Jun 05, 2023 City Council

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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING IN JUST A SECOND HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[CALL TO ORDER]

WELCOME ALL OF YOU TONIGHT FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING IN WHICH WE CONDUCT A BUSINESS OF THE CITY.

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

TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE ONCE AGAIN ONE OF OUR PROUD VETERANS, RALPH WARD, ARMY E-4, WHO WILL CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US TONIGHT.

MR. WARD, IF YOU PLEASE.

PLEASE STAND. ACTIVE MILITARY, VETERANS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRST RESPONDERS RENDER A HAND SALUTE OTHERS PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. YOU MAY BEGIN, MR. WARD. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WHAT RANK WERE YOU? E4 YOU'RE A SPECIALIST OR CORPORAL, SIR.

SPECIALIST. GOD BLESS YOU.

I WAS ONCE A SPECIALIST MYSELF.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR SERVICE.

CITY OF LA VERNE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO RALPH WARD.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL TO ARMY VETERAN RALPH WARD, SPECIALIST WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

THANK YOU. GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.

ARMY STRONG APPLAUSE].

YOU REMINDED ME.

I HAVE MY WEEKEND BATTLE ASSEMBLY, SO I GOT TO SHAVE THIS WEEKEND.

GOOD TO SEE YOU, BROTHER.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMANDER RAMIREZ.

APPRECIATE IT [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, BUT BECAUSE WE'VE HAD SOME MEETINGS THAT HAVE GONE LONG, WE ARE CLOSING IN MEMORY OF CARL HARSTINE, WHO WAS ONE OF OUR MILITARY WONDERFUL FAMILY MEMBERS. WE HAVE TWO OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS HERE.

COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? AND YOUR NAMES AGAIN? DONNA. DONNA.

STEVE AND STEVE.

CARL WAS BORN ON AUGUST 21ST, 1925, IN WARSAW, OHIO.

HE ENLISTED IN THE MARINES IN 1941 ON HIS 17TH BIRTHDAY.

THAT'S MY DAD DID THE SAME THING.

CARL WAS PART OF THE THIRD MARINE CORPS DIVISION WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE INVASION OF GUAM BOUGAINVILLE.

HE FOUGHT HAND IN HAND COMBAT WITH THE JAPANESE AT THE AGE OF 18.

HE RECEIVED THE MARKSMANSHIP AWARD AND ASIAN PACIFIC MERIT AWARD DURING HIS SERVICE.

HE WAS DISCHARGED IN 1945.

CARL WAS PART OF THE GREATEST GENERATION AND WILL BE MISSED.

HE IS SURVIVED BY SON STEVE, DAUGHTER IN LAW DONNA, TWO GRANDCHILDREN AND FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

CITY OF LA VERNE.

THE FAMILY OF CARL HARSTINE ON BEHALF OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF, I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ON THE LOSS OF CARL HARSTINE. I AM CERTAIN THAT ALL WHO KNEW CARL WILL MISS HIM AND LONG REMEMBER HIM AS A TRIBUTE TO CARL LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF JUNE 5TH, 2023.

WE'RE NOT ADJOURNED YET, BUT WE'RE DOING IT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO WAIT TOO LONG IN HIS MEMORY.

AND AS WE'VE ALREADY SHARED, AND I WANT TO JUST EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES AND DEEPEST SYMPATHY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY DURING YOUR BEREAVEMENT.

THANK YOU, GUYS. AND HE WAS AN AMAZING PERSON.

AMAZING PERSON. THANK YOU AGAIN [APPLAUSE].

THIS IS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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OH, LET'S DO ROLL CALL.

ROLL CALL, MR. MANAGER. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

HERE, SIR. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU IS EXCUSED ABSENCE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON HERE.

MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY HERE.

MAYOR HEPBURN HERE AND NOW.

YOU CAN GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE ARE PLEASED TO INTRODUCE ANAIS MEDINA DIAZ, DIRECTOR OF THE COMMUNICATIONS OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT, WHO WILL PRESENT A POWERPOINT

[PRESENTATIONS]

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

SEE YOU. THANK YOU.

HONORABLE MAYOR. HEPBURN AND HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

RESIDENTS, PUBLIC.

WE WERE EXPECTING YOU TO BE IN THE MOSQUITO SUIT.

I'M SORRY. OH, I'M SORRY TO DISAPPOINT.

CROSBY SAYS. WHERE'S THE MOSQUITO SUIT? NEXT TIME. I KNOW.

PLEASE. BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TONIGHT.

AS YOU MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ANAIS MEDINA DIAZ.

I'M THE DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.

JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR.

HOW DO I ADVANCE? OKAY, NEXT SLIDE.

JUST A LITTLE BRIEFING ABOUT OUR VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT AND MOSQUITOES IN GENERAL IN OUR AREA, IN CASE FOLKS ARE NOT AS AWARE.

BUT WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT.

WE WERE FORMED IN 1989.

WE MONITOR AND CONTROL MOSQUITO DISEASES.

SO WE'RE A PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY FOCUSED ON THE DISEASES THAT MOSQUITOES CAN TRANSMIT.

ADDITIONALLY, WE DO MONITOR AND TREAT FOR BITING BLACK FLIES, WHICH ARE NOT YOUR REGULAR HOUSE FLIES.

THEY'RE VERY, VERY TINY AND THEY USUALLY AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ANY COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SURROUNDING OUR RIVERS.

AND WE SERVE 26 CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF UNINCORPORATED LOS ANGELES COUNTY.

AND WITHIN THOSE JURISDICTIONS, WITHIN THAT JURISDICTION, WE SERVE ABOUT 2 MILLION RESIDENTS IN THE SGV.

NEXT SLIDE. SO HOW WE CONTROL MOSQUITOES IS NOT JUST A WITH APPLICATIONS OF PESTICIDE.

IT REALLY TAKES A THREE LEGGED STOOL.

WE DO A LOT OF EDUCATION AND OUTREACH, INCLUDING PRESENTATIONS.

WE DO SURVEILLANCE ON MOSQUITO POPULATIONS, BUT ALSO DISEASE ACTIVITY.

AND THEN WE BASE OUR OPERATIONS LIKE CHEMICAL CONTROL OR PHYSICAL CONTROL AND BIOLOGICAL CONTROL BASED ON THOSE SURVEILLANCE AND THAT KIND OF DATA THAT WE COLLECT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'RE MAKING INFORMED AND DECISIONS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO WHY IS THERE A WHOLE AGENCY DEDICATED TO MOSQUITOES WHILE MOSQUITOES ARE THE WORLD'S DEADLIEST CREATURE THEY CAUSE OVER 1 MILLION HUMAN DEATHS EVERY YEAR, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE MOSQUITO.

THE DISEASES THEY CAN TRANSMIT.

HERE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WE REALLY FOCUS ON WEST NILE VIRUS BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR.

BUT SOMETIMES WE DO SEE CASES OF ZIKA AND DENGUE WHICH ARE IMPORTED.

AND BECAUSE WE HAVE THESE MOSQUITOES, THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR AN OUTBREAK.

NEXT SLIDE. SO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THESE MOSQUITOES THAT YOU'RE ALL I'M SURE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.

SO WE HAVE OUR CULEX MOSQUITO, WHICH IS OUR NATIVE MOSQUITO.

THEY ARE ACTIVE AT DUSK AND DAWN, AND THEY ARE THE ONES THAT CAN TRANSMIT WEST NILE VIRUS.

FORTUNATELY FOR US, THEY DON'T LOVE HUMAN BLOOD.

THEY ACTUALLY LIKE MAMMALS AND BIRDS.

HENCE THEY CAN TRANSMIT A BIRD DISEASE.

WEST NILE VIRUS IS A FLU LIKE SYMPTOM, KIND OF A DISEASE, AND ONLY 1 IN 5 PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY SHOW SYMPTOMS. BUT 1 IN 150 PEOPLE BECOME SEVERELY INFECTED.

NOW, ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU EXPERIENCE VERY HIGH BITING PRESSURE DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS, THEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE INVASIVE AEDES MOSQUITO.

AND THIS IS THIS BLACK AND WHITE MOSQUITO.

IT'S VERY ACTIVE ALL DAY AND IT REALLY LOVES HUMAN BLOOD.

BLOOD. IT IS A DAYTIME BITER AND IT TRANSMITS ZIKA, DENGUE, AND CANINE HEARTWORM.

NOW, IT ALSO HAS A HIGH RESISTANCE TO ADULT PESTICIDES.

SO ACTIVE, ACTIVELY USING PESTICIDES THAT YOU MIGHT FIND OVER THE COUNTER IS COUNTERINTUITIVE TO BEING ABLE TO CONTROL THE DISEASES THAT CAN TRANSMIT AND ALSO GETTING A HOLD OF THEIR POPULATION.

AND MOST OF THESE, THE DISEASES THEY CAN TRANSMIT ARE TRAVEL IMPORTED CASES, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR AN OUTBREAK, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.

NEXT SLIDE. SO AT THE TIME THAT I CREATED THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, WE DID NOT HAVE ANY WEST NILE VIRUS ACTIVITY FOR THE SEASON JUST YET. BUT AS OF LAST FRIDAY, WE HAVE OUR FIRST CONFIRMED WEST NILE VIRUS ACTIVITY IN TWO DEAD BIRDS THAT WERE COLLECTED IN COVINA.

AND SO THIS IS JUST TYPICAL.

EVERY YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE WEST NILE VIRUS ACTIVITY BECAUSE IT IS ENDEMIC TO OUR COUNTY, OUR COUNTY AND OUR TO OUR AREA.

LAST YEAR, WE ONLY SAW ONE POSITIVE MOSQUITO OF WEST NILE VIRUS.

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AND JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DETECTED IT IN YOUR AREA, IT'S STILL VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE'RE TAKING PRECAUTIONS BECAUSE REALLY WEST NILE VIRUS CAN BE ANYWHERE.

AND YOU WON'T KNOW THE SYMPTOMS UNTIL YOU START FEELING SICK.

THERE IS ALSO NO CURE.

NO CURE AND NO HUMAN VACCINE FOR WEST NILE VIRUS.

SO THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF IS THROUGH PREVENTION.

AND I'LL GO OVER HOW YOU CAN PREVENT THAT NEXT SLIDE.

SO YOU MAY THINK OF MOSQUITO SOURCES AS BEING THESE LARGE SOURCES OF WATER, BUT IT REALLY TAKES A BOTTLE CAP OF WATER TO BREED HUNDREDS OF MOSQUITOES.

THERE'S NOT 100 MOSQUITOES IN HERE, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE HAVE FOUND MANY MOSQUITOES IN THIS SMALL SOURCE OF WATER.

AND IT ONLY TAKES 5 TO 7 DAYS FOR THESE MOSQUITOES TO GO FROM LARVAE TO EGG TO FLY AND ADULT.

THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO GET RID OF STANDING WATER AND GET A CONTROL ON MOSQUITO POPULATION.

SO THAT CAN BE FROM ANYTHING LIKE A PLANT SAUCER OR TIRES EVEN THE MOST WELL MAINTAINED HOME.

YOU MAY ALSO FIND MOSQUITOES IN YARD DRAINS.

SO THESE ARE ALL SOURCES THAT MAY BE AFFECTING YOU IF YOU ARE FEELING MOSQUITOES.

THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS ONE BIG BAD SWIMMING POOL.

SO TYPICALLY EARLY ON IN THE YEAR, WE FOCUS ON THESE SWIMMING POOLS BECAUSE THEY DO CONTRIBUTE TO OUR CULEX MOSQUITO THAT TRANSMITS WEST NILE VIRUS.

BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP.

WHETHER YOU'VE SEEN THIS, YOU CAN REPORT THEM OR IF YOU'RE FEELING ANY SORT OF BITING PRESSURE, YOU CAN ALWAYS SUBMIT A SERVICE REQUEST THROUGH OUR AGENCY AND WE CAN COME OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHETHER IT'S AN ISSUE ON A PUBLIC SPACE OR IF IT'S SOME KIND OF SOURCE ON YOUR PROPERTY.

AND WE TRY TO FIND A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY.

NEXT SLIDE. NOW, BECAUSE OF THE RAINS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS WINTER, YOU'RE PROBABLY SEEING A BUNCH OF FLYING INSECTS GOING AROUND RIGHT NOW.

AND MOST OF THESE MOST OF THE TIME RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE COOLER WEATHER, WE'RE SEEING MIDGES.

NOW, MIDGES ARE VERY DIFFERENT TO MOSQUITOES BECAUSE THEY SWARM, BUT THEY ARE NON BITING INSECTS AND THEY DO NOT TRANSMIT ANY DISEASES AND THEIR SEASON IS FROM APRIL TO AUGUST.

SO AS THE HEAT INCREASES WHEN IT'S REALLY, REALLY HOT, WE'LL SEE A DECREASE IN THIS MIDGES, SAME THING FOR BLACKFLIES.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF THIS BECAUSE ALL OF THAT WATER INFLUX THAT'S COMING IN FROM THE MOUNTAINS AND THAT SNOW MELT, YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE FLYING INSECTS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO ANOTHER WAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW TO CONTROL MOSQUITOES, ESPECIALLY SPECIFICALLY THE AEDES MOSQUITO IS THROUGH INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES. NOW, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES IS CALLED STERILE INSECT TECHNIQUE, AND IT HAS BEEN USED IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD SINCE 1950S TO CONTROL INSECTS LIKE IMPASSE.

WE CURRENTLY USE NOT AS AS A DISTRICT, BUT THE COUNTY USES THIS TECHNIQUE TO CONTROL THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SINCE THE 1990S. SO SIT FOR MOSQUITOES INVOLVE THREE STEPS.

SO IT'S A MASS PRODUCTION OF MOSQUITOES, SORTING MALES FROM FEMALES AND THEN RELEASING MALE MOSQUITOES INTO AN AREA.

AND THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT APPROACHES.

THERE'S IRRADIATION.

SO YOU IRRADIATE THE MALE MOSQUITOES AND ALLOW THEM TO MATE WITH FEMALES, OR YOU CAN HAVE THEM HAVE WOLBACHIA, WHICH IS A NATURALLY OCCURRING BACTERIA IN INSECTS, AND THEY ALSO MATE WITH FEMALES, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE MATCHING WOLBACHIA, SO THEY WILL NOT HATCH AND THEN ARE SELF-LIMITING MOSQUITOES, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS GENETICALLY MODIFIED.

AND THE FEMALES JUST DON'T ALLOW FOR THEIR EGGS TO HATCH AS WELL.

SO WE AS A DISTRICT ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING THESE TECHNOLOGIES AT THE MOMENT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE SORT OF THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL THIS AEDES MOSQUITO.

AND YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS IMPLEMENTING THESE TECHNOLOGIES IN THE COMING YEARS.

NEXT SLIDE. SO TO CONCLUDE, PLEASE TIP OUT ANY STAGNANT WATER FROM CONTAINERS AND TOSS ANY UNUSED CONTAINERS.

THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF IS THROUGH WEARING DEET OR I'M SORRY, REPELLENT, INSECT REPELLENT OR LOOSE CLOTHING, INSECT REPELLENT.

THERE'S SO MANY PRODUCTS OUT IN OUR STORES, BUT IT REALLY IT SHOULD REALLY DEPEND ON THESE FOUR INGREDIENTS.

AND THESE ARE RECOMMENDED BY THE CDC AND APPROVED BY THE EPA.

THEIR DEET, OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS PICARIDIN R3535.

WE ALSO HAVE OTHER RESOURCES FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

LIKE I MENTIONED, YOU CAN SUBMIT A TIP IF YOU ARE HAVING ANY ISSUES WITH MOSQUITOES, OR YOU CAN JOIN OUR BITE-BACK CHAMPION GROUP, WHICH GIVES YOU RESOURCES TO SHARE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND IN TWO WEEKS, WE WILL BE LAUNCHING OUR NATIONAL MOSQUITO CONTROL AWARENESS WEEK.

SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES LIKE PSAS NEWSLETTER CONTENT AND OF COURSE, SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT TO DISTRIBUTE THAT TO YOUR RESIDENTS THROUGH ANY OF YOUR AVENUES. AND WITH THAT, I CAN OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS WHETHER YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

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ARE THEY BOTH ATTRACTED TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT OR ARE EITHER OF THEM ATTRACTED TO ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT? WE SEE A LOT OF THOSE MOSQUITO TRAPS THAT HAVE A LIGHT AND A FAN BUILT INTO IT.

YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY THOSE ACTUALLY WORK.

THEY DO NOT. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

SO MOSQUITOES ARE NOT AS ATTRACTED TO THAT ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.

IN FACT, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO KILL MORE BENEFICIAL BUGS WITH THOSE RATHER THAN MOSQUITOES.

AND THEN ALSO, A LOT OF FOLKS WILL PLACE THE ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT CLOSER TO THEIR HOME, I MEAN, TO THEIR ENTRANCE OF THEIR HOME.

SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY ATTRACTING MORE INSECTS CLOSER TO THE ENTRANCE OF YOUR HOME.

SO THEY'LL GO INSIDE.

SO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT SOMETHING MORE NATURAL, JOHNSON, CALL YOUR WIFE.

THE AEDES MOSQUITO, WHICH IS INVASIVE AND A VERY AGGRESSIVE BREEDER, IS A VERY WEAK FLIER.

SO IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND YOUR PATIO, YOU HAVE A FAN CIRCULATING AROUND YOU THAT WILL ACTUALLY KEEP THEM AWAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DOUSE YOURSELF IN REPELLENT.

VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. DIAZ? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BUT WE STILL WANT THE BIG MOSQUITO.

I KNOW. MAYBE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

YOU CAN BRING IT OUT WELL WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT REQUEST BECAUSE THE KIDS.

I LOVE THEM. I GUESS I'M A KID.

WHO CAN WE HAVE DRESS UP? OH, THERE YOU GO, VOLUNTEERS.

SO I'LL VOLUNTEER. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, IT'S VERY SERIOUS, AND WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S FREE STANDING, LIKE YOU SAY, EVEN A CAP FROM A BOTTLE AND THERE'S A LOT OF WATER STANDING AROUND.

SO I SUGGEST PEOPLE START TIPPING EVERYTHING OVER AND GETTING THAT WATER OUT OF THERE.

DRY IT UP, BECAUSE THIS WEATHER HAS BEEN JUST ALTHOUGH THIS PROBABLY HELPS WITH THE MOSQUITOES BEING THIS MOIST WEATHER.

BUT IF IT EVER STOPS.

BUT I'M SURE IT WILL.

YES. AS SOON AS THE WEATHER INCREASES OVERNIGHT, WE'LL SEE MORE DISEASE ACTIVITY AND MORE MOSQUITO POPULATIONS.

SO RIGHT NOW IS THE TIME TO GET RID OF THAT STANDING WATER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

TAKE CARE. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE]. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION ON LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT REBRAND OF POLICE VEHICLE DECALS.

I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UP LA VERNE POLICE DETECTIVE JANESSA GONZALEZ, WHO WILL BE CONDUCTING THE PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING.

I WAS TELLING J.R., I'M USED TO.

I TRAINED TO TAKE OUT, NOT TAKE OUT, BUT LET BARRICADE.

SO SHOULD WE LEAVE THE ROOM? I'M TRAINED BUT I'M TERRIFIED TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW, SO.

HEY, SO FAR YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

SO THERE YOU GO. GOSH.

OKAY, SO DEEP BREATH.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. REMEMBER, YOU WERE THE RESOURCE OFFICER AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

IF YOU CAN HANDLE THEM. YES, YOU CAN HANDLE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE.

NO PROBLEM. THOSE PARENTS.

YEAH, IT'S NOT THE KIDS.

IT WAS THE PARENTS. THE PARENTS.

MY CHILD WOULDN'T DO THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

WELL, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER AND CITY STAFF AGAIN MY NAME IS JANESSA GONZALEZ.

I'M A DETECTIVE FOR LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH GREAT PRIDE AS WE REVEAL SOME EXCITING CHANGES.

OUR ENTIRE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT FAMILY HAS BEEN EAGERLY WAITING FOR THIS DAY AS WE REVEAL A NEW SENSE OF UNITY, PROFESSIONALISM AND MODERNIZATION.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS HOW ESSENTIAL IT IS TO RECOGNIZE THAT CHANGE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF GROWTH AND PROGRESS.

AS OUR LIVE CITY AND AGENCIES EVOLVE, SO TOO MUST OUR SYMBOLS AND REPRESENTATIONS.

THE CURRENT LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, VEHICLE GRAPHICS, SHOULDER PATCHES AND AGENCY LOGO HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER 20 YEARS OLDER THAN ME.

JUST KIDDING.

JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING. JUST KIDDING.

I WISH THOUGH, BECAUSE OF THIS, THE NEED FOR AN UPDATE WAS EASILY IDENTIFIED AND AN AGENCY REBRAND BECAME A PRIORITY.

THIS REBRANDING IS MORE THAN JUST A VISUAL MAKEOVER.

IT REPRESENTS A PROFOUND SHIFT IN OUR APPROACH AND MINDSET.

OUR NEW LOGO IS CAREFULLY DESIGNED WITH PROFESSIONALISM AND PRIDE IN MIND, SYMBOLIZE OUR DEDICATION TO ENSURING PUBLIC SAFETY, UPHOLDING THE LAW, AND PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF INTEGRITY.

A DESIGN COMMITTEE WAS FORMED AND A GRAPHIC DESIGNER WAS BROUGHT IN TO COMPILE THE INPUT AND CREATE A RESULT THAT WAS NOTHING LESS THAN PERFECT.

THE COMMITTEE CONSISTED OF SWORN STAFF, PROFESSIONAL STAFF, RECORDS, DIVISION COMMUNICATIONS, A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND PUBLIC INPUT.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PAINSTAKING EFFORTS INVESTED IN THIS REBRANDING.

COUNTLESS HOURS HAVE BEEN DEVOTED TO CRAFTING EACH ELEMENT WITH METICULOUS CARE AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL.

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SO NEXT SLIDE.

WHAT'S THE GOAL? OUR GOAL WAS TO DEVELOP A VISUAL BRAND IDENTITY FOR THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ITS UNITS DIVISIONS THAT REPRESENTS ITS MISSION OF PROVIDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES IN COLLABORATION WITH COMMUNITY EXCELLENCE, IN SERVICE WITH SMALL TOWN VIRTUES.

WHAT IS A BRAND IDENTITY? YOUR BRAND IDENTITY IS YOUR IMAGE.

IT'S A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU ARE FOR.

A GOOD BRAND, IDENTITY SPEAKS VISUAL LANGUAGE TO THE PEOPLE THAT SEE AND ENGAGE WITH THE BRAND.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AND GET A GREAT FIRST IMPRESSION WITH LASTING IMPACT.

WHY IT MATTERS FOR A POLICE DEPARTMENT.

YOUR BRAND HAS AN IMPACT INTERNALLY AS WELL AS EXTERNALLY.

A WELL-DEVELOPED BRAND HELPS ENGAGE CURRENT EMPLOYEES AND ASSISTS IN RECRUITING INDIVIDUALS WHO EMBRACE THE DEPARTMENT'S MISSION, VISION AND VALUES.

IT HELPS CREATE POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES.

AND FROM NEIL PARKER, A GOOD DEFINITION OF BRAND STRATEGY IS THE CONSIDERED INTENT FOR THE POSITIVE ROLE A COMPANY WANTS TO PLAY IN THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IT SERVES AND THE COMMUNITIES AROUND IT.

SO THIS IS HOW LA VERNE PD IS CURRENTLY LOOKING.

IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S STILL CUTE, BUT I MEAN, BUT WE NEEDED SOMETHING NEW.

WE NEEDED SOMETHING NEW.

CURRENTLY IT'S A LACK OF UNIFORMITY BETWEEN TWO NOTABLE VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENTS BETWEEN THE PATCH AND THE SQUAD CARS.

CURRENT DESIGN OF THE PATCH AND SQUAD CARS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR 20 PLUS YEARS AND DO NOT MEET OUR GOAL OF BEING TIMELESS OR INNOVATED.

THE CURRENT SQUAD CAR DESIGN FEATURES A MORE MODERN APPROACH TO THE POLICE VISUALS, BUT NOT MATCH THE DESIRED TIMELESSNESS AND THE SMALL TOWN VIRTUES OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE. SO THE OPPORTUNITY SO IS TO CREATE A COHESIVE VISUAL EXPERIENCE THROUGH ALL INTERACTIONS WITH THE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE PATCH TO THE SQUAD CAR TO SOCIAL MEDIA AND BEYOND, WHERE PEOPLE EXPERIENCE LA VERNE PD IN ONE PLACE, THEY HAVE THE SAME VISUAL EXPERIENCE IN THE NEXT PLACE.

THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CAPTURE THE SMALL TOWN VIRTUES AND THE TIMELESSNESS OF THE RICH POLICE VISUALS THAT PEOPLE QUICKLY CONNECT WITH WHILE RETAINING UNIQUENESS AND DISTINCTION TO THE CITY AND THE DEPARTMENT'S RESOURCES AND TRAINING.

NEXT SLIDE. OKAY.

SO OBVIOUSLY, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT SAFETY COMMUNITY SERVICE.

SO THIS REBRANDING REPRESENTS A PIVOTAL STEP FORWARD FOR OUR DEPARTMENT, REFLECTING OUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO SAFETY, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE.

THESE WORDS, SAFETY, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE SERVE AS OUR CURRENT MOTTO AND BECAME THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WAS TO BE DESIGNED WHEN THIS PROJECT BEGAN.

OUR MOTTO SERVES AS A REMINDER OF OUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY FOR ALL OUR STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND ALWAYS PROVIDING THE ABSOLUTE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE. SEVERAL GOALS WERE SET DURING THIS REBRAND MINIMALISTIC IMAGE CLEAN AND SIMPLE FORWARD THINKING, TIMELESSNESS.

PROFESSIONALISM. ESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND ATTRACTIVE TO THE EYE.

ENSURE THE IMAGE CONNECTS WITH AND SPEAKS TO THE COMMUNITY.

INCLUDE COMMUNITY INPUT, UNIQUE AND INVITING, TREND SETTING AND ALSO WORN PROUDLY BY THOSE WHO REPRESENT THE AGENCY.

ONCE THE GOALS WERE SET, SEVERAL WORDS WERE SELECTED AS A GUIDE FOR WHAT THE NEW IMAGE SHOULD REPRESENT.

SOME, SUCH AS PROTECTOR, JUSTICE, COURAGE, INCLUSIVE, NOBLE, VALIANT, EQUAL AND FAIR TREATMENT.

BALANCE, STRENGTH AND STABILITY.

THE DECISION TO ADOPT A NEW MINIMALISTIC IMAGE FOR OUR VEHICLE GRAPHICS, UNIFORM PATCHES AND AGENCY LOGO WAS BORNE OUT OF CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND A DESIRE TO CREATE VISUAL IDENTITY THAT IS MORE INCLUSIVE, ADAPTABLE AND REFLECTIVE OF OUR SHARED VALUES.

ALL RIGHT, HERE IT IS.

LET'S GO. CLICKER.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

SO THERE IT IS.

OKAY, SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU CAN SEE OUR MOTTO SURROUNDING THE MAIN IMAGE, SAFETY, COMMUNITY AND SERVICE.

NOW SERVES AS A CONSTANT REMINDER AS IT IS WORN BY ALL THE JUSTICE SCALES ARE BALANCED, WHICH REPRESENTS FAIR AND EQUAL TREATMENT TO ALL.

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1906 PROUDLY REPRESENTS THE YEAR IN WHICH OUR CITY WAS INCORPORATED.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SIMPLE CLEAN LINES SERVES AS A VISUAL, PLEASING IMAGE.

THEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT ONE, OUR SHIELD AND THE SHIELD.

AGAIN, THE SAME IMAGE NOW OUTLINED AS A SHIELD, WHICH REPRESENTS US AS COMMUNITY PROTECTORS.

IT PROVIDES REINFORCEMENT OF A SAFE COMMUNITY THROUGH STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND COURAGE.

AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THAT'S OUR NAVY PATCH.

IT'S GOING TO BE ON OUR LIKE OUR CLASS A'S THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BLACK PATCH FOR OUR CLASS C UNIFORMS. KNOW.

RIGHT. WE'RE HAVING CLICKER PROBLEMS, SO.

YEAH. WELL, YEAH.

THERE YOU GO THEN. WE GOT OUR BLACK PATCH THERE.

OUR NEW UNIFORM PATCH PAYS HOMAGE TO OUR PAST WHILE EMBRACING THE PRESENT AND LOOKING FORWARD TOWARDS THE FUTURE IS SIGNIFIES OUR COMMITMENT TO HONOR OUR HERITAGE WHILE REMAINING FORWARD THINKING AND ADAPTIVE TO EVOLVING NEEDS AND ASPIRATIONS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

AGAIN, THE IMAGE WILL NOW BE PROUDLY WORN ON OUR SHOULDERS AND SERVE AS A REMINDER OF THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF SAFETY.

WE PROVIDE OUR STRONG COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUR DEDICATION TO PROVIDING THE ABSOLUTE BEST SERVICES POSSIBLE.

NOW THIS IS THAT'S OUR CARS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

OKAY. SO OUR PATROL VEHICLES, THE SHIELD AND THE STREAMLINED BADGING, REPRESENTS OUR COMMITMENT TO PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY WHILE PROVIDING AN INVITING AND ATTRACTIVE IMAGE. THESE NEW VEHICLE GRAPHICS PROVIDE A UNIQUE FORWARD THINKING REPRESENTATION OF WHO WE ARE AND THE PRIDE TAKEN IN HOW WE SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

THESE GRAPHICS EMBODY THE PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTH, RESILIENCE AND UNITY THAT DEFINE OUR NOBLE PROFESSION.

SO THEN IT'S GOING TO SHOW.

THERE YOU GO. THAT'S THE OTHER PASSENGER SIDE.

AND THEN THE NEXT ONE WILL BE THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE.

ALL RIGHT, NOW, THE COOL STUFF.

WE GOT OUR HAT, POLO AND SHIRTS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE REALLY DOING A PERFORMANCE, YOU WOULD HAVE HAD A BAG OF HATS AND A BAG OF SHIRTS.

WELL, YOU OUT HERE WOULD BE TOO SOON, MAYOR.

OKAY. NOW, I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T KNOW. I THINK YOU SHOULD HOLD THESE. NOW, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.

A LITTLE LONGER. SO THOSE ARE YOUR HATS.

THEN WE HAVE YOU DID.

YOU JUST TOOK YOU JUST THE WHOLE SURPRISE AWAY.

NOW WE GOT OUR POLOS.

THIS, OUR PROFESSIONAL STAFF, OUR RECORDS, COMMUNICATIONS.

THEY'LL BE THE ONE WEARING THOSE SHIRTS.

LET'S SEE. AND THEN THOSE ARE OUR T SHIRTS, WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE GETTING NOW.

BUT WE INVITE YOU TO EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY.

OH, ACTUALLY, SEE THE CAR? THERE WE GO. HOLD ON.

LET'S ALL LOOK THIS WAY.

OH, WAIT. WELL, THAT'S.

[INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, IT LOOKS VERY CLEAN.

[INAUDIBLE] . THERE SHE IS.

ALL RIGHT. SO AND TO END THIS, WE INVITE YOU TO EMBARK ON THIS JOURNEY WITH US AS WE CONTINUE TO UPHOLD THE VALUES THAT WE'VE SHAPED OUR ORGANIZATION'S IDENTITY.

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AND I DID BRING SOMETHING TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS, EXCEPT FOR ME.

BUT THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS. I HAVE A T SHIRT, SO LET'S SEE.

IN THE BACK. THEY'RE NICE AND SOFT.

[INAUDIBLE] OH, YEAH. NAMES ARE ON IT. [INAUDIBLE] NO.

AGAIN, THANK YOU.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS WILL LIKE IT BECAUSE WE LOVE IT.

WE ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT.

SO YOU'LL BE SEEING THOSE CARS DRIVING AROUND IN OUR PATCHES.

WHEN WILL ALL THE REBRANDING BE COMPLETED? IT IS ACTUALLY.

EVERYTHING'S IN. THE CARS ARE GETTING OUTPUTTED RIGHT NOW.

THE PATCHES ARE ALREADY IN PRODUCTION.

SO AS SOON AS WE GET THEM, WE'RE READY TO ROLL.

BUT ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SAY BEFORE I FORGET, I WANT TO THANK OUR DESIGN TEAM FOR ALL THEIR HARD WORK AND ALSO THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CITY STAFF, YOUR TRUST AND SUPPORT AS WE NAVIGATE THROUGH THIS EXCITING CHAPTER.

AND IT'S WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO GET TO THIS.

SO THANK YOU.

I KNOW YOU SAID IT'S [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT NOW.

WILL IT HAPPEN BEFORE THE 4TH OF JULY WHERE REALLY THE WHOLE CITY IS OUT AND.

CHIEF GONZALEZ WILL GO AHEAD HE KNOWS WAY MORE THAN I DO ABOUT THIS.

SO YOU MAY RECALL WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF ISSUE WITH SOME OF THE NEWER VEHICLES BEING SUPPLIED TO US.

WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS APPLY THE NEW DECALS TO THE NEWER VEHICLES AND PROGRESS FROM THERE.

WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS REMOVE SOME OF THE DECALS FROM SOME OF THE OLDER VEHICLES.

THAT'S STILL IN THE PROCESS AS WELL.

THE SETBACK WE HAVE IS THAT SOME OF THE VINYL THAT'S ON THERE, IT'S AN OLDER VINYL, SO THAT'S GOT TO BE REPLACED.

IT IS HARD TO GET OFF.

SO BUT WE HOPE TO START THAT PROCESS IS THE PROCESS IS GOING NOW.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE THAT THEY'RE BEING MADE NOW THAT JUST HASN'T BEEN.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EVERYONE SOME TIME TO GET THEIR UNIFORMS AND SO FORTH DONE, BUT WE'RE HOPING LATE JULY, EARLY AUGUST, YOU'LL START SEEING MORE AND MORE OF IT AGAIN.

I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DID WAS REALLY THAT THEY PUT ALL THE EFFORT IN IT.

MARK AND ALL THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM THAT PUT THE EFFORT INTO GETTING THAT AND PROVIDING THAT PRODUCT THERE.

SO THAT'S VERY TASTEFUL TO THE COMMUNITY AND REPRESENTS WHO WE ARE.

I WILL SAY I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL AT FIRST, BUT IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

I WILL SAY, NICE JOB, YOU GUYS.

THIS REALLY LOOKS AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL WEARING THOSE SHIRTS ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

YOU KNOW, IT'D BE REALLY GOOD WITH A HAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING, YOU KNOW, A SURE FIT OR, YOU KNOW, FLEX FIT.

YEAH, YEAH. BY THE WAY.

HEY, CHIEF, YOU GOT COMPETITION.

SHE DOES A GREAT JOB.

JANESSA. FIRST TIME YOU WERE GREAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.

WE ARE DONE WITH PRESENTATIONS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

WE HAVE A COUPLE NAMES HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE OUT SOMETHING HERE REAL QUICK.

WE HAVE AS PEOPLE, IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW, 740 EAST FOOTHILL, WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT A WHATEVER THEY WANT TO PUT THERE, A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WANT TO PUT THERE, BUT IT'S A FIVE STORY OR FOUR STORY, WHETHER IT BE SENIOR HOUSING OR PREVIOUSLY UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.

THIS SATURDAY, 10 A.M., JUNE 10TH, THERE WILL BE A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION BASICALLY THERE.

AND IT'S BASICALLY GOING OUT TO ALL THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SHOW OUR SUPPORT THAT WE'RE NOT AGAINST ANYTHING TO DO WITH HOMELESS AS FAR AS GETTING THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HOMELESS INTO SUSTAINABLE HOUSING, BUT NOT A FIVE STORY OR FOUR STORY BUILDING IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S JUST NOT APPROPRIATE.

AND ALSO, THE NEXT NATIONAL CORE COMMUNITY MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 15TH.

IT WILL BE IN PERSON, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION AT THIS TIME.

PLEASE KEEP CHECKING ON OUR WEBSITE WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL GET MORE INFORMATION OUT OF THAT.

ALSO, THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY PROTEST.

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THIS WILL ALSO BE IN PERSON, WILL INCLUDE COUNTY SUPERVISOR, COUNTY DEPARTMENTS AND NATIONAL CORPS.

AND I DO WANT TO THANK ALL THE PEOPLE, NICKY AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS, TO PUT THIS INFORMATION OUT THERE.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WHICH WE WERE NOT GIVEN AT THE TIME.

AND SO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS JUNE 15TH.

WHAT TIME? JUNE 15TH.

RIGHT NOW, WE'RE NOT SURE.

IT'S IN FLUX RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S LOOKING AT ONE IN JULY.

THAT'S THE ONE WE WERE PASSED AROUND.

AS FAR AS THE TIME, WE'RE NOT IT'S KIND OF WE'RE NOT SURE YET.

YEAH. AS SOON AS WE FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION, WE'LL POST IT ON OUR WEBSITE WHICH IS THE W WW DOT CITY OF LA VERNE DOT ORG BACKSLASH 7:40 FOOTHILL AND THEN WE'LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION UP THERE AS SOON AS WE GET IT.

SO WE'LL BE POSTING THIS ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE, ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A DO MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR, MAKE SURE WE GET THIS OUT TO EVERYBODY.

AND IF ANYBODY'S GOT CONNECTIONS WITH THE MEDIA, TV, MEDIA, GET THEM OUT THERE.

IT'S IMPORTANT. NEXT, WE HAVE GERALD.

IS THAT CORRECT? OH, DELKER DOHERTY, ELKS LODGE.

GOOD EVENING, SIR. THANK YOU.

MR. AND CITY COUNCIL.

THIS IS MY FIFTH PRESENTATION I MADE.

YOU MIGHT WONDER WHY IS DOHERTY OUT HERE IN LA VERNE? WELL, I HAPPEN TO DRIVE IN THE CITY TODAY, AND I HAPPEN TO NOTICE VERY NICELY THAT IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER OF YOUR SIGN, WELCOME OF THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IS OUR ELKS SYMBOL THERE. NOW, HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW THAT ELKS ARE ACTUALLY SERVING YOUR COMMUNITY? HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR YEARS.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THE DICTIONARY PROGRAM FOR THIRD GRADERS FOR OVER TEN YEARS HERE IN THE CITY.

EVERY THIRD GRADER, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS IS GETTING THE DICTIONARY.

IT'S PART OF OUR PROGRAM.

THE IDEA IS WE'RE DOHERTY ELKS LODGE IS BECAUSE EVERYBODY ELSE IS MERGED INTO US OVER THE YEARS AND WE'RE THE LAST SURVIVING LODGE.

WE SHOULD BE ASKED TO CALL THE GOLD LINE OR THE FOOTHILL LODGE.

EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR BRADBURY GOES THROUGH US.

NOW. WE ARE VERY INVOLVED IN THE YOUTH PROGRAMS. AND I SAID THE DICTIONARIES FOR KIDS.

WE ALSO DO ESSAY CONTESTS FOR AMERICANISM, DRUG AWARENESS, POSTER CONTESTS, AND FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, A VIDEO CONTEST FOR THEM.

WE HAVE LAST YEAR AT OUR AWARDS BANQUET.

THIS LAST YEAR, WE AWARDED $1,000 IN CERTIFICATES TO ALL THE CHILDREN, AND WE PROMOTE IT THROUGH ALL OUR ENTIRE DISTRICT FOR PARTICIPATING.

WE ALSO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS NOT ONLY FOR THE MOST VALUABLE, BUT ALSO VOCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS.

IF ANYBODY HERE, EVEN IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU'RE A CITIZEN AND YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR A TWO YEAR PROGRAM, YOU CAN APPLY THROUGH OUR LOCAL OFFICE IN FRESNO FOR A TWO YEAR SCHOLARSHIP, MAYBE $2,000 HELP OUT EACH YEAR FOR BUYING BOOKS AND SO FORTH.

THEY'RE MORE IN DEMAND NOW BY ADULTS AND THEY'RE BY KIDS.

BUT I MEAN, IT'S VERY USEFUL THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT TO YOU TOO.

I ALSO ARE VERY ACTIVE.

IN THE LAST TEN YEARS I'VE BEEN DOING A THING CALLED BIKES FOR KIDS.

BACK ABOUT THAT TIME, DOHERTY TRIED TO LIMIT A LOT OF BUSSING, SO I STARTED A PROGRAM.

WE STARTED BUILDING BICYCLES AND ALSO GETTING HELMETS FOR THE STUDENTS BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS A HELMET.

WHEN YOU'RE RIDING A BICYCLE, KIDS DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE IT LOOKS SILLY.

BUT I'LL TELL YOU, A BANDAGE LOOKS A LOT WORSE.

AND THIS YEAR, I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY GOT ENOUGH TO 532 HELMETS DISTRIBUTED TO THE MONKS OF CITIES.

I'VE ALREADY DELIVERED SERVICE TO MONROVIA, DUARTE AND SAN DIMAS TODAY.

I ACTUALLY HAVE SOME IN MY CAR TODAY.

IF I CAN FIND SOMEBODY IN THIS CITY THAT'LL BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THEM TO WAY OF PRESENTING THEM TO THE STUDENTS AT ANY TIME.

I'VE GOT LIKE 50 OF THEM RIGHT NOW FOR YOU, IF ANYBODY CAN ACCEPT THEM.

I NORMALLY THEY GO TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICE OR WHATEVER AND GIVE THEM OUT TO ANY OF YOUR PARKS AND PUBLIC EVENTS.

I ALSO GO A BIKE REPAIR CLINIC.

IN FACT, TOMORROW I'M DOING A REPAIR CLINIC OVER IN ARCADIA FOR THE STUDENTS AT A RECREATION PARK DURING THE AFTERNOON EVENTS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY EVENTS SCHEDULED HERE, I'VE DONE IT IN GLENDORA WHEN THEY HAD A BIKE RODEO.

I KNOW THE BOARD HAS GOT ONE COMING UP, A BIKE RODEO.

I HELP DO FREE BIKE REPAIR, FREE PARTS AND ALL THIS FOR IT.

AND I ALSO DO A WEEKLY BIKE REPAIR CLINIC.

A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHING KIDS HOW TO NOT ONLY TO WORK WITH BIKES, BUT WHAT OUR TOOLS ARE AS A STUDENT.

WHEN THEY BRING ME A SCREWDRIVER, HE BROUGHT BACK A PAIR OF PLIERS.

WHAT'S AN ALLEN WRENCH? YOU KNOW, THINGS OF THIS NATURE.

AND SO THEY'RE LEARNING THAT THOSE ADVANTAGES.

NOW, THAT'S OUR STUDENTS.

THE ELKS REALLY HAVE REALLY GOT INVOLVED EVEN EARLIER.

OVER 75 YEARS AND OUR VETERANS PROGRAMS. I SEE THAT. I TALKED TO SOME OF OUR VETERANS THAT WERE HERE BEFOREHAND.

WE THIS LAST YEAR, OUR NATIONAL FOUNDATION GAVE US $15,000 TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS.

THEY TALKED ABOUT HOMELESS AND THINGS.

WE IMANI IS REALLY DONE A GREAT JOB.

WE SUPPORT THE VETERANS VILLAGE, WHICH HAS HOUSES 44 PREVIOUSLY HOMELESS VETERANS.

I DO A DINNER FOR THEM IN THE FOURTH AND FIFTH WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

PLUS, WE ALSO DO ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES LIKE COFFEEMAKERS OR TOASTER OVENS, THINGS OF THIS NATURE THAT THEY NEED.

AND THEY'VE ALSO GOT A PLACE IN PALO VERDE.

ANOTHER 20 VETERANS TIED TO ONE FAMILIES ON BALDWIN AVENUE.

BALDWIN ROSE ANOTHER 20 FAMILIES, PLUS MULTIPLE TITLE ONE FAMILIES AND JUST OPENED A RECENT FACILITY DOWN ON VALLEY BOULEVARD IN EL MONTE. ALSO, WE'RE NOW GOING TO START HELPING OUT THE FACILITY IN POMONA, WHICH AGAIN, HAS ABOUT 20 VETERANS.

SO WE WERE LOOKING FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WHO NEED A PLACE TO GO, APPLY TO THE VETERANS ASSISTANCE VETERANS ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AS THE VA'S.

I THINK IT IS APPLIED TO THAT.

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OUR LODGE ALSO ARE ACTUALLY OUR NATIONAL FOUNDATION, ALSO HAVE WHAT THEY CALL MOVE IN KITS.

IF YOU FIND ANY VETERANS THAT NEED TO MOVE INTO A NEW FACILITY THAT NEED, THEY NEED TOWELS, POTS AND PANS, THINGS OF THIS NATURE, BEDDING, WE CAN PROVIDE UP TO $300 IN SUPPLIES, THOSE ITEMS PLUS ANOTHER $300 TO BUY THEM A BED.

SO WE HAVE THAT FOR SERVICE, OUR VETERANS.

WE ALSO HAVE WE'VE MADE MANY THINGS.

IN FACT, THIS MONTH WE'RE TAKING THE VETERANS OUT TO THE BALL BASEBALL GAME AT RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

SO WE'RE HELPING OUT THAT WAY. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT OUR VETERANS.

OUR OTHER LODGES ARE ALSO SUPPORTING THEM.

OUR WEST COVINA LODGE IS SUPPORTING THE ONE IN PALO VERDE.

THE ALHAMBRA LODGE IS SUPPORTING ONE ON BALDWIN AVENUE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE MORE AND MORE.

OUR LODGE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST CHARITABLE LODGES IN THE ENTIRE CITY, IN THE ENTIRE REGION.

HERE AT THE LAST CONVENTION, OUR LODGE RANKED NUMBER EIGHT IS HOW MUCH WE GAVE PER CAPITA OF $85 PER PERSON WAS GIVEN TO OUR STATE FUND, WHICH HELPS HANDICAPPED CHILDREN TO HELP OUT, MOSTLY IN THE RURAL AREAS WHERE THEY CANNOT GET ANY SORT OF ASSISTANCE.

SO I'VE GOT HELP.

YOU CAN HELP YOU OUT IN THAT AREA. WE PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY YEARS AND I'M JUST TRYING TO EXTEND IT.

IN FACT, I'VE GOT PINS FOR YOU. LIKE EVERYBODY'S GIVING UP THINGS TO YOU TONIGHT.

I'VE GOT THE PINS I HAD MADE FOR OUR LODGE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THAT FOLLOWS OUR PROCEDURE.

ACTUALLY, WHAT IT IS, IT'S A SMALL ELK FAMILY OF THREE ELKS AND HAS OUR NUMBER ON IT.

BUT THE THING AROUND IT SAYS GROWING ELK IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT'S WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS EXTEND ELK ACTIVITIES THROUGH THE ENTIRE EVENTS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES.

I'LL LEAVE YOU SOME OF OUR LITERATURE HERE IF YOU CAN FIND OUT ABOUT OUR VETERANS PROGRAMS. ALL THIS AND THERE'S MANY OTHER THINGS WE'RE DOING, TOO.

I FORGOT HALF OF THEM I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE.

BUT I MEAN, I JUST PRESENT THIS AND I THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, KEN.

HE SAID HE'S GOT BY COMMENTS WE MIGHT WANT TO GET HIM WITH YOU WANT TO GET WITH OUR CHIEF AND TALKED ABOUT THE HELMETS.

AND ONE BIG PRAISE FOR GERALD.

I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY WORKING WITH OUR STUDENTS IN DUARTE AND WITH THE BIKE IMPROVEMENTS, AND HE'S THERE AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK WITH OUR ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING AND SHOWING THEM STUFF TOO.

SO HE DOES A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU, GERALD. APPRECIATE THAT.

SHERRY BEST.

HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.

I'M HERE TO REPORT ON ACTIVITIES OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I DON'T HAVE ANY HATS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY PINS.

I DON'T HAVE ANY T SHIRTS.

I HAVE FLIERS AND I HAVE MEMBERSHIP FORMS. YES. SO THIS COMING SATURDAY ON JUNE 10TH, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT TEN IN THE MORNING TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS.

THERE IS A FREE TOUR OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS.

IT WILL BEGIN ON THE PORCH OF THE WALKER HOUSE AND CONCLUDE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF AND THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE LATER.

LIKE THE LORDSBURG HOTEL, THE 15,000 SQUARE FOOT SAN DIMAS HOTEL WAS BUILT IN 1887 IN ANTICIPATION OF A LAND BOOM THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

AND IT WAS RENOVATED BY THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS.

AND THIS HOTEL WAS LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AND IS THE ONLY EXISTING 1880S RAILROAD HOTEL IN ALL OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. SO WE TOOK OURS DOWN IN 1927.

THEY STILL HAVE THEIRS.

THE TOUR WILL CONCLUDE WITH A VISIT TO THE SAN DIMAS HISTORICAL SOCIETY ROOMS THAT ARE ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE WALKER HOUSE.

SO AVAIL YOURSELF OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS ON MONDAY, THE 12TH OF JUNE AT 7 P.M.

IN CLASSROOM NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE OUR SUMMER MEMBER AND COMMUNITY MEETING AND A FLIER WENT OUT TO MEMBERS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WILL BE POSTING THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THE MAIN TOPIC OF CONVERSATION IS THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY.

IT'S BEEN 50 YEARS SINCE WE FILED OUR ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, SO WE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THIS ORGANIZATION AND WHAT WE CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET READY FOR THAT.

MOST OF TODAY, KATHY KULUSIC AND I WERE OVER AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND PUTTING UP DISPLAYS IN TWO OF THE FOUR DISPLAY CABINETS, AND I AM DELIGHTED THEY LOOK WONDERFUL.

WE HAVE ONE ENTITLED THE LEGACY OF THE PALOMARES FAMILY AND THE OTHER IS LORDSBURG AND EARLY LA VERNE.

WE'RE ABLE TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THE ARTIFACTS THAT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OWNS, SUCH AS THE PALOMARES BRANDING IRON, SOME

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AND WE ALSO HAVE FROM THE LA VERNE, AN EARLY LORDSBURG AND LA VERNE TIME.

WE ALSO HAVE A SUIT OF CLOTHES THAT ARE CIRCA 1895, WORN BY A LITTLE BOY, AGE FIVE.

WE HAVE A PHOTO OF HIM WITH HIS DADDY AND WE HAVE THE WHOLE SUIT OF CLOTHES, PLUS HIS LITTLE HAT THERE PERFECTLY PRESERVED BECAUSE SOMEBODY DECIDED IT WAS IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT AND THEN SHOW IT TO US AND NOW WE'RE SHOWING IT TO YOU.

SO IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO OVER THE COMMUNITY CENTER, GO TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE JUST A FEW OF THE OBJECTS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

NOW, ON THE 1ST OF JULY, WE WILL BE HAVING A TRUCK ENHANCEMENT EVENT BECAUSE IN TWO WEEKS TIME WE'RE FIRING UP THE ENGINE ON THE 1938, THE ENGINES IN THE WIRING IS DONE, THE SIGNAL LIGHTS WORK, THE GEARSHIFT IS IN, THE STEERING COLUMN IS IN.

IT'S LOOKING GOOD.

SO WE'RE GOING TO FIRE IT UP.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO TROUBLESHOOT AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET THIS TRUCK READY FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.

SO ON 11:00 IN THE MORNING ON JULY 1ST AT MY HOUSE, 3949 BRADFORD STREET, WE'RE GOING TO PLAY DRESS UP HERE WITH THE TRUCK AND GET IT ALL DUDED UP AND LOOKING GOOD FOR THE 4TH OF JULY.

AND IT WILL BE IN THE PARADE.

SO WE ARE BUSY WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YVONNE. MS. GALLEGOS. HELLO.

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS IVONNE GALLEGOS.

I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE.

AND I JUST WANT TO INVITE EVERYONE TO OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS ON WEDNESDAY, THIS COMING WEDNESDAY AT 5 P.M.

AT HILLCREST IN THE SACHSE ROOM.

ALL ARE WELCOME, AND I HOPE TO SEE A LOT OF YOU THERE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCIL? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO OUR.

YES, WELL, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO TO CONSENT.

MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS AN ITEM THAT CAME UP AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA FOR CLOSED SESSION ITEM THAT YOU WILL DISCUSS AND LEAD US THROUGH ADDING TO THE AGENDA. YES, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE AN ITEM THAT NEEDS ACTION BEFORE YOUR NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.

IT IS AN ADDITIONAL CLOSED SESSION ITEM PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9 A SMALL D ONE. AND IT IS FORSYTH VERSUS LA VERNE.

CASE NUMBER J0543815.

WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU BRING THAT ON TO THE AGENDA.

IT DOES REQUIRE A UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THE THOSE PRESENT.

SINCE YOU ARE MISSING ONE OF YOUR MEMBERS, THEN I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT MOTION.

I SO MOVE. SECOND.

AND YOU WANT A VOTE? YES, PLEASE. PLEASE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THAT MATTER WILL BE ADDED TO THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA THAT WILL BE HELD AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGULAR MEETING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY. CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER ONE AND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES.

AND ITEM NUMBER TWO REGISTERED AUDIT DEMANDS WERE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

OKAY. AT THIS TIME, THOUGH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE OTHER ITEMS REMAINING ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

THAT'S THROUGH 18, CORRECT? YES. IT'S A LONG TIME.

I MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS ITEM NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO.

THROUGH 13. 14 THROUGH 14.

ONE THROUGH 14.

[INAUDIBLE] SO WE GO THROUGH THROUGH 13, OKAY? BECAUSE THEN WE HAVE TO GO TO SUCCESSOR AGENCY.

WITH THAT, WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND VOTE, PLEASE.

THAT WAS APPROVED FOUR, ZERO.

THANK YOU, MR.

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GOOD EVENING, RICK BOWEN.

I MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, I HAD PULLED THIS BECAUSE I READ THE MINUTES THAT WERE ATTACHED.

AND AS OF TODAY, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CORRECTED LATE TODAY, THEY WERE NOT ACCURATE.

AND I DID RECEIVE A NOTE FROM THE CITY MANAGER A FEW DAYS AGO THAT SAID THEY WOULD BE CORRECTED, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVER WERE.

AS OF TODAY, MY LAST VIEWING, THEY WERE NOT.

THEY DID NOT SHOW.

I BELIEVE IT WAS ON PAGE 22 AT THE BOTTOM IT SAID PUBLIC COMMENT AND NONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WERE THERE.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THOSE RECORDS AT LEAST SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING TO THE MEETING AND ARE VOICING THEIR OPINIONS AND OR CONCERNS. SO AND THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE.

SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T CONTINUE.

AND ALSO ON THE AUDITED DEMANDS, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS, A COUPLE OF CHECKS.

AND I WON'T ASK ABOUT THOSE.

WHAT I DO WANT TO ASK ABOUT AND I UNDERSTAND THOSE WERE PROVIDED LATE TODAY FOR ME TO REVIEW, BUT I WAS HERE THE EFTS FOR THE J OR C J P A POOL.

BACK IN FEBRUARY.

THERE WAS A $45,000 EXPENDITURE FOR THAT FOR THE EXCESS POOL.

NEVER HEARD OF IT BEFORE.

SO I HAD INQUIRED ABOUT THAT AND I GOT A RESPONSE BACK FROM THE CITY MANAGER THAT 31,000 WENT TO AN EX EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY WHO ALREADY HAS A PENSION.

ANOTHER 9000 WENT TO OUR RECENTLY RETIRED CITY MANAGER AND ANOTHER 4 OR 5000.

MR. BOWEN, I THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PENSION.

THE EXCESS POOL.

NO, NOT THE JPA, THAT ONE.

I'M SORRY. THAT WAS THE REPLACEMENT.

YES. YEAH, THAT WAS THE REPLACEMENT BENEFIT FUND.

SO, SO WE TALKED ABOUT IT A COUPLE OF TIMES.

REALLY STILL NOT CLEAR ON, ON THE CONCEPT.

EVEN MR. DOMER HAD INDICATED HE HAD COMMUNICATED WITH CALPERS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS EXTRA MONEY WAS SHOWING UP $31,000 FOR SOMEBODY THAT MAKES $137,000 PENSION ALREADY.

SO DO THEY GET EXTRA MONEY? SO ONE DAY HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THAT KIND OF CLEARED.

YEAH. WELL, MR. MAYOR, ON THAT, IF WE CAN TAKE THE VOTE.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS ON THE MINUTES, I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING SO WE CAN MAKE SURE IN REVIEWING THE MINUTES WHEN THE ADJOURNMENT TIME WAS PUT IN, FOR SOME REASON, THE PUBLIC COMMENTS DID NOT MAKE IT ON TO THE COPIED PAGE, SO WE'LL HAVE THAT REPAIRED FOR THE NEXT ONE, SO I'D LIKE FOR THAT TO BE CONTINUED.

MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, DO WE NEED A MOTION ON THAT OR CAN I JUST CONTINUE? I'M JUST GOING TO MOVE THOSE TO CONTINUE THAT TO THE NEXT MEETING.

YEAH. AND THEN NUMBER TWO, SINCE THAT'S BEEN PULLED AND I HAVE A PAYMENT ON THERE, I'M.

HUH? ANYWAY. SO NOW WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE AUDITED DEMANDS AND TAKE COUNCIL ACTION ON THAT.

SO. OKAY. AM I DONE? WELL, AND AGAIN, I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT DOWN WITH YOU.

SO ON THE JPA ACCESS POOL I HAD SENT YOU, THERE WAS A COUNCIL MEETING.

I CAN'T RECALL THE DATE BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO IN WHICH THE CITY CHANGED ITS INSURANCE LEVEL AND IN THAT ACT, SAVE ANYWHERE ABOVE $600,000 A YEAR GOING TO THE EXCESS INSURANCE.

SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS IS THE REPLENISHMENT OF THE RETENTION FUND THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

SO THERE'S LIKE A $25,000 RETENTION THAT THE JPA, WHICH IS OUR JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, HAS THE ABILITY TO PAY CLAIMS, PAY LAWYERS FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, AND THEN THEY SUBMIT US A BILL BASED ON THE ACTIONS THEY TAKE IN THE PREVIOUS MONTH, AND THEN WE REPLENISH THAT AMOUNT SO THAT THEY ALWAYS HAVE THAT $25,000 FLOATING FUND, KIND OF LIKE SOME SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH ELEGIDA AND ALL THAT STUFF, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE BEING REIMBURSED AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO, UM, BE HAPPY TO IN THE FUTURE COME BACK WITH AN EDUCATIONAL ITEM TO THE COUNCIL TO REVIEW BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS OR SO SINCE WE MADE THAT AND WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT WHETHER THAT HAS SAVED THE CITY MONEY ON SWITCHING TO THAT DIFFERENT TYPE OF INSURANCE.

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SO. OKAY.

AND THE AFT THE EXCESS POOL, AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER 50,000 THIS MONTH OR IN MAY THAT WAS PAID OUT TO THE EXCESS POOL.

AND AGAIN, I GUESS I FLAT DON'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT WE'RE PAYING EXCESS MONEY INTO A JPA RETIREMENT FUND POOL.

AND THIS IS IN EXCESS OF THE $53 MILLION BOND AND EVERYTHING ELSE WE'VE DONE.

YEAH. IT'S THE EXCESS INSURANCE POOL.

IT'S NOT THE RETIREMENT.

SO YEAH.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS THE AFT TWO $16,852 TO ROGER BASS.

AND THERE WAS REALLY NO EXPLANATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THAT'S CLEAR. THAT'S FOR CONSULTING SERVICES AND THAT'S FOR CONSULTING SERVICES FOR HIS.

IF IT WAS A CLEAR IT WOULD BE RELATED TO THE YEAH.

PAYROLL AND SO IT'S DEFINITELY PAYROLL.

YEAH THERE SHE IS CHRISSY CAN COME UP AND SHE HAS.

NOPE. OH I KNOW IT IS FOR SURE.

THANK YOU. AND I DO APOLOGIZE TO MISS ROBERT.

AND HE DID SEND IN THE REQUEST ON THURSDAY.

BUT WITH THE BUDGET I'VE BEEN BUSY.

AND SO I DIDN'T GET THESE TO HIM UNTIL 4:00 TODAY.

UM, SO YES, THE REPLACEMENT BENEFIT FUND IS DIFFERENT FROM THE JPA EXCESS POOL AND THE ITEMS THAT MR. BOWEN PULLED FROM THE DEMANDS WERE JPA EXCESS POOL REPLACEMENT OR THE REPLENISHMENTS.

AND THERE'S TWO OF THEM, THE ROGER BASE CHECK, AND THEN TWO PAYMENTS FOR RETIREE MEDICAL.

SO THE EXCESS POOL, THOSE ARE ALL PAYMENTS TO OR THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE PAYMENTS TO LEGAL FIRMS TO WORK THE CASES THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

SO PEOPLE FILE A CLAIM FOR LIABILITY.

THEY TRIP ON A SIDEWALK OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

AND SO OUR JPA FIGHTS THOSE CLAIMS AND TRIES TO WORK IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CITY.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT THOSE ARE FOR.

THE ROGER BASE IS CORRECT.

THAT IS FOR HIRE.

WE DO HAVE A CONTRACT OR IMPACT HAS OR SORRY, ELEGIDA HAS A CONTRACT WITH ROGER BASE.

HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF HAIDA AND SO HE DOES GET PAID ON A MONTHLY BASIS FOR THAT, HIS LLC.

AND THEN THE OTHER TWO ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED WERE MR. RUSS'S RETIREE MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT, WHICH IS DONE QUARTERLY.

HE DOES NOT TAKE THE MEDICAL AS HE IS AS HE CAN, AND INSTEAD HE TAKES THE REIMBURSEMENT BECAUSE HIS SPOUSE PAYS FOR A PORTION OF IT.

SO WE REIMBURSE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SAVINGS TO THE CITY.

AND THEN THE SAME IS FOR RADFORD INGLES, WHO WAS THE RETIRED POLICE CHIEF.

AND IT'S THE SAME SITUATION WE REIMBURSE QUARTERLY.

THANK YOU, CHRISTY. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE ASK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE CONSENT.

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

SECOND. SECOND.

ANYBODY GOT A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER.

CASH FLOW, PLEASE.

AND THAT WAS APPROVED FOUR ZERO.

WAKE UP. WE'RE GOING TO REBRAND YOU.

OKAY.[INAUDIBLE] KEEP TRACK OF THE STUFF WE NEED TO RECESS.

WE'RE GOING TO RECESS AS WELL.

WHERE ARE WE HERE NOW? RECESS TO MEET WITH THE LA VERNE JOINT PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY.

STATE THE TIME. FOR THE RECORD, IT IS 7:49 P.M.

WE WILL RECESS.

AND DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY? I HAVE A FIRST. I HAVE A REPORT.

WHY DON'T YOU REPORT IT OUT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT.

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AND IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF FITTING THAT JEFF ALLRED WAS HERE EARLIER TONIGHT, AS YOU SEE HIS NAME ON A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE FOR VALLEY RANCHO MOBILE HOME PARK, UTILIZING FUNDING FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNDER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

THE CITY OF LA VERNE UNDERWENT A PROCESS OF PURCHASING VALLEY RANCHO MOBILE HOME PARK IN APRIL OF 2000.

OVER SUBSEQUENT YEARS.

VALLEY RANCHO HAS UNDERGONE NUMEROUS IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING SUBSTANTIAL ELECTRICAL UPGRADES.

HOWEVER, THE CURRENT GAS AND ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE IS PRIMARILY MASTER METERED, MEANING IT IS OWNED BY THE PARK AND METERED BY THE PARK.

UNLIKE TRADITIONAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION GRANTS AN EASEMENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY FOR UTILITY PURPOSES AT VALLEY RANCHO.

THIS EASEMENT WILL ALLOW THE CONVERSION OF THE CURRENT UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NATURAL GAS TO BE REPLACED, IMPROVED AND TRANSFERRED.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY IS NOW READY TO PROCEED WITH THE NECESSARY EASEMENT STAGE AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS.

EDISON WILL SIMILARLY ALSO NEED TO BE GRANTED AN EASEMENT FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE PROJECT, BUT THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS ARE NOT COMPLETED AT THIS TIME.

STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION TITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA GRANTING AN EASEMENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY FOR UTILITY PURPOSES FOR 2909 AERO HIGHWAY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS VALLEY RANCHO MOBILE HOME PARK.

JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE RESIDENTS THERE GOING TO RECEIVE A METER TO WHERE THEY PAY THEIR OWN UTILITY NOW FOR THEIR CHARGES FOR GAS? THAT WILL BE PART OF THIS PROJECT? THIS IS JUST THE PLANNING PHASE OF THAT.

THE ACTUAL PROJECT HAS NOT BEGUN, BUT THAT WILL CURRENTLY THE PARK METERS THEM DIRECTLY.

BUT THIS WOULD THEY WOULD BECOME A DIRECT CUSTOMER OF EDISON AND THE GAS COMPANY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. NO, I'M JUST ASKING.

GO AHEAD. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

MAYOR IS GIVING THEM THIS EASEMENT.

DOES THAT ENCROACH ON ANY OF THE HOMES OR THE SENIORS ARE AT OR ANYTHING ELSE? IS THAT AFFECT THEM IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM BY GRANTING THIS EASEMENT? IT DOES. AND IT FRANKLY, IT WILL BE AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THE PARK.

THE PARK'S OLDER, SO THIS WILL PROVIDE BRAND NEW INFRASTRUCTURE WITH IT.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH SPECTRUM TO LAY SPECTRUM THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL TO PROVIDE INTERNET SERVICES AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS TO THIS PARK THAT'S BEEN LACKING THERE PREVIOUSLY.

SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD THING.

IT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION, SO THERE'S NO COST TO THE RESIDENTS OR THE PARK ITSELF.

SO IT'S KIND OF A GOOD WIN PROJECT FOR US TO CONTINUE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

THANK YOU. AND THIS IS A CITY OWNED PARK, IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS. TECHNICALLY, IT'S UNDER THE LA VERNE FINANCING AUTHORITY.

THAT'S WHY WE RECESSED TO THAT BODY, WHICH IS.

THIS BODY TOO. WELL, AND I WANT TO SAY THAT EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL SINCE 2015, THAT'S BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS THAT VALLEY RANCHO IS THE FACT THAT THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE IS SO OLD.

WE DID THE ELECTRICAL IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEY STILL HAD POLES WITH WIRING THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH ANTIQUATED AND THEY WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING WITH IT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T APPROACH IT. SO NOT ONLY BEING A SEPARATELY METER, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THEY CAN HAVE A GREAT WI-FI SYSTEM IN THAT PARK.

SO IT'S KIND OF A WIN WIN.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU. ASSISTANT MANAGER J.R..

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING.

ARE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? NO. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

MOVE IT UP TO DAVIS. DO I HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER JPF A DASH 66 GRANTING EASEMENT TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY FOR UTILITY PURPOSES FOR 2909 ARROW HIGHWAY.

OTHER KNOWN AS VALLEY RANCHO MOBILE HOME PARK.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU. WE VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THAT WAS APPROVED FOUR ZERO.

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE OUR PUBLIC FINANCE OR THE WHATEVER WE'RE CALLED THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY AT 7:54 P.M.

AND WE REOPEN OUR COUNCIL MEETING AT 7:54 P.M.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS]

IS THAT CORRECT? VERSUS THE ANY REPORT AND PUBLIC PROTEST HEARING OF OLD TOWN LA VERNE AND THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE 1118 REGARDING EXPENDITURES OF FUNDS AND DETERMINING ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

MR.. DOMER PLEASE INTRODUCE STAFF REPORT.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL ERIC SHERER, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WILL MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

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THIS IS THE ANNUAL REPORT ON THE PROTEST HEARING FOR THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

THIS IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND THE BYLAWS OF THE DISTRICT ITSELF.

THE COUNCIL TONIGHT WILL REVIEW THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET, REESTABLISHING THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND FEE SCHEDULE.

AND ALSO THIS IS A UNIQUE TIME THIS YEAR TO MODIFY THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO THE EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER.

IN 1986, THE CITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHED THE OLD TOWN OR WHAT WAS THEN CALLED THE DOWNTOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR THEY ESTABLISHED THE ADVISORY BOARD, WHICH IS MADE UP BY BUSINESS OWNERS AND RESIDENTS, TO PROVIDE ADVICE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AS I MENTIONED, THE ANNUAL REPORT IS MULTI-PRONGED.

IT TALKS ABOUT PRIOR ACTIVITIES, THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND REESTABLISHES THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.

AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP CRAIG WALTERS, THE CHAIR OF THE DISTRICT BOARD, AND HE'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES.

I'LL THEN COME BACK UP AND TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUDGET AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS.

OR SHOULD WE CALL HIM MR. HOLLYWOOD? DURING THE FAIR, CRAIG WALTERS WAS IN THE BASICALLY THE WHERE THE ANIMAL ENCLOSURES WERE.

HE WAS ON EVERY CHANNEL IN THE MORNING THAT WAS IMAGINABLE 4 TO 7.

SUCH A SPOKESMAN.

HE WAS PERFECT.

I TOLD YOU, TIM, GET YOURSELF A GOAT AND YOU'LL BE ON EVERY CHANNEL IN THE COUNTRY.

SO THAT'S THE CRAIG WALTERS. GET A GOAT.

GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

I GUESS YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE, BUT WE'RE GLAD TO BE HERE ANYWAY.

I ACTUALLY WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL IN 86 WHEN THIS DISTRICT WAS SET UP, AND AT THAT TIME, OLD TOWN LA VERNE THEN CALLED DOWNTOWN LA VERNE WAS QUITE DIFFERENT.

IT WAS IN VARIOUS STATES OF DISREPAIR.

WE DIDN'T HAVE A VERY VIBRANT BUSINESS COMMUNITY AT THAT TIME, WHICH WHICH IS REALLY WHY THE DISTRICT WAS WAS FORMED.

SEVERAL OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS AT THAT TIME FELT IF THEY HAD A MECHANISM TO COME TOGETHER TO COLLECT SOME VERY MODEST FUNDS FROM THE OTHER OWNERS OF BUSINESSES IN THE OLD TOWN TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS AND TRY TO PUT ON SOME EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME GOOD THINGS COULD HAPPEN.

MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN THAT ALMOST 40 YEAR PERIOD, AND EVERY TIME I DRIVE THROUGH OLD TOWN, I JUST MARVEL AT HOW FAR IT'S COME IN THIS TIME.

THE FACT THAT YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE ALMOST ANY NIGHT OF THE WEEK AND HAVE A HARD TIME TO FIND A PLACE TO PARK BECAUSE THE RESTAURANTS ARE PACKED DURING THE DAY. THE BUSINESSES, THE NON RESTAURANTS ARE DOING GREAT BUSINESS.

AS FAR AS I KNOW RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN VIRTUALLY ZERO VACANCY.

AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE BUSINESS CLIMATE THAT'S BEEN PRODUCED THERE AND A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE'VE BUILT OVER THESE YEARS WITH THE CITY.

MANY PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT REALLY IS A PART OF THE CITY.

THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE RELY VERY HEAVILY ON MR. WALTERS. IF I COULD JUST STOP YOU FOR ONE SECOND.

WE HAVE A CONFLICT AND MR. JOHNSON IS GOING TO RECUSE HIMSELF AND EXPLAIN WHY.

I OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE MAP THAT'S OUTLINED HERE, SO I WILL STEP OUT.

SO FORGET WHAT I SAID.

LET'S START OVER. WHAT DID HE SAY? EASY TO DO. I WAS.

WASN'T THAT SENSE OF HUMOR. I WASN'T EVEN HERE.

IT WASN'T. CONTINUE, SIR.

THANK YOU. WE YOU KNOW, I THINK AT THIS STAGE, AS I SAID, ALMOST WE'RE COMING UP CLOSE TO 40 YEARS OLD TOWN HAS REALLY COME INTO ITS OWN.

AND THE UNIVERSITY HAS ALSO REALLY INCREASED ITS GAME OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS.

AND THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO BE.

THIS IS WHERE LA VERNE STARTED.

I WAS THINKING TODAY THAT AS WE NEAR COMPLETION OF THE LIGHT RAIL, WHICH WILL AGAIN PUT A RAIL FOCUS BACK IN OLD TOWN, WHERE OUR COMMUNITY STARTED, IN FACT, THE SAME EXACT SPOT THAT THE ORIGINAL LAND SALE HAPPENED IS WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL STATION IS GOING TO BE. THIS IS EXCITING TIME AND I LIVE IN THAT AREA EVERY DAY.

I SEE THE IMPROVEMENTS GOING ON E STREET AND SECOND STREET WITH THE NEW PATHWAY, THE PEDESTRIAN GATEWAY THAT WILL LEAD PEOPLE FROM THE NEW

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IT'S PRETTY EXCITING.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON.

THIS LAST YEAR SAW SOME IMPROVEMENTS.

PROBABLY THE MOST NOTABLE ONE WAS THE COMPLETION OF THE STAGE IMPROVEMENTS AT MONROE SQUARE, AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE IT FOR A COUPLE OF EVENTS.

THE LAST CHRISTMAS SEASON HOLIDAY, OPEN HOUSE, OUR WINE WALK WAS WE HAD CHECK IN THERE AND AND ALL OF OUR CHECK IN THIS NEXT YEAR WILL BE HELD AT THAT AREA WE'RE HOPING WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING AT THE BOARD LEVEL OF BRINGING SOME SUMMER CONCERTS TO THAT.

NOW THAT WE HAVE SOME SPACE THERE, WE HAVE A NICE STAGE AND MAYBE IT'S MUSIC AT MONROE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE NAME WILL BE, BUT CERTAINLY NOTHING LIKE THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S AT HERITAGE PARK, BUT SOME SUMMER MUSIC GOING ON, PEOPLE OUT ENJOYING DINNER, WALKING AROUND OLD TOWN.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO JUST CONTINUE TO ENHANCE WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I'LL SAY JUST ONE MORE THING REAL QUICK.

FINANCIALLY, WE'RE IN A VERY GOOD PLACE.

WE HAVE A VERY SOLID RESERVE OF ABOUT $130,000.

WE ARE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO ASSIST THE CITY IN IMPROVEMENTS LIKE THE TREE LIGHTING, LIKE THE STAGE AT MONROE SQUARE. AND WE EXPECT TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT LARGELY BECAUSE OF THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HOSTED.

THE BEER WALK AND THE WINE WALK HAVE BROUGHT IN FUNDS TO ALLOW US TO EXPAND AND DO OTHER THINGS.

SO I SEE THE FUTURE OF OLD TOWN BEING VERY BRIGHT AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE STAFF, ERIC SCHERER HAS BEEN JUST AN AMAZING SUPPORT AND NATALIE, ALSO STAFF SUPPORT.

WE COULDN'T PUT ON THESE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WITHOUT THEM.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.

OTHERWISE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. CRAIG. YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB.

WE IT'S A GREAT PLACE DOWNTOWN.

LA VERNE IT'S CHANGED DRASTICALLY, LIKE YOU SAY OVER THE YEARS.

AND WE'RE REALLY WE'RE KIND OF BLESSED HERE.

YEP. GOT A NICE LITTLE GEM DOWN THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT. CONCERTS WOULD BE GREAT.

JUST NICE MUSIC.

WHILE YOU'RE STROLLING THROUGH THERE AND GOING TO THE RESTAURANTS WOULD BE REALLY COOL.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

GET A GOAT.

FOLLOWING UP ON THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

PART OF THE PACKET INCLUDED A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED BUDGET.

THE DISTRICT BOARD HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS BUDGET.

IT IDENTIFIES NEARLY $108,000 IN REVENUE AND $116,000 IN EXPENDITURES WHICH NORMALLY WOULD BE CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

HOWEVER, $20,000 OF THAT IS A ONE TIME CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE EXPANSION OF THE TREE LIGHTING IN OLD TOWN.

SO THAT'S A ONE TIME FEE.

SO THEY DO OPERATE UNDER A BALANCED BUDGET.

IN FACT, THE RESERVES ARE MORE THAN A FULL ANNUAL EXPENDITURE BUDGET OF $138,000 PROJECTED.

SO THE TWO PRIMARY EVENTS THAT RAISE FUNDS FOR THE DISTRICT ARE THE WINE WALK AND BEER WALK.

THAT ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO DO THINGS SUCH AS EXTENSION OF THE TREE LIGHTS PROGRAM FOR CONCERTS IN THE PARK WHERE OR CONCERTS AT MONROE SQUARE, WHICH THOSE WOULD NOT BE ANY COSTS.

THEY'D BE FREE TO THE PUBLIC.

BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH PUTTING ON EVENTS SUCH AS THOSE.

THIS IS AGAIN, AN ANNUAL PROTEST HEARING TO WHERE IT'D BE APPROPRIATE TO RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THIS EVENING FROM BUSINESSES WITHIN THE DISTRICT ON THEIR IF THEY HAD ANY CONCERNS. IN MY 24 YEARS WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROTESTS TO THIS.

WE THE RATES DON'T AREN'T INCREASE THE BOUNDARIES AREN'T BEING MODIFIED BASED ON PAST YEARS.

BUT IT IS A PUBLIC COMMENT HEARING FOR THAT PURPOSE.

AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR IN THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE MAKE A MODIFICATION TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

THE MUNICIPAL CODE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE WAS WAS, I'M GUESSING FROM THE ORIGINAL INCEPTION IN 1986 OR 87 FOR THE DISTRICT.

IT HAS VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT EXPENDITURES OF OVER $500 BASICALLY HAVE TO BE APPROVED.

ANYTHING OVER $100 WERE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AND EXPENDITURES, ANYTHING THAT'S EVEN WITHIN THIS BUDGET THAT'S OVER $1,000 REQUIRES CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL THAT WAS PRIOR TO THESE LARGER EVENTS.

AND SO BY PUTTING ON THESE LARGER EVENTS, THERE'S ACTUALLY HIGHER EXPENDITURES.

AND SO THE PAST PRACTICE HASN'T BEEN TAKING ALL THESE EXPENDITURES TO THE COUNCIL EVERY TIME AND THE BOARD.

AND WE'VE RECOGNIZED THIS DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND WHAT REAL PRACTICE RECALLS REQUIRES.

SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT AN ORDINANCE BE APPROVED OR PLACED ON FIRST READING THIS EVENING THAT WOULD MODIFY THE MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 2.540.150,

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SO THAT WAY THE CITY COUNCIL ISN'T REQUIRED TO TAKE AN ACTION EVERY TIME THE BOARD NEEDS TO WRITE A CHECK TO PAY A VENDOR OR A SOMEBODY THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF THEIR LARGER EVENTS. SO THE CITY, THE FINANCE DIRECTOR AND THE CITY ATTORNEY HAVE REVIEWED THIS.

CITY MANAGER SUPPORTS IT AS WELL.

THIS IS JUST PUTTING IN MORE IN LINE IN THE REALITIES OF TODAY AND THE DISTRICT'S EXPENDITURES BASED ON THEIR OPERATIONS.

SO TONIGHT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING TWO ACTIONS.

THE FIRST WOULD BE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2332, WHICH APPROVES THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL REPORT, THE PROPOSED BUDGET AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND ASSESSMENT FORMULAS, AND THEN PLACE ON FIRST READING AND BY TITLE INTRODUCED BY TITLE ONLY, AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1118, WHICH RELATES TO THE CHAPTER 2.54150.

THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS ADVISORY BOARDS, EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE.

I THINK THAT WAS ALL I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU BECAUSE I KNOW THERE WAS A FEW COMMENTS FROM SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT THEY WERE KIND OF RESTRICTED AS FAR AS THE CHECK WRITING, AND IT WAS KIND OF ANTIQUATED TO MORE ACCESS TO THE FUNDS.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT CONSIDERING SOME OF THESE EVENTS THAT ARE PUTTING ON.

THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF OUTLAY CONSIDERING WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW, AND IT REALLY HAS MORPHED.

SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IS THAT I THINK THERE'S ACTUALLY FURTHER WORK TO BE DONE ON THAT FRONT.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THERE'S YEAH, THERE'S ACCESS TO FUNDS, BUT ALSO HOW THE FUNDS ARE KEPT, HOW THE CITY KEEPS THEM.

I THINK WE NEED TO REALLY REVIEW THAT AS A CITY MANAGEMENT AND YOU GUYS AND ALSO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT TO MAKE IT MORE COHESIVE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS AND TO BE ABLE TO DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A STUMBLING BLOCK.

IT IS. AND SO THE NEXT YEAR, THAT IS A GOAL.

THE CITY IS THE PRIMARY KEEPER OF THE DISTRICT'S BUDGET.

BUT NOW, SEVERAL YEARS BACK, THE DISTRICT ESTABLISHED AN ASSOCIATION, A NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION WHICH HAS THE ABILITY TO INCUR THE COST OF HAVING THESE EVENTS, BUT ALSO DIRECTLY ACCEPT THE REVENUE OF THE EVENTS AND KIND OF.

OPERATED ON THEIR OWN.

AND SO SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MORE THAN LIKELY WE'D HAVE AN ANNUAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT ASSOCIATION OR THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE ASSOCIATION, WHICH WOULD OUTLINE HOW THOSE EVENTS HAPPEN.

BUT TAKE A LOT OF THE BUDGETING OUT OF THE CITY'S PROCESS AND PUT IT DIRECTLY BACK INTO THEIR HANDS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY NOW WITH THAT REVENUE SOURCE TO BE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THE THINGS. SOME OF THE GENERAL STREET MAINTENANCE, SIDEWALK SWEEPING POWER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE STAGE, THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE PART OF THE CITY'S BUDGET AS ALONG WITH THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE COLLECTED.

THAT'S PART OF THE BUSINESS LICENSE.

SO THAT PROBABLY WOULDN'T CHANGE.

BUT HAVING THE EVENTS KIND OF MOVED TO THE ASSOCIATION IS A GOAL.

I THINK THAT'S BEEN EXPRESSED BY THE BOARD AND I THINK WE'RE RECEPTIVE TO OBVIOUSLY THAT WOULD COME BACK AND PROBABLY REQUIRE FURTHER MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES.

BUT FOR NOW WE'D LIKE TO JUST CHANGE THIS ONE CODE REGARDING THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS AND WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A NEW SYSTEM BY THIS TIME NEXT YEAR IS MY GUESS.

THAT'D BE GREAT. YEAH. MR. MAYOR, THERE'S BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE OUT THERE.

WHEN I WAS IN HUNTINGTON BEACH, THEY HAD A VERY VIBRANT DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE.

THIS IS AN EVOLUTION OF OUR BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT GROWING AND GETTING BETTER AND DOING MORE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FOLKS THAT THEY'RE SERVING IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO MAYBE WORK WITH THEM TO LOOK AT BRINGING IN ONE OF THOSE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS TO DO SOME REVIEW AND TO PROVIDE US THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE ASSOCIATION, KIND OF A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS IN THEIR GROWTH.

WELL, I THINK TOO, THAT BESIDES THAT, JUST THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF OUR DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT IS SO IMPORTANT TO THE CITY TO MAYBE BRING SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON, TOO, BECAUSE AS MR. SHERWOOD KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

WHETHER WE HAVE VACANCIES OR NOT, IT'S STILL TO GET THE RIGHT PLACES HERE OR THE RIGHT RESTAURANTS HERE TO BE THAT ATTRACTION.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH THAT.

SO, MISS ATTORNEY, WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST? PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT.

FIRST, I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS AND IS SHAKING HER HEAD.

SO THAT MEANS NOBODY WANTS TO COMMENT.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. ANNA SAID NO.

OKAY. OKAY.

WITHOUT THAT AND NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THAT AND WE'LL MOVE IT TO THE DAIS.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS COUNCIL? CITY ATTORNEY. I WOULD RECOMMEND, MR. MAYOR. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU TAKE THE ITEM INTO SEPARATE MOTIONS.

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I MOVED A MOTION TO MOVE ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2332, APPROVING THE DISTRICT'S ANNUAL REPORT PROPOSED 2023, 2024 ANNUAL BUDGET AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES AND ASSESSMENT FORMULA.

SECOND. THANK YOU.

I THOUGHT YOU'D NEVER ASK.

VOTE, PLEASE APPROVED THREE ZERO AND THEN MOTION TO APPROVE, APPROVE AND INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1118 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AMENDING CHAPTER 2.54.150 OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATIVE TO THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ADVISORY BOARDS, EXPENDITURE OF CITY FUNDS AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

THAT'S A LOT. SECOND.

SECOND. THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME. VOTE, PLEASE.

AND THAT WAS APPROVED. THREE ZERO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

STAFF WE MOVE ON TO SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTION NUMBER 2323, ADOPTING.

OKAY. WELL, I'LL WAIT TO READ IT.

MISS ANYTHING WHILE THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER IS GETTING COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, I WILL BRING UP FINANCE DIRECTOR CHRISTY LOPEZ JUST BECAUSE SHE HASN'T BEEN UP HERE ENOUGH.

I KNOW MY PAPER.

MY QUESTIONS WERE ASKED AND ANSWERED.

WE ADJOURNED.

IN YOUR DREAMS, PLEASE COME BACK.

YOU WANT TO CHECK THAT? MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE TO CRUISE YOU FOR ANYTHING ELSE.

MR. JOHNSON. MS. LOPEZ. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

TONIGHT, I BRING TO YOU A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 2314, THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 COMPREHENSIVE FEE RESOLUTION EACH YEAR WITH THE BUDGET PROCESS, THE DEPARTMENT'S REVIEW EXISTING FEES AND BRING FORWARD ANY CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE FEE SCHEDULE FOR THE 2324 FISCAL YEAR. THERE ARE NO NEW FEES BEING PROPOSED.

THERE ARE TWO FEE REVISIONS AND ONE ADDITION TO LANGUAGE.

THE FIRST FEE IS THE CPI INCREASE FOR THE CITYWIDE REFUSE SERVICES, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S WASTE MANAGEMENT CONTRACT.

THE SECOND FEE IS THE TEMPORARY OVERNIGHT PARKING PERMIT.

THE LAST INCREASE WAS IN WAS COMPLETED IN 2018.

SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN SIGNIFICANT INCREASES TO RUN THIS PROGRAM, WHICH IS SEEN AS BENEFICIAL FOR SAFETY AND SECURITY REASONS.

THE PROPOSED INCREASE OF $2 IS A 66% INCREASE, WHICH, ALTHOUGH LARGE, IS NEEDED TO CONTINUE RUNNING THIS PROGRAM DUE TO INCREASED CONTRACTUAL CHARGES FOR PARKING ENFORCEMENT, PARKING COLLECTION AND COURT FEES.

THE FINAL CHANGE IS THE ADDITION TO OF LANGUAGE TO THE BUILDING PERMIT SECTION, WHICH I WILL READ.

SO PROJECTS WITH VALUATIONS OVER 10 MILLION ARE ELIGIBLE FOR A REDUCED MULTIPLIER, SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE PROJECT APPLICANT WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CONSENT.

THIS IS TO ENCOURAGE AS WELL AS IDENTIFY THE EFFICIENCIES RECOGNIZED FOR LARGE PROJECTS BASED ON INCREMENTAL COSTS AND RECOGNIZES PERMITTING AND INSPECTION EFFICIENCIES WHILE ALLOWING FOR AN AGREEMENT TO REDUCE THE FEES FOR PROJECTS WITH LARGE VALUES AND CAN ENTICE DEVELOPERS TO CHOOSE LA VERNE FOR THEIR NEXT PROJECT, WHICH BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK BECAUSE I DID NOT MENTION THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT, WHICH IS 5.17%.

AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM AVAILABLE.

CROSBY YOU HAVE TO TROT ON THAT.

I AM, BECAUSE ON THIS I BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE CITY MANAGER EARLIER THIS WEEK ABOUT WHAT OUR CURRENT COSTS OF WASTE MANAGEMENT VERSUS CITIES AROUND.

AND I KNOW HE HAD THE ANSWER PREPARED.

SO THANK YOU MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL YEAH BASED ON THE MAYOR PRO MS QUESTION ON CURRENT COSTS SO

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WHY THEY DO THIS, I'M NOT SURE, BUT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN CITY PROVIDED BECAUSE THEY DO IT DIFFERENT SANITATION.

I HEAR THAT THEY'RE AT $41.25 AND THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOLDEN STATE WATER.

YEAH, A 2022 NUMBER.

SO THERE ARE A NUMBER FOR THIS YEAR WOULD BE DIFFERENT GLENDORA, WHICH CURRENTLY USES ATHENS DISPOSAL AND AGAIN THIS IS A 2022 NUMBER IS $41.10 AND THEN SAN DIMAS, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR TO US, THIS IS A 2023 NUMBER.

THEY USE WASTE MANAGEMENT, BUT WHAT WE HEARD IS THEY MAY HAVE ALREADY INTRODUCED ALL THE ORGANICS ISSUE IS AT $41.50.

SO OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ARE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. DOMER.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT? YES. THE 5.1% INCREASE, IS THAT SOMETHING? REFRESH STATHAM WE'RE DOING.

THAT'S SOMETHING THEY WANTED TO INCREASE ON.

SO IT'S PART OF THEIR CONTRACT.

THEY HAVE A CPI.

CORRECT. NOW, HOW LONG HAVE WE BEEN IN THIS CONTRACT WITH THEM AND WHEN DOES IT EXPIRE? WE WERE THINKING WE EXTENDED IT TO 3 TO 5 YEARS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE IT FOR ANOTHER SEVEN YEARS, BUT I'M NOT POSITIVE IT WAS EXTENDED ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO OR THREE YEARS AGO FOR TEN YEARS.

SO WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN YEARS LEFT IN IT.

AND IS THERE ANY WITHIN THIS SEVEN YEAR TIME FRAME, AN INCREASE IN OTHER FUTURE INCREASES, LIKE IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THEY'RE LOOKING AT ANOTHER 3% OR 4%? YEAH, THEY HAVE CPI BUILT INTO THE CONTRACT THAT'S BUILT INTO THIS.

CORRECT. YEAH. SO THE INCREASES WILL BE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND AGREED UPON DATE ON THAT.

THEY CAN ASK US FOR OTHER INCREASES, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO JUSTIFY THOSE INCREASES.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST DRIVER OF INCREASES NOWADAYS IS BASICALLY STATE LEGISLATION THAT IS PUSHING DOWN STATE UNFUNDED MANDATES.

SO AGAIN, OUR STATE LEGISLATORS ARE PUSHING ITEMS THAT ARE CREATING LIKE THE ORGANICS ISSUE AND ALL THAT STUFF, WHICH CREATES ADDITIONAL EXPENSES AND THEY'RE PASSING IT ON. AND SO BUT THE 5.17% INCREASE ON A $30 RATE IS $1.57.

AND SO WE'RE ALREADY $10 CHEAPER THAN THE CITIES RIGHT AROUND US.

YEAH, I GET IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING AT THE TOTALITY OF IT AND I'M NOT A BIG PROPONENT OF INCREASES OF TAXES ANYWAYS, BUT I KNOW IF IT'S A DOLLAR HERE, A DOLLAR THERE, $20, I MEAN, THINGS JUST ADD UP.

AND FOR FOR OUR CITIZENS HERE IN LA VERNE, THEY'RE ON A FIXED INCOME.

I MEAN, WE'RE GETTING THEM A DOLLAR HERE AND A DOLLAR THERE AND I GET IT.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM EFFECTS IS GOING TO AFFECT SOME FOLKS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE LAST CONTRACT WAS A NO BID CONTRACT.

THERE WAS A SINGLE SOURCE, WHICH I'M NOT IN FAVOR IN AT ALL.

YEAH. THE LAST TWO CITIES I WAS AT, FORTUNATELY HAD THOSE CONTRACTS COME UP WITH ALL THE NEW LAWS THAT ARE COMING DOWN FROM THE STATE.

CITIES ARE LESS LIKELY TO EXTEND IT WITH THEIR CURRENT PROVIDER AND MORE SO JUST GO OUT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MORE IN THE CONTRACT AND THE FRANCHISE THAT YOU HAVE TO DO.

SO A LOT OF CITIES ARE WORKING WITH THE THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT.

THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION OUT THERE.

BUT AGAIN, WE WOULD START THAT PROCESS IN ABOUT FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

YEAH, BECAUSE I'M A PROPONENT OF GOING OUT TO BID, AS WE'RE FINDING OUT THOUGH, THAT SOMETIMES, BUT STILL TO BE UP AND UP, WE WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, AS COUNCILMEMBER CASH SAID AND COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING DUE DILIGENCE ON OUR CONTRACTS AND WE'RE GETTING THE BEST THING FOR OUR CITIZENS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT MAY NOT BE CHEAPER AND WE WOULD STAY WITH OUR LOCAL PROVIDER THAT'S BEEN DOING IT.

BUT THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK THAT WAY EITHER.

SO BUT I THINK WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST REVIEW THE CONTRACTS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT, AS WE'VE BEEN DOING, ACTUALLY REVIEWING A LOT OF THE CONTRACTS.

NOW, MISTER JOHNSON, WAS THERE AN ISSUE WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT? GREEN WASTE DIVERSION AS FAR AS THEIR FACILITY? I MEAN, WAS THAT IN TULE LAKE AREA AND NOW TULARE AND TULARE? IT'S CLOSED.

IT'S CLOSED RIGHT NOW, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BECAUSE OF THE WATER ISSUE.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TULARE LAKE, WHERE THERE WERE THERE WAS NO LAKE, BUT NOW THERE IS.

THEY HAVEN'T. YEAH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE NOT.

THEY STOPPED IT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE LAKE THAT WASN'T THERE IS NOW THERE.

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THAT ONE. BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE THEY'RE GOING SO OKAY WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON JUST ON THE GREEN WASTE, WHICH IS NOW DIFFERENT.

SO ONE OF THE BIGGEST ISSUES ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO IS THE STATE YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO USE GREEN WASTE AS WHAT'S CALLED ALTERNATIVE DAILY COVER.

SO AT A LANDFILL, THEY WOULD USE THE GREEN WASTE TO COVER THE TRASH SO THE BIRDS AND OTHER RODENTS WOULDN'T GET INTO IT.

AND THE STATE CHANGED THE RULES AND SAID, WELL, NO, THAT'S NOW PART OF THE THE LANDFILL MASS AND YOU CAN'T COUNT IT AS ADC.

SO IT WENT TO THE DIVERSION RATE.

SO THEN YOU HAD TO START DIVERTING THAT TO A COMPOSTER AND ALL THAT STUFF.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN'T PUT THAT, YOU KNOW, NEXT DOOR TO A BUNCH OF HOMES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO THEY ARE LOCATED IN AREAS OUTSIDE THE URBAN AREAS.

SAME THING WITH THE ORGANICS IS THEY PROMULGATED ALL THESE REGULATIONS BEFORE THERE WAS ACTUALLY THE SUPPLY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE DEMAND OF STUFF COMING IN. I MEAN, TO TELL ME THAT THEY DID SOMETHING BEFORE THEY HAD SOMETHING IN PLACE.

YES. KIND OF LIKE ELECTRIFICATION AND CARS.

YES. SO THAT'S BEEN.

SO THERE'S A SERIES OF ISSUES.

YES. THANK YOU.

WELL, I ALWAYS SAY, YOU KNOW, THE ORGANICS, THERE'S A GARBAGE DISPOSAL IN THE KITCHEN.

USE IT. THERE YOU GO.

I'LL JUST SAY IT ANYWAY.

THANK YOU, MISS LOPEZ.

I KNOW. CAREFUL.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO? YES.

COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

KATHY. THIRD STREET.

BACK WHEN WE DID THE WHOLE NO BID CONTRACT.

OUR PREVIOUS COUNCIL PEOPLE AND CITY MANAGER TOOK A LOT OF FLACK.

AND THE REASON THEY SAID IS IF WE EXTEND THIS CONTRACT, WE WILL BE THE CHEAPEST AROUND.

AND THEY WERE CORRECT.

SO I JUST WANT TO IF THEY'RE WATCHING, THANKS GUYS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ALL THE CRAP YOU HAD TO PUT UP WITH.

THAT'S IT. THANKS, KATHY.

ANYWAY, IT'S ALL TRASH TALK.

OKAY. GOOD EVENING AGAIN.

GOOD EVENING AGAIN. CYNTHIA GAVALDON 2529.

I HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM OTHER CITIES THAT THERE IS A THERE'S A GROUP.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S 100 OF THEM NOW OR WHAT, BUT THEY'RE REALLY PUSHING BACK ON THIS ORGANIC WASTE THING BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME PROJECTS UP NORTH.

EVERYTHING'S FAILING.

IT'S A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY AND TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.

SO ANY WAY WE CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT, WE NEED TO START PARTICIPATING IN THESE IN THESE GROUPS THAT ARE PUSHING BACK.

AND THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE A NO BRAINER.

SO PLEASE DO THAT.

THANK YOU. MISS GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

MR. CROSBY, YOU SEEM TO BE DOING THE MOTIONS.

I'M DOING MOTIONS TONIGHT.

READING. GO AHEAD. I MOVE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2023 2024 COMPREHENSIVE FEE SCHEDULE ESTABLISHED BY RESOLUTION 23 DASH 14 SECOND.

I'LL SECOND VOTE, PLEASE.

THAT WAS APPROVED FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW WE MOVE ON TO OUR LAST PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1119 ESTABLISHING THE REGULAR MEETING TIME FOR THE CITY COUNCIL WILL BE SET BY RESOLUTION.

IS THAT CORRECT, MR. GILMER? THAT IS CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS ONE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE RECENTLY IS WE'VE HAD A COUPLE CLOSE OR SPECIAL MEETINGS BEFORE THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN ORDER TO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS OF GOING INTO CLOSED SESSION AFTERWARDS IS SOMETIMES THESE MEETINGS GO LATE AND YOU DON'T GET THE BEST I DON'T KNOW, BEST DISCUSSION GOING WHEN IT'S LATE NIGHT.

ALSO, LIKE TONIGHT, WE HAVE TWO WORKERS COMP ITEMS ON AND WE HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE WORKERS COMP LAWYER WHO IS HANGING AROUND WAITING TO GET ON.

SO CURRENTLY UNDER THE MUNICIPAL CODE, OUR MEETINGS ARE SET BY DATE AND BY TIME.

AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS SET IT BY RESOLUTION SO THAT WE COULD SET AN EARLIER TIME FRAME, SAY 530.

THEN AT 530 WE WOULD START A CLOSED SESSION.

IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLOSED SESSION MATERIAL, WE COULD ALWAYS DO A STUDY SESSION.

BUT THE REGULAR SESSION, THE GOAL IS TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT'S AT 630 BECAUSE THAT'S ACCOMMODATING FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL TO GET HERE.

AND SO THIS WOULD BASICALLY JUST MAKE THAT CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT ALLOWS US TO SET THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS BY RESOLUTION INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ORDINANCE.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. DOMER. ANY COMMENTS FOR STAFF?

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OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? MR. BOWEN. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S A LONG NIGHT.

I READ THE WORDING IN THE PROPOSAL HERE AND WASN'T ISN'T ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES THAT IT'S IT GOES FROM TWO MEETINGS.

IT TAKES AWAY THE TWO MEETINGS A MONTH AND GOES TO ONE.

NO. ARE YOU SURE THAT'S HOW IT'S WORDED? COULD BE WRONG, BUT IT SEEMED TO ME THAT IT TOOK THAT WORDING OUT.

WELL, AGAIN, SO WHAT WE'D BE DOING IS SETTING IT BY RESOLUTION.

SO AT THE RESOLUTION THAT'S BROUGHT BACK AFTER THIS IS ENACTED, THEN IT WOULD BE SET FOR THE CURRENT.

WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE CURRENT MEETING TIMES OR DAYS.

SO NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT I BELIEVE I READ IT THAT IT SAID ONE DAY, POTENTIALLY ONE MEETING A MONTH, NOT TWO.

THERE WAS NO THERE WAS NO REQUIREMENT FOR TWO MEETINGS.

AGAIN, MAYBE I'M WRONG, BUT I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN THE.

LET ME READ WHAT I THINK YOU'RE READING.

SO IN THE STAFF REPORT, BY CHANGING THE ABILITY TO ESTABLISH REGULAR MEETING TIMES BY RESOLUTION, THE CITY CAN MAKE A CHANGE IN ONE MEETING.

SO BY ORDINANCE, WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT SO WE'RE HAVING THE FIRST READING.

SO SAY IF WE WANTED TO PERMANENTLY CHANGE THE MEETING TIME FROM 6:30 TO 6 BY ORDINANCE, WE WOULD HAVE A FIRST READING.

WE'D COME BACK THE NEXT MEETING TO HAVE THE SECOND, AND THEN IT WOULD BE ADOPTED 30 DAYS LATER AND ENACTED 30 DAYS LATER AFTER THE ADOPTION.

WHEN YOU SET IT BY RESOLUTION, ONCE THIS ORDINANCE IS ENACTED, WE WILL COME BACK 30 DAYS AFTER ADOPTION AND THEN WITH A RESOLUTION, WHICH IS GOOD THAT NIGHT, WE'LL SET THE DATE AND TIME.

SO IT'S THE ACT OF ACTUALLY SETTING A NEW MEETING, TIME OR DATE IN ONE MEETING VERSUS THE MULTIPLE PROCESS THAT AN ORDINANCE TAKES TO DO IT. SO IT'S NOT CHANGING IT FROM TWO MEETINGS PER MONTH TO ONE MEETING.

IT'S JUST THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A CHANGE, IT CAN BE IN ONE MEETING VERSUS THE FIRST READ THE ADOPTION.

SO THE ORDINANCE, THE CURRENT MUNICIPAL CODE THAT SAYS TWO MEETINGS A MONTH IS STAYS.

THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO CONTINUE.

YEAH. I'VE BEEN AT A ONE MEETING A MONTH CITY.

NOT GOOD. I WOULDN'T THINK SO BASED ON MOST MOST OF THESE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BUT THEN EARLIER WE DID CANCEL THE JULY 3RD MEETING, RIGHT? I THINK SO, YEAH.

I THINK THE REASON THAT THE ORDINANCE WOULD READ, YOU KNOW, IT'S BASICALLY A MINIMUM OF ONE AND THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR YOU TO SAY WE JUST WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A REGULAR MEETING ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

YOUR FIRST MEETING IN JULY IS ALMOST ALWAYS GOING TO FALL AT OR, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AROUND THE 4TH OF JULY.

AND SO THAT WOULD ALLOW US BY RESOLUTION, FOR EXAMPLE, TO SAY THE REGULAR MEETINGS WOULD BE FIRST MONDAY, THIRD MONDAY, AND THEN REGULAR MEETING STARTS AT 6:30.

STUDY SESSIONS OR OR CLOSED SESSIONS MAY START AT 5:30 AND THE JULY MEETING CAN BE CANCELED, FOR EXAMPLE.

YEAH. AND THE OTHER BENEFIT IS, YOU KNOW, SINCE WE MEET ON MONDAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF MONDAY HOLIDAYS AND SOMETIMES THERE'S FIVE MONDAYS IN A MONTH.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE THAT EXTRA WEEK TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE AGENDA DONE.

BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU COULD ALSO MAKE SURE YOU STILL HAVE TWO MEETINGS THAT MONTH UNLESS YOU JUST CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT TUESDAY, BUT YOU CAN SHIFT THEM AROUND.

[INAUDIBLE] ANITA BEAUCHAMP 2516.

AMHERST. MY CONCERN WITH THIS RESOLUTION CHANGE IS THAT OUR ORDINANCE I'M SORRY.

119 CHANGE.

NORMALLY YOU HAVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS SUCH AS THAT WE HAD LAST MEETING TO DAMIAN HIGH SCHOOL'S HOCKEY TEAM AND THE DEBATE TEAM AND ALL OF THE OTHER STUDENT ATHLETES AND STUDENTS THAT HAVE WON AWARDS OR WON CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT.

AND YOU GENERALLY DO THOSE PRESENTATIONS PRIOR TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING SO THAT THEY LEAVE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO STAY HERE FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT LIKE THE REST OF US.

SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, HOW WOULD YOU HAVE YOUR CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, CLOSED SESSION WHEN I BEGAN COMING TO A COUNCIL MEETINGS, THEY WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN THERE ALMOST AS OFTEN AS YOUR REGULAR MEETINGS, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU WOULD BE IMPOSING ON THE RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THE STUDENTS AND ATHLETES BY

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I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE ANY KIND OF CHANGE, THEN IT SHOULD JUST BE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT DAY OF THE WEEK BECAUSE OF THE FREQUENCY.

SO THAT'S MY OPINION.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT BACK UP.

AND CAN WE ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

WHAT THE PLAN WOULD BE TO MAINTAIN THE REGULAR MEETING STARTING TIME OF 6:30.

THE CLOSED SESSIONS WOULD START EARLIER.

THE COUNCIL WOULD OPEN THAT MEETING.

THERE COULD BE COMMENT ON THOSE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS THAT WOULDN'T HOLD UP ANY OF THE PROCLAMATIONS AND SO ON.

WE COULD BASICALLY ADJUST IT WHEREVER WE WANT.

CORRECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COUNCIL? AND I TAKE A MOTION. COME ON, RICK.

MAYOR PRO TEM GLASS, BACK ON YOU.

ALL RIGHT. MOVE TO APPROVE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1119.

ESTABLISHING THAT REGULAR MEETING TIMES.

THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE SET BY RESOLUTION.

SECOND. SECOND.

VOTE, PLEASE. ABOUT THE SAME WHICH TOOK HIS THUNDER.

WE'RE MISSING MR. MAYOR.

ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T READ IT ALL OUT.

AND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF THE ORDINANCE OF NUMBER 1119 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

ESTABLISHING THAT REGULAR MEETING TIMES, THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL BE SET BY RESOLUTION.

I APOLOGIZE. I JUST FAILED.

YOU'VE ONLY READ 16.

VOTE, PLEASE. OH, WE HAVE A SECOND.

I SECOND. OH, PLEASE.

THAT WAS APPROVED FOR. OH, THANK YOU.

[OTHER MATTERS]

THANK YOU. WELL, YOU GET UP.

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, MEG MCQUAID WILL COME UP AND PRESENT THIS ITEM.

EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR.

I'M GOING TO STAND FOR JUST A MINUTE.

THAT'S PERFECT. GIVE ME A THUMBS UP FOR THAT.

YEAH. HE'S A COMEDIAN TONIGHT.

[INAUDILE].

I DON'T, BUT I COULD JUST SPEAK TO IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.

AND I COULD HAVE LITTLE PICTURES.

BASICALLY, THIS IS THE RESIN REPLACEMENT AT THE AMHERST TREATMENT PLANT.

ESSENTIALLY, THE PLANT WAS BUILT IN 2007.

IT TREATS FOR BOTH NITRATE AND PERCHLORATE.

WE HAVE THE RESIN THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED FOR THE PERCHLORATE VESSELS.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO AWARD THE RESIN THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER.

SO IT'S A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT TO CALGON FOR THE TYPE OF RESIN THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER.

AND IT'S A COST OF ABOUT $152,000.

AND BASICALLY THEY'RE REALLY THE ONLY ONE THAT SUPPLIES THIS TO DO THE TYPE OF TREATMENT THEY NEED TO GET THE BEST RESULTS OUT OF THE REMOVAL OF THE PECHORA.

YES. AND WE CAN POST THE.

OH. I CAN SHOW YOU PRETTY PICTURES OF THE PLANT OR YOU DID WELL, ANSWER QUESTIONS.

ARE THERE OTHER SOURCES? NOT NECESSARILY FOR THIS PARTICULAR RESIN, BUT OTHER RESINS THAT DO THE SAME THING.

THERE ARE OTHER PERCHLORATE RESINS.

AND WHEN WE INITIALLY ACTIVATED THE PLANT, THEY LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ONES.

AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT THEY SELECTED FOR OUR WATER QUALITY.

BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.

SO IF WE WANTED TO DO THAT FOR THE NEXT REPLACEMENT CYCLE, WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WE WOULD USE THEM AND WE'D GO THROUGH THE DIVISION OF DRINKING WATER PROCESS TO MODIFY OUR DRINKING WATER PERMIT. YEAH, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE TO SEE IF THERE'S A BETTER PRODUCT FOR OUR NEEDS INSTEAD OF JUST GOING TO A SINGLE SOURCE OVER AND OVER AGAIN WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT ELSE IS OUT THERE.

OKAY, BECAUSE WE'VE DONE THIS IS ABOUT THIS SINCE I'VE BEEN ON COUNCIL.

I THINK THIS IS THE SECOND TIME WE DID THIS.

I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THE PERCHLORATE.

I KNOW WE'VE CHANGED OUT THE THE NITRATE RESIN BEFORE.

WE'VE DONE THIS ONCE BEFORE.

BUT I DO AGREE WITH MR. JOHNSON. I THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SAME THING.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR TIME YOU REALLY CAN'T BECAUSE IT'S THE BEST PRODUCT FOR US TO USE RIGHT NOW IN THE SITUATION WE'RE IN.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES, IT IS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANNA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? DIDN'T MS. BEAUCHAMP? ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST A QUESTION.

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MISS BEAUCHAMP. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'LL BRING IT UP. MS. MCQUADE. DIRECTOR, CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? DO YOU WANT TO BRING IT BACK UP? CERTAINLY. METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT IS OUR IMPORT WATER SUPPLIER.

THIS IS ACTUALLY TREATMENT OF OUR OWN GROUNDWATER, WHICH IS THE MOST RELIABLE AND LEAST EXPENSIVE SUPPLY OF WATER.

AND FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE, WE GET ABOUT 25% OF OUR WATER SUPPLY FROM GROUNDWATER.

SO IT ISN'T IN CONJUNCTION WITH METROPOLITAN FOR THAT REASON.

IT'S OUR OWN WATER SUPPLY.

IN TERMS OF THE IF YOU GO TO THE VESSEL, I JUST WANT TO SHOW SO THIS IS THE VESSELS ARE ALREADY INSTALLED AT THE PLANT.

THESE ARE THE PERCHLORATE VESSELS.

AND SO A TRUCK PULLS UP AND EMPTIES THE OLD RESIN AND REPLACES IT.

SO THERE IS NO DISTURBANCE OF PIPING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

MEG, DO WE HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH THE WELLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY? AS I REMEMBER THE WALNUT WELL, IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE.

WE HAVE VOCS IN SOME WELLS AND NITRATE AND PERCHLORATE AND OTHER AND SOMETIMES IT'S ROCKET PROPELLANT AND FIREWORKS, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S CHILEAN FERTILIZER. AND SO A LOT OF THE ORCHARDS WERE ABOVE THERE.

RIGHT. AND SO IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE FROM SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

OKAY. BUT I MEAN, WE DO HAVE WELLS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO TREAT IN THE SAME MANNER.

YES, SIR. BUT MOST OF IT WAS FROM THE FARMING COMMUNITY.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE BELIEVE SO.

SORRY. HEY, GOD BLESS THE FARMERS.

HOW MANY WELLS DO WE HAVE? DO YOU KNOW? IF YOU CAN GET BACK TO ME, LET ME KNOW.

I ACTUALLY TEXTED RICHARD BECAUSE I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT, THAT'S OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW MANY WELLS WE HAVE ACTIVE, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FEED INTO THIS PLANT.

SEVEN ACTIVE. I WILL GET THAT AND WE CAN POST IT ON THE WEBSITE TOO.

AND YOU SAID 25% OF THE CITY DRINKING WATER IS GROUNDWATER OUR GROUNDWATER THAT NOT FROM.

OKAY. YES. WHY IS THERE? WHY ARE THERE NOT ONE FROM GROUNDWATER AND ONE FROM.

YOU KNOW, I'M ALLOWING YOU TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.

SO THE CITY ACTUALLY HAS A WATER QUALITY REPORT.

AND IN THAT WATER QUALITY REPORT, WE TALK ABOUT BOTH GROUNDWATER AND THE IMPORT WATER AND ALL THE WATER QUALITY RELATED TO IT.

SO IF YOU LOOK ON OUR WEBSITE, THERE SHOULD BE THE WATER QUALITY REPORT EACH YEAR.

AND SO WE WILL BE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF COMPILING IT.

IT'LL BE POSTED BY JULY.

VERY GOOD. DOES THAT COME OUT WITH THE WATER BILLS? NO. TYPICALLY IT USED TO HAVE TO BE DONE THAT WAY, BUT NOW WE CAN POST IT ONLINE AND ALSO POST IT AT COMMUNITY CENTERS IN DIFFERENT PLACES BECAUSE WE USED TO GET A SEPARATE THING THAT WOULD TELL YOU YOUR WATER QUALITY WOULD BE A SEPARATE COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM OUR WATER BILL THAT WOULD TELL YOU WHAT'S IN YOUR WATER, WHAT'S NOT IN YOUR WATER.

SO. OKAY. ONLINE.

I'M SORRY. YOU GOT ME REALLY EXCITED NOW.

25% IS THE WAY TO INCREASE IT.

CAN WE DO SOME MORE RESEARCH TO FIND OUT? MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER EXISTING.

WELL, THERE'S ANOTHER AGENCY THAT DOES ALL THAT.

YEAH, THEIR UTILIZING OUR WELL AT THIS THEY LIMIT US.

IT'S YEAH.

BASIN. OKAY.

AND WE CAN ONLY IT'S LIKE A FIVE GALLON BOTTLE OF ARROWHEAD WATER THAT FEEDS OUT EVERYWHERE AND YOU CAN ONLY USE EVERYBODY'S GOT, GOT A STRAW.

EVERYBODY GOT A STRAW. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO DESCRIBE.

WELL LET'S PUT ANOTHER STRAW IN.

I MEAN I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW.

OKAY. WITH THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND MR. MAYOR, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE, IT'S THE CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT AND LAST YEAR'S REPORT FROM 2022 IS POSTED. IT GOES ALL THE WAY BACK TO 2015.

IT'S A PDF. YOU CAN PICK IT UP AND LOOK AT IT.

AND AS MEG WOULD KNOW, THANK GOD WE DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH P-FAS IN OUR AREA.

SO MEG UNDERSTANDS P-FAS IT'S THE FOREVER CHEMICAL THAT'S IN WATER REPELLENT.

SO FLAME RETARDANT RETARDANT, NONSTICK PANS AND ALL THAT STUFF HEAVILY PREVALENT ALONG THE SANTA ANA RIVER COMING IN FROM THE RIVERSIDE AREA.

AND SO THE CITIES DOWN THERE, AT ONE POINT, THE STATE HAD SHUT DOWN WELLS IN SOME CITIES WERE COMPLETELY IMPACTED BY HAVING ALL THEIR WELLS SHUT DOWN UNTIL THEY HAD FILTRATION PUT IN.

THE BIG LAWSUIT JUST ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK THAT THERE'S A MAJOR SETTLEMENT, LIKE $2 BILLION WITH DUPONT AND SOME OF THEIR SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES.

BUT YEAH, SO.

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IT WITH THAT MOTION.

SO MOVE THE WATER QUALITY RESIN.

CHANGE OUT AT THE AMHERST WATER TREATMENT PLANT.

YOU GOT IT ALL. SECOND.

OH, THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON.

WE'RE MRS. THERE YOU GO.

THAT WAS APPROVED. FOUR ZERO.

THANK YOU. THIS IS THE TIME SET ASIDE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

I WANT TO REMIND THAT THE BROWN ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM TALKING OR ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEM NOT APPEARING ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE REFERRED TO STAFF AS SET FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.

THERE IS A THREE FORGET THE THREE MINUTE THING.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

YEAH. THREE MINUTES.

I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE HOUSING PROJECT THAT'S GOING OVER IN SAN DIMAS, NEAR THE BORDER OF LA VERNE IS ON EVERYBODY'S MIND RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PROTEST COMING UP ON SATURDAY AT 10 A.M.

AT THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL.

BUT I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION JUST THIS AFTERNOON.

PLANNING DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR RENA MANDATES AND THEIR NEED FOR IDENTIFYING SITES TO BE REZONED.

UNFORTUNATELY, IN LA COUNTY, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED MORE THAN FIVE TIMES MORE ZONING SITES THAN ARE REQUIRED.

SO EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T REZONE OR CHANGE THE PLANNING, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE ENOUGH AVAILABLE AREAS TO ACCOMMODATE THE RENA NUMBERS. AND SO I ASK THAT ANY FUTURE PROJECTS PERTAINING TO RENA OR ACCOMMODATING RENA BE CONSIDERED IN THAT BECAUSE WE'RE BEING FORCED TO DO THIS, YOU KNOW, CITY WISE BECAUSE OF NEWSOM'S MANDATES.

BUT I THINK THESE CITIES ARE STARTING TO SEE THE EFFECTS OF IT.

AND IT'S COSTING THE CITIES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

AND SO I REALLY THINK THAT THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION NEXT TIME SOMETHING'S ON THE AGENDA.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE AL G.

WILSON. AL WILSON.

AL, IT'S AL G.

WILSON GOOD EVENING.

AL WILSON, 5604 LAKEVIEW DRIVE.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR THE COUNCIL.

WE HAVE SOME DRINKING FOUNTAINS AT THE LAKEVIEW OR LIVE OAK PARK.

AND WHAT I'M WONDERING IS IF WE COULD MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT.

SOME OTHER CITIES HAVE DRINKING FOUNTAINS WITH A DOG BASIN AT THE BOTTOM OF IT.

I JUST THOUGHT IT'D BE NICE IF WE COULD POSSIBLY MAKE THAT IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT AREA.

AND HOW DO I GO ABOUT MAKING THAT HAPPEN? THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.

YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

APPRECIATE IT. HI, MY NAME IS TATIANA BANTA AND I'M AT 3005 35 LOGAN STREET.

AND I JUST HAVE A CONCERN AS A PARENT AND AS A RESIDENT, WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING A LOT OF HOMELESS IN OUR BACKYARD, WHICH IS THE WASH OR THE EASEMENT YOU MOVE CLOSER TO? YEAH.

OH YEAH. WHICH IS THE WASH OR THE EASEMENT OFF OF WHEELER BY THE PRESCHOOL.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND THERE'S A LOT OF SHOPPING CARTS, A LOT OF TRASH, A LOT OF YELLING, ROCK THROWING.

WE'VE HAD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THROW, YOU KNOW, POISON STUFF OVER OUR WALL AND OUR DOG GOT SICK ANYWAYS.

SO WE CALL THE POLICE AND THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO COME OUT AND CHECK, YOU KNOW, BUT THEY DISMISS US.

THEY NEVER COME BY.

WE HAVE CAMERAS OUT THERE LOOKING AND.

AND WE NEVER SEE THEM COME BY.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO BECAUSE MY YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL SAFE WITH MY KIDS PLAYING IN THE BACKYARD.

AND I'M SURE I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO, FILL OUT THAT CARD AND GIVE IT TO US.

AND WE HAVE THE POLICE CHIEF RIGHT HERE.

THAT PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THAT FOR YOU.

OKAY. I HAVE A PEN.

THIS ONE? YES. OKAY. PLEASE FILL THAT OUT.

THANK YOU. PLEASE. THANK YOU.

COME ON UP. AGAIN.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE.

TOM AT SAME ADDRESS.

3535 LOGAN STREET.

BEN LA VERNE SINCE I WAS TWO AND MOVED BACK, IT WAS AN AWESOME CITY.

GREW, WENT TO ALL THE SCHOOLS HERE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

THE EQUESTRIAN WAY BEHIND US HAS BEEN A PROBLEM.

THE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM.

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WE HAVE A KNOWN PEDOPHILE THAT GOES BACK THERE, WHICH IS NOW, I SUPPOSE, HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM RECENTLY, BUT HE'S NEXT TO THE PRESCHOOL TALKING TO THE KIDS AND UP THE STREET FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH NO PARAMETERS.

SO I GUESS HE'S NOT BREAKING A LAW, BUT HE'S STILL THERE.

CONSEQUENT TO YELLING AND SCREAMING BACK THERE, CALLED THE OFFICERS AGAIN, THEY DO NOT RESPOND AND GET A TEXT MESSAGE AND UPDATE.

THEY NEVER SHOWED UP. I GOT CAMERAS SHOWING THE WHOLE ENTIRE WASH FROM MY ROOFTOP.

NO OFFICER EVER SHOWS UP, GET HOMELESS IN MY FRONT YARD DOWN THIS ACTUALLY A FEW YEARS AGO AND LOOKING THROUGH CLOSED MINI BLINDS AT MY I BELIEVE AT THE TIME WAS 14 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER UNDERAGE DAUGHTER CALLED LA VERNE PD, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

THEY CAME OUT AND ADVISED ME OF MY RIGHTS.

IF I TOUCH THEM, DO ANYTHING TO THE GUY, SPIT ON THEM GARDEN HOSE THERE AND ARREST ME FOR BATTERY AGAINST THE AGAINST THE TRANSIENT.

THEY DID NOT ARREST THEM.

THEY WOULD NOT TRESPASS THEM. THEY JUST TOLD THEM TO LEAVE.

AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE DAY.

IT'S JUST BECOMING A PROBLEM WITH THE OFFICERS.

THEY'RE NOT RESPONDING.

SO THE OTHER DAY I CALLED BACK AGAIN THE FOLLOW UP, MY THIRD PHONE CALL IN THE SAME THING.

AND AGAIN, THE DISPATCHER WANTS A VERY ARGUMENTATIVE SAID THEY RESPONDED.

I TOLD THEM THEY WERE A LIAR.

THEY DID NOT RESPOND. I GOT FOOTAGE OF 24 OVER SEVEN ROLLING.

THEY NEVER CAME BY.

AND THEN SHE TELLS ME IT'S NOT THEIR JURISDICTION.

THAT'S NOT THEIR PROBLEM, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

AND THAT'S THE EQUESTRIAN WAY.

DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PRESCHOOL ON WHEELER BY THE AUTOZONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? GARY, GOOD EVENING.

YOU WAITED ALL NIGHT JUST TO SAY HI.

YEAH. HOW ARE YOU? OH, FINE. I'D LIKE TO THANK THE CITY MANAGER GROUNDS DEPARTMENT MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT FOR TAKING CARE OF THE WALKWAY OVER THE CHELSEA BRIDGE OR CHELSEA BRIDGE OVER THE FREEWAY.

NEIGHBORS LIKE IT, TOO.

YOU GUYS DID A GOOD JOB OVER THERE BECAUSE IT WAS A REAL MESS.

SO THANK YOU.

NO MORE MOSQUITOES. NOT YET.

THERE IS A FEW MUSHROOMS GROWING OVER THERE.

MUSHROOMS. NOT THE GOOD ONES.

GOT TO WATCH OUT. GARY, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE THAT. THAT'S A VERY NICE COMMENT.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A GREAT STAFF HERE THAT TRY TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN IN A TIMELY FASHION.

SO ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO HAVE ONE. OH, MR. BOWEN. MR. BURKE, ACTUALLY, SINCE HE CALLED IN.

OH, OKAY. LET'S DO MR. BURKE. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN.

GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR HEPBURN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.

THE PROPOSED 740 PROJECT HAS BROUGHT LIGHT TO MANY INDIVIDUALS ON HOW VULNERABLE OUR COMMUNITIES CAN BE TO OUR COUNTY AND STATE GOVERNMENTS.

WE HAVE LEARNED THAT WHAT SEEMS RIGHT TO SOME IS NOT RIGHT TO ALL AND THAT RESIDENTS CAN SAY THINGS THAT SEEM RIGHT TO THEM BUT MAY BE PORTRAYED AS WRONG TO OTHERS.

THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE THE 740 PROJECT IS CONTINUOUSLY ACTIVATING OUR RESIDENTS TO BECOME MORE AND MORE INVOLVED IN WHAT GOES WHERE AND WHO IT GOES THERE FOR.

MANY PEOPLE ARE UPSET, ANGRY, FRUSTRATED, HOPELESS.

BUT THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE EAGERLY, EAGERLY CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO HELP FIGHT THE CAUSE, REGARDLESS OF THE SIDE THEY CHOOSE TO TAKE.

MY FAMILY AND I ARE VERY LOCAL TO THE PROPOSED 740 PROJECT AND WE WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE RELOCATED, SAVING SMALL BUSINESSES SUCH AS OLIVES, THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF SAN DIMAS AND SO ON, REMOVING POTENTIAL RISKS OF ACCIDENTS TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE PROPOSED LOCATION FROM THE HEAVY TRAFFIC ADJACENT TO THE SIDE SITE AND REMOVING THE WORRY OF INCREASED CLUTTER AND FOOT TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

I FEEL THAT AS A RESIDENT, I FEEL THAT AS RESIDENTS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES THAT ARE HEALTHY FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO EXPLORE VACANT LANDS AND FACILITIES THAT RESIDE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY BORDERS.

THIS WILL NOT ONLY HELP PREVENT A 740 FOOTHILL PROJECT FROM BEING PROPOSED IN AN AREA UNFIT FOR SUCH A DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT WILL ALSO MAKE US MORE PROUD OF THE COMMUNITY IN WHICH WE RESIDE.

TAKING OWNERSHIP OVER OUR COMMUNITY CANNOT BE LEFT TO THOSE WHO GOVERN IT, BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO INVEST AND LIVE IN IT.

AS TIM AND THE CITY COUNCIL HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, WHOEVER YOU ARE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US AT THE FOLLOWING EVENTS.

SATURDAY, JUNE 10TH AT 10 A.M..

OUR SECOND PEACEFUL COMMUNITY PROTEST AT 730 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.

THURSDAY, JUNE 15TH AT 630 AND NATIONAL CORPS INFORMATION WORKSHOP.

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AND THURSDAY, JULY 6TH AT 6:30 P.M., AN IN-WORK IN-PERSON MEETING WITH SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, LA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND NATIONAL CORPS.

THE DEVELOPER LOCATION IS PROPOSED FOR THE SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY BUILDING TO ALL THE RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS.

PLEASE WRITE, CALL, COMMUNICATE IN ANY WAY MOST EFFECTIVE TO YOU AND VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED 740 PROJECT LOCATION.

AND REMEMBER, IN ORDER TO BE HEARD, YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOME NOISE.

THANK YOU. MR. BOWEN. MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL, I'LL MAKE THIS VERY QUICK.

REACHED OUT TO SOME HAVE LIVED IN NORTHERN LA VERNE FOR 20 YEARS.

WHY CAN'T WE GET A CELL TOWER UP THERE? THE PHONE'S AWFUL.

NOTHING WORKS.

PLEASE HELP US.

AND THE LAST THING I GO UP, WHEELER, LIKE, THREE, FOUR TIMES A DAY.

AND FOR SOME REASON, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I JUST NOTICED THERE'S A PORTA POTTY BY THE PARK THERE ABOVE LA MESA SCHOOL.

BUT 100FT BACK, THERE'S A GORGEOUS BRICK RESTROOM.

AND I'M JUST WONDERING, WHY IS THERE A PORTA POTTY OUT BY THE CURB FOR YEARS? MAYBE SOMEBODY I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S IF THAT'S CITY PROPERTY OR WHAT, BUT BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT THING GONE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. AND THE CELL TOWER.

WE NEED SOMETHING.

I WOULD AGREE. YEAH.

ON THE. MR. MAYOR, ON THE CELL TOWER. I DID REACH OUT.

THERE WAS A ENTITLED CELL TOWER THAT WAS GOING TO GO AT THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND IT WAS VERIZON AND THEN IT EXPIRED BECAUSE THEY JUST NEVER PULLED IT.

SO I REACHED OUT TO AFTER MR. BOWEN'S CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED AT A MEETING AND I REACHED OUT TO THE FIRM THAT WAS GOING TO DO IT.

AT FIRST THEY WEREN'T INTERESTED AND I ASKED THEM TO REACH BACK OUT TO VERIZON OR ANYBODY ELSE.

AND THE LAST I HEARD IS THAT THEY WERE INTERESTED, SO I'LL CHECK IN WITH THEM TO FIND OUT WHERE THEY'RE AT.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH AND GET EVERYTHING.

THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT SIERRA LA VERNE IS NOW CLOSED, SO I DID POINT THEM IN THE DIRECTION OF BOTH OUR RIGHT OF WAY AND THEN ANY OF THE PARKS THAT ARE NEARBY THAT WOULDN'T BE IMPACTFUL.

SO AGAIN, TRYING TO GET UP SOMETHING IN THE AREA JUST FOR BETTER RECEPTION, IT WOULD BE NICE TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL CARRIERS BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY HAS VERIZON OR T-MOBILE.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE? AT&T? EXCUSE ME, MR. JOHNSON. I HAVE RISE.

YOU JUST CONTINUE ON WITH THE SLIDE, PLEASE.

YEAH, WE CHANGE YOUR PLAN.

THE BEST THING IS TO ANTENNA.

HEY, AT THE RATE YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR PLANS, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU CARRY ANYMORE.

LOOK LIKE A CELL TOWER.

EXACTLY. YEAH. CRICKET OR WHATEVER.

IT'S JUST ANOTHER GIFT FROM US HERE.

LA VERNE. THAT JUST KEEPS.

YEAH. SO ANYTHING THAT WE DO WORK WITH ANYBODY, OF COURSE WE WANT TO CO-LOCATE AND TRY TO GET AT LEAST TWO CARRIERS, MAYBE THREE CARRIERS.

THAT JUST MAKES WORKS BETTER.

AND THEN ALSO UTILIZING OUR RIGHT OF WAY ANY OF THE STREETLIGHTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND PUTTING IN A SYSTEM ALONG THAT WHERE THEY CAN DO MICRO CELLS SO IT INCREASES THE ABILITY. SO YEAH, AND THERE'S THOSE EDISON TOWERS GO RIGHT THROUGH THERE.

I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT LOCATION.

YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM ANY UGLIER.

YEAH, TRUE. IT'S JUST DEALING WITH THAT.

IT'S DEALING WITH EDISON AT THAT POINT THAT IS.

YEAH, THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.

SO AND THEN JR IS OUR HOUSE.

HE UNDERSTANDS A LOT ABOUT OUTHOUSES.

THAT'S RIGHT UP MY ALLEY.

HE'S A RESIDENT OUTHOUSE AND I'LL JUST BE GENERALLY TO THIS.

SO SPECIFICALLY UP THERE AT OK MESA, THAT'S A FIELD THAT'S HEAVILY USED BY AYSO WHERE THE BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITY IS A CITY FACILITY. SO WE HAVE STAFF THAT CLOSE OUR RESTROOMS AT A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME WHEN THE PARKS ARE SUPPOSED TO CLOSE.

I THINK IT'S GENERALLY AT SUNSET WHERE AYSO HAS A VAST SCHEDULE OF PRACTICES AND TOURNAMENTS AND ALL THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THOSE NORMAL HOURS.

AND THEREFORE THEY OBVIOUSLY NEED A RESTROOM FACILITY FOR WHEN THEY'RE OUTSIDE AND NOT ABLE TO USE OUR BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITY.

MAYBE WE COULD PAINT IT LIKE A FENCE.

THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. IT'S VERY GOOD.

YEAH. SAME THING IN SCHOOL.

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AND THIS ALSO FOLLOWS UP ON ACTUALLY WHAT DANITA SAID IS THAT A GROUP CALLED LIVABLE CALIFORNIA JUST ACTUALLY ANNOUNCED TODAY AFTER AFTER DOING A MONTH LONG ANALYSIS ANALYSIS OF ALL THE LA COUNTY RINA NUMBERS AND THEN ACTUALLY GOING INTO THE MAPS, DISTRICT BY DISTRICT INSIDE OF THE COUNTY AND AND ALSO THE BREAKDOWN FOR CITY OF L.A.

THEY FOUND THESE FATAL FLAWS EVERYWHERE AND SO THEY ACTUALLY DID THIS MASSIVE EMAIL OUTREACH ON IT.

I'M GOING TO ASK AGAIN, CITY OF LA VERNE HAS GOT TO PARTICIPATE WITH LIVABLE CALIFORNIA AND WITH CATALYST FOR LOCAL CONTROL.

WE WHAT IS GOING ON IS NOT RIGHT.

THE NUMBERS OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WE ARE POINTING OUT THAT THE MATH HAS BEEN WRONG.

IT'S THERE ARE FATAL FLAWS IN THIS MATH.

CONSIDERING, RINA, WE DON'T HAVE TO OVERLY URBANIZE ALL OF OUR LOCAL SMALL TOWN CITIES WITH WITH HOUSING THAT WE'RE REALLY NOT GOING TO END UP NEEDING.

SO, I MEAN, AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF COMING DOWN THE PIKE STATEWIDE THAT EVERY TIME I GET IT, I TRY TO EMAIL IT TO EVERYBODY, BUT WE REALLY NEED TO JOIN THOSE TWO GROUPS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANNA? SHE SAID SHE'S THE CLOSURE.

SHE'S A CLOSURE.

USUALLY SOMEBODY ELSE COMES UP AFTER ME.

I JUST WANT I WAS JUST TALKING TO THE PEOPLE BACK HERE ABOUT THE SAN DIMAS PROJECT.

AND THIS IS JUST A SUGGESTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN WORKABLE, BUT I THINK THAT EVERYBODY WHO LIVES IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS NEEDS TO REALLY GET TOGETHER AND COME AND JOIN THE CITIES.

OKAY. WE COULD USE THAT TAX MONEY FROM THE HOUSES AND THEN IF ANYTHING COMES UP ON THAT UNINCORPORATED AREA THAT'S NOW OURS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH US.

AND I'VE BEEN THINKING FOR A LONG TIME THAT WE COULD REALLY USE THAT MONEY AND IT WOULD HELP OUR BUDGET AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE SPEND THAT I'M NOT REALLY HAPPY WITH. BUT IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

AND I THINK IF ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE MAD ENOUGH BECAUSE THIS WHOLE THING STARTED BECAUSE IT'S L.A.

COUNTY SO THEY HAD NO SAY.

THEY DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT.

BUT IF, IF IT BELONGS TO US, IT BELONGS TO SAN DIMAS AND ALL THESE OTHER UNINCORPORATED AREAS YOU'RE LETTING LA COUNTY HAVE WHAT THEY WANT. SO THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION.

I KNOW IT'D PROBABLY BE A PAIN IN THE NECK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE START WAKING UP TO THE FACT THAT L.A.

COUNTY IS GOING TO JUST DO WHAT THEY WANT BECAUSE CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT AND IT TURNS INTO A FIGHT LIKE THIS.

I MEAN, IT'S LIKE LUCKILY SOMEBODY TOLD YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY TOLD THE MAYOR THAT, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IF WE DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT THAT, IT'D BE DONE.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE THAT DAY.

SO THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION.

AND WE COULD USE THE WE CAN USE THE PROPERTY TAX MONEY.

THANK YOU, ANNA. ANYONE ELSE.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND IT'S NOW TIME FOR COUNCIL COMMENTS.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND ESPECIALLY OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT FOR OUR STUDY SESSION TODAY.

REALLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND STAFF HAS BEEN DOING TO PUT IN THERE.

UM, AND THEN WANT TO CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS.

THIS THURSDAY IS THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION AND ONTO THEIR FUTURES.

IF THEY WANT TO GO TO A TRADE SCHOOL, THEY WANT TO GO WORK OR THEY WANT TO GO TO A JUNIOR COLLEGE OR A FOUR YEAR UNIVERSITY.

LET THEM GO OUT AND MAKE MONEY AND HELP PAY FOR OUR TAXES TO KEEP THE OTHER TWO.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THEM.

I WANT TO STATE THAT AT THE NEXT MEETING I WILL NOT BE PRESENT.

I WILL BE OUT OF STATE AND IN SOUTH DAKOTA, SO WILL NOT BE HERE.

SO MY NEXT MEETING WILL BE NOT UNTIL THE SECOND MEETING IN JULY.

SO SINCE WE'RE CANCELING THE FIRST MEETING, BUT YEAH.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

SO I JUST HAVE ONE SHOUT OUT TO MY WIFE.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURIE.

I SANG TO HER BEFORE WE COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.

THANK YOU. JUST SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENTS.

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AND I WAS SPEAKING I WAS SPEAKING REGARDING THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT ARE PART OF LA COUNTY.

I HAVE BEEN WORKING A LITTLE BIT ON IT.

SO WE'RE WORKING ON THE FUTURE TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET ON INCORPORATE AREAS THAT ARE PART OF LA VERNE HOPEFULLY JOIN LA VERNE.

SO THAT IS A PLAN IN PROGRESS AND IT IS JUST THAT, A PLAN.

SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

STAY SAFE. I WON'T BE HERE NEXT.

1515? YEAH.

ARE YOU GOING TO BE ON? NO, I AM GOING TO BE HERE ON THE 15TH.

I'M SORRY. I'M NOT GOING TO BE ON JULY 3RD.

JULY? I'LL BE HERE.

JULY 3RD WON'T BE.

I WON'T BE HERE FOR THE SEVENTH AFTER ONE AFTER THAT.

BUT I'LL REMIND YOU OUT THERE, I'LL BE ON.

I'M GOING TO KANSAS.

YEAH. FORT LEAVENWORTH. YEAH.

SEE DOROTHY AND TOTO AT FORT LEAVENWORTH.

SO WE'LL SEE. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

APPRECIATE YOU. JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU TO STAFF.

I KNOW IT WAS A LONG NIGHT, BUT IT SHOWS THAT WE'RE MUCH MORE PREPARED THAN WE USED TO BE.

THANK YOU, CHRISTY. ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, BECAUSE IT TAKES TEAM TEAMWORK.

OTHERWISE IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN.

AND WE'RE AT A MUCH BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE BEFORE.

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT SCHOOL IS LETTING OUT.

AS MAYOR PRO TEM CROSBY SAID, PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

LOTS OF FAMILIES, LOTS OF KIDS, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES.

THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATIONS.

THURSDAY, THESE KIDS ARE GETTING OUT OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL WITH THE CHILDREN.

AND THEN ONE OTHER THING.

I WENT TO THE MULTICULTURAL DANCE FESTIVAL FRIDAY AT LA VERNE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY.

IF YOU WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED TO WATCH ALL THOSE KIDS AND THEY HAD THE TK KIDS, WHICH IS THE NEW PROGRAM, THEY HAVE THE CUTEST THINGS YOU'VE EVER SEEN.

AND THEN THE LAST PERFORMANCE BY THE FIFTH GRADERS WAS A CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, WHICH WAS INCREDIBLE.

THESE TEACHERS AND THESE PARENTS PUT IT TOGETHER.

SO IT WAS JUST ANOTHER TESTAMENT TO HOW WONDERFUL OUR COMMUNITY IS.

SO WITH THAT.

WE WILL RECESS THE MEETING IN CLOSED SESSION.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR OPEN PORTION OF OUR MEETING AT THIS TIME.

THAT WHICH WOULD BE.

9:02 P.M..

WE ARE GOING TO RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.

WE HAVE TWO ITEMS OF DISCUSSION IN CLOSED.

WE HAVE THREE ITEMS. SORRY I DIDN'T. READING OFF THE STRIP, WE HAVE THREE ITEMS OF CLOSED SESSION.

AND JUST TONIGHT PRIOR TO GOING TO CLOSED SESSION, I WANT TO STATE AGAIN WE'LL ADJOURN IN MEMORY OF MARINE VETERAN CARL HARTSTEIN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

WE WILL NOT. MR. DOMER MR. MAYOR, I DO NOT EXPECT TO BE DOING ANY REPORTING OUT.

WILL NOT BE REPORTING OUT.

MR. DOMER, WILL YOU READ THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR US? YES. CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6.

THE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS, THOSE NEGOTIATORS BEING THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS.

LA VERNE CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION.

LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

LA VERNE POLICE, MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION AND ALL UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.

ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54 956.

9AD1 TO DISCUSS TWO CASES JANKOWSKI VERSUS LA VERNE.

CASE NUMBER 81 30575253 AND FORSYTHE VERSUS LA VERNE.

CASE NUMBER AJ 0543815.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, SIR.

WE ARE NOW RECESSED INTO CLOSED SESSION.

THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2030, 2032 AT 6:30 P.M.

YOU KNOW, HE LOVES THAT GAVEL.

HIT THAT GAVEL. GOOD NIGHT, EVERYBODY.

THERE IT IS.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.