Nov 21, 2022 City Council

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IF I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 601 OR 6:31 P.M.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

CUSTOMER CASH BE LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG REPUBLIC, WHICH STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.

BROKAW, MR. DUFF. HERE.

TEM CROSBY HERE.

THEY HEPBURN PRESENT.

SHARE. IS THAT A IS THAT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR IS THAT FOR ANNOUNCEMENT? FOR THE. THIS IS THE TIME WE SET ASIDE FOR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.

[4. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

COME ON UP. AND I WILL.

ALL RIGHT. I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT THE CRUISE LA VERNE CAR SHOW WAS A LOT OF FUN.

IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE ATTENDED THE CAR SHOW.

I MUST ADMIT, I CAN'T LIE ABOUT THAT.

BUT IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

AND THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MADE SOME MONEY AND WE ALSO MADE A LOT OF CONNECTIONS AND MET PEOPLE AND HAD A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY TO OF ROB ZAMBONI. STUDENTS FROM BENITA HIGH SCHOOL WERE THERE, AND IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE T-SHIRT FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THEY STAYED AND THEY TALK TO PEOPLE WHO CAME BY AND HAD QUESTIONS.

SO I THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM FOR ENGAGEMENT.

SO THAT IS THAT IS NOW PAST AND WE'RE ON TO THE NEXT THING, WHICH IS THE 10TH OF DECEMBER.

I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE EVERYBODY TO DROP BY OUR VINTAGE TOUR ON THE 10TH OF DECEMBER FROM ONE UNTIL 5 P.M. IN THE AFTERNOON, WE WILL MEET AT 2 TO 4 TO THIRD STREET.

WE'RE GOING TO BE TOURING THREE HOMES.

ONE HOME IS THE DAVID BLICK STAFF HOME, ANOTHER IS THE MCCLELLAND HOUSE.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE TOURING THE PURPLE PALACE NEXT TO THE DAVID BLOCK STAFF'S HOUSE OWNED BY THE COLLINS FAMILY.

BETWEEN THREE AND 4 P.M., THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE CHORAL ORGANIZATION WILL LEAD US IN SONG OR IN UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS.

SO, SO SHOW UP AND BELT OUT SOME CAROLS AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND TAKE A FLIER AND PASS IT ALONG AND COME DO SOME SHOPPING. ALL OF OUR JELLY IS READY FOR SALE, SO NOW'S THE TIME.

OK. I'LL PUT OUT THE EXTRAS OVER HERE ON MY WAY OUT.

THANK YOU, SHERRY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE TO? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR ANYTHING? MS.. BEAUCHAMP, COME ON UP.

ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH AT 6:00 PM, ROCK OF THE FOOTHILLS CHURCH IN BUSH HALL.

THE LA VERNE COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS WILL BE HAVING A Q&A WITH OUR MAYOR, MR. HEPBURN. HE'S GOING TO GIVE US A SIX MONTH UPDATE AS TO WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON IN THE CITY SINCE THE ELECTION, AND WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING ABOUT THAT.

WE'RE ALSO ASKING THAT RESIDENTS HELP RAISE MONEY OR DONATE TO THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA, WHICH ARE THE WREATHS THAT GET PLACED ON VETERAN'S HEADSTONES OR CEMETERY PLACE MARKERS.

THEY'RE ONLY $15 EACH.

AND SO WE WERE LOOKING TO GET ENOUGH DONATIONS OR WREATH GIFTS TO COVER ALL OF THE LA VERNE CEMETERY.

SO WE STILL NEED 213 MORE WREATHS, AND IT'S ONLY UNTIL DECEMBER 17TH.

SO WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO WORK ON THAT AS A COMMUNITY.

ALSO, HARVEST FESTIVAL, WHICH IS THE ORIGINAL ART AND CRAFT SHOW AT THE FAIRPLEX, IT'S GOING TO BE ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2ND, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AND SUNDAY, THE FOURTH, FRIDAY 10 TO 5, SATURDAY 10 TO 5 AND SUNDAY 10 TO 4.

GENERAL ADMISSION IS $9.

SENIORS ARE ONLY SEVEN.

YOUTH FROM 13 TO 17 ARE $4 AND CHILDREN UNDER 12 ARE FREE.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THEY'RE HAVING IT SINCE COVID.

AND SO EVERYBODY'S LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ARTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEEN MAKING DURING THIS TIME.

AND THERE WILL BE SOME VERY NICE DISPLAYS ON BEING DISPLAYED.

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TO 2 P.M. AND IT IS EVERY FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH DURING THOSE TIMES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MS.. BEAUCHAMP HAD MENTIONED ABOUT THE REACH ACROSS AMERICA AND ACTUALLY WON 96 RIGHT NOW.

MS. BEAUCHAMP SO 169 WREATHS ARE SPONSORED.

CAN WE POST THIS ON THE WEBSITE, ON OUR WEBSITE FOR THE CITY? WE'LL GO AND POST THAT. BUT IT'S 15 BUCKS A WREATH.

IT'S SOMETHING. AND I WENT TO IT.

I THINK IT WAS I CAN'T REMEMBER BECAUSE COVID'S KIND OF GOT ME ALL MESSED UP AS FAR AS WHEN WE WERE.

BUT THEY DID THIS AND IT WAS REALLY COOL.

I MEAN, THEY HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE.

THEY HAD SCOUTS, THEY HAD ALL SORTS OF ORGANIZATIONS, AND THEN EVERYBODY SCATTERS OUT AND THEY PUT THE THE WREATHS ON ALL OF THE THE GRAVESTONES IS REALLY, REALLY NEAT.

SO FOR $15, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY GOOD CAUSE.

AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY WELL RUN ORGANIZATIONS.

WE'LL POST THIS ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THANK YOU, MR. BEAUCHAMP, FOR SAYING THAT. BUT IT'S I'D LIKE TO SEE TWO ZERO AND THEY HAVE 100% PARTICIPATION, SO.

MR. CROSBY. YES.

AND HOLIDAY CHEER KEEPS GOING.

WE HAVE THE THE BENITA HIGH SCHOOL YULETIDE CHOIR FESTIVAL ON DECEMBER 10TH AT 2 P.M.

AND 7:00 PM AT THE BONITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, AND TICKETS WERE GOING ON SALE ONLINE.

SO AGAIN, YULETIDE FOR THE BONITA CHOIR AT DECEMBER 10TH AT 2 P.M.

AND THEY HAVE TWO SHOWS AND ONE AT 7 P.M..

THAT'S MARLOWE. I'M TRYING TO PUT YOU.

I WAS TRYING TO THROW UP. YES.

JUST TO UPDATE FOR EVERYONE FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING.

THEY ARE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, SO IF YOU ARE AVAILABLE AND WILLING TO HELP.

THE DAY OF CHRISTMAS MORNING, THE THIS SHOULD BE UP ON.

I THINK IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE NOW THE LINK TO VOLUNTEER.

SO IF YOU GO AND LOOK, YOU CAN DO IT.

I KNOW IT'S A BIG COMMITMENT AND I KNOW THAT'S A LOT OF TIME AWAY, BUT IF YOU CAN DO IT OR IF YOU HAVE MAYBE KIDS OR GRANDKIDS THAT MAYBE ARE LOOKING FOR SERVICE HOURS, THIS IS A GOOD WAY FOR THEM TO GET THOSE SERVICE HOURS.

SO YOU SIGN UP.

OKAY. THAT'S MORE CASH.

THINK I'LL JUST. YOU GUYS TOOK SOME OF THE STUFF I WAS GOING TO SAY, BUT ONE THING I.

YEAH, ACROSS AMERICA IS VERY IMPORTANT.

WHEN I SAW THAT, I'LL BE OUT THERE VOLUNTEERING AND OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO DONATE TO THAT.

HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TO ZERO, GOD WILLING.

ANOTHER THING IS I AM GOING TO BE PLANNING IT'S IN THE PLANNING PHASE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SPARKS OF LOVE.

AS YOU KNOW, THE GREAT CITY OF LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS DOING THE SPARKS OF LOVE.

PLEASE DONATE UNWRAPPED GIFTS.

I'LL BE HOSTING ANOTHER KICKOFF EVENT PROBABLY AROUND MID PART OF DECEMBER.

MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT.

REGARDING IF YOU CAN COME BY AND DONATE A GIFT.

THOSE SPARKS LOVE THOSE TOYS.

THEY STAY HERE IN LA VERNE. SO THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GIVE THAT BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THAT'S ALL. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

NICE HAIRCUT. GET MY FAMILY HERE.

HELLO, TREVOR. HELLO, LAURIE.

VERY GOOD. GOOD WEEK WITH THE.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. YEAH, WE.

I THINK I. I DELIVERED 15.

AND YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW PEOPLE ARE IN NEED THESE DAYS, AND YOU DON'T REALIZE UNTIL YOU HIT THEIR DOORSTEP AND YOU OPEN THEIR DOOR AND REALIZE WHAT THEY DON'T HAVE.

AND IT'S SO IF WE HAVE A LITTLE EXTRA AND THERE'S PLACES WHERE YOU CAN DONATE, I WOULD SUGGEST YOU DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED THIS RIGHT NOW.

AND I WAS QUITE SURPRISED EVERY YEAR.

IT JUST SEEMS TO IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST GET IN YOUR CAR AND REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE AND WHAT THESE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE.

SO WE'RE A VERY FORTUNATE CITY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT RESIDENTS, BUT WE DO HAVE RESIDENTS IN NEED.

SO THERE'S ONE ALSO ONE MORE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS, ACTUALLY.

WE HAVE THE LAVERNE ALL STAR SOFTBALL GAME, TOY DRIVE, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8TH, WHEELER PARK, AND THIS IS THE LVA AND THE LVP LA MR. GONZALES PRESENT THE 10TH ANNUAL.

SO AND ALSO IF YOU BRING AN UNWRAPPED, A $5 UNWRAPPED TOY, YOU GET IN FREE AND IT STARTS AT 5:00 TILL NINE NINE 9:30 P.M..

SORRY, MY GLASSES AREN'T WORKING.

AND BASICALLY THEY'LL HAVE THE BENITA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT ALSO THE THE FIREFIGHTERS AGAINST THE POLICE OFFICER.

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AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE THE THE WHICH IS WHO WILL BE DOING THE CHRISTMAS CAROL? WHO'S GOING TO SING? WHO'S GOING TO DO THAT? GEORGE GEORGE HENDERSON WILL BE DOING THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

AND THEN WHEN IT GETS DARK, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PROBABLY BE DOING THE TREE LIGHTING.

THAT'S A BRAND NEW MONARO SQUARE.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY'S NOTICED THAT, BUT IT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

THANK YOU, MR. SHIER.

WE APPRECIATE THAT. IT REALLY LOOKS NICE.

REALLY LOOKS NICE.

SO THAT'S THAT ONE AND I THINK THERE'LL BE OTHERS, BUT WE'VE GOT A IT'S GOING TO BE FUN PACKED THIS YEAR SO WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON.

SO WITH THAT I WILL MOVE TO CONSENT CALENDAR.

DO WE HAVE ANYTHING PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? AS. IS ANYBODY CALLING IN ON THAT? THEY WANT TO PULL IT. MR. BOWEN, IF YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND, PLEASE DO.

OTHERWISE, WE'LL MOVE THROUGH THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

THERE HE GOES.

GO AHEAD, MR. LAWRENCE.

THE SURVIVAL. WHILE HE'S.

NOT TALKING.

IT SEEMS LIKE HE HAS A PLANETARY.

WELL, I SEE NOTHING ON.

I SEE NOTHING ON MY EMAILS OR ANYTHING.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY EMAILS? I HAVE NO PHONE MESSAGES.

I HAVE NO TEXTS THAT THEY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. WITH THAT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

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SECOND, PLEASE. SECOND.

VOTE. IT'S NOT IN YOUR.

NOT. IT IS.

I MEAN, IT CAN BE A DISCUSSION, I GUESS, BUT IT'S ALREADY BEEN PASSED, SO.

AND THAT VOTE PASSED FIVE ZERO.

WE WANT TO TRY TO BRING HIM.

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[6. PUBLIC HEARINGS]

MR.. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR HERE.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, AS I'M HAPPY TO BRING FORTH TO YOU THIS EVENING, THE DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH OUR CONSULTANT FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS ON. AS YOU'RE AWARE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD A MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2ND WHERE THEY VOTED 3 TO 1 TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THIS DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT.

YOU DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL TODAY FROM COUNCIL OR PLANNING COMMISSIONER THOMAS ALLISON, WHICH KIND OF EXPLAINED HIS REASONINGS FOR HIM VOTING NO.

I SEE HE'S ALSO ON THE CALL TODAY, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT AS WELL.

IN ADDITION, WE DID RECEIVE ONE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT LATE LAST WEEK AFTER THIS AGENDA PACKET WAS COMPLETED THAT WAS FORWARDED TO YOU LAST THURSDAY AS OF SUBMITTED PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THERE'S BEEN SOME MISINFORMATION IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHETHER THIS HOUSING ELEMENT IS TIED TO THE FAIRPLEX IS CURRENT EFFORTS TO ESTABLISH A SPECIFIC PLAN IN THE CITY OF POMONA.

THEY ARE NOT RELATED. THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.

OUR HOUSING ELEMENT CONTROLS PROPERTIES IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE ONLY, AND AS YOU'LL HEAR LATER, WE ARE NOT REZONING ANY PROPERTIES IN THE CITY.

AS PART OF THIS PROCESS.

POMONA IS EFFORTS ON A SPECIFIC PLAN IN THE CITY OF POMONA IS A COMPLETELY SEPARATE EFFORT THAT'S JUST GETTING UNDERWAY.

BUT THERE WAS A RECENT COMMUNITY MEETING LAST WEEK ABOUT IT, SO I UNDERSTAND HOW THEY COULD BE MERGED, BUT THIS IS NOT THE SAME THING.

I ALSO WANTED TO JUST SAY THAT STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 22 DASH 77, WHICH IS APPROVING THE DRAFT AGREEMENT OR HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE AND THE RELATED DETERMINATION.

BUT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO AMANDA TROPEANO WITH THE DE NOVO PLANNING GROUP, WHO WAS GOING TO BE DOING A PRESENTATION, LISA KRANTZ OR DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS ALSO HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, AMANDA. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME BACK.

TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE SIMILAR IN SOME WAYS TO THE BRIEFING PROVIDED TO THIS GROUP LAST MONTH, BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE IT AGAIN IN THIS OFFICIAL FORMAT AND ALLOW YOU TO POSE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS OR HAVE YOUR DELIBERATIONS AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE THE SLIDE.

SO AS A REMINDER, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY TO ESTABLISH A HOUSING ELEMENT THAT CAN BE FOUND IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE HOUSING LAW.

FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS, WHILE THE CITY IS ALSO COMPLETING A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO ITS ENTIRE GENERAL PLAN, HOUSING ELEMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED ON A CERTAIN SCHEDULE EVERY EIGHT YEARS REQUIRED BY THE STATE.

SO AS A RESULT OF THAT SCHEDULE, IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE SPENT THE PAST 18 MONTHS TO TWO YEARS FOCUSING ON PREPARING THAT HOUSING ELEMENT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND THEN BEING ABLE TO HAVE STRONG GUIDANCE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REMAINING GENERAL PLAN UPDATE EFFORT.

SO WE'RE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MULTI-YEAR EFFORT RELATED TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT WHERE WE HAVE RECEIVED DIRECTION FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WHERE YOU MIGHT HEAR ME REFER TO THEM AS HCD, THAT THE DRAFT PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT AND RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL OR TO THE CITY COUNCIL, IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL COMPONENTS OF STATE HOUSING LAW AND UPON ITS ADOPTION CAN BE FOUND AND CERTIFIED BY THAT STATE DEPARTMENT AS IS MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS. NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS JUST PRESENTING A SUMMARY OF MANY OF THE ISSUES I JUST DISCUSSED, BUT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THE KEY MILESTONES THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE CITY RELEASED ITS DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, IN EARLY DECEMBER OF 2021.

THE CITY DID RELEASE A DRAFT OF THE OF THE WORK FOR PUBLIC REVIEW AS WELL AS REVIEW BY HCD.

IN FEBRUARY, THE CITY RECEIVED COMMENTS BACK FROM THE FROM THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT PROVIDING DIRECTION ON SOME MODIFICATIONS NECESSARY TO THE DRAFT IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH ALL OF THE VARIOUS COMPONENTS OF THAT STATE HOUSING LAW REQUIREMENT.

THE CITY HAS POSTED TWO ROUNDS OF SUBSEQUENT DRAFT ELEMENTS AVAILABLE FOR 30 DAY PUBLIC REVIEWS.

EACH CONTINUES TO SOLICIT PUBLIC INPUT AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT TONIGHT'S MEETING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.

ALL OF THE INPUT RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC HAS BEEN PROVIDED AS APPENDIX B TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

THE CITY SUBMITTED THE SECOND REVISION TO ITS DRAFT HOUSING ELEMENT TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN EARLY AUGUST

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WE WOULD RESUBMIT THAT BACK TO HCD FOR THEIR FINAL REVIEW AND CONFIRMATION THAT ULTIMATELY THE REVISIONS THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN WERE IN FACT THE THE VERSION THAT WAS ADOPTED AND JUST GOING THROUGH THAT CONFIRMATION PROCESS.

WE DID HOST A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE MIDDLE OF OCTOBER OF LAST MONTH, AND THEN WE DID RECEIVE THAT DIRECTION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION, RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THAT AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING OR AT THEIR MEETING IN EARLY NOVEMBER.

EXCITED. SO AS I HAVE MENTIONED, EVERY CITY AND COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA MUST HAVE A HOUSING ELEMENT.

THIS IS ONE CHAPTER OR ONE ELEMENT OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN, AND IT IS REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED ON A REGULAR CYCLE.

WE UPDATE IT EVERY EIGHT YEARS AND WE'RE IN THE SIXTH CYCLE.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT HOUSING ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN AROUND IN CALIFORNIA FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS ALWAYS HAD A HOUSING ELEMENT.

THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE TO YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT.

LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

THIS PLANNING PERIOD COVERS 2021 THROUGH 2029, AND I DID WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR PERSPECTIVE.

THE OTHER REGIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HAVE ALSO BEEN UPDATING THEIR HOUSING ELEMENTS.

THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS REGION OR THE SKY REGION, HAS 196 AGENCIES, OF WHICH LA VERNE IS ONE.

THERE ARE 42 AGENCIES APPROXIMATELY THAT ARE IN COMPLIANCE BY THAT EARLY OCTOBER TIME FRAME.

THAT NUMBERS GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, JUST AS SOME CITIES HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS.

BUT WE'RE SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 35% COMPLIANCE RATE IN L.A.

COUNTY. THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME 35 OR 39%.

SO WE WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE THAT LA VERNE IS IN A VERY ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION RIGHT NOW TO HAVE THAT CONFIDENCE FROM HCD THAT YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT DOES MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS AND UPON ITS ADOPTION COULD BE CERTIFIED IN THE COMPLIANCE SECTION HERE.

IN. NEXT ONE.

IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT WHEN I'M DOING THE CLICKER AND CAN KIND OF DO THE PAUSES, BUT I'LL SPEED THROUGH THOSE.

SO A HOUSING ELEMENT, LIKE I MENTIONED, IS ONE CHAPTER OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN.

IT LAYS OUT THE CITY'S PLAN FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS IN REGARDS TO HOUSING FOR YOUR CURRENT, AS WELL AS FUTURE RESIDENTS.

AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT RESIDENTS OF DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS, DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, EDUCATION, JOBS AND HOUSING NEEDS NEXT TIME.

THE 2021 TO 2029 HOUSING ELEMENTS REQUIRED TO ESSENTIALLY CONSIDER FOUR KEY TOPICS.

WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THERE IS ADEQUATE LAND AVAILABLE TO MEET THE CITY'S REGIONAL HOUSING NEED.

WE'LL SPEND A FEW MORE SLIDES TALKING ABOUT THAT.

THE HOUSING ELEMENT ALSO HAS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT HELP FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

CITY OF LA VERNE ITSELF DOES NOT BUILD HOUSING, BUT THE PRIVATE MARKET BUILDS BOTH AFFORDABLE AND MARKET RATE UNITS.

THE HOUSING ELEMENT NEEDS TO IDENTIFY AND MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL CONSTRAINTS, BOTH GOVERNMENT CONSTRAINTS AND NON GOVERNMENT CONSTRAINTS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OR SUPPLY OR AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING.

AND A NEW REQUIREMENT FOR THE CYCLE IS THE CITY NEEDS TO DEMONSTRATE PROMOTING EQUAL ACCESS TO FAIR HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL PERSONS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO I MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO CONSIDER ITS FAIR SHARE OF REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS AND DEMONSTRATE THAT YOUR LAND USE PLAN AND YOUR ZONING MAP PROVIDE THE ADEQUATELY AND AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.

SO YOUR FAIR SHARE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IS REALLY DRIVEN BY KIND OF A PYRAMID PROCESS THAT STARTS AT THE TOP.

THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAYS OVER THE NEXT PLANNING PERIOD, SO OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS, HOW MANY HOUSING UNITS NEED TO BE DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE IN ORDER TO MEET OUR PROJECTED HOUSING NEEDS? THAT ESTIMATE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS IS JUST SHY OF 4 MILLION UNITS.

A PORTION OF THAT IS GIVEN TO EACH OF THOSE REGIONAL AGENCIES.

SO FOR LA VERNE, THAT WOULD BE THE SKY REGION.

THE SKY REGION RECEIVED AN ALLOCATION OF ABOUT 1.3 MILLION UNITS FOR THIS PLANNING PERIOD AND USING A METHODOLOGY THAT'S REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE STATE AND ACTUALLY PART OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT LEGISLATION.

EACH CITY RECEIVES ALLOCATION.

THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDER YOUR FAIR SHARE, YOUR PORTION OF REGIONAL GROWTH.

SO THAT METHODOLOGY IS BASED ON A NUMBER OF FACTORS THAT WAS REVIEWED AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INPUT, INPUT FROM CITIES AND COUNTIES AND ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY

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NEXT SLIDE. SO THAT REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION OR YOUR ARENA IS ALSO BROKEN DOWN BY INCOME CATEGORY.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE PROVIDED GUIDANCE ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE NEED TO DEMONSTRATE CAN BE ACCOMMODATED, WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT PLANNING FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING THAT SERVE HOUSEHOLDS OF DIFFERENT INCOME.

SO EVERYONE FROM FIREFIGHTERS AND TEACHERS AND PEOPLE WORKING AT YOUR GROCERY STORE TO WORKING PROFESSIONALS AND EXECUTIVES, THEY ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN THAT REGIONAL HOUSING NEED.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THE CITY'S ARENA FOR THE 2021 TO 2029 PLANNING PERIOD IS 1346 UNITS, AND ABOUT HALF OF THOSE NEED TO BE DEMONSTRATED AS POTENTIALLY AFFORDABLE TO THOSE LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

AGAIN, THEIR WORKING PROFESSIONALS ENTRY LEVEL HOMES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE ARENA BROKEN DOWN ON THE SLIDE HERE.

IT'S ALSO, OF COURSE, INCLUDED IN THE ELEMENT.

NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CITY OF LA VERNE ITSELF IS NOT REQUIRED OR OBLIGATED TO BUILD HOUSING.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT SAYS AND IT'S NOT WHAT THE STATE REQUIRES, BUT WHAT THE STATE DOES REQUIRE AND WHAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT SETS THE STAGE FOR IS IDENTIFYING LAND IN THE CITY WITH EXISTING ZONING AND EXISTING GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS THAT ALLOW HOUSING TO BE DEVELOPED AND ALLOWING THE PRIVATE MARKET TO DEVELOP HOUSING OF ALL DIFFERENT TYPES AND SHAPES AND INCOMES.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WE'VE ALL LIVED PROBABLY IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING IN OUR OWN LIVES.

I KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT PREFER A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING AS A YOUNG WORKING PROFESSIONAL VERSUS RAISING A FAMILY OR INTO RETIREMENT.

SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS REALLY DESIGNED TO IDENTIFY THE NEED THAT A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS REALLY SERVES BOTH CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.

IT CAN ALSO SERVE AS A WONDERFUL TOOL TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITIES WHO CONTINUALLY IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR HAVING ADEQUATE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CLOSE TO JOBS AS BEING A KEY INDICATOR FOR LOCATIONS THAT THEY CHOOSE TO GROW AND EXPAND THEIR BUSINESSES EXCITE.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF KIND OF HOW DIFFERENT HOUSING LOOKS.

IT CAN BE SMALL, LIKE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

IT CAN BE YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IT CAN BE MULTIFAMILY OR APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS.

IT COULD BE PART OF MIXED USE PROJECTS WHERE THE GROUND FLOOR ARE OFFICES OR COMMERCIAL USES IN THE UPPER FLOORS OR RESIDENTIAL.

AND AFFORDABLE OR MARKET RATE UNITS OFTENTIMES LOOK VERY SIMILAR.

SO SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ARE THE ONE OF PROJECT IS 100% AFFORDABLE.

ONE PROJECT IS MARKET RATE AND YOU CAN SEE WITH GOOD QUALITY DESIGN AND GUIDANCE, THOSE PROJECTS CAN LOOK LOOK THE SAME FROM THE OUTSIDE.

SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT ITSELF IS ORGANIZED INTO TWO PRIMARY SECTIONS AND TWO APPENDICES.

SO THE FIRST PART IS YOUR HOUSING PLAN.

THAT'S THE FIRST 50 PAGES OR SO THAT CONTAINS YOUR GOALS, POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND OBJECTIVES OR YOUR GOALS IN TERMS OF NEW PRODUCTION OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.

AND THE BACKGROUND REPORT IS THE NEXT 200 PAGES OR SO THAT TALKS ABOUT THE CITY'S PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING YOUR GOALS AND PROGRAMS FROM YOUR PRIOR CYCLE, FROM YOUR FIFTH CYCLE. IT TALKS ABOUT YOUR CURRENT AND FUTURE HOUSING NEEDS.

IT IDENTIFIES AND EVALUATES CONSTRAINTS TO HOUSING.

IT EVALUATES YOUR HOUSING RESOURCES, INCLUDING THE LAND AVAILABLE, AS WELL AS AN ASSESSMENT OF FAIR HOUSING GOALS AND PROGRAMS. THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDES FIVE KEY GOALS LARGELY RELATED TO THOSE TOPIC AREAS I DISCUSSED EARLIER.

THE FIRST, ESSENTIALLY PRESERVING AND IMPROVING YOUR EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND NEIGHBORHOODS.

YOUR SECOND TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF DIFFERENT INCOMES AND SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE THIRD IS TO MINIMIZE GOVERNMENT CONSTRAINTS, TO MINIMIZE CONSTRAINTS TO THE MAINTENANCE IMPROVEMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING.

THE FOURTH IS A COMMUNITY WITH A DIVERSE RANGE OF HOUSING OPTIONS THAT MEETS THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC NEEDS OF EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS.

AND THE FIFTH, THE DUTY TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.

THE HOUSING PLAN ALSO INCLUDES A NUMBER OF SPECIFIC PROGRAMS THAT DIRECT THE CITY ON ACTIONS TO TAKE OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS TO IMPLEMENT THOSE GOALS.

THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDES 29 PROGRAMS. THEY ARE ORGANIZED INTO THE FIVE TOPIC AREAS RELATED TO THE GOALS I JUST MENTIONED.

24 OF THOSE PROGRAMS ARE LARGELY CARRY OVER PROGRAMS OF YOUR CURRENT HOUSING ELEMENT.

SO LA VERNE HAD ALREADY DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF BEING VERY SPECIFIC IN YOUR PROGRAMS, PROVIDING CLEAR DIRECTION ON EXPECTATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THOSE GOALS.

WE DID ADD A FIVE NEW PROGRAMS TO THE HOUSING PLAN, LARGELY TO ADDRESS STATE REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY'VE ALSO BEEN CUSTOMIZED TO MEET THE LOCAL NEEDS OF LA VERNE AS

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SO IF AN EXISTING AFFORDABLE UNIT WAS TO BE TRANSITIONED INTO A DIFFERENT USE IN THE FUTURE, THE CITY HAS AN OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT AFFORDABLE UNITS ARE REPLACED AT THE SAME INCOME LEVEL AS THEY'RE BEING AS THEY'RE BEING DISPLACED.

A PROGRAM TO DIRECT THE CITY AND STAFF SPECIFICALLY TO MONITOR PROGRESS TOWARDS MEETING YOUR ARENA AND ENSURING THAT ADEQUATE LAND REMAINS AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR ARENA THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PERIOD.

THERE IS A PROGRAM DIRECTING THE CITY ON HOW TO EVALUATE PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED ON SITES THAT HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ON YOUR INVENTORY FOR NUMEROUS CYCLES. SO THIS IS A PIECE OF THE STATE LEGISLATION THAT BASICALLY SAYS IF YOU KEEP PUTTING FORWARD THE SAME SITE OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND YOU KEEP SAYING THIS IS A GOOD SPOT FOR HOUSING, YOU NEED TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR HOUSING TO BE DEVELOPED THERE IF IF IT NEVER HAPPENS.

WE HAVE A SPECIFIC PROGRAM DEDICATED TO AFFIRMATIVELY FURTHERING FAIR HOUSING.

AND A LOT OF WAYS THIS PROGRAM JUST SUMMARIZES THE COMPONENTS OF OTHER PROGRAMS THAT SUPPORT THE FAIR HOUSING GOALS OF THE CITY.

AND THEN THERE IS A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND ENSURING THAT THAT UPDATE WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT ASIDE.

SO SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ON THE ARENA STRATEGY, WE ESSENTIALLY LOOK AT TWO KEY FACTORS.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE CITY'S CURRENT PROGRESS TOWARDS THE ARENA, SO PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THOSE WILL OBVIOUSLY COME ONLINE DURING THE PLANNING PERIOD. WE GET TO CONSIDER THOSE AS CREDITS TOWARDS THE ARENA AND THEN WE IDENTIFY AVAILABLE LAND TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR REMAINING RITA.

SO ANYTHING THAT WASN'T AVAILABLE TO BE ACCOMMODATED THROUGH THOSE CREDITS.

SO ACCOMMODATING YOUR REMAINING ARENA HERE IN LA VERNE ESSENTIALLY TAKES THREE APPROACHES.

THE FIRST IS TO LOOK AT PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED SO THEY'RE NOT YET APPROVED BUT WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD THROUGH THE PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS.

WE CAN LOOK TO THOSE AS POTENTIAL OPTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE A PORTION OF THE ARENA.

WE CAN LOOK TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS OR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.

THE STATE'S PROVIDED US METHODOLOGY ON HOW WE CAN QUANTIFY THAT.

ESSENTIALLY, WE TAKE AN AVERAGE OF THE PAST THREE YEARS, MULTIPLY THAT BY THE EIGHT YEAR PLANNING PERIOD.

WE HAVE A GOOD ESTIMATE OF THE NUMBER OF 80 YEARS WE MIGHT EXPECT BASED ON THAT HISTORY OF DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT SITES AVAILABLE IN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED, DESIGNATED AND ENTITLED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT VIA THE APPROVAL OF THAT SPECIFIC PLAN PREVIOUSLY.

SO AS ERIC HAD MENTIONED, JUST TO BE CRYSTAL CLEAR, THIS DEMONSTRATES THAT THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS SUFFICIENT LAND AVAILABLE AT YOUR EXISTING ZONING AND EXISTING GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATIONS TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR ARENA.

THAT DOESN'T PRECLUDE PROPERTY OWNERS FROM SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.

BUT WHAT THIS DOES IS SAY YOUR EXISTING PLANNING DOCUMENTS ALREADY SET THE STAGE TO ALLOW YOU TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR ARENA.

NO REZONING, NO RE DESIGNATIONS ARE REQUIRED AS IT RELATES TO ACCOMMODATING YOUR REGIONAL NEED FOR HOUSING.

EXIDE. THE INTENT IS THIS CERTAINLY NOT TO HAVE YOU READ ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN, BUT TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THESE STRATEGIES ALL WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND FOR DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDE THE CITY A SMALL SURPLUS OF SITES AVAILABLE TO ACCOMMODATE YOUR ARENA DURING THAT PLANNING PERIOD.

SO YOU HAVE A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM AS PROJECTS COME AND GO AND THE EXACT INCOME LEVELS ARE ESTABLISHED AS PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED.

AN EXHIBIT IS PROVIDED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THOSE SPECIFIC SITES AVAILABLE.

WE'VE DISTINGUISHED BETWEEN SITES OF DIFFERENT SIZES.

THEY ARE ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT INCOME INCOME CATEGORIES, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN AND INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT.

SO FROM HERE WE DID WE DID HEAR FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGAIN THAT RECOMMENDED WITH A31 VOTE WITH ONE.

ABSENT THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

WE'RE HERE, OBVIOUSLY, TONIGHT TO ALLOW YOU TO DELIBERATE, ASK STAFF OR MYSELF ANY QUESTIONS AND FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS.

WE HAVE COMPLETED MINOR TYPOGRAPHICAL EDITS.

THERE WERE TWO SPECIFIC MINOR TYPOS THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE CONTENT OR ANALYSIS OF THE ELEMENT THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.

ONE WAS ON THE LABEL OF OF AN EXHIBIT.

WE DID UPDATE THE NAME ON THAT LABEL.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A MINOR REVISION.

WE REFERENCED THE INCORRECT GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION ON A PRIOR PROJECT, AND WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND CORRECTED THAT.

THOSE ARE ALL PART OF THIS PUBLIC REVIEW PROCESS.

SO WE DON'T CHANGE THE DOCUMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT REVIEW PROCESS.

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SHOULD YOU SHOULD YOU ADOPT IT THAT WOULD THOSE CHANGES AND ANY OTHER DIRECTION YOU PROVIDE US WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT'S RETURNED TO THE STATE FOR THEIR FINAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL.

AND I DID WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED THAT APPROVAL CONDITIONALLY.

THAT IS BASED ON THE ELEMENT THAT THEY HAVE REVIEWED.

ANY SUBSEQUENT SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO STRATEGY PROGRAMS, CONTENT OR ANALYSIS, OBVIOUSLY THEY RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REOPEN THEIR REVIEW AND RECONSIDER ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THAT DRAFT.

SO THAT LETTER DEMONSTRATING THAT THE HOUSING ELEMENT IS IS IN COMPLIANCE IS BASED ON THE DOCUMENT AND THE REVISIONS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR YOU TONIGHT.

WITH THAT. WE ARE ALSO EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONFIRM THE LAND USE PLAN NOW THAT WE HAVE KIND OF AN ESTABLISHED APPROACH TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT. AND WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THROUGHOUT 2018 AND 19 TO REALLY DEVELOP THE REST OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN ELEMENT.

SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT ONCE WE CAN KIND OF CONCLUDE THE HOUSING ELEMENT FOCUSED WORK, WE'LL BE ABLE TO REENGAGE THE PUBLIC WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WITH YOURSELVES TO.

KIND OF PIVOT BACK TOWARDS THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND ULTIMATELY START THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND WORK ON THAT COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH SO THAT ALL OF THOSE POLICY DOCUMENTS REALLY WORK HAND IN HAND, AND THEY ARE ALL PREPARED FOR THE LATEST AND GREATEST STATE REQUIREMENTS AND SET THE STAGE FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

I DID WANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THIS IS MY CONCLUDING SLIDE THAT THE HOUSING PROGRAMS DO LAY OUT SOME SPECIFICS THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO MAINTAIN ITS CERTIFIED HOUSING ELEMENT.

SO EVERY YEAR, STAFF PREPARES AN ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT THAT TELLS THE STATE, WHAT DID WE DO THIS YEAR AND HOW DID WE IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAMS WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO IMPLEMENT? I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF DAYLIGHT A NUMBER OF UPDATES TO THE ZONING CODE THAT WILL NEED TO BE MADE IN ORDER FOR COMPLIANCE TO BE MAINTAINED.

THOSE ARE INCLUDED IN A SPECIFIC PROGRAM IN THE HOUSING PLAN.

THEY PRIMARILY RELATE TO THE WAY DIFFERENT USES ARE REGULATED OR PERMITTED, AND ULTIMATELY REDUCING THOSE GOVERNMENT'S CONSTRAINTS TO THE PRODUCTION AND AFFORDABILITY OF HOUSING. ALL OF THESE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW AND ARE REQUIRED TO BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS.

SO STAFF WOULD BE BRINGING THOSE FORWARD AS NECESSARY.

AND AGAIN, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN THAT CERTIFICATION.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL CERTAINLY BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GO TO A PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.

MR. GABALDON, YOU HAVE A CARD HERE.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

I WISH I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SEE THAT PRESENTATION BEFORE.

I THOUGHT ABOUT WHAT IS I WANTED TO SAY TONIGHT, BUT I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP IN PUBLIC COMMENT LATER ON TONIGHT.

I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO APPROVING LA VERNE HOUSING ELEMENT AS IT'S WRITTEN TODAY.

I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OR GROWTH.

I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY INTO THE CITY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO PUT £10 OF POTATOES IN A £5 BAG.

SO IN THAT SENSE, I GUESS I'M AGAINST FORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE CONTRIVED GROWTH THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.

I ACKNOWLEDGE THE STAFF HAS DONE THEIR BEST TO ENGAGE AND INVOLVE OUR COMMUNITY IN ITS COMPOSITION.

I KNOW THAT IT MEETS THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE STAFF REGARDING A COMPLIANT WORK PRODUCT.

I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY NOT KEEPING MOST LA VERNE FROM GETTING A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP TONIGHT, AND IT'S LIKELY MORE THAN 99% OF LA VERNE PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW THIS VOTE IS TAKING PLACE TONIGHT. SO IT'S UPON THIS COUNCIL IN YOUR OBLIGATION TO REPRESENT THE PEOPLE OF LA VERNE WHO LIVE DELIVER TODAY AND TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO VOTE ON IS NOT JUST IN THEIR BEST INTEREST, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE IN YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE OF YOUR OWN EFFORT, WHAT COMES OF YOUR VOTE TONIGHT.

SO PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DECISIONS IN YOUR TIME ON COUNCIL TODAY AND FOR TOMORROW WILL BE TO UNDERSTAND FOR YOURSELF WHAT YOU ARE POTENTIALLY SAYING YES TO FOR THE FUTURE OF LA VERNE.

SO AS THE THE CONSULTANT SAID, IT'S ABOUT THE NEXT TEN, 15, 20 YEARS.

WHAT WILL WE LOOK LIKE THEN IF WE OPEN THE DOOR TODAY? SO BY A YES VOTE TONIGHT, YOU AND MY EYES WILL BE VOTING TO ACQUIESCE TO THE OVERREACH THE STATE'S OFFICIALS WHO ARE PROMOTING AND SUBSIDIZING EXCESSIVE AND FORCED HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS. YOU'RE VOTING VOTING TO NOT PUT FORTH AN EFFORT TO RETAIN LOCAL CONTROL OF OUR CITY.

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THE LAST TIME I ASKED THE ANSWER PROVIDED WAS, QUOTE, THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN ADVISED BY THE CITY'S ATTORNEY OFFICE THAT ADOPTING ANY RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR ANY POTENTIAL FUTURE BALLOT MEASURE WOULD BE PREMATURE, AS THE EARLIEST ANYTHING WOULD BE ON THE BALLOT IS IN NOVEMBER 24, WHEN IT'S POSSIBLE THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE MADE UP OF NEW INDIVIDUALS WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS IN THE MATTER.

TRANSLATION WE WILL SIT BACK AND WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AND LET THE OTHERS DETERMINE OUR POLICY AND DO NOT WANT TO TAKE A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO RETAINING LOCAL CONTROL BECAUSE WE'RE OKAY. FOLLOWING SACRAMENTO.

BY VOTING YES, YOU'RE AGREEING TO A PLAN THAT USES RANDOM NUMBERS, A.K.A.

FAIR SHARE NUMBERS THAT WERE FRAUGHT WITH NEED FOR HOUSING.

NOBODY CAN SEEM TO PROVIDE OR ARTICULATE A FORMULA FOR THE NUMBERS.

NO LESS WERE FOUND BY THE STATE'S AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO BE UNRELIABLE AND POSE SERIOUS CREDIBILITY, A.K.A.

THE METHODOLOGY TO THEIR PROCESS CONCERNS.

BY VOTING YES, YOU'RE AGREEING TO BRING INTO LA VERNE FORCED HOUSING ELEMENTS THAT DO NOT ADDRESS OR PROVIDE A PROACTIVE PLAN OR SOLUTION TO THE EXISTING ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WILL AFFECT ALL LA VERNE.

THESE ARE NUMEROUS AND ONGOING AND DO NOT INCLUDE THE FAIRPLEX IMPACT.

MR. GABALDON, IF YOU COULD COMPLETE YOUR THOUGHTS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

YOU'RE AT 3 MINUTES.

OKAY. MAYBE WE SHOULD GET A CLOCK HERE SO WE CAN SEE ACTUALLY WHERE THE TIME IS.

BUT I'LL ASK THAT YOU DIG DEEP AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO SEE WHERE THIS IS GOING.

AND THEN SINCE YOU ALL LIVE HERE AND YOU'RE ALL IMPACTED ON YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS BY WHAT THIS WILL BRING DOWN THE ROAD THAT YOU VOTE.

NO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? MS.. BEAUCHAMP.

AT THE MOMENT, I'M I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ANOTHER RESIDENT IN THE CITY.

HE'S A LA VERNE RESIDENT WHO WROTE A LETTER TO THE CITY PERTAINING TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

HE SUBMITTED THE LETTER IN TIME FOR THE LETTER TO BECOME PUBLIC RECORD AND BE INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA PACKET.

TO HIS EXTREME DISAPPOINTMENT, THE LETTER WAS NOT INCLUDED.

THAT IS WHEN HE CONTACTED ME AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD READ THE MAIN POINTS OF HIS LETTER ON BEHALF.

I TOLD HIM THAT I TOO WAS DISAPPOINTED HIS LETTER WAS NOT PROPERLY PROCESSED AND EXPLAINED.

THAT HAD HAS HAPPENED TO ME IN THE PAST AS WELL.

HERE ARE MR. ARAGON'S COMMENTS.

STATE LAW REQUIRES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO PREPARE AN INVENTORY OF LAND SUITABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING VACANT SITES AND SITES, HAVING THE POTENTIAL FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF ZONING AND PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES TO THESE SITES.

THE INVENTORY OF LAND SUITABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS USED TO IDENTIFY SITES THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED FOR HOUSING WITHIN THE PLANNING PERIOD.

THE 2023 TO 2029 HOUSING ELEMENT IS THE CITY'S HOUSING PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES THE GOALS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THE CITY WILL IMPLEMENT TO ADDRESS CONSTRAINTS AND NEEDS.

THE CITY'S OVERARCHING OBJECTIVE IS TO ENSURE THAT DECENT, SAFE HOUSING IS AVAILABLE TO ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AT A COST THAT IS WITHIN REACH OF THE DIVERSE ECONOMIC SEGMENTS THAT COMPRISE LA VERNE.

TO PROMOTE A VARIETY OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT ACCOMMODATE THE NEEDS OF ALL INCOME LEVELS OF POPULATION, WHICH INCLUDES LA VERNE FAIR SHARE OF EXTREMELY LOW, VERY LOW AND LOW TO MODERATE INCOME HOUSING.

BY PROMOTING THE CITY'S PROGRAM OF DENSITY BONUSES AND INCENTIVES, HE NORMALLY DOES NOT AGREE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, MR. ELLISON, THOMAS ELLISON, AND SOME OF HIS OPINIONS.

BUT IN THIS CASE, IT IS TIME TO PUT A VIABLE PLAN TOGETHER AND GET A BEAUTIFUL HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AND RETAIL SHOPS PLAN TOGETHER FOR THE DEFUNCT SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE. WHILE SELF LA VERNE IS CARRYING THE BURDEN OF THE MOST OF THE MOBILE HOME PARKS AND LOW INCOME HOUSING, IT IS TIME FOR NORTH LA VERNE TO GET IN ON THE ACTION AND CARRY ITS FAIR SHARE OF THIS BURDEN, ESPECIALLY WITH THE IDEAL LOCATION.

TRANSPORTATION TO THESE AREAS WOULD BE EASY.

TRANSIT, BUSSING OR TROLLEY SYSTEM WOULD LOOP FROM FOOTHILL TO WHEELER TO GOLDEN HILLS BACK DOWN ESPERANZA TROLLEY SYSTEM WOULD PROVIDE SERVICE UP AND DOWN WHEELER TO ARROW HIGHWAY UTILIZING THE CENTER MEDIAN MUCH LIKE A TRAM RIDE.

INCORPORATING IT WITH THE NEW METROLINK GOLD LINE TERMINAL WITH A DROP OFF ZONE WHEELER AND GOLDEN HILLS.

THIS WILL PUT LA VERNE MILES AHEAD OF THE CURVE AND PROVIDE JOBS AND TAX BASE MONIES COMING INTO OUR CITY.

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THE REALITY IS CITIES ARE BECOMING MORE POPULATED AND WE NEED TO GROW RESPONSIBLY WITH THE TIMES AND GET AHEAD OF THIS AND PROSPER AT THE SAME TIME.

JUST TO BE PREPARED, I BELIEVE THE MAYOR, MR. HEPBURN, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MS..

BOWCOCK SHOULD CONTACT THE CONTRACTORS WHO ARE BUILDING THE PROJECT ON FRUIT STREET AND AMHERST AND SCHEDULE, AND ALSO THE SCHEDULED CONTRACTOR FOR POMONA PROJECT AND THE PASEO, AS WELL AS THE OWNER OF THE SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE COUNTRY CLUB, AND BRING ALL PARTIES TOGETHER FOR A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER. ANYONE WHO LOVES OUR CITY SHOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THIS AMBITIOUS AND WORTHWHILE UNDERTAKING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MR. J. ARAGON. THANK YOU, MR. BEAUCHAMP. AND NOW I HAVE MY OWN COMMENT.

WE KIND OF GAVE YOU 3 MINUTES, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME TIME, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

IN BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 17TH AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT TOOK MEETING THAT TOOK PLACE ON NOVEMBER 2ND, IT WAS STATED BY MR. SCHERER THAT THE CITY HAD MET THEIR OBLIGATIONS BY OFFERING WORKSHOPS AND HAVING MEETINGS WITH MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SEVERAL OF THE WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED VIA ZOOM, WHICH WAS AT THE BEGINNING AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, WHERE ATTENDANCE WAS DISMAL.

ACCORDING TO THE 2020 U.S.

CENSUS, THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS 31,334 RESIDENTS.

THE GENERAL PLAN SURVEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS, ONLY 25 PEOPLE REPLIED TO THAT SURVEY.

I MEAN, LET'S STOP AND THINK ABOUT THAT.

25 PEOPLE OUT OF 31,000, THAT IS 8/10 OF ONE.

IT'S NOT EVEN ONE FULL PERCENT OF THE CITY.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT YOU HAVE EIGHT MOBILE HOME COMPLEXES WITHIN OUR CITY FOR A TOTAL OF 1754 TOTAL SPACES.

ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE SURVEY WAS WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING DO YOU RESIDE IN? NOT ONE PERSON IN THAT SURVEY STATED THEY LIVED IN A MOBILE HOME.

SO AGAIN, HOW IS THIS MEETING THE OBLIGATION WHEN THE CITY OMITTED AN ENTIRE DEMOGRAPHIC OF THE CITY? THIS IS MOST CERTAINLY DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST THE ELDERLY, AS SIX OF THE EIGHT MOBILE HOME PARKS ARE FOR SENIORS 55 PLUS.

I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED, AS THE MR. CAPUANO STATED AT THE OCTOBER 17TH MEETING, THAT THE CITY WAS IN, QUOTE, A GREAT POSITION AND DID A GREAT JOB PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

YET TODAY I RECEIVED COPIES UNDER THE CPA ACT OF THE THREAT THAT WAS POSED TO THE CITY.

IF THEY DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA ARENA NUMBERS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THOSE TWO CAN EXIST.

AT THE SAME TIME, IF THE CITY IS IN GOOD POSITION, HOW IS IT THAT SOMEONE, REGARDLESS OF WHO THEY ARE, CAN JUST COMPLAIN AND SAY THAT WE'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE? AT THAT SAME PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS AN ACTUAL COMMISSIONER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE GENERAL PLAN.

THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE KEY ELEMENTS IN ASSISTING THE CITY COUNCIL IN MAKING DECISIONS ON RECOMMENDING OR DENYING PROJECTS WHICH THEY FEEL ARE GOOD OR BAD FOR THE CITY. SO IF THEY ARE UNABLE TO DETERMINE BETWEEN THE TWO AND MAKE A DECISION, HOW IS THAT AN ACCURATE DECISION FOR YOU TO BASE YOUR VOTE ON TODAY? THIS EXAMPLE SUPPORTS MY REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL WORKSHOP OR EDUCATION FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, YOU HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS POSED BY YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

MANY OF US HAVE ATTENDED THESE MEETINGS PERTAINING SPECIFICALLY TO THE HOUSING ELEMENT, YET HAVE YET TO RECEIVE RESPONSES TO THEIR OUR EMAILS.

MS.. BEAUCHAMP, IF YOU COULD WRAP IT UP, I UNDERSTAND.

I BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO RESOLVE THIS IS TO HAVE EACH COUNCIL MEMBER OFFER A WORKSHOP WITHIN THEIR DISTRICT AND HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF CITY STAFF AND OR MS..

TRAPIANTO OR SOMEONE FROM HER COMPANY TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND UNDERSTAND THE MAGNITUDE AND LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE CITY SISTERS CEASE WITH THE INTENTIONAL DISREGARD FOR REQUESTS FROM THE RESIDENTS AND ACCOMMODATE US AND OFFER A WORKSHOP, COMMUNITY FORUM OR STUDY SESSION TO FURTHER EDUCATE THE RESIDENTS AS THEY ARE THE ONES WHO WILL BE FORCED TO LIVE WITH YOUR DECISION THAT WILL AFFECT ALL RESIDENTS CITYWIDE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEAUCHAMP. THE SANDERSON.

THESE PEOPLE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

I GUESS IT'S NICE TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF BURN AND IF THERE'S A FIRE OR AN EARTHQUAKE, THEY CAN JUST TAKE A ROAD AND GET OUT OF THERE.

WE LIVE IN A HIGH FIRE AREA IN NORTH LA VERNE, EXTREMELY FINE HIGH FIRE AREA.

WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY MOST OF THE PEOPLE.

WELL SAID. NOT AT THIS TIME.

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BUT THE REST OF YOU SAID YOU WILL NEVER REZONE THAT AREA.

OKAY. AND I'M HOLDING PEOPLE TO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF THAT AREA.

WE HAVE TWO MAIN ROADS AND AND IT'S FULL OF WILD, WILD LAND AROUND THERE.

IF YOU TRY TO GET OFF OF GOLDEN HILLS AND GO DOWN ESPERANZA TO THE TWO SIDES OF THAT TURN IS ALL IS JUST WILD.

IF THAT CAUGHT ON FIRE, YOU CAN'T EVEN GET DOWN THAT ROAD.

SO NOW WE JUST GOT WHEELER TO GO DOWN.

YOU START BUILDING UP THERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A SITUATION LIKE THAT CITY, PLEASANTVILLE OR WHATEVER.

PEOPLE DYING IN THEIR CARS TO GET OUT OF THERE.

BECAUSE WE HAVE TO HAVE WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE COME UP, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY SERVICES AND WE HAVE TO GET DOWN.

YOU BUILD ON THAT GOLF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO BE RIDICULOUS TO GET OUT OF THERE.

YOU CAN'T BUILD ANOTHER ROAD DOWN.

YOU CAN'T BUILD DOWN THE GOLF COURSE THAT'S NOW WE'RE HITTING COUNTY.

AND WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO END UP ON THE MIDDLE OF BASELINE ROAD.

IT'S GOING TO BE DISASTER.

SO THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THEY NEED TO GO UP THERE AND LOOK, IT'S NICE TO LIVE IN THE MIDDLE OF LEARN WHERE YOU CAN TAKE A CAR, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR CAR TO POMONA, OR YOU CAN GO TO SAN DIMAS OR GO GO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THERE.

WE COULDN'T GET OUT.

IT'S BAD. WE'VE HAD FIRES UP THERE.

WE WERE ALMOST EVACUATED.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I'M THINKING? HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE? WE HAVE TO GET ALL OUR STUFF TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, EVACUATION IS A HARD THING TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.

YOU'VE GOT TO KNOW WHAT TO TAKE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO GET IN YOUR CAR AND TRY TO GET OUT OF THERE WITH WITH A FIRE LIKE THAT COMING.

SAN SAN DIMAS ROAD IS NOT A ROAD TO GET DOWN.

THAT'S A WINDY, TINY ROAD.

AND WHERE DOES THE FIRE COME DOWN SAN DIMAS CANYON.

THAT'S WHERE IT COMES FROM. IT GOES SANDY'S MIS CANYON.

THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY OUT OF THERE.

DOWN THE HILL. AND TO PUT ANY HOUSES ON THAT GOLF COURSE.

WHO THE HELL DO WE HAVE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION? DO THEY NOT DRIVE LA VERNE AND SEE WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE THEY SAY SOMETHING? THAT'S RIDICULOUS. WE DON'T NEED PEOPLE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT HAS AN AGENDA.

WE NEED PEOPLE IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT CAN PLAN AND LOOK, LOOK BEFORE THEY START TALKING.

SO IF MR. CASH. MR. HEPBURN, THOSE ARE YOUR DISTRICTS.

I WANT TO KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING HAPPENING UP THERE, AND I'LL GET ALL OF THE FIVE 500,000 PEOPLE AT THE MEETING, BECAUSE IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS THAT SOMEBODY WOULD EVEN SAY THAT ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WHO DO THEY THINK THERE ARE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS? MS.. BRAINARD. EVENING.

MY NAME IS BRIANNA.

I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THE HOUSE ELEMENT SINCE I WENT TO LAST WEDNESDAY.

THE FAIR PLAN, FAIR GROUND PLAN IN POMONA.

ONE TO VISIT THERE. THERE'S VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, VERY CLEAR.

I WAS HAPPY TO SEE THEY STILL KEEP THE FARM.

THEY STILL KEEP SOME, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY LIKE A CHANGE EVERYTHING.

SO THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.

HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE LIKE THAT.

LET RESIDENT COME TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

MR. BRAINARD DID. THIS IS NOT FOR THE I KNOW.

I JUST WANT TO COMPARE THAT SO BECAUSE BUT THE MOST I THOUGHT I SEE I SAW AS A MOST RESIDENT WHEN THERE IS THIS COMPLAINT AND HAVE A NEGATIVE COME AND BECAUSE THEY THINK WHERE'S THE WATER COME FROM WITH LACK OF WATER, WHERE'S THE ELECTRIC COME FROM? IF YOU PUT LIKE A SUCH A CITY PUT INSIDE AND THEN HOW ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.

SO THAT'S THE MOST THEY'RE CONCERN.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M TONIGHT I HAVE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE THIS ABOUT OUR CITY SOMETHING IS KIND OF SIMILAR BECAUSE ONE CITY DEVELOP HAVE MORE HOUSING COMING THAT MEANS MORE POPULATION.

SO NOW WE HAVE A 30,000 NOT REALLY MUCH PEOPLE AS A GOOD CITY, BUT IF THE HOUSING COMING I HEARD ABOUT IS PRETTY MUCH UP TO 10,000 PEOPLE IN COME IN A YEAR, MAYBE MORE THAN THAT.

SO I HAVE SOME CONCERN.

HOW ABOUT THE TRAFFIC? HOW ABOUT THE WATER? HOW ABOUT THE ELECTRIC? RIGHT. AND THEN ALSO, I WAS DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THE COMMISSION MAKE A DECISION FOR THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

I SUPPORT THE RESIDENT TO REFUSE THAT HOUSING PROJECT AND ALSO IMPLEMENT.

I REALLY PROPOSED A FOOT FOOT STREET, THAT 50 UNIT NEXT TO LUTON HIGH SCHOOL.

THE MOST CONCERN IS TRAFFIC.

BUT ACTUALLY WE DIDN'T REALLY TAKE ANY ANY COMMENT WAS STILL KEEP A 50 UNIT.

SO THAT MEANS OUR COMMENT IS REALLY MEAN NOTHING TO THEM.

SO THAT'S REALLY MADE ME SO DISAPPOINTED.

SO I'M THINKING IF TODAY IS A HEARING, THAT MEANS THAT YOU GUYS WILL STILL LISTEN TO SOME VOICES FROM THE RESIDENT.

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MAYBE BECAUSE THE SMALL CITY, LESS POPULATION, BETTER LIFE QUALITY, BUT WITH THE HOUSING PROJECT, HAVE MORE HOUSING COME IN, THE QUALITY WILL BE DIFFERENT. I STILL REMEMBER MY HOUSE JUST REMODEL 500 FEET THREE YEARS AGO.

WE HAVE TWO HERE IN HERE.

I SAY WHAT? WHAT A BIG DEAL.

WHY IS IT SUCH A WASTE OF RESOURCE? BUT THAT IS REALLY RESPECT.

MY NEIGHBORS. THEY COME TO SAY, REALLY HOUSE COULD PUT 500 FEET OR NOT, SO THEY HAD RIGHT TO SAY THAT.

BUT IN THE FUTURE I COULDN'T SAY NO TO ANY NEIGHBOR AROUND ME.

THEY BUILD A TWO STOREY APARTMENT NEXT TO MY HOUSE AND THEN HAVE A NORMAL PRIVACY.

THAT IS WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.

SO I HOPE THAT NEW COUNCIL MEMBER HERE CASH STEPHEN AND THEN WE RESPECT YOU, MAYOR AND THEN US.

SO ALL HE, HE PEOPLE HERE, WE RESPECT YOU GUYS, BUT WHEN EVERY DECISION YOU'RE MAKING IS REALLY ALL ABOUT RESIDENTS FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND WE ALSO LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

ICE ON THE LINE. LET'S GO TO THE.

SO, MR. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO GO TO MARCUS BAISLEY FIRST AND THEN I'LL CALL MR. BOWEN SINCE WE HAD THE AUDIO ISSUE.

GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARCUS BAISLEY.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE CARPENTERS UNION AND I LIVE.

AND I WORK IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THE CITY SHOULD USE OR THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE THAT THE PROJECTS BE BUILT BY CONTRACTORS THAT WILL HIRE LOCALLY, PAY PREVAILING WAGES, AND UTILIZE APPRENTICES FROM A STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING PROGRAM.

WORKFORCE REQUIREMENTS REDUCE CONSTRUCTION RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS WHILE BENEFITING THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.

IN A 2020 REPORT TITLED CUT IN CALIFORNIA ON THE HIGH ROAD A JOBS AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN FOR 2030, THE CALIFORNIA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD CONCLUDED THAT INVESTMENTS IN GROWING, DIVERSIFYING AND UPSKILLING CALIFORNIA'S WORKFORCE CAN POSITIVELY AFFECT RETURNS ON CLIMATE MITIGATION EFFORTS.

THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RECENTLY FOUND THAT LOCAL HIGHER REQUIREMENTS CAN RESULT IN AIR POLLUTANT REDUCTIONS.

RECENTLY, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA REITERATED ITS COMMITMENT TOWARDS ENCOURAGING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AFFORDABILITY THROUGH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HIGH ROADS ACT OF 2022, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ASSEMBLY BILL NUMBER 2011, WHICH REQUIRES THAT PROJECTS PAY WORKERS OR PREVAILING WAGE AND HIRE FROM STATE CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIP APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS FOR PROJECTS, MEETING CERTAIN SITING AFFORDABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.

MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THAT IS MY STATEMENT FOR TONIGHT.

I CAN HEAR YOU.

I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKER. OKAY? WE. SHE.

YOUR BONES. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. HELLO.

HI. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY. YOU'RE LIVE WITH THE COUNCIL.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I CERTAINLY SUPPORT JOE LIEBERMAN'S COMMENT.

I LOOKED AT THE PRESENTATION THAT NIGHT AND A COUPLE OF THINGS POPPED OUT TO ME IS THAT IT APPEARS THAT.

ALREADY FULLY 50% OF THE FUTURE HOUSING HAS TO BE DESIGNATED TO EXTREME LOW INCOME.

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SO 60% OF FUTURE BUILDING HAS TO BE DEDICATED TO EITHER EXTREMELY LOW OR LOW INCOME HOUSING FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THAT SEEMS VERY ODD.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW MANY OTHER CITIES.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE 60% OF THEIR FUTURE HOUSING DEDICATED TO THAT INCOME GROUP.

LA VERNE HAS PRIDED ITSELF FOR YEARS ON BEING A UNIQUE BEDROOM TYPE COMMUNITY.

THIS CERTAINLY BLOWS THAT UP.

FOUR COUNCIL PEOPLE HAVE SAID IN THE PAST.

THAT THEY WOULD NEVER VOTE TO REDEVELOP.

THE. DEAR LA VERNE GULF COAST AREA.

AND IN FACT, I BELIEVE COUNCILPERSON LYLES SAID WHEN ASKED.

SHE SAID, NOT AT THIS TIME.

AND THAT WAS THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN HE FIRST RAN.

SO. IT JUST APPEARS THAT WE ARE BEING FORCED TO BECOME A CITY.

THAT. WE'VE.

WE'VE TRIED.

TO BE A STELLAR STUDY IN THE PAST.

AND THIS SAYS, NO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE OR MAYBE WORSE.

THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO COMMENT IS.

HOW WOULD THE CITY LOOK? IF THIS WAS THE PLANNING 15 YEARS AGO.

I THINK OUR CITY WOULD LOOK.

DEFINITIVELY DIFFERENT THAN IT LOOKS TODAY.

I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE MR. ALLISON AND PATRICIA SWEETMAN.

GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE THING CLEAR.

I ACTUALLY SENT IN A LETTER THAT DETAILS THE REASON FOR MY NO VOTE.

BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T CONFLATE ISSUES.

MR. ARAGON'S POSITION IS NOT THE SAME AS MINE, ALTHOUGH HE MAY ALIGN WITH MY POSITION.

THAT IS NOT WHAT I AM ADVOCATING FOR.

AND IN FACT, THE REASONS I'M ADVOCATING FOR A NO VOTE ARE SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE CONCENTRATION OF THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ONE TRACT.

NOT NECESSARILY THAT ANY PARTICULAR PART OF THE CITY NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED AT THIS POINT.

SO JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT POINT CLEAR IN CASE MS..

ANDERSON BELIEVED THAT THAT WAS A POINT BEING MADE BY MY NO VOTE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR TAKING MY CALL.

AFTER LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION AND OTHER COMMENTS, I SEE A VERY DISJOINTED REVIEW OF OUR HOUSING SITUATION AND OUR PLAN OF GROWTH.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRICAL BUILT IN, IF WE DON'T HAVE THE ROADWAYS BUILT IN.

I THINK WE ARE LOSING A LOT OF WHAT THE CITY IS ABOUT AND THE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FOR EXISTING AS WELL AS FUTURE RESIDENTS.

I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE NO AT THIS UNTIL AN ALL ENCOMPASSING REVIEW OF NOT ONLY HOUSING BUT ALL THE OTHER UTILITIES AND ROADWAYS CAN ALSO BE CONSIDERED SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PARADISE SITUATION, WHICH HAS BEEN POINTED OUT COULD VERY EASILY HAPPEN HERE.

AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE A NO VOTE ON THIS.

THANK YOU.

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YOU SAID WHAT I JUST SAID.

I DIDN'T MISSPEAK AROUND ANYWAY, SO.

GALLEGOS. GOOD EVENING. YES.

YVONNE GALLEGOS RESIDENT.

LOREN, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY BECAUSE MR. BOWMAN STATED SOME FACTS ABOUT 60% BEING VERY LOW INCOME AND LOW INCOME, WHICH ISN'T THE CASE.

IT IS 48 AND A HALF PERCENT.

I. TOOK THESE SCREENSHOTS FROM THE LAST MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2ND, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE BEEN UPDATED SINCE, SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M NOT EXACTLY ACCURATE.

SO 48 AND A HALF PERCENT OF THE CITY'S MEAN IS DEDICATED TO VERY LOW OR LOW INCOME HOUSING, BUT NOT TO BE.

ALSO DONE BY THE 469 UNITS THAT ARE ABOVE MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.

AND THEN JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE VERY LOW INCOME GOES UP TO $59,100, WHICH IS ABOUT $30 PER HOUR, WHICH IS. I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S $30 AN HOUR.

THAT'S A THAT'S SAD THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AN INCOME THAT PEOPLE HAVE.

AND IT'S CONSIDERED VERY LOW INCOME.

LOW INCOME GOES FROM 59,000 UP TO 94,600.

AND I YEAH, AGAIN, IT'S SAD TO SAY THAT THAT UP TO 94,000 IS CONSIDERED LOW INCOME.

SO I'D ASK YOU TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, AGAIN THE CITY RESIDENTS AND WHAT THOSE SALARIES ARE.

I KNOW WHAT MY SALARY IS.

I LIVE HERE IN LA VERNE.

I HAVE OFTEN SAID THAT I'M VERY LUCKY THAT I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY IN 2013 AS OPPOSED TO IN 2020 BECAUSE I, WITH MY INCOME, WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE HERE.

AND I REALLY WOULD HATE TO THINK THAT PEOPLE OF MY INCOME WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD HERE IN LA VERNE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS GAYLE.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT NOW AND BRING IT UP THE DAIS.

COUNCIL MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY.

SO THIS IS AH, THIS IS NOT NEW TO US.

AND THIS HAS COME TO US A LOT.

AND I DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS TO OUR PLAN.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE, THE GROUP THAT HAS HELPED DEVELOP IT, AND ESPECIALLY TO MR. SHEAR. HE'S HELPED ME EDUCATE ME ON THIS HOUSING PROJECT ABOUT WHAT WAS IT, ABOUT 590 PAGES ON THIS REPORT AND APPRECIATE.

I FEEL THAT I TOOK A CLASS FOR THIS AND AND SHOULD SHOULD RECEIVE AT LEAST A DEGREE OR SOMETHING.

SO I JUST THANK YOU FOR THAT.

LIKE A CERTIFICATE. YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT A HAPPY FACE ON IT TO GIVE YOU THIS.

BUT BUT AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT OUR STAFF HAS DONE ON IT AND ABOUT THE ZONING IS NOT TO BE RE ZONED.

THERE'S NO MENTION IN THIS PLAN TO TO REZONE SIERRA LA VERNE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY NO MENTION IN THIS PLAN TO REZONE ANY PART OF LA VERNE AND CHANGE THE ZONING IN LA VERNE.

SO THAT'S WHAT MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR TO A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT WERE LISTENING AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO HAVE COME OUT.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LAW.

I WANT TO ECHO MAYOR PRO TEM COMMENTS FOR THANKS AND GRATITUDE FOR THE WORK.

IT WAS NOT A IT'S NOT BEEN AN EASY PROJECT OR A PURSUIT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ON TOP OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

I THINK MY ONLY COMMENTS, OTHER THAN SENDING MY THANKS TO STAFF IS ALSO THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING ENGAGED AND BEARING WITH US AS WE MOVE THROUGH ALL OF THIS.

AND THEN I THINK A COMMENT FOR US AND THEN FOR FUTURE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WE GO FORWARD.

THERE IS NOTHING, YOU KNOW, REALLY BEFORE US OTHER THAN A HOUSING ELEMENT THAT DENOTES WHAT IS POSSIBLE.

YOU KNOW, THERE IS NO THERE'S NO DEVELOPER HERE TODAY TO SAY, THIS IS WHAT I'M BUILDING, THIS IS WHAT I'M NOT BUILDING.

BUT I DO THINK IT'S A REMINDER AS WE LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY BUT OUR OUR COUNTY AND OUR STATE IS THAT WE'RE INTENTIONAL WHEN THOSE OPPORTUNITIES DO COME

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GALLAGHER'S POINT, I THINK THAT THE TERMS LOW INCOME OR EXTREMELY LOW INCOME HAVE A NEGATIVE CONNOTATION WHEN IN REALITY, WHEN YOU LOOK AT 59,000, I KNOW WHAT I STARTED MAKING AS A YOUNG PROFESSIONAL, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THE FACT THAT MY PARENTS HAD MONEY TO HELP ME OUT TO PUT THE DOWN PAYMENT ON MY HOUSE, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE HERE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY AS A SINGLE WOMAN.

AND SO I JUST WANT PEOPLE TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THAT, THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BEING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY AND REALLY OPENING DOORS, WE'RE OPENING DOORS TO YOUNG FAMILIES.

WE'RE OPENING DOORS TO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, YOUNG LABORERS, YOUNG WORKERS THAT WANT TO START THEIR FAMILIES AND GROW IN A BEAUTIFUL PLACE LIKE LAVERNE.

AND SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT TOGETHER? SO I THINK THAT'S JUST A REMINDER TO US AS DEVELOPMENTS COME TO US, HOW ARE WE HOW ARE WE BEING INTENTIONAL AND THOUGHTFUL IN THAT IN DETERMINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DETERMINING PLACEMENT AND DETERMINING HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE NEEDS ACROSS THE CITY.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO STAFF, THANK YOU TO THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING ENGAGED.

I APPRECIATE I'VE LEARNED A LOT FROM A LOT OF YOU.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

I CAN'T SPEAK LOUD. IT'S THE TIME.

OH, SORRY.

THANKS, DEAR. THANKS, DARA.

I WANT TO ECHO WENDY.

WE GOT OUR STARTER HOME.

HERE. IT WASN'T EASY.

WE HAD HELP FROM PARENTS TO GET STARTED IN LA VERNE.

I APPRECIATE THAT VERY, VERY MUCH.

AND LOOKING AT MY OWN CHILDREN, THEY STILL HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE THEIR FIRST HOME.

SO WE DO NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, NOT NECESSARILY LOW, LOW INCOME HOUSING.

I'M SURE WE HAVE A NEED FOR THAT AS WELL, BUT.

FOR OUR CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS TOWN.

THAT'S IMPORTANT.

AND THEY NEED THOSE STARTER HOMES JUST LIKE WE'VE HAD.

I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT STAFF HAS DONE GETTING US TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.

I THINK THAT'S A VERY LOFTY GOAL AND YOU'VE SUCCEEDED.

I APPRECIATE THAT AND I APPRECIATE THE WORK ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET THIS TO US.

LIKE A. CUSTOMER CASH.

THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING MY WIFE, WE WERE GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND SHE'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT? I WANT TO WISH I COULD JUST MY WIFE'S NOT.

SHE'S A COMPLETE INTROVERT AND I LIKE ME.

AND SHE SAID, I LIKE TO KEEP LA VERNE LA VERNE.

AND THAT JUST HIT ME, YOU KNOW, FOR MY WIFE.

NEVER REALLY, REALLY MUCH TO COMMENT.

I TOLD HER, WELL, YOU KNOW, LEBANON'S A GREAT TOWN.

I GREW UP HERE AS A KID. AND I REMEMBER IT WAS WAS FIVE OF US IN ONE APARTMENT RIGHT HERE ON COLLEGE.

AND I UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS TO WORK HARD.

AND I THINK I THINK THE MILITARY FORGIVE ME, MY VA LOAN TO PURCHASE MY HOME.

THANK GOD FOR THAT EVERY DAY.

BUT ANY PERCEPTION OF CHANGE IN THIS CITY, I'M NOT GOING TO DO.

I LOVE THE CITY AND I LOVE WHEN PEOPLE COME TO THE CITY TO LA VERNE THE ONLY THING I'D LOVE TO CHANGE, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A BIG ENOUGH SIGN TO SAY, WELCOME TO LA VERNE.

SO I WANT TO DO I WANT TO KEEP LIVING.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK FROM OUR STAFF FOR HOURS ON END.

AND I'M SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU. SOMETIMES I GO IN WITH SOME CRAZY QUESTIONS AND IDEAS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK.

BUT I ALSO SERVE YOU.

I SAID THE PEOPLE HERE. CITY OF LA VERNE.

AND A MAN OF MY WORD.

AND I KNOW THERE'S ONLY A FEW OF US.

THERE'S NOT 33,000, 33,134, I THINK WAS SAID HERE TODAY.

BUT I'VE GONE AND I DO IT EVERY SINGLE WEEK.

I GET OUT THERE AND I TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY, TELL THEM WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IN LA VERNE AND THEY ALL SAY, DON'T KEEP LA VERNE NO ONE SAID ANYTHING ELSE.

SO I REMEMBER THE LAST COMMENT I HAD FROM AN AMAZING MAIN CITY LADY THAT LIVES HERE.

SO SOMETIMES I JUST LIKE TO GO OUTSIDE AND LOOK OUT THE WINDOW AND JUST KIND OF SEE THE MOUNTAINS.

YOU GOT IT. SO IT IS WHAT IT IS.

SO I'M HERE TO SERVE YOU.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.

I APPRECIATE ALL ALL OF OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS AND I DO APPRECIATE THE RESIDENTS COMMENTS.

I REALLY APPRECIATE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR SHARE AND HIS STAFF AND ALSO DE NOVO PLANNING.

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG TIME COMING.

THIS WASN'T OVERNIGHT, AND IT MAY SEEM LIKE IT WAS ONLY A FEW RESIDENTS THAT THAT PARTICIPATED.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDES AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THERE WAS QUITE A FEW RESIDENTS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THIS.

AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ELEMENT.

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WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH THE THE COMPLIANCE.

BUT I THINK ON THIS ONE, I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

I, I JUST AS COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON STATED TO THAT, I REMEMBER MY FIRST HOME IN LAVERNE AND THANK GOD THAT THERE WAS AN ASSUMED BILL LOAN BECAUSE THE INTEREST RATES WERE 22%, 21%, AND WE ASSUMED 11%.

WE THOUGHT THAT WAS ABSOLUTELY THE GREATEST THING SINCE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM.

BUT AND NOW AND NOW TWO OF MY CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PURCHASE HOMES.

MY THIRD CHILD THAT JUST GOT MARRIED.

THAT'S NOT SO EASY NOW.

AND WE WANT TO TRY TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE FOR EVERYONE BUT NOT LOSE THE CHARACTER OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.

I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

AND EVERYONE IS WELCOME IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK WITH THIS ELEMENT AND YES, A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS DOWN ON THE ARROW CORRIDOR DOWN THERE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE GOLD LINE IS.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE GOLD LINE, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION.

IT'S FOR THAT AND DEVELOP THAT AREA DOWN THERE AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE DEVELOPERS WILL HAVE A HAND TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO HAVE AN AFFORDABLE ELEMENT IN THAT.

SO I THINK EVERYONE IT WAS QUITE AN EFFORT AND I DO I DO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

ON THAT, I NEED A MOTION.

I MOVE SOME OF TO PASS THE HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN.

SECOND. THANK YOU.

TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION 2277.

THANK YOU. SECOND.

VOTE, PLEASE.

[7. OTHER MATTERS]

OTHER MATTERS. APPROVAL OF CITY MANAGER AGREEMENT.

ONLY TWO TRIES, AND I GOT THE MIKE.

SECURITY KRESS WILL BE TAKING THIS WINTER.

YES, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE.

THE CITY COUNCIL HAS SELECTED THE NEXT CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS KEN DORMER, AND TONIGHT PRESENTING HIS CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT, THE COUNCIL.

HAD NEGOTIATIONS WITH MR. DELMAR. I WAS GIVEN A LIST OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS TO PUT INTO AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.

THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT CONTAINS ALL OF THE REQUIRED PROVISIONS.

FROM STATE LAW, AND IT'S VERY CLOSELY MODELED AFTER THE PREVIOUS TWO CITY MANAGERS CONTRACTS.

THERE'S NOTHING VERY EXCITING HERE.

SALARY. BENEFITS, TERMS AND SO FORTH.

BUT THE COUNCIL HAS SEEN THIS AGREEMENT IN THIS FORM BEFORE AND MR. DELMAR HAS SEEN IT.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE JUST FORMALIZING THE APPROVAL.

SO UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.

BE APPROPRIATE TO MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2276.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.

OPEN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

MS. NULAND. BUT HE'LL TELL US.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION OF WHY.

IT SEEMS LIKE HE LIVES ABOUT 30 MILES FROM HERE.

AND IT USED TO BE A SIX MILE RADIUS AND IT WAS APPROVED THAT MR. RUSTY COULD LIVE THAT 7 TO 9 MILES, BUT NOW IT'S LIKE ALMOST 30 MILES.

SO THAT SEEMS ODD TO ME THAT THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WILL SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WE HAVE ONE HAND.

I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKER. YOU'LL BE ALLIED WITH THE COUNCIL.

OH, THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

I. LET ME THANK YOU FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY CALL.

[01:20:06]

IT COULD HAVE DRAG OUT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

SO I THINK ACTING QUICKLY IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

I ALSO WANT TO WISH MR. GILMER A LONG AND PROSPEROUS CAREER WITH OUR CITY.

AS A REMINDER, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO HIS ATTENTION THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY ORG CHART, IT DOES SAY CITIZENS FIRST COUNCIL, SECOND CITY MANAGEMENT.

AFTER THAT, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, UNDER BENEFIT.

IT INDICATES THAT THE EMPLOYEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO OPTIONAL BENEFITS REGARDING WAIVER OF MEDICAL INSURANCE AS PROVIDED IN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION NUMBER 306.

IS THAT A DOLLAR AMOUNT? IS HE NOT TAKING CITY INSURANCE AND GETTING PAID A DOLLAR INSTEAD? SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION.

ALSO THAT.

HE GETS IMMEDIATELY 60 HOURS OF VACATION TIME.

IS IT FAIRLY STANDARD? USUALLY A VACATION VACATION TIME IS ACCRUED.

OR MAYBE I'M READING THAT WRONG.

BUT IT SAYS THE EMPLOYEE SHALL INITIALLY.

EXCUSE ME. IT SAYS EMPLOYEE SHALL BE INITIALLY CREDITED WITH 80 HOURS OF VACATION TIME.

AND THEN ACCRUED AT 180 HOURS PER YEAR.

AND THE MAXIMUM IS 400 HOURS.

AND THAT IS A TRUE CAP THAT IS NO LONGER A OVERFLOW INTO A 401.

SO IF YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AND I APPRECIATE IT AND WELCOME MR. DORMER AND HOPE HE HAS A GREAT SUCCESS WITH OUR CITY.

THANKS. THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.

NO ONE ELSE. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP TO THE DESK.

WE PROBABLY SHOULD ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS FIRST.

IF WE COULD, J.R., ABOUT THE INSURANCE ONE.

HERE, YOU ONLY HAVE TWO.

AND THEN YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF IF I MISS SOMETHING.

THE R THAT WAS REFERENCED, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE.

IT IS A MEDICAL AND LIEU PROVISION FOR EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE MEDICAL COVERAGE ELSEWHERE.

IT'S A $600 AMOUNT THAT MR. DORMER WOULD BE RECEIVING INSTEAD OF RECEIVING UP TO 1300 DOLLARS, WHICH IS WHAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR FOR OTHER LIKE EMPLOYEE TO HAVE A FAMILY.

THE VACATION TIME UP FRONT IS STANDARD FOR THIS LEVEL OF EMPLOYEE COMING FROM ANOTHER AGENCY WITH THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE AND SIMILAR TO THE AMOUNT THAT HE WOULD BE RECEIVING PER YEAR BASED ON HIS LONG EXPERIENCE WITH PUBLIC AGENCIES, THAT THAT IS STANDARD.

AND THEN IT IS A TRUE CAP OF 400.

IT WON'T BE GOING INTO THE 401.

A THAT OTHER EMPLOYEES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR.

WE ALSO HAD THE QUESTION REGARDING THE DISTANCE FROM WHERE THEY LIVE.

WE TOOK THAT OUT TWO YEARS AGO.

WHERE ARE YOU? YEAR AND A HALF.

WE TOOK THAT OUT ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO.

WE JUST. RECORD THAT WASN'T.

RELEVANT ANY LONGER.

SO. I'LL START WITH MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO, IT WAS TO TO WHAT MR. BOWEN SAID. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND GET THIS JOB FILLED.

IT WAS A GREAT POOL OF CANDIDATES, BUT MR. DELMAR ROSE TO THE TOP AND HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN HIS ABILITIES AND REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE HIM START IN DECEMBER.

THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK THIS WAS A REALLY GOOD PROCESS.

I'VE BEEN A PART OF A NUMBER OF EXECUTIVE SEARCHES, WHETHER IT'S FOR WORK, FOR MY COMPANY OR FOR MY COMPANY OR FOR THE UNIVERSITY OR OTHER PLACES.

AND I JUST REALLY WANT TO COMMEND THE CONSULTANTS FOR FINDING US A REALLY GOOD POOL OF CANDIDATES, THIS COUNCIL, FOR HAVING REALLY GOOD DISCUSSIONS AND THOUGHTFUL DIALOG ABOUT WHO WAS GOING TO COME AND BE OUR NEXT CITY MANAGER AND ALSO A THANK YOU TO THE DEPARTMENT HEADS WHO ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CANDIDATES, THE TOP CANDIDATES, SO THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE THEIR INPUT, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE BASICALLY WORKING FOR THIS PERSON HAS BUY IN AND HAS

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THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER. YOU COULD TURN THAT OFF.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. REMEMBER? TAP, TAP. GOT IT.

I TOO, WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MR. DORMER TO THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL AS CITY MANAGER.

LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I APPRECIATE THE NEW.

THE NEW BLOOD THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE PROCESS WAS AMAZING AS FAR AS THE TALENT THAT WE HAD TO CHOOSE FROM.

I THINK CANNES WAS DEFINITELY THE TOP CHOICE FOR EVERYBODY AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE A COUNSEL RALLY AROUND SOMEBODY.

I THINK GOOD THINGS ARE AHEAD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. CUSTOMER CASH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I THINK THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF HERE RALLIED AROUND THIS AMAZING INDIVIDUAL.

LET'S GIVE THIS MAN A CHANCE BEFORE WE SIT HERE AND STRIKE IT.

ABOUT 400 HOURS OF VACATION, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE.

LET'S GIVE THIS PERSON A CHANCE.

DEPENDING HOW FAR THEY LIVE. I DON'T KNOW.

MAYBE YOU NEED TO DRIVE A TESLA COMING A LITTLE CLOSER TO SAVING GAS MILEAGE.

BUT IF YOU CAN MAKE THE CITY BETTER.

IF YOU CAN MAKE THE CITY BETTER, LET'S GIVE HIM A CHANCE TO MAKE THE CITY BETTER.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE ASKING.

AND IF NOT, THEN WE'LL HAVE A GREAT MEETING HERE AND WE'LL DISCUSS OTHERWISE.

BUT UNTIL IT PROVES OTHERWISE, LET'S SEE WHAT THIS PERSON CAN DO.

I REALLY HOPE THAT WE WISH HIM NOTHING BUT THE BEST TO MAKE THE CITY AS BEST HE CAN TO CARE.

THE STAFF THAT WORK HERE TAKE CARE OF THE CITIZENS THAT WORK HERE.

JUST TAKE CARE OF EVERYBODY ELSE AND HOPEFULLY ANSWER MY 100 DIFFERENT ASKS THAT I'M GOING TO HAVE WAITING FOR HIM AND I HAVE A CELL PHONE.

I'LL BE CALLING HIM. THANK YOU.

JUST THOUGH, BY THE WAY.

THANK YOU. JUST I PERIODICALLY JUMP OUT OF THE BUSHES WHEN I SEE YOU WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ASK YOU QUESTIONS JUST TO TEST YOUR CHEST, YOUR VISIBILITY.

AND I GOT YOU RIGHT THERE.

I DO THAT, FOLKS.

I DO. HE WEARS HIS HAT AND HE'S GOT HIS HEADPHONES.

BUT I ACTUALLY DOES.

I DO. BUT WELCOME.

SO LET'S JUST DO OUR BEST TO UNITED CITY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THIS MAN.

HOPEFULLY HE DOES GOOD THINGS FOR OUR CITY AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE FUTURE AND HOPEFULLY I CAN RETIRE AND COME WORK FOR HERE FOR THAT MANY HOURS OF VACATION.

I GOT A CALL AND SCARED OR SOMETHING AT WORK, BUT GOD BLESS.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU HAVE A GO BACK.

FIRST TIME. I JUST WANTED TO SAY HOW MUCH I'VE APPRECIATED WORKING WITH JESS DURING THIS TRANSITION.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE YOU.

THANK YOU, JESS. STILL GOING TO STOP.

THAT'S THE FIRST THING I WANT TO SAY, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOMETIMES WHEN A PERSON, ESPECIALLY A CITY MANAGER, LEAVES, THAT THERE'S A VACUUM THERE AND IT'S HARD FOR THE EMPLOYEES. AND I WANT TO THANK MR. DUFF. HE DEFINITELY WAS A CALMING EFFECT.

HE'S VERY CALM.

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW IT, BUT HE'S VERY CALM AND VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE, A GREAT AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE.

AND WE REALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I'VE HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS.

I KNOW EVERYBODY ELSE WAS, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE GOT A COUNCILMEMBER JUMPING OUT OF THE BUSHES AT HIM SOMETIMES.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S FINE.

BUT NO, WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE THIS WITHOUT YOU.

AND I DO SERIOUSLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I ALSO APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR STAFF.

WE HAD AN AMAZING POOL OF CANDIDATES AND IT WAS IT WAS DIFFICULT.

WE IT WAS DIFFICULT.

BUT THE NICE TESTAMENT TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY IS THE FACT THAT WE HAD A LOT OF CANDIDATES AND THERE WAS A LARGE POOL OF CANDIDATES AND THEY WERE ALL VERY EXCITED TO COME TO THIS CITY TO TO BE HERE.

AND FOR ME, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW.

CHANGE AS GOOD AS LONG AS IT'S POSITIVE CHANGE.

AND I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN EXTREMELY POSITIVE CHANGE FOR US.

MR. DORMER COMES WITH A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF EXPERIENCE.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY GOOD FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

HE'S GOING TO BE HANDS ON.

HE'S GOING TO BE UP FRONT WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS.

HE'S GOING TO BE HERE ALL THE TIME.

SO, MR. ALLEN, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE DISTANCE HE HE'S GOING.

YOU'LL BE SURPRISED HE WILL BE FROM.

I UNDERSTAND. I THINK HE WILL BE HERE FROM MOSTLY EVERYTHING WE DO AND TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHO HE IS.

BUT I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING FOR US AND.

WITH THAT. I NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND.

SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

VOTE, PLEASE. WELCOME, MR. DELMAR. WELCOME.

THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. DUFF.

WE DO APPRECIATE THAT VOTE.

WHEN WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT MS..

[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

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LEMON MARMALADE IN JANUARY, ORANGE MARMALADE IN FEBRUARY.

BUT INDEPENDENT OF THAT TO MAYOR TIM HEPBURN AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS CROSBY, LAO CASTRO, VALLETTA AND JOHNSON OF LA VERNE ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16.

MY HUSBAND AND I INTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE ABOUT THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN, A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY OF POMONA AND THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO REIMAGINE LAND USE FOR THE 487 ACRE FAIRPLEX CAMPUS.

FOUNDED IN 1922, FAIRPLEX IS A 501 C FIVE THAT WAS ORGANIZED TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL INTERESTS.

FOR PLEX'S ORIGINAL MISSION WAS TO SERVE AS A PLACE, A CONVENER AND A CREATOR OF MEMORIES, TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL ECONOMY THROUGH ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT, AGRICULTURE, EDUCATION AND COMMERCE.

THIS MISSION IS CHANGING TO INCLUDE YEAR ROUND EVENTS ON A CAMPUS THAT WILL INCORPORATE ONSITE LIVING AND ENHANCED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN PROPOSES YEAR ROUND CULTURAL AND BUSINESS EVENTS, COMMERCIAL RETAIL BUSINESSES, RECREATIONAL AREAS, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND AN ARRAY OF HOUSING TYPES THAT WILL HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 20,000 RESIDENTS WITHIN A 0.716 SQUARE MILE AREA THAT ADJOINS LA VERNE AND WILL BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED BY A PLANNED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

BECAUSE OF THIS, LA VERNE RESIDENTS HAVE A CLEAR AND COMPELLING INTEREST IN THE FAIRPLEX PLAN DESIGN.

THE SUPPORTIVE MANAGEMENT MODELS OF COMMUNITY SPACES AND THE IMPACT ON ALL OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING WITHIN THE AREA.

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN MEETING AND SUGGESTIONS GOING FORWARD.

THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN OPEN HOUSE ON NOVEMBER 16 SEEMED TO CREATE MORE FRUSTRATION THAN ANSWERS TO PERSONS ATTENDING THIS EVENT.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS SITUATION WAS DUE TO A MISMATCH BETWEEN EMPLOYEE INFORMATION AND ATTENDEE CONCERNS.

THE FAIRPLEX EMPLOYEES PRESENTED A VISIONING OR OVERVIEW OF IDEAS WITH BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED IMAGES AND NAMES FOR HOUSING CLUSTERS THAT INCLUDED THE AGGREGATED 500 UNITS, THE WELLNESS VILLAGE, 6000 UNITS, AND THE PRESERVE 4000 UNITS.

IN CONTRAST TO THE FAIRPLEX EMPLOYEE VISIONING STATEMENTS.

COMMUNITY ATTENDEES POSED QUESTIONS ABOUT TRAFFIC MITIGATION, RESIDENTIAL PARKING CONGESTION, PUBLIC SAFETY, LOSS OF CURRENT FAIRPLEX ATTRACTIONS SUCH AS THE RACETRACK AND POTENTIAL INCREASED CLIMATE CRIME FROM CHANGES IN HOUSING DENSITY.

I WITNESSED GROWING FRUSTRATION FROM ATTENDEES AS THEY WERE REFERRED TO OTHER TABLES TO MEET WITH OTHER OTHER PERSONS TOLD TO EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS TO CALTRANS AND TOLD TO WAIT UNTIL THE PROCESS MOVED TO A PHASE OF MORE DETAILED ANSWERS.

THERE WAS A GROWING SENSE THAT RESIDENT QUESTIONS WERE NOT BEING ANSWERED.

SOME FELT DELIBERATELY.

THIS CREATED AN UNFORTUNATE DYNAMIC AND ONE NOT LIKELY TO ENHANCE COMMUNICATION FROM THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN WEBSITE.

I READ THAT THE TWO YEAR PLANNING PROCESS FOR THIS PROJECT PROMISED THAT SINCE FAIRPLEX IS A PUBLIC AMENITY, THE LOCAL COMMUNITY SHOULD HAVE A CLEAR VOICE IN PLANNING NEW DEVELOPMENT TO ENGAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR PRODUCTIVELY IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.

I SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING.

ONE. HOLD MULTIPLE ONGOING MEETINGS IN DIFFERENT VENUES IN BOTH POMONA AND IN LA VERNE TO PRESENT THE COMMUNITY VISION OF THE NEW FAIRPLEX CAMPUS SO WE WOULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE ATTENDING TO COLLECT AND ORGANIZE ALL COMMUNITY COMMENTS AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.

USE COMMUNITY COMMENTS TO IDENTIFY THEMES OF EMERGING CONCERNS.

IF CITIZENS COME TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE NOT HEARD AND THEN ADDRESSED, THEY WILL BE INCLINED TO OBSTRUCT OR DISENGAGE FROM THE PROCESS.

LOTS OF PEOPLE WROTE COMMENTS.

I WANT TO SEE WHERE THOSE COMMENTS ARE GOING TO GO, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMMENTS THAT OTHER PEOPLE WROTE.

THREE. ADDRESS EMERGING EMERGING COMMUNITY CONCERNS WITH STRAIGHTFORWARD AND FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES.

FOR EXAMPLE, HOW MANY HOUSING UNITS WILL BE RENTALS? HOW MANY WILL BE OWNER OCCUPIED? IS THERE A PUBLIC SAFETY MODEL BEING FUNDED TO ENSURE THE WELL-BEING OF RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS?

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IF THE FAIRPLEX CAMPUS IS DEVELOPED, WE MUST EVALUATE ITS SUCCESS BY SURVEYING THE EXPERIENCES OF THE RESIDENTS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESS OWNERS, VISITORS AND NEIGHBORS LIVING IN THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES AT INTERVALS AND OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

THE MEASURES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE SUCCESS OF THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN SHOULD INCLUDE INDICATORS OF QUALITY OF LIFE, PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND INTERACTIONS WITHIN AND AROUND THE THE FAIRPLEX CAMPUS.

OTHER DATA SOURCES WOULD COME FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONCERNS REPORTED BY RESIDENTS, VISITORS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND STAFF.

GOING FORWARD, THE PROPOSED PLAN WOULD NEED TO INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO GROCERY STORES, CHILDCARE SUPPORT FOR WORKING PARENTS EMPOWERMENT, SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR YOUTH AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, EDUCATIONAL TUTORING, SUPPORT FOR STUDENTS, SUPPORTIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, STAFF FOR BUILDING AND PUBLIC AREAS, AND ADEQUATE OFF STREET PARKING AVAILABLE FOR RESIDENTS, VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES.

THE SIZE OF THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY THE SIZE OF A SMALL CITY.

IF IT IS REALIZED THIS PLAN, WE ALL WANT THE LEGACY OF THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN TO BE A MODEL OF HOW HIGHER DENSITY MIXED POPULATIONS AND MIXED USE.

URBAN PLANNING CAN WORK.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN COULD EASILY DEVOLVE INTO AN EXCHANGE MODEL OF INTERACTION WITH SO MANY TRADE OFFS AND TOO MANY DISCONNECTING PARTIES THAT IT FAILS TO EVER COME TOGETHER AS A COHERENT, CONSTRUCTIVE, INTEGRATED COMMUNITY.

WE NEED A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR COMMON WEALTH AND WHO ARE WILLING TO MAKE SACRIFICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF US ALL. TRANSPARENT AND MEANINGFUL COLLABORATION WILL HELP BRING ABOUT COOPERATION TOWARD BUILDING A COHERENT, CONSTRUCTIVE, INTEGRATED COMMUNITY.

IT WILL PAY OFF AS ALL STAKEHOLDERS COME TO KNOW AND BELIEVE IN THE WORK IN WHICH THEY ENGAGE.

RIGHT NOW, LEADERS OF LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND RESIDENTS ARE FEELING PRESSURED TO ABSORB CHANGE NOT OF THEIR MAKING, ESPECIALLY IN HOUSING DENSITY. CLEAR, CONSISTENT AND REGULAR DIALOG WILL HELP US TO MAINTAIN OUR FOCUS ON EACH OTHER FOR THE GOOD OF OUR CITIES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BEST. ANYONE ELSE WAS TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

MS.. BEAUCHAMP.

I WOULD LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK MR. BOWCOCK OR WHOEVER ELSE IS IN THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO PLEASE CONTACT THE EXISTING CONTRACTORS THAT ARE WORKING ON THE PROJECTS OF AMHERST AND WILLIAMS AND FRUIT STREET TO REMIND THEM OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

AS I LIVE THREE HOUSES AWAY FROM THE FRUIT STREET PROJECT.

I HEAR THEIR NAIL GUNS AND COMPOUND SAWS WELL BEFORE 7 A.M..

MY ALARM GOES OFF AT 530 AND I'M ALREADY HEARING THEM AT SIX.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THE TRUCKS THAT ARE DRIVING DOWN AMHERST ARE RUNNING THE STOP SIGN AT GUAVA AND AMHERST, WHICH IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND THEY ARE EXCEEDING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT.

I BELIEVE MR. WAKIN ADDRESSED THIS WHEN HE ADDRESSED THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE DEVELOPER, ORIGINAL LAND PRODUCER, DEVELOPER FOR THIS PROJECT.

SO HE ASSURED US THAT THEY WOULD BE ABIDING BY CITY ORDINANCES AND IT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT THAT WAY.

AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE DOUBLE TRAILER GRAVEL TRUCKS COMING DOWN AMHERST.

SO WHEN THEY'RE FLYING DOWN THE STREET THAT FAST AND RUNNING THE STOP, LUCKILY RIGHT NOW THE KIDS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL BECAUSE OF THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY.

BUT COME NEXT WEEK WHEN THOSE KIDS ARE BACK IN SCHOOL AND THEY'RE RUNNING THAT STOP, IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

AND I KNOW PD IS SHORTHANDED, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A COP SITTING OUT THERE.

ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COUNCILMEMBER LAO, SINCE YOU'RE ON THE BOARD FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, THE PARKING STRUCTURE THAT IS ON ARROW AND D

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THERE ARE LIGHTS WITH FLAGS THAT TALK ABOUT LEARNING AND EXPERIENCE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, AND IT KIND OF DESCRIBES WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AT THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH ARE REALLY NICE.

I MEAN, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BUT WHY AREN'T THOSE LIGHTS SOLAR ACTIVATED? THEY ALL HAVE LIGHTS.

SOME WORK, SOME DON'T.

EVEN THE SIGN THAT SAYS UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, SOME BULBS ARE BRIGHTER THAN OTHERS.

IT KIND OF IT'S LIKE IT'S REALLY NICE IN THE DAYTIME, BUT THEN WHEN THE LIGHTS COME ON, IT JUST TAKES AWAY FROM THAT.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT CARBON FOOTPRINT AND ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

AND, YOU KNOW, MS..

BRAINARD WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT ELECTRICITY FOR THE CITY.

WHY AREN'T GOING FORWARD THESE NEW PROJECTS UTILIZING SOLAR AND OTHER ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR THINGS LIKE THAT? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS WELL.

I'M GLAD WAS BEST ADDRESSED.

THE ISSUE OF THE HOUSING SITUATION AT THE COMPLEX.

I KNOW MR. CHAIR SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT THAT THAT PROJECT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT YOU VOTED ON TONIGHT.

BUT THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WAS THAT THE 1500 UNITS THAT WOULD BE ON THE LA VERNE ACTUAL OWNED PROPERTY SECTION COULD CONSTITUTE AND MEET THE RINA NUMBERS BY THAT ONE PROJECT ALONE.

AND YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO ADDRESS ANY OF THE ISSUES IN THE CITY.

BUT I AGREE 100% WITH WHAT SHE SAID.

THAT OPEN HOUSE WAS.

I WAS THERE ALMOST THE ENTIRE TIME.

MR. JOHNSON AND I WALKED IN TOGETHER AND THERE WERE VERY FEW ATTENDEES THERE.

BUT I POSTED SOMETHING ON NEXT DOOR AND IT IS STILL GETTING COMMENTS.

IT'S OVER 600 COMMENTS.

SO THERE IS DEFINITELY PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS AND WANT TO GIVE THEIR OPINION.

BUT JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT OBVIOUSLY WASN'T, YOU KNOW, THE PLACE TO DO IT.

AND WHAT'S REALLY UNFORTUNATE IS THAT I CAN'T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE BECAUSE CITY OF POMONA HAD THAT ON THEIR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT.

YES, THEIR AMENDMENT, THEIR INTERIM AGREEMENT WAS ON THEIR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR CITY OF POMONA.

SO THEY'RE DOING THINGS WITHOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT, BECAUSE WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A CITY WE LIVE IN. BUT THIS IS A CITY WHERE ADJACENT TO WE SHOULD HAVE A VOICE THERE AS WELL.

AND I THINK AS COUNCIL, YOU SHOULD MAYBE SOME WORK OUT, SOME KIND OF AN AGREEMENT WITH THEIR COUNCIL TO SAY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T HAVE THESE PROJECTS OR SIMILAR TYPES OF TOPICS AT THE SAME TIME THAT RESIDENTS NEED TO BECAUSE LIKE SHE SAID, THERE ARE THREE STAKEHOLDERS THERE AND ALL RESIDENTS SHOULD BE INVOLVED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE METRO AND THAT BRIDGE AND WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC IT'S GOING TO DIRECT BETWEEN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. ANYONE ELSE? MS.. WHETTON. THANK YOU, JOE WATSON.

THIS IS SOMETHING I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS, AND IT'S THE FLAG THAT FLIES AT NIGHT IN DARKNESS.

IT IS DARK OUT THERE AND THERE'S TWO WAYS OF FIXING IT.

THERE'S A FLAT OR THERE'S A SPOTLIGHT DOWN BELOW, BUT IT DOESN'T REACH UP TO THE FLAG.

SO YOU EITHER PUT THAT SPOTLIGHT UP ON THE ROOF WHERE IT SHINES ON IT, OR TAKE THE FLAG DOWN AT DUSK AS FLAG ETIQUETTE DEMANDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MR. GABALDON.

ALL GOOD. GOOD. GOOD.

SHERRI, THAT WAS ONE OF THE BEST COMMENTS I THINK I'VE EVER HEARD SINCE MY COMING TO COUNCIL.

I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS AND CITY.

THANK YOU TO THAT.

IT WAS ELOQUENT. IT WAS WELL WRITTEN.

AND I THINK YOU MADE A LOT OF POINTS.

I SAID I'D BE BACK.

ONE, I DO THINK WE NEED TO GET CLOCK THE TIME IS IS HERE FOR LA VERNE TO SPEND A LITTLE DOLLARS A FEW DOLLARS, GET THESE SPEAKERS FIXED.

WE CAN'T HEAR IT IN THE AUDIENCE.

GET A CLOCK UP HERE. SO PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEAKING KNOW WHEN IT IS THEY'RE BEING CUT OFF.

GET A HOLD OF BOB BRESSIE IF WE NEED TO GET HIS LITTLE FLAGS BACK.

SO WE HAVE AN IDEA THAT THE CLOCK IS RUNNING OUT TO THE COMMENT MADE ABOUT THE HOUSING ELEMENT PLAN BEING A GOOD PLAN.

AND IT'S AN OUTLINE THAT'S BALONEY.

THE AMHERST PROJECT AND THE BRANDYWINE PROJECTS WERE NOT PART OF THE PLAN THAT BECAME PART OF THE PLAN.

AND THIS COUNCIL, INCLUDING ONE, TWO, THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT ON THIS, VOTED TO OVERRIDE THE ZONING THAT EXISTED THAT WAS 3 TO 1,

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SO THAT IS MANURE, THAT THE PLAN IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE HOW THE CITY LOOKS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE YOU GUYS CAN BASICALLY VOTE AGAINST IT.

TO THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE FAIRPLEX PROJECTS ARE NOT TIED TOGETHER, THAT'S BALONEY TOO, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE ILLUSTRATIONS AND THE IMAGES IN THAT PRESENTATION WERE IN FACT WHAT WE SAW LITERALLY AT THE OPEN HOUSE.

SO EVERYTHING EVERYBODY IS WORKING TOGETHER AND ADDITIONAL THE THE SIGNALING OF THAT BRIDGE AT $12 MILLION AND GETTING EVERYBODY IN THEIR MOTHER IN THE LOCAL POLITICAL GROUPS TO KIND OF HELP US OUT.

THEY KNEW ALL ABOUT IT.

SO SOMEBODY ELSE KNEW ABOUT THAT FAIRPLEX PLAN.

IT'S NOT A TWO MONTH WE JUST GOT DROPPED ON THIS THING.

YOU ALL KNEW ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK PEOPLE NEED NEED TO HEAR YOU FESS UP THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENED.

THE TIME HAS COME AND I THINK I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT RIGHT THERE TONIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE WAS TO SPEAK? MS.. ANDERSON. AND ANDERSON, SLOW DRIVE.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE ABOUT THIS HOUSING THING.

I THINK I'VE COME UP HERE BEFORE.

MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO AGO WITH THAT SAN GABRIEL, WHATEVER COUNCIL THING THIS GOES ON ANYWAYS, THE PACK, THE STICK AND PACK HOUSES THAT ARE BEING BUILT NOWADAYS.

IT'S TOTALLY AGAINST OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MISSION STATEMENT FOR LA VERNE AND IT'S TAKING AWAY FROM WHAT WE START TO LOOK LIKE.

GLENDORA. EVERYBODY DOWN.

GO DOWN, GLENDORA.

IT LOOKS HORRIBLE WITH ALL THOSE STACK AND PACK HOUSES.

AND NOW I SEE THIS THING AT THE FAIRPLEX.

I'M GOING, OH, MY GOD. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE COMING FROM TO LIVE IN THESE PLACES.

YOU KNOW, THE UNITED STATES IS WAY BELOW THE BIRTHRATE, WHICH SHOULD BE.

WE'RE WE'RE IN TROUBLE.

SO WHERE ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM THAT WE NEED SO MANY OF THESE STATE PACKS? I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.

SO WHO'S GOING TO WHO'S GOING TO COME HERE AND LIVE IN THESE PLACES? EVERYBODY'S LEAVING CALIFORNIA.

AND THE BIRTH RATES DOWN IN IN THE COUNTRY.

SO WHO'S GOING TO BE COMING AND LIVING IN THESE IMPACTS? YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE NOT VERY.

THEY'RE NOT VERY HEALTH HEALTHY TO LIVE IN.

YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TOGETHER ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S DISEASE SPREADS.

YOU'VE GOT CRIMES IN THERE.

EVERYTHING IS JUST CRAZY.

AND WHERE ARE THESE LOW INCOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET THE MONEY FOR? THIS BUILDING IS EXPENSIVE.

VERY EXPENSIVE.

SO HOW DO WE GET LOW INCOME? SOME PEOPLE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET HOMELESS IN THERE.

WHO'S PAYING FOR THIS? IS THIS GOING TO COME OUT OF OUR TAXES? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW. I MEAN, WHO'S GOING TO START PAYING FOR THIS? SO IF WE GET LOW INCOME PEOPLE IN THERE AND IT'S NOT ENOUGH FOR THE BUILDERS TO BUILD, THEN WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? I DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THIS THING THAT CALIFORNIA IS DOING.

AND THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE SAN GABRIEL COUNCIL OF WHATEVER IT IS WHO AGREES TO THIS STUFF DRIVES ME NUTS.

THAT'S JUST A RIGHT ARM OF CALIFORNIA TRYING TO CHANGE OUR CITIES TO BE ALL ALIKE.

THEY WANT US ALL TO BE.

THEY WANT US ALL TO BE URBANIZED, ESPECIALLY THIS ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION THING THAT'S GOING TO COST US A FORTUNE.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CITY.

AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE. IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE CITY.

IT'S CHANGING ALL OUR CITIES ALREADY.

AND SOME OF THEM LOOK REALLY BAD.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN HAVE A.

SOME KIND OF A CODE ON HOW THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO LOOK.

BECAUSE THEIR LOOK LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S.

YOU GO DOWN TO ANAHEIM, IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET.

THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT LOOKS REALLY BAD.

SO ARE WE GOING TO HAVE A CODE ON HOW THESE THINGS CAN LOOK? CAN THEY CAN THEY ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE HOUSES IN LA VERNE ARE THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN LA VERNE BECAUSE THEY THEY DON'T THEY'RE THEY'RE VERY STRANGE LOOKING. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND IF ANYBODY HAS AN ANSWER OF WHO'S GOING TO BE LIVING IN THESE PLACES.

WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE LOW INCOME PEOPLE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THOSE PLACES ARE GOING TO COST MONEY.

SO IF THEY HAVE TO BUY HIM, WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR IT? AND I JUST I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE THEM.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE US HAVE THEM, THEN HOW ABOUT LOOKING LIKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS OF LA VERNE INSTEAD OF JUST THESE? AWFUL LOOKING THINGS THAT.

I'M SORRY. I JUST DROVE BY THE HUANAN ON FRUIT STREET.

AND I DIDN'T KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT AGAINST THE THE SIDEWALK.

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THAT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE LA VERNE AT ALL.

I THOUGHT THEY WERE JUST GOING TO BE A ROSE, YOU KNOW, AND PEOPLE COULD DRIVE INTO THEIR DRIVEWAY.

BUT LOOK, IT LOOKS PRETTY BAD.

SO, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN COME UP WITH A CODE ON ON IF THE BUILDERS WANT TO BUILD HER.

I MEAN, THE BUILDERS MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON THESE THINGS.

THEY BUY A LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEY BUILD UP.

SO THEY'RE MAKING A FORTUNE ON THESE THINGS.

AND IT'S IT LOOKS IT LOOKS REALLY BAD.

SO MAYBE SOME KIND OF A DESIGN CODE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FITS IN WITH THE CITY EXCEPT FOR INSTEAD OF LOOKING LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S CITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I'M NOT REAL HAPPY ABOUT THAT TRANSPORTATION THING WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.

IT'S GOING TO COST US A FORTUNE.

THANK YOU, MS.. ANDERSON. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? WE HAVE ONE ON THE MR. ALLISON.

GOOD EVENING.

JUST WANTED TO SAY A FEW THINGS IN LINE WITH WHERE WE ARE IN THE YEAR.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PARENTS, COACHES, VOLUNTEERS AND ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD MEMBERS OF ASO ON A SEASON.

WELL DONE. MY FAMILY TRULY ENJOYED OUR FIRST SEASON OF ASO AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS EXPERIENCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO NOTE CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS OF LA VERNE WHO HELPED PUT ON ROTARY DISTRICT 52/300 FIRST D-I CONFERENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

WITH SUCH A GREAT EVENT, DISTRICT GOVERNOR GUTIERREZ HAS ALREADY ANNOUNCED THE NEXT ONE TAKING PLACE NEXT YEAR IN NEVADA.

THINKING ABOUT THE DECADES LONG LEGACY OF THE PEACE CONFERENCE, IT WOULD BE AWESOME TO SAY THAT IT ALL STARTED HERE.

ADDITIONALLY, SERVING ON SEVERAL BOARDS THAT SERVE THE CITY AND AROUND, I KNOW THAT SEVERAL BOARDS ARE CELEBRATING A YEAR OF WORK WITH THEIR LAST BOARD MEETINGS.

I WISH TO CELEBRATE THE MANY PEOPLE WHO WORK TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BETTER.

THANK YOU ALL FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO TO THE STAFF.

THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU DO.

I WISH YOU A HAPPY CELEBRATION WITH YOUR FAMILIES THIS WEEK.

PLEASE BE SAFE AND ENJOY YOUR TIME.

FOR PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT GET TIME OFF BECAUSE THEY ARE KEEPING OUR CITY SAFE.

THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

YOU ARE SO MUCH TO US.

THANK YOU. AND IF YOU ARE HEARING MY VOICE AND DO NOT HAVE FAMILY FOOD OR A PLACE TO FIND LOVE THIS WEEK, THEN PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO REACH OUT.

BE ALISON'S IS ALWAYS AN OPEN DOOR, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING NEW NEIGHBORS.

SO HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY AND A GREAT CELEBRATION.

KNOW THEIR HANDS AND KNOW THEIR EMAILS.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.

[9. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

UH, JOE, THANK YOU.

I WALKED OUT THERE TONIGHT.

IT'S NOT LIT ON THE BOTTOM.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS LAST WEEK.

ON THE BOTTOM, THERE IS A LIGHT, BUT IT'S NOT SHINING ON TOP OF THE FLAG.

SO I BROUGHT OUT OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. DUFF, AND WE LOOKED AT IT RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.

AND, YES, WE NEED TO FIX IT.

JUST LIKE WE NEEDED TO FIX THAT FLAG.

WE NEED TO FIX THAT FLAG OUT THERE, TOO.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR KEEP PUSHING.

AND THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

LAST WEDNESDAY, I HAD THE PLEASURE TO GO TO THE FOOTHILL TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH MEETING.

THEY HAVE IT ABOUT EVERY CORNER MEETING AND GOT TO BRING CHIEF NICK TO TALK ABOUT FIRE AND BATTALION CHIEF SAM DOMINICK OUT THERE TO TO SPEAK.

AND SO THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME AND LETTING ME COME TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

DECEMBER 5TH, OUR NEXT MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LIGHTING A CHRISTMAS TREE OUT HERE AS WELL.

SO NOT JUST THE DECEMBER 3RD ONE TO REMIND YOU, COME OUT BEFORE THE MEETING.

WE HAVE THE DECEMBER 5TH.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO EVERYONE.

MY LAST PIECE IS TONIGHT.

I HAVE A HEAVY HEART.

MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND CLUB.

Q THIS HIT HOME TO ME AND MY FAMILY BECAUSE MY COUSIN NICK ROSICA IS THE OWNER OF CLUB Q AND WAS PRESENT ON SATURDAY.

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WE NEED TO LOVE MORE AND NOT HATE.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK ALL YOUR FAMILIES.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. PRO TEM CROSBY COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.

WELL, WE HAVEN'T SO MUCH PROBLEM WITH YOUR BUTTONS, YOU TWO.

SO I GIVE YOU TIME.

SO GIVE ME MORE TIME. LAST SATURDAY.

IT'S A GREAT EVENT THAT WE HAD.

I THINK ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDING THAT PASSED OUT 200 TURKEYS.

THAT WAS THEIR MAYOR WITH MAYOR TIM AND YOU WERE THERE AND.

JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER, APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING OUT THERE.

IT WAS PASSING OUT TURKEYS TO THE NEEDY AND THOSE THAT OR THAT.

THESE TURKEY. NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH GIVING OUT FOOD FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN NEED.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT CAUSE AND I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE ANOTHER GREAT CAUSE HERE IN OUR NEXT YEAR AND MAKE IT EVEN BIGGER.

FOR THAT, I APPRECIATE IT.

WENT OUT RIGHT AFTER THAT TO CLASSIC CAR SHOWS, SAW ALL THE CARS THAT I WISH I HAD.

I KNOW IT'S AMAZING CARS.

SOME REALLY AMAZING PICTURES OF THE CARS THAT ARE MY FAVORITE.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

IT'S REALLY GOOD TO SEE. IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

IT WAS REALLY GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE SMILING.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE PEOPLE TOGETHER.

IT WAS GOOD TO SEE EVERYBODY THERE SUPPORTING SMALL BUSINESS.

PLEASE DON'T FORGET SMALL BUSINESS COMING UP, SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.

THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING.

SO RIGHT AT THANKSGIVING, FRIDAY.

THEN YOU HAVE THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY.

SO PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO SHOP.

LA VERNE DINE LA VERNE LIVE LA VERNE.

RIGHT. SO GOD BLESSING YOU ON THAT.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU GUYS.

HOPEFULLY SOON. AND STAY STRONG.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMAN PRAKASH COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

YEAH, WE HAD A NICE EVENT SATURDAY WITH THE CAR SHOW.

THAT WAS REALLY NICE AND GOOD TO SEE THE OLD TRUCK IN ITS PRESENT RESTORATION PHASE AND SEE THE OPENING OF MONARO SQUARE. THAT WAS VERY NICE TO SEE THAT AS WELL.

AGAIN, HOLDEN'S EVENT GIVING AWAY FREE TURKEYS, THAT WAS ALSO SPECIAL TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THAT.

THERE'S DEFINITELY A NEED IN THE COMMUNITY.

I GUESS IT WASN'T AS FAST AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE COMING IN, BUT MAYBE IT WAS THE LOCATION THAT.

THEY COULD PROBABLY CHANGE THAT UP NEXT YEAR TO GO TO A MORE NEEDY AREA.

HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

BE SAFE AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN DECEMBER.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, COUNCIL MEMBER LAO.

THANK YOU. YES.

LOOK AT THAT. FIRST TRY.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, JUST TO REPORT BACK, THE TRI-CITIES MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY HAD A MEETING LAST WEDNESDAY, AND I KNOW THE LAST THING ANY OF YOU ALL NEED IS ANOTHER MEETING TO GO TO. BUT THEIR AGENDA AND THEIR MEETING MINUTES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE.

AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT IS REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE THE AMAZING SERVICES THAT THEY ARE PROVIDING TO THIS COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AS WELL. YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING FROM THEIR THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY GARDEN TO, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS AND FOR THOSE WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES.

IT REALLY IS AMAZING.

ONE OF THEIR SUCCESS STORIES THIS LAST MONTH DEALT WITH A YOUNG PERSON WHO WHO IS LGBTQIA AND REALLY HAVING A HARD TIME COMMUNICATING WITH HIS FAMILY ABOUT ABOUT HIS IDENTITY.

AND SO THEY REALLY HELPED THAT FAMILY NAVIGATE THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO REALLY BRING THAT ENLIGHTENMENT AND THAT EDUCATION TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING.

TREATED WELL AND THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING COMPASSIONATE.

SO THEY'RE DOING SOME REALLY AMAZING STUFF THERE.

I YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IF YOU CAN'T MAKE THE MEETING, TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT DEFINITELY FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE SOME OF THE REALLY, TRULY AMAZING THINGS THAT THEY'RE A PART OF.

IT WAS ALSO, AS MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY NOTED THE NIGHT OF THE FAIRPLEX SPECIFIC PLAN, OPEN HOUSE.

AND I DO ECHO MS..

BESS COMMENTS THAT SOME OF THE I THINK COMMUNICATION WAS SKEWED AND DEFINITELY THERE WERE SOME EMOTIONS THAT WERE RUNNING PRETTY HIGH.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT SERVED, TO YOUR POINT, SOME OF THE GOALS THAT THEY WERE HOPING TO ACHIEVE, BECAUSE I DEFINITELY DID SEE SOME FOLKS GET VERY UPSET ABOUT IT AND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DISCOURSE WERE SORT OF SHUT DOWN BY THAT.

SO I THINK IT'S A GOOD REMINDER FOR MYSELF AND COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AS WE BOTH SIT ON THE AS REPRESENTATIVES TO THE FAIRPLEX, AS A REMINDER HOW WE CAN HELP COMMUNICATE, HOW THEY CAN BETTER COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

SO WE WILL KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AGAIN, THE CAR SHOW WAS LOVELY.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR IF YOU MADE IT OUT.

I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO OFFICER ALLEN WEINREB, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THIS COUSIN, MARTIN, WHO IS GOING TO BE OUR NEWEST DOG HANDLER, AS WELL AS CONGRATULATIONS

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SO I'M VERY EXCITED FOR BOTH OF THEM.

IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY. GOT TO HAVE ROBERTA'S FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME AND NEVER DISAPPOINTS.

SO AND THEN ON THE SAME VEIN AS LOOKING OUT FOR THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY, THEY MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH AS OTHERS.

I APPRECIATE THAT ASSEMBLYMEMBER HOLDEN AND MEMBERS OF THIS COUNCIL PARTICIPATED IN GIVING OUT TURKEYS.

I WOULD ALSO URGE THAT THERE IS A UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE LEO FOOD PANTRY THAT IS OPEN YEAR ROUND.

WE DO HAVE STUDENTS IN NEED YEAR ROUND THAT ARE IN NEED OF FOOD AND SO THEY COLLECT CANNED GOODS AND DISPERSE REGULARLY OUT OF THE LEWIS CENTER.

SO NONPERISHABLE ITEMS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ASSIST, THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THEY ALSO DO ON OCCASION ALSO DO A CLOTHING DRIVE TO HELP SOME OF THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY'RE GOING OUT AND INTERVIEWING AND DOING THE THINGS YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE A SUIT. THEY DON'T ALWAYS HAVE THE THINGS THAT THEY MIGHT NEED TO LOOK PRESENTABLE FOR THAT INTERVIEW.

AND ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE IN YOUR CLOSET THAT YOU MIGHT NOT WEAR ANYMORE THAT COULD REALLY HELP THEM WOULD BE SO WELCOME.

SO DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, AS WE GO INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, IT IS A IT IS A HOTBED OF GERMS OUT THERE.

FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING FROM ALL MY DOCTOR AND PHYSICIAN FRIENDS, YOU KNOW, THE FLU IS IS BACK LIKE NEVER BEFORE RSV.

IF YOU'VE GOT KIDS OR KNOW PEOPLE WITH KIDS, THEY'RE GETTING HIT UP AND IT IS NOT PRETTY.

SO JUST REMEMBER WHAT WE ALL LEARNED DURING THE PANDEMIC.

WASH YOUR HANDS FOR 20 SECONDS.

YOU KNOW, DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE.

EVEN THOUGH I PROBABLY DID IT 50 MILLION TIMES DURING THIS MEETING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST BE KIND.

HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK THE REST OF THE WEEK WITH YOUR FAMILIES.

HOPE YOU ALL GET TO CELEBRATE AND HAVE SOME TIME TO UNWIND.

SO BE KIND.

HAVE A GOOD WEEK. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER LAO.

I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CAR SHOW.

EVERYBODY WAS OUT AND THE NEW STAGE IS JUST REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

NOT QUITE FINISHED YET, BUT IT'S GOING TO GIVE US A NICE VENUE TO HAVE OUR STUFF GOING ON, WHATEVER WE HAVE GOING FOR THERE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IT WAS REALLY NICE.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY, A GORGEOUS DAY.

AND THEN WITH THE TURKEY GIVEAWAYS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT.

SURE, I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU.

I WOULD AGREE WITH MR. GABALDON THAT I GAVE YOU AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEEDED BECAUSE YOU WERE SO ELOQUENT.

AND I GOT THERE JUST LIKE LITERALLY THE DOORS WERE OPEN.

I WASN'T GOING TO GO IN AND THE HAIR STOOD UP ON THE BACK OF MY NECK AND WAS LIKE, TIM, YOU NEED TO BE THERE.

AND. I WOULDN'T SAY I GOT ATTACKED.

I WOULD SAY THAT I WAS MR. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS THERE.

AND I REMEMBER THE CONVERSATION IN THE CITY WITH PREVIOUS MR. RUSSELL WAS CARVANA AND HOW CARVANA WAS GOING TO COME IN AND DO SUCH GREAT THINGS.

WELL, THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. AND THE REASON IT DIDN'T HAPPEN IS BECAUSE THE RESIDENTS AND EVEN THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OWNERS OF THAT FACILITY.

THEY WERE GIVING NOTHING TO THE COMMUNITY, THEY WERE GIVING NO INFORMATION.

AND ALL IT WAS GOING TO BE AS TRUCKS AND CARS AND NOISES.

AND I THINK THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION.

IT WAS VERY UNORGANIZED.

I MEAN, IT WAS THERE.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT THEY HAD IT OPEN TO EVERYONE.

BUT. THAT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AND EVERYONE I TALKED TO, NO MATTER LA VERNE HOMEOWNER OR WHOEVER.

THEY SAID THIS CAN'T HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US, WHETHER IT BE WHITE AVENUE, WHETHER IT BE ARROW HIGHWAY, WHETHER IT BE TOWN, WHETHER IT BE WHEELER.

THERE NEEDS TO BE VETTED OUT.

AND I AGREE WITH YOU. THIS NEEDS TO BE VETTED OUT AND IT NEEDS TO HAVE THE INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I GENERALLY DON'T TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THIS, BUT I WAS THERE AND I WAS JUST WE WERE WALKING OUT THE DOOR AND THEY WERE STILL YOU CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN.

WE NEED TO COMMUNICATE THIS.

THIS IS A BAD DEAL.

SO THEY REALLY NEED TO OPEN UP THEIR EYES AND THEY NEED TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY HAVE COMMUNICATION ON THIS.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S LOTS OF PLACES IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES DEVELOP.

MONA HAS A LOT OF PLACES INTERNALLY IN POMONA THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED.

SO THEY I KNOW THEY WANT TO MAKE MONEY OFF THIS SITE, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND HOW WE LIVE BEFORE THEY DO THAT.

SO THANK YOU AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PUT THAT PRESSURE ON THEM ALSO.

OTHER THAN THAT, I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

BE WITH YOUR LOVED ONES.

ENJOY YOURSELVES.

IF YOU HAVE EXTRA FOOD AND IT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE, PACKAGE IT UP AND BRING IT TO A SHELTER.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS. FOOD WASTE IS A BIG THING AND WE SHOULDN'T WASTE IT.

THERE'S PEOPLE THAT NEED IT.

ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK ON, YOU KNOW, CHECK ON THEIR PHONE, CHECK ON A WEBSITE IF THERE'S PEOPLE TO HAVE IT, BRING IT TO THEM.

SO BUT OTHERWISE, ENJOY YOUR FAMILIES.

BE SAFE AND SPEND YOUR MONEY IN LA VERNE BECAUSE TURKEYS ARE NOT SPARSE.

THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. JUST EVERYBODY KNOWS.

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IS THAT CORRECT? THEN WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSE SESSION.

OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, AT 6:30 P.M..

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WE'LL HAVE CAROL SANTA CLAUS AND THEY'RE ALL EXPECTED TO ATTEND.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE FUN. SO LET'S MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL HERE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT FLAG GETS LIT IMMEDIATELY.

IF NOT, I GOT FIXTURES AT MY SHOP.

I'LL BRING OVER AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE LIGHT THAT THING UP.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL.

WE WILL ADJOURN AT EIGHT.

WE'LL RECESS TO CLOSE SESSION AT 837.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.