Aug 01, 2022 City Council

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:35, AUGUST 1ST.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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COUNCILMEMBER CASH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SIR? BEGIN COUNCILMEMBER CASH.

ROLL CALL, NOW, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT BEFORE WE START OUR MEETING?

[4. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

WOW. I'VE GOT A COUPLE.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IS TOMORROW NIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, BUT IT STARTS AT 4:30 TO 7:30 P.M.

AT LAS FLORES PARK.

POLICE DEPARTMENT'S GOING TO BE OUT THERE WITH ALL THEIR WARES AND FUN STUFF.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN POSTING IT ON THE WEBSITE.

I KNOW THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IT ON CHIEF FLORES.

I THINK THEY HAVE EVERYTHING BEEN POSTED.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FUN NIGHT.

THEY HAVE A TON OF POLICE VEHICLES, MUSIC, GAMES, COMMUNITY VENDORS, FREE KIDS, FACE PAINTING AND [INAUDIBLE] KIDS FINGERPRINTING.

SO AND ALSO BRINGS SOME SUPPLIES TO STUFF A SQUAD CAR WITH KIDS SUPPLIES FOR SCHOOL IF YOU CAN BRING THAT AND JUST COME AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

SO THAT'S 4:30 P.M.

TO 7:30 P.M..

ALSO A BIG THING THAT HAPPENED WHEN WAS IT MR. CROSBY, WAS IT WAS IT FRIDAY? WAS IT FRIDAY OR SATURDAY? WAS IT SATURDAY? THE GIRLS LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL ONE WESTERN REGIONALS AND TOOK IT IN A SWEEP, AND THEY WILL BE GOING TO THE LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES IN GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ALFIE SANCHEZ.

I'M THE DIRECTOR AT MAJESTIC CYCLING.

AUGUST 14TH, WE PROMOTE A BIKE RACE THAT WE HAVE HERE OFF OF PUTTING STONE.

IT'S AMATEUR TO PROFESSIONAL BIKE RACING.

WE DO HAVE A FREE KIDS BIKE RACE THAT STARTS AT 1:20, SO BE GREAT TO HAVE THE FAMILIES COME OUT, BRING THEIR KIDS TO A LITTLE FREE KIDS BIKE RACE.

WELL, THEY'RE OUT THERE RACING THE PROS, AND SO THAT'S AUGUST 14TH ON PUTTING STONE.

WE'LL BE OUT THERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALFIE.

SO ALSO JUST TO BACK UP ON THAT ONE THAT THERE IS A GOFUNDME PAGE OUT WE'LL BE POSTING THAT I KNOW I PUT ON MY FACEBOOK PAGE, INSTAGRAM.

THE CITY'S GOT SOME INFORMATION OUT, I THINK ON THE ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL AND [INAUDIBLE] ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THE LINK TO THE FUNDRAISER, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE.

YEAH. ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE PAGE.

SO THEY NEED, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT 20,000 TO GET TO GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

SO THEY'VE DONE SO WELL.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE COACHES, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FAMILIES, BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GIRLS.

THEY HAVE JUST KICKED IT AND JUST ROCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK.

SO BUT IT DOES TAKE MONEY TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN.

SO IF YOU CAN, $5, $10 IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY.

I KNOW THAT THEY RAISED THEIR INITIAL, I THINK, 8000.

THEY GOT TO THAT FOR THEIR TRIP TO SAN BERNARDINO, BUT IT'S A LITTLE MORE COSTLY TO GET TO GREENVILLE.

SO, ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANYONE? THERE WAS THE MOVIE IN THE PARK LAST NIGHT.

IT WAS RAYA, AND WHAT WAS IT? CHIEF. I GOT IT RIGHT HERE.

SHE FORGOT ALREADY.

IT WAS RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON, AND I KNOW THAT NEXT WEEKEND WE'LL HAVE CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

THE LAST ONE ON AUGUST 7TH, AND THEN THAT FOLLOWING SUNDAY.

WE'RE HAVING ENCANTO, ANOTHER MOVIE NIGHT IN THE PARK, AND THEY HAD PIZZA, THEY HAD CANDY, THEY HAD POPCORN, THEY HAD ALL SORTS OF STUFF, AND IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AT THAT TIME OF NIGHT. IT REALLY COOLS OFF NICELY, AND HERITAGE PARK'S GOT SO MANY TREES THAT IT'S A VERY NICE PLACE, BUT THE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALSO COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT RSVP HAD OFFICERS THERE AND THE FAMILIES, IT WAS IT WAS REALLY A LOT OF FUN.

I KNOW COUNCILMEMBER CASH WAS THERE, AND IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT.

IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT IS JUST PEOPLE HAVING A GREAT TIME AND ENJOYING IT.

BUT IT TAKES ALL OF OUR ASSOCIATIONS AND OUR AND OUR CITY SERVICES TO MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN, TO MAKE A NICE PLACE FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO VISIT AND THE KIDS.

SO ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, WE WILL GO TO CONSENT CALENDAR, MR.

[5. CONSENT CALENDAR]

MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

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VOTE, PLEASE. WAIT.

OH, IT'S RIGHT THERE, MA'AM. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.

[6. OTHER MATTERS]

YES, MR. MAYOR. OTHER MATTERS, CONTRACT FOR CAR SHOWS IN OLD TOWN LA VERNE.

MR. RUSSI. OH, MR. SCHERER, DIRECTOR SCHERER WILL BE PRESENTING THIS TO US.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS.

THIS IS A PROPOSED NEW EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT FOR THE TWO CAR SHOWS THAT ARE HELD ANNUALLY IN OLD TOWN LA VERNE BETWEEN THE CITY AND FLYING DEUCES.

THE CITY ENTERED AN AGREEMENT WITH FLYING DEUCES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS OR PRE-COVID AND THEN WRAPPED UP WITH THIS [INAUDIBLE] IN APRIL.

SO THAT CONTRACT IS NOW EXPIRED.

SO THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT IS MOSTLY THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS ONE WITH SOME SOME CHANGES REGARDING COMPENSATION.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER THAT WITH YOU TONIGHT.

WHEN THE LAST AGREEMENT WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN AND ENTERED AT THAT TIME, IN PREVIOUS TO THAT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RESERVE OFFICER PROGRAM TRADITIONALLY PROVIDED THE SECURITY FOR THE EVENT, AND IN EXCHANGE, THE PROMOTER WOULD PAY TO THAT PROGRAM $750 PER EVENT TO PAY FOR THOSE COSTS, AS THOSE WERE NOT PART OF COSTS TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE. HOWEVER, UNFORTUNATELY, THE RESERVE PROGRAM IS NOT UP TO STAFF OR NOT MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE APPROPRIATE STAFFING THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THESE EVENTS.

NOW, IT'S NOT JUST THE CAR SHOWS, IT'S PRETTY MUCH MOST EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY.

SO THOSE ARE COSTS THAT ARE NOW ABSORBED BY THE CITY'S BUDGET, THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET, BECAUSE AS THESE ARE TYPICALLY OVERTIME HOURS FOR OFFICERS TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE FOR THESE EVENTS. IN ADDITION TO THAT CHANGE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOW HAS WITH THE NEW AMBULANCE OPERATOR OR AO PROGRAM, THE FIRE CHIEF HAS IDENTIFIED HIS DESIRE TO HAVE AOS AT ALL COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND SO THAT IS A BENEFIT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE STRAIN ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S OPERATION DURING THE EVENT ESPECIALLY IT'S A SIMPLE MEDICAL CALL, BUT THAT'S A NEW THING GOING FORWARD WITH COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT'S RELATIVELY NEW AS WELL UNDER THE NEW AO PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S A NEW CHART.

SO ON PAGE TWO OF THE REPORT, I'VE OUTLINED BASICALLY THE HARD COST TO THE CITY FOR HAVING IN THIS EXAMPLE A CAR SHOW, AND THIS IS PER SHOW WITH OVERTIME BETWEEN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WHICH DO A LOT OF WORK FOR THESE EVENTS, STREET CLOSURES, BUT IT'S ALSO PREPPING THE DAYS BEFORE, DURING NORMAL HOURS.

BUT HAVING CREWS OUT THERE TO EMPTY TRASHCANS HELP CLEAN UP.

A LOT OF THOSE OPERATIONS FALL TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND HAVE SINCE THE BEGINNING, BUT IT DOES REQUIRE OVERTIME PAY FOR THOSE STAFF AS WELL.

SO WITH THOSE CHANGES AND AN INSPECTION BY THE FIRE MARSHAL, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THESE EVENTS COST ROUGHLY $8,500 TO THE CITY BUDGET, WHICH ISN'T SPECIFICALLY BUDGETED FOR IN THE CURRENT BUDGET, BUT IT IS COST TO THE CITY, AND TYPICALLY IN PAST YEARS THOSE COSTS ARE JUST ABSORBED IN EACH DEPARTMENT WITH THEIR OVERTIME COST BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.

SO THEY'RE NOT IDENTIFIED, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT A POINT TO SHOW TO THE COUNCIL WHAT THE COSTS ARE FOR THESE EVENTS.

OVER THE LAST THREE OR SO CAR SHOWS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT COSTS HAVE BEEN ABSORBED BY THAT DEPARTMENT'S BUDGET BECAUSE AGAIN, THE RESERVE OFFICERS JUST SIMPLY WEREN'T THERE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE STAFFING.

THERE ARE OTHER SOFT COST.

USE OF CITY EQUIPMENT.

LIKE I MENTIONED, NORMAL STAFF SET UP TIMES ON THE THURSDAY BEFORE THE EVENTS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY OVERTIME PAY, BUT IT DOES TAKE THOSE EMPLOYEES AWAY FROM OTHER PROJECTS.

THEY COULD BE WORKING ON THE COMMUNITY.

SO THERE IS COST BUT NOT HARD DOLLAR COST TO THE CITY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS IDENTIFIED A NEED FOR A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE ARE NOW REQUIRING FOR ALL SPECIAL EVENTS IN THE CITY.

PRIMARILY FOR LIABILITY REASONS.

WE HAD A TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN THAT SHOWED WHERE THE STREETS GET CLOSED AND LANES GET CLOSED AND SIGNAGE, ETC, BUT IT WASN'T A FORMAL TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AS WAS SUBMITTED BY AN ENGINEER.

SO THAT'S BEEN REQUESTED BY OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND STAFF FULLY SUPPORTS THAT, BUT THAT IS A ONE TIME COST OF APPROXIMATELY 6000.

SO AT THEIR JULY 11TH MEETING, THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DISCUSSED THESE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE AGREEMENT, WHICH A MINOR INCREASE IN COMPENSATION DIRECTLY FROM THE ASSOCIATION OR I'M SORRY, THE DISTRICT THE BID WAS PREVIOUSLY [INAUDIBLE] 1750 TO THE PROMOTER PER EVENT THAT'S NOW BEEN AGREED TO GO UP TO $2,000 PER EVENT FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, BUT THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND THESE HARD COSTS FOR STAFFING ARE NOT BOTH THE BID AND THE PROMOTER HAVE INDICATED THEY CANNOT ABSORB THESE COSTS.

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SO STAFF HAS MADE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL WITH THE WITH THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT.

THE FIRST IS THAT THE COUNCIL CAN APPROVE THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE NOVEMBER EVENT, WHICH WAS 14,500 THE STAFF COSTS AS WELL AS THAT TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN AND APPROVE THE DRAFT AGREEMENT WITH THEM SO THAT THE PROMOTER CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH PROMOTING THE NOVEMBER EVENT IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO NOT CONTRIBUTE THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY OR SOMEHOW MAKE MODIFICATIONS.

OTHERWISE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE FOR US TO GO BACK AND NEGOTIATE WITH THE PROMOTER, WHICH MOST LIKELY WOULD PUT THE NOVEMBER EVENT IN JEOPARDY OF OCCURRING JUST BECAUSE OF TIMING.

THE PROMOTER IS HERE TODAY.

HE WOULD HAVE LIKED TO ALREADY START PROMOTING THIS EVENT, THE NOVEMBER EVENT, AND SO AS TIME GETS CLOSER, IT BECOMES HARDER TO ACCURATELY AND EFFICIENTLY PROMOTE THAT EVENT. SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT, RECOGNIZING THE COSTS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT, SLIGHT INCREASE WITH THE AO PROGRAM, SOME OF THE FIRE MARSHAL INSPECTIONS AND IDENTIFYING AND RECOGNIZING THE OVERTIME COST TO BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE AND APPROVING THE $6,000 FOR THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN.

LIKE I SAID, THE PROMOTERS HERE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS WELL.

COUNSELING AND QUESTIONS FOR A DIRECTOR SCHERER.

I THINK I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS [INAUDIBLE].

I'M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL PUBLIC COMMENT.

YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL PUBLIC COMMENT AFTERWARDS? JUST A REAL QUICK ONE, DIRECTOR SCHERER.

IS THAT $8500 A HARD NUMBER? I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THESE WERE LEFT A GAP IN HERE.

IS THAT SOMETHING WE GOT TOGETHER WITH ALL THE DEPARTMENTS? YEAH THESE ARE THE NUMBERS THAT GAVE TO THE TO ME.

I ASKED THESE NUMBERS FROM THEM.

OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE ROUGH NUMBERS.

SO APPROXIMATELY THAT AMOUNT ANNUALLY, THAT NUMBER PROBABLY WILL GO UP WITH RAISES AND RATES INCREASES ON EMPLOYEES SALARIES , BUT FOR NOW, THIS IS, WE BELIEVE, AN ACCURATE NUMBER FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.

SO BASICALLY, WE'RE LOOKING AT $14,500, 12,500, IF YOU TAKE THE 2000 OFF FROM THE [INAUDIBLE] THE [INAUDIBLE] AMOUNT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THESE NUMBERS.

SO THAT PAYS SEPARATELY THROUGH THEIR OWN BUDGET.

OKAY, SO THAT'S NOT THOSE AREN'T CITY DOLLARS AND THEY HAVE AGREED TO PAY TO COMPENSATE THE PROMOTER FOR.

SO 14,500 IS REALLY OUR NUMBER.

IT'S THE 6000 FOR THE TRAFFIC CONTROL PLAN, WHICH YOU FEEL IS NECESSARY, WHICH I WOULD AGREE TO, AND THEN THE $8,500 FOR THE HARD COSTS THIS YEAR FOR THAT WITH ALL THE SERVICES RENDERED.

CORRECT. THANK YOU, BUT I ALSO THIS DOES BRING A LOT OF PEOPLE INTO OUR CITY NOTORIETY OF LA VERNE AND TO THE BUSINESS, ESPECIALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA WHERE IT BRINGS IN A LOT OF MONEY THAT DAY THERE, THAT IF IT DID NOT HAPPEN, WOULD NOT BE THERE TO.

SO THE DISTRICT OBVIOUSLY PAYS $2,000 OUT OF THEIR FUNDS FROM OTHER EVENTS BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A TICKET EVENT WHERE THERE'S NO DIRECT REVENUE TO THE DISTRICT.

SOME OF THE BUSINESSES OBVIOUSLY DO BETTER THAT DAY WITH MORE PEOPLE IN DOWNTOWN, BUT IT'S NOT LIKE A TICKETED EVENT, LIKE THE BEER OR WINE ONES.

IT'S DEFINITELY A PLUS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

ANY TIME WE HAVE AN EVENT, ESPECIALLY THIS ONE, I KNOW THAT THE K-9 BENEFITS TREMENDOUSLY FROM THIS.

I KNOW THAT THEY'RE VERY WELL REPRESENTED.

I KNOW THAT HE GIVES THEM THE BOOTHS AND THE AREA FOR THEM TO ADVERTISE.

VERY GOOD ABOUT ADVERTISING.

AS FAR AS OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S JUST AGAIN, IT'S A BUDGET ITEM AND WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT IN THE BUDGET AND IT'S A HARD CORE EXPENSE. SO BUT IT IS A DEFINITELY A WONDERFUL THING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. WE'LL PROBABLY BE HAVING YOU BACK UP HERE, DIRECTOR.

SHARE WITH THAT.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT JUST TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND IF YOU DO, JUST PLEASE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND.

YES. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU DON'T MIND, MS..

BEAUCHAMP, CAN WE HAVE THE PROMOTER COME UP FIRST AND.

OKAY, IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE KIND OF PULL THAT MIC AND SPEAK CLOSELY TO IT. AS I WAS TOLD BY COUNCILMAN, NOW DON'T EAT IT, BUT TALK INTO IT.

ANYHOW. I'VE BEEN DOING THE EVENT FOR THREE YEARS AND EVERY GROUP I WORK FOR WITH YOUR GROUP, PUBLIC WORKS, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, EVERYBODY.

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I MEAN, WE HAVE OUR PREPRODUCTION MEETINGS.

THEY'RE KIND OF USELESS BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S BEEN DOING IT FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS AND PUBLIC WORKS.

WE GO OVER WHERE THE SIGNS ARE SUPPOSED TO GO OR WHATEVER AND THEY GO, I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 30 YEARS.

WE KNOW WHERE THEY ALL GO, AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BROUGHT IT UP AT THE LAST MEETING THAT WE'VE BEEN USING WAS SUPPLIED TO ME DRAWINGS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WHEN IT FIRST STARTED.

WELL IN 30 YEARS THAT.

THAT DRAWING HAS BEEN COPIED.

IT'S A COPY OF A COPY OF A COPY, AND THEY SAID IF WE EVER HAD TO GO TO COURT, WE CAN'T EVEN READ WHAT'S ON THE DRAWING.

WE SEE THE DRAWING, BUT TO EXPLAIN IT TO A COURT, WE COULDN'T DO IT, YOU KNOW.

SO I UNDERSTOOD THAT WAS A GOOD REQUEST BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT WE SUPPORT THE CITY IN EVERY WAY WE CAN.

I TAKE OUT A DIGITAL BILLBOARD OFF THE 60 FREEWAY THAT PROMOTES THE EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND THEY'RE FRIENDS OF MINE THAT OWN THE BILLBOARD COMPANY.

SO THEY DO GIVE ME A DEAL, BUT EVERYTHING'S GOING UP ON MY STANDPOINT, BUT AS LONG AS IT BENEFITS A CHARITY, THEY'LL CUT ME SOME SLACK ON ADVERTISING, THE LA VERNE CAR SHOWS AND WHATEVER, AND WE'VE BEEN REAL BLESSED TO PROMOTE AND BENEFIT THE LA VERNE K-9 POLICE FOUNDATION IN BUYING AND TRAINING DOGS AND WHATEVER.

AND WHEN BILL ENGEL CAME TO ME, AT FIRST HE JUST WANTED A BOOTH AND I SAID, I'LL BE REAL HONEST WITH YOU.

I SAID, YOU MIGHT MAKE $150-200, AND I SAID, WHY DON'T YOU TAKE OVER THE RAFFLE TABLE AND I'LL HAVE DENISE TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT THE TABLE HAS DONE OVER THE YEARS AND WHATEVER.

SO EVERYBODY LOVES RAFFLES.

THE GUYS THAT COME TO THE SHOW, THEY ALL LIKE WHAT THE GIRLS PUT TOGETHER, GREAT PRIZES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THEY'VE BENEFITED TREMENDOUSLY FROM IT OVER JUST HAVING A BOOTH IN THE SHOW, BUT EVERYBODY WE WE HONOR THE NEIGHBORS AROUND.

WE IN ALL OUR PRINTED MATERIAL, DON'T RACE, DON'T REV YOUR MOTORS.

THERE'S PEOPLE SLEEPING AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING ON THE STREET.

YOU'RE COMING DOWN AND THEY'RE ALL RESPECTFUL.

I MEAN, WE'VE NOT HAD A PROBLEM IN THREE YEARS.

SO I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THE SHOWS AND INCREASE THEM AND GET THEM BETTER.

SO THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. MS. BEAUCHAMP. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY QUESTION ABOUT THIS ITEM IS THAT IF WE KNEW THE CONTRACT HAD EXPIRED, WHY WASN'T THIS LINE ITEM ON THE BUDGET THAT WAS PRESENTED JUST A FEW MEETINGS AGO AND WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY? BECAUSE THAT IS A FAIRLY LARGE NUMBER, AND I THINK IT ALSO SHOWS THAT IT'S DECEPTIVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE AGENDA AND THE DESCRIPTION THAT'S IN THE AGENDA SAYS 14,500.

BUT YET DIRECTOR SCHERER JUST POINTED OUT AN ADDITIONAL 8500 AND THEN WHATEVER THAT ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WAS.

SO THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME DISCREPANCIES IN THE NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.

SO I THINK THAT NEEDS TO GOING FORWARD.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MR. BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? COME ON UP. MS. FISHER. HI, EVERYONE.

I'M DENISE FISHER, AND I'M PART OF THE K-9 AND POLICE FOUNDATION, AND WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO BE THE RAFFLE AND 5050 SPONSOR FOR THIS, AND FOR THE LAST TWO CAR SHOWS, WE HAVE MADE A LITTLE OVER $11,000 FOR OUR FOUNDATION AND ONE YEAR OF TRAINING FOR OUR K-9 DINO IS $12,000.

SO JUST IN WHAT WE MADE, THAT IS ALMOST ONE YEAR'S WORTH OF TRAINING FOR DINO, AND WE ARE WORKING ON GETTING MONEY FOR OUR SECOND K-9 AS WELL AS A THERAPY DOG.

SO IT'S BEEN FOR US A HUGE MONEYMAKER, AND PLUS IT GETS PEOPLE MORE AWARE OF OUR FOUNDATION AND WHAT WE ARE, AND PEOPLE IN THE CAR SHOWS THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF POLICE AND CITY FUNCTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO I, FOR ONE, AM HOPING THAT YOU GUYS DO APPROVE THIS AND KEEP IT GOING, AND LA VERNE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WILL YOU BE AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TOMORROW? OF COURSE YOU WILL. WONDERFUL.

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COUNCIL. I COULD ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AND THEN I'M SURE ERIC WILL CORRECT ME IF I GET THESE WRONG.

AS FAR AS WHY IT WASN'T IN THE BUDGET AT THAT TIME, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE TERMS OF THE EXTENSION WERE GOING TO INCLUDE THAT JUST CAME ABOUT IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING IT BEFORE YOU, AND AS FAR AS THE NUMBER, I THINK THE 14,500 IS INCLUSIVE OF THE 8500 AND THE 6000.

SO I THINK IT ACCURATELY REFLECTS WHAT IT IS.

WE ARE ASKING FOR AN APPROPRIATION FROM COUNCIL SHOULD THEY WISH TO CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK THE [INAUDIBLE] MS. BEAUCHAMP WAS THE FACT THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS TOO, THE ACTUAL HARD NUMBERS WEREN'T IN THERE.

THE $8,500 WASN'T THERE, THE 6000 WAS, BUT IT WAS JUST A GUESSTIMATE, AND THEN UNTIL HE TOLD US WHAT IT WAS, I THINK THAT WAS WHAT IS IT IN THERE? IS THE 8500 IN THERE? YEAH.

OH, IT'S IN THE MEMO PORTION.

OKAY, IT'S IN THERE. OKAY, I STAND CORRECTED.

IS THE FULL POSTED AGENDA.

IT'S IN THE FULL AGENDA PAGE 69.

YEAH. YEAH.

IT IS RIGHT THERE. YEAH. ANYWAY.

OKAY, COUNCIL COMMENTS SUGGESTIONS.

THOUGH THE 14,000 IS A QUITE LARGE SUM FOR THIS.

I DO BELIEVE IT GIVES GREAT BENEFITS TO OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AND TO LA VERNE.

I DO APPRECIATE THE POLICE AND THE FIRE AND THE PUBLIC WORKS REALLY SPELLING THIS OUT AS WELL BECAUSE IN THE YEARS PAST IT JUST WASN'T, AND SO THIS IS BRINGING TRANSPARENCY OF HOW MUCH THAT THE CITY IS PUTTING IN THIS TO BRING BUSINESSES DOWN AND PEOPLE TO LA VERNE.

THIS DOES ATTRACT MANY PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE OF LA VERNE TO LA VERNE TO SEE WHAT OUR WONDERFUL CITY PROVIDES, AND IT'S GREAT ENTERTAINMENT FOR FREE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.

SO REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT AND APPRECIATE THE COST THAT ARE SPELLED OUT.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS HAVE BEEN DOING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS SPECIFICALLY IS REALLY POINTING OUT OF ALL THE COST AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST UMBRELLAS THAT THE POLICE ARE BEING INVOLVED OR THE FIRE MARSHAL IS DOING IT, BUT WHAT IS THE COST OF THOSE THINGS. SO APPRECIATE BRINGING THOSE TRANSPARENCY OUT.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY.

COUNCILMEMBER LAU. I JUST HAVE A CLARIFYING POINT.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THIS CORRECTLY.

MR. SCHERER ITS FOR THE FIRST EVENT IS THE 14 500 BECAUSE THE 6000 TRAFFIC PLAN WE ANTICIPATE WILL BE ABLE TO BE DUPLICATED WITHOUT HAVING TO REOCCUR. THAT 6000 COST, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. SO THEN FOR EVERY EVENT UNDER THE THREE YEAR PERIOD GOING FORWARD, IT'D BE A ROUGHLY $8,500 EXPENSE.

SO 14 FIVE FOR THE FIRST EVENT, WHICH IS THE THANKSGIVING CAR SHOW, AND THEN APPROXIMATELY 8500 FOR THE FOLLOWING EVENTS.

CORRECT. THANK YOU, AND WHILE I'M UP HERE, JUST A FURTHER TO COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY'S POINT STAFF DOES HAVE AN INTENTION OF COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, PROBABLY ALONG WITH THE MID-YEAR BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS, TO FURTHER OUTLINE THE COST OF OTHER CITY EVENTS.

RECOGNIZING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN ABSORBING FOR YEARS, IT HASN'T BEEN A SEPARATE LINE ITEM SPECIFICALLY TO IDENTIFY WHAT DOES IT COST THE CITY TO PUT ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

WE KNOW THERE'S THE FRIENDS OF THE FOURTH THAT PAY FOR A LOT OF IT, BUT THERE STILL ARE THESE OTHER KIND OF HIDDEN COST, IF YOU WILL, OF PEOPLE DOING WORK AND GETTING PAID UNDER THEIR DEPARTMENT UNDER OVERTIME COSTS.

A LOT OF TIMES THAT JUST GET ABSORBED IN THE DEPARTMENT'S OVERALL ANNUAL BUDGET.

SO WE WANT TO TRY TO BREAK THOSE OUT FOR YOU.

WE HAD BEEN UNDER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO THIS AGREEMENT TO TRYING TO START GETTING OUR HEAD AROUND WHAT THESE EVENTS COST, ALL THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL DEPARTMENTS TO THEN PRESENT THAT TO YOU IN A FUTURE, AND MAYBE ALONG WITH MIDYEAR, JUST WITH TRANSITIONS OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

THAT MIGHT BE TOUGH, BUT IT IS A GOAL THAT STAFF HAS OF BRINGING BACK TO YOU FOR ALL OTHER CITY EVENTS.

THEN WITH THOSE COSTS PULLED OUT, THEN IT DOES COME AWAY FROM THE OVERTIME COSTS TOO, SO IT'S NOT ADDING TO THE BUDGET IS REALLY JUST PULLING OUT AND REALLY SPEAKING CLEARLY. IT CREATES A LINE ITEM WHERE IT'S VERY TRANSPARENT TO YOUR POINT OF WHAT IT COULD COST TO PUT ON COMMITMENTS BECAUSE THERE IS A COST, RIGHT? PEOPLE LOVE THEM, BUT THERE ARE GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT HAVE TO PAY TO PUT ON THESE EVENTS.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SCHERER.

COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. I APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SEE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY TO SEE WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE AS WELL.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCILMEMBER CASH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

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AS A YOUNG KID GROWING UP, I REALLY ENJOY COMING TO THE CITY EVENTS AND A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS DID TOO.

SO WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THEM, PEOPLE REALLY GET UPSET.

SO I LIKE TO SEE THEM CONTINUE TO HAVE THEM, AND I LIKE TO SEE OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CONTINUE TO BE THERE AND SUPPORT AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITIZENS THAT LIVE HERE AND THOSE THAT COME VISIT HERE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY AND BUILD THOSE MEMORIES ARE SAFE.

THAT'S ALL I WOULD ASK FOR, AND I WANT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT, AND I'LL ALWAYS SUPPORT ANYTHING THAT THIS COMMUNITY BELIEVES IN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CASH.

COUNCILMEMBER LAU, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION, AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THIS RIGHT NOW, THAT'S OKAY, BUT IF YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT, I LIKED WHAT DENISE WAS SAYING ABOUT HOW MUCH THE K-9 FOUNDATION WAS ABLE TO RAISE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S A GOOD STORY OR A GOOD ANECDOTE THAT THE PUBLIC MAY NOT BE AWARE OF, AND SO ASIDE FROM JUST BEING A FUN EVENT, WHICH IS AWESOME FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IF WE CAN IN A WAY MEASURE HOW MUCH MORE BUSINESS ARE OUR BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA DOING? WHAT ARE THE RETURNS LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS A GOOD THING FOR US TO BE AWARE OF.

YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT ON THESE EVENTS? AND SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO BE MEMORIES AND THINGS THAT YOU CAN'T QUANTIFY, BUT I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN QUANTIFY THAT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW.

I AGREE. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS IS WE GET SALES TAX DOLLARS AND QUARTERLY STATEMENTS, AND SO TRYING TO PINPOINT AN ACTUAL DAY AND WHAT THAT IMPACT IS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THESE EVENTS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING FOR MANY YEARS.

RIGHT. IF IT WAS A NEW EVENT, I WOULD AGREE THAT WE COULD PROBABLY LOOK AT PAST HISTORY, BUT IT MIGHT BE TOUGH TO SEE LIKE WHAT THE SALES TAX GENERATIONS ARE, BUT IF YOU'RE IN OLD TOWN DURING THESE EVENTS, YOU KNOW THAT THE RESTAURANTS ARE PACKED PRIMARILY.

SO WE KNOW THAT THEY DO GOOD BUSINESS, BUT I DON'T KNOW UNLESS BOB HAS AN IDEA ABOUT HOW WE CAN OTHERWISE QUANTIFY THE FINANCIAL IMPACTS TO THE CITY WOULD BE PRETTY TOUGH.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SCHERER. I AGREE WITH ALL THAT MY COUNCILMEMBERS HAVE SAID, BUT I'M A FEE BASED GUY.

I RUN A BUSINESS. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT OUR FEE STRUCTURES ARE AS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LAST MONTH DID AN EXTENSIVE AND IT'S STILL NOT DONE, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE CHANGED AND EXTENSIVE FEE STRUCTURE ALIGNMENT, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPENDING AND HOW WE'RE SPENDING IT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY HAVE THESE EVENTS AND THEY'RE WONDERFUL EVENTS BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A GREAT COMMUNITY.

WE'RE KIND OF A MAGNET HERE.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT, GOT GREAT PUBLIC WORKS.

WE'VE GOT COMMUNITY SERVICES.

WE'VE GOT ALL CITY STAFF THAT ARE REALLY INTO THIS, AND A LOT OF THE CITY DOES LIVE HERE , BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW NEED TO KNOW WHAT OUR FEE STRUCTURE IS IN ORDER, WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY SPENDING, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A BUDGET.

EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS A BUDGET.

I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE FINANCES.

YES, IT'S OVER TIME AND WE KNOW THAT EVERY YEAR THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE GOING UP.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE CAPTURE THOSE COSTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

AND I DO LIKE THAT IDEA.

IT'LL BE A MIDTERM, BUT I MEAN, THIS IS A THREE YEAR CONTRACT.

WE LOCK IT UP, IT'S THREE YEARS, AND I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

I WILL SAY IT IS WONDERFUL.

MOST OF THE EVENTS, ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS WONDERFUL.

IT DOES BUILD MEMORIES.

IT IS GREAT. IT'S GREAT FOR THE COMMUNITY, IT'S GREAT FOR THE BUSINESSES, BUT AS A BUSINESS, AS A CITY, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPENDING.

WE HAVE BOOTS ON THE GROUND, NO LONGER RSVP, WHICH COULD BUFFER THE EFFECT OF A COST OF A POLICE OFFICER AND OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

IF YOU GUYS DON'T NOTICE, THEY'RE OUT THERE IN FORCE, WHETHER IT BE THE WINE WALK, WHETHER IT BE THE BEER WALK, WHETHER IT BE THE CAR SHOWS, WHETHER IT BE EVEN MOVIE NIGHTS IN THE PARK, CONCERTS IN THE PARK, THE 4TH OF JULY.

I THINK AS A CITY, WE NEED TO GET A HANDLE ON THIS TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE SPENDING.

WE CAN BE GENEROUS, BUT AT THE SAME POINT, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CONTRACTS THAT WE HAVE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE KNOW WHAT THE COSTS ARE TO.

THE RESIDENTS SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SPENDING ON, THIS IS SOMETHING WE WANT TO DO AND HAVE AN OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT IT.

SO MY FEELING TO THROW IT OUT THERE IS TO DO LET THIS GO.

WE NEED TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THIS CAR SHOW NOT TO HAPPEN.

I THINK IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL EVENT, BUT POSSIBLY MAYBE AN RFP AFTER THE NOVEMBER, DO IT FOR THE YEAR AND THEN OPEN IT UP AFTER THAT OR AN RFP FOR.

SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS IS A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED.

SO I UNDERSTAND WE DID THE DIVISION BECAUSE THE DIVISION TECHNICALLY DRIVES THIS AGREEMENT.

THEY'RE THE ONES THAT KIND OF HAVE OUTLINED IT.

WE DID GO TO AN RFP PREVIOUSLY, AND AFTER MANY EFFORTS OF TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO SUBMIT, THERE WAS ONLY ONE SUBMITTAL, BUT THIS PROMOTER HAS PROVEN TO BE A GOOD, GOOD PARTNER IN THESE EVENTS, AND I JUST DID WANT TO CLARIFY, TOO, THAT THIS $8,500 IS NOT A BRAND NEW COST TO THE CITY THAT HASN'T BEEN THERE.

MOST OF IT'S BEEN PAID IN THE PAST YEARS IN THE DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL.

SO IT IS AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 650, BUT RECOGNIZING THE OVERTIME POLICE DEPARTMENT COSTS, THAT'S KIND OF THE IMPORTANT PART BECAUSE UNDER THE AGREEMENT, BASICALLY THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING SECURITY.

THAT'S WHAT THE AGREEMENT SAYS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE LETTING THE COUNCIL KNOW WHAT THOSE COSTS HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST FOUR OR SO EVENTS AND WE EXPECT CONTINUE UNLESS FOR SOME REASON THE RESERVE PROGRAM BECAME

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SO THE AGREEMENT THOUGH IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR THE THREE YEARS.

SO IF YOU WISH TO GO TO AN RFP AFTER THIS ONE EVENT, I WOULD SUGGEST NOT APPROVING THE CONTRACT, BUT THESE COSTS ARE NOT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROMOTER THAT'S GOING TO PICK UP THE $8,500 COST AND STILL PUT ON THE EVENT THAT THE QUALITY EVENT THAT WE WERE USED TO.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO BRING IT TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION, WHAT THE COSTS ARE, BUT THE PROMOTER BASICALLY, IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE PROMOTER'S AGREEMENT.

IT'S BASICALLY SAY WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE COSTS.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT AN RFP IS GOING TO GET YOU AWAY FROM SPENDING THE OVERTIME COSTS WITH OUR OFFICERS, WE'VE CHECKED WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT PRIVATE SECURITY COULDN'T BE BROUGHT IN INSTEAD, AND THE POLICE CHIEF HAS INDICATED THAT WOULD NOT BE AN OPTION, THAT THEY WOULD STILL REQUIRE THERE FOR OFFICERS DURING THE DAY, AND THEN IF THERE WERE PROBLEMS, THEY PRIVATE SECURITY COULD SUPPLEMENT THAT LIKE THEY DO FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, BUT NOT IN EXCHANGE OF.

SO THE FOUR OFFICERS AND IT'S A LONG DAY.

RIGHT. SO AS THE PROMOTOR MENTIONED, CARS ARE COMING IN 5, 6 A.M, AND THEN IT'S DONE AT FIVE.

SO IT'S A FULL 12 HOUR DAY FOR THE OFFICERS AS WELL.

I THINK THAT'S HALF THE CHARM IS OUR OWN POLICE OFFICERS.

I MEAN, THAT'S REALLY IT.

MY CONCERN IS JUST THE FEE STRUCTURE.

I THINK THEY'RE A GREAT PROMOTER.

THEY DO A GREAT JOB. WE HAVE A GREAT TIME.

IT'S JUST THAT WE NEED TO NAIL THESE COSTS DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT IF THAT IS, WE NEED TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE PROMOTER TO SAY, HEY, WE NEED TO KICK IN A LITTLE MORE BECAUSE IT'S COSTING US THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY.

GRANTED THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW FUNCTIONS DURING THE YEAR THAT ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE PAYING FOR.

YOU KNOW. SO I MEAN I MEAN, REALLY, IT'S EITHER APPROVE THE CONTRACT OR WE DON'T APPROVE THE CONTRACT.

LET THEM CONTINUE THIS NOVEMBER, AND THEN WE WOULD GO.

I MEAN. SUGGESTIONS COUNCIL.

I MEAN, IT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.

I THINK IT'S GREAT. I JUST AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COSTS, THAT'S ALL.

THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.

WE'VE GOT FOUR OF THE PEOPLE ON THE DAIS HERE THAT.

YOU KNOW. NO, I UNDERSTAND AGREE WITH YOU TOO.

WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE OTHER EVENTS AND OTHER PROMOTERS SITTING RIGHT HERE THAT THE COST IS PART OF THEIR GROUP.

WE HAVE THE LA VERNE GRAND PRIX THAT IT'S PART OF THEIR CONTRACT OF PAYING FOR THAT, AND WE'VE APPROVED THAT TONIGHT ALREADY AS WELL , BUT THE ISSUE OF IT PUT IN FRONT OF US, THAT IT'S HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER AND IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT, THEN IT'S NOT HAPPENING IN NOVEMBER. I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND DISCUSS THAT WITH THE PROMOTER, RIGHT? I CAN'T SAY FOR CERTAIN THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN TONIGHT, BUT NOT APPROVING THE AGREEMENT TONIGHT WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE NOVEMBER EVENT TO OCCUR.

BUT WE CAN REVISIT THE AGREEMENT AGAIN.

IS THAT CORRECT? [INAUDIBLE] I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT YOU [INAUDIBLE].

SO IT'S A TWO YEAR [INAUDIBLE]. SO IN TWO YEARS, ON THE LAST YEAR IS WHEN EITHER PARTY COULD BASICALLY TERMINATE THE AGREEMENT, AND THAT WOULD BE THE OPTION AFTER SO FOUR EVENTS OF THE SIX. WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND TELL US ALL THE COSTS.

YOU'RE GOING TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON WITH MOST OF THE EVENTS WE HAVE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

MID-QUARTER REVIEW, CORRECT? [INAUDIBLE] GOAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE AWAITING A NEW CITY MANAGER AND FIRE INSTRUCTOR.

UNDERSTOOD THERE ARE OTHER PRIORITIES BUT IT IS ON OUR LIST OF THINGS TO BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL.

YES. I DON'T WANT TO STOP PROGRESS.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COST EFFECTIVE.

THAT'S ALL, AND JUST MR. RUSSI? NO.

COUNCIL. SUGGESTION, AND I DON'T WANT TO ADD ANY TO ANYBODY'S PLATE TO MORE WORK AS FAR AS PROMOTING IT, BUT CAN WE PAY THE OVERTIME FOR SOME OF OUR AMAZING STAFF THAT ARE VERY SOCIAL MEDIA SAVVY AND MAYBE SEND OUT SOME FLIERS AND MAILERS TO THE COMMUNITY AND USE SOME OF THAT MONEY INSTEAD OF SPENDING ALL OF IT TO TASK SOME FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ADVERTISE IT.

JUST A SUGGESTION. [INAUDIBLE] IS WORKING.

THE MONEY IS NOT GOING TOWARDS IT'S PROMOTING.

IT'S TOWARDS OUR STAFF WHEN THE DAY IT RUNS.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I'M SAYING AS FAR AS THE, THE CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW IS TALKING ABOUT, THE ACTUAL PROMOTION OF IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE THERE'S COSTS FOR JUST THE PROMOTIONS. SO IT'S JUST SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR.

MY UNDERSTANDING AND DIRECTOR SHERER, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IF WE WERE NOT TO APPROVE THIS CONTRACT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT THEN WE'D BE REVISITING NEGOTIATIONS.

SO NO ACTIVITY WOULD OCCUR BECAUSE THERE WOULD BE NO THERE WOULD BE NO AGREED UPON TERMS ON WHICH WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.

SO THAT'S WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE DELAY, NOT THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE MONEY TO PAY PROMOTION COSTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT IF WE ARE NOT ADOPTING THIS PARTICULAR AGREEMENT, THERE ARE NO TERMS. OKAY, THANK YOU.

WELL, I PERSONALLY DON'T WANT TO STOP THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL.

I THINK EVERYBODY BENEFITS FROM IT AGAIN.

WE'LL COME BACK WITH A FEE STRUCTURE WE DO THROUGH A THREE YEAR AGREEMENT.

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[INAUDIBLE] COSTS ARE, WHAT THE COSTS.

NOT REVISIT THEM. JUST THE COST.

WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY PAYING [INAUDIBLE] NO, AND I THINK WE NEED A MOTION.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE.

6A CONTRACT FOR THE CAR SHOWS IN OLD TOWN.

LA VERNE. SECOND.

ALL THOSE FAVOR. I MEAN, JUST VOTE.

THERE YOU GO. WHATEVER.

[CHUCKLING] A LOT OF DISCUSSION FOR FIVE YESES.

OKAY, THANK YOU. DISCUSSION IS IMPORTANT.

ANYWAY, MOTION PASSES, YOU'VE GOT YOUR THREE YEARS, AND THEN ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO DONATE TO IT.

PLEASE HELP US OUT. THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM B HOMELESS OUTREACH PROPOSAL.

MR. RUSSI. YES, MR. MAYOR. THIS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A TAG TEAM EFFORT IN A MINUTE, CHIEF FLORES WILL BE GIVING YOU THE INITIAL OVERVIEW, AND THEN SERGEANT ALVARADO WILL BE TAKING IT FROM THERE, BUT JUST TO INTRO THE ITEM A LITTLE BIT AS COUNCIL RECALL OR TO INFORM THE TWO NEWEST COUNCIL THAT WHEN WE WERE OUTLINING THE PRELIMINARY USE OF THE ARPA FUNDS, THE CITY WAS THE RECIPIENT OF ABOUT $7.8 MILLION, 7.6 AND WE DESIGNED HOW WE WANTED TO PUT THAT MONEY TO USE TO COUNCIL.

ONE OF THE SELECTED WAS TO IDENTIFY ROUGHLY $300,000 TO BE USED TO SUPPORT HOMELESS ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.

SO I TASKED CHIEF FLORES AND HER TEAM WITH HOW THEY WOULD PUT THIS MONEY TO THE MOST EFFECTIVE USE, RECOGNIZING THAT IT WAS LIMITED AND WOULD ONLY BE FOR A TEMPORARY PERIOD OF TIME, AND THEY ARE BRINGING FORWARD A PROGRAM NOW THAT THEY WOULD PROPOSE THAT WOULD HELP TO GUIDE WHAT WOULD BE FUTURE EFFORTS IN DEALING WITH OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY, AND WHAT I WAS PLEASED ABOUT THIS REPORT.

WHEN YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT IT, IT DOESN'T JUST TOUCH ON HOW THEY WILL MAKE USE OF THE DOLLARS, BUT WHAT ARE SOME SUGGESTED CHANGES TO SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES THAT CAN HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THE ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THEIR ABILITY.

SO WITH THAT, CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING, CHIEF FLORES.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR.

MAYOR PRO TEM, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? COUNCIL.

OKAY, THAT'S THE BEST TIP OF THE DAY; DON'T EAT THE MIC.

[CHUCKLING] ALL RIGHT, GOOD EVENING.

I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER RUSSI, FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO PUT TOGETHER A PROPER PLAN.

WE WERE GIVEN THIS PROJECT AND HAPPY TO ACCEPT IT EARLIER THIS YEAR, BUT WITH THE CHANGE OF THE FARE MOVING FORWARD AND WE STAFF THAT EVENT EVERY SINGLE DAY, THAT IS OPEN AND 4TH OF JULY IS QUITE AN OVERTAKING FOR US.

I DON'T HAVE THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO PUT THIS AT THE FOREFRONT.

SO THANK YOU. YOU GAVE US THE PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME, AND I THINK YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH THE PRESENTATION SERGEANT JAY ALVARADO IS GOING TO BE GIVING YOU.

I'M JUST SAYING A BRIEF FOUNDATION FOR YOU.

A FEW YEARS AGO, WHEN I CAME TO LA VERNE REALIZING WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WITH THE GOLD LINE.

L.A. COUNTY DOES HAVE THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF HOMELESS POPULATION IN THE NATION.

WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO 80,000.

IT'S AN ISSUE THAT CAN'T BE IGNORED, AND WE'RE LEARNING AND ADAPTING AS WE GO.

WE'VE LEARNED MANY YEARS AGO THAT WE'RE PAST THE DAYS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT JUST MOVING SOMEONE ALONG THAT GETS US IN TROUBLE AND WE KEEP THE LIABILITY OF OUR CITY AT THE FOREFRONT. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT A COUPLE LITTLE STATS FOR YOU SO YOU HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE ABOUT THE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY DAY, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A VERY FLEXIBLE, STRATEGIC PLAN, WE THINK, FOR OUR CITY.

SO ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS AGO WE REALLY CHANGED THE WAY WE WERE COLLECTING DATA ON HOMELESS.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD MECHANISM IN PLACE.

SO WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS WE'D GET A CALL FOR SERVICE, MAYBE THAT SOMEBODY STOLE SOMETHING FROM 7-ELEVEN.

WE GO CONTACT THAT PERSON.

IT WOULD BE A MISDEMEANOR, GIVE HIM A TICKET.

WE DIDN'T GET A STAT FOR THAT AS FAR AS CONTACTING A HOMELESS PERSON BECAUSE IT WOULD COME OUT AS A THEFT CALL.

SO WE HAD TO COMPLETELY CHANGE THE CULTURE OF OUR WHOLE DEPARTMENT THAT EVERY TIME THEY CLEAR CALL FOR SERVICE, IF THEY HAD A CONTACT WITH A HOMELESS PERSON, THEY HAD TO GIVE A SPECIFIC CODE SO WE COULD PROPERLY RUN THE STATS.

SO WITH THAT, OVER THE LAST FOUR AND A HALF YEARS, OUR ACTUAL DATA AND CALLS FOR SERVICE HAVE TRIPLED AND WE AVERAGE ABOUT 130 CALLS A MONTH FOR HOMELESS CULTURE SERVICE. SO THAT'S ABOUT FOUR TIMES A DAY.

SOME ARE QUICK AND SOME ARE A LOT LONGER.

SOME TAKE TWO OFFICERS, SOME TAKE MORE DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CALL THAT WE'RE HANDLING , BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT WE WE TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY.

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THEY'RE AN OUTREACH TEAM.

WE LEARNED VERY, VERY QUICKLY WE NEEDED TO GET OUT OF OUR UNIFORMS AND GET A SOFTER OUTFIT TO MAKE US MORE TRUSTWORTHY, TO GAIN THEIR CONFIDENCE IN US THAT WE'RE THERE TO HELP THEM, NOT JUST ARREST THEM.

BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, ARRESTING THEM JUST DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY OF THE CITIES THAT HAVE OPENED THEIR GOLD LINE STATIONS, THEY HAVE HAD INCREASED CALLS FOR SERVICE, MANY OF YOU KNOW. SO WE PULLED JUST A COUPLE OF STATS OF THE TWO BIGGEST CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY THAT HAD THE MAIN STOPS.

THE FIRST ONE THEIR CURRENT AVERAGE CALLS FOR SERVICES, 400 A MONTH, CITIES A TINY BIT BIGGER THAN OURS, AND THEY STARTED WITH WHAT WE HAVE ABOUT 30 CALLS A MONTH AND NOW THEY'RE AT 400.

THE OTHER CITY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS, THEIR CALLS FOR SERVICE, UNFORTUNATELY, HAVE ALSO TRIPLED, BUT THEIR HOMELESS POPULATION HAS GONE OVER 1,000% INCREASED, AND THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T IGNORE THIS.

THIS IS WHY THIS STRATEGIC PLAN IS SO IMPORTANT, AND AGAIN, WE PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO IT TO MAKE IT WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY.

SO WITH THIS INCREASED TREND IN OUR HOMELESS POPULATION, THIS IS A PART TIME PROGRAM FOR US WITH THE ARPA MONEY, THIS IS NOT A FULL TIME DETAIL.

SO AS WE ALSO STAFF, I HAVE NO EXTRA OFFICERS, WE STAFF PATROL INVESTIGATIONS AND ALL THE SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS THAT OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY LOVES, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO, ON AN OVERTIME BASIS, TRY AND STAFF A PART TIME TEAM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VOLUNTEERS THAT ARE WILLING TO MAKE THIS TEAM HAPPEN AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THEY DID GREAT WITH THE MEASURE H FUNDS AND I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE IT EVEN FURTHER FOR US.

SO WITH THAT, IN MOVING FORWARD, PLEASE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT SET IN STONE.

WE'RE PRESENTING YOU SOMETHING TONIGHT THAT WE THINK IS BEST FOR US TO MANAGE BEST FOR OUR CITY, BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR BUSINESSES.

BUT IT COULD CHANGE.

YOU COULD BRING SOMETHING TO ME AND WE WANT TO SWITCH GEARS.

WE CAN SWITCH GEARS. WE CAN ADAPT TO ALL THE NEEDS THAT COME OUR WAY.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, BUT ULTIMATELY OUR PREPARATION IS GETTING OUR CITY PREPARED FOR THE GOLD LINE.

OUR OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE GOING TO CHANGE AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN TO ADAPT.

SO WE ARE HERE FOR QUESTIONS AFTER, BUT I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE SERGEANT JAY ALVARADO, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE FORMAL PRESENTATION, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, CHIEF. GOOD EVENING, SERGEANT ALVARADO.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS JAY ALVARADO.

I'M CURRENTLY THE SERGEANT WHO OVERSEES THE HOMELESS OUTREACH TEAM.

I STARTED ON THE HOMELESS TEAM AT THE ONSET, SO I'VE HAD A PASSION FOR IT.

I'VE BEEN ON THE TEAM FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

SO WITH THAT, I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO A LOT WITH IT AND GO TO OTHER CITIES AND KIND OF SEE HOW THEY OPERATE.

SO I HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT BACKGROUND IN THIS.

LIKE THE CHIEF MENTIONED, CURRENTLY, WE HAVE ABOUT APPROXIMATELY OVER 100 CALLS RELATED TO HOMELESSNESS PER MONTH.

THIS IS ABOUT 10% OF OUR CALLS PER DAY WHERE OUR CITY IS BROKEN UP INTO IT'S BROKEN UP INTO THREE REGIONS.

SO EACH REGION OF OUR COMMUNITY IS ASSIGNED ONE OFFICER.

THESE CALLS TYPICALLY HAVE A NEED FOR AT LEAST TWO OFFICERS.

SO YOU COULD SEE RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY CAN BE VERY TAXING, AND LIKE THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO VERY FREQUENTLY, THEIR TIME CONSUMING, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SPEND TIME WITH THEM.

YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM.

YOU HAVE TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO BUILD SOME TRUST TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME TYPE OF SOLUTION.

SOMETIMES IT'S FINDING OUTREACH FOR THEM.

SOMETIMES IT'S POTENTIALLY AN ARREST.

IT'S JUST ALL DEPENDS.

IT'S SITUATIONAL BASED.

AS SUCH, THE DEPARTMENT IS CONSTRUCTING A THREE YEAR PLAN TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, INCLUDING WRAPAROUND SERVICES.

WHAT THIS MEANS, IT'S BASICALLY A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH THAT'S TEAM BASED TO SERVICE AND SUPPORT AND PLANNING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

THE FOUNDATIONAL PHILOSOPHY IS BASICALLY TO WORK WITH THEM AND IT'S CONCEPT OF DIVERSION.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM JUST NECESSARILY LIKE THE CHIEF ALLUDED TO, WHAT WE WOULD DO IN THE PAST IS KIND OF PUSH THEM ALONG OR WE WOULD MAKE AN ARREST.

WE'RE TRYING TO FIND ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO FIND SOME LONG TERM SOLUTIONS THAT MAY INCLUDE HOUSING, MENTAL HEALTH ASSISTANCE, SUBSTANCE, SUBSTANCE ABUSE ASSISTANCE, SOMETIMES FAMILY REUNIFICATION WITH PEOPLE WITH RELATIVES LOCALLY OR COULD BE OUT OF STATE OR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS ACCESS TO MILLS.

THE GOAL IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH CONSISTENT ENGAGEMENT, OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT.

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THE FIRST PRONG IS FOCUSED ON THE TEAM CONCEPT APPROACH.

IN THIS, WHAT OUR GOAL IS TO, LIKE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER THAT MOST OF THE CALLS YOU NEED TWO OFFICERS TO MANAGE THE CALL.

OUR TEAM WILL BE COMPRISED OF TWO OFFICERS AND THERE WILL ALSO BE A MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIAN, AND THAT COULD BE FROM AN ENTITY LIKE TRI-CITY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH OR SOME OTHER EXPERTS OR STAKEHOLDER IN THIS IN THIS REALM.

LIKE I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, IT'S IMPORTANT TO BUILD THE TRUST WHEN DEALING WITH A HOMELESS INDIVIDUAL.

SOMETIMES OUR BEING AN OFFICER AND WEARING A UNIFORM COULD DETER THEM FROM WANTING TO ACCEPT RESOURCES.

HAVING A PARTNER WHO IS TRAINED AND OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ASPECTS AND CAN OFFER OTHER OPTIONS FOR THEM MOVING FORWARD ALLOWS US OUR GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR SUCCESS WITH EACH INDIVIDUAL.

THE SECOND PRONG WOULD BE CREATING BOUNDARIES FOR ENFORCEMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE CITY ORDINANCES RELATING TO HOMELESS THE HOMELESS POPULATION AND COMPARED THEM TO THE SURROUNDING CITIES.

THE DEPARTMENT SEEKS TO MODIFY EXISTING ORDINANCES RELATED TO HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND OTHER RELATED ISSUES TO ENFORCEMENT.

WE'VE LEARNED THROUGH GOING TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OUR OWN EXPERIENCES THAT WE'VE DRAWN ON HERE THAT WE NEED TO MODIFY SOME OF OUR ORDINANCES.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE EVOLVING.

WE MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS YEAR TO YEAR TO KIND OF SEE WHAT MODIFICATIONS OR ADDITIONS WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE OUR COMMUNITY.

SOME OF THE ONES THAT I LOOKED AT, OUR DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT ARE THE PUBLIC NUISANCE ORDER.

ANOTHER ONE WOULD BE OBSTRUCTING THE PUBLIC WAY OR PLACE, AND THEN THE THIRD ONE WOULD BE A MODIFICATION TO CURFEWS AND LOCATIONS WHERE YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO LOITER.

SO WE'VE SEEN THESE NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY GROW AND WE'VE TRIED TO ALTER AND FIND NEW WAYS TO BE CREATIVE WITH OUR ENFORCEMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

PRONG THREE RELATES TO OUR OPERATIONS.

CURRENTLY, AS THE CHIEF DISCUSSED, OUR PERSONNEL, OUR TEAM MEMBERS COME FROM PATROL.

THEY COME FROM INVESTIGATIONS.

THEY ALREADY HAVE A FULL TIME ASSIGNMENT.

SO WE'RE PULLING THEM FROM THEIR--SERGEANT.

IF WE COULD JUST TALK A LITTLE CLOSER.

THEY'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY. NO PROBLEM.

SO, LIKE I WAS SAYING, OUR MEMBERS ON OUR HOST TEAM, THEY COME FROM PATROL.

THEY COME FROM THE DETECTIVE BUREAU.

THEY COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES. SO IN ORDER TO FULFILL, LIKE OUR NEED FOR OUR TEAM, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK IT ON AN OVERTIME BASIS.

SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE REALLY FLEXIBLE WITH OUR HOURS.

WE HAVE IDENTIFIED CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY THAT ARE PEAK HOURS WHERE WE'RE RECEIVING CALLS RELATED TO THE HOMELESS AND WE'VE INITIALLY STAFFED OR HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE TO STAFF THOSE HOURS WITH THE TEAM.

HOWEVER, OUR PROPOSAL ALLOWS US FOR FLEXIBILITY TO ADJUST AS NEEDED.

SO THERE MIGHT BE A SITUATION IN THE EVENING WHERE WE NEED TO COME IN AND ADDRESS A MATTER OR WORK WITH SOMEBODY, OR IT COULD BE WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO JUST TO BE FLEXIBLE AND TO BE SUCCESSFUL WITH WHAT THAT INDIVIDUAL.

WE DO HAVE THE AGENDA.

IT'S IN THE PACKET. SO BASICALLY IT EXPLAINS THE SCHEDULE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY HOST TEAM MEMBERS WORKING IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE A REGIONAL TEAM [INAUDIBLE] HAS A LOT OF FUNDS FOR THE REGIONAL HOST TEAM TO COME INTO OUR COMMUNITY, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TECHNICALLY ANY HOURS WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO DO HOST ENFORCEMENT OR HOST OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WHAT THIS WILL DO, THIS WILL OFFER APPROXIMATELY 6 TO 10 DAYS WHERE THE HOST TEAM WILL BE FUNCTIONING IN THE COMMUNITY, AND AGAIN, THIS FLEXIBILITY ALLOWS FOR A LOT. THIS COULD BE 12 DAYS.

IF WE STRETCH OUT, STRETCH IT OUT APPROPRIATELY OR IF WE HAVE A NEED, IT COULD BE FOUR DAYS.

SIX DAYS. IT JUST DEPENDS, BUT THE GREAT PART ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE IN THIS PLAN IS THAT IT ALLOWS US FLEXIBILITY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE NEEDS BECAUSE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS MAY ARISE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] COMING.

WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE IS 72 HOURS OF OVERTIME WOULD BE ALLOTTED FOR PER MONTH.

ANNUALLY. THIS WOULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE 864 HOURS IN APPROXIMATELY $89,000.

WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED SOME ONE TIME PURCHASES WE NEED TO LOOK INTO, AND THIS WOULD BE LIKE A LARGE CONEX BOX THAT WE COULD STORE [INAUDIBLE] YARDS AND TEMPORARILY

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AGAIN, WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT AS NEED OR WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS NEED BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES AND GOING TO OTHER CITIES SUCH AS POMONA, WHERE THEY'VE RUN INTO SITUATIONS WHERE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PROPER STORAGE FACILITIES IN PLACE, AND SO WE'RE LEARNING FROM WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE AND HAVEN'T DONE.

WE ALSO HAVE FOUND A NEED FOR TEMPORARY EMERGENCY VOUCHERS.

SO WHAT THESE ARE IS BASICALLY IF WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE IT'S URGENT THAT SOMEONE NEEDS SHELTER FOR THE EVENING, WE HAVE MONEY IN PLACE SET ASIDE TO GET THEM VOUCHERS AND KEEP THEM SAFE FOR THE EVENING.

MORE RECENTLY, WE'VE RUN INTO A SITUATION WITH SOME BIOHAZARD PROPERTY AND WE FOUND THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE A NEED TO CONTRACT WITH THE COMPANY FOR BIOHAZARD PICKUP.

SO WE'VE ALLOTTED FOR IN OUR PROPOSAL FOR 10,000 ANNUALLY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT NEED.

THAT COULD BE IT'S KIND OF A CASE BY CASE BASIS.

IF WE NEED EMERGENCY CLEANUP OR IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE THIS WEEKEND WHERE WE NEED TO GET ALL THIS CLEANUP DONE AND THEY COME OUT AND FACILITATE THAT, BUT WE'VE LOOKED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMPANIES AND GOT SEVERAL DIFFERENT BIDS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 10,000 FOR THE YEAR.

IN CLOSING, THE DEPARTMENT'S THREE YEAR PLAN WILL CREATE A FOUNDATION MOVING FORWARD TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR HOMELESS POPULATION IN OUR COMMUNITY.

STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT COUNCIL CONSIDER A MORE PERMANENT SOLUTION THAT WILL REQUIRE EXPANDING THE DEPARTMENT'S STAFFING LEVELS IN THE FUTURE.

THE ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL WILL AFFORD FOR THE CREATION OF A PERMANENT AS OPPOSED TO OBVIOUSLY A TEMPORARY OR TEAM THAT'S BASED ON OVERTIME.

COUNCILMEMBERS SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER THE USE OF A PRIVATE FIRM SUCH AS CITINET.

CITINET IS A COMPANY WHICH FOCUSES ON SIMILAR OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND PROVIDE SIMILAR SERVICES AS INDICATED ABOVE.

THERE ARE OTHER CITIES IN L.A.

COUNTY THAT USE THIS SERVICE.

IT WAS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD CONSIDER MOVING FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, BUT AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT IT'S A PRIVATE ENTITY.

YOU DON'T HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT COUPLES WITH THEM, WHICH BRINGS IN A WHOLE OTHER REALM OF CONCERNS.

IN CLOSING STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE APPROPRIATIONS OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF $300,000 AND PROCEED WITH THE PLAN DETAILED WITH THE STAFF REPORT AND DIRECT STAFF TO PROCEED WITH AMENDING AND MENTIONED ORDINANCES TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO COUNCIL AT A LATER DATE.

THANK YOU, SERGEANT ALVARADO.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALVARADO? GOOD REPORT.

SORRY. THAT WAS A LOT. NO.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IF WE MIGHT NEED TO CALL YOU BACK UP ONCE WE GO THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OF COURSE. THAT WAS VERY GOOD INFORMATION.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT NOW ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? DANITA BEAUCHAMP.

I HAVE TO SAY THAT IT'S EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING THAT THIS COUNCIL APPROVED THAT THE CITY HAVE A STATION FOR THE GOLD LINE, KNOWING THAT THESE NUMBERS, 130 CALLS A DAY TO NOW, 400 AND 1,000% INCREASE IN HOMELESS POPULATION, THAT NUMBER, THOSE TWO NUMBERS ALONE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ENOUGH FOR YOU TO SAY NO TO THAT, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT'S TOO LATE NOW.

SO WITH THOSE NUMBERS BEING STATED, HOW IS IT THAT, I KNOW SERGEANT ALVARADO JUST EXPLAINED HIS SCHEDULE IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE A LOT MORE FLEXIBLE, BUT IF CALLS ARE MUCH MORE TIME CONSUMING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OFFICERS FACILITATING HOMELESS PEOPLE YET NOW AND THEY'RE ON OVERTIME NOW.

THEY MIGHT HAVE TO LEAVE TO GO TO DEBRIEFING BEFORE THEY START THEIR REGULAR SHIFT.

HOW IS THAT GOING TO BE HANDLED? BECAUSE BRIEFING IS UTMOST IMPORTANT.

ALSO, WHAT AND HOW WILL THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE BE RELOCATED TO THE SHELTERS OR TO THE MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE CENTERS? YOU KNOW, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, BACK IN THE DAYS THERE WAS A PADDY WAGON YOU WOULD PUT THEM IN AND TRANSPORT THEM.

I MEAN, DO WE I MEAN, WERE YOU GOING TO JUST USE REGULAR POLICE CARS FOR THAT? OR IS THERE SOME OTHER MEANS THAT WE CAN MAYBE COLLECT MORE THAN ONE PERSON AT A TIME IF THERE'S SEVERAL CALLS GOING ON WITH THAT EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN CALLS PER DAY? AND THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT A PROBLEM THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT TEMPORARILY, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT ARPA MONEY IS ONLY TEMPORARY.

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I GUARANTEE YOU PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT THAT OVER AN EVENT IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY MORE TAXES TO FACILITATE MORE POLICE IN OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THIS INCREASE IN THE HOMELESS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT THIS MID-YEAR BUDGET IS WHAT IS IT GOING TO COST IF WE HAVE A FULL TIME STAFF THAT'S HANDLING JUST HOMELESS POPULATION AND THIS HOST PROGRAM AND MAYBE EQUIPMENT THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? COME ON UP, MR. BOWEN.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS RICHARD BOWEN.

QUICK OBSERVATION AND A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF DOING A RIDE ALONG WITH, I THINK, OFFICER ALVARADO AT THAT TIME, MAYBE THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.

IT WAS COLD LAST CALL OF THE NIGHT WAS A REPORTED BURGLARY DOWN AT THE AIRPORT AND A BUNCH OF CARS ROLLED UP.

A GUY CAME OUT.

HE WAS MAD AND IT LOOKED KIND OF LIKE IT COULD BE END UP BEING PRETTY BAD.

JAY GOT OUT THE CAR, WALKED OVER TO THIS GUY WITHIN 2 MINUTES.

I NEVER SAW A BIGGER SMILE ON A GUY'S FACE THAN I SAW THAT NIGHT, AND I WAS AMAZED, AND HE'S GOT FOUR OR FIVE POLICE SURROUNDING HIM, AND JAY JUST IT WAS A MIRACLE AS FAR AS I WAS CONCERNED.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ACT HE DID.

UNBELIEVABLE FOR A GUY LIKE THAT TO BE LEADING THIS UP.

THE QUESTION I HAVE ARE THIS.

IT SAYS HERE THAT THE ORDINANCES ARE TO BE AMENDED PUBLIC NUISANCE AND I WON'T GO INTO IT.

PERSONS OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC PLACE OR WALKWAY, AND THEN LASTLY, THE PARK LOCATION CURFEW.

WHAT EXACTLY IT DOESN'T REALLY SAY HERE WHAT THAT MEANS.

IT SAYS TO DETER PUBLIC NUISANCE TO DETER UNAUTHORIZED USE ACCUMULATION STORAGE OF ABANDONED SHOPPING CARTS AND LAUNDRY CARTS AND ANY PARCEL LAND BEHIND OR IN THE CITY, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? I MEAN, YOU ROLL UP ON SOMEBODY AND MAYBE JAY CAN EXPLAIN IT.

YOU ROLL UP ON SOMEBODY WHO'S GOT A CART, YOU TAKE IT AWAY FROM THEM, YOU TRANSPORT IT SOMEWHERE.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

ALSO, THE SAME THING WITH THE PERSONS OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC WAY OR PLACE, AND THEN LASTLY, THE PARK LOCATION AND CURFEW.

WE HAVE ONE NOW, DON'T WE? AND THIS APPEARS THAT IT AMENDS IT, BUT IF WE HAVE ONE NOW, WHAT HAPPENS NOW? I MEAN, I SEE THINGS ON ON NEXT DOOR ALL THE TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING IN THE PARK.

BUT IF THERE IS AN ORDINANCE NOW AND IT HAPPENS.

HOW DOES THIS CHANGE THAT AND WHAT'S THE REPERCUSSIONS? BECAUSE IT SAYS HERE IT WOULD BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR.

WELL, I THINK WE ALL HEAR THE STORIES OF WELL WHAT MISDEMEANORS ARE ANYMORE.

YOU GET A TICKET AND YOU GO BACK TO DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID 5 MINUTES AGO.

SO DOES A MISDEMEANOR IN THIS CASE MEAN THEY TAKE THIS PERSON OFF SITE OR DO THEY ISSUE A MISDEMEANOR TICKET AND THEY CAN STAY THERE ALL NIGHT AS LONG AS THEY WANT? SO I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT A CLARIFICATION OF WHAT THESE ORDINANCES MIGHT BE, AND LASTLY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIVE IN THE CITY LONG ENOUGH.

I'VE LIVED HERE 30, ALMOST 39 YEARS.

I SEE PRETTY MUCH HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND THEY'RE THERE AND I THINK EVERYBODY SEES THEM.

I MEAN, YOU LOOK BEHIND THE WAFFLES, YOU LOOK OVER BY THE 99 CENT STORE.

THERE'S TWO GUYS THAT HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR A LONG TIME, AND I ASSUME I'M NOT THE ONLY PERSON THAT'S SEEN IT.

I'VE CALLED IT IN A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT SAME TWO GUYS, AND YESTERDAY ON THE NEWS, WE TALKED ABOUT VOUCHERS AND THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HEARD THIS, BUT DOWNTOWN L.A., THEY'VE BEEN HANDING OUT VOUCHERS AND GIVING PEOPLE HOTEL ROOMS, TAKING THEM OFF THE STREET.

NAKED GUY WHO'S IN ONE OF THEIR HOTELS.

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SO THIS HAS GOT TO BE SOMETHING I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH ISSUE AND BUT IT'S ALSO GOT TO HAVE SOME TEETH TO IT.

SO FOR A CLARITY ISSUE AND I THINK WE ALL WANT THIS CITY TO STAY, THAT GREAT CITY THAT WE ALL LIVE HERE FOR.

I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN.

ANYONE ELSE? MR. ALLISON. GOOD AFTERNOON.

EVENING NOW, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

YOU KNOW, IF THE POLICE WERE TO DO SOMETHING WRONG, I'D BE THE FIRST ONE TO STAND UP AND SAY IT AND BEAT MY CHEST AND DO ALL THAT STUFF, MAKE A LOT OF NOISE, BUT I WANT TO STAND UP AND BEAT MY CHEST AND SAY THAT I THINK THE POLICE HAS THIS RIGHT, AND IT'S REALLY GOOD.

IT FEELS REALLY GOOD TO HAVE THIS TYPE OF LEADERSHIP COMING FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I SERVED ON THE HOMELESS COMMITTEE WHEN I MEAN, YEARS AGO, AND WE WERE LOST ON WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WITH THE HOMELESS SITUATION AND THEN WITH THE GOLD LINE COMES IN. I THINK WE ARE EVEN MORE LOST, RIGHT? AND SO THE LEADERSHIP THAT I THINK WE'RE SEEING EXERCISE HERE THROUGH THIS PLAN NEEDS TO BE NOTED, AND NOT ONLY DOES IT NEED TO BE NOTED, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE CELEBRATED.

SO I DO WANT TO COMMEND CHIEF FLORES AND SERGEANT ALVARADO FOR A PHENOMENAL PRESENTATION AND WHAT I THINK IS A PLAN THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH A LOT OF THE PLANS OF THE CITIES THAT I'VE CONSULTED AND SOME OF THE OTHER HIGH LEVEL POLICE INDIVIDUALS THAT I'VE DISCUSSED DEALING WITH QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES.

THE ONE THING I DO WANT TO, I GUESS, PAUSE IT AND MAKE SURE IT'S ON THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF FOLKS IS THIS HOMELESS ISSUE ISN'T GOING TO GO AWAY, AND SERGEANT ALVARADO TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING A TEMPORARY THING TO LEAD TO PERMANENT SOLUTIONS.

RIGHT, AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST I AM PERSONALLY AWARE OF SEVERAL LA VERNE RESIDENTS WHO ARE IN PRECARIOUS ECONOMIC POSITIONS.

AND WHEN I WAS ON THAT HOMELESS COMMITTEE YEARS AGO, WE DIDN'T THINK OF THIS ISSUE IN THE CONTEXT OF LA VERNE RESIDENTS.

RIGHT, AND WHAT HAPPENS IF A LA VERNE RESIDENT WERE TO BECOME HOMELESS AND WHAT AVENUES TO RESOURCES WOULD THEY HAVE AVAILABLE? AND I LIVE IN THE FIRST DISTRICT.

MR. JOHNSON, THIS IS YOUR DISTRICT.

LOW INCOME PEOPLE LIVE THERE, RELATIVELY SPEAKING, AND I KNOW SEVERAL OF THEM TO BE NOT TOO FAR FROM NEEDING HOMELESS RESOURCES.

SO IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS BEEN POSITED, I REALLY WANT TO LIFT UP THE PROPOSITION THAT SERGEANT ALVARADO TALKED ABOUT WITH THE LONG TERM PLAN FOR DEALING WITH HOMELESSNESS AND WHAT THIS CITY CAN DO NOT ONLY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE UNDESIRABLES STAY AWAY, BUT ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A SAFETY NET THAT EXISTS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD IN THIS COMMUNITY DAY IN AND DAY OUT, TO MAKE IT THE GREAT SOCIAL FABRIC THAT IT IS.

SO, AGAIN, APPLAUD THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I APPLAUD THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR TAKING SUCH A STEP, AND I'M GRATEFUL TO SEE THAT WE'RE SHIFTING TOWARD CONSIDERING THIS ISSUE IN AN ERA OF COMPASSION, BUT THE LONG TERM REPERCUSSIONS, I THINK, ARE ALSO GOING TO BE COMING IN IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. ALLISON. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? ANYBODY ON. NO.

SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.

MR. RUSSI.

I'M GOING TO ASK SERGEANT ALVARADO TO COME UP AND TALK ABOUT THE OPERATIONAL THINGS THAT I WON'T BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED, BUT WHILE HE'S COMING UP AS IT RELATES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WE WILL BE BRINGING BACK THE DETAILS FOR THAT.

WE KNOW THAT THOSE WERE IDENTIFIED AS AREAS THAT DO NEED TO BE IMPROVED.

WE DON'T HAVE MANY SPECIFICS AT THIS MOMENT.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR YOU TO CONSIDER THEM TONIGHT, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AS WE WOULD ADOPT ANY CHANGES TO OUR ORDINANCE.

SO WE WILL BE BRINGING THOSE BACK WITH SPECIFICS IN THE FUTURE.

SO WITH THAT, JAY, IF YOU COULD COME UP AND ANSWER THOSE OTHER OPERATIONAL QUESTIONS.

SORRY I MISSED THE LAST PART OF THE QUESTION.

ONE WAS ABOUT RELOCATION.

HOW DO WE FACILITATE THE MOVEMENT INTO A HOME OR INTO A FACILITY? SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, THE WAY WE HANDLE THINGS, IT'S LITERALLY CASE BY CASE.

SO WE CAN'T SAY THERE'S JUST ONE, WND ALL BE ALL WAY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASSISTING PEOPLE IN GETTING THEM TO THESE RESOURCES, AND SOME INSTANCES WE

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WE'VE SEEN REUNIFICATIONS FROM OTHER CITIES WHERE FUNDING HAS BEEN ALLOTTED FOR THEM TO GO OUT OF STATE BACK TO THEIR WHEREVER STATE THEY LIVE IN, AND IT MIGHT BE A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT ACCOMPANIES THEM TO THE AIRPORT TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE SAFELY ON THE PLANE.

THERE ARE. I KNOW WE'RE RECENTLY IN THAT PROCESS OF SIGNING THE CONTRACT WITH ACOG.

I KNOW THEY DO ALLOW FOR TRANSPORTING.

I KNOW TRI-CITY AS WONDERFUL AS THEY ARE THEY DON'T DO TRANSPORTING, BUT THE NEW COG AND WHICH WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT AT A LATER DATE, THEY WILL.

THEY DO, DO TRANSPORTS.

SO WE HAVE SOME STUFF IN PLACE THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING MOVING FORWARD.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS AN EVOLUTION.

WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO LOOK AT WAYS TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS, AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS.

AND I THINK THE QUESTION, TOO WAS I THINK THE BELONGINGS THAT YOU HAVE, THE CONEX NOW, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BIOHAZARD CLEANUP COMES, I'M SURE.

BUT IF THEY DO HAVE BELONGINGS AND THERE'S A SITUATION WHERE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO REMOVE THEM AND GET THEM INTO SOME KIND OF SITUATION, THAT WE WOULD STORE THEIR BELONGINGS, WHETHER IT BE A CART OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE, AND STORE THEM IN A CONEX, CORRECT? YES. AND UNTIL THE TIME THEY WOULD GET OUT AND THEY COULD COME BACK AND GET THEIR ITEMS. ABSOLUTELY. SO, I MEAN, WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL IT AS A REUNIFICATION WITH THEIR BELONGINGS, OFTENTIMES THIS IS THEIR WHOLE HOME.

EVERYTHING THEY HAVE ARE MAYBE IN THEIR SHOPPING CART, AND WE'RE NOT AS INSENSITIVE TO JUST SAY WE'RE GOING TO STRIP YOUR CART FROM YOU AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO SEE IT AGAIN. NO. IT'S AS IMPORTANT TO THEM AS WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO US.

SO WITH THIS PROCESS THAT WILL ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE SOME TEMPORARY STORAGE FOR THEM, AND THEY COULD BE ASSURED THAT IT'S SAFE AND THERE'LL BE A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE THERE'S TIMELINES AND TIME FRAMES WHERE THAT ARE REASONABLE, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL SITUATIONAL BASED.

SO THAT'S THE PLAN WITH THE CONEX BOX.

AND THEN I THINK IT WAS TIGHTENING UP WITH THE CURFEW, WHICH MAKES SENSE.

EARLIER. YEAH.

SO WHEN LOOKING AT THE CURFEW, WE TRY TO STAY CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF WHAT THE OTHER CITIES WERE USING.

THE WAY OURS READ WAS 10:30 P.M.

TILL DAYLIGHT.

WE WANTED TO TAKE AWAY THE AMBIGUITY AND MAKE IT PRETTY CLEAR THAT IT'S 10 TO 7.

IN ADDITION, WE DID ADD DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WHERE WE'VE SEEN AN INFLUX OF HOMELESS SLEEPING OVERNIGHT.

AGAIN, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL THAT'S OFFERED FOR US.

IT'S NOT TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO GO RUN THROUGH THE PARKS EVERY NIGHT AND CLEAR THEM OUT, BUT IF WE DO HAVE A CALL FOR SERVICE OR WE DO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE NEED TO ENFORCE IT, THIS GIVES US A DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK ALSO THE BASICALLY THE PERSON OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC WAY IS JUST BASICALLY TO REMOVE SAFELY THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT'S HAVING AN ISSUE, WHETHER IT BE SHOUTING, WHETHER IT BE OBSTRUCTING PUBLIC ENTRANCES TO OUR BUILDINGS, WHICH WE'VE ALL HAD, AND IT'S VERY, VERY UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB OF THAT.

YES SIR. OUR APPROACH IS WE DON'T GO THERE WITH THE INTENT TO JUST STRIP PROPERTY.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BE REASONABLE IN WORKING WITH A SOLUTION THAT MEETS BOTH OF OUR NEEDS, AND IT'S MORE OR LESS FOR A SAFETY REASON AND AGAIN, IF WE DON'T HAVE COMPLIANCE THROUGH ALTERNATIVE MEANS WITH SIMPLY JUST MOVING YOUR BELONGINGS, THERE MIGHT BE SOME MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.

YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW UNTIL WE EXPERIENCE THAT SITUATION, BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER TOOL THAT WE HAVE TO REMOVE THE ITEMS FROM THE PUBLIC WAY.

AND I MUST SAY, THOUGH, THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, PLEASE CALL THEM, BECAUSE THAT NEXT EFFECT MAY BE THAT INDIVIDUAL BEING HURT OR HURTING SOMEONE ELSE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T WANT IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES WHERE THEY DO HURT THEMSELVES AND THEN IT'S THE HOSPITAL AND WE'VE GOT TO TRANSPORT THEM AND IT'S JUST AN UGLY SITUATION.

SO IF YOU SEE AN ENCAMPMENT, IF YOU SEE AN INDIVIDUAL, THAT'S, I DO IT ALL THE TIME.

SORRY, GUYS. I DO IT ALL THE TIME.

IF I SEE SOMEONE AND IT LOOKS A SITUATION OR ENCAMPMENTS.

CAN'T HAVE THAT. SO WE NEED TO GET THESE PEOPLE SOME SERVICES AND HELP.

SO. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR SERGEANT ALVARADO? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO CHIEF FLORES AND ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I TALKED TO YOU, CHIEF, BACK BEFORE YEARS AGO ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ENACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS A SAFE COMMUNITY FOR ALL OF US, AND JAY I'M REALLY GLAD THAT MR. BOWEN SHARED THE STORY THAT HE DID, BECAUSE I THINK IT SPEAKS TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING, THAT IT IS AN INDIVIDUAL CASE BY CASE BASIS BECAUSE THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE OF GOD GO I.

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AND I REALLY WANT TO SEE WHAT ELSE YOU'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH IN TERMS OF THIS IS THREE YEARS TO MS. BEAUCHAMP POINT, THIS IS ARPA MONEY THAT IS A ONE TIME DEAL.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS THE LONG TERM SOLUTION AND HOW CAN WE INVEST IN MAKING THIS A SAFE PLACE AND A GOOD PLACE FOR EVERYBODY? BECAUSE, AGAIN SOME OF THESE PEOPLE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STORIES ARE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT YOU ALL WILL COME UP WITH IN PARTNERSHIP WITH TRI-CITY AND ALL THESE OTHER GROUPS.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE.

I THINK IT'S AMAZING.

I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING BECAUSE NOT EVERY CITY IS ON TOP OF IT.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE FORTUNATE.

WE DEFINITELY HAVE A TEAM THAT'S THEY'RE VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO IN THIS JOB.

SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF EMPATHY IN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH ISSUES.

SO I'M PROUD TO BE THE SERGEANT ON THE TEAM, A GOOD GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN AND A GREAT SUPPORT FROM OUR CHIEF AND STAFF.

AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THE MIC, BUDDY.

NICE JOBS.

NICE JOB.

CHIEF. NICE JOB. YOU TRAINED HIM WELL.

CAPTAIN, NICE JOB.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, TOO, THAT WITHOUT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TRI-CITY, THIS WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS OF THE TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH IN OUR CROWD HERE TONIGHT, AND WITHOUT THEM IT'S BEEN MANY YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD THEM IN SERVICE TO ASSIST US TO MAKE THIS A GOOD OUTCOME FOR THESE SITUATIONS THAT OCCUR.

SO. COUNCIL COMMENTS OR CONCERNS.

A QUESTION ON WHERE THE GROUNDS OF CITY HALL.

DOES THAT INCLUDE OUR PUBLIC LIBRARY AS WELL? I KNOW WITH OTHER CITIES I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST THAT HAS BEEN A PLACE WHERE OF CONTENTION ABOUT OUR PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND PUBLIC LANDS. I BELIEVE THE LIBRARY, BECAUSE IT'S COUNTY PROPERTY IS NOT AN AREA THAT WE.

YES. OK.

NO. SUGGESTION THEN WOULD PUT THAT DOWN PART OF OUR AREAS OF OUR THAT FOR LOITERS AND NOT BEING PUT ENCAMPMENTS ON AS WELL BECAUSE I SEE THAT IN OTHER OTHER PLACES TOO IF IT'S ALLOWABLE IF IT'S NOT OUR LAND.

I LIKE THE SPECIFICS ON THE DIFFERENT PLACES BECAUSE THEN WE CAN REALLY POINT OUT OF OUR LAND AND WHERE THAT'S AT THIS ARPA FUNDS THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR ANYTHING ELSE ALREADY FOR THIS , AND THEY HAVE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR THE THREE YEAR COMMITMENT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

AND THAT IS A VERY GOOD USE OF OUR ARPA FUNDS, BUT AGAIN, ONE TIME MONEY SHOULD NOT BE PUT ON ONGOING COSTS AND MAKE IT THIS MORE PERMANENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO FUTURE ALLOCATIONS OF TRYING TO FIND MONEY FOR FUTURE.

OUR HOST TEAM.

I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS.

I SIT ON THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT GOVERNING BOARD AND THEY TALK ABOUT OUR HOST TEAM WORKING ON THE FOOTHILL BUSSES AND APPRECIATIVE OF ESPECIALLY LA VERNE POLICE AND TRI-CITIES WORKING WITH THEM, HELPING WITH HOMELESS ON THE BUS SYSTEM, AND SO THAT HAS COME OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN OUR MEETINGS, AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE AND BRING THAT TO YOU AS WELL, THAT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THERE, THAT HAS BEEN A DISCUSSION WITH OUR LA VERNE POLICE HAVE DONE.

AND SO APPRECIATE THE WORK AND THE COMPASSION THAT YOU DO WITH ANYBODY THAT'S IN NEED.

THIS IS IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO BE HOMELESS, BUT THERE'S ACTS THAT GO AGAINST OUR ORDINANCES , AND WE NEED TO FIND HELP AND BE COMPASSIONATE WITH THAT, TOO, AND APPRECIATE WHAT OUR POLICE HAVE DONE.

I AM FULL FORCE TO MAKE THIS MOVING TO MAKE THIS PERMANENT AS WELL.

OUR ONE TIME MONEY SHOULD BE USED ON ONE TIME COSTS, BUT THIS CAN GET OUR INITIAL FOOT ON THE GROUND AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY.

COUNCILMEMBER KASH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I'M ALL FOR THIS. I'M ALL FOR THIS.

I'M ALL FOR PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY.

I STRIVE FOR THAT, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO DO THAT, TOO.

SO I DON'T WANT ONE INCIDENT OR SOME FAMILY MEMBER IS BEING ASSAULTED BY SOMEONE WHO'S HOMELESS, AND I GET THAT.

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I WORRY ABOUT THAT LADY THAT WALK DOWN THE STREET.

I WORRY ABOUT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS GOING TO THE STORE AND BEING APPROACHED AGGRESSIVELY.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A CONTACT WITH SOMEBODY UNTIL WE TAKE SOME SORT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTION? HOW MUCH IS IT? I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS, BUT AS YOU PROGRESS THROUGH THIS, HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND IT.

A WAY INSTEAD OF THE WAY.

RIGHT. SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND SEE HOW WE CAN BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT OUR OFFICERS, WHO ARE THE THREE OFFICERS AND A SERGEANT THAT ARE ON PATROL EVERY DAY, GO FROM 130 CALLS TO 400 CALLS.

NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE INCIDENTS INVOLVING THE WHOLE CITY ARE TIED DOWN BY ONE HOMELESS OR TWO.

THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME, WHEN PEOPLE GO WORK, COME HOME, THEY'RE SAFE, AND THEN IN THESE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS, THEY ARE EVERYWHERE IN LA VERNE.

I'VE SEEN THEM ALL THE WAY NORTH LA VERNE IN BETWEEN ESPERANZA UP IN THE HILLS SIDE THERE.

I SEE THEM HIKING UP THERE AND CAMPING OUT.

THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR ME. IT'S GOING TO BE AN INCIDENT THERE.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FIRE.

THERE GOES ALL THOSE HOMES. WHAT ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE? WHAT ABOUT THEIR LIVES? I KNOW THEIR LIVES MATTER TO ME.

SO PLEASE CONTINUE YOUR ENFORCEMENT, CONTINUE TO DO GOOD AND KNOW HOW WE CAN GET BETTER.

THANKS, SARGE. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

CUSTOMER JOHNSON. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS DOING.

I THINK THIS IS THE BEST WAY FORWARD.

OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A FIX FOR THE HOMELESS ISSUE, BUT AT LEAST IT'S A GOOD START IN LA VERNE TO TREAT PEOPLE COMPASSIONATELY. I THINK BEING ABLE TO STORE THEIR BELONGINGS IF THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO RETRIEVE THEM IS GOING TO BE A GREAT THING , AND MY CONCERNS WOULD BE THE DRUG USE, THE NEEDLES THAT ARE SPENT, THE ALL OF THAT STUFF GETS PICKED UP IN A SAFE MANNER.

I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE SO FAR AND THAT YOU'RE DOING, AND I SUPPORT THIS.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. NO, THAT'S IT. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION.

SO LET ME I JUST NEED A MINUTE.

I CONCUR WITH EVERYONE'S STATEMENTS.

I THINK THAT WE'RE IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

AS MS. BEAUCHAMP SAID, THIS IS AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

THIS IS A TEMPORARY MONIES, BUT I THINK WITH MOVING ON THE GOLD LINE WITHIN ABOUT THREE YEARS WITH DEVELOPERS FEES AND ALL THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE GOING TO CAPTURE THESE MONIES IN ORDER TO BUILD OUR FORCE.

WE ALREADY KNOW WE NEED MORE POLICE.

WE ALREADY KNOW WE NEED MORE FIRE.

THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, AND I THINK THIS IS THE PATH FORWARD.

YES, IT'S GOING TO BRING HOMELESS, BUT HOPEFULLY I'M VERY POSITIVE THAT OUR GOVERNOR, HOPEFULLY, IF HE DOES ONE THING THAT'S GOOD AS A CARES ACT, WHICH MEANS THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE OF A METHOD TO TAKE CARE OF THE MENTALLY ILL AND THE DRUG ABUSE SITUATION AND PUT THEM IN SOME TYPE OF SUSTAINABLE SITUATION THAT PROTECTS THEM AND PROTECTS US. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY NEED TO PUSH ON A LOCAL LEVEL AND OUR HIGHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND PROTECT OUR CITIZENS, BUT ALSO PROTECT OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE IT'S NOT PRETTY OUT THERE SOMETIMES.

I DO APPRECIATE THIS ALSO I THINK IT'S A GREAT MOVE FORWARD.

I LIKE THE CLEAN UP OF THE ORDINANCES.

IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT WE WILL START ENFORCING THOSE ORDINANCES AND HAVE SOME TEETH IN IT SO THAT OUR OFFICERS HAVE AN AVENUE AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL OF BASICALLY ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO HAVE AN AVENUE TO PROTECT THEMSELVES BUT ALSO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS.

SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU, SERGEANT ALVARADO.

NICE JOB. WHEN ARE YOU ON YOUR NEXT SPEAKING TOUR.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DO APPRECIATE CHIEF FLORES AND ALL THE STAFF.

WITH THAT, I THINK WE NEED A MOTION.

MOVED TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND.

VOTE PLEASE.

THERE YOU GO NOW WE SHOW IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

WE NOW MOVE TO COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS.

MR. RUSSI. YES, MR. MAYOR. I WILL TAKE THIS ITEM.

AS IS CUSTOMARY WHEN WE HAVE A CHANGE IN COUNCIL, WE ALSO REVISIT THE COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS.

I HAVE PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED A LIST OF THE CURRENT ASSIGNMENTS AS WELL AS VACANCIES TO COUNCIL.

YOU PROVIDED ME SOME FEEDBACK AND WHAT IS REMAINING IS WHAT YOU SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT BEFORE YOU.

THERE ARE BASICALLY FIVE COMMITTEES, SIX ASSIGNMENTS, BECAUSE ONE OF THEM REQUIRES TWO INDIVIDUALS TO BE ASSIGNED TO IT THAT NEED FILLING.

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THAT WAS WHEN COUNCIL CHOSE TO ADD AN INDIVIDUAL TO THE LAST TIME.

IT IS NOT REQUIRED, BUT IF YOU SO CHOOSE TO IDENTIFY SOMEBODY FOR THAT, THAT WOULD BE FINE AS WELL, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THE ALTERNATE ASSIGNMENTS WHICH ARE OPTIONAL.

SO I'LL JUST KIND OF WALK THROUGH THE LIST, AND THEN WHAT I'M BASICALLY LOOKING FOR IS INDIVIDUALS THAT WOULD LIKE TO STEP INTO ONE OF THESE VACANT ASSIGNMENTS.

SO WE HAVE THE 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION, ALSO KNOWN AS CASI, THE PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY THAT ENCOMPASSES THE EIFB, WHICH IS A SEPARATE ENTITY, BUT THERE IS AN APPOINTEE.

THERE ARE TWO APPOINTEES FROM THE COUNCIL AND THEN THE CHRISTMAS MORNING COMMITTEE.

WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN IT UP TO COUNCIL'S PLEASURE AS FAR AS HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASSIGN [INAUDIBLE] TOLD WHATEVER IT IS YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO HERE.

I AM HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER AS TRIBUTE TO ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND THE CHRISTMAS MORNING COMMITTEE TO ADD TO MY LIST.

UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO ARM WRESTLE FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

SO I DON'T SEE ANY FIGHTS HERE.

EVERYBODY GOOD WITH THAT? I AM VERY GOOD BECAUSE THEY ACTUALLY PUT MY NAME DOWN ON THERE AND I'M LIKE, I DIDN'T ASK FOR THAT.

[LAUGHTER]. OKAY, SO WHICH ONE IS THAT, COUNCIL MEMBER LAU? ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND CHRISTMAS MORNING.

SO I DO NEED A FRIEND.

AND IF NOBODY'S STEPPING UP FOR THE CHRISTMAS MORNING I WILL BE HAPPY TO BE ON THERE.

I'VE BEEN RUNNING ON THAT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.

YOU HAVE KIDS IN SCHOOL STILL MAN IT'S ALL YOURS.

OKAY, I'M NOT GOING TO.

YOU'RE GOING TO FILL THESE OUT, MR. RUSSI, BECAUSE I'M NOT KEEPING TRACK.

FINANCE AUTHORITY.

WE ARE BUT I THINK YOU MIGHT RUN INTO SEVERAL CONFLICTS BECAUSE OF WHERE YOUR PROPERTIES ARE TO VOTE ON THOSE ITEMS. SO I WOULD.

YEAH, AND I'M WILLING TO DO THE EIFD IF NO ONE ELSE WANTS TO.

AND THAT'S THE GOLD LINE.

WE GOT THAT. THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE WITH THE LEAGUE, NOT LEAGUE.

OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THERE.

HAVE THEY BEEN CONTACTED TO RENEW? THEY'RE EXPECTED TO RETAIN THEIR SPOT.

NOBODY HAS.

THERE'S NOT A TERM ON THOSE SO THERE'S NO TERMS ON THOSE PARTICULAR ASSIGNMENTS BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON WHERE THEY LIVE.

SO IF WE DID HAVE A VACANCY, WE WOULD COME BACK.

THIS IS JUST FOR THE COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS ON THESE COMMITTEES.

OKAY, THE CASI GROUP IS AN EVENING MEETING AT 6:00.

FIVE, I BELIEVE. 5:00.

OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY JUMPING.

I THINK PROBABLY I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT.

ANYBODY WANT TO DO THE 4TH OF JULY? I'LL DO 4TH OF JULY. THERE YOU GO.

LOWRIDERS COMING UP NEXT TO US.

[LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE] BOUNCING FROM HERE ALL THE WAY.

OKAY, THAT IS ALL THE ONES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO FILL THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED.

THE ONLY OTHER ONE, AGAIN, IF YOU WISH TO, IS SENIOR ADVISORY BUT NOT REQUIRED.

SO WE'RE GOOD ON STAFF..

ANYBODY WANT TO DO SENIOR ADVISORY? WHEN IS THAT ONE? IT'S LIKE.

NOT A NECESSARY ASSIGNMENT.

JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO ADD TO YOUR WORKLOAD YOU ALL YOU CAN ALWAYS FILL THAT IN OTHERWISE WE BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE FULL COUNCIL.

OKAY. THEY WOULD PROBABLY LOVE TO SEE YOU ANYTIME YOU ARE AVAILABLE.

NO, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU NEED THAT CONNECTION, BUT I THINK WE COULD ROTATE TOO COULD WE.

YEAH, LET'S DO A ROTATION.

SO THE NEXT MEETING, ONE OF US JUST CALLED.

WHO WANTS TO GO TO IT. IS THAT COOL? I'LL GO TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY.

OKAY, NO PROBLEM. WE HAVE CONNECTIONS. ABSOLUTELY.

THERE YOU GO. WITH YOUR LOW RIDER.

OH, YEAH. OKAY JUST CHECKING.

WE'LL ALL HAVE FUN. I LOVE MY SENIORS.

ALWAYS HAVE FUN. OKAY, SO IF I CAN JUST HAVE.

I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AS DISCUSSED DURING THE MEETING? IF YOU WANT ME TO GO THROUGH THEM I WILL LIST THEM 4TH OF JULY IS KASH.

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IS LAU.

CULTURAL AWARENESS IS HEPBURN.

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SECOND. VOTE PLEASE. THAT WAS MOTION CARRIES.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

JUST DON'T EAT IT, PLEASE.

IT'S VERY SENSITIVE, I GUESS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TRY TO KEEP TO A THREE MINUTE MAX, IF WE COULD, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

I JUST HAD SOME COMMENTS.

I SAW YOU PUBLISHED THE LETTER THAT I SENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

AS FAR AS THE TONIGHT'S MEETING, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE MORE POINTS TO THAT LETTER.

I CHECKED ON THE L.A.

COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH'S WEBSITE THIS AFTERNOON, AND THEY KEEP TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM THE COVID, AND I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE VARIOUS CITIES WERE, AND THEY HAVE IT UP TO DATE.

AS OF MIDNIGHT OF LAST OF YESTERDAY, THE CITY OF CLAREMONT HAD 89 DEATHS FROM COVID.

THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS HAD 129.

THE CITY OF POMONA HAD 596 DEATHS.

CITY OF GLENDORA HAD 250.

CITY OF LA VERNE HAD 84.

THE TOTAL OF THESE FIVE CITIES IS 1,148 DEATHS.

I ASKED IN MY LETTER THAT HOW THE CITY COULD LOOK INTO BECOMING MORE INVOLVED IN FINDING THE ORIGINS OF THE CORONAVIRUS. I ASKED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO START AN INVESTIGATION, AND I ASKED FOR A PROCLAMATION WHERE WE ADOPT THE IDEA THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED BY THE WHO, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, TO HAVE THE G SEVEN NATIONS START AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE ORIGIN OF THIS DISEASE, AND I THINK WHEN YOU ADD UP ALL THE BRAINPOWER IN THE FIVE CITIES THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INTELLIGENCE AMONG US.

WE CAN DO BETTER.

THANK YOU COUNCIL. THANK YOU, MR. HILL. MR. NICHOLAS, RON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M BACK AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR A COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY REVIEW.

IN MY MIND, IT'S NOT A SMALL ITEM, IT'S A BIG ITEM, AND I'VE LEARNED OVER 50 YEARS TO DETERMINE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND DO IT FIRST, AND I WANT TO KEEP CALLING ATTENTION TO THIS COMPREHENSIVE SECURITY REVIEW.

NOW, SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE, I LEARNED FROM COUNCILMAN KASHIFALGHITA THAT THE MILITARY DOES THAT FREQUENTLY. THEY CALL IT A COMPOSITE RISK MANAGEMENT AND THEY DO IT TO GET AHEAD OF THE PROBLEMS AND TO PREPARED TO DEFEND AGAINST THEM.

WHEN KIRK,[INAUDIBLE] WHAT WAS HIS NAME? KIRK LADIPO WAS HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE STANDARDS OF COVER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

HE MENTIONED THE NEED FOR A COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION PLAN.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE DEVELOPED BY THE LEADERSHIP BUT ALSO THE COMMUNITY, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO NEED A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF CITIZENS TO BE INVOLVED, TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THE KIND OF RISK WE HAVE IN THE CITY.

I EMAILED EACH OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ALSO THE CLERK, MY PROPOSAL FROM LAST TIME.

I LISTED 21 DIFFERENT POTENTIAL AREAS.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM AGAIN.

I HAVE HARD COPY IF YOU PREFER TO HAVE A PRINTED COPY.

SO WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT? BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET AHEAD OF THE POTENTIAL RISK THAT WE HAVE.

IN THE MEDICAL WORLD AREN'T YOU GLAD IF SOMEONE DOES A BRAIN SCAN, A BODY SCAN AND THEY DETERMINE THAT YOU HAVE A RISK FOR CANCER OR A

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I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE MAYBE WE KNOW SOME OF THE RISKS.

WE KNOW THE RISKS OF CRIME.

WE KNOW SOME OF THE RISK ABOUT FIRE, BUT I THINK THERE ARE RISKS WE DON'T KNOW YET, AND IF WE HAD A GOOD TEAM WORKING ON THAT, WE'D FIND OUT WHAT SOME OF THESE RISKS ARE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BIOMEDICAL BUSINESS THAT OPERATES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY RISKS RELATED TO THAT, BUT IF THERE ARE, I'D LIKE TO KNOW.

IN ENTIRE CITIES, SOME IN OUR STATE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD HAVE BURNED TO THE GROUND BECAUSE THERE WAS A RISK OF THE NATURAL GAS SYSTEM THAT LEAKED AND BLEW IT UP AND STARTED FIRE AND BURNED THE CITY TO GROUND.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE THAT RISK.

OTHER PLACES HAVE WATER CONTAMINATION RISKS.

SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP THE PROCESS MOVING, AND IN MY PROPOSAL, HERE'S THE STEPS THAT I PROPOSE THAT WE TAKE.

YOU CAN FINISH YOUR THOUGHTS, MR. NICHOLAS, PLEASE, AND ANYBODY THAT WANTS A COPY, I'LL GIVE YOU A COPY.

THERE ARE TEN STEPS, BUT IT STARTS WITH DEVELOPING A TEAM OF PEOPLE, SOME KIND OF A COMMISSION, WHATEVER MAY BE INFORMAL THAT WOULD BE TASKED WITH LOOKING INTO ALL OF THESE AND THEN BRINGING THEM BACK FOR OUR ACTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. NICHOLS. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

YOU. YOU, AND THEN YOU, AND YOU.

[LAUGHTER].

A FEW THINGS I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

HOW HAVE YOU BEEN? PRETTY GOOD.

GOOD. YOU'RE LOOKING GOOD.

FEELING BAD, BUT LOOKING GOOD.

OKAY, THERE YOU GO.

I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR LAST NIGHT PARKED OUT BY MY FRONT DOOR.

WHOA. DON'T ASK ME WHAT I JUST DID.

I DON'T HAVE AN IDEA. THAT'S YOUR BUSINESS.

DON'T TOUCH YOUR PHONE. THERE'S A CAR PARKED UP BY MY FRONT PORCH, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEBODY'S VISITING ACROSS THE STREET, BUT WHEN I GOT UP IN THE MORNING, THE CAR WAS STILL THERE, AND A GUY SLEEPING INSIDE.

CALLED THE POLICE THEY WRE WITHIN 5 MINUTES.

TOOK CARE OF THE DEAL AND EVERYBODY LEFT.

SO THANK YOU, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOU GOT PICTURES UP THERE, I ASSUME? AND THERE'S THESE LITTLE ONES.

IT'S A WASH. OKAY, I KNOW THIS IS A COUNTY PROBLEM.

IT IS ALSO A LA VERNE PROBLEM.

THAT WASH COMES FROM OUR PARK OVER TO THE WASH THAT BELONGS TO THE COUNTY.

THAT'S STAGNANT WATER IN THERE, AND MOSQUITOES ARE TERRIBLE OVER THERE.

ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE.

IT'S EASY TO GET TO.

THE HOMELESS, TORE DOWN HALF THE FENCE, SO THEY GO BACK IN THERE TO SLEEP.

THEN WE HAD THE KIDS GO OVER THEIR SO WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE MOSQUITOES, IF ANYTHING? AND THE NEXT PROBLEM IS IT'S NOT A PROBLEM, JUST SOMETHING FOR THE FUTURE.

THE PARADE WAS REALLY NICE.

WHEN THE PARADE TURNS ON F STREET, F AND 5TH STREET.

THERE ARE SOME WIRES THAT GO ACROSS THE STREET I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE PHONE WIRES.

THEY'RE JUST WIRES AND TWO THREE OF THOSE FLOATS HAD THEIR AMERICAN FLAG UP, WHICH IS GOOD, BUT IT CAUGHT THOSE WIRES.

SO WE MIGHT WANT TO PUT A LIMIT ON HOW HIGH YOU CAN GO.

SO THAT'S ALL I GOT TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

ALL RIGHT, WHERE EXACTLY IS THE LOCATION OF THAT, GARY? IT'S. NO, NO, NO.

THE WASH. IT'S ON THE 210 FREEWAY.

THE FOOT BRIDGE ON CHELSEA.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE.

THERE'S PART OF THE FENCE MISSING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IF YOU COME UP, YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.

SURE. MARK PETERSON.

GOOD EVENING, MARK. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AND MY ADDRESS IS 6740 SHERWOOD DRIVE HERE IN LA VERNE, AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT CAN BE BROUGHT UP NOW, BUT THREE YEARS AGO, ACTUALLY ALMOST THREE YEARS AGO NOW, THE SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE CLOSED DOWN , AND I APPRECIATE THE ENFORCEMENT THAT YOU HAVE HAD AS FAR AS WEED ABATEMENT THAT'S BEEN DONE EVERY YEAR, JUST LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.

IN JANUARY, WE HAD A HISTORIC WINDSTORM THAT TOOK PLACE, AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH HOW THE CITY HANDLED THE PARKS AND ALL THE OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE'S DOWNED TREES.

WE'VE HAD A REALLY DRY WINTER, OBVIOUSLY, AND THESE TREES ARE JUST COMPLETELY DEAD, AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD SOME EXCHANGES THAT THESE TREES HAVE TO

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AND ON GOLDEN HILLS, FOR SURE, THOSE TREES ARE LESS THAN 200 FEET, BUT I DON'T THINK IF THERE'S A FIRE, EMBERS ARE GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT 200 FEET RULE. SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ENFORCE RULES, AND THIS IS ONE I'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THEM ENFORCED AS WELL, NOT JUST FOR EVERYBODY THAT LIVES IN LA VERNE, BUT ALSO FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HAS TO HANDLE THIS IF IT DOES GO UP.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THIS CORRECTED AND HOW THOSE TREES WERE MOVED TO MAKE IT SAFE FOR EVERYBODY, BUT IT SHOULD BE DONE SOON.

I WAS REALLY WORRIED, ACTUALLY AT 4TH OF JULY, I WAS WATCHING THE FIREWORKS, AND I KNOW SOMETIMES KIDS DO THINGS THAT THEY SHOULDN'T DO OR OTHER FOLKS, BUT FORTUNATELY, THERE WASN'T A FIRE THAT NIGHT, BUT EVERY DAY THIS IS GETTING DRIER AND DRIER UP THERE.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHO TO TALK TO.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME SORT OF AN LA COUNTY ORDINANCE THAT IF THERE'S A DOWN AND DEAD TREE THAT IT HAS TO BE REMOVED.

IF THE OWNERS WHO ARE I KNOW YOU'RE A BUSINESSMAN, THEY'RE NOT DOING A GOOD BUSINESS UP THERE.

[LAUGHTER] THEY'RE RUNNING IT POORLY, BUT THEY STILL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY, IN MY OPINION, TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT THEIR EXPENSES ARE.

I KNOW IT'S A BIG EXPENSE, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO CAUSE PROBLEMS IF WE DON'T GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHO TO TALK TO, BUT I'D LOVE SOME DIRECTION OR SOME INSIGHT AS TO THE PROPER AUTHORITY TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF, BECAUSE I CAN'T DO IT.

WE'LL COMMENT WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS, BUT THERE IS A PATH.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? MS. BEAUCHAMP. SHE'S NOT LEAVING.

SHE'S NOT LEAVING, IS SHE? SORRY I HAD TO DO THAT.

AS ONE OF THE MODERATORS ON THE LA VERNE COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS FACEBOOK PAGE.

THERE WAS A POST SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND I WANT TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE TWO PEOPLE WHO MADE THE POST BECAUSE I SAID I WOULD BRING IT UP AT A MEETING AND IT COMPLETELY FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS AS PEOPLE LIKE TO SAY, THEY POSTED THIS BACK IN APRIL.

SO MY APOLOGIES TO THESE PEOPLE.

I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY PUT SOME SIGNAGE AT THE PARKS, ESPECIALLY LOS FLORES.

MANY PEOPLE ARE WALKING THEIR DOGS OFF LEASH, AND IT'S INTIMIDATING OTHERS WHO ARE WALKING THEIR DOGS ON LEASH, AND THEY HAVE THESE DOGS APPROACHING THEM AND THEIR OTHER DOGS AND HAVING INCIDENTS, AND SO AND THEN ALSO MAYBE FACILITATE SOME KIND OF A CONTAINER FOR THE POOP BAGS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE NOT PICKING UP AFTER THEIR DOGS. I MEAN, THIS IS AN ONGOING PROBLEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY, NOT JUST AT THE PARKS, BUT IN EVEN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, MY HOUSE INCLUDED, WHERE WE HAVE TO CONSTANTLY PICK UP AFTER PEOPLE, AND IT'S DISAPPOINTING.

WE'RE ALL ADULTS.

WE SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE DOG OWNERS, BUT I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING THEIR DOGS OFF LEASH BECAUSE THAT COULD DEFINITELY BE A LIABILITY, ESPECIALLY IF IT TAKES PLACE ON A CITY PARK.

SO SOME KIND OF SIGNAGE OR NOTIFICATION TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE CLOSEST TO THIS PARK OR OTHER PARKS SO THAT THEY'RE MORE RESPONSIBLE AND IT'LL BE A SAFER SITUATION.

THERE WAS EVEN ONE MOTHER HERE WHO SAID THAT SHE WOULD NOT ALLOW HER DAUGHTER TO PLAY AT THE PLAYGROUND BECAUSE THERE'S DOGS ROAMING AROUND OFF LEASH.

SO THAT TAKES AWAY FROM THE CHILD'S FUN TIME.

SO THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP.

ANYONE ELSE PUBLIC COMMENT? GOOD EVENING. NICE TO SEE YOU.

IT'S NICE TO BE SEEN RATHER THAN VIEWED.

[LAUGHTER] THAT IS A GOOD STATEMENT.

TERRY PRENTISS, 2986 [INAUDIBLE] STREET AND MR. RUSSI I READ ABOUT YOUR PENDING RETIREMENT AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE CITY, YOUR COMMITMENT TO STEWARDSHIP AND GOOD PLANNING AND HIRING KEY PEOPLE, AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, TERRY. ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? WHAT I'M. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

BRING IT UP, MR. RUSSI.

DO YOU WANT TO ANSWER A FEW OF THOSE? YEAH, THERE ARE TWO THAT I THINK I CAN ANSWER RATHER QUICKLY.

I WILL GO BACK TO THE SIERRA LA VERNE.

ACTUALLY, THERE ARE THREE MAJOR PARCELS THAT ARE ON THERE THAT HAVE SOME DOWNED TREES.

TWO OF THEM FALL WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THE AG COMMISSION, AND AS FAR AS WORKING THROUGH THEM, AND WE JUST UPDATED OUR WEBSITE ON THE SIERRA LA VERNE

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THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS NOTICED BY THE COUNTY.

THEY DID NOT TAKE CARE OF THE DOWNED TREES THAT ARE WITHIN THE 200 FEET OF RESIDENCES AS THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO.

SO THE COUNTY WILL BE TAKING ON THE WORK AND THEN ADDING IT TO THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL, AS WE HAD DISCUSSED IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, THAT IS AVAILABLE TO THEM.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

I DON'T HAVE A TIMEFRAME ON WHEN IT WILL BE, BUT JUST KNOW THAT WORK WILL BE DONE.

AS IT RELATES TO THE LAST PARCEL THAT IT FALLS WITH UNDER THE CITY'S PURVIEW.

SO WE WILL BE WORKING THROUGH OUR FIRE MARSHAL TO SEE ABOUT A SIMILAR APPROACH.

WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR CITY PROSECUTOR, WHO'S ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO SEE IF THEY WILL ADDRESS IT ON THEIR OWN OR WHAT STEPS WE HAVE TO TAKE TO GO IN AND DO IT. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE FOR THOSE TREES.

NOW I WILL BE THE FIRST TO SAY THAT IF IT'S OUTSIDE 200 FEET, IT REALLY AS IT'S LISTED IN THE STATE CODE AS WELL AS WITHIN OUR OWN ORDINANCE, THEY ARE NOT DEEMED AS BEING A FIRE HAZARD AND AS SUCH, THEY CANNOT BE REMOVED.

WE JUST HAVE THAT STANDARD THAT WE APPLY.

SO THERE WILL BE SOME TREES THAT OUTSIDE OF THAT WILL STAY FALLEN WITHIN THE PROPERTY ITSELF, BUT INSIDE OF 200 FEET, THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED.

AS IT RELATES TO THE QUESTION REGARDING OR THE COMMENT REGARDING DOGS IN PARKS, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THERE ARE ONLY CERTAIN PARKS THAT DOGS ARE EVEN PERMITTED IN LA VERNE AND THOSE PARKS ALREADY HAVE THE RECEPTACLES AND THE BAGS.

I DON'T THINK LOS FLORES IS ONE OF THEM.

I THINK WE TOOK AN ACTION TO COUNCIL YEARS AGO THAT ANY PARK THAT HAS A SPORTS FIELD WAS NOT A PARK THAT WAS DEEMED TO BE HAVING DOGS.

SO TECHNICALLY, IT'S A VIOLATION OF THE CODE IF THERE IS EVEN A DOG ON A LEASH IN THOSE PARKS, AND I THINK THOSE PARKS ARE SIGNED THAT WAY, AND IF THEY'RE NOT, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE GET CORRECTED. THANK YOU, MR. RUSSI. COUNCIL COMMENTS.

[8. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

SO THERE IS AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION, THERE'S A FORM YOU CAN FILL OUT, BUT THIS IS JUST REALLY HELPFUL SO THAT IF ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN AND SOMEONE IS ENCOUNTERED BY THE POLICE, THE POLICE HAVE THIS INFORMATION SO THAT THEY CAN INTERACT WITH THAT PERSON IN THE CORRECT WAY.

AND SO I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MAYBE WHO HAS AUTISM OR WHO MAYBE IS EXPERIENCING SOMETHING THAT TO MAKE THE INTERACTION WITH OUR POLICE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS AVAILABLE ON THE LA VERNE PD WEBSITE AND I THINK IS PRETTY AMAZING AGAIN THAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SPREAD THE WORD.

USE IT IF YOU'D LIKE, BUT REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE POLICE, YOU CAN GO TO THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TOMORROW FROM 4:30 TO 7:30.

[LAUGHTER] THERE WAS MY SEGWAY AT LOS FLORES PARK, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF REALLY AMAZING THINGS THAT DO HAPPEN IN THIS CITY AND A LOT OF GOOD SERVICES THAT OUR PERSONNEL PROVIDE, AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET AND KNOW THEM AND TO MEET OUR FIRE, OUR POLICE, AND TO SEE WHAT THEY DO ON A REGULAR BASIS AND TO GET TO KNOW THEM AS PEOPLE.

SO DEFINITELY, IF YOU HAVE THE TIME, COME, STOP BY.

I WENT TO THE TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH MEETING A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND AGAIN THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT OUR SERVICES IN OUR CITY AND HOW GREAT THEY'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THEM. SO I WANTED TO BRING THAT UP AND SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE I THINK THAT PARTNERSHIP IS INVALUABLE.

SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU ALL DO, AND THEN FOR THOSE, I KNOW THIS IS NOT TECHNICALLY IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE, BUT WE ARE SO CLOSE AND IF YOU LIVE IN MY DISTRICT, YOU'RE REALLY CLOSE, BUT POMONA, THE FAIRPLEX IS HAVING A SPECIFIC PLAN, OPEN HOUSE, AND THIS IS BASICALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO GET TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS SPECIFIC PLAN, WHAT ARE THEY DOING ON THEIR CAMPUS AND WHAT ARE THEY PLANNING FOR THAT AREA? AND SO BECAUSE IT IS IN OUR BACKYARD AND A PORTION OF IT DOES TOUCH LA VERNE FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, HEY, WHAT IS THE FAIRPLEX PLANNING TO DO WITH THEIR GIANT CAMPUS? THE EVENT IS ON AUGUST 31ST, FROM 6 TO 8 P.M.

IN THE POMONA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AUDITORIUM, WHICH IS ON 800 SOUTH GARY IN POMONA.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO PLUG, TOO, IS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE HOLDS AN ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP GOLF TOURNAMENT AND THE PROCEEDS GO TO STUDENTS IN NEED OF SCHOLARSHIPS, AND SO IT IS AT RED HILL.

THERE ARE A LOT OF SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES.

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IT'S A REALLY GREAT EVENT FOR A GOOD CAUSE, TAX DEDUCTION, ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

SO AS ALWAYS, HAVE A GREAT WEEK.

BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER AND SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LAU.

COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

SHORT AND SWEET. CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS SOFTBALL MAKING IT TO THE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

ALSO, OUR SENIOR BOYS FROM LITTLE LEAGUE.

THEY MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SEMIFINAL GAME.

SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB TOO.

THANK YOU TO OUR LA VERNE GRAND PRIX COMING AUGUST 14TH.

THE MAJESTIC ALWAYS HELPS OUT WITH OUR YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE AND BICYCLES TO OUR POLICE TO HAND OUT AROUND CHRISTMAS.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE FUNDRAISING AND THINGS THAT THEY DO AND BRINGING PEOPLE TO OUR DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL DURING THE GRAND PRIX.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY. COUNCILMEMBER KASH.

THANK YOU MAYOR. WHEN I FIRST CAME OUT AND GOT HERE ON CITY COUNCIL, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET OUT THERE AND SEE AS MANY PEOPLE AS I CAN.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH HOURS IN THE DAY FOR ME TO GET OUT THERE, BUT HOWEVER, I'VE BEEN HAVING A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO TALKING TO PEOPLE IN OUR DISTRICT AND THROUGHOUT LA VERNE. ONE THING I HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY OF GOING AND SEEING OUR FIREFIGHTERS OVER AT STATION THREE THERE IN TRAINING IT'S REMINDED ME WHEN I WAS A LOT YOUNGER, NOT THAT I WAS EVER A FIREFIGHTER. BUT YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER THAT BASIC TRAINING AND REMEMBER THAT ACADEMY STYLE TRAINING.

SO IT WAS GOOD TO SEE THEM, AND I JUST MADE A COMMENT.

THEY WERE CRAWLING ON THE GROUND. I WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU GUYS COUNTING ANTS.

[LAUGHTER] IT WAS JUST FUNNY.

ANYWAYS, I'M A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.

JUST A PROFESSIONAL RIVALRY.

SHOULD HAVE BEEN A FIREMAN. LONG STORY.

IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY THERE. I HAD A GREAT, GREAT TIME TO GO OUT TO CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

I WANT TO THANK THOSE FROM THE STATE FAIR.

THEY GAVE ME A FEW THOUSAND TICKETS I'VE BEEN ABLE TO PASS OUT TO THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PASS OUT TO THE KIDS.

I HAVE ONE TO DAMIEN.

I HAVE ONE TO HOLY NAME OF MARY.

I WENT TO CAL BAPTIST AND I WENT TO LUTHERAN SO FAR THE SCHOOLS HERE AND SO THAT THEY CAN GIVE OUT THE TICKETS TO THE KIDS AND TO THE FAMILIES, AND I WANT TO THANK THOSE AT THE STATE FAIR THAT'S HERE IN SANTA ANITA.

I'LL BE GOING I'LL BE THERE TOMORROW.

LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING AT NATIONAL NIGHT OUT AND HOPEFULLY GET THE CHANCE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

I'VE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO SEVERAL FAMILIES AND UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF LA VERNE AND HOPING TO START THAT CONVERSATION AGAIN.

LOOKING FORWARD TO PREVIOUS CONVERSATIONS BACK IN 2012.

HOW WE CAN BRING INTO LA VERNE THIS GREAT CITY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT LET'S JUST HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING A CONVERSATION, RIGHT? STEP BY STEP. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN DO, HOW WE CAN MOVE COLLECTIVELY BETTER.

SO YOU GUYS ALL SAID IT.

YOU KNOW THE GIRL'S SOFTBALL HOW AWESOME.

I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, I DON'T WANT TO JINX SOMETHING, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THE PARADE RIGHT HERE IN OUR GREAT CITY.

WHY NOT US, RIGHT? WHY NOT US? WHAT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT HERE TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE YOU VOICING YOUR CONCERNS AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD BETTER AS A CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KASH.

COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON. OH.

JUST APPRECIATE BEING HERE, LISTENING TO ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN LA VERNE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AGAIN, HATS OFF FOR THE HOMELESS ISSUE AND TAKING THAT HEAD ON.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

BOB, I KNOW YOU HAD BEEN LOOKING INTO THE VOTE FOR MAYOR AND SOME OTHER I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE AN UPDATE FOR US OR ANYTHING ON THAT.

THE LEGAL. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUE.

IT IS COMPLICATED.

YOU'VE ASKED FOR A ROAD MAP ON WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, AND WE EXPECT TO HAVE IT TO YOU SOON , BUT IT'S NOT.

LET'S JUST SAY THERE ARE SOME POTHOLES IN THE ROAD THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING THOSE RESULTS SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.

THANK YOU. AND SEPARATE FROM THAT, WE'RE LOOKING INTO OPTIONS FOR WHAT TYPE OF SURVEY OR QUESTION OR HOWEVER WE'RE GOING TO COMMUNICATE MAILER OR MULTIPLE FRONTS.

BUT WE'RE TALKING TO THE ROSE INSTITUTE AS WELL AS TRUE NORTH AND OTHERS THAT HAVE THAT TYPE OF STATISTICAL CAPABILITY TO DO IT.

SO. WELL I THINK IT'S BEEN SAID, GOOD JOB, GIRLS.

THANK YOU, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE ON THE RIGHT PATH, AND I THINK WE'RE ON THE RIGHT WAY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S MORPHING, IT'S ORGANIC.

IT'S GOING TO CHANGE CONSTANTLY.

SO, BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

IT'S A NICE HOUSE TONIGHT AND IT'S NICE TO SEE MORE PEOPLE HERE, AND WE ONLY HAVE A FEW STAFF THIS TIME, NOT ALL STAFF AND WE HAVE ACTUALLY RESIDENTS HERE TONIGHT.

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REMEMBER, SHOP, EAT, PRAY IN LA VERNE.

THAT'S WHERE TO KEEP OUR MONEY HERE.

KEEPS THE SERVICES THAT WE OFFER TO OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT TOMORROW NIGHT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN, AND IF WE CAN DONATE TO OUR GIRLS LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL, VERY IMPORTANT TO GET THEM TO GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND WHATEVER ELSE WE CAN HELP THEM AND SUPPORTING OUR YOUTH IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WE ALL DO.

THANK YOU, AND WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, MR.

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SO WE WILL BE RECESSING IN A CLOSED SESSION.

WELL, OUR NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS AUGUST 15, 2022, AND WE ARE REASSESSING TO CLOSED SESSION AT 8 3825 UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6.

THANK YOU.

I LOVE THAT GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION.

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.