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OKAY.I APOLOGIZE TO THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AGAIN.
[City Council on April 21, 2020]
OKAY.WE'LL COME TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
TODAY'S APRIL 20TH WEIGH NOW IS SEVEN 36 AND THE MEETING SESSION AND TODAY TONIGHT IN VOCATION WOULD BE LED BY THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, LISA SHOW RICK, ALTHOUGH BY THE BEDROOM, THEREBY ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARK BRISCOE, AND ALWAYS PLEASE HEAVENLY FATHER.
AS WE GATHER TOGETHER TO SEE ME, WE ASKED FOR WISDOM AND KINDNESS TO CARRY OUT THE BUSINESS BEFORE ME.
YOU PROVIDE US WITH THE GUIDANCE TO ACT UPON THE MATTERS AT HAND AND SHOW US HOW TO CONDUCT OUR WORK WITH PEACE AND GRATITUDE.
PLEASE PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE I, HE SAYS HE DID CLUB ROLL CALL PLEASE.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S COUNCIL AND JOHNSON COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REPLY? THIS HAS BEEN MAYOR WITH REGARD TO THE PALACIOS, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA MATTER.
ON A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF THAT DATA POINT TO 550,000 AND RETURN.
PLAINTIFF AGREED TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT AND WITH REGARD TO THE FRANCO V CITY OF WEST COVINA, MANNER ON A VOTE OF FIVE TO ZERO CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO PAY PLAINTIFF 4.6 5 MILLION OF WHICH THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR IS FOR 1 MILLION OF THAT AMOUNT.
IN RETURN, PLAINTIFFS AGREED TO DISMISS THE LAWSUIT.
I KNOW WE MOVE INTO THE PROCLAMATION DUE TO THE THESE PANDEMIC, WE ARE POSTPONED AND PRESENTATION OVER COMMUNICATION.
UH, HOW MANY L O OF COLA YOU HAVE TO FOR TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO UH, TWO SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
I WILL READ THEM BOTH INTO THE RECORD.
MR JIM GRIBBON LAST FALL, I AND SEVERAL OTHER RESIDENTS SPOKE BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AND ASKED YOU TO VOTE AGAINST HUGE PAY INCREASE FOR THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
THE CITY DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY FOR THE INCREASES.
EXCEPTIONALLY THE INCREASED PENSION COSTS.
ABOUT THE SAME TIME TO STATE AUDITOR PUBLISHED A REPORT RANKING WEST COVINA 17TH WORST OF CALIFORNIA 471 CITIES FOR FISCAL RISKS.
DESPITE RESIDENT AND STATE AUDITOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE CITY'S FISCAL RISK, THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO GIVE THE HUGE INCREASE.
ANYWAY, THE CITY COUNCIL IGNORED RESIDENT CONCERNS ABOUT OUR CITY FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT, WHICH RESULTED IN 211 RESIDENTS SUBMITTING A PETITION TO THE STATE AUDITOR.
THE STATE AUDITOR IS NOW SCHEDULED TO BE COMPLETED.
THIS AUGUST, WE RESIDENTS ALSO FORMED A GROUP, WEST COVINA NEIGHBOR TO STOP A UNION SPONSORED SALES TAX INCREASE.
WE DID THIS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF ELIMINATED THE RESIDENT DAYS, FINANCE AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, AND HAD A COUNCIL AND UNIONS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CLAUSE REQUIRING WEST COVINA POLICE AND FIRE TO BE A MEMBER.
THE HIGHEST PAID IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
DESPITE THE CITY'S HIGH FISCAL RISK, OUR GROUP LED THEIR NEIGHBORS.
OUR GROUP LEFT THEIR NEIGHBORS.
AS A RESULT, 15,000 CITIZENS, 80% OF THOSE VOTING REJECTED MEASURE WC WAS COVINA.
CITIZENS VOTED FOR RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT OF OUR CITY.
LAST YEAR, THE CITY SPENT THREE POINT $2 MILLION MORE THAN X. AGAIN THIS YEAR IT APPEARS THAT THE OVERSPENDING WILL BE 3.6 MILLION BASED ON THE NUMBERS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL AT TODAY'S MEETING.
IT PROBABLY WILL BE WORTH SINCE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL OVERDRAFT ITS BUDGET AGAIN, AS IT ALWAYS HAD, THESE ISSUES WERE NOT CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THE VOTES TO APPROVE A TAX INCREASE UNLESS THE ENTIRE COUNCIL SHOWS A WILLINGNESS TO DO YOUR JOB.
THAT IS THE END OF COMMENT ONE.
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THE NEXT COMMENT IS FROM COLLEEN ROSATI, ELECTED CITY TREASURER AND AUDIT FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBER, CITY OF WEST COVINA.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF AND COMMUNITY.
I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ARE ALL STAYING HEALTHY AND SAFE DURING THIS HORRIFIC TIME.
TONIGHT I'M SPEAKING ON THREE TOPICS.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN ON THE CONTEST CALENDAR.
SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR TWO 2019 TO 2000 QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS, ITEM NUMBER TWO, EXPENSES THAT WERE NOT BUDGETED, NEEDING AN AMENDMENT ITEM NUMBER THREE, BEING MINDFUL OF HOW WEST COVINA RESIDENTS SPEND THEIR TAX DOLLARS.
NUMBER ONE, I'D LIKE TO THINK THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR PREPARING THIS DETAILED REPORT WHICH UPDATES THE COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY OF THE CITY'S FINANCIAL STATUS AND FORECAST ENDING 1231 20 IN REVIEWING THE REPORT, IT CAME ACROSS.
I CAME ACROSS SOME QUESTIONS AND OR CONCERNS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS.
MAINLY FOR CLARIFICATION, THE REPORTS STATE THAT THE MAIN TWO SOURCES OF THE CITY'S REVENUE ARE PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAX BASED ON INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE HATCH HATCHMOTT NUMBER ONE PAGE ONE PROPERTY TAXES REVENUE BUDGETED FOR 2019 2020 IS $26,680,400 AS OF 1231 19 WE OBTAINED $4,937,311 PUTTING US AT AN 18.5% OF THE BUDGET, WHICH MEANS THAT BETWEEN NOW AND SIX 30 28 WE NEED TO SEE $21,743,089 IN REVENUE TO BE AT 100% OF THE BUDGET.
GIVEN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION OF THE CITY STATE AND NOT TO MENTION THE NATIONS, HOW LIKELY ARE WE TO SEE THE FULL AMOUNT OF REVENUE THAT HAS BEEN PROJECTED? OUR SECOND MAIN FOURTH OF REVENUE IS SALES TAX.
THE BUDGET PROJECTED 16.9 MILLION IN REVENUE AS OF 1231 19 WE'VE ACQUIRED 5.7 MILLION, WHICH IS 33.8% OF OUR GOAL.
I MENTIONED IN THAT REPORT THE CITY EXPECTS TO SEE DECREASES TWO TO 4 MILLION IN SALES TAX REVENUE THIS YEAR.
WHILE NO ONE COULD FORESEE THIS PANDEMIC COMING LAST JUNE, THIS LARGE OF AN AMOUNT DECREASE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE A TOLL ON THE CITY'S BOTTOM LINE QUESTION.
WHAT PLAN IN PLACE TO TRY TO RECOUP THE SALES TAX REVENUE?
AS STATED IN THE REPORT, THE CITY DID PROP A EXCHANGE EARLY ON ALLOWING US TO OBTAIN IN LARGER SOURCE OF REVENUE THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROJECTED.
QUESTION TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE, ARE THERE ANY OTHER PROPOSITIONS OR MEASURES THAT WE CAN TAP INTO THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T COLLECTED WHICH WOULD ALLOW US ADDITIONAL BROTHER NOW? NUMBER TWO, EXPENSES, NOT BUDGETED, NEEDING AMENDMENT.
I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY THE PUBLIC TO SHARE WHAT BUDGET ITEMS ARE HAVING AMENDMENTS MADE TO THEM WITHIN THIS REPORT.
THEY CAN BE VIEWED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
THEREFORE, ON PAGE THREE OF THEIR REPORT UNDER GENERAL FUND BUDGET OF MCMAHON, THERE IS A REQUEST TO BE AMENDED ON 20 1920 BUDGET BY $2,332,379 IF YOU HAVE THE KEY AMENDMENTS ARE ASSAULTED, BUDGETED FOR THE CLERK'S MARCH 3RD ELECTION WAS $3,200 WHAT HAS WHAT WAS NOT BUDGETED WAS 280,000 TO COVER COSTS RELATED TO THE TAX MEASURE INITIATIVE, INCREASING THE BUDGETS OF $283,200 LESS THAN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS HIT WITH A REPAYMENT EXPENDITURES FOR GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION AND THE AMOUNT OF $241,000 ALONG WITH 20,000 TRAINING COSTS WHICH WAS UNEXPECTED.
THERE WAS AN UNPROJECTED INCREASE OF 160,000 FROM THE NEW ANIMAL CONTROL CENTER IN POMONA.
I AM TOLD THIS AMOUNT WAS GIVEN TO TO THE CITY AFTER THE BUDGET HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND AMENDMENT TO WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $652,800 FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THE MOU BETWEEN IT REFLECTING THREE YEARS OUT OF CONTRACT AND THREE YEARS WITHOUT COLA ADJUSTMENT QUESTION.
GIVEN THE ABOVE INFORMATION REGARDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHAT I DON'T SEE IN THIS REPORT IS IF THERE WAS AN INCREASE TO THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR SALARY ADJUSTMENTS BASED ON THEIR MOU AGREEMENT, SHOULD THERE BE AN AMENDMENT REQUEST AT THIS TIME AS WELL OR COULD THIS OR WILL THIS SHOW UP IN THE NEXT FINANCIAL REPORT? AGAIN, MORE DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING OTHER AMENDMENTS
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CAN BE VIEWED ON CITY'S WEBSITE.LASTLY, ON PAGE FOUR, THERE WAS AN ART REFLECTING SPECIAL MAYOR.
UM, NOW WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE ORAL COMMUNICATION.
I'LL BASICALLY A CITY MANAGER.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO RESPONSE ABOUT THE RESIDENT CONCERN? THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
THIS IS CITY MANAGER CARMONEY.
I'D LIKE TO JUST SPEND A MOMENT OR TWO AND RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE TONIGHT.
BOTH OF THESE WERE RELATED IN TERMS OF YOUR AGENDA.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH CONCERNS THE SECOND QUARTER FINANCIAL REPORTS FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR 1920.
THIS REPORT COVERS THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND EMPHASIZES BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS RELATED TO THE OPERATING BUDGET.
UM, FIRST LIKE TO THANK BOTH SPEAKERS FOR THEIR ATTENTION TO THE CITY'S BUDGET.
I'LL EXPLAIN AND RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF THEIR QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS, BUT WE'D LIKE TO, BEFORE I BEGIN, JUST EXPRESS MY DEEP PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL GRATITUDE FOR THE EXCELLENT SERVICES BEING PROVIDED BY OUR CITY STAFF.
AND ESPECIALLY IN THIS MOMENT, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.
UM, A LOT OF ATTENTION IS FOCUSED ON OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BUDGET.
PUBLIC SAFETY IS THE MAJORITY OF WHAT WE DO OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
OUR ANNUAL FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET IS JUST OVER $20 MILLION A YEAR.
IT'S 20.4 MILLION AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AT THE END OF APRIL, WE'RE ABOUT 83% OF THE WAY THROUGH OUR FISCAL YEAR AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES IN TOTAL STAND AT 85% USED.
SO 83% OF THE WAY THROUGH THE YEAR AND WE'VE USED 85% OF THAT WHICH WAS BUDGETED OUR REGULAR FULL TIME SALARIES AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS IT 75% USED AND THE OVERTIME BUDGET STANDS AT 97% USED AT THIS POINT IN THE FISCAL YEAR.
THE SAVINGS IN THE FULLTIME ACCOUNT JUST ABOUT OFFSET THE SAVINGS, UM, FOR THE OVERAGES IN THE OVERTIME ACCOUNT BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
AT THIS RATE, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WILL BE OVER BUDGET BY ABOUT 1%.
SECONDLY, REGARDING THE COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS OF THE CITY TREASURER, UM, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WITHOUT QUESTION, WE ARE EXPECTING THAT 2021 WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT BUDGET YEAR.
I THINK WITH THE ANTICIPATED REDUCTION SALES TAX REVENUE, THERE WILL BE SOME VERY IMPORTANT COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SERVICE LEVELS FOR FISCAL 2021 I'M WATCHING THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES QUITE CAREFULLY.
I'M RELUCTANT TO USE THE PHRASE HIRING FREEZE AT THIS MOMENT BUT IT'S CERTAINLY CASE BY CASE.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD SELL SOME DISPATCHER POSITIONS AND CERTAINLY THOSE ARE ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL BUT EVERYONE ELSE'S IS CASE BY CASE AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH BOTH OF THESE SPEAKERS CAUSE I KNOW THEY HAVE A LOT TO SAY ON THIS SUBJECT.
THE CITY MANAGER AND NEXT ONE THAT WE MOVE INTO, CITY MANAGER REPORT.
MR COMPANY, WOULD YOU PLEASE REPORT REGARDING WHAT'S GOING ON ABOUT HIS TWO WEEKS, ANY IMPROVEMENT AND THE ANY ABOUT THE CURRENT PANDEMIC AND HOW CAN IT SERVE AS WE HAVE? WE'VE FOR THE RESIDENT.
THIS IS CITY MANAGER DAVE CARMEN.
AGAIN, I'VE GOT A BRIEF POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND REPORT.
FIRST COUNSELING COMMUNITY IS AWARE.
WE STOOD UP A COVERT 19 TESTING CENTER IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ULTIMATE, WE'RE GETTING SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING THROUGH THE CDBG PROGRAM.
THE COST OF RUNNING THIS CENTER IS ABOUT $125,000 A WEEK AND UNDER THE CONTRACT WITH ULTIMATE AND THE CITY IS PAYING ABOUT HALF OF THOSE COSTS.
I WAS BY THERE ONCE THIS WEEK JUST TO PUT MY EYES ON IT IN PERSON AND I KNOW WE'RE GETTING DAILY REPORTS.
I'M HAPPY TO TELL YOU WE'RE GETTING SOME VERY GOOD PARTICIPATION THROUGH THIS.
WE'RE GETTING IN TERMS OF PREREGISTRATION IS ABOUT A HUNDRED A DAY AND 80 OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY SHOWING UP, BUT IN TOTAL WE'RE SEEING BETWEEN 120 AND 130 PEOPLE EVERY DAY COME THROUGH THE COVERT TESTING CENTER.
THIS NEXT SLIDE DEPICTS A QUARANTINE TRAILER.
WHAT'S BEING SAID AT THE CITY YARD THIS WAS GARNERED FOR THE CITY THROUGH THE OES SEMA PROGRAM AT NO COST TO THE CITY.
UM, AND WE ARE HAVING THIS IN THE READY SET POSITION.
SHOULD ONE OF OUR FIRST RESPONDERS REQUIRE QUARANTINE.
WE WILL, UM, HAVE A PLACE FOR THEM TO BE QUARANTINED FOR THE REQUISITE, UH, 14 DAYS AND WE'RE WATCHING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
THEY'RE FIRST RESPONDERS QUITE CAREFULLY.
NEXT SLIDE I TO MAKE MENTION OF WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WASTE HAULING SERVICES.
UM, GIVEN THE COVEN 19 CONDITIONS OPERATIONS HAD BEEN MODIFIED AT THE MATERIALS
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RECYCLING FACILITY.NOW OUR RESIDENTS MAY BE SEEING VERY SOON ONLY ONE TRUCK COMING BY.
THEY'LL BE COLLECTING ALL THE SAME MATERIAL, THE GREEN WASTE AND THE HOUSEHOLD WASTE.
UH, WE'RE ASKING PEOPLE TO HAVE THEIR BARRELS OUT TO THE CURB BY 6:00 AM AND A SINGLE TRUCK IS GOING TO BE PICKING UP BOTH.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO BRIEFLY MENTION WHAT'S GOING ON AT OUR SENIOR CENTER.
WE'RE DOING A MEALS PROGRAM, WHICH IS PROVING TO BE QUITE POPULAR.
WE'VE TRANSITIONED FROM, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED MEALS IN THE SENIOR CENTER A DAY TO NOW ABOUT 400 MEALS A DAY, 250 OF THOSE BEING DELIVERED AND ON A DRIVE UP WINDOW BASIS BETWEEN 11 AND 12, WE'RE OFF TO DOING QUITE A BIT OF WORK WITH GLOVE AND FACE MASS DISTRIBUTION AS SUPPLIES PERMIT AND RESIDENTS SEEM TO BE TAKING ADVANTAGE.
THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A PICTURE OF OUR THREE NEWEST POLICE OFFICERS THAT WE'VE BROUGHT ON BOARD.
I REGRET WE WERE UNABLE TO HAVE A PUBLIC BADGE PINNING CEREMONY.
SO THIS WAS DONE AS A GO TO MEETING OR ZOOM MEETING.
BUT WE WELCOME THESE NEW OFFICERS WHO ARE HELPING US FILL OUR RANKS.
IN TERMS OF PROJECTS ON THE HORIZON, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED FUNDING TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY REGIONAL PARK AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT GRANT PROGRAM FOR A NEW PLAYGROUND AT SHADOW A PARK.
OUR TIMEFRAME IS WE WANT TO HAVE THAT OPERATIONAL, UM, BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
THIS SLIDE, UM, NEXT IS A PAVING PROJECT WHICH IS UNDERWAY.
WHAT WE'RE FINDING IN THIS MOMENT IN TERMS OF OUR ECONOMY, THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO BE GETTING PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS OUT TO BID AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, AND WE LOVE PAVING STREETS.
THIS IS, UM, A NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR BARRANCA SOUTH OF THE 10 FREEWAY.
TODAY WE WERE PAVING AGAIN ON SOME OF THE SAME RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, VIRGINIA STREET AND WE'LL BE, UM, OUT AGAIN WITH THE BARBARA GREEN AND THE HOT ASPHALT TOMORROW.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR RESIDENTS TO FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE'RE DOING, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA PUSHES JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY UPDATES AND COBIT 19 AND UPDATES ON CITY PROGRAMS, ET CETERA.
AND, UH, WE HOPE THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE ADVANTAGE OF US AND, AND GET THEIR INFORMATION FROM US THROUGH THESE CHANNELS OF TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK.
I THINK ENDING THIS WITH ED DEPICTION OF OUR POLICE CHIEF'S OFFICE AS HE'S HUNTING FOR EGGS.
AND THIS LAST SLIDE IS THE FIRE CHIEF AND OUR CHIEF OF POLICE.
I'M HUNTING FOR EGGS WITH THE EASTER BUNNY.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SEE ME.
THE CITY MANAGERS, NOW WE MOVE INTO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
UH, ANY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, ANY
ON THE WEEKEND TO APPROVE ONE TO 10 OF WHO WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON WERE MOVED.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE 10 AND THE MALE PROTEAN LOPEZ V ARDELL.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANA JOHNSON AND JOHNSON.
I COUNSEL MEMBER SHOEMAKER, I MAY APPROACH HIM.
FIVE ZERO THEN WE MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER 11, CONSIDERATION OF A COURT AMENDMENT.
AMENDMENT NUMBER 22
AND THE MATTER IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING CONSISTS OF AN AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 26 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO FILM FOR ME.
SEND IT WHERE THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK FOR REFI, THE PROPER LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
AND AT THIS TIME I SHOULD OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE CALL AMENDMENT NUMBER 20 DASH ZERO OH ONE, THERE'LL BE A FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STEP REPORT.
THEN WE SHOW HERE FUNDERS, THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSAL.
SO MR
JOANNE BURNS, OUR PLANNING MANAGER.
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MR. BURKE, IF HE'S BEING HONORABLE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC AND ALSO COME FROM MEMBER.UM, FIRST OFF, I'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH THE BACKGROUND.
ON JANUARY 21ST, 2020 THE CITY COUNCIL INITIATED THAT CODE, THIS CODE AMENDMENTS.
AND ON FEBRUARY 11 2020 THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A STUDY SESSION TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL STANDARDS FOR THE CODE AMENDMENT.
THE CODE AMENDMENT WAS DRAFTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DIRECTION RECEIVED FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION DURING THE STUDY SESSION.
ON MAY 10TH, 2020 THE CHRONIC COMMISSION HELD UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVED RESOLUTION RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 DASH 60 30 RECOMMENDING THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR THE CODE AMENDMENT PERTAINING TO SOME PERMIT STANDARDS.
ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS THE DRAFT LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSED CODE CODE AMENDMENTS.
THAT CODE AMENDMENT INCREASES FILMING IN RESIDENTIAL FROM THREE DAYS TO FIVE DAYS.
IT INCREASES FILMING DAYS FOR NONRESIDENTIAL ZONES FROM FIVE DAYS TO 20 TIMES PER YEAR AND REVISES THE NONRESIDENTIAL FILMING HOURS TO 6:00 AM FROM 6:00 AM TO 11:00 PM.
DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, A CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED BY A RESIDENT THAT THE DRAFT ORDINANCE ALLOWED UNLIMITED FILMING DAYS IN NON-COMMERCIAL AREAS.
WITH THIS STAFF ALSO HAS SOME CONCERNS THAT ALLOWING UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF FILMING AND COMMERCIAL AREAS PROVIDE LITTLE INCENTIVE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO FILL A VACANT COMMERCIAL SPACE THAT WOULD GENERATE BETTER TAX REVENUES FOR THE CITY.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT IN THE AUTO PLAZA AREA WHERE THE CITY IS ENCOURAGING NEW VEHICLE SALES AS A PRIMARY USE WITH THIS.
SORRY, THIS WAS MAYOR PRO TEM.
UM, I WAS WONDERING ON THE, ON THE UM, BUT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, CAN THEY PUT FULL SCREEN, CAUSE I KNOW THAT, I THINK YOU HAVE TO SCROLL IT DOWN.
IT'S NOT THE FULL ON FULL SCREEN.
SO I KNOW THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST WERE SHOWING ORIGINALLY, I THINK THERE WAS MORE AT THE BOTTOM BUT YOU'D HAVE TO SCROLL.
SO CAN THEY HAVE THE FULL BLOW UP? WE WERE TOLD BY OR IT THAT WE GRANT ABLE, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT AS YOU CONTINUE ON THEN JUST IF YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM.
IF THERE IS A PORTION ON THE BOTTOM, CAN WE GO? IF THERE'S ANYTHING MISSING.
NOT THIS THING THAT I'M CURRENTLY SEEING, BUT THE ONE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY SHOWN.
IT'S SO NUMBER FOUR BUT YOU'D WOULD CUT OFF, SO IF THERE WAS, YEAH, THAT SCREEN, HOPEFULLY IT'S SWITCH, BUT THAT SCREEN IS, IT SHOWS THE BOTTOM.
I SEE NUMBER THREE AND THEN I SEE PARTIAL NUMBER FOUR.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BEING SAID OR READ.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SCROLL IN THEM.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THIS? ON THIS? I JUST, I JUST, OH, NOW I SEE NUMBER FOUR.
OKAY, THANK YOU THAT THAT WAS IT FOR THAT SLIDE.
AND THEN NOW WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 24 71 THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FOLLOWING OPTION TO EITHER APPROVE THE PLENTY COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION OR PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE DIRECTION IF THE PLAN, IF THE CITY COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, GAS IS AVAILABLE.
WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IT.
I KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND THE PLANNING COMMITTEE HAS TALKED ABOUT IT AND I KNOW WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS MAY BE GOING OFF IN INDEFINITE.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT COUNSELOR CAN PUTTING RESTRICTION ON THIS? THEY MAYBE GO TO YOU AT THE TIME BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE GET DOWN TO THIS EPIDEMIC GRADE IT IS ANY TYPE OF TAXES GET COMING IN OR FINDING ME COME IN AND BE GOOD AND I KNOW THAT PROBABLY AIN'T DON'T GET ANY CARS AND NOT ONE BOT.
BUT ANYWAY, WE CAN SAY LIMITED FOR ONE YEAR AND THEN HAVE TO BRING IT BACK AFTER A YEAR AND NOW JUST TO DECIDE IF THEY'RE KIND OF MILKING THIS OR IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GO FORWARD WITH THE CAR DEALERSHIP IN THAT QUESTION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER IT MR MAYOR, THE CITY ATTORNEY? NO, YOU DON'T LIMIT THE, UM, YOU DON'T SUNSET AN ORDINANCE.
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STAFF TO BRING IT BACK FOR A REVIEW IF YOU'D LIKE IN A YEAR.BUT YOU DON'T, YOU DON'T WRITE THAT IN FOR THE ORDINANCE.
NICE TO HAVE A HABIT BROUGHT BACK WITHIN A YEAR TO REDO IT.
SO BASICALLY YOU WANT TO AMEND THIS MOTION TO, TO ADD, WE ARE GOING TO BRING BACK ONE YEAR TO REVIEW BY THE CITY COUNCIL OR BY THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, RIGHT? YES.
THAT'S THE WAY I'D LIKE TO SEE IT PUT IN THERE.
MS MS. MR MAYOR, THIS IS TOM AGAIN.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SECOND READING ON MAY 5TH AND THEN 30 DAYS AFTER THAT IT'LL BE AN EFFECT.
SO ON THE, ON THE MAY 5TH, UM, COUNCIL MEETING, IF, IF YOU VOTE, UH, TO APPROVE THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE AT THAT SAME TIME, YOU CAN MAKE YOUR MOTION TO SAY, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE STAFF TO BRING US BACK WITHIN A YEAR.
SO BASICALLY YOU SAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AMENDMENT TODAY.
WE COULD, WE CAN WAIT FOR THE SECOND READING.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEEM YES, YES, YES.
IT'LL BE, IT'LL BE A MOTION TO STAFF TO BRING IT BACK.
I'LL REVIEW IN A YEAR BECAUSE WE WERE GOING TO APPROVE THE SECOND READING.
THEN WE WANT TO BRING BACK TO REVIEW AFTER 12 MONTHS.
ANY ALDO QUESTIONS ON THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER? NONE.
UH, I HAVE, UH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION JUST ABOUT THE QUICKEST.
PEOPLE USING THE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND WAS TRADITION WEEKEND HAVE DO TO SUPPOSEDLY IT'S A, IT'S A DEALER.
AND RIGHT NOW IF WE CONTINUE TO LEAD THE VACANT PROPERTY TO BECOME A FILM LOCATION AND I DON'T KNOW, CAN JUSTIFY SUPPOSEDLY THE CT ONE, THE TAX REVENUE, THE SALES OFF THE TAX, THE SALES OFF THE CAR.
SOME KIND OF ORDINANCE THAT ARE ON THE 10 FREEWAY.
BASICALLY THERE SHOULD BE CAR DEALERSHIPS SELLING CAR WIDE THEN BECOME USING THE BITCOIN SPACE, BECOME A, A FILM STUDIO OR SOMETHING.
NOBODY CAN ANSWER MY QUESTION.
SO THIS IS A, THIS IS FINDING DIRECTOR ANDERSON.
UM, THE, THE ZONING IN THAT AREA DOES, IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF ZONING THAT'S IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
SO KNOW THAT ZONING ALLOWS OTHER TYPES OF USES BESIDES UH, AUTO MOBILES SALES.
SO YOU'RE SAYING EVEN WE HAVE A OLD TALL STRIP AND THAT WE SEE DOING FOR 20, 30 YEARS TRIED TO CREATE THIS AUTO SHOPPING MALL OR RUN THE 10 FREEWAY.
NOW PEOPLE CAN JUST CHANGE INTO A FILM SHOOTING LOCATION AND THE, BECAUSE THE INCOME IS A BIG DIFFERENCE, THE CITY NEED INCOME IS SALES TAX ON THE SELLING THE COST.
SO I DON'T KNOW, OKAY, WE'VE WE DO IN THIS UH, PERMEATE OKAY.
AND THEN WE ALLOW, OKAY, I'LL LIMIT FOR THEM TO USE THE LOCATION.
YOU CAN THEN DENT, THEY HAVE NO MOTIVATION TO LEASE OUT FOR THE AUTO DEALER TO SELL CAR.
AND THAT'S WHY THE CITY WANT AND IT'S WHY WE SPEND TONS OF MONEY.
AND UH, HOW PREVIOUSLY TO HAVE OTIS AUTO STRIP AROUND THE TEMPORARY WAY.
SO
WELL IT PLAYING DIRECTOR ANDERSON, AGAIN, I THINK THAT'S THE STAFF'S CONCERN THAT WAS MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT BY, BY JOANNE THAT WE HAVE A CONCERN OF ALLOWING TOO MUCH FILMING AT A PLACE THAT MIGHT DISCOURAGE THEM FROM REOPENING THE CAR DEALERSHIP.
I MEAN, I THINK THE GOOD NEWS IS IN ALL THOSE LOCATIONS, THEY'VE, THE INVESTMENT HAS BEEN IN A CAR DEALERSHIP STRUCTURE, RIGHT? THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALL FOR CAR DEALERSHIPS.
SO IT'D BE REALLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GO TO ANOTHER USE, BUT THEY COULD SORT OF BACKFILL THEMSELVES BY DOING THE, THE UH,
SO AGAIN, THAT IS THE REASON THE STAFF BROUGHT THAT UP AS A CONCERN, UM, IN THE STAFF REPORT.
SO, SO, SO AGAIN, THE BUTTON LINE, MY QUESTION WILL BE TO CITY, DO WE ANY, BECAUSE I REMEMBER LIVING IN WEST COVINA FOR MOTEL, WHAT, 30 SOME YEARS.
AND THEN THIS PLAYS OLD, OLD, ALWAYS THE OLD OZONE LOOK 80, YOU BUY CALL YOU COME OVER HERE AND A WAS THE VISIBILITY OF 10 FREEWAY.
AND IF WE DO THIS ALL IN THOSE AND ALLOW THEM TO DO THE THING, THE INCOME WOULD DROP.
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FEEL MAGICAL.COMPARE, YOU'LL SELL INTO THE DEALERSHIP.
AND UM, SO, SO AGAIN WHAT I'M SAYING, DO WE HAVE ANY OF UP ON THE PLANNING ALMOND? DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, ANY TEAS THAT WE CAN KIND OF FOLK KIND OF WE DO SOME RESTRICTION.
WE'LL ALLOW YOU TO DO IT, BUT NOT DO IT ALL THE TIME.
BUT NOTHING TO DO WITH CITY INCOME.
LIKE WE'LL USE PERMIT CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.
THE USE OF CAR DEALERSHIP IN THAT ZONE.
ACTUALLY NEW CAR DEALERSHIPS IN ALL ZONES THEY'RE ALLOWED IN, ARE ALLOWED BY, RIGHT.
THEY DON'T NEED A CONDITIONAL USE.
I'M TALKING ABOUT THE FILM FOR ME, I'M TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE EVERY TIME I DRIVE THROUGH.
GOING HOME, I SEE THE BY LINE PEOPLE SHOOTING MOVIE OVER THERE BEFORE THE PANDEMICS.
AND UH, SO, SO MY POINT IS WE REALLY NEED A COP DEALERSHIP RIGHT THERE.
THE FILM FOR ME, I DON'T THINK WE CAN GET THAT MUCH MORE MONEY COMPARE WITH THE CAR DEALERSHIP.
SO, SO THE CITY POINT OBO IF ON THE PLANNING WHILE WE HAVE, OKAY, IF WE APPROVE THIS, DO WE HAVE ANY REMEDY? OKAY.
LET THE PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO LEASE OUT FOR THE CAR DEALERSHIP.
AND THEN IN THAT WAY WE ARE GOING TO MISSING A LOT OF REVENUE.
WE NEED EVERYBODY'S STARTING CALL OVER THERE.
BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE TO USE A NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR TO NEXT DOOR.
ALL SAILED IN CAR AND EVERYBODY WOULD COME OVER HERE.
BUT IF YOU IN BETWEEN SO MANY VACANT THAN WE WERE
WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO MAKE SURE OVER THERE, MR MAYOR, THIS IS TOM.
SO WE, WE, WE DO ENCOURAGE THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WE WOULD NOT PUT ANYTHING IN THIS ORDINANCE THAT WOULD RESTRICT THAT.
IT'S RESTRICTED TO 20 TIMES AND IT'S APPLIED TO EVERYONE THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO THIS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN HAVE TO ENCOURAGE THAT TYPE OF USE ON THAT PROPERTY.
BUT THIS IS LIMITED TO THE FILM PERMIT AND WE WOULDN'T PUT ANYTHING IN THERE OTHER THAN JEFF, CAN WE, CAN WE, CAN WE DO THAT'S IN 20 TIMES? WELL, YES, THIS IS DIRECTOR ANDERSON.
THE, THE, THE, THE EXISTING CODE IS, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY STRICT BY NUMBER, BUT BASICALLY IT ALLOWS ABOUT FIVE A YEAR DEPENDING ON HOW THEY FALL WITHIN A YEAR.
AND TH THE REQUEST HERE, UH, THE DIRECTION OR THE, UH, THE VOTE FROM FINDING COMMISSION WAS UH, TO INCREASE IT TO 20 TIMES.
SO THE, THE, THERE'S TWO OTHER CHANGES THAT ARE PROBABLY NOT AS MAJOR AS THAT, BUT I THINK THAT IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN, THE THINGS YOU'RE, THAT THE MAYOR IS MENTIONING IS MAYBE HAVING CONCERN WOULD MAYBE BE A REASON TO NOT INCREASE IT FROM FIVE TO 20.
MAYBE YOU DON'T INCREASE IT AT ALL.
MAYBE JUST INCREASE IT A COUPLE.
THAT'S UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE, THE, THE, THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE, THERE MAY BE OTHER WAYS TO RESTRICT, SO LIKE TO ALLOW OTHER FILMING.
AND OTHER LOCATIONS AND TRY TO RESTRICT IT IN THE, THE AUTO ZONE AREA.
THERE'S, THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH THAT BECAUSE THE TECHNICALITIES OF THE, THE WAY THE ZONING IS SET UP.
AND UH, TO BE FRANK ON THIS, UH, UM, PROBABLY AT LEAST HALF OF OUR, UH, FILM PERMITS ARE FOR THAT LOCATION IN THE, UH, IN THE AUTO ROW.
SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GETTING FILM PERMITS ALL OVER THE CITY.
WE ARE GETTING SOME, BUT PROBABLY ABOUT HALF OF THEM, MAYBE MORE ARE IN THAT ONE LOCATION.
SO AS THOUGH CURRENTLY WE ONLY ALLOW FIVE TIMES A YEAR.
AND NO, WE WANT TO INCREASE IT 20 TIMES A YEAR.
THAT WAS, THAT'S, THAT WAS PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO MOVE ON FAITH TIME BECOME 20 TIMES.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE IT FOUR TIMES SMALL.
AND TWO TO HAVE A FILM SHOOTING IN ONE LOCATION.
DID YOU SEE ANY PROBLEM FOR THIS? IF WE WANT TO INCREASE FROM FIVE, 10 TO 20 TIMES, 20 TIMES EQUALLY TWO TIMES A MONTH AND A AND R HOW MANY TIMES THEY CAN ALLOW TO SHOOT FOR HOW MANY DAYS.
IF IT WERE 20 TIMES, ANY TIME YOU NEED 20 FOR ME, THIS IS A MAYOR FOR SENATE.
I KNOW YOU MENTIONED 20 TIMES, BUT PER, PER PRODUCTION ONE PRODUCTION COULD LAST WEEK.
SO IT'S, IS IT PER TIME PER, YOU KNOW, DAVE JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION
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AS WELL.THE CURRENT SITE, FIVE DAYS, UM, IN ANY THREE MONTH PERIOD, UM, IN THE DRAFT LANGUAGE HAS 20 TIMES PER PRODUCTION.
SO A PRODUCTION, UM, DEPENDING ON WHAT'S BEING FILMED, A PRODUCTION CAN BE ANYWHERE FROM TWO DAYS TO TWO A HUNDRED DAYS.
UM, SO IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT'S BEING FILMED.
SO THERE IS REALLY NO TIME, NO DAY OR TIME RESTRICTION.
IT'S JUST 20 TIMES PER PRODUCTION PERIOD.
WAIT, WAIT 20 TIMES OR THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED.
W GIVE IT A FIVE TIME STICKING LOSS FOR A LONG TIME.
BASICALLY THEY SHOOTING ALL THE TIME.
MAYOR PRO TEM AGAIN, I HAVE, MY QUESTION IS, SO LIKE YOU MENTIONED ONE TIME COULD BE A HUNDRED DAYS, SO THREE TIMES.
IF YOU DO THAT, THAT'S 300 DAYS PRETTY MUCH FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
THAT COULD BE LINKED TO JUST FILM PRODUCTION, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THERE WOULD BE MORE THAN ONE YEAR.
SO YOU'D BE, YOU HAVE A A HUNDRED A HUNDRED DAYS OF TIME OR A WEAPON, MEAT.
SO IF I DON'T GATHER, WELL YOU WILL NEED 20 TIMES IF YOU CAN GET ONE FOR ME FOR SUCH A LONG TIME.
WHY DO YOU NEED 20 TIMES? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
WELL, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT, NOW I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I THOUGHT THROUGH IT SAID THAT THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS FIVE DAYS SHOOTING, MAYBE I'D BE A COUPLE OF EXTRA DAYS MOVING IN OR OUT, BUT IT WAS LIMITED.
SO WHEN THE FIVE DAY SHOOT IN PR, IT'S TIME, NOT A HUNDRED DAYS.
THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD ABOUT THE WHOLE PLAN COMMISSION.
MAYBE IT'S TWO DAYS MOVE IN, THREE DAYS MOVING OUT, BUT ONLY FIVE DAYS SHOOTING TOTAL.
I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
WELL MY, MY, MY POINT IS IF THEY NEED AN EXTRA DAY, THEY CAN GET A SPECIAL PERMIT.
I DON'T THINK WE WILL SAY NO IF THEY WANT TO PAY EXTRA MONEY.
BUT THE POINT IS THAT IF WE ALLOWED THEM TO DO IT 20 TIMES THIS ON THE BLACK AND WHITE AND THE DENTIST CAN BE ABUSE.
THAT'S WHY I MAY WORRY IS OKAY LAD NEED 20 TIME FOR A YEAR.
I TELL YOU WHAT YOU SEE SHOOTING LIKE CRAZY HUMBOLDT.
SO I, WE'D HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THIS
SO, SO, SO, UH, I HAVEN'T MADE YOUR CONSENT ABOUT THIS.
ANY, ANY OTHER CONSOLES HAVE ANY ISSUE ABOUT THIS? I HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THE 20 TIMES AND NOW THEY'LL COME.
SO HAVE ANY ISSUE OR ANY QUESTION OTHER WAY I WANTED TO MOVE ON TO THE OPEN UP TO UH, OKAY.
SO ANY OTHER COUNSELOR THEY HAVE ANY QUESTION? I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION.
THE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL MAYOR PRO TEM, AGAIN FOR THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE, UM, IT SAYS THEY'LL INCREASE IT FROM THREE TO FIVE DAYS.
IS THAT JUST IF ONE PRODUCTION DECIDES TO, THEY HAVE TO ONLY FILM UP TO FIVE DAYS FOR THAT ONE PRODUCTION OR IS IT, I JUST NEED MORE CLARIFICATION.
THEY CAN, THEY CAN ONLY FILM FOR FIVE DAYS FOR THAT ONE PRODUCTION.
AND AFTER THAT ONE PRODUCTION THEY HAVE TO WAIT THREE MORE MONTHS TO FILM TO APPLY FOR ANOTHER FILM PERMIT.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A PRETTY LITTLE, THAT'S PRETTY SMALL ZONING HAS MORE TIME.
I MEAN THEY GO BY TIMES AND THEN THE RESIDENTIAL HAS DAYS.
I THIS STILL NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER CONSULT COUNCIL MEMBER HAVE ANY QUESTION? UM, THIS IS JESSICA.
I AGREE WITH THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS BACKWARDS AND HALF FAKE AND THERE'S NOT AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN WHAT WAS DIRECTED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WHAT WE HAVE NOW.
UM, I HONESTLY DON'T SEE ANY REASON TO LIMIT DAYS.
UM, I AM INTERESTED IN LIBERATING LOCATIONS AND SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE MY REQUEST IS TO LOOK AT IT MORE AS I KNOW WE HAVE ZONING AND WE SAY IT'S ALLOWED IN CERTAIN ZONING BUT WE CAN CHANGE THE ZONING THAT IS ALLOWED IN AD GO MORE THAT DIRECTION RATHER THAN LIMITING WHAT COULD BE A PROFIT MAKING CENTER CONSIDERING HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE ENTERTAINMENT
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INDUSTRY.SO UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT INTEREST THERE IS IN TAKING THAT DIRECTION WITH IT, BUT THAT'S MY 2 CENTS.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAS A QUESTION.
NO QUESTIONS BUT JUST THE COMMENT.
WE NEEDED TO GO BACK AND CLEAN THIS UP, WORK ON IT SOME MORE AND HAVE MORE CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE RULES SHOULD BE.
I WILL HAVE YOU ATTEND TYPE OF COMMON BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A CRASH AND THEN I WILL GO TO THE OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND I GO BACK TO THE FINAL, THE COMMENT AND WE WILL GO.
SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR THE UP MEMBER HAS JUST QUESTION.
AND KEEP YOUR COMMENT BECAUSE I WILL GIVE YOU THE COMMON AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER HAS QUESTION IF NONE.
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO THE, UH, TO THE ASSISTANT CITY CLUB.
NOTIFY THE PUBLIC LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN.
THEN WE GO INTO OPEN UP FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PRESENT, YOU SEE BILL WANT TO ADDRESS ANY SENSE TO YOU? WE SEE IF ANY EMAIL, NO COMMENTS.
NO ONE COMMENT THAT ANYBODY OPPOSED? NO.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M GOING TO POINT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
COUNCILMAN CUTSIE I KNOW YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR COMMENT.
WOULD YOU PLEASE GO? I'LL JUST REPEAT.
UH, MY COMMENT IS JUST TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT.
WE NEED TO SEND THIS BACK FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARIFICATION AND CLEANUP.
SO, SO, SO YOU, OUR SUGGESTIONS.
SO WE SEND BACK, WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO GO ON THIS.
JUST SEND BACK FOR THE PLANNING TOO.
THAT, THAT IS, THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.
I MEAN WE NEED DIRECTION FROM YOU.
I JUST NEED TO GET A COMMON OVER THEN I WOULD MOVE TO DIRECTION.
SO, SO ANY OTHER COUNSELOR HAVE ANY COMMON, SO OKAY.
NOW WE HAVE, UH, SO, UH, COUNCILMAN CASIANO SO YOU WANT TO MOVE THE MOTION TO
THAT'S, THAT WOULD BE MY MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO SEND IT BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEANUP.
SO BASICALLY WE GO INTO, HAVE A MOTION TO SEND BACK.
UH, ABOUT THIS FIELD PERMI AGENDA.
UH, BACK TO THE PLANNING TO CLEAR FIVE.
WE GOT INTO DAY I REGARDING THE HOW MANY TIMES.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN CALL THE OH, NGO.
COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND SECOND BY MAIL PROTEST LOPEZ.
DIARDO DO I HAVE A, OKAY, CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL PLEASE? COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S.
WILL I A MOTION APPROVED FOR ONE.
NOW WE MOVE INTO AGENDA NUMBER 12 OKAY.
WE GOT THE FATHER HERE IN TWO WAY.
YES, THIS IS MOROCCO PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT.
CDBG FUND CAN CONSOLIDATE PLAN ACTION PLAN AND TO SEE THEM PARTICIPATION PLAN AND THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT AUTOMATIC BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS PANDEMIC SO WE KIND OF MOVE SOME OF THE FALL INTO THE AUTOMAT TO HAVE THESE TESTS CENTER.
SO THE MATH IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK PEN.
DID YOU PROGRAM A WEATHER LITERACY CLUB BOARD BY THE PUBLIC? LEGAL NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN TERRIFIED.
AT THIS TIME AS YOU OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.
AND THERE WILL BE FIRST A PRESENTATION OF THE STAFF REPORT.
THEN WE SHOW HERE COMING FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO MR COMMON IS CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT A STAFF REPORT.
WE'VE GOT A STAFF MEMBER THAT'S TO GIVE THIS REMOTELY TONIGHT.
UH, THIS HEARING CONCERNS, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CD BLOCK GRANT, CDBG PROGRAM AND RATIFICATION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH ULTIMATE FOR COBIT 19 TESTING.
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THIS IS A CITY CLINIC.IT WENT, IT JUST ADVANCED RIGHT NOW.
A B CORONA SAY TO RELEASE AN ECONOMIC SECURITY ACT.
UH, AUNT'S FOURTH CARES WITH SIDELIGHT.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ON MARCH 27TH, 2020 IN RESPONSE TO THE COBIT 19 PANDEMIC, THE $2 TRILLION EMERGENCY PACKAGE INCLUDES $5 BILLION IN FEDERAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CORONA VIRUS, HENCEFORTH, CDBG CB FUNDING TO PREVENT, PREPARE FOR AND RESPOND TO COVERT 19.
THE FUNDS WILL BE ADMINISTERED UNDER CDBG GUIDELINES WITH SPECIFIC FLEXIBILITIES AND UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WAS ALLOCATED $478,804 IN FUNDING TO EXPEDITE THE USE OF THE FUNDS.
GUIDANCE FROM HUD DATED APRIL 9TH RECOMMENDS GRANTEES HAVE MANNED CURRENT PLANS TO INCLUDE CDBG, CP RESOURCES AND IDENTIFIED IDENTIFY, PROPOSED USE OF ALL THE FUNDS.
ULTIMATE IS A NON NONPROFIT HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
UH, ULTIMATE ESTABLISH OUTDOOR COVERT 19 TESTING CENTERS INCLUDING ONE IN WEST COVINA.
REQUESTED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP FUND THE COBIT 19 TEST CENTER OPERATIONS.
AND WHILE HUD HAS NOT GRANTED FINAL APPROVAL FOR THE OF THE TESTING CENTER BECAUSE THE FINAL PROGRAM GUIDELINES HAVE NOT BEEN ISSUED, STAFF HAS WORKED WITH HUD CLOSELY TO GET A DETERMINATION THAT IT IS IN FACT AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY UNDER THE PROGRAM AND THAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH ULTIMATE TO ENSURE THAT THE NATIONAL OBJECTIVE COMPLIANCE WILL BE MET THROUGH TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT.
THEREFORE, THE CITY MANAGER ACTING PURSUANT TO HIS AUTHORITY AS THE CITY'S DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY SERVICES EXECUTED THE AGREEMENT WITH ULTIMATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND UNDER CHAPTER EIGHT AT THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL MUST RATIFY THE AGREEMENT WHICH IS ATTACHED AS A ATTACHMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THIS REPORT.
AH, PLEASE ADVANCE, UH, CONSISTENT WITH HUD.
GUIDANCE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TO AMEND THE CURRENT CONSOLIDATED AND ACTION PLANS TO INCLUDE CDBG, CV FUNDING AND THE PROPOSED IS AS FOLLOWS, $187,500 FOR ULTIMATE FOR COVERT 19 TESTING A $150,000 FOR FOOD BANKS, $136,304 FOR MEALS AND DELIVERY FOR SENIORS AND THOSE WHO ARE HOME BOUND.
THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN, UH, INCLUDES PROCEDURES FOR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION RELATIVE TO THE CDBG PROGRAM CONSISTENT WITH HUD GUIDANCE TO ESTABLISH EXPEDITED PROCEDURES FOR THE DURATION OF THE COBIT 19 PANDEMIC.
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS ARE PROPOSED TO THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.
FIRST IS THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE NOTICED AND IT SHALL BE FOR AT LEAST A FIVE DAY PERIOD.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY WITH REASONABLE NOTIFICATION AND ACCESS FOR CITIZENS AND ALL AMENDMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED NON SUBSTANTIAL.
THE HEARING WAS NOTICED FOR A FIVE DAY REVIEW STARTING ON APRIL 16TH AND NO COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.
THEREFORE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, APPROVE THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CDBG, CONSOLIDATED PLAN, ACTION PLAN AND CITIZEN PARTITION PLAN AS IS DESCRIBED IN THE REPORT TO RATIFY THE AGREEMENT WITH ALTAMED HEALTH SERVICES CORPORATION FOR A GRANT OF UP TO $187,500 FOR COBIT TESTING OPERATIONS AND TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 2025 TO MAKE THE NECESSARY APPROPRIATIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE AMENDMENTS.
THAT INCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UH, CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTION? NONE.
THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BASICALLY, AND THE CULTURE, THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, DO YOU RECEIVE ANY COMMON NO.
NOW WE'RE MOVING BACK CLOSE TO A PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE'RE MOVING BACK TO THE COUNCIL COMMON AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT REGARDING THE CDBG FUNDS ADJUSTMENT AMENDMENT? IF A NON 10 DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'LL MAKE THIS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? OKAY, VERY
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GOOD.SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
MAY I APPROACH HIM? LOPEZ
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE, DO WE HAVE ANY AB ONE, TWO, THREE VOTE REPORT? I KNOW EVERYBODY STAY HOME.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A REPORT AT ALL.
AND THEN DO WE HAVE ANY COUNSEL? COMMON MA MOTHER, MAY I WOULD YOU PLEASE GO AHEAD.
WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FIRST? DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMON? NONE.
I WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMON.
AND UH, I HOPE, I THINK I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER REGARDING THIS ISSUE ALREADY.
WE GOT YOU THE CDBG FUND AND THE CDBG FUNDS.
MY UNDERSTANDING AND FEDERAL, I WAS GOING TO INJECT ANOTHER $5 BILLION.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD CATCH, OKAY.
HOPEFULLY APPLY ASAP FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS.
AND THEN WE WANT TO HELP THEM NOT ONLY THE PPP AND PLUS THE CDBG, SO WE HAVE TO PREPARE WEIGHING UP BEFORE THE FUND DRY UP.
SO IF WE CAN, STARTING HELPING SMALL BUSINESS, OUR BUSINESS IN WEST COVINA.
AND UH, IN MAY, IF THE WEEK GRADUALLY AFTER MAY 15, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ALL OF THOSE BUSINESS.
THOSE RETAIL, UH, POSSIBLE TO HOTEL.
ON OLD SOW'S RESTAURANT AND WE CAN STUDY HELPING DENTISTS STUDYING, HIRE PEOPLE BACK.
GRADUALLY BACK TO THE NORMALCY.
SO MAYBE A CITY MANAGER CAN SEE SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
WE ARE WATCHING QUITE CLOSELY ALL OF THE NOTIFICATIONS OF FUND AVAILABILITY AND TRYING TO SEIZE GRANTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAKE GOOD SENSE FOR WEST COVINA.
UM, I MEAN ARE THERE TONIGHT AND THE MANAGER'S REPORT, I SHOWED A PICTURE OF THE QUARANTINE TRAILERS, WE'D HEARD ABOUT THAT THREE WEEKS BEFORE THEY WERE DELIVERED AND SAID WE MIGHT HAVE A POSSIBLE NEED.
SO LET'S STAND THOSE UP AND WE'RE GOING TO END UP TAKING TITLE TO THOSE AS THESE PROGRAMS COME ALONG.
WE'RE, WE'RE WATCHING QUITE CLOSELY AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.
I HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR HERE IN COUNCIL ABOUT THE NEED TO SUPPORT THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AS WE COME OUT OF THE ECONOMIC DOLDRUMS. I HEAR FROM BUSINESS PEOPLE EVERY DAY THAT ARE JUST DESPERATE TO GET BACK TO WORK.
SO ANYTHING THAT COMES ALONG THROUGH THESE PROGRAMS THAT WE MIGHT AVAIL OURSELVES OF, WE'LL UM, WE'LL PURSUE IT QUICKLY.
ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORS.
AND OUR POLINA
PREPARE FOR IN MAY IF WE OKAY TO STAY, WE'LL STARTING OPENING UP.
AND THE THEN THE, WE NEED TO KIND OF PREPARE EARLIER.
SO IN THAT WAY WE DON'T MISS THE BOAT OR OKAY.
THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP OUR BUSINESS TO COMING BACK.
AND UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE IT'S KIND OF TOTALLY, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE'S TAKE TO APPLY.
SO IF WE CAN PREPARE EARLIER, THEN WE CAN KIND OF HELP OUR BUSINESS.
WE HAVE OUR FACE OF THEM BUSINESS, WE NEED TO HELP THEM HOPEFULLY ARE COMING BACK.
AND WINTER, THE TEXTILE THAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR OUR BILL.
SO ANY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBER? OKAY.
ANY REQUESTS BY THE MAYOR? MR MAYOR.
MR MAYOR, GO AHEAD AND MAKE A STATEMENT.
I JUST LIKE TO TELL THE RESIDENTS OF RESCUE ARENA, SEE, TELL YOUR HOME, STAY SAFE AND LISTEN TO WHAT ARE THE CITIES THEY PHENOMENAL THE NOTICES.
I DO PAY ATTENTION TO THE COUNTIES REP EVERY DAY AND UNFORTUNATELY EVERY DAY THE CITY OF WEST SABRINA HAS MORE RESIDENTS THAT ARE INFECTED.
WE'RE UP TO 72 AS OF TODAY AND EVERY DAY IT GOES UP.
KEEP THIS SIX FOOT DISTANCE, WEAR YOUR MASK WHEN YOU GO OUT BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU MAY FEEL SAFE BUT SOMEONE ELSE MAY AFFECT YOU OR YOU MAY AFFECT SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO PLEASE I SAY SAY THANK YOU.
AND A SEPHORA AT HOME, PLEASE.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE ESSENTIAL WORK AND STAY HOME.
AND ANOTHER THING IS DO WE STILL CONTINUE TO HELP ALL RESIDENT TO HAVE A PRE MASK AND GLOVE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE ARE LAST.
WE, WE SEE THAT DONATION FROM THE OUR PREVIOUS CITIES AND RESIDENT YOUR NEIGHBOR, THEY'D DONATE AND THE AND SOME CHARITY GROUP AND THEY'D DONATE TO OUR UH, SENIOR CENTER AND THEY'LL WONDER THIS BIG THANK TO THEM, UH, WAS
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THEIR LOVE AND THEIR HEART AND TO INJECT IN, TO, TO SHARE ALL OF THIS TO OUR RESIDENTS AND TO OUR CITIES AND TO BE, TO BE PROTECTED.I THINK WE ARE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER AND THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT.
WE ARE ALL BROTHER AND SISTER.
ANY PEOPLE, ANY PERSON YOU HELP, PLEASE CONTACT US.
WE WILL HELP YOU AND THAT WE WILL GET TO WITH THIS TOGETHER AND THE OTHER CONSOLE YOU WANT TO TALK.
OTHERWISE I WANT TO AGENDA MEETING AGAIN.
ANY OTHER CONSOLE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING? NONE.
I'M GOING TO AGENDA MEETINGS AND IT COULDN'T, I DON'T REALLY WANT TO SAY SOMETHING.
OH NO, I WAS SAYING MAN, WELL I'LL JUST, I'LL SINCE YOU ASKED, I'LL SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, MR MAYOR FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND GETTING ALL THE GROUPS TOGETHER AND AMASSING THE HUGE SUMS OF MASKS THAT EVERYONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO COLLECT WITH YOUR EFFORTS.
ALSO THANK YOU TO CITY STAFF FOR HELPING FACILITATE ALL OF THAT AT THE SENIOR CENTER AND EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, UH, THAT THEY'RE WORKING, ESPECIALLY POLICE AND FIRE.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE INCLUDING YOU AND EVERYONE UNDER CITY HALL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COUNCILMAN CASIANO AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND UH, I THINK I WANT TO SEND WAS YOUR HELP TO SUPPORT TO WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO HELP OUR RESIDENT I THIS IS IMPORTANT.
THE WEATHER, NO TO CITY COUNCIL, THE LEADER OVER HERE TO THEN TO STAY PUT.
AND I WANT IT AGAIN, AGAIN AND AGAIN.
I WANT TO THANK OUR POLICE AND FIRE.
AND THEY ON THE PHONE LINE AND I WANT TO THANK, I WAS CITY STAFF SPECIALTY ALSO AS A YOUNG PERSON.
OH, THOSE MASK AND GLOVE TO OLD THOSE RESIDENTS.
AND THEY CONTINUED DOING MONDAY TO THURSDAY.
AND I WANT TO THANK OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM THAT OUR LEADER OF OUR CT MANAGEMENT.
YOU GUYS, LEADERSHIP AND THAT YOU GO ALWAYS OVER THERE.
EVERY TIME I CALL YOU A GUY, YOU'VE GOT TO PICK UP THE PHONE AND TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS.
THAT'S WHY WE TOGETHER WE FAMILY, UH, UNITED WE STAND, WE WILL OVERCOME.
OTHER THAN THAT, I WANT TO COAT THIS.
MEETING AND UH, DO I HAVE A GERMAN? OKAY.
SECOND, I WAS THINKING ABOUT YOU WANTING TO CONTINUE TO MEETINGS.
MEETING OUR GYM TONIGHT AND STAYING HEALTHY AND STAY SAFE.