Oct 30, 2023 Special City Council

SURE. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

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ON OCTOBER 30TH, ONE DAY BEFORE HALLOWEEN.

[CALL TO ORDER]

UM, I WELCOME ALL OF YOU TONIGHT TO THE COUNCIL MEETING IN WHICH WE WILL CONDUCT BUSINESS OF THE CITY AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, PER THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM, I KNOW THAT'S A HUGE PACKED HOUSE TONIGHT, BUT ALL SPEAKERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DECORUM AND DO NOT ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT INTERRUPTS THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING.

THE CITY OF LA VERNE WILL NOT ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH ZOOM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

IF YOU WISH TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR A PUBLIC MEETING, PLEASE EMAIL YOUR COMMENTS TO CITY CLERK AT CITYOF LAVERNE.ORG PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING.

PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED TO THE MEETING BY THOSE PHYSICALLY IN ATTENDANCE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

TONIGHT'S MEETING IS TO CONDUCT APPLICANT INTERVIEWS FOR THE TWO COMMITTEES, ONE OPEN POSITION FOR THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE, FINANCING DISTRICT AND ONE OPEN POSITION ON THE MEASURE LV CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.

TONIGHT APPOINTMENTS WILL BE MADE AT THE END OF THE INTERVIEWS.

AND TONIGHT, MISTER JOHNSON, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? SURE. PLEASE STAND, FACE THE FLAG.

READY, BEGIN.

ROLL CALL. MR. DOMER.

WHOA! NO, I DID NOT.

AFTER ROLL CALL, I COULD TELL YOU SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE, BUT COUNCIL MEMBER OKAY, JUST COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY DO YOU HAVE NETFLIX? DO YOU HAVE NETFLIX? THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KNOW.

MAYBE LATER.

AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT COUNCILMEMBER LAU WAS GOING TO BE HERE, BUT HER FATHER'S EXPERIENCE SOME ISSUES, AND WE GIVE HER THE BEST AND PRAYERS AND WISHES THAT HE GETS BETTER AND THINGS ARE GOOD.

SO WITH THAT, AS WE PREVIOUSLY SAY, WE'LL BE INTERVIEWING MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO HAVE APPLIED TO THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY, ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING BOARD,

[1. PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT (EIFD) AND MEASURE LV CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES’ INTERVIEWS]

WE WILL INTERVIEW APPLICANTS AND THEN WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL DISCUSSION.

EACH APPLICANT WAS PROVIDED FOUR QUESTIONS TO ANSWER DURING THEIR INTERVIEWS.

EACH OF US HERE ON THE DAIS WILL ASK ONE.

I'M GOING TO ASK TO ASK THE QUESTIONS TONIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL EATING COOKIES.

I WILL CALL OUT THE APPLICANTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

THAT'S NOT TOO DIFFICULT. IF SOMEONE IS NOT HERE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.

GIVE A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER QUESTION.

THE APPLICANTS ARE RICHARD BOWEN, ZUHEY ESPINOSA, AND WAYNE HURLEY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS A ERROR IN GETTING THE INVITATION OUT TO MR. BOWEN. UH, MR. CITY MANAGER, CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE? YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE, MR. BOWEN. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE HAD HIS EMAIL ADDRESS WRONG.

BUT THAT'S NO EXCUSE ON OUR PART.

UM, WHAT I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT, AND WE ARE MEETING THIS WEEK TO GO OVER OUR PROCESS FOR, YOU KNOW, CONTACTING APPLICANTS AND ALL THAT STUFF AND THE OVERALL APPLICANT PROCESS. AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN MAKING SOME CHANGES.

CLEARLY THERE'S SOME MORE CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A HOLD OF PEOPLE INDIVIDUALLY ON THE PHONE.

SO IT'S ONE THING TO RELY ON EMAIL, BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT EMAIL BUILDS UP CAN BE, IN THIS CASE, A WRONG EMAIL ADDRESS, BUT NOT RETURNED.

SO WE DON'T HAVE NOTICE OF THAT.

UM, BUT YEAH, IT IS UNFORTUNATE.

I DO APOLOGIZE TO MR. BOWEN. I LEFT HIM A COUPLE OF MESSAGES THIS EVENING AFTER HEARING ABOUT IT, AND WE ARE GOING TO MAKE PROCESS CHANGES SO THAT WE RELY ON ALL DIFFERENT TYPES, BOTH THE EMAIL, SNAIL MAIL AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PERSONAL PHONE CALL TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS, UNDERSTAND WHEN THE MEETING IS AND THAT.

SO IN THAT ALSO, UM, MISS ESPINOSA WILL NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, NOR IS SHE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM.

SHE'S COVERING FOR PRESIDENT MOJAVE AT AN OUT-OF-STATE CONFERENCE.

WAS TALKED TO HER JUST A LITTLE BIT AGO.

SHE'S IN, LIKE, AN EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND SHE'S NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THAT AT THAT POINT.

BUT CITY COUNCIL HAS ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS, WHICH HAS THE MATERIAL, THE EXPERIENCES AND THE REASONS WHY THEY WANT HER TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE OF CHOICE. AND SO WE WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. DELMAR, I DO APOLOGIZE AUSTIN AND MR.

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SO I DO APOLOGIZE, AND I CAN SAY IF MR. DOMER THAT THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT OUR APPLICANTS ARE NOTIFIED IN A TIMELY FASHION SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR THIS.

SO WITH THAT, UM, LET'S SEE.

ZUHEY ESPINOSA IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, AND ALSO MR. BOWEN, SO WE HAVE MR. WAYNE HURLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD.

THAT'S HOW QUICKLY IT WORKS.

IS WONDERFUL. SO HE'S NOT AVAILABLE? NO, NO, NO, HE'S WITH HIS DAUGHTER AND I YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO. GOOD EVENING, MR. HURLEY. HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING FINE, THANK YOU.

YOU HAVE THE FLOOR. I'M GOING TO SHOOT YOU WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.

IF YOU DON'T MIND. YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN FINANCING, BANKING OR BUSINESS BASED ON THE ROLE OF THE PFA/EIFD TO ACCELERATE THE FINANCING OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS TO ATTRACT DEVELOPMENT AND VISION IN THE CITY.

PLANNING DOCUMENTS AND COMPLEMENTING THE FORTHCOMING A-LINE METRO LIGHT RAIL STATION.

PERFECT, THANK YOU.

FIRST, I APPRECIATE BEING CHOSEN TO BE INTERVIEWED.

A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.

CAL STATE FULLERTON WAS A BUSINESS AND MARKETING MAJOR.

EXTENSIVE COURSES IN ACCOUNTING, ECONOMICS, ALL THE BUSINESS TYPE COURSES.

BUT THE REAL KEY IS I SPENT THE LAST 45 YEARS AS A FINANCIAL ADVISOR, PRIMARILY WORKING WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, BUT REALLY HELPING THEM BALANCE ALL THE NEEDS THAT ANY FAMILY HAS FROM THE INSURANCE NEEDS TO PROTECT THEM TO THE ACCUMULATION, THEN HOW TO SPEND THAT MONEY PROPERLY LATER ON DURING RETIREMENT AND THE EXPERIENCE THAT I HAVE, I KNOW I'M ON A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME FRAME, I DON'T I WON'T TRY AND GET INTO THAT TOO MUCH.

THAT EXPERIENCE HAS ALLOWED ME TO EVALUATE EVERYTHING FROM BALANCE SHEETS TO INCOME STATEMENTS.

I SPENT TIME I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING OFF.

I KNEW I'D GET ON ME.

I DON'T WANT TO. I DON'T LIKE TALKING ABOUT ME.

BUT YOU'RE GOOD. BUT THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE, I THINK, IS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, OF THE POSITION, TO EVALUATE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE PRUDENT DECISIONS MADE WITH THE CITY'S MONEY OR THE MONEY THAT'S ALLOCATED FOR THE CITY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.

MM. NEXT QUESTION.

THIS POSITION IS A SINGLE PUBLIC APPOINTED POSITION BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO THIS BOARD.

HOW WILL YOU REPRESENT THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS IF APPOINTED? I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR 22 YEARS.

WE BUILT OUR HOME AND MY BUSINESS IS HERE.

I SERVED ON THE BOOSTERS AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

UM, SERVED AT ON THE BOARD AT THE HANES CENTER YEARS AGO AND CURRENTLY ON THE BOARD FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

AND I HAVE A I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A GOOD PULSE ON THE RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE BUSINESSES IN THIS AREA.

UM, EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE SMALL TOWN, WHICH WE HAVE, BUT WE CAN'T AVOID THE FACT THAT THERE'S GROWTH AND THAT GROWTH HAS TO BE MANAGED PROPERLY.

AND SO THE BUSINESSES WANT IT, THE RESIDENTS FIGHT IT.

IT'S A YIN AND YANG, THAT'S REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT.

BUT I UNDERSTAND IT FROM BOTH SIDES.

I HEAR IT FROM CLIENTS ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, AND THEN I HEAR IT FROM THE BUSINESSES, FROM MY POSITION AND BEING INVOLVED WITH THE CHAMBER.

SO THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE FIT MAKES SENSE.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE CHAMBER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. WAS IT TWO TIMES? I WAS, TWO TERMS? YES.

THAT'S CORRECT. A GREAT JOB YOU DID TOO.

THANK YOU. BRIEFLY PROVIDE YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA, AND HOW SUCH DEVELOPMENT COMPLEMENTS THE METRO LIGHT RAIL INTRODUCTION AND FUTURE NEEDS OF THE CITY.

AGAIN, KIND OF KIND OF BALANCING THE NEEDS OF OLD TOWN AND THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE.

NOW, WITH THIS INFLUX OF POTENTIALLY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE A DAY THAT COULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF GETTING OFF THE GOLD LINE, A LINE, A LINE NOW, OKAY, THE A LINE, THEY WANT THEM TO SPEND TIME HERE.

I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND THEIR SAFETY AND THEIR COMFORT AND EXTENDING THE CHARM THAT DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN HAS IS GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. IT'LL BE A CHALLENGE TO MANAGE THAT PROPERLY, KEEP PEOPLE SAFE, KEEP THE WRONG ELEMENT OUT, KEEP THE RIGHT ELEMENT COMING BACK

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THANK YOU. YOUR LAST QUESTION.

PLEASE PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR DECISIONS THAT INVOLVED THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES OR PRIORITIZATION OF FINANCING FOR A DEVELOPMENT, AND HOW YOU ENSURE THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY, BUSINESS, OR ORGANIZATION YOU WERE SERVING.

THAT IS AN ALL DAY, EVERY DAY TASK FOR ME.

THAT'S WHAT MY CLIENTS ASK OF ME.

HOW DO I MANAGE THE RESOURCES I HAVE? HOW CAN I MAKE THEM GROW APPROPRIATELY? AND THEN HOW CAN I MANAGE AND DISTRIBUTE THEM LATER PROPERLY? I DO THAT DAILY.

I'D RATHER HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE, A CLIENT OF MINE, TALK ABOUT THAT THAN ME.

BUT I GUESS YOU DON'T DO THAT FOR 45 YEARS WITHOUT PEOPLE THINKING YOU'RE DOING A DECENT JOB AT IT, BUT EVALUATING THEIR POSITIONS, THEIR CHALLENGES, AND COMBINING THAT WITH WHAT MY FIRST EXPOSURE TO DOING THAT AT A BUSINESS LEVEL, BESIDES MY OWN BUSINESS, WAS WITH THE HANES CENTER AND THEN NOW MOST CURRENTLY, I THINK IT'S 5 OR 6 YEARS, I THINK I'VE OVERSTAYED MY WELCOME AT THE CHAMBER, BUT DOING THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A REASONABLE PART OF WHAT WE DO.

TRYING TO BALANCE OUR BUDGET AND SPEND PROPERLY GENERATE INCOME AND RESOURCES FOR THE CHAMBER FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE BUSINESSES IN LA VERNE.

SO THAT'S WHERE I THAT'S WHERE I THINK THAT EXPERIENCE AND WHAT I DO ON A DAILY BASIS COULD BE USEFUL WITH THIS COMMITTEE.

THANK YOU, MR. HURLEY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE CHAMBER.

WE HAVE ONE OF THE STRONGEST CHAMBERS AROUND, AND IT JUST GETS STRONGER AS THE TIME GOES BY.

AND IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR TAX BASE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT GOES WITH IT.

SO THANK YOU AND A PLEASURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WE'LL BE BACK TO YOU IN A MOMENT.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO NEXT ITEM? NO. NO.

HOW DO WE WANT TO HANDLE THE MEMBERS OR THE APPLICANTS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO SHOW UP? WELL, I THINK MOST OF US HAVE READ ALREADY, AND I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS MR. BOWEN AND HE STANDS FOR TRANSPARENCY.

HE STANDS FOR, YOU KNOW, OPENNESS IN THE CITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THINGS ARE STRUCTURALLY AND FISCALLY CORRECT.

I THINK ZUHEY HE'S GOT ANOTHER GREAT, YOU KNOW, OF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS, BUT WHAT SHE STANDS FOR, THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE LA VERNE AND WHAT SHE IS NEXT TO THE NEW PRESIDENT AND HOW SHE FUNCTIONS.

SO, I MEAN, I'M COMFORTABLE.

I THINK EVERYBODY'S READ THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES, AND WE'VE KIND OF PUSHED IT OFF.

IF SOMEONE IF YOU GUYS FEEL COMFORTABLE, I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION AFTER WE HAVE BOTH OR WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS ONE FIRST.

OH WE'RE GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE HAVE TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE DO ANOTHER THING.

SO YEAH THE GOAL WOULD BE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

AND THEN YOU COULD MOVE RIGHT IN INTO A POINT FOR THIS CURRENT ONE.

AND THEN WE'LL APPOINT, CORRECT.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.

THANK YOU. MISS BEAUCHAMP.

MISS BEAUCHAMP. PUBLIC COMMENT.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO ASK IS IF YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS? YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

DANITA BEAUCHAMP, 2516 AMHERST STREET.

UM, FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE APPLICANTS WHO SUBMITTED THEIR APPLICATIONS.

UM, IT'S I WISH THERE WERE MORE.

IT'S JUST DISHEARTENING THAT MORE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE CITY AS WONDERFUL AS IT IS.

BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAVE TO DISPUTE THE APPLICATION FOR ZUHEY BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT IT IN DETAIL, THERE ARE SEVERAL DISCREPANCIES ON THERE THAT CAUSED A PROBLEM.

NUMBER ONE, SHE LISTED HER HOME ADDRESS AS IT'S THE ADDRESS OF UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

I REMEMBER IF I RECALL CORRECTLY, ERIC SHEARER STATED THAT RESIDENCY IN THE CITY WAS NOT REQUIRED.

IF THAT WERE TRUE, THEN WHY DID SHE FIND IT NECESSARY TO PUT THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS AS HER HOME ADDRESS? WHY NOT PUT HER ADDRESS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN TEMPLE CITY? UM, SECONDLY, THERE ON THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, THERE IS A LINE THAT SAYS, HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU LIVED IN LA VERNE? SHE LISTED 1.5 YEARS.

WELL, IF SHE HAS LIVED IN LA VERNE FOR 1.5 YEARS, WHY NOT USE THAT HOME ADDRESS ON HER APPLICATION? AND SADLY, UNDER A [INAUDIBLE] REQUEST, DOCUMENTATION WAS PROVIDED AN EMAIL FROM ERIC SHEARER GENERATED FROM

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AND TO ME THAT SAYS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DIRECT CERTAIN PEOPLE TO BE IN THESE POSITIONS.

IT SHOWS A FORM OF BIAS.

AND IT'S A TRAVESTY THAT WE HAVE TO BE THE ONES TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL AND THE STAFF OF THE CITY, AND THIS IS WHY WE DO IT, BECAUSE THINGS SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU WERE AWARE OF THAT, BUT IT'S A FACT.

SO BASED ON THESE DISCREPANCIES, LIES, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO WORD IT, FALSEHOODS IS HOW I'M PUTTING IT.

I THINK THAT HER APPLICATION SHOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE DISQUALIFIED.

UM, I REALIZE THAT SHE HOLDS A HIGH POSITION AT THE UNIVERSITY AND OBVIOUSLY IS WELL RESPECTED AND RESPONSIBLE ENOUGH TO ATTEND A CONFERENCE OUT OF STATE ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT.

SO OBVIOUSLY SHE SHOWS THE CITY WELL.

BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THESE THINGS WERE FOUND NECESSARY TO GET HER APPLICATION THROUGH.

AND HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR MR. BOWEN TO BRING THAT TO THE ATTENTION THAT, HEY, NOBODY WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS OPENING, SHE WOULD HAVE SHE WOULD HAVE SLID RIGHT IN.

AND SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED CLOSELY AND ADDRESSED.

AND AS MR. DOMER STATED, YOU KNOW, I KNOW MR. BOWEN HAS BEEN HAVING COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE EMAIL VIA EMAIL FOR NUMEROUS YEARS WITH THE CITY AND THE FACT THAT THEY SAID IT WAS SENT TO THE WRONG ADDRESS, IT'S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE. BUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MAKE MISTAKES.

YOU KNOW, WE TYPE TOO FAST, OUR BRAINS GO TOO FAST.

IT HAPPENS. BUT I REALLY WISH THAT THERE WOULD BE MORE FOLLOW UP AND MORE TRANSPARENT PROCEDURES LIKE CITY OF SAN DIMAS HAS A BOOK ON THEIR COUNTER, ALL THE POSITIONS THAT ARE OPEN, HOW TO DO IT.

WHETHER YOU EMAIL, CALL, MAIL IT IN, YOU KNOW THEY GIVE YOU EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO FILL THESE POSITIONS, AND I HAVE YET TO SEE THE CITY PUT THAT FORTH, PUT THAT EFFORT FORTH TO PRESENT TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO THAT IS MY REQUEST, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AND MR. MAYOR, REAL QUICK, BECAUSE OF THE AGENDA, WE CAN EITHER TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER AFTER THERE'S A MOTION TO DO IT, OR WE CAN GO FORWARD TO HAVE THE APPLICANTS FOR MEASURE LB AND THEN AS AN AGENDA ITEM TO JUST MAKE THE APPOINTMENTS THERE.

BUT IF WE DO IT OUT OF ORDER RIGHT NOW, THEN WE SHOULD HAVE A MOTION TO TAKE IT OUT OF ORDER AND DO THE PFA/EFD.

LEAVE IT. OKAY, WE'LL LEAVE IT.

AND IF YOU WANT, I CAN ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS OR KIND OF CLARIFY ON THE COMMENTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.

UM, JUST ON A YES, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO THAT, BUT I DO HAVE A COMMENT.

THANK YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP.

THAT WAS CORRECT THAT ZUHEY GOT SHE'S A VERY WONDERFUL CHARACTER FOR US AS FAR AS BEING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

WE'VE ALWAYS TRIED TO DO THAT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, SHE IS NOT A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE, AND YES, SHE DID MARK THAT BOX.

AND I TAKE EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW THAT WAS A FACT.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT AND WE NEED TO.

AND I KNOW THAT MR. DOMER IS STARTING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THESE COMMITTEES AND THESE APPOINTMENTS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THE CHANGES NECESSARY TO MAKE IT MORE TRANSPARENT.

AND SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU, MR. GILLMAN. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU ON THAT.

UM, SO, YES, UM, MISS ESPINOSA WAS THE INITIAL APPLICANT, THE ONLY APPLICANT IN THE FIRST GO AROUND? UM, THE COMMENT ABOUT THE EMAIL TO HER STAFF DID NOT KNOW THAT SHE WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT IN.

SHE IS OUR PRIMARY CONTACT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

SO WE GO TO HER FOR ANY ISSUE, YOU KNOW, CONTACT WITH THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, CONTACT WITH SECURITY, CONTACT WITH ANYTHING.

UM, AND SHE ARRANGES IT SO THE EMAIL IN ADVANCE WAS JUST LETTING HER KNOW THAT, HEY, THE PREVIOUS PERSON WHO WAS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE WAS GETTING OFF THE COMMITTEE.

SO JUST TO LET HER KNOW THAT IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT WANTED TO PUT IN, JUST LIKE WHEN AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IF WE KNOW SOMEBODY IS GETTING OFF, IT'LL BE ANNOUNCED AT THAT MEETING AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE A VACANCY IF ANYBODY'S, THEN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE GOES THROUGH A PROCESS TO PUT IT OUT INTO NOTICE, PUBLIC NOTICE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND WE HAVE ENHANCED THAT ABILITY.

SO IT REALLY WAS THE FACT THAT ERIC WAS JUST PROVIDING NOTICE TO OUR CONTACT.

AND THE FACT THAT SHE PUT IN WAS GREAT, BUT IT PROBABLY MEANT THAT THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE AT THE UNIVERSITY THAT WANTED TO DO IT.

UM, WITH REGARD TO THE APPLICANT FORM, WHAT WE HEARD IS THAT THE APPLICATION WAS IN PAPER, IN FACT, PART OF THE PROBLEM IS THAT IT WAS IN PAPER, PEOPLE

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UM, WE'RE ALSO GOING THROUGH THAT AND UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WAS NO RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS ON THE PFA/EIFD.

UM, WE'VE ADDED TO THE NEW APPLICATION LIKE A BUSINESS ADDRESS.

SO FOR MS. ESPINOSA, HER APPLICANT, SINCE SHE PUT IT IN BEFORE AND THEN WE REOPENED IT WAS JUST TRANSFERRED FORWARD.

SO WE DIDN'T HAVE HER REDO IT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ONE AND A HALF YEARS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, NOT RESIDENCY BECAUSE IT WASN'T REQUIRED FOR THAT POSITION, BUT JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO MAKE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

THERE'S STILL MORE TO DO, AND ALSO TECHNOLOGY.

YOU SEE SOME NEW TECHNOLOGY HERE AND WE'RE RAMPING THAT UP.

UM, BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, FORM FILLABLE AND OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT, OUR WEBSITE STILL HAS A LITTLE BIT TO GO, BUT WE'RE MAKING GRADUAL PROGRESS.

THANK YOU. JUST ANOTHER COMMENT ON IS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING'S PERFECT AND THINGS WILL GET MISPLACED, BUT I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS AIRTIGHT AS POSSIBLE AND CHANGE THE POLICIES THAT WERE ANTIQUATED.

SO WE MOVE FORWARD IN A MUCH POSITIVE DIRECTION, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A TIME WHERE IT WAS TOUGH, A LOT OF THINGS WERE GOING ON, AND PEOPLE HAD THEIR SUSPICIONS AND DON'T WANT THAT BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY IN THE CITY, EVERYBODY WORKS EXTREMELY WELL AND VERY HARD TO TO TAKE CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE INFORMATION WE GET IS CORRECT. SO BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALL MAKE MISTAKES AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP THOSE TO A MINIMUM.

BUT I APPRECIATE THAT.

UM, WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT, WHICH IS OUR MEASURE LB CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE INTERVIEWS.

EACH APPLICANT WAS PROVIDED WITH FOUR QUESTIONS.

DO YOU? I DON'T SEE MY QUESTIONS.

YOU'RE MISSING THE QUESTIONS? I GOT THEM, BUT MAYBE THEY'RE HERE.

I GOT THEM, GOT THEM, I GOT THEM.

YOU GOT, YOU MIGHT WANT THOSE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO PROOFREAD.

WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE GOOD.

UM. WE WILL CALL OUT THE APPLICANTS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

IF SOMEONE IS NOT HERE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PERSON.

THERE'S A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER QUESTION.

WE INTERVIEW APPLICANTS DANITA BEAUCHAMP AND ANDREA D'AMICO.

MISS BEAUCHAMP, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

ARE YOU READING THE QUESTIONS? I'M READING THE QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT.

I'M ON TV. I KNOW, IT'S EXCITING.

OKAY. PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN FINANCE, BANKING, BUSINESS OR RETIREMENT PLANNING? HOW DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR BACKGROUND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF MEASURE REVENUES AND ADHERENCE TO SPENDING GUIDELINES? I'VE BEEN WORKING IN BOOKKEEPING OR IN AN ACCOUNTING CAPACITY FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS.

THE MOST EXPERIENCE I GAINED WAS WORKING WITH AN ACTUAL ACCOUNTING FIRM AS A BOOKKEEPER.

MARK SCHAEFER AND ASSOCIATES, AT THE TIME THEY WERE LOCATED IN ARCADIA.

THEY ARE NOW IN PASADENA.

UM, IT'S FUNNY HOW THINGS YOU KNOW, MY TITLE RIGHT NOW HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ACCOUNTING PER SE, BUT I DO ACCOUNTING.

I STILL DO MY ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE STATEMENTS TO MY CUSTOMERS.

I STILL PROCESS THEIR PAYMENTS, I STILL PAY BILLS.

I DO ALL OF THE AP FOR MY COMPANY, AND WE HAVE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS.

AND SO YOU MUST CROSS YOUR T'S AND DOT YOUR I'S, OTHERWISE YOU DON'T GET PAID AND YOU'RE ALREADY AT 120 DAYS OUT.

SO DETAIL ORIENTATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE POSITION I HAVE RIGHT NOW.

UM, I LEARNED ALSO ABOUT PNL STATEMENTS THE BASIC UNDERSTANDING CREDITS, DEBITS, BALANCE SHEETS, CODING ALLOCATIONS FOR GLS, THE BASICS OF ACCOUNTING.

I DON'T HAVE ANY EXTENSIVE I DON'T HAVE ANY CERTIFICATIONS OR EDUCATION GRADUATE EXPERIENCE.

BUT JOB APPLICANT I MEAN, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY APPLYING IT IN YOUR DAILY LIFE AS A POSITION AT A COMPANY I HAVE THAT I WAS ONCE AN EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT.

I HAD TO TAKE CARE OF PAYROLL, HEALTH INSURANCE, SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE, ACCIDENTAL DEATH AND DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY, AND WHEN YOU START MESSING WITH PEOPLE'S PAYCHECKS, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHERE EVERY PENNY IS ALLOCATED TO.

SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO.

THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING THE CITY COUNCIL ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPENDING GUIDELINES OUTLINED IN THE BYLAWS.

HOW DO YOU ENVISION HANDLING SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THESE GUIDELINES?

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AND SOMETIMES IT TAKES THAT DISAGREEMENT FOR YOU TO REALIZE THAT THAT IDEA MAY BE BETTER THAN YOUR OWN.

IT ALSO TAKES A RESPONSIBLE ADULT TO ADMIT THAT SOMEONE'S IDEA IS BETTER THAN YOURS, AND WORK AS A TEAM COLLECTIVELY TO ARRIVE AT THE DECISION.

ULTIMATELY, THE DECISION HAS TO ALSO BE MADE WITH BASIC CRITERIA IN MIND WITH THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE MEASURES, WITH A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS TO SUPPORT THAT DECISION, AS WELL AS SOUND, COGNITIVE AND RATIONAL PATH TO IMPLEMENTATION.

IF IT'S NOT COST EFFECTIVE TO IMPLEMENT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA, THEN IT IT FALLS FLAT ON ITS FACE.

PRESENTATIONS ARE NOT DIFFICULT FOR ME.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, I SPEAK PUBLICLY REGULARLY, NOT JUST IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, BUT OUT IN THE PUBLIC, AT EVENTS, AT RALLIES, PROTESTS. I'VE BEEN ON THE NEWS, AND I THINK I CARRY MYSELF IN A PROFESSIONAL MANNER, EVEN WHEN I'M IN AN EMOTIONAL STATE FOR, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS.

BUT I STILL RESERVE MYSELF, I TREAT PEOPLE RESPECTFULLY, AND I BELIEVE THAT I SPEAK IN A WAY THAT IS NOT ABOVE ANYBODY'S COMPREHENSION. I'M NOT A DICTIONARY SPEAKER, SO I ALSO THINK THAT A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION WITH COLORED CHARTS IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND.

YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCES WITH THE DIFFERENT COLORS, AND USUALLY VISUALS STICK WITH PEOPLE.

THEY UNDERSTAND IT A LITTLE BIT MORE EASY AND THEN IT RESONATES WITH THEM.

AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, READ EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT RED IS.

THAT'S NO GOOD. BUT IF YOU'RE IN THE BLACK YOU'RE GREAT.

YOU KNOW. AND BLACK FRIDAY, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THAT IS OR BLACK TUESDAY IF IT'S AMAZON.

SO I THINK PRESENTATION WOULD COME EASY FOR ME.

THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH REVIEWING RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE USE OF REVENUES AVAILABLE FOR BOTH TIER ONE AND TIER TWO PROGRAMS. WHAT CRITERIA WOULD YOU CONSIDER WHEN ASSESSING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE APPROPRIATENESS OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO THIS, THESE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS? IN ALL AVENUES OF GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS, THERE ARE SOME DEPARTMENTS AND ISSUES THAT TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER OTHERS, AND IN DOING SO, IT CAN BE A DIFFICULT DECISION.

I USED TO BE A PROPERTY MANAGER AND HAD TO MAKE FINANCIAL DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH THEIR MONEY, THEY LOOK AT EVERYTHING VERY CLOSELY AND DETERMINE IS THAT NECESSARY, OR IS IT JUST A WANT OR A DISREGARD FOR THE OWNER'S? YOU KNOW WHAT, WHATEVER LAWS THAT THEY SET FOR THAT PROPERTY.

BUT THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED.

THINGS THAT MEET CODE, FIRE CODE, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY INSURANCE, THINGS YOU HAVE TO HAVE A FIRE, A SMOKE ALARM OR CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTOR IN EVERY BEDROOM, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THOSE ARE REQUIRED.

WITHOUT THAT, YOU CAN'T EVEN HAVE SOMEONE MOVE IN.

SO YOU'VE GOT TO START WITH THE BASICS OF WHAT IS REQUIRED.

THEN YOU MOVE INTO IS IT A WANT? IS IT A NEED? IS IT IN THE BUDGET? CAN WE SEND IT OUT FOR BID AND FIND THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF HANDLING THIS? SO THERE'S DIFFERENT AVENUES TO EXPLORE THAT A RESOLUTION CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND.

IT MAY BE TIMELY, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE PATIENCE.

AND JUST FOR FORTITUDE REALLY TO TO FORGE THROUGH ALL OF THAT.

SOMETIMES YOU DO SOMETHING THAT OWNERS MIGHT THINK IT'S JUST ESTHETICALLY PLEASING.

LIKE, PERSONALLY, I HAD AN OWNER WHO WAS UPSET BECAUSE I REPLACED THE PLUMBING IN THEIR KITCHEN, BUT THEY DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THESE PEOPLE WERE JUST LETTING THE WATER RUN.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WASHING DISHES ONE AT A TIME AND THEY'RE JUST LETTING THE WATER RUN.

WE GOT ONE OF THOSE AUTOMATIC SHUT OFFS THAT YOU SEE NOW.

I MEAN, IT'S COMMON NOW, BUT IT WASN'T BACK IN THE EARLY 90S AND THE WATER BILL WENT DOWN.

AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M A HERO.

BUT IN THE BEGINNING I WASN'T BECAUSE OF THE COST OF HAVING A PLUMBER TO GO AND INSTALL IT.

SO SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND SEE WHAT THE LONG TERM IS GOING TO BE AND HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE TO PAY FOR ITSELF.

AND IT TURNED OUT TO BE A PRODUCTIVE SITUATION.

IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE I HATED MATH WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL.

I WAS YEAH, I WAS NOT A FAN OF MATH, BUT LUCKILY I FOUND A PROFESSOR AT MOUNT SAC.

HE WAS GREAT, AND HE LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE GERMAN SANTA CLAUS, RED HAIR, RED BEARD, A LITTLE POT BELLY.

BUT HE SHOWED ME THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR NUMBER, AS LONG AS IT'S CORRECT, THAT'S WHAT MATTERS.

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AND SO IT'S FUNNY AND IT'S FASCINATING AT THE SAME TIME THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS WAYS TO ARRIVE AT YOUR TOTAL, BUT SOME PEOPLE MAY NOT, MAY STILL NOT LIKE THAT NUMBER, BUT AGAIN, TAKE THAT STEP BACK, LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND SEE WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO FOR THE LONG TERM.

AND AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, DECISIONS ARE NOT EASY.

A PRIME EXAMPLE IS THIS WHOLE SITUATION WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CHRISTMAS MORNING.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT FAIR TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO WORK IT.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO PAY HIM DOUBLE OVERTIME.

UM, BUT I THINK THE RESIDENTS WERE WILLING TO STEP UP AND IF NECESSARY, PAY AN ADDITIONAL FEE OR A TAX OR WHAT HAVE YOU TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION BECAUSE IT'S BEEN 100 YEARS OR ALMOST 100 YEARS.

AND SO THEY'RE TOUGH DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO BE MADE, BUT, YOU KNOW, COLLECTIVELY, EVERYBODY WORKED TOGETHER AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAME UP WITH ALTERNATIVE IDEAS AND IT GOT SHOT DOWN, BUT IT WORKED OUT IN THE END, SO THAT'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF COLLECTIVE WORK.

THANK YOU. THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE INVOLVES MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF FUNDS FOR TIER ONE AND TIER TWO PROGRAMS. CAN YOU PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE WHERE YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR DECISIONS THAT INVOLVE THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, AND HOW YOU ENSURE THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION WE'RE SERVING.

SOUNDS LIKE YOU HIT THAT ALREADY, BUT GO AHEAD.

WELL, THE MOST RECENT EXPERIENCE I HAVE IS HAVING THIS FUNDRAISER FOR STOP THE 740 FOOTHILL PROJECT.

WE RAISED OVER $2,000 AT THAT FUNDRAISER, AND WE ONLY HAD PROBABLY 150 PEOPLE, MAYBE LESS THAN THAT.

90% OF THAT MONEY CAME THROUGH MY PERSONAL ELECTRONIC PAYMENTS, VENMO, ZO AND PAYPAL, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY OF THE WORLD.

AND NOBODY ELSE WAS WILLING TO STEP UP.

AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE AND BE FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE.

BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE AND YOU HAVE THE KNOW-HOW OF HOW TO DOCUMENT EVERYTHING AND PROVE THAT THIS IS WHAT WAS RECEIVED, THIS IS THE MONEY THAT IS PROVIDED, THIS IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE USED FOR.

THEN TRANSPARENCY WILL ALWAYS WIN.

TRANSPARENCY IS IS SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE THING OF ANYTHING FINANCIALLY, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING FINANCIALLY BASED.

TRANSPARENCY SHOULD BE JUST AS EQUAL.

EVERYBODY SHOULD BE AWARE OF IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

I KNOW THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT ARE PRIVATE TO THE STAFF AND TO THE COUNCIL ONLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE LONG RUN, YOU KNOW, YOU PROVIDE THE BUDGETS IN DETAIL LINE BY LINE.

CHRISTIE DOES A GREAT JOB WITH THAT.

AND SO THAT HELPS YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR TIER ONE OR TIER TWO.

AGAIN, IT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SHORTFALLS WITH BEING SHORT STAFFED, BUT WE STILL HAVE OUR REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET FOR CALPERS AND THE RETIREMENT. YOU CAN'T JUST IGNORE THOSE OBLIGATIONS.

AND SO THOSE ARE TOUGH DECISIONS, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES, LIKE NOBODY SEES THAT.

THEY DON'T SEE. THEY YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO SEE SOMETHING FOR YOUR MONEY AS A RESIDENT HERE WITH YOUR TAXES, BUT THAT'S JUST A NECESSARY EVIL.

AND SO AGAIN, IT JUST FALLS ON MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS, BUT PRESENTING IT IN A WAY THAT EVERYBODY CAN ACCEPT IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. MR. GIAMICO. ANDREW, PLEASE COME ON UP.

YEAH. OH, HERE, HERE.

SEE. THERE YOU GO.

HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? DOING WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU. ARE YOU READY? READY. ARE YOU READY? FIRST QUESTION.

YOU'VE HEARD THEM ALREADY. I'LL REPEAT THEM AGAIN.

PLEASE DESCRIBE YOUR RELEVANT EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE IN FINANCE, BANKING, BUSINESS OR RETIREMENT PLANNING? HOW DO YOU BELIEVE YOUR BACKGROUND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE EFFECTIVE OVERSIGHT OF MEASURE LV REVENUES AND ADHERENCE TO SPENDING GUIDELINES? CAN I START OFF WITH A BRIEF INTRODUCTION? YES YOU CAN. OH, WONDERFUL.

WELL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT MY QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ROLE OF MEASURE LV CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE FOR 12 YEARS, AND FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, PROFESSIONALLY, I'VE WORKED FOR A COMPANY NAMED LUXFER GAS CYLINDERS.

NOW LUXFER GAS CYLINDERS MANUFACTURES HIGH PRESSURE COMPOSITE CYLINDERS, WHICH YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE BACK OF FIREFIGHTERS.

WHEN THE FIRST TIME I WENT TO OUR PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE, PUBLIC SAFETY OPEN HOUSE, I WENT AND TOOK A LOOK AT THE CYLINDERS THAT WE WERE USING.

AND I WAS VERY PLEASED, VERY EXCITED TO SEE THAT OUR CYLINDERS WERE IN USE.

SO THE NOW, AS FAR AS LUXFER GOES, IT'S A PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANY, SO IT'S REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO CERTAIN FINANCIAL RECORD KEEPING AND

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NOW WHERE I'M INVOLVED IS PRICING MANAGEMENT.

MY EXPERIENCE OPERATING SOX CONTROL PRICING IS WHERE I BELIEVE I'M DIRECTLY BENEFICIAL FOR THIS ROLE.

ON THE COMMITTEE, THE PRICING CONTROL STATES THAT CUSTOMERS ARE EXPLICITLY CHARGED FOR THEIR QUOTED OR ELICITED PRICE AND TERMS OF SALE.

NOW, I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION FROM PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY, AND THIS IS EMPHASIZED BY A LUXFER AUDITORS UNDER THE CONTROL PERSON PERFORMING THE WEEKLY CONTROL. I'M THE PERSON, THE MIXERS, THAT MAKES SURE THAT THE SALES DEPARTMENT CHARGES THE CORRECT PRICE TO THE CUSTOMER.

ADDITIONALLY, EVERY QUARTER INVOLVES ENGAGING WITH OUR ACCOUNTING FIRM PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS IN TESTING THESE CONTROLS.

SO THIS INVOLVES PROVIDING EVIDENCE SUPPORTING INFORMATION FOR EACH SALES INVOICE THAT THEY WANT TO TEST.

THIS IS REALLY A GOOD EXERCISE IN GOOD RECORD KEEPING.

THANK YOU. THE COMMITTEE WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPORTING THE CITY COUNCIL ON COMPLIANCE WITH SPENDING GUIDELINES OUTLINED IN THE BYLAWS.

HOW DO YOU ENVISION HANDLING SITUATIONS WHERE THERE ARE DISAGREEMENTS WITHIN THE COMMITTEE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THESE GUIDELINES? AND HOW WOULD YOU WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING CONSENSUS ON RECOMMENDATION TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL? PERFECT. AND EVERY MBA HAS AN EMPHASIS.

AND MINE WAS IS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGING ORGANIZATION CHANGE.

NOW CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IS A SIGNIFICANT PART OF MY EDUCATION AND MY CURRENT ROLE AT LUXFER.

THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE HAS A VERY HIGH PROFILE ROLE, SO CONFLICTS CANNOT BE IGNORED.

THIS, IT'S IMPORTANT RIGHT AWAY TO CLARIFY THE ISSUE AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THE FACTS AND ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO MISPERCEPTIONS.

NEXT, THE NEXT STEP IS TO DEVELOP POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS AND THINGS LIKE BRAINSTORMING, OR WILL PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THESE RESOLUTIONS.

ACTIVE LISTENING IS CRUCIAL, AND I PRIDE MYSELF AS BEING A MEDIATOR IN THESE TYPES OF SITUATIONS.

ULTIMATELY, THE DIFFERING PARTIES NEED TO SET ASIDE THEIR DIFFERENCES AND PREFERENCES AND FIND SOME COMMON GROUND TO WORK WITH TOWARDS THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF MEASURE LV. THE COMMITTEE IS TASKED WITH REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING CHANGES TO THE USE OF REVENUES AVAILABLE FOR BOTH TIER ONE AND TIER TWO PROGRAMS. WHAT CRITERIA WOULD YOU CONSIDER WHEN ASSESSING APPROPRIATIONS OR PROPOSED CHANGES TO THESE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS? WONDERFUL. ANOTHER COMPONENT OF MY BUSINESS DEGREE IS ETHICS, WHERE I MAINTAIN THAT BOTH MY LIFE AND CAREER.

THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE MEASURE THAT WE VOTED FOR WAS, QUOTE, GENERAL SERVICES TOWARDS 911 EMERGENCY RESPONSE, FIRE PROTECTION, PARAMEDICS, POLICE PATROLS THAT INCLUDE GANG, DRUG AND CRIME PREVENTION, STREET MAINTENANCE, POTHOLE REPAIR AND REMOVING GRAFFITI.

IN REVIEWING THE BUDGET, IT LOOKS LIKE ALMOST NEARLY $5 MILLION WILL BE GENERATED BY MEASURE LV, WHICH IS BETTER THAN ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED.

NOW, BASED ON THE YOUTH OF USE GUIDELINES THAT I THAT I FOUND IN THE IN THE IN THE CHARTER, IT'S DESIGNED TO SUPPORT OUR TRADITIONAL COMPENSATION MODEL.

YOU WANT THE BEST OF THE BEST WHEN IT COMES TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND SUPPORTING PERSONNEL.

NOW A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, MY DAUGHTER HAD A MEDICAL EMERGENCY AND THE PARAMEDICS, THEY ARRIVED WITHIN LIKE MINUTES.

I LIVE OVER IN ALDEN AND THEY WERE THERE LIKE LESS THAN TWO MINUTES.

AND THE PERSON THAT CAME IN THERE TREATED HER SUCCESSFULLY AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE.

I MEAN, THAT EXPERTISE AND RESPONSE TIME IS PRICELESS.

AND SO THAT'S EXACTLY WHY MY WIFE AND I VOTED FOR THE MEASURE.

SO THIS CRITERIA IS WHAT I WILL CONSIDER FOR ANY CHANGES FOR TIER ONE AND TIER TWO ALLOCATIONS.

THANK YOU. THE ROLE OF THE COMMITTEE INVOLVES MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING THE USE OF FUNDS FOR TIER ONE AND TIER TWO PROGRAMS. CAN YOU PROVIDE AN EXAMPLE FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE, WHERE YOU'VE HAD TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR DECISIONS THAT INVOLVE THE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES, AND HOW YOU ENSURE THAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY OR ORGANIZATION YOU WERE SERVING? SURE. I'M A PRODUCT MARKETING MANAGER FOR LUXFER, SO BEING A STEWARD OF THE MARKETING BUDGET IS AN IMPORTANT TASK.

NOW, RECENTLY MY COMPANY HAD TO REDUCE OUR REVENUE FORECAST, SO I WAS FACED WITH A BIG DECISION WITH THE REMAINING ANNUAL BUDGET.

SHOULD WE SPEND MONEY ON AN ADVERTISEMENT IN LIKE AN INDUSTRY PUBLICATION, KIND OF GET SOME, TRY TO GET A SHORT TERM SALES BUMP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, OR WHEN WHAT WE ULTIMATELY CHOSE TO DO IS WE DIRECTED OUR FUNDS TOWARDS GRANT WRITING, A GRANT WRITING FIRM TO DEVELOP A PROPOSAL TO SEEK OUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR A PLANT UPGRADE TO DEVELOP HYDROGEN CYLINDERS.

NOW, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS BEFORE WE SEE THE BENEFIT.

IT WAS A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION, BUT I THINK IT'S MUCH BETTER TO FOCUS ON THE LONG TERM RETURN ON INVESTMENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YEAH. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

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WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. NOW ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR GROUP HERE? WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY GO BACK TO THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT.

THAT'S OUR FIRST ORDER. IS THAT CORRECT? MS. ATTORNEY, TO FOLLOW THE ORDER.

I HAVE A QUESTION IN REGARDS TO THAT COMMITTEE.

WHEN IS THEIR NEXT MEETING FOR THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE DISTRICT? UH, DECEMBER 13TH STRIKES, BUT I DO KNOW IT'S IN DECEMBER.

UM, ONE OF THE ISSUES, SO IT'S QUARTERLY, BUT GIVEN THE ASSESSMENTS THAT ARE COMING IN, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH WORK IS GOING TO BE EACH QUARTERLY.

IT'S GOING TO BE A REPORT BACK ON ITEMS, MAYBE A REPRIORITIZATION OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN LOOKED AT.

UM, SO BUT IT IS A QUARTERLY MEETING.

THE NEXT ONE, I BELIEVE, IS DECEMBER, AND I'LL HAVE TO LOOK MAYBE THE 13TH.

THE REASON I ASK IS I HATE THAT MR. BOWEN WAS NOT NOTIFIED.

I KNOW IT WAS AN ERROR, BUT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT APPOINTMENT TONIGHT.

WE COULD MAKE THAT AS PART OF OUR NEXT COUNCIL AGENDA.

UM, JUST.

AND HE BROUGHT IT UP INITIALLY AND INDICATED THAT HE WANTED TO BE DOING THIS.

SO. NOT THAT IT WOULD CHANGE MY MIND ON WHO I WANT TO CHOOSE RIGHT NOW, BUT I WOULD RATHER HE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT HIS CASE.

IN ITS COUNCIL DISCRETION.

BASICALLY, AGAIN, THIS CAN BE CONTINUED TO THE SIXTH.

IT COULD BE MADE TODAY.

UM, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS A QUORUM, THERE'S ONLY THE ONE PUBLIC MEMBER THAT THIS COUNCIL SELECTS TO BE ON THERE.

SO THERE'S TWO MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THERE'S THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR OR THEIR DESIGNEE, AND THEN ANOTHER PUBLIC MEMBER SELECTED BY THE COUNTY.

SO, UM, IF THE NEXT MEETING WENT AS LONG AS FOUR OF THOSE MEMBERS WERE THERE, WE WOULD HAVE QUORUM.

UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S UP TO THE COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER WE MAKE A DECISION TONIGHT OR NOT.

IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO.

ALL RIGHT. EXCEPT, WELL, WE WOULD MAKE A MOTION OR WE JUST DECIDE IT RIGHT NOW? WE DON'T NEED A MOTION, DO WE NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT? THERE WOULD BE A NOMINATION AND THEN THERE WOULD BE A VOTE ON THAT.

KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH.. I'M JUST SAYING OF MR. JOHNSON'S REQUEST, IF WE WOULD WE MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT, ASK OUR ATTORNEY FOR THAT? YES, THERE WOULD BE A MOTION TO TABLE THIS ITEM TO THE FOLLOWING MEETING.

AND THEN AT THAT TIME YOU WOULD HAVE A MOTION HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND A VOTE AT THAT TIME, IF YOU SO WISH TO DELAY THE APPOINTMENT FOR THAT BOARD . I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION TO DELAY THIS TO OUR NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND PUT THAT TO A VOTE. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN AND WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE ARE ALWAYS DOING IS IS ON A LEVEL OF TRANSPARENCY, AND I BELIEVE HAVING THE CANDIDATES HERE AVAILABLE WOULD HAVE THAT. SO I'LL SECOND THAT.

WITH THAT VOTE.

OH. EXCUSE ME. YOU MADE THE MOTION.

[INAUDIBLE] Y AND N HERE.

YOU KNOW, THE CLEANERS DO DO A GOOD JOB.

THEY DO.

THAT MOTION WAS APPROVED FOUR ZERO WITH LAU BEING ABSENT.

I DO, I'M SORRY FOR MR. HURLEY COMING AND AND PUTTING THEM THROUGH THIS AS WELL.

BUT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE YOUR INTERVIEW, YOU'RE GOOD.

NO, NO, BUT I WOULD. I WOULD SAY SORRY WHEN WE ARE DOING INTERVIEWS, HE.

IF HE WOULD CHOOSE TO, HE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERVIEW AGAIN IF HE CHOOSES OR NOT.

OR WE CAN GO ON WHAT HE SAID TONIGHT.

YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY INVITED BACK FOR SURE IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT.

THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. SO YES.

AND MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

SO THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING THAT WE STILL HAVE NOT PUT THE AGENDA TOGETHER, IT WILL GO OUT TOMORROW IS NEXT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH.

UM, WE CAN CHECK TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE.

THE ONE OPTION ON THAT MEETING IS WE HAVE A STUDY SESSION AT 5:30 FOR SOCIAL MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS.

THAT CAN BE A HALF AN HOUR.

UM, AND THEN SO WE COULD AT 6:00, UM, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE THIS TO A TIME CERTAIN AT 6:00 ON NOVEMBER 6TH BECAUSE IT IS OUR REGULAR STANDARD TIME, ALTHOUGH WE'RE ASSUMING WE NEED TO FIND OUT FOR SURE IF MR. BOWEN WILL BE IN TOWN. ABSOLUTELY.

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YEAH. AND THAT WOULD BE FINE.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE NOVEMBER 20TH MEETING IF THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S STILL IN TIME FOR A DECEMBER MEETING OKAY.

SO IF THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE MAKER OF THE MOTION, THAT IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY AT 11:20.

SO WE CAN MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S THERE.

I'M PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THAT.

AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO THEN PLAN ON THE 20TH, OR ARE WE GOING TO TRY FOR THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER NOVEMBER? THINK PROCEDURALLY AT THIS POINT IT IS TABLED TO THE NEXT MEETING, THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING AT NOVEMBER 6TH.

AND IF AT THAT TIME YOU SO WISH TO TABLE IT UNTIL THE 20TH, THE MEETING OF THE 20TH, IT CAN BE DONE SO WITH A MOTION. WE HAVE TO BE CAUTIOUS, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS WE HAVE THANKSGIVING COMING UP TOO ON THE 20TH.

SO WE HAVE TO CHECK THE AVAILABILITY AND DO THAT THIS WEEK.

BUT I'M FEELING WE MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GETTING PEOPLE HERE.

YEAH. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE WILL CHECK WITH EVERYBODY.

SEE IF THEY HAVE NOVEMBER 6TH.

IF THEY DO NOT, THEN WE'LL HAVE A AGENDA ITEM ON THE NOVEMBER 6TH ITEM, WHICH IS TO CONTINUE IT TO THE NOVEMBER 20TH ITEM.

BUT HOPEFULLY BY THAT POINT, WE'LL ALSO KNOW IF NOVEMBER 20TH IS A GOOD DATE FOR THE THREE APPLICANTS TO SHOW UP.

HOPEFULLY OUR NEXT MEETING WORKS OUT FOR EVERYONE BECAUSE AS WE GET TO THE HOLIDAYS, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT.

SO YEAH, OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.

THEN, THAT ITEM IS DONE.

WE MOVE TO OUR MEASURE LV COMMITTEE.

[2. APPOINTMENTS TO THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY ENCHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT (EIFD) AND MEASURE LV CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES.]

I THINK BOTH ARE HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE TO BRING TO THE CITY.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING FORWARD.

AS WE SAW, WE HAVE TWO APPLICANTS FOR A TAX MEASURE ON ON OUR CITY THAT HELPS GUIDE THAT THAT MEASURE.

UM, AS MISS BEAUCHAMP, YOU SAID, I APPRECIATE WISH WE HAD A LOT MORE APPLICANTS, BUT I BELIEVE THE TWO APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE IS HIGH QUALITY AND THAT WHOEVER'S CHOSEN WILL BE DO A GREAT JOB ON THAT COMMITTEE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. JOHNSON? YEAH.

I JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF THE CLIENTS OR THE APPLICANTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED TONIGHT.

I APPRECIATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU BEING HERE AND VOLUNTEERING TO SERVE THE CITY.

THANK YOU. I WILL ECHO THAT IT'S MEASURE LV THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S GOING TO BE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

BUT MEASURE LV IS SOMETHING THAT THANK GOODNESS THAT WE PASSED IT WHEN WE DID, BECAUSE IT DOES ASSIST US AS A CITY TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD OUR EMPLOYEE POOL.

BUT ALSO IF THERE IS ADDITIONAL WE CAN USE IT FOR OTHER THINGS FOR OUR CITY.

SO IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THE MEASURE LV, WE HAVE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION COME TO OUR COUNCIL A LITTLE MORE IN THE FOREFRONT.

WE HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN A LOT OF THAT, AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SEE THAT IN THE FUTURE AND, YOU KNOW, AS WE MAKE CHANGES THROUGH OUR CITY.

BUT THANK YOU BOTH, I DO APPRECIATE THAT, EXTREMELY GREAT CANDIDATES.

WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION? I WOULD MOVED TO APPOINT DANITA WITH MEASURE LV.

WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND THAT.

VOTE PLEASE. THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS. MR. DIAMICO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

DANITA CONGRATULATIONS.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, IT WAS, THAT MOTION WAS PASSED FOUR ZERO WITH LAU ABSENT.

WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I'M SORRY WE DIDN'T. YEAH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE, BUT THAT WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT WITH THAT.

[3. PUBLIC COMMENT]

YOU CAN. YES.

HAVE THAT. I DON'T NEED TO STAND UP FOR THIS WHEN I'M INVITED TO COME BACK TO DO THE INTERVIEW.

I'M ASSUMING I DON'T NEED ALL THE TIME TO DO IT AGAIN.

JUST SOME SUMMARY OF WHAT I TALKED ABOUT OR ANYTHING I MIGHT LIKE TO ADD.

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU.

ABSOLUTELY. YOU'VE THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR COMING.

WE APPRECIATE IT. UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS, ANYONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

COUNCIL COMMENTS.

JUST AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND BEING A PART OF THE CITY.

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UH, MR. DEMARCO, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND HOPEFULLY THERE'S A COMMISSION HERE FOR YOU IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

CONGRATULATIONS, MS. BEAUCHAMP AND MR. HURLEY GOOD LUCK, SORRY FOR PUSHING IT BACK.

I REALLY DO APOLOGIZE.

THANK MR. JOHNSON FOR THAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO THINK IT'S A BUT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

IT WAS THE RIGHT THING. RIGHT THING TO DO.

BUT APPRECIATE YOU COMING OUT AND YOUR TIME AND HOPEFULLY SEE YOU NEXT NEXT TIME YOU'RE AVAILABLE FOR OUR NEXT ONE.

APPRECIATE THAT. MR. KASHIFALGHITA.

SET IT UP.

I'M STUFFING MY FACE. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW APPOINTMENT.

IS THAT THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT? I MEAN, IT'S AMERICA.

CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE IT. AND, YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS THANK GOD FOR ALWAYS GUIDING ME TO ALWAYS ANOTHER ADVENTURE AND DOWN THE ROAD OF DOING GOOD.

YOU KNOW, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TODAY.

UH, CONTINUING YOUR SERVICE FOR OUR CITY, IF NOT AT THIS TIME, PLEASE COME BACK AGAIN FOR ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT'S OUT THERE.

I LOVE CHANGE IS ALWAYS GOOD.

AS A COMMANDER OF TROOPS IN THE MILITARY, WE ROTATE OUR COMMANDERS EVERY TWO YEARS, EVERY TWO, THREE YEARS AT THE MOST.

AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE CONSTANT CHANGE.

AND I LIKE CHANGE. CHANGE IS GOOD.

AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN WHAT YOU GUYS COME OUT.

LET'S CONTINUE TO KEEP LA VERNE STRONG.

ANYTHING YOU GUYS SEE WE CAN DO BETTER.

I'D LOVE TO DO BETTER. SO THANKS AGAIN AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE HERE.

THANK YOU MR. JOHNSON FOR BRINGING YOUR COOKIES.

WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE SAME TODAY WITHOUT YOUR COOKIES.

DINNER.. AND DINNER WAS REALLY GOOD.

DINNER WAS VERY THANK YOU FOR DINNER AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO THAT ONE YET.

NO. ARE THEY GOOD? MR. JOHNSON? THANK YOU, MR. KASHIFALGHITA. THANK YOU MAYOR. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSITION.

GOD BLESS YOU. THANK YOU.

WE NEED IT. AMEN.

AGAIN TO THE APPLICANTS, THANK YOU.

AND, YEAH, WE WILL HAVE A PLACE FOR YOU.

JUST KEEP TRYING.

THANKS. YEAH.

MR. DIAMICO AGAIN, UH, AFTER RUNNING FOR OFFICE AND BEING APPOINTED ON COMMISSIONS AND STUFF.

SOMETIMES IT'S IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING, BUT DON'T GIVE UP BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE MR. KASHIFALGHITA SAID, AND EVERYONE, THERE'S POSITIONS OPENING UP, AND WE THERE'S CONSTANT CHANGE IN OUR CITY NOW, WHICH IS A GOOD THING.

SO AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS BEAUCHAMP, AND THANK YOU, MR. HURLEY, FOR SHOWING. AND YOU WILL BE BACK AGAIN FOR THE NEXT SHOW.

AND EVERYONE BE CAREFUL ON HALLOWEEN.

PLEASE KNOW WE HAVE A LIMITED CROWD HERE, BUT DID A MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR WEAR BRIGHT COLORS? BRING FLASHLIGHTS. WATCH IT.

SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN.

AND AT THE END OF THE NIGHT, CHECK EVERY PIECE OF CANDY THAT'S IN THAT BAG.

YOUR CHILDREN GET TO MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE, WHATEVER YOU CAN DO, BUT BE SAFE AND HAVE A WONDERFUL HALLOWEEN.

WITH THAT, MISTER DOMER, WE WILL RECESS MEETING IN CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957-6,

[4. The City Council will recess to meet in a Closed Session for the following]

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS BEAUCHAMP, MISTER DIAMICO, THANK YOU AGAIN.

AND MISTER HURLEY, WE'LL SEE YOU BACK.

WITH THAT, WE WILL RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.

ARE WE REPORTING OUT? THERE WILL BE NO REPORT OUT.

THAT IS 7:24 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.