[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? WELCOME. IT'S NICE TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO KEEP THE AIR CONDITIONER DOWN TO 38 DEGREES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT WORKING THAT WELL.
SO WE'RE BRINGING IN ICE RIGHT NOW WITH SOME FANS IN A FEW MINUTES.
ANYWAY, CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:33.
WE'LL DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU CAN STAND, PLEASE STAND.
RISE. FACE THE FLAG OVER HERE.
PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
NOW WE'LL DO ROLL CALL, MR. RUSSI. VERY GOOD.
I NEED TO GET MY EYES ON. SORRY.
JUST RUINED. ANYBODY NEED A TIE TONIGHT? I'VE GOT AN EXTRA ONE.[INAUDIBLE] WELL, WE HAVE RECOGNITION ITEM FOR RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING MAYOR PRO TEM MUIR
[4. Recognition of Outgoing Mayor Pro Tem Muir Davis and Council Member Robin Carder]
DAVIS AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBIN CARDER.PLAQUES? IF I COULD HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER AND MAYOR PRO TEM MUIR DAVIS, PLEASE COME DOWN HERE.
BUT I WANT TO HEAR PERSONALLY, GIVE THIS TO YOU GUYS.
THESE AREN'T THINGS NUMBER SIX.
I THINK I HAVE ROBYN'S SIGNATURE AND SHE HAS MINE.
PERFECT. OTHERWISE WE ARE JUST ON OUR OWN.
AND THEN ALSO THE LA VERNE PLAQUE.
CITY, LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF LA VERNE TO MUIR DAVIS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND APPRECIATION OF FIVE YEARS DEDICATED SERVICE AND CARING LEADERSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION.
THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. [APPLAUSE] PRESIDENT ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS OF LA VERNE, ALSO ROBIN CARDER, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND APPRECIATION OF 13 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, CARING LEADERSHIP TO THE COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZATION.
CARDER. [APPLAUSE] NOW WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS FROM OTHER OFFICIALS OF MR. PORTANTINO. MY YOU HAVE CHANGED.
IF ONLY I WAS HIM. SO I'M MARK.
I'M WITH SENATOR PORTANTINO'S OFFICE.
ROBIN, I KNEW YOU PROBABLY WELL.
AND IT'S BEEN GREAT GETTING TO KNOW YOU OVER THE YEARS, THE RELATIONSHIP THAT BOTH THE SENATOR AND I HAVE WITH YOU AND THE FRIENDSHIP AND JUST THE WAY THAT WE WORK SO WELL TOGETHER, IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC AND YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON YOUR RETIREMENT.
MUIR, FIVE YEARS, IT SEEMS LONGER THAN THAT, WHICH IS FOR ME IT'S GREAT TO SAY THAT.
IT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S A GREAT THING.
IT'S A GREAT THING. NO, MUIR IT'S BEEN GREAT TO GET TO KNOW YOU.
THE SENATOR REALLY APPRECIATES HIS FRIENDSHIP WITH YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE JUST LOVE THE WAY THAT WE WORK SO WELL WITH YOU GUYS.
I GOT IT RIGHT HERE. CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] WE DO IT ALL IN LA VERNE.
NOW FOR A MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR.
JUST LIKE MOST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.
HOW ARE YOU THIS EVENING? FOR CHECK.
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CHECK. HI, MY NAME IS MATT LYONS AND TONIGHT I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF REPRESENTING STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER CHRIS HOLDEN.AND HAVING SERVED ON THE PASADENA CITY COUNCIL FOR ALMOST 24 YEARS, HE HAS A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER THAT REPRESENTS THE GREAT CITIES IN THE 41ST ASSEMBLY DISTRICT.
WHETHER YOU'VE SERVED A DAY OR 13 YEARS, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GO UNSEEN BY THE PUBLIC THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS DO ON REGIONAL BOARDS OR MEETINGS THAT JUST SIMPLY AREN'T COUNCIL MEETINGS.
AND SO, AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR EVERY SINGLE DAY OF SERVICE THAT YOU HAD ON THIS COUNCIL ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE MORE RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ALMOST I'M NOT GOING TO SAY MOST NOTABLY, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ENHANCEMENT DISTRICT IS GOING TO PAY HUGE DIVIDENDS FOR CITIZENS AND THE FUTURE GENERATION OF THE CITY OF LAVERNE.
AND YOU BOTH HAVE SET SUCH A POSITIVE TONE WHEN IT COMES TO THE GOLD LINE COMING TO THE CITY OF LAVERNE, THAT I THINK THE CITY IS VERY WELL POSITIONED TO TAKE EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO TO THE NEXT LEVEL AS THEY WELCOME THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION TO LAVERNE AND BEYOND. SO AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDEN, THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO, BOTH SEEN AND UNSEEN AND ON BEHALF OF THE STATE ASSEMBLY, I'M PRESENTING YOU WITH THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, WHICH IS A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR APPRECIATION.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. NOW FROM L.A.
COUNTY SUPERVISOR KATHRYN BARGER, AND AS MY COLLEAGUE SO ELOQUENTLY EXPRESSED, WHAT A DIFFICULT JOB IT IS TO BE AN ELECTED OFFICIAL.
ALL THAT YOU DO, ALL THE PEOPLE YOU SERVE, AND THIS IS A TINY FRACTION OF WHAT YOU DO.
THE YEARS OF TIME, THE MEETINGS, THE LISTENING TO GOOD COMMENTS AND BAD COMMENTS, SO MANY THINGS THAT NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE HEAR ABOUT, BUT WORKING FOR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, I HAVE LEARNED THOSE THINGS AND MY HAT IS REALLY OFF TO PEOPLE THAT RUN FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.
THE STAY FOR 13 YEARS, FIVE YEARS.
IT IS NOT AN EASY JOB AND IT'S NOT WELL PAID.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE SUPERVISOR THAT ALL YOU'VE DONE, NOT JUST FOR THE CITY OF LAVERNE, BUT FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AS WAS ECHOED FROM MY COLLEAGUES.
SO I WISH YOU BOTH THE BEST AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] YES. YES.
YES. YES. DO YOU WANT TO PLEASE COME ON UP.
AND SUPERVISOR SOLIS, WE HAVE TWO COUNTY SUPERVISORS NOW.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. AND HI, EVERYONE.
JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, MY NAME IS ANDREA MORENO.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING SUPERVISOR HILDA SOLIS.
SO I WANT TO JUST THANK VICKI AND HER OFFICE.
THEY HAVE BEEN AMAZING PARTNERS IN HELPING US NAVIGATE OUR NEW AREAS.
AND SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE IN LAVERNE.
AND ALTHOUGH I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO WORK WITH YOU BOTH, I KNOW THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO BE GREAT STEWARDS OF THE HISTORY THAT LAVERNE HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH YOUR WITH, YOU KNOW, THE NEW FOLKS ON COUNCIL.
SO ON BEHALF OF SUPERVISOR SOLIS AND THE FIRST DISTRICT, I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK.
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THE CERTIFICATES ARE ACTUALLY SIGNED DOUBLE NOW.SO THE CITY OF LAVERNE IS VERY SPECIAL TO THE COUNTY, DOUBLE SIGNATURES.
AND SO YOU HAVE. THAT'S RIGHT, FIRST AND FIFTH.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN AND VERY NICE TO MEET YOU ALL.
I THINK WE'LL GO BACK UP ON THE DAIS.
ANOTHER ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE TWO.
[APPLAUSE] THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THIS SECTION AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHAT? PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR PRO TEM.
KATHY [INAUDIBLE], COME ON UP.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE GOING TO STAY ALL NIGHT, KATHY? NOT THAT LONG. NOT AT ALL.
SO THIS IS FROM DON KENDRICK REGARDING ROBIN CARDER.
APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS AGO, ROBIN CARDER MADE THE DECISION TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
HER FIRST ACT WAS SPENDING EIGHT YEARS AS AN ELECTED BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WITH THE TRAGIC AND UNFORTUNATE ACCIDENTAL DEATH OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ED JONES, ROBIN WAS ASKED TO FILL THE TERM REMAINING ON ED'S FOUR YEAR TERM ACCUMULATING NINE AND A HALF YEARS REPRESENTING OUR CHILDREN AND STUDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IN 2009, SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL AND HAS SPENT 13 YEARS SERVING THE RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE, A TOTAL OF 22 AND ONE HALF YEARS AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, HELPING TO MAKE DECISIONS TO IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OUR CHILDREN AND OUR RESIDENTS.
ANOTHER COMMITTEE ROBIN HAS SERVED REPRESENTING LA VERNE IS TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH.
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF TWO SUCH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SHE HAS RISEN TO BE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TRI-CITY.
THIS REPRESENTS POMONA, LA VERNE AND CLAREMONT.
ROBYN HAS BEEN VICE CHAIR OF THIS BOARD FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
WHEN THE TRAIN ARRIVES IN LA VERNE IN THREE YEARS, THANK ROBYN FOR HELPING TO GET IT HERE.
WHEN ROBIN WAS ELECTED IN 2009, SHE CAME INTO OFFICE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GREAT RECESSION.
TALK ABOUT INDOCTRINATION UNDER FIRE.
DECREASING CITY INCOME, BUT STILL TRYING TO PROVIDE SERVICES TO RESIDENTS.
AND WITH THAT SUPPORT, NO EMPLOYEE WAS TERMINATED.
THE ONLY CITY AROUND THAT HAD THAT DISTINCTION.
SHE IS A CONSENSUS BUILDER AND TEAM PLAYER IN HELPING CREATE A BETTER LA VERNE.
THANK YOU, ROBIN, FOR YOUR UNTIRING SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO LA VERNE, FROM DON.
[APPLAUSE] AND THIS IS REGARDING MUIR DAVIS. WHEN DAVIS WAS ELECTED FIVE YEARS AGO TO THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL, HE IMMERSED HIMSELF IN THE UNDERSTANDING OF CITY FINANCES AND BECAME PROBABLY THE BEST COUNCIL MEMBER IN OUR CITY FINANCES THIS CITY HAS EVER HAD.
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IT IS THIS EXPERTISE HE BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE RESULTS.LA VERNE IS A VERY SOUND FINANCIAL COMMUNITY.
THIS INCREASED REVENUE GOES DIRECTLY TO OUR RESIDENTS AND THE SERVICE IT PROVIDES.
SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THIS PROPOSITION, LA VERNE HAS BEEN ABLE TO IMPROVE ITS SERVICES TO RESIDENTS AND AT THE SAME TIME PROVIDE BETTER FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES. WHEN MIA WAS BEING INTERVIEWED BY EDISON, AN EMPLOYEE WHO HAD WORKED WITH HIM IN A DIFFERENT COMPANY, TOLD THE DECISION MAKERS AT EDISON THAT MIRA DOESN'T THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. HE DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THERE IS A BOX.
IT IS THIS VISIONARY ABILITY THAT CREATES DIALOG AND MOVING FORWARD AND AREAS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN UNEXPLORED AND MAKE LA VERNE THAT SPECIAL PLACE WE CALL HOME. A GREAT EXAMPLE WAS PREVENTION OF LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT FROM GOING COUNTY AFTER 1600 SIGNATURES DURING THE PANDEMIC WERE GATHERED BY RESIDENTS.
AND QUICKLY FOR ME, I STARTED ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS REGULARLY AROUND SEVEN YEARS AGO.
I DIDN'T KNOW ROBIN CARDER AT THE TIME, BUT I ALWAYS WAS IMPRESSED WITH HER.
MOST NOTABLY FOR ME WAS HER DEDICATION TO KEEPING OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN-HOUSE.
WE WERE GETTING VERY CLOSE TO MOVING TO THE COUNTY MODEL WHEN ROBIN REACHED OUT TO A GROUP OF RESIDENTS AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND PUT TOGETHER THE PETITION TO SAVE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND OUR GROUP POUNDED THE PAVEMENT AND GOT 1600 SIGNATURES.
AND OUTSTANDING NEW CHIEF AND ALL THREE STATIONS ARE OPEN WITHOUT ROBIN.
I HONESTLY DON'T THINK WE'D BE HERE.
YOU ARE AN ASSET TO OUR CITY AND I AM HAPPY AND PROUD THAT WE'VE BECOME FRIENDS.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT HE WAS UNTIL I WITNESSED HIM ON COUNCIL.
I AM ALSO VERY PROUD TO CALL YOU FRIEND ROBIN AND MUIR YOUR WISDOM AND GUIDANCE WILL BE MISSED ON THE DAIS, BUT I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY OUR WONDERFUL CITY.
I'M SAVING SEATS OUT HERE FOR YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS? LILY. EVENING CITY COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR AND ESPECIALLY MRS. ROBIN CARDER AND DAVIS MUIR, EVEN THOUGH I WAS KIND OF LIKE A TOUGH PERSON, COME HERE, ALWAYS COMPLAIN FOR SOMETHING AND THEN NOT REALLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU VOTE FOR. BUT ANYWAY, I KNOW, I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT'S GOOD FOR LA VERNE AND THEN BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE HEART FOR LA VERNE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU VOTE FOR THING THINGS THE BEST FOR LA VERNE. SO I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.
AND THEN I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR LONGEST 13 YEARS, FIVE YEARS.
SO TO BE OFFICIAL, NOT TO PAY A LOT, COMPLAIN.
AND THEN FOR THE COMING FOUR OR FIVE YEARS, RIGHT? THE THREE NEW COUNCIL STILL WILL FACE A LOT OF TOUGH CITIZEN LIKE ME.
WE WILL KEEP COMING FOR THE TRANSPARENCY.
SO JUST REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL.
SO THIS IS THE ROSES FROM ME, MY GARDEN.
THANK YOU. OH, THANK YOU, LILY.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? MR. CARDER.
FIRST OFF, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE CANDIDATES THAT HAVE SECURED A SEAT ON THE COUNCIL.
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I HOPE YOUR SERVICE GOES WELL AND THAT ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS DURING THE NEXT TERM AS YOU ALL SERVE ALL OF OUR CITIZENS.SORRY YOU GOT UPSTAGED BY YOUR ROSES.
I'M SORRY. AND WE CAN'T SEE HER ANYMORE, BUT THAT'S FINE.
ROBIN, YOU'VE BEEN SERVING SINCE WE HAD CHILDREN.
PTA, LITTLE LEAGUE, [INAUDIBLE], BENITA BOOSTERS, V.P.
AND OTHERS. ALL BEFORE YOU DECIDED TO SEEK OFFICE AS A TRUSTEE FOR BENITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WINNING THAT ELECTION RESULTED IN YOUR FIRST ELECTED POSITION.
YOU ALSO HAD TO RESIGN YOUR BENITA USD POSITION AT RAMONA ONCE ELECTED.
JUST ANOTHER SACRIFICE YOU'VE MADE FOR OUR CITIZENS.
SERVING TWO TERMS FOR BENITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN NOT SEEKING A THIRD ONLY TO BE APPOINTED TO SERVE THE REMAINDER OF ANOTHER TERM UPON THE DEATH OF TRUSTEE ED JONES. SOME OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF MANY OTHERS, WAS THE SPORTSPLEX DEVELOPMENT PLUS FLORES POOL IMPROVEMENTS FOR JOINT USE WITH THE CITY OF LA VERNE. LA VERNE UNIVERSITY AND BENITA HIGH SCHOOL, AND SUPPORTING AND PASSING TO THE BOND MEASURES WITH THE SUPPORT OF OUR CITIZENS FROM SAN DIMAS AND LAVERNE.
I HAVE ONE HERE ON SERVING THE YOUTH, WHICH I'M JUST GOING TO SAY REAL QUICKLY.
WHILE YOU WERE A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, YOU HAD A PARTICULAR SITUATION WHERE A YOUNG MAN WAS BASICALLY GOING TO BE SENT OUT OF DISTRICT FOR AN INFRACTION THAT YOU THOUGHT WAS INAPPROPRIATE AND WOULD NOT HAVE HELPED THIS YOUNG MAN, THIS YOUNG MAN, DUE TO YOUR EFFORTS IN GETTING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO SEE IT FROM A DIFFERENT LIGHT, WAS NOT ONLY ABLE TO STAY IN SCHOOL UNDER CONTRACT, BUT HE GRADUATED.
IS NOW A TEACHER UP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
[APPLAUSE] THE OTHER ONE THAT CAME TO MIND WAS A JAPANESE WOMAN WHO WAS WELL ABOVE HER SEVENTIES.
HER HUSBAND CAME TO YOU AND SHE SAID SHE MISSED ONE ELEMENT.
SHE ALREADY HAD HER DOCTORATE.
SHE'D ALREADY SERVED THROUGHOUT EDUCATION AND WAS RETIRED.
SHE DID NOT HAVE HER BENITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT EXCUSE ME, HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA.
SO SHE CAME TO YOU AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE AN EVENT.
WE NEED TO DO THIS ON THE SIDE.
SO BASICALLY YOU MADE ALL THE ARRANGEMENTS.
TOOK THEM INTO A SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM.
AND YOU'RE ABLE TO PRESENT HER A DIPLOMA AFTER SHE HAD BEEN SENT AWAY BECAUSE SHE WAS JAPANESE.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT ALSO.
[APPLAUSE] YOU'RE ELECTED THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL IN 2009 AND HAVE SERVED FOR 13 YEARS, ALL WITH THE INTENTION OF SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH, CITIZENS AND COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MUCH, INCLUDING IMPROVED RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOOST, UNLV, MOBILE HOME PARKS AND OTHER COMMUNITY GROUPS SERVING ON GOAL LINE AS PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT.
AND I THINK THAT'S JUST EIFD FOR A REASON CORRECT.
AS VICE CHAIR, THE REMOVAL OF OFF OF OUR PAGE CAMP FROM CONSIDERATION OF USE FOR VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND EXPANSION WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE ENTIRE COUNCIL STAFF AND INVOLVED CITIZENS. AND EVEN THOUGH NEITHER OF US HAVE MILITARY BACKGROUND, YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE MILITARY FAMILIES HAVE BEEN EXTENSIVE.
MAYBE NOT A BIG THING TO OTHERS, BUT VERY IMPORTANT TO THAT INDIVIDUAL AND HIS FAMILY.
MUIR DAVIS. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND EXPERTISE THAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL.
ROBIN AND MUIR, THE DONATION OF COUNTLESS HOURS OF PREPARATION, STUDY SESSIONS, PHONE CALLS, EMAILS AND ON AND ON AND ON HAS BROUGHT ME A DEEP RESPECT FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND OUTCOMES.
ROBIN, THE DECISION NOT SEEK AN ADDITIONAL TERM WAS CHALLENGING.
I THINK YOUR HEART AND MIND HAVE LED YOU TO THE PROPER DECISION.
ALMOST A QUARTER OF A CENTURY OF ELECTORATE SERVICE SHOULD BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND PRAISED FOR ALL THE INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SERVED IN THE SEATS YOU HAVE OCCUPIED AND UNDERSTAND THE DEVOTION AND CHALLENGES REQUIRED TO DO THE SERVICE.
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HERE IS SOMETHING FOR ME, FOR YOUR DEDICATION AND ACHIEVEMENTS.THIS IS A BOUQUET OF 24 ROSES.
AND IF YOU WOULD DOUBLE THE 24 TO 48, THAT IS A NUMBER OF YEARS WE'VE BEEN MARRIED.
NOT ALL MY LOVE TO YOU, ROBIN.
IT'S OKAY. THE FLOWERS LOOK SO MUCH PRETTIER.
THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND MAYOR HEPBURN.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO BOTH OF THESE THAT ARE EXITING THE COUNCIL.
ALTHOUGH I RARELY AGREED WITH THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MADE ON THIS COUNCIL.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH READING IS INVOLVED.
UNTIL I GOT SERIOUSLY INVOLVED ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS ON A REGULAR BASIS AND PRINTING OUT THESE PACKETS THAT ARE 600 PAGES PLUS SOMETIMES, AND READING ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS PLUS ALL OF THE OTHER COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE INVOLVED WITH.
I ALSO WANT TO ESPECIALLY THANK ROBIN CARDER, BECAUSE HAVING THE COURAGE TO BREAK THE OLD BOYS CLUB, YOU AND DONNA REDMAN WERE THE FIRST WOMEN ELECTED TO THIS COUNCIL. SO THAT IS TO BE COMMENDED AS WELL.
SO THANK YOU VERY KINDLY FOR YOUR PRESENCE AND WISH YOU THE BEST IN THE FUTURE.
ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? [INAUDIBLE] MR. ALLISON? I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE HOW CAN YOU FOLLOW THAT? DO YOU HAVE ROSES? I DON'T HAVE ROSES.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING WRITTEN.
ROBIN, I FIRST MET YOU ON THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE, AND I SAT THERE NEXT TO YOU.
LIKE, HOW CAN ANOTHER PERSON THINK SO ASTRONOMICALLY DIFFERENT FROM ME? I HAD NO IDEA HOW WE CAN SEE THE WORLD FROM TWO DIFFERENT SIDES AND HAVE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT LISTENING.
AND THEN THAT MEETING AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU LISTENED A LOT.
AND OVER THE YEARS SINCE THEN, I'VE SEEN YOU LISTEN A LOT AND I'VE SEEN YOU CARE.
AND I'VE SEEN YOU EXPRESS EMPATHY.
I'VE SEEN YOU EXPRESS KINDNESS, EVEN IN CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DID IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE CHALLENGED IN WAYS THAT I DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR.
I DON'T THINK IT'S DIGNIFIED, NOR DO I THINK IT'S RESPECTFUL.
BUT YOU CONTINUE TO RISE TO THE OCCASION, AND I THINK THAT LEADERSHIP IS POWERFUL.
YOUR 23 YEARS OF SERVICE, I THINK, IS A MODEL FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS CITY TO KNOW THAT THEY CAN GET IN, BUCKLE IN EARLY, AND THEN HAVE A REAL, SUSTAINABLE ROLE IN THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS COMMUNITY.
I SAW YOU AT A FORUM AND I THOUGHT, I HAVE TO VOLUNTEER FOR THIS GUY.
I HAVE NO IDEA. I WASN'T EVEN INTO WHITE CANDIDATES THEN.
AND I THOUGHT I HAD TO GET OUT AND VOLUNTEER FOR YOU.
AND I THINK IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST POLITICAL DECISIONS DESPITE RUNNING FOR OFFICE MYSELF THAT I THINK I'VE MADE, BECAUSE YOUR LEADERSHIP HAS LEFT A PROFOUND MARK ON THIS COMMUNITY. I CAME TO UNDERSTAND YOUR INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT MADE US FRIENDS.
BUT AS I GOT TO KNOW YOUR HEART BETTER, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MADE US BROTHERS.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR MODEL.
I THANK YOU FOR THE LESSONS THAT YOU'VE TAUGHT THROUGH, THE WAY THAT YOU'VE LIVED YOUR LIFE, THROUGH THE LESSONS THAT YOU'VE IMPARTED FROM THE DAIS, FROM THE RATIONALE THAT YOU'VE EXPERIENCED AND EXPRESSED WITH THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU.
AND I THINK THAT LEADERSHIP IS HARD TO REPLICATE.
AND AS ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, I GOT YOUR BACK.
WE GOT A LOT MORE EXPERIENCES AND ADVENTURES TO GO ON TOGETHER.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU FOR THE LEGACY YOU LEAVE ON THE CITY.
THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. ALLISON. MR. NEELY. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.
IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE TODAY.
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I COME NOT JUST AS REPRESENTING HILLCREST, BUT MY OWN FAMILY.WE'VE LIVED IN LA VERNE 24 YEARS, SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF RINGS TRUE.
VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE SERVICE.
THERE IS NO PERFECT CITY COUNCIL MEMBER, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WITH PERFECT INTENTIONS.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING HOW YOU HAVE BOTH OPERATED IN THIS ARENA, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT.
NEITHER NONE OF THOSE WERE YOUR FAULT.
AND MUIR DAVIS IS AN INDEPENDENT THINKER, TOO.
AND I AM GRATEFUL I HOPE THAT CONTINUES.
I THINK YOU CAN BE OF DIFFERENT OPINIONS WITHOUT BEING CONTENTIOUS.
AND YOU'VE SHOWED US HOW TO DO THAT.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE SERVICE OF THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO COME IN AND REPLACE YOU.
AND IN THE LAST MOMENT, I'LL JUST SHARE THAT IN MY ROLE AT HILLCREST, WE HAVE MANY RESIDENTS WHO FROM HILLCREST HERE TODAY I SEE GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE.
AND THERE ARE GENERATIONS IN OUR CITY OF PEOPLE OF INFLUENCE.
AND I'M VERY GRATEFUL FOR THE TIME THAT YOU HAVE SPENT TO BE A PART OF THIS SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER OF THIS GREAT CITY AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE BEING BETTER BECAUSE OF THE SERVICE YOU'VE RENDERED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MATTHEW.
[APPLAUSE] ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. COME ON UP.
IT'S TRUE. I WOULD LIKE TO DEEPLY THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL AND WELCOME THE RECENTLY ELECTED NEW MEMBERS TO LEADERSHIP IN OUR CITY, TO THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WHO SERVED AND CONTINUE TO SERVE.
WORDS LIKE ENCOURAGEMENT, LOGIC, COMPETENCE, ACCESSIBILITY, REASON AND CARING COME TO MIND.
TO OUR NEWLY ELECTED CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WELCOME YOU AS LA VERNE'S FUTURE COMMUNITY LEADERS.
WE LEARNED A FRIGHTENING LESSON MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN OUR NATIONAL DEMOCRACY WAS THREATENED DURING A FRAGILE TIME OF OF LEADERSHIP TRANSITION.
THIS IS A TIME TO LEAN IN AND NOT PULL AWAY.
IT IS A TIME TO LISTEN WITH HEART AS WELL AS WITH MIND.
IT IS THE TIME TO SUPPORT ALL CITY RESIDENTS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE NOT AS PUBLICLY ENGAGED BUT ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT AND VALUABLE TO OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR DEDICATION.
THANK YOU, CHERIE. [INAUDIBLE] YVONNE.
GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANT TO SAY TO COUNCILMEMBER CARDER AND MUIR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING STRONG VOICES AND FOR ALWAYS DOING WHAT'S BEST FOR ALL OF US.
I THANK YOU FOR GIVING SO MUCH OF YOURSELVES AND SERVICE.
I WANT TO THANK YOU BOTH FOR WELCOMING ME PERSONALLY AND TO THE CITY.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY AWESOME AND REALLY ENCOURAGING ME.
YOU'VE BOTH REALLY BEEN A BIG INSPIRATION TO ME TO GET INVOLVED AND TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BOTH AROUND TOWN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU BOTH BEING INVOLVED AND KEEPING US ALL ACCOUNTABLE.
YOU TRULY HAVE BEEN AN INSPIRATION.
ANYONE ELSE FROM THE AUDIENCE? PUBLIC COMMENT. NOBODY ON THE BOARD UP THERE, NO HANDS RAISED.
THANK YOU. I FIRST MET ROBIN 23 YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A BRAND NEW TEACHER AND SHE WAS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD AND HER INSPIRATION OF SERVICE.
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SO REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU'VE DONE FOR EVERYONE AND SITTING ON THE [INAUDIBLE] FACT COMMITTEE, I GOT TO SIT ON IT WHEN I WAS ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL AND REALLY GOT TO LEARN ABOUT YOU.AND MR. DAVIS, YOU FIRST TOLD ME WHEN I WAS THINKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR OFFICE, THIS IS THE LONELIEST BOARD THAT YOU'LL EVER SIT ON. AND IT TRULY IS, BECAUSE WE CANNOT SPEAK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING TO EACH OTHER, BECAUSE THE BROWN ACT.
AND BUT JUST YOU BECAME A COLLEAGUE AND BOTH OF YOU BECAME FRIENDS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MEANS THE MOST TO ME.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON COUNCIL WITH ME.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
[APPLAUSE] COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
I THINK WE MUST HAVE HAD SOME OF THE SAME CONVERSATIONS.
SO JUST SUB IN MYSELF OR RICK.
BUT ROBIN, I THINK YOU KNOW THE WORLD OF EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE CITY.
AND I THINK TO ECHO DENITA'S POINT, IT IS NOT AN EASY ROW TO HOE WHEN YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALES TO MAKE THAT FORAY INTO ELECTED OFFICE IN A CITY THAT HADN'T SEEN A WOMAN IN ELECTED OFFICE FOR A NUMBER OF MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST IS OBVIOUSLY A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR INSIGHT, YOUR ADVICE, YOUR GUIDANCE.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU OUT IN THE CROWD AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU AROUND TOWN.
WELL, AND MR. DAVIS, YOU SAID THE SAME THING TO ME, THAT THIS IS THE LONELIEST SPORT I WILL EVER SERVE ON.
AND HAVING SERVED ON MANY BOARDS AND CONTINUING TO SERVE ON MANY BOARDS, YOU ARE RIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK THERE ARE MANY TIMES WHEN WE'VE ALL SAID THIS WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER IF WE COULD JUST GET, YOU KNOW, GET TOGETHER AND LIKE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
SO THANK YOU FOR BEING THAT VOICE, BEING A SOUNDING BOARD, BEING SOMEONE WHO HAS ALWAYS HAD AN OPEN DOOR TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAT WHERE YOU SAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASK.
AND I THINK THAT'S YOU KNOW, I HOPE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE SAME SORT OF SOUNDING BOARD TO OUR NEWLY ELECTEDS WHO ARE COMING IN, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MADE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOR ME PERSONALLY, BECAUSE IT ISN'T AN EASY JOB AND YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO AND THEN YOU DON'T.
I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO HAVE GOOD CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU.
AND I WILL MISS YOU AS WELL ON THIS DAIS.
LET'S GO, EVERYBODY IT'S ON HIM.
WELL, THANK YOU AND THANK YOU.
[APPLAUSE] COUNCILMEMBER CARDER.
WE'VE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
AND OUR OUR MEETING WAS ACTUALLY ON THE BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WITH BENITA.
YES. WHEN WE PULLED US IN ON THAT.
SO YOU CAN THANK ROBIN'S FORTITUDE AND AND VISION.
I WILL SAY A LITTLE STORY THAT WE WERE IF YOU NOTICE ON BENITA, IF YOU'RE PART OF BENITA HIGH SCHOOL AND YOU'VE BEEN THERE, THERE'S A NEW SNACK BAR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE HAD A LITTLE YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL MEETING.
THIS WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND ROB AND I ARE SITTING THERE AND GOING, WELL, WE CAN'T DO THE SNACK BAR.
AND ROBIN LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID, OH, YES, YOU CAN.
AND A FEW MONTHS LATER, ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE FOUND MONEY FOR THE SNACK BAR AND THIS IS FOR OUR KIDS.
AND ROBIN'S BEEN 100% WITH YOUTH, AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO YOU.
AND WE BOTH HAVE THE SAME VISION ON THAT.
AND WE BUILT THE SNACK BAR AND THEY'RE USING IT NOW.
SO IT'S WONDERFUL. SO THERE'S TOO MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
AND WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. MY FINANCIAL GURU OVER HERE.
WE HAVE CLASHED MANY TIMES ON HOW WE HOW WE GET TO THE POINT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE MADE SOME GREAT DECISIONS.
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OUR CITY IS A MUCH BETTER PLACE FOR THAT.HE'S CO WITH ME ON THE SANGER VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
BUT I, I THINK THAT ALSO ON HIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GOLD LINE IN IS FORWARD LOOKING ON THAT FOR MOBILITY FOR OUR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO BIKE RIDE WALK SAFELY IN LA VERNE AND HAVE THE PROPER THINGS PUT IN PLACE FOR US LIKE OUR GOLD LINE BRIDGE.
VERY MUCH OF AN ADVOCATE FOR THAT.
SO AGAIN, AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE.
YOU'VE DONE A HECK OF A JOB AND WE WILL YOU WILL BE MISSED.
YOU WILL BOTH BE MISSED. THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[5. Public Comments to Outgoing Mayor Pro Tem Muir Davis and Council Member Carder.]
NOW COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBER CARDER AND MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS OK.WE'RE GOING TO LIGHTEN THIS UP AND DO SOMETHING SPECIAL.
[APPLAUSE] AND DON COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT I THANK HIM FOR HIS SERVICE TOO.
BUT NOW WE NEED TO HAVE THE THREE OF YOU STAND BE RECOGNIZED.
OH, WE DID. WE GOT TO SEE OUR FAMILY OUT LIKE A FISHBOWL.
[APPLAUSE] BEFORE I START A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I HAVE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WHEN YOU CAME IN THE DOOR, YOU SAW THE DISPLAY OVER IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE SPECIAL CHAIR WITH THE PLAQUE NEXT TO IT.
WE PLACE THAT TODAY THAT ALL THAT WOOD WAS MADE BY DON KENDRICK AND DONATED.
THERE ARE SOME IN DIFFERENT CAPITALS ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND WE WANTED TO HAVE IT HERE.
YOU KNOW, WE ALL SUPPORT OUR MILITARY AND WE IS IT NOT WORKING? WELL, I'M LOUD, I'M TOLD.
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OH, OKAY, ROB, WE'LL LET YOU TAKE THAT HOME WITH YOU.
SO ANYHOW, DON KENDRICK BUILT ALL THAT DISPLAY.
HE HAND-CARVED IT, BUILT IT FROM SCRATCH.
THE IF YOU NOTICE ABOVE THE CHAIR, THERE'S A PICTURE OF AN EAGLE WITH HIS HEAD BOWED.
THAT IS FOR ALL THE MISSING MIA AND POWS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
AND SO WE WANTED TO HONOR THEM, HAVE IT HERE IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
SO PLEASE, YOU KNOW, GIVE RECOGNITION, SAY A PRAYER AS YOU PASS BY.
AND I THANK DON KENDRICK FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY.
[APPLAUSE] OKAY, I'D LIKE TO FIRST, THEN UNDER MY COMMENTS, CONGRATULATE STEVE JOHNSON.
YOU WANT TO STAND STEVE? [APPLAUSE] AND CASH.
WHERE ARE YOU CASH? AND THEN THE REELECTION OF TIM HEPBURN.
CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] I WANT TO WISH YOU THE BEST ON THE COUNCIL.
AND I KNOW, STEVE, YOU AND I SERVED TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TWO YEARS I WAS ON.
AND THE ONLY ADVICE I WANT TO GIVE YOU IS REMEMBER YOUR SPOUSES.
YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME YOUR FAMILY GIVES UP FOR YOU TO SERVE.
SO AND I KNOW YOU KNOW, TIM, BUT IT'S JUST WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF YOUR FAMILIES.
AND SO I THANK THE FAMILIES THAT ARE INVOLVED AND OF COURSE, MY HUSBAND.
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OK, HISTORY OF MOVING TO LA VERNE IS VERY SPECIAL TO US BECAUSE WE WERE 23 YEARS OLD.I WAS PREGNANT WITH MY SECOND CHILD AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME IN A NICE COMMUNITY.
AND EVER SINCE WE'VE STAYED HERE, WE'VE LIVED HERE 43 YEARS.
AND WE'LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIVES AS MUCH AS THEIR OWN.
WHEN I AFTER I SHORT LIVED HERE JUST SHORTLY, A COUPLE OF YEARS, KRAIG WALTERS WAS VERY YOUNG.
HE WAS RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL.
BOB AND I WANTED TO GET INVOLVED.
AND HE DID WIN AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
SOMEBODY GIVEN THAT MUCH TIME TO THE COMMUNITY.
SHORTLY, ABOUT FIVE YEARS LATER, I WAS ASKED TO BE THE INTERIM DIRECTOR AT THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
AND SO I WAS TELLING THEM, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO DO ONE DAY IS RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL.
HE LOOKED AT ME, HE SHOOK HIS HEAD AND SAID, A WOMAN WOULD NEVER WIN IN OUR CITY.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A MAN'S COMMUNITY.
AND I WAS SHOCKED, YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT, OKAY, WELL, I KIND OF JUST KEPT THAT IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD THINKING, OKAY, SO THEN I WORK FOR RAMONA, GOT ON SCHOOL BOARD. THAT WAS A THAT WAS A TREASURE TO ME.
WORKING WITH OUR KIDS, OUR YOUTH IS JUST AMAZING.
THEN AFTER I WAS JUST GOING TO SERVE TWO YEARS, STEPPED DOWN.
I TRULY HAD A CALLING THAT I NEEDED TO FULFILL HIS, THE REST OF HIS TERM.
SO I DID FOR TWO AND A HALF MORE YEARS, WE HIRED A WONDERFUL SUPERINTENDENT.
MOST OF YOU KNEW GARY RAPKIN, WONDERFUL MAN.
BUT TWO YEARS LATER, HE CAME TO ME AND HE WAS THE FIRST TO TELL ME THAT BLICKENSTAFF WAS NOT GOING TO RERUN, THAT I NEED TO, AND AT THAT TIME I REALLY WASN'T THINKING OF RUNNING, BUT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND THEN I DID.
AND ONE THING ANYONE RUNNING FOR ELECTION KNOWS IT'S TIMING.
THIS HAS TRULY BEEN MY PLEASURE SERVING THIS COMMUNITY.
I HAVE WORKED WITH SOME OF THE BEST COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IT'S VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
CHARLIE, YOU'RE RIGHT IN THERE WITH IT.
AND I'VE MADE LIFELONG FRIENDS WITH ALL OF YOU.
SOME OF MY YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF MY HIGHLIGHTS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH OF WHAT I FELT WERE VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
AND ONE, THE VETERANS MEMORIAL IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
I'VE NEVER SERVED NO ONE IN MY FAMILY, BUT MY BROTHER IN LAW DID.
BUT ONCE THE COMMITTEE WAS BEING FORMED, I WANTED TO BE A PART OF IT BECAUSE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE OUR MILITARY FOR THEIR SERVICE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN, WE NEED TO ALL DO THAT.
AND SO I'M PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PART BECAUSE I'M STEPPING DOWN FROM HERE DOES NOT MEAN I'M NOT GOING TO CONTINUE GIVING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THERE'S STILL QUITE A FEW COMMITTEES I'M STILL ON AND I WILL BE AT COUNCIL MEETINGS ONCE IN A WHILE WHEN THERE'S TOPICS THAT I'M INTERESTED IN THAT I FEEL WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO DO KNOW THAT IF YOU EVER NEED ME, CALL ME.
I'LL BE THERE. AND WE'RE RIGHT HERE IN TOWN.
THIS IN GOD WE TRUST WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
MY MY RELIGION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND I FEEL WHEN I STARTED TO DO THE RESEARCH, WHO CAN'T HAVE PRAYERS OVER US, WE NEED THAT.
WE'RE WORKING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
BUT WHAT DOES IT HURT IN A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT? MONEY ALL HAS INTEREST IN LOVE IN GOD, WE TRUST AND OTHER AREAS.
SO I FELT THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
SO I'M HONORED THAT THAT IS HANGING UP IN OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
THE AS IT WAS SAID, IT WAS SO WONDERFUL WHEN WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE I WAS WORRIED WITH MY HUSBAND THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR COMMUNITY, THAT FIVE PEOPLE, EVEN THOUGH I'M SITTING UP HERE, I'M ONE OF THEM.
FIVE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DECIDE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICES, SUCH AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND TO HAVE US GO COUNTY BY THE VOTE OF JUST FIVE.
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I FELT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED TO VOTE ON THAT.SO WE DECIDED TO PUT A LITTLE PETITION TOGETHER AND IT WAS DEAR AND COVERED THE WORST TIME.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SIGNING? WE GOT 1600 SIGNATURES IN TWO WEEKS AND THERE WAS A COMMITTEE THAT WENT OUT AND GOT THESE.
AND I THANK THE COMMITTEE OUT THERE THAT WENT AROUND, GOT THE SIGNATURES.
IT SHOWS THAT HOW MUCH PEOPLE CARE.
AND WE BROUGHT IT TO I BROUGHT IT TO THE COUNCIL TO FOR A DISCUSSION.
YOU MADE THAT SUGGESTION THAT ANY ANY DECISIONS GOING FORWARD WITH PUBLIC SAFETY THAT IT PUBLIC SERVICES SAFETY WILL GO BEFORE THE VOTERS. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I DON'T WANT TO MISS ANYTHING.
SO AND GOLD LINE IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
I GOT ON IT ON A YEAR BEFORE WE EVEN STARTED THIS PHASE.
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS RIGHT ON TOP OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH THE HOMELESS.
AND I FEEL THIS IS GOING TO BE A TRUE BENEFIT TO OUR CITY AND ESPECIALLY THE UNIVERSITY.
FOR THE STUDENTS TO COME TO THE UNIVERSITY ON THE GOLD LINE WILL BE SO GREAT FOR THEM.
SO WHOEVER SERVES ON THE GOLD LINE AFTER MYSELF, PLEASE REMEMBER FIGHT HARD FOR LA VERNE AND OUR STATIONS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN ALL ENJOY IT IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THREE YEARS IT'S GOING TO BE ALL READY TO COME THROUGH POMONA.
I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS, THEY WHO HELPED WITH THE CAMPAIGNS OVER THE YEARS, I HAVE RAN FIVE SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGNS BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT AND CITY, AND EACH ONE WAS A JOY.
THE SUPPORT AND FRIENDS THAT I HAVE MADE THROUGHOUT IT.
AND EACH ONE OF YOU THAT WAS A PART OF IT.
TO THE STAFF, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT OUR STAFF.
TO THE NEWLY ELECTED, PLEASE TAKE THE TIME, UNDERSTAND OUR STAFF.
THEY'RE THE ONES GETTING THE WORK DONE HERE.
TRUST IN THEM, BELIEVE IN THEM, TALK TO THEM AND UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.
BUT IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO LET THEM DO THE JOB.
WE ARE HERE TO NOT MICROMANAGE.
WE'RE HERE TO AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS MOVING FORWARD.
EVERY DEPARTMENT I HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW OVER THE YEARS AND I THANK EVERYBODY FOR THEIR FRIENDSHIP FOR, YOU KNOW, I'M REALLY TRYING NOT TO CRY AND ALL THAT HAS BEEN DONE.
WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF LA VERNE, AND I REALLY THINK IT'S MADE A DIFFERENCE.
AND I TREASURE EVERY STAFF MEMBER THAT WE HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ALL OF YOU, TO BOB RUSSI.
YOU ARE. I WAS PART OF HIRING YOU.
MARTY WAS STEPPING DOWN, AND I TOLD YOU I WAS USED TO SCHOOL BOARD WHERE ACTUALLY YOU STILL HAVE THE WHAT'S IT CALLED, HAVE THE INTERVIEWS TO DECIDE AND HEAR FROM OTHERS.
BUT YOU HAD ALL THE QUALITIES AND I ASKED YOU, TELL ME WHY I SHOULD JUST HAND THIS POSITION TO YOU.
MARTY HAD THE ANSWERS THAT YOU WERE THE RIGHT MAN.
WE'VE WORKED TOGETHER AS A TEAM WITH THE PAST COUNCIL AND THIS COUNCIL, AND YOU'RE VISIBLE.
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE'VE ASKED TO BE SEEN OUT IN THE PUBLIC TO YOUR GREAT WITH THE BUDGET.
AND I TRULY TREASURE OUR FRIENDSHIP TOO.
SO LIKE I SAID, THESE ARE FRIENDSHIPS THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME.
FIRST, I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ALL KNOW, EVEN THOUGH WE WENT THROUGH CANCER WITH MY DAUGHTER THIS PAST YEAR, SHE IS CANCER FREE AND [APPLAUSE] IT WAS A LONG TIME, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THAT YEAR IT FELT LONGER THAN A YEAR.
AND HE ONE DAY WANTED TO TAKE HER TO THE CITY OF HOPE.
AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PRAYERS, FOR YOUR LOVE AND SUPPORT.
TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND, ROBERT.
AND YOU I CONSIDER YOU NOW STANDING NEXT TO ME, NOT BEHIND ME.
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WE ARE MOVING FORWARD.OUR NEXT STAGE OF LIFE, WE GET TO ENJOY EACH OTHER.
I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF OUR LIFE.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE, VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] MAYOR PRO TEM DAVIS.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT THOMAS WAS SAYING.
THE CARDERS ARE A HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.
I WANT TO JOIN ROBIN, THOUGH, IN CONGRATULATING THE NEWLY ELECTED.
YOU'LL GET RECOGNIZED A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO I WON'T EMBARRASS YOU A SECOND TIME OUT OF THREE.
SO I'LL JUST RECOGNIZE YOU AND THANK YOU AS YOU'RE SITTING.
AND ACTUALLY, ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU'LL BE SURPRISED TO HEAR ABOUT WAS STEVE JOHNSON WAS THE FIRST ONE WHO SUGGESTED THAT I RUN FOR FOR COUNCIL IN 2009 WHEN JOHN BLICKENSTAFF WAS STEPPING DOWN.
AT THAT TIME, MY CHILDREN WERE YOUNG IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND HIGH SCHOOL.
AND I THOUGHT THAT THE COMMITMENT LITTLE DID I KNOW, BUT THERE WAS A TINY BIT OF WISDOM THERE SAYING MAYBE THE COMMITMENT FOR CITY COUNCIL IS A LITTLE TOO LARGE WITH A FAMILY SO YOUNG. SO IT WAS EIGHT YEARS LATER, IN 2017, THAT ONE WAS OFF TO COLLEGE, ONE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ONE WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I SAID, WELL, THIS WOULD BE A CONVENIENT TIME.
AND SO I RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL, THANKS TO STEVE JOHNSON PLANTING THAT SEAT IN MY HEAD IN 2009.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT, STEVE, I APPRECIATE IT.
HAVING SERVED ON MANY CITY ON MANY BOARDS, CORPORATE BOARDS AND OTHER TYPES OF NONPROFIT BOARDS, AS YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST SHOCK I HAD JOINING THIS BOARD WAS HOW LONELY IT WAS.
AND THAT'S WHAT I SHARED WITH ANYBODY WHO ASKED ME ABOUT JOINING CITY COUNCIL.
IT TOOK ME A LITTLE WHILE, BUT MR. RUSSI, I FINALLY LEARNED THAT HE WAS MY CONDUIT FOR INFORMATION.
GROWING UP IN A IN CORPORATE AMERICA, YOU LEARN THAT WHEN YOUR BOSS ASKS YOU FOR SOMETHING, OR WHEN A PEER ASKS YOU FOR SOMETHING, YOU GO DO THE RESEARCH AND YOU BRING BACK A WELL THOUGHT OUT EXPLANATION AND ARGUMENT FOR WHATEVER POSITION YOU'RE TAKING.
WITH OUR COUNCIL COMING UP WITH DECISIONS.
AND WHAT I LEARNED ON COUNCIL WAS THAT I NEEDED TO BRING MY OPENNESS, MY INTEREST AND MY THOUGHTS TO THE INFORMATION THAT WAS BEING PROVIDED BY THE BODY AND THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL OR THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER, AND LARGELY FROM STAFF, BECAUSE MOST OF THESE IDEAS WERE STAFF DRIVEN.
SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SUPPORTED ME, WHO SUPPORTED MY CAMPAIGN.
I HAD TWO DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS, CAMPAIGN MANAGERS IN MY SHORT TERM.
I WAS THE ONE WHO WAS LIMITED AND NOT ABLE TO TO PREVAIL IN THIS LAST ELECTION.
SECOND SECTION I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT I'VE LEARNED AND WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED HERE ON COUNCIL.
I'VE LEARNED HOW WHAT TO FOCUS ON AND WHAT NOT TO BE DISTRACTED BY.
SO YOU'RE LIMITED ON HOW MUCH EXPOSURE YOU CAN HAVE IN ALL SORTS OF AREAS.
BUT WHAT I DID LEARN PRIMARILY FROM BEING IN CORPORATE AMERICA, WHERE THE STOCK MARKET WAS DRIVING SENIOR EXECUTIVES AND BOARDS TO LOOK SHORTER AND SHORTER TERM INTO THE NEXT 90 DAYS, THAT AS A STAFF PERSON, IT WAS HARD FOR ME TO THINK OUT TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS OR FIVE YEARS.
IF MY SENIOR EXECUTIVES WERE LOOKING AT 90 DAYS, 180 DAYS AND 365 DAYS.
SO WHAT I TOOK TO THAT FOR THIS COUNCIL WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT AT LEAST MY VISION WAS LOOKING AT THREE YEARS AT THE EARLIEST OR FIVE YEARS OR 20 YEARS THAT THE DAY TO DAY WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE BY THIS STAFF, CHAMPIONED BY OUR CITY MANAGER BOB RUSSI, SUPPORTED BY LEGAL COUNSEL AND OTHER STAFF, IS THAT WE HAVE DEPARTMENTS HERE AND PEOPLE HERE WHO, WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THEIR WORK WITHOUT CONCERN OF A BOARD COUNCIL OF A CITY COUNCIL, THEY CAN MAKE THE REAL MAGIC HAPPEN.
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PEOPLE DON'T MAKE LA VERNE BETTER.SO I APPRECIATED THE FACT THAT I WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE MY LIMITATIONS AND NEEDING TO GET OUT OF THEIR WAY AND MAKE SURE THAT I WAS LOOKING AT A LONG POSITION.
SO THE VISION FOR, FOR AND FROM COUNCIL IS REALLY IMPERATIVE.
LASTLY, THE ADVICE I HAVE FOR COUNCIL COMING IN, AND FOR THE COUNCIL STAYING.
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE FUTURE AND LET MANAGEMENT TAKE THE DAY TO DAY EFFORT.
ALSO, DON'T TAKE OUR CURRENT MODEL OF GOVERNING FOR GRANTED.
IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN MORE DISTRUST AND CYNICISM ABOUT GOVERNMENT, ABOUT ATTEMPTS OF UNFAIR ELECTIONS, FALSE CLAIMS, WORSENING POLITICAL POLARIZATION, THE WORST WE HAVE SEEN SINCE THE CIVIL WAR.
WE HAVE SEEN SETBACKS ON ISSUES OF GUN VIOLENCE, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, LGBTQI RIGHTS AND MINORITY RIGHTS.
I AM CHRISTIAN AFFIRMS THE OMNIPRESENCE OF GOD.
AND IT ALSO CAUSES ME TO THINK ABOUT THE PRACTICAL MEANING OF THAT.
AND THAT WAS THE PRIMARY SPIRITUAL PRINCIPLE THAT HE PROMOTED.
GOD'S LOVE INCLUDED OUR ENEMIES, AS WELL AS OUR FELLOW CITIZENS AND RESIDENTS.
ACCORDINGLY, GOD'S PRESENCE AND ACTION ARE TO BE UNDERSTOOD PRIMARILY IN TERMS OF LOVE AND THESE ACTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL AND IN MY EYES NEED TO FOLLOW THAT.
THE ONLY POWER FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE THAT GOD EMBODIES IS LOVING POWER.
AND THIS MUST ULTIMATELY INCLUDE EVERYONE, NOT JUST A SELECT FEW.
THERE ARE NO OUTSIDERS TO GOD'S LOVE.
SO I LEAVE THIS COUNCIL FILLED WITH LOVE AND JOY, AND I ANTICIPATE THAT I WILL REMAIN ENGAGED AS AN ELDER STATESMAN NOW THAT I'M NO LONGER ON THE DAIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]
[7. POST ELECTION PROCEDURES]
THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH.MR. RUSSI POST ELECTION PROCEDURES.
NOW IS THE TIME FOR COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION AS IT RELATES TO THE ELECTION OF JUNE SEVEN, 2022, AND DECLARING THE OTHER MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW. SO WHAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD DO IS CONFIRM THE CANVASING AND THE ELECTION RESULTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
AND BASED ON THOSE THE THREE CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE SEATED HERE TONIGHT ARE STEVEN JOHNSON FOR DISTRICT ONE FOR A FOUR YEAR TERM THAT WILL RUN UNTIL JUNE OF 2026. THERE WILL BE MICHELLE CASH AND I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO TRY AND DO THAT TO THE LAST NAME.
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND, KASHIFALGHITA.
MOTION PLEASE. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT OR ADOPT RESOLUTION 2241 RECITING THE FACTS OF THE CONSOLIDATED GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF JUNE 2022, DECLARING THE RESULT AND OTHER SUCH MATTERS AS PROVIDED BY LAW.
IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG? IT REALLY WAS A GOOD ELECTION.
WELL, THAT MOTION CARRIES. [APPLAUSE] HANG ON A SECOND.
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[INAUDIBLE] NOW, WHAT I'D ASK IS LUPE ESTRELLA.OUR CITY CLERK IS HERE TO SWEAR IN THE THREE NEW MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THE PLEASURE OF ADMINISTERING YOUR OATH.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE YOU I'M GOING TO SAY THE OATH AND YOU'RE GOING TO REPEAT IT AFTER ME.
WELL, I'M GOING TO GO WHEN I ASK YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME.
ONE AT A TIME. I, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR.
SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES.
ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
AND THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY.
I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION.
RESERVATIONS OR OUR OUR PURPOSE OF EVASION.
EVASION, AND THAT I WILL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE.
FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.
SAY THAT FAST. WE GOT COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE JOHNSON WAS ELECTED TO DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER CASH, DO YOU.
MIND IF I CALL YOU CASH? DISTRICT THREE AND COUNCIL MEMBER TIM HEPBURN TO DISTRICT FOUR.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR.
I'M GOING TO TAKE A BREAK. OH, RECESS.
[8. City Council will recess to allow newly elected Council Members to take their seats and outgoing Council Members to exit.]
I'M SORRY. I'M GOING TO GETTING AHEAD HERE.WHERE YOU SIT. RECESS, EVERYONE.
[APPLAUSE] SHARPIE. TYPICAL JOHNSON OK.
YES, SIR. WE'RE READY, MR. RUSSI. RECONSTITUTED COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO LUPE ESTRADA, OK.
NOW WE GET TO NOMINATE A MAYOR.
I'M GOING TO CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL.
DO WE HAVE ANY NOMINATIONS? OKAY. I LIKE TO SECOND THAT.
ALL RIGHT, THEN, CAN WE HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE? CENTER IS YES.
[9. Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem Pursuant to Ordinance No. 1107]
I'VE SEEN THAT LOOK. JUST TO BE CLEAR, YES? OK, THERE WAS A VOTE OF FIVE-ZERO.AND OUR NEW MAYOR IS TIM HEPBURN.
[APPLAUSE] NOW. SIT DOWN, EVERYBODY SIT DOWN.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL, FOR YOUR TRUST IN ME.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT. I WILL NOT FAIL YOU.
NEXT, SELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM.
DO WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM?
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I NOMINATE RICK CROSBY.THERE YOU GO. LEAVE THEM ON, DON'T TOUCH THEM.
CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CROSBY. OKAY.
WE'RE AT ANNOUNCEMENTS, AREN'T WE? NO. OH, I'M SORRY.
COMMENTS FOR INCOMING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR, MR.KASHIFALGHITA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO.
I APPRECIATE IT. I WON'T MAKE IT TOO LONG.
IT'S KIND OF GETTING HOT IN HERE.
BUT FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE MY SERVICE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW MY LIFE BECAME A FULL CIRCLE.
I'M A COMMISSIONED OFFICER IN UNITED STATES ARMY.
HOLD THAT CLOSE AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE FOR ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR ME SINCE DAY ONE.
I'VE ALWAYS PUT HER THROUGH SO MUCH THROUGH WARS AND BACK AND FORTH.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU. AND I THANK YOU.
I THANK MY MY CHILDREN AND MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS.
I WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT'S RIGHT.
I ALWAYS HAVE PEOPLE WATCHING ME.
I HAVE MY MOM WATCHING ME FROM HEAVEN.
[10. Remarks by Council Members Johnson, Kashifalghita and Hepburn.]
I'M FOREVER FAITHFUL, SO I THANK YOU.PLEASE GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU.
PLEASE GIVE ME THAT CHANCE AND I WILL SHOW YOU WHAT WE CAN DO.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THIS CITY BEST I CAN.
THANK YOU, CASH. THANK YOU MAYOR.
I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.
I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE SUPPORTERS WHO HELPED ME GET ELECTED THIS TIME.
I REALLY NEED TO THANK MY FAMILY, MY LOVELY WIFE, LAURIE, MY SON TREVOR, STEPHANIE AND KENNY.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP ME GET HERE.
AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE THAT ENDORSED MY CAMPAIGN, I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE.
AND LAURIE, YOU TWISTED MY ARM TO COME HERE AGAIN.
SO I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANY COMPLAINING ABOUT LATE NIGHTS OR ANY OF THAT STUFF OKAY.
I LOVE YOU. AND I'VE GOT SOME FLOWERS FOR YOU.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.
WITHOUT, DID YOU LOSE THIS EARRING, HONEY? OH, JUST CHECKING. I THOUGHT IT WAS BIGGER.
I'M SORRY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK MY WIFE AND MY FAMILY.
THEY PUT UP WITH ME DOING THIS AND ALWAYS ASKING ME, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS AGAIN? I SAID, WELL, I'M NOT DONE YET.
SO NUMBER TWO, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF MY SUPPORTERS AND THAT'S ACROSS THE BOARD.
AND MANY OF YOU ARE HERE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU ALL FOR SUPPORTING ME.
AND I WILL NOT DISAPPOINT ANY OF YOU.
AND WE WILL WORK WELL AS A TEAM AND WE WILL UNITE AND DO GOOD THINGS FOR THE CITY.
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE HEARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE TREAT EVERYONE FAIRLY AND WORK WELL WITH OUR EMPLOYEES, WHICH WE DO HAVE, AS MR. DAVIS STATED, SOME GREAT EMPLOYEES IN THE CITY, VERY PROUD OF THAT AND OUR OUTGOING CITY MANAGER, WE MAKE A GREAT TEAM.
AND WE'VE DONE THAT SO OUR CITY IS HEALTHIER.
BUT AGAIN, I THANK MY WIFE, MY CHILDREN.
KRISTIN, BODE, MY GRANDSON, REUBEN, MY SON IN LAW.
I'VE GOT SHANNON, MY NEW DAUGHTER IN-LAW TO BE, THANK GOD.
IF I COULD JUST KEEP NICK WITHOUT GETTING HIP SURGERIES.
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ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THIS CROWD, THE FORDS, I'M MISSING PEOPLE.AND I PROMISE YOU, I WILL NOT FAIL YOU.
SO ON THAT, PATTY, I HAVE SOME FLOWERS FOR YOU AND A BIGGER EARRING.
[APPLAUSE] THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOU HAVE TO READ RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS REALLY FUN READING ON SATURDAY MORNING, DOG SITTING ON THE COUCH NEXT TO YOU AND YOU HAVE YOUR THIRD CUP OF COFFEE, NOW MR. RUSSI, WE ARE AT WHERE WE AT?.
DO WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS RIGHT NOW? ANNOUNCEMENTS? NOT.
DOES SHE HAVE HIS NAME? I'M BARBARA SMYTH FROM HILLCREST.
I'M KIND OF ADOPTED RESIDENT OF LA VERNE BECAUSE I MOVED TO HILLCREST AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE TOWN AND I REALLY WANTED TO THANK THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND I HAVE THANKED THE OTHER TWO THAT LEFT.
BUT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A PROJECT THAT I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FOR PROBABLY SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS, STARTING OUT TELLING THE STORY OF LA VERNE AND EMPHASIZING OLDER ADULTS.
OUR ELDERS TELLING THOSE STORIES THROUGH THE FOCUS OF TRANSPORTATION, HOW IT GREW IN THIS CITY,
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COMMUNITY SERVICE, COMMERCE, EDUCATION, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE UP A CITY.AND WE HAD A LIKE A MUSEUM QUALITY IN RAINBOW COLORS FOR THIRD GRADERS IN OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND THEY CAME OVER TO HILLCREST TO SEE IT AND HEAR THE STORYTELLERS.
THAT BECAME IMPOSSIBLE WITH COVID.
AND MY CONCERN WAS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TELL THE STORY OF LAVERNE TO OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY KNOW ALL OF THE ELEMENTS THAT WENT INTO MAKING THIS CITY, THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED HARD TO MAKE THE CITY WHAT IT IS, AND FOR THEM TO GROW WITH RESPECT AND APPRECIATION FOR THEIR CITY AND UNDERSTAND THAT THEY HAVE RESPONSIBILITIES TO SERVE THEIR COMMUNITY, AS YOU HAVE DONE. AND WE DECIDED TO DO A VIDEO.
AND SO EACH ONE OF THE ELEMENTS, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SO FORTH WERE DONE IN A VIDEO WITH AN ELDER TELLING THEIR STORY AND THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THAT ELEMENT.
AND IT WAS ACCEPTED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND OUR THIRD GRADERS SAW THIS SPRING.
AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE EIGHT ELEMENTS WHICH INCLUDED CHARLIE ROSE SILAS TELLING ABOUT BEING AN ADOPTED SON, IT'S ON THE HISTORY.
IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE UNDER I THINK IT'S OUR EVENTS AND PODCAST PAGE.
AND BY HER POSSESSIVENESS, SHE KNOWS SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO IF SO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT, WHAT I'M GIVING YOU TONIGHT IN APPRECIATION FOR YOUR SERVICE IS A HANDBOOK THAT WE PUT TOGETHER FOR TEACHERS.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE TEACHING THE CLASS OR SHOWING THE VIDEO, BUT WHAT IT HAS DONE IS FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS IS A HISTORICAL OUTLINE FROM THE EARLY 1800S TO THE PRESENT IN SMALL PARAGRAPHS.
AND TO GET A BUNCH OF PHDS TO DO SMALL PARAGRAPHS, JUST A MIRACLE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.
I HEARD THIS IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
IF ANYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO GO ONLINE, THIS IS PRETTY AMAZING.
IT'S GOT SOME MAJOR, MAJOR STUFF HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S DONE VERY WELL.
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SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, PLEASE GO ONLINE AND CHECK THIS OUT.PLEASE. ARE YOU DONE? AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE ANNOUNCED IT BEFORE, HILLCREST HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN DEI ACTIVITIES, REALLY WORKING TOWARD DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION.
AND WE HAVE A WELCOME ROOM THAT WE CHANGE EVERY THREE MONTHS FOCUSING ON A GROUP THAT MAYBE IS NOT AS WELL KNOWN TO THE MAJORITY AS OTHERS.
RIGHT NOW THE GALLERY IS GOING ALONG WITH THE WELCOME ROOM AND WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE SPLENDOR OF ASIA AND INSPIRING EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTING THE VAST CULTURAL AND RELIGIOUS ART OF ASIA.
AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME AND EXPERIENCE THE BRILLIANT AND COLORFUL ARRAY OF ASIAN ARTIFACTS ON LOAN FROM THE CULTURAL AND NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO THEM AND TO TWO PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS JUN POSSINGHAM, KENT BADGER, WHO HAVE ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS COLLECTIONS OF THEIR OWN.
HAVE A FLIER FOR EACH OF YOU AND WE DO HAVE A RECEPTION THAT I'LL REMIND YOU ABOUT IN AUGUST, AUGUST 25TH. PROBABLY NOT OBEY PROTOCOL.
THANK YOU. WE LOVE TO HAVE YOU.
AND I THINK OUR RECEPTION WILL BE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SHERRY.
DID YOU SEE THE LIKE FOR CHERIE? YOU HAVE. DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THE CASH I HAD ON THE COUNTER HERE? SHERRY, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE EYEING IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
I JEST, BUT IT'S A WONDERFUL CAUSE IN THAT TRUCK HAS COME ALONG.
THEY JUST NEED MONEY TO FINISH IT.
IT IS. AND IN FACT, THIS SATURDAY, BECAUSE NOT ALL OF YOU GOT TO GO RIGHT UP NEXT TO THE TRUCK AND PEER INSIDE AND FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH IT AND WHERE WE SPENT THE MONEY.
BUT THIS SATURDAY, FROM TEN UNTIL NOON, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRUCK UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL AND HEAR FROM THE PROJECT DIRECTOR WHO WILL EXPLAIN TO YOU IN EXCRUCIATING DETAIL ALL OF THE MECHANICAL MODIFICATIONS WE'VE MADE TO THE TRUCK.
IT REALLY IS IN WONDERFUL SHAPE.
BUT IT IS THE HEART AND SOUL OF OLD LA VERNE.
SO DO COME TO OUR OPEN HOUSE AND MEET THE INTERNATIONAL WHICH WILL BE IN MY DRIVEWAY.
IT WILL THEN GO BACK TO OLD ANVIL SPEED SHOP, HAVE SOME MORE WORK DONE ON IT, AND THEN IT WILL ARRIVE BACK AT THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AUTO SHOP, WHERE ONE OF THE ADVANCED AUTO SHOP CLASSES WILL FINISH IT UP.
AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME, THEN I'VE GOT TO GO TO THE DMV AND ACTIVATE OUR LICENSE AND AFTER THAT INSURANCE. SO THE COSTS ARE NEVER ENDING WHEN YOU OWN A VEHICLE, AS YOU ALL KNOW.
SO WE WERE THRILLED TO INTRODUCE IT TO YOU ON THE 4TH OF JULY, BUT NOW YOU CAN GET A CLOSER PEEK.
SO OUR SAVE THE TRUCK FLIERS ARE UP FRONT AND OUR FLIERS FOR THIS SATURDAY'S EVENT ARE UP FRONT.
HELP YOURSELVES AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, SHERRY. GEORGE MAY.
DID YOU HAVE ANY? NOTHING ON THE LIBRARY.
GEORGE, SERIOUSLY? ANYBODY ELSE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS?
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MR. BEAUCHAMP. MANY OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S STILL A POTENTIAL FOR CAMP AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE TO COME BACK TO BEING UTILIZED FOR THESE 707B JUVENILE OFFENDERS.THE DISCUSSION HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE THE LAST FEW MEETINGS WITH THE CITY OF SANTA CLARITA LAWSUIT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO THINK OF ALTERNATIVES.
IF IF THAT LAWSUIT IF THEY GET AN INJUNCTION, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO PUT THE KIDS IN THE INTERIM? AND SO CAMP AFFLERBAUGH PAIGE IS DEFINITELY BACK ON THE TABLE.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE MEETINGS, YOU CAN EMAIL THEM AT INFO L.A.
AND I'M SURE THAT THE CITY HAS AN INFORMATION.
THEY CAN REPOST IT ON THEIR WEBSITE TO HELP THE RESIDENTS GET INVOLVED AGAIN.
AND AS YOU KNOW, MANY OF US DID, AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT HELPED OUR CAUSE.
SO I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS HELP THAT AGAIN.
THAT'S WE WILL SEARCH THAT AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING ON THERE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN STEADFAST ON THAT.
SO ANYONE ELSE? MR. CROSBY YES.
OUR LA VERNE LILLY HAS DONE SOME EXCEPTIONAL THINGS THIS PAST WEEK WITH OUR SENIOR BOYS WINNING STATE AND OUR GIRLS BACK TO BACK CHAMPIONS AS WELL.
THEY'RE TRYING TO COLLECT MONEY AND A GO FUND ME PAGE.
GO ON TO LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE WEBSITE TO HELP THEM OUT.
THE GIRLS WERE SELLING BACK TO BACK SHIRTS TO HELP RAISE SOME MONEY, AND LAST YEAR LA VERNE REALLY GOT AROUND THE GROUP AND HELP THEM GET TO THE PLACE THEY NEED TO GO TO.
THIS YEAR, THEY'RE THINKING, OH MY GOSH, THIS HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.
SO WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE AND GET OUR KIDS THERE.
AND, YOU KNOW, TALKING TO THE THE HEAD OF THE LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE, OUR GIRLS SOFTBALL HAS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD CHANCE TO MAKE THE WORLD SERIES THIS YEAR. SO THEIR GAMES, THE GIRLS HAS A SUNDAY AT 4:00 AND THAT'S SAN BERNARDINO IN SAN BERNARDINO.
SO MAKE SURE YOU TRY TO SUPPORT ANY WHICH WAY YOU CAN.
THE BOYS, THE SENIOR BOYS ARE TALKING ABOUT EVEN MAYBE BEING ON ESPN.
THERE WE GO. ABOUT THE GO FUND ME.
THE LAST TIME I LOOKED ON THE GIRLS, THEY WERE TRYING TO RAISE 8000.
THEY HAD TWO. THAT WAS A FEW DAYS AGO AND THE BOYS ARE THREE AND THEY WANT TO GO TEN.
SO I MEAN, TEN BUCKS, I MEAN, AND $5 FOR THE FEE.
I MEAN, THAT'S NOTHING. SO WHATEVER PEOPLE CAN DO, IT'D BE GREAT TO ASSIST THEM.
AND THESE TEAMS LEAD INTO WHAT WE HONORED TONIGHT, THE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL TEAM, TOO.
THESE KIDS ARE GOING INTO THEM NEXT.
SO LET'S KEEP UP. KEEP IT GOING.
ANYONE ELSE? WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 12 CONSENT CALENDAR.
MR. RUSSI, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING PULLED? WE DO NOT. THEN ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS ON COUNCIL AS FAR AS THE CONSENT CALENDAR? IF NOT ALL, EXCEPT A MOTION.
I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
BUT PLEASE. OH, THIS IS RIGHT.
IS THIS RIGHT? OH, THOSE ARE ALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW WE MOVE TO ITEM 13, PUBLIC HEARINGS.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. RUSSI? YES, MR. MAYOR. I WILL BE TAKING A MAJORITY.
ACTUALLY, ALL THESE ITEMS. THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEE RESOLUTION, AS COUNCIL WILL RECALL BACK IN MAY.
WE BRING A FEE SCHEDULE TO YOU EVERY YEAR TO UPDATE OUR FEES TO REFLECT CURRENT COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN ITEMS. AT THAT TIME, WE WERE STILL WORKING THROUGH THE CONTRACT FOR OUR OUTSIDE FIRE INSPECTOR, AND SO WE DID NOT HAVE WHAT THE
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ACTUAL RATE WEIGHT RATES WOULD BE.[01:30:03]
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF WILL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.[13. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT IF WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.NO. SO EVERYBODY'S ENERGIZED RIGHT NOW.
I THINK THEY'RE EXHAUSTED. WILL GO OUT OF PUBLIC COMMENT AND UP TO THE DAIS.
DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE CHIEF NIGG AND HIS STAFF FOR BRINGING UP THESE RESOLUTIONS.
AND THIS WILL BRING US UP TO PAR WITH WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
SO AND MAKING SURE OUR RESIDENTS HAVE THE GREAT SERVICES THAT THEY HAVE.
SO THANK YOU, CHIEF AND STAFF.
I READ THROUGH THESE WITH A SMILE ON MY FACE THINKING, OKAY, WE'RE UP TO SPEED AND THANK YOU, MR. ROSSI, FOR HAVING GREAT STAFF AND BEING ABLE TO LET THEM DO THEIR JOB.
SO WITH THAT, I NEED A MOTION.
MOTION CARRIES, MR. RUSSELL. WE GO TO ITEM AS IT BE.
SO WHAT I WILL DO IS WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THESE KIND OF IN A GLOBAL TOGETHER AND THEN WE'LL DO THE ONES THAT MR. KASHIFALGHITA HAS TO LEAVE.
OKAY, SO THE LANDSCAPE DISTRICTS, THERE ARE CERTAIN SEGMENTS, AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE LANDSCAPE DISTRICTS THAT ARE SET UP WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE CHARGED ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX FOR THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE, THAT GOES ABOUT WITH CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW, THAT THESE PARTICULAR AREAS ARE OF BENEFIT AND IT'S BEEN DETERMINED TO THOSE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES.
AND SO WHAT IS REQUIRED IS THAT THE CITY BASICALLY MAINTAINS THOSE, BUT THE CHARGES ARE APPLIED TO THE BENEFITTED PROPERTIES AND THEN IT'S PUT ON THEIR PROPERTY TAX. WHAT'S REQUIRED IS THAT EVERY YEAR YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING THAT ALLOW THOSE RESIDENTS, IF INTERESTED, TO ASSESS CHARGES.
THE ENGINEER HAS DETERMINED THE CHARGES THAT NEED TO BE APPLIED.
THEY CAN ONLY BE RAISED BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE.
AND THE PERCENTAGES THAT ARE BEING RECOMMENDED IN, I THINK IT IS JUST IN DISTRICT SEVEN IS WITHIN WHAT'S ALLOWED UNDER THE THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION.
I'LL DESCRIBE IT. SO FOR DISTRICT SEVEN AND DISTRICT EIGHT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THOSE OPEN THE HEARING AND THEN APPROVAL OF THOSE DISTRICT EIGHT DOES NOT HAVE ANY PROPOSED INCREASE IN THEIR CHARGES.
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THAT ARE BEING ASSESSED.
SO IT'S ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY TAX.
SO IT'S ON THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY TAX.
AH, ARE THEY NOTICED OF THIS AND SPECIFICALLY OR IS IT JUST THE NORMAL AGENDA THAT GOES NO, THIS PUBLIC HEARING, THEY WERE NOTICED OF THESE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE PROPOSED. AWESOME.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING, ANYBODY WISH TO COMMENT ON THIS PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE ITEMS SEVEN AND EIGHT.
WITH THAT, SEEING NONE AND NOTHING ON THE CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING.
NO. BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT? PLEASE. SO MOVE TO APPROVE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT, THE SPECIAL ZONES IN DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT.
ON THE NEXT ONE, MR. CASH WILL HAVE TO LEAVE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE NEXT TWO.
SO HE WILL HAVE TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM THE VOTE ON THESE.
WE'LL CALL YOU BACK IN 4 HOURS.
HEY, PUT THE PIZZA IN, WOULD YOU?
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YOU GOT IT? YES, THAT'S FINE.BEFORE WE PROCEED, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM ONE THING WITH THE FIRE TAX RESOLUTION.
I OWN AN OFFICE ON ARROW HIGHWAY.
AM I SUBJECT TO THIS INSPECTION OR INSPECTION FEE? SHOULD I HAVE DECLARED A CONFLICT? CAN I DO THAT? NOW, THIS THIS WAS ABOUT INSPECTIONS WHEN WE'RE DOING NEW BUILDING.
OKAY. OR WE'RE DOING RECONSTRUCTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT'S A THIRD PARTY CONTRACTOR RELATIVE TO THAT.
SO I'LL MAKE IT CLEAR. NO, NO.
THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU GOT TO JUST EXPLAIN BRIEFLY ABOUT THESE.
SO THESE ARE THE OTHER TWO AREAS.
DISTRICT SIX IS COMPRISED OF VARIOUS AREAS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S ONE ON FIRST AND FULTON, THERE'S ANOTHER ON WHEELER AND TABER.
THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT ZONES WITHIN DISTRICT SIX.
AND ONE OF THOSE HAPPENS TO BE THE DISTRICT THAT COUNCILMEMBER CASH IS HAS A RESIDENCE IN.
SO IT'S SUBJECT TO HIM. THAT'S WHY HE CANNOT PARTICIPATE.
SO THESE TWO ARE BOTH BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE ONLY ONE IN DISTRICT SIX THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR AN INCREASE IN THE LEVY IS THAT OF NOT FIVE SORRY, IN DISTRICT SIX, WHICH IS PROPOSED FOR AN EIGHT AND A HALF PERCENT INCREASE, WHICH IS STILL WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE INCREASE, BUT LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM THAT'S PERMITTED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THESE BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY PUBLIC CAN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DON'T BE SO EXCITED. I KNOW THESE ARE REALLY EXCITING.
IT'S JUST BASICALLY THE LIGHTING LANDSCAPE DISTRICTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YEAH. YES. WE'VE REMOVED YOUR HOME FROM LA VERNE.
IT WILL BE IN PAM'S BACKYARD NOW.
OKAY. SO BEING THERE'S NO OTHER FURTHER COMMENT, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.
ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM COUNCIL AND MAKE A MOTION? I'D LIKE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION 22-55 AND 22-15 FOR THE SPECIAL ZONES IN DISTRICT SIX AND 84-M.
VOTE PLEASE. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE GOOD.
OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS OUR ANNUAL WEED ABATEMENT CLEARANCE CHARGES.
IT DOES HAVE A FINANCIAL EFFECT ON HIM.
SO AS SUCH HE HAS TO RECUSE HIMSELF AS WELL.
AND I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE THE COUNTY INSPECTOR THAT IS AVAILABLE, SHOULD THERE BE ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY THIS PROCESS STARTED BACK IN MARCH WITH THE CITY NOTIFYING THE RESIDENTS.
WE THEN GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF DETERMINING WITH THE COUNTY INSPECTOR AS WELL AS OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IF THERE IS A ACTUAL INSPECTION BECAUSE THERE ARE POTENTIAL FOR WEEDS THERE AND THEN INDIVIDUALS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CURE THEM THEMSELVES.
THEY STILL ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THESE CHARGES ATTACHED TO THEIR PROPERTY TAX.
SO THAT IS THE REASON THAT YOU'RE HOLDING THIS MEETING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY OTHER? OKAY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
MS. BEAUCHAMP. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A QUESTION DIRECTED TO COUNCIL OR CHIEF NIGG, BUT MR. RUSSI STATED THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED.
DOES THAT INCLUDE THE OWNER OF SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE?
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YEAH. JUST A QUICK QUESTION AND THEN I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION AS WELL.BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS MEETINGS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP.
AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE ANYTHING HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY KIND OF A CHART OR SOME KIND OF STATISTICS SHOWING THAT THE AMOUNT THAT IS COLLECTED, HOW THAT MONEY IS UTILIZED, IS IT STRICTLY FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT SERVICES OR DOES IT GO TO THE CITY? OR HOW EXACTLY DO THOSE LEVIES OR FINES ENHANCE THE CITY? I DON'T THINK THERE ARE JUST TWO QUESTIONS.
AND THEYLL ANSWER THE QUESTION.
HI, GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY.
SO REGARDING THE SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE? I AM IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE MANAGER, RICK ADAMS. THEY HAVE GONE AHEAD AND CLEARED THE IMMEDIATE HAZARD, WHICH IS THE WEEDS THROUGHOUT THE GOLF COURSE.
I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON IT WITH HIM IN REMOVING ALL THE DOWN TREES.
SO THEY HAVE ACTUALLY UNTIL JULY 27 TO MAKE THAT CLEARANCE.
OTHERWISE THE COUNTY WILL GO AHEAD AND DO IT FOR THEM.
THE BILL RESPONDED. AN ACCOUNTING STEP IN.
THANK YOU. TO ANSWER THE OTHER QUESTION.
SO IT'S THE COUNTY GETTING REIMBURSED FOR THEIR EXPENSES TO DO WHATEVER CLEARING WAS NECESSARY.
THEY WERE GIVEN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN, SHOULD THEY NOT.
AND IN THIS CASE, THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PENALTY.
ANY OTHER COMMENT? SAME NUMBER. PROBABLY CAN'T BRING IT TO THE DAIS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL SECOND.
I'LL TAKE THAT ONE, MR. MAYOR.
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING, I HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL RETIRED AND NEW ATTENDANT AGREEMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RESOLUTIONS DUE TO A PENDING RETIREMENT AND A RECENT VACANCY THAT WE HAD IN OUR FLEET DIVISION.
THE FIRST APPOINTMENT IS THE RESULT OF CITY MANAGER BOB RUSSI'S PENDING RETIREMENT.
BASED ON THE UNANIMOUS DIRECTION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL, JESS DUFF HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A HIGHLY QUALIFIED, RETIRED AND HAVING SERVED AS CITY MANAGER PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT, AS WELL AS SEVERAL INTERIM RETIRED NEW ASSIGNMENTS FOR OTHER AGENCIES.
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APPARATUS LEFT FOR ANOTHER AGENCY.STUART HAVLICEK HAS OVER 30 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC SERVICES TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR LA HABRA AND BRIA, AND WAS ALSO A SENIOR APPARATUS TECHNICIAN FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY.
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AS A RETIRED, ANNUITANTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ANY BENEFITS OTHER THAN THEIR HOURLY RATE.STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AGREEMENTS WITH JESS DUFF AND STUART HAVLICEK TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY PART TIME EMPLOYMENT.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, IF THERE ARE ANY.
I MEAN, THAT SAME ANSWER. CORRECT.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. I HAVEN'T MET THE MECHANIC, BUT I HAVE SOME WORK TO BE DONE ON MY CAR.
THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD. THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD.
NO. WE OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS.
PUBLIC COMMENT. EXCUSE ME? ANYBODY FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? MR. BOWEN, YOU NEED A MECHANIC.
OH, SORRY. IT'S RIGHT HERE, SIR.
WHENEVER YOU WANT IT, WE'LL EVEN PUT IT IN FOR YOU.
NEW COUNCIL. GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY.
ONE QUESTION. THE NEW INTERIM MANAGER.
WHAT IS THE EXISTING MANAGER? WHAT IS HIS ACTUAL DATE THAT HE'S LEAVING? AUGUST IS 30, 30 DAYS.
MIDDLE OF AUGUST. YES, I'M TARGETING AUGUST 19TH.
THANK YOU. AND ALSO, I NOTICE THAT THAT $128.85 PER HOUR FOR AN INTERIM MANAGER.
WELL, IT'S PRETTY GOOD GIG FOR A RETIRED PERSON.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? BRINGING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.
ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL REGARDING STAFF ON THIS ITEM? THESE TWO ITEMS. IF NOT, I'LL ACCEPT A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2259 AND RESOLUTION NUMBER 2260.
HOLD YOUR BUTTONS. WE'RE GOOD.
WE'RE ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS.
DO WE KNOW WHAT WE GOT? OH, WE GOT ITEM C? WHERE ARE WE? OH. OH, I'M SORRY.
GOSH. NOT THAT WE HAVE A STACK HERE.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT. YES, ITEM, MR. RUSSI. THIS ITEM WAS REQUESTED ON YOUR BEHALF TO BE PUT ON FOR CONSIDERATION OF HOW WE CAN EXPLORE.
LOOKING AT THE SELECTION OF MAYOR AND GOING BACK TO SOME FORM OF AT-LARGE MAYOR.
AND THE DIRECTION THAT WE DISCUSSED WAS TO GET COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO BRING BACK AN ANALYSIS, HAVE STAFF, BRING BACK SOME TYPE OF AN ANALYSIS ON WHAT AVENUES WERE POSSIBLE.
AT THIS POINT, STATE LAW DOES NOT ALLOW FOR REDISTRICTING OTHER THAN UNDER THREE DISTINCT EXCEPTIONS, NONE OF WHICH AT THIS POINT APPLY.
SO OUR SUGGESTION, GIVEN THAT THAT WAS THE CONVERSATION THAT WAS HAD, IS TO ALLOW US TO GO EXPLORE WHAT OPTIONS MIGHT BE AVAILABLE, PROVIDE COUNSEL.
IT WOULD PROBABLY INVOLVE LEGAL COUNSEL TO THAT SPECIALIZES IN THIS FIELD TO BRING BACK SCENARIOS AS WELL AS WHAT THE POSSIBILITY OF WHETHER IT BE LEGAL CHALLENGE OR OTHER ROADBLOCKS MIGHT BE IN THE WAY AND THEN ALLOW COUNCIL TO TAKE WHATEVER ACTION THEY FEEL IS NECESSARY AT THAT POINT.
THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT MR. JOHNSON HAD BROUGHT UP AND DISCUSSED IT, AND HE WANTED ME TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA JUST TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS WE DO HAVE OR TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF IT'S EVEN FEASIBLE.
AND THAT WAS 99.9% OF WHAT I WAS CAMPAIGNING ON WAS TO BRING BACK THE ELECTED MAYOR.
AND I KNOW THERE'S ONLY A FEW LIMITED WAYS AND THESE CERTAIN CONDITIONS.
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ONE IS A COURT ORDER TO REDISTRICT.THE OTHER IS A CHANGE IN THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.
THE COUNCIL SETTING A LEGAL CLAIM FOR DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN REGARDS TO THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT.
SO WHAT I FIRST WANT TO KNOW IS I KNOW IN DISTRICT ONE WE WANT TO ELECT THE MAYOR.
I DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT IN DISTRICTS OTHER THAN DISTRICT ONE, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IS A VOTE FOR ALL THE RESIDENTS, AN ADVISORY VOTE, NOT A NOT A VOTE TO CHANGE IT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T LEGALLY DO THAT.
BUT I WANT AN ADVISORY VOTE FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS IN LA VERNE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE THERE'S NO SENSE IN DOING ALL OF THIS AND PUTTING THE WORK IN IT IF RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I AM PUSHING FOR.
IF WE CAN GET A BALLOT MEASURE, AN ADVISORY BALLOT MEASURE DONE BY OCTOBER OR EXCUSE ME, AUGUST 12TH TO BE ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT.
THAT'S WHAT I AM PUSHING FOR, IS AN ADVISORY VOTE FOR THE NOVEMBER BALLOT, ASKING RESIDENTS, DO YOU WANT TO ELECT THE MAYOR OR NOT? LIKE I SAID, IF WE DON'T WANT TO ELECT THE MAYOR, IF THAT'S WHAT RESIDENTS WANT, THEN WE KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS.
BUT IF RESIDENTS ARE LIKE DISTRICT ONE RESIDENTS AND THEY LIKE THEY WERE LIKE THE WHOLE CITY WAS IN 1972, WE WANT TO ELECT THE MAYOR FOR A TWO YEAR TERM.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THANK YOU, MAYOR. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
I WAS REFERENCING ELECTION CODE 21605.
I WON'T GET INTO FULL DETAILS.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT. TIME TO LOOK AT THAT.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS ONE THING, MR. JOHNSON, THAT THE FOLKS THAT I'VE TALKED TO IN MY DISTRICT, IN DISTRICT THREE AND THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT, ALL OVER AND SO FAR HAVE ALWAYS SAME OPINION SAYING THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THAT LARGE AS A WHOLE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE'S COMPLEXITIES OF IT.
BUT JUST FOR THE FOLKS OUT THERE, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT SECTION 21605 OF THE ELECTION CODE AND IS WHAT COUNCILMAN JOHNSON IS REFERRING TO WHEN IT COMES TO NEW TERRITORIES AND OTHER ISSUES THAT PERTAIN TO REDISTRICTING.
SO THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE ELECTIONS CODE.
SO THE ELECTIONS CODE IS VERY SPECIFIC IN THE THREE INSTANCES IN WHICH WE CAN REDISTRICT, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT I UNDERSTAND WOULD HAVE TO HAPPEN IF WE WERE GOING TO GO TO AN ELECTED MAYOR. HOWEVER, I DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ELECTIONS ATTORNEY.
SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH EXPLORING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE.
SO I'D RATHER SEE WHAT THE LEGAL PARAMETERS ARE, WHAT THE WHAT CHALLENGES WE MIGHT FACE SO THAT WE CAN EXPLORE THAT IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE WE EVEN CONSIDER PUTTING IT ON A BALLOT FOR CONSENSUS OR INFORMATION GATHERING FROM THE RESIDENTS.
BECAUSE IF AT THE END OF THE DAY WE'RE GOING TO BE TOLD WE CAN'T DO IT, THEN WE'VE SPENT THE MONEY OUT OF OUR COFFERS, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TAXPAYER MONEY TO GET AN ANSWER TO SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HAVE TO PAY AN ATTORNEY FOR AT THIS POINT TO JUST GET AN ANALYSIS OF WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN EVEN DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AND THAT WILL BE, I THINK, LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD COST TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT AT THIS TIME.
SO, AGAIN, NOT OPPOSED TO EXPLORING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE, BUT I THINK THE CORRECT PATH WOULD BE TO GET THE LEGAL ANALYSIS, TO GET THAT INFORMATION BACK SO THAT THIS COUNCIL CAN DECIDE IS THAT THE CORRECT PATH TO TAKE OR NOT? MR. CROSBY? THANK YOU. I, TOO, AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LAU WHERE WE DO NOT SPEND THE MONEY TO PUT ON A BALLOT IS, AND THEN IF THE RESIDENTS VOTE YES OR NO, BUT THEN IN TURN THAT WE CAN'T EVEN DO THAT.
WE SHOULD GET THE OUR COUNCIL TO WEIGH IN AND THEN BE ABLE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT.
I WAS ONE THAT VOTED TO HAVE A MAYOR AT LARGE.
SO I SEE THAT POINT OF HAVING THAT.
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IF WE CAN'T DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE.WHAT IS THE ESTIMATED COST? AND DO WE EVEN CAN WE EVEN GET IT ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER AS AN ADVISORY VOTE? WELL, THE INITIAL COST, BECAUSE I DID INQUIRE WITH THE COUNTY IS 85 TO 90000.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.
BUT TO DO AN ADVISORY VOTE FOR NOVEMBER WOULD BE 85 TO 90000 DOLLARS.
NOW, THE SECOND QUESTION, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE QUESTION IS THERE ARE THAT WE WOULD ASK EVEN IN THAT IN AN ADVISORY. SO THERE'S THERE'S STILL SOME QUESTIONS THAT I THINK LEGAL COUNSEL WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK WITH IF THAT WERE TO EVEN BE THE CASE.
SO IF YOU COUNSEL DESIRE WAS TO ASK US TO GO GET THE LEGAL PATH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, YOU DECIDED THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE INTEREST WAS OF THE COMMUNITY.
YOU COULD THEN DO A CITYWIDE SURVEY FOR MUCH LESS THAN WHAT IT WOULD BE TO DO AN ADVISORY VOTE.
WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST ONE WE TALKED ABOUT, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY ATTORNEYS AND COUNSEL, TO SEE WHAT OPTIONS ARE RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE OPTIONS, WHAT LEGALITY OF THE OPTIONS ARE RIGHT NOW? WHAT WOULD BE THE COST OF THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I'M GOING TO GUESS 5 TO $10000.
AND IT COULD BE IT DEPENDS ON THAT.
THERE IS NO PATH FOR THIS AT THIS MOMENT.
SO WE'RE ASKING SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT THE ELECTION LAW, LOOK AT THE CALIFORNIA VOTING RIGHTS ACT AND SAY WHAT WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU HAVE WITH FALLING WITHIN THOSE TWO? AND WHAT IS THEN THE POTENTIAL RISK OR EXPOSURE THAT YOU MIGHT BE CREATING BY OPENING THAT DOOR? SO THAT'S THE ANALYSIS THAT WE WOULD ASK SOMEBODY TO PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT I THINK YOU ORIGINALLY TOLD ME IT WAS ABOUT $100,000 TO DO THE SPECIAL ELECTION OR TO TAKE IT TO THE VOTERS. SO I'M GLAD IT'S LESS THAN THAT.
BUT USING OUR CURRENT POPULATION, EVEN AT 100,000, THAT'S LESS THAN $3.19 PER PERSON.
SO THAT. IS IT WORTH FIVE BUCKS TO VOTE FOR A MAYOR? I THINK IT IS.
AND THE RESIDENTS IN DISTRICT ONE, I KNOW, DO THINK IT IS.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT I WAS ELECTED ON.
THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY CREATIVE IN THE PAST OF BY SUING ITSELF.
WE SUED THE CITY HAS SUED ITSELF IN THE PAST TO TRY TO GET THESE TO COURT, TO HAVE THE COURT MAKE A DECISION THAT WAS DONE EVEN BEFORE I WAS ON THE COUNCIL, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY IN THE CITY SUED ITSELF TO GET A COURT ORDER.
IS THAT NOT RIGHT? VALIDATION OF A BOND ACTION? YES. I MEAN, THAT'S THE VALIDATION.
ACTION, BUT IT DEPENDS ON NO ONE ANSWERING THAT COMPLAINT.
AND SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT THE CASE BUT AND I SORRY.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT ATTORNEYS IN MY LAW FIRM WORKING ON THIS ISSUE NOW.
AND WE HOPE TO HAVE A ROADMAP FOR THE COUNCIL AS TO SIMPLY WHAT'S POSSIBLE.
SO THAT MEANS THAT LENGTHY PROCESS THAT SOME OF YOU SAT THROUGH AND DO THAT ALL OVER AGAIN AT A MINIMUM. BUT THERE'S THE CODE SECTION THAT SEEMS TO BE LIMITING ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT.
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BUT I DO HAVE ATTORNEYS WHO KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION IS.WE'RE PREPARED TO ADVISE THE COUNCIL ON THE ROADWAY AND POTENTIAL POTHOLES. MY CONCERN IS WE HAVE A DEADLINE OF AUGUST 12 AND I WANT TO BEAT THAT DEADLINE AS FAR AS HAVING THE QUESTION AT LEAST SUBMITTED.
CAN I JUST SAY I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO IF THE THE DESIRE IS TO GET THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT IS THAT THEY WANT.
CORRECT. AND YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN TO YOUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU CAMPAIGNED ON, I GUESS.
WHAT IS THE OBSTACLE OR MAYBE WHAT IS THE HINDRANCE IN DOING A SURVEY LIKE MR. RUSSI SUGGESTED, WHICH WOULD A BE MORE COST EFFICIENT? I PERSONALLY THINK PEOPLE WOULD RESPOND PERHAPS BETTER TO AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT COULD BE DISTRIBUTED VIA LINKS, THAT COULD BE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR WHATEVER, AND ASK PEOPLE TO RESPOND. AND YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY GET BETTER RESPONSE EARLIER.
TO GET A GAUGE, THEN DO WE THEN DO WE? WE SAVE MORE MONEY BY SAYING, OKAY, WE WON'T ENGAGE LEGAL COUNSEL UNTIL WE KNOW THAT, HEY, ALL THE DISTRICTS HAVE SOUNDED IN AND SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION IN EACH DISTRICT IS INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THIS FURTHER AND THEN.
ENGAGE LEGAL COUNSEL AND GO DOWN THAT PATH.
AND IF WE DID TAKE THIS TO COURT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE, AT LEAST IN AN ELECTED FASHION, FOR THE COURT TO CONSIDER.
AND I THINK THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I GUESS MY THOUGHT WOULD BE IN CERTAIN INSTANCES, IN A LOT OF LEGAL INSTANCES.
WILL THE PEOPLE WILL MAY NOT SUPERSEDE WHAT THE LAW SAYS.
AND WHILE MAYBE 85, 90,000, WHEN YOU BREAK IT DOWN PER RESIDENT TO $5 A PERSON ISN'T A LOT.
85 TO 90 IS ALSO THE SALARY OF POTENTIALLY A POLICE OFFICER, A FIRE FIGHTER.
YOU KNOW, AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT.
WHAT WOULD AMOUNT TO PERHAPS A SALARIED PERSONNEL? I'D LIKE TO EXPLORE THAT.
NOT TO MENTION IF YOU RUSH A DECISION YOU DON'T HAVE THE BENEFIT OF IF THERE ARE LEGAL CHALLENGES THAT COULD COME ABOUT PITFALLS.
WITH A SURVEY, THERE IS NO FUSE THAT HAS TO BE DONE BY AUGUST 12 OR 13 OR WHATEVER THE DATE IS.
YOU HAVE TIME TO GET THIS INFORMATION.
IF IT'S NOT SUFFICIENT INFORMATION, YOU CAN DIRECT US TO GO BACK AND GET MORE INFORMATION SO THAT WHEN THE COUNCIL DECIDES THAT THEY WANT TO DO THE SURVEY, THEY KNOW WHAT QUESTIONS THEY WANT TO ASK THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO THEN KNOW WHAT THE PATH IS AND WHAT THE RISKS ARE ASSOCIATED TO THAT IF YOU EVEN WANT TO ASK THEM THAT QUESTION.
CAN WE DO A MAILER TO EVERY RESIDENT? I MEAN, THAT WAY THEY COULD ALL GET THAT PIECE OF PAPER.
SORRY. THAT WAY THEY ALL GET THAT EVERY RESIDENT CAN.
AND THEN THEY COULD SEND THAT LETTER BACK SAYING THEY WANT IT OR DON'T WANT IT.
BUT I THINK THAT GIVES YOU MORE TIME TO REALLY EVALUATE THIS MORE PROPERLY THAN TO TRY AND PUSH THIS THROUGH FOR WHAT AMOUNTS TO A NON-BINDING VOTE AND SPENDING 100,000 $90,000 IN THE PROCESS UNNECESSARILY.
WELL, I MEAN, WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING VERY FRUGAL.
AND I WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THE FIVE DISTRICTS CAME DOWN.
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AND, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED.AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T INFORMED.
YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY A LOT OF PEOPLE I TALKED TO IN CANVASING WERE I MEAN, I CAN'T VOTE FOR YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T OR CAN I VOTE? CAN I NOT CAN'T VOTE FOR MAYOR? NO, YOU CAN'T. YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE FOR A COUNCIL MEMBER IN YOUR DISTRICT OR YOU DON'T VOTE FOR ANYONE BECAUSE YOUR DISTRICT'S NOT UP RIGHT NOW.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONE THING YOU DON'T DO IS YOU DON'T TAKE THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AWAY EVER.
AND THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO DO.
OUTCOME WAS FINE. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY, BUT I DON'T NECESSARILY LIKE SPENDING MONEY FROM OUR CITY COFFERS, BUT WE HAVE HAD A NUMBER OF EXPENDITURES THAT PROBABLY WERE THE MOST FRUGAL THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, AND WE HAVE TO SIT ON THOSE AND PAY FOR THOSE OPPOSED TO RESOLUTION.
WE EITHER NOW DO WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? IT'S NOT NECESSARILY, CERTAINLY UP TO THE COUNCIL.
WHAT? LIKE AN OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT.
ARE WE DONE RIGHT NOW? GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. TO US? YES. IT'LL COME BACK.
MISS BEAUCHAMP? I WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST ADVOCATES FOR HAVING THE PEOPLE BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR A MAYOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN DISTRICTS THAT AREN'T ELIGIBLE FOR REELECTION AT THIS TIME.
BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD HAVE TO AGREE WITH COUNCILMEMBER LAU AND CROSBY, I WOULD RATHER SEE US SAVE THAT 100,000 OR WHATEVER THE COSTS MAY ULTIMATELY BE, AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA CASE, BECAUSE IF THAT CASE IS UPHELD, IT WILL SET THE PRECEDENT.
21-605 WILL NO LONGER BE A FACTOR.
AND THEN THE CITY CAN USE THAT MONEY FOR LEGALITY PURPOSES TO REVERSE THE ENTIRE DISTRICT VOTING NOT JUST FOR THE MAYOR, BUT FOR ALL DISTRICTS. AND WE CAN GO BACK TO BEING THE CITY OF LA VERNE THAT WE ONCE WERE.
IT WAS CRAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS IN A THREE MONTH PERIOD.
AND WITHOUT THAT PROPER NOTIFICATION RESIDENTS, I THINK IF WE HAD MORE RESIDENTS INVOLVED, I THINK THE CITY WOULD HAVE REALLY THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT DOING WHAT THEY DID AND VOTING THE WAY THAT THEY HAD.
SO I WILL SAY THAT WE SHOULDN'T RUSH INTO THIS AS MUCH AS MR. JOHNSON WANTS TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT.
I FEEL LIKE A BALLOT IS A MORE AUTHORITATIVE WAY OF DOING IT RATHER THAN JUST A SURVEY THAT HAS NO BEARING, YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN GET LOST IN THE MAIL AND, YOU KNOW, PILES UP ON SOMEBODY'S DESK HERE AT THE STAFF.
BUT ULTIMATELY, I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT BECAUSE WE SPEND THIS MONEY NOW AND THEN CITIES SANTA MONICA CASE IS UPHELD AND THEN THAT WOULD BE ADDITIONAL FUNDS. SO WHY NOT JUST WAIT? WE ARE HAPPY THAT THE COUNCIL CHOSE THAT.
SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE CITY IS IN A BAD PLACE WITH THE DECISION THAT'S BEEN MADE.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE PATIENT AND BE SMART ABOUT HOW THIS MONEY IS SPENT GOING FORWARD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. COUNCIL, MR. MAYOR, I DIDN'T.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS ITEM GOT ADDED TO THE AGENDA.
MAYBE I MISSED IT, BUT I THOUGHT I WAS LOOKING AT THE AGENDA.
I AGREE. RUSHING INTO SOMETHING AGAIN.
AND FOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE SAID, TOUGH.
ONE OF, TWO OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE NOW GONE.
ONE OF THEM VOTED OUT OF OFFICE.
SO THE PEOPLE DID SPEAK IN THIS LAST ELECTION AND THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT THIS.
GETTING IT ON THE BALLOT, GIVING US 30 DAYS SEEMS AWFUL QUICK.
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INTO IT BEFORE THEY DID IT? DID SOMEBODY DETERMINE THIS WAS LEGAL WHEN IT HAPPENED? THE PRIOR COUNSEL SAID, WE DON'T NEED TO TAKE IT TO THE CITIZENS.THE NEXT VOTE IS NOW TWO YEARS AWAY.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE DO HAVE SOME TIME TO LOOK INTO THIS INSTEAD OF RUSH, RUSH, RUSH, SPEND A BUNCH OF MONEY AND FIND OUT THAT MAYBE THE SANTA MONICA RULING OVERTURNS IT ANYWAY.
BUT WE ONLY HAD 5,546 PEOPLE VOTE IN THIS LAST ELECTION.
40% OF OUR PEOPLE DID NOT GET TO VOTE.
HOW CAN THAT BE ACCEPTABLE BY ANY OF YOU? I BELIEVE THE 5546 NUMBER WAS DAMN CLOSE TO WHAT MR. HEPBURN WON HIS MAYORSHIP FOUR YEARS AGO.
THE CITIZENS OF THIS CITY WANT TO VOTE.
THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR A MAYOR.
I BELIEVE THEY WOULD LOVE TO VOTE FOR ALL THE COUNCIL PEOPLE.
BUT STEALING OUR RIGHT TO VOTE IS A CRIME, AND I HOPE THE HELL IT GETS RECONCILED.
THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, MS. LUCIC. SO I ALWAYS GIVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OPINION ON CERTAIN THINGS.
AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS THE ONE THAT'S FORCING US TO THE DISTRICT VOTING.
I DO AGREE WITH THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL THAT IF WE HAD THE FOUR WITH THE AT-LARGE, WE WOULD HAVE ONE DISTRICT THAT HAVE A MAYOR AND A COUNCIL PERSON LIVING THERE.
AND THERE'S A VERY GOOD POTENTIAL THAT IT COULD BE PEOPLE WITH THEIR OWN SPECIAL INTERESTS.
YOU COULD EVEN HAVE MAYBE THE OWNERS OF SIERRA LA VERNE COUNTRY CLUB PAYING CAMPAIGN FOR PEOPLE IN DISTRICT ONE, GETTING THEM ON COUNCIL AND GIVING THEM AN EXTRA VOTE TO VOTE YES FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I MEAN, I THINK IT DOES MAKE IT OFF BALANCE.
AND I AGREED WITH WHAT THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL VOTED BECAUSE THIS IS BEING FORCED DOWN OUR THROAT.
I'M GETTING A LITTLE TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING THIS WAS THRUST ON US AND NOBODY KNEW ABOUT IT.
WE HAD AT LEAST FIVE MEETINGS ABOUT IT.
WE HAD TWO OR THREE STUDY SESSIONS AND IT WENT TO COUNCIL WHEN THEY WERE DOING THE COUNT, THE DEBATES FOR THE CANDIDATES, I DON'T REMEMBER WHO IT WAS BUT SAID, YOU KNOW, DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS? AND PEOPLE OH, NO, NO.
AND SEVERAL OF US SAID, YEAH, WE KNEW.
AND SOMEBODY TURNED AROUND AND SHUT UP.
NOT EVERYBODY CAN GO TO COUNCIL MEETINGS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL MEETINGS.
YOU CAN READ THE PACKET, YOU CAN WATCH MEETINGS FOR THE TWO WEEK OR THREE WEEK PERIOD.
I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO GET A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED BECAUSE WE CAN'T SPOON FEED EVERYTHING TO EVERYBODY.
IN DISTRICT ONE, I KNOW YOU'RE SAYING THE PEOPLE YOU CANVASS AND TALK TO, I'M IN DISTRICT ONE.
I VOTED FOR MIA DAVIS AND I'VE GOT NOTHING AGAINST YOU.
WE USED TO BE NEIGHBORS AND I LIKE YOU, STEVE, AND I LIKE LORI.
BUT ANY TIME YOU GO TO SOMEONE'S DOOR AND YOU SAY, DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T VOTE FOR MAYOR ANYMORE? OH, MY GOD, KILL THOSE [EXPLETIVE].
SO MY POINT IS, YOU CAN SAY TO PEOPLE, HERE'S A SURVEY.
WE COULD PUT IT ON NEXT DOOR, YOU ARE GOING TO GET 80% OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT INFORMED.
THIS ISN'T WHAT OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL DID TO THIS.
IT'S A STATE OF CALIFORNIA THING.
I AGREE WITH THOSE THAT SAID, WE DO NEED TO NOT SPEND A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY ON THIS.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH SANTA MONICA.
WE NEED TO SEE WHAT OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE I'D LOVE IT IF IT WAS ALL BACK TO FIVE AT-LARGE SEATS.
BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THAT OPTION ANYWAY.
I KNOW PEOPLE ARE WORKING ON IT.
I JUST HAD TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OPINION.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, ME.
I KNOW, MAN. I GOT TO DO ONE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
THE LADY SAID THAT IT'S A CALIFORNIA THING THAT WE ARE DISTRACTING.
SHOW ME THE PAPERWORK THAT SAYS THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NONE.
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I KNOW BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED AT THE PAPERWORK.THERE IS NOTHING THAT SAYS THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND DISTRICT.
NOTHING. SO UNLESS SHE'S GOT THE PAPERWORK IN HER PURSE.
AND SHE CAN SHOW ME IN THE NEXT 5 MINUTES.
NOW AS FAR AS US AND THE MAYOR AND HAVING US GO AHEAD AND GET IT TO VOTE, I'M ALL DOWN WITH A MAILER AND LET EVERY INDIVIDUAL BE NOTIFIED.
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT? DO YOU WANT US TO MAKE CHANGE? HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS? THIS IS SENATORS OF THE UNITED STATES THAT HAVE SENT FLIERS TO THE PEOPLE IN THEIR DISTRICTS.
THEY HAD NO PROBLEM SENDING FLIERS, ASKING QUESTIONS OF THEIR PEOPLE.
ALL HE DID WAS JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY, YEP, YEP, YEP, NOPE, SEND IT ON BACK.
SIMPLE AS PIE. FLYER IS NOT THAT EXPENSIVE.
PRETTY DARN CHEAP FROM WHERE I COME FROM, AND IT CAN BE DONE.
SO. ALL WE CAN DO IS JUST LET THE PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAKE THE CHANGES WHEN WE NEED TO.
AS FAR AS SANTA MONICA IS CONCERNED, THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A WHILE.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN OVERNIGHT THING, AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN THAT.
SO WE CAN BE SITTING ON OUR HAUNCHES FOREVER.
SO WE COULD SIT AND RIDE THAT HORSE.
OR WE CAN LET THE PEOPLE ASK AND FIND OUT NOW.
I'D RATHER GO AHEAD AND FIND OUT NOW.
DON'T YOU AGREE? RICH, THANK YOU.
MR. CARTER? I'M NOT A CITIZEN. I UNDERSTAND.
I CAN ACTUALLY SPEAK AT THESE EVENTS.
THE CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT BEING ADDRESSED IS WITH ONLY FOUR WEEKS, WHAT'S THE IMPACT TO OUR CURRENT MAYOR? DOES HE RESIGN? DOES HE GET BACK TO A TWO YEAR CYCLE? ALL THE IMPACT. I DON'T THINK YOU CAN JUST PUT OUT AN ADVISORY VOTE THAT SAYS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO VOTE FOR MAYOR? I THINK YOU'LL ALSO INCLUDE THAT THIS WILL REDISTRICT TO ONLY FOUR DISTRICTS.
WITH FOUR DISTRICTS, YOU WILL BE REDUCING THE IMPACT OF ANY OF THE MINORITIES, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, IS TO GIVE THAT MINORITY VOTE MORE STRENGTH.
NOW, I WOULD PREFER FIVE VOTES DISTRICT CONSUMING CITYWIDE, BUT NOBODY WAS ABLE TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN AND TO SPEND 85 OR $95,000 WITH A BALLOT MEASURE THAT MAY OR MAY NOT ADDRESS THESE ISSUES BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THOSE PROPER VERBIAGE IN THERE BEFORE IT'S PUT ON A BALLOT, BECAUSE WE'VE JUST COME BACK AND SAID, I'D LIKE TO VOTE FOR MAYOR.
WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN THAT EVERYBODY GETS TO VOTE FOR MAYOR? DOES IT MEAN THAT DISTRICT ONE GETS TO VOTE FOR MAYOR? SO THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME THOUGHT PROCESS.
LET ME COME BACK AND SAY THIS CANNOT BE DONE.
OR IF IT CAN'T BE DONE, THEN WE GO FROM THERE.
BUT I THINK GETTING EVERYBODY RILED UP AND SAYING, YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR MAYOR OR JUST I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT YOUR VERBIAGE WOULD BE, BUT WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR MAYOR? YOU MAY GET A YES VOTE OF 99% OF THE PEOPLE, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT YOU ARE ABLE, AS THE CITY COUNCIL, TO DO THAT WITHOUT GOING OUT, DOING ALL THE REDISTRICTING, DOING ALL THE WORK THAT JUST THESE THREE OF YOU ON HERE DID BEFORE.
YOU SPENT HOURS AND HOURS AND WEEKS AND WEEKS ON PUBLIC MEETINGS AND INFORMATION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE MY $0.02.
SHERRY ? NO. I WOULD HATE FOR ONE OF THE FIRST ACTS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO BE TO MAKE A DECISION TO RATHER RECKLESSLY
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SPEND A RATHER LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.I THINK A DECISION HAS BEEN MADE.
I THINK IT'S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE TO SEND OUT A MAILER TO EVERYBODY TO WHICH PEOPLE CAN RESPOND OR NOT RESPOND THE WAY PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY'RE INVITED TO VOTE FOR A PERSON FOR OFFICE OR NOT VOTE.
AND I, AS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DID NOT VOTE IN ELECTIONS, WOULD LOVE TO HAVE MY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN WITH MY OPINION ON THIS. I THINK ANOTHER MISTAKE THAT WE SOMETIMES MAKE IN PUBLIC COMMENTS IS TO THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE LOUDEST PEOPLE IN THE ROOM ARE THE MOST RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, AND THEY HAVE EVERYBODY ON THEIR SIDE.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYBODY FEELS AND WE DON'T WE DON'T KNOW.
IN FACT, WE DO KNOW THAT 100% OF THE PEOPLE IN DISTRICT ONE DID NOT ALL VOTE FOR MR. JOHNSON. SOME OF THEM, IN FACT, CLOSE TO 50%, VOTED FOR MR. DAVIS. AND THERE MUST HAVE BEEN SOME REASON FOR THAT TO OCCUR AS WELL.
SURE. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? LILY? GOOD EVENING. ME AGAIN.
SO FOR THIS THIS TRIP, VOTING THINGS FROM LAST YEAR.
COME HERE OVER AND OVER BECAUSE ACTUALLY I LEARNED ABOUT THAT.
IT'S A START FROM THE VOTING, RIGHT? IF WE STILL HAVE THE VOTING RIGHT FOR MY HISTORY, ACTUALLY, I COME FROM COMMUNIST COUNTRY.
WE DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IS CALLED VOTING NEVER.
BUT SINCE MY HUSBAND WAS NOT VERY HAPPY, VOTE FOR ME.
I FIGURED I HAVE TO VOTE BY MYSELF.
SO I BECOME CITIZEN AFTER TEN YEARS LATER.
ACTUALLY I ALREADY LIVE IN LA VERNE 17 YEARS BEFORE.
BEFORE I COME TO THE MEETING, BEFORE I COME TO SCHOOL BALL.
SO WHY I GIVE UP THAT MONEY? THAT MONEY? I THINK IT'S MORE THAN THE AMOUNT YOU GUYS MENTIONED JUST NOW, RIGHT? I'M MORE THAN THAT.
I COME HERE THE FIRST MEETING.
I COME HERE PROBABLY LIKE A LOT OF FIRE DEPARTMENT, PRETTY MUCH VERY BIG NUMBER ABOUT THE LAW.
I DON'T KNOW. BUT THAT'S LET ME PAY ATTENTION ABOUT POLITICS, WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CITY.
MY KIDS GROW UP, BORN AND GROW UP.
SO SINCE THEN, MY HUSBAND WENT BACK TO WORK.
SO WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR ME? I'M GLAD TODAY MAYOR BECOMING AGAIN RIGHT THE FIRST LAST ELECTED MAYOR AND THE FIRST ROTATING MAYOR.
SO THAT IS THAT'S THE VOICE FROM THE PEOPLE.
AND HE GET A VERY HISTORICAL HIGH PERCENTAGE OF VOTING.
AND THEN I REMEMBER THE LAST TIME HE PUT IT MUCH CLOSER TO 10,000.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY VERY BIG TURNOUT.
THAT IS OUR THAT'S THE VOICE OF THE LA VERNE CITIZEN.
I'M NOT GET CHANCE TO VOTE FOR HIM.
I'M NOT GET CHANCE TO VOTE FOR CASH.
JOHNSON, I BARELY KNOW YOU BEFORE, BUT I'M REALLY IMPRESSED BECAUSE HE REALLY KNOCKED DOOR TO DOOR.
AND THEN I MET HIM ON THE STREET TOO.
WE VOTE FOR TWO COLOR OK BLUE.
SO WHY I WAS SO CONCERNED THIS BECAUSE I AM SO GLAD STEPHEN JOHNSON BROUGHT UP THE FIRST MEETING WHEN HE SIT HERE TODAY, KEEP HIS PROMISE. I'M SO HAPPY AND I'M GLAD I VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU KEPT YOUR PROMISE FOR THE MOST PEOPLE VOTE FOR YOU BECAUSE WHEN YOU TALK TO PEOPLE, YOU EVEN LOCK THE DOOR TWICE THE WHOLE DISTRICT.
I'M SO IMPRESSED BECAUSE I AM THE SOCIAL MEDIA PERSON.
I HAVE A GROUP, I HAVE A PAGE.
I'M SO ACTIVE ON THE FACEBOOK OR NEXT DOOR OR ANY OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO WHAT I UNDERSTAND WHY IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ME.
ACTUALLY, MY FAMILY HAVE FOUR PEOPLE.
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WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS.WE BELONG TO A DIFFERENT PARTY.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO HAPPY WE WORK IT OUT.
WE REALLY WANT AND THEN WE DON'T WIDEN IT.
I'M HAPPY. CITY MANAGER AND MRS. CARLTON. ROBIN CARLTON.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE, OH MY GOSH, IN AMERICA A GREAT COUNTRY, A SMALL WISE LIKE ME.
BUT WE GET TOGETHER, WE HAVE HUNDREDS PETITION AND THEN WENT TO ALL THE MEETING AND THEN FINALLY WE KEEP OUR SMALL PROPERTIES SAFE, OLD FASHIONED STYLE AND THEN KNOCK IT WIDE AND IT BECOME A DRIVEWAY FAST RACE.
THE SMALL VOICES ACT TOGETHER COULD BE VERY BIG BECAUSE WE ARE REALLY, REALLY NO LONGER, I COULD TELL, IS LOSING THIS RIGHT IN AMERICA, IN CALIFORNIA.
SO I THINK I'M JUST NOT ONLY PERSON MYSELF.
IT'S SO MANY PEOPLE JUST LIKE ME.
WE HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT POLITICS WITH NO CLUE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OR DON'T EVEN KNOW.
CITY COUNCIL HAS TO DO SO MANY WORK.
WE RESPECT ALL YOUR WORK, SO WHY NOT JUST WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY.
ACTUALLY, I FEEL LIKE TWO THREE MONTHS.
WE COULD GET A LOT OF THINGS DONE, GET A SURVEY ON THE CITY COUNCIL, A CITY PAGE, RIGHT? PEOPLE GO ON FACEBOOK, GET A SURVEY.
NOW WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS ONE.
DO WANT US YES OR NO? VERY CLEAR. WE CAN SEE THE VOTE ON THE PAGE.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE GET THE PAPERS FROM CITY.
EVERY CITIZEN POSSIBLE COULD GET A SURVEY.
DO YOU AGREE WITH THIS? SPEND THIS MONEY TO NEVADA.
DO YOU AGREE TO IT? WE CAN OPPORTUNITY IF FINALLY PEOPLE SAY NO, FINE.
OKAY. BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT.
I DON'T LIKE THE PEOPLE GET SHUT DOWN BECAUSE WE COME FOR COMPLAIN OR COMMENT ABOUT US THIS YEAR VOTING FOR ON LAST YEAR AS I KNOW 90% PEOPLE LIKE ME WE SIT HERE, WE CAN HEAR MOST PEOPLE COME HERE SAY NO, WE DON'T WANT IT.
VERY FEW PEOPLE COME HERE OR CALL FOR SOME SAY YES, THAT'S THE VOICE IS 80, 90% AS I KNOW.
LILY, CAN WE FINISH UP, PLEASE? IT'S ALREADY MORE THAN 3 MINUTES.
NEXT, PLEASE. ANYBODY ELSE, PLEASE? COME ON UP. OH, THERE'S A HAND THERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO REVERSE THIS, WHICH IS WHAT I WOULD PREFER.
OR WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A LITTLE TINY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO SEND OUT MAILERS.
EITHER WAY, WHETHER WE SEND OUT MAILERS AND THEY COST A DOLLAR OR WHETHER WE SPEND $100,000.
I FEEL THAT TAKING THE VOTE AWAY IS THERE IS NO AMOUNT OF MONEY.
NOW, WHATEVER HAPPENS, I'M NOT SURE HOW THIS IS GOING TO GO, BUT HOWEVER, WHATEVER BECOMES OF THIS OR HOWEVER IT ENDS, EVEN IF WE SENT OUT THE $1 MAILER, THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED.
AND IF WE DO THE CURRENT, THE NEW COUNCIL SHOULD NOT BE BLAMED FOR THAT MONEY TO BE SPENT.
I SAY IT IS THE PAST COUNCIL THAT DECIDED AGAINST WHAT I SAW A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE IN HERE FOR THE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT I CAME TO. THAT RESPONSIBILITY LIES ON THEM FOR THAT MONEY TO BE SPENT, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE? WE HAVE A HAND RAISED, MS. BUTLER. I'LL TRY TO BE VERY BRIEF.
I THINK ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT EVERYBODY.
MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY, BUT A LOT OF US HAVE IS THE OPTICS OF DIFFERENT THINGS DONE BY THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DIFFERENT MEASURES, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THERE WAS INTEREST ON THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL FOR A TAX INCREASE.
I THINK THE COUNCIL WANTED THE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS.
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I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS THE BEST IDEA, BUT THEY INFORMED THE PEOPLE AND IT PASSED.WHEN WE WERE CONSIDERING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ABOUT THIS CITY IN CHANGING THE WAY THE DISTRICTS WERE ALIGNED, WHETHER WE HAD DISTRICTS OR NOT IN EXPLORING DISTRICTS EXCUSE ME, NOT A THING WAS SENT TO EVERY HOUSEHOLD, NOT A THING.
INFORMATION WAS PUT ON TWITTER, ON FACEBOOK, AND LA VERNE HAS A HUGE POPULATION OF RETIRED PEOPLE WHO PROBABLY NEVER GO ON THE COMPUTER. AND SO THE THE OPTICS OF THOSE TWO THINGS, I THINK, CONCERN A LOT OF PEOPLE AND ALSO THE OPTICS OF THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A CONSULTANT FOR THE REDISTRICTING.
I DON'T THINK PEOPLE FELT THAT THE INPUT FOR THE DISTRICTS WAS WELL VETTED, SO TO SPEAK.
SO I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF DISSATISFACTION ABOUT WHAT SEEMED TO BE A RUSH TO JUDGMENT.
I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE LEGAL EXPLORATION WE'RE GOING TO DO.
MY EXPERIENCE IS EVERY LAWYER HAS A DIFFERENT OPINION.
SO WHAT LEGAL COUNSEL ARE WE GOING TO TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER? IS THAT LEGAL COUNSEL THAT'S OBJECTIVE.
IS IT LEGAL COUNSEL THAT HAS AN AGENDA? I DON'T KNOW LEGALITIES ENOUGH TO MAKE A COMMENT, BUT THOSE ARE MY TWO ISSUES.
THE OPTICS OF THE TWO INITIATIVES THAT WERE DONE SO DIFFERENTLY BY THE SAME CITY COUNCIL AND THE BEST ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU, MS. BUTLER. MS. BERRY. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THOMAS ALLISON ON THE LINE, IS THAT CORRECT FOR HENRY OK? SORRY. I'LL KEEP IT SHORT BECAUSE I'LL PROBABLY FORGET WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY ANYWAY.
I HAVE GOTTEN A SURVEY FROM THE CITY IN THE PAST AND I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT THE ISSUE WAS.
IT WAS AN ONLINE SURVEY, BUT I DO REMEMBER THAT THE QUESTIONS AND THE POINT A TO B TO C, WHATEVER, IT FELT SO MUCH LIKE IT WAS TRYING TO GET YOU TO A SET END, THAT THERE WAS A SET OF PREFERRED RESPONSE THAT THE CITY WANTED. SO IF THERE IS A SURVEY, I WOULD ASK THAT IT BE VERY OPEN.
WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU THINK.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU LITTLE BITS OF INFORMATION TO TRY TO MAKE YOU GO THIS WAY OR THAT WAY.
I MEAN, THE ONLY THING SHE GETS ONLINE FOR IS LOOK AT EAGLE'S NEST AND AN EARTHQUAKE MONITORS OR SOMETHING BUT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT.
PANDAS AND EAGLES. YEAH RIGHT SO THAT WOULD BE THE TWO THINGS IS MAIL AND THEN MAKE IT VERY I MEAN DON'T LEAD ANYBODY JUST MAKE HERE'S THE QUESTION HERE'S WHAT WE HAD, HERE'S WHAT WE GOT.
WHAT DO YOU WANT? AND THEN AS FAR AS THE LEGAL QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ALL THE THE LAWS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE WERE CHALLENGES THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT.
AND I KNOW THAT THE ONE HOS UP IN SIERRA LA VERNE, THEY BROKE THE RULES OF WHAT WAS DESCRIBED TO US WHEN WE WENT TO ALL THOSE MEETINGS ABOUT COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST.
AND YOU DON'T DIVIDE UP A NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU DON'T DIVIDE UP A COMMUNITY.
AND THEY WENT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF AN HOA.
THERE'S ALSO THE LEGAL QUESTION OF WHEN WE BEGAN TO GO FOR AT-LARGE MAYOR.
THAT WAS BY A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE BACK IN THE SEVENTIES.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE WENT AND TOOK THE VOTE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE WANT IN THAT LARGE MAYOR.
AND THEN WE TOOK ALL THESE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WHO SAID THE SAME THING, AND THEN THE COUNCIL VOTED TO BREAK IT UP AND MAKE IT A ROTATION. SO THEN IS THERE A LEGAL FACTOR THERE TO KIND OF RULE WHAT THE PEOPLE HAD ASKED FOR? SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THINGS TO CONSIDER.
SHOULD WE GO TO THOMAS ALLISON? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. UNFORTUNATELY, I LIKE MR. BOWEN REVIEWED THE AGENDA AND I DIDN'T SEE THIS ISSUE ON IT.
OTHERWISE I WOULDN'T HAVE LEFT.
BUT I HAVE TO SUGGEST THAT I THINK WE'VE LOST OUR WAY RATHER QUICKLY.
I UNDERSTAND THE LOGIC OF MR. JOHNSON WINNING BEING AN ELECTORAL CRITIQUE OF THE STATUS QUO, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT STATUS QUO MEANS AN ABDICATION OF HIS
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RESPONSIBILITY TO BE AN APPROPRIATE STEWARD OF PUBLIC FUNDS.TO JUST THROW $85,000 AT AN ISSUE THAT CAN ULTIMATELY BE A LEGAL DEAD END IS A GROSS AND IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF FUNDS. AS A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT.
THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO.
BUT TO JUST GRANDSTAND AND THROW ALMOST $100,000 AT THIS ISSUE JUST BECAUSE IT WAS A SINGLE ISSUE THAT HE WAS ELECTED ON IS IRRESPONSIBLE.
AND ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WHO VOTES CONSISTENT WITH THIS IS ALSO IRRESPONSIBLY USING PUBLIC FUNDS.
AND IT JUST I'M ALMOST FLABBERGASTED THAT WE'VE GOTTEN HERE SO FAST ALREADY.
SO I URGE THIS COUNCIL TO EXERCISE THE DISCIPLINE THAT IT HAS OVER THIS TIME.
THE REASON WHY LA VERNE IS IN THE FINANCIAL POSITION THAT IT IS AND NOT THROW $85,000 AT THIS IRRESPONSIBLE PROCESS. HECK, WE WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE A FREE AUDIT.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WAS TO SPEAK ON THIS? WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS FOR.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I DO TAKE OFFENSE TO RESPONSIBLE NOT BEING RESPONSIBLE.
I WAS CALLED NOT RESPONSIBLE WHEN I SUGGESTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT STATION THREE FOR A BUDGET OF $1.3 MILLION TO REACTIVATE THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PUT THE PROPER STAFF IN PLACE.
THAT WAS NOT A RESPONSIBLE IT WAS A PLAN THAT WAS DESIGNED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ITSELF.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT I THINK THAT COMING OUT OF THE GATE RIGHT NOW, IT'S A LITTLE SENSITIVE SUBJECT FOR THE FACT THAT NOT A LOT OF US ARE HAPPY WITH FIVE DISTRICTS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT WAS THE COMPANY THAT DID IT.
AND HOW IT WAS DONE WAS POORLY DONE.
IT WAS NOT TELEVISED, AS WE'VE SAID BEFORE, AND I'VE SAID THAT IN PUBLIC.
BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW, I THINK WE NEED TO STEP BACK.
I THINK I LIKE THE MAILER, BUT MAKE IT VERY POIGNANT.
VERY, VERY, VERY TO THE POINT.
AND ELECTED MAYOR AND MAYBE ANOTHER COUPLE ITEMS ON THERE.
NOT A DIRECTION TO PUSH PEOPLE IN A DIRECTION RIGHT OR LEFT, BUT TO BE JUST POINT BLANK, DO A SERVE OVER OTHER PEOPLE AND LET THEM MAKE THE DECISION AND LET OUR LEGAL COUNSEL REVIEW THIS TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.
I THINK OUR TIME, ALTHOUGH I DO AGREE WITH MR. JOHNSON, I DIDN'T LIKE IT EITHER.
I THINK IT WAS A VOTE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE HERE NOW.
AND I THE PROBLEM WITH WITH NOVEMBER, IT'S TIGHT.
THAT'S A TIGHT FRAME. AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS.
WE'VE GOT AN OUTGOING MANAGER.
WE'VE GOT TO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEARCH FOR A NEW MANAGER.
WE HAVE WE'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR A FINANCE DIRECTOR.
WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY.
I THINK THE MAILERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE.
I THINK THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AS ANYONE KNOWS, I'M TRANSPARENT.
I WANT TO KNOW AND YOU KNOW, THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
AND IF THIS UNRAVELS DOWN THE ROAD, THEN IT UNRAVELS.
BUT IF IT DOESN'T AND WE HAVE TO GO FORWARD, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO DO THAT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO GO THE CAUTIOUS ROUTE.
AND AGAIN, I WILL SAY THAT MR. JOHNSON'S MOTION OR HIS HIS REQUEST IS VERY VALID.
I THINK THAT JUST WE NEED TO DO IT IN A LITTLE MORE CAUTIOUS FASHION.
THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.
I THINK WE NEED TO, AGAIN, DO OUR SURVEY, LET OUR LEGAL COUNSEL LOOK AT IT, SEE WHAT WHAT, WHAT'S THERE, WHAT'S NOT THERE, AND LOOK WHAT OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING BECAUSE IT'S THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AND MORPH, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION ON THE OTHER COUNCIL OPINIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO I KNOW IT'S GETTING LATE AND I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ON WHAT OUR ACTION ITEM IS.
IT'S NOT A MOTION, BUT IT'S A DIRECTION TO STAFF.
CORRECT. ABOUT WHAT THE PATH FORWARD SHOULD BE.
YES. AND I WOULD SUGGEST BASED ON.
SOME OF THE COMMENT, IF IT IS.
YOU CAN ALSO. AND TOGETHER A BUDGET FOR DOING A MAILER AND WHAT THAT WOULD.
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PURSUE AND I WOULD BE IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT.SO I THINK CONCURRENT TO WHAT THE MAYOR HAS INDICATED, LEGAL ANALYSIS, PLEASE COME BACK WITH A BUDGET FOR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO SEND A MAILER OUT HOW THAT IS ADDRESSED.
SO THAT TO MS. BERRY'S POINT, THAT THE QUESTIONS AREN'T LEADING, THAT THEY'RE APPROPRIATE, ET CETERA, WHATEVER, SO THAT YOU CAN TRULY GET THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE, ET CETERA. IS THERE AN OPTION FOR MAILER AND ONLINE? YOU KNOW, LOOK AT AND I'M NOT TRYING TO CREATE MORE WORK, BUT I AM SENSITIVE TO THE FACT THAT SOME PEOPLE DO USE COMPUTERS.
WHOEVER WE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS TO BE REACHED IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER.
SO IF YOU CAN COME BACK WITH WITH THAT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
I THINK A MAILER IN THE WATER BILL.
THAT'S THE ONE WAY TO DO IT. BUT WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT THAT.
I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE INDEPENDENT.
INDEPENDENT. A LOT OF PEOPLE GET IT ONLINE, SO LET US FIGURE IT OUT.
WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE DECISION.
ONE OTHER CONCERN I WOULD HAVE WITH A MAILER OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF ONLINE VENUE IS HOW DO YOU PREVENT PEOPLE FROM VOTING MORE THAN ONCE? I MEAN, WE CAN.
I MEAN, I THINK THERE'S A WAY TO AVOID DUPLICATION.
BUT LET US GO BACK, DO SOME RESEARCH AND BRING BACK A BUDGET FOR YOU.
MR. CARTER, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENT.
ALSO, MR. BONE, VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE TURNOUT.
MY PROBLEM WITH PUTTING IT ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION ALSO IS THE FACT THAT WHO'S GOING TO VOTE? I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT THIS.
YOU KNOW, FORGET ABOUT GIVING US OUR RIGHT AS IF TO VOTE FOR A MAYOR.
HOW ABOUT OUR RIGHT TO VOTE FOR PEOPLE IN OFFICE, PERIOD? LOOK AT HOW MANY PEOPLE TURN OUT AND IN LA VERNE.
I MEAN, I HATE TO SAY IT'S JUST SAD. IT'S PATHETIC.
THAT'S OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THAT.
AND SO WE PUT IT ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AND WE GET A SHORT RESPONSE OUT OF 32,000 SOME PEOPLE.
AND VOTE VOTING IS LOW WHEN IT'S A NON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
TRUE, BUT IT'S STILL VERY LOW.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS GIVING UNDUE EXPECTATIONS WHEN IF WE CANNOT LEGALLY DO IT, BUT WE PUT OUT FOR A VOTE OR PUT IT OUT FOR A SURVEY AND THEN THEY HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR CITIZENS ARE ONE WAY WHEN WE CAN'T DO THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE GIVEN OUT TO OUR PEOPLE WHAT THEY CAN, THEY CANNOT DO.
SO THAT'S MY MY BIGGEST WORRY.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THAT IF WE CAN'T LEGALLY DO IT, BUT THE EXPECTATIONS, THEN IT'S REALLY STEERING OUR RESIDENTS DOWN A DEAD END ROAD WHEN THERE'S NO EXITS.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE BY HAVING LEGAL ADVICE WHAT THAT THAT OFF RAMP COULD BE FOR THEM.
WELL, I THINK THE DISTRICT HAS A TEN YEAR CYCLE, SO WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY NINE YEARS LEFT IN THAT CYCLE SINCE IT WAS VOTED IN IN NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
AN ADVISORY VOTE ALLOWS US WHEN WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, IF THERE IS AN ANNEXATION OF LAND OR OTHER VIABLE LEGAL WAY TO MAKE THAT CHANGE TO FOUR DISTRICTS AND ELECTED MAYOR, IT GIVES US THAT AUTHORITY FROM THE RESIDENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT A VOTE WOULD GIVE US.
WE WOULD HAVE THAT IN PLACE IN CASE WE ANNEX A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND BOOM.
YES, BUT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT THERE YET, THOUGH.
WE'RE NOT THERE. WE'RE JUST NOT THERE.
BUT WELL, I THINK ARE WE IN CONCURRENCE, COUNCIL, THAT WE GIVE OUR STAFF DIRECTION TO LOOK AT THE LEGALITY OF IT AND ALSO LOOK AT THE FACT OF SOME TYPE OF A MAILER TO FIND OUT THE TEMPERATURE OF OUR OF OUR RESIDENTS AND FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT.
MY CONCERN IS THAT A MAILER MAY NOT BE THE OFFICIAL WAY TO GET THAT AUTHORITY.
WELL, WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT DOWN THE ROAD.
YOU MAY NEED SOME OTHER ACTION BY THE AT LARGE ELECTORATE, ELECTRIC ELECTORATE LATER.
SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT.
COUNCIL. ARE WE IN CONCURRENCE THAT WE SHOULD LET STAFF MOVE AHEAD WITH WHAT WE DISCUSSED?
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I'M FINE WITH THAT. MR. JOHNSON, I KNOW YOU'RE NOT HAPPY WITH IT, BUT I'M NOT HAPPY.BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT HERE.
THANK YOU. WELL, LET'S MOVE TO MR. MAYOR. I'LL JUST NOTE THAT SOMEBODY RAISED THEIR HAND AFTER IT ALREADY WENT BACK TO THE DIAS.
I DID NOT BRING THEM IN BECAUSE IT WAS AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION WAS CLOSED ON THAT ITEM.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP IT CLOSED.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE RUNNING LATE NOW.
WE HAVE NOW MOVED TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SHERI, JUST TAKE IT. PLEASE JUST TAKE IT.
I DON'T LIKE THE OPTICS. HEY, THERE'S NO STRINGS ATTACHED.
HE'S BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY BACK THERE.
THANK YOU. I BECAME A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE IN 1988 AND FOR THREE REASONS.
I WANTED A PLACE THAT WAS SAFE FOR MY FAMILY.
[15. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
IN THE 1980S, I SERVED AS DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR A LARGE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.LATER, I SERVED TWO DECADES AS THE PRESIDENT OF EDUCATIONAL SERVICES INTERNATIONAL.
WE PLACED TEACHERS AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS IN 15 COUNTRIES, AMONG THEM CHINA, RUSSIA, VIETNAM, MOROCCO, TURKEY AND OTHERS.
DETAILS OF MY WIFE IS WAY BETTER AT THAT.
AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS TO DO WITH.
BUT TONIGHT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BIG PICTURE.
IN 50 YEARS OF MANAGEMENT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I LEARNED IS THAT YOUR FIRST TASK IS TO DETERMINE WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT AND DO THAT FIRST.
WHAT'S JOB ONE? SO THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS DONE, BUT I'M CALLING FOR THE LEADERSHIP OF LA VERNE TO CONDUCT WHAT I'M CALLING A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY REVIEW.
I WILL. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY REVIEW FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE? THREE REASONS. NUMBER ONE.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO ABOUT EVERY DECADE, ONCE EVERY TEN YEARS.
AND I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER REALLY DONE IT ONCE.
NOT A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY REVIEW.
THE SECOND REASON WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IS ONE WORD, UVALDE.
THEY'RE NOT IN THE CITY, BUT I CARE ABOUT THEM AND THE KIND OF WORLD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO INHERIT.
WHAT IS A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY REVIEW? AND I'VE ONLY GOT A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT.
THIS IS MY SHORT LIST OF WHAT MIGHT BE INCLUDED.
OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO BE TO LOOK AT HOW THE POLICE MIGHT REACT TO A GREAT BIG PROBLEM LIKE THEY HAD IN UVALDE OR OTHERS, OR HOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED TO DEAL WITH THE NEXT HORRENDOUS FIRE THAT MIGHT COME TO LA VERNE.
BUT IT MIGHT ALSO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE SECURITY ISSUES RELATED TO THE MENTALLY ILL PEOPLE THAT ARE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY OR SECURITY ISSUES RELATED TO THE HOMELESS.
OR PERHAPS THERE COULD BE TOXIC WASTE OR CHEMICAL ISSUES THAT COULD THREATEN OUR CITY.
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THERE COULD BE BIOMEDICAL LEAK.IN OUR CITY. THERE COULD BE A TRAIN DERAILMENT.
THERE HAS BEEN PLANE CRASHES IN THE PAST AT BRACKETT FIELD.
THE BIG EARTHQUAKE WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME AND WE NEED TO KNOW THE RISKS AND TO BE PREPARED.
IS OUR ELECTRICAL GRID REALLY SECURE OR IS THERE A RISK TO THAT? IS THERE A POTENTIAL CONTAMINATION OF WATER OR THE AIR, OR MIGHT THERE BE CATASTROPHIC SHORTAGES OF WATER? AND WHAT RISK IS THAT TO US AND WHAT WOULD WE DO? COULD THERE BE A POLITICAL TAKEOVER OF OUR CITY? DO ANY OF YOU REMEMBER THE CITY OF BEL AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE IN THE FINANCIAL FAILURE THAT HAPPENED IN THAT CITY? THERE COULD BE CYBER INTERNET ATTACK.
THERE COULD BE DOMESTIC TERRORISM.
THERE COULD BE PRISON ESCAPES.
THERE COULD BE INSUFFICIENT MEDICAL FACILITIES OR INSUFFICIENT PARAMEDICS TO RESPOND TO 911.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THINGS ARE URGENT AND WE WANT THEM TO HAPPEN.
BUT I'M CALLING ON YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT.
DO YOU THINK THE CITIZENS OF UVALDE WOULD HAVE WISHED THAT THEY HAD DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE THAT HAPPENED THERE ? WE GOT TO GET AHEAD OF THESE THINGS AND WE CAN BY DOING A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW.
SO HERE QUICKLY IS THE PROCESS NUMBER ONE.
YOU WOULD APPOINT A TASK FORCE.
APPOINT AN APPROPRIATE GROUP TO DEAL WITH THIS.
IDENTIFY THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SECURITY ISSUES.
PRIORITIZE THE TOP TEN OF THOSE DESIGN INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS.
PLAN A FIRM TIMELINE TO, I WOULD SAY, TEN MONTHS, REVIEW SECURITY ISSUES AND SELECT THE TOP THREE MOST IMPORTANT SECURITY PROBLEMS THAT WE FACE.
AND THEN ASSIGN GROUPS TO WORK ON THOSE.
AND THEN IF YOU COULD IF YOU COULD WRAP IT UP.
IF YOU COULD WRAP IT UP, SIR, FIX THE TOP THREE AND NEXT, FIX THE TOP TEN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ALTHOUGH NOW I'M EXTREMELY DEPRESSED, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I'M FINE.
YOU KNOW THAT ANYBODY ELSE FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT? MS. BEAUCHAMP? JR, WE COULD BRING THE PERSON BACK ON FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
EVERYBODY'S TIRED. I'M GOING TO MAKE IT QUICK.
I WANT TO SAY. YOU'RE HAVING BEER AND TACOS? WHAT? COME ON DOWN.
MARGARET, YOUR PARENTS WILL BE HAPPY.
HEY, I MAKE SOME DAMN GOOD TACOS.
YOU DO? I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO I'M SURE CARTER AND MISS CARTER AND MR. DAVIS ARE GLAD THAT THEY'RE OFF THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME ANYMORE.
BUT AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE THAT REALLY RESONATED WITH ME, AND IT SAID THAT THEY HOPED THAT THE RESIDENTS COMMENTS WOULD NO LONGER BE NEGATIVE.
AND I JUST WANT TO ESTABLISH NOW FOR YOUR VERY FIRST MEETING THAT PART OF THE REASON OUR COMMENTS ARE NEGATIVE IS BECAUSE THE CITY FAILS TO RESPOND TO US RESIDENTS, WHETHER IT'S EMAIL, PHONE CALLS, VOICEMAILS, FOR EXAMPLE.
I HAVE ASKED MR. RUSSI FOR A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION THAT CHIEF NIGG DID THAT WAS PRESENTED ON THE POWERPOINT WITH THE STUDY SESSION PRIOR TO THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE THAT THE CITY WOULD REMAIN WITH LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THAT PRESENTATION.
THERE IS A HOMEOWNER IN OUR CITY WHO HAS REQUESTED FOUR TIMES AND SHE HAS SENT IT TO 13 PEOPLE, EACH INDIVIDUAL COUNCIL MEMBER AND MANY OF THE STAFF FOR DIFFERENT TIMES AND HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY RESPONSE OTHER THAN RECEIVED.
THEY HAVEN'T ANSWERED HER QUESTIONS.
THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN HER ANY DOCUMENTATION, NOTHING.
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ENGAGE WITH THEM, TALK WITH THEM EVEN IF IT'S AFTER A MEETING, AND GET A FEEL FOR WHAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE DONE.AND THAT, I THINK IS ONE OF THEM.
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE CALLER? YES, YVONNE.
YES, YOU MAY. FIRST OF ALL, MR. NICHOLS, I APPLAUD YOU FOR BRINGING THOSE THINGS UP TO COUNCIL.
I DEAL WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT EVERY DAY, DISASTER RECOVERY.
SORRY, SORRY, SORRY. THIS WAY.
SO REALLY, THE REASON I CAME UP HERE IS I WANTED TO.
I WANTED TO WELCOME. MR. KITA, I'LL GET IT RIGHT, BECAUSE PEOPLE GET UP AND MR. JOHNSON TO COUNCIL AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN TO CONTINUE THE THE WORK, THE LEGACY OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL AND ROBIN, AND ESPECIALLY WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THEIR SERVICE.
I THINK THE LAST HOURS REALLY SHOWN THAT RIGHT.
ANYWAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE.
I THINK THAT WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE BY CONTINUING THE TRADITION OF WORKING TOGETHER.
NEVER FORGET THAT YOU ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU ARE OUR FRIENDS AND YOU WERE ELECTED TO REPRESENT AND SERVE THE PEOPLE OF YOUR DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE. NOT AN INDIVIDUAL, NOT A GROUP, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR YOU IN YOUR DISTRICT BECAUSE OF DISTRICT VOTING.
SO WHETHER YOU ARE ON A DAIS, ON THE DAIS OR IN CLOSED SESSION, WE EXPECT THAT YOU WILL BE PROFESSIONAL, CONSTRUCTIVE AND RESPECTFUL TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS CITY.
THANK YOU, YVONNE. ANYONE ELSE? WE WILL MOVE TO THE PHONES.
YOU HAVE TWO PEOPLE TO THE ZOOM.
BRITTANY, THIS IS THOMAS AGAIN.
THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME AGAIN.
I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR MY TONE IN THE LAST COMMENT.
IT DID DROP BELOW THE THRESHOLD THAT I LIKE TO MAINTAIN FOR PUBLIC DECORUM.
I DON'T WALK BACK MY USE OF THE WORD IRRESPONSIBLE.
AND THOSE ARE TWO COMPLETELY UNRELATED ISSUES.
SO IF THERE IS OFFENSE TAKEN BY MY USE OF THE WORD, I JUST SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OFFENSE TAKEN BY IT.
I DO ALSO WANT TO ECHO THE WORDS OF MS. BEAUCHAMP. WELCOME TO OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
I'M GREAT. GRATEFUL TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE DIVERSITY, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORK THAT GETS DONE.
I ALSO ECHOED THE SENTIMENTS OF MR. NICHOLS. IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THE COUNCIL HAD A VISION FOR WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE NEXT CENTURY.
THINGS HAVE DRASTICALLY CHANGED.
WHAT DOES LA VERNE LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS MAYBERRY LOOK LIKE IN THE 21ST CENTURY? I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A VISION AND SOME ACTUAL STEPS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HEADED IN THAT DIRECTION.
COMING FROM THE DAY IS NOT NECESSARILY JUST FROM STAFF.
SO WELCOME NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'VE INVITED THE OTHER PERSON IN, BUT THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT.
THAT WILL GIVE THEM. ON THE JEOPARDY MUSIC.
LET'S TRY IT TWICE. WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THIS LAST CALL BECAUSE.
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I HAVEN'T SEEN THEM BEFORE.I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY, BUT FOR ANOTHER DAY? YEP. NOTHING.
I'M NOT ACCEPTING. THEN CAN WE PLEASE CONTACT THEM TOMORROW AND GET WITH THE INFORMATION THEY WANT SO WE CAN SEND IT OUT TO COUNCIL REGISTRATION? OKAY, WE CAN GET THAT TO COUNCIL, PLEASE.
SO MAKE SURE THEY GET THE INFORMATION.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE. GOOD EVENING.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? THIS IS VALERIE MUNOZ.
HI. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS VALERIE MUNOZ.
MAYOR PRO TEM FOR THE CITY OF LA QUINTA.
FIRST, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AS COUNCILMEMBER FRENZEL APPOINTED, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, YOUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BASED ON WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY REPRESENTING CITIES WITH ON PUMPING RIGHTS.
TOURS ARE RUN 90 MINUTES IN LENGTH.
THEY'RE AT YOUR LEISURE AND YOUR CONVENIENCE, AND IT JUST TALKS ABOUT THE LOCAL CLEANUP, WATER, AFFORDABLE COST HERE AND THE IMPORTANCE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR CONSTITUENTS HERE AT THE BASIN.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE BASIN HERE AND CENTRAL VALLEY HAS AROUND 169 SQUARE MILES AND APPROXIMATELY HOLDS AROUND 8.6 MILLION ACRES OF DRINKING WATER, WHICH WILL SERVE APPROXIMATELY 1.4 MILLION IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WHERE ONE OF THE LARGEST SUPERFUND SITES IN THE NATION WITH OVER $500 MILLION IN SETTLEMENTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED TO CLEAN UP OUR BASIN, AND THAT IS PAID FOR BY FEDERAL FUNDING AS WELL AS RESPONSIBLE PARTIES.
WE WOULD LET YOU HAVE YOU HAVE THE WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY.
ARE WE DONE NOW? WE'LL MOVE IT UP TO THE DAIS FOR THE COMMENTS.
MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD, JUST A MOMENT.
I JUST WANT TO, THIS WAS A VERY COMPLEX AGENDA TO PUT THIS TOGETHER WITH ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WERE INCLUDED AS FAR AS THE SWEARING IN, THE OUTGOING COUNCIL, PLUS THE ITEMS THAT WERE HERE.
SORRY. THEN I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS AGENDA HERE DOESN'T COME TOGETHER WITH JUST ONE INDIVIDUAL.
THERE'S JUST A MULTITUDE OF AGREEMENTS THAT LUPE AND DEBORAH PUT THIS STUFF TOGETHER.
BUT EVERY SINGLE MEMBER OF THE STAFF OF MR. RUSSI'S IS INVOLVED WITH THIS.
[16. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
AND THIS TAKES A LOT OF HOURS AND EFFORTS.AND NOT ONLY THAT, AS THE MAYOR THAT THEY WOULD ACTUALLY COULD CALL ME INQUISITIVE.
I ASK MANY QUESTIONS AND THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED.
AND GENERALLY IN THE FASHION THAT ARE ACCEPTABLE, WHICH IS MOST OF THE TIME WHICH HAS TO DO WITH CONTRACTS, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH LABOR INCREASES, RATES INCREASES, MAKING SURE THAT OUR SALARY CHARTS ARE SHOWING BEFORE AND AFTER THINGS OF THAT SORT THAT OUR RESIDENTS GET THE INFORMATION AND CAN COMPARE.
YES, THAT'S WHAT THEY GET PAID FOR.
OUR CHIEF OF POLICE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES MANAGER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR.
EVERYONE IN THIS CITY WORKS HARD, BUT THESE THINGS DON'T COME TO US WITHOUT A LOT OF WORK.
AND THEY ANSWER THE QUESTIONS AND YES, WE DRIVE THEM CRAZY.
I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW I DRIVE EVERY ONE OF THE DIRECTORS CRAZY, BUT THERE ARE QUESTIONS THAT AS A RESIDENT I WANT TO KNOW FOR YOU GUYS, AND IF I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH IT, THEN WE GO TO THE NEXT STEP AND FIND OUT WHAT THE ISSUE WAS AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THE RIGHT INFORMATION.
[03:05:01]
THEY GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND ESPECIALLY DEBORAH.I THINK LUPE IS STILL BACK THERE, ISN'T SHE? YEAH, SHE'S EATING PIZZA, BUT WE DIDN'T GET ANY, BUT WHATEVER.
YEAH. ANYWAY, I GUESS WE'RE ON PUBLIC COMMENT AREN'T WE.
COUNCIL COMMENTS. I'M JUST GOING TO, I'LL JUST FINISH.
I MIGHT AS WELL FINISH. SORRY, GUYS.
I APPRECIATE YOU PUTTING ME ON AS MAYOR, BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
WE'RE NOT DONE YET. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW CITY MANAGER.
BOB'S GOING TO BE LEAVING US AGAIN.
SAME AS YOU. I KNOW WE'LL HAVE TIME TO COMMENT, BUT I WELCOME MR. KASHA FUGITA AND I WELCOME MR. JOHNSON, NOT STRANGERS.
AND I WELCOME WENDY LAU AND RICK CROSBY.
YOU'VE GOT YOU DON'T HAVE A NEW POSITION, BUT HE'S GOT A NEW SEAT OVER HERE.
YEAH, WE PLAY IN ROTATION HERE, BUT I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THIS.
I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS.
WE'VE GOT A LOT OF CHALLENGES, BUT OUR CITY IS HEALTHY BECAUSE OF OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND WHAT WE'VE DONE, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN A VERY GOOD FASHION AND EVERYBODY JUST BE SAFE OUT THERE.
I DON'T USUALLY COMMENT, BUT AS A CITY, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN PLACE.
OBVIOUSLY, ALL OF US CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER, ESPECIALLY IF THE SITUATION YOU'VE ALREADY.
BUT AGAIN, WE SHOULD ALWAYS REVIEW THOSE.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR POINTS.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT. AND I KNOW YOUR LIST WAS LONGER.
AND THANK YOU, COUNSEL, WHO WANTS TO START? I TURN IT ON? YEAH, TURN IT ON.
OKAY. I'M LIKE I SAID, I'M GLAD TO BE BACK ON THE DAIS.
THERE ARE ISSUES THAT I WANT TO SEE GET FOLLOWED THROUGH WITH AND I WON'T LET UP.
BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK RESIDENTS WHO ELECTED ME AND I'M HERE TO DO YOUR BIDDING AND MY PHONE NUMBER AND EMAIL WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU HAVE A CONCERN, I'M AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. CASH THANK YOU, MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I APPRECIATE YOU. I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING OUR CITY.
I ALSO LOOK FORWARD TO MR. NICHOLS. I PUBLIC SAFETY IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.
I UNDERSTAND A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY REVIEW, SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO MAYBE CREATING A PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE LIKE OTHER CITIES HAVE AND GETTING PEOPLE TOGETHER ALL AS ONE WORKING AS A VILLAGE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES.
I CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT MYSELF, SO I DO NEED YOUR HELP.
GET SOME INPUT, SEE HOW WE CAN GET BETTER, HOW WE CAN KEEP YOU SAFE.
I CAN'T PROTECT EVERYBODY AT ALL TIMES.
BUT YOU KNOW, IF WE ALL CAN GET TOGETHER, FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN RESPOND TO THE NEXT COVID SITUATION THAT MIGHT HAPPEN TO US, OR A BIG FIRE, WHATEVER WE COULD DO UTILIZING MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. I'M OPEN FOR IT.
I'M ALWAYS OPEN FOR FOR A CUP OF COFFEE.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I APPRECIATE YOU AND I UNDERSTAND THAT I WROTE DOWN SEVERAL THINGS.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING IS REALLY NEGATIVE.
BUT LET THERE BE AN OPEN LINE OF COMMUNICATION.
DON'T SHUT ME DOWN. I DON'T SHUT YOU DOWN.
I HAVE THICK SKIN. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
HOW WE CAN GET THERE TOGETHER.
NO PROBLEM. AND WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
LIFE IS TOO SHORT, SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER.
SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO HURRY UP.
BUT PLEASE AGAIN, I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE.
I GET TO SAY THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER CASH.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A MINUTE SINCE WE'VE ALL BEEN IN THIS ROOM TOGETHER, SO I'LL MAKE IT QUICK.
THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT.
ALSO, IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN THE BAND, WHICH WAS NEW THIS YEAR BECAUSE.
OUR OLD IS RETIRING. AND WHY AM I BLANKING ON THE NAME? THE ANSWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. YOU WANT THE ANSWER? THE ANSWER, YES. SO THANK YOU TO TO ALL THE FOLKS THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE.
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THINGS LIKE THAT, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK BECAUSE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN THINGS LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE.IT IS AMAZING THAT WE HAVE BOTH BOYS, BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL ADVANCING.
AND I DON'T HAVE KIDS, BUT I HAVE LOTS OF FRIENDS WITH KIDS.
AND ONE OF THOSE KIDS IS GOING TO PLAY IN OAKLAND ON FRIDAY.
AND IT IS NO, IT'S NOT LOST ON ME.
HOW MUCH IS WORK THAT PARENTS HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THEIR KIDS? AND NOT EVERYBODY IS SO LUCKY OR PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO JUGGLE THEIR WORK, SCHEDULE, THEIR CARS.
HOW AM I GOING TO GET MY KID THERE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR THE HOTEL ONCE WE GET THERE? YOU KNOW, ALL OF THESE THINGS.
SO OR TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
THOSE ARE OPEN AND WELCOME TO EVERYONE AS WELL, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE.
BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED.
BE KIND, BE SAFE AND HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR WEEK.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. NOW ONE QUICK GO BACK.
SO BE SURE IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, MAKE SURE YOU GET ON THE SITE.
NUMBER TWO, THE FIREWORKS WERE AMAZING.
THE BAND, THE FIREWORKS WERE AMAZING.
HONESTLY, PROBABLY THE BEST FIREWORKS SHOW I'VE EVER SEEN AND THAT'S BAR NONE.
SO THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. YEAH.
SO WE STILL HAVE OUR 11 AND UNDER BOYS STILL PLAYING.
THEY'RE IN THE REGIONALS RIGHT NOW AS WELL.
LAST WEEKEND I GOT TO HONOR AUTISM SPECTRUM ATHLETICS.
THEY'VE BEEN AROUND FOR TEN YEARS.
THEIR MOTTO IS WHERE AWESOME AND AMAZING HAPPEN.
MANNY ZAPATA IS THE LEAD AND OF THAT LEAGUE AND IT JUST BEEN THOUSANDS OF AUTISM, AUTISTIC KIDS GOING THROUGH THEIR LAST TEN YEARS AND IT WAS JUST A GREAT EVENT TO BE AT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND HIGHLIGHT.
JESSE DUFF, THANK YOU AND WELCOME.
I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND STEPPING UP.
WE ALSO PASSED TWO GREAT THINGS FOR OUR SAFETY PURCHASED A RESERVE LADDER TRUCK AND OUR LICENSE PLATE READER FOR OUR LA VERNE PD.
THOSE TWO THINGS ARE GOING TO HELP AND MAKE SURE OUR CITY IS SAFE.
WELCOME COUNCIL MEMBER I'M GOING TO SAY IT.
NO, NO, I WILL NOT DO THAT BECAUSE IT IS YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR NAME FROM YOUR FATHER.
AND I WILL ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT MR. KASHA FUGITA AND COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, WELCOME TO THE COUNCIL AND I APPRECIATE YOU TWO BEING ON THIS COUNCIL.
THE MAYOR HAS GAVE ME THE HONOR TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK NEXT MONDAY AT 6:30 FOR A PRESENTATION.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STANDARD OF COVERAGE AND COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT BY CONSULTANT.
SO NEXT MONDAY, JULY 25TH, 2022, AT 6:30 P.M.
AND WANT TO ADJOURN OUR MEETING, COUNCILMEMBER CARTER AND I GOT TO GO TO A MEMORIAL SERVICE LAST SATURDAY TO A SAN GABRIEL VALLEY ICON, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM.[INAUDIBLE] KARACHI.
[03:15:12]
SHE WAS ELECTED IN OFFICE IN 2001 AND SERVED IN DOHERTY AS A MAYOR FOUR TIMES IN 2006, 2011, 2015 AND 2019.SHE WAS THE FIRST FILIPINO-AMERICAN ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL AND BECAME THE LONGEST SITTING UNITED STATES FILIPINO-AMERICAN MUNICIPAL ELECTED OFFICIAL IN OFFICE.
SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZER AND A COMMUNITY LEADER AS SHE WAS ELECTED BY HER COLLEAGUES TO THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES BOARD AND PRESIDENT OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS.
SHE'S AN INSPIRATION TO ALL THE PEOPLE IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND THE FILIPINO-AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH AND APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU GUYS TONIGHT.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.