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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT?
[CALL TO ORDER]
I LIKE THAT, THAT'S BETTER.WE'VE GOT SOME AMAZING PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE.
IS IT GOOD, SHERRY?? IT'S GOOD. RIGHT, SHERRY? WE'RE GOOD BACK THERE? WELL, WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE TONIGHT.
SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO START THIS MEETING TONIGHT AT 6:33PM ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3RD AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PER THE CITY'S RULES FOR 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.
WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE VETERAN DAVID ALVARADO, ARMY E-4, TO CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US, MR. ALVARADO, IF YOU PLEASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY ONE THING.
EVERYBODY ELSE WILL PUT THEIR RIGHT HAND OVER THEIR HEART.
SO PLEASE FACE THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE WHOLE MEETING TONIGHT, SIR.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE MY FELLOW ARMY BROTHER IN FRONT OF ME [INAUDIBLE].
BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OUR GREAT CITY.
I WANT TO THANK YOU, JUST PERSONALLY, AS A VETERAN, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN YOU SERVE YOUR FAMILY SERVES, BROTHER.
SO GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE FOR THE VFW.
SEEING YOU OUT THERE WITH A LOT OF OUR BROTHERS OUT THERE AND SISTERS [INAUDIBLE].
IT'S OKAY. YOU'VE DONE IT A LOT.
YOU'VE DONE A LOT FOR THIS CITY.
NOR ANY OF US FORGOTTEN OR ALL OUR GREAT CITIZENS HERE.
I WANT TO PRESENT TO YOU THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO DAVID ALVARADO.
THE CERTIFICATES PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T LEAVE WITHOUT SAYING A FEW WORDS.
A FEW MORE WORDS. HOW'S THAT? TONIGHT I'M VERY PROUD TO BE HERE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE HERE FROM LA VERNE, WHOEVER THEY MAY BE.
OUR COMMANDERS ARE ALWAYS WATCHING US TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T MESS UP.
PLEASE CERTIFICATE ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, I WOULD LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE OUR PHOTO, SOLDIER.
SO, MR. DOMER, ROLL CALL, PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
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TONIGHT WE HAVE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS.[PRESENTATIONS ]
FIRST WILL BE PROCLAMATION AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT SEPTEMBER IS NATIONAL EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH.COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION SPECIALIST, LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
COME ON UP AS WE DO THIS PRESENTATION PROCLAMATION.
I KNOW THAT JENNIFER IS IN HERE SOMEWHERE.
WE EVEN HAVE OUR FACILITIES, OUR MAINTENANCE.
REPAIR FACILITIES FOR OUR VEHICLES.
WHAT WAS IT YESTERDAY? HE WENT UP TO HELP WITH THEIR VEHICLES AND STUFF.
WE HAVE SO MANY FIRES UP THERE.
TEAMS OUT, MULTIPLE TEAMS AND ALSO SOME OF OUR SPECIAL EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF OUR SPECIAL ENGINES.
OF WHAT? OUR LITTLE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TINY BUT MIGHTY AS WE SAY, AS OUR PREVIOUS POLICE CHIEF.
IS THE FACT THAT WE CAN COVER A LOT OF SPACE AND WE CAN GO QUICKLY.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RED TAPE.
WE CAN JUST SAY WE NEED TO GO.
WE BACKFILL, MAKE SURE WE'VE GOT OUR STATIONS COVERED, AND WE GO.
SO THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
ALSO TO CHIEF NIGG, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SENDING OUT THESE PEOPLE AND BRINGING THEM BACK SAFELY.
SO ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THE STAFF.
LA VERNE PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH IS RECOGNIZED EACH SEPTEMBER ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO PROMOTE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PLANNING, EMPHASIZING THE IMPORTANCE OF PREPAREDNESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, ADVANCING ACCESSIBILITY AND CULTURAL COMPETENCY.
COMPETENCY ON BOOSTING THE NATION'S PREPAREDNESS AND WHEREAS EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS CAN OCCUR AT ANY TIME, AND BEING PREPARED IS ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVELY RESPONDING TO AND RECOVERING FROM SUCH EVENTS AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF LA VERNE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO LEARN HOW TO BE WELL EQUIPPED AGAINST POTENTIAL DISASTERS THROUGH THE COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM CERT TRAINING PROGRAM.
LEARN THE BENEFITS OF HOME HARDENING THROUGH THE NFPA FIREWISE USA PROGRAM.
STAYING INFORMED ABOUT LOCAL EMERGENCIES BY SUBSCRIBING TO NIXLE ALERTS AND EDUCATING ONESELF ON FUTURE TOOLS COMING TO LA VERNE SUCH AS GENESIS PROTECT AND WHEREAS, RESIDENTS CAN FURTHER ENHANCE PREPAREDNESS BY BEING EARTHQUAKE PREPARED AND READY TO DROP, COVER AND HOLD.
CREATING A FAMILY EMERGENCY PLAN THAT INCLUDES COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND MEETING LOCATIONS.
ASSEMBLY AND EMERGENCY SUPPLY KIT WITH ESSENTIAL ITEMS SUCH AS FOOD, WATER, MEDICATIONS AND IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS AND LEARNING LIFE SAVING SKILLS LIKE AID AND CPR FIRST AID.
NOW, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE THAT THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2024 BE RECOGNIZED AS NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH AND THE CITY COUNCIL URGE ALL CITIZENS TO BE INFORMED AND MAKE A PLAN AND BUILD COMMUNITY RESILIENCE BY BEING MORE PREPARED AND HELPING OTHERS TO DO THE SAME.
THIS THIRD DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024.
THANK YOU LONNIE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND THE CITY FOR RECOGNIZING THIS.
IF YOU HAVEN'T STARTED YET, IT'S A GOOD TIME TO START.
YOU'VE GOT ALL OF YOUR DOCUMENTS, YOU'VE GOT YOUR PLANNING.
THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS A LOT OF RESOURCES.
WE HAVE A LA VERNE CERT PROGRAM.
SO PLENTY OF WAYS TO GET PREPARED, GET INFORMATION.
IF AT ANY POINT YOU'RE UNSURE, PLEASE GIVE US A CALL.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HELP. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU LONNIE. CHIEF, YOU WANT TO COME UP FOR A PICTURE?
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THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU, CHIEF.NEXT, WE'LL BE HONORING 3 OF LA VERNE RSVP MEMBERS FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.
I'D LIKE TO CALL UP MARLOU FAUSTINI, NORM FAUSTINI, AND MARV WESTON AND PRESENT THEM WITH CERTIFICATES FOR THE YEARS OF DEDICATION AND SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY OF LA VERNE AND THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OKAY, ARE WE READY? OKAY. MR. FAUSTINI WAS BORN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.
THANK GOODNESS YOU KNOW YOUR NAME.
STILL, IF MARLOWE LETS YOU DO THAT.
HE WAS BORN IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, JOINED THE NAVY AT 16 AND SERVED FOR 39 YEARS, RETIRING AS COMMAND MASTER CHIEF OF THE NAVY SEABEES IN 1990 AFTER MOVING TO CALIFORNIA. HE HAD SUCCESSFUL 35 YEAR CAREER WITH PACIFIC BELL, RETIRING AS A SECOND LEVEL MANAGER IN 1987.
HE AND HIS WIFE MARLOU MOVED TO LA VERNE IN 1981.
THAT WAS JUST BUILT, ISN'T IT? BRAND NEW. WHERE THERE ARE NEIGHBORS, BY THE WAY, WHERE NORM BECAME DEEPLY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, INCLUDING 20 YEARS AS COORDINATOR FOR THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL RSVP, AND EIGHT YEARS AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER.
TODAY, NORM REMAINS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND ENJOYS SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND TRAVELING KNOW FOR HIS UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO LA VERNE HAS LEFT A LASTING IMPACT, EXEMPLIFYING THE TRUE SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND COMMITMENT.
CITY OF LA VERNE. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO NORM FAUSTINI.
WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A WORD? BEEN A LONG TIME.
NO, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SAY A WORD.
BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THIS WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, THERE WAS ONLY ABOUT 5 OR 6 OF US.
AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS WE BUILT IT UP TO, AT ONE TIME, OVER 30 PEOPLE AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL FROM OUR CITY, AND THEY ALL WORKED HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING WE CAN TO MAKE OUR CITY WHAT IT IS TODAY.
THERE'S SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE OUT THERE, AND THERE'S SO MANY GOOD PEOPLE THAT WE REALLY ENJOY WORKING WITH, THANK YOU.
MARLOU FAUSTINI AND IF YOU HAVEN'T REALIZED THAT THIS IS NORM'S WIFE, THE BETTER HALF THE FAUSTINI.
SHE ALLOWS NORM TO DO EVERYTHING.
MARLOU FAUSTINI WAS BORN IN LOS ANGELES AND BUILT A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AT PACIFIC BELL.
YOU TOO AT PACIFIC BELL MY WIFE'S FAMILY WAS ALL FROM PACIFIC BELL.
THAT WAS QUITE A COMPANY IN ITS DAY.
RISING TO A SECOND LEVEL MANAGER IN HR BEFORE RETIRING IN 1991.
THAT'S WHY YOU HANDLE HIM SO WELL.
AFTER MOVING TO LA VERNE IN 1981 WITH HER HUSBAND NORM, SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO COMMUNITY SERVICE, JOINING THE LA VERNE RSVP PROGRAM IN 1995 AND SERVING AS SECRETARIAL COORDINATOR FOR 20.
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SHE AND NORM ENJOYED TRAVELING AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.ROUND OF APPLAUSE, CITY OF LA VERNE.
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO MARLOU FAUSTINI.
WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR 20 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
OKAY, WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF FAMILY MEMBERS, STARTING WITH SON, MIKE.
GRANDDAUGHTER, GABBY AND GRANDDAUGHTER, TAYLOR.
YOU ALL HAVE TO COME UP AND HAVE A LITTLE SPEECH FOR LIKE TEN MINUTES EACH, SO YOU PREPARE FOR THAT.
ANYWAY, I EVERY ONE OF THE RSVP'S DOES AN AMAZING JOB.
THEY'RE THE BACKBONE OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
OUR CHIEF, SAM GONZALEZ WOULD NOT BE WHERE THEY AT? AND THE HELP FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE RSVP.
IT WOULD NOT BE THE CITY WE LIVE IN.
THEY ARE THE ONES WATCHING FOR PEOPLE THAT AREN'T HOME, THAT CALL IN.
THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEEDS THAT THEY CHECK ON.
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT OUR CITY DOES, BESIDES ALL THE OTHER THINGS THEY DO.
THE LIFE SCAN AND THEY DO EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY DO FOR THE FACT THAT EVERY SINGLE THING WE PUT TOGETHER AT THE CITY, WHETHER IT BE 4TH OF JULY, WHETHER IT BE MANY THINGS THAT WE DO HERE, THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE ALONG WITH OUR SEARCH PEOPLE.
SO WE HAVE SOME AMAZING VOLUNTEERS.
WITHOUT THEM, WE WOULD NOT BE THE COMMUNITY WE ARE.
SO I THANK YOU BOTH AND I THANK YOU ALL, NOW.
MARK WESTON TAKES SOME OF THE BEST PHOTOS I'VE EVER SEEN.
THANK YOU, MARK WAS AND SANDY, SHE LETS HIM DO IT, WAS BORN IN WHITTIER, DEDICATED HIS CAREER TO EDUCATION, TEACHING BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING AT SIERRA HIGH SCHOOL, AND DEVELOPING A SUCCESSFUL RETAIL SALES AND MERCHANDIZING PROGRAM AT PUENTE HILLS MALL.
AFTER SETTLING IN LA VERNE WITH HIS WIFE SANDY, MARV BECAME DEEPLY INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY SERVICE, PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL RSVP PROGRAM, WHERE HE SERVED AS FINANCIAL COORDINATOR FROM 2014 TO 24.
HIS LIFE REFLECTS A DEEP COMMITMENT TO SERVICE, EDUCATION AND HIS LA VERNE COMMUNITY.
YOU GOT A POPULAR GROUP OVER THERE, SIR.
HOW MUCH JAM HAVE YOU HAD? WHICH IS THE BEST JAM AND GREEN BEANS, BY THE WAY.
VERY GOOD AND THE PEACH MANGO.
OH, THE PEACH MANGO IS VERY GOOD.
WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
WELL, IT'S SO OFTEN WHEN YOU SEE HOW MUCH A PROGRAM LIKE THIS MEANS TO THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF IT AND GOING BACK TO 2008, MY DEAR WIFE SANDY AND I BECAME MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP, AND WE'VE JUST HAD A WONDERFUL TIME.
I'M ALMOST IN AWE TO BE HERE WITH THE PAINTINGS, THOUGH THEY ARE REALLY THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE MADE IT SO MUCH OF A VERY IMPORTANT PROGRAM.
MY WIFE AND I STARTED UP A PROGRAM CALLED [INAUDIBLE],.
I THINK THE COMMUNITY I'D LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE IT'S VERY ACTIVE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE VISITATION EVERY WEEK OF SENIORS THAT ARE LIVING ALONE, SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THAT PROGRAM AND SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS RECOGNITION AND I CERTAINLY WANT TO RECOGNIZE MY BACKUP PHOTOGRAPHER
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HERE, MY SON IN LAW, JOHN BAUER AND HIS LOVELY WIFE JENNY, ALONG WITH MY WIFE, SANDY.NOW IT'S TIME FOR FAMILY PHOTOS.
WE'RE GOING TO GET SOME PHOTOS UP HERE.
I STARTED THE WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN 2000.
AND EVEN THEN, THAT'S WHEN I FIRST MET LOU AND NORM.
THEY ARE TWO OF THE MOST CARING AND LOVING INDIVIDUALS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT YOU READ ON SOME OF THIS PAPERWORK, BUT THERE'S POLICE OFFICERS HERE BEHIND ME THAT WOULD AGREE THAT THERE'S ALWAYS BROWNIES WITH OR WITHOUT NUTS AND THOSE AND THEY'RE INCREDIBLE WITH COFFEE.
SO SHE COULD PROBABLY POISON ALL OF US WITH THESE.
NO, SHE DIDN'T. THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHE DID FROM THE BOTTOM OF HER HEART AND I'M SURE WITH NORM'S HELP AND, YOU KNOW, LATER ON, MARV COMES ALONG HERE AND THEY BECOME THREE OF THE LEADERSHIP, IF YOU WILL, OR THE LA VERNE RSVP PROGRAM.
SO I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR 20 YEARS PLUS YOUR WHAT, 16 PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO THE RSVP PROGRAM? AND MARV TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT THEY DO AND THE YOU'RE NOT ALONE PROGRAM IS IS HUGE.
YOU KNOW, AS YOU BECOME SENIOR OR OLDER OLDER AMERICANS.
OFTENTIMES THESE ARE THE FRIENDS YOU HAVE AND SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT THEY DO, THEY REALLY TOUCH THE LIVES OF MANY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE A GREAT AMOUNT OF MOBILE HOME PARKS THAT THEY TOUCH.
SO I WANT TO THANK THE THREE OF YOU.
I HAVE THESE CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION FOR EACH ONE OF YOU.
FOR VERY SIMILAR, EXCEPT FOR THE AMOUNT OF YEARS AND THIS IS IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION FOR YOUR YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE AS A RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM BOARD MEMBER, WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT APPRECIATION FOR YOUR UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND LEADERSHIP, YOUR INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS HAVE PROFOUNDLY SHAPED OUR ORGANIZATION, AND YOUR LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US FOR YEARS TO COME.
THANK YOU GUYS. ALL THREE OF YOU.
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OKAY.YOU APPRECIATE IT. IT DOESN'T GO UNNOTICED, BELIEVE ME.
OKAY. CONTINUE WITH HONORING THOSE THAT VOLUNTEER SUSAN SWANK HAS VOLUNTEERED HER TIME FOR OVER 28 YEARS.
ROUND OF APPLAUSE. SERVING AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LA VERNE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND AN RSVP FOR THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.[INAUDIBLE] SUSAN SWANK.
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THERE ARE SAFETY NET AND TRADITIONAL COMMUNICATIONS METHODS LIKE THE INTERNET, CELL PHONES AND LANDLINES FAIL.IN ADDITION TO HER WORK WITH LEX, SUZANNE ALSO SERVED AS A DEDICATED RSVP FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
YOUR COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SERVICE AND COMMUNITY SAFETY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIRELESS EFFORTS TO KEEP.
CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO SUSAN SWANK.
EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS TEAM AND RSVP MEMBER.
THE SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR 28 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT? FINE. THERE YOU GO AND YOU HAVE A FAMILY MEMBER WITH YOU ALSO.
IN THE CASE OF IN THE CASE OF AN EMERGENCY IS TREMENDOUS.
IF YOU CAN THINK OF HAM OPERATED RADIOS, IF OUR RADIO SYSTEMS GO DOWN AND THEY RELY HEAVILY ON THE INTERNET, HEAVILY ON CELL TOWERS, WHERE THIS IS KIND OF YOUR ORIGINAL METHOD OF COMMUNICATING, AND WITHOUT THEM, LA VERNE WOULD BE USING A STRING AND A CAN MIGHT AS WELL USE THAT.
SO GOD FORBID WE HAVE A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE.
BUT WE'RE READY. WE'RE ABSOLUTELY READY.
SECRETARY OF THE LA VERNE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, WE EXTEND OUR SINCERE GRATITUDE.
YOUR COMMITMENT HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN ENSURING RELIABLE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS FOR OUR CITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[INAUDIBLE] . TONIGHT WE WILL BE HONORING TWO RECENT POLICE DEPARTMENT RETIREES.
SERGEANT MARTIN WEINRAUB, WHO RETIRED ON MAY 2ND, 2024.
AFTER OVER 29 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST DAWN FINN RETIRED ON JUNE 29TH, 2024.
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OKAY. SERGEANT MARTIN WEINREB RETIRED ON MAY 2ND, 2024, AFTER OVER 29 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.WAS THAT BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T A GREAT MECHANIC OR YOU WANTED TO GO TO LAW ENFORCEMENT? [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY, I'LL GO WITH THAT ONE, I LIKE THAT.
THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, SERGEANT WEINRAUB HAS SERVED IN VARIOUS ROLES, INCLUDING SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER, MEMBER OF THE FOOTHILL SPECIAL ENFORCEMENT TEAM, MOTOR OFFICER ESSER MEMBERS, AND MOTOR OFFICER.
PROBABLY NOT ON THE GOOD SIDE OF THE TICKET, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
CORPORAL AND DETECTIVE PROMOTED TO SERGEANT IN 2022.
AS HE RETIRES, MARTIN LOOKS FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY, TRAVELING, AND WORKING ON CARS.
HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE HAVE LEFT A LASTING LEGACY.
I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL, ONE FOR BEING HERE AND ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
I DID BRING SOME FAMILY WITH ME.
MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE, JULIE, WHO'S TAKING PHOTOS.
MY DAUGHTER DESIREE, WHO'S OVER HERE IN THE AUDIENCE.
MY MOM, SUSAN, AND MY MOTHER IN LAW, LINDA AND WE CAN'T FORGET MY GREAT GRANDPA, DAVE BOSCARINO.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT BACKDROP OF LA VERNE, OKAY? FORGET THAT. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
BOY, WHY IS BOSCARINO ALWAYS IN EVERYTHING? HE WAS AT THE SCHOOL WHEN MY KIDS WERE THERE.
IT'S LIKE. SERIOUSLY, TIM, WE GOT A LEAK ON THE FIELD, OUT IN THE FIELD, OUT THERE.
WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR 29 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
[INAUDIBLE]. 35 YEARS. THAT'S IMPRESSIVE AND YOU LOOK LIKE A CHILD IMPRESSIVE.
I'M SORRY I DIDN'T SAY THAT TO YOU.
I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BOSCARINO.
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH! EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AND COMMITMENT LED TO THE PROMOTION TO ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY IN 2005 AND 2021.
AFTER EARNING HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO MANAGEMENT ANALYST, WHERE SHE CONTINUED TO EXCEL AND CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE DEPARTMENT'S SUCCESS, RECENTLY BECOMING A GRANDMOTHER. CONGRATULATIONS.
HER DEDICATION AND SERVICE HAVE LEFT A LASTING IMPACT.
SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL.
DON FINN, WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR YOUR 35 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU BOTH.
NOW IT'S PICTURE TIME AND THEN IT'S CHIEF.
WELL, LIKE THE MAYOR SAID, THEY BOTH LOOK YOUNGER.
IT SEEMS LIKE IF YOU RETIRED, YOU JUST.
WE CAN'T SEND YOU OFF WITHOUT HAVING YOUR RETIREMENT SIGNS MADE HERE.
SO WEINREB'S HERE'S WEINREB'S WAY AND FINN COURT.
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR LONGSTANDING SERVICE AND USUALLY THESE TAKE FOREVER AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE GIVING IT TO YOU NOW AFTER YOU RETIRE.SO THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE HERE.
FINALLY, IT'S WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE WILL ADJOURN TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WE'RE NOT. WE'RE DOING THIS AHEAD OF TIME.
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TONIGHT'S MEETING IN HONOR OF ONE OF LAVERNE'S LONGTIME CHURCH MEMBERS WHO RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.HE ENJOYED PARTICIPATING IN EAGLE SCOUT BOARDS OF REVIEW.
ERNIE WAS A HOSPITALITY MINISTER, EUCHARISTIC MINISTER AND LECTOR.
HE ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS AND SERVED AS COUNCIL AND ASSEMBLY OFFICER.
ERNIE GRADUATED BASIC TRAINING IN 2017 AND WAS A MEMBER OF SINCE THAT TIME.
ERNIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ELEANOR.
HIS SON, ROBERT [INAUDIBLE] IS SYLVIA HERE? WE'RE GOING TO READ ON BEHALF OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE ENTIRE CITY STAFF WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THE LOSS OF YOUR HUSBAND, ERNIE.
I'M CERTAIN THAT ALL WHO KNEW HIM, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHICH I DIDN'T REALIZE.
AND I'M READING THROUGH IT AND YOUR SON ROBERT WAS ON JOHNSON, MY SOCCER TEAM, BACK A LONG TIME AGO.
HOW OLD IS YOUR SON? HE'S 33. THE SAME AS NICK.
OUR YOUNGEST. SO THAT'S THE ROOTS OF LA VERNE.
SO THAT'S THE ROOTS OF LA VERNE.
ERNIE ONE OF THE LA VERNE LONGTIME MEMBERS RECENTLY PASSED AWAY.
ERNIE MOVED TO LA VERNE IN 1999.
WE HAD HEAVILY INVOLVED IN HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY, AS WE STATED, BEING AN EAGLE SCOUT.
IF ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU.
PLEASE LET US KNOW. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ERNIE WOULD BE GREATLY HONORED.
WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.
RECESS. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE MEETING AT 7:34 PM, AND WE'RE GOING TO.
WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN? OH, WAIT.
NO, WE'RE GOING TO RECONVENE AT 7:34PM.
I WOULD ASK OUR ATTORNEY TO REPORT OUT ON THE.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING TO REPORT ON THE CLOSED SESSION.
NOW WE MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
I'D LIKE TO CALL THE FIRST NAME IN PERSON.SO IF YOU DID FILL OUT A CARD AND IT'S FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END BECAUSE WE CANNOT RESPOND ON THAT SHERRY BEST? SO I'M SHERRY BEST REPRESENTING THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND WE ARE GOING TO BE UP AND RUNNING WITH A LOT OF ACTIVITIES.
OUR FIRST ACTIVITY IN SEPTEMBER IS ON THE 28TH, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF LA VERNE AT THE SAN DIMAS LA VERNE SOROPTIMIST TRIVIA NIGHT AND OUR TEAM IS CALLED HISTORY BUFFS, NOT IN THE BUFF AND THERE'S YEAH.
SO YOU SHOULD COME FIND OUT WHAT THAT'S ALL ABOUT.
ANYHOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE AT HILLCREST FROM SIX UNTIL 9PM.
DEMONSTRATING OUR EXPERTISE IN TRIVIA IN THE BUFF.
WE'LL HAVE TO FIND. NO, NOT IN THE BUFF.
I GOT CONFUSED. SO THEN FAST FORWARD TILL THE 12TH OF OCTOBER.
WE ARE JOINING THE CITY IN THEIR SPONSORED TRUNK OR TREAT EVENT.
LOOK FOR THE 1938 INTERNATIONAL, WHICH WILL BE DRESSED UP IN APPROPRIATE HALLOWEEN ATTIRE.
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THEN ON THE 14TH, WE HAVE OUR FALL MEMBER AND COMMUNITY MEETING.WE WILL BE MEETING AT THE VETERANS HALL, AND THIS IS WHEN WE HAVE OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WHERE WE ELECT AND APPOINT OFFICERS, LOOK AT OUR BYLAWS AND DO OTHER OF THOSE REQUIRED BUSINESS THINGS THAT YOU DO WHEN YOU'RE A 501 C3.
SO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS STARTING OFF WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF ACTIVITIES.
LOOK FORWARD TO A REALLY WONDERFUL VINTAGE SALE AND HOME TOUR.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE 16TH OF NOVEMBER.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TOURING THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN AND OTHER PLACES.
OH, KATHY WANTS TO ADD SOMETHING.
SO LOTS OF THINGS IN STORE, AND I'LL BE MAKING LOTS OF REGULAR ANNOUNCEMENTS.
THANK YOU, SHERRY. APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANT TO LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT ON SEPTEMBER 17TH, THAT IS NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY.
WE ARE PROUD TO BE CO-SPONSORING NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE HELD IN AND AROUND THE ULB CAMPUS.
WE WILL HAVE TABLES SET UP ON BONITA AND THEN WITHIN THE CAMPUS WHERE WE ARE GOING TO PUT AN EFFORT TO REGISTERING VOTERS AND AGAIN, THAT IS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH.
LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE AROUND THE ULB CAMPUS AND THEN ALSO WE WILL HAVE BOOTHS IF YOU'RE ANYWHERE IN ONTARIO WE ALSO WILL HAVE TABLES AT THE COLLEGE OF LAW AND PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE ONTARIO CAMPUS OF ULB.
WE ARE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, PROUD TO BE CO-SPONSORING WITH A LOT OF COMMUNITY GROUPS.
THE LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS, THE NA SORRY NAACP OF POMONA VALLEY.
ALSO WITH THE LA VERNE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
ALSO THE ANDREW GOODMAN FOUNDATION.
SO THERE IS A BUNCH OF GROUPS THAT ARE SPONSORING THIS EFFORT TO GET PEOPLE REGISTERED TO VOTE.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU YVONNE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR YVONNE AND YOU'LL BE POSTING THAT OUT SOON, CORRECT? YES. POSTING IT OUT SOON AND CASSIE WILL HAVE IT ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL AND IN ANY EMAILS THAT WE SEND OUT WE WILL HAVE THAT INFORMATION.
WE'RE LOOKING ALSO FOR VOLUNTEERS.
LIKE I SAID, AND WE'LL HAVE SEVERAL TABLES ON THE ONTARIO CAMPUS.
IT WILL GO FROM 11 TO 6:30, AND THE SHIFTS ARE USUALLY ABOUT 1 HOUR TO 2 HOURS LONG.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO VOLUNTEER.
THANK YOU, YVONNE. APPRECIATE THAT.
FOR EVENTS HAPPENING AT THE LIBRARY.
WE'RE CONTINUING TO HOLD OUR SMART START STORYTIME EVERY FRIDAY UNTIL OCTOBER 5TH.
I MEAN, I'M SORRY, OCTOBER 4TH.
TO SIGN UP, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE LA COUNTY LIBRARY.
ORG AND LOOK UNDER EVENTS FOR LA VERNE LIBRARY.
ITS CONSTITUTION, CITIZENSHIP DAY AND CELEBRATIONS DAY.
LA VERNE LIBRARY WILL HOLD A PROGRAM FOR ADULTS.
THE PROGRAM WILL BE ON ON THE 17TH FROM 6 TO 7.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
SO WHATEVER YOU HAVE, BRING IT TO US, PLEASE OR SEND IT OVER AN EMAIL FORM SO WE CAN POST IT.
ALSO, MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT OUT THERE TO THE PUBLIC.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR.
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BOWEN? MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL.JUST A HEADS UP THAT LV 3C IS PLANNING TO DO A BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CANDIDATE FORUM, AND WE'RE PLANNING IT IN EITHER MID TO LATE OCTOBER.
SO WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE AND WE WANT TO DO IT AGAIN.
YOU CAN DO IT TIME AND A PLACE AND LET US KNOW.
IS IT GOING TO BE THE SAME PLACE? OKAY. IT'S IN THE PLANNING STAGES RIGHT NOW.
OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. PLEASE KEEP US POSTED.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND WE NOW MOVE ON TO THE 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 AND MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUEST SEPARATE DISCUSSION.
COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO PULL ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NO. MR. DOMER? IS ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC PULLED ANYTHING OFF THE CONSENT? NO, THEY HAVE NOT, MR. MAYOR, WITH THAT DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND VOTE, PLEASE.
THAT WAS THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS APPROVED 5-0 ZERO.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OTHER MATTERS.
[OTHER MATTERS]
THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS TONIGHT.THIS IS A DIFFERENT ONE BECAUSE IT IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO AN AD HOC BY DEFINITION IS FOR A LIMITED DURATION OR A LIMITED SUBJECT.
BECAUSE OF THAT YOU KNOW, WE PUT OUT IN JULY, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED SOME BYLAWS FOR THE COMMITTEE AND ALSO AT THAT TIME, YOU APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR A GROUP CALLED RESTLESS TO HELP WITH THE WATER AND SEWER RATE STUDY REPORTS AND PROCESS.
WE WENT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND A LOT OF OTHER AVENUES TO GET FOLKS INTERESTED IN THE WATER AND SEWER RATE COMMITTEE, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WE DID HAVE EIGHT APPLICANTS.
SO EACH OF YOU WILL HAVE A DIRECT APPOINTMENT.
YOU'VE REVIEWED THE APPLICANTS AND THE MATERIAL THAT THEY SUBMITTED.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS FIRST THE MAYOR, THEN THE MAYOR PRO TEM, AND THEN WE HAD A RANDOM DRAW OF COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND I BELIEVE IT WENT I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER KASH, COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
AND THEN FINALLY COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY AND THEN ONCE ALL THOSE APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE, THEN THEY WILL NEED TO BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LOT AND THEN A SECOND AND THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON IT.
YES THE BYLAWS THAT YOU VOTED ON DIDN'T PROHIBIT THAT AND BECAUSE IT IS AD HOC, WE FELT THAT IF SOMEBODY WAS INTERESTED AND THEY WERE CURRENTLY SERVING ON A COMMITTEE, THE TIMING WAS SUCH THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE ON THIS ALSO.
THE GOAL, OF COURSE, WAS TO GET AS MANY APPLICANTS AS POSSIBLE.
SO I THINK WITH EIGHT YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GOOD POOL TO PULL FROM AND AS WE GO FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, AS WE LOOK AT REGULAR COMMITTEES, THEN I WILL BE BRINGING BACK, HOPEFULLY SOMETIME SOON AFTER A STUDY SESSION, AN ITEM THAT WOULD LIMIT SOMEBODY TO ONE COMMITTEE TO ONE STANDING COMMITTEE. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS AN AD HOC COMMITTEE.
ARE ALL THE ARE THE APPLICANTS HERE TONIGHT? I DON'T BELIEVE ALL THE APPLICANTS ARE HERE TONIGHT.
WE HAVE CYNTHIA GAVALDON 3, 4.
THE BYLAWS SAID THEY DID NOT NEED TO BE.
IT'S PREFERABLE IF IT WORKS OUT.
BUT AGAIN, SOMETIMES THAT DOESN'T WORK OUT.
IN FACT, I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAD ONE APPLICANT FROM.
I BELIEVE IT WAS DISTRICT ONE AND THERE WAS MULTIPLE APPLICANTS, I BELIEVE, FROM DISTRICT 2 OR 5.
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SECOND, SORRY, YOU NEED TO CHOOSE SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT WOULD BE A NO.SO THE MAYOR PREROGATIVE, FOLLOWED BY THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND THEN LUCK OF THE RANDOM DRAW.
ANY COMMENTS FOR MR. DOMER, BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, YOU JUST ANSWERED MY QUESTION ABOUT BEING ON TWO COMMITTEES.
OKAY. WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? AFTER THE CANDIDATES SPEAK ANYBODY CAN.IT'S BASICALLY PUBLIC COMMENT IF THEY WISH TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
THEY'VE BEEN GIVEN WE'VE ALL READ THEIR BIO, BUT IF THEY WISH TO SPEAK, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME.
MY NAME IS WILLIAM PERRY, AND OUR ISSUE ON PEYTON ROAD.
WE LIVE ON A DEAD END. MR. PERRY. YES. THIS IS FOR A DIFFERENT SECTION.
I'LL MAKE SURE I CALL YOU. I'VE GOT YOUR CARD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. ANYBODY UP FOR THIS? FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? MISS GAVALDON? YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, I AM CYNTHIA GAVALDON.
WE WERE ALL GETTING BEATEN DOWN BY EDISON RATES AND ALSO MANY OF THE INFLATIONARY COSTS.
THEY ARE TRULY STUCK ON A FIXED INCOME.
THOSE WHO ASKED ME ABOUT THIS ARE VERY CONCERNED.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT.
I KNOW BECAUSE I DO SO MUCH WORK IN THIS BUSINESS.
I KNOW MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE NEEDING TO LOOK AT THEIR RATES.
THERE ARE MANY ISSUES THAT ARE COMPOUNDING THE NEED FOR RATE INCREASES.
MY FOCUS WOULD BE ON TRANSPARENCY AND OUTREACH.
WE NEED TO BE INCLUSIVE OF THOSE WHO ARE INVOLVED TOO.
LASTLY, ON THE NEED TO HAVE INVOLVED CITIZENS, I'VE BEEN UP HERE MANY TIMES IN THE PAST 30 YEARS.
I HAVE APPLIED FOR OTHER COMMITTEES TO BE PASSED OVER EACH TIME.
I'M NOT REALLY BOTHERED BY THAT, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ONE TIME IT WAS SOMEBODY NEW TO THE CITY WHO HAD NOT EVEN LIVED HERE A YEAR, AND THEN SOMEONE WITH ZERO BACKGROUND IN THE SUBJECT MATTER AND I WANT I BROUGHT THAT UP BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE A POINT AND I JUST FOUND THIS OUT.
THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WHOLE CITY.
I WAS REALLY SHOCKED BY THAT ONE.
IT'S EMBARRASSING THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OTHER PEOPLE INVOLVED, BUT TWO.
I'M THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS PAYING ATTENTION.
I WOULD HOPE THAT ALL OF THOSE HERE WHO ARE NOW JUMPING IN TO BE INVOLVED, AND I AM GUESSING BY THE COUNCIL INVITATION TO TAKE THE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NUANCES ARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IN LA VERNE EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT GETS ADOPTED, EVERY SINGLE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT GETS APPROVED, IT'S CHANGING THINGS AND IT'S CHANGING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
DO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO LA VERNE AND WHAT'S REALLY GOING TO IMPACT THIS RATE STUDY? WE DON'T REALLY KNOW YET BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT THE TWO OF THEM TOGETHER MUST BE LOOKED AT.
IT HAS TO BE DONE LIKE THAT AND THERE ARE MANY QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD HOPE THE COUNCIL CHOOSES THOSE FOR THIS FOR THIS COMMITTEE TO ACTUALLY HAVE AN INVESTMENT OR FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT'S WHO YOU SHOULD BE PICKING FOR IN EVERY SINGLE TEAM THAT YOU'RE SETTING UP TO HELP RUN THE CITY. THANK YOU, MISS GABALDON.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY. COUNCIL, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? THAT WOULD BE NO.
WE'RE ALL CLEAR. OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE APPLICANTS FOR APPLYING FOR THIS.
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WE HAVE NOT KEPT UP WITH IT AND WITH NEW MANAGEMENT AND ALSO OUR NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND ALSO BEING THAT ABOUT 25% OF OUR WATER IS PART OF OUR OWN, THAT THE COSTS DO INCREASE AND WE WANT TO GET PEOPLE AWARE OF HOW THIS WORKS AND HOW WE NEED TO STAY AHEAD OF THAT AND AS MISS GABALDON STATED, IT IS TOUGH FOR SOME PEOPLE WITH THE IF WE HAVE TO INCREASE THESE RATES, BUT WE WANT TO BE HAVE OUR RESIDENTS ON THIS AD HOC COMMITTEE UNDERSTAND WITH OUR DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS AND OUR CITY MANAGEMENT THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT PATH AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING TO UNDERSTAND THIS IS HOW IT WORKS, AND BASICALLY GET IT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY TO SAY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, AND THIS IS WHERE WE NEED TO BE ON A LONG TERM GOAL AS FAR AS OUR RATES.SO WITH THAT MY FIRST APPOINTMENT WILL BE MR. RICK BOWEN. HE'S BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENT, AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THIS.
HE'S A VERY FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AND HE'S NOT AFRAID TO VOICE HIS OPINION, AND I THINK THAT'S VERY GOOD AND I THINK THAT HE WILL BE AN ASSET TO THIS COMMITTEE, AND IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER LA VERNE TO BE ON THIS.
MR. BOWEN, YOU'RE MY SELECTION FOR FIRST CHAIR.
MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON. MY CHOICE.
LOOKING THROUGH EVERYBODY'S RESUME, I WAS MOST IMPRESSED WITH DANIEL SMITH.
I DON'T KNOW DANIEL SMITH, BUT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN [INAUDIBLE] HAVE THE MOST EXPERIENCE IN THIS PROCESS. I APPRECIATE EXPERIENCE ON THIS COMMITTEE.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
COUNCILMEMBER KASH. THANK YOU.
MAYOR. MY PICK WILL BE RAYMOND SWANK.
IS THIS AM I SCREAMING? YES. IT'S THERE.
DID I TURN IT UP? ROGER. MR. SWAIN, I APPRECIATE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP WHEN I NEEDED YOU THE MOST.
WE START WITH THIS WHOLE FIRE WISE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
YOU STOOD UP, STOOD PROUD, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND DID NOT FORGET THAT, SIR.
HOPE YOU CONTINUE THAT AND SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY.
GO, ARMY! COUNCIL MEMBER LAU MY SELECTION,.
JAMIE IS IN MY DISTRICT, BUT SHE'S ALSO BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THINGS WITH THE CITY, MOSTLY WITH THE 4TH OF JULY COMMITTEE MOST RECENTLY. BUT I ALSO KNOW HER FROM WORKING ON THE HOA BOARD AND FROM HER WORK WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS AND WHATNOT.
SHE'S VERY THOUGHTFUL WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THE INFORMATION THAT'S NECESSARY.
THAT'S MY PICK. THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LAU.
SHE HAS BEEN SHE'S AT EVERY CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND REALLY GIVES A POINT OF VIEW ACROSS AND REALLY APPRECIATE HOW IT WORKS FOR THE CITY.
SO. WELL, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE APPLICANTS.
RIGHT. I JUST WANT TO TAKE MOTION.
CAN I. WAIT, LET ME JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT HAVE APPLIED.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THERE WILL BE MORE MORE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP THAT WE WILL BE ASKING OUR RESIDENTS, THE MORE RESIDENTS INVOLVEMENT AND TRANSPARENCY WE HAVE HERE IS BETTER FOR OUR CITY, AND IT RUNS BETTER THAT WAY.
SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK A MOTION FOR ALL FIVE.
MOTION. SECOND? KASH, VOTE PLEASE.
THAT MOTION WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
THANK YOU ALL. I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
THAT DOES CARRY AND I JUST SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU AGAIN.
THERE WILL BE OTHER ITEMS. WE ALWAYS HAVE YOUR STUFF ON FILE AND WE APPRECIATE YOU APPLYING AND I REALLY DO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO REALLY HIT THE GRINDSTONE ON THIS ONE AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR RATES NEED TO BE, WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO BE VIABLE.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF YOU PARTICIPATING IN THIS, AND YOU'LL ENJOY OUR STAFF.
PROPOSITION 36 CITY MANAGER, DOMER, PLEASE MAKE THE PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM.
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THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS ITEM WAS ON THE COUNCIL BEFORE AND IT WAS CONTINUED TONIGHT FOR ONE REASON TO PROVIDE THE RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE THEIR INPUT INTO THE ISSUE.WE HAD PUT TOGETHER A WEBSITE WITH INFORMATION ON THE PROPOSITION AND THEN ALSO A SURVEY, AND THEN WE PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
SOME OF THOSE RESULTS ARE IN THE STAFF REPORT SINCE THE PRINTING OF THE STAFF REPORT, BECAUSE WE KEPT THE SURVEY OPEN A ONE EXTRA DAY, THERE WAS ONE MORE OPINION IN SUPPORT AND THEN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THERE WAS ONE MORE OPPOSED.
SO BASICALLY THE 31 SURVEY, 32 SURVEY RESPONSES IN SUPPORT, ONE AGAINST AND THEN THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND MONITORING THEM.
THERE'S ABOUT 37 I N SUPPORT AND 16 OPPOSED.
FOR THE ONE SOCIAL MEDIA AND WITH THE OTHER NEXT DOOR, THERE WAS TWO OPPOSED AND 19 SUPPORT.
SO OVERWHELMING THE MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS WHO RESPONDED TO THE SURVEYS AND WHO COMMUNICATED WITH THE CITY WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE CITY COUNCIL TAKING A STANCE ON PROPOSITION 36.
THOSE WERE DISCUSSED THE FIRST TIME WHEN WE DID MEET.
BUT IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON THAT AS PART OF THE STAFF REPORT, THE ENTIRE LANGUAGE OF THE PROPOSITION WAS PROVIDED, BUT IF THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM? MISS BEAUCHAMP? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
PLEASE CONSIDER BACKING PROP 36.
UNFORTUNATELY, OUR STATE LEGISLATION IS CONTINUOUSLY CREATING LAWS THAT JUST MAKE IT MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO DO THEIR JOBS AND HAVING A DA WHO REFUSES TO PROSECUTE, HAVING A PROBATION DEPARTMENT THAT IS A TOTAL WRECK AND JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM GOING BY THE WAYSIDE AND SO CRIME IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, AND WE NEED EVERY AVENUE OF ADVANTAGE FOR OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO BE ABLE TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE, KEEP OUR BUSINESSES SAFE, AND KEEP WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT OUR CITY, AND HAVE OUR RESIDENTS NOT BE AFRAID OF GOING OUT AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST EVERYWHERE.
I KNOW OF ALL PLACES, NORTHERN LA VERNE HAS BEEN HIT QUITE HARD RECENTLY WITH HOME BURGLARIES AND HOME INVASION ROBBERIES, AND SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PROP 36 WILL CHANGE THE VERBIAGE OF THE LAW AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE PROSECUTED SO THEY'RE NOT JUST RELEASED ON ZERO CASH BAIL AND TURN AROUND AND DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
SO I PLEASE ASK THIS COUNCIL TO APPROVE THAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DO APPROVE OF THIS PROPOSITION.
I, AS I STATED LAST TIME, I STILL HAVE A WORRY ABOUT THE CITY.
WHAT PROPOSITIONS DO WE AS A CITY APPROVE AND NOT APPROVE? AND I BELIEVE THAT CAN GET US DOWN A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
BUT I BELIEVE WE NEED THIS PROPOSITION, AND WE'LL BE VOTING YES ON THAT.
SOME OF WHEN PROPOSITIONS COME UP OF US REALLY BRINGING BRINGING THAT TO WHAT WE STAND FOR, NOT I BELIEVE THAT'S EVERY VOTER'S RIGHT TO HAVE AND JUST THAT'S WHERE I STAND.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. YOU WANTED TO SKIP KASH? YEAH. I AGREE WITH YEAH.
THANK YOU TO THE CHIEF FOR TAKING THE TIME TO SPEAK WITH ME ON THIS ONE.
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BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID BEFORE, THESE DECISIONS CAN'T JUST BE MADE, LIKE, IN A SILO.I WANTED A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPACTS AND THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES.
I DO HAVE THE SAME WORRY THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PARAMETERS FOR WHAT PROPOSITIONS WOULD BE SOUGHT TO BE ENDORSED BY COUNCIL? I DO THINK THIS ONE IS IMPORTANT IN LIGHT OF THE SMASH AND GRABS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN OUR CITY.
I THINK IN LIGHT OF THE THINGS THAT THE CHIEF HAS ENUMERATED TO ME ABOUT THE DIFFICULTIES THE POLICE HAVE HAD IN BEING ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB AND SO I RECOGNIZE THAT I WILL SAY THE THINGS THAT DID APPEAL TO ME IN THE FULL READING OF THE PROPOSITION WAS TRYING TO GET FOLKS THE TREATMENT THEY NEED.
SO I THINK AGAIN, IT'S A I THINK IT'S A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM.
IT'S THIS IS THE DISCIPLINARY PART, IF YOU WILL.
RIGHT AND SO I THINK THAT'S JUST ONE SIDE OF THE SCALE AND SO I WOULD URGE ALL FOLKS THAT AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND MAKING YOUR OWN DECISIONS ABOUT HOW YOU CHOOSE TO VOTE ON THIS PROPOSITION, THINK ABOUT WHERE ELSE ARE WE INVESTING OUR TIME, OUR MONEY AND OUR RESOURCES IN PREVENTION? AND WHAT THINGS COULD HELP PREVENT CRIMES FROM HAPPENING OR FROM PEOPLE SLIPPING INTO THIS LIFESTYLE.
SO I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
AGAIN, THIS WOULD ECHO COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY'S CONCERNS ABOUT ANY OTHER PROPOSITIONS THAT WOULD BE PUT IN FRONT OF US FOR OUR ENDORSEMENT OR OUR WORK.
SO A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO THEM AND ALL OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS THAT HAVE WORKED EVERY SINGLE DAY, DO THE BEST JOB THAT THEY CAN, PROVIDE THE PARAMETERS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. SO SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALL THOSE THAT HAVE WORKED IN THIS FIELD.
SO I'M IN SUPPORT OF OUR CITY AND WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT SAFE.
THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER KASH. MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
I'M FOR THIS AMENDMENT OR THIS RESOLUTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND I SUPPORT IT AND LOOK FORWARD.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
AS STATED THE LAST TIME IN THE MEETING, I DO APPRECIATE THE OUTREACH, AND I DO APPRECIATE MR. BEAUCHAMP AND ALSO COUNCIL LETTING THIS OUT THERE.
THIS ONE SINCE 2014 HAS CREATED HAVOC IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT BETWEEN THE AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAU STATED, THE FENTANYL AND THE DRUG SITUATION WHICH GIVING US SOME SOME TOOLS FOR THAT, PROBABLY WITH SOME FINANCIAL STABILITY ON THE BACK OF THAT. SMASH AND GRABS HOME INVASIONS MISDEMEANOR CRIMES.
IT IS STRAPPED THE HANDS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
EVERY DAY. YOU HEAR SOMETHING IN SOME COMMUNITY, IT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED.
THAT IS A KEY WITH MORE TIME IN JAIL AND PRISON TERMS. YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF A LAW IN PLACE.
BUT I THINK AS EVERYONE ELSE, I DO SUPPORT IT.
I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO AND I DO THINK THIS IS GOING TO PASS BECAUSE IT'S TIME.
SO WITH THAT, CAN I JUST MAKE JUST ONE LAST COMMENT, JUST AS A POINT OF INFORMATION FOR FOLKS RELATED TO THIS, AND I THINK, MR. DOMER, YOU CAN BACK ME UP ON THIS, BUT THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT YOU MAY HAVE ALL REMEMBERED THAT THE COUNCIL VOTED IN ALLOWS US AND THE MAYOR TO SIGN OFF ON OPPOSITION LETTERS AND SUPPORT LETTERS FOR DIFFERENT PARTS OF LEGISLATION.
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READING. IT IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE TO SEE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE BEING SUPPORTED AND OPPOSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, BASED ON THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM THAT THE RESIDENTS DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON, WHICH IS ACTUALLY QUITE FAST, AND WE HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT AND NONSUPPORT THAT AFFECT OUR CITIES, THAT AFFECTS OUR STATE, AND WE CONTINUALLY DO THAT, AND I AGREE.IT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE THINGS AFFECT HOW WE LIVE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE IN SACRAMENTO ARE PUSHING IT DOWN TO US WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE SAY, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT AS A CITY COUNCILMEMBER OR MAYOR, CITY MANAGER DOMER, WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS.
YEAH. WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN SEVERAL WEEKS TO KIND OF.
NO, I JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF THEY WANTED TO READ THE LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM OR ANY OF THE LETTERS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AGREED TO ITS CITY OF LA VERNE DOT ORG SLASH LEGISLATION AND I WILL THANK LET'S SEE, THAT IS ANDREA.
YES. ANDREA HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT'S BEEN HITTING THAT UP WITH OUR FIRM.
SO WITH THAT, I NEED A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
C LA VERNE CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE HOMELESSNESS, DRUG ADDICTION AND THEFT REDUCTION ACT.
AYE. I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M NOT.
ITEM 14 WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
THE LEFT. RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL.
THANK YOU ALL AND THANK YOU RESIDENTS.
THAT MONTH OFF, IT'S LIKE, WHO ARE YOU? OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR LATERAL ENTRY.
MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FORWARD THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.
I'M GOING TO CALL UP POLICE CHIEF DAN GONZALEZ.
GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF.
I AM HERE TO SEEK APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION SO THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND I COULD UPDATE 207, WHICH IS TITLED INCENTIVE FOR RECRUITMENT FOR LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS.
AS I'VE STOOD UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DETRIMENTS WE'VE HAD WITH RECRUITMENT AND OUR EFFORTS ALTHOUGH THEY'VE NETTED A FEW, WE'RE STILL FORECASTING THAT UP TO NINE POLICE OFFICER VACANCIES BY THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR.
THE LAST TIME THE CR WAS UPDATED WAS IN 2005, WHERE THEN WE ALSO HAD NINE POLICE OFFICERS THAT WERE OFF, I'M SORRY, VACANCIES AND THEN WE ALSO ADDITIONS TO THAT. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ALSO HAD PEOPLE ON IOD, WHICH COMPLICATES THINGS AND ADDS TO OUR OVERTIME AND STRESS TO ALL OF OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
WHICH CAUSED AN INCREASE OVERTIME.
WHICH NOW BRINGS US TO A GRAND TOTAL OF 12 POLICE OFFICERS.
WHO BETTER TO RECRUIT FOR US? BUT THEN OUR OWN EMPLOYEES WHO CAN TALK TO EITHER FRIENDS OR FAMILY, WHO ARE POLICE OFFICERS FROM OTHER AGENCIES, AND WHO WOULD VOUCH FOR THEM TO SAY, I'M WILLING TO HAVE MY FRIEND OR MY FAMILY MEMBER WORK IN LA VERNE AND THEN EXPLAIN TO THEM, HERE'S WHY IT'S SO GREAT TO WORK HERE.
BUT WE NEED THEM TO DO SO AND WE'VE DONE IT IN THE PAST BY PROVIDING THEM UP TO $1,000.
WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THAT TO $5,000.
PAID FOR, PAID THROUGH A YEAR AFTER THEY'VE SERVED.
SO THE FIRST PAYMENT WOULD BE AT 2500.
THE SECOND WOULD BE AT THE COMPLETION OF THAT LATERAL OFFICER'S PROBATION, WHICH IS A YEAR LATER.
WE'RE ADDING A SECOND COMPONENT TO THAT WHICH WOULD INCENTIVIZE LATERAL POLICE OFFICERS TO COME TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND WHAT LATERALS DO FOR US. IT REALLY DECREASES THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY SPENT IN TRAINING THAT DIFFERS FROM PERSON THAT COMES FROM THE ACADEMY.
WE CAN TYPICALLY TRAIN A LATERAL AND A THIRD OF THE TIME SPENT VERSUS SOMEONE WHO'S IN THE ACADEMY, IT'S 7 TO 9 MONTHS OUT TO GET SOMEONE TRAINED, WHICH WE CAN PUT A MONEY OR CALCULATE THAT OR ESTIMATE THAT TO ABOUT $80,000 IN SAVINGS IN REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF TRAINING SPENT ON THAT.
AGAIN, BY INCENTIVIZING THIS PROGRAM, IT CREATES A FORCE MULTIPLIER.
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IT WE NOW HAVE AT LEAST 40 PLUS EMPLOYEES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT YOU KNOW, UP TO 80 IF WE GET THERE TO RECRUIT FOR US AND WE USE SOCIAL MEDIA RIGHT NOW, WE USE ALL THESE DIFFERENT MEANS, BUT WE GOT TO GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND GETTING PEOPLE TO COME OUR WAY.WITH LIKE I MENTIONED, THE NOTED AMOUNT THAT WE'RE SEEKING TO INCREASE IT FROM 1000 TO 5000.
YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, AT THE MOMENT THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT METAPHORICALLY, IS FISHING IN THE OR RECRUITING IN THE SAME POND THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS FROM POMONA TO GLENDORA TO ALL THE AGENCIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
BUT HERE LOCALLY IN POMONA, THEY'RE OFFERING $40,000.
GLENDORA IS OFFERING 7000 $7,000.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ADD AN ADDITIONAL INCENTIVE FOR LATERALS TO COME WITH AN INCENTIVE OF $15,000, WHICH OF THAT WILL BE PAID OVER A ONE YEAR PERIOD? 2500 OF THAT WOULD BE AT SIGNING, 7500 WOULD BE AT THE COMPLETION OF TRAINING AND THE REMAINDER UPON THE COMPLETION OF PROBATION.
OKAY, I SPENT THE SIX MONTHS HERE.
I'M OUT. THANKS FOR THE $7,500 OR WHATEVER IT EQUATES TO.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO KEEP THEM HERE.
AS MENTIONED, THE DEPARTMENT HAS STRUGGLED WITH RECRUITMENT OF OFFICERS.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS SEEN AN INCREASE IN OVERTIME EXPENSES, AS YOU'VE SEEN LAST FISCAL YEAR THAT WAS REALLY A TREMENDOUS BURDEN ON OUR FINANCIAL WELL-BEING.
SO IF BY CHANCE WE GET TO 45, THEN WE CLOSE THE PROGRAM AND THE PROGRAM WILL STOP.
BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS NOT INTENDED TO BE A PERMANENT FIXTURE, BUT MORE OF A TOOL TO HELP US ACHIEVE A GOAL AND LIKE I MENTIONED THAT'LL GIVE THE CITY MANAGER AND I THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO AT THAT TIME.
207 TITLED INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR POLICE OFFICERS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN THIS PROGRAM RIGHT AWAY.
I MEAN, I THINK YOU SHOULD EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO HIRE OFF THE STREET AND HOW LONG IT TAKES, EVEN IF THE OFFICER BECOMES A POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND THE BASICALLY RATE OF WASH OUT AS FAR AS WE GO ALONG, THIS COULD BE A TWO YEAR PROCESS. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT THAT IS CORRECT.
IF YOU I LIKE TO CATEGORIZE THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT PUT THEM IN TWO DIFFERENT BUCKETS.
WE PUT THEM THROUGH THAT. BUT A LATERAL WOULD ESSENTIALLY COME THROUGH 2 TO 3 MONTHS IN THE BACKGROUND PROCESS, DEPENDING ON HOW QUICK WE CAN GET THE PAPERWORK BACK, FINGERPRINTS DONE AND THE WHOLE BACKGROUND PROCESS.
I HAD THE CAPTAIN TODAY REVIEW THAT AND BRING THAT TO MY ATTENTION TODAY.
NOW, MIND YOU, IT'S A COUPLED WITH OUR VACANCIES THAT WITH OUR IEDS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S CREATING THAT THAT THAT OVERTIME.
SO IT TAKES A LOT LONGER TO DO SO.
HAVING THAT COUPLED WITH THE OVERTIME RATE IN OUR FINANCES JUST GET WASHED AWAY QUICKER.
SO I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING AT OTHER OPTIONS BECAUSE OTHER AGENCIES ARE DOING IT.
BUT ALSO I DO NOT LIKE OVERTIME.
I, LIKE I STATED BEFORE ON THE DAIS THAT OVERTIME IS FINE, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU START TO BURN OUT
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AND EFFICIENCY AND SOMEONE CAN GET HURT.I DON'T WANT TO SAY OVERTIME'S NOT GOOD.
BUT WHEN IT'S AN EXCESS AND THAT'S IT'S NOT GOOD, AS YOU KNOW AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN FACING A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION, BUT I DO LIKE YOU BRINGING THIS FORWARD. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSION BEFORE, BUT I'LL LET THE OTHER COUNCIL, IF I MAY ADD.
MAYOR, THOSE ARE TWO EXCELLENT POINTS.
YOU LOOK AT IT THROUGH A WELLNESS PERSPECTIVE.
OUR OFFICERS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO PREACH THAT I NEED YOU HEALTHY AND IF YOU'RE CONSISTENTLY WORKING AND YOU'RE NOT SPENDING TIME AT HOME WITH YOUR LOVED ONES WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR ONE'S WELLBEING? AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
WELL, I WANT TO KEEP THESE FAMILIES INTACT.
I WANT TO KEEP THE DECISION MAKING TO PINPOINT ACCURACY.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE CITIES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK OVERTIME IS WAY OVERSTATED.
I THINK WE NEED TO CUT BACK ON IT.
IT'S DEFINITELY A TOOL TO DO THAT.
I DO WE CAN'T STATE IT ENOUGH.
SO I DO AGREE 100% AND THIS ALLOWS US TO BE COMPETITIVE AGAIN, WE'RE ALL FISHING OR RECRUITING IN THE SAME POND, METAPHORICALLY AND, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES I WANT TO COME TO LA VERNE, BUT I CAN GO HERE AND GET X AMOUNT.
HERE'S WHY YOU SHOULD COME HERE.
THOSE ARE TWO FACTORS I BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL ATTRACT PEOPLE.
I DO LIKE THE STEP PROGRAM TOO.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RETAIN.
THIS ISN'T JUST TO GRAB THE CASH AND RUN.
YES. NO, JUST, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, YOU GOT TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.
YOU LOOK AT BOTH SIDES OF THE COIN.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, LET'S SAY THEY DON'T MAKE TRAINING AND WE LET THEM GO.
THEY DON'T GET THAT ADDITIONAL.
SO YES, MOST DEFINITELY WE HAVE TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE CITY'S FUNDS.
COUNCIL. ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS, PLEASE.
I JUST APPRECIATE THE CHIEF REALLY TRYING TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX.
HAVING OUR OWN STAFF REALLY OUT THERE RECRUITING, THAT IS A KEY TO HELP BRING PEOPLE IN.
WE SAW TONIGHT WITH OUR RETIREMENT OF OFFICER WEINREB.
HE LOOKED REALLY GOOD. MAYBE HE CAN COME BACK AS WELL TOO.
BUT THE STRESS AND THE STRESS AND BURDEN THAT'S PUT ON OUR OFFICERS AND HIM BEING JUST OFF FOR TWO MONTHS JUST YOU SEE THAT STRESS GONE? AND SO THAT JUST TELLS YOU WHAT OUR OFFICERS GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DAY AND THE STRESS AND THE, AGAIN, THE OVERTIME THE DEMAND OF OVERTIME AND THE BURDEN THAT PUTS THAT EXTRA STRESS ON THEM AND THEN THERE MIGHT NOT BE THEIR BEST.
WE WANT EVERYBODY TO BE THEIR BEST AT 100% OF THE TIME.
AND OUR OFFICERS ARE AND THEY'RE GREAT.
BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE AND KEEP IT THAT WAY.
CHIEF, I APPRECIATE THIS PROGRAM.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED.
THE ONLY CONCERN THAT I WOULD HAVE IS IF WE GET SOMEBODY WHO WANTS TO COME IN THE BONUSES AND LEAPFROG TO ANOTHER AGENCY. DO WE HAVE ANY CONTROLS? THAT TYPE OF ACTION.
OH, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION AND WE LOOK AT THAT THOROUGHLY THROUGH BACKGROUNDS.
WE CALL THEM AGENCY JUMPERS WHO ARE JUST LOOKING FOR THAT MONETARY.
WE JUST SAY WE DON'T NEED THAT.
SO WE ARE DEFINITELY TRYING TO FIND THAT NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK.
COUNCIL MEMBER KASH. I HAVE NO QUESTION.
AS ALWAYS, APPRECIATE YOU CARE FOR OUR CITY.
I WOULD HAVE WENT WITH MONEY, BUT YOU KNOW.
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HAVE ALREADY ENUMERATED. SO I'M NOT GOING TO DOUBLE DIP ON THAT.THE ONLY THING THAT I WOULD THROW OUT THERE IS A POTENTIAL MAYBE ADD ON THIS IS STILL GOING TO GET, YOU KNOW, MY VOTE ON IT BUT I THINK IF YOU'VE GOT GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE RECRUITING GOOD PEOPLE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING THE RECRUITING, BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY'S A GOOD RECRUITER.
SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT CONTEMPLATED HERE, BUT THAT'S POTENTIALLY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, DOWN THE ROAD.
COUNCIL MEMBER NOW WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT NOW.
THANK YOU. CHIEF. I'M SURE YOU'LL BE BACK.
YES. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, MISS BEAUCHAMP.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MOST CERTAINLY NEEDS TO BE APPROVED.
YOU HAVE NOT YOU PERSONALLY, BUT YOU IN GENERAL PUBLIC.
YOU HAVE A STEREOTYPE IN YOUR MIND OF WHAT THE POLICE DO, AND IT IS EXPONENTIALLY SO MUCH MORE AND IT ISN'T UNTIL YOU'RE IN THIS CLASS AND YOU SEE WHAT THESE OFFICERS HAVE TO DEAL WITH ON A DAILY BASIS AND IT'S AMAZING, BUT IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE PROP 36 AND THIS GO HAND IN HAND BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO VOTE TO APPROVE THIS AND ENDORSE THAT, YET NOT HAVE ENOUGH OFFICERS AVAILABLE TO SERVE THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.
SO I THINK THIS IS A NO BRAINER.
IF YOU'RE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, OBVIOUSLY HE USES THAT LANGUAGE, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST ALWAYS VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT WITH INFORMATION AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE CHIEF GONZALEZ. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MR. GABALDON? GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR SAM ABOUT? DOES HE THINK THAT'S ENOUGH? AND THE REASON I SAY THAT IS, WELL, I AM ABOUT AS FISCALLY TIGHT AS ANYBODY THAT YOU MIGHT MEET.
NO. OH, JUST FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE.
GOTCHA. YEAH. I'LL GO THROUGH.
I HAVE TO TALK TO CYNTHIA ABOUT THAT.
GOTCHA. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT IF PUBLIC SAFETY IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE EXPECT IN THIS COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE WE GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE APPRECIATE AND I VERY MUCH DO.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS THAT SAM WOULD HAVE TO COME UP HERE AND EVEN ASK THE QUESTION.
I KNOW THE PROCESS REQUIRES IT, BUT THE IDEA THAT IF IT TAKES $15,000 TO GET SOMEBODY TO COME HERE AND WANT TO ENJOY THEIR TIME HERE IN LA VERNE WITH THIS COMMUNITY I'D SAY WHATEVER IT TAKES, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE IF WE GET THE QUALITY OF THE OFFICERS THAT WE SEE IN ON OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE ONES THAT.
JUST LIKE THE ONES THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE THIS EVENING.
SO MY POINT. THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT. ANOTHER PREVIOUS EXPERT, HARRY PRENTICE, 2986 WINWOOD STREET LA VERNE.
GOOD EVENING. ANYBODY IN BUSINESS KNOWS THAT OVERTIME IS A TRAP FOR A PROFITABLE BUSINESS? THERE COMES A TIME WHEN YOU HAVE TO HIRE PEOPLE SO THAT YOUR GUYS CAN HAVE OFF, AND THEY CAN NOT ONLY ENJOY THEIR FAMILY, BUT THERE'S A QUALITY OF LIFE TIME BEING AWAY FROM THE SHOP, TIME TO RECUPERATE.
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FORGET THEM. IT'S NEVER OUT OF YOUR MIND AND THERE HAS TO BE SOME TIME OFF FOR HEALING AND HAVE TO WORK SHIFT AFTER SHIFT AFTER SHIFT.IT ADDS ON TO IT AND ADDS ON TO IT, AND IT LEADS TO BURNOUT AND LEADS TO MISTAKES.
YOU HIRE SOMEONE TO GO DO A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION AND THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL MAYBE THROUGHOUT THE STATE OR OTHER STATES, AND THEY SPEND SEVERAL MONTHS DOING A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION ON THIS AND THEN YOU'VE GOT LIE DETECTOR TESTS, YOU'VE GOT PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS, YOU'VE AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY JUST DOING ON THE BACKGROUND.
SO WE HAVE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE COMMUNITIES AROUND US.
IT'S JUST LIKE IN BUSINESS, IF YOU LOSE, YOU LOSE.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
STEVE, YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT? THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION AND IT'S A QUESTION THAT REALLY MOST EVERY NIGHT I THOUGHT ABOUT IT AND IN TALKING TO SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES AND TALKING TO OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION, THAT OFTENTIMES WE THINK ABOUT IT AND PEOPLE DON'T COME TO LA VERNE OFTEN FOR THE MONEY.
THEY REALLY COME FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND IN ALL HONESTY, I THOUGHT ABOUT AND BACK TO WENDY'S POINT HERE EARLIER.
THE PEOPLE WHO RECRUIT FOR US WAS OUR WAS MY FOCUS.
I THOUGHT ABOUT BALANCING THE TWO AND MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGER.
SO I DID THINK ABOUT INCREASING IT TO $10,000.
POMONA DOES $10,000 FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO RECRUIT LATERALS AND THEN JUST SPLITTING THE BABY.
RIGHT. THE 10,000 FOR ONE AND 10,000 FOR THE OTHER.
BUT I REALLY I MEAN, I'LL TAKE IT.
OUR EMPLOYEES WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
110%. SOME WHO BROUGHT IN THEIR FRIENDS ALREADY BE LIKE, I MISSED THE DATE.
BUT MOVING FORWARD, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT MOVE FOR US.
SO BUT TO BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED, IS THIS ENOUGH? I MEAN, I BELIEVE THAT IF WE REALLY WANT TO PROVE A POINT THAT, HEY, THIS IS WHO WE CARE ABOUT, AND IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT THE MONEY COMING HERE.
DO YOU THINK THIS IS ENOUGH? I MEAN, MR. GABALDON EVEN STATED AND COUNCIL MEMBER KASH, SHOULD IT BE $20,000 INSTEAD OF 15? COULD IT BE MORE ON THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM? I MEAN, AS AS MR. PRENTICE STATED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S TWO YEARS WHEN YOU'RE BRINGING SOMEONE IN 3 TO 4 MONTHS, POSSIBLY RIGHT THROUGH AND WORD OF MOUTH OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE THE BEST THING WE COULD EVER DO.
WE HAVE A GREAT PLACE TO WORK.
YOU KNOW, YOU TALK I TALKED A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT CITIES ON THE COMMITTEES THAT I'M ON.
WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD THING HERE, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE IF YOU'RE GOING TO TOSS OUT A NUMBER, WE NEED TO BE AT THE RIGHT NUMBER AND WE CAN ALSO CHECK IT BECAUSE YOU CAN ALWAYS CANCEL IT ONCE YOU GET ENOUGH PEOPLE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I KNOW THAT YOU AND CITY MANAGER DOMER HAVE GONE OVER THIS, BUT IS THIS ADEQUATE? DO WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO FAST TRACK THIS SYSTEM, IN ORDER TO GET OFFICERS BACK IN THESE CARS, BACK ON THE MOTORCYCLES, BACK IN THE OFFICES IN ORDER TO STAFF IT CORRECTLY, AS MR. PRENTICE SAID AND WE'VE ALL STATED OVER TIME, NOT IT'S SO I MEAN, WE'RE ASKING YOU WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU IN ANY WAY WE CAN. WE'VE TOLD YOU THAT BEFORE.
NO, I AND I FEEL THE SINCERITY THAT'S COMING FROM EACH OF YOU AND HONESTLY, OUR POLICE OFFICERS AND OUR EMPLOYEES, THEY SEE THE COMMITMENT THAT IT'S NOT ONLY MADE BY ITS RESIDENTS, BUT BY THE COUNCIL HERE AND WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH AND IN TALKING WITH CITY MANAGER DOMER AND FINANCE TO MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD AFFORD THIS.
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I FORGOT ABOUT CHRISTY.YES. AS LONG AS CHRISTY APPROVES IT.
THE BOSS WITH THE PURSE STRINGS.
THAT'S A STARTING. THIS IS A STARTING POINT, BUT COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY HAD SOMETHING TO SAY.
DOES THIS INCENTIVE ONLY GO TO OFFICERS THAT RECRUIT, OR DOES IT ALSO GO TO IF WE HAVE A FIREMAN THAT HAS A FRIEND THAT'S A POLICEMAN AND TRYING TO BRING THEM ABOARD BECAUSE REALLY OUR OR SOMEONE THAT WORKS IN WATER PUBLIC WORKS THAT HAS A AN OFFICER COMING.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THE BASIS OF WHICH.
ONLY EMPLOYEES, BECAUSE WE HAVE DISPATCHERS AS WELL.
WOULD THEY THERE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BUT THEY'RE NOT OFFICERS.
SO A GOOD POINT. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, ASKING THAT I WILL SHARE WITH YOU.
IT COULD BE A DISPATCHER, RECORDS CLERK, EVERYONE IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FULL TIME OR PART TIME.
HONESTLY, I LOOK FOR YOUR DIRECTION.
IF WE COULD OPEN IT UP TO THE WHOLE CITY AGAIN, WE'VE CREATED A HUGE FORCE MULTIPLIER.
CITY EMPLOYEES AND AGAIN, NOT 32,500 PEOPLE, BUT MORE LIKE SEVEN, 670 PEOPLE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, THE RECOMMENDED ACTION IS TO GIVE AUTHORITY TO THE CHIEF OF POLICE AND I TO KIND OF UPDATE THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION BASED ON WHAT YOU GUYS DECIDE TONIGHT.
SO THERE'S NO SPECIFIC ACTION.
SO BUT YOU DO HAVE NUMBERS HERE ALREADY.
WE DO HAVE NUMBERS AND AGAIN THAT WAS TO PUT IT FORWARD AND WITH SOME THOUGHT.
BUT I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR THE CHIEF, BUT I DO AGREE THAT YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING CITYWIDE THE EMPLOYEES TO REACH OUT AND LOOK, EVERYBODY KNOWS A COP SOMEWHERE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND TO WORK AND WE ALL HAVE GREAT AND TRULY.
YES AND YOU MADE A JOKE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, NOT ALL THE CITY, YOU KNOW, TRULY, THE RESIDENTS HERE ARE THE INCENTIVE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TO WORK HERE BECAUSE THEY ARE SO SUPPORTIVE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY IN GENERAL AND AGAIN, I'VE BEEN IN CITIES WHERE THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
SO WE CAN MAKE IT WORK IF YOU GIVE US DIRECTION TO INCREASE THE INCENTIVE FOR THE EMPLOYEES WHO HIRE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK TO YOU IN SIX MONTHS AND LET YOU KNOW ABOUT HOW THAT LATERAL IS, IF WE NEED TO INCREASE THAT FROM 15 [INAYDIBLE].
SO AGAIN, THE DIRECTION IS TO GIVE US THE AUTHORITY BASED ON WHAT YOU DECIDE.
SO IN ANY ACTION OR DIRECTION MOTION PLEASE PROVIDE US NUMBERS AND WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.
SO MY COMMENT JUST TO ADDITIONAL FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN I MENTIONED REWARDING THE FOLKS THAT ARE ACTUALLY DOING THE RECRUITING, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD LEAVE THAT UP TO YOUR DISCRETION IF YOU THINK, YOU KNOW, HAVING, AS COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY SAID, HAVING ALL CITY EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, BARE A STAKE IN THAT.
I'M FINE WITH IT. I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY I'D LOVE TO SEE WHAT YOU MENTIONED HERE IS A GRADUATED SYSTEM FOR THEM TO BECAUSE I KNOW AT MY OLD WORK IT WAS IF YOU BROUGHT SOMEONE IN, YOU, YOU KNOW, GOT A PERCENTAGE OF WHATEVER THE TOTAL BONUS WAS, BUT THAT PERSON, IF THAT PERSON DIDN'T STAY THE SIX MONTHS OR WHATEVER THE BREAKING POINT WAS, RIGHT, THEN NEITHER THE HIRE E OR THE PERSON THAT RECRUITED THEM GOT ANY ADDITIONAL BONUS.
SO THERE WAS ALSO AN INCENTIVE FOR THE PERSON THAT RECRUITED THEM TO MAKE SURE, LIKE, HEY, DO YOU STILL LIKE WORKING HERE? LIKE, ARE THERE ANY THINGS THAT I CAN HELP YOU WITH? BECAUSE THERE WAS A PAYOUT FOR THEM TO I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IT ENCOURAGED FOLKS TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PLACE OF WORK TO FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES THAT THEY TRUSTED, AND THEY WANTED TO PICK PEOPLE THAT WOULD STICK AROUND.
SO, YOU KNOW, I OFFER THAT FOR FOOD FOR THOUGHT.
BUT I THINK THE DIRECTION FROM US I THINK I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC NUMBER THAT WE WANT TO PUT OUT THERE BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THIS HAS NO WE'RE NOT TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOTHING COMING OUT AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A REALLOCATION OF THIS.
I DON'T KNOW IF, AS MR. GABALDON SAYS, DO WE NEED TO REEVALUATE? ARE THESE THE RIGHT NUMBERS? AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND WHAT WOULD KRISTY SAY ABOUT IT? RIGHT. LIKE WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE FISCAL IMPACT.
SO I GUESS MY DIRECTION OR MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO MAYBE EXPLORE THAT.
HAVING HEARD THE INPUT FROM THE CITY RESIDENTS AND FROM COUNCIL TO KIND OF MULL OVER, ARE THESE THE RIGHT NUMBERS? AND IF WE DO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATE MONIES FROM DIFFERENT PLACES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONTEMPLATED, HOW MUCH IS THAT? WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? AND AS YOU SAID, IT'S FOR A SET AMOUNT OF TIME FOR WHEN WE HIRE UP TO THE NUMBER THAT WE NEED TO HIRE FOR.
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SO IT'S NOT A PROGRAM FOR FOREVER, BUT WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES THAT IMPACT OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT MIGHT TAKE.SO THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT, BUT I THINK IT'S HARD TO THROW IT OUT A NUMBER WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE FRAMEWORK MIGHT LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO KIND OF MULL IT OVER AND THINK, WHAT IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THIS RECRUITMENT PROCESS? I DO THINK THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD JUST PUT IN THERE THAT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER AND ALSO FINANCE DEPARTMENT, TO MODIFY OR MODIFY THESE NUMBERS AS NEEDED AS YOU START DOING THIS REALLY QUICKLY.
BUT I DO LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY.
THIS IS, AND I HOPE I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, UPSETTING ANY POLICE OFFICERS.
BUT I THINK AS A COMBINED UNIT WITH 600 PLUS EMPLOYEES I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I REALLY DO, AND I THINK THE MODIFICATION OF THE NUMBERS TO SEE HOW THAT STICKS, IF IT NEEDS TO BE 20,000 FOR AN INCENTIVE, AND THEN YOU DO THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM, THE MATCHING INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR WHOEVER BRINGS IN PEOPLE.
I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
WE WANT TO DO IT EXPEDITIOUSLY, AND IF WE NEED TO MODIFY IT, THEN BRING IT BACK AND MODIFY IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S MORE OF JUST SAY WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE MARCHING PAPERS TO GO AHEAD AND IMPLEMENT THIS AND MODIFY WITH JUST GENERAL NOTES, SAY MODIFY AFTER, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO OR WHAT I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE WITH BECAUSE WITH CHRISTIE'S ASSISTANCE AND SPEAKING WITH THE CHIEF AND THE CHIEF REALLY KIND OF BRINGING THIS UP AND TALKING TO HIS FOLKS.
YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE CAN MAKE THE CURRENT NUMBERS WORK.
LET'S GET A COUPLE UNDER OUR BELT, GET THOSE GOING AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND SAY HEY IT'S WORKING OR NO, YOU KNOW WHAT WE REALLY NEED? WE'RE GETTING FEEDBACK THAT IF THE LATERAL, YOU KNOW, MATCHED THIS CITY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUT I'D BE MORE COMFORTABLE HAVING A MAX FROM YOU RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GIVING $75,000 OUT AND THIS AND THAT.
[INAUDIBLE]. SO, MAX, LET'S JUST SAY A MAX ON THE SPREAD FOR THE INCENTIVE FOR BRINGING INCENTIVE PROGRAM WOULD BE 20,000 AND THEN YOUR MAX ON THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL PROGRAM WOULD BE TEN.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? YES. SO IS THAT OKAY WITH YOU GUYS? 20,000 MAX ON THE REFERRAL INCENTIVE AND THEN LET'S GO WITH 10,000 MAX ON THE EMPLOYEE REFERRAL THAT WOULD BE MODIFIED RIGHT THERE AND THEN YOU COME BACK TO US AND TELL US IF THIS IS WORKING OR NOT, OR IT'S WORKING.
IT'S LIKE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET CLOSER AND WE START BRINGING PEOPLE IN, THEN WE TALK TO KRISTY AND YOU GUYS, ONCE WE GET TO THAT LEVEL, WE'RE STARTING TO, YOU KNOW, PLATEAU OUT AND IT'S STARTING TO BENEFIT AND WE CAN REDUCE THE OVERTIME AND THEN WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT MORE EMPLOYEES DOWN THE ROAD AND MOST DEFINITELY AND I APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT AND JUST THE WAY MOST AGENCIES CALCULATE THIS.
IF FOR INSTANCE, I HAVE VACANCIES FOR SIX CURRENTLY.
DO WE NEED AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S. WELL, NOT.
WELL, THERE IS A MOTION. THERE IS A BASE.
DO WE NEED TO DO ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS? NO. YOU'VE GIVEN US THE DIRECTION AND YOU'VE GIVEN US THOSE NUMBERS IN THE MAX AND THEN THE AUTHORITY IS THAT THE CITY POLICE CHIEF AND THE CITY MANAGER TO GO AHEAD AND ADJUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION FOR THAT THOUGH.
OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE THE NUMBERS.
SO WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND DO IT. YEAH.
YEAH. SO WHAT I'M GETTING OUT OF THIS IS THE DIRECTION OF THE COUNCIL.
IF YOU GUYS APPROVE, IT IS 10,000 FOR EMPLOYEE REFERRAL AND THE LATERAL INCENTIVE UP TO 20,000.
YES AND TO NOT LIMIT IT TO JUST THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
BUT FOR AND I'M SORRY, THAT'S JUST TO CLARIFY I KNEW POLICE BUT YES.
SO IF WE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
YES WE DID. I CAN OPEN IT AGAIN.
LET'S OPEN IT UP AGAIN. THAT'S FINE.
MR. BOWEN, OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT AGAIN.
15 MINUTES AGO, I WAS SITTING THERE GOING, TAKE THE WIN AND AND GO.
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WHY NOT? I CAME FROM AN INDUSTRY THAT WE PAID REFERRALS FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, BUT WE ALSO PAID HEADHUNTERS WHAT WAS CALLED A HEADHUNTER AND IF THEY BROUGHT SOMEBODY IN, WE HAD TO PAY THEM IF WE HAVE 32,000 CITIZENS AND I HEARD THE MAYOR JUST SAY 600 EMPLOYEES, I THOUGHT WE HAD LIKE 175 OR SOMETHING, BUT.YEAH. OKAY, WELL, YOU SAID 600.
I WAS WRONG, AND SO WHY NOT OPEN IT UP TO CITIZENS? WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE? THAT YOU GET 50 CITIZENS THAT HAVE RELATIVES OR KNOW PEOPLE IN OTHER STATES AND SAY, HEY, LA VERNE IS A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE? THAT'S MY COMMENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BROWN.
ANYONE ELSE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
CHIEF THOUGHTS? I WOULDN'T SUPPORT THAT TO EVERY CITIZEN NOW.
THE INCENTIVE IS FOR THE LATERAL.
SO IF SOMEONE KNOWS IT HAS A RELATIVE THAT LIVES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT SAYS, HEY, GO THERE.
THAT WOULD BE UNIQUE. BUT WE I UNDERSTAND ADDING ALL CITY EMPLOYEES.
THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL FACTOR HERE THAT WE DIDN'T INCLUDE BEFORE AND THAT'S HUGE AND WE HAVE THE MECHANISM IN PLACE TO WHERE AS YOU'RE APPLYING THROUGH NEOGOV, YOU CAN PUT ON THERE WHO REFERRED YOU, WHICH, CITY EMPLOYEE ON THERE SO THAT WE KNOW RIGHT AWAY AND ALL THOSE FACTORS ARE LISTED WITHIN THAT, THAT WE'VE ALREADY ADDRESSED IN THE. OKAY, VERY GOOD.
THEN I THINK WE'LL GO WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE AUTHORIZATION AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER AND POLICE CHIEF TO UPDATE THE INCENTIVE PROGRAM TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF EMPLOYEE REFERRAL AND LATERAL OFFICER INCENTIVES.
TAKE ME AN HOUR AND A HALF. THANK YOU CHIEF.
SORRY. I CHANGED THE PAGE HERE.
FINAL ITEM IS A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
CITY MANAGER, PLEASE PULL FORWARD THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.
I'M GOING TO TURN TO MY LEFT AND ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER J.R.
AS A RESULT OF THE PENDING RETIREMENT OF A LONGTIME LA VERNE EMPLOYEE, THE CITY WAS RECENTLY ENGAGED BY REPRESENTATIVES FROM CALPERS OR THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM. DURING THEIR REVIEW, THEY SHARED CONFUSION RELATED TO TWO DIFFERENT CLASSIFICATIONS, WITH LIEUTENANT LISTED ON THE CURRENT SALARY SCHEDULE FOR THE CITY FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES TO PREVENT COMPACTION ISSUES, AND AS NEGOTIATED WITH THE POLICE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS MADE UP OF OUR LIEUTENANTS.
THE CITY UTILIZES A POLICE LIEUTENANT WITH COMPACTION.
THIS LEGACY POSITION HAS NO BEARING ON HOW EMPLOYEES IN THAT RANK ARE CLASSIFIED OR COMPENSATED.
TODAY, PER THE RECOMMENDATION OF CALPERS, ELIMINATING BY TITLE THE POLICE LIEUTENANT WITH COMPACTION CLASSIFICATION AND REPLACING WITH THE POLICE LIEUTENANT CLASSIFICATION WILL RESOLVE POSSIBLE FUTURE CONFUSION.
THEY'VE STATED THAT THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE WITH HOW WE HAVE IT RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO AVOID FUTURE CONFUSION SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY EXPERIENCED THIS TIME AROUND.
THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, TITLED A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE SALARY SCHEDULE FOR FULL TIME EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN AGAIN, THE ACTUAL ACTION IN THE RESOLUTION WOULD BE ELIMINATING THE POLICE LIEUTENANT LISTING THAT'S IN THE SALARY SCHEDULE, AND RENAMING THE POLICE LIEUTENANT WITH COMPACTION TO JUST POLICE LIEUTENANT.
THANK YOU. J.R., ANY COMMENTS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY COMMENTS OR MAKE A MOTION? IT'S CALLED CLEAN UP TIME.
CLEANING UP SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE ANYMORE.
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SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION.THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED FIVE ZERO.
POLICE DEPARTMENT ALSO FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
NOW WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, THIS TIME SET ASIDE FOR ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE REFERRED TO STAFF OR PLACED FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.
THERE IS A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
MY NAME IS WILLIAM PERRY, AND I LIVE ON PEYTON ROAD BEHIND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
I HAVE TO APPOINTMENT AT 9:00.
I GOT TO GET UP AND LEAVE THAT STREET BY 7 A.M.
TO SIT IN THE PARKING LOT TO SEE THE DOCTOR.
I'VE MISSED ONE APPOINTMENT SINCE SCHOOL HAS STARTED.
IT TAKES A MONTH TO SEE THAT, DOCTOR.
SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE WITH THAT PROBLEM WE'RE HAVING.
ALSO, THERE'S NO STOPPING THEM WHEN THEY MAKE A LEFT OR A RIGHT ONTO THE STREET.
I COME HOME, COMING DOWN THERE, THEY PASS ME ON THE RIGHT, GOING 55 OR 60.
IN THE WHOLE SESSION, I'M THE SPOKESMAN FOR OUR STREET.
SO I TRY TO THINK WHAT ELSE THEY SAID.
IT'S SOMEONE'S GOING TO GET HIT AND IF YOU'RE GOING NORTHBOUND YOU CANNOT SEE THE CARS COMING.
THEY GET OVER THAT HILL, OVER THE WASH, AND THEY'RE TRAVELING.
DO I HAVE TO STEP ON THE GAS OR WE HAVE TO GET ACROSS AND THEN WE GET FOR THE KIDS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE YELLOW AT THE END OF OUR STREET.
IT'S IN WHITE. YOU CANNOT SEE IT COMING OVER THERE.
THE PEOPLE ARE ON THEIR PHONES NOT PAYING ATTENTION.
IT'S JUST WE CAN'T GET OUT OF OUR STREET.
WE HAVE TO PUT UP THIS FOR A WHOLE YEAR.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T MAKE COMMENTS TONIGHT, BUT I'VE CALLED THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY DO A GOOD JOB, BUT THEY'RE DOING A LOUSY JOB.
I WAS PROMISED THEY WOULD HAVE PATROLMEN OVER THERE.
PROTECTING SENIORS IS PROTECTING US ON PEYTON ROAD.
SO GOT AN APPOINTMENT TOMORROW.
SO I PRAY THAT I CAN GET OUT THERE.
WELL, STAFF HAS HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HERE, SO THEY'LL BE ADDRESSING THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
YEAH. GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY.
IS THERE A COMPLETION DATE ON WHITE STREET? AS FAR AS.
I'M SORRY. THE TRAFFIC I SAW RIGHT AFTER THEY OPENED THAT TWO PEOPLE ALMOST WERE KILLED BECAUSE THEY WERE WALKING ALONG A BUSH THERE THAT THEY NOBODY COULD SEE THEM.
SO IS THERE GOING TO BE A SIDEWALK PUT DOWN ON THE EAST SIDE? CODY'S HERE.
WELL, WE'VE GOT WE'RE TAKING IT.
YEAH. CODY HOWLING IS HERE NOW.
YEAH. NO, THAT'S ALL I WANT AND GETTING OUT OF THOSE STREETS.
FIVE, SIX, FIFTH AND SIXTH STREET.
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GOTCHA. ANYWAY BUT I APPRECIATE IT.THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL WAIT TILL WE DO OUR LAST MR. GABALDON.
GOOD EVENING. I WROTE TWO THINGS TONIGHT THAT I'M GOING TO.
I DECIDED TO PICK THIS ONE, AND IT ACTUALLY FEELS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE PREVIOUS COMMENT.
AND IT MEANS A LOT TO ME THAT WE DO HAVE FOLKS HERE IN LA VERNE THAT WORK IN THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS THAT REALLY DO A GREAT JOB AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE FOR US.
THEY'RE HERE FOR US, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE THEM FOR OURSELVES.
SO THE AN ISSUE THAT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART IS THE ONGOING HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ SOME THINGS REAL QUICK.
POMONA. THE GABRIELS, A FOUR STORY COMPLEX ON GARY AND BONITA, 312 UNITS.
1 TO 3 BEDROOMS UP TO 300 GREAT SQUARE FEET, GOING ANYWHERE FROM 2400 TO $3600.
THE MADERA THAT IS JUST NOW OPENING UP.
THAT'S A FOUR STORY PROPERTY AT TOWN AND BONITA 210 UNITS, 1 TO 2 BEDROOMS, 1300 SQUARE FEET, $2395 TO $3490.
THE LA VERNE VILLAGE HERE IN LA VERNE THAT WE HAD OPEN A FEW YEARS AGO.
THAT'S A THREE STORY PROPERTY THAT HAS RENTS RENTALS AGAIN, 2500, UP TO 6500 FOR A THREE BEDROOM, THE VERDANA ONE, WHICH IS NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART BY MY HOME.
TO RENT FOR $4,700 A MONTH, OR IF YOU HAVE THE POCKET CHANGE, 750,000 AND THERE WAS AN ARTICLE ABOUT THAT IN THE CAMPUS TIMES BACK IN 23 WHERE I BELIEVE ERIC SCHERER WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, ANYTIME YOU CAN PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT IS GREAT, BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. SO I'M GOING HERE SOMEWHERE.
THAT'S THE EIGHT UNITS HERE ON WHITE, AND THEN WE HAVE THE RECENTLY APPROVED.
I'M CALLING IT BIG TODD FIVE STORY ON WHITE AVENUE AT ARROW.
THAT IS THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED ADJACENT TO THE FORMER GOLD LINE.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY CALL ANYMORE.
A LINE. I GUESS THAT'S 367 UNITS.
289 UNITS, RENTAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN GARY AND FOOTHILL JUST GOT APPROVED JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
THAT'S GOING TO BE TWO FOUR STORY BUILDINGS, 409 PARKING UNITS.
SAN DIMAS JUST APPROVED THEIR SPECIFIC PLAN, GATEWAY VILLAGE PROJECT EAST AND WEST ALONG BONITA.
THIS IS AT THE CORNER ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LOWE'S AND THAT ENTIRE AREA THEY ARE PROPOSING OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, WHICH I STILL PLAN ON LIVING THROUGH, ALTHOUGH NOT PROMISED 3687 UNITS.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT 10,000 UNITS ON THAT PROPERTY AND JUST SO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THAT CAN ONLY BE RENTALS, BECAUSE THAT IS A LAND LEASE THROUGH THE FAIRGROUNDS.
SO WITH ALL THIS AND ALL THESE CARS AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOING ON AND EVERYTHING THAT I MENTIONED HERE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE IN LA VERNE, THIS IS LESS THAN ONE MILE FROM WHERE YOU CURRENTLY RESIDE, POTENTIALLY.
BUT I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LA VERNE FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE OF REASONS.
ONE IS THE INCREASING TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON OUR MAIN STREETS AND THE ONGOING CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC ON OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, AT LEAST IN MY PURVIEW AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WHEN THESE DEVELOPMENTS WERE APPROVED AND DISCUSSED THEY WERE ALL UNDER THE IDEA THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL HOUSING TO PROVIDE FOR FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT COULD WORK HERE AND TEACHERS AND POLICE OFFICERS AND THE WHOLE THING AND THAT'S ALL A BUNCH OF MALARKEY, BECAUSE THIS IS PRIMARILY 90% OF THIS HOUSING IS RENTALS.
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SO THESE ARE LANDLORDS, FOLKS THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT OFF OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE CITY, AND ALL THE FOLKS THAT SIT ON ALL THESE COMMITTEES THAT ARE HERE TO DO GOOD.WHAT IS EVERYBODY DOING ABOUT THIS, AND WHAT IS EVERYBODY GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT, MISS BEAUCHAMP? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL.
AS I SAID EARLIER, THAT I WAS A PARTICIPANT IN THE CITIZEN'S ACADEMY WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE HOLLY SAVAGE FOR THAT PROGRAM.
SHE IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING PERSON.
SHE JUST COORDINATES WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND IT JUST IT WAS SEAMLESS AND NOT ONLY WAS IT INFORMATIVE, BUT SHE MADE IT FUN AND SENT US A ZILLION PICTURES THAT WE CAN KEEP FOR MEMORIES AND SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS COUNCIL DOES A LOT OF PROCLAMATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, AND I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOLLY SAVAGE ACKNOWLEDGED FOR WHAT SHE DOES FOR THIS CITY AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND AS MANY OF THE EMPLOYEES DO FOR THE CITY.
IT'S FUNNY THAT TRAFFIC IS THE TOPIC OF THE NIGHT.
DRIVING HERE FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING, I WAS TRAVELING WEST ON FOOTHILL.
I'M AT THE LEFT TURN LANE TO GO SOUTH ON WHITE.
THE LINE OF CARS TO TURN LEFT TO GO NORTH ON.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOMETHING LIKE PUBLIC WORKS CAN LOOK AT MINIMIZING THAT CENTER DIVIDER.
I KNOW THERE'S LARGE TREES THERE, SO THEY CAN ONLY MINIMIZE IT TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, BUT MAYBE MAKING THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE NARROW SO THAT MORE CARS CAN FIT IN THE LEFT TURN LANE. BECAUSE IF YOU'RE ONE OF THOSE CARS, IT LITERALLY TAKES 4 OR 5 CYCLES TO GET NORTH ON FRUIT.
AND OBVIOUSLY THAT'S WHERE I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LASTLY, I'M ASKING THIS COUNCIL.
MANY OF YOU SIT ON BOARDS AND COMMITTEES ALINE, FOOTHILL TRANSIT, HILLCREST, ULV, VECTOR, ALL THESE DIFFERENT IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
WHY IS THERE NO LIAISON FROM THE CITY OF LA VERNE FOR THE SPORTS ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE IN THIS CITY? I'M SURE AS YOU'VE HEARD, THERE'S A LOT OF FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, A LOT OF DRAMA GOING ON WITH LA VERNE GIRLS SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION. YOU HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE PAYING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS FOR REGISTRATION FEES, AND YOU HAVE BOARD MEMBERS ORCHESTRATING A GOFUNDME WITH ZERO ACCOUNTABILITY, PARENTS ASKING TO SEE FINANCIAL DOCUMENTATION NOT BEING PROVIDED.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A PROGRAM THAT WAS SO FLOURISHING TWO YEARS AGO WHEN THESE GIRLS WENT TO WORLD SERIES AND OUR ENTIRE CITY WAS BEHIND THEM, TO NOW PARENTS ARE BEING FORCED OUT.
THEIR GIRLS ARE PLAYING SOFTBALL IN OTHER CITIES BECAUSE OF THIS DETRIMENT.
THEY ARE FORCED TO GO ELSEWHERE.
SO I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY SOMEHOW FIND A WAY, MAYBE NOT NECESSARILY A COUNCIL MEMBER, MAY BE SOMEBODY IN COMMUNITY SERVICES OR OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT WOULD BE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE ON THESE YOU KNOW, MEETINGS FOR LITTLE LEAGUE AND FOR GIRLS SOFTBALL OR EVEN SOCCER OR OTHER SPORTS.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THESE PEOPLE RENT THE FIELDS FROM THE CITY.
THEY HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, FILL OUT THE APPLICATION AND IT'S A PERMIT.
BUT IF THEY'RE DOING ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES WITH THEIR FINANCES, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE CITY? THE CITY IS ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE THEY'RE FACILITATING IT AND IT'S GETTING VERY UGLY AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF TIMES IT HAS TO GET UGLY BEFORE IT CAN GET BETTER.
BUT I'M ASKING THE CITY TO INTERVENE AND ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM BEFORE IT GETS TO THAT POINT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BEAUCHAMP.
MISS BEAUCHAMP, WE ARE WELL AWARE OF THAT.
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BUT COUNCILMEMBER JOHNSON AND I ARE ON THIS YOUTH SPORTS COUNCIL AND ARE WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.I'LL LEAVE IT TO MR. DOMER NOW JUST TO COMMENT ON WHAT? OH, WAIT. SORRY.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. DOMER. THANK YOU.
JUST IN GENERAL, WE ARE LOOKING AT GETTING AGREEMENTS WITH ALL OF OUR YOUTH LEAGUES.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ONE WITH LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE UPDATING THAT.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS WITH THEM AND FOOTBALL FROM BACK IN THE 80S OR EARLY 90S.
SO IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.
THE SPRING SEASON IS THE HEIGHT OF THE GIRLS SOFTBALL SEASON.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE LEAGUE TO PROVIDE FIELD ACCESS.
THERE'S ANOTHER SOFTBALL LEAGUE ON SUNDAY, AND SO WE'RE WORKING BEST WITH THE CURRENT BOARD AT GSA TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE TIME THAT THEY NEED AND HAVE BEEN ACCOMMODATING.
SO I DO KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE, AND WE'RE WORKING TO ADDRESS THAT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE KIDS, PERIOD.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
YES. SO WHITE AVENUE IS OBVIOUSLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE'VE ALL SEEN AND GOTTEN THE EXPERIENCE A HANDFUL OF WEEKS AGO.
THAT IS A TOPICAL COATING THAT GOES ON TOP OF THE PAVEMENT AND THAT WAS PUT DOWN TO PARTLY ENHANCE THE PAVEMENT SOMEWHAT, BUT REALLY CREATE A BLANK SLATE FOR THE NEW STRIPING THAT'S GONE IN.
THE STRIPING IS, I WOULD SAY NOT 100% COMPLETE, BUT MOVING PRETTY CLOSE TO REACHING THAT POINT.
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF ARROWS THAT ARE MISSING THAT I NOTICED TODAY.
A FEW OTHER MARKINGS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, TEXTS AND WHATNOT.
I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE WHEN THE STRIPE IS GOING TO BE WRAPPING IT UP, BUT I DO KNOW THE CPUC IS SCHEDULED TO HAVE AN INSPECTION WITH THE AUTHORITY LATER THIS WEEK, SO I'D VENTURE TO SAY IT'S LIKELY TO BE VERY SOON HERE.
BUT WHAT I CAN DO IS FOLLOW UP AND ROUTE THAT INFORMATION TO MR. OMER. ONCE I HAVE A SPECIFIC DATE FROM THE AUTHORITY ON THAT.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE A MEETING AT THE GOLD LINE AUTHORITY.
I'M ON THE PHONE, LIKE, WAY MORE THAN I SHOULD BE WITH THEM SOMETIMES.
ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE. DO NOT BLOCK ON ALL THE INTERSECTIONS CROSSING.
SO THERE'S A HANDFUL OF INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE DO NOT BLOCK MARKINGS RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S ALSO A HANDFUL THAT DO NOT.
I GUESS THE IT'D BE THE EAST SIDE OF FIRST STREET WHERE IT CONNECTS.
THEY WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED.
THERE IS POTENTIALLY AND I HAVEN'T GOTTEN FINAL RESOLUTION TO THIS YET.
THERE IS POTENTIALLY A TECHNICAL ITEM THAT CAUSED THAT TO BE THE CASE.
THE PLANS CLEARLY CALL THE THE THOSE MARKINGS TO BE REMOVED.
BUT THEY ALSO CLEARLY SHOW THAT THEY'RE NOT TO BE REINSTALLED.
SO I HAVE ENGAGED WITH THE ENGINEERING STAFF OVER AT THE AUTHORITY TO WORK WITH THEIR TEAM, AND WE ARE INITIATING WHAT WILL BE, AT THE VERY LEAST, A DISCUSSION WITH THE CPUC ON HOW WE MAY BE ABLE TO GET THOSE BACK IN IF THERE IS A TECHNICAL ISSUE AND IT CAN BE RESOLVED.
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CERTAINLY. WE'LL TRY TO DO THAT.A LOT OF THE BASIS FOR THE STRIPING THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE IS FOR QUEUING CAPACITY.
SO TRAFFIC THAT BACKS UP TYPICALLY IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION.
THE GOAL IS TO PREVENT THAT TRAFFIC FROM REACHING THE TRACKS.
AND SO THERE'S FEATURES THERE.
WHAT I SAID, WHAT THE GOAL IS AND SOME OF THE THINGS LIKE, WHY DO WE NOT GET THAT AT SIERRA WAY AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THAT, BUT THAT THE ROUTE GOAL IS SAFETY AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH TO GET TO A CONCLUSION ON THAT ITEM.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THERE.
SO WE NEED TO REALLY LOOK AT THAT EXTREMELY CLOSELY.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THEY'RE TRAPPED.
THEY'RE TRAPPED. YEAH AND THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
I THINK WE ARE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
SO NOW IT'S COUNCIL COMMENTS.I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SINCE WE'VE ALL BEEN TOGETHER.
TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, WHICH OCCURRED ON AUGUST 6TH, WHICH SEEMS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO, BUT IT WAS REALLY WELL DONE AND, YOU KNOW, HOLLY SAVAGE ALSO HAD QUITE A BIT OF A HAND IN MAKING SURE THAT HAPPENED. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE I THANKED ALL THE DEPARTMENTS, NOT JUST HOLLY AND THE POLICE, BUT FIRE FOR BEING OUT THERE.
COMMUNITY SERVICES, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, WE HAD EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY WHO MADE THAT NIGHT A TERRIFIC SUCCESS.
I ALSO WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CAPTAIN JASON PROWSE, WHO ALSO JUST RETIRED FROM THE LA VERNE PD AND SO IT'S REALLY A BUMMER WHEN PEOPLE WHO ARE THAT YOU'VE KNOWN FOR MANY YEARS AND ARE YOUR AGE ARE RETIRING AND YOU'RE NOT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE INSTAGRAM AGAIN, PROPS TO HOLLY SAVAGE AND OUR FOLKS IN COMMUNITY SERVICES AND WHATNOT THAT HAVE POSTED A REALLY NICE REEL WITH HIS WALKTHROUGH AND EVERYTHING. SO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND THEN MY LAST ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WANTED TO MAKE YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT REMY HUNDAHL MOVED ON FROM THE TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH POSITION AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND IS NOW WITH LA COUNTY, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE IS NOW A VACANCY AT TRI-CITY AND SO THE POSTING JUST WENT OUT FOR AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH AND IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY, THE POSTING IS UP.
I DID ASK MR. DOMER WE COULD GET IT POSTED ONTO OUR WEBSITE OR LINK TO OUR WEBSITE SO THAT FOLKS COULD SEE IT, BUT IF YOU KNOW OF ANYONE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR THIS ROLE.
THIS PERSON WOULD BE INSTRUMENTAL IN MAKING SURE THAT THE SERVICES THAT WE RECEIVE, AS WELL AS THE CITIES OF CLAREMONT AND POMONA, CONTINUE TO BE TOP NOTCH IN THE AREA OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SO THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR SO MANY AMAZING THINGS.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, FILLING THESE SHOES WILL NOT BE EASY.
BUT IF YOU DO KNOW OF ANYONE, AGAIN, THE POSTING IS UP AND WILL BE UP UNTIL THE POSITION IS FILLED.
BUT THEY ARE ANTICIPATING THAT WE WILL HOLD INTERVIEWS IN OCTOBER.
SO I URGE YOU, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AND HELP US FIND A GOOD REPLACEMENT.
SO AS ALWAYS, HAVE A GREAT WEEK.
IT'S A SHORT WEEK THIS WEEK SINCE I'VE BEEN THROWN OFF ALL DAY, BUT IT'S TUESDAY.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHEN YOU CALLED ME ON MONDAY TO SAY HAPPY SUNDAY, I WAS LIKE ARE YOU WRONG OR AM I WRONG? SO HAVE A GOOD WEEK.
AND AS ALWAYS, BE KIND TO ONE ANOTHER.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY THAT.
I'M NOT ASKING IF THERE'S AN INCENTIVE.
SORRY. NOT FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
NO. I JUST APPRECIATE PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CROSSWALKS ALL ABOUT BY OUR SCHOOLS.
SO THANK YOU FOR GOING OUT THERE, CODY, AS WELL AND MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
WE HAVE A MEETING, BUT ON OCTOBER 6TH, THE OUR NEW LEAGUE, THE NEW TO LA VERNE LEAGUE, THE AUTISM SPECIAL ATHLETICS, IS HAVING THEIR OPENING DAY AT 2PM.
BUT JUST FOR YOUR FUTURE CALENDAR EVENTS.
MY OLDEST WAS PART OF THE BEEN PART OF THE PROGRAM UNTIL SHE WAS 18.
OH. MY YOUNGEST IS AWAY TO SCHOOL, SEVEN HOURS AWAY.
PLAYING GOLF AND LIVING THE BEST LIFE THAT I ALWAYS WANTED ON THE PARENTS DOLE.
THAT'S WONDERFUL. COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.
THANK YOU. MAYOR. MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUES SAID IT BEST.
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ONE THING I'D LIKE. A COUPLE THINGS I'D LIKE TO ADD IS SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO? ALL THEIR KIDS. NOW, THEY'RE ARE GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE, RIGHT, OR STARTING SCHOOL SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY WERE SO USED TO THAT NEST EGG, RIGHT.EVERYONE WAS JUST THERE JUST KIND OF SO HARD TO SEE AND I SEE FAMILIES REALLY TRY TO HOLD IT TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS TO THEM, TO THEIR FAMILIES. I WANT TO REALLY SHARE THAT OUT THERE.
SECONDLY WE HAD WE YOU AND I WENT AND SAW THE ANSWER SCHOOL.
I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT THAT. THEY WERE JUST I MEAN, THAT PARK HAS NEVER BEEN SO IT WAS AWESOME.
THAT WAS PART OF THAT. AND JUST SHOOTING OUT SHIRTS AND YEAH, THEY'RE BLASTING THEM AWAY.
VERY GOOD TIME AND YOU KNOW SCHOOL IS BACK IN SESSION.
PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF ALL THAT SURROUNDING OUT THERE.
GOD, MY INSURANCE JUST WENT UP.
OH MY GOD. SO I HOPE EVERYBODY WILL TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.
ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AND I WOULD GET CALLS, I GET EMAILS.
I TRY TO RESPOND BACK AS FAST AS I CAN.
SO PLEASE TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.
I JUST WANTED TO HAVE A SHOUT OUT FOR THE LA VERNE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, HILLCREST HOMES.
CAMP LA VERNE IS A BRETHREN YOUTH CAMP.
SO WE CELEBRATED THIS PAST WEEKEND WITH A DINNER AND A CELEBRATION UP AT CAMP.
LORI AND I ATTENDED THAT AND THE VERY NICE REMINISCING AS BEING A CAMPER AND COUNSELOR, HIKE LEADER, AND ALL SORTS OF FUN THINGS.
SO ANYTIME LORI CAN CAMP, SHE'S A HAPPY CAMPER.
YEAH, AND I CAN'T SAY MUCH ABOUT WHITE AVENUE BECAUSE WHERE I LIVE.
BUT GLAD IT'S BEING ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.
DRIVE SAFELY. THE SCHOOLS ARE OPEN AND WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES.
BUT ALSO WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
I KNOW THAT THE PARKS WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES.
PARKS ARE LOOKING MUCH BETTER. I DO APPRECIATE THAT.
I KNOW THE RESIDENTS APPRECIATE IT.
WE HAVE SOME AMAZING PARKS OUT THERE.
I KNOW THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE THROES OF INSURANCE BEING CANCELED.
THROUGHOUT LA VERNE NOT JUST NORTH LA VERNE, BUT EVERYWHERE AND I THINK IT'S TIME WE PROBABLY HAVE THE APPEARANCE COMMISSIONER AND HIS STAFF COME BACK AND EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO REMEDY THAT.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE MOVING IN AN AREA WHERE THE COST TO GET YOUR INSURANCE IS SO HIGH.
I MEAN, WE WERE CANCELED OURSELVES.
I NEVER HAD A CLAIM IN 40 PLUS YEARS.
WE'VE LIVED IN LA VERNE BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
IT'S THE WAY THE PRESENT SITUATION INSURANCE COMPANY AND I SHOUT OUT TO MY WIFE, PATTY.
SHE'S HERE TONIGHT. HI, PATTY.
IT'S NOT DANCING WITH THE STARS YET, SO SHE'S HERE.
DANCING WITH THE STARS STARTS ON THE 17TH.
AFTER THAT. THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW AND I GOTTA RUN HOME AND WATCH IT AFTERWARDS.
BUT THE SUPPORT OF OUR FAMILIES IS AMAZING, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE HE LETS ME DO THIS STUFF.
THINKS I'M CRAZY, BUT PROBABLY AM.
YES, WE CELEBRATED 44 YEARS IN AUGUST, SO YES.
YES. THANK YOU FOR THAT SPECIAL SHOUT OUT THERE.
I CAN STILL PUT UP WITH ME FOR 44 YEARS, BUT ANYWAY.
OH, THE COOLING CENTERS WHAT HAVE WE GOT FOR COOLING CENTERS? ANY MANAGER. YVONNE.
COOLING CENTERS. OKAY, WHERE? AND THAT WOULD BE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE HOURS.
YEAH. SO, YEAH, TO REITERATE, THEY'RE OPEN FROM WHAT WAS IT AGAIN? 6, 8AM. TO 6, 8AM.
AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND FOR PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SLOW DOWN, HYDRATE, MAKE SURE THAT REALLY TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
THIS IS THE TIME WHEN KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY YOUR ELDERLY NEIGHBORS.
SO BE VERY CAUTIOUS OUT THERE AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR ATTENDANCE TONIGHT.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.
[02:30:05]
16TH, 2024 AT 5:30PM.SO PLEASE TAKE AN EYE ON THAT AND AGAIN, EVERYBODY BE CAUTIOUS.
WATCH OUT FOR THOSE KIDS AND BE SAFE OUT THERE IN THIS TEMPERATURE.
MEETING ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.