[Call to Order]
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WE'LL COME TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO TODAY IS AUGUST 18TH AND OUR CT MEETING IN SESSION.
AND TONIGHT IN VOCATION WILL BE LED BY CHAPLIN KELLY TO PAY FROM FAZE COMMUNITY CHURCH.
FOLLOW BY THE PLEDGE OF LEGION LED BY COUNCILMAN.
CASSIANA ALL RISE, PLEASE, PASTOR.
WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN THE GREAT CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THE LORD, WE THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE WITH US TO GUIDE US AND TO GUIDE OUR CITY COUNCIL AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS REGARDING OUR CITY.
SO FATHER, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING ON THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
WE THANK YOU GOD FOR GUIDING OUR CITY COUNCIL.
AND AS THEY LISTEN TO CONCERNS, AS THEY DISCUSS THE ISSUES AND AS THEY MAKE DECISIONS, FATHER, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING UPON, UH, EVERYONE WHO WORKS FOR OUR CITY AS WELL.
LORD GOD IS OUR MILITARY AND THOSE IN GOVERNMENT ALL ACROSS OUR NATION FATHER, BRING OUR NATION TOGETHER AND UNITE US LORD AND GIVE US YOUR BLESSING UPON OUR LAND.
SO FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR BLESSING TONIGHT.
BLESS THIS MEETING AND BE WITH OUR COUNCIL TONIGHT IN JESUS NAME.
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 FOR ALL.
YOU CAN CALL ME EITHER BY, BY, BY, BY THE CITY CLERK.
COUNCILMAN COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING WITH PAUL? FOR ORACLE SESSIONS? NOTHING.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO PRESENTATION.
[West Covina Beautiful #IMPACT Projects & City’s Birthday Bash]
OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS WEST COVINA.I'D LIKE TO INVITE MS. COLEEN ROSATI, MS. CORIAN, WITHOUT YOU, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME DOWN OKAY.
BASICALLY SHE'S DOING SO MANY YEARS FOR WEST COVINA BIRTHDAY AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU.
AND THEN WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU TO MAKE WEST COVINA.
YOU WANT SAY SOMETHING? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T KNOW WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL IS THE OLDEST NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION HERE IN THE CITY ESTABLISHED IN 1948.
WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR ALMOST 78 YEARS.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UM, I'M HONORED TO RECEIVE THESE AWARDS FROM MARILOU.
WHEN SHOULD I TELL HIM, ARE YOU GOING TO TELL HIM, OKAY.
ONE IS FOR THE CITY'S BIRTHDAY BASH FOR 97 YEARS, WHICH WE HAD IN FEBRUARY PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC AND WE HAD A SOLD OUT HOUSE.
AND THIS IS AN EVENT THAT WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL HAS BEEN PUTTING ON FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
THE NEXT AWARD, MAYBE YOU SHOULD SAY THIS.
THEN THE NEXT AWARD IS FOR OUR IMPACT PROJECTS AND THIS IS A PROJECT OF LOVE.
AND MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBER, JIM HEDSEL, UM, WILL AGREE WITH ME THAT WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND LOOK FOR FOLKS THAT NEED A LITTLE TLC WITH THEIR YARD OR MAYBE THEIR HOME OR BACKYARD, AND KIND OF BEAUTIFY IT AND MAKE THEM FEEL A LITTLE BETTER ABOUT THEIR PROPERTY AND ABOUT THEMSELVES.
WE RECENTLY DID A PROJECT DURING THE PANDEMIC AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IT WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE HAD VOLUNTEERS COME OUT AND I'D LIKE TO THANK JUST SOME OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, ALL THE FOLKS THAT COME FORWARD AND HELP WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL WITH THESE AMAZING IMPACT PROJECTS THAT WE DO.
UM, ASHLEY ROSATI COORDINATES THE ATHENS SERVICES.
THEY BRING A ROLL OFF AND IF YOU'VE SEEN A ROLL OFF, IT'S LIKE A SEMI SIZE TRASH BIN.
EL PESCADOR PROVIDED ALL THE FOOD FOR US.
EAST VALLEY, COMMUNITY HEALTH PARTNERS, MR. RUDER DID
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ALL THE PLUMBING REPAIRS, SUBURBAN WATER INSTRUMENTAL IN PUTTING IN IRRIGATION AND HAVING THE WATER SYSTEM BROUGHT UP TO DATE.SO THE RESIDENT CAN WATER THEIR LAWN PROPERLY.
SUPERVISOR HILDA SELISE HAS SUPPORTED US THE TENANT FOUNDATION.
AND OF COURSE, WEST COVINA FIREFIGHTERS THREE, TWO, TWO, SIX, THEY'RE A MACHINE.
THEY REALLY MAKE AN IMPACT ON OUR PROJECTS, OUR YOUTH VOLUNTEERS, AND THE MAINTENANCE GUYS, JOHN AND MIKE, THANK YOU.
AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING WITH WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS, GO TO OUR FACEBOOK, SIGN UP, BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS REALLY IS A GREAT, A GREAT CITY.
AND WE ALWAYS COME TOGETHER AND, AND THIS IS JUST A TRUE TESTAMENT THAT WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND KEEP WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL, JIM.
OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU MR. WOO.
I JOINED THE CELEBRATION OF WEST COVINA BIRTHDAY AND THE WARM, VERY HAPPY NY FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS WILL BE THERE AND WE HOPE WE WILL CONTINUE TO IT EVERY YEAR.
HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE DEPEND THEM.
10 PEN CONDEMN IS OVER SO WE CAN REALLY CELEBRATE AT THE COUNTRY CLUB AGAIN.
AND IF I ALREADY HAVE IT ON THE CALENDAR, LIKE WE HAVE A HOT, 119 23 WEST COVINA BECOME A CITY.
SO MEANING WHAT? 23, 100 YEARS.
WELL, I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS IS OKAY.
AND THE EVENT FOR WEST COVINA, BECAUSE WE NEED A LOT OF NONPROFIT TO CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR WAYS, ALWAYS COVINA PROUD.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE LIVE IN THE PROMISED CITY.
THIS IS WHY WE LIE ABOUT THAT.
SO ANYWAY, HERE, I WANT TO REPRESENT WEST COVINA TO PRESENT TO CERTIFICATE.
HOSTING THE CITY WEST OF IN 97 YEARS OF A BIRTHDAY BASH.
AND THE PRESENT EVENT, EVERYBODY HAVE A GOOD TIME AND A WONDERFUL FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS.
AND ARE WE GOING TO ANOTHER CERTIFICATE? WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL.
2019 IMPACT VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD.
SO WE WANT TO THANK YOU TO DO THIS NONPROFIT.
CONTINUE TO HELP THE CITY AND TO CLEAN UP THE CITY, THE PLANT, A TREE, AND THEN FOR OUR VOLUNTEER AND THE OLD RESIDENT, THEY COME LIKE THIS WORK TOGETHERS AND IMPROV CITY.
IT'S A CERTIFICATE FOR THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[Recognition for COVID-19 Donation: San Gabriel Hope Lions Club]
WE'RE GOING TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.AND THIS PRESENTATION BASICALLY IS SAVING LIFE IN MARCH WHEN FUN CITY AND THE HOSPITAL CAN NOT FIND ANY MASK, OUR PPE AND A ONE GROUP STEP UP.
AND THE GROUP COME UP TO DONEE.
SO MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY HAVE A BASQUE AND A PATHETIC.
ALL THOSE PPE TO HELP, NOT ONLY THE HOSPITAL PLUS NURSING HOME AND OTHER PEOPLE IS WONDERING, SAY, WELL, WEST COVINA HAS SO MANY MASK WHERE THIS MAN COMING FROM AND WE HAVE ABOUT MORE THAN 50 GROUP OF PEOPLE DONATE ALL THIS, BUT THE ONE GROUP DONATE THE MOST.
I WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM AND TO HAVE OUR RECOGNITION BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN TELL US HOW MANY MASKS AND HOW MANY HOSPITAL OKAY.
HOPE LIONS, CLUBS AND GABRIEL THAT STEP UP WITH MOBILIZE.
SO MANY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY COSTS YOU, BUT YOU REALLY SAVED A LOT OF LIFE BECAUSE IN MARCH THAT TIME AND THE PEOPLE SO ORI AND THEY CANNOT FIND ANY AND THE HOSPITAL,
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YOU CAN COME UP THERE HAS THE HOSPITAL BASICALLY.AND, UH, WE, I REMEMBER WE GO TO, WE WENT TO THE FIRST HOSPITAL QUEENSLAND VALLEY AND WE WENT, AND THEN WE WENT TO THE POMONA POMONA POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL.
AND WE WENT TO CITY OF HOPE AND WE WENT TO CAKE CENTER CASE MEDICAL OVER USC BECAUSE OUR RESIDENT SEND AN EMAIL TO ME AND REQUEST, OKAY.
AND, UH, MY HELP SAY, HEY, MAYOR, I WALK IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM, OKAY.
AT A CAKE MEDICAL CENTER IN USC AND ACQUIRE A FEW OF A WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
AND THEY THEY'RE ASKING FOR HELP.
AND I CALL, UH, UH, HOPE, UH, OKAY.
LIONS CLUB AND SAY, WOULD YOU PLEASE DONATE? OKAY.
SO HERE TONIGHT OUT, YOU SEE THE HERO OR HEROINE, OKAY.
LET US STEP UP TO HELL ALL THE CT IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEY TELL YOU EVEN FOR OUR RESIDENT.
AND SO YOU CAN TALK ABOUT HOW MANY HOSPITAL, HOW MANY OKAY.
AND A PP AND, UH, WELL MAYBE YOU CAN TELL HOW MUCH MONEY YOU SPEND OKAY.
TO DONATE TO THIS, TO HELP OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO FIRST WE'D LIKE TO THANK TONY FOR PRESENTING US WITH THIS AWARD.
UH, AND NOW I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT WE ARE THE HOPE LINES, CUP CLUB TOGETHER.
UM, WE, WE ARE SERVANTS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE ARE BOTH WILLINGLY AND ACTIVELY CONTRIBUTING, UM, NOT JUST THIS COMMUNITY, BUT COMMUNITIES ALL OVER CALIFORNIA, ALL OVER AMERICA.
UM, SO FROM THE VERY START OF THIS OUTBREAK, UM, EVERYWHERE WAS KIND OF HIT HARD AND MY MOM HAS A BIG LOVING HEART.
SHE JUST CAN'T SEE, 'EM SEEM TO LET PEOPLE GO.
AND WE'VE GONE TO LIKE ALMOST EVERY HOSPITAL THAT HAS REQUESTED, UM, MASK AND MANY MORE AND DONATED MILLIONS OF MASKS TO NOT JUST MILLIONS AND MILLIONS, UM, PLACES, UM, HERE IN AMERICA AND ALSO, UM, WHERE THE ART OUTBREAK ORIGINALLY STARTED IN HAN.
UM, SO MY MOTHER IS THE FOUNDER OF HOPE CENTER AND HAS DEDICATED HER LIFE TO HELPING OTHERS.
SHE USED HER LITTLE LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO FORM THE HOPE LION'S CLUB DIVISION AND HOPE TO BRING A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE ALIKE TOGETHER.
AND SO WE STAND HERE TOGETHER TO SAY THAT WE ARE HONORED TO RECEIVE THIS AWARD.
SO YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH I SPENT.
I KNOW BECAUSE ALL THOSE HOSPITAL AND INTO OUR SENIOR CENTER, WHEN I REQUEST SAY, WE WANT TO GIVE, OKAY, TELL THE SENIOR FOR FREE MASK.
AND THEN LATER ON TO RESIDENT AND THEY USED TO DONATE QUITE A LOT.
NOW ONLY YOU AND WE STILL HAVE ANOTHER 40 OR 50 GROUP OF PRIVATE CITIZEN OR GROUP AND INCLUDING A DIAMOND LION'S CLUB, THEY SPONSOR TWO AND THE CUP, A LOT OF A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CEO.
AND LAST TIME THEY EVEN DONATED FOR ALL OKAY.
SO, SO NOW IT'S SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM.
SO YOU CAN TIME TO ALLOW THIS MORNING MEDIA IT'S COAST OR EAST COAST WHEN NEW.
SO THIS REALLY HELPED A LOT BECAUSE IN MARCH AND APRIL, WE DIDN'T HAVE A HARD TIME TO FIND MASK.
AND NOW WE CAN SEE IT'S NOT FOR ME, IT'S FOUND THEM.
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LOVE AND THE HELP THE COMMUNITY.SO MANY HOSPITAL AND SAVING SO MANY, OUR FRONT LINERS, ESPECIALLY ALL THE MEDICAL STAFF.
AND THEY ARE REALLY, THEY WERE REALLY IN TROUBLE AT TIME.
YOU STEP UP AND HAVE YOUR MEMBER TO DONATE THE MONEY IS ALL THE AUDIO TEAM FUN ALL OVER THE PLACES.
SO I THINK THIS IS A MAGNIFICENT, SO I REALLY WANT TO, SO SHALL WE GIVE THEM THE PRICE? AND THEN THE, FOR EVERYBODY AT THAT TIME, PEOPLE STILL WORRY.
AND WHEN THEY CANNOT FIND MASK AND I SEE A LOT OF SENIOR OKAY.
IN TEARS AND THEY'RE USING THE, THE OKAY.
SO YOU SAY SOMETHING, NO, I KNOW YOUR NAME FOR LONG TIME AGO.
I WAS INTRODUCED BY, UM, PERIO MAYOR OF POLYAMORY.
THIS IS JUDY LEE, BUT ANYWAY, SO, SO WHEN THEY TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, INFORM ME, IT HAS TO BE THIS MORNING, 7:00 AM AS IN MY GOSH, SUCH DISTINGUISHED.
LUCKILY I MET LISA, SO THAT'S WHY WE JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL COME IN AT 7:00 PM, BUT ANYWAY, THE FIRST TIME TO COME TO CITY HALL.
SAVE, AM WE STILL JOGGING? OR WE STILL FEEDING OUR DOG.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? I'M THE SECRETARY OF THE HOPE LION'S CLUB.
AND SO PROUD TO BE PART OF A HOPE LION'S CLUB.
BUT BECAUSE THIS YEAR WE, I SEE HOW THE LION'S CLUB CAN, UH, EXTEND THEIR, UM, LOVE AND THEN THEIR, UH, USE AND TO THE COMMUNITIES.
AND, UH, TO ME, THE HUMANITARIANS, UM, SERVICE AND, UH, THE NEEDS.
AND, UH, I'M SO GRATEFUL THAT, UH, I, UH, I SEE A LOT OF, UM, GOOD THINGS, UH, AND LEARN A LOT OF THINGS FROM DR.
UH, DEBBIE, DEBBIE, JO, AND, UH, I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE, UM, TO DO AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE BASED ON WEST COVINA MAYOR.
I HEAR LIKE, WHEN I SEE YOU, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE DONATION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
[Recognition for COVID-19 Donation: Chic-Fil-A]
ONE.AND, UH, TELL ME WHO DOESN'T LOVE YOUR CHIEF LA CHICKEN.
SO YOU HELPING THE CT AND NOW YOU'RE OKAY.
AND TO OPEN YOUR BUSINESS, UNFORTUNATELY, WE GOT THIS PANDEMIC, BUT I THINK YOU STILL DOING GOOD.
NOT ONLY THAT YOU WILLING TO STEP UP AND TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, TO HELP OUR SENIORS.
I DON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING, BUT DANIEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH.
UM, I WROTE A FEW WORDS THAT I WANTED TO SHARE, UH, MY HEART WITH THE CITY.
UM, IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, I BELIEVE THAT THIS CITY HAS BECOME A GREAT CITY BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK THAT OUR SENIOR CITIZENS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST IN HONOR, OF THEIR HARD WORK AND EFFORT TO PROVIDE NOT ONLY MY GENERATION, BUT FUTURE GENERATIONS WITH A GREAT COMMUNITY.
WE DECIDED BACK IN MARCH, 2020 TO HONOR OUR SENIOR CITIZENS WITH A DELICIOUS CHICKEN SANDWICH, A WAFFLE POTATO CHIPS AND A CHOCOLATE CHUNK COOKIE CHICK-FIL-A WEST COVINA.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF EACH OTHER BY GIVING OUR BEST GROWING OURSELVES AND HELPING RESTORE THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING MY TEAM AND MY FAMILY TO SERVE IN THIS COMMUNITY IN WHICH I SEE MYSELF SERVING FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
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GOD BLESS YOU.AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, RIGHT? FEBRUARY 3RD, WE WENT TO YOUR OKAY.
AND THEN, AND YOU TOLD US ABOUT YOUR AMERICAN DREAM THAT YOU STUDIED IN CHIEF LA AS A BUS BOY.
AND THEN GRADUATE BECOME THE MANAGER AND THEN YOU COME BACK.
AND JUST SET UP YOUR CHIEF OF LIGHT BRANCH IN WEST COVINA.
MANAGE YOUR TEAM, FOUND THE HEADQUARTER.
THEY SAY NOTHING BUT GREAT THING ABOUT YOUR PERSISTENCE AND CONTINUE TO FIGHT, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THE YOUNG PERSON ACHIEVEMENT.
AND NOT ONLY HE STARTED WITH A BUS AND THEN, OKAY.
AND COME BACK, YOU WENT TO, WENT BACK TO MEXICO, RIGHT? YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE ABOUT YOUR STORY? 30 THAT'S THE COW.
AS A COW MASCOT AT THE CHICK-FIL-A IN THE CITY OF SUSA BACK IN 2013, UH, THIS IS MY BROTHER, JUAN.
HE'S OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND, UH, JUST, UH, BORN IN THE CITY OF WEST CORINA.
BUT I GREW UP IN MEXICO CITY, CAME BACK TO THE STATES, UH, TO ACCOMPLISH THE AMERICAN DREAM.
AND, UH, THANKS TO THE LORD DCIS.
I HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO OWN THE CHICK-FILET IN WEST COVINA.
AND NOW LOOKING FORWARD TO OPENING MORE CHICK-FIL-A'S IN WEST CORINA AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
SAY IT, SAY, THIS IS A, UH, A PRIME EXAMPLE OF A YOUNG HOUR.
UH, USE TO BE LEARNED FROM YOU IS NEVER EVER OKAY.
THE PEOPLE THAT PULL YOU DOWN, NEVER, EVER TO LET PEOPLE DISCOURAGE YOU NEVER, EVER TO LET PEOPLE TO SAY, YOU CANNOT DO IT.
NOT ONLY YOU, YOU STUDY WITH A COW.
AND NOW YOU COME BACK AS A BIG COW.
SO I REALLY, WHERE THEY HELPING.
AND THE, YOU WILL DREAM AND SHOWING THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN A, YOU SPONSOR OUR SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM AND HELPING, OKAY.
NOW, WHEN YOU MAKE THEM, YOU'LL STILL CONTINUE TO PITCHING AND THEY TEND TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND THAT WE ARE, SO YOU ARE OUR RESIDENT TO WEST COVINA, COME BACK AND HERE WERE PRESENTED.
WE KNOW WE WANT TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE TO RECOGNIZE YOU TO WHEN THEY THE MEAL PROGRAM TO OUR COMMUNITY.
18 FOR ANOTHER DONATION FOR YOU.
BUT WE WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST WE WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT YOU HAVE ALL THE RESIDENTIAL SHOP, YOUR PLACE, CHICKEN HEALTHY, NO CHOLESTEROL.
BEFORE I MOVE ON TO ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, OKAY.
I WANT TO, UH, WITH GERMAN IN THE MEMORY OF WOW, OUR BELOVED STAFF, OKAY.
HE BASICALLY WOKE WITH US FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
IT IS A, A GREAT SADNESS THAT I ANNOUNCED THAT THERE'S OVER EDDIE.
HILDAGO A CITY EMPLOYEE OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CTO WEST COVINA AND EDDIE PASSED AWAY ON JULY 24, 2020 EDDIE WALK IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
EDDIE WAS A GREAT BASEBALL FAN WILL LIKE, AND WILL BE QUIT WELL, WAVERLEY MISSED, ESPECIALLY FOR HIS KNOWLEDGE, COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE FOR HIS
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WILLINGNESS TO ALWAYS HELP OTHERS.AND ESPECIALLY FOR HIS HARD WORK AND DEDICATION TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA FOR OVER 20 YEARS.
AND AS CITY WITH JOIN WITH ME IN EXPRESSING OUR SINCERE SYMPATHY TO THE FAMILY OVER THE LOSS OF EDDIE HILDAGO.
SO WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE A REMARK AND TO SEND A CONDOLENCE TO THEIR FAMILY AND SO MUCH,
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION.IN PERSON, WE HAVE SIX PEOPLE IN CHAMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, AND WE HAVE EIGHT COLLINS.
HAVE THE FIRST SPEAKER, PLEASE.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CHRIS MILLER FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM.
SO BY A SHOW OF HANDS IN THE AUDIENCE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DISAPPOINTED WITH WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS DURING THIS PANDEMIC? HERE'S A, I MEAN, ONE THING IS HOW DO WE GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CIVICS BY ASKING THEM TO COME AND TALK AND GIVE THEM OPPORTUNITIES? YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND SPEAK.
AND ALSO AS A RESIDENT, WE WANT TO HEAR WHAT EVERYBODY HAS TO SAY.
YOU KNOW, IT SHOULDN'T BE JUST READ AND FILED AWAY IN PUBLIC RECORD, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO LIVE AND WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE SAYING SO WE CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE OUR MINDS MADE AND MAYBE CHANGE OUR MINDS.
WHAT I'M SUGGESTING IS THAT WE HAVE MONDAY UP TO MONDAY TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET VIDEO, YOU CAN GET A COLLIN, WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
YOU HAVE A WHOLE DAY AS COUNSEL TO REVIEW PUBLIC COMMENT AND REALLY CONSIDER WHAT WE ALL ARE SAYING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT FOLLOWED ON YOUTUBE, YOUTUBE HAS FREE A MEMORY THAT PEOPLE GO BACK AND LOOK AND WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SAID.
THE OTHER ITEM I WANT TO SPEAK ON IS THE ZONING LAW CHANGES IN AMERICA.
POWER COMES FROM THE PEOPLE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THEN IT GOES OUT TO THE STATE.
AND FINALLY THE FEDERAL, AS YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY INTENDED BY OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AS KIND OF THE ARBITRARY BETWEEN STATES, I GREW UP IN GLENDALE AND SAW WHAT DEVELOPMENT DOES TO A CITY AND HOW IT CHANGES AND TRANSFORMS. I'M ASKING THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS TO FIGHT, NOT USE, BUT RATHER DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, IN OUR RESIDENT NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE BUYING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, COMBINE THEM TOGETHER AND MAKING MULTI, UH, FAMILY LIVING, UM, ZONES, BECAUSE THAT WILL TRANSFORM OUR CITY.
WE DID NOT BUY IN DOWNTOWN LA.
WE DID NOT BUY IN SANTA MONICA.
WE BOUGHT IN WEST COVINA BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BUY IN THE SUBURBS.
NEXT WEEK, STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY ANGIE GILLINGHAM.
YOU MEAN COUNCIL ON CITY STAFF.
UM, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT CONSISTENCY.
CONSISTENCY IS THE ONE THING THAT WE AS RESIDENTS CAN RELATE.
FOR EXAMPLE, WE, AS RESIDENTS CAN STATE UNEQUIVOCABLY THAT THE COUNCIL IS CONSISTENT IN ITS QUEST TO PREVENT THE PUBLIC FROM EXPRESSING THEIR COMMENTS AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
A COUPLE OF YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THAT YOU WANT EMAILED PUBLIC COMMENTS TO BE READ ALOUD AT THE COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT AS YOU SEE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, THAT IS STILL NOT THE CASE.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST COUNCIL THAT HAS NOT READING EMAILS, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY CLERK.
IN FACT, WE GO BACK FOR YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN NUMEROUS COMMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN EMAILED TO THE CITY AND READ INTO THE RECORD LONG BEFORE THE CURRENT COVID PACKET PANDEMIC.
IN FACT, THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE ONLY CITY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT IS NOT READING EMAIL COMMENTS ALLOWED DURING COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND WHILST IN THE MIDDLE OF A PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC, THEN YOU SHOULD READ EMAILS, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY JUST AS THE CITY HAS DONE FOR MANY YEARS.
AND JUST AS THE CITY HAS DONE FOR MONTHS UNTIL SOME COMMENTS READ WERE NOT FAVORABLE TO THIS CITY COUNCIL ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
TONIGHT, YOU ARE CONSIDERING THE PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE SALE OF SUNSET FIELD, THE QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL.
UM, JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT THE SALE OF THAT LAND HAS A STIPULATION TO USE ALL THE FUNDS TO ACQUIRE NEW PARKLAND.
UM, AS THE STAFF REPORT STATES, THE CITY DID ACQUIRE TWO PARCELS OF LAND ADJACENT TO CAMERON PARK AND PALM VIEW PARK PRIOR TO THE SALE BEING COMPLETE.
UM, HOWEVER, IF YOU REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE GENERAL
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FUND DOLLARS WERE USED TO FUND SOME OF THAT PURCHASE AMOUNT.UM, AND THE GENERAL FUND SHOULD BE ABLE TO BE PAID BACK FROM THAT NEW PARK ACQUISITION FUND.
AS I CAN TELL THE AMOUNT OF $1 MILLION WAS PAID BY EMINENT HEALTH ALREADY TO FUND THE PURCHASE OF THOSE PARCELS IN THE CITY USED ABOUT 465,000 OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
UM, IF I MAY, UH, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT WE USE THE 465,000, UH, COMING BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND TO PURCHASE SOME OF THAT FIRE EQUIPMENT THAT'S OUTDATED AND DEEMED UNSAFE SO THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS REQUIRED EQUIPMENT TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
I STAND HERE TONIGHT TO REITERATE THAT I AM OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGE TO LOSS HAS LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE, AND THESE UPGRADES WOULD REDUCE OUR COSTS AND LESSEN THE BURDEN ON OUR BUDGET GOING FORWARD.
UM, FINALLY, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE BIG TOPIC THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
UH, IT APPEARS THAT THIS COUNCIL IS LOOKING TO REVIEW THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT GAS STATIONS.
ONCE AGAIN, ONLY ABOUT 10 MINUTES OR 10 MONTHS AGO, THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL ISSUED A DECISION ON THIS VERY TOPIC.
IN FACT, THE LATE FOREST WILKINS HAD SPOKEN AT COUNTLESS CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AGAINST THIS VERY TOPIC.
IN FACT, HE CIRCULATED A PETITION AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL SUPPORT FROM RESIDENTS TO LEAVE THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE AS IS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS SEVERAL HUNDRED SIGNATURES AND COUNCILMAN LLOYD JOHNSON WAS VERY PROUD TO HAVE BEEN ONE OF THOSE SIX, UM, IN AN EMAIL.
WELL, TWO RESIDENTS, MR. JOHNSON EXPLAINED THAT HE IS PRO WEST BE IN A BUSINESS POSITION AND THE CITY NEEDS REVENUE.
LET'S LOOK AT THIS FROM A LITTLE BIT OF A BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
UH, EVERYONE CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH A CALCULATOR IF YOU WANT.
UM, IF YOU TAKE THE APPROXIMATE EIGHT GAS STATIONS THAT WOULD QUALIFY TO SELL ALCOHOL ON THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND ASSUME THAT EACH GAS STATION WE'LL SEE ABOUT A $10,000 PER MONTH INCREASE IN SALES, LET'S ALSO USE A 10% SALES TAX FOR EASY MATH, EVEN THOUGH OUR SALES TAX IS ONLY NINE AND A HALF PERCENT.
HERE'S THE CALCULATION EIGHT GAS STATIONS AT $10,000 IN ADDITIONAL SALES EACH MONTH TOTALS ABOUT $80,000 IN A MONTH FOR ALL OF THOSE EIGHT GAS STATIONS, $80,000 A MONTH MULTIPLIED BY 12 MONTHS EQUALS $960,000 IN TOTAL REVENUE FOR THOSE EIGHT GAS STATIONS, THE SALES TAX COLLECTED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AT 10%, WE'LL SAY IS ABOUT $96,000 A YEAR FOR THOSE EIGHT GAS STATIONS.
HOWEVER, THE CITY OF WEST SWEDEN ONLY GETS 1% OF THAT SALES TAX COLLECTED, WHICH MEANS THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WOULD GET $9,600 A YEAR IN REVENUE ALLOWING FOR THE SALE OF ALCOHOL, THOSE EIGHT GAS STATIONS.
THIS IS A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE AS WE USED A HIGHER TAX RATE AND PROBABLY A HIGHER AMOUNT OF MONTHLY SALES THAN WHAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
THOSE EIGHT GAS STATIONS, THE CITY OF WEST GREEN HAS SPENT FAR MORE THAN $10,000 IN STAFF TIME AND EFFORT TO PREPARE ALL OF THE INFORMATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NEED TO REVIEW THIS BETWEEN THE MEETINGS LAST YEAR.
AND NOW THE ONLY BUSINESSES THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS ARE THOSE EIGHT GAS STATIONS THAT WILL BE ALLOWED TO SELL THE ALCOHOL.
SO IT IS ONLY PRO-BUSINESS FOR THOSE EIGHT GAS STATIONS.
IN FACT, MOST OTHER BUSINESSES WILL SEAL SALES, REVENUE, SLUMP, OR LOSE.
SO THERE MAY NOT EVEN BE A NET GAIN FOR THE BUSINESSES IN CITY REVENUE, IN THE BUSINESSES OR CITY REVENUE.
SO TELL ME AGAIN WHY WE WERE SPENDING SO MUCH TIME ON THIS FOR ONLY $10,000 A YEAR IN CITY REVENUE.
TELL ME HOW WE WILL USE THAT, HOW NOT USE UP THAT REVENUE AND ADDED POLICE RESPONSES TO THOSE BUSINESSES.
AND TELL ME AGAIN WHY WE'RE LOOKING TO CHANGE THIS INSIGNIFICANT ORDINANCE ONCE AGAIN FOR MERE PENNIES IN OUR CITY BUDGET.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
BRIAN'S ABOUT TO BUY FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL.
LET'S DO THE, SEE THE MANAGER MICROPHONE FULL SPEAKER.
G UH, BEFORE I START, I WANT TO THANK STEVE FOR PROVIDING THE, UH, REVENUE FIGURES.
UM, MR. JOHNSON HAS BEEN ASKED ON SEVERAL EMAILS AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN ANSWERED.
UM, OVER 10 YEARS AGO, I SUPPORTED A LONG TIME RESIDENT, FORREST WILKINS AND COLLECTING SIGNATURES OVER 700 OF THEM, ALL OF THEM WHO OPPOSED THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT OUR GAS STATIONS.
MAY I JUST TAKE THIS OFF? THANK YOU.
THOSE SIGNATURES WERE SUBMITTED INTO THE CITY'S RECORDS TO BE ON FILE FOREVER FORCE WILKIN STOOD FOR BETTER SCHOOLS, BETTER COMMUNITY SERVICES, BETTER NEIGHBORHOODS.
HE DESIGNED THESE POSTCARDS THAT WE DISTRIBUTED THROUGH, UM, THROUGHOUT OUR OWN RESPECTED NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE NUMBER OF LOCATIONS WHERE YOU COULD PURCHASE ALCOHOL WERE 141 LICENSED RETAIL BUSINESSES AT THAT TIME.
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE WE NEED MORE BUSINESSES TO SELL ALCOHOL? THIS SUBJECT HAS COME IN FRONT OF COUNCILS AND PLANNING COMMISSIONS MANY TIMES AND WAS DEFEATED MANY TIMES BY SOUND COUNCILS WHO FELT THIS WAS NOT GOOD
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FOR OUR CITY.COUNCILMAN JOHNSON EVEN VOTED AND SUPPORTED NO ON THE ALCOHOL SALES.
SO WHY IS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON CHANGING HIS MIND SINCE OCTOBER, 2019? MAYBE BECAUSE HE ACCEPTED MONEY FROM THE GAS STATION OWNER, MR. CARMELLINI, WHO WAS ON A SCHEDULE A AS M S T N COURT IN THE AMOUNT OF $500, WHO WAS THE SAME BUSINESSMAN WHO PUSHED FOR SELLING ALCOHOL IN 2019, MR. CARMELLINI IS NOT STRUGGLING TO FEED HIS FAMILY JUST THE OPPOSITE.
HE HAS TWO TO THREE SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY.
MR. JOHNSON RESPONDED TO MY EMAIL WHEN ASKING HIM ABOUT THE SUBJECT.
HE SAID, HE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME AND CAME TO THIS CONCLUSION.
WAS THIS THE SAME THINKING HE APPLIED WHEN HE SUPPORTED THE RAISES IN 2019 FOR THE PD AND FD OR THE SAME THINKING HE USED FOR SUPPORTING YES.
DO WE WANT BUSINESS TO FLOURISH? YES, BUT DO WE PUT BUSINESS BEFORE RESONANCE? CURRENTLY, WE ARE ALL DOING OUR BEST TO BUY WEST COVINA BY SUPPORTING OUR RESTAURANTS, SUMAR SUPERMARKETS, GAS STATIONS, ET CETERA.
I HOPE THAT WHEN THIS COMES BEFORE YOU AT THE NEXT COUNCIL, YOU WILL PUT THE RESIDENTS FIRST.
AND I SPEAK UP, PLEASE FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL HYATT, FOLLOWED BY JIM GRUDGE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, COUNCIL.
UH, I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE LAND WE INHABIT TODAY WAS THE STOLEN LAND OF THE GAB MERLINO, TONGA PEOPLE, THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THIS LAND.
NOW I BEGAN MY PUBLIC COMMENTS WITH THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
EACH TIME I HAVE TAKEN THE TIME TO REFLECT ON THOSE WORDS ON THAT HISTORY, I AM TAKEN TO THE PLACE OF THE ANCESTORS AND WHAT THAT HISTORY SPEAKS.
THE VALUE OF BECOMING PART OF THE PUBLIC RECORD, NO LONGER TO BE IGNORED.
THIS WEEK, I WAS REMINDED ABOUT HOW INTIMIDATING THIS SPACE IS, HOW OUR WORDS ARE KEPT TO FIVE MINUTES, HOW OUR ARGUMENTS CAN BE REBUTTED WITHOUT AN ABILITY TO COUNTER HOW FROM THE DIOCESE, THE PUBLIC CAN BE ATTACKED AND NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEFEND ONESELF.
THESE INHERENT INEQUITIES PUT A GREAT RESPONSIBILITY ON THE COUNCIL TO LISTEN IN FORM AND SEARCH OUT EVERY STAKEHOLDER WHO IS IMPACTED BY THEIR DECISIONS.
SINCE 1977, THE YEAR I WAS BORN, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAS BANNED THE SALE OF ALCOHOL FROM GAS STATIONS.
IN TWO WEEKS, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL ATTEMPT TO ONCE AGAIN, OVERTURN THE ORDINANCE, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IN THE TRIBUNE STATED THE ARGUMENT.
CLEARLY WE DEFINITELY DEFINITELY NEED THE REVENUE.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BRING A GOOD SOURCE OF REVENUE, BUT IS THAT TRUE AS AN ECONOMICS TEACHER FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL LESSONS WE TEACH IS COST BENEFIT.
THERE ARE NO WIN-WINS FOR EVERY DECISION.
A SACRIFICE IS MADE SOMEWHERE.
SO WHAT ARE WE SACRIFICING AS A TEACHER FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, I AM ACUTELY AWARE OF THE SIGNS OF PHYSICAL ABUSE.
ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION IS A MAJOR FACTOR IN VIOLENT CRIME, SPECIFICALLY DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND CHILD ABUSE.
WE KNOW THAT ACCESSIBILITY TO ALCOHOL PLAYS A ROLE AS A MANDATED REPORTER HAVE HAD TO MAKE THOSE CALLS TO PETRA, TO PROTECT CHILDREN.
DURING THE PANDEMIC, THE NUMBERS OF REPORTED ABUSE HAS DROPPED DRAMATICALLY NO LONGER DO CHILDREN HAVE THE PROTECTION OFFERED BY SCHOOL STAFF NO LONGER DO MANY CHILDREN HAVE A VOICE.
AND YET HERE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO OVERTURN AN ORDINANCE THAT NO RESIDENT HAS CLAMORED FOR THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE A PUBLIC GOOD.
THIS IS A PRO WEST COVINA BUSINESS PROPOSITION, BUT WHICH BUSINESSES IS IT? PACIFIC LIQUOR WHO WILL LOSE A LARGE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THEIR SALES.
IS IT THE SEVEN 11 ON SUNSET RIGHT NEXT TO AN AM PM THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SELL BEER AND WINE AGAIN.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC REVENUE, WELL, WHAT ABOUT EXPENDITURES? HOW MUCH WILL WE HAVE TO SPEND IN ORDER TO REGULATE THESE NOW EIGHT PURVEYORS OF ALCOHOL, HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE SPENT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT? WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE DRUNK, DRIVING, DOMESTIC ABUSE, VIOLENCE, AGAIN, THOSE JOBS THAT WHEN WE HIRE POLICE, THAT'S NOT A SINGLE COST.
THAT'S A PENSION OBLIGATION COST.
THAT'S MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INTO THE FUTURE, OR WHAT
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OR WHAT, OR WHO'S BUSINESS, OR WHOSE INCENTIVE ARE WE GOING TO PASS THIS AGAIN FOR 50 YEARS, BUSINESSES HAVE COME TO WEST COVINA WITH THOSE RULES AS A FOOTBALL COACH, I UNDERSTAND RULES AND I PLAY BY THOSE RULES AND WE BELIEVE THOSE RULES TO BE FAIR.AFTER 50 YEARS TO CHANGE THOSE RULES, WHERE I HAVE DONE THE RESEARCH TO OPEN MY BUSINESS ON SUNSET, UNDERSTANDING THAT I CAN SELL ALCOHOL, I PLAYED BY THE RULES.
SO I OPENED NEXT TO THIS ARCO.
AND THEN 50 YEARS LATER TO HAVE THOSE RULES CHANGED ON ME, RIGHT AFTER ALL THE BLOOD AND SWEAT, HOW I TRUSTED THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
I SAID, I AM GOING TO BUILD MY BUSINESS HERE.
LIKE, LIKE THE YOUNG MAN WHO OPENED HIS CHICK-FIL-A HERE, RIGHT? HE READ THOSE RULES.
HE SAID, WEST COVINA IS THE PLACE FOR ME, PACIFIC LIQUOR.
THEY SAID, WEST COVINA IS THE PLACE BASED ON THESE RULES.
I CAN PUT MY BUSINESS HERE NEXT TO THIS GAS STATION.
BUT HERE WE ARE, WHEN NO RESIDENT HAS ASKED FOR IT, WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THOSE RULES, PLEASE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, DO WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE LAST 50 YEARS AND KEEP THE ORDINANCE.
NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL HYATT FOLLOWED BY FOLLOWED BY USE OF VERAFIN.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I KNOW THERE'S SOMEONE ON THE PHONE AS WELL.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL HYATT AND, UM, I'M MY SON ATTENDS, UH, SAN JOSE CHARTER ACADEMY IN WEST COVINA.
I'M REALLY GOING FROM EMOTION.
SO FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME FOR THAT.
BUT I'M, I AM HERE BECAUSE I NEED TO TALK ABOUT, LET ME FIRST SAY THAT I I'M, I HAVE ONE CHILD, SAN JOSE IS MY ONLY EXPERIENCE, UM, OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THERE SINCE KINDERGARTEN.
AND I KNOW THAT MY SON IS GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION.
THERE ARE GOOD TEACHERS IN SAN JOSE AND I'M HAPPY TO BE THERE.
UM, I'M GOING ON FIVE YEARS NOW.
WE ARE GOING ON FIVE YEARS NOW AND I'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN THE SCHOOL AS A PARENT, UM, VOLUNTEERING, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR EVENTS AND, AND, UH, CREATING COMMITTEES TO ADDRESS WHAT I FELT WERE THE NEEDS OF, OF THE SCHOOL.
I'M HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT, UM, A STAIN ON THE SCHOOL'S REPUTATION.
UH, I HAVE, I TOOK A MOMENT TO SEND YOU ALL THE LETTER THAT I WROTE TO, UH, THE BOARD MEMBERS OF WEST OF SAN JOSE CHARTER ACADEMY.
IF YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET THAT EMAIL, I HAD THE LETTER TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL NOW.
UH, THE TOPIC IS SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION IN THE SCHOOL.
THE SCHOOL HAS SAN JOSE IS VERY GOOD ABOUT TEACHING KIDS AND, UH, VERY GOOD ABOUT MANAGING MONEY.
AND SO, AND FROM WHAT I, FROM THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE DONE IN THE LAST FEW WEEKS, UM, I I'VE USED IT.
I WROTE THIS LETTER ADDRESSING MY CONCERNS ABOUT SYSTEMIC OPPRESSION AND PRESENTED IT TO THE BOARD.
AND IT HAS FALLEN ON DEAF EARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE GREATEST RESPONSE THAT I GOT WAS WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AMONGST OURSELVES, MEANING AMONGST THE BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATION, BUT IT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE OPEN TO CONVERSATION, WHICH IS INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTING.
I THEN WENT TO CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, TO WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, EXCUSE ME, UH, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT, UM, THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT HAD GOVERNING OVER THE, THE CHARTER SCHOOL.
I WENT TO THEM ASKING THEIR HELP TO CHANGE THIS BEHAVIOR.
AND I WAS TOLD BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE WEST COVINA SCHOOL DISTRICT, THAT THEY ONLY HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SAN JOSE'S CHARTER.
IF THERE IS, UH, EVIDENCE OF MS. MISMANAGEMENT OF MONEY, OR IF THERE IS EVIDENCE THAT THE CHILDREN ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT PROPERLY, I DON'T HAVE THAT EVIDENCE.
I THEN WENT TO, I THEN WAS ADVISED TO GO TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY,
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UH, BOARD OF EDUCATION.I WENT THERE AND THEY SAID WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH SAN JOSE CHARTER ACADEMY.
AND SO I HAVE GONE TO THE STATE, BUT IT SEEMS AS THOUGH NO ONE SEEMS TO BE WILLING TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE BECAUSE SAN JOSE, HIS GRADES ARE SO GREAT.
AND YOU KNOW, THEY TEACH A GREAT, THEY TEACH, THEY PROVIDE A GREAT EDUCATION, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED TO DANIEL AND HIS BROTHER DON'T EVER LET SOMEBODY PUT YOU DOWN.
DON'T EVER ALLOW SOMEONE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT AS GOOD AS, AND I'M TELLING THIS COUNCIL THAT THAT IS THE CULTURE THAT IS IN THE SCHOOL AND THEY GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO PRODUCE GREAT TEST SCORES.
THEY GET AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THEY MANAGE THEIR MONEY.
WELL, AT WHAT POINT DO WE HOLD THIS SCHOOL, DENISE PATENT BEING THE SUPERINTENDENT, AARON JEROMA BEING THE PRINCIPAL.
AT WHAT POINT DO WE HOLD THIS SCHOOL ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE MANNER OF COMMUNICATION, THE DISTORTED MANNER OF COMMUNICATION THAT IS EMBEDDED IN THE CULTURE OF THIS SCHOOL, IT HAS TO END.
IT IS UNFAIR TO THE TEACHERS WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO SPEAK UP.
AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY UNFAIR TO OUR CHILDREN BECAUSE WE ARE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN THAT YOU STAY LOW, YOU STAY QUIET, BE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE GETTING A GOOD EDUCATION, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG, JUST DO WHAT YOU CAN DO TO GET WHAT YOU WANT AND MOVE ON.
AND OUR CHILDREN ARE LEARNING THIS DISEASED UNDERSTANDING OF COMMUNICATION.
I AM ASKING FOR THIS, COUNCIL'S HELP MAYOR.
I KNOW THAT IT'S A CHARTER SCHOOL, BUT IT MUST BE UNDER SOMEBODY'S JURISDICTION HERE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I WOULD WELCOME ANYBODY'S RESPONSE AND FEEDBACK AS I AM TRYING TO MAKE DIFFERENCE.
I'M TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR THE BETTER.
SO PASSION, WE TRY OUR BEST TO SEE HOW WE CAN GAIN BOTH INTUIT AND FOR YOU.
MAYBE THE CITY MANAGER LATER, WE CAN SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
WE DON'T HAVE A JEWELRY ADDICTION, BUT WE TRY OUR BEST.
AND I WILL HAVE A CITY MANAGER.
RESPOND AFTER EVERYBODY FINISHED THEIR OVER-COMMUNICATION.
WOULD YOU PLEASE HAPPY TO SHARE THIS LETTER? THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAN.
UNFORTUNATELY, I MUST CONTINUE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON AN ISSUE THAT WON'T GO AWAY.
UH, THE WEST COVINA FIRE CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY LAST COUNCIL MEETING OUR CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT HE'S STILL PURSUING THE CONTRACT.
AND THE ONLY REMAINING ISSUE IS THE, UH, TRANSITION COSTS.
WELL, TRANSITION COSTS ARE REPAIRS AND EQUIPMENT, AND THEY'RE ALMOST IRRELEVANT BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REPAIR OUR EQUIPMENT AND BUY NEW EQUIPMENT.
ANYWAY, THEY'RE NOT MATERIAL TO THIS CONTRACT WITH THE COUNTY FOR FIRE SERVICES.
WHAT'S MATERIAL IS THEIR FEES AND THEIR FEES ARE $2 MILLION MORE THAN OUR BUDGET.
SO WHY ARE WE EVEN TALKING ABOUT A CONTRACT WITH A FIRE DEPARTMENT? WHAT'S WORSE IS THAT THIS CONTRACT WILL REMOVE TWO OF OUR FIRE STATIONS RESULT IN A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? SO I'M TRYING TO RESPOND TO MY OWN QUESTION.
WHY ARE WE DOING SOMETHING THAT MAKES NO SENSE? LET ME, LET ME GIVE YOU ONE EXAMPLE.
THERE WAS AN ARGUMENT MADE THAT WHILE THE COUNTY HAS A LOT OF FIRE STATIONS.
SO WHAT THE CLOSEST ONE IS IN BALDWIN PARK TO STATION ONE, AND THAT IT TAKES EIGHT MINUTES TO GET FROM BALDWIN PARK TO STATION ONE.
SO WHY ARE WE GETTING RID OF STATION ONE? ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE DECENT FIRE SERVICES AFTER WE'RE DONE.
IT'S MAKES NO SENSE THAT WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED SOME OPTIONS TO RESTRUCTURE OUR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S BEEN PROPOSED MORE THAN ONCE THAT WE COULD CONTRACT PER PRIVATE AMBULANCES, BUT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS REJECTED THAT AS A, UH, AN OPTION YET IN THIS COUNTY CONTRACT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT'S
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GOING TO HAPPEN.THE COUNTY IS GOING TO CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE AMBULANCES.
SO WHY IN THE WORLD CAN'T WE DO IT OURSELVES.
IF WE DID IT OURSELVES WOULD SAVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WITH THE COUNTY.
WE HAVE TO SPEND A MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EXTRA.
SO WHY? WELL LET'S, I I'M TRYING TO ANSWER MY OWN QUESTION.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? WELL, WHEN YOU LOOK BACK IN THE HISTORY, IT WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT FIREMAN AFTER FIREMEN GOT UP AT THIS PODIUM AND TALKED TO THE COUNCIL AND THEY EVEN BROUGHT THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS TO TALK TO THE COUNCIL.
AND WHAT DID THEY SAY? WE CAN'T ELIMINATE ENGINE FOUR.
WE'D HAVE LESS RESPONSE TIMES IF WE GOT RID OF THIS ENGINE.
AND NOW THERE'S THE SAME PEOPLE ARE SAYING, IT'S PERFECTLY OKAY TO GET RID OF TWO STATIONS, TWO WHOLE STATIONS THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTE CONTRADICTION HYPOCRITICAL AT BEST, AN ABSOLUTE LIE AT WORST.
AND WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THERE IS A REASON.
I CAME UP WITH A REASON WHEN WE ELIMINATE ENGINE FOR SOME OF OUR FIREMEN LOSE OVERTIME PAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED WHEN WE ELIMINATED ENGINE FOUR.
SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN'T GET RID OF, HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH RESPONSE TIME.
IF WE GO TO THE COUNTY, A LOT OF FIREMEN WILL GET A PIG PAY RACE, AND IT'S A LOT BIGGER THAN YOU MIGHT THINK.
IT'S NOT JUST THE BIG PERCENTAGE ABOUT THAT HIGHER SALARY SCHEDULE AND THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YOU CAN WORK AS MUCH OVERTIME.
THERE'S LOTS OF FIREMEN IN THE COUNTY THAT EARN OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR IN OVERTIME.
IT'S JUST THE WAY THEY DO THINGS.
SO THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR HUGE PAY, BUT THAT ISN'T EVEN THE BIGGEST ONE.
MOST OF OUR OLDER FIREMEN CAN RE RETIRE FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND EARN A FULL PENSION AND THEN GO AND WORK FOR THE COUNTY AND EARN A FULL SALARY IN THE PARLANCE OF THE TRADE THAT IS CALLED DOUBLE-DIPPING.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR RESIDENTS OR THE SAFETY OF OUR CITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS USE OF FOLLOWED BY BRIAN JOHNSON, FOLLOWED BY JAMES TOMA.
UH, NICE TO SEE EVERYONE IN PERSON AGAIN, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW MEETINGS, YOU HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED WITH FORM EMAILS AND, UH, I AND MY FELLOW PEERS WILL ATTEST TO THAT AND ACKNOWLEDGE OUR PART IN THAT ENDEAVOR.
NOW SPEAKING APART FROM THE SUBJECTS OF THOSE EMAILS, I JUST WANT TO TALK IN DEFENSE OF THOSE FORM EMAILS AND TIP SHEETS AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL IN OUR TOOLKIT OF ADVOCACY, I HAVE ONLY TWO POINTS TO JUSTIFY SUCH A THING.
MY FIRST POINT IS THE DIFFICULTY OF PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
FOR ONE THING, SPEAKING AT THESE MEETINGS AND CALLING IN HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY NERVE WRACKING.
UH, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW NERVOUS I AM JUST RIGHT NOW, SPEAKING TO ALL OF YOU, IT IS INTIMIDATING, BUT PARTICIPATING ALL THE LESS IS IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND SOME MAY NOT BE COMFORTABLE CALLING YOU IN OR STANDING HERE LIKE I AM TODAY.
SO PARTICIPATING THROUGH EMAIL IS ANOTHER FORM OF PARTICIPATION.
SORRY IS ANOTHER FORM OF PARTICIPATION THAT I BELIEVE IS VALID AND IT'S EASILY ACCESSIBLE, ACCESSIBLE FOR THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ONE DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BEING UP HERE.
AND TWO, UH, CAN'T SACRIFICE THE TUESDAY NIGHT BECAUSE OF THE JOB OR SCHOOL OR WHATEVER, BUT NONETHELESS WANT TO BE A PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS HAPPENING IN THEIR CITY.
ANOTHER POINT OF DIFFICULTY IS FINDING THE RIGHT WORDS TO ARTICULATE YOUR CONCERNS.
THE THINGS THAT ARE TALKED ABOUT HERE, IMPORTANT AND COMPLEX ISSUES THAT AFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE.
SOME MAY HAVE A CONCERN, BUT HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START.
THIS IS WHY MANY ORGANIZATIONS CREATE BLAST EMAILS, CALL SHEETS, TIP SHEETS, ET CETERA, TO GET THEIR MEMBERS TO PROFESS, TO PRESSURE, WHATEVER PUBLIC OFFICIALS TO SUPPORT, WHATEVER.
CAUSE THEY MAY BE FIGHTING AT EVERY FACET OF GOVERNMENT.
THESE FORMS OF DIGITAL ADVOCACY ADVOCACY ARE USED REGULARLY.
I THINK THAT'S JUST HOW IT IS.
I'VE SENT MANY EMAILS, ASSIGNED TO MANY PETITIONS CALLED PUBLIC OFFICIALS IN SUPPORT OF A CAUSE THAT I BELIEVE IN.
AND I USE THEIR GUIDE SHEETS TO CARRY ME THROUGH THAT PROCESS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE I HAD HELP AND GUIDANCE THAT IT WATERS DOWN.
THE, THE VALIDITY OF MY CONCERNS.
I WAS COMPELLED ENOUGH TO ADD MY VOICE, ADD MY VOICE TO THE MATTER.
MY SECOND POINT IS THAT WE DID NOT MAKE ANYONE SEND THESE EMAILS.
THEY SHARED THE SAME BELIEFS WE HAD AND CHOSE TO SEND IT THEMSELVES.
AND FOR THAT, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM.
THEY HAD THEIR CONCERNS AND I DON'T NEED TO JUSTIFY THEIR BELIEFS.
BUT I DO APPLY TO ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THEIR PUBLIC
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OFFICIALS AT ALL.UH, IT'S IMPORTANT AND, UH, I'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO ON AND HOPE TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO AS WELL, HEARING ALL OF YOU SPEAK ABOUT THOSE FORM EMAILS AND TIP SHEETS AND THE FRUSTRATION AND ANGUISH.
YOU MAY HAVE FELT BEING BOMBARDED BY THOSE EMAILS AFFECTED ME.
AND, UH, IT, IT MADE ME QUESTION THIS TOOL IN OUR TOOLKIT OF ADVOCACY, BUT I BELIEVE THESE POINTS JUSTIFY THIS FORM OF PARTICIPATION IS I BELIEVE TOO, THAT THE PARTICIPATION OF ANY FORM IS STILL BETTER THAN NO PARTICIPATION WHATSOEVER.
I'M SORRY FOR USING THE WORD PARTICIPATION SO MANY TIMES FINALLY, IT'S OKAY FOR US TO DISAGREE ABOUT THE SUBJECTS OF TIP SHEETS, PETITIONS IMPORTANT EMAILS, BUT IT'S NOT OKAY TO DISAGREE WITH THE VALIDITY OF SUCH FORMS OF VOICING ONE'S OWN OPINION.
IT'S IMPORTANT, NO MATTER WHAT PACKAGE IT COMES IN.
THE JOB I HAVE TO SAY, YOU'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.
HEY, I'M NERVOUS OVER HERE TOO.
OUR FIRST CALLER IS BRIAN JOHNSON FOLLOWED BY JAMES TOMA, FOLLOWED BY MINERVA THE LAW.
I'LL MAKE THIS SHORT, UH, I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO WEST COAST FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING OUT THAT FIRE LAST WEEK AT A PLASTER PARK.
UM, ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE GOOD JOB YOU GUYS DICK DID ON THE BOND REFI TO SAVE.
I THINK IT WAS OVER $52 BILLION ON THE PENSION DEBT.
UM, ALSO I'VE NOTICED THE LED LIGHTS, THE STREET LIGHTS.
UM, THEY'RE AWESOME, BUT A LOT SAFER, ESPECIALLY OUT WALKING MY DOG, BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOU DO.
UM, KEEP, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
MR. TOMA FOLLOWED BY MINERVA FOLLOWED BY RYAN.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I'M A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER AND MAYOR HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, I WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT, UM, THE NEWS, THE COUNCILMAN JOHNSON STATED THAT HE'S BRINGING BACK A PROPOSAL TO ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES AT GAS STATIONS.
UH, I WANT TO ALSO COMMENT THAT, UH, WHAT, WHAT PRIOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SAID THAT EXPANDING ALCOHOL SALES, YOU KNOW, GAS STATIONS WILL NOT MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE A PRIORITY DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
I ALSO WANT TO ADDRESS JUST ONE OF THE FALSE ARGUMENTS THAT PROPONENTS HAVE PUT FORTH, THAT THIS IS A MATTER OF EQUITY FOR GAS STATION BUSINESSES AND OWNERS.
THE CITY ORDINANCE THAT PROHIBITS ALCOHOL SALES AT THE GAS STATIONS HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR DECADES.
SO OTHER BUSINESSES WHO DO SELL ALCOHOL HAD SET UP THEIR BUSINESSES UNDER THOSE RULES.
THOSE BUSINESSES CHOSE LOCATIONS BASED ON THE LAW, KNOWING THE GAS STATIONS WERE NOT GOING TO BE COMPETITORS.
SO YOU'RE NOW PREPARING TO TAKE SALES REVENUE FROM ONE SET OF WEST COVINA BUSINESSES TO FAVOR ANOTHER GROUP OF BUSINESSES AND FOR SUSPECT REASONS.
SO I HOPE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON WILL NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THIS.
I BELIEVE MAYOR WOO AND MAYOR KOCH, SAM LOPEZ YADDO HAVE STATED THAT THEY ARE AGAINST THIS.
AND I HOPE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS CASIANOS AND SHOEMAKER WILL CHANGE THEIR MINDS REGARDING EXPANDING THE NUMBER OF ALCOHOL SALES VENUES IN OUR CITY.
ABILA FOLLOWED BY BRIAN JOHNSON FOLLOWED BY RYAN, MS. ABILA GOOD EVENING.
I'M A NIRVANA ABDULLAH WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A GROUP OF YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE BECOME ACTIVELY INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING CITY ISSUES.
I APPLAUD THEIR COMMITMENT TO LEARN ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN THIS CITY AND THEIR COURAGE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
IT TAKES COURAGE TO VOICE DISCONTENT AND YES, THESE YOUNG INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN VERY COURAGEOUS.
I APPLAUD THEIR PARENTS FOR INSTILLING IN THEM THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP.
I DO NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THESE YOUNG RESIDENTS PROPOSED, JUST LIKE I DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL THE PROPOSALS OF OTHER RESIDENTS WITH WHOM I HAVE COLLABORATED IN THE PAST DEFEATING TAX MEASURE.
WC TOOK PUTTING DIFFERENCES ASIDE AND WORKING WITH CONSERVATIVE, PROGRESSIVE AND EVERYONE IN BETWEEN.
NONE OF YOU ON THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING THOSE OF YOU WHO CLAIM TO BE FIRMLY OPPOSED TO TEXAS, NONE OF YOU JOINED US.
I WAS OFFENDED TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN THIS COUNCIL ASKED THESE YOUNG RESIDENTS TO STOP SENDING EMAILS, WHAT THOSE EMAILS TELL ELECTED OFFICIALS IS EITHER SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO A PARTICULAR ISSUE.
SO IF YOU FEEL YOUR MO YOUR EMAIL BOXES HAVE BEEN FLOODED WITH EMAILS ABOUT A PARTICULAR ISSUE, THEN THAT SHOULD TELL
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YOU THE LEVEL OF CONCERN IN THE COMMUNITY.INSTEAD OF TELLING RESIDENTS TO STOP EMAILING YOU LIKE YOU DID TWO WEEKS AGO, COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD LISTEN AND PAY ATTENTION TO HOW MANY RESIDENTS SUBMITTED CONCERNS.
I AM SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THE 280 PUBLIC STATEMENTS YOU RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION TO THE EXTENSION OF THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE POLI ZERO WROTE IN SUPPORT.
ZERO WROTE IN SUPPORT RESIDENTS DO NOT WANT THAT DEVELOPMENT.
EVERY VOTE TAKEN, THEY GIVE SOME POLI A GREENLIGHT IS IN FACT, A STEP CLOSER TO BUILDING A HOTEL AT THAT SITE.
I AM GLAD THAT THESE YOUNG ACTIVISTS AND THE OLDER ONES TO RECOGNIZE THIS REALITY, I ALSO WANT TO CLARIFY ANOTHER ISSUE FROM TWO WEEKS AGO, I RECEIVED A LETTER IN MID MAY, WHICH ADDRESSED ME AS DEAR PATIENT FROM COUNCILMAN
I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO THAT MEDICAL FACILITY.
I WAS CONCERNED WHY THAT FACILITY WOULD BE, WOULD HAVE ME IN THEIR PATIENT DATABASE.
I CALLED TO FIND OUT COUNCILMAN CUSTODY, HONEST EXPLAINED HIS STAFF HAD MADE A MISTAKE.
HE ASSURED ME HE GOT MY ADDRESS FROM A MARKETING LIST AND NOT HIS CAMPAIGN MAILING LIST.
HE EVEN OFFERED TO SHARE THE LIST WITH ME.
WE ENDED THE CONVERSATION CORDIALLY.
I CALLED ONCE AFTER TO FOLLOW UP ON THE LIST BECAUSE I NEVER RECEIVED IT.
COUNCILMAN CASINOS WENT BACK ON HIS WORD.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THAT IN THE FUTURE.
PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME ANYTHING.
I AM BRINGING THIS UP NOW ONLY BECAUSE, AND ONLY BECAUSE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, COUNCILMAN CUFF PIANOS ACCUSED ME OF CALLING TWO OF HIS BUSINESSES TO HARASS STAFF.
PLEASE, PLEASE STOP MAILING ME.
A YOUNG ACTIVIST WAS MENTIONED BY NAME BY COUNCILMAN COSTA.
YANOS FOR RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AT BKK.
I AM THANKFUL TO THAT YOUNG ACTIVIST AND HIS GROUP FOR RAISING AWARENESS.
I AM GRATEFUL TO THE STUDENT JOURNALIST WHO WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AT THE BKK SITE IN THE WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL NEWSPAPER.
INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
DON'T BE DISILLUSIONED BY THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS, ATTACKS AND ACCUSATIONS BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
WHEN THEY CANNOT ADDRESS REAL POLICY ISSUES, THEY WILL TURN TO PERSONAL ATTACKS, CONTINUE LEARNING, RAISING AWARENESS, AND ADVOCATING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS RYAN DEAL FOLLOWED BY SAM WONG.
UM, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SET SOME POSITIVITY ON ONE OF THE THINGS I READ BACK IN JULY ABOUT WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID WITH THAT, UM, REFUNDING THE PENSION.
UM, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA AND, UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE, UH, UH, CITY LEADERSHIP WITH LIKE THEIR HEAD ON A SWIVEL, UM, BEING PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE TO CERTAIN EVENTS.
I GOTTA GET MY KIDS TO BED, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT NIGHT BE SAFE.
MR. WONG, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
MR. WONG, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF.
HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND HONORABLE CITY STAFF.
MY NAME IS SAM WALL AND I'M A RETIRED SENIOR.
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OF WEST COVINA FOR 31 YEARS.I LIKE TO GO BACK IN TIME OF A MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2019, 11 MINUTES INTO THE MEETING.
MY FELLOW RESIDENT WAS COMING TO RESIDENCE FOR RED HOLDS SPOKE DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SEGMENT.
YOU SAID ON THE AM, FIVE 70 RADIO COMMENTATOR, A GENTLEMAN BY THE NAME OF PAPA TACOS STATED THAT THE CITY OF WEST COVINA NEVER CLEANED OUR STREETS.
MR. PAPA DOC CLAIMED THAT WEST COVINA CITY HAS THE DIRTIEST STREETS IN LA COUNTY.
DURING THAT MEETING, MR. RATTLES REQUESTED THAT SOMEONE CALLED A STATION WITH A REBUTTAL AND UP TO THIS POINT, NO ONE HAS DONE THAT, WHICH PRECEPTS ME.
WE DO HAVE THE DIRTIEST STREETS IN THE CITY.
I KNOW THAT I WALKED THESE STREETS DAILY AND I MUST HAVE PUT IN A HUNDRED MILES A MONTH.
WHAT I SEE IN THE CITY STREETS IS APPALLING.
I WAS CD FREE, SUCH AS UP THIS CARD AT MASK, EVEN THE EMPTY TAMPON CONTAINERS, UH, EMPTY, UH, POTATO CHIP BAGS, EMPTY SODA, POP BOTTLES.
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT I LIVE IN THE, IN THE BORDERLINE OF THE LYNDA.
WE HAVE RESIDENTS FROM BELINDA THAT COME INTO OUR SEAT AND DISPOSE OF THEIR TRASH.
UH, JUST THIS PAST MONDAY, I VISITED OUR MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT TO MY ASTONISHMENT.
WE ONLY HAVE 13 EMPLOYEES THERE.
AND THIS MORNING I SPOKE TO MR. MIKE
I THINK WE'VE GOT A SHORT CHANGE IN THE CONTRACTS WHERE THE NICNAS PART IS BARELY HANGING ON THE THREAD.
IS THERE ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN BRING UP UP TO PAR WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? THAT'S ALL THEY ASK BECAUSE WHAT I SEE IN THE CITY STREET, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IMPROVEMENT, UH, TOWARDS THE END OF THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING BEYOND BULLET CITY MANAGER, MR. DAVID CARMEN.
HE MENTIONED THERE, THERE WOULD BE CUTS IN THE CITY APARTMENTS AND ITS PROGRAM.
TRASH WENT UP, BE EMPTY AS FREQUENTLY AS ANYONE THOUGHT ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INCREASE IN OUR RODENT POPULATION.
WITH ALL OF THAT FOOD WASTE SITTING IN THE TRASH CANS.
MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOME MEDIA IN STUDY BUDGET TO MAKE UP FOR THE SHORT CHANGE.
SINCE WE FOUND SO MUCH MONEY FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
ANOTHER POINT I'D LIKE TO BRING UP IS HOW WE KEEP OUR SIDEWALK AND STREETS CLEAN.
IF OUR LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR, ALL THE TRASH AND DEBRIS FROM ONE END OF THE STREET TO THE OTHER, WE NEED SOMEBODY TO CITY TO LOOK INTO THE CONTRACTS WITH OUR LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS.
IF YOU WERE TO GO TO WOODROW PARK, YOU WILL SEE A MASSIVE BUILDUP OF DEBRIS AND DEAD NEWS ASSEMBLING NOT ONLY IN THE STREETS, BUT IN OUR STORM DRAINS, WHICH IS PROBABLY A NECESSITY IN ITSELF.
I THINK WE TOO, I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THE GOOD SUGGESTIONS THAT EXPANDED.
AND I REMEMBER IN A PREVIOUS MEETING, A FELLOW WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
SO JUST THAT SOLAR PANELS, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY OF BOULDER PARK PICK RIVERA, WHITTIER ARE IN THE POWER BUSINESS.
THE CITY OF MONTEBELLO HAS JUST RECENTLY ALLOCATED $40,000, TOOK A FEASIBILITY STUDY TO GO INTO THE CAR BUSINESS.
CAN WE DO THAT IN WEST COVINA? GIVE IT A THOUGHT.
WE NEED TO THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORTS AND YOUR PATIENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SIMON RIGHT? FOLLOWED BY FREDERICKS IAN, CORRECT.
MEMBERS OF COUNCIL CALLING TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS TO ADDRESS OUR CITY'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. YOU KNOW, IN THIS TOXIC POLITICAL CULTURE, WE CAN GET CAUGHT UP IN EVERYONE'S OWN AGENDA AND BASH OUR LEADERS ABOUT EVERYTHING.
BUT I THINK THIS COUNCIL HAS DONE A GREAT JOB DURING A COBIT OUTBREAK AND AFTER BEING DEALT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS, I WANT TO FIRST RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING WORK OF REFINANCING THE PENSION DEBT INTO A BETTER RATE, SAVING OUR ART CITIZENS, MILLIONS
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FANTASTIC WORK.SECONDLY, THE STREETS COME MUCH.
THE STREETS GOT SOME MUCH NEEDED ATTENTION, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT IT IMPROVES THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FREDERICK SYKES.
MR. SYKES, MR. SYKES, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR.
MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
I AM FREDERICK SYKES, AND I HAVE LIVED IN MUSCULAR VENA FOR 42 YEARS.
AND I AM ALSO THE FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO APPLAUD AND THANK THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS IN PARTICULAR, THOSE WHO SPOKE REGARDING THE NO ALCOHOL PHONE AND GAS STATIONS LAW.
AND THIS IS IN THE MEMORY OF FOREST EMERSON WILKINS.
HE LIVED FROM FEBRUARY FIVE, 19 FOUR TO MARCH ZERO SEVEN 2020.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS LAW.
ALCOHOL IS A DRUG THAT ALTERS YOUR MIND AND RELIEVES PAIN, AND MANY PEOPLE ABUSE IT AND CAUSE PROBLEMS IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
THERE IS NO LOGICAL REASON TO INCREASE THE LOCATIONS SELLING ALCOHOL.
AND SOME OF US ALSO UNDERSTAND THE QUID PRO QUO OF POLITICS AND WHAT IT CAN MEAN FOR THE RESIDENTS.
WHEN WE HEAR OUR CITY OFFICIALS WHO ARE SAYING THE PHRASE BUSINESS FRIENDLY, THE MEANING OF THESE PHRASES IS IN PART WHY OUR CITY IS VIRTUALLY BANKRUPT AND THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT ABLE TO GET THE BEST PRICE FOR OUR TRASH SERVICE AND OUR CIRCUMSTANCES OF CITYWIDE SALES OF ALCOHOL COMBINED WITH THE HISTORY OF ALCOHOL ABOUT US IN THIS, NO ALCOHOL SOLD IN GUESSES OF LAW WILL NOT MAKE OUR CITY SAFER OR BETTER.
PLUS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF TAKING AWAY OUR ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO CONTROL HOW LAND IS USED AND HOW WE LIVE ABOLISHING.
THIS LAW WOULD GIVE US LESS CONTROL, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO WHERE AND HOW MANY LOCATIONS WE'LL BE ABLE TO SELL ALCOHOL, JUST WALK ANY OF OUR MAJOR STREETS AND WALK ANY STREET WHERE THERE IS A PRESALE OR A PARK.
YOU WILL SEE DISCARDED ALCOHOLIC, BEVERAGE CONTAINERS, ALONG WITH OTHER DRUG PARAPHERNALIA.
THERE IS CLEAR EVIDENCE OF PEOPLE DRINKING IN PUBLIC AND DRINKING WHILE DRIVING AND USING MARIJUANA AND OTHER CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES IN PUBLIC WALK INTO ANY CITY PARK OR PER SALE DAYTIME OR NIGHT.
YOU WILL SEE PEOPLE DRINKING ALCOHOL AND SMOKING DRUGS AND CLEAR VIEW.
AND AS YOU PERUSE OUT OPEN SPACES, YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF EMPTY CONTAINERS, DELETERIOUS MATERIALS, AND RELATED TRASH FOR EVERYONE TO SEE AS MENTIONED BY THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER AND LEAVING MORE TRASH AND LITTER FOR VOLUNTEERS AND THE CITY CONTRACTORS TO CLEAN UP.
WHEN GAS STATIONS FIRST CAME TO WEST COVINA, THEY ONLY SOLD GAS AND REPAIRED VEHICLES THEN BECAUSE OF GREED, GRASS STATIONS, ADDED CAR WASHES, FOOD AND BEVERAGE MARKETS.
AND WHEN THE CITY SAID NO SALES, THEY TOOK THE CITY ALL THE WAY TO THE SUPREME COURT THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY AND TIME FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THE COURT RULED THAT THE NO ALCOHOL AND GUESTS, THIS IS LAW IS PART OF WHAT MAKES WEST COVINA WEST COVINA.
IT IS PART OF THE STANDARD OF LIVING AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
OUR OLD RULE HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO STAY IN PLACE AND OTHER CITIES AND JURISDICTIONS CAN NOT SAY NO TO THESE GAS STATIONS OWNERS, BUT WE CAN, ONCE WE ABOLISHED THIS LAW, THE COURT WILL NOT ALLOW THE CITY TO BRING IT BACK.
AND WE ARE THE ONLY CITY IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY THAT CAN STILL SAY NO FOR THESE GAS STATIONS THAT ARE ALL OVER
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AND ALL AROUND OUR COMMUNITY.AND THAT IS THE MAIN REASON WHY WE SHOULD NOT ABUTTERS THIS LAW AND THROW AWAY.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO LOCAL CONTROL.
THE ARGUMENT FOR MORE REVENUE FOR THE CITY IS RIDICULOUS BECAUSE THE MONEY FROM ALCOHOL SEALS WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE LIQUOR STORES AND OTHER PLACES WHERE ALCOHOL COULD BE PURCHASED.
THE GAS STATIONS GAME WILL BE THE OTHER ALCOHOL SALES OUTLETS, LOSS ABOLISHING.
THIS LAW WOULD TAKE AWAY AN IMPORTANT TOOL THAT HELPS TO CONTROL OVER THE HEALTH FIELDS, CONTROL THE OVERSATURATION OF PLACES TO BUY ALCOHOL.
IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT CONTROLLING WHERE ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS ARE SOLD IS IMPORTANT TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF ANY COMMUNITY.
GO TO ANY TOWN WHERE THERE'S A HIGH CRIME AND HIGH RATE OF VIOLENCE.
YOU WILL ALSO SEE TOO MANY LOCATIONS TO BUY ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS, GROWING UP IN POVERTY AND AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, MY FRIEND AND FORMER LAPD MOTORCYCLE OFFICER AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE WEST COVINA SCHOOL BOARD FOREST WILKINS WOULD BE SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THIS MATTER.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. BRITT.
I'M A FORMER RESIDENT WHO GREW UP IN WEST COVINA AND RECENTLY MOVED BACK.
SO I'VE BEEN LISTENING IN ON THOSE MEETINGS FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW, AND IT'S READILY APPARENT THAT THINGS ARE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE THESE DAYS.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE'VE ALL BEEN CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE FOR THE PAST SEVEN MONTHS.
AND THE 2020 IS DEFINITELY THE WORST CHANHASSEN HISTORY OF PROBABLY A DATING BACK TO WHEN THE ASTEROID CAME ALONG AND WIPED OUT THE DINOSAURS.
COVID THROWING A WRENCH INTO THE GEARS OF PROBABLY EVERY BUSINESS IN GOVERNMENT, ACROSS THE, THE U S WHETHER IT'S NATIONAL STATEWIDE, LOCAL, AND IN THE CASE OF OUR CITY.
AND PROBABLY JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER CITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT'S BECOME CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT IF THIS PANDEMIC THINGS AROUND FOR MUCH LONGER, WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO SOME SERIOUS BUDGET ISSUES.
AND RIGHT NOW THOSE BUDGET ISSUES ARE POPPING UP WITH POLICE AND FIRE FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD.
AND THEY BOTH SEEM TO BE STRETCHED PRETTY THIN, AND THEY'RE DOING THEIR BEST JOB TO KEEP UP.
BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A DIFF DIFFICULT PROPOSITION WITH A CONSTANTLY EXPANDING TENSION, EATING UP A HUGE CHUNK OF THEIR BUDGETS.
AND IN ORDER TO HELP LEAVE SOME OF THESE BUDGET CONSTRAINTS, IT SEEMS LIKE THE COUNCIL MADE THE CORRECT DECISION IN TERMS OF REFINANCING, REFINANCING THE PENSION DEBT.
I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GO WRONG WITH SAVING THE CITY OVER $50 MILLION.
WHENEVER WE PLAN, EVERYONE WANTS TO THROW THEY'VE DONE, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CREATION OF THAT DEBT.
THEY'RE SIMPLY JUST TRYING TO REDUCE THE COST ON BOARD SO THAT THE CITY CAN CONTINUE MEETING THAT OBLIGATIONS WITHOUT RUNNING OUT OF MONEY.
IT SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
AND I THINK THAT THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
SO I JUST QUICKLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M SURE YOU DON'T HEAR IT ENOUGH.
PEOPLE RARELY GET UP AND SPEAK WHEN THEY'RE HAPPY THOUGH, I JUST QUIT JUST NATURAL THAT YOU END UP HEARING WHATEVER YOU ONE SAYS IS TYPICALLY GOING TO BE FRUSTRATION OR ANGER IN PUBLIC SERVICE IS TOUGH.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I CAN'T SAY WHAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
AND NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, OR HOW HARD YOU TRY, THERE ARE GOING TO BE PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHO WERE EXTREMELY UNHAPPY WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE VOICES ARE GENERALLY THE LOUDEST AND SOMETIMES PRETTY HURTFUL.
SO KEEP IT UP AND DON'T LET THOSE PEOPLE GET TO YOU AND TO ALL THE SENIORS OUT THERE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY, STAY SAFE, MAKE SURE THE WAY I MAY ASK, REGARDLESS OF HOW UNCOMFORTABLE AND ANNOYING THEY ARE, IT SUCKS, BUT WE'RE ALL IN THIS THING TOGETHER.
AND I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE CAN GET THROUGH THESE TOUGH TIMES STRONGER AND CLOSER THAN BEFORE.
AND ALSO MAYBE CONSIDER USING THIS IN THE SAME WAY THAT AS AN EXCUSE TO STAY INDOOR AND SOCIALLY DISTANCE YOURSELF.
AND FINALLY, THE REAL REASON FOR MICHAEL AND I CAME BACK HERE FROM ORANGE COUNTY, NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND WITH ALL THE GYMS CLOSED DOWN AND A HUGE DESIRE, AT LEAST ON MY PART TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO GO AND WORK OUT OUTSIDE.
I'VE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE JUST NO WORKOUT STATIONS SET UP AT ANY OF OUR LOCAL PARKS.
I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HOW DIFFERENT CITIES IN ORANGE COUNTY HAS EMBRACED THE OUTDOORS BY SETTING UP WORKOUT STATIONS HAVE MANY OF OUR PARKS AND THESE WORKOUT STATIONS ARE FAIRLY SIMPLE.
THE GENERALLY PULL BARS APP FROM STATIONS, MAYBE A FEW OTHER COST EFFECTIVE THINGS.
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AND I KNOW IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO BE ASKING FOR THESE TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND I'M NOT DOING SO RIGHT NOW, BUT THE CURRENT BUDGET RESTRICTIONS.BUT I JUST LIKE TO GET THE IDEA ON THE CITY'S RADAR FOR WHEN THINGS DO START TO TURN AROUND AND THERE IS MONEY IN THE BUDGET.
AGAIN, THESE ORGANIZATIONS CAN BE A GREAT PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO MEET IT'S CONNECTS.
AND IF ALL GOES WELL, CREATE A LITTLE SENSE OF COMMUNITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER AND ALL THE INST.
ANY WANT TO ADDRESS TO US? PETER? YOU HERE, COME OVER HERE.
YEAH, PETER AND I WON'T SAY ANYTHING.
AND UH, AARON WANTS SAY SOMETHING NOTHING TODAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO SEND IT TO YOU.
YOU CAN, YOU CAN QUIT ASSIGN ME.
WOULD YOU PLEASE FILL OUT THE YELLOW CARD TO THE EMPTY YOU SPEAK TO US? YEAH, COME UP, COME ON THE SPIT.
I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ABOUT MY TREECE RICHARDSON.
SO MY CHIEFS RICHARDSON, UH, ATTENDED SOUTH HILLS HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO GO TO CAL STATE FULLERTON AND SHE GRADUATED WITH HONORS.
SO MY TREECE RICHARDSON, UM, SHE WENT MISSING AFTER THE LOST HILLS SHERIFF'S STATION.
THEY LET HER GO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AT 12:00 AM.
AFTER THEY TOLD HER MOM ON RECORD THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO LET HER GO IN THE MORNING.
UM, AND SHE WAS, UH, THEY ENDED UP FINDING HER BODY NINE MONTHS LATER, AUGUST, UM, AUGUST 9TH.
UH, IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS SINCE THAT.
SO, UM, I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I FIRST HEARD ABOUT MY CHASE'S STORY AS A COLLEGE STUDENT.
AND, UM, I GO TO, I WENT TO CITRUS COLLEGE.
UM, ONE OF MY CLASSMATES TALKED ABOUT, UH, SYSTEMIC RACISM AND HER INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCE.
THEY STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO MY TREES.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COVERUPS.
LIKE THERE FIRST, THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RELEASE THE VIDEO, THE SHERIFF'S STATION.
AND MY CHOICE WAS A RESIDENT OF WEST COVINA.
AND IT'S JUST SO HEARTBREAKING BECAUSE YOU COULD HEAR HER MOTHER'S TONE.
SHE EVEN TOLD THE, THE SHERIFF'S LIKE, OH, I WOULD HATE FOR HER TO LIKE BE ON THE NEWS, LIKE MISSING GIRL.
AND HE WAS LIKE, OH NO, WE'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
SO IT'S JUST, UM, ALSO MATRIS WAS, UH, SHE WAS A BLACK WOMAN WITH MENTAL HEALTH.
UM, THEY SUSPECTED THAT SHE WAS HAVING A MANIC EPISODE DUE TO BIPOLAR DISORDER.
SO I THINK THAT I WANTED TO SAY HER NAME TODAY AND TONIGHT AND REMEMBER HER MEMORY BECAUSE SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE, THIS HAPPENED IN 2009 AND SHE WAS FAILED ON SO MANY LEVELS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.
UM, MY TRUTH RICHARDSON THAT HER LIFE MATTERED AND SHE SHOULD BE HERE TODAY.
ANY, ANY ONE WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR? YES.
WE HAD A CALLER BY THE NAME OF EDDIE ELDER.
HE, NO, HE CALLED AND HE WANTED ME TO, UH, GIVE HIS THOUGHTS TO THE COUNCIL THAT THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY THAT HE LIVES IN.
HE WALKS CORTEZ PARK AND IT'S A NICE LOOKING THAT HE HAS SPOKEN WITH MANY POLICEMEN AND THAT THEY ARE NICE.
AND THE STREETS NEAR HIS HOUSE IN SOUTH HILLS ARE MAGNIFICENT.
AND THIS IS WHY POLITICS ABOUT YOU WILL COME TO ADDRESS TO US.
AND THEN ANYTHING WE DIDN'T DO, RIGHT.
WE WANT TO CORRAL OURSELVES, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR PUBLIC TO KIND OF ADDRESS TO US.
WE WILL, IT WILL COME, BUT SOMETIME WE MAKE MISTAKE, BUT SOMETIME WE TRY TO OKAY.
SO ANYWAY, WE DO APPRECIATE, AND IF NO, PEOPLE KNOWS ALL, THEY WANT TO SPEAK TO US, I'M GOING TO CLOSE OVER-COMMUNICATION COMMUNICATION.
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO CITY MANAGER TO CONGEAL ADDRESS SOME ISSUE.AND WHEN I CONCERNED A MOSES REGARDING A DUTY STREET.
AND IN THAT WAY, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS AND A PUBLIC WORK WALKER.
CAN WE HAVE, UH, ENOUGH STAFF BECAUSE TWO YEARS AGO.
TANYA, TWO OF OUR PUPPY WALKER STAFF.
SO, SO WE MIGHT HAVE SOME ISSUE WITH SUFFERING RIGHT NOW.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL WOULD LIKE A CHANCE TO JUST RECAP SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT.
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I APPRECIATE THEM ALL, BUT WE HAD, I BELIEVE FIVE OR SIX SPEAKERS MAKE COMMENTS ABOUT THE PROPOSED ZONING LAW CHANGES PERTAINING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE.BEING AMENDED TO ALLOW THE SALE OF ALCOHOL AT GAS STATIONS.
THAT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THIS COUNCIL, BUT IT'S NOT ON YOUR AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT TONIGHT.
I THINK WE'LL GET IN TROUBLE WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, BUT, UM, THE POINT TO BE MADE IS THAT THAT'S COMING BACK TO YOU ON SEPTEMBER 1ST.
SEPTEMBER 1ST WOULD REPRESENT YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
CONSIDER WHETHER YOU WISH TO REFER THAT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A PUBLIC HEARING OR NOT ASSUMING YOU DO IT WOULD THEN HAVE A HEARING IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION AND RETURNED TO YOU FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS BODY.
SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE SEVERAL STEPS IN SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE YOU GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT THAT EITHER WAY.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SAY, THANKS.
I THINK I COUNTED FIVE SPEAKERS TONIGHT WHO GAVE KUDOS FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS, UM, PENSION REFINANCING AND STREETLIGHTS AND STREET PAVINGS.
SO THANK YOU FOR THOSE, THOSE COMPLIMENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS, UH, MR. BENNETT ALSO TALKED ABOUT, UM, THE TRANSACTION WITH QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL, WHICH IS ON YOUR AGENDA LATER TONIGHT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SOME OF THE ESCROW DOCUMENTS, BUT HE REFERENCED, UM, THE POSSIBILITY OF THE GENERAL FUND BEING PAID BACK, WHICH IS SOMETHING I'M DEFINITELY GONNA FOLLOW UP ON A RESEARCH CAUSE THE GENERAL FUND NEEDS MONEY TO FUND ALL MANNER OF SERVICES.
THIS YEAR, THE BUDGET IS STRETCHED THIN AND I'M, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA RESEARCH THAT I'LL FOLLOW UP AND REPORT BACK TO COUNCIL ABOUT IT.
UM, AND THE, THE ONE COMMENT I WANTED TO ALSO FOCUS ON WAS FROM MR. WONG, WHO TALKED ABOUT THE STREETS BEING DIRTY AND WITH DEBRIS IT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS ATTENTION.
OUR, OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, MAINTENANCE CREW, UM, CONTRACT STREET, SWEEPING, ALL OF THOSE SERVICES ARE UNDERFUNDED AND NOT TO STANDARD.
IT'S NOT A POINT OF PRIDE AT ALL.
IT'S NOT A TRIUMPH OF CITY ADMINISTRATION.
UM, THE STREETS SWEEPING IS OUR ONE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE THAT WE HAVE TO KEEP ALL OF THOSE THINGS FROM GOING INTO THE SAN GABRIEL RIVER AND DOWN THE RIVER TO THE OCEAN AT SEAL BEACH.
AND SO WE REALLY, UM, ONCE THE BUDGET COMES BACK, NEED TO FOCUS ON STREET SWEEPING, AND WE NEED TO ALSO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE ONES THAT WERE THE LAST FIRED IN THE LAST ROUND OF BUDGET CUTS, WHICH IS OUR MAINTENANCE DIVISION.
I THINK THE COUNCIL IS KEENLY AWARE THAT THOSE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THE LAST FIRE, BUT WE HOPED TO MAKE THEM THE FIRST REHIRED I'D LIKE TO GET THAT STAFFED UP AGAIN, AS SOON AS THE BUDGET TURNS AROUND THIS YEAR, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HOLD OUR OWN AND GET THROUGH IT.
I THINK IT'S A KIND OF A MANTRA.
WE'VE GOT A BALANCED BUDGET, IT'S UNDERFUNDED A NUMBER OF AREAS, BUT MAINTENANCE IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO.
AND WE'LL TRY AND FIND MONIES AS, AS OPPORTUNITIES ARISE, BE IT WITH GRANTS OR OTHER THINGS, BUT COULDN'T AGREE MORE THAT WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT.
AND I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH MR. WONG.
DAN, WE MOVE TO, OKAY, PLEASE.
I DO HAVE JUST A FEW ITEMS TO, UM, UPDATE THE COUNCIL OF THE COMMUNITY ABOUT TONIGHT.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE ONE WE THOUGHT WOULD BE EASY AND SNOWBALLED AND PROVED TO BE A LITTLE HARDER, BUT I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE NOW ACCEPTING ONLINE PAYMENTS FOR THINGS LIKE, UM, BUILDING PERMITS AND CHARGES THAT ARE OWED THE CITY.
KIND OF THE GENERAL REACTION WE'VE BEEN GETTING I'VE BEEN GETTING FOR THE LAST YEAR OR SO FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IS THEY'RE KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THE CITY WILL ONLY TAKE CHECKS.
AND SO WE'RE NOW ALLOWING ELECTRONIC PRESENTS AND YOU CAN FIND IT ON OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE UNDER HOW DO I AND, UM, CLICK ON PAY AND WE'LL MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOU.
SO IT'S THAT HAPPY LITTLE MOMENT.
I MENTIONED GRANTS THE NEXT TWO, HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THOSE.
I THINK I REPORTED TO COUNCIL THAT WE GOT A STATE GRANT, A LEAP GRANT TO REWRITE ENTIRELY THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE.
UM, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN USING A LOT OF STICKS AND VERY FEW CARROTS TO ENCOURAGE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO STREAMLINE DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES.
THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS SINCE 1977.
AND SO IT IS ARCHAIC AND IT NEEDS TO BE REWRITTEN.
WE THINK THAT WE CAN CUT SOME OF THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES IN HALF IN TERMS OF TIME.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS TIME IS MONEY.
WE CAN, WE CAN STREAMLINE AND WE CAN ADD CERTAINTY TO THE PROCESS FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO FOLLOW THE RULES HERE.
AND SO THAT'S A PROCESS BY WHICH WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT IMMEDIATELY TO SEARCH FOR A CONSULTANT FACILITATED PROCESS.
SO WE CAN GET TO COMMUNITY MEETINGS.
WE CAN GET IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH A NEW ZONING ORDINANCE.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO TAKE 18 MONTHS.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT, BUT THAT'S A BIG STEP
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FORWARD FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY.UM, NEXT SLIDE, WE, UM, JUST GOT WORD OF SOME NEW STATE PARK MONIES THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUR WAY, UM, AVAILABLE TO CITIES LIKE WEST COVINA IN URBANIZED AREAS, UM, MAINLY ON A PER CAPITA BASIS, BUT IT'S FOR THINGS LIKE LOCAL PARK REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT GRANTS.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, WE'VE GOT PLENTY OF PROJECTS THAT, THAT COULD STAND IN IMMEDIATE INFUSION OF SOME CAPITAL MONEY TO GET, GET TO STANDARD.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE IS JUST A VERY BRIEF UPDATE.
YOU MAY RECALL A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO, YOU APPROVED A COOPERATIVE PROJECT FOR A BORDER TRAFFIC SIGNAL WITH THE CITY OF WALNUT.
OUR TENTATIVE SCHEDULE IS MAPPED OUT HERE FOR YOU.
WE'RE GOING TO BE INTO THE DESIGN AND BIDDING PHASE, UM, STARTING AUGUST AND TAKING THROUGH THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST TENT POLES IN THE PERK CHART, THE, THE LONG LEAD TIMES IS FOR THE MATERIAL DELIVERY.
THESE TRAFFICS WOODEN POLES, AREN'T REALLY, UM, CUSTOM CAUSE THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WHEREVER YOU GO, BUT THEY'RE DEFINITELY MADE TO ORDER AND WITH SOME COMMODITY SHORTAGES, SHORTAGES OF STEEL, ET CETERA, IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE, BUT WE HOPE TO HAVE THAT SIGNAL OPERATIONAL BY JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.
WE, IN RESPONSE TO ALL THESE COVID RESTRICTIONS HAVE NOW GOT AVAILABLE ONLINE WHERE BUSINESSES CAN, UM, SUBMIT APPLICATIONS TO MOVE OUT INTO THE PARKING LOTS FOR WHATEVER THEIR BUSINESS ACTIVITIES MIGHT BE.
THIS HAPPENS TO IN CENTOS RESTAURANT, I CAN VOUCH THAT THEY'RE DOING A NICE JOB IN THE PARKING LOT.
THEY FRAMED IT WITH TREES, THEY FRAMED IT WITH K RAILS.
UM, AND THIS IS AN APPROVED OUTDOOR DINING AREA.
WE REALLY HOPE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND THE WAIT STAFF AND THE SERVERS, ET CETERA.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO BE INSTALLING ON GLENDORA, UM, SOME K RAILS, ACCORDING TO A PLAN.
UM, SOME OF THE CITIES HAVE, I THINK AIRED BY ALLOWING THINGS TO ENCROACH IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY WITHOUT PROPER BARRICADING.
AND SO I PROMISE YOU, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, WHO HAPPENS TO BE HERE TONIGHT FOR ONE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS DESERVES CREDIT FOR GIVING US A PLAN THAT WAS ABLE, SHE COULD STAMP IT FOR US.
AND THEN ONCE STAMPED, WE'LL PUT THE BARRICADES UP AND BE ABLE TO BLOCK OFF THOSE AREAS ON GLENDORA.
AND THEN LASTLY, I WANTED TO MAKE, MENTION, OR CONTINUING TO CANCEL PUBLIC GATHERINGS, INCLUDING THIS YEAR'S NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH NORMALLY ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER, BUT WE'RE GONNA PULL THE PLUG ON IT AND WE'RE PLANNED TO NOT DO THAT THIS YEAR.
THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
I'M THE MAYOR NOW I HATE THE PANDEMIC.
IT LOOKS LIKE I MAY SOLVE THE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE ACTION.
UH, BUT ONE THING IS THIS I WANT REALLY WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGERS.
A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING, INCLUDING HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESS RESTAURANT.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SURVIVE BECAUSE WE NEED TO EXTEND OUR HAND TO, TO HELP SO THIN.
AND I WANT TO REALLY THANKS REGARDING THE
THAT IS LIKE AN EIGHT, EVERYBODY DRIVING SO FAST DUE TO, THEY DON'T HAVE A IN BETWEEN.
AND THE LE IS WEST COVINA AND CROSS STREET AS ONE.
SO THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE AND THINK PEOPLE LIVE HERE UNLESS THREE HAS BEEN COMPLAINING FOR 20 YEARS.
THIS HAS BECOME EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR THEM TO PULL OUT BECAUSE STEEL VEGETATION SHOW IN THE VERY BUSY LOVE WINDOW ROW.
SO, SO I WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGER, CONTINUE TO PUSH, TO INSTALL THE TREVOR CASINO.
HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET IT DONE BY BEFORE THE END OF THIS YEAR.
I KNOW WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GO.
AND, UH, SO MAYBE IN THE MAIL OF LETTY LOPEZ.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF THINGS WE WON'T CONTINUE TO PUSH TO IMPROVE OUR CT.
SO I WANT TO THANKS TO YOU AND CONTINUE TO GIVE US A GOOD NEWS FOR A MANAGER REPORT.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, I WANT TO MOVE
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TO CONSENT CALENDAR.I WANT TO PULL NUMBER SEVEN AND ANY OTHER CITY COUNCIL WANT TO PULL ANYTHING? I WANTED TO PULL NUMBER NINE OR NUMBER, NUMBER.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO, OKAY.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SO THAT AGAIN? OKAY.
SO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, EIGHT, A FARM, UH, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
I ENDED A MOTION OF PRU FIVE, ZERO.
[7) CONSIDERATION OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH EMANATE HEALTH FOR THE SALE OF SUNSET FIELD It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute the Purchase Agreement for the sale of the Sunset Field to Emanate Health for expansion of the Queen of the Valley Hospital.]
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.I THINK NUMBER SEVEN IS REGARDING THE
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QUEENSVILLE VALLEY.YEAH, WE BEEN IN YOUR HOSPITAL, TONY, A LOT OF PP, RIGHT? I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HELPING US.
AND I REMEMBER NOT TOO LONG AGO.
WELL, UH, NINE MONTHS AGO, LAST YEAR, WHEN WE APPROVED YOU ARE C CORP AND YOU TOLD ME YOU WANT TO CLOSE WITHIN 30 DAY.
SO I WANT TO KNOW HOW SOON WE CAN CLOSE BECAUSE I THINK CT REALLY A ONE.
AND THIS, YOUR EXPANSION, WE SUPPOSE THAT.
SO, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? OKAY.
AND WE POLINA, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR WHAT? YEAH.
YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND DO WE NEED A PRESENTATION? YOU NO.
SO I THINK IT'S A CONCERN FOR ME OR THE REASON I POOR IS, AND I REMEMBER WE HAVE A CONVERSATION CHUCK, RIGHT? YUP.
I REMEMBER WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHEN TO DONATE THE PP AND WHEN TO DONATE IN 95.
I'VE BEEN SEEING YOU SO MANY TIMES WHILE ALSO YOU SAW IT.
AND LIONS CLUB AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND NONPROFIT.
AND WE WENT TO QUEENSLAND VALLEY.
SO WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT.
QUEENSLAND VALLEY AND EMANATE.
A HEALTH GROUP BECAUSE YOU KNOW, UH, YOU ARE ONE OF OUR, UH, FIRST OKAY.
AND NOW WE LET YOU ARE THE BIG HOSPITAL.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANT YOU TO LOVE US BACK.
WELL AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE, UM, THE HELP IN GETTING ALL THOSE MASKS.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HOPEFULLY PROTECTED A LOT OF OUR NURSES AND STAFF AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT THE WAR WITH COVID AND NEED STILL NEED MORE AND MORE SUPPLIES.
YOU SEE THE OZONE VERY GENEROUS GROUP.
THEY STILL WILLING, I SAY, RECEIVING PEOPLE SAY, HEY, A MALE, YOU STILL NEED PP.
IF YOU STILL NEED THAT, I CAN STILL, I TELL THEM WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MORE.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE EXPENDED A LOT OF MONEY, UH, WITH THE $500,000 LOAN, WE'VE GOT A DEPOSIT AND WE'VE PUT IN OVER ABOUT 200, $300,000 IN CLEANING UP THAT PROPERTY AND THE BITE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WE HAVE DONE ALL OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
UH, WE HAVE EVERYTHING COMPLETED.
UM, THIS WAS SUBMITTED JULY 21ST.
WE WERE HOPING TO BE ON THE, UH, AUGUST 4TH, UH, COUNCIL MEETING SO WE CAN MOVE AHEAD.
SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD ON THIS.
UM, WE ARE READY TO, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD ON THE CLOSE.
SOON AS WE CAN GET YOUR APPROVAL, THE COUNCIL'S APPROVAL ON, UH, ACCEPTING THIS, UH, AGREEMENT.
NOW WE DID STIPULATE, UH, IN A REAL WORLD.
YOU KNOW, WE NEEDED 180 DAYS JUST BECAUSE I'M GOING THROUGH ONE RIGHT NOW AT A PURCHASE PROPERTY, UP IN GLENDORA AND THE BACK AND FORTH WITH COVID AND EVERYTHING.
AND YOU GET THE ATTORNEYS INVOLVED AND YOU'VE GOT TWO WEEKS OF TRANSACTIONS JUST THERE.
SO, BUT WE'RE READY BECAUSE WE HAVE PLANS DRAWN.
WE, AS SOON AS WE HAVE THE PROPERTY IN OUR POSSESSION, WE WANT TO SUBMIT THAT TO THE PLAN REVIEW CITY OF COVINA, WEST COVINA, BECAUSE THAT'S THE HINGE PINCH FOR US TO COMPLETE MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR MASTER PLAN PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, WE ARE READY TO MOVE.
SO ONCE WE GET THAT, UH, THE PARK IN OUR POSSESSION WE'LL SUBMIT THOSE.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET, UH, AS A QUICK EXPEDITED PLAN REVIEW SO WE CAN GET THAT PROPER DOWN.
THEN WE CAN REALLY START ROLLING AND BREAK GROUND BETWEEN DECEMBER AND, UH, APRIL OF NEXT YEAR ON TWO OF OUR MAJOR PROJECTS, THE $60 MILLION MOB AND THE $60 MILLION, UM, ER, ED ICU.
BUT YES, WE'RE, WE'RE READY TO ROLL.
WE'VE UH, I WANT TO BREAK OFF WHEN I SEE A MAYOR, I'M SO DISAPPOINTED YOU ARE GOING TO DELAY THE NEXT YEAR.
THEN I WILL BE JUST A COUNCILMAN AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT.
I'LL BE INVITED TO THE GRAND OPENING.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AFTER WE CTE.
WHERE'S THE APPROVED BOLT FOR, TO GIVE YOU THIS A MAJOR EXPANSION AS A FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, AND THE NINE MONTHS AGO, LAST YEAR WE APPROVED THE SEQUEL AND YOU SAY, HEY, TONY, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSELY DAY.
RIGHT? I STILL VIVIDLY REMEMBER, I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE, BUT MY PROBLEM, MY ISSUE, MY ISSUE IS YOU ALREADY HAVE A FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
I'M I'M I, I WANT AMENDED FOR 30 DAY FOR YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES.
YOU HAD A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE ON THAT PROPERTY.
THERE IS BEEN A LOT OF DIFFERENT OWNERS AND YOU ALWAYS HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS TO IT.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU NEED ANOTHER OF A 60 DAY OR A 70 DAY OR 480 DAYS BECAUSE 180 DAYS IS MINI.
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CAN MAX OUT THE SIX MONTHS, SO MANY IN WAY TO EVEN MY TURN UP.YOU MAY BE STILL WAITING FOR ANOTHER SIX MONTHS.
AND TO, TO GET THIS BEAUTIFUL EXPANSION OF A EMERGENCY ROOM, I TOLD YOU THE STORY, MY FATHER, BEFORE HE PASS AWAY, WE WENT TO YOUR EMERGENCY ROOM FOR FIVE TIMES BACK IN 1999, 1998.
SO I KNOW, AND IT HASN'T BEEN IMPROVED.
SO WE REALLY, REALLY, AND OUR OLDER RESIDENT, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A PARK IN A VERY GOOD PRICE.
SO, SO I JUST WANT TO HELP YOU TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, OKAY.
PUSH TO GET YOUR THING DOWN SO YOU CAN START WRECKING THE GROUND.
SO, SO IN THAT WAY, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, JESSICA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR CHIP OUR, MY NEW BEST FRIEND? NO.
SO ANYWAY, UH, THE ONLY ISSUE I HAVE IS THE TIME THE REST IS DONE.
SECRETS, WE CAN POSSIBLY DO IT, YOU KNOW, CAN WE SHOW THE OKAY HUNDRED 80 DAY, 180 DAY, 180 DAYS, I THINK WILL HAPPEN A LOT LESS THAN THAT.
YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS WE CAN GET, AND WE SHOWED IT THE TITLES AND THE TITLE COMPANY.
I UNDERSTAND YOU REALLY DON'T NEED 180 DAYS.
I KNOW YOU WANT SOME KIND OF SAFE.
YOU WANT TO BUY, WE ALREADY GIVE TO YOU YO TRANSFER IN TO A PARKING LOT ALREADY.
SO WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS, CAN YOU SHORTER THE TIME? CAN WE FIND THE SHORTER TIME? SO THE CITY, IF YOU LIKE USING SEER AND THE, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU, YOU OKAY.
CAN YOU GO 60 DAY? OH, I THINK I TH I THINK IT WILL BE LESS THAN 60 DAYS, YOU KNOW, SOCO WAGE UNCONTROLLABLES THAT I CAN'T.
I KNOW, BUT IF YOU CAN, I CAN TRY AND GIVE YOU A STATION.
AND IF YOU NEED IT, YOU CAN COME BACK TO US.
HEY, WE GOT A, I THINK WE, WE, WE MADE OUR STATEMENT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WITHIN 30 DAYS, BUT WE ARE TAKING THE EXERCISE AND THE OPTION FOR THE 180 DAY, WHICH GIVES US THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO DEFAULT ON 30 DAYS, 35, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? WELL, WE WON THE EXPANSION.
WE, WE DID LOOKING FOR FOUR AND A HALF YEARS ALREADY.
WE, WE WANT THE HOSPITAL TO BE A GREAT HOSPITAL IN ST.
THE ONLY WORRY I HAVE IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN FOUR AND A HALF YEARS.
I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS SIX MONTHS IS NEEDED.
WE REALLY HOPE YOU CAN, YOU CAN DO IT LIKE 60 DAY, OR WE CAN COAST ESCROW COAST, ESCROW.
YOU READY TO ROCK AND ROLL? 180 DAYS IS ONLY THREE MONTHS, RIGHT? SIX MONTHS, EXCUSE ME.
AMANDA, YOUR CONTRACT TO LESS THAN SIX MONTHS.
CAN YOU DO THAT? I'M GOING TO AMEND IT.
IF YOU AMEND IT, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE TWO MORE DAYS, WHICH WE HAD 30 DAYS TO SIGN THIS OFF.
AND WE GOT, WE SAY, WE GIVE YOU A 30 DAY, BUT MAYBE 60 DAY ESCROW, LIKE SAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT IN 30 DAYS, 35 DAYS.
I JUST NEED THE TIME IN CASE 30 DAYS DOESN'T HAPPEN.
HE SAYS EVERY DAY AND IT'S ALWAYS EMAIL.
I'M JUST TRYING TO PROTECT OURSELVES.
SO WE DON'T DEFAULT IN 30 DAYS.
SO RIGHT HERE, I WANT TO AMENDED, OKAY.
SO WHY HAVE A SECOND? WE TAKE IT TO THE ATTORNEYS.
DO I HAVE A, DO I HAVE A SECOND? NO, NO.
DO I HAVE A SECOND ONE, TWO, THREE? NO.
DO YOU WANT TO WIN? WIN? WE'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE.
I WILL BE HIRING YOU ALWAYS NECK.
AND YOU SAY, WELL, IT'S CALLED WHITE CLAWS, ELENA AND I ARE GOING TO WORK AT IT.
IF YOU NEED MORE PP, THERE'LL BE NO, I CAN.
I DIDN'T GET TO YOU, MR. CHAIR.
I WILL TELL CHIP ANYTHING YOU NEED FROM US.
WE WANT MAKE IT HAPPEN AS MUCH AS YOU DO SO LET'S GET IT.
AND WE ARE WHERE YOU WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS PLACE SHINE.
I WANT A GOOD PARTNER WITH CITY.
I WANT YOU TO HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP.
PLEASE HAVE LIKE, WE HAVE THAT WORKING EMANATE.
A GROUP TO HAVE A KIND OF A, LIKE A KAISER.
THEY ALWAYS HAVE A PR ALWAYS TALK TO US.
AND THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE LESS THAN TREATMENT FORM QUEENSVILLE VALLEY OR FROM EMANATE.
AND, UH, I HOPE YOU CAN BRING BACK TO CHILD, THE PR GROUP TO CONDUCT A WALK WITH CT.
WE HAVE EVENTS IN THE FUTURE AFTER PANDEMIC OR ANYTHING YOU NEED HELP.
A CT CAN SEE, WE HAVE A LOT OF RESOURCE SO WE CAN STEP INTO HELP YOU, BUT WE NEED THE PARTNERSHIP.
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CURRENTLY.I FEEL LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A COMMUNICATION.
WHY ONLY TIME I TALKED TO YOU.
IT'S ABOUT PPE, BUT HOW ABOUT SOME OTHER STUFF YOU CAN HELP? WE CAN CT AND, UH, OKAY.
QUEENSVILLE VALLEY OR EMANATE CAN BE REALLY COOL TO EACH OTHER, HELP EACH OTHER.
WELL, MY PHONE'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A CALL.
IF YOU HAVE ANYONE TO INFORMATION, SAY, WHAT CAN I DO FOR THE CITY? LET'S DO SOMETHING FOR THE CT, FOR THE SCHOOL.
AND THEN WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU WANT TO HAVE, UH, UH, OKAY.
EVEN FOR THE ALL PROBABLY SAFETY WOULD WELCOME.
I HOPE YOU CAN INVITE THE CT CITY MANAGER OR CITY COUNCIL TO ATTEND WITH YOU GUY.
OH, WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF THAT.
I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF DRAG SERIES WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE ALL HAD A LOT OF COLLEGIALITY, UH, HELPED PUT US, WE HAD A PARADE BACK, YOU KNOW, EARLY MARCH, APRIL, RIGHT BEFORE COVITZ WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, WONDERFUL TIME.
AND THAT WE'VE BEEN DONATE A LOT OF MAIL, A LOT OF THINGS.
SO, SO WE WILL BE SUPPORTING YOU.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR ALL THE OTHER PHONE LINE TO KNOW.
OUR CTL RESIDENTS SUPPORTING OUR MEDICAL STAFF.
AND, UH, NOT ONLY YOU INCLUDING THE, UH, KAISER TOO, BECAUSE IN OUR EMERGENCY OR ALL THE FACILITIES, ALL THE CT AND THE HELPING OUT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ON THE ITEM? NUMBER SEVEN.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I'LL START AGAIN.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION APPROVED COUNCILMAN.
AND THE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO.
LIKE WHAT ON THE I TURN, OKAY.
OH, IT'S MY CASTELLANO'S COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM.
[9) CONSIDERATION OF FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MERCHANT LANDSCAPE SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR CIVIC CENTER AND CITY PARKS LANDSCAPE SERVICES It is recommended that the City Council approve the First Amendment to the Professional Services Agreement with Merchant Landscape Services, Inc. and authorize the City Manager to execute the amendment.]
ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE.MAYOR WU HONORABLE COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MICROSOFT PUBLIC SERVICES SUPERINTENDENT HERE FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
A PERIOD OF TALK ABOUT, UM, UH, CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT FOR OUR LANDSCAPING CONTRACT FOR OUR PARKS AND OUR CIVIC CENTER.
UM, FOLLOWING THE CITY COUNSEL'S DECLARATION OF A FISCAL EMERGENCY, THE CITY MANAGEMENT ASKED STAFF TO WORK WITH ALL CONTRACTS AND CONTRACTORS TO REDUCE CONTRACTS BY FIVE TO 10% DUE TO THE FISCAL EMERGENCY.
UH, WE WENT BACK AND WORKED WITH MERCHANTS AND, UH, CAME UP WITH SAVINGS BY DOING THE FOLLOWING THINGS, SUSPENDING ALL FERTILIZER, TURF AND SHRUB APPLICATIONS, SUSPENDING TURF, RENOVATIONS, SUSPENDING, MULCH, REPLENISHING.
THIS IS THE HARD PART, REDUCING TRASH PICKUP TO TWO DAYS A WEEK.
WHEN WE WENT INTO THIS CONTRACT, WE WENT FROM TWO DAYS A WEEK TO SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND THAT WAS THE ONE OF THE BIGGEST AND BEST THINGS THAT WE HAD DONE.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY EFFECTIVE AND WORKING REALLY WELL IN OUR PARKS, BUT THAT WAS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE IT WORK FOR BOTH PARTIES.
THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HAD TO CONSIDER CHANGING SHRUBS, GROUND COVER.
WE CONTROL MAINTENANCE TO AN EIGHT WEEK CYCLE AND CHANGE EDGY EDGING AND WEED EATING DETAILED WORK TO BIWEEKLY INSTEAD OF WEEKLY, BY DOING THIS, WE REDUCED THE CONTRACT BY $10,963 A MONTH FOR POTENTIAL ANNUAL SAVINGS OF $131,556 DOLLARS PER YEAR.
AS I STATED, THE LARGEST IMPACT WAS THE TRASH PICKUP.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS SOMETHING WE WORKED HARD FOR IN THE LAST CONTRACT.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE KNEW THAT THE RESIDENTS WANTED.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT.
AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE MERCHANTS COULDN'T MAKE IT WORK.
THERE WAS NO WAY TO GET RID OF 'EM COSTS WITHOUT GETTING RID OF A CREW.
AND THE CREW TOOK CARE OF THAT.
ANOTHER BIG PIECE OF THIS WAS PICKING UP OUR TRASH AND CLOSERS.
ILLEGAL DUMPING IS A PROBLEM WE HAVE AT OUR TRASH AND COAL CLOSURES AND MERCHANTS.
HIS CREW WAS PICKING UP ON MONDAYS AND FRIDAYS, ALL OF OUR, UM, LARGE BULKY ITEM PICK UPS AT OUR ENCLOSURES TO MAKE SURE THAT ATHENS COULD PICK UP AND DISPOSE OF OUR TRASH IN A TIMELY, IN A TIMELY MANNER.
UH, SINCE THEN WE'VE WORKED WITH ATHENS TO TRY TO CURB SOME OF THAT.
AND ATHENS IS, HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US TO HELP WITH THE DUMPSTER ISSUE AND THE LEGAL DUMPING.
SO THAT IS, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME RELIEF THERE, BUT THE MAIN, THE MAIN COMPONENT OF THIS, WHERE WE'RE FEELING IT IS, IS THE ACTUAL TRASH PICKUP.
UM, THIS CONTRACT IS A 30, 30 MONTH CONTRACT.
WE WENT FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS TO STAY ON A FISCAL YEAR CYCLE.
THE ANNUAL CONTRACT IS $770,488.
SO IT IS ONE OF OUR LARGEST CONTRACTS AND, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WE HAD TO GO, WE HAD TO LOOK AT.
SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HOPE IN THE PANDEMICS OVER AND, AND WE'RE OUT OF FISCAL CRISIS THAT WE CAN GO BACK TO REGULAR SERVICE, BUT AT THIS TIME DUE TO THE FINANCIAL SITUATION, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WERE DIRECTED TO DO.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OH YEAH, I DO.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS BECAUSE I DO WORK
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AT PARKS AND SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES DO OCCUR.UM, MY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, WE HOLD OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS TO A STANDARD OF KEEPING THEIR PROPERTIES CLEAN.
SO I FEEL LIKE OUR CITY NEEDS TO DO THE SAME WITH OUR PARKS AND PUBLIC AREAS.
THE OTHER THINGS, UM, I DON'T MIND CERTAIN, I KNOW YOU LISTED A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS TO SUSPEND, REDUCE OR CHANGE.
I ACTUALLY DON'T MIND, UM, CERTAIN ITEMS TO BE SUSPENDED, BUT MY ISSUE IS CUTS THAT MAKE OUR PARKS JUST VISUALLY, UM, UNCAPPED IN APPEARANCE IS JUST UNACCEPTABLE.
UM, I'M NOT EXPECTING IT TO BE IMMACULATE, YOU KNOW, PERFECT OR ANYTHING, BUT IT'S, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO SEE, I DON'T WANT IT TO SEE, UM, I DON'T WANT IT TO BECOME AN EYESORE, ANYBODY DRIVING OR WALKING OR ANYTHING.
AND I DO KNOW THE BIGGEST THING IS LIKE TRASH AND OVERGROWN WEEDS ARE TWO OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS.
CAUSE I JUST HAD, WE HAD SOME CUTS AT OUR, OUR PARKS AS WELL AT, UH, AT WORK.
UM, SO I KNOW THE TRASH MONDAYS, MONDAY AND FRIDAY PICKUP IS UNACCEPTABLE WHEN I KNOW THURSDAY'S USUALLY THEY START COMING IN AND START MAKING TRASH.
BUT THE BIGGEST ONES IS USUALLY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY.
SO WHEN I GO BACK TO WORK ON MONDAY, IT'S LIKE, IT'S A MESS.
AND I CAN IMAGINE IT'S THE SAME WITH ALL OUR PARKS HERE.
SO THE TRASH PICKUP, I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH, I CAN'T ACCEPT THAT THE, UM, CHANGING, YOU KNOW, EDGING AND WEED EAT ARE DETAILING TO BE BIWEEKLY.
I'M OKAY WITH THAT AT MY HOME, I DO BIWEEKLY.
MY NEIGHBOR DOES IT WEEKLY, UM, RESIDENTS WHO PASS BY, THEY DON'T REALLY SEE THE BIG CHANGE IN DIFFERENCE IN THAT.
UM, SO THAT I, I ACTUALLY DON'T MIND, BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS THE, UH, TRASH PICKUP THAT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR TAKING CARE OF THE LEGAL DUMPING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT EVERY PARK HAS THAT.
THEY JUST TRASHED THEIR STUFF THERE.
I MEAN, WE CLOSED OUR CONTAINERS, WE DID DIFFERENT THINGS.
UM, BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE A BIGGEST ISSUE IF YOU COULD CATCH THEM, CITE THEM.
BUT OVERALL, I, I CAN APPROVE, UM, WITH THE, UM, REDUCING THE TRASH PICKUP BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIGGEST ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE TRANSIENTS THERE WHO LEAVES A MESS.
SOMETIMES I JUST CAN'T ALLOW, UM, ALLOW THAT MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ V AUTO, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
UM, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THE POINT YOU BRING, BRING UP.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT, BUT THE THING THAT I DO WANT TO MAKE CLEAR IS IS THAT THE SAVINGS IS THE TRASH PICKUP.
ALL, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIWEEKLY, THE TURF RENOVATIONS, THERE IS NOT MUCH SAVINGS THERE.
SO IF IT CAUSES A BURDEN ALL THE WAY AROUND, WE WANT THE RESIDENTS HAPPY.
WE, EVERY POINT YOU MADE IS VALID, BUT THE ONLY WAY WE COULD GET TO ANY AMOUNT OF SAVINGS WAS CUTTING THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A THREE MAN CREW THAT IS, THAT WAS WORKING 40 HOURS A WEEK, THAT SUSPENDED NOW.
SO THAT WAS A THREE MAN CREW GOING TO EVERY PARK, DOING THAT AND DOING THOSE THINGS.
AND WITHOUT THAT, THE SAVINGS JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, THE SAVINGS WILL NOT BE THERE.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALL A CART.
THE BIG PORTION OF SAVINGS IS THE TRASH PICKUP.
WELL, WE HAVE OUR AT, AT WORK, WE HAVE, PART-TIMERS WHERE THEY REDUCED IT, WHERE WE HAVE PART TIMES DO THEIR ROUNDS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THEY CAN CONSIDER AS WELL? WELL, IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED, BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE A VERY MINIMAL PART-TIMERS WORKING.
MOST OF OUR PART-TIMERS HAVE BEEN OFF WORK SINCE, UH, SINCE MARCH.
SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED, BUT AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE PART-TIMERS WORKING.
AND FROM SEVEN DAYS TO TWO DAYS, THERE'S NO WAY TO INCREASE THE DAYS.
NO, NOT WITHOUT INCREASING THE WORK CREW CAUSE THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T HAVE FOR MERCHANTS AND THEIR, YOU KNOW, HOW THEIR CONTRACT IS STRUCTURED.
WE SAT DOWN AND, AND HAGGLED OVER THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME BECAUSE WE KNEW IT WASN'T AN EASY DECISION.
AND THEY'RE SAYING WITHOUT THE CREW, THEY CAN'T, THEY CAN'T DO IT TO GET THE SAVINGS.
I JUST CAN'T ACCEPT THAT PART JUST BECAUSE OF THE TRASH.
I JUST DON'T WANT OUR CITY TO BE, TO LOOK LIKE TRASH.
SO, BUT LISTEN, I'M TAKING PHONE CALLS, I'M FIELDING PHONE CALLS EVERY DAY, WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, THE APP IS WORKING GREAT.
THE STUFF'S COMING IN, THIS IS NOT A DECISION THAT WE TOOK LIGHTLY OR, OR SOMETHING WE EVEN DO.
THE HOPE IS, IS THAT, LIKE I SAID, THE HOPE IS THAT WE'RE OUT AS PANDEMIC QUICKLY AND WE'RE BACK TO THE NORMAL CONTRACTING AND GIVING THE SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY DESERVE RIGHT.
ARE YOU THERE, UH, THANK YOU, UH, MIKE FOR THE REPORT, UH, WOULD THERE BE ANY POSSIBILITY OF SERVICE GROUPS, LOCAL SERVICE GROUPS OR CHARITIES OR ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO HELP US WITH THIS, OR WOULD THAT PRESENT TOO MUCH RISK AND LIABILITY? WE DO HAVE CERTAIN GROUPS HELPING, BUT WITH THE PANDEMIC AND SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PEOPLE OUT AT THE PARKS, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN EASY, UM, IT'S NOT AN EASY TOPIC.
OUR SERVICE GROUPS HERE IN THE CITY ARE FANTASTIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, FROM LION'S CLUB, THE WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL, ALL OF THEM HAVE A PARK AND TOP THE PARK AND TAKE CARE OF THOSE PARKS AND THEY COME IN ONE DAY A WEEK AND DO A GREAT JOB.
UM, YOU KNOW, DURING THE WEEK IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY,
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THURSDAY, FRIDAY ARE THE TOUGH PARTS IS USUALLY, OKAY, DAY SUNDAYS ARE TOUGH.AS, YOU KNOW, LETTING YOU WORK A PARKS, YOU KNOW, UM, THE GROUPS ARE GREAT.
THEY COME IN ON THOSE DAYS AND THEY DO THOSE THINGS.
BUT WITH THE PANDEMIC, WE'VE BEEN LIMITED ON WHAT WE CAN ALLOW THEM TO DO AND GATHERING IS, IS A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER THAN USUAL.
SO IT HASN'T BEEN AS SIMPLE AS BEFORE I THINK THERE DEFINITELY HAS HELPED WITH THAT.
OUR GROUPS HAVE SHOWN THE WILLINGNESS TO HELP, BUT DURING THE PANDEMIC THERE'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN, THERE'S BEEN DIFFICULTY.
I WANT TO THANK ATHENS TO, FOR STEPPING UP.
UM, AND YOU AND I DISCUSSED THIS PROBLEM AND I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, SEE WHAT ELSE WE COULD COME UP WITH.
UM, OUR MAYOR WILL BE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH GRACE, NEPAL, THE TANO COMING UP SOON.
SO WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANY FEDERAL HELP WE COULD OBTAIN ALSO CHECK WITH OUR STATE LEADERS AND THE COUNTY, AND I'LL TALK TO SOME FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND SEE IF WE COULD HELP IN ANY WAY.
AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW, I KNOW THIS IS A TOUGH SITUATION, BUT THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING ON IT.
JESSICA, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JESSICA? OKAY.
UM, SO THIS CONTRACT WOULD ONLY BE FOR ONE YEAR, CORRECT? WELL, THE, UH, LIKE OUR HOPE IS TO GET OUT OF THIS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
I MEAN, WE'RE HOPING ONCE REVENUES START COMING BACK IN, WE CAN GET BACK.
I JUST GAVE YOU THE NUMBER OF POTENTIALLY IT'S A POTENTIAL SAVINGS FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE CAN CHANGE IT ANYTIME ONCE REVENUE ALLOWS AND CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, HOW DOES OUR PARKS LOOK AND HOW DO WE HAVE ANY ISSUES? I KNOW, I KNOW THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE AT THE PARKS.
UM, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE THE PLAYGROUNDS GRANTED EVERYWHERE YOU GO.
THEY DO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T PREVENT THAT, THAT IT HAPPENS, BUT CURRENTLY IS IT IN DISTRICT DISARRAY? IS IT, HOW DOES THE PARKS LOOK CURRENTLY? NO, I'M SORRY.
I'M MAYOR PRO TEM, YADDA LOPEZ.
IT'S UM, YOU KNOW, NOT AS GOOD AS WE'D LIKE, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE TRYING TO, WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR STAFF OUT AS MUCH AS WE CAN MAKE SURE WE HIT ALL BIG ISSUES, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE THE MANPOWER TO DEAL WITH OUR STREETS AND SEWERS AND GO CLEAN PARKS EVERY DAY.
WE DID KEEP THE BATHROOMS INTACT, YOU KNOW, THE PARK BATHROOMS, THE CONTRACT FOR THE PARK BATHROOMS AND AROUND THE PARK BATHROOMS AND THE PLAYGROUNDS IS INTACT, BUT THE ENTIRE PARK IS NOT, UM, I'M SORRY, IT'S A LOADED QUESTION.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING I, YOU KNOW, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE A TRASH ISSUE CURRENTLY SINCE TECHNICALLY WE DON'T HAVE LIKE GROUP BIRTHDAY PARTIES OR EVENTS OR ANYTHING WORKS ARE UTILIZED.
I MEAN, OUR RESIDENTS LOVE OUR PARKS AND THEY LOVE OUR OPEN SPACE AND THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERY DAY PANDEMIC OR NO PANDEMIC FROM DAY ONE.
SO, UM, IS THE TRASH STILL A BIG CONCERN? YES, IT IS.
YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE TO FOLLOW, UM, MALE PROTEIN.
AND, UH, I HAVE PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT FRIENDSHIP PARK.
FRIENDSHIP PARK AND THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND I'VE BEEN WITH CV EMAIL, LIKE IS WITH THE NINE NICO SHAPE AND WE HAVE 16 PARKS.
AND, UH, AND THE RESIDENT LIVING IN THE CT, UH, BESIDE THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD, AGAIN, HE'S A NICE AND CLEAN PARKS.
SO I THINK IT'S THE IMPORTANT, THEN WE HAVE TO FIND THEM SOME FUNDING, CITY MANAGER.
WE WILL, I REALLY CANNOT LIKE HAVE OUR POD LOOK FEALTY AND THE PA OKAY.
AND THEN WHEN NOBODY TO PICK IT UP, DON'T CAN WE, WE NEED TO SYNC SOMETHING THAT MAY BE HIGHEST ON.
IF WE COMPARE WITH $120,000 SAVING A YEAR, MANY ABOUT $10,000 A MONTH SAVING, IS THERE WHAT THEY COMPARE WITH A CLEAN POCK.
AND PICK UP THE TRASH, CLEAN THE BATHROOM.
I THINK THIS IS A VERY MINIMUM.
THEY WANT TO HAVE A NICE PARK.
WE HAVE TO COMPROMISE A FILTHY PARK, A FILTHY PARK, MINI, A FILTHY CITY.
YOU HAVE DUTIES THREE AND DIRTY PARK SUSCEPTIBLE WEST COVINA WEST COVINA.
I THINK WE CAN, WE CAN MAKE SURE.
I THINK MOST OF WALL STREET IS PRETTY CLEAN.
SO IT'S ONLY THE PEOPLE PARK ALL THE TIME.
OTHER THAN THAT, I'VE BEEN DRIVING AND I'VE BEEN ALWAYS, WE PULLED TO YOU, OUR ISLAND WITH A WEEK GOING OUT AND YOU TAKE CARE RIGHT AWAY.
I THINK YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB, BUT I DON'T THINK I CAN ACCEPT.
I WANT TO CONCUR WITH MALE PROTEIN REGARDING, OKAY.
NO MATTER IT'S BEEN DEMIC OR NOT.
AND WE JUST HAVE TO FIND A WAY TO SHOW, OKAY.
IF WE LET GO THE PARK THAT WE LET GO, WHILE WE LET GO EVERYTHING, I THINK THERE'S A BASIC THING.
WE CARE ABOUT IT, THAT WE CARE ABOUT THE PARK AND THAT WE WANT OUR PARK CLEAN AND MAKE SURE THE TRASH, WE PICK IT UP.
IF YOU OWN IT TODAY, THEN WE HAVE A FIVE DAYS.
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OKAY.AND WE NEED TO TELL PEOPLE TO PICK UP ALL OUR PUBLIC WORK STAMP TO STEP IN.
I CAN NOT ACCEPT THIS, THIS THE THING I ALWAYS SAY NO ON THIS CONTRACT.
LOOKING TO WHAT WE CAN WORK OUT.
TO MAKE SURE THAT IS PRESENTABLE.
AND THE OTHER CITY CONSOLE, I DO UNDERSTAND MIKE, THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW, AND I, I TRIED TO KEEP HER CLOSE TO, I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO THE PARK TRASH PICKUP, EVEN DOUBLE, EVEN IF NOT SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, MAYBE AT LEAST YOU WENT THE OTHER DAY PICKING UP SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS HAVE.
YOU ALREADY PICKED OUT OF SEVEN AND I'VE GOTTEN OUT THE DOOR AND YOU TAKE PLASTIC BAGS OUT THERE.
TAKE THEM TO THE DUMP TO MYSELF WHEN I CAN.
THAT'S MY, THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
DO YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I GO, WELL, I FEEL LIKE IF I MAY, I NEED TO APOLOGIZE TO MIKE BECAUSE I'VE GIVEN HIM A REALLY HARD ASSIGNMENT HERE.
IF THE QUESTION IS BECOMING WHOSE BAD IDEA WAS THAT IT'S, IT'S MINE.
UM, I'VE ASKED STAFF TO TAKE FIVE TO 10% BUDGET REDUCTIONS TO ALL OF OUR VENDORS.
I'VE MADE SOME OF THOSE PHONE CALLS AND, AND A NUMBER OF OUR VENDORS HAVE JUST DONE.
SO, UM, IMMEDIATELY AND WILLINGLY AND CHEERFULLY, I'D LIKE TO NAME THEM.
UM, THEY JUST CAME FORWARD RIGHT AWAY WITH CUTS IN THIS, IN THIS RANGE.
AND THEY TOOK IT OUT OF THEIR PROFITS.
THIS VENDOR, WE GAVE MIKE A HARD ASSIGNMENT AND THE ONLY WAY HE COULD GET THE REDUCTIONS WAS BY TAKING SERVICE REDUCTIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT INCLINED TO APPROVE THIS AMENDMENT, MAYBE YOU COULD JUST PULL IT OFF THE CALENDAR TONIGHT.
YEAH, I THINK THERE'S A PULL IT.
UNTIL WE NEGOTIATE, WE'LL FIND A WAY WE WANT TO CLEAN PARK.
WE DON'T HAVE A PLAIN CLEAN PARK WHILE WE SITTING OVER HERE.
WONDERFUL, SAFE, AND CLEAN AND PROUD.
AND I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT.
THIS PRIDE HAS TO BE CONTINUED TO BE OKAY.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU AGREE? LET'S, LET'S DO IT.
AND, UH, YOU OKAY, SO JESSICA, YOU, OKAY.
LET'S PULL THIS FOR SAFETY TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON.
WE REALLY WANT OUR PARTS CLEAN.
SO ANYWAY, UH, YOU OKAY? OKAY.
LET YOU PULL IT SO WE CAN PLEASE.
UH, WE WANT OUR PARK CLAIM PLEASE.
AND, UH, LET'S, IT'S A VERY MINIMAL, OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU MY CRESTS UP FOR A LOT OF, I KNOW I GET EMAILS AND I DO FORWARD AND YOU TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING.
UM, FOR OUR RESIDENTS, RESIDENTS CONCERNS.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
THAT'S WORKING BEHIND ME AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.
NO, YOU'LL, YOU'LL BE DOING GOOD JOB.
WE APPRECIATE WHEN WE RECEIVED THE EMAIL.
AND THE COMPANY ABOUT A POG, THIS ISSUE, AND THAT WOULD YOU PLEASE LOOK INTO ALL THE POWER IN QUEEN, THE FRIENDSHIP PARK IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEY ARE AT THE END OF THE POP, OUR CT BOULDER.
AND SO IN A WAY, OKAY, EVERYBODY.
DOG HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF NOT TO GET OFF TRACK HERE, BUT I DO ANTICIPATE AN IMPROVEMENT AT FRIENDSHIP PARK.
THE ISSUE WE HAD AT FRIENDSHIP, SHOUT SHUTTLE, CARS, ROAD GROUPS, COMING AND USING OUR FACILITIES WITHOUT LETTING US KNOW.
BUT NOW THAT THE COUNTY'S LINED UP RESTRICTIONS, WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING OUR GROUPS BACK THERE.
KEEP THEM ACCOUNTABLE, SIGNED COUNTY ORDER AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE FOLLOWING SOCIAL DISTANCE AND GUIDELINES.
SO AN IMPROVEMENT THERE JUST WANTED TO SAY A COMMAND, YOU TO RESPOND TO OUR EMAIL RIGHT AWAY AND TALK TO THE RESIDENT RIGHT AWAY.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE, RESIDENT ONE.
THEY HAVE ISSUE AND YOU STEP INTO, OKAY.
WE EMAILED TO YOU, YOU STEP IN RIGHT AWAY.
MA'AM NOT JUST PARKS, BUT FOR THE PUBLIC AREAS IN THE CITIES.
I WANT PERSONALLY, I WANT TO THANK, YOU KNOW, I GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU ALL THE TIME, BUT THE ISSUES WITH THE RESIDENTS THAT, HEY, WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH ONE OF THE RESIDENTS ABOUT A TREE THAT WAS BAD, THE ROOTS UP IN THE GRASS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I WENT OUT TODAY AND THEN WALKED THE TREE.
I'M SAYING, YOU KNOW, AS RESPOND WAS VERY ACTIVE.
HE GOES BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.
WHENEVER WE SEND YOU SOMETHING, YOU GET BACK TO US RIGHT AWAY.
AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THE BEST I CAN.
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YOU.YOU MIKE, BY THE WAY, DON'T GET TOO COCKY.
WE, WE, WE LIKE YOU, BUT CONTINUE TO DO THE GOOD JOB.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF AMENDED FEES FOR GRADING PLAN REVIEW AND GRADING PERMIT FEES - PUBLIC HEARING It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions: 1. Conduct a Public Hearing regarding the adoption of updated fine and fee schedule; and 2. Adopt the following resolution: RESOLUTION NO. 2020-89 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING EXISTING FEE AND PENALTY SCHEDULE ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION 2019-92]
MOVE TO THE ITEM.UH, PUBLIC HEARING CONSIDERATIONS OF ADOPTIONS, AMENDED FEE FOR GRADE IMPLANT REVIEW AND GRADING PERMIT FEE.
THIS MATTER IS SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE ADOPTION OF A AMENDED FEE FOR GRADING PLANT REVIEW AND GRADING PER ME, PURSUING TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 DASH 92.
AND THERE WAS THE CITY CLERK VOTED FIVE POPULAR LEGAL NOTICE HAD BEEN GIVEN.
AT THIS TIME I SHOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS AMENDMENT OF 16 FEET FOR GRADING PLANT REVIEW AND GRADING PERMIT PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 DASH 92.
AND DALE WILL FIRST BE THE PRESENTATION OF THE STEP REPORT.
HERE, COME IN FROM THE PUBLIC.
AND CITY MANAGER WHO WILL PRESENT A STEP.
HOPEFULLY THIS REPORT WILL BE GIVEN BY OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND WITH THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A NEW FEES IN DECEMBER OF 2019.
UM, IT WAS BASED UPON THE COUNTY'S FEE SCHEDULE.
THIS WAS BOTH FOR PLANNING AND, UM, EXCUSE ME FOR BUILDING AND GRADING OUT OF, UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, IT VERY QUICKLY BECAME APPARENT WAS THAT THE COUNTY'S FEE SCHEDULE DIDN'T QUITE FIT THE CITY'S NEEDS.
UM, THE CURRENT MINIMUM FEE FOR, UM, A GRADING PROJECTS IS 10,000 CUBIC YARDS, WHICH, UM, IS THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANYWHERE BETWEEN ABOUT FIVE AND 10 HOUSES.
UH, THE COUNTY'S FEE SCHEDULE DIDN'T REALLY FIT THE NEEDS FOR SMALLER PROJECTS.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS GONE BACK AND FINE TUNED IT, UM, AND REDUCED THE FEES FOR SMALLER PROJECTS FOR SUBDIVISIONS, SUBDIVISIONS AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, LARGE SCALE, WE'LL STILL CONTINUE TO PAY THE FEES BASED UPON THE COUNTY'S, UH, SCHEDULE, BUT WE'VE COME IN WITH A FINER, UM, A NUMBER OF PERMITS, A MUCH SMALLER PERMITS.
WE NOW HAVE PERMITS OF STARTING AT A HUNDRED CUBIC YARDS AND GOING UP, UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IS FOR A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, WHICH IS ABOUT A THOUSAND CUBIC YARDS, UH, THE NEW FEES, UH, IF THEY'RE ADOPTED BY THE CITY, COUNCIL WILL BE $2,855 FOR BOTH A PLAN CHECK AND A PERMIT FEE.
UM, THE CITY WILL STILL BE COVERING ITS COSTS FOR ALL PROJECTS RELATED TO SUBDIVISIONS AND LARGE SCALE PROJECTS.
UH, THE CHANGES REFLECT THE REALITY OF SMALLER PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
AND, UM, I DID HAND OUT AND POST ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, A REVISED EXHIBIT, A, UH, THERE WERE SOME MINOR DISCREPANCIES IN WHAT WAS IN THE ORIGINAL PACKET AND WHAT, UH, THE COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO ADOPT TONIGHT.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION 20, 20 DASH 89.
AND IF IT IS ADOPTED, THE NEW FEES WOULD GO INTO A FACULTY, UH, WITHIN 60 DAYS.
AND THE COUNSEL, ANY QUESTION? NO QUESTION THEN.
UH,
I THINK THIS PROVIDES A, AN EASIER PLATFORM FOR SMALLER DEVELOPMENTS AND IT'S A GOOD THING.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE QUESTION? NOPE.
AND I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? NO MATTER I HAVE NO SPEAKERS UNDER A RESIDENT OVER HERE.
SOMEBODY WANTS TO ADDRESS ABOUT THIS ISSUE.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE ORAL COMMUNICATION OR COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE.
WENT BACK TO COUNCIL TO DISCUSS COUNSEL ANY DISCUSSION MR. MAYOR, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK IT WAS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD.
IT PROVIDES AN EASIER PATH FOR DEVELOPERS AND SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND? OKAY.
I HAVE A SECOND BY MAIL PROTEST.
LO A LOPEZ VILARDO ROLL CALL PLEASE.
HI, MAY I APPROACH HIM LOPEZ, VIANO? I MAY I AN EMOTIONAL
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THAT.NOW WE GO TO THE COUNCIL REQUESTS REPOED AND THE START DATE.
DO WE HAVE ANY MOTHER? MAY I KNOW.
[CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS]
UH, COMMON, FALSE COUNSEL, WHICH I WON'T GO GO FIRST.I WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OVER THERE ON PROBABLY STREET, OR WAS IT A HIT AND RUN? UH, THAT A VOLKSWAGEN GOING DOWN THE PROBABLY ABOUT 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR VAN INTO THE BACK OF A TRUCK.
AND THE GUY GOT IN HIS CAR, SOMEBODY PICKED HIM UP AND THEY TOOK OFF, WELL, IT TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT TO GET OUT THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A NON-EMOTIONAL.
NOBODY WAS, AND THEN RESIDENTS WERE REALLY GETTING UPSET ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TWO OFFICERS SHOW UP.
I FORGET WHAT HER LAST NAME WAS, BUT SHE'D ONLY BEEN ON THE DEPARTMENT FOR ABOUT A YEAR OR SO.
SHE EXPLAINED TO THE RESIDENTS WHY IT TOOK HIM SO LONG.
HE SAYS, YOU KNOW, WE ONLY HAVE 90 POLICE OFFICERS AND ONLY A FEW OF US ON DUTY AT ONE TIME.
AND WE WERE IN THE PURSUIT OF SOMEONE ELSE.
WE GOT OVER HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
THE RESIDENTS THEMSELVES WAS SO HAPPY THAT AN OFFICER OF HER CALIBER ACTUALLY EXPLAINED TO THEM THE REASON WHY THEY WEREN'T THERE EARLIER.
AND I DIDN'T WANT IT TO COMMEND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THAT.
AND I LIKED JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THEM.
AND I THINK WE ALSO, PAUL POLICE DEPARTMENT DOING A GOOD JOB.
COUNCILMAN CASSANDRA, GO AHEAD.
ARE YOU AWARE OR AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK ATHENS FOR STEPPING UP IN THE PARK ISSUES.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE CALLERS TODAY AND ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO SPEAK A LOT OF ISSUES TO DISCUSS AND PROBABLY WILL CONTINUE FOR THE MONTHS TO COME.
SO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR CALLING IN AND UM, FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE AT HOME, PLEASE STAY COOL AND STAY AWAY FROM THIS VIRUS.
YADDO I WAS GOING TO SAY, I UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A THANKLESS JOB.
WE GET PEOPLE ARE VERY QUICK TO ATTACK US, TO GIVE US ALL THE COMPLAINTS, TO HEAR EVERYTHING WHEN WE DO WELL.
UM, SO I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CALLERS THAT CALLED IN, UM, SAY SOMETHING GOOD.
I, YOU KNOW, EVEN WHEN I GET A SIMPLE EMAIL AS WELL, THANK YOU, THANKING ME FOR THINKING THE COUNCIL FOR, YOU KNOW, ONE SMALL ACT OF DEED THAT GOES A LONG WAY FOR ME PERSONALLY.
SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
IT'S NICE TO ACTUALLY HEAR AND BE REMINDED OF THE GOOD THINGS.
UM, ALSO, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE MOTHER MAYOR, I'M JUST GOING TO PUSH AGAIN, BUT I REALLY WANT THAT WEB, OUR CITY WEBSITE TO BE UPDATED THE LINKS TO BE WORKING.
SO THAT WOULD BE MY MOTHER, MAY I REQUEST, UM, TO GET OUR WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEED TO GET SOMEBODY TO FIX IT, PUT IT WHERE IT'S EASY ACCESS FOR ANY RESIDENTS OR ANYBODY OUTSIDE TO ACCESS TO NAVIGATE THE NAVIGATION IS THE KEY AND THE LINKS, UM, AND JUST TO UPDATE FOR ALL THE THINGS.
SO, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NOTHING ELSE, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND, UH, HERE, UH, I DON'T KNOW.
THIS IS A CT TO CT HAVE, UH, A PLACE FOR, BECAUSE A LOT OF SR, A LOT OF, UH, OKAY.
FIXED INCOME PEOPLE THAT POTENTIALLY CONSIDER LOOKING TO IT, TELL THEM, CAN WE DO SOMETHING OKAY.
IF WE HAVE A CENTRAL REQUEST FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN, PEOPLE, WE HAVE A LIBRARY.
WE HAVE A SHOPPING MALL, SO PEOPLE CAN GO, GO TO A SHOPPING.
MOST PEOPLE CAN GO TO THE LIBRARY.
AND SO THE COUNTY AND THE STATE DON'T THINK ABOUT, WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONER.
I LIVE IN THE NO AIR CONDITIONER PICK IN 1989.
2001, I LIVE IN A HOUSE HAS NO AIR CONDITION.
AND THIS KIND OF WEATHER IS UNBEARABLE, BUT LUCKILY I HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, SO I CAN DIP IN THE POOL.
BUT THE, BY WHAT I'M SAYING, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE SENIORS, SO, AND A FIXED INCOME, WE NEED TO FIND A WAY.
SO WOULD YOU CITY MANAGER LOOK INTO TOO? WE HAVE A POTENTIALLY, COULD THIS REALLY QUICKLY TO ANNOUNCE SO WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE TO KIND OF LIKE, WE OPENED SOME PLACE FOR THEM TO COME IN.
TO, TO COOL DOWN BECAUSE I THINK SAVE LIFE.
BECAUSE RIGHT AT THIS KIND OF HEAT, ESPECIALLY FOR SENIORS, VERY TOUGH.
SO LET'S ONE THING I WANT TO CT TO LOOK INTO IT.
FOR SOME KIND OF A FACILITY, WE CAN DO IT.
AND THE SECOND THING REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE AND THE HOUR PROBABLY WORK FOR THE CUESTA PARK FIRE AND LEE IS POTENTIALLY CATASTROPHE.
AND I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO SHOW MY DEEPEST APPRECIATION FOR FOUR, THEN SHOW UP SO FAST.
AND IT'S A, I TALKED TO THE CHIEF, IT'S A BIG PRODUCTION.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOW UP WITH HELICOPTER.AND, UH, WE EVEN HAVE A CONTENT OKAY.
FIRE AND THE GLENDALE FIRE AND ADANI FIRE TO, TO CONGEAL ASSESSORS.
AND WE PUT DOWN, PUT OUT THE FIRE IN, IN NO TIME.
AND THE
AND IF THEY GO INTO THE HILLSIDE OR THE HILLSIDE PROPERTY, ALL THOSE COMMUNITY WILL BE IN EXTREMELY OKAY.
TROUBLE DUE TO THIS WEATHER AND DRY.
SO, SO I WANT TO REPRESENT A COUNCIL AND THE CITY RESIDENTIAL, THANK OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR IN DEPTH, EVEN.
AND THERE'S AN EMAIL WANTING TO THANK OUR FIRE AND POLICE OKAY.
FOR THEM AND TO, IN THAT, HOWEVER, WITH A FULL, FULL GUILT.
THE, AND THE WORK VERY HARD TO SAY OUR CT.
SO, SO HERE, I WANT TO THANK SAM DANG AGAIN WITH THIS MAGNIFICENT JOB JOB.
AND SO THIS IS A VERY GOOD JOB AND ALL THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
UM, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE GAASTRA PARK FIRE.
UM, AS MANY OF, YOU KNOW, I GREW UP RIGHT THERE AND, UM, MY PARENTS OWN A HOUSE THERE.
SO IT WAS OUR SECOND VERY, VERY CLOSE CALL AND JUST A LITTLE OVER A MONTH.
SO THANK YOU AS ALWAYS TO THE WEST COVINA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR DOING A FANTASTIC JOB AND THANK YOU TO LA COUNTY FIRE AND ALL OF THE OTHER AGENCIES WHO CAME TO HELP US AND PROTECTED MY HOME AND THE HOMES ALL AROUND THERE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ASK MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE CITY STAFF FOR UNDERSTANDING AND MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO APPEAR REMOTELY AT THIS TIME, FINGERS CROSSED.
I WILL BE BACK, UM, IN PERSON AT THE NEXT MEETING.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF YOU, THEN IT'S JESSICA.
WE WANT TO WISH HER THE BEST WE WILL.
WE CANNOT WAIT FOR YOU TO COME BACK.
SO, SO I CAN SEE MY BAG INSTEAD OF BEHIND ME.
AND, UH, SO WE CAN FIND A CITY COUNCIL SITTING IN ONE ROOM.
UM, BUT AGAIN, ANOTHER THING I FORGOT TO SEND YOU IS A SOUTH HILLS SQUARE DOWN BELOW WITH TOKYO CENTRAL.
THEY, THEY ALLOW, THEY SHOW ME THE PICTURE.
THEY ALLOW THEIR PARKING LOT FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS OKAY.
TO PARK THEIR CAR IN TO, AND IT IS SO JAM PACK IS THE BUMPER TO BUMPER.
SO ALL THE RESIDENT CAN PARK THEIR CAR INTO THE SHOPPING MALL.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE OWNER OF A SOUTH HILL SQUARE AND SEES, THIS IS HOW THE COMMUNITY IS BASICALLY EVERYBODY'S STEP UP TO HELP EACH OTHER OR WHEN DOING THE CRISIS.
SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD FEELING, INCLUDING, OKAY, WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE CONTINUE, WANT TO DONATE THE PPE TO OUR HOSPITAL.
AND WE TALK ABOUT CRYSTAL VALLEY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM MORE TIER.
OTHER THAN THAT, ANY OTHER COUNCIL HAVE ANY OKAY.
MOTION TO A GYM, BUT I UNDERSTAND ALL THE COUNCIL AND I WANT TO THANK CD MANAGEMENT IN AND THE OLDER STAFF AND ALL THE OKAY.
YOU ADDRESS TO US AND SHOW UP, OKAY.
PARTICIPATE WITH US AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK NEXT TIME.
I WILL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING AND TO CONTINUE TO OKAY.
PARTICIPATE WITH CT AND GIVE US A SUBJECTION.
AND I WANT TO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.
AND A MEETING, A GYM, STAY HEALTHY AND STAY.