Apr 01, 2024 City Council

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WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 P.M..

CLOSED SESSION AT 5:30.

WE LET'S SEE.

[CLOSED SESSION AGENDA - 5:30 PM ]

WE HAVE A CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, MR. DOMER.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM LAU HERE.

MAYOR HEPBURN [INAUDIBLE] HERE.

AND MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA TONIGHT IS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9AD1 HANKIE VERSUS CITY OF LA VERNE. IT'S A WORKER COMP CASE WCAB CASE NUMBERS ADJ 10559088 CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9D1 TWO CASES CALIFORNIA PISTOL AND RIFLE ASSOCIATION, ET AL.

VERSUS LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ET AL.

VERSUS LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER 2.23-CV-10169-SPG-ADS SECOND CASE CITY OF WHITTIER, ET AL.

VERSUS LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT, ET AL.

LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER 23 STCP 03579.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

IS THERE ANYBODY WISHING TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? [INAUDIBLE] WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND WE'RE GOING TO GO TO CLOSED SESSION, AND WE WILL START OUR MEETING BACK UP AT 6:30 P.M.

AT OUR NORMAL REGULAR TIME.

THANK YOU. OH, WE DON'T NEED HER YET.

YEAH. WE'LL GO.

WELL. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT?

[CALL TO ORDER ]

WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT.

HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? WE GOT A GREAT START TO A MEETING TONIGHT WITH OUR COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY AND MAYOR PRO TEM LAU.

AND WE'RE JUST EXCITED TO SEE ALL THE FAMILY HERE AND ALL THE CELEBRATION.

SO WE'LL GET RIGHT TO OUR MEETING.

WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING AT 6:31 P.M.

MONDAY, APRIL 1ST.

AND WE WILL FIRST START WITH ROLL CALL.

ROLL CALL. THAT WOULD HELP.

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

ALSO PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH ZOOM WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS LISTED WITHIN THE CONSENT CALENDAR, PUBLIC HEARING AND OTHER MATTERS SECTIONS OF THE AGENDA.

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

TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO ONCE AGAIN HAVE ONE OF OUR PROUD VETERANS, MICHAEL VIVELO, SENIOR NAVY E-3, WHO WILL CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US TONIGHT.

MR. VIVELO PLEASE.

HE'S A LITTLE SHY, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO SPEAK FOR HIM.

OKAY? OKAY.

I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ALL ACTIVE MILITARY VETERANS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDERS RENDER A HAND, SALUTE ALL OTHERS PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WELL, SIR, MY NAME IS KASHIFALGHITA KASH.

I'M I'M STILL IN THE ARMY RESERVE, AND I'M HONORED TO BE IN YOUR PRESENCE HERE.

SO YOU'RE A VIETNAM VETERAN? YES, SIR. GOD BLESS YOU, SIR.

GOD BLESS YOU. SURE YOU HAVE AN AMAZING STORY TO SHARE WITH ALL OF US.

I DON'T TALK ABOUT IT. THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE.

THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT WE WANTED TO THANK YOU.

AND WE APPRECIATE YOU.

AND WE'RE THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE HERE WITH OUR WITH US TODAY.

AND ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO MICHAEL VIVELO SENIOR.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL TO THE US NAVY VETERAN, MICHAEL VIVELO SENIOR, WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATED

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WHEREVER YOU WANT, SAILOR.

WHEREVER YOU WANT. OKAY? HERE. WHAT, WERE YOU ON A SHIP OR.

WELL, I WAS.

TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF, OKAY? I JUST LEFT THAT PLACE.

BUT I WENT BACK THERE AND WE WERE CALLED BLUE WATER SAILORS.

THAT'S RIGHT. THEN.

SO THEN I GOT DISCHARGED IN 69 I DID RESERVE UNTIL 1971.

I GOT MY FINAL DISCHARGE.

OKAY. AND I WENT TO AEROSPACE AFTER THE MILITARY SPENT 32 YEARS AS A QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPERVISOR IN AEROSPACE, AND I RETIRED IN 2015 AND I JUST LOUNGE AROUND THE HOUSE NOW [LAUGHTER].

WE WILL NOW MOVE TO EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS.

[EXTRAORDINARY BUSINESS ]

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY AND CURRENT MEMBER, MAYOR PRO TEM LAU WERE APPOINTED TO A FOUR YEAR TERMS. THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF DECEMBER 18TH, 2023 YIELDED NO OTHER CANDIDATE FILING NOMINATION PAPERS.

FOR TONIGHT'S SWEARING IN. I WILL ASK OUR NEW DEPUTY CITY CLERK, DEBORAH FRITZ, TO COME FORWARD TO CONDUCT THE OFFICIAL SWEARING IN OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND IN THE SPIRIT OF LADIES FIRST.

WE WILL HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER WENDY LAU BE SWORN IN FIRST, FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER RICK CROSBY.

HAND ON.

RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I STATE YOUR NAME.

I WENDY LAU DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION.

THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER, UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER.

CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME, I RICK CROSBY.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM.

DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION, THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.

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I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION, TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE CONSTITUTION AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, AND I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES.

DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER, ABOUT WHICH I AM ABOUT TO ENTER.

SO CONGRATULATIONS [APPLAUSE].

WOO, WOO.

FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE.

THERE YOU GO. WAY TO GO, DAD.

THAT'S RIGHT DAD. I FIRST WANT TO CONGRATULATE BOTH OF YOU, BECAUSE IT'S TRULY A TESTAMENT TO OUR COUNCIL THAT WE ARE TRULY A VERY FLUID COUNCIL. AND WE HAVE GREAT MANAGEMENT, GREAT DEPARTMENTS, AND WE ALL WORK VERY WELL TOGETHER.

AND IT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO NO ONE WANTED TO COME UP AND RUN AGAINST THEM FOR THE FACT THAT THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB AND A VERY GOOD JOB AT THAT.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE MIC FOR YOU.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO SAY A FEW WORDS AND GO RIGHT AHEAD.

SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT'S HERE TONIGHT, ESPECIALLY TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

FOUR YEARS AGO WHEN RICK AND I RAN FOR OFFICE.

IT WAS RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, AND WE WERE SWORN IN TO BASICALLY AN EMPTY ROOM.

AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS AND THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

AND SO IT'S REALLY HEARTENING FOR ME TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT I CARE ABOUT AND WHO HAVE SUPPORTED ME AND REALLY BEEN THERE THROUGH THESE LAST FOUR YEARS AND INTO THIS NEXT FOUR.

TO THE RESIDENTS OF THIS AWESOME CITY.

THANK YOU FOR BEING ENGAGED.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS FOR COMING AND SPENDING YOUR TIME WITH US.

BUT ON OTHER COMMITTEES AND IN OTHER AREAS AS WELL, IT'S WHAT MAKES OUR CITY RUN WELL, AND IT'S WHAT MAKES A GOOD THIS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

SO I AM REALLY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU AGAIN FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND I WELCOME ANY DISCUSSION YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE AND ANY ENGAGEMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE.

BUT I AM REALLY BLESSED TO BE HERE, AND I THINK ALL OF YOU, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT I GOT TO BE ON THIS DAIS AGAIN WITH RICK FOR A SECOND TERM WITH ALL THESE MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES.

SO HERE'S TO ANOTHER FOUR.

CHEERS. SHE'S BEING VERY NICE [APPLAUSE].

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

I JUST WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE AND SHOWING FAITH IN ME FOUR YEARS AGO.

AND THEN AGAIN APPROVING ME AND MAKING SURE THAT BELIEVING WHAT I'VE DONE.

I COULD NOT DO THIS THOUGH, WITHOUT MY FAMILY.

I FIRST WANT TO THANK MY WIFE, MARCY, FOR FOR ALLOWING ME AND SPENDING THE TIME HERE FOR THE CITY.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

MY TWO DAUGHTERS ONE IS OUT OF STATE RIGHT NOW.

BUT MY OTHER DAUGHTER, MICHAELA THAT REALLY GIVES ME THE THE HEART AND SOUL OF WHAT I DO EVERY DAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE MY FAMILY BEING HERE, MY MOTHER AND FATHER FOR FOR COMING OUT AND MY MOTHER IN LAW AND FATHER IN LAW TOO.

THE GREAT FAMILY SUPPORT SYSTEM.

AND THEN THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME OUT TODAY REALLY APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT.

THOSE THAT CAME WANTED TO SIGN MY NOMINATION PAPERS AND REALLY SIT DOWN WITH ME AND TELL ME NOT ALWAYS THE POSITIVE THINGS, BUT THE THINGS I SHOULD BE DOING AND LISTENING TO THEIR POINT OF VIEW AND REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND TO THIS, THE CITY COUNCIL, WE DON'T ALWAYS AGREE, BUT WHAT WE DO IS WE ARE PROFESSIONAL WITH EACH OTHER. WE ARE WE'RE ALWAYS SMILING AND LAUGHING.

AND BECAUSE WE DON'T TAKE THINGS PERSONALLY, WE WE, WE HAVE POSITIONS, BUT IT'S NOT PERSONAL.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

IT MAKES MAKING THE HARD DECISIONS BETTER AND MAKES THOSE DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT, THAT WE'RE REPRESENTING THE PEOPLE IN OUR IN OUR CITY.

AND SO THANK YOU, EVERYONE, AND I APPRECIATE THIS NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AND I THINK WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD THINGS TO BE DOING.

AND I LOVE THE PINS THAT EVERYBODY'S WEARING.

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IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE, I'LL GET SOME MORE AND GET MORE FOR YOU TOO.

IT'S AUTISM MONTH THIS MONTH AS WELL AND REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS AND AND WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR THEM AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

AND I'M SORRY. JUST BEAR WITH ME FOR TWO SECONDS.

I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE MY SISTER IS HERE WITH MY TWO NEPHEWS SITTING THERE.

THANK YOU. AND I HAVE FOUR OF MY SIX GODKIDS HERE, SO THANKS GODKIDS.

WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THESE TWO WONDERFUL, FINE INDIVIDUALS HERE, IF THEY'D LIKE TO COME UP AND SPEAK AT THE MIC, WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT AT LEAST FIVE SECONDS.

I MEAN, I MEAN, SORRY, I MEAN.

WAIT, WAIT. MAYOR HEPBURN CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS JAMIE RILEY, LORDSBURG COURT LA VERNE.

I HAVE SOME WORDS FROM SAL MEDINA, THE MAYOR OF CLAREMONT, AS MOST AGENCIES HAVE DISCONTINUED TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA ZOOM.

AND AS I AM NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT'S MEETING IN PERSON, I HAVE ASKED THAT MY COMMENTS BE READ SO THAT THEY MAY BE ENTERED INTO THE PUBLIC RECORD.

AS MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF CLAREMONT AND CLOSE FRIEND OF WENDY, I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THAT SHE HAS TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ANOTHER TERM AND REPRESENT THE CITY OF LA VERNE. WENDY CARES DEEPLY ABOUT THE CITY OF LA VERNE, BUT THERE IS MORE THAN HER WILLING TO DO TO SERVE.

SHE CARES ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, WOMEN'S RIGHT, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, SMALL BUSINESS, FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF A CITY AND YES, MOST OF ALL THE CITY SHE CALLS HOME THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THAT SHE'LL BE REPRESENTING THE CITY THAT SHE CARES SO MUCH ABOUT FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

AS A LONG TIME FRIEND AND NOW COLLEAGUE OF WENDY'S, I AM ESPECIALLY HONORED TO SEE HER SERVE HER COMMUNITY FOR ANOTHER TERM.

HER LOVE FOR HER COMMUNITY STRETCHES BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS.

SHE IS BOTH CARING AND DECISIVE WHEN IT COMES TO MATTERS THAT STRETCH BEYOND HER POLITICAL SPHERE.

SHE IS NOT AFRAID TO MAKE THE DIFFICULT DECISION NEEDED IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE, AND HAS SHOWN HER WILLINGNESS TO DO SO WITH HER ACTIONS OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

IT IS EXCITING TO SEE THAT LA VERNE HAS STAYED STEADFAST IN ITS SELECTION OF THE NEXT TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THE CITY.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH YOU BOTH, MAYOR PRO TEM WENDY LAU AND COUNCIL MEMBER RICK CROSBY, AS WELL AS TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

I WISH YOU GREAT COURAGE AND SUCCESS IN ALL THAT MAY COME YOUR WAY OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.

SINCERELY, SAL MEDINA, MAYOR OF CLAREMONT AND FRIENDS [APPLAUSE].

I MUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT SAL MEDINA OWNS A WINE SHOP IN CLAREMONT, SO NOT THAT I'M SAYING ANYTHING, BUT ARE YOU HIS BEST CUSTOMER? THAT IS. THAT IS VERY KIND.

SAL IS A REALLY GOOD MAN, AND WE HAVE MANY OF OUR LOCAL CITIES HERE THAT WE WORK REALLY WELL WITH.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE TESTAMENT TO THE THE GREAT COOPERATION BETWEEN US AND OTHER CITIES.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR MAYOR PRO TEM LAU? HOW ABOUT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER RICK CROSBY.

ANY COMMENTS? PUBLIC COMMENTS? ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WANT TO COME IN AND ROAST YOUR HUSBAND? NO. MOM AND DAD NO? HOW ABOUT. HOW ABOUT THE FATHER AND THE MOTHER IN LAW? THEY MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

WELL, WITH THAT AGAIN, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH HOW EXCITED FOR ANOTHER WONDERFUL FOUR YEARS WITH THESE TWO.

WE WILL BE.

WE HAVE TWO YEARS LEFT ON US THREE, BECAUSE WE WERE PART OF THE THE REALIGNMENT ALSO.

BUT AS AS MAYOR PRO TEM LAU STATED, WE TOOK OVER APRIL 6TH OR APRIL, APRIL 6TH TO AN EMPTY ROOM, AND THEY SHUT THE WORLD DOWN.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A TESTAMENT TO ALL OF US HERE, PREVIOUS COUNCIL AND ALSO THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT WE ALL STUCK TOGETHER, WORKED WITH MANAGEMENT, WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO SAVE OUR CITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR RESIDENTS WERE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

AND WE DID A REALLY GOOD JOB, ALL OF US.

AND IT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE THE GREAT WORK THAT EVERYBODY DOES.

SO BUT THANK YOU BOTH.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE THAT AGAIN.

IT'S GREAT. AND I HOPE WE DON'T HAVE TO RUN AN ELECTION LIKE YOU TWO.

BUT YEAH, BE SO LUCKY.

BUT CONGRATULATIONS. YOU GUYS BOTH DESERVE IT.

WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

AT THIS TIME, PER OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR REORGANIZING THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER, ACTING AS THE CITY CLERK TO CONDUCT THE SELECTION OF MAYOR FROM AMONGST THE CITY COUNCIL, FOLLOWED BY THE MAYOR CONDUCTING THE SELECTION OF THE MAYOR PRO TEM MR. CITY CLERK. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.

AND TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

ONCE A YEAR ANNUALLY, GENERALLY AFTER AN ELECTION IS HELD IN THE NEW COUNCIL IS SEATED.

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AND SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU CAN SELECT A MAYOR AND A MAYOR PRO TEM TO CARRY ON FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS IS I WILL OPEN UP NOMINATIONS FOR THE MAYOR.

IF THERE'S A NOMINATION, THEN AND A SECOND NOMINATION, THEN BASICALLY THE PERSON WHO GETS THREE VOTES WILL BECOME THE MAYOR. AND THEN ONCE THE MAYOR IS SEATED, THE MAYOR TAKES OVER AT THAT TIME AND THEN PERFORMS THE NOMINATION FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM. SO WITH THAT MR. MAYOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENTS PRIOR TO OR I THINK WE SHOULD OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR DUTIES.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

MISS BEAUCHAMP.

[INAUDIBLE] MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM AND COUNCIL.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT MAYOR HEPBURN HAS DONE AN EXEMPLARY JOB CONSIDERING WHAT HE JUST SPOKE ABOUT DURING THE YEARS OF COVID AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE AFFECTED OUR CITY [INAUDIBLE] 740 PROJECT SMASH AND GRABS, DEFUNDING POLICE ALL WHATEVER IT.

THE CITY HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB, AND AS MUCH AS I GET ALONG WITH MAYOR HEPBURN, I KNOW IT'S TIME TO PASS THE TORCH AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE COUNCIL THAT THEY WOULD NOMINATE STEVE JOHNSON FOR MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.

I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START THE NOMINATION, IF I MAY.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE OUR GREAT MAYOR, TIM HEPBURN, FOR ANOTHER AMAZING YEAR.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU BEING HERE.

YOU'RE NOT ONLY A GOOD FRIEND, AN AMAZING LEADER, AND JUST SOMEBODY THAT I COULD ALWAYS COUNT ON CONSTANTLY FOR GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT.

AND I APPRECIATE YOU.

AND AND I'D LOVE TO SEE IF WE'D GO FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

SO I NOMINATE MAYOR TIM HEPBURN FOR ANOTHER YEAR.

ANYBODY WANT A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR? HEARING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.

WE WILL TAKE A ROLL CALL VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

YES. MAYOR PRO TEM LAU.

YES. MAYOR HEPBURN.

YES. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH [APPLAUSE]. WE'LL HAVE TO CHANGE PLACARDS YET.

DO WE SWEAR HIM IN OR DO WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE? WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP FOR THE MAYOR PRO TEM POSITION.

OH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM.

WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE MAYOR PRO TEM SELECTION? DON'T EVERYBODY JUMP AT ONCE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.

YES. [INAUDIBLE] YES.

I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE STEVE JOHNSON FOR MAYOR PRO TEM.

I THINK HE'S GOING TO ALWAYS GOING TO DO A GOOD JOB.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'LL DO ANYTHING TO GET MY COOKIES BACK.

SO MOTION FOR I SECOND THAT.

AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

I'VE BEEN ON THE COUNCIL FOR TEN YEARS NOW IN TWO DIFFERENT SECTIONS.

BUT I'VE BEEN MAYOR PRO TEM TWICE.

SO YOU HAVE NOT BEEN MAYOR PRO TEM YET, I THINK.

I WOULD DEFER TO YOU.

I WOULD SAY APRIL FOOLS.

THAT'S THE SECOND ONE TODAY.

OKAY. BUT BEING THE MILITARY GUY I AM, I UNDERSTAND RANK STRUCTURE AND TIME IN SERVICE AND TIME IN GRADE.

AND YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR I CAN GET THAT.

I CAN TAKE THE TORCH FROM YOU SO I CAN SEE WHAT RIGHT LOOKS LIKE.

I HUMBLY APPRECIATE YOU, MY FRIEND.

BUT I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO I WANT TO JUST TAKE THE TORCH AT THE END.

THAT'S OKAY. AND I SECOND THAT MOTION.

WE VOTE. PLEASE ROLL CALL.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

YES. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

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YES. MAYOR HEPBURN.

ABSOLUTELY. CONGRATULATIONS.

WE HAVE A NEW MAYOR PRO TEM [APPLAUSE].

AND IF YOU WANT TO TAKE PICTURES, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT YOU HAVE FAMILY HERE.

YOU'VE GOT FAMILY HERE. LET'S TAKE SOME PICTURES AND AND WE'LL RECESS AND WE'LL COME BACK IN AND DO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME GOODIES RIGHT OVER HERE.

IF PEOPLE. OH THERE'S GOODIES RIGHT OVER HERE.

LITTLE MINI BUNTS.

MINI BUNTS. OOH.

SNACKS. SNACKS SAY LESS.

SOMEBODY PUT GARY IN THE CORNER.

GIVE ME A MINUTE.

WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND START THE MEETING BACK UP AT 7:05 P.M..

MR. DOMER.

TONIGHT WE HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THE FIRE EXPLORERS PROGRAM.

[PRESENTATION ]

I'D LIKE TO BRING UP FIRE CHIEF CHRIS NIGG.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

HOW ARE YOU? COME ON UP HERE.

YOU GUYS ARE THE MAIN ATTRACTION HERE.

LET'S HAVE YOU GUYS GATHER UP FRONT [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. SCOOT, SCOOT. YOU CAN MAKE IT.

YES. THERE YOU GO. EVERYBODY JUST KIND OF FIT.

STACK IN FRONT OF YOU. LET ME GET OUT OF THE WAY HERE.

ALRIGHTY. WELL, WE WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT TO NOT ONLY WELL RECOGNIZE OUR NEW PROGRAM HERE, I SHOULD SAY REVITALIZED PROGRAM THAT IS HAS BEEN RE-INITIATED AS PART OF LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZE EACH OF OUR EXPLORERS THAT ARE STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU AND RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE HELPING THIS PROGRAM ALONG.

SO PRIOR TO COVID WE HAD THERE WAS AN EXPLORER PROGRAM.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO SOME CHALLENGES THAT THE DEPARTMENT FACED.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, COVID THE EXPLORER PROGRAM WENT, WENT AWAY.

THIS IS THE REVITALIZATION, REVITALIZATION OF OUR EXPLORER PROGRAM, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.

MY CAREER STARTED AS AN EXPLORER AT 13 YEARS OLD.

SO I'VE BEEN WEARING A UNIFORM AND DOING EXACTLY THIS.

I REMEMBER STANDING IN THIS EXACT OUTFIT AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, WITH BIG ASPIRATIONS TO BE A FULL TIME FIREFIGHTER ONE DAY.

AND ULTIMATELY, HERE I AM, RIGHT? ONE OF THE MOST OR THE PROUDEST THINGS FOR ME NOW IS LA VERNE FIRE TRULY HAS A SUCCESSION PLAN FROM THE VERY BOTTOM ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU CAN START AS AN EXPLORER WHERE THEY'RE STANDING AT RIGHT NOW AND BECOME ONE OF OUR EMTS ON AN AMBULANCE, TO A FIREFIGHTER, TO A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC, TO AN ENGINEER, TO A CAPTAIN, TO A BATTALION CHIEF, DEPUTY CHIEF, AND ULTIMATELY EVEN THE FIRE CHIEF.

SO ONE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS RIGHT HERE MAY BE YOUR NEXT FIRE CHIEF IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS [APPLAUSE].

SO MY MESSAGE TO YOU GUYS IS DON'T GIVE UP BECAUSE IT IS WORTH IT IN THE LONG RUN.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR DEPARTMENT WHO ARE SEEING THIS PROGRAM THROUGH AND GETTING IT UP TO THIS POINT.

TO WHERE IT IS NOW. SO HERE TODAY, TO REPRESENT THE EXPLORERS, WE HAVE FIREFIGHTER KENNY VILLASENOR, WE HAVE ENGINEER MIKE BENTZ, WE HAVE ENGINEER CONNOR NOBBS AND FIREFIGHTER, HOPEFULLY SOON TO BE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC BRYCE COATNEY AS WELL.

AND WITHOUT THEIR EFFORTS, THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU WOULD SEE THIS EFFORT HERE RIGHT NOW.

SO I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC.

GO AHEAD. DEFINITELY WORTHY OF APPLAUSE [APPLAUSE].

SO I'M GOING TO HAND THE MIC OVER TO FIREFIGHTER KENNY VILLASENOR TO INTRODUCE EACH ONE OF OUR EXPLORERS AND ALSO SPEAK TO THE PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT MORE INTIMATELY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WHERE THEY'RE AT IN THEIR TRAVELS, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO, AND WHAT THAT HELPS GET THEM TO IN THEIR LIVES.

GOOD EVENING. I'M KENNETH VYSHNYA.

I AM ONE OF THE POST ADVISERS FOR POST 761.

VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THIS POST UP AND RUNNING AGAIN.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SPARKED MY INTEREST BECAUSE I WAS AN EXPLORER.

I WAS JUST LIKE CHIEF NIGG STARTED FROM THIS POSITION AND I'M HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

SO I'M THE ONE REPRESENTING TODAY.

BUT LIKE CHIEF SAID, THERE IS A VARIETY OF US.

WE ALL COME FROM DIFFERENT PLACES, SO WE HAVE SOMETHING TO MENTOR FOR THE YOUTH.

AND GIVE BACK, GIVE BACK TO WHERE WE STARTED.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO TRAIN THEM, TEACH THEM ABOUT PROFESSIONALISM, TEACH THEM ABOUT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE FIRE SERVICE GUIDE THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION EDUCATE THEM.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY, AS WE INCREASE OUR, OUR KNOWLEDGE ON THE FIRE SERVICE, GET THEM ON OUR RIGS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO GET THEM ON OUR RIGS GOING ON RIDE ALONGS COMMITTING THEIR TIME, SPEND THEIR TIME IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY AT ALL VARIETY OF EVENTS, SHOWING THE CONNECTION THAT THE FIRE SERVICE IS NOT JUST ABOUT FIREFIGHTING, BUT THE PROFESSIONALISM THAT WE PUT OUT IN THE FIRE SERVICE.

SO AT THIS POINT, I JUST DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?

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YEAH. REAL BRIEF. MY NAME IS ANDY GLAZE.

I'M THE LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, AND I JUST I WANTED TO SAY THAT PROBABLY THE THE QUESTION WE GET THE MOST FROM OUR ASSOCIATION PAGE IS LIKE THE EXPLORER PROGRAM. EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

THE COMMUNITY IS SUPER ENGAGED AND INVOLVED AND EVERYONE WANTS THEIR KIDS IN IT.

SO IT'S REALLY GREAT THAT THAT WE BROUGHT IT BACK.

ALSO, FROM OUR ASSOCIATION PERSPECTIVE, WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO FORM A SCHOLARSHIP RIGHT NOW SO THAT KIDS THAT ARE IN THE EXPLORER POST WILL BE ABLE TO GO TO THE FIRE ACADEMY, AND WE'LL HELP PAY FOR IT.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING REALLY EXCITING FOR THEM AND FOR US AND FOR THE FUTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT.

SO AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST GOING TO HAND THE MICROPHONE DOWN AND EACH EXPLORER WILL INTRODUCE HIMSELF TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

HELLO, I'M EXPLORER SAMMY AGUILAR.

HELLO, I'M FIRE EXPLORER DEREK [INAUDIBLE].

HELLO, I'M EXPLORER AARON KASHIFALGHITA.

HELLO I'M FIRE EXPLORER ZION SELLS.

FIRE EXPLORER MATTHEW GELLER.

I'M FIRE EXPLORER GUILLERMO CAYETANO DELGADO.

FIRE EXPLORER ANTHONY CASTANEDA.

FIRE EXPLORER AJ [INAUDIBLE].

HELLO I'M FIRE EXPLORER ALEX ZWART.

I AM FIRE EXPLORER PAULO CASAS.

GOOD EVENING. I AM FIRE EXPLORER OMAR [INAUDIBLE].

HELLO I'M FIRE EXPLORER ELIJAH LIMON [APPLAUSE].

FOR THE COMMON QUESTION IS THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

SO WE CAN ONLY TAKE A MAXIMUM OF 20 FIRE EXPLORERS AT A TIME.

THE AGE GROUP IS FROM 15, AND THEY THEY AGE OUT WHEN THEY TURN TO 20.

WE WILL BE TAKING FIRE EXPLORERS EVERY SIX MONTHS.

THE PLAN IS EVERY SIX MONTHS TO BRING ON, AND, WELL, THERE'S A LITTLE TESTING PROCESS.

YOU CAN FOLLOW US. WE HAVE AN INSTAGRAM PAGE VERY EASY TO FIND LA VERNE FIRE EXPLORERS.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY [APPLAUSE].

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO THANK MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL AND LA VERNE RESIDENTS TUNED IN RIGHT NOW FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO NOT ONLY INTRODUCE THE EXPLORER PROGRAM IN ITS REINITIATION, BUT THEN ALSO FOR ALL OF OUR EXPLORERS HERE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES.

WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF THIS PROGRAM.

IT AFFORDS A VERY REAL FIRSTHAND LOOK AND EXPERIENCE INTO WHAT IT IS THAT WE DEAL WITH OUT THERE IN THE STREETS IN THE FIRE SERVICE EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND ULTIMATELY AFFORDS THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DETERMINE IF THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.

VERY, VERY PROFESSIONAL GROUP OF MEN AND WOMEN.

WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED TO HAVE YOU.

SO THANK YOU GUYS [APPLAUSE].

MAYOR, DO WE HAVE TIME FOR A QUICK PICTURE? QUICK PICTURE.

GROUP PHOTO.

MIC]

[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS ]

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AND OF COURSE, WE ARE OFF TO THE RACES AGAIN WITH OUR NEXT ACTIVITY ON THE 17TH OF MAY.

WE ARE GOING TO BE VISITING THE MISSION SAN GABRIEL.

AND MANY OF YOU LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THE MISSION SYSTEM WHEN YOU WERE GOING THROUGH THE SCHOOLS.

IF YOU WENT TO SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA, AND SO DID I, AND WENT TO VISIT MANY MISSIONS, BUT NEVER VISITED THE SAN GABRIEL MISSION, WHICH WAS RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD. I GREW UP IN WHITTIER, AND YET I SAW ALL THE MISSIONS EXCEPT THAT ONE.

SO HERE'S OUR CHANCE TO VISIT THE SAN GABRIEL MISSION.

THE DATE FOR THIS EVENT IS FRIDAY, THE 17TH OF MAY, AND THE COST IS $20, WHICH HELPS TO DEFER YOUR REGISTRATION TO GET INTO THE MISSION AND ALSO AS A SMALL FUNDRAISER FOR THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I HAVE FLYERS AND THE BUS COURTESY OF SUPERVISOR KATHRYN BARGER WILL PICK US UP AT 9:00 IN THE MORNING AND BRING US BACK AT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON, SO NO NEED TO CARPOOL.

MIC] WHAT ABOUT THIS WEEKEND?

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ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR UPCOMING EVENTS? I'M SORRY WE BROKE OUR MIC [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH. I'M SORRY.

HE'S WAVING IT AROUND. JUST BRING IT TO HER.

YVONNE, PLEASE COME UP.

HELLO. HELLO.

YVONNE GALLEGOS, VICE CHAIR OF CASI.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE CITRUS ROOM AT HILLCREST WILL BE HAVING A CASI MEETING AT 5 P.M., AND SO EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN.

AND WE'LL AGAIN STILL CONTINUE OUR TALKS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.

OUR POTENTIAL OF BECOMING A 501C3.

YOU KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING.

I THINK ALSO SHE'S NOT REALLY HERE.

THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE, AARON.

ALL RIGHT.

MY NAME IS YVONNE GALLEGOS.

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

OKAY, SO TOMORROW NIGHT, WE'LL BE MEETING 5 P.M.

CITRUS ROOM, HILLCREST.

AMONG THE TOPICS THAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IS CONTINUATION OF ATTAINING OF 501C3.

GOING ABOUT THAT PROCESS ALSO ANY COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT HAVE THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CELEBRATING DIFFERENT CULTURES AND HERITAGE WITHIN OUR CITY.

RIGHT. ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PEOPLE ARE SEEN AND HEARD.

AND ALSO ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK THAT WE'LL BRING TO THE TABLE TOMORROW IS.

THE WORDS DEI AND HOW THEY'RE BEING USED IN THE NEWS LATELY.

AND WHAT KIND OF EFFECT THAT COULD HAVE WITH FOR US HERE IN LA VERNE.

AND HOW TO, YOU KNOW, HOW TO WORK WITH THAT WITHIN OUR GOVERNMENT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU YVONNE.

ANY OTHER [INAUDIBLE] ANNOUNCEMENTS ON UPCOMING EVENTS.

COUNCIL ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE WILL MOVE ON.

WE WILL MOVE TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR ]

COUNCIL ANY REQUEST TO PULL ANY ITEMS. MR. DOMER ANY ITEMS ARE PULLED.

NO ITEMS ARE PULLED MAYOR.

THEN I WOULD REQUEST A MOTION.

MOTION GO AHEAD AND APPROVE.

SECOND. SECOND.

WE VOTE OR WE ROLL CALL.

WE GO REALLY FAST ON IT.

OKAY, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS RIGHT.

LET'S VOTE PLEASE.

YOU'RE GOOD.

GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

BEAUTIFUL. IT'S DIFFERENT.

WE NOW WE MOVE ON TO OTHER MATTERS.

[OTHER MATTERS]

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

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO BRING FORWARD CHRISTY LOPEZ, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, TO MAKE THIS PRESENTATION.

GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, ESTEEMED MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.

I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE MID-YEAR FINANCIAL UPDATE REPORT FOR THE 23-24 FISCAL YEAR.

BUT WE'LL FIRST GO OVER WHERE THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND BALANCE BEGAN WITH A BREAKDOWN OF THE FUND BALANCE ON JULY 1ST, 2023.

I WILL THEN DISCUSS THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET AND DECEMBER 31ST WE'RE LOOKING AT MID-YEAR.

AND THEN BEFORE MOVING INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS FOR THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES WHICH IS BEING PRESENTED FOR YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING.

SO FIRST, HERE'S A OUTLINE OF WHAT I JUST DISCUSSED.

AND THEN NOW I'M GOING TO GO INTO THE DIFFERENT FUND BALANCE TYPES THAT WE HAVE.

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IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME KIND OF RESTRICTIONS AS, SAY, A GAS TAX FUND.

SO THIS THE FISCAL YEAR STARTED WITH $17.8 MILLION IN RESERVES, WHICH WAS AN INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR YEAR OF $700,000.

RESERVES ARE CLASSIFIED INTO VARIOUS SECTIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD, OR GASB, AS THEY ARE KNOWN IN THE WORLD OF GOVERNMENT FINANCE. THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS ARE LISTED ON THE RIGHT OF THIS POWERPOINT SLIDE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DETAIL IN THERE, BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A BASIC OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE LARGER FUND BALANCE AREAS THAT WE HAVE.

SO THE CITY DOES HAVE THREE LARGE CLASSIFICATIONS, WITH THE LARGEST BEING COMMITTED.

WHICH ARE THE SOURCES THAT ARE RESTRICTED AT THE DIRECTION OF COUNCIL.

THE THE MAIN SOURCE OF THAT IS THE EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY, WHICH IS THE 15% THAT COUNCIL HAS DECIDED TO SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE NEEDS EMERGENCY RESERVES.

ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A WORKING CAPITAL RESERVE THAT IS SET ASIDE FOR 5%, AND THOSE ARE BASED ON THE EXPENDITURES OF THE PRIOR OR THE FUTURE FISCAL YEAR.

SO THESE BALANCES ARE BASED ON THE 23-24 BUDGET.

WE LOOK AT THE EXPENDITURES AND SET ASIDE 15% AND 5%.

THE NEXT LARGEST BALANCE IS WITHIN THE RESTRICTED CATEGORY.

THOSE ARE RESTRICTED BASED ON LEGAL OR CONTRACTUAL RESTRICTIONS.

THE LARGEST SHARE OF THIS IS THE CLASSIFICATION IS $4.3 MILLION THAT WAS CREATED TO FUND FUTURE UNFUNDED LIABILITIES WITHIN THE PENSION TRUST, AND THAT WAS SET ASIDE FROM THE SOURCES THAT WERE RECEIVED FROM SELLING THE AMHERST PROPERTY.

THE FINAL SECTION IS THE ASSIGNED AREA, WHICH ARE RESEARCH RESOURCES THAT ARE FOR A SPECIFIC USE BUT HAVE NO LEGAL RESTRICTIONS.

THE LARGEST SHARE IS THE $3.5 MILLION THAT IS ASSIGNED FOR OTHER BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS, WHICH IS THE VALUE OF THE COMPENSATED ABSENCES, WHICH ARE THE ACCRUALS AT THE END OF EACH FISCAL YEAR FOR SICK AND VACATION FOR EACH EMPLOYEE IN THE GENERAL FUND.

AND SO THOSE ARE SET ASIDE TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE EVENT WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

BUT IF EVERYBODY DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO LEAVE WE COULD PAY THEM OUT.

SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? IT FELL ASLEEP.

SORRY. THERE WE GO.

SO MOVING ON TO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED BETWEEN THE ADOPTION AND DECEMBER.

SO WE HAVE THE ADOPTED BUDGET ON THAT FIRST LINE.

YOU CAN SEE WE HAD A BEGINNING FUND BALANCE OF $17.8 MILLION STARTING IN JULY 1ST.

AND THEN WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, WHICH WAS APPROVED ON JUNE 19TH, WE HAVE THE RESOURCES AND APPROPRIATIONS THAT WERE ESTIMATED AT THAT TIME USING THE ECONOMIC INFORMATION THAT WE HAD.

THEN WE HAVE THE CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED FROM JULY 1ST THROUGH DECEMBER, WHICH INCLUDE THE PRIOR YEAR ENCUMBRANCES, WHICH ARE ITEMS THAT WERE PROMISED TO BE PAID.

SO WE ISSUE PURCHASE ORDERS, ENCUMBRANCES THROUGHOUT THE PRIOR FISCAL YEAR.

IF AT THE END OF JUNE 30TH, THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN PAID, WE WILL ROLL THOSE OVER INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE WE DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR THOSE.

AND SO THAT WAS $465,000.

THAT DID ROLL OVER FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR, BUT I THINK [INAUDIBLE] IS ALMOST CLOSE TO OPENING.

AND IF YOU RECALL, THAT PLAYGROUND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THERE WAS NO FUNDING AT THE TIME FOR THAT, OR THERE WASN'T ENOUGH FUNDING.

SO COUNCIL IDENTIFIED AN ADDITIONAL $171,000 THAT WAS GOING TO BE PULLED FROM SOME OF THOSE ASSIGNED FUNDS.

AND SO WE HAVE COMPLETED THAT, AND WE HAD TO PAY FOR THAT.

SO THAT WILL BE PULLED OUT OF THOSE ASSIGNED FUNDS THIS FISCAL YEAR.

WE HAVE THE MOU INCREASES FOR ALL EMPLOYMENT GROUPS, WHICH WAS ALMOST $650,000.

IN ADDITION, WE DO HAVE A REVENUE COMING IN.

AS MEASURE LV COVERS ALL INCREASES TO MAINTAIN THAT THE LEVEL OF FUNDS THAT THE EMPLOYEES ARE SO THAT

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ADDITIONALLY, FINANCE FINANCE GOT US AN ADDITIONAL $15,000 FOR THE WORK THAT WE DO FOR HAIDA.

SO ACTING AS FIDUCIARY SERVICES.

SO WE ADDED SOME THERE.

AND THEN TODAY, IF THE MID-YEAR ADJUSTMENTS ARE APPROVED, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAVE REVENUES.

OH. SORRY. RESOURCES AND APPROPRIATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED, WHICH WOULD BRING US TO AN ENDING FUND BALANCE OF $17.4 MILLION ESTIMATED. BUT BEFORE I MOVE ON ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

OR THE THE THE LIABILITIES THAT WE HAVE THERE.

SO IT'S IT'S EARMARKED FOR THAT SET ASIDE.

IT'S IN A PENSION TRUST SO WE CAN'T TOUCH IT FOR ANYTHING BUT THOSE PURPOSES.

SO THEN THAT WOULD NOT REALLY.

IT'S PART OF OUR, OUR, OUR FUND BALANCE HISTORY, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF OUR RESERVES WITH, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGES THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR RESERVES.

SO WE DO HAVE 20% RESERVES THAT ARE SET ASIDE.

THOSE ARE THE EMERGENCY RESERVES.

IT'S 15% FOR THE EMERGENCY RESERVES.

AND THEN WE HAVE 5% FOR WORKING CAPITAL.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO MOVING ON. NOW I'M GOING TO GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS FOR THE THE CHANGES IN THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE UNEXPECTED NEEDS IN SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS WITH PERSONNEL.

AND SO HERE IS A SUMMARY OF THE INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES.

SO THERE'S A COLUMN FOR PERSONNEL AND A COLUMN FOR OPERATIONAL.

THE THE LARGEST INCREASE IS DUE TO PERSONNEL.

THE NET OVERALL IMPACT IS $530,000 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SOME SAVINGS.

THE INCREASES FOR BOTH FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH POLICE DOES ONLY SHOW A NET $70,000 INCREASE, THEY DID HAVE A LARGE INCREASE IN THEIR OVERTIME, WHICH IS DUE TO INJURY ON DUTIES OR IEDS.

AND THEN THE SAME THING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ALTHOUGH ON THE FIRE SIDE, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE VACANCIES TO COVER THOSE INCREASES.

BUT WITH THE TYPE OF SERVICE THAT THEY ARE HAVING 24/7 SAME THING WITH POLICE.

WHEREAS IF I DON'T, YOU KNOW, IF I CAN'T COME IN AND I CALL IN SICK, KEN'S NOT LIKE, WELL, LET'S PULL SOMEONE IN TO COVER HER.

IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

THEY'RE LIKE, YEAH, SHE CAN JUST DO MORE WORK THIS WEEKEND, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING KEN WOULD SAY.

THE REALITY SORRY.

OR JR. ACTUALLY, JR.

DOES IT MEAN HE'S MEAN YES.

ANYWAYS. SO THAT IS THE REALITY.

AND SO THAT.

THAT TYPE OF SERVICE IS VERY DIFFERENT, AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE THOSE SERVICES COVERED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RESPOND TO THE RESIDENTS.

SO THOSE ARE THE MAIN INCREASES REALLY THAT HAPPENED THIS YEAR.

THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL MINOR ONES THAT ARE LISTED THERE.

THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INCREASES ARE TIED TO BUILDING PERMIT REVENUES.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THEIR ENGINEERING COSTS INCREASED ON ONE SIDE, BUT THEN ALSO IN REVENUE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY DO HAVE AN INCREASE IN REVENUE.

THE OPERATIONAL CHANGES THAT HAPPENED.

THE BIG ONE WAS THE THE SAVINGS OF IT WAS $200,000.

BUT IF YOU REMEMBER LAST MEETING, COUNCIL DIRECTED $50,000 OF THAT BE DIRECTED TO BARK.

SORRY, BACKER.

SEE WHAT YOU DID TO ME, MEG.

THAT WAS HER PROPOSAL.

REDIRECTED TO BACKER.

AND SO I'M ONLY RECOGNIZING $150,000 BECAUSE IT WAS REDIRECTED.

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SORRY. SORRY.

WITH WITH OPERATIONAL.

ARE THOSE ONE I KNOW PERSONNEL IS ONGOING.

IS OPERATIONAL ONGOING AS WELL.

NO. AND REALLY PERSONNEL DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ONGOING.

WE DO BUDGET FOR WE DO BUDGET FOR SICK AND WE BUDGET FOR VACATION.

WE LOOK AT HISTORY TO SEE WHAT THE AVERAGE USES OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS.

AND WE DO BUDGET FOR IT.

WHAT IS UNANTICIPATED AND I BELIEVE MOST OF THE IODS ARE BACK.

POLICE I THINK HAS MAYBE A COUPLE STILL OUT, BUT I BELIEVE FIRE IS ALL BACK, POSSIBLY.

BUT THEY'RE NOT ONGOING.

WE DON'T WANT OUR PEOPLE TO GET HURT, OBVIOUSLY, AND HAVE TO PAY FOR THOSE BACKFILL REPLACEMENTS.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ONGOING.

SOME OF THE OTHER OPERATIONAL FOR EXAMPLE, STREET MAINTENANCE THAT THOSE SAVINGS, THOSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ONGOING.

I KNOW MEG WANTS TO FILL HER POSITIONS.

AND SO SHE LEAVING.

SO THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY ONGOING.

GOTCHA. JUST CHECKING.

ON THAT. SO IT'S IT IS KIND OF AN ISSUE WITH IN PUBLIC SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY CALLING IN SICK AND THEY'RE THE FOURTH PERSON ON A FIRE ENGINE, IT'S SOMETIMES HARD GIVEN CONSIDERATIONS TO SEND THREE OUT OR TWO OUT. SO YOU DO HAVE TO AND WE HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A MINIMUM STAFFING THROUGH THE MOU.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY.

AND WE TRY TO KEEP A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ON THE STREET FROM THE POLICE.

WHEREAS IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, SICKNESS GOING AROUND CITY HALL AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE ACCOUNTING TEAM ARE OUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SICK THAT DAY AND I WON'T MAKE THEM COME IN ON THE WEEKEND, BUT THEIR WORK.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD, YEAH, THEIR WORK IS NOT DONE.

SO IT DOES JARED DOES IT? YES. BUT THAT'S REALLY THE THINGS.

BUT WHAT CHRISTY WAS SAYING IS THAT.

YES, IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IT HAS BEEN A TOUGH YEAR, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE NEW FOLKS THE OPERATORS, A LOT OF TRAINING GOING ON.

AND NOW THERE ARE NO INJURIES ON DUTY RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS GREAT.

YEAH. I DON'T SOME OTHER ISSUES ARE ALSO COMING TO A CLOSE, SO THEY'RE DOING GREAT.

WE DO PROJECT THAT.

THE AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE PULLING IS GOING TO GO DOWN.

AND THEN I PUSH BOTH CHIEFS VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, COVERING EVERYTHING, BUT ALSO RECOGNIZING THE FACT THAT THOSE ARE COSTS. SO I THINK ON OUR SIDE TOO, I THINK I WOULD LIKE A DETAILED EXPLANATION OF EACH ONE OF THESE COSTS AS THEY ARE BROKEN DOWN, WHEN THEY'RE A LARGER AMOUNT, ACTUALLY BREAK THEM DOWN AND SEE WHERE THOSE COSTS ACTUALLY ARE, WHETHER IT BE PERSONNEL, WHETHER IT BE INFILL, WHETHER IT BE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE, I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US TO SEE EACH DEPARTMENT AS WE ALL COMMUNICATE TOGETHER WHAT THOSE ACTUAL COSTS REALLY ARE, AND SPECIFICALLY BROKEN DOWN TO THE CATEGORIES THAT THEY NEED TO BE.

AND WE HAVE DONE THAT AND WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE IT.

THAT'S GREAT. THAT WOULD BE NICE. JUST SO WE CAN TAKE AN OVERVIEW THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR RESIDENTS TOO, . SO NOW FOR THE REVENUES THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING.

I WENT BACKWARDS. SO.

SORRY. I'M TRYING.

I CAN'T SEE THE HEADER, SO IT'S MAKING ME SO.

GENERAL FUND ESTIMATES AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

WHERE. THANK YOU.

BUT THEN NOW I CAN'T SEE THE THANK YOU AND CHARGES FOR SERVICES.

WE ARE ANTICIPATING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE A DROP.

DROP OF $67,000.

THE LARGE PORTION OF THAT, I BELIEVE, IS RELATED TO OUR FIRE REVENUE.

THE FINES, THAT WAS VERY MINOR.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT ONE.

THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL $84,000 PART OF THAT IS RELATED TO ACTUALLY THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS RELATED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE IN LIEU FEE THAT WE INITIALLY BUDGETED IN WITH TAXES.

AND THAT'S WHY TAXES IS GOING DOWN.

SO IT'S REALLY JUST A RECLASSIFICATION THAT WE DISCOVERED DURING OUR ANNUAL AUDIT THAT WE NEEDED TO MOVE THAT.

AND SO WE'VE CHANGED WHERE THAT IS GOING TO BE RECORDED.

LICENSES AND PERMITS.

WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE $120,000 INCREASE THAT IS RELATED TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.

AS DISCUSSED, THE BUILDING PERMIT REVENUE HAS INCREASED, WHICH IS WHY THOSE EXPENSES INCREASED.

ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE TAXES IS THAT MOTOR VEHICLE IN LIEU.

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ONE OF THOSE SOURCES IS THE COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT 90-1, WHICH IS THE SAN POLO DISTRICT AREA.

THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE COLLECTED EACH YEAR TO FUND THOSE ACTIVITIES.

HISTORICALLY, WE HAVE PUT SOME OF THOSE FUNDS INTO A RESERVE FUND WITHIN THAT FUND SO THAT WE COULD SAVE UP IN THE EVENT THAT WE NEEDED IT.

ADDITIONALLY, WITHIN THAT FUND, WE DO SET ASIDE.

$50,000 A YEAR FOR FIRE EQUIPMENT, $50,000 A YEAR FOR STREETS, AND THEN $25,000 A YEAR FOR SEWER.

AND THOSE ARE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL RESERVES THAT THEY CAN USE TO.

FOR FIRE IT WOULD BE EQUIPMENT.

AND THEN FOR STREETS IT WOULD BE ANY STREET REPAIR WITHIN THAT AREA AND THEN SEWER ANY SEWER REPAIR WITHIN THAT AREA.

AND SO ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE A ANOTHER OTHER RESERVE AREA WHICH WE HAVE SET ASIDE, AND THAT HAS ROUGHLY ABOUT $390 ,000, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, FROM MY REPORT.

AND SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO TAKE THAT NUMBER $186,000, I BELIEVE FROM THAT NUMBER OR FROM THAT AMOUNT TO COVER SOME OF THOSE SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES THAT WE DID NOT ANTICIPATE.

ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE TRANSFERS FROM BOTH THE LA VERNE MOBILE COUNTRY CLUB AND THE VALLEY RANCHO.

SO THE THE CITY OF LA VERNE OWNS BOTH OF THOSE PARKS, AND THOSE ARE AN ASSET TO THE CITY.

WE DID WE DO OWN THEM.

AND WE CAN USE THOSE FUNDS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND SO WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE BOTH OF THOSE TRANSFERS TO COVER THESE ADDITIONAL EXPENSES.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS USE OF MONEY AND PROPERTY.

THOSE ARE JUST CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE TO PUT THEM INTO FOR REPORTING.

BUT REALLY THE, THE MAIN OR THE ONLY SOURCE OF THAT IS THE INCREASE IN THE INTEREST ACTIVITY.

AND SO AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, THE MARKET HAS DONE REALLY WELL AND THE CITY COUNCIL GAVE DIRECTION TO CHANGE OUR STRATEGY BACK IN OCTOBER, AND THAT HAS BENEFITED THE CITY.

VERY WELL. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO INCREASE OUR INTEREST BY $114,000 OR IS A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.

THERE'S SOME OTHER MONEY IN THERE FOR A TOTAL OF $610,000, WHICH WILL OFFSET THAT DIFFERENCE.

AND JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT NUMBER IS EXACT.

AND WHAT WE DID IS FOR THAT 90-1 TRANSFER, WE JUST TOOK THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT WE NEEDED AS A PLUG NUMBER.

SO THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THAT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT PERSONALLY, I APPRECIATE THAT.

I KNOW WE HOUNDED FOR MANY YEARS WITH PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION REGARDING OUR FUND, OUR FUNDS THAT WE HAD AND THE AMOUNT THAT WE WEREN'T MAKING ON IT, ALTHOUGH THE OBVIOUSLY THE TIDE CHANGED WITH THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES.

SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T COUNT ON.

AND IT'S JUST A PERK.

ALSO, BY USING THE DIFFERENT FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AND OUR DIFFERENT ASSETS THAT WE HAVE AND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.

AND I'VE ALSO HAD ASKED CITY MANAGER KEN DOMER, AND I'M PROBABLY YOURSELVES ALSO TOO, HAVE A STUDY SESSION FOR EVERYONE IN THE AUDIENCE AND OURSELVES ON OUR FUNDS AND HOW THEY WORK AND HOW THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER.

BECAUSE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AS AS WE'RE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW.

AND THE ONLY REASON WE'RE DOING THIS NOW IS BECAUSE EVERY DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY IS WORKING TOGETHER.

OUR CITY MANAGER IS WORKING WITH YOU, EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, ALONG WITH COUNCIL TO BRING THIS FORWARD, TO SEE HOW THIS CITY ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS AND HOW FINANCIALLY IT FUNCTIONS. SO THIS IS EXTREMELY GOOD AND WE HAVE NEVER DONE IT AS DETAILED AS THIS NOW.

AND ALSO THE REPORTS WE GET FROM EVERY DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT WE HAVE, IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO OUR RESIDENTS TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION, HOW THIS FUNCTIONS AND HOW THESE TAXES AND THIS DEPARTMENT AND THIS FUND AND HOW THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER.

AND SOMETIMES WE WILL HAVE A DEFICIT AS FAR AS CERTAIN THINGS, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR OWN PUBLIC WORKS, POLICE AND FIRE AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH EMPLOYEES OR HAVE AN ISSUE WITH EQUIPMENT OR WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE.

BUT I JUST HAD TO SAY THAT BECAUSE IT WE ARE SO MUCH FURTHER AHEAD NOW WITH INFORMATION AND TRANSPARENCY TO OUR RESIDENTS AND ALSO TO OUR COUNCIL, WE ACTUALLY REALLY HAVE A HANDLE ON HOW THESE THINGS ARE WORKING, AND IT MAKES IT BETTER FOR ALL OF US TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S GOING.

SO THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO SO OVERALL, THE ADJUSTMENTS NECESSITATE A TOTAL INCREASE OF $610,588 IN REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND.

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AND THERE IS A LISTING ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA REPORT WHICH DETAILS ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL LINE ITEMS. THERE'S QUITE A FEW.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE DETAILS AS WELL AS THE REASONING BEHIND THEM.

AND SO SOME OF THOSE WE DO HAVE SOME FIRE EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEING REQUESTED.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT'S IN THERE.

ADDITIONALLY WE ARE LOOKING TO INCREASE THE NON GENERAL FUND INTEREST EARNINGS.

BECAUSE WHEN WE RECEIVE THOSE FUNDS WE DO LOOK AT ALL OF THE FUND BALANCES LEGALLY WE HAVE TO OF ALL OF OUR FUNDS.

AND WE HAVE A POOLED CASH.

THAT'S WHERE EVERYTHING GETS ALLOCATED ORIGINALLY.

AND THEN EVERY QUARTER WE LOOK AT HOW MUCH EACH FUND HAS ON AVERAGE AND THEN WE DISTRIBUTE THE INTEREST EARNINGS.

SO IN CONCLUSION, THESE ADJUSTMENTS ARE ESSENTIAL FOR MAINTAINING FINANCIAL STABILITY AND ENSURING EFFECTIVE ALLOCATION OF RESOURCES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED RESOLUTION TO IMPLEMENT THESE ADJUSTMENTS, AND I AM AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU CHRISTY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND THANK YOU, CHRISTY.

WE'LL PROBABLY CALL YOU BACK UP. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

DANITA. THANK YOU CHRISTY.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU CHRISTY.

THAT'S SO AWESOME.

THAT EXPLANATION.

I DON'T HAVE TO ASK KEN A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THROUGH EMAIL.

HOWEVER I AM CONCERNED.

I MEAN, IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS ARE MEETING THE FISCAL NEEDS OF THE CITY WITH THE REVENUE THAT'S BEING GENERATED, BUT AT WHAT POINT DOES THE CITY ASK WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO TIGHTEN OUR BELT AND BUILD UP THE RESERVES AGAIN? ACCORDING TO THE CALIFORNIA POLICY CENTER, WHICH IS FINANCIAL DATA, STATISTICAL DATA COLLECTED AT FOR ALL THE CITIES OF STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS THE STATE THEMSELVES.

OUT OF THE 482 CITIES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, LA VERNE RANKS 364TH.

ACCORDING TO THE LAST CENSUS, WE'RE APPROXIMATELY 33,201.

SO WITH THAT SAID IN WE ALL KNOW THE THE MEASURE OF MONEY IS NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER.

IT'S GOING TO COME OUT TO APPROXIMATELY $936 PER PERSON IN THE CITY.

THAT'S NOT JUST PROPERTY OWNER, THAT'S PER PERSON.

EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THE CITY WOULD OWE $936, AND THAT WOULD JUST BRING THE CITY BACK TO ZERO.

THAT DOES NOT PROVIDE RESERVES.

SO I WOULD I KNOW CHRISTY HAS SO MUCH ON HER PLATE AND I DON'T DARE ASK THIS OF HER PERSONALLY, BUT AS A COUNCIL, WHAT IS THE CITY DOING? MAYBE OUTSOURCING IT OR SOMETHING TO FIND WAYS TO TIGHTEN THE BELT, BUILD THE RESERVES SO THAT THAT TAX BURDEN IS NOT ON THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY ARE OF THE ELDERLY MATURE AGE.

MANY OF THEM ARE NO LONGER WORKING AND THEY ARE ON A FIXED INCOME.

AND I THAT IS A LARGE CONCERN OF MINE.

THE OTHER THING THAT CONCERNS ME AS WELL IS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SIDE OF IT 670, I'M SORRY, 974 SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN CALIFORNIA. BONITA UNIFIED RANKS 679TH.

AND WE HAVE EXCELLENT SCHOOLS WITH BOTH ACADEMICS AND ATHLETICS.

BUT I DON'T THINK THESE NUMBERS ARE SATISFACTORY.

I DON'T THINK PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF WHERE THIS CITY REALLY IS IN A FINANCIAL SPEAKING.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO CONSIDER AS WELL WHEN MAKING THESE DECISIONS.

FINANCIALLY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU DANITA.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS.

CHRISTY DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER A FEW OF THOSE? I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME ANSWERS TO THAT.

SO THAT REPORT COMES OUT EVERY YEAR.

I DID DO A PRETTY LENGTHY MEMO TO COUNCIL WHEN THAT CAME OUT.

AND THE YEAR BEFORE WHEN IT CAME OUT AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT BECAUSE WE ARE A FULL SERVICE CITY IT IS GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENS IS THEY COMPARE THE CITY OF LA VERNE TO A CITY LIKE SAN DIMAS THAT HAS THEIR THEY'RE CONSIDERED A CONTRACT CITY.

THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED A FULL SERVICE CITY.

AND SO IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO COMPETE WHEN THEIR UNFUNDED LIABILITY IS NOT WHAT THE CITY'S UNFUNDED LIABILITY IS WHEN WE HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY.

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I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WOULDN'T LIKE US TO BE IN A BETTER POSITION, BUT I THINK OUR UNFUNDED LIABILITY JUST PUTS US.

AND HAVING THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND, IT PUTS US INTO A POSITION WHERE WE JUST DON'T HAVE AS MUCH MONEY AS A CITY LIKE SAN DIMAS OR DIAMOND BAR.

A LOT OF TIMES, TOO, THEY'RE COMPARING WELL, THEY'RE COMPARING ALL THE CITIES.

BUT THEY'RE NOT COMPARING US TO A CITY THAT MAYBE ONLY HAS ONE PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICE.

OR, AND CAN, CAN ELABORATE, BUT DEPENDING ON HOW, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FIRE DISTRICT WAS ESTABLISHED AND IF IT'S BEING TAKEN FROM THE, THE TAX REVENUES OR THE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES OR NOT, IT REALLY JUST CHANGES THE WAY THAT A CITY PAYS THEIR BILLS.

AND THAT'S REALITY.

SO I.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ELABORATE ON THAT.

IT'S NO FRUSTRATING.

WELL, IT IS ACTUALLY, IT'S A I BELIEVE IT'S A REPORT DONE BY JOHN MORLOCK, WHO'S THE FORMER TREASURER FOR ORANGE COUNTY AND WAS THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISOR AND THEN WAS A STATE SENATOR.

JOHN AND I ARE FRIENDS.

WE GO BACK A LONG TIME.

TALK A LOT OF FISCAL ISSUES AND ALL THAT STUFF.

IT IS A VERY TECHNICAL LOOK AT PER CAPITA ISSUES AND ASSETS AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU FIND IN THE ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT. BUT IT IS TOUGH, AS CHRISTY IS SAYING, BEING A FULL SERVICE CITY IN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT AND GOING FORWARD.

BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE SHIFT IN HOW WE DO BUDGETING IS GOING TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT, BOTH IN THE TRANSPARENCY, BUT ALSO WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR.

SO CHRISTY AND HER STAFF ARE DOING A WONDERFUL JOB.

HER STAFF WERE ALL LIAISONS TO THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

THE DEPARTMENTS THEMSELVES, AS OPPOSED TO TWO YEARS OR MORE AGO ON OUR BUDGETING NOW ARE GETTING INTO THEIR LINE ITEMS AND THEIR PROGRAMS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO WHEN THERE MAY BE SOME PUSHBACK FROM US ABOUT SOMETHING, THEY'RE COMING BACK WITH CHANGES THAT THEY'RE DEVELOPING.

IT'S NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE PERSON OR A DEPARTMENT HERE AT CITY HALL SAYING YOU HAVE X AMOUNT TO DEAL WITH.

AND THOSE FOLKS NOT KNOWING, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST MONEY AND SPENDING.

PEOPLE NOW HAVE A BUY IN TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR BUDGET IS AND WHAT IT MEANS.

IT'S AN ONGOING TRANSITION.

AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WITH THIS BUDGET PROCESS IS MORE INFORMATION BROUGHT UP.

WHEN YOU HAVE A MID-YEAR WHERE YOU'RE MAKING CHANGES, IT'S OFTEN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE BUDGETING AND TRYING TO BE AS EXACT AS POSSIBLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SAYING, OH, IT'S $645,000.

YOU KNOW, CHRISTY'S GIVING YOU AND $588, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO I'VE BEEN IN A CITY WHERE THERE'S PLENTY OF MONEY AND YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE MID-YEAR LIKE THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH FLUFF.

AND ABILITY TO KIND OF MOVE THINGS AROUND.

SO WE ARE TIGHT.

WE TOTALLY RECOGNIZE THAT STAFF IS NOW RECOGNIZING THAT WE'VE HAD SOME VERY GOOD DISCUSSIONS WITH ALL THE ASSOCIATION BOARDS AND WITH THE UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES ABOUT MEASURE LV, THE UNFUNDED ACTUARIAL LIABILITY, AND OTHER ITEMS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING YOU THIS BUDGET YEAR IS MORE OF THAT INFORMATION, MORE UNDERSTANDING, BUT MORE BUY IN FROM THOSE WHO ARE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT WITH THE BUDGET.

YOU KNOW, THEY UNDERSTAND THEIR PROGRAMS FROM FLEET, STREETS, WATER AND ALL THAT STUFF.

SO. WELL, I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, AND TO THE POINT, TO DANITA'S POINT IS THE FACT THAT I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER BEEN AS FLUID AS FAR AS THE DEPARTMENT'S COMMUNICATING TOGETHER.

NOT ONLY ARE WE LOOKING FOR BOND MONEY, NOT BOND MONEY, BUT GRANT FUNDS FROM OUR DIFFERENT ELECTEDS, BUT ALSO THE DIFFERENT GRANT AREAS, AND THAT GOES ACROSS THE BOARD TO EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT BE POLICE, FIRE, WHETHER IT BE COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC WORKS EVEN FINANCE.

I MEAN, THERE ARE THERE ARE GRANTS OUT THERE AND WE'RE GOING AFTER EVERYTHING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.

AND I THINK THAT AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS IN THE LAST NUMBER OF YEARS, EVEN THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION, THE ONE BIG ONE THAT JUST THE RESOUNDING SUCCESS IS THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND.

BUT THE SECONDARY PART WAS THAT WAS THE 115 TRUST, WHICH WE THAT'S $4 MILLION THAT ANY PENSION OBLIGATION THAT COMES FORWARD.

THAT IS IF IT HAPPENS, WE ARE ABLE TO HEDGE THAT.

AND ALSO THESE BUDGETS THAT WE'RE DOING NOW, WE ARE MUCH MORE PRECISE ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.

AND AND EVERY DEPARTMENT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

AND SO IT'S WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM.

AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE BATTLE.

BUT ALSO SEEING UTILIZING THE FUNDS THAT WE HAVE AND UTILIZING THE ASSETS THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE BUDGETS CORRECTED.

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NOW FOR THE MONIES THAT WE HAVE SITTING THERE FOR YEARS THAT DID NOTHING.

NOW THEY'RE PRODUCING.

AND FOR THOSE THINGS AND OUR MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE OWNED BY THE CITY, WE UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS ALSO.

WE LEAVE THEIR RESERVES, BUT WE ALSO UTILIZE THOSE FUNDS.

SO I WE ARE DOING A LOT MORE THAN WE USED TO.

AND I THINK WE'RE BEING VERY SUCCESSFUL.

NOW WHO'S TO SAY IF THERE'S A FISCAL CLIFF SOMEWHERE? BUT I THINK WE'RE BETTER POSITIONED FOR SOME.

AND THE FACT THAT I WOULD HAVE IT NO OTHER WAY TO HAVE OUR OWN POLICE AND FIRE, AND I THINK I HAVE A COMPLETE AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

IT'S GOING TO COST. BUT I GET WHAT WE HAVE COMPLETE CONTROL OF WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.

SO BUT AGAIN, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.

SO ANYWAY, COUNCIL.

THANK YOU AND THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR BRINGING THIS TO US TO US.

AND ONE CONCERN OF MINE YOU KNOW, I AGREE, WE WE ALWAYS NEED TO MAKE SURE KEEP KEEP OUR RESERVES.

BUT 2 TO 3 YEARS AGO, WE MADE A COMMITMENT TO REALLY BUILD OUR FIRE.

AND WE'VE DONE THAT.

AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT LET THE PUBLIC KNOW IS BECAUSE WE GOT A REPORT AND WHAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS SAFE FOR OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND FOR OUR RESIDENTS.

WE ARE STILL UPCOMING A REPORT FROM OUR POLICE CHIEF.

AND SO THAT REPORT'S GOING TO TELL US THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE NEEDS AS WELL.

AND SO REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE RESERVES SO THAT WE CAN DO FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AS WE'VE DONE FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE IT ONE.

OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ONE OF THE BEST IN THE AREA BECAUSE OF HIS LEADERSHIP.

AND I KNOW THE POLICE IS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE COMING TO NOW.

AND I TALKED TO CHIEF GONZALES ABOUT THAT REPORTS GONNA BE COMING OUT SOON TO US AND THAT IT DOES HAVE SOME EXPENSES TO IT.

AND SO CONCERNS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE RESERVES AND REVENUE SO THAT WE CAN CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE THE PREMIER POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OUR RESIDENTS TOO AND HAVING OUR OWN POLICE AND FIRE IS WHAT THE RESIDENTS L OUDLY TOLD US.

AND BECAUSE WHEN WE CAN CONTROL THEM.

I DO NEVER WANT TO BE A CITY THAT'S A CONTRACT CITY WHERE WE DON'T CONTROL HOW OUR SERVICES ARE MET AND OUR RESIDENTS DEMAND THAT WE HAVE GREAT SERVICES FOR THEM.

AND SO WE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE THAT OUR BELTS ARE TIGHTENED AND THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT OUR, OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR.

AND A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS WHO HAVE CAME TIME AND TIME AGAIN ON TOP OF MY GREATEST LOVE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

OBVIOUSLY, I'VE DONE THAT FOR MY ENTIRE PROFESSION AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I REALLY LOVE.

AND THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THOSE, WE ALSO HAVE OUR OWN PUBLIC WORKS.

AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET ALL THE FLOODS THAT'S OUT THERE.

AND WE'VE HAD INCIDENTS WITH TREES FALLING DOWN, ROADS ISSUES.

YOU KNOW, OUR PUBLIC WORKS CAME OUT THERE AND WAS ABLE TO TO CLEAN IT UP.

AND THAT'S OURS BY . I WAS ON A GOOD ONE TOO.

THANKS MAN. NO, BUT THANKS AGAIN.

THANKS FOR PUBLIC WORKS. BEST SHOT.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO DO AN AMAZING JOB OF KEEPING OUR OUR STREETS SAFE AND CLEAN.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE GRAFFITI INCIDENT THAT WE HAD, PUBLIC WORK WAS OUT THERE.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THE CONTRACT CITIES OR ANYWHERE ELSE, YOU'D STILL BE WAITING.

AND IT'LL BE SIX MONTHS LATER FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND REMOVE IT.

PROBABLY COME OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET TO GO AHEAD AND PERSONALLY TO PAINT OVER THAT.

BUT SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SHOWING AMAZING LEADERSHIP.

STEADFAST. AND OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN THERE KEEPING US SAFE.

I KNOW THEY'VE RESPONDED TO SEVERAL INCIDENTS IN THE LAST YEAR THAT I KNOW OF REGARDING RESIDENTIAL FIRES AND WHETHER IT WAS A GARAGE.

AND, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M JUST STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE HOMES.

I GO BACK AND CHECK WITH THOSE FAMILIES AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING THEIR REBUILDING PROCESS.

SO THANKS FOR GIVING FOR ALL THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, AMAZING WORK THAT YOU GUYS DID.

THANK FINANCE FOR GIVING BACK $15,000.

I PAID ATTENTION TO THAT ONE.

I GOT YOU THAT, AND I THINK I PAID ATTENTION.

BOY, YOU SURE DID. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, LA VERNE STRONG.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU KASH.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. SO, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, CHRISTY AND YOUR TEAM FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING AND FOR KEEPING US APPRIZED AS THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ALONG.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THIS VOICE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE WHAT IS HAPPENING? SO I'M DYING.

IT'S FINE. NO, SORRY.

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AND SO YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO NOTE THAT I THINK UNDER THE NEW LEADERSHIP AND UNDER WHAT ALL THE HEADS ARE DOING, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR BETTER WAYS OF TIGHTENING OUR BELTS, BUT ALSO LOOKING FOR WAYS TO FIND ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO I WANT PEOPLE TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT, THAT EVERYBODY IS WORKING REALLY HARD TO, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.

AND IT'S NOT EASY BECAUSE IT IS A LOT OF TIMES BALANCING A LOT OF EQUALLY IMPORTANT THINGS YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S PERSONNEL VERSUS SERVICES, YOU KNOW, VERSUS MAINTENANCE VERSUS WHATEVER. AND SO IT'S A CONSTANT BALANCING ACT.

SO I DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS AND FOR OUR CITY MANAGER FOR WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS.

AND I WOULD ECHO WHAT MAYOR HEPBURN HAD ASKED ABOUT A STUDY SESSION, BECAUSE I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND AS WELL.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, MY LITTLE CHECKBOOK IS AND I SAY CHECKBOOK BECAUSE I STILL HAVE ONE.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S EASY ENOUGH TO BALANCE, RIGHT? BUT NOT WHEN YOU HAVE MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS AND MULTIPLE WAYS IN WHICH YOU'RE ALLOWED TO SPEND MONEY OR TAKE IN MONEY.

SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY.

BUT I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR YOUR HARD WORK IN MAKING THIS REALLY COALESCE AND COME TOGETHER.

SO KEEP THOSE UPDATES COMING.

DON'T WORRY. WE'RE READING THEM.

OKAY. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. TURN ON YOUR MIC.

WE AS A COUNCIL.

WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOUR DEPARTMENT IS DOING.

AND WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE DECISIONS.

AND, KEN, I THANK YOU AS WELL.

YOU'RE DOING AN EXCELLENT JOB AT ALL OF THIS, AND YOU APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

AS. YES.

GO AHEAD. MAYOR PRO TEM.

OH THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

THERE IS NO I IN TEAM, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND I CAN SEE IT. I CAN FEEL THE THE VIBE THROUGH CITY HALL AS AS SOON AS KEN CAME ON AND ALL THE DEPARTMENTS STARTED TO COMMUNICATE AND KIND OF LET THE GUARD DOWN A LITTLE BIT AND EVERYBODY TALK.

AND I'M SURE YOU SCREAM AND YELL AT EACH OTHER.

I'M SURE THERE'S SOME LITTLE EMAILS THAT GO AROUND, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT.

WE'RE ALL HERE TO MAKE A SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY FOR EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT.

AND I FEEL THAT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN GO TO ANY DEPARTMENT NOW AND HAVE A CHAT AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND NOBODY'S THERE'S NO SECRETS.

I, YOU KNOW, SECRETS ARE JUST RIDICULOUS.

SO BUT AGAIN, I COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR STAFF AND ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER AND ABLE TO GET IT TO WHERE IT'S A LEVEL THAT WE CAN ADJUST. AND AND WE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO GET EVEN BETTER, YOU KNOW, AND HOPEFULLY OUR SYSTEM AND OUR STATE DOES.

OKAY. AND WE JUST KEEP MOVING AHEAD QUIETLY KNOCK ON WOOD.

SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE A MOTION.

SECOND.

CHRISTY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.

I THINK THAT CARRIED.

YEAH. GOOD.

THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU EVERYONE.

NOW WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

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, MAYBE FOR AT THIS TIME WE'RE WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS, AND IF PRESENT HERE AT THE CHAMBER CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

GARY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE SO FAR DOWN THERE, I DIDN'T SEE YOU BEFORE.

NOW I SEE YOU RIGHT IN FRONT.

TWO THINGS. THE FREEWAY NEEDS TO BE TRIMMED AGAIN WHEREVER SHE'S AT.

IT'S BEEN QUITE A WHILE.

WHAT'S THE ADDRESS? IT'S A FREEWAY.

OH! THE FREEWAY. CHELSEA BRIDGE.

CHELSEA. OH, MAN.

HE'S RIGHT THERE. WHO IS THAT? THAT IS MEG MCWADE, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR.

HELLO.

HE NEEDS TO TALK HERE.

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NOPE. OKAY, SO WE GOT THAT.

YES, SIR. THERE'S A JUST BEFORE YOU GO OVER THE FREEWAY.

THERE'S A GATE THERE THAT WAS TORE DOWN BY THE HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO CUT OFF THE HINGE, THREW IT DOWN, AND THEY'VE BEEN LIVING BACK IN THERE FOR A FEW MONTHS.

AND THEN ONE DAY, THE CALTRANS PEOPLE WERE THERE FOR ANOTHER PROBLEM.

THE TREE BLEW DOWN, SO THEY WERE CUTTING IT DOWN.

SO I TOLD THEM ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE.

THERE'S SOMEBODY LIVING IN IT TORE THE FENCE DOWN.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THREE DAYS NOTICE.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT.

I JUST DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I MEAN, THEY BROKE THE FENCE AND LIVING OVER THERE, I WALKED OVER THERE, EVEN GOT A TOILET OVER THERE.

THIS IS DISGUSTING, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THEY BREAK THE LAW AND THEY GET THREE DAYS NOTICE.

THAT DON'T MAKE SENSE.

I KNOW NOBODY'S GOING TO ANSWER ME, SO I'LL JUST GO BACK AND SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M NOT DOING THAT DOG THING ANYMORE.

RIGHT? WITH THE DOG POOP BAGS.

OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT NOW.

YEAH. OKAY.

I'LL LEAVE THE DOG ALONE. OKAY.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

DON'T COME BACK. THEN YOU MIGHT DO IT AGAIN.

PLEASE DON'T CARRY. PLEASE DON'T.

THANK YOU. WE'LL REFER THAT TO STAFF.

YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN.

GARY, YOU HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS.

SO ANYTHING LIKE THAT COMES UP JUST EMAIL ME AND THEN WE'LL WORK WITH OUR LEAP TEAM, WHICH IS PD AND OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, HOMELESS AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES TO ADDRESS ANY OF THAT SITUATION.

SO A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T SEE IF IT'S ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY SOMEBODY WILL FIND A OUT OF PLACE WAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT YOU SEE IT, YOU GOT TO REPORT IT TO US VIA THE LA VERNE LINK APP OR MY EMAIL ADDRESS, OR GIVE US A CALL AND THEN WE'LL GET OUT THERE.

THAT THREE DAYS IS A MATTER OF CASE LAW WITH THE COURTS, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE WORK WITH ALL THE TIME.

AND AFTER THREE DAYS, WE'LL FIX THE SITUATION.

AND WORKING WITH CALTRANS, I KNOW ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FREEWAY, WE HAD A AN ISSUE OVER THERE THAT WE DISCOVERED ANOTHER ENCAMPMENT AND GOT THEM OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE OF DIFFERENT ISSUES. BUT YEAH.

SO IN THE CULVERT.

SO BUT YEAH LET US KNOW.

THANK YOU GARY.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU GARY.

DANITA BEAUCHAMP, 2516 AMHERST STREET.

FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT MIGHT NOT BE AWARE, ASSEMBLY BILL 205 IS THE INCREASE IN THE UTILITY TAX BILL, AND THE CITY OF GLENDORA WROTE A LETTER TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN OPPOSITION OF THIS TAX.

THIS WOULD INCREASE EACH INDIVIDUAL'S ACCOUNT $180 PER MONTH, AND FOR SOME, THAT WOULD BE A BREAKING POINT.

SO I'M HERE TO ASK THAT THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, AND THIS COUNCIL CONSIDER ALSO WRITING A LETTER TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN OPPOSITION OF AB 205 AND RECOGNIZING YOUR RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU DANITA.

THAT PROBABLY WILL BE, BUT JUST ON A I CAN PROBABLY TALK ON THIS JUST FOR A SECOND.

I'VE ASKED THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS TO BRING PEOPLE FROM EDISON IN BECAUSE I KNOW EDISON RATES ARE GOING UP ALSO.

AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CHATTER ALONG WITH THE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER THEY'LL BE COMING ALSO TO OUR CITY MEETING TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON, BECAUSE I JUST HAD TO GET INSURANCE AND IT WAS EXPENSIVE.

WE'RE GOING TO WE'LL SET IT UP AND WE'LL LET EVERYBODY KNOW AS FAR AS WITH THAT.

AND ALSO WE'LL HAVE THE COG WITH THE EDISON.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET OUR REP FROM EDISON TO COME OUT AND EXPLAIN TO OUR RESIDENTS WHY, WHY ARE THE RATES GOING UP? WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THAT? BECAUSE IT IS. IT'S EGREGIOUS.

SO THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? OH SHERRY, I GOT YOU RIGHT HERE.

SORRY YOU GOT YOUR CARD.

HOW MUCH IS A LIFETIME? MEMBERSHIP AGAIN? SHERRY BEST, 3949 BRADFORD STREET.

I WANT TO READ INTO THE RECORD A WONDERFUL EMAIL THAT THE MAYOR AND THE CITY MANAGER RECEIVED FROM A COLLEAGUE OF MINE, DAVID HOLLINGER.

AND DAVID WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT A CONFERENCE HOSTED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE.

AND THAT CONSISTED OF A NUMBER OF REPORTS BY STUDENTS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE AND THEN THE CSU AND THE UC SYSTEM OF THEIR RESEARCH IN THE HISTORY AREA.

AND DAVID HOLLINGER, WHO IS RETIRED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY AS A HISTORY PROFESSOR, WAS OUR KEYNOTER, AND WE SPOKE FOR A WHILE.

HE IS EVELYN HOLLINGER'S SON, AND THEN HE SENT A EMAIL TO MAYOR HEPBURN AND CITY MANAGER DOMER, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO READ.

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HE SAYS, WHEN I WAS IN LA VERNE THIS PAST WEEKEND, I WAS ABLE TO VISIT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A NUMBER OF YEARS, THE GROVE OF TREES THAT THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY MOTHER, EVELYN HOLLINGER, WHO WAS ACTIVE IN LA VERNE AFFAIRS FOR SEVERAL DECADES AND THE AUTHOR OF A BOOK RECOUNTING THE CITY'S HISTORY.

I WAS DELIGHTED TO SEE THAT THE GROVE HAD BEEN WELL MAINTAINED, AND TOOK SOME PICTURES TO SEND TO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, SOME OF WHOM WERE SPREAD AFAR NEW YORK, THE NETHERLANDS, ETC..

SINCE I HAVE THE IMPRESSION THAT THE DECISION TO HONOR MY MOTHER IN THIS WAY WAS MADE BY JOHN BLICKENSTAFF, AMONG OTHERS, I COPIED HIM WITH THIS MESSAGE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN JOHN IN MANY YEARS, BUT HE AND I OVERLAPPED AT BONITA FOR A YEAR, AND HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A VALUED MEMBER AND FRIEND OF THE HOLLINGER FAMILY.

I ALSO COPIED SHERRY BEST OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AN ORGANIZATION TO WHICH MY MOTHER WAS DEVOTED, AND ONE THAT SEEMS, I GATHER, FROM A BRIEF CHAT WITH SHERRY WHEN I WAS IN TOWN THE OTHER DAY, TO BE GOING STRONG THESE DAYS.

PLEASE KNOW THAT THE EVELYN HOLLINGER GROVE MEANS A GREAT DEAL TO THE HOLLINGER FAMILY AND OUR LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS IN LA VERNE, YOURS WITH EVERY GOOD WISH, DAVID HOLLINGER.

AND SO I THINK THAT WAS A VERY NICE FOLLOW UP, VERY KIND OF HIM TO DO THAT.

AND A NICE PAT ON THE BACK TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU SHERRY [APPLAUSE].

ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH MAYOR.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS ]

I'M ALL MESSED UP.

MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

AS FAR AS THE DATE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE COMING TO OUR COUNCIL MEETING, I BELIEVE IT'S MAY THE 6TH.

AND WE'LL ALSO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN AS WELL.

WITH THAT THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE OTHER THAN THE RECYCLING AT BONITA THIS WEEKEND.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

SO JUST REALLY QUICK, JUST A LIST OF UPCOMING ITEMS. AS YVONNE GALLEGOS HAD INDICATED, THE CASI MEETING IS TOMORROW.

THERE'S ALSO AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THE NINTH.

SO FOR ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED THOSE TWO THINGS ARE COMING UP.

THERE IS ALSO A SERIES OF RIBBON CUTTINGS FOR THOSE WHO OF YOU WHO MAY BE INTERESTED.

IT'S PROBABLY AT THE END OF THIS AGENDA.

BUT ALSO THE COOL CRUISE IS THIS SATURDAY.

AND THE COMMUNITY YARD SALE IS THIS SATURDAY.

SO IF YOU ARE IN TOWN AND INTERESTED, THOSE ARE TWO EVENTS AND HOPEFULLY THE RAIN WILL HOLD OFF AND WE WILL HAVE NICE WEATHER.

BUT I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY THAT I DID GO TO THE HOUSE OF RUTH GRAND REOPENING.

THE OTHER DAY. AND SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL, ABOUT 8 OR 9 MONTHS AGO, I HAD SAID THAT SOMEONE HAD DRIVEN INTO THE HOUSE OF RUTH AND PRETTY MUCH DESTROYED A BIG PART OF THEIR COUNSELING AREA.

AND SO CONSTRUCTION IS FINALLY COMPLETED.

SO THEY'RE BACK UP AND RUNNING.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL GRAND OPENING.

IT WAS ATTENDED BY QUITE A FEW CITIES BECAUSE THEY SERVICE A PRETTY LARGE GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

AND IT WAS REALLY WELL ATTENDED.

AND SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW THE HOUSE OF RUTH, I WOULD URGE YOU TO.

THEY DO INCREDIBLE WORK AND HAVE BEEN DOING INCREDIBLE WORK FOR DECADES IN THIS AREA FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

THEY ALSO HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT PREEMPTIVE PROGRAMS TO REALLY HELP EDUCATE YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT WHAT A GOOD, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIP LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY, NOT EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD ROLE MODELS ABOUT WHAT THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE THAT SO THAT THEY DON'T FIND THEMSELVES IN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIPS, BUT A REALLY GREAT PLACE, REALLY DOING SOME REALLY GOOD WORK THERE.

SO IF YOU'RE EVER INTERESTED IN VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES OR SOMEWHERE TO YOU KNOW, THROW YOUR CHARITABLE DONATIONS, I WOULD RECOMMEND HOUSE OF RUTH.

BUT IT WAS A REALLY TOUCHING AND BEAUTIFUL CEREMONY.

SO AS ALWAYS, HAPPY MONDAY.

HAVE A GREAT MONTH.

WE ARE A MONTH AWAY FROM FAIR TIME, WHICH MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON REMINDED ME OF WHEN HE SAID FAIR.

BUT YOU CAN BUY EARLY SEASON TICKETS AND ALL THAT JAZZ, BUT JUST GET READY.

IT'S COMING. SO IT SHOULD BE READY FOR A FUN TIME.

BE KIND AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

I REALLY APPRECIATED SEEING OUR NEW FIRE EXPLORERS PROGRAM AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR FUTURE FIREFIGHTERS IN THAT GROUP.

[01:35:03]

IT IS MONTH OF APRIL AUTISM MONTH.

I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT ONE GROUP IN PARTICULAR.

AUTISTIC SPECTRUM ATHLETICS IS A SPORTS PROGRAM FOR KIDS AGES 5 TO 18.

THAT IS DONE IN THIS AREA.

THEY THEY REALLY PLAY THEIR GAMES OUT OF GLENDORA AND SAN DIMAS.

BUT THEY GET STUDENTS AND KIDS FROM ALL THE WAY FROM NORCO TO LONG BEACH DRIVE UP FOR A SPECTACULAR PROGRAM.

THEY'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR 12 YEARS NOW, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM FOR KIDS TO AND FAMILIES TO CONNECT WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT FEEL ACCEPTED IN OTHER GROUPS.

SO REALLY SUPPORT THEM.

AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT IMPROVEMENT AND CONSTRUCTION.

I JUST WANT TO GIVE IT UP TO OUR, OUR WORKERS HERE AT CITY HALL THAT IF YOU'VE EVER LIVED IN OR THROUGH CONSTRUCTION, WE'VE HAD ALL OF OUR PEOPLE HERE IN CITY HALL HAS BEEN LIVING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION FOR, FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOW, WHERE I EVEN CAME IN THIS MORNING AND THEY STILL WERE ALL HAD THEIR DESKS AND ALL THEIR PERSONAL ITEMS AND WIRES AND COMPUTERS ALL THROUGHOUT THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO AND THEY GOT THAT MOVED.

I APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK.

LIVING THROUGH THAT IS.

AND THEY. AND EVERY TIME I CAME IN, ALL SMILES, IT WAS ALL.

NOPE. WE DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO AND WHERE WE'RE PLACED, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT THE WORK.

SO REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY WORKERS AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO. AND THAT IS IT.

COOL CRUISE THIS SATURDAY, WEATHER PERMITTING.

IF IT'S RAINING, THEY PROBABLY WON'T HAVE IT.

THEY WON'T. THEY WON'T BRING THEIR CARS AS MUCH.

OR THE YARD SALE PROBABLY EITHER.

SO IF IT'S RAINING, THEY PROBABLY WON'T SET UP.

OKAY, WELL, THEY'VE GOT THE COVERS OVER THERE, WHICH IS KIND OF NICE, BUT OKAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SAY? ALMOST IS BEST FOR LAST, BUT YEAH.

I'M JUST GLAD.

I'M HOPING. I'M HOPING EVERYBODY HAD A GREAT EASTER YESTERDAY.

SPEND TIME WITH YOUR FAMILIES, LIKE MANY OF US HAVE.

AND I WAS REALLY JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY COME TODAY TO JUST TO SHARE SOME KIND WORDS AND, YOU KNOW, SEEING HOW WE CAN MAKE THE CITY EVEN BETTER. EVERYBODY, UNFORTUNATELY, TOOK EVERYTHING I WAS GOING TO SAY.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY MUCH I HAVE TO SAY, BUT I WILL SAY THIS GREAT STUFF.

THANK YOU FOR POINTING IT OUT.

OF COURSE, OF COURSE.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S OUT THERE.

BUT APRIL 5TH, LET'S FIRST START WITH THIS PIZZA AND STUFFS RIBBON CUTTING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND IT'S LOCATED AT 1532 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.

AND THEN [INAUDIBLE] SALON ON APRIL 12TH AT 2 P.M.

AND AND APRIL 18TH LAST BUT NEVER THE LEAST COMING IN AT 4 P.M.

RIGHT HERE LIVE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER IS OUR CHIEF OF POLICE SWEARING IN CEREMONY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

SO WE'LL DO A FRIENDLY REMINDER AGAIN AT OUR NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING WHICH OUR GOOD MAYOR WILL LET EVERYBODY KNOW SO.

AND THE FAIR I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FAIR.

SO, YOU KNOW, COMING UP NEXT MONTH, WE'LL KIND OF SHARE SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.

AND JUST SEEING YOU GUYS FOR ANOTHER A FEW MORE YEARS, I GUESS THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

I JUST WANT TO CONGRATULATE RICK AND WENDY.

AND NOT FOR THE FACT THAT THAT THE RESIDENTS APPROVE OF YOU TREMENDOUSLY, BUT ALSO, WE SAVED SOME MONEY FOR THE CITY, AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT FOR THE FOR THAT ALSO. THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE SUPPORT FOR MYSELF.

I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR OF FUN STUFF AND ACTIVITIES.

AND I WILL NOT BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.

I WILL BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

[INAUDIBLE] BUT I'LL PROBABLY BE CALLING IN, BUT NO, I APPRECIATE THAT.

AS WE'VE GROWN AS A COUNCIL, I THINK THAT WE ALL COVER ALL OF THE SPACES VERY WELL.

WE ALL FILL IN FOR EACH OTHER, AND I THINK THAT'S A TEAMWORK.

SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT.

AND WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT STUFF IN APRIL.

GOT SOME GREAT STUFF IN MAY.

[01:40:01]

SO LOOKING FOR A GRAND OPENING OF A PLAYGROUND HERE PRETTY SOON TOO UP LOWELL BRANT PARK.

SO ONCE WE GET IT SPIFFED UP AND SANDED UP AND READY TO GO, I'M SURE THAT MEG WILL LET US KNOW, BUT THANK YOU.

BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR COMING TONIGHT.

I THANK ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.

ALTHOUGH MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON ASKED ME, WHY IS THE CORNER OF THE ROOM BY ALL THE EMPLOYEES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS DARK? IS THERE? WE'RE SAVING MONEY.

IS THAT YOU, CHRISTY? OH, CHRISTY. YOU'RE AMAZING.

IT'S OKAY. THEY'RE ALL GOING BLIND, BUT THAT'S FINE.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. THEY'RE FINE.

WITH THAT AGAIN, I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT EASTER.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WHEN I COME BACK, WE'LL START THIS ALL OVER AGAIN.

BUT ANYWAY OUR NEXT REGULAR LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 15TH, TAX DAY 5:30 P.M..

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

AND WHAT'S THAT? WELL, IT WASN'T ON THE PRINTED ONE.

WHAT I DO HAVE TO SAY IS WE THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING WE HAVE A NEW AGENDA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.

I SAW IT AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

AND STAFF'S GETTING USED TO IT, BUT I THINK THAT WHEN WE PRINTED THIS UP IT'S NOT LIKE, THE OLD WAY.

AND SO WE MISSED A STEP.

THAT WILL BE FIXED ON THE 15TH UNDER MAYOR PRO TEM LEADERSHIP OF THE MEETING.

VERY GOOD. AND AARON B, NICE JOB.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU.

ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES AND EVERYBODY THAT HAD TO DISPLACE THEMSELVES.

IT DOES LOOK GREAT AND I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME.

CHRISTY. NICE COLORS.

YOU KNOW, YOU PICKED SOME GREAT COLORS.

GET A GREAT JOB AND EVERYONE THANK YOU ALL AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:21 P.M..

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.