[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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>> [BACKGROUND] WE'RE LIVE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE LIVE.
WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING AT 6:31 P.M.
IF WE COULD ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. MALVIN. ROLL-CALL, MR. ROSSI.
>> [NOISE] WE MOVE TO MY STAFF HERE AT NUMBER 4.
[4. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.>> SHERI BEST WOULD LIKE TO BE ON.
>> HI, SHERI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? SHERI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? [LAUGHTER] WE CAN HEAR NOW, SHERI.
[NOISE] SHERI, WE CAN HEAR YOU. [NOISE]
THIS IS SHERI BEST WITH THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
I WANT TO ANNOUNCE TWO UPCOMING EVENTS.
WE ARE FINALLY GETTING BACK INTO FACE-TO-FACE EVENTS AND I'M DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT ON THE 11TH OF OCTOBER, WE'LL HAVE OUR FIRST MEMBER AND COMMUNITY MEETING THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE VETERANS HALL.
THE SUBJECT IS GOING TO BE TO INTRODUCE A PROJECT THAT IS A COLLABORATION AMONG THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, BENITO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE MEMBERS OF THE STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, RESIDENTS AT HILLCREST IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER A PROGRAM THAT WILL BE VIDEO PRESENTED FOR THE CHILDREN IN THE THIRD GRADE THAT TELLS THE STORY OF LA VERNE.
IT'S PART OF THEIR SOCIAL STUDIES HANDS-ON HISTORY PROJECT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LAUNCHING THE PROGRAM IN THE SPRING FOR THE SCHOOLS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE PREVIEWING IT IN OUR FALL MEETING.
PLEASE COME TO THIS AND I THINK IT SHOULD BE VERY EXCITING AND IT'S A TRUE COLLABORATION AMONGST STAKEHOLDERS.
MY SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT AND THEN I'LL BE DONE IS THAT ON THE 23RD OF OCTOBER, THAT IS THE SATURDAY, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS HAVING ITS ANNUAL OLD-TIMERS POTLUCK PICNIC.
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AT WALLS FLOORS ARC AT THE [INAUDIBLE] REDWOOD GROVE AT 5:00 PM.
IF YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OR WOULD LIKE TO COME AS OUR GUEST, PLEASE BRING A POPUP DISH, OR IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE SHARING POPUP FOOD, BRING YOUR OWN DINNER.
JOHN AND I WILL FURNISH TABLES, CHAIRS AND BOTTLES OF WATER.
IT'S A NICE TIME TO GET TOGETHER TO GET REACQUAINTED AND MEET WITH EACH OTHER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE EVENTS AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS UP AND RUNNING AN ACTIVE THANKS SO MUCH.
ANYTHING ELSE? WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? COULD WE PUT THAT ALSO ON THE C WEBSITE POST THAT?
>> WE'VE GOT THE INFORMATION FROM SHERI AND UP THERE.
[5. CONSENT CALENDAR]
>> GREAT. [NOISE] WHEN MOVING TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
HAS ANYTHING BEEN PULLED, MR. ROSSI?
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>> ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THEN I WOULD LIKE A MOTION.
>> I WILL MAKE THE MOTION TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED.
>> SORRY. WE'VE GOT BUTTONS. I FORGOT.
>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT IF I CAN GET THEM.
THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.
[6. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
WE MOVE TO ITEM 6, PUBLIC HEARINGS. MR. ROSSI.>> I WILL TAKE THE INTRO AND THEN TURN IT OVER TO VANESSA NORWOOD.
THIS IS A UNIQUE APPLICATION FOR A REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
ESSENTIALLY, THERE ARE ABOUT 900 ACRES THAT ARE NORTH OF BASELINE THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER FOR DEVELOPMENT.
IN ORDER TO ACCESS WATER, THEY NEED TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY.
THEY'VE MADE THAT APPLICATION AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
VANESSA NORWOOD, WHO IS A CONTRACT PLANNER HAS BEEN BROUGHT ON AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL IS NOT FAMILIAR WITH HER, BUT WE'VE HAD SOME LOSS OF STAFF AND SO WE CONTRACTED WITH AN AGENCY TO ASSIST US WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR PROJECTS.
VANESSA NORWOOD HAS BEEN KIND ENOUGH TO PROVIDE US WITH THEIR SERVICES.
SO WITH THAT, SHE'S HANDLED THIS PROJECT FROM THE BEGINNING SO SHE'LL BE HANDLING THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS VANESSA NORWOOD, CONTRACT PLANNER. GET CLOSER.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF THIS RECTANGULAR-SHAPED 19.44-ACRE PARCEL LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BASELINE ROAD INTO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO ESTABLISH THE LOW-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION, ITS OWN CHANGE TO ESTABLISH THE PR 3D ZONING WITH HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY, SUBDIVISION OF THE PARCEL INTO NINE LOTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVEN SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES, ONE DEBRIS BASE ON LOT, AND ONE OPEN SPACE LOT.
A PRECISE PLAN REVIEW TO DETERMINE CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S GENERAL PLANNING AND ZONING AND A TRUE REMOVAL REQUESTS FOR REMOVAL OF FOUR OAK TREES.
THE PROJECT IS BOUNDED BY SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCES TO THE WEST AND SOUTH ACROSS BASELINE UNDEVELOPED HILLSIDE TO THE NORTH, AND A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE TO THE EAST ACROSS BROKEN SPUR ROAD.
NEXT SLIDE. THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERLY PORTION OF THE PARCEL AND WOULD CONTAIN SEVEN TWO-STORY HOMES.
ACCESS FOR LOTS 1-6 WOULD BE PROVIDED FROM BASELINE ROAD AND LOTS SEVEN WOULD TAKE ACCESS FROM BROKEN SPUR.
ALL PROPOSED STRUCTURES COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM FRONT, REAR, AND SIDE YARD SETBACKS AND MAXIMUM ALLOWED BUILDING HEIGHT OF 30 FEET. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEW THE PRECISE PLAN AND TO REMOVAL PERMIT REQUEST AND CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THESE REQUESTS CONTINGENT UPON THE APPROVAL OF ALL RELATED CASES. NEXT SLIDE.
THE PRECISE PLAN REVIEW INCLUDED REVIEW OF ELEVATION PLANS WHICH FEATURE CRAFTSMAN AND SPANISH MEDITERRANEAN STYLES OF ARCHITECTURE. NEXT SLIDE.
THE REVIEW ALSO INCLUDED FLOOR PLANS FOR THESE UNITS WHICH RANGE IN SIZE FROM 4,500-7,200 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROJECT'S DESIGN PROVIDES FOR THREE-CAR GARAGES AND OFF-STREET PARKING SPACES IN DRIVEWAYS. NEXT SLIDE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT TREES ON THIS PROPERTY.
THE REQUEST TO REMOVE FOUR OAK TREES IN THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED INCLUDED A REPLACEMENT RATIO OF FOUR TO ONE FOR A TOTAL OF 16 NEW TREES, WHILE 85 SIGNIFICANT TREES REMAIN INTACT.
THE TREES PROPOSED FOR REMOVAL OR IN A LOCATION WHERE THEY CANNOT BE PRESERVED BECAUSE THEY'RE WITHIN OR NEAR A PROPOSED MAINTENANCE ROAD. NEXT SLIDE.
DISCUSSIONS PERTAINING TO THIS PROJECT AND THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION HAD BEEN ONGOING WITH LEFT COAST SINCE 2018.
DURING THESE DISCUSSIONS, THE CITY WAS ASKED TO INCLUDE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS SOUTH OF BASELINE ROAD IN THE ANNEXATION REQUEST.
THE PUBLIC WORKSHOP WAS HELD IN JANUARY 2020 TO DETERMINE A PROPERTY OWNERS ON SMOKE TREE AND REALLY TOAST DRIVES WOULD BE INTERESTED IN ANNEXATION INTO THE CITY AS A COMPONENT OF THIS PROJECT.
EIGHTEEN RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP AND NO ONE EXPRESSED INTEREST IN ANNEXATION.
A SECOND WORKSHOP WAS CONDUCTED IN FEBRUARY 2020 TO EXPLAIN THE CURRENT PROJECT AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR PROCESSING THIS PROJECT.
ELEVEN RESIDENTS ATTENDED THE WORKSHOP AND NO SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS WERE RAISED.
ANNEXATION INCLUDES A TOTAL OF 19.44 ACRES OF UNINCORPORATED LOS ANGELES COUNTY LAND INTO THE CITY OF
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LA VERNE AND THIS AREA IS WITHIN THE CITY'S SPHERE OF THE INFLUENCE.BECAUSE THE PROPOSED PROJECT REQUIRES CITY OF LA VERNE UTILITIES, SEWER AND WATER, THE SITE IS PROPOSED TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY OF LA VERNE'S CORPORATE BOUNDARIES.
ONLY THE SOUTHERN 5.59-ACRE PORTION OF THIS SITE WOULD BE DEVELOPED WITH HOMES AND THE FORMAL ANNEXATION PROCESS WOULD BEGIN WITH LEFT CO ONCE THE PROJECT IS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
IN ADDITION, ATTACK SHARE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND LA COUNTY WOULD NEED TO BE EXECUTED ONCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE PROPERTY TASKS ARE COMPLETED.
AT THAT POINT, THIS AGREEMENT WOULD COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE LA, THE LA VERNE SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, IT HAS AN EXISTING LA VERNE GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE DESIGNATION OF HILLSIDE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH ALLOWS UP TO TWO UNITS PER ACRE.
THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION FOR THIS PARCEL IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UP TO FIVE UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE WEST.
THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS A LOS ANGELES ZONING DESIGNATION OF LIGHT AGRICULTURE, 15,000 SQUARE FOOT, MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
THE PROPOSED ZONING IS PLANNED RESIDENTIAL, THREE DETACHED DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE, WITH THE HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONE.
THE PROJECTS DENSITY COMPLIES WITH THE PR 3D ZONE AND THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION.
THIS ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ADJACENT AND NEARBY PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, WHICH ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW ON THE SLIDE.
THE PR 3D ZONE IMPLEMENTS THE PROPOSED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, AND ESTABLISHES STANDARDS FOR AN ORDERLY AND HARMONIOUS DEVELOPMENT OF PLANNED RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THE HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONE PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL STANDARDS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY'S HILLSIDE AREAS.
THESE STANDARDS RELATE TO FIRE PROTECTION AS WELL AS CITING AND CIRCULATION, AMONG OTHER REQUIREMENTS DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY ZONE IN THAT CONSIDERATION HAS BEEN GIVEN TO ALL ASPECTS OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS AND PROJECT MITIGATIONS ARE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER TO CONFORM WITH THESE AND OTHER REQUIRED STANDARDS.
THE VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP WOULD ALLOW FIVE AND A HALF ACRES OF THE 99 AND A HALF ACRE PARCEL TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO SEVEN RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
A 2.66 ACRE DEBRIS BASED ON LOT AND NINTH LOT COMPRISED OF 10.75 ACRES, WOULD BE DEDICATED TO OPEN SPACE.
ALTHOUGH NOT FULLY SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, TRACK MAP COVERS THE ENTIRE 19.44 ACRE PARCEL.
SIX OTHER RESIDENTIAL LOTS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 10,079 SQUARE FEET TO 37, 1408 SQUARE FEET, AND A 36 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC STREET IS PROPOSED TO ACCESS TO HOME FROM BASELINE.
LOT SEVEN IS 152,123 SQUARE FEET AND HAS A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY ACCESS FROM BROKEN SPUR. NEXT SLIDE.
IMPROVEMENTS TO AN EXISTING MAINTENANCE ROAD ARE PROPOSED IN ORDER TO ACCESS A DEBRIS BASED ON LOT WHICH WOULD BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THE CITY RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT TO CONDUCT AN ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE PROJECT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, ECOTIERRA CONSULTING WAS SELECTED AND IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION.
IN NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF AN M&D WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER 2020 AND CIRCULATED FOR A 30-DAY PUBLIC REVIEW.
ON JANUARY 11TH, 2021, STAFF RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE REGARDING POTENTIAL IMPACTS TO STREAMS AND REPAIRING FOREST, MODIFIED HABITATS AND VARIOUS PROTECTED AND THREATENED WILDLIFE SPECIES.
RELATIVE TO THESE CONCERNS, A REVISED BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED, A NEW ANALYSIS INCLUDING MITIGATION MEASURES WAS INCLUDED IN THE REVISED M&D, WHICH WAS THEN RECIRCULATE IT FOR A 30-DAY PUBLIC REVIEW BEGINNING APRIL 6TH, 2021.
NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED PERTAINING TO SEQUA.
MITIGATION MEASURES ADDRESSED BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, CULTURAL RESOURCES, GEOLOGY AND SOILS, NOISE, AND TRIBAL CULTURAL RESOURCES.
IN SUMMARY, AND AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE DRC CONDITIONALLY APPROVED THE PRECISE PLAN AND TREE REMOVAL REQUESTS.
ON AUGUST 11TH, 2021, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A MEETING ON THIS MATTER.
ONE EMAIL WAS RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE MEETING AND ONE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED DURING PUBLIC TESTIMONY.
[NOISE] THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE APPLICATION BEFORE YOU TONIGHT.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ANNEXATION REQUEST, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT,
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PRE-ANNEXATION ZONE CHANGE, AND VESTING TENTATIVE TRACT MAP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE DRC TENTATIVELY APPROVED CASES BASED ON THE STAFF REPORT, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL AND MITIGATION MEASURES.THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
STAFF, THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT, AND APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU. MR. NORWOOD. COUNCIL, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS MATTER? WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP OUR PUBLIC HEARING RIGHT NOW AND WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.
WE'LL START WITH MR. IS IT ALESSIO CAPRA? MR. CAPRA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK?
>> I GUESS YOU GUYS HEAR ME. [NOISE]
>> IF I CAN JUST REAL QUICK, IF WE COULD PLEASE KEEP OUR MASKS ON WHEN WE'RE AT THE MIC AND IF WE JUST WE'RE GOING TO USE A THREE-MINUTE TIME.
IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, THAT'S FINE.
JUST LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL GRANT USE MORE TIME.
WE USUALLY DO A THREE-MINUTE TIMEFRAME, BUT IF YOU NEED MORE TIME, JUST ASKED ME WELL, UNLIKELY ALLOW THAT. THANK YOU.
>> MY HOUSE IS EAST OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS.
>> YELLOW HOUSE, THAT'S CORRECT.
I DON'T MIND, THE PROJECT HAPPENING BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE AIR CLEAN AND I GUESS FIRE HAZARD AND ALL THAT.
BUT ALSO IS THERE ANY WAY SINCE THAT'S GETTING AN EXTENT TO LA VERNE CITY.
IF MY THEME, MY HOUSES COUNTY, COULD MY HOUSE BE ALSO INTO CITY OR HOW DOES THAT WORK AND ALSO THE ROAD WHEN THEY'RE WORKING ON I THINK IT'S PROJECT WHAT IS IT? SEVEN OR NINE OR EIGHT? THE LAST HOUSE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YEAH. THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOING UP AND DOWN. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY'RE GOING TO WIDEN IT OR HOW'S THAT GOING TO HAPPEN TO STREET WISE RIGHT THERE.
BECAUSE THAT'S MORE LIKE AN ALLEY ENTRANCE.
THE BROKEN FOR ROAD AND WHAT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE ALLEY, IS THAT GOING TO BE WIDENED OR?
THOSE YOUR QUESTIONS WILL HAVE STAFF-
>> ALSO ANOTHER THING. ARE THEY GOING TO ALSO IMPROVE LIKE THE CITY INDUSTRY A LITTLE BIT UNDER A CURVE BECAUSE I'LL KNOW OKAY.
I LIVE RIGHT THERE AND AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A YEAR, JUST AN ACCIDENT.
IF THEY WERE TO PUT A DIVIDER OR SOMETHING RIGHT THERE, I GUESS IT'LL SLOW DOWN TO CARS.
IF THAT'S ALSO IN CONSIDERATION.
>> OKAY. WE'LL STAFFS HERE, WE'LL HAVE THEM COMMENT, WE'LL DO THE SPEAKERS, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO STAFF AND HAVE THEM ANSWER THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. HENLEY.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE, REGARDING THE BASELINE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ANNEXATION, I LIKE TALK TO ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS.
NUMBER 1, THE CENTER MEDIAN THAT THAT ALEX WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT.
RECENT FOR OUR CENTER MEDIAN AND IN FACT, ONE OF THE THINGS ABOUT THE CENTER MEDIAN CAN SOLVE A COUPLE THINGS.
YOU HAVE TREE REMOVAL AND WE CAN PUT THOSE OAK TREES AT THE BEGINNING AND THE END OF THE CENTER MEDIAN.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY AND THE CENTER MEDIAN IS GOING TO DO A LOT TO REALLY INCREASE THE AESTHETICS OF THE CITY AND ALSO SLOW PEOPLE WAY DOWN.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU DO YOU ALL SEE THE AERIAL VIDEO OF MR. HUNTERS? YOU ALL SAW IT? DID YOU SEE HOW MANY CARS GO UP AND DOWN THAT STREET? SEE HOW MANY CARS THAT ARE PARKED THERE ALL DAY LONG.
IT HAS BECOME REALLY MORE OF A COMMERCIAL AREA OF THE CITY THEN PART OF A BEAUTIFUL PART OF THE CITY WHICH IT USED TO BE BEFORE ALL THOSE CARS GOT THERE.
IT LOOKS MORE LIKE A RUNWAY RIGHT NOW.
WITH THAT MIND, IT'S BECOME A DANGEROUS AREA.
IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PARKING, THE LIGHTING.
HOW MANY LIGHTS DO YOU THINK ARE BETWEEN FRUIT STREET AND DAWN STREET LIGHTS? ON THE ABSOLUTE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF BASELINE AVENUE IN LA VERNE? NONE, THE ANSWER IS NONE.
HOW MANY CROSSWALKS DO YOU THINK THERE ARE BETWEEN FRUIT AND LIVE OAK ON THE MOST DANGEROUS STREET IN LA VERNE AND PROBABLY THE WIDEST STREET IN LA VERNE? ABSOLUTELY NONE.
I THINK WE CAN GO LONG WAYS TO REALLY MAKE OUR CITY WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN OUR HOMETOWN CHARM WHILE WE EVOLVE AND GROW, THAT'S OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIVES HERE IN THE LA VERNE, LET'S DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME.
THE PARKING AS A CITY COUNCIL IS SEEN BY MR. HUNTERS, AERIAL VIDEOS, A GREAT VIDEO HE CAME UP WITH, BY THE WAY, IT WAS AWESOME.
YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY CARS THAT ARE PARKED ON BASELINE.
I KNOW THAT YOU LIVE ON BREAD A BROKEN, IT'S GOING TO BE BROKEN PARALLEL OR SPUR,
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WHATEVER STREET THAT'S ACTUALLY HIS DRIVEWAY.ALL THE CONSTRUCTION IS GOING TO BE RUNNING UP AND DOWN HIS DRIVEWAY.
IT ISN'T DIFFICULT OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A WRITER LEFT-HAND TURN ON THAT STREET IN THE MORNING.
YOU JUST CAN'T SEE IT'S DANGEROUS.
THERE'S BEEN, IN FACT, MYSELF HAVE HAD NEAR ACCIDENTS BY PULLING OUT.
ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU IS RESIDENTIAL PARKING BY PERMIT ONLY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY WE CAN GO FROM 08:00 AM TO 05:00 PM BY PERMIT ONLY.
I THINK THAT ALL OF THOSE MEASURES WILL GO A LONG WAYS TO MAKING OUR CITY SAFER, MORE BEAUTIFUL AND THE CITY THAT IT SHOULD BE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME?
>> THANK YOU, MR. RUSTY, FOR THE REMINDER OF MY THREE MINUTES.
>> THANK YOU, MR. HENLEY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC ON THE PUBLIC AND THE ZOOM WORLD? [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND] WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS. BRING BACK UP THE DAYS.
WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, MR. RUSTY.
DIRECTOR SHEARER. [BACKGROUND] THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING. I MADE NOTES SO I HOPE I COVER THEM AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BRING UP THE CITY ENGINEER TO ANSWER SOME OF THE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT STREET IMPROVEMENTS.
BUT TO THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER HIS PROPERTY CAN BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY AS WELL.
HE DEFINITELY HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILE FOR SUCH AN ANNEXATION APPLICATION.
HE WASN'T PART OF THIS APPLICATION SO THERE WAS NO NOTICING AT THIS STAGE IN THIS PROCESS.
IT CAN'T SIMPLY JUST BE ADDED ONTO AS PART OF THE ANNEXATION, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN HIM OR HIS NEIGHBORS CAN'T ALSO COME TOGETHER TO FILE A SEPARATE APPLICATION TO ANNEX THAT PROPERTY WITHOUT FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THIS, IT WOULDN'T BE AS COMPLICATED AS A PROCESS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE SUBDIVISIONS AND NEW CONSTRUCTION NECESSARILY.
BUT IT'S NOT ABLE TO JUST SIMPLY BE ADDED TO THE LIST AT THIS POINT.
>> ERIC, QUESTION ON THAT AS WELL.
I KNOW I PULL UP A MAP ALWAYS WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT STREETS.
THE AREA SOUTH, I WAS AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING.
I KNOW THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED, BUT THE AREA EAST OF THE SOUTH AREA IS PART OF LA VERNE?
>> THE HOMES UP FRONT ON BASELINE, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE HAINES CENTER, ARE LA VERNE.
>> THE MR. HENLEY'S AREA, THEY'RE PART OF LA VERNE, OR NOT PART OF LA VERNE?
>> THEY'RE INCORPORATED SO THAT HOMES EAST ON THE NORTH END BASELINE FROM THIS POINT TO LEROY'S OR THE HAINES IS PART OF THE COUNTY.
>> ON NORTH SIDE OF BASELINE, THE CITY BOUNDARY ENDS JUST THE WEST SIDE OF THIS PROJECT SITE.
THERE ARE NO OTHER LA VERNE PROPERTIES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BASELINE, EAST OF THE EXISTING HOMES WHICH ARE WEST OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT.
>> PART OF THE QUESTION ABOUT THE MEDIAN.
HOW FAR CAN LA VERNE, IF CHOOSING A ONE TEAM TO DO A MEDIAN WITHOUT THE COUNTY TO BE PART THAT?
>> I'LL HAVE OUR CITY ENGINEER ANSWER THAT ONE AND TALK MORE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE MEDIAN, NOT GENERALLY AS WELL. HE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE ANNEXATION PORTION? THE NEXT QUESTION WAS ABOUT ARE THERE GOING TO BE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BROKEN SPUR ROAD, WHICH IS NOT REALLY A ROAD PER SE, IS A VERY LONG AND STEEP DRIVEWAY WHICH PROVIDES FOR SECONDARY EMERGENCY ACCESS TO THE OTHER UNINCORPORATED HOMES AT THE TOP OF THE RIDGE THERE SO NO THERE ARE NO PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS.
IT PROVIDES ADEQUATE FIRE ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY AS IT IS ONLY ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT WOULD BE ADDED TO THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC, IF YOU WILL, ON THIS PRIVATE DRIVEWAY.
THE DEVELOPER HAS SECURED THE ACCESS RIGHTS FROM THE LANDOWNER BECAUSE IT'S NOT PUBLICLY OWNED TO ACCESS AND UTILIZE THIS DRIVEWAY FOR THEIR PROPERTY SO THERE'S NO OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED OR PROPOSED AT THIS TIME.
THAT DRIVEWAY IS PART OF LA VERNE OR PART OF THE COUNTY?
>> UNINCORPORATED COUNTY TODAY AND MAJORITY OF
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IT WILL REMAIN THAT WAY WHERE THIS NEW LOT SEVEN WOULD TAKE ACCESS FROM, WOULD HAVE AN EXTENSION THAT DRIVEWAY OBVIOUSLY TO REACH THE PAD WHERE THE HOME WOULD BE BELOW LOT SEVEN.BUT THE EXISTING CURRENT DRIVEWAY IN ITS CURRENT FIGURATION REMAINS THE SAME AND WILL BE AN UNINCORPORATED BUT PRIVATELY OWNED.
>> I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WHAT [INAUDIBLE] IS, THE BOYS LOVE THAT YELLOW HOUSE.
EVERY TIME WE GO AROUND THAT CURVE THERE? [LAUGHTER] COULD YOU MEET WITH HIM PRIVATELY ON SOMETIME WHEN HE CAN CALL YOU TO TALK TO HIM ABOUT ANNEXATION FOR HIM TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT AND EASY FOR HIM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT WOULD BE AND WHAT IT WOULD TAKE?
>> OF COURSE, YEAH. WE DID A SIMILAR PROCESS FOR THE NEIGHBOR ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE LAUGH CODE IDENTIFY THAT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT SHOULD BE INCORPORATED WITH THIS ANNEXATION.
THEY DID NOT IDENTIFY THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST OF THE PROJECT SITE, AND THAT'S WHY THERE WAS NEVER A PROPOSAL FOR THAT TO BE INCLUDED WITH THE ANNEXATION BECAUSE THE COUNTY DIDN'T FIND IT AS WHAT THEY CALL AN ISLAND, WHERE IT'S BASICALLY SURROUNDED ON SIDES, TWO TO THREE SIDES BY CURRENTLY INCORPORATED BOUNDARIES OF LA VERNE.
AS AT THOSE FOUR PROPERTIES DO HAVE UNINCORPORATED COUNTY TO THE NORTH AND EAST, IT WASN'T CONSIDERED ISLAND, THUS NOT ASKED TO BE PART OF THIS APPLICATION BUT LAVCO.
BUT YES, OF COURSE, I HAVE MY CARD.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH HIM PRIVATELY TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE IN.
WHAT MAYBE THE PROS AND CONS ARE FOR ANNEXATION BECAUSE AS MENTIONED IN THE REPORT, AS VANESSA DID, THE NEIGHBOR TO THE SOUTH, THERE WAS ZERO INTEREST IN ASKING BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM THAT MIGHT NOT BE BENEFICIAL IN THE LONG RUN SO IT'S REALLY UP TO THEM, BUT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR ANNEXATION SHOULD THEY CHOOSE?
>> ABSOLUTELY. I JUST THOUGHT, YOU'RE SO GOOD AT EXPLAINING THINGS AND YOU CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO SIT DOWN WITH HIM IF YOU MEET WITH ERIC AND GET HIS NUMBER AND YOU CAN MEET WITH HIM ON THAT TERM.
>> WHAT'S THE NORMALCY OF ANNEXING ONE HOUSE.
>> IF SUCH AN APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, WE WOULD DO CONSULTATION WITH LAVCO AGAIN, AND THEY MIGHT THEN ASK THAT MORE OF THOSE PROPERTIES ALSO BE INCLUDED INSTEAD OF JUST ANNEXING THE ONE PARCEL AND THEN IT WOULD TAKE THE AGREEMENT OF OTHER PROPERTIES.
THERE ARE SOME WATER SUPPLY ISSUES AND SOME OF THOSE UNDEVELOPED LOTS UP OFF A BROKEN SPUR THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY WHICH THERE MIGHT BE SOME OTHER PRIVATE PROPERTY INTERESTS IN ANNEXING.
BUT IT JUST GETS INTO THE SPECIFICS OF WHETHER UTILITIES CAN BE PROVIDED, WHAT THE COSTS ARE, AND WHAT LAVCO'S DESIRE IS.
I COULDN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN WHETHER THEY WOULD BE FINE WITH JUST ONE OR IF THEY WOULD SAY WE NEED 10 OR 20 OR WHAT THAT NUMBER WOULD BE, BUT THAT'S A PART OF THE PROCESS THAT WOULD HAPPEN SHOULD HE CONTINUE TO BE INTERESTED IN ANNEXATION.
>> ONE MORE QUESTION I HAD ABOUT BASELINE ROAD, MR. HENLEY TALKING ABOUT HOW DANGEROUS THAT AREA IS.
THAT AREA IS COUNTY OWNED, CORRECT?
>> AGAIN, I'M GOING TO REFER TO THE CITY ENGINEER WHO'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.
>> BECAUSE WE NEED TO GO OVER THAT.
>> GOOD. THEN CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION ON THE TOTAL PROJECT OR ARE WE ONLY TALKING ABOUT ANNEXATION.
>> WE'RE TRYING TO FINISH ON THE ASPECT OF THE QUESTION SO IF WE CAN WAIT TILL YOU FINISH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I WAS GOING TO BRING UP CITY ENGINEER CODY HOWING SO HE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MEDIAN, STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. IF I MAY, I'LL JUST DIVE RIGHT INTO THE MEETING QUESTION THAT SEEMS TO BE ONE PARTICULAR INTEREST AND THEN WE CAN TOUCH BASE WITH ANYTHING ELSE THAT ANYBODY HAS.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF MEDIANS BEING AN OPTION TO BE CONSIDERED.
I WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT MEDIANS WILL PROVIDE SOME TRAFFIC CALMING.
HOWEVER, A MEDIAN IN THIS LOCATION WILL NOT BE IN LINE WITH WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS OF THE STREET APPEARS.
FOR EXAMPLE, WEST OF FRUIT, HOUSE'S FRONT THE STREET SO THE DRIVEWAYS WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE A RIGHT INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY AND PROHIBITED WITH THE LEFT TURN MOVING IF A MEDIAN GOES IN.
THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR DOES NOT HAVE THAT SITUATION.
HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A VERY NARROW MEDIAN BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE TO PRESENT OPPORTUNITY TO STAGE AND THE TURNING BASE AS WELL AS ENTERING THE LEFT-TURN POCKET.
IT WOULD BE A VERY MAYBE NARROW 3-4 FOOT PROBABLY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SO NOT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PLANTING.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE EVALUATED IF THAT'S COUNCIL'S DIRECTION OR INTEREST, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE SITUATION WITH THAT PARTICULAR MEDIAN.
TO BE CLEAR, I'M TALKING EAST OF THE PROJECT ENTRY STREET.
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>> THESE BUTTONS ARE LIKE LEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW, SHIFTING FROM THE MEDIAN, ALTHOUGH I DO THINK BECAUSE CLAREMONT'S DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB ON THE MEDIANS WHEN YOU GO EAST.
>> IT'S A REAL ROAD DIET, IS WHAT IT DOES ACTUALLY.
>> BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DISCUSS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT IT, SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN.
I THINK ONE OF MY MAJOR CONCERNS WAS THE FACT THAT AS MR. HENLEY HAD STATED, THE TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF HIS STREET RIGHT OR LEFT, THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC COMING AROUND AT THE BLIND CURVE AND I'VE TALKED TO MR. ROSSI REGARDING THE FACT THAT IT IS LOS ANGELES COUNTY BUT THE POINT IS THAT AS MR. HENLEY BROUGHT UP, THE FACT THAT WE COULD DO METERED PARKING THERE FROM EARLY IN THE MORNING.
BECAUSE HAYNES CENTER PARKS BLOCKS ALL OF THE TRAFFIC OR THE PEOPLE TRYING TO PULL OUT WHETHER IT BE LEFT OR RIGHT.
MR. ROSSI, DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THAT?
>> YEAH, I CAN ONLY TELL YOU THAT WE CAN ENFORCE THAT NORTHSIDE.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AS FAR AS THE RED CURBING AROUND THE CORNERS THERE TO TRY AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT SITE DISTRACTION THAT YOU WILL, OBSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM HIM BUT ULTIMATELY, THAT IS A COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT, AND THEN IT WOULD BE COUNTY SHERIFF TO DECIDE OR ENFORCE ANY TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL OR TIME PARKING.
>> WE'RE WORKING ON THAT BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A RESIDENT FOR SAFETY EVEN THOUGH IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE ANNEXATION PORTION.
I THINK, MR. CEREAL, HE'LL HANDLE THAT AND GET BACK TO US AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO LET US KNOW BUT HELP OUR RESIDENT OUT HERE TO FIGURE OUT THE PATH AND MAKE IT EASIER FOR HIM SENATOR.
SENATOR, I APPRECIATE THE CUSTOMER REGARD.
DID WE ANSWER MOST OF THE QUESTIONS, I THINK?
>> BUT DO WE NEED TO HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THERE? BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING AT HAYNES CENTER NOW IS A SCHOOL.
THEY HAVE AUTISM SCHOOLING, THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERENT AVENUES.
MY QUESTION IS, IS THAT TRAFFIC IS TERRIBLE, YOU DRIVE ALONG THERE, PEOPLE ARE JUST SPEEDING AND THEN YOU COME AROUND THAT CURVE ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT TIME AND I JUST ALWAYS WONDERED, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A SIGNAL IN FRONT OF THAT SCHOOL? WE DO EVERY OTHER SCHOOL.
>> EVEN IN FRONT OF HAYNES CENTER?
>> YES. THAT STRETCH IS THE COUNTY.
>> OH, I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST A SHORT AREA.
>> YEAH. THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET WHERE YOU'LL SEE WHERE THERE IS PREFERENTIAL PARKING, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE CITY OF LA VERNE BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
>> IS THE COUNTY AND THE STREET ITSELF.
>> WE CAN MAKE A REQUEST TO THE COUNTY TO LOOK AT THAT AS PART OF THE FACT THAT THERE IS A SCHOOL THERE.
>> THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE RESIDENTS IS THE FACT THAT HAYNES HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.
NOW, IN THAT SENSE, THE MERGER OF DAVID AND MARGOT WITH HAYNES, IT'S CREATING THE MOST OF OUR PROBLEM AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY DO NEED TO LOOK AT AND WORK CLOSELY WITH LA COUNTY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, EITHER METERED PARKING OR RED CURBING OR SOMETHING TOO.
I THINK METER PARKING'S BETTER BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS CAN PARK THERE BUT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE AT HAYNES HAVE TO PARK ELSEWHERE OR HAYNES NEEDS TO.
>> MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE A PREFERENTIAL PARKING ZONE LIKE WE HAVE ON THE SOUTHSIDE.
>> SO THE RESIDENTS HAVE THE PRIORITY OF THAT BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD HAVE TO END.
WE CAN MAKE THAT REQUEST THAT THEY MIRROR WHAT WE DID ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR THAT REASON.
>>THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST.
>> NOW, FOR THE ANNEXATION, IF THAT AREA ON THE NORTH CHOOSES TO ANNEXATION AND LET'S PUT A PETITION IN, THEN WE WOULD HAVE MORE CONTROL OVER THAT AREA THROUGHOUT RIGHT? CORRECT?
>> YOU MEAN THE STREET ITSELF?
>> I DON'T KNOW IF ON A LIABILITY STANDPOINT OR ON EXPOSURE WE WOULD TAKE ON THE STREET OR IF LA COUNTY WOULD GIVE UP THAT RIGHT AS MUCH AS THE PARCELS THEMSELVES.
TYPICALLY THE ANNEXATION, YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WOULD BE AROUND THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS NOT ON A COUNTY ASSET.
>> IS MR. HENLEY TALK ABOUT LIGHTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT BECAUSE IN LA COUNTY.
>> WHICH WE TRY TO [INAUDIBLE].
>> UNLESS THEY WERE IN OUR AREA.
>> THAT BRINGS UP A GOOD QUESTION.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT IN-DEPTH AS FAR AS ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE LIGHTS ON THE EXTERIOR? THEY'RE PROBABLY BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO BE A WALKWAY NOW.
THERE'LL BE A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY CONNECTING UP WITH THE EAST PORTION AND THE WEST PORTION, CORRECT? THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY.
>> YES. THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY EXTENDS UP TO THE VICINITY OF BROKEN SPUR.
>> OKAY. WILL THERE BE LIGHTING LIKE A STREET LIGHT? I DIDN'T NOTICE IT ON THERE SO I'M JUST ASKING.
THERE'S NOT ONE FROM WHAT I CAN RECALL FROM MY REVIEWING THE PLANS.
>> INTERESTING. I KNOW THAT HAS TO DO WITH DARK SKY COMPLIANCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT WITH.
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>> YEAH. IT'S PROBABLY AN EXISTING COUNTY LIGHTING DISTRICT AND SO THOSE ARE EXISTING CONDITIONS AS FAR AS THE ROADWAY LIGHTING.
>> I KNOW IT WASN'T BROUGHT UP AND IT'S PROBABLY A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THERE IS NO LIGHTING WHATSOEVER ON THAT CURVE AS YOU COME AROUND AS WE ALL KNOW BUT I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS BUT MAYBE I KNOW.
>> IS THERE SOMETHING YOU'D LIKE US TO EXPLORE? WE COULD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT I WOULD TAKE PEOPLE IN A PROJECT [INAUDIBLE].
>> JUST TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE YOU CAN CONNECT TO THE LIGHTING THAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THAT ON THE WEST SIDE.
IT WOULD BE MAYBE ONE TRAFFIC LIGHT [OVERLAPPING] EXCUSE ME, STREET LIGHT.
>> IT MAY BE AN ACCOUNTING LIGHTING DISTRICT AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN EXPLORE TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE EXPANDED WITH.
>> I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE.
>> ONE TECHNICAL THING TO MENTION IS THE CLOSEST CROSSWALK IS [INAUDIBLE] STREET, THE NEXT CLOSEST ONE IS [INAUDIBLE]
>> I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESSED ALL THE QUESTIONS.
I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS DURING POTENTIAL CONSTRUCTION, HOW WOULD THAT FIGHT BE ACCESSED? I THINK IS WHAT I'D HEARD. SO I DON'T KNOW MR. CHAIR WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT OR IF SOMEONE ELSE WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT BUT I THINK THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT THE ACCESSIBILITY.
>> USER EXPERIENCE. YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT BROKEN SPUR?
>> DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO THAT?
>> I WOULD JUST FIRST SAY I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ANY IMPACT DURING CONSTRUCTION TO ACCESS THROUGH THAT STREET.
THE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES WILL OBVIOUSLY UTILIZE THAT ROAD TO ACCESS LOT 7 BUT THE REST OF THE PROJECT IS WILL ACCESS DIRECTLY FROM BASELINE SO THEY WON'T HAVE ANY DIRECT ACCESS OR NEED TO ACCESS FROM BROKEN SPUR BESIDES THE GRADING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT SPECIFIC LOT.
>> I BELIEVE THAT WAS WHAT THE RESIDENT'S QUESTION SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS ADDRESSED.
>> ASMA OR DAVIS, ANY QUESTIONS OR?
>> NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT I GUESS I'LL JUST MAKE SOME GENERAL REMARKS.
I THINK THAT [NOISE] THE PROJECT AND THE ANNEXATION LOOK FAIRLY SOLID.
I AGREE THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WITH NORTHSIDE RESIDENTS EXPRESSING INTEREST IN ANNEXATION TO EXTEND OURSELVES FURTHER EAST TO BE ABLE TO POTENTIALLY CONTROL SOME OF THE STREET AND THEN PROVIDE MORE STREETLIGHTS, POTENTIAL TRAFFIC LIGHTS, AND POTENTIAL STREET CROSSINGS.
BECAUSE THAT IS A PRETTY STRONG, DESOLATE ROAD FROM PRU ALL THE WAY OVER TO LIVE OAK AND BEYOND, ALL THE WAY TO TOWN.
IN MY DAY AS A KID, THAT WAS A 90-DEGREE ANGLE ON A TWO-LANE ROAD THAT ACTUALLY HAD TRAFFIC AT SPEED OR ABOVE THE SPEEDS THAT I SEE TODAY.
BASELINE'S ALWAYS BEEN A ROADWAY.
I GUESS I'M TRYING TO BE AS GENTLE AS I CAN BUT I THINK THAT HAVING INTERESTS SHOWN TO EXTEND OUR CONTROL EASTWARD IS A GOOD SIGN BECAUSE WHEN I SAW THE REPORT AND SAW THAT FOLK SOUTH OF BASELINE HAD NO INTEREST IN ANNEXATION, I DIDN'T IMAGINE THAT WE'D BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE MUCH OF THAT EASTWARD AREAS.
SO THIS IS GOOD NEWS. THANK YOU.
>> COUNSELLOR RICARDO, YOU HAD SOME OTHER QUESTIONS.
>> THE ONLY OTHER THING WAS THE OPEN SPACE THAT WAS TOUCHED ON.
BUT WHEN YOU SAY OPEN SPACES, IS IT JUST GOING TO BE A WILDERNESS? IS GOING TO BE MAINTAINED? WHAT'S THE OPEN SPACE GOING TO BE?
>> SO THAT ONE I WOULD DIFFER BACK TO VENNESSA [INAUDIBLE].
>> IT'S A HILL BUT IS IT GOING TO BE MAINTAINED OR IS IT JUST GOING TO BE WILDLIFE?
>> THE OPEN SPACE WILL REMAIN UNTOUCHED EXCEPT FOR THE REQUIRED FIELD MODIFICATION AROUND THE STRUCTURES I WOULD REBUILD.
SO VERY SMALL PORTION OF THAT LAND WOULD HAVE ANY NEED FOR ANY MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY.
OTHERWISE, IT REMAINS IN ITS CURRENT NATURAL STATE WITH NO MODIFICATIONS.
>> OKAY. JUST GOING INTO THE HILL, I JUST REMEMBER BACK IN THE '80S, THE HILLSIDE ORDINANCE THAT HAS BEEN REALLY REVIEWED.
>> THAT'S BIG INCORPORATED TO THIS OBVIOUSLY.
IT'S A LARGE SITE, ALMOST 20 ACRES, AND A VERY SMALL PORTION THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PART THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE NATURAL SLOPES OF THE HILL.
SO THOSE CANNOT BE MODIFIED ANY SLOPE OVER 25 PERCENT AND SO THIS PRODUCT DOESN'T DO THAT. SO YES.
>> THE PROJECT YOURSELF IS GREAT.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING SINCE 2018.
BEFORE THAT, I THINK THAT IT HAS A LOT OF MERIT.
I THINK THE ABBREVIATIONS IS AMAZING.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP A LOT, ALTHOUGH WE EVER GET RAIN AGAIN BUT I THINK BESIDES THAT, WE WILL HAVE RAIN AND IT WILL COME DOWN.
I THINK THAT'S GOING TO PROTECT ALL THE RESIDENTS.
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I DO THINK THAT THE WAY THE HOMES ARE LAID OUT, THAT ONE HOUSE ON LOT 7.I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS BUT I THINK THAT'S DOWN THE ROAD AS FAR AS THAT ROAD AND ACCESS.
BUT THE OTHER PART OF IT, THERE'S A FIRE ROAD, THERE'S A ROAD UP TO THE DEBRIS BASE IN PRELI COUNTY WHICH IS ALL THEIRS WHEN IT'S DONE.
THE HOMES THAT I THINK THE ISSUES THOUGH WITH SOME LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS FAR AS THIS IS NOT FOR THE PROJECT BUT I THINK DOWN THE ROAD AS WE WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WITH THE SITUATION WITH METERED PARKING AS FAR AS HAYNES AND THE CENTER MEDIAN DOWN THE ROAD, WE CAN LOOK AT THAT.
THAT'S SOMETHING FOR DOWN THE ROAD THAT DOESN'T AFFECT THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW.
BUT AS FAR AS THE PROJECT, I REVIEWED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON THEIRS.
THEY HAD SOME ISSUES WITH MITIGATION WITH SOME OF THE ANIMALS AND STUFF THAT WAS DONE, THE TRIBAL ISSUE THAT WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY'VE EDITED OUT REALLY WELL, THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT'S WHY WE HAD BASICALLY A FIVE-STEP VOTE FOR IN FAVOR.
I THINK THE PROJECT IS A VERY GOOD PROJECT.
I THINK SOME OF THE OTHER POINTS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON DOWN THE ROAD FOR THE SAFETY OF RESIDENTS WHETHER YOU'RE LA COUNTY OR NOT, YOU'RE STILL IN OUR SPHERE OF INFLUENCE, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THAT.
WE'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO.
ALSO WITH YOUR ISSUE WITH THE ANNEXATION, WE'LL ALL LEARN SOMETHING BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE FIRST ANNEXATION WE'VE DONE FOR 30 YEARS.
THIS IS SOMETHING NOT NEW BUT IT'S NEW FOR A LOT OF US BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DEALT WITH IT BEFORE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT STAFF DID A GREAT JOB PRESENTATION.
NORWOOD DID A GREAT JOB ON PRESENTATION FOR THEM.
ANYWAY, THE FLYOVER WAS VERY NEAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE WHOLE AREA LOOKED LIKE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THE OPEN SPACE THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP THE HOMES IN THEIR AREA.
THEY'LL BE SAFE WITH THE RE-BASE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MISS. NORWOOD.
ONE THING YOU SAID AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLARIFIED, THAT THE MAINTENANCE ROAD WILL BE MAINTAINED BY LA COUNTY, BUT HOW IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN IF THAT WHOLE AREA, THAT PLOT IS ANNEXED INTO LAVERNE?
>> THAT LOT AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THAT LOT WHERE THE MAINTENANCE ROAD AND THE DEBRIS BASE ARE LOCATED ON, WILL BE TRANSFERRED AND OWNED BY THE COUNTY.
THE COUNTY WILL OWN THAT PARCEL.
SO EVEN THOUGH THE PROPERTY WILL BE WITHIN OUR JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES, JUST AS THE COUNTY OWNS FLOOD CONTROL CHANNELS, AND THE AIRPORT, AND OTHER PROPERTIES IN LAVERNE, THEY WILL BECOME THE OWNER OF THAT ONE LOT IN THE SUBDIVISION AND THEY WILL BE DEALT WITH LATER LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR ONGOING MAINTENANCE OF THAT DEBRIS BASIN AND THAT MAINTENANCE ROAD AS THE LAND OWNER.
>> BECAUSE I CAN SEE COSTS LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD FOR LAVERNE IF WE ARE THE ONES HAVING TO MAINTAIN IT.
>> IT'S OWNED BY THE COUNTY, SO THEY ARE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN.
>> AS YOUR CALL TO SET COMES IN, AS YOU TURN AROUND, THERE'S A ROAD THAT COMES ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE DEBRIS BASE AND THEN THAT TAKES FROM COUNTY.
ONCE IT TOUCHES THAT, IT COMES AROUND THE COUNTY AND TAKES THAT ALL DEBRIS BASIN AREA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR POINTS?
>> I GUESS THE LAST COMMENT I WANTED TO MAKE AN I HAD HAD IT IN MY NOTES EARLIER BUT THEN FORGOT, WAS I LIKED THE FACT THAT WHILE THE SEVEN HOMES ARE GOING TO BE NESTLED DOWN LOW TO THE ROAD, THAT THERE'S A COMMITMENT OF NEARLY 20 ACRES TO THE PROJECT SO THAT THE HILLSIDE THEN MAINTAINS OUR VISUAL SENSE OF WHAT THE HILLSIDE HAS ALWAYS LOOKED LIKE.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE'S A NICE BALANCE OF WHERE THE HOMES ARE AND THEN A CLAIM TO THE LARGER PIECE OF LAND VERSUS JUST TRYING TO SPLIT THE TWO AND THEN PROVIDE SOMEBODY ELSE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THE OTHER ACRES.
THAT'S A PIECE OF THIS PROJECT THAT I JUST WANTED TO LIFT UP.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
>> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THEN I GUESS WE NEED A MOTION, CORRECT?
>> ONE MOTION [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING] AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL WILL DO IT.
>> I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO AGREE TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE WHATEVER IT IS THAT OUR CITY MANAGER IS GOING TO SAY.
>> YOU'RE DOING REALLY GOOD UNTIL YOU HIT THAT ONE.
>> WELL, [LAUGHTER] TWO WEEKS AGO, I TRUSTED YOU SO I [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER].
>> RESOLUTIONS 2172 THROUGH 75 AND ORDINANCE FOR 1102.
>> I CAN SAY THAT RESOLUTIONS 2172 THROUGH 2175 AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 1102.
>> DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE VOTE?
>> YOU CAN VOTE NOW, I'LL START TO SAY.
ORDINANCE 1102 AND ORDINANCE OF THE VERNE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHING A PRE-ANNEXATION ZONING DESIGNATION FROM LA COUNTY OF A-1-15000 TO PR 3D,
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AND ADOPTING THE PR 3D ZONING OF 500 BASELINE ROAD IN THE CITY OF LAVERNE.>> DO WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE FOR THAT OR THAT'S IT?
>> WE DID IT ALL IN ONE FELL SWOOP.
>> WE NEVER HAD THAT HAPPEN BEFORE.
>> WELL, WE'RE NOT LIVE ANYMORE?
>> [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TWO-MINUTE BREAK TO RESUME OURSELVES.
MEETING BACK TO ORDER 7: 18 PM.
WE ARE NOW PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE CARD. IS THAT CORRECT MR. RUSKIN?
>> COUNCIL AND MR. ROSSI AND MAYOR HEPBURN.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TWO THINGS.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF EDUCATION THAT'S BEING DONE WITH THE CITY, MAINLY BECAUSE NONE OF MY NEIGHBORS KNOW ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
MOST OF THEM WORK, SO THEY DON'T GO ON THE WEBSITE.
WHEN I WORKED, I WORKED 60 HOURS A WEEK, THE ONLY TERM I WENT ON THE WEBSITE WAS TO CHECK PARKS AND RECREATION OR SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE FOURTH OF JULY OR CHRISTMAS, SO NOBODY KNOWS ANYTHING THAT'S GOING ON.
[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
I MENTIONED IT TO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS THIS MORNING AND SHE SAID "I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE EVEN TALKING ABOUT".WE NEED TO GO ON NEXT WEEK AND LISTEN TO WHAT'S HAPPENING.
SHE WAS, "IT'S NOT LIKE SO MUCH WORK." WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THAT'S MY CONCERN WHY WE'RE NOT EDUCATING.
ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE A COUNCIL MEMBER WITH A BACKGROUND IN EDUCATION, WHY THIS IS NOT A PRIORITY? I MEAN, WHETHER YOU LIVE HERE OR NOT, THIS SHOULD BE OUR NUMBER 1 PRIORITY IN EDUCATING PEOPLE.
THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT OUR WHOLE CITY.
IT'S A HUGE CHANGE TO OUR CITY.
I'M SURE YOU ALL FEEL IT., I CERTAINLY DO.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND IT'S A HUGE CHANGE TO OUR CITY.
I THINK THE WHOLE CITY SHOULD BE EDUCATED ABOUT IT.
IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A SAY IN IT, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.
I WOULD THINK THAT EVERYBODY WOULD AGREE ON THAT.
IF WE CAN LET PEOPLE KNOW, "HEY, GUESS WHAT? YOU HAVE FREE PARKING THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE IT'S A HOLIDAY AND YOU CAN LET THE WHOLE CITY KNOW.," WHY CAN'T YOU LET THE CITY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO CUT THE CITY UP IN DISTRICTS.
PLEASE GO ON OUR WEBSITE NEXT WEEK AND WATCH THE ZOOM MEETING OR WATCH THIS OR WATCH THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WHY IS IT WE CAN'T DO THAT? WHY CAN'T WE LET THE WHOLE CITY KNOW THAT? WHY IS THAT IMPOSSIBLE THAT YOU CAN LET SOMEONE KNOW ABOUT FREE PARKING, BUT NOT THAT THE CITY'S GOING TO REDISTRICTED.
SECONDLY, I HAVE SOME SUGGESTIONS.
ONE, IS THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD RESTART SOMEHOW THE FARMERS MARKET, MAYBE SOMETHING SEASONAL WITH THANKSGIVING.
THERE'S OCTOBER COMING WITH THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS.
IF WE COULD DO SOMETHING SEASONAL WITH A FARMER'S MARKET IN A CRAFT FAIR IF WE CAN AT LEAST INVESTIGATE THAT OR A FOOD TRUCK EVENT.
ALSO, MY HUSBAND HAD A GREAT IDEA SINCE SANDY [INAUDIBLE], DO IT, WHY DO WE NOT HAVE FREE WI-FI IN DOWNTOWN? WE'VE GOT A COLLEGE RIGHT THERE, WHY DON'T WE HAVE FREE WI-FI? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE SOMEONE ONLINE [INAUDIBLE]. WE HAVE A PERSON.
>> HI, MR. GABOLDON, I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKER.
WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU, SIR. CAN YOU HEAR US?
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>> GOOD EVENING, MR. GABOLDON.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING ALL.
FIRST OF ALL, L WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY MANAGER FOR CORRECTING THE OVERSIGHT OF THE FLAG NOT BEING AT HALF-MAST ON THE WEEK OF AUGUST 26TH.
I DID NOTICE THAT IT WAS ADDRESSED IN REMEMBRANCE OF THAT AND 9/11 AT THE MAINIERO SQUARE IN OLD TOWN DURING THE CAR SHOW, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
REGARDING THE CAR SHOW, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS IN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO GET TO SHOWCASE LA VERNE AND ITS SMALL-TOWN LIFESTYLE.
I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF WHAT MAKES LA VERNE SPECIAL.
EVERYBODY WAS FRIENDLY, SMILING, AND SHARING CAMARADERIE WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS, WHICH WAS GREAT.
I DO WISH THAT MORE OF THE VENDORS IN THE OLD TOWN AREA HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER BE OPEN OR DO SOME PROMOTION THAT MIGHT BRING PEOPLE INTO THEIR DOORS WHILE THERE'S THAT KIND OF A CROWD AND AUDIENCE SIDE HOPE THAT MAYBE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WHO MIGHT BE LISTENING TONIGHT WOULD LOOK TO THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO BRING TO THE CITY SOME CONCERNS REGARDING THE TRAFFIC ISSUE THAT I THINK IS GROWING.
NORTH OF OUR BUSIEST INTERSECTION, THAT BEING FOOTHILL AND WHITE/ROUTE.
THERE'S AN INTERSECTION OR EXIT POINT OUT OF THE KOHL'S PARKING LOT THAT ALLOWS YOU TO TURN LEFT, TO GO NORTH ON FOOT.
THEN THERE'S FOLKS THAT TURN RIGHT INTO THAT OPENING.
THEN THERE'S FOLKS ON THE OTHER SIDE TURNING LEFT INTO PANDA EXPRESS, AND THEN THERE'S FOLKS COMING NORTH ON WHITE AND FRUIT THAT TURN LEFT INTO KOHL'S PARKING LOT.
THEN THERE'S FOLKS THERE THAT ARE MAKING YOU TURNS.
NEWEST TO SAY, AT THE BUSIER TIMES OF THE DAY, THIS IS A MESS AND I THINK IT'S A HUGE SAFETY CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE AMAZON FRESH STORE COMING TO TOWN.
I WISH THAT SOMEBODY IN THE CITY WOULD LOOK AT THAT TRAFFIC ISSUE, IT SEEMS TO BE BEGGING FOR SOMETHING.
REGARDING THE AMAZON FRESH, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IT COMING TO TOWN.
I KNOW THAT IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A BADGE OF HONOR THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN WITH OUR FRESHER, BUT I AM CONCERNED THERE'S NOW GOING TO BE 11 STORES SELLING GROCERY IN LA VERNE, NOT INCLUDING THREE THAT JUST SIT ON THE PERIMETER OF OUR CITY IN SAN DIMAS, POMONA, AND IN CLAREMONT.
WHEN I HEAR VONS, STATER BROTHERS, SPROUTS, ALDI, TARGET, DOLLAR STORES, 99 CENTS STORE, AMAZON FRESH, CVS, RITE AID, AND BIG LOTS, ALL SELLING GROCERY AND ALL SELLING THE SAME THINGS, IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY IT IS WE DON'T HAVE A MORATORIUM AND GROCERY STORES IN LA VERNE BECAUSE THOSE WOULD HAVE THE EQUITY OF TIME HERE HAVE NO BENEFIT OR ADVANTAGE IN THAT INVESTMENT.
IT'S REALLY HARD TO STAY IN BUSINESS THESE DAYS AND EVERYBODY IS SELLING THE SAME THING AND LITERALLY A BLOCK APART.
IN CONCLUSION, I'D LIKE TO ALSO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, BUT I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT THE CITY MANAGEMENT AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE DONE THEIR BEST TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE MASKING CONCERNS OR COMPLAINTS THEREOF IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BEING WITNESS TO IT AND WATCHING WHAT REALLY GOES ON IN THE CITY COUNCIL AREA.
MANY OTHER CITIES HAVE FOUND A WAY TO ADDRESS THE ALTERNATIVES TO MAKING THEIR SPEAKERS WEAR MASKS WHILE THEY'RE SPEAKING, ONLY SPEAKING.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGEMENT HAVE HAD OVER A YEAR TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
TRAINING SPEAKERS, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY, TRAIN THEM TO BRING THEIR CONCERNS TO THE COUNCIL, BEING INTERRUPTING OTHERWISE, SHAMED INTO BRINGING THEIR MASKS ABOVE THEIR NOSE, IT REALLY IS DISINGENUOUS AND I THINK QUITE RIDICULOUS.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL DOES NOT DEMONSTRATE SOCIAL DISTANCING IN THE CHAMBERS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD TO BRING THEIR MASKS DOWN TO SPEAK AT TIMES.
THAT ALONG WITH THE EVIDENCE ON VIDEO OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS NOT WEARING MASKS OR SOCIAL DISTANCING OUTSIDE THE CHAMBERS, NOT TO MENTION THE NEW FIRE CHIEF AND HIS PINNING CEREMONY WITH HIS GUEST IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PINNING CEREMONY, REMOVING THEIR MASKS AS [OVERLAPPING].
>> MR. GABOLDON, IF WE COULD CLOSE UP THERE WE ARE BEYOND IN TIME.
>> [OVERLAPPING] WITHOUT MASKS FOR ALMOST AN HOUR.
LAST THING, I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE FIGURED OUT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD EVENING.
JARED, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE?
>> THERE WAS NO OTHER REQUEST RECEIVED VIA EMAIL, AND THERE'S NO ATTENDEES THAT [INAUDIBLE] MAY BE OTHER IF IT'S OKAY.
CAN YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD WHEN YOU'RE DONE IF YOU DON'T MIND.
>> ABSOLUTELY, THANK YOU. HELLO, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I AM A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE, OUT HERE IN COLLEGE LANE.
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I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION AND MAKE A RECORD AND PUBLIC COMMENT THAT BEGINNING LAST WEEK, SEPTEMBER 15TH, AND GOING THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH, IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.THE MONTH IS DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING THE RICH HISTORY, CULTURE, AND CONTRIBUTIONS.
AS FAR AS AND INFLUENCES OF HISPANIC AMERICANS, WE RECOGNIZE HISPANICS AND THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED STATES.
REALLY HISPANIC HISTORY IS US HISTORY A BIG PART OF OUR US HISTORY.
AS WE STRIVE TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE, SIMILAR BRAND, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE OR MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY THAT EITHER THIS MONTH OR POSSIBLY NEXT YEAR, THAT WE DO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE OR PROCLAIM OFFICIALLY AS A CITY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH ANYONE ON STAFF TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW GRACE NEPAL OTANO HAS PUT THAT OUT, SO WE'LL WORK WITH STAFF AND WE'LL WORK ON THAT.
[NOISE] ANYBODY ELSE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE COME ON UP. AGAIN, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
I LIVE AT FOOTHILL TERRACE, MOBILE HOME PARK.
TWO MEETINGS AGO, RICK BOWEN ASKED THE CITY ATTORNEY TO ADDRESS HIS COMMENTS AFTER THE JUNE 7TH MEETING REGARDING DELIVERING BOUNDARIES OF THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT WITH THE CITY.
HE SAID RICK MISREPRESENTED HIS COMMENTS.
RICK REVIEWED THE VIDEO AND I HAVE THE EXACT QUOTE.
AT 16.56 MINUTES INTO THE DISCUSSION, THE CITY ATTORNEY SAID, DO MUNICIPAL CODE 2.04.020, SAYS THE CITY MANAGER, "SHOULD BE A RESIDENT", UNTRUE.
HE WAS LATER CORRECTED BY CROSBY READING THE MUNICIPAL CODE THAT SAID, "SHALL NOT, NOT SHOULD".
THE CITY ATTORNEY CONTINUED TO SAY THAT CITY MANAGER LIVES, "VERY CLOSE".
HE THEN SAID IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT MUNICIPAL CODE, THAT IS UNTRUE.
HE FINISHED BY SAYING THE COUNCIL HAS DEEMED THAT THE CITY MANAGER LIVES, "CLOSE ENOUGH".
NOWHERE DOES IT SAY HE HAS AN OPTION. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE.
>> I'M KATHY NEWLAND. I LIVE AT FOOTHILL TERRACE MOBILE PARK AS WELL.
I'M CONTINUING ON WITH WHAT JOET WAS SAYING.
THIS IS A THIRD CPR REQUEST FROM RICK BOWEN, AND HE REQUESTED, "I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL LETTERS, EMAIL, ETC., MADE TO THE CURRENT CITY MANAGER REGARDING HIS ORIGINAL EMPLOYMENT AS CITY MANAGER.
PLEASE INCLUDE OFFERS, DISCUSSIONS, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS AS TO HIS ACCEPTANCE OF HIS CURRENT POSITION.
PLEASE INCLUDE HIS THEN CURRENT HOME ADDRESS AS I UNDERSTAND HE NO LONGER LIVES THERE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE A PRIVACY ISSUE.
NUMBER 2, ANY AND ALL COMMUNICATION SINCE HE ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF A CITY MANAGER, DISCUSSING HIS ADHERENCE TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE 2.04.020, DIRECTING HIM TO EITHER LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF LA VERNE OR WITHIN FIVE-MILE RADIUS OF CITY HALL.
THIS WOULD INCLUDE ALL COMMUNICATIONS WITH CITY PERSONNEL, CITY ATTORNEY, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OR EITHER MAYOR.
NUMBER 3, ACCORDING TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY, THERE HAS NEVER BEEN FORMAL ACTION TAKEN TO ENFORCE THIS CITY CODE.
PLEASE INCLUDE ANY AND ALL INFORMAL ACTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER.
PLEASE INCLUDE HIS SIGNED ORIGINAL HIRING PACKAGE WITH SALARY, BENEFITS, JOB DESCRIPTION, DUTIES, ETC.
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PLEASE CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THIS EMAIL REQUEST/ IT IS APPROXIMATELY 9:35 AM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 10TH.>> THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? PLEASE, COME ON UP.
>> I LIVE ON 11TH STREET, AND I'M JUST GOING TO FOLLOW UP WITH THE OTHER TWO LADIES AS WELL, REGARDING THE CPRA REQUEST REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY TO MR. BOWEN.
THE LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR JUNE 10 PUBLIC RECORDS ACT REQUEST. NUMBER 1.
REGARDING YOUR REQUEST NUMBER 1, THERE IS NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS TO YOUR REQUEST.
THE CITY MANAGER WAS INTERVIEWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THE CITY ATTORNEY WAS INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE AN AGREEMENT SETTING FORTH THE TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT.
THE AGREEMENT EMPLOYING THE CITY MANAGER WAS APPROVED ON A PUBLIC CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. NUMBER 2.
REGARDING REQUEST NUMBER 2, THERE ARE NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS TO YOUR REQUEST. NUMBER 3.
THERE ARE NO RESPONSIVE DOCUMENTS FOR YOUR REQUESTS REGARDING INFORMAL ACTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS.
THE ASSISTANT CITY CLERK WILL SEPARATELY SEND YOU PDF COPIES OF ALL OF THE CITY MANAGERS' EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AND ATTACHMENTS THERE TOO.
THIS DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE BY THE UNDERSIDE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER? MR. BOWEN?
>> BEFORE I START, I'D LIKE CLARIFICATION.
IS THAT A MANDATE, IS IT A CODE, IS IT A LAW, WHAT IS IT? CAN THE POLICE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WELL, [OVERLAPPING] MOVE ON OR I TAKE MY MASK OFF, I'M GOING TO BE ARRESTED.
>> IT'S COUNTY HEALTH ORDER, AND IT'S ONE THAT IS THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY THAT WHEN INDOORS, YOU MUST BE MASKED.
>> WELL, WE'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU DIDN'T, MR. BOWEN.
NUMBER 1, I THINK THAT THREE LADIES AHEAD OF ME BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE WHOLE TIME.
I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL PERSON LAU AND CROZZY FOR BRINGING THIS UP, REGARDING THE CITY MANAGERS CONTRACT BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED FOR QUITE A WHILE.
I DO NOTICE THAT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA, AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING THERE'S A CLOSED SESSION REGARDING THE CITY MANAGERS REVIEW.
HOPEFULLY THESE COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN AS PART OF THAT.
I WANT TO READ JUST TWO QUICK ITEMS. THE MUNICIPAL CODE 2.04.060, POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE CITY MANAGER.
THE VERY FIRST ONE, TO SEE THAT ALL LAWS AND ORDINANCES OF THE CITY ARE DULY ENFORCED, AND AT FRANCHISES, PERMITS, LICENSES, AND PRIVILEGE GRANTED BY THE CITY ARE FAITHFULLY PERFORMED AND OBSERVED.
HIS FIRST DUTY IS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING ALL THE RULES ARE FOLLOWED.
THE OTHER PART IS THE ACTUAL MUNICIPAL CODE, 2.04020, RESONANCE AND ELIGIBILITY WHICH HAS BEEN REFERRED TO BY OTHERS.
IT READS, AT THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT OF A CITY MANAGER, RESIDENTS IN THE CITY SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED, BUT WITHIN 12 MONTHS THEREAFTER, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL REQUIRE THE CITY MANAGER, IF HIS RESONANCE IS NOT IN LAVERNE, SHALL RESIDE WITHIN A FIVE-MILE RADIUS OF THE LAVERNE CITY HALL.
HOPEFULLY, NO ONE'S GOING TO DISPUTE THAT THAT IS UNTRUE.
THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT, THAT HE LIVES APPROXIMATELY 7.2 MILES AWAY, WHICH BY THE WAY, IS ABOUT 40 PERCENT ABOVE.
HERE'S MY QUESTION, TO THE CITY ATTORNEY.
WHAT ARE THE REPERCUSSIONS FOR CITIZENS OR BUSINESSES THAT CONTINUALLY VIOLATE CITY MUNICIPAL CODES? IN THIS CASE, FOR OVER NINE YEARS, ARE THERE ARE FINES, ARE THERE TICKETS, IS IT A MISDEMEANOR, WHAT IS IT? I REALLY DON'T KNOW.
THE CITY MANAGER HAS VIOLATED THIS CONTRACT FOR NINE YEARS, WHAT'S THE PENALTY FOR THAT? BY THE WAY, THIS IS NOT ABOUT MR. ROSSI, THIS ABOUT THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THIS CITY.
DO YOU FOLLOW MUNICIPAL CODES OR DO YOU NOT? IF HE WASN'T THE CITY MANAGER, WOULD HE BE FINED, POSSIBLY ARRESTED, FIRED, OR ALL THREE?
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I ASKED THE MAYOR TO DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ANSWER EACH ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IN A TRUTHFUL WAY.BY THE WAY, CHANGING THE CODE DOES NOT CHANGE THE CURRENT CODE.
MAY HAVE A FEW MINUTES OR A MINUTE?
>> CHANGING THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR THE FUTURE DOES NOT CHANGE THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN VIOLATED FOR NINE YEARS.
ACCORDING TO THE RECORDS, THE CITY MANAGERS CONTRACT HAS BEEN RENEWED AMENDED VIA SIX TIMES IN THE LAST 6,7 YEARS.
WHERE WAS EVERYBODY TO LOOK AT THE MANDATE OF HIM LIVING IN THE CITY? HE'S OVERSEEING THE RULES FOR THE CITY, OF WHICH HE DOES NOT LIVE IN.
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE? BY THE WAY, THIS A FOLLOW-UP TO BRUCE BECKER'S COMMENTS REGARDING THE CITY MANAGER'S RESPONSIBILITIES REGARDING THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE TO DO TO GET SOMEBODY IN COMPLIANCE WITH OUR OWN MUNICIPAL CODES? THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE LINE, JOHN?
>> WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, WILL COME TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE MEETING REPORTS.
>> SURE. WE HAD THE CAR SHELL THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THAT WAS WONDERFUL.
ALL OF US WERE ABLE TO BE THERE AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL OPENING CEREMONY WHERE THE DFW CAME OUT AND RAISED THE FLAG, AND THEN THEY BROUGHT IT DOWN HALF MASS IN.
IT WAS JUST A BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY, KICKED OFF TO A WONDERFUL DAY, LOTS OF CARS, LOTS OF PEOPLE OUT AND JOIN LAVERNE, AND IT WAS FUN TO SEE ALL THAT.
THE OTHER ITEM IS THAT I'D LIKE TO REPORT ON IS THE GOLD LINE.
WE ALL KNOW THE GOLD LINE IS COMING, AND IT'S COMING FAST.
IT'S JUST AROUND THE CORNER HERE.
WHAT WAS EXCITING IS LAST WEEK, IT WAS A TRAIN 2,000 FEET LONG THAT BROUGHT IN 1,600 FEET RAILS,
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AND THEY DROPPED HIM ALONG THE WHOLE ROUTE AND IT WAS JUST FASCINATING TO SEE.I WENT DOWN TO WATCH AND IT'S COMING IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE DONE EARLIER BECAUSE WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS WE HAVE A MEETING ONCE A MONTH AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO THAT COMES OUT.
FOR EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO UNDERSTAND THIS A LITTLE MORE, YOU CAN GO ONTO OUR WEBSITE.
I ASKED MR. ROSSI AND HE POSTED IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT, BUT IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO WATCH THE VIDEO.
BUT JUST TO SEE THAT PROGRESSION FROM GLENN DOOR TO POMONA, THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE AND HOW NICE IT'S GOING TO BE IT SHOWS ALL THE BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES AND HOW GORGEOUS IT'S GOING TO BE.
BUT, THEY WERE TELLING US AT OUR MEETING THE OTHER DAY THAT THE RAILS ARE GOING TO BE LAID A LOT.
IT LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE DONE QUICKER AND THEY WILL GO IN, BUT THE COMPLETION DATE STILL FOR US TO ACTUALLY RIDE THE TRAIN WILL BE 20, 25.
THAT'S ACTUALLY SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF THE SCHEDULE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE FUNDING RIGHT NOW FOR US TO CONTINUE TO MOUNT CLAIRE IT'S ON HOLD RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR CLAREMONT AND MOUNT CLAIRE, BUT FOR US TO GET IT TO POMONA, IT'S ON SCHEDULE.
>> THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER AND THE CAR SHOWS, ONE OF THE LARGEST CAR SHOWS I'VE SEEN PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC EVEN AND A REALLY GOOD SHOWING AND THE MUSTANG CLUB COMING OUT.
I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE K9 SUPPORTERS.
REALLY PUSHING THE LITTLE DINO DOGS [LAUGHTER] WERE AMAZING.
THEY HAD DINOS BADGE ON THERE AND REALLY WANT TO PUSH OUT TO ALL THE RESIDENTS IN TRYING TO SUPPORT THE K9 BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET ANOTHER K9 IF THEY SHOW WITH THE SUPPORT.
SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU SUPPORT AS WELL, THEN REACH OUT TO THE K9.
THE FUNDRAISERS OF THE TEAM OUT THERE WAS REALLY GOOD.
I BOUGHT A SIGN THAT SAID, I SEE LA VERNE SIGN 2 FROM MY HOUSE FROM THERE THAT THEY WERE SELLING AS WELL.
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REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO TRY TO BRING ANOTHER K9 DOG TO LA VERNE.CONGRATULATIONS TO BONITA'S FOOTBALL TEAM FOR WINNERS MATCH SPOT.
IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO REPRESENT OUR CITY AND BEING THEIR LITTLE RIVALS THERE FOR NEXT DOOR.
[LAUGHTER] CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL PLAYERS AND IT'S NOT JUST THE LADIES THAT WE'RE HERE AND THAT PLAYED ALL THE REGIONALS BUT IT'S ALSO ALL THE TEAMS THAT THEY CAME FROM, THAT THEY'RE PLAYING ON TO GET TO THE ALL STAR TEAM AND MOVING.
SO THERE'S A GREAT THING FOR LA VERNE AND REALLY APPRECIATED WHAT THEY DID AND I REALLY WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR PROGRAM AND ENJOYED THE MEETING THIS MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> I AGREE WITH THE COMMENTS REGARDING THE CAR SHOW.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY OUT.
IT WAS A VERY NICE DAY THAT DAY.
GOOD TO GET SOME FRESH AIR AND BE OUT AND ABOUT AND OBVIOUSLY, THANK YOU TO THE COACHES, THE FAMILIES, AND EVERYBODY THAT CONTRIBUTED TO MAKING OUR GIRLS' LITTLE LEAGUE TEAM SUCH A SUCCESS AND IT WAS DEFINITELY GOOD TO CELEBRATE THEM AS WELL TODAY.
IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU CAN CATCH IT ON THE RECORDING LATER, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY GOOD TO SEE FOLKS OUT AND ABOUT.
CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE AND BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIES. MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.
>> THANK YOU MAYOR. I WANT TO JOIN IN SUPPORT OF THE CAR SHOW.
THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON AND I THINK THERE ARE ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR CITY MERCHANTS TO GET MORE ENGAGED AND I'M LOOKING FORWARD AND HOPING THAT THAT CONTINUES TO GROW.
THIS LAST WEDNESDAY, WE HAD THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY MEETING.
FOR ALL YOU SENIORS OUT THERE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE, HOPEFULLY YOU'RE USING DIAL A CAB, OR I'M SORRY, GET ABOUT BUSES AND READY NOW TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES.
I WISH I WAS OUT THERE WATCHING THE GOLD LINE LAY DOWN THOSE TRACKS.
RATHER THAN THOSE 35, 40-FOOT SECTIONS THAT ARE ALL BOLTED TOGETHER, THESE THINGS ARE A QUARTER MILE EACH, SO THEY HAD TO FIND SPANS WHERE THEY COULD LAY THEM DOWN.
THEY HAD 50 ON THE TRAIN AND EACH OF THEM WERE 1,600 FEET AND EACH ONE WEIGHS 15.5 TONS.
THEY HAD LIKE 807 TONS OF TRACK ON THAT TRAIN.
NEXT TIME YOU FIND OUT ABOUT THAT, LET ME KNOW BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TRAIN GATE TOO. [LAUGHTER]
>> HE WANTS TO SEE THE CHU CHU.
>> I WANT TO SEE THE CHU CHU AND HOW THEY'RE PUTTING THEM DOWN.
I SAW THE VIDEO BUT I GUESS THEY THOUGHT IT WAS BORING, SO THEY CUT IT AFTER LIKE 10 SECONDS.
IT WAS REALLY A BUMMER. LET'S SEE.
I WANT TO ALSO CONGRATULATE BONITA THAT NOT ONLY DID THEY WIN THIS MATCH ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT THEY FOLLOWED UP WITH ANOTHER VICTORY OVER LOS SOS.
LASTLY, I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE GIRLS, FOR OUR CHILDREN.
THE LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL TEAM DID A GREAT PIECE JUST LIKE OUR GIRLS TRACK TEAM FOUR YEARS AGO WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE RELAY.
OUR GIRLS ARE PHENOMENAL HERE IN LA VERNE.
THEY SET STANDARDS FOR THE REST OF US TO FOLLOW AND THEY ROLE MODEL REALLY WELL AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE LITTLE LEAGUE HAS SOFTBALL BACK BECAUSE WHEN MY GIRLS WERE YOUNG, WE HAD LA VERNE SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS A FINAL ORGANIZATION.
MY NIECES WERE ABLE TO PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL, BUT MY GIRLS WEREN'T.
SO I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT MORE GIRLS ARE ABLE TO PLAY LITTLE LEAGUE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM. I'M GOING TO MARRY EVERYBODY'S THOUGHTS AND COMMENTS THAT THE CAR SHOW WAS AMAZING.
THE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL GIRLS WERE WONDERFUL.
GO VINNY TO BEAR CATS, SMUDGE POT, AGAIN, IT'S WONDERFUL.
ALSO WE HAVE SOMETHING COMING UP HERE; THE 21ST ANNUAL TASTE OF LA VERNE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE COASTAL HELICOPTER HANGAR OUT ON BRACKETT FIELD.
TICKETS ARE ON SALE TILL THE 15TH FOR $45 A PIECE.
THERE'S ALSO SOME SPONSORSHIP STILL AVAILABLE, I THINK, THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
LOOK ON THE WEBSITE, LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THIS IS GREAT, WE GET OUT. IT'S GOING TO BE OUT IN THE OPEN.
IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT EVENT.
WE'RE JUST KICKING THESE THINGS OFF.
AGAIN, STARTING OUT CITY BACK UP.
SO I'M LOOKING REALLY FORWARD TO THAT.
WE HAD A NUMBER OF DEPLOYMENT FOR SOME OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE DEPLOYED.
I JUST WANTED TO BROWSE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL BACK SAFELY.
I THINK MOST OF THEM ARE BACK.
BUT WE HAD ENGINE 763, WHICH INITIALLY DEPLOYED ON 8/16/21.
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CREW TIMED OUT ON 8/31/21, FRESH CREW SWITCHED OUT.SECOND CREW TIED OUT ON 9/13/21 AND A FRESH CREW SWITCHED OUT.
THIRD CREW WILL BE DEMOBILIZED TONIGHT AFTER ONE WEEK OF DEPLOYMENT, ANTICIPATED RETURN TO THE CITY BY TOMORROW NIGHT.
SAFE AND SOUND. JUST SAY OUR PRAYERS FOR OUR CREWS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
SINGLE RESOURCES THAT WERE SENT OUT.
BATTALION CHIEF DANNY MONTOYA DEPLOYED HIS TASK FORCE LEADER T ON 9/1/21, RETURNED JUST ON THIS WEEKEND AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM.
WE HAD SOCCER OR A FOOTBALL GAME.
RETURNED 9/14/21, BATTALION CHIEF ROBERT RUSSELL DEPLOYED MEDICAL UNIT LEADER ON 8/31/21, RETURNED ON 9/15/21.
HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY COMES BACK SAFE AND SOUND, AND IT JUST SHOWS THE TALENT LEVEL WE HAVE IN OUR CITY.
WE'RE ABLE TO SEND THOSE DEPLOYMENTS OUT TO PROTECT THESE OTHER AREAS FOR FIRE AND TO GIVE ALL THESE OTHER AGENCIES HELP.
IT'S GOOD FOR US TO GET RECIPROCATION.
KUDOS TO ALL OF THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES [APPLAUSE] FOR LETTING THEM GO, BUT YEAH, LET'S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WE GOT ONE CREW COMING BACK, WHICH IS TOMORROW NIGHT.
WELL, THAT WAS MONDAY, SO THEY'RE ALREADY BACK.
THEY ARE BACK, THEY'LL BE BACK TONIGHT. BUT ANYWAY, SAVES GOD SPEED, MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFE.
THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT AS COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER STATED THAT THE FUNDING IS THE $540 MILLION FOR THE EXTENSION TO CLAREMONT TO MONTCLAIR ON THE AIRLINE.
THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON IT. IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL YET.
ONE THING THAT HAPPENED THOUGH IS THE GOVERNOR SIGNED INTO EFFECT SB9 AND SB10, WHICH IS THE LOT SPLIT ORDINATES THAT'S REALLY GOING TO AFFECT HOW OUR CITY FUNCTIONS AND EVERY OTHER CITY IN CALIFORNIA.
HAS TO DO WITH RAPID REHOUSING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE NEED TO ALL PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE.
THESE ARE VERY, VERY SERIOUS BILLS THAT PASSED AND THEY DO AFFECT HOW OUR CITIES LOOK AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO LOOK IN THE FUTURE.
SO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THAT, PLEASE.
IT'S VERY SERIOUS FOR ALL OF US.
ON THAT FURTHER ADO, WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.
>> YES, WE DO. IT'S MEETING FOR PERFORMANCE EVALUATION ON CITY MANAGER, ME.
>> WE WILL NOT BE REPORTING OUT OF THAT?
>> WE WILL BE ADJOURNING TO MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2021 AT 6:30 P.M. FOR OUR DISTRICT AND PUBLIC HEARING AND ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, OCTOBER 4TH, 2021 AT 6 O'CLOCK P.M. FOR A POLICE BADGE PINNING.
NEXT REGULAR SITTING MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, OCTOBER 4TH AT 6:30 P.M. WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 7:50 P.M.
>> NOT RECESSING, WE'RE ADJOURNING.
>> REASSESSING INTO CLOSED SESSION.
>> WE'RE RECESSING INTO CLOSED SESSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.