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[Call to Order]
WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHERE NOW? SEVERAL CLOCK SHOP.AND THE CITY MEETING IN SESSION AND FOUR PEOPLE HAVEN'T VOTED YET.
PLEASE COME OUT TO VOTE TONIGHT.
STATION WON'T BE
SO YOU STILL HAVE ONE HOURS TO GO.
DON'T JUST COMPLAIN BOYS YOURSELF.
AND TONIGHT IN VOCATION WILL BE LED BY PASTOR AND THE WEST COVINA TRAVELING KELLY TO PAID FROM FAITH CHURCH FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF LEGION LED BY ME.
HEAVENLY FATHER, TONIGHT WE COME TO YOU AND WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR CITY, UPON OUR STATE, AND UPON OUR NATION.
THANK YOU LORD THAT TODAY IS A PIVOTAL DAY, A HISTORIC DAY.
AND WE JUST PRAY, LORD, THAT IN ALL OF THE RACES AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VOTING ON AND ALL THE ISSUES ON THE BALLOT, LORD, THAT IN EACH AND EVERY INSTANCE GOD, THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE DONE IN EACH ONE, LORD, THAT YOUR WILL WOULD BE ESTABLISHED IN OUR CITY.
IN OUR STATE AND IN OUR NATION AND IN OUR WORLD AS WELL.
SO GOD, RIGHT HERE IN THIS MEETING TONIGHT, LORD, WE DO PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR CITY COUNCIL.
WE THANK YOU LORD FOR THEIR SERVICE AND THE WISDOM THAT YOU'VE GIVEN THEM.
AND WE PRAY, LORD, THAT THE DECISIONS AND THINGS THAT ARE ARE MADE TONIGHT, LORD, WOULD BE BLESSED BY YOU AND INSPIRED BY YOU.
LET YOUR BLESSING BE UPON OUR CITY AND UPON OUR STATE AND UPON OUR NATION.
AND WE THANK YOU FOR THAT TONIGHT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOEMAKER MAY APPROACH HIM.
AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING WE PULL OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION? NOTHING.
[Merced Elementary School: Named 2020 California Distinguished School by the CA Department of Education.]
THANK YOU SO MUCH.AND THE PRESENTATION TO NY, SUPPOSEDLY WE HAVE A MAZE.
MARCEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BUT DUE TO SOME EXPECT THEY'RE NOT HERE.
SO, SO WE ARE GOING TO RESCHEDULE.
THEY ARE A WARD OF A DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL.
FOUND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OVER CALIFORNIA.
SO HE'S A OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT HOPEFULLY.
NEXT SESSION WE CAN INVITE THEM BACK TO WEAKEN WACO NIGHTSTAND AND AFTER LEAD THEN WE ARE GOING TO HAVE UH, ORAL COMMUNICATION.
[Additional Item]
AND BEFORE THAT I WANT TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR GUESTS OVER HERE.IS UPPERS AND GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT DIRECTORL CONTROLLERS.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT YOU PROVIDE A WATER TO US? YOU WANT TO QUICKLY SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WE HAVE NO PRESENTATION SO YOU ARE ALL PRESENTATION.
MEMBER OF THE CONSOLE AND THE PUBLIC.
HOW CONTRARES VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT AND ONE OF THE CITIES THAT I DO REPRESENT HAPPENS TO BE WEST COVINA.
AS FAR AS TOURS, WE HAVE GIVEN A FEW OF 'EM.
THEY'RE KIND OF FEW AND FAR IN BETWEEN.
I TRIED TO GET A COUPLE OF PEOPLE IN THERE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE'RE ALLOCATED EACH DIRECTOR THREE INDIVIDUALS AND IF I DON'T SUBMIT THE NAMES THAT THEY UH, THEY CLOSE.
BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR NAME, YOUR INFORMATION.
I KNOW A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE BEEN TO ONE OR TWO OF THEM.
LET ME KNOW AND THIS WAY I'LL PUT YOU IN AS SOON AS I KNOW I PUT THE NAME.
THEREFORE WHEN IT COMES UP AND BECAUSE I DON'T LEAD THEM, IT IS CHARLES TRIPPY.
NO, BECAUSE HE'S OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE UPPER A PERCENT SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AT THE MED BORE.
SO HE GETS THE TOP PRIORITY AND RIGHT NOW HE'S GOT THAT POSITION TO AT LEAST ONE MORE YEAR.
SO THANK YOU AND WELCOME AND BEST OF LUCK AND HOPEFULLY THE RESULTS OF YOUR ELECTIONS TODAY COMES OUT TO THE WAY YOU PREFER TO BE AND ONLY THE VOTES HOTEL.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.YOU WANT TO ADDRESS TO COUNSEL, PLEASE FILL OUT THE YELLOW CAR, PROVIDE TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A CITY CLUB.
AS THIS IS DECLARED TO WAIT FOR YOU, PLEASE FEEL THE ORANGE ONE.
HOW MANY SPEAKER? WE HAVE THREE.
I CAN SEE YOUR FINGERS ARE THREE.
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I'M GOING TO FIRST SPEAKER PLEASE.SINCE I MISSED A COUPLE OF MEETINGS, I'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON AN ITEM THAT HAS NO VALUE AND THAT AND THAT MEANS CHANGING THE NAME OF THE STREET, GLENDORA AVENUE.
THIS IS THE DUMBEST THING I'VE EVER HEARD.
THIS WILL NOT ONLY AFFECT THE CITY, BUT THE RESIDENTS AND THE BUSINESSES ON GLENDORA AVENUE.
FIRST OF ALL, IT'S GOING TO COST US CITY TO REMOVE THE SIGNS AND GET NEW ONES.
SECOND, BUSINESSES HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR LETTERHEADS AND BUSINESS CARDS.
THIRD RESIDENTS HAVE TO CHANGE THEIR LICENSE AND JUST A FEW ITEMS. NO THOUGHT WENT INTO THIS.
WHY DON'T WE TRY TO DO SOMETHING CONSTRUCTIVE, NOT DESTRUCTIVE AND LESS COSTLY.
I KNOW THAT THREE COUNCIL MEN AND THE CITY MANAGER KNEW THAT THERE WAS, THERE WAS NO POLLING PLACES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST COVINA WHEN I FIRST CALLED THE CITY CLERK SAID I COULD VOTE IN LA PAWLENTY.
ISN'T THAT WHERE OUR CITY MANAGER, UH, WHO WAS FIRED FROM LA PAWLENTY? I SEE NO LEADERSHIP OR STAFF MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ANY LENGTH OF TIME AND PROBABLY DON'T KNOW THAT WE EVEN EXIST.
THEY ARE TRYING TO SAY THAT THE COUNTY PICKED UP THE POLLING PLACES, BUT I WOULD THINK THE PLACE HAD TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FIRST.
NOW THE CITY HAS 17 PLACES TO VOTE.
IN FACT, CITY HALL AND THE LIBRARY IS SHORT DISTANCE WAS APPROVED, BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE FROM AZUSA, AMR TO VALLEY BOOT AND BOULEVARD, WE DO NOT HAVE ONE PLACE TO VOTE.
NOGALES HIGH SCHOOL IS LOCATED IN VALENTA.
HOW CAN YOU TELL US TO SHOP IN WEST COVINA WITH A STRAIGHT FACE? I JUST WENT TO THE CITY OF CHINO WHERE THERE WERE SALES.
TAX WAS 7.75 AND GAS WAS THREE 12 A GALLON IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD.
WE ARE THE 17TH WORST IN A CITY OF 417 CITIES.
DOES THAT TELL YOU SOMETHING? CAN'T BLAME ALL ON THIS COUNCIL AND STAFF, BUT ALL THIS MESS IS SURE NOT DOING ANY
AN EXAMPLE FOR TWO YEARS, THE FORMER MANAGER AND COUNCIL COULD NOT AGREE ON A UNION CONTRACT.
NOW WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL, A NEW CITY MANAGER AND THEY APPROVE SOMETHING THAT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS COULDN'T DO.
NOW NOW THEY WANT TO RAISE THE TAXES ON RESIDENTS TO PAY FOR THIS MISMANAGEMENT.
WAS THAT IN THE BUDGET? I DIDN'T SEE IT AND I'VE GONE TO MOST OF THE MEETINGS BEFORE I SAID IT WAS LIKE TALKING TO THIS WALL.
WE NEVER GET INTO THE ANSWERS.
I THINK WE'VE EXTENDED THAT TO THE 10 FREEWAY NOW.
UH, THE SECOND FINANCIAL, THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS WERE DUE A MONTH AGO.
ONE IS THE CITY COUNCIL GOING TO DISCUSS THOSE REPORTS AND PUBLIC RUMORS OCCUR IN ANY PUBLIC SECTOR AGENCY.
A RUMORS GOING AROUND THAT WEST WILL HAVE A MULTI MILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT AND THAT STAFF IS DELIBERATELY NOT DISCLOSING THE MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT UNTIL AFTER THE MARCH 3RD ELECTION.
I HOPE THE RUMOR IS NOT TRUE, BUT IT DOES SEEM CREDIBLE.
CREDIBLE BASED ON WHAT HAS BEEN SAID STATED AT PUBLIC MEETINGS BY STAFF AND WHAT HAS BEEN STATED AT PUBLIC MEETINGS BY RESONANCE AND WHAT HAS BEEN WRITTEN IN THE TRIBUNE WHEN PUBLIC SAFETY PAY INCREASES WERE APPROVED AND THE FACT THAT THE STATE AUDITOR WILL BE AUDITING OUR CITY, THE ELECTION IS OVER.
IS THERE A PROJECTED MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BUDGET DEFICIT, MR CITY MANAGER AND IF YES, WHEN WILL IT BE PUBLICLY DISCUSSED? THANK YOU MEGAN.
LYNN CLIMATE, SOME PHOTOS TO SHOW YOU.
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OKAY.UM, WE HAVE AN ISSUE THAT JUST HAPPENED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A LITTLE WHILE AGO.
UM, I LIVE ON THREE ZERO ONE TWO EAST CAMERON AVENUE, WHICH IS RIGHT BELOW.
I LIVE ON THREE ZERO ONE, TWO EAST CAMERON AVENUE, WHICH IS DOWN A LITTLE PRIVATE ROAD COVERAGE IN YOUR LANE, WHICH IS RIGHT BELOW THE, UM, THE LARGE HOME THAT'S BEING BUILT IN THE CITY.
I THINK YOU GUYS KNEW ABOUT THAT YEARS BACK.
ANYWAY, THERE'S A BIG HOUSE BEING BUILT ABOVE US, WHICH IS FINE.
IT'S BEEN YEARS GOING ON AND SO FAR EVERYTHING WAS FINE.
AND UM, IT'S BEHIND THE GOLF COURSE.
YEAH, THERE'S A LITTLE PRIVATE ROAD COVERAGE, INULIN.
AND SO UP ON THE HILL, THERE'S SOME HOMES IN THERE, FOUR OR FIVE HOMES THAT ARE KIND OF TUCKED BACK IN THERE.
UH, AND SO THEY'RE BUILDING THE LARGE HOUSE UP ABOVE.
UM, AND UH, ABOUT, UH, LAST FRIDAY WE COULD GO, YEAH, LAST FRIDAY, IT'S TUESDAY, SORRY.
UM, THE CONTRACTOR TALKED TO MY HUSBAND AND SAID, CAN I MEET YOU DOWN BY THE WATER METERS TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING? SO I MET HIM DOWN THERE AND SAID, WE NEED TO PUT THIS, UM, BACKFLOW SYSTEM NEAR THE WATER METERS BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS SO LARGE.
THEY NEED A FIRE HYDRANT AND SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
AND SO THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE WATER COMPANY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE THIS.
SO THEY WANTED TO PUT IT IN THE CORNER AND HE SAID IT WAS JUST A FOOT OFF THE GROUND AND THAT THE BUSHES WILL COVER IT.
SO WE THOUGHT, OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
SO THAT WAS ON THE FRIDAY AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MONDAY, WHICH IS A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY, UM, THE TRUCK CAME IN WITH THIS PIECE, WHICH ISN'T A FOOT OFF THE GROUND AND IT'S, IT'S CALLED A BACKFLOW DOUBLE DETECTOR AND I GUESS IT'S MANDATORY OVER ANYTHING OVER 10,000.
ANYTHING OVER 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO I WASN'T, I WAS OUT OF TOWN UNFORTUNATELY, BUT MY HUSBAND LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, THAT CAN'T GO ON OUR CORNER PROPERTY.
SO THEN THEY SCURRIED AROUND AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT A SPOT WHERE TO PUT IT.
UH, AND THEN THEY DETERMINED THAT IT PROBABLY NEEDED TO BE ON THEIR PROPERTY, CAUSE THE, THE WATER SITUATIONS ON OUR PROPERTY, WHICH ORIGINALLY WE AGREED TO UNTIL WE SAW IT.
UM, WHICH I WOULD HAVE RATHER HAD IT THERE AND THEN WHERE IT IS NOW.
SO ANYWAY, SO THEY TALKED TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND TALKED TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE WERE JUST GOING TO PUT IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF THEIR GATE THAT, SORRY.
THE WAY THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SITUATED IS THERE'S FIVE HOUSES IN THE AREA, BUT THERE'S THIS DRIVEWAY THAT GOES UP TO THEIR PROPERTY.
MY MOM LIVES ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
THEY'VE LIVED THERE FOR 50 YEARS.
I LIVED IN OUR HOUSE FOR 25 YEARS.
SO THIS LITTLE CUL DE SAC THAT WE KIND OF SHARE HAS JUST BEEN OUR LIVELIHOOD AND WE'VE KIND OF, UM, ENJOYED THE NATURE, THE AESTHETICS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO BETWEEN FRIDAY AND THE FOLLOWING THURSDAY, THIS DOUBLE DETECTOR THING WAS INSTALLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE GATE IN BETWEEN MY HOUSE AND MY PARENTS' HOUSE.
THE PICTURE ON THE FRONT IS MY PARENTS' HOUSE TO THE LEFT.
AND THEN MY HOUSE WAS ON THE RIGHT.
WHEN I FIRST SAW IT, I TOLD THE CONTRACTOR, THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN KEEP THAT THERE.
AND HE SAID, UM, VERSUS HAD THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID IT HAD TO BE THERE, BUT I'VE TALKED TO RANDY BILL AND HE SAID THAT, UM, HE JUST AGREED TO WHERE THEY WANTED TO PUT IT.
THEIR BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ON THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT NO FUTURE OWNERS WOULD GIVE THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, DISPUTE IT.
UM, SO THE ISSUE IS THAT IT HAD TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE WATER COMPANY, SEWER AND WATER COMPANY BECAUSE THEY NEED TO COME OUT AND MEN, UM, MY MOM IS MY MIND, MY WORDS, THEY HAVE TO COME OUT AND MONITOR IT LIKE ONCE A YEAR OR SO.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO GET TO IT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS.
BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY RANDY BEALE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE GATES.
SO IT COULD HAVE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GATE, BUT THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF THE WATER TO THE WATER COMPANY.
MY POINT IS I FEEL LIKE WHERE IT WAS PLACED, MMM ISN'T ACCEPTABLE AND THAT IT COULD HAVE GONE FURTHER BACK, TUCKED IN THE GATE TO WHERE IT'D BE A LITTLE MORE IN THE BUSHES STILL ON THEIR PROPERTY AND WHERE THE WATER COMPANY COULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT.
SO RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF STUCK THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S NOT VERY PRETTY AND IT'S KIND OF SAD.
I'M, I HAVE A CALL INTO, UM, WE RECENTLY GOT THE HOUSE ASSESSED SO I HAVE A CALL ON TO THE ASSESSOR TO GET THE ACTUAL LEGALITIES
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OF THE PROPERTY LINES.UM, I DID TALK TO A REAL ESTATE PERSON AND THEY SAID THAT THE DRIVEWAY GOING UP TO THE LARGE HOUSE, THEY MIGHT'VE BEEN GRANTED THAT CAUSE WE THOUGHT IT WAS THAT IT WAS OUR PROPERTY AND THEN MAYBE THEY ARE GRANTED AN EASEMENT IN FRONT OF THE GATE AND THEREFORE, UM, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO BUILD ON THE EASEMENT IF IT WAS JUST FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF BEING ABLE TO GET TO THEIR HOME.
SO I, THIS ALL CAME REALLY QUICKLY AS YOU CAN.
I THINK YOU HAVE A MAJOR ISSUE WITH LOOKING SO UGLY TO YOUR PROPERTY.
SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER TO ANSWER YOUR CONCERN.
SEE HOW WE CAN NAVELI TO FIND A WAY.
TO BE DESIGNED TO BE NOT SO INTRUSIVE TO YOUR PROPERTY AND THE WELL THE YOU ARE QUIET ENJOYMENT.
I'M HERE IS I DID SAY TO THE CONTRACTOR WE NEED TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT IS NOT A GUNSHOT.
SHE SAID WE'RE NOT MOVING IT SO, SO, SO I GOT IT.
SO CITY MANAGERS CAN DO CHECK WHO OUR PLANNING AND CHECKING OUR, OKAY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING AND THEN WE WILL TRY TO ADDRESS YOUR ISSUE.
THE FIRST CONCERN BASICALLY IS REGARDING THE, I AGREE.
WHY THE SOUTH SIDE ASKING ABOUT SHADOWS.
WE SHOULD HAVE A OKAY BOLTING STATION OVER THERE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE.
OUR RESIDENT TO GO OVER THERE.
WE HAVE A BIG SPACE OVER THERE OR CAN, CAN WE, OKAY.
SEE THEY CAN SURVEY TO PUT THE SHADOW OUR COMMUNITY FOR ANOTHER POLLING PLACE.
AND I THINK THAT IS MUCH MORE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GO THERE TO WHAT THEN DRIVE INTO LA POINTE DAY OR MELINDA, I THINK WE HAVE A SPACE WHEN I UTILIZE.
AND THE NOVEMBER ELECTION COMING UP.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN ADDRESS THIS ABOUT THE ISSUE.
SECOND ISSUE I THINK MAYBE HE CAN ADDRESS TO JERRY REGARDING FINANCIAL ISSUE TOO.
WE SPEND TWO TO HER AND A THIRD ISSUE REGARDING THE LADY OF NATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
TO BE NEIGHBORLY, THAT WE CAN HAVE A DISCOUNT, A HUGE THING.
NOT GOING TO BE SO INTRUSIVE AS YOU FIND THE COMMON COMMON GROUND FOR BOTH SIDES.
I THINK WE GOT THE QUESTIONS AND YOU GOT RIGHT TO THE SOLUTIONS INSIDE.
I'M HAPPY TO, UM, FOLLOW UP AND ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.
STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT QUESTION, THE LADY WITH THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES WAS THE FIRST I'VE HEARD OF THAT, BUT SHE'S GOING TO CALL ME IN THE MORNING AND WE'LL, UM, SEE IF WE CAN'T WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION.
BOY, LOOKING AT THOSE PICTURES, THAT'S SOME FORM OF UGLY.
I, I UNDERSTAND WHY SHE DOESN'T WANT IT THERE.
IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD, OFTENTIMES THE UTILITY SERVICE PROVIDERS ARE JUST THINKING ABOUT THEIR EASE OF, YOU KNOW, FILL IN THE BLANK, READING THE METER OR WHATEVER, BUT TRY AND TRY AND FIND A SOLUTION.
UM, THE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE CITY FINANCES, THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A BALANCED BUDGET AND WE'VE BEEN LIVING WITHIN THAT.
WE'RE MONITORING THE KEY INDICATOR AREAS QUITE CLOSELY.
A DIRECTOR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND I MET THIS WEEK, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN MEETING QUITE REGULARLY WITH THE, THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND THE FIRE CHIEF REGARDING THE, THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE IN THOSE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH WAS THE OVERTIME.
NOW THAT WE WERE FULLY STAFFED, WE THINK WE'VE REALLY TURNED THE CORNER ON THAT.
AND AT THE MID YEAR WHEN THAT RETURNS TO YOUR COUNCIL AGENDA PUBLICLY, I THINK YOU WILL SEE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE LIVED WITHIN THE ADOPTED BUDGET AND UM, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT DATA TOGETHER WHEN IT'S ON YOUR AGENDA.
UH, REGARDING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT, UM, AS A FALSE RUMOR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING QUITE CLOSELY WITH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE AUDITOR REGARDING THEIR, UM, INDICES OF FINANCIAL RISK.
THERE WERE 10 CITIES THAT WERE THE 10 WORST AND THEN IN RESPONSE TO SOME INQUIRIES THEY ADDED WEST COVINA TO THAT LIST.
WE HAD A INITIAL ASSESSMENT VISIT, A WEEK LONG VISIT, UM, FROM THE OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR AND THE LAST WEEK THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE, UM, AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF SEVEN STATE SENATORS AND SEVEN ASSEMBLY MEMBERS, UH, DETERMINED ON THEIR CONSENT CALENDAR THAT THE FIVE CITIES THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BASED ON THE INITIAL ASSESSMENT, THAT THEY HAVE A FULL AUDIT, UM, THAT THOSE WOULD PROCEED INCLUDING WEST COVINA.
WE WELCOME THAT AND WE ARE WORKING HARD THROUGH OUR INITIATIVES THAT WERE ADOPTED AS PART OF THE BUDGET TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS WITH FINDING ECONOMIES AND CITY OPERATION.
NOW, THIS YEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, WE PRIVATIZED SOME OF OUR SERVICES BUILDING AND SAFETY AND CITY ENGINEERING.
THOSE SEEM TO BE WORKING OUT QUITE WELL.
WE'RE ALSO, AS COUNCIL'S WELL AWARE, PURSUING THE, THE, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHICH IS THE UNFUNDED CALPERS LIABILITY AND WE'RE PURSUING A PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS TO ADDRESS
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THAT.WE THINK INTEREST RATES ARE QUITE FAVORABLE NOW.
THE COURT VALIDATION ACTION HAS BEEN FILED AND WE'RE IN THE REQUIRED REVIEW PERIOD THERE WHERE, WHERE PEOPLE ARE WELCOME TO BE ADVISED TO THAT AND FILE DOCUMENTS WITH THE COURT IF THEY SO CHOOSE.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING IN RESPONSE TO THEY'VE ALL DONE.
HOW ABOUT THE OKAY, PULL IT IN PLACE.
WE WERE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COUNTY WHO'S RUNNING THIS ELECTION, SO IT WASN'T REALLY OUR DECISION.
WE DID OFFER TO THEM A NUMBER OF CITY FACILITIES THAT COUNCIL CHAMBERS TONIGHT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.
EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ON A NIGHT WHEN WE'RE HERE, WE JUST USED ANOTHER DOOR AND IF WE NEEDED TO COME THROUGH THAT ROOM FOR HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY, THERE'S THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER COUNCIL MEETINGS, WE WOULD HAVE JUST MADE THAT WORK.
WE WERE TRYING WITH THEM TO AVOID DISRUPTING SCHEDULED EVENTS, WEDDINGS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS AT, AT OUR CITY FACILITIES.
WE DID OFFER SHADOW OAKS AND ULTIMATELY THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY DID NOT NEED THAT ONE.
BUT WE'LL WORK AGAIN WITH THEM IN ADVANCE OF THE, OF THE NOVEMBER ELECTION.
AND THE NEXT ONE WE MOVE ON TO MANAGE A RIPPLE REGARDING OF WHAT HAVE BIAS GOING ON IN OUR CITY.
AND WE WANT TO HAVE OUR RESIDENT HAVE A REPO FOR THE CITY MANAGER WHO KNOW HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, HERE I'M GOING TO END UP A ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
ANYBODY WANT TO SPEAK? OH, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OH, OKAY.
UH, WE HAVE YOU, WHY DON'T YOU PULL YOUR YELLOW CAR? THEY TOLD ME ONLY THREE NUMBERS.
AND SINCE THAT TIME AND I'VE TALKED TO, I COMMUNICATED WITH CHRIS YESTERDAY, THEY HAVE FAILED TO REPLACE HIM.
SO CURRENTLY THERE IS NO ONE AND YOU CAN TELL BY THE LACK OF COVERAGE OF ANYTHING HAPPENING IN THIS CITY SINCE THE OPENING OF CHICK-FIL-A, THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING, NOTHING.
IF YOU GO TO THE WEBSITE AND CLICK ON WEST COVINA, IT GOES, THERE'S NOTHING AND YOU'RE HEARING TONIGHT ISSUES BEING RAISED BECAUSE CHRIS YE IF HE WASN'T HERE, HE WAS MONITORING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS BOTH.
AND HE WOULD DO REPORTS CAUSE HE WOULD CONTACT YOU AND ME, ANYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED, HE WOULD CONTACT US TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON TO GET DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
BUT YOU'VE HAD A COUPLE OF ISSUES BEING RAISED TONIGHT BY THE PUBLIC THAT IF THERE WAS A REPORTER COVERING THIS BEAT, THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME LIGHT SHED ON IT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COUNCIL CAN DO ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE TRIBUNE DOING, NOT HIRING ANYBODY, BUT I THINK IT'S A DARN SHAME, ESPECIALLY WITH AN ELECTION TODAY.
UH, I'M KINDA CONCERNED ABOUT AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE, THE COUNCIL ELECTION COMING UP.
I KNOW IT'S A FEW MONTHS AWAY, BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE IN A PARTICULAR HURRY TO FILL THE SPOT.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS CITY OF 120,000 PEOPLE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE BEAT REPORTER AND THERE'S, THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO COVERAGE OF THIS CITY AND I THINK THAT'S A SHAME BECAUSE YOU NEED A PRESS COVERING A CITY.
I, HOW'D YOU PERCENT AGREE WITH YOU? OKAY.
CHRISSY WAS, UH, WE LOST HIM IS A BIG SHAME OF BECAUSE HE REALLY COVERED NO MATTER, OKAY, GOOD OR BAD, BUT HE REALLY CALL THE ENTIRE CITY WEST COVINA IS ON THE MAP WAS ON THE NEWS ALL THE TIME.
AND THAT WE NEED THAT NO MATTER THAT THIS AND THAT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE THE STORY, HAVE THE NEWS COMING OUT.
AND A LOT OF RESIDENTS DEPEND ON THAT NEWS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WEST COVINA.
SO NOW YOU'LL SAVE WELL MOUNTS AND THEY HAVE YOU PREACH THE CHOIR.
HEY, CAN YOU RECOMMEND SOMEBODY TO COVER OUR CITY BEFORE CHRISTOPHER? WE HAVE.
ON STEPHANIE, STEPHANIE BAYER.
AND AFTER STEPHANIE BAER, WE RIGHT AWAY WE HAVE THE CHRISTOPHER IE.
WE NEED THIS COVERAGE FOR TRANSPARENT FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND I THINK CHRISTA V HAS NO, NO, NO, I THINK ENOUGH.
I WANT TO GET THIS THING OVER.
I WON'T SAY EVERYBODY AT HOME, SO
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TO TAKE AND GO OR THEY CAN GO HOME.SO ANYWAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON.
I, WE WILL CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE EDITOR OR ATTRIBUTE AND DON'T FORGET THEY ARE PRIVATE ENTITY.
NOTHING WE CAN FORCE THEM TO DO BUT WE TRY OUR BEST TO, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN HIRE SOMEBODY TO COVER OUR QUEST CITY.
WE HAVE A LOT OF STORY TO BE TOLD.
WE NEED THIS COVERAGE BY ANY ANYWAY AND
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
A CITY MANAGER WAS, PLEASE GO AHEAD.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF BRIEF ITEMS TO REPORT TONIGHT.
UM, WANTED TO ANNOUNCE PUBLICLY AND ASK PEOPLE TO SAVE THE DATE FOR A STATE OF THE CITY EVENT, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL THE 30TH SIX 30 TO 8:30 PM.
AND UM, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDARS.
WE'LL GET OUT WITH UM, REGISTRATION INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
SECONDLY, WE'VE SCHEDULED A TOWN HALL MEETING REGARDING THE CORONA VIRUS.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH THE 18TH FROM SIX TO 8:00 PM AT THE CORTEZ PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER.
WE'VE GOT, UM, A NUMBER OF VERY GOOD, UM, SPEAKERS ARRANGED FOR THAT EVENING.
THAT COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL BE IN, UM, REPRESENTATION AND FULL STRENGTH.
AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE THROUGH THE BROADCASTING OF IT.
AND, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING THAT PEOPLE WILL COME TO LEARN ABOUT WAYS THAT THIS PANDEMIC MIGHT BE AVOIDED AND DEALT WITH.
WE WANTED TO, UM, ANNOUNCE THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN UM, SOME SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND UM, WE THINK IT'S, IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE SOME VERY GOOD TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR, OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
AND SO THESE ARE THE FACES OF OUR NEW INTERNS THAT ARE NOW JOINING US AND WE'LL TRY AND GET WORD OUT ABOUT THESE INDIVIDUALS.
I'M KIND OF SEQUENTIALLY, ONE AT A TIME THROUGH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, WE'VE GOT NEW INTERNS IN HUMAN RESOURCES AND PLANNING IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE IN THE IT AND GIS DEPARTMENTS.
WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US A LOT OF GOOD SERVICE AND IT'LL BE A WAY THAT THEY CAN HOPEFULLY GAIN CAREERS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THE SHOP LOCAL AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM IS STILL MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE SEEKING, UM, ALL LEVELS OF SPONSORSHIPS TO DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE STUDENTS AND UM, THE PARTICIPANTS FROM THESE THREE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED COVINA, VALLEY UNIFIED, AND THE ROLAND.
SO WE'VE GOT SPONSORSHIPS LEVEL SET, UM, PLATINUM, GOLD, SILVER AND BRONZE.
IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN DIRECTLY SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS IN THESE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS, PLEASE, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE THIS EVENING.
WE HAVE A JOSH CALDWELL THE, YEAH, I THINK JOSH.
I THINK HE'S A FUTURE GENERALISTS.
WHERE ARE THEY HELPING OUR CITY.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH TO COVER WEST COVINA.
WE DON'T HAVE A TRIBUNE, BUT WE HAVE JOSH.
WHY WE GO TO MOVING BEFORE WE MOVE IN? OWNED ON THE OKAY.
I HAVE AN ADJOURNMENT FOR A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE BY THE NAME OF DAVID MENDOZA.
I'VE KNOWN DAVID FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, BUT I JUST FOUND OUT HE PASSED AWAY.
HE PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY THE FIFTH 2020 I LIKE TO READ A LITTLE BIT BOTHERED LANCE CORPORATE.
DAVID MENDOZA WAS BORN ON MARCH THE 30TH 1947 IN EL PASO, TEXAS IN 1959 AT THE AGE OF 12 DAVID AND THE MENDOZA FAMILY RELOCATED TO WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA IN JUNE.
IN 1965 DAVID GRADUATED FROM WIDOW HIGH SCHOOL AND HE JOINED THE U S MARINE CORPS AND HEADED FOR CAMP PENDLETON, WHICH HE COMPLETED BOOT CAMP BASIC TRAINING IN DECEMBER, 1965 THE VIETNAM WAR WAS ALREADY IN MOTION AS DAVID PREPARED HIMSELF FOR EXPERIENCE.
HE WOULD GO THROUGH THE NEW BASIN, GOD HE LIVED THROUGH AND JANUARY, 1968 DAVID WAS IN THE TET OFFENSIVE IN VIETNAM.
THEY COULD EXPERIENCE, PROVED TO BE YET ALSO EXPERIENCE FOR DAVID.
HE SUFFERED TRAP METAL IN HIS EYE.
FORTUNATELY, THE DOCTORS WERE ABLE TO SAVE HIS EYE ON MAY THE 10TH 1968 ALONG WITH HIS OTHER MARINES, DAVID RETURNED HOME TO SAN FRANCISCO TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE.
THE RECEPTION BY THE PROPERTY WAS LESS THAN WARM AND WELCOME.
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EXPERIENCE SERVED AS A HEARTBROKEN SADNESS AND ANGER TO REFLECT ON AS A VIETNAM VETERAN.THROUGHOUT DAVID'S LIFE, HE LOST MANY FRIENDS IN VIETNAM, WHICH HE NEVER FORGOT.
ON OCTOBER THE FOURTH 24 97 DAVID DAVID MARRIED TERESA PEREZ AT ST FRANCIS CHURCH IN PICO RIVERA, CALIFORNIA.
THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN AND THEY BORN ON NINE 24 1972 IN GABRIEL, BORN ON SEVEN 22 1977 THROUGH THE SAME YEAR, DAVID AND TERRY RELOCATED FROM WIDIA TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WHICH THEY HAVE LIVED EVER SINCE.
IN 2002 DAVID'S FIRST GRANDSON BENJAMIN WAS BORN IN 2013 THE SECOND GRANDCHILDREN, GRANDSON OSCAR WAS BORN IN 1971 DAVID WAS HIRED AT THE SANTA FE RAILROAD AND DILIGENTLY WORKED HIS WAY UP TO RANKS AND RETIRED AS A TRAIN'S MASTER IN 1975 THEY WOULD ALSO WAS AN AMATEUR FIGHTER AND HE FOUGHT A FEW FIGHTS IT THE OLYMPIC STADIUM IN DOWNTOWN NEPAL, RETIRED FROM THE SAND IFFY.
DAVID MET TRAINER COACH MR BEN
DAVID WOULD COME UP, COMMENT TO ENJOY THE PROSPEROUS AND INCREDIBLE FLYING CAREER AND BOXING A REFEREE OVER 22 YEARS WHEN DAVID WAS NOT IN THE RING.
HE ENJOYED CAMPING, BOATING, ROAD TRIPS, HOME PROJECTS, FREDDY FENDER, MUSIC, MEXICAN AND NATIVE OF CALIFORNIA.
HE WILL, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY HIS CHILDREN AND HIS GRANDCHILDREN AS SOMEONE WHO WOULD ALWAYS MAKE THEM LAUGH, MOTIVATE THEM TO DO THEIR VERY BEST BY WORKING HARD OUT OF BLACK PUNCHES AND REMEMBER TO ENJOY THEMSELVES.
DAVID AND TERRY WERE MARRIED 49 YEARS AND ENJOYED A BLESSED LIFE TOGETHER, FILLED WITH ADVENTURE, TRAVEL, GOOD FRIENDS, LAUGHTER AND LOVE AND MUSIC AND ALL.
UH, HIS DAUGHTER SAID, REST IN PEACE, DAD, WE LOVE YOU AND WE'LL MISS YOU EVERY DAY.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE BEST OF YOU.
WE DON'T BET UP BECAUSE YOU SACRIFICE FOR LOVE FOR US.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY DAVID FINALLY SUCCUMBED TO AGENT ORANGE FROM VIETNAM.
THIS IS A DEVASTATING DISEASE THAT, UH, YOU COME HOME, YOU THINK YOU'RE OKAY AND YEARS PAST IT FINALLY HIT YOU.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY TO DAVID, REST IN PEACE, MARINE.
UH, PLEASE, UH, AS IN CITY CLERK AND MAKE A NOTE IN THE MEMORY AND OWNER OF HIM.
AND UH, AND I HAVE, UH, ANOTHER WHILE OF GERMAN MEMORY.
UH, THIS ONE HE HIT VERY HARD TO US BECAUSE IT'S A KIND OF ONE OF US.
TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN.
ALL THE COUNCIL MEETING IN MEMORY OF A DEPUTY CORPORAL NGO, GILLETTE CORPORAL GILLETTE DIE IN THE LINE OF DUTY, UH, WHO WAS SERVING A WARRANT LAST TUESDAY IN SANCHEZ, SOUTH CAROLINA.
HE SERVING THE U S AIR FORCE FOR 12 YEARS.
BEF BEFORE HE WENT INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT, HE CAME FOR A LONG LINE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFERS IN HIS FAMILY.
HE'S A LOVING FATHER'S HUSBAND AND SON.
HE SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE AND A 11 YEARS OLD SON.
DO YOU NEED THIS? A VERY, VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TIME ALONG WITH OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGERS, MR MILAN.
AND UH, I NOTICED HIM VERY HARD.
OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGERS AND THE CORPORAL END JEWEL, GILLETTE IS HIS BELOVED.
AND THE LITTLE COUSIN AND OUR, OKAY.
WE S VERY, VERY SORRY FOR HIS LOSS.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF OWNERS OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING THE GERMAN FOR HIM.
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WE MOVE INTO A CON CONCERN CANDIDATE AND THE CITY COUNCIL.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MAKE ABORTION.
SO I HAVE A COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MADE THE MOTION AND THE MOVE THE MOTION THERE.
I HAVE A COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND THE SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMEN CASTELLANO'S BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON JOHNSON AND MS SHOEMAKER.
[7) CONSIDERATION OF THIRD AMENDMENT TO MV TRANSPORTATION, INC. AGREEMENT FOR TRANSIT SERVICES]
THEN WE MOVE INTO THE, LET ME SEE NUMBERS SEVEN CONSIDERATION.THIS IS CONTINUE FOR LAST MEETING REGARDING THE TRANSPORTATION, THE GO WEST AND UH, UH,
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WE DO, WE HAVE A NEW REPORT BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE THE REPORT LAST TIME SO WE WON'T HAVE A NEW REPORT REGARDING THE CONCERN.REGARDING HOW TO PROMOTE UH, THIS, UH, TRANSPORTATION.
SO HAVE A MORE RIDERSHIP AND HOW TO PROMOTE.
SO CITY MANAGER WHO'S GOING TO REPO.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES MANAGER, MR. KELLY MCDONALD WILL PRESENT THIS REPORT.
THIS ITEM RETURNS TO YOU YOUR DIRECTION.
WE'VE GOT ABOUT NINE OR 10 SLIDES TO JUST RECAP THE FACTS AND LAST TIME WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE VERY QUICKLY AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME DATA THAT SHOULD RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS YOU RAISED AT YOUR LAST MEETING.
WITH THAT, WE'LL ASK MR. MCDONALD TO GIVE A REPORT.
AND GOOD EVENING, UH, WAS MENTIONED THIS ITEM WAS CONTINUED FROM THE FEBRUARY 18TH MEETING.
IT'S A CONSIDERATION OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE MV TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT FOR THE PROVIDING OF TRANSIT SERVICES.
UH, THE FIRST MOTIVE, I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH SOME OF THIS THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
UM, FIRST MODE OF SERVICE WAS THE, UH, IS THE SHUTTLE SERVICE.
THERE ARE THREE ALIGNMENTS ARE RED, BLUE AND GREEN, WHICH ARE RUN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND AN ESTIMATED ANNUAL OPERATING HOURS OF, UH, 11,006 50.
UH, THE BLUE LINES IS A ROUTED ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE CITY.
THE, UH, RED LINE, UH, IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE CITY AND THE GREEN LINE RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH DOWN TO THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE CITY.
THE RIDERSHIP NUMBERS WERE DISCUSSED LAST TIME.
THIS IS THE, UH, 18, 19 MONTHLY RIDERSHIP BY LINE FOR THIS SHUTTLE.
THE SECOND MODE OF OPERA, UH, OF TRANSIT SERVICES, THE DIAL RIDE, WHICH IS, UH, FOR ELDERLY FOLKS 55 AND OVER AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES RUNS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AND A, A SHORTENED SUNDAY SCHEDULE.
THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL OPERATING HOURS OF OPERATION ARE A 7,600 HOURS.
THIS IS THE 18, 19 RIDERSHIP NUMBERS BY MONTH.
AND THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED IN DECEMBER 13 AND EFFECTIVE MARCH 14.
TOTAL COSTS OF A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WAS FOUR POINT $9 MILLION.
THE, UH, AGREEMENT INCLUDED A PROVISION FOR TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, OPTIONAL EXTENSIONS TO BE AWARDED ON A ONE YEAR BASIS.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS.
FIRST AMENDMENT WAS APPROVED IN 2017, WHICH, UH, IT WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE MINIMUM WAGE, UH, BILL THAT WAS SIGNED IN 2016.
AND UH, THAT FIRST AMENDMENT COVERED THE BALANCE OF YEAR FOUR.
UM, AND THE, UH, YEAR FIVE OF THE AGREEMENT IN ITS TOTALITY.
THE SECOND AGREEMENT THAT WAS, UH, APPROVED LAST YEAR WAS FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE FIRST OPTIONAL YEAR.
AND THEN, UH, WE'RE, THE THIRD AMENDMENT IS BEING CONSIDERED THIS EVENING.
NOW THE NEW INFORMATION, THE COST OF, UH, COST OF SERVICE, THE CITY IS INVOICED FOR ACTUAL OPERATING HOURS.
THE SHUTTLE IS ON A FIXED, IT'S ON A FIXED ROUTE AND IT'S SCHEDULED.
AND SO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A PRETTY CONSISTENT COST AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSE TO THAT, UH, OPERATING THE CONTRACTED, UH, OPERATING HOURS OF 11, SIX 50.
THE DIAL MAN DIAL RIDE IS A DEMAND DRIVEN SERVICE AND A LESS THAN PLANNED RIDERSHIP IS GOING TO RESULT IN LESS PLANNED EXPENDITURES.
UH, THE AMOUNTS THAT ARE LISTED IN THE AGREEMENT ARE SHOWN IN THE AGREEMENT ARE PRICES THAT ARE NOT TO BE EXCEEDED.
AND, UH, THE PAST THREE YEARS THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN UNDERSPENT THOSE AUTHORIZATIONS, PREVIOUS CONTRACT AMENDMENTS INCLUDED BUDGET AMENDMENTS TO, TO ACCOUNT FOR THE FULL OBLIGATION OF THE CONTRACT AT THE NEW RATES.
UH, AND WHEN, AS THEIR UNDERSPENT UNDERSPENT, THE FUNDS WERE JUST ENCUMBERED, WENT BACK TO THE FUND BALANCE WHERE REPROGRAM FOR ELIGIBLE OTHER ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.
YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE EXPENDITURES THROUGH JANUARY, 2020, THE INCREASED RATES INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSAL FOR THE EXTENSION CAN BE SUSTAINED, UH, IN THE APPROVED BUDGET FOR THE PORTION THAT OCCURS IN 1920 WITHOUT AN AMENDMENT.
AND THIS IS DUE TO DIAL RIDE PARTICIPATION BEING LESS THAN PLANNED.
THE UH, BALANCE OF THE EXTENSION CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE 20 2021 BUDGET PROPOSAL.
BUT IF A STATUS QUO BUDGET IS DESIRED FOR 2020, 21, UH, SERVICE ADJUSTMENT WOULD BE DEPENDENT UPON PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM.
UH, DICHLORIDE, UM, WAS BROUGHT UP THAT THE AGREEMENT STATES THAT THERE WERE FIVE, UM, THE CONTRACTORS TO PROVIDE FIVE VEHICLES WITH ONE BEING A SPARE.
UH, WE ALSO ASKED THAT THEY, UH, MAKE GOOD
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FAITH EFFORTS TOWARDS FINDING EFFICIENCIES OF SERVICE AND B, BASED ON DEMAND AND THE ROUTING, SCHEDULING AND SO FORTH.THERE ARE FIVE THAT ARE PROVIDED, BUT THEY DEPLOY THREE AND WE'LL ROLL ROLLOUT A FOURTH IF NEEDED.
AND THIS IS DRIVEN BY A ROAD SUPERVISOR RATHER THAN CALLING IN A DRIVER TO SPEND THE FULL DAY.
AND THAT IN INEFFICIENCY AND COSTS WOULD BE PASSED ONTO THE CITY.
SO, UM, THERE ARE FIVE VEHICLES AVAILABLE.
THE, UH, RIDERSHIP, UM, RELATIVE, UH, 18, 19 RELATIVE TO 1718 WAS DOWN IN RIDERSHIP ACROSS THE REGION AND NATION IS ON THE DECLINE.
AND, UH, LITERATURE POINTS TO, UH, THE IMPROVED ECONOMY, LOWER GAS PRICES, THE RISE IN TNCS LIKE UBER AND LYFT IS, AND A REPORT THAT WAS CITED IN THE, UH, THE, THE STAFF REPORT THAT WAS PERFORMED BY UCLA.
ITS FOUR FOUR SCAG POINTS TO THIS, UH, THE MAJOR COLLEGES IN THIS REGION, BNB IN SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN AUTOMOBILE OWNERSHIP, PARTICULARLY AMONGST THOSE POPULATIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE A SERVICE BY PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT, UH, MARKETING WOULDN'T, UH, WOULDN'T HELP, UM, RIDERSHIP.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
UH, THE AGREEMENT CALLS FOR, UH, THE CITY TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS, THE PRODUCTION OF SCHEDULES, APPLICATIONS AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS, AND THE CONTRACTOR TO COOPERATE IN THE DIST DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE ITEMS. PROVIDE ADVICE TO CITY ON PROMOTION AND MARKETING AS WELL AS TO PARTICIPATE IN EVENTS AT THE CITY'S REQUEST.
NOW, UM, THERE IS A DEDICATED PORTION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE THAT SHOWS THE SCHEDULES AND THE, THE, THE MAPPING, THE, UH, THERE IS STANDING SPACE, UM, THAT IN THE DISCOVER WEST COVINA AS WELL AS A SENIOR CENTER NEWSLETTER THAT, UH, PROMOTES, PROMOTES THE SERVICES.
WE ARE GOING TO USE THE, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS MORE FREQUENTLY TO, TO PROMOTE AND RAISE AWARENESS.
UH, THERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF THE, WHEN THE, UH, SENIOR FAIRS WERE LOWERED LAST JUNE ON THE CITY'S SOCIAL MEDIA.
UH, AN OUTREACH, UM, WE'RE GOING TO, THIS READS IS THE TOWN HALL IS DESCRIBED IN THE, UH, IN THE AGREEMENT TO, TO EDUCATE, UH, PARTICULARLY DIAL RIDE FOLKS.
BUT MV WAS OUT LAST WEEK AT THE SENIOR CENTER MANDA TABLE FOR UH, THREE HOURS AND W PROMOTED DID SOME EDUCATION.
THEY WERE ABLE TO UH, PROCESS ONSITE 23 NEW APPLICATIONS FOR RIDERS AND HANDOUT AND OTHER 62 ADDITIONAL APPLICATIONS TO THOSE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
AND WE PLAN TO HAVE FUTURE VISITS, UM, RELATIVE TO EVENTS WE'VE ASKED, UH, ASKED THEM TO BE PRESENT AT THE ARBOR DAY, EARTH DAY AT THE END OF APRIL, AS WELL AS A SUMMER CONCERT SERIES TO PROMOTE THE SERVICE.
AND THE, UH, AN ANOTHER THING WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH JUST DOING A PROCLAMATION ON ONE OF THE NATIONAL ANNUAL, UH, PUBLIC TRANSIT DAYS, UH, DUMP THE DUMP THE PUMP DAY, WHICH IS, UH, I THINK IN ITS 13TH, 14TH ANNUAL, UH, ANNUAL, UH, CYCLE IS IN JUNE.
AND TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY HAVING FREE RIDES FOR THE DAY OR THE WEEK TO PROMOTE THE SERVICE AND COMMEMORATE THAT, UH, DAY IN CONJUNCTION WITH IT, WITH THEIR PROCLAMATION AND NOW LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO OUTREACH TO POPULATIONS, UH, THAT WOULD USE PUBLIC TRANSIT, THE SENIORS AND IN YOUTH STUDENTS, HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND UH, TRYING TO GET ENTREE INTO, UH, SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN, UH, THE SENIOR HOUSING COMPLEXES.
AND, UH, LASTLY, UH, THE, THE AGREEMENT, UM, MENTIONS THAT THERE'S AN OFFICE LOCATION IN EL MONTE AND S SINCE THE, UH, EARLY PART OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE, UH, UH, MV HAS LOCATED AT A MODULAR OFFICE AT THE CITY YARD.
THAT'S WHERE THEY, UH, WORK AND UH, THEY'RE IN AT LEAST AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY FOR PAYING $3,000 A MONTH FOR THAT SPACE, FOR THE MODULAR AS WELL AS PARKING SPACES.
AND IT'S, IT'S, UM, EXCELLENT FOR ACCESSIBILITY FOR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE STAFF WHO NEED TO, UH, NEED THE FACE TIME WITH THE MV STAFF.
SO THERE'S THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THE NEW INFORMATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTIONS TO, UH, APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, OR, UH, APPROVE AN EXTENSION OF THE CONTRACT WITH NO BUDGET INCREASE
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AND DIRECT STAFF TO WORK WITH MV TO STAY WITHIN THE STATUS QUO COSTS OR DIRECT STAFF TO CONDUCT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.THOUGH IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED THIS TIME.
THE, THE CONTRACT DID EXPIRE YESTERDAY, UM, OR PROVIDE ALTERNATE DIRECTION.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT A CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT FOR TRANSIT SERVICES WITH MV TRANSPORTATION EFFECTIVE, UH, MARCH 3RD, 2020 THROUGH MARCH 2ND, 2021.
ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
UH, A MALE PROTON LED YOU LOPEZ
AND DO YOU WANT TO GO TO SECOND ONE? GO, GO AHEAD.
IN REGARDS TO THE DIAL RIDE THAT THERE'S ONLY THREE DEPLOYED.
I KNOW ORIGINALLY WHEN WE SAID, UM, THEY SAID THERE WAS ONLY THREE AND WE SAW THE CONTRACT THAT WAS FIVE.
NOW MY CONCERN IS THE SENIORS, UM, SENIORS WOULD COMPLAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE FOR THEM TO ARRIVE.
SPECIALLY THERE'S PEAK PEAK TIMES OF DAYS WHERE IT'S HIGH DEMAND.
SO WHERE DO THEY COME UP WITH ON DEMAND? IT'S BA BASED ON THEIR SCHEDULING AND THEIR, THEIR ROUTING.
UM, AGAIN, CAN GENEVIEVE, GENEVIEVE, CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? OR STEVE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP TO ANSWER THE QUESTION? THANK YOU.
OH, OUR CURRENT CERN BEFORE WAS THAT WE ONLY SAW THREE, UH, DIAL RIDES BEING UTILIZED.
AND WHEN I SAW ON THE CONTRACT IT SAID FIVE AND SO ON OUR LAST MEETING WE WANTED THAT TO BE ADDRESSED.
NOW I SEE THAT IT IS ADDRESS, BUT IT SAYS BASED ON DEMAND.
SO WHAT IS THE DEMAND? BECAUSE I KNOW OUR SENIORS, RIGHT? SO WE BASE OUR, OUR, OUR BUSES EVERY DAY BASED ON DEMAND.
SO IF WE SCHEDULED TWO DRIVERS TO COME IN AND SCHEDULING IS DONE, THE DRIVE, UM, THE RESIDENTS CAN CALL UP THE SEVEN DAYS IN ADVANCE.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DO SAME DAY SCHEDULING.
SO IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE SOMEBODY THAT SAME DAY, IF THEY CALL LIKE FOR LET'S SAY NINE O'CLOCK AND WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY, YOU KNOW, BUSY AT THE NINE O'CLOCK HOUR, UM, WE WILL NEGOTIATE A TIME THAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE.
UM, AND IF WE CAN SEND OUT A FOURTH VEHICLE, WE WILL AND THAT WILL BE USED BY LIKE A SUPERVISOR.
IT JUST DEPENDS CAUSE WE DO SAME DAY CALLS SO WE CAN SCHEDULE ALL THE WAY UP UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE.
BUT IN THE SAME DAY OF, SOMEBODY MIGHT CALL AND SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, I'M, I WANNA YOU KNOW, RIGHT AT NINE AND, UH, RETURN AT 11 AND WE WILL ACCOMMODATE IT WITH THE ROAD SUPERVISOR IF NEED BE.
BUT, UM, IF IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULED IN ADVANCE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NEXT DAY IS GONNA BRING.
SO WHERE DOES THE FIFTH ONE COME IN? CAUSE IF THE FOURTH ONE SEEMS TO BE THE SHUTTLE SUPERVISOR ON CALL, SO THERE'S FIVE, THE FIFTH ONE IS A SPARE.
SO IF ONE OF THEM GOES DOWN, LET'S SAY WE ARRIVE AT SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND THE WHEELCHAIR RAMP DOESN'T WORK AND WE CAN'T GET THEM ON THE BUS, THEN WE CAN SEND OUT THAT FIFTH VEHICLE AS A BACKUP VEHICLE TO KEEP SERVICE REDDING
BUT MY OTHER QUESTION, IS IT BASICALLY ON THE SAME LINE, IF 40 YEARS IN THREE BUSES A DAY AND WE HAVE FIVE, ARE WE BEING CHARGED? ALL FIVE MEMBERS HAVE BEEN CHARGED FOR THE THREE THAT WE'RE USING.
YOU ONLY ARE CHARGED FOR THE HOURS OF SERVICE.
SO IF WE HAVE THREE THAT ARE RUNNING EIGHT HOURS A DAY, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO GET CHARGED FOR THE THREE TO EIGHT HOURS A DAY.
IF WE SEND ONE PERSON TO SERVICE, WE WILL ONLY CHARGE FOR THE TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE A VEHICLE IN SERVICE, NOT FOR VEHICLES THAT ARE JUST STANDING BY.
ANYBODY HAVE THE QUESTION? OKAY, GO AHEAD.
WELL THANK YOU GUYS FOR GOING TO THE SENIOR CENTER THE OTHER DAY AND SETTING UP THAT TABLE.
UH, ONE QUESTION IS, WILL YOU GUYS BE AT OUR STATE OF THE CITY? THAT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED A LITTLE BIT AGO.
UM, I WROTE THE, THE, I WROTE THE DATE DOWN AND I WAS GOING TO ACTUALLY ASK KELLY THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE ATTENDING.
AND I SAW THAT YOU GUYS WOULD PARTICIPATE WITH CONCERTS AT THE PARK.
AND JUST SO YOU GUYS KNOW, WE ALSO HAVE A 4TH OF JULY PARADE IF YOU GUYS CAN LOOK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE THERE.
AND UM, ALSO AT THE SENIOR CENTER ON THE 18TH OF THIS MONTH, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CORONA VIRUS TYPE OF BRIEFING THERE.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO SHOW UP AND PARTICIPATE THERE AS WELL, THAT'D BE GREAT.
SO ON ARTICLE FIVE STATEMENT OF SERVICES ON THE SHUTTLE SECTION, IT SAYS THE SHUTTLE ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, THERE'S NO SERVICES BEING OPERATED, RIGHT? DID THEY? THAT'S STILL
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GOING ON.FOR THE UM, GO WEST SHUTTLE, WHICH IS A FIXED ROUTE.
THAT SHUTTLE ONLY OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
SO THERE IS NO SERVICE ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY.
BUT THERE IS, UM, SERVICE FOR DIAL RIDE ON SUNDAYS ONLY.
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SHUTTLE MODES.
THERE'S THAT PUBLIC AND THEN THERE'S ONE FOR THE UM, UH, SENIORS AND DISABLED.
CAUSE JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, CAUSE I KNOW SOME, SOME RESIDENTS WERE STILL ASKING ME THIS, SO YOU'VE GOT TWO DISTINCT SERVICES.
ONE JUST GOES AROUND IN CIRCLES, THREE LINES AND THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY.
THE DIAL RIGHT IS BY APPOINTMENT BASICALLY AND FOR 55 AND OVER 55 AND OVER OR DISABLED OR DISABLED.
COUNSEL, ANY ALDO OF COMMON QUESTION? UH, JESSICA? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE TO NOT HAVE SERVICES ON THE WEEKENDS? UH, STUDENTS AND UM, KIDS THAT STILL HAVE ACTIVITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT GOING ON THE WEEKEND.
SORRY, THAT WAS THE RFP WAS THAT WAS THE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS? I, I, OH, I WOULD HAVE TO RESEARCH THAT TO SEE WHY, WHY THAT WAS THE CASE.
BUT THAT WAS A HELL OF THE PROJECT WITH SPED.
SO IN SIX YEARS WE'VE HAD THIS CONTRACT WE'VE NEVER AUDITED AND ASSESSED WHETHER IT WAS GIVING US THE SERVICE WE NEEDED AND WHETHER WE SHOULD BE MAKING CHANGES TO THE SERVICES OFFERED.
WE JUST WENT BY WHAT THE RFP SAID.
I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE FOLKS WHO MANAGE THE THIS PRIOR, PRIOR TO, SO ARE WE HAVING NOTES TAKEN SO THAT WHEN WE GO OUT FOR RFP AS REQUIRED NEXT YEAR, WE ACTUALLY ASSESS OUR NEEDS AND CONTRACT ACCORDINGLY.
AND THIS, THIS ALSO, I'M ON THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
I KNOW I ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO I UNDER, I DO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAME OF THIS SITUATION, BUT IT WAS PROMISED THAT ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE NEEDS ARE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY, SENIORS, STUDENTS, JUST EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY DURING PEAK TIMES.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE NEXT RFP THAT EVERYTHING IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND UM, I WENT TO LOOK AT DIAL RIDE.
I KNOW SOMETIMES IT'S AN ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, SENIORS AND THOSE WITH DISABILITIES CAN'T GET ON.
WE APPARENTLY ARE NOT HAVING THAT ISSUE BASED ON USAGE.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO OPEN IT UP.
UM, WE DO LIVE IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS VAST MAJORITY FREE AND REDUCED LUNCH.
AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THE WEEKENDS WHEN PEOPLE NEED TO GET AROUND, IT'S OPEN TO EVERYBODY.
BASICALLY WE HAVE A
APPROVE THIS AND PLUS 3%, UH, AMENDED DUE TO THE MINIMAL WAGE OF A RACE UP.
SO, UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE HAVE OUR OKAY.
SEE, IT'S NOT TOO TOUGH, RIGHT? YEAH, WE'RE VERY LIGHT.
QUICKLY I THINK A DIAL RIAH OR I'LL GO WHERE'S IT'S OKAY.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY SERVICE BECAUSE A LOT OF SENIOR DEPENDING ON THIS, BUT UH, I WOULD OKAY.
BASICALLY WHY IS MORE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THIS SERVICE NOW? WAYS OF THE GUESTS.
WANTING ORION TO VERY EMPTY AND THE HOPEFULLY, OKAY.
WE CAN HELP THEM AND ESPECIALLY WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENT COMING UP SO WE CAN HAVE A GO WEST TO HELP US TO MOVE THE SENIOR.
THEY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT CORRUPT VIRUS AND THAT WE CAN HAVE A MOVE THEN INTO OUR SENIOR CENTER.
MAYBE YOU CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT.
AND JULY 4TH WE CAN MOVE PEOPLE AROUND SO, SO AGAIN, PUNISH IT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO HAVE THE, YOUR SERVERS AND HELPING A LOT.
A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS TO UTILIZE.
AND WHILE THEN JUST WASTES OF A GUEST.
I WAS ALSO, I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN WE TRY TO FIND A PARTNERSHIP TO UTILIZE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE US TO MIRROR.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO MOVE BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
DO I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER, MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
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MAYOR WILL.OKAY, SO WE MOVED A MOTION FIVE ZERO APPROVED AND C WE APPROVED THE THEME.
MAYBE GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT UP AND DUMP OUT.
WE WANT TO LET YOU IN NOW GIVE YOU PLEASE.
OKAY, LET'S HELP EACH OTHER HAVE A MORE PEOPLE TO UTILIZE THE SERVICE.
[MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS]
AND NOW WE MOVE INTO, DO WE HAVE ANY AP ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR REPORT? IF NOT, DO WE HAVE, DO WE HAVE ANY OF ADO WE HAVE A COMMENT? GO AHEAD.
I DIDN'T WANT YOU TO HAVE FORMAT BY, YES, WE ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
WE HAD ANOTHER MEETING TODAY AND I THINK IF ANYONE HAD NOT TO KNOW ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT, YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH SUSIE OVER THE SENIOR CENTER.
SHE'S BASICALLY THE PERSON THAT UH, IS THE HEAD PERSON THAT YOU KNOW, THAT ANY INFORMATION GOES THROUGH HER THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG PROBABLY THEY GO, WE GOT QUITE A FEW VENDORS.
UH, I THINK UH, I THINK WE SAID WE HAD LIKE EIGHT OR 10 VENDORS OR FOOD VENDORS ALREADY.
AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE THE BEER GARDENS MOVE A LINE LONG.
WE GOT ALL OF OUR FLYERS FOR OUR CAR SHELL AND THE PARADE ITSELF IS LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I JUST DON'T.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I CAN, CAN I WAIT TO HAVE A GENERIC FALTER FIRST PER WAY WE EVER HAVE, I THINKS IS A GOOD FOR ENTIRE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER.
BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION AND YOUR HELP AND THE DEDICATION AND THE, ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO COME IN ANYTHING OUT AND LET YOU SURE.
WE STILL HAVE A FIVE MINUTES TO VOTE.
AND, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING FOR THE MEETING AND A GOOD NIGH.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T VOTED, PLEASE GO TO VOTE.
YOU, THEY HAVE THE FIVE MINUTES AND THE MEETING, OR JEN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.