AGAIN, I SAID THE PACKAGE IS THREE PAGES THICKER.
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WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:34 P.M.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
MR. CROSBY CAN WE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.WE'RE RIGHT HERE, BUT THAT'S OK.
COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER EVERY TIME I SIT HERE.
WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
[4. PRESENTATIONS:]
MR. RUSSI. IS THAT CORRECT? WE DO. PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2022 AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND WHO WILL BE RECEIVING THIS? THIS WILL BE YVONNE GALLEGOS.AND THEN YOU WILL ALSO HAVE A RIMMI WHO IS UP ON THE SCREEN FROM TRI-CITY, WHO IS ALSO WITH CASI. SO.
YEAH, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO SAY NO MASKS.
THAT DIDN'T SOUND TOO GREAT. WHAT DID I SAY? NO MASKS. EVEN THOUGH WE ADHERE TO L.A.
COUNTY, THANK GOODNESS WE'RE OVER THIS RIGHT NOW, AND HOPEFULLY IT CONTINUES THIS WAY [INAUDIBLE]. YEAH, IT'S WE AT THE CITY LA VERNE THIS A PROCLAMATION WHERE WE WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR NATION IN COUNTLESS RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS.
WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE PLAYED A CONTINUED TO PLAY AN ECONOMIC CRUCIAL CRITICAL.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TURN TALK, TO PLAY CRITICAL ECONOMIC, CULTURAL AND SOCIAL ROLE IN EVERY SPHERE OF THE LIFE OF THE NATION BY CONSTITUTING A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF LABOR FORCE WORKING INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE HOME.
WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE PLAYED A UNIQUE ROLE THROUGHOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NATION BY PROVIDING THE MAJORITY OF THE VOLUNTEER LABOR FORCE OF THE NATION.
WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND SERVED AS EARLY LEADERS IN THE FOREFRONT OF EVERY MAJOR PROGRESSIVE SOCIAL CHANGE MOVEMENT.
WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY COURAGEOUSLY IN THE MILITARY.
WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE BEEN LEADERS NOT ONLY IN SECURING THEIR OWN RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, BUT ALSO IN THE ABOLITIONIST MOVEMENT, THE EMANCIPATION MOVEMENT, THE INDUSTRIAL LABOR MOVEMENT, THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND OTHER MOVEMENTS, ESPECIALLY THE PEACE MOVEMENT, WHICH CREATE A MORE FAIR AND JUST SOCIETY FOR ALL.
AND WHEREAS DESPITE THESE CONTRIBUTIONS, THE ROLE OF AMERICAN WOMEN IN HISTORY HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY OVERLOOKED AND UNDERVALUED IN THE LITERATURE, TEACHING AND STUDY OF AMERICAN HISTORY. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF LA VERNE HEREBY PROCLAIMS MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. MAYOR HEPBURN, ON BEHALF OF CASI CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE, I PROUDLY ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
TONIGHT, WE CELEBRATE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN PAST AND PRESENT TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE WOMEN LIKE GRACE [INAUDIBLE] MILLER, EDUCATOR, REPORTER AND DEDICATED TO SERVICE IN MANY AREAS THROUGHOUT LA VERNE LA VERNE COLLEGE HONORED GRACE WITH THEIR FIRST COMMUNITY BUILDER AWARDS DATING EVER SINCE YOU CAME TO THIS COMMUNITY IN 1902.
YOU HAVE GIVEN YOURSELF COMPLETELY AND TIRELESSLY TO THE INFLUENCE, WHICH MAKES THE COMMUNITY A WORTHWHILE PLACE TO LIVE.
ALSO IN OUR PAST, MARGARET YOUNG BIXBY IN 1901, SHE CIRCULATED PETITIONS AMONG REPRESENTATIVES OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES OF LOCAL LA VERNE AND SAN DEMAS TO ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE HIGH SCHOOL.
WHICH HAD ITS FIRST GRADUATE IN 1904.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE CURRENT WOMEN LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THIS IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
THE WOMEN OF TODAY ARE THE HISTORY OF TOMORROW.
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I'D FIRST LIKE TO CELEBRATE OUR TWO STRONG, BRILLIANT, INSPIRING COUNCILWOMAN THAT SIT ON THE DAIS TODAY ROBIN CARDER AND WENDY LAU.[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR NEW CHIEF OF POLICE, COLLEEN FLORES.
[APPLAUSE] REAL GLASS CEILING BREAKER, HUH? THAT WAS REALLY GOOD. I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE PRESIDENT DEVORAH LIEBERMAN.
[APPLAUSE] I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VERY BEST [INAUDIBLE] HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND ALSO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND SPEAKING WITH THE CHAMBER EARLIER, A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING, THEY ASSURED ME AND THEY TOLD ME THAT REALLY GREAT NEWS THAT THE NEW NEW BUSINESSES WITHIN LA VERNE ARE SHARPLY RISING AND THEY'RE MOSTLY WOMEN OWNED, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
[APPLAUSE] AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE RIMMI HUNDAL, WHO'S ON THE CALL WITH ME OR ON THE CALL TODAY AS THE DIRECTOR OF TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES [APPLAUSE], WHICH REALLY DOES A LOT OF GREAT WORK HERE IN LA VERNE AND WITH OUR DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY TO CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH IS TO REMIND OURSELVES OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF WOMEN.
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS TO OUR CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY, WHETHER IT'S FROM COMMUNITY SERVICE, SCIENCE, POLITICS AND EDUCATION, IT IS A CHANCE TO REFLECT ON THE TRAILBLAZING WOMEN WHO LEAD THE WAY WE FOR CHANGE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. [APPLAUSE] MS. RIMMI, DID YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD OR TWO? YES, I DO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TONIGHT AND HAPPY WOMEN'S MONTH TO ALL THE WOMEN AND TO ALL THE MEN IN OUR LIVES THAT MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR US.
SO THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RIMMI HUNDAL AND I WORK AT TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH.
BUT TONIGHT I AM HERE REPRESENTING CASI AND I'M A PROUD BOARD MEMBER OF CASI IS THE COMMITTEE OF CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION.
I AM HONORED TO BE WORKING TOWARD CREATING A CITY OF HOSPITALITY AND WELCOME.
CASI WAS BEGUN AS A GRASSROOTS MOVEMENT IN 2019, AND OUR INTENTION IS TO EDUCATE, INFORM, ENCOURAGE AND BUILD AWARENESS FOR ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
THE FOCUS OF THE COMMITTEE IS TO PROVIDE UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERY RESIDENT IS ENTITLED TO EQUAL ACCOMMODATION WITHIN THE CITY.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE STRIVE TO UPLIFT AND CREATE A COMMUNITY WHERE ALL ARE WELCOME AND WE FEEL THAT OUR DIVERSITY THAT OUR DIVERSITY, WE ARE STRONGER, RICHER AND WISER TO MEET THE CHALLENGES OF OUR EVER CHANGING WORLD.
THE COMMITTEE HOLDS SPACE FOR REPRESENTATION FROM THE CITY, ELECTED OFFICIALS, TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH, UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, NAACP, YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, HILLCREST AND RESIDENTS OF THE CITY. THE ONLINE MEETINGS ARE HELD MONTHLY ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 5:00 P.M. FOR VARIOUS PROGRAMS AND OFFERINGS.
YOU CAN EMAIL THE CITY TO BE ADDED TO THE INVITATION LIST.
OUR WEBSITE IS DIVERSELAVERNE.ORG AND THIS MONTH WE CELEBRATED OUR POLICE CHIEF.
AS A AS WE CELEBRATE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
ALSO WITH FINANCE DIRECTOR MARLA PENDLETON AND ALSO WITH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER YVONNE DURAN, WHO IS ACTUALLY ON THE CALL RIGHT NOW, TOO.
AND ALL OF THE WOMEN THAT SERVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR IT'S JUST A IT'S A GREAT MONTH.
SO WE SHOULD CELEBRATE BECAUSE WITHOUT THE WOMEN, WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.
AND LET'S JUST NOT FORGET THAT.
SO WE ARE HERE AT THEIR GRACE AND AND I APPRECIATE IT EVERY DAY.
YES, I DO. OH, WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE I THINK.
[5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
WE HAVE. IS THIS UNDER PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT? DANITA MS. BEAUCHAMP? GOTCHA. COME ON UP. JUST DOUBLE CHECK.[00:10:04]
GLASSES HELP.TOMORROW, THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING HAS IS HAVING A CLOSED SESSION TO DISCUSS LITIGATION, BUT THEIR NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 15 AT 9:30 A.M..
THEIR AGENDA HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9TH, AT 9:30 A.M., THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY CLUSTER MEETING HAS TWO ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA PERTAINING TO THE YOUTH JUSTICE ITEM 4A IS A BOARD BRIEFING FROM THE YOUTH JUSTICE REIMAGINED AND YOUTH JUSTICE ADVISORY GROUP.
ITEM 4B IS A BOARD BRIEFING OF THE DIVISION OF JUVENILE JUSTICE TRANSITION COMMITTEE, AND MR. ADAM BERTINO FROM PROBATION WILL BE SPEAKING.
ON THURSDAY, MARCH 10TH FROM 9:00 A.M.
THE PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY WILL HAVE THEIR MEETING AS OF 4:30 THIS AFTERNOON THE AGENDA HAD NOT YET BEEN MADE PUBLIC.
THE PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING ON MONDAY, MARCH 14, FROM 12:00 TO 1:30.
THIS IS A MEETING THAT HAS BEEN ADDED.
IT WAS NOT ON THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULE AND WE'LL DISCUSS EDUCATION.
THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL MEETING LAST THURSDAY AND I BELIEVE THESE ADDITIONAL MEETINGS ARE BEING ADDED BECAUSE THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WANT TO MAKE A DECISION VERY SOON AND ARE REQUESTING THE COMMITTEES INVOLVED TO PROVIDE THEIR REPORTING AND MINUTES.
THE LA VERNE AND SURROUNDING CITY RESIDENTS NEED TO REMAIN ASSIDUOUS TO THE MONSTROUS ISSUE. ON A HAPPIER NOTE, ON SATURDAY, MARCH 12TH IS SPRING FORWARD.
SO DO NOT FORGET TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS AHEAD BEFORE YOU GO TO BED THAT EVENING.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. AND I WILL STATE THAT.
AND JUST TO TRAILER ON TO DANITA IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN REAL GOOD ABOUT IT.
THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFYING THE CITY AND ON STUFF THAT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT, AND BECAUSE IT'S JUST IT'S COMING FAST AND WE MUST BE DILIGENT, WE MUST BE ON TOP OF THIS AS A CITY AND TO MONITOR.
AND I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT. WE'VE ALL BEEN ON THESE CALLS AND IT'S DIFFICULT.
YOU COULD WAIT FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS AND THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU'RE THERE BEING THE PROBATION OR THE THE COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
BUT WHEN YOU DO GET ON, IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOUR YOUR MOMENT, EVEN IF IT'S A MINUTE OR TWO OR THREE, DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON.
THIS DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE.
IT IS GOING TO BE MADE SOON AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DIRECTION IS BARRY JNRF, LOS PADRINOS AND KILPATRICK.
AND I MEAN, WE. AND WE'VE GIVEN THE REASONS WHY AND WE'RE NOT A [INAUDIBLE] CITY.
WE'RE A VERY GENEROUS CITY. BUT THE FACT THAT WE NEED TO KEEP DILIGENT ON THAT AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP FROM ALL OF YOU THAT HAVE BEEN THERE, OUR RALLIES AND STUFF, BUT IT'S NOT OVER. SO DON'T LET YOUR GUARD DOWN BECAUSE A DECISION CAN BE MADE REAL QUICK WITHOUT US KNOWING ABOUT IT.
KIND OF LIKE SB 9 AND THINGS LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, ON THE PUBLIC SAFETY CLUSTER MEETING, WHICH IS A STAFF LED MEETING, IT'S ONLY OF THE DEPUTY DIRECTORS OF THE EACH DISTRICT.
THAT ITEM 4 WILL BE AN UPDATE RELATIVE TO THIS SUBJECT.
SO WE WILL HAVE STAFF THAT WILL BE MONITORING THAT AS WELL.
BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO ATTEND TO HEAR WHAT THE UPDATE IS.
YEAH, THAT'S A VERY INTERESTING MEETING BECAUSE THEY DO TALK THE NUTS AND BOLTS, WHAT'S GOING ON INTERNALLY.
AND EVEN IF YOU DO GET A COMMENT.
ALL OF THEIR MEETINGS. SO THE PUBLIC SAFETY CLUSTER, WE DID POST THAT AGENDA TODAY.
SO IT WENT UP THIS MORNING SO THE PUBLIC CAN BE AWARE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY ACTION TAKEN OUT OF THAT BECAUSE ITS STAFF ONLY SO JUST WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE AWARE OF THAT AS WELL.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THE PUBLIC FOR SHARING.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL SHARE, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL MEDIA IS GREAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN STUFF LIKE THIS. IT'S IF THE CITY HAS IT, LET'S SHARE IT.
I KNOW I'VE BEEN PUSHING STUFF OUT.
SHE FINDS STUFF THAT WE DON'T SEE AND GIVES IT TO ME AND IT'S LIKE, WE GOT, YOU KNOW, SNOOP DOGGY DOGG OVER THERE.
SO SHE'S REALLY WATCHING IT CLOSELY.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, THOUGH, REALLY? DO YOU LIKE THAT HUH JO? ANYWAY, THANK YOU.
MR. MAY TELL US ABOUT THE LIBRARY, SIR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBER CITY STAFF, LA VERNE RESIDENTS.
THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS. THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CHANGES IN HOURS FOR OUR LIBRARY.
SO STARTING MARCH 15TH, WE ARE GOING TO BE.
WE'RE STILL GOING TO BE OPEN TUESDAYS TO SATURDAY, BUT INSTEAD OF ONE EVENING WE'LL BE OPEN TWO EVENINGS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FROM 12:00 TO 8:00 AND THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
SO JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT MORE HOURS, THEY'VE INCREASED OUR CAPACITY FROM THIRTY EIGHT TO SEVENTY FIVE. SO IT'S NOT HOLDING PEOPLE BACK, TELLING THEM THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE NOW THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
WE JUST MAYBE HALF, MAYBE TWO OR THREE TIMES WE HAD TO DO THAT.
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BUT WITH WITH THE SEVENTY FIVE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.AND EVEN EVEN PRE-PANDEMIC, WE RARELY EVER HAD A A SITUATION, WHERE THERE WERE SEVENTY FIVE PEOPLE IN THE BUILDING.
WHEN DID IT HAPPEN WHEN WE HAD A REALLY POPULAR PROGRAM.
BUT FOR MOST. SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.
SO IT'S GREAT. THE MORE PEOPLE CAN COME IN, THEY CAN START SITTING DOWN ON THE ALL THE ALL THE FURNITURE IS OUT NOW SO PEOPLE CAN SIT DOWN.
THE BOOK SELL THE FRIENDS OF THE LA VERNE LIBRARY BOOKS WILL REOPEN ALSO ON MARCH 15TH SO PEOPLE CAN STILL COME IN PURCHASE BOOKS.
WE'RE START CLEARING OUT SPACE AND WE'RE NOW STARTING TO TAKE DONATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY ALSO.
IT'S STILL WE'RE STILL ON HOLD BECAUSE OUR MEETING ROOM, WE'RE HOSTING THE STAFF OF SAN DEMAS LIBRARY BECAUSE THEIR LIBRARY IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW, SO WE CAN'T USE IT.
SO ONCE THEY CAN, ONCE THAT WAS THEIR LIBRARY REOPENS, THEN PROGRAMING WILL RESUME AT THEIR LIBRARY.
ALSO YOU KNOW, I INVITE EVERYBODY COME IN.
I MEAN, IT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING JUST LIKE THIS FREE PENDING PRE-PANDEMIC.
THE MASKS ARE STILL REQUIRED AT THIS TIME OUR DEPARTMENT IS STILL CHOOSING TO KEEP THE KEEP THEM ON SOCIAL DISTANCING.
BUT WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON, I SUSPECT THAT'S GOING TO EVENTUALLY GO AWAY ALSO. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHEN.
SO HOPEFULLY I'M GLAD TO BE TALKING BEFORE YOU GUYS NOT TO HAVE A MASK.
IT'S GREAT. REGARDING OTHER PROGRAMING STUFF, I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE PROGRAMING IN LIBRARY, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE COUNTY WEBSITE, THERE'S A LOT OF VIRTUAL PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, SO YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THOSE.
YOU CAN DO THOSE FROM YOUR HOME.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED, SO THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU. I WAS BY THERE THE OTHER DAY AND I NOTICED ALL THE EMPLOYEES COMING OUT, AND IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE EMPLOYEES COMING OUT OF A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THE LIBRARY. AND THERE WAS QUITE A FEW PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT.
AND I THINK MORE PEOPLE WILL START COMING BACK IN AS THIS MASKING AND THE PANDEMIC KIND OF. ONE THING I FORGOT THERE.
STILL, WE STILL DO HAVE SIDEWALK SERVICE AVAILABLE TO PEOPLE WHO WANT TO USE THAT UTILIZE THAT. SO THAT'S STILL AVAILABLE.
OK, SO THERE'S MANY WAYS YOU CAN CHECK OUT AND USE A LIBRARY.
CAN WE PUT SOMETHING ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THAT, PLEASE TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT? GREAT. AND OUR WEBSITE WILL BE UPDATED WITH NEW HOURS.
SHE'S BROUGHT JAM, DID YOU BRING PEANUT BUTTER? WE'VE HARVESTED LEMONS AND ORANGES FOR MARMALADE, AND YOUR DONATION BY BUYING A JAR OF MARMALADE WILL HELP TO RESTORE 1938 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK.
CONTACT ME TO PLACE YOUR ORDER AND COME TO OUR SPONSORED EVENTS WHERE WE'LL BE SELLING MARMALADE, AS WELL AS T-SHIRTS AND BOOKS ABOUT LA VERNE.
SO I THINK IT'S TIME WE ALL HAD A SWEET TREAT.
BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE TWO EVENTS COMING UP.
THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY ON MARCH 14TH AT 7:00 O'CLOCK, IS HOSTING A ZOOM PRESENTATION BY THE CLAREMONT WILDLANDS CONSERVANCY.
THIS GROUP HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PRESERVING AREAS IN THE FOOTHILLS ABOVE CLAREMONT AND INTO LA VERNE FOR LEISURE AND RECREATIONAL USE.
LAND PRESERVATION IS PART OF OUR HISTORIC HERITAGE.
EVERYONE'S WELCOME TO THIS FREE EVENT.
AND THE FLIER WITH AN ACTIVE LINK TO THE ZOOM MEETING IS ON THE EVENTS PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE. I ALSO HAVE FLIERS ON THE SIDE AND SO PLEASE COME ATTEND.
IT'LL BE. IT'LL BE VERY INSTRUCTIVE.
ON MARCH 19, THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL JOIN STUDENTS FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AS THEY SPONSOR, I THINK, THEIR FIRST CAR SHOW.
SO THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS ARE DOING A CAR SHOW IN THE PARKING LOT AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL FROM 9:00 A.M.
AND WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE WORK THEY'RE DOING TO RESTORE THE 1938 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK.
SO COME MEET THESE YOUNG AUTO ENTHUSIASTS WHO ARE BRINGING THIS DREAM TO REALITY HEAR ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS DROP BY AND I HAVE ALSO PUT OUT FLIERS AND I HAVE POSTED THOSE FLIERS ON THE CITY MANAGER'S WEBSITE.
AND THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENTS WE'RE GOING TO START HAVING FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO I'M GOING TO PUT THESE UP HERE.
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COME ON. [INAUDIBLE] I WILL SAY I HAVE.HOW MUCH A JAR? TEN DOLLARS A JAR. I WILL SAY THEY'RE THE BEST I HAVE HAD.
I HAVE BLUEBERRY, I HAVE APRICOT, I HAVE THE ORANGE MARMALADE.
AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE FLAVOR.
THEY'RE EXCELLENT. AND APPLE CINNAMON.
[INAUDIBLE] ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NOT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ANNOUNCEMENTS.
OK, WE WILL MOVE TO CONSENT CALENDAR MR.
[6. CONSENT CALENDAR]
RUSSI [INAUDIBLE] ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL SECOND.[7. OTHER MATTERS]
RUSSI OTHER MATTERS.I WILL TAKE THIS BACK IN DECEMBER.
AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE DID AN INITIAL PRESENTATION ON USE OF ARPA FUNDS.
AT THAT POINT IT WAS THERE WERE SEVERAL COMMENTS ABOUT LOOKING AT PROVIDING A PREMIUM PAY STIPEND FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS.
IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN STAFF'S INITIAL PROPOSAL, BUT COUNCIL HAD ASKED STAFF TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT WHAT COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
STAFF DID THAT DID RESEARCH ON WHAT WITH THE PROVISIONS UNDER THE ACT, AS WELL AS LOOKED AT WITH SOME OTHER CITIES WE'RE PROVIDING IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND THEN WITH COUNCIL'S HELP OVER TWO PRECEDING CLOSED SESSIONS, WE'RE ABLE TO ESTABLISH THE CRITERIA THAT YOU SEE OUTLINED HERE, AS WELL AS THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNTS TO BE PROVIDED. AND I'LL GO THROUGH THOSE IN A MINUTE.
WHAT IS WHAT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT PROCESS WAS TO MEET WITH EACH OF THE REPRESENTED GROUPS AND GET THEIR CONCURRENCE BEFORE BRINGING SOMETHING FORWARD TO COUNCIL. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT ALL THE GROUPS HAVE RESPONDED IN OUR FAVORABLE IN WHAT IS BEING PROVIDED BY THE CITY TO EACH OF THE RESPECTIVE GROUPS FOR CONSIDERATION.
SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD WITH COUNCIL'S CONCURRENCE AND THE APPROVAL TONIGHT, WE WOULD THEN EXECUTE SIDE LETTERS WITH EACH OF THOSE GROUPS AND ATTACH THEM TO THEIR RESPECTIVE MOUS JUST TO LIVE ALONGSIDE THAT.
THIS PROVISION OF THIS STIPEND WAS BEING PROVIDED.
ESSENTIALLY, WHAT THE THE CRITERIA IS IS WE ESTABLISH TWO LEVELS.
THE FIRST IS LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF TIME THAT WE WERE IN THE MAJOR CRUX OF THE OF THE PANDEMIC, WHICH BASICALLY WAS FROM MARCH OF 2020 THROUGH JUNE OF 21.
ANY EMPLOYEE FULL TIME OR WITH SOME PART TIME CRITERIA THAT WORKED A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS WOULD BE ENTITLED TO A FULL STIPEND.
AND THEN ANY FULL TIME OR THEN ELIGIBLE PART TIME WOULD BE ENTITLED TO FIFTY PERCENT OF THE STIPEND. THE STIPEND AMOUNTS THAT ARE BEING PROVIDED ARE ESSENTIALLY FOR SWORN WOULD BE TWO THOUSAND ON THE LOWER END, FOUR THOUSAND ON THE UPPER END.
ALL OTHER NON SWORN EMPLOYEES WOULD BE FIFTEEN HUNDRED OR THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS, DEPENDING ON WHICH CRITERIA THEY FALL IN.
LOOKING AT THIS CRITERIA, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES THAT WOULD FALL INTO THE EACH GROUP, THE TOTAL AMOUNT ESTIMATED TO BE NEEDED OF ARPA FUNDS IS FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND. WHICH STAFF HAS LOOKED AT THE INITIAL PROPOSAL THAT WE OUTLINED FOR YOU BACK IN DECEMBER, AND WE FEEL THERE ARE A COUPLE OF AREAS THERE.
SPECIFICALLY, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT WILL BE LESS ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT SIDE, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE CHAMBER HAS TAKEN ON THE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
AND WE WILL NOT BE REQUIRING AN ADDITIONAL ADMINISTRATION BY A COMMUNITY BANK OF SORTS THAT THOSE TWO SAVINGS WILL MAKE UP A MAJORITY OF THAT, AS WELL AS FOR THE REMAINDER, WE WOULD LOOK AT EITHER THE REHAB PROGRAM AS WELL AS THE HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT, AS SHAVING A COUPLE OF DOLLARS OFF OF THAT TO GET TO WHATEVER THE APPROPRIATE NUMBER IS.
SO WITH THAT, WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IS COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PREMIUM PAY PROGRAM AUTHORIZE STAFF TO EXECUTE THE SIDE LETTERS APPROPRIATE THE FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND FROM THE ARPA ALLOCATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND THEN AUTHORIZE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE THE STIPEND CHECKS AS ALLOWED FOR UNDER THE CRITERIA THAT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED. WITH THAT I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
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COUNSEL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? WITH THAT WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THERE, I BELIEVE. WAS THAT SEVEN O MR. GABALDON.FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'LL ADMIT RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT PERFECTLY CLEAR ON HOW THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS IS BEING PLANNED.
I REMEMBER THE MEETING, BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE THAT THE CLARITY AROUND HOW THE MONEY ITSELF IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR ALLOCATION AND WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE IN THAT PLANNING PROCESS SINCE THAT TIME.
IT'S JUST BEEN IT FEELS LIKE FOREVER SINCE THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE CONVERSATION TONIGHT. I MIGHT I MIGHT MISUNDERSTAND IT, BUT I FEEL THAT, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION RELATIVE TO HOW THEIR THEIR MONEYS DID NOT COME TO THEM DURING THESE TIMES.
I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT I APPRECIATE STAFF AND EVERYBODY IN OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES TEAMS, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLARITY AND TRANSPARENCY AROUND THE ALLOCATION OF THE FUNDS. MANY IN OUR COMMUNITY WERE ECONOMICALLY AFFECTED BY COVID CLOSURES OF THEIR BUSINESSES, AND MANY DO NOT HAVE ECONOMIC PROTECTION DURING THOSE TIMES.
PLEASE CONSIDER HOW THIS TRANSPARENCY THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO GO, WHO'S GOING TO GET IT, HOW MUCH IS LEFT BEHIND IT, THAT THE COMMUNITY SHOULD REALLY AT LEAST KNOW THAT THAT EVERYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO CONSIDER THEIR SIDE OF THE EQUATION IS ALSO CONSIDERING THE ALLOCATION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CAVANAUGH. DANITA.
AS MR. GABALDON SAID, I KNOW THE STAFF WORKS HARD, WE SEE THE PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY PRESENT AT THESE MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A THANKLESS JOB BECAUSE THEY'RE BEHIND THE SCENES. BUT I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MR. GABALDON THAT I THINK THAT THE MONEY THAT IS IN THIS RECOVERY PROGRAM FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSING OTHER ISSUES THAT ARE MORE IMPORTANT AND THEN WHATEVER MONEY IS LEFT THAT THEY COULD THEN TURN TO THIS, YOU KNOW, TO THE COUNCIL AND SAY, OK, WE HAVE X DOLLARS LEFT.
LET'S GIVE THE STIPEND TO THE STAFF THAT WERE FORCED TO WORK FROM HOME OR HAVE THEIR HOURS CUT OR THEIR SALARIES CUT JUST TO SAVE THEIR JOBS.
BUT I THINK THERE ARE MORE PRESSING, MORE IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT ARE FACING THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED FIRST.
AND THERE WAS A PROGRAM AT ONE TIME WHERE LA VERNE ELDERLY RESIDENTS COULD DO LIKE, AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE MONETARY VALUE WAS, BUT IT WAS LIKE A ONE TIME ASSISTANCE.
WHETHER LIKE WITH THOSE WINDS, WE HAD A TREE FELL AND THE AWNING, AND IT COULD CUT THE TREE DOWN AND HAVE THE AWNING REPLACED OR, YOU KNOW, MINOR REPAIRS, IT DIDN'T REQUIRE PERMITS AND SUCH.
BUT THERE ARE MANY ELDERLY RESIDENTS ON ON VERY STRICT INCOMES, AND I THINK SOME OF THIS MONEY COULD BE ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT PROGRAM, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? EVERYBODY ON. LAST CALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS MR. RUSSI. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO.
FAIR QUESTION. THAT WAS ASKED ABOUT SOME OF THE OTHER ALLOCATION AND WHAT WAS IDENTIFIED BACK IN DECEMBER, AND WE ARE MAKING STRIDES IN THAT WAS INITIALLY AND THAT PRESENTATION IS STILL ON OUR WEBSITE SO EVERYBODY CAN GO AND LOOK AT THAT TO SEE WHERE THOSE DOLLARS WERE IDENTIFIED AS A DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.
IN DECEMBER, COUNCIL HAD EXPRESSED THE WHAT WE HAD OUTLINED AS A GOOD PATH FOR THOSE DOLLARS, WE ARE WORKING TO ALLOCATE THOSE AS WE PUT THE PROGRAMS TOGETHER, AND I CAN GIVE YOU SOME MORE SPECIFICS ON THAT LAST MEETING OR LAST MEETING, YOU APPROPRIATED A MILLION DOLLARS TO THE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM.
AND SO THOSE STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN.
WE MET WITH THE CHAMBER THIS WEEK.
WE EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO ADVERTISE FOR THAT, PROBABLY IN APRIL, AS OPPOSED TO WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY THINKING IS MAY.
SO THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE PUT OUT AND TEN THOUSAND DOLLAR GRANTS UP TO TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS PER BUSINESS.
WE DID ALLOCATE A MILLION DOLLARS TO IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL NEEDS AT EACH OF THE DEPARTMENTS, IF YOU REMEMBER, IDENTIFIED THINGS THAT WEREN'T OTHERWISE FUNDED, BUT THEY WERE FELT WERE THINGS THAT WERE NECESSARY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THEIR OPERATION.
THOSE SPECIFIC ISSUES ARE BEING WORKED THROUGH THE MID-YEAR BUDGET PROCESS RIGHT NOW.
WE HAD A SHORTFALL OF ABOUT ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT
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PROGRAM FOR THE FIVE YEAR.WE TOOK ONE POINT FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND PUT IT TOWARDS THOSE IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, SO OUR FIVE YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND PROJECTS IS FULLY FUNDED FOR THESE FIVE YEARS. WE PUT A MILLION DOLLARS TOWARDS OUTDOOR IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH BASICALLY WILL BE ATP LEVEL IMPROVEMENTS.
SO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE, BIKE LANES, TRAILS, AS WELL AS THEN WITHIN OUR RECREATION AND OUR PARKS.
SO SOME OF THAT MONEY WILL GO TO THAT, AND BOTH DIRECTOR AYGO AND YVONNE DURAN WILL BE WORKING TO COME BACK WITH A PROPOSAL ON HOW THOSE DOLLARS WILL BE USED.
WE ARE PUTTING ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INTO THE HOUSING REHAB PROGRAM, WHICH WAS THE ONE YOU WERE REFERRING TO THAT WE HAD DONE BEFORE WE HAD ABANDONED THAT PROGRAM YEARS AGO BECAUSE WE USED TO DO IT UNDER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
THE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FUND JUST MADE IT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO GET OVER THAT HILL.
WE PUT OUT AN RFP ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
LAST WEEK, WE GOT THE FINAL VENDOR TODAY I HEARD.
SO I HOPE TO BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL.
THE FIRST MEETING IN APRIL TO ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS AND PUT THAT PROGRAM OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT I'M WORKING ON IS AN ENHANCEMENT OF OUR HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS TRI CITY MENTAL HEALTH TO BE MORE RELEVANT IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGING WITH OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY TO TO GUIDE THEM INTO THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND WE'RE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES TO BRING THOSE FORWARD. IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ONLY GET SO MANY THINGS IN FRONT OF YOU AT A GIVEN TIME, SO THE HOUSING REHAB WILL COME NEXT.
I HOPE TO HAVE THE HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT WORKED OUT FOR MAY, AND THEN THE OTHER THINGS WILL PROBABLY BE AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS.
AND ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THAT ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS, WHEN WE DID THE CDBG MONEY KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAU MYSELF AND I WERE ON THAT COMMITTEE ALONG WITH STAFF, AND THE CRITERIA WAS SO TOUGH THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION THEY HAD TO FILL OUT AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP.
SO A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T DO IT, SO WE DOUBLED DOWN AND WENT FROM THE FIVE THOUSAND WAS TO TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED TO FIVE THOUSAND.
AND STILL, AT THAT POINT, WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS THAT THIS BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS GOING TO BE FAST AND FURIOUS.
THE APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO COME IN AT TEN THOUSAND EACH, WHICH I DON'T KNOW WHAT BUSINESS COULDN'T USE, ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER THE BUSINESSES.
BUT AGAIN, AT THE END OF THE DAY TOO, THERE'S BUSINESSES GROWING HERE EVERY DAY, ALMOST I GET A REPORT AND WAS PUBLISHING THAT ANYWHERE FROM TEN TO SIX BUSINESSES PER MONTH PER MONTH AND IT'S LIKE, THIS IS GREAT, YOU KNOW, BUT AND ALSO TO ANY OF THAT, THAT FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WILL, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING WHEN I FIRST GOT ON A COUNCIL WALNUT AVENUE, BEING ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS A TOUGH AREA AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE COULD DO IT AND THAT BETWEEN REAL DEVELOPMENT AND CDBG, IT WAS LIKE THE TIE YOUR HANDS.
THIS HAS LESS STRINGS, WHICH IS REALLY NICE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO NEED THIS.
AND AS FAR AS THE EMPLOYEES, I THINK I HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING, BUT I THINK WE FACTORED ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND OUR EMPLOYEES AN AMAZING JOB KEPT EVERYTHING OPEN. I DON'T THINK ANY RESIDENT DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION THEY NEEDED TO GET.
I THINK OUR POLICE AND FIRE PUBLIC WORKS.
THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A DAY OR TWO WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT APPRECIATION TO OUR EMPLOYEES WAS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES.
WE'RE NOT THE HIGHEST PAYING CITY, BUT WE'RE A REALLY GOOD PLACE TO WORK.
AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO OUR MANTRA HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE STRIVE FOR FOR THE EMPLOYEES TO STAY BECAUSE WE WORK IN SUCH A GREAT PLACE AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE SO GREAT.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE GREAT, SO NOT A BAD PLACE TO LIVE AND NOT A BAD PLACE TO WORK.
SO THAT APPRECIATION, I THINK ACROSS FROM COUNCIL IS THE FACT THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING TO SAY, HEY, THIS WAS ROUGH AND IT WAS ROUGH FOR ALL OF US.
AND SO WE ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
BUT I STILL WE PUT AWAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, A LOT OF MONEY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN NEED, A LOT OF MONEY FOR THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, DURING THE PANDEMIC, WE.
ALL KEPT OUR BUSINESSES ALIVE.
THEY WOULD NOT BE HERE UNLESS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, SERVICING OUR BUSINESSES AND TAKEOUT IN OUR STORES AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS HERE, WE'VE LOST VERY FEW, VERY FEW BUSINESSES.
AND I SAY, THAT'S THE CITY, THAT'S OUR COUNCIL, THAT'S OUR COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU SAID A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT I APPRECIATE THE TIME WE'VE ALL SPENT AND STAFF'S DIRECTION, GIVING US IDEAS WHAT WE COULD DO WITH THE SEVEN POINT SIX MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE RECEIVED AND IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND I JUST HAVE ALWAYS FELT THAT OUR BACKBONE IS OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.
THE WORK THAT IS DONE THROUGH THIS CITY IS WHAT MAKES IT BEAUTIFUL AND ATTRACTIVE TO PEOPLE AND SAFE DURING THE PANDEMIC.
WE HAD. IT WAS A SCARY TIME AT THE BEGINNING YOU HAVE POLICE AND FIRE THAT HAD TO BE
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FIRST RESPONDERS, THAT'S THEIR JOB, BUT THEY WERE PUTTING THEIR LIVES, THEIR FAMILIES LIVES BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY KNEW HOW BAD THIS WAS IN JEOPARDY.BUT THEY DID THEIR JOBS, THEY WENT INTO HOMES, THEY WENT INTO MOBILE HOMES, TAKING CARE OF PEOPLE AND TRANSPORTING AND POLICE HANDLING HOMELESS, HAVING TO TOUCH ONE ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, AND TRY TO STAY SAFE.
AND THEN EVEN WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS, YOU THINK ABOUT IT.
WHEN THEY WENT DOWNTOWN, I WAS SO IMPRESSED WITH PUBLIC WORKS, HOW THEY WENT DOWN THERE AND THEY WERE RIGHT THERE, PUTTING UP THE BARRICADES AND CLOSING DOWN THE STREETS SO THAT OUR BUSINESSES COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE RESTAURANTS COULD THRIVE.
AND THEN THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF HAVING TO WORK SO MANY BUSINESSES OUT THERE.
UNIVERSITY, I KNOW A LOT OF THEM GOT TO WORK FROM HOME, BUT WE TRIED TO DO OURS SO THAT IT WAS CONDUCIVE TO ALL THE EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO COME IN AND TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. SO I JUST CAN'T THANK THE EMPLOYEES ENOUGH.
I FEEL THIS IS A SMALL TOKEN OF GRATITUDE TO SAY THANK YOU FOR WHAT THEY DID FOR US DURING THAT TERRIBLE TIME, AND I KNOW THEY CONTINUE TO DO WONDERFUL WORK.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN CARDER. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS, THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I JUST WANT TO ADD BECAUSE I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN SAID, THAT THIS CONSIDERATION WASN'T AN EITHER OR.
AND WE REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO PUT ANYONE LAST.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE DOING ALL THE THINGS THAT WE COULD DO AS QUICKLY AS WE COULD DO TO HELP INVIGORATE THE COMMUNITY AGAIN, WHICH IS WHY WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED WORKING ON THE BUSINESS BUSINESS SUPPORT.
WE LOOKED AT THE INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT, WHICH IS THE THE HOUSING REFURBISHMENT, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE LAST.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID AN END AND THEREFORE WE CAME UP WITH THIS VALUE FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S TRUE IT TAKES A VILLAGE.
BUT THE VILLAGE ALSO TAKES SERVERS AND OUR CITY EMPLOYEES SWORN AND UNSWORN ARE ALL THE SERVANTS OF OUR CITY, AND THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF US, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY RECOGNIZE THAT WE APPRECIATE THAT.
BUT NO THANK YOU TO MAKE IT REAL SHORT.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND AND AS TO MR. GABALDON'S COMMENT REGARDING THE TIME FRAME.
IT TAKES TIME TO DO THESE THINGS.
IT'S NOT JUST A WAVE OF ONE, AND WE DID REALLY GO OVER IT MULTIPLE TIMES AND YOU KNOW, ANY ANY ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S THERE'S TIMES WHERE WE HAVE TO DIG INTO IT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST FOR EVERYONE AND AND FINALLY COME OUT TO A SOLUTION.
BUT I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO DO IT.
IT'S A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR OUR STAFF, BUT IT'S ALSO A GREAT APPRECIATION FOR OUR CITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, THE NEEDY.
I THINK THAT THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS, I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT ROAD AND THANK GOODNESS WE GOT THIS BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOUGH.
BUT SO WITH THAT SAID, I THINK WE NEED A A MOTION.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE ARPA PREMIUM STIPEND PROGRAM, AUTHORIZE STAFF TO EXECUTE SIDE LETTERS WITH REPRESENTED EMPLOYEE GROUPS APPROPRIATE THE FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND FROM THE CITY'S ARPA ALLOCATION AND AUTHORIZE THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO ISSUE STIPENDS AS PROVIDED UNDER THE OUTLINE CRITERIA.
VOTE PLEASE. THE SECOND IS EASIER.
[INAUDIBLE] PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
HAVE BEEN LATE. CAN WE TAKE TWO TAKE TWO? GO BACK AND READ IT AGAIN.
WAIT. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS, COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER BEFORE I GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, TAKE TWO GO PUBLIC COMMENTS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS, I HAVE A COUPLE OF CARDS HERE.
[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
I HAVE DANITA BEAUCHAMP.[INAUDIBLE] SHE WROTE ONE CARD.
OH NO, I'M SORRY, IT'S TOO LATE.
[INAUDIBLE] YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME AT THE PODIUM, YOUNG LADY.
I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT WE'RE WE'RE NOW IN DARKNESS AND OUR FLAG IS TOO.
THE LIGHT THAT'S ON IT ONLY LIGHTS UP THE BOTTOM OF THE POLE, AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO
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BE REMEDIED. THANK YOU.STRAIGHT AWAY. THANK YOU KNOW THAT MR. RUSSI. THANK YOU.
OK. THIS IS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, CORRECT? OK. JUST MAKING SURE I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MAYOR AND THE COUNCIL FOR RECOGNIZING MARCH AS WOMEN'S MONTH.
AS YOU SAID, NONE OF US WOULD BE HERE WITHOUT THEM, BUT TO ALSO THANK ROBIN CARDER AND WENDY LAU FOR BEING VERY VOCAL PERSON TO PROVIDE WOMEN TO LOOK UP TO YOU MANY, MANY YEARS WAS THIS A BOYS CLUB.
AND IT WASN'T UNTIL, I BELIEVE DONNA REDMAN AND ANOTHER WOMAN, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME. I APOLOGIZE, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU DEFINITELY ARE PAVING THE WAY FOR OTHER WOMEN, ENCOURAGING US TO GET INVOLVED, TO VOICE OUR OPINIONS AND TO REALLY CARE, TAKE OUR LEVEL OF CARE ABOUT THE CITY TO A HIGHER LEVEL.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE COUNCIL ALLOW A MODIFICATION FOR PEOPLE THAT COME AND ADDRESS YOU AT THE DAIS.
THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, NOT EVERYONE IS LOUD LIKE I AM.
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO OFTENTIMES CANNOT HEAR WHAT THE SPEAKER IS SPEAKING, WHETHER THE MICROPHONE IS NOT PROPERLY ADJUSTED, BUT ALSO WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE ON THE ZOOM MEETING AND SPEAKING.
WE HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME HEARING, SO I'M REQUESTING THAT MAYBE SOME OF THIS MONEY BE ALLOCATED TO SOME KIND OF A SPEAKER SYSTEM OR WE ADJUST THE PODIUM TO THE SIDE SO THAT OUR VOICE IS ACTUALLY FACING THE AUDIENCE.
BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHERE WE CANNOT HEAR PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING.
AND LIKE LAST WEEK WITH THE PRESENTATION OF CHIEF NIGG AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS ON THE ZOOM WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO HEAR AND THAT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE FACING OUR CITY.
LASTLY, THE SIDEWALK REPAIRS THAT ARE BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE CDBG PROGRAM ARE BEING DONE, BUT THEY'RE BEING DONE VERY POORLY.
BEFORE THAT PROGRAM GOT REIMPLEMENTED, THE SIDEWALKS THAT WERE REPAIRED ON AMHERST STREET, THEY THEY USED TO BREAK UP THE SIDEWALK, CUT THE TREE ROOT FOR THE CITY TREES AND THEN RELAY THE CONCRETE.
THIS TIME AROUND, THE SIDEWALKS ARE WHITE.
YOU KNOW, CONCRETE DRIES IT, AND IT'S LIKE A WHITE COLOR.
THEY LAID BLACK ASPHALT TO FILL IN THE GAP, AND IT IS CREATED AN EVEN LARGER TRIP HAZARD.
SO WITH THE CDGB PROGRAM, THEY CAME OUT AND THEY LITERALLY SANDED IT DOWN.
IT'S STILL A SAFETY ISSUE, AND I PERSONALLY HAVE ONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, BUT THERE ARE FOUR OTHERS ON MY STREET THAT HAD THE SAME THING DONE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT ESPECIALLY WITH IT, MAY NOT BE COSTING THEM THE CITY MONEY TO CONDUCT THESE REPAIRS BECAUSE THIS IS A GRANT PROGRAM, BUT SOME OVERSIGHT OR PUBLIC WORKS OR SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY NEEDS TO GO AND INSPECT THE JOBS THAT ARE BEING DONE BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING DONE POORLY AND AND IT NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING PUT FORTH, SO I KNOW THEY'RE WORKING ON IT, BUT A LITTLE BIT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
MR. AYGO IS ON THE LINE UP THERE, TOO.
HE'S LISTENING TO THIS RIGHT NOW.
SO YEAH, BUT I MIGHT SAY THAT THAT MAY BE THE TEMPORARY WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE.
WHEN WE DO CDBG IS JUST FOR REPLACEMENT, SO THEY WILL PULL OUT SECTIONS AND REPLACE IT.
SO THAT MAY NOT BE WHAT IS DONE IN THIS AREA AT THIS POINT, SO THEY MAY BE COMING BACK TO THAT AT A LATER DATE. WE'LL CHECK IT OUT, THOUGH.
MR. GABALDON. I GUESS I COULD SAY DITTO AND DITTO NICE, NICE AND SHORT.
I TOO WANTED TO RECOGNIZE WOMEN'S AWARENESS MONTH I LIVE WITH WITH A WOMAN WHO I AM VERY PROUD OF, AND SHE'S ONE OF THOSE MOVERS AND SHAKERS.
AND SHE GETS A LOT OF STUFF DONE AND YOU GUYS KNOW HER ABOUT HER.
SOMETIMES SHE'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT.
BUT I MEAN, I'M SAYING IT IN IN IN A VERY IS THIS LAUNDRY AIRING TIME.
SO WE JUST ALL HAVE A LITTLE CONVERSATION I'LL TAKE FOR MY THREE MINUTES.
ALL RIGHT. BUT I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS SPEAKING ABOUT CASI AND INCLUSIVITY, IT REALLY SHOULDN'T MATTER.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS YOU IDENTIFY AS WE'RE ALL JUST TRYING TO GET ALONG TOGETHER, AND SOMETIMES WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE AND HOW WE DO IT.
BUT THERE ARE VERY THERE ARE MANY WOMEN OUT THERE THAT ARE JUST AMAZING, AND I ASPIRE TO
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BE SOME OF THEM SOMETIMES IN HOW THEY THEY ACCOMPLISH WHAT THEY SET OUT TO DO IN AMAZING WAYS. AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES IS HIDDEN FIGURES AND ON THE BACK, YOU KNOW, BACKSIDE OF BLACK AMERICAN BLACK AMERICAN MONTH AND NOW WOMEN'S MONTH.IT'S A GREAT MOVIE, SO I RECOMMEND IT ON A MORE BUSINESS NOTE, THOUGH.
I JUST WANT TO BRING UP TWO THINGS ONE MISUNDERSTANDING.
I THINK MY MY COMMENT BEFORE IT WASN'T INTENDED TO TO IMPART THAT THERE WAS ANY, YOU KNOW? NOT APPRECIATION FOR A CITY STAFF, IT WAS MERELY THE TRANSPARENCY IN WHICH DECISIONS LIKE THIS ARE MADE, WHERE THERE'S MONEY INVOLVED, A LOT OF MONEY, THANK GOD FOR THE CITY AND FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE COULD DO A BETTER JOB OF KEEPING THAT IN THE LIGHT LONG ENOUGH.
SO EVERYBODY GETS THE THOUGHT PROCESS AND THERE IS NO QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLOSE ON THAT WITH THAT PART.
AND THEN THE CITY BUSINESS I NOTICED IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY THAT THERE WAS NO NEWSLETTER. THERE WAS A NEWSLETTER IN FEBRUARY THAT COVERED THE TWO MONTHS THAT I KNOW.
WE STARTED DOING THAT MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO AGO, AND IT JUST DAWNED ON ME THAT TONIGHT THERE WAS ALL THESE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ALL THESE GREAT THINGS GOING ON.
BUT WE WE SKIP A MONTH AND I DON'T WANT LA VERNE TO BE SKIPPING MONTHS.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF THINGS GOING ON HERE, AND I THINK THAT WE SHOULD LOOK FORWARD AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IF THERE'S NOT THINGS TO REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT MIGHT SEEM SIGNIFICANT LIKE OTHER MONTHS. LET'S GET SOMETHING GOING HERE.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS A NEWSLETTER EVERY SINGLE MONTH.
THERE'S ALWAYS THINGS TO TALK ABOUT.
KEEP THE INTEREST HIGH WITH THE CITY AND NOT LIKE KEEP PEOPLE KIND OF WAITING FOR YOU.
PROBABLY THINK, BOB. NOBODY READS MY NEWSLETTER.
I THINK A LOT MORE PEOPLE READ IT THAN YOU THINK, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
AND I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF WE KEPT ONE FOR EVERY MONTH.
I THINK DESERVE LA VERNE DESERVES ONE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON, ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE? OH, LADIES, IT'S LADIES.
I'M SORRY, IT'S WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
COME ON UP. OH YEAH, YOU DON'T WANT GET IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT ONE.
I WILL BE QUICK. ANYWAY, JUST TWO BRIEF COMMENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE COMMITTEE FOR CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION, CASI, FOR RESEARCHING AND REMINDING US ABOUT THE SPECIALLY DESIGNATED HERITAGE MONTHS.
IT'S AN IMPORTANT REMINDER TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE ALL IMPORTANT AND WE ALL BELONG.
I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO YVONNE GALLEGOS FOR DOING A LOT OF THE RESEARCH AND LEGWORK. [APPLAUSE] I KNOW SHE WORKS HARD.
SHE ASKED ME SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THINGS, AND I WAS LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.
TALK TO SHERRY BEST, YOU KNOW? BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK SHE'S BEEN DOING, SO WE CAN RECEIVE THESE SPECIAL PROCLAMATIONS. MY SECOND THING IS I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
LATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN IT COMES TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO COMPLAIN. THEY BELITTLE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I DON'T AGREE WITH THOSE PEOPLE.
I RESPECT AND I APPRECIATE OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I THINK YOU ALL WORK VERY HARD FOR OUR CITY AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
I TALKED TO PLENTY OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT AGREE WITH ME.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO MAKING LA VERNE THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GARY PRENTICE, I HAVE I DON'T HAVE A COMPLAINT, I HAVE A SUGGESTION I WAS GOING NORTHBOUND ON WHITE AVENUE THE OTHER DAY OR YOUNG WHITE AVENUE UP TO [INAUDIBLE] AND I KNOW THAT [INAUDIBLE] JOINT VENTURE THERE IS IN CONTROL OF ALL OF THAT.
BUT FOR THE SECOND TIME, I GOT UP THERE AND I THOUGHT, WHY DON'T WE HAVE WHEN WE COME UP TO THAT DEAL, WE THERE'S THE LIGHTS NEED TO BE REPLACED, QUITE FRANKLY, FOR THIS AND A TEMPORARY LEFT TURN LANE ON THE SECOND LANE FROM THE FROM THE LANE ADJACENT TO THE NORMAL LEFT TURN LANE TO ALLOW CARS.
BECAUSE CARS COME UP THERE, THEY STOP AND YOU MAKE THE LEFT TURN LANE AND THEN LIGHT STAYS GREEN FOR NORTH AND SOUTH TRAFFIC, WHICH THERE IS NONE EXCEPT SOMEBODY GOES UP THERE AND MAKES A U-TURN, COMES AROUND AND GOES THE OTHER WAY ON A NARROW HIGHWAY.
SO I WAS THINKING, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE CITY TO RE PHASE THE LIGHTS FOR THE DURATION WHILE WHITE AVENUE HAS DONE SO.
I THINK IT WOULD JUST MAKE THE TRAFFIC FLOW A LOT BETTER, AND I WAS GOING TO WRITE THAT.
AND THEN I HAD LUNCH WITH SOME FRIENDS AND I FORGOT ABOUT IT AND TALKED ABOUT THE SIDEWALKS, REMINDED ME OF IT.
SO I'M GLAD WE COULD JOG YOUR MEMORY, GARY.
THANK YOU. ANY ONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. [INAUDIBLE], I APPRECIATE YOU APPRECIATE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE.
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GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, AMAZING CITY COUNCIL, FOLKS MS. RUSSI JR. AND GREAT CITIZENS, FOLKS THAT ARE WATCHING ONLINE.I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHAT THEY DO FOR OUR CITY, MAKING IT BETTER.
I JUST WANTED TO TALK TODAY ABOUT ONE ISSUE THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED, AND THAT'S IT'S REGARDING WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING NORTH.
I LIVE ON WHERE THE CORNER OF ESPERANZA AND GOLDEN HILLS MEET.
WE GOT SOME AMAZING EQUESTRIAN CENTER THERE, BUT AND AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THAT LIKE TO WALK THAT CROSS TRAFFIC THERE, THERE'S JUST NO LIGHTING.
THERE'S NO SIGNAL THAT'S THERE.
JUST WITNESSED THE OTHER DAY, I PULLED OVER INDIVIDUAL THAT LAID HIS BIKE DOWN THAT CURVE. HE WAS OK, YOU KNOW, HE'S GOING TO CALL AN AMBULANCE FOR HIM, BUT HE'S LIKE, HE'S ALL RIGHT. SO IT'S AN OFFER TO PUT HIS MOTORCYCLE ON MY TRUCK AND TAKE HIM HOME, BUT HE'S DOING WELL. SO ANYWAYS.
HAVING SAID THAT, THERE'S WE CAN JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
JUST THAT CORNER, THAT SECTION.
THERE IS A LOT OF PEOPLE DO WALKS IN THE MORNING.
I UNDERSTAND THE LIGHTING ISSUE, BUT IF WE CAN GET A LOOK STOP SIGN A SOMETHING SOLAR, JUST SOMETHING WE CAN AT LEAST WARN PEOPLE ON THAT CURVE THAT OTHERS DRIVE A LITTLE TOO FAST. THAT'S JUST ONE AREA THAT'S THERE.
AND OTHER THAN THAT, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING CARE OF A GREAT CITY EMPLOYEES DURING COVID, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT WERE OUT THERE, REGARDLESS OF REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING ELSE, THE SACRIFICE, THEY'RE WILLING TO SACRIFICE THEIR LIFE FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT WILL COME UP TO THE DAIS COUNCIL COMMENTS CONCERNS AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO START?
[9. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
MR. CROSBY GO AHEAD.HE'S ALREADY PULLED THAT THING IN HIS NOSE.
GO AHEAD. [INAUDIBLE] BUT I'M LOUD ENOUGH.
I JUST WANT TO THANK THE FIRST DAY SESSION TODAY.
AND FOR ANYBODY THAT'S OUT THERE WATCHING, IF YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE 5:00 O'CLOCK EARLY MEETING.
IT'LL BE UP ON OUR OUR WEBSITE AS WELL AND AS ON SB 9.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION, A LOT OF GREAT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON IT AS WELL AND APPRECIATE THE CITY. BRING THAT FORWARD TO US.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER.
YES, THIS PAST SATURDAY, LITTLE GIRLS SOFTBALL COULD NOT HAVE AN OPENING DAY BECAUSE THEY HAD STARTED TO PLAN IT BACK IN NOVEMBER, BUT WITH COVID THEY WEREN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO TIM AND I BOTH SIT ON THE YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL AND THEY WERE TELLING US THAT THEY'RE GOING TO. THEY INVITED US OUT THERE TO COME OUT, SEE THEIR FIRST WEEKEND OF GAMES, AND BOTH TIM AND I SHOWED UP AND IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE AND THEY HAD PICTURE DAY.
SO IT WAS REALLY LIKE AN OPENING DAY.
LOTS OF KIDS COULDN'T PARK ANYWHERE.
YOU HAD TO GO DOWN THE STREET.
REMEMBER THAT? AND BUT ONE THING THAT I WE DID TALK TO THE PRESIDENT OF THEIR LEAGUE AND THEY DID SO SO GRATEFULLY THEY WERE SO PLEASED TO HEAR WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE FOR THEM.
THEY SAID WHEN THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE DONE, WE DON'T ASK FOR IT UNTIL WE KNOW WE WANT IT BECAUSE IT IS DONE LIKE THAT WHEN THEY PUT IN A REQUEST.
THE SHADE COVERS IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO HOP OVER THERE, AT WHEELER PARK.
I KNOW LITTLE LEAGUE IS ALWAYS A BIG, YOU KNOW, ISSUE THAT PEOPLE LOVE, LITERALLY, BUT GIRLS ARE ALWAYS FORGOTTEN FOR SOFTBALL.
SEE THAT SOME OF THE GAME'S SO IMPRESSIVE.
THE PITCHING NOWADAYS IS JUST IMPRESSIVE.
THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, WHIP IT AROUND AND THEY NEED THE SUPPORT.
WHEN YOU SEE THESE KIDS COME TO YOUR DOORS OR IF YOU HEAR ABOUT THEIR FUNDRAISING, SUPPORT THEM, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WITH COVID SO MANY TIMES THE BUSINESSES SUPPORTED THEM, BUT THEY NEED TO BE NOT HIT ON SO OFTEN THE BUSINESSES.
I THINK IT'S THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN HELPING THE KIDS FUNDRAISE FOR THEIR SPORTS.
AND AS WE ALL KNOW, KEEPING KIDS INVOLVED IN SPORTS OR ANY OTHER ACTIVITIES KEEPS THEM OUT OF TROUBLE. SO I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED AND TO HEAR HOW GREAT OUR STAFF IS DOING.
THE SHADE COVERS, THEY PUT OVER ALL THE BLEACHERS, AND THAT WAS THE DOING OF THE CITY.
SO REALLY PASS THAT ON, PLEASE TO PUBLIC WORKS AND THANK THEM.
I JUST WANTED TO RECAP A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
MAYOR AND I ATTENDED THE HILLCREST VIP EVENT WHERE IT WAS AN AMAZING ART EXHIBIT.
IT'S STILL UP IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO GO SEE IT.
I MEAN, I CANNOT SAY ENOUGH ABOUT HOW IMPRESSIVE THESE STUDENTS ARE AND MUCH TO COUNCILWOMAN CARDERS POINT OF VIEW IS THAT IF WE CAN GET THE STUDENTS ENGAGED IN
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SOMETHING, THEY STAY OUT OF TROUBLE.THEY WILL FIND A PURPOSE, THEY WILL FIND THINGS TO DO.
AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SO COOL TO SEE ALL OF THESE STUDENTS GET UP THERE AND NOT ONLY HAVE THEIR ARTWORK DISPLAYED, WHICH WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT THEY GOT UP AND TALKED ABOUT WHY THEY DREW WHAT THEY DREW.
AND YOU COULD TELL WITH FOR SOME OF THEM THAT THEY WERE NOT USED TO SPEAKING IN PUBLIC AND WHAT AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO ENGAGE AND TO SPEAK TO A LARGE AUDIENCE.
AND THE WARMTH THAT THOSE STUDENTS RECEIVED FROM THE GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT SAT AND LISTENED TO THEM WAS AMAZING.
AND SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE TO GO AND SEE THE ARTWORK, IT IS TRULY AMAZING.
IT IS FOR SALE IF THEY HAVEN'T ALL SOLD OUT ALREADY.
DEFINITELY. TAKE A LOOK. THERE WAS SOME REALLY COOL STUFF THERE.
AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY AS WELL, THE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE DID JUST HAVE A MEETING LAST WEEK, AND I WANTED TO EXTEND A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, COLEEN FLORES, AS WELL AS CAPTAIN SAM GONZALEZ AND A BUNCH OF OTHER LIEUTENANTS WHO ALSO ATTENDED THAT MEETING.
IF YOU GET THE CHANCE TO WATCH IT, I BELIEVE IT IS UP ON OUR WEBSITE.
WHAT I ENVISION AND WHAT I WOULD HOPE THAT PEOPLE GET OUT OF THINGS LIKE THAT IS THAT WE ARE A COMMUNITY THAT KNOWS EACH OTHER.
AND IT WAS REALLY KIND OF NEAT TO HEAR SOME OF THE RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT SOME OF THEIR EXPERIENCES, POSITIVE EXPERIENCES WITH THE POLICE AND WHAT THE POLICE ARE DOING TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFER AND BETTER.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO COME TO OUR MEETINGS, PLEASE NOTE THEY ARE UP SO YOU CAN WATCH THEM, BUT WE WOULD DEFINITELY WELCOME YOU TO ATTEND.
SO IT WAS REALLY, LIKE I SAID, REALLY AMAZING TO SEE THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CITIES HAVE THAT KIND OF RAPPORT OR THAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION.
SO. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
TOMORROW IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY WAS INITIALLY CELEBRATED IN 1911 BY A HANDFUL OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, AND IT QUICKLY SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF WOMEN.
AND YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF, TO MY FELLOW COUNCILWOMAN AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO THESE MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, WE MAY NOT ALWAYS AGREE.
WE MAY NOT ALWAYS SEE EYE TO EYE, BUT I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT DIALOG AND A COMMUNICATION, BECAUSE IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE. WE'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY, HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
SO I APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT IS BROUGHT FORTH.
AND I THINK THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S LEADERSHIP IN YOUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE THE TIME OUT OF YOUR MONDAY NIGHTS TO COME HERE RELIGIOUSLY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
IT'S HUGE, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING ENGAGED IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND SHARING OUT INFORMATION AND WANTING TO BE THAT CONDUIT BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES US A TRULY AMAZING COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, SOMEONE SENT ME A MESSAGE EARLIER SAYING, CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT TWO YEARS AGO, THIS WAS OUR LAST NORMAL WEEK BEFORE THE PANDEMIC? TWO YEARS.
IT IS CRAZY TO THINK HOW MUCH TIME HAS PASSED.
THIS PAST SUNDAY WAS THE FIRST TIME MY DAD WAS ALLOWED OUT OF THE NOT OUT TO COME HOME, BUT WAS ALLOWED TO HAVE VISITORS OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S HUGE.
HE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND, YOU KNOW, THE CONVALESCENT CENTER FOR ALMOST A YEAR AND A HALF. AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE CONTINUED TO JUST BUILD COMMUNITY IN OUR CITY AND TO REALLY BE SUPPORTIVE AND AGAIN, EVEN WHEN WE DON'T SEE EYE TO EYE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILWOMAN LAU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO JOIN THE OTHERS IN CELEBRATING ACTIVITIES AND DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, BOTH HERE AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
LIKEWISE, CASI AND THE CELEBRATION AND AND CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WITH CHIEF FLORES AND HER STAFF THIS WEDNESDAY, WE'RE TALKING POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
AND THIS SATURDAY LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY IS GOING TO COMMENCE.
SO SO WE ARE RETURNING TO A NEW NORMAL.
I LIKEWISE WANT TO SUGGEST THAT IT WAS IT WAS A GOOD CONVERSATION.
DURING THE STUDY SESSION ON SB STATE SENATE BILL 9 ABOUT HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING. AND THERE WERE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP THAT WERE AROUND IT THAT WEREN'T NECESSARILY DIRECTLY RELATED TO SB 9.
AND IT AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE AS IMPORTANT TO HAVE AND CONTINUE AS WELL.
IT'S NOT. WE DON'T OFTENTIMES DEAL WITH ONE ISSUE AT A TIME.
WE'RE DEALING WITH A WHOLE FABRIC OF ISSUES.
AND A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE IS THE OTHER WEEK WE HAD THE SPECIAL ADJOURNED MEETING TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATING WITH L.A.
COUNTY TO CONTRACT OUT OUR FIRE SERVICES.
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AND I'M THRILLED THAT AFTER TWO PLUS YEARS OF CONVERSATION AND DISCERNMENT AND ANGST AND AND AND I'LL JUST SAY IT, IT WASN'T A GRACEFUL CONVERSATION, BUT IT WAS A NECESSARY CONVERSATION. IT WAS NECESSARY TO REACH OUT AND GAIN PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION.AND AND PEOPLE STEPPED UP AND PARTICIPATED IN THAT CONVERSATION TO MAKE SURE THAT A GOOD DECISION WAS MADE.
SO I'M THRILLED TO SAY THAT WE CAME UP WITH A GOOD DECISION AND I'M HAPPY WITH IT, AND I'M GLAD WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL HAVE OTHER THORNY ISSUES AS WE GO INTO THE FUTURE. SO PLEASE DON'T HESITATE.
MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS DITTO TO ALL OF THAT.
THAT WAS YOU GUYS PRETTY MUCH COVERED ALL THE BASES FOR ME TONIGHT.
YEAH, NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.
I WANT TO THANK OUR COMMUNITY, THOUGH, TOO, BECAUSE AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAU STATED, YOU FORGET BECAUSE WE'RE ALL INGRAINED IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND AND COVID AND AND TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, WITH MASKING, NON MASKING AND VACCINE AND NON VACCINE AND MOVING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC AND FAMILY MEMBERS GETTING SICK AND AND MOST OF US GETTING COVID, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I WAS I HAD I HAD IT, BUT I HAD MY THREE SHOTS FINE.
BUT THE POINT IS IS THAT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY AND WE ACTUALLY WAS MARCH 7TH, WAS IT NOT WHEN WE HAD OUR ELECTION AND WE WERE INSTALLED IN APRIL 6TH IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN OF 2020.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT WE'RE IN 2022 IN MARCH? IT'S LIKE AND NOW THE MASKS ARE GOING AWAY.
I MEAN, THE PANDEMIC IS NOT GONE, BUT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, WE'RE ON A DIFFERENT PLANE THAN WE WERE BEFORE, AND I JUST CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY FOR HELPING US TO SUCCEED AND SURVIVE TO OUR EMPLOYEES.
I MEAN, WITHOUT US ALL AS A TEAM, THIS WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.
I GUARANTEE YOU AND I THINK WE'RE ALL EXTREMELY ENGAGED.
AND NOW THAT YOUTH SPORTS ARE BACK, AS COUNCIL MEMBER, CARDER STATED, THAT'S THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD TO SEE FAMILIES.
THE KIDS ARE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
THEY WERE EATING OR HAVING FUN RUNNING AROUND LIKE LITTLE KIDS DO.
THAT NOISE IS THE MOST WONDERFUL THING IN THE WHOLE WORLD AND OUR LITTLE LEAGUE STARTING UP AGAIN THIS SATURDAY, POP WARNER IS REBUILDING THEIR TEAMS, OUR FOOTBALL.
IT'S LIKE SENDING MS. POP WARNER AND ALSO ASO AND THE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND OUR OUR HIGH SCHOOLS JUST ROCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK RIGHT NOW WITH CIF, WITHIN WRESTLING AND WATER POLO GIRLS WATER POLO.
EVEN THE BOYS SPORTS AND TRACK.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE LIVE HERE.
YOU KNOW, I KEEP SAYING THAT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, BUT WITHOUT GREAT RESIDENCE AND WITHOUT GREAT COUNCIL AND GREAT CITY STAFF, THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE SATURDAY WHEN WE WERE AT THE GIRLS SOFTBALL, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EFFORT BETWEEN ALL THE STAFF.
I KNOW THAT SEAN, I GO OVERSEAS, ALL THE PARKS, BUT WITHOUT YVONNE DURAN, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER AND ALSO CHAD, WHICH AND THEN HIS ASSISTANTS AND ALL OF THE DEPARTMENT WITH OUR COMMUNITY CENTER OVER HERE.
WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT THESE KIDS, CARES ABOUT THE YOUTH AND CARES ABOUT WHAT WE DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALSO MR. RUSSI FOR MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS IN PLACE AND EVERYBODY'S DOING THEIR JOBS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
SO ON THAT? THANK YOU ALL. MR. RUSSI, WE DO HAVE A NEED FOR A CLOSED SESSION TO REVIEW THE HEARING OFFICER'S PROPOSED
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DECISION ON AN EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY MATTER UNDER PERSONAL RULE 5200F AFTER THE CLOSED SESSION, THE COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION TO GIVE A RENDERING ON THE FINAL DECISION OF THAT PROCESS.WILL WE DO IT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION BACK IN THE DAIS? YOU WILL COME BACK HERE, OK, THEN WE WILL RECESS IN A CLOSED SESSION AND WE'LL ADJOURN OUR MEETING AFTER WE COME BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION, WE WILL RECESS.
YOU CAN LET THEM KNOW AND THEN DO THE ANNOUNCEMENT IN CASE PEOPLE DON'T STAY.
OH, WE WILL BE RECESS IN A CLOSED SESSION.
BUT OUR NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING IS MARCH 21ST AT 6:00 P.M.
FOR FIRE BADGE PINNING CEREMONY.
THAT IS A [INAUDIBLE] HANDLE ISN'T IT.
YEAH, IT IS. I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE AGREE AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 22-11, SECOND.
AND FOR THE RECORD, THE VOTE IS FIVE ZERO.
WITH THAT BEING SAID SCHEDULED MEETING IS MARCH 21ST, 2022 AT 6:00 P.M.
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FOR A FIRE BADGE PINNING WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 7:50 P.M.