YOU STILL HAVE TO WORK FOR IT.
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WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:32 P.M.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAVE US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALL RIGHT. READY? MAY WE HAVE ROLL CALL MR. RUSSI? YES.COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. PRESENT MAYOR PRO TEM CARDER.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS FROM ANYONE OR DOESN'T LOOK LIKE
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR]
IT, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.DOES ANYONE HAVE ANYTHING PULLED J.R.
FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NOT THAT I'VE BEEN MADE AWARE OF, SIR.
NOBODY HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE CONTENT CALENDAR ON COUNCIL? NO. THEN I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER DO WE HAVE A SECOND.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. ALL THOSE AND WE'RE GOING TO ROLL CALL.
YES. WE MOVE QUICKLY OVER TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[6. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
MR. RUSSI OR MR. KRESS? MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THOSE WHO ARE WATCHING TONIGHT, I'M I'M SORRY TO REPORT THAT.THIS MORNING, STAFF DISCOVERED THAT ONE KEY RESOLUTION THAT IS REQUIRED FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS PROJECT WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF THE AGENDA.
WE RESEARCHED THE POSSIBILITY OF AMENDING THE AGENDA, AND LEGALLY, THESE CIRCUMSTANCES JUST DO NOT FIT WITH WHAT THE BROWN ACT REQUIRES.
SO. WITH APOLOGIES TO ALL THOSE CONCERNED IN THIS MATTER, THE APPLICANT, THOSE WHO ARE IN FAVOR, THOSE WHO ARE AGAINST THE PROJECT, APOLOGIZE TO ALL FOR THE INCONVENIENCE.
BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME THE SAFEST THE LEGAL THING TO DO IS TO CONTINUE THIS HEARING TO YOUR NEXT MEETING.
AND SO STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU OPEN THE HEARING.
AND WITHOUT TAKING ANY TESTIMONY, CONTINUE THE HEARING TO YOUR APRIL 19TH, 6:30 PM MEETING. EVERYONE WHO RECEIVED NOTICE OF TONIGHT'S HEARING VIA MAILED NOTICE OR WE HAVE AN INTEREST LIST AS WELL.
ALL THOSE PERSONS WILL GET RENOTES OF THE NEW HEARING DATE.
IN ADDITION, ALL THOSE WHO INDICATED A DESIRE TO SPEAK TONIGHT, EITHER VIA ZOOM OR TELEPHONE WERE NOTIFIED THIS AFTERNOON THAT THIS MATTER WOULD BE CONTINUED.
AGAIN, WITH APOLOGIES, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS TO IT, AND ONE OF THEM IS MISSING TONIGHT AND.
SO WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU, AGAIN, OPEN THE HEARING, CONTINUE IT TO YOUR NEXT MEETING.
THANK YOU, MR. KRESS, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KRESS ON THIS SUBJECT? AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE UNTIL APRIL 19TH MEETING.
THAT'S THE CONSENSUS OF THE COUNCIL, YES, YES.
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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR.[7. OTHER MATTERS]
WE MOVE TO. OTHER MATTERS, ITEM SEVEN, MR. RUSSI.YES, MR. MAYOR, ACTUALLY, THE CITY ENGINEER, DOMENIC MILANO IS GOING TO COME ON.
I THINK I SEE HIM COMING ON NOW AND HE IS ASSISTED BY CODY, WHO WILL ALSO HELP DO THE PRESENTATION. WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THEM.
GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN. GOOD EVENING.
WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF ME THIS EVENING IS THE INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING, ADOPTING AND THEN AMENDING THE L.A.
IF YOU RECOLLECT, BACK IN DECEMBER 2019, WE ADOPTED AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE.
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD NOT REVIEWED AND HAD NOT ADOPTED THEIR OWN CODE.
AND WHAT I'M BRINGING FOR YOU THIS EVENING IS THE ADOPTION OF THAT CODE, PLUS THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
THE AMENDMENTS BASICALLY ARE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE, VERY SIMILAR TO HOW THE COUNTY WHAT THEY DID, ADOPTING THE CALIFORNIA CODE.
OUR ADMINISTRATIVE IS NOW WE HAVE OUR OWN FIRE MARSHAL.
WE'RE NOT USING THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES.
CITY MANAGER IS INVOLVED IN THIS CITY ENGINEER AND THE BATTALION CHIEFS.
ALL THOSE REFERENCES IN THE L.A.
COUNTY CODE, WHICH REFER TO L.A.
COUNTY PERSONNEL, ARE CHANGED WITH THIS ORDINANCE FOR THE ADOPTION TO THE THE CITY OF LA VERNE'S PERSONNEL.
ANOTHER ISSUE IN HERE IS THE FEE RESOLUTION.
IF WE HAVE OUR OWN FEE RESOLUTIONS, WE'RE NOT RELYING ON THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES' FEE RESOLUTION, JUST A SERIES OF VOTES THAT YOU SEE IN HERE.
SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS JUST SETTING THIS FOR A PUBLIC HEARING AT YOUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WILL BE THE 19TH.
THAT WOULD BE A VERY BUSY ONE I UNDERSTAND NOW WITH THE MOVEMENT OF THE AMHERST PROJECT.
SO WITH THAT, I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THE FIRE CODE IMPLEMENTED BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND ROBERT RUSSI WAS DEFINITELY INVOLVED IN THE GENERATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOMINIC, MR. MILANO? OK, NOW THIS IS BASICALLY THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THIS READING ONCE WE DO, IS THERE DO WE SHOULD LOOK, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT JR? I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY ON THIS ITEM, SIR.
SO WE ARE GOING TO INTRODUCE BY TITLE WAVE FOR THE READING AND SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR MONDAY, APRIL 19TH, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. YOU NEED TO MAKE A ROLL CALL, VOTE ON THAT OR IS JUST A.
ROLL CALL. WE'LL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
SO SHOULDN'T WE IF WE'RE MAKING A ROLL CALL VOTE SHOULDN'T WE HAVE A MOTION? AND THEN SECOND IT, WE NEED TO DO THAT. BUT FIRST, I'M GOING TO CLOSE I WANT TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH WE HAD DONE. AND LET'S GO TO A I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS THE INTRODUCTION WITHOUT FURTHER READING AND SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS THING FOR NEXT MONDAY, APRIL 19.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
OK, NOW. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
DO I HAVE TO READ THE TITLE THIS TIME, BOB, OR DO I WAIT TILL AFTER.
OK, SO BASICALLY THAT'S PASSED AND WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
DO WE HAVE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, MR. MAYOR, I HAVE ONE PERSON THAT IS AN ATTENDEE THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE ALLOWED INTO THE ROOM. SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT NOW. I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS FOR A NON AGENDAIZED ITEM. SO WE WOULD WANT TO KEEP IT TO THE NON AGENDAIZED ITEMS, PLEASE.THIS IS A FIRST YOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON TO BE ON.
CONGRATULATIONS. YOU'RE ON MUTE.
THERE YOU GO. WELL, THANK YOU. THAT WAS ONE OF MY COMMENTS IS THANKS FOR IMPLEMENTING THIS.
LAST TIME WE HAD THE DISCUSSION, WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE CHAMBER, TO THE COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER SAID IT PROBABLY COULDN'T BE DONE.
SO I'M GLAD TO FIND OUT THAT IT IS FAIRLY SIMPLE TO INCLUDE THE RESIDENTS.
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A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.ONE, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MR. MAYOR. ONE YEAR AGO TONIGHT IN THE RAIN, YOU WERE INSTALLED AS MAYOR AND JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR FIRST YEAR.
ONE OF THESE TIMES, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE CITIZENS ACTUALLY INVOLVED IN THE BUILDING.
ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO ASK THE CITY SAID LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING BEFORE IT INDICATED IT HAD A LOT MORE MONEY THAN EXPECTED THAT CAME IN FROM THE MEASURE LV, AND SO MY CURIOSITY IS, WHEN WAS THE LAST LV OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING WHEN THEY MET LAST? AND IS IT TRUE THAT TWO OF THEM HAVE RESIGNED AND THAT WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE FOR BACKFILLING THOSE POSITIONS, IF IT IS IN FACT IS TRUE? AND ANOTHER QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL THE NEW FINANCE DIRECTOR BE HIRED? MR. THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED LAST YEAR, AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER, THAT THERE WAS TWO OR THREE FINAL CANDIDATES THAT WERE GOING TO BE PRESENTED IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER.
AND HERE IT IS, APRIL, ROUGHLY SIX MONTHS LATER.
AND WE HAVE NOT HAD A FINANCE MANAGER, A FULL TIME CITY FINANCE MANAGER FOR, I DON'T KNOW, TWO YEARS, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
AND LASTLY, SINCE THE NEW RULES HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED COUNTYWIDE, STATEWIDE FOR DINING AND SCHOOLS EVEN STARTING TODAY, I'M CURIOUS, WHEN WILL THE CITY COUNCIL BE OPEN FOR IN-PERSON MEETINGS IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN HOPEFULLY EVEN THE NEXT MEETING OR BECAUSE OF THE SIZE, MAYBE EVEN THE COMMUNITY CENTER? THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.
I HOPE THE REST OF YOU HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. MR. RUSSI, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON ANYTHING OR JUST MOVE FORWARD TO THE NEXT, YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO ANSWER THOSE? I CERTAINLY CAN.
YES PLEASE. BEST I CAN ON MEASURE LV, THE COMMITTEE MET JUST PRIOR TO THE LAST BUDGET AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN SHARING UPDATES WITH THEM.
WE EXPECT TO COME BACK TO THEM PROBABLY AFTER THE PRELIMINARY BUDGET WITH THE COUNCIL.
SO IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, WITH THE NEXT YEAR, AS WELL AS A REPORT OF WHERE WE'RE THE STATUS OF WHERE HAVE THE DOLLARS THAT HAVE BEEN SPENT TO THIS POINT, CERTAINLY WILL AGENDAIZED THAT MEETING AND IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SHOULD THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE. AS FAR AS THE TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS, YES.
OVER THE LAST MONTH, I THINK IT WAS TWO COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL BE MOVING OUT OF THE CITY AND AS SUCH, THEY HAD TO RESIGN THEIR POSITION EFFECTIVE THE MONTH OF APRIL. WE ARE BACK OUT.
THERE'S CERTAINLY A QUESTION THAT'S BEEN ASKED OUT TO COUNCIL AS FAR AS SOME OF THE FINALISTS FROM THE PREVIOUS SELECTION.
BUT WE ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO ADVERTISE FOR THAT OPENING.
AND I THINK THE CITY CLERK IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.
NOW, AS FAR AS THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, YES, UNFORTUNATELY, THE CANDIDATES THAT WE WERE PURSUING OR THAT WERE ON THE FINALISTS, WE HAD A COUPLE OF SETBACKS REGARDING THAT AND COULD NOT MAKE THE BEST MATCH FOR THE CITY.
SO WE ARE BACK OUT AND DOING ANOTHER LEVEL OF RECRUITMENT.
FORTUNATELY, MARK ALVARADO HAS THE ABILITY TO STAY ON AND HAS BEEN DOING AN EXCEPTIONAL JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACTIVITIES, THE BUDGET, THE AUDIT ARE ALL COMPLETED AND ARE MOVING FORWARD. SO HE'S ABLE TO CONTINUE ON IN THAT FASHION.
THANK YOU, MR. RUSSI. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT, JR? NOT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND I WILL CHECK WITH THE CITY CLERK AGAIN.
HOLD ON ONE MOMENT, PLEASE. SURE . WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING RECEIVED.
OH NO, THERE'S A TIGER IN HIS HOUSE.
HE'S GOT TO MAKE AN APPEARANCE.
CATS LOVE THE KEYBOARDS FOR SOME REASON.
I WILL GIVE IT A FEW SECONDS HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT NO ONE JUMPS ON J.R..
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I'M ALSO MAKING SURE THAT ANY OF THE ATTENDEES.DON'T HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED, ALTHOUGH.
MR. BOWEN, HAS HIS HAND RAISED, AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S JUST A REPEAT FROM EARLIER.
CAN IF YOU GO TO THE ATTENDEES, IF YOU OPEN UP THE, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IF YOU ARE PARTICIPANTS, YOU CAN SEE WHO'S ON.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE ON BUT US.
I DID LOWER MR. BOWEN'S HAND AND HE IS RAISING IT AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S ALLOWABLE TO SPEAK AGAIN UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.
I THINK HE COVERED THE GAMUT ALREADY.
YEAH. I DON'T THINK SO UNLESS, MR. RUSSI, YOU DIDN'T ANSWER SOMETHING, BUT I THINK YOU I DON'T RECALL IF YOU ANSWERED MOST OF THEM, SO. SEEING NO ONE ELSE IS ON PUBLIC COMMENT WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THERE WAS A QUESTION, I GUESS, ABOUT REOPENING COUNCIL OH, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
YES, I'M SORRY. EVERYTHING IN MY MIND WAS FOCUSED ON FINANCE, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DIRECTION BACK FROM THE COUNTY ON COMING BACK INTO MEETINGS.
THE LAST WE HEARD WAS, YOU KNOW, TWENTY FIVE PERCENT, BUT EVEN 50 PERCENT OCCUPANCY.
WE CANNOT, OUR MEETINGS IF WE BRING THEM BACK LIVE, HAVE TO BE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE OUR VIDEO CAPABILITIES TO PUSH THAT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
SO WE ARE STILL LIMITED IN THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. LIKE THE NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE A VERY LARGE MEETING OF INTEREST.
WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THAT IN PERSON.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY OTHER THING.
WHEN WE GET MORE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNTY AND WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN BACK UP, WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THAT.
OK, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE NOTHING ELSE JR, PUBLIC COMMENT.
NO SIR. GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE TO ITEM NINE COUNCIL COMMENTS AND
[9. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
CONFERENCE MEETING REPORTS. WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? I'M HAPPY TO START.SO I WANT TO AS IT IS AN ANNIVERSARY.
I WANT TO CELEBRATE WENDY LAU AND RICK CROSBY'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY FOR BEING ON COUNCIL. WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL.
YOU'VE BEEN A GREAT ADDITION FOR THIS PAST YEAR, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO CELEBRATING THAT IN PERSON AS WELL.
I WANT TO SAY THAT LAST WEEK IT SEEMS LIKE A LONG TIME AGO NOW, BUT IT WAS A WEEK IT WAS JUST FOUR DAYS AGO OR SO WEDNESDAY, WE SAW A HOUSE MOVE.
IT WASN'T QUITE A HOUSE FLY, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE SOME FLIES AROUND.
THERE. WE SAW A HOUSE MOVE DOWN FIRST STREET AND IT REMINDED ME A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROGRESSIVE COMMERCIAL TO BECOME YOUR PARENTS, BECAUSE I WAS STANDING WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND WE WERE WATCHING THE HOUSE MOVE AND REALIZED THAT SOMEBODY WAS MISSING SOMETHING. SO I HAD TO STOP, WAS JOINED BY THE OTHERS AROUND ME TO YELL STOP.
AND THE FOLKS CAME WALKING AROUND PERTURBED BUT ASKING WHAT WAS GOING ON.
AND PIECE OF PLYWOOD HAD GONE OVER ONE PIECE OF WIRE AND WAS ABOUT TO YANK OUT SOME WIRE.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN NOT A GOOD THING FOR THE WHOLE EVENT, BUT OTHERWISE IT WAS SMOOTH SAILING, BUT IT WAS QUITE EXCITING.
AND WE'VE GOT THAT PROJECT ON WHITE AND 1ST STREET THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMMODATE.
AND I WAS TELLING SOME OTHER PEOPLE THIS, THAT I USED THE WRONG FIGURES.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT NEW ZONE IS NOW 30 UNITS TO AN ACRE AND THAT PROPERTY IS ABOUT A HALF AN ACRE. AND SO THEY ANTICIPATE PUTTING 15 HOMES IN THAT LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO FIRST STREET AND LA VERNE, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS STARTING TO BECOME MEDIUM AND HIGH DENSITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO EXCITING THINGS ARE HAPPENING.
AND LA VERNE, THE NCAA'S ARE GOING ON RIGHT, THE FINALS ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW BETWEEN GONZAGA AND BAYLOR.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. NEXT.
YEAH, I DROVE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND SAW THEM PLAYING A MOVIE AND I DROVE BY, SAW IT HALFWAY DOWN THE STREET. SO IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD DAY WATCHING THAT.
BUT VACCINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR ANYBODY THAT'S 50 AND ABOVE.
AND ON THE 15TH WILL BE EVERYBODY THAT IS 16 AND ABOVE.
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MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU WANT TO GET YOUR VACCINE TO GO OUT AND GET YOUR VACCINE, WE'RE STILL IN THE ORANGE TIER, THREE WEEKS IN A ROW BELOW THE NUMBERS.BELOW FOUR PER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.
US IN L.A. COUNTY HAVE NOT BEEN THAT WAY, IS THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP KEEP DOING THAT AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORT SO THAT WE CAN GET BACK TO SOME NORMALCY.
RESTAURANTS ARE STARTING TO OPEN UP, GYMS ARE STARTING TO OPEN UP, MOVIE THEATERS ARE STARTING TO OPEN UP. SO HOPEFULLY THAT WE CAN GET THAT ALL BACK IN LA VERNE AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, AND APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S EFFORTS.
THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER.
YES. I ALSO WAS DOWN THERE TO SEE THE HOUSE MOVED AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SPEAK WITH LINDA WILKINSON AND SHE EXPLAINED THE PROCESS OF WHAT SHE PLANS ON DOING WITH THE HOME AND PARTS OF THE GARAGE THAT IT WAS BEING TAKEN APART.
SO IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING TO SEE.
AND SO I THINK IT IS GOING TO BE A NICE IMPROVEMENT DOWN THERE IN THAT AREA.
SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A WONDERFUL FAMILY EASTER TIME TOGETHER YESTERDAY.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER.
YES. I UNFORTUNATELY DID NOT GET TO SEE THE HOUSE MOVE LIVE, BUT I DO BELIEVE IT'S UP ON FACEBOOK AND SOME OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA PLACES OF OTHER FOLKS LIKE ME THAT WERE NOT ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE IT. IT IS OUT THERE.
I AM BUMMED THAT I DIDN'T GET TO SEE IT JUST BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY COOL TO MOVE A WHOLE HOUSE. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO GO SEE IT BECAUSE THAT'S THE DAY THAT MY DAD WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R.
SO I WOULD JUST ECHO RICK'S SENTIMENTS WITH RESPECT TO COVID.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE THE NICE WEATHER HAS BEEN A CHEERFUL THING, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN GREAT. BUT JUST TO REMEMBER, TO PRACTICE YOUR AS KNOW YOUR SAFETY AND YOUR HYGIENE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE YOU'RE WASHING YOUR HANDS, STAYING SIX FEET APART, BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO ARE VULNERABLE.
MY DAD HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND TO CONVALESCENT CENTERS AND ERS AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS SINCE RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
SO I STRONGLY URGE IF YOU CAN AND ARE WILLING TO GET VACCINATED, PLEASE DO STAY SAFE.
THE OTHER THING I WOULD BRING TO FOLKS ATTENTION JUST TO THINK ABOUT AS WE ARE PROGRESSING THROUGH, I CAN'T BELIEVE A YEAR OF THIS OVER A YEAR OF THIS IS THAT WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CRAZY THINGS HAPPEN IN THE LAST YEAR, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THE RISE IN HATE CRIMES AGAINST ASIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC ISLANDERS.
AND SO IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS AND YOU HEARD ABOUT THE SHOOTING AT THE SPAS IN GEORGIA, YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE TREMENDOUS RISE IN THOSE THINGS.
AND I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT I AM I HAVE NEVER BEEN GLAD TO KNOW THAT MY GRANDMOTHER HAS IS GONE BECAUSE SHE UP UNTIL VERY LATE IN HER LIFE, SHE WAS 91 WHEN SHE PASSED.
SHE WOULD TAKE, EVEN WITHOUT SPEAKING VERY MUCH ENGLISH AT ALL, WOULD TAKE THE BUS ON HER OWN, WOULD WALK TO THE STORE ON HER OWN.
AND I THINK ABOUT HOW MANY ELDERLY ASIAN GRANDMOTHERS AND GRANDFATHERS HAVE BEEN ASSAULTED AND BEAT UP FOR NO OTHER REASON THAN THEIR RACE.
AND THAT SCARES THE HELL OUT OF ME.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHILE I WANT MY DAD OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, YOU KNOW, A PART OF ME IS, WELL, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT OUT AND ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUT I WORRY FOR MY MOM AND I WORRY ABOUT A LOT OF FOLKS OUT THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, PRACTICE KINDNESS.
IF YOU'VE GOT ASIAN-AMERICAN FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, CHECK IN ON THEM, IT HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY TIME. SO STAY SAFE.
I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GOOD EASTER.
IF YOU CELEBRATE PASSOVER, HAPPY PASSOVER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND SPEEDY RECOVERY FOR YOUR FATHER.
I JUST ECHO EVERYBODY, CONGRATULATIONS TO COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
IT IS A YEAR WE DID IT ON THE 6TH WITH AN EMPTY ROOM AND PEOPLE HONKING OUTSIDE.
BUT FAST FORWARD A YEAR AHEAD AND HERE WE ARE.
WE'RE OPENING UP AGAIN, AS COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY SAID.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY THE COURSE AND PLEASE GET VACCINATED IF YOU CAN, AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO TAKE WHATEVER THEY GIVE YOU, BECAUSE THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON'S OUT NOW AND IT'S FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN A RUSH AND ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING GOING ON TAKE THE ONE SHOT AND LET'S MOVE ON.
SO BUT ALSO SCHOOL, IT WILL BE IN FULL FORCE TOMORROW AS FAR AS GRADE SCHOOL.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, EVERYBODY BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
WATCH FOR KIDS WATCH THE TRAFFIC.
WE'RE ALL USED TO BARRELING AROUND NOW WITH NOBODY OUT.
SO WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL OF OUR LITTLE ONES.
AND THEN THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE HIGH SCHOOL STARTS.
SO LET'S PLEASE BE CAREFUL OUT THERE.
AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAO SAID, HATE'S A HORRIFIC THING.
THIS IS UNCONSCIONABLE WHAT'S GOING ON.
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AND IT NEEDS TO STOP.I DO AGREE. AND IT STARTS IN OUR OWN HOME, IN OUR OWN CITY.
AND IT'S JUST SO HORRIFIC THING WE'RE SEEING AND NO RHYME OR REASON FOR IT, WE NEED TO STOP IT. SO AND I HOPE EVERYONE DID HAVE A GOOD EASTER AND PASSOVER AND HOPEFULLY WITH THEIR FAMILY AND BE SAFE.
[10. CLOSED SESSION:]
MR. KRESS, WE HAVE A NEED FOR A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT OR MR. RUSSI, WE HAVE A NEED FOR A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT? YES, WE DO. MR. MAYOR, IT'S TO MEET PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 [INAUDIBLE] LABOR NEGOTIATOR.WE'LL BE RECESSING INTO THE CLOSED SESSION.
WE WILL NOT BE REPORTING OUT, IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN TONIGHT IN MEMORY OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE FLEET MANAGER BOB CRAWFORD.
BOB PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE AGE OF 52 AFTER A VALIANT FIGHT AGAINST CANCER.
HE WAS BORN ON MAY 18TH, 1968 IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, AND MOVED TO CALIFORNIA WHEN HE WAS 12.
LOVE OF HIS THINGS, EQUIPMENT RELATED, IT BEGAN WITH HIS DAD, WHO WAS A TRUCK MECHANIC.
BOB GRADUATED FROM VILLA PARK HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN QUICKLY EARNED A CERTIFICATE IN DIESEL AND HEAVY TRUCK REPAIR, LEADING TO HIS FIRST POSITION AS FLEET MECHANIC WITH THE FULLERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1991.
AFTER STOPS OUTSIDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BOB RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC SECTOR AS A FLEET SUPERINTENDENT WITH THE CITY OF BURBANK.
AND AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, HE WAS HIRED AS THE FLEET MANAGER IN 2018 FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE. BOB WAS KNOWLEDGEABLE, RESPECTED AND INCREDIBLY WELL-LIKED BY ALL OF THE CITY.
AWAY FROM WORK, BOB ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND RIDING BICYCLES AS WELL AS MOTORCYCLES. BOB IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SANDY OF TWENTY FIVE YEARS, TWO CHILDREN, ANDREW AND ALISON. BOB WILL TRULY BE MISSED BY THOSE WHO HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING AROUND HIM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE.
I KNOW MAYBE OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS DIDN'T.
BUT WHEN HE CAME ON, FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, ALL I'VE HEARD IS GOOD THINGS FROM THE EMPLOYEES THAT SAID HE WAS JUST HE'D GET THE STUFF TAKEN CARE OF, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO HOLD THAT HE WAS A FORD MAN.
I'M A CHEVY MAN, BUT HE WAS A FORD MAN.
I'M NOT GOING TO HOLD THAT AGAINST HIM.
BUT HE WAS JUST A VERY, VERY DEDICATED EMPLOYEE, EXCELLENT AT HIS JOB.
AND HEARTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE FAMILY.
WITH THAT OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, APRIL 19TH, AT 6:30 PM.
WE WILL MOVE INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WE HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER ONE.
LINK, LINK.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.