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[Call to Order]
COME TO WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TODAY IS SEPTEMBER 15.WE START ON TIME AND THERE'S A RECORD.
SO TONIGHT IN VOCATION WILL BE LED BY KELLY.
YOU'LL PAY FROM FAITH COMMUNITY CHURCH FOLLOWED BY THE PLEDGE OF LEGION.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, LET'S PRAY AND ASK GOD'S BLESSING ON OUR MEETING TONIGHT.
HEAVENLY FATHER, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR BLESSING ON THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, LORD, WE THANK YOU GOD, WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO LIVE IN WORK IN SUCH A GREAT CITY.
AND GOD, WE JUST PRAY THAT YOU WOULD BLESS THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT, LORD, THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER AND GIVE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WISDOM AS THEY DISCUSS THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT ALL OF US.
WE THANK YOU, JESUS, THAT YOU ARE WITH US AND PRESENT IN THIS MEETING.
AND GOD, WE JUST LIFT UP OUR POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS.
THOSE WHO ARE UP ON THE FRONT LINES, FIGHTING THE FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS RIGHT NOW, GOD, WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD KEEP THEM SAFE AND GIVE THEM SUCCESS AS THEY WOULD A ATTACK THAT BOBCAT, FIRE, AND LORD BE WITH OUR POLICE OFFICERS AS WELL.
LORD IS THEY'RE OUT ON THE STREETS, KEEPING US SAFE TONIGHT.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE TWO DEPUTIES THAT WERE, UM, UH, SHOT OVER THE ON SATURDAY AND JUST THANK YOU GOD FOR SPARING THEIR LIVES.
AND WE PRAYED LORD THAT YOU WOULD PROTECT THEM, OR I MEAN, CONTINUE TO HEAL THEM LORD AND WATCH OVER THEM.
AND OF COURSE PROTECT THEM AS THEY'RE RECOVERING FROM THAT, UH, AMBUSH LORD, BE WITH OUR OFFICERS WHO ARE OUT ON THE STREETS TONIGHT PATROLLING AND WE THANK YOU GOD FOR YOUR GOODNESS.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE.
WE THANK YOU, LORD, FOR YOUR BLESSING UPON THIS MEETING TONIGHT IN JESUS NAME.
I, MY MAN, HE'S A FLAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMAN CASTELLANO'S HERE.
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON COUNCIL MEMBERS, SHOEMAKER MAYOR PRO TEM LOPEZ.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? WE PROBABLY I'LL FIND THE CLOSED SESSION.
I THINK TERRY APARTMENTS TO MARROW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH THEN WE'LL MOVE ON
[National Fire Prevention Week – October 4-10, 2020]
PRESENTATION.THE FIRST ONE IS PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE PREVENTION OF THE MONTH.
AND, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE, UH, ALL FIRE CHIEF, I THINK DOING THIS IS AN, IS THE WILDFIRE AND PLUS OTHER ISSUE.
CREATE FOR A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR CITIES, AND ESPECIALLY IN CALIFORNIA IN OREGON IS REALLY BECOME A CATASTROPHE FOR A LOT OF RESIDENTS.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING AND I SEE SO MANY OF A TRAGEDY OF THE CHILDREN THEY AUTO PLACE.
AND HOW WE CAN STOP AND THE HELP.
AND I HOPE PEOPLE CAN DONATE AND HELPING ALL THOSE PEOPLE MISPLACED BECAUSE ESPECIALLY A LOT OF CHILDREN AND DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GO FOR ME OR SOMETHING TO HELP THOSE OKAY.
I THINK THEY ALL OUR BROTHER AND SISTER, I THINK IMPORTANT FOR US TO HELP THEM DURING THIS VERY, VERY TOUGH TIME.
AND I THINK WE TALK ABOUT PREVENTION OF THE MOUNTAINS AND I WANT THE FIRE
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DEPARTMENT TO KIND OF SHOW US, I DON'T THINK, TALK ABOUT THE KITCHEN, THE HOUSEHOLD, BUT WE TALK ABOUT HOW WELL OUR CT, OKAY.ABOUT OUR DANCE OF ALL THE OLD AREA.
I THINK WE CAN TALK ABOUT, OH, THIS IS HOW CAN WE AS A RESIDENT IN WEST COVINA TO HELP OUT PREVENTION, TO STOP ALL THE TRAGEDY FOR PEOPLE LOSING THEIR LIFE AND PROPERTY THERE.
UH, SO JUST QUICKLY, I WANT TO TOUCH ON THE FACT THAT, UH, THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S FIRE PREVENTION WEEK IS COOKING AND KITCHEN SAFETY.
UH, SO JUST WANT TO READ A REAL QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT, UM, OR MESSAGE IN HONOR OF NATIONAL FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE COMMUNITY TO BE FIRE SAFE BY CHECKING THEIR KITCHENS FOR ANY FIRE HAZARDS AND BY USING SAFE COOKING PRACTICES.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, JUST ANY HELP FROM THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE BEING FIRE SAFE WITH REGARDS TO BRUSH HAZARD, UH, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE PROPERLY CLEANING UP YOUR, UH, PROPERTY, UH, LOOKING OUT FOR A FIRE HAZARDS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I WOULD THINK ABOUT YOU AND TALK FOREVER.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA FEEL IT IN ABOUT SO, SO OKAY.
THE COOKING PEOPLE LIKE SOMETIME MY WIFE OR MYSELF, I'M NOT MY WHITE MEAT.
AND FORGOT TO SAY, OKAY, TURN OFF THE STOVE.
SO THE, SO RIGHT NOW ALL THE HOME THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PUT THE FIRE ALARM.
ALTHOUGH DEVICE TO HELP PEOPLE.
AND THEN WHAT KIND OF A, OKAY.
MAYBE SUBJECTION, HOW CAN WE HELP THE HOUSEHOLD INSIDE USING A SPRINKLER SYSTEM? OKAY.
OR SOMETHING THE NEW, NEWER HOME.
I THINK A LOT OF NEWER HOMES REQUIRE WE REQUIRE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM DURING TWO HOURS CURRENT SITUATION.
UH, SO SMOKE ALARMS ACTUALLY AREN'T REQUIRED IN A KITCHEN.
UH, IN FACT WE DON'T ENCOURAGE THAT JUST BECAUSE IT'S MORE LIKELY FOR THEM TO GO OFF ON A REGULAR BASIS BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.
UM, HAVING A FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN THE KITCHEN COULD BE VERY BENEFICIAL, UM, AND PREVENTING A FIRE FROM GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.
UM, SPRINKLERS ARE DEFINITELY A GREAT, UM, RESOURCE.
AND FOR ANYBODY WHO'S DOING ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THEIR HOME, UH, WE WILL, UH, OVER A CERTAIN SQUARE FOOTAGE WE WILL REQUIRE SPRINKLERS TO BE PUT IN, UH, AND ALL NEW FA UH, NEW HOMES REQUIRE SPRINKLERS AS WELL.
AND HOW ABOUT BESIDE THE, THE KITCHEN? HOW ABOUT THE OUTSIDE? ABOUT HOW ABOUT SOME PEOPLE LIVE ON THE HILLSIDE? LIKE WE HAVE A HILLSIDE AREA AND THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE LIVING CLOSE TO THE GREYSTONE PARK.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOUTH SIDE, WE HAVE BECOMING AREA IS VERY DENSE OF A WOODED AREA.
SO HOW AS A FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOW YOU'RE HELPING THE RESIDENT TO CLEAR.
SO THOSE POTENTIALLY FIRE HAS A WEAPON ON PEOPLE'S HOME.
SO FOR ANY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THE, SORT OF THE WILD LAND, URBAN INTERFACE, UH, NEAR GALSOR PARK, UH, OR TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THE CITY, UH, WE DO ENCOURAGE DEFENSIBLE SPACE, UH, SO ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS OR, UH, UH, RATHER A HUNDRED FEET AND IN, FROM THE HOUSE, UH, JUST MAKE SURE THAT BRUSH DOESN'T GET TOO, UH, OVERGROWN, UH, MAKE SURE YOUR GRASS IS PROPERLY CUT.
TREES ARE PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
UH, AGAIN, THAT WILL GO A LONG WAY TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BUFFER ZONE.
UH, IF IN FACT A WILDFIRE WERE TO START, UH, THAT IT WOULDN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, BECOME TOO LARGE RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR HOME.
AND HOW ABOUT WE HAVE THE 16 PARK AND WE HAVE TALKING ABOUT DENZEL WOOD AREA.
WE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAVE USED SURVEY ANY POTENTIAL FIRE HAS, SO WE CAN PROACTIVE TO STOP.
SO IN THAT WAY, PEOPLE LIVE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY FEEL MOST SAFE.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, ALL OF OUR FIRE ENGINES, ALL OF THE STATIONS AROUND THE CITY, UH, GOING AROUND AND LOOKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL BRUSH HAZARDS.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT'S, IT'S ACTIVELY ONGOING.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ANY MAJOR CONCERNS THAT COME UP DO GET FORWARDED ONTO THE FIRE PREVENTION BUREAU.
AND WE LOOK INTO THOSE MORE AGGRESSIVELY.
UH, WE ALSO SEND OUT NOTICES TO RESIDENTS TO, UH, TO TRY AND GAIN COMPLIANCE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY PROPERLY MAINTAIN THEIR, UH, THEIR YARD.
UH, RESIDENT, ANY QUESTION? OKAY.
SARAH, I KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE QUESTION.
I SAY THAT I LOVE WEST COVINO FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ONE OF THEM WAS RIGHT HERE, STARTED A FIRE IN OUR CAMPER, LEFT A CANDLE.
WE HAD A MASSIVE FIRE AND THEY CAME AND THEY, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF THE KIDS WERE IN THERE OR NOT, BUT THEY RISK THEMSELVES TO COME IN.
EVEN THOUGH THE POWER LINES WERE COMING DOWN, THEY PULLED ME BACK AND THEY WENT IN THERE AND MY KIDS WILL HELP WITH FIRE PREVENTION WEEK.
AND, UM, WE'RE VERY THANKFUL FOR IT.
SO YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING SINCE YOU ARE THE WILD.
UM, JUST BE REALLY CAREFUL OF FIRES.
UM, AND BE CAREFUL OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN LIKE YOUR KITCHEN AND CANDLES.
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LEAVE CANDLES.THAT'S SEVEN OF THEM OUT THAT WILL HELP WITH THIS WEEK.
SO I GREW UP IN EL AND ABOUT, I WANT TO SAY 20 TO 30 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A BIG FIRE BEFORE, UH, A NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS, UH, OPENED UP AND THERE'S ONE HOUSE THAT WAS SPARED.
AND THE REASON WHY I WAS SPARED WAS BECAUSE THE HOMEOWNER PLANTED SUCCULENTS ALL AROUND IT AND EVERYONE AROUND HIM BURDENED EXCEPT FOR HIM.
SO REALLY LOOK AT LANDSCAPING AND LANDSCAPING THAT WOULD PROTECT YOUR HOME AND DISSIPATE THE HEAT BY THE MOISTURE THAT'S CONTAINED WITHIN THE PLANT.
WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION REGARDING THE FIRE PREVENTION MONTHS.
WE WANT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND TO HELP OUT DO IT IN THIS VERY, VERY TRAGEDY TIME.
WE WANT TO HELP OUT NOT ONLY PROTECT YOURSELF AND PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORS TOO.
SO HERE IS A PROCLAMATION AND I HOPE ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO WORK WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THIS.
VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE AND DO IT IN THIS VERY DRY AND WINDY SEASON.
[Recognition of Award Winners of "Film It West Covina"]
SWAN IS SOMETHING IS SEE, EVEN WE INDEPENDENT MIC, BUT THE SHOW MUST GO ON.WE'RE NOT GOING TO STOP BY THIS STUPID VIRUS.
SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON WITH OUR COMMUNITY EVENT.
I WILL MAKE A PROTEIN THAT YOU LOPEZ.
START WITH THE FIRST YEARS OF WEST COVINA FILM FESTIVAL AND THIS YEAR, SECOND YEARS.
AND THE WEEK, A LOT OF PEOPLE OKAY.
JOIN AND PARTICIPATE AND THE FOOD, THIS COMMUNITY EVENT.
TRY TO KEEP SAFE FOR YOURSELF, BUT WE STILL WANT TO HAVE A COMMUNITY EVENT FOR PEOPLE TO MAKE MOVIE, MAKE FILM.
AND THEN WE HAVE SO MANY PARTICIPATE PARTICIPANTS WHO HELP OUT AND TO MAYBE SHOWING WHAT THE CITY IS ABOUT.
TOGETHERNESS UNITED HELP EACH OTHER.
AND THIS IS WHAT WEST COVINA REPRESENT.
SO I WANT TO THANK, I WANT TO HANG OVER THE MIC.
OTHERWISE I WILL TALK FOREVER.
SO I WILL GET THE MIC TO MALE PROTESTS THAT HER TWO WERE PRESENT THIS FILM, FILM IT WEST COVINA TO SHOW ALL THESE WINTER FOR THE 2020.
AND THE VERY IMPORTANT YEARS, NOBODY WILL FORGET, BUT THE SHOW STILL GOING ON.
UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, WHEN COVID HAPPENED, IT MADE EVERYBODY STAY HOME, DO NOTHING.
AND SO FILM, IT WAS COVINA WAS ABLE TO GIVE FAMILIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER AND CREATE SHORT FILMS THAT WAS OPEN TO ALL RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES, UM, AND GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WIN CASH PRIZES, WHICH HELPED DURING THIS TIME WHEN EVERYBODY WAS LIKE LOSING, UH, INCOME AND STUFF.
AND SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF IS THAT, WE'RE THE ONLY ONE DEFINITELY THAT I KNOW IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA, ACTUALLY, I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF ANY CITY THAT DOES THIS BESIDES LA AND HOLLYWOOD, THAT PUTS SOMETHING LIKE THIS TOGETHER.
SO I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO PARTICIPATED, UM, AND SUBMITTED THEIR FILMS. IT WAS ACTUALLY NICE TO SEE THE YOUNG I'VE.
WE HAD A THIRD GRADER TO THE ELDERLY.
UM, SO WE HAD ALL, ALL AGES TO WORK ON THIS PROJECT.
BUT IF YOU MISS THE FILM AND IF YOU WANTED TO SEE ALL THE FILMS THAT WAS SUBMITTED, YOU COULD CHECK OUT THE RED CARPET PREMIERE ON YOUTUBE FILM AT WEST COVINA.
YOU COULD SEE THE WHOLE TRANSITION AS LIKE THE WHOLE RED CARPET EXPERIENCE.
UM, AND THIS COULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE SPONSORS, ATHENS SERVICES MEAN CREATIVE STUDIOS AND ART ACADEMY, EASTLAND CHEVRON.
SO NAUSEA AND ASSOCIATES, REAL ESTATE KIWANIS, WEST COVINA, CASIANO FAMILY PRACTICE AND COVINA URGENT CARE, WHICH IS COUNCILMAN KASSIANOS AND WEST COVINA POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
SO, UH, BEFORE INTRODUCING THE WHOLE TEAM, I JUST LIKE TO SHOW THE TOP THREE FILMS. THESE WERE JUDGED BY FIVE JUDGES, UM, TWO FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND THREE THAT ARE IN THE INDUSTRY.
WHO'S NOT HERE, BUT THEY, THEY DO THIS AS A LIVING.
SO IT WAS NICE THAT THEY REVIEWED ALL THE FILMS. AND THESE WERE THE TOP THREE THAT WON,
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UH, CASH PRIZES.SO I, THEY ARE HERE TODAY AND WE'D LIKE TO HONOR THEM BY SHOWING THE FILM THAT THEY CREATED.
SO THIS IS A THIRD PLACE, WHICH IS A BONE TO PICK BY WAYS YOU OWN.
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SECOND PLACE WAS ON THE CLOCK BY MOISE, SAYS VEDA AND ALL THESE FILMS WERE FIVE MINUTES AND UNDER WE'VE HAD THE SHORTEST FILM OF 30 SECONDS UP TO FIVE IS THE MAX.AND MAYBE WE SHOULD GO IN AND CHECK ON THEM OR MAYBE WE WERE SHARING.
BUT WHAT IF HE'S DYING? WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
SEES THE RESTROOM, COME THROUGH.
HE DOES USE THE RESTROOM ALL THE TIME.
ERIC, WHAT? THAT'S IT JUST, WHAT DID YOU NOT SEE THE SIGN? DID I TOLD YOU WHAT IS ALL OF THIS? 70 MINUS 85 OVER THREE EIGHT.
THERE'S NO SIGN THAT SAYS NO TOUCH.
SO WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I THINK I'VE GOT IT.
THIS MAY CHALLENGE EVERYTHING WE'VE LEARNED AND BELIEVE IN.
BUT WITH CHANGE COMES THROUGH THE CHAPTER AND THIS IS IT.
WE NEED TO TALKING ABOUT ERIC.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO WHAT EVERYONE THOUGHT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO TIME TRAVEL TIME TRAVEL.
WELL, ACCORDING TO THE MATH AND THE 27 LAWS OF SCIENCE THAT CORRELATE WITH THE SYSTEM OF TIME TRAVEL, INCLUDING THE TEACHINGS OF OTHERS BEFORE ME, I THINK I MIGHT KNOW THIS SYSTEM.
SO THAT MEANS THAT WHAT JUST HAPPENED, DUDE? WE'RE IN THE FIFTIES.
HOW IS THIS IMPOSSIBLE? IT MUST'VE BEEN SOMETHING WITH A TIME CONTINUUM IN THE MAINFRAME.
WHAT ENGLISH? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND.
THE TIME MACHINE HAS A COOLDOWN.
YOU REALIZE THAT IF WE DON'T MEET THAT COOL-DOWN WILL STAY LIKE THIS FOREVER.
SO HOW LONG IS IT? COOL DOWN TIME IS 120 SECONDS.
BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE TIME WE WASTED, WE ONLY HAVE 90 AN HOUR.
WHERE'D YOU EVEN GET AN HOUR FROM? NEVERMIND.
I KNOW THE EXACT EQUATIONS TO GET US OUT OF THIS, BUT THE THING IS, I JUST NEED TO GET UP THERE.
ARE WE GOING TO GET UP THERE? I CAN PROBABLY HIT THE TABLE.
THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A BAD IDEA, SEAN.
HEY SEAN, PUSH THAT BROOMSTICK OVER.
THIS IS NOT MY TOP PRIORITY RIGHT NOW.
HEY GUYS, I'VE GOT THIS LITTLE BABY HAT.
THERE'S ACTUALLY AN ERROR IN THE SYSTEM.
SEEMS THAT I COULD SEND YOU GUYS BACK TO THE 1990S DOLLAR KIND OF SEC.
YO BRO, IS THAT A BLOCKBUSTER ON THE CLOCK? A BLOCKBUSTER STILL EXISTS
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FIRST PLACE, WHICH WAS THE GRAND FINALE OF $800 IS HOME BY JOLENE.WHEN YOU CAN'T FALL ASLEEP, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF? IS IT A PLACE OR A PERSON? PEOPLE SAY THAT THE BEST SLEEP IS WHEN YOU FEEL THE MOST AT HOME FOR ME, HOME IS HERE WITH YOU.
HOME IS WHEN YOUR PETS GREET YOU AT THE DOOR.
WHEN YOU GET HOME, IT'S THE WAITING PORCH LIGHT THAT SHINES YOUR PATH FROM THE DRIVEWAY.
WHEN YOU GET OFF THE FREEWAY, KNOWING EVERY ROAD THAT LEADS YOU TO THE FRONT DOOR, IT'S KNOCKING OUT ON THE COUCH WITH THE TV STILL ON AND HAVING SOMEONE WRAP A BLANKET AROUND YOU.
IT IS FEELING SAFE, SECURE, COMFORTED.
IT IS FEELING WARM, WELCOMED, AND LOVED HOME IS KNOWING THAT WHATEVER HAPPENS OUTSIDE IN THE WORLD, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE A PLACE TO COME BACK TO.
IT'S KNOWING THAT EVEN WHEN YOU LEAVE TO CHASE YOUR DREAMS, YOU'LL FIND SECURITY IN RETURNING.
IT'S WHEN YOU KNOW THE WORLD CAN BE SCARY AND KEEPING A SMILE CAN BE HARD, BUT THE WARMTH OF YOUR FAMILY'S PRIDE GIVES YOU THE STRENGTH TO CARRY ON HOMELESS, DUMPING YOUR BAGS ON THE FLOOR.
AFTER A 12 HOUR SHIFT AND CRAVING A WARM, RELAXING SHOWER.
HOME IS WHERE THE BEST SNACKS ARE.
THE GOLDFISH AND THE PVN J AND A JUICE BOX.
HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART BELONGS.
IT'S A FEELING OF FEELING FELT IN OUR HEARTS.
IT'S YOU AND YOU AND YOU TOGETHER AT HOME.
AND YOU COULD SEE THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR WAS TOGETHER AT HOME.
AND WE WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING WEST COVINA YOUR HOME.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERYBODY PARTICIPATING, UH, MAYOR WU, MAY YOU PLEASE HONOR THEM WITH A CERTIFICATE? GOT IT.
IF YOU SEE THE PREMIERE, IT'S AN HOUR AND 45 MINUTES, YOU CAN WATCH THAT.
SO WE'D LIKE TO, UM, SO WE HAD THE LIVE STREAMING, WHICH IT SHOWED ALL THROUGHOUT.
AND THEN WE HAD A DRIVE THROUGH AWARD CEREMONY WHERE EVERYONE CAN COME AND PICK UP THEIR AWARDS, TAKE PICTURES.
WE ACTUALLY HAD A SPECIAL EVENT, UH, OUTDOOR, AND IT WAS REALLY GREAT AND THEY ALL SHOWED UP.
SO THIRD PLACE A BONE TO PICK BY WAYS.
YAWN, GO AHEAD AND COME HERE WITH YOUR WHOLE FAMILY.
SECOND PLACE ON THE CLOCK BY MOISE SAYS VEDA AND HIS TEAM.
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THANK YOU.AND THEY CAME OUT WITH A BANG ON THAT DAY OF THE EVENT, DAYS HOME BY JOLENE HUMANAS AND ANGEL CU COME ON DOWN THE WHOLE FAMILY
[Recognition of "Film It West Covina" Committee Members]
SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UH, THE DIVERSE TEAM THAT WE HAVE.UM, THIS IS CITYWIDE, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS OPEN TO ALL CITY OF WEST COVINA.
LAST YEAR WAS JUST ONLY GEARED TO STUDENTS JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.
THIS TIME WE OPENED IT UP TO ENTIRE RESIDENTS.
SO WE HAD FAMILY, THERE WAS ONE FILM, DEAR COVEN, THAT IT WAS AN ADULT WITH A MOTHER.
SO IT WAS BOTH A TWO GENERATIONS.
UM, BUT I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE DIVERSE TEAM.
SOMEBODY TOLD ME, HEY, YOUR TEAM HAS, YOU KNOW, ALL ETHNIC, ALL ETHNICITIES, ALL TALENTS, ALL AGES.
SO IT WAS JUST GREAT, WHICH MADE THIS YEAR EVEN GRAND.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE, UM, THE FIRST ONE, WHICH, UH, IS KIWANIS, BRAD, MANNY AND MARY HAPPY PRICE, BUT I KNOW HAPPY SHE'S UH, SHE HAS A MEETING.
SO SHE HAD TO BE MEETING TODAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY BRAD, HE'S A PART OF THE KEYWAN HE'S HE'S, UH, HE HELPED OUT SO MUCH.
HE BROUGHT THE WHOLE KIWANIS AND THEY HAD VOLUNTEER.
THEY MADE THE EVENT LIVE AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND ACTUALLY THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
YEAH, YOU CAN TAKE COPIES, MARY, BUT EVERYBODY CALLS HER HAPPY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO LETTIE FOR THINKING OF THIS PROJECT.
WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS AND IT WAS LATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT LAST YEAR, I JUST FELT LIKE WE NEEDED TO GET AHOLD OF PART OF IT.
AS PART OF THE SCHOOLS, AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY WORK, CREATIVE OUTLET FOR OUR KIDS THIS YEAR, WE HAD SOME CHALLENGES.
I THINK WE MET THE CHALLENGES.
I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY EVEN BETTER.
AND I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US BE A PART OF THIS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND SO ON THIS COMMITTEE, WE ACTUALLY HAVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, MICHAEL FLOWERS.
HERE'S HOW WE DO IT, RIGHT? I WANT TO SAY SOMETHING NOW, THIS IS HOW WE DO.
I JUST WANT TO THANK LADY LOPEZ.
AND SHE MET, SHE BROUGHT THIS INTO EXISTENCE AND WE WOULD, I MEAN, SHE'S AMAZING.
YOU KNOW, WE LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU TO THE CITY AND THANK YOU TO THE WEST COVINA SCHOOL BOARD.
I LOVE THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING.
OH, THE NEXT THREE IS ACTUALLY VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THE FIRST ANNUAL FILM AT WEST COVINA, UH, THESE THREE ARE ACTUALLY LAST YEAR'S WINNERS.
AND SO WHEN WE ASKED THEM TO BE PART OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M SO HAPPY AND GRATEFUL THAT THEY JOINED IN AND IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
SO I'D LIKE TO BRING UP LAUREN A KEYNOTE, JULIANNE WATERS AND CARLOS ACOSTA.
THESE THREE WERE OUR TOP FILM WINNERS LAST YEAR WHEN WE HAD THING.
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YOUNG GENERATION, BECAUSE THEY DO INSTAGRAM AND SOCIAL MEDIA THAT YOU WERE LIKE, WHOA.SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING, YOUR HARD WORK.
IF YOU, YOU HAVE TO WATCH THE VIRTUAL LIVE STREAMING, IT'S JUST AMAZING.
IT'S LIKE THE ACADEMY AWARDS THAT THEY DO.
LAST YEAR, THE LAST YEAR, WE KNOW YOU TOOK A LOT OF MONEY.
AND I THINK YOU WENT TO UCLA FILM SCHOOL, RIGHT? USC.
UM, I'D ALSO LIKE TO START LIKE THINKING LETTER, YOU SO MUCH FOR INVITING US ON BOARD AND UH, GIVING US A GREAT TIME JUST WORKING TOGETHER.
UM, IT WAS AN AMAZING TIME OVERALL AND I REALLY RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS AS WELL.
UM, BUT YEAH, UM, WE, WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE FUTURE OF WHERE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE US AND HOW BIG THIS EVENT COULD GET.
I ENCOURAGE ANYONE IN THE FUTURE TO ALSO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS.
AND IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION, FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND FILM IN WEST COVINA.
UM, UH, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
LIKE CARLOS SAID, UM, THIS WAS A FIRST FOR ALL OF THE THREE OF US AND I THINK IT WAS A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL OF US AND I CAN'T WAIT FOR NEXT YEAR.
IT WAS A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE.
I THINK, UH, THIS IS GOOD TO HELP US AND BRING MORE PEOPLE ON.
SO, UH, FUTURE FRANCIS OVERALL AND THE GEORGE LUCAS CONGRATULATION, WE'RE WAITING FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER.
AND THEN SAVING THE BEST FOR LESS.
SHE'S THE HEART OF THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.
SHE WAS IN ONBOARD LAST YEAR AND SHE DID IT AGAIN.
SHE JUST KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.
UH, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE STEPHANIE, LEUVANO TAKE A PICTURE.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS EVENT AGAIN THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AND FOR ALL THE TEAM, THIS IS A REALLY GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT.
UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO PRESENT A CERTIFICATE MAYOR.
IF YOU CAN ACCEPT IT FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, THIS IS A CERTIFICATE AND THIS BAG IS FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AS A GIFT.
SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT CITY MANAGEMENT TEAM, ALL THE STAFF THERE THEY'RE PROMOTING, THEY HELPED US.
THEY HELPED US PROMOTE THIS EVENT AND WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO REACH OUT TO AS MANY PEOPLE.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR WE CAN GET EVEN MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND JUST CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE EVENT.
HE DESIGNED THE SHIRT, SO, SO THANK YOU AGAIN.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR AND WE HOPE WE HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION AND OF COURSE OUR WINNERS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO JOIN ON THE COMMITTEE AGAIN.
I THINK THIS A PUT OUR CT, OUR RESIDENT TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY OUR FUTURE GENERATION OF UNDER THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION BECAUSE THIS IS A WALL, THE CT OR OUR YOUNGSTERS CONTINUE TO SEE.
THIS IS GOOD THING AS A GREAT THING, AND THAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SHOW YOU TO SHOW YOU OFF.
WANT YOU TO CONTINUE TO COME OVER HERE TO SHOW YOU A PROJECT? WE REALLY PROUD, PROUD OF YOU.
SO WELL PRESENT WEST COVINA, 120,000 POPULATION CITY COUNCIL.
WE WANT TO GIVE, PRESENT A CERTIFICATE FOR OUR MALE PROTESTS FOR CONTINUING TO FIGHT FOR THIS EVENT.
EVEN THIS TOUGH TIME, CONTINUING TO SPEND A LOT, A LOT OF HOURS.
EVEN YOU HAVE A FULL TIME JOB, FULL TIME CITY COUNCIL, AND STILL WILLING TO PARTICIPATE AND PUT THIS THING TOGETHER WITH ALL THIS VOLUNTEER WITH THIS, OUR FUTURE FILMMAKER.
UH, HERE IS A CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
HEY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU TO PUT THIS EVENT TOGETHER.
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THANK YOU AGAIN.I KNOW MY HUSBAND SAYS, WHERE DO YOU FIND THE TIME? CAUSE I'M LIKE VOLUNTEERING HERE FULL TIME IN LA HERE, COUNCIL, AND THEN MOMMY MODE WITH TWO KIDS AND THEN STILL MANAGED TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.
BUT I DID PROMISE THAT I WANTED A COMMUNITY AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A START TO BUILDING COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO BUILDING A STRONGER COMMUNITY IN OUR CITY, CITY OF WEST COVINA NEXT YEAR, THE STILT, OKAY.
ANNIVERSARY FOR OUR FILM, MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER.
I THINK THAT TIME WE ARE GETTING MORE HELP THOUGH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THE VIRTUAL.
WE ARE GOING TO BE LIVE AND A BIG EVENT, OBVIOUSLY THE CONSOLE IN OUR COURTYARD.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR COMING.
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BEFORE I MOVE TO ORAL COMMUNICATION, I WANT TO KIND OF, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A HAPPY TIMES.IT'S SHOWING ALL YOUNGSTERS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ASSESS NEWS.
I'LL BE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORING CT, UH, FORMER MAYOR AND, AND CITY COUNCIL.
HE, SO I WANT TO HAVE A, A GERM.
UM, MAMMARY TO THIS WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING.
I'VE BEEN HELPING THE COMMUNITY.
UH, HIS NAME IS DANIEL HOLLOWAY AS A CITY COUNCIL.
AND, AND I HAVE BEEN, UH, FORTUNATELY TO, TO ACQUAINTANCE THIS PERSON IN THE OKAY.
SCENARIO, GABRIEL COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT.
AND THE, HE SOMETIMES SIT NEXT TO ME AND A HEAPING, A PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE AND OKAY.
AND INFORMATION, BECAUSE HE'D BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME IN 20, 30 YEARS.
AND HIS VETERAN, HE'S STILL IN THE NAVY, BUT LET ME, WE, SOME OF THIS, OKAY.
WE GOT KNOW WHO HE IS, THAT HE SHOULD BE A MEMBER BECAUSE HE'S A HERO.
SO IF THE COMMUNITY IS AN ACTIVIST TONIGHT, OKAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN OUR COUNCIL MEETING IN MEMORY OF A LAPOINTE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, DANIEL C. HOLLOWAY.
OUR TIP HAS CONDONED CONDOLENCE TO HIS WIFE, HILDA, SOME DAUGHTERS AND HIS FAMILY.
MR. HOLLOWAY WAS A VETERAN WHO SERVED OUR NATION IN THE US NAVY.
AND FOR MANY YEARS ON THE APPOINTED CITY COUNCIL, IT WAS A DEVOTED COMMUNITY LEADER AND KIND OF INDIVIDUAL WHO CONNECTED WITH RESIDENT OF ALL AGES.
IT, WE SEE THE GOLDEN EGG APOE AWARD FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SCHOOL SERVICE IN ORGANIZING AND FIGHTING TO KEEP WELCOMING HIGH SCHOOL OPEN.
IT WAS NOW, WELL, THE SENATOR MENENDEZ METHANE OF THE YEAR IN 2015, IT PASSED UNEXPECTEDLY ON SEPTEMBER AS 2020 ON HIS SLEEP.
OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCE TO HIS FAMILY.
AND AS A CAUSE THIS IS A CITY CLUB.
WOULD YOU SEND A CONDOLENCE, THE CT LETTER TO HIS FAMILY? AND HE WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY MISS HE'S SUCH A NICE GUY.
[ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker]
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO, UM, OVER COMMUNICATION AND HOW MANY SPEAKER WE HAVE TODAY? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.WE HAVE SIX SPEAKERS AND TWO, UM, CHU CALLS.
THEY CAN, WE HAVE A IN PERSON.
PATRAS FOLLOWED BY COLEEN ROSATI EVENING, EVERYONE.
FIRST OF ALL, MAYOR COUNCIL STAFF, AND EVERYONE HERE TONIGHT AND AT HOME.
MESMAN ARRESTED IN WEST SUBPOENA.
FIRST OF ALL, WHY IS COUNCIL STAFF MAKING ALL THESE PRESENTATIONS WHEN PEOPLE ARE HOLDING ON THE PHONE AT HOME? THIS IS REALLY, I'M NOT REALLY IF IT'S IMPORTANT, FINE, BUT WHY CAN'T SOME OF THIS WAIT UNTIL THE BAN IS LIFTED LIFTED.
I THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE CONSIDERATION WOULD BE APPRECIATED ITEM FOR EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR WHAT EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA.
YOU WANT TO GIVE UNLIMITED CONTROL TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR ANOTHER MONTH.
IT WAS ONLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON MARCH, 2019.
THIS MAN HAS ONLY BEEN ON THE JOB FOR A YEAR AND A HALF.
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AND HIS PAST HISTORY, POOF SAID HE IS NOT TRUST WORTHY.WHY WOULD SOMEONE GIVE THE ABILITY TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITHOUT ANY TRANSPARENCY? HIS HISTORY HAS PROVEN HE'S NOT CAPABLE TO DO THE JOB.
IF ANYTHING NOW IS, IS A DESPERATE, WE'RE DESPERATE FOR MONEY AND DESPERATE PEOPLE DO DESPERATE THINGS WITH NO OVERSIGHT.
THIS IS A CRITICAL TIME FOR THE CITY.
THIS AD WAS PLACED IN THE PAPER IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE.
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THIS COST, BUT THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF, OF WHAT HAS HAPPENING.
THIS WENT TO THE SUPERIOR COURT REGARDING THE BUMP, THE BOND, WHAT HAPPENED? THE RESIDENTS HAVE NOT HEARD HOW MUCH MONEY WAS WASTED ON THIS AD ATTORNEY OR OTHER FEES.
THERE'S A COUNSEL, KNOW HOW MUCH THIS COSTS.
THIS IS A FIVE BY 12, UM, ARTICLE THAT WAS IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE.
IT'S PROBABLY AROUND A THOUSAND DOLLARS A WEEK.
ITEM NUMBER 10, THE HOMELESS PROGRAM.
THE CITY FINALLY RECEIVED A GRANT OF $250,000, WHICH CAME FROM PROPOSITION EIGHT ATTACKS ON ALL PEOPLE ON THE STAFF REPORT.
25,000 WENT TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, $84,000 WAS CHARGED TO MAINTENANCE DISTRICT FOUR.
I WOULD LIKE THIS AMOUNT TO BE TAKEN FROM A $25,000.
THE CITY HAS ALLOCATED FOR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP.
WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING FOR THIS FEE OUT OF THE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT ACCOUNT.
AS RESIDENTS, WE ARE PAYING A TAX THROUGH MEASURE.
H IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE PAYING FOR THIS TWICE AND I HOPE THE OTHER COUNCIL DISTRICTS ARE PAYING ATTENTION.
AND ALSO WHY IS EVERYTHING LISTED UNDER THE CONSENT CALENDAR? COULD IT BE THAT THE CITY WANTS TO GET HOME EARLY? I'M SURE.
NOW, AS YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS A WEIGHT THAT YOU, IF YOU WANT TO EXTEND IT IS IT'S GO TO WORK EIGHT, EIGHT HOURS A DAY, FIVE DAYS A WEEK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JERRY PATCHES FOLLOWED BY COLEEN ROSATI FOLLOWED BY GOOD EVENING.
I'M A COMMENTING ON TWO ISSUES TONIGHT.
THE MANNER IN WHICH PUBLIC COMMENTS EMAILED TO THE CITY COUNCIL ARE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE AND AGENDA ITEM FOR EXTENDING THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
RECENTLY CITY LEADERSHIP DECIDED THAT POSTING EMAILED COMMENTS ON THE CITY WEBSITE IS A QUOTE, AN EQUIVALENT SUBSTITUTE FOR READING THOSE COMMENTS OUT LOUD DURING THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WELL, I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT DECISION.
I ACCEPT THE CONCEPT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE LEGAL RIGHT TO SET PARAMETERS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AS SUMMARIZE IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS PAGE FROM THE AC, OH, YOU HAVE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S WEBSITE THAT I PROVIDED YOU.
MY CONCERN IS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE EMAILED COMMENTS ARE POSTED TO THE CITY WEBSITE AND THE CITY'S AGENDA IN THE AGENDAS, EMAIL INSTRUCTION, THE CITY REQUESTS, THE FULL NAME AND ADDRESS BE PLACED IN THE EMAIL STAFF.
THEN POST EMAILS RECEIVED BY THE DESIGNATED TIME WITHOUT REDACTING THE INDIVIDUAL'S PHYSICAL ADDRESS OR EMAIL ADDRESS POSTING PUBLIC COMMENTS WITHOUT REDACTING.
THE INDIVIDUALS ADDRESS IS IN DECK DIRECT CONTRAST TO THE MANNER IN WHICH WEST COVINA POSTS, OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTAINING ADDRESSES.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE LEGALLY REQUIRED CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE DOCUMENTS REDACT PERSONAL ADDRESSES BEFORE THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
WHEN I CONTACTED THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND ASKED WHY EMAIL PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE POSTED DIFFERENTLY FROM OTHER DOCUMENTS, I WAS TOLD ONE OF THE CITY'S ATTORNEYS INSTRUCTED THEM TO POST IT THAT WAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH STAFF.
THEY'RE DOING THE JOB THEY'RE INSTRUCTED TO DO.
I AM HERE TO REMIND ALL THAT BYLAW INDIVIDUALS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO EVEN GIVE THEIR NAME OR ADDRESS THE PERSIST.
I ASKED THAT THE SAME COURTESY AND RESPECT BE GIVEN TO RESIDENTS WHO EMAIL IN THEIR PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT
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YOU AS COUNCIL MEMBERS RECEIVE WHEN YOU'RE LEGALLY REQUIRED.CAMPAIGN FINANCE FORMS ARE POSTED ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
PERSONAL ADDRESSES ARE REDACTED THAT THERE SHOULD BE NOT TWO STANDARDS, ONE FOR THEE.
AND ONE FOR ME ON AGENDA ITEM FOR THE LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION RESIDENTS ELECTED YOU NOT THE CITY MANAGER TO REPRESENT THEM.
THE CITY MANAGER'S DECISIONS REFLECT ON YOU.
HE IS AN UNELECTED BUREAUCRAT AND IS MAKING DECISIONS RESONANCE HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR PLEASE PULL AGENDA ITEM FOUR FROM THE CONSENT PALETTE CALENDAR.
WE RESIDENTS NEED TO HEAR WHAT CRITERIA YOU ARE USING TO CONTINUE THIS ACTION.
AND WHEN YOU WENT TO THE PATE, STOPPING IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS COLEEN ROSATI FOLLOWED BY CHRIS MILLER, FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT EVENING, EVERYONE COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M CALLING ROSATI, YOU'RE ELECTED CITY TREASURER, PRESIDENT OF WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL, A WEST COVINA HIGH SCHOOL BULLDOG AND CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT THREE.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TONIGHT ON A COUPLE AGENDA ITEMS, AS WELL AS ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD RECENTLY WHILE BEING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY BEFORE I DO, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY OF THE CITY TREASURER'S ROLE AND DUTIES.
THEY'RE BASED ON CITY ORDINANCE TWO, TWO NINE, EIGHT, WHICH WAS PASSED AND APPROVED OCTOBER 4TH, 2016.
THE OFFICE OF THE CITY TREASURER SHALL BE THE FOLLOWING TO REVIEW AND PRESENT MONTHLY INVESTMENT REPORTS TO PARTICIPATE IN INVESTMENT STRATEGY DECISIONS, TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INVESTMENT POLICY, TO SERVE AS A MEMBER OF THE AUDIT AND FINANCE COMMITTEE AND TO PERFORM OTHER DUTIES AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, ANY DUTIES OR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT SPECIFIED DELEGATED TO THE CITY TREASURER OR THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER SLASH FINANCE DIRECTOR, THE ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DRESS OUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, CONSENT CALENDAR CITY INVESTMENT REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF JULY 31, 2020, AN UPDATE OF WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL AND OUR IMPACT PROJECTS AND TRAFFIC AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
THE CONCERN OF THE COMMUNITY ITEM NUMBER TWO, AS YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION FIVE, THREE, SIX, FOUR SIX REQUIRES CITIES TO REPORT DETAILED INFORMATION REGARDING SECURITY INVESTMENT AND MONIES OF THE CITY AND THE CITY'S REPORT MARKET VALUE OF THE INVESTMENTS HELD THE CITY INVESTMENT POLICY, WHICH SHOULD BE REVIEWED AND ON ULI HAS A PRIMARY GOAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY'S PORTFOLIO IS MANAGED AT THE UTMOST SAFETY LIQUIDITY AND YIELD.
THIS REPORT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE FIVE THREE, SIX, FOUR SIX, JUST A COUPLE OF KEY POINTS.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THIS REPORT.
THE CITY SURPLUS FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY INVESTED IN THE COUNTY INVESTMENT POOL AND THE LA COUNTY INVESTMENT FUND.
THE LAX COUNTY INVESTMENT POOL HAS A BALANCED CURRENTLY, I'M SORRY, AS OF JULY 31ST, $60,153 EARNING A RATE AT THAT TIME OF 0.71%.
BALANCE AS OF JULY 31, 2020 HAS A BALANCE OF $65,000,926 AND 40 EARNING A RATE OF NINE POINT OR I'M SORRY.
WHILE THESE RATES ARE NOT RECORD-BREAKING, THEY ARE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.
OUR INVESTMENTS WITH CHANDLER INVESTMENT FUND, CONTINUE TO MATURE.
WE'RE ROLLING THESE FUNDS INTO THE MENTIONED ABOVE ACCOUNTS, KEEPING THEM SAFE, LIQUID AND EARNING THE HIGHEST YIELD POSSIBLE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT IN THIS REPORT THAT I GAVE BACK, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN APRIL.
THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET THE BUDGETED EXPENSES AND EXPENDITURES OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS WAS REMOVED AND OR MEETED BY THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
THE REPORT THIS EVENING DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 2020 RESTATES.
THE STATEMENT THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO MEET THE BUDGETED EXPENSES OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
I'M HOPING THAT THIS MAY INDICATE THE CITY'S FINANCES ARE BEING AND BEGINNING TO TAKE A TURN FOR THE BETTER TO AFFORD US MORE STABLE FINANCIAL POSITION.
AS OF JULY 31, 2020, THE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO HAD A MARKET VALUE OF $83,318,934.
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I'D LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS IS THE HIGHEST TOTAL MARKET VALUE I'VE SEEN IN MY SEVEN YEARS AS YOUR ELECTED CITY TREASURER.HAVING SAID THAT, I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE INVESTMENT REPORT ENDING JULY 30, ONE OF 2020, ANY QUESTIONS, OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO GET TO THE REST OF MY STUFF.
I HAVE A COUPLE UPDATES FROM WEST COVINA.
WE DID, UM, AN IMPACT PROJECT IN JUNE AND WE WERE AWARDED A CERTIFICATE IN AUGUST, I'M SORRY, IN JULY.
AND I'D LIKE TO READ THE LETTER FROM THE FAMILY, WHICH IS REALLY HEARTFELT.
THE GRATITUDE THAT I FEEL FOR WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL AND THEIR COMPASSION TOWARDS MY FATHER'S HOME.
MY FATHER HAS BEEN A DEDICATED CIVIL SERVANT TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND KEPT HIS CHILDHOOD HOME THROUGHOUT HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.
WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL MADE ARRANGEMENTS TO SUPPORT MY FATHER AND THANK HIM FOR HIS DEDICATION OVER THE YEARS, BY BEAUTIFYING HIS PROPERTY IN THE MOST THOUGHTFUL WAY, IT WAS AN AMAZING COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE.
AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT MY FATHER WAS ABLE TO RECEIVE THIS VISIT FROM THIS ORGANIZATION AND ITS PARTNERS BEFORE HIS PASSING.
IT MEANT EVERYTHING TO ME TO BE ABLE TO WITNESS WEST COMMUNITY BEAUTIFUL, PROVIDE MY WAS SUCH A GRANT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION AND REINFORCE THAT HE WAS TRULY BELOVED IN THIS CITY.
THAT GENTLEMEN, I'M NOT ALWAYS DOES WEST COVINA PICK THE PROD, NOT WEST COVINA PICK THE PROJECTS THAT WE, WE DO.
SOMETIMES THE PROJECTS PICK US AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT PICKED US.
UH, THAT LETTER CAME FROM THE DAUGHTER OF FORMER MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER, BRAD MCFADDEN, WHO PASSED AWAY, UM, IN JUNE ON THE 18TH.
AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE HIM AND WE WERE ABLE TO BEAUTIFY HIS PROPERTY AND WE'RE HAPPY TO DO SO.
AND OUR, OUR PROJECTS WILL CONTINUE ON ANYONE THAT WANTS TO GET INVOLVED.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS MILLER FOLLOWED BY STEVE BENNETT, FOLLOWED BRYANT, BUT FOLLOWED BY BRIAN TABATA.
BYE ARROW COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, LIKE ELSIE AND JERRY HAD SPOKE BEFORE.
IT'S TIME THAT YOU GUYS TAKE THE COUNCIL BACK.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CITY, ULTIMATELY NOT THE CITY MANAGER, AND MOST OF US ARE DONE WITH COVID EVEN THOUGH COVID IS NOT DONE WITH US.
IT'S TIME TO START BRINGING BACK NORMALCY ON ITEM FIVE.
I THINK THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT WE'RE INVESTING IN THE AUDIO SYSTEM.
SINCE I STARTED ON COUNCIL, AGAIN, AN EMERGENCY AND EXPENSE, WHY CAN'T THIS STUFF BE MASTER-PLANNED, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS SPENDING MONEY AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S FRIVOLOUS ON ITEM EIGHT.
IT KIND OF DISTURBS ME THAT WE'RE LETTING GO OF, UH, ANY KIND OF SAY BY DOING A QUID PRO CRO AND ANY KIND OF, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTROL AND, UH, HOLDINGS OF THE, UH, CENTER BY EDWARDS.
UM, A LOT OF US DON'T WANT TO SEE MIXED USE HOUSING.
I THINK REALLY WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE IS A WORKSHOP WITHIN THE RESIDENCE, NOT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE CITY GOVERNMENT PUT IN INPUT OR ANYBODY ELSE.
WE NEED TO SAY WHAT GOES THERE BECAUSE A LOT OF US WOULD LIKE OPEN AIR SHOPS, BRINGING BACK A DOWNTOWN, LIKE COVINA HAS LIKE OTHERS, LIKE MONROVIA HAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WORST THING THAT MONROVIA DID IS PUT MIXED USE HOUSING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE, THE LIBRARY.
I MEAN, IT TOTALLY CHANGES THE CITY, THE LOOK, THE FEEL, AND DOESN'T MAKE IT FEEL LIKE HOME.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAD A FILM, YOU KNOW, A THING WHERE IT IS PUSHING HOME HOME.
ISN'T, YOU KNOW, HIGH RISES OF MIXED USE HOUSING HOME IS, YOU KNOW, TO US AS A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S TIME THAT WE, YOU KNOW, BRING SOME OF THAT HOME BACK THAT, YOU KNOW, DIDN'T WORK.
WE WERE HEARING A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT PEOPLE IN THE COLONIES THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CRIME AND ISSUES.
YOU WANT TO BRING MORE OF THAT IN THE CITY WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM NINE IS THE FIRE EQUIPMENT, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, UPGRADING THEIR EQUIPMENT, BUT IT BETTER NOT GO TO COUNTY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVE BENNETT FOLLOWED BY BRIAN TABATA BY FOLLOWED BY MINERVA ABILA GOOD EVENING.
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SPEAKING UP HERE.WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE THAT WE'RE CANDIDATES.
I'M ALSO A CANDIDATE IN DISTRICT THREE.
UM, SO I, UH, WILL POINT THAT OUT AS WELL.
UM, BUT I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE DIFFERENT ITEMS TONIGHT.
THE FIRST ONE, I DIDN'T REALLY PUT THEM IN ANY SPECIFIC ORDER.
FIRST TIME I'M TALKING ABOUT IT'S ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LET'S SEE A QUICK CLAIM DEED, UH, OVER AT THE LAKES.
UM, I'M AWARE THAT IT'S THE LOCATION OF THE MICHAELS AND THE DRUMS CURRENTLY.
UM, I'M AWARE THAT IT'S ALREADY BEEN SOLD, UH, YEARS AGO AND, AND THAT THERE'S A GRANT DEED, UM, THAT INVOLVES THAT, UM, MUCH LIKE MR. MILLER POINTED OUT.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE MIXED USE HOUSING.
UM, WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE LIVING RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
THE REASON WHY WEST COVINA IS SUCH A GOOD COMMUNITY OR BEDROOM COMMUNITY TO SOME DEGREE IS BECAUSE OF THE RANCH STYLE HOUSING AND, AND, UH, LARGER YARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE TRANSFORMATION TO A I'M SORRY, LADY, BUT AN LA STYLE LIVING HIGH RISE LIVING, YOU KNOW, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK MOST OF US HERE BOUGHT OUT HERE BECAUSE WE WANTED HOUSES.
WE WANTED THE ABILITY TO DO IT, AND I THINK MOST PEOPLE DO.
UM, I'M NOT OBLIVIOUS TO THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO LIVE IN THAT STYLE.
UM, AND I THINK THERE'S A PLACE FOR IT.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT THE LAKES, ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES WE HAVE THERE IS THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE LAKES WAS TERRIBLE.
WE PUT PARKING STRUCTURES NEXT TO THE LARGEST FRONTAGE FREEWAY WE COULD GET, WHICH LIMITS OUR COMMERCIAL VIABILITY, OUR, OUR BUSINESS ABILITY IN THAT AREA.
IT'S A TERRIBLE DESIGN AND IT WAS DONE BACK IN THE EIGHTIES.
UM, MY CONCERN WITH TAKING THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE, UM, WHICH IS A SOMEWHAT THRIVING CENTER.
I MEAN, IT'S HAD SOME HIT AND MISS IS THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO.
NOPE, NO RESIDENTS EVEN BEEN ABLE TO SEE SOME SORT OF A DEAL THAT THEY WANT TO DO.
AND HERE THEY WANT KIND OF A CARTE BLANCHE GET RID OF THAT LIMITATION OF RETAIL ONLY.
UM, I THINK WE'RE PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
WE REALLY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE THAT'S PRIME FRONTAGE REAL ESTATE FOR OUR CITY.
AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO STICK HOUSING ON TOP OF RETAIL, THAT'S NOT THE PLACE FOR IT.
THERE ARE PLACES IN THE CITY FOR IT.
THE COLONY DIDN'T HAVE A RETAIL OPERATOR IN THERE FOR HOW MANY YEARS, BECAUSE NOBODY WANTED TO HAVE A RETAIL SPOT THERE PROBABLY WITH HOUSING ON TOP.
UM, SO I THINK THAT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA TO REMOVE THAT AT THIS POINT, UM, AS FOR THE QUICK CLAIM DEED AND THEM WANTING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REALLY HAVE A SAY, UM, IN THAT PROCESS, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, I'M GOING TO KIND OF MOVE OVER TO THE FIREFIGHTERS THING.
I'M CURIOUS, I MENTIONED A COUPLE OF COUNCIL MEETINGS AGO ABOUT THE PARKLAND, UH, FROM THE, UM, UH, HOSPITAL SALE OF PART OF SUNSET FIELD.
I'D MENTIONED THAT WE SHOULD GET ABOUT 460,000 RETURN TO THE GENERAL FUND.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE IF THE CITY MANAGERS HAD HIS TIME TO RESEARCH THAT SINCE HE WAS OBLIVIOUS TO THAT BEFORE.
UM, I'M REALLY KINDA CURIOUS WHAT HE FOUND OUT AND IF THIS HAS ANY OF THE MONEY TO IT, UM, THERE'S ABOUT $435,000 BEING ALLOCATED OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR VARIOUS, UM, PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, UH, WILDLANDS AND LOCAL AND SCUBA GEAR.
I'M SELF CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW.
AND I THINK ALL OF THIS IS NEEDED.
AND I THINK THAT, UM, OBVIOUSLY WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE EQUIPMENT THAT KEEPS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY SAFE.
UM, SO I I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT.
I'M REALLY HOPING THAT WE'RE NOT JUST DOING A BUDGET AMENDMENT TYPE SCENARIO FOR STUFF THAT WE DON'T HAVE IF WE FOUND THE FOUR 60 AND IT'S CORRECT THE 460 MILLION, UM, ARTHUR YEAH.
460,000 THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND USE.
CAUSE I THINK I EVEN SUGGESTED BACK THEN TO USE IT FOR THAT, BUT I'M REALLY CURIOUS TO SEE IF THE CITY MANAGER DID GO AHEAD AND, UH, GET THAT RESEARCH DONE THAT HE WAS UNAWARE OF.
UM, THE LAST THING I'M GONNA TALK ABOUT IS THE EXTENDING THE EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
I'M NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THE COVID EMERGENCY DECLARATION BECAUSE I KNOW MOST OF THAT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL FUNDS AND VARIOUS FEMA FUNDS AND THINGS THAT GO WITH IT.
MY CONCERN IS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE CITY MANAGER AND YOU GUYS DID A LEASE REVENUE BONDS AND PUT THE STREETS UP AS COLLATERAL AND REFINANCED A WHOLE BUNCH OF OUR PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS OR A PENSION OBLIGATION, AND WE'RE SAVING ABOUT $10 MILLION, I BELIEVE.
AND I BELIEVE THE CITY MANAGER, HIS QUOTE WAS DON'T GET EXCITED.
WELL, IF AT 435,000 IS PART OF BACK TO BROKE, THEN APPARENTLY WE'RE BACK TO SPENDING AGAIN, TOO.
UM, BUT ON THE BETTER HALF IS WHY DO WE STILL HAVE AN EMERGENCY FISCAL DECLARATION? NOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THE COVID.
WHY ARE WE STILL IN A FISCAL EMERGENCY? WHY ARE WE STILL THERE IF WE ARE NOW BACK TO BROKE BECAUSE WE WEREN'T IN A FISCAL EMERGENCY WHEN WE WERE BROKE BEFORE.
SO THE QUESTION IS, IS WHY ARE WE STILL THERE? LET'S RESCIND THE EMERGENCY OR EXPLAIN WHY THAT WE ARE NOT RESENDING IT BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU AS A RESIDENT, I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING THAT WHEN WE REPLACE OUR, UM, EMERGENCY RAINY DAY FUNDS OF THE 10 MILLION, WELL, YEAH, WE ARE BACK TO BROKEN.
WE'VE BEEN OPERATING ON THAT FOR YEARS DUE TO BAD MANAGEMENT.
AND I'M REALLY CURIOUS WHY WE'RE STILL HAVING A FISCAL EMERGENCY.
UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME GUYS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN TABATA BY FOLLOWED BY MINERVA.
ABILA FOLLOWED BY MS. RAMIREZ.
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GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.UM, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE LAND AND THE PEOPLES TO WHOM THIS LAND BELONGS AS ITS ORIGINAL CARETAKERS.
THIS IS THE LAND OF THE TONGVA NATION AND THEY ARE STILL HERE.
WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN THEIR RIGHT TO SELF DETERMINATION AND JUSTICE.
WE COMMIT TO WORKING TOWARD THE HEALING OF THE GENERATIONAL TRAUMA, DEFT AND DISPOSSESSION NATIVE PEOPLES HAVE FACED AND CONTINUE TO FACE.
WE ACKNOWLEDGE IT IS A CENTRAL TENANT OF SERVICE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AS A RESIDENT.
ONE OF THE FEW EXPECTATIONS WE HAVE FOR THOSE WHO REPRESENT US IS THAT THEY ACKNOWLEDGE OUR EXISTENCE.
IT WAS DISAPPOINTING THAT ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IGNORED RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE WHO SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE CHANGE IN THE GUEST'S ORDINANCE.
WHAT WAS WORSE WAS HIS COMPLETE ERASER OF MANY OF THOSE IN DISTRICT ONE WHO CONTINUE TO HAVE ISSUE WITH THE CHANGE BY STATING ONLY ONE RESIDENT HAS OPPOSED THIS DECISION.
MR. JOHNSON, LET ME INTRODUCE MYSELF.
MY NAME IS BRIAN TABATA BY RESIDENT OF DISTRICT ONE.
AND I, ALONG WITH ROBERT TORRES, WHO PROVIDED A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION ON THE SUBJECT IN OCTOBER, AND MANY OF THE RESIDENTS I HAVE SPOKEN TO ARE AGAINST THE CHANGE.
IGNORING HAS BEEN A CENTRAL THEME OF THIS COUNCIL.
DURING THAT SEPTEMBER 1ST MEETING, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON DID STATE CORRECTLY.
THAT HOMELESSNESS IS A MAJOR ISSUE FOR NEARLY EVERY RESIDENT.
IT WAS THE MOTIVATING FACTOR FOR MY DECISION TO RUN.
AND YET IF ONE VISITS THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ONE CAN SEE HOW LOW ON THE PRIORITY LIST INTENTIONALLY DEALING WITH THE ISSUE OF HOMELESS RESIDENTS TRULY IS UNDER HOMELESS SOLUTIONS FOR WEST COVINA.
ONE WILL FIND BROKEN LINKS, OUTDATED STATISTICS REDIRECTIONS OUT OF THE CITY TO COUNTY WEBSITES AND NO EVIDENCE OF OUR PROGRESS.
EVEN IN THE MISSION OF OUR HOPE TEAM, ONE WILL READ HOW LITTLE A PRIORITY DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS REALLY IS.
THE MISSION OF THE HOPE TEAM IS TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES BY ADDRESSING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN OUR CITY PARKS AND SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS, AS WELL AS I DO NOT HAVE TO FINISH THIS STATEMENT BECAUSE AS ANYONE WILL TELL YOU, IF YOU ARE THE AS WELL AS YOU REALLY AREN'T THE MISSION, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE.
WHAT YOU WON'T FIND PROMOTED ON THE WEBSITE IS INFORMATION ON THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
YOU WON'T FIND HOW THE $7 MILLION HAS BEEN ALLOCATED.
YOU WON'T FIND HOW THE QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE TO WEST COVINA FOR OUR HOMELESS PLAN IMPLEMENTATION WAS SPENT.
YOU WON'T FIND THAT OUR REPRESENTATIVES WERE ABSENT FROM THREE OF THE LAST FOUR MEETINGS.
MAYBE HOMELESSNESS STOPPED BEING AN ISSUE IN APRIL, JUNE, AND AUGUST.
MAYBE WE NO LONGER NEED ADVOCATES FROM OUR CITY COUNCIL TO DEAL WITH OUR HOMELESS ISSUE.
AND THIS INFORMATION IS THERE, BUT AFTER TWO HOURS OF SEARCHING, IS IT REALLY THEIR HOMELESSNESS IN WEST COVINA IS AN ISSUE THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVELY DEALT WITH CITIES LIKE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ELIMINATE VETERAN HOMELESSNESS AND HAVE BEEN SO EFFECTIVE THAT THEIR HOMELESS POPULATION IS FUNCTIONALLY ZERO, A CITY OF 145,000 PEOPLE WITH A MEDIUM INCOME, LESS THAN THE A, THAT OF WEST COVINA HAS BEEN INTENTIONAL MADE ENDING HOMELESSNESS, A PRIORITY, NOT AN AS WELL AS, AND HAS MADE CERTAIN TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND IDENTIFY WHO'S SLEEPING ON THEIR STREETS.
IF WE ARE SERIOUS ABOUT THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE FOR MOST RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY IN DISTRICT ONE, BUT ALL OF WEST COVINA, HEY, WE WILL NEED TO GET REAL TIME DATA.
WE WILL NEED TO HAVE OUR VOICES HEARD IN THE SGV COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, AND WE WILL NEED WITH THE DATA TO ADDRESS EACH SUBGROUP OF THE HOMELESS PROBLEM AND NOT WISH FOR SOME MAGIC BULLET OR HAS BECOME POPULAR IN POLITICS.
WISH THAT ONE DAY IT WILL JUST DISAPPEAR.
ABILA FOLLOWED BY MS. RAMIREZ.
I'M GOING TO HAVE MY VILLA WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A CITY STAFF ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS I ASKED AT THE LAST COUNCIL
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MEETING WHILE I APPRECIATE THE RESPONSE TO MY QUESTIONS.I STILL DON'T KNOW IF THE INADEQUACIES OF THE GUEST MONITORING SYSTEM HAVE BEEN FIXED.
DOES THE CITY KNOW, DOES THE CITY CARE I WAS LEFT CONFUSED BY THE CITY'S RESPONSE.
SO PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND BY CLARIFYING THE FOLLOWING, WHICH I EMAILED THE CITY LAST WEDNESDAY.
FIRST POINT, I AM NOW CLEAR ON WHERE THE CITY STANDS WITH REGARD TO THE ISSUE OF THE SOURCE OF THE METHANE GAS AT THE CLASS THREE SITE, THE CITY CONCURS WITH CAL RECYCLE THAT THE METHANE GAS IS INDEED FROM WASTE DECOMPOSITION.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BKK WORKING GROUP HAS ALWAYS DISPUTED THAT CONCLUSION.
AND INSTEAD HAS CONSISTENTLY ARGUED THAT THE SOURCE IS NATURALLY OCCURRING GUEST DEPOSITS.
I NOW CONCLUDE THAT THE BKK WORKING GROUP AND THE CITY ARE IN DISAGREEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE SOURCE OF THE METHANE GAS AT THE CLASS THREE SITE, PLEASE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.
POINT NUMBER TWO, I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE THE METHANE GAS EXCEEDS THE REGULATORY, THE GUEST PROBES ARE NOW SUBJECT TO TITLE 27 COMPLIANCE.
I SEE THIS AS A SIGN OF HIGHER RISK OF DANGER, RIGHT? WHAT EXACTLY DOES IT MEAN TO BE SUBJECT TO TITLE 27 POINT NUMBER THREE, YOU INDICATE THAT THE CITY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ADDRESSING THE INADEQUACIES OF THE GUEST MONITORING SYSTEM.
THE CITY DISAGREES WITH CAL RECYCLE.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT DTSC IS ADDRESSING THE INADEQUACIES OR DOES THE CITY ALSO DISAGREE WITH DTSC? IN THE MEANTIME, IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE THAT LETTER HAVE THE ENACT IT ADDICT, HAVE THE INADEQUACIES OF THE MONITORING SYSTEM AND FIXED AGAIN, HAVE THE INADEQUACIES OF THE MONITORING SYSTEM BEEN FIXED POINT NUMBER FOUR, I NOTICED IN THE EMAIL SENT TO ME AND IN CITY STAFF COMMENTS AT A COUNCIL MEETING LAST MONTH THAT YOU REFERRED TO THE CITY AND THE LEA THAT'S THE LEAD ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES.
I FOUND THIS INCREDIBLY CONFUSING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY WAS THE OUT.
I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CITY WAS THE LEA AND USED THE CONTRACTOR TO PERFORM ITS LEA OBLIGATIONS.
SO IS THE CITY NO LONGER THE LEA ARE YOU STATING THAT THE CITY TRANSFERRED ITS LEA OBLIGATIONS TO THE CONTRACTOR AND MY FIFTH AND FINAL POINT, YOU INDICATE THAT IT IS NOT QUOTE THE CITY'S NOR L E RESPONSIBILITY TO RESOLVE INADEQUACIES WITH A SYSTEM ON QUOTE.
SO THIS RACE IS A BROADER QUESTION.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY WITH REGARD TO THE BKK SITE? AGAIN, I THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE WITH MANY PARTIES INVOLVED.
I NEED TO KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT? SO I CAN HOLD EACH PARTY ACCOUNTABLE.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING THIS ADDRESSED HERE.
HI, MY NAME IS RICHARD RAMIREZ AND I'M A WEST COVINA RESIDENT.
YOU'RE DOING THE PARTNERSHIP WITH GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF THE PORT.
CAN YOU REMEMBER WHO WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND FACILITATING REHOUSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND OTHER GOODNESS INTO A LONGTERM SOLUTION? THAT'S GREAT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE 50,000.
IF SUPPOSED GO TO THE WESTMEAD, IT CAN BE FOR BICYCLE OUTREACH PROGRAMS. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS A FRAME TO PURCHASING BIKES FOR POLICE OFFICERS, OR IF IT'S REFERRING TO THE HOMELESS OUTREACH AND PARK ENFORCEMENT TEAM.
UM, EITHER WAY, I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS GRANT MONEY THAT'S.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, SUPPOSED TO GO TO LONG TERM SOLUTIONS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, WHY IT NEEDS TO GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING HOW MUCH DIVERSITY'S BUDGET IS ALREADY TAKEN UP BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UP TO 47% IN CASE ANYONE'S FORGOTTEN.
UH, BUT GOING BACK BRIEFLY TO THE HOME ABOUT REGENT PARK ENFORCEMENT TEAM, WHICH CONSISTS OF TWO POLICE OFFICERS, UM, AND BRIAN QUOTED THIS MISSION STATEMENT EARLIER AND I'LL RECORD IT HERE.
THE MISSION OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE
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HOPE TEAM IS TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED LEVEL OF SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES BY ADDRESSING CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN OUR CITY PARKS AND RUNNING NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS ISSUES, CITYWIDE, SUCH A MISSION STATEMENT LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THIS OUTREACH TEAM IS LESS ABOUT PROVIDING TANGIBLE RESOURCES FOR HOUSING AND MENTAL SUPPORT FOR THOSE WHO ARE HOMELESS AND MORE ABOUT POLICING THEM AND PUTTING THEM AWAY SO THAT THEY DON'T OFFEND OUR SUBURBAN EYES.I UNDERSTAND THAT PEOPLE CALL THE POLICE ALL THE TIME WHEN THEY SO MUCH AS WHEN SOMEBODY WHO'S HOMELESS, LIKE THAT'S A REALITY.
UM, BUT I JUST WONDER, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, CAN WE REDIRECT THOSE CALLS TO MENTAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROFESSIONALS? I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY SUPPOSED TO BE YOUR PARTNERS IN THIS WORK, RIGHT? THE MENTAL HEALTH EVALUATION TEAM AND COMMUNITY SERVICES SECTION THAT THEY'RE LISTED ON ECLINICAL HOPIS WEBSITE, WHY NOT MAKE THEM, YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY ROLE AND GIVE THEM THE PRIMARY FUNDING OR, YOU KNOW, DIRECT MORE OF THE GRANT MONEY TO REHOUSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, A BOARDING HOUSE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ET CETERA.
I KNOW THAT THE GRANT ALLOWS YOU TO GIVE UP TO 20, UH, GET UP TO 20% OF THE MONEY TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULD NOW, UH, BRIEFLY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SUPPORT, UM, POLICY THREE 10 SAYS THAT THE USE OF CHILL HOLES AND STRING, THE HOLES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE BY THE OFFICERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THERE'S AN AMENDMENT.
ANY PRODUCT SLASH CHOKE RESTRAINT IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED UNLESS FOR THE SITUATION WHERE DEADLY FORCE WOULD BE AUTHORIZED.
AN INTERESTING STATEMENT WHO DECIDES WHEN THIS DEADLY FORCE WILL BE AUTHORIZED POLICY 300.5 SEEMS TO GIVE ME MY ANSWER.
ANY USE OF FORCE IS DOCUMENTED AND JUSTIFIED BY THE AUSTIN OFFICER THEMSELVES WITH THE DEPARTMENT BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR FURTHER COLLECTION OF DATA, GIVEN THAT PATTERN OF OUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
AND ALWAYS, I WONDER IF WE CAN REALLY TRUST THE POLICE, THE POLICE THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, I JUST, I'M, IT'S A GENUINE QUESTION.
HOW ARE WE AS CITY AND COMMUNITY HOLDING THEM ACCOUNTABLE TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, AND THE COUNCIL, CAN IT BE, YOU KNOW, A CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE? I MEAN, THESE ARE JUST MY QUESTIONS.
UM, AND THEN MY FINAL POINT BRIEFLY, UH, I PERSONALLY FIND NOTHING WRONG, INHERENTLY WRONG WITH MIXED USE HOUSING.
NOT EVERYONE HAS THE LUXURY OF BUYING THEIR OWN SUBURBAN HOME.
I CAN ATTEST TO THAT AS A MILLENNIAL, BUT, UH, THAT'S JUST MY THOUGHTS ANYWAYS.
UM, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND, WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DO WE HAVE ANY PERSON PRESENT, WANT TO ADDRESS TO COUNSEL YOU THERE? I'M NOT TRYING TO PICK ON YOU, BUT I SURE AN A M NO.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH AND OVER-COMMUNICATION CLOTHES.
AND, UH, A COUPLE OF CRASH AND FALL AUDIENCE.
THE FIVE BY 12 ADD ON NEWSPAPER.
WOULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THAT? OKAY.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, UH, JERRY TALKING ABOUT ACU EMAIL THING.
MAYBE YOU SEE THE ATTORNEY, YOU HAVE THE ADDRESS ABOUT OKAY.
THE ADDRESS ISSUE AND, UH, OKAY.
WE GOT IN THE STATE OF EMERGENCY TO CT.
WHY WE STILL NEEDED? BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS TIME.
YOU EXPLAINED TO ME SOME KIND OF BENEFIT THAT WE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO GET DOING THIS PANDEMIC.
SO, AND, UH, CHRIS IS TALKING ABOUT A 400, SOME THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THIS, STEVE, RIGHT? STEVE TALKING ABOUT IT.
STEVE TALKING ABOUT THE SOUND SET.
THE $470,000 THAT SHOULD BE REIMBURSED.
AND THE GENERAL FUND, THE, BASICALLY WE PAY FOR THE FIRE AND IT'S SO QUITE, WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION? I MEAN, I THINK HE ALREADY PULL IT.
SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO DISCUSS TODAY.
SO, AND OTHER THAN THAT, OKAY.
AND IF SOMETHING I MISS, OKAY.
A CITY MANAGER, MAYBE YOU REMEMBER.
COULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS OKAY.
TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND INCLUDING THE PKK.
I KNOW IT'S VERY COMPLICATING BECAUSE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR DTSC LAST TIME AND THEY CONTROL BY THE STATE.
AND THE, AND MY UNDERSTANDING BASED ON LAST PRESENTATION, WE, OVER THERE AT THE DTS IS SEE WITH WALKING PKK WALKING GROUP, THEY TOLD US THEY ALWAYS ALREADY, OKAY.
THEY ONLY HAVE ANOTHER TWO YEARS TO GO.
SO ONLY LEFT MAYBE ONLY TO COMMPOWER.
I THINK YOU ARE PRESENT IN LEG PRESENTATION THERE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL, I'M BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
AND I THANK THEM FOR DOING IT.
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LCMS MEN HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, TWO THINGS.UM, THE PEOPLE CALL IN, UM, ARE CALLED IN, IN ORDER AND DO, WAIT AS DO ALL OF US FOR THE FIRST PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
THAT PRESENTATION IS TO CONCLUDE BEFORE WE GET TO THOSE SPEAKERS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL VERY MUCH WELCOME HER QUESTION ABOUT THE AD PLACED IN THE PAPER.
THAT WAS A LEGALLY REQUIRED AD, WHICH WAS PLACED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THOSE LAWS.
WHEN THE CITY WAS EXPLORING VARIOUS FINANCING OPTIONS FOR ITS UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY, THAT PARTICULAR AD PERTAINED TO A COURT VALIDATION ACTION, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED.
HAD WE TAKEN THAT FINANCING VEHICLE? INSTEAD WE PIVOTED AT THE LAST MINUTE AND DID A LEASE REVENUE BOND, WHICH OUT OF A 200, $4 MILLION UNFUNDED PENSION LIABILITY RESULTED IN A REDUCED INTEREST RATE.
WE GOT A FIXED RATE OF 3.72 FOR THE SAME TIME TENOR.
AND WE HAD BEEN PAYING CALPERS 7%.
WE ACHIEVED BY THAT TRANSACTION, A NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS OF NORTH OF $50 MILLION.
AND IN THE CURRENT YEAR, IT'S REALLY ENABLED US TO BE ABLE TO BUILD BACK UP THE MINIMUM REQUIRED RESERVES, BUT THAT AD WAS PLACED BY THE CITY AS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN REQUIRED TO DO, UM, AND ASKING A BALL REGARDING THE DISTRICT FORD.
UM, WE ARE EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF USING MEASURE H FUNDS FOR THOSE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS.
EACH ONE OF THOSE COST ABOUT $1,400.
WE BELIEVE THERE ARE QUITE NECESSARY AND THEY'RE APPROPRIATE TO BE CHARGED AS THEY HAVE BEEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO KEEP LOOKING FOR OPTIONS THERE BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO MANAGE THE EXPENDITURES AS BEST WE CAN.
UM, I KINDA AGREE WITH LZ, IF WE SHOULD, MAYBE YOU CAN GET A MAJOR EIGHT MONEY THAT UNDERSTAND IT.
WE GAVE TO COUNTY AND THE COUNTY, YOU HAVEN'T GIVEN LOOK TOO MUCH.
WE THINK WE'VE GOT A POSSIBILITY OF ACCOMPLISHING THAT.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA KEEP WORKING ON THAT.
UM, JERRY PORTRAITS ASKED ABOUT THE PUBLIC COMMENT PARAMETERS AND THAT THE NAMES ARE NOT BEING REDACTED.
WE DID GET A LEGAL OPINION ABOUT THAT.
AND IF I COULD PUT THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THE SPOT, UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE HIM ANSWER THAT PIECE BECAUSE COMPLYING WITH THIS PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO SPEAK IS QUITE IMPORTANT TO US.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET IT RIGHT.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY, WOULD YOU MIND SPEAKING TO THAT ONE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
AND THE CITY CLERK WILL CLARIFY THE CONVERSATION SHE HAD WITH THE SPEAKER.
AND LET ME CLARIFY THAT THE EMAIL THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE DOCUMENT IN THE BODY OF THE EMAIL ADDRESS, AND THAT'S PART OF THE COMMENTS WE'RE NOT GOING TO REDACT, THAT'S WHY IT WAS INCLUDED.
IT'S CORRECT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE YOUR NAME HELPS THE CITY CLERK IDENTIFY, PERHAPS WE COULD RESPOND TO MS. PORTRAITS.
UM, AFTER THIS MEETING TONIGHT, THE TWO SPEAKERS ASKED ABOUT THE QUICK CLAIM DEED, WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE APPLICANTS TO APPLY FOR MIXED USE HOUSING AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT TONIGHT.
UM, AS THE MIRROR STATED, I'VE ASKED COUNCIL TONIGHT TO NOT ACT ON THAT TO TABLE THAT, REFER IT BACK TO STAFF.
I NEED TO DO SOME MORE WORK ON THAT ONE WITHOUT, UM, WILL NOT BE RECOMMENDED TO BE ACTION UPON TONIGHT.
AND THEN THE LAST SUBSTANTIVE COMMENT I WANTED TO SPEAK TO, UM, CAME FROM, UH, MS. RAMIREZ, WHO ASKED ABOUT THE CITY'S ACTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE USE OF DEADLY FORCE.
WE'VE GOT AN AGENDA ITEM THIS EVENING.
WE'RE IN THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING COUNCIL ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS AS, AS WELL AS THAT ONE.
I THINK THOSE WERE THE ONLY RESPONSES ON IT.
STILL FOR EMERGENCY THE, WE STEAL OKAY.
UNDER CONSIDERED, OH, WHY IS THE BENEFIT? BECAUSE I TALKED TO YOU TOW.
ME AND WE GOT INTO BENEFIT OF THAT BECAUSE I ALREADY ASKED YOU WHAT, REGARDING THIS USUAL, WHY YOU STILL CONTINUE A NEAT THING.
AND WOULD YOU PLEASE EXPAND TO THE RESIDENT? Y AS A CD MANAGERS, DO YOU NEED THIS? OKAY, COOL.
AND IF IT'S BENEFIT TO CT, OKAY.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO THESE AND DEMI'S OVER IT.
THAT THE CITY IS STILL OPERATING UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY THE CURRENT PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT COULD CONTINUE TO INCREASE, UM, BUDGETARY STRAIN ON THE CITY.
AND HAVING THIS IN PLACE DOES ENABLE US TO CONTINUE TO FUNCTION IN THIS MODE.
WE'RE MEETING WITH ALL THE DIRECTORS EVERY SINGLE MORNING FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR AND TALKING ABOUT COVID ISSUES.
UM, I THINK IT ALSO ENABLES US TO BE ABLE
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AND ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS AND AID, WHICH WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN DOING AS WE WIND OUR WAY THROUGH THIS CRISIS.SO, UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND IT, THERE'S A PROCEDURE IN PLACE FOR THESE ITEMS THAT ARE ACTED UPON TO COME TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
SO COBRA IN THE WAY ALMOST TWO MONTHS, RIGHT.
WHEN WE DO SEE EMERGENCY THAT'S CORRECT.
I KNOW YOU JUST REQUEST ADDITIONAL MONTHS TO MOLLY TO COME IN SITUATION THAT'S RIGHT? YES, SIR.
UM, MR. MAYOR, IF MAYBE WE HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, HOMELESSNESS AND HOW WE HANDLE IT, UH, MAYBE IF OUR CHIEF OR SOMEONE COULD SPEAK AND MAYBE MARK AS WELL ABOUT THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE DO AND THE LIMITATIONS WE HAVE FOR MARK TO EXPLAIN TO US OKAY.
I THINK JENNY OR WE, WE STARTING WELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, WE HAVE A BIG MEETING TALKING ABOUT WEST COVINA HOMELESS INITIATIVE REGARDING CONSOLIDATE.
AND THEN WE TRY TO HELP THE HOMELESS OFF THE STREET.
ACTUALLY, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS I'VE GOT A SECTION IN MY PRESENTATION THAT SPEAKS DIRECTLY ABOUT THE HOMELESS AND I'LL BE ABLE TO COVER EVERYTHING YOU WANT.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
WE CAN PUT IT ALL IN ASSUMPTION THAT DOING YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, ANY, ANY, ANY, ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE MOVED TO A
[CITY MANAGER'S REPORT]
CITY MANAGER REPORT PLEASE? GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AGAIN, I'VE GOT JUST A COUPLE BRIEF ITEMS TO REPORT OUT TONIGHT.AS A CITY MANAGER REPORT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO PROVIDE AS A CITY, UM, MUTUAL AID TO OTHER COMMUNITIES UP AND DOWN THE STATE, AS THEY CONTINUE TO BE BESET BY THESE DIFFERENT FIRES TO BOBCAT, UH, THE NORTH COMPLEX FIRE, THE RED SALMON COMPLEX FIRE AS OF TODAY, AND THESE NUMBERS MOVE UP AND DOWN EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE'VE GOT 12 OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT ARE DEPLOYED AMONG THREE ACTIVE FIRES.
WE ARE BECAUSE THE BOBCAT FIRE IS SO CLOSE.
ALSO JUST COINCIDENTALLY OR DIRECTLY AS A RESULT OF HOSTING SOME OF THE FIREFIGHTERS AT OUR FACILITIES BECAUSE THEIR ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE TO SLEEP ON THE GROUND OUT THERE ON A FIRE LINE.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD HELP THEM A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO WE'RE USING OUR FIRE STATION TWO IN THE ADJACENT, UM, SENIOR CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER AND SETTING THEM UP WITH COTS AND HOT MEAL.
THERE ARE SO MANY DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE ENGAGED IN FIGHTING ALL THESE DIFFERENT TRAGEDIES THAT THEY WERE DOWN TO A SACK MEAL FOR LUNCH IN A BROWN BAG MEAL FOR DINNER.
WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO TODAY WE WERE GOING TO TRY AND, UM, UP AT A LITTLE BIT AND, AND TREAT THEM AS OUR GUESTS AT, UH, AT THE CITY FACILITY.
WE HAD SOME OTHER DEPARTMENTS RESPOND TO US AT THE, AT THE PARK FIRE A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND IT'S REALLY OUR PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND.
UM, JUST WANTED TO BRIEFLY MENTION THERE WAS A STAPLES OFFICE DEPOT, UM, DONATION THAT, UM, WAS GARNERED THIS MORNING FOR SHOPPERS AND, UM, $6,329 GIVEN TO WEST COBY IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WE THINK NEXT YEAR MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND GO TO OTHER SCHOOLS AS WELL.
WE HAVE HAD OFFERS FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WANT TO LEAD EFFORTS TO FUND THE RESTORATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE PARK.
FOLLOWING THAT AUGUST 13 FIRE, UM, THERE ARE GOING TO NEED TO BE A VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN PUT IN PLACE.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THESE VOLUNTEERS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE EMPLOYED ALL THE RIGHT PRINCIPLES OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND, UM, DO WHAT WE CAN TO, UH, TRIM OR REMOVE THE, THE DEAD TREES.
THE PARK REMAINS CLOSED, BUT WE'RE REALLY HEARTENED BY THE OFFER OF COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP BY PEOPLE THAT WANT TO WORK WITH US.
AND WE'LL RETURN TO YOU WITH A, WITH A PLAN AND WITH SOME CONTRACTS, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK BEFORE WE GET GOING ON THAT.
UM, NEXT SLIDE, THIS LITTLE PUPPY IN THE SLIDE IS A REMINDER THAT WE NEED TO ALL GET DOG LICENSES.
WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN CANVASSING IN OCTOBER, WHICH IS A REALLY GOOD WAY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS THE PROPER LICENSES.
UM, INLAND VALLEY HUMANE STAFF WILL BE WEARING UNIFORMS AND IT'LL BE A CONTACTLESS, UM, UM, REFERENCE, BUT WE WANT PEOPLE TO, UM, JUST BE AWARE THAT WE'LL SOON BE IN THE FIELD WITH THAT.
UM, THIS NEXT SLIDE IS A DEPICTION OF THE SAD STATE OF, UM, DECAY ON THE TOP OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE HERE AT JASON TO CITY HALL.
AND I'M JUST USING THIS AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHEREIN COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE ASKED TO CONSIDER FUNDING A WHOLE HOST OF MEASURES
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AT VARIOUS CITY FACILITIES, UM, TO UPGRADE OTHER FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN RUN NOW UNTIL THEY FAIL.UH, IT'S KIND OF A THEME, BUT HPAC SYSTEMS AND ROOFS.
WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE ON THIS TOP DECK, UM, WITH SOME SOLAR PANELS AND SOME LED LIGHTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS OUT OF THE ENERGY SAVINGS THAT WE ACHIEVE.
IT USES A SPECIFIC VEHICLE THAT'S ALLOWED UNDER STATE LAW, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ABOUT THAT.
BE ASKED TO CONSIDER A, A $2.8 MILLION PACKAGE OF IMPROVEMENTS AT YOUR NEXT MEETING.
IT'S A WAY TO CREATE, UM, FINANCING TO GET THESE NEEDED PROJECTS DONE.
AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH THIS SELECTED VENDOR ON, UM, PERCENTAGES OF OVERHEAD AND PROFIT AND, UM, INTEREST RATES THAT WILL BE PAID TO WHATEVER BANK OR CONSORTIUM OF BANKS WE COME WITH.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE SAVE MONEY IN, IN EVERY ASPECT ON THAT PROJECT.
NEXT SLIDE IS A REMINDER FOR PEOPLE TO BE SURE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE 2020 CENSUS.
UM, THE CITY DIRECTLY BENEFITS FROM THE CENSUS DATA BY FUNDS THAT PAY FOR OUR MEALS, PROGRAMS OR HOMELESS SERVICES.
UM, SECTION EIGHT FUNDING PREPARE FOR WILDFIRES, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, PARTICIPATION RATES HAVE BEEN OKAY.
WE'D LIKE TO GET TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
THAT'S ALWAYS AN IMPOSSIBLE GOAL, BUT WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO FILL OUT THE CENSUS.
WE WANTED TO MENTION PUBLICLY THAT THE PLAZA WEST COVINA IS NOW UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP.
WE HAVE BEGUN TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEW INVESTMENT COMPANY, GOLDEN EAST INVESTORS AND PACIFIC RETAIL CAPITAL PARTNERS.
THEY'VE ACQUIRED A PLAZA WEST COVINA AS PART OF A SEVEN MALL PACKAGE THROUGH A BIDDING PROCESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO RESTRUCTURE THEIR MORTGAGES AND TO REPOSITION SOME OF THE PROPERTIES.
AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF WORK GOING INTO THE REPOSITIONING OF THE PLAZA WEST COVINA.
WE HOPE THEY CAN PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF.
WE'RE GONNA, UM, WORK HARD TO ESTABLISH QUICKLY A RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NEW OWNERSHIP INTEREST.
AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THIS MERRILL GARDENS COMMUNITY, UM, COMPLEX, WILL IT BE OFFERING INDEPENDENT LIVING ASSISTED LIVING MEMORY CARE.
IT'S A TOTAL OF 111 UNITS, AND THEY'RE NOW ACCEPTING RESIDENT APPLICATIONS.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE OPENING LATER THIS MONTH.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT THIS EVENING.
OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FROM CITY MANAGER, I WILL QUIT.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, A GOOD WAY TO COOPERATE, TO HELP OUR OTHER CT AND ESPECIALLY FIRE UNIT BECAUSE THEN COSTA PARK FILE, WHICH HAS HAPPENED TO THE BIG DAYDREAM FIRE.
NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE HAVE ALL DONNIE CON CONTENT AND THE COUNTY OR THE FIRE UNIT COME TO US.
THE SERVICE, WE PUT A FIRE IN NO TIME.
SO I THINK THIS IS A TIME TO RETURN THE FAVOR AT HIS IMPORTANT WORK TOGETHER TO STOP THIS WILDFIRE, CONTINUE TO ENCROACH THE PEOPLE'S OKAY.
I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT INLAND HUMAN SOCIETY.
I THINK IT WAS CITY COUNCIL APPROVED.
WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH A DEFICIT OF $500,000.
SO, SO I THINK, OKAY, NOW HE WANTS TO DO CANVASSING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH WHAT THEY OKAY.
OVER BUDGET, BECAUSE THIS IS MORE THAN FIND YOU, MEANING FIND YOURSELVES IN DOLLARS OVER BUDGET LA IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE ORIGINAL PROMISES.
AND THE CITY MANAGER TO LOOK INTO IT.
LAST TIME, THE MAJORITY ASKED YOU TO LOOK INTO THAT.
TO SEE YOU QUAL COMPARE WITH BOWEN PARK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE A DEFICIT.
AND WE DO NOT WANT TO PAY ANOTHER FINE RESULT IN DOLLARS.
SO AGAIN, NUMBER THREE, WE GOT INTO, WE TALKED ABOUT THE FIRE.
AND THE PREVENTION, INCLUDING TALKING ABOUT COST, THE POWER WAS A VOLUNTEER.
AND THEN NEED TO BE RESEARCH AND PROPOSAL AND MAKES SURE LIABILITY ISSUE.
AND WE NEED A PROFESSIONAL TO DO THE CLEANUP.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS NOT ONLY CLOSE THE PARK.
I THINK WE SHOULD SERVE AND TELL CITY, OKAY.
WE SHOULD USE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE I WAS 16 PARK AND ALL THE COMING AREA, ESI AND DOWN SOUTH.
THEY NEED TO USE A DRUM TO SURVEY ALL THE POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD.
AND THEN I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A REPORT FOR THAT.
ANYWAY, THIS IS, MY REQUEST IS ON YOUR REPORT.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
WE MOVE INTO CONSENT CALENDAR.AND A CITY COUNCIL YOU WANT TO APPROVE? I KNOW.
YOU WANT TO PUT A NUMBER FIVE? OKAY.
THE MALE PROTEIN WANTS TO OKAY.
PULL NUMBER FIVE AND NUMBER EIGHT, YOU ALREADY PULL OUT.
SO, SO WE DON'T HAVE NUMBER EIGHT.
THEY NEED TO BE WITH SEARCH AND SHOW TO US.
REGARDING LAB, BECAUSE IT'S AN ISSUE.
AND A LAWYER WOULD BE NUMBER 10, NUMBER 10.
AND I WOULD PUT NUMBER NINE, THE EQUIPMENT FOR FIRE OF FIGHT TO DEPARTMENT BY DEPARTMENT.
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NUMBER FOUR ON THE RECORD IS OCEAN NUMBER, EXTENSION.SO I KNOW JESSICA, YOU WANT TO PULL ANYTHING? I HAD TALKED TO THE SAME MANAGER ABOUT, SO THAT WAS MY ONLY ISSUE.
SO, UH, WE ARE GOING TO APPROVE OKAY.
THAT INCIDENT KIND OF UNDER ONE, TWO, THREE OR SIX.
UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SIX.
AND THE NUMBER FOUR IS NO ON, OKAY.
AND, UH, COUNCILMAN CASIANO SECOND AT ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
ULTIMATELY CASTELLANOS JOHNSON AND JOHNSON ON SOME MEMBER.
SHOEMAKER MAY APPROACH HIM LOPEZ BEATO AYE.
ONE ON THE NUMBER FOUR REGARDING THE EXTENSION.
MOUNTS OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY DECLARATION.
[5) CONSIDERATION OF RATIFICATION OF EMERGENCY PURCHASE OF COUNCIL CHAMBERS AUDIO SYSTEM UTILIZING PEG FUNDS]
OKAY.AND GO TO THE NUMBER FIVE AGENDA ITEM, NUMBER FIVE.
I CONCUR THAT WE HAD APPROVED THE SYSTEM A WHILE BACK, WHICH I DID REQUEST THE LAST TIME WE APPROVED, WHICH THANK YOU FOR SENDING ME THAT LAST REPORT ON, UM, SEPTEMBER 18, 2018.
MY QUESTION WITH THIS IS, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT SAID, STAFF REACHED OUT TO MANY AUDIO VIDEO VENDORS.
I WANTED TO KNOW HOW MANY AND WHO, UM, MY CONCERN IS.
I ALWAYS PREFER GETTING A SECOND OPINION ON ANY THINGS THAT WE COME IN AND WHAT ARE THE NEEDS.
UM, AND THEN ON THE DIFFERENT REPORTS ON THE ATTACHMENT, I WAS LOOKING AT, IT HAD DATES, UH, FIRST ONE, MAY SIX SECOND, ONE, JULY 15, THIRD, ONE AUGUST 4TH.
AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHY, SO MAYBE WE CAN HAVE SHANK TO GIVE A REPORT FIRST AND WE CAN BRING THE QUESTION UP SO I CAN ANSWER IT.
SO, SO, UM, IS THERE A POWERPOINT? OH, I, THEN I DON'T MIND.
YOU CAN CREATE THE POWERPOINT.
I'M GOING TO BRING DOWN THE KEYCODE, WHO CAN ACTUALLY TALK ABOUT THE, THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF IT.
UM, UH, IF YOU COULD, I THINK IF MICHAEL WOULD COME UP TO THE PODIUM, UM, AND I WILL JUST GO MIKE DOMINO, CAN YOU SPEAK CLOSER TO IT, SIR? WELL, I SHOULD KNOW AVI BETTER.
WOULD YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THIS OFF? OH, BY THE WAY, PROUD TO SEE I'M DREW LONGING HIRES.
TWO OUT OF THREE STUDENTS WON AWARDS.
HE SAID TO SAY, HI, WE WORK AND HAVE WORKED FOR THEM YEARS, PROVIDING INSIGHT TO THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL.
UM, ANYWAY, WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, THIS IS MORE OF OVERVIEW, WHO WE ARE LOCAL CALIFORNIA COMPANY.
A THIRD OF MY EMPLOYEES LIVE IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
WE ARE IN 20 YEARS IN BUSINESS.
WE'RE LICENSED CONTRACTOR, UM, SOLID TEAM, 85 EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE NATIONWIDE, TOP 20 INTEGRATOR NATIONWIDE RANKED IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.
JUST TO GIVE YOU A SORT OF PURVIEW OF, OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED IN OTHER CITIES, IT INCLUDES CITY BURBANK.
WE'VE DONE TWO, THREE PHASES WHERE THEY'VE VESTED OVER $2 MILLION.
WE FEEL FOR CITIES TO HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR CONSTANT CONSTITUENTS, UM, CITY COSTA MESA, AB BROADCAST UPGRADE.
THEY RECENTLY DID ALSO AN OPEN BID.
UM, CITY OF SANTA MONICA WAS ANOTHER LARGE BID THAT WE CAME IN TO HELP THEIR VOTING SYSTEMS WORK THROUGH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
MY COMPANY, WE BOUGHT THE COMPANY THAT HAS THE $5 MILLION CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES FOR ALL THE SUPPORT CITY OF ALLENDALE.
WE DID A SYSTEM AB UPGRADE CITY OF DENVER, LOTS OF LOCAL CLIENTS, INCLUDING WEST COVINA UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOL AND MOUNT SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE.
SO WE'RE VERY WELL KNOWN IN THE INDUSTRY, HAVE A VERY GOOD REFERENCE AND RECORD.
UM, WE TRY VERY HARD TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND MAKE OUR CLIENTS WORK.
UM, I WILL GO INTO THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SORT OF INSIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR.
THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR HOW TO STREAM THE MEETINGS.
WE CAME IN, WE BROUGHT IN A LOANER SYSTEM TO ALLOW THE CITY TO RUN.
IT WAS AN AJA HILO, $2,000 PRODUCT.
MY TEAM CAME IN, MY TEAM WORKED WITH YOU GUYS.
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GUYS LIKED IT.UM, LATER YOU NEEDED A, AN ABILITY TO HAVE REMOTE CAMERAS TO STREAM INTO YOUR SYSTEM ONTO YOUTUBE.
AND YOU PURCHASED A VERY SMALL PURCHASE AROUND $1,500 A LIVE VIEW SYSTEM.
SO THE NEXT ONE WAS 2018 AND YOU WERE LOOKING FOR FIBER EXTENDERS AND CONVERTERS.
WHAT WE REALLY DID WAS THOSE THREE THINGS OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WAS HELPING DEFINE AND BUILDING CREDIBILITY THAT WE ARE A PARTNER OF THE COMMUNITY, THAT WHEN YOU HAVE SMALL LITTLE PROBLEMS, WE'LL COME OUT AND HELP YOU.
UM, OUR CLIENTS RANGE FROM THE BIGGEST STUDIOS TO SOME OF THE LARGEST CORPORATIONS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, BUT I'VE ALWAYS BEEN TRULY COMMITTED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY, PRIMARILY FOR MY BELIEF IN COMMUNICATION.
SO CRYSTAL WILL PROBABLY COME UP AND GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS WE RECEIVED A CALL IN APRIL OF 2020 IS EVERYBODY KNOWS.
THAT WAS A VERY TOUGH TIME TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.
UM, I'D SENT EVERY SINGLE EMPLOYEE HOME EXCEPT FOR SIX SKELETON EMPLOYEES WE HAD AT OUR OFFICES FOR WAREHOUSE AND FOR BASIC TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
UM, FORTUNATELY WE HAD MOVED ALL OF OUR SYSTEMS FROM PHONE TO, UM, ERP TO CRM ALL UNDER THE CLOUD AT THE END OF 2018.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO LITERALLY HAVE EVERYBODY PACK THEIR COMPUTER UP, GO TO THEIR HOME AND CONTINUE OPERATING FROM BUSINESS.
THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WERE ABLE TO RESPOND AND A LOT OF THE COMPETITORS IN THE INDUSTRY DON'T, I DON'T HAVE PURVIEW TO HOW MANY CALLS WERE MADE AND YOU'RE IN SEAN CAN ANSWER THAT TYPE OF QUESTION FOR YOU.
THERE WAS AN AUDIO FAILURE ON THE AUDIO SYSTEM TO THE, OUR KNOWLEDGE AND WE WEREN'T INVOLVED 10 YEARS AGO IS A 10 YEAR OLD SYSTEM.
UM, SO THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF CHANGES IN BOTH AUDIO AND VIDEO TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATION OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS FROM A TECHNOLOGY LEVEL.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR CELL PHONE FROM 10 YEARS AGO, TO LOOK AT IT TODAY IN 2020, YOU COULD ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEVELS OF CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED FROM TECHNOLOGY.
SO YOU WENT FROM BASICALLY AN AAV, LIKE A VHS CONNECTION INTO YOUR PROGRAMMING, ALL OF YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO A FULL IP SYSTEM, REPLACING THE TECHNOLOGY SO THAT IT COULD BE ENABLED TO WORK WITH YOUR NEW VOTE LINK SYSTEM.
UM, SEAN CONNECT AND EXPLAIN WHY THE VOTE LINKS IS GOING ON IN CRYSTAL VALASCO CAN COME IN AND WE CAN TALK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, HOW TECHNICAL YOU WANT TO GET IS UP TO YOU.
UM, IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE AND HOW WE WORKED WITH YOU.
UM, AS I SHOWED EARLIER, WE WORK WITH A LOT OF CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WE WORK HARD AND OUR FOCUS IS ON YOUR SUCCESS AND OUTCOME OF SUCCESS FOR THE CITY.
UM, SO THAT'S THE OVERALL, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDER TOO.
UM, THESE WERE SOME CHALLENGES THAT WE RAN INTO.
YOU HAVE A RACEWAY IN HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE ARCHITECTURE IS FAIRLY, UM, SOLID, YOU KNOW, IT'S PROFESSIONAL LOOKING, BUT YOU KNOW, RUNNING WIRES AND CABLES IN THE BACKGROUND, VERY TOUGH.
SO YOUR TRAY UP THERE THAT RUNS IT IS ALL FULL.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO RECONFIGURE AND ALLOW FOR, UM, VIDEO SIGNAL TO GO IP AND THE AUDIO SIGNAL TO GO IP AS WELL, THE CONFERENCES.
SO WE ADDED THE NEW RACEWAYS, UH, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AN EXPENSIVE REMODEL ITSELF IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION AND CONTRACTING FOR YOU SO THAT WASN'T HAD TO BE DONE.
UM, ALL THE CEILING SPEAKERS WEREN'T WORKING, SO WE'VE REPLACED ALL OF THEM.
UM, AND AS WELL, WE DID, UM, THINGS CREATE EQUALIZATION WITHIN THE ROOM.
ONCE AGAIN, I'VE BEEN IN THIS ROOM THREE YEARS AGO, BUT I DIDN'T SIT THROUGH A CITY COUNCIL.
SO IT CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT THE AUDIO LEVELS AND HOW THEY'VE CHANGED.
UM, SO WE'VE MAINTAINED OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE WORKED THROUGH COVID-19 TO DO THIS.
UM, WHAT THE PROJECT DID AND SORRY FOR THE POINT SIZE, I ALWAYS SAY DON'T GO BELOW 30 POINTS.
UM, IS WE BASICALLY REPLACED THE OLD CEILING SPEAKERS WITH CABLING AND HIGH QUALITY AUDIO AND EQUALIZATION.
SO THE DSP GOT PROGRAMMED FROM AN AUDITORIAL LEVEL TO LET EVERYBODY SPEAK WELL.
UM, WE ADDED NEW SENNHEISER MICROPHONES, BUT NOT ALL.
THERE WERE SOME LEGACY THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH AND BUILT THEM WITHIN.
UM, WE ADDED A CRESTRON SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWED FOR ALL OF YOUR SWITCHING OF AUDIO AND VIDEO CALLED N VX, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH THE SPEC THAT MOST CITIES ARE NOW GOING TO BID WITH, UM, INTEGRATING FOR HAVING AUTOMATION TO BE ABLE TO RUN A CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, ADDED NEW PROGRAMMING LAYOUT FUNCTIONALITY FOR THE CONTROL OF PROJECTOR, TO CHEST SCREEN SYSTEMS FOR SYSTEMS CONTROL, WIRELESS PRESENTATION, ACCESS CAPABILITY.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH, I MEAN, THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT DETAILS.
I MEAN, THIS IS MORE, WE WERE CALLED, I THINK YOU CALLED OTHER VENDORS.
UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR THAT YOU HAVE TO DECIDE ON YOUR SIDE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE'RE PUBLIC, WE'RE WELL KNOWN COMPANY, HIGH LEVELS OF INTEGRITY, THE REASONS
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THE CHOICES WERE MADE, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MADE YOUR CHOICES.IS THERE ANY I DON'T NEED TO GET INTO THE SYSTEM IS YOU'RE SEEING HOW IT'S WORKING DIFFERENTLY.
UM, I HAVE, UM, ALL MY COHORTS CRYSTAL VELAZCO CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS, UM, ON THE PROGRAMMING, HOW WE BUILT THE PHONE SYSTEM INTO YOUR IP.
SO THE CALLS COULD COME IN, TRANSMIT INTO THE DIGITAL SIGNAL SO THAT THEY COULD AFFECT EXTREME THAT EVERYBODY COULD EFFECTIVELY HEAR THE CALLS.
SO I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU'VE BEEN INVOLVED FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
UM, WHEN I HAD STAFF GAVE ME THE REPORT FROM 2018 AND I UNDERSTAND THIS IS OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER, CHRIS FEELIN, UH, MAYBE SHAWN CAN ANSWER, WHY DID WE GO WITH SWAGGER PRODUCTION LLC, TO PURCHASE NEW VIDEO EQUIPMENT? AND AS THIS NOW NEW VIDEO EQUIPMENT OUTDATED OR NO, NO.
SO, SO NOTHING THAT WE, UM, WE REPLACED THIS TIME AROUND WAS VIDEO.
UM, THE VIDEO EQUIPMENT IS STILL STILL WORKING.
UM, SO THE, THE, ALL THE, THE VIDEO EQUIPMENT FROM THAT FROM 2018 IS ALL THE CAMERAS.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING THE SWITCHERS, THE CONTROLLERS FOR ALL THE VIDEO, UM, THAT THIS WAS THE AUDIO SYSTEM.
AND LET ME TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WHOLE, LIKE, KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED.
UM, SO W THE KEY CODE MEDIA WAS ALREADY HERE BECAUSE, UM, SOME OF YOU MIGHT REMEMBER WE HAD A PROJECT TO TRY TO BRING IN ELECTRONIC VOTING.
UM, AND SO WE WERE WORKING WITH THE VENDOR FROM UTAH, WHICH ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE ONLY ONES THAT WORKS WITH OUR SYSTEM, OUR VIDEO SYSTEM AND OUR AGENDA SYSTEM.
SO THEY HAD RECOMMENDED KEY CODE AS ONE OF THE ONLY COMPANIES I COULD IMPLEMENT THE VOTING SYSTEM.
SO THEY WERE HERE WHEN THE COVID HAPPENED.
IT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS GREAT TIMING BECAUSE, OR, OR THE WORST TIMING, BUT BASICALLY EVERYTHING'S SHUT DOWN.
AND THAT'S WHEN ALL THE AUDIO SYSTEM JUST DIED, WHICH IS, UM, CRYSTAL COULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHICH PIECES DIED, BUT THEY, WE COULDN'T GET HIM BACK UP.
WE CALLED KIKO TO COME IN TO SEE IF WE COULD JUST REPAIR IT AND NOTHING WOULD COME BACK UP.
SO THEN I CALLED, UM, WESTERN AUDIO VISUAL, UM, SOME OTHER, UH, COMPANIES AND CORONA AND ACTUALLY ONE IN COVINA.
UM, BUT NO ONE WAS AVAILABLE TO COME IN TO LOOK BECAUSE ALL THEIR FOLKS HAD BEEN SENT HOME.
SO WHAT WE WERE PRESENTED WITH, WHICH I PRESENTED CITY MANAGER, BASICALLY WE WERE TOLD IT WOULD BE A MONTH TO TWO MONTHS BEFORE THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COME BACK IN TO DO A SURVEY AND TO GIVE US, UM, SOME OF THE INFORMATION.
SO BASICALLY OUR CHOICE WAS HAVE NO VIDEO OR AUDIO, WELL, THE VIDEO WOULD BE THERE, BUT YOU'D HAVE NO AUDIO, WHICH IS KIND OF POINTLESS.
UM, FOR AT LEAST TWO, THREE, FOUR MONTHS, OR THE ONE COMPANY THAT ALREADY WAS HERE LITERALLY THAT WEEK, UM, AND HAD ALL OUR SPECS AND HAD EVERYTHING, UM, AND HAD DEALT WITH THE CITY WAS OUR, OUR BASIC, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME IN.
WE COULD WAIT AND, AND HAVE, AND WE JUST FELT LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE BROWN ACT AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO, TO EVERYONE THAT, UM, THAT REALLY, THIS WAS CRITICAL TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING KEEPS RUNNING.
UM, SO THAT'S KINDA HOW THE CHOICE HAPPENED.
THERE WAS NOT SO MUCH OF A CHOICE OF JUST CIRCUMSTANCE.
UM, BUT WE DID REACH OUT TO ALL THE, THE, THE BIG COMPANIES AROUND THE AREA, AND IT WAS JUST TIMING.
THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE, UM, THEY RUN THEIR, COVID JUST, JUST LIKE ALL OF US.
WHEN DID YOU REACH OUT TO THEM? UM, IT WAS, UH, I'D HAVE TO REMEMBER.
IT WAS THE SAME TIME I REACH OUT TO, TO, UH, THE KEY CODE.
SO I HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH MY RECORDS OF THE EXACT DATE, BUT A KEY CODE WAS HERE, NOT FOR THE AUDIO SYSTEM.
THEY WERE HERE FOR THE VOTING SYSTEM EARLIER.
SO WHY ON THE STAFF REPORTED, UH, ATTACHMENTS? I HAVE THREE DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS WITH THREE DIFFERENT DATES, AND SOME OF THEM LIKE SAYS EQUIPMENT ON ATTACHMENT TWO.
AND THESE ARE ALL DATA DIFFERENTLY.
UM, THIS IS ON THE, THE S ON THESE HERE.
I HAVE ONE FOR, I MEAN, AND THESE, I ASSUME THAT IS THE GRAND TOTAL PRICE OF WHAT WE NEED TO PAY FOR.
SO THIS ONE STATES MAY SIX, THIS ONE STATES
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JULY 15, AND THIS ONE STATES AUGUST 4TH.AND SO MY CONCERN IS, I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, I'D LIKE SECOND OPINIONS.
AND IF YOU REACHED OUT IN APRIL, I GRANTED, I KNOW COVID DURING THAT TIME WAS DIFFERENT.
WHEN WE HAD REPORTS THAT CAME IN LATER ON AFTER, I MEAN, AUGUST, WHY COULDN'T WE REACH OUT TO OTHERS? UM, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS THE, THE, SO WE DID ADD ONE OF THE ADDITIONS, WHICH IN OUR, UM, WE HAVE, UH, IN OUR PROJECTS FOR PROJECT LIKE THIS, WE HAVE LIKE A 25% WHERE WE JUST, WE ADD ON THAT'S THAT'S OUR 20% THAT'S.
UM, AND SO ONE OF THE CONCERN WAS, UM, THE TABLES IN THE BACK.
WE DID NOT HAVE, UM, MICROPHONES.
SO WE REACHED OUT TO KEY TO SEE IF WE COULD GET, UM, THEM TO IN THEIR SYSTEM ADD THE EXACT SAME MICROPHONE.
SO WE HAVE, INSTEAD OF TWO, WHICH ARE OUR, UM, WE HAD PREVIOUSLY, UM, WE WANTED TO MORE SO THAT, UM, UH, THE BACK TWO TABLES WOULD ALSO HAVE THOSE MICROPHONES.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE, THE QUOTES THAT YOU SEE, UM, THAT THAT'S ADDITIONAL, UM, THE OTHER ADDITIONAL IS, OH, THE OTHER ADDITIONAL IS SO THERE'S, THERE IS THE THREE NOW, NOW I SEE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THE THIRD ONE IS THE PHONE SYSTEM.
SO THE CALLING SYSTEM FOR, UM, BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY WE DON'T HAVE, UH, ABILITY TO, TO, TO, UH, FOR CALLERS TO CALL IN.
UM, AND WE KNEW IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW COVID ADDITIONAL.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT YOU COULD HEAR THE CALLERS, THEY CAN HEAR US.
UM, SO THERE'S LIKE, I BELIEVE THAT THE THIRD QUOTE, WHICH IS THE 16, 70, 45 IS ACTUALLY, UM, FOR KEY CODE, WHO IS THE PROGRAMMERS OF THE SYSTEM TO PROGRAM IN THE PHONE SYSTEM.
UM, SO THAT WAS AN ADDITIONAL, THESE ARE BOTH OF THE AD-ONS OR, UM, BASICALLY KIND OF DIRECTED FROM KIND OF HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH COVID AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE CAN BE HEARD AND EVERYTHING IS, UH, UM, WORKING FOR EVERYONE.
WELL, I KNOW THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE TIME, AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TECHNICAL ISSUES AND AUDIO ISSUES SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING AND BELIEVE ME, IT FRUSTRATED ME AND BELIEVE ME, I WAS VERY UPSET AND VERY DISAPPOINTED.
NOW, ON YOUR END, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU NEVER BEEN TO THE COUNCIL MEETING, AND SINCE WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS MONTH AND YOU'VE WORKED WITH, WHY WOULD YOU NOT LISTEN INTO AND FIX EVERYTHING ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND GET IT DONE THE FIRST TIME AROUND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY.
I'VE BEEN WITH KEYCODE MEDIA FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AS A SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR.
UM, YES, MA'AM ACTUALLY, WE DID MONITOR, UM, I WAS ALWAYS IN CONTACT WITH SHAWN WHENEVER THERE'S A MEETING HAPPENING, AND WE WOULD DIAL IN, UM, THE COMPLEXITY OF THE SYSTEM, UH, DOESN'T ALLOW FOR, UM, THERE'S KINKS TO BE WORKED OUT EVERY TIME WE INTEGRATE INTO SYSTEMS. SO A LOT OF THEM ARE, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES WITH THE WIRELESS MICROPHONES.
AND WHAT WE HAVE OBSERVED WAS THAT, UH, SOME OF THEM WERE THE WAY THEY ARE BEING USED, WHERE THE ANTENNAS WERE BEING COVERED.
SO THOSE WERE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE HAD TALKED THROUGH WITH THE IT TEAM TO SAY, MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY USING THE WIRELESS MICROPHONES ARE HOLDING THEM PROPERLY SO THAT THE RF FREQUENCY ISN'T BEING BOUNCED BACK.
OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THE PLACEMENTS OF THE ATTENDANTS ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE COVERAGE OF CITY CHAMBERS.
SO WE, WE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, THE DESIGN PROCESS THAT WE HAVE DONE, BUT THERE'S ALSO, THERE'S THERE'S THAT TIME OF A PROJECT WHEN IT GETS COMPLETE, WHERE WE WORKED THE KINKS OUT.
AND SO THERE WERE EXPERIENCES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DO APOLOGIZE THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED THROUGH WHAT WE ARE WORKING THROUGH THAT, UH, THOSE PROBLEMS. I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND KINKS ON THE FIRST FEW, BUT I MEAN, AFTER THREE STRIKES COME ON AND AFTER LIKE FIVE MONTHS, I MEAN, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT, AND THAT CONCERNS ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE IF A BUSINESS CAN'T TAKE CARE OF IT ON THE FIRST FEW ROUNDS THAT THAT BOTHERS ME.
AND HENCE WE GO BACK TO ME GETTING A SECOND OPINION, ME GETTING, YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL, UM, BECAUSE OF THE FRUSTRATION.
CAUSE YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS BLAME US AT THE END, OH, IT'S THE COUNCIL.
WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
GRANTED I KNOW WE PUT IT ON STAFF AND SO FORTH, BUT THE FRUSTRATION AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S UNACCEPTABLE ACTUALLY.
SO I, THAT, THAT'S ONE OF MY THINGS, BUT GO AHEAD.
MY COLLEAGUES CAN, THANK YOU LADY.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY FIRST QUESTION.
UM, I MEAN, PART OF THIS IS I AM GOING TO NEED, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF THIS IN DEPTH, BECAUSE TO ME, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEING MADE TO
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YOU THIS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT IT'S POCUS TYPE OF MYSTICAL THING WHERE I REALLY DON'T.UM, AND THEN I SEE THINGS LIKE 12,000 FOR A PROGRAMMING AND TESTING.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF LINE ITEMS IN HERE WITH A LOT OF FLUFF, BUT ACTUALLY I WILL WANT TO DISCUSS WITH CITY STAFF LATER.
CAUSE I AGREE WITH LADY, WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THESE GREEN ARGUMENTS, I WAS LIKE, LET ME GET UP AND WALK AROUND AND COOL DOWN FOR A MOMENT.
UM, I, I THINK I AM GOING TO HAVE TO SIT WITH STAFF AND, AND REALLY GET TO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THIS CAUSE UM, A LOT OF WHAT WAS DISCUSSED TO ME, IT WAS JIBBERISH AND IT DOESN'T HELP THE RESIDENTS.
AND HIS LADY SAID WE HAVE LOOKED BAD FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I WANT TO GET BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF WHAT WENT DOWN AND HOW, CAUSE THERE WERE TIMES WHERE FRANKLY, I WAS GOING TO COME IN HERE DURING THE DAY AND BE LIKE, EVERYONE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY.
I'M FIGURING THIS OUT OR FREE.
SO WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT LATER.
I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY FRUSTRATION CAUSE UH, ONE OF THE TABLE IT IS WE SHOULD, I MIGHT ADD, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS 19 YEARS, MORE THAN HAPPY MY TEAM COME OUT, SIT DOWN AT A CONFERENCE TABLE, WALK THROUGH EVERYTHING.
THAT'S OCCURRED STEP BY STEP BY STEP.
UM, THANK FROM BOTH THE REPUTATION LEVEL AND A LEVEL OF CONTRACTS.
AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENCES.
UM, WE'VE SHOWN WE'RE VERY HIGH LEVELS OF INTEGRITY.
STAND BEHIND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLEXITIES COMING IN DURING COVID TO FIX INAPPROPRIATE AUDIO PROGRAM.
CRYSTAL CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE SO THAT THE CONSTITUENTS CAN HEAR SORT OF THE CHALLENGES WE WENT THROUGH TO ENABLE YOU TO BE EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL COMMUNICATING THE CITY.
MAYBE SOME OF THEM, I WOULD LOVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK WE NEED THAT MORE THAN TOTAL OPEN BOOK.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE CITIES THAT WE PUT UP, THEY'RE ALL OPEN BIDS.
UM, WE WANT THEM PRICE AGGRESSIVE, BUT ALSO FOLLOWING UP FOR CLIENT SUCCESS.
UM, A LOT OF REFERENCES, A LOT OF LEVELS OF SUCCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WATCHING CITY OF LOS ANGELES GET THROUGH MY GUYS DID THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO BROADCAST WITH MAYOR GARCETTI, UM, DIFFERENT LEVELS COMMUNICATION.
ARE YOU GUYS STRETCHED THIN? ARE YOU GUYS STRETCHED THIN? WE GOT STRETCHED.
WELL, I, I, THE ONLY REASON WHY, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU HAVE ALL THESE ORGANIZATION, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WEST COVINA FALLS ON THE LINE OF ALL THE OTHER CITY ENTITIES.
CAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE TO CUT AND HAVE LIMITED STAFF AND WE ALL FEEL THE PINCH, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I TAKE CARE OF WEST COVINA.
SO WEST COVINA IS MY PRIORITY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY.
WE'RE $55 MILLION COMPANY, ONE OF THE LARGEST INTEGRATORS IN THE UNITED STATES, HUGE CLIPPER FAN I'M HERE TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S MY COMMITMENT TO YOU.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WHEN YOU SPEAK TO OTHER PEOPLE, I'VE SPENT I'VE PLUS HOURS, MULTIPLE TRIPS TO WEST COVINA, UM, HIGH SCHOOL WORKING WITH YOUR TEAM ON THE BILLS OR DOING ALL FOR FREE UNDERSTANDING THE TECHNOLOGY, WORKING WITH DREW, THE TEACHER VIDEO INSTRUCTION ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY, INVITING HIM, SPENDING TIME ON THE PHONE WITH HIM AS PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY WITH 85 EMPLOYEES.
I WANT, I DON'T WANT TO CONTINUE TO OKAY.
JESSE, JESSIE GOT JESSICA, WE'LL GIVE YOU A CHANCE.
THE CITY COUNCIL IS REALLY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SITTING IN FUND MARCHED AND THERE CONTINUE AND THEN WE'RE COMING BACK AND THAT WE'VE BEEN ALL THE OBSTACLE.
DIFFICULTY AGAIN AGAINST SO MANY TIMES.
SO I THINK THIS IS MAYBE WE SHOULD SIT DOWN AND CAN SEE HOW WE CAN KIND OF FINE TUNE IT, UNDERCUT, GET THIS THING OVER WITH.
AND UH, I REMEMBER IN 2017 OR 18, WE, WE, WE APPROVED TO RENOVATE ALL THE SYSTEM.
ALL DEAL IS REALLY NOT WORKING PROPERLY.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? WELL, I WANT TO SAY I, I'M KIND OF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS FRUSTRATION.
I MEAN, I'M COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC AND WITH MY FELLOW COUNCIL, PEOPLE THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S PHONE YET WE SUPPOSEDLY NOW HAVE THIS NEW AUDIO SYSTEM AND I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS.
I BELIEVE OUR SYSTEM CRASHED AND I BELIEVE OUR VENDOR DID THE BEST THEY COULD BASED ON THE LIMITATIONS WITHIN CITY HALL AND OUR BUDGET.
AND I'M MORE FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SIX MONTHS INTO THIS AND THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IT COMES BEFORE THE COUNCIL ON
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HIS FULL RATIFICATION.WHY AS THEY'VE HAD THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS PUT INTO PLACE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WAS IT NOT DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL AS TO HOW MAYBE TO PUT SOMETHING IN PLACE TEMPORARILY, WHY WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST AS A PERMANENT SOLUTION RATHER THAN THIS COMPANY HAVING TO COME IN AND KIND OF PIECEMEAL AS ISSUE BY ISSUE COMES UP.
I MEAN, QUITE FRANKLY, I FIND IT REASSURING TO HEAR THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH WEST COVINA UNIFIED BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE GOING ON THERE BECAUSE I APPROVED THEM WHEN I WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD.
AND SO I'M BACK TO BEING FRUSTRATED IN GENERAL THAT THIS IS COMING TO A SIX MONTHS AFTER IT HAPPENED, NO DISCUSSION WITH US.
AND YOU KNOW, NOW WE'RE KIND OF BLAMING THE VENDOR WHEN WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED QUITE A WHILE AGO ON WHAT WAS GOING ON AND WHAT WAS CAUSING THESE TYPES OF ISSUES.
AND I MEAN, IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT WE HAD A VENDOR DOING PROJECT AFTER PROJECT TO MAKE THIS WORK FOR US, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE DRESSED SOON OR HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER WHO'S NOT ABLE TO ATTEND MEETINGS IN PERSON AND THE CITY MANAGERS HAVING TO PUT HIS PHONE ON SPEAKER SO SHE CAN HEAR THE MEETING AND RESPOND IN TIME.
SO THAT'S THE BIGGER ISSUE FOR ME AT THIS POINT.
I THINK WE, YOU CAN LISTEN TO, OKAY.
MAJORITY JOB CITY COUNCIL WITTY WHERE YOU'RE FRUSTRATED WITH SO MANY TIMES.
ALMOST EVERY TIME WE HEAR IS, IS ALL THE OBSTACLE AND THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY AND THE WE IDLING OVER HERE.
SO, SO I THINK WE SHOULD TABLE THIS SO WE CAN HAVE A COME TO GET DISCUSSION MEETING WITH YOU GUYS.
CD STAFF TO A CHILD IS WHILE YOU WANT TO DO OKAY.
BECAUSE WHY NOW? I DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO GO THROUGH, SO LET'S TABLE THIS.
DO I HAVE MOTION? I MOTION TO TABLE AGAIN.
WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION FROM THE NOT ONLY THE BUILDING IS MORE ABOUT WHAT, WHEN WE CAN GET THIS THING OVER WITH.
AND HOW CAN WE GET THE TEMPO? AT LEAST ALL DEAL IS SOMETHING SMOOTH BECAUSE IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS NOW.
SO IT'S LIKE, IT'S BEEN SIX, SEVEN MONTHS.
I UNDERSTAND THE PANDEMIC, BUT OKAY.
EVERYBODY, I THINK YOU MAY, EVERYBODY GO BACK TO WORK, INCLUDING MY STAFF.
SO, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THIS THING DONE.
SO, UM, WE HAVE A FIRST, UH, BY MAIL POTEN, UH, LOPEZ BEATO AND WE SECOND BY COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
UH, COUNCILMAN CASIANO COUNCILMAN CASTELLANOS.
HI, MAY I APPROACH TIM LOPEZ? VETO? OKAY.
TABLE IS FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AND THEN OKAY.
[7) CONSIDERATION OF PLANNING CONSULTANT ON-CALL SERVICES LIST]
NEXT ITEM PLEASE.AND THAT WOULD BE NUMBERS SEVEN THAT GO FOR IT.
YOU MAYOR WILL THIS REALLY MORE THAN ANYTHING.
I WANTED TO GIVE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLAIN IT.
IT'S VERY WELL EXPLAINED IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT I WANT RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT OUR SOLUTION IS.
UM, GOOD EVENING AGAIN, COUNSEL, THIS PROPOSED, UM, AGENDA ITEM CONTINUES A PRACTICE OF THE CITY TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ON CALL PLANNING SERVICES FOR THE EXPEDITING OF PROJECTS.
SHOULD THAT BECOME NECESSARY? GIVEN THE SCHEDULE OF THE PROJECTS AND THE STAFFING LIMITATIONS OF THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO IN RESPONSE TO AN RFP, WE CAN END IT UP WITH THESE TWO TOP RANKED, UM, COMPANIES, UM, JOYCE PARKER BALINSKY AND MIG.
UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, I WOULD CITE TO COUNSEL.
YOU MAY RECALL THAT WE HAD, UH, THE, ONE OF THESE PARALLEL SUPPORT STRUCTURE, PLANNING FIRMS IN PLACE WHEN THE EMINENCE HOSPITAL THING, UH, PROJECT CAME THROUGH THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, THEN IT WAS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL.
SO IT'S A WAY THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CAN CHOOSE TO PAY EXTRA FEES AND THESE EXTRA COSTS TO GET THEIR PROJECTS AT THE, AT THE TOP OF THE LIST AND, AND, UH, EXPEDITED, I I'M, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE PERSONAL REFERENCES FOR BOTH OF THESE FIRMS HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH EACH OF THEM AND RECOMMEND THEM HIGHLY YOU CITY MANAGER HAD JUST WANTED EVERYONE TO BE AWARE THAT THEY, THAT OPTION AVAILABLE AND NO ADDITIONAL FEE TO EXPEDITE.
OTHER COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTION? NO.
I HAVE A MOTION MOVED BY COUNCILMAN CASIANO DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY.
SECOND BY A MALE POTENT LOPEZ FIATO AND I THINK, OKAY.
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WE CAN MAKE THINGS, MAKE OUR PROJECT FASTER.AND LET OUR DEVELOPER HAVE AN OPTION THEY'RE WILLING TO PAY.
BE GOOD TIMES MONEY FOR A LOT OF OKAY.
DEVELOPERS AND CT ONE, THE SCENE HAPPENED TOO.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO MONITOR.
HOPEFULLY THEY CAN KEEP THEIR PROMISE AND MAKE THING HAPPEN FOR US.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOEMAKER MAY APPROACH HIM LOPEZ VETO.
AND THE EMOTION APPROVED FIVE ZERO THAT WE MOVED.
NUMBER EIGHT HAS BEEN PULLED BY THE CITY MANAGER TO FURTHER TO OKAY.
[9) CONSIDERATION OF THE PURCHASE OF PPE; TESTING, REPAIR, AND MAINTENANCE OF SELF-CONTAINED BREATHING APPARATUS AND AIR/LIGHT UNIT; AND PURCHASE AND INSTALLATION OF FIRE STATION RADIO COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT]
PUBLIC AND UH, I PUT NUMBER NINE.I UNDERSTAND ANYTHING IS NECESSITY HOUSE WE HAVE TO PURCHASE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I, I, WE, WE, WE, WE RECEIVED THIS REQUEST.
I WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE CHIEF POINT OF VIEW, I'D BE DOING THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, AND ANY TIME, ANY TIME, IF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NEED ANYTHING ABOUT FOR HEALTH REASON, WE SIT HERE.
WE WILL FIND THE MONEY TO HELP YOU.
AND, UM, UH, I THINK CHRIS MILA, THE WILD RESIDENT TALKING ABOUT, OKAY.
MAYBE YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO US REGARDING THE REIMBURSE.
WE PUT THIS ON EQUIPMENT TO YOU OR MAYBE I'M NOT QUITE A NO DISDAIN.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN MAYBE, I DON'T REMEMBER.
UH, I DON'T HAVE INFORMATION ON THE FUNDS FROM THE SENSE OF PARKING DEMAND, AS YOU CAN CHECK FOR US REGARDING HE, WHY HE SAY, OKAY, BECAUSE I HAVE NO RECORD, NO RECORD.
AND THEN, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE BECAUSE OF MY UNDERSTANDING, IT SOUNDS LIKE HELL, I KNOW IT SOUNDS THAT PARK.
THAT MUST BE GOING TO BUY A PARK.
WHY THEN GIVE TO ANY OTHER USE.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT'S COMING FROM.
SO, UH, JUST ABOUT EVERY ITEM ON HERE FROM OTHER THAN THE BREATHING APPARATUS TESTING AND MAINTENANCE HAS BEEN ITEMS THAT'S BEEN ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
I JUST DON'T THINK THEY'RE NECESSITY.
AND THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO THE FIREFIGHTERS OR TO THE JAVA.
FIREFIGHTING WAS RELAYED TO YOU GUYS OVER THE YEARS TO SHOW THAT WE REALLY NEED THEM.
AND THEY WERE JUST MAYBE THOUGHT TO BE JUST THINGS WE MIGHT WANT.
WELL, AFTER DOING, I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST A YEAR AS A FIRE CHIEF, AND WE'VE DONE AN EXTENSIVE EVALUATION OF THE WHOLE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THINGS WE NEED, AS WE'VE GIVEN TO YOU IN A COUPLE OF POWERPOINTS OF THINGS THAT WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED.
THIS IS A SHORT LIST OF WHAT WE DESPERATELY NEED TO BRING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS.
AND THESE THINGS ARE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND WE HAVE TO DO THESE.
YOU'RE DELAYED IN GETTING EVERYTHING EVALUATED DUE TO THE, OBVIOUSLY I HATE THE, I HATE TO BLAME EVERYTHING ON KOBE, BUT WE WERE DELAYED SIX MONTHS AND GETTING EVERYTHING AND GETTING VENDORS, GETTING COSTS AND EVERYTHING AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
OR ELSE WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THIS PRIOR TO THE BUDGETING AND GET IT ON THE BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT IT JUST WASN'T POSSIBLE TO GET ALL THE EVALUATION.
WHERE ARE WE ARE? WE STOOD IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIKE I MENTIONED, A COUPLE OF TWO, THREE MONTHS AGO IS OUR RISK ASSESSMENT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR NEEDS.
SO WE'VE NOW NARROWED DOWN OF EVERYTHING WE NEED, RIGHT? THIS MINUTE, THAT'S PUTTING PEOPLE IN DANGER, NOT ONLY OUR FIREFIGHTERS, BUT OUR, THIS IS WHEN I GO ON CALLS AND WORKING WITH STAFF, WE DETERMINED THESE.
THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW.
SOME OF THE THINGS ON HERE ARE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
AND SOME OF THE THINGS ARE OUR NEST NEST NECESSARY RADIO EQUIPMENT TO GET DISPATCH TO THE FIRE STATIONS.
THEY AIN'T GOING TO CALL NINE ONE, ONE CALL COMES ON.
WE DON'T WANT TO DISPATCH DISPATCHER CALLING EACH FIRE STATION.
IT NEEDS TO BE WITHIN MOMENTS.
AND WE DON'T HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
AND IT'S BEEN BROKE FOR FIVE, 10 YEARS.
I MEAN, IN MY UNDERSTANDING, OKAY.
IF I USE A CITY OF ALMOST FIVE YEARS CHEERED DECEMBER FIVE YEARS, OKAY.
CITY ON CITY COUNCIL, AND NOW WE APPROVE ALMOST EVERYTHING, ANYTHING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REQUESTS.
I'LL GET THE THING LAST YEAR AT BEGINNING OF LAST YEAR, CERTAINLY THE BUDGET.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE MILLION DOLLAR FOR THAT.
AND THERE IS NINE THE BUDGET DOING THE QUIZ FREELANCE, A CITY MANAGER.
UH, WE, YOU SAID JUST EMERGENCY PHONE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WE'LL APPROVE.
I REMEMBER THIS IS ABOUT HALF A MILLION DOLLARS, $500,000 TEAM.
SO MEANING ONE, MEANING WE ALWAYS APPROVE ANYTHING THAT REQUIRE BUY BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN YOU SAY ALL THE COMPLIANCES THOUGH, I'M KIND OF SURPRISED BECAUSE AS I FIND YOU, AS I SIT ON CITY COUNCIL, WE NEVER EVER SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE THIS FOR YOU.
ALWAYS TRY TO ACCOMMODATE ANYTHING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE YOU WHISKY YOUR LIFE.
THE EQUIPMENT, ANYTHING, IT'S A NECESSITY TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF OUR FIREFIGHTER.
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LIKE OUR HERO BROTHER AND SISTER.WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE HEALTHY.
SO, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHEN SONNY, YOU SAY THIS, ALL THE COMPLIANCE.
YOU CAN, ANYTIME IF YOU THINK THAT THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT, JUST BRING THIS UP TO US.
I DON'T THINK ANY COUNCIL WILL HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO EQUIP TO OUR FIGHT, TO CAUSE YOU'RE A FIREFIGHTER LIVES VERY IMPORTANT.
YOUR CO-HEAD SENIOR MANAGER WOULD SAY SOMETHING.
UM, IF WE COULD ANSWER THAT THIS EVENING, THE QUESTION THAT THE PUBLIC, AND NOW YOU'VE RAISED ABOUT THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THE SUNSET FIELDS.
LIKE TO HAVE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, EXPLAIN THAT BRIEFLY.
SO, UM, YES, WE HAVE LOOKED INTO THAT.
THIS, AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A COPY OF THE ORDINANCE HERE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED BACK IN, UM, 2016, UH, WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED TO PUT A SPECIAL BALLOT MEASURE ON THE BALLOT AT THAT TIME TO ASK THE COMMUNITY TO VOTE, UH, TO DETERMINE THE SALE OF SUNSET FIELD.
AND IN THAT BALLOT MEASURE, UH, IT SPECIFICALLY ASKED FIRST IF THE COMMUNITY SHOULD APPROVE THIS SALE OF SUNSET FIELD WITH THE PROCEEDS BEING DEDICATED TO A, A NEW PARK ACQUISITION FUND.
SO, UM, THAT WAS AN ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL THAT WAS VOTED ON BY THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHEN THAT PROPERTY DOES FINALLY SELL, WHICH WE HOPE TO BE WITHIN THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS, THOSE PROCEEDS HAVE BEEN EARMARKED OR WERE EARMARKED WITH THE PASSAGE OF THAT BALANCE.
AND ALL THE PREVIOUS THREE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, WE ARE PFIZER WILL PRU.
TWO EXPANSION OF EMERGENCY ROOM AND TO PUT THE BALLOT.
SO I TH I REMEMBER CLEARLY ON THE ACADIA POLICY ONLY GO TO PUT ANOTHER ADDITIONAL LAND.
AND THEN WE PURCHASED TWO TOOL LAND.
AND OTHERWISE I FORGOT TO FIND HIS OWN DOLLARS ADDITIONAL ON THE CAMERA AND PARK.
AND THAT WE HAVE LEFT, BUT ANYWAY, UNLESS IT'S ALL THE SUBJECT WE'RE WILLING TO FOCUS ABOUT YOUR EQUIPMENT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.
AND THEN THE CHIEF, AND ANYTIME YOU NEED ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT, OKAY.
DON'T WAIT FOR HIS EXPIRE OR OTHER COMPLIANCE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR FILE.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE STILL, IF YOU CAN BRING IT UP.
AND IT'S SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT.
WE ARE TRYING TO FIND ANYTHING TO ACCOMMODATE.
AND TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE PROTECTED.
I THINK YOU HAD TO BRING IT UP TO US IF YOU DON'T BRING IT UP TO US, WE HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE I'M NOT THE FIREFIGHTERS.
WE JUST PUT THE BUDGET, BUT BASED ON THE NECESSITY AND ESPECIALLY FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW, THIS BIG FIRE GOING ON THAT DAY, YOU GOT RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO RESCUE AND TRY TO DO EVERYTHING.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE TAKEN CARE OF AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL HAVE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER ISSUE? OH, NO.
I WAS JUST HAVING A COMMENT AFTERWARDS ABOUT, ABOUT NUMBER NINE.
NO, NO, MY COMMENT IS THAT NO, IT'S TRUE.
THE STAFF REALLY? BECAUSE WHEN I UNDERSTAND IT'S 297,000 AND THAT'S SOMEBODY COMING OUT OF THE RESERVE AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, RIGHT.
IS THAT CORRECT? OH, THIS OH, THESE PITCHES WE'RE COPYING A FILE.
WAS THAT THE GENERAL FROM CHAIR? THESE ARE GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES AND CONCURRENT WITH YOUR APPROVAL OF THE PURCHASE OF THESE ITEMS AND THE PURCHASE ORDERS.
YOU'RE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO AFFECT THOSE PURCHASES AND YOU'RE AUTHORIZING A BUDGET AMENDMENT.
SO BASICALLY THIS IS NOT FUND THE PREVIOUS YEAR'S BUDGET.
IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S OPERATING BUDGET.
THIS IS, THERE'S A NET, BUT YOU KNOW, CAN WHOLE BUDGET.
NOW WE HAVE TO GET USING THIS THING.
WE NEED TO INCREASE BUDGET AND WE HAVE TO USE THE RESERVE OF COURSE, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT BUDGET.
MR. MAYOR, I HAVE ONE OTHER COMMENT.
I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHERE IT SAYS UNDER RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, A MIND SEVEN WHERE IT SAYS AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENT.
I DON'T THINK THERE WEREN'T ANY IN THAT, TO ME, THAT MEANS ANYTHING CAN BE WRITTEN INTO, I WOULD RATHER SIT AND SAY A LEGAL DOCUMENT INSTEAD OF ANY.
AND IT CAN BE ANYTHING THAT I CAN'T ACCEPT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE CHANGED.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE STANDARD, UH,
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EVERY, EVERY, BUT IN ANY DOCUMENT MEANS YOU CAN SAY ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY.IF I MAY TRY TO EXPLAIN, GO AHEAD.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS, IS NINE FOLD, BUT RECOMMENDATION NUMBER NINE IS THE PERTINENT PART AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ANY DOCUMENTS NECESSARY IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PURCHASES.
SO IT'S NOT A BLANKET AUTHORITY TO JUST SIGN ANY DOCUMENT, BUT CONNECTED WITH THESE PURCHASES THAT ARE ON YOUR, ON YOUR AGENDA ITEM, BECAUSE NINE IS BUDGET.
I JUST WANT TO ACHIEVE, UNDERSTAND.
WE APPROVED JUST LIKE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
I THINK LAST YEAR, ALTHOUGH BUDGET.
YEAH, NO, I REMEMBER IT WAS A LITTLE OVER 400 AND THAT WAS FOR THE NETWORKING PORTION AND STATION ALERTING HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR, UM, I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER, WELL, WE NEED TO APPROVE IT BY THE WAY YOUR SYSTEM WITH KUPU.
SO WE, IT IS EMERGENCY TO APPROVAL THAT WE APPROVE EVEN THAT IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET.
AND WITH THAT, WE REALIZED THAT THE RADIOS THAT WERE BEING USED IN THE FIRE STATION FOR THE COMMUNICATION, THE RADIO PORTION, THE FIREFIGHTERS THEMSELVES WERE THE LAST FIVE OR SIX YEARS HAVE TAKEN OLD RADIOS AND BUILT THEM SELVES TO MAKE THIS WORK WITH THEIR OWN KNOWLEDGE.
SO NOW WE'RE GETTING THE PROPER MODERN, DO YOU KNOW WAYS TO FIND JUST ALL DONE ALL THAT WE GAVE TO YOU LAST TIME? WHAT'S THAT WE DON'T WASTE THE MONEY WE GET TO IT? NO, WE STILL, WE ONLY USE SOME OF THIS SO FAR BECAUSE WE NEED TO FINISH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE IT WON'T WORK.
SO WE HAVEN'T SPENT ALL THE MONEY.
WE ONLY PURCHASED THE EQUIPMENT.
WE HAVEN'T INSTALLED IT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T EVEN INSTALL IT OR WORK IT AS WELL AS WE WERE WAITING FOR THE DISPATCH THERE TO FINISH THEIR UPGRADE TO THEIR NEW SYSTEM.
SO CITY MANAGER, DO WE HAVE AN OVERSIGHT? OKAY.
BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR DEPARTMENT PROTECTED BY THE VENDOR TELLING A DAMN THAT WE GOT INTO WHAT THE REQUIREMENT, BUT LATER ON, THEY SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.
IT'S TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. IT'S THE NETWORKING SIDE.
SO IT HAS TO BE RADIOS FOR THE AUDIO AND EVERYTHING IN THE STATION, THE STUFF WE BOUGHT BEFORE JUST PLUGS INTO THAT.
AND THEY DON'T DEAL WITH THAT TO KIND OF HANDLE THAT AT ALL.
THEY, THEY FIGURED WE HAVE RADIOS NOW AND THEY SHOULD BE WORKING KIND OF QUESTION WHY THE FIRST TIME THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT RIGHT TO SAY THIS AND SO BAD.
JUST LIKE OUR AUDIO SYSTEM I'M OVER HERE, CHARLES DUDE'S, WE'LL APPROVE IT TWO YEARS AGO.
TWO DIFFERENT, TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS MY POINT IS THIS KIND, THEY COME IN AND JUST SAY, WE NEED THIS, WE NEED THIS.
SO WE MUST HAVE A GET IT RIGHT.
ONE TIME DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO PUT A BUDGET BY WHICH DO YOU HAVE A NOW WORKING A DISPATCHER OR AUDIO SYSTEM TO MAKE SURE YOU COMMUNICATE YOUR CHILDHOOD.
OH, THIS IS JUST THE ONE TO MAKE SURE.
WE CAN LIKE JUAN AND THE POLICE.
YOU UNDERSTAND MY POINT? I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND I'M WITH SO MUCH.
WE THINK CAN GET IT DONE, BUT HE'S CONTINUE TO COME BACK.
AND THE ONE, SOMETHING JUST LIKE ALL THE ASSISTANT COME BACK ONE DAY SAYS YOU'RE NOT WALKING PROPERLY.
WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE USE TAXPAYER'S MONEY.
AND WE USE WISELY AND THEY GET IT DONE AT THE SAME TIME.
MAKE SURE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE FIGHTERS, THEY ARE EFFICIENT.
WHERE'S EVERYTHING GOT REQUESTS.
WE CANNOT MAKE SURE, ALTHOUGH WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE CLIENTS.
SO ANYWAY, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN TO US? OH, THIS IS OKAY.
NECESSITY FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FUNCTION.
THIS IS THE MINIMUM WE NEED RIGHT NOW TO GET IN COMPLIANCE FOR SAFETY PLANS FOR FIREFIGHTER.
IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OKAY, WE NEED TO THIS, EVEN THIS IS NOT IN OUR BUDGET, BUT MY QUESTION IS WHY LOST THAT PREVIOUSLY? WHEN WE WERE DOING A BUDGET, YOU DIDN'T INCLUDE IN THIS REQUIREMENT, IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT WE KNEW IT WAS THERE, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS OF EVERYTHING WE NEEDED.
AND WE WERE DELAYED ON VENDORS COMING IN AND GETTING US QUOTES AND LOOKING AT WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEEDED AND THE BUDGET PROCESS WITH THE WHOLE MEETINGS, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND THEN IT JUST, YOU UNDERSTAND, I POINT, RIGHT? JUST LIKE THIS IS NECESSITY.
THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY, THIS IS POSSIBLE WITH ALL THE COMPLIANCE IN NEAR FUTURE.
YOU NEED TO TELL US, HEY CTE, OKAY.
COUNSEL, WE HAVE ALL THIS ISSUE.
SO I WILL FINANCE DIRECTOR AND ALWAYS SEE THE MANAGER CAN LOOK INTO IT, FIND THE MONEY AND TO MAKE SURE GUYS ARE NOT GOING TO ALL THE COMPLIANCE.
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HEY, THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO PUT INTO US.WE HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU GUYS NEED, WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHILE YOU GUY NEE I WILL PROVE IT.
WE WANT TO APPROVE EFFICIENTLY NOW WAYS OR NOW WAIT, NOT GOING TO WAIT.
THIS IS INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS THAT WE NEED ANNUALLY.
HASN'T PUT DOWN AND DISCUSS WITH CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE DIRECTORS.
SEE WHAT KIND OF THING WE CAN DO IT, WHAT TIES.
AND THE USING THE MONEY TO SEE WHAT YOU NEED AND MAKE SURE WE CAN GOT IT.
CRYSTAL CLEAR? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JESSICA? DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION? NO, I GOT A NOW CONSOLE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION? OKAY.
I HAVE A COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO APPROVE THIS PURCHASE TO MAKE SURE I WAS OKAY, PLEASE.
FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY HAVE ALL THIS WASTE THESE USUAL.
HI, MAY I APPROACH HIM LOPEZ? BEATO AYE.
I NEED A MOTION APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
[10) CONSIDERATION OF MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT FOR HOMELESS PROGRAMS]
OKAY.THANK YOU, MR. MAY I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS? MARK CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THOSE FOR ME AS BEING, BEING ON THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR THE HOMELESS, TWO THINGS I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN OUR SHARE OF THE MEASURE H INTO THE CITY IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
AND HOW IS IT BEING SPENT? I MEAN, HOW MUCH IS THAT GOING TO OUR HOPE TEAM AND I'M GOING TO YOU GO INTO OTHER PROJECTS.
AND THEN, UH, I MAY ASK, UH, KELLY MCDONALD WHO MANAGES IT THE S UM, TO GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS, BUT THE FIRST, UM, REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL THAT WAS CIRCULATED WISE BY THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COG, UH, THE CITY DID APPLY FOR A GRANT FUNDS TO HIRE WHAT'S CALLED A HOUSING NAVIGATOR.
UH, THAT WOMAN IS HERE, SHE'S UNDER A CONTRACT WITH UNION STATION.
UM, SHE DOES WORK WITH THE HOPE TEAM.
UM, THAT GRANT WAS FOR $345,000.
UM, SHE DOES REGULARLY GO OUT WITH THE HOPE TEAM.
SHE ALSO WORKS WITH, UH, LASA, WHICH IS THE LA COUNTY, UH, AGENCY THAT ADDRESSES HOMELESSNESS.
AND THEN, UH, THIS ITEM WOULD BE THE SECOND ITEM.
AND AS THE REPORT SAYS, AND THE CITY MANAGER HAD PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, UH, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THERE WOULD BE $25,000 OUT OF THAT $250,000 WOULD BE USED FOR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP.
UM, THE FIRST CALL FOR PROJECTS, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, UM, HOMELESS CLEANUP WAS NOT ONE OF THE ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES UNDER THAT.
SO THE FIRST MONIES THAT THE CITY RECEIVED COULDN'T BE USED FOR THAT, THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY USED FOR, UM, THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING, UH, THE WAY THE MONIES WOULD BE SPENT, UH, IF APPROVED TONIGHT WOULD BE $125,000 FOR A RAPID REHOUSING, $52,000, UM, TO GET, UH, ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR, $50,000 WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UH, $25,000, AS I MENTIONED, WOULD BE FOR, UH, UH, ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP FOR A TOTAL OF $250,000.
AND I DON'T KNOW, KELLY, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT I'VE LEFT OUT OF THAT LIST IN TERMS OF KELLY.
WOULD YOU PLEASE, BUT BEFORE YOU STARTED, OKAY, I WANT TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WITH YOU.
I'M THE REP REPRESENT A CT TO JOIN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT, AND THAT WE DISCUSS ABOUT, UH, WHAT THE MAJOR AGE MONEY FROM THE COUNTY.
AND, UH, I, UH, WAS THE KIND OF BIG MOUSE OVER THERE COMPLAINING ABOUT, UH, THIS WEST COVINA HAD BEEN A COUNTRY BILL FOR THREE OR FOUR YEARS CALLED THE PRESENT OURSELVES TEXTS, BUT THE MORE THAT $10 MILLION.
AND I'VE BEEN ASKING, COME TO YOU, WHAT'S WHAT, WHAT'S OUR SHARE.
AND I'VE BEEN ASKING AT THE COUNCIL OF A OKAY GOVERNMENT, OKAY.
THEN THEY SAY THEY HAVE, UH, UH, OKAY.
UH, PRESENTATION IS $3 MILLION FROM COUNTY AND SHARE BY 30 OR 40 CT.
HOW MANY ONE EVERYBODY GETS, JUST GET THE TINY DETAIL, UH, MONEY FROM THE MAJOR AGE MONEY.
AND WE HAVE DO A LOT OF PAPERWORK, NOT EVEN WHAT'S OUR TIME TO USING OKAY.
STEP TIME TO GET A TINY LITTLE MONEY SHARE WITH A 30, 40
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CT.AND THAT'S WHY I, I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT, OKAY.
WELL, HOW CAN EVERY SEAT IS BIG, DIFFERENT, UH, WEST COVINA IS A BIGGER CITY AND WE PAY MORE BY A WEEKEND MORE, I POMONA GET $30 MILLION TO BUILD A HOMELESS SHELTER.
OUR PARTIALLY OUR MONEY TWO OR 100 CAN OKAY.
ENDED THE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THAT BUNKER BUNKA, BANG THE WAREHOUSE, HOW THEY SPEND THE $30 MILLION, OUR MAJOR AGE MONEY.
WHY POMONA GET IT? WHY NOT WASTE SOMETHING? BECAUSE FOR ONE, A WEST COVINA, EL MONTE, WE ARE SIMILAR SIZE OF CITY.
THEY ONLY GIVE US PEANUTS WELL IT'S TO KEEP THEM OKAY.
MORE THAN $10 MILLION TAX PAYERS MONEY.
WE STILL HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY OFTEN DAM.
VERY LITTLE, JUST A LOT OF A LIPSTICK.
YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING GOOD EVENING.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS THAT WERE A PART OF THE COG OR RFP, A HOMELESS PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN THERE WAS A PREVENTION AND DIVERSION.
UH, THE, THE IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM WAS, UH, THE, TOOK A LOOK AT FUNDING, UH, CITIES BASED ON POPULATION SIZE.
SO AWARDS WENT FROM 50 TO 50,000.
SO THEY DID TRY TO TAKE THAT, UH, POPULATION IN SIZE AND THE CONSIDERATION IN THAT REGARD.
AND THEN THE OTHER PROGRAM WAS FOR $15,000.
UM, THE COUNTY HAS ONLY HAD ONE CYCLE.
SO MR. PEPSI-CO, UH, SAID THAT, UH, WE HAD THE, UM, THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR FUNDED AS WELL AS THE MOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM FUNDED FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND, UH, WE'RE WAITING ON THE NEXT CYCLE FROM THE COUNTY TO NOTICE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF THAT CURRENTLY.
AND THEY SAY, WELL, OKAY, WHAT'S COVINA.
THE CT, WE ARE GOING TO REQUEST MILLION DOLLARS.
WAS ASKED SO MANY, WE WON THE MORE MONEY HE FOUND AND WE WANT THE MONEY.
ELLIS PARTIAL OF OUR TAX MONEY COMING BACK.
YOU AND ALL THE IT'S RIGHT NOW, WE DON'T HAVE A BUDGET FOR THAT.
AND THAT WE ARE, I HAVE TO DO YOU AT THE END TO GET THE FUNDING FOR OKAY.
LIKE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, $50,000.
I DON'T EVEN COMPARE WITH THE MONEY WE DONATE TO THEM.
THOSE ARE PRIMARILY SERVICES THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO FUND.
THE LARGER SCALE FUNDING IS FOR DEVELOPMENT.
LIKE IMAGINE THE, UH, THE, UH, FUNDING IN POMONA IT'S FOR A DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
AND I REMEMBER, UH, WE ARE JOINED WITH A COUPLE OF CT WITH THE HOMELESS.
THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE US SOME KIND OF RENT.
AS I REMEMBERED DOING THAT MEETING, I SENT, WHEN I WAS IN THE MEETING, I RIGHT AWAY SENT TO CITY MANAGER SAID, CAN WE APPLY NO MATTER HOW THEY TELL, BECAUSE AT LEAST WE ARE GOING TO GET SOME MONEY.
WHILE WE PAYPAL, WHY DON'T WE JUST ZIV OKAY.
A LOT OF MONEY TO, THERE WAS AN
SO WE NEED ALL OUR, YOUR MONEY IF THE COUNTRY ALWAYS CG SO WE CAN SELL THIS.
LOOK, THIS IS JUST A, HE TOLD, OKAY.
AND HE'D JUST SAY, WELL, YOU TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING IT NEED TO PULL BACK WAS CAN WE APPLY MORE? BECAUSE WHEN I WAS OKAY, OKAY.
COMPLAINING AT THE TIME TO SAY, WE CAN PUT THE, WE TALKING TO YO, THAT WAS A LEAST I WAS SUPERVISED.
SO YOU SAY, WELL, WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT SOME OF THE PROPOSAL, ALL THE CT.
IF YOU GO TO SAY, HEY, WE DID REQUEST AND YOU DIDN'T GIVE TO US, THE, OF HOLY SKILLS IS, IS THAT, THAT WE DID APPLY, RIGHT.
WE, EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE'VE HAD WHEN THEY PUT OUT AN RFP, WE RESPONDED PRIMARILY FOR SERVICES AND THINGS THAT WERE IN HOMELESS WHAT'S PLAN THAT WE HAD FOR, UH, FOR A LARGER SCALE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
WE'D BE LOOKING AT SOME SORT OF DEVELOPMENT, I THINK IS OKAY.
AND EMPHASIZE, WE HAVE TO REQUEST, OKAY, IT'S
WE HAVE TO SQUEAK AND WE HAVE TO SCREAM AND SAY, WELL, HE'S ALL MONEY.
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I WANT IS A NUMBER DROP.IF I'M 300 DOWN TO 142 THIS YEAR, I DISAGREE.
I THINK, I GUESS, IS HE HOMELESS? I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY COME TO HOMELESS.
MAYBE THEY DIDN'T COME THE CALTRAN NOW THERE'S A FREEWAY OVERPASS.
MY QUESTION, MAYBE ANYBODY COULD ANSWER.
UM, DOES COUNTY HAVE A HOMELESS PLAN WHO, UH, FOR HOMELESS, WHO DOESN'T WANT THE HELP? I MEAN, I KNOW THE PLAN IS GREAT FOR THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, GET, WOULD LIKE THE HELP AND THEY'RE UTILIZING IT, BUT IS THERE A PLAN FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE, IF THEY DON'T WANT THE HELP, WHAT'S THEIR PLAN? NOT THAT NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF, WE JUST CONTINUE TO CONTINUE OUTREACH, CONTINUE TO TRY TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIPS.
THAT'S THE WHOLE TEAM, THE HOUSING NAVIGATOR IS GOING OUT IN THE FIELD AND TRYING TO ESTABLISH A RELATIONSHIPS AND BUILD THE TRUST TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICES NO TIME LIMIT.
LIKE IF YOU'VE REACHED OUT AFTER TWO YEARS AND THEY STILL DON'T WANT THE HELP, JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS.
AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION, JUST, I HAD A RESUME.
I SPOKE TO A RESIDENT REGARDING THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP.
I KNOW SHE RESIDES IN THE PISTACHIO AREA.
UM, AND ACTUALLY MAYOR WAS DISTRICT.
UM, I DID SPEAK TO HER, UH, IN, REGARDING THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT THAT IT WAS CHARGED.
SO WITH THIS PROPOSAL MEASURE, H WILL FINALLY PAY FOR THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP, CORRECT? YES.
AND THEN, UM, AND THERE'S NO WAY TO RETRO A RETRO PAY.
I SPOKE WITH HER AS WELL, AND I SAID I WOULD.
AND THEN BASED ON WHAT SHE MENTIONED, I KNOW SHE SAID 84,000, BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO HER BEFORE IT WAS 8,400, IS IT 8,400 OR 84TH? IT'S 8,400 OR SIX HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.
SO THAT'S LIKE 1400 PER CLEANUP.
AND THAT'S ONLY ON PASEO AREA.
HOW MANY HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS DO WE DOES THE CITY OF WEST COVINA LIKE DID IN THE LAST YEAR? SORRY, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE, WE CAN CERTAINLY PULL THOSE NUMBERS TOGETHER.
UM, WE DO THEM IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.
WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND THEN WE DO OUR OWN CLEANUPS.
UM, MIKE CRUSHER IS OUR PUBLIC SERVICES SUPERINTENDENT.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY? SO, UM, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WE'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE CLEANUPS BEFORE THEY GET VERY LARGE ONES IN THE SALES, THE ONES THAT ARE HIDDEN, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 12 TO 15 OF THOSE A YEAR.
I'M TRYING TO TALK INTO THE MIC, BUT WE AVERAGE ABOUT 12 TO 15 A YEAR.
BUT THE HOPE TEAM, I FELT LIKE I WAS GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK.
HOPE TEAM WA HAS BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB OF GETTING TO THOSE, LETTING US KNOW ABOUT THEM.
SO WE'RE GETTING THEM WHEN THEY'RE SMALLER.
SO WE SEND OUR STAFF OUT, I'D SAY AT LEAST TWO, THREE TIMES A WEEK, THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, AND TRY TO KEEP EVERYTHING ON A SMALLER SCALE.
UM, ONCE WE HAVE TO PAY FOR WHICH WE'VE USED STEREO CLEAN, WE'VE USED MERCHANTS.
IT'S ABOUT 12 TO 15 A YEAR, AND THEY COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 1400 TO 10,000.
SO IS THIS IMPLEMENTATION TOTAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LINE ITEM? IS THIS ONLY FOR ONE YEAR? SO TECHNICALLY ON THE CLEANUP, WE CAN PASS THAT AMOUNT.
CAUSE THEY'RE ONLY GIVING US 25,000, CORRECT? THAT'S THE TOTAL APPLICATION, BUT 25,000 FOR JUST THE ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP, CORRECT? YES.
SO THE REST ARE GENERAL FUNDS ARE THE ONES THAT'S GOING TO BE PAYING OUT OF THAT.
AS IT PERTAINS TO MD FOE AS A L AND D, FOR WHICH THE DISTRICT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S 10,000 ANNUALLY BUDGETED FOR HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS.
WE'VE DONE
THE
MAJOR AGE MONEY, BECAUSE THIS IS A HOMELESS AND KEVIN, I THINK THIS IS AN ARGUMENT THEY SHOULD BE SEEN.
KIM J H PHONE'S COUNTY COUNTY, YOU SHOULD GIVE HER THE MONEY TO GO TO, THIS IS A FEAT.
AND I'VE TALKED TO ELSIE MYSELF AS WELL.
WE WILL USE THE MEASURE H MONEY FIRST AS MORE MONEY COMES AVAILABLE.
I'M SURE KELLY AND I WILL BE BACK, BUT WE'LL USE THAT FIRST BEFORE WE USE DISTRICT FOR MONEY.
CAN WE APPLY TO A MAJOR H MONEY FOR ENCAMPMENT CLEANUP IS THEY HAVE, AS THEY HAVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE SUBJECT TO COME TO YOU, RIGHT.
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THEY HAVE, THEY'VE TYPICALLY ESTABLISHED A LIST SORT OF ACTIVITY THAT HASN'T BEEN WHAT'S FOR THE COG TWO IS A GOOD THING.YOU KNOW, I FIND IT SOMETHING THAT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
BUT BEING ON THE 3RD OF APRIL VIOLET HOMELESS COMMUNITY, WE'VE DISCUSSED ABOUT MAITRE H MONIES ABOUT, ABOUT HELPING, YOU KNOW, DEVELOP A HOMELESS SHELTER SOMEWHERE.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE, THE CRITERIA THEY'VE SET, YOU CANNOT BUILD A HOMELESS SHELTER WITHIN 500 FEET OF A FREEWAY.
IF YOU'VE HAD SOME VACANT LAND THAT WAS CLEAR THAT FREEWAY, AND YOU'D SAY, HEY, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR A HOMELESS FACILITY.
THE PLEASURE H MONEY FOR THAT.
SO I DIDN'T WANT TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF FRUSTRATION, NOT ONLY WITH BREASTFEEDING WHILE POINT, I FELT REALLY FRUSTRATED ABOUT IT.
CAUSE THEY DO HAVE SOME MAN RIGHT THERE THAT THEY WANTED TO BUILD.
AND THAT MAJOR EIGHT HAD SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T DO IT.
SO JUST LET IT IS FRUSTRATING.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THEY PUT ON THE CITIES, BUT THE MONEY THAT THEY CAN SPEND.
SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE SUPERVISORS TO CHANGE THEIR MIND THAT IF, UH, IF A CITY WANTS TO BUILD A PLACE, THEY HAVE THE LAND TO DO IT.
IF IT'S WITHIN THAT 500 FEET, WE NEED THE MONEY TO DO IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
NO COUNTY CHANGING MY, I DON'T KNOW HAPPEN.
I THINK THEY USING ALL THE MONEY TO HIRE A BUNCH OF STAFF, FILL OUT ALL THE BUREAUCRACY AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
UH, ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE ANY JESSICA, GO AHEAD.
I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO THINK ABOUT TO DO.
DOES, DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH MEASURE H HAS AMASSED BY NOW AFTER THREE YEARS? I KNOW ESTIMATES WERE ABOUT 355 MILLION PER YEAR, BUT DOES ANYONE HERE KNOW THAT? IS IT A BILLION? IS THAT ON TRACK NOW? THAT HAS BEEN ABOUT THREE YEARS.
AND WE'D HAVE TO DO SOME RESEARCH.
WHAT DO WE ASK THEM THAT PLEASE? CAUSE IT'S KIND OF OFF TOPIC, BUT I THINK ONLY THE RESIDENTS OF WEST COVINA, BUT EVERYONE IN LA COUNTY SHOULD KIND OF BE FOCUSED ON A READ IN ARTICLES ON, UH, NBC FOR THE AVERAGE, THE PRICE TAG FOR SOME OF ELLIE'S HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS IS EXPECTED TO HIT 746,000 PER UM, I THINK AT SOME POINT, NOT ONLY THE WEST COVINA COMMUNITY, BUT ALL OF OUR LA COUNTY COMMUNITIES FOCUS ON THAT ABSURDITY.
MONEY'S JUST GOING TO GET BURNED AND I REALLY WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH HAS BEEN A MASSIVE, THANK YOU.
JESSICA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? OKAY.
UH, SO BASICALLY THAT'S OBJECTION.
IS I KNOW THIS IS THE ONLY DAY ALLOW US TO, TO OK.
TRY TO SEND A REQUEST, REQUEST A MUCH BIGGER NUMBER.
LET, WHILE WE DESERVE ALL THE SIZE OF THE CT AND THE MONEY WE CONTRIBUTE OUR QUARTER OF SALES TAX.
AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T ASK IT, DON'T GIVE IT TO YOU.
IF YOU AS CONTINUE TO MAKE LOUD NOISE, I THINK THEY MIGHT HAVE, AND I WILL BE IN THE CAR.
CONTINUE TO SQUEAK A SCREAM ABOUT WHAT THE ENTITLEMENT FOR WHAT'S COVINA IN SOME WAY.
OR DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON TO MOVE.
SECOND BY A MALE POTENT LOPEZ.
HI, MAY I APPROACH HIM LOPEZ? BEATO I MAY OR WILL I BOUGHT MORE MONEY? OKAY.
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OKAY.AND THEN WE GO TO ITEM NUMBER 11 CODE ENFORCEMENT UPDATE, AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE OKAY.
CODE ENFORCEMENT MANAGER MYELIN.
AND UH, WE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE YOU OKAY.
JOIN THE CT, UH, WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND THE WORK VERY HARD BECAUSE I'VE BEEN CALLING YOU REQUEST A CT AS A DONE ISSUE AND THE RIGHT AWAY, PICK UP THE PHONE, YOU RIGHT AWAY.
AND, UH, I CANNOT SAY MORE THAN SAYS THANK YOU SO MUCH TO WORK FOR THE CT.
AND, UH, WE ARE VERY FORTUNATELY TO HAVE YOU GO AHEAD, MARILYN.
HONORABLE MAYOR MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A QUICK PRESENTATION AND A SIX MONTH REVIEW OF OUR NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM.
SO FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR OBJECTIVE, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT.
HIS OBJECTIVE IS TO GAIN VOLUNTARY CODE COMPLIANCE FROM PROPERTY
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OWNERS, BUSINESS OWNERS, AND TENANTS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.IN THOSE CASES WHERE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE THROUGH A SERIES OF WRITTEN REQUESTS, WHERE IN THOSE CASES WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNER BUSINESS OWNER AND OR TENANT INDICATES THAT THEY WILL NOT CORRECT THE VIOLATION ADDITIONAL ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS MAY BE TAKEN.
NEXT IS A SNAPSHOT OF OUR CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF ONE FULL TIME MANAGER AND SEVEN PART-TIME OFFICERS, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE AND A HALF FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
THE DIVISION SERVICES, THE NEEDS OF OVER 110,000 RESIDENTS AND 3000 BUSINESSES IN THE CITY.
ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID WAS TO DIVIDE THE CITY INTO FOUR SERVICE AREAS, WHICH MIRRORS THE FOREST SERVICE AREAS OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AREAS ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR, AFTER THE CITY WAS DIVIDED INTO THE FOREST SERVICE AREAS.
OUR FIRST GOAL WAS TO PROACTIVELY DRIVE EVERY STREET IN THE CITY TO IDENTIFY ALL OBVIOUS CODE VIOLATIONS.
THE MAP IN THIS SLIDE IS A WORKING COPY.
THAT SHOW THAT SITS ON MY DESK.
AS OFFICERS DROVE EACH STREET IN THE CITY, THEY USED A HIGHLIGHTER TO IDENTIFY THE STREET THAT WAS SURVEYED.
WE CONTINUED THIS PROCESS UNTIL WE DROVE EVERY STREET IN THE CITY.
ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE LAUNCHED AT IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM WAS THE GO REQUEST APP.
THE APP IS TO HANDLE ALL TYPES OF SERVICE REQUESTS.
THE SYSTEM ALLOWS CITY STAFF TO ACCEPT ONLINE SERVICE REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATE WITH RESIDENTS VIA EMAIL.
THE SYSTEM HAS ALSO BEEN INTEGRATED INTO OUR CITY'S WEBSITE, ALONG WITH A MOBILE PORTAL FOR BOTH ANDROID AND IPHONE USERS.
QUESTION OF HOW GO REQUESTS ARE REPORTED.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE NEXT CHART, MOST REQUESTS ARE SUBMITTED BY PHONE.
THE OTHER, ROUGHLY 25% ARE SUBMITTED, UH, THROUGH THE INTERNET OR VIA EMAIL TO CITY STAFF.
IT JUST SHOWS OPEN AND CLOSED GO REQUESTS BY MONTH THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT USE THE GO REQUEST APP AND THIS CHART, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE OVERALL NUMBER OF GOAL REQUESTS HAS STEADILY INCREASED EACH MONTH FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS.
NEXT SLIDE, UH, CONCENTRATE SPECIFICALLY ON THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION IN THE CODE ENFORCEMENT DIVISION, WE RECEIVE AND OPEN AND CLOSE AN AVERAGE OF 200 AND 200 PLUS REQUESTS PER MONTH.
WITH ALL OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES, WE TRY TO FOLLOW SOME BASIC CODE CASE PROCEDURES FOR CONSISTENCY.
SO WHEN WE RECEIVE A COMPLAINT, WE OPEN A CODE ENFORCEMENT CASE.
WE VERIFIED THAT THE ADDRESS IS WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA.
WE THEN CONDUCTED AN INITIAL INSPECTION TO DETERMINE IF A VIOLATION DOES EXIST.
OFTENTIMES PEOPLE REPORT THINGS THAT ARE NOT A VIOLATION.
SO IT REQUIRES THAT WE DO A VISUAL INSPECTION.
IF WE ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE THAT A VIOLATION DOES EXIST.
AND IF THE PROPERTY OWNER BUSINESS OWNER IS A FIRST TIME VIOLATOR, WE'LL SEND WHAT'S CALLED A COURTESY NOTICE OR JUST HE NOTICES MAIL TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, BUSINESS OWNER AND OR TENANT REQUESTING VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AND ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO THE COURTESY NOTICE WOULD BE A VERBAL WARNING.
SO IF WE GO BUY A AND WE SEE SOMEBODY STANDING OUT FRONT AND THEY NEED TO MOW THEIR FRONT LAWN, WE'LL JUST STOP AND TALK TO THEM, SAY, LOOK, WE ARE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU MOW YOUR FRONT LAWN AND CLEAN UP THE PROPERTY A LITTLE BIT.
OH, AFTER THE NOTICE WAS MAILED, WE'LL DO A FOLLOWUP INSPECTION.
IF THE CORRECTION VIOLATION IS NOT CORRECTED, WE WOULD SEND WITH ZEN CALLED A NOTICE OF VIOLATION, WHICH AGAIN GIVES THE VIOLATOR, WHETHER THERE'S THE PROPERTY OWNER OR BUSINESS OWNER, A TENANT, AN ADDITIONAL 10 DAYS TO CORRECT THE VIOLATION.
HOWEVER, IF THE VIOLATION IS CORRECTED BASED ON THE COURTESY NOTICE OR THE VERBAL WARNING, OUR NEXT STEP IS WE SEND A THANK YOU NOTICE TO THAT RESIDENT IN THAT BUSINESS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'VE VOLUNTARILY COMPLIED AND WE APPRECIATE, UM, THEY'RE TAKING PRIDE IN THEIR PROPERTY AND THEIR BUSINESS.
YES, WE ISSUE A NOTICE OF VIOLATION.
THE VIOLATION IS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ALL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR THAT SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALSO OUTLINES REMEDIES TO CORRECT THE VIOLATIONS BEFORE TAKING THE NEXT STEP.
WE'LL FOLLOW UP THE NOTICE OF VIOLATION BY CONDUCTING AGAIN, A FOLLOWUP INSPECTION TO SEE IF THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE.
WHAT'S CALLED A NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION.
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION IS MAILED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND ALL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINING THE CODE VIOLATIONS AND POSSIBLE REMEDIES.
DO YOU ONCE AGAIN, UH, CORRECT THE VIOLATION AND AGAIN, ALWAYS ASKING FOR VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE BEFORE FINES ARE IMPOSED.
NEXT SLIDE IS IN CASES WHERE WE HAVE, UM, EXTREME CASES WHERE IMMINENT THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY EXISTS SUCH AS SLUMLORD LIVING CONDITIONS OR FIRE LIFE SAFETY ISSUES AND ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION MAY BE ISSUED AS A FIRST STEP IN ORDER TO ENSURE IMMEDIATE COMPLIANCE.
WHEN DO WE ISSUE AN ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION? IF THERE IS NO CORRECTION AFTER THE INITIAL VISIT AND SUBSEQUENT REQUESTS FOR CORRECTION, THE HANDLING CODE ENFORCEMENT
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OFFICER WOULD EVALUATE THE SITUATION.IT APPEARS THE VIOLATION IS NOT GOING TO BE CORRECTED AFTER THE NOTICING PROCESS AND ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION WOULD BE PREPARED AND MAILED, WHICH INCLUDES A FINE AND GIVES THE VIAL OR 21 DAYS TO PAY THE CITATION, OR THEY MAY APPEAL THE CITATION CITATIONS ISSUED TO THE PROPERTY OWNER IN ALL RESPONSIBLE PARTIES REGARDING THE OUTSTANDING CODE VIOLATIONS FOUND AT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALSO WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THE REMEDIES IN ORDER TO ABATE THE VIOLATION.
SO WE'RE NOT FORCED TO ISSUE ADDITIONAL CITATIONS IF AFTER RE-INSPECTION THE PROP, THE VIOLATIONS REMAIN ADDITIONAL CITATIONS MAY BE ISSUED TO THEM.
THE OFFICE CONFERENCE IS OUR FINAL ATTEMPT, ATTEMPT TO GAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AT THE LOCAL STAFF LEVEL.
A NOTICE WAS MAILED TO THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES, WHETHER IT BE THE PROPERTY OWNER TENANT BUSINESS OWNER, INVITING THEM TO A CONFERENCE TO COME MEET WITH ME, HANDLING CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, TO SIT DOWN AT A TABLE AND DISCUSS VIOLATION AND REMEDIES.
SO CODE ENFORCEMENT IN THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO EXHAUST ANY OTHER REMEDIES IN ORDER TO ABATE THE VIOLATION.
ONCE WE MEET WITH THE VIOLATOR, THE PROPERTY OWNER BUSINESS OWNER WILL SEND A FOLLOWUP LETTER TO THAT PERSON SUMMARIZING OUR MEETING, OUTLINING TIMELINES, AND A PROCESS TO BRING THE PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE TO TAKE ANY FURTHER ACTION.
IF THE CITY HAS TO TAKE FURTHER ACTIONS, CODE ENFORCEMENT MAY, UM, USE ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE CITATIONS, OR WE MAY PURSUE OTHER LEGAL REMEDIES REMEDIES SUCH AS CIVIL PENALTIES, UM, NUISANCE ABATEMENT, CRIMINAL PROSECUTION, OR A CIVIL INJUNCTION UP INTO ASKING THE COURT TO APPOINT A RECEIVER IN ORDER FOR US TO REMEDY AND ABATE VIOLATIONS ON OUR PROPERTY.
NEXT CHART SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES OPEN AND CLOSED OVER THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN MARCH AND APRIL, WE REALLY RAMPED IT UP, UH, OPENING ALMOST 1300 CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES JUST IN THE FIRST TWO MONTHS.
AND YOU CAN SEE A STEADY DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF CASES BECAUSE WE HIT IT HARD RIGHT AWAY.
WE GOT OUT THERE PROACTIVELY AND TRY TO IDENTIFY EVERYTHING WITHOUT HAVING PEOPLE HAVE TO CALL IN AND COMPLAIN ABOUT A PROPERTY.
YOU'LL SEE A SPIKE AT THE BEGINNING, WE'RE STARTING TO LEVEL OUT AND IT'S MORE MAINTENANCE.
AND FOLLOWING UP ON COMPLAINTS, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ARE REPORTED TO CITY STAFF.
THE NEXT CHART YOU'LL SEE THAT 61% OF ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ARE INITIATED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT STAFF.
WE'RE PROACTIVELY OUT THERE TRYING TO IDENTIFY VIOLATIONS BEFORE PEOPLE HAVE TO CALL THEM.
IN ANOTHER 13% OF THE CASES ARE REPORTED BY OTHER CITY STAFF, WHETHER IT BE THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DIVISION, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ENGINEERING ON TOTAL, MOST 75% OF ALL CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ARE INITIATED BY CITY PERSONNEL AND NOT WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO CALL IN AND FILE A COMPLAINT.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS HOW WE CLASSIFY OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES OUT OF THE 2,357 CASES GENERATED IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS.
ALMOST 2000 WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A GENERAL PUBLIC NUISANCE.
THESE ARE PRIMARILY DEALING WITH PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS.
THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU, IT GIVES YOU A BREAKDOWN OF THE MOST COMMON VIOLATIONS THAT WE ADDRESS.
UM, OVERGROWN VEGETATION, TRASH AND DEBRIS, AGAIN, BASIC PROPERTY MAINTENANCE, BUT IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD, WE ADDRESSED AND NOTIFIED PROPERTY OWNERS, TENANTS OVER 4,560 VIOLATIONS IN OUR CITY.
NEXT SLIDE SHOWS A SUMMARY OF ACTION COUNTS WITHIN OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES.
YOU SEE THAT WE DID OVER 4,900 INSPECTIONS.
YOU'LL SEE UNDER PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS.
THOSE ARE JUST SIGNIFICANT PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS RELATING TO A CASE IN NO WAY.
DOES THAT CAPTURE THE THOUSANDS OF OTHER PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS THAT WE ADDRESS? UM, THROUGHOUT THE FIRST SIX MONTHS IN TOTAL ENTERED INTO OUR SOFTWARE PROGRAM UNDER ACTION COUNTS, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ENTERED 16,155 ACTIONS JUST IN A SIX MONTH PERIOD.
DURING THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF OPERATION, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE MAILED OVER 5,000 LETTERS TO RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS REGARDING PROPERTY MAINTENANCE VIOLATIONS, WHERE OUR EFFORTS, WE ARE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY IN BOTH THE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONES.
NEXT THREE SLIDES SHOW SOME BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTOS OF PROPERTIES THAT WE ADDRESSED BOTH PROACTIVELY AND REACTIVELY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
AFTER OUR INITIAL SIX MONTHS, SOME OF OUR GOALS ARE TO INCREASE
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THE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUE WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS CONCERNS, PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE PROPERTY VALUES OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THROUGH CODE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS.WE'RE CLOSELY WITH THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS TO IMPROVE AND UPDATE THE APPEARANCE OF OUR ASSETS WITH THAT.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL.
MY LAND, UM, UH, CODE ENFORCEMENT WAS MY BIGGEST THING.
WHEN I CAMPAIGNED, I REMEMBER WALKING TO THIS ONE RESIDENT, BEAUTIFUL IMMACULATE YARD, AND HE INFORMED ME THAT HE PUT IN, UH, OUR FORMER CODE ENFORCEMENT.
HE FILED A REPORT ON A NEIGHBOR AROUND THE BLOCK.
AND OF COURSE, WHEN HE CALLS IN, HE HAS TO GIVE HIS ADDRESS.
AND THEN THE ADDRESS THAT HE'S COMPLAINING.
IT WAS LIKE JUNK YARD IN THE FRONT.
AND HE RECEIVED THE YELL BACK THEN, I GUESS IT WAS A YELLOW CARD.
AND HE SAID, THEY GAVE IT TO ME AND HIS YARD WAS BEAUTIFUL.
SO I WAS FRUSTRATED WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT BACK THEN I HAD TO STEP IN, I WAS ONLY A COMMISSIONER.
SO I KNEW BASED ON WALKING, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WERE SAYING THAT WAS THE BIGGEST ISSUE THEY HAD CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU CAME ALONG.
I DID SPEND A DAY WITH YOU AND YOUR SOFTWARE, THE UPGRADES, EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
AND WITH THE PICTURES, INCLUDING THE PICTURES AND THE LETTERS THAT'S PROOF.
SO THERE'S NO INACCURACY OF GIVING IT TO THE WRONG PERSON AND SO FORTH.
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU AND LETTING THE RESIDENTS KNOW IS THAT YOU WORK WITH OUR RESIDENTS.
LIKE I'M GONNA FIND YOU, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IT HE'LL WORK WITH YOU AND, UM, ALLOW, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU TIME, WHATEVER IT NEEDS TO BE.
SO THAT I DO APPRECIATE NOW I KNOW WE DID HAVE ONE RESIDENT ON THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING REGARDING CARPORTS, HE'S USING THE CANOPY'S TYPE.
AND I KNOW THAT IS BASED ON OUR, UH, RULES THAT THAT'S NOT ALLOWED.
I WAS WONDERING, IS THAT CDBG STILL AVAILABLE? AND DO YOU GIVE THEM THOSE OPTIONS? YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE HAVE WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL WHO HELPS OUT IF THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY CAN'T AFFORD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT DO WE, DO WE GIVE THESE OPTIONS? AND YEAH, WE, WHENEVER WE WORK WITH RESIDENTS, WE PROVIDE THEM ALL THE OPTIONS AVAILABLE AT THE CITY AND STAFFING LEVEL, INCLUDING VOLUNTEER GROUPS, UM, DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES, WORKING WITH OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UM, WEST COVINA, BEAUTIFUL, ALL THOSE GROUPS.
SO OUR GOAL IS NOT TO ISSUE CITATIONS.
OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GAIN VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE, ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR KEEPING OUR CITY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, BUT IN REGARDS TO CDBG WOULD MAYBE OUR CITY STAFF, DO WE HAVE CDBG AVAILABLE? YES, WE DO.
AND DO THEY COVER THE CAR PORTS? UM, CONSTRUCTION.
SO MAYBE CTE STAFF CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MARK.
YES, WE DO HAVE, UM, ELLIE'S HERE, KELLY, YOU HAD THE PROFESSIONAL CDBG PHONE AND IT'S ALL DONE SOMETHING FOR IMPROVEMENT.
10,000 ON PRESERVATION PRESERVATION.
OUR COURTS WOULD HAVE STILL HAD TO GO TO THE CD PLANNING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A COMPLY WITH THE GOLDEN.
NO, I WAS JUST LIKE TO SAY, I WANT TO THANK MIKE FOR EVERYTHING HE DOES.
I KNOW HIM AND I DO A LOT OF TEXTING BACK AND FORTH KNOW, AND EVERY TIME THERE WAS SOMETHING DONE, THIS MAN WORKS SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, SEVEN 24, TEXTING HE'S ON IT.
AND WE'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.
AND I KNOW ABOUT THE RESIDENT THAT THE AIRPORT TIM WAS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD DISTRICTS, I HAD TALKED TO THEM.
THEY HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YARD, BUT THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, THEIR BACKYARD WAS A JUNK YARD.
AND I KNOW IT'S BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR THE CITY.
I KNOW YOU GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS SHOULD KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I TOLD THE NEIGHBOR THE OTHER DAY, HOW DO I GET IN TOUCH WITH THE CODE? I SAID, DOWNLOAD THE APP, GO WEST.
I SAID, IF YOU PUT IT ON THAT, THEY HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT, WHATEVER THE COURT ENFORCEMENT PROBLEM IS.
THERE'S JUST FEAR GOING INTO THIS.
I SAID, AND YOU WILL GET A RESPONSE.
SO MY, I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR STAFF DOES, SIR.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN JOHNSON.
I KNOW AGAIN, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OKAY.
SEE, SEE EVERYBODY APPRECIATE, OKAY.
BECAUSE I THINK IF IT WAS HANDLED, WE HAVE A BIGGEST RESIDENT.
EMAIL US, CALL US ALL THE TIME WE GOT AN ISSUE OR THEN GOT NICOLE, HIM FALLS MY ISSUE.
AND, UH, SO WE, WE CALL YOU I'LL TEXT
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YOU, SORRY.OH, I EMAIL, YOU KNOW, YOU RIGHT AWAY RESPONSE TO US.
I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING OKAY.
AND THE RESIDENT LIKES IT BECAUSE YOU RIGHT AWAY TALK TO THEM AND TRY TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INSTEAD OF STAY THEY'RE BROTHERS.
SO A WAY TO KNOW IS NOISE ISSUE COMING BACK.
I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE MANAGERS ABOUT OKAY.
ALL THE NEWS AND ABOUT THE NOTE IS BECAUSE THAT WILL MAKE PEOPLE CRAZY.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE QUIET ENJOYMENT.
THE SUPERMARKET, IT DIDN'T DELIVER THE TRUCK AND THE DEAD, THE TRUCK IDAHO IS SMASHED IN THIS AND REALLY DISTURBED THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A TWO YEAR OLD CLOG AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING OKAY.
AND THESE SOUND LIKE NOT IMPORTANT, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE.
AND THIS IS THE ORDINANCE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THIS NEIGHBOR ISSUE.
BUT AGAIN, UH, I CANNOT SAY ANYTHING MORE THAN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR VERY ACTIVE.
AND, UH, UH, AND THE WALKING SO HOT.
OUR NEW ADDITION TO KEEP OUR CT WEST COVINA IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
IT WILL OVER HERE MOLDED SO THAT HE IS, AND I REMEMBER THIS, THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY AND A WEEK OR PREVIOUS 10 YEARS.
I THINK TIME FOR YOU TO COME OVER HERE, MAKE SURE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THOUGH.
I HAVE A PROPERTY ON THE RESIDENTIAL.
THESE ARE STREET VT, A WEEPING DRIVING AROUND.
AND THEN MAKE SURE YOUR STAFF SEE THE GRAFFITI.
AGAIN, SEE AN ISLAND WAS ALL WE PLEASE HAVE.
I'LL PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR ISLAND OKAY.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, MILAN.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOU WALKING FOR THE CT.
D WE, WE DON'T ALWAYS TRY TO GIVE PEOPLE A HARD TIME.
WE TRIED TO, PEOPLE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB.
WE JUST TELL THEM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
FOR THE HALLWAY, ECHO HEMI, PUTIN.
I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW HE WAS PART OF THE GO REQUEST, APP CREATION.
YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO SAY, THANK YOU.
AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR RESIDENTS UTILIZE, THAT THAT'S WHERE THEY PUT IN, YOU KNOW, THE GRAFFITI, THE MESS, ALL THAT IS IN THERE.
AND IF YOU'VE SEEN ON HIS END, I MEAN, EVERYBODY PUTS IT IN.
BUT IF YOU SEE ON HIS END, THERE'S TONS OF REPORTS.
SO FOR THE LIMITED STAFF THAT THEY HAVE TO PUT IN ALL THAT REQUEST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
AND THEN JESSICA, JESSICA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY? OKAY.
AND I ALSO, LIKE I SAID, THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT LIVES BEHIND ME ON THE STREET, HAD A CANOPY UP IN HIS FRONT YARD FOR IT EVER SINCE I KNOWN HIM AND I'VE LIVED IN DISTRICT ONE OVER THERE AND MY SCREENING FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
AND THE GENTLEMAN CAME OVER AND SAYS, I JUST GOT TO THINK FROM OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, THAT THIS KIND OF HAS TO COME DOWN.
AND I JUST LOOKED AT HIM AND SAID, WELL, IT HAS TO COME DOWN.
I SAYS, YOU'RE ALL VIOLATIONS.
I SAID, THE PROBLEM WAS WE NEVER HAD A CODE ENFORCEMENT THAT FOLLOWED UP ON IT.
SO I JUST, I TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF THEY GO THERE, IT'S ILLEGAL.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
IF YOU SEE ALL THE BEAUTY, ALL THE BEAUTIFUL CITY UPGRADE CT, THEY ALL HAVE A VERY STRONG CODE ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE.
AND THE POTATO POVERTY VALLEY.
BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE IN NICE AND BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU TRY TO KEEP YOUR PROPERTY.
AND THEN YOU SEE SOME OTHER OBSOLETE, BUT AGAIN, MILAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SHOULD WE JUST, WE SEE THEM FIRE, RIGHT? OKAY.
AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO CALL YOU ALL THE TIME.
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APPRECIATE IT.WE GO TO THE ITEM NUMBER POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE CHIEF.
MAYOR COUNCIL, STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF OUR VIEWING AUDIENCE.
I'M THE CHIEF HERE AT WEST COVINA AND I'LL BE GIVING A PRESENTATION AND AN UPDATE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE'LL BE COVERING A FEW ITEMS, UH, PERSONNEL USE OF FORCE DEPARTMENT NUMBERS.
WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR TRAFFIC UNIT.
OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU IS SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE ARE AUTHORIZED TO HAVE 90 OFFICERS AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE 90 TO DATE.
AND THAT 90 DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE FULL.
UM, WE ARE WORKING ON ADDING MORE OFFICERS TO OUR DEPARTMENT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
UH, FIVE OF THOSE OFFICERS ARE CURRENTLY INJURED.
OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 12 OFFICERS.
WE HAVE A SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM THAT HAVE FIVE.
UH, WE ARE SHORT IN A FEW VACANCIES, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.
OUR PATROL CONSISTS OF 52 OFFICERS IN THE FIELD.
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UH, FIVE SHIFTS AND, UM, SEVEN BEATS.SO, UM, WE ARE UTILIZING THE OFFICERS AS BEST WE CAN.
UH, WE HAVE FOUR OFFICERS WORKING THERE.
OUR DISPATCH UNIT, WE HAVE 12 FULL TIME, THREE PART TIME.
WE HAVE SOME VACANCIES THAT WE ARE WORKING ON THERE.
ALL OF THEM HAVE RETURNED BACK TO THE SCHOOL AS OF AUGUST THE EIGHTH.
AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY FOCUSING ON TRUANCY AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.
AND WE ARE MONITORING THEIR USEFULNESS AT THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE'LL BE KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT, UH, COMMUNITY GROUPS AROUND NEXT COMMUNITY GROUPS AROUND THE COUNTRY HAS QUESTIONED LAW ENFORCEMENT AS A WHOLE, WITH RESPECT TO THEIR RESPONSE TO USE OF FORCE.
AND IF THERE WERE ANY DEESCALATION TRAINING BEING OFFERED, UH, THE CITY OF WEST COVINA HAVE BEEN DSG HAVE BEEN USING DEESCALATION CONSISTENTLY SINCE 2015.
WHEN THE DEPARTMENT SWITCHED OVER TO LEXIPOL, LEXIPOL SENDS OUT DEPARTMENT LEGAL UPDATES ANNUALLY, WHICH HELPS US STAY IN LINE WITH CURRENT LEGISLATION.
I'M GOING TO COVER A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR USE OF FORCE.
SO BEAR WITH ME, UH, DEESCALATION REQUIREMENTS, THE DEPARTMENT'S ULTIMATE OBJECTIVE AND EVERY LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACT IS VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS, UH, OFFICERS ARE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO DEESCALATION TRAINING.
FOLLOWING POLICIES ARE AREAS WHERE DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES ARE FREQUENTLY APPLIED, UH, AND OUR USE OF FORCE POLICY IN OUR CIVIL DISPUTE POLICY AND OUR CRISIS INTERVENTION, UH, INCIDENT AND IN MENTAL ILLNESS COMMITMENTS.
UM, AND THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR USE OF FORCE THAT I'LL BE COVERING SO DUTY TO INTERVENE.
YOU'VE SEEN IT, UM, SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, THIS HAS BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR CONCERNED RESIDENTS AT THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE REQUIRE ANY OFFICER PRESENT AND OBSERVING ANOTHER OFFICER USING UNNECESSARY FORCE TO INTERCEDE AND PREVENT THAT FORCE FROM OCCURRING.
THAT OFFICER ALSO HAS A DUTY TO REPORT HIS OR HER OBSERVATIONS TO A SUPERVISOR.
YOU WERE AHEAD OF ME WHEN YOU GO BACK, GO BACK RIGHT THERE.
UM, WELL YOU'VE ALSO HEARD, UM, UH, CITIZENS TALK ABOUT THE USE OF FORCE CONTINUUM.
UM, WE USE A RANGE OF FORCE OPTIONS OFFICERS AT THE WEST MOLINA POLICE DEPARTMENT, HEAVY RANGE OF FORCE OPTIONS THAT MAY BE IMPLEMENTED DEPENDING ON THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY EXECUTE AN ARREST OR LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE.
AND THAT RANGE CONSISTS OF A COMMAND PRESENCE, UH, CONTROL HOLDS RESTRAINT, OCE, SPRAY, TASERS, SPECIALTY IMPACT WEAPONS, OTHER CHEMICAL AGENTS, CANINE DEPLOYMENT IN LETHAL FORCE.
UH, OFFICERS SHALL USE ONLY THAT AMOUNT OF FORCE THAT REASONABLY APPEARS NECESSARY.
GIVEN THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES, STANCES PERCEIVED BY THE OFFICER AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT TO ACCOMPLISH A LEGITIMATE LAW ENFORCEMENT PURPOSE, THESE, UM, POLICIES YOU CAN FIND ONLINE, UH, AND YOU CAN READ THEM VERBATIM.
UM, IF AN OBJECTIVELY REASONABLE OFFICER WOULD CONSIDER A SAFE AND FEASIBLE AND FEASIBLE TO DO SO UNDER THE TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES, OFFICERS SHOULD EVALUATE THE USE OF OTHER REASONABLE AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND TO TECHNIQUES WHEN WHETHER TO USE DEADLY FORCE.
WELL, IT'S NOT JUST A BLANKET USE DEADLY FORCE.
WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO, UM, LOOK FOR OTHER ALTERNATIVES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY GET TO THAT DETERMINATION.
THIS HAS BEEN A HOT TOPIC, NICK NEXT AND ON CHOKE AND STRANGULATIONS.
THE USE OF CHOKE HOLES IN STRANGLE HOLES ARE NOT AUTHORIZED FOR USE BY THE OFFICERS OF THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE FOLLOWING IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE POLICY THAT WE RECENTLY MADE ANY CAROTID OR CHOKE RESTRAINTS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED UNLESS FACED WITH A DEADLY FORCE.
I MEAN, UNLESS FACED WITH A SITUATION WHERE DEADLY FORCE WOULD BE AUTHORIZED OR OUR TAKE ON IT AS IF YOU CAN USE A GUN.
AND IF YOU WERE IN THAT SITUATION, THEN YOU CAN USE THE CHOKE HOLD IF IT'S DEADLY FORCE ONLY, BUT YOU CAN'T USE IT TO PUT SOMEONE OUT OR TO TRY TO TAKE HIM INTO CUSTODY.
I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
I AM FULLY AWARE THAT THE USE OF CORRADO STRENGTH IS BEING EVALUATED BY CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS, AND WE WILL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS
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TO OUR POLICY ACCORDINGLY.UH, NEXT LINE YOU'RE WAY AHEAD OF ME.
UM, SHOOTING AT MOVING VEHICLES, UH, SHOTS FIRED AT, OR FROM A MOVING VEHICLE ARE RARELY EFFECTIVE.
OFFICERS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE PATH OF AN APPROACHING VEHICLE INSTEAD OF DISCHARGING THE FIREARM AT THE VEHICLE OR ANY OF THIS OCCUPANTS, ANY OFFICERS SHOULD ONLY DISCHARGE A FIREARM AT A MOVING VEHICLE OR ITS OCCUPANTS WHEN THE OFFICER REASONABLY BELIEVES THERE ARE NO OTHER REASONABLE MEANS AVAILABLE TO AVERT THE THREAT OF THE VEHICLE, OR IF DEADLY FORCE, OTHER THAN THE VEHICLES DIRECTED AT THE OFFICER, OFFICERS SHOULD NOT SHOOT AT ANY PART OF THE VEHICLE AND NEED ATTEMPT TO DISABLE IT AT THE TIRES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, STATISTICAL DATA REGARDING ALL OFFICERS INVOLVED, SHOOTINGS AND INCIDENTS INVOLVING USE OF FORCE RESULTING IN SERIOUS BODILY INJURY IS TO BE REPORTED TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AS REQUIRED BY GOVERNMENT CODE.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WE DO COMPLY WITH THAT.
UM, ANY USE OF FORCE BY A MEMBER OF THIS DEPARTMENT SHALL BE DOCUMENTED PROPERLY, COMPLETELY AND ACCURATELY IN AN APPROPRIATE REPORT, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE INCIDENT.
AND WHEN YOU READ THIS POLICY, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO ABIDE BY AND HAVE TO INCLUDE IN THE REPORT.
AND WE HAVE SUPERVISORS THAT MAKE SURE THAT THAT INFORMATION IS ACTUALLY IN THE REPORT ON A USE OF FORCE INCIDENT.
A SUPERVISOR ONCE ON SCENE IS EXPECTED TO OBTAIN THE BASIC FACTS FROM THE INVOLVED OFFICER AND ENSURED THAT ANY INJURED PARTY ARE EXAMINED AND TREATED.
AND THAT INCLUDES SUSPECT WITNESS OFFICER OR ANYBODY, SUPERVISORS ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR OVERALL SCENE MANAGEMENT AND MAKING SURE THAT EVIDENCE IS COLLECTED BY OFFICERS OR CRIME SCENE TECHNICIANS.
THIS IS ALL STILL PART OF OUR USE OF FORCE.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO, THEY ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY AND ALL WITNESSES ARE CONTACTED AND REVIEW ALL RELATED REPORTS.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, ON A SHOOTING INCIDENT, WE ACTUALLY DO OUR OWN INVESTIGATIONS.
AND THEN WE REACH A NUMBER THAT WE CANNOT HANDLE.
OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT COMES IN AND THEY ACTUALLY HANDLE THE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION, OR IF IT INVOLVES, UM, PARTICULAR SITUATIONS, WE'LL HAVE HIM COME IN AND ASSIST US.
AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY GRACIOUS.
OFFICERS WILL RECEIVE PERIODIC TRAINING ON THE USE OF FORCE POLICY AND DEMONSTRATE THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE FOLLOWING ARE SOME OF THE TRAINING COURSES THE OFFICERS HAVE ATTENDED OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER TRAINING REGARDING VARIOUS TOPICS, UH, THROUGH POST AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
TRAINING IS OFFERED ON A MONTHLY BASIS IN A YEARLY BASIS AT A COST, BUT WE HAVE A CALENDAR THAT WE GO BY AND THERE'S CERTAIN MANDATED TRAININGS THAT WE MUST DO.
AND WE ADHERE TO THOSE EVERY YEAR IN JANUARY OF 2020.
UM, WE, UM, WE DID SOME DEESCALATION TRAINING.
THAT'S WHAT OUR USE OF FORCE PORTION OF IT.
UM, THAT'S DONE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, TODAY WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST, UM, WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST TOPIC ON MUNITY POLICING IN THE 21ST CENTURY TO REDUCE CONFLICT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU IT'S IN DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY POST.
AND THIS ORGANIZATION CAME IN.
AND FROM THE REPORTS THAT I'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR OFFICERS, IT IS EXTREMELY WELL PUT TOGETHER.
IT'S PUT ON BY AN OFFICER DOWN IN LONG BEACH AND I'M, I CAN'T WAIT TO ATTEND THE TRAINING ON FRIDAY MYSELF, BUT I'VE GOT NOTHING BUT RAVE REVIEWS FROM HIM AND SO FORTH WITH THE COBIT THIS YEAR, WE HAVE HAD TO SUSPEND SOME OF OUR TRAINING BECAUSE OF THE DECEMBER, THE CLOSENESS AND THE TOUCHING.
THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE AS THINGS OPEN BACK UP, WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO SOME OF THAT TRAINING.
IN 2019, WE HAD TWO OUT OF THE FOUR TRAININGS, COVER POLICY DEESCALATION USE OR TECHNIQUES IN DEPLOYMENT.
SO 2019 WE HAD TO IN 2018, WE REACHED THREE OF THE FOUR, UH, DEESCALATION TRAIN IN 2017.
WE ALSO HAD THREE OUT OF THE FOUR TRAININGS COVERED IN OUR POLICY WHERE IT RELATES TO DEESCALATION USE OF TECHNIQUES.
AND NOW I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME STATISTICS, WHICH I THINK WILL INTEREST,
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UM, EVERYONE HERE.UM, AND THIS SLIDE THAT ILLUSTRATES THE NUMBER OF CALLS FOR SERVICE PER YEAR.
NOW KEEP IN MIND THAT WE HAVE 90 OFFICERS HERE AND IN 2018, UH, WE HAD 80,000 OVER 80,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2019.
WE HAD JUST OVER 73,000 CALLS.
AND UP UNTIL JULY OF 2020, WE'VE HAD 33,000 CALLS.
AND OF COURSE, A LOT OF THAT WAS SLOWED DOWN BECAUSE OF COLBY, THE FELONY ARREST HER IN RED MEAT, MISDEMEANOR RESTAURANT IN ORANGE, AND ALL THE OTHER CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE IN BLACK.
AS YOU LOOK AT THAT SLIDE, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE NEXT LIGHT, THE FELONY ARREST CONTINUED TO BE IN RED AND MR. METERS AND ORANGE, NOT OF ALL THE REST THAT WERE MADE EACH YEAR, THE BLUE LINE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLUE LINE AT THE VERY BOTTOM, IT REPRESENTS A DEADLY USE OF FORCE IN THE PURPLE LINE ARE ALL OTHER USES OF FORCE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S A SMALL NUMBER COMPARED TO THE CONTEXT AS MENTIONED EARLIER, OTHER OPTIONS INCLUDE CONTROL, HOLDS RESTRAINTS, HANDCUFFS, YOU KNOW, SEA SPRAY AND SO ON.
AS I REPORTED ALREADY A NUMBER OF TIME TIMES OFFICER USE FORCE.
SO IN 2018, WE HAD 80, UH, USES OF FORCE, I'M SORRY.
IN 2018 OF THE 80,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE, 80 TIMES A USE OF FORCE WAS USED.
AND OFFICERS ONLY USE THAT ON A 0.09, 9% OF THE TIME, HER CALL OR 3% OF THE TIME, EVERY ONE SOMEONE WAS ARRESTED.
THAT'S HOW LOW WE'VE USED, UM, A FORCE IN 2019 OF THE 73,000 CALLS WHERE OFFICERS USE FORCED 0.13, 6% OF THE TIME PER CALLS FORCE WAS USED, OR 4.3% OF THE TIME WHEN THERE WAS AN ACTUAL ARREST.
AND FINALLY IN 2020 OF THE APPROXIMATELY SHOULD BE 33,000 CALLS.
UM, OFFICER'S USE FORCED ON 0.9, 2% OF THE TIME PER CALL OR 3.7, 9% OF THE TIME DURING AN ARREST.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE THOSE NUMBERS FORCES LAW ENFORCEMENT.
UH, BUT I THINK WE USE IT WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, I'LL MOVE ON TO OFFICER 2018.
WE HAD EIGHT OFFICER COMPLAINTS.
ONE OF THEM WAS SUSTAINED 2019.
WE HAD NINE WITH ZERO COMPLAINTS TO SUSTAIN.
AND AS OF 2020, THIS IS AS OF JULY WE HAD, UM, SUSTAINED THOSE COMPLAINTS CAN BE ANYTHING FROM, I DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY THE OFFICER, THE COMPLAINT, NOT ALL LIKE IT'S BAD, SOMETIMES IT COULD JUST BE.
SO AS A RECAP, WEST COVINA HANDLED FROM JANUARY OF 2018 THROUGH JULY OF 2020, 191,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
NONE OF THOSE CALLS, WE HAD 5,800 ARREST AND THERE WERE 215 TIMES WHERE FORCED WAS USED.
THAT TRANSLATES TO 0.1, 1% OF FORCE RATE OR CALL, OR JUST OVER 3% FOR ARREST.
NONE OF THE FORCE USED INVOLVED, CAROTID CONTROL HOLDS VASCULAR NECK RESTRAINT OR ANY TYPE OF CHARCOAL IN THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS.
THE WEST COVINA POLICE DEPARTMENT ONLY USE DEADLY FORCE ONE TIME RESULTING IN AN ARM SUBSTANCE.
THIS TIME I'LL MOVE ON TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
NOW THE SWORN STAFF AND THE TRAFFIC UNIT CONSISTS OF A SERGEANT, A CORPORAL AND TWO MOTOR OFFICERS.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, UM, IT USED TO BE 10.
WE ARE DOING OUR BEST WITH WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME NON-SWORN SUPPORT STAFF.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER THERE, AND WE HAVE FOUR CADETS OR FOUR THAT ARE GENERALLY FOCUSED ON TRAFFIC RELATED ISSUES.
IN AS OF TODAY, I SHOULD HAVE PUT THE NUMBER OF SITES THEY WROTE, BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.
UH, BUT THEY, UH, CURRENTLY HAVE ISSUED 400 OVER $400,000 IN CITATIONS.
THAT'S JUST WHAT FOUR CADETS WERE AUTHORIZED EIGHT AND WE'RE WORKING ON GETTING UP.
THERE IS CRITERIA WITH OUR CADETS.
THEY HAVE TO BE IN COLLEGE, ALONG WITH WORKING.
SO THERE'S A, A BALANCE THAT THEY HAVE TO ADHERE TO THIS NEXT SLIDE WILL ILLUSTRATE, UM, UH, THE MOST PROBLEMATIC INTERSECTIONS WITHIN THE CITY, AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC.
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IS THE BUSIEST INTERSECTION.AND WITHIN THIS YEAR TIMEFRAME, THERE'S BEEN 40 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AT THAT INTERSECTION.
I MEAN, IF WE GO DOWN, WE SEE AZUSA IN GARVEY, UM, MARAICA AND GARBY EMAR TEMPLE, AND IT JUST KINDA GOES DOWN FROM THERE.
I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE DO PUT OUR TRACKING, WATCH YOUR SPEED, AND BASICALLY WANTS YOU TO SLOW DOWN.
WE'VE DONE OTHER THINGS, UH, WITH, UH, TRAFFIC LANES AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, BUT WITH TWO OFFICERS WE'RE COVERING 19 SQUARE MILES.
IT'S TOUGH TO DO SOMETIMES IT'LL COLLISIONS.
IN 2019, WE HAD FATAL FIVE FATAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
ONE OF THEM WAS RELATED TO DUTY DUI ATTORNEY VIOLATIONS, AND TWO OF THEM WAS AT THE TERMINATION OF A PURSUIT, UH, FOR OTHER RELATED, UM, ISSUES.
IN 2020, WE HAD THREE FATAL TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
ONE WAS A PEDESTRIAN IN THE ROADWAY AND THE OTHER ONE WAS ATTORNEY.
I THINK WE SPOKE LAST WEEK ABOUT THE OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION SAFETY GRANT.
UM, WE'VE BEEN USING THAT QUITE FREQUENTLY OVER THE YEARS, THE TRAFFIC UNIT SECURITY SAFETY GRANT FROM OCTOBER, 2019 THROUGH SEPTEMBER, 2020.
AND THIS PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE GRANT TO DUI CHECKPOINTS WERE CONDUCTED ONE TO DECEMBER AND ONE JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO ON A FRIDAY.
AND OVER THE COURSE OF THIS GRANT OFFICERS CONDUCTED SEVERAL PRIMARY COLLISION FACTORS, WHICH WERE RELATED CONDITIONS.
SEVERAL DUI SET UP SATURATION PATROL RELATED TO ALCOHOL AND DRUGS.
SO THESE HAVE BEEN BENEFICIAL TO US.
WE'RE SHORT APPRECIATIVE OF THE GRANTS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN INTO JUST SECURED.
ALMOST OUT, LITTLE DISAPPOINTED TO HEAR SOMEONE SPEAK ABOUT OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH, BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE KIND OF ONE OF THE LEADERS IN, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THIS, UH, OUR HOPE OFFICER, WHICH WE HAVE ONE RIGHT NOW, ANOTHER ONE WAS INJURED.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN, AND AS A CHIEF, I HAVE TO PUT OFFICERS WHERE I THINK THEY'RE BEST USED.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO MOVE THEM AROUND.
OFFICER LIEN WAS ASSIGNED TO HOPE JUST IN APRIL OF 2020.
UH, WE WERE ABLE TO RESIGN HIM THERE AND HE'S DONE THIS ON HIS OWN.
HE'S HANDLED 394 HOMELESS INCIDENTS.
HE HAS RECEIVED AN ADDRESS, 28 COMPLAINTS COMING FROM THE GEO GOV APP.
THERE HAVE BEEN 157 ARREST INVOLVING TRANSIENTS.
THERE HAVE BEEN 149 TRANSIENTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED INTERVIEW CARS.
HE'S DONE AN EXTREMELY GOOD JOB AT DOCUMENTING EVERY PERSON.
HE TALKS TO NAME, ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, ALL OF THE PERTINENT INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN TRACK OUR HOMES.
UM, WHEN WE DO THE HOMELESS CAMP, UH, SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT, UH, OUR INFORMATION IS OUTDATED ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE PUT THE INFORMATION ON THERE ON A YEARLY BASIS.
IT'S NOT ON A MONTHLY BASIS IF YOU WEREN'T LOOKING AT THE LAST MONTH.
SO WE HAVE 2016, 17, 18, AND 19 THOSE YEARS THAT WERE, WERE PAST 2020 WILL BE UPDATED.
NOW I'M AWARE THAT WE COULD UPDATE IT BY THE MONTH.
THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WE LOOK AT AND MAY HELP OUT SOME OF THE STATISTICAL DATA THAT SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING RIGHT NOW.
IT'S BY THE YEAR AND IT'S NOT OUTDATED.
UM, IT'S SOMETHING THAT STARTED WHEN COVID, UH, HIT US.
AND IT WAS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE STATE COUNTY AND LA HOMELESS SERVICES AUTHORITY TO SECURE HOTEL AND MOTEL ROOMS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF COVID-19.
WE HAVE PLACED TODAY 38 PEOPLE IN PROJECT ROOMKEY 21.
PEOPLE ARE STILL CURRENTLY RESIDING IN PROJECT ROOM KEY.
THAT WAS AS OF THE END OF JULY.
AND THERE ARE EIGHT PEOPLE AWAITING PLACEMENT, NINE OF THE PEOPLE WE PLACED, BUT NOT ACT RIGHT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THEY WERE ASKED TO LEAVE.
WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT HAVE HELPED US AND HAVE BEEN HELPING US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, A LASA LOS ANGELES, HOMELESS SERVICE AUTHORITY, UH, UNION STATION, THE DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH.
WE, UM, WE HAVE STARTED THE HOTEL VOUCHER PROGRAM, OR IT'S IN THE WORKS.
I BELIEVE WE'VE ALREADY STARTED IT AS KELLY MENTIONED.
UM, AND OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AT GRESHAM HAS WORKED WITH OUT TRANS,
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UH, LA COUNTY AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH RESPECT TO HOMELESSNESS.AND OF COURSE WE CAN'T, AS I LOOK AROUND THE CITIES, UM, THAT ARE CLOSE TO US THAT ARE NEXT TO US, WE ARE LEADING THE PACK WITH OUR EFFORTS.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DISAPPOINTING TO HEAR SOMEONE SAY THAT THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED.
I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR HOPE TEAM, BUILD THAT NUMBER UP NIGHTS TO HALF OR WHERE WE CAN WORK BOTH ENDS OF THE WEEK.
NOW, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE, ARE WE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH THAT ONE, OUR DETECTIVE BUREAU, UM, WE HARDLY EVER TALK ABOUT THIS AND I WON'T STAY ON THIS TOO LONG, BUT JUST FROM JANUARY TO AUGUST, UM, YOU CAN SEE THEM UP THERE THAT, UM, H HAS COME IN ALL THE TIME.
WE ARE DOWN, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB WITH THAT.
YOU CAN SEE WHAT EACH DESK IS ACTUALLY CARRYING.
THIS IS NOT WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY WORKING.
THIS IS JUST THE CASES THAT WAS ADDED.
THOSE THAT ARE SUSPENDED, CAN'T BE WORKED ANYMORE.
WE WORK EVERY CASE TO THE LEAD AND LEAD UNTIL WE CAN'T WORK IT ANYMORE.
AND THEN LATER ON REVISED INFORMATION THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR CITIZENS, UM, WHENEVER THEY MAKE A REPORT, THEY WANT IMMEDIATE ACTION AND THEY WANT IT.
NOW, SOMETIMES THAT CAN NOT WIN.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OUR DETECTIVE BILL IS WORKING HARD WITH AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO AREAS.
WE HAVE CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTY, AND THEN WE HAVE CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS.
THEY WORK DIFFERENT THINGS, THE CRIMES AGAINST PERSON.
CAN YOU SAY STUFF? WHY DON'T YOU GO IT'S PROPERTY? THE LAST AREA THAT I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS IS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.
UM, AND, UM, THIS MAY BE A TOUGH TOPIC FOR SOME.
UM, WE HAVE REVAMPED OUR MEDIA SPEND A THOUSAND DOLLARS, TWO METERS BACK TO REALLY GET UP TO SPEED.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO CLICK ON THE DEPARTMENT WEBSITE, UH, TO SEE THIS, IF YOU JUST CLICK ON THE CITY WEBSITE LOOKING FOR, BUT WHAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS, UM, WE HAD SOME COMPLAINTS ABOUT W WE USED TO POST ON OUR, ON OUR WEBSITE, THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ARRESTED.
SO IF YOU CAME TO WEST COVINA, YOU COMMITTED A CRIME ON YOUR OWN, ON YOUR OWN.
AT THE END OF THE WEEK, WE WOULD DO A RECAP.
WE WOULD POST THOSE PICTURES AND SAY, THESE PEOPLE DID THESE CRIMES.
THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS SOME OF THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE COURTS HAVE CLAMPED DOWN.
PEOPLE ARE BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON AT A RATE THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
SOMETIMES WE ARREST SOMEONE AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, BEFORE WE CAN LEAVE THE STATION AT 11, THEY ARE ALREADY RELEASED.
AND BACK OUT ON THE STREET, I'M NOT COMPLAINING ABOUT THE COURT SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE TO DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.
WHAT IT'S NICE TO KNOW THAT IF AN INDIVIDUAL'S A REPEAT OFFENDER, THAT NEIGHBORS CAN LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THEY CAN RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND WE STARTED PUTTING THOSE PICTURES ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT WAS A NO WAY RELATED TO ANYTHING RELATED TO BIAS.
WE JUST WANTED OUR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE.
AND ON FACEBOOK, WE FOUND OUT THAT AS WE WERE DOING THIS, IT WAS 1,178 PEOPLE WHO LIKE WHAT WE WERE DOING.
UM, THERE WERE 139 POSITIVE COMMENTS.
SO ONLY NINE NEGATIVE COMMENTS.
I THINK OUR RESIDENTS LIKE WHAT WE WERE DOING, UM, AND THOSE STATISTICS ARE THERE.
AND THIS IS W WE, WE TOOK A PORTION OF IT.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE POSITIVE COMMENTS ARE IN GREEN AND THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ARE IN RED.
SO THERE'S A DISPROPORTION OF THOSE THAT DON'T LIKE IT.
AND THOSE THAT DO, WE ALSO HAVE INSTAGRAM, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE SAME NUMBERS, 4,000, 248.
PEOPLE LIKED 129 POSITIVE COMMENTS TO ONLY FIVE NEGATIVE COMMENTS.
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IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SHOW THAT GRAPH AS WELL.AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE A DISPROPORTIONATE NUMBER OF THOSE THAT LIKE IT AND THOSE THAT DON'T.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT TIME WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN USE ANYTHING TO SAY THAT THIS IS BIASED, AND THAT'S FINE.
I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE ARE TRYING TO DO POLICE WORK, NOT CALL SOMEONE OUT BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE.
WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES.
OUR RESIDENTS WANT TO KNOW THEY HAVE GROUPS OUT THERE.
WHEN THEY SEE THINGS OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, IT COMMUNICATE THAT SOMETIMES WE GET LEADS BASED OFF.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS UP.
I'M NOT SAYING WE NEED TO KEEP IT OR NOT.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT OUR RESIDENTS LIKE IT, AND IT IS DISPROPORTIONATE TO THOSE THAT LIKE IT, AND THOSE THAT, NOT THAT, THAT DON'T WHEN WE TOOK IT OFF, IT WAS BECAUSE A FEW RESIDENTS THAT THEY DIDN'T LIKE IT, AND WE WANT IT TO HAVE COUNCIL, AT LEAST LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND DECIDE, OKAY, MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO.
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING WE DON'T, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IF YOU SAY, NO, I THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE KEEP IT OFF.
WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR WORK REGARDLESS.
I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OVERWHELMINGLY RESONANCE, LIKE, LIKE THAT, AND OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING IT AS WELL.
SO EITHER WAY, I'M GOOD WITH IT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO OUR WORK.
UM, I'VE ALSO LISTED IF YOU CLICK THE PAGE, THESE ARE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WAS MADE BOTH POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE COMMENTS UP THERE.
UM, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, UM, IT'S THERE AND I, AND I, AND YOU CAN GO ON SOME OF THE BLOGS AND READ IT YOURSELF.
SO THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
UM, AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 30 MINUTES, UH, CHIEF.
A LOT OF DETAIL AND A LOT OF INFORMATION.
CASSANDRA, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? GO AHEAD.
AND ON THOSE LAST SLIDES, BECAUSE IT WAS ME WHO, AT LEAST ONE OF THE ONES WHO BROUGHT, WANTED YOU TO SHED LIGHT ON, ON THE IMAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, AFTER SEEING THE OVERWHELMINGLY FAVORABLE EVIDENCE, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND AND SEEK THE SUPPORT OF MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO BRING THAT BACK.
IN ADDITION TO WHAT YOU SAID, I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS CLOSELY IN OTHER CITIES, INCLUDING COVINA, WHERE I WORK A VERY RECENT EXAMPLE, VERY DANGEROUS FUGITIVE WESCOTT DUE TO THIS.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING IT INTO PERSPECTIVE AND GIVING EVERYONE THE CHANCE TO LISTEN.
WE, WE MOVE LEAD, RIGHT? WE NEVER REALLY OFFICIALLY REMOVE IT.
WE, WE WANTED TO DISCUSS WAS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
UM, UH, YOU KNOW, HE WAS BROUGHT IN, I DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK ON IT.
I THOUGHT IT'D BE BETTER IF WE PUT IT INTO PRESENTATION.
NO ONE FORMALLY VOTED ON IT, WE JUST REMOVED IT AND STILL REMEMBER, WE ENDED TO FILL, I HAD A CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I WANTED TO SHOW YOU A DEPARTMENT.
UNLESS YOU HAVE EACH SHOE AND THEN WE HAD, OTHER THAN THAT, YOU WANT TO TAKE AN ORIGINAL ONE AND CONDOM.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN HAGGLING AND I WANT STATS.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I TELL THE STAFF AND YOU TO BRING IT OUT BECAUSE I WANTED THE RESIDENTS TO SEE, AND I DO APPRECIATE THE DETAILED REPORT THAT YOU GAVE, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THAT YEARLY ANNUAL BROCHURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET ON THAT.
UM, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS YET.
SO, UM, BUT I AM EXCITED OF WHAT THE POLICE DOES.
I KNOW FOR THE, UM, WEBSITE, THE WEST COVINA POLICE WEBSITE IS WONDERFUL.
AND I THINK MOST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE COMPLAINING, IT'S OUR CITY WEBSITE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, BROKEN LINKS AND STUFF, WHICH I KNOW WE'VE BEEN WORKING.
UM, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET THAT FIXED AND WE'RE GETTING THAT ONE, UM, DONE.
UM, ALSO, YOU KNOW, MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE TWO SHERIFFS THAT WERE, UM, AMBUSHED AND SHOT.
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF 'EM, ONE OF THE SHERIFF IS A MOM, SIX YEAR OLD BOY WAITING FOR MOM TO COME HOME.
SO I, YEAH, I, UM, I, MY HEARTS GO OUT TO THEM, BUT ON THE REPORT, I'M JUST CURIOUS, DO YOU HAVE STATS OF HOW MANY ON THE REVERSE SIDE OF HOW MANY OF OUR OFFICERS WERE, UH, USE FORCED UPON, UM, AND YOU KNOW, INJURED BECAUSE IT, I KNOW SOMETIMES WE'RE ALL IN THAT, UM, MENTALITY THAT IT'S ALL POLICE OFFICER, YOU KNOW, DOING THESE THINGS, BUT SOMETIMES IT IS THE REVERSE.
I MEAN, AS WE SEEN THAT, UM, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATS ON THAT OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS STATISTICS? I DON'T WANT TO JUST PUT NUMBERS OUT THERE WHEN YOU'RE IN EFFECTING AN ARREST.
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PEOPLE ARE JUST AGITATED BECAUSE EITHER THEY'RE GETTING ARRESTED OR WHATEVER.AND SO ASSET RESISTANCE IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHERE IT ALL DOES OFFICERS TO HAVE TO PUT HANDS ON SOMEONE.
IF THERE'S A STRUGGLE, THEN IS THAT REALLY AN ATTACK ON THE OFFICER? I'M NOT SURE IT IS AS HE DID SOMEONE, MAYBE JUST NOT WANTING TO GO TO JAIL OR GET ARRESTED AS FAR AS LIKE AN ALL OUT ATTACK WHERE SOMEONE JUST WANTS TO FIGHT THE OFFICER.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT STATISTIC.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT DOES HAPPEN NOT JUST IN WEST COVINA WITH OTHER AGENCIES, BUT IT'S AT A LOW NUMBER, BUT I CAN MAYBE HAVE SOMEONE TRY AND RESEARCH THAT IT'S KIND OF TOUGH.
I'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH REPORTS AND SEE WHAT THE REACTION WAS.
BUT, UM, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN AND WE ARE AWARE OF IT.
WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY, I'M SORRY, THE RULES ARE THERE AND WE TRY TO FOLLOW THEM AS BEST WE CAN.
IT'S SUBJECTIVE SOMETIMES AS WELL.
HOW MANY OF OUR OFFICERS HAD DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY? WE'VE HAD THREE SINCE OUR EXISTENCE ON THE LAST ONE WAS ACTUALLY A NIGHT, 1983 SUBJECT HIGH CP SWEET, ABLE TO PULL THE SHOTGUN OUT OF IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO KNOW, I JUST WANT TO SAY OUR OFFICERS DO AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB AS FOR LIKE THE HOPE TEAM.
I KNOW I WAS TALKING TO ONE OFFICERS, THEY ARE SURPRISING.
THEY KNOW THE WHOLE, THE TRANSIENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE AND SOME OF THEM ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS WITH DRUGS.
AND I KNOW I WAS INFORMED THAT WHEN THERE'S CERTAIN TYPE OF DRUGS, LIKE A TYPE OF DRUG THAT IS JUST A HIGHER DOSAGE OR WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S JUST, THEY'RE REALLY, UM, HIGH OR JUST VERY AGGRESSIVE.
AND I, YOU KNOW, I WAS INFORMED THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TAKE THEM TO THE 51 50 HOLD, WHERE THEY TAKE THEM TO LA COUNTY, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE PUT ON THE 72 HOUR HOLD, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO KEEP THEM THERE, BUT THEY'RE RELEASING THEM THE VERY NEXT DAY, GIVE THEM TOKEN.
AND THEY'RE BACK AT WEST COVINA.
SO I KNOW IT'S LIKE A, AGAIN, A VICIOUS CYCLE TO JUST GO BACK AND FORTH, BUT I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE OUT THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANT TO ADD RECENTLY I MENTIONED A YEAR 83, BUT JUST A FEW YEARS BACK, WE HAD AN OFFICER THAT WAS RIGHT UP ON BEAT ONE IN, AND WE HAD A DOG SHOT AS WELL.
UH, I WAS LET ME, JUSTIN, FIRST OF ALL, I DO REMEMBER THE OFFICER GOT SHOT.
I WAS THERE A COUPLE OF HOURS AFTER HE GOT SHOT.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP ABOUT THE HOPE AND THE HOMELESS.
IT'S A SHAME WHEN CERTAIN RESIDENTS GET UP FOR THE SELF SERVING PURPOSES AND TRY TO PUT DOWN OR DEPARTMENT OR TEAM AND OFFICERS FOR THE EXCELLENT JOB THEY DO.
BUT YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL, WE KNOW WHAT JOB YOU GUYS DO.
90% OF THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT THE JOBS YOU DO.
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR WHAT? AND I THINK YOUR HOPE TEAM'S DOING A FABULOUS JOB.
UH, JESSICA, DO YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING JESSICA JUST SAID, I AGREE.
I USED TO LOOK FORWARD FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, EVERY WEEK AND I WOULD SHARE IT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE.
I THINK IT WAS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO I HOPE IT IS BROUGHT BACK.
THAT LAW IS A LOT OF, A LOT OF RESIDENT COMPLAINT, I THINK, YOU KNOW.
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY IMPROVE THE RESPOND TIME.
LET, SOMETIMES IT'S LIKE LIFE AND DEATH, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
BESIDE WE HAVE ALL THIS PRAISE.
ABOUT OUR MAGNIFICENT WEST COVINA PD.
BY THE SAME TIME THEY HAVE A ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT AND THE IMPROVEMENT IS HOW TO MAKE SURE ALL RESIDENTS SAVE.
AND THEN WHEN THEY CALL AND THEY IN THE TIMELY MATCHES, OUR OFFICER CAN SHOW UP AND WE WILL TRY EVERYTHING AWFULLY NEXT YEAR.
IT'S THE BUDGET THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF AWFULLY, WE WENT SHOPPING, OKAY.
DUE TO THIS PANDEMIC, HOPEFULLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR THAT WE CAN HAVE ALL THIS.
AND OVER THE WEEKEND, CONTINUE TO OUR CT BE SAFE.
AND ALL RESIDENT AND ALL OTHER CITY COUNCIL, ANY, ANYTHING? UH, IT'S A, SUCH A ONE.
THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO KEEP YOUR, OKAY.
I WANT TO REVIEW MORE IN DETAIL BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A WONDERFUL, DETAILED INFORMATION.
OTHER THING WE DON'T EVEN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW, EVEN FIVE YEARS AS A COUNCIL.
THIS IS A GOOD INFORMATION FOR YOU TO SHARE WITH US ABOUT ENTIRE OKAY.
AND WHY IS THE FUNCTION OF MANY
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QUEER THE WEIGHT WE CAN'T YOU HELP TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC COP.ONCE UPON A TIME WE HAVE 10, I REMEMBERED THE IMPACT IN 1990.
AND YOU CALLED THE POLICE THREE MINUTES TO SHOW UP AND HE WAS SENT FROM THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE ENOUGH OF, UH, OKAY.
UH, STAB SO WE CAN HAVE THE SERVERS AGAIN.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT OUR RESIDENT LOOKING FORWARD.
AND THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE ALL POLICE OFFICERS SAFE TOO.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE WANT TO THANK YOU.
AND UH, WE WANT TO WISH WE SEE 'EM FIRE.
[13) DISTANCE LEARNING CENTERS FOR STUDENTS OF SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY]
NEXT ITEM, 1913.AND WE TALK ABOUT THIS TEST LENDING CENTER.
WHO'S GOING TO REPORT THIS CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
I'M, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT AT THE DIRECTION OF, UM, OR PRETEND LOPEZ V AUTO.
WE WERE IN DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COVINA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT THIS IDEA OF DISTANCE LEARNING CENTERS.
I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT THE DISTRICT REALLY WANTS TO BUILD ITS PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE CITY, BUT WASN'T INTERESTED AT THIS TIME JUST GIVEN WHERE THEY ARE WITH THEIR BUDGET AND THEIR PROGRAMS, THEIR FIRST PRIORITY, GIVEN THAT THEY'VE GIVEN OR PLACED IN THE HANDS OF EVERY STUDENT, A DEVICE IS TO GET THESE STUDENTS BACK IN REOPEN THE SCHOOLS.
SO AS SOON AS THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO DO THAT, THEY WILL.
BUT I JUST DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE ABLE AT THIS TIME TO FUND, UM, A DISTANCE LEARNING CENTER AT ONE OF OUR FACILITIES.
UM, THEY'RE JUST NOT IN A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN DO THAT.
I MEAN, AS LONG AS THE OPTION STAYS OPEN AND IF THEY NEED IT, OUR CITY FACILITIES ARE THERE TO BE AVAILABLE ANYTIME THAT THEY LIKE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I MEAN, IT'S THE SCHOOL, THEY KNOW THEIR SCHOOL.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD, UM, REAL GRANTING.
BECAUSE TO CT AND A SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SAVED US, UH, SERVING THE SAME POPULATION.
AND WE HAVE A, ALTHOUGH CHILDREN THAT RIGHT NOW STUCK AT HOME.
AND I THINK IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF OUR CHILDREN TO LEARN.
AND BECAUSE THE HOME ENVIRONMENT AND THE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
SO IF WE CAN PROVIDE, OKAY, THE FACILITY THAT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS MORE LIKE A SCHOOL AND THERE WAS A SOCIAL DISTANCE AND THAT WE HAVE A 20,000 LAST TIME, THE DONATION WITH A CHILDREN'S SIZE OF A MASK, OR WE A SCHOOL COME TO PICK UP THE CHILDREN OR DELIVERED THEM.
WE DELIVERED THEM THE NEXT DAY.
SO HOW MANY SCHOOL RECEIVE OR THIS DISTRICT OFFICE? I DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THEY DISSEMINATED THEM FROM THERE.
UM, I THINK WE OLD THOSE DONOR THAT WE PULL WHERE'S THOSE MUCH AND DIE, DONATE TO.
OKAY KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THIS THING TO BE WASTED.
HIS PEOPLE, THEIR LOVE AND THEIR MONEY.
AND THEY DONATE TO OUR CHILDREN AND THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, OKAY.
WE WANT TO REPORT ON EACH SCHOOL.
I WANT TO GET THIS REPORT TO THE DONOR, JUST LIKE ALL THE REPO WE GIVE TO THEM.
AND THEN PLEASE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE, OKAY.
THIS OFFER TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT WE ARE STANDING BY.
IF THEY NEED IT, WE HAVE A FACILITY FOR THEM TO USE.
SO THE CHILDREN CAN COME IN AT THE SAME TIME.
HOPEFULLY THE MASS TO BE IN SPACE WITH SOCIAL DISTANCE.
CAN I JUST MAKE ONE REQUEST? I KNOW LA COUNTY LIBRARIES ARE ACTUALLY HAVING DISTANCE LEARNING AT CERTAIN FACILITIES.
AND I KNOW THEY VOTED SOME I'M SURPRISED WEST COVINA.
UM, CAN YOU JUST FIND OUT, UH, IF WEST COVINA COULD BE PART OF THAT LIST, UM, AND AT LEAST THAT'S AN OPTION.
PROVIDE A REPORT ABOUT ALL THOSE CHILDREN'S MASK.
GIVE TO WHICH SCHOOL DISTRICT AND HOW MANY THEY GOT IT AND WHO GOT IT.
SO, SO WE, THAT RECORD, WE CAN SEND TO THE DONOR THAT THEN TYPE OF PIECE IN MIND THAT WE NEED IT, CHILDREN NEED.
OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS WHAT WE SEE.
WE SEE FIVE, TELL DAN WE STEALS STAND BY OUR OFFER.
ANY COMMENT, JESSICA, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ADDRESS? I DO NOT.
[CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION]
AND THEN ALL THE COUNCIL HAVE ANY MODERN OF AI OR ANY REQUESTS? GO AHEAD.UM, ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO REQUEST, UH, IF WE'RE GOING TO POST EMAILS ONLINE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE ADDRESSES BE REMOVED.
I DON'T LIKE ANY PERSONAL INFORMATION AND IT JUST, EVEN ME AS IF I WAS A RESIDENT SENDING AN EMAIL TO, YOU KNOW, TO BE POSTED, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ADDRESS IS NOT ON THERE
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JUST TO REMOVE IT.UH, OLDER PUTS A NO INFLAMMATION SHOULD BE REMOVED ON THE PUPPY.
ALL OTHER THAN THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION, JIM? OKAY.
YOU SHOULD GET A PRIZE FOR BEING THE LAST ONE HERE.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A CERTIFICATE NEXT TIME.
STAY HEALTHY IN KENAI AND EATING A GERMAN.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT DRANK HEAVILY.