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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO START THIS MEETING AND IS NOW 6:32.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
WE'LL BEGIN AND WE COULD ALL PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.COUNCIL MEMBER LAU WILL LEAD US.
{PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]. ROLL CALL, MR. RUSSI.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAU? PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY? HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER? PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS? PRESENT. MAYOR HEPBURN? PRESIDENT. I CAN'T SEE.
THERE IT IS. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION TODAY, PRESENTATION OF PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE
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MONTH OF APRIL 2022 AS DONATE A LIFE MONTH.GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. THIS IS DONATE LIFE MONTH.
SO WE ARE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS ORGAN, TISSUE, MARROW AND BLOOD DONATIONS ARE LIFE GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSIONS OF COMPASSION TO THOSE IN NEED.
AND. WHEREAS, MORE THAN 100,000 INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE AND MORE THAN 20,000 IN CALIFORNIA ARE CURRENTLY ON THE NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST.
AND. WHEREAS, A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL'S DONATION OF THE HEART, LUNGS, LIVER, KIDNEYS, PANCREAS AND SMALL INTESTINE CAN SAVE UP TO EIGHT LIVES.
AND. WHEREAS, MILLIONS OF THE LIVES EACH YEAR ARE SAVED AND HEALED BY DONORS OF ORGANS, TISSUES, MARROW AND BLOOD.
AND. WHEREAS, OVER 17 MILLION CALIFORNIANS HAVE SIGNED UP WITH THE STATE AUTHORIZED DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY TO ENSURE THEIR WISHES TO BE ORGAN AND TISSUE DONORS ARE HONORED.
AND. WHEREAS, CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY WHEN APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARDS AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
TIM HEPBURN, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, DO HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL 22 AS DMV DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA MONTH.
AND THE CITY LA VERNE, IN DOING SO, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CALIFORNIANS TO CHECK.
YES, WHEN APPLYING FOR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE OR ID CARD OR BY SIGNING UP AT WWW.DONATELIFECALIFORNIA.ORG. INA, THIS IS FOR YOU.
THANK YOU. AND YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SAY.
I AM AN AMBASSADOR FOR ONE LEGACY.
AND THIS IS MY DAUGHTER WHO'S 38.
SHE IS ON HER THIRD KIDNEY TRANSPLANT.
I WAS A LIVING DONOR 35 YEARS AGO.
SO SARAH IS DOING WELL BECAUSE OF HER THIRD TRANSPLANT.
THANKS TO SOME FAMILIES THAT SAID YES TO DONATION WHEN THEIR SONS PASSED AWAY, THE LAST TWO TRANSPLANTS AT A VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
SO THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING ORGAN TISSUE AND DONATION.
IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE IN MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE.
YOU CAN TELL THAT SHE'S BEEN SICK.
AND THANK YOU FOR FOR SUPPORTING US.
AND IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, IT DOESN'T MATTER YOUR AGE OR RELIGION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. YOU CAN DO IT AT THE DMV OR LIKE THE MAYOR SAID.
YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO DONATELIFECALIFORNIA.ORG.
I KNOW, WE WERE TALKING OUTSIDE.
AND YOU SAID THAT THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN BETTER.
IS THAT CORRECT? A BANNER YEAR FOR TRANSPLANTS NATIONWIDE, WHICH SHOCKED ME BECAUSE WITH COVID, BUT TRANSPLANTS STILL GOING UP.
WELL, WITH OUR ID CARDS TO ALL OF US SHOULD BE MINDFUL OF THAT.
AND I KNOW I JUST DID MINE AND PUT THE LITTLE PINK DOT.
IT'S BEEN ON THERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT RENEWED WITH THE CALIFORNIA ID.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S DEAR EVERYBODY'S HEART THAT WE CAN SAVE MULTIPLE LIVES.
WE SAID, YOU KNOW, THAT'S IMPORTANT.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO IN YOUR ORGANIZATION.
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WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT.[5.ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
IS THAT CORRECT? SHERRY VEST AND GEORGE MAY.THAT'S THE GEORG AND SHERRY SHOW.
I SEEM TO HAVE LOTS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANYHOW. SHERRY BEST, PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND I WANT TO ANNOUNCE SOME ACTIVITIES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN APRIL.
ON THE 9TH OF APRIL, THIS SATURDAY, WE WILL BE JOINING LA VERNE HERITAGE AT THEIR SPRING FLING FAIR AS A VENDOR, THAT WAS HARD TO SAY.
WE'LL BE SELLING T-SHIRTS, BOOKS AND VINTAGE COLLECTIBLES.
THE FAIR WILL BE OPEN FROM TEN IN THE MORNING TILL THREE IN THE AFTERNOON AND IS LOCATED AT HERITAGE PARK.
SO DO COME UP AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT THE OTHER VENDORS ARE SELLING AND MAYBE BUY A LITTLE SOMETHING FROM US.
SO WE'LL WE'LL BE THERE SUPPORTING THE CAUSE.
NOW, ON THE 23RD OF APRIL, I ALSO WANT TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY YARD SALE, WHICH IS SPONSORED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT.
AND ONCE AGAIN, WE WILL BE SELLING OUR ITEMS. ALL OF THE PROCEEDS FROM OUR SALES GO TO RESTORING EXCUSE ME, THE 1938 INTERNATIONAL TRUCKS. SO WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES INTO TRUCK REHAB.
SO I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT HILLCREST RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IS STARTING TO OPEN UP TO VISITS BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND JUST LAST WEEK I HELPED PUT TOGETHER A PRESENTATION, A LIKE AN EXHIBIT IN THE WELCOME ROOM. AND THE WELCOME ROOM THIS MONTH IS FEATURING HISTORY OF AND CONTRIBUTIONS BY THE LATINO LATINA COMMUNITY.
IT'S COMPLEMENTING A DISPLAY OF ARTWORK BY ROSE CALDERON CALLED THE FRAGMENTS OF A CHICANO LIFE THAT'S IN THE UPSTAIRS GALLERY.
BUT THE WELCOME ROOM IS LOCATED DOWNSTAIRS IN THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VISIT, YOU GO CHECK IN AT THE CONCIERGE DESK, PRESENT YOUR PROOF OF VACCINATION, WEAR AN INDOOR MASK, TAKE YOUR TEMPERATURE TO ACCESS THE FACILITY BECAUSE THEY'RE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT KEEPING THEIR SENIORS SAFE.
THAT'S GOOD. THE WELCOME ROOM IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM EIGHT UNTIL 430.
AND THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS A CASE FULL OF ARTIFACTS FROM THE PALOMARES FAMILY.
SO WE HAVE SOME VERY INTERESTING THINGS THAT ARE IN THE GLASS CASE, INCLUDING A BRANDING IRON CLOTHING THAT HAD BELONGED TO ONE OF.
IGNACIO PALOMARES' NEPHEWS, SIX DAUGHTERS.
AND SO WE'VE HAD THESE THINGS FOR A LONG TIME, AND NOW THEY'RE OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.
DO MARK YOUR CALENDARS ON THE 7TH OF MAY.
WE ARE ONCE AGAIN GOING TO DO OUR GET ON THE BUS TOURS.
HILLCREST LOANS US ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES, AND BILL LEMON, THE CITY HISTORIAN.
AND I TAKE PEOPLE AROUND AND WE LOOK AT PLACES OF INTEREST IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THREE TOURS ON THAT DAY.
ONE OF THOSE TOURS WILL BE MEMBERS OF WOODS FACILITY, AND SO THEY WILL BE SEPARATED.
WE'LL HAVE A SECOND TOUR FOR HILLCREST RESIDENTS AND THEN A THIRD TOUR FOR MEMBERS OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO THAT'S THE DEAL I WRANGLED IN ORDER TO GET THE BUS, AND MAYBE NEXT YEAR WE CAN OPEN IT UP A LITTLE FURTHER. WHO KNOWS? I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE POMONA CONCERT BAND IS GIVING ITS SPRING CONCERT ON SUNDAY, MAY THE FIRST AT THE BANDSHELL AT 3 P.M.
SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU COME TO THESE THINGS.
THEY'RE REALLY INTERESTING AND NOW IS THE CHANCE WE CAN START TO GET BACK TOGETHER AND DO THINGS. SO WE ARE KIND OF TURNING THAT LOOSE A LITTLE BIT WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND OUR ACTIVITIES. STAY TUNED.
SHERRY, REAL QUICK, HOW ARE WE DOING ON THE DONATIONS AS FAR AS THE TRUCK AND WHERE ARE WE AT WITH THE RESTORATION? I KNOW THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO BE READY SOON OR SOMETHING.
IS THAT CORRECT? THE THE THE FRAME IS GOING TO GO IN TO COMPLETE THE REPAIR OF THE FRAME.
AND THEN WE'RE CONTRACTING WITH A GROUP.
THEY'RE GOING TO HANG THE ENGINE, PUT IN THE TRANSMISSION.
AND BY NEXT FALL, THE TRUCK WILL GO BACK TO THE SHOP, THE HIGH SCHOOL SHOP, AND THE KIDS WILL START INSTALLING ONTO IT.
SO BUT MY PLAN FOR THE FOURTH IS I'D LIKE TO GET THE TIRES ON WHAT'S OF THE TRUCK, GET
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THE CAB ON AND MAYBE TOW IT THROUGH THE PARADE ROUTE.SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO SEE BECAUSE WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS TIME AND MONEY, RIGHT? THOSE TWO VARIABLES.
AND HOW DO WE DONATE WHERE WE'RE AT? WE ALWAYS USE MORE MONEY.
HOW WOULD WE DONATE FOR THAT, THOUGH? HOW DO YOU DONATE? YES, PLEASE LET EVERYBODY KNOW.
GO ON THE WEBSITE, COME TO ANY OF OUR EVENTS.
AND SO YOU CAN GO ON THAT AND MAKE A DONATION THROUGH GO FUND ME.
SO AND WE ARE 501(C)(3) SO WE CAN CERTAINLY GIVE YOU A CASH OR A NON CASH RECEIPT FOR YOUR DONATIONS.
PERFECT. SO BASICALLY LA VERNE, LET'S GET ON IT AND GET TO DONATE AND GET THAT TRUCK ON THE ROAD SO IT RUNS ON ITS OWN.
AND YES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU, MR. MAY. GOOD MORNING, MAYOR,.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, LA VERNE RESIDENTS.
I'VE GOT TWO THINGS I WANT TO REPORT.
BOTH GOOD. THE MASKS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED AT THE LIBRARY.
THEY ARE RECOMMENDED, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WEAR ONE, THAT'S OKAY.
WE WILL STILL HAVE A SUPPLY OF MASKS FOR THOSE CUSTOMERS WHO CHOOSE.
WE WANT TO GET A MASK AND WE WILL PROVIDE DOSE.
SO GOOD THING ABOUT IT IS I NO LONGER HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHO MY CUSTOMERS ARE.
I CAN NOW SEE THEM. AND THE SECOND THING IS, PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WE HAD FIVE INTERNET STATIONS, AND ONCE THE PANDEMIC STARTED, THEY WERE SHUT DOWN, OF COURSE, BUT THE FRIENDS OF LA VERNE LIBRARY, THEY PURCHASED THREE NEW COMPUTERS AND NEW COMPUTER FURNITURE FOR THE LIBRARY. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE EIGHT STATIONS, BUT BECAUSE OF PANDEMIC THERE, WE REDUCED THEM DOWN TO THREE.
SO NOW ALL EIGHT ARE GOING TO BE HOOKED UP.
SO NOW WE'LL HAVE FULL ACCESS ON ON EVENTUALLY, SHORTLY ON THE EIGHT COMPUTERS THAT WE HAVE. UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL DON'T HAVE PROGRAMING BECAUSE WE'RE STILL HOSTING THE [INAUDIBLE] STAFF WHOSE LIBRARY HAS BEEN CLOSED DOWN BECAUSE OF RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADES.
SO THAT'S COMING UP ALSO, I JUST DON'T HAVE AN EXACT DATE, BUT SO NO MASKS AND COMPUTERS WILL SHORTLY BE AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU HAVE ANY MONEY FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM SOMEONE OUTSIDE? MR. IVEY, GOOD EVENING.
I WANT TO SAY, MR. IVEY, THAT AGAIN, WE WERE TALKING OUTSIDE THAT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THE AFFLERBAUGH-PAIGE SITUATION AND YOU WERE ACTIVE ON THE CALLS AS A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS WERE, AND AND IT WORKED OUT IN OUR FAVOR.
SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU DID ON THAT, TOO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND IT TOOK ALL OF THE LA VERNE RESIDENTS TO COME TOGETHER.
SO WE ALL NEED A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THAT, BY THE WAY.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT.
I JUST WANT TO SPEND JUST A SECOND TALKING ABOUT CASI, OUR GREAT CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE HERE IN THE CITY.
AND WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP THIS WEDNESDAY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT OUR BYLAWS A LITTLE BIT, DOING SOME UPDATES ON WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PART OF THE YEAR AND THEN TALKING ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE FUTURE WITH THE REST OF THE YEAR.
AND I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S OKAY TO CALL IN TO CASI OR JOIN US ON ZOOM AND HOW WE'RE DOING IT. WE'LL BE MEETING FACE TO FACE SOON AND WE JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THAT CASI IS ALL ABOUT INCLUSION, MAKING THIS CITY THE NUMBER ONE CITY, NOT THE NUMBER TWO OR FOUR, THE NUMBER ONE CITY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, CERTAINLY OUT HERE IN THE THREE VALLEYS AREA.
AND THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, OF COURSE, IS RACIAL ISSUES AND POLICE ISSUES.
AND PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH DISABILITIES AND PEOPLE DEALING WITH SENSITIVITIES.
AND HOW DO WE ALL COME TOGETHER? HOW DO WE ALL UNDERSTAND ONE ANOTHER AS WE GO FORWARD, MAKING THIS A BETTER PLACE, MAKING THIS A QUALITY CITY AS IT SHOULD BE? SO I INVITE YOU ALL TO JOIN US IN THESE CALLS AND IN THESE MEETINGS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU JOINING US AND GIVING US YOUR THOUGHTS AND HOW WE GO FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. IVEY. THANK YOU.
JR? YOU CAN GIVE APPLAUSE. ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANYBODY ONLINE? NO, NO. WE ONLY HAD? WE'LL CLOSE THAT AND WE WILL MOVE TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
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MR. RUSSELL. HAS ANYTHING BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? IF NOT, CAN I GET A MOTION, PLEASE? I'LL MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS WRITTEN.MEMBERS, PLEASE HOLD IT FOR THE VIDEO.
OH, LOOK AT THAT. I'M NOT READY TO LET GO.
THANK YOU, JR. THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
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OTHER MATTERS. WE ARE MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022.[00:15:05]
MR. RUSSI? YES, MR. MAYOR, ACTUALLY, FINANCE DIRECTOR MARLA PENDLETON WILL BE GIVING THIS REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT. DIRECTOR PENDLETON, GOOD EVENING.GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HEPBURN, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M MARLA PENDLETON, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR, HERE TO GIVE YOU OUR MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE.
AND BASICALLY THIS IS GOING TO FOCUS ON THE GENERAL FUNDS.
THE GENERAL FUND IS THE DISCRETIONARY MONEY OF THE COUNCIL, AND THAT'S WHERE OUR BIG CONCERN IS BASED ON OUR REVIEW OF THE REVENUE.
WE ARE RECOMMENDING A INCREASE FOR REVENUE OF $7 MILLION.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT, THE MAJORITY OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE LAND SALE AT AMHERST AVENUE OF 5.6, APPROXIMATELY.
AND WHAT WAS RECOMMENDED PRIOR TO THE SALE IS THAT A PORTION OF THIS MONEY BE SET ASIDE FOR OUR SECTION 115 TRUST TO BE USED FOR FUTURE PENSION BENEFITS.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT, 7 MILLION AND THEN AN ADJUSTMENT NOT IT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATION, BUT A TRANSFER OF CASH TO OUR TRUST CUSTODIAN FOR THE 115 TRUST OF 4 MILLION. ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING INCREASE HAS TO DO WITH BUILDING PERMITS. AND AS THAT REVENUE HAS GONE UP, THAT IS DONE BY CONTRACT SERVICES.
SO WE NEED ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THAT REVENUE INCREASE.
THAT INCREASE WE'RE REQUESTING IS 310,000.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR EXPENDITURES IN THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE MOST PART, WHERE WE'RE PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE EXPECTED AT MID-YEAR.
A FEW THINGS, A LITTLE BIT OUT OF BALANCE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ONE OF THEM, IT WAS HARD TO TELL IS OUR CONTRACT SERVICES FOR FIRE.
AND BECAUSE THE OVERTIME IS IN THE GENERAL FUND, IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO SEE THE REVENUE RELATED TO THAT EXPENSE AND IT LOOKED LIKE THE THAT DEPARTMENT BUDGET WAS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN IT SHOULD BE.
AND TO GET MORE DISCLOSURE ACCOUNTABILITY ON IT, I DISCUSSED IT WITH THE FIRE CHIEF AND WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO MOVE THAT INTO ITS OWN FUNDS SO YOU CAN SEE THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES TOGETHER IN A FUND FOR FINANCIAL STATEMENT PURPOSES.
WE WILL STILL MERGE IT WITH THE GENERAL FUND, BUT WE JUST WANT TO TRACK IT SEPARATELY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OUR REVENUE COMES IN FOR WHATEVER WE SPEND FOR CONTRACT FIRE SERVICES.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS ACTUALLY PUT IN HERE TO MOVE IT.
AND WHAT YOU'LL NOTICE IS WE HAD A REVENUE BUDGET OF 510,000, BUT BASED ON SERVICES DONE FOR THE YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE 952,000.
SO THAT WILL BE MOVED INTO A SEPARATE FUND, THE REVENUE AS WELL AS RELATED EXPENSES, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WILL NET ALL OF THE EXPENSES AND REVENUE WILL NET TO ZERO.
THE NET EFFECT, SOME OF THAT WILL THEN HAVE TO BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO THE GENERAL FUND BECAUSE IT'S FOR GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS IN THE GENERAL FUND.
SO THERE'S A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT RELATED TO THAT SPECIFICALLY.
FEW OTHER MINOR EXPENSE ADJUSTMENTS WE'RE RECOMMENDING, NOTHING TOO TERRIBLE.
ONE OF THEM HAS TO DO WITH SERVICES BEING A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN ANTICIPATED AND RECREATION. SO WE WERE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING TO DECREASE AND INCREASE A NET 70,000 OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENSES FOR OUR RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
FIRE ADMIN IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF EXPENSES RELATED TO COVID TESTING THAT HAD TO GO ON ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE EXPENSES.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING A $70,000 INCREASE AND THEN ACROSS THE BOARD WE SAW INCREASES IN OUR ELECTRIC BILL MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED.
IT SPECIFICALLY STOOD OUT IN OUR CITY BUILDING FUND.
SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING A 40,000 INCREASE IN THAT FUND.
WE'VE SEEN IT IN OUR OTHER ACCOUNTS AS WELL OR OTHER FUNDS, BUT MOST OF THOSE CAN ABSORB THOSE INCREASES. SO THIS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT STOOD OUT THAT WAS SIGNIFICANT AND NOT ENOUGH FOR US TO ADJUST AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE EXPECTING TO SPEND THE MONEY THAT ROLLED OVER FROM THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR AND PROJECTS TO BE COMPLETED.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT WILL ROLL IN TO COMPLETE FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR ARPA.
SO WE CAME BACK, WE CAME TO COUNCIL AND HAD A STEADY STUDY SESSION IN DECEMBER, DISCUSSED
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OUR $7 MILLION ARPA FUNDING THAT'S COMING IN.WE DISCUSSED A PLAN, WE GOT DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL AND THERE'S A BUDGET ADJUSTMENT THAT BASICALLY DISCUSS HOW WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY BASED ON THAT STUDY SESSION, INCLUDING THE PREMIUM PAY AND THE REVENUE, BECAUSE THAT WAS NOT IN THE BUDGET AT ALL.
WE HAVE SEVERAL YEARS TO SPEND IT.
SO ANYTHING THAT'S LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR THAT COULD BE SPENT IN YEAR TWO OR THREE, WE'LL JUST ROLL THAT OVER, CONTINUE TO ROLL IT OVER SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY TRACK IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TARGET.
AND WE DON'T OVEREXTEND OR UNDERSPEND BECAUSE IF WE UNDERSPEND, WE HAVE TO GIVE IT BACK.
IF WE OVERSPEND, THAT MEANS IT'S A GENERAL FUND EXPENSE OR OR SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE HAS TO PICK IT UP. SO WE WANT TO MONITOR IT, KEEP ON TRACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WITHIN THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE GIVEN TO US.
THAT TOO IS PUT INTO ITS OWN FUND, FUND 290, SO THAT WE CAN TRACK AND MONITOR AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SPENT ONLY FOR VALID EXPENSES.
THEN ON THAT, IS THAT REPORTABLE? DO YOU HAVE TO REPORT WHAT WE SPENT IT ON TO? YES. AND I WOULDN'T DOUBT IF THERE'S AN AUDIT ON THAT COMING.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CLOSELY MONITORING IT.
IT'S ALL IN COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.
PAGE 14 IS JUST THE TRANSFER THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, FIRE MOVING THAT INTO ITS OWN.
ONE OF THE THINGS ALSO, IF YOU NOTICE ON OUR REVENUE SALES TAXES UP.
IN ADDITION, MEASURE LV TAXES IS ALSO WHAT WE REPORTED THAT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEE, BUT WE ALSO INCREASE THAT 1.1 MILLION FROM WHAT WE HAD BUDGETED.
SO OVERALL, ON PAGE 15, IT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING THAT I DISCUSSED TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACT ON THE GENERAL FUND OF ALL THESE BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IF YOU PASS OUR PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS TODAY.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT'LL BE $4.6 MILLION EXCESS REVENUE OVER EXPENSES.
4 MILLION IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING BE SET ASIDE IN THE SECTION 115 TRUST FOR FUTURE PENSION OBLIGATIONS.
SO THERE'LL BE APPROXIMATELY 600,000 LEFT OVER AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE STARTED THE BUDGET YEAR THINKING THAT WE WERE GOING TO DIG INTO RESERVES.
ABOUT 600,000, WE'RE ENDING OR WE'RE MID-YEAR, WE'RE THINKING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ABOUT 600,000 LEFT OVER.
SO IT'S SWUNG THE OPPOSITE WAY.
SO WE'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD FINANCIALLY.
AND THOSE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM.
WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR PENDLETON BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND IF I COULD JUST CLARIFY ONE THING ON THE CONTRACT FIRE SERVICES, JUST SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR THIRD PARTY.
WHEN WE SEND OUR WHEN WE SEND OUR FIREFIGHTERS OUT TO DO FOREST FIRE SERVICE SOMEWHERE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OR ELSEWHERE, WE GET REIMBURSED BACK THAT PIECE.
THIS IS ABOUT TRACKING THE EXPENSE WITH THE ACTUAL REVENUE, NOT CONTRACT FIRE SERVICES IN ANY OTHER WAY. CORRECT.
THANK YOU. I COULD SEE IN YOUR I COULD SEE IN YOUR EYES IT WAS LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THAT GOING, I GOT THAT'S THE WAY TO JUST KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS AND UNDERSTAND WHERE IT'S COMING FROM AND IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE GENERAL FUND AND.
CORRECT. YEAH, WHICH MAKES SENSE.
SO ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO? THANK YOU, MS. PENDLETON. THANK YOU.
WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AND ANYBODY HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
MS. BEAUCHAMP ? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THE COUNCIL HASN'T ADDRESSED WHEN THE SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT GOT THOSE PARKING COVERS WITH THE SOLAR PANELS.
I DON'T KNOW. IT'S BEEN AT LEAST A FEW YEARS THAT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND SOME OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS HAD THAT.
WHY DIDN'T THE CITY CONSIDER DOING THAT TO THEIR OWN FACILITIES? SHE SAID THAT THERE'S BEEN A $40,000 INCREASE IN THE ELECTRICITY COSTS.
WHY WASN'T IT CONSIDERED AT THAT TIME? AND I'M KIND OF DISAPPOINTED.
MR. MUIR, YOU WORK FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON THAT YOU COULD HAVE BRIDGE THAT GAP TO HELP CREATE THAT TO HAPPEN FOR OUR CITY.
AND NOW WE'RE BEHIND THE EIGHT BALL.
SO AS WE KNOW, WATER DROUGHT IS GOING TO GET MUCH WORSE.
ELECTRICITY WILL DEFINITELY BE GOING UP.
COSTS TO THE RESIDENTS AND CITY WILL ALSO BE GOING UP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY THAT WASN'T FACILITATED MUCH SOONER RATHER THAN WAIT TILL WE'RE NOW IN ARREARS OF MONEY.
SO SOMETHING TO BE CONSIDERED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP.
ANYONE ELSE? MR. GABALDON. GOOD EVENING.
JUST MORE OF A QUESTION OF CLARIFICATION REGARDING THE NUMBERS THAT DIRECTOR PENDLETON JUST PROVIDED REGARDING THE SURPLUS.
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IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I HEARD THAT THERE WAS A SURPLUS OF APPROXIMATELY $4 MILLION.WAS ANY OF THE ARPA MONEY PART OF THAT NET EFFECT? WHEREAS WITHOUT THE ARPA MONEY, WOULD THE RESULT HAVE BEEN -3 MILLION? JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE? PUBLIC COMMENT. THERE'S ONLY ACTUALLY THERE IS ONE PERSON ON ESTELLA MALDONADO, BUT THE REST OF THE STAFF. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO EMAILS. MR. RUSSI YEAH, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM.
AND THEN, MARLA, IF I MISS IT, YOU CAN GET UP AND CORRECT ME.
I'LL START WITH THE SECOND ONE.
NO, THE ARPA MONEY WAS NOT COUNTED AGAINST THAT SURPLUS.
THE ARPA MONEY IS ALL BEEN DESIGNATED AND APPROPRIATED FOR PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY, SO IT'S NET ZERO, AS FAR AS THOSE DOLLARS.
WE ACTUALLY WILL NEED TO COME BACK TO COUNCIL FOR AN APPROPRIATION ON TWO OF THOSE PROGRAMS BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED THEM YET.
ONE IS THE HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT AS WELL AS THE OUTDOOR ACTIVITY IMPROVEMENT.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE AND ALSO THE HOUSING REHAB.
SO WE KNOW GENERALLY, BUT WE HAVEN'T TECHNICALLY APPROPRIATED THOSE SPECIFICALLY TO THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THE SURPLUS THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.
THE SURPLUS IS PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY THE $5 MILLION SALE OF THE AMHERST PROPERTY, WHICH WAS ANTICIPATED AS PART OF THE FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY PLAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
GOING TO THE PARKING COVERS, I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
IT WAS BEFORE SHAWN HAD COME ABOARD.
THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY ALL RECEIVED GRANTS TO BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE IN, SO IT WAS NOT A COST FACTOR TO THEM.
THEY WERE BEING INCENTIVIZED TO HAVE THEM PUT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS DONE AT A STATE LEVEL, IN SOME LEVEL, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT IT WAS FREE FOR THEM TO PUT IN THOSE PROJECTS.
WE HAVE LOOKED AT THEM THE THE COST TO DO IT VERSUS THE RETURN JUST WASN'T THERE.
WE HAVE EXPLORED DOING THEM DOWN AT THE ARTS FIRST, BUT WE HAVE NOT LOOKED AT DOING THEM UP HERE AT CITY HALL. THERE IS ONE MORE THING FOR THE BENEFIT OF COUNCIL, WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE YEAR.
BUT I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T LET THE COUNCIL KNOW WE'VE COME ACROSS A COUPLE OF REPAIRS THAT NEED BE DONE AT THE POOL THAT WERE BROUGHT ABOUT AFTER THIS.
SO WE WILL AGAIN AGAIN, WE ARE LOOKING AT NEW METER.
YOU THROW WATER AND MONEY IN IT SO.
AND PEOPLE. BUT WE ARE LOOKING CLOSE TO $300,000 IN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.
WELL, FORTUNATELY, TWO THIRDS OF THAT IS REIMBURSABLE BY OUR AGREEMENT WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE UNIVERSITY.
SO DEPENDING IF WE CAN GET THOSE BIDS IN PLACE BEFORE THE END OF THIS FISCAL YEAR, WE MAY BE BACK FOR AN APPROPRIATION BECAUSE WE REALLY DO NEED TO GET THOSE REPAIRS DONE.
MAYBE WE COULD LEASE IT OUT FOR LOBSTER COOKING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE SO HOT IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, HUH? MANAGER DURAN WOULD THAT BE OKAY? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. RUSSI. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I JUST REALLY HAVE ONE COMMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THE WAY YOU LAID THIS OUT.
EASY TO FOLLOW IS I'M THRILLED WITH THE INCREASED ANTICIPATION REVENUE FROM THE MEASURE LV THANK YOU LA VERNE FOR SHOPPING LA VERNE SPENDING YOUR MONEY HERE.
THE INCREASE IS GOING TO HELP OUR CITY.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY? AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK MR. RUSSI AND MRS. PENDLETON FOR ANSWERING ALL MY QUESTIONS LAST WEEK.
I REALLY APPRECIATE WALKING ME THROUGH THIS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
AND I WANT TO REALLY CONGRATULATE THE FORESIGHT OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL FOR REALLY MAKING SURE OUR PENSION OBLIGATION IS GOING TO BE BE COVERED.
I REALLY BELIEVE THE FORESIGHT FROM THAT COUNCIL, FROM EVERYONE ON THAT COUNCIL, WAS REALLY THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LAVERNE AND THEN HELPING WITH THE THE ARPA MONEY OF COVERING OUR CAPITAL GAINS.
SO WE PUT SOME MORE MONEY INTO OUR PENSION FUND.
THANK YOU, MR. GRIMES. I WILL SAY DITTO TO THOSE POINTS, SO I WON'T REPEAT THEM, BUT I WILL ALSO SAY THANK YOU TO THE STAFF, ESPECIALLY TO NOT THAT YOU'RE VERY, YOU'RE THAT NEW ANYMORE, BUT OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR AND OUR CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF OUR HEADS FOR WORKING TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS MORE CLEAR.
AND I THINK THE INPUT THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED, I THINK, IS REALLY INFORMING A MUCH BETTER PICTURE FOR PEOPLE TO FOLLOW IN TERMS OF THE INS AND OUTS OF WHERE OUR MONEY IS GOING.
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SO THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK.I APPRECIATE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER.
PRO TEM DAVIS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. I DITTO EVERYTHING YOU SAID.
I'M THRILLED THAT LA VERNE IS IN THE FINANCIAL HEALTH THAT WE'RE IN.
I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY IN THE ENTIRE STAFF FROM FROM FRONTLINE TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT FOR JUDICIOUSLY AGAIN MANAGING AND UTILIZING THE FUNDS THAT WE PROVIDE AS A COMMUNITY TO OPERATE OUR CITY.
IT'S HELPFUL TO HAVE CITY SERVICES WHERE WE CAN MOVE ON A DIME AND ISOLATE AND IDENTIFY THINGS LIKE THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO $300,000 JUST DOESN'T ROLL US OVER.
YEAH, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE IT.
SO I'M APPRECIATIVE OF HOW STABLE THIS ENGINE THAT OPERATES OUR CITY WORKS.
BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST MARLA, IT'S NOT JUST BOB.
IT'S EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE WATCHING EVERYTHING WE DO.
I JUST HAVE NOTHING BUT ACCOLADES TO SHARE WITH YOU ALSO.
THANK YOU FOR THIS. AND, AND I AND I'LL JUST SAY THE PLUG TO SHOP LA VERNE BECAUSE IT'S DOING WONDERFUL THINGS.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.
AGAIN, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE STAFF, WITHOUT CITY MANAGER RUSSI, DIRECTOR PENDLETON DIRECTOR SCHERER, DIRECTOR IGOE, CHIEF NIGG, MANAGER DURAN AND THEN I'M MISSING ONE.
I'M MISSING THE CHIEF OUR NEW.
HOW COULD I FORGET? I GUESS WE HAD SUCH A CELEBRATION.
AND TO OUR CHIEF FLORES, BUT ALSO TO OUR COUNCIL AND ALSO TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR MOST IMPORTANT THING IS KEEPING YOUR MONEY IN LA VERNE.
AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DID WHEN IT WAS THE PANDEMIC WAS STAY HERE, KEEP YOUR MONEY AND LA VERNE BUY YOUR GAS, BUY YOUR GROCERY SHOP, PRAY, YOU KNOW, EAT.
I ALSO, EVEN THOUGH MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS AND I DO GET IN HEATED DISCUSSIONS OVER THE PENSION OBLIGATION, I THINK THIS 115 TRUST AND THIS $4 MILLION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE MUST STAY AHEAD OF THE CALPERS.
AS WE ALL KNOW, IF YOU READ IN THE PAPER, THERE ARE MANY CITIES THAT ARE IN VERY, VERY BIG FINANCIAL TROUBLE.
AND AS THESE YEARS GO ON, EVEN WITH THE ARPA FUNDS, THAT'S GOING TO GO AWAY AND THEY'RE STILL FIXED WITH THOSE WITH THAT SITUATION.
I DO APPRECIATE THE ALSO THE 110 TRUST FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SEPARATE THOSE, ESPECIALLY ON THE FIRE SERVICES.
WHEN WE GO OUTSIDE, IT KIND OF KEEPS IT ITS OWN LITTLE POT SO WE CAN KEEP IT OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF THAT AND ALSO KEEP TRACK OF THE BILLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO GET OUR MONEYS BACK.
SO AND ALSO I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS, LIKE I SAY, A MEASURE OF, AS COUNCILMEMBER CARDER MENTIONED, MEASURE LV AND THE SALES TAX.
WE'RE ROCKING IT RIGHT NOW AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
AND I KNOW THAT THESE ARE TIME, JUST MOMENTS IN TIME.
BUT IF WE CONTINUE, I KNOW THERE MIGHT BE AN ADJUSTMENT ON PROPERTY VALUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S GOOD, BUT WE NEED TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, WHICH WE GENERALLY ALWAYS ARE.
I APPRECIATE THAT. EVEN THOUGH A POOL HEATER GOES OUT FOR 300,000, BUT WE WON'T TALK TO POOL HEATERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
DIVISION III CIF CHAMPIONSHIP.
BUT I ALSO DO MR. IGOE, I THINK WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, THE CHALLENGE IS ELECTRIC CHARGING STATIONS. WE MUST FIND FUNDS FOR THAT BECAUSE OUR COMMUNITY IS GOING TO BE ELECTRIC VEHICLES HERE VERY SOON.
IT MAY TAKE SOME TIME, BUT AS WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, OUR PREVIOUS PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR SAID; WHY DO WE NEED CHARGING STATIONS FOR? WE DON'T HAVE ELECTRIC CARS! IT'S LIKE, OKAY.
YOU KNOW, SO AGAIN, WE'LL CHALLENGE YOU TO THAT.
I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING INTO IT.
AND ALSO LET'S LOOK INTO WHY THE $40,000 IN ELECTRICITY.
I KNOW THAT WE'VE RETROFITTED AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND I'M SURE YOU'RE LOOKING INTO IT.
WHY? AND TO GET US UP TO SNUFF AS FAR AS ENERGY EFFICIENCY, MORE EMS LIGHTS OFF, MORE, YOU KNOW, LED, AND ALL THOSE RETROFITS WE POSSIBLY CAN DO.
AND ALSO TIMING TO MAKE SURE THAT THINGS GO OFF AND THEY'RE NOT ON ALL NIGHT LONG.
SO BUT OTHER THAN THAT GREAT JOB AND WITH THAT, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT OR I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE, COUNCIL, APPROVE THE PROPOSED BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS IN SECTION 115 TRUSS FUNDING AS PRESENTED IN THE MID-YEAR BUDGET UPDATE FISCAL YEAR 21-22.
I'LL SECOND THAT. VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS.
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DO WE HAVE ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE OPEN THE FLOOR.MR. GABALDON? FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY DITTO.
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SEEMS LIKE THAT'S. THAT WAS EASY.AND TO MARLA, I KNOW HER HARD WORK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT I HAD LEARNED WAS ACTUALLY IN A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THE FOLKS TO MY LEFT IS THAT THE ABILITY FOR THE CITY TO FIND WAYS TO FUND ITS IDEAS THROUGH THEIR DEPARTMENTS, NOT THROUGH REVENUE GENERATING STANDPOINT, WHERE IT'S WHERE IT'S A PROFIT CENTER, BUT A COST RECOVERY CENTER, I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY FANTABULOUS AND WE NEED MORE OF THAT. I THINK THAT'S JUST CREATIVE FINANCING ON HOW IT IS.
YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED, WHERE YOU LOOK FOR IT.
BUT THAT SAID, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD AS IT'S COMING INTO ELECTION SEASON AND SINCE I PRETTY REGULARLY ATTEND THESE, I HAVEN'T HEARD THIS ANSWER.
SO WHEN I ASK A QUESTION AND THIS MIGHT GO TO BOB AND BOB HERE.
HAS IT BEEN DECIDED OR HAS A PROCESS BEEN DEFINED FOR HOW OUR NEXT MAYOR AND MAYOR PRO TEM WILL BE DECIDED AND THE ROTATION AND DURATION OF EACH TERM? LIKE I SAID, I THINK GOING INTO THE ELECTION SEASON, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE VOTERS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON.
THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF THE PAST.
MY EXPERIENCE WITH SOME CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD RECENTLY, AS THERE IS STILL A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT FORWARD, BUT I THINK JUST BEING REALLY CLEAR AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WILL COME OF THE FIVE DISTRICT COUNCIL IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THE VOTING PUBLIC.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE, MS. BEAUCHAMP? EVERY TIME.
QUESTION I WOULD LIKE TO ASK J.R.
AND THE TEAM THAT DOES THE WEBSITE, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN MRS. CARDER BROUGHT UP THE VETERAN'S CHAIR, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS CALLED, THE HONORARY CHAIR.
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? I MEAN, THAT WAS LIKE FOUR OR FIVE MEETINGS AGO.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KIND OF GET LEFT HANGING UNTIL THOSE OF US ACTUALLY SHOW UP AND IT'S HERE, YOU KNOW.
BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THERE'S SOME KIND OF STATUS OF THE DIFFERENT IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE DISCUSSED AT THE COUNCIL CAN HAVE SOME KIND OF AN UPDATE.
AND MR. RUSSI, I STILL HAVE NOT SEEN THAT PRESENTATION CHIEF NIGG DID AT THE MEETING ON THE WEBSITE AVAILABLE TO ALL PEOPLE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE? PUBLIC COMMENT. WE ONLY HAVE THREE PEOPLE HERE.
I CAN'T. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO CLICK? I DON'T HAVE A MOUSE IN FRONT OF ME.
ANYTHING ELSE? YOU'RE ALL REALLY QUIET TONIGHT.
WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND MOVE TO THE DAIS.
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ANSWER A COUPLE OF. YES, PLEASE.OKAY. AS FAR AS THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM ROTATION, IT WAS MY VISION THAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE LEFT TO THE NEXT COUNCIL ONCE THEY WERE SEATED TO DECIDE.
BUT I CERTAINLY WILL DEFER TO THIS COUNCIL IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO. THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS IN PLACE.
WHERE YOU THINKING DIFFERENTLY? I KNOW DIFFERENTLY. NOW, WHEN THE CHANGE TO DISTRICT THING WAS MADE.
ONE OF THE THE SECTIONS OF THAT ORDINANCE PRESCRIBES THE PROCESS FOR SELECTING THE MAYOR.
SO THE ELECTION IS JUNE 6TH? SEVENTH. SEVENTH. AND BECAUSE THE COUNTY IS RUNNING THE ELECTION, THE NEW COUNCIL WON'T BE SEATED UNTIL PROBABLY EARLY JULY.
SO WHEN THAT COUNCIL IS SEATED, THEY WILL DECIDE AT THAT MEETING ONCE EVERYBODY IS SWORN IN WHO IS GOING TO BE MAYOR AND WHO'S GOING TO BE MAYOR? MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE NEXT ONE YEAR AND THEN IN ONE YEAR FOLLOWING THAT PROCESS, IT COMES BACK ON THE AGENDA AND THE COUNCIL SITTING AT THAT TIME WILL DECIDE WHO IS GOING TO BE MAYOR, WHO'S GOING TO BE MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
THANKS TO BOB. I KNOW ROBIN WILL SPEAK TO THE STATUS OF THE HONOR CHAIR WHEN IT'S HER
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TURN TO SPEAK. AS FAR AS THE OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND CHANGES, I KNOW THE CITY CLERK WAS LOOKING NOT JUST AT THAT ONE, BUT ANY OTHER STUDY SESSION THAT WE HAVE DONE PREVIOUSLY WHERE THERE WAS A PRESENTATION AND WAS GOING TO BE ADDING THOSE TO THAT AGENDA SO THAT THEY WERE AVAILABLE. SO IT'S PROBABLY TAKING A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET TO ALL THOSE.SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT AND I KNOW THAT THERE COORDINATE THAT ALSO WITH THE UPDATE TO THE WEBSITE. SO THOSE ARE BOTH IN PROGRESS.
ROBIN CARDER? YES. OKAY. LET ME ADDRESS DONITA'S QUESTION ON THAT.
AS FAR AS THE CHAIR'S STATUS, WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW IS WE HAVE IT SCHEDULED FOR MAY 16TH COUNCIL MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A DEDICATION TO THE CHAIR.
I DID SEE THE UPDATING PROGRESS ON IT AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
AND AT THAT MEETING HERE IN THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS, IT WILL BE DEDICATED AND WE'LL RECOGNIZE IT.
AND WE ALL HAVE THE VFW HERE ALSO.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE DEDICATED TO THE MIA/POW HONOR CHAIR, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WILL BE MOVING IT OVER TO MEMORIAL DAY, OUR CEREMONY DOWN AT VETERANS HALL.
AND THEN AFTER THAT CEREMONY, IT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND IT'LL BE BACK IN THE BACK CORNER FOR PERMANENT STATUS WITH A WE'RE MAKING RIGHT NOW THE GRANITE STAND THAT IT'S GOING TO TALK ALL ABOUT THE CHAIR AND WHAT'S MEANT BY IT.
SO MARK IT FOR MAY 16TH, COME TO THE COUNCIL MEETING.
WILL THAT BE AT THE 6:00? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL CEREMONY? I DON'T THINK WE'VE DECIDED THAT AT THIS POINT.
I GUESS WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT NEXT MONTH.
OKAY. THEN I'LL CONTINUE WITH MY.
YES. WELL, I KNOW WE'RE ALL GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT, BUT HOW EXCITING WAS IT TO HAVE THE FIRE STATION OPEN UP AT FIRE STATION THREE? SO MANY OF YOU WERE THERE.
I KNOW THAT I LIVE ON THE EAST ASSOCIATION RIGHT THERE AND IT WAS SO CUTE.
THE LITTLE BOY RIDES A SCOOTER AROUND ON MY STREET THAT HAS A FIRE HAT ON THAT YOU WERE GIVING OUT. SO THANK YOU TO THE CITY, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FOR HAVING THE CUTE LITTLE HANDOUTS BECAUSE THE KIDS JUST LOVED IT.
AND IT WAS A VERY SPECIAL DAY.
YOUR YOUR SPEECH WAS JUST WONDERFUL.
IT SPOKE TO THE RESIDENTS AND IT BROUGHT EVERYONE TOGETHER.
AND I KNOW GIL LIVES ON THE WEST SIDE ASSOCIATION, SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GRATEFUL THE STATION IS OPEN.
AND THE OTHER ITEM TO OUR POLICE CHIEF, WE HAD HER PINNING CEREMONY AND WE ARE SO FORTUNATE, FORTUNATE TO HAVE SUCH GREAT LEADERSHIP WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.
SO I WILL STOP AT THAT AND PASS IT ON TO YOU, BUT GOOD TIMES IN LA VERNE.
MR. CROSBY? I ACTUALLY HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY, SO.
IS IT BECAUSE OF YOUR MASK AND YOU'LL PASS OUT OR WHAT? I'M NOT FEELING 100 PERCENT, THAT'S TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S PROTECTED.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAU? THANK YOU FOR YOUR MASK, SO JUST NOT TO GO TOO FAR INTO IT BUT FIRE STATION THREE THEY'RE REOPENING WAS BEAUTIFUL EVENT THE CEREMONIAL PUSHING OF THE TRUCK I CAN NOW CROSS THAT OFF MY BUCKET LIST. SO THANK YOU.
SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING. AND PLEASE EXTEND MY THANK YOU TO CAPTAIN MOORE FOR THE TOUR OF THE STATION. IT WAS A VERY GOOD CONVERSATION AND I APPRECIATED IT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE.
THE BADGE PAINTING THAT JUST HAPPENED WITH CHIEF FLORES WAS AN AMAZING WAY TO CAP OFF THE END OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
YOU KNOW, SHE IS TINY BUT MIGHTY IN HER OWN WORDS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HER OR ENGAGE WITH HER, I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO SO.
BUT DEFINITELY ANOTHER EXCITING MOMENT IN LA VERNE HISTORY.
I ALSO JUST WANTED TO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE DID THE PROCLAMATION TONIGHT FOR DONATE LIFE.
AND TO ECHO THE MAYOR'S WORDS, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU DO MARK THAT ON YOUR LICENSE, YOU KNOW, GET IT DONE WITH THE DMV.
I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY MANY, MANY YEARS AGO IN 2008, WHICH SEEMS LIKE YESTERDAY, BUT IS REALLY LIKE A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME AWAY THAN I WANT TO LEAVE.
BUT I GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRANSPLANT GAMES AND VOLUNTEER AND TO SEE THE DONOR FAMILIES THAT WERE THERE, TO SEE THE FOLKS WHO ARE SURVIVING AND THRIVING BECAUSE OF SOMEONE'S KIND GIFT IS AMAZING.
I MEAN, AND WE'RE TALKING EVERYTHING FROM LITTLE KIDS TO, YOU KNOW, SENIORS AND JUST GETTING A NEW LEASE ON LIFE, ALL BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO JUST MAKE
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SURE THEY CHECKED THE THE APPROPRIATE BOXES ON THE DMV AND SAY, YES, PLEASE TAKE MY EYEBALLS, YOU KNOW, TAKE MY HEART, TAKE MY LUNGS, WHATEVER.I HAVE NO NEED FOR THEM WHERE I AM GOING.
SO DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY AFTER THAT BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE STORY OF YOUR DAUGHTER WITH US.
AND THEN TO PIGGYBACK ON THAT ONE BLOOD DRIVE, UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE IS HOSTING A BLOOD DRIVE ON APRIL 20TH.
AND THIS BLOOD DRIVE, THEY WILL BE TESTING FOR COVID ANTIBODIES.
THIS IS TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF THE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED THAT MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THE COVID 19 CONVALESCENT PLASMA.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I TALK ABOUT MY DAD A LOT, BUT WHEN HE GOT COVID BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020, THEY WERE HOPING THAT THEY COULD GIVE HIM A PLASMA TO HOPEFULLY GET HIM TO BE BETTER SOONER. UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE HE HAS NOBODY MATCHED HIS BLOOD TYPE, THAT WASN'T DONE UNTIL FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.
AND I WANT TO ENTERTAIN WHAT IFS BECAUSE IT IS WHAT IT IS.
BUT IT HAUNTS ME A LITTLE BIT TO THINK, YOU KNOW, COULD SOMETHING HAVE CHANGED? COULD SOMETHING HAVE BEEN DIFFERENT? SO THINK ABOUT THAT IF YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A BIG NEEDLE PERSON EITHER. AND I DON'T EVER LOOK AT MY ARM WHEN THEY'RE TAKING BLOOD OUT OF IT.
BUT IF I CAN GET THROUGH IT, I KNOW ALL OF YOU CAN, SO YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR IT AT THE RED CROSS WEBSITE.
AND IT'S EASY-PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY AND YOU WILL BE DOING GOOD WORK.
SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE TIME.
THE OTHER EXCITING THING THAT IS I THINK AN AMAZING PART OF LA VERNE HISTORY, BEN HINES FIELD, THERE WILL BE A AN EVENT THIS SATURDAY AT BEN HINES FIELD.
IT'S OVER ON WHEELER. IT'S THE BASEBALL DOUBLEHEADER.
SO THE FIRST GAME IS AT 11, SECOND GAME WILL START AROUND TWO.
BUT IN BETWEEN THAT, THEY WILL BE DOING A BRIEF CEREMONY TO HONOR BEN HINES.
AND IF YOU DON'T KNOW BEN HINES HE IS A LONG TIME WAS A LONG TIME LA VERNE RESIDENT NOTABLE. HE COACHED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE FOR 20 YEARS, BUT MOST NOTABLY HE WAS A COACH, ONE OF THE THE BATTING COACH FOR THE DODGERS AND WORKED WITH TOMMY LASORDA FOR MANY, MANY MOONS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE BASEBALL AMERICAN BASEBALL COACHES ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME, AS WELL AS THE NAIA HALL OF FAME.
IF YOU GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE WEBSITE AND REGISTER, IT IS A FREE EVENT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST 400.
SO IF YOU LIKE BURGERS FROM THE HABIT, COME OUT FOR BASEBALL, COME OUT FOR SOME FOOD, COME OUT TO CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR NOTABLES IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
SO HOPEFULLY IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, YOU CAN MAKE IT.
AND ALSO PARKING WILL BE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE PARKING STRUCTURE AND THEY'LL SHUTTLE YOU BECAUSE THEY'RE ANTICIPATING THAT THE PARKING WILL BE KIND OF WONKY UP THERE.
ON APRIL 23RD, IT IS OUR FIRST IN-PERSON GALA SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND IT WILL BE ON CAMPUS. IT SHOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.
PROCEEDS GO TO BENEFITS, STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS.
SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE LOOK ON THE WEBSITE AND COME PARTICIPATE.
I ALSO TELL YOU THIS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE VALETS MOVING AROUND AND DOING ALL THE STUFF TO GET EVERYBODY SITUATED.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO AVOID THAT PARTICULAR AREA OF LA VERNE ON THE 23RD IF YOU ARE NOT ATTENDING THE EVENT.
IT'S NICE TO SEE EVERYBODY'S FACES.
IT'S NICE TO BE SOMEWHAT NORMAL AGAIN.
MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. SO DITTO ON FIRE STATION OPENING.
IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND DITTO ON THE THANKS TO CAPTAIN MOORE.
IT WAS A IT WAS AN ILLUMINATING AND HUMOROUS AND AND VERY EDUCATIONAL TOUR THAT IT GAVE COUNCILMEMBER LAU AND MYSELF.
IT REMINDED ME OF THE MOVIE THE SHINING OR THE NOT QUITE THE BOOK, BECAUSE IT WASN'T THAT GOOD, BUT REMINDED ME A LITTLE BIT OF THE MOVIE OF THE SHINING.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT SOME OTHER TIME FOR ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED.
I'D BE HAPPY TO CHAT OUT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS ABOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING OFFERED, HOW THEY'RE BEING FOCUSED, AND HOW SOME OF US ARE BEING IGNORED. BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE WITH PEOPLE, THOSE THAT THAT HAVE HAVE HEARD ME SPEAK ABOUT MY MY WONDERFUL COMPANY LAUGH BECAUSE I'M BOTH IN I ENJOY MY COMPANY, BUT I'M ALSO A CRITIC OF MY COMPANY.
SO BE THAT AS IT MAY, THE CHIEF FLORES BADGE, NO PUN ASIDE, THAT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT.
THAT'S ONE OF THOSE BUCKET LIST THINGS.
LIKEWISE, IF YOU WEREN'T HERE EARLIER TONIGHT, LOOK FOR IT ON THE YOUTUBE.
LATER, WE CELEBRATED THE BENITA HIGH SCHOOL WATER POLO TEAM DIVISION THREE CIF CHAMPIONS.
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AND THAT'S WHY, YES, WE'LL REPAIR THE POOL BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A CIF CHAMPION.THEY WON MULTIPLE CHAMPIONSHIPS, SO WE CAN'T JUST LET THEM SWIM IN COLD WATER.
I WHEN I WAS AT BERKELEY, THEY WERE A RENOWNED WATER POLO CHAMPIONSHIP AND THE NCAA'S YEAR AFTER YEAR AND FINALLY GOT THE RIGHT SIZED POOL BECAUSE FOR A WHILE THEY WERE SWIMMING IN A KIDDY POOL, WHICH WAS SORT OF A JOKE FOR A COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL TEAM. BUT I DIGRESS.
THE THE THE LAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT ALSO WAS A CALIFORNIA PUBLIC BANKING ASSOCIATION WEBINAR TOWN HALL. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT PUBLIC BANKING, WHICH I'M A PROPONENT OF, YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AND LEARN SOME THINGS ABOUT OPPORTUNITIES PUBLIC BANKING MIGHT BRING OUR CITY.
WITH REGARD TO PROVIDING NEW REVENUE STREAMS THIS SATURDAY, I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THE BEN HINES TRIBUTE.
I SO BEN HINES GREW UP ABOUT THREE HOUSES DOWN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET.
SO WHEN THEY LOST BRUCE HINES, THE YOUNGEST WOULD COME SLEEP AT OUR HOUSE.
THAT'S HOW MUCH BEN LIKED TO WIN.
BUT I WAS ALSO HIRED THEN BECAUSE MY DAD HAD A GREEN, BASICALLY A GOLF COURSE, GREEN CAPABLE LAWN MOWER.
AND WHEN DIVISION ONE SCHOOLS WOULD COME TO PLAY LA VERNE, BEN WOULD WOULD HIRE ME TO GO DOWN AND MOW THE INFIELD.
SO THAT INFIELD WAS LIGHTNING FAST.
AND SO WHILE THE OTHER TEAM WAS LOOKING AT THE AT THE FENCES, WHICH USED TO BE PRETTY SHORT FOR LA VERNE, WE WERE A SMALL BAND BOX, BUT THEY'D BE LOOKING TO HIT HOME RUNS.
OUR GUYS WOULD BE HITTING GROUND BALLS THAT WOULD JUST SKATE RIGHT PAST THEIR PLAYERS.
AND SO THAT WAS ONE OF BEN'S IDEAS FOR HOW TO HOW TO SUCCEED IN BASEBALL.
I WAS A MASCOT AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WHEN HE LEFT LA VERNE AND WAS THE ASSISTANT COACH AT ARIZONA STATE, TOOK THEM TO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER STORY WE CAN TALK ABOUT.
BUT I WAS A MASCOT AND TEASED HIM RELENTLESSLY DURING ONE OF THE GAMES THAT THEY CAME AND VISITED ON APRIL 22ND.
WE HAVE THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION GOLF TOURNAMENT CHARITY FUNDRAISER FOR THE FOR THE WELLNESS PROGRAM THAT THE ED FOUNDATION IS PUTTING ON FOR OUR STUDENTS AT THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THIS WEDNESDAY, DRAWING IT CLOSER TO HOME.
WE HAVE THE CASI MEETING THAT MR. IVEY SPOKE ABOUT.
AND THEN NEXT WEDNESDAY AFTER THAT, WE HAVE THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY MEETING. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS COMING UP IN MY WORLD.
I MEAN, FIRE STATION, THE BADGE PAINTING.
I DO WANT TO THANK FOR THE BADGE PAINTING FOR CHIEF FLORES.
I WANT TO THANK YVONNE DURAN, THE COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK SAM GONZALES AND HOLLY FOR PUTTING ON AN UNBELIEVABLE SHOW.
AND IT'S JUST SO NICE TO SEE SO MANY BADGED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY MEMBERS IN ONE LOCATION. I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT PLACE FILLED LIKE THAT WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR CAMPAIGN AND OUR COUNCIL. AND IN THAT, WHICH IS AMAZING, IT'S JUST NICE TO SEE THAT IT WAS EVERYTHING WAS POSITIVE, NOTHING BUT POSITIVITY.
A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, MEASURE LV RESIDENTS ARE KEEPING THEIR MONEY HERE IN LA VERNE.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO SHOP LOCAL, KEEP IT LOCAL.
SEE WHAT'S AROUND HERE. YOU'D BE SURPRISED SOME BUSINESSES GO AND THEN OTHER ONES POP UP.
I KNOW I DO IT ALL THE TIME WITH THE MAYOR.
WE TRY TO FIND THOSE PLACES. I GET PEOPLE SENDING ME STUFF.
YOU KNOW, SHOUT OUT TO THEM ON FACEBOOK, AS MOST OF US DO.
I WAS ASKED TO BE THERE WAS A VICTIM OF A CRIME 5K WALK AND RUN.
IT WAS OVER AT PUDDING STONE ACTUALLY.
RYAN VIENNA, A COUNCIL MEMBER AT SAN DIMAS, INVITED ME ALONG WITH THE MAYOR OF EMMETT BADER, ALONG WITH MICHAEL OLMOS, COUNCIL MEMBER OF GLENDORA AND MYSELF, AND ALSO ALEX VILLANUEVA WAS THERE.
THE SHERIFF RECRUITS WERE THERE.
UNBELIEVABLE. JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE AFFAIR.
AND IT WAS REALLY WELL REPRESENTED.
AND YOU CAN GO ONLINE TO VICTIMS OF CRIME AND YOU CAN DONATE TO IT.
IT WAS A REALLY NICE FUNCTION.
THERE WAS HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE.
THEY HAD BOOTHS, BUT A VERY GOOD CAUSE AND IT WAS VERY WELL REPRESENTED BY THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I HAVEN'T SEEN SO MANY RECRUITS IN MY LIFE.
THEY WERE PROBABLY, I DON'T KNOW, 120 RECRUITS THAT WERE THERE AND AND A LOT OF SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PEOPLE. BUT IT WAS REALLY NICE TO SEE ALEX VILLANUEVA.
AND I WAS LIKE, WELL, THERE HE IS, YOU KNOW, SO NICE, NICE PERSON.
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HE'S GOT A LOT ON HIS PLATE RIGHT NOW.THANK YOU, COUNSEL. THANK YOU.
THE CITY, THANK YOU TO OUR RESIDENTS FOR MAKING THIS PLACE A REALLY GREAT CITY.
AND WE'RE GETTING BETTER AND BETTER BY THE DAY.
AND YES, WE DO HAVE AN ELECTION COMING UP.
SO PLEASE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS YOUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT IS TO VOTE.
SUPPORT YOUR LOCALS, SUPPORT WHOEVER CANDIDATE YOU WANT, BUT YOU NEED TO VOTE.
AND WE HAVE LET'S SEE OVER HERE.
WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.
[10.CLOSED SESSION]
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. RUSSI? YES, MR. MAYOR. IT'S UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6, AND IT WILL BE TO MEET WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS TO GO MEET REGARDING ALL EMPLOYEE GROUPS.WE WILL NOT BE REPORTING THAT CORRECT.
THEN WE WILL ADJOURN TO OUR NEXT ACTUALLY PRESENTATION ON APRIL 18, 2022, 6:00 PM FOR PRESENTATIONS OF LIFE SAVING AWARDS TO RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL RSVP MEMBERS AND LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS AND FOR FIRE MARSHAL BADGE PRINTING CEREMONY.
OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IS LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL, SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, APRIL 18TH, 2022, AT 6:30 P.M..
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. LET'S GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.
COME ON, PEOPLE, GET THAT PINK DOT ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WE SAVE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF LIVES.
THANK YOU ALL. WE ADJOURN AT TWO.
WE RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WE WILL RECESS AT 7:23.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.