Feb 05, 2024 City Council

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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

[CALL TO ORDER]

THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP.

EVEN IN THE RAIN. WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY, HAVE WE? OH, MY GOSH.

I THINK THE FOOTHILLS HAVE GOTTEN FIVE INCHES OR MORE.

I WOULD IMAGINE SO.

IT'S JUST CRAZY. WE'RE GOING TO START THIS MEETING TONIGHT AT 6:30 P.M.

ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 5TH.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO WELCOME EVERYBODY.

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

TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE ONCE AGAIN ONE OF OUR PROUD VETERANS, AL JIMENEZ, AIR FORCE E-6 TECH SERGEANT, WHO WILL CONDUCT US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR TONIGHT.

MR. JIMENEZ, IF YOU PLEASE.

AND I HAVE TO SAY IT.

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.

YOU COULD STAY THERE, SIR.

COME ON GUYS. THANK YOU.

WELL, SIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FROM A GRATEFUL CITY.

AND AS A VETERAN, I UNDERSTAND, AND I'VE BEEN THROUGH PRETTY MUCH WHAT YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH.

DIFFERENT TIMES. DIFFERENT. YOU'RE A LITTLE A LOT YOUNGER THAN ME, I GET IT.

YOUNGER THAN ME. BUT GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.

AND CHOSE A PROFESSION THAT 1% OF THE NATION, LESS THAN 1% OF THE NATION YOU. AND I WANT TO WANTED TO GIVE YOU THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.

FROM THE CITY OF LA VERNE. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO AL JIMENEZ.

THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL TO THE US AIR FORCE TECH SERGEANT, SMART GUY.

VETERAN AL JIMENEZ, WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.

WE ARE FOREVER GRATEFUL SIR [APPLAUSE].

AIR FORCE GUYS, I LOVE THEM.

[APPLAUSE] HELLO? HELLO.

CAN YOU HEAR THAT IN THE SOUND? DOMER. ROLL CALL PLEASE.

WAIT TILL THEY'RE ALL SITTING.

VERY GOOD. IF I MAY, BEFORE WE CONTINUE ON, I JUST WANT TO, CURRENTLY IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, WE HAD A LETTER MISSING FROM IN GOD WE TRUST.

AND SO WE'VE TAKEN THEM DOWN TO REPAIR THEM AND ALSO TO REDO THE ADHESIVE.

SO IN CASE ANYBODY KNOW, UP ABOVE.

YEAH. WHERE THE LITTLE SCUFF MARKS ARE.

WE REMOVED IT ALL.

YES. SO IN CASE ANYBODY ASKS, IT IS BEING REPAIRED AND IT WILL BE BACK BETTER THAN WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

SO BRIGHTER AND BRIGHTER.

[PRESENTATIONS ]

FIRST IS THE PROCLAMATION FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

EVERY FEBRUARY, NATIONAL BLACK HISTORY MONTH SERVES AS BOTH THE CELEBRATION OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS AND A RECOGNITION OF THE CENTRAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN THE NATION'S DEVELOPMENT.

CASI COMMITTEE MEMBERS GIL IVEY AND CARROLL WHEATLEY WILL ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION.

MR. IVEY AND MR. WHEATLEY, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

WE READ THE PROCLAMATION.

COUNCIL.

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WHEREAS BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS IS A TIME TO RECOGNIZE AND CELEBRATE THE RICH HERITAGE, ACHIEVEMENTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO THE CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL FABRIC OF OUR NATION.

AND WHEREAS, WE HONOR THE LEGACY OF LEADERS, ACTIVISTS AND VISIONARIES WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND JUSTICE, INSPIRING GENERATIONS TO COME.

AND WHEREAS, THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND HISTORY SET THE THEME FOR 2024 AS AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE ARTS IN RECOGNITION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS PARAMOUNT INFLUENCE IN THE FIELDS OF VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.

AND WHEREAS IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CONTINUE PROMOTING DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION IN OUR COMMUNITIES, WORKPLACES AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, FOSTERING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE AND SUCCEED.

NOW, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE THAT THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024 BE RECOGNIZED AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

I ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO CELEBRATE OUR DIVERSE HERITAGE AND CULTURE, AND CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO CREATE A WORLD THAT IS MORE JUST, PEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS FOR ALL.

DATED THIS 5TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 2024 SIGNED BY ME HEPBURN MAYOR.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.

WELL, ON BEHALF OF CASI, I HAD THE MASK ON.

WE WANT TO THANK YOU, THE CITY OF LA VERNE, FOR RECOGNIZING THIS.

I'VE BEEN IN LA VERNE FOR 25 YEARS AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN.

AND HISTORY, BLACK HISTORY IS AMAZING.

I'M LEARNING THINGS EVERY, EVERY SINGLE DAY.

BUT JUST THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION AND MY BOARD MEMBERS TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO PROMOTE BASICALLY DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU CARROLL [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MIC] HERE'S HERE'S ANOTHER FUN THING HERE.

OUR SECOND PRESENTATION IS FOR THE CHRISTMAS MORNING VOLUNTEERS.

THE CHRISTMAS MORNING [APPLAUSE]. WITHOUT THEM, THIS WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.

I'LL READ THE SCRIPT AND I'LL DO MY THING.

THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT REQUIRES DETAILED COORDINATION FROM CITY STAFF ACROSS NUMEROUS DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTEERS FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND TONIGHT, WE WANT TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HELPED ONCE AGAIN TO DELIVER A GREAT EVENT.

WILL THE VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF PLEASE COME FORWARD WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED.

I JUST WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK ALL OF YOU.

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO THIS AND I KNOW WE CHANGED HOW WE DID IT THIS YEAR.

I THINK WE RECEIVED ONLY 1 OR 2 COMPLAINTS AND OTHER THAN THAT AND THEY WERE MINOR.

YOU GUYS DID AN AMAZING JOB, AN AMAZING JOB.

AND I THINK THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS LATE WAS CASSIUS, BECAUSE HE TALKED TO EVERYBODY.

SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO GO HOME TO THEIR FAMILIES.

CASH, YOU KNOW, MR. CHATTERBOX.

BUT NO, I THINK I THINK WHAT I HEARD FROM EVERYBODY THAT WORKED WELL AND PEOPLE WERE HOME AT A DECENT TIME.

SO, THE FIRST TIME OUT OF THE GATE, I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH.

I KNOW IT WAS A IT WAS A ROUGH ROAD TO BEGIN WITH TO CHANGE THINGS, BUT WE STILL KEPT OUR TRADITION.

MAKE SURE FAMILIES GET BACK TO THEIR FAMILIES.

SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE STAFF, BETWEEN OUR CITY STAFF, BETWEEN THE VOLUNTEERS.

WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU GUYS, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH.

WILL THAT FIRST I WANT TO CALL FOR THOSE MEMBERS A RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL, RSVP, IF YOU'D LIKE TO CALL THEM NORM FAUSTINI [APPLAUSE]. YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED FROM YOUR WIFE SAID YOU'RE

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WAYNE PERRY [APPLAUSE].

JOE GIVIGLIANO [APPLAUSE].

THERE YOU GO. SO.

OKAY, JOE, HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? COME ON SERIOUSLY.

GIVIGLIANO. I LIKE IT, OKAY.

THANK YOU JOE [APPLAUSE]. CARLOS CANDELA [APPLAUSE].

STEVE DORSE [APPLAUSE] BARRY BRANDLER, ALIAS SANTA [APPLAUSE].

WHO'S THIS GUY? WELL, THERE'S THERE'S ONLY ONE LEFT.

I SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST.

MR. BOSCARINO DAVE BOSCARINO, AKA SANTA [APPLAUSE].

I'VE KNOWN A LOT OF YOU GUYS FOR SOME TIME, BUT I'VE KNOWN DAVE BOSCARINO.

I THINK DAVE'S ONLY 60.

DAVE'S ONLY 62, AND ALL MY KIDS WENT TO SCHOOL AND HE WAS STILL THERE THEN.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT HE HE WORKED FOR THE, THE HIGH SCHOOL AND, HE WAS A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT PERSON.

AND AND HE REALLY, HE KEPT MY KIDS OUT OF TROUBLE, I GUESS, IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO TELL YOU ALL.

YEAH, BUT THANK YOU, DAVE.

THANK YOU, ALL OF YOU, WITH THAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL OF YOU [APPLAUSE].

NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY TEAM.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR RAMIRO NUNEZ [APPLAUSE].

ROMERO.

YEAH THERE YOU GO.

MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR COLIN PURDY [APPLAUSE].

MAINTENANCE WORKER MIGUEL CRESPO [APPLAUSE].

MAINTENANCE WORKER AUSTIN WALTERS [APPLAUSE].

THAT COME WITH A PLUG YOUR SHIRT.

LOOKS LIKE FIRE CAPTAIN DAVE BONANNO IS NOT HERE.

CHIEF NIGG WILL TAKE THAT FOR HIM.

FIREFIGHTER KENNY VILLASENOR.

HE'S NOT HERE ALSO RIGHT.

OKAY. WORKING.

IT'S BEEN CRAZY.

WE'LL GIVE THOSE TO CHIEF.

AMBULANCE OPERATOR, ABRAHAM SOSA.

[INAUDIBLE] A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY, PLEASE.

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BUT YES, HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL.

HE ACTUALLY RAN THE WHOLE THING PRETTY MUCH.

SO. YEAH.

I'M SORRY.

THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO CALL UP THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS PARTNERS ROBERT PEREZ, AKA SANTA [APPLAUSE].

ABEL GANDARA, AKA SANTA [APPLAUSE].

DANNY MCLAUGHLIN [APPLAUSE].

OH HE'S NOT HERE.

OKAY. WE KNOW THESE GUYS, DARREN BAUMUNK [APPLAUSE].

YOU KNOW, DARREN, YOU CAN'T TELL HIM HE'S YOUR SON OR ANYTHING, RIGHT? IT'S JUST CHECKING MINI ME.

CRAIG BAUMUNK [APPLAUSE].

AND DON JOHNSON AND SAUNDERS TOWING SCOTT DILLEY, SCOTT [APPLAUSE].

OH, YEAH.

AND I KNOW THAT SCOTT'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS, AND I KNOW THE BAUMUNK'S AND ALL OF YOU.

ALL OF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING THIS.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL YOU GUYS DO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE VEHICLES AND THE FIRE TRUCKS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR NEXT ONE HERE.

BUT REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU AND FROM THE CROWN COACH FIRE ENTHUSIAST TEAM, MIKE MCDONALD [APPLAUSE].

WE GOT RICK KLEMUNDT, MIKE BRAMM, AND MARK BRAMM.

YEAH, PLEASE. SO, THIS CROWN COACH FIRE ENTHUSIAST TEAM, EVERY YEAR, THE LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THIS GROUP THAT OWNS PRIVATELY OWNS FIRE ENGINES THEY BRING TO THE CITY TO HELP PARTICIPATE IN THIS, BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST OPERATIONALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO SUPPLY THAT APPARATUS, FOR THE ENTIRETY OF ALL THE ROUTES.

SO THEY VERY, VERY GRACIOUSLY DRIVE UP WITH ALL OF THEIR OLD, RESTORED FIRE APPARATUS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT.

AND SO, OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THEM FOR THAT [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU ALL.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY FOR THE MEETING.

YEAH. BE CAREFUL IN THE RAIN.

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN VERY MUCH.

WE'LL DO IT LIKE A FOUR MINUTE RECESS.

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WE NOW MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

SHERRY BEST WITH THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND I'M HERE TO CLUE YOU IN TO TWO WONDERFUL EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN FEBRUARY.

THIS SATURDAY, THERE WILL BE A WALKING TOUR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, A FREE EVENT SPONSORED BY THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

WE ARE GOING TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH NOTABLE LOCATIONS AND BUILDINGS THAT REFLECT THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF FORMER UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE PRESIDENTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET TO KNOW OUR CAMPUS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND WE INVITED PRESIDENT [INAUDIBLE] WE'LL SEE IF SHE COULD MAKE IT.

I THINK SHE'S OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

BUT WE MADE THE GESTURE.

SO ANYHOW, SHOW UP AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING IN FRONT OF THE HANAWALT HOUSE, THAT IS, AT 2058 2ND STREET. AND JOIN DR.

BEN JENKINS, A HISTORY PROFESSOR AND UNIVERSITY ARCHIVIST, FOR A WALKING TOUR OF THE UNIVERSITY, FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FUN. I'LL PUT THE, THE FLIER OUT AND THE RAIN WILL HAVE STOPPED BY THEN.

SO WE WON'T BE.

WE WON'T BE DANCING IN THE RAIN.

AND THEN ON THE 24TH, THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN HILLCREST IS GOING TO INAUGURATE ITS GET ON THE BUS TOURS.

WE HAVE ONE TOUR AT 8:45 IN THE MORNING, AND THE NEXT ONE AT 11:00 IN THE MORNING.

THESE TOURS ARE IN FACT RESTRICTED TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WE CAN PUT ON THE BUS.

SO YOU MUST REGISTER.

SO JUST CALL AND REGISTER FOR A SPOT ON THE BUS SO YOU CAN TOUR.

AND AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EARLY UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE PRESIDENTS.

SO IF YOU'RE NOTICING A LITTLE THEME HERE, OUR FINAL VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE PRESIDENTS IS GOING TO BE AT THE B STREET CEMETERY.

WE'RE GOING TO GO SEE WHERE THEY FINALLY ENDED UP AFTER, AFTER THEY WERE AT THE UNIVERSITY AND THEN IN THE CITY AND THEN IN B STREET, BUT STILL IN THE CITY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ALL ABOUT THEM WITH LIVE ENACTORS.

SO DO COME TO THESE EVENTS AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND BECOME A MEMBER, $20 FOR AN INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP, $25 FOR A FAMILY MEMBERSHIP AND $200 FOR A LIFE MEMBERSHIP.

AND I WAS LOOKING AT OTHER HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, $500 FOR A LIFE MEMBERSHIP AT REDLANDS HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

SO YOU'VE GOT A BARGAIN WITH US.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SHERRY. APPRECIATE THAT.

MR. MAY.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF AND LA VERNE RESIDENTS.

I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT BRIEFLY ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS WE'RE HAVING AT OUR LIBRARY FOR THIS MONTH, AND ALSO ONE PROGRAM IN MARCH.

NOW, FEBRUARY IS NATIONALLY LIBRARY LOVERS MONTH.

SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS THE PUBLIC WHO USE L.A.

COUNTY LIBRARIES OR SPECIFICALLY LA VERNE LIBRARY.

WE'D LIKE WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SHARE YOUR COMMENTS OF HOW IT'S BENEFITED YOU.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A COMMENT DROP BOX IN THE LIBRARY.

WE CAN COME IN AND ALL.

YOU CAN GO ONLINE AND SHARE YOUR COMMENTS THERE.

NOW, AT THE END OF THE MONTH, YOU'LL BE, ELIGIBLE TO WIN A, SPECIALLY DESIGNED WATER BOTTLE.

SO IF YOU'RE A BOOK LOVER, IF YOU COME TO THE LIBRARY TO USE SEE THE PROGRAMS, THE STORY TIMES, YOU COME IN JUST TO, BE, YOU KNOW, IN A

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WE WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR IT, SO WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ANY ANY POSITIVE FEEDBACK YOU CAN GIVE TO L.A.

COUNTY LIBRARY AND SPECIFICALLY LA VERNE LIBRARY.

SO THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.

THE NEXT FEW PROGRAMS, THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS.

WE ARE IN OUR CURRENT SMARTY PANTS, SMARTY PANTS STORY TIME SESSION THAT STARTED, JANUARY 19TH AND IT'S RUNNING THROUGH FEBRUARY 23RD.

THEY ALL START RUN ON EVERY FRIDAY FROM 11 TO 12.

IT'S FOR AGES 2 TO 5 WITH A PARENT OR CAREGIVER.

THE KIDS WILL ENJOY BOOKS, SONGS, RHYMES, MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES WHILE LEARNING SCHOOL READINESS SKILLS.

NOW ALL THE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE MENTIONING THIS ONE, AND THE NEXT ONE'S, EXCUSE ME, THEY HAVE LIMITED ATTENDANCE, SO THEY'RE REQUIRED REGISTRATION AND YOU CAN DO THAT BY GOING ON SITE, TALKING TO ONE OF THE STAFF, SIGNING UP OR GOING ONLINE TO VISIT L.A.

COUNTY LIBRARY, SLASH EVENTS AND JUST NARROW THE SEARCH [INAUDIBLE] AND YOU CAN SIGN UP THAT WAY.

FEBRUARY IS ALSO AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND WE'VE GOT THREE PROGRAMS TO CELEBRATE THAT HERITAGE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO THIS WEEK AND ONE NEXT WEEK.

TOMORROW, ACTUALLY.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, FROM 6 TO 7.

WE HAVE AN ADULT PROGRAM.

MAKE YOUR OWN BUTTON, JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE LEARNING ABOUT THIS INFLUENTIAL ARTIST.

AND THEN BASED ON HIS WORK CREATING A MAKING YOUR OWN BUTTON TO WEAR OR TO GIVE TO SOMEBODY, IT'S LIKE I SAID, IT'S FOR ADULTS.

AND AGAIN, ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.

THE FOLLOWING DAY ON WEDNESDAY THIS WEEK, FEBRUARY 7TH FROM 5:00, WE HAVE HERITAGE, A BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN.

IT'S FOR AGES 6 THROUGH 12.

PARENT AND CAREGIVER IS REQUIRED.

STORY TELLER MELANIE HAYMAN, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING AN ENTERTAINING AND EXCITING PROGRAM DISCUSSING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY, CULTURE THROUGH SONGS, STORIES, DANCE AND MORE.

AND OUR THIRD PROGRAM CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN, BLACK HISTORY MONTH IS GOING TO BE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH FROM 4 TO 5.

IT'S TITLED TRIALS INTO TRIUMPHS SONGS OF HOPE.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN ABOUT THE ORIGINS, TRADITIONS, AND INFLUENCE OF GOSPEL MUSIC, AND THEN THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CREATE A GOSPEL INSPIRED STICKER WITH THEIR FAVORITE MESSAGE OF HOPE ON IT. SO THIS IS AGES.

THIS IS FOR TEENS AGES 13 THROUGH 17.

SO THAT'S OUR PROGRAMS FOR FEBRUARY.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PROGRAM IN MARCH.

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST FROM 4 TO 5, IT'S TITLED TEENS CREATE MONTH BLOSSOM INTO SPRING.

ATTENDEES WILL LEARN BASICS OF PLANTING AND CARING FOR POTTED FLOWERS, AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO DECORATE A MINI CERAMIC TERRACOTTA POT WITH ACRYLIC PAINT.

SO THAT'S THE PROGRAMS FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

THESE THINGS CHANGE ALL THE TIME.

THERE'S THINGS IN THE PIPELINE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED.

FLOWERS ARE NOT APPROVED.

SO PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE TO SEE WHAT'S COMING UP.

DO DO IT EVERY WEEK.

EVERY ONCE A WEEK. SO PLEASE CHECK BECAUSE THESE PROGRAMS DO CHANGE.

THE THE THEMES AND TOPICS CHANGE ALL THE TIME.

AND ONE THING I JUST WANT TO REMIND AND, COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY BROUGHT THAT UP.

WE DO HAVE WI-FI.

NOT JUST IN THE LIBRARY, BUT IT'S AVAILABLE OUTSIDE.

SO IF YOU'RE ON YOUR BIKE, YOU'RE SITTING IN YOUR CAR, SITTING ON THE CURB, SITTING ALL THE WAY AT THE END OF THE PARKING LOT, YOU WILL GET WI-FI RECEPTION.

IT'S ACTUALLY BETTER WITH THAT THAN IT IS INSIDE.

SO PLEASE COME ON OUT AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU GEORGE. APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MISS BEAUCHAMP.

YEAH. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.

I JUST WANT TO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THERE IS A PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMISSION MEETING ON, FEBRUARY 8TH AT 9:30 A.M..

THEY'RE OFFERING A HYBRID MEETING YOU CAN ATTEND IN PERSON, AND IT'S GOING TO BE AT A LOCATION IN WHITTIER.

OTHERWISE, YOU CAN PARTICIPATE THROUGH WEBEX, WHICH IS LIKE ZOOM AND OR THROUGH THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

THERE IS SOMETHING ON THE AGENDA THAT I THINK IS RELEVANT, AND THIS IS WHY I'M ASKING THE RESIDENTS TO POSSIBLY ATTEND, OR AT LEAST LISTEN

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AND SO THEY ARE NOW RESORTING TO SAFETY AND SECURITY OFFICERS, WHICH ARE REFERRED TO AS SSOS.

THEY ARE ALSO HIRING SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, WHICH IS SEOS, AND ALSO SCHOOL TEAMS. AND SO THESE ARE NOT PROPERLY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT SUCH AS SHERIFFS OR PROBATION OFFICERS.

AND I THINK THIS COULD BE AN ISSUE AT THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEMS. AS WE KNOW ALPHABAT PAGE, DOES HAVE SOME LEVEL 4, 707B OFFENDERS THERE.

THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO SOMEONE FROM PROBATION, THERE ARE 13 THERE.

SO IT CONCERNS ME THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE OVERSEEING THESE JUVENILES THAT POTENTIALLY ARE VIOLENT CRIMINALS AND NOT HAVE THE PROPER TRAINING, SUCH AS PROBATION AND OR SHERIFFS.

SO I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE NEED TO TO BE AWARE OF.

SO AGAIN, THE MEETING IS THIS THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8TH AT 9:30 A.M.

AND THEY CAN GO TO THE PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMISSION WEBSITE.

AND IF YOU GOOGLE IT, YOU CAN JUST SEARCH PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND IT COMES UP WITH THE WEBSITE.

AND THEN YOU CAN REGISTER RIGHT ON THERE FOR THE MEETING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP.

ANYONE ELSE ON ANNOUNCEMENTS? COME ON UP.

MISS GALLEGOS.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO COME UP AND SAY THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A CASI MEETING, OUR MONTHLY MEETING, OUR MONTHLY CASI MEETING TOMORROW, AT 5:00.

AND THAT WILL WE WILL BE MEETING AT THE CITRUS ROOM AT HILLCREST.

SO IF ANYBODY IS INTERESTED.

I ALSO INVITE EVERYBODY TO CHECK OUT OUR NEW WEBSITE, WHICH IS CASI-LA VERNE.

ORG. AND SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER.

WE HAVE SOME GOOD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, THIS YEAR ON THE CALENDAR THAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE.

SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS TO HELP MAKE US, BETTER THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

SO AGAIN, CASI MEETING TOMORROW AT THE CITRUS ROOM, HILLCREST AT FIVE FIVE.

YEAH. YES.

BECAUSE WE HAVE CHANGED.

I KNOW, I GOTTA REMEMBER THAT, BUT THAT'S FINE, RIGHT? WE WERE, YES, FIRST WE WERE FIRST WEDNESDAYS, BUT NOW WE'RE ON FIRST TUESDAYS.

AND THAT REALLY WAS TO ACCOMMODATE THE SCHOOL.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MR. CROSBY. YEAH.

OUR PARTNERS AT BONITA UNIFIED ARE HAVING THE BONITA STATE OF THE DISTRICT THIS THURSDAY AT THE BCA AT 10 A.M., AND, SUPERINTENDENT WIEN, INVITED ALL OF US TO TO GO AND THE RESIDENTS, TO GO THERE AS WELL AND FIND OUT WHAT THE GREAT THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN BONITA.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? MAYOR PRO TEM LAU. I GAVE BLOOD TODAY, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO GIVE BLOOD THIS WEEK, THERE IS A BLOOD DRIVE.

NO. I'M GOOD. THERE'S A BLOOD DRIVE THIS WEDNESDAY.

THE 7TH FROM 11 TO 5 AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

SO WALK INS ARE WELCOME, BUT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.

IF YOU HAVE TIME AND YOU ARE WILLING, PLEASE DONATE.

ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS COUNCIL? I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE THE ONE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN THE BUZZ AROUND TOWN THAT THE 740 FOOTHILL PROJECT, THAT CORNER NATIONAL HAS PULLED THEIR APPLICATION.

AND I WOULD JUST WHICH IS GREAT NEWS.

FIRST OF ALL, THE RESIDENTS I KNOW, DANITA WAS PART OF THIS MISS BEAUCHAMP.

RICH GILL, I KNOW THAT NIKKI [INAUDIBLE] AND A LOT OF THE OTHER INDIVIDUALS FROM SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE WHO, GET THOSE PROTESTS GOING AND PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON OUR COUNTY SUPERVISORS. AND ALSO THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS, BETWEEN THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS, THE CITY MANAGERS, BETWEEN OUR COUNCILS TOGETHER, MULTIPLE MEETINGS.

IT WAS AND THEN SUPERVISOR BARGER, WHO REALLY, KEPT THE HEAT AT THE HEAT AT THE FEET OF CORE TO, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, COME OUT AND ENGAGE WITH US AND, GET US A SEAT AT THE TABLE, WHICH THEY DID NOT DO.

AND, I JUST WILL CAUTION THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS KEEP OUR EYE ON THIS ONE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY OVER, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY CAN FIND AN ALTERNATE SITE, AND A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A NEED, BUT IT HAS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE IN THIS, 740 FOOTHILL PROJECT WAS NOT THE RIGHT PLACE, NOT THE RIGHT LOCATION.

AND AGAIN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR RESIDENTS DID AN AMAZING JOB.

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SO WE'LL CAUTIOUSLY, KEEP AN EYE ON THIS, AND UPDATE YOU ON ANYTHING ELSE WE HAVE.

BUT AT THIS POINT, THEY HAVE PULLED THEIR APPLICATION, WHICH IS FANTASTIC NEWS FOR OUR RESIDENTS OF SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE.

AND, AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS AND, MADE THIS HAPPEN.

SO ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.

UNLESS A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER OR THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

WAS ANYTHING, REQUEST TO BE PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MR. GILMER? NOTHING WAS REQUESTED.

MR. MAYOR. I KNOW THAT, I THINK MR. JOHNSON HAS A CONFLICT. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. JOHNSON? YES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE NOT BE VOTING ON THAT ITEM.

HOW DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT ATTORNEY? FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE WE ASK FOR A MOTION, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THESE CONSENT CALENDARS AND YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH WORK IS HERE.

YOU GOT OUR CITY TREASURER'S REPORT, AUDITED DEMANDS DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE EVALUATION AWARD.

TRACT. TRACT. BOND REDUCTION.

DECLARATION OF INTENTION TO PROVIDE WEED ABATEMENT.

YOU'VE GOT ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT.

THIS IS A LOT OF WORK FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTS OF NOT ONLY OUR CITY, BUT ALSO OUR STAFF.

AND I JUST PERSONALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

WE REALIZE THAT THIS STUFF RIGHT HERE REPRESENT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF TIME.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE BIG ONES TOO THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE EVALUATION AND AWARD OF CONTRACT IS PARAMOUNT FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH DEVELOPMENT AND STUFF, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT FEES IN PLACE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ATTRACT BUSINESSES, NOT SCARE THEM AWAY, AND MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FEE STRUCTURES ARE GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITIES.

MIC] THIS.

THIS IS THE NOTICING PERIOD.

I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION.

MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SECOND. SECOND.

VOTE, PLEASE. MOTION CARRIES.

AND THAT WAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON RECUSING HIMSELF FROM ITEM FIVE.

ITEM FIVE. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE MOVE FORWARD TO.

OTHER MATTERS.

WE GO TO PUBLIC HEARING.

[INAUDIBLE] WE'LL HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ALLOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT FUNDING FOR THE CURB RAMP ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT $150,000.

[PUBLIC HEARING]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'D LIKE FOR CANDICE BOWCOCK TO COME UP AND PRESENT THIS ITEM.

GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

OH. YOU CAN GET IN THE BUILDING AND OUT.

SO WORKING WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE CITY HAS IDENTIFIED APPROXIMATELY $150,000 IN CDBG FUNDS DESIGNATED FOR UTILIZATION BY MARCH 31ST.

AND THIS IS THE LAST OF IT FOR NOW.

I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN ME A COUPLE TIMES.

THIS IS IT. THIS IS IT.

THROUGH MARCH, THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 10 TO 12 CURB RAMPS BETWEEN WHITE AVENUE AND THE CITY LIMITS AND FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AND BONITA AVENUE, IDENTIFIED AS BEING SUBSTANDARD IN DESPAIR, AND DO NOT PROVIDE UNOBSTRUCTED PATHWAYS FOR ELDERLY CITIZENS AND DISABLED ADULTS, PER THE CURRENT AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT GUIDELINES.

THE CHART IN THE STAFF REPORT ILLUSTRATES THE APPROVED AND ALLOCATED CDBG PROJECTS THAT ARE ONGOING HAVE BEEN RECENTLY COMPLETED AND THIS PROPOSED PROJECT.

IF THIS FUNDING IS ALLOCATED TONIGHT, LA VERNE WILL HAVE SPENT THE REMAINING AMOUNT BY THE DEADLINE AND NO FUNDS ARE AT RISK OF BEING RECAPTURED FROM THE COUNTY.

THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-10, TITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

ALLOCATION OF FUNDING TO THE CURB RAMP ACCESSIBILITY PROJECT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 THROUGH 2024, AND APPROPRIATING $150,000 W

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I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY.

TO WHAT IT PERTAINS TO FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.

I KNOW FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IS NOT, LIKE, RUN BY, BY BY THE CITY, BUT THE CURBS ARE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE.

NO. SO THE IT'S JUST THE BOUNDARY.

SO. THAT'S JUST THE BOUNDARY.

I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING ON FOOTHILL IS BEING.

YEAH. OKAY. I JUST.

I JUST KNOW FOOTHILLS' NOT OURS.

AND SO THAT'S WHY.

AND I KNOW THEY WERE DOING SOME WORK.

SO THAT'S NOT FROM CITY LA VERNE WHERE THEY'RE DOING THE WORK ON EMERALD AND FOOTHILL.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MIGHT CALL YOU BACK UP.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AND OPEN UP A PUBLIC HEARING.

IF ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

DON'T ALL RUSH UP.

OKAY, WELL, GOES PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? I JUST LIKE THAT WE'RE USING ALL THE MONEY.

WE'RE NOT SELLING THE MONEY OFF IN IN PARTS.

AND THAT IT GOES BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT THE MONEY COMES INTO THE CITY.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE STAFF.

AND THEY'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY IN DECEMBER WHEN THEY COME UP FOR THAT THE DEADLINE THEY WERE HERE LAST MONTH AND THEN BACK HERE AGAIN.

SO APPRECIATE, OUR STAFF REALLY EYEING THAT, MAKING SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM IT.

WELL, I THINK ALSO TO TO TRAILER ON THAT.

I THINK THE FACT IS, IS THAT, WE GOT CREATIVE AND ASKED THE QUESTIONS, THE RIGHT QUESTIONS WITH THE RIGHT MATERIAL TO IN ORDER TO GET THAT DONE.

AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN A AS WE ALL KNOW AND CANDICE KNOWS, THIS HAS BEEN A BIG BONE OF CONTENTION HOW TO USE IT.

AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON TOO IT'S LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO SELL THEM BACK IF WE CAN USE THEM OR WE JUST WANT TO USE THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY.

SO THANK YOU.

I HATE GETTING $0.50 ON THE DOLLAR.

YEAH. THAT'S TRUE. YEAH.

WITH THAT. I DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT STAFF'S DONE IN THIS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE.

VOTE PLEASE.

THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

WE NOW MOVE TO OTHER MATTERS.

[OTHER MATTERS]

WITH THAT, MOVE FORWARD TO OTHER MATTERS.

WE HAVE FIVE ITEMS TONIGHT.

THE FIRST MATTER IS, RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-07, GIVING A CLASS SPECIFICATION AND SALARY FOR DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE, MR. MAYOR. THE CITY CLERK FUNCTION WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATION.

ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT INCLUDES THE CITY MANAGER AS CITY CLERK, AND REQUIRES TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THOSE CITY CLERK FUNCTIONS.

FOLLOWING THE RETIREMENT OF A LONG TERM ASSISTANT CITY CLERK THAT WE JUST RECOGNIZED IN DECEMBER, WE ARE RELOOKING AT HOW THAT TECHNICAL SUPPORT POSITION IS PROVIDED.

AND IN REVIEWING OUR MARKET CITIES AND HOW BEST THAT WE FEEL WE CAN SERVE THE RESIDENTS.

WE'RE BRINGING THIS POSITION, DEPUTY CITY CLERK POSITION FORWARD FOR COUNCIL FOR FORMAL APPROVAL.

IT'S IT'S A LITTLE LESS IN SALARY THAN WHAT THE PREVIOUS ASSISTANT CITY CLERK IS.

SO THERE'S SOME SAVINGS THERE.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS.

BUT WE FEEL THAT THIS WILL BEST ALLOW US TO PROVIDE PROFESSIONAL GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES INTERNALLY WITH THE CITY, AS WELL AS SERVE THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS.

AND WITH THAT, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, WHICH IS RESOLUTION 24-07, APPROVING A CLASS SPECIFICATION AND SALARY FOR DEPUTY CITY CLERK.

HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL ANY COMMENTS FOR [INAUDIBLE].

GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC HEARING, GOING TO OPEN UP ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT AND HEARING.

THAT WOULD BE NO.

BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR STAFF? I JUST APPRECIATE AGAIN THE CITY, WHEN A POSITION OPENS UP, REALLY LOOKING AT THAT POSITION AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE THE RIGHT POSITION, FOR, WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

A LOT OF TIMES THESE POSITIONS WERE MADE YEARS AGO, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE HAVE THAT VACANCY, THAT'S THE TIME TO MOVE THINGS AROUND.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY REALLY LOOKING AT THIS POSITION AND IN THE FUTURE OF ANY POSITIONS AS WELL, WHEN THEY REALLY OPEN UP.

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SO APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. WITH THAT A MOTION PLEASE.

MOVE TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 24-07, APPROVING A CLASS SPECIFICATION AND SALARY FOR DEPUTY CITY CLERK. SECOND.

SECOND. VOTE PLEASE.

THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW MOVE ON TO THE SECOND MATTER.

VIRTUAL COMMENTS AT CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

THIS ITEM WAS, AS YOU KNOW, IN DECEMBER OR SO.

WE KIND OF TOOK A PAUSE ON ZOOM COMMENTS BASED ON SOME ISSUES GOING ABOUT ZOOM BOMBING, ANTI-SEMITIC AND HATE SPEECH ITEMS. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND YOURSELF HAD ASKED THAT WE BRING THIS BACK.

SO WE HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION.

A COUPLE OPTIONS ON THERE.

WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES DO, AND THERE'S A LIST OF WHAT OTHER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CITIES DOING THERE.

ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE, BECAUSE AGAIN, UNDER LAW, WE DO NOT NEED TO PROVIDE THE ABILITY FOR ZOOM COMMENTS, BUT IT IS A GREAT TRANSPARENCY, AND IT IS A GREAT ABILITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS WHO MAYBE ON A NIGHT LIKE TONIGHT MAY WANT TO BE IN THE WARMTH OF THEIR HOME.

BUT ALSO THOSE THAT WE KNOW ARE AT HOME FOR VARIOUS REASONS AND JUST CANNOT MAKE IT HERE.

SO, WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE THAT.

THE ONE OPTION THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS THAT WE ALLOW ZOOM COMMENTS FOR THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS ON BOTH THE CONSENT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND REGULAR OR OTHER MATTERS THAT WE DO NOT ALLOW IT FOR GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, PEOPLE COULD ALWAYS SUBMIT EMAILS TO THE CITY COUNCIL OR TO THE CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE THOSE GENERAL COMMENTS.

DURING THE SPECIFIC COMMENTS, IF THERE'S AN ITEM AND SOMEBODY STARTS TO GO OFF, TANGENT AND GET TO A HATE SPEECH, THE CITY ATTORNEY CAN ADDRESS THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE. BUT BASICALLY, MR. MAYOR, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, THE CHAIR WOULD CALL THE THE SPEAKER TO ORDER.

IF THEY CONTINUED, THEY COULD CALL THE SPEAKER TO ORDER AGAIN, AND THEN, STAFF COULD AFTER THAT TIME, SHUT OFF THE COMMENTS DUE TO BEING OUT OF DECORUM.

SO, WE BELIEVE MADAM CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT'S, A GOOD RECOMMENDATION.

IT ALLOWS THE RESUMPTION OF ZOOM COMMENTS, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO GO WITH THAT.

YES. MR. MAYOR, I CONCUR WITH WITH MR. DOMERS' COMMENTS, I THINK THE KEY WILL BE THAT, WE WILL BE NOTING ON THE AGENDA, AND PRIOR TO REGARDING THE PUBLIC ITEMS THAT SPEAKERS ARE TO STICK TO THE TOPIC ON THE AGENDA, AND WE NEED TO BE PROMPT AT CALLING SOMEONE TO ORDER IF THEY VIOLATE THAT RULE.

OKAY. HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? COUNCILMEMBER KASH. I HAVE A QUESTION.

A COMMENT. WHY DO WE HAVE TO WAIT OR GIVE THEM A SECOND OR THIRD TIME? CAN WE, AFTER THE FIRST TIME WE SAY OR DEEM IT INAPPROPRIATE, JUST SHUT IT DOWN AND PRESS DELETE? I MEAN, WHY WHY IS LIKE WE HAVE TO TELL THEM, OH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WHY DON'T WE JUST TRY AGAIN? HERE UNLESS YOU DIRECT US.

OTHERWISE.

THEM A NOTICE BEFORE WE CUT THEM.

THAT THE SAME WOULD BE TRUE IF SOMEONE CAME TO THE PODIUM.

WE WOULD. WE WOULD CALL THEM TO ORDER BEFORE WE WOULD.

CAN WE CAN WE LIMIT IT TO TWO MINUTES INSTEAD OF HAVING GOING ON FOR YOU CAN SET AT WHATEVER LIMIT YOU THINK YOU CAN SET.

WHATEVER COPY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM LAU.

[INAUDIBLE] WELL, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THE REASON WE CAN'T JUST TURN IT OFF ON PEOPLE IS BECAUSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT, SO.

SO BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR WHAT I'M SAYING.

NO, BUT YES, IF THEY GET A WARNING, THEN, THEN I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

YEAH, I WOULD SUPPORT ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME BACK TO BEING ABLE TO DO VIRTUAL COMMENTS, SUBJECT TO THE, PARAMETERS THAT WERE SET THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK, ON THE SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, OTHER MATTERS, PULLED CONSENT ANNOUNCEMENTS, ETC..

AND THAT THE MAYOR, AS OUR CHAIR, WILL MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY STRAY OFF TOPIC, THAT HE WILL KEEP THEM IN LINE AND THEN PLUG WILL BE PULLED IF THEY FAIL TO DO SO.

BUT I DO THINK THE ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM IS VERY IMPORTANT.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT, FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, CAN'T MAKE IT, AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO THEM TO NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE MEANINGFULLY IN IN DISCUSSIONS

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WHETHER IT'S BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT KIDS AT HOME, YOU'VE GOT A LONG COMMUTE, YOU'RE DISABLED, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, I THINK, I THINK IT'S I KNOW WE DID IT IN A IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION AT THE TIME.

BUT I THINK WE'LL, YOU KNOW, IF THAT PROBLEM PRESENTS ITSELF, WE'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN IT COMES.

BUT I THINK THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE WAY FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OPEN BACK UP FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE.

THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.

QUESTION DOES THIS AFFECT OTHER MEETINGS SUCH AS PLANNING COMMISSION? ANY OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE MAY HAVE.

IT WOULD IF THEY HAVE THE ZOOM CAPABILITY, I DON'T KNOW.

WE DON'T DO THAT CURRENTLY FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.

YEAH. IN THE FUTURE WE DO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING OUR TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITY TO HAVE MORE OF THOSE MEETINGS OPEN.

BUT RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT OKAY.

ANY OTHER REQUESTS? BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, LET'S OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT HERE.

ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MR. GABALDON. I'D LIKE TO THANK WENDY FOR REMEMBERING THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

AMONGST THE COUNCIL THAT I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE, WHATEVER THEIR REASON IS, IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGH THIS COUNCIL CHAMBERS THAT WE LET THEM DO THAT. AND IF YOU CAN CUT THEM OFF, YOU KNOW, AFTER YOU WARN THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES, THAT'S OKAY.

BUT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT UP TO THE DAIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR.

I WOULD AGREE ALSO.

I MEAN, THE REASON WE DID THIS WAS BASICALLY A PRETTY BAD SITUATION THAT HAPPENED IN CLAREMONT AND OTHER AREAS, AND I THINK THAT WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK, BE ABLE TO COME ON ZOOM. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP DECORUM IN MIND AND PEOPLE.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THOUGH, WHAT WE ARE ABOUT TO, TO VOTE ON BECAUSE MR. DOMER SAID WE HAD DIFFERENT CHOICES AND MR. DOMER SAID SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT ALLOWING IT FOR THE ITEMS, BUT NOT DURING PUBLIC COMMENT.

THAT IS TRUE. THAT'S ITEM NUMBER THREE, CORRECT? YES. IN THE STAFF REPORT, THAT WOULD BE OPTION NUMBER THREE, WHICH WOULD TO ALLOW VIRTUAL COMMENTS VIA ZOOM FOR SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS WHICH OCCUR UNDER THE PUBLIC HEARINGS, OTHER MATTERS PULLED CONSENT ITEMS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT NOT DURING THE GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS.

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE MATTERS THAT ARE NOT, LISTED ON THE AGENDA.

AND BUT OTHERWISE WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THAT'S THE MOST OFTEN TIME WHERE THE INCIDENCES IN OUR REVIEW OF HATE BOMBING OR ZOOM BOMBING HAVE OCCURRED.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE RECOMMENDED THAT.

JUST MAKE IT CLEAR. OKAY WITH THAT? NO FURTHER COMMENTS. SO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE.

IF WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT TO THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] SECOND.

VOTE, PLEASE. THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

TO BE CLEAR, THAT'S TO ENACT OPTION THREE.

OPTION THREE. THANK YOU.

YES. WE MOVE ON TO THE THIRD MATTER.

THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2.12.010 OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING CITY COUNCIL SALARIES.

CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I'LL GO AHEAD AND HANDLE THIS ONE ALSO.

SO AT THE LAST MEETING, WE BROUGHT THIS FORWARD BASED ON SENATE BILL 329, WHICH WAS EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1ST.

THE DIRECTION BY THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME WAS TO GO AHEAD AND BRING IT BACK, WHICH WOULD BE TO SET THE CITY COUNCIL SALARIES AT THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY STATE LAW, WHICH IS BASED ON A POPULATION BASIS.

SO THAT WOULD BE $950 PER MONTH.

SO BEFORE YOU IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD ENACT THAT, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READING.

WE WOULD IF APPROVED FOR THE FIRST READING, WE WOULD BRING IT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR AN ADOPTION.

AND THEN 30 DAYS AFTER THAT, THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE AND IT WOULD CORRESPOND AND BE BEFORE THE NEXT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE CERTIFIED AND SEATED.

AND SO AT THAT TIME, ALL COUNCIL MEMBERS IN APRIL WOULD HAVE THE SAME SALARY VERSUS THE $519 THAT THEY HAVE NOW.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, THE CITY ATTORNEY AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE ANSWERS.

JUST CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, THIS WILL BE COMING BACK ANOTHER TIME IF WE MOVE IT FORWARD.

SO IT'S NOT FINALIZED YET.

THAT'S CORRECT. THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.

AND TO FURTHER CLARIFY THE TABLES AT THE END OF THE REPORT THAT IDENTIFY THE VARIOUS CITIES AND POPULATIONS AND THEIR THAT'S THEIR CURRENT SALARY, WITHOUT

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YEAH. SO, NOT ALL THE CITIES HAVE GONE THROUGH IT.

A LOT OF CITIES THAT HAVE A NOVEMBER, THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME IN WHICH TO DO IT.

AND SO THERE ARE OTHER CITIES THAT ARE SLOWLY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.

AND SO I DO EXPECT THAT MORE WILL OCCUR.

AGAIN, THIS LEGISLATION WAS EFFECTIVE AS OF JANUARY 1ST.

I DO KNOW THAT GLENDORA ACTUALLY STARTED THE PROCESS BACK IN, I BELIEVE IT WAS DECEMBER OR NOVEMBER.

SO, SOME CITIES DID TAKE A JUMP AT IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO GO AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION.

THEN I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

VOTE PLEASE.

THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MOVE ON TO THE FOURTH MATTER, WHICH IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

CITY ATTORNEY HALL BARLOW, WOULD YOU PLEASE LEAD THIS ITEM? YES, I WILL, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THE.

I KNOW HER NAME IS KIM.

YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T CALL ME LATE FOR DINNER, OKAY? THAT'S TRUE. OKAY.

YEAH. SO BECAUSE IT WAS THERE.

YEAH. YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME AN OPENING LIKE THAT.

YEAH. SO, IT'S IMPORTANT, TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW THAT I SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL THAT'S BEFORE YOU.

THIS IS TO PROVIDE FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, WHICH FOLLOWED HIS FIRST ANNUAL EVALUATION, IN JANUARY.

THE AGREEMENT AMENDMENT WOULD PROVIDE FOR A 2.5% COMPENSATION INCREASE, BUT ALSO REQUIRE MR. DOMER TO CONTRIBUTE AN ADDITIONAL 1% TOWARDS THE CITY'S, I.E., EMPLOYER'S SHARE OF PERS COSTS, AND WOULD ALLOW HIM IN TO USE VEHICLE CHARGING THAT'S AVAILABLE AT THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S ELECTRIC MEANS OR OTHERWISE.

THAT HAS A FISCAL IMPACT AS IDENTIFIED IN THE REPORT OF $6,125, ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.

AND FOR THIS REMAINING FISCAL YEAR, IT'S $2,138 LESS THE INCREASE IN THE PERS CONTRIBUTION.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I DO, I JUST I JUST WANT TO, THANK MR. DOMER. I BELIEVE IN, THIS AMENDMENT.

MR. DOMER HAS IN HIS ONE YEAR HERE HAS DONE A LOT OF ITEMS, BROUGHT IN SOME REALLY KEY PEOPLE, BROUGHT OUR, OUR EMPLOYMENT, GROUPS TOGETHER AND MULTI YEAR AGREEMENTS AS WELL.

AND, REALLY HAS, IMPROVED THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

SO APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE AND JUST LOOK FORWARD TO THIS NEXT YEAR.

AND, JUST KNOW THAT WE JUST EXPECT MORE AND AND SLAM IT DOWN.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AND YOUR DEPARTMENT HEADS, BRINGING IN AND, OF A GOOD MESH OF NEW AND MAKING SURE OUR OLD, OUR VETERAN, DEPARTMENT HEADS, ARE MESHING TOGETHER AND DOING A GREAT JOB.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY THE CITY IS GOING.

AND, LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEXT YEAR.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU DIDN'T LEAVE MUCH FOR ANY OF US.

I KNOW I WAS I MEAN, I HAD DITTO, BUT I WILL ADD ONE THING . HAVING ALL THE INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME AND BEING BEING THERE TO ANSWER SOME CRAZY, WILD QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AND IDEAS.

I THANK YOU AND I APPRECIATE THAT THAT FOR ME, COMMUNICATION MOST IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE CAN'T BE EVERYWHERE.

BUT YOU'VE HAD THAT THE EMAILS AND TEXTS AND THE PHONE CALLS KEEPING US ALL AWARE AND I APPRECIATE THAT.

OH, I WAS GOING TO CUT YOU OFF THAT WAS ALMOST TWO MINUTES, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

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IT WAS FOLLOWED BY LEADERSHIP FROM OTHER YEARS.

AND TO BE, I WANT TO SAY, GENTLE ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU COME IN AND LOOK AND LISTEN AND THEN, ASK AND, AND AND ENGAGE EVERYONE. AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT WITH TRUE LEADERSHIP, BUT ALSO TO BRING ABOUT THE THINGS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PAYING YOUR PERCENTAGE OF PERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO YOUR EMPLOYEE, JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND YOU KNOW, NO ONE'S BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE.

EVERYBODY'S EQUAL HERE, NO MATTER IF YOU'RE A, YOU KNOW, NO MATTER WHAT LEVEL YOU ARE IN THE CITY.

EVERYONE COMMUNICATES, EVERYONE TREATS TREATS EACH OTHER AS AN EQUAL.

I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT'S A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN IT WAS A YEAR AGO.

AND AS COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY STATED, AND COUNCILMEMBER KASH, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE AS AS YOU CHANGE THE MINDSET AND CHANGE THE MANTRA OF OUR OF OUR CITY AND OUR CITY STAFF AND, AND REALLY HAVE THAT OPEN DOOR POLICY WITH EVERYONE, THERE'S JUST THIS CREATIVE, CREATIVE ATMOSPHERE THAT THAT HAPPENS HERE.

AND I AND I SEE THAT NOW.

I MEAN, WE'VE GONE THROUGH SOME MAJOR THINGS.

AS MR. CROSBY SAID, WE CHANGED OUR CHRISTMAS THING.

I THOUGHT WE WERE ALL GOING TO THAT WAS THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE, YOU KNOW.

BUT WE ALSO, HAVE BROUGHT ON NEW PEOPLE WITH THE NEW VISION.

WE'RE REDOING OUR FEE STRUCTURES.

WE'RE DOING REDOING ALL THE THINGS WE USED TO DO A CERTAIN WAY AND MAKING THEM BETTER SO THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS BETTER, BUT ALSO OUR EMPLOYEES ARE BETTER.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND, AND LIKE RICK SAID, JUST KEEP DOING IT.

JUST KEEP DOING IT.

THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] SECOND.

THERE YOU GO. SECOND.

VOTE PLEASE. THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

GOOD. MR. JOHNSON IS GOING TO RECUSE HIMSELF, AND SO IS COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

WE MOVE ON TO THE FIFTH AND FINAL MATTER.

AS SOON AS THEY GET OUT OF HERE [INAUDIBLE].

WE MOVE ON TO THE FIFTH AND FINAL MATTER OF FILM PERMIT REQUEST FROM SHADOWBOXER FILMS LLC .

MANAGER DOMER PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.

I'M GOING TO TURN TO MY LEFT, AND I THINK ONE OF THOSE OLD VETERAN STAFF MEMBERS.

WAS THERE EYE CONTACT? THANK YOU MAYOR. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

STAFF RECEIVED A RUSH REQUEST FOR FILMING FROM SHADOWBOXER FILMS LLC TO FILM AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

THE FILMING WOULD TAKE PLACE ON FEBRUARY 18TH.

COUNCIL MAY REMEMBER WE RECENTLY DID, A QUASI STUDY SESSION ON FILM PERMIT PROCESSING.

WE OBVIOUSLY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT EXTENT YET.

BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING FORTH OPPORTUNITIES FOR FILMING TO COUNCIL AND WORK WITH THOSE THAT ARE REQUESTING FILM PERMITS.

AND THIS FALLS EXACTLY UNDER THAT TYPE OF VEIN.

ACCORDING TO THEIR APPLICATION, THE FILMING WILL NOT IMPACT PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OR THOSE SURROUNDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AS IT WILL TAKE PLACE PRIMARILY ON CAMPUS.

BASICALLY, THE FILMING IS PROPOSED TO HAPPEN IN FRONT OF THE LAFETRA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, THE CAMPUS CENTER.

AND THEN IN SPEAKING WITH THEM TODAY, THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME AT THE PARKING STRUCTURE AS WELL.

SO BASICALLY ALL INTERNALLY ON CAMPUS PROPERTY WITH THE CAVEAT OF THEY MAY USE A SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF LAFETRA COLLEGE.

AND SO WE WOULD REQUIRE BASICALLY AN EASEMENT IF YOU WILL PERMIT RIGHT OF WAY PERMIT TO DO THAT.

STAFF IS SUPPORTIVE OF MOVING FORWARD AND GIVING THE CITY MANAGER AUTHORITY TO FORMALLY APPROVE AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CHECK ALL THE REMAINING BOXES, SUCH AS MAKING SURE THAT THEY PROVIDE THE RIGHT INSURANCE DOCUMENTS, THAT THEY PAY THEIR DEPOSITS AND FEE C OSTS AND GET US ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE REQUIRED UNDER A FULL PERMIT.

IT'S JUST A SUBMITTED OR CONTACTED US KIND OF LATE LAST WEEK.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT ON THE AGENDA, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON WITH THAT FILM COMPANY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR TONIGHT, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH THE FILMING THAT WAS DOWN ON THIRD STREET.

WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH SHADOWBOXER FILMS AND ISSUE A PERMIT FOR FILMING IF ALL REQUIRED STEPS ARE COMPLETED. WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? YEAH. YES.

BUT THAT'S IN THE, BUT WE HAVE THOSE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE THAT'LL BE ON THE WEBSITE RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE TWO. YES, ONE FROM, NICOLE LASON AND ONE FROM UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE MORGAN SANDLER.

WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?

[01:05:03]

I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS FROM YOU.

BUT AS A PERSON WHO'S WORKED WITH FILMS AND WORKED ON FILMS TO SEE FILMING COMING INTO LA VERNE, I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO SEE IT . AS I AS A PERSON WHO'S WORKED IN NEW MEXICO.

FILMING OVER THERE IS BIG.

AND THE REVENUE THAT CAME WITH THAT WAS ALSO BIG.

AS MANY KNOW, NETFLIX BOUGHT ALBUQUERQUE STUDIOS FOR AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF MONEY.

AND TO THIS DAY, A LOT OF FILMING IS DONE IN NEW MEXICO.

THE ONLY THING THAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WHEN FILMING COMES IN, THAT WE MAKE AND MONITOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF OUR ASSETS. AND WE JUST HAVE TO WATCH AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAVE A GOOD LIAISON TO ENSURE THAT EVERYTHING IS AS IS WHEN THEY LEAVE.

AND WE WATCH OUT THERE, OR DEAL WITH THEIR LOCATIONS MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT WHEN THEY WALK AWAY, EVERYTHING IS AS IS.

AND IF WE KEEP DOING THAT.

THEN EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT ALWAYS.

AND THAT'S IT. I MEAN, WE'LL WE'LL ALWAYS GET PRODUCTIONS AS LONG AS WE WORK WITH THEM HAND IN HAND.

AND AS WE GO AHEAD AND TAKE CARE OF THINGS AND WE MONITOR IT PRECISELY, EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT FINE.

ALL RIGHT, BUT I'M PRO FILMS. I WILL ALWAYS BE PRO FILMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. GILL. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.

ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.

I BELIEVE WHAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TO TRYING TO STREAMLINE THIS MORE, WE REALLY NEED TO BECAUSE, I KNOW, I WAS TALKING EARLIER TODAY THAT THAT THE UNIVERSITY, HAS GOTTEN OFFERS, BUT THEY'RE JUST TELLING THEM KIND OF NO, BECAUSE OF, IT TAKES SO LONG FROM OUR RED TAPE.

BUT I BELIEVE WHAT MR. GILL SAYS, THAT BRINGING MORE PEOPLE IN TO SEE OUR CITY, AND IF THEY FILM OUR CITY, AND LEAVE IT PROPERLY AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING, THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY GOOD THINGS FOR US. AND, IT'S JUST BRINGS MORE PEOPLE TO OUR CITY AS WELL.

SO, I REALLY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT STREAMLINE.

I KNOW THAT'S NOT ON THIS TOPIC, BUT STREAMLINE IT SO THAT WE CAN GET MORE THINGS APPROVED AND THEY CAN BE DONE.

BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS CASE, THEY HAD A DIFFERENT SITE AND IT FELL THROUGH.

AND SO THEY THEY ASKED, THE PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE TO GET THIS DONE FOR THEM.

VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBER KASH ANY COMMENTS? JUST TO REITERATE, COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY, MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE THAT SAID THAT WE I KNOW BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT, COUPLE MONTHS WORKING ON IT.

SO, YEAH, I LOOK FORWARD TO STREAMLINING THAT AND MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN AND GO TAPE AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE VOLUNTEER YOU AS A STUNTMAN BECAUSE I CAN DO A GOOD JOB OF THAT. BUT, I DON'T THINK SO.

OKAY. I THOUGHT I'D TRY.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. WELL, I WOULD AGREE.

I THINK WE DON'T WANT TO MISS ANY OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN GET REVENUE FROM IT, AS LONG AS WE KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE.

AS LONG AS YOU SAY YOU KEEP YOUR HOUSE CLEAN, MAKE SURE THEY'RE CLEAN WHEN THEY LEAVE, THEY COME AND WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

I THINK IT'S GREAT. IT'S JUST MORE REVENUE FOR OUR CITY AND MAKE IT A DESTINATION PLACE FOR FILMING.

AS LONG AS WE ALL, YOU KNOW, STAY IN OUR CORNERS AND DO THE RIGHT THING.

SO WITH THAT, I NEED A MOTION.

I SO MOVE. SECOND VOTE PLEASE.

THANK YOU.

AND THAT WAS APPROVED THREE ZERO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND COUNCIL AND MAYOR PRO TEM LAU RECUSING THEMSELVES.

WE CAN GET THEM BACK HERE.

SANDWICH. [INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

[PUBLIC COMMENT]

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

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

THERE IS A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

POSSIBLY WE'LL PLAY WITH THAT ONE AT THIS TIME.

THOSE WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS AND ARE PRESENT HERE IN THE CHAMBER, I'M GOING TO CALL UP MISS SHERRY BEST.

[01:10:04]

DEAR MAYOR HEPBURN, CITY MANAGER DOMER AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR ERIC SCHERER.

THE CITIES OF LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS WERE RECENTLY CONFRONTED WITH A REAL POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTY PROPERTY INTO HIGH DENSITY APARTMENTS TO DO HOUSE FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS.

WHILE I AM NOT ENTIRELY OPPOSED TO THE NECESSITY OF SUCH HOUSING, THE WAY THE PROPOSAL WAS MADE AND THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION WITH CITY LEADERS UNLEASHED A BACKLASH THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR FUNDS AND THE APPARENT COLLAPSE OF THE PROJECT PROPOSAL.

FOR THIS, WE ARE INDEED FORTUNATE.

HOWEVER, TWO SITUATIONS EXIST THAT HAVE A POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR CITIES.

THE PROPERTY REMAINS, AND TAX INFORMATION SHOWS THAT THE LAND BELONGS IN A PRIVATE TRUST.

AT THIS POINT, A PRUDENT RESPONSE MIGHT BE FOR THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS TO MAKE AN OFFER TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY TO ANNEX IT TO THE CITY. THIS WOULD NEED TO BE FOLLOWED BY ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND TO PREVENT IT FROM BEING DEVELOPED INTO RESIDENTIAL HOUSING, MUCH LIKE THE LA VERNE CITY OWNED PROPERTY ON AMHERST STREET, ONCE RENTED TO A WHOLESALE NURSERY, BECAME 42 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THERE IS A SIMILAR OPPORTUNITY CONFRONTING THE CITY OF LA VERNE, WITH THE 9.5 ACRES VACATED BY THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL ON FRUIT STREET.

SUCH A LARGE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS ABSORBED BOTH THE RECENT AMHERST AND FRUIT STREET DEVELOPMENTS MIGHT PROVE TEMPTING FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

AS A RESIDENT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND A PRIVATE CITIZEN, I AM KEENLY INTERESTED IN FOLLOWING THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE DISPOSITION OF THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY.

REVIEW OF RECENT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS DOES NOT REVEAL ANY CONSIDERATION GIVEN TO THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.

AND PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF I MISSED SOMETHING ON AGENDA OR MEETING.

IN THE SPIRIT OF COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY, I URGE THAT A SPECIAL STUDY SESSION BE SCHEDULED TO REVIEW THE STATUS OF THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY AND ANY PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE TO CITY STAFF, AS WELL AS TO GAIN INPUT FROM RESIDENTS.

DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A LARGE PROPERTY COULD HAVE AN OUTSIZED NEGATIVE IMPACT ON CITY RESIDENTS, BUT CONVERSELY, THIS PROPERTY ALSO REPRESENTS A POSITIVE OPPORTUNITY TO SUSTAIN AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LA VERNE RESIDENTS AS OPEN SPACES ARE RAPIDLY DISAPPEARING FROM THE CITY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

THANK YOU, MRS. BEST. APPRECIATE THAT.

ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? MISS BEAUCHAMP.

DANITA BEAUCHAMP, 2516 AMHERST STREET.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THIS FIGHT AGAINST THE 740 HOMELESS HOUSING PROJECT.

IT BEGAN ALMOST A YEAR AGO WITH A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WERE FOX GLEN RESIDENTS HECTOR AND ARIANA CASTANEDA, GREG AND CAROLYN TOBAR, BOBBY AND MELISSA BURKE, NIKKI [INAUDIBLE], RICH GILL [INAUDIBLE].

IT THEN EVOLVED TO AN ADDITIONAL GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ALSO FOX GLEN RESIDENTS GIOVANNA HERRERA, BERNICE COCO, DOLLY CRUZ RIVERA, KIRSTEN COLEMAN.

THERE WERE ALSO [INAUDIBLE] KEY FIGURES INVOLVED PAM BERRY, RICK BOWEN, ANNA ANDERSON, KATHY NEWLAND, CYNTHIA TYNER, [INAUDIBLE] SULLIVAN, JOE WETTON, JUNE QUINN AND MYSELF.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY'S BOTH OF LA VERNE, MAYOR HEPBURN AND COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, WHO CAME AND ATTENDED ONE OF THE RALLIES.

MAYOR HEPBURN ALSO CAME AND SPOKE AT ANOTHER TIME THAT WE HAD A MEETING AT THE PARK, AS WELL AS MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] AND COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN VIENNA, WHOSE DISTRICT IS PROPOSED PROJECT WAS IN.

I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK ALL OF THE L.A.

COUNTY AGENCIES.

WHILE WE WERE STRUGGLING TO CONFIRM THIS INFORMATION WAS, IN FACT, TRUE, I CONTACTED L.A.

COUNTY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, L.A.

COUNTY REGIONAL PLANNING, ANNA, WHO IS THE CHIEF DEPUTY OF KATHRYN BARGER'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE, MATTHEW

[01:15:06]

I EMAILED AND LEFT NUMEROUS MESSAGES FOR PEOPLE AND THEY WERE VERY NICE AND EITHER EMAIL ME EVEN ON THEIR DAYS OFF OR LEAVE ME A VOICEMAIL MESSAGE WITH WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY HAD AT THAT TIME.

I'M HOPING THAT ONE OF THE ALTERNATE LOCATIONS THAT WAS PRESENTED TO NATIONAL CORE WILL BE CHOSEN, AS MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT THAT PROJECT.

BECAUSE, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE 740 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IN SAN DIMAS WAS JUST NOT THE CORRECT LOCATION FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE I MAY HAVE NOT NAMED, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY WEREN'T INTEGRAL INTO, HAVING A PLAYED A PART IN THIS ENTIRE SITUATION.

PEOPLE WHO MADE SIGNS, WHO HAD PROFESSIONAL SIGNS PRINTED THAT UNFORTUNATELY WERE VANDALIZED AND STOLEN, PEOPLE BOUGHT SUPPLIES.

THEY FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED THIS GROUP.

AND I THINK THIS IS JUST.

AND I'M SORRY, I FORGET YOUR NAME, SIR.

THIS RSVP GENTLEMAN HERE, HE ALSO, CAME TO MANY MEETINGS AND KEPT IT IN THE NEWS AND CONSTANTLY REMINDED PEOPLE OF WHAT WAS BEING DONE OR NOT DONE.

BUT THERE'S JUST SO MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED, AND I THINK THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF THE WE, THE PEOPLE.

AND IT WASN'T JUST LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS.

I KNOW THERE WERE PEOPLE FROM CLAREMONT AND EVEN UPLAND THAT CAME TO SUPPORT THIS GROUP.

AND SO I THINK AS A COMMUNITY, IT JUST SPEAKS VOLUMES THAT WHEN SOMETHING IS THIS IMPORTANT THAT EVERYBODY CAN COME TOGETHER AND THIS IS IT'S IT'S FUNNY HOW THIS IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH BECAUSE THERE WERE PEOPLE OF ALL RACES, GENDERS, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, YOU KNOW, YOU GO, GO ON AND ON.

BUT I THINK THIS, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EMOTIONAL THING FOR ME BECAUSE IT'S LIKE EVERYBODY HAS THAT ON THE BRAIN, YOU KNOW, THE DEI AND SOCIAL INCLUSION.

WELL, THIS IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF PEOPLE NOT CARING ABOUT THE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN OR WHERE YOU LIVE OR HOW MUCH MONEY YOU MAKE.

BUT COMING TOGETHER AS ONE VOICE AND SPEAKING LOUDLY BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN ON A SEPARATE NOTE, THAT WAS VERY, AGAIN, EMOTIONAL.

I WAS VERY SAD TO SEE THE OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF CHIEF FLORES'S RETIREMENT.

I KEPT PRAYING FOR HER.

I KEPT HOPING THAT SHE WOULD RETURN.

AND I KNOW FOR HEALTH REASONS IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SHE ISN'T ABLE TO, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TIME TO THANK HER FOR EVERYTHING THAT SHE HAS DONE WITH THIS, THE SHORT TIME THAT SHE WAS HERE IN OUR CITY.

BUT SHE DEFINITELY MADE AN IMPACT.

AND I RECENTLY WENT ON A RIDE ALONG, WITH LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I LEARNED QUITE A BIT.

AND, JUST EVEN NOW, THEY STILL SPEAK SO HIGHLY OF HER.

AND NOT TO KNOCK ACTING CHIEF GONZALEZ, BUT, I MEAN, SHE JUST WAS SHE WAS JUST A SHINING STAR.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY WISH HER ALL THE BEST IN HER NEXT CHAPTER OF HER LIFE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF FLORES.

WE LOVE YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP [APPLAUSE].

ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? THANKS, SIR.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME IS DR.

PEDRO ANTONIO CASAS, COLONEL, UNITED STATES ARMY, RETIRED.

AND I AM RUNNING FOR CONGRESS AS A REPUBLICAN.

AND SO I NOW LIVE AT 1913 CANOPY LANE.

SO I THINK I OWE YOU A VISIT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I LIVE HERE, AND THAT I'M HONORED TO BE HERE AND WHY I'M RUNNING FOR CONGRESS.

VERY BRIEFLY. MY BACKGROUND.

I ACTUALLY HAVE MY BACHELORS FROM UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

MY PHD IS OUT OF UC SANTA BARBARA.

AGAIN, I'M A LICENSED CLINICAL FORENSIC AEROMEDICAL PSYCHOLOGIST.

I'VE BEEN A COMMANDER AT WAR IN AFGHANISTAN.

I HAVE ADDITIONAL DEPLOYMENTS TO IRAQ.

I'VE HAD JOBS UNDERNEATH THE PENTAGON, BOTH IN THAT FALL UNDER THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE ARMY AND SOMETHING YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER HEARD OF, A PLACE CALLED SITE R.

I HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE FBI BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE UNIT, AND I ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE AT THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY.

SO I HAVE THE TACTICAL DECISION MAKING ON THE BATTLEFIELD, STRATEGIC LEVEL THINKING THAT'S NECESSARY IN WASHINGTON, D.C..

WHAT I HAVE THAT NO OTHER CANDIDATE HAS FROM EITHER PARTY IS LEADERSHIP.

[01:20:01]

EDUCATION IS MY NUMBER ONE PLATFORM.

IN BALDWIN PARK I'LL USE IT AS AN EXAMPLE.

SOME OF THE WORST METRICS IN THE STATE 92% GRADUATION RATE, 20% FOR MATH, 37% FOR ENGLISH FOR BASIC MATH AND COMPREHENSION, WHICH MEANS THEY'LL NEVER ATTEND MIT OR DARTMOUTH OR GEORGETOWN OR PRINCETON.

THEIR DREAMS WILL NEVER COME TRUE.

THEY'LL NEVER ATTEND STANFORD OR UCLA.

UNLIKELY THEY'LL GET INTO THE CAL STATE SYSTEM, WHICH MEANS THEY END UP AT THE JUNIOR COLLEGE THAT HAS ONLY A 10% TRANSFER RATE FOR FOUR YEAR.

IF WE ATTACK EDUCATION.

WE CAN BREAK THE CYCLE OF POVERTY AND WE PUT A PERMANENT DENT INTO HOMELESSNESS.

IT IS LITERALLY THAT SIMPLE.

IT'S NOT A OVERNIGHT FIX, BUT IT IS THE FIX.

NUMBER TWO FENTANYL.

EVERYTHING COMING OUT OF CHINA IS SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND NOT ONE DEMOCRAT IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

DEMOCRATS HAVE OWNED THIS AREA AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS, AND THEY'VE LITERALLY NOT DONE ANYTHING ABOUT THE EDUCATION ISSUE OR THE FENTANYL ISSUE.

NOW THAT'S WRONG.

I'M WILLING TO TAKE ON THE CHINESE.

I DON'T I DIDN'T IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME TAKING ON AL QAEDA IN AFGHANISTAN.

IT'S SURELY NOT GOING TO BOTHER ME TAKING ON THE CHINESE UP ON CAPITOL HILL.

NUMBER THREE, CRIME MUST STOP REWARDING CRIME.

IF FOR ANY OTHER REASON, WE PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL TO KEEP EVERYONE ELSE SAFE.

NUMBER FOUR IMMIGRATION.

PRESIDENT BIDEN, IF HE USES TITLE EIGHT, COULD LITERALLY FIX THIS OVERNIGHT.

TITLE EIGHT HAS BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOREVER.

I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S THINKING.

BUT YOU, YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDKIDS, AND YOUR GREAT GRANDKIDS ARE NOW GOING TO BE PAYING FOR PEOPLE COMING TO OUR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

AND THERE IS NO WAR SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

THERE'S LITERALLY MORE VIOLENCE IN CHICAGO THAN ANYWHERE SOUTH OF THE BORDER.

NUMBER FIVE BIOLOGICAL MALES SHOULD ONLY COMPETE IN SPORTS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL MALES.

THAT'S BASIC SCIENCE.

POLITICAL MADNESS HAS RUN AMOK.

AND AGAIN, WE TREAT EVERYONE WITH RESPECT AND WHAT WE DO OFFER INDIVIDUALS WHO IDENTIFY WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA OR DIAGNOSED WITH GENDER DYSPHORIA AND IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER.

WE OWE THEM BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RISK OF SUICIDE.

SO FOR US, IF WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, WE'RE NOT DOING RIGHT [INAUDIBLE].

LASTLY, I, I AGREE WITH OTHER CITIZENS OF THE CITY.

THE THE APARTMENTS FOR THE HOMELESS.

THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO LEVERAGE THE MONEY WITHOUT GOING DOWN THE PATH OF SOCIALISM.

THE MONEY WILL RUN OUT AS IT IS NOW WE HAVE A $34 TRILLION DEFICIT THAT WE ALL HAVE TO PAY FOR.

THERE IS NO MAGIC MONEY.

IN CLOSING, YOU KNOW, I'VE TALKED A LOT.

I'LL STAND FAST AFTER THE MEETING.

LADIES, GENTLEMEN, SUBJECT TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

ANYONE ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT.

MR. GABALDON.

JOE GABALDON, 2529 AMHERST STREET.

I WANTED TO ECHO THE CONCERNS AND THE, HOPE FOR, OPEN COMMUNICATION REGARDING THE AMHERST, AND, FRUIT STREET, PROPERTY.

THE FORMER, LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL.

IT IS A CONCERN. IT'S A LOT OF PROPERTY.

AND THE WAY THINGS HAVE BEEN WORKING LATELY, SEEMS LIKE GREED HAS TAKEN OVER COMMON SENSE, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

KEN I DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DRAMA BEFORE YOU CAME.

WARRANTED, UNWARRANTED DIDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, AS A RESIDENT, SPEAKING, AS A RESIDENT.

I THINK THINGS ARE GREAT.

I DON'T HEAR ANYTHING BAD.

I DON'T HEAR THE DRAMA THAT I USED TO HEAR BEFORE.

SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT TO LA VERNE.

AND THEN I JUST I PROBABLY, SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED THIS IN THE, PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT, BACK ON JANUARY 27TH, A LITTLE OVER A WEEK AGO, THERE WAS THE WALK FOR INNOCENCE.

ONE OF OUR OWN RESIDENTS, LUKE MOLCZAN, HE ORGANIZED IT AND BROUGHT THIS, TO LA VERNE.

[01:25:02]

AND THERE WAS A LOT TO LEARN THERE FOR FOLKS.

AND I ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY IN THE CITY TO BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT WAS REVEALED THAT MORNING AND THE REALITIES OF SEX TRAFFICKING IN OUR OWN CITY HERE IN LA VERNE LITTLE OLD LA VERNE WERE THAT MORNING, IT WAS REVEALED, THAT A KIND OF LIKE A PARTIAL STING FOR, SEX TRAFFICKING THAT A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL WAS BASICALLY, USED AS BAIT, RESIDING IN LA VERNE.

AND THERE WERE 15 RESPONDENTS, TO THAT, ADULT MALES, IDENTIFIED BY THEIR IP ADDRESS.

SO SICK, SICK, SICK.

BUT IT'S HAPPENING IN OUR OWN YARD, IN OUR OWN BACKYARDS.

EXCUSE ME. AND I THINK THAT THE PEOPLE OF LA VERNE REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

PAY ATTENTION AND NOT JUST PRETEND THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN HERE.

THERE'S LOTS OF STUFF.

AND MOMS AND DADS, GRANDPARENTS, EVERYBODY REALLY NEED TO BE PAYING ATTENTION TO STUFF.

AND THEN FINALLY, I DID WANT TO, EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AS A RESIDENT FOR SOMEBODY WHO SUPPORTED LA VERNE.

SEVERAL TIMES, I THINK TO EVERYBODY'S WITNESS IN THE CITY REGARDING THE [INAUDIBLE] PAGE, CONCERNS THAT WE HAD A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, SHE SHOWED UP, SEVERAL TIMES IN OUR CITY FOR OUR CITY, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY.

AND ALSO, SHE WAS A BIG SUPPORTER, HERE FOR THE 740 PROJECT, SHOWING UP, IN PERSON, UNLIKE OTHER SUPERVISORS.

AND THAT'S KATHRYN BARGER.

SHE'S RUNNING FOR, REELECTION IN HER DISTRICT, OUR DISTRICT.

AND SHE IS NOT BEING SUPPORTED BY AT LEAST TWO OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED FOR THAT, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON WHY SHE DOES NOT DESERVE OUR FULL SUPPORT, GIVEN HER, SUPPORT FOR LA VERNE.

SO PERHAPS THOSE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT DECIDED TO ENDORSE, ONE OF HER OPPONENTS, THEY CAN EXPLAIN TO THE COMMUNITY WHY IT IS THEY FELT THAT SOMEBODY ELSE WAS BETTER FOR LA VERNE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. GILL. CAREFUL.

SECOND TIME UP.

AS WE ALL KNOW.

MARCH 5TH MANY OF US WILL BE VOTING.

BUT IN LA VERNE WE WILL NOT.

BECAUSE WE DO NOT HAVE ANYBODY THAT IS UP BECAUSE TWO PEOPLE WALKED BACK INTO THEIR SEATS.

THIS CANNOT HAPPEN AGAIN.

WE CANNOT ALLOW ANYBODY TO WALK BACK INTO THEIR SEATS.

THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE IS WE NEED TO CHANGE THE WAY WE HAVE OUR VOTES RIGHT NOW.

THE FACT THAT WE STILL AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH DISTRACTING IS, IT'S STILL A THING THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE, AND HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME WE CHANGE AND GO BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

THEN WE'LL HAVE A BETTER AND HOPEFULLY A HAPPIER SYSTEM.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME WHAT I WOULD LIKE.

IS A BILL IF POSSIBLE.

THAT IF IN THE LAST WEEK, NO ONE FROM THE DISTRICT COMES UP AND CLAIMS TO CHALLENGE THE INCUMBENT THAT IT OPENS UP TO ALL DISTRICTS.

SO THAT SOMEBODY CAN COMPETE.

AND CHANGE IF CHANGE IS NEEDED.

BECAUSE BY GOD, MAN, IF IT HAD BEEN THAT WAY, YOU BET IT I WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE.

AND SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THERE TOO HOPEFULLY.

BECAUSE LA VERNE IS TOO SMALL FOR DISTRACTING AND IT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN DISTRICT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

AND ANYBODY THAT GOES IN TO BECOME A COUNCIL MEMBER IS GOING TO FIGHT FOR ALL OF LA VERNE AND NOT FOR JUST ONE DISTRICT.

AND ALSO.

[01:30:01]

THAT WAS A HELL OF A RIDE.

I MEAN, WE GOT TO KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE.

AGAIN I SAW YOU MORE THAN I DON'T KNOW.

AND WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED ON IT THEY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND I DO THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE.

A LOT OF CITIES LEARNED THAT IT WAS ALL THE SUPERVISORS.

THAT WE NEEDED TO DISCUSS.

TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

AND NOT JUST ONE.

SO FOR EVERYBODY THAT WORKED ON THAT AND EVERYBODY THAT SUPPORTED IT.

YOU DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB.

AND. I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.

AND BELIEVE ME, THERE WAS SO MANY DOUBTERS.

THAT DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT WE COULD DO THAT.

AND NOW SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY SAYING, I CAN'T BELIEVE HE DID IT.

AND I AM SO GLAD YOU DID.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU RICH.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON.

GARY. COME ON UP.

OUR THING, SIR.

GOOD. FIRST, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE PEOPLE.

THEY TOOK CARE OF THAT CHELSEA BRIDGE.

PICKED UP THE STUFF THAT, CALTRANS LEFT AND DID A GOOD JOB.

OUR BOSS IS RIGHT BACK THERE.

YOU CAN THANK MEG MCQUADE.

SHE'S. SHE'S THE ONE THAT SAID WE'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

THE OTHER THING.

I'VE BEEN HERE 44 YEARS.

CHRISTMAS TIME.

MY KIDS ENJOYED IT.

MY GRANDKIDS ENJOYED IT.

MY GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, SHE'S ONLY THREE, SO SHE'LL MISS OUT ON THE GOOD STUFF.

I WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTED.

NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GUYS THAT DO IT HERE.

THE MAIN, NOT THE MAINTENANCE GUYS, THE GUYS THAT GOT AWARDS TODAY, THEY DO A GOOD JOB.

BUT THE DRIVE BY SANTA CLAUS.

IT JUST PLAIN SUCKED.

IT REALLY MISSED THAT THE NEIGHBORS COME OUT.

THAT WAS IT. BEFORE [INAUDIBLE] AND I KNOW THERE'S THE PROBLEM WITH VOLUNTEERS.

I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IT.

BUT IT'S JUST SAD THAT IT WENT AWAY.

SO I'LL GO BACK, SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.

THANK YOU GARY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK UP THE DAIS.

MAYOR PRO TEM LAU. THANK YOU.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I, PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FAIRPLEX, COMMITTEE MEETING JUST TO GET AN UPDATE FROM THE FAIRPLEX.

WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY? GETTING FEEDBACK FROM US ABOUT WHAT OUR RESIDENTS ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND I THINK THERE'S BEEN SOME REALLY GOOD TRACTION WITH FAIRPLEX.

I KNOW, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON HAD PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY RAISED ISSUES REGARDING PARKING AND TRAFFIC WHEN THE FAIR IS IN TOWN, AS DID I, SINCE WE BOTH LIVE VERY CLOSE TO IT.

SO I THINK THE FAIRPLEX HAS DONE A GOOD JOB OF LISTENING AND BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE THOSE ISSUES.

I THINK FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE BEEN HEARING OVER THE SUMMER AND INTO THE FALL A LITTLE BIT, SOME INCREASED MUSIC LEVELS AND NOISE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THAT WAS COMING FROM, NOW WHAT IS THE DERBY? WHAT USED TO BE THE FINISH LINE? IT'S BEING RUN BY A THIRD PARTY.

BUT, THANKS TO SOME OF THE COMPLAINTS AND SOME OF THE THE GOOD COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THIS COMMITTEE AND THE FAIRPLEX, THEY WERE ABLE TO REIN THEM IN A LITTLE BIT.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE NOT BEEN HEARING IF YOU WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO HEAR IT.

SOME OF THE, THE LOUD MUSIC AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WAS GOING ON.

BUT I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO ENSURE THAT THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE BEING MET, THAT WE ARE GETTING ACCESS TO AWESOME EVENTS LIKE THE FAIR, IN OUR OWN BACKYARD, AS WELL AS OTHER EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO, IF ANY, AT ANY TIME, ANY OF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE FAIRPLEX, EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND I ARE AVAILABLE TO TAKE THOSE CONCERNS AND TAKE THEM TO THIS COMMITTEE.

SO, THAT'S FIRST AND FOREMOST, I ALSO WANTED TO, LET YOU ALL KNOW IF YOU DID NOT KNOW, THE STATE OF THE CITY WAS HELD ON JANUARY 29TH, AND FOR ANY OF YOU THAT MAY HAVE MISSED IT, IT IS AVAILABLE.

IT'S LIKE THE BINGO CARD BUT IT WAS A IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

AND I THINK IT WAS AN AWESOME WAY FOR OUR MAYOR TO COMMUNICATE OUT WITH THIS COUNCIL AND WHAT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR TEAMS AND OUR DEPARTMENT HEADS AND OUR STAFF HAVE ALL BEEN DOING TO MAKE THIS PLACE A BETTER PLACE.

SO IF YOU MISSED IT, IT IS ONLINE.

YOU CAN WATCH IT.

SO PLEASE DO SO

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THE SLIDESHOW WAS VERY NICE.

BUT MAKE SURE YOU DO GET A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT.

JUST ALSO AN ANNOUNCEMENT. IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT IS LOOKING FOR A JOB.

TRI CITY MENTAL HEALTH, HAS MANY OPENINGS AVAILABLE, INCLUDING OFFICE ASSISTANT, CLINICAL THERAPIST, QA SPECIALIST, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ADVOCATE, AND MANY OTHERS.

SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO LOOK ON THEIR WEBSITE.

IT'S AN AWESOME WAY TO GIVE BACK WHILE WORKING, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY WHO IS IN WHO'S WORKING IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD OR WOULD LIKE TO BE, AN OFFICE ASSISTANT, THIS WOULD BE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT PERSON.

SO AGAIN, AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE.

I ALSO WANTED TO EXTEND THANKS TO RICHIE MARTINEZ AND ROMERO MASSINO, WHO RECENTLY RETIRED FROM OUR CITY.

SO FOR THEIR COMBINED YEARS AND YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR CITY, I THINK, WE ALL OWE THEM A DEBT OF GRATITUDE.

AND OF COURSE, TO, OUR CHIEF, COLLEEN FLORES.

IT IS SAD I SHARE MISS BEAUCHAMP'S FEELINGS ON IT.

BUT I GET IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, FOR HER HEALTH, FOR HER BETTERMENT, FOR HER FAMILY AND HER SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, WE WISH HER THE BEST.

AND WE WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE TIME WITH HER.

BUT WE ALSO APPRECIATE, SAM STEPPING UP, ACTING CHIEF GONZALES STEPPING UP AND JUST DOING A BANG UP JOB IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND FOR EVERYTHING YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU HAVE DONE TO REALLY RALLY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD FUNCTIONING POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'LL END ON TWO GOOD NOTES.

THE LUNAR NEW YEAR IS COMING UP THIS WEEKEND.

SO FEEL FREE TO WEAR RED AND CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, DO ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU WANT THE REST OF YOUR YEAR TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF.

IT'S THE YEAR OF THE DRAGON.

AND THEN ALSO, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BECAUSE I LOVE ME SOME DOGS.

TUPELO JUST CELEBRATED HER SECOND BIRTHDAY.

SO IF YOU MISSED HER BIRTHDAY PARTY AT KATIE'S PET DEPOT THIS LAST WEEKEND, SHE SHE IS, SHE WOULD WELCOME GIFTS.

SHE DOES HAVE A WISH LIST AT KATIE'S, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE, OR YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION TO THE CANINE FOUNDATION.

SO WITH THAT, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

AS YOU WALK INTO, THE PET DEPOT.

NOW, IT'S NOT KATIE'S PET DEPOT ON THE LEFT SIDE.

YOU WALK IN AND THERE'S A IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE, LITTLE BONES, BUT THE LITTLE BONES HAS WHAT THE LITTLE GIFTS ARE.

SO I DID DO A MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR THE DAY BEFORE I BOUGHT, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW.

GOSH, NO, I, I BUY MY STUFF THERE ALL THE TIME.

SO YOU WALK OUT $200, BUT IF YOU BUY FIVE BAGS OF OF, STELLA AND CHEWY'S, YOU GET ONE BAG FREE AFTER FIVE BAGS.

SO IT'S VERY GOOD.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND RESIDENTS AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE AN OLDER HOME, IF IT'S NOT BOLTED DOWN TO ITS FOUNDATION, THE EB&B PROGRAM, EARTHQUAKE BRACE AND BOLT PROGRAM INS.

AS FAR AS REGISTRATION.

FEBRUARY. FEBRUARY 21ST.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU'RE HOME HAS NOT BEEN BOLTED TO A FOUNDATION, THIS PROGRAM WILL PAY UP TO $3,000 TO HAVE YOUR HOME BOLTED TO A FOUNDATION. AGAIN.

CHIEF FLORES.

DIDN'T HAVE A LONG TIME WORKING WITH HER, BUT APPRECIATED THE TIME THAT I DID HAVE WHEN SHE WAS THE CHIEF.

SAM, I APPRECIATE YOUR STEPPING UP HER ABSENCE AND WISHING THE BEST FOR [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON.

COUNCILMEMBER KASH. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM, FOR LEAVING ME A FEW THINGS, BUT, I WAS TRYING TO STEAL.

I WAS LOOKING LEFT, LOOKING RIGHT. OKAY.

IT'S NOT WORKING. NO, BUT ONE THING THAT, MYSELF AND [INAUDIBLE] MAYOR TIM HEPBURN, WE WERE AT OUR THE SUPERVISOR, KATHRYN BARGER OFFICE ON FRIDAY, FOR HER NEW FOR HER NEW OFFICE RENEWAL.

IT'S RIGHT THERE IN DOWNTOWN SAN DIMAS.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK AND EFFORT THAT SHE'S PUT INTO OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE VETERAN AFFAIRS THAT ARE THERE EVERY TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.

SO IF YOU ARE A VETERAN, OR IF YOU'RE STILL SERVING AND YOU NEED ANY SORT OF VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE, SHE HAS THAT AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO BE THERE ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS.

SO, THEY'VE TAKEN ME.

THEY TAKE APPOINTMENTS, BUT THEY ALSO TAKE SOME WALK INS, LIKE I WENT IN A COUPLE TIMES.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I COULD SEE OUR GOOD MAYOR THERE SUPPORTING, OFFICE HERE AND THE SERVICES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS SURROUNDING.

SO THANK YOU.

AND, I LOOK FORWARD TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OUR, OUR STAFF, DURING ALL THIS RAIN THAT WE'VE

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I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH FLOODING, WHATEVER THE CASE MIGHT BE, NOT MASSIVE ISSUES, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DID SEE THEM OUT THERE.

I WANT TO THANK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO.

AND [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR STAFF PUTTING UP, SOME OF THE SLOWDOWN SIGNS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING TOO FAST FOR THOSE SIGNALS THERE ALONG BASELINE AND ALONG ESPERANZA AS WELL.

WE'VE HAD IT. I THINK THERE WAS THERE WAS ONE ACCIDENT NOT TOO LONG AGO ALONG THE CURVE WHERE ESPERANZA RUNS INTO GOLDEN HILLS.

YOU KNOW, PLEASE TAKE THAT SLOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN.

SO THANK YOU.

AND, GOOD LUCK TO YOU, OUR CHIEF, COLLEEN FLORES, AND HER RETIREMENT.

YOU KNOW, WISH WE HAD MORE TIME.

SHE'S, SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING, OUR CHIEF.

ACTING CHIEF RIGHT NOW SAM GONZALEZ, MARINE, SEMPER FI MARINE.

YES. I ALWAYS GOT TO MAKE SURE I PUT THAT IN THERE.

THAT'S RIGHT. SEMPER FI MARINE.

HEY APPRECIATE YOU. HARD WORK YOU'VE DONE THROUGHOUT, CONTINUE TO DO GOOD AND TAKE CARE OF OUR CITY AND OUR COMMUNITY.

I KNOW THE OFFICERS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OUT THERE.

THEY'RE RESPONDING TO CALLS FOR SERVICE.

NO CALLS TOO SMALL.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

ON THE COMMENTS ABOUT CHIEF FLORES.

THANK YOU, DANITA, FOR FOR BRINGING THAT UP TOO.

WHEN I FIRST GOT ON COUNCIL, THEY ALREADY HAD A SUCCESSION PLAN BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO STEAL CHIEF FLORES TO ANOTHER CITY, AND THEY THOUGHT OF HOW GREAT SHE WAS THAT, AS THOUGH SHE WAS THE NEXT IN LINE.

WE REINFORCED TO MAKE SURE WE KEPT HER.

AND ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT SHE DID, THE NUMEROUS THINGS, TOO, WAS MADE SURE THAT SHE HAD A SUCCESSION PLAN AS WELL.

AND, AND IN HER ABSENCE, ACTING CHIEF GONZALES HAS DONE AN AMAZING JOB BECAUSE WHAT HE LEARNED BEHIND CHIEF FLORES AND, DEFINITELY GOING TO MISS HER.

I KNOW SHE WILL HAVE HER HANDS AND HELPING OUT THE CITY WHENEVER CALLED UPON.

AND, I KNOW, ANYTIME THAT SHE'S BEEN OUT AND, ACTING CHIEF GONZALES HAS HAD AN ISSUE OR A CALL, HE WAS QUICKLY TO TO FIND OUT HER OPINION AND SUPPORT.

I KNOW, THAT WILL ALWAYS BE GOING ON TO AND SPOKE TO HER A LITTLE BIT, THIS PAST WEEK AND JUST, SHARED MY MY PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO HER. BUT I JUST WANT TO PUBLICLY DO THAT TONIGHT AS WELL.

AND WHAT SHE'S DONE SHORT TIME, BUT WHAT SHE'S SHOWN, WHAT A CHIEF SHOULD BE LIKE.

AND, IF IF WE ALL CAN DO AND SERVE JUST LIKE SHE DID, REALLY DO, WE WOULD BE HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO HAVE.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, THAT SHE'S DONE.

MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY AND YOU REPRESENTING US AND THE ENTIRE CITY, WAS A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. AND THE STAFF THAT HELPED HELPED YOU, BUT, YOU REALLY STOOD UP AND REPRESENTED US, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAVE OUR VALENTINE'S DAY DANCE OR SPECIAL NEEDS DANCE THIS FRIDAY AT 5 P.M.

AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE, JUST MAYBE ONE OR A COUPLE, BUT MAKE SURE TO GET IN AND GET THERE.

YES, THEY'RE STILL AVAILABLE. I KNOW OF, TWO, TWO SPECIAL GUESTS THAT ALWAYS LOVE TO HAVE BE OUT THERE AND DO THAT.

AND THEN ONE OF MY COMMITTEES THAT I'M ON, 15 COMMITTEES, ONE OF THEM IS ON THE SAN DIMAS GOLF COURSE, COMMITTEE, BECAUSE FOUR HOLES ARE IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THERE WAS A FIRE AT THE CLUBHOUSE.

THE CLUBHOUSE IS FINALLY JUST BEEN REOPENED, AND THEY'RE DOING A RIBBON CUTTING TOMORROW AT 10 A.M., WITH THE SAN DIMAS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TOO S O, GO OUT AND SUPPORT, THAT AS WELL.

AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

JUST TO COLLEEN FLORES CAME INTO OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND DID THE NECESSARY THINGS IN ORDER TO, REARRANGE THINGS AS OUR CITY MANAGER, KEN DOMER, HAS DONE TO MAKE THINGS BETTER.

AND, AND UNFORTUNATELY, HER, HAVING TO LEAVE SO QUICKLY WITH HER SITUATION BUT LEFT IN EXTREMELY GOOD HANDS WITH ACTING CHIEF GONZALEZ, AND DUE TO THE FACT THAT HER BUILDING BLOCKS WERE SET IN PLACE.

YOU HAVE ACTED UPON THOSE AND MADE IT EVEN BETTER.

SO, IF ANYBODY WAS TO LEAVE A POSITION THAT THE SUCCESS OF OF BEING A CHIEF OR ANYTHING IN A MANAGEMENT POSITION IS KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU CAN STEP UP WHEN THE

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AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT SHE WILL BE MISSED.

BUT I HOPEFULLY THAT SHE ENJOYS HER FAMILY.

AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THIS WORLD, IS TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR KIDS AND ENJOY THE TIME YOU HAVE.

AND, SO SHE WILL BE MISSED.

NUMBER TWO, EVERYBODY NEEDS TO SLOW DOWN ON THE RAIN.

COME ON, EVERYBODY, WE NEED TO SLOW DOWN, PLEASE.

WE HAVE, THE CHIEF HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF COMPLAINTS FROM ALL OVER LA VERNE.

WHETHER IT BE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, WHETHER IT BE WHITE AVENUE, WHETHER IT BE ESPERANZA, WHETHER IT BE BASELINE ROAD OR FOOTHILL OR ANY OF THE SIDE STREETS SLOW DOWN, ESPECIALLY WITH THIS RAIN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THERE'S SCHOOLS OUT STILL.

THERE'S THINGS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THIS RAIN HAS BEEN JUST INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

BUT IF WE COULD PLEASE SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THE POLICE WILL TICKET YOU.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, BE PREPARED FOR A TICKET.

SO WE ARE TINY BUT MIGHTY, BUT OUR EYES ARE UPON YOU, SO PLEASE BE CAREFUL.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND I, WE TALKED ABOUT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING EVENT.

I KNOW THAT MR. [INAUDIBLE] MENTIONED THAT, VERY EYE OPENING.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, MY WIFE AND A NUMBER OF THE RESIDENTS WERE THERE.

IT'S VERY EYE OPENING, SOMETHING WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO AND WORK ON.

AND I THANK MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND LUKE [INAUDIBLE] AND DID A VERY NICE JOB.

A LOT OF GREAT PEOPLE THERE, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION, A LOT OF SHOCKING INFORMATION.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED TO ALL KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND LOOK AT THE RESOURCES, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BESIDES, ICAC, WHICH IS THE LAPD PORTION OF IT, AND ALSO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

EVERYTHING WE DO NOW, WE MAY BE A SMALL, FORCE, BUT WE WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM VERY WELL WITH ALL OF OUR OTHER AGENCIES.

SO THANK YOU, CHIEF GONZALES, FOR THAT.

IT WAS, LIKE I SAY, IT WAS AN EYE OPENER.

I'M PROBABLY FORGETTING SOMETHING HERE.

WITH THAT AGAIN, THANKS FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT DID 740 FOOTHILL PROJECT.

AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED IN ANNOUNCEMENTS, THAT WAS A BIG, BIG, BIG THING.

AND AGAIN, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT CHIEF FLORES WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, AS HER DAUGHTER CALLED HER, TINY BUT MIGHTY.

WE'RE A TINY CITY, BUT WE'RE MIGHTY.

AND WHEN YOU STICK TOGETHER AS A GROUP, AS WE DO WITH SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE, AND, DANITA, I KNOW THAT YOU YOU ARE A BIG PROPONENT OF IT.

I KNOW THAT RICH GILL AND ALL THE PEOPLE YOU MENTIONED.

WITHOUT ALL THOSE PEOPLE, IT WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

AND I JUST NEED TO LET THEM KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE WITH US BEFORE YOU WANT TO DO ANYTHING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND AS YOU KNOW, AS SHERRY BEST HAD MENTIONED, THERE'S A NEED FOR THAT.

NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

HAS TO BE IN THE RIGHT PLACE, HAS TO BE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION, AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT WITH THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN THERE, WE'RE GOING TO SUPPORT. AND WHEN YOU HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, IT WILL BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.

SO, THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR THAT.

I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

WITH THAT, OUR NEXT REGULAR LA VERNE COUNCIL MEETING IS ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH [INAUDIBLE] AT 5:30 P.M..

AS A REMINDER, UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS ARE POSTED ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION.

[CLOSED SESSION]

PLEASE READ THE CLOSED SESSION ITEM FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS WILL BE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION.

LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9.

CITY OF LA VERNE VERSUS BEAS ET AL.

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER 21PSCP00135.

THANK YOU SIR. WE'LL BE REPORTING OUT.

WE DO NOT ANTICIPATE REPORTING OUT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU ALL. WE WILL BE ADJOURNING IN CLOSED SESSION AT 8:19 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.