERSHIP, ALL IN THE NAME OF BUILDING SAFER, STRONGER NEIGHBORHOODS. ON AUGUST 12TH, FOUR OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND COUNCILMEN OLI CONTOS ATTENDED SERVICE AREA FOR A COMMUNITY MEETING HELD AT 1800 IN THE 1800 BLOCK OF PALOMINO DRIVE, HOSTED BY MEMBERS OF NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH. DISCUSSION TOPICS INCLUDED RECENT NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVITY, COMMUNITY CONCERNS RELATING TO PARKING, LOITERING, NIGHTTIME, PUBLIC NUISANCE ACTIVITIES. ALSO, OFFICERS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION DURING WHICH RESIDENTS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND DISCUSS ISSUES AFFECTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. MAYOR LETTI LOPEZ, VITO AND COUNCILWOMAN ROSARIO DIAZ ARE HOSTING OR HOLDING A WOMAN'S WELLNESS WORKSHOP, BEAUTY AND WELLNESS. INSIDE OUT. THE EVENT IS TAKING PLACE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND FROM 10 1:00 PM TO 4:30 PM AT THE CORTEZ PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER. THE EVENT WILL FEATURE YOGA, SOUND BATH, BIOMETRIC SCREENING, SKINCARE CONSULTATIONS, AO SCAN AVAILABLE, AND OTHER TOPICS IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF WOMEN. THE EVENT IS CURRENTLY AT CAPACITY WITH 150 REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS. THIS IS A FREE EVENT, EVENT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT'S OUTSTANDING. THE 2026 STATE OF THE CITY AND EMPLOYEE RECOGNITION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH AT THE WEST, GIVING SPORTSPLEX FROM 5:30 PM TO 8:30 PM TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW AND MAY BY VISITING WEST COVINA OF 2020 SIX.COM. SAVE THE DATE, THE 2026 WEST COVINA MOON FESTIVAL, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3RD FROM 1:00 PM TO 9:00 PM AT WEST COVINA CITY HALL. THE EVENT WILL FEATURE FOOD, FAMILY FUN, LIVE ENTERTAINMENT, COSPLAY, AND MORE SOME UPCOMING EVENTS. INNOVATORS STEM CLUB, AUGUST 27TH, PALM MU PARK AT COMMUNITY CENTER FROM FIVE TO 6:30 PM MOVIE NIGHT, MONSTERS UNIVERSITY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST FOR CAMERON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER, SEVEN TO 10:00 PM AND FALL 2026. YOUTH BASKETBALL REGISTRATION BEGINS MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH AT CAMERON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER. [01:00:01] AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR TONIGHT. THANK YOU. OH, UH, MAYOR PROAM CONTOS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, UM, MYLAN, I ALSO WANTED TO SUPPLEMENT YOUR REPORT BY THANKING, UH, THE CITY STAFF AT CAMERON PARK COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE LIONS CLUB EVENT THAT TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST THE FIR FIRST, WHERE THERE WAS A VISION SCREENING AND, AND IT SUPPORTED 75 KIDS, NOT ONLY GETTING COMPREHENSIVE SCREENINGS FROM, FROM OPTOMETRISTS, BUT ALSO GETTING GLASSES. AND, AND THAT WAS REALLY JUST ABSOLUTELY A MAGNIFICENT, UH, TEAM EFFORT. AND THANKS TO PRESIDENT KAY KAH THERE AND FA AND EVERYONE, UH, WHO VOLUNTEERED AS WELL AS TO OUR CITY STAFF. THANK YOU. MAYOR CON, PRO TEMP CONTOS, UH, COUNCILMAN. WOO. THANK YOU, MAYOR. IT'S OKAY. AND, UH, EXCELLENT. LOOK LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY. I DUNNO, WOMEN'S WELLNESS, ONLY A LOT. WOMEN, NO MEN. , I, I WANT TO DO MY SKIN. OKAY. SO I KNOW MY SKIN'S ROUGH, BUT ANYWAY, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE SWIMMING POOL. OKAY. YOU BRING 50. OUR SENIOR. WHAT HAPPENED TO EDGEWOOD, UH, SWIMMING POOL? WE, THAT'S ONCE UPON TIME. WE OWN IT. I THINK WE HAVE A 10 OR 20% TIME WE CAN USE IT. WHY, WHY DON'T WE USE OKAY. A LEFT FACILITY. THIS IS A BRAND NEW AND, UH, AND I KNOW THE SCHOOL ALLOW US TO USE, I KNOW RECENTLY CITY STAFF HAS REENGAGED WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO, UM, START DISCUSSIONS AGAIN. THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS WE HAD FOR A WHILE. IT WENT AWAY, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING IT BACK. I THINK WE SHOULD BRING IT BACK BECAUSE ONCE UPON A TIME WE HAVE A LIFEGUARD. OKAY. WE PAY, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE LIFEGUARD BUDGET, AND THEN THAT'S IN 2016. OKAY. AND THEN, THEN WE DECIDE TO LET THE SCHOOL OKAY. HAVE IT WITH A THEIR, OKAY. UH, I THINK, OKAY, SO CS SOMETHING. OKAY. THE BOND. OKAY. APPROVED BY TEXT THE RESIDENT. OKAY. AND THAT BOND. OKAY. AND, UH, IN THAT, IN IMPROVE ALL THIS FACILITY, INCLUDING SWIMMING POOL, INCLUDING THE, RIGHT NOW, GOING TO OPEN IN SEPTEMBER, UH, OKAY. PERFORMING OUR CENTER AND PLUS COMMUNITY CENTERS. AND THERE'S A LOT OF BIG DEVELOPMENTS ALL COME FROM THE BOND FROM THE PEOPLE WEST. COULD BE OUR RESIDENT PROPERTY TAX. AND THAT SWIMMING POOL WAS OWNED BY THE CITY WE GAVE TO THEM SO THEY CAN USE THEIR MONEY TO MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL LIKE OLYMPIC, UH, SIZE AND OLYMPIC OF, UH, STYLE. OKAY. AND, UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN INVITE O OLYMPIC OVER HERE TO, TO PRACTICE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, SUMMERTIME, UH, WE SHOULD UTILIZE THIS SWIMMING POOL FOR OUR SENIOR, FOR OUR CHILDREN AND TO USE. I UNDERSTAND. UH, WEST COVINA SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE, UH, SUPERINTENDENT. THEY AGREE. I THINK BOARD MEMBERS, THEY SHOULD AGREE BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR RESIDENT TOO. SO I, MAYBE WE CAN CONNECT SO PEOPLE CAN REALLY UTILIZE DURING THIS VERY HOT SUMMERTIME. YES. WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THIS DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO BRING IT BACK SOON SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO DUAL. THAT'S TOO FAR. WE JUST GO TO LIKE TWO MINUTES, FIVE MINUTES INTO EDGEWOOD RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN WALK OVER THERE. I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. AND, AND I THINK, UH, IN ACCORDANCE TO THAT CONTRACT, THE CITY DID GIVE UP ITS RIGHT TO, UH, BORROW THE FACILITY. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK, UH, THE LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD IS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF OUR, OF OUR CITY. AND I THINK THAT THAT POOL SHOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC. UH, AND IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, AGAIN, WANTS US TO PARTNER IN THE PROGRAM AND SO FORTH, THEN PLEASE BRING THAT BACK TO US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR MUR. OKAY. UM, BEFORE MOVING TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MRS. ALMA HILDRETH. SHE'S DESCRIBED AS A ROCK IN EDUCATION AND THE WEST COVINA LAPUENTE COMMUNITY AREA. FOR OVER 40 YEARS, MS. HILDRETH WILL BE MISSED BY HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. I'D LIKE TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEGACY OF THE FORMER WEST COVINA MAYOR, DR. FORS TE, WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY LAST WEEK. WE WILL HONOR HIS MEMORY WITH AN ADJOURNMENT AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING. UH, THEY ARE PLANNING A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SOMETIME AFTER SUMMERFEST, BUT I DID GET INFORMATION, UM, REGARDING THE FUNERAL. UM, EXCUSE ME, LET ME GET THIS, PULL THIS UP. SO IT'S IN LOVING MEMORY OF DR. FORREST TENANT JR. MEMORIAL SERVICES IN BURIAL WITH LOVE AND CHERISH MEMORIES, FAMILY, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES, AND ALL THOSE WHOSE LIVES WERE TOUCHED BY DR. FOREST TENANT JR. ARE INVITED TO JOIN US AS WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE HIS REMARKABLE LIFE AND LEGACY. VISITATION IS ON SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 2026, FROM THREE TO 5:00 PM MAGNOLIA ROOM MAIN BUILDING AT FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK IN COVINA. THE MEMORIAL SERVICES IS ON MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 26. 2026, AT 2:30 PM IN THE CHURCH ON THE HILL WEST OF THE MAIN BUILDING, FOREST LAWN, MEMORIAL PARK, COVINA. [01:05:01] BURIAL WILL FOLLOW THE SERVICE. PLEASE JOIN US AS WE REMEMBER, AND CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF EXTRAORDINARY SERVICE, COMPASSION, FRIENDSHIP, AND DEDICATION TO OTHERS. DR. FOREST TENANT, JR. FOREVER REMEMBERED, FOREVER LOVED HIS LEGACY LIVES ON IN THE COUNTLESS LIVES. HE TOUCHED MORE INFORMATION. UM, YOU CAN CONTACT MARIO, I KNOW HE WAS HERE AND, UM, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WHICH HE WAS THE HEART AND LEGACY FOR. UM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, FOR ORAL. [ORAL COMMUNICATIONS ] NOW ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATION. PUBLIC COMMENT IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, BOTH IN PERSON AND REMOTE PARTICIPATION, UNLESS OTHERWISE DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER OR 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. AND 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 LIMITED TO SPEAKING OFF TOPIC, SPEAKING BEYOND THE SPEAKER'S ALLOTTED TIME LIMIT, MAKING SLANDERS OR PROFANE REMARKS OR USING LOUD THREATENING OR ABUSIVE LANGUAGE, WHICH DISRUPTS, DISTURBS, IMPEDES, OR RENDERS INFEASIBLE 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 BE INTERPRETED AS IMMINENT THREAT OF PHYSICAL HARM. ASSISTANT CITY CLERK. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE TONIGHT? MAYOR? I HAVE SEVEN IN-PERSON SPEAKERS, THREE ONLINE AND ONE THAT I WILL READ. OKAY. UH, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOSH MURRAY, FOLLOWED BY JIM RIVI, FOLLOWED BY MR. ROBINSON. UH, HELLO. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JOSH MARIE AND I AM HERE ON BEHALF OF WEST COVINA LIBRARY. I'D LIKE TO LET THE PARENTS OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, WHO ARE PARENTS OF SIXTH, OR I'M SORRY, FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADE STUDENTS KNOW THAT WE WILL BE RESUMING OUR VERY POPULAR FREE STAR TUTORING PROGRAM FOR THE FALL SESSION ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. THIS FREE TUTORING PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE FOR STUDENTS WANTING TO IMPROVE THEIR READING OR MATH SKILLS. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO FILL OUT THE ONLINE INTEREST FORM, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE, LA COUNTY LIBRARY.ORG/STAR-TUTORING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO LET THE ADULTS OF THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT WE WILL START OUR NEXT ROUND OF FREE ZUMBA SESSIONS ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26TH FROM SIX 30 TO 7:30 PM HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO ENJOY A FUN WORKOUT AND A SOCIAL AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT. ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS ARE WELCOME, WELCOME, ENJOY YOURSELF WHILE YOU DANCE YOUR WAY TO HEALTH AND WELLNESS. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JIM GRITCH, FOLLOWED BY BILL ROBINSON, FOLLOWED BY LEE. GOOD EVENING. UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO, I APPEARED BEFORE YOU AND ASKED FOR YOU TO WITHHOLD APPROVAL FOR AN ITEM, UH, THAT WAS NOT BUDGETED, THAT THEY WANTED YOU TO PASS FOR SOME CONSULTANTS FOR A WELLNESS PROGRAM. AND IT APPEARS THAT I KIND OF STIRRED A HORNET'S NEST BECAUSE ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT, THERE IS, UH, A BUNCH OF ITEMS THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO APPROVE FOR EXPENDITURES THAT WERE MADE WITHOUT BUDGET. UH, IF I COUNTED RIGHT, IT WAS ABOUT $600,000 FROM LAST FISCAL YEAR. THAT WAS THINGS THAT HAPPENED, UH, BEFORE, UH, JULY 1ST, AND THEN ANOTHER 1.2 MILLION THIS YEAR. AND THEN, UH, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS ODD THING, UH, THAT'S A ITEM 13. THEN WE HAVE THIS ODD THING, THIS TRANSTECH CONTRACT THAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT. AND I COULDN'T SEE HOW MUCH MONEY'S INVOLVED. I'VE NEVER SEEN A CONTRACT BEFORE THAT HAD NO INDICATION OF WHAT THE COST OF THE CONTRACT WAS. AND THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE A COST. IT SAYS THEY WANT $600,000 MORE MONEY TO PAY FOR IT, BUT THEY DON'T SAY WHAT IT COSTS. HOW CAN YOU APPROVE A CONTRACT LIKE THAT? AND THERE'S NO SCOPE OF WORK. WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO FOR THAT MONEY? WHATEVER THE AMOUNT OF MONEY IS, DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. UH, AND THERE'S ALSO NO FEE SCHEDULE. EVERY, YOU KNOW, I DID CONTRACTS ALL MY LIFE IN PUBLIC SECTOR CONTRACTS HAVE CERTAIN ELEMENTS IN THEM. UH, THERE'S A SCOPE OF WORK, THERE'S A CONSIDERATION. THIS CONTRACT HAS NEITHER. HOW DO YOU DO A CONTRACT LIKE THAT? UH, I'M ASKING THAT YOU TABLE IT UNTIL, UH, UH, THE STAFF SUBMITS A PROPER FORM CONTRACT. AND, UH, AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I QUESTIONED THE CITY ATTORNEY. IT SAYS HE APPROVED IT AS TO FORM. HOW COULD HE APPROVE A CONTRACT AS TO FORM WHEN IT HAS [01:10:01] NO CONSIDERATION AND NO SCOPE OF SERVICE? HOW CAN YOU DO THAT? UH, I I I'VE SEEN A LOT OF BAD, BAD CONTRACTS. THE ONE THAT COMES TO MIND THAT WAS JUST AS BAD AS WHEN THERE WAS A CONTRACT SUBMITTED TO YOU TO GO WITH THE COUNTY FIRE SERVICE, SAY, YOU'LL PAY WHATEVER THEY CHARGE. TELL ME, IF YOU WERE HAVING SOMEBODY FIX YOUR HOUSE, YOU SAY, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CHARGE ME, I DON'T CARE. JUST, JUST CHARGE ME. I'LL PAY IT. THAT'S HOW YOU'RE DOING THIS. IT'S TERRIBLE. THANK YOU, MR. ROBINSON. FOLLOWED BY LEE, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE GARCIA, EVENING COUNSEL AND MANAGER IC, UM, A PRE-ELECTION. I RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL AND STAFF MAKE, UH, COUNCIL CHAMBERS AVAILABLE FOR A CANDIDATE'S FORUM HELD SOMETIME IN SEPTEMBER, SO THAT ALL ELECTION CANDIDATES CAN PRESENT THEIR CREDENTIALS AND DO A RANDOMIZED Q AND A DISCUSSION ON THE THEIR FUTURE POLICY PROPOSALS FOR A MAXIMUM WEST COVINA AUDIENCE. UM, UH, THE GOOD NEWS I BROUGHT TONIGHT IS, UH, REINER NIK, UH, A POLITICAL PRISONER AND KEY INVESTIGATOR FOR THE COVID, UH, BERLIN INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE WILL LIKELY BE RELEASED THIS WEEK OR NEXT BY THE GERMAN SUPREME COURT. A FOOLISH IS BOTH A CALIFORNIA AND GERMAN CIVIL TRIAL LAWYER WHO MANAGED TO ACCUMULATE ENOUGH EXPERT INTERVIEW EVIDENCE, UH, TO LIFT THE VEIL ON THE CO SCAM DEMIC OF THE COVID JAB. UH, SCAM PLUS, UH, PROPAGANDA HAS, HAS LED TO A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INJURIES WORLDWIDE. AND, BUT THE, UH, THE HYSTERIA HAS, UH, ABOUT RUN ITS COURSE, UH, FULL NICHE. WHEN HE GAINS HIS FREEDOM, WE'LL LIKELY ORGANIZE A GRAND JURY TYPE JUDICIAL PROCEEDING TO PRESENT ALL AVAILABLE EVIDENCE SO THAT THE WORLD'S PUBLIC CAN DECIDE WHAT TO DO NEXT. THE LAST, UH, POINT, UM, THE PREP ACT, UH, IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY IS EXTENDED FROM DECEMBER, 2029. UH, SO PHARMACISTS, UH, TO PHARMACISTS TO ORDER AND ADMINISTER PHARMACY TECHNICIANS, UH, COVID, UH, COVID, UH, 19 AND SEASONAL VACCINATIONS. SO IT, IT AIN'T, IT AIN'T OVER YET. UM, ANYWAY, I'M HOPING THAT, UH, UH, SOME OF THE CANDIDATES, UH, FOR REELECTION AND FOR ELECTION IN, IN NOVEMBER. WE'LL, UH, WE'LL CHANGE THE POLICY TO ALLOW, UH, FIVE MINUTES, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT INSTEAD OF THREE. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT LEE, FOLLOWED BY LESLIE GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY JD. YEAH, AS SOON AS YOU GET BLOCKED. UH, GOOD EVENING, SENIOR COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, MY NAME IS LEE AND I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF. SO FIRST I WANNA ADDRESS THAT, THAT THERE HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING COVERAGE OF FLOCK CAMERAS BY EXCELLENT JOURNALISTS ACROSS CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE NATION. AMPLE CURIOSITY AND A GOOGLE SEARCH COULD REVEAL THE TREMENDOUS NUMBERS OF CONCERNS THAT AND SHOULD HAVE, UH, THAT WE SHOULD HAVE ABOUT POLICE DEPARTMENTS. ICE AND FLOCK ITSELF, UM, ARE USING WITH THE DATA FROM THESE CAMERAS. BUT IF YOU NEED HARD COPIES, THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE MAYOR. THE BULK OF MY COMMENT IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE DIRECTED TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER OF DISTRICT TWO, UH, MAYOR LETI LOPEZ. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU TOUTED ON YOUR CAMPAIGN WEBSITE THAT YOU PROVE THE FLOCK CAMERA IS CURRENTLY OPERATING IN WEST COVINA. AND YOU HAVE SAID THAT YOU ARE A PROUD FILIPINO, MEXICAN AMERICAN. YOU HAVE NOT SHIED AWAY FROM YOUR CULTURE AND HAVE OPENLY EMBRACED FILIPINOS HERE IN WEST COVINA. AND IF YOU ALLOW ME TO BE PERSONAL, I AM ALSO A PROUD FILIPINO IN A PO. AND, UM, IT DOES MAKE ME VERY HAPPY TO HAVE A FILIPINO IN POSITION OF POWER CRAFTING IMPORTANT POLICIES FOR THE COMMUNITY. WITH A LARGE FILIPINO POPULATION, IT'S GOOD TO HAVE AN AE, AN ELDER SISTER REPRESENTING US. BUT THE FILIPINO COMMUNITY RUNS DEEP, AND MANY FILIPINOS ARE IN PRECARIOUS SITUATIONS. UH, MANY FILIPINOS CARRY TWO HOMES, AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES. MANY FILIPINOS, LIKE MY FAMILY, MUST WORK TO [01:15:01] SEND MONEY BACK HOME TO THE PHILIPPINES DUE TO THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL TURMOIL. AND THE FILIPINOS WHO ARE NOT HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, WELL, THEIR SITUATION IS MUCH MORE PRECARIOUS. HOW DOES THIS RELATE TO FLOCK CAMERAS? WELL, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ACCESS THE DATA COLLECTED BY FLOCK CAMERAS WHO ANNOTATE THE DATA TO TRAIN THE AI MACHINE THAT DETECTS THE LICENSE PLATES IN CARS, AS WELL AS PEOPLE, THEY'RE FILIPINO, THEY'RE EXPLOITED IN DIGITAL, UH, DIGITAL SWEATSHOPS FOR MEAGER WAGES, WHICH OFTENTIMES ARE WITHHELD UNDER THE EXCUSE OF STANDARDS NOT BEING MET. I DON'T WANT OUR PUBLIC SAFETY THROUGH THE USE OF THESE CAMERAS, THROUGH THE CITY'S CONTRACTS, WITH FLOCK TO BE ON THE SWEAT AND TEARS OF EXPLOITED LABOR OF OUR PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINES. I DON'T WANT MY SAFETY TO BEAT THE CAUSE OF SOMEONE ELSE'S UNSAFE CONDITIONS. THE GREATEST IRONY IN THIS IS THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN USED ON MIGRANT COMMUNITIES LIKE FILIPINOS TO SURVEIL, DETAIN, AND ACTUALLY DEPORT THEM BACK TO THE PHILIPPINES. MAYOR LETTY, I'M ASKING YOU AGAIN, AND FOR THIS COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER THIS CONTRACT WITH FLOCK. OUR SAFETY CANNOT DEPEND ON HOW WELL WE EXPLOIT THE FILIPINO PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE. IT MUST DEPEND ON HOW WE ARE A COMMU, AS A COMMUNITY COME TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO OUR SENSE OF INSECURITY. THIS INCLUDES ROBUST CITY SERVICES LIKE HOUSING AND LOWER RENT, ACCESS TO ADEQUATE HEALTHCARE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND ACCESSIBILITY TO PLACES WHERE THE COMMUNITY CAN GATHER ATE FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SO FAR. BUT I BELIEVE MORE WORK HAS TO BE DONE. YOU LESLIE GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY JD, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT. HELLO, MY NAME IS LESLIE, AND I LIVED IN DISTRICT TWO MY WHOLE LIFE, WHICH MEANS GROWING UP I SAW ALL THE TWILIGHT MOVIES AT THE EDWARDS THEATER, AND IT WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO GET TICKETS TO THE MOVIES. AND IT WAS ALWAYS NICE TO KNOW TO JUST BE ABLE TO GET THE NEXT ONE AND WALK AROUND AND GO TO THE BARNES AND NOBLE AND THE TOYS ARE US OR OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WERE NEARBY. BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE TODAY. UM, IF YOU TAKE A WALK AROUND THE LAKES, IT IS ABSOLUTELY DESOLATE. THERE ARE EMPTY STOREFRONTS, AND THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS UNKEPT. AND THIS ISN'T AN ANOMALY IN DISTRICT TWO. IT'S A PATTERN. RECENTLY I VISITED, UM, CALI USA, IT'S A CHILDREN MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL IN THE GLENDORA PLAZA. AND IN THE GLENDORA PLAZA. IT'S THE SAME INSTANCE WHERE THE PROPERTY IS NEGLECTED BY THE LANDLORD. UM, AND THE IN CONSEQUENCE TO THAT, THE STUDENTS AT CAL USA ARE EXPERIENCING EXTREME SAFETY CONCERNS. THE PARENTS DON'T JUST DROP THEIR KIDS OFF AND GO BACK HOME AND ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR ERRANDS WHEN THE PARENTS DROP OFF THEIR KIDS. THEY INSTEAD HAVE TO PATROL THE GLENDORA PLAZA, AND THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UM, UNKIND NEIGHBORS THAT ARE BREAKING OUT INTO VIOLENT OUTBURSTS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY THREATEN THE SAFETY OF THEIR KIDS. UM, AND IT WAS PARTICULARLY HEARTBREAKING TO ME TO VISIT CAL USA BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN QUIET ABOUT THEIR SITUATION AT THE GLENDORA PLAZA. THEY'VE ASKED COUNCIL PEOPLE TO COME AND VISIT AND HEAR THEM OUT. AND THEY SPECIFICALLY ASKED YOU, MAYOR LOPEZ, UM, VITO, THAT THEY HAVE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE THAT THEY NEEDED SOMEONE THERE TO LISTEN TO THEM. AND THAT THERE'S BEEN NO RESPONSE, NO COMMUNICATION, NOTHING. AND OUR COMMUNITIES ARE SAFER AND HAPPIER WHEN OUR LEADERS ARE VIGILANT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY LACKING IN THE CITY COUNCIL. IT'S WHY DISTRICT TWO HAS DEAD SPACES. IT'S WHY RESIDENTS GET SCREWED OVER WITH STREET SWEEPING. AND IT'S WHY YOU CAN'T SEE HOW FLOCK CAMERAS CAN BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE SAFETY OF OUR PUBLIC. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JD. FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT. I'M COMING, . GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. UH, I WASN'T HERE AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT I DID GET TO SEE IT ON TV. AND, UH, MR. CONTOS, YOUR MOTHER MAY, I CALLED FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND FOR THEM TO ASK QUESTIONS WITH REGARDS TO THE MASTER PLAN. UM, I ATTENDED THAT MEETING. I HAD JUST COME OUTTA SURGERY, BUT I PURPOSELY ATTENDED IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT WAS BEING SAID. NOT SO MUCH BY THE CONTRACTOR, BUT BY THE COMMUNITY. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU HAD CALLED FOR MS. DIAZ. YOU WERE PRESENT. AT NO POINT IN TIME WAS THERE EVER AN INVITATION FOR QUESTIONS. THERE WAS ZERO ENGAGEMENT. THEY FED US. WELL, I'LL ADMIT TO THAT. THEY FED US WELL. BUT AT NO TIME THAT THAT CONSULTANT SITTING BACK THERE THOUGH, HE SAID, TIME AFTER TIME, I WANT TO HEAR YOU. I WANT YOUR IDEAS. [01:20:01] IT'S YOUR PARK. BUT NOT ONCE DID HE SAY, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? INSTEAD, HE SAID, WELL, THAT'S MY PART, AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY ASSISTANT, ASSISTANT, I'M SORRY, TURN. UH, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. WELL, PRETTY MUCH CLOSED OUT THE MEETING. THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THAT MEETING. SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK THE QUESTIONS TO YOU, GENTLEMEN. HOW ARE WE GONNA PAY FOR ALL THESE WISH THIS WISHLIST, BECAUSE THAT'S ALL THEY'VE GATHERED IN THREE OUT OF THE FOUR, IF YOUR RECOLLECTION WAS CORRECT THAT THEY HAD THREE AND THEN THIS ONE SPECIAL. UM, I ATTENDED THREE OF 'EM. ALL OF THEM WAS ABOUT WHAT DO YOU WANT? PICKLEBALL THERE, HANDBALL THERE, SKATEBOARDS THERE. THAT'S ALL THAT WAS GATHERED. AT NO TIME DID ANYBODY SIT DOWN AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT, HOW IS THIS GONNA IMPACT PARKING? WE'LL GET TO THAT. HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT THE RESIDENTS AROUND THAT? WE'LL GET TO THAT. I ATTEMPTED TO ASK ABOUT THE BUDGET, TURNED HIS BACK AND WALKED AWAY FROM ME. SO TONIGHT I'M ASKING YOU, HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO PAY FOR ALL THESE GREAT, THIS FANTASY ISLAND THAT YOU'RE OFFERING US? IT ALMOST SEEMS IT'S, IT RUNS PARALLEL TO THE, UH, STREET SWEEPING MAN. IT SOUNDED GOOD. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE FIND OUT, OH, SHOOT, THEY'RE MISSING SIGNAGES. THEY GOT SIGNAGES EVERYWHERE THAT WERE, THERE'S NOWHERE TO PARK. IS THAT WHERE WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT ABOUT THIS MASTER PARK PLAN? I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE ALL IN FAVOR. I KNOW YOU'RE PRESSING FOR IT. YOU'RE SAYING WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOREVER. WE NEED TO GET THIS APPROVED. YOU'RE GOING TO RUBBER STAMP THIS THING REGARDLESS. BUT MR. CONTOS, YOU WANT AN ENGAGEMENT. YOU DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T GET ENGAGEMENT. WE TOTALLY GOT IGNORED. ANYONE THAT WAS AT THAT MEETING CUL YOU, MS. DIAZ KNOWS VERY WELL THAT NO AN NO QUESTIONS WERE ASKED, NONE. AND I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MS. GUTIERREZ, NEXT TIME I'M OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU . STEVE BENNETT, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO HEAR A RESIDENT COME UP AND SPEAK ON A TOPIC THAT I INTEND TO SPEAK ABOUT AND HEAR THEIR INPUT AND THEIR, THEIR THOUGHTS. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PARK MASTER PLAN. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT IS HOW OFTEN ARE THEY DONE? WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERY FIVE OR 10 YEARS A PARK MASTER PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE. SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS, SINCE THAT'S THE CASE, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME WE DID A PARK MASTER PLAN? AND WHAT DID THE RESIDENTS WANT AT THAT PARK MASTER PLAN? BECAUSE DID WE JUST TAKE THE EXISTING PARK MASTER PLAN AND THROW AWAY WHAT WE MAY HAVE WANTED FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO AND JUST GO, THOSE OPINIONS DON'T MATTER, BUT THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY, THE AVERAGE RESIDENT HAS BEEN HERE 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50 YEARS. SO THOSE OPINIONS DO MATTER. THOSE THOUGHTS AT THOSE PREVIOUS PARK MASTER PLAN MEETINGS DO MATTER. THOSE RESIDENTS SHOULD MATTER TO YOU. WE CAN JUDGE THAT FOR OURSELVES LATER. BUT THE REALITY IS, THERE WAS A PARK MASTER PLAN DONE MULTIPLE TIMES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DECADES. AND THIS ONE HERE WAS A COMPLETE THROWAWAY OF THE PREVIOUS PLANS. THAT'S A FACT. STAFF CONFIRMED THAT. SO BEFORE YOU APPROVE ANYTHING, BEFORE YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH ANYTHING HERE ON A PARK MASTER PLAN, THERE SHOULD ABSOLUTELY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO BACK AND REVIEW THOSE PREVIOUS PARK MASTER PLANS. 'CAUSE J D'S, RIGHT, THE WAY YOU DID THE STREET SWEEPING, YOU JUST SHOVED IT DOWN OUR THROATS AND LOOK AT THAT FIASCO. YOU LOOK AT ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS HAVE TOUCHED? I MEAN, LET'S FACE IT. YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THAT'S A FIASCO. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ONE. OUR HEALTH DE UH, DIRECTOR'S IN THE ROOM. I SEE THOUGH. BUT YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE AN ENGINEERING FIRM, THOUGH THAT'S DOING IT. THANKS, TONY. WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. YOU KNOW, UH, SOMEBODY ASKED ABOUT THE POOL. I THINK YOU DID. TONY, YOU KNOW, TALKED ABOUT THE POOL. WE'D PROBABLY HAVE MONEY FOR THE POOL IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A HEALTH DEPARTMENT. UM, BUT AGAIN, WITH YOUR HISTORY OF IGNORING RESIDENTS, WHY DON'T WE ACTUALLY DO WHAT WE WANNA DO AND LISTEN TO THE RESIDENTS. LET'S GO BACK AND SEE WHAT THEY DID, WHAT THEY WANTED. LET'S SEE WHAT THAT WAS. SO I'M GONNA LEND, UH, END ON A COMEDY NOTE. SOMETHING ALWAYS COMES UP AT THIS MEETING THAT I HAVE TO LAUGH ABOUT. AND THE QUOTE OF THE NIGHT WAS, I DON'T WANNA A LAWSUIT COMING OUTTA TONY WU'S MOUTH. [01:25:02] WELL, TONY, THERE IS A LIST OF ABOUT 30 LAWSUITS SINCE YOU'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL. GOD, I WISH YOU WOULD'VE TAKEN YOUR OWN ADVICE WHEN YOU FIRST GOT ELECTED. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT, MAYOR. WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS. AND BEFORE WE DO, I WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO SOME DOCUMENTS I LEFT ON THE DAIS IN FRONT OF EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, THERE IS AN ENVELOPE, AND THAT IS A, A LETTER FROM MR. JOE GARDNER. THERE IS, UH, COUNCIL COMMENTS BY MR. JUSTIN HARVEY, AS WELL AS MS. LEE. AND THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN EMAILED TO YOU, AS WELL AS PROVIDED TO YOU. UM, ON THE DAIS, WE'RE GONNA MOVE TO OUR REMOTE SPEAKERS. WE'RE GONNA START WITH MARSHA SOLORIO, MOVE TO CARLOS YADO, AND THEN TO JUSTIN H MARSHA, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND ASK YOU TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. IF YOU CAN PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF, AND THEN I WILL BEGIN YOUR THREE MINUTES. HELLO. HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN HEAR ME. YES, PLEASE GO, MARSHA. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND RESIDENTS. MY NAME IS MARSHA SOLORIO, 20 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT AND CURRENT CHAIR OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. I'M CALLING IN TODAY TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION OF AUDIT SERVICES AGREEMENT. AT OUR RECENT JULY 23RD MEETING OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WE BRIEFLY DISCUSSED MEETING TO SCHEDULE A SPECIAL MEETING TO REVIEW AND RECEIVE THE AUDITED FINANCIALS. AS PART OF THAT CONVERSATION, THE COMMITTEE BROUGHT UP THAT IT WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE TIME TO GO OUT TO BID AGAIN FOR A NEW AUDIT FIRM OR A AUDIT FIRM. NOT ONCE WAS IT MENTIONED THAT THE EXISTING FIRM WOULD BE PROVIDED WITH A NEW AGREEMENT OF UP TO FIVE YEARS. IN FACT, WE WERE REPEATEDLY REASSURED THAT CITY STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING HARD TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING ALL REQUIRED CONTRACTING AND PROCUREMENT PROCESSES. SO, WHAT HAPPENED? THERE IS NO MENTION IN THIS AGENDA REPORT OF ANY RFP BEING ISSUED, OR AT MINIMUM, WHAT COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS WAS PERFORMED TO DECIDE THAT LED TO THE DECISION OF JUST A PARTNER ROTATION BEING, OKAY, HOW ARE WE PROVIDING THE RESIDENTS WITH REASSURANCE THAT THIS FIRM CONTINUES TO BE THE MOST RESPONSIBLE CHOICE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARSHA. MR. YARO, CAN YOU PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF? HI, GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, PLEASE PROCEED. THE TIMER HAS STARTED. HI, SO I COULDN'T BE THERE IN PERSON TONIGHT. I'VE, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN PRETTY BUSY OUT HERE TALKING WITH RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN DISTRICT TWO, AND I'M HEARING THE SAME THING OVER AND OVER. PEOPLE ARE JUST ABSOLUTELY DIS DISAPPOINTED WITH CITY HALL AND THEY'RE READY FOR A CHANGE. AND AFTER REVIEWING TONIGHT'S AGENDA, I, I UNDERSTAND WHY. FIRST, THESE AGENDAS NEED TO BE MANAGED BETTER. MAJOR CONTRACTS, MAJOR EXPENDITURES AND CONTROVERSIAL DECISIONS ARE BEING CRAMMED INTO MARATHON MEETINGS. RESIDENTS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO GIVE UP THEIR ENTIRE EVENING JUST TO PARTICIPATE. TRANSPARENCY ISN'T SIMPLY JUST POSTING AN AGENDA, IT'S MAKING PARTICIPATION ACCESSIBLE. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE IRONY OF TONIGHT. THIS MEETING BEGINS WITH THE MAYOR HIGHLIGHTING FILM AT WEST COVINA, A REGISTERED NONPROFIT CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAYOR. LATER TONIGHT, YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO TRANSTECH A COMPANY THAT HAS PROVIDED SPONSORSHIP SUPPORT TO THAT VERY ORGANIZATION. I'M NOT ALLEGING AN ILLEGAL CONFLICT, BUT THAT RELATIONSHIP DESERVES FULL DISCLOSURE BEFORE A VOTE. WHEN A COMPANY SEEKING A SIGNIFICANT CITY CONTRACT HAS FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED A NONPROFIT CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH SOMEONE PARTICIPATING IN DECIDING THAT CONTRACT RESIDENTS HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO QUESTION THE APPEARANCE, AND WE'RE MONTHS AWAY FROM AN ELECTION. IF THERE'S NO IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL NECESSITY, WHY NOT POSTPONE THIS DECISION UNTIL AFTER THE ELECTION AND REMOVE THAT QUESTION ALTOGETHER. I'VE ALSO READ THE PROPOSAL. TRANSTECH FEE SCHEDULE CONTAINS SERVICES THAT APPEAR OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE RSP. WHY ARE THEY THERE? CAN THOSE RATES LATER BE USED FOR SERVICES THAT WEREN'T COMPETITIVELY SOLICITED? THEN THERE'S THE VAGUE $850,000 FISCAL IMPACT, 550,000 GAS, 150,000 PROP C AND 150,000 SEWER. THESE ARE NOT ALL UNRESTRICTED DOLLARS YET. THE REPORT DOESN'T CLEARLY IDENTIFY WHAT SPECIFIC PROJECTS AND SERVICES THESE FUNDS WILL SUPPORT. OTHER CITIES PROVIDE THAT DETAIL. WEST COVINA SHOULD TOO. DON'T JUST TELL THE RESIDENTS THE EXPENDITURES ARE APPROPRIATE, ACTUALLY SHOW THEM. FINALLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE BUDGET. WEST COVINA HAS ALREADY FACED STATE AUDITOR SCRUTINY OVER ITS FINANCIAL RISKS. NOW, Q3 SHOWS 54.3 MILLION IN GENERAL FUND REVENUE RECEIVED AGAINST A 67.6 MILLION IN EXPENDITURES, A NEGATIVE 13.3 MILLION YEAR TO DATE POSITION. NOW I UNDERSTAND REVENUE TIMING MATTERS, BUT 75% OF THE FISCAL YEAR WAS COMPLETE WHILE ONLY 55.4% OF PROJECTED REVENUE HAD BEEN RECEIVED OVERTIME IS ALREADY 5.49 MILLION. [01:30:01] AND THE SPORTSPLEX IS AT A WHOPPING $855,000 UNDERWATER YEAR TO DATE. AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LEGAL BILLS. RESIDENTS ARE PAYING AS A RESULT OF DISPUTES ORIGINATING FROM OUR VERY OWN COUNCIL DIES. AND THE PUBLIC HAS EVERY REASON TO DEMAND ANSWERS. LIKE HOW MUCH DOES EACH OF THAT COST? THIS ALL COMES DOWN TO TRANSPARENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND PRIORITIES. WEST COVINA DESERVES A CITY HALL WHERE TRANSPARENCY IS THE STANDARD. ACCOUNTABILITY IS EXPECTED, AND EVERY DECISION CAN WITHSTAND PUBLIC SCRUTINY. THAT'S THE STANDARD RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT FROM THEIR CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU TO THE CITY CLERK FOR COORDINATING THESE LONG MEETINGS AND YOUR VIRTUAL ACCESS TO PARTICIPATE. THANK THANK YOU MR. YATO. UH, JUSTIN H PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. YOUR THREE MINUTES. START NOW. ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING. UH, MADAM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF. UM, MY NAME IS JUSTIN HARVEY. I'M A WEST COVINA RESIDENT FROM DISTRICT ONE, AND I'M SPEAKING ON ITEM 14, UH, THE STATE AUDITOR CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. UM, SO TWO AREAS ARE STILL ONLY PARTIALLY ADDRESSED, UH, THE CITY'S RESERVES AND THE CONCERN OVER HOW CITY RESOURCES ARE BEING USED ON RESERVES. THE CITY RAISED THE MINIMUM TARGET FROM 17% TO 18%, BUT THE CITY'S OWN BUDGET STILL SHOWS EXPENSES GROWING FASTER THAN REVENUE. UM, THERE'S STILL FUTURE DEFICITS AND CONTINUED PENSION PRESSURE. SO MY QUESTION IS SIMPLY WHAT SHOWS US THAT 18% IS ACTUALLY ENOUGH. UM, THE OTHER ISSUE IS EMPLOYEE MEDICAL COST. UH, THE AUDITOR RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY WORK TOWARD EMPLOYEES PAYING A REASONABLE SHARE OF PREMIUMS, BUT THE UPDATES AS THE LABOR AGREEMENTS WERE COMPLETED WITHOUT CHANGES TO MEDICAL BENEFIT. UM, IF THAT RECOMMENDATION HAS NOT REALLY CHANGED, WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE TELLING THE STATE HAS BEEN CORRECTED? UM, THIS MATTER IS BECAUSE STAYING ON THE STATE AUDITOR'S HIGH RISK LIST MEANS CONTINUED STATE SCRUTINY, UH, CONTINUED PROGRESS UPDATES AND PUBLIC DESIGNATION OF WEST COVINA AS A HIGH RISK LOCAL GOVERNMENT. UM, AND THAT THAT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST A REPORT, YOU KNOW, SITTING ON A SHELF. THAT IT AFFECTS THE CITY'S IMAGE AND REPUTATION. YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS SEE IT BUSINESSES AND POTENTIAL INVESTORS CAN SEE IT. UM, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CAN SEE IT. UM, AND EVERY TIME ANOTHER PROGRESS REPORT SAYS AN ISSUE IS STILL ONLY PARTIALLY ADDRESSED, IT RAISES THE QUESTION OF WHETHER WEST COVINA IS ACTUALLY MAKING ENOUGH PROGRESS TO GET OFF THAT LIST. SO TONIGHT I'M JUST ASKING, ARE THE ACTIONS BEING APPROVED TONIGHT REALLY ENOUGH TO MOVE US TOWARD THAT GOAL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. MAYOR, I WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND READ A, A STATEMENT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, OH, EXCUSE ME, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BECAUSE WE HAVE REQUIRED A CITY EMPLOYEE TO READ THIS DISABLED RESIDENCE WORDS. INSTEAD OF ALLOWING HIS REQUESTED RECORDED VOICE TO BE HEARD, WE WILL NOW USE OUR OWN VOICE TO DESCRIBE WHAT WE DID. WE OPEN CE DASH 26 DASH TWO DASH FIVE OR FIVE ZERO OVER CONCERNS INVOLVING GRADING, RETAINING FEATURES, DRAINAGE, IRRIGATION, AND PERMITS. WE INSPECTED ON FEBRUARY 17TH. SEVEN DAYS LATER, WE CLOSED THE CASE BECAUSE WE OBSERVED NO RECENT CONSTRUCTION, WE DID NOT DETERMINE WHETHER THE HILLSIDE WORK WAS PERMITTED. WE DID NOT ASK THE OWNER TO PRODUCE PERMITS OR DOCUMENTATION ESTABLISHING LAWFUL AUTHOR AUTHORIZATION. WE DID NOT ESTABLISH THAT IT WAS EXEMPT, GRANDFATHERED, LAWFUL, OR COMPLIANT. WE DID NOT EVALUATE STAIRS DRAINAGE, IRRIGATION, SOIL MOISTURE, SLOPE SATURATION, SEEPAGE RUNOFF, CROSS LOT WATER MOVEMENT OR SLOPE STABILITY. WE PERFORMED NO GEOTECHNICAL OR FORMAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS. SO WE ARE LEAVING HILLSIDE CONSTRUCTION OF UNKNOWN PERMIT STATUS IN PLACE ABOVE A DISABLED RESIDENT WHILE DECLINING TO DETERMINE WHETHER THAT WORK IS LAWFUL OR MAY CREATE AN HAZARD DOWNHILL. WHEN ADDITIONAL WATERING EVIDENCE WAS SUBMITTED, WE CLOSE COMPLAINT 1 0 2 2 5 2 OVERNIGHT. AS A CIVIL MATTER, WE IDENTIFIED NO PERMIT REVIEW, INSPECTION, REASONABLE DEPARTMENT LINKED ENVIRONMENT, CASE, OR WRITTEN DETERMINATION, RESOLVING THOSE CONCERNS. WHEN ASKED WHAT LAWS GOVERNED OUR DECISION AND WHAT ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW WAS AVAILABLE, WE DID NOT ANSWER WHEN RECORDS WERE REQUESTED TO RECONSTRUCT WHAT WE HAD DONE. AT LEAST EIGHT REQUESTS. PAST DETERMINATION DATES WITHOUT TIMELY DETERMINATIONS OR EXTENSIONS. PRR 6 7 9 [01:35:03] S ANTICIPATED PRODUCTION DATE PASSED, PRR 6 98 REMAINED UNRECONCILED. THEN WE APPROVED AN A DA ACCOMMODATION ON JULY 22ND. WE DESIGNATED A SINGLE WRITTEN COORDINATOR BECAUSE FRAGMENTED ROUTING, UNCLEAR RESPONSIBILITY IN CONSISTENT TRACKING AND FORCING THIS DISABLED RESIDENT TO RECONSTRUCT OVERLAPPING CITY COMMUNICATIONS CREATED IN ACCESS BARRIER. ON AUGUST 6TH, THEIR CONTRACTOR STATED THAT SHE WAS GATHERING COPIED EMAILS TO DETERMINE WHAT REMAINED OUTSTANDING. THE AUGUST 10TH RECONCI RECONCILIATION PERIOD EXPIRED WITHOUT A COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE. A DA GRIEVANCES AND AN APPEAL REMAINED UNRESOLVED. OUR DECISION CREATES THIS STANDARD WAIT LONG ENOUGH AND POTENTIALLY AND PERMITTED HILLSIDE CONSTRUCTION CAN ESCAPE PERMIT REVIEW BECAUSE IT'S SIMPLY LOAN NO LONGER LOOKS RECENT. SO THIS IS OUR RECORD. WE CLOSED ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT DETERMINING PERMIT COMPLIANCE. WE NEVER REQUIRED THE OWNER TO ESTABLISH THAT THE HILLSIDE WORK WAS PERMITTED. WE LEFT POTENTIAL DOWNHILL SAFETY CONCERNS. UNEVALUATED, WE MISSED RECORDS, DEADLINES, WE APPROVED DISABILITY RELATED COORDINATION AND LEFT IT INCOMPLETE. EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER NOW HAS NOTICE IF WE LEAVE THIS UNTOUCHED, WE ARE CHOOSING THAT RECORD. WE CAN ORDER PERMIT REVIEW, REQUIRE DOCUMENTATION ISSUE, AND PUBLIC STAFF REPORT, COMPLY WITH THE CPRA AND PROVIDE EFFECTIVE A DA COORDINATION. IF WE REFUSE, WE MUST EXPLAIN WHY. SUBMITTED BY ANDREW GIBBS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. IS THAT ALL? THAT IS ALL. OKAY. UH, CITY MANAGER, WILL YOU PLEASE RESPOND TO ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNS? THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, JOSH MURRAY, THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATES ON THE WEST CONA LIBRARY. AS ALWAYS, UH, MR. GRITZ, YOU COME, UH, SPEAKING ABOUT SOME AGENDA ITEMS INVOLVING, UM, ENGINEERING SERVICES, BUDGET ITEMS. I'LL ALLOW THE COUNSEL TO ADDRESS THAT IN A LITTLE BIT HERE. MR. ROBINSON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UM, LEE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON FLOCK CAMERAS AND YOUR CONCERNS. UH, LESLIE, ANYTHING INVOLVING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY, UH, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEAK TO, UM, MATTA, UH, WHO'S UP TOP. HE'S OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MANAGER, AND HE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON ANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE, UM, NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. AND I WILL COMMENT THAT I DID MEET WITH, UH, A COUPLE BUSINESS OWNERS, UH, FROM THE DOWNTOWN, UH, GLENDORA AREA LAST WEEK. AND WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SOME GOOD THINGS IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, COMING UP, HOPEFULLY TO REVITALIZE THAT AREA. SO THAT'LL BE COMING IN AT A FUTURE MEETING. UM, JD STEVE BENNETT, YOUR COMMENTS AGAIN, UH, AGENDA ITEM ON THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. THANK YOU FOR THOSE. MARSHA SORIO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AGAIN, ON AGENDA, ITEM ON THE AUDIT COMMITTEE, UH, CARLOS YADO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THE, UH, AGENDA ITEMS AS WELL. UH, JUSTIN HENRY, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AGAIN, ON THE NUMBER 14, THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN. AND THOSE WILL BE ADDRESSED, UH, WHEN IN THE NEXT SESSION OF THE COUNSEL HERE AND MR. GIBBS, I, I KNOW THE CITY, UM, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS PROVIDED WRITTEN REPLY TO, I BELIEVE MOST OF YOUR CONCERNS. BUT IF NOT ANYTHING REGARDING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY CODE AND ENFORCEMENT, YOU CAN ALSO ADDRESS, UH, MATT RZA DIRECTLY AND HE'LL HELP HELP TO ANSWER YOUR CONCERNS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY RESPONSES FOR TONIGHT. UH, COUNCILMAN WOO. YEP. THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. AND, UH, UM, I WANNA SAY SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, GLENDORA AVENUE, THE, OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. I THINK THE CITY SPEND A LOT OF EFFORT, OKAY? INCLUDING, WE HAVE A MOON FESTIVAL. WE HAVE, UH, FINITE, WE HAVE, UH, CHILDREN, UH, PARADE. WE JUST WANT TO ACCUMULATE OKAY? ON THE, UH, POPULATION, AUDIENCE, OKAY? PATRONS OVER THERE TO HELP SOME PLACE. AND, UH, I THINK WE TALKED TO THE, SOME OF THE BUSINESS OVER THERE ABOUT THE BUSINESS, OKAY? IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BID, LIKE A HOME ASSOCIATION. SO ALL THIS BUSINESS CAN HIRE, OKAY? THEIR SECURITY AND ALSO THE, OKAY, OKAY, JANITORS, OKAY. TO HELP THE CLEAN, THE STREET AND THE CITY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. I SAW THE LANDSCAPING. I SAW THE, THE LIGHTING AND TRY TO MAKE IT OKAY. ATTRACTIVE, OKAY? HOW TO MAKE MORE BUSINESS OVER THERE. BUT AGAIN, AGAIN, BUSINESS HAVE TO HELP THEMSELF FIRST, OKAY? THEY, TO GET TOGETHER MAYBE ONE, $200 A MONTH ALL PUT TOGETHER AND THE HIGHER SECURITY TO MAKE SURE, OKAY. AND TO CONNECT WITH ALL POLICE. SO SOMETHING GO WRONG, POLICE WILL BE THERE RIGHT AWAY. POLICE CANNOT BE OVER THERE 20, 24 7, BUT CAN BE THERE WITH THE SECURITY WORK TOGETHER. ALL THE SHOPPING INDUSTRY, THEY ALL HAVE A SECURITY TO MAKE SURE, OKAY, THE BREAK ER CAN BE STUCK. OKAY? SO ANYWAY, AND I KNOW SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNER ALREADY UNDERSTAND, AND THEN THE CITY WILL WORK WITH THEM IS AS LONG AS THEY HAVE, OKAY? AND THE DISTRICT, AND THEN THEY, THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER. WE REALLY WANT TO REVITALIZE. WE REALLY WANT TO HELP. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN THE BUSINESS AND [01:40:01] THE CITY SHOULD WORK TOGETHER, CANNOT JUST DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT, OKAY? EVERYTHING. BUT WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER AREA THAT THEY, THEY WANT THE RESOURCE TOO. SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THOSE BUSINESS UNDERSTAND THEY NEED TO OKAY, PITCHING AND HAVE A LEADERSHIP WITH SOME OF THE BUSINESS OVER, THEY WORK TOGETHER. AND WE WILL TRY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEIR FARMERS MARKET OVER THERE, MAYBE NINE MARKET OVER THERE. SO TO BRING MORE OF THE PATRON TO HELP TO REVITALIZE THAT AREA, TO BE SAFE, TO BE PROUD. AND PEOPLE CAN WALK AROUND ON THE SIDEWALK. I THINK IT'S GETTING BETTER. WE HAVE, UH, 86 CAFE OVER THERE. WE HAVE, UH, UH, PARIS PARKETTE. OKAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF GRADUALLY MORE COMING IN. HOPEFULLY THE AREA WILL BE VERY PROUD FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING, UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UH, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK, UH, UM, JD AND, AND COMMISSIONER BENNETT, UH, FOR TALKING ABOUT, UH, OUR PARKS PLAN. I I ALSO KNOW THAT YOU BROUGHT IT TO MY ATTENTION. I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION VIDEO, UH, HAS STILL NOT BEEN PART ON. SO I, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE STAFF WAS AWARE OF THAT. UH, BECAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME, I GUESS FOR A LONG TIME IT HAS NOT BEEN UPLOADED. BUT THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? UM, UH, AS FOR THE FLOCK CAMERA, I'LL BE REQUESTING A PRESENTATION FROM PD. UM, I'LL BE PUTTING THAT ON REASONS WHY IT WAS IMPLEMENTED, THE FULL POSITIVE RESULTS IT HAS BEEN DONE. BUT, UM, I'LL PUT THAT AS A COUNCIL REQUEST AS, UH, FOR DOWNTOWN GLENDORA. HALF OF THAT SIDE IS DISTRICT TWO, AND THE OTHER HALF SIDE IS DISTRICT THREE. SO I JUST WANNA POINT THAT OUT. NEVERTHELESS, I'M HERE SITTING AS MAYOR. I AM FOR ALL WEST COVINA RESIDENTS IN ALL FIVE DISTRICTS. AS FOR CALI, USA IN DOWNTOWN GLENDORA, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A PHONE CALL OR EMAIL. UM, BY ALL MEANS, I MEAN, I, IF YOU HAVE THE INFORMATION, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW. I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO HANDLE THAT. UM, OR, YOU KNOW, WE COULD REACH OUT DIRECTLY, BUT I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING. UM, BUT THANKS FOR SHARING THE CONCERNS AND WE WILL, UH, ACKNOWLEDGE AND TAKE THOSE AND TAKE CARE OF THAT. UM, THAT ENDS THE ORAL COMMUNICATION. SO, ONTO [CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT CALENDAR. COUNSELORS, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? YES. OH WAIT. UM, MAYOR PRO CONTOS, OH, UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. UH, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEMS. UH, FIVE, 12 AND 13. 5, 12, 13. OH, OKAY. UM, IT'S ALL YOURS. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. OKAY, I WILL PULL, UM, LET'S SEE, UM, WHERE ARE WE AT? 5, 5, 12, 13 WAS PULLED. I WILL DO, UM, FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, UM, HAVE WE ALREADY DONE THE VOTE ON THAT OR NO? NO, WE HAVEN'T MOTION ANYTHING. OKAY. SO I'LL VOTE NOW ON NUMBER ONE AND THEN I, I WILL PULL, UH, NUMBER TWO. NUMBER 8, 2 8. NUMBER NINE. NINE NUMBER 10. 10. NUMBER 11. IT'S, UM, 14. OKAY. 15, 14. AND NUMBER 18. SO 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. SO OUT OF 11 AGENDAS, WE ARE PULLING, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, OUT OF 18 AGENDA ITEMS, WE ARE PULLING 11 ITEMS. UM, OH, WAIT, THERE'S MORE. SORRY. AND SIX. SO THAT MAKES IT 12. DO I PULL SOMETHING TOO ? IF YOU WANT, GO FOR IT. I WANT TO GO HOME. GONNA BE A MIDNIGHT. DO YOU WANNA PULL ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. SO WE HAVE I THINK 13 ITEMS. SO I'M GONNA READ IT OFF, UH, IF I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 18, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, AND 18. SO LEMME JUST PULL, WHAT ARE WE APPROVING THEN? HOLD ON. SO WE DON'T CONFUSE YOU, LISA. OKAY. UM, WELL, ONE, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ WILL VOTE NO. I'LL DO ABSTAIN. BETTER AB OKAY, SO VOTE ONE. ABSTAIN. ABSTAIN. OKAY, ONE WILL BE ABSTAINED. SO ONE WILL BE PART OF THE MOTION. SO THEN [01:45:01] WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE 3, 5, 6, THEN WE HAVE SEVEN. THAT'S GONNA BE APPROVED. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, AND 17. SO TECHNICALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ONLY SIX ITEMS TO BE MOTION TO APPROVE. THAT IS 1, 3, 4, 7, 16, AND 17. AM I CORRECT? IS THERE ANY? SO MOVE SECOND. OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. ACTUALLY, JUST FIVE ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER ONE, NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER THREE, NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER 16, AND NUMBER 17 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ VOTING NO ON ITEM OR ABSTAINING ON ITEM NUMBER ONE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO. AYE. MOTION PASSES. NOW WE'RE GONNA GO, SO BEAR WITH US THIS EVENING. WE'RE GONNA GO THROUGH ALL THESE AGENDA ITEMS. WE [2) CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSIONS TO TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSPORTATION, INC.] WILL START WITH NUMBER TWO. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, C CAN KELLY, UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE'RE NOT GOING FOR AN RP ON THAT AND WHY? IT SAYS, UM, WE ATTEMPT TO GO FOR A NEW REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS ONE YEAR, TECHNICALLY FROM NOW? YES, BECAUSE WE HAVE A CON, UH, THE MICRO TRANSIT CONTRACT WITH, UH, WITH VIA EXTENDS THROUGH JUNE 27TH. IT'S IN THE CONTRACT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE, WE'RE COORDINATING THE CONTRACTS TO, TO HOPEFULLY, UH, TARGET NEW SERVICE JULY ONE. GREAT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. OKAY. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I HAVE A QUESTION. SORRY, GO AHEAD, . OKAY. UH, REALLY QUICK, UH, WE MENTIONED ON THE SOUTH SIDE AT, UH, LONG GALAS. OKAY? AND, UH, UH, VALUE, VALUE VIEW IS THERE, INCLUDING THE SERVICE. WE WANNA MAKE SURE ALL THE AREA OF WEST COVINA WILL BE INCLUDING THE SERVICE. WELL, IT INCLUDES THE DIAL RIDE AND THE UBER PROGRAM. THE, THE GO WEST COVINA WAS BROUGHT, UH, FORWARD IN OCTOBER 25 TO EXTEND IT. AND, UH, IT WAS, IT STATED A STATUS QUO, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THE CITY. SO, SO BASICALLY WHAT IS COVER ON THIS CONTRACT? IT'S NOT TEST CT, IT'S ONLY PARTIAL. UH, THIS IS THE DIAL AIDE AND THE FIXED ROUTE, GREEN ROUTE, WHICH DOES COVER THE SOUTH SIDE. SO, SO BASICALLY, OKAY, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FAR SOUTH, FAR NORTH, FAR EAST, FAR WEST, THAT THE BORDER, THEY WILL RECEIVE THE SAME SERVICE IF AS LONG AS THEY'RE IN THE WEST COVIN, UH, JURISDICTION? YES. WELL, THE SOUTH SIDE IS SERVICED BY THE FIXED ROUTE SHUTTLE. THE, THE GREEN LINE, WHICH IS PART OF THIS CONTRACT, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE CITY IS, UH, SERVED BY THE, UH, MICROT TRANSIT SERVICE, WHICH IS A SEPARATE CONTRACT. SO THE DIAL RIGHT WILL WILL SERVICE THEM? YES. OKAY. AND THEN HOW ABOUT, I REMEMBER WE HAVE A UBER PROGRAM. YES, THEY WILL BE, THEY WILL BE QUALIFY. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND HOW ABOUT MICROT TRANSITS? UH, NO, MICROT TRANSITS WILL ONLY GO TO HU AREA, UM, TO THE NORTHERN, NORTHERN BORDER TO ABOUT MERCED. GOT IT. OKAY. SO GRADUALLY, MAYBE WE CAN EXTEND, BUT NOT RIGHT NOW, BUT SURE. SHOULD BE ENOUGH OF, UH, TRANSPORTATION FOR THE SENIOR OR DISABLED. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. IS A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ROLL CALL THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSIONS TO TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AND LEASE AGREEMENTS WITH MV TRANSPORTATION INC. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER WU AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PROTI. CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES ONTO ITEM [5) CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR CITY ENGINEERING SERVICES AND BUDGET AMENDMENT] FIVE, MAYOR PROTI CONTOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO TRANSTECH FOR BEING HERE, AND MELISSA AND AHMADI IS SO WONDERFUL TO GET TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, THE CONTRACT. UH, OH. ARE, IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHEN YOU'RE UP ONE MOMENT. UM, YEP. UH, THEY'RE JUST HEADING UP. YEAH, THEY'RE, UH, SHE'S ON BACK. SHE'S WALKING UP. GOOD EVENING. UH, MAYOR, MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UH, MELISSA DEIR, CCEO OF TRANSTECH. REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. UH, GOOD, GOOD EVENING, MELISSA. UH, THE FIRST THING IS WITHIN THE CONTRACT THAT, THAT WE WERE GIVEN, CAN YOU POINT TO ME WHERE IT HAS A DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE TOTAL SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT? OR EVEN A, A, A RANGE? I JUST, I DIDN'T SEE IT AND I WENT THROUGH [01:50:01] AND I, IT MAY BE THAT I JUST DON'T KNOW, BUT IF YOU CAN POINT THAT OUT TO ME OR, OR STATE WHAT THAT AMOUNT IS. UM, YES. SO MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, THIS IS NEIL. UM, JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE DID IMPLEMENT A NOT TO EXCEED ANNUAL AMOUNT OF $850,000. UM, THIS CONTRACT IS EXPECTED TO LAST FOR A TOTAL OF TWO YEARS. UM, WITH WORKING WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WE, UH, MADE SURE TO ADD ON ADDITIONAL CLAUSES SO THAT IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, CITY COUNCIL FEELS THAT THEY'RE NOT PERFORMING, UH, WE JUST HAVE TO GIVE THEM A 15 DAY NOTICE AND WE CAN TERMINATE. UM, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE ASKED OF FROM PREVIOUS RFPS, AND WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO ENSURE THAT THAT'S, UH, IN, IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. NEIL. DID IT, DID IT SAY ALL OF THAT IN, IN, IN THE PACKET THAT WE HAVE? I DON'T REMEMBER THE NOT TO EXCEED, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER SEEING THOSE ITEMS. YES. UH, IN THE FISCAL IMPACT SECTION, APOLOGIZE IF IT'S NOT CLEARLY WRITTEN, BUT WE DID PUT A $850,000 CAP. AND SO IF FOR WHATEVER REASON, UM, THE ENGINEERING SERVICES HAS TO EXCEED THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK TO CITY COUNCIL AND REQUEST FOR MORE FUNDS. OKAY. AND WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, AMOUNT THAT IS, UM, THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY, EARLY, EARLIER BY MR. GRITCH ABOUT, UH, THE AMOUNT GOING UP, UH, BY, UH, 600,000 CAN, IS CAN YOU POINT OUT WHERE, WHERE THE SCOPE OF WORK IS AND WHERE THE JUSTIFICATION IS FOR ABSO? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR HERE WHO CAN GO OVER THE FINANCIAL DETAILS. BUT, UM, JUST TO POINT OUT THAT IN THE PACKET AS PART OF THE ATTACHMENT, WE HAVE INCLUDED THE SCOPE OF SERVICES. UM, AND THEN, UM, KAREN ALWA REFERRING, THIS DIRECTOR IS HERE TO DISCUSS THE FISCAL IMPACT SECTION OF THE REPORT. SHE'S ON HER WAY. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. OKAY. AND WHILE SHE'S COMING UP, THE OTHER THING I'M WONDERING IS WHERE IS THE FEE SCHEDULE? I, I DIDN'T SEE THE, THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT WAS REFERRED TO IN THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IT SAID C FEE SCHEDULE OR WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THE COST OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, SERVICES THAT TRANSTECH PROVIDES. CORRECT. FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT IS PART OF THE ATTACHMENT. UM, I, I DIDN'T SEE IT. IT'S NOT IN THE PACKET I WENT THROUGH EVERY, I DIDN'T SEE, I DIDN'T SEE IT. SO IF SOMEONE CAN POINT OUT EXACTLY WHERE THAT IS IN OUR PACKET, PLEASE, AND I DIDN'T SEE THE NOT TO EXCEED EITHER. OKAY. I, I WILL HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK. UM, IT WAS OUR, UM, CIP MANAGER, ROBERT ORTEGA, WHO LED THIS, AND HE'S CURRENTLY OUT, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT ADDED. OKAY. WELL, WELL, I FIND IT DIFFICULT TO, WITH, WITHOUT HAVING THE, SEEING THESE ITEMS THERE, BECAUSE I, I WENT THROUGH COMPREHENSIVELY, I JUST DIDN'T SEE THOSE ITEMS. AND UNLESS FELLOW COLLEAGUES CAN POINT TO ME WHERE THOSE WERE, I, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING ANY OF THESE THINGS BECAUSE THESE ARE, THESE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SUBSTANTIVE IN, IN, IN, UM, IN HAVING THIS IN FRONT OF US FOR US TO CONSIDER, BECAUSE THIS IS, THESE, THESE ARE FUNDAMENTAL, UM, ELEMENTS THAT ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE, IT'S NOT IN MY SAY SOMETHING. OH, GO AHEAD. WE'LL HAVE, UM, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR SPEAK. THANK YOU. HONORABLE MAYOR. MAYOR PRO CONTA. VERY VALID QUESTION. I BELIEVE IF WE LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS ONE THROUGH FIVE, EACH OF THOSE PROPOSALS, THE BID PROPOSALS ARE LISTED THERE, AND THEIR SCHEDULES SHOULD BE WITHIN THE PROPOSAL ITSELF. SO AGAIN, FOR, UH, TRANSTECH PROPOSAL BE ATTACHMENT NUMBER ONE Z AND K PROPOSALS, ATTACHMENT TWO, AND SO ON AND SO ON. SO WITHIN THEIR PROPOSAL, I BELIEVE YOU'LL FIND IN THERE THE FEE SCHEDULE THAT, UH, NEIL'S REFERRING TO ATTACHMENT ATTACHMENT, YES. I BELIEVE THEY INCLUDED THE ENTIRE PROSPECTIVE BID PROPOSAL WITHIN THE AGENDA ITEM AS ATTACHMENTS. WHAT? IT'S NOT A CONTRACT, RIGHT? I BELIEVE IT'S JUST A PROPOSAL. THE I, UH, THE CONTRACT IS MERELY THE DRAFT OF THE MADAM MAYOR. THIS IS A DRAFT CONTRACT. THIS IS TYPICAL. WE DO THIS EVERY TIME. AND THEN WE, YOU GIVE THE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY MANAGERS, NEGOTIATE, AND THEN I APPROVE AS A FORM. WHEN THE FEE SCHEDULE IS ATTACHED, THE SCOPE OF SERVICES IS ATTACHED, ALL THE INSURANCE IS ATTACHED, AND THAT'S THE FINAL DRAFT. THAT'S WHAT YOU DO EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU APPROVE A CONTRACT. OKAY. THIS IS NOT NEW. OKAY. WELL, AT LEAST THE WAY IT IS. I, I, OKAY. I JUST, THAT'S NOT WHAT I, I SAW. SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S AN ACCESSIBILITY THING, BUT I, I DIDN'T SEE THE, THOSE ITEMS. BUT ANYWAY, I, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO, TO, UH, TO, TO VOTE ON THIS IF, YOU KNOW, UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. I JUST, I DON'T WANNA JUST RUSH THROUGH THIS IF I DON'T, IF I, IF I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO, TO, TO READ THESE DETAILS, WHETHER YOU, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE [01:55:01] SAYING, UH, TOM, THAT THIS IS A, A STANDARD THING, BUT IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF THIS TO BE WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE CONTRACT ITSELF. AND, AND I JUST DIDN'T, MADAM MAYOR, LET ME, LET ME READ YOU THE RECOMMENDATION. IT'S TO AUTHORIZE MY CITY MANAGERS TO NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT WITH TRANSTECH. AND IT GIVES THE TERM, AND IT SAYS WITH THE, THE EX, THE, UH, THREE YEAR, YEAR OPTIONAL, ONE YEAR EXTENSION IN SUCH FINAL FORM AS APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. SO CLEARLY THIS IS A DRAFT FORM. THERE'S A WATERMARK ON IT. I KNOW OLE YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T SEE THE WATERMARK, BUT THERE'S A WATERMARK ON, IT SAYS DRAFT THE PROPOSAL HAS THE SCOPE OF SERVICES, THE FEE SCHEDULE, UM, AND, AND THE, UH, INSURANCE. I DON'T THINK THE INSURANCE IS IN THERE YET, BUT THAT GETS PUT ON LATER. THANK YOU, MADAM. MAYOR, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? UM, NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH APPROVING THIS, UM, TO MOVE FORWARD TO NEGOTIATE ALL THAT. AND THEN AT THE NEXT ONE, ALL THE FULL DETAILS ARE BEING GIVEN. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, KAREN, HOW MUCH DOES THE TRANSTECH CONTRACT COST TO US YEARLY ESTIMATED, IF, UH, IF I COULD BREAK IT DOWN IN, IN THIS, IN RESPONSE FOR THE, FOR THE BUILDING IN SAFETY, UM, FROM 2024, IT WAS ABOUT 1.7, AND WE'RE PROJECTING FOR 26 TO BE ABOUT 1.8. AND THAT IS FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY. AND PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE FEES THAT WE PAY TRANSFER FOR BUILDING SAFETY IS A PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNT THAT WE COLLECT ON OUR BUILDING PERMITS. SO AGAIN, WE RECEIVE THE REVENUES AND THEY RECEIVE A PERCENTAGE OF THE AMOUNT THAT IS COLLECTED. UM, FOR CIP, THOSE PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES FROM 2024 RANGES FROM 735,000. AND IN 2026 WE'RE PROJECTING TO BE ABOUT 738,000 FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING SERVICES. IN 2024 WAS APPROXIMATELY 931,000. AND WE'RE ESTIMATING 26 TO BE ABOUT 978,000. SO WHAT WAS THE TOTAL NUMBER YOU TOLD ME EARLIER TODAY? SO THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR ALL THOSE CATEGORIES, UM, BUILDING A SAFETY, CIP AND GENERAL ENGINEERING FOR 24, IT'S ABOUT 3.4 MILLION. 3.3 MILLION, $3.4 MILLION ARE PAYING TRANSTECH YEARLY IN TOTAL FOR ALL THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES? YES. OKAY. AND, AND THEN IN 2026, WE'RE PROJECTING IT TO BE ABOUT 3.5 MILLION. SO WHAT IS THIS ASKING US TO DO? HAVE THE CITY ATTORNEY AND CITY MANAGER DETERMINE THE FINAL, AS FINAL FORM? CAN WE SIT, CAN WE RESPOND IN THE SPEAKER PLEASE? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU TYPICALLY DO. YOU ASK YOU ASK MILE TO NEGOTIATE AND ME TO APPROVE AS FINAL TO FORM. SO WE'RE ASKING, YOU'RE ASKING US TO ENTRUST THE TAXPAYER'S MONEY? ABSOLUTELY. THREE. TRUST US OVER $3.4 MILLION ANNUALLY WHEN NO CAP, BECAUSE COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS IS CORRECT. I I DO NOT. THERE'S A CAP. THERE'S A CAP. A CAP. I DON'T SEE THAT. I SEE ALLOCATIONS OF FUNDS. YOU HEARD, YOU JUST HEARD NEIL SAY THEY, THEY PUT A CAP. HE MAY SAY THAT, BUT IF IT'S HONEST, I'LL PUT THE CAP IN. I ASSURE YOU. COUNCILMEMBER. OKAY. TERRACE. I WILL PUT THE CAP IN, YEAH. OH, SO YEAH, CORRECT. BECAUSE WITHOUT, WITHOUT RIGHT. WE, YOUR DIRECTION WE'LL DO THAT. THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL REQUIRE A FOLLOWING FUNDING. YOU'RE TELLING ME WHERE YOU'RE GETTING THE MONEY FROM MM-HMM . BUT YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME THERE'S A BUDGET CAP. AND COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, MAY I JUST REITERATE THAT IN 2026, AGAIN, THE 3.5 MILLION APPROXIMATELY TRANSECT DOES INCLUDE ALL THE OTHER THREE CATEGORIES. SO SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GENERAL ENGINEERING FOR 2026, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT 300, UH, 978,000. GREAT. OKAY. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MELISSA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. UM, I JUST WANNA START OFF, UH, MELISSA, IS TRANSIC AWARE, UH, THAT THERE IS A PENDING FPPC SECTION 10 90 MATTER CONCERNING A COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THAT INCLUDES ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING TRANSTECH? I AM, NO, I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT. OKAY. SO BEFORE, BEFORE I START WITH MY QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY STATE, UH, THAT I WANT THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHY SECTION 10 90 ISSUE MATTERS. UH, GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 10 97 0.1 SAYS THE FPPC CANNOT EVEN COMMENCE A SECTION 10 90 INVESTIGATION THAT COULD LEAD TO ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY. THAT IS NOT A FINDING OF GUILT, BUT IT MEANS THAT IT'S, THAT IT'S NOT SOMETHING COUNCIL SHOULD DISMISS AS POLITICAL ACCUSATION. THERE IS AN UNRESOLVED 10 SECTION, 10 90 MATTER COVERING CONS, A COUNCIL MEMBER WITH ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING THE CITY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH TRANSTECH. WHILE TONIGHT WE ARE BEING ASKED TO AWARD TRANSTECH IN ANOTHER POTENTIALLY FIVE YEAR CONTRACT. SECTION 10 90 ALSO EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS, AIDING OR BETTING A [02:00:01] PROHIBITED FINANCIAL INTEREST CONTRACT. AND IF A VIOLATION IS ULTIMATELY ESTABLISHED, THE CONTRACT MAY BE SUBJECT TO BEING VOIDED. SO SECTION 10 90 EXPRESSLY REACHES BOTH A FINANCIALLY INTERESTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL AND AN INDIVIDUAL WHO AIDS OR AB BEDS. THE VIOLATION SECTION 10 92 PROVIDES THAT A CONTRACT MADE IN VIOLATION 10 90 MAY BE VOIDED. SO MELISSA, UM, , SO YOU'RE UNAWARE OF OF, OF THAT? I AM UNAWARE OF THAT. OKAY. ARE YOU AWARE, UM, AND IF YOU'RE NOT, THAT'S FINE, BUT ARE YOU AWARE THAT UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 10 97 0.1, THE FPPC CANNOT COMMENCE A SECTION 10 90 INVESTIGATION THAT COULD LEAD TO ENFORCEMENT UNLESS THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FIRST GIVES WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION? NO. KNOWING THAT THIS TRANSTECH BELIEVE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO EXECUTE ANOTHER MAJOR WEST SINA CONTRACT BEFORE THE UNRESOLVED SECTION 10 90 MATTER INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING TRANSC IS COMPLETED, WILL TRANSC AGREE TO POSTPONE EXECUTION UNTIL AN INDEPENDENT CONFLICT CONSOLE REVIEWS THE ISSUE? THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I'VE, I'VE HEARD OF, UM, THESE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP. YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 37 YEARS. WE SERVE OVER 120 CITIES IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, AND BEYOND. AND WE ARE A VERY HIGH INTEGRITY FIRM, VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT WE DO WITH OUR RESIDENTS, WITH THE COMMUNITIES. AND WE ARE HERE AT THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL AND AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY AND WHATEVER DIRECTION THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO GO, WE OBLIGE. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HERE FOR THE CITY IN ANY WAY. AND, AND SINCE 2019, HAS TRANSIT GIVEN MONEY OR ANYTHING OF VALUE, UM, TO POTENTIALLY THE C-A-A-W-C FILM, IT WEST COVINA, THE MOON FESTIVAL, THE STATE OF THE CITY OR ANY ORGANIZATION OR EVENT ASSOCIATED WITH A WEST PHOENIX COUNCIL MEMBER? WE HAVE A, A PROGRAM CALLED, UM, COMMUNITY BENEFIT ENHANCEMENT. IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. WE DISPLAY IT ON OUR INSTAGRAM, AND PART OF OUR COMMITMENT AND WORKING WITH CITIES IS GIVING BACK TO IMPORTANT ORGANIZATIONS, CITY FUNCTIONS. AND WE DO THIS WITH EVERY SINGLE CITY. IT'S NOT SPECIFIC OR UNIQUE TO WEST COVINA. IT'S IN EVERY SINGLE CITY THAT WE SERVE. SO WOULD THAT ANSWER BE YES? ABSOLUTELY. WE SUPPORT THE CITY. THANK YOU. DO YOU, DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THAT HAS BEEN? I DO NOT KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO THAT. AND DO YOU KNOW, UH, ON, ON THESE OCCASIONS, WHO USUALLY SOLICITS TRANSTECH FOR THE MONEY? TYPICALLY WE HAVE A, A VERY DEDICATED MARKETING AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM THAT REGULARLY MONITORS THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WE SERVE AND BEYOND THROUGH THEIR CHAMBERS, NONPROFITS. AND WEEKLY WE MEET AND WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS, UM, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT. AND I'M ADVISED BY OUR OWN STAFF, UM, OF THOSE SUPPORT OR GENERALLY IT SOMETIMES COMES FOR THE CITY, UM, ESPECIALLY STATE OF THE CITIES OR CHAMBERS OR BOARDS THAT WE'RE INVOLVED ON. AND AS OF, I THINK IT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, FILM IT WEST VENA. DID YOU DONATE TO THAT EVENT? I AM NOT SURE A HUNDRED PERCENT TO BE HONEST. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK. DID YOU DONATE TO THE YEAR PRIOR TO THAT IPADS? I, I BELIEVE WE DID DONATE TO THE YEAR PRIOR TO THAT, YES. UH, ARE YOU WILLING TO PROVIDE THE CITY COUNCIL A COMPLETE CONTRIBUTION AND SPONSORSHIP LEDGER SHOWING EVERY PAYMENT DATE AND RECEIPT AND SOLICITOR? I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED THAT PREVIOUSLY. YOU HAD REQUESTED THIS BEFORE, BUT WE CAN ABSOLUTELY PROVIDE THAT AGAIN. YEAH. 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN ASKING OUR CITY MANAGER FOR TWO WEEKS AND IT HAS NOT BEEN PRODUCED, BUT UM, OKAY. UM, HAS TRANSTECH, UH, AND I BELIEVE THIS TO THE OTHER QUESTION, HAS TRANSTECH EVER PROVIDED MONEY, UH, OR ANYTHING OF VALUE, UH, TO THE CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WEST COVINA OR ITS EVENTS? I BELIEVE JUST LIKE OTHER CONSULTANTS AND VENDORS IN THE CITY, WE HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO MANY NONPROFITS, INCLUDING THAT ONE, UM, AS WELL AS RECENTLY THROUGH THE CITY THIS YEAR. GREAT. UM, WAS ANY CONTRIBUTIONS SOLICITED BY ANY MEMBER OF THIS CONSOLE OR HIS FAMILY, OR, OR JAMES SUE, A-C-A-W-C, PAST PRESIDENT OR SOMEBODY ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF? NO. SO HOW DID YOU GIVE THE DONATION? AGAIN? WE HAVE A ENTIRE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM. WE'RE OVER 400 EMPLOYEES. UM, AND SO THEIR JOB [02:05:01] IS TO IDENTIFY, UM, ORGANIZATIONS. WE SERVE MANY, UM, CHINESE MAJORITY, UH, CITIES OUTSIDE OF WEST COVINA. UM, AND WE'RE INVOLVED WITH MANY OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, AND THIS WAS IN LINE WITH THE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT WE TYPICALLY SUPPORT. AND DID TRANSIC DISCLOSE THEIR RELATIONSHIPS TO THE PEOPLE SCORING THIS RFP? NO. GREAT. UM, HAS TRANSIC ALREADY BEEN ASKED TO SPONSOR THE UPCOMING 2026 WESTFIELD STATE OF THE CITY? YES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO. IF YOU LOOK AT OUR, UM, CLIENT LIST, WE SUPPORT EVERY STATE OF THE CITY IN THE, THAT WE SERVE. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND WHAT AMOUNT DO YOU KNOW? I BELIEVE THAT WE CAME IN AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THE CITY STAFF KNOW HOW MUCH THAT IS. IT'S ABOUT 7,000, $7,000. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, IN THE, I IN THE INTERVIEW, UM, THE INTERVIEW GAVE FIVE POINTS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND STAKEHOLDER. THE TRANSTECH USED ITS FINANCIAL SPONSORSHIP AT WEST VENA EVENTS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT QUALIFICATION. UM, WE DO HAVE A, UM, AS PART OF OUR PRESENTATION, WE HAVE A MULTIPLE SLIDES ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY BENEFIT ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM. WE CALL IT CBE, AND THAT INVOLVES OUR COMMUNITY PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS SAY THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TECHNICAL PROVIDERS, UM, BUT WE ARE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO SUPPORT, UM, THE CITY, UM, THE RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT MAKE IT A GREAT COMMUNITY TO LIVE IN. GREAT. AND MINE HAS STATED THAT, UH, WE HAVE A CITY EMPLOYEE NAMED DENNIS TARANGO, UH, WHO SERVES AS A WEST GREEN BUILDING OFFICIAL. DO TRANSTECH UNDER EXACTLY WHAT CITY CONTRACT DOES DENNIS, UH, TARANGO EXERCISE BUILDING OFFICIAL AUTHORITY. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, I, I IDENTIFIED DENNIS TANGO AS ONE OF THE CONSULTANTS WE USE FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY IN THE CITY. HE'S NOT A CITY EMPLOYEE. YES, I SAID TRANSTECH, A BUILDING OFFICIAL FOR TRANSTECH. SO AGAIN, UH, WHAT, UM, SO WHAT, WHAT EXACTLY DOES HE DO IN WEST VENA? HE OVERSEES OUR ENTIRE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT, UM, ALONG WITH OUR CO-DIRECTOR FOR TRANSTECH. WE SERVE OVER AT, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW AT 42 BUILDING AND SAFETY, UM, CITIES. SO HE'S NOT INVOLVED SPECIFICALLY DAY-TO-DAY IN WEST COVINA. MM-HMM . UM, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OTHER STAFF MEMBERS HERE. UM, SO HE'S MORE AT A HIGH LEVEL, UM, SPEAKING AND OVERSEEING OUR STAFF. GREAT. AND I DON'T THINK I SAW HIM, BUT IS THERE A, WHY IS IT HIS ROLE CLEARLY IDENTIFY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL IN THE CONTRACT? WE ARE BEING ASKED TO APPROVE TONIGHT, I THINK IN THE PRESENTATION MATERIALS OR ANYTHING. I DIDN'T SEE, I DON'T THINK I SAW HIS NAME. DENNIS, UM, DOES NOT REALLY OVERSEE OUR ENGINEERING SIDE. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TWO DISTINCT CONTRACTS OKAY. WITH THE CITY. UM, AND SO IF THERE'S INTERFACE WITH ENGINEERING, UM, IT WOULD MAYBE BE ON ONSITE OFFSITE. RIGHT. ENGINEERING PLAN, CHECK RELATED THINGS, BUT HE'S NOT INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY. GREAT. UM, AND DID DENNIS ANG JR EVER WORK FOR D AND J ENGINEERING OR D AND J MUNICIPAL SERVICES? I HAVE NO IDEA. HE'S BEEN WITH TRANSTECH FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS NOW. ARE ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY OF HIS DIAMOND BAR OR Y BERLINDA MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE WAS OBTAINED TO D AND JI, AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, WE, I DON'T KNOW THE PRIOR HISTORY OF ALL 400 EMPLOYEES AT OUR COMPANY. AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, I'M EXPRESSLY NOT ATTRIBUTING, UH, HIS FATHER'S HISTORY TO HIM. I AM ASKING TRANSECT FOR THE CURRENT BUILDING OFFICIALS, COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL HISTORY AND, AND SO FORTH. BUT, UM, THE NEXT QUESTIONS I HAVE IS FOR, UM, AHMAD. IS AHMAD HERE? YES. GREAT. HI, AMAD. UM, MAYOR MEMBERS, THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE HERE. UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, UH, AHMAD, WHY WAS A, UH, I BELIEVE YOU'RE A TRANSECT PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, CORRECT? YES, I AM. I'M ONE OF THE PRINCIPALS. GREAT. AND, UM, WERE, YOU WERE IN CHARGE OF PROCESSING THE WEST VENA HEALTH DEPARTMENTS INVOICES, UH, TO TRANSACT, TELLING TRANSTECH STAFF THAT IT WAS OKAY TO PAY INVOICES AND SAYING HE WILL PROCESS THEM FOR PAYMENT. MADAM MAYOR, THE ENGINEERING CONTRACT IS WHAT YOU'RE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW, NOT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. YES. UH, CITY ATTORNEY. I WOULD APPRECIATE IF YOU DON'T SILENCE ME. I HAVE THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW. I DIDN'T SILENCE YOU. I TOLD THE MAYOR THAT WHAT'S OUR, THE ITEM WAS, LET ME, LEMME FINISH. POINT OF ORDER. LET ME FINISH, LET FINISH, LET ME FINISH HERE. I HAVE THE POINT WHAT THE ITEM WAS. OKAY. OKAY. SO LET GET TO THE POINT. SO, SO AHMAD, SINCE THE CITY ATTORNEY IS TALKING ABOUT ENGINEERING SERVICES, [02:10:01] WHY DO I HAVE ENGINEERING INVOICES THAT SAY WEST COA HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND YOUR NAME IS ON THERE AS A LISTED ENGINEER, WHY ARE WE PAYING AN ENGINEER TO RUN A WEST COVINA HEALTH DEPARTMENT? WELL, MAYBE THE CITY ATTORNEY KNOWS THE ANSWER SINCE HE WANTS TO INTERRUPT ME, BUT I THINK YOU DO. SO THEY'RE RIGHT HERE IF YOU WANNA SEE IT. WELL, THE SHORT ANSWER IS THAT BY PROFESSION AND BY TRAINING AND THE ROLE THAT I HAVE IN TRANSTECH, I AM A PRINCIPAL AND I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER. HOWEVER, WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS UNRELATED TO THE CONTRACT, WHICH IS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, MY ROLE IS A PROJECT MANAGER WHO ASSISTS DR. BASIL IN THAT EFFORT. AND THAT'S AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE CONTRACT. SO WHO WAS THE, SO YOU, WHY WAS, WHY WERE YOU AS A SENIOR ENGINEER A TRANS TRANSECT BEING BILLED, BEING A BILLING OUR CITY AT $163 PER HOUR FOR THE WESTFIELD HEALTH DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTATION FOR PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION. IF YOUR INVOICES SAY TRANS TRANSTECH ENG ENG ENGINEERING SERVICES. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, WE ARE IN THIS AGENDA ITEM. I'M SORRY. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. MAYOR, THOSE INVOICES EXPRESSLY CHARGE SENIOR ENGINEER TIME TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IMPLEMENTATION. IT'S WITHIN THE BROWN ACT FOR ME. AM I RIGHT TO ASK ON BEHALF OF THE TAXPAYERS THOSE QUESTIONS? SO, AMMAN, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT? UH, COUNCILOR VER GUTIERREZ, I'M NOT AWARE OF THOSE INVOICES. I I NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOMEBODY LOOK INTO THAT. RIGHT. I, IF THE QUESTION IS MY TITLE, UH, AGAIN, BY TRAINING I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER, BUT IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHICH IS ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONTRACT THAT WHAT IS, UH, ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT? MY ROLE IS PROJECT MANAGER. YEAH. 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A SENIOR ENGINEER FOR FIVE HOURS ON THIS INVOICE. IT'S, UH, IT WAS DATED AUGUST 31ST, 2025. IT'S A SENIOR ENGINEER, UH, FIVE HOURS WORK AT $163 AN HOUR. SO, UH, THAT'S THAT. UM, AND, AND SO WHAT ENGINEERING WORK DID YOU DO FOR, TO CHARGE THE CITY FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES AT THAT RATE? I'M A, I AM THE PROPOSED CITY ENGINEER ON THE ENGINEERING CONTRACT BEING DISCUSSED TONIGHT. BUT YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE BUILDING US FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT MY TITLE WITH THE COMPANY IS A SENIOR ENGINEER, BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, I HAVE A PROJECT MANAGER ROLE, WHICH IS MORE BROAD ASSISTING, UH, DR. BASIL IN THAT CONTRACT, WHICH IS ENTIRELY SEPARATE THAN ENGINEERING. YEAH. AND, AND, AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP DURING AN ENGINEERING CONTRACT RENEWAL IS BECAUSE IT'S SPECIFICALLY CHARGING THE TRANSIC ENGINEERING FUND HERE, UH, IS THIS PROFESSIONAL FEES SENIOR ENGINEER. UH, SO, UH, BUT THE, BUT THE TITLE OF SENIOR ENGINEERS SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED IN THE INVOICES THAT ARE FOR THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. SO, SO YOU THOSE ARE JUST TITLES BECAUSE SIMPLY I'VE BEEN TRAINED AS A CIVIL ENGINEER. SO, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND RIGHT, ARE YOU SAYING THAT YOU DIDN'T DO NO ENGINEERING SERVICES? IT'S JUST LABELED LIKE THAT, BUT YOU'RE DOING PROJECT MANAGEMENTS THEN IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT? THERE IS NO ENGINEERING. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, LET'S SEE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU, AHMAD. NOW I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR NEIL. UM, NEIL, DID STAFF SKIP THE RFPS PUBLISHED 100 POINT WRITTEN SCORING? UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, OF COURSE, UM, OUR CIP MANAGER, UM, TOOK THE LEAD. HE'S JUST OUT OF, OUT OF THE OFFICE TODAY. UM, THE FIVE VENDORS WHO HAD SUBMITTED THE RFP, UH, WERE SHOWN TO HAVE QUALIFIED FOR THE ENGINEERING SCOPE OF SERVICES THAT THE CITY HAS REQUESTED. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, ALL FIVE WERE INVITED TO COME FOR THE INTERVIEW BY AN INDEPENDENT PANEL. BUT DO YOUR ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE RFP ITSELF STATED THAT YOU WERE GONNA SCORE THEM OFF A 100 POINT SYSTEM BASED UPON WHICH ALSO INCLUDES COSTS AND THAT PROCESS HAS WAS COMPLETELY SKIPPED. AND SO DO YOU KNOW WHO AUTHORIZED THAT? AGAIN, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS OUR CIP MANAGER WHO HAD MADE THE DETERMINATION THAT WE INVITE ALL FIVE. SO WITH, WITH THE FACT THAT HE INVITED ALL FIVE TO COME, WE WANTED TO GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR CASE TO, UH, PROVIDE SERVICES TO THE CITY. AND WAS THERE EVER A WRITTEN, UH, ADDENDUM POSTED ONLINE ON THE RFP PLAN BIDS NOTIFYING BIDDERS THAT THE FIRST, THE FIRST STEP OF [02:15:01] THIS PROCESS, SCORING 100 POINT SCORING METRIC WAS NOT GONNA BE FOLLOWED? UH, THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF. OKAY. SO YOU TOLD ME, UM, EARLIER TODAY, UH, THAT YOU TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS QUALIFICATIONS BASED AND NOT BASED ON COST. THAT'S CORRECT. THE INVITATION TO INVITE THE INVITATION TO HAVE EVERYBODY COME TO THE CITY, UM, AND INTERVIEW FOR IT. YES. THEN WHY DID THE CITY'S OWN RFP ASSIGN 20 OUT OF THE 100 POINTS TO PROPOSED COSTS? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT, IT JUST, IF A IF A PARTICIPANT WAS NOT QUALIFIED, THEN MAYBE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN THE REASON. AGAIN, I WAS NOT PART OF THAT, BUT, UM, SINCE EVERY SINGLE ENTITY THAT HAD SUBMITTED WITHIN PLANET BIDS WAS INVITED AND GIVEN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, OH, GET AWARDED THE CONTRACT, BUT THE, THE, THE RP HAD A 100 POINT SYSTEM THAT THAT WOULD HAD ALLOWED FOR RANKINGS TO BE PLACED ON THERE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEARING THAT TRANSECT COSTES US OVER $3.4 MILLION A YEAR. AND IF WE'RE NOT, IF, IF WE DISREGARDED THE COST, I, I THINK THAT'S RECKLESS. UM, DID TRANSTECH RECEIVE, UH, INTERVIEW POINTS FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT? UM, THE, I BELIEVE THIS WAS DONE BY AN INDEPENDENT PANEL, AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE AWARE OF ANY KIND OF COMMUNITY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THAT THE CONTRACTOR DID WITH THE CITY. GREAT. AND THAT INDEPENDENT PANEL, I BELIEVE, WAS, UH, IT INCLUDED THE CITIES OF, UH, ONTARIO, UH, UH, ONTARIO, GLENDORA AND LAVERNE, CORRECT? YES. UH, MELISSA, BRIEFLY, DOES TRANSTECH HAVE ANY BUSINESS IN THOSE CITIES? JUST A BRIEF YES OR NO. I WANTED TO START BY SAYING WE ARE IN OVER 100 CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. YES, WE DO SERVE IN CAPACITIES IN GLENDORA AND CITY OF ONTARIO AS WELL AS 14 OTHER CITIES IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. SO, LAVERNE? NO. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. BACK TO NEO. UM, GREAT. UM, DID, DO YOU BELIEVE A PUBLIC CONTRACTOR SHOULD RECEIVE PROCUREMENT POINTS FOR FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH OFFICIALS WHO ULTIMATELY VOTE ON THIS CONTRACT? AGAIN, I WAS NOT PART OF THE RFPI WAS NOT PART OF THE INTERVIEW. I, I DON'T HAVE AN OPINION ON THAT. I'M JUST HERE BECAUSE RIGHT. AND, AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT ENGINEERING SERVICES WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE HIRING OF P-B-K-P-B-K ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS? I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? UM, WOULD YOU AGREE THAT ENGINEERING SERVICES ALSO COVER, UH, THE TRANSECT WAS COVERING ALSO THE, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH P-P-K-P-P-K-P AS IN PAUL, B AS IN BRAVO, K, THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FIRE STATION B IN THE PAST OR IN THE FUTURE? S IN THE PAST, I, I DUNNO, CITY MANAGER, I BELIEVE WE WENT OUT FOR RFP. AND PPK WAS SELECTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL? YES. AND WHO WAS MANAGING THAT CONTRACT? OUR CIP MANAGER. YOU'RE GONNA LIE LIKE THAT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE EMAILS SHOW. IT WAS TRANSTECH. TRANSTECH ENGINEERING WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONTRACT. WE HAVE EMAILS FROM AHMAD TO PPK KELLY HAM. SO P BB K, SENIOR PRINCIPAL, KELLY HAM IDENTIFY NEISH ISH. AND BRIAN CERVANTES. BRI IS BRIAN CERVANTES A EMPLOYEE OF TRANSECT? WELL, WE HAVE TWO BRIAN CERVANTES WHO WORK FOR THE CITY, BUT THERE IS A BRIAN CERVANTES IN ENGINEERING. THAT'S CORRECT. I'M REFERRING TO THE ONE IN THE AUDIENCE. YES, THAT'S HIM, YES. OKAY, GREAT. UM, AS PARTICIPANTS IN THE CALL, IN THE CALL WITH BBK, UH, WAS TOLD THAT THE CITY'S POLITICAL CLIMATE MEANT ITS ADDITIONAL SERVICES REQUESTS WILL NOT REACH CONSOLE. UM, WERE YOU ON THAT CALL, NEIL? IT WAS A CALL WITH YOU AND BRIAN CERVANTES TO KELLY HAM. DO YOU RECALL THAT CALL? YES. GREAT. UH, WHO USED THE WORDS POLITICAL CLIMATE? I DO NOT RECALL THAT. WHO, UM, WHO TOLD YOU THAT BP K'S REQUEST WAS NOT GONNA GO TO THE CONSOLE? [02:20:02] WAS IT MYLAN COUNCIL MEMBER WOO TRANSTECH THE CITY ATTORNEY, OR WAS IT YOU? IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT ME. I, I DON'T RECALL. OKAY. DO YOU RECALL IF IT WAS ANY OF, UH, ANY OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OR YOU DON'T RECALL? DO NOT RECALL. GREAT. UM, ARE YOU AWARE, UH, UH, OR DID YOU LEARN THAT THE FPPC SECTION 10 90 MATTER CONCERNING A COUNCIL MEMBER INCLUDING ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING TRANSECT? NO, NOT, NOT AWARE. OKAY. DID YOU OBTAIN, UH, ANY INDEPENDENT SECTION 10 90 OPINION BEFORE RECOMMENDING ANOTHER TRANSTECH CONTRACT? NO. RIGHT. UM, KNOWING THAT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 10 97 0.1, UH, REQUIRES WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY BEFORE THE MPPC EVEN HAS JURISDICTION TO COMMENCE A SECTION 10 90 INVESTIGATION THAT MIGHT LEAD TO ENFORCEMENT, WHY DID YOU RECOMMEND THAT CONSUL ENTER AN UN IN INTO ANOTHER MULTI-YEAR, MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR TRANSECT CONTRACT BEFORE THAT MATTER IS RESOLVED? OR IT WAS ROBERT WHO WAS HANDLING THAT? UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? I, I BELIEVE THIS IS OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF WHAT STAFF WAS LOOKING AT. UM, I'M AWARE THROUGH YOU AND OTHERS, UH, ABOUT THOSE CALL ALLEGATIONS. UM, BUT THAT WASN'T WEIGHED, UM, DURING OUR PROCESS. THE RFP, THE INTERVIEWS AND SELECTION OF WHAT WE BELIEVE TO BE THE BEST CONTRACTOR FOR THIS JOB. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, AND, AND I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MR. DOHERTY. UM, ARE YOU ADVISING THE CONSULT THAT STAFF, UH, COULD PUBLISH A 100 POINT, UM, OOPS, A 100 POINT SCORING SYSTEM? SAY THAT AGAIN? I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT YOU SKIPPED IT. SORRY. UM, MR. DOHERTY, ARE YOU ADVISING, UH, THE CONSULT THAT STAFF COULD PUBLISH A 100 POINT SCORING SYSTEM, SKIP IT WITHOUT AN ADDENDUM, NOT SCORE THE ADVERTISED 20 POINT COST CATEGORY, SUBSTITUTE AN INTERVIEW PROCESS AND LEGALLY AWARD THIS CONTRACT? SO, SO THIS RFP OUTLINES THE EVALUATION AND SELECTION. IT ALSO OUTLINES THE, UH, PROTESTS AND THE CITY DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PROTESTS TO THIS PROCESS. AND THAT RFP GIVES THE CITY BROAD DISCRETION IN SELECTING AN APPLICANT, EVEN EVEN ALLOWING THEM TO INTERVIEW AND NEGOTIATE. SO CAN THIS BE SO I WILL, I, LET ME FINISH, PLEASE. MM-HMM . MY, IT, IT, IT'S, IT'S MY OPINION, I BELIEVE THE AWARD OF THIS CONTRACT IS CLEARLY DEFENSIBLE. AND WHAT EXACTLY LEGAL AUTHORITY SUPPORTS THAT? I JUST SAID IT TO YOU. AND WITHOUT GETTING, AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER GUT CHAIRS, WITHOUT GETTING IN FURTHER INTO A LEGAL DISCUSSION OUT HERE, THIS ISN'T A, A LEGAL ISSUE. WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN THE RFP, THE VALUATION OR THE PROCESS. UM, AND I JUST TOLD YOU WHAT THE RFP SAYS, AND IT OUTLINES THAT, UH, THERE'S A BID, UH, A BID, UH, I MEAN A PROTEST PROCESS, AND NO PROTEST WAS RECEIVED. RIGHT. AND SO, WELL, I DON'T KNOW, LEMME FINISH. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT GREAT MEANS AND NO PRESS PROTEST WAS RECEIVED. NO. GREAT. I'M HEARING YOU. I'M HEARING YOU. SO, YEAH, SO WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY, THE PROTEST, NO PROTEST WAS RECEIVED. SO THIS IS CERTAINLY A DEFENSE OF ALL AGREEMENT AND, AND GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 10 97 0.1. AND IF I'M WRONG, PLEASE SAY SO. SAYS THE F YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. IF YOU'RE READING 'EM FROM THE, FROM THE STATUTE, YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. OKAY. LET ME READ IT AND THEN YOU CAN SAY, SAY THAT. DON'T, WELL, I WANT PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T. YOU READ IT, IT SAYS THAT MPC DOES NOT HAVE JURISDICTION TO COMMENCE A SECTION 10 90 INVESTIGATION THAT MIGHT LEAD TO ADMINISTRATIVE OR CIVIL ENFORCEMENT WITHOUT WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION FROM THE LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY. DO YOU AGREE? THAT'S WHAT THE STATUTE STATES? IF YOU'RE READING THE STATUTE, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE IT MEMORIZED. IF YOU'RE READING IT, THEN, THEN, OKAY. AND YOU'VE READ IT BEFORE. IT'S IN THE RECORD. AND, AND DO YOU ALSO AGREE, UH, AND I'M NOT ACCUSING ANYONE, BUT I'M JUST ASKING YOU WHAT THE LAW SAVES. I'M NOT ACCUSING ME. YEAH. I'M NOT ACCUSING YOU OR ANYONE. I'M SAYING YES, CORRECT. UM, AND, AND SO DO YOU AGREE THAT SECTION 10 90 ALSO EXPRESSLY PROHIBITS AIDING OR BETTING A PROHIBITED FINANCIAL INTEREST CONTRACT? YEAH. THAT'S, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE READING FROM THE STATUTE, THEN I DON'T THINK YOU NEED ME TO AGREE. YOU CAN JUST READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. AND 10 92 SAYS A CONTRACT MADE IN VIOLATION, 10 90 MAY BE, UH, AVOIDED. CORRECT. NOT AVOIDED VOIDED. SO IN THE EVENT SOMETHING COMES OF THIS 10 90, WE'LL BRING IT BACK AND VOID THE CONTRACT. BUT ADD, AS WE SIT HERE TODAY, THERE IS NO CONCLUSION ON THOSE [02:25:01] 10 90 INVESTIGATIONS. GREAT. AND SO WHY ARE YOU RECOMMENDING OR PERMITTING CONSULT TO CONSIDER A NEW TRANSECT CONTRACT CONTAINING AN AFFIRMATIVE NO 10 90 CONFLICT REPRESENTATION BEFORE THE PENDING MATTER INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS CONCERNING THIS CONTRACT IS RESOLVED? I JUST TOLD YOU THAT, BUT YOU HAVE IT IN THE CONTRACT. I JUST TOLD YOU THAT YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A DISCLAIMER IN THE CONTRACT. HOW CAN YOU MAKE THAT DISCLAIMER? WHAT, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? WHAT A DISCLAIMER? THERE'S A 10 90 DISCLAIMER IN, IN YOUR CONTRACT. OKAY. THERE IS NO FINDING OF 10 90 VIOLATIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS, WITH REGARD TO TRANSTECH OR FEPC OR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER. SO I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT. IT'S A DEFENSIBLE AGREEMENT. BEFORE TONIGHT, DID YOUR OFFICE OBTAIN A COMPLETE ACCOUNTING OF TRANSEX PAYMENTS AND SPONSORSHIPS, UH, TO C-A-A-W-C, FILM, IT MOON FESTIVAL, STATE OF THE CITY AND ORGANIZATIONS OR EVENTS ASSOCIATED WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTING TONIGHT? DID STAFF OR DID THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, DID THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OR STAFF? I THOUGHT, I THOUGHT, UM, STAFF MELISSA TESTIFIED OR, OR MENTIONED EARLIER THAT SHE PROVIDED ALL THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY, CITY MANAGER. DID DID YOU OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION? I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS. NO, I HAVE NOT, BUT I KNOW THEY'VE PROVIDED I MISSPOKE. THANK YOU. UM, MM-HMM . DOES THIS AGREEMENT ALLOW MANAGEMENT TO EXPAND TRANSTECH INTO PLANNING, BUILDING AND SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OR ANOTHER MUNICIPAL FUNCTION WITHOUT ANOTHER RFP NEIL? MAYBE. OR, OR, OR, OR, OR, OR, OR TOM, CITY ATTORNEY. SORRY. AGAIN, WE WEREN'T INVOLVED IN THE RFP, THE EVALUATION OR THE SELECTION, SO I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT. I WOULD JUST LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF SERVICES OR MAYBE NEIL CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. CAN YOU, YES. UH, DOES THIS AGREEMENT ALLOW MANAGEMENT TO EXPAND TRANSECT INTO PLANNING, BUILDING AND SAFETY PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION OR ANOTHER MUNICIPAL FUNCTION WITHOUT ANOTHER RFP? UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS IS SOLELY GENERAL ENGINEERING. IT'S JUST ENGINEERING. MM-HMM . NOT BUILDING? NO, NO, THAT'S SEPARATE. SO THE OTHER COMPONENTS OF TRANSTECH, THEIR CONTRACTS, THEY'RE SEPARATE FROM THIS, THIS IS SOLELY IN ENGINEERING. AND WITH THIS, UM, BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A BUDGET AMENDMENT THAT PUTS A CAP OF $850,000. GREAT. AND, AND, AND THAT WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL THAT THERE BE A CAP ON THESE CONTRACTS. SO WE DIDN'T EXCEED AND GO INTO, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SEVEN FIGURE MARK. SO THAT, THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE REQUEST OF THE COUNCIL. AND THAT'S WHY THAT BUDGET AMENDMENT IS INCLUDED WITH THIS. BUT THE PROBLEM IS, UH, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CONTOS MAYOR PRO CONTOS CLEARLY STATED, UM, IT DOESN'T HAVE THE LANGUAGE IN THERE. SO I, I SEE THE DOCUMENT YOU'RE REFERRING TO. YOU'RE TELLING US THAT YOU'RE TAKING MONEY FROM THOSE REFUNDS, BUT YOU DID NOT PUT A CAP IN THERE. AND OUR, OUR, UH, FINANCE DIRECTOR, KAREN GABA, HAS JUST STATED FOR THE RECORD, THAT WE'RE SPENT EXPENDING OVER $3 MILLION COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER. I, WHEN SHE, WHAT SHE'S REFERENCING, THE OVERALL, ALL THE CONTRACTS WITH TRANSTECH COMBINED, UM, IT DOES COME TO THAT NUMBER. BUT WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IS STRICTLY ENGINEERING SERVICES, GENERAL ENGINEERING, AND AGAIN, IN THE PREVIOUS YEARS, THERE WASN'T A CAP. SO FEES WERE HIGHER THAN THIS. SO THIS WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE LEAST AMOUNT THAT WE'RE PAYING TRANSTECH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING SERVICE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. GREAT. AND DOES, DOES, UM, AND MAYBE THIS IS A CARING QUESTION, OR MAYBE IT'S A TOM QUESTION, WHOEVER WANTS TO ANSWER IT, BUT DOES CONTRACTORS QUALIFY, UH, FOR COLLEGE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT? WHOEVER WANTS ANSWER? COUNCIL MEMBER, GOOD FINANCE DIRECTOR. NO. NO. HANDLE POLICY? NO, IT'S MY ANSWER. IT IS. OKAY. IT'S MY ANSWER. TELL ME, BECAUSE ON YOUR REPORT IT SHOWS THAT YOU PAID IT OUT. SO PLEASE TELL ME, AND WHERE DOES IT SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ IN, IN YOUR, UH, IT'S, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON, BUT SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENGINEERING SERVICES AND AN AND AN EMPLOYEE OF TRANSTECH, UH, I WANNA KNOW, ARE WE PAYING CONTRACTORS FOR COLLEGE TO TUITION REIMBURSEMENT? NO, WE'RE NOT COUNCIL MEMBER. THEN WHY IS IT IN YOUR PURCHASE REPORT? IT IS NOT IN MY PURCHASE REPORT. SO WHO, WHAT IS IT? AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER, WE HAVE TWO, WE HAVE A CONTRACTOR AND A CITY EMPLOYEE OF THE SAME NAME. THE PERSON YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS A WEST COVINA POLICE OFFICER. GREAT. SO HE EARNS IT. BUT I'VE ASKED YOU [02:30:01] FOR THREE WEEKS NOW, OR TWO WEEKS FOR, FOR THESE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTS THAT YOU DID NOT PRODUCE. UH, TRANSPARENCY REQUIRES YOU TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS BECAUSE MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL HAVE BEEN ELECTED BY ITS PEOPLE, BY THE VOTERS OF THEIR DISTRICT AND THE CITY TO REPRESENT THEM. UH, AND WHEN THAT'S TAKEN AWAY, THERE'S NO TRANSPARENCY THERE. AND, AND SO I'LL, MY LAST STATEMENT I'LL MAKE IS THAT THIS ISN'T AN ONE ISOLATED CONCERN ANYMORE. WE HAVE A PROCUREMENT WHERE THE PUBLISHED SCORING WAS SKIPPED. WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT FINANCIAL SPONSORSHIPS CONNECTED TO VOTING OFFICIALS. WE HAVE TRANSIC ENGINEERING PERSONNEL ADMINISTERING HEALTH DEPARTMENT ACTIVITY. WE HAVE UNANSWERED PPK COMMUNICATIONS, AND WE HAVE AN UNRESOLVED SECTION 10 90 MATTER THAT REQUIRED THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY AUTHORIZATION BEFORE THE FPB SECRET EVEN EXERCISED INVESTIGATIVE JURISDICTION. AN INVESTIGATION IS NOT GUILT, BUT APPROVING ANOTHER POTENTIAL FIVE YEAR CONTRACT BEFORE THOSE QUESTIONS OR ANSWER IS UNNECESSARILY LEGAL, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL RISK TO WEST FEENA TAXPAYERS. IF A 10 90 VIOLATION IS ULTIMATELY PROVEN, 10 97 PROVIDES CRIMINAL CONSEQUENCES FOR A FUL VIOLATION OR WILLFUL ALIEN OR BETTING, INCLUDING POTENTIAL IMPRISONMENT AND PERMANENT DISQUALIFICATION FROM HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE. FPPC CIVIL ENFORCEMENT CAN SEPARATE, CARRY A FINE OF UP TO GREATER OR $10,000 OR THREE TIMES THE FINANCIAL BENEFIT RECEIVED FOR EACH VIOLATION. THOSE ARE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES AFTER PROOF, NOT CONSEQUENCES OF REALLY BEING INVESTIGATED. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN WOO. SORRY, . YOU FORGOT MY NAME ALREADY. OKAY. IT IS, IT'S A LONG INTERROGATION. OKAY. SO ANYWAY, AND THEN OKAY. I'M JUST A VERY GENTLE COUPLE QUESTION. OKAY. AND, UH, AND I REMEMBER BACK IN THE 2019, OKAY. AND, UH, WHEN WE, UH, DECIDE TO LET GO THE WELDON, OKAY? THEN WE APPROVE ON THE TRANS STACK CONTRACT FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY, BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT AMONG THE BUILDING AND SAFETY ENGINEERING COMBINED. OKAY. THE TIME ENGINEERING BY TRANS STACK IN 2019 OKAY. AND HIRED BY PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER AND DAVE COMEY. AND, UH, THEN, AND, UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY WAS, UH, PERFORMED. OKAY? WE, HE HIRE, UH, BASICALLY WELDON. OKAY? AND THEN WELDON DIDN'T DO TOO MUCH OF GOOD JOB AND OTHER COMPLAINT. SO, OKAY. SUPPOSEDLY WE SHOULD BRING BACK IN IN-HOUSE, BUT OKAY. DECIDE TO GIVE TRANSTECH A A TRY. AND THE CONTRAST, I REMEMBER ANYTHING MORE THAN $200,000, LIKE $150,000 INCOME 50 50, OKAY. MORE THAN $250,000, 60 40, ANYTHING ABOVE THAT. THEN CITY WHERE WE SEE 65% OKAY. OF REVENUE AND 35%. OKAY. AND TO TRANS STACK, AM I RIGHT, KAREN? THIS IS THE CONTRACT WE APPROVE. OKAY. AND THE MEANING ALL THE PERMIT PEOPLE PAY IS INCOME TO THE CITY AND THE CITY, SINCE WE HAVE SO MANY DEVELOPMENT, THE CITY PAY OUT ONLY 35% AND TO THE TRANS STAFF FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY, BUT THEY NEED TO PROVIDE ALL THE EMPLOYEE 24 7. OKAY. AND SO BASICALLY THE 3, 4, 3 $0.5 MILLION IS THAT POSSIBLE FROM OUR PERMIT? EVERYTHING ACCUMULATE INTO THE INCOME BECAUSE WE HAVE INCOME THAT WE HAVE EXPENDITURE. SO, AND I, AS I REMEMBER, WE APPROVED BACK IN 2019 ON THEIR CONTRACT. OKAY? 65% TO THE CITY AND 35% TO THE TRANS STACK. AND, BUT THEY NEED TO PERFORM AND PROVIDE ALL THE SERVICE. AM I RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. UM, WE DO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, TRANSTECH FOR THE BUILDING SERVICES THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED, I BELIEVE EARLIER THIS CALENDAR YEAR. I DON'T RECALL THE PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THE CITY RECEIVES, UM, THE COLLECTS THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES, AND WE PAY TRANS TAKE A PORTION, A PERCENTAGE OF WHAT WE ACTUALLY COLLECT ITEM CERTIFY, WE, WE NEGOTIATE DURING THE DIET. OKAY? AND THEN THEY ACCEPT. OKAY. AND SO CITY KEEPS 65%, ALL THOSE ARE PERMIT FEE AND WE DON'T NEED TO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE LEA OKAY? RETIREMENT, EVERYTHING WILL BE, THEY PROVIDE AND THE, AND THEN HOW ABOUT, OKAY, THE ENGINEERING, OKAY, ENGINEERING INCOME, OKAY? THE EXPENDITURE IS COME FROM THIS PER FEE OR THIS COME FROM A DIFFERENT SOURCE THAT WE HAVE TO PAY THEM. SO ENGINEERING FEES IS NOT SUBJECT [02:35:01] TO THE REVENUES COLLECTED FOR ANY, UM, ENGINEERING INSPECTIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT IS STRICTLY SERVICE. SO STILL COLLECT FROM THE, FROM THE BILL ENGINEER. THEY, THEY HAVE TO PAY, UH, FOR THE, THE, OKAY, FOR EXAMPLE, ALL THE SO-CALLED, UH, CAP, OKAY? THE, THE BUSINESS, THEY COME IN, THEY BILL, THEY, THEY NEED ENGINEERING. OKAY? THEN THEY HAVE TO PAY US, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PAY THE PERCENT PERCENTAGE. SO C STILL HAVE SOME INCOME LEFTOVER AFTER WE PAY THEM. CORRECT? CITY RETAINS A PERCENTAGE OF THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES. YES. SO, SO IN THAT WAY. SO BASICALLY IT'S NOT TOTALLY, WE ARE COME FROM OUR GENERAL FUND. BASICALLY THIS IS COMING FROM THE POOL OF MONEY, THE PERMIT FEE AND ENGINEER FEE, ENGINEERING FEE COMING FROM THE APPLICANT. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, THE CITY COLLECTS ON THE BUILDING PERMIT FEES AND THE PERCENTAGES THEN PAID TO TRANSTECH ENGINEERING FEES THAT WE COLLECT IS STRICTLY THE CITY'S FUNDS. AND THEN THE ENGINEERING SERVICES BILLED SEPARATELY IS NOT BASED UPON THE PERCENTAGE AMOUNT COLLECTED. THAT'S ONLY BUILDING. GOT IT. SO WE COLLECT ENGINEERING FEE AND THEN WE PAY THEM PER DAY PERFORMANCE. CORRECT. AND IS THAT OKAY? SINCE I UNDERSTAND BEFORE WE HAVE A TRANS STACK, WE BASICALLY HAVE NO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, THE PARK, THIS AND THAT. SO AS I REMEMBER THAT ON THE FIXING THE STREET, THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL, THIS AND THAT IS LET THEY GET A GROUND FOR US BECAUSE WE, OKAY. THEY, I, I REMEMBER, OKAY, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT, OKAY, COMING FROM ALL THESE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IS LED COME FROM, THEY, THEY APPLY THE GROUND FOR US. TRANSTECH DEFINITELY ASSIST STAFF WHEN IN GOING OUT FOR GRANTS, UM, AS WELL AS THE S SP ONE, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR QUALIFICATION. AND TRANSTECH DOES ASSIST STAFF WITH THAT QUALIFICATION PROJECT. SO, SO PAVING INDUSTRY AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UH, THE FIXING THE PART IS THAT TRANSLATE ENGINEER'S JOB. YES. SO, SO, SO WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE SEE WE HAVE A PAVING INDUSTRY AND ALL THIS, OKAY. STREET IMPROVEMENT IS THE TRANSTECH JOB. TRANSTECH PROVIDES US WITH THE ENGINEERING SERVICES, AND WE DO HAVE A CIP MANAGER THAT OVERSEES ALL THE CIP PROJECTS. THAT'S A RUBBER. THAT'S CORRECT, YES. YEAH. OKAY. SO, SO YES. SO BECAUSE BEFORE THEY HAVE THEIR BUDGET MANAGER, BUT NOW WE DECIDE COUPLE YEARS AGO WE HAVE OUR IN-HOUSE TO SUPERVISE ABOUT TRANSTECH ABOUT THEIR PERFORMANCE. THAT IS CORRECT. SO, SO HERE, THE, THE, THE THING IS THIS, AGAIN, I SAW THEIR PRESENTATION LAST TIME AND THEY PROVIDE, OKAY, THE 24 7 SERVICE, AND THEY EVEN CAN PAY. SO WE CAN HAVE A MUCH EASIER RESIDENT FOR THE BUILDER, FOR THE DEVELOPER, FOR THE PEOPLE WANT TO APPLY, CAN GO ONLINE AND RIGHT AWAY GET SERVICE. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING WITH THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS. AND BASICALLY IS THEIR COST NOT FROM CITY, RIGHT? SO THEY HIRE THE STAFF, THEY PUT THE PEOPLE OVER THERE THIS LAND, SO ALL UNDER THEIR OKAY. AND, UH, RESOURCE AND WE JUST UTILIZE AND WE RECEIVED, OKAY, 65% AND THEY GET PAID 35% ON ALL THE PERMIT FEE. AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PAY THEIR STAFF. WE DO NOT, WE HAVE A COST SHARING BASED UPON THEIR ACTUAL REVENUES COLLECTED FROM THE PERMITS. SO UNDERSTAND, OKAY. SO BASICALLY, OKAY, BECAUSE, UH, I'VE HERE SINCE 2015, NOVEMBER, OKAY? TILL NOW, IT'S ALMOST TILL THIS NOVEMBER I WOULD BE 11 YEARS. SO I WENT THROUGH QUITE A LOT AND THE BEGINNING, AND I REMEMBER 15, 16, 17, ESPECIALLY 18, WE ARE STRUGGLING. WE HAVE NOTHING AT ALL. OKAY? BUT AFTER, OKAY, 2019, AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM, AND THEN WE HAVE A NEW TEAM COMING IN THAT YOU SEEING A LOT OF DIFFERENCE. YOU SEE THE IMPROVEMENT. AND THAT IS NOT ONLY IS, UH, THE STEP, BUT ALSO OUR PARTNER LIKE TRANSTECH, LIKE OKAY, ANY OTHER COMPANY. AND WE WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR CITY. SO I THINK THIS IS THE, THE POINT IS WHY IS OUR JOB OVER HERE TO MAKE SURE THE CITY CONTINUE TO IMPROVE? WE HAVE A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, OKAY? AND, UH, OUR, OUR OUTSOURCING CONTRACT CAN BRING THE RESOURCE, CAN BRING CONTRACT AND BRING ENGINEERS SERVICE IN 2015, 16, 17, 18. WE HAVE NO ENGINEER. WE HAVE ONE ENGINEER LADY. AND UH, WE BASICALLY STILL HAVE OUTSOURCING TO SO MANY ENGINEER COMPANY AND WE STILL HAVE NO PROJECT. THE STREET, EVERYTHING IS, IS NEED TO BE PAVED AND NEED TO BE FIXED. SO I, I CAN SEE THE BIG DIFFERENCES SINCE I'M HERE LONG ENOUGH. OKAY? AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO ASK, OKAY, IS THE CITY AND THE ATTORNEY BECAUSE, UH, ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ACCUSED WARD ACCUSED, [02:40:01] OKAY, ON THE P-F-P-P-C REGARDING ALL THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE A WRONGDOING BECAUSE IT'S COMPLAINT SWO IN TO SAY, HEY, SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING WRONG. EVEN OUR THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATOR INVESTIGATE HAS NO WRONGDOING AT ALL. SO WILL THIS, OKAY, FPP COMPLAINT FROM ONE OF CITY COUNCIL WILL LET ANY ISSUE FOR US TO APPROVE, UH, THE OKAY, THE CONTRACT FOR TWO YEARS AND CAN BE TERMINATE ANY TIME IF, UH, WITH A A WILL. YEAH, YOU CAN MOVE. I SAID EARLIER, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS AGREEMENT TONIGHT. SO, SO GOVERNMENT SECTION 10 31 OR KIND OF, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT IS JUST ONE CITY COUNCIL. I CAN ACCUSE ANYBODY, I CAN SUE ANYBODY. IT'S THE FREEDOM. BUT DOESN'T MEAN THE PERSON HAS BEEN ACCUSED THAT'S GUILTY, OKAY? AND THEY DIDN'T STOP EVERYTHING BECAUSE, OKAY, THE, THE, THE, THE THREAT, THE, THE HORROR, THE DURATION, THE DA, WE ALREADY TURNED EVERYTHING TO DA INCLUDING FBI. SO THEY, TO MAKE A DECISION WRONG, DOING A THIRD PARTY ALREADY CLEAR ANY WRONGDOING WHY WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT ANYTHING JUST BECAUSE SOMEBODY FILED A PPC COMPLAINT AND THE FPPC HAVE NO CHOICE. DO SOME OKAY. INVESTIGATION, LET DO IT. OKAY? BECAUSE IF, IF EVERYTHING IS, IS GOING TO THE CITY FOR CT EVENT, WHERE IS THE CRIME? PROVE IT. OKAY? OTHER THAN THAT, OKAY, I HAVE NO PROBLEM TO, TO MOW THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT, OKAY? SINCE YOU SAY HAVE NOTHING, WE DON'T HAVE TO WEIGH THIS, THAT PLUS THE CITY ALREADY PUT A PUT A CAP, THE $850,000 CLEARLY SPILLED EXPRESS, OKAY? ABOUT THE $850. SO IN THAT WAY, WELL WHY WE NEED TO WAIT WITH TABLE AT THIS LAND. WE CAN FIRE THERE ANYTIME WE FEEL LIKE IT. IF YOU HAVE THREE VOTE, BUT THEN IN THE MEANTIME, WE WANT THEM CONTINUE AND PUT THE CITY PAVE THE STREET, OKAY? OKAY? MAKE SURE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL CROSSWALK, EVERYTHING PEOPLE ARE WAITING OUR IMPROVEMENT CROSSWALK ON THE, OKAY, OKAY, WHAT CITY, WHAT STREET IS THAT? LA POINT ROAD CROSSROAD TRAFFIC SIGNAL ON THE FLEMINGTON. OKAY. THEY WANT TO HAVE A SAFETY, OKAY, AND THE, AND THE OKAY VALUE VIEW, OKAY? WITH THE HOLLYWOOD, OKAY? ELEMENTARY HAVE NO CROSSWALK. THE, THE KID, OKAY? POSSIBLE IN DANGER. WE NEED THAT TO BE IMPROVED. SO WE WANT TO IMPROVE, OKAY? OUR SAFETY AND FOR OUR ENGINEERING, CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE AND CHECK EVERYTHING PAID. THE STREET PAID ENTIRE AREA. A LOT OF AREAS HAVEN'T BEEN PAID FOR A LONG TIME. ABOUT TIME TO PAY THE STREET, I SAW SOME OF AREA PAID IS BEAUTIFUL AND WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON THE CITY. SO, SO I REALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM OKAY, TO MOVE, OKAY. APPROVAL FOR TRANS STACK. SO I MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT. UH, TRANSTECH DID NOT SPONSOR FILM IT THIS YEAR, AND IF THEY DID, THERE STILL WOULD, NO, THERE STILL WILL BE NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. ALL SPONSORSHIP ARE TRANSPARENT. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THEY GAVE. UM, WE WENT THROUGH ALL THIS LAST YEAR, REMEMBER ALL THE HELL WE WENT THROUGH REGARDING THIS WHOLE, UM, CHAOS THING. THIS WAS ALL REPORTED, EMAILED, AND SENT TO D-O-J-F-B-I-F-F-P-P-C, DISTRICT ATTORNEY MEDIA. PRETTY MUCH, IT FELT LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD. SO EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD KNOWS THIS SITUATION OF BEING REPORTED AND HERE AND ALL THIS SO, SO FORTH. UM, JUST LIKE BACK THEN, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, TODAY, TOMORROW, THERE'S STILL NO ISSUE. I ACTUALLY URGE RESIDENTS, INCLUDING CURRENT COUNCIL WHO WAS NOT HERE IN THE PAST YEARS TO REVIEW THE COUNCIL MEETINGS IN THE PAST WITH THE WHOLE TRANSITION OF TRANSTECH BEING HERE AND HOW WE GOT WHERE WE ARE TODAY. UM, BACK THEN, UH, WE HAD RESIDENTS COMPLAINT, INCLUDING MY EXPERIENCE, AND I WAS JUST A COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSIONER. UH, WE HAD AN IN-HOUSE, UH, ENGINEER. IT, WE HAD SO MANY COMPLAINTS, SERVICES WERE SLOW. THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, LIKE, I WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS TO PUSH FOR THESE CHANGES. AND THEN OUR PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER, DAVID CARNY, BROUGHT IN, UH, DEN AND IT WAS OKAY UNTIL WE GOT COMPLAINTS FROM THE RESIDENTS. AND SO WE HAD TO AGAIN, BRING IN ANOTHER ONE. GRANTED, IT'S ALL THEM TRANSTECH. I DIDN'T KNOW TRANSTECH BACK THEN. I DO NOT KNOW THEM, BUT THEY CAME ON BOARD. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, REVIEW THE WHOLE PRESENTATION. WE ALSO HAD A PRESENTATION OF THE WHOLE BREAKDOWN OF THE FINANCIAL PERCENTAGE OF WHAT THEY TAKE. WE WERE IN HERE LONG COUNCIL [02:45:01] MEETING BECAUSE COUNCILMAN WU'S TRYING TO NEGOTIATE AND MAKE SURE WE THE CITY GET THE MOST BUCK OUT OF THE MONEY, UH, SO THAT WE GET A HIGHER PERCENTAGE. UH, THEY DO ALL THE WORK, WE GET THE PERCENTAGE. UM, SO PLEASE REVIEW THAT. UH, THOSE WHOLE MEETINGS, UH, SINCE TRANSTECH CAME ON BOARD, WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD ANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING TRANS TECH'S WORK. I, I MEAN, I HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES. AND IF WE DID, UM, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD AT FIXING IT AND WE DON'T HEAR THOSE COMPLAINTS ANYMORE. FROM WHAT I REMEMBER MANY YEARS AGO, THE COMPLAINTS THAT I GOT COMPARED TO THE COMPLAINTS THIS YEAR, IT'S NIGHT AND DAY. SO TRANSTECH HAS BEEN DOING AN AMAZING JOB. THEY CAME TO PRESENT AND SHOWED ALL THE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE DONE. IT WAS PRETTY AMAZING. AND SOME OF THE THINGS WE FORGET BECAUSE WE JUST GO THROUGH THE CITY AND WE JUST SEE SOMETHING NICE. BUT ALL THAT TOOK WORK. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED THAT VIDEO, THAT COUNCIL MEETING, PLEASE DO. SO, UH, THEY SHOW ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY HAVE DONE THROUGHOUT CITYWIDE AND ALL DISTRICTS, ALL AREAS AND ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, SO THAT BEING SAID, UH, THERE'S REALLY NO CONFLICT, NO ISSUES, NO COMPLAINTS. AND IF THERE IS, WE'LL ADDRESS IT. AND NOW WE, I MEAN, ON THE, UH, CONTRACT, IF THEY'RE DOING A BAD JOB, BOOT 'EM OUT, WE'LL GET ANOTHER ONE. BUT I HAVEN'T GOT ANY ISSUES. RESIDENTS HAVEN'T BROUGHT ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT TRANSTECH IS DOING, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM DOING PUBLIC BENEFIT AND SPONSORING ALL THESE ORGANIZATIONS. THANK YOU. THAT IS NICE. IT HELPS THE STUDENTS, IT HELPS THE COMMUNITY, THE SENIORS, IT HELPS OTHERS. SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE GREEDY AND TAKING IN EVERYTHING IN YOURSELF. UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB. THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST. UM, AND WE'RE OKAY TO MOVE FORWARD. SO I HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. I HAVE ONE QUESTION. MAYOR COUNCILMAN CONTOS? UH, THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR. IJ JUST JUST TO, TO CLARIFY, THERE IS A, NOT TO EXCEED IN, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE I I JUST, YOU'RE SAYING IT WAS THERE, I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT. THAT THERE IS A NOT TO EXCEED WITHIN THE, THE CONTRACT ITSELF IN THE BUDGET AMENDMENT. A BUDGET AMENDMENT, $50,000 CAP. THE SCOPE, SCOPE OF WORK IS, IS ALSO, UH, UH, CLEARLY, UH, A, I MEAN, AND, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A, A SCHEDULE, A FEE SCHEDULE THERE. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN, IN HERE. I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE PAGE IDENTIFIED STRICTLY AS A FEE SCHEDULE. I BELIEVE WHEN WE NEGOTIATE, I, UM, THE CONTRACT WILL OUTLINE A SPECIFIC FEE SCHEDULE FOR ALL THE SERVICES PROVIDED NOT TO EXCEED THE 850,000 WITHIN THE YEAR, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE A FEE SCHEDULE FOR SPECIFIC COSTS. OKAY, SO THE, SO AT LEAST IT'S, SO IT'S NOT IN THERE. SO I, I HAVE THE INFORMATION. I, I BELIEVE IT IS IN HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER. NO, IT'S GOT MAYOR BRIAN, YOU'RE LYING. UH, HE HAS THE FLOOR. YOU, YOU'RE NOT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE FLOOR CAN LIE. BRIAN, BRIAN, BRIAN, BRIAN. OH MY GOD. COME DOWN, MAYOR. SHE HE HAS THE FLOOR. IT'S NOT GONNA, WE LET YOU SPOKE. SPEAK I PRO FOR LIKE AN HOUR. MAYOR, MAYOR, PROTON, PE CANTOS. YES. UM, WITHIN THE FIVE PROPOSALS, WE HAVE PROBABLY HAVE A THOUSAND PAGES OF PAPER HERE. SO I DON'T IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC PAGE THAT HAS THE FEE SCHEDULED. UM, BUT I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IS PROVIDED. YOU'RE SURE, BECAUSE I, I JUST, THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I WAS PART OF MY CONTRACT REVIEW AND I, I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING ON THIS, AT LEAST MYSELF WITHOUT, WITHOUT BEING SURE I, AND I WENT THROUGH AS MUCH AS I COULD, SO UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. BUT I'M NOT LYING. I THANK YOU. UNDERSTAND. WE HAVE A MOTION, HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY. MOTION. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, MILAN, WHERE IS IT AT? WHERE HE SAYS THAT AT? I, I, I JUST, I WHERE FACT, NO, I JUST ANSWERED THAT, THAT THERE'S PROBABLY A THOUSAND PAGES HERE AND I DON'T IDENTIFY THE SPECIFIC PAGE. I I RECOGNIZE THAT. NO, IT'S NOT A THOUSAND PAGES FOR THE CONTRACT, THE PROPOSED CONTRACT AND THE STAFF REPORT. IT'S NOT IN HERE, MYLAN. OKAY, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. I'M SAYING I HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED, WELL, WE JUST HAD AN AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER JIM GRITCH TESTIFY, UH, OR GAVE A, UH, A STATEMENT ABOUT IT'S NOT IN THERE. AND I CONFER CONCUR WITH THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER. UM, I, I'LL DEFER MEMBERS BY STAFF HERE. ANSWER THAT AGAIN. LOOKING AT WHAT I HAVE IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW. I DO NOT SEE IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. RIGHT? SO WELL, WE'LL HAVE A FINANCE DIRECTOR. KAREN, GO AHEAD. DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU. UM, I, AGAIN, AS STATED EARLIER, IF YOU LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENTS TO THE STAFF REPORT, AGENDA NUMBER FIVE, UM, ATTACHMENT ONE, FOR EXAMPLE IS TRANSEX PROPOSAL. IN THE PROPOSAL, YOU'LL SEE THE FEE SCHEDULE AS WELL AS THE OTHER PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS. AGAIN, IT'S IN THE ATTACHMENTS. SORRY, I DIDN'T PRINT THEM OUT 'CAUSE THERE WAS QUITE A NUMBER OF PAGES. BUT, BUT WE'RE NOT APPROVING WHAT THEY PUT IN A PRESENTATION. WE'RE APPROVING ACTUALLY THE PROPO THE BID PROPOSAL. SO IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT OR THE STAFF REPORT. AND I BELIEVE THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED LIKE THE, THE, IT'S A DRAFT PROPO DRAFT AGREEMENT. AND WHOEVER THE COUNCIL THEN SELECTS TO BE THE BIDDER, UH, AWARD THE BID [02:50:01] TO THEIR PROPOSAL THEN BECOMES PART OF THE AGREEMENT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE FEE SCHEME. WELL, WE SKIPPED THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO GET GRADE COSTS, BUT WE SKIPPED THAT. WE TOOK THAT OUT WITHOUT AN ADDENDUM. I WASN'T REFERRING TO THE COST. I WAS JUST REFERRING TO THE ENTIRE BID BUDGET. IT SAYS THE PROPOSED BUDGET AMENDMENT WILL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING FUNDING FROM RESERVES. IT DOESN'T SAY IT'S RESTRICTED. IF THAT'S ALL THEY'RE GETTING, IT'S $850,000. HOW ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO COVER THE, THE, THE TOTAL 3.4 MILLION. BUT WHAT THEY'RE COSTING US NOW, ROUGHLY IN ALL SERVICES AS, AS STATED EARLIER, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE 3.5, 3.7 TRANS DECK, THAT DOES INCLUDE OTHER SERVICES INCLUDING BUILDING AND SAFETY, NOT JUST ENGINEERING. YEAH. AND, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT, UH, IN THE PROPOSED CONTRACT. UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT THERE. AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHERE OUR CITY ATTORNEY, LASTLY LAST QUESTION, CITY ATTORNEY, YOU GAVE, UH, A LEGAL OPINION OR A LITTLE WHILE AGO TO COUNCIL MEMBER WU, WHO'S A SUBJECT OF THE, WHO IS A SUBJECT OF THE 10 90 INVESTIGATION. WERE YOU GIVING AN OPINION TO, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, ADVISING HIM? OR WERE YOU GIVING AN OPINION ON BEHALF OF THE CITY? YES. I DIDN'T GIVE A LEGAL OPINION. I DID NOT. I SAID, I SAID, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT AND TONIGHT I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT'S DEFENSIBLE. SO YOU, YOU DIDN'T, YOU'RE NOT GIVING ADVICE THAT HE COULD, YOU'RE NOT GIVING ADVICE THAT HE, I JUST SAID, I DIDN'T GIVE AN OPINION. I SAID, YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONTRACT. OKAY. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, CALM DOWN CITY ATTORNEY. DON'T GET ALL I'M OUT HERE. I'M JUST, I'M JUST SAYING IT'S $3.4 MILLION ON ONLINE HERE. I'M REPEATING IT. IT'S NOT, IT'S 850,000. GREAT. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, CITY MANAGER, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU. MAD MAYOR. UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, GUTIERREZ AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, IN, UH, SECTION TWO OF THE PROPOSAL THERE IS THE FULL, UM, SCHEDULE OF RATES. CORRECT, BUT IT'S NOT IN THE CONTRACT OR THE STAFF REPORT. MYLAN, THE, THE, THE CONTRACT IS JUST A DRAFT THAT THOSE ARE TEMPLATES. IT'S A DRAFT. YEAH. YOU, YOU, YOU, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD ENTRUST YOU WITH ADDING THOSE WORDS WHEN IT'S NOT IN A STAFF REPORT. YOU DIDN'T EVEN GRADE THEM ON THE COST. IF YOU HAD THAT, WHY DIDN'T YOU GRADE THEM ON THE COST THEN? COUNCIL? I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. UM, AGAIN, YOU ASKED WHERE THE, I THINK SO MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS ASKED WHERE THE RATES ARE, THE RATES ARE HERE, AND, UH, COUNCIL, OR I'M SORRY, MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS, I CAN CONVERT THIS FILE FOR YOU IF IT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE, BUT IT IS INCLUDED IN THEIR PROPOSAL. CORRECT? IT'S INCLUDED IN THEIR PROPOSAL. BUT THE CITY DID NOT FOLLOW THE RP PROCESS, WHICH REQUIRED THE CITY, UH, TO GRADE. AND WITHIN A 100 POINT SYSTEM, THAT SHOULD HAVE INCLUDED THE COSTS, ANALYSIS COSTS FOR EACH, UH, CONTRACTOR WHO WAS BIDDING ON THE CONTRACT. THEY, THAT SCORING MECHANISM WAS COMPLETELY TAKEN OUT. AND WE WENT STRAIGHT TO THE SECOND MECHANISM, WHICH WAS LIKE IN-PERSON INTERVIEW FOR ALL FIVE. IT, UM, 0.0 THERE I THINK'S A MOTION WE HAVE. FIRST WE HAVE A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. SECOND, UH, ROLL CALL. AND ON THE NEXT, UM, AS THIS MOVES, THIS IS A DRAFT ON THE NEXT ITEM, THE FULL DETAILS AND THE BREAKDOWN. AND THEN JUST WE WANT THE CITY STAFF TO NEGOTIATE OBVIOUSLY THE BEST DEAL. AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE COUNCIL, JUST LIKE WHAT WE HAD A FEW YEARS AGO, AND SOMETIMES WE CONTINUE THE NEGOTIATION AFTER WHAT THE STAFF BRINGS UP. SO THAT NEXT PRESENTATION, WHEN THEY HAVE ALL THAT BREAKDOWN, THAT'S NOT THE FINAL. WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RENEGOTIATE OR RE-PUT IN, BUT WE WANT THE CITY STAFF TO DO THEIR JOB AND TAKE CARE OF THAT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND ROLL CALL. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU, A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO PER TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER FIVE, CONSIDERATION OF AWARD OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR CITY ENGINEERING SERVICES AND BUDGET AMENDMENT. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? NO. COUNCILMAN WU. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. I WILL NEED TO ABSTAIN. I JUST DON'T, I'M NOT, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I CAN'T VOTE ON IT. I'LL ABSTAIN. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES. UH, ALL RIGHT. UH, WE JUST, THAT'S JUST ONLY NUMBER FIVE. WE GOT A FEW MORE TO GO, EVERYBODY. . SO WE, UH, I KNOW FOR THOSE THAT LEFT THINGS, UH, GOODNIGHT, BUT, UH, NOW [6) CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR THE CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN & VEHICLE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FY 2025-26 - PROJECT NO. 26014] WE'RE ONTO ITEM SIX. WE'RE NOT IN THE DOUBLE DIGIT NUMBERS YET. SINGLE DIGIT NUMBER. SO, WHICH IS COUNCIL, I MEAN, OH, THAT'S YOURS. UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. UM, OKAY, LET'S SEE. UM, SO I AM, BUT NUMBER SIX. NUMBER SIX, YEAH. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, UM, I NOTICED THAT THIS PROJECT IS RELATED TO, UM, VEHICLE TRAFFIC SAFETY AND IMPROVEMENTS AND, UM, PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT. OH, THERE'S STACK TOO. [02:55:01] OH YEAH. YES. YOU GOTTA HAVE TO STAY. I'M SORRY. UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD REQUESTED SOME TIME AGO, OR DO I LET HIM, THE MAYOR MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, UH, BARMAN, JOHN CO THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION. THANK YOU. MINE IS EASY. VERY EASY. THAT'S OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO, WAY BACK WHEN I THINK THIS WAS INITIATED, UM, I HAD REQUESTED THAT WE, UM, TALK ABOUT THE IN-ROAD LIGHTING OR THE CROSSWALKS AT THE SCHOOLS, AND I NOTICED THAT IT WAS NOT EVEN MENTIONED. AND, UM, SO I'M WONDERING, UH, I KNOW THAT IT'S A VERY COSTLY ITEM. I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT, AND I'VE READ SOME EMAILS THAT SAY THAT, BUT I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST. I MEAN, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, FAIR FOR THE COUNCIL TO GET THAT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANNA SPEND ON THAT. SURE. I MEAN, IF WE'RE SPENDING ONE POINT SOME MILLION DOLLARS ON ATTORNEY FEES, THEN I WOULD SAY THAT WE CAN SPEND ON SOME, UM, SAFETY ISSUES FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LIKE ADDED TO THIS AGENDA. UM, THE OTHER THING IS, UM, UH, LET'S SEE YOU LISTED, OKAY, NUMBER 14, SOUTH LARK, ALLEN AVENUE AND EAST CAMERON AVENUE. UM, THERE'S A LITTLE PROBLEM IN THAT AREA WHERE THERE'S A DIP AND PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE REALLY HURT THEIR CARS THERE. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN ADD A SIGN, SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE WHERE, UM, YOU CAN INDICATE TO PEOPLE IT'LL EITHER SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THERE'S A DIP AHEAD. SO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT I WANT ADDED TO THIS AGENDA. OKAY. I'LL TAKE THE SECOND ONE BECAUSE IT'S MUCH EASIER. THE DIP SIGN IS VERY EASY TO DO. WE CAN CHECK IT OUT, AND IF THOSE SIGNS ARE NOT OUT THERE, WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT A WARNING SIGN IN EACH DIRECTION SO THAT THE YES DRIVERS ARE AWARE OF THAT. THAT'S VERY EASY TO DO. OKAY. THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO THINGS I HAVE FOR THIS. OKAY. THE, THE FIRST ONE, UH, UH, IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT EXPLANATION IN TERMS OF THE COST. I THINK WE GOT THE COST FROM ANOTHER CITY THAT WE HAD, UH, UH, GOT FROM DEVELOPERS OR FROM THE CONTRACTORS. IT WAS CLOSE TO $100,000. BUT REALLY THE DECISION TO DO THE IMP PAVEMENT OR NOT TO DO THEM, IT'S NOT REALLY EXACTLY THE COST. LEMME JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. UP TO 10, 15 YEARS AGO IN PAVEMENT, THE LIGHTS WERE VERY POPULAR. AT THAT TIME, WE DID NOT HAVE THE NEW DEVICES THAT WE ARE INSTALLING. NOW, THERE IS A DEVICE, YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN IT IN THE, IN THE, UH, STAFF REPORT. IT IS CALLED RRFP. YES. RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS. MM-HMM . WHEN WE WERE INSTALLING THOSE IMP PAVEMENT WA IMP PAVEMENT LIGHTS, WE WERE NOT INSTALLING THOSE FLASHING LIGHTS. WE WERE JUST DOING IMP PAVEMENT LIGHTS. HISTORICALLY, THERE IS A FEW DISADVANTAGES WITH THE IMP PAVEMENT LOSS, AND I CAN GO THROUGH THEM IF YOU LIKE. SINCE THEN, SINCE THE, IN THE PAST 10 YEARS OR SO, THE R RFPS HAVE BEEN DESIGNED AND APPROVED BY CALTRANS AND BY CALIFORNIA. M-M-U-T-C-D, THE CALIFORNIA TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE COMMITTEE, WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD. SO WE INSTALL THOSE NOW RATHER THAN IN PAVEMENT ONES BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT MORE ADVANTAGES TO THOSE. THEY ARE HIGHER UP, THE DRIVERS SEE THEM. THE RAPID, YOU KNOW, THE FLASHING PATTERN THAT GOES, IT IS A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE AND ALL THAT. THAT'S WHY WE INSTALL THOSE. AT CROSSWALKS, WE HAVE THE OPTION OF EITHER DO, DO INSTALLING TWO OR EITHER FOUR ADDED CROSSWALK. SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE INSTALLING THE, INSTALLING THOSE. I WOULD STILL LIKE TO SEE THAT. AND IF I, IF I MAY ADD, UH, WE'LL LOOK INTO THE IMP PAVEMENT LIGHTING AND WE'LL REPORT BACK. YES, PLEASE. COUNCIL MEMBER. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. OKAY. UH, I HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST. I KNOW. OKAY. BUT I'M NOT GONNA BRING UP TONIGHT. OKAY. BUT, BUT JUST NO, NO, GO. DON'T GO AWAY. COME BACK, GO AWAY. YEAH. I HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST. I HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST. OKAY. I'M GOING TO ABOUT, ABOUT 10 PAGES. ABOUT WHAT? . OKAY. I HAVE A LIST, BUT NEED PROVIDE TO THE CITY MANAGER. BUT THE ONE THING IS, I THINK, UH, ON THE VALUE VIEW. OKAY. AND THE ROAD. OKAY. AND TO THE S AND THEY HAVE A BIG DIP AND, UH, THEY DON'T HAVE A STOP SIGN. SO PEOPLE ARE, YOU CAN SEE THE CAR FLYING THROUGH. SO THE NEIGHBOR TOLD ME, OKAY, THEY MAYBE NEED A STOP SIGN. MAYBE YOU CAN LOOK INTO IT. I HAVE MORE, BUT THIS ONE LOOK LIKE PRETTY OKAY. NEEDED LOOKING INTO IT RIGHT AWAY DUE TO THEY HAVE A DIP AND THEN NO STOP SIGN. AND PEOPLE JUST FLY THROUGH. OKAY. AND THE NEIGHBOR SEEING THE CAR CONTINUE TO LIKE FLY IN AND THEN, AND THE BUMP ON THE GROUND. SO, SO ANYWAY, AND THERE IS A SAFETY ISSUE PLUS THE SCHOOL JUST RIGHT THERE, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SO JUST WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE ISSUE. YOU CAN MAYBE HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT [03:00:01] RATHER THAN OKAY. AND THE PEOPLE TO REPORT TO YOU. BUT ANYWAY, UH, THIS IS, I JUST WANNA ADD ALONG. UM, ALSO, UH, I KNOW AS I'M WALKING, THE RESIDENT'S CONCERN IS OBVIOUSLY SPEEDING. UM, WE WANNA SEE MORE CALMING TRAFFIC MEASURES. UH, AND I KNOW SOME STREETS ARE HERE, BUT I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, UH, ON CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY NEAR THE MALL, A LOT OF PEOPLE TEND TO USE THAT AS LIKE A HIGHWAY AND THEY SPEED. UM, ONE RESIDENT MENTIONED THAT THE STOP SIGN ON CALIFORNIA, CAMERON KEEPS GETTING HIT. AND THEY'VE REPLACED THAT NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT DATA, THAT INFORMATION THAT IT'S GETTING HIT, IT'S TIME TO REEVALUATE, MAYBE PUT SOMETHING ELSE THERE OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT. BECAUSE THE MINUTE YOU REPLACE IT, IT'S BACK DOWN WITHIN A WEEK OR SO. UM, SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT. OKAY. ANY OF THOSE, ANY REQUEST THAT COMES TO, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE A OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCIL. REALLY QUICK. I'M SORRY. JENNA, NO LONGER WITH YOU. WHERE'S JENNA? OH, SHE'S HERE. SHE IS. SHE, OH, SHE'S STILL WITH YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. YES. I THINK, UM, I THINK SOME OF THE STREETS THAT MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONED, UH, I THINK, YEAH, I THINK IF YOU COULD PUT SOME SORT OF ENHANCEMENTS THERE AND SOME OF THE STREETS IN, IN MY DISTRICT AND, AND MAYOR PRO CONTOS DISTRICT, UM, I THINK, UH, SOME OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGY WE'RE USING, LIKE THE, THE NUMBERS THAT LIGHT UP WITH THE STOP, THAT LIGHTS UP. I THINK THAT'S BEEN BENEFICIAL. BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE IS I DON'T SEE LIKE, UH, WHAT THEY HAD MENTIONED. I DON'T SEE ANY DIP SIGNS IN THE DIP AREAS. AND I THINK, UH, AT ONE POINT THERE WERE SOME, IN SOME AREAS, BUT THEY WERE ALL, THEY'RE ALL GONE NOW. SO A LOT OF OUR DIP AREAS, THE SIGNS ARE COMPLETELY GONE. SO, AND I THINK, UH, WHAT IS, WHAT'S THAT STREET ON, UH, ROLL? NO, UH, ORANGE AND PREE, LIKE THAT HAS A DIP. AND IT'S THE SIGN, THERE'S NO DIP SIGNS THERE. UM, ALSO, UH, WHAT I DON'T ALSO DON'T SEE IS, UM, WHICH I KNOW OUR OFFICERS DO A GREAT JOB, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, UH, BUT RADAR ENFORCEMENT, I THINK SOMETIMES THAT COULD DETER SPEED, SPEEDER, SPEEDER, PEOPLE WHO ARE SPEEDING ON OUR STREETS IF THEY KNOW THAT IT'S A RADAR ZONE. UH, SO HOW DOES THE RADAR ZONES WORK? IS THERE ANY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS OR CAN WE PUT ONE, CAN WE PUT THOSE SIGNS UP OR, YEAH. IN LIKE RADAR ENFORCEMENT OR SOMETHING? UH, WE, THE, THE RADAR ENFORCEMENT IS DONE BY THE POLICE. THERE IS NO YEAH, YEAH. CAMERA TYPE OR ANYTHING. OH, YEAH. JUST LIKE THE SIGN, LIKE THE TRAFFIC SIGN THAT SAYS, I THINK RADAR OR SOMETHING, OR RADAR ENFORCEMENT. MY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW YEAH. SPEED ENFORCED BY RADAR. YEAH. YEAH. THOSE, YOU CAN ONLY DO IT WHEN THE POLICE IS ENFORCING IT. SO IF, IF THEY'RE NOT, IF THEY'RE NOT ENFORCING IT AT THE TIME, YOU DON'T PUT A SIGN THAT IS YOU, YOU DON'T PUT A STATIC, YOU SIGN ALL THE TIME THAT THIS AREA IS BEING ENFORCED. IF THERE IS NO, NO ENFORCEMENT, NO, I, I USUALLY SEE 'EM, YOU DON'T SEE IT ON CITY STREETS? ON MM. ON SEE TYPICALLY A SIGN THAT SAYS RADAR ENFORCE, WE HAVE TO DO IT EVERYWHERE. YEAH. NO, THEY'RE JUST ASKING ABOUT A SIGN THAT SAYS RADAR ENFORCE THIS TIME. YEAH. WHICH I, I, I HAVE SEEN A COUPLE OF THEM IN OTHER CITIES. UM, OKAY, GREAT. AND THEN, AND I THINK ALSO A LOT OF OUR, UM, NEW STREET POLES, I, I THINK, UH, I DON'T THINK ALL OF THEM, BUT I THINK SOME OF THEM, UM, I THINK SOME OF THEM HAVE EXISTING, UH, STREET NAMES, THE STREET NAMES THAT LIGHT UP, AND I THINK SOMETIMES WE'RE REPLACING THEM WITH JUST PLAIN SIGNS. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A WAY TO KEEP 'EM IN THE ELECTRONIC FORMAT LIT IN. SO LATEST DESIGNS, THE SIGNS ARE RETRO REFLECTIVE. OKAY. WHEN THE, THE LIGHTS OF THE CARS HIT THEM, THEN AT NIGHT YOU CAN SEE THEM. IF THEY ARE VERY, VERY OLD SIGNS, THEY MAY NOT BE REFLECTIVE. YEAH. THAT'S PROBABLY, YOU MAY SEE A DIFFERENCE IF THEY ARE VERY, VERY OLD, THEY MAY NOT BE REFLECTIVE. YEAH. BUT THE NEW ONES ARE, ARE RETRO. YEAH. BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S, I THINK THERE'S EVEN NEW ONES THAT ARE REALLY THIN WITH LEDS. SO I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY NICE AS WELL. SO, YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GONNA HAVE COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. JUST A, A QUICK, UM, I JUST WANNA, UH, WHEN WE, UH, WHEN WILL WE GET AN UPDATE ON THIS? OR WHEN WOULD THIS COME BACK TO US WITH THESE ITEMS THAT I, THAT WE REQUESTED? YEAH. I, I WILL GET WITH, UM, OUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND IN-HOUSE STAFF ON THIS. UH, I KNOW THEY WERE, UH, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES TODAY TO BRING THESE ITEMS FORWARD AND ADD 'EM INTO THE EXISTING CONTRACT. UH, I, I KNOW ON THE AGENDA REPORT, IT DOES SAY, UH, PROJECT TIMELINE UPON EXECUTION OF THE AGREEMENT AND ISSUANCE OF THE NOTICE OF PERCEIVED CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN SIX MONTHS. PROJECT COMPLETION IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO, OR SPRING OF 2027. OKAY. SO [03:05:01] THAT'S WHAT WE FORWARD TO IT. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. OKAY. WOULD YOU COME UP. OKAY. I THINK THE MAJOR ISSUE I THINK THE RESIDENT HAS IS SPEEDING. OKAY. SPEEDING. OKAY. SPEEDING. OKAY. ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, THE SCHOOL OPEN, WE OPEN AGAIN AND THE SPEEDING. BIG TIME. AND A LOT OF, OKAY. WHERE IS ASKING FOR SPEED BUMP? I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. SO THE PROCESS OF WHAT? YOU NEED A PETITION FROM OTHER NEIGHBOR FOR HOW MANY PERCENT? A HUNDRED PERCENT. 50% OR 60%? WHY IS THE PERCENTAGE? BECAUSE EVERYBODY ASK ME ABOUT INCLUDING MY NEIGHBOR BECAUSE I LIVE NEXT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL AT ELEMENTARY, AND THEN MY NEIGHBOR, THEY REALLY WANT TO SPEED BUMP. AND THEN I, I TALK TO THE, ANY SURROUNDING WITH THE SCHOOL. MOST OF THE RESIDENT, THEY WANT SPEED BOMB. OKAY. BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ARE SPEEDING. REALLY DANGEROUS. SO WHY IS THE SPEED BUMP GUIDELINE? UH, WHAT, MAYBE YOU COULD, WE CAN PUT THIS ON THE WEBSITE. PEOPLE CAN SEE, AND THE PEOPLE CAN FOLLOW THE GUIDELINE. IF THE CITY, WE HAVE DEVELOPED CITY SPEED HUMP GUIDELINES FOR A FEW CITIES. IF THE CITY WAS INTERESTED TO, TO BASICALLY INSTALL THE SPEED HUMPS, THERE ARE SOME CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH AND THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD REVIEW THOSE AND APPROVE THEM. I ASKING CURRENT, CURRENT, CURRENT, OUR GUIDELINE, WHAT IS OUR CURRENT GUIDELINE? WILL SPEED BUMP. I UNDERSTAND IT IS A PETITION. YEAH. AND THEY GO TO ENGINEER. I THINK THIS IS EASY ANSWER. YEAH. I BELIEVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER WOOD, THE CITY ALREADY HAS A SPEED HOME POLICY, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND YOU KNOW, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE GEOMETRY OF THE STREET AND THE SPEED AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING ELSE. IF, IF THE STREET QUALIFIES FOR SPEED HUMPS, THEN THE PETITION, UH, PROCESS STARTS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT'S NOT PETITION FIRST IS A PETITION FIRST. IT, BECAUSE MY, I, A LOT OF NEIGHBOR, THEY, THEY JUST WANNA START WITH A PETITION. OKAY. AND, UH, THEY, WHEN THEY ASK ME, I JUST SAY, YEAH, GET A PETITION, THEN SUBMIT TO ENGINEERING AND OKAY. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE. CORRECT. IF, IF THE, IF THE REQUEST COMES IN FIRST, THE CITY EVALUATES, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SPEED, THE VOLUME, THE GEOMETRY, YOU KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, YOU KNOW, THE STREET DOESN'T HAVE TO BE WIDE. I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE THEN THE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EVERYTHING DAYS A PETITION APPROVED. BUT THE PROCEDURE, THE PROCESS, HOW MANY SIGNATURE DO THEY NEED TO OBTAIN? HOW MANY, OR, BECAUSE THEY ALL KNOW THEY NEED TO GET A PETITION. WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF, IS IT 70%? I BELIEVE IT'S FIVE SIGNATURES. I KNOW, BUT HOW MANY ON THEIR STREET IS 50%? 70. 70% I THINK. HUH? 70%. 70%. BRING THIS BACK, BECAUSE THIS IS A CONCERN IT SEEMS LIKE IN ALL DISTRICTS OF THE SPEEDING. I KNOW MANY YEARS AGO, I'VE BROUGHT THIS UP AND THEN I WAS TOLD THAT THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THE FIRE TRUCK HAS TO COME THROUGH. BUT NOW I'M HEARING LIKE DIFFERENT INFORMATION. SO I, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THIS TO BE BROUGHT FORTH TO THE COUNCIL SO THAT THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THEIR, UH, WHAT THEIR RIGHTS OR WHAT'S THEIR ABILITY. BECAUSE JUST TO HEAR THAT WELL, HERE, SURVEY, I MEAN, I KNOW SOMETIMES THEY SAID, WELL, THEY'LL HAVE POLICE PATROL, BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN THE POLICE PATROL'S THERE, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. OR I KNOW WHEN WE HAD THE ISSUE OF SPEEDING, I THINK DOWN ON AUSA, UM, PATROL WAS THERE AND THEN IT STARTED TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY START REPORTING TO EACH OTHER ON WAYS AND STUFF. THAT'S, HEY, POLICE IS ON FRONT. SO IT DEFEATS THE WHOLE PURPOSE. AND SO I, I BELIEVE THIS, WE, WE NEED TO GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION, WHAT'S REQUIRED, WHAT WE CAN DO, WHAT THE RESIDENTS, UM, CAN, CAN DO TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. EITHER SPEED BUMPS, LIGHTING, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. UM, AND I KNOW LIKE ON OURS, STREET HAPPENS DURING THE EVENING TIMES AND WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS THERE. AND SO THEY BROUGHT THIS FORTH AND I'VE, SO FAR BY WALKING, I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT SAME ISSUE. AND SO I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT I, I'M HEARING, I THINK IT'S THIS, I, I NEED, I, I AGREE. AN ACCURATE INFORMATION. I, I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD GET, UH, INFORMATION, CLEAR INFORMATION AND THE POST ON THE WEBSITE. SO I JUST SAY, GO TO THE WEBSITE. THIS IS THE PROCEDURE, WHAT YOU CAN DO, AND THEY CAN PULL THE PHONE, GO TO THE, GET THE POSITION, 70% SUBMIT TO YOU GUYS, SEE IT WORK AND RESEARCH. I TOLD THEM EVERYTHING AFTER YOU GOT THE 70 PER. OKAY. I SAY JUST AFTER YOU GET A PETITION, YOU NEED TO SUBMIT TO THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND THE ENGINEERING FOR REVIEW. MEANING YOU HAVE TO, BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, I LIVE NEXT TO THE, VERY CLOSE TO THE, UH, FIRE STATION. I DON'T THINK THEY WILL ALLOW US TO PUT A SPEED BUMP DUE TO THE OKAY. PARAMEDIC ENGINE THAT GOES THROUGH MY STREET ALL THE TIME. OKAY. SO, SO IN THAT WAY, SO EACH GUIDELINE OKAY. MAYBE YOU CAN PUT OUT SO PEOPLE CAN OKAY. CASE BY CASE. BUT WHAT IS THE FIRST, UH, STEP? SO, AND BRING IT BACK TO, TO, TO US. OKAY. AND, UH, POST ON THE, OKAY. SINCE WE'RE AWAY, DO YOU HAVE A GUIDELINE? YEAH, WE'LL BRING A, BRING AN ITEM. HEY, [03:10:01] IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE SPEED HOME POLICY. YOU, YOU GOT A CONTRACT, YOU HAVE TO WORK HARDER NOW. YES. , UM, MAYOR PROAM. CONTOS. THANK YOU. AND CAN YOU PLEASE ADD TO THE LIST, UM, UM, ALONG, UM, MERCED AND, AND MICHELLE FOR THERE TO BE A, A CONSIDERATION FOR A, A, A FLASHING STOP SIGN. SO THAT WAY IT'S ONLY WHEN SOMEBODY PRESSES IT, IT FLASHES. SO, SO, SO KIDS CAN CROSS AND THEN THE OTHER. AND SO THAT'S ONE PLACE. AND THE ONLY, THE, AND THE OTHER ONE IS, UM, AT THE CORNER OF MERCED AND, UH, HOLLENBECK FOR THERE TO BE A, A FLASHING THERE. UM, UM, GOING FROM THE NORTHEAST TO THE NORTH, UH, WEST CORNERS, THOSE ARE THE TWO. JUST ADDITIONAL FOR CON TO, IF YOU COULD PLEASE ADD THAT TO WHEN YOU COME BACK. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE ON THE 18TH EAST MERCED AVENUE AND HOLLENBECK AVENUE WEST MERCED AVENUE, SOUTH WILLOW. OH, THEY DID THAT. YEAH. THEY HAVE EAST MERCED AVENUE AND HOLLENBECK AVENUE. OH, OKAY. IT'S THERE ALREADY. OKAY, GOOD. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. UH, AND REALLY QUICK, I, I THINK IT'S RATHER THAN JUST WE REQUEST HERE, THERE, IT'S LIKE A BANDIT. OKAY. THE BANDIT. OKAY. SO MAYBE, OKAY. TRANSTECH CAN LOOK ENTIRE CITY, ALL THE STOP SIGN, SOME AREA REALLY NEED FLASHING. STOP SIGN. OKAY. AND THIS SOLAR, OKAY. MAYBE IF WE CAN GET A GRANT, THEN THEY PULL IT BECAUSE A LOT OF AREA I WENT. OKAY. IT DOESN'T HAVE A FLASHING STOP SIGN. YOU CAN EVEN SEE IT. SOME OF THE COVERED BY THE TREE, WHEREAS, AND NO FLASH AND OKAY. HOW YOU PEOPLE STOP. OKAY. SO, SO, AND ALL THIS, IT SHOULD BE TRANSLATED AS ENGINEER, THAT YOU GOT CONTRACT YOU CAN NEED TO MAKE SURE ENTIRE CITY IS COVERED, OKAY. WITH ALL YOUR RESEARCH AND WHAT WE SHOULD DO, RIGHT? AND DEPEND ON ALL REPORT TO YOU HERE, HERE, HERE. OKAY. I THINK SHOULD BE ENTIRE CITY OR AREA, LOOK, HAVE UNDER YOUR TENDER LOVING CARE TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE. GREAT. I'M DONE. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, ALSO, YEAH, I THINK, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK ONE OF THE STOP SIGNS THAT ARE WORKING REALLY GOOD IT IN MY DISTRICT, I KNOW THEY'RE IN, IS THE ONES THAT ILLUMINATE NOT ONLY AROUND IT, BUT ALSO ILLUMINATES THE STOP IN THE, IN THE, THE ACTUAL STOP LIGHTS UP WHITE. SO IT'S BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL ON ORANGE AVENUE. UM, ALSO, UM, YEAH, SO MAYBE ALSO YOU COULD, UH, WORK WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY WHEN IT COMES TO SPEED BUMPS. UH, I KNOW THERE'S MANY OPTIONS THAT A CITY COULD CHOOSE FROM. SO MAYBE YOU COULD SEE WHAT OPTIONS ARE OUT THERE THAT ALSO ARE SAFE AND WORKABLE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS. UH, AND, AND SEE, UH, GET SOME INPUT FROM THEM TOO WHEN YOU COME BACK. ALL RIGHT. TO MOVE THIS ALONG, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE MOTION, UH, MAKE MOTION TO APPROVE. I MOVED IT. YOU GONNA SECOND ? SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY. THE MOTION I MOTION TO APPROVE. THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE BY MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO IS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN RU WU FOR CONSENT. CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR THE CITYWIDE PE. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. SORRY. ROLL CALL. SORRY. I'M SORRY. NO, NOTHING. OKAY. UH, FOR CON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM NUMBER SIX, CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT FOR THE CITYWIDE PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26. PROJECT NUMBER 2, 6 0 1 4. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? AYE. MAYOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR PROAM. CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES. NINE MORE ITEMS TO GO. ALL RIGHT. NUMBER EIGHT. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES, . MY QUESTION IS, I BELIEVE, UM, A CHANGE WHERE WE MADE IN THE POLICY WAS THAT THE FUND BALANCE POLICY GIVES THE CITY MANAGER UN LATERAL ASSIGNMENT AUTHORITY. IS THAT CORRECT? SORRY, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. I'M GONNA JUST LOOK THAT UP REALLY QUICK. MM-HMM . YOU SAID FUND BALANCE POLICY UNDER WHAT POLICY? I'M SORRY, COUNCILMAN. I BELIEVE IT'S UNDER THE FUND BALANCE POLICY. YEAH. THE FUND BALANCE POLICY ESTABLISHED PROCEDURES FOR REPORTING UNRESTRICTED FUND BALANCE IN THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATEMENT NUMBER COMMITTEES. I BELIEVE IT'S ATTACHMENT NUMBER THREE. COUNCILMAN GOOD. IS THAT CORRECT? I MEAN, IT, IT LISTS THE PARAGRAPH SHOWS AND THEN IT'S UNDER ATTACHMENT NUMBER THREE, BUT THE POLICY STATES RIGHT THERE. YEAH. SO WAS THAT A CHANGE OR WAS THAT ALREADY EXISTING? THE 18% WAS ALREADY INCLUDED, ENLISTED IN THE POLICY. OKAY. AND WAS, AND IS THERE ANY OTHER AUTHORITIES BEING CHANGED IN HERE? THERE IS NO CHANGES. OKAY. GREAT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU. WE MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND, UH, ROLL CALL. THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU IS SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, ANNUAL REVIEW [03:15:01] OF FINANCIAL POLICIES. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTTI GUTIERREZ? YES. AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO, TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ, VIDO AYE. MOTION PASSES ONTO [9) CONSIDERATION OF THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26] ITEM NUMBER NINE, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. UH, ACTUALLY, UH, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND ROLL CALL. THE MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ IS SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM ITEM NUMBER NINE, CONSIDERATION OF THE THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FI, FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VIDO AYE. MOTION PASSES [10) CONSIDERATION OF ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT (ACFR) AND OTHER RELATED REPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025] ONTO ITEM NUMBER 10. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. SO, UM, IS THIS THE SAME REPORT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE AUDIT COMMITTEE? KAREN? YES. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? THAT IS CORRECT. GREAT. DID WE EVER FIND THAT, UH, SO I THINK MY QUESTION IN, IN AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND YOU COULD SAY IF I'M WRONG OR NOT, BUT I ASKED, UM, TO THE AUDITOR, UH, DID HE EVER REACH OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE OR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL IF THEY HAD ANY CONCERNS? AND HE RESPONDED BACK STATING THAT HE, HE PRODUCED SOME SORT OF LETTER, UH, THAT WAS SENT TO CITY STAFF, BUT THE WHOLE, THE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBERS STATED THEY DIDN'T NEVER GOT IT. I NEVER GOT IT. I BELIEVE, UH, MAYOR PRO CONTOS HAS INDICATED THAT HE NEVER GOT IT. UM, SO DID WE EVER FIND THAT LETTER OR EMAIL THAT WENT OUT? YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, ON JULY 29TH, 2025, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, OUR SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT, SENT OUT AN EMAIL, UM, AND IT WAS ADDRESSED TO, UM, YOURSELF THE MAYOR, MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ AND COUNCILMAN WU. AND THIS WAS THE, IT WAS THE SUBJECT MATTER WAS AUDIT PLANNING LETTER. AND THAT IS THE LETTER FROM OUR AUDIT FIRM DATED JULY 28TH. AND IT BASICALLY EXPLAINS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE REACH OUT. BUT IT'S A PLANNING LETTER THAT BE, THAT WAS SENT OUT BACK IN JULY IN ADDITION TO THE EMAIL SENT ON JULY 29TH. WHAT WAS IT CALLED? I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. IT WAS JULY 29TH, 25 AT 11:09 AM WAS THE TITLE OF THE EMAIL, UH, AUDIT PLANNING LETTER. AUDIT PLANNING, YES. COUNCIL MEMBER. OKAY. AND THIS IS THE LETTER THAT YOU SHOULD SEE THE ATTACHMENT. IT'LL BE FROM THE AUDIT FIRM. YEP. I SEE IT. OKAY. SO THAT WAS THE LETTER. THANK YOU. THAT WAS THE FIRST LETTER. UM, THERE WAS ALSO ANOTHER CORRESPONDENCE, AGAIN FROM OUR SENIOR ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SENT ON THE SAME DATE, JULY 29TH, 2025 AT 11:08 AM AND THIS WAS SENT TO OUR, THEN, UM, AT THE POINT IN TIME WE ONLY HAD ONE AUDIT COMMITTEE MEMBER, AND THAT WAS MR. DAVID LIN, BUT IT WAS ALSO SENT OUT TO OUR CITY TREASURER, MS. ROSATI, MAYOR PRO, TIM, AND YOURSELF AS WELL. AGAIN, THAT WAS AT 11:08 AM OKAY. GREAT. AND, AND THAT LETTER INDICATED IF ANYONE HAD CONCERNS OR INPUT THAT THEY COULD CONTACT? YES, ABSOLUTELY. GREAT. PERFECT. UH, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION MOVE APPROVAL? IS THERE A SECOND OR DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SECOND. ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL. A MOTION BY MAYOR PROTI CONTOS IS SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 10, CONSIDERATION OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, A CFR AND OTHER RELATED REPORTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30TH, 2025. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. NO, COUNCILMAN WU IS ABSENT FOR THIS VOTE. YEAH. TOOK A STRETCH BREAK. OKAY. UH, COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR, APPROACH HIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ, VIDO AYE. MOTION PASSED. DO WE NEED TO WAIT FOR HIM TO COME BACK OR JUST ONE? ONE THREE. ONE ONE. OKAY. SO WE DON'T NEED TO WAIT FOR HIM TO COME BACK. OKAY. [11) CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OF PALO ALTO NETWORKS CITY FIREWALL AND ENDPOINT PROTECTION UPGRADE] SO WE CAN MOVE ON. UM, ITEM NUMBER 11. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UH, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, WELL, DID WE, DID WE GO FOR AN RP FOR THIS ONE? GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR RYAN COUNCILMAN? YES. UM, NO, WE DID NOT. WE AS STATED IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE ARE GOING TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF THE ASPO VALUE POINT MASTER AGREEMENT. UH, CONTRACT NUMBER AR 3 2 2 9. [03:20:01] AND THE CON THIS, YOU'RE ASK, THIS IS A, UM, WHAT, $700,000? YEAH, IT'S A FIREWALL UPGRADE. UH, IT'S PRETTY MUCH UPGRADING OUR CURRENT, UH, FLEET OF PALO ALTO FIREWALLS. THE ONES FOR CITY HALL AND POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE INCLUDED. GREAT. DO YOU THINK, UH, IF WE IS THERE, I MEAN, IS THAT USUALLY HOW MUCH IT COSTS US FOR STUFF LIKE THIS? NO, IT COSTS MORE. MORE. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. WILL THE MOTION TO APPROVE IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ROLL CALL. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU. A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO PRO TO APPROVE CONSENT. CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OF PALO ALTO NETWORKS CITY FIREWALL AND ENDPOINT PROTECTION UPGRADE. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ABSTAIN. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PROTO CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. AYE. MOTION PASSES ONTO ITEM [12) CONSIDERATION OF AUDIT SERVICES AGREEMENT] 12, WHICH IS, UH, MAYOR PROTO CONTOS. NICE. THANK YOU, . THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, CAN YOU PLEASE READ THIS? THE, THE AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE? YES. CONSIDERATION OF AUDIT SERVICE AGREEMENT. OKAY, PERFECT. PERFECT. SO, SO, UM, WITH REGARD TO THE AUDIT SERVICE AGREEMENT, I JUST WANTED TO, TO, TO GIVE, UH, STAFF A, A A CHANCE TO ANSWER MORE COMPREHENSIVELY WITH WHAT MARSHA SOLORIO BROUGHT UP DURING HER, HER ORAL, UM, HER REMARKS DURING ORAL COMMUNICATIONS WITH REGARD TO ANY REFRAINING FROM, UH, UH, PUTTING THIS OUT FOR RFP, UM, UH, AND, AND JUST DOING THE, THE CONTRACT THE WAY IT'S DONE HERE. THANK YOU YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR PRO, UH, MAYOR PRO TE CONTEST FOR GIVING US OPPORTUNITY. UH, IF I, IF I MAY GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE STAFF REPORT, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO, ON APRIL 19TH, 2016, THE CITY COUNCIL ENTERED INTO A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE AUDIT FIRM, ROGERS ANDERSON, MALOY, AND SCOTT, AND LET'S PROVIDE AUDITING SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEARS 2016 THROUGH 2020. NOW, ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2021, STAFF ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL SEEKING QUALIFIED FIRMS TO PROVIDE AUDITING SERVICES. BEGINNING WITH FISCAL YEAR 21, THE RFE WAS POSTED ON PLANET BIDS, AND IT WAS A TOTAL OF SEVEN PROPOSALS RECEIVED, AND THEY'RE REVIEWED BY STAFF ON MARCH 22ND, 2021, THE TOP THREE FIRMS WERE INTERVIEWED BY STAFF AND THE AUDIT COMMITTEE. ON APRIL 20TH OF 21, THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED THE CONTRACT TO OUR CURRENT MAN L AND FRANKL, UM, WITH THE TERM EXPIRING AT THE CONCLUSION OF FISCAL YEAR 25 AUDIT. OUR CURRENT FIRM, REFERRED TO AS VLF, HAS PERFORMED THE CITY'S INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL AUDITS FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. AND DURING THAT PERIOD GRADE, FRANK HENGEL HAS SERVED AS THE ENGAGEMENT OR THE LEAD AUDITOR PARTNER. NOW, UNDER THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, BRENT VAN LAND WILL SERVE AS ENGAGEMENT OR THE LEAD AUDIT PARTNER FOR THE TERM OF THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT. NOW, THIS IS A CHANGE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PARTNER ROTATION REQUIREMENTS AS STATED IN ASSEMBLY BILL 1 3, 4 5, WHILE ALLOWING THE CITY TO RETAIN THE SAME INDEPENDENT AUDIT FIRM. SO, IF I MAY JUST RECITE THE ASSEMBLY BILL, 1 3 4 5, THAT WAS ADOPTED IN THE YEAR OF 2012. A LOCAL AGENCY SHALL NOT EMPLOY A PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM TO PROVIDE AUDITING SERVICES TO A LOCAL AGENCY. IF THE LEAD AUDIT PARTNER OR THE COORDINATING AUDIT PARTNER HAVING PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE AUDIT OR THE AUDIT PARTNER RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING THE AUDIT, HAS PERFORMED THE AUDIT SERVICES FOR THAT LEAD AGENCY FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE YEARS. THUS, IT IS THE ROTATION OF THE PARTNER FIRM THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO STAY WITH OUR CURRENT, UM, AUDIT FIRM, VAN L FRANK UNCLE. SO AGAIN, IT'S, UH, WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AB 1345 WITH THE ROTATION OF THE PARTNER. IN FACT, THE FORMER PARTNER THAT WAS OVERSEEING IT COULD STILL DO ANOTHER YEAR 'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE SIX. WE'RE CHANGING ROTATION AS THE PARTNERS AT THE FIFTH YEAR. SO, UM, WITH REGARD TO B UH, BLF, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT IT WAS AWARD THAT THE CONTRACT WAS AWARDED IN, IN 2021. UM, IN LIGHT OF THE STATE AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR US TO BE REMOVED FROM THE, FROM THE WORST LITTLE LIST OF THE WORST HIGH RISK CITIES FOR US TO, UH, TO ENGAGE MORE IN EFFORTS TO DO COMPETITIVE BIDDING, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE JUST, WE, WE DON'T PUT IT OUT AND BLF MAY BE GETTING IT AGAIN, POTENTIALLY OR NOT, BUT, BUT IS THERE A REASON WHY WE JUST PUT THIS OUT BID TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BEST BANG FOR OUR BUCK, SO TO SPEAK? UH, JUST AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, UH, TONIGHT YOU'LL BE APPROVING THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR 25. [03:25:01] THAT AUDIT WAS BARELY COMPLETED JUST JUST IN JUNE. IN END OF JUNE, IN ORDER TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP FOR A NEW AUDIT FIRM, WE WOULD HAVE TO DONE THAT A FEW MONTHS AGO. GOING OUT FOR AN RFP WHEN YOU'RE DOING AN AUDIT, I NEED TO CONCLUDE THE AUDIT. AND NOW I NEED TO GET PREPARED FOR OUR 26 AUDIT. OUR PRELIMINARY AUDIT. WE'RE HOPING TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, DEPENDING UPON IF THE AGREEMENT GETS APPROVED. AND THEREFORE, THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO COMPLETE OUR FINANCIAL AUDIT BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR AND NO LATER THAN JANUARY AFTER. WHICH TIME IN THE FUTURE WOULD, WILL WE OPEN UP FOR, FOR FUTURE COMPETITIVE BIDDING SO THAT, THAT WE JUST DON'T END UP IN THIS PERENNIAL CYCLE OF, OF JUST SAYING, WELL, WE HAVE TO GET THE AUDIT DONE. AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP THE PEOPLE WE'VE GOT NOW ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT AND THERE'S TWO SINGLE YEAR EXTENSIONS. SO WE ARE REQUESTING A THREE YEAR THEREAFTER, THE COUNCIL HAS THE PLEASURE TO DECIDE FOR US TO GO OUT TO RFP AT THAT POINT IN TIME. UNDERSTAND WE GO OUT FOR RFP FOR AUDITING SERVICES. IT IS A LENGTHY PROCESS. IN ORDER TO GET ON THE CALENDAR OF AN AUDIT FIRM, YOU GENERALLY DO SO ABOUT AT LEAST FIVE MONTHS IN ADVANCE. SO IF IT IS THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THREE YEARS OF THE AUDIT FIRM FOR US TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP OR RFQ, WE WILL DO SO. WE WILL START THE PROCESS THE SECOND YEAR. THANK YOU MADAM DIRECTOR FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS. WITH, WITH THAT, I MOVE ADOPTION, UH, MOVE APPROVAL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, SO CAN WE GO MONTH TO MONTH? THIS IS NOT THE TYPE OF CONTRACT YOU CAN GO MONTH TO MONTH, UNFORTUNATELY. IT'S A, A FINANCIAL AUDIT. AN AUDIT, UM, TAKES MORE THAN JUST A MONTH. IT TAKES SEVERAL WEEKS. AND YOU BASICALLY BREAK IT DOWN INTO YOU ASK THE US TO APPROVE A THREE YEAR CONTRACT. WE'RE WE'RE REQUESTING A TWO, WE'RE REQUESTING A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT. THE SAME FIRM THAT WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST SIX YEARS. AND I STATED EARLIER, THAT IS NOT IN VIOLATION. THAT'S IN COMPLIANCE WITH YEAH, I DIDN'T SAY YOU'RE BREAKING THE LAW. WHAT I'M SAYING IS, I THINK AFTER A WHILE, UH, TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND, AND TO, FOR THE TAXPAYERS TO FEEL COMFORTABLE TO KNOW THAT THE DOES SWITCH OUT AUDITORS OVER A FEW YEARS NOW, THEY, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE FOR SIX PLUS AN ADDITIONAL, WHAT, TWO PLUS ONE. THAT'S A LOT OF YEARS TO BE AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR A CITY. AND, AND I KNOW, UH, SOME PEOPLE MAY LIKE THIS FIRM OR VICE VERSA. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THEM. BUT IT COMES TO A POINT WHERE, UH, WE SHOULD BE COMPETITIVE BIDDING. UH, WE CONTINUE TO EXTEND CONTRACTS AFTER CONTRACTS WITH NO COMPETITIVE BIDDING. AND, AND WHEN ARE WE GONNA DO THAT? WE CAN MAKE, WE KEEP SAYING, OH, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, WE'RE GONNA DO THIS. BUT WE END UP GIVING EXTENSIONS, EXTENSIONS, EXTENSIONS. AND I'M NOT SAYING YOU AS A PERSON'S DOING THAT, I'M JUST SAYING IN GENERAL, OUR CITY CONTINUES THIS CYCLE OF CONTINUING TO EXTEND, EXTEND, EXTEND. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS CONTRACT. THANK YOU. WE HAD A SECOND. IF NOT. OH, WE DID, RIGHT? WE DID. WE DID. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS, A SECOND BY COUNCILMAN WU TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 12, CONSIDERATION OF AUDIT SERVICES AGREEMENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ? NO. COUNCILMAN WU. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR PROTI. CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. MOTION PASSES ONTO ITEM. OH WAIT, WE'VE DONE, OH, IT'S I, ITEM [13) CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-26 AND FISCAL YEAR 2026-27] 13. MAYOR PO. TIM CONTOS. AND THAT ITEM 13 IS CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 AND FISCAL YEAR 26. 27. THANK YOU MADAM MAYOR SO MUCH. ANYTIME. UH, AND, AND, AND, UH, THE BUDGET DIRECTOR IS STILL AT THE PODIUM. OKAY, GREAT. GREAT, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, UM, THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE IS, IS IT A, A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR US TO, TO ENGAGE IN THE, THE, THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WHERE WE, WE HAVE, LET'S SAY A DRAFT CONTRACT AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO BUDGET FOR THAT CONTRACT, AND THEN THE NEXT STAGE IS TO SIGN THE CONTRACT AND THE FINAL STAGE TO DO THE WORK. IS THAT TYPICALLY WHAT'S, WHAT'S WHAT'S DONE? UM, WITH, WITH REGARD TO HOW WE WE WORK OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION? SURE. I JUST WANTED TO, TO VERIFY THAT IT IS OUR STANDARD PRACTICE, UH, FOR US TO, TO HAVE THOSE DIFFERENT STAGES WHERE THE FIRST STEP IS TO DRAFT A CONTRACT. THE SECOND IS TO BUDGET FOR BUDGET FOR FUNDING FOR THAT CONTRACT. THE THIRD IS TO SIGN THE CONTRACT. AND THEN THE FOURTH STEP WOULD BE TO CARRY OUT THE CONTRACT. LIKE, IS, IS THAT BASICALLY JUST IN TERMS OF THE OVERALL FISCAL PRACTICE? IS THAT HOW BASICALLY IT WORKS? UH, NO. UH, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE ANNUAL [03:30:01] BUDGET AND WITH THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT THEN GIVES US DIRECTION AS TO WHAT SERVICES WE NEED TO PROCEED. MM-HMM . UH, THE, GENERALLY SPEAKING IS AN ADOPTED BUDGET. YOU APPROVE THE FUNDS WITH THE, SAY IT'S FOR A CONTRACT AND AWARD FOR AUDITING SERVICES, FOR EXAMPLE. MM-HMM . UH, BUDGETS GETS APPROVED. WE'LL COME BACK, WE'LL REQUEST TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO VENDOR X FOR THE AUDITING SERVICES. AND WE GENERALLY WOULD STATE THAT THERE ARE PRO, UM, SUFFICE FUNDS WITHIN THE PRUDE BUDGET. IF NOT, WE'LL HAVE TO STATE WE UNDERESTIMATED THE BUDGET AND WE NEED ADDITIONAL FUNDING, AND THEN THE CONTRACT GETS AWARDED. THAT IS GENERALLY THE PROCESS. I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. SO, UM, WITH, WITH THE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED WITHIN THIS, UM, UH, AGENDA ITEM, I THINK IT'S ROUGHLY $1.8 MILLION HAVING TO DO WITH OBLIGATIONS THAT WERE FOR THE LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT ENDED ON JUNE THE, UH, 30TH. AND, AND, AND SO I, I'M, I'M WONDERING, UH, HOW WE ARE NOW NEEDING RETROACTIVELY TO, UH, TO, UH, BUDGET FOR FUNDING FOR, FOR ITEMS WHERE WE WERE ALREADY OBLIGATED TO HAVE DONE THAT BY THE END OF THE LAST FISCAL YEAR. UH, JUST FOR A CLARIFICATION POINT, FOR 25 26, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT IS APPROXIMATELY 700,000. AND FOR 26 27 IT'S 1.3. SO 700,000 IS FOR PRIOR FISCAL YEAR OR FISCAL YEAR 26. AND WITH THAT BEING STATED, UM, MAJORITY OF THE REQUEST IS DUE TO A PROJECTS, PROJECTS SUCH AS THE PALMVIEW PARK REPLACEMENT, AS WELL AS THE USES SEWER LIFT UPGRADES, AS WELL AS, UM, A GRANT THAT WE RECEIVE FUNDING FOR. SO THERE ARE THESE, THAT IS THE TYPE OF BUDGET AMENDMENTS AS WELL AS THE SIDEWALK AND CONCRETE REPAIRS. THESE ARE NOT BASICALLY YOUR OPERATING, THESE ARE MORE PROJECT RELATED, MAJORITY OF THEM. OKAY. I DUNNO IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. SO I'M, I'M, I, I APPRECIATE YOU YOUR PATIENCE WITH THIS BECAUSE I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE, UM, WHEN, WHENEVER WE, WE, WE, WE DECIDE TO COMMIT RESOURCES OR WE DECIDE TO ASK FOR ENTITIES TO DO WORK FOR US UNDER A CONTRACT OR WHATEVER WE, WE, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MONEY BUDGETED FOR THAT BEFORE WE EVEN ASK THEM TO DO THE WORK. IS THAT NOR THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW IT IS NOW, RIGHT? RIGHT. OKAY. SO WITH WHAT THIS BUDGET AMENDMENT IS, IT'S REGARDING SPENDING FOR, UH, ITEMS THAT WERE TO HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED IN THE PA PAST. THIS IS WHERE I'M A BIT CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT ALL THE, THE, THE VARIOUS ITEMS HERE WERE, WERE, WERE FOR LAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT YOU ARE, THEY'RE FOR, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THEY'RE FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 MM-HMM . AND AS FAR AS ACCOUNTING PRACTICES ARE CONCERNED, WE, UM, ACTUALLY WILL ACCEPT INVOICES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST 60 DAYS AFTER YOUR FISCAL YEAR CLOSE. THAT'S END OF OUR ACCOUNT PERIOD THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CHARGE BACK TO THE PRIOR YEAR. SO THAT'S JUST 'CAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, SERVICES MAY BE RENDERED IN, IN JUNE, BUT THE VENDOR, WE MAY NOT RECEIVE THE INVOICE FROM THE VENDOR, SAY, IN JULY. SO THEREFORE, AN ACCOUNTING PRACTICES WILL ALLOW 60 DAYS AFTER THE END OF THE CLOSE OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO GO AHEAD AND CHARGE THOSE, UH, EXPENDITURES BACK AND OR REVENUES RECEIVED. THIS IS AN ACCRUAL BASIS OF ACCOUNTING. SO WITH REGARD TO THE, THESE BUDGET AMENDMENTS, THEN WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE STANDING OF OUR BUDGET FROM LAST YEAR? DOES THIS NOW THEN MEAN THAT WE WILL HAVE RETROACTIVELY GONE INTO DEFICIT? BECAUSE LAST YEAR'S BUDGET WAS BARELY BALANCED, BUT THEN NOW IF WE AMEND IT TO SPEND MORE THAN WE NOW ARE IN DEFICIT FOR LAST YEAR, RETROACTIVELY. I TRULY APPRECIATE THAT QUESTION. AND TO ANSWER THAT VERY SIMPLY, THE REQUEST FOR THE BUDGET AMENDMENTS THIS EVENING, BOTH FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 AND FOR 27, THESE ARE NON-GENERAL FUND BUDGET AMENDMENTS. THESE ARE FROM RESTRICTED REVENUES OR SPECIAL REVENUES. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, THESE SPECIAL REVENUES RESTRICTED REVENUES THAT WE REQUESTED, THE BUDGET AMENDMENT, WE HAVE RESERVES AVAILABLE IN THOSE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS. BUT AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THESE ARE NOT GENERAL FUND BUDGET AMENDMENTS. THESE ARE ONLY FOR RESTRICT RESTRICTED OR ALSO KNOWN AS SPECIAL REVENUES. OKAY. I, I THINK THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I, I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I WANNA MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY, ANY, I THINK STREET CURVE SEW IS ALL FOUND RESTRICTED FUNDS. IT'S NOT GENERAL FUNDS. THE RESTRICTED FUND BASICALLY IS COMPOUND GAS TAX. OKAY. AND THAT IS RESTRICTED ONLY ON THE STREET IMPROVEMENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO TOUCH THE GENERAL, GENERAL FUND BASICALLY IS A POLICE AND FIRE. AND OUR PROGRAM [03:35:01] STAFF, THAT'S, THAT'S A GENERAL FUND. SO, SO, OKAY. AND, UH, THIS INCREASE, BASICALLY WE HAVE, UH, QUITE A LOT IN OUR RESTRICTIVE FUND. OKAY. AND, UH, I THINK WE HAVE A SURPLUS OVER THERE. SO SOMETIMES WE JUST HAVE, JUST LIKE I'M TALKING ABOUT OKAY. THE CURVE THERE ALSO. OKAY. AND THE DIAMOND. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY HAVE SO MANY UP AND DOWN, IT WILL CAUSE TREMENDOUSLY IF SOMEBODY TRIP AND SEW US. SO WE REALLY NEED TO RIGHT AWAY TO FIX ALL THOSE UNEVEN CURVE ASAP. UNDERSTOOD. YEAH. TO MAKE SURE NOBODY GET HURT. SO I MOVE THE MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND AHEAD? UH, FIRST AND SECOND ROLL CALL. THE SECOND WAS BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU. UH, MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU. SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT. CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 13, CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 26. AND FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. YEAH, AND I'LL JUST MAKE A QUICK COMMENT. UM, I THINK MAYOR PROTOS HAS BROUGHT UP SOME GOOD POINTS AND I THINK, UH, WE SHOULD FUND THE PROJECTS AND NOT LEAVE 'EM UNFUNDED. SO I WILL VOTE. I WILL VOTE NO. UH, A NO. YES. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. NO, NO. IT'S A NO. YES. NO. I, YES. I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM HIS VOTE. COUNCILMAN WU? YES. THANK YOU. AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM CONTOS. NO. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO AYE. UH, MOTION PASSES, UH, [14) CONSIDERATION OF THE UPDATES TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR STATE AUDITOR REPORT 2024-801] ONTO ITEM 14. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. UM, OKAY. I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. MOTION, BUT WHY YOU PULL THINGS? MOTION TO APPROVE YOU. MOTION. OH, YOU WANT ME TO ASK QUESTIONS? I CAN ASK. OH, NO, NO, NO, NO. MOTION. I'M WITH A MOTION. YOU SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. I'M NOT SECONDING IT. I'M JUST NOT GONNA ASK THE QUESTION. IT'S OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU WAS SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 14, CONSIDERATION OF THE UPDATES TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR STATE AUDITOR REPORT COUNCIL. OH WAIT, SORRY. WHICH ONE IS THIS ONE? I, THAT WAS THE ITEM. IT'S YOUR BUDGET. THIS IS ITEM NUMBER 14, CONSIDERATION OF THE UPDATES TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR STATE AUDITOR REPORT. OKAY. I'M SORRY, I I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I SORRY. THOUGHT WE WERE ON THE WHAT? YOUR EXPENSE ONE. THAT'S QUESTION. YEAH. UM, SO, UM, KAREN, DID, WHAT ARE WE, ARE WE DOING ANYTHING DIFFERENT OR, OR WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THE STATE AUDITED REPORT? IF I MAY, UM, THE PLEASURE OF THE COUNCIL. CAN I JUST READ MY LITTLE BRIEF OVERVIEW? I THINK IT'LL PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC AS WELL. YEAH, WRONG ITEM. MOST APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THIS WAS AN IMPORTANT ONE. , I'LL, I'LL RUSH THROUGH IT VERY QUICKLY. I JUST WOULD LIKE THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS THE CITY HAS GONE FROM AND WE ARE CURRENT. WHERE WE ARE AT CURRENTLY. I'LL BE EXTREMELY BRIEF. SO, UM, BASICALLY ON DECEMBER OF 24, THE CITY ADOPTED IN ORDINANCE 25 24. AND THAT BASICALLY MODIFIED THE PURCHASING ORDINANCE. AND IT STATES IT LIMITED THE NUMBER OF AGREE, UH, LENGTH OF THE AGREEMENT TO FIVE YEARS WITH, IF YOU GO BEYOND FIVE YEARS, YOU HAD TO HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO WHY THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS FROM THE STATE AUDITOR. AND AGAIN, THAT WAS ORDINANCE 25, 24 THAT WAS ADOPTED. NOW, AS OF THE DATE OF THIS REPORT, WE HAVE FOUR OUT OF THE SIX ITEMS THAT WERE DEEMED TO BE A HIGH RISK AS BILLING, BILLING FULLY ADDRESSED. SO THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE STILL OUTSTANDING IS THE ONE CONTINUING DIMINISHING RESERVES AND QUESTIONABLE USE OF CITY RESOURCES TO ADDRESS THE HIGH RISK ONE, THE DIMINISHING USE OF RESERVES. I LIKE TO JUST BE CLEAR THAT YOU ADOPTED AND APPROVED THE, UH, FUND BALANCE POLICY OF 18%. AND SO YOU'LL TONIGHT YOU HAVE SEEN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT WITH THE GENERAL FUND RESERVE. THE UNRESTRICTED BALANCE COMPARED TO THE OPERATING EXPENDITURES FAR EXCEEDED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 18%. IN FACT, IT WAS AT 28%. I'M HOPING TO PRESENT THESE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO THE STATE AUDITOR TO CLEAR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT WILL BE CLEARED ENOUGH, BUT THAT IS DEFINITELY, UM, WHAT I'LL BE SUBMITTING. AND THEN AS FAR AS ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS THE QUESTIONABLE USE OF RESOURCES, THE COMMENT FROM THE STATE AUDITOR WAS THAT OUR, BASICALLY TO PUT OUR BENEFITS TO OUR EMPLOYEES ARE TOO RICH FOR WHAT THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD. HOWEVER, AT THE TIME THAT THAT ASSESSMENT WAS MADE, THE CITY WAS OUT OF CONTRACT WITH FIVE OR SIX OUT OF NINE. WHAT I'M GONNA PRESENT TO THE STATE AUDITOR IS THAT WE ARE NOW IN COMPLIANCE OR NOW IN CONTRACT WITH ALL OF OUR NINE [03:40:01] BARGAINING UNITS. AGAIN, THESE ARE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. I'M HOPING TO PRESENT THE STATE AUDITOR, HOPEFULLY TO ELIMINATE ITEM NUMBER TWO. GREAT. THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU. YOU HAVE MOTION. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WA SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 14, CONSIDERATION OF THE UPDATES TO THE CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN FOR STATE AUDITOR REPORT. 2024 DASH 8 0 1. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ABSTAIN. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR PRO. MAYOR LOPEZ VIDO. AYE. MOTION PASSES NOW ON [15) CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASING REPORT] TO 1515. AND THAT IS COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MYLAN. JUST KIDDING. NO, NO QUESTIONS. THAT'S THE ONE I WANTED TO SKIP. , IS THERE A MOTION, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND ROLL CALL? I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU. A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ FOR CONSENT. CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 15, CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASING REPORT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ ABSTAIN. COUNCILMAN WU AYE. COUNCILMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VIDO. AYE. MOTION PASSES ONTO ITEM 18. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. A. OH, 18? NO. 16 PROBABLY. NO. OH, WAIT, THERE'S A, OH, OKAY. YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE RIGHT. 16. YEAH. 18. COURSE I'M RIGHT. YOU'RE ALWAYS RIGHT. OKAY. JUST KIDDING. I'M JUST KIDDING. WOMAN NUMBER [18) REVIEW OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR THE DEL NORTE PARK IMPROVEMENTS & DOG PARK PROJECT - PROJECT NO. 24001 (Part 1 of 2)] 18 WOMANS ALWAYS I WROTE IT DOWN. YES. THAT'S LAST, THAT'S THE LAST ONE. LOT OF THESE. HE THOUGHT IT WAS 16, BUT THAT'S MY NOTES OF APPROVED MOTIONS. BUT ITEM I 18. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. I THINK, UH, ROXANNE HAD A PRE, HAD A PRESENTATION OR SOMETHING. OH, WELL, BEFORE WE GO TO THE PRESENTATION, I GUESS, UH, I THINK SHE, SHE'S GONNA PRESENT. SO I, I THINK WE'RE, SO I THINK IT'S ASKING FOR AN RP FOR A DESIGN, BUT I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL BEFORE I GOT HERE HAD A DESIGN AND I BELIEVE, UH, UH, IT WAS ALSO A DESIGN DONATED BY, UM, UH, WHAT'S IT, WHAT THEY CALLED MERITAGE MERITAGE. SO, UM, I THINK, UM, I'LL START ROCK SOUND. I CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION AND THEN I'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS SUPERINTENDENT MIKE CROSS UP TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE INSIGHT. IF YOU WOULDN'T GO MIND GOING UP TO THE MIC. UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR. IF I MADE TO ANSWER COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ'S QUESTION, THE DESIGN THAT HE'S REFERRING TO FOR MERITAGE IS A RENDERING. IT DOESN'T GIVE SPECIFICS. IT DOESN'T IDENTIFY ANYTHING LIKE IRRIGATION. IT DOESN'T GET INTO THE DETAILS OF ELECTRICAL. IT IS PURELY A RENDERING FOR INSPIRATION, IF YOU WILL. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW. THEN THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. CAN WE SHOW THE DESIGN, UH, ROXANNE TO MY COLLEAGUES? UH, THE, UH, GIMME JUST A MOMENT. POTENTIAL DESIGN. GIMME JUST A MOMENT TO BRING IT UP. OKAY. SO THIS IS THE DESIGN FOR THE DOG PARK THAT YOU WERE REFERENCING AGAIN. UM, THIS WAS A RENDERING, UM, THAT WAS, THERE ARE TWO OPTIONS. OPTION A AND OPTION B. THAT WAS FOR THE RESIDENTS TO SEE. NO, NO PROBLEM. IT'S NOT ON THE, UM, SO THE RESIDENTS CAN SEE FOR ON, ON THE LIVE CHANNEL. SO WHAT WE CAN SEE HERE, IT'S THE LIVE, I THINK THEY'RE MAKING THE ADJUSTMENT. GIVE JUST A MINUTE. SORRY. RESIDENTS, WE WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT WE SEE. . . NO, I APPRECIATE YOU ALERTING US. 'CAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T SEE THAT. THERE IT IS. IT'S ON. OKAY. THERE WE GO. GO AHEAD. PERFECT. SO AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A RENDERING. YES, YOU ARE CORRECT. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, THAT THIS RENDERING WAS PUT TOGETHER AT, UM, LIKE YOU SAID, AT NO CHARGE BY MERITAGE. UM, AGAIN, IT REALLY IS THERE FOR JUST INSPIRATION. IT WOULD REQUIRE WE STILL DO NEED TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP. UM, AND TONIGHT, WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS THE DRAFT RFP, UH, FOLLOWING SUIT WITH WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH OUR PREVIOUS R FPS, BRINGING THE SCOPE FORWARD TO COUNCIL, GIVING COUNCIL THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND TO PROVIDE ANY, UM, INSIGHT. AND MIKE, DO YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? JUST TO, JUST TO REITERATE, UM, THIS IS FOR FINAL, THIS, THIS WILL BE PLANS FOR FINAL BID OF THE PROJECT. SO THIS IS WHAT THEY'LL SCOPE AS ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER. LERMA SAID THIS WILL SCOPE IRRIGATION EVERY, EVERY, UM, FEATURE FIXTURES BATHROOM. YEAH, THAT MAKES SENSE. SO THAT, THAT IS THE COMPLETE CHANGE. CAN YOU ALSO SHOW MY COLLEAGUES SOME OF THE, THE DETAIL RENDERING THEY DID ABOUT LIKE [03:45:01] THE, THE, THE DOG STATUE REPRESENTING LIKE POLICE CANINE. AND ALLOW ME A MOMENT TO FLIP TO THAT SLIDE. OKAY. SO THERE'S, THAT'S A, THAT'S JUST SOME OF THE DESIGNS AND I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE AN AREA POTENTIALLY FOR POLICE KINE TO TAKE THEIR DOGS TO RELIEVE THEMSELVES AND SO FORTH. CUTE. WELL, I MEAN THOSE, BUT I LIKE THE RIGHT SIDE. THE LASER CUT PANEL. NO, I THINK ONE DOG SHOULD BE NOT SO MANY TOTAL MS. HARPER. YEAH, I HAVE A I HAVE A QUESTION. UH, GO AHEAD. WELL GO AHEAD. OH, NO, MY QUESTION IS WHY NOT THIS INCLUDING OUR GENERAL OKAY. MASSIVE. OKAY. PLAN WHY THIS ONE THING GO OUT? UH, SO IT REALLY JUST CAME DOWN TO HOW IT WAS ORDERED ON THE AGENDA. UM, SO AS YOU'LL HEAR IN A FEW MOMENTS, AND IF WE'D LIKE TO WAIT TO HAVE ACTION ON THE YEAH. HERE IN A FEW MOMENTS, I THINK THE MASTER PLAN SHOULD BE INCLUDING SURE. THE PARK. OKAY. DOOR PARK AND THE OTHER AND THE, OKAY. AND THE, WHAT'S THE CALLS AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA. IT'S, IT'S NOT SEPARATE FROM THE PARK MASTER THE PLAN, THE PARK MASTER PLAN PLAN DOES AN ASSESSMENT. IT GATHERS DATA AND INFO. THIS ALIGNS WITH THE INFORMATION IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO HOLD OFF UNTIL AFTER THE PARKS MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THAT. I, I THINK THIS ONE SHOULD INCLUDING OUR MASTER PLAN ALTOGETHER WE APPROVE WITH HOW MUCH WILL COST US TO DO THIS. I, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I THINK WE USING OKAY. $900,000 OF, UH, PUFF FEE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. AND, UH, AND HOW MUCH WILL COST THIS AND THAT. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT ONLY THIS PARK, THEY HAVE, UH, SKATE PARK TOO. THEY WERE NEED A LOT OF MONEY TO FIX IT. SO HOW WE SPREAD THE MONEY, THEY ARE NTY PARK, INCLUDING THEIR SNAP BAR. OKAY. THEY NEED TO SOMETHING MONEY TOO. SO, SO WE NEED TO WISELY USING THOSE MONEY. OKAY. AND TO FIX ALL THE, ALL THE SURROUNDING THE NTY PARK AREA IN, IN, IN, INTO THE EFFICIENT RATHER THAN JUST SINGLE OUT. THIS ONE, THIS ONE SHOULD INCLUDE IN THE MASTER PLAN ALTOGETHER TO BE CONSIDERATE. SO THIS IS PART OF THE PHASE. SO THIS IS PART OF PHASE ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE PULLED FROM THE PARKS MASTER PLAN BA BASED ON THE DATA. THAT WAS, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, WHY IT'S SEPARATE. AGAIN, IT JUST CAME DOWN TO HOW IT WAS ORDERED ON THE AGENDA. AND LIKE I SAID, WE CAN MOVE THIS TOWARDS THE END OF THE AGENDA. MY, MY SUGGESTION IS MOVE THIS MASTER PLAN. WE TALK ALL THE PARK. THIS IS ONE OF THE PARK. WE SHOULD DISCUSS THAT TIME. THAT'S FINE. WE CAN, WE'LL, WE CAN HOLD OFF ON ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM UNTIL WE GET TO THE DISCUSSION AND THE ABOUT THE PARKS . WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? GO AHEAD, COUNCILMAN. SO THIS IS JUST AN INSPIRATIONAL DRAWING. THE RP IS TO GO FOR OUT, FOR A BID TO GET A RENDERING AND, AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN DONE AND SO FORTH. UH, YOU, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HARM ME. YOU'RE HARMING THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU ALL REPRESENT AS A CITY AS A WHOLE. SO AGAIN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RE UH, RETALIATE AGAINST ME AND, AND HARM MY RESIDENTS SOMEHOW. BUT THIS IS A PROMISE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE TO THE PARK AREA. DEL ARTHY HAS DEDICATED PARK FUNDS, JUST LIKE YOUR PARK HAS YOUR PARKS AND YOUR DISTRICT HAVE ORANGEWOOD HAS DEDICATED PARK FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN SITTING THERE FOR YEARS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ALLOWED TO BEEN USED FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT, IN, IN, IN THAT AFFECT OUR WHOLE CITY. AND, AND, AND FOR YOU TO SAY IT'S IN THE PARKS PLAN, IT, IT TALKS ABOUT THE DOG PARKS. SO IT'S ALREADY IN HERE. THEN WHY DO WE DO NEW IZATION AT YOUR, UH, SPORTSPLEX THEN ONLY YOU GET STUFF IN YOUR DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER VU. SO YOU HAVE TO STOP, YOU NEED TO BE FAIR HERE AND, AND STOP LEAVING OUT THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HARMING ME. YOU'RE HARMING THE RESIDENTS THAT YOU CONSTANTLY STATE. YOU REPRESENT THE CITY AS A WHOLE. SO DON'T PUNISH THE RESIDENTS THAT, THAT THE DOG PARK AFFECTS THE WHOLE CITY. THAT'S A CENTRAL DOG PARK THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS AND YOU HAVE CONSTANTLY ALLOCATED PUBLIC FUNDS TO YOUR PARKS THIS PAST YEAR. BUT DOWN NORTH HAS BEEN LEFT IN THE DARK. MADAM, MADAM MAYOR, YOU PRO TE CONTOS. UM, I'M, I'M PREPARED TO SUPPORT THIS, BUT IT, IT WAS PULLED. SO I MEAN, I WAS READY TO, AND I'M STILL, SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION TO JUST APPROVE THIS THING I HAVE. SO, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. SO MY ONLY QUESTION IS, WAS YOUR, YOUR MIC ON OR I CAN'T YEAH, GO AHEAD. THE MASTER PLAN, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S IN IT, RIGHT? WE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S IN IT. WE DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE CREATING ANOTHER DOG PARK ANYWHERE ELSE. SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF WE HAVE ANOTHER DOG PARK IN ANOTHER PARK, DO WE GET THE SAME, UM, RFP FOR THAT DOG [03:50:01] PARK? HOW DOES THAT WORK? SO WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR AN RFP, YOU'RE DOING AN RFP FOR A SPECIFIC SITE. OKAY. UM, BECAUSE THIS PARTICULAR, AGAIN, IT REALLY CAME DOWN TO HOW IT WAS ORDERED AT THE AGENDA. THERE WAS NO IMPLICATION, THERE WAS NO, JUST, JUST HOW IT CAME DOWN. WE DIDN'T CATCH IT IN TIME TO REORGANIZE IT. IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN REORGANIZED. MM-HMM . UM, SO THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE ISSUE. SO WE'LL GET INTO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION. YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE DATA THAT THEY COLLECTED. OKAY. FROM THAT DATA, WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS OF PROJECTS THAT FOR PHASE ONE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH IMMEDIATELY THAT WE DO HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR. SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL REQUIRE US TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP. UM, SOME OF 'EM, NOT NECESSARILY LIKE SOME OF THE, UM, UH, MAINTENANCE TYPE OF, I'LL SAY I'LL USE THAT AS A, AS A CATEGORY MAINTENANCE TYPE OF RECOMMENDATIONS WE CAN TAKE CARE OF, UM, WITHIN THIS FIRST PHASE. BUT YOU'LL HEAR WHAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE. UM, WHEN WE ARRIVE AT THAT AGENDA ITEM, WE CAN ALWAYS HOLD OFF IF THE COMFORTABLE, IF THE COUNCIL'S COMFORTABLE HOLDING OFF AND WAITING UNTIL THAT PRESENTATION, WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO THAT. BUT WHAT YOU WILL HEAR IN THE PRESENTATION, UM, AND WHAT YOU WILL FIND ARE THE RANKINGS AND WHERE THE FEEDBACK AND HOW THINGS ARE BEING RANKED. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO HOLD OFF, WE'RE OKAY. WE'RE IT'S AT THE COUNCIL'S PLEASURE. COUNCILMAN WU. THANK YOU MAYOR. OKAY. NOBODY SAY, OKAY, I'M CI AGAINST THIS. I JUST SAY WE SHOULD GO TO SEE ALL THE MASTER PLAN. OKAY. JOHN, THE GUN, RIGHT THE WAY, SAY WE RETALIATE THIS AND THAT. I WANT DOPA FIXED BIG PERIOD. THE DOPA IS IN BAD SHAPE. BUT IF WE HAVE A MASTER PLAN JUST RIGHT AFTER, WHY, NOW WE PUT THIS TOGETHER AND WE HAVE A GENERAL IDEA AND THEN WE STILL GO WITH YOUR IP. NOBODY SAY WE ARE AGAIN. OKAY. PLEASE LET ME FINISH. OKAY. SO, SO THE POINT IS, OKAY, WE JUST PUT ON THE MASTER PLAN ALL TOGETHER, WE CAN SEE ENTIRE PICTURES. SO IN THAT WAY, WE NOT SINGLE OUT THIS ONE OR SINGLE OUT CAMERON PARK OR CAN SINGLE OUT SMALL PLAQUE. WE WANT ALL TOGETHER LOOK INTO IT. AND IF THIS ONE ALREADY HAVE A, THEY NAUGHTY AND WE ALREADY Z LAST TIME, I I I, I PROPOSED AND SHOULD STAY ON DISTRICT ONE. I DIDN'T SAY WE SHOULD GO TO THE 300,000. NO, I SAID 900,000 SHOULD BE ALL STAY IN THIS ONE BECAUSE THE IMPACT THE THEY ARE NAUGHTY SCHOOL. BUT, BUT LET'S HOLD ON THIS. OKAY. AND ALL TOGETHER, WE DIDN'T SAY WE DO, I DON'T WANT TO APPROVE. I I WANT TO APPROVE. BUT THIS JUST A IMAGINATION ABOUT, OKAY, DESIGN LIKE A, A, A PAINTING, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY HAVE A OH, REALLY HAVE, UH, THE, THE, OKAY, THE SPRINKLER, THE GRASS AREA, THE ELECTRICITY, THE WHERE THE STATUE, HOW MUCH STATUE, ALL THAT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE BUDGET AND FOR THIS AND HOW MUCH WE CAN SPEND, JUST LIKE YOU WANT, YOU SAY, OKAY, EVERYTHING TAKES PLACE MONEY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY WE GO INTO IT WILL BE THERE. SO ANYWAY, I PROPOSE TO PUT THIS IN GENERAL PLAN ON THE MASTER PLAN ALL TOGETHER. AND THEN THE ALL CONSULTANT CAN DISCUSS AND TELL US WHAT THIS AND THAT. AND THEN WE CAN SAY, OKAY, BUT WE, WE SENT TO IP AND THIS AND THAT. THEN WE CAN, WE CAN APPROVE THAT TIME, BUT WE JUST ALL TOGETHER TO DISCUSS AND ENTIRE 16 PARK AND IN THE MASTER. SO IN THAT WAY, WE ALL WANT ALL THE PART TO BE FIXED ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE. OKAY. AND, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO AND TIMELY MATTER, WE CAN PHASE ONE, PHASE TWO, PHASE THREE TO PUT THIS. SO, SO, SO DON'T JUMP THE GUN. THAT'S NOBODY WANT TO RETALIATE. I WANT THE PUNISH THE DISTRICT ONE. WE ALL TOGETHER AS A, AS A RESIDENT, A NEIGHBOR. AND, UH, I STRONGLY SUPPORT THEIR T SCHOOL AND THEN THE T PARK. AND THEN EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IMPROVED IN THE, IN THE BUDGET WISE AND THEY ALL TOGETHER, BUT OTHERWISE SPEND ALL THE MONEY WITH GO PARK, THEN THEY DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR SKATE PARK. SKATE PARK REALLY NEED SOME MONEY TO FIX IT. OKAY. AND ALTOGETHER WE CAN HAVE A PLAN AND THAT WOULD BE MORE EFFICIENT. EFFICIENT AND, UH, MUCH MORE. OKAY. NOT MAKING ANY MISTAKE TO SPEND THE MONEY. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN HARRIS? YES. UM, I MEAN, YOU TOLD RESIDENTS THAT YOU, YOU VOTED ON AND ADAPTED THE PARKS PLAN. I GUESS WE NEVER DID. YOU NEVER DID THAT. THEN DOES THE PARKS PLAN ADDRESS DEL NORTE DOG PARK? IT DOES ADDRESS DEL NORTE DOG PARKS THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THROUGH THE OUTREACH THAT WE DID. PHASE ONE. YEAH. JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT AT THE COMMISSION LEVEL DOES MAKE A RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE WE DO HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE. IT IS SUBJECT TO COUNCIL'S APPROVAL. AND HOLD ON, ENVISION HOW WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PHASE ONE. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO, LET'S, [03:55:01] WE'RE ON THIS MATTER. LET'S, WE'RE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE TEETERING OFF OF THIS SUBJECT MATTER. IF WE COULD MOVE, YEAH. IF WE COULD MAKE A DECISION IF WE'RE MOVING THIS ITEM TILL AFTER THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION OR, OR, OR IF WE'RE MOVE MOVING ON THIS ITEM. NOW MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO WAIT. SO WE HAD, WE HAD THIS CONVERSATION A WHILE BACK WHEN DEL NORTE DOG PARK WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. WE ALL AGREED AS A COUNCIL TO HOLD OFF AND SEE WHAT THE MASTER PLAN, UM, PRESENTS TO US SO THAT WE COULD SEE EVERYTHING AS A WHOLE. BECAUSE IF THERE ARE THINGS THAT THE PARK MASTER PLAN, UH, PRESENTS WITH THE DEL NORTE PARK, THEN THAT CHANGES THE WHOLE SCOPE AND THE DESIGN FOR THIS. SO UNTIL I HAVE THAT INFORMATION OF WHAT, WHAT'S GIVEN, I, I DON'T KNOW OF LIKE THE, THE FULL DETAILS OF WHAT IT IS. SO I CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS UNTIL I HAVE THAT. BUT WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BEFORE AND WE SAID WE'RE GONNA HOLD OFF THIS UNTIL THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO THIS IS BEFORE THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. SO, SO YOU ASK, YOU SAY, DO YOU WANT HER TO PRESENT PRESENT, UH, WHAT ITEM IS THAT? SO ARE YOU ASKING HER TO PRESENT ITEM NUMBER? WHAT IS IT? ITEM 20, NUMBER 20 BEFORE NUMBER 18. THEN I WOULD PREFER THAT I'M FINE WITH THAT. OKAY. I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT MAKES THE MOST, I THINK THAT THAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE. YEAH. WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. TAKE IT OFF. NO, NO. MADAM MAYOR, I MOVE THAT WE, WE MOVE AGENDA ITEM 20 TO NOW AND THEN AND BY 20 AND I'LL SECOND THAT. YES. YEAH, WE, NO, THIS IS, SO THE MOTION WAS TO MOVE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20 TO NOW AND 18. NO, HE SAID 20. THE PRESIDING OFFICER CAN JUST MOVE IT. OH NO, WE JUST MOVED 20. OKAY. NO, WE JUST SWAP IT. YEAH, THAT WAS, NO, WE GOING TO 19. WE NEED A MOTION? NO, THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR BY COUNCIL, BY MAYOR PRO TIM CONTOS TO MOVE ITEM AGENDA 20 TO NOW YES. TO, TO HAVE THAT PRESENTED AND THEN HOLD OFF. NO, HIS MOTION WAS TO MOVE. ITEM NUMBER 20, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN TO RIGHT NOW, LIKE RIGHT NOW IN THE AGENDA. WELL, IT'S UNDER OUR NUMBER 20. NUMBER 20. OR WE COULD GET A, THEY'RE GONNA BE PRO, WE COULD GET A 19 QUICK ITEM 20 IS ON HERE REGARDING THE CONSIDERATION. AIR PROTIME CONTEST. WOULD YOU LIKE TO PROVIDE? I WAS JUST TRYING TO SUPPORT WHAT THE PEOPLE WERE SAYING, BUT WE, I WE WOULD COMBINE ALL TOGETHER. YEAH. AND YOU, SO YOU, WE WE GO TO 19, GET OVER THE RIGHT, WE GO 20 AND THEN GO BACK TO 18. OH, 18 WILL COME INTO THE 20. OH, CAN WE, IT'LL IT'LL FOLLOW, IT'LL FOLLOW 2018. YEAH. 18 AND 20 THERE CAN DO FIND TOGETHER. YES. SO WE CAN SEE THE BIG PICTURE. YES. THANK YOU. LET GO. 19. SO WELL OH. 'CAUSE WE HAVE 19. SO WE CAN PUT, OKAY. LL HOLD THIS OFF. OKAY. SO WE'LL UM, HOLD THIS AND THEN GO TO AGENDA ITEM [19. ADVERTISING BUS SHELTERS - CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR] 19. ADVERTISING BUS SHELTERS. CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR. IS THAT COUNCILMAN GUTTER OR WHO'S THAT? OH, NO. WAS THAT APPROVED? I DIDN'T, IT'S UNDER, DOWN UNDER, IT'S UNDER DEPARTMENTAL DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS. OH, I'M SORRY. YES. UM, SO OUR CITY MANAGER WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, NEIL METTA AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, KELLY MCDONALD. WE'RE UNDER DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS. SORRY. IT IS ONLY 11 GUYS. COME ON. HAVE CHOP. LET'S GET OVER 11. OH FIVE. FIVE MINUTES. FIVE MINUTES. YEAH. GO HOME. GOOD EVENING. UH, THIS MATTER CONCERNS ADVERTISING BUS SHELTERS. IT'S A PHIS. IN, UH, IN 1998, THE CITY CONTRACTED WITH ER MEDIA TO, TO INSTALL AND MAINTAIN 50 ADVERTISING BUS SHELTERS. COMP COMPENSATION TO THE CITY WAS $95 PER BUS SHELTER PER MONTH, OR 18% OF THE NET REVENUE. AND, UH, IT ALSO INCLUDED COMPENSATION OF, UH, A LITTLE OVER $14,000 PER YEAR FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS. IN 2001, CLEAR CHANNEL OUTDOOR PURCHASED LR MEDIA AND CONTINUED THE TERMS OF THE CONTRACT. IN 20, UH, 2004, THERE WAS A, AN ADDENDUM, UH, THAT REVISED THE COMPENSATION TO 20% OF NET REVENUE AND REMOVED THE ANNUAL PAYMENT. THE, UM, AGREEMENT WAS RENEWED FOR FIVE YEARS IN BOTH, UH, 20, UH, 2009 AND 2014. UH, THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS THE ANNUAL ADVERTISING REVENUE RECEIVED BY THE CITY OVER THE, UH, PAST NINE FISCAL YEARS, RECEIVING APPROXIMATELY, UH, BETWEEN 20 AND $40,000, AVERAGING A LITTLE OVER $30,000 OVER THIS PERIOD PER YEAR. AND [04:00:01] THIS MAP SHOWS LOCATIONS OF THE ADVERTISING SHELTERS. UH, THEY'RE, UH, MARKED WITH THE, UH, PURPLE PINS. A LISTING OF THE, UH, SHELTERS IS INCLUDED IN THE, UH, REPORT IS ATTACHMENT NUMBER TWO NOW SHOWN THE SHELTERS ARE LOCATED ALONG THE, UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. IT'S AZU AT GLENDORA, A SUNSET, UM, MERCED IN WEST COVINA PARKWAY, AND AROUND MAJOR LOCATIONS LIKE WEST COVINA PLAZA AND OR PLAZA WEST COVINA AND EASTLAND CENTER. THE, UH, ADVERTISING SHELTERS PREDOMINANTLY SERVE RIDERS OF THE REGIONAL, UH, TRANSIT PROVIDER, FOOTHILL TRANSIT, WHO ARE, UH, TRAVELING TO, FROM AND AROUND WEST COVINA. 44 OF THE, UH, 45 ADVERTISING SHELTERS LAY ON, UM, OR SER SERVICE FOOTHILL ROUTES OR, UH, NINE ROUTE THAT ARE SERVED, INCLUDING THE, UH, SILVER STREAK. UH, FOOTHILL PROVIDED RIDERSHIP DATA FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, 26 BY MONTH. IT'S INCLUDED IN AS ATTACHMENT NUMBER THREE, UH, RIDERSHIP OVER THIS PERIOD WAS REPORTED TO BE, UM, SIX OVER 630,000 BOARDINGS IN THE, UH, OF THESE, UH, 44 SHELTERS. AN AVERAGE WEEKDAY BOARDING NUMBER OF, UH, 2000 AND, UH, OVER 566,000 ALLIANCE OR DEPARTURES AT THESE SHELTERS, UH, TO THE SHELTERS ARE ALSO LOCATED ALONG THE CITY'S GREEN LINE, UH, NEAR ZU AND AMAR. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, MV REPORTS OVER 4,700 BOARDINGS AT THE SHELTER, SERVING THE SOUTHBOUND SHUTTLE AND 3,900 BOARDINGS AT THE SHELTER ON THE, THAT SERVES THE, UH, NORTHBOUND SHUTTLE. SO WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 45 OR 45, UH, SHELTERS IN THE CITY. THERE ARE NEARLY 30 YEARS OLD AND HEAVILY TRAFFICKED AS, UH, DIRECTED. THE STAFF REACHED OUT, UH, CONTACTED CLEAR CHANNEL AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM REGARDING IMPROVING THE TERMS OR, UH, IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE SHELTERS. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE PROPOSED WERE, UH, FOR CLEAR CHANNEL TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARD THE, UH, TOWARD A PROJECT FOR CITYWIDE SHELTER REPLACEMENT. UH, INCREASED PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE SHARE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY AT 20% OF NET REVENUE, OR, UH, REPLACE THE EXISTING CLEAR CHANNEL SHELTERS WITH NEW SHELTERS. AND CLEAR CHANNEL INDICATED THAT DUE TO THEIR OPERATION MARGINS, UM, THEY'RE UNABLE TO TAKE ON THE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT OF ANY OF THESE PROPOSALS. THEY CAME BACK WITH A, UH, PROPOSAL THAT IS INCLUDED AS ATTACHMENT NUMBER FOUR. WE, UH, STAFF ADVISED THAT WE'D BRING IT FORTH FOR CONSIDERATION. THE PROPOSAL INCLUDED REFURBISHMENT OF ALL SHELTERS, INCLUDING THE 83 CITY OWNED SHELTERS. UH, THE REFURBISHMENT PROJECT WOULD, UH, TAKE PLACE OVER THREE YEARS AND THEN PROPOSED, UH, CONTINUING MAINTENANCE OF THE CLEAR CHANNEL OWNED SHELTERS. UH, REFURBISHMENT WOULD BE A NEW PAINT, UH, REPAIRS TO THE, UH, PANELS WERE NEEDED ALONG WITH THE SCREENS AND SO FORTH. THEY PROVIDE US, PROVIDED US THIS GRAPHIC, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL, A BEFORE AND AFTER SHOT OF A, OF A SHELTER THAT HAS BEEN REFURBISHED. THE, UH, PROPOSAL IS CONDITIONED BY THE FOLLOWING. UH, THE, UH, CLEAR CHANNEL WOULD LIKE A 10 YEAR EXTENSION OF THE TERM, UH, PAUSE IN THE QUARTERLY PAYMENT FOR TWO YEARS. AND IT WOULD ALSO BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THEIR CORPORATE. SO, UH, STAFF IS SEEKING DIRECTION ON THE MATTER. UM, THE OPTIONS IDENTIFIED ARE TO NOTIFY CLEAR CHANNEL THAT THE AGREEMENT IS EXPIRED, AND THAT CLEAR CHANNEL HAS 90 DAYS TO REMOVE THE SHELTERS, UH, TO, IS TO WORK WITH CLEAR CHANNEL TO FINALIZE A PROPOSAL AND BRING BACK AN AGREEMENT FOR CONSIDERATION OR TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION. CONCLUDES MY REPORT. HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. UH, COUNCILMAN W UM, BASICALLY IT'S, UH, UNSPEAKABLE ABOUT THE BUS SHADOW. OKAY? SHELTER. OKAY. AND IT IS, IT'S VERY BAD. OKAY? IT'S A HOMELESS HEAVEN, OKAY? THE TREASURE ALL ALWAYS S OUT, OKAY? AND THE ENTIRE AREA IS A FIELD, FOR EXAMPLE, BARRANCA, THAT THAT PLACE IS SO BAD, OKAY? JUST LIKE, JUST LIKE GHETTO. OKAY? SO IT'S REALLY TRASH. ALL THE PLACES AND THE HOMELESS OVER THERE SLEEPING ON THE BENCH, NOBODY OKAY. WILL GET NEAR, OKAY? SO, AND THEN, AND THE SAME THING. THE WASTE GOING UP PARKWAY. AND YOU SEE, AND NOW ONLY THAT, OKAY, THE, THE ADVERTISEMENT OKAY IS REALLY PRETTY, IS EYE POLLUTION, VISUAL POLLUTION. SO, AND THEN THEY SAY THEY WILL DO THIS. OH, YOUR PICTURE LOOK VERY NICE. BUT THE REALITY IS NOT LIKE THAT. YOU [04:05:01] SHOULD TAKE THE, THE REAL PICTURE AND THE, WHAT'S GOING ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THIS IS MORE LIKE A AI, BUT, BUT THE THING, IF YOU GO TO THE SEA, I CAN TAKE ANY PICTURES, DRIVE THROUGH AND TAKE PICTURES. IT'S REALLY PRESENTABLE TO WEST COVINA. IT'S NOT LIKE THIS. OKAY. IT IS CLEAN AND THE, THE GRAPH IS NICE. IT'S NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL. AT ALL. YOU GO TO SEE THE CITRUSS ON THE CI TRUCK, GAS STATION IN FRONT. I, I BARELY SEE ANY RIDER, BUT ALWAYS HAVE A HOMELESS LADY SLEEP OVER THERE, UH, WITH, UH, ALL THE BAGGAGE, THIS AND THAT. SO, SO, AND THE TRASH NEXT, NEXT TO IT TOO. AND THEN, OKAY. THE, THE, THE, THE, THE AD IS, IS ALWAYS A LOT OF COUGH GRAFFITI. SO, SO WHO'S JURISDICTION? WHO SHOULD, OKAY. AND WE PLACE ALL THAT PLASTIC CLEAR PLASTIC THING. SO JUST LET YOU KNOW. AND, AND WE ONLY RECEIVE, WHAT, 10,000, $12,000 A YEAR WITH THE ADVERTISEMENT. 40 OF THEM THAT IT SHOULD BE TREMENDOUS MONEY IF THERE'S 3D 20%. I REALLY DOUBT. OKAY. AND WHY WE ONLY GET TINY MONEY, BUT ENTIRE BUS STOP IS NOT PRESENTABLE. OUR CITY, IF YOU GO TAKE A LOOK, OUR CITY RIGHT NOW, OKAY. IT'S VERY CLEAN. IT'S MUCH BETTER THAN BEFORE, BUT EVERY TIME YOU SEE THE BUS SHELTER, OKAY. AND THEY LOOK PRETTY UNPRECEDENTED, ESPECIALLY THE ONE ON CLEAR CHANNEL. OKAY. I THINK IT'S THE ONE FROM OTHER COMPANY. THEY CLEAN IT. THEY ALL THE, THEY EVEN WENT TO CLEAN THE CLEAR CHANNEL ONE BECAUSE IT JUST REALLY OKAY. PRESENTABLE CITY. SO MY SUGGESTION IS, OKAY, LET, REMOVE ALL THIS. I THINK WE CAN OKAY. GET A GRANT FOR SOMETHING BETTER OKAY. IF WE NEED IT. OKAY. PUT THE OVER THERE, SOME KIND OF NEW BUS SHELTER OVER THERE. OKAY. AND, UH, SO THAT WOULD BE MORE IDEAL FOR OUR CITY, AND THEN JUST HAVE ALL THIS VERY OKAY. PRESENTABLE BUS, BUS SHELTERS. OKAY. AROUND OUR CITY ESPECIALLY, THEY'RE ALL IN VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA. OKAY. MEANING IT REPRESENT THE A CT IMAGE. THEN WE SHOULD BE SOMETHING NO ADVERTISEMENT. JUST NICE. BEAUTIFUL. OKAY. IF WE NEED ANY, IF OKAY. OF A SHELTER. OKAY. SO OTHER THAN THAT, OKAY. REALLY NOT TO. OKAY. AND THE PHONE WITH A CLEAR CHANNEL, WITH THEIR PRESENTATION, WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE IN OUR CD, AND THEY HAVE A CONTRACT. THEY HAVE, THEY DON'T HAVE A CONTRACT FOR A LONG TIME. RIGHT. OKAY. SO MEANING, OKAY, WE ONLY GET PAID, WHAT, $12,000? ABOUT 10, 10 GRAND A YEAR. SO ONLY COUPLE, COUPLE, MAYBE $1,000 A MONTH FOR 40 SHELTER. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR FINANCIALLY ACCOUNTANT. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT ALL. SO ANYWAY, UM, MY SUGGESTION IS I DON'T THINK THEY WILL IMPROVE BECAUSE THIS IS A, UH, ISO AND FIELD IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. WE, WE HAD A PRESENTATION A FEW YEARS AGO REGARDING BUS STOP AND THE REDESIGN. UM, DO YOU RECALL WHAT THAT WAS OR, BECAUSE THE PHOTOS THAT WE SAW BACK THEN WERE NOT LIKE THESE PHOTOS, WAS THAT A DIFFERENT IT WAS THE AI NO, I, WELL, I MEANT, NO, THIS IS HORRIBLE. EVEN FOR AI. THIS IS REALLY BAD AI. BUT, UM, A FEW YEARS AGO, 'CAUSE I, AND I DO REMEMBER THAT WAS WHEN WE HAD, I THINK, UH, UH, THAT'S WHEN COUNCILMAN DARIO WAS ON THE COUNCIL, AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UM, BUS STOPS AND THEN WE, THE REDESIGN, THE CHANGES AND SO FORTH. IS THIS, UM, IS IT RELATED? I, I DON'T THINK I WAS PART OF THAT. THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN THROUGH ENGINEERING, BUT WE HAVE HAD A, UH, BUS, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT BUS SHELTER REPLACEMENT FOR A LONG TIME. YES. SO WE HAVE BEEN, AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THE, THAT WAS A FEW OF THE ISSUES, LIKE GRAFFITI, THE TRASH, UM, AND THEN I, I KNOW I SAW THAT BUS STOP, BUT I DO RECALL A FEW YEARS AGO MAKING SURE THAT THE BENCHES HAD DIVIDERS INDIVIDUALS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SIT DOWN. I KNOW WE HAD LIKE THE HOMELESS SITUATION WHERE THEY'RE JUST LYING DOWN AND WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO NEED TO USE THE BUS STAND FAR AWAY. THEY, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO USE IT. AND ON THE PHOTO, I DON'T SEE THAT THEY MADE THAT CHANGE. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT I MADE. SEE, YEAH, LIKE THAT PHOTO. UM, IT'S JUST A CLEAR FLAT. AND I REMEMBER A FEW YEARS AGO, I SAID, MAKE SURE WHILE WE WERE UPGRADING OR MODIFYING, UM, BUS SHELTERS, THAT WE MADE IT SAFE. UM, I, I DON'T EVEN THINK IT HAS ANY LIGHTING. SO AT NIGHTTIME WHEN THEY'RE ALL THERE, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE LIGHT, UH, FOR SAFETY CONCERNS. AND THE BENCHES ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, LIKE, UH, DIVIDERS SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THREE PEOPLE SIT AND USE IT. UM, NOT A PLACE TO SLEEP THERE THE ENTIRE DURATION SO THAT PEOPLE CAN USE THE BUS. [04:10:01] UM, THE GRAFFITI, THE, JUST THE MAINTENANCE OF IT. SO THAT WAS A DISCUSSION THAT I REMEMBER PUTTING THROUGH. BUT RIGHT THERE, IT, IT WAS LIKELY A CONCEPTUAL DISCUSSION BECAUSE NONE, NONE OF THE, UH, SHELTERS HAVE BEEN REDESIGNED. THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, 25 PUSHING 30 YEARS OLD. AND, UH, THAT I THINK THAT'S TRUE OF, UH, OLIVER SHELTERS. OKAY. BUT I, I, BUT DO REMEMBER WE DID DISCUSS THE ADVERTISING BUS SHELTERS, WHICH I KNOW THEY SAID THIS WAS GONNA COME TO US BECAUSE WE HAD, UM, SITUATIONS OF LIKE, THEY'RE MAKING MONEY AND THE CITY'S NOT GETTING ANYTHING, UH, OR ANYTHING MUCH FROM IT, AS YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HIGHLIGHTING. BUT THAT WAS ONE OF IT. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. YES. I THINK WE, UM, I THINK THE COUNCIL, WE, WE VOICED OUR CONCERNS IN EARLY 2025. UH, AND I BELIEVE WE WERE SOMEONE SUPPOSED TO TALK TO CLEAR CHANNEL. SO IS THERE A MIDDLE MAN BETWEEN THE CITY AND CLEAR CHANNEL, OR IS THE CITY COMMUNIC? ARE YOU ABLE TO, ARE YOU COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH CLEAR CHANNEL? WE'RE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH CLEAR CHANNEL. SO HOW, AND, AND, AND, UH, I'M SORRY. THEY, THEY'RE RESPONSIVE. WHEN THERE, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH, UH, WITH, WITH TRASH. THEY DO PICK UP THE TRASH. UH, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S AN OVERFLOW OF SOMETHING, SOMEONE CALLED TOS A DRIVE BY BARRANCA, I'M SORRY, IT'S BAD. ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER'S OFFICE. BAD. I MEAN, WE DID HAVE VALLEY LIGHTS, UH, HERE MENTIONING WHEN THEY CLEANED THE BUS STOPS THAT THEY WOULD, IT'S NOT THEIR JOB. AND THEY WERE CLEANING THE GRAFFITI AND THEY WERE, UM, POWER WASHING THINGS THAT THERE, THEY WERE DOING THINGS THAT WASN'T PART OF THEIR JOB, BUT JUST TO MAKE IT CLEAN. 'CAUSE THEY'VE BEEN NEGLECTING TO DO THEIR PART. RIGHT. THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY TO MAKING SURE THAT THEY DO THEIR JOB. I, I WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO CANCEL THE, THE CONTRACT WITH A CLEAR CHANNEL. OKAY. AND, UH, THAT THEN REMOVE ALL THIS FIELDS. OKAY. AND, UH, SO, OKAY. IT'S MORE PRESENTABLE TO THE CITY RATHER THAN VERY DIRTY AND, UH, TRASH AND, UH, GREASY AND, UH, HOMELESS. OKAY. SHELTERS FOR, OKAY. AND FOR THE ISO FOR THE CITY, AND ESPECIALLY ALL THIS AD IS, IS NOT PRESENTABLE TO OUR CITY. AND AGAIN, WE DON'T NEED $10,000 FOR WHOLE YEAR FOR ALL THIS FIELD AND THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT HOW DIRTY OUR CITY IS. WE, OUR CITY IMPROVE. SO WE HAVE TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE ISO. AND THIS IS A CURABLE, I THINK LATER ON, MAYBE WE CAN GET GRANT TO DO SOME DESIGN FOR SOME AREA. WE NEED SHELTER. NOT EVERY, EVERY, NOT EVERY PLACE N NEARBY SHELTER AT ALL. SOME, SOME AREA MAYBE DON'T NEED IT. OKAY. AND, UH, SO MUCH MORE CLEANER. LOOK, SO THIS IS MY MOTION, MADAM MAYOR, MAYOR PODIUM CONTEST. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. DON'T, UM, DON'T WE HAVE MEASURE M MONEY THAT CAN, WHERE, WHERE WE CAN HAVE BUS SHELTERS BUILT THAT, THAT MATCH WHAT THE MAYOR HAS, HAS ASKED FOR THAT HAS THE DIVIDERS AND SO FORTH. AND, AND, AND DON'T WE ALREADY HAVE THE MONEY THAT COMES IN EVERY YEAR TO DO THOSE? WE DO, BUT, UH, THAT'S SPENT A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS BECAUSE OF THE 25% THAT WE, THOSE, THOSE ARE, I THINK THE, THE MOST RECENT, UM, AWARD I'VE LOOKED AT, AND I THINK OUR ENGINEERING ESTIMATE WAS PRELIMINARILY WAS ABOUT $50,000 PER, PER UNIT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT GETS INTO THE, THE MILLIONS FAIRLY QUICKLY. OH. SO, UM, THERE, THERE WAS A, UH, MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS SET ASIDE FOR BUS SHELTER REPLACEMENT, THAT, THAT HADN'T MOVED FORWARD, UH, SOMETHING FROM A FEW YEARS AGO. BUT THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR THOSE, UH, THOSE, UH, RESTRICTED TRANSIT FUNDS. AND WE CAN INCLUDE THAT IN A CAPITAL CAPITAL PROJECT. THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. SO WHAT, WHAT'S POSSIBLE FOR US TO DO TO SUPPORT BUS RIDER WHO ARE, WHO, WHO DO NEED TO SIT, BUT YET WITHOUT IT, WITHOUT THEM HAVING TO ENDURE THE, THE EYESORE OF, OF THE, THE CURRENT SHELTERS. WHAT'S POSSIBLE, IF WE WERE, IF WE WERE TO REMOVE THESE, BECAUSE I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN WU ABOUT, ABOUT THESE SHELTERS, BECAUSE I WENT WITH A COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ, AND WE WOULD SPOT THESE, SHE WOULD SPOT THESE THESE, UH, SHELTERS. AND, AND, AND THEY, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT, THAT HAD THE ADVER ADVERTISEMENTS. I REMEMBER THIS IS THE ONE BY THE OLD PIZZA HUT. ISN'T THAT ONE OF THEM TOO? NO, IT'S BAD TOO. YEAH, THAT WAS, AND, AND IT JUST WAS AWFUL. JUST ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. SO I, I, I SHARE THE SENTIMENTS THERE, BUT WHAT CAN WE SORT OF, AS A, A BIT OF BALANCING HOW DO WE SUPPORT THE, THE, THE LEGITIMATE BUS RIDERS WHO, WHO NEED PLACES TO SIT? HOW, HOW WOULD WE DO THAT WHILE ADDRESSING WHAT, WHAT WHAT WE'RE ALL SAYING HERE REGARDING THE, THE, THE WAY THESE ARE EYESORE AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY. WELL, THAT, THAT'S SOMETHING I'D DEFER TO, TO ENGINEERING. I THINK IF YOU'RE PLANNING [04:15:01] TO REMOVE, REMOVE THESE, YOU'D PROBABLY LOOK AT, UH, BENCHES AS THE MAYOR WAS SUGGESTING WITH THE, THE, WITH THE SEPARATION AND SO FORTH. BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, COORDINATING THAT PROJECT, UM, WOULD, WOULD BE, YEAH, I GUESS, UH, THERE WOULD BE SOME, UH, TI TIME INVOLVED IN, IN THAT. I, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY THAT PROJECT WOULD BE TURNED AROUND. YOU CAN FIND IT. WE CAN, YEAH. YEAH, WE CAN. OKAY. WE CAN, WE'LL GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTTER. YES. UM, SHOULD, SO SHOULD WE DETERMINE, SO THEY'RE GONNA PICK 'EM UP? THEY'VE INDICATED THAT IF, UH, WE, WE NOTIFY LIKE THAT THEY'LL, THEY'LL CLEAN IT UP. PICK THEM UP. NO, THEY'LL PICK 'EM UP. TAKE 'EM. THEY'LL TAKE 'EM AND REPURPOSE THEM. YES. DO WE HAVE MONEY TO BUY NEW ONES? LIKE, NO, WE JUST TALKING ABOUT, OKAY. WE, LATER ON WE CAN FIND A MAJOR M SOMETHING. WAIT, BUT WHEN ARE THEY GONNA TAKE IT OUT? NO. WHEN WOULD THEY TAKE 'EM OUT? IMMEDIATELY. IMMEDIATELY. SO THEY, THEY WHAT THERE MEANWHILE, NO. THE CLEAN, CLEAN, NOTHING OVER THERE. NO FEET. WELL, MY, MY CON A LOT OF POLICE DID NO SEAT AT ALL. OH. SHOULD WE ASK THEM? EITHER GET US NEW ONE OR NO, NO. NO. FORGET IT. I MEAN, I AGREE TO COUNCIL, BUT SO IT, DO WE HAVE A REPLACEMENT FOR IT IS THE QUESTION. MAYOR. OH, GO AHEAD. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM MAYOR. UM, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THE SEATING, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT THERE, THEY HAVE TO REMOVE THE SEAT. THEY JUST CAN'T REMOVE THE, THE CANOPY OR WHATEVER THE ENCLOSURE. WELL, THEY OWN ALL, ALL OF THE FURNITURE. OKAY. AND SO THAT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M, I'M GONNA JUST SAY, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF PLACES THAT DON'T HAVE A PLACE TO SIT. AND I DON'T SEE VERY MANY PEOPLE, UM, WAITING FOR THE BUS AT ALL. UM, THE OTHER, THE ONLY PLACES THAT I DO SEE PEOPLE STANDING AND, UM, AND THEY REALLY ARE STANDING BECAUSE YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE OCCUPYING THESE FACILITIES. THESE, THESE, UM, SHELTERS ARE RIGHT HERE AT WEST COA PARKWAY. YES. AT THE, AT THE VERIZON. I MEAN, PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT LIVING IN THEM ARE AROUND THEM, AND THEY'RE JUST STANDING AROUND. AND SO, IN MY OPINION, UM, I THINK THEY'RE PRETTY WORTHLESS, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH. I MEAN, YOU SHOULD JUST REMOVE THEM. AND, UM, BUSES COME OFTEN WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO SIT THERE FOR A LONG TIME TO WAIT FOR A BUS. AND, AND I KNOW BECAUSE MY BROTHER TAKES THE BUS AND HE WOULD TAKE IT THERE. AND HE'S ONE OF THOSE THAT WOULDN'T SIT IN THOSE CHAIRS BECAUSE THEY'RE DISGUSTING. SO I THINK THEY SHOULD REMOVE THEM ALTOGETHER. WELL, I WOULD REMOVE THE MOTION, BUT I WANT TO ADD, BECAUSE 90 DAY TOO LONG, I THINK WE SHOULD SHORTER THE TIME. MAYBE 30 DAY. OKAY. THEY, OTHERWISE WE HAVE A BULLDOZER TO REMOVE THEM INTO TRASH CAN BECAUSE OKAY. THERE IS A FIELD CURRENTLY IN OUR CITIES. I SAW ALL THE PLACES, ESPECIALLY ALL THE BUSY INTERSECTION, ALL HAVE LEFT FIELD. OKAY. AND I SAW TO OUR CITY, OUR CITY IMPROVING A LOT. BUT WE DON'T NEED, BUT SHELTERS OKAY. BECOME A, A ISSUE THAT PEOPLE SAY, WE ARE SO DIRTY, SO MESSY. THANK YOU MAYOR. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. YES. SO I, I SUPPORT TERMINATING THE AGREEMENT. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GONNA AFFECT OUR SENIORS, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CON, UH, CON MAYOR, PROTO CONTOS, AND OUR SENIORS HAVE COMPLAINED SOMETIMES ABOUT NOT HAVING, SITTING AT BUS STOPS. SO, UH, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT GONNA AFFECT OUR SENIORS. WE ACTUALLY DO NEED TO SIT. SO, SO I, I AGREE. LET'S TERMINATE. BUT THEN IF WE COME BACK WITH A PLAN OR SOMETHING, WE CAN, WE CAN INSTALL SOME OF THE AREA IF THEY HAVE LOT SENIOR. YEAH, EXACTLY. WE CAN PUT, YEAH. SO SOME SORT OF PLAN AS WELL. MAYOR PROTOS. I DIDN'T HAVE FLOOR. THANK YOU, MATT. MADAM MAYOR. UM, THE, REGARDING THE SENIORS, THE, THE, THE, THE STAFF WAS GREAT AT PUTTING UP A BUS, BUS SHELTER THAT ADDRESSED THAT CONCERN. SO THAT, THAT WAS ALREADY ELIMINATED THANKS TO MIKE CRESCENT. SO, YES, I MEAN, IN, IN THAT REGARD WITH THIS, I THINK THAT SHOULD, WE'RE, WE'RE, OKAY. SO MY, MY THING, OBVIOUSLY A TRASH CAN IS STILL NEEDED. EVERYBODY WHO'S WAITING AT THE BUS STOP ARE SNACKING ON THINGS OR DRINKING THINGS. THEY NEED AN AREA TO THROW THE TRASH. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT IT LITTERED, UM, AROUND, UM, UH, I MEAN, IF YOU REMOVE IT, I DO ASK THAT MAYBE LIKE ONE STAND OR SOMETHING WHERE PEOPLE DO LEAN ON CERTAIN THINGS. 'CAUSE CERTAIN AREAS, IF THEY HAVE THE FLOORING, UM, THE CONCRETE, THEY'LL SIT DOWN. OR THEY JUST NEED AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN JUST SIT AND LIE. WELL NOT LIE DOWN. SIT OR HOLD ON. IT NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING BECAUSE I, I MEAN, I USED TO TAKE THE BUS MANY YEARS AGO AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE OUR, YEAH. OKAY. NEED SOMETHING. WE CAN'T JUST 100% CLEAR. AND YOU'RE RIGHT, PEOPLE DO STAND BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE OCCUPYING IT INAPPROPRIATELY. MY MY SUGGESTION, MAYOR, MY SUGGESTION IS LET, LET, LET'S TERMINATE [04:20:01] THIS COUNTRY FIRST. CONTRACT FIRST, OKAY. AND THEN WE, WE WILL KNOW WHICH BUS STOP. OKAY? WE NEED SOME OF A BENCH OR SOMETHING. OKAY. AND THEY HAVE A MORE SENIOR, AND THEN JUST MAYOR PORTAL ALREADY MENTION THAT, THAT THING, OKAY. ALREADY RESULT. BUT TRASH CAN IS ATTRACT PEOPLE TO DUMP THERE. ANY PEOPLE WILL DUMP THE TRASH CAN AND THAT TRASH CAN WILL BE A FIELD. SO IF YOU SEE THE, OKAY. THE CITRUS AND CORTES, OKAY? THEY NEAR TO THE, UH, SENIOR CENTER, THEY HAVE A BUS STOP, NO SEAT, VERY CLEAN. I SAW SIX, SEVEN OF THE PEOPLE WALK OUT FOR SENIOR, AND THEY'RE WAITING OVER THERE QUIETLY. NOBODY COMPLAIN. AND THEY, THEY TOOK THE BUS, BUT IT'S VERY CLEAN, NO TRASH CAN, NO SEA. AND, AND THE BUS CROSS STREET, THEY HAVE A BUS SHELTER AND THE, THEY NEED TO BE CLEAN, OKAY? ALL THE TIME. AND TRASH ALWAYS OS OUT. SO, SO, SO, SO MY, MY MY SUGGESTION IS TERMINATE THE CONTRACT FIRST, THEN REMOVE, THEN WE, BASED ON RESEARCH, SEEING ALL THIS, HOW WE NEED TO PUT SOME BENCH, LIKE YOU SAY, OR THIS, AND IF IT'S NECESSARY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I THINK OUR AGENDA IS, UH, REMOVE THEIR CONTRACT. OKAY. TERMINATE THEIR CONTRACT AND HAVE THEN THAT IT FEELS OUT OUR CITY. SO OUR CITY WILL LOOK MUCH CLEANER. OKAY? INSTANTLY. I, I GUARANTEE YOU INSTANTLY, I DON'T MIND REMOVING THE CONTRACT, THAT'S FINE. BUT I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO WAIT ANOTHER FEW MONTHS TO LIKE GATHER THE INFORMATION. IF YOU CAN, DURING THE, THE REMOVAL OF THE CONTRACT, IF YOU CAN GATHER THE INFORMATION OF THE CURRENT BUS STOPS, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY BUS STOP WE HAVE THAT DOES NOT HAVE A SHELTER, THAT DOES NOT HAVE TRASH. IF I CAN GET THAT INFORMATION, THEN THAT WOULD BE GREAT. BECAUSE FOR ME, I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. I, I MOVED THE MOTION TO TERMINATE THE CONTRACT, AND I THINK I NEED A SECOND. OKAY? AND THE ONLY THING I WANT, CAN WE HAVE THEM TO REMOVE WITHIN 30 DAY, NOT 90 DAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA CLEAN. IF WE CAN, WE TERMINATE THE CONTRACT. THEY'RE NOT GONNA CLEAN THE BUS SHELTER. SO WE WANT THEM TO, OKAY. AND IF THEY WANNA STAY, KEEP THERE AFTER 30 DAY BECOMES CITY PROPERTY. OKAY. AND, UH, OTHERWISE, OKAY, THEY REMOVE SO DAY. I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING CAN MAKE THEM MUCH FASTER WHILE THAN LINGLING AND NO SERVICE. AND ALL THE BUS UP WILL EVEN MAKE EVEN MORE WORSE THAN ANYTHING. OKAY? SO THIS IS MY SUGGESTION. OKAY. LING TERRACE. YEAH. SO I DON'T, I DON'T THINK, UM, THE MAYOR PRO TIM UNDERSTOOD ME. WHAT I WAS SAYING, IS THAT A SENIOR COMPLAINT? UH, YES. OUR, OUR STAFF DID TAKE CARE OF IT, THANK GOODNESS. UM, BUT THE FACT IS THAT A SENIOR DID COMPLAIN, WHICH MEANS THAT OUR SENIORS DO TAKE THE BUS. SO IS THERE A WAY I SUPPORT TERMINATING THEIR AGREEMENTS? BUT UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY BUS STOPS THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR OWN SENIORS. NOW, SHOULD WE TERMINATE IT AND THEN ALSO COME BACK MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING TO HAVE STAFF PRESENT A REPORT FROM FOOTHILL TRANSIT WHO HAS DATA ON SPECIFIC BUS STOPS THAT ACTUALLY NEED US TO REPLACE THIS INFORMATION? THAT, THAT'S WHAT I, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUE TO IF YOU COULD. I, I I'LL SEND THAT MODIFICATION. OKAY. I THINK I'LL SECOND IT. OKAY. AND IT IS IMPORTANT FOR, FOR HEALTH WITH THE INFORMATION, THEN WE CAN SEE, WE, WE JUST WANT CLEAN. YES. OKAY. AND, UH, OKAY. CLEARLY IT'S NOT CLEAN. OKAY. AND THEN IF WE HAVE A DATA, THEN WE CAN MAYBE RIGHT AWAY YEAH. FINISH. OKAY. THE AREA WITH, UH, SOME OF THE, TO SERVE OUR SENIOR POPULATION. YEAH. I'LL SECOND, UH, IF I, IF I MAY, THE, UH, FOOTHILL DID PROVIDE US A FISCAL YEAR WORTH OF RIDER, UH, DATA, RIDERSHIP DATA AS ATTACHMENT THREE FOR THE, FOR THESE, UH, 44 SHELTERS. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE DATA FOR THAT, I, I SEEN IT IN HERE, BUT I, I, I DON'T HAVE THE DATA OF LIKE, THE INFORMATION YEAH. SPECIFIC WHAT STOPS, SPECIFIC BUS STOPS THAT YEAH. YOU HAVE TO TELL US WHICH BUS STOP WOODHILL HAS THEM. YEAH. WHO HE HAS LAND. AND THEN YOU JUST GO ASK THEM. SO WHICH ONE HAS MORE RIDERSHIP? AND THEN WE, WE MAYBE CAN FIND SOMETHING TO PUT SOME KIND OF, THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR FEDERAL FUNDS, OF COURSE. OKAY. THEY HAVE THE DATA. WITH THAT, WE CAN MAYBE FINISH THE SHELTER, SHELTER OVER THERE. OKAY. WITH SOME GRAND. OKAY. RIGHT AWAY. AND WE, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SHOUT. OKAY. BUS STOP. OKAY. AND THE PEOPLE REPRESENT THE CITY IS OUR LOGO. OKAY. AND WHAT, AND A BUNCH OF DIRTY AD. YEAH. MM-HMM . YES. SO TERMINATE THEIR AGREEMENT AND THEN COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH THE DATA 30, 30 DAY. OTHERWISE WE OWN THE, THOSE, THOSE, THOSE FEW. YEAH. SECOND. THERE'S ON A SECOND. YEAH. CALL. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BOW, A SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO, UM, DIRECT STAFF TO NOTIFY CLAIRE CHANNEL THAT THE AGREEMENT IS EXPIRED AND THAT CLEAR CHANNEL [04:25:01] HAS, UH, 30 DAYS TO REMOVE THE BUS, BUS SHELTERS. COME BACK TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH INFORMATION FROM FOOTHILL TRAFFIC TO PROVIDE RIDERSHIP DATA AND, AND, AND ALLOW US, UH, ACTION IF WE NEED TO, TO IMPLEMENT, YEAH. IMPLEMENT A BUS. YES. CREATE A BENCH OR SOMETHING. UHHUH REGARDING BUS, BUS BENCHES. YES. YEAH. BUS SHELTER. YEAH. BUS SHELTER. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO, OKAY. WE'LL CALL COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. COUNCILMAN WU. AYE. MAYOR, UH, COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ. AYE. MAYOR PRO CONTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ, VIDO. AYE. MOTION PASSES. UH, I, I'M SORRY, MAYOR. OKAY. REALLY QUICK. OKAY. IN THE MEANTIME, IF WE NEEDED, OKAY. MAYBE OUR CITY, UH, C CITY MANAGERS OR KELLY, TALK TO THE, UH, VALLEY LIGHT. OKAY. IN THE MEANTIME TO HELP US TO CLEAN THOSE SHELTERS. SO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THEY WILL CLEAN. I HAD TO, WE TERMINATE. SO THIS 30 DAY WOULD BE PRETTY BAD, SO MAYBE WE CAN ASK THEM TO HELP. IT'S ONLY 30, 40 OF THEM, SO EASY FOR THEM TO HELP US TO CLEAN THE, IN THE MEANTIME, THANK YOU. YES. WE'LL DO THE OUTREACH. THANK YOU. UM, [20) CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED PARKS AND RECREATION MASTERPLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PHASE I] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM NUMBER 20, CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PHASE ONE, UH, CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT. UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ROXANNE LERMA, AND OUR CONSULTANT. YOU MIND, GIMME JUST A MINUTE SO I CAN GET IT SET UP. FIVE MINUTES? YEAH, NOT 10 MINUTES. JUST KIDDING. WHILE WE'RE WAITING, I'M GONNA BE ASKING THIS QUESTION ANYWAYS. I MEAN, YOU HEARD THE RESIDENT, THEY ASKED AT THE LAST WORKSHOP, UM, YOU DIDN'T REQUEST, OR THEY DIDN'T REQUEST FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS. I DO HAVE A SLIDE FOR THAT DURING THE PRESENTATION, AND I HAVE SPECIFICS ON THAT, BUT I WAS PROMISED 45 MINUTES FOR MY PRESENTATION. OH, , I SAYING MORE. I'M, I, WOULD I TEACH MY JOB? YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO END MY MEETING WITH GOODNIGHT. GOOD EVENING. NOT GOOD MORNING. YOU WON'T BE LONG. THAT STAY. HE ALL DOESN'T WANNA SAVE FIVE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UM, THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY, I MAY JUST FOR, JUST TO KIND OF LAY OUT A ROADMAP OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE HANDLING THIS PRESENTATION TONIGHT IN THIS REPORT TONIGHT. UM, I'M GONNA START OFF WITH THE, WITH THE, WITH THE STAFF REPORT PORTION. I AM GOING TO HAND IT OFF TO ZACH, UM, WHO IS WITH RJM DESIGN GROUP THAT IS OUR CONSULTANT, UM, WHO DESIGNED THE CITY OF WEST COVINA PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. HE'S GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE METHODOLOGY. HE'S GOING TO DISCUSS, UM, HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE GOT TO. HE'S GONNA DISCUSS THE OUTREACH EFFORTS, AND HE'S GOING TO GET INTO SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE METRICS. UM, FROM THERE, HE'S ALSO GOING TO DISCUSS SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AND SOME IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES. UM, THEN HE'S GOING TO PASS THE BATON BACK OVER TO ME IN THIS RELAY RACE. AND I AM GOING TO DISCUSS, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR COUNCIL IN REGARDS TO OUR FIRST PHASE, UM, WORKING IN CONCERT WITH BOTH, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AS WELL AS THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. UM, WE'RE CONFIDENT IN OUR FIRST PHASE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE, WE WILL DISCUSS, UM, HOW WE'LL GO ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL PHASES. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. SO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS UNDERTAKEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN TO ESTABLISH A LONG TERM FRAMEWORK FOR THE CITIES, PARKS, RECREATION, FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND OPEN SPACES. THIS PLAN IS INTENDED TO GUIDE FUTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, MAINTENANCE PROGRAMMING, ACCESSIBILITY PARTNERSHIPS, AND FUNDING PRIORITIES. THE PROPOSED 2026 PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN ALSO BUILDS UPON THIS CITY'S VISION 2020. SO THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A COMMENT BY ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS, UM, THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP THROUGH THE, UH, UH, THE OMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION ABOUT A PAST PLAN, UM, THAT THE COMMISSION HAD GONE THROUGH. AND WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THAT PLAN AND THIS PLAN? UM, SO THE, OUR 2026 PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN ALSO BUILDS UPON THE CITY'S VISION 2020, WHICH WAS THAT PLAN I WAS REFERRING TO, WHICH IS A LONG RANGE COMMUNITY VISIONING EFFORT UNDERTAKEN IN 2002. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME. VISION 2020 WAS DEVELOPED TO IDENTIFY COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND ESTABLISH A BROAD VISION FOR WEST COVINA FUTURE WITH RESPECT TO PARKS AND RECREATION. THE VISION CALLED FOR IMPROVED AND EXPANDED PARKS AND OPEN [04:30:01] SPACE, ADDITIONAL OUTDOOR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, YOUTH AND AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, TRAILS AND BICYCLE FACILITIES, AQUATIC SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES, AND GREATER USE OF SCHOOL FACILITIES FOR COMMUNITY RECREATION, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND PARTNERSHIPS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. VISION 22 WAS PRIMARILY A LONG RANGE COMMUNITY VISION AND POLICY FRAMEWORK, RATHER THAN A DETAILED PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. IT IDENTIFIED BROAD GOALS AND POTENTIAL ACTIONS FOR FUTURE. BUT WHAT THAT PLAN WAS MISSING IS THAT IT DID NOT PROVIDE THE LEVEL OF FACILITY ASSESSMENT, PROJECT PRIORITIZATION OR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE SCHEDULES OR FUNDING STRATEGIES INCLUDE IN THE, INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED 2026 PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. SO THE 20, THE VISION, THE 20, EXCUSE ME, THE VISION 2020 AGAIN, WAS JUST MORE OF, UM, THE FRAMEWORK, UH, SPOKE IN BROAD TERMS, GAVE SOME GOALS, UM, LOOKED AT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION, RECREATION SYSTEMS AT A HIGH LEVEL AS OPPOSED TO GETTING DOWN, DRILLING DOWN INTO, INTO THE DETAIL. SO I DID WANT TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE WE MOVED, UM, FORWARD. BUT FROM THERE, I'M GONNA ASK ZACH TO TAKE IT AWAY BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS YOUR MOMENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I, I LIKE THAT IT'S MY MOMENT, BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S THE COMMUNITY'S MOMENT BECAUSE MY ROLE IN THIS IS TO REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY VOICE, TELL YOU WHAT I'VE HEARD, AND THEN PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES, STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR YOU TO MAKE DECISIONS ON AND FINANCIAL RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE FUTURE UNFOLDS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION. HERE, I WILL TRY AND BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE, HOWEVER, IT WAS, UM, QUITE A BIT, QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I DO GET ACROSS, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY VOICE ULTIMATELY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, IT'S REALLY A GUIDE. IT'S A LONG RANGE TOOL TO PLAN FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES HERE WITHIN THE CITY. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS DOCUMENT IS THIS, BASED ON LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS. WE DO THAT THROUGH LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEN WE GO THROUGH OUR PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS, PAIR IT WITH OPPORTUNITIES, FUNDING MECHANISMS, AND THEN AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, A PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO THESE FIVE STAGES. FIRST IS THE INVENTORY, EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE GO OUT, WE LOOK AT THE LAY OF THE LAND, THEN WE TAKE, WE GO THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH PROCESS THAT GIVES US WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT THEY WANT. WE BALANCE THOSE TWO SCALES THROUGH A NEEDS AND ASSESSMENT. FROM THERE, WE DEVELOP OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN PAIR THAT WITH FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE TIMELINE THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH, THE BEGINNING OF THE INVENTORY OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THE BULK OF THE WORK, THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT WHERE WE LISTEN AND HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THEN WE PAIR IT WITH THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT. ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, THE FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE OF THE LENSES THAT WE DO AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS IS WE GET THE COMMUNITY PROFILE. WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS. WE'LL USE ESRI TAPESTRY MAPS FOR THIS. SO WE CAN SEE NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL DEMOGRAPHICS IN THESE SMALLER SECTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE LAY OF THE LAND SPECIFICALLY. WE ALSO PAIR THIS WITH THE COUNTY SPECIFIC INFORMATION TO SEE WHOM WE MIGHT HEAR FROM. THIS IS JUST ONE LEVEL OF THE ANALYSIS WE DO. IT IS NOT THE END ALL BE ALL. WE DON'T DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS JUST PURELY BASED ON DEMOGRAPHICS. IT'S JUST THE FIRST STEP. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN WE GO THROUGH, WE LOOK AT THE INVENTORY OF ALL OF THE PARKS, WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEIR CONDITIONS ARE, WHAT EXISTS WITHIN THE PARK, SO WE HAVE A THOROUGH INVENTORY OF WHAT EXISTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND WE DO THAT WITH THE FACILITIES. WE LOOK AT ALL OF THE FACILITIES, SAME THING, WHERE THEY LOOK WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, WHAT AMENITIES EXIST WITHIN THESE FACILITIES. AGAIN, BUILDING THAT WAR CHEST OF INFORMATION AND WHAT EXISTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ALSO WENT THROUGH A TWO YEAR REVIEW OF THE, THE PAST TWO YEARS OF PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED, WHERE THEY'VE BEEN OFFERED, HOW OFTEN THEY'VE BEEN OFFERED TO LOOK AT WHAT HAS BEEN OFFERED. AND AS A COMMUNITY COMES TO US AND SAYS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WE CAN START TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST ELEMENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ALSO LOOK AT JUST BASIC PLANNING ANALYSIS LEVEL INFORMATION SUCH AS THE ACREAGE ANALYSIS, A GAP ANALYSIS. THIS IS JUST ONE STANDARD TOOL WITHIN THE TOOLKIT THAT WE UTILIZE. AGAIN, TO GET THE BACKGROUND ASSESSMENT OF JUST LAY OF THE LAND WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS. AND WE SEE THAT THERE'S ALMOST 200 ACRES OF CITY PARK LAND, WHICH REPRESENTS 1.87 ACRES PER 1000 RE RESIDENTS. THERE'S OVER 400 ACRES OF CITY PARKLAND AND OPEN SPACE, WHICH EQUATES TO JUST ABOUT FOUR ACRES PER 1000 RESIDENTS. WHEN WE LOOK AT A FIVE MINUTE WALKING, UM, RADIUS, THAT'S AN AVERAGE METRIC THAT WE UTILIZE WITHIN PLANNING. 72% OF RESIDENTS LIVE WITHIN A 15 MINUTE WALKING RADIUS OF A CITY PARK. NOW WE ALSO LOOK AT 5, 10, 15 MINUTES BECAUSE IT CHANGES IF YOU'RE CARRYING A 2-YEAR-OLD, IF YOU'RE PUSHING A STROLLER OR IF YOU'RE ON A SKATEBOARD. I'VE DONE THE STROLLER PUSHING, I'VE DONE THE [04:35:01] SKATEBOARDING. I DON'T DO EITHER OF 'EM ANYMORE. NOW I CHASE MY KIDS DOWN THE STREET AS THEY'RE GETTING OLDER, TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THEM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YES, WE DO A LOT OF MAPPING ANALYSIS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS REPORT AND THIS PROCESS. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THEM I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE SEEN AS WE GO ALONG HERE. THERE'S MAPPING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, THE WALKING RADIUS. WE LOOK AT THE AVERAGE DISTANCE TRAVELED FOR ALL OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, THE SPHERE OF IN INFLUENCE, IF YOU WILL, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. THAT'S THE PURPLE AREA THERE IN THE CENTER. ONE THAT'S ACTUALLY MUCH FURTHER BEYOND THE CITY BOUNDARIES 'CAUSE PEOPLE DRIVE IN FROM OTHER COMMUNITIES TO RECREATE HERE. SO WE LOOK AT THAT INFLUENCE. WE ALSO LOOK AT PARTICIPANT DATA ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE. AS WE COLLECT DATA, WE MAP IT, WE IDENT, WE IDENTIFY WHERE THESE COMMENTS ARE COMING FROM, SO THAT WAY WHEN WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THE REPORT, WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'VE HEARD COMMENTS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE COMMUNITY DATA LEVEL INPUT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHICH BRINGS ME TO THE EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. WE HAD A NUMBER OF STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS WITH KEY COMMUNITY LEADERS, STATISTICALLY VALID MULTIMODAL SURVEYS. WE, IT SAYS THREE WORKSHOPS HERE, BUT JUST A LITTLE MORE THAN A WEEK AGO ON THE 10TH, WE HAD A FOURTH WORKSHOP, SO I'M GONNA AMEND THAT ONE THERE. THERE WERE FOUR WORKSHOPS AND WE STILL HAVE EVEN TONIGHT THE PROJECT WEBSITE WITH A LIVE FEEDBACK BUTTON WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO ON RIGHT NOW AND STILL PROVIDE FEEDBACK. THAT BUTTON HAS BEEN ON THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS TO ENSURE EVERYBODY HAS THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AT ANY POINT IN TIME DURING THIS PROCESS, EVEN TONIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE RECEIVED SO FAR, WE TRACK THE WEBSITE VIEWS, UM, OVER 2,700 WEBSITE VIEWS FEEDBACK SUBMITTALS. TO DATE, WE HAVE 316, UM, AROUND A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS. FOR WORKSHOP ONE AND TWO, WORKSHOP THREE, WE HAD ABOUT 145 PARTICIPANTS. WORKSHOP FOUR, WE HAD ABOUT 33 PARTICIPANTS IN ATTENDANCE AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE TOWARDS THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. THIS REALLY DEVELOPS AROUND HOW WE RUN. OUR METHODOLOGY OF THE PUBLIC DEFINE DEFINES WHAT MATTERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. THEY DEFINE WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE AS SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND WE LOOK AT FEASIBLE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS AND SOLUTIONS FOR THOSE ELEMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN WE PROVIDE THIS REPORT TO YOU, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, TO SET POLICY INVESTMENT DECISIONS FOR THE ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE. HERE, OUR WORKSHOP PROCESS OUTREACH STRATEGY LOOKS AT BOTH IN-PERSON AND ONLINE. SO AS WE HAD AN IN-PERSON EVENT THROUGHOUT THE WORKSHOP, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE ALSO REPLICATED THAT ONLINE IN VIDEOS AND ONLINE SURVEYS SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO TAKE PART, WHETHER IT'S AT THAT ONE NIGHT EVENT OR FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AFTER THE WORKSHOP AS WELL, WHEN AN ONLINE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS I MENTIONED, WE COLLECT DATA AS WE GO THROUGH THIS TO LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION, THE GEOGRAPHICS, NOT JUST DEMOGRAPHICS, BUT THE GEOGRAPHICS OF WHERE THIS INFORMATION CAME IN. YOU CAN SEE HERE, UM, SOME OF THE MAPPING THAT WE'VE DONE FROM THE MULTIMODAL SURVEY COVERAGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WORKSHOP 1, 2, 3, AND FEEDBACK COMMENTS COME FROM ALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO WE HAVE CLEAR GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF PARTICIPANTS ALL ACROSS THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS WE GO THROUGH, I'M GONNA SHARE SOME OF THE INFORMATION WE'VE HEARD AND FROM THIS COMMUNITY VOICE. AS PART OF THE STATISTICALLY VALID SURVEY, WE ASKED WHERE PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM. 71% OF THE PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES, PROGRAMS FROM THE CITY WEBSITE OR ONLINE THROUGH GOOGLE SEARCHES. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE NOW WE NEED TO UTILIZE SEL INFORMATION, SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TO REALLY PUSH FORWARD ANY INFORMATION, OUTREACH OR ADVERTISING, COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES. WE KNOW WHERE THE MARKET AUDIENCE IS NOW, SO WE CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION. ALSO, WE ASKED A COUPLE QUESTIONS SUCH AS HOW SATISFIED PEOPLE ARE WITH THE MAINTENANCE OF PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES HERE IN WEST COVINA. WE HEARD 69% OF THE PARTICIPANTS OF THIS SURVEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THEM. 67% OF THE PARTICIPANTS SAID THEY WERE SATISFIED WITH THE EXISTING RECREATION FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS OFFERED IN THE CITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ALSO ASKED AS PART OF THE MULTIMODAL SURVEY, WHAT'S ONE RECREATION PROGRAM, CLASS OR EVENT OR ACTIVITY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR EXPANDED IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. AND WE HEARD FITNESS, EXERCISE, SENIOR PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, ARTS PROGRAMS AND CLASSES, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, MUSIC, DANCE PROGRAMS, AND PICNIC AREAS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ALSO ASKED AS PART OF THAT WAS, WHAT IS ONE FEATURE PARK FEATURE, AMENITY OR RECREATION FACILITY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR IMPROVED? IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WE HEARD WALKING PATH, HIKING TRAILS TRACKS, SPORTS FIELDS, SWIMMING POOLS, SPLASH PAD, WATER, AQUATIC ELEMENTS, WATER PARK, BETTER RESTROOMS, MORE CLASSES, ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, PLAYGROUND SLIDES, PICNIC TABLES, BENCHES, OPEN SPACE, TREES, GREENERY, DOG PARK, SECURITY LIGHTING, CLEANLINESS, AND TRASH CANS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [04:40:02] WORKSHOP ONE. WE ASKED A SERIES OF QUESTIONS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE ASKED IN THE MULTIMODAL SURVEY. WE ASKED THE PARTICIPANTS, WHAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE THE CITY OF WEST COVINA A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THE SAFETY PARKS AND RECREATION, THE CLEANLINESS AND MAINTENANCE, THE LOVE OF THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, SHOPPING AND DINING, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, CIVIC, THE CIVIC SERVICES AND ENGAGEMENT, THE CENTRAL LOCATION AND ACCESSIBILITY, SPECIALTY FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS. THIS GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY LOVES ABOUT THE ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THEN ASKING THE NEXT QUESTION OF WHAT ARE ISSUES OR TRENDS THAT MIGHT BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING THESE COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS? WE HEARD ELEMENTS SUCH AS HOMELESSNESS, MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP ISSUES, MAKING SURE WE KEEP UP WITH THAT. MAINTENANCE SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS, PARKING PROBLEMS, LACK OF MODERN FACILITIES, OUTDATED PARKS, LACK OF PICKLEBALL, COURTS OR RECREATION AMENITIES, GRAFFITI AND VANDALISM, UNDERUTILIZED PARKS AND FACILITIES, AS WELL AS LACK OF FUNDING AND BUDGET CONSTRAINTS. COMMUNICATION AND CITY ACCOUNTABILITY WAS ALSO MENTIONED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE THIRD QUESTION WE ASKED THAT NIGHT FOR WORKSHOP ONE WAS, WHAT ROLE CAN THE CITY OF WEST CONVENIENT PLAY IN ADDRESSING THESE ISSUES AND SUPPORT THOSE COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS THAT MAKE IT A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY? WE HEARD FUNDING AND BUDGETING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND INPUT ELEMENTS, LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNMENTS PARK, MAINTENANCE AND CLEANLINESS, PUBLIC SAFETY, CRIME PREVENTION, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY, INCLUSIVENESS AND EQUITABLE PLANNING, FACILITY AND PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION, HOMELESSNESS AND PARK SAFETY CONCERNS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AT WORKSHOP TWO, WE SHARED PREVIOUS INFORMATION THAT WE HAD COLLECTED AS PART OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH. AND THEN WE ASKED THE PARTICIPANTS OF WORKSHOP TWO, BOTH IN PERSON AS WELL AS ON OUR ONLINE PROCESS. WHAT IS ONE RECREATION FACILITY, PROGRAM, CLASS OR EVENT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR EXPANDED IN THE CITY? WE HEARD PICKLEBALL, GIRLS, SOFTBALL, SENIOR ACTIVITIES, DOG PARK, EQUESTRIAN PROGRAMS, FITNESS, WELLNESS CLASSES, COMMUNITY EVENTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, WALKING ACTIVITIES, YOUTH SPORTS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. YOU'LL START TO HEAR A COMMON PATTERN WITHIN A LOT OF THESE. AS WE GO THROUGH EACH OF THE OUTREACH ELEMENTS, YOU'RE GONNA SEE THESE COMMON THREADS. I LOOK FOR THESE COMMON THREADS THROUGH EACH ONE OF OUR OUTREACH PROCESSES, SO THAT WAY WHEN THOSE THREADS ALL TIE TOGETHER, THEY CREATE A FABRIC, A TAPESTRY OF WHAT THE COMMUNITY'S LOOKING FOR. AND THIS HELPS ME IDENTIFY THE NEEDS, ULTIMATELY THE RECOMMENDATIONS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ASKED AS PART OF WORKSHOP TWO AS WELL. WHAT IS ONE PARK FEATURE, AMENITY, OR RECREATION FACILITY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR IMPROVED WITHIN THE CITY? WE HEARD PICKLEBALL, COURT PARK, RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, A DOG PARK, WALKING PATHS, SECURITY LIGHTING, SOFTBALL, FIELD RIDGE RIDERS, EQUESTRIAN CENTER IMPROVEMENTS, A SWIMMING POOL OR WATER PLAY, OUTDOOR FITNESS AND EXERCISE STATIONS, COMMUNITY EVENTS AND VENUE SPACES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AS PART OF WORKSHOP THREE, WE PRESENTED ALL OF THE INFORMATION WE HEARD TO DATE AND THEN WE ASKED THE PARTICIPANTS OF THAT WORKSHOP TO PRIORITIZE WHAT IS ONE RECREATION CLASS, EVENT OR ACTIVITY YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR EXPANDED WITHIN THE CITY. AND AS THE PARTICIPANTS IDENTIFIED THEIR RANKING INDIVIDUALLY, WE ALSO ASKED THEM TO PART, TO RANK THEM AS A GROUP AND COME UP WITH A PRIORITIZATION SYSTEM. WE DID THIS ACROSS THE ENTIRE IN-PERSON AND ONLINE PROCESS, AND WE CAME UP WITH WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE, TOP TO BOTTOM, GIRLS, SOFTBALL LEAGUE, COMMUNITY EVENTS, CHILDREN'S ACTIVITIES, SENIOR ACTIVITIES, YOUTH SPORTS, FITNESS, EXERCISE AND WELLNESS CLASSES, ADULT SPORTS, DOG PARK, PARK, RANGER AND AND POLICE PATROL AT PARKS, BASEBALL LEAGUE, HOMELESS OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, PICKLEBALL CLASSES AND TOURNAMENTS, PICNIC AREAS, GRAFFITI REMOVAL, ART CLASSES AND PROGRAMS, PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE PROGRAMS OFFERED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE SECOND QUESTION WE ASKED OF, OF THAT NIGHT AT WORKSHOP THREE WAS, WHAT IS ONE FEATURE, AMENITY, PARK, FEATURE, AMENITY OR RECREATION FACILITY AGAIN, YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR IMPROVED? SHARING ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD HEARD. WE ASKED THEM TO INDIVIDUALLY RANK THEM AS WELL AS A GROUP, RANK THEM. AND WHAT WE HEARD TOP TO BOTTOM WAS PARK MAINTENANCE, REPAIR, CLEAN AND TRASH PICKUP, RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, WALKING PATHS, TRAILS TRACKS, SOFTBALL FIELDS, MODERNIZE OR UPGRADE OUR AMENITIES AT PARKS. I'M OUTTA TIME. THAT WAS IT. OKAY. THAT, THAT WAS THE HOOK. SCARED ME A LITTLE BIT THERE. , UM, I, I FORGOT WHERE IT WAS IN THEIR CLASSES. ACTIVITIES, EVENTS, SECURITY, LIGHTING, SHADE, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, SWIMMING POOL, SPLASH PAD, OPEN SPACE, OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY OF WEST CONVENE, SPORTSPLEX. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN SOME OF THE STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS. JUST TO SHARE BRIEFLY WHAT WE HEARD FROM THESE. UH, THE COMMUNITY LEADERS IN TERMS OF ASKING THEM SIMILAR QUESTIONS. PROGRAM NEEDS AND PARK FACILITY NEEDS. PROGRAM NEEDS. WE HEARD HEALTH, FITNESS, EXERCISE, EXPAND SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMMING, EQUESTRIAN PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, MULTI-GENERATIONAL PROGRAMS, ADULT ENRICHMENT CLASSES, PARK FACILITY NEEDS. WE HEARD PARK LIGHTING, EQUESTRIAN CENTER, REV REVITALIZATION, WALKING PATH IMPROVEMENTS, OUTDOOR [04:45:01] EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AND TRAIL SYSTEM EXPANSION. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE ALSO, AT EVERY OUTREACH EVENT AS WELL AS ONLINE TONIGHT, THAT FEEDBACK BUTTON IS LIVE. EVERY OUTREACH EVENT, WE HANDED OUT COMMENT CARDS. WE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO PROVIDE THEM EITHER ONLINE OR WRITTEN DOWN TO US. FEEDBACK THAT WE HAD HEARD OVER 316 COMMENTS, ELEMENTS INCLUDED. SOME OF THE TOP THINGS THAT WE HAD HEARD WERE COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUSIVE CLASSES AND PROGRAMS. GIRLS SOFTBALL ELEMENTS PARK FACILITY NEEDS LARGELY REVOLVED AROUND THE SPLASH PAD, WATER PLAY, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, DOG PARK, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, SHADE AND SEATING, PARK MAINTENANCE AND CLEANLINESS. YOU'LL NOTICE THAT TAPESTRY, THAT FABRIC STARTS TO BECOME MORE AND MORE CLEAR AS WE SEE THE REPETITION FROM ALL THESE COMMUNITY EVENTS, WHAT PEOPLE ARE ASKING FOR, WHERE THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WHAT WE DO IS, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE LOOK AT THE SMALL GROUP STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, COMMUNITY LEADER INTERVIEWS, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, PUBLIC WORKSHOPS, THE SURVEYS, WORKSHOP ONE, WORKSHOP TWO, WORKSHOP THREE, FEEDBACK COMMENTS. WE ALSO TAKE THE STATISTICALLY VALID MULTIMODAL SURVEYS. WE TAKE ALL THE QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DATA. WE IDENTIFY HOW OFTEN WE HEARD IT, WHERE WE HEARD IT FROM THINGS THAT WE'VE HEARD. AND ALL OF THE OUTREACH MODES BECOME A FREQUENT IDENTIFIED NEED AT THE TOP OF THE CHART YOU SEE THERE. HOWEVER, EVERYTHING IS IMPORTANT. THIS IS CRITICAL BECAUSE AS WE GO THROUGH THINGS THAT CAME UP TWICE ARE LISTED AS A PARENT. THINGS THAT CAME UP ONLY IN ONE OF THOSE MODES ARE IDENTIFIED. THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS WE DEVELOP THE FUTURE PROGRAMS OR FUTURE FACILITIES, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GROUP SOME OF THESE TOGETHER AND PICK UP MORE THAN JUST ONE PIECE. THAT'S WHY EVERYTHING'S LISTED FROM THE COMMUNITY HERE. AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE DON'T PUT ANYTHING OFF THE LIST. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HEAR ALL THE VOICES AS WE GO FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CAME UP MOST FREQUENTLY ON THIS BASED ON LOOKING AT IT COMING NEEDS COMING ACROSS ALL OF THE OUTREACH MODES INCLUDE COMMUNITY EVENTS, FITNESS, EXERCISE AND WELLNESS CLASSES, SENIOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES, AS WELL AS YOUTH PROGRAMS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE DO THAT SAME PROCESS WITH THE FACILITY NEEDS. WE GO THROUGH, HOW OFTEN WOULD WE HEAR IT OUT OF WHICH OUTREACH MODE DID WE HEAR IT FROM? AND WE IDENTIFY THE FREQUENT, APPARENT, AND IDENTIFIED NEEDS. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THERE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, ALL OF THE ELEMENTS ARE LISTED THERE. SO AS WE GO FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE, WE MAY BE ABLE TO GROUP SOME OF THOSE THINGS TOGETHER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SOME OF THOSE TOP ITEMS THAT WE HAD HEARD INCLUDE DOG PARK, PARK, MAINTENANCE, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, SECURITY LIGHTING, SPLASH PAD, WATER PLAY, SWIMMING POOL, WALKING PATHS, TRAILS, AS WELL AS SOFTBALL FIELD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO NOW IT, IT ALMOST SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A MOUNTAIN OF STUFF TO TACKLE, A MOUNTAIN OF INFORMATION TO GATHER AND GO FORWARD. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WHAT WE DO IS WE START AT THE TOP, WE LOOK AT KEY STRATEGIES AND THEN EACH OF THOSE KEY STRATEGIES, WE DEVELOP GOALS. AND UNDERNEATH THOSE GOALS, WE FORM SPECIFIC PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT HERE AS PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THOSE KEY STRATEGIES INCLUDE, MAINTAIN AND MODERNIZE THE PARK SYSTEM, ENHANCE SAFETY, CLEANLINESS, AND RELIABILITY THROUGH IMPROVED MAINTENANCE PRACTICES, UPGRADE RESTROOMS, LIGHTING, AS WELL AS RESTORATION AND REPAIR OF THE CORE AMENITIES. KEY STRATEGY TWO, EX EXPAND AND UPGRADE RECREATION AMENITIES. CITYWIDE DELIVER HIGH DEMAND FACILITIES INCLUDING DOG PARKS, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, PLAYGROUNDS, WALKING PATHS, SPLASH PADS AND SPORTS FIELDS TO ENSURE EQUITABLE ACCESS ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS. KEY STRATEGY THREE IS ENRICH COMMUNITY LIFE THROUGH PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND WELLNESS. STRENGTHEN YOUTH AND SENIOR PROGRAMS, FITNESS, RECREATION PROGRAMMING, WHILE ACTIVATING PARKS WITH CONCERTS, CULTURAL EVENTS, FARMER'S MARKETS, AND SEASONAL CELEBRATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS WE GO THROUGH THOSE THREE GUIDING ELEMENTS, THOSE THREE KEY STRATEGIES, WE LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC GOALS UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF 'EM. I'M JUST GONNA MENTION SOME OF THEM HERE. THE PHOTOGRAPHS THERE ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ITEMS, NOT SPECIFIC PLACE, LOCATION ELEMENTS. PARK MAINTENANCE, WE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT THROUGH THE PROCESS. MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH THE PARK. MAINTENANCE ELEMENTS, RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, SECURITY LIGHTING, NIGHTTIME LIGHTING WITHIN OUR PARKS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. KEY STRATEGY TWO DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH EXPANDING AND UPGRADE RECREATION AMENITIES, A DOG PARK, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS, SOFTBALL FIELDS, SPLASH PAD, WATER PLAY, AQUATIC ELEMENTS, WALKING PATH AND OR TRAIL ELEMENTS. AND YOU CAN SEE SOME REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES THERE ON THE RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN AS PART OF THAT KEY STRATEGY, THREE, COMMUNITY EVENTS, FITNESS, EXERCISE, WELLNESS CLASSES, AS WELL AS SENIOR PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AND YOUTH PROGRAMS. AGAIN, REPRESENTATIVE IMAGES THERE ON THE RIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE WERE ASKED TO HOLD ANOTHER WORKSHOP, WORKSHOP NUMBER FOUR. ON AUGUST 10TH, WE HAD 33 PARTICIPANTS WHERE WE SHARED ALL THE INFORMATION WE'VE SHARED TONIGHT. THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO STILL AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH THE PROJECT WEBSITE, THROUGH ALL THE YOUTUBE VIDEOS WE'VE PREPARED. AS WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE ALLOWED PEOPLE TO WRITE DOWN THEIR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON POST-IT NOTES AND PLACE THEM ALL ON THE BOARDS. WE HAD PRINTED OUT INFORMATION [04:50:01] THAT WE'D HEARD. I ALSO HAD A VERY LARGE FORMAT THAT IDENTIFIED ALL OF THE PRO PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES WE'D HEARD FROM THIS PROCESS, ALLOWING PEOPLE TO WRITE COMMENTS ON ANYTHING I EVEN OFFERED. PLEASE WRITE 'EM ON THE BOARDS DIRECTLY. I'M HAPPY TO 'CAUSE I TAKE 'EM HOME AND I READ EVERYTHING. WE ALSO OFFERED COMMENT CARDS. THE, YOU CAN SEE DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM, THERE'S A PICTURE OF ONE RIGHT THERE. PAPER COMMENT CARDS WHERE PEOPLE CAN WRITE INFORMATION IN AND SHARE IT DIRECTLY WITH US. THIS WAY WE CAN REVIEW RECORD AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE COLLECTED SO WE HAVE A CLEAR TRANSCRIPT OF WHAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING FOR. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE HEARD THERE. OUT OF 29, COMMENT CARDS RECEIVED THAT NIGHT. 19 ONLINE, UM, ELEMENTS WERE SUBMITTED. WE HEARD, UH, ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WE HEARD PARK MAINTENANCE, CLEANLINESS, REPAIR, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, PICNIC AREAS AND BENCHES, RESTROOM IMPROVEMENTS, SECURITY LIGHTING, SAFETY. THE LIST CONTINUES ON ALL ITEMS THAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL POLICY REQUESTS AND, AND INFORMATION FOR ALTERNATIVE FUNDING STRATEGIES, INCLUDING PARTNERSHIP ELEMENTS. THOSE WERE PROVIDED AS WELL, PART OF THAT NIGHT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IF I MAY JUST INTERJECT REAL QUICK. I JUST WANNA PIGGYBACK OFF OF, UM, WHAT ZACH IS TALKING ABOUT. UM, IN ADDITION TO THESE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT, HE DESCRIBED FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UM, MYSELF, ZACH, KRISTIN, UM, WE ALSO MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE FOR CONVERSATIONS AND FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ASK QUESTIONS. UM, WE MADE OURSELVES AVAILABLE EVEN AFTER THE PRESENTATIONS HAD CONCLUDED TO, FOR QUESTIONS TO BE ASKED. SO WE REALLY WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO TOUCH EACH PERSON'S IDEAS OR AGAIN, QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD, WHETHER THEY WERE COMFORTABLE, UM, WRITING IT DOWN OR JUST HAVING THOSE ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATIONS. SO THE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND TO ASK, UM, WERE DEFINITELY PRESENT. I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT. YEAH, SO WE, I I MAKE A A POINT OF STATEMENT THAT WE'RE THE LAST ONES OUT AT EVERY WORKSHOP BECAUSE EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD. I DO ASK THAT THEY WRITE INFORMATION DOWN 'CAUSE THAT'S HOW I COLLECT IT AND TRANSCRIBE IT. IF 50 PEOPLE TOLD ME DIFFERENT IDEAS ACROSS THREE HOURS, THERE'S NO WAY I'D REMEMBER IT. SO I HAVE TO HAVE IT WRITTEN DOWN. IT CAN BE ONLINE ANONYMOUS, IT CAN BE HANDWRITTEN THERE. THAT WAY WE MAKE SURE WE COLLECT EVERYTHING WE DO MAKE OURSELVES AVAILABLE, UM, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE NIGHT. NEXT SLIDE. PERFECT. NOW WE'VE COLLECTED A BUNCH OF COMMUNITY INFORMATION. WE'VE COLLECTED, UM, ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP ELEMENTS. WE'VE VETTED A LOT OF THE PROGRAMS, THE PRIORITIES, THE FACILITIES WE'VE CREATED, THE GOALS, THE KEY STRATEGIES, THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO OBTAINING THOSE KEY STRATEGIES. WHAT WE ALSO DID AS PART OF THIS PROCESS, AS WE WENT TOWARD FACILITIES, WE LOOKED AT MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATIONS, PROFESSIONAL SUBJECT MATTER, EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS, EVERYTHING THAT INCLUDES TURF MAINTENANCE, TURF FERTILIZATION, ELEMENTS, SCHEDULING THAT WE'VE SEEN BASED ON WHAT PRACTICES ARE BEING DONE OUT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. EVERYTHING FROM TREE CARE, OUR ARBORISTS LOOKED AT ELEMENTS HERE. WE PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS ON THAT. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PICNIC SPACE ELEMENTS, MAINTENANCE SYSTEM CONTROLLERS, LIFECYCLE COSTS ON PLAYGROUNDS, DEVELOPING A-C-M-M-S, WHICH IS COMPUTER ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. LOOKING AT SPECIFIC ELEMENTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. WE'VE DEVELOPED MAINTENANCE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PAIRED THOSE WITH ELEMENTS. SO ALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE IMPROVED UPON IMMEDIATELY AS WE GO FORWARD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IN ADDITION TO, AS WE PREPARE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHETHER THEY'RE SPECIFIC MAINTENANCE ELEMENTS, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENTS, LARGE PROJECT ELEMENTS, LONG-TERM VISION PLANNING, WE'D PAIR THOSE WITH FUNDING SOURCES ELEMENTS SUCH AS CDBG, CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATIONS. ACTUALLY, THEY JUST LAUNCHED, I HAVE TO PULL MY EMAIL UP HERE 'CAUSE I NEED TO READ DIRECTLY FROM IT. THEY JUST LAUNCHED, UH, 27.5 MILLION, UH, DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO BE RELEASED FOR A MAXIMUM OF $6 MILLION PER GRANT APPLICATION. SO THERE, AND THAT'S COMING UP IN JANUARY. SO THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND PAIRED WITH SPECIFIC PROJECTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS ITSELF, UM, LISTED HERE. I WON'T READ EVERYTHING 'CAUSE I SEE I'M LIKE TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM THE MORNING. I APOLOGIZE, . UM, NO, IT'S OKAY. IT'S IMPORTANT. EVEN ELEMENT SUCH AS DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS OR PARK AND LIE FEES FOR PARKS. THIS, THIS IS IMPORTANT, SO FEEL FREE TO TAKE YEAH, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT AND THIS IS WHAT EVERYONE'S ASKING. SO TAKE YOUR TIME ON THIS SUBJECT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. UM, AND I WILL SAY, AND WE, WE HAVE TALKED AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH STAFF, WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD. SO WE SHARE OUR RESOURCES AS WE GO THROUGH THIS BECAUSE IT'S NOT A MOMENT IN TIME. THIS MASTER PLAN IS A LONG RANGE DOCUMENT AND IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF LEGWORK FROM, FROM WHEN I LEAVE HERE TO IMPLEMENT ALL THESE STRATEGIES. SO WE DO SHARE OUR RESOURCES AND OUR NETWORK OF GRANT WRITERS AND THE ABILITY TO FIND ADDITIONAL GRANT ELEMENTS FOR THIS AND MAKE YOUR PROGRAMS SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING SOME GRANTS. SOME OF THOSE THINGS ARE HAVING WORKSHOPS, HAVING [04:55:01] WORKSHOPS AND HAVING A PLAN. THESE, A PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. THIS SAYS, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED, THIS IS WHERE WE NEED IT, THIS IS WHY WE NEED IT. THOSE THINGS ALL HELP LEVERAGE YOU IN THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS. SO THAT WAY WE'RE STARTING TO BUILD THE FRAMEWORK IN THIS. NOW. I KNOW IT IS, IT'S A LOT OF WORDS AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, THERE ARE EVEN PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU CAN DO SUCH AS USA PICKLEBALL SERVICES AND GRANT SERVICES, A A RP. THERE ARE ELEMENTS THAT ARE PROVIDED AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO LEVERAGE TWO OR THREE OR FOUR GRANT ELEMENTS TO COMPLETE A PROJECT, BUT THOSE SOURCES DO EXIST. THEY JUST HAVE TO BE SOUGHT AFTER ON A REGULAR BASIS, NOT ONE TIME. THIS IS A REGULAR QUARTERLY REVIEW. HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. OH, OKAY. IT'S, SINCE IT'S MONEY WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, YEAH, TWO SLIDES. COUNCILMAN TERRACE. YEAH. QUICK QUESTION. UH, SO CAN YOU HELP US APPLY FOR THAT FUNDING OR HOW DOES THAT WORK? I, SO I WAS GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION AT THE END AND I WAS GONNA HAVE, THAT WAS MY, I'LL SAY I HAVE HELPED COMMUNITIES APPLY FOR THEM IN THE PAST. THERE ARE EXPERTS THAT I'VE, I SHARE WITH STAFF, UM, OF OTHER COMPANIES THAT DO THIS. I CAN ONLY SHARE INFORMATION. UM, THEY ARE EXPERTS AT DOING IT AND THEY'RE VERY SUCCESSFUL AT IT. THEY, THEY STRATEGIZE THAT SPECIFIC ELEMENTS SELF. I, I HAVE TEND TO PULL BACK FROM THAT BECAUSE I'M A BETTER PLANNER LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT. SO YES. BUT I DO ALSO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR, I I THINK ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WANTS SAY SOMETHING. YEAH. AND ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE PIECES OF THIS, AND ZACH SORT OF HIT ON IT, I WANNA JUST KIND OF DRIVE THE POINT HOME, IS THIS FEEDBACK. BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS FEEDBACK, BECAUSE WE'VE CONDUCTED THESE COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, WE'RE ALREADY DEMONSTRATING TO, UM, THESE POTENTIAL GRANTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY DONE, THE LEGWORK THAT PUTS US FAR AHEAD OF OTHER AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE APPLYING FOR THIS GRANT. THE FACT THAT THE CITY WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, AND WE CAN POINT BACK TO A LOT OF THE DATA THAT WE HAVE OR ALL OF THE DATA AND BREAK IT APART AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT THE FEEDBACK WAS FROM THIS WORKSHOP. THIS IS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WAS SAYING FROM THESE MULTIMODAL, UM, SURVEYS. UM, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DO HAVE SOME PEOPLE ON STAFF THAT DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH WRITING GRANTS. UM, AND UTILIZING THOSE NETWORKS AND THOSE RELATIONSHIPS, UM, THAT RJM DOES HAVE WILL HELP US TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL. NOW, AM I GONNA PROMISE THAT WE'RE GONNA GET EVERY GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR? NO, I CAN'T PROMISE THAT. BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE HAVE PUT OURSELVES, WE POSITIONED OURSELVES INTO A MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE PLACE THAN WHERE WE HAD STOOD BEFORE. UH, COUNCILMAN OKAY. REALLY QUICK. OKAY. I, I, I WAS ATTENDING EENA OKAY. OF, UH, CAR COUNCIL GOVERNMENT AND OKAY. AND THE STATE HAS A LOT OF, EVEN STATE BROOK, BUT STATE HAS A LOT OF GRANT. YES. OKAY. THERE'S RESERVE. OKAY. FOR OUR PARK, FOR OUR TRAIL. OKAY. AND THEN WHEN I WAS THERE, THEY SAID WE CAN APPLY. AND I REMEMBER I PROVIDE ALL THOSE INFORMATION TO PREVIOUS CITY MANAGERS AND, UH, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY DO ANYTHING, BUT HOPEFULLY THIS TIME. OKAY. OKAY. I, I FORWARDED SOME GRANTS. NOT EVEN, NOT YOU, MILAN, YOU BEFORE YOU AS DAVE COMPANY. HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING. OKAY. SO, SO, SO, SO JUST LET YOU KNOW I PROVIDE INFORMATION, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. BUT HOPEFULLY THIS TIME I, YOU HAVE ALL THOSE INFORMATION BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE A LOT OF GRANT AND WE NEED THE MONEY TO FIX ALL THESE 16 POUNDS. I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. YEAH, REAL QUICK TOO, JUST, YOU KNOW, ZACH WAS TALKING ABOUT A GRANT THAT WE BOTH RECEIVED THE INFORMATION ON. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE AUDIENCE WHEN WE WERE SITTING THERE. SO WE'RE I I THE CITY MANAGER, YOUR CITY MANAGER IS PREPARED. YOUR CITY MANAGER IS PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GRANT APPLICATIONS. YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE, UM, THE DATA THAT WE MEET THAT WE NEED IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. GO AHEAD. SORRY. GO AHEAD AND AND PLEASE DON'T FALL INTO THE TRAP OF WOW, EVERYBODY GOT THIS EMAIL. WELL, WHAT HAPPENS IS NOBODY APPLIES FOR IT. THEN. I'VE SEEN PARK DISTRICTS TAKE MY REPORTS, APPLY FOR THEM AND GET THEM, BECAUSE EVERYBODY GOES, OH, EVERYBODY GOT, EVERYBODY'S GONNA GO AFTER THIS. NO, YOU HAVE TO GO AFTER EVERYTHING. THAT'S JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. AND LIKE I SAID, YOU HAVE TO LEVERAGE GRANTS TOGETHER. SOMETIMES IT'S A HUNDRED THOUSAND, 200,000, 600,000 OR EVEN THIS ONE THAT HAS A $6 MILLION MATCHING COMPONENT TO IT IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL. THIS IS A QUARTERLY REVIEW ELEMENT. IT DOES TAKE SOME LABOR WORK. BUT AS I MENTIONED TO ROXANNE, AND SHE SAID TOO IS I SHARE INFORMATION, I'LL SHARE ALL THE STUFF WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, OUR PREVIOUS GRANTS THAT WE'VE DONE AND WRITTEN SUCCESSFULLY. MY REPORTS IN MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE BEEN USED TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AND HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL. SO IT IS POSSIBLE. UM, YES, I DO DO THEM. NOT MUCH ANYMORE. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE FAR BETTER AT IT THAN ME. I'VE STEPPED ASIDE AND ACKNOWLEDGED THEY'RE GOOD. LET 'EM GO. UM, I'M, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I THINK OKAY. TRANSTECH CAN APPLY GRANT FOR US TOO BECAUSE THEY DO PARK DEVELOPMENT. SO WE, [05:00:01] WE CAN PUSH THEM TO GET US GRANT OTHERWISE TERMINATE THEIR CONTRACT. AND IF I MAY ADD ONTO THAT POINT, UM, THE GRANT WRITING COMPANY THAT THEY USE AVANT GARDE WAS ACTUALLY THE GRANT WRITING COMPANY, UM, THAT I WORKED WITH IN MY PREVIOUS CITY WHEN WE LEVERAGED OUR PARKS AND RECREATIONS MASTER PLAN IN ORDER TO GET, UM, GRANT FUNDING. AND SO WE PROVED TO BE SUCCESSFUL. GREAT. UM, IN THAT PROCESS, I STARTED IT, UM, DIDN'T FINISH IT 'CAUSE I CAME OVER HERE, BUT, UM, I AM FAMILIAR, UM, WITH THAT PROCESS AND I HAVE POSITIVE THINGS TO SAY ABOUT, ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR FIRM. OKAY. WE NEED MONEY. CAN I COME TO A PRESENTATION? NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OH, SORRY, SORRY. UM, MY, MY LAST SLIDE. UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHAT WE'VE SET FORTH IN THE DOCUMENT IS REALLY AN IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY. THIS IS WHERE WE START TO PUT LEGS ON THE DOCUMENT. WE START TO RUN WITH IT SHORT TERM ELEMENTS NOW FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS. THIS IS OUR INCREMENTAL SITE SPECIFIC ELEMENT IMPROVEMENTS, STABILIZE AND STRENGTHEN THE EXISTING PARK SYSTEM BY ADDRESSING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE THAT WILL IMPROVE SAFETY FUNCTIONALITY IN THE USER EXPERIENCE. BASED ON EVERYTHING WE'VE HEARD TODAY, THIS IS THE ROADMAP FOR THE FUTURE THAT WILL FOCUS ON NEW PROJECT READINESS BY ADVANCING DESIGN REVIEW COST. ESTIMATING THAT GRANT FUNDING, PAIRING IT WITH THE, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. AND THIS REALLY STARTS TO PLAY INTO THAT PLANNING DESIGN FUNDING PHASE ONE ELEMENT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE, AS WELL AS THEN THE NEXT GROUP, THE, THE MIDTERM, IF YOU WILL, RECOMMENDATIONS THE NEXT THREE TO EIGHT YEARS. IT BUILDS UPON THE STABILIZATION, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE DO THOSE COMPREHENSIVE PARK ENHANCEMENTS, WHERE WE LOOK AT THOSE SERVICE GAPS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IN, WITH THE INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS TO COMPREHENSIVE PARK ENHANCEMENTS THAT REALLY STARTS TO ADVANCE THE PLANS, GET SHOVEL READY PROJECTS, SO THAT WAY WHEN THAT FUNDING COMES IN AND IT'S SECURED, WE CAN RUN AND GUN WITH THAT AND GET THEM BUILT LONG TERM EIGHT TO 10 YEARS. THIS IS WHERE WE LOOK AT EXPANDING PARK LAND COM, COMPLETING SOME OF THOSE TRAIL NETWORKS, MAJOR PARK RENOVATIONS, AND IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN PARKS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND COMMUNITY DESTINATIONS. ALONG THAT JOURNEY THOUGH, WE LOOK AT PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE, THE PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AND THE CHANGING DEMOGRAPHIC AND RECREATION TRENDS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. ONE OF THE STRONGEST THINGS THAT I FEEL WEST COVINA HAS IS THE DIALOGUE, IS THE PASSION, IS THE, THE ATTENTION TO WANTING TO BE INVOLVED IN HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD. THAT IS A STRENGTH. IT IS A, A VERY GOOD THING. I'VE WORKED IN A LOT OF COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE JUST DECIDE I'M NOT GONNA PARTICIPATE, AND IT'S VERY HARD TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING A WORKSHOP TOGETHER, GETTING A PROJECT DESIGNED BASED ON COMMUNITY INPUT, GETTING A GRANT, AND, AND IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO BE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS BRIEF AMOUNT OF TIME TO HEAR THEIR THOUGHTS, THEIR IDEAS, THEIR DREAMS AND HOPES FOR THE FUTURE OF PARKS AND RECREATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, I'M NOT DONE HERE AT THIS POINT. I'M GONNA GO POPCORN. ROXANNE. YEAH. GIMME, GIMME A MOMENT. I'M GONNA SHIFT TO THE NEXT ROUND OF SLIDES. , I'M NOT LEAVING . AND WHAT I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU ARE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED. I'M SORRY. OH, NO, IT'S JUST SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT, NOT SHOWING ON THE SCREEN. OKAY. PUBLIC. THE PUBLIC. WHAT THE, YES. YEAH, THERE YOU GO. WELL, NO, NO, NO, NO. YEAH, GO AHEAD. NOW YOU CAN GO AHEAD. THAT'S GOOD. OKAY. WHAT I WANNA GO OVER WITH YOU NOW ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR PHASE ONE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE METRICS AND THE DATA THAT WAS PROVIDED IN, UM, THE DRAFT REPORT, AND LEVERAGED THAT WITH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE, WHETHER THAT BE THROUGH OUR PDFS, UM, OUR MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FUNDS, MEASURE A FUNDS, THOSE SPECIAL FUNDS THAT WE CAN TAP INTO THAT WE REALLY ARE NOT TAPPING INTO FOR ANYTHING ELSE, ASIDE FROM THESE IMPROVEMENTS AT THESE PARKS. UM, WE WANT IT TO BE VERY RESPONSIBLE AND THOUGHTFUL IN OUR APPROACH IN THIS FIRST PHASE. UM, AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN, PHASE ONE FOCUSES ON DELIVERING MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS ORANGEWOOD, OUSER, WOODGROVE, GINGRICH, DEL NORTE, AND OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT THE CITIES. THIS PHASE PRIORI PRIORITIZES UPGRADING AGING FACILITIES, IMPROVING A D, ACCESSIBILITY, EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES, EXCUSE ME, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL RESIDENTS. KEY ACTIVITIES ARE SCHEDULED TO, OR CAN BE SCHEDULED TO OCCUR IMMEDIATELY AND PUT SESSIONS WITH THE OMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICES. COMMISSIONS CAN KICK OFF WITH DESIGN AS SOON AS SEPTEMBER. UM, GINGRICH PARK WILL BE ONE OF THE MAJOR FOCAL POINTS OF THIS PHASE ONE, UM, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE [05:05:01] SPORTS, COURTS, PLAYGROUNDS, WALKING PAST, AND A DA IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS CAN BEGIN FOR GINGRICH AS EARLY AS OCTOBER. UM, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVED PARKING PARK FACILITIES, ENHANCING A DA AND EXPANDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. UM, PHASE ONE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WE DO HAVE SOME MEASURE A PROJECTS PLAYGROUNDS AT ORANGEWOOD PARK, GALLER PARK, WOODGROVE PARK IN CALIFORNIA. PIKE PARKETTE WOULD RECEIVE PORTIONS OF MEASURE A FUNDING. UM, AGAIN, WE CAN BEGIN THOSE DESIGN INPUT SESSIONS WITH OUR COMMUNITY SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION AS EARLY AS SEPTEMBER, 2026. UM, ADDITIONALLY, ORANGEWOOD PARKS HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A LOCATION FOR POTENTIAL INCLUSIVE, UM, PLAY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A DA PLAYGROUNDS WITH ADDITIONAL UPGRADES TO AMENITIES IN RESTROOMS. UM, ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ORANGEWOOD PARK HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PDF FOR THIS PARK. SHADOW OAK PARK IS ALSO RECOMMENDED TO RECEIVE FOUR MA, ME, EXCUSE ME, FOUR PHASE ONE. UM, SPORTS COURTS AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT ENHANCEMENTS TO BE FUNDED THROUGH MEN MEASURE A. NOW, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST THIS FIRST PHASE. THESE ARE JUST THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE THAT WE CAN START INITIALLY. AND THEN BUILDING UPON THOSE, UM, FURTHER RECOMMENDATIONS, DEL NORTE AND FRIENDSHIP PARKS, UM, THE DOG PARK FOR DEL NORTE PARK, WE WOULD RECOMMEND GOING OUT TO BID AND OF COURSE STARTING THE SPLASH PASS PAD IMPROVEMENTS. I KNOW THAT MIKE, UM, HAS BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WE ARE, UM, WORKING TOWARDS IDENTIFYING A LONG-TERM SOLUTION. WE'RE NOW AT THE POINT WHERE IT'S OKAY, WE'RE REPLACING ALL OF THESE, UM, PARTS AND PIECES FROM THIS AGING EQUIPMENT. WE'RE GO, WE'RE SHIPPING THEM FROM, WHAT IS IT, CANADA? YEP. MIKE'S NODDING YES. CANADA. UM, THERE'S A LAG TIME BECAUSE OF HOW OLD, UM, THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS. AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THOSE LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS AND LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT, ROXANNE. OH, THE DEL NORTE PARK. MM-HMM . THE DOOR PARK SPLASH PAD AT HOW ABOUT THE SKATE? OKAY. SKATE PARK AT DEL NORTE PARK. NO SKATE PARK. IT IS A SKATE PARK. IS WE, WOULDN'T WE? THE SKATE PARK IS REALLY IN TROUBLE. WHAT I SEE. WE CAN LOOK AT ADDING THAT TO THE PHASE ONE RECOMMENDATIONS. WE BELIEVED THAT WITH MAINTENANCE AND FINANCE, THAT WE CAN, UM, ACHIEVE ALL OF THIS FOR PHASE ONE AND WE CAN PHASE THAT OUT TO THE NEXT. YES. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. FRIENDSHIP PARK, WALKWAY, BATHROOM, SEWER AND WATER LINE REALIGNMENT, DEMOLITION OF THE SNACK BAR AND PARKING LOT RESURFACING LIGHTING, 88 UPGRADES. UM, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY FOR THE BATHROOMS GOING OUT TO BID NEXT WEEK FOR THE LIGHTING AND THE SEWER. UM, OVER AT FRIENDSHIP PARK. UM, PHASE ONE, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GREENRIDGE PARK UPGRADES, SCOPE OF WORK, UH, SPORTS COURT UPGRADES AND PICKLEBALL COURT, NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT PARK NEEDS IT DESPERATELY. UM, I KNOW THAT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE SEEN PHOTOS OF THE CONDITION THAT THAT PARTICULAR PARK HAS BEEN IN AS FAR AS THE PLAYGROUND IS CONCERNED. BATHROOM RENOVATIONS AND LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS, WALKING PATH ENHANCEMENTS IN 80, ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS. AGAIN. UM, WE ARE IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL COMMITTEE OUTREACH TO BEGIN AS EARLY AS OCTOBER, 2026. AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, TO HELP OR TO FUND GINGRICH PARKS ARE THE MAINTENANCE, IS THE FUNDING IN THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT. UM, WE DO HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE IF YOU WATCH KAREN'S HEAD. SHE'S NODDING YES, SHE'S REAFFIRMING. UM, SO SHE'S COMFORTABLE WITH THAT. I KNOW MIKE IS COMFORTABLE, UM, WITH UTILIZING THOSE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FUNDS, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PALM VIEW AND CAMERON PARK, PALM VIEW PARK, UM, CONCRETE REPAIR AND PATHWAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR PHASE ONE BATHROOM FACILITY UPGRADES FOR PHASE ONE BALL FIELD LIGHTING INSTALLATION FOR PHASE ONE. UM, CAMERON PARK. WE'RE LOOKING AT GREEN SPACE ENHANCEMENTS AND IMPROVEMENT TO THE GIRLS SOFTBALL FIELD. EXCUSE ME, IMPROVEMENTS TO GIRLS SOFTBALL FIELDS. PICKLEBALL COURT. THERE IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR A DIGITAL SIGN. WE DO LOOK AT CAMERA AND AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE HERE IN THE CITY, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVERTISE WITH A DIGITAL MARQUEE WOULD PROVE TO BE BENEFICIAL. UM, AND THEN THERE ARE SOME PLAYGROUND IMPROVEMENTS IN A DA ENHANCEMENTS, UM, THAT WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT FOR THAT PARK. UM, WHILE THE, WHILE THE A THE PLAYGROUND AT CAMERON IS IDENTIFIED AS AN INCLUSIVE, A DA PLAYGROUND, UM, THERE ARE STILL SOME FEW ACCESSIBILITY CONCERNS, UM, THAT DO NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, UM, IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW PHASE ONE RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, FOR HERITAGE AND EQUESTRIAN CENTER, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER FOUNTAIN INSTALLATIONS, [05:10:01] UPGRADES, UM, WILL ENHANCE WALKABILITY ACCESSIBILITY AND PARK AMENITIES FOR COMMUNITY. UM, EQUEST CONSIDER EQUESTRIAN CENTER FURTHER CONSIDERATION TO ENHANCE PROGRAMMING AND EQUESTRIAN AMENITIES. WHAT I WANNA SAY ABOUT THE EQUESTRIAN CENTER IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF IDEAS AND OPINIONS AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE USE OF THAT SPACE, AND I THINK THAT THERE DOES NEED TO BE SOME MORE DELVING INTO, INTO THAT SPACE IN ORDER FOR US TO IDENTIFY, UM, WHAT IS TRULY GOING TO BE, UM, TO THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, YOU KNOW, AND I'M GONNA BE VERY HONEST WITH YOU. YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN WORKSHOP WHERE WE HAD A TON OF PEOPLE COME OUT AND FROM THE COM WE'LL JUST PUT IT THIS WAY, THERE WERE A TON OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT WHO WEREN'T NECESSARILY RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA WHO WERE INTERESTED IN ACTIVATING THE EQUESTRIAN SPACE. UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, CONVERSATIONS OR WE'VE HEARD FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY WHO LOOK AT THAT SPACE. MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT AS A SOCCER FIELD. I DON'T HAVE THAT ANSWER YET. UM, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT, FOR THIS PHASE ONE, REALLY DELVING INTO THAT AND IDENTIFYING WHAT THE BEST USE OF THAT SPACE WOULD BE. YES, SIR. NOT ONLY THE SOCCER FIELD PO POSSIBLE DOOR PART TWO. OKAY. BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON THE RESEARCH, DOPA BECOME VERY POPULAR, LIKE NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE. SO POSSIBLE THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER OPTION. OKAY. IS FOR TO, TO SERVICE OUR LOCAL RESIDENT BECAUSE THEY PAY TAXES FOR IT. MM-HMM. THANK YOU. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOUR AND YOUR, YEAH. YOUR, YEAH, YOUR POINT IS TAKEN. UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME PARK PARK SYSTEM WIDE REPAIRS AND IMPROVEMENTS. SO THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY SOME OF LIKE YOUR MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED FOR PHASE ONE. THESE ARE MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED, THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF AND THAT WE'RE GONNA TAKE THE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF. UM, THESE WOULD INCLUDE UPGRADES AND REPAIRS TO PLACE SURFACES, INSTALLATION OF NEW WATER FOUNTAINS AND PICNIC TABLES AND CONCRETE REPAIRS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS AND REC OR THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S PARK SYSTEMS. UH, AGAIN, THESE PROJECTS WILL BE ONGOING THROUGHOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN. UM, SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED INITIALLY FOR PHASE ONE. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH THROUGHOUT THIS PHASE. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FUNDING FOR. UM, AND ANY OTHER PHASES AS WE MOVE INTO, AS WE START PHASE ONE AND START THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR PHASE TWO, THOSE PHASES WILL COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERING FOR CONSIDERATION, FOR FEEDBACK AND FOR APPROVAL. BUT THEY WILL ALL ALIGN WITH WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED, THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, AND REALLY, UM, LEANING ON THE DATA AND THE METRICS THAT RJM UM, HAS PROVIDED FOR US. SO, UM, THAT'S AN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR PHASE ONE. UM, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. UH, ZACH CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS TIME. COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ? YES. UM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL REMARKABLE PROJECTS, SO I'M WONDERING, AND, AND IF MY COLLEAGUES ARE, ARE NOT AGAINST IT, BUT I THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT IDEA TO PUT LIKE A, KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE FIRE STATION, A SIGN AT SOME OF OUR PARKS, UH, TELLING THE RESIDENTS WHAT'S COMING SOON IN IMPROVEMENTS. IF I MAY, SUSIE, ARE YOU STILL HERE? SUSIE'S? ACTUALLY, SLEEPING. WE FOUND SUSIE, YOU YOU ARE, WE FOUND SU YOU ARE HIDING OVER THERE. SHE WAS ASLEEP. SO WE ARE WE, TO YOUR POINT, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ, WE ARE FINALIZING SIGNAGE THAT IS GOING TO, WE'RE GOING TO PUT UP AT THE PARKS, IDENTIFYING THEM AS THIS IS A PROJECT FOR FEES ONE. SO SUSIE HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT. WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON, UM, WHAT THE COMPS ARE GONNA LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE, THE SIGNAGE IS GONNA LOOK LIKE. SO, YES. YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, WE WANNA BE ABLE TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE COMING. UM, THE PHASE ONE IMPLEMENTATION, IT IS VERY, WE REALLY DID THINK IT OUT. WE REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT WE KNEW THAT WE COULD DELIVER. WE DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE FALSE PROMISES OR, AND I THINK ONE OF OUR COMMISSIONERS SAID IT, UH, LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, IT'S, WE DON'T WANT TO HA BE THERE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING OPENING UP A PRESENT AND THERE'S NOTHING IN THE BOX. SO, UM, AGAIN, WE REALLY BELIEVE THAT THIS PHASE ONE, UM, IS SOMETHING THAT'S ACHIEVABLE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALL OF US ARE EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT WE GET TO COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL TO REPORT BACK PROGRESS. SO, SO THAT THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY CAN HEAR PERFECT. YEAH. THE PROGRESS. THAT'S GREAT. AND THEN, SO MAYBE NOT ONLY DO WE PUT A SIGN THERE, BUT ALSO, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT'S, UM, UM, [05:15:01] WAS IT PALM VIEW OR SO FORTH, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE ALL THE, YOU PUT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ON THERE WHO'S PART OF THE TEAM, BUT ALSO YOU ALSO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHO REPRESENTS THAT DISTRICT AREA TOO. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF IT WAS PALM U LL SAY MAYOR LOPEZ VIDO, OR IF IT WAS, UM, LET'S SEE, MAYOR, A COUNCIL MEMBER, WHAT PARKS ARE IN YOUR DISTRICT? FRIENDSHIP? NO, UH, WHICH ONE? FRIENDSHIP OR EXAMPLE? EXAMPLE LIKE THAT? SHADOW OAK. YEAH, FOR EXAMPLE, SHADOW OAK. HALF AND HALF. YEAH. HALF MY HALF IS, UH, KENTO. YEAH. YEAH. AND OR CAMERON PARK. WE, YEAH. GREENRIDGE, WE, WE, UH, WE NOT ONLY DO WE PUT THE CONSOLE AS A WHOLE, BUT WE ALSO PUT IT SEPARATE. WHICH MEMBER ACTUALLY REPRESENTS THE DISTRICT TOO. I THINK I'VE SEEN A LOT OF THAT IN LIKE LA WHAT THEY HAVE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND SO FORTH. THE, WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT, OR THE COUNCIL DISTRICT. I MEAN, I MEAN, IF, IF IT'S THE APPROVAL OF THE CURRENT COUNCIL, YES. ELECTIONS HAPPEN MAY NOT BE HERE. MAY OR MAY NOT, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CHANGE THAT SIGN IN JANUARY. THINK I THINK FIVE VERSE IS FINE. YEAH. JUST THE FIVE. THAT'S FIVE. THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF THESE. I DON'T CARE. CURRENT COUNCIL. I THINK FIVE VERSE IS FINE. YEAH. UH, AS LONG AS, AND WE CAN READ IT . YEAH. YEAH. VERY TRUE. UH, COUNCILMAN WU, UH, AND I WANT SAY THIS, THIS IS SOMETHING, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, CONSULTANT AND TO SPEND A LOT OF EFFORT LOOK LIKE THIS IS THE YEARS OF, WE'VE BEEN WAITING THIS LIKE, FOR I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS. 10 YEARS . FIVE YEARS. WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A LONG TIME. AND, UH, THIS MASTER PLAN AND WITH THIS, OKAY, FINALLY WE HAVE A FIRST STEP. OKAY. BABY STEP. WE STARTING TRY TO IMPROVE ALL OUR PART OR OUR PART IS KIND OF AGING AND KIND OF SAD. IT NEEDS SOME KIND OF A STIMULANT THAT I THINK THE MASTER PLAN IS THE FIRST STEP. OKAY. I WANNA THANK OUR OKAY. C, C MANAGER, HOW WORK TO PUT THIS TOGETHER. AND THEN I THINK NEXT THING IS, IS, IS JUST TRY TO FIND, UM, THE SOURCE OF, UH, FUNDING AND THEN WE CAN IMPLEMENT ALL THIS. OKAY. AND, UH, IT, IT, IT IS AMAZING. IT, IT'S SOMETHING, OKAY, IF PEOPLE CAN SEE ALL THE PARK WILL BE IMPROVED, WHAT WILL BE IMPROVED? WHAT IN FACILITY, WHAT KIND OF THING WILL BE INSTALLED? OKAY. I THINK THAT THEY GIVE ALL THE RESIDENT, THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR TEXTILE GO TO. OKAY. AND THEN THEY CAN IMAGINE, OKAY. NOT JUST SAY, OH, WE WILL DO THIS, BUT NOTHING OVER THERE. I THINK THE SCIENTIFIC IS GOOD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IN THE FUTURE, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, MAKE SURE WE HAVE MONEY, BUT WE DON'T PUT A SIGN FOR THREE YEARS AND NOTHING HAPPENED. OKAY. NO, WE, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY BAD. OKAY. WE, WE, YOU HAVE MY WORD. WE WILL NOT DO THAT. UM, AND SUSIE JUST REMINDED ME, SHE, WHAT SHE DID LET ME KNOW ABOUT THE SIGNAGE, IS THAT, UM, THE CURRENT COMP LIST, ALL FIVE OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THEN WE DO UNDERNEATH IT, SAY DISTRICT ONE, DISTRICT TWO UNDER EACH OF WHICHEVER DISTRICT THAT THE COUNCIL PERSON IS REPRESENTING. YEAH, NO, I, I THINK JUST THE FIVE CITY COUNCIL. ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. AND, AND, UH, WITH WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO. AND SO ABSOLUTELY IMAGINE, OKAY. I THINK BASED ON THE RESEARCH, THE PICKLEBALL AND THE, SO OKAY. RESTROOM. OKAY. THE RESTROOM IS A MAJOR ISSUE. WE, WE NEED, WE NEED REALLY TO MM-HMM. FIX THOSE, UH, RESTROOM. OKAY. AND THE LIGHTING. OKAY. THE SECURITY LIGHTING OR THE LIGHTING FOR THE PLAYGROUND, BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO LIKE FIVE O'CLOCK, SIX, SO IT'S SO DARK IN THE, THE OCTOBER. SO, SO THE, YOU DON'T WANNA KEEP PLAYING THE DARK AND, UH, OKAY. BASKETBALL COURT. THEY NEED THE LIGHTING AND, UH, WE NEED TO CHANGE INTO ALL THE OED TO SAVE THE MONEY. BUT I, I, I JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU, ANNE. THANK YOU ALL THE STAFF TO HOWARD. UH, THANK YOU, UH, SUSIE. OKAY. I THINK YOU ALL WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM AND TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, IT GIVE US A LOT OF CONFIDENCE AND HOPE THAT FINALLY, NOT ONLY WE ARE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE CITY, BUT ALL OUR PARK WILL GRADUALLY WILL PUT IT INSIDE. SO I KNOW IT'S OTHER CITY COUNCIL STILL WANT TO TALK, BUT I WANT, I JUST WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THIS MEETING. I'LL SECOND, I'LL SECOND. GO AHEAD. GO AHEAD. . THIS IS A MANUAL. OH, NO, IT'S A RECEIVING FILE, HUH? NO, NO. I, YOU GOTTA MOVE THE MOTION. IT'S, YOU CAN MAKE YOU MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL MOTION. I'M A PARK RECORD. THAT'S MY FIELD. YOU THE MOTION. SO, OKAY. I'LL MOTION IT. YOU CAN SECOND, I'LL SECOND THAT. OKAY. I, I JUST VOTE? YES. YES. OKAY. SAY I'M HUMBLE. DO YOU HAVE QUESTION? DID YOU NEED TO SAY SOMETHING? UH, NO. I WAS ANSWERING THEIR QUESTION. OH, OKAY. I WAS GONNA ASK ONE MORE THING. GO AHEAD AGAIN, TARA. JUST ONE MORE THING. YOU KNOW THIS, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I THINK WE EVER SEEN ALL THESE POTENTIAL GRANTS. YEP. YEAH. UM, I MEAN, AND, AND ASKING FOR IT. AND SO IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE, UH, I THINK TR I MEAN, I GUESS TRANSTECH IS OUR GRANT WRITER. UH, CAN CAN THEY COME PRESENT ON YEAH. YEAH. WE WHAT THE NEXT MEETING? I DON'T KNOW THAT. LET ME, LET ME GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM AND LET, LET'S SIT DOWN WITH THEM BECAUSE I HAVEN'T DONE THAT TO GO OVER ALL OF THESE GRANTS WITH THEM. SO I, I DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA PROMISE NEXT MEETING, BUT MAYBE THE MEETING, IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE, THE MEETING AFTER THAT. YEAH. 'CAUSE IT'S ALL HIDDEN. THIS IS, THIS IS ALL THE HIDDEN GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT, UH, [05:20:01] WOW. IT'S A LOT. YEAH. IT, YEAH. THAT WILL REQUIRE A CONVERSATION. AND I, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN, IF WE'RE COMING FORWARD, THAT IT'S NOT JUST A GENERIC PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE LETTING YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT OUR PLANS ARE. YEP. SOUNDS GOOD. YEAH. LET LET TRANS BACK TO FIND SOME GRANT FOR, YEAH. OKAY. UM, YOU DID A FABULOUS JOB. THIS IS WELL RECEIVED. I'M GLAD TO HEAR AT THE LAST WORKSHOP THAT YOU DID RECEIVE COMMENT CARDS THAT YOU RECEIVED, UH, ADDITIONAL ONLINE FEEDBACK. I KNOW SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T WANNA ASK QUESTIONS OR DEBATE IN FRONT OF OTHERS. UM, SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU ALSO STAYED TO, TO CATER TO EACH AND EVERYBODY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, THIS, WE ARE ALL EXCITED FOR THIS. UH, WE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS, BUT YES, THE GRANTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ASK AND MAKE THAT HAPPEN, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. YOU WANT THE ROLL CALL? UH, OH YEAH. ROLL CALL. HUH? THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMAN WU. A SECOND BY MAYOR. NO, NO, NO. BY MAYOR, UH, MAYOR LOPEZ. I MOTIONED IT. IE TO HER. YEAH. AND SECOND, BY ME, I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO IS SECOND BY COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ TO APPROVE. ITEM NUMBER 20, A CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED PARK AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PHASE ONE. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? AYE. COUNCILWOMAN DIAZ? AYE. MAYOR PRO TOTOS. AYE. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO. AYE. UH, MOTION PASSES. NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO 18. 18. YES. NIGHT. I MEAN, MORNING IS IS NOT OVER YET, BUT FOR YOU IT IS. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR STAYING. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD MORNING, . THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL WAITING ALL NIGHT ONLY, LIKE PRESENT FOR 10 MINUTES. . ALL RIGHT. ONTO [18) REVIEW OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) FOR THE DEL NORTE PARK IMPROVEMENTS & DOG PARK PROJECT - PROJECT NO. 24001 (Part 2 of 2)] ITEM 18. UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE THE PARK PRESENTATION, WE SEE A LOT OF THE BIDS MOVING FORWARD. I KNOW ON THE PRESENTATION IT SAID DOG PARK, UH, BID PROCESSING MOVING FORWARD. WAS THAT IN REFERENCE TO THIS 18? SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I, I MOVE MOTION. WE'LL MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. SO I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR. SEE? NOT THAT BAD. YEAH. WELL, YOU JUNKY ME UP AND DOWN FOR NOTHING. I HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR LOPEZ BTO, A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YES. TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR. ITEM NUMBER 18, REVIEW OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR THE DEL NORTY DOG FOR THE DEL NORTY PARK IMPROVEMENTS IN DOG PARK PROJECT. PROJECT NUMBER 2 4 0 0 1. COUNCIL MEMBER GUTIERREZ. AYE. COUNCILMAN WU? UH, LEMME THINK ABOUT THIS. MAYBE. YES. I, I DON'T WANNA HEAR ANOTHER . COUNCILWOMAN GAZ STAYING. NO, I'M JUST KIDDING. , I THANK YOU. YOU WANT, THAT'S AN I MAN. WHY WOULD CRY? WHY WE CRY? I'M LAUGHING, BUT I'M NOT LAUGHING. MAKE HIM CRY. THANK YOU. SORRY. MAYOR PRO. TIM CONTOS. MAYOR LOPEZ. VITO, I MOTION PASSES. FIVE ZERO. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, NOW [CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION] ON TO CITY COUNCIL REPORTS. AB 1, 2, 3, 4. CONFERENCE MEETING, NONE. CITY COUNCIL REQUEST. NOPE. UH, MAYOR PROTOS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT FROM TO REPORT TO US. KEEP ASKING FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS AND STAFF DOING THEIR BEST. WE, I GUESS FILL OUT THINGS TO GET DONE, BUT THAT JUST KEEPS GETTING DELAYED. I, I REALLY WANT, UH, UH, FOR US TO, TO HAVE SOMEBODY HERE WHO REPRESENTS THIS AREA THAT COVERS WEST COVINA TO ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT, WHY IN THE WORLD ARE WE NOT, ARE THEY NOT GETTING THE WORK DONE? WE PAY IN TO, TO, TO CALTRANS? WE DESERVE TO HAVE THOSE AREAS NOT NEGLECTED. SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION TO BRING IN STAFF. DID WE REQUEST THAT? I THOUGHT, NO. UH, REALLY QUICK. OKAY. AND I, I WAS SUPPOSE TO HAPPEN IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK YOU REMEMBER MONTHS AGO, COUPLE MONTHS AGO, UH, CALTRAN HAVE A 10 PERSON COME OVER HERE WITH SAW OUR CITY. UM, OKAY. TEAM, CITY MANAGERS AND THE TRAIN STACK, WE SAT IN THE BUS OKAY. MYSELF, AND I SAID, WAS ZARI OVER THERE TOO? AND WE FORCED THEM BECAUSE ONE OF THE, UH, OUR ATTORNEY RESIDENT WANT TO SUE THEM IF THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING AND THEY SHOW UP, THEY SHOW UP, AND THEN LATER ON, THEY, THEY CLEAN ALL OUR OKAY. ALL RENT OFF RAMP. BUT IT NOT PERFECT. AND, BUT I THINK I WAS SUPPOSED TO ASK THEM TO COME OVER HERE TO GIVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT HOW TO CONTINUE MAINTENANCE AND KEEP YEAH. MAINTENANCE EXACTLY. AND TO ANSWER AND HOW TO KEEP THE REGULARLY MAINTENANCE TO YEP. [05:25:01] OKAY. KEEP, BECAUSE, UH, AND THE OLYMPIC IS COMING TO US PRETTY SOON, SO THEY NEED TO, AND THAT THEY TOLD US THAT THE STATE WANT THEM TO CLEAN IT UP. OKAY. SO THEY REALLY NEED TO KEEP UP AND STEP UP OKAY. TO KEEP OUR FREEWAY LOOK PRESENTABLE. CURRENTLY IT'S NOT OKAY. OUR MAYBE A LITTLE BIT NICER, BUT IF YOU GO TO MOSQUITO, IS BAD. IT'S VERY BAD. EL MONTE BAD. OKAY. SO, BUT, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN NOT ONLY CLEAN OUT A CLEAN ENTIRE FREEWAY, BUT WE ONLY EMPHASIZE OKAY. HAVE THEM COME TO GIVE US OKAY. PRESENTATION AND, UH, HOW TO CONTINUE REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF V SWEEPER AND THIS THAT TRASH ALL THE PLACES. OKAY. AND, UH, YEAH. JUST SO I SUPPOSE TO HAVE THEM MAYBE C CAN INVITE THEM TO COME TO US. YEAH. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTTER. YEAH. I SUPPORT THAT. AND JUST IN CASE THEY CAN'T, SINCE I KNOW THEY MM-HMM . ARE LIMITED BECAUSE THEY'RE STATE EMPLOYEES AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO COME LATE, AND I MEAN LATE TO COUNCIL MEETINGS. BUT IF IT CAN'T BE DONE, THEN MAYBE THERE'S A MECHANISM THAT THE CITY COULD ESTABLISH TO, UH, GET SOME OF OUR, UM, THE DE CALTRAN REPORTABLE NUMBERS. UH, I BELIEVE, UM, DON'T YOU HAVE THE CONTACT I INTRODUCED YOU TO, TO CALTRANS, UH, SACRAMENTO GOVERNMENT RELATIONS. AND SO I KNOW THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN ON THEM. SO THEY RECENTLY JUST DID A LOT OF THE FREEWAYS, UH, REALLY QUICK. OKAY. AND 2020, I WAS THE MAYOR CALTRAN TO THE ZOOM. OKAY. YEAH. PERFECT. YEAH. THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY SHOW UP. OKAY, GOOD. BUT THAT TIME WE, THEY DOING THE ZOOM DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. OKAY. AND THEY DID THE, UH, A PRESENTATION. AND WE, A LOT OF QUESTION THIS, THAT, SO IF THAT TIME, THEY CAN DO IT, AND I THINK THIS TIME YEAH. SHOW IF THEY CAN SHOW 10% IN THE BUS. OKAY. I THINK THEY CAN COME OVER HERE TO GIVE US SOME PRESENTATION. IT'S A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CALTRAN AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. I THINK THEY WANNA HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP TOO. SO PLEASE INVITE THEM TO COME TO DO A PRESENTATION. AND, UH, SO WE CAN HAVE A Q AND A. AND, AND TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW, BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE GET ATTACKED, LIKE, I GOT AN EMAIL, YOU KNOW, HITTING THAT WEST COVINA IS NOT DOING THE JOB IN CLEANING, BUT IT'S NOT OUR AREA. IT'S, UH, TRANSTECH. SO A PRESENTATION THAT CAL, SORRY, . CAL. YES. AND SO, UM, JUST TO HAVE THAT CLEAR BOUNDARY SO THAT THEY KNOW WHERE IT'S AT AND THEN HOW TO REPORT IT AND HOW THEY CAN ALSO HAVE THAT, UM, ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF IT AS WELL. UM, SO THAT, THAT'S IMPORTANT. AND MAYBE THAT SHOULD ALSO BE PUT ON OUR WEBSITE AS ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ON THE WORD OF REPORT OR HOW TO REPORT ALL THE BURDEN DOESN'T FALL ON CITY STAFF TO MAKE THOSE REPORT. IT SHOULD BE SPREAD OUT AND THEY SHOULD GIVE THE RESOURCES TO GO EXACTLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. UM, SO THAT IS THAT. ANY OTHER COUNCIL REQUESTS? UM, I DO, UM, I MENTIONED IT EARLIER. I WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE, UH, THE FLOCK CAMERA PRESENTATION. I KNOW ONE OF THE RESIDENTS SEND ME, UM, ALL THESE ARTICLES I'D LIKE TO, UM, GIVE THIS TO, OR IF YOU CAN PASS THIS TO THE POLICE CHIEF AND, UH, PD TO, UM, GET THAT AND REVIEW THESE ARTICLES. I'LL SHOW, SHE'LL GET IT. UM, JUST TO REVIEW IT TO JUST FALL IN LINE IF THERE'S ANY, UH, ISSUES OR CONCERNS THAT WE NEED TO, I I WANT THIS PRESENTATION TO EASE THE RESIDENT'S MIND ON THE FLAT FLOCK CAMERA AND GIVE THE FULL PICTURE. UM, I KNOW WE HAD A PRESENTATION MANY YEARS AGO WHEN IT FIRST STARTED, BUT BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE AND NEW DATA COMES UP, UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, POLICE CHIEF HAS THAT AND BE PREPARED TO PUT THIS UP. UH, YES. YEAH. I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. OKAY. AND, UH, I SUPPORT THE FLOOD CAMERA. OKAY. AND I KNOW SOME CT, THEY GET PRESSURE DONE, BUT, UH, WE CALL THE FLOCK CAMERA GAVE, CAME, GAVE, OKAY. IF YOU REMEMBERS, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, GABRIELA, ONE OF OUR RESIDENT, OKAY? AT THE SOUTH SIDE, AT THE AMAR AND, UH, SUSE, OKAY? WHEN THEY'RE GOING HOME TO TO PURCHASE SOME, SOME, OKAY. AND A TACO AND THE NIGHTTIME ABOUT 11 TILL O'CLOCK, AND SOMEBODY JUST PULLED NEXT TO HER CAR AND THEY SHOT HER AND SHE DIED. AND SHE'S A YOUNG, BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, JUST MARRIED. AND, UH, I MET THE, THE FATHER-IN-LAW, OKAY? AND, UH, TWICE OKAY. AND, UH, AT HIS PLACE. OKAY? SO, BUT I TOLD HIM, UH, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A CAMERA AT THE TIME, BUT AFTER THAT, I THINK, UH, MALE DADDY LOPEZ, OKAY? AND THEY REQUEST SOME KIND OF CAMERA FLOOD CAMERA, AND THAT CAMERA HAS BEEN INSTALLED, OKAY? AND SO IT'S WHY WE, BECAUSE HER AND THE FATHER KNOW IT, THE FATHER-IN-LAW KNOW IT. WE CALL THIS GA CAMP, OKAY? AND THIS RIGHT AWAY SOLVED THE, THE [05:30:01] ISSUE ON THEA, WHEN THE 13 OR 14 YEARS OLD GIRL GOT KILLED, CROSSED THE GREEN LIGHT, OKAY? ON THE SUSE TO THE SPORT PLUG INTO THE TOKYO CENTRAL AND, UH, AND SOME 18 YEARS OLD, OKAY? AND, UH, DUI AND, UH, KILL HER, AND HE RAN THE RED LIGHT WITHOUT THIS F**K CAMERA. WE CANNOT CATCH THIS GUY. SO, SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OKAY? AND, UH, AND THE FATHER-IN-LAW KNOW THAT TOO. OKAY? I SAY, WELL, I'M SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR LOSS, BUT THAT IS CREATE, OKAY? SOME OTHER CASES WE CAN SOLVE BECAUSE THE, THE FLOOD CAMERA SYSTEM AND, UH, BASED ON, UH, THE CHIEF, OKAY, WE OKAY, BASICALLY ARREST A LOT OF STOLEN CAR. IT'S MORE ABOUT THE STOLEN CAR, NOT IN TRUE TO ANY REGULAR PEOPLE AT ALL. SO ABOUT THE PANIC SELLING ABOUT HIS ICE AND THIS, THAT IT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL, OKAY? AND, UH, OKAY, IT IS ALL ABOUT STOLEN CAR. WHY YOU DRIVING A STOLEN CAR? BECAUSE YOU WANT COMMIT A CRIME, AND THAT'S WHY YOU DRIVE A STOLEN CAR. SO, SO WITH THIS STOLEN CAR, WITH THE FLOOD CAMERA, THE SCREAM, OKAY? RIGHT AWAY WE CAN POLICE OVER THE ARREST THEM, THIS AND THAT. SO, SO, SO ANYWAY, I, I REALLY SUPPORT ABOUT THE PRESENTATION. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UH, COUNCILMAN GUTIERREZ. YES, I I SUPPORT THAT TOO. UH, I THINK, UH, UM, I, I HAVE ALSO ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS. I THINK IT'LL ALSO BE A GOOD IDEA IF, UM, UH, CHIEF CRIT COULD ASK FLOCK TO INVITE THEIR GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, UH, TEAM, WHICH, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, MYSELF AND, UH, MAYOR PROTO CONTOS ACTUALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH, UM, THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS PEOPLE FOR FLOCK, UM, A COUPLE MONTHS AGO. UM, BUT THEY HAVE EXTENSIVE SAFEGUARDS IN PLACE TO PREVENT THE MISUSE OF THEIR SYSTEMS. UH, THEY HAVE REGIONAL OPERATION CENTERS, AND NOW THEY EVEN HAVE NEWER TECHNOLOGY THAT, THAT'S A DRONE SYSTEM THAT WILL ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU CALL 9 1 1 OR VICE VERSA, AN OFFICER, IT TAKES LONGER FOR AN OFFICER TO DRIVE THERE. BUT A DRONE AIRCRAFT WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, GET THERE IN WITHIN SECONDS, UH, TO TELL THE POLICE HOW MANY UNITS THEY SHOULD SEND AND, AND, AND, AND, AND SEE RIGHT ON SPOT ON TO GET THE SUSPECT. SO, YES. UM, ANY OTHER, I HAVE A MADAM MAYOR, UH, COUNCILMAN WU. YEAH. AND SINCE YOU ALL HAVE MOTHER, MAY I JUST THINK ABOUT THE DRUM, OKAY? AND, UH, AND THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. LOOK REGARDING THE POLICE DRUM, I KNOW WE JUST PURCHASED COUPLE DRUM, AND THEN IN THE PARKING LOT THEY ARE PRACTICING. UH, MY MOTHER MAY I IS OKAY. UH, THE, DURING THE JULY 4TH, THAT TIME, WE HAVE SO MANY ILLEGAL FIREWORK GOING AROUND ALL THE PLACES. OKAY? I GOT SO MANY COMPLAIN. AND, UH, THEY, THEY SAY IT IS UNBEARABLE BECAUSE WORSE THAN LAST YEAR, OKAY? AND, UH, MOST OF THE, IT HAPPENED IN NEXT TO SCHOOL. SO LIKE, UH, THEY TOLD ME THE DIVINE ELEMENTARY, MY MAINSIDE ELEMENTARY, AND THE PEOPLE JUST FILE, OKAY? THE ILLEGAL FIREWORK AND THE SAME THING TOO. OKAY? AND THE, AND THEY ASKED ME ABOUT DO WE HAVE A DRONE TO OKAY. TO CHECK INTO US, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOU HAVE NO CHANCE TO CATCH THEM. SO, SO MY SUGGESTION IS, OKAY, AND, UH, HAVE A POLICE WITHDRAWN TO OKAY, MONITOR DURING THE, OKAY, JULY 4TH TIME TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ORDINANCE REGARDING A THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE AND THIS AND THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO ENFORCE AND MAKE SURE ALL THOSE ILLEGAL FIREWALL WON'T HAPPEN BECAUSE WE SAW SO MANY FIRE GOING ON, OKAY? AND, UH, ON SOME OTHER PARK THE PEOPLE'S HOME. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THIS OKAY, CAN BE IMPLEMENTED AND, UH, REALLY OKAY, EDUCATE, PROMOTE DOING THAT. I REMEMBER BEFORE WE HAVE A BIG, OKAY, A SIGN SHOWING ILLEGAL FIREWALL IN WEST COVINA BEFORE THE JULY 4TH. UH, THIS YEAR I DIDN'T SEE. HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROMOTE, OKAY? RIGHT? WE HAVE NO SIGNS. I SAY THAT. NO, WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE TWO. WE HAVE TWO . NO, NO, YOU, WE HAVE EITHER TWO OR THREE. NO, NO. THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY TYPE IN THE ILLEGAL FIREWORK, OKAY? AND JUST SAY, OH, I SAY YIELD. OKAY. AND THE CONSTRUCTION, THEY TYPE IN THE NUMBERS SO THEY CAN USE, AND I SAW IT ON THE, ON THE CITRUS BEFORE, GET OFF THE FREEWAY. YOU SEE THE ILLEGAL FIREWALL? YEAH. YEAH. SO, SO HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE IMPLEMENTED. OKAY? THIS LONG MODEL AI, I WANT MAKING SURE YOU SAY, USE THE DRONE AND THE, AND THE PROMOTION TO HOPEFULLY SUBSIDE ANY ED FILE AWARD DURING JULY 4TH. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . SO THAT WAS COUNCIL REQUESTS, YES, NO, WHETHER, OKAY, SO NOW [CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ] ON TO CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS, OTHER COMMENTS. UH, MAYOR PRO TE CONTOS, I'D LIKE [05:35:01] TO, UH, CONGRATULATE, UH, NIKKI'S NIGHT MARKET FOR NOT ONLY A GREAT EVENT THIS PAST FRIDAY, BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR SUPPORT, MORE THAN $2,000 WAS RAISED FOR BOY SCOUTS TROOP 7 24. UH, IT WAS REALLY, ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. WAS A FUN, FUN TIME AND PLUS VARIOUS OF US, WE WERE TOGETHER. IT WAS JUST A REALLY NICE TIME TO BE TOGETHER WITH COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS, AND IT'S JUST A NICE THING. AND ALSO JUST AS A PER ON A PER MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE, THIS IS FUN BECAUSE I AM SPENDING THE FIRST HOURS OF MY BIRTHDAY WITH YOU ALL. SO, UH, OKAY, SIX , YOU GET A BIRTHDAY SONG? YEAH, I'M JUST SO HAPPY. WHERE'S THE CAKE? HERE WE GO. WHERE'S THE CAKE? WHERE'S THE CAKE? MY NAME, I DIE NOW. WHERE'S THE CAKE? YOU HAVE TO DIE OFF. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. GIVE YOU A COKE. HERE WE SING YOU HAPPY BIRTHDAY. YOU GUYS WANNA ING 'EM? HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HERE WE GO. ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HOLY . YEAH. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. DO YOU? THANK YOU. I LOVE YOU GUYS. I LOVE, I LOVE OUR CITY. I LOVE YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOW. AND THEN MOTION INTO IT. JIM, I HAVE A COMMENT. OH, OKAY. EVERYBODY NEEDS COMMENTS. UM, SO JUST THANK YOU EVERYBODY. UM, EVEN LOOKING AT THE PARK MASTER PLAN, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS HIGH ON THE LIST WAS COMMUNITY EVENTS. AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE DEPARTMENT DOES A FABULOUS JOB IN BRINGING OUT COMMUNITY EVENTS AND WE'RE DOING MORE, THE SECOND ONE RIGHT BELOW SAID, WELLNESS. SO I'M SO HAPPY THAT, UH, COUNCIL WOMAN DIAZ AND I ARE DOING A COMMUNITY EVENT AND WELLNESS, SO THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S THIS SATURDAY, UH, WE ONLY WANTED TO CAP IT AT A HUNDRED. THIS IS THE VERY FIRST TIME WE'RE DOING THIS. AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING COUNCILWOMAN, HAVE BEEN MEETING LIKE WEEKLY TO GET THESE DONE AND GETTING THESE VENDORS AND, AND EVERYTHING. SO WITH KEYNOTE SPEAKERS. SO IT'S GONNA BE A FABULOUS EVENT. UM, IT'S THE FIRST ONE. I KNOW THEY WANNA MAKE IT BIGGER, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD LIKE 50 OTHERS ON THE WAITING LIST. WE KIND OF MODIFIED THE ITINERARY, MADE THAT WORK. AND SO WE GOT 150 THAT WE REGISTERED. I KNOW THERE'S ON THE WAITING LIST. UM, BUT, UH, JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THAT. AND THIS IS FOR ALL, ALL IS WELCOME. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. UH, NOW YOU HAVE A COMMENT. I, AND YOU HAVE A COMMENT. I HAVE TO FOLLOW YOU. OKAY? SO, OKAY. AND I HOPE I, I, I HOPE, I HOPE ONE DAY YOU CAN ACCEPT, MAN, OKAY. FOR YOU ALL THE ONE WELLNESS, OKAY? OKAY. BUT I'M JUST JOKING, I WON'T GO. OKAY. I'M JUST KIDDING. OKAY? BUT, BUT I WANT, I I WANNA SAY THIS. I WANT, I WANT SOMETHING. I WANNA SAY SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK. UM, WHY THE RESIDENT, THEY CHOSE, OKAY, THE COMMUNITY EVENT IS IMPORTANT. THE COMMUNITY EVENT BRING HAPPINESS, IT BRING UNIT, IT BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER. YOU HAVE ALL THE CHILDREN PERFORM OVER THERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, ALL THIS KIND OF, UH, ACTIVITY AND PEOPLE SHOW UP AND THE NEIGHBOR, BROTHERHOOD SISTER, EVERY DAY OVER, PEOPLE OVER THERE HAPPY AND SMILING TO EACH OTHER. YOU MEET SO MANY PEOPLE AND THEY SAY HI TO YOU. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE COMMUNITY EVENT, OKAY? HOPEFULLY WE HAVE, UH, MORE PEOPLE AND PUT IT TOGETHER, ALL DIVERSE, ALL DIFFERENT, AND TO UNITE SEE TOGETHER, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THE PEOPLE PICK, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE IS THE PRIORITY FOR OUR PARK. SO HOPEFULLY, OKAY, WE CAN HAVE A PARK AND, AND THE EVENT. AND ALSO WE HAVE ALL THIS COMMUNITY UNITE PEOPLE TOGETHER. WEST COVIN STRONG. THANK YOU. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, HAVE A GOOD MORNING, , AND UH, I KNOW ALL OF THE CITY STAFF NEEDS TO, UH, SLEEP A FEW HOURS AND GET BACK TO WORK. SO, UH, HAVE A GOOD MORNING. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANKS. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.