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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED HERE IN JUST A SECOND.WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WE WOULD HAVE BAND OF BROTHERS 12034.
JOSEPH [INAUDIBLE], PLEASE, WOULD LEAD US TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE IF YOU COULD ALL RISE.
HE'S ALSO WITH COMMANDER RAMIREZ OF THE BAND OF BROTHERS 12034.
I WANT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
[APPLAUSE] ROLL CALL, MR. DELMAR. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL RELAUNCH THIS. THANK YOU.
I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA IS ON WITH US VIA ZOOM.
HE IS DOING HIS DUTY THROUGH THE RESERVE CASTLE.
COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA ARE YOU THERE? YES. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR GREAT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
APPRECIATE YOU GUYS AND GOD BLESS AND.
I'M SORRY. WE'RE GOING THROUGH A TIN CAN WITH A STRING.
I APOLOGIZE. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
WE ARE, MR. DOME IS WORKING ON THAT.
HE IS ACROSS THE PACIFIC, SO, YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY WHY TOO.
SO. WE HAVE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT MR.
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DELMAR, IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE A GENERAL PLAN RECONNECT AND RELAUNCH PRESENTATION BY DE NOVO.ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.
I AM HOPEFULLY A FAMILIAR FACE TO YOU AT THIS POINT.
BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T MET ME, MY NAME'S AMANDA TROPIANO, AND I'M A PRINCIPAL WITH DE NOVO PLANNING GROUP, AND WE ARE LEADING THE TEAM OF CONSULTANTS THAT ARE ASSISTING THE CITY OF LA VERNE WITH UPDATING YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
SO THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
YOU SAW ME MOST RECENTLY IN THE WINTER OF LAST YEAR TO TALK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PROJECT TEAM, KIND OF WHAT IS A GENERAL PLAN AND WHY LA VERNE IS UPDATING IT, SOME SPECIAL FOCUS ON OUR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT.
WE SPECIALIZE IN THIS TYPE OF PLANNING WORK FOR CITIES AND COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA.
WE WORK WITH A TEAM OF SPECIALIST CONSULTANTS THAT HELP US ADDRESS UNIQUE TOPICS.
WE HAVE AN ECONOMIC AND MARKET RESEARCH TEAM THAT STUDIES MARKET TRENDS BOTH IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND IN THE REGION AND MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SUPPORTING A STRONG LOCAL ECONOMY. AND WE ALSO HAVE TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN NOISE, CULTURAL RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTING US WITH THE TEAM AS WELL.
SO A GENERAL PLAN IS A DOCUMENT THAT EVERY CITY AND COUNTY AND CALIFORNIA HAS TO HAVE THAT TALKS ABOUT HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE FOR GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.
SO IT'S REALLY A BLUEPRINT FOR HOW DECISIONS ARE MADE OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
IT'S LONG TERM AND IT'S REFLECTIVE OF EACH INDIVIDUAL COMMUNITY'S GOALS AND PRIORITIES.
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YOUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN THE MID NINETIES.IT'S TIME FOR US TO RETHINK SOME OF THOSE COMPONENTS.
AND YOU MAY BE ALSO FAMILIAR WITH YOUR ZONING CODE OR YOUR SPECIFIC PLANS.
THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTING DOCUMENTS OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT KIND OF ALL YOUR PLANNING DOCUMENTS IN THE SHAPE OF A PYRAMID, YOUR GENERAL PLANS AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT PYRAMID AND EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF NEEDS TO FALL IN LINE WITH THAT. SO YOUR GENERAL PLAN SETS THAT OVERALL GENERAL FRAMEWORK.
IF YOU WERE TO CRACK OPEN THAT 1998 GENERAL PLAN, YOU WOULD SEE THAT IT TALKS A LOT ABOUT THE FORTHCOMING EXTENSION OF THE 210 FREEWAY LIKE IT'S COMING SOON, YOU KNOW, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO PREPARE FOR IT? SO YOU'VE GOT TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT HOW TO REPOSITION YOURSELF AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, NOW, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALSO NEW TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE NEW METRO LINE STATION THAT'S COMING IN AND KIND OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S CONTEMPORARY THAT WOULD BE DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT THAT WOULD REALLY CHANGE THE WAY THAT LA VERNE MIGHT BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT A FUTURE ITS FUTURE LOOKS LIKE.
I'M GOING TO GENERALIZE THOSE AND SAY A LOT OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS TALK ABOUT MOBILITY, SO HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND TO COMMUNITY PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCY PLANNING, PLANNING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF ALL MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE LENS OF ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
AND THEN OVERALL, OUR DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL FROM THE BEGINNING HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO USE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, TO UNCOVER WHAT IS WONDERFUL ABOUT LA VERNE, WHAT SHOULD BE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED, AND AREAS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THAT 20 YEAR TIME PERIOD.
SO AS I HAD MENTIONED, THIS PROCESS REALLY STARTED IN LATE 2017.
WE WORKED THROUGH A SERIES OF OPPORTUNITIES WITH YOUR PUBLIC VISIONING WORKSHOPS AND SURVEYS.
AREAS OF A GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE, OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION, NOISE SAFETY AND SO ON.
SO THAT'S THE MAP WITH COLORS ON IT THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS CAN GO WHERE.
AND THEN THAT BRINGS US TO 2019, WHEN, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CITY WAS FACED WITH A UNIQUE RESPONSIBILITY TO PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE ITS REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS.
IT WAS ASSIGNED ITS RINA FROM THE STATE AND THROUGH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, WHICH DICTATED HOW MANY NEW UNITS THE CITY NEEDED TO PLAN TO ACCOMMODATE OVER THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.
AND IT WAS A FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT IN THE WAY THAT WE'D BEEN THINKING IT.
YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S RINA PRIOR TO THAT HAD ALWAYS BEEN BEEN VERY MODEST.
BUT OF COURSE YOUR RINA FOR THIS COMING PLANNING PERIOD WAS WAS MORE THAN WE WERE EXPECTING SO WE PUT JUST KIND OF THE BRAKES ON THE OVERALL GENERAL PLAN IS WE WORKED ON ADDRESSING THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS OF THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON NOW, WHICH IS REALLY DRAFTING THAT.
THE MEAT OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN, THE ELEMENTS THAT GO INTO MAKING UP YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
PROCEEDING WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND THEN, OF COURSE, EVENTUALLY BRINGING IT BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.
ACCESS TO DRAFT DOCUMENTS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN PROVIDE COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT ON THAT PAGE, THE CITY ALSO HAS TAKEN THE PROCESS OF POSTING DIGITAL ENGAGEMENTS ON PLATFORMS LIKE NEXTDOOR AND DIRECT EMAILS TO INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP FOR NOTIFICATIONS.
WE HOSTED A SERIES OF THREE VISIONING WORKSHOPS IN LATE 2017, EARLY 2018 THAT TALKED ABOUT ESTABLISHING A VISION AND VALUES, UNDERSTANDING LAND USE, PRIORITIES AND MOBILITY OBJECTIVES.
WE'VE ALSO HOSTED A NUMBER OF POP UP EVENTS AT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.
THERE'S BEEN AN ONLINE VISION AND VALUES SURVEY.
YOU RECEIVED ALMOST 1000 RESPONSES TO THAT, WHICH WAS WONDERFUL.
A SUMMARY OF THAT ON THE WEBSITE.
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WE'VE ALSO FACILITATED TEN GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.THAT COMMITTEE WAS COMPOSED OF INDIVIDUALS REPRESENTING A DIVERSE RANGE OF INTEREST GROUPS IN THE CITY, PERSONS INTERESTED IN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, REPRESENTING THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, REPRESENTING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY, SENIORS AND YOUTH.
WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED BRIEFINGS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS WITH THE CHAMBER.
SO MOVING FORWARD, THAT WEBSITE AGAIN HAS A PLATFORM FOR CONTACT US.
ANYONE AT ANY TIME CAN SEND IN INFORMATION ON ANY TOPIC RELATED TO THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR THAT REGULAR CITY MANAGERS NEWSLETTER.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THE POST AS WE RELAUNCH DRAFT DOCUMENTS FOR PUBLIC REVIEW ON THOSE DIGITAL PLATFORMS. AS WE MOVE INTO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, WE'LL BE HOSTING A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS.
THEY FINISH THEIR SCOPE OF WORK AND THEY PRODUCED A DRAFT POLICY DOCUMENT BACK IN 2019 THAT IS LARGELY READY TO GO AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME MINOR MODIFICATIONS THAT'S NEEDED.
AGAIN, AT THAT AS PART OF THOSE TEN MEETINGS, WE TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE IMPORTANT TOPIC AREAS AND THEN THE LAST TWO MEETINGS THE GPAC ACTUALLY REVIEWED AND COMMENTED AND ULTIMATELY RECOMMENDED THAT THE DRAFT POLICY DOCUMENT PREPARED AT THAT TIME MOVE FORWARD.
ALL OF THE MEETING MATERIALS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.
WE ALSO PREPARED A COMMUNITY VISION THAT WAS BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I READ THROUGH THAT AGAIN AS I WAS GETTING EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
SO THINGS THAT WERE RELEVANT A FEW YEARS AGO CONTINUE TO BE RELEVANT TODAY.
THIS IS TALKING ABOUT CREATING A THRIVING PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN AND ENJOY LIFE.
SUPPORTING LA VERNE SMALL TOWN CHARM CREATING VIBRANT DESTINATIONS, ESPECIALLY IN THE OLD TOWN AREA, RECOGNIZING YOUR FAMILY FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE, THE QUALITY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUR YOUTH AND YOUR SENIORS AND SO ON.
SO THE POLICY DOCUMENT ITSELF, THAT'S YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
IT'S COMPOSED OF A SERIES OF CHAPTERS OR TOPICS OR ELEMENTS, ALL MEANING THE SAME THING.
SO THE REQUIRED TOPICS WE'VE GOT TO COVER LAND USE, MOBILITY OR TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES, OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION, NOISE, PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED ELEMENT HERE IN LA VERNE TALKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMUNITY DESIGN, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS. SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT LIST WE SPECIFICALLY HAD PREVIOUSLY OMITTED THE HOUSING ELEMENT, BUT THAT'S BEEN ADOPTED AND APPROVED UNDER SEPARATE COVER, AND THESE DOCUMENTS WILL BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AS WELL.
BUT FAST FORWARD THREE MORE YEARS AND THERE ARE NEW PIECES OF LEGISLATION WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT.
SO JUST REITERATING THOSE LAND USE PLANNING OBJECTIVES IS KIND OF WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN 2019, WHICH WAS LOOKING AT YOUR LAND USE PLAN AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THE OVERARCHING GOAL WAS TO MAINTAIN THE SPECIAL CHARACTER OF LA VERNE BY PRESERVING AND PROTECTING YOUR EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOUR OPEN SPACE RESOURCES AND ACCOMMODATING ANY FUTURE GROWTH.
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FIRST, LARGELY AROUND THE METRO STATION, AROUND YOUR OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA THAT ALREADY PLANNED TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND WAS APPROVED A DOZEN YEARS AGO.SO WE JUST GENERALIZED THAT MADE SINGLE SPECIFIC PLAN DESIGNATIONS.
THIS IS MY THIS IS MY WORD TO THE WISE.
AND I FELT IT, YOU KNOW, FIVE YEARS AGO AS WELL.
IT'S A RESOURCE, IT'S A TOOL IN YOUR TOOLBOX SO THAT IF YOU NEED IT, IT EXISTS.
IF YOU DON'T NEED IT, IT JUST SITS THERE, BUT IT'S AVAILABLE FOR YOU IF YOU NEED IT.
THIS IS NOT INTENDED FOR YOU TO READ, BUT WE HAVE BEEN.
THE CITY'S LAND USE ELEMENT, ALTHOUGH A TINY BIT OLD, WAS IN REALLY GOOD CONDITION.
SO WHEN WE MADE THOSE MODIFICATIONS, THIS WASN'T THROWING EVERYTHING OUT AND STARTING FRESH.
IT WAS FINDING WAYS TO JUST MAKE THOSE MINOR MODIFICATIONS TO THE EXISTING LAND, USE DESIGNATIONS IN THE MAP TO JUST HONE IN ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES I TALKED ABOUT, MAKE IT EASIER TO ADMINISTER, MAKE IT MORE REFLECTIVE OF THOSE LONG TERM DECISIONS, AND MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT THE TOOLS AVAILABLE TO ADAPT TO CHANGING MARKET CONDITIONS IN THE COMING 20 YEARS. AND AGAIN, NOT THAT YOU CAN SEE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS HERE, BUT YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE BENCHMARK PLAN, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THE COLORS ON THE MAP.
YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF THEM ARE KIND OF IN THAT TAN STRIPY DESIGNATIONS.
THESE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THEM AND LOOK AT THEM.
BUT AGAIN, SIMPLIFYING ALL THOSE SPECIFIC PLANS FOR YOU, YOU CAN SEE THOSE HIGHLIGHTED ON THE MAP.
THESE ARE NOT AREAS OF CHANGE OR REDEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR QUANTIFYING AND CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF FUTURE GROWTH.
THIS IS LARGELY CONSISTENT WITH YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT.
SO I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THIS, BUT CITIES GROW, ALL CITIES GROW.
SO IN KEEPING WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE COMMUNITY OBJECTIVES AND VISION UNDERSTANDING, LA VERNE WANTS TO MAINTAIN A LOT OF ITS CHARACTER AND CHARM AND ALLOW GROWTH TO OCCUR IN THOSE AREAS DESIGNATED FOR DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS WITHIN YOUR OLD TOWN.
THIS OUR PROJECTIONS ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY A 10% GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
THIS IS A VERY MODEST, REALISTIC ASSESSMENT OF HOW GROWTH COULD BE ACCOMMODATED AND AGAIN, THE INCREASE IN UNITS AND INCREASE IN POTENTIAL POPULATION ARE ALMOST EXACTLY CONSISTENT WITH YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES UNDER YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT ANYWAYS.
SO ALL OF THESE THINGS WORK TOGETHER AND SUPPORT THE SAME APPROACH.
SO THAT BRINGS US TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED NEXT.
WE BASICALLY GOT THROUGH THE POLICY DOCUMENT.
WE'RE READY TO START OUR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
SO IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THOSE IMPACTS, WE ALSO HAVE TO CONDUCT A SERIES OF TECHNICAL STUDIES THAT INCLUDES LOOKING AT POTENTIAL TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS AND REDUCING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED, POTENTIAL IMPACTS RELATED TO NOISE, AIR QUALITY, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND ENERGY.
WE PACKAGE ALL OF THAT UP IN A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT OR EIR, WHICH YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH, AND THAT CIRCULATED FOR A 45 DAY PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD, BOTH FOR MEMBERS OF YOUR COMMUNITY, OTHER AGENCIES AND INTERESTED PARTIES.
AND THEN SHOULD THEY RECOMMEND IT, ONWARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
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[APPLAUSE] SORRY.WE'RE HAVING A LITTLE MIC TROUBLES.
THANK YOU FOR PRESENTER TROPIANO.
I THINK WHAT WE MIGHT DO IS OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC AND THEN BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP FOR YOU.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW.
I MADE EVERY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS PRESENTATION.
DON'T ALL JUMP OUT OF YOUR SEAT AT ONCE.
WHAT'S THAT? A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGE.
THANK YOU. WELL, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO EVERYBODY ONLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
LETS CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.
MR. JOHNSON, YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS? YEAH. YEAH.
MY QUESTION IS, WERE MORE ALONG THE LINES WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER $15,000 TO DO ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY OR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS WITH DE NOVO.
AND I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE TIMING ON THAT.
THAT WAS MY COMMENT OR MY CONCERN.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR A PRESENTER TROPIANO? THEN COME ON UP.
I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THE COMMENT.
WE COLLECT A TROUGH ACCOUNTS BACK IN 2018 AS PART OF OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS.
WORK RAN THE LINES OUT ON THE ROADS AND COLLECTED THAT EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
SO WHILE WE DO EXPECT SOME MINOR CHANGES IN TRAFFIC PATTERNS AS A RESULT OF THE OPENING OF THE OF THE METRO STATION, OF COURSE, IN ORDER FOR THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD, WE ARE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL SPOT COUNTS.
SO THAT COST ON THE MINOR CONTRACT AMENDMENT IS JUST TO VALIDATE, RECONFIRM AND REASSESS SOME OF THOSE COUNTS WE COLLECTED BACK IN 2018 AND BRING THEM UP TO CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS THERE'S SO MUCH CONSTRUCTION GOING ON CURRENTLY REROUTING TRAFFIC THAT THE TIMING OF THOSE RECORDS AS TO WHAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW ACTUALLY IS.
I JUST DON'T WANT IT SKEWED IN IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T REPRESENT WHAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE.
ABSOLUTELY. AND SO I THINK WE'LL TAKE A TWO PART APPROACH TO CORRECTING FOR THAT.
MOVING FORWARD, OUR LAND PLAN AND PATTERNS IN THE IN THE OVERALL TRAFFIC MODEL DO ACCOUNT FOR A PIVOT IN, YOU KNOW, MODE SHIFTS AS RESIDENTS CHOOSE TO TAKE TRANSIT MORE OFTEN.
ALONG COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON'S DEAL WITH THE TRAFFIC.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE IT, TOO.
WE HAVE TWO RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS, ONE ON FRUIT STREET AND ALSO ONE ON AMHERST.
AND I THINK THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFECTING THE RESIDENTS THERE.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE MORE IN LINE WITH PROBABLY 2023 END OF 2023, PART OF 2024, I WOULD IMAGINE.
BUT THE BIG THING IS, IS AS COUNCILMAN JOHNSON SAID, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THE GOAL LINE IS GOING TO BRING A VERY DIFFERENT TRAFFIC PATTERN.
RIGHT. WHICH IS OUR AIR CORRIDOR, WHICH IS GOING, IF IT GOES AS PLANNED, COULD BE LARGE, LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DENSITY, LARGE PROJECTS, 2 TO 300 HOMES OR APARTMENTS.
SO, I MEAN, I THINK MR. GILMORE HAS A HE'S TRYING TO GET HIS.
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AND THEN AS YOU MENTIONED WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ANY DEVELOPMENT THERE IS GOING TO HAVE TRAFFIC IMPACTS.I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO TRAFFIC STUDIES.
SO THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TIME WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE TRAFFIC STUDIES.
THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC STUDIES.
SO THIS IS ALL GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS.
SO BASICALLY IT'S GOING TO MORPH AND IT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND I KNOW CITY MANAGER DOMER JUST SAID IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE.
COUNCILMEMBER KASHIFALGHITA AND I BOTH HAVE ASKED OF TWO SPECIFIC PLACES.
HE'S ASKED UP ON ESPERANZA AND I HAVE ASKED ON EMERALD AND BEAUDOIN FROM RESIDENTS HAVE COME OUT AND WITH THAT ANSWER, CITY MANAGER HAS TOLD ME THAT WOULD BE ON THE SECOND ROUND WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT AFTER THE HOUSING HAS FINISHED.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS STATED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU PRESENTER TROPIANO, I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
THANK YOU. WE MOVE ON TO PRESENTATION OF COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARDS.
SO JUST GET COMFORTABLE, GET SOME WATER, GO TO THE BATHROOM IF YOU HAVE TO.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK. NO, REALLY? YEAH. OH, YEAH.
2023 CITY LA VERNE COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARDS.
EVERY TWO YEARS, THE CITY HOLDS A COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARDS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARDS TO RECOGNIZE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN EXCELLENCE, COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION, ALIGNMENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
THIS YEAR'S AWARDS WERE GIVEN IN THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES.
AM I GOING TOO FAST? THERE WE GO.
INSTITUTIONAL, COMMERCIAL, INTERIOR DESIGN AND LANDSCAPING.
THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY DESIGN AWARDS GIVE THE CITY A CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE LOCAL BUSINESSES, INSTITUTION AND RESIDENTS WHO HAVE MADE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE DESIGN OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENTS.
NOMINATIONS WERE SOLICITED FROM THE CITY COUNCIL PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF, AND ULTIMATELY THE CITY COUNCIL AWARDED THOSE PROJECTS THAT MERITED RECOGNITION FOR EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN POLICIES TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE LA VERNE'S UNIQUE CHARACTER BY ENCOURAGING DISTINCTIVE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH ARCHITECTURAL QUALITY AND PEOPLE ORIENTED DESIGN.
WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, HERE ARE THIS YEAR'S AWARD WINNERS.
AND ALSO WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE TOO, WE HAVE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, JASON SIMSON.
HE'LL BE GIVEN THE AWARD WITH ME ALSO.
THANK YOU, JASON, AND YOUR GROUP FOR A GREAT JOB.
AND WE'LL COME UP AS SOON AS WE DO EACH ONE.
THE KONERU RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1247 FOXFORD DRIVE, NOMINATED FOR RESIDENTIAL AND LANDSCAPING, KUMAR KONERU BEGAN WORKING WITH STAFF ON THEIR PROPOSED NEW RESIDENTIAL REMODEL AND EXPANSION AT 1247 FOXFORD ROAD, WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN SPRINGS ESTATES BACK IN 2018, AND THE PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN OCTOBER OF 2022.
WE'LL BE OVER. WE HAVE WINE AND WE CAN SEE YOUR HOUSE.
NOMINATED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL LANDSCAPING AWARD, KUMAR AND BINDOW KONERU REPRESENTED AS THE OWNERS.
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CONGRATULATIONS.YOU WANT TO DO THAT? NEXT SLIDE. UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE CITRUS ROOTS MURAL.
THE CITRUS ROOTS PUBLIC ART PIECE CONSISTS OF A MURAL DESIGNED AND CREATED BY ARTIST ART MORTIMER.
SINCE 1971, MR. MORTIMER HAS WORKED AS A FREELANCE ARTIST, HAVING PAINTED NEARLY 100 MURALS.
I ACTUALLY SAW HIM ONE DAY. HE WAS OUT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE OLD DORMS AT ULV ON THIRD STREET.
HE WAS BUSY WORKING, HAD PAINT ALL OVER HIMSELF, SO HE WAS DOING A GREAT JOB.
THE MURAL CONSISTS OF AN ORANGE GROVE SPREAD OUT BENEATH THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS.
THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS DEEP ROOTS IN THE CITRUS INDUSTRY, AND PLACING THE MURAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE CAMPUS HAS HELPED TO STRENGTHEN THE UNIVERSITY'S ARTISTIC LANDSCAPE WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING HOW THE CITRUS INDUSTRY HAS SHAPED THE COMMUNITY OF LA VERNE.
THE MURAL IS LOCATED ON THE WEST FACING WALL OF MONERO HALL BUILDING, NOMINATED FOR PUBLIC ART.
BIANCA ROMERO, REPRESENTING ULV, ART MORTIMER REPRESENTING HIMSELF AS THE ARTIST.
COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE] HILLCREST HOMES, HAWTHORNE ROAD HOMES.
I NEED MY GLASSES. IF ANYBODY'S EVER NOT BEEN BY HERE, YOU NEED TO GO BY THE HAWTHORN, HAWTHORN STREET AND CHECK THESE OUT. THEY'RE GORGEOUS.
BUT DUE TO THE 2008 RECESSION, THE PROJECT WAS PUT ON HOLD.
THE PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF HILLCREST MASTER MASTER PLAN TO DEVELOP NEIGHBORHOOD SIX.
WITH THIS PROJECT, BEING A PHASE OF AN OVERALL PLAN OF A COMMUNITY, IN 2019, THE CITY WORKED WITH HILLCREST HOMES TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD AND WAS FINALIZED IN 2021.
THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF 14 ATTACHED DETACHED SENIOR HOMES WITH A COMMON LANDSCAPED AREA.
COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE] SHELL REBEL GAS STATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE NOTED ON THE OLD TOWN CENTER ACROSS FROM TARGET.
THEY HAD CAKE, THEY HAD BALLOONS.
THEY SAID, GO IN THE STORE AND TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT.
IT'S LIKE, NO, NO, I CAN'T DO THAT.
THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB, BUT THEY DID A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB ON THE GAS STATION.
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THE PROJECT WOULD CONSIST OF A COMPLETE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR REMODEL TO THE ENTIRETY OF THE GAS STATION, ALONG WITH 108 SQUARE FOOT EXPANSION TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE.AS PART OF THE REVITALIZATION.
THE NEW SIGNAGE ON THE SITE FEATURES NEW REBEL BRANDING.
THE REBEL BRAND ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN ANABI OIL AND PARAGON SOLUTIONS, AND THE REBRANDING WAS DEVELOPED TO REFRESH HALF OF THE EXISTING 400 CONVENIENCE STORES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA.
COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
WE'LL BE OVER FOR FREE FOODS SHORTLY.
DON'T WORRY. MAKE SURE THERE'S LOTS OF PIZZA.
PRIOR TO TACOS DON CUCO OR COMING TO LA VERNE.
THE SPACE WAS OCCUPIED BY SUSHI RESTAURANT, WHICH DUE TO COVID NEVER OPENED.
[APPLAUSE] NEXT SWEET TIME BY CAFE WANG THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE CAFE WANG RESTAURANT.
AND IT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY NICE PLACE.
SWEET TIME TEA IS A DESSERT SHOP THAT MOVED INTO THE SPACE AT 2320 D STREET BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2020.
SWEET TIME WAS CREATED BY THE OWNER OF CAFE WANG, FANG WANG AND OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF TEAS AND DESSERTS THAT RANGE FROM CAKES, BOBA, TIRAMISU AND OTHER SPECIALTY AND VARIOUS SPECIALTY DRINKS.
ONCE WE TIME HAD MOVED IN, THE ENTIRE SPACE WAS REVITALIZED SO THAT IT MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE SHOP, WITH THE INSIDE BEING REMODELED AND AN INDOOR SEATING AREA FOR PATRONS TO SPEND TIME AT BEING PLACED NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
NOMINATED FOR INTERIOR DESIGN, FANG WANG, OWNER OF SWEET TIME CAFE WANG REPRESENTING SWEET TIME.
COME ON UP YOU TWO. [APPLAUSE] CORONADO'S TACOS.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS.
TACO THURSDAY. SO ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME IS TACOS.
SO AND OF COURSE, ALL THE OTHER FOOD WE HAVE IN LA VERNE.
QUANADOS TACOS MOVED INTO THE SPACE IN OCTOBER AT 2022, WHERE THEY CONDUCTED AN INTERIOR REFRESH OF THE LOCATION, UPDATING THE SPACE TO A STYLE THAT BETTER REPRESENTS THE RESTAURANT. NOMINATED FOR INTERIOR DESIGN, FRANCISCO LOPEZ, REPRESENTING QUANATOS TACOS.
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TACO TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY.I GET THEM ALL. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE RECIPIENTS.
AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE STAY HERE LOCALLY.
IT'S NICE TO GO OUTSIDE OF THE AREA.
KEEP YOUR MONEY IN LA VERNE, BUY YOUR GAS IN LA VERNE.
BUY YOUR GROCERIES AND LA VERNE.
GO TO THE RESTAURANTS AND LA VERNE.
YOU GOT THE, YOU GOT THE STORY.
SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
NOW, THOSE THAT DO NOT WANT TO STAY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO LEAVE RIGHT NOW THAT RECEIVE YOUR AWARDS.
SO PLEASE, WE'LL WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND LET YOU GUYS GO.
THANK YOU ALL. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, GUYS.
I'LL SEE YOU AT THE RESTAURANT.
UNLESS I DID IT BY MISTAKE. BUT NO, I THINK IT'S ON US ENOUGH.
I THINK WE NEED TO ALL GO TO THE RESTAURANT RIGHT NOW, DON'T WE? ALL OF THEM. WELL, WE'LL BRING THE MEETING BACK TO ORDER.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT GENTLEMEN, THAT'S SCREAMING ACROSS THE ROOM RIGHT HERE.
THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER, MUIR DAVIS.
AND THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSIONER CHAIR GILBERT IVEY IS IN THE BACK THERE, TOO.
IT'S MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO INVITE UP THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT UPDATE PRESENTATION BY BOARD DIRECTOR JEFF HANLON, NEWLY ELECTED. HE'S GOING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR HEPBURN AND HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THOSE WHO I KNOW AND HOPEFULLY GET TO MEET THOSE THAT I HAVEN'T MET YET.
I'M HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE WATER SITUATION IN GENERAL.
PROJECTIONS GOING INTO OUR DRY SEASON AND TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THREE VALLEYS PLANS AND HOW WE'RE THINKING OF WORKING WITH OUR OUR DIVISION CITIES AT THIS TIME.
SO I DIDN'T BRING ANY PICTURES, BUT I FEEL LIKE I MAYBE SHOULD HAVE AT THIS POINT.
WE NEED TO GET THE WATER WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE.
AS YOU'RE I'M SURE AWARE, LAST YEAR WE WERE IN A DIRE SITUATION WITH STATE WATER PROJECT, A MAJOR DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA AND OUR NORTHERN RESERVOIRS WERE IN REALLY BAD SHAPE, WHICH MEANT THAT WE HAD EMERGENCY CONSERVATION FOR CLAREMONT AND LA VERNE, SPECIFICALLY THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT COVERS A MUCH LARGER AREA.
BUT FOR OUR DIVISION, WE ARE UNIQUELY DEPENDENT ON STATE WATER PROJECT.
WATER. UNLIKE THE OTHER DIVISIONS IN THREE VALLEYS, A TOTAL SERVICE AREA WHICH MEANT WE HAD ONE DAY WATER A WEEK PROVISIONS AND WE HAD EMERGENCY DROUGHT PROVISIONS. THOSE CONTINUE.
AND HOWEVER, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THE RAIN DANCING IS WORKING.
WE'RE GETTING LOTS OF PRECIPITATION.
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WE'RE ABOUT TO GET A TON MORE IN THAN IN THE COMING WEEK.AND STATE WATER PROJECT WATERS ARE IN MUCH BETTER SHAPE.
OUR RESERVOIRS UPSTATE ARE AT ABOUT 60% CAPACITY.
OUR SNOWPACK IN THE SIERRAS IS ABOVE 200% OF AVERAGE, WHICH IS PORTENDS A GOOD SUMMER AS THAT MELTS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AND REFILLS OUR RESERVOIRS. AND METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR PARENT AGENCY, HAS REQUESTED FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT 30% OR RATHER STATE WATER PROJECT IS IS IS CONSIDERING GRANTING METROPOLITAN 30% OF ITS REQUESTED SUPPLY. THIS IS IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR WHEN WE WERE GRANTED 5% OF REQUESTED SUPPLY.
AND IN FACT, METROPOLITAN EXPECTS THAT THIS NUMBER MAY INCREASE TO 40 OR PERHAPS 50%.
WE'LL KNOW THAT IN APRIL, AT WHICH POINT I WILL WOULD LOVE TO COME BACK HERE WITH OUR GENERAL MANAGER AND OUR SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER TO GIVE A MORE COMPLETE BRIEF WITH MORE CONCRETE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE CAN PLAN OUT OUR SUMMER WATER, USE OUR CONSERVATION MEASURES, EMERGENCY CONSERVATION MEASURES THAT WERE THAT WERE IMPLEMENTED LAST YEAR.
WE MET THOSE IN CLAREMONT AND LA VERNE.
WE DID A GREAT JOB AND WE STAYED BELOW THE REQUESTED CONSERVATION NUMBERS WITH THIS WET NEWS, THIS WET NEWS, THIS WET WINTER AND GOOD NEWS.
I WANT TO JUST URGE I JUST WANT TO URGE CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AT THIS POINT.
IN FACT, GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS JUST ORDERED OR ASKED RATHER, THE WATER RESOURCE CONTROL BOARD TO RELEASE WATER FROM UPSTATE RESERVOIRS, REGARDLESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION, ACTUALLY INTO LOWER STATE RESERVOIRS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT WATER DOWN HERE FOR THE SUMMER.
THAT'S A BIG ISSUE IN AND OF ITSELF WITH CONTROVERSY.
HOWEVER, THE COLORADO RIVER IS IN BAD SHAPE RIGHT NOW.
THE SERVICE AREA COLORADO AND STATE WATER PROJECT WATERS GET TAKEN IN TOGETHER.
THAT COULD MEAN THAT METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT PUTS US IN AN ALLOCATION OF LESS THAN BUSINESS AS USUAL AMOUNTS OF WATER, WHICH MEANS WE MAY HAVE TO CONTINUE OUR CONSERVATION MEASURES, WHICH IS A GOOD THING TO DO ANYWAY, BUT UNDER ORDERS OF METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
LIKELY NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE HAD TO LAST YEAR WITH THE SORT OF EMERGENCY ONE DAY A WEEK.
CONSERVATION MEASURES. SO GUARDED OPTIMISM.
THAT'S OUR FEELING AT THREE VALLEYS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
ONE LAST THING, A COUPLE OF LAST THINGS.
THREE VALLEYS HAS COMPLETED ITS MIRA GRANDE.
IT'S A NEW WELL THAT IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY OUR WATER DISTRICT.
THE THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT TAKES WATER, BUYS WATER FROM METROPOLITAN AND DELIVERS IT TO OUR SERVICE AREA, LA VERNE AND GOLDEN STATE AND CLAREMONT, SELLS IT TO THEM. BUT WE ALSO OWN AND OPERATE WELLS SO THAT WE CAN SOURCE GROUNDWATER WHEN AVAILABLE BECAUSE THAT IS A MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE WATER SOURCE.
HELPS US KEEP RATES LOW WHEN WHEN THOSE RIGHTS ARE AVAILABLE.
SO THIS KIND OF PRECIPITATION SOAKING INTO OUR INTO OUR AQUIFERS RIGHT NOW IS GOOD NEWS FOR THAT.
WE'RE WORKING HARD TO, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, SORT OF COME UP WITH A REAL STRATEGIC PLAN OVER TO SHAPE OVER THE NEXT COMING YEARS THE TYPES OF PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO IN CONSERVATION, BUT ALSO WATER SOURCING.
SO. WE JUST RECEIVED A $200,000 GRANT TO HELP WITH PLANNING FOR SORT OF OFF THE SHELF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN UNDERGO IN THE NEXT COMING YEARS.
WE HAVE $4 MILLION GRANT REQUEST OUT RIGHT NOW TO FOUR CONSERVATION DOLLARS.
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NOT SOMETHING THAT HURTS PEOPLE'S POCKETBOOKS, WHICH ARE A NUMBER ONE CONCERN.SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, CONCERNS FROM YOU.
I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS, IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THE MOST FRUSTRATING THING FOR ALL OF US IS WHEN YOU'RE WHEN THIS RAIN COMES DOWN AND IT'S COME DOWN IN LARGE QUANTITIES, THAT A LOT OF IT JUST GOES STRAIGHT TO THE OCEAN AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, WE GET IT.
AND I KNOW WE'VE HAD A CONVERSATION BEFORE AS THREE VALLEY LOOKING AT IT ALSO FOR STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS FOR STORAGE, BECAUSE IF THIS WATER COMES IN, WE HAVE A HUGE DOWNPOUR.
YOU KNOW, 100 YEAR RAIN OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, ESPECIALLY WITH AN EXCESSIVE SNOWPACK, THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO STORE AND RECHARGE OUR AQUIFERS. SO, I MEAN, AND THERE'S BEEN MONEY THERE, I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN WE CONTINUALLY WITH THIS DROUGHT, IT'S SO FRUSTRATING IS WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH? WHEN DO WE, YOU KNOW.
REALLY, A DROUGHT FOR US MEANS FOREVER BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A STATE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF WATER.
AND NOW RIGHT NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIVE OR SIX HUGE WATER RIGHTS PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, LAKE MEAD, COLORADO RIVER, ARE DICTATING TO US AND GIVING US LESS THAN WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE COMING.
SO WE'RE KIND OF, WE'VE BEEN GOING EVER SINCE I WAS A CHILD.
IT'S LIKE MS 4, YOU KNOW, WATER COMPLIANCE.
STORE THE WATER LET IT RE-AQUIFER OUR SYSTEM.
SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WHAT WHEN YOU GOT ELECTED WAS THE BIG THING THAT YOU SAID WAS THAT I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT BECAUSE WE NEED TO NOT BE THE OLD WAY. IT NEEDS TO BE THE NEW WAY.
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO MOVING FORWARD FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH RATES, YOU KNOW, CRAZY LIKE CLAREMONT'S RATES ARE HIGH, VERY HIGH.
WE'RE NOT BAD BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME OF OUR OWN WATER, BUT JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
YEAH, I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.
RIGHT. AND METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICTS, ONE WATER INITIATIVE IS MEANT TO BRING THE MAJOR WATER RELATED AGENCIES TOGETHER TO RETHINK ABOUT THIS HOLISTICALLY.
SO WASTEWATER, STORMWATER, GROUNDWATER, RECHARGE THROUGH WATER REPLENISHMENT DISTRICTS AND OF COURSE, OUR MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS TO THINK ABOUT HOW WE KEEP IT IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY AND KEEP CHARGING OUR AQUIFERS UNDER OUR FEET.
YOU MENTIONED STORAGE THAT WE HAVE ENORMOUS AMOUNTS OF STORAGE CAPACITY IN THE SAN GABRIEL BASIN, IN THE SIX BASINS IN CHINO BASIN, AND WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW BEST TO GET WATER IN IT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THREE VALLEYS IS IN PARTICULAR WORKING WITH AND THINKING ABOUT CHINO BASIN AND SAN GABRIEL BASIN AND HOW WE CAN WORK WITH THOSE PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT SPACE TO PARK WATER FOR US TO USE AND FOR METRO TO PARK WATER THAT WE CAN THEN BUY AND SOURCE OUT OF THERE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF MUCH SMARTER PEOPLE THAN ME WORKING ON THIS ON OUR FANTASTIC STAFF.
I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT JUST DRIVES ME ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2017 WHEN IT FIRST, YOU KNOW, OH MY GOSH, WE'RE IN A DROUGHT, THAT'S WHEN WE ALL SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON, YOU KNOW, CONCRETE, FAKE GRASS, ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THINGS, CACTUS.
IT'S LIKE, OKAY, REALLY, SERIOUSLY, YOU KNOW.
BUT ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK I KNOW YOU SAID IT, BUT IT WASN'T AS CLEAR.
WHAT ARE OUR CURRENT RESTRICTIONS RIGHT NOW? DO WE HAVE STILL ONE DAY A WEEK WATER RESTRICTIONS? I THINK THAT'S WHAT OUR RESIDENTS REALLY WANT TO HEAR.
YES. THIS I'M NOT SURE IF THE IF THE CITY MANAGER CAN CHIME IN.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE WHAT LA VERNE'S, I BELIEVE IT IS A ONE DAY A WEEK RESTRICTION CONTINUING.
I HAVEN'T HEARD A CHANGE, SO BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT'S WHAT OUR RESIDENTS HEAR TODAY TOO.
THANKS. MINE HAVEN'T BEEN ON SINCE THE LAST DAY.
YEAH, I. PLEASE TAKE THIS NOTICE.
TURN YOUR SPRINKLERS OFF TOMORROW.
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THE GRASS TONIGHT WHEN YOU GO ALONG.CHANNEL 4, 1000 FOOT ELEVATION SNOW.
I'M JUST. JUST TELLING YOU. BECAUSE IT FREEZES.
IF SNOW HITS THE GROUND AND IT STAYS, IT'S COLD.
DO WE HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, OPEN IT UP TO THE AUDIENCE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR JEFF WHILE WE'RE HERE ON THE AUDIENCE? YOU WANT WATER FOR THE GARDEN? OKAY. HE'LL WORK ON THAT PERSONALLY.
OKAY, JEFF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YES. OH, GOSH, I FORGOT I WAS SOMEBODY.
OH, NO, NO ONE DOESN'T HAVE A CHAMPION.
I'M ERIC KENNY. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES.
HANLON, IF POSSIBLE, THE RESERVOIR IN NORTH LA VERNE.
I'M HOPING THAT WE CAN AT LEAST GET THAT FILLED UP.
SO. BUT THANK YOU, THAT'S ALL.
IT'S BEEN EMPTY FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS, I THINK.
BUT I KNOW IT'S MWD AND I OWN IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO KNOW THAT WATER IS NOT OURS AT ALL.
SO COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST MAKE YOUR WATER FREE.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, COME BACK.
ANYTHING. EVEN SOME BULLET POINTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE FACT OF I KNOW THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT GRAY WATER AND BLACK WATER, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO CLEAN THAT UP, TOO, AND REUSING THAT. SO I THINK THE RECYCLED WATER AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT THAT'S WHERE THE STATE AND FEDERAL COME IN, WHERE WE CAN MAYBE START AT OUR PARKS AND START AT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME FUNDING THAT WE COULD AS OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CAN START THINKING ABOUT THAT.
REUSING OUR GRAY WATER AND OUR RECYCLED WATER.
I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
SOME OF THE CITIES ARE USING IT EXTENSIVELY AND IT SAVES LOTS AND LOTS OF MONEY AND IT SAVES WATER.
SO. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITATION.
MR. MAYOR. I WAS JUST LISTENING, AND I BELIEVE I HEARD MR. HANLON SAY THEY RECEIVED A $200,000 GRANT FOR A STRATEGIC PLAN.
STRATEGIC PLANS ALWAYS SEEM WHERE IDEAS GO TO DIE.
SO WHAT HAS BEEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN IN THE PAST AND HOW MUCH HAVE ALL OF THESE COMPANIES PUT INTO THESE? BECAUSE MR. HANLON HAS JUST BEEN ELECTED, BUT THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, SO MAYBE HE COULD GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO WHAT HAS BEEN THE STRATEGIC PLAN VERSUS WHAT IS THE STRATEGIC PLAN GOING FORWARD.
I'D BE HAPPY TO DO SO IN VERY BRIEF FORM BECAUSE THAT'S IT'S A HUGE QUESTION.
THAT'S THE MILLION DOLLAR QUESTION.
IN THE PAST, THE PLAN HAS BEEN TO SEEK IMPORTED WATER TO DRIVE GROWTH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
AND SO MOST OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING HAS BEEN THROUGH STATE WATER PROJECT WATERS TO GET WATER FROM NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND THE COLORADO RIVER AQUEDUCT FROM THE COLORADO, YOU REFERENCE CHINATOWN, THAT'S MULHOLLAND.
YOU KNOW, LOS ANGELES, DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER AND AND THE OWENS RIVER.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE TAPPED ALL THE AVAILABLE SOURCES OF IMPORTED WATER.
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IS FINITE AND TO USE THE WATER WE HAVE REGIONALLY IN A MORE CIRCULAR WAY.SO BE ABLE TO USE OUR LOCAL SOURCES OF WATER SO THAT WE CAN START TO AND RECYCLED WATER CAPTURE MORE STORMWATER LOCALLY SO THAT WE CAN START TO PULL BACK ON THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT WE RELY ON FROM THOSE SOURCES BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE LESS RELIABLE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO IT'S SORT OF FACING MORE INWARD RATHER THAN SEEKING OUTWARD IS IN GENERAL THE STRATEGIC, THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION OF METROPOLITAN WATER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DR. HANLON, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
I THINK WE HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENT HERE.I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE SOME ACTIVITIES COMING UP FOR THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
ON MONDAY, MARCH 13TH, WE WILL SPONSOR A PRESENTATION BY ANNA MARIA WHITTAKER ON THE LIFE OF JULIA MORGAN, WHO IS CALIFORNIA'S FIRST LICENSED FEMALE ARCHITECT AND THE DESIGNER OF OVER 700 BUILDINGS IN OUR STATE.
MS.. MORGAN IS MOST FAMOUSLY KNOWN AS THE ARCHITECT WHO DESIGNED THE FAMOUS HEARST CASTLE.
A FLIER IS ATTACHED AND I WILL BE PUTTING FLIERS OUT ON THE OVER ON THE TABLE.
THE PRESENTATION CELEBRATES MARCH, WHICH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
TO SUPPORT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUTO SHOP.
THEY ARE GIVING A CAR SHOW THAT DAY, SO WE'LL BE THERE SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS.
AND THEN AT NOON WE'RE GOING TO BE SHOWING SCREENING THE GRADUATE, AN ICONIC FILM FROM 1967.
SO HERE'S TO MRS. ROBINSON AND ALL OF US WHO ENJOYED THAT FILM.
IT WILL BE SCREENED AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT UNION BUILDING.
SO CAN YOU RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATION SPOTS? LIKE WHERE HIS CAR RAN OUT OF GAS? YOU KNOW THAT? WELL, YOU'LL FIND OUT.
THEN AT 2:00, WE ARE SPONSORING A TOUR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH, THE SCENE OF THE FINAL FAMOUS SCENE.
AND THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AT 2305D STREET.
SO AFTER YOU WATCH THE MOVIE, WALK ACROSS THE STREET, WE'LL TOUR THE CHURCH.
GOING TO CHURCH IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO SEE THAT IT'S ALL FREE.
NOW, WHERE ELSE IS THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY GOING TO BE BUSY? ON THE APRIL 1ST? LOOK FOR US AT THE CITY SPONSORED EXCELLENT ADVENTURE AT HERITAGE PARK.
BRING YOUR KIDS TO PARTICIPATE IN AN EGG HUNT AND PAY US A VISIT.
THAT EVENT IS FROM OH, I THINK IT'S FROM NINE IN THE MORNING UNTIL FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S BEING ADVERTISED IN THE LA VERNE RECREATION GUIDE.
CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ABOUT THE TIME.
NINE TO SORRY, 9 TO 4 IS THE NEXT THING WHICH IS ACTIVE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
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THANK YOU. I'LL PUT FLIERS ON.WHAT ABOUT THE BEING A MEMBER OF THIS? WHAT ABOUT SOCIETY MEMBER? YEAH. WHAT ABOUT THAT LIFELONG MEMBERSHIP? IT'S WHAT, $200 IS $200? IT'S LIKE A LIFE INSURANCE POLICY.
THOSE SHIRTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE ARE PERFECT.
I WAS ALSO GOING GOING TO MENTION YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A LIFETIME MEMBER.
YOU CAN DO IT YEARLY, $20 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL JUST GETTING THE BIG BUCKS UP FRONT.
I DON'T WANT TO SCARE PEOPLE OFF.
SOME PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO IT IN INCREMENTS OR YOU DO A LIFE.
SOME PEOPLE GET THE GAS BILL AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT.
SO. SO WATER, YOU KNOW, PLEASE DO JOIN US.
SHERRY MAKES EXCELLENT NEWSLETTERS WITH ALL KINDS OF INTERESTING INFORMATION.
AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF FUN EVENTS.
SO PLEASE SEE US BECAUSE IT'S TIME TO RENEW OR JOIN.
MAKE SURE YOU GET US THE INFORMATION SO WE CAN POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? VERY GOOD, MISS BEAUCHAMP.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I KNOW THE WEATHER IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO COOPERATE, BUT MANY OF THE CLAREMONT RESIDENTS AND ATHLETES THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT DID COME OUT TO SUPPORT LA VERNE FOR THE GIRLS SOFTBALL AND OUR LITTLE LEAGUE.
WHEN THE BUS CAME HOME THAT NIGHT, VERY LATE IN THE EVENING, AND THEY ALSO CONTRIBUTED FUNDS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF A COMMUNITY, NOT JUST INDIVIDUAL CITIES WHEN WE COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO YOUTH SPORTS, WE ALL SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE SINCE LA VERNE IS OPENING IS NOT FOR A FEW WEEKS, BUT CLAREMONT.
ASSUMING THE WEATHER COOPERATES.
THANK YOU. ON THAT NOTE, THE GIRLS SOFTBALL LEAGUE WAS GOING TO START NEXT THIS COMING SATURDAY.
AND THEY DID CANCEL BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER.
AND I'M PROBABLY MORE THAN LIKELY THEY'LL HAVE TO CANCEL, BUT WE DO SUPPORT THEM.
ABSOLUTELY. I WAS GIVEN SOMETHING FOR THIS IS IN MARCH, BUT BRIAN BOWCOCK HAD MENTIONED THAT KATHRYN BARGER IS COMING TO UPDATE THE AREA IN CLAREMONT HUGHES CENTER ON MARCH 29TH.
SHE'S OUR FIFTH SUPERVISOR, DISTRICT SUPERVISOR AT 7:00 PM IN THE PADUA ROOM.
CLAREMONT, A NONPROFIT GROUP, IS HOSTING THE EVENT.
I'M JUST READING IT OFF OF HERE.
AT THE CLAREMONT YOUTH CENTER.
SO ANYONE ELSE, ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. IVY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER.
THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AT THE GREAT FORTUNE OF WORKING WITH REPRESENTATIVE JOHN LEWIS BEFORE PASSED AWAY. DC AND WHAT A GREAT MAN, THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW HIS HISTORY, GREAT CIVIL RIGHTS PERSON, GREAT, GREAT LEADER, WORKED WITH MARTIN LUTHER KING AND HE WAS SUBJECT TO DOGS BITING AND FIRE HOSES ON HIM AND BEATINGS.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT HE SURVIVED AND IT BECAUSE OF HIS WORK.
WE ARE WHERE WE ARE TODAY AS A COMMUNITY AND AS AMERICANS.
AND WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF THAT HISTORY.
SO I JUST WANT TO ALSO LET YOU KNOW THAT CASI, THE COACH AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE, WILL BE MEETING AGAIN MARCH 1ST, AND IT WILL BE THE BEGINNING OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.
AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT EVERYONE IS INVITED.
ANYTHING YOU CAN IMAGINE. WE TALK ABOUT IT AND WE TALK ABOUT IT OPENLY.
AND WE WELCOME ALL COMERS TO THIS.
NO ONE IS IGNORED AND EVERYBODY IS APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. IVEY. ANYONE ELSE ON ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, ANYBODY ON.
WE GOOD JR? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[6. CONSENT CALENDAR]
I'M GOING TO MOVE TO CONSENT CALENDAR.MR. DELMAR, WAS ANYTHING PULLED ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THERE WAS NOT, SIR. I NEED A MOTION.
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WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN PUBLIC HEARINGS.[7. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
MR. DELMAR. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS THE WEED ABATEMENT PROTEST HEARING AND COMING BEFORE YOU WILL BE OUR FIRE MARSHAL, ROBERT MONTGOMERY.THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
I APPRECIATE THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK BEFORE YOU.
I JUST WANT TO GO OVER A QUICK GIVE YOU A QUICK SYNOPSIS OF OUR EFFORTS THAT WE TAKE AS YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE HAZARDS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WILDFIRES.
AND IN FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE ADDRESS THIS THREAT IN TWO FRONTS.
ONE IS THE DEVELOPED LOTS, AS I MENTIONED IN MY PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, IS THE DEVELOPED LOTS, AND THE OTHER IS IN THE VACANT, UNDEVELOPED LAND PARCELS.
SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY ON THE UNDEVELOPED LANDS, VACANT PARCELS TO MITIGATE THOSE HAZARDS AS AS AS AS SEASONS COMES AROUND FOR FOR THAT TIME AND ON DEVELOPED LOTS.
WE UTILIZE OUR OWN STAFF, OUR OWN FRONT LINE STAFF, FIREFIGHTERS AND MYSELF.
WE GO OUT AND ACTUALLY INSPECT THOSE PROPERTIES.
WORKS TO OUR BENEFIT IN TWO AREAS.
ONE IS IS THAT OUR FIREFIGHTERS WHO WOULD POTENTIALLY MOST LIKELY RESPOND TO A FIRE TO A HAZARD GUARDING THOSE PROPERTIES GIVES THEM FAMILIARITY WITH THE PARCELS AND THE LAYOUT OF THAT OF THE HOUSES AND ALL THE STRUCTURES AND ALSO GETS THEM OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND AND THEY GET FIRST HAND EXPERIENCE AND EXPOSURE TO OUR TO OUR PROPERTIES.
AND OUR RESIDENTS GET FAMILIAR WITH OUR STAFF AS WELL, OUR TEAM.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KEEP THAT ASPECT OF OF THE INSPECTIONS AND ENSURING THAT WE MINIMIZE THE HAZARDS TO OUR STRUCTURES WITH OUR STAFF GOING THROUGH A VERY STRINGENT PROCESS OF APPLYING THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO WILDFIRE HAZARD MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS.
AND ON THE OTHER FRONT, WHICH IS THE VACANT LAND, IS THE WE THE CITY HAS A LONG STANDING CONTRACT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER AND ON ON THE WALDEN OR THE OPEN SPACE, RATHER.
THEY HAVE THE EQUIPMENT, THE STAFF, THE TIME NOT ONLY ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE, WHICH IS ON THE FOREFRONT, WHICH THEY HAVE TO NOTIFY THE PARCEL OWNERS, BUT ALSO THE BACK END ON DOING THE ACTUAL ABATEMENT AND GOING THROUGH THE COST RECOVERY PROCESS AS WELL, WHICH IS A VERY ARDUOUS PROCESS WHEN YOU ARE WORKING ON TRYING TO MITIGATE THE HAZARDS ON VACANT LAND, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES PROPERTY OWNERS ARE NOT ON SITE, THEIR ABSENTEE OWNERS OR THAT OF THE AREA OWNERS.
SO IT TAKES A LOT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE EFFORT AND PHYSICAL EFFORT TO ABATE THOSE HAZARDS.
AND OUR NEXT SPEAKER, WHO IS A SENIOR INSPECTOR WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER IS ROSEANNE CENTENO, WILL BE GIVING HER PRESENTATION TO YOU AS WELL AS HOW THIS PROGRAM WORKS AND HOW THEY GO ABOUT MITIGATING THOSE HAZARDS IN OPEN SPACE AND UNDEVELOPED LAND.
AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.
I'M HERE IF WE HAVE ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROTEST, HEARING ANY PARCEL OWNERS THAT ARE CONCERNED AND CURIOUS AS TO WHY THEY ARE ADDED ONTO THE LIST THIS YEAR, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED.
SO MANY OF THEM MIGHT BE FAMILIAR AND MAYBE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN THERE.
WE DO BEGIN INSPECTIONS AROUND END OF JUNE.
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ON THE PARCEL, THERE'S A DISTINCT DEADLINE AS WELL.SO ONLY A FEW PARCELS ARE DISC, AND THAT'S AN APRIL 16TH DEADLINE.
AFTER THAT DATE WE GO IN WITH A TRACTOR AND JUST THOSE PROPERTIES THAT'S OUT IN MOUNTAIN MEADOWS.
SO OTHERWISE JUNE 1ST IS THE COUNTY WIDE DEADLINE.
AFTER THAT, WE DO BEGIN OUR INSPECTIONS AND NOTIFY THE PARCEL OWNERS AGAIN.
AT THAT POINT, THEY'RE ALSO GIVEN ANOTHER DEADLINE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF THE FINAL DEADLINE TO WHICH WE WILL GO IN AND SEEK ENFORCEMENT CLEARANCE.
TYPICALLY, WE DO WRAP UP THE SEASON AROUND SEPTEMBER, SO.
THIS YEAR OR LAST YEAR, RATHER.
BUT I AM OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY PARCEL OWNERS OR CITY COUNCIL.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A VERY BUSY YEAR THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. LA VERNE AS IT'S GROWING FAST.
SO THIS THE PROBLEM AND THE CONCERN.
I KNOW THAT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON HAD MENTIONED IT.
BUT A LOT OF WEED AND BRUSH, IT'S GROWING.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT GROWN THIS FAST IN YEARS BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS KIND OF RAIN.
BUT WE DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US.
SO, COUNSEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR PRESENTERS AND SATURNO, I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THE CITY OWNED PARCEL THAT'S WEST OF RUSTIC CANYON PARK IS INCLUDED IN THAT AS FAR AS DESKING.
I KNOW THAT'S BEEN AN AREA THAT WE'VE USED GOATS AND OTHER LESS OFFENSIVE WAYS TO CLEAR THAT PROPERTY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE MORE COST EFFECTIVE IF THE COUNTY COULD COME IN AND DISK THAT AND MAYBE RAISE THE ELEVATION OF SOME OF THE LIMBS ON THE OAK TREES TO PREVENT THAT FIRE FROM SPREADING IF IT EVER GETS IN THERE AGAIN.
SO WHAT WE DO WITH CITY OWNED PARCELS OR ANY LAND OR PARCEL THAT IS MANAGED BY THE CITY, WE DO WORK WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION TO MAINTAIN AND ABATE ANY HAZARDS THAT ARE THAT MAY BE PRESENT ON THOSE PARCELS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE TO OUR BENEFIT TO MAKE THAT MORE FIRE SAFE.
CORRECT. I AGREE. AND SO OUR FIRST LINE IS GOING THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, AND IF THEY DON'T HAVE A PREFERRED CONTRACTOR OR WHATEVER, THEN WE COULD RESORT TO LOS ANGELES COUNTY, HER DEPARTMENT, TO HAVE THEM ABATE THE HAZARD, WHICH WOULD, OF COURSE, BE AT THE CITY'S EXPENSE.
YEAH. BECAUSE AND I NOTICED THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION ABOUT HOMEOWNERS BEING NON RENEWED AND IN LA VERNE THAT IS IN FACT CURRENTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
THAT LA VERNE HOMEOWNERS CAN BE NON RENEWED BECAUSE OF HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREAS.
CORRECT. AND INSURANCE COMPANIES, AS WE KNOW, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN SET OF STANDARDS.
SO THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT SET OF AREA THAT THAT INSURANCE COMPANIES, THERE'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAT THEY HAVE VERSUS WHAT WE DO AND VERSUS THE RISK ASSESSMENT THAT THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND LOCAL AGENCIES PLACE UPON.
SO THEY USE DIFFERENT RISK FACTORS.
AND YES, IT DOES AFFECT THEIR RATES.
AND THAT'S WHY I ENCOURAGE OUR RESIDENTS, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THEM THAT IF THEY DO SEE ANY HAZARDS WHEN IT COMES TO WILDFIRE HAZARDS, PLEASE CONTACT US AND YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BEING THE AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.
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I THINK WE NEED TO ALSO I KNOW THAT THERE WAS EMAILS GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND A BIG CONCERN IS THE ABOVE ARE THE RUSTIC CANYON, GOLDEN HILLS ESTATES, THAT WILDERNESS PARK AND AND MOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN MEADOWS.IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROBABLY TAKE A CLOSER EYE AT THAT.
BUT WE HAD A CHAT WITH RICARDO LARA, OUR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER, AND HIS STAFF, AND TO BRING THEM BACK TO YOU, BECAUSE EVERY DAY WE'RE HEARING ABOUT PEOPLE'S INSURANCE BEING DROPPED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH FIRE AREA AND THEY SAID IT'S A CONCERN AND PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE.
SO WE'VE GIVEN THAT TO MR. DELMAR AND GETTING SOME INFORMATION OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS BECAUSE THAT YOU JUST YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YOU MAY HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ISSUE OR THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY ON THE. THAT'S A RESOUNDING NO.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK OF THE DAIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR.
YES. OR MR. DELMAR? NO. AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IF THEY DO FIND ISSUES WITH CANCELED INSURANCE OR ANYTHING, THE CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN IS AVAILABLE AND THAT WEBSITE IS W W W DOT CFP NET DOT COM.
SO THEY LOCATE YOU BACK DOWN TO LOCAL INSURANCE FOLKS AND WORK WITH YOU.
THAT'S GREAT. YEAH. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD ALSO COME TO OUR MEETING.
SO THEY'VE BEEN GOING TO MANY, MANY, MANY COUNCIL MEETINGS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A REAL PROBLEM.
WE APPRECIATE IT. SHE SAID, THANK YOU.
WE NEED A WE NEED A VOTE ON THIS.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ONE.
[8. OTHER MATTERS]
OTHER MATTERS.CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MR. DRANSFELDT. ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU IN OUR CHAMBERS.
CITY COUNCIL. TODAY MY PRESENTATION IS ON THE PROCESSING OF CCW APPLICATIONS AND UPDATING THE CITY'S FEE SCHEDULE IN JUNE OF 2022.
THE SUPREME COURT RULED ON THE BRUIN VERSUS NEW YORK STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
AS A RESULT OF THE RULING, THE LA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHO PREVIOUSLY HANDLED CCW PERMITS FOR RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE AND OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, STATED THEY WOULD NO LONGER PROCESS CCW PERMITS FOR AREAS THAT THEY DON'T SERVE PER THE LAW.
THE POLICE CHIEFS ARE REQUIRED TO PROCESS CCW PERMITS FROM RESIDENTS WHO RESIDE WITHIN LA VERNE.
SINCE THE RULING, LA VERNE HAS RECEIVED OVER 50 REQUESTS TO PROCESS CCW PERMITS.
THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS INCLUDES CONDUCTING A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION, SCHEDULING APPOINTMENTS, INTERVIEWS, BACKGROUND INTERVIEWS AND RESIDENCE INSPECTIONS.
AS SUCH, THE DEPARTMENT HAS AGREED TO COLLABORATE WITH MY CCW, USE AN INDEPENDENT VENDOR TO PROCESS THE APPLICATION, CONDUCT THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS, SCHEDULE THE POLYGRAPH EXAMINATIONS, AND REFER THE APPLICANT TO THE FIREARMS VENDOR FOR TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION,
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AND ALSO TO COMPLETE A THOROUGH, COMPREHENSIVE REPORT FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO REVIEW.A NONREFUNDABLE FEE FOR THIS SERVICE IS $398 PAID DIRECTLY TO THE APPLICANT TO MY CCW.
US. THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT REMAINS RESPONSIBLE FOR FINGERPRINTING EACH APPLICANT AND SENDING THOSE FINGERPRINTS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FOR REVIEW.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO CONDUCTS A CRIMINAL HISTORY CHECK.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE OR DESIGNEE.
ALL CCW APPLICANTS WILL BE EXPECTED TO HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM PERFORMED BY A LICENSED DOCTOR.
THUS, WHILE THE APPLICANT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING THE $150 DIRECTLY TO THE CITY'S CURRENT VENDOR, THE COUNSELING TEAM FOR THE EXAM, THE CITY WILL INCUR THE REMAINING COST OF $150 PER APPLICANT.
THIS $150 PICK UP BY THE GENERAL FUND IS AN UNFUNDED COST TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
THE TOTAL FEE TO THE APPLICANT FOR THE FIRST YEAR CCW ISSUANCE IS $1,081.
ALL ASSOCIATED ITEMS ARE ATTACHED TO THE REPORT BEFORE YOU.
THE DEPARTMENT WILL COLLECT A TOTAL OF $190 IN FEES FROM EACH APPLICANT.
WITHIN THE REPORT, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT THOSE FEES INCLUDE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-10, AMENDING RESOLUTION 22-54 RELATIVE TO CERTAIN FEES AND POLICIES FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN, I ALSO WANTED TO KIND OF BRING TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION AND TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FEE RESOLUTION, WHAT THE CITY DOES NOW IS WE DON'T DO JUST STANDALONE FEES.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IN THE STAFF REPORT KIND OF A CALL OUT SECTION ON THOSE.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CORRECTED THOSE AS WE GO FORWARD.
BUT I DID WANT TO CALL THAT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS A QUESTION.
ONE QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHY WOULDN'T WE COLLECT I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY EXPLAINED IT BRIEFLY IN THAT WHY WOULDN'T WE COLLECT A COMPLETE FEE AND A RESIDENT WOULD PAY FOR THE ENTIRE FEE INSTEAD OF THE SEVEN. SO 50 IS $7500 TO THE GENERAL FUND OF THAT $150 THAT WE'RE NOT THAT WE'RE ENCUMBERING.
WHY WOULDN'T WE HAVE THE RESIDENT WHO EVER WANTED A CCW PAY THAT ENTIRE AMOUNT? BECAUSE SO STATE LAW, STATE LAW PUTS A LIMIT ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THE COUNSELING TEAM WON'T CHARGE 150 FOR THOSE THEY CHARGED 300.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE OFFSET THERE.
AND MR. MAYOR, THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WHEN WE DO TALK WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS, WE KIND OF MAYBE KINDLY ASK THEM TO UP THAT AMOUNT THAT WE CAN CHARGE FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT.
I MEAN, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE PERSON HAS TO PAY THAT.
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CORRECT. SO, I MEAN, THAT IS THAT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ADDRESS.
COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY, BUT ALSO AGREE A PSYCHOLOGICAL TEST IS NEEDED.
NO ARGUMENT ON THAT ONE. SO AFTER THE TWO YEARS, ARE THE FEES THE SAME TO RENEW? NO. SO AFTER THE TWO YEARS THE RENEWAL FEE FOR MYCCW.US IS $348 THAT ALSO IT'S STILL A BACKGROUND, IT'S AN APPLICATION AND BACKGROUND PROCESS JUST LIKE THE FIRST ONE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SHOWS CAUSE TO REDO A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM, ONE WILL NOT HAVE TO BE REDONE.
SO THAT WILL SAVE THE APPLICANT $150.
AND THEN ALSO SAME WITH THE FINGERPRINTING.
THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO BE RE-FINGERPRINTED.
EVERYTHING ELSE WILL STILL HAVE TO BE COMPLETE.
$150 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO THE CITY CORRECT. SO DOES THE WEAPON SAFETY IS THAT ALSO UPON THE RENEWAL DO THEY HAVE TO REDO THE WEAPON SAFETY AS WELL? YES, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO ON YOUR INITIAL CCW FOR THE TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO ATTEND AN EIGHT HOUR CLASS AND WHICH WILL INCLUDE TRAINING AND QUALIFICATION.
UPON RENEWAL, IT'S FOUR HOUR CLASS.
BECAUSE INSTEAD OF PAYING THE $250, THEY'LL PAY PROBABLY AROUND 150.
NO, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE FEES.
IT'S ALL THE SAME. THANK YOU LIEUTENANT.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE ONE HERE, MR. DAVIS. THANK YOU, LIEUTENANT DRANSFELDT, APPRECIATE THAT.
YOU'RE WELCOME. WE MAY NEED YOUR SERVICES AGAIN.
THANK YOU HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL AND MR. MAYOR, STAFF.
THE FIRST IS AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME CONCURRENCE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO $300 SO THAT THERE IS NO DRAIN FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THIS FEE.
SO EACH RENEWAL REQUIRES A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM.
AND YOU WOULD ALSO THEN INCREASE THE ADMINISTRATION FEES ON THE RENEWAL TO $300.
SO IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT, I THINK THAT ANYBODY WHO COMES FOR A CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON REGISTRATION SHOULD IDENTIFY WHICH MILITIA THEY BELONG TO AND THAT THAT MEMBERSHIP BE VERIFIED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? PLEASE, CHIEF GONZALES, COME ON UP.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE THAT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION IS WORKING ON FINDING A GROUP OUTSIDE OF THE COUNSELING TEAM TO REDUCE THAT COST OF $300. SO WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ENSURING THAT ALL THE $150 WILL COVER THE COMPLETE COST FOR A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM.
SO IN THE FUTURE, THAT MAY NO LONGER BE THE CASE.
MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE BELIEVE ME, WE THOUGHT LONG AND HARD ABOUT WHETHER WE COULD TRY AND RECOUP THAT COST, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO INCREASE ANOTHER FEE IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR THAT DIFFERENCE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE LIMIT THAT THE STATE HAS SET.
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AT LEAST WE CAN LOOK AT IT, THOUGH, AND GO THROUGH OUR OTHER ELECTEDS.THANK YOU, CHIEF. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION OF A CCW PERMIT ONCE PROVIDED? ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANY SITUATION WHEREIN THAT CAN BE THAT WOULD BE THERE WOULD BE GROUNDS FOR REVOCATION? I'M SORRY. YES.
A QUICK COMMENT. I'M GLAD THAT MR. DAVIS JUST SHOWED US WHY HE WAS VOTED OUT OF OFFICE.
CITIZENS RIGHTS ARE CRITICAL AND I'M GLAD HE'S GONE.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT? NO. OTHER [ECHO] OTHER. OTHER OTHER.
[LAUGHTER] YEAH. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? JUST. MR. DRANSFELDT.
SORRY. WE'RE GOING TO. NO PROBLEM.
MR. PUTNUM COME ON UP. WILL THERE BE A LIAISON WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE TO HAVE SOME CRITERIA, A POINT OF CONTACT TO GET THE PROCESS STARTED? WE'LL LET THE LIEUTENANT COME BACK UP ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT TO ADDRESS THAT.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT CCW.
I JUST WANT THIS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE PEOPLE LIKE ME.
I REALLY CONSIDER I SHOULD HAVE THIS WITH ME BECAUSE I'M HOME ALONE SOMETIMES.
AND ACTUALLY, THE MASS SHOOTING IN [INAUDIBLE] PARK.
I STILL COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE'S THE ONE GOT SHOT AND DIED THERE.
I STILL HAVE PROBLEMS TO MAKE A VIDEO WITH HER PICTURE RIGHT NOW.
SO. BUT I KNOW SHE JUST WILL AGREE WITH ME.
THEY THINK IT'S A CELEBRATION.
THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THIS IS GUNSHOT AT THE BEGINNING.
BUT IF IF SOMEBODY IF ONE PEOPLE HAVE GUN THERE, LESS, LESS PEOPLE DIE.
I ALWAYS IN MY FRONT YARD GARDENING.
SO I JUST HOPE CCW WILL BE EASIER FOR THE PEOPLE.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? YOU CAN COME UP TO THE MIC, PLEASE.
JOHN WILSON. I HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE PERMIT.
ONCE IT'S ISSUED HERE IN LA VERNE, DOES IT.
IS IT GOOD FOR THE STATE? WHERE IS IT? WHERE IS IT GOOD FOR NUMBER ONE? AND NUMBER TWO, IF IT IS GOOD FOR OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
HOW IS EVERYBODY WHEN THEY APPLY, THEY MAKE SURE THEY'RE AN ACTUAL RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK.
I THINK YOU HAVE THREE, THREE OR FOUR QUESTIONS YOU NEED TO ANSWER THERE.
SURE. I'LL START WITH THE POINT OF CONTACT SO RESIDENTS CAN ALWAYS GO TO OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S LVPD.ORG, AND THAT'S WHERE THE PROCESS WILL START.
SO ALWAYS FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO HIM VIA EMAIL.
IT'S MWEINREB@LVPD.ORG OR YOU CAN CALL HIM AT THE STATION BUT HE..
HERE'S HIS HOME NUMBER. YES, HE'S BEEN A LIEUTENANT.
HE'S BEEN DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB.
AND SO IF YOU REACH OUT TO HIM, HE WILL GET BACK TO YOU IN A TIMELY MANNER WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION? JURISDICTION IS JURISDICTION.
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OKAY, SO JURISDICTION.SO THE CCW IS IS ISSUED TO THE RESIDENT OF LA VERNE.
HOWEVER, IT'S GOOD IN THE STATE OF THE ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO IF YOU HAVE A CCW THAT'S ISSUED HERE AS A RESIDENT AND YOU ARE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AS LONG AS YOU'RE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IT'S IT'S GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
WE VERIFY ONLY RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE CAN GET IT FROM LA VERNE.
YOU MUST BE A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE.
AND THAT IS ALL VERIFIED IN THE APPLICATION AND BACKGROUND PHASE OF THE PROCESS.
IF THIS BECOMES AN EFFECT ONCE IT COMES BACK TO US FOR A VOTE.
MR. DAVIS BROUGHT UP SOME VERY GOOD POINTS AS FAR AS THIS CAN MORPH.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING AND MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING A CCW.
CAN CONTROL THAT AND HAVE THE WERE FOR ALL YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SO MANY ISSUES THAT THE PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING IN THE BACKGROUND TESTING IS SO IMPORTANT AND THOSE QUESTIONS HAVE TO BE ASKED.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE DOING THIS, I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT IF THINGS DO CHANGE, WE CHANGE OUR ORDINANCE FOR OUR CCW CARRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERING, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING THEM ARE GOING TO USE THOSE WEAPONS IN A SAFE MANNER, THE MANNER THAT WE'RE TRAINED IN.
ABSOLUTELY AGREE. ANY QUESTIONS, COUNCILMEMBER? I'M GOING BACK TO MY NO.
AS LONG AS YOU'RE I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY SITUATION, BUT I'M, I'M A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, I THINK ABOUT THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE IN GENERAL. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IS THERE EVER A CASE OR ARE THERE EVER INSTANCES WHERE A REVOCATION WOULD BE NECESSARY? MY OTHER QUESTION IS, DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT KEEP THIS LIST OR DOES IT GO WITH THE STATE SO THAT WHOEVER HAS ONE CAN BE IT CAN BE CHECKED IF THEY'RE TRAVELING WITH IT, THEY CAN THEN RELEASE THAT INFORMATION TO WHO? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.
SO I'M I'M CURIOUS AS TO HOW THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS.
SO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE BASICALLY HANDLES THIS, AND WHEN A CCW IS GRANTED, THAT INFORMATION IS TRANSFERRED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THERE'S DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS A YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOTIFIED OF CERTAIN THINGS.
ONE IS IF A CCW HOLDER, LET'S SAY, HAS A MENTAL HEALTH HOLD FOR WHATEVER REASON OR THEY HAVE A THEY'RE ARRESTED FOR A CRIME THAT WOULD IMPACT THIS CCW PERMIT, THEN IN FACT THEY WOULD NOTIFY US AND THEN WE COULD REVOKE THAT OR WOULD REVOKE IT BASED ON THE CRITERIA.
SO YES, THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT WE WOULD BE NOTIFIED AND REVOKE THAT CCW PERMIT, BUT THOSE ARE EXTENSIVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF CRITERIA AS FAR AS THE TRAINING THAT YOU CAN BE REVOKED.
JUST BECAUSE WE ISSUE A CCW DOESN'T MEAN IT'S MINE AT ALL COST.
IF YOU'RE DOING THE RENEWAL AND YOU SAID THE PSYCH TEST IS NOT GUARANTEED.
HAVE THEM TO BE DONE ON THE RENEWAL.
IS IS IT THE WAY WE SAY THAT IS? OR COULD WE REQUIRE THAT FURTHER RENEWAL? OR IS THAT BASED ON ALL THE LAWS ON, ON THE CCW? SO DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE TO NOT REQUIRE A PSYCH TEST FOR RENEWALS? I KNOW IT ADD EXTRA COSTS FOR LA VERNE.
I UNDERSTAND. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE.
ARE YOU SPEAKING ON YOUR OWN ACCORD? NO, THAT IS A TOUCHY, A VERY TOUCHY SUBJECT.
AND WE REALLY FOLLOW THE PARAMETERS WITHIN THE LAW.
THE LAW. WE ARE WITHIN OUR THE CITY'S RIGHT TO ASK FOR A PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM.
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ANY FURTHER EXAM WILL HAVE TO COME WITH SOMETHING FROM THE DOJ THAT SAYS YES, A REASON.RIGHT. VERY DELICATE WAY TO PUT IT, WASN'T IT? VERY DIPLOMATIC, CHIEF.
I THINK WITH THAT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, THEN? WE NEED A MOTION. AND AGAIN, MR. MAYOR, JUST TO CLARIFY, THESE ARE FOR THE FEES.
SO THE RECOMMENDED MOTION WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THE FEES FOR THE CCW AND ALSO FOR THE REFUSE CHANGES.
CORRECT. ADOPT THE RESOLUTION SO THE MOTION WILL BE READ.
I'LL SECOND. ARE WE GOING TO VOTE OR WE'RE GOING TO WE ARE GOING TO DO A ROLL CALL.
SO WE'LL CALL, SEE IF WE CAN GET COUNCIL MEMBER TESTIFY TO THAT.
THAT'S A THUMBS UP. THAT'S A YES.
IF MOTION CARRIES, WE WILL NOW HAVE CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS IN LA VERNE AFTER A MAJOR HIATUS.
THANK YOU. THAT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK, GUYS.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN AND I KNOW THAT IT WASN'T EASY.
AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT OFFICER WEINREB'S PHONE NUMBER GETS OUT TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND YES, WE MOVE ON TO NUMBER NINE, PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
[9. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK.MS.. BEAUCHAMP, I HOPE YOU HAVE THAT THREE PAGES IS YOU GOT 3 MINUTES GIRL, 3 MINUTES.
OK THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ENTITIES THAT VOTED IN FAVOR OF THE RESIDENTIAL RESIDENTS THAT JUST WON THAT DESIGN AWARD.
EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
THIS COUNCIL AND THE CITY HAS NEARLY COERCED THE RESIDENTS INTO SAVING WATER IN THIS TIME OF SO CALLED DROUGHT TO ACQUIESCE GOVERNOR GRUESOME'S ASSEMBLIES THAT HE SIGNED INTO LAW, THAT HOME HAD A HUGE SWIMMING POOL.
I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU LOOKED AT THAT PICTURE.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL, BUT IT WAS A HUGE SWIMMING POOL.
THAT IS AN IRRESPONSIBLE USE OF HUNDREDS OF GALLONS OF WATER.
YOU PICK AND CHOOSE WHICH ONES YOU WANT TO ENFORCE.
SO WHILE THE REST OF US ARE SCRAPING BY, NOT WATERING OUR GRASS, WHICH SOMEONE SAID IT'S TWO DAYS A WEEK, WE WERE NEVER TOLD THAT US SOUTH SIDE OF BASELINE WAS ONE DAY A WEEK.
NORTH OF BASELINE WAS TWO DAYS A WEEK BECAUSE THEY'RE CONSIDERED HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREA.
AND THEN ON TOP OF IT YOU HAVE THE THREE WATER VALLEYS REPRESENTATIVE COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT CONTINUED WATER CONSERVATION AFTER YOU ISSUED THAT DESIGN AWARD.
SECONDLY, I WOULD LIKE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE NOT FOLLOW THE STEPS OF CITY OF CLAREMONT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ABOUT THE BUZZ LATELY, BUT THERE IS THIS THOUGHT POLICE WITH THIS ANTI HATE SPEECH THAT'S GOING AROUND IN THEIR CITY, THERE'S YARD SIGNS THAT SAY, STOP TRUMP ISM, SAVE DEMOCRACY, OTHER, YOU KNOW, HOMELESSNESS, ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOPICS.
THE CITY HAS AN ORDINANCE FOR NOT HAVING YARD SIGNS.
WE'RE A CITY OF ACCEPTANCE AND I JUST ASK THAT THE CITY DON'T GO DOWN THAT ROAD.
THAT IS JUST ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
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MISS BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. YOU'VE GOT IT RIGHT HERE, MR. WILSON. GOT YOUR LITTLE BLUE CARD.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO ASK TODAY TO GET SOME HELP AND ALSO TO FIND OUT HOW I CAN HELP GET A STREET LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF FULTON AND ARROW HIGHWAY. I WORK IN RIVERSIDE AND I PURPOSELY DO NOT TAKE THAT BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR, HE LOST A CAR THERE ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO. HE GOT T-BONED.
ANOTHER NEIGHBOR LOST A FRIEND WHO WAS KILLED AT THAT INTERSECTION A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE GAREY CLOSED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOAL LINE.
NORMALLY THAT'S WHERE I GO TO GET ON THE 10.
I WENT DOWN THERE AND A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY I WAS INCHING OUT AND I GOT T-BONED.
AND THE ONLY THING THAT SAVED MY LIFE WAS THE SIDE AIRBAGS.
AND I JUST FOUND OUT TODAY THEY'VE TOTALED MY CAR, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT.
BUT IN TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE, I'VE BEEN IN THIS CITY FOR 27 OR 28 YEARS, AND IN TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION, PEOPLE DON'T TAKE IT.
THEY ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THEY KNOW SOMEBODY THAT GOT HIT THERE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DID. I WAS AN INCHING OUT.
NOW, WHEN I CALLED IN THE 911 CALL, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO GIVE IT TO POMONA OR LA VERNE.
SO I GUESS THEY GAVE IT TO POMONA AND THEY WERE TAKING A WHILE.
SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT SHE GETS TICKETS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ON ARROW HIGHWAY THERE, BECAUSE EVEN WHEN WE WERE SITTING THERE WITH OUR CARS IN THAT FIRST LANE, PEOPLE WERE JUST BUZZING AROUND THERE LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW.
IT'S LIKE THEY DIDN'T CARE THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT THERE OR ANYTHING.
NOW, BECAUSE WE WERE OKAY AND WE EXCHANGED INFORMATION THEY DIDN'T TAKE A REPORT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUST COME UP HERE AND [EXPLETIVE] AND MOAN AND CRY ABOUT, OKAY, POOR ME, THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
I THINK THIS WAS A CALLING FOR ME TO SAY WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING AND I WANT TO HELP.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GOING BETWEEN.
POMONA SAYS HALF OF IT'S OURS, HALF OF IT'S YOURS.
AND THERE'S A FIGHT OVER WHO WANTS TO PAY FOR THIS STREET LIGHT.
I MEAN, I COULD HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN KILLED A WEEK AGO YESTERDAY.
I KNOW IT IF IT WEREN'T FOR THOSE SIDE BAGS.
I'M SURE ALL OF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND I LIVE RIGHT ON BRANT THERE.
SO I EITHER HAVE TO GO DOWN THERE OR GO UP TO GAREY.
YEAH. IS THAT THE TIME LIMIT? NO. OKAY. NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
THEY GOT A LIGHT A CLOCK AND IT GOES DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
OKAY, WELL, L.A., THEY CUT YOU OFF.
BUT IN ANY CASE, I DON'T WANT TO JUST COME UP AND SAY WE NEED A LIGHT.
DO IT. I WANT TO FIND OUT HOW I CAN.
WENDY, I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR YEARS.
COUNCILMAN JOHNSON, YOU AND I STOOD IN MY FRONT YARD DURING THE CAMPAIGN AND WE TALKED.
I WANT TO EMAIL YOU GUYS AND SAY, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? BECAUSE I WANT TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION IN THIS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.
I MEAN, WHO KNOWS? YOU KNOW, TOMORROW SOMEBODY COULD GET KILLED THERE.
YES. YOU'RE ASKING FOR A SIGNAL, NOT A LIGHT JUST, YOU KNOW.
YEAH. AT THE INTERSECTION OF FULTON AND ARROW HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP TODAY.
AND I'M SORRY I WENT OVER TIME, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
NO YOU DIDN'T. AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THAT WAS MEDICATION.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT SO, MR. MAYOR, ON THAT, I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
SO THAT INTERSECTION IS 75%, POMONA, 25% LA VERNE.
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SO. WELL, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S PART OF THE GOLD LINE PLAN.SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN THAT IS IN THE PHASING AND THEN BECAUSE IT'S 75/25 AT THAT POINT WE'LL BE SHARING THE COST OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE SIGNAL AND ALL THE STUFF. ELECTRICITY, 25%.
LA VERNE, 75% POMONA, BUT PERFECT TIMING.
PERFECT TIMING FOR US TO PUT ONE IN.
BUT I MEAN, WE'LL CHECK WE'LL CHECK WITH THE GOLD LINE.
I'M ON THAT COMMITTEE, SO TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PLAN IS OR WHAT THE DATES ARE BECAUSE.
AND MOST OF THE STREET WORK IS DONE EXCEPT FOR THE CLOSURE ON GAREY.
THERE'LL BE A FEW LITTLE CLOSURES. SO WE'LL SEE.
SEE WHERE IT'S AT. WE'LL CHECK WITH STAFF AND FIND OUT.
PAM BARRY, THEN MS. ANDERSON. KEEP AN EYE ON HER.
OH, WHAT DO I DO NOW? [LAUGHTER] I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD TOUCH THIS THING OR NOT? A LITTLE BIT. OKAY.
GOOD EVENING. PAM BARRY LA VERNE.
SO I JUST WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE.
WELL, TWO THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW WE HAVE THE LITTLE BLURB AT THE TOP OF OUR AGENDAS REGARDING DISABILITIES AND MODIFICATIONS AND THINGS TO DO. YOU KNOW, LET PEOPLE KNOW 48 HOURS AHEAD IF WE CAN DO THINGS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS MEETING EVERY TIME THAT ARE HARD OF HEARING.
MY MOTHER CAN'T. THERE'S NO WAY SHE COULD EVEN COME BECAUSE, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I TOLD HER ONE TIME SHE NEEDED TO GET HEARING AIDS AND SHE SAID, WHAT DO I NEED A HAIRNET FOR? [LAUGHTER] AND SO IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN DO SHORT OF REWIRING EVERYTHING JUST TO GET LIKE, YOU KNOW, THOSE LITTLE BLUETOOTH THINGS THAT THEY CAN HEAR OR SOMETHING THAT WILL HELP THEM, THAT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.
THE OTHER THING HAS TO DO WITH THE CLAREMONT RESOLUTION THAT THEY DID REGARDING HATE SPEECH AND AS AS I KIND OF LOOKED THROUGH IT BRIEFLY, IT IT WAS NOT JUST A SYMBOLIC HEY, WE'RE STANDING AGAINST THIS.
THIS IS NO GOOD. BUT THEY ALSO INCLUDED VERBIAGE IN THEIR RELATED TO REPORTING, INVESTIGATING, AND THEN SOME SORT OF ACTION OR PENALTY, WHICH I THINK IS BEYOND THE SCOPE OF A CITY COUNCIL, BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE LAWS THAT IDENTIFY WHAT HATE IS THEY'RE FEDERAL THEIR STATE.
WE HAVE POLICE, WE HAVE COURTS.
IT'S EVERYBODY AGREES HATE'S NOT GOOD, BUT THE DEFINITIONS CAN BE VERY MURKY.
AND SOMETIMES ESPECIALLY IT'S EVEN A GENERATIONAL THING BECAUSE, I MEAN, TERMINOLOGY AND VIEWPOINTS AND THINGS HAVE CHANGED SO DRAMATICALLY SINCE I WAS YOUNG.
AND NOW THEY'RE CHANGING FASTER THAN EVER.
I MEAN, EVERY YEAR THERE'S HUGE, LIKE, STEPS THAT ARE WHAT'S THE NORMAL, WHAT'S NOT.
BUT I YOU KNOW, I USE THE WORD HATE TO DEAL WITH THINGS LIKE I HATE TO SEE KIDS BEING ABUSED.
I HATE THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE TO DEAL WITH CANCER AND ALZHEIMER'S.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WILL WORK WITH THAT.
BUT THEN PEOPLE CAN TAKE A CONVERSATION AND TURN IT INTO SOMETHING.
LIKE GRANDMA CAN LOVE EVERYBODY, BUT SHE SAYS THERE'S BOYS AND THERE'S GIRLS AND THAT'S IT.
AND THEN SUDDENLY THAT'S HATE.
I KNOW THAT SOMEBODY MENTIONED TO ME THAT THERE WAS A POST ON NEXT DOOR WHERE SOMEBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT FOLKS AND THEY GOT JUMPED ON FOR USING THE WORD FOLKS.
IT'S NOT A WORD THAT'S EVEN USED IN RELATION TO ANYTHING HATEFUL AT ALL.
BUT IT'S SO EASY FOR PEOPLE TO INTERPRET AND JUDGE.
AND I CAN SEE THAT A RESOLUTION OF THAT COURT, IT'S NOT EVEN JUST A SYMBOLIC.
IT'S AN ACTION. IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO PEOPLE BEING INSULTED OR OFFENDED
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OR WHATEVER WHERE THERE'S NOTHING THERE.AND IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO A BIG SLOPE DOWNWARDS THAT'S MORE DIVISIVE.
SO I JUST KIND OF THINK THAT'S NOT A COUNCIL THING ANYWAY.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE LAWS, WE'VE ALREADY GOT THE LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND THAT'S JUST MY POINT OF VIEW.
AND I STILL HATE BRUSSEL SPROUTS.
ANA ANDERSON, I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE CLAREMONT RESOLUTION.
VERY NICE PEOPLE IN CLAREMONT.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN CLAREMONT THAT ARE JUST LIKE LA VERNIANS.
BUT IT SEEMS THEIR CITY COUNCIL IS A LITTLE OFF.
I MEAN, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT.
THEY WERE VOTED IN. AND IF PEOPLE WANT THAT, THAT'S FINE.
BUT LA VERNE IS A DIFFERENT ANIMAL THAN CLAREMONT.
AND SO WE'VE WATCHED IN OUR CITY A LOT OF WHAT SOME PEOPLE WILL CALL IT, HATE SPEECH IN HERE.
OK THEY'VE BEEN NASTY TO PEOPLE.
THEY'VE BEEN SEPARATED IN GROUPS.
AND WE HAD A LOT OF SPEECH IN HERE.
AND I'VE GOT TO GIVE IT TO DON KENDRICK.
HE ALWAYS SAT THERE AND LET PEOPLE TALK.
I'VE HEARD HIM MANY TIMES WHEN THE COUNCIL WOULD SAY, LET'S STOP THIS.
AND HE WOULD SAY, LET THE PEOPLE TALK.
AND BECAUSE HE LET THE PEOPLE TALK.
AND SOMETIMES IT WASN'T NICE AND SOMETIMES IT WAS CONTENTIOUS.
IF SOME OF YOU REMEMBER DURING THE MAYOR ELECTIONS, OH, IT WAS HORRIBLE IN HERE.
THERE WAS ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON IN HERE, NASTY THINGS.
AND WE TALKED THROUGH IT AND WE BECAME FRIENDS AFTER THE TWO GROUPS OF PEOPLE WENT FOR ONE FOR DON AND ONE FOR TIM. AND WE BECAME FRIENDS AFTER.
IT DIDN'T MATTER BECAUSE WE TALKED IT OUT.
WE FOUGHT. WE SAID WHAT WE HAD TO SAY.
IT WAS BAD SOMETIMES, BUT THIS IS HOW LA VERNE IS.
LA VERNE WE'RE NOT, MOST OF US ARE NOT THIN SKINNED.
WE CAN FIGHT. WE CAN FIGHT WITH EACH OTHER.
WE CAN DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER.
MR. MUIR IS HERE, SO I'LL TELL YOU A STORY.
DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN I SAID THAT? AND HE GOES, YEAH, I REMEMBER.
AND I SAID, I WANT TO APOLOGIZE, BECAUSE I WENT OVER THE LINE AND I FELT BAD ALL THESE THIS TIME.
AND WE HUGGED EACH OTHER AND WE BECAME FRIENDS AND WE'RE STILL FRIENDS.
BUT THIS IS HOW YOU GET TO ONE POINT TO ANOTHER.
YOU TALK. AND FOR SOME, FOR THE COUNCIL TO JUST SAY THAT'S WHO'S AND THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD WANT TO BE JUDGE AND JURY ON WHAT HATE SPEECH IS TO THE RESIDENTS, IT'S RIDICULOUS.
WE ARE A DIFFERENT KIND OF ANIMAL HERE.
AND WE DON'T HAVE RESOLUTIONS LIKE THEY JUST PUT IN BECAUSE IT IS NOT THE JOB OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO GET INTO DECIDING WHAT HATE SPEECH IS OR WHO SAYS HATE SPEECH.
WE ALREADY HAVE LAWS. THAT'S THE JOB OF THE JUSTICE, THE POLICE, THE DETECTIVES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S NOT THE JOB OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO DO.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE HERE TO DO THE FINANCIAL THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE CITY AND THE STRUCTURAL HEALTH OF THE CITY AND THAT KIND OF THINGS.
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PUSH THIS STUFF. I DON'T WANT OUR CITY COUNCIL TO BE LIKE THAT.BUT THAT'S HOW YOU GET FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER WITH PEOPLE, YOU TALK.
ACTUALLY, I READ THE POST, AND THEN I REALLY SAW THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HATE SPEECH ANYTHING.
I THINK I COULD HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
AS AN ASIAN MINORITY FEMALE, I SHALL HAVE SOME BENEFIT OF THIS.
RIGHT. AND LIKE AN ASIAN HATE, I NEVER THINK ANY ASIAN HATE, NEVER, EVER.
AND ASIAN WOMEN GET ROBBED BECAUSE WE CARRY BETTER PURSE, RIGHT? CARRY CASH AND JUST BETTER AND EVEN, YOU KNOW, JUST A DRIVE SLOW MY CAR JUST GET HIT YOU KNOW YESTERDAY SO ASIAN WOMAN DRIVE SO SLOW BUT I DON'T REALLY CARE EVEN MY I LOVE THE CITY I LIVE HERE.
I SAY, HEY, MY ENGLISH IS NO, YOUR ENGLISH IS PERFECT.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY FRIENDLY.
I NEVER REALLY LIKE A CARE THAT EVEN MY KIDS DO ANY RACIST.
DO YOU CARE? WHO CARES, RIGHT? SO I JUST DON'T I THINK IT'S THE BRING UP OVER AND OVER I GET TIRED OF THAT.
FOCUS WATER. WATER WHEN YOU WATER.
RIGHT. I JUST HOPE WE COULD FOCUS SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT.
BONITA AVENUE, THE CHURCH SAY BREAK UP WITH WHITE JESUS.
WHO'S IN THAT CHURCH? WHY HAVE THIS? WHITE JESUS? I EVEN DON'T KNOW.
SO WHY ON LIKE AN ASIAN HEBREW NEVER MENTIONED IN BIBLE I AM CHRISTIAN BAPTISM 2004.
SO IN MY CHURCH A LOT OF ASIAN FAMILY, [INAUDIBLE] AVENUE VERY CONSERVATIVE CHURCH.
A LOT ASIAN FAMILY, WE NEVER REALLY THINK ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND, WHAT COUNTRY.
WE START FROM ENGLISH BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOW ENGLISH, RIGHT? AND THEN WHAT'S YOUR SECOND AND THIRD AND FOURTH LANGUAGE? BECAUSE WE'VE COME DIFFERENT COUNTRY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT.
WHY WOULD EMPHASIZE THAT? WE JUST SPEAK ENGLISH, ASIAN AMERICA.
SO I JUST EVERY TIME I SEE LIKE SOMETHING KIND OF THINGS MY KIDS ARE LEARNING FROM SCHOOL SOCIETY SURVEY LAST WEEK ABOUT FACT CHECK LGBT, ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY PRETTY MUCH NOT LIKE THE FIRST FAMILY MOTTO SO I JUST HOPE CITY COUNCIL EVERYBODY FOCUS SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THE GAS BILL CRAZY THE WATER MY HUSBAND ACCIDENTALLY BROKE MY DRIPPING SYSTEM THE DRIPPING SYSTEM TO SAVE WATER RIGHT SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT WE NEED TO SOLVE.
LILY. ANYONE ELSE? [APPLAUSE] ANYBODY ONLINE? YES. LAST COUNCIL MEETING, I THOUGHT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND I DIDN'T SEE THAT HAPPEN.
AND I GUESS I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
I'LL LET THE CITY MANAGER ANSWER THAT ONE.
SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING FEBRUARY AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
SO. ANYONE ELSE? PUBLIC COMMENT. OH.
OKAY. SORRY. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.
IT APPEARS ON FEBRUARY 14TH, THE CITY OF CLAREMONT PASSED A RESOLUTION, AND I'M READING FROM IT, CONDEMNING HATE CRIMES AND ANY OTHER FORM OF RACISM, RELIGIOUS OR ETHNIC BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, INCITEMENT OR VIOLENCE, OR TARGETING A MINORITY.
AND SO THE CITY COUNCIL, IN RESPONSE TO THAT ACT OF VILE HATE, CAME TOGETHER AND SAID THAT THE CITY OF CLAREMONT CONDEMNS HATE CRIMES, HATE SPEECH AND ANY OTHER FORMS OF RACIST RELIGIOUS, ETHNIC BIAS, DISCRIMINATION, INCITEMENT TO VIOLENCE.
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FOLKS CAN READ IT. IT'S AVAILABLE.THERE IS ONE SECTION THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TAKING ISSUE WITH THAT SAYS THAT THE CITY OF CLAREMONT WILL INVESTIGATE ALL CREDIBLE REPORTS OF HATE CRIMES AND INCIDENTS AND THREATS AGAINST MINORITIES AND HOLD PERPETRATORS OF THOSE CRIMES INCIDENTS AND THREATS ACCOUNTABLE.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING CONTROVERSIAL ABOUT THIS.
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING RADICAL ABOUT THIS.
IT SEEMS LIKE LEADERSHIP TO ME, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT IN OUR CITY, IF THERE WERE REPORTS OF HATE CRIMES OR THREATS OR INCITEMENTS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST ANYONE, THAT THE CITY WOULD DO THE SAME AND RESPOND LIKEWISE AND INVESTIGATE AND HOLD FOLKS ACCOUNTABLE.
SO I REALLY I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS HAS BECOME A TOPIC OF CONCERN HERE.
WHAT A RESOLUTION THAT CLAREMONT PASSED, BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D PROVIDE THE BACKGROUND AND JUST PROVIDE ONE VOICE THAT I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANYTHING DANGEROUS OR WORRISOME ABOUT WHAT THEY DID.
IT LOOKED A LOT LIKE LEADERSHIP TO ME.
MY COMMENT IS ABOUT THE RESOLUTION.
BUT WHAT MY CONCERN IS, I DON'T WANT IT TO COME TO OUR CITY.
I THINK IT'S VERY BAD FOR THE BUSINESSES, THE SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE RESTAURANTS.
OUR BUSINESSES SUFFER ENOUGH TRYING TO STAY AFLOAT.
AND I JUST DON'T THINK THAT MAKES LA VERNE WHAT IT IS, A WELCOMING CITY.
ANYONE ELSE? [APPLAUSE] YVONNE GALLEGOS.
MY GOODNESS. I KNOW THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT FROM A RESIDENT AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NICE CITY AND WELCOMING AND NOT RACIST AND YEAH, ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.
I THINK EVERY CITY HAS THEIR OWN FORMS OF RACISM AND, YOU KNOW, PROBLEMS. BUT I THINK IF WE ARE TRULY A WELCOMING CITY, THEN WE SHOUT THAT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.
WHY WOULD WE WANT TO HIDE BEHIND NOT BEING A WELCOMING CITY? WE DO THE PROCLAMATIONS.
TIM. AND I JUST THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF GETTING OVERBLOWN.
IT'S NOT HERE YET AND [INAUDIBLE] WANTS TO BE PROACTIVE.
I GET THAT. BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CAUSE AND THE MEANING BEHIND IT, BECAUSE IF WE ARE TRULY A WELCOMING CITY, NOT RACIST AND WE ARE AGAINST HATE, BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION, THEN WE SHOULD STAND BEHIND THAT AND WE SHOULD SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS.
[APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE? GO TO HAND OUT.
I THINK IVAN JUST PROVED OUR POINT.
I'VE LIVED IN LA VERNE FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS WALK DOWN THE STREET, GO IN A STORE, DO ANYTHING IN LA VERNE, AND YOU SEE A MULTICULTURAL, WELCOMING COMMITTEE THAT SHOUTS THAT FROM THE ROOFTOP EVERY DAY.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT WITH A PROCLAMATION LIKE CLAREMONT.
IF YOU REMEMBER RECENTLY HAD, I BELIEVE, THEIR SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, A GAY MAN, INVITE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS TO HIS HOUSE WITH LIQUOR BEING SERVED TO THE KIDS AND SCANTILY
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REFER TO IT AS SCANTILY CLAD OTHER MEN.YOU GO DOWN THE STREET IN CLAREMONT AND YOU SEE ANTI TRUMP ANTI THIS.
SO IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE THAT IT DEPENDS ON WHICH SIDE OF THE FENCE YOU'RE ON.
AND I THINK YVONNE JUST PROVED IT.
SHE MOVED HERE, I BELIEVE, A YEAR OR SO AGO.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE TONIGHT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THIS IS THE MOST WELCOMING CITY I HAVE EVER BEEN IN AGAIN FOR 40 YEARS.
AND IF THERE IS A CRIME COMMITTED OF ANY TYPE, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT, SUPERB POLICE FORCE THAT WOULD INVESTIGATE ANYTHING.
AND THROUGH THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS MEETINGS WHEN THE POLICE CHIEF AND NUMEROUS OTHERS HAVE BEEN ASKED, DO WE HAVE ANY HATE INSTANCES IN THIS CITY? AND THE ANSWER IS A RESOUNDING NO.
WE ARE A MULTICULTURAL CITY, AND THANK GOD FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. [APPLAUSE] WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS BEFORE WE DO THAT.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF.
WAIT A MINUTE. DON'T READ THAT ONE.
I'LL JUST GO GRAB IT. [LAUGHTER] YEAH.
WHAT THE MAYOR IS GOING TO GO GRAB IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
[Additional Item]
IT IS VERY APPROPRIATE THAT WE HAVE WE VOTED ON IT LAST MONTH AND WE AGREED ON IT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S PUBLIC. AND SO THE MAYOR WENT TO GO GRAB IT AND SO THAT HE CAN PRESENT IT TO THE PUBLIC.YVONNE GALLEGOS WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP, PLEASE.
STEP OUT FOR A. SEE LA VERNE PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS DURING BLACK HISTORY MONTH, WE CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHOSE POWER TO LEAD, OVERCOME AND EXPAND OUR ECONOMIC, CULTURAL, SPIRITUAL AND POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT HAS HELPED THE NATION BECOME A MORE FAIR AND JUST SOCIETY.
AND WHEREAS, THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY SET THE THEME FOR 2023 AS BLACK RESISTANCE IN RECOGNITION OF THE CONTINUED ADVOCACY OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS FOR JUSTICE AND EQUITY.
AND. WHEREAS, THE OBSERVANCE OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALLS OUR ATTENTION TO THE CONTINUED NEED TO BATTLE RACISM AND BUILD A SOCIETY THAT LIVES UP TO ITS DEMOCRATIC IDEALS. AND.
WHEREAS, THE CITY OF LA VERNE CONTINUES TO WORK TOWARD BECOMING AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY IN WHICH ALL CITIZENS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ARE RESPECTED AND RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, THE STATE, THE COUNTRY, THE WORLD.
AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF LA VERNE IS PROUD TO HONOR THE HISTORY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN OUR COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND NATION NOW, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE, THAT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2023 BE RECOGNIZED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
WE ENCOURAGE THE OBSERVANCE OF TO ALL CITIZENS SO THAT THEY MAY CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS MORE JUST PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL.
DATED THE 6TH OF FEBRUARY 2023.
[10. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
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NOW WE MOVE TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? COUNCILMEMBER LAU.
SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE TREATS BECAUSE I TRIED, BUT SHE IS WELCOME TO BE PET.
SO IF YOU SEE HER, SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
I THINK YOU CAN GET IT FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
BUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN SEEING A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT IS GOING ON, MAYOR HEPBURN DID THE PRESENTATION AT THE UNIVERSITY AND IT WAS A NICE OPPORTUNITY TO HIGHLIGHT THE GOOD THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING.
ACTUALLY, LET ME GO BACK ON FEBRUARY 11TH.
AND I STRONGLY URGE, IF YOU AREN'T FOLLOWING THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR FOLLOWING WHAT THEY DO, THEY DO OFFER A LOT OF AMAZING PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS FOR RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT WAS A GREAT COLLECTION OF WOMEN PROFESSIONAL IN THE SPORTS AREA, AND WE HAD SOME LOVELY STUDENTS FROM BONITA AND SOME NEIGHBORING SCHOOLS WHO ATTENDED, AND I WAS SO BLOWN AWAY BY THE STUDENTS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THEIR ENGAGEMENT, ASKING REALLY THOUGHTFUL QUESTIONS AND REALLY GETTING INTO THE NETWORKING, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH YOUR JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE AND INTO YOUR CAREERS.
IT'S GOOD TO KNOW AND MAKE THAT SUPPORT GROUP.
AND IT WAS JUST REALLY AMAZING.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST AMAZING THINGS TO ME AND I THINK WHAT IS AN INCREDIBLE TESTAMENT IS THAT YOU HAVE A WOMAN WHO IS A SENATOR, WHO HAS A SISTER, WHO IS AN ASSEMBLY WOMAN, WHO CAME FROM A FAMILY WHOSE FATHER WAS A FARM WORKER AND WHOSE MOTHER WAS A HOUSEKEEPER.
SO TRULY AMAZING, AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.
AND I KNOW MAYOR HEPBURN AND COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON WERE THERE AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THERE WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO HOBNOB.
AND I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR HAS A LIST OF EVERYBODY WHO WAS THERE.
BUT IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GET TO KNOW OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OTHER FOLKS THAT WE CAN PARTNER WITH AND HOPEFULLY COLLABORATE WITH, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN.
JUST FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT SUNSHINE.
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE IS TOMORROW MORNING.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO EDUCATE YOURSELF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THERE ARE SOME REALLY AMAZING CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COUNTRY THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM BLACK AMERICANS.
AND OF COURSE, COMING UP IN MARCH IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AND A PRELIMINARY, I GUESS, GET READY FOR IT, BECAUSE I ALWAYS GET REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MARCH. BUT AS ALWAYS, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND HAVE A GOOD REST OF YOUR WEEK.
THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER LAU. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
I JUST LIKE TO SAY IT WAS A PLEASURE TO BE AT ULV FOR THE SWEARING IN WITH SENATOR RUBIO.
IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR THE FAMILY STORY, THE PARENTS HAVING BEEN DEPORTED AND COME BACK INTO THE UNITED STATES. JUST AN HONOR TO HEAR ALL OF THAT.
THAT WAS VERY APPRECIATED BY THE FAMILY AND FOR THOSE OF US IN ATTENDANCE.
THANK YOU COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.
HIS BIRTHDAY WAS LAST WEEK AND TODAY IS CHIEF NIGG'S BIRTHDAY.
AND SO IS CANDICE BOWCOCK MOFFATT.
SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ALL OF OUR
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WE LIKE THAT FEBRUARY. DON'T WE? YEAH [LAUGHTER].I WANT TO CONGRATULATE OUR BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY BEAT SAN DIMAS LAST WEEK IN THE QUARTERFINALS OF CIF.
PLAYED AT HOME LAST SATURDAY NIGHT.
THEY WERE DEFEATED, BUT THEY MADE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO GO ON TO STATE SO [INAUDIBLE] ON OUR BONITA BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM. THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR READING THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION.
I BELIEVE LAST MONTH, LAST OUR MEETING LAST, WHEN WE DECIDED TO MAKE SURE AND ADJUST OUR CALENDAR AND PUT IT ON THE AGENDA AND PUT IT THAT WE ARE GOING TO ENACT IT.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU DID THAT TONIGHT AND THAT ANY OF OUR PROCLAMATIONS THAT WE DO CELEBRATING OUR RESIDENTS, THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE THAT PUBLIC.
SO APPRECIATE THAT THAT HAPPENED.
AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT TODAY IS THAT WE HAVE A GREAT, GREAT RESOURCE IN OUR BACKYARD.
YESTERDAY, I HAD THE PLEASURE WALKING MY FAMILY THROUGH MARSHALL CANYON AND JUST HIKING AND BEING WITH YOUR FAMILY, BEING IN NATURE IS A GREAT, GREAT EXPERIENCE.
NOT ALL OF US GET OUT FAR FROM OUR HOUSES AND WE HAVE IT RIGHT HERE PAST FIVE DIFFERENT HORSES, BIKES AND MANY, MANY FAMILIES WALKING UP THROUGH THE CANYON.
AND JUST IT WAS A GREAT TIME SPENDING WITH CLOSE WITH MY FAMILY FOR A COUPLE HOURS WALKING THROUGH.
AND YOU KNOW, I LOVE GOLF COURSES.
EVERYBODY KNOWS I LOVE GOLF COURSES.
MS. SENATOR RUBIO'S SWEARING IN HER AND I WORKED TOGETHER IN MONROVIA HAVE A LONG PASS TOGETHER.
BUT I WAS WALKING THE GOLF COURSE, WATCHING MY DAUGHTER WALKING THROUGH SIERRA, LA VERNE .
DID SHE SHOOT. OH, SHE SHOT A 79 AND 76.
BUT WALKING YESTERDAY THROUGH SIERRA LA VERNE JUST I MISS THAT.
I MISSED THAT GOLF COURSE THERE.
BUT I DO WANT TO SAY GOING BACK TO NATURE AND NATURE TAKING OVER THAT IS GOOD TOO.
BUT I WISH WE HAD STILL OUR GOLF COURSE THERE.
BUT WALKING THROUGH THE CANYON, YOU CAN'T BEAT IT.
IT'S OUR NATURAL RESOURCE RIGHT HERE.
COUNCILMEMBER KASH. [INAUDIBLE] HI THANK YOU ALL.
I APPRECIATE YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND PARTICIPATE.
CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME GOOD? YES. AMERICA.
YEAH. I DON'T WANT TO YELL TOO MUCH BEFORE THE MPS COME RUNNING IN HERE AND TAKE ME AWAY.
BUT LISTEN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR GREAT CITY OF LA VERNE.
SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN AND STAY STRONG.
STAY SAFE. COUNCILMEMBER KASH.
EVERYBODY'S PRETTY MUCH COVERED MOST OF IT.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, ADD TO THAT THE GIRLS WATER POLO VARSITY WATER POLO I WENT TO CIF FIRST ROUND.
THEY DID LOSE IN THE FIRST ROUND, BUT THEY DID FINISH SECOND, I THINK, IN THE [INAUDIBLE] LEAGUE.
AS COUNCILMEMBER LAU SO ELOQUENTLY PUT IT.
THE HIGHER ELECTEDS LOVE COMING TO OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY.
THE FAMILY JUST A FEW OF THE PEOPLE.
BUT ELENI KOUNALAKIS, WHO WAS OUR ATTORNEY, OUR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, SHE DID THE SWEARING IN AS NICE, AND BLANCA RUBIO, HER SISTER, JUST AS SWEET AS COULD BE.
WE HAD DEVORAH LIEBERMAN, OBVIOUSLY, RICARDO LARA, OUR INSURANCE COMMISSIONER.
WE HAD JEFFREY PRANG, WHO WAS OUR ASSESSOR.
WE HAD MOM AND DAD. WE HAD THE WHOLE FAMILY THERE.
AND I'M PROBABLY MISSING A FEW.
BUT IT WAS AN AMAZING DAY, ACTUALLY.
NICE CELEBRATION, NICE LITTLE SNACKS AFTER.
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ALHAMBRA, SAN GABRIEL, PEOPLE THAT WE ALL DEAL WITH, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, THE RING OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY IS STRONG, AND ESPECIALLY WITH OUR HIGHER ELECTEDS, MONEY COMES INTO OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OF THAT.AND IT WAS A REALLY, REALLY NICE DAY.
SO AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING THERE.
BUT NOW WE HAVE A CALL FOR A CLOSED SESSION.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND WE WILL RECESS.
WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION, WILL NOT BE REPORTING OUT OR REPORTING OUT.
[11. CLOSED SESSION]
FOLLOWING CONFERENCE WITH LEGO.[LAUGHTER] LEGO, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY LEGOS.
LA VERNE CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.
LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.
LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.
AND WITH THAT, OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING IS MARCH 6TH, MONDAY, MARCH 6TH AT 6:30 P.M..
BE CAREFUL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.