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TO MOVE TO THE, OUR REGULAR[Call to Order]
COUNCIL MEETING AND NOW WE HAVE ALL RISE PLACE.FOR OUR PESTA SON, OUR CITY MANAGER, TO GIVE US A PLACE TO SAFEGUARD OUR CT AND THE PLAYS THE BEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
BOTHERED MADE THE WORDS OF OUR MOUTH AND THE MEDITATIONS OF OUR HEARTS BE ACCEPTABLE IN BY SIGHT.
OH LORD, OUR STRENGTH AND IRVING, DO WE NEED TO DO A ROLL CALL AGAIN? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER MAY APPROACH HIM.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATION.DO WE HAVE ANY EMAIL OR ANY TEXTS OR ANY HANGOVERS? OKAY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE HOW MANY WE HAVE? I HAVE FIVE.
FIVE RECEIVES FIVE EMAILS AND WE HAVE ONE AT THE DOOR.
SO CAN HE GIVE YOU THE THING YOU CAN READ IT FOR? FOR THE PERSON? I HAVE SIX COMMUNICATIONS.
SO, UH, SO GO AHEAD TO READ THE FIRST ONE.
FIRST ONE IS FROM GEM
KHAFRE MAKES A STATEMENT AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS THAT APPEARS TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO WITHHOLD INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF 3.1 MILLION IN DEFICIT SPENDING IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SPECIFICALLY IT STATES THIS IS MOSTLY DUE TO THE LOSS OF 3.1 MILLION IN THE GENERAL FUND, WHICH WAS PRIMARILY CAUSED BY 1.7 MILLION AND ANTICIPATED GENERAL LIABILITY RELATED EXPENDITURES DUE TO CLAIMS AND LEGAL FEES AND PROGRAM EXPENSES.
THE FACTS ARE THIS ONE PUBLIC SAFETY SPENT 2.7 MILLION MORE THAN WAS BUDGETED WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE BUDGET IN AUGUST OF 1819 NUMBER TWO PUBLIC SAFETY SPENT 3.5 MILLION MORE IN FISCAL YEAR 1819 THAN WAS ACTUALLY SPENT IN THE PREVIOUS 1718 FISCAL YEAR.
A REVIEW OF THE DETAILED ACCOUNTING REPORT SHOWS THAT ALMOST ALL OF THE EXCESS EXPENDITURES OCCURRED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT IS INCREDIBLE THAT EXPENDITURES WOULD INCREASE BY THESE AMOUNTS WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIFICALLY ELIMINATED ENGINE NUMBER FOUR AND AUGUST OF 2018 IN ORDER TO REDUCE EXPENDITURES, I CAN FIND NO EVIDENCE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL EVER APPROVED ADDITIONAL BUDGET TO ALLOW THESE ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURES.
THE OFFICIAL BUDGET POLICIES ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
DO NOT GIVE THE CITY MANAGER THE AUTHORITY TO UNILATERALLY INCREASE OVERALL APPROPRIATIONS WITHOUT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC DESERVE A FULL AND COMPLETE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ACCOUNT FOR THESE EXCESS EXPENDITURES.
NEXT ONE IS FROM JAMES BRADFORD.
HELLO, MY NAME IS JAMES BRADFORD.
I AM NOT KEEN ON THIS EMAIL THING.
MY GRANDSON IS HELPING ME OUT.
I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF I'M DOING THIS CORRECT, BUT I WANTED TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
NUMBER ONE, WHY ARE CITY EMPLOYEES STILL AT WORK? WITH ALL OF THIS STUFF GOING AROUND, ISN'T IT? WHY IS THERE TO JUST WAIT OUT THE DAYS AS AS SUGGESTED BY OUR PRESIDENT? NUMBER TWO, HAVE CITY EMPLOYEES BEEN INSTRUCTED ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN OTHER CITIES? NUMBER THREE, WHY IS, WHY IS IT THAT THE CITY ISN'T SHUTTING DOWN OPERATIONS OR WORKING FROM HOME? I'VE LIVED HERE 27 YEARS AND IT ALWAYS SEEMS WE WAIT TO DO SOMETHING INSTEAD OF BEING THE LEADERS.
WE ALL NEED TO HELP STOP THIS VIRUS AND I FEEL LIKE MY CITY ISN'T DOING ANYTHING.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE PUTTING THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC AT RISK BY NOT DOING ANYTHING AT ALL.
I MEAN WE HEAR THERE WAS A CASE OF CORONA, CORONA VIRUS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND THEY SHUT DOWN.
HOW DO WE KNOW IF THAT PERSON WENT TO CITY HALL OR IS MARRIED TO A RELATIVE OF A CITY HALL EMPLOYEE? THIS IS HOW THE VIRUS SPREADS.
WE NEED TO SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS OF CITY HALL FOR THE RECOMMENDED 15 DAYS MINIMUM.
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I HOPE MY CONCERNS GET READ AND ANSWERED.
NEXT ONE IS FROM JERRY PATRAS PUBLIC COMMENT SUBMISSION CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 2020 I THINK SHE MEANS A MARCH 17TH PLEASE READ INTO THE RECORD AGENDA ITEM FOR RENEWAL, A FIVE-YEAR GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
THE GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT IS A RENEWAL OF AN EXISTING AGREEMENT.
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MANAGER HAVE OUTSOURCED A NUMBER OF CITY CERT, A NUMBER OF SERVICES THAT CITY EMPLOYEES HAVE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED.WHILE THIS EXTENSION AMEND AGREEMENT REPLACE ANY SERVICES THAT HAVE BEEN OR ARE CURRENTLY BEING PERFORMED BY CITY EMPLOYEES.
DOES THE GSA CONTRACT AGREEMENT HOW THEY CUSTOMARY NOT TO EXCEED DOLLAR LIMITATIONS OR DOES THE CITY MANAGER HAVE AUTHORITY TO SPEND WITHOUT LIMITATIONS? PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIPTS AT ME.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM NICK LEWIS TO HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS NICHOLAS LEWIS AND I AM A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA AND A MEMBER OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION.
MY DISCUSSION TONIGHT IS FOCUSED SOLELY ON THE ISSUE OF ITEM NUMBER SIX DURING THE MARCH 10TH, 2020 MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICE COMMISSION, WE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND THE ACTIONS TAKEN THERE UNDER BE SUBJECT TO THE REVIEW OF ONE OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS OR SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ITEM BY ITEM BASIS BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AS IT STANDS, TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE SUBJECT ONLY TO INTERNAL REVIEW BY STAFF WITH NO CITIZEN INPUT AND THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TAKE PLACE DURING MEETINGS WHICH OCCUR AT 3:00 PM AND ARE NOT WIDELY ATTENDED.
MOREOVER, UNTIL I PERSONALLY BROUGHT UP THIS CONCERN AND COMMISSION, MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES HAD LITTLE INSIGHT ON HOW OUR TRAFFIC CONTROL SAUSAGE IN THIS CITY IS MADE.
AS SUCH, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE PUBLIC AT LARGE HAS AN EVEN MORE SUBSTANTIAL KNOWLEDGE DEFICIT IN THIS REGARD.
WITH THAT THE COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION HAS TAKEN IT UPON ITSELF TO CONSIDER THE ACTIONS OF THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH OUR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS MOVING FORWARD IN ORDER TO ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE AT LEAST SOME RESIDENT OVERSIGHT TO THIS PROCESS.
HAS YOUR COMMISSION COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF YOUR APPOINTEES VOTED IN FAVOR FOR THE FOREGOING RECOMMENDATION, MYSELF INCLUDED, WE STRONGLY URGE YOU TO RATIFY OUR RECOMMENDATION AND MAKE OUR CONSIDERATION OF TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AND CONTROL ON A A REGULAR PART OF OUR CHARTER MOVING FORWARD.
TO THAT END, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT ANY, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO PUT OVER ANY CONSIDERATION OF TRAFFIC COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS UNTIL SUCH TIME AS OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU OR YOUR DESIGNATED APPOINTEES HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FULLY CONSIDER THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF STAFF.
THANK YOU AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST OF HEALTH IN THE WEEKS AND MONTHS TO COME.
THE NEXT ONE IS FROM COLEEN RESIDING GOOD EVENING COUNCIL STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I HAD PLANNED ON ATTENDING TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE AN UPDATE ON THE CITY'S INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS MANY OF YOU, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE ARE, AS MANY OF YOU MAY ALREADY KNOW, WEST COFINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS CALLED FOR A CLOSURE OF ALL OF THEIR SCHOOLS AS EMPLOYEES OF WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL.
WE MAY HAVE BEEN HIT THE HARDEST WITH POSSIBLE EXPOSURE TO THE CORONAVIRUS.
BECAUSE OF THAT, THE DISTRICT HAS ASKED ALL OF US BULLDOGS TO SELF QUARANTINE AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF US ARE DOING.
I DO HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO HELP KEEP YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES HEALTHY AND SAFE AS WELL.
NONETHELESS, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO UPDATE YOU AS YOUR ELECTED CITY TREASURER AS TO WHERE THE CITY STANDS AS FAR AS OUR CURRENT FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO.
THE INVESTMENT REPORT THAT IS BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT IS FOR THE MONTH END OF JANUARY OF JANUARY, 2020 THIS REPORT IS IN WITH THE GOVERNMENT, CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION NUMBER FIVE THREE SIX FOUR SIX IT SHARES DETAILED INFORMATION PERTAINING TO OUR SECURITIES, INVESTMENTS AND MONIES OF THE CITY AS WELL AS REPORTING ON THE MARKET VALUE OF THE INVESTMENT THAT WE CURRENTLY HOLD.
WHEN LOOKING AT THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND ACCOUNT CURRENTLY HELD WITH WELLS FARGO BANK, IT HAD A BOOK VALUE OF 4.3 MILLION AT THE END OF JANUARY, 2020 THE CITY SURPLUS FUNDS REFLECTED A BALANCE OF 56.3 MILLION OF WHICH 17.9 MILLION WAS INVESTED WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY INVESTMENT POOL, L A CIP EARNING 1.8599999999999999% AT THE TIME WHILE THE REMAINING 38.5 MILLION IN SURPLUS WAS INVESTED WITH THE LOCAL AGENCY INVESTMENT FUNDS, L A I F WHILE ERNIE 1.97% AT THE TIME.
BOTH OF THESE ACCOUNTS ARE DEEMED SAFE AND PROVIDE US LIQUIDITY.
THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO CURRENTLY WITH CHANDLER ASSET MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO BE LIQUIDATED, MEANING AS CURRENT INVESTMENTS MATURE, WE ARE NOT
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REINVEST.WE ARE NOT REINVESTMENT IN THE MARKET, BUT TAKING A MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH FOR NOW AND ROLLING THE FUNDS OVER INTO ONE OF THE TWO ABOVE MENTIONED ACCOUNTS, O A I F OR L A CIP.
THIS ALLOWS US TO EARN A COMPETITIVE RATE OF INTEREST WHILE KEEPING THE FUNDS LIQUID AND BY REDUCING THE PORTFOLIO WITH CHANDLER, WE ARE ALSO REDUCING AN ADMINISTRATION FEES CURRENTLY BEING CHARGED, WHICH ALLOWS US MORE PROFITABILITY.
THE CITY'S OVERALL PORTFOLIO, WHICH INCLUDES THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY FUNDS, HAS A TOTAL CASH INVESTMENT OF 72.2 MILLION AS OF ONE 31 2020 HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT ONLY 60.7 MILLION IS FULLY LIQUID AND UNENCUMBERED AT THIS TIME.
AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, I, ALONG WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR WAYS TO MAXIMIZE OUR INVESTMENTS WHILE ALWAYS KEEPING SAFETY AND LIQUIDITY AT THE FOREFRONT.
THESE ARE TRYING TIMES AND BY TAKING THIS CONSERVATIVE POSITION WE ARE TRYING TO AVOID FINANCIAL LOSS TO THE CITY AND ITS TAXPAYERS.
THANKS CITY MANAGER CARMONEY FOR RELAYING THIS REPORT ON MY BEHALF.
THEREFORE, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH ENDED JANUARY 31ST, 2020 RESPECTFULLY CALLING BE ROSATI ELECTED CITY TREASURER, CITY OF WEST COVINA.
HE HAS ASKING THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR A CITY PROCLAMATION FOR DMV DONATE LIFE.
APRIL IS DONOR AWARENESS MONTH.
PROCLAMATIONS ARE DUE APRIL 17TH, 2020.
ANY, ANYBODY ELSE? MARK? ANYBODY? WE HAVE TO MAYBE TWO PEOPLE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO PEOPLE ON THIS CALL.
WELL THE PHONE WILL RING ONCE, THEN HE'LL PASS THE PHONE AND LET THE NEXT SPEAK.
YOU WERE ON SPEAKER
UM, COUPLE OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, MR MAYOR, I WISH I COULD HAVE DONE THIS IN PERSON.
UM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, A LONGTIME RESIDENT PASSED AWAY A LONG TIME INVOLVED MEMBER OF THE RESIDENCY, UM, FOREST WILKINS.
SO I WANTED TO START OFF WITH SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU'LL ENJOY.
UM, HE ALWAYS LIKED TO START OFF WITH A JOKE FROM YOU AND AT HIS FUNERAL YESTERDAY, ONE OF THE JOKES WAS THIS, WHAT IS THE SLIPPERY AS COUNTRY IN THE WORLD? THAT ANSWER IS GREECE AND I FIGURED YOU GUYS WILL ENJOY A FOREST WILKINS JOKE.
UM, FORREST, I, I'VE KNOWN HIM MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I THINK HE DESERVES THE HONOR.
I THINK MR. JOHNSON WILL BE MS MAYOR WHO HAS A BRIEF COMMENT PASS AWAY.
HE WAS A LONG TIME RESIDENT, MARRIED TO HIS WIFE OVER 50 YEARS, 30 YEARS IN THE LAW ENFORCEMENT INDUSTRY AS A MOTOR OFFICER WITH LAPD, HAD 11 CHILDREN.
UM, AND WHEN HE WASN'T ALLOWED TO OR ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN WITH HIS WIFE, THEY ADOPTED THEIR FIRST SIX, I BELIEVE, OR SIX TOTAL.
AND ALSO EVENTUALLY WERE, WERE ABLE TO HAVE CHILDREN.
AND HAD FIVE OF THEIR OWN AND HE WAS SURVIVED BY COUNTLESS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
I THINK IT WAS LIKE 25 AND FIVE.
SO I WANTED TO PAY HOMAGE TO MR FOREST WILKINS WHO I'VE KNOWN PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE LIFE TO FLIP SUBJECTS NOW AND I HATE TO DO IT ALL IN ONE PHONE CALL.
BUT TO FLIP TO A SECOND SUBJECT, UM, I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE AWARE AND I'M PRETTY SURE YOU ARE.
THE TWO WEEKS AGO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CAME OUT AND UH, 80% OF THE VOTERS VOTED DOWN MEASURE WC.
UM, I'VE HEARD THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO THINKS THAT MAYBE IT JUST NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN.
IF THIS WAS PASSED WITH A SIMPLE MAJORITY OF 52 53%, 54% OF PEOPLE VOTING.
NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT LOGIC, HOWEVER, 80% OF YOUR VOTERS VOTED DOWN THIS MEASURE.
THEY SAID NO MORE TAXES DO NOT COME AFTER US FOR THE MONEY.
AND I BELIEVE YOU GUYS NEED TO HEED THAT WARNING.
UM, IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO ABOUT TRYING TO DO ANY OTHER TAX MESSAGE OR TAX MEASURE TOWARDS THE RESIDENTS IN NOVEMBER, CAUSE 80% OF THE VOTERS DID SAY NO.
THAT IS A FOUR TO ONE MARGIN AND A VERY, VERY LARGE LANDSLIDE.
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THE LAST THING I WANT TO POINT OUT, AND I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENT TO STAY TO THIS TONIGHT UNTIL I GOT HERE AND REALIZED THAT YOU GUYS HAVE CLOSED DOWN PUBLIC COMMENT.I UNDERSTAND WE'RE DEALING WITH AN EPIDEMIC OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE CALLED A PANDEMIC, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE COMMENTS.
UH, IF YOU GUYS SET UP A LINE OUTSIDE OF CITY HALL WHERE PEOPLE TURN IN A MESSAGE AND YOU BRING ONE PERSON IN AT A TIME, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL.
YOU HAVE A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE ARE EMAILING IN COMMENTS.
I BELIEVE THAT'S FINE FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO DO THAT, BUT THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO WISH TO SHOW UP AND SPEAK PUBLICLY AT THE COUNCIL MEETINGS.
BY COUNT ON THE VIDEO, YOU GUYS HAVE ABOUT 10 PEOPLE SITTING IN THAT ROOM.
SO YOU'RE ALREADY GOING AGAINST THE LA COUNTY RECOMMENDATION OF 10 PEOPLE OR LESS THAN A ROOM.
UM, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE ALLOW RESIDENTS TO COME IN ONE AT A TIME AND CUED IN FROM OUTSIDE GIVES THEIR COMMENTS, LEAVE IN THE NEXT RESIDENT, COME IN TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK.
IF WE'RE TRYING TO CONTROL THE SITUATION.
THE IDEA OF HAVING PEOPLE TO CALL IN, UH, STANDING OUTSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IF THEY SHOW UP WITH BASICALLY MINIMAL NOTIFICATION TO ANYONE AND VERY LACK OF COMMUNICATION FOR THE MOST PART OUT HERE, UH, I THINK IS A VERY BAD DECISION.
AND I BELIEVE THE CITY NEEDS TO TAKE A HARD FAST LOOK.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO CONTROL THE COUNCIL COMMENTS.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU'RE DOING IT INTENTIONALLY BY ANY MEANS, BUT IF WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO CONTROL THE ACCESS AND MAYBE WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS THINK ABOUT CANCELING THE MEETING ALTOGETHER.
IF THIS IS SUCH A CONCERN IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY, ACCORDING TO THE CITY MANAGER, AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SITUATION IS, BUT I THINK THERE'S A BETTER, MORE FEASIBLE WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO GIVE INPUT TO A MEETING.
UM, I'M GOING TO CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS.
THERE'S ANOTHER GENTLEMAN OUT HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, SO I'M GOING TO LET HIM GIVE HIS INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU GUYS CAN GO AHEAD AND LISTEN.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES, GO AHEAD.
WELL, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL BILL ROBINSON RESIDENT.
I WROTE A LETTER TO THE, UH, MOUNT SAC COLLEGE PRESIDENT BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER, UH, UH, TODAY AND I WANTED TO SHARE THE, THE LETTER WITH YOU.
THE LETTER READS, WHY ALL THE SENSATIONALISM AND PANIC.
HOW ABOUT USING SCIENCE AND SOME RATIONAL JUDGMENT BASED POLICY.
COBIT IS A SMALL MUTATION OF A MESSENGER RNA ENVELOPE VIRUS THAT HAS VISITED US BEFORE AS SARS IN 2002 AND MIRRORS IN 2012 SPREAD TORY SYNDROME RELATED TO THE COMMON COLD AND THE PNEUMONIA VIRUS.
THERE IS A FAMILY OF SEVEN CORONAS THAT AFFECT HUMANS STAY CALM, RESTAURANTS.
THE VIABLE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS NOW BEING RUINED.
I'VE PERSONALLY CONSULTED TO PRACTICING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS.
ONE TEACHES IMMUNOLOGY TO MEDICAL STUDENTS IN SAN DIEGO.
COVEN IS A NASTY VERSION OF THE FLU.
WE ARE HAVING A REAL BAD FLU SEASON.
IF A PERSON HAS A NORMAL IMMUNE SYSTEM, YOU GET THE VIRUS AND YOU GET OVER IT.
SAC IS GENERALLY AN UNCOMPROMISED HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEMS COMMUNITY.
WE ARE LIVING WITH TOTAL DISRUPTION FOR NO GOOD REASON.
MANY HANDS ON COLLEGE CLASSES CANNOT BE TRANSITIONED TO ONLINE FORMAT.
DID WE FORGET THE Y TWO K YEAR 2000 INSANITY.
THE OIL, THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC KILLED ALMOST 50,000 AMERICANS LAST YEAR.
DRIVING AN AUTOMOBILE IS DANGEROUS.
UNDER CURRENT CONDITIONS ONLY OR DAILY LIVING INVOLVES SOME RISK, UH, TAKING FOR EVERYONE.
SO, SO COLLEGE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS HAVE TAKEN THE BAIT FROM TABLOID SENSATIONALISTIC INFOTAINMENT BASED MEDIA CONGLOMERATES THAT NEED TO BE BROKEN APART BY THE FCC LIKE ATT BOB BELL WAS DIVESTED IN 1980 BY FEDERAL COURT ORDER.
TRY TO GET BACK TO NORMAL SOON.
TRY TO RESTORE SOME SANITY, PEACE AND HARMONY.
THE EXTREME REACTIONS NEED TO BE WALKED BACK.
TWO IS THE WEST, THE WEST COVINA ISSUE.
TWO, I'M CHANGING THE SUBJECT NOW.
THE COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE IS STILL COUNTING THE WEST COVINA SALES TAX ELECTION VOTES.
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TACK, THE NO NEW TAXES SIDE HAS GARNERED 80 PLUS PERCENT AT 16,420 VOTES SO FAR COUNTED.YOU COULD, YOU COULD, YOU COULDN'T GET THOSE KINDS OF MARGINS.
IF THE APPLE PIE AND MOTHERHOOD WAS ON THE BALLOT, IT'S CLEARER.
WEST COVINA VOTERS ARE LOOKING FOR SOME COUNCIL.
MAYBE IT'S YOU FOLKS WHO WILL STOP THE UNCONTROLLED, UNRESTRAINED SPENDING PRACTICES OF THE PAST.
WE DON'T HAVE A REVENUE PROBLEM.
WE HAVE A SPENDING PROBLEM AND A DEATH PROBLEM WITH UNFUNDED MEDICAL AND RETIREMENT BENEFIT ISSUES, WHICH WILL ONLY BE INTENSIFIED BY THE CRASHING DOW JONES STOCK PROBLEMS. SO WE'VE GOT DEBT PROBLEMS AND WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS, UH, THE SPENDING PROBLEMS. SO, UH, THE, THE VOTERS PROVED THAT THEY'VE HAD IT WITH NEW TAXES.
WE JUST HAVE TO CHANGE THE UNCONTROLLED SPENDING PROBLEM, WHICH, WHICH GOES BACK.
I HOPE YOU CAN, YOU CAN BE THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, THE CHANGES, THE UNCONTROLLED SPENDING PRACTICES OF THE PAST.
UM, BEFORE I MOVED TO, UH, THESE, UH, YOUR MIC.
IF I MOVE TO A SENIOR MANAGER, OKAY.
AND UH, WE SPONSORED AND I WANT TO, UH, MY CONDOLENCE TO.
A NOFO IS, UH, HERE'S A GOOD FRIEND.
HE SHOW ALL THE TIME AND I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW HE PASSED AWAY.
IF THEY INVITE AND BE, I KNOW, JUST TOUGH TIME, BUT HE'S SUCH A NICE GUY.
HE WEEDED KALE BALL, UH, OUR, OUR CT AND HE, OH, IT'S OVER HERE.
JOE GAROLLA WITH ME ABOUT HIS JOKE.
SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SO FUNNY, BUT HE'S SUCH A NICE, NICE GUY.
UH, I REALLY WANT YOU TO SHOW MY DEEPEST CONDOLENCE TO HIS FAMILY AND, UM, FOR THE LAWS OF THE CT.
AND, UH, SO ANYWAY, UH, SO SALARY TO HEAL THEM, REALLY SHOCKED.
AND I WAS WAITING FOR HIM TO SHOW UP AFTER THESE QUIZZES AND HE COULD POP UP SOME KIND OF JOKE THAT CHEER US UP.
SO ANYWAY, AND I'M GOING TO MOVE TO A CITY MANAGER.
WE SPONSORED FOR SOME OF US, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT PERCENTS REGARDING DALE.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MARION COUNCIL.
I WOULD APPRECIATE A CHANCE JUST TO RESPOND BRIEFLY TO THE COMMENTS AND I APOLOGIZE TO THE PEOPLE THAT TOOK THE TROUBLE TO MAKE THEM.
THEY WERE UNABLE TO BE IN HERE TONIGHT, BUT IT WAS A JUDGMENT CALL IN TERMS OF COMPLYING WITH THE REQUIREMENT ABOUT SOCIAL SPACING AND WHETHER THE MEETING SHOULD BE HELD AT ALL REGARDING THE MR GRITCHES COMMENTS ABOUT THE CAFFER, THE UM, COMPREHENSIVE ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT IS PREPARED FOLLOWING AN INDEPENDENT AND UM, CERTIFIED AUDIT IN THIS CASE.
UM, THE REPORT THAT'S BEFORE YOU AND YOUR AGENDA PACKETS IS PREPARED IN FULL COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENTAL ACCOUNTING STANDING BOARDS, UM, STANDARDS.
THE SECOND SPEAKER HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JUDGMENT OF WHETHER CITY HALL SHOULD BE SHUT DOWN OR NOT.
AND IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.
THE KIND OF QUESTION WE'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.
WE'VE SET UP INCIDENT ACTION PERIODS.
SO WE'RE MAKING THESE DECISIONS EVERY MORNING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK FOR THE NEXT 24 HOUR PERIOD.
THESE NUMBERS ARE CHANGING QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF WHO OF OUR NEIGHBORS IS OPEN AND WHO'S CLOSED OF NEARBY 29 CITY HALLS, UM, ONES THAT WERE OPEN AS OF WHEN THIS DATA WAS ASSEMBLED FEW HOURS AGO.
AZUSA IS OPEN, BRADBURY'S OPEN, ALTHOUGH THEY ONLY HAVE A STAFF OF THREE TOTAL COVINA IS OPEN TO RD IS OPEN, LOCKING OUT A FLINT RIDGE IS OPEN LOT, PLENTY IS OPEN.
LAVERNE IS OPEN, MONROVIA IS OPEN.
SAN GABRIEL IS OPEN, SAN MARINO IS OPEN.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR SOME DIRECTION FROM THEIR COUNCIL.
THE REST ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BY APPOINTMENT OR CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC.
WE DECIDED TO REMAIN OPEN FOR NOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROVIDE GOOD SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS AND WE HAVE ADOPTED SOME NEW PROTOCOLS WITHIN CITY HALL.
FOR EXAMPLE, A BUILDING AND SAFETY.
PEOPLE WANT TO COMMENCEMENT FOR PLAN, CHECK, APPLY FOR BUILDING PERMITS, ET CETERA.
TYPICALLY THAT COUNTER GETS PRETTY BUSY.
IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE'VE DONE DIFFERENTLY, IT SEEMS TO BE WORKING IS WE'RE ASKING APPLICANTS TO QUEUE UP IN THE LOBBY.
AND SO, UM, THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THAT THEY'RE ACCEPTING OF IT.
THEY CAN MAINTAIN SOCIAL SPACING OUT THERE AND
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YET THEY CAN STILL GET THEIR CITY BUSINESS DONE.SO THAT SEEMS TO BE WORKING FOR NOW, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE IT.
UM, THE QUESTION ABOUT THE RENEWAL OF THE COUNTY GENERAL SERVICES AGREEMENT, IT'S A STANDARD AGREEMENT.
I BELIEVE EVERY CITY IN THIS COUNTY HAS THAT AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY.
IT BASICALLY ALLOWS THE CITY TO AVAIL ITSELF OF SERVICES OFF THE COUNTY MENU.
SO IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS, IF WE NEEDED A, A NEW BRIDGE, IF WE NEEDED, WHO KNOWS WHAT THAT THE COUNTY MIGHT HAVE AVAILABLE, WE COULD BUY IT FROM THEM, BUT WE'D HAVE TO DO SO IN ACCORDANCE WITH BUDGETARY AUTHORITY THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD GRANT US.
UM, MAYBE IT'S A PAVING PROJECT, MAYBE IT'S POTHOLE REPAIR, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WOULD BE, BUT IT'S A STANDARD AGREEMENT THAT'S KIND OF LIKE, UM, A TOOL SHOULD WE DECIDE WE NEED IT.
UM, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE BEING TAKEN OVER BY THE SENIOR COMMITTEE, THAT WAS BAFFLING TO ME A BIT BECAUSE THE PROCESS NOW IN PLACE THAT I THINK IS SOUND IS THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE RULES AND THEN THOSE ALL COME TO THE COUNCIL AS PART OF A WRITTEN REPORT, WHICH IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AT THESE MEETINGS.
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO COMMENT ON IT, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.
BUT MOST OF THESE ARE FAIRLY ROUTINE AND I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT ANY OF THE ONES TONIGHT.
AND IF THERE WERE, WE WOULD DEVOTE MORE TIME TO HEARING THOSE OUT.
UM, TWO PEOPLE COMMENTED ON ELECTION RESULTS.
UM, I'M AWARE AND THE TREASURER BASICALLY REAFFIRMED HER RECOMMENDATION THAT THE INVESTMENT REPORT BE APPROVED.
QUICKLY ARE WE CALLING ALL THE RESIDENTS TALKING ABOUT WHY WE'RE DOING THIS? THIS IS NOT THE PROTECTION OVERS.
IT IS THE POSSESSION OF THE RESIDENT.
WE WANT THE RESIDENT TO STAY HOME.
BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, JUST LIKE THE GOVERNOR, OKAY.
ANNOUNCED YOU MORE THAN 65 YEARS OLD, PLEASE STAY HOME AND THEY'RE RIGHT NOW THESE TWO WEEKS THEY MIGHT PICK UP.
SO WE REALLY NEED PEOPLE TO STAY HOME.
JUST STAYED TWO WEEKS HOME IF YOU CAN.
BECAUSE IF THE VIRAL IS CONNECTED, IS CONTINUE, OKAY.
AND TRANSMIT TO ANOTHER PERSON, THEN YOU WILL DISAPPEAR.
BUT NOW WE CONTINUE TO GET TOGETHER AND THEY SHOW UP AND ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY AND THIS WITTY, WE DON'T WANT TO SEE, WE DO NOT WANT PEOPLE TO GET SICK.
AND THE, AND IN THIS, WHAT THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS NOT FOR US IS FOR THE RESIDENT AS ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SENIOR.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF REGULAR, WE WANT THEM TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK TO YELL AT US.
THERE'S ONE THING, SECOND THING AND WE GOT IN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CT CLOSING BY THE QUESTION.
AND, AND WHY, WHY NOW? QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE PROTECTION FOR OUR CT EMPLOYEE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PROTECTION? GUILT OF PROVIDE FOR THEM IF, IF THEY DON'T, I GATHERED DONATION.
FOUND THE RESIDENT, THEY, OKAY.
THEY WANT, IF I RECOMMENDED, IF THEY ARE FACING, OKAY, I'M GOING TO DONATE THIS FONT, THIS PERSON WE HAD DONATE TO US.
AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DONATE TO WHAT'S COVINA CITY STAFF.
THEY WANT MAKE SURE I WILL SEE THESE STEPS SAFE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S SAFE.
AND THAT THEY HAVE OLDEST SANITIZERS OR WASH THEIR HAND AND THEY HAVE A MASS WHEN THEY'RE TALKING TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WE NEED TO HAVE A FUNCTION TO OUR CITY TO PROTECT OURS, OUR RESIDENT.
PROTECT OUR RESIDENT IS SO IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.
WE NEED TO DELIVER FOOD FOR A LOT OF ELDERLY AND DISABLED WITH, THEY MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME.
WE NEED OUR STAFF OF RNT IN ORGANIZE TO HELP THEM.
SO I HOPE CDC MANAGER, YOU UNDERSTAND, WE GIVE YOU THE POWER YOU NEED TO ORGANIZE.
AND THE FINAL QUICK QUESTION, IF WE, OKAY, YOU DECIDED TO SHUT DOWN HOW WE PROVIDE A SERVICE FOR THOSE PEOPLE.
UM, REGARDING THE DONATION OF THE MASK MARE.
SOME COMMODITIES ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY.
WE'VE GOT SUPPLIES AVAILABLE FOR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS, BUT FOR CITY HALL WE WOULD, WE WOULD WELCOME THE DONATION IN TERMS OF HOW WE WOULD STAFF, I MEAN THAT'S REALLY THE HEART OF THE QUESTION.
THE OTHER CITY HALLS ON THIS LIST AND IN OUR, IN OUR REGION ARE CLOSE TO THE PUBLIC, BUT STAFFED WITHIN, SOME OF THEM ARE DOING IT BY APPOINTMENT, SOME OF THEM ARE DOING IT ELECTRONICALLY WHENEVER THEY CAN.
UM, WE THINK IT'S VERY HARD TO DO THAT ENTIRELY, UM, THROUGH THE PHONE AND THROUGH EMAIL AND IT'S MUCH MORE EFFICIENT TO DO BUSINESS WITH THE CITY IN PERSON.
UM, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THAT EVERY DAY.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT NOT ALL CITY EMPLOYEES ARE CURRENTLY WORKING AND IN REGARDS TO CITY NON-ESSENTIALS
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ARE CLOSED DOWN.SO I DO, I AM AWARE THAT, YOU KNOW, CAMERON PARK, THEY'RE CLOSE.
IT'S JUST THINGS THAT ARE ESSENTIAL THAT ARE OPEN.
AND I KNOW THERE'S SOME TASKS THAT CAN'T BE DONE FROM HOME.
SO OUR MAINTENANCE STILL CLEANING AND SANITIZING.
I MEAN THAT IS A KEY ELEMENT HERE IN OUR CITY.
SO IF MAINTENANCE ARE STILL CLEANING AND SANITIZING THE STREETS, YOU KNOW THE AREA THAT IS KEY ELEMENT, WE CAN'T SEND THEM HOME.
UM, AS WELL AS OTHER THINGS LIKE OUR SENIOR LUNCH PROGRAM THAT IS STILL BEING IMPLEMENTED.
WE'VE, WE'VE MODIFIED IT A BIT AND YOU ARE CORRECT.
I SHOULD HAVE SAID ANYWAY, I'LL GET TO IT.
WHEN YOU DO THE MANAGER'S REPORT IN TERMS OF WHAT PROGRAMS WE USE, WE'VE POSTPONED AND SUSPENDED.
BUT WE'VE, WE'VE TRANSITIONED, TRANSITIONED FROM DOING THE LUNCH PROGRAM WITH OUR OWN COOK IN OUR OWN FACILITY TO DOING IT ON A DRIVE UP WINDOW BASIS.
WE'VE SET POPUPS UP IN THE, IN THE PARKING LOT AND WE'RE DOING, UM, WE'LL HAVE TODAY 45 BOX LUNCHES WERE PASSED OUT AND WE'VE CHANGED THE TYPE OF MEAL INSTEAD OF A HOT MEAL AND NOW IT'S MOVING INTO FROZEN BECAUSE THERE'S LESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PREPARATION OF IT.
AND WE'RE ALSO DOING UM, DELIVERIES TO TODAY.
SO YOU ADD UP THE TWO OF THOSE.
WE'RE STILL NOT QUITE BACK UP TO THE NUMBERS WE WERE BEFORE IN TERMS OF PEOPLE COMING FOR A HOT LUNCH.
WE ARE HELPING TO MEET THE NEED AND WE WANT TO MEET THE NEED OF ANY SENIOR THAT WANTS TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF IT.
WE NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR THE PEOPLE IT'S NEEDED.
THEN THE WEEKEND IT JUST ABUNDANT.
WE'RE GOING TO JUST CLOSE DOWN AND IT'S MOVE OUT IN THE DOW.
HOW HAPPEN TO OUR SENIOR? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE IN THE SERVICE? WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PEOPLE NEED? OKAY.
AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I'M SO LUCKY TO HAVE THIS CHINESE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION DONATE THIS BIG, OKAY.
WE NEED OUR STEP TO BE HEALTHY SO THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A PROTECT ALL RESIDENT.
I KNOW OUR POLICE AND FIRED, THEY GET IT FROM THE GOVERNMENT.
WAS A N 95 MASK BY I THINK OUR, OUR WORKERS.
CITY HALL AND YOU CAN PLEASE GIVE TO OUR STAFF THEN THEY CAN USE ONE DAY.
THEY CAN PUT A MASS ONE DAY IF THEY OUTSIDE TALKING TO GENERAL PUBLIC POLICE WILL THEIR MASK.
WE NEED THEM TO BE HEALTHY AND THEN SO, SO PROTECT HIMSELF TO UNDERSTAND THIS VIRUS.
IF THEY DON'T GET TO YOU, YOU WILL BE HEALTHY.
BUT THE TICKET TO YOU, HE GIVE TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THEN EVERYBODY GET IT.
SO WE NEED TO PROTECT AND SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW I DO AGREE WITH, WITH WHAT YOU SAID WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM SAID, YOU KNOW AND PLUS WITH STAFF SAID, YOU KNOW CITY HALL CANNOT COMPLETELY CLOSE DOWN.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE NEED TO HAVE THOSE ESSENTIAL SERVICES.
I TALKED TO A LOT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS AND STUFF CAUSE YOU KNOW THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO, THOSE ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYORS AND THERE'S LIKE 30 OF US, THEY'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE CITIES HAVE CLOSED DOWN.
THEY'VE JUST GOT BACK ON THE SERVICES.
BUT THEY HAVE ESSENTIAL PEOPLE THERE AS CITY HALL TO ANSWER THOSE ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS.
I DON'T BELIEVE AS A CITY THAT WE'RE PUTTING OUR EMPLOYEES AT RISK BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE TAKING IT, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, WE'RE NOT HAVING 10 PEOPLE IN THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME TIME, MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE AND OUT TO TAKE CARE OF IT AND STAGGER IT.
BUT I FEEL WE CANNOT SHUT THE CITY DOWN.
WE NEED TO STILL SUPPLY THE SERVICES BECAUSE SOMEBODY MAY CALL CITY HALL.
IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT ONE TIME, WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY TO ANSWER.
IT COULD BE AN EMERGENCE THAT WE HAVE A BIG PROBLEM.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SLEEPING CITY HALL OPEN, EVEN IF IT'S ON A MINIMUM BASIS THAT YOU'RE DOING VERY GOOD AND YOU'RE THE CHAIR.
IF I MAY, I DON'T MEAN TO BE SO CHATTY TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S A, IT'S A NEW TIME AND WE'RE BUILDING A NEW NORMAL, UM, CONVERSATION I HAD WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
IT MIGHT'VE BEEN YESTERDAY, I MIGHT HAVE BEEN TODAY, BUT I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE REALLY BLESSED TO BE A FULL SERVICE CITY RIGHT NOW TO HAVE OUR OWN POLICE DEPARTMENT EVER ON FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE NUMBER OF CALLS HAS GONE UP BUT THEY'RE MEETING THEM AND THE SAME HOLDS TRUE WITH RESPECT TO COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
OUR EMPLOYEES ARE OUR BIGGEST ASSETS AND THEY'RE REALLY STEPPING UP AND I'M REALLY PROUD OF HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING IN THIS MOMENT.
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WE MOVE UNTIL OKAY.MANAGER REPORT AND A KIPP SERVICE.
WE NEED LESS SERVICE TO HELP ALL RESIDENT MONITOR HERE.
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF REPORT AND I'VE ASKED THE CHIEF TO SIT IN TO
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EXPAND A BIT ABOUT HOW THINGS ARE PROGRESSING AND CHANGING TEMPORARILY WITH POLICE SERVICES TECHNOLOGICALLY CHALLENGED HERE.THE CITY IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
WE'RE OPEN TO THE CITY SERVICES ARE STILL BEING PROVIDED IN THE BUILDING, PLANNING, FIRE AND FINANCE PORTIONS OF CITY HALL WITH CITY ENGINEERING.
WE'RE TAKING ONE CUSTOMER AT A TIME.
UM, THE FEEDBACK I'VE BEEN GETTING IS GOOD.
WHEN ASKED THE CHIEF OF POLICE TO REVIEW WHAT CHANGES ARE GOING ON AT THIS MOMENT IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THANK YOU CITY MANAGER AND UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.
UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I'D JUST LIKE YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING WELL.
WE ARE MEETING WITH OUR, UH, UH, OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND CHIEFS, UH, TO STRATEGIZE ON THE REGIONAL, UH, TYPE EFFORTS SHOULD WE, UM, HAVE TO EMBARK ON THEM.
UM, THIS MORNING I WAS ABLE TO SEND OUT A MESSAGE TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND I KIND OF OUTLINED, UH, SOME AREAS THAT WE WILL, UM, REDUCE IN ORDER TO STOP THE SPREAD OF THIS VIRUS.
AND THE FIRST THING WE DID WAS WE IMPLEMENTED A LEVEL THREE TACTICAL ALERT.
AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT PUTS EVERY EMPLOYEE ON NOTICE THAT VACATIONS TIME OFF AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, UH, MAY, UH, BE INTERRUPTED.
UH, SHOULD AN EMERGENCY OCCUR OR SHOULD WE HAVE TO DO MORE? UM, IF, UM, THE HOSPITAL GETS OVERWHELMED OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, AND I NEED, UH, OFFICERS TO COME IN A LEVEL THREE TACTICAL ALERT WOULD ALLOW ME TO CALL THOSE OFFICERS IN FOR ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
UH, WE ARE DOING THAT EVERY DAY, UH, UP UNTIL, UH, APRIL 13TH AT WHICH TIME WE WILL REEVALUATE WHERE WE ARE.
UM, I HAVE COUNSELED, UM, UH, A FEW PROGRAMS, UH, LARGE MEETINGS, STAFF MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED.
UH, THE LOBBY HAS BEEN CLOSED.
UH, WE THOUGHT THAT THAT WAS A VERY EFFECTIVE THING TO DO.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WALKING IN AND INFECTING EACH OTHER NOR REFLECT, UH, INFECTED EMPLOYEES.
UH, THE POLICE VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, WHICH IS, UH, OUR ELDERLY GENERATION.
UM, WE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS IMPERATIVE THAT WE LEAVE THEM AT HOME.
UH, THAT WAS A PROGRAM THAT WAS SUSPENDED AND WE MAY TAKE THAT TO THE END OF APRIL.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHERE WE ARE.
UH, THE EXPLORER PROGRAM AND ALTHOUGH OUR YOUNG, UH, PEOPLE HAVE A STRONG IMMUNE SYSTEM, UH, WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TAKING BACK TO THEIR HOMES.
THEY MAY HAVE, UH, ELDERLY PEOPLE, GRANDMOTHERS, UNCLES, AUNTS THAT THEY'RE LIVING WITH.
SO WE WANTED TO MITIGATE THAT BY CANCELING THAT PROGRAM.
NO CANINE GYM, STRAIGHT DEMONSTRATIONS, NO V, UH, VISITATIONS TO THE JAIL.
UH, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE ACTIONS WILL BE REEVALUATED ON APRIL 13TH.
UM, ALL TRAINING HAS BEEN SUSPENDED.
THAT INCLUDES A TRAVEL, UH, FOR THOSE THINGS THAT, UH, ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE WILL EVALUATE THAT ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
OUR DISPATCHERS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE HAVE DECIDED NOT TO ALLOW THEM TO COME TO BRIEFINGS.
UH, WE WANTED THEM TO STAY WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE PROTECTED, WE NEED THEM.
UH, IT IS A VERY TEDIOUS JOB AND IF SOMEONE GOES DOWN IN THAT UNIT, IT COULD CAUSE US SOME PROBLEMS. SO, UM, THEY ARE A SAFE WHERE THEY ARE.
UM, THE
WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY SINCE THE SCHOOLS ARE, ARE, UM, CLOSED DOWN AND WE BROUGHT THEM BACK TO PATROL TO BEEF UP, UH, OUR PATROL, UH, AREAS.
AND, UM, WE HAVE MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO OUR PATROL EFFORTS, UM, IN TERMS OF MISDEMEANOR ARREST.
UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE TO BRING TO THE DEPARTMENT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, TOLD OFFICERS TO CITE AND RELEASE IN THE FIELD UNLESS IT'S AN EXTREME IMPORTANCE OR DANGER THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM IN THERE.
UH, THIS WILL ALSO COINCIDE WITH THE COURTS WHO HAVE SHUT DOWN AT LEAST THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK AND IT COULD BE LONGER.
SO WE'RE HAVING TO, UM, MAKE OUR DECISIONS BASED OFF OF CERTAIN COURT DECISIONS AND BASED OFF OF WHAT WE FEEL IS RIGHT AND WHO WE BRING INTO THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, FOR SOME OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW, WE DO HAVE A LEVEL ONE JAIL FACILITY, SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE PROTECT THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE IN THAT FACILITY AS WELL.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING IN THE DEPARTMENT.
WE FEEL THAT BY DOING THESE THINGS, IT WILL HELP, UM, MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF THIS DISEASE.
I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR CALL FOR SERVICE OVER THE LAST MONTH AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE BEEN STABLE FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH.
AND I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE ON PRIORITY ONE CALLS.
UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF FEBRUARY OR MID FEBRUARY,
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WE HAD 38 CALLS.UH, PRIOR TO TWO CALLS WE HAD 438, UH, MID FEBRUARY IN MID MARCH WE HAVE 373 WHICH IS A SLIGHT DROP.
AND WITH PRIORITY THREE CALLS, UH, IN MID FEBRUARY WE HAD 209.
AND, UH, IN MID MARCH WE HAD 200.
SO OUR CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A MAJOR SPIKE OR A MAJOR DROP.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS POINT.
AND, UH, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER.
I JUST, I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMUNITY ARE CONCERNED ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND CLARIFY THAT POLICE PRESENCE HASN'T BEEN DIMINISHED OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
YEAH, I COULD HAVE ELABORATED A LITTLE MORE ON THAT.
SO LET ME EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UH, SOME OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE TURNED OUR, UH, PATROL FORCE, UH, THE SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN.
SO WE ARE ABSOLUTELY WATCHING THE SCHOOLS.
UH, WE ARE WATCHING, YOU KNOW, GROCERY STORES, DEPARTMENT STORES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE CLOSING DOWN.
UM, NONE OF OUR PERSONNEL HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FIELD.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ADDED TO THE FIELD AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
NOW I WILL SAY FOR ME THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO KEEP THOSE GUYS HEALTHY.
SO WE'RE DOING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT UH, OUR HEALTH PARTNERS HAVE TOLD US TO DO TO THE POINT THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A GOOD SERVICE TO OUR PEOPLE.
UH, I THINK IT'S SO IMPORTANT IN WHY NOW TO STEP UP, TO LEAD OUR WAYS AND TO SEE THE PRESENCE OF THE POLICE.
AND THE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE VERY WATERWAY NOW AND DO YOU SEE, OKAY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE EVEN WORRY ABOUT BUYING GLOSSARY.
DUE TO DISEASE ISSUE, PEOPLE PANIC.
SO WE WANTED TO TELL PEOPLE COME DOWN, OKAY, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ALL THAT FOOD FOR THEM ELDERS OF LIFE.
AND AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE THE POLICE PRESENT AND THEY USE STEP UP, WE WANT TO ASSURE THAT THE DELL RESIDENT, THE CT CONTINUE.
NOT ONLY DID WE DO SO WE STEP UP TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE.
NOW, BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST TOLD US, YOU EVEN HAVE A MOLE PATROL FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.
DURING THIS TOUGH TIME AND I HOPE ALL OF US AWAY NOW.
AND UH, AND TO PUT TECH ALL A RESIDENT TO MAKE SURE OUR CT IS INTACT AND THE OLDER PEOPLE, THEY ARE PROTECTED.
OKAY, CHIEF AND NOW ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
AND A CITY MANAGER WANT TO CONTINUE.
THANKS LONG AS WE'RE TALKING PUBLIC SAFETY, I JUST LIKE TO BRIEFLY MENTIONED, WE'VE ALSO CHANGED SOME PROTOCOLS IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE WERE RUNNING ABOUT 9,400 CALLS A YEAR OVER THE LAST MONTH.
BUT IN THE MOST RECENT TWO WEEK PERIOD, WE'RE UP ABOUT 30 CALLS, WHICH IS A 10% HIKE.
WE'VE GOT OUR FIRST RESPONDERS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I'M GEARING UP DIFFERENTLY WITH PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
ONE PERSON GOING IN MAKING ASSESSMENTS AND DIFF, SOME DIFFERENT THINGS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSPORT AND DISINFECTING THE UNIT WHEN, WHEN WE GET THE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL.
BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO CALL US AS THEY NEED US.
UM, AND I PROMISED I'D KEEP THIS BRIEF AND I'LL, I'LL TRY.
HERE'S A LIST OF THE CITY FACILITY CLOSURES THAT ARE IN EFFECT.
CAMERON COMMUNITY CENTER, SHADOW COMMUNITY CENTER, CORTEZ PARK COMMUNITY AND SENIOR CENTER PALM VIEW PARK, VINCENT SCHOOL DAYCARE IN WEST COAST SCHOOL DAYCARE.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PART-TIMERS DRIVING THESE PROGRAMS AND WE'RE FINDING OTHER MEANINGFUL, IMPORTANT WORK FOR THEM DURING THIS, DURING THIS SEASON.
UM, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HOLD COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT IMPORTANT BUSINESS THAT GOES ON.
WE HAD A GOOD EXAMPLE TONIGHT OF HOW WE AMENDED ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
WE WANT PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE, BUT WE WANT TO ACCOMMODATE THAT, UM, ELECTRONICALLY, ET CETERA.
AND WHEN WE CAN, UM, IMPACT, UH, SERVICES IS WE'RE NOT RUNNING CLASSES, WE'RE NOT RENTALS, WE'RE NOT MAKING TRIPS, WE'RE POSTPONING EVERYTHING AND OUR ELDERLY MEAL PROGRAM IS BEING BEING OFFERED ON A CURBSIDE PICKUP BASIS.
UM, WE GET A NUMBER OF ADVISORIES FROM ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES.
AND THE QUESTION IS WHICH ONE DO YOU FOLLOW? THE PRESIDENT SAYS ONE THING WHICH IS BASED ON WHAT THE MEDICAL ADMIRAL SAYS, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, THE CDC, THE ONE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THE MOST CLOSELY NOW AS LA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
SO THEIR ADVISORY, UM, TO CLOSE THESE BUSINESSES WENT INTO EFFECT YESTERDAY.
RESTAURANTS ALTHOUGH THEY WERE, ARE GOING TO ALLOW THEM TO DO, UM, TAKE OUT CURBSIDE PICKUP DELIVERY AND DRIVE THROUGH OPERATIONS, ONES THAT HAVE TO CLOSE OR BARS, NIGHTCLUBS THAT DON'T SERVE FOOD, MOVIE THEATERS, LIVE PERFORMANCE THEATERS, BOWLING CENTERS, ARCADES, FITNESS CENTERS AND GYMS. THOSE ARE ALL SUSPENDED AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING ALL BUSINESSES
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TO UM, FOLLOW, UM, SOCIAL DISTANCING.I'VE WONDERED HOW QUICKLY LA COUNTY WILL FOLLOW THE PATH OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.
SAN FRANCISCO, SAN MATEO, SANTA CRUZ COUNTIES.
THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN US A DATE BUT THEY'VE HINTED THAT THAT COULD BE COMING, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND BE AS PREPARED FOR THAT AS WE CAN AND SHOULD THAT MOMENT COME? MMM.
ALL BUSINESSES ARE CHANGING THEIR HOURS AND FOLLOWING SHORTER HOURS OF OPERATION.
THE PLAZA WEST COVINA IS NOW OPERATING 11 TO SEVEN AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE SPECIAL HOURS FOR AT RISK INDIVIDUALS.
I WANT TO SPECIFICALLY THANK STATER BROTHERS WHO TOMORROW MORNING IS GOING TO HAVE AT THEIR VERY OPENING HOURS JUST FOR SENIOR CITIZENS ONLY.
WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF PRICE GOUGING, GOVERNOR NEWSHAM POSITION, EXECUTIVE ORDER IMPLEMENTING AN ANTI PRICE GASSING STATUTE AND WE WANT US TO TRY AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AS WE CAN IF WE CAN'T BUY GOODS THERE DIRECTLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS TO BUY GIFT CARDS FROM THEM TO HELP THEM GET THROUGH THIS THIS SEASON.
WE'RE FOLLOWING THE LA COUNTY HEALTH ORDER, HOW TO HELP.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CHECK IN ON THEIR ASTERISKS.
NEIGHBORS, NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT CAN BE DONE.
OFFERED TO RUN ERRANDS FOR THEM, OFFERED TO PICK UP SUPPLIES, START A COMMUNITY GROUP, BE IT ONLINE OR WHATEVER.
UM, HELP TEACH THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE TECHNICALLY AS ABLE HOW TO ORDER ITEMS AND SERVICES ONLINE AND DONATE TO FOOD BANKS.
OH, ONE LAST THING, WHICH IS A BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
THESE ARE THE FACES OF OUR NEW, UM, SEVEN MEMBERS OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
IS THERE PART TIME EMPLOYEES WHO STARTED THIS WEEK AND THEY'RE REALLY IMMEDIATE IMPACT.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
I THIS IDEA DON'T LAY OFF ANYBODY BECAUSE EVERYBODY NEED OKAY.
AND UH, SO, SO, BUT I THINK SO PEOPLE SERVE AS THE COMMUNITY.
I THINK WE CAN USE IN THEM TO SERVE SOWS, ELDERLY AND DISABLED.
AND TO HIT, TEND TO DELIVERED OKAY.
TO SUPPLY BECAUSE THEY REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME AND, AND I SAW IT MYSELF, SO WE NEED TO, OKAY.
AND, AND THING WE NEED, I THINK WE, IN THE MEETING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE NEED TO SURVEY.
HAVE A WEST INTO TWO TO TELL US HOW MANY.
BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY JOINED US SENIOR CENTER PROGRAM.
SO WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF HIDDEN.
AND THEY ARE LIVING BY THEMSELVES.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT THOSE PEOPLE WE NEED TO PROVIDE SERVICE FOR.
AND MADISON PICK UP THE OTHER THING.
SO I THINK OUR STAFF ALSO STEP CAN HELP IT.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, I THINK I HAVE FOR YOU A LADY.
I'LL RESIDENT VOLUNTEER TO HELP OUT.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE CONTACT HER BECAUSE WE NEED TO ALL KINDS OF HELP, ALL THE HELP WE NEED RIGHT NOW TO KIND OF HELP ALL THE RESIDENT AND DURING THIS VERY TOUGH TIME.
SO, SO THIS IS ONE THING AND IN REGARD YOU SEE THE BROTHER.
WHAT TIME DO YOU HAVE TIME? I WAS GOING TO SAY SEVEN 45 COUNCILMEMBER.
YOU MIGHT BE AROUND SEVEN 45 ONLY.
ONLY FOR THE SENIOR, SEVEN 45 TO EIGHT 47 45 SO SENIOR PLEASE.
SEVEN 45 IF YOU'RE ABOVE 65 BY 65 OKAY.
SEVEN 45 TO EIGHT 45 ONLY FOR SENIOR.
THEY CAN GO INSIDE TO GET ANYTHING THEY WANT FOR STATE OF PRADA ON AZUSA.
AND SECOND THING I WANT TO SAY, I KNOW SPROUT, I TALKED TO DEV MANAGER, OKAY.
AND THEY PROVIDE A FREE SUNDAY DAY DELIVERY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR PROGRAM, WE JUST NEED TO TELL THE RESIDENT WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVERS AND I THINK THE MOST THEY WORRY ABOUT IS SUPPLY.
SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT HOW TO LIMIT PEOPLE, DON'T FREAKING STOCK ALL THOSE THINGS.
THEN THEY TELL THEY GO INTO, OKAY, WE FOUND IT IN THE WASTE.
JUST USING WHY YOU CAN HAVE AND THEN THE RESIDENT, PLEASE GIVE TO SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR.
WE ARE GOING TO THE TOILET PAPER MADE IN USA.
SO HE'S GOING TO COME IN AND THE OLDEST SANITIZING EVERYTHING MET THE USA.
WHAT ABOUT
KIND OF CLAUDIA, YOU WILL GARAGE.
AND THEY TELL YOU YOU I EVEN SELL IT.
SO ANYWAY, JOHN JOHNSON, HE WANTS TO SOMETHING.
FIRST OF ALL, THE WATER BOTTLES.
OUR WATER HERE REALLY IS REALLY BETTER THAN WATER BOTTLES.
SO LIKE WE HAVE A FILTER ON A UH,
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WE DON'T HAVE TO BUY BOTTLED WATER.
ANOTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION, NORTHGATE, THERE'S ONE IN WEST COVINA, THEY OPEN UP AT 7:00 AM IN THE MORNING FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT FOR SENIORS ONLY.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER SUPERMARKET IN WEST COVINA BESIDES STATE OF BROTHERS NORTH GATE THAT TAKE THE ONE WE HAVE IS OVER THAT FANCY SKATER ON SUNSET.
PAULINA, CAN YOU PUT ALL THIS INFORMATION? OKAY.
SO PUPIL BASICALLY CAN SEE THE LINK SO WE CAN HAVE ALL THOSE INFORMATION PROVIDE.
I THINK ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN HAVE.
SO WE CAN GIVE TO, OKAY, I SIDES.
SO PEOPLE SAY OKAY, HELP
SO WE HAVE A HOTLINE FOR THEM AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER EMAIL BASICALLY IS FORD.
PEOPLE PROVIDE, THEY WANT TO, THEY WANT TO HELP.
HE WANTS WHAT IS, THEY WANT TO HELP ANOTHER ONE.
WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WANT TO HELP.
OKAY, LET'S GET THIS THING ORGANIZED.
PEOPLE OKAY AS STARTING, OKAY.
MAKE OT THING HAPPEN BECAUSE IN THEIR WAY WE CAN BASICALLY CALL IT IN THEY OLDER RESOURCE AND MAKE SURE EVERYBODY GETS WHAT THEY WANT.
AM I RIGHT? CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY MALL? NOPE.
THEY, I'M GOING TO GO TO CONSENT CANADA.
BEFORE I STARTED MEETING THAT WE SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.
OH, THE OLDER PRESENTATION HAD BEEN POSTPONED IT AND WE SHOULD, SUPPOSEDLY WE HAVE A THREE.
SO THEY TOLD HIM WE GOING TO WIN THEM BACK.
SO WE LOVED THOSE CHILDREN BY IN THIS TOP TIME WE WANT THEM TO WHEN THE TIMES ARE SAFE AND WE WILL HAVE DONE COME BACK TO BE RECOGNIZED.
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CALENDAR.AND WHO WANT TO PULL ANYTHING? GO AHEAD COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I'D LIKE TO UH, PULL NUMBER SEVEN AND I'D LIKE TO SEE IF WE CAN TABLE IT FOR NOW UNTIL AFTER WE GET BACK TO OUR NORMAL COUNCIL MEETING IS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS UP THERE THAT ARE AGAINST THIS PROJECT AND WHEN WE HAD OUR MEETING HERE AND IT'S OUT THERE AND THE COMMUNITY SERVICE PROBABLY ABOUT A FEW WEEKS AGO, REALLY LIKE A DOZEN PEOPLE HERE AND NOT A ONE WAS FOR IT.
AND I TOLD THEM THAT THE SENIORS, I DON'T WANT THEM COMING TONIGHT, SO I'D LIKE TO PUT IT ON HOLD, POSTPONE IT UNTIL WE GET BACK TO NORMAL WEEKEND.
WE AGENDIZE IT AND SEND NOTICES OUT AGAINST THEM AGAIN, THAT'S ON PACIFIC RIGHT THERE.
SO I CAN MAKE A MOTION THAT WE POSTPONE THIS UNTIL YEAH, CAN WE HAVE A
THEN WE GO TO YOUR, THEN WE CALL YOU UP.
AND NOW DO WE HAVE ANY COUNSEL WANT TO PULL ANY AGENDA? YEAH, GO AHEAD.
NOT PULL BUDGETS LIKE NUMBER SEVEN.
I LIKE TO TABLE IT FOR, I KNOW YOU HAVE ANOTHER THING THAT YOU HAVE NUMBER SIX, RIGHT? YOU TOLD ME THAT'S THE ONE NUMBER SIX.
SO, SO I HAVE A NUMBER SIX FOUND THE COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND NUMBERS OF M FONT JOHNSON, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO POOL AGAIN.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM ONE, TWO, THREE FOUR FIVE EIGHT, NINE, 10 AND 11.
DO I HAVE SECOND TARGET? OKAY, SO I HAVE A COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MOVED THE MOTION TO APPROVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR FIVE EIGHT, NINE 10 11 AND THEN I HAVE A OKAY.
COUNCILMAN CASIANO SECOND ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCIL AND JOHNSON COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOEMAKERS ABSENT MAY APPROACH HIM.
I, SO, SO, UH, FOR APPROVED ONE EPSON AND SO FOR ZERO.
[6) CONSIDERATION OF TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAFFIC COMMITTEE AT THEIR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 11, 2020 AND APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES.]
[7) CONSIDERATION OF INSTALLATION OF LANE MODIFICATIONS FOR THE TRANSITION STRIPING ON PACIFIC AVENUE BETWEEN BROMLEY AVENUE AND ARDILLA AVENUE AS PART OF CITY OF BALDWIN PARK PACIFIC AVENUE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT]
WE MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.AND UH, COUNCILMAN CASIANO GO AHEAD.
OKAY, WELL JUST PURSUANT TO NICK LOUIS'S COMMENTS, I'D LIKE TO TABLE IT FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
ARE YOU SO WE COULD ALL DECIDE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE, IF WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IT ALL AS A COUNCIL OR UM, DELEGATED TO A COMMISSION, BUT ALSO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY ABOUT HOW THAT ALL WORKS.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR A CITY MANAGER.
WHY WE CAN WAIT FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS WHEN WE HAVE A FULL FORCE OF PEOPLE COMING BACK AND THEN WE HAVE OLD YEARS WESTERN, THEY'VE BEEN CONCERNED THEY CAN KIND OF ADDRESS TO US.
I DON'T BELIEVE EITHER OF THESE ARE TIME-SENSITIVE WITH RESPECT TO NUMBER SIX.
UM, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY ISSUES ABOUT THE MERITS OF THOSE, BUT BRINGING IT BACK, IT CERTAINLY ISN'T A PROBLEM WITH RESPECT TO NUMBER SEVEN, BRINGING IT BACK.
IT'S AT BALDWIN CITY OF BALDWIN PARK PROJECT, WHICH ISN'T IN MY CONTROL, BUT I THINK EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT.
SO BASICALLY I HAVE TWO ITEM NUMBER SIX AND NUMBER SEVEN WANT TO BE TABLE.
SO, AND I AND I HAVE UH, WHO WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION.
WE'LL PAUL BOASTS AREN'T, I CAN MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX AND ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
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OKAY.SO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MOVED OUT AND I HAVE A SECOND PHONE.
COUNCILMAN CASIANO WILL CALL PLEASE.
I HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
CONSONANT CASTELLANO'S COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ, THE AUTO AYE MAYOR.
ALL RIGHT, SO FOUR ZERO APPROVES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TABLE THIS FOR THE FUTURE OF WHEN WE HAVE A FULL FORCE AND THE OLD DNS CAN CONDUCT IT, CAN GIVE US THE FEEDBACK AND THEN WE CAN DECIDE LEAD TIMES.
SO FOUR ZERO APPROVED TABLE AT FOR FUTURE DISCUSSION.
[12) CONSIDERATION OF CODE AMENDMENT NO. 16-03 - WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY]
WE MOVE ON TO THE UM, PUBLIC PUBLIC HEARING.AND I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON NUMBER 12 ABOUT CELL TOWER THIN TABLE.
THIS FOR THE FUTURE DISCUSSION TOO.
SO, UH, NO, I WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON DOES, DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
AND UM, MOTION TO TABLE IT AND THAT.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN AUDIENCE OR WE HOPE WE CAN HAVE A BED TO.
DISCUSSION WITH A FULL FORCE FOR EVERYBODY TO HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK INTO IT.
MR MAYOR, ARE WE GOING TO, ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE THIS TO A DATE CERTAIN OR WE'RE GOING TO RE NOTICE THIS BECAUSE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF OUR NEXT MEETING.
THEN WHERE WE NOTICE IS NOT A SENSITIVE TIME SENSITIVE.
RIGHT? DOES ANY MANAGER, EXCUSE ME? NOT SO, SO I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD DO IT RIGHT NOW WITH NOT THE FOUR COUNCIL AND ANOTHER FOUR OF AUDIENCE.
SO DO I THINK, I'M SORRY TO BOTHER YOU GUY AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
SO, SO I SHOULD TELL YOU THAT FROM THE BEGINNING, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A VOTE.
SO ANYWAY, FOR THAT THEN, SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO A CALL PLEASE? YES.
I MAY, I WILL BY FAZIO APPROVED.
[13) CONSIDERATION OF PRIORITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2020-2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) CONSOLIDATED PLAN]
THEN WE MOVED TO NUMBERS 13, 13 WOULD BE A CDBG FUND.AND I DON'T THINK THIS ONE WE NEED TO A TABLE BECAUSE THIS IS VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
I, WE'D DONE THIS FOR SO MANY YEARS, SO, AND THE CITY MANAGERS WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE REPORT, MR. MCDONALD WILL MAKE THE REPORT TONIGHT.
UH, THIS MATTER CONCERNS THE, UH, CONSIDERATION OF PRIORITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2020 2024 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
UH, IT'S MATTER CONCERNS, A CONSIDERATION OF PRIORITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2020 2024, A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONSOLIDATED PLAN AS A CONDITION OF RECEIVING FEDERAL CDBG FUNDS FROM THE U S DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE CITY'S REQUIRED TO PREPARE A CONSOLIDATED PLAN, WHICH SERVES AS A STRATEGIC VISIONING DOCUMENT AND DESCRIBES THE INTENDED USE OF CDBG FUNDS OVER A FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
IN A RECENT YEARS, THE CITY HAS, CITY HAS USED THE CDBG FUNDS FOR A VARIETY OF USES, A BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, THE HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM, PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, FUNDING VARIOUS PUBLIC SERVICES.
AND UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENT ON THE NEEDS OF THE PRIORITIES ON WHICH THE PLAN IS TO BE BASED AND FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE A RELATIVE PRIORITIZATION OF THE COMMUNITY NEEDS IN REGARD TO THE USE OF CDBG FUNDS.
NOW FOR THE UH, THE PRIORITIZATION IS A, A FAIRLY SIMPLISTIC ONE, HIGH, MEDIUM AND LOW.
UM, FOR CLARIFICATION, THE LEVELS OF PRIORITY CORRESPOND TO WHETHER OR NOT THE CITY WOULD INTEND TO USE OR CDBG FUNDS TO ADDRESS A PARTICULAR CATEGORY OF NEED.
UH, HIGH MEANS IT'S CDBG FUNDS WOULD BE USED.
MEDIUM MEANS THEY WOULD, UH, MAY BE USED IN LOW MEANS.
THE, UM, BROAD CATEGORIES OF COMMUNITY NEED ARE SHOWN IN TABLE ONE AND DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT ONE.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A CONTINUANCE OF THE PRIORITIZATION THAT IS SHOWN IN TABLE ONE.
THIS WAS THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT ANNUAL ACTION PLAN AND THIS IS THE REASON FOR THIS RECOMMENDATION OF A CONTINUANCE IS THAT THE, UH, FUNDING HAS, IS RELATIVELY FLAT AND THAT IS ACTUALLY DECLINING.
WE'VE RECEIVED A NOTICE IN REGARD TO THE, UH, FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR AND IT'S DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM THE CURRENT YEAR.
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NOW WITH THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, STAFF CAN BEGIN WITH DRAFTING THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND CONTINUE WITH THE PROCESS OF EVALUATING, EVALUATING PUBLIC SERVICE PROVIDERS.THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE OUT AND DO DUE BACK TO THE CITY TOMORROW AND UH, AS WELL AS CAPITAL PROJECTS REVIEWING THOSE AGAINST THE RELATIVE PRIORITIZATION.
NOW THE DRAFT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR A 30 DAY REQUIRED PUBLIC REVIEW THEN PRESENTED TO COUNCIL IN A PUBLIC HEARING IN MAY.
THERE WAS AN ONLINE SURVEY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE CITIES.
A WEBPAGE RESULTS AS OF MARCH 10 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT IS A ATTACHMENT TO THE SURVEY, WILL CONTINUE TO BE OPEN THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS AND RESPONSES WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT AND BROUGHT, UH, BROUGHT TO CONSIDERATION.
THERE IS NO FISCAL IMPACT RESULTING FROM THE REPORT.
THEREFORE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECT STAFF TO UH, DEVELOP A DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 20, 20, 20, 24 CDBG CONSOLIDATED PLAN BASED ON THAT PRIORITIES IN TABLE NUMBER ONE.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
YEAH, IT'S BEFORE PEOPLE I MOVE ON.
I WANT YOU TO SEE THE CITY CODE VERIFY THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
AND THE NEXT THING I WANT TO SAY MISS, UH, ASSISTANT CITY CLERK.
HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY COMMENT CONCERNING THE CDBG PRIORITY? I HAVE NOT HAVE NONE.
SO NOW WE GO BACK TO, UH, WE JUST HAVE THE PRESENTATION IS CONSULT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION BEFORE I MOVED TO THE ORAL COMMUNICATION FOR THE EMPTY CHAIR? OKAY.
SO THE DAY AND I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE COMMUNITY.
DO WE HAVE A, WE CV GAVE ON THE COMMUNITY ROOM.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS? NONE.
SO EVERYBODY GO HOME, BEHAVE AND IS QUOTING THEMSELVES FOR THESE TWO WEEKS.
WELL I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE SAFE.
AND WE GO BACK TO ANY COUNCIL TO DISCUSSION, ANYTHING, ANY QUESTION? FOUR.
NO, UH, N I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING AND OKAY.
UH, THE CDBG FUND AND NOW WE'VE DONE THIS SO MANY YEARS ALREADY AND I ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS AND THE HOUSING.
REMEMBER I SAID THAT ALWAYS THE PRIORITY.
AND THEN WE NEED TO KEEP ON THEIR PRIORITY.
AND THE MORE IMPORTANT THING IS WE, WE DONE THIS, OKAY, WE WILL APPROVE IT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE OUR STEP TWO TO TELL OUR RESIDENT WE HAVE OTIS THING FOR YOU GUY.
THAT WILL PROVE WHEN THE MONEY, REMEMBER I REMEMBER LAST YEAR TOLD ME WE STILL HAVE $1 MILLION ON THE CDBG FOUND THE HOUSING THAT PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW APPLY AND THAT RIGHT.
I THINK HE TOLD ME THAT LAST YEAR WE HAVE ABOUT NINE, ALMOST A MILLION DOLLARS ON THE CDBG FUND FOR HOUSING ASSIST.
UM, CURRENTLY THERE'S A BALANCE IN THAT PROGRAM OF $140,000, BUT WE ARE UH, WORKING, WORKING THROUGH THAT CDBG FUNDED.
THERE MAY BE THE, UH, THE HOUSING PRESERVATION PROGRAM HAS TWO FUNDING SOURCES THAT MIGHT BE A DIFFERENT, UH, FUNDING SOURCE.
BUT, UH, THERE'S A 140,000 ROUGHLY AND CDBG FUNDS.
IT HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR THAT.
WE'RE WORKING THROUGH AN ISSUE WITH HUD ON THAT PROGRAM, UH, CURRENTLY.
AND UH, ONCE, ONCE WE RESOLVE WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND YOU CAN TELL US HOW TO APPLY OR FOR PEOPLE IF THEY NEED THIS PROGRAM AFTER WE APPROVE, YOU GO IN A PRIORITY ABOUT THIS THING.
COULD YOU TELL US HOW, HOW THE PEOPLE TO GET ALL THIS RESOURCE? WELL, UH, THE HOME IMPROVEMENT LOAN PROGRAM IS, IS RUN THROUGH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, DEPARTMENT.
THE, UH, INFORMATION IS ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE AND UH, I BELIEVE THE APPLICATION IS UP THERE AS WELL.
OTHERWISE THEY CAN CONTACT THE CITY AND UH, THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO MAIL THAT APPLICATION OUT.
OKAY, I THINK I FORGOT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF THE HEARING AND STD COUNCIL DECISION.
AND NOW AS YOU QUESTION, SO DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMON AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE.
I'M WANTING TO SAY YOU GO HOME NOW.
WE, UH, MOTION TO ODOR TO APPROVE THE PRIORITY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRA.
F Y TWO ZERO TWO ZERO DASH TWO ZERO TWO FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG CONSOLE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.
AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO YOU NEED HELP WITH AGAIN NORA? SO I WILL
SO, SO FOR THAT, WHO WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION? MURDER MARSHALL.
AND SO COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MOVED THE MOTION TO, I HAVE A SECOND.
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COUNCIL COUNCILMAN CASIANO A GAME A SECOND.SO THIS IS SOMETHING I'LL CALL BEFORE YOU ADJOURN.
I'M NOT A GENTLEMAN, I'M, I'M JUST, I'M, I'M VOTING.
YOU NO, WE HAVE, WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMENT.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE TIME, BUT NOW LET ME FINISH MY, MY CAST A VOTE.
SO WE HAVE A FIRST, SO WE HAVE A SECOND.
CAN YOU PLEASE, UH, GO OVER THE FIRST AND SECONDS? ONE MORE TIME.
SO THE FIRST WOULD COME FROM, UM, MOVE THE MOTION BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON AND THEN SECOND BY THE COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND CAST A VOTE.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON MAY APPROACH HIM.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I DIDN'T TELL HIM WE HAD A COMMENT COME IN, BUT IT DIDN'T COME IN, IN ANY OF THOSE OTHER WAYS.
ALL THE MAGENTO SAYS, AND I'D LET YOU LIKE TO READ IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY GOVERNMENT FOR BEING VERY PROACTIVE IN THIS CRISIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO OFFER WEST QUEEN RESIDENTS PAGE TO BE A PART OF WHAT THE DONATION PROCESS WE ALL WANT TO BE A PART OF HELPING OUR CITY AND NEIGHBORS.
LET'S INCLUDE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AUDIENCE TO COMMENT FROM A RESIDENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR HELP.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
AND NOW WE MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL.ANYBODY WANTS ANYTHING
AND ANYBODY WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY.
AND UH, UH, WE WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? NO, NO.
SO PRETTY MUCH, I KNOW DURING THIS WHOLE TIME I JUST WANTED TO REMIND OUR RESIDENT THAT OUR JOB AS A CITY COUNCIL IS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
SO YOU KNOW, YOUR HEALTH, SAFETY, WELLBEING IS THE UTMOST IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, ALSO JUST TO WANT IT TO LET YOU KNOW, AT MY WORK, I'M ALSO CONSIDERED A DISASTER SERVICE WORKER.
SO AT ANY GIVEN TIME, UM, I CAN BE QUICKLY CALLED IN DURING AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER IF, IF THIS GOES FURTHER.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE DOES THEIR PART AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE RESIDENTS, UM, STAY CALM, YOU KNOW, PANIC AND STRESS IS NOT GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH AND WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY STAYS HEALTHY WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.
UM, AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO HELP THOSE IN NEED AND FOLLOWING THE CDC GUIDELINES, WHICH WE SHOULD ALREADY BE DOING.
THESE ARE THE BASIC THINGS, YOU KNOW, HAND-WASHING, IF YOU'RE NOT FEELING, IF YOU'RE FEELING SICK OR YOU'RE FEELING ILL, YOU KNOW, PLEASE SEE PEACE, KEEP THAT DISTANCE AND WILL STAY HOME RECOVER.
UM, THE KEY FOR ALL OF THIS IS REALLY PREVENTION JUST TO STOP THE, UH, THE GROWTH FROM ALL THIS OCCURRING.
I JUST WANTED TO LET RESIDENTS KNOW THAT OUR CITY IS WORKING VERY HARD, THAT YOU MAY NOT SEE EVERY LITTLE DETAIL, YOU KNOW, OR HEAR EVERY LITTLE THING THAT'S GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL OR AS A WHOLE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT OUR CITY'S WORKING VERY HARD, UM, BEHIND THE SCENES.
UM, DEALING WITH ALL OF THIS, THE, THE KORAN VIRUS OBVIOUSLY IS THE IMPACTS THE ELDERLY, UM, THE ADULT, OLDER ADULTS AND THOSE WITH SERIOUS HEALTH CONDITIONS.
SO I KNOW OUT THERE PEOPLE ARE HOARDING SUPPLIES AND IT'S, IT'S SAD TO SEE THAT THOSE WHO NEED IT THE MOST ARE NOT ABLE TO HAVE IT.
WITH THE RESIDENTS PAGE, I DO SEE RESIDENTS, UM, OFFERING ASSISTANCE OR PROVIDING SUPPLIES THAT OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE FOR, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN A, ONE OF THE ONES THAT WAS RECENTLY AT THAT CVS, THEY ALL THE ALCOHOL PADS AND THOSE WHO ARE DIABETIC NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THEMSELVES AND THEY NEED THOSE ALCOHOL PADS, UM, FOR THOSE NEEDLES TO GO THROUGH THAT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU THAT THERE ARE STILL GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HELPING THOSE WHO ARE IN NEED, UM, OFFERING YOUR ASSISTANCE AND YOU KNOW, FOR EVERYBODY ELSE, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, FEEL FREE TO BRING IT UP TO US.
I KNOW SOMETIMES WE GET EMAILS AND MESSAGES AND WE, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THROUGH.
I KNOW I GET SOME OF THOSE, SOME OF THOSE EMAILS, YOU KNOW, WE DO RESPOND BACK AND I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THOSE WHO ARE WHINING,
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COMPLAINING, AND BLAMING, THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP AT ALL.SO I DO ASK THAT EVERYBODY, UM, OFFER SOLUTIONS, SUGGESTIONS, THINGS THAT CAN BETTER, UM, OUR CITY BETTER, THE RESIDENT AND EVERYONE.
UM, SO IF WE ALL DO OUR PART, WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS.
I MEAN, WE, IT'S HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.
UM, WE JUST NEED TO ALL WORK TOGETHER AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
THANK YOU TO OUR RESIDENTS, EVERYBODY OUT THERE HELPING AND WE GREATLY APPRECIATE IT.
ANYBODY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY.
YEAH, I'LL JUST SEND HIM THAT.
VERY, YEAH, LIKE OUR MAYOR SAID, VERY GOOD SPEECH.
UH, EVERYONE JUST PLEASE STAY CALM.
AND UH, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH.
MR MAYOR, YOU KNOW, I DO AGREE WITH WHAT'S BEEN SAID.
YOU KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A LOT OF ALBERDI OUT THERE THAT NEED HELP.
YOU KNOW, YOU GO THROUGH THE STORE AND YOU FIND AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO COME INTO THE STORE AND THEY CAN'T FIND ANYTHING.
AND SO I'M SO REALLY THRILLED.
THE STATE OF BROTHERS STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE ON NORTH NORTHGATE, STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE.
I THINK IF ANY RESIDENTS HEARS OF ANY OTHER STORES THAT ARE STEPPING UP FOR THE ELDERLY, PLEASE INFORM THE CITY SO WE CAN GET IT OUT ON THE WEBPAGES AND FORM EVERYBODY BECAUSE THE MORE WE KNOW THE BETTER OFF WE WILL BE.
YOU KNOW, PLEASE, THERE'S PLENTY OF FOOD OUT THERE AND LIKE THE MAYOR SAYS, THIS STUFF IS MADE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE DON'T HAVE TO IMPORT IT FROM ANYWHERE.
THERE'S PLENTY OF IT TO GO AROUND SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HOARD IT.
SO LET'S BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
IF HE NEEDS SOMEBODY NEEDS A HELPING HAND, HELP THEM.
IT DOES NOT CAN GO OUT OF YOUR WAY TO HELP SOMEBODY AND JUST BE SAFE.
OKAY, I WANT TO SAY THIS AGAIN AGAIN.
WE DIDN'T CANCEL THE COUNCIL MEETING BECAUSE SO IMPORTANT.
WE WANT TO SHOW THE RESIDENT, WE STILL DO OUR JOB.
THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THEIR JOB.
TO MAKE SURE TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS.
SO I WANT TO TELL THE RESIDENT DON'T WORRY.
NO, NO POINT WAITING A LINE AND RUNNING AROUND AND THE, AND THE AND THE WORRY ABOUT THE THING, THE ANXIETIES.
WE ARE HERE TOGETHER, THE, THE S THE GULLMAN, THE CT EMPLOYEES OVER HERE AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK THIS GENTLEMAN HENRY MAO OF DAY TO DAY.
ON THE MASK THERE IS THAT KIND OF A DIFFICULT TO GET RIGHT NOW AND HE TOLD ME, OKAY.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR STAFF IS HEALTHY.
SO I WANT TO SEE WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE.
AND THAT THEY COME IN TO ONE HOUR STEP TO BE HEALTHY.
SO YOU GOT CAN CONTINUE TO DO YOUR JOB AND THE SAME TIME.
OKAY, WE WANT TO LET OUR RESIDENT UNDERSTAND WE ARE HERE NO MATTER WHAT TO HELP YOU AND FOR YOUR NEIGHBOR.
IF YOU SEE ANY NEIGHBOR NEED HELP, PLEASE.
IF YOU CANNOT HELP THEM, LET THE CITY KNOW WE WILL HELP THEM.
WELL WE'RE NOT GOING TO ABANDON ANY PEOPLE.
WE WILL DELIVER THE SUPPLY FOR THEM.
AND WE TALKING TO THE, THE THE THE MANAGER.
OF A STORE MANAGER OF OLD THOSE SUPERMARKET AND THEY SAY THEY WAS STEP UP.
TWO TIMES A DAY THEY WILL MAKE SURE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING AND I THINK WE WENT OVER THERE.
AND THAT DEBT FOR SOMETHING IS MISSING BECAUSE THE PEOPLE PANICKING ARE GOING LIKE TOILET PAPER, LIKE A WATER BOTTLE.
AND, AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAVE A DAIRY MILK OR EGGS.
SOMETIMES THEY CAN DISAPPEAR VERY FAST, BUT THEY CONTINUE TO SUPPLY.
WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, BUT AGAIN, I SAY THAT UNITED WE STAND, WE CAN PROVE THROUGH IT, BUT THERE'S TWO WEEKS.
PULL INSIDE THE HOUSE AND DON'T COME OUT OKAY.
WE WANT TO SEE EVERYBODY BACK, INCLUDING MYSELF, INCLUDING MY COLLEAGUES.
COME BACK TWO, THREE WEEKS AND WE STILL VERY, VERY HEALTHY AND IT WAS, DID CONTINUE TO DO OUR CD BUSINESS FOR NO MATTER WHAT.
A COUPLE IS WEST COVINA AND GOD BLESS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, WE ARE GOING TO AGENDA MEETING, OKAY.
MEETING A GERM AND KENAI AS STAY HEALTHY AND STAY SAFE.