Mar 06, 2023 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:31 P.M.

ON MARCH 6TH.

IT'S MARCH ALREADY. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? WE GOT A FULL PACKED ROOM TONIGHT.

LOTS OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE HERE, POLICE OFFICERS.

WE GOT FIRE. WE'VE GOT RESIDENTS.

WELCOME, EVERYBODY.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, AND I WELCOME ALL OF YOU TONIGHT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WHICH WE WILL CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PER THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM, ALL SPEAKERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DECORUM AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT INTERRUPTS THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING.

TONIGHT, WE'RE VERY PLEASED TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE ONE OF OUR PROUD VETERANS, JEFF SANCHEZ, ARMY MASTER SERGEANT, CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US TONIGHT.

MASTER SERGEANT, IF YOU'D PLEASE WELCOME COMMANDER RAMIREZ, ALSO FROM THE BAND OF BROTHERS 12034.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU, MR. SANCHEZ, VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] MR. CITY MANAGER. CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT A ROLL CALL? THANK YOU.

TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.

THE FIRST WILL BE A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF MARCH AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

[PRESENTATIONS]

FOR THE WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH PROCLAMATION, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP ALL THE WOMEN PRESENT TO JOIN ME AS I READ THE PROCLAMATION TO RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE ROLE WOMEN HAVE PLAYED, CONTINUE TO PLAY AND WILL FOREVER PLAY IN OUR NATION.

SO COME ON UP, ALL OF YOU.

[APPLAUSE] THIS IS AWESOME.

[INAUDIBLE] COME ON.

THAT MEANS EVERYONE.

ABSOLUTELY, IS IT TOO FAR TO WALK? IT'S ACTUALLY AN HONOR TO BE HERE AND ALSO IN SUCH PRESENCE OF SUCH AMAZING WOMEN.

SO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.

PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS AMERICAN WOMEN OF EVERY RACE, CLASS AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND HAVE MADE HISTORIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GROWTH AND STRENGTH OF OUR NATION AND COUNTLESS RECORDED AND UNRECORDED WAYS, AND WHEREAS, THROUGH LEADERSHIP, INNOVATION, INGENUITY.

GENERATIONS OF AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE MADE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTIONS IN SCIENCE, MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY, BUSINESS, POLITICS, ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND ARTS AND CULTURE, AND WHEREAS, AMERICAN WOMEN HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL STORYTELLERS IN WORD AND PRINT OF THE NATION'S HERITAGE AS PIONEERING JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS, TEACHERS, SCHOLARS AND PERFORMERS, AND WHEREAS, AMERICAN WOMEN PAST LESSONS, RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS, AND FUTURE DREAMS HELP INSPIRE ALL OF US TO FIND OUR WAY TODAY, AND.

WHEREAS, AMERICAN WOMEN AND GIRLS CONTINUE TO CARRY FORWARD THE MISSION OF PURSUING JUSTICE, OPPORTUNITY, EQUALITY FOR ALL.

NOW, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE THAT THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023 BE RECOGNIZED AS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH, AND WE ENCOURAGE THIS OBSERVANCE TO ALL CITIZENS SO THAT THEY MAY CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE, RECOGNIZING THE INCREDIBLE ROLE WOMEN HAVE PLAYED IN OUR NATION AND THE PROMISING FUTURE WOMEN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS WILL BRING TO OUR WORLD, DATED THIS SIXTH DAY OF MARCH 2023. CONGRATULATIONS.

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COME ON.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, VERY MUCH.

THEY'RE GOING BACK TO WORK.

I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DONNA REDMOND, PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER, AND ALSO MR. MUIR DAVIS PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU GUYS FOR SERVING.

BYE. [APPLAUSE] NOW OUR PRESENTATION, MISS LISA LEVY-BUSH.

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE LISA.

I'VE KNOWN LISA FOR SOME TIME ON THE GOLD LINE, AND ALSO SHE'S JUST BEEN INSTRUMENTAL WITH HABIB BAILAN, THE CEO OF THE GOLD LINE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW, L LINE, WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO CALL IT.

SHE'S A CHIEF COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OFFICER FOR THE METRO GOLD LINE FOOTHILL EXTENSION CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY.

AS YOUR MAYOR, I SERVE AS A REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINALIZATION OF THIS TREMENDOUS PROJECT FOR THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.

LISA, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND HELPING US KEEP US INFORMED OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING.

GOT TO BRING THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT HERE.

OKAY, WELL, GOOD EVENING, AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO BE HERE IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE, AND IT'S EXCITING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR ON THE PROJECT AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.

SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP IT QUICK SINCE YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE HERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK, BUT GO AHEAD AND START FOR ME, PLEASE.

SO WE'RE BUILDING THE FOOTHILL GOLD LINE.

IT'S AN EXTENSION OF THE WHAT'S CURRENTLY CALLED THE L LINE.

IT'S ALL GOING TO CHANGE. SO PLEASE DON'T GET TOO STUCK ON LETTERS OR COLORS BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL GOING TO CHANGE ON YOU BY THE TIME THE TRAIN REACHES LA VERNE, BUT IT IS A PART OF THE GROWING NETWORK OF RAIL LINES THAT ARE BEING BUILT THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, AND THE CIRCLE JUST SHOWS YOU THE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN A SECOND. THAT I WORK FOR IS A SINGLE PURPOSE AGENCY.

WE'RE A STATE AGENCY AND WE'RE ONLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THIS ONE LINE PLANNING AND BUILDING THIS ONE LINE.

THANK YOU. SO WE'RE BUILDING LIGHT RAIL.

IT'S DIFFERENT. ALL OF US OUT HERE ARE USED TO THE METROLINK TRAINS UP THERE ON THE TOP, RIGHT.

THOSE ARE DIESEL POWER TRAINS.

WE'RE BUILDING LIGHT RAIL, WHICH ARE ELECTRIC POWER TRAINS.

THEY COME EVERY 20 TO EXCUSE ME, EVERY EIGHT MINUTES DURING PEAK PERIODS, EVERY ABOUT 15 MINUTES DURING OFF PEAK PERIODS, AND YOU CAN USE THEM ABOUT 20 TO 22 HOURS EVERY DAY.

SO IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SYSTEM THAN WHAT WE'RE USED TO OUT HERE WITH THE METROLINK.

IT'S TO GET PEOPLE TO DO EVERYTHING YOU NORMALLY DO, GO HAVE DINNER, GO SEE FRIENDS.

IT'S THERE ALL THE TIME.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

AS I SAID, THE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY THAT I WORK FOR IS A SINGLE PURPOSE AGENCY THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE BACK IN THE 1990S TO PLAN, DESIGN AND BUILD THIS ONE LINE OF THE METRO SYSTEM, AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH ALL OF OUR CITIES.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

YOU'LL RECOGNIZE THAT GUY IN THE BOW TIE ON THE RIGHT UP THERE.

HE IS OUR NEWEST MEMBER OF THE BOARD AND HAS BEEN ON OUR JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY BOARD FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS BEFORE NOW BUT THE MEMBERS ON THE TOP OF THE LINE, THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE VOTING MEMBERS ON OUR BOARD AND BELOW ARE THE NON VOTING MEMBERS AND THEY REPRESENT CITIES THROUGHOUT OUR CORRIDOR AND WE HAVE A VERY CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH LA METRO.

AGAIN, WE ARE SEPARATE FROM THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO BUILD IT PER THEIR SPECIFICATIONS AND SO WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM.

WE CONSIDER THEM A PARTNER, AS WE DO ALL OF OUR CITIES AND METROLINK, OR SCRRA IS THEIR LEGAL NAME, IS ALSO A PARTNER ON THIS PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE AND WE'RE BUILDING IT IN SEGMENTS.

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WELL, WE'VE BUILT IT IN THREE SEGMENTS, REALLY, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY EXPENSIVE THING TO BUILD.

SO IT'S ABOUT A $4 BILLION PUBLIC INVESTMENT THAT'S BEEN MADE IN THE COUNTY ALONG THIS ONE LINE.

WE BUILT LOS ANGELES UNION STATION TO PASADENA.

THAT OPENED IN 2003, AND THEN WE STARTED PLANNING THE NEXT 24 MILES OF THE SYSTEM FROM PASADENA OUT TO MONTCLAIR.

WHEN MEASURE R PASSED WE WERE ABLE TO FUND PASADENA TO AZUSA, AND THAT OPENED IN 2015 OR WE FINISHED IT IN 2015 AND THEN WE BROKE GROUND ON THE LAST SEGMENT.

WE THOUGHT FROM GLENDORA TO MONTCLAIR IN DECEMBER OF 2017, AND UNFORTUNATELY WHEN WE GOT THE BIDS, WE FOUND OUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD IT ALL THE WAY TO MONTCLAIR.

SO WE ARE BUILDING IT IN TWO PHASES.

SO ON THE GLENDORA TO MONTCLAIR PHASE, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE ARE NOW BUILDING BETWEEN WHERE THE LINE ENDS TODAY IN AZUSA OUT TO POMONA.

IT'S FOUR STATIONS.

IT'S A LITTLE OVER NINE MILES.

IT IS COMPLETELY SHARED WITH THE BNSF RAILWAY.

THERE WAS A FREIGHT LINE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SHARED CORRIDOR, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT HOW WE ARE DOING ON WE HAD TO MOVE THEM OUT OF OUR WAY, AND THEN THE LAST TWO STATIONS BETWEEN POMONA AND MONTCLAIR, WHICH INCLUDE THE CLAREMONT AND MONTCLAIR STATIONS, THAT'S THE PORTION THAT'S CURRENTLY UNFUNDED, AND WE'RE WORKING ON THAT, AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AT THE END.

SO NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE'RE BUILDING IT.

THE GLENDORA TO POMONA SEGMENT IS WE'RE USING CONTRACTS.

WE'VE ALREADY COMPLETED TWO OF THEM, 1 IN 2018 AND 1 IN 2019.

IN 2019, WE HIRED KIEWIT-PARSONS.

I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THEIR TRUCKS ALL OUT AND ABOUT THE KIEWIT YELLOW TRUCKS.

THEY ARE OUR DESIGN BUILDER.

WE HIRED THEM BACK IN 2019.

THEY STARTED MAJOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2020 AND THEY ARE ON SCHEDULE AND ON BUDGET TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT IN EARLY JANUARY OF 2025.

SO LESS THAN TWO YEARS FROM NOW.

THIS IS THE SCOPE OF THEIR WORK.

I'VE TALKED MOSTLY ABOUT IT.

THE ONLY THINGS IN ADDITION TO TALK ABOUT ARE WE HAVE 21 PLACES WHERE WE THE TRAIN WILL PASS AT STREET LEVEL.

IT'S CALLED AN AT GRADE CROSSING.

YOU HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THOSE IN LA VERNE AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE.

THERE ARE 19 BRIDGES ON THE PROJECT THAT HAVE TO BE BUILT OR RENOVATED AND THE REST WE TALKED ABOUT FOUR STATIONS AND WITH PARKING AND ALL OF THAT.

SO GO AHEAD.

THIS IS GOOD NEWS.

SO WE'RE NOW A COUPLE OF YEARS INTO CONSTRUCTION.

WE'RE ALREADY 100% FINISHED WITH THE FREIGHT TRACK RELOCATION.

THE BRIDGEWORK IS NOW 100% COMPLETE, AND THE GRADE CROSSINGS, WHICH ARE REALLY THE MOST IMPACTFUL ACTIVITIES ON THE PROJECT, ARE NOW 96% COMPLETE.

SOMEONE ASKED ME EARLIER ABOUT GARY AVENUE.

THAT IS THE LAST CROSSING ALONG OUR PROJECT THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.

IT WILL BE FINISHED ON MARCH 17TH AND REOPENED.

SO I KNOW WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

I AM AS WELL. SO 96% COMPLETE ON THE GRADE CROSSINGS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO OUR TEAMS ARE REALLY FOCUSED NOW ON THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.

OVER ALMOST TWO THIRDS OF THE TRACK IS NOW INSTALLED.

THE POWER SYSTEM, WHICH ARE THE OVERHEAD POWER LINES AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES ALONG WITH THAT STUFF UNDERGROUND AS WELL AS OVERGROUND IS ABOUT 42% COMPLETE, AND OUR FOUR NEW STATIONS ARE ALREADY OVER A QUARTER COMPLETE AT 29% COMPLETE, AND OVERALL WE HAVE JUST REACHED 64% COMPLETE ON THE ENTIRE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.

SO IT'S GOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

SO REGARDING LA VERNE, THE MOST IMPORTANT CITY, OF COURSE, SO THIS IS WHERE THE STATION IS GOING TO BE OVER AT E STREET.

YOU CAN SEE THE GOLD PLATFORM THERE.

THE BLUE AREA IS THE PARKING FOR THE STATION, AND IT'S ABOUT A 300 CAR PARKING SURFACE LOT.

IT WILL HAVE AMENITIES FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WALK FROM WHITE AS WELL AS FROM E, AS WELL AS FROM THE PARKING.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PARK YOUR BIKE SAFELY.

THERE WILL BE SHUTTLE DROP OFF AREAS AS WELL, SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET TO THE STATION AS IN ANY WAY THAT YOU NEED TO.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS IS JUST AN ARTIST'S RENDERING OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND SPEAKING OF THE ARTIST, BLUE MCRIGHT WAS HIRED.

SHE WAS SELECTED BY THE CITY BACK IN I THINK IT WAS BETWEEN 2005 OR 2007, SOMETIME LIKE THAT, SHE WAS SELECTED BY A CITY COORDINATED GROUP, AND HER THEME OF HER ARTWORK IS GOING TO BE SCULPTURES THAT RELATE TO THE

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THE SQUIGGLY LINES ARE THE SIGN FOR WATER, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE SHAPE OF AN ARROW FOR ARROW HIGHWAY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THAT HIGHWAY, AND THEY'LL BE POINTING AT DOWNTOWN LA VERNE, THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE AND THE FAIRPLEX.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE VERY COOL, AND THESE ARE THE COLORS THAT WERE SELECTED BY THAT GROUP AS WELL AS THE FONT FOR THE PLATFORM THAT WILL SAY LA VERNE.

SO QUICKLY ON THE UPDATE ON THE PROJECT ITSELF IN LA VERNE, AS I SAID, GARY AVENUE, IT'S NOT LA VERNE, BUT CERTAINLY WE ALL USE IT.

IT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.

IT WILL BE, I'VE BEEN TOLD JUST THIS AFTERNOON WE ARE ON SCHEDULE TO REOPEN IT ON FRIDAY, MARCH 17TH.

SO THAT WILL BE THE LAST OF THE 21 AT GRADE CROSSINGS THAT HAVE HAD TO GO UNDER MAJOR LONG TERM CLOSURES.

EVERY STREET THAT YOU SEE LISTED BELOW IN LA VERNE HAS GONE THROUGH, AS YOU PROBABLY HAVE EXPERIENCED, A LONG TERM CLOSURE.

THEY WILL STILL NEED TO BE COMPLETED.

YOU KNOW THAT THE GATES AREN'T IN THERE YET.

ALL THE SIGNAGE ISN'T IN THERE YET.

THERE'S A LOT THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT WE DO NOT EXPECT TO NEED TO DO ANY LONG TERM CLOSURES.

SO IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE NEXT CLICK, WE JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE AS WE'VE DONE THIS.

THIS IS THE TOUGH PART OF THE OF THE PROJECT.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO JUST A LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE WITH THE STATION.

YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE LEFT THERE.

THAT'S THE PLATFORM AS IT'S BEING BUILT NOW.

LA VERNE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST STATIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAS THE TRACK BUILT OUT ON BOTH SIDES MOSTLY, AND NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO PUT IN THE OVERHEAD CATENARY POLES.

THAT'S WHAT IS BEING SHOWN THERE IN THAT IMAGE, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT TO THE JUST TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH OF THE PLATFORM IS WHERE THE PARKING IS GOING TO BE, AND THE ARROW HIGHWAY IS RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN SEE IT ALONG THERE ON THE LEFT, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

EXCUSE ME. SO ALL THAT WE'VE PURCHASED ALL THE PROPERTY FOR THE PARKING AND IT'S BEING USED RIGHT NOW AS A LAYDOWN AREA, THE DIRT THAT'S BEEN ON THERE FOR QUITE A WHILE, THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FINISHED.

AS OF THIS WEEK, IT'LL ALL BE GONE, AND SO WE'LL BE STARTING TO WORK ON THE PARKING IN THE SUMMER, WE BELIEVE THIS SUMMER, PROBABLY.

NEXT SLIDE. SO JUST SOME COOL PICTURES OF STUFF GOING ON THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN LA VERNE.

JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THIS IS ALL SORT OF THE LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.

ON THE TOP LEFT THERE IS THE TRACTION POWER SUBSTATION THAT WAS RECENTLY PUT IN AT WHITE AVENUE.

YOU SEE THE OVERHEAD CATENARY POLE ON THE LEFT, BOTTOM LEFT, YOU SEE TRACK BEING INSTALLED ON THE RIGHT, AND NEXT SLIDE, THESE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF CROSSINGS AND THE BRIDGES IN LA VERNE.

THE BRIDGES IN LA VERNE ARE A LITTLE THEY GO OVER WASHES SO YOU CAN BUT THEY STILL NEEDED BRIDGES FOR THE TWO LIGHT RAIL TRACKS AS WELL AS THE FREIGHT TRACK SO THAT THOSE HAD TO BE BUILT OUT AND WHITE AVENUE, OF COURSE, WAS A HUGE CROSSING IN OUR CITY HERE AND THEN D STREET, I THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ONE TO SHOW YOU AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE, AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SOUND WALLS BEING BUILT IN IN THE CITY.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF INTEREST TO THEM.

SO WE BROUGHT ON AN ALIGNMENT ARTIST TO DESIGN THOSE AND THEY REPRESENT CITRUS AS WELL.

ON THE RIGHT ARE SOME OF THE TRAIN CONTROL ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PUT IN PLACE AS WELL RIGHT NOW, AND THEN WE HAD A FUN MORNING OUT AT THE TRACTION POWER SUBSTATION WITH A FEW OF THE COUNCIL A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO.

SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE THOSE PICTURES.

LET'S SEE. SO LOOKING AHEAD, YOU KNOW, WE ARE THE FIRST LINE I'LL TALK ABOUT AGAIN IS WE'RE SEEKING FUNDING TO FINISH THIS PROJECT FROM POMONA OUT TO MONTCLAIR.

WE WILL BE DONE WITH THE AT GRADE CLOSURES, THAT LONG TERM CLOSURES THIS MONTH.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO.

THE TRACTION POWER SUBSTATION, THE LAST ONE IN POMONA IS GOING TO BE INSTALLED NEXT MONTH , AND THEN THE LIGHT RAIL TRACK COMPLETION IS EXPECTED IN JUNE.

SO WE'LL HAVE FINISHED ALL OF OUR LIGHT RAIL TRACK INSTALLATION THIS SUMMER AND THEN WE'LL START TESTING THE TESTING EVERYTHING AND THAT WILL START AT THE END OF THE SUMMER AND COMPLETE THE STATIONS AND ALL THAT.

SO REALLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, 2023, WE EXPECT A LOT OF THE CONSTRUCTION TO BE DONE, ACTUALLY, THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT, AND SO 2024 WILL BE ABOUT FINISHING THE PARKING, TESTING THE LINE, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING WORKS THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO AND SAFELY, AND JUST QUICKLY ON THE BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, IF ANY OF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR THE ALIGNMENT, HOPEFULLY YOU'VE SEEN OUR PEOPLE OR RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL, BUT WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE AND THAT WE ARE NOT SURPRISING ANYONE WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION, AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE FACT.

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WE HAVE A WIDGET ON THE CITY WEBSITE THAT HAS THE MAP OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT AND GET NOTICES AS WELL.

SO NEXT SLIDE AND THIS SHOWS YOU KIND OF WHAT THAT WIDGET LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THE INTERACTIVE MAP LOOKS LIKE.

WE SEND OUT E NEWS UPDATES ON A MONTHLY BASIS AND AGAIN, WE TRY TO KEEP EVERYBODY REALLY INFORMED, AND LASTLY, AS WE'VE AFFECTED BUSINESSES, I THINK THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE'VE TRIED TO DO ADVERTISING FOR BUSINESSES AND SIGNAGE TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE OPEN AND TO PLEASE, PLEASE GO AND SPEND MONEY THERE WHILE WE'RE BUILDING NEARBY, AND LET'S SEE WHAT'S NEXT.

OKAY. LAST. OKAY.

SO CLAREMONT AND MONTCLAIR, I WAS SAYING EARLIER THAT WE GOT SOME DISAPPOINTING NEWS ON FINISHING THE PROJECT OUT TO MONTCLAIR AT THE END OF JANUARY.

WE HAD APPLIED TO GET A STATE GRANT AND WE'RE ONE OF THREE PRIORITY PROJECTS FOR LA COUNTY.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT FUNDING, BUT WE BELIEVE WE ARE NOW L.A COUNTY'S FIRST PRIORITY PROJECT FOR ANY NEW FUNDING THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING.

SO WE ARE WORKING ON THAT, VERY FOCUSED ON THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT INCLUDES THESE TWO STATIONS, ONE IN CLAREMONT AND ONE IN MONTCLAIR, AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THERE ARE LOTS OF BENEFITS TO FINISHING THE PROJECT TO CLAREMONT ON MONTCLAIR.

IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES MOST OF THE RIDERSHIP OF THE SIX STATION SEGMENT THAT WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH NOW OVER HALF, AND IT PROVIDES MORE THAN 60% OF THE VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED REDUCTION.

SO THE GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION REALLY COMES FROM FINISHING THE PROJECT OUT TO THOSE LAST TWO STATIONS.

IT WILL TAKE US ABOUT FIVE YEARS TO BUILD.

IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED THREE MILE SEGMENT BECAUSE OF THE METROLINK SYSTEM, WHICH WE WILL SHARE THE CORRIDOR WITH, AND IT'S, OF COURSE, METROLINK'S MOST ACTIVE, AS WE KNOW, LINE IN THEIR WHOLE SYSTEM, AND SO WE NEED TO KEEP THEM OPERATIONAL THE WHOLE TIME, BUT WHILE WE DO IT, WE'LL BE CREATING JOBS, WE'LL BE CREATING INCOME FOR THE REGION, AND A LOT OF HOUSING IS ALREADY PLANNED AROUND THOSE TWO STATIONS.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET THERE SO WE CAN BUILD OUT THAT HOUSING AND GET PEOPLE ON THE TRAIN TO AND LIVING RIGHT NEXT TO THE TRAIN, AND LASTLY, JUST OUR SCHEDULE, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE ON SCHEDULE FOR COMPLETION TO POMONA.

SO THE LA VERNE STATION IN EARLY JANUARY 2025, THAT'S WHEN WE WILL BE FINISHED WITH OUR WORK.

WE WILL TURN IT OVER TO LA METRO.

LA METRO THEN DOES TRAINING OF THEIR PERSONNEL AND THEY AND IT'S CALLED PRE REVENUE SERVICE.

THEY DECIDE WHEN PASSENGER SERVICE BEGINS.

WE ASSUME THAT WILL HAPPEN ABOUT MIDDLE OF 2025, OR FALL.

IT TAKES THEM SEVERAL MONTHS TO DO IT.

SO AND THEN WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON WHAT WE CAN DO TO KEEP THE POMONA TO CLAREMONT AND MONTCLAIR SEGMENT GOING, WHETHER WE GET SOME INTERIM MONEY TO DO LIKE UTILITY RELOCATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT KEEP THE PROJECT MOVING AND KEEP THE TEAM TOGETHER BEFORE AS WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE LARGE MONEY WE NEED TO BUILD IT OUT BECAUSE IT IS ABOUT AN $800 MILLION SEGMENT TO GET FROM POMONA TO MONTCLAIR.

SO AND THAT'S HOW YOU CAN STAY IN TOUCH WITH US, AND WE'RE TEENY TINY, SO THERE'S ONLY EIGHT OF US IN THE ENTIRE AGENCY, AND SO WHEN YOU CALL US, YOU'RE TALKING TO ME, YOU'RE TALKING TO ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORKS FOR ME, AND SO WE'RE OUT HERE AND IF YOU SEE US, YOU'LL KNOW US AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE, AND I'VE SORT OF GIVEN SORT OF MY SIDE FACE TO YOU GUYS.

WE WERE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FULTON AND ARROW, THE SIGNALIZATION.

YEAH. WHAT'S WHAT KIND OF TIME FRAME ARE WE LOOKING AT? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DESIGN FOR THE SIGNAL IS VERY CLOSE TO BEING FINALIZED.

ONCE IT GETS FINALIZED, IT GOES INTO PRODUCTION.

SO THEN WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY ORDER THE EQUIPMENT.

IT TAKES A MINIMUM OF SIX MONTHS TO GET A SIGNAL BUILT AND DELIVERED.

SO WE THINK IT'LL BE ABOUT A YEAR BEFORE THAT SIGNAL GETS OR A LITTLE BIT MORE BEFORE THE SIGNAL STARTS TO BE LIKE NEXT MARCH OR JUNE OF NEXT

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BUT IF WE CAN, I THINK IT'S A TOPIC OF CONVERSATION.

YOU GOT IT. IT'S PRETTY MUCH A PRIORITY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ACCIDENTS THERE NOW AND IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN.

SO WE'LL BRING IT UP IN THE MEETINGS.

OKAY. YEAH, NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

COUNCIL, ANY QUESTIONS FOR LISA? YEAH.

WELL, I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK YOU BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'RE REALLY GOOD WITH OUR RESIDENTS, REALLY GOOD WITH INFORMATION.

IF THERE'S A CLOSURE OR A PROBLEM.

I KNOW WE HAD A NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY THE DAIRY ON WHITE AVENUE THAT WAS CUT OFF BY THE CLOSURE, AND YOU GUYS DID A LOT OF ADVERTISEMENT, A LOT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND IT REALLY HELPED THEM TO SURVIVE, AND THEY'RE STILL SURVIVING, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT, AND I KNOW THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I THINK FOR MOST OF OUR RESIDENTS IS THE SIGNALIZATION, AND COMMUNICATION AND HOW I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS ARE BUILDING THESE AND ESPECIALLY ON EVERY GRADE CROSSING AS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET THOSE TURN LANES.

IT'S CONFUSING. YEAH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE A STOP.

THERE'S NO TRACKS, BUT THERE'S REALLY THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON THE TRACKS, BUT YET YOU WANT TO TRAIN EVERYBODY NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE STOP AS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO.

YEAH. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB ON OUTREACH.

THANK YOU. I WAS TOLD THAT BY THE END OF THE YEAR IT WILL BE MUCH CLEARER BECAUSE EVERYTHING WILL BE IN.

SO THE SIGNAGE WILL BE IN ALL THE STRIPING WILL BE IN ALL OF THE GATES WILL BE IN, AND SO IT WILL BECOME MUCH MORE CLEAR, AND AT THAT TIME, IF THERE ARE TWEAKS THAT NEED TO BE MADE, THAT'S WHEN WE START TO REALLY LOOK AT IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WORKING IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS.

SO WE ALL STAY SAFE.

OH, BELIEVE ME, THEY LET US KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ALL USE IT ALMOST EVERY DAY, AND YEAH, I'M NOT GOING DOWN THAT STREET AGAIN.

YEAH, IT'S LIKE THE BACK UP.

OKAY. BUT I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A VERY GOOD JOB AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

YEAH, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

NOW QUESTION ON THE EXTENSION FROM CLAREMONT TO MONTCLAIR, WHICH I SUPPORT 100% AND WE'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT FUNDING FOR THAT, BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT.

I REALLY DO. WAS THE GLENDORA SECTION ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT ONES BECAUSE OF THE BRIDGES THEY BUILT AND STUFF BETWEEN GLENDORA AND SAN DIMAS? OR DO YOU THINK BECAUSE OF THIS ONE WITH THE METRO, IT'S MORE OF AN ISSUE? YEAH, IT DEFINITELY WILL BE MUCH MORE DIFFICULT CONSTRUCTION SEGMENT.

WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO BUILD THEM.

WE'RE RELOCATING THEIR STATION IN CLAREMONT, SO WE'RE MOVING THE METROLINK STATION FROM THE WEST SIDE OF COLLEGE AVENUE TO THE EAST SIDE OF COLLEGE AVENUE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BUILD LIKE A DETOUR FOR THE TRAINS, A TEMPORARY DETOUR SO THAT THEY CAN KEEP OPERATING THEIR TRAINS WHILE WE BUILD A SHOO FLY, SHOO FLY. SEE, YOU'RE SO GOOD.

YES, I'VE BEEN ON LONG ENOUGH NOW.

IT'S A DETOUR. KASHIFALGHITA THAT'S RIGHT.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. PLEASE.

YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING.

WE'VE GOT TO GET FUNDING FOR THAT. THAT'S FOR SURE.

YEAH, ESPECIALLY AS SOON AS WE CAN.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANYBODY? YOU DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU.

APPRECIATE BEING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

WE'LL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

HE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.

THIS IS NOT PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS STRICTLY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.

MISS BEAUCHAMP.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT ON MAY 21ST THEY'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A DOG FEST AT LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT K-9 FOUNDATION, AND THEY ARE STILL LOOKING FOR VENDORS TO SELL ITEMS THERE, BUT IT'S A DOG PARTICIPATION THING AND IT'S $25 PER DOG, WHICH INCLUDES LUNCH, A RAFFLE, A COSTUME CONTEST.

LUNCH FOR THE DOG OR LUNCH [INAUDIBLE]? WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT DOESN'T SAY IT ON THE FLIER, SO I THINK I'LL HAVE TO FIND OUT THE DETAILS, BUT THEY ARE ALSO GOING TO HAVE GIVEAWAYS, AND I THINK IT'S TOWARDS THE DOGS.

CAN WE GET THAT FLIER SO WE CAN PUT IT ON OUR WEBSITE? YES, I'LL EMAIL IT TO J.R.

SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT UP THERE, BUT JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THEY DO NEED VENDORS AND THEY NEED TO DO THAT PRIOR TO THE EVENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP. SHERRY BEST.

SO MARCH IS LOADED WITH ACTIVITIES SPONSORED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I URGE YOU AGAIN TO JOIN US ON THE 13TH OF MARCH TO HEAR A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE LIFE OF JULIA MORGAN, CALIFORNIA'S FIRST

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VERY FITTING FOR WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH.

THE PRESENTATION WILL BEGIN AT 4 P.M.

AT THE HILLCREST MEETING HOUSE.

BE PREPARED TO SIGN IN, CHECK YOUR TEMPERATURE AND WEAR A MASK.

COME EARLY SO YOU CAN ENJOY AND BE CHALLENGED BY AN ART EXHIBIT CALLED EMBRACING GHOSTS.

STACY JORDAN, WHO GREW UP IN LA VERNE, WHOSE MOTHER STILL LIVES IN LA VERNE, IS THE ARTIST, AND THE EXHIBIT IS AT THE GALLERY AT HILLCREST.

HER EXHIBIT WILL BE AVAILABLE UNTIL THE 24TH OF MARCH.

COME TO THREE FREE EVENTS.

SPONSORED BY THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND OTHERS ON THE SATURDAY THE 25TH OF MARCH .

FROM 9 TO 1 WE HAVE THE CAR SHOW AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

SO COME SUPPORT THE STUDENTS THERE FROM TWO UNTIL THREE.

ACROSS THE STREET IS A TOUR OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AND FROM 315 TO 515 IS A FILMING OR A WATCHING OF THE SCREENING OF THE FILM THE GRADUATE. NOW OVER 50 YEARS OLD, WHO REMEMBERS SEEING THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 1967? OKAY, NOW HERE'S EVERYONE'S OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT CITY AND CHAMBER SPONSORED EVENTS.

ON THE 1ST OF APRIL IS THE EXCELLENT ADVENTURE AT HERITAGE PARK ON THE 23RD OF APRIL, ACTIVE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SPONSORS THE HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS EVENT, AND ON SATURDAY THE 29TH, THE COMMUNITY YARD SALE AND FITNESS EXPO IS AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL AND THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY WILL BE AT ALL OF THOSE.

NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH IN MARCH AND APRIL, SAVE THE DATE BECAUSE WE WILL BE GOING TO THE NETHER CUT MUSEUM IN SYLMAR ON THE 6TH OF MAY.

SO WE'LL BE RIDING IN A BUS COURTESY OF SUPERVISOR KATHRYN BARGER, GOING TO THE NETHERCUTT MUSEUM, TOURING THE MUSEUM, AND THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW.

THAT IS A MUST DO ACTIVITY.

IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO THE NETHERCUTT, I URGE YOU TO JOIN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

IT'S $20 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP, $25 FOR A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP AND A REAL BARGAIN, $200 FOR A LIFE MEMBERSHIP. ALL PROCEEDS GO TO REFURBISHING OUR 1938 INTERNATIONAL TRUCK.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SHERRY. APPRECIATE THAT.

HAVE YOU GIVEN THAT TO HAVE WE RECEIVED THAT FROM SHERRY TO PUT THAT IN OUR ALL THAT INFORMATION TO PUT IT IN THE SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE FOR THE CITY.

WHERE DO I SEND IT? JUST SEND IT TO MR. DOMER. SHALL I? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE? COUNCIL MEMBER KASH. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.

I WANT TO THANK PASTOR LINCOLN WHO GAVE ME THIS CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND SCHOOLS ARE HAVING THEIR FOURTH ANNUAL CAR SHOW.

THIS CAR SHOW WILL BE HELD AT 2990 DAMIEN AVENUE.

IN CASE SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT AMAZING CHURCH IS LOCATED.

RIGHT ON DAMIEN. RIGHT BETWEEN FOOTHILL AND BONITA.

IT'LL BE SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, FROM 9 A.M.

TO 1 P.M.. I HAVE THE FLIER HERE.

WE'LL TRY TO PUT THAT, IF POSSIBLE AT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT TO POST THAT TO THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

IT WILL BE HERE. THERE'S GOING TO HAVE PANCAKE BREAKFAST, REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES.

IT GOT SOME GREAT DJS, CARS, TRUCKS AND MOTORCYCLES.

SO IF YOU'RE A FAN OF AN AMAZING CAR SHOW, PLEASE GO SUPPORT OUR CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH AND SCHOOLS.

THAT'S THERE HERE IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

SO THANK YOU, AND IF I HAD A CLASSIC CAR, I'D TAKE ONE, BUT I GOT A KID GOING TO COLLEGE, SO MY DREAM IS GONE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KASH. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.

ANYTHING TO ANNOUNCE? NO.

COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY. WE HAVE OPENING DAY FOR LITTLE LEAGUE.

THAT IS THIS SATURDAY AT 8:00.

SO A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.

SO IF YOU COME DOWN WHEELER AVENUE, SLOW DOWN, PLEASE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF KIDS, A LOT OF FAMILIES, A LOT OF FUN.

SO LET'S BE CAREFUL.

WE WILL CELEBRATE THAT. MR. DOMER WE HAVE CAN I MENTION ABOUT THIS IS KIND OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THE NEW MANAGER'S REPORT THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OUT, THAT'S A NEW, DIFFERENT FORMAT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

THAT WAS QUICK. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MAN OF A FEW WORDS. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT NOW.

SO I WANT TO STAFF IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE, ANDREA BLOCKINGER AND ERIN BEILSTEIN HAVE PUT TOGETHER A NEW CITY MANAGER MONTHLY NEWSLETTER. IT LOOKS GREAT, AND THAT IS AVAILABLE ON IF YOU ARE ON OUR LIST SERVE, WHICH IS YOU'VE PROVIDED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THAT WILL BE EMAILED OUT TO YOU. IT WILL ALSO BE ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS AND TRYING TO ENHANCE THEM.

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IT LOOKS BETTER AND SO WE APPRECIATE THAT.

IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS ON IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW OR LET STAFF KNOW AND IF YOU NEED TO FIND IT, IT WILL BE ON OUR WEBSITE.

IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE RIGHT NOW, BUT YES, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

LET US KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IT DOES LOOK GOOD. I'VE SEEN IT AND IT'S LOTS OF INFORMATION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET AS MUCH INFORMATION OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.

WE WILL MOVE TO CLOSE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

YES, MR. MAYOR. WE HAD ONE ITEM NUMBER TO THE REGISTER OF AUDITED DEMANDS PULLED BY A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

OKAY. AND WHICH.

WHICH ONE? ITEM NUMBER TWO.

ITEM NUMBER TWO. NOTHING SPECIFIC MOTION TO APPROVE, TO ACCEPT BESIDES ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SECOND. I MOVED TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[LAUGHTER] I NEED A FIRST.

THAT WOULD BE A FIRST BY MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY AND A SECOND.

SECOND. ALL THOSE VOTE, PLEASE.

HOLD YOUR VOTE. THAT WAS APPROVED 5 0. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SOMEONE PULLED ITEM TWO WAS IT MR. BOWEN. MR . BOWEN. THERE YOU ARE. WELCOME BACK.

GOOD EVENING. HI, J.R..

MR. CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL.

YES, I DID. I ASKED FOR THIS TO BE PULLED.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO THE DETAIL THAT I INITIALLY PLANNED ON.

IT'S MY QUESTION WAS THAT IT'S 14 PAGES OF AUDITED DEMANDS, MEANING CHECKS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN WRITTEN. PARDON ME, OR EFTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PAID, AND I BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF OR I SAW THAT WE ARE WRITING HUGE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF CHECKS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE THESE DAYS AND AN EXCESS JPIA POOL AND OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE QUITE FRANKLY, NOT BEEN THERE IN THE PAST AND THEY'RE JUST STARTING TO SHOW UP.

SO THIS PERIOD'S JUST OR AUDIT DEMANDS IS $5.7 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY AND 14 PAGES, AND WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT IT, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL IS LOOKING AT AT THE DETAIL BECAUSE IT'S VERY UNUSUAL.

THESE THESE AMOUNTS THAT ARE STARTING TO COME UP IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND I UNDERSTAND A LOT OF THEM HAVE TO DO WITH A CONTRACT WE SIGNED BACK IN MAY BY THE PREVIOUS FINANCE DIRECTOR THAT I NOTICED THE DATES AS FAR AS NOBODY WILL SAY WHETHER SHE'S FIRED OR LET GO, BUT SHE DEPARTED SHORTLY AFTER THAT, LIKE WITHIN A MONTH.

SO WE'VE GOT THIS CONTRACT APPARENTLY THAT WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME DETAIL MOVING FORWARD, SO I'LL LEAVE THAT FOR DETAIL LATER.

THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS ITEM FROM THE AUDIENCE.

MR. DOMER DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THAT? SURE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND I WILL BE MEETING WITH MR. BOWEN ON THURSDAY TO GO OVER SOME MORE DETAILS, BUT YEAH, A FEW THINGS.

ONE, THIS AUDITED DEMANDS, USUALLY WE HAVE THEM ON EVERY MEETING.

WE DID NOT HAVE IT ON THE LAST MEETING, SO THIS IS THE DOUBLE UP OF IT.

ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE AMOUNT OF PAGES AND THE AMOUNT OF COST.

ON THE DOJ CHECKS SO THE CITY AND OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT ACTS AS A FIDUCIARY FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LA IMPACT, LA CLEAR, LA HIDTA.

THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT AGENCIES BASICALLY THAT WE ARE THE FIDUCIARY AGENTS, SO WE'RE DOING THE PAYROLL WE ARE DOING.

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THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN SEEING THESE AMOUNTS, BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE US THE GRANT FUNDS AND THEN PREVIOUSLY WE WERE PAYING DIRECTLY FROM THERE.

DUE TO A RECENT AUDIT. NOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE HAVE TO EXPENSE THE FUNDING FROM OUR OWN AND THEN TAKE THE MONEY FROM THAT FUND AND REIMBURSE US AND OF COURSE, KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE EXPENSES SHOWN ON THE AUDITED DEMAND.

SO ON THE EXCESS JPI POOL, WE ARE WE'RE NOT SELF-INSURED.

WE ARE WITH THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, AND YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU HAVE WORKERS COMP FUNDS, YOU HAVE ALSO LIABILITY FUNDS, AND SO WHEN YOU GO OUT FOR INSURANCE ON THAT LIABILITY FUND, YOU HAVE CERTAIN LEVELS.

SO YOU MAY HAVE A 1 TO $2 MILLION DOLLAR AND THEN A 2 TO $5 MILLION DOLLAR LEVEL, AND WE PAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR THAT.

THEN THERE'S A SELECTION TO GO OVER THAT AMOUNT, WHICH IS YOUR EXCESS, AND THAT REQUIRES ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BUY THAT EXCESS INSURANCE COVERAGE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, AND WHAT I PLAN TO DO DURING THE BUDGET RUN UP WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE BUDGET, BRINGING ALL THE INFORMATION TO YOU IS HAVE MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS ABOUT THE BASICS OF WHAT THE CITY DOES ON FINANCING.

SO WHAT IS THE CJPIA AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT THE INSURANCE? WHAT ARE SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE ACTING AS FIDUCIARY AGENTS.

ALSO ON THAT IS COMING IN HERE YOU KNOW, I KNOW WE'RE LEANING ON STAFF AND SO I WANT TO ARE WE THE RIGHT CITY TO BE DOING THOSE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITIES? SO I'M WORKING WITH OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR ON THAT, AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT AND THEN BRING BACK TO THE COUNCIL, BUT SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR ISSUES. IT'S THE ONE FULL MONTH, IT'S THE ACTION OF OUR FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY.

AND LET'S SEE, AND THE EXCESS JPI POOL IS, IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR AND IT'S ALSO YOU WANT THAT EXCESS INSURANCE BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY EVEN TRIPS AND FALLS CAN RESULT IN LARGE LIABILITIES, AND THANKFULLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I'VE BEEN IN CITIES WHERE THE MINIMUM COMING IN IS $7 MILLION DOLLARS.

YOU'RE AUTOMATICALLY INTO AN EXCESS POOL.

BEEN INVOLVED WITH ANOTHER CITY WHERE THERE'S A 13 AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLAR VEHICLE ACCIDENT AT AN INTERSECTION.

AND WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO WAS THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR FOUR STOP SIGNS DURING A GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT.

ONLY TWO WERE PUT IN, AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS THE UNLICENSED DRIVER'S FAULT, THE CITY WAS ON HOOK FOR $13.5 MILLION DOLLARS.

THAT WENT TO THAT CITY'S EXCESS INSURANCE.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ALL THE TIME, AND LITTLE THINGS CAN ADD UP TO BIG THINGS.

SO BUT DURING THAT BUDGET PROCESS, LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DIRECTION AS TO WHAT INFORMATION YOU WANT US TO BE MORE TRANSPARENT ON AND INTERACT WITH THE COMMUNITY, BUT I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT TIME.

THERE WAS ALSO ON THE CALPERS ON THE EXCESS CALPERS.

THAT WAS A QUESTION ALSO.

YES, AND SOME EXPLANATION ON THAT.

ALSO CLARIFICATION FOR ALL OF US.

AND I ALWAYS MESS UP THE TERM, BUT IT'S THE PENSION REPLACEMENT FUND, AND SO CALPERS, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, PROBABLY 4 OR 5 CHANGED THEIR WAY.

SO WHEN THERE ARE RETIREES AND TYPICALLY IT'S YOUR HIGHER PAID RETIREES, SO YOUR CITY MANAGER, UPPER ECHELON OF POLICE DEPARTMENT AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, THERE'S AN IRS LEVEL THAT IS SET AND I CAN'T QUOTE I THINK IT'S 415, BUT I CAN'T QUOTE THE NUMBER OF WHAT IT IS. CALPERS ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO CHANGED THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER GOING TO PICK UP THAT AMOUNT ON THAT PENSION, AND SO THEY CHANGED THEIR RULES AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY IT WHERE THEY FORCE THE CITIES TO PAY THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY INTO IT.

AND SO CITIES BACK AT THE TIME UNDER THE LEAGUE OF CITIES TRIED TO FIGHT IT BUT WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.

CALPERS, AS WE ALL KNOW, IS A GIANT THAT KIND OF PULLS OUR CHAIN QUITE A BIT AND WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY IT, BUT SO THAT IS MONEY GOING IN TO PAY FOR SOME OF THE HIGHER PENSIONS THAT HAVE ORIGINATED FROM THE CITY OR IN SOME CASES SOMETIMES IF SOMEBODY HAS MOVED ON TO ANOTHER POSITION AND IS EARNING A LOT OF MONEY, WE STILL HAVE A PORTION OF THAT PAYMENT TO MAKE.

SO THOSE ARE PAYMENTS DIRECTLY TO CALPERS FOR PENSION RELATED ITEMS. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND AGAIN, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT BETWEEN COUNCIL AND ALSO THE CITY, WHAT WE'RE DOING FINANCIALLY.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE.

SO WITH THAT, NO OTHER DISCUSSION DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM TWO.

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GREAT. THANK YOU.

WE MOVE ON TO PART OF THE FOOTHILLS, OPEN STREETS.

IS THAT CORRECT? NOPE.

WE MOVED TO RESOLUTION.

OH, WE'RE DONE. GOSH, SORRY, GUYS.

I DIDN'T BRING MY NOTES FROM HOME, SO I'VE GOT THIS ONE.

I'M NOT USED TO IT. SO WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

AND WE WILL LISTEN, BUT I AM GOING TO KEEP THAT TO THREE MINUTES, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'RE GOING TO REPEAT THE SAME THING, WE MOVE ON TO ANOTHER PERSON THAT'S GOT A DIFFERENT VIEW OR A DIFFERENT COMMENT.

SO I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO REHASH THE SAME THING OVER, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU TIME ON THE MIC.

I'LL GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO GO ON A LITTLE LONGER, WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIME.

SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU GUYS, THE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE, HAVE THE TIME TO SPEAK.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND IF YOU CAN FILL OUT A CARD LATER.

KEITH REEVES 2811.

MR. REEVES. HELLO, MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, CITIZENS OF LA VERNE.

I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE EXORBITANT FEES FOR CONCEALED CARRY PERMITS.

THEY'RE UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND DISCRIMINATORY.

MY FIRST CONCERN IS THAT THEY ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.

THE HIGH FEES, LETTERS OF REFERENCE, HOME INSPECTION AND MANDATORY PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM ARE IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF BRUIN MANDATES.

I WILL LET OTHERS ADDRESS THAT.

MY SECOND CONCERN IS THAT THEY ARE DISCRIMINATORY.

THEY CLEARLY DISENFRANCHIZE THOSE WHO NEED PROTECTION THE MOST.

ORPHANS AND WIDOWS, SINGLE MOMS, ABUSED SPOUSES, MINORITIES, THE DISABLED, SENIOR CITIZENS ON FIXED INCOME, AND OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

I COME TO YOU WITH EIGHT PROPOSALS TO REDUCE FEES.

FIRST, BRING CCW ISSUANCE BACK IN HOUSE.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE OUTSOURCED BECAUSE THEY LACKED ADMINISTRATIVE HELP.

SECOND, TAP INTO RSVP AND CERT TO GET ADMINISTRATIVE HELP IF NECESSARY.

AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF LA VERNE CERT, I AM HAPPY TO DONATE FOUR HOURS A WEEK TO HELP PROCESS THESE CCWS.

THIRD CAP THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEE AT $150.

THIS IS STILL EXPENSIVE FOR SOME, BUT IT DOES REBALANCE THE COST BETWEEN THE CITY AND CITIZENS.

FOURTH, SCRAP RESIDENCE INSPECTIONS.

WE DO NOT NEED DETECTIVES GOING INTO PEOPLE'S HOMES TO FIND OUT IF THEY ACTUALLY LIVE IN LA VERNE.

FIFTH, ELIMINATE THE REQUIRED PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAM.

WE ALL KNOW CRAZY PEOPLE WE DON'T WANT TO CARRY GUNS, BUT THEY PASS PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CRAZY DON'T GET CCW'S. SIX.

ELIMINATE REQUIRED LETTERS OF REFERENCE.

THESE ARE CLEARLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ADD A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THE CITY AND PROCESSING FEES.

SEVENTH, DON'T FORCE PEOPLE TO DUPLICATE LIVE SCANS.

IF A PERSON ALREADY HAS A LIVE SCAN WITH THE CITY, AS DO I, FOR EXAMPLE, AND MANY OTHERS WHO ARE ON CERT OR RSVP OR OTHER THINGS DON'T REQUIRE THEM TO DO AN ADDITIONAL LIVE SCAN, AND THEN EIGHT ALLOW FOR BROADER WAYS TO DEMONSTRATE FIREARMS PROFICIENCY.

YOU HAVE A LIST OF APPROVED VENDORS, BUT IN MY OWN CASE, I'M A CERTIFIED FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE FORMER MILITARY, AND OUR TRAINING IS SIGNIFICANTLY BEYOND WHAT THE CITY IS REQUIRING.

THESE EIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS WILL REDUCE FEES, ALLOWING THE MARGINALIZED AMONG US TO PROTECT THEMSELVES AND BRING THE CITY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH BRUIN.

I HOPE THESE PROPOSALS WILL CREATE A WIN WIN FOR THE CITY AND ITS CITIZENS.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATION.

I'M JOHN WILSON, 2817 BRANT LA VERNE.

FIRST THING I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE LIGHT THAT I WAS HERE LAST TIME ABOUT TO PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PUT IT IN.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I'M HERE PROBABLY FOR AN UNPOPULAR TOPIC AND THAT IS THE RUNNING OF RED LIGHTS AND STOP SIGNS IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

I'VE NOTICED, AND I'M SURE MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED, THAT PEOPLE WILL GO THROUGH A RED LIGHT EVEN IF IT'S TURNED RED AND THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THE

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ALSO A FRIEND OF MINE, MY NEIGHBOR, HE'S A RETIRED L.A.

COUNTY SHERIFF, AND HE SAID BACK IN THE DAY WHEN HE WAS WRITING TICKETS, HE WOULD SIT AT SECOND AND I FORGET WHAT STREET, BUT RIGHT OVER IN SOUTH LA VERNE AND JUST WRITE TICKETS BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T EVEN STOPPING AT THAT STOP SIGN, AND HE WALKS HIS DOG EVERY DAY AND HE SAYS IT'S DANGEROUS.

I SAID, SLOW AND GO. HE SAID, NO, THEY SEE NOBODY'S THERE AND THEY JUST GO RIGHT THROUGH IT.

OKAY. SECOND & E.

YEAH. YEAH.

SECOND AND E STREET.

I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT I SEE IT AND I SAY WHAT I SAY IN MY CAR AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

AND I'M ONE OF THOSE THAT STOP AND I GET HONKED AT IN THE YELLOW LIGHT COMES UP AND I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT, AND SOMEBODY BEHIND ME HONKS, BUT THE THING THAT GOT TO ME WAS ABOUT 3 OR 4 WEEKS AGO, I WAS HEADED EAST ON FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, CAME TO A STOP AT WHITE AVENUE.

THERE WAS A POLICE LA VERNE POLICE OFFICER IN THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE OPPOSITE.

THEY WERE GOING TO TURN SOUTH ONTO WHITE.

GUY RUNS THE RED LIGHT, HEADED SOUTH ON FRUIT ONTO WHITE AND THE POLICE OFFICER WAS THE FIRST CAR THERE.

I THOUGHT, OH GOOD, HE'S GOING TO GET CAUGHT.

NOPE. DID NOT.

DIDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE IT, AND HIS LIGHT TURNED GREEN JUST AS SOON AS THIS GUY HAD RUN THE RED LIGHT.

I WAS TALKING WITH A LA VERNE POLICE OFFICER AT OUR LAST MEETING AFTER THE MEETING, AND I MENTIONED THAT I WAS GOING TO BRING THIS UP AND HE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, IT HAPPENS IN EVERY CITY.

WELL, JUST BECAUSE IT HAPPENS IN EVERY CITY DOESN'T MEAN IT HAS TO HAPPEN IN OUR CITY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE LA VERNE PD START TO LOOK AT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE RUNNING OF THE LIGHTS, RUNNING OF STOP SIGNS AND START TO CRACK DOWN AND START WRITING SOME TICKETS BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET KILLED, AND THE THING THAT REALLY BOTHERED ME THE MOST WAS I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING, BUT WHEN I SAW THAT LA VERNE POLICE OFFICER NOT DO ANYTHING AND IT HAPPENED RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM, THAT'S WHEN I SAID, I'M GOING BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S I WOULD REALLY LIKE THAT TO BE LOOKED INTO AT SOME POINT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR HAVING ME.

TODAY. I'M VISITING LA VERNE FROM WHITTIER.

I LIVE AT 10431 NASHVILLE AVENUE IN WHITTIER.

I AM AN ATTORNEY FOR THE CALIFORNIA RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOCIATION, AND FIRST, I WANT TO SAY HOW LOVELY YOUR CITY IS.

EVERYONE'S BEEN SUPER NICE, AND FRIENDLIEST CITY COUNCIL MEETING I'VE EVER BEEN TO.

SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW BADLY I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO FILE THIS LAWSUIT ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOCIATION.

SO WE WERE CONTACTED ABOUT THIS BY SOME OF OUR MEMBERS.

MR. REEVES PERSONALLY MADE SURE I CAME TO THE MEETING TODAY TO SPEAK WITH EVERYONE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO BELABOR THE POINTS IN MY LETTER.

EITHER YOU OR THE CITY MANAGER OR YOUR ATTORNEY HAVE READ IT, AND I'M SURE THEY'RE PREPARING A RESPONSE, BUT WHAT I DO WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON IS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE WHO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GET CARRY PERMITS INSTEAD OF JUST CARRYING ILLEGALLY ARE NOT A CRIMINAL THREAT.

WE'RE NOT ALL HERE TODAY.

THE MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE TODAY ARE NOT APPLYING.

SO THEN THEY CAN PROCEED WITH A BANK ROBBERY OR AN ASSAULT AFTER THEY GET THEIR CARRY PERMITS.

[LAUGHTER] WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS FOLLOWING THE LAW.

THESE ARE THE TYPE OF PEOPLE WHO WHO YOU SHOULD RECOGNIZE AND REAFFIRM BECAUSE THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE LAW, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO IT ABOVE BOARD, BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE, EVEN GOOD PEOPLE, WHO FEEL THEY HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CARRY, AND LET'S SAY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE COULD BE A SINGLE MOM, COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO DOESN'T HAVE $1,000 TO SPEND, FEELS IN DANGER.

THEY MAY JUST END UP CARRYING ILLEGALLY.

THEY MAY TRY AND APPLY, SEE THE PRICE AND BE DISSUADED, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO AVOID , AND WHAT'S EASY HERE IS THERE ARE CLEAR WAYS, AS MR. REEVES, I THINK, BRIEFLY ALLUDED TO, THAT YOU COULD CUT THESE COSTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, REFERENCE LETTERS, I BELIEVE, AS I EXPLAINED IN MY LETTER, AREN'T EVEN ALLOWED BY CALIFORNIA LAW BECAUSE THEY GO BEYOND WHAT THE CALIFORNIA STANDARD APPLICATION ALLOWS FOR. YOU COULD CUT THAT.

THESE RESIDENTS INSPECTIONS.

I'M NOT CLEAR IF THAT'S ACTUALLY A REQUIREMENT OR IF IT WAS JUST CONSIDERED, BUT IF THAT IS A REQUIREMENT, IT'S UNHEARD OF IN CALIFORNIA.

THERE ARE NO RESIDENTS INSPECTIONS IN ANY COUNTY THAT I KNOW OF, AND I'VE DEALT WITH A LOT OF THEM THAT DEAL WITH THESE.

AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EXAMS, AS I ALSO SAID IN MY LETTER, ARE ALLOWED UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW BUT MOST COUNTIES DON'T DO THEM.

MOST CITIES DON'T DO THEM.

A FEW DO, BUT I HAVE MY CCW PERMIT FROM THE LOS ANGELES SHERIFF'S.

WE DIDN'T DO A PSYCH EXAM, AND AS MR. REEVES NOTED, PEOPLE WHO GO OUT OF THEIR WAY TO GET PERMITS GENERALLY AREN'T GOING TO COMMIT CRIMES.

OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS THE EXCEPTION THAT PROVES THE RULE.

I'M NOT DENYING IT HAPPENS, BUT IT'S STATISTICALLY RARE, VERY MUCH BELOW THE CRIMINAL VIOLENCE RATE OF THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE.

SO WE'RE NOT UNREASONABLE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN A CITY LIKE LA VERNE GOES AND DOES SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN THE PROCESS IN L.A.

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WE FEEL IT'S INTENDED TO PRICE OUT INDIVIDUALS, AND FRANKLY, AT THAT POINT, IT COULD LEAD TO OTHER CLAIMS BEYOND JUST THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND MY HOPE IS I'M OPEN TO ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. I'M SURE YOUR COUNSEL WILL BE REACHING OUT TO ME, BUT IF ANYONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS FURTHER, CRPA IS HERE TO WORK TOGETHER ON THIS RATHER THAN LEAVE IT TO THE COURTS, BUT IF WE HAVE TO GO TO THE COURTS, WE WILL.

WE HOPE WE DON'T. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE SPEAKING ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. CITY MANAGER.

YEARS AGO, WE HAD A CALL FOR A GUY AT CALTRANS.

HE ALWAYS TOOK CARE OF US.

JOE JOHNSTON'S HIS NAME, AND IF YOU HAD A PROBLEM HE WOULD ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF THE PROBLEM.

LIKE THE LIGHTS AT THE OVERPASSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT ON THE WALKWAY.

WELL, CALLED THERE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, HE RETIRED.

NOW YOU GET THE SAME ANSWER EVERY TIME YOU CALL OVER THERE AT CALTRANS.

IT'S THE CITY'S PROBLEM.

I COME TO THE CITY. IT'S THE CALTRANS PROBLEM.

THE OLD CITY MANAGER, BOB ROSSI, I WOULD CONTACT HIM WHEN THE LIGHTS WERE OUT ON THE WALKWAY AT CHELSEA AND ESSEX AND HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF THEM.

CAN THE CITY STILL DO THAT FOR US? OVER THERE IN LA VERNE, CHELSEA AND ESSEX, THERE'S A CITY WALK OVER THE BRIDGE.

CAN THAT BE TAKEN CARE OF STILL? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, OUT OF SIX LIGHTS, TWO ARE WORKING.

HE ALWAYS HAD THE CITY GO OVER AND FIX IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

SO DIDN'T GET TO ASK [INAUDIBLE] BECAUSE WE JUST.

WE WILL ANSWER YOU WHEN WE'RE DONE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HOW'S YOUR. HOW'S THE STANDING WATER.

ALTHOUGH EVERYBODY'S GOT STANDING WATER, THERE'S NO MOSQUITOES.

I GUARANTEE THAT. EVERYTHING IS GOOD.

BACK TO STOP SIGNS.

CHELSEA IN ESSEX, THERE'S A STOP SIGN ON ESSEX.

PEOPLE GO THROUGH THERE LIKE THERE'S NO SIGN AT ALL.

THEY DON'T EVEN SLOW DOWN, AND A COUPLE OF YEARS ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO I CALLED THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SENT A GUY OVER THERE AND HE SETS OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HE SAYS, WAITING FOR SOMEBODY TO RUN THE LIGHT.

WELL, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO WITH YOU SITTING HERE.

I SAID BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.

YOU CAN CATCH THEM ALL THE TIME THERE.

THAT'S IT.

I'LL GO SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AGAIN, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, IF YOU MIND, PLEASE.

HI MY NAME IS JAMES. I'M AT 1337 RUGGLES STREET, AND REGARDING THE CCWS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYING THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES, I BELIEVE THEY DO, BECAUSE EVERY MORNING AT 6 A.M., PARKING ENFORCEMENT GOES IN THE PARKING LOT ACROSS STREET FROM MY HOUSE AND SITS IN THAT PARKING LOT FOR TWO HOURS EVERY MORNING AT 6 A.M..

AND MULTIPLE TIMES A WEEK AT NIGHT AT ABOUT 11 P.M.

FOUR LA VERNE PD OFFICERS ALL MEET OVER AT 7-ELEVEN IN SAN DIMAS AND THEY'RE THERE FOR ROUGHLY 30 MINUTES, AND THOSE ARE RESOURCES THAT COULD BE USED SOMEWHERE IN LA VERNE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE. LADIES FIRST.

LILY. GOOD EVENING.

CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.

CITY MANAGER.

MY NAME IS LILY [INAUDIBLE].

I AM A CITIZEN ON SEVENTH STREET.

OUR CITY MAKE THE NATIONAL NEWS ABOUT THE CCW BECAUSE THE HIGH FEE, I THINK, IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE COUNTRY.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD NEWS TO LA VERNE.

OKAY, WELL, NO, BECAUSE OUR HIGHEST FEE OF CCW.

LAST MEETING I BROUGHT UP WHY I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF GET A PERMIT BECAUSE FOR ME, DO I LOOK LIKE I WILL DO SOME CRIME? I JUST THINKING I SHOULD LEARN HOW TO PROTECT MYSELF, PROTECT MY KIDS, AND I FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WHEN I STAY AT HOME AND ACTUALLY MY HOUSE LIVE VERY CLOSE TO GOLDLINE, AND THEN ACTUALLY GOOD NEWS IS GOLDLINE IS GOING TO OPEN IN TWO YEARS , AND THEN I REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE LIGHT RAIL. OKAY, I LIKE THAT, AND I SO APPRECIATE THE LADY LISA SHE LISTENED TO ALL THE LA VERNE CITIZEN BECAUSE WE HAVE THE PETITION FOR

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SO THAT REALLY MEANS OUR CITY OF LA VERNE IS VERY GOOD COMMUNITY.

WE ARE VERY GOOD PERSON WHO UNITE TOGETHER WHEN SOMETHING HAPPEN, BUT WE DO CONCERN ABOUT THE CRIME.

IF THE GOLDLINE OPEN, HOMELESS CRIME WILL COME BECAUSE THE GOLDLINE VERY CLOSE TO MY HOUSE.

SO I DID TALK TO MY HUSBAND.

WE NEED TO BUILD A FENCE, BUILD A CAMERA.

I EVEN TALK ABOUT I SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING WITH ME WHEN I STAY AT HOME WITH KIDS.

SO. THAT'S A VERY BIG CONCERN.

1,081 IS TOO EXPENSIVE, ESPECIALLY THE RENEW 650 EVERY TWO YEARS.

WHAT! MY HUSBAND SAID, WHAT.

OKAY. I SAID EVEN MORE EXPENSIVE THAN MY CAR INSURANCE.

MY LIFE INSURANCE.

WHAT'S HAPPENED? TOO EXPENSIVE.

IT'S RIDICULOUS. MAKE THE NEWS.

REALLY TWO BIG NEWS IN THE NATIONAL.

THEY TALK ABOUT IN CALIFORNIA, A CITY CALLED LA VERNE.

THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST, HIGHEST CCW FEE.

OH, IT'S NOT A GOOD TO LISTEN TO LA VERNE LIKE THAT.

OKAY, SO ONCE AGAIN.

OKAY, MY FRIEND, SHE GETS SHOT AND DIE IN THE METRO PARK SHOOTING.

OKAY. I STILL HAVE PROBLEM WITH THAT.

I STILL THINKING IF SOMEONE HAVE A WEAPON WITH THEM, THE SECOND SHOT WILL NOT HAPPEN.

WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT MUCH PEOPLE DIE.

IN BIBLE AND GOD SAID THE BAD PEOPLE COULD KILL PEOPLE BY STONE, BY CAR, BY ANYTHING BUT GOOD PEOPLE WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO PROTECT US.

OKAY. SO IN AMERICA, HAVE A CCW.

OKAY. WHAT'S THAT CALLED? I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO CONCEALED CARRY WEAPON.

RIGHT. THAT'S OUR RIGHT.

I BECOME A CITIZEN OF UNITED STATES BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR FREEDOM AND OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING.

THANK YOU, LILY. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE, PLEASE.

GOOD EVENING. SKID SAWERMON 2173 MANZANITA CIRCLE.

ANYWAYS, SPEAKING ON CCW AS WELL, I BELIEVE THE FEES ARE EXORBITANT.

THEY'RE BEYOND REASONABLE.

I'M ESPECIALLY CONCERNED ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION.

IT JUST SEEMS INTERPRETIVE.

MOST PEOPLE AREN'T DOING THIS.

YOU KNOW, THE GUY DOING THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION AND HE DECIDED HE DOESN'T LIKE THE WAY MY SHOES ARE TIED AND SO I SHOULDN'T HAVE IT.

LIKE I SAID, IT JUST SEEMS INTERPRETIVE, UNREASONABLE AND UNNECESSARY.

AS FAR AS THE CITY GOES AND THE FEES.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE OUR SECOND AMENDMENT ACCESSIBLE TO US AND ABLE WITHOUT PUTTING A ROADBLOCK OF EXORBITANT FEES AND ITS EXORBITANT, AND I THINK THE CITY NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT WHEREVER IT IS, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE MAKING IT REASONABLE.

OTHER CITIES AROUND US ARE SOMETIMES A FRACTION OF WHAT LA VERNE IS.

IT DOESN'T SEEM REASONABLE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM OR SPEAK ON ANYTHING IN PUBLIC COMMENT? MY NAME IS LAURENCE BLANCHARD 4748 DELMAR CIRCLE IN LA VERNE, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST TOUCH ON THE PSYCH EVALUATION.

I SECOND WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT THE EXORBITANT FEES.

IN TERMS OF THE PSYCH EVALUATION ITSELF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CALL A SUBJECTIVE STANDARD AND NOT AN OBJECTIVE STANDARD, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT WHAT THE SUPREME COURT WAS RULING ON IN BRUIN WAS NOT ALLOWING JUST THESE SUBJECTIVE STANDARDS WHERE SOMEBODY CAN SAY, WELL, I THINK THIS OR I THINK THAT THE STANDARD HAD TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS OBJECTIVE LIKE RUNNING A CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.

OKAY. SO IN THAT REGARD, WITH THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION, THIS IS A VERY SUBJECTIVE THING.

IT'S SOMEONE MAKING A DETERMINATION ON WHETHER THEY THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE IT OR NOT, AND IT'S UP TO THEIR OPINION.

THAT'S WHAT THE SUPREME COURT WAS TRYING TO ELIMINATE IN THEIR RULING.

A SECOND THING THAT I WOULD SAY, AND I THINK THERE'S MAYBE SOME IGNORANCE ON THIS POINT, AND THAT IS THAT WHEN THEY RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK ON YOU THROUGH THE SYSTEM TO PURCHASE A FIREARM OR IF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RUNS A BACKGROUND CHECK ON US IN TERMS OF A CCW, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SAY? NOT TESTING, BUT THEY DO A CHECK ON YOU FOR IF YOU'VE HAD CONTACT WITH A MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM AND ALL OF THAT.

SO THAT'S HOW THIS IS USUALLY DONE, AND THAT WOULD BE A WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A OBJECTIVE STANDARD.

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SO WHEN THE CITY WOULD RUN A BACKGROUND CHECK ON US, WHICH I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GOING TO DO FOR A CCW.

THAT'S THE OBJECTIVE OF STANDARD THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

IT'S NOT JUST TO SEE IF YOU HAVE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND, IT WILL CHECK YOUR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH BACKGROUND AS WELL IF YOU HAVE CONTACT AND THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

THAT'S WHY A LOT OF AGENCIES ARE SAYING THAT'S SUFFICIENT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO THIS SUBJECTIVE THING OF A PSYCHIATRIST LOOKING AT YOU OR GIVING YOU SOME EXAMINATION AND DECIDING WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO LET YOU HAVE.

YOU FOLLOW. SO BECAUSE IT'S INCLUDED IN THE CHECK.

SO YOU WANT TO CHECK THAT OUT AND LOOK INTO THAT.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

[APPLAUSE] ANYBODY ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? MS. BEAUCHAMP. NEED YOUR GLASSES.

I DO NOT. THANK YOU. YOU CAN HAVE MINE? NO, IT'S OKAY. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ADDRESSED THIS EVENING IS WE'VE TALKED NUMEROUS TIMES ABOUT PEOPLE THAT ARE HEARING IMPAIRED OR HAVE DIFFICULTY HEARING AND THE SOUND SYSTEM AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT WHICH FALLS UNDER THE ADA, BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHY NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED THE ISSUES OF THESE DOORS THAT LEAD TO THESE CHAMBERS.

THOSE DOORS ARE SO HEAVY.

THEY ARE DEFINITELY NOT ADA ACCESSIBLE.

THEY SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC OPEN DOORS LIKE THE FRONT DOORS ARE.

NUMBER TWO, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN ITEM PLACED ON THE AGENDA THAT ADDRESSES ALL COMMUNICATIONS AND I MEAN ALL COMMUNICATIONS BY THE COUNCIL.

THE CITY ATTORNEY, THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHER STAFF.

THAT WOULD INCLUDE TEXT MESSAGES, EMAILS, HANDWRITTEN NOTES TO EACH OTHER.

IT'S DISHEARTENING TO SIT IN THE AUDIENCE AND WATCH THE COUNCIL AND OTHER MEMBERS AT THE DAIS, NOT GIVING THE SPEAKER THEIR FULL AND UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

AS AN EXAMPLE, I'M AN UMPIRE FOR LITTLE LEAGUE AND I MAKE IT CLEAR TO MY MANAGERS THAT THESE KIDS DESERVE YOUR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION.

I DON'T ALLOW CELL PHONES ON MY FIELD.

IF IT'S THAT IMPORTANT, THEN YOU DON'T NEED TO BE COACHING.

IF YOU'RE A HEART SURGEON, YOU NEED TO CALL, GO TO EMERGENCY.

YOU SHOULD NOT BE ON MY FIELD.

I DON'T ALLOW IT.

THESE KIDS NEED ATTENTION AND THESE PEOPLE NEED ATTENTION.

IT TAKES COURAGE TO COME UP HERE AND SPEAK IN FRONT OF YOU, AND NOT ONLY YOU, BUT THE PUBLIC ON THE INTERNET, AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT SOMETIME SOON ON THE AGENDA THAT EVERYTHING ON YOUR LITTLE LAPTOPS, YOUR CELL PHONES, HANDWRITTEN NOTES TO EACH OTHER ALL BECOME TRANSPARENT AND PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP.

[APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? HI, I'M JIM CARLSON, TIM, I'M YOUR OLD NEIGHBOR.

I LIVE AT 111 BASELINE ROAD NOW.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON CCW.

I WENT TO GRADUATE SCHOOL HERE IN LA VERNE AND I WENT TO LAW SCHOOL HERE IN LA VERNE AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LEARNED AFTER LAW SCHOOL, MY SPECIALTY IS DEFAULTS FOR SURETIES.

SO WHEN THEY GO TO BUILD THINGS SOMETIMES LIKE THE RAIL SYSTEM, WE'RE DOING IT DON'T GO WELL, RIGHT? IT FALLS APART AND A GUY LIKE ME GETS SENT IN TO TALK TO YOU AND EXPLAIN HOW THE SURETY IS GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY TO FINISH THE PROJECT AND APOLOGIZE TO THE WHOLE CITY.

IN LEARNING THAT I THINK ON STUFF LIKE THIS.

THE APPROACH BY WHICH COMMUNICATION IS PROFFERED TO YOU IS IMPORTANT, AND THE TOPIC IS.

IN THIS RARE INSTANCE, ONE OF THE FEW TIMES YOU'LL ACTUALLY RUN INTO A CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE.

MOST CITIES, YOU'RE HERE TO DEAL WITH THE CITY'S ISSUES.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE YOU HERE.

YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.

WE'RE GOING TO AGREE WITH YOU ON SOME THINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO DISAGREE WITH YOU ON OTHER THINGS, BUT WHEN THE CONSTITUTION WAS DRAFTED, SO FEW ITEMS WERE ADDED TO THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND A FEW OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT THEY MADE THE LANGUAGE CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS NO MISINTERPRETATION ABOUT WHAT THEY INTENDED.

ON THIS ONE DIFFERING PARTS OF THE COUNTRY HAVE DECIDED THAT THEY DISAGREE WITH THAT, AND AT THE STATE LEVEL, THEY HAVE MADE THEIR OWN RULES AND SOME COUNTIES HAVE MADE THEIR OWN RULES AND THEN SOME CITIES.

I DON'T ENVY YOU, LA COUNTY HAS HAD THIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR LONGER THAN MOST OF US HAVE BEEN ALIVE, AND THEN THEY SAID, HEY, HERE YOU GO.

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THIS IS GOING TO BE REALLY DIFFICULT.

WE KNOW, YOU'VE NEVER DONE THIS IN YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

YOU NEVER EVEN CONTEMPLATED THIS, BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH A SYSTEM.

[INAUDIBLE] ROB. SIR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND GOING THROUGH THIS WITH US.

AND YOU'VE GOT TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING WITH LIMITED INFORMATION, WITH DIFFERING PARTIES, WITH DIFFERING VIEWS, WITH DIFFERING STAKES.

SOME OF US IN LA VERNE THINK, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.

THIS CITY IS WONDERFUL.

I'VE LIVED HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I DON'T EVER PLAN ON LEAVING.

WE ARE VERY BLESSED.

NOT EVERYBODY IS, AND SO FOR SOME PEOPLE, FINANCES ARE AN ISSUE.

FOR SOME PEOPLE, PROCESS IS AN ISSUE.

RIGHT. I DON'T WANT THIS TO TAKE A LONG TIME.

I'D RATHER SPEND MONEY AND HAVE MINE EXPEDITED.

FOR OTHERS THE ISSUE IS PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATION OR I DON'T WANT YOU COMING INTO MY HOME, WHATEVER THOSE THINGS MAY BE, BUT AT THE CORE OF WHAT THE CONSTITUTION LOOKED AT, IT SAID, WE WANT TO MAKE THIS AS CLEAN AND CLEAR AND LOGICAL AS POSSIBLE.

WE SHALL NOT RESTRICT THE RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T EVALUATE AND MONITOR THE PROCESS AND TO WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP WHEN WHENEVER SOMEONE WHO OWNS WEAPONS OR WANTS TO PURCHASE WEAPONS GOES TO DO SO, WHETHER IT'S A PRIVATE TRANSFER OR THEY'RE DOING IT THROUGH THEIR LOCAL GUN SHOP AND USING AN FFL, THEY HAVE TO FILE PAPERWORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. THERE'S AN ENTIRE BACKGROUND CHECK THAT HAS TO HAPPEN.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, AS A GUN OWNER, I AM NOT BOUGHT MY LAST GUN AND I PROBABLY WON'T BUY MY LAST GUN UNTIL I'M VERY, VERY OLD, AND THEREFORE, INHERENTLY IN THAT PROCESS, I MUST BE SUBJECTED TO THE RULES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND AN EVALUATION THAT MUST BE ROUTINELY OCCURRING FROM THIS POINT ON. I'M A LICENSED GENERAL MECHANICAL CONTRACTOR, SO BY VIRTUE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND THE DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, I AM SUBJECT TO THE STANDARD OF BEING EVALUATED AND REVIEWED.

I ALSO HAPPEN TO SIT ON THE BOARD, SO I'M HELD TO AN EVEN HIGHER STANDARD OF REVIEW.

I THINK THE QUESTION AT THE HEART OF THE CCW ISSUE IS WHETHER OR NOT THE APPLICANTS HAVE THE MENS REA TO COMMIT A CRIME.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE NEFARIOUS WITH THIS PRIVILEGE? RIGHT. IT'S A RIGHT THAT WE HAVE.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE IN THE EYES OF THE CITY THAT YOU ALLOW IT TO OCCUR WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE CITY, AND THE CITY COULD EASILY SAY, FINE, WE'LL GIVE YOU YOUR CCW AND WE'LL CONSIDER EVERY SQUARE INCH OF THIS CITY A SPECIAL AREA.

SO GOOD LUCK.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR GUN.

DON'T LET US CATCH YOU WITH IT.

THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY.

RIGHT? THEN THAT LEAVES COUNSEL IN A SPOT WHERE HE'S GOING BACK AND FORTH TO WAR.

MY I GUESS THE HEART OF MY COMMENT IS THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS OF GIVE AND TAKE, AND TO ME, THE MOST THOUGHTFUL AND USEFUL WAY TO APPROACH IT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS EVERYTHING THEY NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHO THE CITIZENS ARE THAT ARE GOING TO ASK FOR THIS AND THAT ONCE THE PROCESS HAS BEEN GONE THROUGH IN THE 80 OR SO OF US THAT WANT ONE, GET IT, THEN ONE PERSON AT A TIME IS GOING TO BE ASKING MAYBE TWO.

IT'S NOT A IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING MOST PEOPLE WANT.

FIRST OF ALL, UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY HANDY WITH A FIREARM, YOU DON'T WANT IT ON YOUR HIP.

IT'S A PAIN IN THE BUTT TO CARRY AROUND.

THEY REALLY ARE UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT IF YOU'RE IN A PROFESSION THAT YOU FEEL IS IT'S NECESSARY, IT'S BETTER TO HAVE THAT OPTION. IF YOU JUST WANT TO EXERCISE YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT, IT'S BETTER YOU HAVE THAT OPTION, AND AS LONG AS THE PARTIES CARRYING DON'T INTERFERE WITH COMMERCE IN THE CITY OR CREATE FEAR OR APPREHENSION IN MEMBERS OF THE CITY.

THE WHOLE GOAL OF THE CCW IS YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW IT'S HERE.

I MEAN, IT'S MY JOB TO CARRY MYSELF IN SUCH A WAY AND TO ATTIRE MYSELF IN SUCH A WAY THAT EVEN A PROFESSIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENT COULD LOOK AT ME AND GO, DOES HE HAVE IT HERE OR HERE? OR MAYBE IT'S ON HIS.

WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT THEY KNOW HOW TO CARRY, RIGHT? SO THAT'S THE GOAL HERE, AND I JUST WANT TO ASK THE CITY.

I DEAL WITH THINGS THAT ESCALATE FOR A LIVING AND ON FEDERAL ISSUES SOMETIMES, AND I JUST WANT TO ASK THE CITY THAT IF YOU CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS IN A WAY THAT WE STAY OUT OF THE MEDIA, I DON'T WANT LA VERNE FAMOUS FOR NOTHING.

I WANT NOTHING TO HAPPEN IN LA VERNE.

I WANT THIS TO BE A SAFE PROCESS.

I WANT THE CITY TO FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HOW IT GOES ON, AND I WANT THE CITIZENS TO KNOW THAT WE DID EVERYTHING WE COULD AS A TEAM COLLECTIVELY, NO ONE JUST ISSUED ORDERS OR EDICTS TO ANYONE ELSE, AND I THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR LETTING US COME AND SPEAK WITH YOU AND TAKING THE TIME TO MAKE EYE CONTACT, TO BE AWARE, TO BE TO GIVE US THE RESPECT THAT I GIVE YOU, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, I ALMOST NEVER COME TO THESE BECAUSE I'M OUT OF TOWN ON DEFAULTS IN OTHER CITIES WHO DON'T

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I GET TO JUST GO HOME.

I LOVE IT. SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

MISS GABALDON. CYNTHIA GABALDON 2529 AMHERST STREET.

I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING AS A FEMALE SHARPSHOOTER, LONG TIME GUN OWNER, LONGTIME GUN CARRIER FROM THE AGE OF FOUR.

BECAUSE IN MY FAMILY WHERE WE GREW UP, YOU HAD TO DO THAT.

THAT WAS JUST PART OF THE GAME.

ACCORDING TO THE PEW RESEARCH CENTER SURVEY, IN 2005, WOMEN ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 13% OF AMERICAN GUN OWNERS.

BY 2020, THAT NUMBER IS ALMOST DOUBLED, WITH FEMALES REPRESENTING NEARLY 25% OF THE GUN OWNERS IN THE US.

IN FACT, WOMEN ACCOUNTED FOR 40% OF GUN PURCHASES IN 2020.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHY? THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE ME THAT I WORK FOR MYSELF AND I TRAVEL ALL OVER RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

I HAVE OTHER SHERIFF AND POLICE OFFICERS TELLING ME I SHOULD NOT BE BY MYSELF ANYMORE WITHOUT A GUN.

I GET TOLD THAT ONCE A MONTH RIGHT NOW, AND THEY'RE ASKING HOW COME I HAVEN'T FILED YET? AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT THIS AND THEY LAUGHED AT ME.

THAT'S RIVERSIDE COUNTY.

THAT'S SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.

THEY COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT THE CITY WAS DOING, AND THEN IT GOT INTO THE PAPERS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW ABOUT WHERE IT GOT PUT OUT INTO, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE READ IT, AND I'VE ALREADY BEEN APPROACHED BY OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS GOING, WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY DOING OVER THERE? SO THE BIGGER PICTURE OF THE DISENFRANCHISEMENT OF WHAT THE COST IS, IS ONE THING IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS AND JUST OUT OF OUT OF BOUNDS, BUT THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THAT IN THIS COUNTRY, THE SECOND THE SECOND AMENDMENT IS THE ACTUAL SECOND AMENDMENT. WE'RE SETTLING IN THIS STATE AND WE'RE SETTLING IN THIS COUNTY BY EVEN HAVING TO EVEN DO A PERMIT AT ALL, BECAUSE BY RIGHT, WE ARE ALREADY ALLOWED TO CARRY.

NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS GABALDON.

MISS BERRY.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING, PAM BERRY HERE.

A FEW THOUGHTS.

I'M KIND OF REPRESENTING ONE OF THE OLDER FOLKS AND A WOMAN, AND THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT GO THROUGH MY HEAD, AND IN THE LAST WEEK, ESPECIALLY THINKING OF LOOKING AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES, THE PROCESSING FEE AND THE PERMIT FEE WAS OVER $600 JUST FOR THOSE.

FEES IN ADDITION TO THE COSTS FOR THE BACKGROUND CHECK AND THE FINGERPRINTING AND ALL OF THIS, AND I'M JUST PERPLEXED AS TO HOW THERE COULD BE ENOUGH EMPLOYEE HOURS TO HANDLE AN APPLICATION TO HANDLE THE ADMINISTRATIVE.

WHAT THAT WOULD EQUAL OVER $600 FOR ONE APPLICANT.

SO THAT WAS JUST LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY.

I'M RETIRED. I'M DISABLED.

I'M A WOMAN AND I'VE DONE IN THE PAST SOME SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES AND WE DID ALL THE TRAINING FROM WORK FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER SITUATIONS AND THEY WOULD TELL US, RUN, HIDE OR FIGHT.

OKAY. I CAN'T RUN SO GOOD, AND I'M TELLING YOU, IF I SQUAT DOWN SOMEWHERE TO HIDE, I'M NOT GOING TO BE GETTING BACK UP.

I'M GOING TO BE A SITTING DUCK.

OKAY. IT'S SCARY.

IT'S SCARY NOW TO BE, YOU KNOW, GOING OUT SOMEWHERE AND KNOW THAT IF SOMEBODY TARGETS ME I'M KIND OF STUCK , AND THAT'S WHERE IN SO MANY OF THE SITUATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN OUR COUNTRY WITH ACTIVE SHOOTERS.

WHEN IT'S BEFORE ANY FIRST RESPONDERS CAN GET THERE.

IT'S THAT PERSON WHO HAS THEIR OWN GUN, AND THEIR PERMIT THAT BECOMES THE HERO, AND FEWER PEOPLE DIE.

I WANT TO BE IN A PLACE WHERE THERE ARE MORE OF THOSE, NOT LESS.

I WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIKELY GOING TO BE SOME PEOPLE AROUND THERE AND MAYBE ONE OF THEM WILL BE ME.

I DON'T KNOW. BUT TO HAVE THE FEES SO HIGH THAT IT'S REALLY RESTRICTIVE THAT PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE QUALIFIED AND

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DON'T DO THAT. DON'T DO THAT.

THAT'S JUST WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

[APPLAUSE]THANK YOU, MS. BERRY. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYONE ON THE LINE. WE HAVE ONE HAND RAISED.

GOOD EVENING. CAN EVERYONE HEAR ME? WONDERFUL. STEPHEN WARD, 4760 KIA ESTRADA.

I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS.

I KNOW TWO WEEKS AGO THERE WASN'T THIS MUCH CONCERN ABOUT THESE FEES WHEN THEY WERE BEING PASSED, AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE A FINDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MADE WHEN THEY PASSED RESOLUTION 2310.

THERE WAS A FACTUAL FINDING THAT THE FEES INCLUDED IN THE RESOLUTION REPRESENT THE ACTUAL COSTS OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED OR THE FACILITIES FUNDED, AND THEREFORE THERE'S A RATIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE FEES CHARGED AND THE SERVICES AND FACILITIES PROVIDED.

SO WHILE I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THOSE WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE OVERALL COSTS, THE CITY COUNCIL JUST TWO WEEKS AGO UNANIMOUSLY DETERMINED THAT THOSE COSTS DID BEAR A RATIONAL RELATIONSHIP AND THEY WERE THE ACTUAL FEES INCURRED.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MADE A VERY PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION ABOUT WHY THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE STAFF OR THE RESOURCES TO HANDLE MUCH OF THIS PROCESS IN-HOUSE.

WITH THE SIZE OF OUR CITY AND THE SIZE OF OUR DEPARTMENT.

PERSONALLY, I WOULD PREFER THAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SPEND THEIR TIME FIGHTING CRIME RATHER THAN ENGAGING IN AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GUNS IN OUR STREETS.

WHILE THE CITY DID NOT MAKE A DETERMINATION AND DOESN'T HAVE ANY DETERMINATION OVER WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BE ISSUING CCP PERMITS IN THE FIRST OR CCW PERMITS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF STUDIES THAT FIND RIGHT TO CARRY LAWS, INCREASE FIREARM HOMICIDES.

THEY INCREASE VIOLENT CRIME.

A 2019 STUDY FOUND THERE WAS 13 TO 15% INCREASE IN VIOLENT CRIME RATES A DECADE AFTER SHALL-ISSUE A RIGHT TO CARRY LAWS WERE IMPLEMENTED.

A 2022 STUDY FOUND THAT RIGHT TO CARRY LAWS INCREASED FIREARM HOMICIDE RATES BY 13% AND FIREARM VIOLENT CRIMES BY 29%.

THERE IS A NUMBER OF OTHER STUDIES ON THIS TOPIC.

THE POINT BEING IS THIS THE CITY OF LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESENTED TO YOU AS THE EXPERTS IN PUBLIC SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO HELP KEEP OUR CITY SAFE, AND I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SKIMPING ON PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING, WEAPONS TRAINING, THE THOROUGHNESS OF THE BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS, AND IF THEY DON'T FEEL THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT IN HOUSE AND THEY HAVE TO OUTSOURCE THIS, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

IF WE CAN REDUCE THE FEES, FIND A CHEAPER VENDOR WITHOUT SACRIFICING THE THOROUGHNESS AND THE QUALITY OF THE INVESTIGATION, GREAT.

IF THERE'S A CHEAPER WEAPONS TRAINING COURSE WITHOUT COMPROMISING ON THE QUALITY, GREAT, BUT THIS IS WHAT THE CITY OF LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS DETERMINED THEY NEED IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, AND SO THE CITY COUNCIL TWO WEEKS AGO FOUND UNANIMOUSLY THAT THESE FEES WERE RATIONAL.

SO I'D ASK THAT YOU NOT KIND OF KOW TO SPECIAL INTERESTS THAT COME INTO OUR CITY NOW AND ASK TO MAKE IT EASIER AND CHEAPER AGAINST THE ADVICE OF THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WHO I KNOW YOU ALL SUPPORT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF GUNS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IF WE COULD PLEASE KEEP DECORUM WHILE PEOPLE ARE SPEAKING.

THEY GAVE YOU THE SAME COURTESY.

PLEASE. ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

THERE YOU GO. HI, BILL HETZEL 4797.

CORONADO LANE.

I'M JUST SORT OF CONFUSED IN THAT THIS IS A SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHT.

THAT WAS DICTATED BY THE [INAUDIBLE] DECISION, AND NOW WE'RE PAYING A COMPANY CCW.US A PROFITABLE COMPANY FOR US TO GET OUR RIGHTS.

WHY ARE WE MAKING SOME OTHER COMPANY RICH? IN ORDER FOR US JUST TO OBTAIN OUR RIGHTS THAT WERE GIVEN TO US INALIENABLE BY GOD.

THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE? PUBLIC COMMENT. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL AND

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I'M ACTUALLY SITTING HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE WITH A COUPLE STUDENTS BECAUSE I'M TEACHING TONIGHT AND WE'RE LISTENING TO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT ISSUE TO PEOPLE HERE ON CAMPUS WHO FIND THEMSELVES ALREADY IN FEAR OF, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE COMING IN OFF THE PUBLIC AND DOING THEM HARM, AND I HAVE TWO STUDENTS HERE, ONE OF WHICH BROUGHT UP PARKS.

HE THINKS THAT LA VERNE PARKS ARE GREAT AND THEY ARE SAFE, AND HE'S CONCERNED THAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE SOUND PSYCHOLOGY HAVE ACCESS TO LETHAL WEAPONS AND IN FACT HAVE A BREAK AND WANT TO SEE HARM DONE.

HAVING PARKS, A UNIVERSITY, OUR SCHOOLS, THIS IS INCREDIBLY TROUBLING, PARTICULARLY AS A PARENT.

I HAVE A WOMAN STUDENT HERE WHO IS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE CAMPUS IS PREDOMINANTLY WOMEN AND SHE DOES NOT FEEL SAFE KNOWING THAT PEOPLE WITHOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL, BACKGROUNDS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO LETHAL WEAPONS, AND I'M SURE THE RESPONSE IS, WELL, SHE SHOULD GET A WEAPON, TOO.

HER RESPONSE IS SHE DOESN'T THINK SHE SHOULD HAVE A WEAPON.

SHE HAS DEPRESSION AND OTHER ISSUES THAT SHE DOESN'T TRUST HERSELF WITH THE WEAPON.

SO ADDING MORE WEAPONS TO THE EQUATION IS ONLY GOING TO MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.

SO I URGE THE COUNCIL, JUST AS THE SPEAKER TWO SPEAKERS AGO, TO FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED WITH OUR PUBLIC SAFETY.

I DO THINK THAT COST PROHIBITION IS UNFAIR BECAUSE I'M ALWAYS GOING TO BE AGAINST RICH PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS THAT POOR PEOPLE CAN'T, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I HAVE REAL TROUBLE WITH THERE NOT BEING A PSYCHOLOGICAL BACKGROUND THAT'S GOING TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF ALL CITIZENS.

THANK YOU, MR. ELLISON.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? MS. NEWLIN. KATHY NEWLIN FROM FOOTHILL TERRACE.

I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE FEES, BUT WITH THE CONCEALED CARRY, I DISAGREE THAT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE PEOPLE WITH MENTAL PROBLEMS WITH GUNS.

THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.

THEY'RE NOT REGISTERED GUNS.

THEY'RE GETTING THEM ON THE STREET, AND IT'S ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED ONCE BEFORE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE TROUBLE TO GET A CARRY WEAPON, CONCEALED CARRY WEAPONS PERMIT.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT, THAT THEY AREN'T THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO GO CRAZY WITH THE GUNS, AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT A BREAK, A MENTAL BREAK, ANYBODY CAN HAVE THAT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN HAVE PEOPLE WHO'VE HAD IT WHEN THEY'RE DRIVING.

YOU CAN'T JUDGE PEOPLE ON THAT, BUT IT'S GOING TO END UP THAT ONLY THE BAD PEOPLE, THE BAD GUYS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE GUNS AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THE SHOOTING AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO GO BY THE LAW.

THAT'S WHO YOU'RE KEEPING FROM IT.

SO I WOULD SAY WE DO DO THE CONCEALED CARRY AND WHATEVER IT TAKES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS NEWLIN.

[APPLAUSE] GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS AGATHA JUAREZ.

I LIVE ON GROVE STREET IN LA VERNE, AND, OF COURSE, THESE ARE THE BIGGEST CONCERN WHEN IT CAME OUT, WHEN IT WAS POSTED ON OUR LA VERNE GROUP. I'D ALREADY SEEN THE FEES.

I WAS EXCITED BECAUSE I SAID, OOH, LA VERNE HAS CCW BACK IN THEIR HANDS BECAUSE ORIGINALLY I HAD TRIED TO APPLY AND IT WAS SENT OVER TO THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE STILL A MAY ISSUE STATE NOT.

SHALL ISSUE THROUGH BRUIN AND GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS IN THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT WAS WAS A BIG DEAL.

I DECIDED NOT TO GO THROUGH WITH IT.

SO WHEN I SAW THE CCW THROUGH LA VERNE WAS COMING BACK, I WAS VERY EXCITED.

I WENT ON THE SITE. I STARTED LOOKING AND I WAS SHOCKED, FLOORED BY THESE FEES.

SO I STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH.

THE CITY OF POMONA CHARGES $131, AND THAT INCLUDES THEIR FEES.

DOJ FEES AND CITY FEES AND THE ISSUANCE FOR THEIR PERMIT IS $144.

THE CITY OF GLENDORA CHARGES $139, AND THAT INCLUDES THE LIVE SCAN FEES, THEIR APPLICATION FEES.

IT'S $104 FOR THEIR ISSUANCE OF THE PERMIT.

SO FOR A TOTAL OF $243.

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SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF IS $108 FOR THE FINGERPRINTING, AND THEY CHARGE 20% OF THE ADMIN FEE, WHICH IS $30 TO START.

ONCE THE BACKGROUNDS ARE COMPLETED, ITS $122 THAT YOU HAVE TO COME IN WITH.

AFTER THAT, TO RENEW, IT'S ABOUT $125, 130.

SO THE FEES ARE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY EXORBITANT HERE IN LA VERNE.

NOW, GLENDORA POMONA, SAN BERNARDINO SHERIFF'S, WHAT THEY DO IS SOME OF THEM WILL HAVE A INTERVIEW WITH THE PERSON WHO'S APPLYING.

ACTUALLY, IT'S THE POLICE CHIEF THAT HAS THE INTERVIEW WITH YOU, AND IF THE POLICE CHIEF DETERMINES THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVAL, THEN AT THAT TIME THEY WILL REFER YOU OUT TO ONE, BUT THEY GENERALLY DO NOT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT PSYCHOLOGICAL EVALUATIONS, BUT AS ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN WAS SAYING, WHEN YOU ALREADY PURCHASE A WEAPON, THEY'RE GOING TO RUN YOU.

THEY'RE GOING TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY SORT OF MENTAL ILLNESS AT THAT TIME.

SO IF THE CITY IS SO INCLINED AS TO HAVE A PSYCHOLOGICAL EVAL, MAYBE THE EVALUATION SHOULD BE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE POLICE CHIEF, AND IF SHE DETERMINES THAT YOU NEED ONE, THEN MAYBE AT THAT TIME YOU SHOULD HAVE ONE, BUT IF THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE APPLYING DON'T NEED ONE BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH BACKGROUNDS, AND IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS WAIVED OR PER PERSON TEST, NOT A BLANKET EVALUATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

MY NAME IS MARK ERLATI.

I LIVE AT 2755 ARROW HIGHWAY IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

I'VE LIVED IN THIS CITY ALL MY LIFE SINCE I WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.

I AM NOW 52.

I LOVE THIS CITY VERY MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON WHAT THE GENTLEMAN ON LINE SAID EARLIER ABOUT HOW YOU UNANIMOUSLY AGREED FOR THE FEES AND OF THIS ISSUE OF THE CCW, AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT HAD I KNOWN, I WOULD HAVE SAID SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW, AND THAT'S NOT ANYBODY'S FAULT EXCEPT MY OWN.

I JUST WASN'T AWARE OF IT.

SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE WEREN'T AWARE OF IT, BUT NOW THAT YOU DID PASS AND IT'S MADE QUITE A STIR, IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS, IT'S BEEN IN SEVERAL OUTLETS, YOU GOT THE ATTENTION OF AN ATTORNEY AND IT'S TROUBLESOME.

I WAS MADE AWARE THROUGH A FRIEND, MR. REEVES, AND HE INFORMED ME OF THIS, AND I WAS JUST LIKE, WHO DOES THAT? WHAT CITY HAS THAT FEE? SO I WANTED TO COME HERE TODAY AND JUST, YOU KNOW, SPEAK MY VOICE AND SAY THAT IT'S NOT FAIR.

IT'S WAY TOO MUCH.

NOBODY ELSE IS DOING THAT, AND JUST AS A FIREARM OWNER AND WHAT YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET A FIREARM IN CALIFORNIA, THAT FEE IS MORE THAN MOST HANDGUNS IN THE STATE THAT WE'RE ALLOWED.

IT'S JUST ABSURD, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN JUST CHARGE THAT MUCH FOR SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY OUR RIGHT.

THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO EXERCISE IF WE ARE LAW ABIDING CITIZENS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] HELLO. SO MY NAME IS SHANNON.

I'M AT 1337 RUGGLES STREET.

I AM A FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR OVER IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND AS AN INSTRUCTOR, A FEMALE AS WELL.

I SEE FIRSTHAND A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COME IN AND JUST THEY WANT TO TRAIN AND THEY WANT TO SEEK CLASSES BECAUSE ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS DEFEND THEMSELVES.

NOT ONLY ARE THE FEES OVER THE ROOF, WE WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT HOW IT IS DISCRIMINATORY FOR THOSE OF US WHO CAN'T REALLY AFFORD IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. I LIVED IN SAN BERNARDINO PRIOR TO HERE WHERE I HAD MY CCW.

I HAD TO RELINQUISH THAT BECAUSE I MOVED TO COUNTY LINE SORRY, PART OF MY SPEECH AND STARTING THE PROCESS ALL OVER AGAIN JUST TO GET BACK MY RIGHTS.

I FEEL THAT PAYING FOR A RIGHT THAT I HAVE IS ABSURD AND THEN AGAIN, BEING ABLE TO AFFORD IT AGAIN.

THAT'S HARD FOR A LOT OF US IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AS FAR AS DISCRIMINATION GOES, WE WON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA ROSTER OF FIREARMS.

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SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT THERE AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. DAVIS.

MUIR DAVIS 2649 SECOND STREET HERE IN LA VERNE.

I WANT TO EXPRESS MY THANKS TO YOU ALL FOR THE CHALLENGES THAT YOU FACE IN MAKING DECISIONS FOR OUR FINE COMMUNITY.

AND I ENCOURAGE AND WANT TO SUPPORT THE EFFORT THAT YOU'VE BEGUN TO CREATE A MORE CONGENIAL AND DECORUM BASED COUNCIL MEETING.

I'M SADDENED WHEN PEOPLE DISPARAGE OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WITH PROTEST REMARKS, AND I'M SADDENED WHEN PEOPLE MAKE THIS LESS THAN A WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT BY SHOWING THEIR APPRECIATION FOR ONE SIDE OF THE ISSUE OR ANOTHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ED GALVAN.

I LIVE ON ALPHA CIRCLE.

I'M ALREADY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH LASD, SO I'M NOT.

I'M JUST HERE IN SUPPORT OF EVERYBODY ELSE.

I'M ALSO IN PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH WITH ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA LA VERNE'S PROCESS AND THEN ALSO ARIZONA'S PROCESS.

WHILE I WAS SITTING DOWN, I DIDN'T EVEN PLAN ON SPEAKING.

WHILE I WAS SITTING DOWN, I JUST LOOKED UP SOME STATISTICS BECAUSE A GENTLEMAN ONLINE WANTED TO GIVE SOME STATISTICS.

IT'S 0.07% OF CCW HOLDERS HAVE COMMITTED CRIMES.

IN ARIZONA I APPLIED, I GET MY LICENSE IN FOUR WEEKS, COST ME $60.

AFTER I GO THROUGH TRAINING, I DO BACKGROUND CHECK WITH THEM AND THEY HAVE, FOR LAST I CHECKED, 432,000 CCW HOLDERS.

WHICH COMES DOWN TO ABOUT 280 PEOPLE THAT HAVE POSSIBLY THAT HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME WITH THEIR CCW, AND IT DOESN'T STATE WHETHER THEY COMMITTED A CRIME WITH THEIR CCW OR THEY JUST WERE CCW HOLDERS AND COMMITTED CRIMES.

SO I WANTED TO JUST GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THE PROCESS HERE.

ARIZONA AND MAYBE THAT OPENS A FEW MORE EYES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] MR. BOWEN. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AGAIN, RICK BOWEN.

TWO WEEKS AGO I WATCHED THIS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND WHETHER YOU KNOW IT OR NOT, THE STATE OF TEXAS IS AN OPEN CARRY STATE, AND I'VE BEEN THERE OFF AND ON FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

NEVER SEEN ANYBODY CARRY.

NOW DOESN'T MEAN IT'S NOT HAPPENING, BUT, AND THEY HAVE ISSUES THAT HAPPEN.

OBVIOUSLY, AS ANY BIG STATE, THEY DON'T HAVE SHOOTINGS.

THEY DON'T HAVE ROUTINE SHOOTINGS.

YOU DON'T HEAR OF GUNFIGHTS ON THE CORNERS.

IT'S JUST NUTS, AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE A WEAPON, AND WHEN I WAS THERE, I SAID, WHAT'S THE RULES? BECAUSE I'M FROM CALIFORNIA, AND THEY SAY, WELL.

YOU CARRY IT, YOU CAN CARRY IT IN YOUR CAR.

I SAID, OKAY. HE SAYS, YOU CAN CARRY IT IN YOUR GLOVE COMPARTMENT.

OKAY, AND I SAID, DO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE CLIP OUT OF THE GUN? AND IT WAS A SHERIFF THAT I WAS TALKING TO, AND HE KIND OF CHUCKLED AND HE SAYS, SIR, THAT WOULD MAKE THE GUN USELESS.

SO THERE IS A PURPOSE, AND I DO AGREE.

I'M LISTENING TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE FEES.

I THINK FEES ARE AWFULLY HIGH, AND I THINK FROM WHAT I SAW TWO WEEKS AGO.

IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S ONE OF THESE THINGS THAT GETS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COUNCIL.

ONE EVENING AND YOU VOTE ON IT WITHOUT GIVING IT SOME THOUGHT, AND I'D MUCH RATHER SEE THAT STOP.

IT HAPPENS A LOT HERE, AND I THINK IF.

DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT IF THAT IN FACT WAS BROUGHT UP AND PEOPLE WERE ALLOWED TO COME AFTER THEY HEAR ABOUT IT LIKE TONIGHT, MAYBE THE DECISION

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ON SOMETHING THE SUPREME COURT OF THE COUNTRY HAS DECIDED IS ILLEGAL.

SO THAT WOULD BE A BIG SHAME AND I HOPE IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. [APPLAUSE] ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE CLEAR OVER THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY COMING OUT AND VOICING THEIR OPINION.

OH, IS THERE ANOTHER. I APOLOGIZE.

WE REALLY I THINK MR. DOMER HAD SOME RESPONSES TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE OUT THERE TONIGHT, AND WE'LL GIVE IT TO MR. DOMER. IS THAT CORRECT? ACTUALLY, MR. MAYOR, WHAT I'D LIKE IS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY, BECAUSE THE ITEM WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

IT WAS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

I'D LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY JUST TO ADMONISH WHAT WE CAN OR CANNOT DO UP HERE DURING THE DISCUSSION.

SO, MISS BARLOW, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL? YES. BECAUSE THIS ITEM IS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

YOU CANNOT ENGAGE IN SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION ABOUT IT THIS EVENING.

SO. THAT IS A REQUIREMENT OF CALIFORNIA LAW SO THAT WE DON'T NOT WARN PEOPLE THAT SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE ON THE AGENDA AND THEN HAVE A SUBSTANTIVE DISCUSSION HERE THIS EVENING.

AND IF IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'D LIKE TO JUST RESPOND TO A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT WERE RAISED BY A COUPLE OF THE SPEAKERS.

I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE THE NOTION THAT WE ARE DOING HOME INSPECTIONS CAME FROM, BUT WE'RE NOT , AND THEN THE FIREARMS TRAINING, WHICH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIED BY AN ESTIMATED COST, IT IS NOT PERFORMED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

IT IS MANDATED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

IT IS NOT A FEE THAT IS COLLECTED BY OR CHARGED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED IN MR. MORRIS'S LETTER, WHICH WE WILL BE RESPONDING TO IN DUE TIME, AND SHOULD THE COUNCIL DECIDE TO AGENDIZE THIS ITEM FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION AT A COUNCIL MEETING, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES IN GREATER DEPTH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BACK TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GOING TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU, EVERYONE, FOR OBVIOUSLY BEING ENGAGED AND PARTICIPATING TODAY, BUT ABOVE ALL THAT, I WANT TO THANK FOLKS FOR THE CIVILITY AND THE DECORUM. I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT AN EASY ISSUE TO DISCUSS AND PEOPLE HAVE DEFINITE FEELINGS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ABOUT IT.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT EVERYBODY SPOKE ARTICULATELY AND IN A WAY THAT WAS POLITE AND REMINDING EACH OTHER THAT WE ARE ALL STILL NEIGHBORS AND THAT WE LIVE IN THE SAME COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

A COUPLE OF ITEMS JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON LATELY.

KATHRYN BARGER, WHO IS ONE OF OUR SUPERVISORS, HELD AN EVENT FOR THE FIFTH DISTRICT CITIES THE OTHER NIGHT, AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS AND STAFF TO BE ABLE TO NETWORK AND ENGAGE AND MEET EACH OTHER, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, MORE AND MORE, WE NEED TO BE COLLABORATIVE AND COOPERATIVE WITH OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO GET THINGS DONE, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE FACED WITH BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS, CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS AND THE LIKE.

SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THE EVENT.

IT WAS A REALLY NICE TURNOUT AND IT WAS REALLY APPRECIATED.

I KNOW THAT SOME OF MY COUNCILMEMBERS WERE MENTIONED BY BY NAME IN TERMS OF THEIR PARTICIPATION IN OTHER OTHER COLLABORATIVE UNITS.

SO I JUST WANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS COUNCIL IS WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE COLLABORATIONS AND THOSE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS ARE TAKING PLACE.

EARLIER BEFORE THIS MEETING STARTED, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I ATTENDED THE FAIRPLEX MEETING WHERE WE WERE UPDATED ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING UP FROM THE FAIRPLEX. AND I KNOW THAT'S ANOTHER ITEM THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN CONCERNED WITH IN RESPECT TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SPECIFIC PLAN.

WHAT ARE THE NEXT STEPS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GOING ON? AND THE FAIRPLEX HAS ASSURED US THAT THEY WILL KEEP US APPRIZED AS MORE ITEMS DEVELOP ALONG THAT ROAD, AND WE'LL BE SURE TO REPORT OUT AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN THOSE EVENTS MIGHT BE HAPPENING OR WHEN THE DATA AND FEEDBACK ARE BEING REQUESTED FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

AS YOU MAY REMEMBER, THE FAIR HAS MOVED FROM SEPTEMBER TO MAY, SO JUST IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, IT WILL BEGIN MAY 5TH AND LAST THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.

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YOU CAN STILL BUY TICKETS AT THE DOOR, BUT IT'S HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO IT ONLINE.

THEY'RE CHEAPER.

YOU CAN AVOID, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE LINES AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT MAY HAPPEN.

AND PARKING TOO. AND PARKING AND YEAH, PLEASE BUY YOUR PARKING AHEAD OF TIME FOR ANY OF YOU THAT LIVE NEAR WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I LIVE.

YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR WE'RE AFFECTED BY FAIR TRAFFIC AND JUST FAIR CONGESTION.

SO THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TRY TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT BY ORDERING AND DOING THINGS LIKE THAT ONLINE EARLIER, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I KNOW SOMEONE HAD MENTIONED EARLIER OUR POLICE AND OUR CANINE.

AND JUST SO FOLKS KNOW, IF YOU GO TO KATIE'S PET DEPOT, IF YOU HAVE A PET, YOU KNOW, A FURRY FRIEND OF YOURS THAT YOU SHOP AT KATIE'S FOR, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DONATE TO TUPELO AND TO THE CANINE FOUNDATION SO THAT IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT THAT ONE STOP SHOP, YOU CAN DO ALL THAT KIND OF GOOD STUFF.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR ENGAGEMENT, AND AS ALWAYS, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY.

THANK YOU. I'LL BE SHORT AND SWEET.

SORRY, I'M NOT FEELING 100% TONIGHT, BUT I THOUGHT THIS MEETING TODAY WAS VERY IMPORTANT HERE.

THE IMPORTANT THINGS COMING FROM FROM OUR RESIDENTS.

I JUST WANT TO STATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAU SAID.

TONIGHT'S DISCUSSION WAS A VERY, VERY GOOD DISCUSSION.

AS THE ATTORNEY FROM US SAID, THAT WE ARE THE FRIENDLIEST TOWN, THAT HE'S BEEN IN IT REALLY HAVING APPROPRIATE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S DECORUM DURING THIS TOPIC AS WELL.

I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK AND SEE THIS ON AN AGENDA ITEM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE THOROUGH CONVERSATION IN PUBLIC AS WELL.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT TODAY.

LISTENING TO YOU. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE COMING HERE, VOICING YOUR OPINION, AND FOR THAT, TAKE A LONG, HARD LOOK AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT REALLY [INAUDIBLE] ADDRESS HAVING SAID THAT I'D LIKE TO LET YOU GUYS.

I WAS AT A COUPLE OF GREAT EVENTS THE LAST FEW WEEKS GOING ON BEFORE MY ACTIVE DUTY TOUR THAT I HAD TO DO.

I ATTENDED TO THE LOS ANGELES, [INAUDIBLE] HINDU TEMPLE.

I GOT INVITED TO COME OUT THERE TO VISIT FOLKS AND THAT ARE IN MONTCLAIR.

SO I GOT THE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GO SEE AND VISIT THAT HINDU TEMPLE, AND I WAS JUST REALLY IMPRESSED AND REALLY HAPPY TO BE THERE, VERY FRIENDLY AND WELCOMING, AND SOME OF THE HINDU COMMUNITIES THAT HERE IN LA VERNE.

I WANT TO THANK THE LA VERNE FIRE CHIEF FOR SENDING OUT THE INFORMATION TODAY.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HIM FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS ON AN IDEA OF HOW WE CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AS A RESULT OF SEVERAL FIRES THAT WE'VE HAD AND WHETHER IT'S IN THE GARAGE OR INSIDE THE HOUSE. HOW CAN WE PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY BEST? AND WE I SENT OUT I PUT IT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE AND IT'S WITH THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE INTERNET ACCESS AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS IS TITLED SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES.

WORKING SMOKE ALARMS CAN CUT THE RISK OF DEATH FROM HOME FIRES IN HALF.

THAT'S WHY THEY WERE RELYING ON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT PARTNERS TO SOUND THE ALARM WHERE IT'S SAFE TO DO SO.

TOGETHER WE'RE INSTALLING FREE SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME.

FREE SMOKE ALARMS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.

REQUEST A SMOKE ALARM TODAY SO IF YOU HAVE THE CHANCE THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL.

STAY TUNED. IT IS (310) 445-9914.

THANK YOU AGAIN, FIRE CHIEF.

I APPRECIATE YOU FOR SHARING THAT WITH ME TODAY.

I TRY TO GET OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY.

PLEASE GET IT. UTILIZE THIS AND GET YOU A FIRE ALARM THERE.

YESTERDAY I HAD THE HONOR AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE 34TH ANNUAL ATTORNEY GENERAL INAUGURATION, WHERE I REPRESENTED OUR GREAT CITY OF LA VERNE REALLY GOOD COLLABORATION WITH OTHER FOLKS THAT ARE ELECTED IN OUR COMMUNITY TO LET THEM KNOW LA VERNE IS HERE AND WE REPRESENT.

AND LAST BUT NEVER THE LEAST, OUR VERY OWN DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY TEAM WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND I WILL BE CONTACTING THEM AGAIN TO FORMALLY RECOGNIZE THEM, AND THEIR HARD WORK OF THESE BOYS HAS DONE REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL.

SO GOD BLESS THEM.

MAY THEY CONTINUE TO DO GOOD AND FIGHT STRONG.

SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE TODAY AND I APPRECIATE YOU, AND STAY STRONG.

ARMY STRONG. OH, THANK YOU.

COUNCILMEMBER KASH. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.

AGAIN THE FAIR.

WE WERE JUST AT THAT MEETING AT CITY HALL. START DATE IS MAY 5TH THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY.

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CLAREMONT MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORTS THE PRIDE CENTER.

I'M NOT THAT COMFORTABLE WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DIDN'T EXPECT TO BE CALLED UP.

JOHNSON. I FORGOT TO TELL YOU THAT, DIDN'T I? THAT SHY MAN THERE HAD TO HAVE A LITTLE TALK, DIDN'T YOU? YEAH, AND YOU.

SAID IT WENT WELL AND YOU DID EXTREMELY WELL.

THERE YOU GO. GO AHEAD.

SORRY ABOUT THAT, MR. JOHNSON. I DON'T QUITE GIVE ALL THE INFORMATION SOMETIMES.

[LAUGHTER] I, TOO, WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.

I KNOW THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE SUBJECT.

IT HAS TO DO WITH CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, AND WE TAKE EVERYTHING WE DO SERIOUSLY HERE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL OF US ARE ON DIFFERENT COMMITTEES AND WE'RE VERY INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR CITY GETS ATTENTION ALONG WITH OUR OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR OTHER CITIES. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS NECKLACE OF CONNECTION WITH ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL COMMUNICATE AND TALK AND AS FAR AS THIS ISSUE HERE.

WE'LL BE ADDRESSING THAT IN THE FUTURE, I'M SURE, AND BUT I DO APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS.

I DO APPRECIATE THE DECORUM.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE RESPECT AND THEN YOU RESPECT AND COMMENT AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL IN THIS COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

WE DO. ALL OF US LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

I MEAN, THIS WHAT WE DO UP HERE IS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK.

OUR STAFF HAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND WE ALWAYS TRY TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING TO DO TO KEEP, FIRST OF ALL, OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR SENIORS SAFE, MAKE SURE THAT THE DECISIONS WE MAKE ARE FINANCIALLY STABLE, AND BASICALLY ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES BEING THE FAIRPLEX AND ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY EITHER, AND THE SAME THING WITH GOLDLINE, WITH CERTAIN THINGS THAT HAPPEN WITH THE GOLDLINE, WITH [INAUDIBLE] PAGE AS A COMMUNITY. WHEN THINGS HAPPEN IN THIS COMMUNITY, WE RALLY TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL SAFE AND THE DECISIONS THAT WE MAKE AFFECT ALL OF US TO PROTECT US, TO MAKE US A PLACE OF DESTINATION.

OUR HOME PRICES ARE HIGH BECAUSE WE'RE A VERY DESIRABLE AREA TO LIVE IN.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

WE'LL HAVE MORE CONVERSATION ON THIS ISSUE.

ONE THING THAT I WANT TO BRING UP, TOO, IS THAT WE DID PASS A RESOLUTION TONIGHT, THE HEART OF THE FOOTHILLS OPEN STREETS EVENT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE APRIL 23RD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SHUT DOWN SECTIONS OF BONITA, BONITA TO ARROW, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RIDE YOUR BIKES.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WALK.

THEY'LL HAVE ALL SORTS OF BOOTHS AND FUN STUFF FOR PEOPLE TO DO.

SO AS WE GET CLOSER, WE'LL TELEVISE THIS, BUT THIS IS THROUGH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND WITH SOME OF THE MEASURE FUNDS THAT WE'RE DOING.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY FUN EVENT.

WE DID IT BACK MR. DAVIS WAS ON WE DID IT BACK IN 2018 AND IT WAS A KICK.

WE HAD A BALL. I MEAN, HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU TAKE A BICYCLE OR WALK OR WAGONS AND GO FROM BONITA ALL THE WAY TO ARROW ON FULTON AND GO FROM ARROW ALL THE WAY INTO CLAREMONT WITH NO TRAFFIC? IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.

SO, WITH THAT, AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I APPRECIATE STAFF'S HELP ON THIS TONIGHT AND THIS WILL BE GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION.

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS OF DISCUSSION IN CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS.

THOSE NEGOTIATIONS ARE BEING THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS, LA VERNE CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE POLICE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.

ALL UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL TO DISCUSS SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE 54956.9-E3 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL ANTICIPATED LITIGATION ONE POTENTIAL CASE.

MR. MAYOR? YES? IF YOU DON'T MIND, I AM REQUIRED TO ANNOUNCE BECAUSE IT'S A THREAT OF LITIGATION.

WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

YES, PLEASE, AND SO THAT DOES RELATE TO MR. MORRIS'S LETTER OF FEBRUARY THE 27TH ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA RIFLE AND PISTOL ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS HIS FOLLOW UP COMMUNICATIONS. WILL WE BE REPORTING OUT OF CLOSED SESSION? I DO NOT ANTICIPATE A REPORT OUT THIS EVENING.

WITH THAT, WE ARE RECESSED TO CLOSED SESSION.

OUR NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULE MEETING OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, MARCH 20TH, 6:30 P.M..

WE WILL ADJOURN AT 8:26 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.