Feb 22, 2022 City Council

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, WE WILL.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

MR. CROSBY WILL YOU LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PLEASE.

PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY.

BEGIN.

ROLL CALL, MR. RUSSI.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER.

PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.

PRESENT. MAYOR HEPBURN.

PRESENT.

[4. PRESENTATIONS]

IS THAT CORRECT MR. RUSSI? THAT IS CORRECT, MR. MAYOR.

WILL THE HALBERGS PLEASE COME ON UP HERE.

THIS IS A MILITARY RETIREMENT CEREMONY FOR DAVID C.

HALBERG AND THESE ARE THE HALBERGS HERE.

MR. HALBERG IS TAKING A PICTURE, I THINK OF US RIGHT NOW.

SO DAVID HALBERG WAS BORN ON JANUARY 28TH, 1981 IN CARMICHAEL, CALIFORNIA.

HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

AFTER HIGH SCHOOL IN SEPTEMBER OF 1999.

HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY DELAYED ENTRY PROGRAM AND LEFT FOR BASIC TRAINING TO THE GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS.

UPON COMPLETION OF BOOT CAMP HE TRANSFERRED TO HOSPITAL CORPSMEN A SCHOOL AND CONTINUED ON TO FIELD MEDICAL SERVICE SCHOOL, WHERE HE GRADUATED IN OCTOBER OF 2000.

ALTHOUGH THIS WAS JUST THE BEGINNING FOR DAVID, IT PROVIDED HIM WITH THE FOUNDATION FOR A LONG AND SUCCESSFUL CAREER.

DURING HIS CAREER, DAVID DEPLOYED TO LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

SOME OF THE COUNTIES SERVED INCLUDE JAPAN, IRAQ, KUWAIT, AFGHANISTAN AND WEST AFRICA.

DURING THESE DEPLOYMENTS, DAVID SERVED ON SUPPORT OF OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS AND COUNTERINSURGENCY EFFORTS.

ADDITIONALLY, DURING HIS TIME IN AFGHANISTAN, HE SERVED AS A SOLE MEDICAL PROVIDER AT A REMOTE FORWARD OPERATING BASE.

OTHER NOTABLE TIMES IN DAVID'S CAREER INCLUDE BEING SELECTED TO BE AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE 1ST MARINE DIVISION'S NAVY EDUCATION AND TRAINING, WHERE HE TAUGHT COMBAT TRAUMA MANAGEMENT FOR NEW CORPSMEN DEPLOYING TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

HE EARNED THE HIGHLY COVETED TITLE OF INDEPENDENT DUTY CORPSMAN FROM NAVY MEDICINE OPERATIONAL TRAINING COMMAND, SURFACE WARFARE MEDICAL INSTITUTE AND GRADUATED WITH HONORS FROM INDEPENDENT DUTY CORPSMAN SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.

ADDITIONALLY, DAVID RECEIVED MANY PERSONAL AWARDS, INCLUDING TWO NAVY COMMENDATION MEDALS, THE JOINT SERVICE ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, FIVE ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS, THE ARMY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL, COMBAT ACTION RIBBON, HUMANITARIAN SERVICE MEDAL, SEVEN GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS, EIGHT SEA SERVICE DEPLOYMENT RIBBONS AND VARIOUS UNIT AWARDS.

DAVID CAN'T BE HERE WITH US TONIGHT, BECAUSE AS A FATHER, HE IS CURRENTLY RESIDES IN NORTH CAROLINA. BUT HERE ON HIS BEHALF ARE HIS PARENTS AND LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LA VERNE ANDREA AND ROY HALBERG.

TONIGHT WILL BE PRESENTING ANDREA AND ROY WITH DAVID'S MILITARY BANNER, WHICH IS PROUDLY FLOWN IN LA VERNE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] MIC TO YOU.

OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THE BANNER PROGRAM.

I WOULD WALK UP AND DOWN D STREET, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BANNER AND I STAND AND PRAY AND THEN MOVE ON, BUT. I DIDN'T KNOW THIS AT THE TIME, BUT DAVID, WHEN HE WAS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, THAT BONITA THERE WERE MILITARY RECRUITERS ON CAMPUS.

DAVID MET WITH ONE AND DECIDED, HEY, I'D LIKE TO GO IN THE NAVY.

AND THE OTHER THING YOU SAID, HE TOLD ME RIGHT AWAY, HE SAID, I WANT TO TRAIN TO BE A CORPSMAN, WHICH IS IN THE MEDICAL FIELD.

HE SAID, I DON'T WANT TO HURT PEOPLE.

I WANT TO HELP PEOPLE.

AND THE BIG WORD WAS HE WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD.

SO AFTER HE GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL THAT SUMMER, THAT SAME RECRUITER PICKED HIM UP AT OUR HOUSE AND HE TOOK HIM TO THE AIRPORT AND HE FLEW BACK TO GREAT LAKES, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BASIC TRAINING TOOK CARE HAPPENED.

THEN HE WENT THROUGH HIS CORPSMAN TRAINING.

HIS FIRST DUTY WAS AT CAMP PENDLETON WITH THE MARINES.

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YEP. AND HE REALLY HAD NOT PLANNED TO MAKE A.

OK. HE HAD REALLY NOT PLANNED TO HAVE A LONG CAREER IN THE NAVY, BUT 9/11 HAPPENED AND THINGS CHANGED.

SO HE SAW THE WORLD ALL RIGHT, HE SAW THE REALLY BAD PARTS OF THE WORLD.

I KNOW HE WAS IN IRAQ AT LEAST THREE TIMES AFGHANISTAN.

SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE WAS BECAUSE HE'D SAY, MOM, I CAN'T TELL YOU, I'D HAVE TO SHOOT YOU. OK.

BUT THE ONE THING HE ALWAYS SAID WAS, I GOT TO TAKE CARE OF MY GUYS.

AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID.

AND AS YOU ALREADY MENTIONED, HE TOOK FURTHER TRAINING AND BECAME AN INDEPENDENT DUTY CORPSMAN. BECAUSE SOMETIMES HE WAS ALONE ON A SHIP WITH THE MARINES AND THE CLOSEST DOCTOR WAS HOURS AWAY, SO HE NEEDED TO PROVIDE TREATMENT.

HE WAS LAST STATIONED IN JACKSONVILLE, IN NORTH CAROLINA, AND WE WENT BACK FOR HIS RETIREMENT CEREMONY.

AND I CRIED THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, JUST LIKE I'M DOING RIGHT NOW.

THEY ALSO CALLED US UP AND THEY GAVE US A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. BUT TO ALL WHO SEES THESE GREETINGS TO ANDREA HALBERG BY THE AUTHORITY VESTED IN ME, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO EXPRESS THE GRATEFUL APPRECIATION OF THE NAVY FOR ENDURING THE FREQUENT AND LONG SEPARATION FROM YOUR SON, DAVID, AS HE SERVED IN THE COUNTRY. YOU SEE, HE LEFT YOU IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT YOU INHERITED A SAFER WORLD AND A SURER PEACE TO THOSE WHO SAY A SINGLE MAN CAN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I SAY WRONG, YOUR SON DID.

HE MADE THE NAVY STRONGER AND KEPT OUR NATION SAFE.

WITH HIS SERVICE NOW COMPLETE, HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU.

OF COURSE, HE'S GOING TO STAY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

[LAUGHTER] THEY REALLY THEY REALLY, I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT THE NAVY THANKS YOU AND YOUR SON DURING THESE SEPARATIONS AND.

I REALLY DID TAKE NOTES. SO AS I SAID, I CRIED DURING THE ENTIRE CEREMONY AND THEY ARE GOING TO STAY IN NORTH CAROLINA.

THEY LIVE OFF BASE IN SWAN'S BOROUGH, WHICH POPULATION THREE THOUSAND.

IT'S ABOUT 15 MINUTES FROM CAMP LEJEUNE AND RIGHT NOW HE'S DAD.

THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING.

HE MAKES BREAKFAST. HE TAKES THE KIDS TO SCHOOL AND.

YOU KNOW. HE'S HE'S GOING TO SAY HE'S RECOVERING, HE'S RECOUPING, I DON'T KNOW, BUT.

AND YES, MY SISTER IN LAW DURING THE YEARS SAY, WHAT IS THAT AND I GO, IT'S A REALLY LONG RUNNING TV SHOW [LAUGHTER] BUT YEAH, SO ANYWAY, I'M DOC HALBERG'S MOM AND I'M PROUD AND THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] I CAN ATTEST THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL, AND EVERY TIME I SEE YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND WOULD SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE HE IS.

AND LIKE SHE SAYS, HE TELLS ME IF I TELL YOU, I'LL HAVE TO KILL YOU.

IT'S LIKE, I SAID, OK, THAT'S THAT'S NICE.

THAT'S NICE. BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SON'S SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING SUCH GREAT PARENTS AND ALLOWING HIM TO DO THAT FOR OUR COUNTRY.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANDREA, YOU LEFT SOME PAPER UNDER THIS CHAIR.

OH, JUST YOU MIGHT WANT TO SAVE THAT.

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GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. SEE LA VERNE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE MANY ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO OUR ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND WHEREAS THE THEME FOR 2022 IS BLACK HEALTH AND WELLNESS, WHICH EXPLORES THE LEGACY OF NOT ONLY BLACK SCHOLARS AND MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS IN WESTERN MEDICINE, BUT ALSO OTHER WAYS OF KNOWING BIRTH WORKERS, MIDWIVES, NATUROPATHS, HERBALISTS THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF AFRICAN DIASPORA.

THE 2022 THEME CONSIDERS ACTIVITIES, RITUALS AND INITIATIVES THAT BLACK COMMUNITIES HAVE DONE TO BE WELL.

AND WHEREAS THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS OUR ATTENTION TO THE CONTINUED NEED TO BATTLE RACISM AND BUILD SOCIETY THAT LIVES UP TO ITS DEMOCRATIC IDEALS.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LA VERNE CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE RESPECTFUL AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, THE STATE, THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LA VERNE IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.

AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LA VERNE IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT OUR STATE AND NATION.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM FEBRUARY 2022 AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND THEIR COMMEND THIS OBSERVANCE TO ALL CITIZENS SO THAT THEY MAY CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE CULTURE AND CONTINUE OUR EFFORT TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS MORE JUST PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL.

DATED FEBRUARY 22ND.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING.

I'M GOING TO READ I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE HAD SOME STATEMENTS PREPARED, BUT I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF SERVING ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT BOARDS IN THIS CITY, AND I NOT ONLY KNOW THEM TO CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH THE POWERFUL AND WONDERFUL ELEMENTS OF BLACK HISTORY, BUT MANY ARE CELEBRATING THEM.

AND IN FACT, I'M PROUD OF THIS CITY ON MULTIPLE LEVELS FOR THIS FACT.

IT WAS THE BRAVERY OF ROSA PARKS IN FREEING THE SLAVES.

IT WAS THE AUDACIOUS OF MALCOLM X AND DR.

KING WHO WORKED TO LIBERATE BLACK PEOPLE.

AND IT WAS THE BOLDNESS OF PEOPLE LIKE SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, WHO NORMALIZED BLACK FACES IN POSITIONS OF POWER.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE OTHER PEOPLE, RIGHT, BECAUSE BLACK HISTORY IS NOT JUST ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE.

IT IS AMERICAN HISTORY, AND THERE WERE ABOLITIONISTS OF ALL RACES WHO WORK TO REDEFINE THE TRAJECTORY THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS ON WITH REGARD TO ITS BLACK CITIZENS.

AND SO THIS CITY, I THINK, IS DOING QUITE A BIT OF THAT.

AND I RECOGNIZE THOSE EFFORTS AND THE CHANGES THAT WE ARE MAKING IN SOCIETY.

AS JOHN LEWIS SAY WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK TO GET IN GOOD TROUBLE TO MAKE THESE CHANGES. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I WANT TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT IS NOT JUST BLACK PEOPLE WHO WORK TIRELESSLY, TIRELESSLY TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY WITH REGARD TO BLACK PEOPLE. BUT WE MUST CREDIT ALL ABOLITIONISTS OF ALL RACES WHO'VE HELPED DEFINE WHAT THIS HISTORY IS AND WILL BECOME.

THIS IS ALL OF OUR HISTORY.

I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN IT, AND I HOPE YOU WILL, TOO.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] [INAUDIBLE] THIS IS THE TIME WE SET ASIDE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND UPCOMING EVENTS.

[5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

IT'S NOT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE SAVE THAT TO THE END. SO IF ANYBODY HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT [INAUDIBLE].

DID I SAY IT RIGHT AGAIN? GOLD STAR IN THE CALENDAR.

THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY CLUSTER MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TOMORROW,

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THERE IS NOTHING CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA SPECIFICALLY PERTAINING TO THE DJJSYTF, BUT YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR REMARKS UNDER GENERAL COMMENT OR SEND AN EMAIL.

THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING IS NEXT TUESDAY, MARCH 1ST AT 9:30 A.M. THEIR AGENDA IS NOT YET AVAILABLE, BUT I'M ASKING THE RESIDENTS TO EMAIL THEIR COMMENTS OR PARTICIPATE IN THE LIVE MEETING AND MAKE THEIR REMARKS UNDER GENERAL COMMENT.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH AT NINE A.M.

TO ONE P.M. IS THE NEXT PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETING.

THEY, TOO, HAVE NOT YET RELEASED THEIR AGENDA, BUT I'M ASKING THE RESIDENTS TO EMAIL OR CALL AND MAKE THE COMMENTS UNDER GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE NEED TO STAY VIGILANT ABOUT THE DJJSYTF POTENTIAL THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, AND ALTHOUGH AS TIME GOES ON, PEOPLE FORGET HOW IMPORTANT THIS REALLY IS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

I JUST WANT TO ECHO THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS DECISION CAN BE MADE PRETTY SOON FROM ALL UNDERSTANDING, SO PLEASE EXACTLY WHAT [INAUDIBLE] SAID.

KEEP DILIGENT AND KEEP EMAILING.

MR. RUSSI. YEAH, AGAIN I SPOKE WITH SUPERVISORS PARKER STAFF TODAY JUST TO GET ANY UPDATE.

THERE IS NOTHING THAT THEY'RE HEARING AS FAR AS AN ANTICIPATED DATE OF SOMETHING BEING BROUGHT FORWARD, EITHER TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE OR ON TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.

BUT THEY'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR AND THEN THEY WILL LET US KNOW.

AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW IT COULD HAPPEN ANY TIME.

YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SOME TIME AND THIS DECISION NEEDS TO BE MADE.

SO KEEP DILIGENT.

LET'S MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T USE [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY USE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE OTHER PLACES WHERE THEY HAVE THE FACILITIES ALREADY FOR THAT FOR THE TAX DOLLARS TO BE SPENT WISELY. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE ON ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. ALISON.

LA VERNE IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY, NOT JUST BECAUSE ITS TREES AND BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OF ITS RICH HISTORY, TIGHT KNIT COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTATIVE DIVERSITY.

IT'S THESE ATTRIBUTES THAT MAKES LA VERNE A DESIROUS PLACE TO LIVE WORK AND AGE.

THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSIONS, CASI SEEKS TO CELEBRATE THIS CITY'S WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES BY ENSURING ALL WHO WISH TO CONTRIBUTE POSITIVELY TO THIS GREAT CITY FEEL SAFE AND WELCOME WITHIN ITS BOUNDARIES.

THIS CAN ONLY HAPPEN WITH THE SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION OF OUR RESIDENTS.

FOR THIS REASON, WE ARE INVITING ALL OF YOU WHO LIVE, WORK AND VISIT LA VERNE TO ATTEND OUR MONTHLY CASI MEETING.

OUR MEETINGS OCCUR EVERY FIRST WEDNESDAY AT FIVE P.M.

AND ARE HOSTED VIA ZOOM.

FOR A LINK TO THE MEETING, SEE THE CITY WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

I BELIEVE AT THIS NEXT MEETING, WE WILL BE HOSTING THE POLICE CHIEF, CHIEF FLORES, SO IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DISCUSSION.

THANK YOU, MR. ALISON. ANYONE ELSE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS AND WE'RE GOING TO COME TO CONSENT CALENDAR, MR.

[6. CONSENT CALENDAR]

OKAY. NOTHING ELSE? NO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR COUNCIL, IF NOT A MOTION, PLEASE, AND WE'LL HOLD THE OTHER ONE FOR DISCUSSION AFTER.

MOTION TO PASS THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. OOPS! HEY, I WASN'T THE ONLY ONE. WE GOT IT.

NOT YET, NOT YET.

NOT YET. ALL RIGHT.

IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE BY VOTE [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. AND MR. RUSSI ITEM 6B WAS PULLED, AND.

[6.b. Register of Audited Demands in the amount of $374,081.00 dated January 27, 2022, approval recommended by Finance Director Pendleton.]

MR. BOWEN'S ON.

ON LIVE STREAM.

GOOD EVENING. I PULLED THREE ITEMS, AND I HAD ACTUALLY I HAD TO ASK FOR THE INFORMATION LAST THURSDAY, BUT THAT IF I DID NOT GET THE INFORMATION BY THE END OF TODAY, IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND PULL IT. SO I HAD THREE ITEMS AND I HOPE YOU HAVE THEM LISTED THERE.

ONE WAS THREE CHECKS, ONE TO [INAUDIBLE], AND I WOULD ASSUME YOU HAD THE NUMBERS IN FRONT OF YOU. ONE WAS TO DK REAL ESTATE, THE OTHER WAS TO JONES AND MAYER, AND THERE WAS AN EFT TO ROGERS ANDERSON.

AND I ASSUME I DIDN'T HEAR BACK BUT I ASSUME THE ROGERS ANDERSON IS FOR THE CITY AUDIT,

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THAT'S IT. DO YOU WANT TO ASK WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE? MR. BOWEN.

HE REMOVED THEM, SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] YEAH.

OK, SO.

RIGHT. BRINGING HIM BACK IN.

SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE YOUR QUESTIONS YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK? YES. WHAT ARE THOSE THREE? I'D LIKE THE EXPLANATION OF WHAT THOSE FOUR CHECKS OR EFTS WERE.

AND I STILL ASKED FOR THE INVOICES TO SUPPORT THOSE FOUR ITEMS. WE'LL HAVE FINANCE DIRECTOR MARLA PENDLETON COME UP AND EXPLAIN TO COUNCIL WHAT THOSE ARE FOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE COUNCIL.

YES, PLEASE. THANK.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. SO IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTIONS ON THE CLAIMS, WE HAD FOUR OF THEM THAT HE SPECIFICALLY ASKED ABOUT.

THE ONE TO [INAUDIBLE] WAS FOR A ASSAULT BODY SHIELD THAT'S FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

THE SECOND ONE TO DK REAL ESTATE WAS A OVERPAYMENT OF A BUSINESS LICENSE, SO IT WAS A REFUND. THE THIRD ONE WAS OUR MONTHLY BILLING FOR THINGS THAT ARE NOT ON RETAINER, IT'S FOR OUR LEGAL FEES FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2021, SO IT'S ANY TYPE OF CLAIMS THAT WERE REIMBURSABLE OR THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY CHARGED TO JONES AND MAYER.

AND THEN THE THIRD ONE TO ROGER ANDERSON, MALODY AND SCOTT WAS A PROGRESS BILLING FOR FISCAL YEAR TWENTY ONE AUDIT, WHICH IS BEING PRESENTED TONIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR [INAUDIBLE]? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT.

OK AND THAT SAID, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THEN BACK UP TO THE DAIS, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE LAST ITEMS, ITEM 6B? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.

SECOND. I'LL SECOND.

NO, WAIT. OKAY, GOOD.

WE MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, WEED ABATEMENT PROTEST HEARING.

[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

AND AS SOON AS SHE GETS TO THE DOOR, WE'LL PROBABLY BE DONE WITH THIS ITEM.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED TO THE WEED ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES.

WHAT IS NECESSARY IS THERE ARE BASICALLY ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY, A HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE COUNTY AG COMMISSION, AS WELL AS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT WARRANT INSPECTIONS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

THIS ACTION TONIGHT IS TO JUST GIVE THE AUTHORITY FOR THE PROPERTIES TO BE NOTIFIED THAT THEY ARE THEIR WARRANT, SOME TYPE OF CLEANUP MEASURES, AND THEN THERE WILL BE AN INSPECTION LATER ON TO SEE IF THEY WERE DONE.

IF THOSE IF THERE WASN'T THE CLEANUP DONE, THEN THE COUNTY WILL TAKE IT ON ON THEIR BEHALF AND THEN CHARGE THEM BACK ON THE BILL.

BUT THIS IS SIMPLY TO SEND OUT THE NOTICE NOTIFYING THEM YOU TOOK AN ACTION LAST MEETING TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS WERE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY AND NOTICE TO COME TO THIS MEETING SHOULD THEY CHOOSE. WITH NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING . ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

IT'S A VERY EXCITING MATTER.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HEAR LOTS OF THINGS ABOUT IT.

HAND RAISED. WE HAVE MR. BOWEN. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, I JUST HAVE A REAL QUICK QUESTION ON THIS ONE.

I'M A MEMBER OF AN HOA AND I BELIEVE THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN OF THEM IN THE CITY.

THERE ARE ONLY SEEMS TO BE ONE THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR IS PART OF THIS ABATEMENT.

AND I'M KIND OF CURIOUS WHY THAT ONE HOA IS NOT HANDLING IT ON THEIR OWN.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AN ANSWER ABOUT THAT, BUT IT JUST SEEMS ODD THAT ONLY ONE DOES

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. MR. RUSSI, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I KNOW IT'S EXCITING. COME ON, MR. GABALDON, I KNEW YOU COULDN'T PASS UP WEEDS.

SO THIS IS JUST A DUMB QUESTION, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK IT.

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY PROPERTIES LISTED UNDER THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP ON THAT LIST? IF IT'S AN ANNUAL REVIEW.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED? NOTHING. I KNOW IT'S EXCITING.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE IT, SO YOU HAVE YOUR LAST CHANCE.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK AT THE DAIS MR. RUSSI. YES, MR. MAYOR. SO AS TO THE FIRST QUESTION, THERE ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE PRIMARILY LISTED ARE WHAT ARE CALLED UNIMPROVED PROPERTIES.

SO THAT AREA IS UNDEVELOPED AND PER THE COUNTY CODE, THEY WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO BE INSPECTED. SO AS IT RELATES TO THE HOA, I THINK IT'S AN OAK TREE PRESERVE THAT IS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THAT AREA THAT WARRANTS THAT INSPECTION.

AND THEN IF THERE ARE CLEANUP ACTIVITIES THAT MAY BE TAKEN ON ACCORDINGLY.

AS IT AND I DON'T THINK THERE ARE ANY OTHER HOAS THAT HAVE SUCH PROPERTIES THAT FALL WITHIN THEIR AREA.

THAT'S WHY THIS ONE IS UNIQUE AS IT RELATES TO THE CITY PROPERTIES.

WE ALLOW THE COUNTY TO DO IT BECAUSE IT IS MUCH MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO HAVE THEM COME IN AND DO THE INSPECTION AND IF NECESSARY, DO THE WORK.

THEN THEY CHARGE THE CITY BACK AND WE PAY FOR IT.

BUT THIS IS PART OF THAT MECHANISM TO BE PART OF THAT ANNUAL INSPECTION TO CONFIRM THAT IT'S BEING DONE TO THE LEVEL THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE COUNTY CODE.

THANK YOU, MR RUSSI. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? FOR STAFF ON WEEDS.

NO. AND DO YOU NEED A VOTE ON THIS ONE, MR. RUSSI OK, I NEED A MOTION.

DON'T ALL JUMP AT IT. I MOVE TO PASS CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2207.

SECOND. AND I'LL SECOND. VOTE, PLEASE.

OH, YOU WERE JUST WAITING, WEREN'T YOU? EXCITED. THERE WE GO.

WE GOOD? THANK YOU. OTHER MATTERS, AUDITOR'S PRESENTATION MR.

[8. OTHER MATTERS]

YES MR. MAYOR, I'LL TURN IT OVER IN A MINUTE TO THE AUDITING FIRM THAT DID YOUR AUDIT, BUT JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE EVERY YEAR.

AS PART OF THE CLOSING OF OUR BOOKS FROM THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR, THE CITY HAS TO GO THROUGH A SERIES OF AUDIT.

THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE AUDIT THAT IS DONE OF THE ENTIRE BODY OF WORK, I WOULD SAY, OF THE PRIOR YEAR, CONFIRMING THE FUND BALANCES THE ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING ON, PLUS ANY TEST THAT THE AUDITOR FEELS ARE NECESSARY.

AS PART OF THAT, THEY SUBMIT THEIR LETTER TO YOU OR THEIR [INAUDIBLE] REPORT, WHICH YOU ALL HAVE BEFORE YOU.

BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAVE THEM COME AND DO A PRESENTATION SO COUNCIL CAN ASK ANY QUESTIONS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO BRAD.

I THINK YOU WERE GOING TO TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS.

IS THAT CORRECT? OK, THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

NO PROBLEM. IT'S NICE TO BE WITH YOU TONIGHT.

I'M GOING TO GET IT STARTED.

MY NAME IS BRAD WELEBIR.

I'M THE ENGAGEMENT PARTNER ON YOUR AUDIT AND I'M JOINED TODAY WITH MY COLLEAGUE BRIANNA SCHULTZ. SHE'S THE ENGAGEMENT MANAGER FOR THIS AUDIT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO PRESENT TO YOU THE RESULTS OF THAT TO JUST SPOILER ALERT.

EVERYTHING'S GOOD NEWS.

BUT WE WANT TO WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE AUDIT AND THE REPORTS THAT WE WERE PROVIDING AND THEN HAVE ANY DIALOG WITH YOU.

SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THIS YEAR WAS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN THE WAY THAT WE APPROACH THE AUDIT, BEING THAT IT WAS MOSTLY DONE REMOTELY BECAUSE OF THE COVID SITUATION.

BUT THANK YOU TO STAFF WHO ACCOMMODATED THAT AND MADE IT WORK FOR US.

SO LOTS OF SCANNING AND PHONE CALLS, TEAM ZOOM, YOU KNOW, DISCUSSIONS IN THAT REGARD, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETE OUR AUDIT AND GATHER ALL THE EVIDENCE WE NEED TO PRESENT THE OPINIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT, WHICH ARE WHICH ARE ALL GOOD, AS WELL AS DO OUR INTERNAL CONTROL TESTING.

AND OUR AUDIT WAS BROKEN UP INTO TWO PHASES.

SO WE HAD AN INTERIM PHASE IN A YEAR END PHASE.

THE INTERIM, WHICH HAPPENS IN THE SUMMERTIME.

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PART OF THAT PROCESS IS COMMUNICATING WITH OUTSIDE ENTITIES LIKE BANKS FUND, YOU KNOW, TRUSTEES AND YOU AS THE COUNCIL.

WE SENT LETTERS TO EACH OF YOU AS PART OF OUR CUSTOMARY PART OF THE AUDIT TO SOLICIT ANY FEEDBACK. SINCE WE DON'T GET TO SEE YOU FACE TO FACE, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE'RE NOT ON SITE BUT SOLICITING THAT AND SEE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE US TO LOOK AT AND WE USE ALL THAT INFORMATION TO DESIGN OUR INTERNAL CONTROL REVIEW AND ULTIMATELY THE AUDIT PROCEDURES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

THAT INCLUDES COMPLIANCE.

SO WE DO AN AUDIT OF THE NUMBERS, BUT ALSO COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY'S POLICIES.

THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE YOUR PROCUREMENT POLICY, YOUR INVESTMENT POLICY, ANY CERTAIN POLICIES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO FINANCIAL REPORTING, LIKE RECONCILIATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, AGGREGATION OF DATA, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT TO YOU THAT ALL OF THOSE MATTERS THAT WE TESTED ARE ALL IN LINE WITH WHAT YOUR POLICIES ARE.

WE DID NOT NOTICE ANY DEVIATIONS FROM THE POLICY.

WE'LL CAVEAT THAT BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T TEST ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF ALL THE TRANSACTIONS. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION GOING THROUGH THIS CITY ON A DAILY, WEEKLY, ALL YEAR LONG BASIS.

BUT OUR TECHNIQUES ARE DESIGNED TO, YOU KNOW, FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE DEEM AS HIGHER RISK AREAS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HIGHER VALUE TRANSACTIONS OR MORE UNUSUAL.

WE USE DATA ANALYTICS TOOLS TO DIVE DEEP INTO DISBURSEMENTS OF THE CITY TO HELP US IDENTIFY ANY ANOMALIES THAT WE CAN FOLLOW UP WITH.

BUT ALL OF THOSE ITEMS DID NOT YIELD ANYTHING THAT WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU AS LIKE A DEFICIENCY IN INTERNAL CONTROL, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD.

THAT'S THAT'S SAYING THAT YOUR TEAM, EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE TURNOVER, SOMETIMES WITH LIKE NEW PEOPLE COMING AND GOING IN THE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE CONTINUING ON THE CITY'S POLICIES THAT ARE IN PLACE, AND THAT'S A GOOD THING.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH HERE, AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRIANNA TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT.

THANK YOU WE CAN JUST SCROLL FORWARD A SLIDE OR TWO.

I'M JUST GOING TO BRIEFLY GO OVER THE RESPONSIBILITIES.

GO AHEAD. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

OF THE CITY, SO THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IS BEING THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.

MANAGEMENT IS REALLY TO PRESENT THE CITY'S FINANCIAL POSITIONS.

THE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS IN CONFORMITY WITH GAAP GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, ADOPTING AND FOLLOWING SOUND ACCOUNTING POLICIES, PROCEDURES, ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROLS, WHICH BRAD MENTIONED WE DID TEST.

AND THEIR JOB IS TO PREVENT AND DETECT FRAUD.

WE WILL DO. THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE SCOPE OF OUR AUDIT, BUT IT'S OUR AUDIT IS NOT DESIGNED TO FIND FRAUD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

THANK YOU. SO THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE AUDIT FIRM IS TO OBTAIN REASONABLE, NOT ABSOLUTE ASSURANCE THAT THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE FREE OF MATERIAL MISSTATEMENT.

SO AS BRAD MENTIONED, WE'RE EXAMINING ALL OF THESE ITEMS ON A TEST BASIS, NOT LOOKING AT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE TRANSACTIONS BY ANY MEANS, BUT ASSESSING THE ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES USED, REVIEWING THOSE INTERNAL CONTROLS AND ULTIMATELY EXPRESSING AN OPINION ON THOSE STATEMENTS. THANK YOU.

ULTIMATELY, I THINK THE OPINION IS ON PAGES PROBABLY ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, THE ACFR IT NOW GOES BY AND ULTIMATELY THE THE OPINION IS UNMODIFIED. THAT IS THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ASSURANCE THAT AN AUDITOR CAN PROVIDE.

THE ESTIMATES ARE REASONABLE.

DISCLOSURES ARE ALL PROPERLY REFLECTED IN THOSE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

NEXT SLIDE. AGAIN, NO DISAGREEMENTS WITH MANAGEMENT, WE HAD NO MATERIAL ERRORS OR ANY IRREGULARITIES THAT WE DISCOVERED, NO OTHER ACCOUNTING ISSUES.

AND AS WE MENTIONED ALREADY, WE HAD ALL OUR FRAUD COMMUNICATIONS WITH YOU ALL AND WITH MANAGEMENT AND NOTHING ELSE TO NOTE THERE, AND I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, YES. SO WE'D BE HAPPY TO FIELD ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OF US.

COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR AUDITORS.

I ACTUALLY DO. AND YOU SAID YOU DON'T AUDIT ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.

BUT YOU AT RANDOM.

THEY'RE NOT PREDETERMINED THAT THOSE NO, NO. AND OUR BASIS CHANGES EACH YEAR AS WELL.

YEAH. SO THERE'S ALWAYS A SURPRISE.

THAT'S ALWAYS A QUESTION COUNCIL, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS MATTER ON OUR AUDIT ? THOSE ONLINE, IF YOU'D RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE.

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SQUEAKY CLEAN. THAT'S RIGHT.

NO HANDS RAISED. SO I JUST WANT TO ADD ONE A COUPLE OF THINGS.

OH, NOW HERE COMES THE ZINGER.

THIS IS THE ZINGER NOW.

OKAY, THANKS. THANKS TO STAFF MARLA AND HER TEAM, YOU KNOW, BEING NEW THIS YEAR, THE FIRST TIME WE WORKED WITH HER IN THIS CITY.

AND THEY REALLY PUSHED THROUGH DURING THE HOLIDAYS.

WE FINISHED THIS AUDIT RIGHT AT THE END OF THE YEAR DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, AND THEY REALLY WANTED AND WE WANTED TO GET IT DONE BY THEN.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU, MARLA AND TEAM.

THANK YOU. REALLY PUSHING THAT OVER THE OVER THE FINISH LINE TO GET THAT DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. THE CITY HAS A HISTORY OF SUBMITTING YOUR [INAUDIBLE] THE GFOA, WHICH THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION FOR REVIEW OF THE OF THE REPORT AND THEN TO RECEIVE AN AWARD. AND THEY RECEIVED THAT IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

AND WE DO REVIEW OF THAT TO HELP THEM MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET ALL THE CURRENT STANDARDS AND EVERYTHING.

THEY'LL BE SUBMITTING IT AGAIN.

WE FULLY EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD QUALIFY TO RECEIVE THAT.

AND THAT'S A REALLY IT'S A BIG DEAL FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING SIDE BECAUSE IT'S VALIDATION BY AN OUTSIDE SOURCE.

A BIG AGENCY AND THEY HAVE OTHER INDEPENDENT CPAS, USUALLY OUTSIDE THE STATE, REVIEW THOSE TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN CONFORMITY WITH ALL OF THE FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS.

SO IT SHOWS A LEVEL OF EXCELLENCE THAT THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO IN FINANCIAL REPORTING AND TRANSPARENCY TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

CONGRATULATIONS. SO THE GOLD MEDAL, BASICALLY.

I LOVE THAT. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE COME TO THE DAIS.

DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION ON THIS OR THANK YOU. SO YOU DON'T NEED TO REALLY TAKE AN ACTION ON IT.

IT WAS MORE JUST FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES, BUT IF I CAN, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO COMPLIMENT MARLA, AS WELL AS MARK ALVARADO AS WELL AS CHRISTY LOPEZ AS COUNCIL IS AWARE WE WENT THROUGH THE TRANSITION FROM AN INTERIM DIRECTOR TO A FULL TIME DIRECTOR RIGHT IN THE MIDST OF THIS. AND SO IT WAS CHALLENGING, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK AND HELPING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, GUYS FOR A GREAT JOB DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND COVID AND EVERYTHING ELSE, IT WASN'T THAT EASY.

SO ADD THAT TO THE TOP OF THE MIX.

BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. WE DO APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LET'S SEE.

OK. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, OH, WAIT, JUST KIDDING.

SHE WAS COMPLAINING OF BEING LAST.

IT'S LIKE, I'M JUST GOING TO PASS HER BY.

ITEM B AMERICAN RECOVERY PLAN ACT MR. RUSSI. YES, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU.

I AM PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU THE FIRST OFFICIAL USE OF THE ARPA MONEY I KNOW BACK IN DECEMBER, WE OUTLINED BROADLY SOME IDEAS OF HOW STAFF PROPOSED WE COULD MAKE USE OF THE MONEY. AND AS I SAID BACK THEN, WE WOULD BRING BACK THE SPECIFICS OF PROGRAMS AS WE WERE REFINING THEM.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE BRINGING BACK, AND I THINK IT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE ONE TO HAVE PRIORITIZED THAT WAY.

AND THAT IS BASICALLY A BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WILL PROVIDE UP TO $10000 TO AN ELIGIBLE BUSINESS THAT HAS SUFFERED SOME EFFECTS, WHETHER IT BE REVENUE LOSS EXPENSES OR ANYTHING THAT FALLS IN A VERY BROAD CATEGORY THAT THEY CAN JUSTIFY A NEED FOR. WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO MAKE THIS THESE FUNDS AVAILABLE, AND WE'RE VERY I AM PLEASED THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH YOU WILL BE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS WELL AS THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO DO THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE OF THIS.

AS I REPORTED BACK IN DECEMBER, WE WERE TALKING TO SOME COMMUNITY BANKS ABOUT BEING THAT LENDER FOR US AND DOING THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS FOR A FEE.

BUT ONCE LEAH HAD SAT DOWN AND LOOKED AT WHAT THE REQUIREMENT WAS GOING TO BE, SHE CAME BACK AND SAID, I'D RATHER SEE MORE THAT MONEY BE ABLE TO BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE BUSINESSES, THEN TO BE PUT INTO AN ADMINISTRATIVE ARM OF AN OUTSIDE ENTITY.

SO SHE AND SEAN CAME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL WHICH IS AS LISTED IN HERE AS THEM DOING THE FULL ADMINISTRATIVE LIFT, EVERYTHING FROM THE ADVERTISING TO PROCESSING THE APPLICATIONS TO HELPING TO FACILITATE THE BUSINESSES TO FILL THEM OUT AND THEN DOING THE MONITORING AFTERWARDS. THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY WOULD BE TO CONFIRM THAT THE APPLICATIONS MEET WITH THE CRITERIA THAT ARE OUTLINED AND THEN TO ACTUALLY ISSUE THE CHECKS AND THEN THE FOLLOW UP. IF WE HAVE REPORTING BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACK OUT IN 2026X OR WHATEVER THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S REALLY THOSE TWO ENTITIES THAT ARE

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I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE CRITERIA THAT'S LISTED HERE, BUT ESSENTIALLY EVERY BUSINESS THAT HAD ONE HAS ONE TO TWENTY FIVE EMPLOYEES OUTSIDE OF REAL ESTATE RELATED BUSINESSES OR SO ANYTHING WITH A LANDLORD ATTACHED TO IT OR SHORT TERM RENTALS WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE. BUT IF IT'S A BRICKS AND MORTAR BUSINESS, THEY THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY.

THEY MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED EITHER A MANDATORY SHUTDOWN OR HAD SOME SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES IN THEIR BUSINESS OPERATION.

I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE A HIGH HURDLE TO GET OVER TO JUSTIFY THAT. IF THEY, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, WE DID HAVE A PROGRAM THAT WE PUT TOGETHER THROUGH CDBG IN 2020, EARLY ON IN COVID, IF THEY WERE A RECIPIENT OF THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO HAVE COMPLETED THAT APPLICATION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT WILL BE A CONDITION OF THIS.

THE EXPENSES, IF THEY'RE TO DO REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR REVENUES LOST, THEY HAVE TO SHOW THE JUSTIFICATION EITHER FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2020 OR 2021 AS WE WERE AS THE DIFFERENCE TO 2019.

ADDITIONALLY, IF IT WERE EXPENSES, IT CAN BE EXPENSES THAT THEY'VE ALREADY INCURRED OR EXPENSES THAT THEY ANTICIPATE TO INCUR AS A WAY TO MITIGATE AS THEY MOVED OUT OF COVID.

THE ONLY STRING ATTACHED ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THAT IF THE BUSINESS HAD BEEN REIMBURSED UNDER ANOTHER GOVERNMENT PROGRAM, WHETHER IT BE UNDER OUR COVID PROGRAM, UNDER THE CARES ACT OR SOME OTHER ASPECT, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DOUBLE DIP ON IT BECAUSE THEY ALREADY TECHNICALLY RECEIVE THAT. BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY OUT THERE, AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LEAH TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE PUT ON THIS STILL OPENED ENOUGH FOR OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO COME IN AND RECEIVE THIS FUNDING.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PUT THIS OUT THERE.

I WILL SAY THAT WE DIDN'T GET THE SUCCESS RATE THAT WE HOPED FOR UNDER THE CDBG PROGRAM.

I THINK WE CAN RECOGNIZE THAT.

BUT I THINK THE DISTINCTION THERE WAS THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AND BECAUSE IT WAS UNDER CDBG, WE WERE VERY LIMITED IN HOW WE COULD JUSTIFY MAKING THAT MONEY AVAILABLE, AND IT ESSENTIALLY HAD TO FALL WITHIN A PAYROLL REPLACEMENT OR HOLDING ON TO EMPLOYEES.

THIS DOESN'T HAVE THAT CRITERIA ATTACHED TO IT.

SO IT REALLY AND THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ARE MUCH LESS OF A LIFT.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESSES TO REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND COME AND REALLY GET THIS MONEY THAT'S BEING MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL STOP AND I.

I KNOW THAT SEAN AND LEAH, I'D LIKE THEM TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE OUTREACH EFFORT, SO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES DO BECOME AWARE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE KEY TO ITS SUCCESS. COME ON UP.

GOOD EVENING, BOTH OF YOU. GOOD EVENING.

OUR OUTREACH PROGRAM IS RELIANT PRETTY HEAVILY ON ELECTRONIC, SO VIA EMAIL SOCIAL MEDIA AS WE UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PRINT OPPORTUNITIES IN LA VERNE, WE WILL BE DOING A DIRECT POST CARD MAIL OUT TO EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS IN LA VERNE.

ONE OF THE CRITERIA I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT IS THAT BUSINESSES THAT WERE ESTABLISHED AFTER FEBRUARY 19, WHICH ALL OTHER FUNDING RESOURCES BUSINESSES WERE NOT INCLUDED, SO ALL OF THOSE BRAND NEW BUSINESSES WERE UNABLE TO GET ANY FUNDING PRIOR TO THIS.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A LOT OF THOSE FIRST-YEAR BUSINESSES ARE ABLE TO GET THE SUPPORT. SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A BIG DEAL.

THOSE FIRST YEAR BUSINESSES THAT NEEDED THE MOST SUPPORT WILL NOW BE ABLE TO GET IT.

SO WE DO HAVE A SPECIFIC LIST THAT IS TARGETING THOSE BUSINESS THAT'S ALREADY BEEN GIVEN TO BY THE CITY. AND WE'LL BE DOING WORKSHOPS AND WEBINARS ON THE APPLICATION PROCESS, LEAH AND I'VE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD AND STUDYING THE PROGRAM OTHERS THAT HAVE DONE SIMILAR PROGRAMS TO MAKE IT SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE TO APPLY AND FOR THE ADMINISTRATION CHECKING. MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CRITERIA IS MET.

BUT WHAT I'M MOST EXCITED ABOUT THIS IS THE PARTNERSHIP.

I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK.

WE HAVE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP HERE WITH THE CITY, THE UNIVERSITY, THE CHAMBER AND THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER THAT I THINK WILL GROW AND FOSTER BEYOND THIS PROGRAM, TO BE QUITE HONEST, BUT PUT A LOT OF LEGWORK IN, YOU KNOW, A PROBLEM WILL DEFINE THIS HALF SOLVED, AND I THINK WE HAVE PRETTY MUCH DEFINED THAT PROBLEM.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE A LOT OF MONEY GO TO THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL.

ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE? I HAVE A QUESTION. MR. RUSSI I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT EXPENSES THAT WERE COVERED THROUGH ANY OTHER PROGRAMS WOULD BE EXCLUDED OR WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COUNT TWICE.

BUT IS THERE ANY ORDER OF PRECEDENCE THAT BUSINESSES HAVE TO BE AWARE OF?

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IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO ANY OTHER RESOURCE, THAT'S FINE.

OK, SO THEIR. WE WANT AS MANY APPLICATIONS TO COME IN AS POSSIBLE.

GOOD BECAUSE I KNOW SOME OF THE HOLD UP PREVIOUSLY, AS YOU MENTIONED, WAS THE DIFFICULTY IN SOME OF THE COMPLIANCE COMPONENTS OR HOW YOU MEET THOSE CRITERIA.

SO I'M EXCITED TO HEAR THAT THIS IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO BOLSTER THEIR BUSINESSES, ESPECIALLY IN THIS TIME, HOPEFULLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.

SO THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER.

YES. YEAH. I TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT TO ALSO IS I WORRY ABOUT WHEN YOU SAID THAT IT WASN'T AS SUCCESSFUL BEFORE, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GIVE OUT THE MONIES.

BUT I KIND OF FEEL THAT WE DID NOT MAYBE HAVE A GOOD WAY TO REACH OUT TO ENOUGH BUSINESSES. BUT WHAT I WAS WONDERING WITH THIS IT'S NOT ONLY CHAMBER MEMBERS, RIGHT, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO, IT'S ALL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY? CORRECT. OK, GOOD. AND THERE'S SOME BUSINESSES THAT JUST DON'T DO SOCIAL MEDIA.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL, SMALL BUSINESSES AND TO BE FRANK, I'M GOING TO SAY THE DAIRY ON WHITE AVENUE. THEY ARE REALLY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW WITH THE GOLD LINE CONSTRUCTION GOING ON THAT WE I REALLY WOULD LIKE FOR SOMEONE TO REACH OUT TO THEM PERSONALLY.

I WAS TALKING TO THE OWNER ABOUT WHAT WE WERE MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS.

SO HE SAID, OK, JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO.

SO I'M WILLING TO HELP TO ALL OF US, WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM US.

OK. SO DEFINITELY BE ASKING YOU TO POST ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

OK, AND THOSE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NOT LOOKING ARE NOT ELECTRONICALLY SAVVY.

WE'LL BE GETTING A DIRECT MAIL POST CARD BUSINESS IN THE CITY WILL RECEIVE A POSTCARD WITH THE INFORMATION. OK, THANK YOU.

I HAVE A QUESTION. MR. RUSSI YOU SAID. IT MAYBE I HEARD WRONG, TOO, SO THAT THEY HAD TO FILE BEFORE WITH THE CBGD PRIOR OR DO THEY NOT HAVE TO? NO, THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO FILE, BUT IF THEY DID AND THEY HAVE AN OUTSTANDING APPLICATION, WE'RE A LITTLE CHALLENGED WITH GETTING THE REPORTING PIECE DONE.

SO WE WANT THAT.

IF THEY HAVE THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLETE THAT APPLICATION BEFORE THEY RECEIVE THESE FUNDS. SO IT WOULD BE A CONDITION.

AND I UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE DOUBLE DIPPING YOU CAN'T GET IF YOU HAD ONE.

BUT WHAT IF THIS FUNDS WERE MORE THAN MAYBE THEY RECEIVED FROM THE PRIOR ONE? WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE? THEY'D BE ABLE TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

SO IF THEY LET'S SAY THEIR LOSS OF REVENUE WAS $30000 AND THEY ONLY GOT 20.

THEY COULD JUSTIFY THE OTHER 10 BEING PICKED UP IN THIS.

SO BECAUSE THEY TECHNICALLY DIDN'T GET THAT EXTRA AMOUNT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT SO PEOPLE KNEW, EVEN IF THEY DID GET SOMETHING, IF IT WAS STILL MORE OF A LOSS THAN THEY COULD STILL TRY TO APPLY FOR [INAUDIBLE].

AND THEN CAN I JUST ASK A CLARIFICATION QUESTION? I WANTED TO BE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY AS WELL.

IT'S FOR LOSSES IN REVENUE, BUT ALSO, CAN THEY RECOVER? SO AN EXAMPLE I'M THINKING IS IF IF A RESTAURANT INVESTED IN HEATERS, YOU KNOW, THAT EXPENSE WOULD COUNT. IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT.

AND SO THAT THEY COULD SUBMIT THAT AS REIMBURSEMENT.

OR TO SO THE EASY PATH IS A LOSS OF REVENUE, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO EXPENSES, SO IT DOESN'T TAKE ONE TO QUALIFY FOR THE OTHER.

IT'S JUST TWO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND YOU CAN DO A BLENDED APPLICATION.

SO IF YOU HAD $5000 IN LOSS AND $5000 IN EXPENDITURES, THAT'S FINE TOO.

OK, GREAT. DO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU, GUYS VERY MUCH. YOU MIGHT HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS HERE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. I'D LIKE TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.

MR. GABALDON. THANK YOU.

FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THE PROGRAM.

HUGE IN SMALL BUSINESS KIND OF MY THING, AND I DID NOTICE THAT I READ THROUGH IT THAT SOME OF THE WORDS USED OVERWHELMING DEMAND IS EXPECTED FOR THIS.

SO CONSIDERING SOME OF THE ISSUES WITH THE FIRST PROGRAM, I AM EXCITED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE OVERWHELMING WILL BE ACHIEVED AND POTENTIALLY HOW IT IS THAT THE GRANT MONEY CAN BE REDUCED POTENTIALLY TO REACH TO MORE BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THE CHAMBER. I THINK YOU LIST NEARLY A THOUSAND BUSINESSES IN LA VERNE THAT ARE IN THE CHAMBER'S LISTING, SO THAT TELLS ME THAT WE'RE ONLY GOING TO REACH POTENTIALLY 10 PERCENT OF THOSE BUSINESSES AT $10000 GRANTS, SO $5000 GOES TO 20 PERCENT.

SO I THINK TO BE MORE INCLUSIVE AND TO ENSURE THAT EVERYBODY HAS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY, I THINK THAT AMOUNT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN POTENTIALLY PHASES WHERE MAYBE THERE'S A FIRST GRANT OPPORTUNITY FOR 5000.

SEE HOW IT GOES, HOW MUCH MONEY LEFT OVER IN THE PIGGY BANK AND THEN BASED ON NEED THAT

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ADDITIONALLY, THE USE OF REVENUE IS A IT'S MISLEADING.

I THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE BASED ON ACTUAL IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS RELATIVE TO THEIR PROFITABILITY. SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

SOMEBODY LOSES $10000 IN REVENUE DOESN'T MEAN THEY LOST $10000.

SO I THINK BASED ON THE NEED AND THE TRUE PURPOSE AND SPIRIT OF THIS OPPORTUNITY, THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. ADDITIONALLY, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS LANGUAGE IN THERE ABOUT IT'S GOING TO BE ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.

I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THAT NOT TO BE YOUR APPROACH, THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER AN APPLICATION PERIOD WINDOW THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO APPLY WITH SUFFICIENT TIME UNDER THIS NOTICE THAT YOU GET AS MANY IN THE IN THE BUCKET AS YOU CAN LOOK AT AND THEN CONSIDER THE WEIGHT OF THAT, THE OVERALL COMMUNITY OF BUSINESSES AND MAKE SURE THE MONEY GOES TO THE BEST PLACES. AND THEN AS IT RELATES TO DOUBLE DIPPING.

QUESTION IS, DOES THIS APPLY TO PPP MONEY UNDER FIRST OR SECOND DRAWS UNDER THE CARES ACT? SO IF THAT'S MONEY THAT THEY RECEIVE, THEY CAN'T GET PART OF THIS.

I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFICATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? THOSE ONLINE PLEASE USE THE RAISE YOUR HAND FEATURE.

KICKING SOMETHING UNDERNEATH HERE.

NO [INAUDIBLE].

IF THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL BRING IT BACK OVER THE DAIS.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS.

I MAY JUST ANSWER THE ONE QUESTION COURSE. BUT YES, IF THEY RECEIVED A PPP AND IT WAS FOR ANY OF THESE EXPENDITURES OR REVENUE LOSS, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE THOSE SAME DOESN'T MEAN THEY CAN'T APPLY FOR UNDER OTHER CATEGORIES, BUT WHATEVER THEY USE THOSE FUNDS TO MITIGATE, THEY COULDN'T USE THESE FUNDS.

WHAT IF THEY SPEND MORE OF PPP THAN THEY ACTUALLY RECEIVE.

RIGHT. THEY COULD AS WELL. YES.

SO GETTING MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THROUGH ARPA AND THEN DOLING IT OUT TO COMPANIES THAT ARE STRUGGLING IS NOT AN EASY PROCESS.

AND THE CHALLENGE OF CHOOSING WINNERS AND LOSERS IS ALSO A VERY DIFFICULT PROCESS.

IN SO DOING, I THINK WE'VE MET A REASONABLE BALANCE HERE WITH ATTRACTIVENESS BECAUSE IF WE IF WE HAVE IF OUR GRANTS ARE TOO SMALL AND WE FOUND THIS WITH THE CDBG FUNDING THAT IF THE GRANTS WERE TOO SMALL, COMPANIES DIDN'T EVEN SHOW UP FOR IT BECAUSE IT WASN'T WORTH THE PERCEIVED VALUE, DIDN'T MEET THEIR INTERNAL BURDEN OF THE EFFORT THAT IT WAS GOING TO TAKE. SO. SO I'M HAPPY WITH THE VALUE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING HERE AND I'M A BIT TORN ON THE ON THE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED VERSUS A TOTAL EVALUATION.

HOWEVER, I THINK THAT THAT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SHOW UP IS OFTEN A GOOD THING.

AND SO I THINK IF WE CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD BY SAYING, IF YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE, THEN YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE TO BE CONSIDERED.

RATHER THAN SAYING IF YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE IN LINE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT THE LONGEST TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO GET ANYTHING.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVE FORWARD.

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE THE ONE AND ONLY TIME WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I THINK WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE, AND I'M THRILLED THAT WE HAVE LOCAL PEOPLE RUNNING IT, RATHER THAN HAVING TO HOPE THAT PEOPLE FROM A FAR DISTANCE [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE I LIKE TO SEE OUR COMMUNITY HELP ITSELF.

I'M INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM TO SEE IF IT IF IT ISN'T TRULY AN OVERWHELMINGLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.

I'D LIKE TO CONSIDER WHAT I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE CHALLENGE OF FIGURING OUT WHAT WE DO NEXT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.

I THINK IT'S GREAT. I REALLY DO.

BECAUSE THIS LAST ROUND, EVEN THOUGH THE CDBG MONEY WAS TOUGH BECAUSE OF THE FACT THE CRITERIA, WE HAD A HECK OF A TIME BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION. ME BEING A SMALL BUSINESS, I DID GO THROUGH THE PPP AND ALL THE DIFFERENT. IT'S EVERY PERSONAL INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE AND YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY GIVE IT UP IS NOTHING IS NOTHING SACRED.

SO BUT I THINK THAT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

I LIKE HOW FLUID IT IS.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A PLUG AND PLAY.

AND THE CRITERIA IS GOING TO BE EASILY MATCHED.

LIKE I SAY, THE CDBG, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO GO TO A SECOND AND GIVE A SECOND ROUND.

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I DO MR. GABALDON BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT, THOUGH THE $10000.

I HAD HAD A CONVERSATION EARLIER TODAY WITH CITY MANAGER RUSSI REGARDING MAYBE A MORE OF AMOUNT, BUT THE $10000 AMOUNT.

HOW WAS THAT BROUGHT UP? JUST THE $10000 AMOUNT, JUST AS A DISCUSSION AND HOW WE PUT THAT IN, BECAUSE IT IS A GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A SMALL BUSINESS TO KICK START IT OR TO PAY BACK FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAD. WE LOOK AT WHEN I WAS TALKING TO THE CHAMBER AS FAR AS WHAT WOULD BE A REASONABLE AMOUNT, WAS THIS GOING TO BE ENOUGH TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR A SMALL BUSINESS OR A MAJORITY OF SMALL BUSINESSES? GRANTED, THEY HAVE TO JUSTIFY WHAT IT IS THAT THEY EITHER LOST OR EXPENDED TO GET UP TO THAT AMOUNT. AND WE BELIEVE THIS WAS A GOOD NUMBER.

IT WAS ENABLED US TO BENEFIT AT LEAST 100 BUSINESSES, IF NOT MORE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE GRANT AMOUNTS ARE.

SO WE FELT THAT WAS A GOOD START TO GO SOME COMMUNITIES ARE GOING TO TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND.

WE FELT THAT WAS TOO LARGE OF A PUSH AND HELP FRANKLY LESS BUSINESSES.

SO THIS WAS KIND OF THAT MIDDLE GROUND AND MADE IT A VALUE THAT WAS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN A BUSINESS'S ABILITY TO CONTINUE OPERATING.

SO BASICALLY, YOU THINK THAT THE $10000 AMOUNT WILL BE THAT MAGIC NUMBER WHERE PEOPLE SAY, HEY, THIS, THE $5000 IS GOOD.

$10000 IS A LOT BETTER FOR A SMALL BUSINESS.

SO I GUESS THAT WOULD BE THE TAKE ON THAT ONE.

ALSO, I DO HAVE A CONCERN AND MR. DAVIS TALKED ABOUT IT AND MR. GABALDON REGARDING THE PROCESS OF HOW YOU SCREEN THESE APPLICANTS.

I THINK IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S A VERY GOOD POINT BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXTREMELY STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW THAT MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT NEED THAN OTHERS.

AND I, YOU KNOW, IF THEY PUT THIS WHOLE THING LIKE THE OPENING PERIOD YOU PUT IN, THERE'S 200 APPLICATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO SIFT THROUGH THOSE APPLICATIONS AND LOOK AT THE NEED AND THE ONE, IS THAT CORRECT OR IS IT JUST? OK. SO WE'LL TAKE THE FIRST HUNDRED WILL GET THE FIRST CONSIDER IF THEY ALL GET ACCEPTED AND APPROVED AND THEY'RE ALL $10000, THEN IT WILL BE THE FIRST HUNDRED.

BUT IF NOT, THEN THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR SOME AMOUNT OF MONEY UNTIL WE USE UP THE MILLION DOLLARS IN THAT WAY.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE FAST PERSONALLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO DOUBLE CHECK THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE ARE DEFINITELY WARRANTED OF IT AND YOU'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER ONE ANYWAY BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF A LOT OF APPLICATIONS, YOU KNOW? SO I THINK IT'S GREAT AND I LIKE THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN ULV AND LEAH.

YOU DO AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT AND ULV DOES A FANTASTIC JOB, TOO. SO THIS PARTNERSHIP NOT ONLY DOES IT SAVE US MONEY, BUT WE'RE PUTTING MONEY BACK IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS EVEN BETTER.

SO I REALLY LIKE THAT.

SO I THINK THERE'S REALLY NOTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT THIS.

AND I THINK AS WE GO, IF OTHER SOURCES OF MONEY COME UP, WE CAN SPUR THIS AGAIN DOWN THE ROAD. AND HOPEFULLY THIS GETS USED UP REAL FAST.

AND WE JUST KEEP GOING BECAUSE THE PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY IS HAND IN HAND, ESPECIALLY DURING THE PANDEMIC, WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT OUR BUSINESSES SURVIVED. AS YOU KNOW, WE WORKED, ALL OF US WORKED HARD.

COUNCIL CITY, ALL OF YOU GUYS WORK REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T LOSE MANY BUSINESSES, BUT THERE ARE SOME STILL THAT ARE STRUGGLING THAT WE NEED SOME HELP AND THIS WILL REALLY DEFINITELY GIVE THEM THAT HELP.

SO THANK YOU.

YES, I HAVE ANOTHER.

GO AHEAD. I LIKE JOE'S IDEA ABOUT HAVING IT SO THAT WE HAVE A TIME FRAME APPLICATION PERIOD THAT THEY APPLY FOR.

I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA OF IT BEING A RACE.

GEEZ, I WAS TOO BUSY WITH MY WORK.

I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET THE APPLICATION IN WITHIN THAT FIRST TIME PERIOD.

BUT IF WE HAVE AN APPLICATION PERIOD, THEY KNOW THEY HAVE, SAY, TWO WEEKS, LET'S SAY, AND THAT THEY HAVE TO GET ALL THEIR PAPERWORK TOGETHER, GET EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

THEY COULD BE ON VACATION, THEY COULD HAVE OTHER OBLIGATIONS, FAMILY OBLIGATIONS.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHY DID WE PROPOSE DOING JUST FIRST COME FIRST SERVE? OR CAN IT BE SUCCESSFULLY CHANGED SO THAT WE COULD MAKE A OPEN PERIOD AND HAVE AN APPLICATION TIMEFRAME? I LEAH'S SHAKING HER HEAD.

DEFINE THE CRITERIA ROBIN? CRITERIA FOR WHAT? FOR EVALUATING THE THE REQUESTS.

THAT'S THE CHALLENGE, THE CHALLENGE IS TO DEFINE THE CRITERIA FOR REVIEWING THE HUNDRED OR MORE CONTRACTS TO SEE WHICH ONE'S MOST WORTHY.

WELL, SHE'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE TIME, WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME, WHERE'S THAT WINDOW? YOU'RE GOING TO SAY YOU'RE IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US TO ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING THE MOST TO GET THERE FAST AND START PUTTING THEIR PACKAGE TOGETHER.

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AND BECAUSE OF THAT RESEARCH AND GOING OUT AND SEEING WHAT OTHER CITIES AND OTHER ENTITIES HAVE DONE IS WHAT SHE BROUGHT TO HERE FOR US TODAY AS WELL.

THEY'VE DONE THEIR HOMEWORK, SEAN, AND YOUR THIS IS YOUR BAG, TOO.

SO I MEAN, YOU'RE TOTALLY INVESTED IN THIS WITH WHAT YOUR POSITION IS AT THE UNIVERSITY, SO WE'LL MONITOR IT CLOSELY, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS MONEY OUT TO OUR BUSINESSES THAT NEED IT.

WITH THAT. MR. RUSSI, [INAUDIBLE] YOU PUSH THAT BUTTON.

THERE WE GO. WOW.

UNLESS THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS, I WILL TAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON THE FOUR LISTED ACTIONS THAT ARE HERE. WE CAN DO IT ALL AT ONCE, RIGHT? OK, SO I MOVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS APPROVE THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AS OUTLINED IN THE ATTACHED AND AUTHORIZE STAFF TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM TO BE COORDINATED JOINTLY BY THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SPDC, AND AUTHORIZE THE USE OF 1.07 MILLION DOLLARS OF THE CITY'S ARPA ALLOCATION TO FUND THE GRANTS AND COSTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE PROGRAM, AND AUTHORIZE THE FINANCE DIRECTOR TO ISSUE GRANTS TO BUSINESSES AS APPROVED UNDER THE CRITERIA. I WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR SCHERER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TOO.

THIS IS PART OF THEIR DEAL AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS.

I KNOW CANDACE BOWCOCK'S BEEN DOING IT ALSO, AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A BANG UP JOB.

A LOT OF WORK. I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF STUFF, BUT WE'VE GOT GREAT PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THAT VOTE, PLEASE.

OH, DON'T SAY THAT.

WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, AND I ALSO WANT TO JOIN YOU IN YOUR COMMENTS BECAUSE BECAUSE WHILE WE FOCUSED ON FINANCE AND THESE TWO WONDERFUL PEOPLE, IT DOES TAKE AN ENTIRE CITY OPERATION TO MAKE ALL THIS WORK. SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY, THOSE IN THE ROOM AND THOSE WHO HELP SUPPORT THOSE IN THE ROOM AND IN HELPING TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM AN OUTSTANDING SUCCESS, I HOPE FOR THE BEST. AND IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN IF WE DIDN'T HAVE A SUCCESSFUL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS, WE

[9. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

MY COMMENT IS IN REGARDS TO MR. CROSBY'S COMMENTS AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE HE STATED HE WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND THE RALLY, THE RESIDENTS HAD TO PROTEST THE CAMPS AFTER [INAUDIBLE] PAGE TO BE USED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING OF VIOLENT YOUTH OFFENDERS BECAUSE HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE EVENT UNTIL THE TIME OF AND HE HAD A FAMILY EVENT OF HIS OWN HE WAS ATTENDING.

THERE ARE NUMEROUS ISSUES I HAVE WITH THIS.

NUMBER ONE, AS THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, ISN'T HE PRIVY TO THE INFORMATION OF THE HAPPENINGS IN THE CITY? NUMBER TWO, DOESN'T HE FOLLOW MAYOR HEPBURN'S MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR AS MAYOR HEPBURN POSTED A QUICK VIDEO ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON ANNOUNCING THE RALLY AND ENCOURAGING THE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE.

NUMBER THREE, HE STATED HE HAD A FAMILY EVENT HE WAS ATTENDING AS A COUNCIL MEMBER YOU ACCEPTED THIS POSITION.

KNOWING SACRIFICES WOULD HAVE TO BE MADE.

EVERYONE THAT ATTENDED PROBABLY HAD OTHER THINGS THEY WOULD RATHER HAVE BEEN DOING, BUT THEY THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT ENOUGH OF AN ISSUE TO MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO SHOW THEIR SOLIDARITY IN PROTECTING THEIR FAMILIES BY PROTESTING THIS.

BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I HAVE IS HE SAID HE WASN'T AWARE OF THE EVENT UNTIL THE TIME OF . HOW MANY RESIDENTS EXPERIENCED THIS SAME SITUATION WHEN THE CITY DECIDED TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA AS THEIR WAY OF NOTIFYING RESIDENTS OF SOMETHING OF GREAT IMPORTANCE, SUCH AS DISTRICT VOTING.

SOCIAL MEDIA IS A TOOL UTILIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH OTHER MEANS.

IT IS NOT MEANT TO REPLACE IT AS AN ALTERNATIVE.

YOU JUST HAD LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ULV TALK ABOUT THEY'RE GOING TO SEND OUT POSTCARDS TO EVERY SINGLE BUSINESS IN THE CITY.

WHY COULDN'T THE CITY DO THE SAME FOR DISTRICT VOTING? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND YET NOBODY WAS NOTIFIED, EXCEPT THROUGH MEDIA, TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM.

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GOING FORWARD, YOU MUST DO BETTER.

THE RESIDENTS ARE TIRED OF THE CLAIMS OF TRANSPARENCY.

IT'S JUST A CONVENIENT CAMPAIGN SLOGAN TO HELP GET YOU ELECTED.

WE HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE FAILURE TO PROPERLY NOTIFY THE RESIDENTS ABOUT ISSUES THAT TRULY MATTER, AND THE ELECTIONS ARE SOON UPON US AND THESE PEOPLE WILL BE HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. GABALDON. JUST REAL QUICKLY WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS, BOB, AND THE FINANCE TEAM FOR THE OUTCOME OF THE AUDIT.

I KNOW IT'S A BIG DEAL AND THERE'S A LOT OF WORK AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS WERE UP AGAINST A LOT OF STUFF AND TRYING TO DO THAT THROUGH SCANNING AND STUFF IS A NIGHTMARE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT OUTCOME.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ERIC AND HIS TEAM, CANDICE IN PARTICULAR FOR A LOT OF THE HELP THAT SHE'S PROVIDED ME PERSONALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH A OPPORTUNITY THAT I'M TRYING TO OVERCOME IN THE CITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR HER HELPING THE REST TEAMS HELP.

AS IT RELATES TO SOMETHING THAT I CAME TO LEARN IN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT MEETING ABOUT THREE WEEKS AGO, A MONTH AGO, WHAT HAVE YOU.

I WAS LISTENING TO THEM DISCUSS WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT RELATIVE TO USAGE OF THE PARKING ON D STREET AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME OF THE BUSINESSES TO EXTEND OUT INTO THE PARKING PATIOS.

AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT.

THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK FOR EVERY WAY TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES, IN PARTICULAR THE OLD TOWN. THAT HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE ANCHOR OUR COMMUNITY AROUND.

IT'S PART OF THE FABRIC.

THAT SAID, I HAVE NOT SEEN HOW THAT WAS APPROVED FOR CAFE WANG IN PARTICULAR, NOT TO CALL THEM OUT, BUT JUST AS WHERE WAS THAT APPROVED FOR THAT PATIO, FOR THE TWO YEAR PURPOSE WITH THE MINIMUM USAGE FOR TWO YEARS? MY CONCERN WITH THAT IS THAT THE CITY SHOULD DEVELOP A POLICY THAT SAYS WHAT IT IS WE'RE GOING TO BE WILLING TO DO FOR WHATEVER PERIOD OF TIME WE'RE WILLING TO DO IT SO THAT WE DO NOT HAVE A CYCLE OF BUSINESSES THAT COME INTO THE EQUATION AT SOME POINT THAT SAY, HEY, THEY GOT IT.

NOW I WANT MY TWO YEARS NOW I WANT MY TWO YEARS, POTENTIALLY INTO THE TWO YEARS.

SOMEBODY COMES AT THE END AND WE'RE SITTING WITH THESE PATIOS, TAKING UP THE VALUABLE SPACES THAT THE CITY KNOWS ARE ALREADY AT A PREMIUM AND CAN'T CONTROL THE USAGE BASED ON EITHER THE EMPLOYEES, THE SCHOOL, WHATEVER.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A HAPHAZARD WAY OF DOING BUSINESS IN THAT AREA. SO I WOULD CONSIDER I WOULD ASK YOU TO CONSIDER DEVELOPING A GOOD POLICY THAT'S FAIR TO EVERYBODY THAT PROVIDES A TIMELINE FOR WHAT IT IS THAT THEY CAN START AND STOP WITH THAT PROGRAM. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? SHERRY, WE HAVE A RAISED HAND.

MR. BOWEN. YES, GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON [INAUDIBLE]'S OBSERVATION.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR GOING ON THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AND FOR ANY COUNCIL MEMBER IN A CITY OUR SIZE TO SAY THEY WERE UNAWARE OF AN EVENT LIKE THIS IS QUITE FRANKLY AMAZING TO ME.

I WAS IN TEXAS AND I KNEW ABOUT IT FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.

BUT APPARENTLY FOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE WERE UNAWARE THAT ON THE MAIN DRAG, THE CORNER OF FOOTHILL AND D STREET, THERE WAS HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED WITH A FEW DAYS NOTICE AND AT LEAST THREE OR FOUR OF THE COUNCIL PEOPLE CLAIMED THEY DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS.

WOW, IT'S REALLY A SHAME BECAUSE IT JUST SHOWS HOW DISCONNECTED SOME OF YOU ARE WITH THIS CITY. AND AGAIN, I SUPPORT [INAUDIBLE] AND WE NEED A NEW COUNCIL.

WE NEED PEOPLE THAT CARE ABOUT THIS CITY AND WILL LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS, NOT THEIR OWN POINT OF VIEW. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT IN THE AUDIENCE.

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DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? I DON'T KNOW, ERIC IS ANYTHING TO ANSWER.

I'M SORRY. OTHERWISE, I DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM ON THE SPOT.

I CAN CERTAINLY HAVE HIM CONNECT WITH JOE AFTERWARDS.

AND BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A PROCESS, IT'S NOT A STRUCTURED POLICY, BUT WE DID HAVE A PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, SURE.

SO THE PATIO WAS APPROVED TECHNICALLY BY AN ENCROACHMENT PERMIT THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND THAT PERMITS ONLY GOOD UNTIL THE ANNUAL INSURANCE POLICY THAT'S PROVIDED EXPIRES. SO IT REALLY IT'S AN ANNUAL PERMIT BY A YEAR BY YEAR, THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD BE SUPPORTIVE OF A TWO YEAR PERIOD FOR A MORE PERMANENT PATIO THAT THE BUSINESS OWNER IS WORKING WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO DESIGN AND GET PERMITS FOR TO BUILD OUT A MORE PERMANENT TYPE LOOKING FACILITY LIKE YOU SEE IN SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

BUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL STILL HAVE TO GRANTED ENCROACHMENT PERMIT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, BASICALLY FOR THAT TO CONTINUE.

SO AT ANY POINT, WE FEEL THAT IT'S NO LONGER SUPPORTED TO ALLOW BUSINESSES.

BY THE WAY, NO OTHER BUSINESSES HAVE EXPRESSED ANY INTEREST WHATSOEVER TO EXTENDING INTO THE PARKING SPACES SINCE WE REOPEN THE D STREET BACK LAST SUMMER.

AND SO IT'S REALLY AN ANNUAL BASIS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S THE WAY THAT THAT COULD BE CONTROLLED.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. AND THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD TO THAT IS COUNCIL MEMBERS, GOING BACK WHEN WE WERE FIRST COMING OUT OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND OUTDOOR ONLY COUNCIL HAD GIVEN DIRECTION FOR STAFF TO ACCOMMODATE THESE REQUESTS, ESPECIALLY ON D STREET, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS DISTRICT WAS COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

SO THAT'S THE PROCESS WE FOLLOW.

WELL, JUST TO COMMENT, IF I MAY, JUST AS THE SURVIVAL OF THE BUSINESSES IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. AND I THINK AND SO THE DETAILS, THOUGH, AS DIRECTOR SCHERER STATED.

BUT OUR CONCERN WAS WE NEED TO ALL SURVIVE NO MATTER HOW WE DO IT.

BUT THANK YOU.

NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'LL COME UP TO THE DAIS.

WE ALREADY DID THAT.

COUNCIL COMMENTS? SURE.

[10. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

JUNE 7TH IS THE ELECTION SO GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE WHO WANT TO RUN.

AND THE MORE THE MERRIER.

CONGRATS OUT TO BONITA SPORTS.

I KNOW TIM'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TIM.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER.

YES, THANK YOU.

WELL, I WILL SAY THE JOURNEY CONTINUES WITH GOLD LINE TODAY.

I WENT OUT TO GLENDORA AND WE HAD A TOUR OF THE FOOTHILL GRAND AREA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE BRIDGE OVER AND IT'S SPECTACULAR.

AND I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE AS IT MOVES FORWARD BECAUSE I'M SURE MOST OF YOU BEEN TO LONE HILL TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL LONE HILL IS NOW, WITH ALL THE BEAUTIFUL DESIGN ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE BEGINNING OF THE BRIDGE.

ANYHOW, IT'S GOING TO SO EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IT'S KIND OF GOING TO BE A LOOP DE LOOP. BUT BECAUSE IT COMES FROM THAT AREA BY GRAND AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE THE TRAIN OVER THE GRAND AND FOOTHILL GO UNDER THE FREEWAY.

THE 210 AND THE FIFTY SEVEN WHERE IT COMES TOGETHER GOES UNDER THE FREEWAY.

THEN IT COMES BACK UP OVER LONE HILL AND DOWN.

SO IT'S GOING TO GO, WOO.

SO THAT COULD BE AN INTERESTING RIDE ON THAT TRAIN.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE STATION FOR LA VERNE HAS BEEN MOVED UP IN THE TIME FRAME.

IT'S NOW GOING TO BE APRIL WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO START THE STRUCTURE.

WE JUMPED OVER SAN DIMAS, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT READY YET, SO GLENDORA HAS STARTED NOW, AND THEN WE'LL BE GOING AT THE SAME TIME.

THEY'RE HOPING WITH SAN DIMAS, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE AHEAD OF US, BUT WE JUMPED UP A COUPLE OF MONTHS. SO AS YOU'RE TRAVELING AROUND LOOKING AT WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN THERE AT ARROW HIGHWAY E STREET AND ARROW HIGHWAYS, WHERE OUR STATION IS GOING TO BE IN THE PARKING LOT, THEY TALKED ABOUT PARKING TODAY TOO, AND THEY'RE CLEANING OUT THE AREAS.

GLENDORA OVER THE NEXT MONTH, WILL BE TAKING OUT ALL THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE AND CLEANING IT UP.

POMONA IF ANYONE'S GONE DOWN GARY AVENUE, THAT'S THEY'RE DEMOLISHING THOSE BUSINESSES THERE AND IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE ON GARY AND ARROW HIGHWAY MOVING NORTH.

SO A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING THERE.

SOMETHING WITH OUR CITY I'M SO PROUD OF EVERYBODY RECEIVED THE RECREATION GUIDE IN THE

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YOU KNOW, THEY THOUGHT, WELL, LET'S TRY PUTTING IT ONLINE.

BUT YVONNE, OUR NEW DIRECTOR, HAS BROUGHT THIS BACK AND HER AND CHAD, I HAVE TO GIVE BOTH KUDOS. THEY DECIDED THEY CAME UP WITH FUNDING AND SAID, LET'S TRY PUTTING IT BACK OUT THERE. AND I KNOW THAT SHE WAS TELLING ME AS SOON AS THEY PUT THIS OUT, SO MANY PEOPLE WERE SO HAPPY TO GET IT BACK IN THEIR HANDS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION IN HERE TALKING ABOUT HERITAGE PARK WITH THE ORANGE PICKING AND INFORMATION ABOUT THE RECYCLING PROGRAM WITH WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO NOW WITH THE WASTE.

AND SO SHE SAID THE NUMBERS HAVE REALLY INCREASED TOO WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND ESPECIALLY THE SENIORS LOVE ALL THE PROGRAMS WE HAVE FOR THE DIFFERENT TOURS.

AND SO I'M THRILLED AND PROUD OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR COMING UP WITH THIS TO BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

LAST WEEK WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE NINETY EIGHT YEAR OLD WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN AT CASITAS, FRANK PAGLIA, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW HIM OR NOT, BUT I THINK IT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE TO HAVE SOMEONE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAS LIVED THAT LONG, BUT HAS ALSO LIVED THROUGH SOME PRETTY IMPRESSIVE PIECES OF HISTORY AND SERVED IN OUR MILITARY.

SO I WANT TO GIVE HIM A BELATED HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I WASN'T ABLE TO STAY FOR HIS CELEBRATION, BUT BROUGHT SOME TREATS, AND I KNOW THE MAYOR AND THE MAYOR PRO TEM WERE ABLE TO STAY AND HAVE LUNCH WITH SOME OF OUR VETERANS AND RESIDENTS. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS PRETTY COOL TO HAVE HAPPEN IN OUR CITY.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE FOLKS THAT DID PARTICIPATE IN THE BLOOD DRIVE THAT TOOK PLACE EARLIER THIS MONTH.

I RAN INTO SHARON MAY THERE AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY COMING OUT TO SUPPORT AND REALLY GIVING UP THEMSELVES TO HELP OTHERS.

SO I THINK THAT'S AN AMAZING THING THAT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE FOR.

I KNOW I MENTIONED THIS PREVIOUSLY, BUT HILLCREST IS HOSTING ARTWORK BY 16 DIFFERENT STUDENTS LOCAL STUDENTS CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO OVER THERE AND SEE THE ARTWORK, VISIT THE WELCOME ROOM.

YOU JUST HAVE TO COMPLY WITH COVID PROTOCOLS, BUT I THINK THAT'S ANOTHER LITTLE GEM IN OUR CITY THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALLY GET A CHANCE TO BE AWARE OF OR KNOW ABOUT.

BUT IT'S AMAZING COMMUNITY, AND I LOVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO INTERACT BETWEEN THE SENIORS AND THE STUDENTS.

SO PRETTY NEAT EVENT ALSO HAPPENING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT ALSO BE AWARE, WE DO HAVE A LEO FOOD PANTRY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, AND THOSE ARE FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO EAT REGULARLY AND HAVE REGULAR MEALS.

AND YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE HOW HARD IT IS TO GO TO SCHOOL AND HOW MANY OF THEM ARE WORKING JOBS, HELPING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PARENTS, THEIR SIBLINGS, ETC.

AND SO THE LEO FOOD PANTRY IS AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE STUDENTS CAN GO AND GET FOOD.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DONATING, THEY DO TAKE NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS SO THAT THE STUDENTS CAN HAVE FOOD BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOME SOME OF THEM ARE FOSTER KIDS.

SOME OF THEM DON'T LIVE IN THE AREA.

SOME OF THEM JUST HAVE DIFFERENT ISSUES.

SO IF YOU HAVE IT, HAVE THE ABILITY TO, I WOULD DEFINITELY RECOMMEND CONTACTING THEM AND SEEING IF YOU'RE WILLING TO DONATE.

THE OTHER THING THAT THEY WILL BE DOING SOON IS ALSO A CAREER CLOSET.

SO FOR MANY OF OUR YOUNG STUDENTS WHO ARE GOING OUT FOR THEIR FIRST INTERVIEWS LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST JOBS, THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE BUSINESS ATTIRE TO GO THROUGH AN INTERVIEW.

THEY MAY NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT.

SO IF YOU HAVE THINGS IN YOUR CLOSET THAT YOU'RE NOT WEARING ANYMORE OR THAT YOU KNOW YOU DON'T NEED OR WHATEVER.

COULD PROBABLY GET RID OF. BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMEPLACE TO DONATE, PLEASE THINK ABOUT THAT TOO.

BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE FORGET THAT OUR YOUNG PEOPLE, IN ORDER TO GET A LEG UP, JUST NEED THAT A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT OF HELP, A LITTLE BIT OF PUSH.

SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND I KNOW LEAH HAS LEFT AND JOHN HAS LEFT, BUT I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THEIR HARD WORK FOR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING, HELPING OUR SMALL BUSINESSES.

AND I WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO MARLA AND HER FINANCE TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT HELPS TO KEEP US FINANCIALLY SOUND.

IT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.

AFTER COUNCIL MEMBER LAU'S COMMENTS I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IF IT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NEVER MIND, BUT I WILL DO ONE NOT SHAMELESS, BUT A HELPFUL PLUG.

IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY GOTTEN YOUR COMPOSTABLE PAILS YET FOR THE FOOD WASTE THAT GOES INTO YOUR GARBAGE, WE'RE HAVING TWO EVENTS COMING UP WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9TH, FROM THREE TO SIX P.M. AND THURSDAY THE MORNING AFTER MARCH 10TH FROM NINE TO 12 HERE AT CITY HALL.

PLEASE COME AND GET A PAIL.

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NOT QUITE COMPOSTABLE BUT TRASHY.

SO BY ALL MEANS, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PAILS THEY HELP TO DISTRIBUTE OR REMIND US WHERE TO PUT OUR FOOD IN ONE OF OUR THREE BINS.

FOLLOW RIGHT ON THE HEELS OF THAT.

I TOO WANT TO WISH TIM A HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY.

I WISHED HIM A HAPPY EARLY BIRTHDAY.

SO NOW I'VE GOT BOOKENDED IT BECAUSE MAYOR HEPBURN AND I WERE AT CASITAS FOR LUNCH WITH THE 98 YEAR OLD WORLD WAR TWO VETERAN FRANK PAGLIA.

AND THAT WAS A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION AND THE MAYOR HAD SOME VERY NICE REMARKS TO MAKE TO SALUTE HIM. WE HAVE SOME EVENTS COMING UP WITH CASI A WEEK FROM WEDNESDAY.

PLEASE ATTEND. WE'LL HEAR SOME INTERESTING AND COMFORTING REMARKS FROM OUR CHIEF FLORES.

WE ALSO HAVE A POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY MEETING COMING UP IN EARLY MARCH.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE EXACTLY, BUT CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE A LITTLE ON THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE OR THE OLDER SIDE. AND LASTLY, I WANT TO THANK MARLA PENDLETON AND HER FINANCE TEAM FOR THE RIGOROUS WORK THAT THEY DO TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ON VERY SOUND FOUNDATION. SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOUR TEAM VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. A COUPLE OF ITEMS YOU MENTIONED THE LEO FOOD PANTRY.

THE ROTARY ON VALENTINE'S DAY ACTUALLY BROUGHT A LARGE AMOUNT OF FOOD AND STUFFS AND DRY GOODS TO THE PANTRY TO HELP.

SO I KNOW THAT MOST OF, MYSELF INCLUDED, WE ALL DONATED EITHER CANNED GOODS OR MONEY SO THAT THEY COULD PURCHASE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO POST.

IT IS IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE LESS, AND I KNOW MOST OF US HAVE STUFF THAT WE HAVEN'T TOUCHED FOR A WHILE IN OUR CLOSETS, BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD CAUSE.

SO BUT THE ROTARY DID JUST AS JUST SHOUT OUT TO ROTARY.

THEY DID A REALLY NICE JOB AND THEY PUT IT TOGETHER ON VALENTINE'S DAY, SO A NUMBER OF THEM WENT THE PRESIDENT AND DEBBIE [INAUDIBLE], WHO WORKS FOR ULV AND BROUGHT THAT TO THE LEO PANTRY. A COUPLE OF REALLY IMPORTANT ITEMS LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY, THE GIRLS VARSITY SOCCER TEAM WAS IN THEIR THIRD ROUND QUALIFYING.

THEY DID LOSE WAS THREE TO ONE, BUT I'LL TELL YOU, OUR GIRLS ARE JUST ROCKING IT AND IT'S THE BEARCAT NATION, IS WHAT WE CALL IT, SO IT'S BEARCAT NATION.

THEY DID A GREAT JOB. GREAT SEASON.

I DID A COUPLE OF MINUTES WITH THE MAYOR, WAS OUT ON THE FIELD, JUST A GREAT GROUP OF GIRLS, GREAT COACHES AND FAMILIES.

THAT'S WHAT OUR THAT'S WHAT OUR WHOLE CITY IS ABOUT.

THE NEXT ONE IS GIRLS CIF WATER POLO.

THEY WENT TO CIF AND WON CIF WATER POLO.

AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS, BUT THERE'S FIVE O'CLOCK IN CARLSBAD THEY'RE IN THE STATE FIRST ROUND OF SEMIFINALS, SO THEY MOVED UP TO STATE FINALS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GIRLS, YOU KNOW, VARSITY WATER POLO.

I KNOW TWO OF TWO OF MY NEIGHBORS ACROSS FROM US, MADDY AND GRACE, THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SAME TEAM. I THINK GRACE, SHE'S NOW ALMOST SIX FOOT TALL, SCORED A GOAL.

SO IT'S LIKE IT'S JUST IT WAS GREAT.

JUST CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COACHING STAFF, THE PARENTS AND JUST WHAT A GREAT SCHOOL SYSTEM WE HAVE AND A COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THESE SPORTS.

ALSO, I'M LOSING MY TRACK HERE, GUYS, IT'S GETTING LATE, SORRY.

WHILE YOU'RE SO THINK SILENTLY FOR JUST A MOMENT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO JUST JUMP IN AND SAY THAT COACH [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS THE VARSITY COACH FOR THE GIRLS WATER POLO.

THIS IS HER FIRST RING AS A COACH, BUT HER SECOND RING IN HER LIFE BECAUSE SHE WAS A BONIA WATER POLO PLAYER AS A STUDENT AT BONITA.

SO. SO, YOU KNOW, BACK TO WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING.

FAMILIES AND TRADITIONS LIVE STRONG HERE IN LA VERNE.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE, TAKES A VILLAGE AND WE GOT A GREAT VILLAGE HERE IN THIS TOWN.

YEAH, I GOT IT [INAUDIBLE]FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK LEAH AND ALSO SEAN.

THAT'S A GREAT THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT MOMENT FOR US TO GET THESE BUSINESSES SOME MORE ASSISTANCE. I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU TO STAFF.

I KNOW THAT ERIC SCHERER AND CANDICE.

I KNOW BOB RUSSI.

I KNOW THAT ALL THE PEOPLE WERE PART OF THIS.

AND AS WE DID WITH THE CDBG MONEY, WHICH WAS TOUGH, THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE.

THIS CRITERIA IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET MONEY AND IT'S GOING TO FLOW. HOPEFULLY IT FLOWS QUICKLY.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU ALL. MARLA AND YOUR STAFF.

GREAT JOB. EXCELLENT JOB.

I MEAN, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE HAVE A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH AND IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

I KNOW IT IS. IT'S A TREMENDOUS WORK AND WELCOME TO OUR CLUB.

BY THE WAY, AGAIN, SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I KNOW, AS COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER MENTIONED, THE ALTA DENA DAIRY THE GOLD LINE HAS HELPED WITH ADVERTISEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT IT STILL TAKES US AS RESIDENTS TO SUPPORT THAT LOCAL BUSINESS. SO GET YOUR MILK, GET YOUR SUNDRIES, GET YOUR POPS OR YOUR

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BUT THEY'RE VERY NICE PEOPLE.

IT'S DEFINITELY CLOSED OFF.

IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER. WE NEED TO SUPPORT THAT.

ANOTHER ONE BUSINESS THAT CAME UP TO ME WHEN I WAS AT THE GIRLS SOCCER GAME WAS MATHNASIUM, WHICH IS OVER IN THE VONN SHOPPING CENTER NEXT TO SIAMESE.

THEY'RE STRUGGLING, THEY'RE HAVING A HARD TIME.

SO JUST THROW IT OUT THERE TO EVERYBODY.

IF YOU HAVE FRIENDS, I KNOW THE PANDEMIC AND ONLINE STUFF HAS REALLY CREATED A HAVOC FOR THEIR BUSINESS, BUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

MATH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AND IF ANY YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT NEEDS HELP, PLEASE GIVE THEM SOME LA VERNE LOVE.

THEY REALLY, REALLY DO NEED SOME HELP.

SO AND HOPEFULLY THEY CAN GET ON THIS BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANT TOO WITH THAT MR. RUSSI WE HAVE A NECESSITY FOR A CLOSED SESSION.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO A CONFERENCE WITH THE LABOR NEGOTIATOR UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 THE LIST OF NEGOTIATORS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE THERE AND NOTHING WILL BE REPORTED AFTERWARDS.

WE WILL NOT RETURN ON A CLOSED SESSION.

WE WILL. WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF FRANCIS ST.

FRANCIS LOUISE DEVINE, WHO PASSED AWAY ON FEBRUARY 4TH 2022 AT THE AGE OF 101.

FRANCIS WAS BORN IN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

SHE HAD THREE OLDER SISTERS AND ONE BROTHER.

SHE MARRIED HAROLD DEVINE ON FEBRUARY 2ND, 1940, AND THEY HAD FOUR CHILDREN.

THEY STARTED THE FAMILY IN KANSAS CITY, BUT THEN MOVED TO CALIFORNIA.

THEY LIVED AND RAISED THEIR CHILDREN IN EL MONTE, WHERE THEY HAD HORSES AND CHICKENS, AND ULTIMATELY BUILT APARTMENTS THAT THEY OWNED AND MANAGED.

IN 1992, AFTER FIFTY TWO WONDERFUL YEARS OF MARRIAGE, HAROLD PASSED AWAY.

AT THIS TIME FRANCIS SPENT MUCH OF THE TIME VOLUNTEERING IN THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY CENTER AND CITY HALL. SHE LOVED WORKING FOR THE CITY AND TREATED IT AS A JOB.

SHE WAS DEVOTED AND DEDICATED.

THIS IS WHERE SHE FELT A SENSE OF PURPOSE, AND SHE FELT LOVED BY EVERYONE SHE WORKED WITH. FRANCIS BEGAN VOLUNTEERING DAILY WITH THE SENIOR NUTRITION PROGRAM, SERVING LUNCH AND REGISTERING PARTICIPANTS.

FROM THERE, SHE HELPED THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND CITY HALL WITH ANSWERING PHONES, FILING AND MAKING COPIES.

SHE ALSO VOLUNTEERED ON SPECIAL EVENTS THAT INCLUDES SENIOR DANCES 4TH OF JULY COUNTY FAIR WINTER WONDERLAND SERVING AS MRS. CLAUS FLU SHOT CLINIC AND THE MOST REWARDING TO HER INCLUSION DANCES.

IF THE CITY NEEDED HELP FRANCES OR ST.

FRANCIS AS THEY CALL THEM, AS WE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS OR WITHOUT HESITATION OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, FRANCIS MISSED BEING AT THE CENTER WOULD LOVE TO TELL STORIES ABOUT ALL OF HER EXPERIENCES.

SHE HAD MANY FOND MEMORIES.

BUT TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WERE WHEN SHE NAMED VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AND HONORED WITH BEING THE GRAND MARSHAL OF THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE.

SHE LIVED A VERY FULL HAPPY LIFE.

SHE IS KNOWN FOR SAYING WHAT WAS ON HER MIND FOR BEING STRONG AND FOR ENTERTAINING SENSE OF HUMOR. SHE WAS LOVED AND WILL BE MISSED.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET AT AN ADJOURNED MEETING ON MONDAY, FEB.

28, 2022 AT 6:30 P.M.

FOR A CITY COUNCIL SESSION ON FIRE OPERATIONS AND COUNTY SERVICES REVIEW.

AND THERE WILL BE AN ADJOURNED MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 7TH.

PAY ATTENTION, EVERYBODY. MARCH 7TH 2022 AT FIVE P.M.

FOR A CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION ON SB NINE.

THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 7TH 2022 WE'LL HAVE BEER AND WINE.

OH WAIT, I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT IN IT.

AT 6:30 P.M., WE WILL RECESS IN A CLOSED SESSION AT 8:02 P.M..

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