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          >> [BACKGROUND] APPARENTLY WE CAN'T LIVE STREAM ON ZOOM. [OVERLAPPING] 
          [1. CALL TO ORDER]
          >> IT'S OUT ON ZOOM. 
          >> IT'S OUT ON ZOOM BUT APPARENTLY WE'RE GOING TO RECORD IT AND PUMP IT BACK OUT ON YOUTUBE. 
          SO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. SHE GOT IT. 
          >> THAT'S GOING TO BE FLEXIBLE. 
          >> IF WE COULD ALL PLEASE RISE THAT THEN CAN FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          >> PLEASE PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, FACE THE FLAG. READY, BEGIN. 
          >> THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          >> ROLL-CALL MR. RUSSI. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER, LAU. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY. 
          >> HERE. 
          >> COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> MAYOR PROTEM DAVIS. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> MAYOR HEPBURN. 
          >> PRESENT. 
          >> WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION PRESENTATION, SO I'M GOING TO COME BACK ON. 
          >> HANG ON, MR MAYOR. 
          >> OH, I'M SORRY. I ALREADY KNOCKED IT RIGHT OUT THE PARK, DIDN'T I? WE ARE GOING TO DO 
          [6. CONSENT CALENDAR (Part 1 of 2)]
OUR AUDITED DEMANDS ASCENT CALENDAR OUR FIRST BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WE HAVE TO DO RIGHT NOW. 
          WOULD HAVE WE PULLED OFF THAT, MR. RUSSI? 
          >> I HAVE A REQUEST TO PULL ITEM A, WHICH IS THE MINUTES, B, THE AUDITED DEMANDS. 
          ITEM F, WHICH IS A COMMISSION REAPPOINTMENT. 
          G, WHICH IS A COMMITTEE REAPPOINTMENT, H WHICH IS A BOARD REPRESENTATIVE REAPPOINTMENT. 
          I, WHICH WAS A COMMITTEE REAPPOINTMENT RESOLUTION 2234, WHICH IS BEING DONE AT THE REQUEST OF STAFF AND WILL BE DEALT WITH UNDER OTHER MATTERS AND THEN RESOLUTION 2235, WHICH IS THE UCLA AGREEMENT. 
          >> THAT'S IT. 
          >> WE CAN PROVE THE REMAINDER OF COUNSEL, IF YOU CHOOSE OR CONSENT CALENDAR IF YOU CHOOSE. 
          >> DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AUDITED DEMANDS CONSENT CALENDAR? 
          >> WELL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR THE WAY PRESENTED LESS THOSE ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS. 
          >> DO WE HAVE A SECOND? 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> VOTE, PLEASE. SORRY. THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE. THERE WE GO. 
          [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE GOOD TO GO. 
          GOOD LUCK TURN THE READ OFF. 
          NOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION. 
          [4. PRESENTATIONS]
IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE RYAN HARRISON, SUSAN BOYER, SENRE WAGNER, CAROL WEISS, CHRISTIAN ROCCO, LISA ESPINOSA, ALEXANDER BURREL, COME ON DON'T BE SHY. COME ON, I DON'T BITE. 
          NOT MUCH. 
          HOW ARE YOU ALL. 
          >> WELL THANK YOU. 
          >> GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. 
          CITY OF LA VERNE PROCLAMATION. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF LA VERNE STANDS WITH THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, AND QUEER COMMUNITY AS THEY DECLARE THEIR PRIDE IN WHO THEY ARE AND WHOM THEY LOVE AND WHEREAS PRIDE MONTH AS CELEBRATED NATIONWIDE EACH YEAR IN THE MONTH OF JUNE TO COMMEMORATE THE UPRISING THAT TOOK PLACE AT STONEWALL INN IN JUNE 1969, WHICH SPARKED LIBERATION MOVEMENT. 
          WHEREAS PRIDE AS A TIME TO RECALL THE TRIALS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS ENDURED AND TO REJOICE IN THE TRIUMPHS. 
          WHEREAS LGBTQ AMERICANS HAVE ACHIEVED SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES IN SHARING THAT FUTURE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE IN UNITED STATES WILL ENJOY MORE EQUAL AND JUST SOCIETY. 
          WHEREAS THE CITY OF LA VERNE STANDS WITH THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IN THE STRUGGLE TO ENSURE EQUAL TREATMENT AND ADVOCATES FOR LGBTQ RIGHTS AS HUMAN RIGHTS SO THAT OUR CITY IS IN A PLACE WHERE ALL PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, OR GENDER EXPRESSION ARE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT. 
          NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY OF LA VERNE HEREBY PROCLAIMS THE MONTH OF JUNE, 2022 AS PRIDE MONTH, AND SUPPORTING THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND THAT WE, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE DO HEREBY PROCLAIM AND REAFFIRM OUR SHARED VALUES OF CULTURAL AWARENESS, SOCIAL INCLUSION, COMPASSION, EQUITY, AND DIVERSITY. 
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WE ENCOURAGE OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO ALSO COMMIT TO THESE VALUES TILL THIS DAY, JUNE 2022, SIGNED BY ME. 
          THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. 
          [APPLAUSE] ANYBODY HAVE A WORD TO SAY? WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? 
          >> I WILL. DO YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK HERE OR THERE? GOOD EVENING. 
          MR. MAYOR PROTEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THANK YOU. MY NAME IS RYAN HARRISON AND I'M A SON OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, I GREW UP HERE. 
          I'M HONORED TO BE ONE THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS IMPORTANT PROCLAMATION. 
          I WANT TO UNOFFICIALLY BUT HUMBLY RECEIVE IT ON BEHALF OF THE CERTIFIABLY FABULOUS LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. 
          OF WHICH I SHOULD BE VERY CLEAR, I'M A PROUD MEMBER. 
          BUT ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, WHICH IS A STALWART ALLY ORGANIZATION. 
          ALSO ARE PRESENTED HERE BY PASTOR SUSAN BOYER AND CAROL LILES, WHO'S ALSO HERE. 
          I HAVE WORSHIPED AND BEEN A PART OF THE WORSHIP SERVICES AT THE LA VERNE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 
          I DON'T NEED TO RECEIVE IT ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE THERE'S A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSITY, INCLUDING DOCTORS, BROCCO AND WAGNER AND BURRELL AND OTHERS AND LISA ESPINOSA IS HERE. 
          I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUT LA VERNE IS MY ALMA MATER AS WELL AND HAS GIVEN ME AN OPPORTUNITY OVER MORE THAN 15 YEARS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH BEING AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. 
          THEN FINALLY, I WOULD RECEIVE IT ON BEHALF OF HILLCREST, WHICH IS A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY WHERE I NOW WORK AS SENIOR DIRECTOR OF WELLNESS AND ALSO SERVE AS CO-CHAIR OF HILLCREST DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION SUB-COMMITTEE. 
          I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES LIKE THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY THAT NEED AND DESERVE NOT ONLY THE SPIRIT OF WELCOME, BUT THE EMBODIED INVITATION FOR THEIR PEOPLE TO LIVE AND TO GROW AND TO THRIVE AS IDENTIFIED VALUED CITIZENS. 
          IT IS PARTICULARLY WONDERFUL FOR ME HAVING SPENT MOST OF MY LIFE HERE IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE, TO WITNESS THE CITY AS IT MOVES ALONG, WHAT DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR CALLED THAT ARC OF THE MORAL UNIVERSE AS IT BENDS TOWARD JUSTICE. 
          I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES FOR TAKING THIS STEP AND FOR ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY ENRICHING AND FRANKLY, LIFE SAVING WORK. 
          LIFE-SAVING WORK OF CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION AND COMPASSION TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU RYAN. 
          >> I'LL JUST MAKE A VERY BRIEF REMARK. 
          THIS IS GOING TO BE MY SIXTH YEAR AT UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE. 
          I GREW UP IN LA PUENTE WHICH MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS NOT TOO FAR FROM HERE. 
          GROWING UP IN THE 90S, I FELT LIKE HIGH-SCHOOL WAS A VERY TOUGH TIME FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO I DIDN'T FEEL I COULD BE SAFE AT SCHOOL. 
          GOING TO COLLEGE WAS A CHANCE TO BE FREE AND TO BE ABLE TO FINALLY BE MY FULL SELF. 
          EVERY PLACE I'VE WORKED AT ESPECIALLY AT THE CITY OF LA VERNE, I HAVE FELT THAT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO CREATE SPACES WHERE STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAN FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS TO BE TRULY THEMSELVES. 
          THIS YEAR WE RELAUNCHED WHAT'S CALLED THE SAFE ZONE TRAINING, WHICH MEANS PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE ALLIES, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY, WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THINGS ARE CHANGING OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. 
          THERE'S NEW LANGUAGE, NEW IDEAS AND THIS YEAR WE TRAINED OVER A 100 PEOPLE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE AROUND THESE THINGS. 
          REALLY I THINK WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE MOST POWERFUL WAS THAT PEOPLE WOULD TALK TO US ABOUT THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS, THEIR OWN LOVED ONES, THE WAYS THAT THEY ALREADY WERE BRINGING TO CAMPUS QUESTIONS AND THAT THIS SAFE ZONE TRAINING WE PROVIDED WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND LEARN AND ASK QUESTIONS AND FEEL SAFE TO LEARN ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M JUST REALLY THANKFUL TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE AND ALSO THE CITY OF LA VERNE FOR PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF AND PEOPLE 
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LIKE ALL THESE FOLKS UP HERE AND ANY OF YOU IN THE AUDIENCE WHO FEEL LIKE YOU'RE AN ALLY TO PEOPLE IN YOUR LIVES WHO ARE ALSO PART OF THAT COMMUNITY. 
          THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. LET'S GET A PICTURE OF ALL. 
          [BACKGROUND] PUT MY EYEBALLS BACK ON JUST A MINUTE. 
          >> CHIEF FLORES, COULD YOU COME UP, PLEASE? 
          >> WE HAVE AN INTRODUCTION OF NEWLY PROMOTED POLICE SUPERVISORS AS FOLLOWS. 
          IF WE COULD PLEASE BRING YOU GUYS UP. 
          LIEUTENANT CORY LEEPER, PLEASE COME ON UP. 
          [APPLAUSE] SERGEANT JAY ALVARADO. 
          [APPLAUSE] SERGEANT MARTIN WEINREB, [APPLAUSE] COME ON UP OR COME ON DOWN. 
          [APPLAUSE] CORPORAL BRADLEY BAILEY IS ON THE LIST, BUT HE'S UNDER THE WEATHER. 
          I THINK ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE, WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT PEOPLE HERE. 
          [APPLAUSE] WE'VE GOT THIS LONG BIO, IT MIGHT TAKE ME A COUPLE OF HOURS TO GET THROUGH THIS, BUT EVERY SIT TIGHT. 
          NOT REALLY. LIEUTENANT CORY LEEPER. 
          CORY HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY LA VERNE SINCE JULY, 1994 AND WAS PROMOTED TO LIEUTENANT ON JANUARY 1ST, 2022. 
          CONGRATULATIONS, SIR. 
          [APPLAUSE] YOU'RE THE PRIDE OF LA VERNE. 
          SERGEANT JAY ALVARADO. 
          JAY HAS BEEN WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE APRIL, 2005 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT ON APRIL 10TH, 2022. 
          ANOTHER PRIDE OF LA VERNE. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] SERGEANT MARTIN WEINREB. 
          MARTIN HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY OF LA VERNE SINCE APRIL 2000 AND WAS PROMOTED TO SERGEANT ON APRIL 24TH, 2022. 
          [APPLAUSE] ANOTHER PRIDE OF LA VERNE. 
          [APPLAUSE] CORPORAL BRADLEY. 
          CORPORAL BRADLEY HAS BEEN WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE APRIL, 2017 AND WAS PROMOTED ON MAY 8TH, 2022. 
          [APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] 
          >> [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE]. 
          >> PICTURES. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] HERE'S A KISSING BOOTH, JUST KIDDING [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] 
          >> PRESENTATION TO THE LA VERNE K-9 FOUNDATION, MR. SHEAR, AND CRAIG. 
          CRAIG, COME ON UP AND DENISE. 
          NO. 
          [BACKGROUND] THE MIC IS YOURS. 
          >> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET IT BACK. 
          [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] MARIN CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US ONE MORE TIME. 
          IT WASN'T TOO LONG AGO I WAS HERE, GIVEN A QUICK RECAP OF THE WINE WALK OF THIS YEAR. 
          LITTLE OVER A MONTH AGO, WE COMPLETED OUR 8TH ANNUAL WINE WALK, 
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ANNUAL EXCEPT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THE PANDEMIC. 
          THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY HOW PEOPLE WOULD RESPOND AFTER BEING QUIET FOR TWO YEARS. 
          RESPONSE WAS INCREDIBLE, WE WERE SOLD OUT. 
          WE HAD 1,000 ATTENDEES, AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENING. 
          AS I'VE SAID MANY TIMES BEFORE, WE COULDN'T DO IT IN OLD TOWN WITHOUT ALL THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY AND IN PARTICULAR SUPPORT OF THE CITY. 
          TO ME, THE WINE WALK IS REALLY A PERFECT TYPE OF COMMUNITY EVENT. 
          FOR US IT SERVES REALLY THREE STRONG PURPOSES. 
          ONE, IT'S ONE WHERE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN OLD TOWN IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN THE EVENT. 
          THOSE 1,000 PEOPLE WEREN'T JUST WALKING AROUND A CONVENTION HALL OR SOMETHING, THEY WERE ACTUALLY IN THE BUSINESSES TALKING TO THE OWNERS. 
          IT WAS A GREAT INTERACTIVE. 
          YOU COULDN'T PAY FOR THAT KIND OF PROMOTION. 
          NUMBER 2, IT PROVIDES SOME SUBSTANTIAL FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR THE OLD TOWN TO DO THE ACTIVITIES AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE CITY ON. 
          THIRD, PROBABLY ONE OF THE THINGS FONDEST TO ME IS WE'VE BEEN ABLE OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS TO PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, AND IN THIS CASE WITH LA VERNE K-9 CORE. 
          OVER THESE PAST EIGHT EVENTS, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE, RIGHT ABOUT $40,000 TOWARDS COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES. 
          IT'S WITH GREAT PRIDE, AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MARIANNE STARK WHO'S A MEMBER OF OUR BOARD FOR MANY YEARS. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> SPEECH. 
          >> WITH GREAT PRIDE, WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT, WE HAVE A CHECK HERE. 
          MARYANNE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HOLD THE CHECK UP? A CHECK FOR $5,000 TO THE LA VERNE K-9 POLICE FOUNDATION. 
          [APPLAUSE] THE K-9 FOUNDATION I THINK IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT REALLY STEPPED UP TO HELP THE CITY, HELP WELL NEEDED ACTIVITY AND PROVIDING FOR THE K-9. 
          RON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS? 
          >> I'D BE HAPPY TO. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION. 
          IT'S MUCH APPRECIATED. 
          WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO GET OUR SECOND K-9. 
          AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE THE FIRST ONE AND IT'S BEEN OUT THERE WORKING. 
          AGAIN, I THINK IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR POLICE OFFICERS. 
          I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE OTHER THING WITH THE OTHER OFFICERS HERE WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN EL MONTE, IT COULD HAPPEN ANYWHERE. 
          I JUST HOPE YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING OUT THERE AND BE SAFE BECAUSE I CARE A LOT ABOUT YOU LIKE THE COMMUNITY DOES. 
          I HIRED A LOT OF YOU THAT ARE STANDING OVER THERE AND I'M QUITE PROUD OF THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, BE SAFE OUT THERE. 
          IT'S A SCARY TIME, AND I WISH YOU THE BEST, BUT BE SAFE. THANK YOU. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] TIM, COULD I MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT HERE? AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE COULDN'T DO THIS WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY. 
          I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T RECOGNIZE BOB RUSSI AT THE HEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR THESE MANY YEARS SUPPORTING US IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. 
          WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE MANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING. 
          BOB, PERSONALLY, YOUR INVOLVEMENT HAS REALLY MEANT A LOT TO ME PERSONALLY AND TO THE GROUP. 
          THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR SERVICE. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          [5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
          >> MR. MAY, YOU ARE UP. 
          ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, NOT AGENDA ITEMS OR COMMENTS, BUT MORE JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND LA VERNE RESIDENTS. 
          I JUST WANT TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION, WE'VE GOT TWO GOOD PROGRAMS THIS WEEK. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO BE THIS THURSDAY, JUNE 23RD FROM 2:00-3:00 PM. 
          IT IS BEING PUT ON BY A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED LA OPERA, AND IT IS FUNDED BY 5TH DISTRICT SUPERVISOR, KATHRYN BARGER. 
          IT IS TITLED OPERA TAILS PUCCINI. 
          EARLY OPERA PERFORMERS WE'LL BE PRESENTING SOME OF GIACOMO. 
          PUCCINI HE'S ITALIAN COMPOSER OR SOMEONE WHO IS MOST FAMOUS OPERAS THERE'LL BE DONE IN ENGLISH. 
          AND THE PROGRAM IS FOR KIDS AND TEENS. 
          CHILDREN NINE YEARS OF AGE CAN COME, BUT THEY NEED TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR CAREGIVER, AND THERE IS LIMITED ATTENDANCE AND ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. 
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ANYBODY'S INTERESTED CAN COME INTO THE LIBRARY OR THEY CAN GO ONLINE TO VISIT.LACOUNTY.ORG/EVENTS AND REFINE YOUR SEARCH BY PUTTING OLIVER AND LIBRARY OR JUNE 23RD AND INFORMATION WILL COME UP. 
          [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> WHAT TIME IS THE EVENT ON THE 23RD? 
          >> IT IS FROM 2:00-3:00 PM THIS THURSDAY. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THE SECOND PROGRAM IS OUR THIRD SESSION OF OUR SMARTY PANTS STORYTIME, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH FROM 11:30 AM-12:00 PM. 
          IT IS FOR CHILDREN'S AGES TWO THROUGH FIVE. 
          THEY HAVE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN. 
          THERE WILL BE BOOKS, SONGS, RHYMES, AND MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES. 
          AS WITH THE LA OPERA PROGRAM, ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED, SO ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED EITHER IN THE LIBRARY OR ONLINE, AGAIN, AT VISIT.LACOUNTY.LIBRARY.ORG. 
          [NOISE] NEXT FRIDAY JULY 1ST, WILL BE THE FOURTH AND LAST SESSION OF SMARTY PANTS STORYTIME. 
          THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO-WEEK BREAK AND A SMARTY PANTS STORYTIME WILL RESUME AGAIN FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS SESSION ON JULY 22ND. 
          PLEASE COME CHECK IT OUT, I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY IT. 
          >> THANK YOU, GEORGE. ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS? I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUICK ONES. 
          THE AUDITED DEMANDS, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE REALLY PAID CLOSE ATTENTION, BUT THERE WAS A WHOLE BUNCH OF $10,000 DISBURSEMENTS AND THOSE WERE FROM OUR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
          I THINK THIS MONTH THE AUDITED DEMANDS WAS 250,000 PLUS THAT WERE GIVEN OUT TO LOCAL BUSINESSES AT $10,000 INCREMENTS. 
          LEAH, WHERE ARE WE AND ARE ERIC WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW? 
          >> WE ARE AT 750. [BACKGROUND] 
          >>YEAH. PLEASE. YOU'RE THE BOSS. 
          >> I'VE SUBMITTED A TOTAL OF 52 GRANTS FOR APPROVAL. 
          THEY ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF PROCESS TOTALING $52,800. 
          >>THAT'S AMAZING. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> FIVE HUNDRED AND TWO, ADD ANOTHER ZERO. 
          >> THAT'S WHERE ABOUT LITTLE OVER HALFWAY POINT OF A MILLION BUCKS FOR OUR BUSINESSES, SO ROUND OF APPLAUSE, I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. 
          [APPLAUSE]. DIRECTOR SHEAR, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA ON THE HOMEOWNERS GRANTS? ARE WE GETTING CLOSE TO GETTING THAT OUT? 
          >> WE JUST PUT OUT THE REQUEST TO START RECEIVING APPLICATIONS, SO I DON'T THINK WE'VE BEGUN PROCESSING THEM OR ANYTHING. 
          I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU HOW MANY WE'VE RECEIVED AT THIS MOMENT. 
          >> THAT'S ON THE WEBSITE. IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> THAT IS CORRECT. 
          >> OKAY. VERY GOOD. 
          ALSO, TODAY I WAS RECEIVED REGARDING THE TWO WERE OFFICERS IN OMAN THAT WERE HORRIFICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. 
          IT'S CALLED POOR RACK AND IT'S A WEBSITE. 
          I DID POST IT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE. 
          I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN POSTING IT EVERYWHERE. 
          IT'S BASICALLY A SITE WHERE YOU CAN DONATE TO THE OFFICERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE CAMPAIGN GOAL IS $400,000. 
          I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PASS IT UP VERY SHORTLY, BUT THIS STUFF HAS TO STOP AND IT'S JUST A HORRIFIC THING THAT HAPPENED TO THOSE POOR OFFICERS, ESPECIALLY HOMEGROWN. 
          THEY ARE FROM THAT AREA, THEY GREW UP THERE AND WENT TO MY HIGH SCHOOL SO THESE THINGS GOT TO STOP. 
          SO ANYWAY, IF YOU FIND A NEED TO DO THAT OR WANT TO PLEASE DONATE, I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          >> TIM, CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE. 
          >> YES. I THINK THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. 
          IF WE COULD ALL JUST BOW OUR HEADS FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE TWO OFFICERS. 
          THANK YOU ALL. KEEP THEIR HEARTS AND PRAYERS FOR THEIR FAMILY, PLEASE. 
          MR. RUSSI, WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE PULLED ITEMS. IS THAT CORRECT? 
          [6. CONSENT CALENDAR (Part 2 of 2)]
          >> THAT IS CORRECT. 
          >> CAN YOU LIST THEM AGAIN. 
          >> YES, BUT I DIDN'T GET THEM ON THERE. 
          >> ITEM A, B, F, G, H, I. 
          RESOLUTION 2234 AND 2235. 
          >> THANK YOU GUYS. 
          >> 2234 AND 2235? 
          >> YES. 
          >> WHO WANT TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE PEOPLE THAT PULL THOSE. IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> YEAH. THE FIRST TWO ITEMS WERE REQUESTED BY MR. BOWEN TO BE PULLED. 
          >> AND THOSE TWO ITEMS WERE THE? 
          >> MINUTES AND THE DEMANDS. 
          >> MINUTES AND DEMANDS. MR. BOWEN. 
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          >> [NOISE] GOOD EVENING COUNCIL, MR. ELECTED MAYOR. 
          THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOW-UP TO THE LAST MEETING. 
          I HAD REQUESTED SOME INFORMATION AND THE MINUTES CURRENTLY REFLECTED THE CITY MANAGER RESPONDED TO THAT QUESTION. 
          HE DID NOT ANSWER THE QUESTION, BUT I GUESS TECHNICALLY HE DID RESPOND. 
          THE NEXT COMMENT IN THE MINUTES IS THAT THE CITY DISCUSSED SOME MANNER AGREED THAT IT WAS THE BEST PRACTICE BECAUSE STAFF SURVEYED 83 CITIES AND WHAT THEY PAY FOR THE SAME SERVICES IN [NOISE] LA VERNE IS STILL ONE THE LOWEST. 
          SO I'VE ASKED FOR THAT INFORMATION, HAVE NOT RECEIVED IT. 
          THE 10 DAYS PER CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RECORDS ACT HAS PASSED. 
          I'VE RECEIVED SOMETHING FROM LOOPY THAT INDICATED IT WAS DUE LAST FRIDAY. 
          SO I'D LIKE THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT THE INFORMATION HAS NOT BEEN PROVIDED AND THAT I'M STILL WAITING. 
          >> ON THE OTHER ITEMS? [BACKGROUND] 
          >> I THINK MINE [NOISE] IS ANSWERED. 
          I JUST SAW A COUPLE THAT I WAS INTERESTED IN. 
          NORMALLY, I WOULD GO TO MARLA FOR THIS, BUT I UNDERSTAND SHE'S NO LONGER WITH US. 
          CHECK NUMBER 159423 WAS FOR $7,832.94 TO RESTAURANTS SUPPLY, AND BECAUSE ALL THE OTHERS WERE $10,00 FOR THE GRANTS, I'M WONDERING IF THAT WAS A BILL OR A GRANT OF SOME TYPE OF PARTIAL GRANT. 
          AND ALSO, I THINK THIS APPLIES TO LATER [NOISE] CHRISTINE JACKSON, CHECK NUMBER 159484 FOR $12,000. 
          IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME WELL, WHICH DOESN'T ALWAYS THAT SHE IS POMONA VALLEY A NURSE. [OVERLAPPING] 
          >> SHE'S THE NURSE EDUCATOR. I KNOW THAT. 
          >> THAT WILL PROBABLY GET ANSWERED LATER. 
          AND THEN THERE WAS ONE FOR THE NEW FITNESS COMPANY AND I'M NOT SURE HOW YOU PRONOUNCE CHUTS. 
          IS IT CHUTS FITNESS? 
          >> CHUTS FITNESS? 
          >> CHUTS, SORRY. 
          CHECK NUMBER 159558, FOR $7,892.54 AND I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY. 
          >> REFUND FOR OVER PAYMENT ON FEES? 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> DID YOU FIND THE OTHER ONE? 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          [INAUDIBLE] 
          >> SURE. COME ON UP. 
          [BACKGROUND] YOU CAN FIND IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. 
          I LOOK AT THE MINUTES MOST OF THE TIME, BUT I JUST HADN'T LOOKED AT THEM FOR AWHILE. 
          AND WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH IT AND THE PACKET, THERE IS THE THING JUST JUMPED OUT AT ME. 
          REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT NOTATIONS IN THE MINUTES OF THE PAST MEETINGS. 
          I KNOW IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME, BUT IT'S WRITTEN THAT THE MAYOR OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THEN IT SAYS THERE WERE PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THE MEETING. 
          TO HEAR WHAT WAS SAID DURING PUBLIC COMMENTS, PLEASE VISIT THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO VIEW THE ARCHIVED COUNCIL MEETING. 
          THEN THE FOLLOWING SECTION IS FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS. 
          IN THAT SECTION OF MINUTES, EVERY COMMENT FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER REGARDING RIBBON CUTTINGS, EVENTS, ACTIVITIES, HOLIDAY WISHES, AND CONGRATULATIONS ARE DETAILED IN WRITING. 
          I FIND THE OMISSION OF THE RESIDENTS NAMES AND COMMENTS FROM THE MINUTES TO BE OFFENSIVE, AND DEVALUING THOSE WHO TAKE THE TIME TO COME HERE AND STAND AT THE PODIUM. 
          I MEAN, WHY DON'T WE JUST SAY EVERYBODY CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED ON THE VIDEO NO MATTER WHAT. 
          BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO INCLUDE THE COUNCIL, YOU NEED TO INCLUDE THE RESIDENTS. 
          A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS COMMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES, SO THEY SHOULD BE MEMORIALIZED IN THE MINUTES. 
          WHAT I WOULD ASK IS THAT YOU PLEASE VALUE THE PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT AND GIVE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR INPUT ON THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE MINUTES FROM THIS TIME FORWARD, PLEASE. 
          >> THANK YOU. MS. BARRIE. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER? 
          >> WE WENT TO ACTION MINUTES, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY REASON TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AT THIS POINT UNLESS WE WANT TO TAKE UP MORE STAFF TIME. 
          >> NO. WE'RE JUST DISCUSSING IT, I THINK WE'RE FINE. 
          >> THERE IS NOTHING ELSE? 
          >> NOTHING ELSE. 
          >> I WILL GET BACK TO MR. BOWEN ON SOME OF THOSE. 
          I DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS FOR YOU, BUT I WILL HAPPILY PROVIDE THOSE. 
          [00:30:03]
AS FAR AS YOUR COMMENT REGARDING THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST, WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED THAT IS WHY WE ASKED FOR AN EXTENSION. 
          I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT TO YOU BY THE END OF THE WEEK. 
          >> MS. BARRIE WILL CHECK THAT OUT TOO. 
          WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT. THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? THEN WE'LL CLOSE THIS AND WE'LL COME BACK UP AFTER THE DATA. 
          WE NEED TO PUT THOSE AND WE NEED A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REST OF THE. 
          >> WELL, WE HAVE OTHERS BUT IF YOU WANTED TO DO WITH MINUTES. 
          >> LET'S DO THAT AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT ONES. 
          IF WE COULD DO THE MINUTES AND THE AUDITOR DEMAND. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AND THE AUDITED DEMANDS. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> SECOND. LEAH, PLEASE. 
          >> THAT IS A UNANIMOUS VOTE IN FAVOR OF THOSE ITEMS. 
          >> MR. RUSSI, WE ARE NOW. 
          >> I HAVE AND THESE ARE ALL REQUESTED BY THE SAME PERSON AND THEY'RE ALL REGARDING THE REAPPOINTMENT. 
          IT'S F, G, H, AND I. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER ONE, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE ALL THESE AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE OTHER ONE BUT TO ANITA. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MS. BOW CHAM. 
          >> GOOD EVENING. 
          >> OH, THAT'S RIGHT I GET A LOOK OVER HERE. 
          >> THE REASON I REQUESTED THAT THESE ITEMS BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS MY CONCERN FOR AUTOMATIC REAPPOINTMENT. 
          IT IS COMPARABLE TO A NO CONTRACT BID. 
          THERE'S A REASON, THERE'S AN ORDINANCE FOR NO CONTRACT BIDS. 
          YET AGAIN, THE CITY IS PICKING AND CHOOSING WHICH ORDINANCES THEY WANT TO ENFORCE AND UPHOLD. 
          THE CITY DECIDED TO GO WITH DISTRICT VOTING, WHICH TOOK AWAY THE VOTING RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY AND WITH THAT, NOW WITH THESE AUTOMATIC REAPPOINTMENT, IT PREVENTS THE RESIDENTS FROM PARTICIPATING IN A GROUP THAT THEY MAY WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH. 
          NOW THAT THERE'S LIMITED REPRESENTATION FOR THEMSELVES DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE. 
          I DON'T KNOW NOT EVERYONE HERE MAY KNOW THAT WITH THE DISTRICT VOTING, THE MAYOR IS A ROTATION AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS SERVING YOUR DISTRICT MAY PASS ON THE OPTION OF BEING OR SERVING AS MAYOR. 
          SO THERE ARE TIMES WHERE A DISTRICT MAY HAVE NO MAYOR REPRESENTATION SPECIFIC TO THEIR DISTRICT. 
          GOING WITH THIS AUTOMATIC REAPPOINTMENT, I THINK IT'S JUST ANOTHER SLAPPED IN THE FACE OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE OPTION OF PARTICIPATING IN THESE COMMITTEES AND OVERSIGHT AND BOARDS BECAUSE YOU AUTOMATICALLY CHOOSE TO GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING. 
          THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY'RE NOT QUALIFIED, I'M SURE THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB IN THE PAST BUT I THINK THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO AT LEAST OPEN IT TO THE RESIDENTS, ALLOW THEM TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION OR THROW THEIR HAT IN THE RING, SO TO SPEAK AND IF THEY CHOOSE NOT TO AND THERE'S NO PERSON THAT WANTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, THEN IT SHOULD BE OFFERED TO THE EXISTING PEOPLE WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESERVE ON THIS BOARD OR COMMITTEE? WE SEE PEOPLE SERVING ON BOARDS IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS OF YEARS. 
          IT'S ALMOST LIKE THESE LIFELONG POLITICIANS. 
          YOU NEED FRESH IDEAS, YOU NEED NEW ENERGY, YOU NEED NEW WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR THESE PEOPLE AND I THINK WHEN YOU STAY WITH THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, YOU'RE DISCOUNTING THAT AND IT'S A DETRIMENT TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. 
          I THINK WITH THE OTHER PART OF MY ISSUE WITH THIS IS THAT THERE ARE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXITING THIS COUNCIL. 
          THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE WORKING FOR THE NEXT 2-4 YEARS. 
          WHY IS THIS A DECISION NOT LEFT FOR THE NEW COUNCIL TO BE MADE AS THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THESE PEOPLE DIRECTLY. 
          I FEEL THAT THIS COUNCIL SHOULD NOT VOTE ON THIS TONIGHT. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD BE TABLED UNTIL THE NEW COUNCIL IS INSTALLED AND THEY CAN MAKE THAT DECISION ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO AUTOMATICALLY REAPPOINT OR OPEN IT UP TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          THIS IS MY SAME COMMENT FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE ITEMS, SO F, G, H, AND I SO RATHER THAN COME UP EVERY TIME ACROSS THE BOARD. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. BOW CHAM. 
          BY THE WAY, THANK YOU FOR BEING ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION MEETINGS AS YOU'VE 
          [00:35:03]
BEEN DOING FOR SINCE THEY WE STOPPED, BUT WE MUST KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL ON THAT ALL THE TIME, SHALL WE? THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS. MR. BOWEN? ON THIS ITEM ON F, G, H, AND I [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> I JUST LIKE TO SUPPORT ANITA. 
          I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY, A LAME DUCK SESSION OF TWO COUNSEL PEOPLE THAT ONE BEEN VOTED OUT OF OFFICE, IS ALLOWED TO VOTE ON ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD. 
          IT SEEMS LIKE, AGAIN, NO ONE'S LISTENING TO THE CITIZENS. 
          THERE WAS JUST RECENTLY A VOTE. 
          ONE PERSON CHOSE NOT TO RUN, THE OTHER WAS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE AS A REPLACEMENT SITS AND THE NEXT HOPEFULLY ONE OR TWO MEETINGS. 
          WHY DOESN'T THAT PERSON GET TO DECIDE WHO THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH IN THE FUTURE? BY THE WAY, JUST FOR, I DIDN'T LOOK AT THEM ALL, BUT I LOOKED AT THE LA VERNE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          THEIR NEXT MEETINGS IS NOT AS SCHEDULED TILL NOVEMBER SO WHAT'S THE CRITICAL TIMEFRAME TO REAPPOINT THOSE PEOPLE? BY THE WAY, I THINK BOTH THOSE PEOPLE, KENNY CHANG AND JENNIFER'S SIMONSONS ARE GREAT REPRESENTATIVES, AND WOULD RECOMMEND THEY'D BE REAPPOINTED, BUT NOT BY A LAME-DUCK GROUP OF FOLKS. 
          PLEASE LET THE NEW COUNCIL DO WHAT THEY'RE NOW BEEN ELECTED TO DO. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ANYONE ELSE? ANYBODY ON THE PHONE? 
          >> NO. 
          >> WE GO AND CLOSE THAT AND BRING IT UP TO THE DESK? DOES ANYBODY WANT US TO WISH TO SPEAK ON THESE ISSUES BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT? I WILL. UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE SITUATION IS AND I DO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE FEELING ABOUT THIS, BUT MOST OF THESE PEOPLE ON THESE COMMITTEES, I WAS A PART OF BRINGING THEM ON AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT WE HAD THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR EXAMPLE, JASON SIMONSON, YOUNG FAMILY SCHOOL. 
          JEREMY CONRAD YOUNG FAMILY SCHOOL, LIVES IN HISTORICAL EVENT. 
          JASON LIVES IN NORTH LONDON, LIVE IN RIGHT BY FIRE STATION NUMBER 2, THOMAS ALLISON, HISTORICAL LA VERNE FAMILY, UNIVERSITY. 
          THESE ARE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT EVENTUALLY NEED TO TAKE THIS CITY OVER AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE DOING UP HERE. 
          WE CAN'T DO THIS FOREVER SO I DO SUPPORT THAT. 
          I UNDERSTAND AND IF THERE'S ANY ISSUE WITH ANY ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, THE NEW COUNCIL THAT COMES ON CAN MAKE CHANGES DOWN THE ROAD IF THERE'S AN ISSUE AND THEY'LL ADDRESS IT AS A COUNCIL. 
          SENIOR ADVISORY APPOINTMENTS THE SAME. 
          I WAS PART OF THAT TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH, I WAS PART OF THAT ALSO. 
          I THINK IT WAS A GOOD DECISION. 
          LA VERNE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT APPOINTMENT AS MR. BOWEN SAID, KENNY CHANG AND SIMONSON JENNIFER, THEIR SALT OF THE EARTH OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THEY CARE ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, SO I PERSONALLY SUPPORT THIS. 
          I UNDERSTAND IT, HOW IT MIGHT LOOK TO YOU PEOPLE, BUT I'VE SUPPORTED ALL OF THESE SINCE I BECAME MAYOR AND BEFORE. 
          I'M IN SUPPORT OF THESE PEOPLE BEING REAPPOINTED. 
          LIKE I SAY, IF THERE'S ISSUES DOWN THE ROAD WITH THE COUNCIL AND THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH THE NEW COUNCIL, WE'LL ADDRESS IT AS A BODY AND MOVE FORWARD THAT WAY. 
          BUT THEY'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB, I THINK STAFF HAS BEEN REAL HAPPY WITH THEM, I THINK THAT WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION AS A COMMUNITY AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE AN ASSET AS THEY HAVE BEEN, SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF THAT, SO NO OTHER COMMENTS. I NEED A MOTION. 
          >> I GUESS I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS VOTE IF THAT'S GOING TO TAINT THE OUTCOME. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY NOT, YOU APPOINTED THEM ALSO. 
          >> MAYOR I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, LAME-DUCK IS RIDICULOUS TO ME. 
          WE ARE ON THE COUNCIL ELECTED TO DO OUR JOB UNTIL THE DAY THAT WE STEPPED DOWN. 
          WE WILL DO OUR JOB UNTIL JULY 20TH. 
          [APPLAUSE] 
          >> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE A MOTION. 
          >> I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE F, G, H, AND I, ALL THE RE-APPOINTMENTS. 
          THE RE-APPOINTMENTS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND LA VERNE CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> ALL VOTE, PLEASE. MOTION CARRIES. 
          >> UNANIMOUSLY. 
          >> YOU DON'T WANT TO SAY THAT IT DIDN'T COME UP ON THE SCREEN. 
          THE ONLY THING I WILL ADD TO THAT IS THESE APPOINTMENTS ALL COME WITH TERM LIMITS. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ONE OF THEM THAT DOESN'T, AND STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THEY'RE REAPPOINTMENT THEIR ONLY CONSERVE, 
          [00:40:01]
I BELIEVE MAX OF TWO TERMS, MAYBE THREE IN SOME CASES WHERE THEIR TWO-YEAR TERMS BUT THERE ARE MAX ON THOSE, AND WHEN THOSE DO BECOME OPEN, WHETHER IT'D BE AS A RESULT OF SOMEBODY STEPPING DOWN EARLY OR THEM SERVING THEIR LAST MAXING OUT ON THEIR TERMS, IT IS OPENED UP TO THE PUBLIC FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          >> I THINK EVEN STAY IN THERE, MANAGER THAT JASON'S THIS IS HIS LAST TERM. 
          >> [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THEN WE MOVE TO 2,234 AND 2,235, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> 2,234 IS REQUESTED BY STAFF THAT WILL BE DEALT WITH UNDER OTHER MATTERS. 
          THE OTHER ONE 2,235 IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS REQUESTED BY MS. BOW CHAM. 
          >> MS. BOW CHAM. 
          >> I DO HAVE A QUESTION THOUGH, JUST PRIOR TO WHAT MR. RUSSI STATED THAT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, MR. ALLISON SERVED WHEN MS. LAO CAME TO THE COUNCIL WHEN SHE WAS ON PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          THE TIME THAT HE FINISHED SHOULD HAVE BEEN WOULD HAVE BEEN HER FULL TERM. 
          NOW HE SHOULD HAVE TO REFILE OR REAPPLY FOR A POSITION LIKE THAT. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE EXAMPLES THAT I FAILED TO MENTION. 
          BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU GUYS ALREADY VOTED ON IT. 
          MY ISSUE WITH THE RESOLUTION 2235 IS A B5 WAS SIGNED INTO LAWS AND EXECUTIVE ORDER BY GAVIN NEWSOM ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2019. 
          THAT WAS 2.5 YEARS AGO. 
          I WANT TO KNOW WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY IT WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CONTRACTS FOR THE CITY, JUST LIKE THE INSURANCE POLICY THAT LAUGHS ON THE SWIMMING POOL, THE PUBLIC POOL, LUCKILY, THERE WERE NO CLAIMS MADE. 
          BUT WHY IS IT THAT IT'S JUST NOW BEING BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION? I'M GUESSING BECAUSE OUR NEW CHIEF WHO IS EXCELLENT AND GOES THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH FINE-TOOTHED COMB. 
          I DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHO IS DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. 
          FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH A B5, IT IS PRETTY MUCH NEWSOME TOOK AWAY YOUR RIGHT TO WORK AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. 
          YOU COULD WORK A SIDE JOB AND THEN YOU WOULD JUST GET A 1099 AND YOU FILE THAT INCOME WITH YOUR INCOME TAX ON YOUR TAX RETURN. 
          NOW, YOU MUST APPLY FOR BUSINESS LICENSE AND YOU HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED SELF-EMPLOYED AND YOU HAVE TO PAY YOURSELF LIKE A PAYROLL TAX AND MEDICARE AND ALL THESE THINGS, AND SO THIS MONEY THAT YOU MAKE TO HELP YOUR INCOME IS BEING TAXED AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN WHAT NORMAL INCOME IS, AND SO IT'S PUT A HUGE BURDEN ON PEOPLE WHO USED TO WORK AS THE NEWER GENERATION LIKES TO REFER TO AS SIDE HUSTLES. 
          I AM FAMILIAR WITH THIS BECAUSE I WORK AS A LITTLE EGO EMPIRE, INCLUDING THIS CITY. 
          I'M JUST ABSOLUTELY APPALLED THAT NO ONE IN THIS CITY WAS AWARE OF THIS LAW AND THIS VIOLATION WITH THIS PERSON. 
          I HAVE NO FALL IN WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING NOW TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION, BUT WHY NOT JUST HIRE HER AS A CITY EMPLOYEE OR A FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE, AND CIRCUMVENT THE ENTIRE A B5 SITUATION ALTOGETHER. 
          THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BUDGETARY DECISION OR WHAT THE REAL REASON IS, BUT I THINK THERE COULD HAVE BEEN OTHER ISSUES OR OTHER THINGS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN SUGGESTED TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. 
          I JUST FEEL THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS SLIPPED THROUGH THE CRACKS AND THEN NOBODY WANTS TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. 
          AGAIN, LIKE MR. BROWN SAID, THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ADDRESSED TO MARLA, BUT SINCE SHE'S NO LONGER HERE, I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE IS ACTUALLY HANDLING THESE ISSUES, SO THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. PAUL CHUMP. ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOBODY WILL CLOSE IT. 
          MR. CHIEF NICK [OVERLAPPING]. 
          >> WELL, I'LL HAVE CHRIS COME UP AND ACTUALLY THE STAFF REPORT DOES SAY IT'S FROM THE FIRE CHIEF, SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE APPROPRIATE PERSON ASKED THE QUESTION OF. 
          BUT ASIDE FROM THAT, AS FAR AS NOT BEING CAUGHT BEFORE, I'LL LET CHIEF SPEAKS TO THE RATIONALE OF WHY THIS IS BRINGING BROUGHT THIS WAY VERSUS HIRING SOMEBODY. 
          BUT SIMPLY PUT, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING INTERIM CHIEFS, AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO KEEP UP WITH THE WORK THAT WAS THERE. 
          BUT THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'VE HAD TO GO A PERIOD OF TIME WITH HAVING OUT HAVING ANY CONTINUITY IN THAT POSITION. 
          NOBODY'S FAULT. IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS. 
          BUT UNFORTUNATELY WITH CHIEF NICK, HE WAS ABLE TO TAKE A BROADER LOOK AND SEE WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, AND THANKFULLY, HE POINTED THIS OUT AND THAT'S WHY IT'S HERE BEFORE YOU. 
          [00:45:02]
BUT THE REASON WHY WE'RE GOING ABOUT IT THIS WAY VERSUS HIRING SOMEBODY WHO SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS I WILL LET THE CHIEF ANSWER TO, CHIEF NICK. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR PRO TEM CITY COUNCIL. 
          WHEN I [NOISE] WAS FIRST APPOINTED TO THIS POSITION, THIS WAS SOMETHING WAS PUT ON MY RADAR RATHER QUICKLY BY JR, AND I LOOK TO JR TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE AGREEMENT WAS THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE FOR EXTENDING OUR AMOUNT OF TIME FOR US TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. 
          AT THE END OF THE DAY FOR ME, WHAT WAS PRESENTED IS THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP OR CONTRACT RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR CURRENT NURSE EDUCATOR COULD NOT CONTINUE. 
          WE WERE ALLOWED AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME TO REMEDY THAT. 
          ULTIMATELY, WE FOUND THIS UCLA PROGRAM WHICH IS FAR ABOVE AND BEYOND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT WE'RE GIVING TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT OUR EMTS AND PARAMEDICS NOW. 
          ULTIMATELY AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THE SAME COSTS FOR A BETTER PROGRAM, AND IT WAS NOT REALLY THE ANSWER TO THE AP50 SITUATION, BUT ALSO LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE OUR QA QI AND CONTINUING EDUCATION INTERNALLY. 
          IF I CAN DEFER TO JAIL OR ABOUT HIS CONVERSATIONS, I BELIEVE IS WHAT THE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY HOURS. 
          >> YEAH. THANK YOU, CHIEF. WE THROUGH COVID, WE ACTUALLY ENDED UP PARTICIPATING IN AN AUDIT WITH EDD BECAUSE WE HAD SOME OF THE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES THAT WERE NO LONGER TO RUN SOME OF THE CLASSES AND TEAMS THAT THEY WERE RUNNING THROUGH, SPECIFICALLY RECREATION, SO THEY IDENTIFIED SOME PEOPLE THAT WE THOUGHT WERE OKAY THAT WE ACTUALLY RAN THROUGH THE JPA INITIALLY WHEN A B5 CAME OUT, AND THEN THROUGH THIS AUDIT, THEY ACTUALLY DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NOT OKAY FOR US TO HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP. 
          THAT'S WHY WE MADE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS FOR NOT ONLY THIS PROGRAM, BUT FOR OTHERS IMMEDIATELY ONCE WE GOT THAT NOTICE FROM EDD. 
          >> IT'S ULTIMATELY ONCE I FIGURED THAT OUT, IT TOOK TIME FOR ME TO, FIRST OF ALL, FIND A REPLACEMENT PROGRAM, BUT THEN ANALYZE WHAT IT WAS THAT THEY OFFERED AND THEN ULTIMATELY DETERMINE HOW MUCH WE'D BEEN PAYING ON AVERAGE TO OUR CURRENT NURSE EDUCATOR AND ULTIMATELY ARRIVE THAT WE COULD ESTABLISH A BETTER PRODUCT HERE FOR WHAT WE ARE PAYING ANNUALLY. 
          >> PLUS SHE ALSO CHRIS CAN ALSO COME BACK AND IF SHE GETS HER PROPER CERTIFICATIONS AND SHE CAN BE PART OF THAT SYSTEM, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> WE DID FIND A WAY TO GET HER INTO THAT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THEIR CURRENT NURSE EDUCATOR. 
          SHE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC FOR US FOR THE BETTER PART OF, I BELIEVE, 20 YEARS. 
          ULTIMATELY, AND ADMITTEDLY, SHE WILL SAY THAT THIS IS THE DEPTH OF THIS PROGRAM IS FAR MORE THAN SHE COULD EVEN OFFER. 
          THE ACADEMIC CONTENT THAT UCLA OFFERS FROM THE ENTIRETY OF THEIR HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM IS SOMETHING THAT SHE JUST SIMPLY DOESN'T HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          WE CONNECTED HER WITH UCLA AND THEY KNOW HER BY NAME, THEY KNOW WHO THEY WORK WITH OR IN THE HOSPITALS, AND THEY ULTIMATELY WANTED HER TO WORK WITH THEM. 
          IT'D BE ONE OF THE EARNERS, THEIR NURSE EDUCATORS. 
          CHRIS DECIDED THAT BECAUSE OF WHERE HER FUTURE HAS TAKEN HER AND IN HER RETIREMENT PLANS, ETC, CURRENTLY NOT SOMETHING THAT SHE IS INTERESTED IN. 
          HOWEVER, IF IT EVER IS SOMETHING SHE'S INTERESTED IN, THEY'D BE VERY GLAD TO HAVE HER. SHE'S A FANTASTIC. 
          >> SHE IS. SHE'S GREAT. 
          I UNDERSTAND THE REASONS AND I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN IN FLUX OVER THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT READING THROUGH THAT, THAT'S CE CERTIFICATION IS IT NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A GREAT TOOL FOR ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS, EMTS, EVERYBODY TO BE CERTIFIED AND HAVE THOSE CREDITS TO BE CONTINUED TO BE CERTIFIED, SO I THINK IT'S GREAT. 
          I REALLY DO AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THAT, JR. 
          IT'S JUST SAFETY FOR NOT ONLY OUR PERSONNEL, BUT SAFETY FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          I THINK THAT'S FANTASTIC, SO. 
          >> ABSOLUTELY. 
          >> THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. MOTION? 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 2235. 
          >> SECONDS. 
          >> I SECOND, PLEASE. 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> THAT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          >> ITEM 7, UTILITY USES TAX HEARING. MR. RUSSI. 
          [7. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
          >> YES, I WILL HANDLE THIS ITEM, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. 
          >> TAKE IT AWAY. 
          >> AS COUNSEL IS AWARE YOU JUST AND UNDER CONSENT APPROVED OUR BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR WITHIN THE REVENUES, THERE IS AN ANTICIPATION OF THE CONTINUING OF THE UTILITY USER TAX, WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE ROUGHLY $3 MILLION AS A RESULT OF HOW THAT WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS. 
          THERE IS AN ANNUAL HEARING THAT'S REQUIRED TO DETERMINE THE NECESSITY FOR IT CONTINUING AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE BRINGING THIS FORWARD TO YOU. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE BUDGET IS BALANCED, BUT WITHIN $100,000 SO THIS THREE MILLION DOLLARS IS ESSENTIAL TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICES THAT WE HAVE IN THE PAST. 
          WITH THAT, I AM SEEKING COUNCIL'S APPROVAL FOR CONTINUING OF THE UTILITY AS REQUIRED ON THE ORDINANCE. 
          [00:50:04]
          >> WE NEED TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS. 
          PUBLIC COMMENTS IS OPEN SO IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ON THIS ISSUE. 
          ANYBODY ON THE PHONE, SHARE, THOSE FOUR PEOPLE THERE? CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK UP. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF? 
          >> NO. 
          >> I'LL TAKE A MOTION, PLEASE. 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE ORDINANCE NUMBER 955 FOR THE SEAS PROPOSED 2022, 2023 BUDGET FULLY UTILIZES THAT THREE MILLION DOLLARS OF THE UT REVENUE ESTIMATED FOR THE FISCAL YEAR, INDICATING THAT THE UUT SHOULD BE CONTINUED. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> I'LL SECOND THAT [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> WHAT. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> VOTE, PLEASE. 
          >> THAT WAS UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AS WELL. 
          >> OH, HE'S GOT IT. 
          >> OKAY. 
          >> MR. RUSSI, WE MOVE TO ITEM 88, 
          [8. OTHER MATTERS]
LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT. 
          >>THIS WILL BE HANDLED BY ERIC SHEAR. 
          >> DIRECTOR SHEAR GOOD EVENING. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          THIS IS THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS SUBMITTED THEIR ANNUAL INCOME FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY THE SAME AS THE CURRENT [NOISE] AGREEMENT IS IN PLACE WITH ONE MAJOR EXCEPT FOR ONE EXCEPTION IS THAT THEY ARE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL FUNDS OF $45 THOUSAND TOTAL OF THE SUBSIDY FROM THE CITY. 
          THE LAST TIME THE CITY INCREASES SUBSIDY WAS IN 2014 SO IT HAS BEEN EIGHT YEARS SINCE THAT'S HAPPENED. 
          [NOISE] ALONG WITH THAT, THE OTHER CHANGES LA VERNE CHAMBER WOULD TAKE ON THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF HOSTING THE COUNCIL CANDIDATES FORUMS WHEN THOSE OCCURRED, WHICH IT DOES HAVE SOME CAUGHT DRY COSTS THE CITY, WHEN THE CITY WAS SPONSORING THOSE SO THERE WILL BE A COST-SAVINGS IN THOSE YEARS THAT THERE IS A CANDIDATES FORUM AS A KID CHAMBER WILL BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING THAT ON. 
          BASED ON THAT, THOUGH, THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER LIAISON COMMITTEE, WHICH COMPRISES OF COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER, COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE AGREEMENT AND ALSO THE APPROPRIATIONS OF THE $5,000 BECAUSE IT WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH YOUR BUDGET THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU STILL NEED TO TAKE THIS ACTION TO APPROVE IT WITHOUT INTRODUCE THE SKIN AIR FROM THE CHAMBER TO GO OVER SOME OF THOSE PAST YEAR EVENTS SO THAT THE CHAMBER HAS DONE. 
          >> WHO'S THAT? WHAT'S HER NAME [LAUGHTER]? GOOD EVENING, LEAH. 
          >> THANKS SO MUCH. 
          [NOISE] IN REGARDS TO THE CITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, JULY FIRST 2021 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2022 THE LA VERNE CHAMBER HAS IMPLEMENTED ALL REQUIRED PROGRAMS AS STATED IN THE AGREEMENT AND HAS MET THE CONDITIONS AS ALSO STATED BY THE AGREEMENT. 
          UNDER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE DID HOST A PHYSICALLY DISTANCED TASTE OF LA VERNE IN THIS YEAR IN-PERSON AT BRACKETT FIELD AIRPORT IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR SECOND ANNUAL RESTAURANT WEEK AND THIS IS THE WAY OUR PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE MOVING FORWARD. 
          WE WILL BE HAVING THE IN-PERSON EVENTS AT THE HANGER ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT, FOLLOWED BY THE RESTAURANT WEEK THAT THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 
          WE REALLY DO GIVE A LOT OF EXPOSURE TO ALL OUR FABULOUS FOOD AND LA VERNE. 
          SAVED THE DAY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19TH. 
          SMART ANSWERED OUR SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY EVENT THIS YEAR, IT'S THE SATURDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. 
          RAFFLE TICKETS DEMONSTRATED OVER $22 THOUSAND IN SALES IN A SINGLE DAY. 
          WE PARTICIPATED IN THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE WAS SHOP LA VERNE MESSAGING HELD OUR THIRD ANNUAL EXCELLENCE AND LA VERNE AND BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS AND OUR CHAMBER AMBASSADORS WELCOMED OVER 36 NEW BUSINESSES TO LEAVE ON THIS PAST YEAR, WHICH WAS VERY EXCITING AND HAD BEEN QUITE DEAD FOR A FEW YEARS. 
          UNDER WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, OUR PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY PROGRAM WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HELD IN PERSON THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF COVID. 
          BUT WE WERE ABLE TO HOLD OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD IN PERSON AND WE RECOGNIZE 13 OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS AND LA VERNE AND THEY WERE GIFTED WITH TWO VERY BIG, VERY HEAVY GIFT BAGS FROM DONATIONS FROM ALL BARMEN. 
          >> ACTUALLY VERY HEAVY [LAUGHTER]. 
          THEY WERE MASSIVE, I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 
          >> IT WAS A VERY GENEROUS HERE. 
          >> IT WAS. 
          >> VERY EXCITING TO SEE EVERYBODY IN PERSON AGAIN AND WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD 6 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $3,500 TILL 2022 GRADUATES. 
          ALL THESE FUNDS WERE RAISED THROUGH VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM OVER 200 CHAMBER MEMBERS. 
          COMMUNITY OUTREACH THE CHAMBER HOSTED OUR SPRING COMMUNITY OUR SALEM ARE ABLE 
          [00:55:04]
TO REPORT THAT 9.9 TONS OF WASTE [INAUDIBLE] FROM LANDFILLS THIS YEAR. 
          WE WERE UNABLE TO HOST LEVEL OF EARNED DUE TO COVID RESTRICTIONS SORRY, I HAVE TO KEEP REPEATING THAT. 
          BUT WE ARE WORKING ON SPRING 2023 AND THAT AGAIN IS ARE ALL DAY VOLUNTEER DAY AND SERVICE, WHERE WE'RE SUPPORTING OUR NON-PROFITS AND SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          WE ARE ALSO UNABLE TO LAUNCH OUR LEADERSHIP LA VERNE AND PROGRAM THIS YEAR. 
          WE ARE LOOKING TO LAUNCH FALL OF 2023 AND THIS IS AN IMMERSIVE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OFFERING A DEEP DIVE INTO THE CITY OF LA VERNE, ADDING TO EACH PARTICIPANT'S LEADERSHIP STYLE AND STRENGTHS TO CREATE EXCEPTIONAL FUTURE LEADERS FOR THE CITY AND FOR OUR ORGANIZATIONS. 
          UNDER COVID-19, OPEN RECOVERY I KNOW THE MAYOR MENTIONED IT EARLIER WE ARE STILL IN PROCESS OF GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT AND WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS RESCUE GRANTS OVER 52 UP AND SUBMITTED, REPRESENTING IT OVER $0.5 MILLION AND AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING WITH CANDICE TO HELP HER GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND FINISH OUT ALL THE CDBG GRANT REQUIREMENT DOCUMENTS THAT SPECIAL DOCUMENT. 
          >> THAT'S A HARD ONE TO SAY [LAUGHTER]. 
          SAY IT 10 TIMES QUICKLY ON ONE FOOT. 
          >> ABCDE. 
          >> [LAUGHTER] COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS AND ALL IT STANDS FOR. 
          NEW PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR '22, '23, WE ARE REALLY FOCUSING HEAVILY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE ACTUALLY CHANGING OUR PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY INTO A CAREER CONNECTIONS PROGRAM. 
          THE CONCEPT IS WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SPECIFICALLY THEIR CAREER TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY PROGRAMS WILL BE MATCHING THEM WITH LOCAL INDUSTRY SEGMENTS HERE IN LA VERNE CREATING THAT STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE EDUCATORS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS A CHEAPER OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STUDENTS TO HAVE SUMMER INTERNSHIP IN SUMMER JOB SHADOW PROGRAMS. WILL ALSO BE CREATING A MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER FAIR, SO WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING NON-FOUR-YEAR DEGREE INDUSTRIES, VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIES, AND HONESTLY HIGHLIGHTING LA VERNE BUSINESSES. 
          PUTTING THOSE KIDS ON THE PATHWAY, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FOUR-YEAR DEGREE AND THEY'LL STAY IN LA VERNE AND USE THEIR EDUCATION HERE. 
          THIS ONE'S A BIT OF A LAP OVER SO BEGINNING TOMORROW, THE FIRST DAY OF SUMMER, WE ARE LAUNCHING OUR FIRST ANNUAL BEST OF LA VERNE ONLINE VOTING PLATFORM. 
          THE COMMUNITY WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO NOMINATE AND VOTE ON THEIR FAVORITE LA VERNE BUSINESS SUCH AS BEST TACO, BEST HAMBURGER, BEST QIN'S, KID'S MENU, BEST INSURANCE AGENT, BEST PLUMBER, BEST DATE NIGHT SPOT A TOTAL OF 75 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 
          >> WAOW. 
          >> WAOW. 
          >> NOMINATIONS BEGIN TOMORROW, AND VOTING WILL BEGIN ON JULY 4TH. 
          WE WILL BE USING THE PARADE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPREAD THE WORD AND VOTING WILL CLOSE ON AUGUST 6TH. 
          IT WILL BE ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS AND PRESENTING CERTIFICATES ON AUGUST 15TH. 
          WE WILL ALSO BE USING THAT PLATFORM AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ONGOING MESSAGING FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS RESCUE GRANT. 
          FINALLY, THE MEMBERS, STAFF, AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND STEADFAST SUPPORT OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. 
          >> THAT'S ALL. [LAUGHTER]. 
          >> ANY QUESTIONS. 
          >> JUST A COMMENT, I MEAN, YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND I WAS AT THE INSTALLATION DINNER THE OTHER NIGHT AND IT WAS FUN. 
          THEY HAD IT AT THE GRILL HOUSE ACROSS FROM STARBUCKS ON FOOT HILL AND FOOD WAS GREAT, BUT THE PEOPLE ARE JUST SO FRIENDLY AND SO, AND YOU RUN A GREAT SHOW AND MORGAN AND ONE IS NOW GOING TO BE ONE FOR THESE INSURANCE AGENT ARE GOING TO BE THE NEW PRECEDENT. 
          BUT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB AS USUAL AND ALSO WITH THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE FOR THE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS BUT YOU GUYS ARE ROCKING IT AND I JUST SAW THOSE CHECKS AND I READ THE AUDITED DEMANDS AND I'M GONE. 
          THIS IS REALLY COOL BECAUSE HOW MANY RESTAURANTS- LAST TIME WE WENT WAS $250,000 FOR THE FIRST $2,500 INCREMENTS. 
          IT'S A MILLION BUCKS. BECAUSE $10,000 GOES A LONG WAY AND I'VE ALREADY TALKED TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE YOU HAVE RECEIVED AND THEY'RE JUST TICKLED TO DEATH. 
          >> I HAVE HEARD COMMENTS THAT THESE FUNDS ARE LITERALLY KEEPING DOORS OPEN? 
          >> YEAH. 
          >>YEAH. 
          >> ESPECIALLY RIGHT NOW. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> YEAH. 
          >> ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF THE BUSINESSES AND PATIENTS FOR EVERYONE OUT IN LA VERNE, THAT SOME OF THE BUSINESSES WITH EMPLOYEES, IT'S TOUGH. IT'S SLOWER SERVICE. 
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IT'S JUST BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH EMPLOYEES SO MIGHT BE AN EXTRA 20 MINUTES. 
          THAT'S JUST ONE MORE DRINK JUST RELAX AND [LAUGHTER] ENJOY YOURSELF. 
          NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE OR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE BUT THE POINT IS, IS THAT PATIENTS AND I THINK APPRECIATE WHO IS THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING ACROSS THE BOARD ALL THE BUSINESSES, SO BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR PLEASE. 
          >> LET RICK, GO AHEAD. 
          >> I JUST WANT TO THANK LEAH AND ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE BY READING THIS TODAY. 
          I WAS DRIVING HERE TO THE MEETING, JUST SEEING THE CHAMBERS SHOP, LA VERNE SCIENCE COMING DOWN WHITE. 
          IT JUST HIGHLIGHTS THINGS THAT YOU DO AND QUIETLY AS WELL, BUT SENDING UPDATES EVERY SINGLE WEEK OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN LA VERNE AND HIGHLIGHTING BUSINESSES REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK AND WHAT DO YOU PROMOTE FOR ALL OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, SO THANK YOU. 
          >> GO AHEAD. 
          >> AS YOU KNOW, WENDY AND I HAVE BEEN YOUR LAYERS ON WITH THE CITY AND I'VE BEEN THAT SINCE YOU CAME ON. 
          ITS MY WHOLE 13 YEARS I'VE BEEN AT. 
          SO I HAVE SEEN YOU GROW OVER THE YEARS. 
          YOU HAVE DROPPED MORE AND MORE PROGRAMS TO US. 
          YOU NEVER STOPPED THINKING ABOUT WHAT NEXT YOU CAN DO AND YOU'VE BEEN SO WONDERFUL FOR THE CHAMBER. 
          YOU BUILT IT, YOU PROMOTE LA VERNE. 
          WE NEED YOUR FACE THERE WORKING AT THE CHAMBER MANY YEARS AGO BEING THE INTERIM BACK WHEN I WAS 28 YEARS OLD, PEOPLE WOULD STOP IN, JUST SAY, "WELL, I WANT TO MOVE TO THE CITY", I THINK WHAT'S IT ABOUT? I KNOW HOW CRUCIAL THE CHAMBER IS AND I'M STILL TRYING TO FIND A PERMANENT HOME FOR THE CHAMBER. 
          THEY NEED A PLACE SO IF ANYONE HAS A BUILDING, THEY WANT TO DONATE TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE [LAUGHTER]. 
          BUT YOU NEED A HOME. 
          YOU NEED A PLACE TO CALL THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. 
          ANYHOW THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO AND CONTINUE AND YOU KNOW I'LL BE AROUND TO HELP YOU. 
          >> THANKS [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> JUST TO REITERATE, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW LEAH. 
          SHE'S AROUND AT EVERYTHING, BUT SHE REALLY IS ONE OF THE BACKBONES OF THIS COMMUNITY. 
          YOU TREAT EVERYBODY LIKE FAMILY AND YOU ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP SOMEONE OUT, TO HELP A BUSINESS OUT, AND TO MAKE SURE THEY FLOURISH AND THRIVE AND THAT'S NO SMALL FEAT, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THIS PANDEMIC. 
          I HOPE YOU KNOW, I THOROUGHLY APPRECIATE YOUR CREATIVITY, YOUR TENACITY, AND YOU'RE JUST A TREASURE FOR THIS CITY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, SO THANK YOU. 
          >> YOUR SCISSOR'S SHARP [OVERLAPPING] BUT THANK YOU I FORGOT TO MENTION COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER THANK YOU AND LEAH, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. 
          WE SEE YOU ALL THE TIME AND IT'S JUST AMAZING. 
          I THINK WE NEED TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS SO. 
          DID YOU WANT TO? GO AHEAD. 
          >> I WAS GOING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          >> WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. DID MS. BOW CHAM, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          I COULD SEE WHETHER MY LAST OPTION. 
          >> I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE WAY THAT THIS AGENDA ITEM IS WRITTEN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE CHAMBER TAKING OVER THE HOSTING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SIDE-BY-SIDE NUMBERS IN REGARDS TO THE STATEMENT, MR. SHIA MADE THAT THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS. 
          I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER GROUPS WE'RE CONTACTED IN DOING THIS COMPARISON. 
          PERSONALLY, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE HELD BY A NEUTRAL THIRD PARTY ENTITY THAT HAS ZERO FINANCIAL STAKE, WHETHER DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY TO THE CITY AND ALSO THE FACT THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN FACILITATED BY A GROUP LIKE A LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS. 
          THEY ARE THE HOST FOR A CITY OF SAN DIMAS, WHICH IS THE ADJACENT CITY OR BETTER YET, WHY NOT CREATE A VOLUNTEER GROUP FOR THE CITY LIKE SENIOR ADVISORY AND 4TH OF JULY, WHY NOT CREATE A COMMITTEE SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT? THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE THE RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO A NEW THING TO PARTICIPATE IN, UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE ELECTION PROCESS AND GET INVOLVED. 
          I KNOW SPEAKING TO MANY RESIDENTS WITH THIS LAST ELECTION THAT THEY HAVE CONTACTED THE COUNTY REGISTRAR'S OFFICE AND OFFERED TO VOLUNTEER. 
          THEY KEPT SAYING THEY NEEDED VOLUNTEERS YET THEY WERE NEVER CONTACTED, THEY WERE NEVER E-MAILED. 
          I THINK THE CITY COULD HELP FACILITATE THAT AND GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED, BUT THAT IS REALLY MY ONLY ISSUE ABOUT THIS ITEM AND I AGREE THAT LEAH DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND FOR OUR CITY. 
          >> THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MS. BOW CHAM. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DON'T HAVE ANY HANDS RAISED, CHAIR. 
          WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRINGING UP THE MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS. 
          >> I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THE SAME THING EVERYBODY ELSE SAID, 
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LEAH, YOU ROCK [LAUGHTER]. 
          THANK YOU TO THE CHAMBER. 
          BACK WHEN I HAD A BUSINESS IN LA VERNE, WE WERE MEMBERS OF THE CHAMBER AND IT WAS A NICE CUTE LITTLE CHAMBER, BUT NOW IT'S REALLY A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION AND THAT'S HELPING LA VERNE A GREAT DEAL, SO THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU AGAIN, LEAH, AND ALSO DIRECTOR SHIA, YOUR DEPARTMENT WORKS HAND IN HAND WITH THE CHAMBER AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP YOU HAVE WITH THEM. 
          IT MAKES EVERYTHING SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE HAVE ALL HANDS ON DECK AND IT REALLY WORKS WELL. 
          ALONG WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. 
          PUBLIC WORKS, ANYWHERE ELSE WHEN WE HAVE FUNCTIONS, THE CITY AS A WHOLE, WE REALLY DO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES AND IT SHOWS IN OUR TAX BASE, IT SHOWS HOW HEALTHY WE ARE AS A CITY, SO WE DO APPRECIATE IT. 
          MS. BOW CHAM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT. 
          I NEED A MOTION FOR ANOTHER COMMENT. 
          >> WELL, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO IT. 
          IT'S BEING EXECUTED IN THIS AGREEMENT. 
          >> WE'LL EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT, AND THAT'S FINE. 
          >> WELL, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT? I LOOKED INTO THAT TOO WHEN I SAW THAT ON THE CONTRACT, WE TALKED ABOUT IT. 
          MOST CITIES DO NOT HANDLE THEIR PUBLIC FORUMS. YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A NEUTRAL MODERATOR THAT IS NOT PART OF THE CITY, DOESN'T LIVE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION AND IS HANDLED OUTSIDE. 
          LEAH DOES NOT LIVE IN LA VERNE, SHE IS OUR CHAMBER DIRECTOR. 
          SHE'S RAN MANY OF THESE IN THE PAST WE WERE SO IMPRESSED TO HEAR HER KNOWLEDGE IN RUNNING THESE. 
          THAT'S WHY WE AGREED THAT WE WANTED THAT IN THE CONTRACT BECAUSE SHE HAS THE EXPERIENCE TO DO IT AND IT NEEDS TO BE DONE PROFESSIONALLY. 
          >> I THINK THE BIG CONCERN TOO WAS THE FINANCIAL ATTACHMENT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO RUN IT INDEPENDENT OF THE CITY. MOTION. 
          >> GO AHEAD, WENDY. 
          >> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2239, APPROVING THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WHICH INCLUDES PROGRAMS AND FUNDING FOR A TWELVE-MONTH TERM IN THE AMOUNT OF $45,000 AND APPROVING AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF THE $5,000 INCREASE IN FUND 101-3006, AND INCENTIVES SUBSIDY PROGRAM FOR BUSINESS RECRUITMENT WITH A COST NOT TO EXCEED $300 SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT PROVISIONS AND CONTINUANCE OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LINE OF CREDIT NOT TO EXCEED $10 THOUSAND FROM JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2023. 
          >> I'LL MAKE THE SECOND. 
          >> WELL DONE. VOTE, PLEASE. 
          >> THAT VOTE WAS ALSO APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          >> MR. RUSSI, I AM LOST NOW. 
          >> WE ARE ON OTHER MATTERS B, AND IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, THAT ALSO WILL BE TIED INTO THAT, WILL BE THE RESOLUTION FROM CONSENT. 
          >> TWENTY TWO FORTY AND 2234? 
          >> YES. 
          >> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, ARE TWO RETIRED ANNUITANT AGREEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RESOLUTIONS AS A RESULT OF RECENT VACANCIES. 
          THE FIRST WAS PULLED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM 6J2, ON THE AGENDAS FOR BATTALION CHIEF KEVIN GREENWAY, WHO RETIRED LAST WEEK AFTER SERVING THE CITY FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS. 
          STAFF HAS DESIRES TO PROVIDE AN ARRANGEMENT WHERE HE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK FOR THE CITY FOR AN ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS AND NO MORE THAN 960 HOURS, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST. 
          IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE 960 HOUR THRESHOLD WILL OCCUR CLOSER TO JANUARY, BUT WE ARE DOING THE AGREEMENT THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WE'RE ALLOWED TO DO THROUGH PAPERS JUST IN CASE WE NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          COVID BEING A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF NEEDING THAT FLEXIBILITY. 
          IF THERE'S A STATE OF EMERGENCY THAT'S ENACTED BY THE GOVERNOR, SOMETIMES EMPLOYEES ON THOSE RETIRED ANNUITANT AGREEMENTS ARE ALLOWED TO GO PAST THAT 960 THRESHOLD. 
          THE ARRANGEMENT ALLOWS FOR THE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION OF CRITICAL RESPONSIBILITIES, THE PROPER SELECTION OF A REPLACEMENT, INAPPROPRIATE COVERAGE DURING WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE ANOTHER BUSY FIRE SEASON. 
          DUE TO BATTALION CHIEF BEING A SWORN SAFETY POSITION, CALPERS DOESN'T REQUIRE THE RETIRED ANNUITANT ACTION TO BE DONE UNDER OTHER MATTERS AND IS WHY IT WAS ORIGINALLY ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 
          WE HAD THE LATE ARRIVING ITEM OF THE SECOND RETIRED ANNUITANT AGREEMENT THAT DIDN'T NEED TO BE UNDER OTHER MATTERS, SO THAT'S WHY STAFF PULLED THE FIRST ONE SO WE CAN JUST DO THEM JOINTLY, AND EXPLAIN THAT. 
          THE CITY ALSO HAS A VACANCY FOR DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AND WOULD LIKE TO ENTER INTO A SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH MICHAEL YELTON, AS THIS IS A CRITICAL POSITION WITHIN THE CITY, A RECRUITMENT HAS BEEN INITIATED, BUT THAT PROCESS IS EXPECTED TO TAKE SOME TIME TO IDENTIFY THE BEST CANDIDATE. 
          WE'RE ALSO USING A PROFESSIONAL RECRUITMENT FIRM TO HELP US WITH THAT AS WELL. 
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THE SITUATION IS ADDITIONALLY CHALLENGING CONSIDERING THE TIMING OF THE FINAL BUDGET AND YEAR-END PROCESSES NOW UNDERWAY. 
          THE CITY IS IN IMMEDIATE NEED FOR A SEASON AND EXPERIENCED FINANCIAL PROFESSIONALS SUCH AS MR. YELTON, TO HELP THE CITY THROUGH THIS TRANSITION. 
          MR. YELTON HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING MUNICIPAL SERVICES TO SERVING CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY, SERVING AS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF GUARANI FOR 15 YEARS PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT. 
          IN THIS ROLE, MR. YELTON HELD OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MANAGING FINANCE, BUDGET, PERSONNEL, DATA PROCESSING, TRANSIT FLEET MAINTENANCE, AND RISK-MANAGEMENT, MAKING HIM VERY WELL QUALIFIED FOR THIS ROLE. 
          THE CITY HAS CONFIRMED WITH CALPERS THAT THE REASONS FOR RETAINING BATTALION CHIEF, GREENWAY AND MR. YELTON, SATISFY THE REQUIRED STANDARDS. 
          AS SUCH, BOTH AGREEMENTS WILL RESULT IN COST SAVINGS AS THE RETIRED ANNUITANTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANY BENEFITS OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOURLY RATE. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS WITH KEVIN GREENWAY AND MICHAEL YELTON TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT. 
          MIGHT BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY FROM COUNCIL OR FROM THE COMMUNITY. 
          >> THANK YOU, JR. WE HAVE TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, DO WE NOT? 
          >> NOT REQUIRED, BUT YOU SHOULD. 
          >> LET'S GO AHEAD AND OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE MAKING IT. 
          I'M ASSUMING YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON EITHER OF THESE ISSUES. 
          MR. BOWEN. 
          >> MAYBE IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN ANYTHING ELSE. 
          BUT LAST MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, ALL I HEARD WAS PRAISE FOR MARLA PENDLETON. 
          WHAT A GREAT JOB SHE DID. 
          WHAT A GREAT EMPLOYEE SHE IS. 
          NEXT DAY, SHE'S GONE. 
          NOBODY WANTS TO SAY DID SHE LEAVE? DID SHE RETIRE? DID SHE QUIT? WAS SHE FIRED? OVER THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, FOR SOME REASON, WE CAN'T KEEP A FINANCE PERSON. 
          I BELIEVE IT WAS RICHARD MARTINEZ, GONE, NATHAN, GONE. 
          I HEARD CHRISTIE LOPEZ, WE ALWAYS HEARD HER NAME EVERY YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS, GONE. 
          WHY CAN'T WE KEEP A FINANCE PERSON? IT JUST ASTOUNDS ME AND HOW WE FIND THIS PERSON IN A WEEK. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING, SHE LEFT A WEEK OR SO AGO. 
          HERE SUDDENLY OUT POPS A RETIRED PERSON AGAIN TO FILL IN SUCH AN IMPORTANT JOB. 
          I BELIEVE JR JUST MENTIONED THAT IT WAS CRITICAL TO DO THIS NOW BECAUSE OF THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          WELL, THE BUDGET JUST WAS PASSED TONIGHT, SO IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT'S CRITICAL TO THE BUDGET PROCESS. 
          I UNDERSTAND WE NEED A FINANCE PERSON. 
          WE NEED A DIRECTOR OR A FINANCE PERSON. 
          WE NEED A DAMN GOOD ONE. 
          BE NICE TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT STAYS AROUND FOR SOME REASON. 
          I KNOW FROM AN HR STANDPOINT, NOBODY WILL EVER TELL US WHAT WENT ON. 
          BUT IT'S JUST VERY FUNNY THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO KEEP SUCH AN IMPORTANT POSITION FILL WITHIN THE CITY. 
          HOPEFULLY, THAT CHANGES SOON. 
          >> THANK YOU MR. BOWEN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? 
          >> NOTHING IN LINE. 
          >> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UP THE DESK, ANY COMMENTS? 
          >> I JUST BELIEVE THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET INTERIM PEOPLE IN RIGHT AWAY. 
          THEY'RE NOT PERMANENT PEOPLE, BUT TO FILL THE GAP AND SO THAT WE CAN GO OUT AND HIRE THE RIGHT PERSON. 
          BUT THE BUDGET PROCESS OF JUST GETTING THE BUDGET RIGHT NOW, THE BUDGET IS GOING AND CHANGING AND MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STEP. 
          THERE'S NOT ONE CYCLE THAN THEY ARE. 
          THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING FOR THE NEXT TIME. 
          HAVING GREENWAY COMING BACK AND WORKFORCE, EXCELLENT EMPLOYEE, DOES EXCELLENT WORK AND REALLY APPRECIATE TO FILL IN THOSE PIECES AS WELL. 
          >> I'M GOING TO MIRROR THAT COMMENT, AND IT IS AN INTERIM. 
          IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE, THEN WE'LL GET ANOTHER INTERIM. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S NECESSARY. 
          THE BUDGET NEVER STOPS. 
          IT'S AN ORGANIC PIECE OF THING THAT GOES AFTER IT CONSTANTLY MOVE. 
          OUR CITY MANAGER HAD TO MAKE SOME DECISIONS AND HE MADE THEM AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, AND I DO AGREE WITH AN INTERIM AND I AGREE WITH MR. CROSBY. 
          MR. [INAUDIBLE] IS VERY GOOD AND HE'S GOING TO ASSIST US GREATLY 
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OVER THE NEXT 960 HOURS OR MORE. 
          [LAUGHTER] MR. RUSSI. 
          >> YEAH, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY ON THE COMMENT ABOUT THE BUDGET. 
          THIS IS THE LAST PIECE THAT THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO SEE AT THE MOMENT, THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL THINGS EVEN CONNECTED TO JUST THIS BUDGET THAT WAS APPROVED, THAT ARE NECESSARY AND NEED TO BE MONITORED. 
          NEVER MIND THE YEAR-END CLOSING, THE AUDITS THAT ARE COMING, THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS THAT IT'S CRITICAL TO HAVE SOMEBODY IN THAT SPOT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. 
          >> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCIL? 
          >> I NEED A MOTION. 
          >> I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 2234 AND 2240. 
          >> SECOND. 
          >> I'LL SECOND. 
          >> VOTE, PLEASE. 
          >> THAT WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. 
          >> NOPE, THAT DOESN'T COUNT. [LAUGHTER] 
          >> WE'RE ACTUALLY NOW ON ITEM NUMBER 9. 
          [9. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
PUBLIC COMMENT? CAN WE WISH TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I THINK MS. [INAUDIBLE], YOU SIGNED A CARD HERE? 
          >> I WANT TO THANK COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER FOR MAKING A STATEMENT ABOUT, THEY'RE STILL HERE DOING THEIR JOB UNTIL, I BELIEVE JULY 20TH IS THE DATE SHE STATED. 
          THE REASON FOR THAT IS BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT IS ON THIS COUNCIL RIGHT NOW, INCLUDING CITY STAFF, INCLUDING THE MANAGER, INCLUDING ATTORNEY. 
          A HOMEOWNER CAME TO A COUNCIL MEETING AND ASKED. 
          HE NEARLY BEGGED FOR ASSISTANCE FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE ABOUT THE SPEEDING ON BASELINE. 
          WHEN THAT CAR ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE, AND BILLY ELFMAN, WHO WAS EMPLOYEE OF THIS CITY, WAS KILLED THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. 
          IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, MR. RUSSI STATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO CONTACT CALTRANS BECAUSE IT IS THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE CITY AND THAT THE CITY HAD NO RECOURSE THERE. 
          THAT HE WOULD CONTACT THEM AND WE HAVE NOT HAD AN UPDATE AS TO THAT. 
          THEN THE CAR ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE. 
          I THOUGHT THAT WOULD MAKE HIM PUSH THAT UP AS A PRIORITY AND WE STILL HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. 
          I WANT EVERYBODY ON THIS COUNCIL TO KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A HAND IN THAT BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT UP PUBLICLY AND IS ON RECORD THAT HOMEOWNER REQUESTED ASSISTANCE AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE. 
          NOBODY FOLLOWED UP ON THAT, SO IT GIVES ME NO PLEASURE IN CHASTISING THIS COUNCIL. 
          BUT SOMETIMES IT NEEDS TO BE DONE. 
          PEOPLE NEED TO BE REMINDED THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND NOT JUST HIS, HIS CHILDREN, HIS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT HE HAS LEFT BEHIND. 
          HEAVEN FORBID THAT ANY OF THE DECISIONS THAT YOU AND THE FUTURE COUNCIL MAKE ARE THAT DETRIMENTAL TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. MS. POACHHIM. ANYONE ELSE'S PUBLIC COMMENT? MS. BARRIE? HELLO AGAIN. WE JUST SPENT SOME TIME DEALING WITH A COUPLE OF INTERIM POSITIONS, AND I APPRECIATED THAT BEING PART OF A PUBLIC MEETING, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BE PART OF. 
          I AM REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL DISCUSS IN PUBLIC SESSION THE ACTION ITEM TO APPOINT AN INTERIM CITY MANAGER FOR THE SAKE OF TRANSPARENCY, FOR THE SAKE OF RESIDENTS BEING ABLE TO KNOW THE PROCESS, BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. 
          I DID SOME SEARCHES AND FOUND THAT OTHER CITIES HAVE HAD SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETINGS TO FIT IN SUCH APPOINTMENTS AFTER ACCEPTING RESUMES AND APPLICATIONS FOR INTERIM POSITION. 
          THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT AND BE PART OF AND UNDERSTAND WHO ARE THE CANDIDATES, WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS? HOW LONG WILL THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER SERVE? WILL THIS BE SIX MONTHS AND EXTENDED IF NEEDED? WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE TIMELINE? WILL WE BE INVOLVED IN ANY PARTICIPATING IN HEARING ANY OF THE ONGOING PROCESS? CITY OF SANTA CLARITA CHOSE THEIR INTERIM CITY MANAGER BY A PUBLIC MEETING IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR. 
          CITY OF BEAUMONT APPOINTED, THERE IS IN A PUBLIC COUNCIL MEETING IN APRIL AS WELL. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY LA VERNE WOULD DO A CLOSED SESSION FOR THE SAME THING. 
          I WOULD REALLY REQUEST THAT THAT BE PART OF A PUBLIC MEETING. 
          THANK YOU MRS. BARRIE. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? GARRY COME ON UP. I THINK YOU GAVE US PICTURES. IS THAT CORRECT? I'M REALLY TRYING TO CUT BACK ON WATER. 
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I SACRIFICED MY FRONT YARD BECAUSE I GOT A VEGETABLE GARDEN IN THE BACKYARD. 
          I GET OVER INTEGRAL PART WITH LIGHT GO LA VERNE, THAT RAN FOR PROBABLY THREE DAYS OFF AND ON. 
          I WAS TOLD BY THE NEIGHBORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND I WISHED I HAD WITNESSED IT ONE DAY. 
          THAT'S WHY I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT, SO YOU COULD SEE THAT. 
          IN THE WATER SYSTEM DOWN. 
          I THINK YOU NEED TO REALLY CHECK THE STATIONS BECAUSE THEY'RE GONE ON MORE THAN THEY DID TO. 
          WHY THAT GOT LIKE THAT. 
          I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A BROKEN HEAD. 
          I'M HOPING IT'S FIXED. 
          I THINK THEY PUT NEW HEADS ON ALL THEIR SPRINKLERS. 
          NOT REALLY SURE BECAUSE NOW THERE'S PERFECTLY ROUND CIRCLES OF THICK GRASS, LIKE A SPACESHIP THERE. 
          IT'S STRANGE. 
          I'M HOPING THIS IS TAKE CARE OF IT. THAT'S A LOT OF WATER. 
          YES, IT IS. 
          I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. 
          MR. RUSSI, YOU HAVE THIS, WE'VE INVESTED ON THE TEAM DIRECTOR IT'S A PLUNGE. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? LILLY? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LILLY BRENNA. 
          I ONLY HAVE THREE MINUTES, SO I WANT TO AGREE WHAT THEY SAY. 
          PAM AND TOTALLY SUPPORT WHAT PAM RECOMMEND HAS TO KEEP TRANSPARENCY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN VERY HARD LAST TWO MONTHS, AND THEN WE HAVE A THREE NEW COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          THEN WE'LL REALLY, I HOPE THREE OF YOU INCLUDE SOMEONE PRESENT HISTORY ONE IS STEVEN JOHNSON. 
          REALLY KEEP LA VERNE'S FUTURE TRANSPARENCY AND I WANT TO SAY HAPPY RETIREMENT CARDER, REALLY DID A LOT OF JOB AND THEN HAPPY RETIREMENT RUSSI. 
          BUT MY CONCERN RIGHT NOW ACTUALLY, LOOK AT ME I'M WEARING A THE RAINBOW FLAG. 
          MY SON, WHERE ARE YOU GOING SAY? I GO TO THE PRIME MONTH, I NEED TO GO TO SUPPORT THEM. 
          THEN HE GOES, NO, IT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          IT'S NOT THE SAME FLAG IT'S SIX COLOR NOT SEVEN COLOR. 
          I SAID GOOD QUESTION. 
          FOR ME, MY UNDERSTANDING, RAINBOW IS A PROMISE FROM GOD. 
          WE ARE CHRISTIAN FAMILY. 
          THEY BORN IN LA VERNE. 
          THEY WERE RAISED IN CHURCH. 
          NOW, ONE OF MY SON REFUSE TO GO BACK TO CHURCH. 
          WHY? BRAINWASHED IN SCHOOL. MY TWO SONS. 
          MY HUSBAND WALKING BACK UP TO PAY PRIVATE SCHOOL RIGHT NOW. 
          I STILL WENT TO BONITA SCHOOL BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK TO COME AND HOW SERIOUS IS THE SEX EDUCATION AND CIT BRAINWASH OUR KIDS. 
          MY TWO KIDS, NOT IN PUBLIC SCHOOL BUT THEIR FRIENDS THEY ARE IN. 
          I COULDN'T ISOLATE THEM. 
          I JUST WANT TO PROP HOW SERIOUS THE PROBLEM IS. 
          THE SEX EDUCATION FROM JANUARY TILL THIS MONTH, LAST MONTH, HALF YEARS, SIXTH GRADE, SEVEN GRADE, NINE GRADE, 10 GRADE. 
          FOUR GRADE TEACH TOGETHER. 
          IN LAST SIX MONTHS. 
          THE LAST TWO WEEKS, 2-3 WEEKS LONG. 
          IT'S NOT 2-2 DAYS. 
          IT'S NOT PRESENT BE IS GO TO THE PORNOGRAPHY WITH EDUCATION EXEMPTION, IT'S THE THEORIES. 
          I DON'T WANT TO PREP ANY WORST OR THE WORST WE'LL TALK ABOUT POLICEMAN GOING TO TAKE ME IN BECAUSE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. 
          BUT MY KID'S FRIENDS, THEY ARE LEAGUE OR THE SIT THERE 2-3 WEEKS TO LISTEN TO ALL THE THINGS TO THEM AND PRACTICE SOMETHING. 
          I DON'T WANT TO PROP. JUST REALLY GO TO CURRICULUM BY YOUR OWN EYES, AS THE PARENTS, AS GRANDPARENTS IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. 
          I'M THE PERSON WHO WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT JUANITA BEAR MOM. 
          WE HAD A GROUP LIKE A HUNDREDS CONSERVATIVE PARENTS. 
          I REALLY WANT TO LET LGBT COMMITTEE KNOW THEY ARE JUST PART OF THE COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE US INDIVIDUALLY. WE RESPECT THEM. 
          WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH ANY LGBTQ. 
          BUT WHEN MY SON GET CONFUSED, MY SON CONFUSED. 
          I REFUSE HIM TO WEAR PINK TO GO TO SCHOOL AND THEN HE COME TO TELL YOU ARE HOMOPHOBIA. 
          I SAY I'M NOT, I RESPECT THEM, IT'S OKAY. 
          I WORK WITH AS A DESIGNER FOR MANY YEARS. 
          I WORKED WITH THE PHOTOGRAPHER, DESIGNER, A LOT OF THEM THEY'RE GAY, LESBIAN, THEY ARE TELLING PEOPLE THAT I HAVE NO PROBLEM BUT TO RESPECT THEM AND HANG OUT WITH THEM. 
          BUT I DON'T WANT LITTLE KIDS YOUNG GENERATION, THEY FEEL ISOLATED IF THEY NOT AGREE HAVE ANY LGBT PRIDE MONTH, RAINBOW. 
          MY SON WANT TO PUT THE RAINBOW IN MY FRONT YARD. 
          AMERICAN FEST IS THE ONLY FAIR I WANT TO PUT IN MY FRONT YARD. 
          THIS IS RAINBOW, BUT IT'S THE PROMISE FROM GOD. 
          FINE. I DON'T WANT TO ARGUE WITH THAT. 
          I JUST WANT EVERYBODY BE VERY SERIOUS. 
          I RESPECT MY MOM. NO PROBLEM. 
          I HANG OUT WITH THEM, 
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BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE TOO EMPATHIZE TO ALL THE YOUNG GENERATION, IT'S REALLY TOO MUCH. 
          I WANT EVERYBODY TO BE TREATED EQUALLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU, LILLY [APPLAUSE] YVONNE [BACKGROUND] [LAUGHTER] HELLO, EVERYONE. [NOISE] LILLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REPRESENTING AND REALLY DOING YOUR BEST [LAUGHTER] I APPRECIATE THAT. 
          HONESTLY. I GUESS I DON'T FEEL LIKE LILLY DOES I FEEL LIKE WE REALLY NEED TO DO MORE TO SUPPORT THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY. 
          I HEARD A STORY THAT THE LESBIAN COUPLE HERE IN LA VERNE WITH KIDS WHO WERE HARASSED BY THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND THEY ULTIMATELY LEFT. 
          THAT'S NOT THE LA VERNE THAT I DON'T THINK ANY OF US REALLY WANT US TO BE HARASSING TO A SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE. 
          THAT REALLY DID TOUCH ME WHEN I DID HEAR THIS STORY FROM A NEIGHBOR, FROM A FRIEND OF THOSE THAT LESBIAN COUPLE THAT FELT THE PRESSURE AND REALLY THE HARASSMENT AND FELT LIKE THEY DIDN'T REALLY BELONG HERE IN LA VERNE AND THEY NEEDED TO LEAVE. 
          THAT WAS VERY HEARTBREAKING. 
          I HONESTLY WOULD LIKE TO CELEBRATE PRIDE MONTH EVERY GENE. 
          I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE DONE. 
          THERE ARE OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY THAT RAISE THE RAINBOW FLAG. 
          I THINK I'VE SEEN ONE RAINBOW FLAG IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND THAT WAS AT STARBUCKS. 
          BUT, I'D REALLY LIKE TO WORK TOWARDS DOING SOMETHING MORE NEXT-GEN TO CELEBRATE PRIDE. 
          I DO SEE PRIDE FLAGS HANGING AROUND IN RESIDENCES AND I'D REALLY LIKE FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE VALUED AND INCLUDED. THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? MR. GABILON. 
          >> I HAD SOMETHING PREPARED, BUT HERE'S A QUESTION. 
          WHEN WILL THE LAST SEATING OF THIS COUNCIL BE? I'D LIKE TO KNOW FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          THEN ON CITY BUSINESS. 
          MR. MAYOR, MR. DAVIS, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOU UP ON COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE OUT OF THIS COUNCIL IN YOUR COMMITMENT TO FOLLOW UP FOR THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES AND PUTTING TEETH IN TO THE ORDINANCE THAT IS CURRENTLY DISGUISED AS MARKET VALUE. 
          I WON'T LET THAT ONE GO. 
          ADDITIONALLY, IN CLARIFICATION FOR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER ABOUT THE MISALIGNMENT POTENTIALLY OF CHOOSING FOLKS FOR THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS I THINK THAT'S A RESULT OF THE ELECTION REALIGNMENT. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY CHANGING THE ELECTION TO WHAT IT IS TODAY VERSUS WHAT IT WAS IN THE PAST. 
          BECAUSE THAT MIGHT ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE FUTURE CONVERSATION AROUND. 
          WHEN IT IS THAT YOU SHOULD DO YOUR JOB OR WHO SHOULD BE ENTITLED DO YOUR JOB? ABSOLUTELY. BUT I THINK SEEING THE FOREST FOR THE TREES. 
          FIX IT NOW AGAIN, WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT AGAIN. 
          THEN ON A DIFFERENT NOTE REGARDING THE CHANGES TO WATER USAGE. 
          IT HAS DAWNED ON ME THAT NOW THAT PEOPLE HAVE THEIR LAWNS DYING AND HAVE LESS GRASS. 
          THAT THEY ARE FILLING THEIR GREEN CANS TO LESS OF THEIR CAPACITY. 
          I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GO AND REVIEW THE CONTRACT WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT. 
          AS TO POTENTIALLY FEWER PICKUPS TO SAVE MONEY FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          IF THEY'RE NOT FILLING THEIR CANS WITH GRASS, IT'S NOT GROWING. 
          BECAUSE WE'RE NOT WATERING OUR LAWNS. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. GOBBLEDA. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. BOWEN. 
          >> COUNCIL. I'M READING THE CLOSED SESSION. 
          THE CITY COUNCIL MEET FOR THE CLOSED SESSION. 
          MAYBE I'M UNCLEAR. 
          I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH GOVERNMENT CODE 54957. 
          BUT IT SAYS, A MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING PURPOSE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT. 
          INTERIM CITY MANAGER. 
          IS IT A DISCUSSION ABOUT AN APPOINTMENT? WE JUST HAD TWO DISCUSSIONS THIS EVENING THAT WERE UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UP FOR EVERYTHING ELSE ABOUT TWO INTERIM APPOINTMENTS. 
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BUT THIS SAYS PUBLIC EMPLOYEE APPOINTMENT. 
          DOES THIS READ THAT YOU WILL GO INTO CLOSE SESSION AND PICK AN INTERIM MANAGER TONIGHT OR DOES IT MEAN YOU WILL HAVE A DISCUSSION AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLY A VOTE. 
          BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A LAME DUCK. 
          IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE EXPRESSION, SORRY. 
          BUT TWO OF YOU ARE GONE. 
          FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO ANNOUNCE THAT HE WAS LEAVING LAST MEETING. 
          THEN FOR YOU FIVE, TO PICK AN INTERIM MANAGER IS ONE OF THE WORST THINGS I COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE. 
          I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THE TWO NEW COUNCIL PEOPLE FEEL ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. 
          I'VE SEEN THIS POWER GRAB BY OTHER CITIES, OTHER COUNCILS IN THEIR LAST MEETING OR TWO. 
          I GUESS IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT YOUR LEGACY TO BE, THAT'S HOW IT WILL BE. 
          BUT YOU SHOULD NOT PICK AN INTERIM MANAGER FOR THIS CITY UNTIL THE NEW COUNCIL IS IN PLACE. THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. [APPLAUSE] ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          UP TO THE DESK, MR. RUSSI. 
          >> [OVERLAPPING] I'VE GOT A COUPLE HERE THAT I THINK I CAN RESPOND TO. 
          AS IT RELATES TO THE LAST PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS SEATED COUNCIL, IT IS TONIGHT. 
          THE NEXT MEETING THAT THEY WILL BE AT IT WILL BE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING THAT WE WILL CERTIFY THE ELECTION RESULTS AS WE GET THEM BACK FROM THE COUNTY. 
          THEN THE NEW ELECTIVES WILL TAKE THEIR SEATS SO THIS WAS THAT LAST OPPORTUNITY. 
          AS IT RELATES TO THE QUESTION REGARDING BASELINE, WE HAVE PUSHED BACK AND WE HAD BEEN PURSUING WITH THE COUNTY, WITH CALTRANS EVEN PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND AFTER THE ACCIDENT, WE SENT A LETTER WITH THE MAYOR SIGNATURE DIRECTLY TO THE CALTRANS DIRECTOR SEEKING FOR SOME TYPE OF REMEDY. 
          THOSE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO THE EXTENT THAT THE CITY CAN. 
          WE WILL PURSUE FURTHER AS WE HAVE WITH OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVES. 
          I WOULD ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM AS WELL. 
          WE ARE DOING OUR PART AS BEST WE CAN IN THAT REGARD. 
          ON THE LAST PART, AS FAR AS THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER, THERE WILL NOT BE AN APPOINTMENT TONIGHT. 
          IS A DISCUSSION BY COUNCIL. 
          THE APPROVAL WILL BE PUT BEFORE THE UPCOMING COUNCIL. 
          WHAT IS BEING DISCUSSED TONIGHT IS THERE WAS DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL OUT OF THE LAST MEETING. 
          OUR LAST CLOSE SESSION, AND WE'RE BRINGING THAT BACK FOR THESE GROUPS. 
          AT LEAST DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF GOING FORWARD. 
          SO THERE WILL BE NO ACTION ON THE INTERIM CITY MANAGER FROM THIS COUNCIL. 
          ON THAT NOTE, I'D LIKE TO JUST IF I COULD WITH YOUR CONSIDERATION, JUST SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS. 
          I KNOW THAT I HAVE SEVERAL MEETINGS LEFT AND I WILL CERTAINLY RESERVE SOME OF MY COMMENTS TO THE LAST. 
          BUT I KNOW FOR SOME OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOME OF THE STAFF, THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF MY RETIREMENT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE. 
          IT'S HONESTLY SOMETHING THAT WAS A VERY EMOTIONAL DECISION FOR ME TO MAKE AND ONE THAT I THINK IS BEST FOR MYSELF AND BEST FOR THE ORGANIZATION. 
          MAYBE MOVING FORWARD. I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK THAT I WAS ABLE TO DO WITH THIS COUNCIL AND PRIOR COUNCILS. 
          I APPRECIATE THE TEAM THAT WE HAD AND I'M SORRY IF, THAT FOR TWO OF YOU, I DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU FOR MORE THAN JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS. 
          BUT I THINK WE FACED A LOT OF CHALLENGES. 
          I THINK WE HAD A LOT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS. 
          I THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          IT'S BEEN A BLESSING TO SERVE THIS COUNCIL AND THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I WANT THE COMMUNITY STAFF AND COUNCIL TO KNOW IT'S MY COMMITMENT TO WORK WITH THIS COUNCIL TO HELP THIS TRANSITION BE AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE. 
          IDENTIFYING AN INDIVIDUAL THAT WILL AT LEAST TAKE MY SEAT UNTIL THEY CAN IDENTIFY MORE PERMANENT. 
          SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, I BELIEVE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THAT TO CREATE THAT SOFT LANDING OF TRANSITION BECAUSE THAT MATTERS TO ME. 
          IT MATTERS TO ME FOR THE STAFF THAT THIS COMMUNITY BENEFITS FROM AND I WANT TO CREATE AS LITTLE OF A DISRUPTION FOR THEM AS POSSIBLE. 
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I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO LET ME BE A PART OF THIS FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. 
          IT WILL BE A LONGER PROCESS. 
          THE QUESTION OF HOW LONG WOULD THIS PERSON BE HERE. THE INTERIM? IT COULD BE A TOTAL OF FOUR MONTHS FROM BEGINNING TO END. 
          WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THE RECRUITMENT. 
          OR IT COULD BE SIX MONTHS. 
          IT'LL TAKE AS LONG AS IT TAKES TO IDENTIFY THE MOST APPROPRIATE PERSON TO FILL THE SEAT GOING FORWARD. 
          I WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WHILE IT SEEMS LIKE A SURPRISE, I THINK WE'RE IN SUCH A GREAT POSITION FOR A TRANSITION. 
          WE HAVE A GREAT NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM. 
          VERY NEW TEAM THAT I THINK IS JUST RIPE TO PICK UP AND MOVE FORWARD FROM HERE. 
          WITH A NEW LEADER COMING IN THAT CAN TAKE AND GROW FROM THE BONES THAT EXIST AT THIS POINT I THINK WE'RE POSITIONED WELL. 
          FINANCIALLY, WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION, FROM A MANAGEMENT TEAM WE'RE IN A GREAT POSITION FROM JUST A PERSPECTIVE OF WHERE WE'VE COME IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND OUR POLICE ISSUES. 
          WE'RE REALLY READY TO MOVE FORWARD AND WHY NOT MAKE THAT THE TIME TO HAND OVER THE REIGNS TO SOMEBODY NEW TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT STEP. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE STAFF, THE COUNCIL, AND THE COMMUNITY TO WHATEVER EXTENT WHILE I STILL REMAIN HERE. 
          I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING A PART OF THIS TRANSITION. 
          BUT THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE IT. 
          >> THANK YOU. MR. RUSSI. CAN I JUST DO ONE COMMENT ON MR. GAVALDON HAD MENTIONED REGARDING THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES. 
          I DID BRING IT UP TO THE CITY MANAGER, RUSSI, AND HE'S LOOKING INTO THAT. 
          I THINK THE BASIC CONCEPT WAS TO TIGHTEN IT UP. 
          TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROTECTION OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE PRIME CONCERNS. 
          >> WHAT I WILL SAY IS WE WILL PASS IT ON TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY THAT SPECIALIZES IN THAT. 
          IT DOESN'T FALL INTO BOB'S PER VIEW, BUT ONE OF HIS PARTNERS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE WE CAN DO. 
          >> THANK YOU. COUNCIL COMMENTS. MS. CARDER. 
          [10. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
          >> I WILL [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> THE LAST ONE. 
          >> BOB I'D LIKE TO REQUEST, CAN WE HAVE THE SITTING COUNCIL ON THE 20TH. 
          I'VE A FEW MINUTES ON TO MAKE FINAL COMMENTS. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS OUR LAST TIME TO SPEAK. 
          >> THE 18TH. 
          >> THE 18TH. YEAH, EXACTLY. THE 20TH. 
          >> AT THE VERY BEGINNING WE WILL HAVE [INAUDIBLE]. 
          >> BECAUSE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TOLD ME THEY WANTED TO COME TO MY LAST MEETING. 
          I TOLD THEM I THOUGHT IT WAS 18TH. 
          GOOD. SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH NEW COUNCIL AND EVENTUALLY NEW CITY MANAGER, NEW MANAGEMENT HERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS. 
          WE'RE IN A GREAT PLACE. 
          I AGREE WITH BOB, AND IT'S BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP THAT BROUGHT US TO THIS POINT. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO ASK THE AUDIENCE, OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE HEARD NOTHING BUT ACCUSATORY COMMENTS. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU TAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND TURN THEM INTO QUESTIONS. 
          WE CAN ANSWER A STATEMENT, BUT WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS. 
          IF YOU HAD A COMMENT SUCH AS JOE DID, HE CAME UP, HE ASKED A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BOB COULD WRITE THEM DOWN, TIM COULD WRITE THEM DOWN, BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM. 
          THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE. 
          YOU NEED TO CHANGE THE ATTITUDE IN THE CITY, IT'S VERY NEGATIVE. 
          WE NEED TO TURN IT AROUND. 
          WE NEED IT TO BE POSITIVE. 
          IT'S IN YOUR HANDS, WHAT YOU DO WITH IT, I'M STILL GOING TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I'M GOING TO BE IN COUNCIL MEETINGS. 
          I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU ACCOUNTABLE. 
          [LAUGHTER] LET'S CHANGE THE ATMOSPHERE HERE. 
          LET'S MAKE IT THE POSITIVE, GOOD PLACE THAT LA VERNE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AND BRING IT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS. 
          LAST THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS OUR 4TH OF JULY. 
          OUR COMMITTEE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON OUR 4TH OF JULY ACTIVITIES, AND IT WILL START WITH THE PARADE THAT MORNING, 10:00 AM. 
          THEN WE WILL HAVE THAT EVENING OPENING AT FIVE O'CLOCK, WE WILL HAVE THE STADIUM OPENED UP. 
          WE'LL HAVE A CARNIVAL OUT THERE. 
          THEN TICKET SALES ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW. 
          TICKETS OR $10 PER PERSON, WHETHER YOU'RE A CHILD OR ADULT, DOESN'T MATTER IF YOU BUY THEM PRE-SALE OR AT THE GATE, IT'S BEST TO BUY THEM PRE-SALES SO THAT YOU KNOW YOU GOT A TICKET. 
          THERE'S JUST SO MANY TICKETS GOING TO BE SOLD. 
          YOU CAN COME TO THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THE DEPARTMENT BEHIND CITY HALL, AND YOU GO AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING TO COME INTO THEIR DOOR, BUY YOUR TICKETS, IT'S CASH ONLY. 
          I RECOMMEND YOU DO THAT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. 
          IT'S GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL EVENT. 
          WE HAVE LOTS OF SPONSORS, WE HAVE A LOT OF VENDORS. 
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THE COMMITTEE HAS WORKED VERY HARD. 
          OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD IS PART OF THIS COMMITTEE, AND I'M VERY PROUD TO WORK WITH ALL OF THEM, SO THANK YOU. 
          >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER, CARDER. MR. CROSBY, MR. ROAD WARRIOR. 
          >> YEAH, LONG DRIVE TODAY. 
          WELL, FIRST AND BECAUSE OF THAT HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, BELATED FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE RESIDENTS AND TO THE FATHERS UP HERE. 
          I GOT TO SPEND SOME WONDERFUL TIME AWAY AND OUT OF SELF-SERVICE, THANK GOODNESS. 
          AT TIME TWO, IT WAS REALLY GOOD. 
          IT'S WHY I OPENED UP MY DRIVING HOME TODAY, HAD 75 TEXTS AND ABOUT 50 EMAILS. 
          I'M SORRY IF I HAVE NOT ANSWERED, BUT ACT ANY FUND THIS LAST WEEKEND BECAUSE OF SO FAR OUT. 
          HAPPY PRIDE MONTH. 
          GREAT SHOWING TODAY. 
          IT'S A GREAT DAY TO BE A LA VERNE RESIDENT BECAUSE OF WHAT THE CITY HAS DONE. 
          I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOMETHING THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA TODAY WAS THE IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR THE MONERA SQUARE. 
          CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT TO SEE ITS FRUITION. 
          WE TALKED ABOUT TODAY OF ALL THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS. 
          ONE OF THE THINGS IN ACTION WOULD BE HAVING THAT SQUARE COMPLETED. 
          THIS REALLY GOING TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT OUR ACTIVITIES. 
          THAT MAKES YOUR PAST. 
          RESIDENTS MIGHT NOT KNOW OF WHAT LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT DID THIS PAST WEEK AND THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE CITY OF EL MONTE. 
          WE WENT AND SENT OFFICERS DOWN THERE AND REALLY SUPPORTED THEM IN THEIR NEED. 
          I REALLY WANT TO THANK CHIEF FLORES AND LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR GOING OUT AND HELPING OUT OUR FELLOW CITY IN THEIR DIRE NEED. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE. 
          LASTLY, AS THIS IS THE LAST SCENE OF THIS COUNCIL, IT'S BEEN A GREAT PLEASURE THE LAST TWO YEARS TO SIT WITH EVERY ONE OF YOU. 
          YOUR GUIDANCE, YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR HELP, YOUR TEACHING, REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE DISCUSSIONS AND WHAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS. 
          WE'VE GONE THROUGH BEING ELECTED RIGHT BEFORE CLOSING THE WHOLE WORLD DOWN AND MAKING THROUGH IN OUR CITY, COMING OUT IN ABUNDANCE WITH AN EVEN GREATER BUDGET, PUTTING MORE IN OUR RESERVES, AND HELPING OUT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES. 
          IT'S BECAUSE THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY AND THE EMPLOYEES, BUT ALSO, ESPECIALLY THIS COUNCIL. 
          IT TOOK EVERY ONE OF YOU TO DO THAT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT. 
          CHANGE IS GOOD TOO. 
          ONE GREAT THING OF WHY WE LIVE IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IS THAT WE HAVE PEACEFUL CHANGES OF GOVERNMENT. 
          WHEN PEOPLE CHANGE AND THINGS CHANGE, IT'S NOT LIKE GOING IN OTHER PLACES WHERE IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE DIFFICULT. 
          I REALLY APPRECIATE CHANGE AND APPRECIATE THAT WE KEEP MOVING FORWARD. 
          >> THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. 
          >> I WOULD JUST WANT TO ALSO SAY, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL THE DADS OUT THERE, WHETHER YOU FATHERED SOMEONE BIOLOGICALLY OR ARE YOU ARE A FATHER FIGURE, THAT ROLE IN A CHILD'S LIFE IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR SINCE THE PANDEMIC THAT WE'VE GOT TO CELEBRATE WITH MY DAD AT HOME. 
          HE'S STILL RECOVERING AND STILL GOING THROUGH ALL OF THAT. 
          BUT EVERY MOMENT IS PRECIOUS. 
          IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOUR DAD OR TO THE PERSON THAT IT SERVES AS A FATHER FIGURE IN YOUR LIFE, PLEASE DO. 
          ALSO, WHAT TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY TOO WAS JUNETEENTH. 
          I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT JUNETEENTH UNTIL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND I THINK IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING FOR FOLKS TO KNOW. 
          IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS EMANCIPATION DAY OR FREEDOM DAY. 
          THIS COMMEMORATES THE DATE OF JUNE 19TH, 1865 WHEN FEDERAL TROOPS ARRIVED IN GALVESTON, TEXAS TO GIVE MORE TO THE ENSLAVED AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT THEY WERE FINALLY FREE. 
          KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS IS TWO YEARS AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION WAS SIGNED. 
          THAT IS JUST MIND-BOGGLING, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T LEARN ABOUT IN SCHOOL, WHICH I HOPE THAT'S BEING CORRECTED SO THAT WE LEARN ALL OUR HISTORY AND NOT JUST SOME OF IT. 
          I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH, ALONG WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER AND MAYOR HEPBURN TO ATTEND THE GARBIS MEMORIAL PEACE GARDEN DEDICATION ON JUNE 11TH. 
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I JUST WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO DR. GARBIS AND HIS FAMILY, BUT ALSO TO THE ROTARIANS WHO PUT THAT EVENT TOGETHER. 
          THAT WAS A TRUE TESTAMENT TO A LIFE WELL-LIVED. 
          MAY WE ALL LIVE SUCH A LIFE. 
          MAYBE WE DON'T ALL HAVE STATUTES DIRECTED TO US, BUT WE ARE REMEMBERED FONDLY IN THE HEARTS OF OTHERS. 
          I ALSO WANT TO WISH A HAPPY PRIDE TO ALL OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY YET AGAIN, IT IS A HARD ROAD TO HOE AND I THINK THE FOLKS AT HILLCREST CAN ATTEST THEY HAD A LAST GOSH, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MONTHS AGO NOW, BUT THEY WERE PUT ON A PROGRAM ABOUT AGING AND LGBTQ COMMUNITY. 
          THE STRIDES THAT WE'VE MADE TILL TODAY, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS THERE. 
          FOR A LOT OF THOSE PEOPLE TO HAVE LIVE CLOSETED AND NOT TO BE THEIR AUTHENTIC SELVES, THAT'S HEARTBREAKING. 
          I HOPE THAT WE DO BETTER THIS GENERATION GOING FORWARD. 
          LAST BUT NOT LEAST FOR THOSE OF YOU AND I SEE A UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE T-SHIRT OUT THERE [LAUGHTER], SO FOR ALL OF YOU THAT ARE ALUM OR HAVE FAMILY OR FRIENDS THAT ARE ALUM, THE LEWIS CENTER IS ACTUALLY OPEN FOR USE BY ALUMNI. 
          MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY 10:00-6:00. 
          IF YOU'RE ASKING, "WHAT'S IN THE WELLNESS CENTER AND WHY DO I WANT TO GO? IT'S GOT STATE OF THE ART GYM EQUIPMENT, THERE ARE CLASSES THERE, AND IT'S FREE IF YOU'RE AN ALUM. 
          I KNOW THE HOURS ARE LIMITED, THAT'S BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH STUDENT WORKERS, IT'S SUMMER, BUT IF YOU WERE LOOKING TO MAYBE TAKE A BREAK FROM YOUR GYM MEMBERSHIP, THEN GO FOR FREE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE. 
          THIS IS JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF AN AMAZING PARTNERSHIP THAT HAPPENS WITHIN THE CITY BECAUSE WE HAVE A RESOURCE LIKE THE UNIVERSITY. 
          AS ALWAYS, BE KIND. 
          I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD WEEK AND I HOPE YOU'RE STAYING COOL. 
          >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL [INAUDIBLE] MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR. I WANT TO JOIN COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER IN RESERVING SOME TIME FOR THE NEXT MEETING AT THE BEGINNING. 
          I KNOW WE'LL GO OUT EARLY AND PROBABLY LEAVE EARLY, BUT I WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH ALL OF YOU. 
          IT WAS A PLEASURE TO SERVE WITH DAWN AND WITH CHARLIE AND NOW TO SERVE WITH THE FOUR OF YOU AS WELL HAS BEEN FUN. 
          IT'S BEEN CHALLENGING. 
          I THINK WE HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS, ESPECIALLY OVER THESE PAST TWO YEARS, WHERE WE'VE HAD TO DO BOTH CITY BUSINESS AND DEAL WITH WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC. 
          I SEE GREAT THINGS IN RICK AND WENDY AS THE NEWBIES. 
          YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CARRY US FAR AND TIM AS THE STALWART, YOU'LL KEEP US GOING. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT. 
          LIKEWISE, I WANT TO WISH ALL THE FATHERS OUT THERE HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. 
          AS AN ALLY FOR THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY, I'M SADDENED TO HEAR THAT MY NEIGHBORS FELT THREATENED ENOUGH THAT THEY HAD TO MOVE. 
          IT'S NOT EASY TO BE LGBTQ AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO BE AN ALLY BUT THERE ARE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ALLIES OUT THERE SO PLEASE CONSIDER BEING AN ALLY TO YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR FAMILY. 
          THEY'RE NOT THAT FAR AWAY FROM YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE WENDY BRINGING UP JUNETEENTH. 
          I THINK OF JUNETEENTH IS MORE OF A DAY OF OBSERVATION AND REMEMBRANCE. 
          IT'S HARD FOR ME TO CELEBRATE SOMETHING THAT TOOK TWO YEARS TO HAPPEN. 
          I'M VERY CONFLICTED ABOUT THE JUNETEENTH. 
          I THINK IT SHOULD BE REMEMBERED, IT SHOULD BE A DAY THAT STANDS OUT AND MAYBE SOMEDAY I'LL TURN TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN CELEBRATE IT BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, IT WAS TWO YEARS IN COMING AND THAT WAS TWO YEARS TOO LONG. 
          >> THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS. 
          DATA TO ALL THE COMMENTS, HAPPY PRIDE MONTH, HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL OF THOSE OUT THERE. 
          HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT DAY YESTERDAY. 
          ALSO, I WANT TO SAY THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE ALWAYS AGREED ON THINGS, COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER AND MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS, BUT WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF DONE AND WITH THE PREVIOUS PEOPLE LIKE RON COUNCIL AND DAWN, WE DID A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS AND THAT'S PUT US IN THE POSITION WE'RE IN WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT, GOOD STAFF, AND ALSO OUR NEWEST COUNCIL MEMBERS, EVEN THOUGH WE GOT HEIGHTENED WITH THE COVID THING BUT WE DID SURVIVE THAT. 
          THE COMMUNITY SURVIVED BECAUSE WE WERE STRONG AND WE WERE UNITED. 
          I DO APPRECIATE THAT, YOU'VE BEEN EXCELLENT IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE. 
          I DO APPRECIATE BEING PARTNERSHIPS WITH YOU GUYS. 
          ALSO [INAUDIBLE] WAS AMAZING, ROTARY AMAZING JOB BUT ALSO DIRECTOR SHEAR AND THE CITY FOR ALLOWING US TO DO THAT. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL. YOU'LL SEE PEOPLE THERE ALL THE TIME NOW SITTING AND HAVING SANDWICHES. 
          IT'S MILLS PARK. IF YOU GUYS SEE IT, IT'S A LITTLE MEMORIAL AS YOU PASS BY. 
          GO TAKE A LOOK, WALK AROUND, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IT'S GORGEOUS. 
          NOT IN THE SUN, THAT THE BENCHES GET A LITTLE HOT BUT WHEN IT COOLS OFF IN THE MORNING, IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BE. 
          WE HAD THE CHAMBER INSTALLATION DINNER WHICH I HAD MENTIONED WHEN LEE WAS HERE. 
          [01:50:01]
MORGENSTERN QUIZ STEPPED DOWN AS PRESIDENT AND SHE TURNED OUT AND ONE POINT IS NOW, AND IT WAS OVER AT THE GRILL HOUSE LIKE I HAD MENTIONED. 
          IT WAS A GREAT THING. 
          LEE DOES AN AMAZING JOB AS WE ALL KNOW. 
          OUR CHAMBERS, JUST THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY, ALONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          JOSEPH HARVEY WAS EAGLE SCOUT PRESENTATION THIS LAST WEEK BEFORE LAST. 
          THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS I FORGOT, BUT HE MADE HIS EAGLE SCOUT PRESENTATION. 
          THAT'S THE LAST OF MANY OF THAT WAITED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC THE EAGLE SCOUTS BUT THEY COULDN'T HAVE THE PRESENTATION. 
          THAT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION JUST ACROSS THE STREET AT THE CHURCH. 
          THEN ALSO I KNOW, ROBIN, YOU COULDN'T MAKE IT TO THE 50 PERCENT COMPLETION OF THE GOLDLINE. 
          YOU ARE WELL REPRESENTED BUT WE HAD JUST A NAME, ED REESE, WHO IS THE MAYOR PRO TEM OF CLERMONT, WAS THE SPOKESPERSON AND HE'S ON THE GOLDLINE AND THEN TIM SANDOVAL BUT HILDA ELISE, NOW A SUPERVISOR ALSO WITH KATHRYN BARGER. 
          CHRIS HOLDEN WAS THERE. 
          MR. RODRIGUEZ, ANOTHER ASSEMBLY MEMBER, JUDY CHU, CHRISTOPHER LOTANO, ARUN, NIGERIAN, WHO IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS AND PROPONENTS OF THE GOLDLINE AND HUBBY BAYLAND WHO IS THE CEO OF THE GOLDLINE, WHICH WAS JUST A GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          THE WEATHER WAS NICE, IT WAS BLOWING, THE BREEZE WAS BLOWING BUT IT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION. 
          WE ARE AT 50 PERCENT COMPLETION, AND THEY'RE PROMISING THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE $750 MILLION TO COMPLETE TO MONTCLAIR BUT THEY ARE PROMISING THAT, CROSSING THEIR FINGERS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET IT DONE AND BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE MONTCLAIR HOPEFULLY TO ALL THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH WOULD BE JUST INCREDIBLE. 
          A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEK BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR QUESTIONS AND WE MAY NOT ALWAYS GIVE YOU THE ANSWER THAT YOU WISH TO BUT WE DO LOVE OUR CITY ALL OF US COMPLETELY. 
          AUDIENCE AND ALL OF OUR STAFF, WE LOVE THE CITY, SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, IS THAT CORRECT, MR. RUSSI? 
          >> YES, MR. MAYOR. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS. FIRST IS CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6, AND THEN ALL REPRESENTED GROUPS. 
          THEN THERE IS ALSO A CLOSED SESSION, AS WE'VE NOTED BEFORE UNDER 54957 TO DISCUSS INTERIM CITY MANAGER. 
          >> ALSO, WE WILL NOT BE REPORTING ON THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? 
          >> WE'LL NOT. 
          >> OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOT JULY 5TH, WE ARE DARK. 
          WILL BE ON JULY 18TH AT 6:30 PM. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO CLOSE IN MEMORY OF CORPORAL MICHAEL PERERES AND OFFICER JOSEPH SANTANA, THE TWO OFFICERS THAT WERE KILLED ON ARMANI. 
          PLEASE KEEP YOUR PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILIES AND ALSO DONATE IF YOU WISH TO TO THE WHAT I'VE GIVEN YOU GUYS. 
          IT'S ON THE WEBSITE I THINK. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN POST IT ON THE WEBSITE ALSO, I'LL SHOOT ON YOU THAT. 
          >> I THINK THE DEPARTMENT HAS IT AS WELL. 
          >> THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, SO LOOK ON THERE. 
          HORRIFIC THINGS NEED TO CHANGE, BUT WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY FOR MENTIONING THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS STELLAR. 
          I THINK WE HAD TWO OFFICERS. 
          I THINK WE HAD LIEUTENANT, WE HAD OUR COMMAND VEHICLES, WE HAD COUNSELORS, ALSO WE HAD DISPATCHERS THERE. 
          AS OTHER CITIES, WE'RE IN AREA D. THE AREA D, MUTUAL AID, WHICH MEANS ALL THE AREAS, THEY ALL CAME IN. 
          ACTUALLY, I HEARD FROM, I THINK CHIEF FLORES SAID THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS HAD SEEN ONE OF OUR LA VERNE PD STOP THEM AND SAID THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 
          WE GET AROUND, WE SUPPORT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION AND IT IS NOW, 
          [11. CLOSED SESSION]
I WAS LOOKING AWAY AHEAD, 8:34. 
          THANK YOU ALL. [BACKGROUND]
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.