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>> GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? COME ON, GUY.
[CALL TO ORDER]
SERIOUSLY. HEY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I'VE COACHED ASO.I'VE BEEN A TEEN PARENT FOR MANY YEARS.
HOW ARE WE ALL TONIGHT? THAT'S BETTER.
>> WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:33 PM. ON MAY 15TH.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL TO ORDER THE CITY OF LA VERNE COUNCIL MEETING.
I WELCOME ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING IN WHICH WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT FOR 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 ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING.
TONIGHT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WILL BE LED BY VETERAN THOMAS BRADY, ARMY CORPORAL.
WE'RE PLEASED ONCE AGAIN TO HAVE OUR PROUD VETERANS WHO WILL CONDUCT A PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US TONIGHT.
GENTLEMEN, COME ON UP. HE'S LED BY THE BAND OF BROTHERS, 12034 PHIL RAMIREZ.
HE IS THE COMMANDER AND THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT US ON WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'M HONORED TO BE HERE TODAY IN FRONT OF YOU, SIR.
MY NAME IS MESHAL KASHIFALGHITA.
CALL ME KASH FROM CITY, COUNCILMEN WITH US TODAY.
WE'RE ALL GRATEFUL CITY COUNCIL AND OUR STAFF AND OUR COMMUNITY HERE TODAY, WANT TO RECOGNIZE YOU AND APPRECIATE YOU.
CITY OF LA VERNE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO THOMAS BRADY.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL TO ARMY VETERAN THOMAS BRADY, WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVING YOUR COUNTRY.
THANK YOU, SPECIALISTS AND GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOUR SERVICE.
>> FROM ONE VETERAN TO ANOTHER.
>> THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.
>> MR. DOMER, WE DID HAVE A CLOSED SESSION BEFORE THIS.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT?
>> YES. THERE WAS A SPECIAL MEETING CLOSED SESSION THAT BEGAN AT 5:30 THIS EVENING AND NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.
THAT IS REPORTABLE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST THAT JUST ARRIVED FEW MINUTES AGO.
SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO IS WITH US RIGHT NOW.
I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIO ON HER BECAUSE SHE'S AMAZING.
SENATOR SUSAN RUBIO WAS ELECTED TO THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE IN 2018 AND REPRESENTS SENATE DISTRICT 22, WHICH FORTUNATELY NOW INCLUDES LA VERNE.
PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 17 YEARS AT BALDWIN PARK AND MONROVIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
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PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS A PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHER FOR 17 YEARS AT BALDWIN PARK AND MONROVIA SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND WAS ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR 13 YEARS IN THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK.AS SHE IS PART OF A DYNAMIC DUO, AS HER SISTER IS ASSEMBLY WOMAN, BLANCO RUBIO.
THE FIRST LATINA CHAIR OF THE SENATE INSURANCE COMMITTEE.
SENATOR RUBIO IS ON THE SENATE LEADERSHIP TEAM AS ASSISTANT MAJORITY WHIP.
SHE HAS A COMMITTEE MEMBER OF ENERGY, UTILITIES, COMMUNICATIONS, HEALTH, TRANSPORTATION, GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, AND JOINT COMMITTEE ON RULES. JUST A FEW.
SHE'S CO-CHAIR OF THE WELL-FARE WORKING GROUP AND IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SENATE AND HOUSING WORKING GROUP.
SHE'S CHAIR OF THE SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
IN ADDITION, SHE IS A MEMBER OF THE SELECT COMMITTEES OF THE ASIAN PACIFIC ISLANDER AFFAIRS, MENTAL HEALTH, CALIFORNIA'S ARMENIA, ARISAK, MUTUAL TRADE, ART AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE.
SHE IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE LATINO LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS, LEGISLATIVE JEWISH CAUCUS, LOS ANGELES CAUCUS, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CAUCUS, AND LEGISLATIVE WOMAN'S CAUCUS.
JUST A FEW. ONE IN JUAREZ, MEXICO, SENATOR RUBIO'S A PROUD DAUGHTER OF A FORMER BRUCERO WORKER AND HOUSEKEEPER.
SHE ATTENDED EAST LOS ANGELES COLLEGE AND EARNED A MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM ZEUS AT PACIFIC UNIVERSITY.
SHE NOW LIVES IN BALDWIN PARK.
SENATE DISTRICT 22 IS COMPROMISED THE SEAS OF ZEUS, WALDEN PARK, BRADBURY, COVINA, DORTE, EL MONTE, LA VERNE, POMONA, SOUTH EL MONTE, WEST COVINA AND UNINCORPORATED COMMUNITIES, CHARTER OAKS, CITRUS, NORTH EL MONTE, SOUTH MONROVIA, AND VINCENT, AS WELL AS SAN MARINO COUNTY CITIES OF CHINO, MONTCLAIR, AND ONTARIO.
WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS. YOU HAVE THE MIC.
>> THANK YOU ALL. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY GOT THAT BIO, BUT I'M A LITTLE EMBARRASSED THAT I'M TAKING SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
I REALLY JUST WANTED TO COME AND MEET ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY.
NORMALLY, THEY KEEP US LOCKED UP FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE HERE IN PERSON.
I COULD HAVE CALLED OR MAYBE PHONED IN, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO MEET ALL OF YOU IN PERSON.
I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING THESE DAYS BECAUSE YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE TWO SENATORS.
THOUGH 2020 REDISTRICTING PUT SENATOR PORTER TEEN ON MYSELF IN THE SAME DISTRICT.
HOWEVER, HE WILL TURN OUT IN 2024, SO FOR TWO YEARS YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BOTH OF US.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS. I WORKED REALLY WELL WITH MR. PORTER TEEN.
IN FACT, WHEN I WAS A TEACHER IN MONROVIA, HE WAS MY SENATOR AND THAT'S HOW WE MET.
I USED TO BOTHER HIM FOR CERTIFICATES FOR MY STUDENTS EVERY TIME THEY WON THE SPELLING BEE.
HE LEARNED TO EVENTUALLY GIVE ME WHAT I WANTED BECAUSE I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MY STUDENTS.
BUT I WANTED TO COME IN AND REALLY JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT OF WHO I AM.
HE SAID IT ALL, BUT MY PASSION IS EDUCATION, AS YOU KNOW I WAS A TEACHER FOR 17 YEARS, VICE PRINCIPAL FOR THREE.
BUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT I WANT TO TACKLE, WHICH I HADN'T BEEN TACKLING.
I'VE BEEN A SENATOR FOR FIVE YEARS AND NOT YOURS.
I JUST HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF INHERITING THIS WONDERFUL COMMUNITY IN JANUARY.
YOU DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH ABOUT ME.
I'VE TRIED TO SEND OUT LEGISLATIVE UPDATES SO YOU GUYS GET TO KNOW ME LIKE MY OTHER COMMUNITY.
I SPENT FOUR YEARS GETTING TO KNOW THEM.
THEY KNOW MY POLICY, THEY KNOW MY HEART, THEY KNOW HOW WELL I WORKED WITH ALL MY COUNSEL.
NOW I HAVE THE BEAUTIFUL TASK OF GETTING TO KNOW YOU AS WELL.
IF YOU HAVE SOME OTHER FLOWERS THAT COME THROUGH YOUR HOME IS JUST REALLY AN ATTEMPT FOR YOU TO KNOW WHAT I'M DOING AND HOW GOVERNMENT IS WORKING FOR YOU.
THERE'S TOP FIVE ISSUES THAT I FOCUS ON.
EDUCATION CLEARLY AS A TEACHER, CORRECT, AND ALSO HOUSING BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HOUSING IS VERY EXPENSIVE HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I SET OUT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES BUILT HOUSING.
I ALSO WORKED A LOT ON VETERAN AFFAIRS.
I'M A MEMBER OF A MILITARY FAMILY, SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE SERVICE PERSONNEL HERE.
I FOCUS A LOT ON VETERANS ISSUES, SENIOR ISSUES, AND ALSO IN PARTICULAR, WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT I WORK WITH MY LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW THAT THERE HAS BEEN SOME CHALLENGES ABOUT HOUSING THESE DAYS.
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.
AS THE MAYOR STATED, I SPENT 13 YEARS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT, SO I FEEL YOUR CONCERN.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DO WELL IS BEFORE I MAKE A DECISION IN SACRAMENTO, I ALWAYS PUT MY COUNCIL MEMBER HAT ON, THEN A SENATOR HAT ON.
I KNOW THAT I JUST CAME OVER TO THIS SIDE, BUT I THINK TWO YEARS AGO THERE WAS A BILL, SP50 BY WIENER FROM SAN FRANCISCO.
WHAT I DID IS I GATHERED ALL MY 16 CITY MANAGERS.
THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T WANT IT AND I VOTED NO.
THAT'S VERY RARE IN SACRAMENTO.
I DID IT BECAUSE I WORKED REALLY WELL WITH CONTRACT CITIES, WHICH IS A GROUP THAT ADVOCATES FOR LOCAL CONTROL.
I DID IT BECAUSE I WAS A LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBER AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS WHEN SOMEONE'S TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO.
I REALLY PRIDE MYSELF IN LISTENING TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE ARE SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SOME OTHER BILLS I HAVE.
A LOT I'VE BEEN WATCHING YOU BECAUSE I WANT TO LEARN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
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THERE'S SP20 THAT'S COME UP QUITE A BIT.FIRST OF ALL, IT EXCLUDES THE SANGER VALUE DOESN'T APPLY TO THESE COMMUNITIES AT ALL. ABSOLUTELY NONE.
WHAT IT DID IS IN 2019, I CREATED A HOUSING TRUST.
THE WORD HOUSING IS IN THERE, BUT WHAT IT REALLY IS IS A BANK.
AS A LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBER, WE TRIED TO BUILD HOUSING AND PROJECTS AND WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY.
I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO SUPPORT MY LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBERS BY PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY IN THERE.
I THINK I PUT OVER 30 MILLION IN THERE.
WHEN THEY HAVE PROJECTS AND THEY WANT TO BUILD PROJECTS, THEY GO TO THE BANK.
I'M CALLING IT A BANK, BUT IT'S A HOUSING TRUSTS.
THEY SAY, I NEED 10 MILLION, FIVE MILLION, AND IT'S UP TO THEM AND THEY GET THE MONEY.
THAT'S ALL IT DOES. IT PROVIDES FUNDING TO HELP LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW IT'S ALREADY LATE AND I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DON'T TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
BUT AGAIN, SP20 DOESN'T APPLY TO THE CENTRAL VALLEY, IT'S EXCLUDED.
THAT'S ONLY FOR CITIES THAT WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF POLICY INTERESTS LIKE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO HERE.
THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS. I THINK IT WAS POMONA WHO HAD FOUR PROJECTS THAT THEY WERE JUST SITTING THERE.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FUND IT.
THEY WENT TO THE HOUSING TRUST AND SAID, "WE NEED MONEY".
THE HOUSING TRUST SAID, OKAY AND THEY GOT FOUR MILLION DOLLARS TO FINISH SOME OTHER PROJECTS.
OTHER CITIES WANTED THREE MILLION, TWO MILLION.
ANYWAYS, I THINK RIGHT NOW WE'VE GIVEN OUT ABOUT $50 MILLION, SO IT'S ALL IT IS.
IT'S A BANK TO SUPPORT MY LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW I HAD A LOT OF HOUSING ISSUES AND A LOT OF PROJECTS, A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS AND THEY WERE JUST LEFT ON THE TABLE BECAUSE WE COULDN'T AFFORD THEM.
AGAIN, AS A LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBER, I WANTED TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT A MANDATE, IT DOESN'T TELL ANYBODY WHAT TO DO.
THE COUNCIL DECIDES WHAT THEY WANT TO DO, AND THEY ASKED FOR MONEY, THAT'S ALL IT DOES.
THERE ARE SOME TINY HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT, THREE IN THE REGION.
THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE THEIR COUNCIL MEMBERS DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED IT, THEIR COMMUNITIES DECIDED THEY WANT IT THAT I THINK BALLPARK BELL TOO.
THAT'S HOUSE A 100 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AS WELL, SEVEN OF THEM LAST WEEK WERE TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.
THE HONORABLE PARK IS UNWELL, BECAUSE INSTEAD OF HAVING A INCOMPETENCE, NOW THEY HAVE TINY HOMES WHERE THEY PUT PEOPLE FROM THEIR COMMUNITY THEY DON'T ALLOW ANYBODY FROM OUTSIDE.
IT'S WHAT EVERY COMMUNITY WANTS, THAT'S WHAT THEY GET.
THEY DECIDE, THEY JUST ASKED ME FOR MONEY, THEY GET THE FUNDING AND IF THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T WANT IT, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
APRIL VILLANO COUNCIL MEMBER IN THE CITY OF ARCADIA WANTED TO BUILD TINY HOMES, HER COMMUNITY DIDN'T WANT THEM AND SHE DIDN'T BUILD THEM.
AGAIN, SHE HAD MONEY TO BUILD THEM FROM MY TRUST, BUT SHE DIDN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL THAT I WANTED TO SHARE TODAY THAT I AM REALLY INVOLVED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT BECAUSE I WAS AT COUNCIL MEMBER.
AS A TEACHER, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE SAFE CITIES.
I WORK A LOT WITH MY LOCAL POLICE.
I'M A ASTOUND SUPPORTER OF OUR POLICE.
I'M A VICTIM'S ADVOCATE, THAT'S WHAT I DO.
I PASS A LOT OF BILLS TO STRENGTHEN POLICIES SO THAT WE HOLD PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE. I'LL LEAVE IT THERE, THANK YOU.
>> I'LL DO A FOLLOW UP, COME ON I'M ALL ABOUT FOLLOW UPS COME ON, EVERYBODY COME DOWN.
I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN OUR CITY, WE ARE VERY PROUD TO HAVE SUSAN RUBIO.
WHATEVER SHE SAYS SHE'S GOING TO DO, SHE DOES, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
ON BEHALF OF US AND THE CITY, YOU'RE ROCKSTAR. THANK YOU.
EVERYWHERE WE GO NOW SHE'S AROUND THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, SO SHE'S REALLY DOING WHAT SHE SAYS IS PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW WE'RE ALL HERE FOR DELIGHT MEETING OUR WONDERFUL SENATOR.
DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL ICE HOCKEY TEAM.
[PRESENTATIONS]
[APPLAUSE]>> IF I COULD HAVE THE COACHES UP HERE I'D APPRECIATE IT.
COACHES, THAT WOULD BE CURTIS FISHER, MIKE WEEKLY AND SPENCER MACLEAY. ALL THREE.
DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL ICE HOCKEY TEAM HAD A REMARKABLE SEASON THIS YEAR.
IN A HISTORIC ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE SCHOOL, THE TEAM CLENCHED THE HOCKEY 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THE TEAM WENT A PERFECT 4-0, WINNING THE STATE FINALS BY A SCORE TO 7-3.
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THE STRONG JUNIOR CLASS AND FOUR SENIORS LED THE TEAM TO VICTORY FOR DAMIENS' FIRST EVER VARSITY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.THAT'S A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. COME ON.
>> BOY, BY THEIR STATE CHAMPIONSHIP VICTORY, THE TEAM COMPETED IN THE NATIONAL TOURNAMENT, ADVANCING TO THE QUARTER FINALS.
WE'RE ALL VERY PROUD OF THE TEAM AND COACHING STAFF OF HOW FAR THE BOYS WENT TO THE HOCKEY SEASON, HAVING MADE IT FURTHER THAN ANY OTHER VARSITY TEAM IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
WE CANNOT WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS NEXT YEAR LED BY A VERY STRONG SENIOR CLASS TO BE.
THE TEAM IS COACHED BY CURTIS FISHER, ASSISTED BY MIKE WEEKLY AND SPENCER MACLEAY.
LIKE TO CALL UP A TEAM AND COACHES, WE ALREADY GOT THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND YOU'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM ONE AT A TIME. ARE YOU READY?
>> YEAH. I KNOW THEIR FACE IS PRETTY WELL BY NOW, SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO DOWN THE LINE.
OUR FIRST ONE, LUCAS FLYNN. SETH MORRIS.
OUR SENIOR CAPTAIN ANDREW GARCIA.
SEAN HARRIS, SAMMY OACHELLA, LOWEN BRAUCHAT, CAMMY FIGURA, ADAM SCOTT, ETHAN MAGASCA, MARK MODOWA, CARDO OACHELLA, ETHAN WINNERS, ALEX YOUNG, AND BLAKE GATSBY.
>> ETHAN WINNERS. ETHAN MAGASCA. IS THAT RIGHT?
>> SAMMY OACHELLA, LOWEN BRAUCHAT, BLAKE GATSBY, MARTIN MODDEL, ADAM SCOTT.
>> CARDO OACHELLA, ISAAC FAULKNER.
>> STEVEN ANDERSON, ALEX YOUNG.
>> THEY ALL GOT THAT NICE HAIR.
>> ANDREW GARCIA, ADAM ISMARIUS.
I THINK WE'RE THERE. SENATOR RUBIO, PLEASE.
>> THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THE SIMULTANEOUSLY.
>> JUST GETTING EVERYTHING TONIGHT GUYS.
PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE HERE IN A MINUTE, HE WILL BE RIDING HIS BIKE. [INAUDIBLE].
>> OURS ARE NICE BUT HERS ARE REALLY NICE.
JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS A FIRST FOR SUSAN RUBIO, SENATOR COMING IN AND GIVING OUT AWARDS TO OUR HIGH SCHOOLS.
THAT'S PRETTY COOL. IT'S PRETTY COOL.
>> THE COACH IS RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
>> GENTLEMEN WE WANT TO GET A PHOTO SO SHORTER GUYS IN FRONT, TALL GUYS.
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COME ON. YES. YOU SEND ME SOME PICTURES.>> GO AHEAD. I'LL SEND YOU FIRST.
>> PARENTS COME ON UP, COME ON. DON'T BE SHY.
>> LOOK WHERE MIKE IS EVERYBODY LOOKED THIS WAY.
I KNOW YOU GUYS LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURES.
>> COME ON OVER HERE. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. RIGHT THERE.
>> WE GOOD. NOW LET'S GET SENATOR RUBIO.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE COACHES AND THEN.
>> LEAH, IT'S YOUR TURN. CAN YOU FLY IN THERE? [LAUGHTER]
>> I DON'T KNOW, YOU GUYS GO AHEAD.
>> COME ON, EVERYBODY COME ON DOWN.
>> OUR SECOND ONE TONIGHT IS WE'RE JUST DAMIEN NIGHT TONIGHT.
THIS IS GREAT. DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL DEBATE TEAM.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN BROTHERS BRANDON MADDOX PARK AND THEIR COACH, CHRIS PAREDES, BRANDON AND MADDOX PARK AND THEIR COACH CHRIS PAREDES. COME ON UP.
DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMEN BROTHERS BRANDON AND MADDOX PARK WON THE 35TH FIRST YEAR DEBATE, NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN POLICY DEBATE ON MARCH 19TH AT THE WOODWARD ACADEMY IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
THEIR BROTHERS WON FOUR OF SIX PRELIMINARY ROUND DEBATES AND DID NOT DROP A SINGLE BALLOT ACROSS FOUR ELIMINATION MATCHES.
GOING ON A PERFECT 12 FOR 12 AND WROTE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THAT'S A ROUND OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE]
IT IS THE FIRST NATIONAL TITLE FOR DAMIEN SINCE 2009, THE TEAM WAS COACHED BY CHRIS PEREZ.
ST. LUCY IS DIRECTOR OF DEBATE.
DAMIEN IS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEBATE AND THE 2004 SPARTAN ALUMNI.
IN ADDITION TO BRANDON MADDOX, OLDER BROTHER LUKE, A JUNIOR AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.
YOU'D LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
>> ABSOLUTELY. LUKE, CAN YOU COME ON UP HERE, BUDDY? MY NAME IS TIM LEWIS. I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEBATE AT DAMIEN.
CHRIS WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT TONIGHT.
THIS IS WHAT SPARTAN BROTHERHOOD LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WHILE CHRIS WAS WITH THE STUDENTS IN GEORGIA, LUKE WAS THE PRIMARY COACH FOR THESE YOUNG MEN AND ENSURED THEIR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.
YOU'RE IN THE PRESENCE OF A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP COACH HERE AND WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE GOOD WORK.
DEBATE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DAMIEN DOES THAT IS PARTICULARLY SPECIAL IN THE REGION, BEING FOREMOST IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AS THE PREMIER POLICY DEBATE INSTITUTION.
WE ARE ONLY ABLE TO DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMMUNITY, THE SUPPORT OF OUR ADMINISTRATION, OUR INCREDIBLE ALUMNI, OUR FAMILIES.
THAT'S MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR US, AND THE BROTHERHOOD ELEMENT IS REALLY WHAT WE SENT HER FOREMOST.
SO I'M VERY PROUD TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL AND LOOK FOR US IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE MORE WAS COMING.
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CONGRATULATIONS GUYS AGAIN.>> I KNOW THERE'S FAMILY ARE HERE WANT TO GET SOME PICTURES.
KEEPING UP WITH THE ACADEMIC THEME, I'D LIKE TO CALL A MARISSA CASTRO SALVATI FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON, WHO WILL BE PRESENTING JEREMIAH WESLEY OF BENITO HIGH SCHOOL AS A 2023 EDISON SCHOLAR.
>> WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.
I'M ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGERS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON.
ACTUALLY, I HAVE A TWOFOLD ANNOUNCEMENT HERE, BUT I HAD THE CITY FOR A FEW YEARS AND NOW I HAVE SOME STAFF REASSIGNMENT.
SAL YOU WANT TO COME UP HERE SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU AS WELL.
THIS TIME, I KNEW I HAD SENT OUT A LITTLE BIT OF A NOTE OVER THE WEEKEND THAT SAL RAMIREZ IS GOING TO BE YOUR NEW GOVERNMENT RELATIONS MANAGER FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, HOPEFULLY TILL HE'S AROUND AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, EDISON.
I REALLY TRULY ENJOYED THIS CITY.
I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I KNOW I'VE TALKED TO STEVE AND CASH WAS EVEN SAYING NOW THAT I'M LEARNING HOW TO SPEAK TAGALOG, YOU'RE LEAVING US.
YOU CAN STILL TALK TO ME IN CONFERENCES AND DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I'D BEEN WHAT, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON FOR 27 YEARS.
IT'S TRULY A GREAT COMPANY TO WORK FOR, BUT SAL IS GOING TO BE THERE.
I'M STILL GOING TO BE AROUND, SO I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN CONFERENCES.
BUT TONIGHT ACTUALLY, I WANTED TO JUST THANK EVERYBODY WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER.
BUT TO NIGHT IS A SPECIAL NIGHT.
JEREMIAH, WHY DON'T YOU COME UP HERE AND BRING YOUR MOM ALONG? LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A STORY ABOUT THIS GENTLEMAN HERE.
JEREMIAH WITH LEE IS A SENIOR AT BENITO HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.
RIGHT NOW, I WANTED TO ANNOUNCE TO EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY THAT HE IS ONE OF OUR EDISON SCHOLARS.
FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT OUR EDISON SCHOLARS PROGRAM IS, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS OUR PARENT COMPANY, PROVIDES 30 STUDENTS EVERY YEAR SINCE 2006.
SINCE ITS INCEPTION, WE HAVE GIVEN OUT 796 SCHOLARSHIPS AND ABOUT $15 MILLION TO THE SPREAD OF 2006 TO NOW.
SINCE LAST YEAR, EACH STUDENT RECEIVES $40,000 IN A SPAN OF FOUR YEARS AND ONE OF THE CRITERIA IS, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO BE A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WITHIN OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.
A STUDENT HAS TO BE A RESIDENT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON SERVICE TERRITORY.
HAVE A GOOD STANDING IN ACADEMICS, GOING TO A FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE.
IT'S A VERY COMPETITIVE CONTESTS THAT THEY GO THROUGH.
THEY HAVE TO DO A VIDEO AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER SEEN HIS VIDEO.
BUT JEREMIAH IS ACTUALLY VERY ATHLETIC TOO.
HE LOVES MATH MOST OF ALL AND THAT'S WHAT HIS MAJOR I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO BE.
I'LL LET HIM TELL YOU GUYS WHAT HIS MAJOR WILL BE.
BUT HE'S ALSO A SOCCER PLAYER, ONE OF THE STAR ATHLETES AT BENITO HIGH SCHOOL.
BUT THIS YOU'RE A SPECIAL, HE IS GETTING $50,000.
WE INCREASED SCHOLARSHIP BY 10,000 INFLATION, OF COURSE.
NOW WE ACTUALLY USUALLY HAVE A BIG CHECK THAT WE GIVE HIM AND HE INADVERTENTLY FORGOT TO BRING IT WITH THEM.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS JUST ANNOUNCING TO EVERYBODY HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.
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YOU HAVE A STAR HERE.YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL STUDENT THAT IS FROM BENITO HIGH SCHOOL TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
YOU'RE WELCOME AND THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, AND THANK YOU.
KEN AND I KNOW CASH YOU HELPED OUT TRYING TO GET THIS WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN SQUEEZED INTO THIS PROGRAM.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE IT AND I'M GOING TO MISS ALL OF YOU GUYS, BUT I'M GOING TO BE AROUND LIKE I SAID.
ANYTHING YOU NEED, BUT SAL IS AN INCREDIBLE REPLACEMENT, SO YOU WILL LOVE WORKING WITH HIM.
>> THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE RECEIVED THESE CERTIFICATES TONIGHT YOU'LL SEE IT'S PROBABLY LA VERNE AND THE REASON IT'S PROBABLY LA VERNE.
LA VERNE IN ITS HERITAGE WAS A CITRUS FARMING COMMUNITY AND WE HAD SOME OF THE FINEST CITRUS, IF NOT THE FINEST CITRUS AND THE WHOLE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, ACTUALLY SAN BERNARDINO ALSO.
THE PARIETAL LA VERNE IS JUST REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE GIVE THESE AWARDS TO THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF YOU AND THAT THE PARIETAL LA VERNE IS WHAT WE'RE HERITAGE IS FROM. THAT'S WHY.
THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND FOR RECEIVING THE EDISON SCHOLARS PROGRAM SCHOLARSHIP.
BEST WISHES ARE EXTENDED FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUCCESS IN COLLEGE AND YOUR FUTURE CAREER.
THERE WE YOU GO. CONGRATULATIONS.
FEW MORE HOURS YOU'D BE OUT OF HERE, I PROMISE. NO, JUST KIDDING.
THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE WATER AWARENESS MONTH AND RECOGNIZING FORMER THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER BRIAN BOWCOCK.
THE ACETYL OF EARNED PROCLAMATION WHEREAS WATER IS ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST PRECIOUS NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF OUR COMMUNITY DEPENDS ON RELIABLE HIGH-QUALITY WATER SUPPLY WHEN WE HAVE IT.
WHEREAS WATER AWARENESS MONTH, WHICH WE HAVE MORE NOW.
ENCOURAGES THE STATE WHAT UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION FOR THE VALUE OF WATER CONSERVATION AND WISE DECISIONS ON WATER ISSUES AND WATER USE.
WHEREAS RESIDENT PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE REGIONAL EFFORT TO PRESERVE WATER AROUND THE HOME THROUGH LANDSCAPE IRRIGATION CONSERVATION, EFFORTS AND THE INSTALLATION OF WATER EFFICIENT APPLIANCES.
WHEREAS BRIAN BOWCOCK SERVES AS A VITAL ADVOCATE AND WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE FOR WATER ISSUES IN THE REGION FOR OVER 56 YEARS, INCLUDING 19 YEARS AS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND AS THE THREE VALLEYS METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER 2003-2022.
WHEREAS DURING HIS TIME AT THE THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER BOARD, DIRECTOR BOWCOCK SERVED AS BOARD VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER, SECRETARY, AND ON BEHALF OF THE THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER HE SERVED AS A REPRESENTATIVE TO THE MAIN SAN GABRIEL BASIN WATER MASTER, ACWA REGION 8, ACWA, JPIA SAN GABRIEL BASE AND WATER QUALITY AUTHORITY, AND SIX BASINS WATER MASTER, AND PROVIDED IRREPLACEABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA'S WATER UTILITIES AGENCY.
WHEREAS BRIAN HAS BEEN TRUSTED VOICE IN THE WATER OF INDUSTRY
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AND HELP ENSURE SAFE AND STABLE WATER SUPPLIES TO THE REGION.NOW, VIA PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE THAT THE MONTH OF, MAY 2023, WE RECOGNIZE AS WATER AWARENESS MONTH, AND WE HONOR BRIAN BOWCOCK WHO HAS DEDICATED DECADES OF HIS LIFE TO THE WATER INDUSTRY WITH VISION AND DETERMINATION.
WHEREAS THE CITIZENS AND CUSTOMERS OF CITY OF LA VERNE TO JOIN EFFORTS TO HELP CALIFORNIANS USE WATER WISELY AND THANK BRIAN BOWCOCK FOR HIS PAST PASSION IN SERVING DATED THIS 15TH DAY OF MAY 2023.
>> WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS?
>> I'M ALSO ON THE USC FOUNDATION FOR ENGINEERING.
IF ANY OF YOU GUYS WANT TO GO INTO USC, GIVE ME A HOLLER.
>> I THOUGHT I'D MAKE A PLUG BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I WAS TODAY.
WE HAD A MEETING. I'M ONE OF THE DIRECTORS ON THE FOUNDATION.
I WANT TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE ANY OF YOU THAT HAVEN'T MADE UP YOUR MIND, TAKE SOME BUSINESS CLASSES, GET INVOLVED AND GET IN WATER.
THERE'S MONEY TO BE MADE, BUT THE SATISFACTION ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A LOT BETTER.
IF I COULD ENCOURAGE YOU, I WILL TRY.
LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN IN WATER A LONG TIME, BUT I'VE ALSO MY SON IS HERE.
HE'S BEEN IN WATER 35 YEARS MAYBE.
THEN I'VE GOT A GRANDDAUGHTER.
I'VE GOT ANOTHER DAUGHTER AND THEY'RE ALL IN WATER.
YOU CAN'T GO WRONG BECAUSE YOU CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT.
THIS, I GOT THIS AUDIENCE I'M GOING TO LEAVE ONE THOUGHT IN YOUR MIND BECAUSE I'M VERY INVOLVED IN WATER STILL, EVEN THOUGH I WAS RETIRED AFTER DECEMBER.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, KEEP IN MIND, ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG, GO TO YOUR COMPUTER AND PULL UP SITES RESERVOIR.
S-I-T-E-S RESERVOIR IS JUST NORTH OF SACRAMENTO.
IT'S GOING TO BE A $5.1 BILLION PROJECT.
EVERYBODY COMPLAIN WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY RAIN.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU INSTEAD OF THAT, IF WE GET THIS RESERVOIR IN UP THERE, THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF ALL THE FARMERS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY.
IF IT TAKES CARE OF THE FARMERS IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY, IT'S GOING TO BEING WATERED DOWN TO US.
AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER SUPPLY THAN WHAT WE DO RIGHT NOW.
WE DO GET WATER FROM METROPOLITAN WATER, BUT IT WILL ENHANCE OUR SUPPLIES SO MUCH.
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE, EVEN THOUGH YOU THINK RIGHT NOW THE DROUGHT IS OVER.
WHEN THAT SUNSHINE STARTS COMING OUT, THAT WATER IS GOING TO GO AWAY.
I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS THOUGHT.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I GOT THE SENATOR RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S THE REASON I'M SAYING IT.
BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, NOW THIS AFFECTS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THE DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES JUST PUT OUT A BULLETIN THAT SAID ALL THE RAIN THAT WE HAD.
NOW THINK ABOUT ALL THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD.
YOU SEE THE RESERVOIRS ARE FULL.
YOU SEE EVERYTHING MOVING EVEN THOUGH ALL THAT RAIN AND A LOT OF IT WAS UP NORTH.
DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES SAID, 95% OF THAT WATER COME DOWN THE SACRAMENTO TO THE DELTA AND WENT UNDER THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE TO THE OCEAN, 95%.
I WANT THE ADULTS AND THE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN THAT ARE OUT THERE THINK ABOUT THAT.
I WANTED SENATOR RUBIO TO DEFINITELY THINK ABOUT THAT.
ANYWAY, I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT. THANK YOU.
>> WOW, WE JUST HAPPEN TO HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'RE IN THIS BUSINESS FOR A WHILE I THING.
HE'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS ASSET TO CALIFORNIA.
I KNOW THIS IS NOT A TOPIC THAT PEOPLE NORMALLY DISCUSSED, BUT IT'S TRUE WHAT THE WORK YOU DO IT'S TREMENDOUS.
THIS IS ON BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.
I WANT TO HONOR YOU AND I WANT ALL YOUR RESIDENTS TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT OUT ON A DIET AND IN FRONT OF PEOPLE, YOU'RE ALWAYS WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES.
THAT'S A LOT OF YEARS, 61 YEARS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR ADVOCACY.
NOW I'M GOING TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOU AND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING SOME FUNDING FOR WATER.
I'M SUCH A TEACHER AND I ALWAYS TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TEACH.
THANK YOU. I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS, THE YOUNG KIDS LEARN SOMETHING.
CONGRATULATIONS. BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO MY FRIEND.
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>> I'M SORRY. I GOT ONE UP IN UTAH, BUT I WANTED TO TELL YOU WHO I GOT HERE.
I GOT MY SON, BOB RAISE YOUR HAND OR SOMETHING. THERE HE IS.
THEN I'VE GOT MY WIFE DOWN AT THE END THAT SONYA.
SHE HAS BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR CLOSE TO 20 YEARS OR 20 YEARS NOW.
WE GOT HER HUSBAND, THE GOOD-LOOKING GENTLEMAN WITH A SHINY HEAD.
THAT'S MATT. NEXT TO HIM IS MADDIE.
THAT'S MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
THIS LITTLE INDIAN UP HERE IN FRONT THAT'S GIVEN EVERYBODY A BAD TIME, THAT'S REAGAN.
SHE'S THE CHARACTER, AND THAT'S ALSO MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WHO ARE YOU? ONE MORE AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
[INAUDIBLE] PROCLAMATION. OH MY GOD.
NO GLASSES. AS THE NIGHT GOES ON, THE LETTERS GETS SMALLER.
WHEREAS MOTORCYCLE RIDING IS A POPULAR FORM OF RECREATION AND TRANSPORTATION FOR MORE THAN 800,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA.
WHEREAS MOTORCYCLES, OR A COMMON AND ECONOMICAL MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT REDUCES FUEL CONSUMPTION AND ROAD WHERE AND CONTRIBUTES TO A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO THE READING FLIP TRAFFIC, PARKING, AND CONGESTION.
WHEREAS IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF ALL WHO PUT THEMSELVES BEHIND THE WHEEL TO BECOME AWARE OF MOTORCYCLES REGARDING THEM WITH THE SAME RESPECT AS ANY OTHER VEHICLE TRAVELING IN THE HIGHWAYS OF THIS COUNTRY.
IT'S THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RIDERS AND MOTOR CELL-LIKE TO OBEY ALL TRAFFIC LAWS AND SAFETY RULES.
WHEREAS A BROTHERHOOD AIMED TOWARDS EDUCATION, ABATE ADVOCATES FOR MOTORCYCLE SAFETY, EXPANDED THE AWARD-WINNING CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLES SAFETY PROGRAM, SMSP, AND WHEREAS SINCE 2006, MOTORISTS FROM A-B-A-T-E LOCAL 19 AND THE COMMUNITY, HAVING A CENTRAL POINT OF LA VERNE ANNUAL JULY, 4TH PARADE WITH OVER 200 BIKES AND ATTENDANCE AND ARE UNIMPORTANT PART OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
NOW BE AT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE THAT THE MONTH OF MAY 2023 BE RECOGNIZED AS MOTORCYCLES SAFETY AWARENESS MONTH.
WE URGE ALL RESIDENTS TO JOIN TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND AWARENESS ON OUR ROADWAYS, TO LOOK TWICE AND SAVE A LIFE DATED THIS 15TH DAY OF MAY.
RECEIVING THIS WILL BE JEFF [INAUDIBLE] [APPLAUSE]
>> AND HE'S THE ONE THAT PUTS THIS WHOLE THING TOGETHER ON IT FOR THE JULY. THANK YOU, JEFF.
>> DO YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD? [LAUGHTER]
>> THERE WOULD BE A LOT MORE PEOPLE TONIGHT EXCEPT FOR THIS IS A SPECIAL DAY OF THE YEAR.
TOMORROW MORNING IS THE START OF TWO DAYS OF ABOUT 2000 MOTORCYCLES LEAVING ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, HEADING FOR WASHINGTON DC.
THEY PICK UP BIKES AS THEY GO AND IT TURNS INTO A MONSTER OF A RALLY TO A RIDE TO THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL WALL DURING MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND.
MY WIFE, THE BLUE MISTRESS, AND I WILL BE PREPARING COFFEE FOR THEM ALL NIGHT LONG FOR THE SEND-OFF, WHICH IS WHY I'M NOT DRESSED AS A BIKER TODAY.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE HERE TONIGHT ARE PREPPING FOR THAT IN THE MORNING.
BUT WE DO HAVE SOME VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE I'D LIKE TO BRING UP HERE.
WE HAVE SAM AND JOHN PETERSON, WHO ARE LA VERNE RESIDENTS AND FOUNDING MEMBERS OF ABATE LOCAL 19, WHICH IS OUR LOCAL AREA.
WE'VE GOT BILL BOM, WHO IS ALSO A FOUNDING MEMBER AND FORMER LA VERNE RESIDENT.
MY WIFE, THE BLUE MISTRESS [LAUGHTER]
COME UP FOR PICTURE, SAM, JOHN. COME ON.
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>> WITH ALL THAT WE DO WITH THE LA VERNE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
WE HAVE ALL THE MOTORCYCLES IN FOR THAT AND WE'RE SO WELCOMED AS A MOTORCYCLE GROUP, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO BRING LA VERNE.
SAM, RIGHT HERE IN THE CENTER.
IT'S GREAT TO HAVE LA VERNE RECOGNIZE MOTORCYCLE AWARENESS MONTH.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FIVE-MINUTE RECESS BECAUSE I KNOW YOU GUYS WANT TO GO TO IN AND OUT.
IT EXPIRE AT TWELVE O'CLOCK TONIGHT NO, I'M JUST KIDDING ANYWAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING, I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THINGS THAT ANY OF THE SCHOOLS JUST CONTACT OUR CITY MANAGER OR OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND LET US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, WE LOVE THIS, THIS IS THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE REALLY DO LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU ALL AND THANKS TEAMS WERE LOOKING FOR NEXT YEAR.
WITH THAT, MEETING STARTED AGAIN AT 07:30, WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
I HAVE ONE KATHY KOWLCYK. UPCOMING EVENTS.I HAVE A GREAT NEW POSTER THAT SHERRY CREATED FOR US.
OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ONE OF THE MAIN FOCAL POINTS IS OUR TRACK HERE THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON.
WE'VE GOT PEOPLE FAST AND FURIOUSLY WORKING TO GET IT RUNNING SO IT CAN DRIVE IN OUR 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
WE ARE STILL ACCEPTING DONATIONS, SO ANYTIME ANYBODY WANTS TO HELP.
IF YOU HAVE HELPED US IN THE PAST, THANK YOU.
IF YOU CAN HELP US A LITTLE MORE, WE'D LOVE IT.
>> WE ALSO ARE ALWAYS UP FOR MEMBERSHIP AND 24 INDIVIDUALS, 25 FOR FAMILIES, AND 200 FOR A LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP IT'S A BARGAIN.
WE SELL OUR BOOKS AND OUR JAMS. EVENT, WE ARE GOING TO BE THIS WEEKEND AT THE LA COUNTY FAIR.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A BOOTH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM 11:00 - 5:00, SO COME VISIT US, DROP DONATIONS IN OUR JAR, SAY HI, SEND FRIENDS OVER SO THEY CAN JOIN US OR JOIN OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT MATTER.
IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M JUST GOING TO LEAVE THIS UPFRONT FOR ANYBODY SO THEY CAN LOOK AT IT.
>> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE EACH PERSON'S HOUSE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEEK, LIKE SITTING IN OUR HOUSE FOR ARTWORK FOR $200 PER COUNCIL MEMBER.
>> I LIKE THIS IDEA [LAUGHTER]
>> THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TO ANNOUNCE IS SOWING SEED FOR LIKE WILL HAVE THE FOOD BANK THIS WEDNESDAY, FROM 8:00 -11:00, AND IT'S AT CHARISMA LIFE CHURCH WHICH IS ON ARROW HIGHWAY, NORTH SIDE, I DON'T HAVE THE ADDRESS, BUT NORTH SIDE AT ARROW HIGHWAY, JUST A LITTLE EAST GARY AVENUES.
IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY IN NEED, PLEASE SEND THEM.
IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT HAS TIME AND WOULD LIKE TO COME HELP, WELL I WAS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS, AND I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU
>> THANK YOU, KATHY. JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE STRICTLY FOR STUFF THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA OF PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THAT.
IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY OR MORE THEY'RE WELCOME TO COME UP.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON? THERE'S NO ONE, IS THERE ZUMA? JUST NO ONE ONLINE. STUDENTS CAN GO WITH THE FLOW.
>> IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE, SIR.
>> OH, NO. THIS IS JUST ANNOUNCEMENTS, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL BE AT THE END, THAT'S OKAY.
ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY?
>> YES. WE HAVE THE LIBRARY COMMISSION MEETING IN THE LA VERNE LIBRARY ON WEDNESDAY AT 10:00 AM.
>> GOOD. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCIL? MR. JOHNSON AND I AND ALSO, LAURIE JOHNSON WERE AT PATRICK GAUDI'S CELEBRATION OVER AT THE VETERANS HALL THIS SATURDAY AND IT WAS VERY WELL ATTENDED.
FOR AN EX-COUNCIL MEMBER AND EX-BUSINESS MEMBER, YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW INSTRUMENTAL HE WAS AND ACTUALLY FOR
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OUR FOOTHILL CORRIDOR AND MAKING SURE THAT THE BUSINESS HAS STAYED IN THE FOOTHILL CORRIDOR AND THAT'S WHY OUR FOOTHILL CORRIDOR IS SUCCESSFUL, AND ALSO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT SO HE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN THAT.HIS FAMILY MEMBERS WERE THERE FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE OR WERE THEY STEVE, ARIZONA, AND ALL OVER.
MANY OF THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS SPOKE AND IT WAS VERY NICE.
PICTURES AND FOOD AND BUT JUST THE FACT THAT HE WAS YOU DON'T REALIZE WHAT PEOPLE DO UNTIL YOU READ THEIR BIO AND THOUGHT, MY GOODNESS, THIS PERSON REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN LA VERNE AND MADE IT WHAT IT IS TODAY.
ANYWAY, THAT WAS VERY NICE. ANY OTHER? COUNCILLOR LAU.
>> JUST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH IS HAVING THEIR MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY AT 5:30.
AS A REMINDER, YOU CAN JOIN ON ZOOM AND THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE.
MAY IS ALSO MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS MONTH, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT TRI-CITY IS PROVIDING AS RESOURCES, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK, SHARE OUT THE INFORMATION, AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES.
>> I SAID ONE THAT IS REQUIRED FROM THEM, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL BORDER ON THAT.
>>WE GOING TO BRING THAT ON MOSQUITO HERE.
>> I DID VOLUNTEER TO BE THEIR MASK ON.
>> I JUST WANTED TO READ THAT JUST FOR THE PAST MONTH THAT SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.
OUR JUST BOARD OF TRUSTEES MET WE DIDN'T MEET ON MAY 12TH, 7:00 A M THIS PAST MONTH.
WEST NILE VIRUS HAS NOT BEEN DETECTED IN BIRD OR MOSQUITO POPULATIONS IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
MOSQUITO CONTROL STAFF CONDUCTED 1,412 SITE VISITS ACROSS THE REGION AND ENSURED NEARLY 65% OF THE 33,220 NON-FUNCTIONAL SWIMMING POOLS ARE COMPLIANT.
MOSQUITOES ARE EXPECTED TO BE MORE ACTIVE THIS TIME OF YEAR, WHICH IS WHY EVERYONE MUST TO TIP OUT ANY STAGNANT WATER WEEKLY.
ALSO IS RECOMMENDED TO USE A REPELLER WHEN OUTDOORS TO PREVENT BITES.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE REPELLENTS OR TO SUBMIT A TIP VISIT US AT WWW.SGBMOSQUITO.ORG. THANK YOU.
>> LITTLE SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT OUT THERE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR I APPRECIATE IT.
>> I MUST REMIND EVERYBODY TO WITH AS MUCH RAINS WE'VE HAD, ONE LITTLE DROP OF WATER IS ENOUGH FOR MOSQUITOES TO LAY EGGS, SO BE VERY CAREFUL.
LOOK AROUND YOUR YARDS, LOOK AT THOSE PODS TO TURN THEM OVER IF THERE'S ANY STANDING WATER.
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S GOING TO GET WARM, AND ONE DAY WE'LL GET THE MOSQUITO HERE.
>> NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THAT.
>> WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, WE MOVE TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
AS A REMINDER, THE CONSENT CALENDAR IT'S CONSIDERED ROUTINE MANAGEMENT.WE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS PULLED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
MR. DOMER, WAS THERE ANYTHING PULLED FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> NOTHING WAS PULLED, I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTES UNLESS YOU WANT IT TO THAT.
>> YES, PLEASE, COULD YOU MAKE NOTE ANNOUNCEMENTS REGARDING THE 740 FOOTHILL?
>> OH, YES. ON THE 740 FOOTHILL, WE DID CHECK THERE IS NOTHING ON THE BOARD MEETING TOMORROW AS SUPERVISOR BARGER DID SAY THAT THAT HAS BEEN CONTINUED INDEFINITELY UNTIL ENOUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT IS DONE.
THE CITIES OF SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE ARE WORKING TOGETHER AND WE ARE LOOKING AT A JOINT TOWN HALL MEETING COMING UP SOMETIME IN JUNE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A DATE FOR THAT, THAT BOTH COUNCILS WOULD BE THERE AND THAT WE WOULD GET LA COUNTY OR THE SUPERVISOR AND LA COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPER.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK IN GETTING INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHERE THAT PROJECT IS GOING AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO CONTINUE THE CITY COUNCIL'S OPPOSITION TO IT.
>> I WILL SAY THAT MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY AND MYSELF OR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN SAN DIMAS LAST TUESDAY AND THEY DID VOTE TO LETTER OF OPPOSITION TO 740 FOOTHILLS, SO THAT WAS PART OF THE INFORMATION, BUT THAT WAS A THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR MEETING, WAS VERY INTRIGUED.
>> FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BOTH CITIES HAVE MIRROR SITES, SO IF YOU GO TO WWW.CITYOFLAVERNE.ORG/740 FOOTHILL, AND IF YOU DO 740 FOOTHILL OR SAN DIMAS, WHATEVER THEIR WEBSITE IS, BUT COME TO OURS.
THERE WILL BE THE SAME INFORMATION, ALL THE LETTERS, ALL THE INFORMATION, THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AS WE GET THEM AND AS THEY CHANGE WILL BE ON THERE.
ALSO INFORMATION ON COMMUNITY MEETINGS, SO THE NEXT COMMUNITY MEETING THAT WE HEAR ABOUT WILL BE POSTING THAT ON THERE TOO.
WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
IS ANYBODY ON THE COUNCIL ON THE DESK WISH TO PULL ANY ITEM OR ANY DISCUSSION? CONSENT ITEM NUMBER 12, MR. MESHAL KASHIFALGHITA, WILL BE RECUSED ON THE VOTE AS IT'S IN THESE, IT'S IN YOUR LANDSCAPE CLEARING AREA.
WITH THAT MOTION, MOVE ITS APPROVAL.
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>> VOTE, PLEASE. YOU JUST RECRUITED FROM 12.
>> DOING YOUR VOICE WITH MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.
>>THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS PASSED FIVE VOTE AND A COUNCIL MEMBER, MESHAL KASHIFALGHITA. RECUSED HIMSELF FROM.
>> PUBLIC HEARINGS. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS (Part 1 of 2)]
THERE ARE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS.THE FIRST ONE IS ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR REMOVAL OF ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS AT CITY HALL PUBLIC AREAS.
CITY MANAGER, I'M GOING TO CALL THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING ON THIS.
>> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP CANDICE BOWCOCK TO THE PODIUM.
>> NO RELATION TO ANY OTHER BOWCOCK THAT WAS.
>> EVERYONE IN LA VERNE IS NAMED BOWCOCK.
>> BACK IN JANUARY, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE USE OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDS FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED THE SENIOR HOT LUNCH PROGRAM AND SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
THE TOTAL ALLOCATION BALANCE THAT WAS LEFTOVER FROM THAT WAS $522,000.
A PRELIMINARY LIST OF PROJECTS AT PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT INVOLVE THE REMOVAL OF BARRIERS FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES FOR ADA COMPLIANCE HAS BEGUN AND TWO IMMEDIATE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED.
THE FIRST IS THE INSTALLATION OF ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC COUNTERS THAT EACH DEPARTMENT WITHIN CITY HALL THAT IS EXPECTED TO COST ABOUT $120,000 AND THE SECOND IS THE RENOVATION OF THE RESTROOMS AT CITY HALL FOR ADA COMPLIANCE AND THAT IS EXPECTED TO COST ABOUT $80,000.
THE TOTAL CDBG FUNDING NEEDED IS AN ESTIMATED $200,000.
THE TOTAL BALANCE OF THE FUNDING REMAINING IF THESE PROJECTS ARE APPROVED IS ABOUT $325,000.
STAFF IS FINALIZING ASSESSMENT OF OTHER OPTIONS FOR ACCESSIBILITY AT CITY HALL, AS WELL AS ACCESSIBILITY IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING SIDEWALKS, SIDEWALK REPLACEMENT, CURB CUTS, AND RAMP OPTIONS AT VARIOUS CITY LOCATIONS.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION 23-24, ALLOCATING $100,000 FOR ADA-COMPLIANT PUBLIC COUNTERS, AND 80,000 FOR THE ADA-COMPLIANT PUBLIC RESTROOMS, AND SECOND, APPROPRIATE $200,000 FROM THE CDBG FUND.
I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? THANK YOU. YES.
>> I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING REGARDING FEEDING OUR SENIORS.
>> GOOD. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB AND I WANTED TO CONTINUE THAT IT'S REALLY VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
AS LONG AS WE CONTINUE THAT THEN THE MEALS AND MAYBE HOT MEAL THAT WE DID LAST TIME DURING THE TIME, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT DOES NOT CHANGE.
>> YES. COOL. IT'S NOT CHANGING.
>> THANK YOU. I KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THESE FUNDS PRIOR ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS REALLY SPOKE ABOUT THESE CHAMBERS IN HERE AND TRYING TO MAKE A SOUND, AND FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE DISABLED AS WELL.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE LOOKED INTO THAT.
I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT THIS IS, BUT IF WE LOOKED AND SPEND SOME OF MY OWN THAT AS WELL.
>> CORRECT. JUST REAL QUICK ON THAT.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO UTILIZE CDBG FUNDING ON THAT, BUT WE ARE UTILIZING WHAT'S CALLED PEG FUNDING.
THAT'S THE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND GOVERNMENT FUNDS THAT COME FROM THE 1% DIGITAL AND VIDEO CABLE ACT ON CABLE CHARGES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE DO HAVE THREE QUOTES WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THE LVTV AND WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE JULY TIME FRAME FOR THAT, AND I WILL INCLUDE THOSE UPGRADES FOR HEARING ACCESSIBILITY.
>> MAYBE HAVE BACKUP HERE IN A MINUTE, WITH THAT NO OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE DESK WE'LL OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING.
ANYBODY WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE BRING BACKUP TO THE DESK.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION OR ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FIRST WITH OUR STAFF?
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I KNOW THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US ON THE DESK ASKED ABOUT.
THE CDBG MONEY, HOW COULD WE MAKE SURE THAT IT GETS USED? I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE OF THAT.
THANK YOU TO YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE THAT MOVED THIS FORWARD.
IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS,
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I'M HAPPY TO MOVE THIS ITEM.>> I'LL JUST MAKE ONE I WANT TO ECHO THAT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO UNHINGE THESE POTS OF MONEY WE HAVE THAT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO USE LIKE SOME OTHER ONES AND THAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO USE IT AND SO WE HAVE ROADBLOCKS EVERY TIME YOU TURN AROUND, BUT OUR STAFF HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB ON FINDING LITTLE AREAS THAT WE CAN DIVERT THESE FUNDS TO.
I APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH ALSO WITH THAT.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23-24, ALLOCATING $120,000 FOR ADA-COMPLIANT PUBLIC COUNTERS AND $80,000 FOR ADA-COMPLIANT PUBLIC RESTROOMS IN CITY HALL AND I MOVE TO APPROPRIATE $200,000 FROM THE CDBG FUND FOR THE REMOVAL OF ACCESSIBILITY BARRIERS AT CITY HALL IN THE PUBLIC AREAS.
>> THAT MOTION CARRIED BY VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, MS. BOWCOCK. YOU ARE JUST PERFECT.
>> I JUST WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT BACK JUST TO GO BACK ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, WE BREEZED BY THAT.
BUT ITEM NUMBER 3 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PUBLIC WORKS WEEK 2023, PROCLAMATION.
NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK IS MAY 21ST THROUGH MAY 27TH, AND AS REQUESTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROCLAIM THE WEEK AND SUPPORT THE HARD WORK AND DEDICATION FOR ALL MEMBERS OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO, SERIOUSLY.
THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER 14, MR. DOMER.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1116, AND I BELIEVE THAT GABRIEL, ARE YOU GOING TO BE COMING UP HERE? GABRIEL FROM THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION AND THERE'LL BE A SLIDE PRESENTATION TOO.
>> GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
TODAY WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE FIRST READING FOR OUR ADU ORDINANCE UPDATES.
>> STARTING OFF WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE ADU ORDINANCE IN GENERAL.
BACK IN 2019, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ADOPTED AN URGENCY ORDINANCE UNDER ORDINANCE 1089, WHICH RELATED TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THIS URGENCY ORDINANCE WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1ST OF 2020 AND MOVING FORWARD ON JANUARY 1ST OF 2023, THE STATE PASSED A FEW AMENDMENTS TO THEIR EXISTING GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS THAT RELATE TO ADUS, WHICH FURTHER CLARIFIED SOME OF THE REGULATIONS THAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE.
IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESE NEW UPDATED REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE HAS PROVIDED STAFF IS PRESENTING A FIRST READING OF THE DRAFT ORDINANCE 1116, WHICH WILL UPDATE THE EXISTING ADU PROVISIONS OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION THAT RELATES TO ADUS SPECIFICALLY SECTION 18.120. WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO A LITTLE SUMMARY ABOUT WHAT THE SPECIFIC CHANGES WERE, AND I'LL MAKE SURE TO KEEP THIS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE.
THE FIRST SECTION THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED WOULD BE THE DEFINITION SECTION.
THIS SPECIFICALLY, THE CODE WAS MODIFIED SO IT BETTER DEFINES WHAT'S CLASSIFIED AS A DETACHED STRUCTURE.
MOVING FORWARD, THE APPLICATION PROCESS OF OUR CODE SECTION WAS ALSO MODIFIED AS WELL.
THIS INCLUDED A SECTION WHICH STATES THAT THE CITY CANNOT DENY ANY ADU/JADUS APPLICATIONS BASED ON A NEED TO CORRECT ANY NON-CONFORMING ZONING, BUILDING OR UNPERMITTED STRUCTURES ON A LOT WHICH DO NOT AFFECT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADU ITSELF SPECIFICALLY.
MOVING FORWARD INTO ALLOWED ZONES.
THIS ONE'S SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO REMOVAL OF A SECTION WHICH ORIGINALLY PROHIBITED ADUS AND JADUS FROM BEING LOCATED WITHIN THE VERY HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE AS WITHIN THE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FROM THE STATE.
ADUS BILL UNDER THE MANDATORY PROVISIONS, AND I CAN GO INTO IT A LITTLE BIT LATER, WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE HIGH FIRE ZONE.
NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
THE FIRST THING THAT WAS CHANGED WAS BASICALLY THE HEIGHT PROVISIONS WERE CHANGED TO REFLECT WHAT THE STATE CURRENTLY HAS.
I DID WANT TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE HERE THAT UNDER THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, ON PAGE 4 UNDER SECTION C1, THERE WAS A TYPO ON THERE, I WANT TO QUICKLY ADDRESS THAT, WHICH STATES THAT THAT BASICALLY IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ALLOWED HEIGHT BE MORE THAN 16 FT IN HEIGHT, MEANING THAT IT CAN EXCEED 16 FT IN HEIGHT.
THERE'S A TYPO THERE. IT WAS CHANGED FROM LESS TO MORE.
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MOVING FORWARD, DETACHED ADUS WITHIN A HALF-MILE OF A TRANSIT CORRIDOR OR IF ON A LOT WITH A MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING, CAN GO UP TO A HIGH OF 18 FT. NOW, THEY CAN GET AN ALLOWANCE OF TWO MORE FEET AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY TO ACCOMMODATE A ROOF PITCH IN ORDER TO KEEP THE ROOF PITCH IN LINE WITH THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THE LOT.THEN LASTLY, PART OF THAT SECTION, ATTACHED ADUS SHOULD HAVE A MAXIMUM OF 25 FT OR THE HEIGHT OF THE PRIMARY DWELLING, WHICHEVER IS LOWER.
THERE ALSO WAS A SECTION THAT WAS CLARIFIED WHICH STATES WHAT THE LOT COVERAGE, OUTDOOR LIVING AREA, MINIMUM DISTANCE BETWEEN BUILDINGS REQUIREMENTS, THAT THOSE SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS CANNOT PROHIBIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN 800 SQUARE FOOT ADU, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MANDATORY PROVISION FOR THE ADU.
IT ALSO ADDED A SECTION WHICH EXEMPTS ADUS FROM BEING REQUIRED TO HAVE PARKING IF THE PROPOSAL IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A NEW SINGLE-FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY STRUCTURE.
THEN IT REMOVED ANY SUBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS FORM OUR CODE.
TO BE IN COMPLIANCE, THAT WE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OBJECTIVE IN ORDER TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE STATE.
THEN MOVING FORWARD TO THE SECTION OF JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, WE CLARIFIED ON THE CODE THAT JADU SHALL HAVE AN INTERIOR ENTRANCE TO THE MAIN LIVING AREA OF THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
LASTLY, THERE WERE SECTION CHANGES TO OUR REGULATIONS PORTION SPECIFICALLY THAT CLARIFY THAT JADUS AND ADUS CANNOT BE SOLD SEPARATELY FROM THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE UNLESS IT IS BEING SOLD BY A QUALIFIED NON-PROFIT CORPORATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS FROM THE STATE.
THERE WAS ALSO AN ADDITION TO A SECTION THAT CLARIFIED THAT THE CITY CANNOT DENY ANY PERMIT FOR AN UNPERMITTED ADU IF IT WAS CONSTRUCTED BEFORE 2018, UNLESS STAFF CAN PRESENT FINDINGS THAT THE STRUCTURE IN ITSELF POSES A THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN ANY WAY OR TO THE OCCUPANTS OR TO THE PUBLIC.
THEN LASTLY, WE JUST ADDED A SECTION THAT REQUIRES THAT ADUS AND JADUS OBTAIN A SEPARATE ADDRESS FROM THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT.
OTHER THAN THOSE CHANGES, THERE ARE JUST MAINLY SYNTAX AND FORMATTING CHANGES TO THE CODE ITSELF.
STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1116, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, WHICH AMENDS THE ZONING PROVISIONS OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS OUR CITY ATTORNEY COUNSEL IS HERE AS WELL, LISA CRANNIES, TO ASSIST IN ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR IF NOT?
>> IN 18.129.083, YOU SAID THAT [INAUDIBLE]
>> YOU CANNOT SELL UNLESS IT'S TO A NON-PROFIT THAT MEETS THOSE QUALIFICATIONS.
ESSENTIALLY IT'S HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.
>> IT DOES. THEY DIDN'T CALL IT OUT, BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THERE'S ONE OR TWO OTHERS THAT QUALIFY, BUT IT'S NOT JUST A 501C3.
THERE ARE OTHER REQUIREMENTS AS WELL THAT IT HAS TO MEET.
>> PRETTY STRICT. I HAVEN'T SEEN IT DONE YET IN MANY OF THE CITIES WE REPRESENT.
>> IT WILL HAPPEN EVENTUALLY SOMEWHERE.
BUT HABITAT, THAT'S A MUCH BETTER ORGANIZATION FOR HELPING VETERANS ANYWHERE FOR THEIR ORGANIZATION.
THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO DO. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC? OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU LATER, OF COURSE.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.
DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER?
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MR. BOWEN, AND THEN MS. ANDERSON.>> PARDON ME? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. AND MR. MAYOR.
CASH, I WAS WATCHING YOUR FACE DURING THE PRESENTATION AND I TRIED TO READ THIS TOO.
I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO PUT AN ADU, YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEED OF DOING IT.
QUESTION I HAVE IS AGAIN, INFORMATION.
SOMEBODY SAID YOU COULD PUT ONE IN THE FRONT YARD.
IS THAT TRUE? I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL GET ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS.
>> THE ANSWER IS YES OR I WILL GET AN ANSWER.
>> WHY DON'T YOU HAVE YOUR QUESTION, SHE'LL WRITE THEM DOWN THEN SHE CAN ANSWER.
>> OKAY. BECAUSE MY IMPRESSION WAS A GARAGE CONVERSION OR PUT ONE IN YOUR BACKYARD, BUT NOW I'M HEARING NO, IF IT FITS YOU COULD PUT ONE IN YOUR FRONT YARD.
ALSO, THE 18-20 FEET ON THE LINE AND I LIVE IN AN HOA.
ACTUALLY, DURING THE LAST PRESENTATION I HAD ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO HAVE ERIC, I BELIEVE HE'S THE LEAD ON THIS THAT I WAS GIVEN BUT HE WON'T BE AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS IT FOR I BELIEVE SIX WEEKS HE SAID, SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW DOES AN HOA, I LIVE ALSO IN A HIGH FIRE ZONE BUT I'VE HEARD A COUPLE OF CONFLICTING THINGS.
IS IT EXEMPT IN A HIGH FIRE ZONE? CAN YOU DO THIS IN A VERY HIGH FIRE ZONE? OR CAN YOU NOT DO THIS IN A VERY HIGH FIRE ZONE? IT APPEARS THE ANSWER IS, HELL YES, LET IT BURN.
THERE'S PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LA VERNE THAT CAN'T GET INSURANCE NOW.
THAT THE INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE DROPPING THEM LIKE FLIES.
THEY'RE SAYING YOU LIVE TOO CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS.
YOU LIVE TOO CLOSE TO THE GOLF COURSE.
HOW DOES THAT AFFECT ANYTHING? THERE'S QUITE A LOT HERE AND IT WOULD BE VERY INTERESTING TO KNOW SPECIFICS.
CAN SOMEBODY PUT ONE IN THEIR FRONT YARD? THAT'S PRETTY SPOOKY AND THE HIGH FIRE PIECES AND ETC. OKAY.
>> LISA, YOU WANT TO COME UP AND ANSWER THOSE OR YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL WE'RE DONE? OKAY. ANNA. THAT WAS EASY.
>> PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER, COME ON OUT.
>> HI. GOING ALONG WITH WHAT WAS JUST SAID, I'M CONCERNED FOR HOAS.
MY HOA HAS 368 HOMES IN OUR HOA AND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN STREETS, WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING OURSELVES.
WE HAVE AN ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE THAT APPROVES AND DISAPPROVES SO MUCH OF WHAT GOES ON ON EACH PROPERTY.
DO WE ADD THAT AUTHORITY STILL TO DO WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING IN OUR HOA OR IS THIS MANDATED UPON EVERYBODY IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE? EVEN HOAS WHERE, LIKE I SAID, WE TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING OURSELVES.
THE CITY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING UP THERE.
ALONG WITH THAT, MY CONCERN IS OKAY, SAY SOMEBODY DOES WANT TO DO ANOTHER UNIT ON THEIR PROPERTY FRONT-BACK, ARE WE ALLOWED TO CHARGE DUES ON TOP OF THAT HOME TOO? BECAUSE IT'S PER RESIDENT HOME, SO THAT WOULD BE A BIG QUESTION THAT COULD TAKE AN EFFECT TOO, AND BECAUSE THAT'S MORE TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT OUR GATES AND ON THE ROADS THAT WE PAY TO REPAIR.
IT'S JUST THERE'S A LOT TO IT THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ANOTHER READING, NOT HAVE IT JUST GO THROUGH TONIGHT, SO THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION ON ALL THE AREAS BECAUSE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW HOAS IN THE COMMUNITY AND THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING IN.
THIS REALLY TAKES SOME THOUGHT.
THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS UNANSWERED BECAUSE WE HAVE IT IN OUR CCWS [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT CCR IS THAT ALL GARAGES MUST BE USED FOR VEHICLES ONLY, SO THAT WOULD CHANGE OUR CC AND R'S THAT GO BACK 1980, NOT 18.
>> WE HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THAT LONG.
>> THAT'S MY REQUEST, IS PLEASE DON'T CLOSE THE READINGS TONIGHT.
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GIVE IT SOME MORE TIME TO THINK ABOUT IT, AND TALK ABOUT IT.>> THANK YOU. NO, YOU HAD A CHANCE.
>> I WENT TO THE PLENTY MAN, SHE'S VERY GOOD.
>> WHEN I WAS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, I WAS TELLING THE PLANNERS, I SAID IF THIS HAPPENS, WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR RATES RAISED MORE UP THERE BECAUSE WE'RE IN A FIRE AREA AND THE REASON WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE THINGS UP THERE IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, WE HAD A BIG FIRE.
IT WAS JUST LIKE WE'VE SEEN BEFORE UP THERE.
IF THINGS ARE CATCHING ON FIRE, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH ADUS, THEY HAVE TO GET THROUGH TO OUR HOUSES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
LIKE I TOLD YOU BEFORE, THE STATE IS OUT OF THEIR MIND. THEY DON'T CARE.
THEY SAID, WELL, IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT YOUR INSURANCE AND I'M THINKING, OF COURSE IT IS.
THOSE INSURANCE COMPANIES, YOU WORK FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY.
THEY'RE UP THERE LOOKING ALL THE TIME, TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
MY INSURANCE I JUST GOT A LETTER.
MY INSURANCE WAS $1800 A YEAR LAST YEAR.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING AT, IS THE STATE LOOKING AT THESE CHANGES.
I MEAN, IS AN INSURANCE COMPANY LOOKING AT THESE CHANGES THAT THE STATE IS MAKING.
I MEAN THAT'S A BIT AND I'M TRYING TO FIND CHEAPER INSURANCE AND IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
I'VE DONE ALL KINDS OF THINGS OUT THERE.
BUT THAT'S A BIG JUMP, SO SOMETHING HAPPENED.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. BUT ANYWAYS, THE ATTORNEY TOLD US YOU CAN BUILD AN ADU IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
THIS CITY IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE A JUNKYARD AND I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE THE STATE IS JUST BASICALLY TELLING YOU IF YOU DON'T DO IT, YOU'RE GOING TO GET SUED.
BLACKMAIL. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK WE'RE GOING TO DO BECAUSE I'M VERY UPSET.
THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. THANK YOU.
>> THAT'S CORRECT, BUT THE INSURANCE COMPANY OR THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER WOULD ALSO BE THE ONE THAT WOULD HAVE TO AUTHORIZE THOSE RATES TO GO INTO EFFECT.
IF THE RATES HAVE GONE UP, HE'S ALREADY SEEN IT.
>> BUT THEY CAN STILL REVIEW IT, THOUGH.
>> OF COURSE AND THE INSURANCE OF LAST RESORT IS THE CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN, WHICH ONLY PROVIDES BASIC COVERAGE.
YOU CAN GET A WRAPAROUND POLICY THAT ADDS THE LIABILITY AND THEFT COVERAGE THAT THE FAIR PLAN DOES NOT OFFER.
>> LUCKILY FOR YOU, IT'S NOT WANTING TO DONATE ABOUT CHAMP 2516 AMHERST STREET.
MY CONCERN ABOUT THIS ISSUE IS THE PARKING.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE EXEMPT FROM HAVING TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY AND ALL OTHER SEQUENCE, BUT WHAT IS THAT GOING TO DO FOR THE ORDINANCES FOR PARKING? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, CITY OF LA VERNE REQUIRES AN OVERNIGHT PERMIT TO PARK BETWEEN 2 AND 5 OR 2 AND 6 I BELIEVE.
ARE THERE GOING TO BE PROVISIONS MADE FOR THESE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWING THE ADUS OR JADUS OR IS IT GOING TO BE A COMPLETE OVERHAUL OF PARKING ORDINANCES FOR THE ENTIRE CITY? THAT'S MY QUESTION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU.
>> I'M VERY GLAD AND I RECOGNIZE THAT I'M JUST THE MESSENGER.
I APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THE STATE DOES CONTINUE TO PUT ONEROUS REQUIREMENTS ON THE CITIES, AND BASICALLY SAYS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COMPLIANT ORDINANCE THEN THE STATE PROVISIONS APPLY.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE CITY INTO COMBINES.
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I'M GOING TO HAVE GABRIEL ADDRESS THE PARKING QUESTION FIRST.>> STATE MANDATE, IF WE DON'T PUT THESE WORKS IN PLACE, THEN BASICALLY THE STATE TAKES OVER, DESPITE THE [INAUDIBLE]
>> THERE'S BASICALLY NOTHING IN 65,852.2 EXCEPT VERY GENERAL AND IN SOME CASES, MORE GENEROUS PROVISIONS THAN WHAT THE CITY HAS ATTEMPTED TO CRAFT, WHAT WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO DO.
THEY DON'T GO AWAY BECAUSE YOU DON'T ADOPT AN ADU ORDINANCE.
THIS ISN'T A PERMISSIVE THING.
THE CITY HAS TO COMPLY WITH THAT, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE A ORDINANCE THAT MEETS THE STATE REQUIREMENTS.
AS I SAID, EVERY YEAR, THERE'S SOMETHING NEW.
GABRIEL IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKING FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO BACK AND ADDRESS THE OTHER ISSUES BECAUSE HE'S MORE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
>> TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS ABOUT PARKING, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SECTIONS REGULATIONS IN OUR CODE THAT REGULATES PARKING FOR ADU.
SPECIFICALLY, IF THE ADU IS WITHIN A HALF-MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP, WE CANNOT REQUIRE THEM TO PUT IN ANY TYPE OF PARKING.
WE COULD RECOMMEND IT, BUT WE CAN'T REQUIRE IT.
IN ORDER TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES OF ON-STREET PARKING FOR ADU, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SPECIFICALLY PARKING ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT ISSUE PARKING OVERNIGHT PERMITS FOR ADU SPECIFICALLY.
IF SOMEONE WERE TO PRESENT A PROJECT TO US WHERE THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE PARKING, WE DO LET THEM KNOW THAT IF THEY WERE TO PARK ON THE STREET, THEY MAY BE LIABLE TO EXCITATION PER OUR PARKING ENFORCEMENT.
WE HAVE THAT TO ADDRESS THAT AREA.
BUT THE MAIN CONSIDERATION IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE MANDATORY PROVISIONS FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS AN 800 SQUARE FOOT ADU, FOUR-FOOT SIDE AND REAR SETBACKS AND NO BIGGER THAN 16 FEET OR THE OTHER HEIGHT REGULATIONS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WITHIN A HALF-MILE, THEY WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR WHEN WE'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS.DS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CONSIDERING PARKING WHEN THEY'RE ADDRESSING THEIR PROJECTS WITH US.
BUT AGAIN, WE CAN ONLY RECOMMEND THESE ISSUES AND WE CAN ONLY LET THEM KNOW AND INFORM THEM OF VIABILITY WHEN IT COMES TO ON-STREET PARKING.
>> SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS FOR GETTING A CITY OF LA VERNE OVERNIGHT PARKING STICKER? ISN'T IT LIKE THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VEHICLES AT AN ADDRESS OR?
>> I BELIEVE, YES, THAT'S HOW IT IS.
BUT WHEN THEY DO GO TO OBTAIN A PARKING OVERNIGHT PERMIT, THEY WOULD HAVE TO INDICATE TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY DO HAVE AN ADU.
WE DO HAVE SPECIFIC ADDRESSING FOR ADU, SO IT'S GOING TO BE NOTIFIED THE PARKING ENFORCEMENT THAT SPECIFIC UNIT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE UTILIZING CANNOT APPLY FOR THAT OVERNIGHT PERMIT.
THE HOUSE ITSELF CAN OR THE PRIMARY RESONANCE ITSELF CAN, BUT ADU IS NOT PERMITTED FOR THAT.
>> DOES OUR CURRENT ORDINANCES MAKE DISTINGUISHED THEN BETWEEN THE ACTUAL LOT AND THE PRIMARY AND SECONDARY UNITS?
>> I WILL SAY THAT OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT SPECIFICALLY RELATES TO THAT FOR ON-STREET PARKING, BUT IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT IF THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD, WE COULD ADD THAT INTO IT.
THIS IS MAINLY A PARKING ENFORCEMENT REGULATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WE COULD DEFINITELY INCLUDE IT INTO OUR ORDINANCE TO ADDRESS THAT FOR YOU GUYS.
>> I'M LOOKING AT UNDER PARKING SECTIONS, THE EXEMPTIONS.
WHERE IT SAYS NO PARKING SHALL BE REQUIRED IF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS APPLY.
ONE OF THE CONDITIONS IS IF THERE'S A CAR-SHARE VEHICLE LOCATED WITHIN ONE BLOCK.
I GUESS HOW DO YOU ENFORCE IT? IF THEY HAVE A CAR, IS THE ASSUMPTION THAT BECAUSE THERE'S A CAR-SHARE VEHICLE, THAT PLACE OR WHATNOT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PARK THERE AND NOT AT THE.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY YEAH, BUT THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
THE ASSUMPTION WOULD BE THAT THEY WOULD BE PARKING.
>> LET ME SAY AGAIN. I GUESS SIMILARLY TO WHERE IT SAYS IF IT'S LOCATED WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE WALKING DISTANCE OF A PUBLIC TRANSIT STOP, THOSE ARE THE EXCEPTIONS, RIGHT?
>> THE IDEA IS THAT IF YOU'RE IN THOSE LOCATIONS, THEN YOU DON'T NEED A CAR.
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CAR SHARES WERE THOSE THINGS WHERE SOMEBODY WOULD LEAVE A CAR SOMEWHERE AND YOU COULD GO AND USE IT.THEY WERE POPULAR FOR A WHILE IN CERTAIN AREAS I KNOW.
THEY TRIED IT LIKE I THINK AROUND ELSA GANDALF FOR A WHILE AND A COUPLE OF SOUTH BAY CITY, ISN'T IT? NOBODY WANTED TO DEAL WITH THEM BECAUSE THEY WOUND UP JUST BEING LEFT AND NOBODY WOULD MOVE THEM AND THEY STARTED MESSING UP WITH STREET SWEEPING.
I DON'T THINK THAT ONE REALLY ISN'T EVEN APPLICABLE.
LA VERNE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE ANY CAR SHARE SO THAT ANALYTES.
>> THEN SIMILARLY TO THAT WHERE IT SAYS IF AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE HALF-MILE WALKING DISTANCE, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT YOU DON'T NEED A CAR, BUT THEN HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THAT? JUST BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU'RE WITHIN THIS DISTANCE OF A PUBLIC TRANSIT STOP, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU AUTOMATICALLY DON'T HAVE A CAR.
WE STILL LIVE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HOW'S THAT?
>> THEY CAN HAVE A CAR. THEY JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ELSE TO PUT IT THERE.
>> THAT'S WHY GABRIEL INDICATES STAFF RECOMMENDS TO PEOPLE.
WE CAN'T REQUIRE YOU, IN THIS CASE, TO HAVE A PARKING SPACE, BUT-.
>> WE WILL GIVE YOU A PARKING LOT.
>> WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT IF YOU DON T THINK ABOUT PLANNING THAT WAY?
>> IS THERE SOMETHING IN THE DISCLOSURE? LET'S SAY SOMEONE'S RENTING OUT THE ADU IS THAT PART OF THE DISCLOSURES THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE OF THE OWNER RENTING OUT THE ADU TO ADVISE, HEY, YOU CAN MOVE IN HERE BUT YOU HAVE NO PLACE TO PARK.
BECAUSE I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE BUILDING AN ADU AND SAYING I'M GOING TO RENT THIS OUT TO MAKE PASSIVE INCOME WHATEVER.
BUT THEY'RE NOT TELLING THE RENTER OR MAKING THEM AWARE OF, THAT'S GREAT YOU HAVE A SPACE TO LIVE, BUT YOU HAVE NOWHERE TO PARK YOUR CAR FIGURE IT OUT.
IS THERE A WAY TO MAKE THAT A MANDATORY INCLUSION IF YOU'RE GOING TO RENT OUT THE PLACE THAT YOU HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT?
>> WE COULDN'T WORK THAT INTO THE ORDINANCE.
>> I WOULD JUST LIKE TO BE TRANSPARENT FOR PEOPLE BECAUSE, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO DO CAUGHT UP LIKE, OH GREAT, I FOUND THIS GREAT PLACE TO LIVE THAT'S ONLY GOING TO CHARGE ME X AMOUNT IN RENT AND THEN FIND OUT THAT WHERE AM I GOING TO PARK? THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER PROBLEM FOR THAT PERSON OR PERSONS.
>> I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY MENTION THAT WHEN STAFF IS REVIEWING THESE APPLICATIONS, WE DO DETERMINE V OR A GIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER OR NOT A PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A HALF-MILE OF A TRANSIT STOP.
IF SOMEBODY WERE TO PROPOSE IT AND SAY NORTH OF BASELINE, TYPICALLY THAT AREA IS OUTSIDE OF THAT REGION.
OUR GIS SOFTWARE WILL LET US KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THIS SPECIFIC SECTION WOULD APPLY TOWARDS THAT SPECIFIC APPLICATION.
>> BUT I THINK ALSO NEEDS LIKE WE'RE POINTING OUT SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THERE, THAT ARE NOT APPLICABLE. REMOVE THEM.
THEY NEED TO BE REMOVED. BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO GO BACK TO THIS.
SAY, OH YEAH, WE SIGNED THIS AND THEN WE ALL LEAVE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE, OH YEAH, RIGHT HERE, OH GREAT BACK AGAIN.
>> I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS ANYMORE.
>> CHITINGO, YOU DIDN'T DROP THE MIC THOUGH YOU DIDN'T GO WITH IT.
>> I WOULD ASSUME THAT ONE COULD BE TAKEN OUT BECAUSE I DON T THINK CAR SHARES ARE COMING BACK.
>> UNLESS YOU LIVE IN LOS ANGELES.
>> TO THE OTHER ISSUES ON HOAS, OUR ORDINANCE DOES NOT IMPACT HOAS DIRECTLY.
HOWEVER, STATE LAW WAS AMENDED A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO PROVIDE THAT HOAS CANNOT PROHIBIT ADUS.
I THINK THAT IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO CONVERT A GARAGE, I THINK THEY HAVE TO ALLOW IT UNDER AN HOA.
SIMILARLY, OUR ORDINANCE DOES NOT ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT THE HOA CAN CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL FEE.
I WOULD ASSUME PROVISION OF THE HOMEOWNERS, REVISING THEIR BYLAWS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
WE DON'T ADDRESS THAT AS A CITY.
THE MANDATORY UNITS I'M PUTTING THEM IN A FRONT YARD.
GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65,852.2 SUBSECTION E, TALKS ABOUT NO MATTER WHAT YOU HAVE TO ALLOW UNITS OF 800 SQUARE FEET, AS LONG AS THEY'RE 4′ SETBACKS SIDE AND REAR.
WHEN THE STATUTE FIRST CAME OUT, I THINK WE ASSUMED RATIONALLY AS CITY ATTORNEY GROUP, THAT MEANT THAT YOU STILL COULDN'T PUT THEM IF WE PROHIBIT THEM IN A VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD ZONE,
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OR YOU STILL COULDN'T PUT THEM IN THE FRONT YARD IF WE SAID NO THEY DON'T GO IN FRONT YARD AND THE LEGISLATION WAS AMENDED AND HCD MADE IT CLEAR, YOU'RE WRONG.IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO COME IN WITH 800 SQUARE FEET, THEY CAN DROP IT ANYWHERE WITHOUT ANY REQUIREMENTS WHATSOEVER, THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET ARCHITECTURE, THEY DON'T HAVE TO MEET ROOF PITCH, THEY ONLY HAVE TO BE 4′ AWAY FROM THE REAR AND THE SIDE YARD SETBACKS AND MEET THE NEW HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS.
THAT'S WHY CITIES GO ABOVE 800 SQUARE FEET BECAUSE HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL COME IN WITH 1,000 SQUARE FEET, PUT IT IN THE BACK AND MEET THE CITY STANDARDS.
THE SAME THING WITH THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD ZONE.
HCD CAME OUT AND SAID, NO, YOU CAN'T PROHIBIT THE 800 SQUARE FEET IN THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
OTHER CITIES WHO HAD TRIED TO PROHIBIT THEM, THE HILL CITIES OUT DOWN IN PALACE VERDI'S SAID, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ALLOW THEM IN THE VH ZONES, AND HCD SENT ENFORCEMENT LETTER SAYING, NO, IT'S NOT JUST THE 800 SQUARE FEET.
YOU JUST CAN'T PROHIBIT THEM THERE UNLESS YOU HAVE EMPIRICAL OBJECTIVE INFORMATION AS TO WHY YOU CAN'T ALLOW THEM, WHY THEY CAN'T BE THERE.
ONE EXAMPLE I HAVE IS CITY OF BRADBURY HAS THREE STREETS THAT ARE BELOW 18 FEET IN WIDTH.
YOU ACTUALLY CANNOT GET A FIRE TRUCK GOING UP AND A CAR COMING DOWN.
THOSE THREE STREETS DON'T ALLOW THE ADUS, THEY DON'T ALLOW THE MANDATORY IN OUR OPINION, AND THEY DON'T ALLOW ANY OTHER TYPES OF ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS UP THERE, YOU CAN'T GET A GUEST HOUSE UP THERE, WHATEVER OTHER ADDITIONAL UNITS WERE UP THERE.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS HCD WILL LOOK AT IS THEY'LL SAY TO YOU, WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO PROHIBIT AN ADU, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW A GUEST HOUSE, OR YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW ANOTHER BIG DEVELOPMENT UP THERE? THAT'S WHY WE TOOK IT OUT OF THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.
I WOULD URGE EVERYBODY TO REACH OUT TO YOUR LEGISLATORS.
I THINK IT'S CRAZY AND THIS IS A PERSONAL EDITORIAL POSITION.
BUT LET'S REMEMBER THAT IF THERE'S A HOUSE UP THERE THAT WAS BUILT BEFORE FIRE SPRINKLERS WERE A REQUIREMENT, YOU CAN'T REQUIRE THE ADU TO HAVE FIRE SPRINKLERS.
I THINK I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YEAR FIRE SPRINKLERS BECAME MANDATORY.
BUT IF THERE ARE OLDER HOMES UP THERE, YOU CAN'T MAKE THOSE ADUS HAVE FIRE SPRINKLERS.
YOU'D BE STUPID NOT [LAUGHTER]
>> I THINK TO DO IT, BUT THAT'S IT.
FRONT YARD YES, HOAS WE DON'T REGULATE THEM, BUT THERE WAS A STATE LAW SAYING THEY COULDN'T PROHIBIT THEM.
WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKING, THE FEES.
>> I THINK IT WAS THE GARAGES ALSO, YES ABSOLUTELY.
>> THAT'S IN THE LETTER, THAT'S CONVERSIONS.
>> RIGHT. STATE LAW WAS SPECIFICALLY AMENDED TO SAY BOTH ADUS, NJ ADUS, GO INTO A GARAGE CONVERSION.
>> I GOT A QUESTION, AND I GET ALL THAT, ABOUT THE HOAS I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME IMPERIAL OBJECTIVE REASON IF WE CAN GET CREATIVE ON THAT REGARDING THE HOAS AND HAVING THEIR AUTHORITY TO BE ABLE TO NOT PREVENT, BUT WAS THE TERM IMPERIAL OBJECTIVE REASON AS TO WHY NOT YOU PUT A 800 SQUARE FOR ADU SMACK DAB IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S RESIDENTS.
THAT'S A PROBLEM. WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE FOR US HERE TO COME BACK AND GET A LITTLE MORE IN DEPTH ON THAT AND ESPECIALLY AT LEAST FIVE COMMUNITIES THERE, FIVE THEY HAVE HOAS AND SO [OVERLAPPING]
>> TALK AGAIN, MR. AMIRA, IF I GET ADDRESSES, WE DON'T CONTROL WHAT HOAS CAN OR CAN'T DO.
>> WE CAN'T DO THAT THROUGH OUR CODE.
THE STATE LAW REQUIRES WHATEVER IT REQUIRES FROM HOAS TO APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE.
BUT THAT ISN'T WITHIN OUR JURISDICTION OR OUR AUTHORITY.
THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT AS HOA MEMBERS, YOU NEED TO CALL YOUR LEGISLATOR BECAUSE THAT SHOULD BE [OVERLAPPING]
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[OVERLAPPING]>> THEY'RE THE ONES YOU CAN CONTROL WHAT IS IN THESE LAWS AND WHAT ISN'T IN THESE LAWS, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T.
>> BUT FOR CLARIFICATION, IF SOMEBODY CAME INTO PLANNING THAT LIVES IN AN HOA, WANTS TO PUT IN THE ADU, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO THAT'S GOING TO PREVENT THAT?
>> NO IF THEY MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ADU AND THE LOT SIZE AND THE SETBACK.
>> JUST THINKING ABOUT THIS UNIT IN THE FRONT TYPE OF DEAL, THAT'S THE WAY LA VERNE WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED.
PEOPLE WOULD BUY A LOT, THEY BUILD A SMALL HOUSE IN THE BACK, AND THEN LATER BUILD THEIR HOME IN THE FRONT BACK IN THE EARLY 1900S.
THAT'S THE WAY LA VERNE WAS BUILT.
>> ACTUALLY, I HAVE A FEW OF THOSE WHICH ARE DUPLEXES, BUT AGAIN, THE SETBACKS ARE WIDE, ALTHOUGH MY ONE RENTAL IS A FIVE-FOOT BETWEEN THE TWO [INAUDIBLE] EIGHT-FOOT BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES BUT SETBACKS ON THE SIDES ARE VERY MINIMAL, BUT THAT WAS THREE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? GOOD COMMENTS.
>> I DON'T HAVE QUESTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION.
COMMENT THOUGH, I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THIS COUNCIL, WE REALLY TALKED ABOUT ADUS, AND THEN BROUGHT IN WAS BECAUSE THE EXTREME FIRE HAZARD THAT THEY COULD NOT BE PUT ON THERE.
TWO YEARS LATER, THE STATE CHANGES IT AND COMES BACK AND THIS COMES IN BOARD NOW, ONLY TWO YEARS LATER.
WHERE EIGHT HOMES NORTH OF BASELINE WAS EXEMPT FROM ANY ADUS, A HOME SOUTH THE BASELINE, THEY WERE NOT.
WHAT COMES TO SAY IN ANOTHER TWO YEARS, THEN IN ALL YOUR CC, OURS ARE GO AWAY BECAUSE THE STATE IS DOING THAT.
THIS ISN'T THE CITY, WE WOULD FIGHT AGAINST US IF WE COULD.
BUT WE STAND WHERE WE HAD A SENATOR HERE TONIGHT TALKING ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL AND TRYING TO BRING BACK TO LOCAL CONTROL.
WE HAVE A PLACE THAT I KNOW PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER TONIGHT TOO, THIS PLACE WHERE LOCAL CONTROL IT'S TAKEN AWAY.
THIS CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING IS A GREAT CONVERSATION TO HAVE BECAUSE IT SHOWS WHAT WE CAN DO AND WHAT WE CAN'T AND WHAT WE NEED TO GET BACK.
WE NEED TO BRING THAT POWER BACK SO THAT YOU HAVE THE POWER TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS.
RIGHT NOW, YOUR POWER TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS WERE WITH YOU ON THOSE CONCERNS BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT POWER EITHER.
PEOPLE HIDE BEHIND LARGER STATES, FIVE SUPERVISORS FOR ALL OF LA COUNTY REPRESENTATION IS NOT THERE.
THE LOCAL CONTROL REPRESENTATION WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO US, KNOCK ON OUR DOORS, CALL US ON THE PHONE, WE'RE HERE.
BUT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THAT POWER, WE GOT TO GET THAT POWER BACK FOR YOUR DISTRICTS FOR THE STUFF TOO.
I KNOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO WAIVE FURTHER READING, WHY WE HAVE THAT?
>> THAT'S A NORMAL PROVISION WHEN WE APPROVE AN ORDINANCE, OTHERWISE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO READ IT OUT LOUD FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, THE WHOLE THING.
>> THERE'S NOT WAVING FOR A SECOND READING?
>> WAIT A MINUTE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU WANTED TO PROVISION ADDED, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN INTRODUCE IT TONIGHT.
I NEED A BREAK TO LOOK AT WHERE WE WOULD PUT THAT PROVISION IN.
I CAN PROBABLY FIGURE IT OUT IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AND WE COULD INTRODUCE IT WITH THAT AMENDMENT.
>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRUDENT IF WE COULD DO THAT TONIGHT AND THEN IF WE'RE GOING TO TAKE OUT THE CAR SHARE VEHICLE, THAT WOULD BE SUBSECTION E OF SUBSECTION 6.
>> ACTUALLY, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND [OVERLAPPING].
>> I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND YOU DON'T TAKE OUT THE MANDATORY LANGUAGE BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE AT HCD RIGHT NOW WHO ARE GOING THROUGH ORDINANCES AND THEY'RE CHECKING BOXES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT PROVISION, AS RIDICULOUS AS IT SEEMS, [OVERLAPPING]
>> THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO SEND
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OUR ORDINANCE UP TO THEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY YOU DON'T COMPLY WITH STATE LAW.EVEN THOUGH IT'S MEANINGLESS AND IT'S CLUTTER IN THINKING ABOUT THIS AND IT HAS FIVE MINUTES, I'D RECOMMEND KEEPING IT IN.
>> REDUNDANT. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'LL GO AHEAD.
>> YOU SAID YOU'D NEED 5 MINUTES.
>> IF I HAVE 5 MINUTES TO JUST LOOK THROUGH THE ORDINANCE, WE CAN TAKE A BREAK AS TO WHERE TO PUT IN THE LANGUAGE.
I'D SAY GO TO THE NEXT HEARING, BUT THAT'S [LAUGHTER]
>> WE WANT TO TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THIS. GO AHEAD.
>> CAN YOU WORK ON THAT LANGUAGE MAYBE?
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK, LIKE CAN WE GO TO THE NEXT ITEM, WORK ON THAT, BRING IT BACK?
>> JUST KIDDING. LAST ITEM THEN.
WE DO HAVE ANOTHER ITEM AFTER SB9.
>> WE COULD SKIP TO THE CHAMBER.
>> WE CAN SKIP TO THE OTHER MATTERS, WHICH IS TWO ITEMS UNDER THAT: THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR FINANCIAL AUDITING AND THEN THE CHAMBER AGREEMENT.
WHY DON'T WE DO THAT? DO I NEED TO CLOSE THIS OR JUST KEEP IT? WE'RE JUST GOING TO OPEN IT WHEN [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THE OTHER MATTERS.
[OTHER MATTERS (Part 1 of 2)]
>> WE HAVE TWO OTHER MATTERS, THE FIRST, THE DRAFT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT FINANCIAL AUDITING SERVICES RESIDENTIAL NUMBER 23-26. MR. DOMER.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP KRISTI LOPEZ FOR THIS ITEM.
JUST TO PREFACE BEFORE SHE GIVES UP HERE, WE HAVE HAD OUR CURRENT EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR MORE THAN FIVE YEARS.
WE WENT OUT FOR AN RFP TO A SOLICITS BECAUSE THAT'S A GOOD PRACTICE.
WE HAD THREE PEOPLE COME IN, WE RATED THEM.
I'M GOING TO LET KRISTI LOPEZ FINISH.
>> GOOD EVENING, FINANCE DIRECTOR LOPEZ.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT I'M HERE WITH REPORT RECOMMENDING A PROFESSIONAL AGREEMENT WITH BADAWI AND ASSOCIATES FOR AUDIT SERVICES FOR THE FISCAL YEARS OF 2023 THROUGH 2027.
THE CITY'S CURRENT AUDITORS HAVE AUDITED THE CITY'S FINANCIALS SINCE 2011.
AS A RESULT OF TWO FORMAL BID PROCESSES, IN MARCH OF 2023, THE CITY ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS SOLICITING AUDITED SERVICES.
THE CITY RECEIVED THREE BIDS FROM THREE QUALIFIED FIRMS, INCLUDING THE CITY'S CURRENT FIRM.
BEST PRACTICES, AS KEN MENTIONED, BY THE GOVERNMENT FINANCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS A CHANGE IN AUDIT SERVICES EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WHILE OUR CURRENT FIRM IS THE LOWEST COST BY A SMALL AMOUNT, THE RECOMMENDED FIRM, BADAWI AND ASSOCIATES DEMONSTRATED A COMPETITIVE FEE STRUCTURE AND IS ONLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER, AND CHANGING FIRMS WOULD MEET THE RECOMMENDED BEST PRACTICES.
ONE THING I DO WANT TO ADD IS THIS YEAR, AS RECOMMENDED BY KEN, WE HAVE ADDED INTO OUR AUDIT PROPOSAL SOME AGREED UPON PROCEDURES.
WHAT THAT WOULD DO IS EVERY YEAR WE WOULD CHOOSE TWO AGREED UPON PROCEDURES.
ONE WOULD BE TO LOOK AT CONTRACTS, SEE HOW THE CONTRACT FROM BEGINNING TO END, HOW IT WAS DONE, LOOKING AT CREDIT CARDS.
IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF AREAS THAT WE MAY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL JUST REVIEW OVER.
WE HAVE INCLUDED THAT IN OUR CURRENT PROPOSAL.
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH BADAWI AND ASSOCIATES, WHICH WILL BE A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION FOR THIS AGREEMENT.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR FINANCE DIRECTOR LOPEZ?
>> AS FAR AS THE FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT, IS THERE ANY SPECIAL REASON WHY IT'S A FIVE-YEAR CONTRACT?
THAT'S WHAT'S BEST PRACTICE IS.
I WILL SAY THAT THE INITIAL YEAR WHEN YOU CHANGE AUDITORS, IT IS VERY TAXING, SO I'M NOT SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE CITY.
THEY HAVE TO LOOK AT EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL THING.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SCAN EVERYTHING.
REALLY CHANGING EVERY FIVE YEARS.
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JUST FOR THE WORK THAT'S INVOLVED, I THINK IS WHY IT'S A BEST PRACTICE, AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE CONTINUING OR WE'RE RECOMMENDING.>> THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL GO OUT INTO PUBLIC COMMENT. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DESK.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? COUNCIL QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST APPLAUD KRISTI AND MR. DOMER FOR GOING OUT AND REALLY LOOKING AT THIS.
KNOW HOW HARD IT'S GOING TO BE.
ALSO KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S GONE, ALL THE AUDITORS IS GONE ON ZOOM AND YOU HAVE TO UPLOAD EVERYTHING TO THEM NOW INSTEAD OF REALLY THEM COMING IN AND JUST JOIN THEM THE WORK.
IT'S LOT MORE WORK FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT AND APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING.
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COUNCILMAN JOHNSON?
>> I APPLAUD US GOING OUT FOR THESE CONTRACTS, FOR ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTS, WHETHER IT'D BE THIS OR TRASH SERVICES OR ANY OF THE OTHERS.
I KNOW TRASH. WE HAD A TEN-YEAR CONTRACT AND IT SEEMS RIDICULOUSLY LONG.
I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. THANK YOU.
>> HOW CAN I TAP THAT ONE? I ALSO WANT TO ECHO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR PRO TEM THAT I DO LIKE REVIEWING CONTRACTS AS MINUS DIRECTOR LOPEZ KNOWS AND ALSO MR. DOMER THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE VIEW OUR CONTRACTS.
AS THEY SAY IN MANY OLD SCHOOL, WITH THE BEST CLOCK FOR YOUR BUCK.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE REVIEW THAT.
YOU LIKE THAT, DON'T YOU? SAY WHAT THE HECK IS THIS? IT IS.
NO, CLOCK FOR YOUR BUCK. KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN.
COME ON, I'M THE GUY. BUT NO, SERIOUSLY, I APPRECIATE THAT.
NEW OTHER THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ON NO, MR. DOMER AND YOU YOURSELF ARE GOING TO REVIEW WE'RE GOING TO BE REVIEWING MORE CONTRACTS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE STAFF TIME AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A TRANSITION, BUT IT'S TIME TO MOVE ON AND TRY SOMEONE NEW AND JUST MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE ON OUR FINANCE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WITH THAT, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION.
>> WE'LL HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING THAT.
>> THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED BY VOTE.
>> MR. MAYOR, I BELIEVE WE'RE READY TO RETURN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS (Part 2 of 2)]
>> WELL, WE'RE PAYING HER TO BE HERE.
>> WE'RE ALL GOING TO PUT UP TOGETHER.
>> THANK YOU. WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR ITEM. THANK YOU.
>> WE'RE SUGGESTING ADDING TO SUB SECTION I6, WHICH WAS THE PARKING SECTION, A NEW SUBSECTION G, WHICH WOULD SAY IF A PARKING SPACE IS NOT REQUIRED, THEN THE OWNER OF THE UNITS SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THAT FACT IN ANY RENTAL AGREEMENT.
>> THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS FROM THE DEUS?
>> WITH THAT CHANGE, WE'RE ABLE TO VOTE ON ITEM TONIGHT?
>> YES, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH INTRODUCTION AND BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVER OF FURTHER READING.
THAT WOULD BE AN INTRODUCTION. IT'LL COME BACK FOR ADOPTION.
>> I'M GOING TO ECHO WHAT MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY SAID.
WE'RE LOSING CONTROL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
WITH BETWEEN SEQUA AND OUR STATE MANDATING RAPIDLY HOUSING, WE NEED TO GATHER NOW AND TALK TO A HIGHER ELECTIVES NOW AS A COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THERE'S OTHER COMMUNITIES WITH, AS MR. CROSBY HAD MENTIONED, THE 740 FOOT HILL, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND WITH OUR RESIDENCES TRYING TO DISMANTLE OUR BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITIES.
I KNOW IT'S TOUGH, BUT I THINK AT THIS POINT, LIKE A LOT OF THE LAWS THAT COME ABOUT AND YOU FIND OUT AFTER A WHILE, THESE ARE REALLY BAD.
I THINK WE NEED TO, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY SAID, WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR SENATORS, OUR CONGRESS PEOPLE.
WE NEED TO TALK TO OUR ASSEMBLY MEMBERS THAT IT'S TIME TO GAIN BACK CONTROL TO OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE OTHERWISE,
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AS MS. ANDERSON STATED, WE COULD DESTROY OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.WE ALL MOVED IN OUR COMMUNITIES BECAUSE WE LOVE THEM.
WE LOVE OUR HOUSES, WE LIKE THE BIG LOTS, AUDS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL IN A LOT OF CASES BECAUSE IT DOES SERVE A PURPOSE.
BUT IT SERVES A PURPOSE FOR THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME AND WHERE IT GOES.
I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
WITH THAT, MR. JOHNSON, I HAVE A MOTION.
>> IT'S AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE ZONING PROVISIONS OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
>> I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUTTING THIS FORWARD TO US.
I KNOW IT WASN'T AN EASY ONE, BUT THANK THEM AND ALL THE STAFF FOR THEIR TIME.
>> THAT MOTION CARRIED 401 WITH COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA DISSENTING.
>> VERY GOOD. WE MOVE ON TO SB 9. MR. DOMER.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD PARKER STRING FELLOW FROM OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYORS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
ON SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2021, GOVERNOR NEWSOM SIGNED SENATE BILL 9, SB 9, INTO LAW, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
SB 9 ADDS TWO SECTIONS TO THE GOVERNMENT CODE RELATING TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING.
THE TWO SECTIONS REQUIRE THAT LOCAL AGENCIES MINISTERIALY APPROVE A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OF NO MORE THAN TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND OR A PARCEL MAP FOR AN URBAN LOT SPLIT WHEN BOTH MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS.
TONIGHT WE ARE DOING A FIRST READING ON ORDINANCE NUMBER 1117, WHICH WOULD ESTABLISH THE OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR SB 9 TWO UNITS AND URBAN LOT SPLIT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
STUDY SESSIONS WERE HELD LAST YEAR IN 2022 WITH BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL TO SUMMARIZE SB 9 AND TO INTRODUCE THIS STATE REQUIREMENTS.
THE NEXT FEW SLIDES OF THE PRESENTATION ARE TO REMIND COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO ARE SITTING LAST YEAR THE BASICS OF SB 9 AND TO GIVE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGISLATION.
JUST FOR THE COUNCIL'S INFORMATION AS OF THIS EVENING, THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AND APPROVED TWO APPLICATIONS FOR SB 9 DEVELOPMENTS IN LA VERNE, ONE LAST YEAR AND ONE THIS YEAR.
STATE LAW ALLOWS CITIES TO IMPOSE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS ON PROPOSED SB 9 PROJECTS PROVIDED THAT THOSE STANDARDS DO NOT PRECLUDE AT LEAST TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS OF AT LEAST 800 SQUARE FEET FROM BEING CONSTRUCTED OR EXISTING ON THE LOT OR LOTS IN QUESTION.
DURING THE STUDY SESSION LAST YEAR, COUNCIL PROVIDED DIRECTION AND COMMENTS TO STAFF ON THE DESIRED ZONING, SUBDIVISION, AND DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WOULD GOVERN THESE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY VIA THE OPTION OF A FUTURE ORDINANCE [LAUGHTER]
>> THIS SLIDE IS A CATCH-ALL, HIGHLIGHTS THE BASIC STATE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS THAT APPLY FOR SB 9 PROJECTS.
THESE STANDARDS HAVE NOT CHANGED SINCE THE STUDY SESSION LAST YEAR, SO JUST TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE SB 9 EXCLUSION AREAS THAT APPLY IN THE CITY ARE OPEN SPACE PROPERTIES WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY LANDS IDENTIFIED FOR CONSERVATION, HABITAT FOR PROTECTED SPECIES, OR LANDS UNDER CONSERVATION EASEMENT.
ALSO EXCLUDED ARE PARCELS WITHIN A HISTORIC DISTRICT ON THE STATE HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY AND DESIGNATED AS A CITY LANDMARK OR HISTORIC PROPERTY PURSUANT TO CITY ORDINANCE.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY APPROXIMATELY 25 MALES ACT PROPERTIES IN THE CITY WHERE SB 9 DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE INHERENTLY RESTRICTED BECAUSE OF THAT.
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ALSO EXCLUDED ARE PROPERTIES THAT RENT TO AFFORDABLE INCOME LEVELS ARE SUBJECT TO RENT CONTROL OR HAS BEEN OCCUPIED BY A RENTER IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND THESE CANNOT BE ALTERED OR DEMOLISHED.SOME OF THE KEY PROVISIONS ARE THAT TWO UNITS MUST BE ALLOWED OF AT LEAST 800 SQUARE FEET EACH IF ASKED FOR IT, AND LOTS SPLITS OF A DIFFERENCE OF NO GREATER THAN 60 AND 40% IN TERMS OF SIZING MUST ALSO BE ALLOWED AND TO CLARIFY, EACH PARCEL CAN ONLY BE SPLIT ONCE.
ADUS CAN ALSO BE BUILT ON TWO UNIT LOTS, BUT NOT ON LOTS THAT UTILIZE THE LOT SPLIT PROVISIONS OF SB 9.
AGAIN, TO WALK YOU THROUGH THAT, A MAXIMUM OF THREE RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHICH WOULD BE TWO PRIMARY SB 9 UNITS AND AN ADU WOULD BE ALLOWED ON A LOT THAT IS NOT SPLIT UNDER SB 9, AND NO MORE THAN FOUR RESIDENTIAL UNITS WOULD BE ALLOWED ON A SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE LOT TWO PRIMARY SB 9 UNITS ON EACH.
NO ADUS BE ALLOWABLE IN THAT SITUATION.
CITIES CAN REQUIRE MINIMUM FOREFOOT SETBACKS FROM PROPERTY LINES.
ONE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT CAN BE REQUIRED ON THE LOT UNLESS THE PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN A ONE-HALF MILE WALKING DISTANCE OF A HIGH-QUALITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR, SIMILAR TO THE ADU ONE THAT WE JUST REVIEWED.
SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTIES ARE NOT ALLOWED ON SB 9, DEVELOPMENT PROPERTIES, AND THE OWNER MUST INTEND TO OCCUPY THE PROPERTY FOR AT LEAST THREE YEARS AND THE OWNER CANNOT SPLIT ADJACENT PARCELS OR WORK IN CONCERT WITH SOMEONE WHO WOULD SPLIT AN ADJACENT PARCEL.
ONE THING THAT'S ALSO NOT LISTED ON THERE SPECIFICALLY DENIAL IS SB 9 DOES PROVIDE THAT THE BUILDING OFFICIAL MAY DENY AN SB 9 PROJECT BASED ON A PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE, WHICH IS MORE THAN 50%, THAT THE PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OR LOT SPLIT WOULD HAVE A SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT UPON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OR THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT WHERE THERE IS NO FEASIBLE MITIGATION.
THE ADVERSE IMPACT MEANS A SIGNIFICANT, QUANTIFIABLE, DIRECT, AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACT BASED ON OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.
NEXT, THE COUNCIL MEMBERS LAST YEAR MAY RECOGNIZE THIS VISUAL.
IT IS OF A RANDOM BLOCK IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEMONSTRATING HOW SB 9 MIGHT APPLY TO THESE PROPERTIES.
AS A QUICK REVIEW, THE AREA THAT'S BLOCKED OUT IN RED IN THE CENTER OF THOSE PROPERTIES REPRESENTS THE RANGE OF SPACE WHERE AN APPLICANT MAY SPLIT THE LOT ACCORDING TO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS UNDER SB 9.
THE LOTS THAT CONTAIN AN X ABOVE THE HOUSE INDICATE THAT MAJOR ALTERATION OR DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE MUST OCCUR IF AN APPLICANT WERE TO PROPOSE A LOT SPLIT.
BECAUSE OF THOSE LIMITATIONS, SB 9 LOT SPLITS ARE MOSTLY NOT FEASIBLE FOR THAT PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, TWO UNIT DEVELOPMENTS COULD POSSIBLY BE APPROVED AS WELL AS ADUS IF THE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
THE LOTS CONTAINING A QUESTION MARK ARE THOSE WHERE THE EXISTING STRUCTURES ARE LOCATED SUCH THAT THE LOT SPLIT COULD BE FEASIBLE DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY SPLIT AND IF IT MEETS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS, OF COURSE.
THESE LOT SPLITS COULD ALSO OPEN UP THE WAFER TWO UNIT DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
AGAIN, THIS VISUAL IS REPRESENTATIVE ONLY TWO UNITS TO CONVEY THAT SP 9 PROJECTS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, SINCE EVERY PROPERTY IS DIFFERENT FROM EVERY OTHER ONE.
THEREFORE, THE SUCCESS THAT APPLICANTS MAY HAVE WHEN APPLYING SB 9 PROVISIONS TO THE PROPERTIES VARY WIDELY, AND WILL BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED BY STAFF WHEN SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW.
BASED ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL DURING THE STUDY SESSION LAST YEAR, STAFF HAS CREATED THIS LISTED ORDER OF PRIORITIZED STANDARDS.
THE IDEA BEHIND THIS LIST IS TO APPLY AS MANY OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS POSSIBLE TO SB 9 PROJECTS AND PRESERVE CURRENT LA VERNE'S ZONING STANDARDS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WHILE STILL ALLOWING FOR SB 9 DEVELOPMENT THAT THE STATE REQUIRES US TO ALLOW.
IN ANY GIVEN PROJECT PROPOSAL, THE CITY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO APPLY ALL OF THE STANDARDS LISTED AND THEREFORE WOULD WAIVE THE STANDARDS THAT DON'T ALLOW THE TWO UNITS, THE MINIMUM 800 SQUARE FEET UNITS TO BE BUILT IF THEY ARE REQUESTED.
THE FIRST STANDARD THE CITY WOULD RAVE ON THIS LIST WOULD BE THE 10 FEET MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE TO PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY, WHICH WOULD EITHER BE A STREET OR AN ALLEYWAY.
IF THE CITY WAVE THIS REQUIREMENT, IT COULD STILL REQUIRE AN ACCESS EASEMENT THROUGH THE LOT WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR THE NEWLY CREATED LOT.
THE LAST STANDARD THAT THE CITY WOULD WANT TO WAVE WOULD BE THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST, THE FRONTYARD SETBACK AS REQUIRED BY THE UNDERLYING ZONE.
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AS THIS OBJECTIVE STANDARD IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAINING THE LOOK AND FEEL OF LA VERNE SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONES.BASED ON THE GUIDANCE FROM CITY LEGAL COUNSEL IN SIMILARITY TO THE ADU ORDINANCE UPDATE, STAFF IS NO LONGER PROPOSING TO RESTRICT SB 9 DEVELOPMENT IN THE VERY HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE SINCE BUILDING CODES WORK TO MITIGATE BY OUR CONCERN.
BUT OF COURSE, THIS MEANS THAT ANY PROPOSED PROJECT IN THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY WOULD STILL BE REVIEWED AGAINST THE BASIC STANDARDS OF SB 9 AND OF COURSE, LA VERNE SB 9 ORDINANCE AS IT WERE ADOPTED TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF APPROVAL.
ALSO, THIS ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO THE SPECIFIC PROVISIONS OF SB 9, WHICH PROVIDES THAT AN ORDINANCE ADOPTED TO THAT STATUTE IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
>> ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED AT THIS TIME.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THE DRAFT SB 9 ORDINANCE AT THEIR JULIE NOTICE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 26TH, 2023, AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 1302, WHICH RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REVIEW AND APPROVE THE DRAFT ORDINANCE.
THEREFORE, STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY AND WAVE FURTHER READING OF ORDINANCE 1117, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LA VERNE, MODIFYING TITLE 16 AND TITLE 18 OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE BILL 9 RELATING TO THE CREATION OF URBAN LOT SPLITS INTO RESIDENTIAL UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
THIS CONCLUDES THE REPORT AND MYSELF, AND OF COURSE, DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY, LISA CRANNIES, ARE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE UNTIL YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? MR. JOHNSON?
>> GOOD. WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DO NOT APPROVE THIS?
>> IT'S THE SAME. THE STATE LAW APPLIES REGARDLESS.
THEN YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, BUT YOU HAVE TO ALLOW UP TO FOUR UNITS PER THE ORIGINAL LOT.
>> BUT WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
>> IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN SB 9 ORDINANCE.
>> LET SAY THEY WILL LET YOU BUILD FOREVER
>> CAN WE JUST SAY DITTO FROM THE LAST ONE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT I MEAN, WE'D NEED TO HAVE SOME CONTROL. THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING.
I'M NOT THE SMARTEST GUY IN THE ROOM, BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S NO LEGAL PROVISION THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THERE TO GIVE SOME SORT OF CONTROL TO THE CITIZENS OR TO THOSE IN THE HOA OR ANYTHING [OVERLAPPING]
>> ACTUALLY, WHAT WE HAVE IN HERE IS THE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY THAT WE ARE ALLOWED.
IF WE DON'T ADOPT THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THAT CONTROLS AS MUCH AS WE CAN CONTROL, THAT IT DEFAULTS TO THE STATE AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL.
>> I WILL SAY FOR SB 9S RIGHT NOW, HOA STILL HAVE CONTROL.
WHO KNOWS IN TWO YEARS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO? BUT RIGHT NOW AN HOA COULD PROHIBIT SB 9 LOT DEVELOPMENT.
THE 40, 60 PIECE ON THE LOT THAT TOO, IT COULD ONLY BE SPLIT, SO IF YOUR HOME GOES ACROSS THAT 40, 60 LINE, YOU CANNOT SPLIT YOUR PROPERTY.
>> CORRECT. THE STATE LAW ALLOWS US TO REQUIRE 10 FOOT DIRECT ACCESS, WHICH IS WHAT STAFF WOULD LIKE TO REQUIRE.
HOWEVER, IN PLACES WHERE THAT'S NOT FEASIBLE, THE STATE DOES ALLOW US TO REQUIRE AT LEAST THE ACCESS EASEMENT.
AGAIN, THE IDEA BEHIND WANTING TO REQUIRE THAT 10 FOOT ACTUAL LIKE THE LAW OF LOOK LIKE A FLAG WHILE WOULD BE TO FIX SOME OF THOSE MESSY ISSUES WHERE PROPERTY PASSES FROM ONE OWNER TO ANOTHER AND ACCESS EASEMENTS ARE LESS UNDERSTOOD AT THAT POINT ARE NOT VERY WELL DISCLOSED TO BOTH NUMBERS.
THAT'S THE IDEA BEHIND THAT SUCH PLAN.
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>> IF IT FALLS WITHIN SOME OF THE EXCLUSIONS.
>> FISHING GAME AND SOME OTHER ONES.
>> IT HASN'T CRITERIA, IT'S JUST STATEMENT.
>> THOSE PROBABLY AREN'T LOTS THAT COULD BE SUBDIVIDED BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DON'T HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THEM TO BEGIN WITH.
>> THAT'S UNDER B4 AND THEN IN THAT SECTION, BUT A COUPLE OF A REMINDER, I GUESS, THAT I KNOW THAT STAFF ALLUDED TO AT THE BEGINNING, BUT JUST TO REFRESH EVERYONE'S RECOLLECTION, THIS DID COME BEFORE COUNCIL LAST YEAR, AND BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, IN WHAT WAYS CAN WE REST CONTROL IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS, I DON'T WANT TO SEE DIFFICULTIES, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL AS POSSIBLE UNDER THE PARADIGM THAT WE'RE OPERATING UNDER IS EXACTLY WHY WE PRIORITIZE THE ITEMS THAT WE PRIORITIZED.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LIST THAT WAS ON THE SLIDE, THAT WAS THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL TO SAY, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL AS POSSIBLE IN SAYING WHAT CAN OR CAN'T GO IN, SO THAT WAS JUST MY FIRST POINT.
MY SECOND ONE SIMILAR TO THE LAST ONE THAT WE JUST DID UNDER SECTION C7, WHERE IT TALKS ABOUT PARKING SPACE, CAN WE JUST INSERT THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT IF ONE OF THE PARCELS IS, IF YOU DO SPLIT IT AND YOU RENT ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE A PRIMARY RESIDENT AND THE OTHER ONE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO RENT THE OTHER ONE THAT YOU NEED TO DISCLOSE THAT?
>> AT LEAST THE PACKET PAGE IS 171.
>> UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, IT'S SPLITTING THE LAW WOULD STILL REQUIRE AT LEAST ONE SPACE PER UNIT.
BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS IF THERE IS AN ALSO AN ADU.
>> IT SAYS THIS DOES NOT APPLY IN EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING INSTANCES.
IF THE PARCEL IS LOCATED WITHIN ONE-HALF MILE, BLAH, BLAH CARSHARING VEHICLE, SO IF WE CAN JUST ADD SAME LANGUAGE.
>> IT WOULD BE C7 SUB C, [OVERLAPPING]
>> 171. IT'S THE SECOND ONE IN THE IDENTITY, CORRECT?
>> THE CHILDREN HAD HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
>> MAYBE A, B AND THEN C WOULD BE THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> BUT THAT'S UNDERSTOOD. SETBACKS FROM PARAGRAPH.
>> THAT WOULD ONLY BE IN TITLE CASE.
>> WE HAVE TWO ACTIVE LOT SPLITS, IS THAT CORRECT? TWO PERMITS.
>> YES. ONLY TWO APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE BEEN APPROVED AT THIS POINT, I BELIEVE GAME FINAL HIS APPROVAL JUST RECENTLY IN.
>> JUST THE GENERAL IDEA, WHERE IN LA VERNE?
>> BOTH OF THEM ARE ONES ON THE WEST SIDE SOUTH OF THE TWO TONNE GABRIEL'S EXAM? [NOISE] [LAUGHTER]
>> NO. I JUST WANT GENERALIZATIONS.
>> THE SECOND ONE IS LOCATED DOWN SOUTH OF THE CITY ALONG SEARCH TREE.
>> OBVIOUSLY, THE LOTS ARE BIG ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
>> CORRECT, AND OBVIOUSLY PAST THE MASTER OF WHAT YOU GUYS THE CRITERIAS THAT WE'RE USING RIGHT NOW THAT IF WE ADOPT TONIGHT.
>> WE'RE USING THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS RIGHT NOW SINCE WE DON'T HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
>> VERY GOOD. I THINK WE SHOULD, GO AHEAD.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY, I THINK ACROSS THE BOARD CITIES HAVE NOT SEEN THE SB 9 APPLICATIONS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY FEARED AND DEVELOPED.
>> I THINK WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE TOO.
WE HAVE OUR ECONOMY, BUT ALSO CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE GONE OFF THE CHARTS, AND IT TAKES A LARGE UNDERTAKING TO DO THAT.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO, ESPECIALLY YOU HAVE TO DEMOLISH AND DO THE OTHER THING.
LIKE I SAID, CONSTRUCTIONS 50, 60 PERCENT, IF NOT 100 PERCENT MORE THAN IT USED TO BE.
THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST CONCERN WE WERE DISCUSSING WITH KATE REALITY WHEN DIRECTOR SHEAR WAS THERE.
LET'S LOOK AT REALITY HERE. WE DON'T LIKE IT.
SOMETHING WE NEED TO FIGHT FOR IT AT SOME TIME.
AGAIN TO SAY, LET'S THROTTLE BACK THIS TRYING TO DESTROY THE COMPLEXY AND THE MAKEUP OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT WAS HOW MANY? IT WAS LIKE PROBABLY NOT A LOT, BUT MAYBE TOO MANY.
BUT ANYWAY I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY STOP AND OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I MIGHT BRING IT BACK UP AGAIN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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>> AT THIS POINT, WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM RECORDS.
WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DEUS.
ANY OTHER FINAL COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE ON THIS MOTION? I JUST WANTED TO TELL STAFF THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THOSE IT'S BEEN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HARD WORK.
BUT WE AT YOUR DUE DILIGENCE AND WATCH CLOSELY ON THESE ITEMS AND WE'VE GOT SOME THINGS IN PLACE, WHICH IS PROBABLY A VERY GOOD THING, AND WE'RE GOING TO MODIFY THAT ONE.
WE CAN MODIFY THAT ONE AND ACCEPT THAT MOTION 9 FOR FURTHER READING.
IS THAT CORRECT? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. MAKE A MOTION.
>> THE TITLE OF THE ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE 1117, AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF LA VERNE, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, MODIFYING TITLE 16 SUBDIVISIONS AND TITLE 18 ZONING OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF SENATE BILL 9 RELATING TO THE CREATION OF URBAN LOT SPLITS IN TWO RESIDENTIAL UNIT DEVELOPMENT AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM SEQUENCE.
>> MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.
>> THAT MOTION CARRIED BY VOTE.
>> THANK YOU, STAFF. NOW WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> CERTAINLY, WE LOVE YOU. NOW, LET'S SEE.
[OTHER MATTERS (Part 2 of 2)]
WE MOVE ON TO THE SECOND MATTER, WHICH IS A DRAFT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MR. DOMER.>> THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP LEAH FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
>> GOOD EVENING. FOR THE 2022-2023 CITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, THE CHAMBER HAS SUBMITTED ALL REPORTS AND MET ALL FOUR CONDITIONS AS SET AND REQUIRED BY THE DEADLINES.
THE CONTRACT BETWEEN THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR HAS NOT CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY.
IT WAS ADDED LAST YEAR THAT THE CHAMBER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CANDIDATE'S FORUM THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS INCLUDING SOME OTHER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ITEMS THAT THE CHAMBER DOES ON A REGULAR BASIS.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THIS PAST YEAR, WE AGAIN HOSTED OUR ANNUAL TASTE LA VERNE, AND JOIN THAT WITH THE RESTAURANT WEEK.
WE HAD OVER 20 RESTAURANTS PARTICIPATING.
SAVE THE DATE, OCTOBER 18, 2024, FOR NEXT YEAR.
WE SPONSORED THE SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY OR RAFFLE EVENT.
IT PRODUCED OVER $20,000 IN SINGLE DAY SALES.
WE AWARDED PARTICIPANTS $500 IN SHOP LA VERNE GIFT CARDS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO GO BACK AND SHOP LA VERNE.
WE HELD OUR FOURTH ANNUAL EXCELLENCE IN LA VERNE BUSINESS OF YEAR AWARD AND RECOGNIZED FIVE OUTSTANDING BUSINESSES, PARTICIPATED IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE WITH OUR SHOP LA VERNE MESSAGING, AND THIS YEAR WE ALSO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR ONLINE BEST OF LA VERNE VOTING.
WE HAD OVER 4,000 VOTERS, 120,000 VOTES CAST, AND 75 CATEGORIES RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST IN LA VERNE.
THE GOAL OF THAT PROGRAM WAS TO ENCOURAGE EXPLORATION AND SUMMER SHOPPING.
OUR CHAMBER AMBASSADORS WELCOME 39 NON-HOME-BASED BUSINESSES, NEW BUSINESSES IN LA VERNE AND HAND-DELIVERED WELCOME PACKETS.
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY MADE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AND AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF PLANNING, WE'RE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THEM.
WE REPLACED OUR PRINCIPAL FOR A DAY, WHICH WAS A WONDERFUL FEEL-GOOD EVENT, BUT WE WERE WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO PERFORM MORE MEANINGFUL EVENTS.
WE HOSTED OUR INAUGURAL MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER FAIR.
WE INVITED LOCAL BUSINESSES TO PARTICIPATE WITH OUR SIXTH, SEVENTH, AND EIGHTH GRADERS.
IT WAS HONESTLY ONE OF THE MOST FUN DAYS I'VE EVER HAD IN THIS POSITION.
I HAD THE BEST CONVERSATION WITH A SIXTH GRADER WHOSE GOAL IS TO BE A ENGINEER, THE ONE THAT PAYS THE MOST.
HE EXPECTS TO MAKE $50-100 AN HOUR AND WORK 5-6 HOURS A WEEK.
>> THAT WAS A FANTASTIC OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY REACH THESE KIDS AT THAT AGE AS
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THEY START PLANNING FOR THEIR CAREERS IN THE FUTURE.WE PARTNERED WITH THE SAN DIMAS CHAMBERLAIN, THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WE PARTNERED WITH 18 BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO WORK DIRECTLY WITH THEIR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PATHWAY PROGRAMS. THE BUSINESSES WERE THERE FOR THE TEACHERS TO ASK SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CURRICULUM GOALS IN ANY SPECIFIC CERTIFICATION NEEDS SO THAT OUR HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS STRAIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL WOULD BE ABLE TO START ON THESE DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS.
THAT'S A PROGRAM GOING FORWARD, AND AS A FIRST-YEAR IMPLEMENTING THESE, IT WAS FANTASTIC AND WE COULDN'T HAVE HOPED FOR BETTER OUTCOMES.
THIS THURSDAY IS OUR 20TH ANNUAL TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARDS, 13 EXCEPTIONAL TEACHERS.
YOU CAN'T BE THERE, IT'S THURSDAY.
THIS YEAR, ONE OF OUR NEW PARTNERS, IKEA OF COVINA, HAS DONATED THEIR BAGS THAT WE GET A USED TO HOLD ALL THE IKEA.
FOR THE GENEROUS DONATIONS FOR ALL THE TEACHER GOODY BAGS.
WE WERE ABLE TO AWARD SEVEN SCHOLARSHIPS THIS YEAR TOTALING $35,000 TO 23 GRADUATING SENIORS.
ALL FUNDS WERE RAISED THROUGH DONATIONS FROM OVER 200 CHAMBER PARTNERS.
WE HAVE AWARDED AND RAISED OVER $10,000 SINCE THE PROGRAM'S INCEPTION IN 2019.
WE HOSTED OUR ANNUAL COMMUNITY YARD SALE.
I WILL BE SENDING MY REPORT TOTALLY TO BRIAN, BUT INITIAL WE LOOK LIKE 9.4 TONNES OF WASTES WAS DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS.
THIS YEAR WE ALSO ADDED THE E-WASTE RECYCLING, AND I'M WAITING FOR NUMBERS FROM HIM.
THE EVENT DID CLOSE AT 3:00 PM OR AT 1:00 P.M.
AND AT 3:00 P.M. AS I WAS DRIVING A [INAUDIBLE] TO GET ICE FOR A WINE WALK, THE TRUCK WAS STILL IN THE PARKING LOT LOADING UP.
I THINK IT WAS A VERY SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
AGAIN, YES, WE ALSO HOSTED THE STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS BACK IN PERSON THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE CAMPUS CENTER.
LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT YEAR, POSSIBLY INCLUDING THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, STATE OF THE DISTRICT AS WELL AS PRESENTATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, INCOMING PRESIDENT.
FINAL COVID-19 COMPLETED THIS YEAR.
WE FUNDED 72 FOR A TOTAL OF $709,304.
FINALLY, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT SINCE PRIOR TO COVID, BUT WE HAVE A DATE.
WE WILL FINALLY BE HOSTING OUR INAUGURAL LOVE LA VERNE DAY, MAY 4TH OR 11TH, 2024, AND IT IS A CITY-WIDE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER DAY.
WE'LL BE WORKING WITH ALL THE BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, AND FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CITY TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER FOR A DAY OF GIVE BACK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A ROCKSTAR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND YOU'RE ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
OUR COMMUNITY IS JUST SO EMBRACED AROUND ALL THE THINGS WE DO.
PEOPLE COME FROM FAR AND WIDE FOR OUR TASTE OF LA VERNE, OUR WINE WALK, OUR FEAR WALKS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND ALL THIS STUFF THAT'S DUE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
IT'S JUST INCREDIBLE. YOU GUYS DO A FANTASTIC JOB, AND WE'RE VERY BLESSED TO HAVE A GREAT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I WANT TO THANK OUR TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE ALSO FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE REVIEW COMMITTEE WHICH IS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, NICE JOB.
>> BUT REALLY, YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.
IT'S JUST BEING A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON IS ALSO A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER.
IT'S THE BACKBONE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU DO A REALLY GOOD JOB TO ROUTE THOSE PEOPLE TOGETHER, TO JOIN THE CHAMBER, AND TO HAVE OUR OPENINGS AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT, YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND JUAN, AND JUST A GREAT JOB.
THEN FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST WHERE WE'RE AT NOW, IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR, ESPECIALLY THE WINE WALK AND THE BEER BOUGHT, MOST OF MY FAVORITES.
>> ALSO, NOT TO MENTION THE TIME, I REALLY LIKED THE TIME WE HAD ALL THE RESTAURANTS AT THE HANGER, [OVERLAPPING]
>> AND IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING NIGHT, THAT TIME I HAD TO GET OFF WORK TO MAKE IT JUST IN TIME, SO IT CAN ONLY GET BETTER EVERY YEAR.
I JUST LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
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I KNOW YOU HAD SOME GREAT IDEAS AND I'LL CHAMPION ANYTHING I CAN TO HELP THIS COMMUNITY OUT.THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY, WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER SO WE CAN ONLY MAKE LIVER AND BETTER EVERY YEAR. THANK YOU.
WHATEVER I CAN DO TO HELP AND SUPPORT, I CHEER LEAD FROM EVERYWHERE.
>> ONE OF THE, BESIDES OUR BUSINESSES SURVIVING COVID AND ALL OF US SURVIVING COVID TO A GREAT EXTENT TO KEEPING OUR BUSINESSES OPEN AND GIVING THEM THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO WITH OUTSIDE DINING AND STUFF.
THOSE BUSINESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS BETWEEN THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WERE STELLAR.
THEY WENT OUT IMMEDIATELY WITHIN 1-2 WEEKS AFTER SIGNATURE.
I KNOW THAT YOU HAD TO HUNT PEOPLE DOWN.
I KNOW YOU HAD TO HELP THEM WITH THOSE THINGS BECAUSE SOME OF THE SMALL BUSINESSES JUST DISORGANIZES MOST.
IF YOU HAVE A PAPER NAPKIN FOR WHATEVER THEIR EMPLOYEES WERE, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, BUT YOU HELPED THEM AND YOU MADE IT HAPPEN FOR THEM.
THAT $10,000 WAS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THOSE BUSINESSES.
IT HELPED THEM OVER THE EDGE TO STAY SURVIVING, AND THEY'RE THRIVING NOW.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO THINK WE SHOULD GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, I OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. THANK YOU, LEAH.
THEY JUST DO SUCH A GREAT JOB.
NO ONE HAS WORDS TO EXPRESS HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE.
WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, BRING IT UP TO THE DIAS.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR LEAH?
>> LEAH, QUESTION. IS THERE ANY INTEREST IN A FARMER'S MARKET IN LA VERNE? [LAUGHTER]
>> I KNOW IN THE PAST ACTUALLY ENDED JUST SLIGHTLY BEFORE I ARRIVED IN LA VERNE IN 2017 THAT THE OLD TOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT DID HAVE A FARMERS MARKET AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO APPROACH TO THEM AGAIN.
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS WITH WHO WOULD BE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT BEING COMPETITION WITH A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS.
IF I COULD FIND A PLACE TO HOST ONE THAT'S NOT OLD TOWN I'D DEFINITELY BE PRO FARMER'S MARKET.
>> WE WERE THINKING TOO BECAUSE I KNOW THE FACT WAS CLOSING DOWN THE STREETS AND STUFF WAS AN ISSUE, I THINK THE PARKING LOT AT UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE WORKED REALLY WELL DEPENDING ON THE TIMES.
IT MIGHT BE SEASONAL BUT IT WAS FUN WHEN WE HAD A NICE COUNCIL MEMBER LAU WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY HAD THE RIDES AND ALL THE STUFF AND IT WAS REALLY COOL THAT WE DID THAT, IT'S JUST THAT IT HAS TO BE VIABLE BECAUSE CLAREMONT RUNS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL [OVERLAPPING].
>> ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW MONERO SQUARE. THERE'S ROOM FOR IT.
>> WE HAVE A LOT OF SPACE. ROBY
>> NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU LEAH AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
EACH YEAR YOU'VE BEEN IN HERE JUST GROWN AND WE KEEP ADDING THINGS AND YOU KEEP SAYING OKAY AND DOING IT AND JUST COMING UP WITH STELLAR IDEAS AS WELL.
JUST APPRECIATE YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE CHAMBER AND THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY AND THE LOCAL BUSINESSES. THANK YOU.
>> I WOULD ECHO THOSE SENTIMENTS.
I THINK THERE'S SO MUCH WORK BEHIND THE SCENES THAT YOU DO AND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ENLIST DO THAT I DON'T THINK ALL OF US ARE COGNIZANT OF ON A 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BASIS.
BUT I THINK THE CAMARADERIE THAT YOU BUILD TOO AMONGST THE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY HUGE AND REALLY TRYING TO FIND THOSE WAYS TO PARTNER WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND DIFFERENT EVENTS AND DIFFERENT THINGS AND ALWAYS TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
I THINK THAT'S REALLY APPRECIATED.
I LOVE ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU DO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT WILL COME IN THE NEW YEAR.
>> I ALSO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
ONE, IN THE RIBBON CUTTINGS AND PROMOTING BUSINESSES IN TOWN.
I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
>> COUNCILMAN KASH. YOU'RE GOOD?
ONCE AGAIN, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THAT WHOLE FARMER'S MARKET.
WE'VE GOT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET RID OF EVERYTHING ELSE.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY GOOD.
EVERYBODY THAT SAID THIS TOOK IT ALL FROM ME.
I CAN'T REALLY SAY MUCH BUT OTHER THAN THANK YOU, PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO GOOD.
>> DO YOU HAVE A MIXTURE ON WEDNESDAY? IS THAT FOR THE PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE? WHERE'S THAT? WEDNESDAY. A MEET AND GREET.
>> YES SIR, NO. THURSDAY IS THE 20TH ANNUITY [INAUDIBLE]
>> IT WILL BE ON WEDNESDAY, MONTHLY AFTER HOURS MIXER.
IT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT LA VERNE HERITAGE PARK FROM 5:00-7:00 PM.
IT'S AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL EVENT.
IF YOU'VE NOT BEEN TO THE PROPERTY THEY'LL DO TOURS OF THE WEBER HOUSE.
THEY'VE JUST REFURBISHED THE BARNS SO THEY'LL HAVE THE BARN OPEN FOR TOURS.
OUR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR ARE OLDER VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR.
PAT BOWER WILL BE DRIVING TRACTOR TOURS AROUND THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
>> THERE YOU GO. WITH THAT I NEED A MOTION.
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>> LEAH, WE'LL MOVE YOU UP THE LADDER NEXT TIME I PROMISE.
WHO WANTS TO GO BEYOND SB9? I WAS LIKE, JEEZ, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS AND I HAVE SOME SPEAKER CARDS HERE.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
THANK YOU ALL. WHO IS THIS PERSON? PIPER BURKE. PIPER, WELCOME BACK.>> HELLO, MY NAME IS PIPER BURKE.
I FEEL AS IF THE FOXCONN COMMUNITY IS FOR THE MOST PART AGAINST THIS PROJECT.
SOMETIMES A PERSON WILL SAY THIS IS A GREAT THING.
AS SOON AS THEY SAY THAT I ASK MYSELF, DO I REALLY THINK THAT THIS PERSON LIVES IN THE FOXCONN NEIGHBORHOOD? I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE WHO SAY YES TO THIS DO NOT REALIZE HOW THIS BUILDING WILL AFFECT THIS COMMUNITY.
IT WILL AFFECT THE RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY MORE THAN ANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I FEEL THAT IT IS UNFAIR THAT THEY ARE BUILDING IT HERE.
I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER VACANT AREAS FOR THIS PROJECT.
IN FACT, THEY EVEN DROVE BY ONE.
IF THIS PROJECT PROCEEDS [INAUDIBLE] REPLACE A FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS.
THIS PROJECT IS IN WALKING DISTANCE TO DESIREE SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, INCLUDING MY SCHOOL. THAT'S ALL.
>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE, SAN DIMAS, AND ALL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU MAYOR HEPBURN FOR YOUR SUPPORT, DOING YOUR MINUTE WITH THE MAYORS AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO HELP US THIS FAR.
MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS OF THE FOXCONN COMMUNITY FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE FOXCONN COMMUNITY, IT IS THE NORTHERN NEIGHBORHOOD DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED 740 FOOTHILL PROJECT.
CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I KNOW YOU'RE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS ISSUE AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS AND TAKE THIS PUBLIC OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO THE RESIDENTS REGARDING THE OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT.
FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS, MANY INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING MY FAMILY AND I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY STRUGGLED WITH THE THOUGHT OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT DAY AND NIGHT.
WE HAVE HEARD AMPLE SCENARIOS REGARDING WHAT THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BRING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
HOWEVER, IN THE MIDST OF IT ALL WE KNOW THERE'S SOME MISINFORMATION BEING SPREAD.
THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE TO INFORM YOU OF THE FOLLOWING.
THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS IN OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT ARE NOT AGAINST HELPING THE HOMELESS POPULATION OR SENIOR CITIZENS.
OUR FIGHT IS REGARDING THE LOCATION OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE NOTE, THIS PROJECT IS NOT A RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
AS STATED DIRECTLY FROM THE DEVELOPER'S WEBSITE, 100 PERCENT OF THE APARTMENT HOMES WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR SENIORS EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS.
SENIORS BEING DEFINED BY NATIONAL CORE AS AGE 55 AND OLDER, NOT HOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEFINES THEM AS 62 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER.
THE OPPOSITION IS IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING THE SAFETY OF ALL, ESPECIALLY OUR CHILDREN BUT ALSO THOSE THAT WOULD CONCEIVABLY OCCUPY THIS PROPOSED FACILITY.
THE OPPOSITION IS IN SUPPORT OF PROTECTING THE IMMEDIATE RESIDENCE AND BUSINESSES THAT IT WILL IMPACT AS WELL AS THOSE BUSINESSES THAT IT WILL REMOVE, SUCH AS ALL OF THIS MARKET.
THE OPPOSITION IS FIGHTING TO PROTECT NOT JUST THE COMMUNITIES IT IS AFFECTING NOW BUT THOSE THAT WILL BE AFFECTED IN THE FUTURE.
THIS PROJECT WAS DAYS AWAY FROM BEING VOTED ON BY THE LA BORDER COUNTY SUPERVISORS WHEN OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS WERE INFORMED ABOUT IT.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY ATTEMPTS TO STRIP OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS OF THEIR POWER.
BY ALLOWING THIS PROJECT TO PROCEED, IT IS TAKING AWAY POWER FROM OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
IT IS PLAYING THE BUY RIGHT CARD TO PUSH THEM ASIDE AND HAVE NO SAY IN WHAT THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP ORGANIZE.
THE PROPOSED ADDRESS OF 740 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IS ACTUALLY A COMBINATION OF THE ADDRESSES, 740 AND 800 WHICH IN TOTAL EQUATES TO 0.64 ACRES.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT THE EMPTY LOT
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SURROUNDED BY WHITE VINYL FENCE NEXT TO ALL OF THIS MARKET.THIS PROJECT ADDRESS IS OLIVES MARKET, INCLUDING THE HOME JUST ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE WHITE FENCE.
THE CURRENTLY EMPTY LOT IS JUST THAT, AN EMPTY LOT, AND IS NOT PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU READ AND WHAT YOU REPEAT ARE FACTUAL BECAUSE THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS SPREADING FALSE INFORMATION THAT ONLY STRENGTHENS NATIONAL CORES CASE TO DEVELOP IN THIS LOCATION.
I DRIVE PAST THIS ADDRESS AT LEAST SIX TIMES A DAY.
I KNOW WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS LIKE AND I'VE SEEN MY FAIR SHARE OF THE ACCIDENTS THAT OCCUR THERE.
YES, I EVEN KNOW ABOUT OUR CURRENT ISSUES RELATED TO THE HOMELESS CONCERNS THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH.
I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE THAT KNOWS THIS LOCATION AS MUCH AS OR MORE THAN MYSELF WOULD EVER CONSIDER PUTTING SUCH A MONSTROSITY AT THIS LOCATION.
LET ALONE SHUT DOWN A SMALL BUSINESS, SUBJECT NEIGHBORS TO THE SHADOW OF SUCH A DEVELOPMENT, OR EVEN ALLOW IT TO BE WITHIN A DOORSTEP OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AS MY DAUGHTER HAS DONE FOR ME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A STAND AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE I ASK YOU, TAKE A FEW MINUTES OUT OF YOUR DAY AND CALL YOUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR TO VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION REGARDING THE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THIS PROJECT.
PUT A SIGN IN YOUR YARD, ON YOUR CAR, ANYTHING THAT WILL HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU OPPOSE THIS PROJECT.
WITH THAT I ASK FOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS IN ALL OF LA COUNTY TO STEP UP AND SUPPORT THESE OPPOSITIONS.
HELP US HELP YOU, THIS IS NOT RIGHT, BY RIGHT IS NOT RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MELISSA [INAUDIBLE]
>> YOU GUYS ARE LUCKY NOW, YOU GET THE WHOLE BURKE CLAN TONIGHT.
>> GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MELISSA BURKE, AND I'M A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE.
MY DAUGHTER AND I SPOKE AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING.
SINCE THAT LAST MEETING, THERE HAS BEEN A HUGE INFLUX OF MISINFORMATION SPREAD ONLINE ABOUT THE PROPOSAL FROM NATIONAL CORE AT 740 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES, JUST AS MY HUSBAND DID, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE STATEMENTS THAT I'VE SEEN ONLINE, AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WATCHING TONIGHT WILL GET THE TRUTH OF WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
SOME COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE SAYING THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT IS FOR SENIORS AND IT WILL BE A SENIOR RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
I'D LIKE TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE DEFINING SENIORS AS 55 AND OLDER, AND I AM A LITTLE OVER 10 YEARS AWAY FROM THAT.
I WOULD CERTAINLY NOT IDENTIFY AS BEING A SENIOR IN ANY CAPACITY.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE STILL VERY YOUTHFUL, SO THIS IS NOT A SENIOR RETIREMENT CENTER. IT IS A HOUSE.
IT WILL HOUSE SENIORS THAT ARE AT RISK OF BEING HOMELESS OR EXPERIENCE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.
THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE TO END HOMELESSNESS DEFINES CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED HOMELESSNESS FOR AT LEAST A YEAR OR REPEATEDLY WHILE STRUGGLING WITH A DISABLING CONDITION SUCH AS A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDER, OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
ANOTHER THING THAT I'VE SEEN PEOPLE SAY IS THAT ALL THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO GO THROUGH BACKGROUND CHECKS.
ACCORDING TO LAST WEEK'S ZOOM MEETING WITH NATIONAL CORE, THE RESIDENTS, YES, WILL BE SCREENED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE NOT COMMITTED A VIOLENT OR SEXUAL CRIME IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THEY WILL NOT BE SCREENING FOR DRUGS OR FIREARMS. I'VE SEEN PEOPLE STATE THAT INSPECTIONS WILL TAKE PLACE FREQUENTLY, SO WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT HOW THE PROPERTY WILL LOOK OR WHO IS RESIDING IN THE UNITS.
AGAIN, ACCORDING TO NATIONAL CORES ZOOM MEETING LAST WEEK, THE UNITS WILL ONLY UNDERGO ANNUAL INSPECTIONS.
THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY'RE RELYING SOLELY ON THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND STAFF TO IDENTIFY IF PEOPLE ARE BREAKING THE RULES, SO THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER FORMAL INSPECTIONS.
ANOTHER STATEMENT WAS THAT THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS DO NOT HAVE ANY RESOURCES PUT IN PLACE FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GETTING THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WE'D LIKE TO ADVISE AND REMIND ALL THE RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE THAT THIS IS INCORRECT.
THE CITY OF LA VERNE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT PARTNERS WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, TRI-CITY AND LADCA AND THEY ARE PROACTIVELY PROVIDING SERVICES TO LA VERNE'S UNHOUSE POPULATION WHILE PRIORITIZING THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
TOGETHER THEY ARE THE LEAP, WHICH IS LA VERNE ENGAGEMENT ACTION PARTNERS TEAM.
THERE'S ALSO, IF YOU GO ONTO THE LA VERNE'S WEBSITE, YOU CAN FIND A WHOLE SECTION TITLED "FOR SERVICES FOR UNHEALTHY RESIDENCE," SO PLEASE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BE AWARE OF THAT.
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ANOTHER STATEMENT WAS THAT THIS BUILDING WILL SPECIFICALLY SERVE THE HOMELESS IN OUR AREA.THE LAST HOMELESS COUNT THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE INDICATED THAT IT WAS 10 PERSONS.
NATIONAL CORE SAID THAT THE INDIVIDUALS WILL BE SCREENED FROM LA COUNTY AND BROUGHT INTO THIS FACILITY, SO THEREFORE, THEY WILL NOT BE LOCAL TO THIS AREA.
LASTLY, THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT POSE A THREAT TO CHILDREN.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE SEEN STATED MULTIPLE TIMES.
YES, CHILDREN WILL BE DIRECTLY ENCOUNTERING THESE INDIVIDUALS ON A DAILY BASIS AS THEY WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
REMEMBER, AGAIN, THEY ARE ONLY GOING TO BE SCREENING THESE RESIDENTS FOR THEIR PAST FIVE YEARS OF CRIMINAL RECORDS.
I HOPE THAT EVERYONE THAT IS LISTENING TONIGHT TAKES THE TIME TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A NEED TO HELP THOSE THAT ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE MORE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS THAT ARE BETTER SUITED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
JUST BECAUSE WE ARE AGAINST THIS LOCATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE SOULLESS OR HEARTLESS, AS PEOPLE HAVE MENTIONED ONLINE.
IT IS RATHER QUITE THE OPPOSITE.
I CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND I AM BEING A GOOD STEWARD TO MY COMMUNITY BY WANTING A BETTER LOCATION FOR ALL THAT ARE INVOLVED.
LASTLY, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS I'D LIKE TO THROW OUT THERE.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T ANSWER TONIGHT, BUT IF THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES GO THROUGH, HOW WILL IT BE FUNDED DOWN THE LINE? WILL OUR CITY TAXES INCREASE TO SUPPORT THIS HOMELESS HOUSING? HOW WILL THIS BE SUSTAINED? WITH THE LIMITED PARKING AT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, HOW WILL THE CITY ENFORCE THE RESONANCE FROM NOT PARKING OVERNIGHT IN THE FOXCONN COMMUNITY? TONIGHT, THERE'S A LOT OF MENTION OF THIS WHOLE HALF-MILE RADIUS OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING EXEMPTIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD APPLY TO THIS, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT PARKING CAN BE PROHIBITED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF MAKING FOXCONN A GATED COMMUNITY TO HELP CURB SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, SUCH AS LOITERING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PARKING ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, ETC.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, NATIONAL CORE GAVE OUR CITIES THE METAPHORICAL MIDDLE FINGER.
I WILL CONTINUE TO SHOW MY OPPOSITION AND I WILL CONTINUE TO PLACE BANNERS AROUND THIS TOWN UNTIL THEY CAN BE DECENT ENOUGH TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS AND CITY GOVERNMENT FACE-TO-FACE.
I CERTAINLY DO NOT CONSIDER A ONE-SIDED ZOOM PRESENTATION TO BE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR US AND WITH US AND VOICE OUR CONCERNS TO THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND TO NATIONAL CORE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JORGE RIVERA.
NOW YOU CAN TALK. OH, NO, NEVER MIND, SO SCARED OF TOUCHES.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M WITH A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED THE HEALING AND JUSTICE CENTER.
WE SERVICE ALL OF LA COUNTY, BUT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED IN ON THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, AND OUR MISSION IS TO HELP COMMUNITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS BY CREATING HEALING, SAFE AND CONNECTED SPACES.
WE BELIEVE THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO BUILD LONG-LASTING MOVEMENTS, WE NEED HEALING AND RELATIONSHIPS, STRENGTHENING APPROACHES AT THE CENTER OF ADVOCACY, ORGANIZING, AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
OUR SERVICES INCLUDE A FREE TENANT COUNSELING HOTLINE.
WE DO NON-VIOLENT PARENT EDUCATION CLASSES, REGENERATIVE CONFLICT RESOLUTION TRAINING, MOVEMENT-BASED HEALING PRACTICES, AND OUR ADVOCACY IS FOCUSED IN ON TENANT'S RIGHTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS DIGITAL EQUITY, WHICH IS WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS IN ON TODAY.
THE COVID PANDEMIC HIGHLIGHTED THE ESSENTIAL NEED FOR ACCESS TO THE INTERNET AND BROADBAND.
I THINK THAT WE MAY HAVE ALL SEEN THE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE TWO SMALL CHILDREN SITTING OUTSIDE A FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT JUST TRYING TO CONNECT TO THE WI-FI TO GET THEIR HOMEWORK DONE AND WE FELT THAT CHILDREN LIKE THESE ARE THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES LIKE THEM.
IT'S SHAMEFUL THAT THEY HAVE TO RESORT TO THESE MEASURES JUST TO DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK, AND EVEN IF YOU WANTED TO FIND EMPLOYMENT,
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YOU WANTED TO FIND COVID RESOURCES, YOU WANTED TO SEE YOUR DOCTOR, GO TO SCHOOL, OR JUST PASS THE TIME WATCHING NETFLIX OR EVEN ATTEND TO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, YOU NEEDED TO HAVE ACCESS TO BROADBAND AND INTERNET.IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ACCESS, BUT IT'S ALSO HAVING THE EQUIPMENT AND THE LITERACY TO BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE THE INTERNET.
WE JOINED A COALITION CALLED DIGITAL EQUITY LOS ANGELES, WHICH IS A COALITION OF OVER 50 ORGANIZATIONS FROM DIFFERENT FIELDS, EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, ENVIRONMENT, AS MANY AS YOU CAN NAME.
THE CORRELATION RESEARCH AND HIGHLIGHTED DISCRIMINATORY PRICING PRACTICES BY INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS LIKE CHARTER SPECTRUM, WHICH SERVICES OVER 80% OF LA COUNTY ESSENTIALLY MAKING IT A MONOPOLY.
WE FOUND THAT THEY WERE OFFERING PROMOTIONAL PRICING LOWER IN MORE AFFLUENT AREAS THAN IN LOWER-INCOME AREAS.
AREAS LIKE SAN GABRIEL, AZUSA, AND OTHER PARTS OF SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
WE PUBLISHED THESE DISPARITIES IN A REPORT WHICH YOU CAN FIND ONLINE AT DIGITALEQUITYLA.ORG.
I DIDN'T PRINT ONE OUT FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S TOO MANY PAGES.
WE'RE GOING AROUND EVERY CITY COUNCIL FOR THE LAST THREE-AND A-HALF MONTHS ACROSS SGD ASKING CITY COUNCILS TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS IN TRYING TO GET THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO INVESTIGATE THESE PRICING DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES AND TO PUT A STOP TO THEM AND TO FIND COMMUNITY-BASED SOLUTIONS, SO WE'RE ASKING CITY COUNCILS SUCH AS YOURS TO LOOK AT THE INFORMATION THAT WE PROVIDED, THE FACT SHEETS, TO LOOK AT THE PRICING DISPARITIES REPORT AND WRITE A LETTER TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS JUST ASKING THEM TO INVESTIGATE THIS AND IF THEY FIND ANYTHING THAT IS NOTORIOUS OR DISCRIMINATORY, THAT THEY DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT AND WE'RE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU INDIVIDUALLY, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, PROVIDE YOU WITH DATA AS SOME OTHER CITIES IN SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HAVE ASKED US FOR JUST TO MAYBE SUPPORT ANY POSITIONING THAT YOU WANT TO TAKE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GARY COOPER?
>> MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF THE MOUNT BALDI AREA HAS MEMBERS THAT OBSERVE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
I'M HALF OF YOUR TEAM WITH GWEN CARR AND YOU'RE INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING WHEN ANNUAL REPORTS WILL BE MADE.
THE MEETING WILL BE ON SUNDAY, JUNE 11TH AT 02:00 P.M. IN THE GARNER HOUSE THAT'S LOCATED IN MEMORIAL PARK ON INDIAN HILL BOULEVARD IN CLAREMONT, WHERE THEY DO THEIR CONCERTS.
THE OBSERVERS FOR LA VERNE ARE GWEN AND I.
THERE WILL BE OBSERVERS REPORTING FROM OTHER CITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATIONS IN THE AREA.
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IS NOT JUST FOR WOMEN.
WE STUDY ISSUES AT THE LOCAL, COUNTY, STATE, AND NATIONAL LEVEL AND TAKE POSITIONS, BUT WE NEVER TAKE POSITIONS ON CANDIDATES.
WRITTEN REPORTS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE FROM LAST YEAR IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THOSE. ANY QUESTIONS?
THAT'S ACTUALLY ON OUR CALENDAR, SO THAT'S GOOD.
>> WE HAVE YOUR RSVPS, MAYOR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. BOWEN?
I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING CITY RIGHTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING COUNTY RIGHTS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOSING MOST OF OUR RIGHTS APPARENTLY TO THE STATE FOR SOME REASON.
I JUST NOTICED UNDER 15, ONE COMMON THREAT IS THE WORDS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GOVERNOR NEWSOM.
IF WE KNOW WHO'S TAKING AWAY OUR RIGHTS, I THINK WE'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD SUSPECT. THANK YOU.
>> GOOD EVENING AGAIN, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I FIND IT IRONIC THAT MR. CROSBY BROUGHT UP THAT WE NEED TO CONTACT OUR STATE LEGISLATORS AND ASSEMBLY PEOPLE AND AS RICK SAID, THE GOVERNOR, AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THE LAWS THAT THEY'RE PASSING ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE.
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THIS HOUSING PROJECT IS LITERALLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.SCOTT WIENER IS PROPOSING SB423, WHICH IS AN AMENDMENT TO SB35.
WHAT THAT WILL DO IS PUNISH CITIES FOR PAST RENA, FAILURES.
EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE NOW WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE SUBMITTED.
IF THERE WAS A TIME 20 YEARS AGO THAT YOU DID NOT MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS, YOU WILL NOW BE FORCED TO DO SO.
THERE WILL BE EVEN MORE OF A FORCEFUL IMPACT ON THIS CITY FOR HOUSING TO BE BUILT, AND YOU WILL HAVE ZERO SAY IN IT.
THE INCLUSIONARY RATE FOR LOW-INCOME UNITS WILL DROP TO 10%.
SEGWA AND ENVIRONMENT WILL BE COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT.
EVEN THE COASTAL COMMISSION AUTHORITY WILL BE OVERRULED BY THE HCD, WHICH IS WHAT THEY WERE DISCUSSING, AN SP9 I'M SORRY.
WHAT'S REALLY SAD ABOUT IT IS THAT ANTHONY PALENTINO IS THE CHAIR OF THIS APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE.
THAT IS OUR SENATOR WAS OUR SENATOR STILL IS UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
WE NEED TO CONTACT THESE PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT WHAT WE WANT.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE ALWAYS ONE STEP BEHIND AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT IS WITH OUR CITY.
WE HAVE A HEALTHY STAFF, WE HAVE ABLE CITY MANAGER NOW.
WHY IS IT THAT ME AS JUST A REGULAR CITIZEN IS THE ONE THAT IS BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION IS JUST AS THE LETTER THAT WE REQUESTED IN OPPOSITION FOR THIS HOUSING PROJECT, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE JUST AS THE WAY SANDEMA DID.
YOU HAD TO HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING TO HOLD THAT.
IT COULDN'T EVEN BE RECORDED BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIAL MEETING AND THAT COSTS EXTRA MONEY TO THE CITY.
I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S MORE PROACTIVE ABOUT THE ASSEMBLY BILLS AND THE SENATE, BILLS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE FROM SACRAMENTO AND WE HAVE A DIRECT LINE WITH THEM TO LET THEM KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE WE'RE A SMALL CITY, DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE GOING TO LAY DOWN AND JUST TAKE THIS WITHOUT A FIGHT.
THE RESIDENTS HERE MOVED HERE FOR A REASON AND THEY'RE WILLING TO STEP UP TO THE MIC PROTEST.
THERE'S EVEN TALK ABOUT COLLECTING MONEY AND GETTING THEIR OWN ATTORNEY.
THIS IS A SERIOUS MATTER FOR THESE RESIDENTS.
THIS IS THEIR LARGEST INVESTMENT, IS THEIR HOME AND THEIR FAMILIES.
IF THIS COUNCIL DOES NOT TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WILL TAKE. THANK YOU.
>> ANYONE ELSE WANTS TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? PREVIOUSLY, COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER.
>> REAL QUICK, HAD AN HOA MEETING AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THEY ASKED AND I DIDN'T KNOW, SO I THOUGHT I'D BRING IT TO YOU.
THE WATER RESTRICTIONS FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WERE LIFTED.
WHAT ABOUT THE FEES FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE IS STILL THE FEE IS GOING TO BE IN PLACE AND HAS THE WATER RESTRICTION BEEN LIFTED FOR THIS YEAR? YOU CAN ANSWER THAT AFTERWARDS I KNOW YOU WILL.
THE OTHER THING IS I JUST WANT TO GIVE A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY ARE DEALING NOT JUST DAILY, BUT ALL THE TIME CONTINUOUSLY WITH THE HOMELESS.
I KNOW THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WANTED TO BE CALLED UNHOUSE, BUT THEY'RE HOMELESS.
THEY ARE A LOT OF WORK FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
EVEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS TO GO AND ATTEND TO THEM AND PUT THEIR LIVES IN DANGER WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO EITHER DRUG OVERDOSES OR VIOLENT SITUATIONS.
I WOULD LOVE TO ASK THE COMMUNITY WHEN YOU SEE ONE OF OUR OFFICERS, FIREMEN OUT ON THE STREET, THANK THEM FOR WHAT THEY DO BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL PUTTING THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE. THANKS.
>> ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE WATER RESTRICTIONS MR. [INAUDIBLE]?
[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
>> YES THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WHEN THE STATE LIFTED AND THEN OUR LOCAL WATER PROVIDERS LIFTED THEIR RESTRICTIONS, WE ALSO STOPPED ANY TYPE OF PENALTY ASSESSMENT FOR WATER OVER USAGE SO THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE NO LONGER IN PLACE HERE.
WE STILL ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONSERVE WATER BUT, JUST BE WATER WISE.
HOUSE COMMENTS, WHO'D LIKE TO START? COUNCIL MEMBER CASH?
>> THANK YOU, MAYOR. APPRECIATE IT.
WELL, COUGHT ME ALMOST OFF GUARD.
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NOW THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY.THANK YOU GOD FOR GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AGAIN IN FRONT OF YOU-ALL.
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO REALLY PUT OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING HOPEFULLY THESE NEW EVENTS.
WE'VE GOT SOME UPCOMING EVENTS THIS MONTH, WE DO HAVE THAT TEACHERS WAR, WHICH IS ON THURSDAY, LIKE I'LL BE THERE FOR THAT ONE.
LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL CHANGING COMMAND SOMEWHERE, WHICH IS REALLY EXCITING SINCE THEY ARE PSEUDO MILITARY HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH IS GREAT HIGH SCHOOL I'LL BE ABLE TO ATTEND HOPEFULLY THEY'RE CHANGING COMMANDS FOR MONEY.
THAT'S COMING UP ON MAY 20TH AND ASSIGNING IT TO BE DETERMINED.
MAY IS GRADUATION MONTH FOR A LOT OF US HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M NOT GOING TO STEAL ANYBODY'S STANDARDS AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I'LL JUST LIFT THAT UP FOR YOU GUYS TO GO AHEAD AND SPIKE.
BUT WITH ALL OUR SCHOOLS FROM HIGH SCHOOL TO RAMONA AND TO UNIVERSITY, LA VERNE.
ALTHOUGH THEY'RE PRIVATE SCHOOLS HERE WITH DAMIEN, CAL BAPTIST, AND LUTHERAN SO GODSPEED. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.
>> I THINK WE'VE GONE OVER MOST OF THIS ALREADY.
TIM AND I WERE AT THE 4740 PROJECT ON FOOT HILL BOULEVARD TO THAT PROTEST LAST SUNDAY, TWO WEEKS AGO.
WE'RE AT THE LA VERNE DAY AT THE FAIR, RECOGNIZING DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AWARD RECIPIENTS.
SATURDAY WAS PAT GATI SERVICE.
WE'RE AT THAT VETERANS HALL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON?
>> A COUPLE OF ITEMS. CATHY HAD THEIR MEETING WHENEVER IT WAS, BUT IT WAS LIKE A WEEK OR TWO AGO. I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER.
>> THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF MAY, THANK YOU, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE OUT IS THAT I THINK THERE WAS A COLLECTION OF PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, WANT TO KNOW HOW THEY CAN HELP AND SO A LOT OF GOOD DISCUSSION CAME ABOUT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE INVOLVED IN CHURCHES OR PEOPLE INVOLVED IN NON-PROFITS AND SO IT WAS A LOT OF SHARING OF INFORMATION AND RESOURCES.
I THINK THAT IF ANYONE HERE IS INVOLVED IN ANY A NON-PROFIT OR A GROUP THAT WOULD LIKE VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO GO, TALK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN FINDING WAYS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY.
I WILL PLUG THAT FOR JUNE WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR FIRST MEETING, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ATTEND OR SEEK OUT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S AN AMAZING RESOURCE AND AN ABILITY TO NETWORK AND BUILD YOUR COMMUNITIES WITH PEOPLE THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE MET BEFORE.
I ATTENDED THE ULV GALA ON MAY 6TH AS DID MAYOR PRO TEM, RICK CROSBY AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL EVENT, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAD THE CHANCE TO GO PAST IT.
IT WAS OUTDOORS OVER BY THE LUDWIG CENTER.
THEY CLOSED DOWN THE STREET, THE THEME WAS WIZARD OF OZ IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
WE HAD STUDENTS AND ALL THE PROCEEDS THAT ARE RAISED, THEIR GO-TO STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS AND PROGRAMS AND THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND WE WERE ABLE TO RAISE $1.9 MILLION THAT EVENING WHICH IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND I KNOW I SAID THIS BEFORE BUT I WANT TO AGAIN SHUT-OUT LA VERNE FIRE AND LA VERNE PD FOR CONTRIBUTING AMAZING A SILENT AUCTION ITEMS. SOMEONE IS HAVING A LOVELY FIREHOUSE DINNER WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET TO GO HANG OUT WITH SAM FOR A DAY.
>> YOU'RE GOING TO SEE LADDER TRUCK.
>> YES, ON TOP OF THE LADDER TRUCK THERE'S STILL LIABILITIES.
BUT THANK YOU BOTH FOR HELPING US COORDINATE AND REALLY MAKING THAT HAPPEN. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
PLEASE TELL YOUR FOLKS TOO THAT WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF THAT BECAUSE THAT DID CONTRIBUTE TO THE 1.9 MILLION THAT WAS RAISED THAT EVENING AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON SAID THERE ARE MANY OF US IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE LA VERNE [INAUDIBLE] THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FAIR OPENING DAY AND LA VERNE DAY AT THE FAIR.
IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GO IT'S SO MUCH NICER IN MAY THAN IT IS IN SEPTEMBER.
NOT HOT SO IT'S A LOT BETTER, BUT IT WAS A GREAT DAY TO BUILD COMMUNITY.
AS THE MAYOR IS REMINDING ME, IT WAS IT'S THE 101ST FAIR, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.
BUT THERE ARE REALLY AWESOME EXHIBITS.
IF YOU'RE A LEGO FREAK THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE EXHIBIT ON GIANT LEGOS WHICH IS AMAZING TO ME BECAUSE I'VE BUILT LITTLE HOUSES AND STUFF, I DIDN'T BUILD THESE GIANT THINGS.
BUT THERE'S ALSO A PARTNERSHIP WITH LACMA AND LACMA HAS AMAZING EXHIBIT THERE AS WELL.
I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE LEO FOOD PANTRY WHICH IS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE AND THEY COLLECT NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS FOR STUDENTS AND ALSO JUST PERSONAL PRODUCTS, ETC, BECAUSE THERE ARE AS THE POPULATION OF STUDENTS THAT DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES THEY NEED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN SCHOOL AND SO IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE, THEY'RE ALWAYS TAKING DONATIONS.
THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE WELLNESS CENTER WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE STUHAN USED TO BE ACROSS THE STREET AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT NOW THEY'VE ALSO STARTED ANOTHER PROJECT CALLED THE ULV LEO BABY PANTRY PROJECT,
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SO AS YOU MAY BE AWARE NOT ALL OF OUR STUDENTS ARE TRADITIONAL UNDERGRADS.THEY'RE NOT STRAIGHT INTO COLLEGE.
SOME OF THEM MAY BE OLDER ADULTS BUT WE DO HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE PARENTS AND FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE PARENTS, I'M SURE TRYING TO JUGGLE A JOB, A KID GOING TO SCHOOL IS NO SMALL FEAT AND SO ANYTHING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THAT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE THEY ARE ALSO COLLECTING ITEMS FOR THE ULV LEO BABY PANTRY PROJECT.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST TO PONY ON COUNCIL MEMBER CASH'S COMMENT.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO CELEBRATE MILESTONES AND JUST THE BEGINNING OF NEW CHAPTERS SO JUST BE CELEBRATORY AND GET TO CELEBRATE ALL THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THEN JUST, I GUESS IS A WORD TO THE WISE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND IS UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE'S COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND.
WE HAVE GRADUATIONS ON FRIDAY, WE HAVE GRADUATIONS ON SATURDAY AND THEY ARE ON CAMPUS SO JUST BE AWARE THAT THEY MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT TRAFFIC AND IT MAY DRIVE, WE HOPE MORE BUSINESS INTO OUR LOCAL DOWNTOWN AREA.
HOPEFULLY MORE PEOPLE ARE TAKING THEIR GRADS THERE TO CELEBRATE AND SPEND MONEY AND TAKE THEM OUT TO DINNER AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF BUT THAT MAY AFFECT YOUR PLANS IF YOU'RE NOT PART OF THE FOLKS CELEBRATING SO JUST BE AWARE.
AS ALWAYS BE KIND AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY.
>> THIS WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY IS BENITO HIGH SCHOOL'S POP SHOW FOR THE CHOIR WHICH IS AT THE BONITA CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND WE HAVE OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR THIS THURSDAY WAS SAID.
BUT ONE THING I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOTE IS NOT ONLY THE BONITA UNIFIED TEACHER OF THE YEAR OF ALL THE SCHOOLS BUT THEY ALSO CELEBRATE DAIMLER LUTHERAN AND ALPHABOL PAGE'S TEACHERS AS WELL.
>> EVERY SCHOOL WHICH I KNOW THE CITY I WORK IN DOES NOT DO THAT AND LA VERNE IS SPECIAL BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE ALL OF OUR GREAT TEACHERS AND THEIR SCHOOLS SO I APPRECIATE THAT LEO.
WE HAVE THE MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS AT 11:00 AM ON THE MONDAY OF MEMORIAL DAY.
WE ALSO HAVE ON MAY 21ST THE K9 FOUNDATION FUNDRAISER AT LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.
BEGINNING OF TODAY'S MEETING LASTED 45 MINUTES AND IT WAS AN EXCEPTIONAL 45 MINUTES.
IS I BELIEVE WHAT MAKES OUR CITY, OUR CITY, CELEBRATING GREAT STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, CELEBRATING GREAT CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS FROM MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE CITY AND FOR RESIDENTS NOT ONLY IN LA VERNE BUT IN THE TRI-CITIES AS WELL OR EVEN OUR STATE SENATOR BEING HERE TO LISTEN TO US.
DON'T ALWAYS AGREE WITH OUR STATE SENATORS BUT SENATOR RUBIO BEING HERE MEANT A LOT AS WELL, THAT SHE CAN BE HERE AND LISTEN TO US AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BEING HERE AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES LA VERNE A GREAT THING IS THAT WE CAN COME HERE AND TALK ABOUT OUR DISAGREEMENTS, WE CAN COME HERE AND EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS BUT WE DO IT IN A MANNER THAT IS NOT PUTTING OTHER PEOPLE DOWN.
THE MAYOR SAID THAT WE WENT TO ANOTHER CITY'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUST LAST WEEK AND THAT WASN'T THE SAME.
>> WHERE THE DECORUM AND THE CROWD WAS AGAINST ATTACKING EACH OTHER AND IT WAS NOT THE WAY WE DO IT IN LA VERNE AND WE ALL DON'T AGREE 100% OF EVERYTHING BUT I APPRECIATE THE WAY WE SAY IT.
IT'S NOT ABOUT AGAINST THE PEOPLE, IT'S ABOUT AGAINST POLICIES AND THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT IN A WAY THAT'S RESPECTFUL AND I BELIEVE LA VERNE DOES THAT AND DOES THAT WELL.
JUST APPRECIATE BEING HERE AND BEING ON THIS DICE WITH ALL OF YOU AND WITH THE RESIDENTS, THAT HELPS GUIDE US TOO, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
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I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT THE CITY COUNCIL IN SAN DIMAS WAS VERY ACCOMMODATING TO US AND THEY WERE VERY FRIENDLY AND VERY OPEN AND WE WERE TREATED EXTREMELY WELL.CITIES DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY BUT ALL IN ALL WE WERE TREATED EXTREMELY WELL AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
JUST A COUPLE GO BACKS, 101 YEARS.
NO I HAVE NOT BEEN TO EVERY 101 YEARS OF THE FAIR JUST TO MAKE THAT PERFECTLY CLEAR.
SECOND MOST OF THEM I REMEMBER WHEN THEY HAD ELEPHANT RIDES AT THE FAIR SO THERE YOU GO.
HE WANTS LLAMAS AND WHATEVER ELSE.
I WANT TO SAY WHEN AT THE FAIR ON A LA VERNE DAY, THAT OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAD BOOTHS IN UNDER THE ANIMAL SHELTER THERE SO THAT WAS PRETTY COOL AND I THINK PEOPLE REALLY ENJOYED THAT.
I GUESS THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO FAIR THERE WAS HUMMING 19 SCHOOLS OR SOMETHING THEY SAID, A LOT OF SCHOOLS AND THEY JUST BARRAGE THEM WITH STUFF AND THEY ADD STUFF TO GIVEAWAYS AND SO GREAT JOB BY STAFF, YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.
THEY LOVE THAT. AGAIN LOVED THE MEETING TODAY.
JUST APPRECIATE EVERYBODY BEING HERE BUT I ALSO LOVE THE SCHOOLS BEING HERE AND CELEBRATING THESE ACHIEVEMENTS AND ALSO SENATOR RUBIO JUST NICE FOR HER.
SHE MAKES IT A POINT LIKE MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY SAID, YOU MAY NOT AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT SHE DOES OR OUR HIGHER ELECTEDS DO.
SHE'S HERE, SHE'S IN PERSON AND I WILL SAY FOR THE OTHER ONES A LOT OF THEM DON'T AS FAR AS LIKE SENATOR PORTANTINO, HE HAS COME A FEW TIMES BUT SENATOR RUBIO ON ONE WEEKEND PROBABLY VISITS 10 PLACES ON A SATURDAY TO MAKE HER PRESENCE SHOWN AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND HOW MUCH SHE'S A TEACHER AT HEART.
SHE COMES IN AND SHE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF THAT SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE HER COMING.
WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING TONIGHT AT 09:45 PM IN MEMORY OF TERRY MUSE, A CITY OF LA VERNE WASTE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGER.
SINCE 2013 TERRY HAS BEEN A REGULAR FIXTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
TERRY SERVED ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, PARTICIPATED IN MANY OF 4TH JULY PARADES, COMMUNITY YARD SALE, WINE AND BEER WALKS AND CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENTS.
SHE ALSO WORKED TIRELESSLY BEHIND THE SCENES, FACILITATING DONATIONS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, EDUCATING BUSINESSES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ABOUT SOLID WASTE SOLUTIONS AND HELPED ADDRESS SOLID WASTE ISSUES WITHIN OUR CITY.
SHE HAS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF MORE THAN 30 YEARS, DAVID AND CHILDREN, DAVID, ARIANNA, TAYLOR AND SEAN.
TERRY AND HER DEDICATION TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WILL BE MISSED BY MANY INCLUDING LA VERNE COMMUNITY.
SHE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON, I KNOW STAFF REALLY ADORED HER.
SHE HAD LOTS OF WONDERFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH OUR STAFF AND SHE WILL TRULY BE MISSED.
WE ARE ADJOURNING TO MONDAY JUNE 5TH 2023, AT 4:30 PM FOR A BUDGET STUDY PRESENTATION WITH DEPARTMENT HEADS.
NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IN LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 5TH 2023 AT 6:30 PM.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING AND STAY SAFE. WE ARE ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.