[1. CALL TO ORDER ]
[4. 2021 American Rescue Plan (ARPA) - The City Council will conduct a study session on the eligible uses of ARPA funds and the proposed spending plan. ]
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THERE ARE FOUR CATEGORIES OF ELIGIBLE USES FOR ARPA FUNDS.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS.
THE SECOND IS TO PROVIDE PREMIUM PAY TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
THE THIRD TO PROVIDE GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF ELIGIBLE REVENUE LOSSES.
AND THE FOURTH INVEST IN WATER, SEWER AND BROADBAND INFRASTRUCTURE, AND WE'LL GO OVER EACH OF THOSE ELIGIBLE USES.
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THE FIRST ELIGIBLE USE RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS.THE TYPE OF EXPENSES THAT COULD BE COVERED UNDER THAT CATEGORY ARE COVID 19 MITIGATION AND PREVENTION THAT INCLUDES THINGS SUCH AS A VACCINATION PROGRAM, ANY TYPE OF MEDICAL CARE, TESTING, MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT.
OR IT COULD BE FOR COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE, THERE ARE SEVERAL CATEGORIES UNDER COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE. ONE COULD BE FOR SERVICE PROGRAMS, WHICH IS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY OBTAIN BENEFITS SUCH AS HEALTH AND SOCIAL PROGRAMS OR PREVENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD ASSISTANCE COULD BE JOB TRAINING OR ASSISTANCE, SUCH AS FOOD, RENT, UTILITIES. OR ASSISTANCE TO SMALL BUSINESSES AND NOT FOR PROFIT.
THAT INCLUDES LOANS OR GRANTS OR BUSINESS PLAN ASSISTANCE.
THE SECOND ELIGIBLE USE CATEGORY IS PREMIUM PAY TO ESSENTIAL WORKERS, ESSENTIAL WORKERS COULD BE ANYONE FROM THOSE WHO ARE PROVIDING VACCINES, THOSE ARE PROVIDING HEALTH CARE OR THOSE WHO WORK AND HAVE DIRECT CONTACT AND PUT THEMSELVES AT RISK WITH THE PUBLIC, SUCH AS OUR GROCERY WORKERS OR TRANSPORTATION WORKERS TO PROVIDE GROCERIES.
THERE ARE TWO CATEGORIES PREMIUM PAYS COULD BE PROVIDED TO, IT COULD BE DIRECTLY TO ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.
THAT ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL WORKERS OR BY GRANTS TO THIRD PARTY EMPLOYERS WITH ELIGIBLE WORKERS. THE THIRD CATEGORY.
GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE EXTENT OF ELIGIBLE REVENUE LOSS.
THERE WAS A CALCULATION PROVIDED A FORMULA BY THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AND THE STATE MUNICIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AND BASICALLY THAT'S COMPARING 2019 REVENUE TO CALENDAR YEAR, 2020-2021 AND SO ON.
AND WITH THAT FORMULA? OUR CALCULATION FOR OUR CITY IS TWO POINT FIVE MILLION CALCULATED REVENUE LOSS AND THAT COULD BE USED FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES.
THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS ON IT EXPLICITLY HOW THE MONEY CANNOT BE USED.
THAT INCLUDES DEBT SERVICE, SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS, PENSION DEPOSITS OR REPLENISHING ANY TYPE OF FINANCIAL RESERVES.
THE FOURTH CATEGORY IS INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS CAN BE AN INFRASTRUCTURE TO PROVIDE CLEAN DRINKING WATER, SERVICE COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER AND STORMWATER, OR TO IMPROVE BROADBAND THAT DEVELOPED SINCE THE PANDEMIC FOR UNDERSERVED OR UNSERVED POPULATIONS.
AND THAT'S TO BE ABLE TO WORK ONLINE TO ATTEND HOSPITAL, HEALTH CARE OR SCHOOL, THOSE THINGS THAT JUST CAME ABOUT BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO THOSE ARE THE FOUR ELIGIBLE USES OF THIS FUNDING, AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT OUR RECOMMENDED INVESTMENT PLAN FOR THE MONEY THAT WE ARE RECEIVING.
WHY DON'T WE JUST STOP THERE FOR A MOMENT AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW THE LIMITS OF HOW THE DOLLARS CAN BE USED? GO AHEAD. ROBIN.
PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY ON COVID, SO IT COULD BE ANY TYPE OF BUSINESS OR OTHER NOT FOR PROFIT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY THAT WE WANT TO PASS THE MONEY THROUGH THAT MAYBE DON'T DOESN'T HAVE AN ALLOCATION.
BUT IN THE INTERIM RULINGS, I DO NOT SEE ANYTHING SPECIFIC THAT SAYS IT HAS TO BE IN A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION.
I WOULD THINK THAT SINCE IT'S OUR CITY, OUR CITY'S ALLOCATION AND OTHER CITIES HAVE THEIR ALLOCATIONS AND OTHER NOT FOR PROFITS THAT WE WOULD WANT TO SPEND IT IN OUR AREA, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY RESTRICTIONS TO THAT.
I'D HAVE TO IMAGINE IT HAS TO PROVIDE.
YOU'D HAVE TO JUSTIFY OR PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF BENEFIT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.
SO YOU COULD ARGUE TO SOME DEGREE THAT POMONA VALLEY DOES SERVE OUR AREA, BUT YOU WOULD
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HAVE TO HAVE SOME DIRECT CORRELATION TO BENEFIT TO YOUR COMMUNITY.RESTRICTIONS THAT I JUST THINK OF THAT SITUATION.
ANY OTHER? SO, YEAH, JUST A COUPLE OF PIECES.
ONE IS THAT THE CALCULATED LOSS FOR THE CITY IS $2.5 MILLION, THAT THAT IS A PORTION OF THE $7.6 MILLION GRANT.
RIGHT, THAT'S NOT A SEPARATE PIECE.
AND IF WE WERE RUNNING A SURPLUS JUST HYPOTHETICALLY OF, SAY, $3 MILLION, AND SO WE ENDED UP RUNNING A SURPLUS OF $0.5 MILLION, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET ANY OF THIS $2.5 BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY ENCOURAGING DEFICIT SPENDING SO THAT YOU'RE REPLENISHING SOMETHING THAT YOU ACTUALLY NEED OR IS.
I MEAN, IF YOU WERE RUNNING A SURPLUS BUDGET, WOULD YOU STILL BE ABLE TO GET ACCESS TO TO THESE $2.5 MILLION? OK, ON THE FORMULA USED FOR THIS, IT'S NOT TOTAL REVENUE, IT'S NOT TOTAL GENERAL FUND.
IT'S SPECIFIC TYPES OF REVENUE, OK, LIKE TAXES, RIGHT? FOR INSTANCE, OUR MEASURE LB IS A NEW FUNDING SOURCE THAT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THE CALCULATION, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO IT'S JUST LOOKING AT THE EARMARKED AREAS THAT THEY PUT THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THIS CALCULATION. SO THEY GAVE US RULES TO SAY, HERE'S HOW YOU CALCULATE IT, AND THIS IS HOW YOU CAN USE IT RESTRICTIONS.
SO IT IS A PORTION OF THE TOTAL ARPA MONEY.
SO, SO IT'S AVAILABLE, BUT WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE RULES THAT WERE NOT REPLENISHING RESERVES.
WE'RE NOT DOING THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.
OKAY, THANK YOU AND THE LAST PIECE IS UNDER THE INVESTMENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
YOU TALKED ABOUT IMPROVING BROADBAND TO UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.
I IMAGINE THAT THOSE DEFINITIONS EXIST AND MAYBE PRECLUDE MUCH OF LA VERNE BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR CELLULAR SERVICE AND I COMPLAIN ABOUT SPECTRUM.
SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT I MAY NOT QUALIFY AS UNSERVED OR UNDERSERVED THOUGH.
THERE'S ACTUALLY AN INTERNET SPEED, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT OURS IS FOR THE COMPARISON, BUT IT ACTUALLY DEFINES IT.
SO IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DESIRE, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT OURS IS COMPARED TO WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE.
AND IT'S REALLY TO INCREASE THE SPEED AND THE CONNECTIVITY WITHIN A COMMUNITY SO THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO WORK AND SCHOOL AND ALL OF THAT.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE CLARIFICATIONS.
AND THE ONE THING I WILL NOTE IS GOING BACK TO THAT $2.5 MILLION, WHILE THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS, THOSE DOLLARS HAVE LESS RESTRICTIONS AND YOU'LL SEE WE'VE KIND OF BROKEN THOSE OUT SEPARATELY. WE STILL HAVE TO SPEND THEM, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THEM AS RESTRICTED AS A MAJORITY OF THE OTHER MONEY.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE CALLED THOSE OUT SEPARATELY.
GREAT. OK, SO NOW OUR PLAN, SO CITY OF LA VERNE ALLOCATION IS $7.5 MILLION.
I'M JUST GOING TO ROUND ALL OF THIS FOR SIMPLIFICATION.
THE CALCULATED REVENUE LOSS FOR 2020 IS $2.5 MILLION, LEAVING $5.1 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS. WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IN SUMMARY, IS TWO OF THE CATEGORIES TO USE THE FUNDING'S.
THE FIRST BEING RESPOND TO PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS, WHICH WAS CATEGORY ONE $3.1 MILLION AND THEN CATEGORY FOUR INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE $2 MILLION. AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH IN DETAIL THOSE OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OK, SO THE $3.1 MILLION IS THE RESPONDING TO PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS. THOSE ARE SPLIT OUT AGAIN INTO TWO CATEGORIES, WHICH I AM GOING TO DEFINE A LITTLE BIT MORE NARROWER AFTER THAT, FOCUSING ON WHAT WE INTEND TO SPEND IT ON WHAT OUR PLAN IS.
TO ADDRESS NEGATIVE ECONOMIC IMPACTS CAUSED BY THE PUBLIC EMERGENCY $1.3 MILLION AND TO SERVE THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES.
$1.8 MILLION. TO FOCUS ON THE $1.3 MILLION WHAT OUR PLAN INCLUDES IS COVID 19 MITIGATION.
MITIGATION BEING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE ITEMS, CLEANING, IT COULD BE MASKS, IT COULD BE HANDS, IT'S WHAT WE PUT IN OUR BUDGET TO HELP THE PREVENTION AND SPREAD OF COVID IN THE CITY. IT ALSO INCLUDES A NEW REQUIREMENT THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR MEDICAL PERSONNEL AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ANYBODY WHO ISN'T VACCINATED NOW REQUIRES A WEEKLY COVID TESTING.
SO WE'RE CONSIDERING THAT IN THAT ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY FOUR THOUSAND THAT WE'RE
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RECOMMENDING. WE'RE RECOMMENDING A $1 MILLION BUDGET TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES THAT COULD EITHER BE IN BUSINESS GRANTS OR A LOAN PROGRAM.WE'RE RECOMMENDING GRANTS SO THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE RETURNED, THAT BUSINESSES CAN ACTUALLY USE THAT.
WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER TO PROVIDE BUSINESS TOOLS AND ASSISTANCE IN THE AMOUNT OF $150,000 SO BUSINESSES CAN BE MORE SUSTAINABLE.
I'LL ELABORATE ON A COUPLE OF THOSE THERE.
GOING BACK TO WHEN WE WERE IN THE MIDST OF COVID AND WE DID DO SOME GRANTS UNDER CDBG, WHICH HAD A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND CHALLENGES ATTACHED TO GETTING THAT MONEY OUT THERE BECAUSE IT HAD THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT BACK.
WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE THERE WERE A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT DIDN'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OF HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURSUE SOME ASSISTANCE SIMILAR TO THAT.
BUT BASED ON WHAT COUNCIL'S FEELINGS ARE EITHER A $5,000 OR A $10,000 GRANT BACK TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT FIRST DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY OF THAT FIRST OFFERING.
WHAT I WOULD EXPECT, AND WE'VE TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS IN THE AREA, I THINK ONTARIO IS THE CLOSEST THAT DO GRANT PROGRAMS SO THEY COULD ADMINISTER THE GRANT PROGRAM FOR US SHOULD WE CHOOSE, AND WE COULD ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA OF WHAT THOSE BUSINESSES IN LA VERNE WOULD BE ACHIEVING.
THEN ON THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHAMBER AND THE SBDC, WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASSIST BUSINESSES IN SOME TYPE OF AN EDUCATIONAL AND A RETRAINING AS THEY MOVE THEIR BUSINESS FROM WHERE WE'VE EXISTED PRE-PANDEMIC TO POST PANDEMIC AND HOW TO ASSIST THEM IN IMPROVING AND GROWING IN [INAUDIBLE] AND IF ANYBODY WERE TO PURSUE A GRANT AND WE WOULD SEE THEM AS USING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE HERE, WE DON'T SEE THIS ALL BEING SPENT IN ONE YEAR.
WE HAVE SEVERAL YEARS TO PUT TOWARDS A TRAINING SERIES THAT BUSINESSES COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, AND I'VE TALKED TO BOTH SBDC AND THE CHAMBER ON THE BROAD SENSE.
THEY THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR THEM TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND PUT THESE DOLLARS TO USE. GOING INTO THE $1.8 MILLION SERVING THE HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES AND FAMILIES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO INVEST IN HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
$500,000 FOR HOUSING REHAB, $300,000 FOR HOMELESS OUTREACH AND DIVERSION PROGRAM.
AND THEN PROMOTING HEALTHY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO-- WE RECOMMEND A MILLION DOLLARS GOING TOWARDS OUTDOOR RECREATION FACILITIES SUCH AS BIKE PATHS, PARKS AND SPORTS FIELDS FOR THE $1.8.
AND THE CONCEPT BEHIND A COUPLE OF THESE AGAIN GOING BACK TO HOUSING REHAB, IF YOU REMEMBER OR YOU MAY NOT REMEMBER BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL AT THE TIME, WE HAD A HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM THAT WE SUPPORTED THROUGH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THEN THROUGH CDBG.
AND IT WAS A WELL-USED PROGRAM.
IT'S JUST THE REPORTING REQUIREMENT-- WE LOST THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
WE MOVED IT TO CDBG AND THEN THE THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS BECAME TOO CUMBERSOME FOR ANYBODY. SO WE HAD TO ABANDON THAT AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT BRINGING THAT UP BACK TOGETHER TO SOME EXTENT.
WE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOCUS IN SOME AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO DO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION AND PUT SOME DOLLARS BACK, REINVESTING BACK INTO THOSE COMMUNITIES OF LOW INCOME THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE.
WE HAVE A CRITERIA THAT WE'VE HAD BEFORE THAT WE COULD REINSTITUTE AND PUT THIS MONEY OUT FOR THE PUBLIC USE AND I WOULD SEE, YOU KNOW, A $100,000 A YEAR, $120,000 A YEAR BEING PUT OUT THERE IN MICRO GRANTS TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND PART WOULD BE A PARTNERSHIP.
WE DO A GOOD BASE LEVEL AS IT RELATES TO OUR HOMELESS PROGRAMS AND OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH.
AND IN TALKING TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND IN SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS WE HAVE WITH GOLD LINE COMING IN AND WHAT SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES TO THE WEST OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED.
NOW WOULD BE THE TIME THAT, SINCE WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND UP A MORE IMPROVED ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH OUR SPECIAL DETAIL ON AN OVERTIME BASIS WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH NAVIGATOR TO UNDERSTAND OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND TO STAND UP SOME PROGRAMS THAT WILL HELP US GET AHEAD OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO BE AN INCREASING NUMBER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO, HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH TRI CITY AS LATE AS TODAY ABOUT GETTING A GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR AND MORE TIME IN OUR CITY, AS WELL AS THEN
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WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO STAND UP A--THEY HAVE AN ENGAGEMENT TEAM THAT'S CALLED POST, BUT THAT'S MORE ON A COUNTYWIDE BASIS OR REGIONAL BASIS.THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK SPECIFICALLY TO LA VERNE.
AND THEN AS FAR AS THE LAST CATEGORY, I DIDN'T EVEN REALLY CONSIDER THIS WHEN WE WERE FIRST LOOKING AT THE DOLLARS, BUT I SAW THAT THE OPPORTUNITY IN SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF BECAUSE AS IT RELATED TO, YOU KNOW, HARDEST HIT COMMUNITIES, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS RECOGNIZED IS THE OUTDOOR FACILITIES AND THE FACT THAT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE NEEDED TO HELP FACILITATE PEOPLE ENGAGING OUTDOORS.
SO WE SAW THIS AS A WAY TO PUT SOME DOLLARS TO USE HERE.
AND WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR FACILITIES THAT MAY NEED TO BE IMPROVED? I THINK WE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB WITH OUR PARKS, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM TO GO TO IMPROVE AND YOU'RE APPROVING AN ATP PLAN TONIGHT.
WELL, CERTAINLY THERE'S THE BIKE PATHS, AND OTHER WHEELED MOVEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT HAS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR SOME OF THESE DOLLARS TO BE PUT TO USE AS WELL.
THE LAST CATEGORY IS OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURE $2 MILLION DOLLARS.
THESE ARE ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.
THE FIRST ONE, BEING $1.5 MILLION, IS OUR RECOMMENDATION IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 17.07, WHICH IS THE PLATEAU SUMMIT IMPROVEMENTS.
THAT'S PLANT UPGRADES AND WATER LINE REPLACEMENTS.
THE SECOND IS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT 20.16 WATER METER AUTOMATION.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING A HALF A MILLION DOLLARS TO UPGRADE AND REPLACE OLD METERS.
SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS FOR WATER SPECIFICALLY.
TO SUMMARIZE OUR RECOMMENDED USE.
WE HAVE BUSINESS GRANTS AND LOANS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING A MILLION DOLLARS SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE RECOMMENDING GRANTS.
THE CHAMBER SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP $150,000, COVID 19 MITIGATION $184,000, HOUSING REHAB $500,000, HOMELESS OUTREACH AND DIVERSION PROGRAM $300,000, OUTDOOR RECREATION PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS A MILLION.
AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE $2 MILLION FOR A TOTAL OF $5.1 MILLION IN PROPOSED INVESTMENTS FOR ELIGIBLE PROGRAMS. OUR ALLOCATION IS $7.6 MILLION, LEAVING $2.5 AVAILABLE FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES AS CALCULATED. SO OUR $2.5-- HANG ON LETS STOP THERE FOR A SECOND ON THAT PARTICULAR CATEGORY, AND THEN WE CAN GO ON TO THE MORE FLEXIBLE CATEGORY, BUT ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT OR THOUGHTS? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
ON THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S ACCELERATING THOSE DEPLOYMENTS? CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MIC? OH, SORRY. THANK YOU.
FOR THE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE ACCELERATING THOSE INVESTMENTS OVER WHAT WE WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE DONE OUT INTO THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SINCE THEY WERE ALREADY IN OUR CIP.
WELL, I CAN TELL YOU, THE WATER AUTOMATION WAS ON HERE, BUT HAD TO BE POSTPONED DUE TO AVAILABLE FUNDING AND SOME OTHER ISSUES.
SO YEAH, THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO HAPPEN SOONER.
SO IN THAT CASE, IT'S TAKING SOMETHING THAT WAS POSTPONED BECAUSE OF COVID AND GOING AHEAD AND DOING IT.
YES. OK. AND THE OTHER ONE ALSO OR? THE OTHER ONE HAS BEEN A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGED AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE ISSUES.
AND SHAWN, I THINK, CAN SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I CAN.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, SO I JUST WANTED [INAUDIBLE] EXPLAIN WHAT SOME OF THE LINES-- SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED.
THE LINE RUNS FROM THIS IS GOING TO BE AT BASELINE AT THE [INAUDIBLE] BORDER OF THE CITY AND IT RUNS UP THROUGH A VERY DIVERSE AREA, SO IT'S A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.
SO WE'VE BEEN IN DESIGN FOR A WHILE, WHICH IT DELAYED THAT PROJECT.
SO THIS WOULD HELP ACCELERATE THAT AND GET IT FORWARD BECAUSE THE LONGER WE WAIT, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT'S GOING TO GET.
SO IT'S REALLY ACCELERATING THE TIMELINE THAT WAS ALREADY POSTPONED DUE TO THE COMPLICATIONS.
AND THAT'S THE PLATEAU SUMMIT PROJECT AND THAT WOULD JUST HELP INCREASE OUR WATER SECURITY FOR THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT PART OF IT? IS THIS THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT ALL THE PROJECT OR THESE SPECIFIC ONES THAT YOU? I'M JUST SAYING BROADLY AT THIS POINT, FOR THOSE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THEN WE CAN FINISH UP, JUST WANT TO SEE IF THE REMAINING $2.5 MILLION OK. THE $2.5 MILLION, WHICH IS THE CALCULATED LOSS THAT WE CAN USE FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES, IT CAN BE USED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, CYBERSECURITY, HEALTH SERVICES,
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ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION, SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL SERVICES OR PROVISION OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES. REMEMBER, IT CANNOT BE USED FOR THE ITEMS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITED BY THE RULES. THAT'S THE PENSION COSTS, DEBT SERVICE, ANY TYPE OF SETTLEMENTS OR FOR ANY RESERVES. SO IT HAS TO BE SPENT SPECIFICALLY.WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT BE USED FOR IS CAPITAL PROJECTS, OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, $1.5 MILLION AND THE REMAINING MILLION FOR DEPARTMENT PRIORITIES, WHICH WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE.
THE FIVE YEAR GENERAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
BASED ON THAT SCHEDULE, WE'RE ESTIMATING THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2027 TO HAVE AVAILABLE FUNDING OF $1.1 MILLION.
WE HAVE ALL THE PROJECTS LISTED HERE.
IT INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS EXTERIOR PAINTING, EXCUSE ME, PAINTING OF CITY FACILITIES, EXTERIOR PARKING LOTS, CITY FACILITIES AND OTHER PROJECTS FOR A TOTAL OF $2.5 MILLION, LEAVING A $1.4 MILLION SHORTFALL AND FUNDING TO COMPLETE THEM.
ARPA MONEY FOR $1.5, ASSUMING THAT SOME OF THEM MIGHT GO A LITTLE BIT OVER SINCE THE PROJECTIONS WERE DONE AND BUILDING MATERIALS ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NOW.
AND IF I CAN JUST STOP THERE FOR A MOMENT, AS YOU KNOW, THIS IS THESE WERE PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER THE COURSE OF OUR ANNUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN THAT ARE PRIORITY PROJECTS FROM THE DEPARTMENTS, AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL HAS APPROVED TO BE SCHEDULED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
BUT DUE TO OUR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN AND THE INABILITY TO SEED MONEY INTO THE GENERAL CAPITAL IT WAS, WE-- NOTABLY SHORT AND WE WERE GOING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO PUT THOSE DOLLARS IN OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
WELL, THIS IS A WAY THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, AND WE KNOW NOW THAT THEY WOULD BE FUNDED AND THEY CAN BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THESE DOLLARS TO BE USED.
WE ASKED DEPARTMENTS BASED ON WHAT WHAT ONE TIME COST ARE THEIR PRIORITIES AND WE PUT TOGETHER A LIST.
OUR DESIRE IS TO TAKE THE REMAINING MILLION DOLLARS AND FUND AS MANY, IF NOT ALL, OF THESE PROJECTS.
OF COURSE, WE WOULD FOLLOW THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS IF WE NEED AN RFP AND A CONTRACT APPROVED BY COUNCIL WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT.
BUT THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT THE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY LISTED.
IT INCLUDES ITEMS SUCH AS THE PUBLIC SAFETY BUILDING PERIMETER FENCING, COUNCIL CHAMBER AUDIO SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS, CITY YARD FIBER OPTIC COM SLEEVE, AND OTHER GROUPS.
SO THAT IS OUR INTENTION ON THESE IS TO DISCUSS THEM MORE CLOSE-- YOU KNOW, MORE CLOSER AND GO THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS TO GET THESE APPROVED AND SPEND THE REMAINING MONEY ON THAT. I THINK THE CHARGE THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE DEPARTMENTS, IF WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU HAVE PROJECT-- WE ARE ALWAYS CHALLENGED BY TOO MANY NEEDS AND NOT ENOUGH MONEY.
AND HERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THAT WE HAD TO EXPEND.
AND IF WE DID, WHAT WOULD BE THE MAXIMUM OPPORTUNITY TO PUT THOSE TO USE? AND THESE WERE A HIGHLIGHT.
IT'S NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT IT CERTAINLY WOULD TAKE.
THIS GETS US CLOSE TO THAT MILLION DOLLAR NUMBER, OBVIOUSLY LEAVING A LITTLE FOR CONTINGENCY OR MAYBE A PROJECT OR TWO THAT DIDN'T FALL IN.
BUT THIS ULTIMATELY WOULD EXPEND A MAJORITY OF THAT MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THAT $2.5. AND THESE ARE ALL ONE TIME EXPENDITURES, YES.
OK, SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE, HOW WE CAN USE THE MONEY, WHAT OUR PLAN IS TO USE IT AND HOW MUCH IS AVAILABLE.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR COUNCIL DIRECTION BASICALLY ON PROPOSED FUNDING THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. PENDLETON REGARDING THIS OR DO WE WANT TO GO TO A PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF WE COULD LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP OUR PUBLIC COMMENT, WE HAVE ONE CARD SO FAR.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON THE LINE? [INAUDIBLE] MR. GUTIERREZ.
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GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL CITY STAFF MARK GUTIERREZ FROM THE LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, I STAND UP HERE BEFORE YOU ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND SPECIFICALLY TO NOT SIT UP HERE LIKE A BRAT AND PUT MY HAND OUT AND ASK AND SAY, WHERE'S MINE? BUT TO ASK YOU TO SEE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND SHOW SOME APPRECIATION FOR AGAIN, THE MEMBERS OF THE LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.COVID DEFINITELY WAS A TRYING TIME, AS IT HAS BEEN FOR EVERYONE.
I WILL SAY WE DIDN'T SKIP A BEAT AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
A LOT OF FOLKS GOT TO GO HOME, WE DIDN'T.
A LOT OF FOLKS GOT TO STAY AWAY FROM COVID.
WE DIDN'T WE HAD TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE WHO THREATENED THAT THEY HAD COVID JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO BE ARRESTED OR BE CONTACTED BY POLICE.
AND WE HAD TO ENGAGE THOSE FOLKS AND THOUGH AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THERE'S A CHANCE WE MAY HAVE CONTRACTED IT, TAKE IT HOME TO OUR FAMILIES OR FRIENDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, I WANT TO KEEP THIS SHORT, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT.
IT WAS NOT LISTED IN THE PLAN.
I KNOW ONE OF THE ITEMS LIST PREMIUM PREMIUM PAY FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, POLICE AND FIRE ARE CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL WORKERS IN ADDITION TO, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, HOSPITAL WORKERS AND GROCERY STORE.
BUT I IF I COULD JUST FINISH THIS OFF.
AND REMEMBER, LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AGAIN DID NOT SKIP A BEAT, SHOWED UP FOR WORK EVERY DAY.
WE DEALT WITH IT. WE'RE STILL DEALING WITH IT.
AND WE DIDN'T COMPLAIN. SO ON TOP OF THAT, YOU KNOW, CIVIL ARREST HAPPENED DURING THIS TIME, ALTHOUGH SOME MIGHT SAY IT'S NOT A RESULT OF COVID, BUT YOU CAN'T ARGUE THE FACT THAT BEING COOPED UP AT HOME DIDN'T ADD TO THE WAY PEOPLE BEHAVED.
SO AGAIN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I ASK FOR THAT CONSIDERATION AND APPRECIATION FOR OUR MEMBERS. SO THANK YOU.
ANY WELL WISHES? THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK.
MR. BOWEN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GAVE EACH STATE AN ALLOCATION AND THEN EACH STATE IS NOW ALLOCATING AND THIS $7.6 IS WHAT THEY'RE ALLOCATING TO US.
SO EVERY CITY IN CALIFORNIA GOT A PIECE OF THE PIE.
SO IT'S A GREAT CHANCE FOR CITIES TO GET CAUGHT UP.
AND [INAUDIBLE] IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO BE VERY BUSY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AS FAR AS SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE AND THE FIRE? ABSOLUTELY. I THINK IF ANYTHING, THAT WAS THE FIRST TWO GROUPS THAT YOU YOU JUST HAVEN'T HEARD THEM COMPLAIN.
THEY'VE JUST BEEN THERE. SO I HOPE THAT'S A GREAT CONSIDERATION FOR BOTH POLICE AND FIRE.
AS FAR AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS ARE CONCERNED.
I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR BECAUSE I THINK WHEN THIS WHOLE THING STARTED, THE FIRE AND THE POLICE WERE IMMEDIATELY DEEMED ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
WAS THAT NOT CORRECT? HMM. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHEN, BUT.
WELL, I MEAN, YEAH, AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS IN THE OTHERS AS WELL, YEAH, WE DIDN'T.
DIDN'T THE CITY END UP DEEMING ALL CITY WORKERS ESSENTIAL? YES, BECAUSE THEN THE THE EXPANSION OF THE TERM BY THE COUNTY IDENTIFIED ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
SO IN ESSENTIALLY THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKERS ARE CONSIDERED IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS SOMEBODY SITTING BEHIND A DESK INSIDE THE CITY HALL.
YES. OK, I WOULD HOPE THEY GET SOME ELEVATED STATUS.
LAST THING IS WHAT I HAD PUT IN A CPRA REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE CITY ACTUALLY SPENT ON COVID RELATED ITEMS. I GOT 274 PAGES OF STUFF, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T APPEAR TO BE SMART ENOUGH TO TO READ EVERY, EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AND UNDERSTAND IT.
I JUST I WOULD ASK AGAIN BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING HERE WHERE IT SAID WE SPENT MONEY.
IT APPEARED THAT YOUR SLIDES BASICALLY SAY WHAT WE POTENTIALLY LOST IN REVENUE.
DO WE HAVE A NUMBER FOR THINGS WE ACTUALLY SPENT MONEY ON RELATED COVID RELATED.
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THAT LIST WAS EVERYTHING THAT WAS TO THAT PROGRAM CODE, WHICH INCLUDED LOST REVENUE.SO MOST OF IT IS LOST REVENUE.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE HAD CARES ACT MONEY.
NONE OF THIS MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT YET.
EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW IT WAS COMING, WE DID PUT IT IN THE BUDGET.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE REPORT THAT WAS GIVEN WAS ALL EXPENDED.
ANYTHING THAT WAS COVID RELATED WAS PUT TO THAT CATEGORY THAT THAT REPORT.
SO THE TOTAL AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT REPORT IS EVERYTHING WE EXPENDED, WHICH WAS ABOUT $1.4 MILLION. OK. OK.
SO IT REALLY WASN'T EXPENDITURES.
IT WAS LOSSES AND OTHER THINGS.
REFUND REVENUES BECAUSE A LOT OF IT WAS CANCELED EVENTS THAT WE HAD TO REFUND MONEY FOR RECREATION ACTIVITIES.
AND THOSE AREN'T REOCCURRING EXPENSES, RIGHT? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE AREN'T GIVING ANY DEPOSITS ON THINGS, SO THEY WON'T HAVE TO GET THEM BACK. CORRECT. OK, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK FROM THE AUDIENCE? INAUDIBLE] WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND COME UP TO THE DAIS.
DO WE HAVE COUNCILMAN QUESTIONS FOR STAFF WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? NOT QUESTIONS, BUT I'M ALONG THE SAME THOUGHT AS MARK HAD BROUGHT UP IS I REALLY BELIEVE THE EMPLOYEES NEED TO BE COMPENSATED.
OUR CITY DIDN'T SKIP A BEAT AT ALL.
THE EMPLOYEES WORKED AND I THINK WE COULD PUT STIPULATION BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WHEN COVID FIRST STARTED, YOU HAD TO BE WORKING FROM MARCH OF 2020 UNTIL RECENT.
SO NOT JUST SOMEBODY THAT HAS BEEN WORKING PRIOR, BUT WE COULD SET UP A SET AMOUNT AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE WE DO COMPENSATE OR ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WE'RE WORKING DURING THAT PERIOD TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR DEDICATION.
YOU KNOW, YES, I AGREE FIRE AND POLICE WERE THERE.
THEY WERE THERE FOR ALL OF US, AND YOU CAN'T THANK THEM ENOUGH FOR KNOWING THAT THEY WERE OUT THERE. THEY WERE PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE, WORKING WITH RESIDENTS HOMELESS.
AND SO MY THOUGHT IS I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US TAKE SOME OF THE FUNDS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THE EMPLOYEE. AND I KNOW THAT POMONA COVINA ARE DOING THE SAME THING.
THEY'RE COMPENSATING THEIR EMPLOYEES AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE US DO.
THAT NOW THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, WE CAN DISCUSS THAT, BUT I WANT TO JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE TO THE COUNCIL.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
I WOULD CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER'S COMMENTS.
I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY I THINK THE PEOPLE WE SEE THE MOST WOULD BE POLICE AND FIRE. BUT I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE STAFF WHO HAD TO PIVOT PRETTY QUICKLY IN TERMS OF CANCELLED PROGRAMS DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PUBLIC IRRITATION ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON, DISSEMINATING INFORMATION AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS STILL HAPPENING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME SORT OF ALLOCATION HAPPEN WHERE WE ARE COMPENSATING OUR EMPLOYEES OUT OF THIS POT OF MONEY.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEN LAU. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
I TOO AGREE. AND I WANT I JUST WANT TO THANK AGAIN, OUR FIRE FIGHTERS, OUR POLICE AND AND OUR CITY STAFF.
EVEN THOUGH THE DOORS WERE CLOSED DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PEOPLE WEREN'T WORKING INSIDE AS WELL. OUR PUBLIC WORKS ON THE STREETS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING KEPT RUNNING AND APPRECIATE THE SERVICE.
AGAIN, I THINK I WILL LEAVE IT UP TO THE CITY FOR AMOUNT, BUT I BELIEVE A ONE TIME PAYMENT. I DON'T AGREE ON A PERCENTAGE TO SOMEONE'S SALARY.
WE DID THE VERY SIMILAR THING IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL.
AND THE REASON WHY I DON'T AGREE ON SOMEONE'S SALARY BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE TOP END GETTING MOST OF THE MONEY.
PEOPLE THAT WORKED ONLY WORKED A COUPLE HOURS OR WORKED.
THEY ALSO GO THROUGH HARDSHIPS AS WELL.
AND SO BY DOING THAT IT'S EVEN ACROSS FOR EVERYONE, IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FROM THAT. AND AGAIN, NOT ALL THIS GOING TO THERE.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE A LOT OF THIS PLAN PUT THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT PLAN AS WELL, REALLY SEEING ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE PARKS AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND STUFF, BUT
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WANT A LITTLE PIECE PUT OUT FOR OUR OUR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, WHICH IS ALL OF THE THE CITY WORKERS.THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO BEAT THE SAME DRUM.
I THINK THAT WHILE IT IS IN BOTH POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS JOB DUTIES, THAT THEY WOULD RESPOND TO AN EMERGENCY SUCH AS THIS, I STILL THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR BECAUSE WHILE IT IS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT FOLKS WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE DUTY, THEY MET THE DUTY AND THAT THAT WE WANT TO APPRECIATE AND AND GIVE THEM A LITTLE SOMETHING. YOU KNOW, I IN THIS KIND OF PIECE, I DON'T WANT TO FEEL OR CAUSE FOLKS TO FEEL LIKE THERE'S A HUGE MANNA FROM HEAVEN COMING DOWN, BUT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME GESTURE THAT'S BEING MADE TO LET THOSE FOLKS KNOW THAT WE APPRECIATE THEM. AND I AGREE.
I THINK POLICE AND FIRE NEVER LET A BEAT GO BY THEY JUST KEPT GOING.
I THINK PUBLIC WORKS DID THE SAME THING.
I THINK THAT THE FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES ALSO HAD TO FIND CREATIVE WAYS TO KEEP OUR CITY MOVING FORWARD AND KEEP MAKING SURE THAT THAT THINGS WEREN'T DROPPED BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS GOING THROUGH STRESS.
WE HAD CHALLENGES WITH SOME OF THE SERVICE PROVIDERS FOR OUR PARKS, FOR OUR WASTE PICKUP.
LOTS OF THINGS WERE HAPPENING AND OUR EMPLOYEES KEPT OUR CITY MOVING ALONG WELL.
I WOULD CONCUR WITH OTHERS IN SAYING THAT I THINK SOME TYPE OF STIPEND OR SOME TYPE OF FIXED AMOUNT WOULD WOULD MORE BROADLY REPRESENT THE THE THE GRATITUDE THAT WE HAVE VERSUS HAVING IT BE A PERCENTAGE OF INCOME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND AS FAR AS THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, I THINK I'LL WAIT TILL THE NEXT ROUND UNTIL WE KIND OF FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.
I TOO AGREE, I THINK THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE A BROAD STROKE, THOUGH EVERYONE PARTICIPATED AND THERE WASN'T ONE INDIVIDUAL IN THIS CITY THAT DIDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THIS COVID SITUATION WE ALL WENT THROUGH.
WE WERE HERE A LOT OF THE TIME I WAS IN CITY HALL BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS, PUTTING UP PLASTIC SCREENS TO GET US OPEN AGAIN, BUT ALSO THE POLICE AND FIRE THAT NEVER SKIPPED A BEAT. AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD BE FAIR WITH ALL AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOME TYPE OF A ONE TIME GIFT.
I DO BELIEVE ALSO NOT NOT TRANSITORY TO A SALARY.
AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT A FEW OF THESE.
I I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE IT FROM, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE AS AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAU MYSELF HAVE GONE THROUGH THE SPORTING AND SMALL BUSINESS WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS GRANTS.
WE HAD A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES DIDN'T ACCEPT THOSE AND WE STILL HAVE SOME MONEY LEFT IN THERE. BUT I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE AN AREA THAT POSSIBILITY WE COULD LOOK AT AS FAR AS TO UTILIZE THAT AS FAR AS A GIFTING FOR THE CENTRAL WORKERS.
WELL, WHAT? I RATHER THAN HAVE YOU TRY AND DESIGN THAT IF YOU'D LIKE? I CAN, BUT THE ONLY WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST ARE THERE ANY AREAS THAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT US TO CONSIDER TOUCHING AND THEN WE CAN KIND OF WORK WITHIN SOME OF THOSE BOUNDARIES? IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'LL NOTE IT. SO IF YOU WERE TO SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, HOUSING REHAB, DO NOT, WE WANT THAT $500,000 THERE.
WE WOULDN'T LOOK AT THAT. WE WOULD LOOK ELSEWHERE.
ARE THERE ANY SACRED COWS? I'LL CALL THEM WITHIN THE LIST THAT'S HERE.
THAT'S THE HARD PART, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO.
I THINK WE'LL LEAVE THIS UP TO YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE AND COME BACK TO US WITH SOME SUGGESTIONS. THE CDBG MONEY WE HAVE EARMARKED FOR THAT, THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO WITH THAT. BUT I THINK WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS TOO WITH OUR COMMUNITY, WITH THIS INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME AND NOT HAVING TO PAY THAT OUT LATER WITH OUR SEWER SYSTEMS AND OUR WATER SYSTEMS. THAT'S IT'S NEVER FREE MONEY, NOTHING'S FREE, WE KNOW THAT, BUT THE POINT IS WE HAVE FUNDS THAT WE CAN GET THIS STUFF DONE NOW.
AND ALSO WITH THE SMALL STUFF THAT WE HAVE, EVEN WITH OUR DIFFERENT EMPLOYEE GROUPS, THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. THOSE THESE LITTLE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT BETWEEN THE FIRE, BETWEEN THE POLICE. SO I THINK WE'LL LEAVE IT UP COUNCIL, I THINK, LEAVE IT UP TO STAFF TO KIND OF LOOK AT THAT AND COME BACK TO US WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS.
I THINK THEY ALL HAVE MERIT, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE DOLLAR VALUES ARE A LITTLE LARGE FOR WHAT WE'VE ALREADY FOUND MAY NOT BE NECESSARY.
SO MY MY ONLY COMMENT IS WITH REGARD TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE I THINK INFRASTRUCTURE IS VERY IMPORTANT. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE CIP, WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEFER BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL ISSUES THAT I WOULD NOT WANT TO SEE CONTINUED TO BE DEFERRED. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT TO STAFF TO TO PROVIDE US THAT ASSESSMENT.
BUT I WOULD SAY KNOW WHAT OTHER FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE AND I'LL LOOK TO SEAN TO GO DO THE HOMEWORK ON THIS ONE. BUT WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, YOU KNOW, DO WE THINK WE'RE GOING
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TO SEE ANY OF THAT IS ARE THERE OTHER POTENTIAL REVENUE SOURCES THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATED PREVIOUSLY THAT NOW MAY BE AVAILABLE THAT MAY ALLOW FOR SOME SHIFTING? SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, BUT I WOULD LEAVE IT TO YOU.OKAY. AND TAKING A SMALL PERCENTAGE FROM FROM MULTIPLE PLACES.
SO IT DOESN'T HURT ONE. BUT I REMEMBER DAN SITTING ME DOWN BEFORE HE LEFT AND SAYING THAT WATER LINE GOING UP THE HILL.
WE REALLY NEED TO GET THAT FIXED.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T GET TOUCHED.
AGREED. AND LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT THE TREE REPLACEMENT $800,000.
WHERE ARE ALL THESE TREES OUT? THIS IS ACTUALLY WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THE THEODORE'S THROUGH OLD TOWN HAVE A LIFE AND THEY ARE EVENTUALLY GOING TO REACH THAT END OF LIFE.
AND SO WE ARE PREPARING FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THOSE ON A GRADUATED BASIS RATHER THAN HAVING TO DEAL WITH THEM. BUT NOT ALL AT ONCE.
YES. OK. AND YOU DON'T WANT THOSE FALLING THROUGH A HOUSE? NO, YOU DON'T. THEY'RE TALL.
WELL, THE ONLY THING GOING BACK TO DAN KEESEY, I HAD A CONVERSATION ONCE WITH HIM ABOUT TREES UP AND WHERE I LIVE.
THERE'S JUST SO MANY TREES DEVELOPERS.
NEW DEVELOPERS PUT LOTS OF TREES UP BECAUSE THEY'RE SO SMALL.
BUT THEN WHEN THEY GROW, THEY'RE COMPACTED.
AND HE WAS JUST TELLING ME THAT WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT NOT PLANTING SO MANY TREES.
IT'S JUST, DAN SAID THAT [LAUGHTER] YEAH, THE PUBLIC WORKS GUY, AND I AGREED WITH.
I DO, AND I'LL JUST ONE QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE STIPEND AND I APPRECIATE COUNCIL'S COMMENTS AND CLEAR DIRECTION ON THAT.
THERE ARE WE HAVE FULL TIME AND THEN WE HAVE SOME PART TIME THAT ALSO DID WORK.
AND I KNOW WE SAID ONE SIZE FITS ALL.
ARE YOU THINKING THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE CASE FOR FULL TIME AND PART TIME? OR ARE WE FULL TIME AT ONE AND PART TIME AND ANOTHER THAT WOULD HELP US TO SHAPE THIS? AND HERE'S GOING ALONG WITH IT.
WHAT IF AN EMPLOYEE IS NO LONGER WITH IT'S LIKE PART TIME? THAT IS SOMETHING WE WILL WE WILL FIGURE THAT WE CAN WORK ON.
BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHEN WE SAY ONE SIZE FITS ALL, ARE WE TALKING FULL TIME, PART TIME THE SAME OR IS FULL TIME DIFFERENT THAN PART TIME? I THINK, WELL, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, I THINK WE WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND NOT NOT SEPARATE THEM.
BUT I THINK THE NUANCES OF FULL TIME, PART TIME, THE NUANCES OF, HERE THE WHOLE TIME AND HERE ARE THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
THOSE KINDS OF NUANCES CAN TAKE SHAPE INTO THIS, IF OTHERS CONCUR.
I THINK THAT'S A THAT'S A HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER WITHOUT KNOWING WHERE OTHER CATEGORIES MIGHT FALL OR AS YOU'RE DEVELOPING WHATEVER IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AND SO I WOULD LOOK TO STAFF TO COME BACK AND REPORT AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AND THIS IS WHAT A PROPOSED SOLUTION MIGHT BE THAT MAKES SENSE.
OK. YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THAT'S A TOUGH ONE, BECAUSE LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS SAID, WE DON'T KNOW AND I THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OBVIOUSLY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HERE ALL THE TIME OR PART TIME, DEPENDING ON WHAT CATEGORY THEY COME IN. WE NEED TO ADDRESS THAT AND THEN JUST LOOK AT IT AS A AS A DIFFERENT SECTION OF THAT.
THANK YOU. YOU HAVE DIRECTION.
I DO. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SOUNDS LIKE WE ARE ALL IN AGREEMENT.
I THINK WE ARE, SIR. THANK YOU.
WE APPRECIATE THAT BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS.
WE ADJOURN TILL 6:30 AND SANTA.
IS MRS. CLAUS IS GOING TO BE HERE ALSO? MR. CLAUS WILL BE HERE.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10 MINUTES TO 6:00.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.