Mar 21, 2022 City Council

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING ORDER AT 6:32 PM.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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READY, BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC AS IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ROLL CALL, MR. RUSSI.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU IS ABSENT.

SHE'S NOT FEELING WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER IS OUT OF TOWN AND ABSENT.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS? HERE. MAYOR HEPBURN? HERE. GOOD.

[4. PRESENTATIONS:]

OUR FIRST PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH 2022 IS RED CROSS MONTH, HONORING AND RECOGNIZING EVERY DAY HONOREES WHO HELP US FULFILL OUR MISSION AND OUR COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO DONATE FUNDS, DONATE BLOOD, AND VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. ERIKA FAUSTO AGUADO, RED CROSS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND POMONA VALLEYS.

ACTUALLY WILL BE DOING VIRTUALLY BECAUSE SHE'S JOINING VIRTUALLY.

HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO JOIN VIRTUALLY.

AND FORTUNATELY THERE ARE MEMBERS OF MY HOUSEHOLD WHO FELL ILL SEE LA VERNE PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS IN TIMES OF CRISIS PEOPLE COME TOGETHER TO CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER.

THIS HUMANITARIAN SPIRIT IS PART OF THE FOUNDATION OF OUR COMMUNITY AND IS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE AMERICAN RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS AND DONORS.

AND. WHEREAS, IN 1881, CLARA BARTON FOUNDED THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, TURNING HER STEADFAST DEDICATION FOR HELPING OTHERS INTO A BOLD MISSION OF PREVENTING AND ALLEVIATING PEOPLE'S SUFFERING. AND.

WHEREAS, TODAY, MORE THAN 140 YEARS LATER, WE HONOR THE KINDNESS AND GENEROSITY OF RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT CLARA'S LIFESAVING LEGACY.

AND. WHEREAS, THEY JOIN THE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHO VOLUNTEER, GIVE BLOOD, DONATE FINANCIALLY, OR LEARN VITAL LIFE PRESERVING SKILLS THROUGH THE RED CROSS. AND.

WHEREAS, IN THE GREATER SAN GABRIEL AND POMONA VALLEYS, THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF LOCAL RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS GIVES HOPE TO THE MOST VULNERABLE IN THEIR DARKEST HOURS, PROVIDING EMERGENCY SHELTER, FOOD AND COMFORT FOR FAMILIES, DONATING ESSENTIAL BLOOD FOR ACCIDENT AND BURN VICTIMS, HEART SURGERY AND ORGAN TRANSPLANT PATIENTS, SUPPORTING SERVICE MEMBERS AND VETERANS ALONG WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS.

SAVING THE LIVES OF OTHERS WITH FIRST AID, CPR AND OTHER SKILLS, OR DELIVERING INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN AID.

AND. WHEREAS, THEIR WORK TO PREVENT AND ALLEVIATE HUMAN SUFFERING IS VITAL TO STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY'S RESILIENCE, WE DEDICATE THIS MONTH OF MARCH TO ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE NOBLE LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS FOUNDER CLARA BARTON, WHO LIVE BY HER WORDS.

YOU MUST NEVER THINK OF ANYTHING EXCEPT THE NEED AND HOW TO MEET IT.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL LA VERNE HEREBY PROCLAIMS MARCH 2022 AS AMERICAN RED CROSS MONTH.

WE ENCOURAGE ALL RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE TO REACH OUT AND SUPPORT THIS HUMANITARIAN VISION AND THIS MISSION. THANK YOU.

ERICA, YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. CITY COUNCIL.

I APOLOGIZE, I COULDN'T BE THERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE MEMBERS OF MY HOUSEHOLD WHO ARE ALSO NOT FEELING WELL, BUT REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY OF LA VERNE FOR PARTNERING WITH US ALWAYS.

AND WE'RE EXCITED TO ACTUALLY MEET WITH THE CITY THIS WEEK, BE IN THE CITY THIS WEEK, AND DO SOME HOME FIRE CAMPAIGN EDUCATION TO SOME RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

SO THANK YOU FOR PROCLAIMING MARCH AS RED CROSS.

MONTH AND.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR NEXT HOUR PRESENTATION A PROCLAMATION TO PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF MARCH 22 AS IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE MADE TO THE US SOCIETY.

VIRTUALLY EVERY REALM OF AMERICAN ENDEAVOR.

FROM STEEL WORKING OR BIOTECHNOLOGY TO LITERATURE HAS BEEN IMPROVED THROUGH IRISH DESCENDED HANDS AND MINDS.

LA VERNE RESIDENT MR. BOWEN, IF YOU'VE COME UP ON BEHALF OF THE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE, CASI, WILL BE ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION.

MR. BOWEN ? PREVIOUS RECIPIENT.

OH, THAT'S COOL. I LIKE IT.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

DID YOU TAKE SOME ORANGE JUICE?

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WHEREAS IN OCTOBER 1990, THE 101ST UNITED STATES CONGRESS PASSED PUBLIC LAW 101-418, WHICH ESTABLISHED MARCH 1991 AS IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

AND THE PRESIDENT ISSUES A PROCLAMATION COMMEMORATING THE OCCASION EACH YEAR.

AND. WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF MARCH HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS IRISH-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1991, AND IT CELEBRATES THE MANY GREAT CONTRIBUTIONS IRISH IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS HAVE MADE TO OUR COUNTRY AND ITS HISTORY.

AND. WHEREAS, BY THE YEAR 1776, NEARLY 300,000 IRISH NATIONALS HAD EMIGRATED TO THE AMERICAN COLONIES, AND THEY PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN AMERICA'S WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND HELP TO FASHION A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT FOR THE YOUNG NATION.

AND. WHEREAS, GENERATIONS OF IRISHMEN AND WOMEN HAVE HELPED SHAPE THE AMERICA THE IDEA OF AMERICA OVERCOMING HARDSHIP AND STRIFE THROUGH STRENGTH AND SACRIFICE, FAITH, FAMILY.

AND. WHEREAS, AS WE CELEBRATE IRISH-AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH, WE RECOGNIZE THE IRISH PEOPLE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY.

AND. WHEREAS, THE IRISH ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO THE GROWTH OF THE UNITED STATES IN FIELDS RANGING FROM LITERATURE, EDUCATION, SCIENCE, POLITICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY. AND. WHEREAS, WE OWE A DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO THE IRISH-AMERICAN INVENTORS AND ENTREPRENEURS WHO HAVE HELPED DEFINE OUR COUNTRY AS THE LAND OF OPPORTUNITY.

AND. WHEREAS, WE CELEBRATE THE SACRIFICES AND CONTRIBUTIONS THAT GENERATIONS OF IRISH AMERICANS HAVE MADE TO BUILD A BETTER AMERICA.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF LA VERNE HEREBY PROCLAIMS IRISH AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH THIS DAY, THE 21ST OF MARCH 2022.

CONGRATULATIONS.

YEAH. IT'S REAL QUICK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MY NUMBER ONE BOWEN IS SCOTTISH, BUT MY THE CASEYS WERE ALL IRISH AND CAME HERE IN THE LATE ACTUALLY LATE 1800S ENDED UP IN IN ACTUALLY IN DES MOINES, IOWA.

AND TIM HERE TALKED ABOUT CONTRIBUTIONS WHEN THEY CAME HERE.

THEY WEREN'T WORKING THE GREAT JOBS.

THEY GOT THE LOUSY JOBS.

THEY WEREN'T REALLY INVITED, THEY WEREN'T REALLY ACCEPTED VERY WELL.

THEY WORKED AS COAL MINERS.

THEY WORKED AS ALL THE JOBS, ANY JOB THEY COULD GET, QUITE FRANKLY.

SO IT WASN'T GREAT.

THEY TOOK ALL PRIDE AND THEY WORKED HARD.

MY GRANDMOTHER MOVED HERE IN ABOUT 1930.

WORK FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO FOR 37 YEARS AS A BOOKKEEPER, AND SHE WOULD BE VERY PROUD TODAY. SO THANK YOU, CITY LA VERNE FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

OK.

[5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

NOTHING? DID YOU TELL THAT I TOOK CARE OF THE DONATION FOR THE SHIRT? I'M PAID OFF. I MADE GOOD ON MY PLEDGE.

WE HAVE A HAND-RAISED ? AM I GOOD TO GO? GOOD EVENING.

JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY ABOUT THE MONTHLY CASI MEETING.

OUR MEETINGS ARE VIRTUAL AND TAKE PLACE ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH AT 5 P.M.

THIS APRIL MEETING WILL BE A BUSINESS MEETING WHERE WE WILL DISCUSS THE STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE COMMITTEE.

WE HOPE TO HAVE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION TO GET ACCESS TO THE ZOOM LINK.

CHECK THE CITY WEBSITE OR MESSAGE CASI ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THANK YOU. WE'RE DONE.

ANYBODY ELSE? I JUST WANTED TO, THOSE THAT DIDN'T KNOW AND I'M SURE MOST OF YOU DO THAT THE L.A. COUNTY SUPERVISORS AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING BASICALLY VOTED TO TAKE LA VERNE'S AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE OFF OF THE LIST OF THE CITY YOUTH FACILITY.

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I JUST WROTE A LITTLE SOMETHING HERE JUST TO.

LAST WEEK, WE HAD AVERTED A DISASTER OF EPIC PROPORTIONS TO OUR CITY AND RESIDENTS WITH THE DECISION OF THE SECURITY FACILITY AT ALPHA BOB PAGE.

I WANT TO THANK THE PEOPLE THAT ROSE UP TO OPPOSE THIS.

FIRST OF THOSE THAT CONTACTED ME WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY ON THIS ISSUE. THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.

WE WERE TOLD BY JUST INDIVIDUALS THAT I'LL JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT.

AND IT REALLY OPENED UP OUR EYES TO WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO.

THANK YOU ALL. SECOND OF ALL.

PAM BARRY, RICK BOWEN, KATHY NGUYEN, JOE WHETON, CYNTHIA GABALDON, JOE GABALDON, ANN ANDERSON, LILLIE BRAINARD.

PREVIOUS MAYOR JOHN BLICKENSTAFF, GAIL IVEY, RANDY LATHAM, MICHELLE MCLANE, LAURA ALVARADO, ROBERT KRESS, TRACY GONZALEZ, GINA HENRY AND JOE DONAHUE.

AND A SPECIAL THANKS TO NADINE BEAUCHAMP FOR BEING AT EVERY SINGLE MEETING AND I MEAN EVERY SINGLE MEETING.

AND AS WE KNOW, THEY WERE A BIT TRYING, A BIT UNORGANIZED.

WE'RE TALKING PROBATION DEPARTMENT, WE'RE TALKING COMMISSION OVERSIGHT, WE'RE TALKING DJJ, WE'RE TALKING COUNTY SUPERVISORS, AND WE'RE TALKING TO COUNTY SUPERVISORS MEETING.

WE'LL GO FOR FOUR AND ONE HALF HOURS.

SO YOU HAVE TO HANG ON THE PHONE AND PAY CLOSE ATTENTION.

AND I KNOW OUR CITY MANAGER ALSO WAS ON THOSE.

AND SOMETIMES WE GOT TO SPEAK, SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T.

BUT IT WAS THE FACT THAT THEY SAW US.

AND FOR ALL THE.

AND THANKS TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE AMAZING RALLIES, THE NEWS COVERAGE, THE CARDS SENT TO THE SUPERVISORS, JOHN AND KENSHO TELLING ALL WHO WOULD LISTEN TO FIGHT THIS.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE RESIDENTS THAT ROSE UP AND SENT A LETTER TO OUR SUPERVISORS AND OPPOSITION TO THE SYTF FACILITIES AT AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE, THANKS TO OUR CITY MANAGER BOB RUSSI, FOR ALL THE INFORMATION AND LETTERS THAT WERE WRITTEN TO OUR COUNTY SUPERVISORS AND ALL OF THE UPDATES AND TALKING POINTS FOR ALL OF US TO BE EDUCATED AND INFORMED WHILE ADDRESSING THE SUPERVISORS.

THANKS TO OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE ENGAGED AND CHOSE TO RIGHT FIGHT AND BE ON THE SUPERVISOR CALLS.

THANKS TO SUPERVISOR BARGER AND HER STAFF FOR THE TALKING POINTS AND INFORMATION FOR US TO FIGHT THIS. THANKS TO HILDA SOLIS AND HER STAFF FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND FOR AMENDMENT TO REMOVE AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE AS A SECURITY FACILITY FOR PRETTY MUCH EVER.

I'M TRULY PROUD TO BE ONLY THE MAYOR, NOT ONLY THE MAYOR OF OUR GREAT CITY, BUT AS A RESIDENTS, JUST STAND SIDE BY SIDE WITH ALL OF YOU AT THE RALLIES, ON THE MANY CALLS FOR MULTIPLE DEPARTMENT MEETINGS OVER THE LAST THREE MONTHS.

THIS WAS TRULY A HUGE WIN FOR US, OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.

THANKS TO YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. DO YOU HAVE ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS HERE? LET ME GET BACK TO MY PAPER HERE.

[6.CONSENT CALENDAR]

IS THERE ANY ITEMS THAT HAS BEEN PULLED OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MR. ROSSI? THEN ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL OR JUST A MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND. THIS IS A SECOND.

I HEARD YOU.

VOTE, PLEASE.

. SO I WILL ANNOUNCE RIGHT THERE.

GOOD.

MOTION CARRIES. ITEM SEVEN PUBLIC HEARING.

[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

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

THIS ITEM, AS STATED BY MR. ROSSI, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR A VACATION OF PUBLIC SEWER AND WATER UTILITIES LOCATED ON 1520 AND 1530 WHITE AVENUE.

THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED THE CITY VACATE THESE UTILITY EASEMENTS.

PUBLIC WORKS HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE EASEMENTS AND EVALUATE FACILITIES WITHIN THOSE EASEMENTS.

BASED ON RECORDS OFFHAND, OR AT HAND, ONLY WATER FACILITIES WERE LOCATED WITHIN THOSE EASEMENTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE INCLUDING OF SEWER USES.

THERE IS NOTABLY A SEWER EASEMENT ON SITE LOCATED ELSEWHERE AND THAT WILL BE PRESERVED AND IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS VACATION.

IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER WHO OWNS 1520, 1530 ALSO OWNS 1510.

ON THE OCTOBER 27TH, 2021 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THEY RECEIVED APPROVAL FOR A PROJECT THAT INCLUDES 83,000 SQUARE FOOT OF MIXED COMMERCIAL AND WAREHOUSE SPACE.

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THEREFORE, IT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HOLD IN HERE THE PUBLIC FOR THE VACATION, THE TWO WATER AND SEWER EASEMENTS LOCATED ON 1520 AND 1530 NORTH WHITE AVENUE AND APPROVE RESOLUTION 22-14, VACATING THE SUBJECT UTILITY EASEMENTS AND AUTHORIZING STAFF TO RECORD THE QUITCLAIM DEED WITH THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE OWNER AS WELL, SHOULD COUNCIL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THAT? COUNCIL, ANY QUESTION FOR MR. HOWING BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE MAY CALL YOU BACK.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE? NO. IT'S EXCITING.

DON'T ALL JUMP AT ONCE.

NOTHING ON THE PARTICIPANTS.

WE'LL GIVE IT A MINUTE. I GUESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO I TOTALLY.

WE'RE VACATING YOUR SEWER.

PROBABLY NOT A GOOD THING.

WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, COUNSEL? NO. I GUESS JUST SO THE, I GUESS, I'LL JUST ASK IT THIS WAY; WHO'S GOING TO TAKE OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THOSE UTILITIES? IS THE CITY OF POMONA OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? SO THERE ARE WATERLINES LOCATED WITHIN THE SITE.

THE SITE WILL BE MERGED TO ONE PARCEL.

IT WILL STILL REMAIN UNDER PRIVATE OWNERSHIP.

AND SINCE WE ARE VACATING THE EASEMENT, THOSE UTILITIES WILL BE REMOVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.

SO THERE IS A VALVE THAT HAS BEEN INSTALLED.

SO WHEN THEY DO COME TO SHUT DOWN THE WATER, IT WON'T IMPACT SERVICE TO SOME OF THE SURROUNDING SITES.

AND SO IT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY SEAMLESS PROCESS.

BASICALLY, THEY'RE GOING TO DIG IT UP AND REMOVE IT AND IT WILL BE SEVERED AND FUTURE SERVICE WILL COME FROM THAT WATER LINE THAT REMAINS IN WHITE AVENUE, BUT THE WATER LINE THAT'S ON SITE WILL CEASE TO EXIST.

THANK YOU. CLEAR AS MUD OR SEWER.

FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. MOTION, PLEASE.

THE MOTION TO PASS RESOLUTION NUMBER 22-14.

SECOND. ROLE, PLEASE.

THEY WERE READY FOR US.

OTHER MATTERS. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.

[8. OTHER MATTERS]

THERE'S NO FORMAL ACTION THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED OF YOU TONIGHT.

THIS IS SIMPLY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF HOW WE ARE PROGRESSING ON DIRECTION THAT COUNCIL GAVE US ROUGHLY A YEAR AGO.

AND WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT TO TAKE SOME FORMAL ACTIONS OR BEGIN SOME FORMAL ACTIONS.

AND BEFORE WE DID, WE WANT TO CIRCLE BACK WITH COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY OF 22 OR 2020.

COUNCIL GAVE PRELIMINARY AUTHORIZATION AFTER HEARING A REPORT OR INFORMATION REGARDING SOME FUNDING MECHANISMS REGARDING SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY'S EIFD. SINCE THAT TIME, STAFF HAS INITIATED SOME OF THE INITIAL WORK ON DESIGN ESTIMATES OF COST, AS WELL AS WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT ON WHAT SOME OF THE FINANCING OPTIONS ARE THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US.

EARLIER THIS MONTH, STAFF PRESENTED THIS SIMILAR INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY FOR THE EIFD, WHICH IS THE GOVERNING BODY FOR THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT.

AND AGAIN, BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, WE WERE COMING BACK TO COUNCIL TO CONFIRM THE PRIOR DIRECTION GIVEN AS COUNCIL IS AWARE.

BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC, THE EIFD IS AN INSTRUMENT THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 2017 TO HELP FUND ROUGHLY 14 PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE THE GOLD LINE COMING IN, AS WELL AS THE ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS THERE. THROUGH THAT, THERE WERE SOME PRIORITY PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THAT WE WANTED TO GET DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WHICH ISN'T HERE BUT IS SEPARATELY BEING PURSUED AS THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AND YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT THAT AND THERE WILL BE SOME STUFF COMING FORWARD ON THAT, BUT FOR TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION, THE PRIORITY PROJECTS WE WILL BE REFERRING TO AREN'T

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SO TONIGHT'S UPDATE WILL BE SPECIFIC TO GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE AREA THAT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT STRICTLY FROM THE STATION TO OLD TOWN END OF THE.

THIS AREA IS IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING THAT WORK TO BE DONE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

OBVIOUSLY WE WANT IT DONE IN UNISON WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE GOLD LINE WHEN IT COMES OPERATIONAL SO THAT AS WE HAVE THOSE RIDERS, WE HAVE THAT WORK COMPLETED.

SO WE IDENTIFIED THIS LIST OF AREAS THAT NEED TO BE DONE IN THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED IS ROUGHLY $2.2 MILLION WORTH OF WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE HERE.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED ANOTHER 1.3, AND THAT WILL BE ON THE NEXT SLIDE OF WORK THAT WE FEEL NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED ALSO IN ADVANCE ON ARROW HIGHWAY.

AND THESE WILL BE SOME OF THE MORE AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENTS TO IMPROVE THE MOVEMENT, NOT SO MUCH THE MOVEMENTS THERE, BUT THE AREA ON THE MEDIANS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE THE AREA AROUND THE GOLD LINE STATION AND THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR IN THAT AREA. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR ROUGHLY $3.5 MILLION AT THIS POINT THAT WE NEED TO.

FINANCE TO START THIS WORK.

SO WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY IS THE CITY ISSUING OF A BOND WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FINANCE AUTHORITY THROUGH THE EIFD WOULD EVENTUALLY PAY THE CITY BACK OVER TIME.

THE THING THAT IS CHALLENGING ABOUT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, WHICH IS WHAT THE EIFD IS, THEY DO NOT HAVE MONEY IN THE EARLY YEARS BECAUSE IT'S ALL BASED ON THE THE PROSPECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OR WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THE INCREASING VALUE OF THE REVENUES THAT THEY RECEIVE. SO EARLY ON.

THEY DO NOT HAVE THE REVENUE TO SUPPORT THIS WORK, BUT THEY WILL LATER ON.

SO WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED IS THAT THE CITY WOULD ISSUE THE BOND.

THE CITY WOULD THEN TURN AROUND AND LOAN THE MONEY DIRECTLY OR TO THE EIFD AND THE PFA AND THEN AT A LATER DATE THE CITY WOULD BE REIMBURSED BACK WHEN THEY HAVE THE PROCEEDS OR THE REVENUES TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU A CHART THAT ANTICIPATES WHEN THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO OCCUR.

THERE IS ALREADY AN ACTION THAT THE COUNCIL TOOK LAST JULY THAT ALLOWS THAT TO OCCUR IS CALLED A COOPERATION AGREEMENT.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE PFA AS WELL AS THE CITY THAT WILL ENABLE THAT REIMBURSEMENT TO HAPPEN AT A FUTURE DATE.

SO WHAT THE CITY WOULD DO, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE LEGAL STRUCTURE OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ASKING OR MOVING FORWARD WITH IS A LEASE REVENUE BOND. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CITY PUTS UP ONE OF ITS PROPERTIES AS THE COLLATERAL, IF YOU WILL, TO TO SECURE AGAINST THAT LEASE.

THE CITY WOULD MAKE THAT AVAILABLE THROUGH ITS PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BECAUSE THAT'S THE MECHANISM WITH WHICH WE GO OUT AND ATTRACT INVESTORS AND BONDHOLDERS.

SO THE CITY'S PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY, WHICH IS THIS BODY HERE, WOULD BASICALLY PUT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY OUT THERE.

THEY WOULD THEN GET BONDHOLDERS TO ISSUE THEM THE $3.5 MILLION.

IT WOULD GET US A FAVORABLE RATE, AND THEN WE WOULD TURN AROUND, USE THOSE PROCEEDS TO THEN TO GIVE TO THE EIFD TO THEN TAKE ON THE WORK THAT WE ARE HAVE IDENTIFIED THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THE CITY IN THE MEANTIME WOULD BE PAYING THE DEBT SERVICE ON THIS OUT OF ITS PROP C ALLOCATION.

WE GET AN ANNUAL ALLOCATION FOR MASS TRANSIT DOLLARS.

ALL THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING HERE IS ELIGIBLE TO BE PAID WITH THOSE DOLLARS.

SO WE WILL BE USING THOSE FUNDS, JUST A PORTION OF THEM.

WE STILL HAVE OTHER DOLLARS TO USE FOR THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAVE AND THEN EVENTUALLY WE WILL GET REIMBURSED BACK OVER TIME.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE LEGAL STRUCTURE THAT EXISTS FOR IT.

NOW THE NEXT SLIDE KIND OF PUTS THAT IN AN ILLUSTRATION.

THE SO THE FLOW OF FUNDS YOU CAN SEE WILL MOVE FROM THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY OR FROM THE BONDHOLDERS TO THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY BACK THROUGH THE CITY TO THE EIFD.

AND THEN THE PAYMENTS WILL CIRCULATE THROUGH ON THAT.

JUST KIND OF GOING OVER WHAT I HAD PUT TO YOU PREVIOUSLY.

THE OTHER PART IS THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION OF PROPERTIES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE PUT UP.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED FOUR THAT WE WOULD PURSUE AND IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR COUNCIL TO GIVE US DIRECTION ON THESE.

HOWEVER, IF YOU HAD GUIDANCE ON WHAT WOULD BE YOUR PREFERRED, THIS WAS KIND OF STAFF'S

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IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED THAT LOS FLORES PARK PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE USED JUST BECAUSE OF SOME COMPLICATIONS THERE WITH THAT PARTICULAR STRUCTURE, BECAUSE IT'S A PARK WITH THE AQUATIC CENTER. SO WE MAY BE REMOVING THAT FROM CONSIDERATION ALTOGETHER, BUT THE OTHER THREE GENERALLY SEEM APPROPRIATE.

BUT IF COUNCIL WANTED TO PROVIDE A PRIORITY, WE COULD CERTAINLY TAKE THAT IN GUIDANCE BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE TO GO OUT AND GET A TITLE SEARCH ON EACH OF THESE AND THEN IT COULD BE ONE, IT COULD BE MULTIPLE THAT NEED TO BE PUT TO SECURE THAT LOAN.

WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO HARD TO READ ON THERE.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT.

OH YEAH, I SEE A PERCENT SIGN.

YES. SO THE IMPORTANT PART IS THIS IS JUST SHOWING THE SCHEDULE OVER THE 30 YEARS OF WHAT IT WOULD BE FOR THAT ISSUANCE.

AND GENERALLY THE DEBT SERVICE WOULD BE BETWEEN 205 AND 206,000 A YEAR FOR THE THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLAR BOND THAT WE'D BE ISSUING.

WE WOULD THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A COST EFFICIENT THAT GETS FOLDED INTO THAT.

SO OUR TOTAL COST WOULD BE ABOUT 3.7.

THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT TO PAY OVER THAT TIME AT ANY POINT IN THE FUTURE SHOULD THE CITY, WHEN THE PFA GETS TO A CERTAIN POINT THAT IF WE WANTED TO CALL THAT AND HAVE THE PFA ISSUE THEIR OWN, WE COULD CERTAINLY EXPLORE THAT OPTION.

BUT ESSENTIALLY THE CITY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING THESE PAYMENTS UNTIL THE BOND IS COMPLETELY PAID OFF. SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, HOW IS THE PFA GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT PAYING THAT BACK? THIS IS A PROJECTION OF WHAT THEIR REVENUE GENERATION IS EXPECTED TO BE.

I WILL JUST KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH.

SO THE ASSESSED VALUE IN THE SECOND COLUMN THERE IS WHAT IS CURRENTLY THE BASE THAT THE EIFD IS GENERATING ITS REVENUE OFF OF.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AS WE MOVE OVER TO THE BLUE COLUMN, THAT'S HOW MUCH MONEY IS BEING GENERATED ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THE MIDDLE COLUMN OF ADDED DEVELOPMENT.

THAT'S WHERE WE ANTICIPATE SEEING A LOT OF THE SEVERAL OF THE PROJECTS THAT EITHER FAIRPLEX OR SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED INTEREST WILL START TO COME ONLINE. SO THAT'S WHEN WE'LL START TO SEE A LOT OF THAT PROPERTY VALUE GROW AND AS A RESULT THAT REVENUE WILL THEN ACCELERATE.

SO YOU CAN SEE BY PROBABLY ABOUT YEAR 24, 25, 25, 26, THE EIFD SHOULD BE IN A POSITION TO START MAKING SOME TYPE OF PAYMENT BACK TO THE CITY.

THERE WILL BE OTHER DEBT THAT THEY DO NEED TO ISSUE, SO WE'LL HAVE TO BALANCE THAT OUT.

BUT AT LEAST AT THAT POINT, THERE WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO START EXPECTING SOME REIMBURSEMENT BACK TO THE CITY FOR THE DEBT SERVICE THAT THEY ARE PAYING HERE.

SO THE PROCESS THAT ASSUMING THAT COUNCIL STILL SEES THE SUPPORT FOR THIS THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE ON IS HERE WE ARE ON THE 21ST WE WOULD START TO WORK ON PUTTING TOGETHER THE DOCUMENTS.

WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL MAY 16 FOR AUTHORIZATION.

THEN WE WOULD GO OUT AND SELL THE BONDS BY THE END OF MAY TO HAVE AN ISSUANCE BY THE MIDDLE OF JUNE.

WITH ALL THAT, WHEN YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, WHAT WE WOULD HOPE TO BE ABLE TO DO IS ISSUE AN RFP, GO OUT TO BID BY THE LATTER PART OF JUNE.

WE SHOULD HAVE OUR DOCUMENTS, OUR DESIGN WORK DONE BY THEN.

ERIC, WOULD YOU BELIEVE SO? CODY? THAT SEEMED LIKE GOOD TIMING SO THAT WE CAN THEN BEGIN CONSTRUCTION HOPEFULLY BY SEPTEMBER AFTER WE GET THE BIDS BACK AND THEN EVALUATE THEM.

SO I WILL STOP THERE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS COUNCIL HAVE.

. HI, TIM. I JUST.

I WANT TO KNOW THE RAMIFICATIONS.

IF THE EIFD WOULD NOT [INAUDIBLE] WOULD NOT BE REIMBURSED.

YOU KNOW, ISSUING THIS BOND, AND WE'RE TAKING THE LOAN OUT ON THE CITY.

BUT WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND THEY CAN'T REIMBURSE US WITH WITH THE MONEY'S GOING ON? WELL, THE MONIES THAT YOU'RE USING ARE INTENDED FOR MASS TRANSIT PROJECTS IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO THE MONEY THE CITY WOULD BE OUT WOULD BE PROPOSITION C DOLLARS AND A GENERAL

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SO IN THE WORST CASE, IF THE IF FOR SOME REASON THAT WOULD OCCUR AND I CAN'T SEE A CIRCUMSTANCE THAT IT WOULD BECAUSE THE EIFD WOULD AFFECT HAVE TO GO TO DEFUNCT AND THEN THAT MONEY THE PROPERTY TAX THAT WAS GOING TO BE GOING THERE WOULD BE RETURNING TO THE CITY COFFERS ANYWAY.

SO WE'VE JUST IDENTIFIED THE EIFD IS JUST IDENTIFIED AN AREA WHERE THAT INCREMENTAL TAX REVENUE IS BEING USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DOING THESE PROJECTS.

SO I DON'T SEE THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY WAY THE CITY WOULDN'T LOSE THOSE FUNDS.

IT WOULD JUST BE A MATTER OF HOW THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE CITY.

AND WHAT'S THE RISK OF PUTTING THE PROPERTY UP AS COLLATERAL? WELL, THE BONDHOLDERS, IT HELPS TO GIVE US A FAVORABLE RATE BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO SEE THAT THE CITY HAS SOMETHING IN IT THAT THEY CAN ATTACH TO A PHYSICAL PIECE OF PROPERTY.

BUT IT WOULD ONLY BE IN JEOPARDY IF THE CITY WERE TO DEFAULT ON ITS PAYMENT OF THE BONDS, WHICH I DON'T SEE HAPPENING.

SO THE PART THAT RICK WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WHAT? SO YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE NOT SURE IF IT'S GOING TO BE ONE PARCEL OR MORE PARCELS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE USED AS THE AS THE COLLATERAL FOR THE BOND ISSUANCE? IS THERE A SENSE OF A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL VALUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT? OR ARE WE THINKING THAT THAT EVEN ONE OF THE CITY YARDS MAY NOT BE WORTH THREE AND ONE HALF OR $3.7 MILLION? I'M NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT REACHING THAT VALUE.

IT'S THE PERCENTAGE OVER THAT IT DOES NEED TO BE VALUED AT.

I WOULD EXPECT THAT ONLY ONE OF THOSE WOULD BE NEEDED, BUT I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU ONE AND THEN HAVE IT END UP THAT TWO WAS NECESSARY TO GET A FAVORABLE INTEREST RATE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE A SENSE YET TO SAY THAT IF WE'RE ONLY, IF OUR LEVERAGE OR LOAN TO VALUE IS 20%, IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY ATTRACTIVE OR IF IT'S 50% OR 80%.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THOSE KINDS OF NUMBERS YET, THIS IS STILL REALLY EARLY? EXACTLY. SO I, AND WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU, YOU WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION BEFORE YOU HAVE TO APPROVE THE DOCUMENT.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT IN CASE YOU SAID NO, I DON'T WANT THAT ONE LISTED.

I DIDN'T WANT ANY SURPRISES WHEN WE CAME BACK WITH FINAL AUTHORIZATION.

YEAH. SO BASICALLY I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THIS IS THE FIRST STEP OF MANY STEPS IN THE FUTURE FOR US TO KEEP BUILDING IN OUR EIFD, WHICH IS WE'RE ONE OF THE ONLY CITIES WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES THAT ONE OF THE FEW CITIES, I SHOULD SAY, THAT STARTED THIS.

WE WERE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES THAT STARTED THIS WITH THE EIFD.

AND THEN THE GOLD LINE CAME ALONG AND HOPEFULLY IT GOES TO CLAREMONT AND MONTCLAIR.

BUT IT'S NOT EVEN A CONCERN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PICK THE RIGHT PIECE OF PROPERTY, THAT'S THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WORK AND EFFORT.

THAT'S THE CLEANEST PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITH.

AS FAR AS THE PAYBACK PROPOSITION C FUNDS ARE GREAT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO COVER THAT.

I DO APPRECIATE MR. CROSBY IS LOOKING OUT AS FAR AS THE FINANCIAL PART OF IT, BUT I THINK IT'S ALL UP FROM HERE. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUALLY AND HOPE THIS OUR FAIRPLEX, OUR HOTELS AND OUR CONSTRUCTION AND OUR MULTI-UNIT HOUSING.

AND I THINK THIS IS A GREAT DEAL.

IT'S JUST THAT ALL YOU WANT FROM US REALLY IS A RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE PUBLIC HERE.

YEAH. IT'S JUST TO CONFIRM WHAT WE BROUGHT TO A YEAR AGO.

WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILS.

WE'VE GOT BETTER DOLLARS ON WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.

SO I JUST WANTED TO CHECK BACK IN BEFORE WE PROCEEDED WITH THE BOND ISSUANCE PAPERS.

IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING.

GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF? MS. BEAUCHAMP? SORRY I DIDN'T FILL A CARD.

ANITA BEAUCHAMP 2516 AMHERST.

I ACTUALLY HAVE MORE OF A QUESTION THAN THAN A COMMENT FROM MR. RUSSI. YOU SAID A PORTION OF THE MONEY IS COMING FROM THE PROP C ALLOCATION, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL FUND. WHY WOULDN'T MORE MONEY BE TAKEN? BECAUSE YOU SAID IT WAS ONLY A PORTION OF IT.

WHY WOULDN'T A LARGER AMOUNT BE TAKEN FROM THAT RATHER THAN HAVE THE LARGER PORTION BE FINANCED? THANK YOU.

RATHER THAN SHORTEN THE TIME FRAME.

WE DO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS BECAUSE WE USE PROP C FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AS WELL.

AND SO THE AT THE THREE AND A HALF MILLION, AT THE RATE THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO TAKE TO COLLECT, THAT'S WHAT THE PRICE IS FOR.

IT'S $200000.

SO WE HAVE OTHER DOLLARS, BUT WE HAVE OTHER NEEDS FOR THOSE DOLLARS AS WELL.

ANYONE ELSE. MR. GABALDON? COME ON UP.

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SO JUST HAVE TWO QUESTIONS I THINK FROM THE PRESENTATION.

WHAT IS THE LIKELIHOOD THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WERE LISTED IN THE CHART THAT WOULD INITIATE THE RETURN INVESTMENT? WOULD NOT PROCEED ON THAT SCHEDULE? AND WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE FINANCIAL OBLIGATION? AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS IN THE UNCERTAIN CLIMATE THAT WE'RE IN WITH INTEREST RATES.

THE FED ANNOUNCED THAT THERE'S PROBABLY EXPECTED OR SIX.

WHO KNOWS WHEN.

WHAT DOES THAT IMPACT HAVE ON THIS OBLIGATION? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. SO WHAT I'VE COME TO LEARN IS NO PROJECT IS DONE UNTIL IT'S DONE.

SO THERE ARE THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED IN THOSE OUT YEARS ARE BASED ON THE INTEREST THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO US OVER THE LAST YEAR, YEAR AND A HALF.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY WILL HAPPEN, BUT TO OUR BEST GUESS, THAT'S WHAT THEY SHOW.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT WOULD ONLY MEAN THAT IF IT, THE PROJECTS SLIDE, SO DOES THE REVENUE.

THAT JUST MEANS THAT THE PAYMENT WILL BE MADE LATER IN LATER YEARS.

THE OBLIGATION DOESN'T GO AWAY.

IT JUST MAY NOT HAPPEN UNTIL YEAR SEVEN OR EIGHT.

WHEN WE ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT THIS, WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE A PAYMENT STARTING UNTIL YEAR TEN ANYWAYS, SO THIS COULD HAVE THE PAYMENTS HAPPENING SOONER THAN WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY TALKED ABOUT. SO AS FOR THE OTHER QUESTION OF THE INTEREST RATE, THAT JUST MEANS THAT IT COULD BE HIGHER COST OF DEBT SERVICE PER YEAR.

SO BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING THERE, I THINK IT WAS THREE AND A QUARTER.

SO IF IT ROSE TO THREE AND ONE HALF, THEN YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT 205, 206 TO MAYBE GO TO 215 DEPENDING ON WHAT THE RATE IS.

SO THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW TODAY.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL BRING BACK TO YOU IN EITHER CASE THAT WOULD BE PUT ON THE PROP C ALLOCATION THAT WE HAVE AND WE RECEIVE, I WANT TO SAY, IN EXCESS OF ABOUT 500,000.

SO WE'D STILL BE ABLE TO ABSORB THAT AS WELL AS TAKE ON SOME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT WE USE THOSE FUNDS FOR.

THE INTEREST RATE IS FIXED AT THE TIME OF ISSUE.

YES. SORRY. SO THAT WILL NOT FLUCTUATE ONCE WE DO THE ISSUANCE.

IT'S A FIXED RATE. THANK YOU.

ANY OF THEM LIKE TO SPEAK.

MR. JOHNSON, YOU'RE PLANNING ON ENCUMBERING PROPERTIES THAT WE OWN OUTRIGHT AND WE HAVE FOR YEARS AND THEY WERE PURCHASED.

YEARS AGO. QUESTION IS, IF YOU'RE DOING THIS, WHY NOT GO TO THE VOTERS? WHY NOT PUT IT ON A BALLOT AND LET THE VOTERS DECIDE THIS? ENCUMBERING QUITE A FEW PROPERTIES THAT RESIDENTS, AT LEAST, HAVE PAID FOR IN THE PAST. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. ANYONE ELSE ? ANYBODY ONLINE? LET'S RETRACE.

THEN WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

COUNCIL? I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, JUST THAT BY DOING THIS IS GOING TO HELP US MOVE FORWARD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE WHOLE PROGRAM OF OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AND REALLY SUPPORT THAT.

YEAH. AND TO BUILD OFF OF WHAT COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY WAS SAYING, I MEAN, IF YOU REMEMBER THE CHART, THE BASIS TAX BASIS FOR THAT AREA RIGHT NOW IS IN THE IS A LITTLE UNDER 60,000.

OR MAYBE IT MOVED UP INTO THE LESS THAN 100,000 LEVEL.

BUT THE WHOLE SENSE OF THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT IS TO ACCELERATE THE PROPERTY TAX GROWTH, WHICH YOU SAW THAT BY THE TIME WE'RE TEN YEARS INTO IT, THE PROPERTY TAX PRETTY MUCH GROWS BY ABOUT WELL GROWS UP TO MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, SO MORE THAN 25 TIMES.

SO WE'RE ESSENTIALLY INVESTING YES, WE'RE LEVERAGING ASSETS THAT WE HAVE BY CATALYZING THEM TO GET THE MONEY.

WE'VE GOT A BACKSTOP OF SCHEDULE C FUNDS UNTIL THESE PROJECTS HAVE RAISED THE PROPERTY TAXES SO THAT THE PROPERTY TAX INCREMENTAL PIECE CAN PAY OFF THE NOTE ITSELF, BUT THIS IS A REASONABLE APPROACH TO ACCELERATE THE PROCESS RATHER THAN HAVING IT TAKE 20 TO 30 YEARS. IT CAN HAPPEN IN 5 TO 10 YEARS SO THAT WE GET THE AREA AROUND THE GOLD LINE, DEVELOP THE WAY WE WANT IT TO DEVELOP, BEING USED AND USEFUL AND PROVIDING THE REVENUES THAT WE WANT. SO IT'S A GOOD MANEUVER AND THE RESIDENTS HAD THEIR OPPORTUNITY AND CONTINUE TO HAVE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON EACH OF THESE DECISIONS AS WE GO ALONG.

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THANK YOU, COUNSEL. SO BASICALLY THOSE THOSE CHARTS, AS FAR AS THE DOLLARS ON YOUR LAST CHART, THOSE ARE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS, ARE THEY NOT? AS WE GENERALLY APPROACH OUR NUMBERS, IT'S USUALLY CONSERVATIVE ON THE APPROACH.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT NUMBERS? DEVELOPMENT NUMBERS. YEAH, I WOULD SAY THE ADDED DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE IS A ESTIMATION OF THAT INTEREST. SO OTHER THAN THAT, THE ASSESSED VALUES, THOSE ARE CONSERVATIVE NUMBERS AS WELL AS THOSE REVENUES, THE THE MIDDLE ADDED DEVELOPMENT NUMBER THAT COULD SHIFT UNTIL THE PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.

WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONFIDENTLY SAY, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE BELIEVE WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS.

AND WE'VE DONE THE BOND ISSUANCE HAS BEEN DONE MULTIPLE TIMES, IS IT NOT FOR PROPERTIES? AND I DON'T KNOW.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE LAST TIME WE'VE DONE A LEASE REVENUE BOND.

I CAN'T NOT NOT IN MY TIME.

WE HAVE WE DON'T THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE DONE ONE OF THAT NATURE.

I THINK WITH THE AMOUNT ON THIS ONE, ALTHOUGH WE ARE ENCUMBERING A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND I DO AGREE WITH MR. JOHNSON THAT YES, WE'RE ENCUMBERING, BUT I THINK FOR THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT THAT WE CAN PAY WITH PROPERTY FUNDS THAT REALLY WE NEED TO KICK START THIS. SO FORTUNATELY THE EIFD IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE NEED TO MOVE BECAUSE THAT GOLD LINE IS COMING FAST AND FASTER THAN ANTICIPATED.

AND I THINK THAT WE DO NEED BE READY AND THERE ARE ALREADY BUILDERS THAT ARE COMING IN WITH PROPERTY AND WITH PLANS THAT MR. SCHERER WILL ATTEST TO. SO AND NOT ONLY THAT, IT HAS TO DO WITH THE BRIDGE AND SOME OTHER THINGS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THOSE, WHICH WE HAD SOME GREAT NEWS THIS WEEK, BUT THAT'S.

WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN SHARE IT IF YOU'D LIKE.

YEAH WE GRACE NAPOLITANO.

WE HAD THE MONEY A $4 MILLION SET ASIDE GRACE NAPOLITANO HAD PUT ASIDE FOR OUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AND IT WENT THROUGH ALL THE HOUSES IN THE PRESIDENT SIGNED.

IT WENT TO LAST TUESDAY.

YES, TUESDAY. SO THAT'S 4 MILLION UP.

SO AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OTHER ISSUES WITH THE UTILITIES THAT ARE UNDERNEATH THERE. AND WE DIDN'T EVER TALK ABOUT THAT.

ANYWAY, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GETTING MUCH CLOSER TO FUNDING THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, WHICH IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THAT BETWEEN THE FAIRPLEX AND THE LA VERNE AND THE STATION. SO, I THINK THIS BEING A THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, I THINK THIS IS A, IT'S SOUND. I THINK IT'S GOING TO FLY.

I THINK THE BOND ISSUANCE WILL GO WELL.

I GUESS WE'RE ENCUMBERING, BUT I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S A SMALL AMOUNT.

IT'S NOT LARGE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD OUR PENSION OBLIGATION BOND, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION OVER THAT. AND THIS IS A SMALL AMOUNT.

I THINK IT'S A BENEFIT FOR OUR CITY AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO GO IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO WITH THAT EMOTION OR JUST DIRECTION, IF THERE IS ANY DIRECTION ON PRIORITIZING THOSE PROPERTIES, OTHERWISE WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE RECEIVED NO ACTION NEEDED. AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE INFORM EVERYONE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE'LL DO IT AT THE MEETINGS AND MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHO'S ON THE SAME PAGE.

OUR RESIDENTS ARE INFORMED.

WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. YES, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. WE MOVE TO ITEM NINE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

[9. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

WAIT. I THINK MISS BEAUCHAMP HAD HER HAND UP FIRST.

OH, WAIT, NO, WAIT. OKAY.

THERE YOU GO. I LOVE THE MANNERS.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF.

ESPECIALLY JR AND LUPE.

THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CITY'S WEBSITE GOING TO THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDAS, AND SHE WORKED DILIGENTLY AND GOT IT TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE I TOLD HER THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY PEOPLE THAT ATTEND DON'T NECESSARILY CHECK THE AGENDA UNTIL THE DATE OF THE MEETING.

AND BECAUSE IT WAS DOWN, I WAS CONCERNED.

SHE E-MAILED IT TO ME, BUT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND SO SHE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

AND I KNOW THAT'S JR'S AREA.

AND SO I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

IT'S TO ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS, IS TO KNOW WHAT THIS COUNCIL IS GOING TO DISCUSS AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SECONDLY, I WANT TO REQUEST THAT WHENEVER THERE'S A PRESENTATION AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, SUCH AS THE ONE THAT MR. RUSSI JUST PRESENTED, THAT THOSE POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS OR SLIDES ARE ALSO PUT ON THE WEBSITE SO THAT PEOPLE CAN PRINT THAT OR DOWNLOAD THAT, SO THAT INFORMATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

I THINK I HAD REQUESTED THE PRESENTATION THAT CHIEF NIGG DID A COUPLE OF WEEKS BACK, AND I STILL HAVEN'T SEEN THAT POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE OR YOUTUBE VIDEO.

IF THAT LINK IS ATTACHED TO IT, BUT I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT INFORMATION BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE ME BACK HERE, BUT I'M TAKING PICTURES OF THE SCREEN AND IT'S LIKE THIS SMALL. YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS SMALL? SEE IT ON MY PHONE? SO YEAH, I HAVE TO LOAD IT TO MY COMPUTER AND THEN DO A

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WE DO. [INAUDIBLE]? THE PLAN IS TO GO LIVE APRIL 28TH.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE. MR. GABALDON? SO IN THE SPIRIT OF ALL THE PROCLAMATIONS AND THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, I'M A HUGE SUPPORTER OF YOUTH ATHLETICS AND WE HAVE BEEN VERY BLESSED TO HAVE GREAT SPORTS TEAMS IN OUR CITY, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

BUT DAMIAN WON STATE A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO.

YEAH. AND DIVISION I, THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

AND I THINK THEY DESERVE SOME ACKNOWLEDGMENT.

YOU DON'T GET STATE CHAMPS IN YOUR CITY VERY OFTEN, AND THEY ARE PART OF THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY. SO JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE? MR. BOWEN AND THEN ANNA.

ONE QUICK COMMENT AND A QUESTION.

MR. HEPBURN, YOU GAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE CREDIT FOR THE BACK PAGE STOPPAGE OF WHAT WAS GOING ON. I HOPE EVERYBODY IN THE CITY KNOWS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED WITHOUT YOU.

YOU ARE THE ONE THAT BROUGHT IT TO EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.

YOU ARE THE ONE THAT COMMENTED.

YOU ARE THE ONE THAT TOLD PEOPLE.

YOU ARE THE ONE THAT WERE THE FACE OF THIS THING.

AND I HOPE TO GOD EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY UNDERSTANDS HOW IMPORTANT THE MAYOR'S ROLE WAS IN MAKING SURE WE DON'T HAVE A PRISON IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU 100 TIMES.

MY MY QUESTION IS THIS.

I LIVE IN NORTHERN LA VERNE AND BY THE GOLF COURSE AND IT'S A WRECK.

AND I'M WONDERING, DOES THE CITY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT? I KNOW THAT THAT MOST PROPERTY HAS BEEN CLEANED UP.

BUT FIRST, I MEAN, HUGE DOZENS OF PAIRS OF OF OAK TREES, PINE TREES THAT ARE KNOCKED OVER AND JUST LAYING THERE.

NUMBER ONE, IT'S GOT TO BE A FIRE HAZARD.

BUT THE CITY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THAT OR CAN IT JUST LAY THERE FOREVER AND DIE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. IN THE COMMENTS, ANNA.

OR I SHOULD SAY, MISS ANDERSON.

ANN ANDERSON.

I WAS WONDERING, IS, ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO SEND OUT SOMETHING TO PEOPLE BEFORE THEY VOTE SO THEY KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THEY'RE IN BECAUSE YOUR MAPS DON'T ACTUALLY DO THEY HAVE THEM ON? DO YOU GUYS HAVE THEM ON THE INTERNET? BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE THE ACTUAL STREETS OF WHO'S WHO.

IT DOES THAT ON THE WEBSITE.

OH, THAT'S GREAT. OKAY.

BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THESE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING DISTRICT VOTING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THE PERSON ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME IS IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT THAN I AM AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING AND.

YOU'RE IN DISTRICT THREE, RIGHT? AND ACROSS THE STREET IS FOUR.

AND IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY'S CONFUSED UP THERE.

SO AT LEAST SEND IT TO MY HOA SO THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS IN THERE JUST BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ASKING EVERYBODY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED.

DON'T ALL JUMP UP.

NO. GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO THE DAIS.

[10. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

GOT A LIST HERE. SO I WILL GO THROUGH IT.

AS FAR AS THE FIRE PRESENTATION, I'LL FIND OUT WHY THAT IS NOT UP AND MAKE SURE THAT GETS TAKEN CARE OF. AS FAR AS PRESENTATIONS, THE DAY OF WE ARE WORKING ON THOSE, THE DAY OF SO, BUT WE WILL MAKE IT A POINT, INCLUDING THIS ONE, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET POSTED.

THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

AS FAR AS DAMIEN, WE'VE ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH THEM AND ARE TRYING TO COORDINATE A DATE. THANKS FOR POINTING THAT OUT.

I APPRECIATE IT. GOLF COURSE AND ERIC, THEY SAID IT WAS ROUGHLY 100 AND SOMETHING THOUSAND. THEY ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO US LAST WEEK SEEING IF THERE WAS ANY TYPE OF ASSISTANCE TO HELP WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE TREES THAT WERE DOWN.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING AVAILABLE TO US.

WE OBVIOUSLY WILL EXPECT THAT IF THERE ARE FIRE HAZARDS AND THAT WILL BE INSPECTED AS SUCH, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED REQUIRED TO REMOVE THOSE AS PER THE CODE.

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I'M NOT SURE OF THE SPECIFICS, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRE MARSHAL IS MADE AWARE TO GO DO AN INSPECTION.

AND THEN AS FAR AS THE DISTRICT MAP, THERE WAS A NOTICE THAT WAS SENT TO ALL VOTERS AROUND JANUARY. THE COUNTY SENT IT.

IT WAS A POSTCARD LETTING EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE HAD GONE TO DISTRICT VOTING AND WHICH DISTRICTS WERE UP.

WE DO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP, THOUGH, THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO.

THERE IT IS. AND ACTUALLY GET DOWN TO THEIR SPECIFIC STREET SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT DISTRICT THEY ARE IN.

SO THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

JR, PULL UP ANNA ANDERSON.

SHE'S ON NOW. SHE'S DONE.

SHE'S ON GOLDEN HILLS. JUST PICK UP GOLDEN HILLS ROAD AND DISTRICT FOUR BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE IT MYSELF. I YEAH, YEAH.

GO UP TO DISTRICT FOUR AND YOU'LL PICK GOLDEN HILLS ROAD.

OKAY. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE GATE ON SLOANE DRIVE, WHICH IS CACTUS AND CACTUS TO COUNTRY CLUB, AND THAT'S DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT BACKSIDE IS DISTRICT FOUR.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT AREA RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. SO. OH, SO IT'S LONE DRIVE.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE ALSO.

WOW. SO THIS IS ACTIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IF YOU GO TO THE DISTRICT VOTING LINK, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET TO THE INTERACTIVE MAP AND PEOPLE CAN DRILL DOWN TO WHAT DISTRICT THERE ACTUALLY.

THANKS YOU. CAN I ASK THAT WE JUST PUT THAT RIGHT UP AT THE TOP OF THE LIST.

JUST SAY DISTRICT VOTING.

IT IS. I WENT THERE THE OTHER NIGHT AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH THAT WHOLE THING.

IT'S ON THE FRONT PAGE. I HAVE TROUBLE WITH IT.

I DON'T LIKE OUR WEBSITE. WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY IT'S A LANGUAGE.

IT'S NECESSARY.

CAN WE PUT IT JUST A LINK RIGHT BEHIND, RIGHT ABOVE ONLINE CLASS REGISTRATION.

JUST PUT A LINK AND SAY HERE'S YOUR DISTRICT.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT THAT RESIDENTS JUST CLICK ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO ELECTION TIME AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START GETTING STUFF.

WE SHOULD MAKE IT SO PEOPLE COULD SEE IF WE COULD.

AND THEN THE I WAS REMINDED THAT THE SAMPLE BALLOTS AS WELL AS THE MAIL IN BALLOTS WILL BE GOING OUT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO FROM THE COUNTY.

YES. BUT IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE THAT INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE YOU JUST CLICK IT AND GO ON TO IT AND SEE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S.

MR. CROSBY? YES, THANK YOU.

BEFORE I MAKE MY COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBER LAU SENDS HER REGARDS AND APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE TODAY.

I DO HAVE A FEW OF HER COMMENTS, SO I'LL READ THEM AS WELL.

SO SHE WANTED TO MAKE A SHOUT OUT TO LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING DAY.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SO MANY SMILING KIDS AND FAMILIES OUT AND ABOUT. AND A SHOUT OUT TO JACOB LINDEBERG FOR ROCKING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON HIS GUITAR.

INCREDIBLY COOL TO SEE SUCH STAGE PRESENCE IN A YOUNG MUSICIAN.

IF YOU WERE THERE, IT WAS PRETTY AWESOME.

HE WAS JUST ROCKING HIS ELECTRIC GUITAR OUT THERE.

I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY IRISH HERITAGE MONTH ON TOP OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

IRISH HERITAGE MONTH WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED BY PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION BY GEORGE W BUSH IN 1991 AND COMMEMORATES IRISH AMERICANS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON HOW THESE PEOPLE MADE A BRAVE JOURNEY TO AMERICA, TO ESCAPE THE GREAT FAMINE, TO FORGE A BETTER LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU TO RICK BOWEN FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CITY, AS THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF GETTING TO KNOW OUR FELLOW RESIDENTS AND THEIR STORIES.

THANK YOU ALSO TO YVONNE GALLEGOS OF CASI FOR KINDLY OFFERING AND PREPARING THE WORDING FOR THE PROCLAMATION.

ANY OTHER RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SHARE THEIR CULTURES AND STORIES.

PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING THE CASI MEETING.

THE REOPENING OF STATION THREE AND CEREMONIAL DEDICATION OF THE NEW TYPE THREE FIRE ENGINE WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY FROM 10 A.M.

TO 11 A.M.

THERE WILL BE AN OPENING HOUSE FROM 11 A.M.

TO NOON AND LIGHT REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.

KUDOS TO CHIEF NIGG FOR IDENTIFYING AND CREATING A SUSTAINABLE PLAN FOR THE REOPENING OF THE STATION. AND THANK YOUS GO TO THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR PARTNERSHIP AND MAKING THIS HAPPEN. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, HAPPY NOTE.

NO RUSE TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE.

NOWRUZ IS PERSIAN NEW YEAR AND WAS CELEBRATED YESTERDAY.

AND AS ALWAYS, BE SAFE AND KIND.

HAPPY SPRING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

I HAVE A COUPLE, ALSO, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR FOR ACKNOWLEDGING AND ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE AS WELL. SO THE AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE I ALSO WANT TO THANK ESPECIALLY DANITA BEAUCHAMP. YOU WERE AMAZING OUT THERE PUSHING ME, TOO.

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AND THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING THERE AND THANKS TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT RECOGNIZING SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND [INAUDIBLE] FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKING THIS LA VERNE SAFE, I WANT TO THANK CONGRESSWOMAN NAPOLITANO FOR HELPING SECURE 4 MILLION FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FOR LA VERNE AND AT THE LA VERNE STOP TO THE FAIRPLEX CROSSING OVER ARROW HIGHWAY.

AND LASTLY TODAY, WE, FOR THIS NEXT WEEK WE PUT OUT A STREET CLOSURE FOR MAJESTIC CYCLING AND LA VERNE BICYCLING.

ALFIE SANCHEZ IS HEAD OF MAJESTIC CYCLING AND HE HAS BEEN PART OF OUR [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE AND HELPED DONATE 40 BICYCLES THIS LAST CHRISTMAS TO NEEDY 8 TO 10 YEAR OLDS.

AND THEY DID A GREAT EVENT.

AND THIS THE THE LA VERNE BIKE RACE REALLY HELPS THAT OUT AND PROMOTES THAT BACK TO THE KIDS. SO JUST WANT TO THANK MR. SANCHEZ AND MAJESTIC CYCLING AND IF YOU WANT TO GO SEE A GREAT RACE THAT'S COMING UP THIS WEEKEND. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS? MY GOODNESS, THERE IS A LOT TO CELEBRATE AND COUNCIL MEETINGS HAPPEN IN A SLOWER TIME FRAME THAN NEWS INFORMATION COMES SO IT DOESN'T SURPRISE ME THAT NEWS IS NO LONGER NEWS BY THE TIME WE PRESENT IT, BECAUSE I ALSO WANTED TO CONGRATULATE DAMIAN HIGH SCHOOL ON THEIR VICTORY UP IN SACRAMENTO.

IT WAS A GREAT GAME TO WATCH.

EVERYBODY I KNEW WAS ASKING ME WHY I WAS WATCHING SPECTRUM TV'S CHANNEL ONE.

I SAID, BECAUSE THERE'S BASKETBALL ON AND WE'VE GOT A TEAM IN THERE.

SO THAT WAS A GREAT VICTORY.

COLONEL FOLLOWED UP THE NEXT NIGHT WITH ANOTHER VICTORY AS WELL, BUT THAT'S IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, SO WE'LL JUST KEEP THAT MINIMAL.

THE LITTLE LEAGUE OPENING WAS FANTASTIC.

IF ANYBODY IS FAMILIAR WITH OAKLAND AND THE ATHLETICS AND HOW THEY DO THINGS THAT AREN'T QUITE IN THE NORM AND THE GENRE OF EVERYTHING ELSE, GO WATCH MONEYBALL.

IT'S HALF HOUR OR SO INTO IT.

THEY HAVE THE THE OPENING DAY CEREMONY WHERE THERE IS AN ELECTRIC GUITAR JUST ROCKING OUT THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER.

BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE SATURDAY AT THE LITTLE LEAGUE PARK GOT TO EXPERIENCE THAT SAME EVENT IN PERSON.

IT WAS AWESOME.

HE REALLY ROCKED THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.

IT WAS GREAT, LIKE.

I WANT TO THANK SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND AND BARGER.

I WANT TO THANK OUR RESIDENTS.

AND I, TOO, WANT TO LIFT UP DANITA BEAUCHAMP.

WHEN IT CAME TO WHITE AVENUE, LILY BERNARD AND AND AND A FEW OTHERS WERE REALLY HELPING RESIDENTS STAND UP AND MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD.

AND I THINK DANITA REALLY LED THE WAY IN HELPING TO MAKE RESIDENTS.

I MEAN, I WAS TALKING TO PEOPLE, TOO, AND REMINDING THEM TO EMAIL OR WRITE OR CALL IF THEY HAD TIME BUT DIDN'T GET IT.

REALLY DID. DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB, AS DID OUR MAYOR.

I WANT TO THANK NANCY NAPOLITANO OR GRACE NAPOLITANO FOR THE 4 MILLION SHE CONTRIBUTED THROUGH THE EARMARKS FOR THE OVER THE BRIDGE.

AND THIS SATURDAY, PLEASE COME TO THE OPEN HOUSE AT THE FIRE STATION.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FABULOUS EVENT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SEE THE DEVICES THAT THEY HAVE UP THERE, THE CREW THAT'S GOING TO BE STATIONED THERE.

IT IS A GOOD SIGN OF HOW THIS LAST TWO AND A HALF, MAYBE THREE YEAR CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE WANTED TO DO WITH CITY SERVICES, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, REALLY LED TO A POSITIVE OUTCOME.

AND I THINK WE'RE ALL GOING TO ENJOY THAT POSITIVE OUTCOME FOR YEARS TO COME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.

AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK OUR RESIDENTS ENOUGH FOR, THIS WAS A, WE DODGED A BIG ONE THIS TIME WITH THE AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE.

AND I JUST IT WAS A VILLAGE THAT DID IT.

AND I REALLY THINK EVERYONE.

AND, DANITA, I CALLED YOU SNOOP DOGGY DOG, MAN.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, YOU EARNED THAT NAME.

YOU EARNED THAT NAME BECAUSE AGAIN, I JUST ECHO THE FACT THAT IT TOOK IT TOOK A VILLAGE, BUT PEOPLE ROSE UP AND THANK YOU ALL.

WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT OUR SUPPORT, THAT OUR CITY SUPPORT, WITHOUT HILDA SOLIS' MOTION, WITHOUT CATHERINE BARGER FEEDING THIS INFORMATION, IT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, AND THE OUTCOME COULD HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT AND IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN GOOD FOR US. SO AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK GRACE NAPOLITANO FOR HER WONDERFUL, GENEROUS SUPPORT FOR OUR FOR OUR PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, WE WOULD LOOK FOR SOME FUN SOMEWHERE WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY THE OPENING DAY AT LITTLE LEAGUE WAS WAS INCREDIBLE.

BUT IT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE TO SEE THE YOUTH SPORTS OUT THERE AGAIN, JUST HAVING A GREAT TIME. HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TOGETHER AGAIN IN THE OPEN, NO

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AND THE WEATHER WAS UNBELIEVABLE THAT DAY.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK BOB RUSSI, OUR CITY MANAGER, AND ALSO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, SEAN IGOE, FOR ACTUALLY GETTING THAT FIELD TOGETHER BECAUSE IT WAS UP TO MINUTES BEFORE THE GAMES THAT WE HAD A LOT OF TREES FELL AND THEY DESTROYED THE BACKSTOP AND FENCING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THEY GOT IT TOGETHER AND GOT IT FIXED UP AND IT WAS READY FOR OPENING DAY. SO KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS.

WE'VE GOT AN UNBELIEVABLE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT AND SHAUN'S BEEN DOING JUST A BANG UP JOB. AND SO THANK YOU TO THE STAFF.

YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB TO MAKE THAT READY.

YEAH, PLEASE PASS THAT ON.

HONESTLY, I JUST EVERYONE SAID AS FAR AS WHAT'S COMING UP THE FIRE STATION THIS LAST WEEKEND, ON SATURDAY, WE HAD THE THE BONITA AUTO SHOP.

THERE WAS A CAR SHOW AND IT WAS TO RAISE MONEY ALSO, THERE'S A HISTORICAL SOCIETY WAS THERE FOR THE THE TRUCK, THE CITRUS TRUCK THAT'S BEING DONE BY THE AUTO SHOP TO RENOVATE IT. SO THERE WAS FUNDS RAISED FOR THAT, THEY DID A BANG UP JOB.

THEY HAD THE CULINARY BONITA CULINARY SCHOOL THERE HAD THE FOODS THEY HAD PULLED PORK SANDWICHES AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF.

THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB.

THE CARS WERE GORGEOUS.

SHERRY, HOW MANY CARS WOULD YOU SAY? OH, MY GOSH. WELL, I WAS BEHIND THE TABLE THE WHOLE TIME.

70, 80, 70 OR 77.

YEAH, 70 OR 80 CARS.

BUT THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. BUT ANYWAY, AND I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT THE CITY OF LA VERNE I WILL AGREE TO THAT.

IT'S A MESS. IT IS A MESS.

AND MY COMMENT IS, IF YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF A CLUBHOUSE, YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THE EXTERIORS. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE THINGS THERE ALL THE TIME.

IT'S A DELICATE SITUATION, OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE OF WHO OWNS IT AND STUFF.

BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT SAFE FOR EVERYBODY WHO LIVES AROUND THERE.

BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IT, UP KEEP WHEN YOU'VE GOT HOMES ALL THE WAY ALONG THERE, ESPECIALLY THE FENCING ON GOLDEN HILLS.

THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE JOKE.

AND I'LL JUST SAY IT. AND IF YOU CAN KEEP A CLUBHOUSE UP AND YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THE GROUNDS AND YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF THE BUILDINGS AND YOU CAN HAVE WEDDINGS, YOU CAN SURE AS HECK TAKE CARE OF THE OTHER AREAS.

AND THAT'S ONE LITTLE PIECE.

THAT'S JUST ONE LITTLE PIECE.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS PRETTY MUCH CLOSED EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THE STUFF OFF OF COUNTRY CLUB WHERE THE ACCESS WHERE THEY USE THE CARTS USED TO COME ACROSS BUT.

WE'LL WORK ON THAT. BUT ANYWAY, IT HAS NOTICED WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BUSY WITH AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE, BUT WE'LL START FOCUSING BACK ON THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US, TOO. BUT AGAIN, RESIDENTS, YOU DID AN UNBELIEVABLE JOB.

I THINK THIS IS ONE TIME WHERE WE REALLY ALL GOT TOGETHER AS A GROUP, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE A.

[11. CLOSED SESSION:]

COUNCIL THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE MEETING IN A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549569 SUBSECTION A TO DISCUSS A MATTER REGARDING MICHAEL HUNT.

AND THERE'S A CASE NUMBER LISTED.

THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO REPORT.

VERY GOOD. WE'RE RECESSING TO CLOSED SESSION, OUR NEXT ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2022, AT 6:00 PM.

PRESENTATION TO THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL WATER POLO TEAM.

SO, MR. GABALDON, WE ARE STARTING TO DO IT NOW, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

SO WITH THAT AND OUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING AT THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 4TH AT 6:30 P.M.

WE WILL CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:35 P.M.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.