[1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:02] WELL, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:32 ON MAY 2ND. IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE RISE THAT THOSE WHO CAN FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN. NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ROLL CALL, MR. RUSSI. YOU'D THINK I'D KNOW THE ORDER BY NOW. [INAUDIBLE] COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY, HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER, PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS, PRESENT. MAYOR HEPBURN, PRESENT. [4. PRESENTATIONS] I THINK WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. GOOD EVENING AGAIN, EVERYBODY. IT'S WONDERFUL TO BE HERE. HOW COME THEY'RE ALL TALLER THAN I AM? [LAUGHTER] BECAUSE THEY PLAY BASKETBALL. OH, MAN. I GOT A SIX FOOT FOUR AND A SIX FOOT FIVE SON, I'M JUST LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED? YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? WELL, CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, COACH. WHY DON'T YOU COME ON OVER HERE? [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. NOW I CAN READ THIS. OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THIS? THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD. HE'S SHY, ISN'T HE? DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL 2022. THE DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM FINISHED THE REGULAR SEASON WITH A RECORD 26-2 AND BECAME THE BASELINE LEAGUE CHAMPIONS. THE TEAM QUALIFIED FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS OPEN DIVISION PLAYOFFS, THE HIGHEST HONOR IN BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS. FOLLOWING THE SOUTHERN SECTION OPEN DIVISION PLAYOFFS, THE TEAM QUALIFIED FOR THE CIF STATE DIVISION ONE PLAYOFFS WHERE THEY WON 4-0. DEFEATING CLOVIS NORTH TO BRING HOME THE CIF STATE DIVISION ONE CHAMPIONSHIP. [APPLAUSE] OKAY I'M GOING TO TRY THE NAMES HERE. OKAY. I'M GOING TO TRY MY BEST. THE TEAM WAS LED BY SENIOR CAPTAIN RJ SMITH. RAISE YOUR HAND, RJ. [APPLAUSE] WHO WAS NAMED BASELINE LEAGUE MVP AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY PLAYER OF THE YEAR, WOO HOO. [APPLAUSE] IN ADDITION TO SMITH, THE SPARTANS GOT EXTRAORDINARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM SENIORS, KALEB SMITH. [APPLAUSE] OKAY. I'M GOING TO TRY THIS BRADLEY XIE [APPLAUSE] AND SPIVEY WORD [APPLAUSE] AND JUNIOR JIMMY OLADOKUN [APPLAUSE]. I SAID IT RIGHT, DIDN'T I? EACH WAS NAMED ALL BASEBALL LEAGUE HONOREES. THE TEAM WAS COACHED BY MIKE LEDUC [APPLAUSE]. WHO IN DECEMBER REACHED A CAREER MILESTONE, WINNING HIS 1,000TH GAME [APPLAUSE] WOO HOO, AND WAS RECENTLY NAMED CALIFORNIA STATE COACH OF THE YEAR. THE TEAM WAS ASSISTED BY DARIN ZABEL. COME ON UP, GUYS. ERIC JOHNSON. THEY'RE NOT THERE. OKAY. OKAY. WELL, COME OVER HERE. ERIC JOHNSON, ANDRE. ANDRE MCCLAIN, DAVID NG, AND ALEX ARREDONDO. AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE TEAMS NOW, THE NAMES OF THE TEAMS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PASS OUT THESE THINGS. IT'S YOUR TURN NOW, SIR. YOU GOT THE MIC. CONGRATULATIONS YOU GUYS WON AN AWESOME SEASON [APPLAUSE]. WE ARE WE ARE VERY PROUD OF YOU AT THE CITY OF LA VERNE, ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AND ALL OF OUR YOUTH. WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE, COACH. THOSE ARE. FRESHMAN JACOB ALLEN [APPLAUSE]. MIC] FRESHMAN LUCAS ARRIETA [APPLAUSE]. OKAY WE'RE GETTING THIS HERE, GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT WE HAD A LITTLE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS FRESHMAN NATE GARCIA [00:05:07] [APPLAUSE]. SOPHOMORE XAVIER CLINTON [APPLAUSE]. JUNIOR ELIJAH BROWN [APPLAUSE]. CONGRATULATIONS. JUNIOR PIERCE HAGAN [APPLAUSE]. JUNIOR ASTON EDWARDS [APPLAUSE]. JUNIOR CAIDEN BROWN [APPLAUSE]. JUNIOR CHRIS OBIEKEA [APPLAUSE]. JUNIOR JAKE MCKINN [APPLAUSE]. JUNIOR MALCOLM WINDROSS [APPLAUSE]. SENIOR ROLAN SERNA [APPLAUSE]. SENIOR SAM SLEZAK [APPLAUSE]. AND WE HAVE OUR OUR FIVE STARTERS LEFT. WE HAVE A VERY UNIQUE TEAM THIS YEAR WHERE NORMALLY YOU PLAY SEVEN, EIGHT OR NINE GUYS. WE PLAYED MOSTLY FIVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. SO THESE FIVE GUYS WERE BATTLING MOST OF THE MINUTES AND THEY WERE JUST FANTASTIC. JUNIOR JIMMY OLADOKUN [APPLAUSE]. SENIOR BRADLEY XIE [APPLAUSE]. SENIOR KALEB SMITH [APPLAUSE]. WHAT HAPPENED? [INAUDIBLE] I'M JUST SHORT WHATEVER. SENIOR SPIVEY WORD [APPLAUSE] . AND OUR CAPTAIN AND SENIOR RJ SMITH [APPLAUSE]. 2022 CIF CHAMPIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS. PARENTS, I THINK YOU WANT TO GET PICTURES, SO IF YOU WANT TO. OKAY, I'M GOING TO SAY THIS. TALLEST TO THE NOT SO TALL. LET'S GET. YOU GUYS WANT TO GET A PICTURE WITH THE COACH, SO WHY DON'T YOU COME ON IN? WE'LL PUT THE TALL GUYS IN THE BACK. OKAY. COME ON, OK. DON'T ALL MOVE AT ONCE. LET'S GO. COME ON. COME ON. I CAN'T. [00:10:08] THANK YOU MOM. APPRECIATE THAT. WHERE DO YOU WANT ME? [LAUGHTER] GOOD LOOKING TEAM, GUYS. [APPLAUSE] TRY TO GET THEM ALL ? CONGRATULATIONS 2022 CIF CHAMPIONSHIP, DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL [APPLAUSE] AND THE DAMIAN'S ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT A WONDERFUL SCHOOL WE HAVE IN LA VERNE ALSO. THANK YOU, GUYS. NOW, I KNOW YOU ALL WANT TO SIT DOWN AND WATCH OUR NEXT MEETING. THAT'S COMING UP THAT'S SO EXCITING. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FINANCE AND ALL SORTS OF OTHER STUFF, BUT I THINK YOU SHOULD GO AND GET IN AND OUT. FIRST OF ALL, LET YOUR FAMILY GO HOME. THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY SEASON FOR THEM. GUYS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE RECESS FOR 5 MINUTES. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. YOU CAN GO. IT'S OKAY. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, GUYS. CONGRATULATIONS. 6:49 AND WE HAVE A, WHERE ARE WE? PRESENTATION. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, OK SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT PRESENTATION. MR. RUSSI. YES. WE HAVE NO WATER, SO THERE ARE NO MOSQUITOES. THANK YOU. LAUGHTER] OH OKAY THEN I'M DONE THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH, I HAD TO SAY THAT. SORRY. ONE COULD WISH. WE WOULD WISH. BUT IT'S NOT THE CASE BECAUSE THERE ARE SWIMMING POOLS THAT AREN'T KEPT AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS SITTING WATER. NOW IT'S YOURS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YEAH. WE'RE ON IT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOW DO I FOLLOW UP WITH THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION? BUT I'LL DO MY BEST. SO MY NAME IS LEVY SUN. I'M FROM THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT, OF WHICH YOUR CITY APPOINTED TRUSTEE AT LEAST RASMUSSEN SITS ON THE BOARD. AND OUR NAME IS VERY LONG FOR SOMETHING SIMPLE THAT WE DO, AND THAT IS TO CONTROL AND PREVENT MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW, AROUND THIS TIME, WE'LL SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT INSECTS THAT COME OUT OF THE WOODWORK HERE IN LA VERNE AND THROUGHOUT SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. THE KEY THING TO REMEMBER, THOUGH, IS THAT MOSQUITOES ARE TINY. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE, THAT THE LARGE LOOKING MOSQUITO BOUNCING AROUND YOUR PORCH LIGHT IS A MOSQUITO WHEN IN FACT IT'S ACTUALLY A CRANE FLY. THOSE THINGS ARE ALSO CALLED MOSQUITO HAWKS. UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DO NOT EAT MOSQUITOES. THEY HAVE NO BITING MOUTHPARTS WHATSOEVER. THEY DRINK NECTAR. SO IF YOU DO SEE THAT BOUNCING AROUND YOUR PORCH LIGHT, YOU CAN BE FREAKED OUT BY THEM. BUT THEY ARE A SIGN OF A HEALTHY ECOSYSTEM AROUND YOUR HOME. BUT REALLY, YOU WANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE SMALL MOSQUITOES THAT ARE NO LONGER THAN A QUARTER INCH BECAUSE THEY'VE EVOLVED TO BE SMALL SO THAT THEY CAN SNEAK UP ON US. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT GROUPS OF MOSQUITOES. I'M ABOUT TO TURN Y'ALL INTO MOSQUITO EXPERTS HERE. THE FIRST GROUP IS CALLED CULEX. CULEX ARE THE ONES THAT IF YOU GREW UP AROUND HERE, YOU KNOW THEM. THEY'RE SMALL, LITTLE DARK MOSQUITOES THAT COME OUT AT DUSK AND THEY USUALLY BITE US WHEN WE'RE OUTSIDE, ENJOYING THE LATE AFTERNOON AT THE PARK OUTSIDE IN YOUR BACKYARD. AND THEY'RE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR SPREADING WEST NILE VIRUS. NOW, WEST NILE VIRUS IS ACTUALLY CONSIDERED A BIRD DISEASE. SO BEFORE WE ALL DEVELOP THIS LAND, WEST NILE VIRUS IS ONLY SUPPOSED TO TRANSMIT BETWEEN BIRDS AND MOSQUITOES. BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE'VE URBANIZED, THERE ARE NOT AS MANY BIRDS AS THERE USED TO BE. SO WHO DO THEY BITE AFTER BITING BIRDS SOMETIMES? PEOPLE. AND THAT'S HOW WE GET WEST NILE VIRUS. AND FORTUNATELY, ONLY ONE IN FIVE FOLKS WILL EXPERIENCE FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AND ONE IN 150 WILL ACTUALLY DEVELOP A NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER WHICH MAY LAND THEM IN A [00:15:05] HOSPITAL. BUT ANY CASE IS ALREADY ONE MORE CASE THAN ENOUGH. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NOW, THIS OTHER MOSQUITO PEOPLE HAVE COME TO LOVE, TO HATE BECAUSE THEY'RE FAIRLY NEW. THEY'RE INTRODUCED IN 20. WELL, WE DETECTED THEM IN 2011, 2012, AND THEY'RE CALLED AEDES MOSQUITOES, ALSO KNOWN AS ANKLE BITERS. THEY'RE SMALL, BLACK AND WHITE, AND THEY'RE VERY DISTINCT. AND NOT ONLY HOW THEY LOOK IN TERMS OF BLACK AND WHITE, BUT BECAUSE HOW THEY BITE. WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE FOR ABOUT 2 MINUTES, YOU COME BACK IN, YOU MAY HAVE THREE OR FOUR BITES ALREADY ON YOUR LEGS. IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU HAVE MORE OF THESE AEDES MOSQUITOES, BUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE EVOLVED TO SNACK ON US. SO THEY'LL TAKE MULTIPLE BITES OVER TIME TO THEN GET A FULL BLOOD MEAL, AND THEN THEY'LL USE YOUR BLOOD TO CREATE THE EGGS. SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY UNIQUE ABOUT THESE AEDES MOSQUITOES IS THAT THEY CAN LAY THEIR EGGS INDIVIDUALLY STUCK ON CONTAINERS. THEY'RE LIKE TIME CAPSULES. SO IF YOU HAVE A BUCKET OF WATER THAT YOU DUMP OUT, WHICH GREAT MOST PEOPLE DO, THOSE EGGS CAN STILL BE STUCK ON THE CONTAINER AND THOSE EGGS ARE VIABLE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. SO IF THEY ARE IF THEY REINTRODUCE WATER INTO THAT SAME CONTAINER, WHETHER IT'S A SAUCER OR AN OLD TIRE, THOSE MOSQUITOES WILL REV BACK UP. THEY HAIL FROM TROPICAL LANDS, INCLUDING RICE PADDIES AND DIFFERENT PARTS OF TROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS. HOW THEY'VE ESTABLISHED HERE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE PRODUCED ENOUGH DENSE VEGETATION FOR THOSE MICROCLIMATES FOR THEM TO EXIST AND ALSO THEY CAN BE DRAWN TO WATER OR AS LITTLE AMOUNT OF WATER AS A BOTTLE CAP. SO THEY HAVE LEARNED TO LIVE ONLY IN CITIES. SO IF YOU GO TO ANY MAJOR CITY WORLDWIDE, THESE AEDES MOSQUITOES ARE PLAGUING THE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS. THEY DON'T REALLY EXIST OUTSIDE OF CITIES BECAUSE THEY'VE EVOLVED TO ONLY SEEK ONE SINGLE PREY AND THAT'S PEOPLE. AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DISEASE OUTBREAKS SUCH AS ZIKA, DENGUE FEVER, YELLOW FEVER, FEVER, AND SOMETHING THAT IS FUN TO SAY, BUT NOT FUN TO HAVE CHIKUNGUNYA AND THESE MOSQUITOES, UNFORTUNATELY, BITE ALL DAY AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY, ACTUALLY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AS I MENTIONED, A SMALL BOTTLE CAP OF WATER IS ENOUGH TO ATTRACT THEM. SO IMAGINE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. A SWIMMING POOL OF WATER. ONE OF THESE SWIMMING POOLS YOU SEE THERE CAN CHURN OUT ABOUT 3 MILLION MOSQUITOES A MONTH. THESE ARE PRIMARILY GEARED TOWARDS THOSE CULEX MOSQUITOES. THEY LIKE BIG BODIES OF WATER THAT THEY CAN LAY THEIR EGGS IN. SO AND THEIR FLIGHT RANGE IS ABOUT 25 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY FOR US, THEY DON'T HAVE TO FLY VERY FAR TO FIND ANOTHER WATER SOURCE OR FIND A BLOOD MEAL FROM A HUMAN BEING OR A BIRD. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE DO HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM THAT WE ARE CHALLENGING EVERY RESIDENT TO SIGN UP FOR. IT'S THE BITE BACK PROGRAM. THESE ARE FOR RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO BRING THEIR NEIGHBORS TOGETHER IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND WORK WITH US TO ESSENTIALLY RESET THEIR HOMES AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO A POINT WHERE THE RISK OF MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES IS DOWN TO NEAR ZERO. WHAT WE DO IS WE MEET WITH A COUPLE OF NEIGHBORS ON THE SAME BLOCK, AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS DO A SWEEP OF EVERYONE'S FRONT AND BACKYARDS AND GIVE EACH NEIGHBOR A PERSONALIZED MOSQUITO PLAN FOR THEIR PROPERTY SPECIFICALLY. AND WHAT THAT DOES AND WE HAVE FOUND WHAT THAT ACTUALLY DOES IS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF SEASONS, THEY HAVE FOUND A LOT LESS MOSQUITOES TURNING OUT FROM THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, WHICH IS PERFECT. AND REASON WHY WE STARTED THIS UP IS BECAUSE OF THE AEDES MOSQUITOES. I DID JUST MENTION THAT THOSE CULEX MOSQUITOES FLY 25 MILES OR SO, BUT THESE AEDES MOSQUITOES, THEY DON'T GO AS FAR AS A SINGLE BLOCK. SO USUALLY IF THERE IS A BLOCK WIDE ISSUE OF THESE AEDES MOSQUITOES, IT'S FOUND THE SOLUTION IS USUALLY FOUND IN THAT BLOCK RADIUS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND WE DO A LOT OF WORKING AROUND THE COMMUNITY. MOST OF IT IS VERY VISIBLE IN THE PUBLIC AREAS. SO WE ARE OUT THERE INSPECTING GUTTERS. ALSO THE STORM DRAINS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WHEN IT'S IN THE DEAD OF WINTER, WHEN IT'S 40 DEGREES ABOVE GROUND, WHEN THE UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINS, IT'S A NICE TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT YEAR ROUND. SO WE DO HAVE TEAMS THAT YOU'LL SEE US POP OPEN THOSE LIDS, NOT THE SEWER LIDS. WE DON'T WANT TO TOUCH THOSE, BUT THE STORM DRAIN LIDS WHERE WE CAN INSPECT FOR MOSQUITOES AND TREAT FOR THEM THERE. SO YOU ACTUALLY SEE OUR TEAMS OUT THERE IN THESE BIG REALLY TO ME, AN UGLY YELLOW TRUCK THAT YOU CAN NOT MISS, ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC. AND THEY'RE POPPING THOSE LIDS AROUND THE HOLIDAYS. WE'RE ALSO IN YOUR SCHOOLS, TOO. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY CONNECTION TO THE EDUCATION SYSTEM, WE DEFINITELY COME OUT TO THE SCHOOLS. WE DO INTRODUCE STEAM AS PART OF OUR CURRICULUM, AND WE'RE ALSO OUT AT EVENTS. ON THE SLIDE YOU SEE ON THE TOP LEFT CORNER, THAT'S A GIANT INFLATABLE MOSQUITO, 13 FOOT TALL. WHAT'S AMAZING ABOUT IT IS THAT KIDS FROM AFAR WILL SEE AND THINK JUMPER. THEY COME IN AND WE TRAP THEM INTO AN EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THEY CAN NOT FORGET [LAUGHTER]. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO OFFER REPELLANT BOOTHS. IT'S A FAIRLY NEW. WE KNOW THAT EVENTS ARE RAMPING UP IN MANY CITIES, INCLUDING YOURS. SO WHAT WE DO IS WE SET UP FOR ABOUT 2 TO 3 HOURS AT AN EVENING EVENT OUTDOORS, AND WE OFFER TO EVERY RESIDENT FREE USE OF REPELLENTS AND WE EDUCATE THEM ON WHAT'S WHAT WORKS, [00:20:08] WHAT DOESN'T WORK, WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM. AND THEN BY THE TIME THE BAN KICKS INTO GEAR OR WHEN THE MOVIE STARTS, WE THEN CLOSE SHOP AND MOVE OUT OF THERE. BUT BY THAT TIME, WE USUALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FOLKS THAT ARE ALREADY PREPARED FOR MOSQUITOES AT THAT TIME. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND OUR YEAR ROUND SLOGAN THAT YOU'LL HEAR FROM US IS TIP, TOSS, PROTECT. TIP OUT THE STAGNANT WATER, TOSS UNUSED CONTAINERS WHICH MAY CONTAIN THOSE AEDES EGGS, AND PROTECT YOURSELF WITH REPELLANT. DEET HAS BEEN THE GOLD STANDARD BY KNOW. OVER TIME, PEOPLE HAVE COME TO NOT LIKE DEET WHETHER HOW IT FEELS ON THEIR SKIN. MY FAVORITE IS OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS PMD AND ALSO PICARIDIN. THOSE YOU CAN FIND ON ANY SHELF IN THE PHARMACY OR IN THE OUTDOOR SPORTING SECTION. IR 3535 IS AN UP AND COMER FROM EUROPE, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW MUCH TRACTION THEY GAIN HERE IN THE US. AND FOR ANY RESIDENT, I DO SEE ANY OF THE NASTY SWIMMING POOLS THAT HAVE BEEN CHURNING WITH MOSQUITOES. THEY CAN SUBMIT A TIP TO US. FOR THOSE ONLINE WHO CAN'T SEE IT, IT'S 626-814-9466, OR JUST VISIT US ON OUR WEBSITE AT SGVMOSQUITO.ORG. THAT DOES CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SUN? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. YOU SHOWED THAT POOL THAT LOOKED REALLY GROSS. IT WAS ALL DIRTY. YEAH. IS THAT THE ONLY TIME THAT THE MOSQUITOES I MEAN, IF YOU HAVE A CLEAN, CHLORINATED POOL, THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM? AS LONG AS IT'S FUNCTIONAL. SO THAT MEANS ITS CHLORINATED, THAT THE PUMP IS RUNNING, SO CIRCULATING WATER THEN YOU'RE OKAY. OKAY. WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS, THOUGH, THAT HAVE SOMEWHAT EMPTY POOLS. WE DO ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THEY HELP WITH US COORDINATE ANY POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT FIXING A REALLY DRIED UP POOL OR POOL THAT'S IN REHAB TAKES A LOT OF MONEY. SO WE WORK WITH RESIDENTS AND MAYBE TEMPORARILY PUT IN WHAT WE CALL MOSQUITO FISH. THEY LOOK LITTLE GUPPIES, BUT THEY'RE REALLY HARDY THEY LAST THROUGH THE WINTER, AND THEY CAN GOBBLE UP THOSE MOSQUITO LARVAE IN THE WATER WHILE THEY TRY TO REMEDIATE THE SWIMMING POOL. HOW DO YOU GET RID OF THE FISH AFTERWARDS? WE ACTUALLY FISH THEM BACK OUT AND WE REDISTRIBUTE THEM. THEY THEY BREED LIKE BUNNIES AND WE CAN USE THEM ELSEWHERE [LAUGHER]. AND THE OTHER THING, YVONNE, IS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT COMING OUT TO AN EVENT TO PRESENT WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. MAYBE OUR CONCERT IN THE PARKS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR HIM TO COME OUT. OH, ABSOLUTELY, YES I'LL CONNECT. AND BRING YOUR BIG MOSQUITO WITH YOU. YES. I WAS THINKING I WAS THINKING MORE LIKE 4TH OF JULY. BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A HOLIDAY. BUT I MEAN, IT'S MAYBE TO PUT SOME STUFF OUT THERE, THAT UNMANNED BOOTH OR SOMETHING WITH SOME KIND OF REPELLENTS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EVENING WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE WARM AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE. ACTUALLY, THAT'S A GREAT POINT TO BRING UP THERE, BECAUSE WE JUST THIS YEAR WE REALIZED THAT WE ONLY HAVE A BODY OF 6 PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO 26 CITIES IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. SO WE HAVE PRODUCED A BITE REPELLENT KIT. IT'S A BIG RED BOX AND WE STUFF IT WITH A BUNCH OF REPELLENT AND BROCHURES THAT THE CITIES CAN USE. AND YOU COULD LAY IT OUT AT YOUR CITY TABLE AND PEOPLE CAN COME UP AND GRAB WHAT THEY NEED AND LEARN HOW TO STAY, BITE FREE. YEAH. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. PROCLAMATION MONTH OF MAY 2022. DO WE HAVE THE PERSON ONLINE? SHALL I GO DOWN THERE OR JUST STAY HERE? STAY HERE. WHAT DO YOU THINK? OH, THERE SHE IS. HOW ARE YOU? OOH, I CAN'T TALK. IS THIS DR. KIM? NOW I'M GOING TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME DEIU. OH, WHOA. WE CAN'T HEAR HER, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION. THIS IS FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE TAKES PRIDE IN RECOGNIZING MAY 2022 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, CELEBRATING THE MANY NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF ASIAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER AMERICANS WHO HAVE ENRICHED OUR NATION'S HISTORY AND ARE INSTRUMENTAL IN ITS FUTURE SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS, THE THEME FOR THIS YEAR'S OBSERVANCE IS ADVANCING LEADERS THROUGH COLLABORATION, WHICH ALSO REFLECTS LA VERNE STRONG COMMITMENT TO PRIORITIZE COLLABORATION, DIVERSITY, TRANSPARENCY AND INCLUSION. AND WHEREAS, THE MONTH OF MAY WAS SELECTED AS IT HONORS THE IMMIGRATION OF THE FIRST JAPANESE PEOPLE TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1843. ADDITIONALLY, MAY ALSO MARKS THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILROAD IN 1869, WHICH WAS BUILT WITH SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS. AND WHEREAS, AAPIS ARE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING ETHNIC POPULATIONS IN THE NATION, MORE THAN 20 MILLION STRONG. AND THE CENSUS BUREAU RECOGNIZED AAPIS AS 11% OF THE POPULATION IN LA VERNE. [00:25:02] AND WHEREAS, AAPI HAVE DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES AS LEADING RESEARCHERS IN SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATIVE FARMERS AND RANCHERS, DISTINGUISHED LAWYERS, JUDGES, GOVERNMENT LEADERS, IN THE ARTS, LITERATURE AND SPORTS AS WAR HEROES WHO DEFEND OUR COUNTRY AND PEACETIME HEALTH CARE HEROES ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE PANDEMIC. AND WHEREAS, WE RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND INSPIRATION OF THE GENERATIONS OF AAPI INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COUNTRY, AS WELL AS LOCALLY HERE IN LA VERNE, AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK TO CREATE A MORE SUPPORTIVE, INCLUSIVE AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY THAT FULLY EMBRACES ALL INDIVIDUALS OF ASIAN DESCENT. AND NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED THAT ON THE SECOND DAY OF MAY 2022, THE CITY OF LA VERNE DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM MAY 2022 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH DATED THIS DAY, MAY 2ND, 2022 AND I PRESENT THIS TO YOU. AND DR. KIM, DO YOU HAVE WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH ON BEHALF OF [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE, THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE FOR THIS PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OF THIS IMPORTANT MONTH FOR OUR ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITY. IT IS A WONDERFUL STEP TOWARD CREATING [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. KIM. [5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS] ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS? OH, I DON'T HAVE. I DO. SHERRY BEST. YES. AND I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE, FIRST OF ALL, THAT THE COMMUNITY YARD SALE WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WE NETTED ALMOST $600 AT THE COMMUNITY YARD SALE, ALL OF WHICH IS GOING TO GET SHOVELED INTO THE RESTORATION OF OUR 1938 TRUCK. LAST WEEK, SATURDAY ON THE 30TH WE SPONSORED A WINDOW RESTORATION WORKSHOP AND WE HAD A TERRIFIC PRESENTER COME OUT. ABOUT 20 TO 25 PEOPLE ATTENDED. PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SAVE THEIR OLD HOMES AND FIX THEIR WOOD WINDOWS AND NOT REPLACE THEM WITH VINYL. GOT A TWO HOUR LESSON ON HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT FROM A REALLY UNBELIEVABLE CRAFTSMAN , THAT WAS A WONDERFUL THING. AND I LOVE THE FACT THAT WHEN I WENT TO GIVE HIM AN HONORARIUM, HE TURNED THE MONEY OVER TO HIS ASSISTANT WHO'S LEARNING THE TRADE FROM HIM, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY CHARMING. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT THIS COMING SATURDAY WE HAVE A FEW SLOTS LEFT FOR OUR GET ON THE BUS TOUR OF OLD DOWNTOWN LORDSBURG. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, COME SEE ME. THESE ARE BY RESERVATION BECAUSE WE HAVE LIMITED SEATING, SO OUR TOUR IS SCHEDULED AT 1:45. YOU NEED TO BE WHERE YOU NEED TO BE AT 1:30. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, COME FIND ME AND WE'LL WE'LL GET YOU SIGNED UP. AND FINALLY, A LITTLE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 1938. IT HAS BEEN PACKED UP AND IT'S NOW BEEN SENT TO THE OLD ANVIL RESTORATION COMPANY IN THE CITY OF ORANGE. THEY ARE A RE BUILDER AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING ALL THE MECHANICAL AND MACHINE TOOLING THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE OF WHAT THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS COULD DO. SO THE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WENT AS FAR AS THEY WOULD GO. NOW THE TRUCK IS AT OLD ANVIL AND IT WILL COME BACK TO BONITA IN THE FALL WITH ALL THE MECHANICALS PUT ON IT. THEY'LL HANG THE ENGINE, THEY'LL PUT THE TRANSMISSION ON, THEY'LL SET UP THE WIRING PACKAGE, THEY'LL RE WELD AND REATTACH THE CAB DEFENDER'S, AND THE GRILL AND PUT TIRES ON, AND IT'LL ALL GO BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL SO THE KIDS CAN PRACTICE TAKING IT ALL OFF AND THEN PUTTING IT ALL BACK ON AGAIN. SO IT'LL BE ONE OF THOSE LEARNING EXPERIENCES. BUT IN BETWEEN THEN AND NOW, OUR PLAN IS THAT THE 38' WILL ROLL THROUGH THE CITY OF LA VERNE ON THE 4TH OF JULY. IT WILL PROBABLY BE TOWED THROUGH THE PARADE ROUTE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SIT IN THE CAB OF THE 38' SINCE I DO GET TO GO THROUGH THE PARADE, I THINK, FOR THE JACK HUNTINGTON AWARD. AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY A LATE MODEL CONVERTIBLE, BUT HEY, IT'S OUR TRUCK AND WE'RE GOING TO SAVE IT. SO ANYHOW, LOOK FOR US ON THE 4TH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SHERRY, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? I JUST HAD A REAL QUICK ONE. WE HAD A STRUCTURE FIRE. WHAT'S THE STREET WAS IT SYCAMORE? ON SYCAMORE A WEEK AND A HALF OR SO AGO LAST WEEK. AND WE HAD A LOT OF RESOURCES FROM OUTSIDE AGENCIES COME. BUT OUR LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS WERE THE ONES ON THE BATTLE ON THE BLAZE, AND THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB AND THEY DID HAVE TO GO INTO THE STRUCTURE FIRE. I WAS ABLE TO SEE THEM AS THEY WERE COMING OUT AND IT WAS RATHER ENGULFED. [00:30:04] AND JUST KUDOS TO OUR LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS. THEY'RE ALL SAFE, THANK GOODNESS. BUT THIS IS A DANGEROUS BUSINESS THEY'RE IN. SO WE JUST THANK GOD WE HAVE OUR OWN. BUT WE DID HAVE OTHER RESOURCES, BUT THEY WERE THE ONES ON THE FIRE. THEY WERE THE ONES THAT WERE INSIDE THAT STRUCTURE TRYING TO BREAK IT DOWN. SO THANK YOU, GUYS. [6. CONSENT CALENDAR] WE MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR. MR. RUSSI. ANYBODY WE HAVE ANYTHING PULLED? THEN A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR AS PRESENTED. SECOND. VOTE, PLEASE. AND THAT VOTE WAS UNANIMOUS. THANK YOU. WE MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS, MR. [7. PUBLIC HEARINGS] RUSSI. 2022-23 PARAMEDIC SERVICE FEE. YES, MR. MAYOR, I WILL TAKE THIS ITEM. THE PARAMEDIC SERVICE FEE WAS APPROVED BY THE VOTERS AS MEASURE GG. AND AT THAT TIME, IT WAS REQUIRED THAT THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING EVERY YEAR TO ADJUST FOR THE COST OF CPI. WE ARE BRINGING THAT FORWARD AS WE HAVE IN PAST YEARS. THE CPI ADJUSTMENT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR IS 6.2%, WHICH WILL TAKE THE RATE TO 5.91 PER MONTH PER RESIDENT HOUSEHOLD. THE ESTIMATED REVENUE THAT WILL BE GENERATED IS AN ADDITIONAL $17,000, WHICH IS NECESSARY TO HELP SUPPORT THE SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE. FOR THOSE WHO AREN'T AWARE, THIS FEE IS ATTACHED TO AN INDIVIDUAL'S MUNICIPAL SERVICE BILL THAT THEY RECEIVE FROM THE CITY AND IT ALLOWS FOR FREE TRANSPORT. THE RESIDENT DOES NOT HAVE ANY COST OUT OF POCKET COST FOR MEDICAL TRANSPORT SHOULD IT BE REQUIRED. SO IT'S A VERY COST EFFECTIVE INSURANCE POLICY. WITH THAT, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THE PARAMEDIC FEE? SO A RAISE FROM 5.58 TO 5.9CORRECT. WE NEED NEW BUTTONS. IF NO FURTHER QUESTIONS WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYBODY? DONITA BEAUCHAMP? I WANTED TO KNOW. I KNOW THIS IS FOR THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR 22 TO 23, BUT MONIES THAT WERE SPENT DURING COVID TIME BECAUSE FIRST RESPONDERS HAD TO HAVE STATE OF EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AVAILABLE. AND AS YOU GUYS DISCUSSED EARLIER, WHERE YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MINIMUM NUMBER OF STAFFING. AND SO I KNOW THAT MORE MONEY WAS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THAT. SO IT MAY HAVE DIPPED INTO THIS MONEY. IS THERE ANY WAY THAT ANY OF THE ARPA MONEY CAN COVER THE COSTS FOR THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT IN THE TIME FRAME OF COVID? BUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE USED OUR MONEY, THEN LET'S USE THEIR MONEY NOW, SO TO SPEAK, TO COVER THOSE EXPENSES. I KNOW IT'S ONLY $0.33 CENTS, BUT WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT ON A YEARLY FIVE YEAR, TEN YEAR BASIS, IT'LL INCREASE EXPONENTIALLY. SO JUST A CONSIDERATION FOR THE RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER. YES. YEP. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND I WROTE ANOTHER ONE HERE IT IS. IF NOT, I'LL PUT IT IN HERE. YOU'RE GOOD. I HAVE A LETTER TO J.R. RANELLS. JR. YOU WANT TO TALK IN PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE CALLING PUBLIC. THIS IS PUBLIC HEARING. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS MY I DID SAY THAT. I HAVE A COMMENT ON THIS. I WILL COME BACK LATER. I'M GOING TO HOLD YOUR CARD. YOU HAVE THAT CARD. OKAY. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS? [LAUGHTER] DO WE HAVE ANYBODY CALLING. WE'RE JUST OUT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, COME BACK TO THE DAIS. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS? NO. THEN WE NEED A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT. WAIT WHERE DO I NEED TO BE? 2022 PUBLIC HEARINGS. I'D SAY WE ADOPT THIS RESOLUTION 2022-19. OKAY. I PROPOSE THAT WE ADOPT RESOLUTION 2219. THANK YOU. SECOND. I APPRECIATE THE HELP. IN A MEETING. OKAY, GUYS, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WITH OUR ARPA FUNDS, COULD WE PLEASE GET SOME SPEAKERS THAT YOU CAN TURN ON? YES. DID YOU. SHE SECONDED IT. [00:35:01] WHAT? I DID SECOND THAT? VOTE, PLEASE. OH, I GUESS I'M THE STRAGGLER. THAT WAS ALSO UNANIMOUS. COULD YOU HELP ME THROUGH THIS? YOU'RE JUST GOING TO LET ME FLY RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE VACATION OF CITY OF LA VERNE PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT, LOCATED AT 1941 NORTH WHITE AVENUE. MR. RUSSI. OH, I'M SORRY. YOU SNUCK UP THERE. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A BIG GUY AND YOU JUST SNUCK UP THERE. I DIDN'T SEE YOU. YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS? I WAS JUST IN A ROOM FULL OF SIX FOOT NINE PEOPLE, SO I WAS LIKE, OH, THERE HE IS. YEAH. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M FILLING IN THIS EVENING FOR CITY ENGINEER CODY HOWING, WHO'S NOT ABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING, BUT HE IS AVAILABLE ON ZOOM IF THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS THAT COME UP. AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A VACATION OF A CITY UTILITY EASEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY LOCATED IN 1941 WHITE AVENUE. THE PROPERTY IS ON TWO PARCELS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WHITE AND ARROW HIGHWAY. IT DOES ALSO SOUTH OF THE METROLINK TRACKS. THE CITY VACATED G STREET PREVIOUSLY HAD CROSSED CONNECTED FROM FIRST STREET TO ARROW HIGHWAY, BUT IN 1967 THE CITY VACATED THAT STREET. BUT AT THAT TIME WE RESERVED A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT FOR A POTENTIAL STORM DRAIN IN THIS LOCATION. THE CITY HAS NEVER HAD A NEED FOR STORM DRAIN HERE, AND WE IN PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS HAS VERIFIED THAT THERE IS NO PHYSICAL STORM DRAIN LOCATED IN THIS EASEMENT. THERE WAS A BUILDING BUILT IN THE 1990S ON THIS PROPERTY OVER THIS EASEMENT, WHICH WOULDN'T NORMALLY BE ALLOWED IF WE DID HAVE UTILITIES THERE. AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS SIMPLY REQUESTING THAT WE VACATE OUR EASEMENT ON THEIR PROPERTY AT THIS TIME, SINCE THERE'S NO NEED FOR IT. PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY ENGINEER ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS NO APPARENT NEED FOR DRAINAGE FACILITIES IN THIS AREA IN THE FUTURE. FIRST STREET, AS IT SLOPES DOWN AND WATER TRAVELS FROM THE NORTH TO THE SOUTH, CURRENTLY DRAINS TO E STREET AND THEN SOUTH TO ARROW HIGHWAY. SO ANYTHING NORTH OF THE SITE WOULDN'T HAVE A NEED FOR STORM DRAINS CUTTING THROUGH IT. SO IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING AT YOUR LAST MEETING OR YOUR APRIL 4TH, MEETING YOU SET THIS PUBLIC HEARING. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDING THAT YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, TAKE ANY COMMENT, AND THEN APPROVE RESOLUTION 22-20 APPROVING THE VACATION OF THIS EASEMENT. LIKE I SAID, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. CITY ENGINEER IS ALSO AVAILABLE. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SCHERER. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM DIRECTOR SCHERER? YEAH. MR. CROSBY, HOLD ON. HOLD ON A SECOND. SO THIS IS LIKE 20 FEET OR 50 FEET FROM WHERE MY PROPERTY ON FIRST STREET IS. OH YOU HAVE TO. SO I NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE, RECUSE MYSELF. YOU'RE OUT OF HERE. WELL, WE'LL ADJOURN FOR 2 SECONDS WHILE HE RUNS OUT OF HERE. RECESS, NOT ADJOURN. OH, MAN. I WAS THINKING, WASN'T I? WE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE ANYWAY, WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, SO I WILL RECONVENE THE MEETING NOW AT 7:14 P.M.. MR. SCHERER. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CROSBY DID YOU GET YOUR SPEAKER TO WORK? I'M USING THIS ONE OVER HERE NOW. JUST A QUESTION. IF A BUILDING WAS BUILT IN THE 1990S, WHY WASN'T THIS DONE BACK THEN? IS IT NORMALLY WE BUILD BUILDINGS OVER EASEMENT PIECES? NO. THERE'S NO RECORD OF WHY THIS HAPPENED. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THIS EASEMENT WASN'T EVEN IDENTIFIED ON THE MAP AT THE TIME, AND SO NOBODY WAS AWARE OF IT SINCE IT WAS IN 1967. I WASN'T HERE THEN WHEN THAT HAPPENED, SO. NO? [LAUGHTER] I WASN'T. I WAS HERE IN THE NINETIES, BUT NOT IN THE EARLY NINETIES. AND SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY RECORD OF ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS EASEMENT ON THE PROPERTY WHEN THAT BUILDING WAS ALLOWED TO BE BUILT. BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT NORMAL PRACTICE TO PERMIT BUILDINGS OVER UTILITIES. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR SCHERER? ROBIN, YOUR BUTTONS ON OVER THERE. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS WITH THIS PUBLIC HEARING? I KNOW IT'S EXCITING. I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS. I KNOW. THEN DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? NO. I SEE. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS. IT LOOKS LIKE WE NEED TO VOTE ON THIS. DO WE HAVE A CAN WE GET A MOTION, PLEASE? YOU WANT MY SPEAKER RICK? CORRECT. GO AHEAD. I VOTE TO PASS THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 22-20. SECOND. I'LL SECOND IT. YEAH, I KNOW IT'S NOT WORKING, VOTE PLEASE. THAT WAS A 4 0 VOTE. WE CAN BRING MR. DAVIS BACK IN. [INAUDIBLE] WE JUST TOOK YOUR HOUSE UNDER EMINENT DOMAIN. [00:40:01] DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. IT'S FINE. I SAW IT ON ZOOM. YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING, THOUGH. YOU COULDN'T COME BACK IN. [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE ITEM C, WHICH IS THE 2022 COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE, MR. RUSSI. YES. THAT MATTER. IT NEEDS TO BE CONTINUED. WE ARE NOT PREPARED TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO COUNCIL, SO WE'LL BE ADVANCING THAT TO YOUR NEXT AGENDA. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. DIRECTOR SCHERER. THANK YOU FOR YOU'RE BEING TALL. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR [INAUDIBLE]. YES. ITEM 8 MR. [8. OTHER MATTERS] RUSSI OTHER MATTERS, HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM, AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, ARPA. YES. CANDICE BOWCOCK WILL BE HANDLING THIS ITEM. BUT JUST TO INTRO FOR A REMINDER OF COUNCIL BACK IN DECEMBER WHEN WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE ARPA ALLOCATIONS, $7 MILLION DOLLARS, ONE OF THE BROADER PROJECTS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS TO PURSUE HOUSING REHAB IN SOME FORM. AND CANDICE HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE THAT TIME TO BRING BACK SOMETHING FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION. SO WITH THAT, CANDICE. GOOD EVENING, MS. BOWCOCK. GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL. SO BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE STAFF CONCEPTUAL APPROVAL TO EXPLORE OPTIONS OF FACILITATING THIS HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM USING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE PANDEMIC BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER AND THE PROGRAM WAS NEVER ABLE TO BE IMPLEMENTED. IN MARCH LAST YEAR, THE CITY RECEIVED FUNDS FROM THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT, OR WHAT WE CALL ARPA. IN DECEMBER, THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A STUDY SESSION TO DISCUSS THE USE OF THIS FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND PRIORITIES, AND SUPPORTED THE REQUEST TO ALLOCATE $500,000 TO THIS HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM. THE PROCEEDS FROM THE ARPA FUNDS WILL IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF LOWER INCOME CITY OF LA VERNE RESIDENTS BY ASSISTING WITH EMERGENCY HEALTH AND SAFETY REPAIRS, CORRECTION OF CODE ENFORCEMENT VIOLATIONS, AND GENERAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY TO MAKE HOMES SAFE AND ATTRACTIVE. THE TOTAL PROGRAM BUDGET BEING PROPOSED, LIKE I SAID, IS $500,000, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE CONSULTANT COSTS TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM, WHICH WOULD BE NO MORE THAN 20% NOT TO EXCEED 100,000. SORRY. THE PURPOSE OF THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO HOMEOWNERS OF SINGLE FAMILY, DETACHED DWELLINGS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF DECENT, SAFE, AND SANITARY HOUSING. GRANTS WILL BE GIVEN TO ELIGIBLE LOW TO MODERATE INCOME OWNER OCCUPIED HOMEOWNERS TO COVER THE COST OF NECESSARY HOUSE REPAIRS. GRANTS WILL BE ADMINISTERED ON A FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE BASIS. THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE GRANTS OF UP TO $10,000 FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO AID IN IMPROVING PERMANENT STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY OF LA VERNE. UNLESS THE CITY COUNCIL CHOOSES TO GIVE MORE SPECIFIC DIRECTION TO STAFF, ROOFS, FOUNDATIONS, ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, HEATING AND AIR EXTERMINATION AND ANY NECESSARY HOME PROTECTION MEASURES WILL BE GIVEN PRIORITY FOR THE PROGRAM AND WILL BE CONSIDERED PRIOR TO ANY OTHER HOME REPAIRS. STAFF DISTRIBUTED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR FIVE QUALIFIED FIRMS TO HELP IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM. TWO PROPOSALS WERE RETURNED, ONE FROM WHEELDON ENGINEERING AND THE OTHER FROM NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIP HOUSING SERVICES. BOTH PROPOSALS WERE REVIEWED AND COMPARED AND ALTHOUGH THEY WERE VERY SIMILAR, EACH CHARGING THE EXACT SAME AMOUNT. WHEELDON ENGINEERING ENDED UP HAVING MUCH MORE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM. STAFF IS ASKING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE ATTACHED AGREEMENT AND PROPOSAL FOR WHEELDON ENGINEERING TO AID IN ADMINISTERING THIS PROGRAM. ONCE THE PSA IS APPROVED, WHEELDON WILL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A MORE FORMALIZED PROGRAM, BEGIN ADVERTISING TO THE COMMUNITY AND ESTABLISH A START DATE. IF THE PROGRAM IS VERY SUCCESSFUL, STAFF CAN BRING AN UPDATE BACK TO YOU ON THIS PROGRAM. AND AT THAT TIME, YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, COULD HAVE THE OPTION TO PROGRAM MORE FUNDING IF THEY CHOSE TO AT THAT TIME. WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 22-21, APPROVING THE CONTRACT WITH WHEELDON ENGINEERING TO DESIGN AND ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM AND GIVE STAFF THE DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CREATION OF THE HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM. THANK YOU, MS. BOWCOCK. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BOWCOCK? I DO. I HAVE A QUESTION HERE. YOU'RE TALKING ROUGHLY ABOUT $100,000 FOR THIS CONTRACT TO ADMINISTER THIS. WE CAN'T DO IT IN-HOUSE? I'M JUST THINKING 100,000 COULD GO A LONG WAYS WITH HELPING RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITY. DO WE NEED A CONSULTING FIRM OR DO WE NOT HAVE THE STAFF TO HANDLE THIS? YES. WE DEFINITELY NEED A CONSULTING FIRM TO FACILITATE THE PROGRAM. IN THE PAST, STAFF DID DO IT. I ALSO HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF MORE STAFF AT THAT TIME. [00:45:06] SO IT'S NOT FEASIBLE. AND THE PRIOR PROGRAM HAD A 6,000 DOLLAR LIMIT ON MOBILE HOMES. BUT IT IS A 10,000 DOLLAR LIMIT FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YES. FOR THIS PROGRAM, THOUGH, YOU ARE JUST ASKING FOR THE 10,000 FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES NOT ANY MOBILE HOMES? CORRECT. IS THERE A REASON? THE REASON WAS WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH COUNCIL FOR THE CDBG PROGRAM, IT WAS THE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, SPECIFICALLY NOT TO INCLUDE MOBILE HOMES. THAT CAN BE CHANGED? WELL, WE WERE ALSO TARGETING AT THE TIME, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN LA VERNE THAT WERE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT WERE IN NEED OF SOME HELP AND BUT AGAIN PANDEMIC CAME ALONG REDUCTION IN STAFF AND IT'S LIKE WE JUST GOT HIT HARD. SO BUT YOU WOULD GO AHEAD. SO YOU MENTIONED THAT IF THIS WERE TO PASS, THEN WHEELDON WOULD COME BACK TO US WITH A MORE FLESHED OUT CRITERIA LIST, HOW THEY WOULD MARK IT OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE WERE AWARE OF THE PROCESS AND HOW THEY COULD APPLY AND WHAT THEY NEEDED TO PRODUCE OR WHATEVER CAME ALONG WITH THAT? YES. DO WE KNOW WHAT A TENTATIVE TIMELINE FOR THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE? WE ARE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO START ADVERTISING JUNE 1ST. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. I TALKED TO CITY MANAGER RUSSI TODAY ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT IT, I SAID $500,000. THAT'S GREAT. BUT THEN YOU CARVE OUT 20% AT 100,000 DOLLARS FOR A FEE STRUCTURE. UNDERSTAND AND I DO UNDERSTAND IT TAKES A LOT OF STAFF TO MONITOR THIS. BUT AT 10,000 A HIT, I MEAN, WHAT KIND OF RENOVATIONS ARE WE DOING ON THESE HOMES AT 10,000 DOLLARS? AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PERSON THAT'S MONITORING THIS AND OVERSEEING CONTRACTORS. WELL, THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY A LOT OF COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR $10,000. AND MY CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EATING UP 20% OF THIS ON JUST THE CONSULTANT ALONE. BUT UNDERSTANDING THAT NOW, WE TALKED I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS AS A REVIEW AS IT GOES FORWARD. YOU KNOW, ONCE THEY GET THEIR INFORMATION OUT, ONCE WE FIGURE OUT THE GAME PLAN TO GET OUT TO THE RESIDENTS IS TO REVISIT IT AGAIN, MAYBE IN A FEW MONTHS ONCE IT GETS ROLLING TO SEE IF THIS 10,000 IS REALITY OR MAYBE BUMP IT UP TO 15,000 OR LOOK IT DOWN THE ROAD IF IT'S SUCCESSFUL AND THEN MAYBE LOOKING AND TALKING, DISCUSSING WITH COUNCIL AND OUR BUDGET TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD SOME FUNDS TO THAT DOWN THE ROAD. IS THAT THAT'S KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DISCUSSED MR. RUSSI. YEAH, EXCEPT FOR CHANGING THE AMOUNT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. I THINK YOU HAVE TO PICK WHATEVER THE AMOUNT OF THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO ACCEPT ON AN INDIVIDUAL CASE, WHETHER WE CHOOSE TO ADD MORE TO IT AT A LATER DATE, IF OUR INTEREST EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE FUNDING, THAT IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT. I THINK $10,000 IS A GOOD AMOUNT. I JUST LIKE I SAID, IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION PART. BUT AT THAT POINT THEN WE WOULD STICK WITH THE $10,000, SEE HOW THAT FLIES, AND IF WE NEED TO ADD MORE MONEY TO IT LATER, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT OUR OPTIONS BUT AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW IT'S GOING AND SEE WHO TAKES THIS, I AGREE. AND I STRUGGLED WITH AN OUTSIDE FIRM DOING IT JUST BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF CAPACITY TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE PROGRAM. WELL I UNDERSTAND IT'S FEDERALLY ARPA FUNDS, SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE AT LEAST MEETING THE CRITERIA. JUST THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE ALL WANT TO HELP AS MANY RESIDENTS AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. ACTUALLY YOUR COMMENTS BROUGHT UP A QUESTION THAT I HAVE, WHICH IS IF WHEELDON IS BROUGHT ON FOR 100,000 AND WE DECIDE TO GIVE MORE MONEY TO THE FUND, DOES THEIR FEE GO UP OR IS THAT A FIXED FEE THAT THEY'VE PROPOSED? IT'S NOT A FIXED FEE. IT'S THAT IS THE MAXIMUM. OH, OKAY. OKAY. SO IT COULD POSSIBLY BE LOWER, BUT IT CAN'T BE ANY MORE THAN 20%. OKAY. GOTCHA. SO IT'S A CAP, NOT A PRORATED SHARE. SO IT COULD BE THAT WE SPEND THE 500,000 AND THEY SAY OUR CUT SHOULD ONLY BE 12%, SO THEY'D GET 60 GRAND. OKAY. I MAY HAVE A FEW COMMENTS AFTER WE OPEN IT UP, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, MS. BOWCOCK. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DONITA BEAUCHAMP? I WANT TO THANK CANDICE BOWCOCK FOR THE WORK THAT SHE'S BEEN DOING ON THIS PROGRAM. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, MANY MEETINGS, AS YOU KNOW. HOWEVER, HOLDING IT OR MAKING IT SPECIFICALLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ONLY, I THINK IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE RECONSIDERED. [00:50:01] I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE EXCLUDING MOBILE HOMES OR SOMETHING CLASSIFIED OTHER THAN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT, TINY HOMES, OR ADU'S OR WHATEVER. HOWEVER THEY'RE CLASSIFIED. THE VERBIAGE NEEDS TO INCLUDE THOSE RESIDENTS AS WELL. AND IF IT IS NOT, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH ARPA MONEY TO CREATE A SECONDARY PROGRAM TO MAKE IT SPECIFICALLY TO INCLUDE THOSE OTHERS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAM. BUT I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU. I MEAN, POTENTIALLY $100,000 DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WHAT IS THE MATH ON THAT? IF SOMEBODY ONLY GETS TEN GRAND AND BUT THE GUY WHO'S TELLING THEM WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH THAT MONEY COSTS 100 GRAND. THAT'S NOT WISE SPENDING. AND WITH ALL OF THE EXPENDITURES THAT THIS CITY IS FACING WITHIN THE NEXT BUDGET YEAR, I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO RECONSIDER HOW THAT MONEY IS SPENT. I REALIZE THAT THE STAFF IS PROBABLY OVERBURDENED IN THE PAST WAS ABLE TO FACILITATE THAT, BUT WHY NOT HIRE IN-HOUSE MORE STAFF THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE THE WORKLOAD IN-HOUSE RATHER THAN SUBSIDIZE IT TO A SUBCONTRACTOR THAT'S CHARGING THESE EXORBITANT AMOUNTS? I REALIZE THEY PROBABLY HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO DO IT, BUT YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND SOMEBODY WHO'S WILLING TO DO IT WITHIN THE CITY. I JUST REALLY THINK THAT THIS IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE. IT JUST DOES NOT MAKE ANY CONSCIOUS SENSE TO ME FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT OR MATHEMATICALLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? MR. GABALDON. I THINK IT'S ONLY IMPORTANT TO REINFORCE WHAT MS. BEAUCHAMP SAID ABOUT A HOME IS A HOME. SO I FEEL THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE DEFINITION AND NOT NECESSARILY LIMIT IT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE. [INAUDIBLE] THERE 20% OF OUR POPULATION THAT LIVE IN MOBILE HOMES IN LA VERNE? AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE EXCLUDING THEM WHEN YOU SAY THAT THEY DON'T QUALIFY, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE 10,000 CAN PROBABLY GO A LOT FURTHER TO HELP THEM THAN IT MIGHT GO INTO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND ADDITIONALLY TO THE COST COMPONENT AND NOTHING AGAINST THE PLAN AND I GET THE MONEY. BUT FROM A CONTRACTOR PERSPECTIVE, 25% OF THE COST OF THE REFURBISHMENT IS GOING TO GO TO MANAGEMENT OF THE 10,000 DOLLARS. I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING WE SHOULD PROBABLY THINK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANY OTHER? YES, LILY. HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LILY BRUNO. I HAVE SOMETHING RELATED TO THIS ONE BECAUSE THIS MONEY IS NOT REALLY LIKE A BIG MONEY. MY HOUSE ACTUALLY SINGLE HOUSE. AND THEN WE DID REMODEL COST A LOT LAST TWO YEARS AND THEN I WANT TO THINK ABOUT ANY PROPERTY IS NOT RELATED TO MYSELF BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY WE APPLY THIS ONE. BUT THE PUBLIC WANTS SOMETHING IN FROM A HOUSE. IT'S MORE THAN ONE YEARS. THE WIDE LINE IS STILL THERE BECAUSE THE CONCRETE POPS UP SO NOBODY FIXED IT. MORE THAN ONE YEAR. I MENTIONED ONCE THE LAST TIME I WAS IN HERE AND THEN I SAW THE POST TALK ABOUT THE PROPERTY WORKERS FIX THE ROAD FIX. MY HOUSE ACTUALLY IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL ROSE GARDEN AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SLOW DOWN TO WATCH. THAT'S HAPPY THEY NOT WALK SO FAST. OTHERWISE IT'S VERY EASY TO GET THERE IN THE FALL THERE OK. EVEN THE [INAUDIBLE] ARE NOT ON ME BECAUSE THE PUBLIC BELONGS TO THE CITY. BUT I DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. PLEASE HAVE SOMEBODY FOLLOW UP BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT COSTS A LOT OF MONEY. BUT IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, THE SIDEWALK POPS UP MAYBE BECAUSE THE TREE OKAY. SO SMALL THINGS. BUT I THINK IT'S THAT HAPPEN EVERYWHERE. IT'S AFTER THE BIG WIND. THE CITIES ARE A LOT OF PLACE NEED TO BE FIXED SO I WANT TO THE BUDGET REALLY NEED TO GO TO THAT PUBLIC WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LILY. ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS MATTER? NO ONE. WE HAVE NO ONE THERE. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS. DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS? YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER ABOUT THE MOBILE HOME PARK? WHY DON'T WE? I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER LAU'S GOT A QUESTION. SO, CANDICE FOR. SO ONE, I WOULD TEND TO AGREE THAT WE IF THE PAST PLAN DID INCLUDE MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT THAT BE SOMETHING WE CONSIDER FOR THIS ONE. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AGAIN THAT THE 100,000 IS A CAP THAT IS NOT A GIVEN, THAT THEY WILL SPEND THAT MUCH AND IT'S NOT 100,000 TO ADMINISTER ONE 10,000. AWARD IT IS TO ADMINISTER 400,000 DOLLARS. AND I GET THAT THAT'S STILL SOUNDS LIKE A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE BUT I WANTED TO CLARIFY SO WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. [00:55:04] WE'RE NOT PAYING SOMEONE 100,000 TO ADMINISTER SOLELY A 10,000 AWARD OF MONIES. THE OTHER THING I WOULD ALSO DRAW ATTENTION TO IS BECAUSE IT IS ARPA MONIES MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES NOT ONLY THE METHODOLOGY IN WHICH TO IDENTIFY, SELECT, RECRUIT THE POTENTIAL INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THE CRITERIA FOR THIS FOR THESE MONIES. BUT IT ALSO REQUIRES THE REPORTING COMPONENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE APPLYING ARPA FUNDS IN A MANNER THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AWARD SO THAT THE CITY ITSELF DOES NOT GET IN TROUBLE FOR SPENDING THE MONEY INCORRECTLY. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND I CAN SAY THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE WENT WITH THIS FIRM SPECIFICALLY. THEY HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ARPA FUNDS. THANK YOU. MR. CROSBY. UNDER THE PRIOR HOUSING REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND SORRY I DIDN'T ASK THIS QUESTION EARLIER SO THAT YOU COULD EVEN HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. BUT HOW MANY WERE MOBILE HOMES THAT WERE SORRY? I DON'T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION PRIOR. JUST GO BACK. GO BACK? [LAUGHTER] JUST TO KNOW LIKE THE PERCENTAGE OF THAT TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS WELL. 95. WOW. PERCENT. SO THERE WERE 90% OF THE FUNDS USED IN THE PRIOR WERE FOR MOBILE HOMES, NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YES. AND THEN I THINK THAT JUST REINFORCES THE POINT THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE RESTRICTED TO JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THAT WE NEED TO OPEN IT UP FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS. SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE DO WE NEED TO CHANGE THE MOTION AT ALL OR IS THAT JUST? NO, WE CAN JUST GIVE THAT DIRECTION. BUT THE TWO THINGS I WOULD POINT OUT WE WERE BRINGING BACK BASED ON COUNCIL'S PRIOR ACTION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD OR DIRECTION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION. PLUS, THE PREVIOUS PROGRAM WAS A REOCCURRING FUNDING OPPORTUNITY. THIS IS FINITE. SO THAT IS JUST TWO ASPECTS THAT WHEN WE WERE DESIGNING IT TO BRING IT FORWARD, THAT THAT WAS KIND OF A CONSCIOUS BASED ON THOSE TWO POINTS. BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING THE COUNCIL WISHES TO PURSUE NOW ALSO LOOKING BACK TO THE PRIOR PROGRAM, IT WAS $6,000 DOLLARS FOR MOBILE HOME AND 10,000 FOR SINGLE FAMILY. SO WE COULD GET FURTHER LEVERAGE ON OUR DOLLARS AS WELL IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT TOO. WELL, LET'S JUST GO BACKWARDS THEN. I MEAN, I WASN'T AWARE IT WAS SO MANY FOR THE MOBILE HOMES, BUT IS THAT A GOOD ENOUGH BREAKOUT? I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE BOTH EXPENSIVE TO UPKEEP. I DON'T CARE IF YOU HAVE A MOBILE HOME OR A HOUSE, IT DOESN'T MATTER. THEY'RE BOTH THE SAME YOU KNOW. BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE. I'M ASKING YOU GUYS? IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE ADMINISTERED THE PROGRAM. PRICES HAVE OBVIOUSLY GONE UP. SO THE ONLY THING WE COULD OFFER WOULD BE TO SINCE WE HAVE WHEELDON THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO GO WITH MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME EXPERIENCE. I'M SURE THEY DO IN PUTTING THESE IN MOBILE HOMES, VERSUS SINGLE FAMILY TO DETERMINE WHAT THAT RATIO BETWEEN ONE VERSUS THE OTHER SHOULD BE. AND WE COULD BRING THAT BACK IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL AS PART OF THE FINAL, THE PROGRAM, I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. I THINK THAT'S [INAUDIBLE]. YES, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. SO I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE TONIGHT WE'D BE ABLE TO AT LEAST APPROVE THE CONTRACT WITH WHEELDON ENGINEERING. AND I REALLY WOULD SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW WHEELDON IS ALSO INVOLVED IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY ACTIVITIES AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, EDISON AND THE OTHER UTILITIES ARE SUPPORTING STATEWIDE WITH REGARD TO ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS AND FUEL SUBSTITUTION PROGRAMS. SO I THINK THEY'RE IN A GOOD PLACE THERE WHERE THEY'D BE ABLE TO OFFER A RESIDENCE OPPORTUNITIES THAT ANOTHER FIRM MIGHT NOT. BUT I DO ALSO AGREE THAT IF WE CAN SIT DOWN AND CHAT WITH THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE PROGRAMS ALIGN WITH ARPA FUNDING, BECAUSE I WOULDN'T WANT TO JEOPARDIZE THAT PIECE. BUT TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN EXTEND IT BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO ADDRESS OTHER ASPECTS, YOU KNOW, THE PRIMARY KEY IS THAT IT'S LOW INCOME. AND IS IT LOW AND MODERATE OR IS IT JUST? LOW AND MODERATE INCOME RESIDENTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR IT. SO I THINK I WOULD MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONTRACT AND WE ASKED FOR SOME CONTINUED CREATIVITY TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO UNDER ARPA TO EXTEND IT TO OTHER RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN THE LOW AND MODERATE INCOME BRACKETS. AND THAT'S FINE. I GUESS I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY, DO YOU WANT US TO BRING THE PROGRAM BACK FOR APPROVAL OR YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE IT TO STAFF'S DISCRETION SO THAT OTHERWISE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SCHEDULE IT AT ANOTHER MEETING TO COME BACK. BUT I'M FINE WITH I GOT THE DIRECTION. [01:00:02] I KNOW I COULD. YEAH. I KNOW WHERE WE NEED TO GO. I THINK WE'RE FINE TO SAY THAT WE'VE GOT THE CONTRACT. WE JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO INVESTIGATE THOSE OTHER ACTIVITIES AND GO FORWARD WITH IT. AND WHEELDON HAS GOT, IT'S A GREAT COMPANY. THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. AND I KNOW THAT THERE VERY WELL. MY STATEMENT WOULD BE THEY'RE OVERQUALIFIED FOR WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR PARTICULAR ARPA FUND SITUATION. BUT I DO APPRECIATE MS.. BEAUCHAMP BRINGING THAT UP. YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT ALL THE OTHER ANCILLARY STUFF, BUT OUR MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY IS MASSIVE. SO AND WITH THE WINDSTORMS, I THINK THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES I THINK WERE HIT THE HARDEST WITH THE AWNINGS AND WIND DAMAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE WHEELDON. WE JUST SAY THE WHEELDON AND THEN THEY'LL COME BACK WITH US WITH THAT. NO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME BACK. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION. JUST GOING TO INCLUDE IT NOW. VERY GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO COME UP. WHAT I'M HEARING IS, IS THE QUESTION, IS 6,000 ENOUGH IN THE RATIO BETWEEN THE HIGHER END? AND WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK AND TALK TO WHEELDON ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE EXPERIENCING IN OTHER PROGRAMS THAT THEY HAVE, AND WE WILL RIGHTSIZE IT TO FIT THAT. VERY GOOD. THEN WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT. WELL, WE HAVE A MOTION AND I WILL MAKE THE SECOND. OKAY AND LET'S VOTE PLEASE. [LAUGHTER] THAT WAS AN INTERESTING SOUND BACK THERE. I THINK IT WAS ACCOMMODATING THE MODIFIED MOTION MAYBE. WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS NOW. [9. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS] SHERRY. SHERRY, COME ON UP, SHERRY, I SHOULDN'T TAKE THE MAYOR'S REMARKS AWAY. I APOLOGIZE FOR JUMPING THE GUN ON THAT. THAT'S OKAY. SO I HAVE A LETTER TO J.R. RANELLS. ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCELLENT LEADERSHIP IN HELPING TO CREATE THE NEW WEBSITE FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE. I HAVE SPENT SEVERAL HOURS EXPLORING THE SITE AND I FIND IT EASY TO NAVIGATE, INFORMATIVE, AND ATTRACTIVE IN ITS DESIGN. NO DOUBT A FEW GLITCHES WILL BE UNCOVERED AS STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH THE SITE, BUT IT IS QUITE IMPRESSIVE. ADDITIONAL THANKS GO TO COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER YVONNE DURAN. INFORMATION SYSTEMS SPECIALIST, RUMER MAXINO, MANAGEMENT ANALYST AARON BILESTINE? BILSTEIN. WOW, THAT'S NOT THE GERMAN PRONUNCIATION. [LAUGHTER] AND OTHERS FOR EXPENDING THE EFFORT IT MUST HAVE TAKEN TO PRODUCE THIS REPRESENTATION OF OUR CITY. YOU EXEMPLIFY THE PRIDE OF LA VERNE. SINCERELY, SHERRY BEST ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. THANK YOU, J.R.. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, SHERRY. PUBLIC COMMENT ANYBODY WE WISH TO COME UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. BOWEN. GOOD EVENING, MR. ELECTED MAYOR OUR SOON TO BE LAST ELECTED MAYOR, I GUESS, AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. ON APRIL 25TH, THE LA VERNE COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS SPONSORED A VERY SUCCESSFUL MEET AND GREET AT THE LORDSBURG HERITAGE SQUARE. THIS WAS HOSTED BY THE OWNER, LINDA WILKINSON. WE HAD APPROXIMATELY 100 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED. IT WAS ALL THE NON CURRENT COUNCIL CANDIDATES AND EACH HAD AN AREA. PEOPLE CAME IN AND TALKED TO THEM, GOT TO KNOW THEM HOPEFULLY AND GOT TO ASK THEM QUESTIONS AND GOT TO KNOW EACH CANDIDATE. REGARDLESS OF THE DISTRICT. BASED ON THAT, WE LB3C, BY THE WAY, I THINK IT'S THE LARGEST RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP GROUP IN THE CITY. CURRENTLY OVER 1500 PEOPLE. WE'D LIKE TO INVITE OUR ELECTED MAYOR AND CURRENT CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT FOUR COUNCIL, ALONG WITH MAYOR DAVIS, THE CANDIDATE FOR DISTRICT ONE, TO COME TO A Q&A AND THE WEEK OF THE MAY 16TH. WE PLAN TO DO THIS AT THE ROCK OF THE FOOTHILLS CHURCH ON THE CORNER OF WHEELER AND BASELINE. SO BASICALLY I'D LIKE TO ASK IF YOU GUYS COULD BOTH COMMIT TO THAT AND THEN WE CAN GET THE DETAILS TO YOU. GREAT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. MR. GABALDON. FILLING OUT THE CARD. [01:05:03] THE BLUE SHEETS GIVE YOU AWAY NO DOUBT. [LAUGHTER] FIRST OF ALL, I THOUGHT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION ON MOSQUITOES WAS ABOUT THE MOST ENTERTAINING THING I'VE SEEN IN THESE CHAMBERS IN AT LEAST A YEAR. SO KUDOS TO LEVY IN THAT PRESENTATION. AND I GUESS IT GIVES US FOOD FOR THOUGHT. AND I DIDN'T PLAN THIS, BUT IT IS APPROPRIATE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT MAYBE THAT DOES HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH OF MY POINT IS TONIGHT IS AS I REMIND EVERYBODY IN THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THE SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE IS IN SERIOUS STATE OF NEGLECT AND CONTINUES TO BE BOTH AN EYESORE AND SAFETY THREAT TO THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOODS. I HAVE REGULARLY PROVIDED COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO, AND I KNOW, MR. RUSSI, THAT YOU SAID THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON THE LETTER, AND I'D HOPE TO GET AN UPDATE TONIGHT. AND I'M HERE ONCE AGAIN EXPRESSING GENUINE CONCERN ABOUT THIS GOLF COURSE WHERE WE CAN NO LONGER IGNORE WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT MAY BECOME AS THE PRESSURE TO DEVELOP CLOSED GOLF COURSES CONTINUES TO GROW ON MANY FRONTS. SO I'VE BEEN DOING MY HOMEWORK AND PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US, AND A RECENT EXAMPLE OF THE FORTITUDE THESE BUYERS OF GOLF COURSES HAVE TO DEVELOP THE LAND AND TO THE EXTENT TO WHICH THEY WILL GO WHEN THEY DON'T GET THEIR WAY BY FINDING OTHER LEGAL AVENUES TO DISTRESS A COMMUNITY LIKE LA VERNE, THERE'S CURRENTLY AN EXTREME OUTCOME WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MINIMAL LEGAL EXCUSE ME WITH MINIMAL LEGAL OBSTRUCTIONS, LEAVING THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN SAN DIEGO, CITING DRAINAGE ISSUES AS THEIR BIG PROBLEM WITH THE PLAN TO TRANSFORM A FAILED EFFORT TO BUILD HOMES INTO A SAND MINE. THE PROJECT WILL LAST TEN YEARS BEFORE THE LAND IS RECONSTRUCTED AND LIKELY JUST IN TIME FOR THE LAWS TO CHANGE ENOUGH TO BUILD THEIR HOMES. SO FROM WHAT WE'VE MISSED IN OPPORTUNITY OVER THE LAST YEAR, OR MAYBE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY ATTENTION WHAT'S GOING ON IN SACRAMENTO, LEGISLATURES, OR AT LEAST ONE IN OUR STATE IS NOW WORKING AGAIN TO PASS MORE BILLS LIKE AB 9 AND AB 10. THESE BILLS LEAVE OUR CITY WITH LITTLE OR NO DEFENSE AGAINST HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. AND GUESS WHAT ELSE? THERE'S NOW A MEMBER OF CONGRESS, CHRISTINA GARCIA, REPRESENTING THE 58TH ASSEMBLY DISTRICT WHO IS SET ON GETTING A CERTAIN BILL PASSED. SHE'S TRIED BEFORE AND HER MOST RECENT EFFORT DIDN'T GET THROUGH, BUT IT'S NAMED AB 672, WHICH WOULD BOTH ALLOW AND PROVIDE INCENTIVES TO SHUTTER MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES AND REPURPOSE THEM FOR LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSING. THIS WOULD TAKE ALL THE CONTROLS OUT OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. IS MARSHAL CANYON GOLF COURSE ON SOMEBODY'S LIST? THESE BILLS ARE INTENDED TO FORCE THE BUILD OUT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND OR LOW INCOME HOUSING. MOREOVER, CLAIMS ABOUT THE VALUE OF MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES TO THE COMMUNITY HAVE FOCUSED NARROWLY ON WHETHER THEY ARE SELF SUSTAINING AND EXCLUDE ENTIRELY THEIR VALUE AS ENVIRONMENTAL, GREEN SPACES OR HABITATS. IF THAT DOES NOT CONCERN YOU ENOUGH, GARCIA'S BILL WOULD REMOVE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES FROM PROTECTIONS OF THE PUBLIC PARK PRESERVATION ACT, PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, OR CEQA, MAKE IT EASIER TO REZONE PUBLIC OPEN SPACE LAND FOR HOUSING. SO I ASK, WHO IS PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS? AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO PROACTIVELY ADDRESS BOTH THOSE GOLF COURSES? THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. [APPLAUSE]. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? DONITA BEAUCHAMP? I, TOO, WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK J.R. AND THE TEAM THAT THAT WEBSITE IS. OH, MY GOD, IT'S SO MUCH BETTER. I CAN'T EVEN GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE OF HOW MANY. I SPENT OVER AN HOUR ON IT TODAY. AND IT IS REALLY EVERYBODY SHOULD GO TO IT. IT'S REALLY, REALLY GOOD. THE ONLY THING I ASKED IS THAT, LIKE ON THE OLD WEBSITE, USED TO HAVE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, KIND OF LIKE A GO TO FOR EVERYTHING THAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CITY, IF WE COULD HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO GO TO EACH PAGE BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT. SO IF YOU HAVE A ONE STOP PLACE FOR EVERYTHING, IT WOULD BE JUST AS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, AND THEN IT WOULD BE PERFECT. ON A SEPARATE NOTE. I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL. I KNOW YOUR CLOSED SESSION PERTAINS TO AN ISSUE THAT INVOLVES SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, EDISON. AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF MR. DAVIS IS GOING TO RECUSE HIMSELF FOR THAT AS WELL. OKAY. YES, HE IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LILY. I FILL THE CARD OUT AFTER I TALK. THANK YOU FOR THE NEW WEBSITE. I REALLY LIKE IT SO I WILL START TO EXPLORE AND THEN WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME FEEDBACK. [01:10:02] SO WHAT I WANT TO BRING UP IS THE LAST MONDAY. [INAUDIBLE] TALK ABOUT THE MEETING. ACTUALLY IS THE OPENING FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] HERITAGE SQUARE. IT'S HARD TO SAY THE NAME, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPRESSED ME BECAUSE LINDA DID A LOT OF JOB BY HERSELF. SO I REMEMBER LAST TIME, THE TIME WHEN SHE GUEST STARS THAT WILL SUPPORT HER, GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE THAT HOUSE IS REALLY, REALLY AMAZING BECAUSE I NEVER SEEN A HOUSE MOVE LIKE THAT AND IT'S BECAUSE COVID IS VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. BUT SHE JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB BECAUSE IMPRESSED ME A LOT. I LIVE VERY CLOSE, SO EVERY TIME I DROVE BY I SEE SOME PROGRESS. AND ESPECIALLY I ASKED HER PERMISSION AND THEN I VOLUNTEERED TO FOR HER ROSE GARDEN AND DONATE SOME ROSE FROM THE NURSERY FROM FOOTHILL. SO SOMETHING HAPPENED IN LA VERNE BECAUSE A LOT OF THINGS MAYBE NOT INCLUDE TO OFFICIAL HERITAGE HISTORY, HISTORICAL, MAYBE NOT IN THAT GROUP. RIGHT. SO BUT SHE DEFINITELY DID AN AMAZING JOB. IMPRESS ALL OF US. SO I HOPE HER SHE WILL DEFINITELY BE RECOGNIZED. IT'S JUST A CITIZEN OF LA VERNE. SHE DID A LOT OF WORK BY HERSELF, SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SHARE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU LILY. ANYONE ELSE? WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND MOVE TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE MEETING REPORTS. [10. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS] WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? I WILL. COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER. I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS AND I GOT A LITTLE BIT OF BAD NEWS, BUT THEN IT GOES BACK TO GOOD NEWS. SO WE'LL START WITH THE GOOD NEWS IS A GOLD LINE FINISHED THEIR PROJECT AS OF NOW ON WHITE AVENUE. IT IS NOW OPEN. YOU CAN GO THE DAIRY, USE THE DAIRY, GET OVER THERE AND SUPPORT THEM AND YOU CAN GO ON THROUGH. NOW, THE WHOLE CONCEPT WAS TO OPEN IT UP FOR THE COUNTY FAIR. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE COUNTY FAIR OPENS UP THIS FRIDAY AND IT'S THURSDAY AND LA VERNE DAY IS FRIDAY, MAY 6TH. THAT'S THE DAY THAT MATTERS. IT'S LA VERNE DAY. WHAT DAY IS THAT? FRIDAY. SO I HOPE A LOT OF PEOPLE COME. THERE'S DISCOUNT TICKETS FOR LA VERNE RESIDENTS. YOU CAN GO ON TO THEIR WEBSITE AND YOU'LL SEE THAT. ALSO, THOUGH, I DROVE YESTERDAY, SUNDAY OVER WHITE, I WANTED TO SEE HOW SMOOTH IT WAS BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW WONDERFUL WHEELER IS. WELL, WHITE AVENUE IS NOT SMOOTH. AND YOU GO, YOU'RE TRULY IT'S LIKE A LITTLE AT THE BAD NEWS ROLLER COASTER. THAT'S THE BAD NEWS. SO TODAY I DID TALK TO MR. RUSSI AND HE WAS GOING TO ALSO LOOK INTO IT, BUT I CALLED HABIB, WHO IS OUR CEO FOR GOLDLINE, AND THEN HE CONNECTED ME WITH A GENTLEMAN THAT'S IN CHARGE OF THE CONSTRUCTION, AND HE HAD TOLD ME THEY WANTED TO OPEN UP FOR THE COUNTY FAIR AND SO THEY WILL BE OUT TOMORROW. THEY REALIZE IT IS REAL BUMPY THERE. THEY'RE GOING TO FIX THE WHERE THE WHERE THEY WORKED AND WHERE OUR STREETS COME TOGETHER. THEY'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT HUMP. SO IT'S NOT SO BAD ON OUR CARS, BUT THEN NOT DO ANY MORE WORK TO IN THE FINAL WORK WILL BE DONE AS SOON AS THE FAIR IS DONE AT THE END OF THE MONTH AND THEN THEY WILL FINISH UP THAT STREET. SO PASS IT ON. IF YOU HEAR FROM PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT WHITE AVENUE, IT WILL GET COMPLETED, BUT AT LEAST IT'S OPEN NOW. WE'RE THRILLED THAT WE GET TO HAVE IT OPEN FOR THE FAIR. SO THE ONLY OTHER THING IS I'LL LET ALL OF YOU TALK ABOUT IT, TOO, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN AT SO MANY EVENTS THIS MONTH, BUT AMAZON FRESH OPENED UP, EVERYBODY TAKE THE TIME TO GO IN. IT'S EXCITING, AND IT'S LIKE A LITTLE ADVENTURE WHEN YOU GO IN THERE. I DON'T WANT TO SAY ANYMORE. YOU GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT YOURSELF. IT'S I'M HAPPY TO HAVE THEM HERE IN LA VERNE. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING IS MAE IS VERY BUSY IN OUR CITY. I WANT EVERYONE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT THE KIDS IN OUR DISTRICT. SENIOR PROJECTS ARE HAPPENING THIS MONTH. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF AWARD CEREMONIES GOING ON AND IT'S EXCITING FOR THE KIDS. THERE'S SOME CITY COMMITTEES I'M ON THAT WE POSTPONE TILL NEXT MONTH BECAUSE WE'RE SO BUSY WITH ALL THE ACTIVITIES, SO BE RESPECTFUL OF THE KIDS OR SCHOOL DISTRICT. ALL THAT'S GOING ON, TEACHER OF THE YEAR IS THIS MONTH. IT'S A FUN MONTH FOR ALL OF US TO ATTEND, BUT ALSO THE KIDS ARE OUT THERE RUNNING AROUND EXCITED. SO LET'S BE CAUTIOUS OF WHAT WE DO AS WE DRIVE AROUND WITH TRAFFIC ACTIVITIES. SO I WISH YOU ALL A GOOD EVENING AND THANKS FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. [01:15:01] MR. CROSBY. TAKE HER SPEAKER, PLEASE. I THINK COUNCILMEMBER CARTER SAID SAID IT ALL WHEN I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT WAS THE FAIR OPENING UP. AND EVERYBODY GO ENJOY YOURSELF AT LA VERNE DAY AT THE FAIR THIS FRIDAY. COUNCIL MEMBER LYLE. SO I JUST WANTED TO REPORT BACK ON SOME THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER AT OTHER MEETINGS YOU'LL BE HAD THERE SCHOLARSHIP GALA THE OTHER LAST WEEKEND. AND IT'S REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THEY DID RAISE 1.1 MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS AND AN ADDITIONAL 2.7 MILLION IN NEW GIFTS TO ALSO BENEFIT DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING THE RANDALL LEWIS CENTER FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP, INNOVATION AND SOCIAL IMPACT, AS WELL AS THE NEW. OUR END OF SEASON PROGRAM IN THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND COMMUNITY WELL-BEING. AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY EXCITING BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO CONTINUE TO TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR AREA AND HOPEFULLY INVIGORATE THE ECONOMY, HELP THEM COME AND HOPEFULLY PUT DOWN ROOTS IN THIS AREA AND REALLY BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF PROFESSIONALS IN OUR TOWN. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO I WANTED TO SAY, YOU KNOW, TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT. AND FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT HAVE ANY HISTORY OR INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, ALMOST HALF OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FIRST GENERATION STUDENTS, SO NOBODY ELSE IN THEIR FAMILY HAS GONE TO COLLEGE BEFORE. SO THAT'S A TREMENDOUS A TREMENDOUS FEAT. AND 98% OF THE STUDENTS THERE RECEIVE SOME SORT OF FINANCIAL AID. AND I ALSO WANTED TO SHOUT OUT SHARON JOHNSON MAY IF ANY OF YOU KNOW HER, SHE VERY NICELY VOLUNTEERED TO BE LEAH. SO WE HAVE A LEO AND A LEAH. SO SHE DRESSED UP AS LEAH AT OUR GALA IN A FULL ON BLACK FORMAL DRESS IN HER. I KNOW. SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY NICE OF HER TO GIVE UP PART OF HER SATURDAY FOR THAT. I ALSO WANTED TO WISH ALL THE MOTHERS OUT THERE HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY THIS COMING SUNDAY, AS WELL AS [INAUDIBLE] ON MAY 10TH. AND THEN JUST TO REITERATE, I'M EXCITED THAT WE ARE CELEBRATING ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, BUT WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT ALSO MENTION THAT IT IS MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH. AND SO IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION, TRI CITY MENTAL HEALTH. IT HAS A SERIES OF INFORMATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ON THEIR WEBSITE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP MAINTAIN YOUR MENTAL HEALTH, HOW YOU CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE RECEIVING THE RESOURCES THAT YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW MIGHT NEED. AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, AS WE COME OUT OF COVID, I THINK IT'S DONE A NUMBER ON QUITE A FEW PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY AS ROBIN MENTIONED, OUR STUDENTS WHO ARE NOW JUST FINALLY KIND OF GETTING BACK INTO A REAL END OF HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, A REAL, YOU KNOW, ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY MISSED OUT ON BECAUSE OF COVID. SO JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND KEEP IN MIND. SO BUT THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR BEING HERE. MY LAST THING WOULD BE CASSIE DOES HAVE A MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND, ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS CONTACT THE CITY AND THEY WILL GIVE YOU THE ZOOM INFORMATION FOR IT. SO AGAIN, THANKS, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING HERE TO SEE ALL YOUR FACES. CONGRATULATIONS TO DAMIAN HIGH SCHOOL'S BASKETBALL TEAM. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LYLE. NOW, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. I AGREE. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. WE HAD A HUGE STANDING ROOM ONLY CROWD EARLIER THIS EVENING WHEN WE GOT TO CELEBRATE DAMIAN HIGH SCHOOL'S CIF STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. THAT WAS A LOT OF FUN. LASTED TOO LITTLE TIME, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN. LIKEWISE, THE I GUESS IT WAS A FRIDAY AGO WAS THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION'S CHARITY GOLF EVENT TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE FOR MENTAL WELLNESS. THEY'VE GOT A CAMPAIGN GOING ON. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN BY SUPPORTING THE ED FOUNDATION FOR MENTAL WELLNESS, IT'S IT'S AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO KIDS MAKING THAT TRANSITION BACK INTO SCHOOL. I DID ALSO GET TO ATTEND THE UNLV GALA AND THAT WAS A BLAST. GOT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH SHARON, LEAH AND LEO. AND AS BEING A FORMER MASCOT MYSELF, THAT WAS ESPECIALLY WONDERFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE. THOSE TWO GET TO TALK, THOUGH, WHICH IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SOME OTHER TIME. AMAZON FRESH OPENING WAS WAS REALLY EXCITING. SO WAS THE TOUR WE TOOK THE DAY EARLIER. IF YOU GO WHEN YOU GO, I SHOULD SAY, JUST BE PREPARED. YOU'LL BE ON CAMERA THE ENTIRE TIME. SO JUST. JUST. YEAH, THE ENTIRE TIME YOU'LL BE ON CAMERA. NOT THAT ANYBODY'S GOING TO BE WATCHING, BUT YOU WILL BE ON CAMERA. WHITE AVENUE OPENING WAS VERY EXCITING AND AND SURPRISING TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS BECAUSE IT OPENED ABOUT TWO OR 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. SO THOSE OF US WHO WENT OUT ON MORNING WALKS AND THOUGHT IT WAS STILL CLOSED AND THEN WENT OUT ON AFTERNOON WALKS HAD A RUDE AWAKENING BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRAFFIC [01:20:04] COMING NORTHBOUND ON WHITE AVENUE WAS A BIT FASTER THAN THE PEOPLE THAT HAD BEEN TURNING ON FIRST STREET. SO AND BUT I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FIX THE ROADS BECAUSE THE SPEEDS WERE SOMEWHAT CONTAINED BY THE ROUGHNESS OF THE TRACKS AND THE MIGRATION BACK ONTO THE OLD ASPHALT. THE FAIR IS STARTING THIS FRIDAY. MY SON IS ALSO GRADUATING COLLEGE UP IN LOGAN, UTAH ON THURSDAY SO I WON'T BE AT CASEY. THIS IS MY EARLY NOTICE TO THAT AND I UNFORTUNATELY WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE LA VERNE DAY BECAUSE I'LL BE SELLING MY SON OR CELEBRATING MY SON, NOT SELLING MY SON. YOU WOULD LIKE TO SELL HIM NOW [INAUDIBLE] COST YOU. [INAUDIBLE] CHILDREN LATER ON, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOUP SOME OF THE RECOUPED SOME OF THE MONEY BUT NO, I'LL BE CELEBRATING MY SON, WHO SPENT FIVE YEARS TO GET HIS HIS DEGREE, WHICH IS FASTER THAN HIS DAD DID IT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. TODAY IS THE END OF RAMADAN. SO HAPPY [INAUDIBLE] FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE THAT CELEBRATION AND HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, EVERYONE, FOR THIS THIS SUNDAY, TOO. TO MOTHERS OF ALL KINDS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THOSE OUT THERE, INCLUDING MY MOM. HEY, MOM. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY, WHICH I WILL BE SEEING HER. THERE WAS A MENTION REGARDING THE SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE. I LIVE THERE AND WE HAVE BEEN, AS A COMMUNITY, EXTREMELY BUSY DURING COVID, TRYING TO KEEP OUR BUSINESSES OPEN, TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY IS FUNCTIONING. WORKING ON A FIRE DEPARTMENT TO REBUILD AND OPEN UP. ALSO WITH [INAUDIBLE] KEEPING A PRISON OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO BELIEVE ME, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'VE SAID IT ALREADY ON THE DAIS THAT IT'S DISGUSTING. THE CLUBHOUSE IS WONDERFUL, BUT THE GOLF COURSE IS A MESS. BUT AS A CITY WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. WE HAVE TO HAVE FOCUS AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT BELIEVE ME, IT IS GOING TO BE LOOKED AT AND WILL ADDRESS IT. WE HAVE A LOT OF CAMPAIGN FORUMS COMING UP. WE HAVE THE 12TH AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR THE THE CITY CAMPAIGN FORUM. WE JUST HAD A CAMPAIGN FORUM TODAY WITH THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT. I SUGGEST THAT YOU ALL GO. MOST OF THE PEOPLE WERE THERE TODAY. I SUGGEST TO MEET YOUR CANDIDATES AND THANK YOU LBC 3 FOR YOUR CANDIDATE FORUM YOU GUYS DID AT THE HERITAGE HOUSE. LINDA WILKINSON'S PLACE. THE ELECTION IS JUNE 7TH. I SUGGEST ACTUALLY WE'LL BE GETTING OUR INFORMATION OUT IN THE MAIL. THEY SHOULD BE MAILING IT ON THE NINTH. I THINK WE SHOULD BE RECEIVING IT A SHORT TIME AFTER THAT. SO MORE INFORMATION ON OUR BRAND NEW WEBSITE ABOUT THERE ARE SOME MORE FORUMS I THINK IS IS HILLCREST GOING TO HAVE A FORUM? YEAH, SO A CAMPAIGN FORUM. SO PLEASE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO MEET YOUR CANDIDATES. IT'S IMPORTANT. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO DO IS VOTE. THAT'S OUR GOD GIVEN RIGHT. AND FOR THOSE, PLEASE GET OUT AND VOTE. PAY ATTENTION TO THE CANDIDATES AND THAT'S IT. BUT THANK YOU ALL. YES, I FORGOT ONE THING. GO AHEAD. SATURDAY, MAY 14TH, IS THE WINE WALK. OH, SO IF YOU HAVE NOT PURCHASE TICKETS YET AND WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND. IT'S A GOOD TIME. YEAH, ACTUALLY IT'S. IT'S ONLINE. IS IT SOLD OUT? NO, IT'S ONLINE. SO JUST I DID A MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THEY I THINK THEY STILL NEED SOME HELP ON SETUP, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. NOW, THEY DON'T NEED ANY HELP SETTING UP, SO NEVER MIND. THEY'VE GOT THEIR HELP. NO, BUT BUY YOUR TICKETS. BUT BUY YOUR TICKETS ONLINE. IT'S A TOTALLY DIFFERENT FORMAT. I THINK IT'S $55 AND IT'S 30, $55 FOR A PARTICIPANT AND IT'S $35 FOR A DESIGNATED DRIVER. I GOT IT RIGHT. IT'S AMAZING. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? WE GOT TO REALLY MAKE THIS THING SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WITHOUT ONE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY. IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF FUN FOR OUR COMMUNITY. BUT AND WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED. IF THEY DO NEED HELP, THEY'LL LET US KNOW AND WE'LL PUSH IT OUT THERE JUST FOR I THINK IT'S FOR SETTING UP IN THE AFTERNOON IS WHAT INITIALLY. SO WHEN CLARIFICATION YOU HAD MENTIONED HILLCREST, HILLCREST IS HOLDING A FORUM FOR DISTRICT ONE. OH THEY'RE NOT GOING TO. WELL JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE RESIDENTS, THEY'RE NOT EVEN SURE THEY'RE ALLOWING ANYBODY IN OTHER THAN THEIR RESIDENTS ONLY. SO THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN THE STREET OUTSIDE. WELL, NO, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE MEETING HOUSE. ON THE SAME DAY THAT 12. OH, WELL, THERE YOU GO. WHAT DOES IT SAY? YOU KNOW WHAT? DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S STILL A FORUM FOR CANDIDATES. SO PLEASE AND EVERYBODY, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. I REALLY LOVE DAMIAN'S BASKETBALL THING. NOW, THAT'S THE MOST FUN WHEN WE HAVE LARGE GROUPS LIKE THAT. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE FEEDING THOSE YOUNG MEN. I HAVE NO IDEA. I THOUGHT MY BOYS WERE TALL, YOU KNOW? DO WE HAVE ANY? WE HAVE. [11. CLOSED SESSION] WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, MR. RUSSI. WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO. WE HAVE TO CLOSE SESSIONS. ONE IS ANTICIPATED LITIGATION UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549569, SUBSECTION D4 ONE CASE, AND THE OTHER IS EXISTING [01:25:08] LITIGATION AND IT IS TO MEET UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 549569 SUBSECTION A TO DISCUSS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON AT ALL CASE, WHICH MR. DAVIS WILL NOT BE PARTICIPATING DUE TO EMPLOYMENT WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON. AND ARE WE GOING TO ARE WE GOING TO RECESS? WE'RE NOT GOING TO REPORT OUT, IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN TO WE'RE GOING TO RECESS INTO OUR CLOSED SESSION. I'LL GET IT ONE OF THESE DAYS WHEN I'M DONE BEING MAYOR, I'LL GET IT RIGHT. WHATEVER. WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN AT 8:02. OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING IS MONDAY, MAY 16TH. AT 6:30 P.M. 2022. THANK YOU. NOW OR WHATEVER. DONE. I'M OVER IT NOW. YOU HAD IT FOR A FEW MONTHS. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.