Nov 18, 2024 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER]

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OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT AT 6:30 P.M.

ON NOVEMBER 18TH.

I REMIND EVERYONE THAT PER THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM, 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.

ALSO, PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH ZOOM WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS LISTED WITHIN THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

PUBLIC HEARING, OTHER MATTERS SECTION OF THE AGENDA.

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

TONIGHT WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE BROWNIE SCOUT TROOP 7221.

LUCY COZENS TO CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US TONIGHT.

WOULD YOU GUYS LIKE TO COME FORWARD? MISS COZENS, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

PLACE YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.

IF YOU WERE IN THE MILITARY, HAND SALUTE.

READY? 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.

THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, LUCY, AND ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS FOR YOU ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL TO YOUR BROWNIE SCOUT, LUCY COZENS, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TONIGHT AND LEADING US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU.

WE'LL MAKE OUR WAY BACK DOWN TO YOU, LUCY.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

MY NAME IS RIA MARTINEZ.

I'M ONE OF THE CO-LEADERS FOR GIRL SCOUT TROOP 7221.

WE ARE BASED IN THE BONITA SERVICE UNIT, AND WE ENCOURAGE AND EMPOWER GIRLS WITHIN LA VERNE AND SAN DIMAS TO BE LEADERS AND TO DEVELOP THEIR CHARACTER.

AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SOME OF THESE GIRLS.

MY NAME IS ELLIE.

MY NAME IS STELLA.

MY NAME IS LENY.

LUCY [APPLAUSE].

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I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS SO YOUR MOM CAN BE HERE.

MIC] OH.

THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN.

BYE BYE.

MR. DOMER, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.

PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

HERE. MAYOR HEPBURN.

HERE. ALL PRESENT SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. DOMER.

[PRESENTATIONS]

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL INTRODUCE SEVERAL NEW EMPLOYEES AND PROMOTIONS OF CURRENT STAFF.

THESE EMPLOYEES INCLUDE OFFICER ZACH FIDLER, OFFICER MICHAEL MCJUNKIN, OFFICER HAYLEY REYES, AND COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER DAISY PULIDO.

CHIEF GONZALES, YOU HAVE THE MIC.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.

WE ARE ROUNDING THIRD BASE HERE WITH THE INTRODUCTIONS OF NEW HIRES AND PROMOTIONS.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO DO SO WE CAN HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

AGAIN, IT'S THROUGH YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT THAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THIS.

SO AGAIN, I THANK YOU.

AND ONE NAME THAT WE NEGLECTED TO PUT ON THERE IS OFFICER GOMEZ, WHO WILL ALSO BE RECOGNIZED TONIGHT.

BUT TONIGHT WE'LL START WITH COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICER DAISY PULIDO.

WHEN EACH PERSON IS INTRODUCED, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM ABOUT 45 SECONDS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU KNOW, A LITTLE 45 SECONDS TO TELL ME ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE.

INTRODUCE FAMILY OR WHATNOT.

SO AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BRING OVER DAISY PULIDO WHO JOINED THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT [APPLAUSE].

FRONT AND CENTER WHILE I GET TO TALK ABOUT YOU.

YEAH, YOU YOU CAME A LITTLE EARLY.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO INTRODUCE YOU.

YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD.

YOU'RE THERE NOW? YES.

SHE CAME TO THE DEPARTMENT IN 2019 AS A RECORDS CLERK WITH A BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON.

DAISY BRINGS A UNIQUE BLEND OF CREATIVITY AND PROFESSIONALISM.

THROUGHOUT HER TIME WITH THE DEPARTMENT SHE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A VARIETY OF CREATIVE DESIGNS, INCLUDING THE REDESIGN OF THE OF THE DEPARTMENT'S DEPARTMENT FORUMS AND ID CARDS.

AS A COMMUNITY SERVANT, SHE WAS RECENTLY PROMOTED TO COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICER, JUST WHAT TODAY IS YOUR FIRST DAY? [APPLAUSE] SO YES, TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY.

SHE WILL WORK DIRECTLY UNDER HOLLY HERE.

AND HOW MUCH DID YOU.

HOW MUCH DID YOU PAY HER? OH JUST CHECKING. BUT WE MADE SPACE IN THE CLOSET THAT WE HAVE THEM BOTH IN, SO.

BUT THERE IS A ROOM FOR TWO DESKS, SO THEY WERE THEY'RE SHARING THAT.

AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER DAISY'S EXCITED TO CONTINUE FINDING INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ENGAGE AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THROUGH BOTH CREATIVE AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS.

SO AGAIN, JOIN ME IN WELCOMING AND CONGRATULATING DAISY PULIDO ON HER PROMOTION TO COMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICER [APPLAUSE].

OH. YEAH.

SAY A FEW WORDS. WELL JUST EXCITED TO FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR FIVE YEARS.

I STARTED AS A RECORDS CLERK, AND NOW I GET TO MOVE ON TO NEW ADVENTURES.

SO I'M EXCITED TO WORK WITH HOLLY.

SHE'S BEEN A MENTOR OF MINE FOR A LONG TIME.

AND MY FAMILY COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY, BUT I DID BRING MY RECORDS FAMILY WITH ME.

SO THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE FOR ME [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU.

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THE NEXT OFFICER I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS OFFICER HAYLEY REYES.

OFFICER HAYLEY REYES GRADUATED THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT THIS SEPTEMBER 2024, THE FIRST IN HER FAMILY TO JOIN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

SHE IS DRAWN TO IT BECAUSE OF HER DESIRE TO SERVE OTHERS AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

SHE'S COMMITTED TO EMPOWERING OTHERS, SPECIFICALLY WOMEN, AND SHOWING THEM THAT ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE.

SHE IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SKILLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPACT, AND THE PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GROWTH THAT IS PROVIDED IN THIS PROFESSION.

IN HER FREE TIME, SHE ENJOYS WORKING OUT, TRAVELING, AND SPENDING TIME WITH LOVED ONES.

PLEASE WELCOME AND JOIN IN WELCOMING OFFICER HAYLEY REYES [APPLAUSE].

BEFORE I HAND HER THE MIC, I HAVE TO SAY THAT SHE IS A COMPLETE STUD.

DURING THE ACADEMY, I WOULD SHOW UP TO THE GYM HERE NEXT DOOR.

YES, THE GYM OPENS AT 4 A.M.

AND I'D GET THERE AT 5 A.M..

AND SHE'S GETTING READY TO LEAVE TO THE ACADEMY BY 5:30.

SO SHE SAID IT WASN'T ENOUGH EXERCISE THAT THEY GAVE HER THERE SO SHE WOULD JOIN THEM AND DO THAT.

SO SHE'S PRETTY PHYSICALLY FIT, SO SHE'S AWESOME, ANYWAY.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WAS AT A TIME WHEN THE ACADEMY WAS NOT AS PHYSICALLY RESTRAINING WE WERE GOING THROUGH.

WE'RE AT TOWARDS THE END, SO IT WASN'T AS PHYSICALLY DRAINING.

BUT ANYWAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M VERY GRATEFUL AND HONORED TO SERVE THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.

AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OF MY FAMILY HERE TONIGHT, BUT I HAVE MY SECOND FAMILY BEHIND ME THAT I'VE GAINED THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY AND I'M VERY, VERY EXCITED.

THEY'VE ALL BEEN SUPER SUPPORTIVE AND I'M SUPER GRATEFUL TO JUST BE A PART OF IT.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH [APPLAUSE].

AWESOME.

OKAY, THE NEXT OFFICER I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE IS OFFICER MICHAEL MCJUNKIN.

OFFICER MCJUNKIN IS BORN AND RAISED IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

HE STARTED HIS LAW ENFORCEMENT CAREER IN 2016, WHEN HE WAS HIRED BY THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.

IN 2017, HE LATERALED TO THE CITY OF TUSTIN, WHERE HE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE A MOTORCYCLE OFFICER FIELD TRAINING OFFICER AND A MEMBER OF THE SWAT TEAM.

AND IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR, WE STOLE OFFICER MCJUNKIN AS HE MADE THE DECISION TO SERVE NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY WHERE HE GREW UP IN, BUT IN THE CITY WHERE HIS GRANDPARENTS, PARENTS AND CHILDREN HAVE CALLED HOME FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OFFICER MICHAEL MCJUNKIN [APPLAUSE].

HE'S ANOTHER EARLY RISER THAT I CATCH AT THE GYM REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING.

I'LL MAKE THIS REALLY QUICK.

THANK YOU, CHIEF, FOR HAVING ME.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING FOR LA VERNE SO FAR.

MANY YEARS TO COME.

IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY, NO ONE EVER LEAVES LA VERNE I TRIED.

OH, AND HERE I AM.

UNFORTUNATELY, MY FAMILY COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY.

I HAVE TWO LITTLE BOYS THAT WOULD NOT BE WELL IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL.

AND I LOOK FORWARD [INAUDIBLE].

RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OFFICER ZACHARY FIDLER.

IN DECEMBER OF 2008, ZACHARY FIDLER GRADUATED FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S ACADEMY AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF.

HE'S WORKED AT VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS AND STATIONS, INCLUDING THE VICTORVILLE AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA STATIONS.

HIS TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE GREW AS A DUI INVESTIGATOR, AND HE LEARNED HE EARNED MULTIPLE ACCOLADES FOR MAD FOR 130 DUI ARRESTS IN A SINGLE YEAR.

HE SERVED ON THE DESERT VALLEY DESERT AND VALLEY MAI TEAM, WHICH IS A MAJOR ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEAM, AND EVENTUALLY BECAME AN INSTRUCTOR FOR THE ADVANCED OFFICER TRAINING AT SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ACADEMY.

ZACHARY TOOK A SIX YEAR SABBATICAL FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JOINED THE FAMILY BUSINESS AND BECAME AN INVESTMENT ADVISOR.

HE IS MARRIED TO HIS WIFE LISA FOR NINE YEARS AND THEY HAVE THREE BOYS TOGETHER JACK, PARKER, AND LUKE.

HELPING JACK IN HIS LITTLE LEAGUE PATH, ZACHARY REALIZED HIS LOVE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND HIS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AT THAT POINT, HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CONTINUE TO POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY.

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ANOTHER GREAT CATCH FOR US.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OFFICER ZACHARY FIDLER.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY.

I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL AND MY PARTNERS.

LIKE THE CHIEF SAID, I WAS WITH SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FOR TEN YEARS.

AND COMING HERE, I'VE SEEN NOTHING BUT SUPPORT, NOT JUST FROM THE COMMUNITY AND MY PARTNERS AS WELL.

IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOST IN A BIG COUNTY AND A BIG DEPARTMENT AND THE THE WELCOMINGNESS THAT I'VE RECEIVED HERE HAS JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING.

I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY.

LIKE CHIEF SAID, I'VE BEEN MARRIED NINE YEARS TO MY WIFE, LISA.

THEY GOT SCHOOL IN THE MORNING.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT COMING.

THEY GO TO SCHOOL OUT IN REDLANDS.

THEY WISH THEY COULD BE HERE.

BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR EVERYTHING [APPLAUSE].

OKAY. NEXT I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OFFICER SEBASTIAN GOMEZ.

AND OFFICER SEBASTIAN GOMEZ HAS JOINED THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN MAY OF 2021 AS A POLICE CADET.

AGAIN I'VE SAID THIS MANY, MANY TIMES WHERE OUR OUR FARM SYSTEM, WHERE WE GET OUR POLICE OFFICERS FROM, WHERE HE ASSISTED THE DEPARTMENT IN VARIOUS ASSIGNMENTS.

THESE ASSIGNMENTS INCLUDE RECORDS, PATROL, COMMUNITY SERVICES WHERE HE SPENT COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS HOURS OF REDACTING BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE FOR THE DETECTIVE BUREAU.

SEBASTIAN WORKED AS A POLICE CADET UNTIL HE WAS HIRED AS A POLICE OFFICER.

HE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ACADEMY ON MARCH 7TH, 2024.

SEBASTIAN CURRENTLY WORKS PATROL, WAS OFF TRAINING AND IS EAGER TO FURTHER HIS CAREER AND KNOWLEDGE WHILE WORKING ALONGSIDE HIS PARTNERS.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN WELCOMING OFFICER SEBASTIAN GOMEZ [APPLAUSE].

YEAH. SO, LIKE CHIEF SAID, I CAME UP THROUGH THE FARM SYSTEM AS A CADET, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IT'S A REALLY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE TO BE ABLE TO GO FROM CADET NOW INTO A FULLTIME POSITION.

AGAIN, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITH OUT ALL MY PARTNERS.

THEY'RE ALWAYS THERE TO SUPPORT AND HELP ME OUT WHEN I NEED IT.

SO JUST EXCITED TO BE IN LA VERNE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG CAREER, SO I'LL 30 SOMETHING MORE YEARS AND WE'LL BE GOOD.

SO I'M EXCITED.

I'M EXCITED TO WORK HERE.

[APPLAUSE] AGAIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I BELIEVE IN IN THE COMING WEEKS, WE'LL BE INTRODUCING A NEW CAPTAIN AND SEVERAL OTHER PROMOTIONS.

SO THAT'S TO COME.

SO AGAIN THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I'LL BE IN THE BACK.

THANK YOU CHIEF. THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

OH PLEASE MIC].

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OKAY. OKAY, WE'RE DOWN TO JUST A FEW HERE.

AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN INVITING LA VERNE RESIDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR COMMUNITY SURVEY, WE WANTED YOUR VOICE TO BE HEARD.

AS WE PREPARE FOR THE 2025 STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS, THIS PLAN WILL GUIDE OUR CITY'S FUTURE, ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY BY BLENDING OUR CORE VALUES, SPECIFIC GOALS, AND YOUR FEEDBACK TO CREATE A STRATEGY THAT WILL SHAPE THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

AT THE CLOSE OF THE SURVEY, WE RECEIVED 376 RESPONSES.

THIS EVENING WE WILL BE PULLING THE LAST TWO NAMES FOR A RAFFLE PRIZE, ANDREA.

MIC] MARIE GUERRERO AND EDWARD PAGET [APPLAUSE].

A TRIP TO HAWAII.

OH, WAIT. I'M SORRY [LAUGHTER].

THERE IS NO TRIP TO HAWAII.

LET ME MAKE THAT. NO MAKE IT CRYSTAL CLEAR, NO.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.

I'VE GOT A FEW NAMES HERE.

RAYMOND SWAIN, AD HOC WATER AND SEWER.

MAYOR, COUNCIL, DAF, I TELL YOU.

YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR TRIPS INSTEAD OF HAWAII, YOU COULD GO ON THESE WATER FILLED TRIPS AND SEE THE DEPTHS OF THE SEWER SYSTEM [LAUGHTER]. I THINK I'VE BEEN THERE BEFORE, BUT WHATEVER.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU.

THE AD HOC COMMITTEE STUDYING THE WATER AND SEWER RATES MEETS TOMORROW NIGHT, TUESDAY, HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 6 P.M..

AND THE AGENDA IS ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED.

TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LA VERNE, AND NOT JUST RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS TOO, TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROCESS.

AND I'LL GET TO A COUPLE OF REASONS WHY IN A MINUTE HERE.

MANY OF OUR SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY JUST MAYBE NINE MONTHS OR EVEN A YEAR AHEAD OF WHERE WE'RE AT BECAUSE OF HOW THEIR FISCAL WORKS AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

BUT I'VE NOTICED IN THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER HERE NOW, ALMOST EVERY WEEK THERE'S AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF A CITY THAT HAS ADOPTED THEIR NEW FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR CITY AND WATER RATES.

AND IT'S QUITE STAGGERING SOME OF THE NUMBERS THAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH.

SO I WANT THE COMMUNITY TO REALLY PARTICIPATE.

HEAR THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE HEARING, THE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE HAVING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERTS COME IN FROM THE CITY AND VARIOUS AGENCIES PRESENTING WHAT INCOMES THERE ARE, WHAT COSTS THERE ARE, WHAT THE PROCESSES ARE. IT'S REALLY INVOLVED, BUT IT'S GOING TO THROUGH OUR PROCESS, WE'RE GOING TO COME TO THE POINT WHERE WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL ON WHERE WE THINK WATER AND SEWER RATES SHOULD BE FOR A FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC PLAN.

AND IT'S IT'S VERY INVOLVED, A LOT OF INFORMATION THERE.

BUT I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO BE SURPRISED BY WAITING FOR THE LAST MINUTE AND SAY, OH, MY.

YOU KNOW, THE EARLIER THEY GET IN EARLIER, THEY CAN ASK QUESTIONS AND EARLIER THEY HAVE IMPACT ON SOME OF THE DIRECTIONS THAT THAT WE MAY BE TAKING.

SO TOMORROW NIGHT, 6:00, BE THERE OR BE RIGHT.

OKAY. THANK YOU RAYMOND.

APPRECIATE THAT. ADRIAN ROMERO, THE LIBRARY.

GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE TO DISCUSS SOME EVENTS WE'LL BE HAVING AT THE LA VERNE LIBRARY.

IN CELEBRATION OF NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH AND TO HONOR GENERATIONS OF VETERANS AND PEACEKEEPERS FROM NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

WE'LL BE HOLDING A PROGRAM ON THIS TOPIC.

DURING THIS EVENT, PEOPLE CAN CREATE A VETERAN'S SHADOW BOX WHILE LEARNING ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE US MILITARY, AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NATIONAL

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THIS EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH AT 6 P.M..

AND BEGINNING DECEMBER 5TH LA VERNE LIBRARY WILL BE HOLDING DANCE, PLAY AND EXPLORE SESSION FOR AGES 1 TO 5 EVERY THURSDAY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER AT 10:15 A.M..

DURING THESE SESSIONS, CHILDREN CAN DANCE AND PLAY WHILE LEARNING ABOUT MOTOR SKILLS.

ATTENDANCE IS LIMITED, SO ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED EITHER IN PERSON, AT THE LIBRARY OR ONLINE AT LACOUNTYLIBRARY.ORG.

AND FOR SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WE'LL BE HOLDING A SWIRLY SNOWMAN CRAFT PROGRAM WHERE CHILDREN CAN LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF SNOWMAN BUILDING AND MAKE THEIR OWN SWIRLY SNOWMAN ART PIECE. THE EVENT IS FOR AGES 6 TO 12 AND WILL TAKE PLACE ON DECEMBER 11TH AT 5 P.M..

AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE LIBRARY, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT LACOUNTYLIBRARY.ORG.

THAT'S A SHORT LIST.

YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SHERRY BEST.

SHERRY BEST REPRESENTING THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

SO I WANT TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL VINTAGE SALE AND HOME TOUR LAST SATURDAY AND PULLED IN OVER $1,700 FOR THE DAY.

SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYBODY WHO CAME OUT AND BOUGHT CITY SIGNS, VINTAGE ITEMS, JAM AND JELLY, AND WENT ON OUR HOME TOURS. AND IT WAS.

IT WAS A LONG BUT VERY NICE DAY AND WE HAD BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

AND THE DAY BEFORE, MY HUSBAND AND I PACKED OUR CARS IN THE RAIN AND KEPT WONDERING IF IT WAS GOING TO BE A DECENT DAY ON SATURDAY, AND IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL DAY AND WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL TIME, AND IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THAT TURNOUT.

NOW TOMORROW, KATHY AND I ARE GOING TO BE PARTICIPATING WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE FOR THEIR PARTNER EXPO.

WE WILL BE THERE AND HANDING OUT OUR NEW BROCHURES.

SO I HAVE NOW LEARNED HOW TO MAKE A TRIFOLD BROCHURE USING MICROSOFT WORD.

THANK YOU YOUTUBE FOR THAT.

SO WE NOW HAVE BROCHURES TO GIVE OUT AND WE WANT TO MEET THE STUDENTS AND TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS WITH THEM.

AND THEN THIS SATURDAY, KATHY AND I WILL BE TRAVELING OVER TO FAIRPLEX FOR FALL IN THE FARM, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SPEND ANOTHER LONG DAY MEETING PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND HANDING OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

SO WE'RE KIND OF ENDING THIS YEAR WITH A BANG, AND OUR LAST BIG EVENT IN DECEMBER WILL BE TO BE AT MAINIERO SQUARE ON THE 7TH OF DECEMBER.

WE'RE BRINGING THE TRUCK, IT WILL BE WEARING ITS SANTA HAT AND A BEARD, SO IT WILL BE MASQUERADING AS SANTA CLAUS THIS TIME.

A WITCH IN OCTOBER, SANTA CLAUS IN DECEMBER, AND THE EASTER BUNNY IN APRIL [LAUGHTER].

SO YOU JUST NEVER KNOW HOW THE TRUCK IS GOING TO LOOK.

BUT IT WILL BE OUT.

AND THEN UNCLE SAM ON THE 4TH OF JULY.

SO WE HAVE MANY DISGUISES, BUT IT WILL BE SANTA CLAUS ON THE 7TH OF DECEMBER.

SO COME JOIN US AND BRING YOUR KIDS TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH THE OTHER SANTA THAT WILL BE AT MAINIERO SQUARE.

THANKS. THANK YOU SHERRY.

ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ANNOUNCEMENTS? THIS IS NOT PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ANNOUNCEMENTS ON UPCOMING EVENTS.

YVONNE, COME ON UP.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT I DO WANT TO KEEP REITERATING IT UNTIL THE EVENT HAPPENS.

BUT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, ALONG WITH THE CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE OF LA VERNE, WE ARE HAVING A TRAVEL THROUGH THE WORLD SECOND ANNUAL GLOBAL GLOBAL HOLIDAY CELEBRATION.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE LIVE ENTERTAINMENT GAMES, PRIZES, THINGS FOR THE KIDS TO DO, FOOD, RAFFLES AND IT'LL BE AT SNEAKY PARK.

SO WE INVITE EVERYBODY TO COME AND SEE HOW, YOU KNOW, OTHER COUNTRIES CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS.

NOW THIS IS GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7TH, SO IT'LL BE FROM 12 TO 3.

SO IT'LL BE RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAY STROLL.

SO THAT YOU CAN COME OVER AND HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD FOOD, SEE SOME ENTERTAINMENT, AND THEN GO SEE THE TRUCK AND SANTA AND THEN DO THE STROLL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THIS, AND I'LL KEEP ANNOUNCING IT UNTIL THE DATE OF THE EVENT.

BUT THANK YOU.

THANK YOU YVONNE. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ANNOUNCEMENTS?

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AND THEN ON THE 7TH OF DECEMBER IS OUR HOLIDAY STROLL, IT STARTS AT 3:00.

PICTURES WITH SANTA AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A STORY READ, THE TREE LIGHTING, THE MAYOR WILL BE THERE.

SO THAT'S ALWAYS A GREAT EVENT TOO, AND ALL THE STORES USUALLY GIVE OUT SOME TYPE OF TREAT OR TOY OR SOMETHING.

SO PLEASE JOIN US THEN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ANNOUNCEMENTS? WELL, AS MICKEY TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF THE THUNDER, BUT WE GOT THIS BIG THING RIGHT HERE.

CRUISIN LA VERNE. SO IT'S REALLY FUN.

IT'S GOING TO BE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, FROM 10 A.M.

TO 4 P.M.. IT'S WONDERFUL.

THERE'LL BE HUNDREDS OF CARS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY, REALLY GREAT DAY.

THERE'LL BE FOOD, THERE'LL BE SHOP YOUR LOCAL SHOPS.

SO. OH, YES.

ALSO, THIS IS THE CHP BENEFITING CHIPS FOR KIDS.

SO YOU CAN BRING AN UNWRAPPED TOY AND YEAH, JUST BRING AN UNWRAPPED TOY AND BRING IT FOR THE CHP.

I THINK I SAID THE 6TH, I MEANT THE 7TH.

SATURDAY THE 7TH.

THAT WOULD BE, IT'S OUR HOLIDAY STROLL.

THAT'S THE HOLIDAY STROLL.

THAT IS THE.

YOU ARE CORRECT? YES.

VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MICKEY.

AND ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM OUR COUNCIL? NOPE.

THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO [INAUDIBLE] WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

COUNCIL ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR TO BE PULLED? MR. DOMER ANYBODY PULL ANY ITEMS OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? THERE WERE NO REQUESTS.

NO REQUESTS. OKAY WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

SECOND. SECOND.

VOTE PLEASE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY LAU AND APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU. NOW WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[PUBLIC HEARINGS]

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

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORTH CANDICE BOWCOCK, OUR SENIOR PLANNER ON THIS ITEM.

AND THE CITY ATTORNEY IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE URGENCY ORDINANCE.

PRINCIPAL PLANNER, PRINCIPAL PLANNER.

THAT'S OKAY. I FORGIVE YOU.

CANDICE, WAS THAT PRINCIPAL PLANNER? YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

WAS THAT ONE MORE TIME? PRINCIPAL PLANNER. THANK YOU.

PRINCIPAL IS YOUR PAL, AND YOU NEVER KNOW. THANK YOU.

WELCOME, PRINCIPAL PLANNER BOWCOCK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED URGENCY ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING MINIMUM DENSITIES IN THE MIXED USE ONE AND MIXED USE TWO DISTRICTS OF THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY ADOPTED THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN IN 2013 TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE A LINE STATION AND ESTABLISH HIGHER DENSITIES OF HOUSING.

SPECIFICALLY THE AREAS ON THE ATTACHED MAP THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR YOU, THE MIXED USE ONE AND MIXED USE TWO DISTRICTS WITH MAXIMUM RESIDENTIAL DENSITIES IS AT 60 AND 70 UNITS PER ACRE CURRENTLY.

IN 2017, THE CITY ESTABLISHED AN EIFD, ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT NEAR THE STATION TO CAPTURE PROPERTY TAXES TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREA.

THIS IS LARGELY DEPENDENT UPON THE AMOUNT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT.

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS BASED ON THE DENSITIES IN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN, AND A LOWER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT COULD IMPACT THE FUTURE GENERATIONS OF THE DISTRICT.

IN 2022, THE CITY ADOPTED AND HCD APPROVED THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH INCLUDED POLICIES TO ENCOURAGE HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY AROUND THE METRO A-LINE STATION.

WHILE WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PROCESSING THE ORDINANCES, ORDINANCE CHANGES REQUIRED UNDER THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND UPDATING THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW PROVISIONS FOR STATE LAW, WE HAVE COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THERE ARE NO MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENTS IN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN TODAY.

THIS MEANS THAT DEVELOPERS COULD COME BUILD A MUCH AT MUCH LOWER DENSITIES THAN WHAT WE ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED IN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN.

THIS WOULD NOT BE IN LINE WITH THE VISION OF THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN, POTENTIALLY INTERFERING WITH THE EIFD, ACHIEVING THE ANTICIPATED FINANCIAL OUTCOME

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CREATING A NEED FOR THE CITY TO REZONE OTHER PROPERTIES TO MAINTAIN AN ADEQUATE SUPPLY OF HOUSING SITES FOR LOW INCOME UNITS.

TO ENSURE ADEQUATE HOUSING IS DEVELOPED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRIKE A BALANCE THAT AVOIDS OVERLY RESTRICTING HOUSING OPTIONS.

WITHIN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN, THERE ARE 84 SITES, INVENTORY SITES, THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT.

FROM THESE SITES 18 OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN THE MIXED USE ONE AND MIXED USE TWO DISTRICTS, WITH THE REMAINING 66 SITES THAT ARE SPREAD AMONG OTHER AREAS OF THE PLAN. THE 18 SITES IN MIXED USE ONE AND TWO, ARE THE ONLY AREAS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED DENSITIES THAT WILL EXCEED 50 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

TO SUPPORT THIS HOUSING AND FINANCIAL GOALS OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN, THE EIFD AND THE HOUSING ELEMENT, IT'S RECOMMENDED TO ESTABLISH A MINIMUM DENSITY OF 38 UNITS PER ACRE FOR THESE 18 SPECIFIC SITES.

FOR THE OTHER 66 SITES, THERE WILL BE NO MINIMUM DENSITY REQUIREMENTS APPLIED.

THE APPROACH ENSURES FLEXIBILITY FOR VARIOUS TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT, WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTENDED VERSION OF HIGHER DENSITY AREAS NEAR THE TRANSIT STATION.

THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA BECAUSE IT IS NOT CONSIDERED A PROJECT AND WILL NOT WILL NOT RESULT IN DIRECT OR INDIRECT PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND EVEN IF IT WAS CONSIDERED A PROJECT, IT WOULD THEN ALSO BE EXEMPT FROM THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PURSUANT TO THE COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT PROVIDE TO ANY CHANGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY BEYOND THAT WHICH CURRENTLY EXISTS TODAY.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THROUGH A 4/5 VOTE, ADOPT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE, ESTABLISHING THE MINIMUM DENSITIES IN THE MIXED USE ONE AND MIXED USE TWO OF THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN AND DETERMINE THAT URGENCY ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA AND THE CITY'S ENVIRONMENTAL GUIDELINES.

FOLLOWING THIS, THE CITY WILL CONDUCT NOTICED PUBLIC HEARINGS IN PROBABLY AROUND FEBRUARY IS WHAT WE'RE SHOOTING FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FORMAL ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE.

I AM AVAILABLE FROM STAFF IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

AND KIM, THE CITY ATTORNEY, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS ALONG THE WAY SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M SURE SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER THEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE? KATHY KALOUSEK FROM 3RD STREET.

SO I'M READING IT AS AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, BUT IS IT GOING TO BE SET IN STONE? I'VE BEEN A REALTOR A LONG TIME AND I AM PRO HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE REALLY HIGH NUMBERS.

YOU KNOW, THE 38, I WAS THINKING MAYBE MINIMUM 25, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN ORDER TO GET THE BENEFITS THAT WE NEED TO GET.

SO BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STUDY SESSIONS, BUT WILL THE STUDY SESSIONS HAPPEN AND COULD WE CHANGE IT LATER, OR IS THIS GOING TO BE SET IN STONE? THAT'S MY QUESTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

CANDICE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REITERATE THAT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO? YEAH, I CAN ADDRESS THAT, MR. MAYOR. NO ZONING ORDINANCE IS EVER SET IN STONE.

BUT THE GOAL HERE IS TO NOT ONLY COMPLY WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT THAT WAS ADOPTED AND APPROVED, BUT ALSO TO CARRY OUT THE ANTICIPATED VISION.

AND RIGHT NOW, THOSE WELL, THERE'S EXPECTATION THAT THERE WILL BE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS FOR THESE PARCELS.

REMEMBER, THIS ISN'T THE ENTIRE ONE OF 60 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE OR 70 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.

SO THE 38 IS ACTUALLY PRETTY LOW IN COMPARISON TO THE MAXIMUM DENSITY.

YEAH. BUT IN ANY EVENT, NO, I MEAN, THERE'S ONCE IT'S BUILT, IT'S BUILT.

RIGHT? BUT ULTIMATELY ZONING CHANGES CAN BE MADE IN THE FUTURE BY APPROPRIATE THROUGH PUBLIC INPUT, PUBLIC HEARING, PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL DECISION.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? JUST JUST A COMMENT.

THOUGH THIS IS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, THIS THIS SUBJECT DID COME UP, AND THAT'S WHY I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY WERE ANSWERED LAST TIME, TOO.

BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THIS IS THE SECOND TIME COMING UP AS WELL.

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MOTION. MOTION.

SECOND. SECOND.

VOTE, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER SIX WAS MOVED FOR APPROVAL FROM KASHIFALGHITA, SECONDED BY CROSBY AND APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

THANK YOU J.R..

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THERE ARE TWO ITEMS TONIGHT, THE FIRST ITEM IS A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE AWARD OF CONTRACT, CITY MANAGER PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THERE WILL BE TWO DIRECTORS TODAY.

GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

TONIGHT I'M HERE, ALONG WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR MEG MCWADE, TO PRESENT AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

THE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS OUR AQUATIC CENTER, ONE OF OUR FOUR FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE.

AGO. SINCE THEN, LA VERNE HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN CHANGING COMMUNITY NEEDS.

PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES ARE VITAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR CITY, AND IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT WE TAKE A THOUGHTFUL, STRATEGIC APPROACH TO ENSURE THESE SERVICES CONTINUE TO MEET THE EXPECTATIONS OF OUR RESIDENTS NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

THE UPDATED MASTER PLAN WILL GUIDE OUR EFFORTS FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS, CREATING A LONG TERM VISION FOR PARKS, TRAILS, OPEN SPACES, FACILITIES AND RECREATIONAL PROGRAMING.

IMPORTANTLY, THIS UPDATE WILL INCORPORATE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK TO ENSURE THAT THE VOICES OF LA VERNE RESIDENTS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING.

THIS IS HERITAGE PARK ON THE FOUNDATION SIDE.

FAMILIES HERE FROM OUR PRESCHOOL PROGRAM ARE ENJOYING A TRACTOR RIDE THROUGH ONE OF THE MANY EXCURSIONS THAT THEY OFFER.

BETWEEN PUBLIC WORKS AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, IN TERMS OF PARKS, WE HAVE 21 PARKS AND WE HAVE 4 RECREATION FACILITIES, WHICH INCLUDE THE COMMUNITY CENTER, AQUATIC CENTER, VETERANS HALL AND OUR LITTLE PRESCHOOL ROOM UP AT OAK MESA.

SO EACH SERVE A UNIQUE PURPOSE.

SOME OF THEM MULTI PURPOSE.

AND SO THIS MASTER PLAN WILL HELP US EVALUATE THOSE FACILITIES AND PARKS.

PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN OBJECTIVES.

SO THERE'S FIVE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE PART OF THIS MASTER PLAN.

ONE OF THEM IS TO IDENTIFY CURRENT AND FUTURE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL NEEDS THROUGH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR DEVELOPING AND EXPANDING PARKS, TRAILS AND OPEN SPACE.

PROVIDING OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN THAT DEFINES APPROPRIATE MAINTENANCE LEVELS, REPLACEMENT SCHEDULES, AND STAFFING LEVELS.

PROVIDE AN OPERATIONS PLAN THAT DEFINES APPROPRIATE RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS AND STAFFING LEVELS.

DEVELOP AN ACTION PLAN FOR PRIORITIZING, SCHEDULING, FUNDING, AND ACCOMPLISHING THE IDENTIFIED NEEDS.

AND RECOMMEND NEW AND OR MODIFY EXISTING POLICIES TO GUIDE CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL FOR PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF THE CITY'S OPEN SPACE, PARKS, TRAILS AND RECREATION RESOURCES.

ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ASPECTS OF THIS PROCESS IS A ROBUST COMMUNITY OUTREACH PLAN THROUGH WORKSHOPS, SURVEYS, FOCUS GROUPS AND LOCAL EVENTS, WE WILL ENGAGE RESIDENTS AT EVERY STAGE TO ENSURE THE UPDATED MASTER PLAN REFLECTS WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO OUR COMMUNITY.

SO FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I HAVE MEG WHO WILL PRESENT MORE ON THIS PLAN.

WE DID TALK ABOUT DOING PARKS AND MASTER PLAN DANCE, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF THE START OF IT.

SO I KNOW YVONNE DOES ESSENTIALLY, I LIKE TO CALL IT THE SOFTER SIDE OF PARKS.

RIGHT. THE RECREATION DELIVERY.

AND WE ESSENTIALLY DO THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PARKS FACILITIES AND WHAT THEY WILL DO, WHAT THE CONSULTANT WILL DO FOR US IS BASICALLY INVENTORY EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE IN OUR PARKS AND OUR TRAIL SYSTEM.

SO WE LIKE TO THINK ABOUT PLAYGROUNDS AND AQUATIC CENTERS AND SPORTS COURTS, PICKLEBALL COURTS.

BUT THERE'S ALSO OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THOSE PARKS AND THE TRAILS, TRASH CANS AND PICNIC BENCHES, RIGHT, AND PICNIC TABLES AND BENCHES.

AND SO IN ORDER TO FIGURE OUT A FUNDING NEED FOR THE PARKS, WE NEED TO HAVE DETAILED INVENTORY OF EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY.

THEN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT WILL BE DONE WILL TELL BY PARK, WHAT ADDITIONAL AMENITIES DO PEOPLE WANT TO SEE.

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SOMETIMES IT'S MORE I WANT A TEEN CENTER ADDED.

RIGHT? IT COULD BE A MYRIAD OF THINGS.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL MELD THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED TO MAINTAIN, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED FROM OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

AND THEY'LL COME UP WITH A 20 YEAR PLAN, AS YVONNE MENTIONED.

AND THE GOAL WOULD BE TO FIGURE OUT ALSO HOW TO FUND IT, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH GRANT PROGRAMS, THROUGH EXISTING FUNDING, BUT ALSO SUBSIDY LEVELS THAT COUNCIL IS INTERESTED IN HAVING FOR BOTH PROGRAMS AS WELL AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO THEY'LL DESIGN THE 20 YEAR PLAN, ULTIMATELY GIVE US TEN YEAR PRIORITIZED PROJECTS AND FIVE YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT ACTUALLY IS FUNDED.

THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT.

SEPARATELY, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, STAFFING LEVELS, WHAT WE MAINTAIN IN-HOUSE, WHAT WE OUTSOURCE AND LOOK AT THE BEST WAY TO DELIVER SERVICES.

SO THOSE TWO THINGS WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS PROJECT.

THE NEXT THING IS JUST HOW DID WE SELECT THIS CONSULTANT? SO KTUA IS THE RECOMMENDED CONSULTANT.

WE HAD AN INTER-DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE AND IT WAS A FORMAL RFP SELECTION PROCESS.

SO IT WAS ADVERTISED.

WE HAD TWO CONSULTANTS SUBMIT.

WE DID BOTH REVIEW OF PROPOSALS AS WELL AS INTERVIEWS WITH THE CONSULTANTS.

AND THEY WERE REALLY VERY CLOSE, BOTH VERY QUALIFIED, HAD DONE A LOT OF WORK FOR CITIES AROUND US.

WE SELECTED KTUA IN PART BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO.

IT WAS JUST IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT.

AGAIN, THE COST IS $274,120.

IT WAS THEY WERE WITHIN A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS OF EACH OTHER.

YES. SO CLOSE.

JUST A COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

AND IT'S FUNDED ENTIRELY BY MEASURE A FUNDS.

AND SO THERE ARE NO GENERAL FUND DOLLARS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED AND IT WILL RESULT IN AN ACTIONABLE.

THAT'S THE GOAL NOT TO HAVE A PLAN THAT SITS ON THE SHELF, BUT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE AS A BLUEPRINT FOR MOVING THINGS FORWARD.

WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YVONNE.

SO THERE'S A TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT.

IT'S ROUGHLY 12 MONTHS, AND SO I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THIS.

AND SO THE PARKS MASTER PLAN, IT'S DESIGNED TO ENSURE A THOROUGH AND INCLUSIVE PROCESS THAT REFLECTS THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE ARE SET TO BEGIN IN JANUARY OF 2025.

WE'LL KICK IT OFF WITH AN INITIAL STAFF MEETING.

AND THESE MEETINGS WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION AND TO FOR THE PROJECT TO ENSURE A CLEAR COORDINATION AND ALIGNMENT ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ALL PRETTY MUCH AGREEING TO THIS.

WE WILL KICK OFF THIS EFFORT AND THEN FROM THERE AROUND FEBRUARY, WE'LL FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING THE OVERALL PLAN, THE VISION, THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES PROVIDING THE ROADMAP FOR THE NEXT TWO DECADES FOR US OR 20 YEARS.

NEXT, SIMULTANEOUSLY, DURING THE FIRST QUARTER, WE'LL EVALUATE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF OUR PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.

THIS ASSESSMENT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR RESOURCES AND IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.

FOLLOWING ALONG IN MARCH AND ONGOING, THIS IS THE FUN PART I THINK IS A COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.

IT IS MY FIRST PARKS MASTER PLAN WITH THIS CITY, BUT I'VE BEEN PART OF TWO OTHER PARKS MASTER PLAN IN THE CITY OF OXNARD, ACTUALLY, TECHNICALLY CITY OF CAMARILLO, CITY OF NORCO, WHERE I LIVE. SO I LOVE THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN REALLY SAY I NEED MORE BASEBALL FIELDS OR LIKE, SEE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE, PICKLEBALL COURTS, INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS.

I WOULD LOVE AN INDOOR GYM.

JUST SAYING. SO THAT'S THAT PROCESS, THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT JUST SHAPE THE FUTURES OF OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES.

THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BETWEEN APRIL AND JULY, THE PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON A NEEDS ASSESSMENT INFORMED BY THE COMMUNITY, FEEDBACK AND EVALUATIONS.

THIS PHASE WILL RESULT IN ACTIONABLE RECOMMENDATIONS TO ADDRESS CURRENT AND FUTURE NEEDS.

THEN IN JUNE AND JULY, WE'LL DEVELOP A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THIS PLAN WILL IDENTIFY PRIORITY PROJECTS, THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXPANSION OF PARKS AND TRAILS, AND RESOURCES ALLOCATED EFFICIENTLY TO MEET THESE GOALS, WHETHER IT'S GRANTS LIKE THE NIAGARA GRANT, THE MEASURE A FUNDS, PROP FUNDS OR FORMALLY NOW MEASURE A FUNDS THAT WILL HELP US DEVELOP THAT.

A CRUCIAL ASPECT OF SUSTAINABILITY, THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE PLAN WILL DEVELOP AROUND MAY OR JUNE, AND THIS PLAN WILL OUTLINE STRATEGIES TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE AND MAINTAIN OUR PARKS AND FACILITIES.

AND THEN THE DRAFT PLAN BETWEEN JULY AND NOVEMBER WE'LL PREPARE A DRAFT AND PRESENT TO COUNCIL ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS OF THE UPDATED MASTER PLAN FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH NOVEMBER. THE PLAN WILL REFINE AND FINALIZE THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GATHER FROM STAFF IN THE COMMUNITY.

THIS WELL STRUCTURED TIMELINE ENSURES A COMPREHENSIVE, INCLUSIVE AND TRANSPARENT PROCESS WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF DELIVERING A PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN THAT TRULY SERVES THE NEEDS AND VISION OF OUR LA VERNE COMMUNITY.

IF APPROVED TONIGHT, KTUA, WHO IS ALSO ONLINE JUST IN CASE YOU COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL BE BEGIN WORK SOON AND WE WILL START PREPPING IN DECEMBER OF

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WITH THAT, I RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH KTUA TO LEAD THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN UPDATE. OH, THERE IS ONE MORE.

YOU JUMPED THE GUN.

WOW. IT IS THE BEST SLIDE.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S A FUN QUESTION ONE JUST SAYING.

SO THANK YOU. AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

PARKS MASTER PLAN TO SEE YEAH, REPLACING THAT PLAYGROUND WITH SOME CUSHION FOR YOUR BOTTOM BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T FEEL VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU MEG. THANK YOU YVONNE.

YEAH, THAT WAS GRAVEL.

ALL GRAVEL AND HARD ROCK.

LET ME JUST TELL YOU. LET'S OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

COME ON UP. THANK YOU HONEY.

WHATEVER'S THERE IS NOT THERE ANYMORE.

YEAH. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS, BECAUSE THAT WAS RIDICULOUS, BUT WHATEVER.

I JUST HAD A I REALLY THIS IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD BECAUSE AFTER BEING HERE FOR SO MANY YEARS, THERE ARE A LOT OF PARKS THAT JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S LOW USAGE AND STUFF THAT WE COULD MODIFY THEM INTO SOMETHING LIKE YOU SAID, YVONNE, MAKING, MAYBE MAKING A BASEBALL FIELD OR MAYBE MAKING A SOCCER FIELD NOT LIT.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARKS THAT ARE SO BIG, BUT YET THEY'RE UNDERUTILIZED.

AND I'M OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO TALK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT'S ALSO THERE'S A MONEY ISSUE, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PARKS OUT THERE THAT REALLY NEED SOME SPECIAL ATTENTION.

BUT AT THE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'VE DONE SOME GREAT THINGS WITH THE PARKS WE HAVE NOW AND THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN GIVEN TO US.

SO I REALLY APPLAUD YOU GUYS FOR THAT.

AND THE MAINTENANCE IS MUCH BETTER NOW.

I KNOW WE'VE HAD SOME ISSUES BEFORE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAINTENANCE IS UP ON THOSE.

AND BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD IDEA.

AND I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO CHRONOLOGICALLY SET UP WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND WHAT THE COSTS ARE IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY ON OUR, YOU KNOW, [INAUDIBLE] AND EVERYTHING ELSE. BUT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT EVEN THOUGH WE ARE AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE YOUNGER FAMILIES MOVING IN.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE LITTLE PARKS, LIKE RUSTY CANYON PARK, THAT HAVE EQUIPMENT THAT THESE KIDS CAN PLAY ON IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.

I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING, YOU KNOW? BUT GUYS, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.

GO AHEAD ADJACENT TO, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE EMERALD PARK AND MAYBE ANY OTHER AREAS? ESSENTIALLY, THAT IS WHAT THEY DO.

THEY LOOK AT ACQUISITIONS AND POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE, YES.

OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. SO FIRST I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING OUT A REALLY GOOD RFP.

I APPRECIATED THE REFERENCES TO INCLUSION ACCESSIBILITY, MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL CONSTITUENTS HAVE EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITIES TO UTILIZE OUR PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS.

I ALSO APPRECIATE THE INSERTION OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING AND LOOKING FOR CREATIVE WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S SUSTAINABLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T SEE, AND MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I READ THROUGH IT PRETTY QUICKLY, BUT I'M CURIOUS IF OUR CONSULTANTS OR IF THIS GROUP WILL BE LOOKING AT URBAN HEAT MAPS LIKE THE HOT SPOTS AS WE'RE ASSESSING, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE AT A PARK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE IS A THE STUDY THAT HAPPENED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE, WHERE THE STUDENTS LOOKED AT WHAT PLANTS WERE ACTUALLY HELPING TO BRING DOWN THE TEMPERATURES IN CERTAIN AREAS.

SO I'D BE CURIOUS AS TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULD BE LOOKING INTO.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE DID TALK ABOUT IS THE POTENTIAL FOR LANDSCAPE TO BE CONVERTED DIFFERENTLY.

SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADD WHEN THEY REVIEW THAT, BECAUSE AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE ARE WATER CONSERVATION ITEMS OUT THERE.

WE NEED TO REDUCE OUR WATER USE WHERE POSSIBLE.

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THAT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU WOULD HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WHEN THAT COMES UP.

THANK YOU. BECAUSE MOST OF THE EQUIPMENT IS ALREADY COOL BASED.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT DOESN'T HEAT UP A LOT OF THE PLASTIC EQUIPMENT AND STUFF.

IT'S GOT AN ELEMENT WHERE IT DOESN'T GET HOT, BUT ALSO ESPECIALLY THE GROUND COVER WITH BLACK MAKING IT A DIFFERENT COLOR LIKE A BLUE WHERE IT DOESN'T ABSORB THE HEAT.

I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE SOME OF THAT OLD EQUIPMENT, WHEN WE WERE KIDS, OH MAN, YOU WOULD LEAVE HALF YOUR BACKSIDE ON THOSE THINGS.

I REMEMBER THAT, AND WE CURRENTLY DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'RE INCORPORATING A LOT OF INTEGRATED SHADE STRUCTURES WITH THE NEWER PLAYGROUNDS.

WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT WITH OUR GLOBAL WARMING SITUATION TO HAVE SHADE STRUCTURES ON EVERY PIECE OF EQUIPMENT.

ONCE WE DO SWITCH, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING, SO.

ONE LAST QUESTION. DO THEY ALSO LOOK INTO LIKE THOSE COMMUNITY TYPE OF WORKOUT STATIONS WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO THROUGHOUT? IS THAT SOMETHING THEY DO? THAT WILL BE PART OF THE SURVEY AND THAT WILL BE BASED ON THE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND WANTS, BUT YES.

I WAS JUST HOPING I CAN GET OUT THERE AND GET MORE MOTIVATED TO GO WORK OUT.

MR. CROSBY. WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT TRAILS, IS MARSHALL CANYON TRAIL PART OF THE COUNTY OR IS IT PART OF LA VERNE? PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT PART OF SOME OF THE PARKS THAT YOU GO THROUGH BECAUSE I ACTUALLY LIKE TO HIKE OTHER INTEGRATED WITHIN THOSE TRAILS, BUT THAT IS THE COUNTY THAT HOW YOU HAVE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO THOSE TRAILS WILL THEY'LL LOOK INTO THAT AS WELL.

MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

I DID WANT TO JUST MENTION THAT WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR GOING AFTER GRANTS WHEN WE HAVE FOR LAS FLORES WAS A HUGE MONEY SAVER FOR THE CITY.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. AND WE'LL TRY MORE AND MORE FOR MORE AND MORE GRANTS.

VERY GOOD. OKAY WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT AND ANY AMENDMENTS RELATED THERETO WITH KTUA AT PRICES BID, WITH AN ESTIMATED COST OF $274,120 FOR THE UPDATE OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN.

SO MOVED. SECOND.

VOTE, PLEASE. ITEM SEVEN WAS MOVED FOR APPROVAL BY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

WHERE'S THE DANCE? YOU GOT IT? YEAH. THANK YOU MEG.

THANK YOU YVONNE. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CHRISTMAS MORNING PARADE ROUTE DESIGNATION AND AUTHORIZATION OF PAID STIPEND.

INCENTIVE FOR THE EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATION.

CITY MANAGER DOMER I ASSUME THAT YOU WILL BE FIGHTING THIS STAFF REPORT.

I WAS GOING TO BRING IN SANTA, BUT HE'S HE'S BUSY RIGHT NOW.

BUSY PREPPING ITEMS, PREPPING FOR TOYS SO.

YES. AND THEN THE ELF WASN'T EITHER AVAILABLE, SO.

SHOULD HAVE HAD AN ELF COSTUME FOR THIS ONE.

I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT IT. SO.

YES, BUDDY THE ELF.

AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING AGAIN TO HAVE THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT.

SO AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, TWO COMPONENTS TO THIS.

THE FIRST ONE IS TO DESIGNATE THE ENTIRE ROUTE.

SO ALL THE CITY STREETS AS A PARADE ROUTE, SO WE CAN USE LIGHTS AND SIRENS.

AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROCEEDING AT EIGHT MILES PER HOUR OR LESS.

WE DO HAVE A ROUTE MAP.

NEW THIS YEAR, WHAT WE'RE DOING, ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT A MAILER TO EVERY SINGLE HOUSEHOLD IN THE CITY THAT WILL TALK ABOUT THE EVENT, PARADE AND SOME OF THE OTHER DECEMBER EVENTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

ON THE FLIP SIDE, WE'LL GIVE A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WATER AND SEWER AD HOC COMMITTEE AND EVENTS ON THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ACTIONS IS TO GO AHEAD AND AUTHORIZE FOR DECEMBER 25TH FROM 7 A.M.

UNTIL I BELIEVE IT IS 11 A.M., 2 P.M.

2 P.M. MAKE SURE WE GET EVERYTHING DONE.

YOU KNOW, THE PARADE ROUTE, THE EITHER THE OTHER ITEM IS TO AUTHORIZE THE PROVISION OF A $500 STIPEND TO PARTICIPATING FULL AND PART TIME CITY STAFF.

AS WE KNOW, LAST YEAR WE HAD SEVERAL STUDY SESSIONS ON THE EVENT.

AND LAST YEAR WE RAN IT WITHOUT THE RUNNERS AND THE GOODIE BAG DISTRIBUTION.

WE DID HAVE A COMMUNITY SURVEY AT THE TIME.

WE DID NOT DO ANOTHER COMMUNITY SURVEY THIS TIME.

WE DID CONTACT PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT THEY WOULD VOLUNTEER.

MOST OF THE VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO DO SOMETHING NOT ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

WE DID REACH OUT TO THE FEW THAT HAD ASKED OR SAID THEY WOULD DO SOMETHING FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AND HEARD BACK FROM A COUPLE PEOPLE, BUT NOTHING SPECIFIC.

LAST YEAR WE DID LOOK AT AND THE COUNCIL APPROVED A DOUBLE OVERTIME FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD STAFF EVERYTHING.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SIX ROUTES GOING OUT.

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SO WE HAVE THE LEAD VEHICLE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A PUBLIC SAFETY VEHICLE, BE IT POLICE OR FIRE, RSVP, OR ONE OF THE UTILITY TRUCKS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SANTA VEHICLE.

AND IT DIFFERS BASED ON IF SANTA LIKES TO BE IN A TOW TRUCK OR ON AN ANTIQUE FIRE ENGINE OR SOMETHING IN BETWEEN.

AND THEN WHAT WE WILL DO AS AVAILABLE IS HAVE A FRONT LINE POLICE VEHICLE OR FIREFIGHTER VEHICLE AS PART OF IT, BUT THEY CAN ALWAYS ROLL OUT IF THERE IS A CALL FOR SERVICE.

SO ALWAYS TWO VEHICLES, SOMETIMES THREE.

AND LAST YEAR, IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD DRIVERS AND NAVIGATORS.

SO THAT'S TWO DRIVERS FOR EACH ROUTE TO NAVIGATOR.

WE DID GO WITH THE OVERTIME, THE DOUBLE OVERTIME.

AND LOOKING AT THOSE COSTS AND TRYING TO BRANCH IT OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE BECAUSE WE WERE NOT GETTING THE VOLUNTEERS MAKE SURE THIS WOULD BE ABLE TO PLAY OFF.

WE LOOKED AT THE $500 STIPEND FOR ALL FULL AND PART TIME EMPLOYEES, AND SO WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE INTEREST IN THAT.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE ABOUT EIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE 12 TOTAL.

WE DO HAVE A BUDGET. IN THE BUDGET WE PUT $12,000 THAT WAS FOR WHATEVER THE PAYMENT.

AND AGAIN, WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THE BUDGET, IT WAS GOING TO BE THE DOUBLE OVERTIME.

BUT THEN ALSO THE MAILER THAT WE SEND OUT AND THEN ANY DECORATIONS OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE TO FIX TO THE VEHICLES THAT ARE IN THE PARADE ROUTE.

SO WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH BUDGETARY FUNDS FOR THAT.

THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE ALL OF THE STAFF TIME THAT GOES INTO THIS PLANNING EFFORT.

AND WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF DISCUSSIONS AT THE EXECUTIVE LEVEL AND WITH STAFF ABOUT THE EVENT, MAKING SURE THINGS ARE GOING ON.

THERE'LL STILL BE MULTIPLE TRAININGS COMING UP.

WE WOULD STILL LOVE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE WILLING TO GIVE UP THEIR CHRISTMAS MORNING AGAIN BY ELIMINATING THE RUNNERS AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GOODIE BAGS.

MOST OF THE ROUTES LAST TIME WERE ABLE TO GET IT DONE WITHIN FOUR HOURS, WHICH IS GREAT.

AS I KIND OF MENTIONED ON THE MAILER GOING OUT, IT'S GOING TO REDIRECT PEOPLE BACK TO A WEBSITE.

I BELIEVE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, CITYOFLAVERNE.ORG/CHRISTMASMORNING AND NEW THIS YEAR IS BASED ON STRICT ADHERENCE TO THE PARADE ROUTE MAP BY ALL THE DRIVERS AND THE NAVIGATORS WE'RE DIVIDING UP THE ROUTES INTO SMALLER AREAS, AND WE'LL GIVE A ESTIMATED TIME THAT THE VEHICLES WILL PASS THROUGH THAT.

IT WAS ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE HEARD THE LAST TIME IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A SIREN SOMEWHERE IN THE DISTANCE, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE OUT FRONT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND YOU OR WE'RE AT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PINPOINT A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE SANTA TRACKER, THAT DOESN'T WORK IN ALL THE PLACES.

SO WE'RE GIVING THOSE TIME FRAMES OF, YOU KNOW, 7 TO 7:45, 7:45 TO 8:30, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO PEOPLE ARE A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN TUNE AS TO WHEN BASED ON THE MAP SANTA AND THE VEHICLES WILL PASS BY.

SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

THIS I DO WANT TO STATE, YOU KNOW WHEREAS THERE'S A LOT OF STAFF TIME INTO THIS.

WE KNOW IT'S A CHERISHED EVENT.

YOU KNOW, IT IS INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO PUT ON THE EVENT.

WE HAD THAT DISCUSSION THE LAST TIME AND SO, YOU KNOW, HAD TALKED TO SOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THE LAST TIME.

AND AGAIN, IF AFTER THIS EVENT, THERE'S A COMMUNITY GROUP THAT WANTS TO, YOU KNOW, MEET WITH ME, STEP FORWARD, AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A, AN EVENT NEXT YEAR.

GLADLY TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EVENT CAN GO ON.

BUT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THE RECORD, MAKE SURE THAT THE COUNCIL KNOWS IT'S IT IS DIFFICULT.

THAT'S ONE REASON WHY THE $500 STIPEND SOME OF THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT I TALKED TO SAID THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE GOING TO BE OUT OR THEIR PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE GONE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE TIME THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, BUT THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR.

SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. DOMER. I THINK WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST.

ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT WOULD BE NO. WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE THIS NUMBER ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO IT IS DISAPPOINTING SOMETIMES WHEN PEOPLE DO, YOU KNOW, SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE AND THEY DON'T, ESPECIALLY ON A FUNCTION LIKE THIS, THAT IT'S IT'S 100TH IT'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY.

EXPLAIN THAT TO ME. IT'S IT'S 100TH.

THIS WOULD BE SO IT'S FROM THE RECORDS, IT STARTED IN 19 CHRISTMAS OF 1925.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE 100TH TIME IT'S BEEN RUN.

I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY, LIKE, NOT RUN BECAUSE OF THIS EVENT OR WHATEVER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE 100TH CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT.

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I MEAN, I HAD TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT.

WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE MOVE ON TO AS AS WE MOVE ON TO TO NEXT YEAR, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PROBABLY CELEBRATE THAT 100TH ANNIVERSARY AND WORK AHEAD OF THAT.

MR. CROSBY. I DO CHERISH THIS EVENT AS WELL.

I'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE 2020.

AND I KNOW IN EXPRESS LAST YEAR I BELIEVED IT WAS GREAT, WE JUST WENT A LITTLE FAST.

THAT I HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY SLOW IT DOWN SO THEY CAN HEAR TOO, IN THAT TRUCK, THAT FRONT TRUCK MAKES SURE THAT LETS PEOPLE KNOW TO COME IN.

AND A COUPLE OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO GOES, WELL, CAN'T I VOLUNTEER TO DRIVE THAT, THAT FRONT TRUCK? THE ANSWER IS NO BECAUSE OF INSURANCE AND THE PIECES.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE LIABILITY.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TO DO OUR EMPLOYEES.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IS STATED TOO SO THAT REASON WHY WE ARE PAYING PEOPLE.

AND IT IS A SIGNIFICANT TIME AWAY ON A HOLIDAY IN THE MORNING, PRIME CHRISTMAS TIME THAT THAT THIS DOES TAKE AWAY FROM FAMILIES.

AND SO IT'S A BURDEN ON THE CITY.

ALSO THE THE BELIEF BEFORE WAS, WAS THE CITY'S BEEN PUTTING ON FOR 100 YEARS.

THE CITY HAS NOT BEEN PUTTING ON FOR 100 YEARS.

WE WERE PLEASED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR PUT IT ON FOR A MAJORITY OF THE TIME.

THEN IT WAS VOLUNTEERS, BUT THE LIABILITY OF PEOPLE RUNNING IN THE STREETS, JUMPING BACK ON A TRUCK, NOT ON A TRUCK, THERE WAS HAS BEEN INJURIES AND THINGS HAPPENING IS WHY WE HAVE TO DO IT THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW TO BE SAFE, BUT ALSO IT'S JUST A GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT AND BRINGS NEIGHBORS OUT TO SEE NEIGHBORS.

AND WE WANT TO REALLY KEEP THAT EVENT GOING.

AND THIS IS HOW I BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

SO THANK YOU, STAFF, AND THANK YOU TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR POLICE AND THE REST OF OUR EMPLOYEES THAT ARE WILLING TO TO HELP OUT ALL THE RESIDENTS IN LA VERNE.

THERE'S NO OTHER EVENT WE HAVE IN LA VERNE THAT TOUCHES EVERY ALMOST EVERY SINGLE STREET, EVERY SINGLE HOUSE IN LA VERNE EXCEPT THIS ONE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PUTTING THAT ON.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

MY COLLEAGUE NAILED IT.

SO THAT IS 100% HOW I FEEL.

EVER SINCE I WAS A KID IN 1985 AND I GREW UP HERE, THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER ALL THE TIME SEEING SANTA.

AND IT WAS YOU SEE YOUR NEIGHBORS GROWING UP, I SAME THING I DON'T WANT TO TAKE AWAY FROM EVERYTHING HE SAID.

BUT THAT WAS JUST AWESOME.

HE NAILED IT. WE NEED TO CONTINUE THIS.

SO WHATEVER I GOT TO DO, I'LL BE THERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. I'M GOING TO SAY DITTO TO ALL THE THINGS THAT MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE SAID.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS WITH REGARD TO THE FISCAL ANALYSIS.

I KNOW YOU SAID ESTIMATED STIPEND COSTS ARE $7,000.

IS THAT GOING TO BE...AND YOU MENTIONED YOU'RE LOOKING FOR 12 STAFF MEMBERS ISH, 12 TO 14.

IS THAT GOING TO BE ENOUGH? AT THIS TIME. YES.

SO AGAIN YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S HIT AND MISS.

SOMEBODY GETS SICK THAT DAY.

WE MAY HAVE TO STRUGGLE A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW, WE DO WANT FOR THE SAFETY AS WAS MENTIONED, WE NEED THE DRIVER.

WE NEED THE NAVIGATOR.

IN THAT LEAD VEHICLE, AND THEN A DRIVER FOR SANTA.

AND THE DRIVER FOR SANTA, YOU KNOW, CRITICAL COMPONENT IS THAT LEAD VEHICLE.

SO AND I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD JUST AGAIN REITERATE, YOU KNOW, MY THANKS TO POLICE, TO FIRE TO OUR STAFF AND EVERYBODY FOR HELPING MAKE THIS STILL HAPPEN IN LIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE'RE IN AGAIN.

YOU KNOW, LIABILITY EXPOSURE IS A BIG DEAL.

I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WANTS US TO LOSE MONEY OUT OF OUR COFFERS FOR A LAWSUIT OR FOR AN UNFORTUNATE INJURY.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO'S VOLUNTEERED TO DO THAT AND WHO'S CONTINUING TO DO THAT.

I WOULD ALSO JUST ASK THAT THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW BE PATIENT AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS AND BE KIND.

THESE ARE, AS MR. CROSBY INDICATED, THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE GIVING UP THEIR CHRISTMAS MORNINGS.

AND IF YOU RECALL, THAT'S WHEN KIDS WANT TO GET UP AND OPEN PRESENTS.

SO IT'S A REAL BUMMER IF YOU MISS THAT.

SO WHETHER THEY'RE YOUR KIDS, THEY'RE YOUR NEPHEWS AND NIECES OR YOUR GODCHILDREN OR WHATEVER FOR THESE PEOPLE TO GIVE UP THAT TIME IS A IS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

SO I DON'T WANT TO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THIS IS A WONDERFUL EVENT, THE CHRISTMAS MORNINGS.

I REMEMBER AS A CHILD, FIVE YEARS OLD AT THE FIRE STATION HELPING PACK BAGS OF CANDY AND PEANUTS

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IT'S SOMETHING THAT I GREW UP WITH.

MY GRANDFATHER WAS THE FIRE CHIEF AT THE TIME.

MY FATHER WAS PART OF THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND MOST OF THIS EVENT WAS HANDLED BY THE VOLUNTEERS. SO THERE'S JUST SO MUCH TRADITION IN OUR FAMILY WITH THIS EVENT.

I APPRECIATE THAT IT'S CONTINUING, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AN ALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT ANYMORE.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON, I CONCUR WITH ALL THE COUNCIL THAT THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE.

NEXT YEAR IS A BIG YEAR, AND I THINK WE NEED TO PLAN AHEAD FOR THAT NOW AS WE GO INTO OUR NEW YEAR.

IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, AND IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AGAIN.

WE JUST HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE LOGISTICS.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT.

I DO LIKE THE STIPEND IDEA.

I THINK IT'S IT JUST TAKES A VILLAGE TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, AND IT REALLY TAKES ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES AND STAFF, AND IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME.

BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR RESIDENTS, AS OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR 1 OR 2 YEARS, AND I THINK WE'VE MISSED ONLY 1 OR 2, AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.

KIDS LOVE IT, THE FAMILIES LOVE IT.

SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS, AND I'M SURE WE'LL GET SOME NOTORIETY OR NOTORIETY OUT OF 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT NEXT YEAR WE START WORKING ON IT, BUT IT NEEDS TO STAY, AND WE NEED TO KEEP IT GOING.

SO IS THERE A MOTION TO DESIGNATE THE STREETS OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE AS A PARADE ROUTE ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25TH, 2024 FROM 7 A.M.

THROUGH 2:00 P.M.

TO COMPLETE THE CHRISTMAS MORNING PARADE PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE THE PROVISION OF $500 STIPEND, PARTICIPATING FULL TIME AND PART TIME CITY STAFF.

I'LL MOVE. SECOND.

SECOND. VOTE PLEASE.

ITEM EIGHT WAS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, SECONDED BY MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON, AND APPROVED FIVE ZERO.

REYNOLDS. IT'S A TONGUE TWISTER SOMETIMES SPEAKERS] WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND WE CONTINUE ON WITH A WONDERFUL TRADITION.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS]

THIS IS THE 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.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT 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 AND PLACE FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.

AT THIS TIME, THOSE WISHING TO MAKE COMMENTS OR PRESENT HERE PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS TIM BLAKINGER.

I LIVE ON ALDEN AVENUE IN LA VERNE.

I WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE RECENTLY IN THE TOUR OF THE DIFFERENT WATER FACILITIES ASSOCIATED WITH LA VERNE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD MUCH ABOUT IT OTHER THAN IT EXISTED.

BUT I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I THOUGHT THAT THE CITY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF HANDLING [INAUDIBLE].

VERY EDUCATIONAL, VERY INFORMATIVE.

I KNOW I GOT A LOT OUT OF IT.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE.

GOT QUITE A BIT OF EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION OUT OF IT AS WELL.

SO I WANTED TO THANK THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR PUTTING THAT ON.

WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

PERHAPS IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER DOING AGAIN, AS GREAT STUDY CONTINUES ON, AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE NEED TO GET INFORMED AND UNDERSTAND THAT THAT WHICH FALLS OUT OF THE SKY IS NOT INSTANTLY TRANSMITTED TO YOUR TAP.

THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO GET INVOLVED.

A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEDICATED PEOPLE WHO TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN THE WORK THAT THEY DO, IN ORDER TO GET THE WATER FROM WHERE IT WAS TO WHERE WE NEED IT, IN A REASONABLY RESPONSIBLE MANNER.

SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO WAS INVOLVED, AND I WAS REALLY PLEASED THAT I WAS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL THREE OF THE TOURS THAT HAVE BEEN.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? COME ON, PATTI, IT'S YOUR TIME.

COME ON. THEY ACTUALLY TOOK THOSE SLIDES.

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IT WASN'T THE DAMAGE THAT STEVE AND I CREATED, IT WAS JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE PUTTING NEW SLIDES IN.

WITH THE LAST SLIDE.

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP THE DAIS.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ATTENDING RONAN'S VETERANS DAY EVENT.

THEY'RE SECOND GRADERS PUT ON A LOVELY VETERANS DAY EVENT ON THE FRIDAY BEFORE VETERANS DAY.

COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY AND I WERE THERE, AND IT WAS A REALLY NICE EVENT.

THE TEACHERS DID A FANTASTIC JOB OF HONORING FAMILY MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF THE STUDENTS WHO SERVED IN THE MILITARY, OR ARE CURRENTLY SERVING IN THE MILITARY.

THERE WAS SPECIAL SEATING FOR VETERANS TO COME AND ATTEND AND WATCH.

SO IT WAS, I THINK, JUST A VERY LOVELY COMMUNITY EVENT.

THE KIDS DID A GREAT JOB.

THE LITTLE STUDENT BODY PRESIDENT, I THINK IT WAS THAT CAME UP AND GAVE THE LITTLE INTRODUCTION OF WHERE PEOPLE NEEDED TO NAVIGATE THEMSELVES AFTER THE EVENT, THAT WAS REALLY CHARMING. SO IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

I KNOW THERE WAS AN EVENT AT OAK MESA AS WELL.

I'M NOT SURE IF OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE ABLE TO GO TO THAT OR NOT, BUT I THINK THESE ARE JUST REALLY GOOD EXAMPLES OF WHAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE DOING IN TERMS OF TRYING TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AND THE FAMILIES IN EVENTS AND IN HOLIDAYS.

SO JUST REALLY WANTED TO GIVE THEM KUDOS AND PROPS FOR THAT.

ON VETERANS DAY AND I WON'T I WON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME ON IT BECAUSE I'M SURE MAYOR AND OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.

BUT WE DID PARTICIPATE IN THE VETERANS DAY EVENT AT THE VFW POST.

AND I WILL I THINK, MAYOR, YOU MIGHT HAVE THE THE INFORMATION ON THE FUNDRAISER, BUT FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW, THEY ARE FUNDRAISING FOR THE VETERANS MEMORIAL STATUES FUND.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE THIS IS NOT THE BEST RENDERING, I'LL BE HONEST, BUT IT'S YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE STATUES AT THE MEMORIAL.

IT'LL BE A MAN, A WOMAN, AND A WOUNDED VETERAN, A WOUNDED VETERAN THAT WILL BE ON DISPLAY.

SO THEY ARE CURRENTLY RAISING MONEY AND ARE LOOKING FOR FOLKS TO HELP DONATE AND PARTICIPATE.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, WE'LL POST ALL THIS.

THE INFORMATION WILL BE POSTED.

ALSO JUST WANTED TO LET FOLKS KNOW THAT THERE IS A TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING THIS WEDNESDAY WHERE WE WILL BE VOTING ON THE CONTRACT FOR THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

SO A NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS SELECTED.

HIS NAME IS ANSON PLACID.

HE'S WORKED AS A CHIEF PROGRAMING OFFICER FOR THE STANFORD SIERRA YOUTH AND FAMILY GROUP.

HE'S ALSO WORKED FOR THE LA COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF LONG BEACH FOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

SO HE BRINGS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, AND I THINK WE LOOK FORWARD TO OBVIOUSLY CONTINUING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TRI-CITY AND WITH POMONA AND CLAREMONT.

SO IF AGAIN, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT TRI-CITY, I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO BE AWARE OF THEM.

IT'S NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, IN MENTAL DISTRESS OR IN DISTRESS, BUT IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF WELLNESS PROGRAMS AND A LOT OF ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE FOR EVERYBODY TO HELP MANAGE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND TO LOOK FOR RESOURCES IF YOU NEED THEM.

AND THEN, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER MEETING UNTIL DECEMBER, I JUST WANTED TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

I FEEL LIKE THIS TIME OF YEAR COMES FASTER AND FASTER EVERY, EVERY YEAR, AND I WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT ALSO MENTION THAT NOVEMBER IS NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.

WE ARE ON TONGVA LANDS, AND SO JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN OUR AREA AND IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO I WILL MAKE ONE SHAMELESS PLUG FOR THANKSGIVING, IF, LIKE ME AND OUR FAMILY, NOBODY WANTS TO COOK ANYMORE BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN CHRISTMAS IS OUR BIG FOCUS NOW.

BUT, LIKE CHASE'S DOES A WONDERFUL FULL MEAL, AND IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT.

IT BENEFITS ME, AND IT BENEFITS ANYONE WHO, YOU KNOW, PURCHASES FROM THEM.

BUT IT IS A FANTASTIC MEAL.

IT SAYS 4 TO 6 PEOPLE, BUT I FEEL LIKE MORE THAN 4 TO 6 PEOPLE COULD EAT THESE THINGS.

SO IT'S A YEAH, IT'S A THEY'RE GREAT.

AND SO IF YOU ORDER AHEAD YOU CAN PICK UP ON WEDNESDAY AND HAVE IT READY FOR THURSDAY.

SO THEY HAVE AN OPTION FOR TURKEY, FOR HAM, FOR BRISKET, FOR PRIME RIB AND MEATLOAF.

SO YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STICK TO JUST TURKEY IF YOU DON'T WANT JUST TURKEY.

SO BUT I DID WANT TO AT LEAST PLUG A LOCAL BUSINESS AND LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT TO COOK, THERE ARE OPTIONS.

SO AS ALWAYS, BE KIND.

HAVE A GREAT WEEK AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU COUNCIL WOMAN LAU. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR PUBLIC WORKS AND PUTTING A SIGN OUT ON B STREET ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING.

AND FIXING THE ROAD AND TEARING DOWN TREES BECAUSE THEY THEY REALLY HAVE TO.

BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S MESSING UP THE ROADS THERE.

AND ALL OF OUR SHOPS WILL BE BE VERY HAPPY, AND OUR CARS COULD BE RUNNING A LOT BETTER AND NOT IN THE WASH.

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I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR POLICE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR REALLY HANDLING A SPECIAL CASE THIS LAST WEEK AND REALLY HELPING OUT A FAMILY OF SEVEN THAT WERE BEING HOMELESS AND, AND CAME INTO OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR, AND OUR COMMUNITY STEPPED UP AND TO REALLY HELP THEM OUT.

SO REALLY THANK ALL THOSE PEOPLE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THE CITY AND PHONE CALLS THAT HAPPENED TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE.

OKAY. THANKSGIVING.

APPRECIATE COMING UP AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND KIDS COMING HOME FROM COLLEGES FOR THE FIRST TIME.

REALLY EXCITED FOR ALL THAT TO HAPPEN.

SADLY, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M GOING TO BE MISSING OUR DECEMBER 2ND MEETING DUE TO A WORK CONFLICT.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE THE BONITA CHAMBER SINGER SING FOR US ON OUR TREE LIGHTING, AND THEY ARE FABULOUS.

IT'LL START AT 6:00.

SO THOSE WHO COME OUT NORMALLY TO OUR MEETINGS AT 6:30, PLEASE GET HERE A LITTLE EARLY AND REALLY HEAR OUR BONITA HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR AND REALLY CELEBRATE THE START OF CELEBRATING THE HOLIDAY SEASON IS ALWAYS WHEN THE CHAMBER SINGERS COME OUT HERE AND DO OUR OUR TREE LIGHTING. SO THAT WILL HAPPEN ON DECEMBER 2ND AND HOPEFULLY SEE PEOPLE OUT THIS WEEKEND AT THE CAR SHOW.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.

COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

AWESOME, AWESOME.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY COMING OUT.

I WANTED TO FIRST THANK OUR FIREFIGHTERS THROUGHOUT THE THIS WHOLE SUMMER AND UP UNTIL JUST RECENTLY HAVE DEPLOYED AND ENGAGED IN THOSE ROUGH FIRES THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE. SO I THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING US AND RISKING YOUR LIVES REALLY OUT THERE FOR THE ENTIRE GOOD OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND I ALWAYS WELCOME YOU GUYS HOME SAFELY.

SO CONGRATS TO THOSE THAT GOT ELECTED RECENTLY, THE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM AND OUR, OUR YOUTH HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND, AND IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE THERE.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYBODY ON THANK YOU FOR THEIR BROTHERS AT VFW POST 12034 FOR HOSTING OUR VETERANS DAY EVENT.

AFTERWARDS, I ATTENDED A HOMEWARD BOUND FOR VETERANS, AND IT'S A NONPROFIT THAT SUPPORTS VETERANS TO PROVIDE HOUSING, EDUCATION AND RESOURCES FOR THEM. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART, AND WE CONTINUE TO STRIVE TO.

TO PROTECT OUR VETERANS AND TAKE CARE OF THE BEST WAY WE CAN.

AND LAST BUT NEVER THE LEAST IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.

IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. YOU MAY ASK.

WELL, WHAT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN? WELL, HERE, LET ME TELL YOU. WHAT IS IT, KASH? WELL, THANKS FOR ASKING THERE, MAYOR.

YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS THE CHRISTMAS BIKE DONATION.

THAT'S RIGHT. CHRISTMAS BIKE DONATION TIME.

I WANT TO THANK LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION FOR REALLY HELPING OUT, AND CRAZY BEAR BIKES.

CRAZY BEAR BIKES RIGHT HERE IN LA VERNE.

PLEASE GO CHECK THEM OUT.

AND AND AND HERE WE GO.

I WANT TO READ A LITTLE SOMETHING TO YOU.

IT SAYS YOU REMEMBER YOUR FIRST BIKE.

OH. THANK YOU. THIS IS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

[INAUDIBLE] WHICH YOU MAY OR MAY NOT FIND MYSELF OR THE MAYOR THERE PERIODICALLY, BUT THAT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, NOT THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT CAN WE SAY? WE'RE AN AMAZING COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN STAY FOR HOURS, LA VERNE GET ON YOUR BIKE AND GET AN UBER HOME.

DON'T DRINK, BUT GET ON YOUR BIKE.

NO, YOU DON'T WANT THE CHIEF CHASING US DOWN THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.

YEAH, OKAY. OH, NO, DON'T DO THAT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

OKAY. LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

MYSELF AND CRAZY BEAR BIKES ARE PARTNERING TO DONATE KIDS BIKES TO THE KIDS IN NEED THIS CHRISTMAS.

FIRST TEN BIKES ARE COVERED.

YOU CAN MAKE IT. YOU CAN MAKE THIS YEAR EVEN BRIGHTER FOR $85, YOU CAN YOU CAN SPONSOR A DONATION AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF BIKES WE DONATE.

BIKES WILL BE EXPERTLY BUILT BY CRAZY BEAR BIKES AND DELIVERED BY LA VERNE FIREFIGHTER ASSOCIATION LATER ON THIS YEAR.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN SOON.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KASH.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. I MEAN, MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON.

EXCUSE ME.

THERE'S A WHOLE LIST OF UPCOMING EVENTS FOR THE NEXT MONTH AND A HALF.

ONE THING I LIKE TO CALL OUT IS THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTION.

THERE IS ONE COMING UP AT THE FAIR AT THE LA COUNTY, IT SAYS FAIRPLEX, BUT IT ALSO SAYS THE AIRFIELD AT THE AIRPORT.

IT'S AT THE AIRPORT. PLEASE READ THAT UPCOMING EVENTS.

AND PLEASE, WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE CAR SHOW SATURDAY.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'LL BE THERE.

THANK YOU. I THINK ONE OF THE MOST.

AND THE VETERANS MEMORIAL WAS AMAZING.

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IT WAS REALLY PERSONAL.

A LOT OF THE BAND OF BROTHERS, THEIR OWN STORIES WHERE THEY SERVED.

AND WE HAVE.

AND ACTUALLY, WE NEED TO WORK ON THE NAME BECAUSE THEY HAVE FEMALE SOLDIERS THERE NOW, AND WE NEED TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT, THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED EVENTUALLY.

LIKE BAND OF SOLDIERS.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TOLD BY ONE OF THE FEMALE SOLDIERS THAT WARRIORS.

IT WAS WARRIORS. IT WAS WARRIORS.

YOU'RE RIGHT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS.

SO. BUT THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.

IT WAS A GREAT DAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

ALSO THE SPARKLE OF TOY DRIVE, WHICH YOU CAN DROP OFF YOUR TOYS TO EACH FIRE STATIONS UNWRAPPED AND CITY HALL HAS ONE TOO, AND CITY HALL ALSO. SO CITY HALL AND THE THREE FIRE STATIONS ONE, TWO AND THREE.

ALSO, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT, ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS TOO DURING THE SEASON IS TO SHOP LOCAL.

YOU MUST KEEP YOUR TAX DOLLARS IN THIS CITY.

YOU MUST SHOP LOCAL.

BEFORE YOU LEAVE GAS UP, GET YOUR SNACKS, DO YOUR SHOPPING, SHOP AT YOUR LOCAL JEWELRY STORES, YOUR CLOTHING STORES, YOUR YOU KNOW, OUR BUSINESSES PUT THEIR HEART AND SOULS INTO IT.

AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE RECIPROCATE WITH OUR SHOWING OUR YOU KNOW, OUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY.

AND THAT'S HOW THIS CITY FUNCTIONS WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL SERVICES WE HAVE, WHICH WE HAVE WONDERFUL SERVICES.

ALSO, I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF.

THIS IS A LOT OF WORK TO PUT THESE PACKETS TOGETHER.

WE ZOOM THROUGH THEM REALLY QUICK AND YOU HAVE YOUR WHEN YOU DO EACH PORTION OF IT, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.

IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK, AND WE ALL TRULY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US TO BRING THIS UP, TO MAKE IT SEAMLESS FOR US.

AND AND IT'S JUST THE DEDICATION FROM OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR STAFF.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

ALSO, I ATTENDED I CAN PULL THIS BACK UP AGAIN.

I ATTENDED A IT'S THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

IT'S CALLED CAL COG.

IT CONSISTS OF 49 REGIONAL PUBLIC AGENCIES ACROSS THE STATE, INCLUDING COUNCILS OF GOVERNMENTS, METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONS, AND SIMILAR ENTITIES, ALL REPRESENTING CITIES AND COUNTIES WITH THE CALIFORNIA.

THIS 49 REGIONAL PUBLIC AGENCIES SPAN FROM REDDING TO PALM SPRINGS AND AND BEING ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE OF THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, JUST ONE OF THE ENTITIES.

AND AND I GUESS I GOT ELECTED TO THE SECOND VICE PRESIDENT AT THIS TIME.

SO IT WAS LIKE SO NOW I SERVE ON THAT ONE ALONG WITH THE COG.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS, IS THESE ARE REGIONAL AGENCIES.

AND IF THEY DO SOMETHING THERE, IT HELPS US HERE BECAUSE WE LEARN FROM THEM HOW THINGS WORK, ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR HOUSING NUMBERS, YOUR VEHICLE, MILES TRAVELED, THE TAX, THE GAS TAX THAT'S GOING AWAY BECAUSE OF ELECTRIFICATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO AS FAR AS A LOCAL LEVEL, BUT INSTEAD OF US DOING IT INDIVIDUALLY, WE WORK AS A TEAM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE STATE, AND IT'S PROVED TO BE VERY BENEFICIAL. SO THE COG ASKED ME TO GO UP AND THEN I WAS ELECTED ON THE BOARD.

SO I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OURSELVES, OUR CITIES AND ALL OF OUR CITIES, THE SURROUNDING CITIES, SO THAT WAS THIS WEEK.

MY WIFE AND I WENT, WE GOT A TOUR OF THE CAPITOL.

AND IT WAS REALLY COOL BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE COMING OUT, THEY WERE HAVING THE ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE SESSION ON TRAINING.

SO ALL THE NEW ASSEMBLY MEMBERS WERE COMING OUT.

SO WE GOT TO SEE SOME OF OUR ASSEMBLY.

OUR NEW ASSEMBLY MEMBER JOHN HARABEDIAN WAS THERE, AND WE GOT SOME PICTURES WITH HIM AND A NUMBER OF THE OTHER ASSEMBLY MEMBERS.

SO IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

AM I MISSING ANYTHING? FIRST OF ALL, HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

I WANT TO ENJOY YOUR FAMILY.

AND WE HAVE ONE OTHER ITEM.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT FOR TESLA OWNERS, IF YOU DON'T KNOW BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE TESLA CHARGING STATION THAT'S ON THE EAST.

IT'S OPEN. EASTERN SIDE OF MR. D'S IS OPEN. I NOTICED IT THE OTHER DAY AND I SAW TESLA'S CHARGING.

I WAS LIKE, WOW.

YEAH. SO CHARGE YOUR CARS IN LA VERNE AND ONE OF MANY TO COME THERE.

YES. THEY'RE WORKING ON ELECTRIFICATION AND BRINGING CHARGING STATIONS.

SO PEOPLE THAT COME, THEY CAN CHARGE FOR A HALF AN HOUR OR SO.

THEY CAN GO SHOP LOCAL, EAT LOCAL, BUY JEWELRY WHEN THEY'RE HERE.

I MEAN THINGS LIKE THAT. I MEAN CLOTHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

RIGHT. DONUTS.

GOOD FOOD, YOU KNOW, SO ALL THE GOOD STUFF.

GO TO CHURCH, GO TO CHURCH, GAS UP, YOU KNOW, HAVE A BEER AND NOT DRIVE FOR TWO HOURS.

YES. OKAY, CHIEF, GOT THAT.

WITH THAT ANYWAY, I WANT TO HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING.

IT'S A WONDERFUL TIME. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE HOLIDAYS.

PEOPLE GET TOGETHER, JUST HAVE SOME FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND JUST ENJOY EACH OTHER'S COMPANY, AS CHRISTMAS DOES HAVE A TENDENCY TO BE A LITTLE HECTIC SOMETIMES, BUT IT IS A WONDERFUL TIME OF YEAR.

WE GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, SO PAY ATTENTION TO OUR CALENDAR IN THE BACK.

VERY IMPORTANT. WE'VE GOT A LOT OF GREAT STUFF.

AS SOON AS NOVEMBER IS OVER, DECEMBER HITS AND WE ARE JUST HAPPENING IN THIS COMMUNITY.

SO PAY ATTENTION TO ALL THE LOCAL STUFF.

OUR NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 2ND.

AS COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY STATED, THERE WAS A STUDY SESSION, BUT NOW WE'RE NOT BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING THE ANNUAL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AT 6:00 PM WITH THE WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL,

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AND THE REGULAR MEETING WILL START AT 6:30 OR SO.

AS A REMINDER, AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME SPECIAL GUESTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THERE THAT NIGHT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ON THE TREE LIGHTING.

JUST A COUPLE. YES, A COUPLE SPECIAL GUESTS.

AS A REMINDER, UPCOMING EVENTS AGAIN ON THE BACK OF THE MEETING AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 08:01 P.M..

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.