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>> WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM.
[CALL TO ORDER]
GOOD EVENING AND GENTLEMEN.THIS IS MEETING ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2025.
AND MR. DOMER, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.
>> WE THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING.
[CLOSED SESSION TOPIC ]
ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ATTORNEY KRANITZ.PLEASE READ THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR THE RECORD AND LET US KNOW IF THERE WILL BE ANY REPORT OUT AFTERWARDS.
>> [LAUGHTER] THE FIRST ITEM IS NEGOTIATIONS, CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS, PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 54957.6.
THE NEGOTIATORS ARE THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION IS LAVERNE CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LAVERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LAVERNE POLICE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, LAVERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AND ALL UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.
AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM IS CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE, SECTION 54956.9 T1, GONZALES.J V CITY OF LAVERNE, LAVERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT CASE.
>> COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU, COUNCIL.
AN PUBLIC COMMENTS OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE WILL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT, NOTHING ONLINE.
AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL RECESS IN A CLOSED SESSION AT 5:32 PM.
AND AND RECONVENE AT 6:30 PM. THANK YOU.
[NOISE] WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 6:38 PM.
[REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 6:30 PM]
GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING TONIGHT? CAN YOU HEAR ME? HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY.I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM, A SPEAKERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DECORUM AND TO NOT ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT INTERRUPTS THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ALSO, PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH ZOOM WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS LISTED WITHIN THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
PUBLIC HEARING AND OTHER MATTERS, SECTION OF THE AGENDA.
GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE MEETING BY THOSE PHYSICALLY IN ATTENDANCE AND THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
BEFORE WE GO TO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, WE DID HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, AND I WOULD ASK ATTORNEY KRANITZ IF THERE WAS ANYTHING TO REPORT OUT.
>> MR. MAYOR, THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT AT THIS TIME.
WITH THAT, TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE VETERAN ORLANDO JACKSON, SFC ARMY TO CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US TONIGHT.
MR. JACKSON, YOU ARE ALL READY, PLEASE.
>> PLEASE REMOVE YOUR HEAD GEAR, PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, AND REPEAT AFTER ME.
>> THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON. IF YOU COULD WAIT THERE FOR A SECOND.
>> THANK YOU. WHAT'S GOING ON? JACKSON, HOW YOU GOING? IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I'M ALWAYS HONORED BE PRESENCE AMERICAN.
GOD BLESS YOU. GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
THIS CITY HONORS IT'S OUR TRADITION NOW.
MOVING FORWARD THAT WE DO HONOR OUR VETERANS THAT GIVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE HERE. GREAT CITY.
BUT WE WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT MR. ORLANDO JACKSON.
SERGEANT FIRST CLASS OR SPECIALIST JACKSON? SERGEANT FIRST CLASS.
I SEE AMAZING MEDALS YOU'VE EARNED ON YOUR CHEST, BUT THIS CITY WOULD LOVE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOU, SIR.
>> HOW ARE YOU DOING? MY NAME IS ORLANDO JACKSON.
I'M ALMOST 14 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF LAVERNE, ORIGINALLY BORN AND RAISED COMPTON, AND IN LYNWOOD, SO I'M LA COUNTY NATIVE.
JOINED THE MILITARY IN 1988, SERVED IN 2009.
TWENTY-ONE YEARS, ALL ACTIVE DUTY, DEPLOYED TWICE TO BOSNIA, AFGHANISTAN, WITH [APPLAUSE] 82ND AIRBORNE, AND, IN IRAQ WITH FIRST ARMOR DIVISION WHERE I WAS WOUNDED AT.
AFTER I RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY, I WANTED TO GO TO SCHOOL, COME BACK TO CALIFORNIA.
NEVER EVEN HEARD OF LAVERNE BEFORE.
SERIOUSLY, ONLY SAN DIMAS AND RAGING WATERS AND POMONA.
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[LAUGHTER] BUT JUST BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE OUT OF OUR FOOTBALL LEAGUE WAY OVER HERE.BUT I WAS STAYING WITH SOME FRIENDS IN ALTADENA, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT COLLEGES.
I DIDN'T KNOW APU, CITRUS, MOUNTS I THOUGHT THEY WERE ALL FOR YOUR SCHOOLS. I DIDN'T KNOW.
GPS POPPED UP. THERE'S A UNIVERSITY DOWN THERE.
THEY HAD A LEGAL STUDIES PROGRAM, WHICH I HAVE A BACHELOR'S FROM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LAVERNE.
BUT BEFORE, I NEVER HEARD OF THE SCHOOL, I WALKED AROUND THE CAMPUS, AND I'VE BEEN THERE EVER SINCE.
SO REAL ME [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, SERGEANT. I APPRECIATE YOU, AND AS A VETERAN.
I'M TRULY HONORED TO BE RIGHT HERE WITH SIDE BY SIDE.
WELL, THE CITY OF LAVERNE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION, PRESENTED, ORLANDO JACKSON.
>> THE CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LAVERNE CITY COUNCIL TO US ARMY, SORRY FIRST CLASS, ORLANDO JACKSON, WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR YOUR DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
>> COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA.
>> NOW WE GO WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT,
[PRESENTATIONS ]
BUT OUR FIRST PRESENTATIONS RECOGNIZE THE INCREDIBLE EFFORTS OF THOSE WHO MADE OUR CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT A REALITY.THIS CHERISH TRADITION WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE DEDICATION OF CITY STAFF AND AN AMAZING GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS WHO BRING CHRISTMAS CHEER TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT REQUIRES DETAILED COORDINATION FROM CITY STAFF ACROSS MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS AND THE ENTHUSIASTIC PARTICIPATION OF OVER TWO DOZEN VOLUNTEERS.
TOGETHER, THEY TRAVEL THROUGHOUT LAVERNE ON CHRISTMAS MORNING SPRING JOY AND HOLIDAY SPIRIT.
FIRST, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY STAFF WHO VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS EVENT.
IF YOU ARE HERE TONIGHT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
THE DEDICATED INDIVIDUALS COLLECTIVELY DROVE OVER 100 MILES ON CHRISTMAS MORNING, ENSURING THAT THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT REACHED EVERY CORNER OF LAVERNE.
LET'S GIVE THEM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[LAUGHTER] CAPTAIN TIBBETS, HOW ARE YOU? COME ON.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS WAITING FOR? I SAID, COME ON UP.
[APPLAUSE] I THINK COME ON. GET ON UP HERE.
LET ME GET A PICTURE OF ALL YOU. COME ON. ANYBODY ELSE? [APPLAUSE].
NOW I'D LIKE TO HONOR THE SANTAS.
>> I GOT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH THAT ONE, DON'T I? [LAUGHTER] THE PEOPLE THAT HOW DO WE PUT IT, WENDY?
>> SANTA'S HELPERS. THERE WE GO.
THEY JUST DRESS LIKE SANTA. THERE WE GO.
THAT'S EVEN BETTER. WE FIRST HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER RICK CROSBY.
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RECREATION LEADER JOHN MULLARKEY.COME ON BACK UP HERE. [APPLAUSE] RSVP BARRY BRANDLER. COME ON UP, BARRY.
RESIDENT ROBERT PEREZ. COME ON. WHERE ARE WE? NOT HERE TONIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU.
RESIDENT DANNY MCLAUGHLIN. NOT HERE EITHER.
RESIDENT TONY MORA. COME ON UP.
[APPLAUSE] I WANT TO APPRECIATE.
THANK YOU ALL IF YOU'RE GOING TO STAY UP HERE. PLEASE STAY UP HERE.
OBVIOUSLY, IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT ALL OF YOU AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.
THIS IS ONE OF THE TRADITIONS THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP.
I KNOW WE'VE MORPHED AND CHANGED IT AT THE END OF THE DAY.
WE HAVE PERSONNEL AND WONDERFUL PEOPLE WHO DONATE THEIR TIME TO SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT FOR OUR CITY.
THIS NEXT YEAR, IT'S THE HUNDREDTH, IS THAT CORRECT, ELMAR? WELL, 100TH ANNIVERSARY SO THE HUNDREDTH RUNNING, BUT THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY, SO THAT'S COMING NEXT.
I CAN'T THANK YOU GUYS ENOUGH SERIOUSLY. TAKE A PICTURE.
[APPLAUSE] CONGRATULATIONS. OBVIOUSLY, HE LOVES IT JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE].
>> NOW, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS TO STEP FORWARD.
THESE REMARKABLE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS PLAYED A CRUCIAL ROLE IN MAKING THE EVENT A SUCCESS.
WHERE'S BEAR? NO. CRAIG BAMONK. COME ON UP.
SCOTT'S NOT HERE. WE'VE GOT CERTAIN MEMBERS RICK ELMORE AND SUSIE RHODES.
CROWN COACH, FIRE ENTHUSIAST, TEAM MEMBER MIKE MCDONALD.
HE'S FROM HAYES NOT COMING UP FROM SAN DIEGO.
COME ON, GUYS. DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER THERE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU AGAIN WITH THIS.
AS WE KNOW THAT WE'VE CHANGED THE WAY WE DO THINGS WITH OUR CHRISTMAS DAY CELEBRATION, AND IT WOULDN'T WORK WITHOUT THE VOLUNTEERS.
JUST DOESN'T WORK AND OUR STAFF.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU GUYS DO.
FINALLY, BEFORE YOU ALL GO, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXTRAORDINARY COMMITMENT OF OUR LONG TERM VOLUNTEERS.
WHILE WE WELCOME MANY NEW FACES THIS YEAR, SOME OF OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE BEEN GIVING THEIR TIME THIS EVENT FOR OVER A DECADE. SOME OF US MORE THAN THAT.
FOR THOSE STANDING HERE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE VOLUNTEERED FOR THIS EVENT FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.
VERY GOOD. HOW ABOUT 10 YEARS? TEN YEARS? [APPLAUSE] VERY GOOD. WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ONE.
[LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] AND AS MR. CROSBY SAID, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION GOES TO CRAIG BAMONK, WHO HAS VOLUNTEERED THIS EVENT FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
THAT WAS HOW MANY 54? THAT'S A LITTLE MORE THAN 40.
YEAH. YOUR UNWAVERING DEDICATION AND SERVICE ARE AN INSPIRATION. ALL OF US.
LET'S GIVE A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR CRAIG AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE INCREDIBLE COMING TO THE COMMUNITY [APPLAUSE].
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE BC ROBERT RUSSELL WHO IS CURRENTLY ASSISTING ON THE EATON FIRE. MAY HE BE SAFE?
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HE PLAYED AN INSTRUMENTAL ROLE IN COURTING THIS EVENT, BOTH LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS MORNING AND ON CHRISTMAS MORNING AS HE'S DONE FOR MANY YEARS.THANK YOU, EVERYONE FOR MAKING THIS EVENT SUCH A TREASURED EXPERIENCE TO L VERN RESIDENTS, AND YOUR GENEROSITY AND HOLIDAY SPIRIT OR MAKE THIS CITY SO SPECIAL, AND THAT IS THE TRUE STATEMENT.
IT REALLY DOES MAKE IT A SPECIAL PLACE.
WE'RE NOW PRESENTING THE COMMUNITY SURVEY RESULTS, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED IN FORM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UPCOMING STRATEGIC PLAN.
SO DON'T LEAVE. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO LEAVE, YOU CAN GO.
YEAH. PLEASE. YEAH. GET OUT OF HERE.
I'D MEET YOU AT CHASE'S, BUT I GOT A MEETING.
>> WE WILL NOW CALL FORWARD TO SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ERIN BILSTEIN, WHO WILL BE REPORTING ON THIS ITEM.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, STAFF, AND COMMUNITY AS WE'RE REPORTING ON THE COMMUNITY SURVEY HERE.
AS A REMINDER WE DID THIS LAST FALL.
WE HAD IT OPEN FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS ACTUALLY, WE EXTENDED IT TO GIVE MORE PEOPLE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE THEIR FEEDBACK.
WE GOT 383 RESULTS, WHICH IS NOT TERRIBLE, BUT WE ARE HOPING TO DO THIS ANNUALLY AND CONTINUE TO GET MORE FEEDBACK.
I THINK IT'LL BE A AWESOME TOOL FOR US TO SEE HOW WE'RE DOING, HOW PEOPLE ARE FEELING GET A PULSE FROM THE COMMUNITY EVERY YEAR.
BE ON THE LOOK AT NEXT FALL FOR THIS AGAIN.
BUT JUST A REMINDER WHY WE DID THIS.
THIS IS A FOUNDATION AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE CITY.
THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY WILL HELP SHAPE HOW WE DO STRATEGIC PLANNING OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WITH CITY COUNCIL.
I'M GOING TO BLAST THROUGH IT. IT'LL BE ONLINE.
I DON'T NEED TO BORE YOU WITH 27 SLIDES OF RESULTS, BUT I WANT YOU TO SEE THEM AND MAYBE HIGHLIGHT SOME THINGS THAT ARE NOTABLE. BEAR WITH ME.
FIRST QUESTION WAS QUALITY OF LIFE IN LA VERNE.
FOR ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS, YOU'LL SEE THE DARKEST ORANGE IN THE FAR LEFT, THAT'S EXCELLENT.
THE NEXT LEVEL OF ORANGE IS GOOD.
THEN YOU HAVE GRAY IS FAIR, IS THAT LIGHTER BLUE, YOU DON'T SEE MUCH OF THAT THANKFULLY.
THEN THE DARK BLUES DON'T KNOW.
SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT SEE A BIG BAR OF DON'T KNOW.
IT MAKES IT SEEM A LITTLE LIKE, ARE WE NOT DOING WELL ON THAT? AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, A LOT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY DON'T KNOW.
HOW WE'RE DOING WITH THAT LOOKS A LITTLE SKEWED ON THAT, BUT I'LL POINT IT OUT.
OVERALL, WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK BETWEEN GOOD AND EXCELLENT, HOW OVERALL, THE CITY'S DOING.
AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THIS, IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE, BUT SOME THINGS THAT PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED, THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, SAFETY, OUR PARKS, PUBLIC SERVICES THAT THOSE WERE GOING WELL.
SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT.
SOME PLACES WE MIGHT WANT TO SPEND OUR FOCUS.
SOME CONCERNS THE COMMUNITY HAS IS AROUND HOMELESSNESS AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, THE BUSINESSES, AND THOSE VACANT BUILDINGS, CRIME, AND THOSE BREAK INS AND WHATNOT.
ON SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS, PEOPLE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, THEY WERE REALLY THOUGHTFUL GIVING A LOT OF EXPLANATIONS OF WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND WHAT THEY CONCERNED ABOUT.
THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY TO OVERALL THEMES THAT WE SAW FROM THE COMMUNITY ON THESE ITEMS. WE LOOKED AT HOW THE THING IS RIGHT OVER WHATEVER THAT WORD IS. DON'T MIND ME.
IS THE WORD THAT'S MISSING THERE IN THE CORNER.
THANKS. AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME EXCELLENT, A LOT OF GOODS, PEOPLE ARE FEELING GENERALLY HAPPY HERE AND THAT'S THE THEME THAT WE SEE OVERALL.
THERE'S PLACES TO GROW, LIKE I SAID, BUT WE GENERALLY HAD A LOT OF POSITIVITY HERE, WHICH IS GOOD.
YOU SEE SOME FARES, BUT THANKFULLY NOT A LOT OF PORES ON THIS ONE.
AGAIN, SOME POSITIVE THINGS, THE THEMES ARE VERY SIMILAR FOR EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS.
WE HAD SIMILAR TYPES OF RESPONSES, SIMILAR CATEGORIES, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY HELPFUL BECAUSE WE'LL KNOW AS WE REVIEW THIS IN MORE DETAIL HOW THAT SHAPES OUR NEXT CONVERSATIONS WITH COUNSEL.
RECOMMEND LIVING IN LA VERNE AND REMAINING IN LA VERNE.
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A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO STAY HERE, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HAPPY HERE. THAT'S GOOD.THAT'S A COMMUNITY SATISFIED WITH WHERE THEY ARE, WHICH WE'RE THANKFUL FOR.
SAFETY. SOME VERY SAFE, A LOT IS SOMEWHAT SAFE.
BUT YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT TREND OF, AGAIN, THE FOOTHILL CORRIDOR PROPERTY CRIME, HAVING PEOPLE FEELING MORE UNSURE ABOUT THEIR SAFETY AND THE THEMES THAT COME AFTER THIS ARE RELATED TO THAT ABOUT CRIME AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT DOES METRO COMING MEAN FOR THESE THINGS THAT I'M ALREADY WORRIED ABOUT, ALREADY CONCERNED ABOUT AFFECTING US.
THIS ONE IS MORE CULTURAL, AGAIN, GOOD, TAKING CARE OF OUR RESIDENTS, RESPECTING RESIDENTS, MAKING PEOPLE FEEL WELCOME.
I SWEAR I MADE THIS ONE BIGGER.
I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR. THIS ONE IS SOMETHING ABOUT NO, JUST KIDDING.
IN RELATION TO VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES GETTING CONNECTED AGAIN, STAYING CONNECTED WITH OUR COMMUNITY, A LOT OF GOOD, BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE THAT SAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER.
THAT'S JUST PEOPLE NOT BEING SURE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT TELLS US, ESPECIALLY IN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM IS HOW DO WE CHANGE OUR COMMUNICATION ABOUT WHERE PEOPLE CAN PLUG IN WITH THE CITY? WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO VOLUNTEER.
WE JUST SAW THAT CHRISTMAS MORNING.
HOW DO WE COMMUNICATE ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT WITH OUR COMMUNITY? A LOT OF DATA HERE, A LOT OF SMALL THINGS, BUT THIS IS VERY MUCH HOW LA VERNE LOOKS.
WHAT WE SEE ABOUT LA VERNE, THAT'S CLEANLINESS.
YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE BLUE BARS ARE CHILDCARE, YOUNG CHILDCARE, K-12 EDUCATION, THAT'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
PEOPLE ARE NOT SURE, A LOT OF THE TYPES OF RESPONDENTS MAYBE IS RELEVANT TO THEM.
MAYBE IT'S THOSE OLDER FAMILIES WHO DON'T HAVE THE YOUNG FAMILIES.
IT DEPENDS, WE CAN'T READ INTO THAT TOO MUCH AGAIN.
THIS WAS JUST A SURVEY NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT IN ANY WAY, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE THOSE THEMES THAT POP UP THROUGH IT.
SMALL TOWN FIELD BEING GREAT PARKS BEING IMPORTANT, SPORTS OPPORTUNITIES, CLEAN ENGAGEMENT BEING IMPORTANT, CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC AND HOMELESSNESS AND DEVELOPMENT, THE DOWNTOWN, WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
THE THEMES CONTINUE. THIS IS HOW THEY'RE RESPONDING SELF-REPORTING ON HOW THEY'RE CONNECTED WITH THE CITY.
HAVE THEY WATCHED OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS? HAVE THEY VOLUNTEERED? HAVE THEY CONTACTED A COUNCIL MEMBER? WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET AT HERE IS, HOW ARE PEOPLE CONNECTING WITH US TO BETTER KNOW, ARE WE REACHING AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN? THAT'S OUR GOAL.
THIS IS SERVICES, SO THIS IS MORE LIKE CITY SERVICES.
YOU'LL SEE STREET REPAIR ON HERE.
STREET LIGHTING, LAND USE, CODE ENFORCEMENT, GARBAGE COLLECTION.
THOSE TWO THAT ARE LOW ARE BUS AND TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE AND PLANNING.
THOSE ARE THE BIG DARK BLUE BARS.
BUT YOU'LL SEE SOME EXPANDED GRAY HERE.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO POINT OUT.
THAT GRAY IS FAIR IN THIS ONE.
THIS ONE IS LESS COMMUNITY-BASED, MORE GOVERNMENT LEADERSHIP BASED.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT ASPECT OF OUR ORGANIZATION, HOW WE'RE TREATING RESIDENCE, HOW LA VERNE IS HEADING A LOT OF POSITIVITY ON THIS ONE.
THIS ONE GETS AT DIRECTION IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.
AFTER WE SET UP HOW ARE WE AS A COMMUNITY? HOW ARE WE AS AN ORGANIZATION AS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY AS LEADERS OF THIS COMMUNITY? WHERE DO RESIDENTS SAY WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS? THE RESPONSES TO THIS ARE REALLY MAINLY IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PROTECTING THAT SMALL TOWN FEEL.
SOME OF THOSE MAIN THINGS THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE ON MONDAY NIGHTS, USUALLY IS MONDAYS, BUT ALSO THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE REST OF THE SURVEY.
OF COURSE, I PROBABLY KNOW HOW. THIS ONE?
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I JUST WANT TO BREEZE THROUGH THIS, BUT JUST SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHERE PEOPLE ARE CONNECTING WITH US.MOST PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY'RE FINDING INFORMATION ABOUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE CITY'S WEBSITE, OUR REC GUIDE, THOSE ARE THREE OF OUR MAIN FOCUSES IN COMMUNICATING OUT.
THIS WAS OUR RESPONSES BETWEEN THE DISTRICTS.
MOSTLY EVEN RESPONSES ACROSS THE CITY, PEOPLE RESPONDING.
MORE THAN 50% OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED HAVE LIVED HERE OVER 20 YEARS, AND THEN ANOTHER 20%.
SEVENTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED HERE MORE THAN 10 YEARS, 50% OF THAT MORE THAN 20.
EIGHTY-THREE PERCENT OF RESPONDENTS WERE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND 60% SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE CHILDREN UNDER 17 IN THE HOUSE, 61% SAID NO ONE OLDER THAN 65 IN THE HOUSE.
THIS IS THE DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN THAT WE HAD.
THE AGE BREAKDOWN, YOU HAVE A BIG CHUNK OF THAT BEING BETWEEN 35 AND 75 UNSURPRISING, AND 60% OF RESPONDENTS WERE FEMALE.
THAT'S WHAT I GOT FOR YOU. THAT'S WHAT I KNOW.
I JUST WANT TO FOCUS ON TO SUMMARIZE.
RESIDENTS REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT SMALL TOWN CHARM, THE STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY, THEY LOVE EVENTS LIKE 4TH OF JULY.
SAFETY REMAINED A REALLY KEY STRENGTH WITH RESIDENTS REALLY VALUING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS.
PARKS AND RECREATION WAS HIGHLIGHTED A LOT, LOVING SENIOR CLASSES, THE RECREATION PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.
THEY SAID THAT OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, REALLY, THOSE NEWSLETTERS, THE REC GUIDE, THE SOCIAL MEDIA IS WHERE THEY'RE GETTING INFORMATION FROM US.
SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE EMERGED, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S HOMELESSNESS IS A CONTINUED WORRY.
SAFETY IN PUBLIC SPACES, THE POTENTIAL IMPACT WITH THE METRO.
RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT INCLUDED THE MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, OUR UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC, LIGHTING ON CERTAIN ROADS AND HOW THAT CONNECTS TO SAFETY.
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ABOUT HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, AND HOW THAT IMPACTS THE SMALL TOWN FEEL AND HOW DO WE BALANCE THOSE TWO THINGS WAS BROUGHT UP.
THEN JUST LOOK AGAIN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THE EMPTY STORE FRONTS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL.
ONE OTHER THING I THINK IS IMPORTANT IS THAT, RESIDENTS CONTINUED TO BRING UP DOWNTOWN, REVITALIZING DOWNTOWN, LOOKING AT HOW CULTURAL EVENTS AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING CAN BE BROUGHT IN WHILE KEEPING THE CHARACTER IN THE SMALL TOWN CHARM, ESSENTIALLY.
BASICALLY, JUST IN CONCLUSION, THE FEEDBACK REFLECTS A COMMUNITY THAT VALUES TRADITIONS AND QUALITY OF LIFE, BUT RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR THOUGHTFUL LEADERSHIP TO ADDRESS PRESSING CHALLENGES BY PRIORITIZING SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
TOGETHER, WE CAN PRESERVE THAT CHARM BUT ENSURE A THRIVING FUTURE FOR LA VERNE.
>> THANK YOU, ERIN. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNSEL FOR ERIN.
JUST A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH WITH THAT?
I'M GOING TO BE CALLING TOMORROW OUR FIVE SURVEY.
WE HAVE THOSE PRIZES. FIVE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WON, AND I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT WHAT THEY WON, SO I CAN CALL AND GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION.
>> UNFORTUNATELY NOT HAWAII, BUT [OVERLAPPING] FREE DISCUSSION THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, A RIDE ALONG WITH OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, A FIRE STATION WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND POTENTIALLY MAYBE BEING AN HONORARY JUDGE A 4TH OF JULY IF THEY PLAY THEIR CARDS RIGHT.
OUR FINAL PRESENTATION WILL BE AN UPDATE ON THE MANDATORY RECYCLING ORGANICS COMPLIANCE.
WE'LL CALL FOR IT SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, NICOLE HOUSTON. THANK YOU. WELCOME.
>> HI. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNSEL MEMBERS.
I'M HERE TO DELIVER A REPORT ON A MANDATORY RECYCLING AND ORGANIC COMPLIANCE UPDATE.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY OUTREACH AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR OUR COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
WE'LL JUST HAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.
WE'LL INCLUDE SOME BACKGROUND, OUR OUTREACH STRATEGY, OUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, SOME UPCOMING WORKSHOP OPPORTUNITIES, KEY DATES TO REMEMBER, AND RESOURCES FOR THIS SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
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AB341, AB1826, AND SB1383 REQUIRE ALL CALIFORNIA BUSINESSES AND MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO IMPLEMENT ORGANICS AND RECYCLING PROGRAMS TO REDUCE WASTE SENT TO OUR LANDFILLS.THE CITY OF LA VERNE HAS PARTNERED WITH OUR TRASH HAULER WASTE MANAGEMENT TO MEET THESE STATE MANDATED GOALS THROUGH A STRUCTURED ROLL-OUT PROGRAM.
THE PROGRAM WILL SUPPORT ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND IT WILL ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAWS.
OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, OUTREACH HAS INCLUDED BILL INSERTS, PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGNS, AND DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS WITH OUR CUSTOMERS.
THE NON-COMPLIANT CUSTOMERS WILL BE RECEIVING TWO LETTERS, POST SIGNED BY THE CITY AND WASTE MANAGEMENT INFORMING THEM OF REQUIREMENTS AND THE NEED TO SET UP RECYCLING AND ORGANIC SERVICES AS WELL AS DEADLINES AND CART DELIVERY DATES.
LETTERS ALSO INCLUDE INVITATIONS TO WORKSHOPS AND DEADLINES FOR COMPLIANCE.
>> THE ROLLOUT WILL OCCUR IN FOUR PHASES BASED ON WASTE GENERATION.
PHASE 1 WILL INCLUDE BUSINESSES GENERATING OVER 25 CUBIC YARDS OF WASTE WEEKLY.
PHASE 2 WILL BE BUSINESSES GENERATING 10-25 CUBIC YARDS WEEKLY.
PHASE 3, 5-9 CUBIC YARDS WEEKLY, AND PHASE 4 WILL BE BUSINESSES GENERATING UNDER FIVE CUBIC YARDS.
EACH PHASE WILL OVERLAP THE PRIOR TO ENSURE THAT IT'S A COMFORTABLE ROLLOUT FOR OUR COMMERCIAL RESIDENTS.
THE PHASE 1 WILL SPAN FROM JANUARY TO MARCH, PHASE 2, FEBRUARY TO APRIL, PHASE 3, MARCH TO MAY, AND PHASE 4, APRIL TO JUNE, WITH CART DELIVERIES BEGINNING IN MARCH AND CONCLUDING IN JUNE 2025.
THE WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL BE HANDLING SERVICE SETUP AND MONITORING COMPLIANCE THROUGHOUT THE PHASES.
WASTE MANAGEMENT WILL HOST WORKSHOPS TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF LEGISLATION, ITS PURPOSE, AND PRACTICAL STEPS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR Q&A WITH WASTE MANAGEMENT.
THE FIRST WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD HERE AT CITY HALL ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29TH, WHICH IS A WEEK FROM TOMORROW AT 11:30 AM.
IT WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA ZOOM FOR THOSE THAT CANNOT ATTEND IN PERSON.
THE SECOND WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 19TH AT 5:00 PM IN THE SAME FORMAT, AND THEN ADDITIONAL WORKSHOPS WILL BE SCHEDULED AS NEEDED.
A FEW KEY DATES TO REMEMBER WOULD BE THE FIRST AND SECOND WORKSHOP, AND THEN ALSO WHEN THE CART DELIVERIES BEGIN.
YOU'LL WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND WHICH PHASE YOU'RE IN AND THAT WILL BE INFORMED VIA THE LETTERS AND YOU'LL HAVE AN IDEA OF WHEN THE DEADLINE FOR COMPLIANCE WILL BE.
I HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION HERE.
I HAVE WASTE MANAGEMENT'S CONTACT FOR RECYCLING COMPLIANCE WHO CAN COME OUT AND DO ASSESSMENTS.
WE ALSO HAVE CREATED A MANDATORY ORGANICS AND RECYCLING WAIVER APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE WEB PAGE DEDICATED TO THIS EFFORT, AND THAT CAN BE FOUND AT CITYOFLAVERNE.ORG/ORGANICSRECYCLING, AND THEN THE QR CODE CAN BE UTILIZED AS WELL.
ADDITIONAL PROGRAM INFORMATION, INCLUDING WORKSHOP REGISTRATION LINKS AND WAIVER APPLICATIONS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> THANK YOU, NICOLE. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, MR. CROSBY?
>> WILL THE SESSIONS BE RECORDED AS WELL IN CASE PEOPLE CAN'T ATTEND IN THE SESSION SO THAT THEY CAN BE INFORMED AND BE REPLAYED BACK.
>> ABSOLUTELY. WE CAN DO THAT.
WE CAN GET THAT ADDED TO THE WEBPAGE THAT'S BEEN CREATED.
>> THE CONTAINERS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERED, WHAT COLOR ARE THEY GOING TO BE?
>> I ACTUALLY HAVE DON HERE FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT.
THEY CAN TELL YOU A LITTLE MORE ABOUT.
>> HEY, DON. HE'S ALWAYS AT ALL THE FUNCTIONS.
>> THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS DESIGNATED COLORS FOR EACH OF THE COMMODITIES.
IT'LL BE GREEN FOR ORGANICS, WHICH IS YOUR FOOD WASTE AND YOUR GREEN WASTE, BLUE FOR RECYCLING, AND THEN BLACK FOR TRASH.
>> WE CAN STILL JUST PUT IT IN OUR GREEN.
>> NO, YOU'RE JUST FIXING IT IN WITH YOUR FOOD WASTE AND YOUR GREEN WASTE.
>> PREVIOUSLY, THEY HAD JUST ONE HUGE BIN THAT EVERYTHING WAS PUT IN AND DUMB.
BUT THESE ARE MULTI-FAMILY PLACES LIKE HILLCREST, OLDHAM PARK, WHICH I ASSUME.
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>> IT'LL BASICALLY BE AN ASSESSMENT ON MY PART WHERE I SEE WHAT THEY HAVE SPACE FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHAT THEY'RE GENERATING.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS THAT WILL ADDRESS SPACE RESTRAINTS SUCH AS SPLIT BINS, WHERE IT'S THE SAME SIZE AS THEIR NORMAL BIN.
IT'S JUST SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE FOR HALF TRASH AND HALF RECYCLING.
THEN FOR ORGANICS, WE ALSO HAVE CARTS, LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL CARTS, CFPS HOMES.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE BINS FOR THE BIGGER BUSINESSES THAT MAY HAVE A GREEN WASTE COMPANY OR A LOT OF RESTAURANTS LIKE A BIN FOR ALL THAT THEY THROW OUT.
WE'LL BASICALLY JUST ASSESS WHAT THEY HAVE ON SITE.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, NICOLE. APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS,
[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
AND WE HAVE A FEW CARDS HERE.BEFORE WE START, ACTUALLY COULD HAVE WAITED TO THE END.
I THINK ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW THAT WE ARE STILL IN A RED FLAG MORNING.
I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR FIRE CHIEF NIGG, CHIEF SAM GONZALEZ, ALSO OUR CITY MANAGER KEN DOMAN, ALL THE STAFF, BECAUSE CHIEF NIGG IS CONNECTED WITH THE EMERGENCY CENTER AND WITH THE OPERATIONS.
THE INFORMATION HE'S BEEN GETTING OUT TO OUR RESIDENTS IS MUCH BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED, AND ESPECIALLY WHEN WE'RE HAVING NOTIFICATIONS.
WHEN EVERYTHING IS SAFE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE GET A PSPS, NOTIFICATION THAT WE HAVE TO EVACUATE WHEN IT'S ACTUALLY WEST HILLS AND THE OTHER END OF THE VALLEY.
THESE ARE GOING TO BE THINGS THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
I KNOW CHIEF NIGG'S LOOKING AT IT, CITY MANAGER DOMER AND CHIEF GONZALEZ TO LOOK AT TO SEE WHERE THEY FAILED, WHICH EDISON DID FAIL.
A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITIES WERE OUT FOR MULTIPLE DAYS, 3-5 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, SO VERY BIG INCONVENIENCE.
BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO ALSO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE PEOPLE IN THE ALTADENA AREA AND ALSO IN THE PACIFIC PALISADES, JUST UNBELIEVABLE DEVASTATION.
ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN HELP IN ANY WAY TO THOSE PEOPLE, I KNOW MY WIFE WENT TO HER HOSPITAL WHERE SHE USED TO WORK AT, THERE WAS THREE PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR HOMES IN THE ALTADENA FIRE.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO THINK THAT WE EXPERIENCED AN INCONVENIENCE.
WE DIDN'T EXPERIENCE A MASSIVE LOSS, AND I THINK WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE.
BUT AGAIN, AS I'VE BEEN DOING THE MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR FROM THE INFORMATION THE CHIEF GIVES ME, THE CITY MANAGER, AND ALSO CHIEF GONZALEZ, THAT STAY DILIGENT, BE PREPARED.
READY, SET, GO. WE ARE IN A HIGH FIRE AREA.
AS WE NOTICED THAT CANCELLATIONS ON INSURANCE, IT'S JUST A MESS RIGHT NOW.
BE DILIGENT, MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THINGS PACKED THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE PACK.
MAKE SURE IF WE HAVE TO LEAVE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. BE READY.
IT WAS DIFFICULT. OUR AREA WAS OUT FOR FOUR DAYS.
I KNOW THAT DANA'S AREA WAS OUT WAS FOUR DAYS ALSO. THERE TWO DAYS.
IT'S THE BRIDEN SWITCH, AND THEN IT'S THE OTHER SWITCH, WHICH AVANITA.
AVANITA IS THE ONE WHICH IS A FOX GLEN HAS, AND SO THEY WERE DOWN FOR AN EXTRA COUPLE DAYS. IT WAS VERY INCONVENIENT.
BUT I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF.
THE COMMUNICATION, OUR WEBSITES UP AND RUNNING, WE'RE GIVING INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE GET IT, CHIEF NIGG WAS THERE ON THE FIRE LINE WITH THE EMERGENCY PERSONNEL AND GIVING US INFORMATION AS IT WAS COMING ALONG.
WE WOULDN'T BE IN A GREAT SPOT AS WE ARE WITHOUT THAT GREAT COMMUNICATION, AND ALSO OUR RESERVOIRS ARE UP TO CAPACITY.
WE HAVE EMERGENCY GENERATORS IN PLACE IN CASE OF A FIRE.
THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE WITH METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT, WHICH IS OUR BIG RESERVOIR IN LIBO CANYON.
THAT WAS EMPTY. GOT A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS FROM OUR CITY STAFF AND MANAGEMENT.
THREE VALLEYS WOULD BUY THE WATER BECAUSE THAT'S JUST A STORAGE CONTAINER TO BASICALLY SEND IT TO EVERYONES TO PURCHASE THE WATER.
THEY PUT MDD PUT WATER IN OUR RESERVOIR IN CASE THEY HAD A SNORKEL HELICOPTERS IN THERE FOR WATER, AND THREE VALLEY SAID THEY'LL PURCHASE IT.
THESE ARE THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY.
IF YOU DO FEEL THAT YOU NEED TO DONATE, LOOK ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
THERE ARE LOCATIONS. I KNOW A LOT OF THEM ARE INUNDATED AND THERE'S SPECIFICS THEY NEED NOW BESIDES MONEY.
BUT I KNOW A LOT OF UNDERGARMENTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, UNDERWEAR AND SOCKS, THINGS THAT THEY HAVE A TON OF CLOTHES, BUT LOOK CLOSELY.
IF YOU CAN DONATE, LET'S DONATE AND HELP THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A ROAD TO RECOVERY FOR THEM.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO OUR STAFF.
THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB, AND WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS YET.
WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE DAYS.
THE WINDS ARE PICKING UP AND THEY MAY SHUT POWER OFF.
THEY'VE BEEN GIVING OUT ANNOUNCEMENTS RIGHT AND LEFT, BUT AS WE NEED RAIN, WHICH IS COMING THIS WEEKEND, AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING.
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE RAIN THIS WEEKEND. MR. GILMER.
>> MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO KNOW FOR ANYBODY WHO DID LOSE POWER,
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YOU WILL LOSE POWER AGAIN?>> I'VE BEEN ON SEVERAL OF THE ONLINE CALLS WITH EDISON AND LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IT DOES PREVENT THE WILDFIRES.
WHAT GOES ON BASICALLY IS IF SOMETHING BLOWS INTO A LINE OR IF THEY'RE BARE CABLE VERSUS COATED CABLE, THEY HAVE DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS FOR WHEN THEY SHUT OFF THE POWER.
BUT EDISON BELIEVES AND THEY ARE THE SOLE DETERMINATORS OF WHEN THE POWER IS SHUT OFF.
I KNOW IT WAS FRUSTRATING FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WHAT THE MAYOR WAS SAYING IS, WE WERE INCONVENIENCE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAD TOTAL LOSS OF THEIR HOMES AND POSSESSIONS.
IF YOU HAD POWER SHUT OFF, EDISON HAS A LOT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE.
FIRST OF ALL, IF YOU DID NOT GET AN E MAIL OR A TEXT ALERT, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GO TO SC.COM /ESPS ALERT.
>> THEY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THEM ABOUT THAT.
BUT WE WERE GETTING CALLS BECAUSE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THEIR POWER GOING OFF, AND AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE CITY, IT'S EDISON, BUT GET ONTO THEIR LIST SERVE SO THAT YOU GET THE CALL AS SOON AS WE GET THE CALL ALSO.
ALSO ON THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
THEY'RE GIVING GREAT INCENTIVES RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU LIVE IN THAT SEVERE FIRE AREA, AND IF YOU HAD YOUR POWER SHUT OFF, YOU DO.
ON GENERATORS AND ALSO POWER STATIONS, POWER STATIONS ARE THE ELECTRIC BASICALLY POWER STATIONS THAT YOU CAN CHARGE UP, PLUG INTO.
BASED ON YOUR NEED, IF IT'S REFRIGERATOR, IF IT'S COMPUTER, THEY ALSO HAVE EMERGENCY MEDICAL DEVICES.
AGAIN, AT THE SC.COM/ TSPS, GET TO THEIR MARKETPLACE.
COOL PROGRAMS, A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.
THAT EVERYBODY GOES THERE, GET ON THE ALERT FUNCTION, AND THEN ALSO GET ON OUR ALERT FUNCTION BECAUSE WITH CHIEF GONZALEZ, CHIEF NEG AND OUR STAFF, WE WERE PUTTING OUT NOT JUST INFORMATION TO THE COUNCIL, RESIDENTS, BUT WE WERE SHARING IT WITH THE OTHER CITIES THEY JUST HAVE THEIR OWN POLICE AND FIRE, THEIR OWN WE.
WERE A LOT MORE ABLE AND FLEXIBLE, WE APPROVED THAT OVER AND OVER. FOLLOW US.
IF YOU'RE NOT ON SYLVIA, IF YOU DON'T GET E MAIL, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST, ESPECIALLY, PATIENT HOME PARKS.
BUT NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR, MAKE SURE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I THINK I CARRIAGE ON THAT TO CHECK ON EVERYONE, CHECK IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
BUT ALSO, WHEN IT BE COMES TO A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE POSSIBLY HAVE A POWER OUTAGE, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE OF THEM.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, WE WILL HAVE MORE.
A GENERATOR IN A BOX DOESN'T HELP.
A GENERATOR OUT HAS BEEN STARTED AND HAS ADDITIONAL FUEL AND IS WORKING WITH GOOD EXTENSION CORDS, THICK NUMBER 12 EXTENSION CORDS THAT ARE NOT SMALL, THAT IF YOU WANT TO RUN YOUR REFRIGERATOR, THINGS LIKE THAT AND SOME LIGHTING, GET YOUR BATTERIES, GET YOUR FLASHLIGHTS, HAVE SOME EXTRA WATER AND SOME FOOD.
THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN MORE OFTEN, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET MORE COMMUNICATION FROM EDISON, BUT IF THERE'S EVEN A LIGHT WIND, THEY COULD CUT US OUT ANYTIME.
APPRECIATE IT. EVERYBODY WAS WE ALL HELPED EACH OTHER AND NEIGHBORS HELPED EACH OTHER.
WE MADE SURE PEOPLE GOT UP ON GENERATORS WHO HAD THEM, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR CITY IS ABOUT, HELPING EACH OTHER.
WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO SPEAKER CARDS, DANIEL ROJO, TRI CITY. COME ON UP, DANIEL.
>> GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
JUST TWO QUICK UPDATES WITH TRI CITY.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE COMMUNITY WELL BEING GRANT, WHICH IS GRANT THAT'S BEING GIVEN TO PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE THREE COMMUNITIES, AND IT'S UP TO $10,000.
THE GRANT, I SHOULD SAY, AND IF THEY WORK WITH PEOPLE OR SUPPORT PEOPLE FROM THE AGES 0-25.
ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON THE FLYER AND THE CONTACT INFORMATION IS ALSO ON THE FLYER.
THEN THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE COMMUNITY FORUM, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET UPDATES, SHARE FEEDBACK, AND ALSO ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE CURRENT PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING FUNDED THROUGH THE CALIFORNIA MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ACT.
THAT'S TAKING PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY AT ALEXANDER HUGHES AND CLAREMONT, AND DINNER WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED ON THAT NIGHT.
THOSE ARE JUST TWO QUICK UPDATES THAT I NEEDED TO PROVIDE TO YOU GUYS. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, DANIEL.
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ADRIAN MERO, VERNON RIBERG. WELCOME.>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW EVENTS THAT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT LA VERNE LIBRARY.
TOMORROW WILL BE HOLDING A PAINT NIGHT PROGRAM FOR ADULTS AT 6:00 P.M.
PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO PAINT THEIR OWN AND PRECIOUS LANDSCAPE BY USING PAINT BY NUMBERS.
SUPPLIES WILL BE PROVIDED TO THOSE WHO REGISTERED AND WALKINS ARE WELCOME WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
THE MATERIALS ARE GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY THE FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY.
OUR WINTER SESSION OF SMART START STORYTIME WILL END THIS FRIDAY, BUT WE'LL START AGAIN FEBRUARY 14TH AND WILL TAKE PLACE AT 11:00 A.M. ON FRIDAYS.
DURING THESE SESSIONS, CHILDREN AGES 2-5 CAN ENJOY BOOKS, SONGS, AND MOVEMENT WHILE GETTING READY FOR STARTING SCHOOL.
ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED FOR THESE SESSIONS.
IT CAN BE DONE IN PERSON BY PHONE OR BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE.
IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, LA VERNE LIBRARY WILL BE HOLDING AN EVENT FOR CHILDREN AGES 6-12 IN FEBRUARY TITLED WHO IS ALEXANDER MILES.
DURING THIS PROGRAM, CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTION ALEXANDER MILES MADE TO THE ELEVATOR AND ITS SAFETY BY DEVELOPING AUTOMATIC DOORS.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION, CHILDREN WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE THEIR OWN SAFE POLICE SYSTEM.
I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT OUR LIBRARY HAS N95 MASKS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
THESE MASKS WE PROVIDED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND AT THIS TIME WE'RE GIVING TWO PER CUSTOMER.
BUT IF A PERSON NEEDS MORE, PLEASE JUST LET US KNOW. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TODAY.
>> THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE ON THAT ADULT PAINTING, THERE'S NO WINE INVOLVED.
MY WIFE [INAUDIBLE]. [LAUGHTER]
>> [LAUGHTER] BUT THERE'S BEER. I'M JUST CHECKING.
>> THEN AT THE CLAREMONT LIBRARY, THEY ARE HANDING OUT NARCAN AS WELL.
YOU CAN GET THAT THROUGH THERE.
THAT'S OUR CLOSEST LIBRARY THEY DO THAT.
>> I'M SHERRY BEST AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
FIRST, I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST LINE OF JAM, PUCKER POWER PLUM.
>> WE HAVE THE LARGER ONES TOO.
>> YOU'VE GOT A DIFFERENT COST STRUCTURE. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU'VE GOT A COST STRUCTURE.
>> THIS IS THE TASTER. THIS WILL GET YOU STARTED.
[LAUGHTER] BUT THEN IT ACCELERATES FROM THERE.
THIS JAM JOINS OUR FAMILY OF POMEGRANATE, PEACH, MANGO, APPLE, LEMON, AND PICKLE PRODUCTS, AND PRESERVES.
YOUR DONATION HELPS THE L VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
WE HAD A GREAT MEETING LAST WEEK AT HILLCREST WITH A PRESENTATION BY PAUL SPITZZERI, WHO IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE WORKMAN AND TEMPLE HOMESTEAD MUSEUM.
WE HAD 68 PEOPLE IN ATTENDANCE, AND WE WILL UPLOAD THE YOUTUBE VIDEO FROM THE RECORDING OF THAT EVENT ONTO OUR WEBSITE, SO YOU CAN WATCH THAT.
THE GRANDDAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE WOMEN IN THIS DRAMA, SHE AND HER HUSBAND CAME OUT FROM ARIZONA AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE PRESENTATION AND THEY WERE JUST EXCELLENT.
UPCOMING EVENTS INCLUDE A TRIP TO GLENDORA'S RUBEL CASTLE AND ALTA LOMA'S SAM MALOOF HOUSE AND GARDEN.
THERE ARE SPACES FOR ATTENDEES FOR BOTH OF THESE EXCLUSIVE TOURS.
CHECK OUT OUR FLYERS, WHICH I PUT ON THE TABLE OVER HERE IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN EITHER OF THESE ADVENTURES.
THE COMMUNITY CENTER HERE HAS NOW TWO NEW DISPLAYS FEATURING TREASURED ARTIFACTS FROM THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SO COME BY AND SEE.
WE JUST PUT UP OUR SECOND DISPLAY TODAY.
AS WELL, LA VERNE'S FOUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS HAVE NEW DISPLAYS.
LAST WEEK, WE CHANGED OUT THE CONTENTS OF ALL THE DISPLAYS AND ROTATED THEM AROUND.
WHEN I WAS AT ROYNON CHANGING OUT THE DISPLAY, A CLASS OF STUDENTS WAS IN THE LIBRARY AND THEY HELPED ME UNPACK ALL THE GOODIES OUT OF THE BOX AND TOUCH THE ITEMS AND TALK ABOUT THEM, AND DECIDE WHERE TO PUT THEM IN THE DISPLAY CASE.
IT WAS WHAT I CALL A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TEACHABLE MOMENT.
WELCOME TO 2025 AND THINK ABOUT JOINING THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION, FUN, AND ADVENTURE, AND ALSO A COOL SWEATSHIRT.
[LAUGHTER] THESE ARE CUSTOM ORDERS SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN YOUR SWEATSHIRT, COME TALK TO ME AND WE'LL WORK THAT OUT FOR YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, SHERRY. APPRECIATE THAT.
[APPLAUSE] ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? MS. BEAUCHAMP.
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>> GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
I WANTED TO LET THE RESIDENTS KNOW THAT TOMORROW, [LAUGHTER] JANUARY 22ND FROM 1:00-2:30, THE PROBATION OVERSIGHT COMMISSION WILL BE HAVING A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL MEETING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO DISCUSS THE JUVENILE TRANSFER MOTION PROCESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM NATHAN HOCHMAN, LA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT, THE PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE, AS WELL AS THE OFFICE OF YOUTH AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.
I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS TO KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WILL BE BECAUSE SOME OF THEM WILL BE COMING TO AFFLERBAUGH PAGE, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.
PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDAR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE ON ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? COUNCIL, ANNOUNCEMENTS? NOTHING? THE ONLY THING THAT I HAVE IS HERITAGE PARK, THEY ARE DOING THE ORANGE PICKING, EIGHT DOLLARS A BAG, SATURDAYS FROM 9:00-3:00 AND YOU CAN BUY SOME GOODIES AT THE HERITAGE PARK IN THEIR BARN.
THEY'VE GOT SOME JAMS, THEY'RE GOOD.
MAYBE NOT AS GOOD AS THE YOU KNOW.
[LAUGHTER] YES, BUT VERY GOOD.
THEY HAVE GREAT STUFF, BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME TO PICK.
THE ORANGES ARE GREAT THIS YEAR, NICE AND SWEET, SO GO ON UP TO HERITAGE PARK.
WITH THAT, WE 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 OR A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE DISCUSSION.COUNCIL, I THINK, MR. JOHNSON, YOU HAVE A RECUSE ON ITEM 5, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> CORRECT. I DO OWN PROPERTY WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE PROJECT SO I WILL BE REMOVING MYSELF FROM THE ROOM.
>> MR. MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO PULL THAT ONE SO HE CAN STAY FOR THIS. [OVERLAPPING]
>> YOU CAN STAY FOR THIS AND THEN YOU CAN. HE'S TRYING TO GET OUT OF HERE.
>> WE'LL TAKE THAT UP AFTER THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
>> DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEM PULLED OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR?
>> NO OTHER ITEMS THAT WE ARE NOTIFIED OF, SIR.
>> WITH THAT, EXCEPT FOR ITEM 5, DO WE HAVE A MOTION?
>> THE CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS ITEM 5 BEING PULLED, MOTION BY KASHIFALGHITA, SECONDED BY CROSBY, PASSED 5-0.
>> THANK YOU. BRING COOKIES BACK, WOULD YOU? [LAUGHTER]
>> WE MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 5,
[5. License Agreement with Lewis Land Developers and City Regarding Recreational Uses at Former Lutheran High School Property ]
WHICH IS THE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS IN THE CITY REGARDING RECREATIONAL USES OF FORMER LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY.DO WE HAVE A MOTION? OH, WAIT.
>> I'M SORRY. WE DIDN'T OPEN IT.
WE DIDN'T OPEN THAT UP. WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THAT UP.
>> ACTUALLY, MR. MAYOR, THIS WAS PULLED BY TWO ITEMS, DANITA BEAUCHAMP, AND SHERRY BEST.
IF THEY BOTH WANT TO GET UP THERE AND ASK THEIR QUESTIONS, I DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ANSWER ALL THAT.
>> VERY GOOD. WE'LL OPEN UP THE FLOOR. MS. BEST.
>> I BELIEVE JEFF ALLRED ALSO SENT AN EMAIL REQUESTING THE ITEM BE PULLED.
>> WHAT I'M GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS I'M GOING TO READ THE EMAIL THAT I SENT TO MR. DOMER.
WE'VE HAD QUITE A LOT OF COMMUNICATION BACK AND FORTH WHICH WAS VERY HELPFUL AND CLARIFYING TO ME.
BUT I WANT TO SPEAK TO MY REQUEST TO PULL THAT ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR TONIGHT'S COUNCIL MEETING.
THE STATEMENT CONCERNS AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER DOMER TO SIGN A LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS TO LEASE THE FORMER LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL RECREATIONAL FIELDS, PARKING LOT, AND GYM FOR AUTHORIZED CITY RECREATIONAL USE.
I WISH TO POSITIVELY ACKNOWLEDGE CITY MANAGER DOMER FOR COMMUNICATING WITH ME MORE THAN ONCE JUST PRIOR TO THE MARTIN LUTHER KING HOLIDAY WEEKEND TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATIONS TO MY QUESTIONS.
HOWEVER, HIS RESPONSES ADDED TO SOME OF MY CONCERNS, AND WHAT I FEEL WAS A HASTY AGREEMENT WITH LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS, AT LEAST AS FAR AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE CONCERNED.
UNTIL LAST WEEK, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAD INTERACTED WITH MR. JOHN GRAHAM AND MR. DAVID LITTLE.
TWO LA VERNE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS WHO DEMONSTRATED REPEATEDLY THAT THEIR INTEREST IN THIS DEVELOPMENT STEMMED AT LEAST IN PART FROM THEIR ATTACHMENT TO LA VERNE AS RESIDENTS.
FURTHERMORE, THEIR OFFER TO SET ASIDE LAND FOR PARK USE WAS PART OF THEIR INITIAL PROPOSAL AND THEY NEVER WAVERED FROM THIS GIFT TO THE CITY.
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THEIR OFFER INCLUDED REMODELING OF THE BATHROOM OF THE GYM, CREATION OF AN EXPANDED MEMORIAL TO CORY HILTZ, PICKLEBALL COURTS, ACTUAL GREEN SPACE, WHICH WAS MODIFIED IN THE MAP PRESENTED AT THE DECEMBER 4TH SCOPING MEETING TO BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE GYM, AND PARALLEL TO FRUIT STREET.THIS CHANGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND POSITIVE, AND VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE PREVIOUS MAP.
IN ADDITION, THEY SCALED DOWN THE NUMBER OF SINGLE-FAMILY AND TOWNHOMES PARTLY IN RESPONSE TO CITY STAFF REQUIREMENTS FOR STREET ACCESS, BUT ALSO IN RESPONSE TO COMMUNITY INPUT.
THEIR INTERACTIONS WERE RESPECTFUL, TIMELY, AND RESPONSIVE.
THERE HAS BEEN NO SUCH INTERACTION WITH LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS.
AT THE DECEMBER 4TH SCOPING MEETING, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS WAS PRESENT, BUT HIS ATTENDANCE AND LEWIS HOMES'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT WAS NEVER EXPLAINED AT THE SCOPING MEETING.
BOTH JOHN GRAHAM AND DAVID LITTLE WERE PRESENT AND NEVER MADE STATEMENTS THAT THEY WERE WITHDRAWING FROM THE PROJECT.
I CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT JOHN AND DAVE WITHDREW AFTER THE SCOPING MEETING, BUT THIS WAS NOT ANNOUNCED TO THE PUBLIC.
IN EMAIL INTERACTIONS WITH CITY MANAGER, KEN DOMER, AND AS PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY THAT IS DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT, I REQUESTED THAT A MODEL SUCH AS THE ONE THAT BROUGHT THE WEBER HOUSE AND SLOAN BARN TO HERITAGE PARK BE CONSIDERED FOR THE LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
THAT IS, DEVELOPMENT FEES PAID BY THE DEVELOPER COULD BE USED TO SUPPORT A PERMANENT LOCATION FOR THE SOCIETY.
IN HIS EMAIL REPLY, MR. DOMER STATED THAT THE PARK DEVELOPMENT FEES GENERATED BY THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT WOULD USE UP THE CITY LEVERAGE TO SECURE THE FEES AND MAKE NECESSARY UPGRADES TO THE GYM AND OTHER PARTS OF THE SPACE SET ASIDE FOR THE CITY.
IN ADDITION, HIS EMAIL IDENTIFIED FRONT OFFICE SPACE AND STORAGE AS USING SOME OF THESE FEES.
THERE WAS NO CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT WAS MEANT BY STORAGE AND FRONT OFFICE SPACE.
ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS TO BE STORAGE SPACE PLACED BEHIND THE GYM, THERE IS CURRENTLY, THIS WOULD BE FOR CITY USE AND NOT DIRECTLY BENEFIT MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IS MEANT BY FRONT OFFICE SPACE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS CLARIFICATION NOW MEANS THAT THE CITY WOULD BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GYM AND THE OTHER AREAS.
WOULD THIS MEAN THAT THE GIFT OF LAYING GYM REFURBISHMENT, CORY HILTZ MEMORIAL, AND THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS OFFERED BY JOHN AND DAVE IS NOW OFF THE TABLE AND INSTEAD WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CITY? WHAT ARE THE CITIZENS OF LA VERNE TRULY GETTING IN RETURN FOR THIS CHANGE? FINALLY, AND MOST CONCERNING, IS THE STATEMENT BY MR. DOMER THAT THE AREA PROPOSED TO BE LICENSED TO THE CITY IS FOR "INTERIM USE AS FUTURE ITEMS TO BE LEASED, SUBDIVIDED, AND CITY OWNERSHIP, ETC HAD YET TO BE DISCUSSED FURTHER AND IRONED OUT." AT THE DECEMBER 4TH SCOPING MEETING AN INDIRECT RESPONSE TO A COMMUNITY MEMBER'S CONCERNS THAT THE SPACE PROPOSED TO BE CEDED TO THE CITY COULD BE SOLD FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AT A LATER DATE, MR. ERIC SHEAR DIRECTLY ASSURED US THAT THIS SPACE WOULD BECOME CITY-OWNED PARK SPACE, AND AS SUCH COULD NEVER BE SOLD FOR DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT THIS NEW PROPOSED LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS, DEVOID OF SPECIFIC LANGUAGE RELATED TO A PERMANENT PARK FOR LA VERNE, LEAVES OPEN THE OPTION TO SELL AND/OR REDEVELOP THE LAND FOR RESIDENTIAL USE AT A LATER DATE.
FOR THESE REASONS, WE, BEING MYSELF AND JON BLICKENSTAFF, HAVE REQUESTED THAT FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY WITH LEWIS LAND DEVELOPERS BE PROVIDED TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEFORE ANY AGREEMENTS ARE MADE.
NOW, AFTER THAT, I GOT VERY THOROUGH EXPLANATION FROM MR. DOMER, WHICH I TRULY APPRECIATE, AND I WANT TO ADD BY SAYING, I WANT TO THANK MEMBERS OF CITY STAFF FOR RESPONDING TO MY CONCERNS ABOUT THE ITEM THAT HAS NOW BEEN PULLED FROM TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
I ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK CITY MANAGER, KEN DOMER, FOR RESPONDING TO MY EMAILS AND PROVIDING FURTHER CLARIFICATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE LANGUAGE IN THE ITEM ITSELF, THE TIMING OF PLACING IT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WITH NO TIME FOR BROADER DISCUSSION, AND THE CHANGE IN DEVELOPERS WITH WHOM COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BECOME FAMILIAR, COMBINED TO CREATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CONFUSION.
OF COURSE, I WOULD NOT WANT TO HALT USE OF THE RECREATIONAL SPACE OR PLAYING
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FIELDS FOR ANY TIME WHILE PROGRESS GOES FORWARD ON DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY, HOWEVER, I STRONGLY URGE CONTINUED FOCUS ON CREATING A PORTION OF THIS SPACE FOR A PARK FOR THE RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE, INCLUDING IN TIMELY CONTRACTED AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU, SHERRY. MS. BEAUCHAMP.
>> I TOO WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEING PUT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE COMMUNITY UNDERSTANDING THAT JOHN AND DAVE WERE THE FRONT PEOPLE, THAT THEY WERE THE PURCHASER OF THE LAND.
AT NO TIME, AT ANY OF THE MEETINGS THAT I ATTENDED AND I ATTENDED ALL OF THEM, WAS IT EVER DISCUSSED THAT LEWIS HOMES WAS THE FINANCIER OR THEIR FUNDING INVESTMENT COMPANY.
THEY'VE BEEN TRANSPARENT ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT I HAVE TO SAY I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED ABOUT THAT.
BUT KNOWING THAT THE CITY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO USE THE GYM FOR THE YOUTH SPORTS IN THE SOCCER FIELD, I THINK IT'S GREAT.
AGAIN, I AGREE WITH SHERRY, KEN DID A FABULOUS JOB.
HE EXPLAINED EVERYTHING IN DETAIL.
HE COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT ANY MORE CLEAR, SO THANK YOU, KEN.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU RESPONDING TO THE EMAILS.
IT JUST MAKES LIFE A LOT EASIER, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> THANK YOU, MS. BEAUCHAMP. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP THE DAIS. MR. CROSBY?
>> YEAH. I KNOW THAT DANITA AND CHERRY GOT IT OF INFORMATION FROM MR. DOMER.
SO I ASKED MR. DOMER, IF YOU CAN GIVE THAT INFORMATION TO THE REST OF THE PUBLIC, THAT DIDN'T HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH YOU.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE.
THIS WAS A RUSHED AGENDA ITEM TO GET IT ON SO WE CAN CONTINUE THE RECREATIONAL SERVICES THAT ARE GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THE CITY HAS A YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUE AND THE GYM.
THERE'S A SOCCER CLUB THAT USES THE FIELDS, AND THEN THERE'S A VOLLEYBALL CLUB THAT ALSO USES THE GYM, AND THEN I KNOW A K9 DOING SOME STUFF THERE.
>> I USE IT A LOT. EVERYBODY DOES.
>> I APOLOGIZE THAT. IVANA AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT THAT WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE ISSUE OF THE USE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN IT, THAT WHEN THE REPORT WAS WRITTEN, WE DIDN'T STEP BACK AND LOOK AT IT FROM A MAYBE A RESIDENT CONCERN THAT'S NOT SO CLOSE TO THE INFORMATION SO I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
BUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IS THAT AGAIN, THE CITY ONLY PROCESSES APPLICATIONS.
WE DON'T REALLY GET INVOLVED IN THE DETAIL OF WHO'S THE OWNERSHIPS, WHO'S THE FINANCIAL PEOPLE, AND I KNOW THERE'S A SWITCH OUT.
WE ACTUALLY WERE SURPRISED BY THAT TOO.
WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS WITH GLENN CROSBY OF LEWIS HOMES, WHO I KNOW IS HERE IN CASE THERE'S A QUESTION, BUT I HAVE TO STATE THAT THIS IS ABOUT THE RECREATIONAL LICENSE AGREEMENT AND NOT THE DEVELOPMENT.
>> WELL, BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, SO WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THAT HERE, A LICENSE AGREEMENT IS I'D SAY LESSER THAN A LEASE AGREEMENT.
A LEASE AGREEMENT WOULD BE THE CITY LEASING THE ENTIRE PROPERTY AND TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR EVERYTHING, THE BUILDINGS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BUILDINGS.
WE DO WANT THE ABILITY TO PROGRAM THE ATHLETIC FIELD AND THE GYM AND THEN UTILIZE THE PARKING LOT.
THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BASICALLY SET SET UP FOR A YEAR BECAUSE WE BELIEVE TALKING TO THE DEVELOPER, THAT'S ABOUT THE TIME WE'LL HAVE, MAYBE A FEW MORE MONTHS AFTER THAT, BUT THEY ARE GOING TO BE PROCEEDING ON THEIR DEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL, A WHOLE SEPARATE THING THAN THIS.
I CAN STATE THAT WE ARE ADAMANT ABOUT GETTING THE USE OF THE GYM AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THE GYM AND HOLDING THEM TO THE MEMORIAL FLAGPOLE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED BY THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS HELD.
BUT THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BASICALLY GIVES US THE CITY THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THOSE RECREATIONAL SERVICES.
LEWIS HOMES OR THEY HAVE A COUPLE DIFFERENT NAMES BUT WE'LL CALL LEWIS.
THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH ATHLETIC GROUPS AND YOUTH GROUPS AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE ARE STEPPING IN TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES CAN CONTINUE AND THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE GYM DURING THIS INTERIM PERIOD.
OTHERWISE, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT, AND THE ENTIRE PROPERTY MORE LIKELY WOULD HAVE BEEN SHUTTERED.
WE DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN SO WE'RE STEPPING IN.
WE'RE RECEIVING THE REVENUE FROM THE GROUPS THAT ARE USING IT.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THAT FOR CONTINUING THE LANDSCAPING, PAYING THE ELECTRICAL BILL, PAYING THE WATER, AND UTILIZING THE GYM.THIS IS JUST A LICENSE AGREEMENT.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS PUT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR BECAUSE IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S JUST SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE RECREATION PURPOSES FOR A YEAR, DEPENDING ON HOW THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS GOES THROUGH.
I DON'T KNOW THE TIME FRAME, BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE EIR IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT SO THAT'S THE NEXT TIME FRAME.
THERE IS INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE ABOUT THAT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT.
BUT YES, THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, NOT ABOUT JOHN AND DAVE OR ANYBODY ELSE.
IT'S ABOUT THE CITY ABILITY TO CONTINUE TO UTILIZE THE GYM AND PROVIDE THOSE OTHER RECREATIONAL FACILITIES FOR YOUTH GROUPS IN THE CITY.
>> THANK YOU, MR. DELMER. I WANT TO SAY ALSO THAT LEWIS DEVELOPMENT AND LEWIS HAS BUILT MANY, MANY HOMES AND MANY TRACKS IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND HAS ALWAYS DONE A VERY STELLAR JOB AT THAT SO I THINK THAT WILL BE A GOOD PLUS FOR US.
I KNOW THAT THE AMHERST PROJECT CHANGED HANDS AND CHANGED OWNERSHIP TWICE.
IT DOES HAPPEN, BUT THEY'RE GREAT FELLOWS AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THIS AS FAR AS THE LICENSE AGREEMENT.
THIS IS WONDERFUL BECAUSE THERE'S KIDS UP THERE ALL THE TIME.
WE WANT TO KEEP THAT THING OPEN FOR AS LONG AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH US ON THAT. MR. CROSBY.
>> JUST LIKE WE MADE AGREEMENT WITH LA VERNE LUTHERAN TO USE THOSE BUILDINGS, THE NOW OWNER IS LEWIS, SO WE MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE THOSE FACILITIES.
>> YES. LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL, AND THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT OR THE SELLER FOUNDRY IN BETWEEN, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH TO USE IT, BUT THAT STOPPED DECEMBER 31.
WE USED THE GYM ON A SATURDAY AND WE GOT LIKE, HEY, WE NEED AN AGREEMENT.
THIS LAST WEEKEND, WE HAD A INTERIM ONE DAY AGREEMENT THAT WE ENTERED INTO AND NOW WITH THIS, IF APPROVED, THEN WE CAN HAVE THAT LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
MAKE SURE THAT ALL GO FORWARD.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATION AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS ABOUT OUR STAFF.
WE'D REALLY DO A VERY GOOD JOB TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THINGS.
I DO APOLOGIZE ON MY BEHALF, CHERRY.
I LEFT IN THE HANDS OF CITY MANAGER DOMER.
I KNOW YOU WANTED TO MEET WITH US, BUT I THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE GO STRAIGHT FROM ERIC SHEAR AND KEN DOMER WHEN IT'S DEALING WITH PROPERTIES AND ISSUANCE OF LICENSE AGREEMENTS AND THINGS.
IT'S OUT OF MY BELLY WIG, IF YOU WANT TO SAY, IT'S OUT OF MY WHEELHOUSE AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE LET OUR STAFF TAKE CARE OF THAT. I WASN'T SKIRTING YOU.
I WAS GONE THIS WEEKEND AND I THINK HE HAD TAKEN CARE OF YOUR ISSUE AND WHAT YOUR COMMENTS WERE.
WE'RE ACTUALLY CLOSED. BUT THANK YOU.
>> PLEASE. COUNCIL LAU, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO GET MR. JOHNSON?
>> I'LL GO AHEAD AND REPORT, ITEM 5 FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS APPROVED 5-0 WITH CROSBY MAKING THE MOTION AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, SORRY AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAU SECOND.
I GOT TO QUIT LOOKING AT YOU, MARY PROTAM JOHNSON RECUSED HIMSELF.
COME ON. HOW MUCH PRACTICE DO WE NEED? THANK YOU.
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I DON'T KNOW.I THINK HE'S BRINGING COOKIES FOR US.
TO GET HIS SUGAR. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
>> WE NOW MOVE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM FOR 2025/2026.CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WERE REPORTING.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL FORWARD SENIOR PLANNER, I THINK PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
>> I THOUGHT I HAD IT RIGHT. THE SENIOR PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
>> IS HE EVER GOING TO GET THAT RIGHT?
[OVERLAPPING] WE DIDN'T FAIL HER.
WAIT I KNOW PRINCIPAL PLANNER.
>> I WOULDN'T CORRECT IF YOU GIVING ME A PROMOTION.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT, I'M PRESENTING THE PROPOSED ALLOCATIONS FOR THE LA VERNE PARTICIPATION IN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, CDBG PROGRAM FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2025/2026.
THIS MARKS THE 51ST FUNDING YEAR OF THE CDBG PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
THE CITY IS EXPECTED TO BE ALLOCATED APPROXIMATELY $151,000 IN NEW CDBG FUNDS FOR THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ABOUT 40,000 LEFTOVER FROM LAST YEAR THAT WE WILL BE ROLLING OVER, GIVING US A TOTAL OF ABOUT $190,000.
AFTER THOROUGH REVIEW OF FEDERAL GUIDELINES AND COMMUNITY NEEDS, STAFF RECOMMENDS ALLOCATING $22,677 TO THE SENIOR HOT LUNCH PROGRAM.
THIS REPRESENTS A MAXIMUM OF 15% OF THE ANNUAL GRANT ALLOWED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE PROGRAMS. THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY OPERATING FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW, PROVIDING NUTRITIOUS MEALS AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR LAU INCOME SENIORS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE REMAINING ALLOCATION OF ABOUT 168,000 GO TO THE SIDEWALK REPAIR PROGRAM.
THIS PROGRAM ENHANCES ACCESSIBILITY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SPECIFICALLY FOR SIDEWALK REPAIRS AND THE REMOVAL OF ANY ARCHITECTURAL BARRIERS.
ONE CHALLENGE WE CONTINUE TO FACE, AND I TELL YOU ALL THIS EVERY YEAR, THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF CENSUS BLOCKS WITHIN THE CITY THAT MEET THE 51% LAU AND MODERATE INCOME THRESHOLD, THIS REALLY LIMITS OUR ABILITY TO UNDERTAKE ANY AREA WIDE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
AS PART OF THE CDBG PROCESS, THE PUBLIC HEARING PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SHARE THEIR INPUT ON THE PROPOSED USE OF THESE FUNDS.
THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU REFLECTS CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF ALL FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, COMMUNITY NEEDS AND THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS, INCLUDING THE ROLLOVER AMOUNT THAT I MENTIONED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
IN CONCLUSION, IT'S RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU, ALLOCATING THE FUNDING TO THE SENIOR HOT LUNCH PROGRAM AND THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
I'M AVAILABLE FROM STAFF, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL PLANNER BOWCOCK.
WE WILL BRING YOU BACK UP. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT RIGHT NOW.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS SIDE.
WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP TO THE DAIS. COUNCILWOMAN LAU.
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CANDACE AND TO STAFF TO KENT.
I KNOW WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS ABOUT WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS MONEY AND WHAT CAN WE USE IT FOR SO WE WON'T LOSE IT OR NOT HAVE IT GO TO SOMETHING FRUITFUL.
SO THANK YOU FOR FIGURING THAT OUT AND FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN UTILIZE THE MONIES THAT WE RECEIVE. THANK YOU.
>> YOU JUST ECHOED WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.
IT'S NICE THAT WE'RE USING EVERY PENNY AND ACTUALLY CARRYING IT OVER AND DOING IT NOW THAT WE CAN USE IT FOR GOOD STUFF. MR. JOHNSON.
>> MANY YEARS AGO, WE JUST USED TO SELL THOSE FUNDS FOR PENNIES ON THE DOLLAR [INAUDIBLE].
>> WITH THAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNSEL? I'LL TAKE A MOTION. SECOND?
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BY MAYOR JOHNSON, SECONDED BY KASHIFALGHITA AND APPROVED 5-0.>> THANK YOU, PRINCIPAL PLANNER BOWCOCK, FOR YOUR GREAT PRESENTATION.
I'M JUST GOING TO CONTINUE TO SAY THAT SO HE FINALLY GETS IT RIGHT.
OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS A CONSIDERATION OF CERTIFYING A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS, ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS AND IMPROVING THE CITY OF LA VERNE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE POLICY DOCUMENT.
CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FORWARD THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL FORWARD PRINCIPAL PLANNER, CANDACE BOWCOCK.
[LAUGHTER] I FIGURED IT WOULD WORK.
>> HELLO AGAIN. TONIGHT, WE CONSIDER A MILESTONE FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
FINALLY, THE ADOPTION OF OUR UPDATED GENERAL PLAN, WHICH SERVES AS THE BLUEPRINT FOR THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.
THE CITY OF LA VERNE'S GENERAL PLAN UPDATE REFLECTS A COMPREHENSIVE VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE, PROVIDING A POLICY FRAMEWORK TO GUIDE GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION WHILE ADDRESSING LOCAL CONDITIONS, PRIORITIES, AND DATE MANDATES.
THIS UPDATE REPLACES THE 1998 GENERAL PLAN AND INCORPORATES REORGANIZED USER FRIENDLY ELEMENTS.
EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INFORMED THE PLAN AND ENSURED ALIGNMENT WITH COMMUNITY VALUES.
THIS PLAN CRAFTED WITH SUBSTANTIAL COMMUNITY INPUT REFLECTS OUR SHARED VISION FOR GROWTH, SUSTAINABILITY, AND TO QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
TO PRESENT THE DETAILS OF THE PLAN AND THE PROCESS, I'M PLEASED TO INTRODUCE AMANDA TROPIANO WITH DONOVA PLANNING GROUP WHO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN GUIDING THIS PROCESS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS.
>> NOT THAT I'M COUNTING. IT'S ALL GOOD. HERE WE ARE.
>> THANK YOU. WELL, I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE.
SO MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE AGAIN TONIGHT.
AS CANDACE HAD MENTIONED, THIS IS CERTAINLY AN EXCITING NIGHT FOR US TO PRESENT TO YOU OFFICIALLY THE RESULTS OF THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND HARD WORK OF YOUR STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
WITH THAT INTRODUCTION, I WILL BE GOING THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT AND CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>> I'LL GO THROUGH A TIMELINE.
I THINK CANDACE WAS MODEST IN DESCRIBING IT OVER THE BETTER PART OF THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
THIS HAS BEEN CERTAINLY A SIGNIFICANT EFFORT THAT YOUR STAFF HAS BEEN COMMITTED TO FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS.
AN APPROACH TO DEVELOPING THE GENERAL PLAN POLICY DOCUMENT, THE PROCESS FOR REVIEWING THAT DOCUMENT AND THEN THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW THAT ACCOMPANIED THAT.
STARTING BACK IN 2017, THIS PROJECT WAS INITIATED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD LARGELY BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE WHAT WAS THEN UPCOMING SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE.
WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
BUT IN 2017-2018, THE CITY REALLY FOCUSED ON ESTABLISHING A BASELINE OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, COLLECTING RELEVANT DOCUMENT AND DATA INFORMATION, AND SYNTHESIZING THAT INFORMATION INTO A COMMUNITY VISION THAT REALLY CRYSTALLIZED WHERE LA VERNE WANTED TO HEAD OVER THE COMING FEW DECADES.
THROUGHOUT 2018 THROUGH 2019, THE CITY COMMITTED TO MEETING WITH THE GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE NUMEROUS TIMES A DOZEN TIMES, PREPARING A PROPOSED LAND USE MAP THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION OR CORNERSTONE OF THE LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS, AND THEN PREPARING A DRAFT OF THE ACTUAL GENERAL PLAN POLICY DOCUMENT.
THAT'S YOUR GOALS, POLICIES, AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS.
WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE A LITTLE BIT IN A FEW SLIDES FOR REVIEW BY YOUR GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
REALLY, THE POLICY DOCUMENT BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WAS REVIEWED AND CONFIRMED, EDITED, AND MODIFIED BY THAT CITIZENS COMMUNITY GROUP AT THAT TIME.
IN 2020, THE CITY MAY REMEMBER THAT IT RECEIVED ITS REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION OR ITS ARENA FROM SCAG, WHICH DETERMINED THAT THE CITY NEEDED TO TEMPORARILY SET ASIDE THE COMPREHENSIVE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND ALLOW US TO REALLY FOCUS ON PREPARING AND HOUSING ELEMENT, ONE OF THE CHAPTERS OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE TO BE UPDATED ON A CERTAIN SCHEDULE, AND WE REALLY NEEDED TO GIVE THAT SOME FOCUSED ATTENTION SO THAT THE CITY COULD RECEIVE
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CERTIFICATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN LOCAL LAND USE CONTROL, RECEIVE ACCESS TO FUNDING, AND STAY IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LEGISLATION.FROM 2020-2022, THE FOCUS OF THIS EFFORT WAS ON RECEIVING CERTIFICATION OF YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH WE DID ACHIEVE AT THAT TIME.
THAT ALLOWED US IN 2023 TO RESTART OR RE-ENGAGE THE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO YOUR GENERAL PLAN, PREPARE YOUR NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF AN EIR, PREPARE THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF THE POLICY DOCUMENT, AND FACILITATE A PUBLIC REVIEW OF ALL OF THAT MATERIAL.
THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE LATER END OF 2024, AND THEN, OF COURSE, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, IN PRESENTING THE DOCUMENTS AT A JOINT STUDY SESSION, WHICH I WAS IN FRONT OF YOURSELVES AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN SEPTEMBER.
THEN PRESENTING IT AT A SERIES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS BOTH TO YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS TO OTHER STATE AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION AND THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AIRPORT LAND USE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IN FOCUSING FIRST ON THE POLICY DOCUMENT, WHAT WE'RE CALLING YOUR GENERAL PLAN, PLAN WAS LAST COMPREHENSIVELY UPDATED IN 1998.
SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT AND YOURSELVES THAT HAVE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE THAT TIME, AND YOU CAN JUST LOOK AROUND AND SEE THOSE ELEMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAVE CHANGED SINCE 1998.
THE GENERAL PLAN REALLY ARTICULATES A VISION AND STRATEGY, AS CANDACE HAD MENTIONED FOR THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF LA VERNE AND WHERE IT WANTS TO HEAD OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
IT ESTABLISHES A SERIES OF GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO ALL OF THE TOPICS THAT AFFECT YOUR DAILY LIFE, LAND USE PLANNING, TRANSPORTATION, SO HOW PEOPLE GET AROUND, PUBLIC SERVICES AND FACILITIES, THE CONSERVATION OF YOUR NATURAL RESOURCES, AND GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO FUTURE GROWTH.
IT PROVIDES A BASIS FOR ELECTED AND APPOINTED DECISION MAKERS TO MAKE DECISIONS ALIGNED WITH THE COMMUNITY'S VALUES, AND IT ALLOWS THE CITIZENS, PROPERTY OWNERS, AND OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO HEAD OVER THAT LONG TERM HORIZON.
THERE ARE THREE KEY COMPONENTS THAT GO INTO PREPARING THE POLICY DOCUMENT.
FIRST AND FOREMOST IS PUBLIC FEEDBACK.
EVERY CITY AND COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA HAS TO HAVE A GENERAL PLAN, BUT EACH ONE IS CUSTOMIZED TO ITS LOCAL ENVIRONMENT AND CONDITIONS.
HERE IN LA VERNE, THROUGH AN EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH SERIES AS WELL AS THE MEETINGS WITH YOUR GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE REALLY WERE ABLE TO GATHER SPECIFIC INSIGHT AND INPUT INTO THESE DIFFERENT TOPIC AREAS AND CUSTOMIZE THE POLICY DIRECTION IN YOUR DOCUMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF STATE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS, NEW PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT HAVE BEEN ENACTED SINCE 1998, THAT YOUR GENERAL PLAN MUST ADEQUATELY ADDRESS IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE FUNDING FOR DIFFERENT GRANTS AND PROGRAMS AND TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE REQUIREMENTS.
THEN WE ALSO, LIKE I HAD MENTIONED, LOOK AT EXISTING CONDITIONS.
WHAT IS IT WONDERFUL ABOUT YOUR COMMUNITY? WE HEARD A LOT OF GREAT FEEDBACK FROM YOUR COMMUNITY SURVEY EARLIER THIS EVENING.
THE GENERAL PLAN REITERATES THOSE SAME WONDERFUL QUALITIES, FINDS WAYS TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT ON THOSE AREAS YOUR COMMUNITY HAD MENTIONED, FINDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOCUS.
SPECIFIC TO THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK, THERE CONTINUES TO BE A DEDICATED PROJECT WEBSITE AT LAVERN.GENERALPLAN.ORG.
THAT'S REALLY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO PLUG IN, RECEIVE INFORMATION ON THE PROJECT, INCLUDING ANY PAST REPORTS OR DOCUMENTS THAT I DISCUSS HERE TONIGHT.
THERE'S DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT THROUGH YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS NEXT DOOR, DIRECT EMAILS.
I THINK AT OUR LAST CHECK, WE HAD OVER 13,000 SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS, OVER 200 EXPERIENCES THROUGH THAT.
WE HOSTED THREE IN PERSON VISIONING WORKSHOPS FOCUSED ON THE TOPICS OF LAND USE, MOBILITY, AND VISION AND VALUES, HELD POP UP EVENTS AT CONCERTS IN THE PARK, AT OTHER COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT SOLICITED INPUT ON A MORE INFORMAL BASIS.
FACILITATED AN ONLINE VISION AND VALUE SURVEY.
WE HAD ALMOST 1,000 RESPONSES TO THAT, AND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS SYNTHESIZED INTO A VISION AND VALUES OUTREACH SUMMARY REPORT, WHICH IS ON THAT PROJECT WEBSITE.
REALLY EXCITED TO HAVE WORKED WITH A COMMUNITY GROUP COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY, EVERYONE FROM REPRESENTING YOUR COMMISSIONS AND BOARDS TO PEOPLE INTERESTED IN HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION, REPRESENTATIVES FROM YOUR MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY, YOUR SENIOR COMMUNITY, YOUR YOUTH COMMUNITY.
THIS WAS REALLY A WONDERFUL CROSS SECTION OF THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER AS PART OF
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YOUR GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE THEY MET 11 TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT 15 MONTHS, REVIEWING EVERY TOPIC INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL PLAN, AND THEN ULTIMATELY REVIEWING THE ACTUAL POLICY DOCUMENT, THE WORDS ON THE PAGE, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RECORDED THAT INFORMATION CORRECTLY AND THAT WE WROTE IT THE WAY THAT THEY INTENDED TO PROVIDE THAT FEEDBACK.PROVIDED A VARIETY OF BRIEFINGS, OPPORTUNITIES TO PEOPLE LIKE YOUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY, CONTINUED INPUT THROUGH YOUR CITY MANAGER NEWSLETTERS, BRIEFINGS, BOTH TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS.
POSTED A DEDICATED SCOPING MEETING FOR THAT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, A COMMUNITY OPEN HOUSE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND THEN THAT JOINT STUDY SESSION WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND COUNCIL THAT SAME MONTH.
IN TERMS OF STATE REQUIREMENTS, THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE DICTATES THE COMPONENTS THAT MUST BE REQUIRED AS PART OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF RECENT BILLS REALLY OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, ESPECIALLY THAT ADD TO THE TOPICS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
THEY GENERALLY FOCUS ON ISSUES RELATED TO HOUSING, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, TRANSPORTATION, AND CLIMATE CHANGE OR RESILIENCY PLANNING.
IN PARTICULAR, SHOULD THE CITY HAVE A GENERAL PLAN THAT DOES NOT ADDRESS THOSE TOPICS ADEQUATELY, IT COULD IMPACT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ACCESS STATE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING AND COULD ALSO PUT YOU IN LEGAL JEOPARDY FOR NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT CODE.
THROUGH THE ANALYSIS OF YOUR EXISTING CONDITIONS, WE REALLY LOOKED AT TOPICS THAT ARE ALREADY ADDRESSED IN YOUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AND GAPS THAT NEED TO BE FURTHER ADDRESSED AS PART OF THIS UPDATE.
WE IDENTIFY THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK, WE PROVIDED EXISTING CONDITIONS INFORMATION ON THINGS LIKE EXISTING TRAFFIC PATTERNS, EXISTING NOISE MEASUREMENTS.
IT INCLUDES MAPS, TABLES, CHARTS, AND TEXT THAT DICTATE THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
IT'S A COMPANION DOCUMENT TO YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
IT PROVIDES A LOT OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION, BUT IT IS NOT PART OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT AS SOON AS THAT INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE UPDATED, OR THERE'S MORE CURRENT INFORMATION AVAILABLE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND BRING IT FORWARD HERE TO UPDATE CURRENT FACTUAL INFORMATION.
POLICY DOCUMENT IS WHAT IS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR ADOPTION.
THAT EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT PROVIDES THAT BACKGROUND AND FLAVOR.
THE GENERAL PLAN POLICY DOCUMENT STARTS WITH AN INTRODUCTION THAT INCLUDES A COMMUNITY VISION FOR LA VERNE.
THIS IS REALLY SYNTHESIZES THAT INFORMATION WE HAD HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND FOCUSES ON A LOT OF THE IDEAS THAT WE HEARD EARLIER IN THE COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS GREAT TO HEAR AS MAINTAINING LA VERNE AS A THRIVING PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN, AND ENJOY YOUR LIFE.
PRESERVING YOUR SMALL TOWN CHARM, CELEBRATING YOUR VIBRANT OLD TOWN, A SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON YOUR PRIDE IN YOUTH AND SENIOR COMMUNITIES, THAT THE COMMUNITIES FAMILY FRIENDLY.
YOU NEIGHBORHOODS ARE QUIET, SAFE, AND CLEAN.
YOU PROVIDE HIGH QUALITY COMMUNITY SERVICES WITH SAFE AND EFFICIENT MOBILITY OPTIONS.
THERE'S A STRONG FOCUS ON LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CRYSTAL BALL FOR EVERY ISSUE THAT LA VERNE MAY FACE OVER THE COMING YEARS, BUT THAT YOU ARE PROACTIVE AND FORWARD PLANNING WHEN THINKING ABOUT THOSE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS.
THE GENERAL PLAN IS STRUCTURED INTO A SERIES OF CHAPTERS OR ELEMENTS.
THEY INCLUDE LAND USE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MOBILITY, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY, COMMUNITY SERVICES, COMMUNITY DESIGN, FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLNESS, AND HOUSING, AS I HAD MENTIONED, WHICH WAS UPDATED UNDER SEPARATE COVER.
I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT LA VERNE HAS INCLUDED SEVERAL OPTIONAL ELEMENTS TO REALLY HIGHLIGHT SOME AREAS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WARRANT SPECIAL ATTENTION.
NOT EVERY COMMUNITY HAS OR MUST HAVE AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY ELEMENT, OR AN ELEMENT FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY DESIGN OR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.
THESE ARE SPECIAL TO LA VERNE, THEY'RE CUSTOMIZED FOR YOU, AND THEY'RE REALLY INTENDED TO HELP REINFORCE THOSE QUALITIES OF THE COMMUNITY THAT MAKE LA VERNE SO SPECIAL.
EACH ELEMENT INCLUDES GOALS, POLICIES, AND ACTIONS.
YOUR GOAL IS A STATEMENT OF A FUTURE CONDITION, SO IT'S WHERE YOU WANT TO HEAD, STATE IN A POSITIVE, AFFIRMATIVE WAY.
THESE ARE THINGS THAT YOU'RE STRIVING TO ACHIEVE OVER THE LONG TERM.
YOUR POLICIES ARE STATEMENTS THAT DICTATE THE CITY'S ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY IN HELPING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
AS MY STAFF WILL KNOW, THEY ALWAYS START WITH A VERB.
THE VERB IS THE IMPORTANT PART OF THE SENTENCE.
IT DESCRIBES WHAT ACTION THE CITY CAN AND WILL TAKE IN HELPING TO ACHIEVE THAT POLICY.
THEN THERE'S A SERIES OF IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS.
THESE ARE YOUR DAY TO DAY CHECKLIST FOR STAFF, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.
PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN IS YOUR LAND USE MAP.
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THIS IS THE COLORS ON THE MAP THAT TALK ABOUT WHAT TYPES OF LAND USES CAN GO WHERE? THE LAND USE MAP PREPARED FOR THIS GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, FOCUSED ON REFLECTING THE INPUT THAT WE HAD HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY.FIRST AND FOREMOST, PRESERVING AND PROTECTING YOUR EXISTING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOUR OPEN SPACE AREAS.
THESE ARE THE REASONS PEOPLE COME TO LIVE IN LA VERNE.
IT'S THE REASON WHY YOU SEE SO MANY OF YOUR RESIDENTS STAY HERE FOR DECADES.
THESE ARE HALLMARKS OF YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEY'RE PRESERVED AND PROTECTED WITH NO CHANGES PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
FUTURE GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ARE LOCATED ALONG YOUR CORRIDORS.
THESE AREAS ALREADY HAVE SPECIFIC PLANS THAT GUIDE FUTURE LAND USE DECISIONS.
THE GENERAL PLAN MERELY REFLECTS THOSE PRIOR LAND USE DECISIONS AS APPROVED SPECIFIC PLANS ON THE LAND USE MAP.
THESE ARE DECISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER NUMEROUS PRIOR DECADES, AND THOSE ARE REFLECTED JUST CONSISTENTLY ON THE LAND USE MAP.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE LAND USE MAP SHOWS THOSE SPECIFIC PLAN AREAS AS THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL DESIGNATIONS.
WE DO INTRODUCE SOME NEW RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATIONS TO PREPARE FOR YOUR NEXT HOUSING ELEMENT, IN PARTICULAR, A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION.
HOWEVER, THAT DESIGNATION IS NOT APPLIED ANYWHERE ON THE MAP AT THIS TIME.
IT IS AVAILABLE FOR THE CITY'S USE.
SHOULD IT BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT, AND MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE HOUSING LAW.
IT IS AVAILABLE BUT NOT APPLIED ANYWHERE ON THE EXHIBIT AS A RESULT OF THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE MAP.
THERE'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE EDITS JUST FIXING ISSUES OF THE MAP THAT HAD EMERGED SINCE 1998, SO JUST AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLEAN UP SOME OF THOSE INCONSISTENT USES.
WE'RE REQUIRED IN COMPLIANCE WITH A STATE GOVERNMENT CODE TO CONSIDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ALL OF YOUR LAND USES DEVELOPED TO THEIR MAXIMUM DENSITY OR INTENSITY.
WE WERE ABLE TO QUANTIFY WHAT THAT WOULD BE.
AGAIN, THIS IS VERY MODEST GROWTH CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY ALLOWED UNDER YOUR CURRENT GENERAL PLAN AND YOUR CURRENT SPECIFIC PLANS.
I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT WHEN LOOKING AT THOSE BUILD OUT NUMBERS, THIS IS REQUIRED TO BE ANALYZED AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE, BUT IN PRACTICE, PROPERTY DOESN'T DEVELOP TO ITS MAXIMUM CAPACITY.
THERE ARE JUST NORMAL THINGS LIKE THE SHAPE OF THE LOT, YOUR DEVELOPMENT CODE STANDARDS, THE FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF A PROJECT.
THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT DICTATE WHAT ACTUALLY GETS BUILT ON A SITE.
AS FUTURE PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED IN LA VERNE, THEY GO THROUGH THE STANDARD PLANNING REVIEW PRACTICE THROUGH STAFF, THROUGH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION, AND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, ACCORDING TO YOUR REGULAR PRACTICES.
THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ITSELF DOES NOT APPROVE ANY PROJECTS OR DEVELOPMENT ON THE LAND USE MAP.
WE'VE SEEN JUST BASED ON HISTORICAL AVERAGES DEVELOPMENT, NOT ONLY IN LA VERNE, BUT IN EVERY COMMUNITY OCCURS MUCH LOWER THAN YOUR MAXIMUM CAPACITIES, BUT THIS IS A REQUIREMENT OF STATE LAW.
>> THAT BRINGS US TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW OF A PROJECT, AND YOU MAY HEAR US REFER TO IT AS AN EIR.
THAT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
THE EIR IS AN INFORMATIONAL DOCUMENT.
IT IDENTIFIES AND DISCLOSES POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTING THE PROJECT, AND THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR CEQA.
IT ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO IDENTIFY WAYS TO AVOID OR LESSEN THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT.
IT'S REALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR DISCLOSING TO THE PUBLIC AND TO DECISION MAKERS THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF THE PROJECT AND ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON THAT ANALYSIS AND WEIGH IN WITH THEIR OWN INSIGHTS AND ALLOW THAT PUBLIC PROCESS TO OCCUR AS PART OF THIS.
THE EIR DOES NOT ADVOCATE FOR OR AGAINST THE PROJECT.
AGAIN, IT'S A DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT.
IT'S A TOOL THAT THE PUBLIC AND YOURSELVES CAN CONSIDER WHEN REVIEWING THE QUALITIES OF THE PROJECT.
NO SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ARE PROPOSED AND FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WOULD OCCUR IN LA VERNE NEED TO GO THROUGH THAT TYPICAL PLANNING PROCESS, AGAIN, AS I HAD MENTIONED.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESS STARTS WITH PREPARING A NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
WE SOLICIT PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT FOR 30 DAYS.
BASED ON THOSE COMMENTS AND THE STANDARDS OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, WE PREPARE A DRAFT EIR.
THAT'S FACILITATED FOR A PUBLIC REVIEW OF 45 DAYS.
BASED ON THE COMMENTS RECEIVED ON THAT DRAFT EIR, WE PREPARE A FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, AND THEN BRING THAT FORWARD WITH ITS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
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MOST OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS DISCUSSED IN THE EIR HAVE NO IMPACT OR A LESS THAN SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WHEN WE CONSIDER IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN.HOWEVER, THERE ARE THREE TOPICAL AREAS WHERE WE DID IDENTIFY THAT THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS RELATED TO AIR QUALITY, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION.
OUR FIRM PREPARES GENERAL PLAN UPDATES FOR COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PUT IT IN PERSPECTIVE THAT NEARLY ALL GENERAL PLANS HAVE THE SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THEIR PLAN BECAUSE BY THE NATURE OF A GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, WE ARE CONSIDERING THE LONG TERM IMPACTS OF GROWTH OVER 20 YEARS, AND THESE IMPACT AREAS ARE TYPICAL AS PART OF THIS PLANNING PROCESS.
IN REVIEWING THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, THE CITY RECEIVED 21 COMMENT LETTERS.
THE FINAL EIR, WHICH IS PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF YOUR PACKAGE FOR REVIEW, PROVIDES A SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO EACH OF THOSE COMMENTS, AND WE DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THROUGH THAT REVIEW, AND ANALYSIS OF THOSE COMMENTS RECEIVED, THERE WERE NO NEW IMPACTS OR SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE SEVERITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IDENTIFIED IN THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT THAT WARRANTED RECIRCULATION OR MODIFICATION OF THAT DRAFT EIR.
WE DID ALSO RECEIVE SOME LATE CORRESPONDENCE AND IN PARTICULAR CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED JUST TODAY.
REITERATING SOME OF THOSE SIMILAR TOPICS FROM THOSE PRIOR COMMENT LETTERS, WE HAVE REVIEWED AND CONSIDERED THOSE COMMENTS AS WELL AND CONTINUE TO FIND THAT THERE ARE NO SUBSTANTIAL NEW INFORMATION OR ISSUES RELATED TO THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT OR THE ANALYSIS CONDUCTED THAT WOULD WARRANT RE CIRCULATION OR MODIFICATION TO THAT ANALYSIS.
WITH THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OCTOBER 9 OF LAST YEAR AND RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT.
ON NOVEMBER 13, THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES AIRPORT LAND USE COMMITTEE OR ALUC CONDUCTED A CONSISTENCY REVIEW OF THIS PROJECT AGAINST THE BRACKETT FIELD AIRPORT, ALUCP, AS REQUIRED BY THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND FOUND THAT THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ALUCP FOR BRACKETT FIELD AIRPORT AND ON DECEMBER 10TH OF LAST YEAR, THE BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE DRAFT SAFETY ELEMENT, AGAIN, ALSO REQUIRED AND CONSISTENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT CODE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATED WORKING DIRECTLY WITH CAL FIRE AND DISCUSSING THE QUALITIES OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT IN THE GENERAL PLAN AS IT RELATES, PARTICULARLY TO FIRE PLANNING AND RESILIENCY PLANNING, AND AGAIN, RECEIVED THEIR APPROVAL OF THAT WORK AT THEIR DECEMBER 10TH MEETING.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
YOUR RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF HAS BEEN PROVIDED FOR YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, AND I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
I'M ALSO JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUES, SARLA BARKER AND MICHAEL FROM KITTLESEN AND ASSOCIATES.
STARLA IS ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS RELATED SPECIFICALLY TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
MICHAEL IS HERE REPRESENTING OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND ANALYSIS.
IF ANY ISSUES RELATED TO THAT, HE'S ALSO AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE ITEM.
DO WE HAVE PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. MISS GABALDON.
TRYING TO MAKE THIS SHORT AND SPEAK BECAUSE I'M PROBABLY THE PERSON WHO WROTE THE COMMENT LETTER TODAY, TOO.
THIS IS IN TWO PARTS BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THE PRESENTATION WAS GOING TO BE DONE ON THE SURVEY SO THERE'S SOME OVERLAP THERE, AND I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT EARLIER.
THIS IS ACTUALLY IN PARTICULAR, MY COMMENTS, AND THEN THE ACTUAL RESPONSE TO COMMENTS TO FIVE OF THEM AND IN PARTICULAR.
I BROUGHT UP THAT THERE WAS NO SENSOR LOCATION IN THE AMHERST NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
THEN THE ACTUAL RESPONSE WAS THAT, NO, THERE IS ONE AT FRUIT AND THE FREEWAY AND THERE'S NOT ONE AT FRUIT IN THE FREEWAY, THAT'S ALL THE WAY DOWN AT BASELINE AND FOOTHILL.
THE AMHERST NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NO RECEPTORS FOR CHECKING NOISE, AND WE DO HAVE A NOISE PROBLEM WITH THE FREEWAY AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE FREEWAY.
YOU COULD ASK ANYBODY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HEAR IT ALL NIGHT LONG.
BUT THE WAY THOSE SOUND WALLS WORK, IT BOUNCES UP AND OVER AND THERE'S AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THAT, BUT THE EIR IS TECHNICALLY WRONG, WE DO NOT HAVE A RECEPTOR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SURVEYED NIGHT IS SMALL TOWN.
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SMALL TOWN IS NOWHERE DEFINED IN THE EIR OR IN THE GENERAL PLAN.WE NEED TO HAVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT SMALL TOWN IS TO US.
THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST SPECIFIC ELEMENT THAT WE AS THE RESIDENTS IN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND I BROUGHT THIS UP AT PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD BE ASKING FOR.
IT'S NOWHERE IN ANY OF THE DOCUMENTS, AND THAT WAS LABELED AS ESSENTIAL IN THE SURVEYED NIGHT.
THAT IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S NOWHERE DEFINED IN THERE.
THE ACTUAL ANALYSIS WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO BE ADJUSTED BASED ON THAT, BUT WE NEED TO HAVE A SMALL TOWN DEFINITION.
THERE'S STILL NO DESCRIPTION OR STATEMENT ABOUT THE CLASSIFICATION OF RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE COLLECTOR AND THEN YOU MOVE ON UP TO THE LARGER STREETS, BUT THERE'S NOTHING FOR RESIDENTIAL AND WE HAVE TRUE RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THE CITY THAT ARE SMALLER THAN COLLECTOR.
THAT HAS TO GET ADDRESSED BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE SOME OF OUR LARGEST TRAFFIC ISSUES ARE.
TALL BUILDINGS WERE BROUGHT UP, AND THAT AUTOMATICALLY MOVES OVER TO HIGH DENSITY.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT SHE BROUGHT UP THE SCAG GREENER NUMBERS THAT NOBODY REALLY HITS THOSE.
EVERYBODY'S HITTING THOSE NOW.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY HAPPENING IN A LOT OF CITIES AND IT'S THROUGH THE HIGH DENSITY PROJECTS.
I'M BRING UP SOMETHING MORE ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT TOO.
THEN THE INFLUENCE AND INCLUSION OF OTHER PLANNED LARGE REGIONAL PROJECTS, MY COMMENT WAS ACTUALLY DEEMED NOT IMPACTFUL OR ACTUALLY REQUIRED, AND SURROUNDING AREA HERE FOR THIS EIR, WE HAVE 10,000 UNITS COMING INTO THE FAIRGROUND AND CITY OF POMONA IS BRINGING THAT IN, AND THAT HAS TO BE ANALYZED BECAUSE THEY'RE IN INGRESS AND INGRESS IS GOING TO BE UP AND DOWN FRUIT AND WHITE, AND THE IMPACTS IN THERE CAN BE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, WERE THE MAIN INGRESS FOR THE FREEWAY.
THEN I WAS GOING TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE.
THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIGRESSION.
THE PAST THREE WEEKS, WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY THE FIRES.
I HAVE 26 PEOPLE IN MY LIFE THAT LOST THEIR HOMES, FAMILY AND FRIENDS BECAUSE I WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL OVER THERE BY ALTADENA AND I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOT TO BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT WHAT GENERAL PLANS MEAN NOW.
I SEE THINGS IN HERE ABOUT VOLUNTEERISM AND ALL THAT STUFF LIKE THAT AND I KNOW THAT'S FINE IN DANDY, BUT THAT IS NOT THE REALITY OF THE WORLD.
WE ARE NOT HONESTLY PREPARED FOR ANY BIG EMERGENCIES.
I REALLY HOPE EVERYBODY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NOW.
CERTAIN TEAM ISN'T GOING TO SAVE YOU, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE.
THERE AREN'T ENOUGH PEOPLE PERIOD TO REALLY DEAL WITH A REALLY LARGE EMERGENCY, WE'RE ONE BIG EARTHQUAKE AWAY FROM HAVING A MASSIVE EQUALIZER, AND EVERYBODY WILL BE AFFECTED.
I REALLY HOPE THAT PEOPLE START TAKING DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY ABOUT THE ACTUAL ADULT DECISIONS WE HAVE TO MAKE AND HOW CITIES NEED TO GROW.
HIGH RISES IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S EARTHQUAKE FAULT ZONES SHOULD NOT BE AROUND HERE.
THAT'S THE STRUCTURAL ELEMENT OF IT, THAT'S NOT EVEN JUST THE PRIVACY ELEMENT AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
ONE THING ELSE ABOUT THE MEANER NUMBERS THAT WERE INCLUDED THAT WAS ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, AND THAT WAS A COMMENT TO THEM IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY ROUNDED THE NUMBERS UP AND WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING THAT, WE SHOULD BE USING THE EXACT NUMBERS BECAUSE THAT GIVES A FALSE SENSE OF ALLOWANCE FOR THE HOUSING.
IF WE'RE REALLY ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE AT 1,279, THEN IT SHOULD BE 1,279, NOT ROUNDED UP TO 1,400.
THE COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT I BROUGHT UP, AND THIS IS RIGHT OUT OF THE EIR DOCUMENT NOW AND THIS IS BECAUSE SOMETHING I'M DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW TOO.
THERE'S NOTHING ON LITHIUM BATTERIES.
I HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH A FIRE OVER IN RIVERSIDE FOR TWO MONTHS.
LITHIUM BATTERIES DON'T BURN OUT AND IT'S VERY BAD AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL RECEPTORS AT THAT LOCATION, AND IT HAS BECOME A MUCH MUCH BIGGER ISSUE THAN ANYBODY THOUGHT THAT AND I KNOW THAT'S A NEW THING, BUT THERE'S THAT.
THIS IS ON THE SAME TIME FRAME ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS AGO NOW.
THERE'S A BUILDING IN EL MONTE THAT BLEW UP.
MOSS LANDING, IF YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT MOSS LANDING, THAT IS A MASSIVE MASSIVE DEAL THAT HAPPENED IN MOSS LANDING FOR THE FOURTH TIME THAT'S BURNED.
THEN THERE'S A BIKE SHOP SADLY AS PART OF THE ALTADENA THING.
THE GUY HAD 24 E-BIKE LITHIUM BATTERIES IN THE BACK OF THE PLACE AND IT BLEW UP AND IT WON'T GO OUT.
YOU CAN'T PUT WATER ON LITHIUM.
THAT'S NOWHERE IN THERE. THAT IS NEW, BUT WITH ALL THE EVS THAT WE HAVE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
THIS IS ON PAGE 201, THERE SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFICITY IN HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THE FIRE BREAKS AROUND OUR JURISDICTIONS AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE JUST EXPECTED CAL FIRE TO BE HANDLING ALL THE TIME.
BUT AS WE KNOW, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT BEEN HAPPENING AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSED.
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THEN CONFLICTS WITH PLANS IS ANOTHER, AND I'M SKIPPING DOWN, I'M REALLY NOT HITTING ON MALI PROMISE.CONFLICTS WITH PLANS, IT'S INTERESTING THAT IT TALKED ABOUT ALL THESE REGIONAL PLANS.
NOT ONCE WAS LOCAL RESIDENTS MENTIONED.
THERE'S NOT SINGLE ONE MENTIONED ABOUT US IN SOME OF THESE SECTIONS.
ACTUALLY IN THAT SECTION IN PARTICULAR.
GOING BACK TO TRANSPORTATION AND THIS GOES INTO THE THREE ELEMENTS THAT SHE BROUGHT UP IN THE SLIDES ABOUT WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH TRANSPORTATION, AND I FORGET WHAT THE OTHER TWO WERE, BUT TRANSPORTATION WAS ONE OF THEM.
IT'S INTERESTING THAT ULV IS MENTIONED INSIDE A PROBLEM AREA, BUT NONE OTHER RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE BROUGHT UP.
AGAIN, IT'S LIKE, WE'RE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE MISSING IN THIS GENERAL PLAN.
THEN LASTLY, THERE'S ANOTHER MENTION OF WILDFIRE AT THE VERY END OF THE EIR DOCUMENT.
IT SAYS THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS ACTUALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PREVENTION AND THE SUPPRESSION OF WILDFIRES IN THE SRAS.
I WOULD THINK THAT MIGHT NOT BE WORKING, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
THEN JUST SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY TO REMEMBER, THROW MANY AT THINGS DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO FIX IT.
THAT IS VERY, VERY EVIDENT NOW, AND WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT IS OUR REAL PLAN? WHAT ARE WE REALLY DOING? BECAUSE AN ORGANIZATION THAT IS OUR GOAL HERE, AND IT MIGHT MEAN THINKING OUT OF THE BOX, BUT THE SERIOUSNESS, ESPECIALLY I'M VERY PARTIAL TO ALTADENA, BUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS HAS PROBABLY NEVER BEEN MORE EVIDENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON, MISS [INAUDIBLE].
>> I TOO WANTED TO DISCUSS THE CLAIM OF SMALL TOWN CHARM.
IT'S PART OF THE CITY MOTTO, BUT IT IS NOT LISTED IN THOSE DOCS.
SHE DESCRIBED IT FROM WHEN THEY DID THE WORKSHOPS AND THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE SPOKE OF, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT TO HAVE IN THEIR CITY, BUT THERE'S NO REAL OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION, AS CYNTHIA JUST EXPLAINED.
I'M ALSO, GOING BACK TO TRANSPORTATION AND SHE SPOKE OF THE 10,000 UNITS THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT THE FAIRGROUND PROPERTY.
HOW IS THE CITY GOING TO HANDLE WHEN THE BRIDGE IS ALSO BUILT.
FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO AREN'T AWARE OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES, POMONA CITY THERE'S A ROUGH ESTIMATE, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY 10 YEARS OUT BEFORE THEY'RE INSOLVENT.
THEN THAT WILL FALL ON LA VERNE BECAUSE THE MAJORITY OF THAT BRIDGE WILL BE WITHIN OUR CITY AND SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE CITY IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES? I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE GOLD LINE IN THIS ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR WITH THESE ADDITIONAL UNITS THAT WILL BE BUILT ALONG THE ARROW HIGHWAY.
OBVIOUSLY, THE FIRST THING IT WOULD AFFECT DISTRICTS.
THE CITY IS GOING TO HAVE TO SPEND MONEY ON REDISTRICTING.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW THE ACTUAL LEGALITY LANGUAGE THAT WOULD BE CITY ATTORNEY JOB, BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED HERE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MRS. [INAUDIBLE]. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SIDE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK UP THE DAIS WE HAVE.
>> YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE A RESPONSE FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT. DARLA.
>> I KNOW THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT SHE MENTIONED.
>> I DON'T THINK SHE'S GOING TO GO ONE BY ONE.
>> HI. MY NAME IS SARLA BARKER AT DE NOVO PLANNING GROUP.
I DID WANT TO RESPOND TO THE COMMENT REGARDING THE NOISE MEASUREMENT AND THE DISCREPANCY.
THE NOISE MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN, I THINK THE LANGUAGE SAYS IN PROXIMITY TO THAT AREA.
IT WASN'T A NOISE MEASUREMENT IN THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION THAT WAS BEING REFERENCED.
BUT NOISE MEASUREMENTS WERE TAKEN THROUGHOUT THE CITY, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM NOISE MEASUREMENTS REALLY TO UNDERSTAND THE AMBIENT NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH NOT A SIGNIFICANT RECEPTOR, SO NOT SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO THE FREEWAY.
IT WAS REALLY TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING IS WHAT IS THE NOISE ENVIRONMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND WHAT'S THE PRIMARY CONTRIBUTOR TO NOISE, WHICH TENDS TO BE TRANSPORTATION, MOBILE NOISE SOURCES TRAFFIC.
BUT IN REGARDS TO THE ACTUAL NOISE MODELING THAT WAS CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND THE NOISE ANALYSIS, THAT DID LOOK AT ALL THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS AND LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRIPS RELATED TO NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS THEMSELVES.
THAT'S A LARGER, BROADER AREA.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ACTUAL JUST ON THE GROUND EXISTING AT THAT TIME NOISE VERSUS THE MODEL NOISE THAT REALLY LOOKS AT THAT BUILD OUT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, IF DEVELOPMENT WERE TO OCCUR,
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THE TRIPS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT, THEN WHAT WOULD THE NOISE BE ALONG THOSE ROADWAY SEGMENTS AND HOW MIGHT THEY INFRINGE UPON INTO THE LAND USES ALONG THOSE ROADWAYS?>> MR. MAYOR, JUST A QUICK RESPONSE ON THE SAFETY ISSUES AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WHERE THE GENERAL PLAN DOES TOUCH UPON THAT.
THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE SO COVERED IN THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
THAT'S REALLY A COMPREHENSIVE LOOK AT MANY DIFFERENT THINGS, SEISMIC, FIRE, FLOOD, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
THE RFP WENT OUT LATE LAST YEAR, AND WE SHOULD BE BRINGING AN AWARD OF CONTRACT AT THE SECOND MEETING IN FEBRUARY TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.
THEN WE'LL START THAT PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER THAT LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN THAT WE'LL LOOK AT ALL THOSE SAFETY ISSUES.
>> WHAT ABOUT ROUNDING UP THE ARENA NUMBERS? QUESTION ON THAT.
>> THE SLIDE THAT WAS PRESENTED AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS JUST USED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES IN A PUBLIC SETTING.
IT WAS NOT LISTED AS THE ARENA NUMBERS.
IT WAS A GROWTH PROJECTION, WHICH IS DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT THAN YOUR REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION.
YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH INCLUDES SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON YOUR ARENA INCLUDES THE ACTUAL ARENA ALLOCATION AND PLANS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUR EXACT ARENA AMOUNT.
THAT IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE GENERAL PLAN CONSIDERS, WHICH IS GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
IN THAT CASE, FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION PURPOSES ON THE SCREEN, WE DID ROUND TO THE NEAREST 500 DEGREE.
BUT THE ACTUAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT CONSIDERS THE SPECIFIC BUILDOUT ANALYSIS INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENT.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE AREN'T ROUNDING THE ARENA NUMBERS OR PLANNING FOR A ROUNDED ARENA NUMBER.
YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT REFLECTS YOUR ACTUAL ARENA.
THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE CONSIDERS COMMUNITY WIDE BUILDOUT OVER TWO DECADES, THAT REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION IS JUST FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS.
>> OUR SCA NUMBERS ARENA, CORRECT?
>> IT WAS JUST A PART OF THE YEAR.
>> THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT YOUR GENERAL PLAN HAS MORE BECAUSE IN EIGHT YEARS YOU'RE GOING TO NOW, FOUR YEARS.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE GOING TO GET NEW ARENA NUMBERS.
>> IT WILL CHANGE. YES. THANK YOU.
>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXCUSE ME FOR ONE SECOND.
>> ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE NUMBER OF UNITS IN THE THE FAIRPLEX.
THAT'S IN POMONA, IS IT NOT? THAT'S THAT'S NOT WITHIN THE CITY OF LAVERNS JURISDICTION.
>> THERE'S A SMALL PORTION THAT IS ALONG ARROW HIGHWAY, THAT'S IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING IN.
THE PLANS ARE CHANGING, BUT THAT'S ABOUT 363?
>> YEAH. THAT'S NOT THE 10,000 UNITS.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE'VE NOT RECEIVED AN UPDATE FROM THE FAIRPLEX, AND THERE WAS MULTIPLE ISSUES RELATED TO COUNTY, WHAT LAND IS LEASED, WHO OWNS WHAT LAND.
THERE IS NO IMMINENT ARRIVAL OF 10,000 UNITS IS MY UNDERSTANDING AND THAT.
>> UNDERSTANDING IN THEIR SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE APPROVED YET IS AGAIN, A 20-YEAR TIME FRAME OF POTENTIAL AMOUNT OF UNITS.
MY UNDERSTANDING, THEY STILL GOT A LONG WAY TO GO TO EVEN GET THAT SPECIFIC PLAN APPROVED.
>> MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON AND MYSELF, WERE AT THAT MEETING.
THIS WAS PROBABLY WHAT WAS AGES AGO WHEN THEY ACTUALLY PROPOSED IT AND THE DEVELOPMENT, WHAT THEY WERE DOING, AND IT WAS QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS A HUGE DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT MANY, MANY LIVES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DON'T KNOW.
WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON WITH IT.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LONG PROCESS AND WE REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT IT EXCEPT FOR WHAT THE PROPOSAL WAS, AND IT'S BEEN DEAD SILENCE SINCE THEN.
>> I THINK PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE ISSUES WITH WHO OWNS THE LAND, WHO'S LEASING THE LAND.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TIME AND THEY UNRAVEL.
>> THEY GOT A LOT OF REVERBERATION.
PEOPLE ARE NOT VERY HAPPY WITH THAT.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ADD NOT SPECIFIC TO THAT PART OF THE COMMENT IS IN REGARDS TO THAT THERE'S WHAT WE CONSIDER IN THE SQL WORLD IS CUMULATIVE DEVELOPMENT.
OTHER THINGS ARE GOING ON AROUND THE CITY.
THERE IS AN ANALYSIS FOR EACH ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICAL AREA IN THE EIR THAT DOES ADDRESS THAT.
IT DOES LOOK AT WHAT IS THE REGIONAL GROWTH PROJECTIONS WITHIN THE AREA, THE SCAG REGION AND THE LOCAL AREA.
THERE IS A CONSIDERATION FOR THE FACT THAT THERE'S OTHER DEVELOPMENT GOING ON WITHIN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES AS WELL.
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OBVIOUSLY, SITE-SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME, IT WOULD BE SPECULATIVE AND WE CANNOT INCLUDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE EIR.BUT JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT IS CONSIDERED THE REGIONAL GROWTH, NOT JUST THE GROWTH ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE CITY CHARM, I MENTIONED ABOUT NOT MENTIONING THE CITY CHARM.
SMALL TOWN, EXCUSE ME. SMALL TOWN. CHARMING. WE ARE.
>> I REMEMBER STANDING IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS SEVEN YEARS AGO SAYING THAT OUR GOAL WAS TO MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE THIS WAS CUSTOMIZED AND UNIQUE TO LIVE ON AND WHEN WE GOT TO THIS ADOPTION DISCUSSION.
WE DO HOPE THAT YOUR POLICY DOCUMENT IS HIGHLY REFLECTIVE OF YOUR LOCAL NEEDS.
THERE ARE NUMEROUS POLICIES, GOALS, AND ACTIONS IN YOUR GENERAL PLAN POLICY DOCUMENT THAT DESCRIBE THE QUALITIES THAT COMPRISE WHAT WE FELT REFLECT A SMALL TOWN.
THAT SMALL-TOWN CHARM REFLECTED SPECIFICALLY THE FEEL OF YOUR COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOODS, YOUR PROGRAMS, YOUR ACTIVITIES, FOCUS ON YOUR YOUTH, FOCUS ON YOUR SENIOR COMMUNITIES, JUST THE FAMILY-FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE POLICY DOCUMENT SIGNIFICANTLY DOES DESCRIBE THAT, STARTING FIRST WITH THE COMMUNITY VISION STATEMENT, WHICH IN THE FIRST SENTENCE SAYS THAT THIS DOCUMENT IS COMMITTED TO MAINTAINING YOUR SMALL-TOWN CHARM AND GOES ON TO DESCRIBE THE QUALITIES OF THAT.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, IF YOU CAN'T TELL, IS A BIT OF A DRIER DOCUMENT.
[LAUGHTER] THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT COMMUNTIES, SMALL-TOWN CHARM, PLAYS A ROLE IN THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TOPICAL AREAS.
HOWEVER, THE EIR DOES INCLUDE A LIST OF PROJECT OBJECTIVES, MEANING WHAT ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL COMPONENTS OF THIS PROJECT THAT MUST STAY CONSISTENT THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.
ONE OF THOSE IS PRESERVATION OF YOUR SMALL-TOWN CHARM.
THE POLICY DOCUMENT, WHICH YOU GET TO ADD A LOT MORE FLAVOR TO, DOES DESCRIBE A SMALL-TOWN FEEL AND DOES PROVIDE DIRECTION ON MAINTAINING THAT, BUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT RIGHTFULLY DOES NOT, OTHER THAN A REFLECTION OF IT IN ITS OBJECTIVES.
>> ON PAGE 10 OF OUR SURVEY THAT WE GOT BEFORE THAT, IT SAYS, SMALL-TOWN CHARM AND TRADITIONS, AND THEN IT DEFINES IT.
MANY RESIDENTS APPRECIATE LA VERNE SMALL-TOWN ATMOSPHERE, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND TRADITIONS SUCH AS FOURTH OF JULY, PARADE, SANTA VISITS DURING CHRISTMAS, AND HERITAGE EVENTS.
THE CITY IS VIEWED AS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY WITH PRIDE IN HISTORY AND CLOSE-KNIT COMMUNITY FEELING.
THAT WAS FROM OUR EARLIER DOCUMENT.
BUT AGREE THAT IT IS VERY HARD TO DEFINE SMALL-TOWN CHARM.
I BET YOU IN THE MID 70S, BEFORE THESE HOUSES WERE ALL BUILT, WHERE I LIVE, THEIR SMALL-TOWN CHARM WAS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN OURS IS RIGHT NOW.
SINCE MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN '79, AND THAT DEFINITION JUST KEEPS MOVING AND CHANGING A LITTLE BIT TOO.
>> ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AND THE ENGAGEMENT WAS WONDERFUL.
I APPRECIATE OUR MEMBERS AND ALSO PRINCIPAL PLANNER BOWCOCK, AND THAT DID I SAY PRINCIPAL PLANNER BOWCOCK? YES, I'M JUST MAKING SURE.
NO, I THINK THIS IS A LOT OF WORK, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS, ALL THE INPUT FROM OUR COMMITTEES, ALL THE EFFORTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS, AND AS ANY DOCUMENT, IT WILL CHANGE ALSO AS OUR HOUSING ELEMENTS ARE CHANGING, AND WE HAVE A NEW ADMINISTRATION IN, NOW THAT THINGS WILL CHANGE AS THEY COME THROUGH, AND THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
BUT I THINK YOU'VE DONE A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB IN EXPLAINING OUR CITY AND HOW IT IS AND WE ARE A SPECIAL CITY.
BUT IT'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FROM OUR STAFF, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK AND I SAY FINANCIAL IMPACT, TOO.
IT COST A LOT OF MONEY TO DO THIS.
WE NEED TO DO IT. IT'S REQUIRED, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THOSE INPUT AND PUT INTO THIS AND DID A VERY GOOD JOB.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION.
>> YES. WE'D LIKE TO READ THE TITLES OF THE RESOLUTIONS.
>> THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CERTIFYING A FINAL EIRSCH 202-304-0002, ADOPTING ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS, ADOPTING A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE.
SO THAT'S YOUR SQL RESOLUTION.
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WE'RE TRYING TO GRAB A HOLD.YOU HAVE THE TWO RESOLUTIONS? YOU GUYS DON'T.
DO YOU HAVE A HEART? NO. I'VE GOT IT ON MY HEART.
NO, THAT'S THE ONE DID THE OTHER ONE.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT WAS IN THE.
>> WE NEED SOME JEOPARDY MUSIC.
WERE THEY [LAUGHTER] WE DON'T GET OUT MUCH.
I'M NOT MISTAKEN. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR THE PLAN COMMISSION.
>> NO. NOT FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOUR RESOLUTION ACTUALLY APPROVING THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
>> OH, I THINK HE'S GOING TO GET IT RIGHT NOW.
>> I HEARD THAT. WE CAN GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE VOTE ON THE SQL RESOLUTION.
>> LET'S DO THE SQL RESOLUTION.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE SQL RESOLUTION? [BACKGROUND]
>> THIS IS THE FIRST SQL RESOLUTION.
>> FOR THE SQL RESOLUTION, IT WAS MOVED BY CROSBY SECONDED BY KASHIFALGHITA.
>> WAIT. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE APPROVING THE CITY OF LA VERNE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND MAKING CERTAIN FILE.
>> DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS JUST STATED?
>> THE RESOLUTION ON THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
AM I GETTING THAT, CORRECT? WAS MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA, SECONDED BY LAU AND APPROVED 5-0.
>> THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO CONSULTANTS AND PRINCIPAL PINEROK.
IT'S A LOT OF WORK. THANK YOU.
[OTHER MATTERS]
NOW, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OTHER MATTERS.THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS TONIGHT.
FIRST IS THE INCIDENTAL OUTDOOR SIDEWALK DINING AND FURNITURE POLICY.
CITY MANAGER DOMMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.
>> DIRECTOR SCHERER, GOOD EVENING.
>> I'M GOING TO CALL FORWARD [LAUGHTER] ERIC SCHERER, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
>> UNLESS YOU WANTED TO HANDLE IT.
>> GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, WE ARE DISCUSSING AN INCIDENTAL OUTDOOR SIDEWALK DINING AND FURNITURE POLICY FOR OLD TOWN LA VERNE.
IN 2019, THE CITY HAD ADOPTED A POLICY REGULATING ON-STREET PLACEMENT OF TABLES, CHAIRS, AND OTHER VARIOUS ITEMS WITHIN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE DISTRICT.
RIGHT WHEN THE CITY BEGAN THE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO START ENFORCING THE POLICY IS OBVIOUSLY WHEN THE COVID PANDEMIC BEGAN.
THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING IN TERMS OF THE USE OF OUTDOOR SPACE IN OLD TOWN SPECIFICALLY, INCLUDING THE CLOSURE OF D STREET WHERE ALL REGULATIONS WERE RELAXED AND BUSINESSES WERE ALLOWED TO OPERATE OUTSIDE.
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AT THE SAME TIME, THE STATE ALSO RELAXED LAWS RELATING TO OUTDOOR SERVING OF ALCOHOL IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COVID PANDEMIC REQUIREMENTS.WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL IN 2021 VOTED TO REOPEN D STREET TO VEHICLE TRAFFIC, THE COUNCIL ALSO PERMITTED ANY BUSINESSES THAT HAD BEEN OCCUPYING OUTDOOR SPACE TO CONTINUE TO OCCUPY THAT SPACE AND/OR EVEN APPLY TO LOCATE IN PARKING SPACES IN THE STREET WITH THE PARKLET.
THE ONLY BUSINESS THAT DID FOLLOW UP ON THAT WAS CAFE WONG, WHO STILL HAS A PATIO TODAY.
AT THE BEGINNING OF 2024, THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REVOKE THAT PERMIT THAT WAS GRANTED TO CAFE WONG AND ALLOW THEM TO KEEP THE PATIO UNTIL THE END OF 2024.
AT YOUR MEETING ON JUNE 17TH, 2024, THE COUNCIL HEARD A LOT OF DIFFERENT PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING THIS ISSUE, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THAT PATIO, AND THEN PROVIDED STAFF WITH THE DIRECTION TO COME BACK WITH AN UPDATED OUTDOOR DINING POLICY, AND THEN PROVIDED THAT THE RESTAURANT COULD CONTINUE UTILIZE THE PARKLET, AT LEAST UNTIL THE SUMMER OF 2025.
PROVIDED NEW POLICY DOCUMENT WAS APPROVED AND NEW STANDARDS WERE PUT IN PLACE.
STAFF HAS REVISITED THE POLICY AND PREDOMINANTLY, IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT WAS APPROVED IN 2019.
BUT WE DID UPDATE SOME THINGS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PARKLET BUILDOUT BECAUSE THAT WASN'T CONSIDERED BEFORE, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT MAKING SURE WE WERE CONSISTENT WITH THE LEASE RATES THAT WE CHARGE FOR ALL BUSINESSES IN OLD TOWN LA VERNE.
A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS, ALL BUSINESSES IN OLD TOWN WOULD BE ALLOWED TO UTILIZE TWO TABLES AND FOUR CHAIRS AND/OR UP TO SIX SQUARE FEET OF DISPLAY AREAS WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY THE CITY A LEASE AMOUNT.
THERE WOULD BE STILL A PERMIT REQUIRED FOR THAT AND NECESSARY INSURANCE TO BE IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY, BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE A MONTHLY FEE OR ANYTHING BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF SPACE WITHIN THE FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESS.
IF A BUSINESS WISH TO HAVE MORE THAN TWO TABLES AND FOUR CHAIRS OR MORE THAN SIX FEET OF DISPLAY RACKING OR OTHER DISPLAYS, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO ENTER AT A LEASE AGREEMENT IN ADDITION TO THE INSURANCE AND THE PERMIT AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
THEN THAT WOULD BE A SPECIFIC RATE THAT THEY WOULD BE CHARGED PER SQUARE FOOT OF AREA THAT THEY WOULD BE UTILIZING OF CITY PUBLIC SPACE.
STAFF, ALONG WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT, CHRISTIE, DID DO A SURVEY TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT CURRENT MARKET RATES WERE BEING CHARGED FOR OUTDOOR DINING, SPECIFICALLY FOR BUSINESSES.
IT'S NOT 100% CONSISTENT WITH THE SURVEYS, BUT WE DID DO A PRETTY ROBUST EFFORT AND WE FOUND THAT THE RATES THAT WE WOULD BE CHARGED WOULD BE UNDER THE MARKET RATE.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MAKE MONEY OR BE COMPETING WITH COMMERCIAL CENTERS THAT CHARGE THEIR TENANTS FOR OUTDOOR SPACE, BUT WE ARE STILL WITHIN THE SAME BALLPARK AS WHAT A LOT OF OTHER AGENCIES CHARGE.
ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED WAS THAT SOME CITIES DO CHARGE A HIGHER RATE TO THOSE BUSINESSES THAT SERVE ALCOHOL, JUST BECAUSE TYPICALLY THERE'S MORE LIABILITY IF THERE IS ALCOHOL INVOLVED.
WHILE THERE IS INSURANCE, IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT GENERATES BUSINESSES MORE MONEY AS WELL.
STAFF DID TAKE THAT APPROACH, AND SO IF ANYTHING WAS OVER THE TWO TABLES AND FOUR CHAIRS OR SIX SQUARE FEET, BUSINESSES THAT SERVE ALCOHOL WOULD BE ASSESSED AT A RATE OF $0.90 PER SQUARE FOOT OF THE AREA USED, AND THEN BUSINESSES WITHOUT WOULD BE AT $0.70 A SQUARE FOOT.
IN ADDITION, IF A BUSINESS DID HAVE A PARKLET, THOSE PARKING SPACES THAT WERE PUBLIC PARKING AND ARE NO LONGER USABLE.
WE USE THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL FOR THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN'S PARKING LOT OR PUBLIC PARKING AND REVERSED IT BASICALLY TO GIVE A DOLLAR VALUE FOR EACH SPACE THAT THE CITY BASICALLY IS PAYING FOR MAINTENANCE OF THAT LOT TO PROVIDE PUBLIC PARKING TO OUR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS AND SHOPPERS.
IF A BUSINESS WERE TO TAKE AWAY SPACES, OTHERWISE, THAT WE ASSIGNED AT THE SAME RATE, WHICH IS $250 A SPACE ANNUALLY.
THAT WOULD BE AN ADDITION ON TOP OF THE LEASE RATE IF A BUSINESS DECIDED TO OCCUPY A PARKING SPACE.
THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT HELD A MEETING ON JUNE 6TH, WHERE THE DRAFT POLICY WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH.
AFTER THAT DISCUSSION, THE BOARD VOTED TO RECOMMEND THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE POLICY AS WRITTEN WITH ONE CAVEAT, ONE ADDITION IN THAT THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES FOR EACH BLOCK PER EACH SIDE OF THE STREET, THAT THAT COULD BE OCCUPIED BY A PARKLET, WOULD BE 20%.
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TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T HAVE AN ENTIRE SIDE OF A STREET OR BLOCK THAT WOULD BE FULLY TAKEN AWAY BY PARKING.THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY THAT BOARD, THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO THE POLICY DRAFT AR TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE OLD TOWN BID RECOMMENDED.
THERE'S ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, SPECIFIC DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY ON PARKLETS TO PROVIDE VEHICLE CRASH PROTECTIONS AND OTHER DESIGN FEATURES, DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS FROM ADJACENT SPACES OR FROM PARKING OR FOR SIDEWALK SEATING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING IN PLACE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
THAT WAS ALSO WORKING WITH THE JPIA TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WAS COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT OUR POLICIES WERE FOR THIS ACTIVITY.
WE DID SEND THE STRIKE POLICY OUT TO ALL BUSINESSES VIA EMAIL ON 24TH.
I PERSONALLY HAND-DELIVERED A COPY OF IT ON THE 26TH TO EVERY BUSINESS THAT CURRENTLY HAS SEATING IN THE RIGHT AWAY OR AN EXISTING BUSINESS THAT MIGHT NOT BE ON THE SIDEWALK, BUT HAS A LEASE AGREEMENT TO USE PUBLIC PROPERTY FOR THEIR BUSINESS OUTDOOR DINING SPACES.
WE DID PROVIDE THAT TO THEM FOR COMMENTS.
TO DATE, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING THE POLICY, BUT AS I MENTIONED, THE BOARD DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT DO WISH TO USE MORE THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED BY A RIGHT, THOSE WOULD REQUIRE SEPARATE LEASE AGREEMENTS THAT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR SEPARATE APPROVAL, MOST LIKELY ON CONSENT, BUT IT WOULD TAKE COUNCIL ACTION TO APPROVE THOSE.
WHAT STAFF'S PLAN AT THIS POINT IS TO WORK WITH THESE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCUPYING THE SIDEWALKS, MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT THE NEW RULES ARE, PROVIDED THE COUNCIL APPROVES THIS POLICY DOCUMENT, AND THEN WORK WITH THEM TO GET A NEW LEASE AGREEMENT IN PLACE AND THEN BACK BEFORE YOU WITH THE ANTICIPATION OF HOW THOSE ALL GOING INTO EFFECT ON JULY 1ST.
FOR THE NEXT FIVE MONTHS OR SO, BASICALLY, WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THEM TO UTILIZE THE SPACES AS HAS BEEN SINCE COVID.
BUT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE AWARE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THOUGH, WE WILL BE WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THEIR INSURANCE IN PLACE FIRST AND FOREMOST, REGARDLESS IF THEY'RE GOING TO EXPAND OR HAVE THE LIMITED AREA.
BUT THEN THAT WAY, THE BUSINESSES KNOW THAT THEY HAVE A DEADLINE TO BASICALLY GET INTO A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OR DECIDE TO PAIR BACK IF THEY'RE OVER THAT TWO TABLE FOUR CHAIR DESIGNATION.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PACKET, ALL THE APPLICATION FORMS, ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE WORKED HARD.
FORMER PIONEER GABRIEL RIVERA DID A LOT OF THE WORK ON THIS.
I WISH HE WAS HERE TO GIVE YOU THE PRESENTATION, BUT HE'S NO LONGER WITH THE CITY.
BUT HE DID SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS, PUBLIC WORKS, FIRE, POLICE, LIKE I SAID, JPIA, FINANCE.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS IN THE DRAFTING OF IT.
WITH THAT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BASICALLY APPROVE THE POLICY AND ALLOW STAFF TO THEN WORK WITH THE BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THEM ON BOARD SO WE HAVE A CONSISTENT AND FAIR APPROACH TO EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S BEING CHARGED THE SAME LEASE RATE, AND THEY HAVE SOME TIME TO GET THAT STUFF TOGETHER IF THEY WISH TO MOVE FORWARD.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THE COUNCIL HAS.
>> THANK YOU, DIRECTOR SCHERER. I THINK WE'LL GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK.
I OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT BACK UP THE DATES.
WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. CROSBY.
>> YOU SPOKE ABOUT PARKING AND SIDEWALK, BUT ALSO INCLUDED IS SPACE OF WE OWN.
>> WE TYPICALLY HAVE FOUR BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UTILIZING CITY-OWNED PROPERTY THAT'S NOT A SIDEWALK OR A PARKING SPACE.
WAREHOUSE PIZZA BEING THE OLDEST, LORDSBURG WOULD BE THE NEXT OLDEST, FORT STREET MALL.
THEN LASTLY, EXACTLY HAS A SMALL PORTION OF THE OUTDOOR PATIOS ON THE SIDEWALK.
THOSE ARE THE FOUR. I GUESS THAT'S TECHNICALLY A SIDEWALK.
BUT THOSE HAVE CURRENT LEASE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE.
SOME OF THOSE ARE CURRENTLY MONTH TO MONTH, SO THOSE COULD BE NEGOTIATED IMMEDIATELY.
OTHERS DO HAVE SOME TIME LEFT ON THEIR AGREEMENTS.
THE COUNCIL JUST DID APPROVE A ONE YEAR EXTENSION ON THE WAREHOUSE AGREEMENT BACK IN OCTOBER OF '24.
WE'LL WORK WITH THEM, BUT TECHNICALLY IF THEY WISH TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER OF '25 TO RENEW AND THEN THEY WOULD BE BROUGHT UNDER THE NEW ROUTE RATES, THEY'D BE ALLOWED TO.
BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE TRY TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME TIMELINE AS BEST WE CAN.
BUT SOME OF THEM DO HAVE EXISTING AGREEMENTS THAT WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL THOSE CAN BE RENEGOTIATED.
>> IF THINGS WERE BUILT THERE LIKE IN THE PARKING STALLS OR ALLEGRO, THE STUFF HAS BEEN BUILT THERE, THAT'S ALL BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY [OVERLAPPING]
>> CORRECT. ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE TODAY, THAT YOU SEE, MINUS PORTABLE TABLES AND CHAIRS HAVE BEEN OFFICIALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY.
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WHEN WE WERE INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING INTO ALL OF THIS IN THE BEGINNING, THERE WERE SOME ENTITIES THAT WEREN'T UP TO DATE ON THEIR LEASES OR WEREN'T PAYING, ARE WE CURRENT ON THAT RIGHT NOW?>> WE WERE WAITING FOR THE DIRECTION ON THIS POLICY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A LEASE RATES AND EVERYTHING ELSE SO YOU JUST PUT THAT INTO THIS POLICY NOW.
PROVIDED THE COUNCIL GIVES US DIRECTION TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL THEN WORK WITH EVERYBODY TO BE IN PLACE AND BE CONSISTENT BY JULY 1ST.
>> I THOUGHT WE HAD AGREEMENTS WITH SOME OF THESE FOLKS [OVERLAPPING]
>> AGAIN SOME ARE MONTH TO MONTH AND SOME ARE BEYOND JULY 1ST.
YOU PUT DOWN THE CURRENT AGREEMENTS, WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEIR CURRENT AGREEMENTS ARE UP OR ONES THAT ARE UP THAT WE CAN PLAN TO RENEW.
THEY'RE STILL PAYING US THEIR RATE OF WHAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED.
>> THAT'S WHAT I MEAN. THEY'RE CURRENT RIGHT NOW.
>> THERE'S SOME BUSINESSES THAT HAVE USED SPACES THAT HAVEN'T PAID RENT AT ALL AND DON'T HAVE AGREEMENTS, SO THAT ALSO WILL BE FIXED.
>> IF THEY DON'T HAVE AN AGREEMENT, THEY DON'T HAVE INSURANCE, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME?
>> CORRECT. WELL, THAT [INAUDIBLE] THE CITY, NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
>> WE NEED TO GET THAT FIXED ASAP.
>> THE FIRST PRIORITY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO WAIT UNTIL JULY 1ST FOR THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERYBODY, WHETHER THAT BE TWO TABLES AND FOUR CHAIRS OR A FULL PATIO WITHIN THOSE CITY'S PROPERTY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A CURRENT AND WE MADE SURE WHICH API THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT LANGUAGE FOR THE MOST RECENT INSURANCE FOR THIS TYPE.
>> HAS THERE BEEN ANY INTEREST EXPRESSED TO ADD MORE PARKLETS BY ANY OF THE DOWNTOWN?
>> NO. 2021 WHEN THE CITY COUNCIL VOTED TO OPEN, THE COUNCIL MADE IT CLEAR THAT ALL BUSINESSES WERE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR AND BUILD OUT THEIR PARKLETS.
SINCE THAT TIME, ONLY THE CAFE WONG HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST TO BE IN THE PARKING SPACES.
OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN UTILIZED IN THE SIDEWALK AREA, BUT THOSE PARKLETS ARE EXPENSIVE TO CONSTRUCT, AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CAVEATS OF DECIDING TO DO THAT OR NOT.
>> I WANT TO SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS.
I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DIFFICULT AT BEST, ESPECIALLY TO GET EVERYONE TOGETHER ON THE SAME PAGE, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME CONTENTION.
MAYOR PRO TEM JOHNSON AND MYSELF WATCH OVER THE COMMITTEE AND I MAKE IT VERY CLEAR TO THEM THAT THIS IS A DECISION THEY HAVE TO MAKE, NOT US AS A COUNCIL.
WE WANT TO APPROVE WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEIR BUSINESSES, BECAUSE AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON AND MYSELF FOR BUSINESS OWNERS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
DURING COVID, OUR CITY WAS SO READY TO GO TO BLOCK DOWN THE STREETS AND MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES SURVIVED, AND THAT WAS REALLY THE ONLY REASON THEY SURVIVED.
IS THE FACT THAT WE OPENED THOSE STREETS UP.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S WHAT THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVE A BUSINESS DISTRICT.
THEY VOTED FOR, AND WE'RE PUSHING THIS FORWARD, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED.
I'M JUST VERY GLAD, AS COUNCIL LAO STATED, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GENTLE WITH THE COSTS AS FAR AS LEASING SPACE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT IS A CITY SPACE AND INSURANCE IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, WHETHER IT BE FOOD SALES OR ALCOHOL SALES, THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE CAPTURE THAT, AND I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT NOW.
THIS IS LIKE WE'RE GOING THROUGH AS CITY MANAGER, DOMER, CAME ON, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR CONTRACTS ARE UP TO SNUFF, OR WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CHARGING CORRECTLY, MAKE SURE THE INSURANCE IS COVERING SAME AS COMMUNITY SERVICES, TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S DOING THE RIGHT THING, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
THAT PROTECTS THE CITY, AFFECTS THE RESIDENTS THAT COME HERE.
BUT THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, AND I APPRECIATE IT.
I KNOW THAT WAS NOT AN EASY TASK WITH OUR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.
THERE WAS SOME DIFFERENCES OF OPINIONS IN OUTSIDE DINING AND IN THE STALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WITH THAT, I WILL ACCEPT A MOTION.
>> I MOVE TO APPROVE THE INCIDENTAL OUTDOOR SIDEWALK DINING AND FURNITURE POLICY.
>> THAT ITEM WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY KASHIFALGHITA AND WAS APPROVED 5:0.
>> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU AGAIN.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS THE ORDER CONTRACT FOR THE CITYWIDE VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
CITY MANAGER, DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING.
>> I'M GOING TO BRING FORWARD CODY HOWING, OUR CITY ENGINEER, WHO HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS RFP.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S WHERE IT'S AT.
>> THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM IS THE AWARD OF CONTRACT FOR THE CITYWIDE VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THIS EVENING'S RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL IS TO FIRST REJECT THE BID SUBMITTED BY CELPLAN TECHNOLOGIES.
SECOND, AWARD THE PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT TO CONVERGENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR BASE BID ITEMS A1 THROUGH 8, AND ADDITIVE ALTERNATE ITEMS NUMBER B7 THROUGH B9 FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $612,324.97.
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FINALLY, AUTHORIZE THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR OR DESIGNEE TO ISSUE CHANGE ORDERS NOT EXCEEDING 18% OF THE CONSTRUCTION BUDGET FOR A TOTAL POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT COST, $764,543.46.>> FIRST OFF, A FEW ITEMS I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT TO COUNCIL.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT THAT THE CITY RECEIVED IN THE AMOUNT OF $500,000 FROM A PROGRAM CALLED COMMUNITY-ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES OR COPS THROUGH CONGRESSWOMAN NAPOLITANO [PHONETIC].
THAT WAS RECEIVED IN FISCAL YEAR '23, AND SO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT BUDGET AMONG A FEW OTHER OPTIONS TO ADD TO HELP FORTIFY AND FILL OUT THE BUDGET OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED FOR AWARD THIS EVENING.
THE PROJECT SCOPE. AS THE TITLE MIGHT ALLUDE, THIS IS A VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT.
THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS WITH SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS THAT EXIST.
WHILE THOSE HAVE BEEN A GREAT AND FANTASTIC TOOL FOR PUBLIC SAFETY TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR WHAT'S GOING ON OUT AND ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WITH TIME, THINGS COME TO THE END OF THEIR SERVICE LIFE, AND WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO LEVERAGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO HELP ENHANCE THAT SYSTEM'S FUNCTIONALITY FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY DEPARTMENTS IN THEIR PROCESS.
THE BASE BID ITEMS A1 THROUGH 8 REPLACE MORE OR LESS THE EXISTING SYSTEM AT THE INTERSECTIONS, AND THE ADDITIVE ALTERNATE ITEMS B7 THROUGH B9 EXPAND THAT SYSTEM TO ALSO ADD FOUR ADDITIONAL CAMERAS AT LAS FLORES, THE AQUATIC CENTER.
NOW, ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TO COUNCIL IS THAT THE PLAN WOULD BE TO CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES OF GRANT FUNDING TO FURTHER EXPAND SURVEILLANCE.
WITHIN THE BID, IF YOU HAPPEN TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE BID SUMMARY, THERE ARE A LOT OF BID ITEMS IN THERE.
WITHIN THAT, THERE WERE 14 ADDITIONAL CITY FACILITIES THAT WE PUT OUT IN THE BID TO SEE WHAT THE PRICING WAS, SEE WHAT MIGHT FIT THE BUDGET.
WELL, FRANKLY, ONLY ONE OF THEM MADE THE CUT WITH THE CURRENT BUDGET, BUT THAT GOES INTO WHY NUMBER 3 IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT ITEM FOR THE RECOMMENDATION, IS WE DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS.
WE WANT TO STICK WITHIN OUR MEANS AND STATE TO THAT HARD NUMBER, BUT WE ARE REQUESTING THE AUTHORITY TO SPEND UP TO THAT NUMBER AND TRY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE CONTRACTOR AND SEE WHERE WE CAN EXPAND THIS PROJECT TO ADD A FEW MORE CAMERAS IF THAT SO WORKS OUT.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
>> THANK YOU, CODY. APPRECIATE THAT.
WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
I THINK WE HAVE A CARD HERE FOR ERIC FRECKING [PHONETIC].
DID I SAY THAT RIGHT, FRECKING? FRECKING. GOOD EVENING.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL.
GOOD EVENING, CITIZENS OF LA VERNE.
DON'T HOLD IT AGAINST ME. I'M A CITIZEN OF GLENDORA.
>> WE ARE OFTEN VERY COMPETITIVE.
THIS IS THE REASON WHY ALLIED UNIVERSAL IS PART OF ALLIED UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES.
BASICALLY, PRIOR TO THIS BID, WE MET IN THIS ROOM ON THE 20TH.
ON THE 20TH, THEY SENT OUT JUST THE ATTENDEE LIST OF ALL THE NINE VENDORS THAT SHOWED UP.
DURING THAT MEETING IN PERSON TO CODY AND CITY STAFF, WE REQUESTED ACCESS TO THE INTERSECTION ENCLOSURES THAT MITIGATE ALL OUR RISK OF DOING CABLE FIBER CONNECTIONS OUT TO YOUR CAMERAS.
YOUR VENDOR IS A CONTRACTED VENDOR WHO HAS THE KEY TO THOSE UNITS.
THEN LATER THAT DAY, AND I HAVE THE EMAIL, I SENT IT TO ANDREA AND CODY, ALLIED UNIVERSAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE INTERSECTION ENCLOSURES.
CAN WE CHECK OUT A KEY FROM PUBLIC WORKS TO SAVE THE CITY ANY COST WITH THEIR VENDOR OR SCHEDULE A TIME TO REVIEW THE ENCLOSURES THIS WEEK OR EARLY NEXT WEEK? ONCE AGAIN, THE 20TH, THE NEXT WEEK WAS THANKSGIVING.
THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE BID WAS DUE ON TUESDAY AT 10:00 AM.
YOU GAVE US SIX DAYS TO GIVE YOU A QUALITY NUMBER OR $600,000.
YOU'RE NOT GETTING BEST NUMBERS AT ALL.
FROM CONVERGENT OR CELPLAN, I COMPETE AGAINST THEM ALL THE TIME, YOUR NUMBERS AND HOW YOUR BUCKETS ARE SET UP.
THERE'S NO DEFINITION OF WHAT YOU'RE SPENDING PER CAMERA, PER CABLE, PER ROUTER, PER CONNECTION DEVICE.
THERE'S NO ONGOING MAINTENANCE FOR THE SYSTEM.
THERE'S NO RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT.
I'M ASKING YOU TO POSTPONE RE-ENGAGE THE NINE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THE MANDATORY WALK.
WELCOME US TO THE VISIT OF THE ENCLOSURES SO WE CAN GIVE YOU AN APPLES TO APPLES BID.
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IF YOU LOOK AT THE BIDS THAT YOU GOT FROM CELPLAN, THEY MENTIONED THEY WERE LOW BID.THAT'S NOT TRUE. CELPLAN BID $900,000 JUST FOR YOUR TOP ITEMS. CONVERGENT CAME IN AT 1.2 MILLION, JUST THROWING ROUGH NUMBERS AT SITES, I GUARANTEE YOU, THEY LIKELY DIDN'T EVEN SEE JUST BECAUSE NOBODY HAD THE TIME TO VISIT.
ONE KEY ITEM THAT THAT PLAYED INTO ALL THIS WAS YOUR COPS GRANT.
I GIVE KUDOS TO THE CHIEF AND HIS STAFF FOR GOING OUT TO THE COPS GRANT.
IT'S A GREAT SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR YOU FOLKS, BUT TO THAT, YOUR COPS GRANT JUST EXPIRED ON 12/31/2024 UNLESS THE CHIEF REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF THAT 500,000.
IF IT WAS EXTENDED, WHAT WAS THAT DATE? ARE YOU STILL WITHIN THESE TYPE PARAMETERS? I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
YOU ALSO POSTED ON YOUR BID THAT YOU HAD 70 DAYS TO GO EXECUTE THIS WORK.
YOU ALSO ASKED THE VENDORS TO ACCEPT A $500 LIQUIDATED DAMAGE PER DAY.
WE WERE NOT DONE. I DON'T WANT TO IMPACT THE CHIEF'S HARD WORK OF GETTING YOUR $500,000, BUT IN THE NOTES FROM CODY, HE SAYS YOU NOW HAVE A WHOLE ANOTHER YEAR TO PERFORM THIS WORK, WHICH IT'LL TAKE LESS THAN TWO OR THREE MONTHS.
I ASKED YOU TO JUST RECONSIDER, PUT IT BACK OUT AND GET GOOD QUALITY BIDS FROM ALL VENDORS.
ONE OTHER THING, JUST MINUTIA.
YOUR BID CALLED OUT FOR A C7, CONVERGENT IS A C10 CONTRACTOR.
THERE'S MINUTIA WHERE YOU ASK A QUESTION TO HAVE C10 COVER C7.
ALLIED UNIVERSAL, WE'RE AT A, B, AND A C10 SO WE CAN ENCOMPASS ALL WORK.
SOME OF THIS WORK, I THINK, YOU GUYS AREN'T CONSIDERING FOR YOUR PARK LOCATIONS IS TRENCHING HIGH TOWER POLES TO GET THE CAMERAS HIGH ENOUGH TO GET A VAST RANGE OF COVERAGE.
YOU MENTIONED FIRES UP IN THE HILLSIDES.
CAMERAS ARE NOW BEING UTILIZED.
THIS CAPTURE SMOKE VENTILATION COMING UP FROM YOUR HILLSIDES FOR EARLY DETECTION.
THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF TO CONSIDER.
PART OF THIS SHOULD BE A SECURITY TECHNOLOGY PLAN FOR YOUR CITY FOR FIVE YEARS.
BECAUSE THESE COSTS THAT YOU'RE OBSERVING NOW, YOU HAVEN'T HAD THIS COST FOR 10 OR 15 YEARS.
THE CHIEF IS GOING TO NEED ANOTHER $500,000 FOR A REAL-TIME CRIME CENTER.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE THE NEW ONES ARE DRONE AS A RESPONDER PROGRAM, ANOTHER 500 TO A MILLION DOLLARS.
THERE'S LARGE ITEMS THAT COME INTO THIS THAT I THINK BETWEEN YOUR SMALL CITY, CITY OF GLENDORA, OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES, YOU CAN SHARE COST OF SOME OF THESE THINGS COMMUNICATING AND WORKING TOGETHER.
SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH YOUR FLOCK SAFETY SYSTEM.
IT DOES NOT DO ANY REAL TIME RECORDING FOR YOU, DO YOU NO GOOD TO CAPTURE INCIDENTS AT YOUR INTERSECTIONS.
ALLIED UNIVERSAL IS A PARTNER WITH MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, THE LEADER AND POLICE, CAD SYSTEMS, MAPPING SYSTEMS, RESPONSE PROGRAMS. WE'RE ALSO PARTNERS WITH FUCHSIAS, WHICH WILL INTAKE V-LOC SAFETY, GENETEC, A VIGIL ON MOTOROLA SOLUTION CAMERAS, WE'RE PRODUCT AGNOSTIC.
WE WANT TO GIVE YOU, YOUR STAFF EVERYTHING, THE TOOLS TO MAKE YOU RESPOND FASTER AND BETTER FOR YOUR CITIZENS.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT SOME RECOGNITIONS.
IT'S A LICENSED TRAFFIC CONTROL.
I DON'T KNOW IF CONVERGENT OR CELPLAN LISTED A C31 TRAFFIC CONTROL SUBCONTRACTOR TO DO THAT WORK.
WE WENT TO YOUR LOCAL NEIGHBOR HERE RIGHT WAY OVER HERE IN SAN DISMAS AS OUR PARTNER.
CROSSTOWN ELECTRICAL WHO DOES ALL THE WORK FOR CALTRANS WAS OUR OTHER PARTNER.
THEN ANOTHER THING, FOR FUNDING, I THINK YOU SHOULD ALSO LOOK AT CALTRANS, THE COUNTY BECAUSE SOME OF THEM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERSECTIONS AS WELL.
I THINK YOU'RE MISSING OUT ON FUNDING OPTIONS FOR YOU.
ONE OTHER THING HE DIDN'T COVER WAS THE ONGOING COST OF THE GENETEC SOFTWARE? SIMILAR TO WINDOWS, EVERYTHING GOES UP MONTH OVER MONTH YEAR OVER YEAR.
THERE'S ONGOING COSTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.
MAINTENANCE HASN'T BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR.
I WOULD JUST LOOK TO YOU TO BUDGET.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS WAS CLOUD.
RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE USING WI-FI TECHNOLOGY INSTEAD OF FIBER COMMUNICATING YOUR CAMERAS FROM INTERSECTION TO INTERSECTION.
YOU'RE LOOKING TO GO 5G AND USE AT&T, HORIZON, T-MOBILE OR THE FIRSTNET RESPONSE. THAT'S A DATA COST.
EVERY SINGLE VIDEO GOING UP IS GOING TO COST YOU ON A MONTHLY BASIS.
YOU GOT TO LOOK INTO THOSE COSTS AS WELL.
I JUST ASK YOU TO GIVE IT A COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT IT ALL DEPENDS.
LIKE I SAID, YOUR FUNDING MAY EXPIRE.
YOU HAVE A DATE TO GET IT ALL ACCOMPLISHED BY.
I DON'T WANT TO IMPEDE THAT AT ALL.
>> THANK YOU, MR. FRECKING. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS.
CODY, IF YOU COULD COMMENT ON THIS.
>> SURE. AT THE TIME OF THE BIDDING PROCESS,
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WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF LOOKING TO GET THE FUNDING EXTENDED.THE TIGHT WINDOW WAS STILL IN EXISTENCE, AND SO TO ADDRESS THAT FIRST CONCERN OF ACCESS TO THE TRAFFIC CABINETS, I DISCUSSED AT THE TIME WITH DIRECTOR MCWADE [PHONETIC] OF WHETHER THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA OR NOT, BECAUSE OPENING THOSE CABINETS AND CREATING ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE HOLIDAY AND CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE BID OPENING, COULD HAVE POSSIBLY SOURED THE BID AND EXPOSED US TO CAUSING THE BID TO EXTEND.
HAD NOT EVERYBODY BEEN AVAILABLE, HAD NOT EVERYBODY BEEN NOTICED ON THAT PRE-BIDDERS LIST THAT WAS QUALIFIED TO ATTEND SUCH A MEETING, WE WERE CONCERNED THAT THAT ACTION, WHILE ACKNOWLEDGING COULD BE HELPFUL TO THE BIDDERS, COULD ALSO CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE SCHEDULE.
IN THAT, THAT KIND OF CALCULATION IS IT'S A TRAFFIC CABINET.
THERE'S PRETTY COMMON THINGS THAT YOU FIND IN TRAFFIC CABINETS.
HAVING LOOKED INTO MANY MYSELF, THERE'S CERTAIN NUANCES THAT MIGHT DIFFER FROM EACH ONE, BUT NONETHELESS, WE WERE CONFIDENT THAT THE CONDITIONS OF OUR TRAFFIC CABINETS WOULD NOT., I GUESS, BE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WOULD BE EXPECTED FROM THOSE.
WEIGHING THE RISKS WITH THE SCHEDULE, THAT'S WHY WE MADE THAT DECISION.
AS FAR AS SOME OF THE OTHER COMMENTS ON THE TECHNOLOGY, THE CITY'S IT DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS IT CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN CLOSELY WORKED WITH ON THIS.
NEARLY ALL OF THE CONTENT OF THE SPECS, WITH RESPECT TO THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE, WERE DERIVED WITH THEIR HELP.
ADMITTEDLY, I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER AND NOT AN IT PERSON.
WORKING WITH THOSE EXPERTS IN THAT FIELD SUBJECT MATTER, WE PUT TOGETHER SOMETHING THAT WE FELT WAS GOING TO BE FUNCTIONAL.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROCURED ADDITIONAL BIDS, THAT MIGHT BE THE CASE, BUT THAT WOULD HAVE ALSO TAKEN ADDITIONAL TIME.
AGAIN, UP AGAINST THE CRUNCH OF TIME, CERTAIN DECISIONS WERE MADE TO MOVE FORWARD TO, OF COURSE, PROTECT THOSE GRANT FUNDS.
IN THAT, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN AN EXTENSION AFTER THE FACT OF THOSE BID OPENING, AND SO WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT POSITION TODAY.
IT IS APPROXIMATELY A YEAR, I BELIEVE, CITY MANAGER DOMER [PHONETIC], IF NOT MISTAKEN ON THE EXTENSION OF WHAT WE'VE GOT, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME MORE TIME.
NOW, ONE THING I WOULD ADD IS THE INTENTION IS NOT TO SLOW DOWN BECAUSE THIS IS AN ASSET TO PUBLIC SAFETY, AND TO GET IT BUILT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL REGARDLESS OF TIME, AND PLUS, WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY PUSH THE PROJECT UP CLOSER TO THE END OF THE GRANT DEADLINE FOR RISK OF ANY FURTHER EXPOSURE TO LOSING THOSE GRANTS.
> THE GRANT IS STILL IN EFFECT.
>> THE GRANT IS STILL IN EFFECT, YES.
>> I DON'T HAVE THAT PARTICULAR DATE. YES, THE END OF THE YEAR.
>> I'M GOING TO PUT ON MY CONTRACTOR HAT NOW.
>> CONTRACTORS HAVE CERTAIN LICENSE QUALIFICATIONS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO EACH INDIVIDUAL TRADE?
>> YOU NEED TO UTILIZE THOSE BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE YOU SAVE YOUR MONEY.
YOU HAVE SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS THAT HAVE EITHER A C10 OR A B OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
THOSE CONTRACTORS ARE SPECIFIC, ESPECIALLY AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, DATA CONTRACTOR, SIGNAL CONTRACTOR THAT DO THESE JOBS.
I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE MULTIPLE BIDS WITH MULTIPLE JUST GENERAL INFORMATION, BUT WE HAVE SOMEONE COMING IN HERE RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW HIM, MR. FRECKING FROM ANY ANYWHERE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE SOME TIME.
I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVE BIDS AND BRING THOSE PEOPLE IN AND OPEN THESE CABINETS UP.
IF I WAS A CONTRACTOR, WHICH I AM, ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR, I WANT TO OPEN EVERYTHING UP TO SEE THE CONDITION OF EVERYTHING THERE TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE.
MY JOB AS A CONTRACTOR IS TO GIVE YOU THE BEST POSSIBLE PRICE AND THE BEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK, BUT ALSO, AT THE SAME TOKEN, IS TO VALUE ENGINEER TO SAY, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE? HOW LONG IS THIS GOING TO LAST? WHAT ARE THE REOCCURRING COSTS? I'M NOT PICKING APART.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT THE POINT IS IS THAT WE HAVE TIME NOW.
I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY THOROUGH.
IF WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE MONEY, LET'S SPEND THE MONEY ON SOMETHING.
IF WE HAVE TO ADD COMPONENTS, UNLESS THE CHIEF IS AGAINST THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE PUSHED SOME THINGS ASIDE, AND WE SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY TAKEN A LITTLE MORE TIME AND GONE TO OPEN UP THOSE CABINETS, MAKE SURE THAT THE PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE GETTING, MAKE SURE THE VENDORS WE HAVE AND SPEND THAT GRANT MONEY AS WELL AND EXPEDITIOUS AS POSSIBLE,
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BUT ALSO, GET SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ADD ONTO.PARTNERSHIPS, WE HAVE A TON OF PARTNERSHIPS WITH ALL OF OUR AGENCIES.
IF ONE AGENCY DOES ONE THING AND WE DO ANOTHER, AND THEY'RE NOT COMMUNICATING, THAT'S NOT GOOD, BUT MY OWN PERSONAL FEELING IS I THINK WE SHOULD PROBABLY EXTEND THE BID AND WE SHOULD BRING THOSE PEOPLE BACK INTO PLAY UNLESS IT AFFECTS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
I'M NOT SAYING YOU GUYS DIDN'T DO A GOOD JOB.
I'M JUST SAYING IT HAS QUESTIONS FOR US AND FOR ME. COUNCIL.
>> JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, IS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU'RE HEARING OF THESE ISSUES BEING RAISED?
>> THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT I'M HEARING OF THE CONCERN OF THE TRAFFIC CABINETS, BUT AS I MENTIONED, THAT WAS REVIEWED AND DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF HOW THAT WOULD PUT THE BID AT RISK.
THE OTHER CONCERNS, WE HAD A PRE-BID MEETING WITH A NUMBER OF THE BIDDERS, RECEIVED A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, PARTICULARLY ON THE BID DOCUMENTS, AND I BELIEVE WE RESPONDED TO A NUMBER OF THEM, IF NOT ALL.
I'M TRYING TO RECALL IF THERE WAS ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR.
CERTAINLY LIKE ITEMS OF CELL CONNECTIONS, DATA COSTS, THOSE WERE REVIEWED WITH OUR IT CONSULTANTS AND THE CITY IT STAFF.
THEY'VE REASSURED US THAT THEY CAN GET UNLIMITED DATA PLAN SIM CARDS.
THAT COSTS IN THAT REGARD WAS NOT NECESSARILY AS MUCH OF A CONCERN BECAUSE INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I BELIEVE THE CITY, AS IT'S BEEN EXPLAINED TO ME, GETS BETTER RATES IN THAT ROLE.
AS FAR AS THE GENETEC SOFTWARE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KNOW CHIEF GONZALEZ HAS LOOKED AT THROUGH A NUMBER OF AGENCIES.
I BELIEVE THERE'S TWO MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE MARKET.
THERE MIGHT BE MORE, BUT THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE MARKET WITH THAT VIDEO MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE THAT THEY LOOKED AT AND DECIDED THAT THAT WAS THE BEST ONE THAT SUITED THEIR NEEDS.
THERE WERE A NUMBER OF THINGS DISCUSSED.
I WOULD WANT TO PLAY BACK THE VIDEO TO SAY ABSOLUTELY, EVERYTHING WAS ADDRESSED, BUT TO MY RECOLLECTION, I THINK MOST OF THAT STUFF WAS ADDRESSED TO THE BIDDING PROCESS IN THE THE PRE-BID MEETING, AS WELL AS THROUGH INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS WITH CITY STAFF AND THE IT TEAM, AND SO YES.
I BELIEVE WE'VE LOOKED AT IT A COMPLETE IN TERMS OF THOSE ITEMS.
>> YOU SAID THAT CHIEF GONZALEZ HAS LOOKED AT THIS? I'D LIKE TO HEAR HIS PERSPECTIVE ON IT AS WELL.
>> GOOD EVENING. YES, I HAVE REVIEWED IT AS WELL.
AGAIN, WE RELIED HEAVILY ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM IT, AND WE'VE DID SEVERAL TOURS TO SEVERAL CITIES REVIEWING THE TECHNOLOGY, AND THE ONE THAT WAS HIGHLY SUGGESTED WAS GENENTECH.
THAT IS ONE OF OUR FUTURE IS EXPANDING THAT PROGRAM AND THE WAY IT CONNECTS WITH EVERYTHING.
THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE TOOK, AND I PERSONALLY WENT OUT TO SEVERAL AGENCIES TO REVIEW THEN AND TALK TO OTHER CHIEFS AND CAPTAINS ABOUT IT AND AGREE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE MADE.
>> CHIEF, WHILE YOU'RE THERE, IF WE DID REJECT THIS, WHAT DOES THIS DO AND OPEN UP THE BIDS AGAIN? WHAT DOES THIS DO FOR YOU?
>> IT FURTHER DELAYS, WHAT WE NEED.
NOW, GRANTED, WE HAVE HAD A FAULTY CAMERA SYSTEM NOW FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS, AND OFTENTIMES WE GET REQUESTS, EITHER PRA REQUESTS OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
INSURANCE COMPANIES REQUEST CERTAIN INTERSECTION DATA THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
WE WANT TO REMAIN TRANSPARENT AND OUR ABILITY TO REMAIN TRANSPARENT.
ALTHOUGH THERE'S CAMERAS THERE, SOME ARE NOT WORKING, AND OFTENTIMES PEOPLE VIEW THAT AS WE'RE NOT BEING TRANSPARENT.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WE HAVE OLD TECHNOLOGY IN DIFFERENT INTERSECTIONS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO NOW UPDATE TO PROVIDE THAT.
THAT PLUS IT FACTORS IN OUR ABILITY TO DETER CRIME IN CERTAIN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE KNOW THAT THERE'S NO CAMERAS THERE AND SO FORTH.
THE OTHER COMPONENT OF THAT IS HAVING THESE CAMERAS AT SPECIFIC INTERSECTIONS WITH OUR COMMUNICATION CENTER WATCHING THE CAMERAS AND OUR WATCH COMMANDER WATCHING THE CAMERAS, IF THERE'S EVER AN INCIDENT AT A SPECIFIC CORNER WHERE SOMEONE MAKES A DESCRIPTION, MAYBE A PERSON WITH A GUN OR WHATNOT.
OUR WATCH COMMANDER AND OR OUR DISPATCH CENTER CAN ZOOM IN AND SAY, HEY, THAT IS NOT A GUN.
THAT IS MAYBE A BATON FROM THE SCHOOL OR WHATNOT.
THEN WE COULD TELL THE POLICE OFFICERS, HEY, BLOW YOUR ROLE AND DE ESCALATE THAT PRIOR TO THEIR ARRIVAL BECAUSE ANYTIME WE RESPOND TO SOMEONE WITH A GUN, THEY'RE HEIGHTENED, WE CAN DEFINITELY LOWER THAT DOWN. THAT WILL JUST DELAY THAT.
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>> MY PERSONAL, I DON'T KNOW MR. ALLIED UNIVERSAL.
I DON'T KNOW HIM AND MR. FRANKING FROM ADAM.
BUT THE POINT IS THAT THERE ARE SOME DISCREPANCIES ON WHAT WE DID.
WE DIDN'T DO SOME THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE DONE.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO GIVE THE CITY LA VERNE THE BEST POSSIBLE SYSTEM.
CODY, HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE TO REDO THE BID? TWO WEEKS?
>> THE PROCESS WOULD BE IF THAT IS COUNSEL'S DIRECTION, AND I DON'T MEAN TO JUMP IN FRONT OF CITY ATTORNEY CRANES, BUT IT WOULD BE AN ACTION OF THE COUNCIL TO REJECT ALL BIDS.
WE CAN'T OPEN THE BID THAT WE'VE GOT CURRENTLY.
WE'VE GOT TO GO BACK TO SQUARE ONE ON THAT.
THE PROCESS WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HAS INCLUDED MULTIPLE TOURS OF CITY FACILITIES, WHICH TAKE TIME TO SCHEDULE AND SET.
IN TERMS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR, THE LEGAL MINIMUM DURATION FOR POSTING A PUBLIC BID WOULD BE 10 BUSINESS DAYS.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT PROBABLY DOES NOT DESERVE TEN BUSINESS DAYS.
IT NEEDS MORE IN THAT WHERE WE CAN FACILITATE.
SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE WERE TO GO BACK MAYBE A MONTH OR IF THAT COULD BE FACILITATED WITH THE SCHEDULE AND THEN WE WOULD BRING THAT BACK TO COUNCIL IF THAT IS SO THE DIRECTION.
>> MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN, IN TALKING TO ANDREA GRANTS PERSON AND ALL THAT STUFF, THIS HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING GRANT.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN RECEIVED THE BUDGET MODIFICATIONS YET.
YES, THE GRANTS WILL EXPIRE AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S OUR LAST EXTENSION OF IT.
DECEMBER 31ST, 2025, AT THE GRANT EXPIRES.
IT WOULD BE PROBABLY ABOUT TWO MONTHS AFTER REJECTING ALL BIDS TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A BUDGET MODIFICATION PROCESS WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE TIMELY ISSUES RIGHT NOW.
IF WE'VE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEM PRIOR TO THE CHANGE IN ADMINISTRATIONS.
I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME CHANGES AT THAT POINT.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT WE DO KNOW THAT SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER OR MAY BE ON BACK ORDER.
THEN IN ADDITION TO PUTTING EVERYTHING IN, THERE'S A PROJECT CLOSE OUT THAT CAN TAKE TWO MONTHS OR SO TO GET EVERYTHING SETTLED FOR IT.
I THINK WE WOULD BE PUSHING THIS BACK.
COULD WE DO IT? IT IS A YEAR OR 11.5.
>> YOU HAVE THE PLAYERS. YOU KNOW WHO PLAYERS ARE. PLAYERS ARE THERE.
YOU'VE GOT THE HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO THE BID.
IF WE HAVE TO MOVE FAST, WE MOVE FAST, BUT PUT OUT BIDS AND STUFF, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THAT HONESTLY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS DONE, BUT WE ALSO NEED TO GET IT DONE UNDER THE PROPER METHOD.
WHEN WE HAVE PEOPLE COME INTO THE DS AND INTO OUR COUNCIL CHAMBERS TO BRING UP A POINT, LIKE DOESN'T SET WELL.
>> HOW MANY DAYS WAS THE FIRST BID?
>> I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
>> IF YOU SAID IT NEEDS 10 DAYS FOR BID, YOU SAID THIS NEEDS MORE.
IT NEEDS LIKE A MONTH. I'M JUST ASKING WAS IT A MONTH GIVEN THE FIRST TIME OR WAS IT CLOSER TO THE 10 DAYS?
>> I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE SPECIFIC DATES.
THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROCESS HAS STARTED MUCH EARLIER.
IT DID INVOLVE A NUMBER OF A DIFFERENT FORMAT.
IT WAS FORMATTED IN A WAY THAT WAS A RFP, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS, WHICH IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THIS CASE, A PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION BID.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT AT THE TIME THAT WE RECEIVED WAS THE CONCERN OF BALANCING THE BIDS APPLES TO APPLES.
WE WERE TASKED TO GO BACK AND CREATE SOMETHING APPLES TO APPLES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE GOT WITH WHAT WAS PUT OUT TO BID.
I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN 10 DAYS, BUT IT WAS NOT A MONTH.
IT WAS ON THE FAST TRACK SIDE OF THINGS.
>> MR. CROSBY, IT WAS NOT 10 DAYS.
PART OF THAT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS RUSH.
IT WAS GETTING CLOSE TO THE HOLIDAYS.
AGAIN, WE WERE STILL WORKING ON GETTING EVERYTHING EXTENDED.
>> WOULD YOU HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO US IN DECEMBER IF THE EXTENSION WASN'T APPROVED, SO YOU WERE TRYING TO GET IT WITHIN THAT TIME FRAME?
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>> CORRECT. WE HAD WANTED TO BRING THIS IN ON THE DECEMBER 16TH MEETING AND THEN I BELIEVE WE GOT THE EXTENSION.
IF WE CANCEL ALL BIDS, GO BACK OUT TO MAKE IT CLEAN, I BELIEVE WE CAN DO IT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A BETTER PROCESS AND GIVE IT THE TIME.
BUT WE MAY BE IN OCTOBER AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING'S WRAPPING UP.
>> I THINK WHAT CODY JUST SAID AS WELL.
WE STARTED IN NOVEMBER TO GET BY THE END OF DECEMBER AND WE RUSHED IT THROUGH, NOW WE'RE AT THIS PROCESS BECAUSE WE GOT AN EXTENSION, BUT WE STILL PUSH THIS PROCESS.
BUT CODY JUST SAID THAT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO GET APPLES, APPLES AND ORANGES, ORANGES TO THESE BIDS AND MAKING SURE THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
I THINK THAT POINT RIGHT THERE IS THAT THE BID MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE FAULTY.
>> WE NEED TO CLARIFY THE RFP.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THE SAME THING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH ALL THE COMPANIES?
>> WELL, IF I CAN MAKE SURE THAT WAS PREVIOUS BID THAT THE CITY COUNCIL REJECTED.
I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT ALL BIDS AND TO GO OUT FOR BID AND EXPEDITIOUSLY GO OUT TO BIDS, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE THAT THE RFP PROCESS IS CLEAR.
WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY, THAT'S GRANT MONEY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE, WE CAN GET THIS DONE SO WE CAN GET THE POLICE DEPARTMENT UP AND RUNNING WHEN THEY SHOULD BE.
>> YOU HAVE A VOTE. VOTE PLEASE.
>> CAN WE HAVE DISCUSSION? I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
UNDER THE ORIGINAL RFP PERIOD, WAS THERE A Q&A PERIOD BIDDERS?
>> DID THOSE QUESTIONS COME UP AT THAT POINT?
>> MY RECOLLECTION OF THE QUESTIONS WERE MORE TO THE EFFECT OF WHAT THE BID HAD IN IT.
SOME REQUESTS DID INCLUDE EVALUATING OTHER TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH WE HAD DISCUSSED AT AN INTERNAL LEVEL OF STAFF.
WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AND WHAT WE HAD COORDINATED WITH THE IT TO FOLKS IS THAT THIS IS A CELL BASED NETWORK.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A RADIO BASED NETWORK, WHICH HAS HAD ITS CHALLENGES CHIEF GONZALEZ HAD MENTIONED.
OTHER IDEAS OF USING A WI FI NETWORK HAVE ALSO BEEN DISCUSSED.
WORKING WITH THE TEAM ON THAT, WE WERE OPEN TO IDEAS, BUT WE FELT LIKE THERE WAS A FAIR LEVEL OF EFFORT THAT HAD PUT INTO THAT THE CELL BASED NETWORK WOULD WORK BEST FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND THAT.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE OPEN ENDED MORE QUESTIONS, BUT A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WERE RECEIVED MORE SPECIFIC TO THE CONTENT OF THE BIDS.
CLARIFICATION ON TRYING TO RECALL.
THERE IS AN ITEM RECALLING ABOUT REMOVAL OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT, AND SO ON.
MORE SPECIFIC NATURE TO THAT SCOPE.
>> MY COMMENT IS, I UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BIDDING PROCESS IS EQUITABLE, THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL THE INFORMATION NECESSARY, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DISCOUNT ALL THE WORK THAT YOU HAVE DONE, ALL THE WORK THAT SAM HAS DONE, ALL THE WORK THAT HAS BEEN PUT FORTH.
I WOULD WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT GIVEN THE TENUOUS SITUATION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE FUNDS WILL BE THERE AND THE TIMING AND THE THAT WE'VE HAD NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM, WHICH IS TO THE DETRIMENT OF OUR RESIDENTS.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO PASS THIS MOTION AND OPEN IT UP FOR A NEW BID, CANCELING THE EXISTING PROCESS, AT ANY Q&A PERIOD, IF A IF SOMEONE RESPONDING TO THE BID DOES NOT RAISE THESE ISSUES DURING THE TIME SPECIFIED, I'M NOT ENTIRELY COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT A POTENTIAL VENDOR HAS COME TO RAISE THESE ISSUES FOR PERSONAL REASONS.
I APPRECIATE THE ISSUES THAT ARE BEING RAISED AND IF WE CAN CLEAR THEM UP, GREAT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT WHERE THE ASK IS COMING FROM AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, AND WHAT THE TIME PERIOD ALLOTTED FOR THIS PROCESS WAS, AND WHETHER OR NOT SOMEONE ACTUALLY DID WHAT THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE AT A DIFFERENT TIME PERIOD.
THAT'S MY COMMENT TO THAT, AND I'M HA THE MOTION HAS BEEN MADE UNLESS THERE'S FURTHER COMMENT. WE CAN VOTE.
>> NOW, IF WE PUSH THIS OFF FOR ANOTHER MONTH, YOU'RE SAYING THIS MIGHT NOT GET DONE UNTIL OCTOBER? BUT IF WE KEEP IT AS IS?
>> AGAIN, IF THE MOTION PASSES TO REJECT ALL BIDS.
WE'LL IMMEDIATELY STARTING PUT TOGETHER A NEW RFP, PROBABLY WE CAN TAKE THE OLD ONE,
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BUT THERE'S SOME DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAVE TO GO INTO IT.GO OUT NEXT WEEK. HEARING THAT IT'LL PROBABLY BE OUT FOR A MONTH.
THE LAST ONE WAS OPENED ON NOVEMBER 15TH OR ISSUED ON NOVEMBER 15TH AND CLOSED ON DECEMBER 3RD.
A LITTLE BIT LESS AND HOLIDAYS.
IT PROVIDE MORE TIME. I THINK FOUR WEEKS AT LEAST WOULD BE GOOD, 30 DAYS.
THERE'S THE REVIEWING. HELP ME, CODY, IF I'M MISSING ANYTHING IT'S REVIEWING?
>> NO, WE WOULD OPEN BIDS, WE WOULD REVIEW THEM, AND THEN THERE IS DRAFTING THE STAFF REPORT TO MAKE A COUNCIL AGENDA.
A HANDFUL OF WEEKS BETWEEN WHEN IT OPENS.
>> FEBRUARY, MARCH, WE'D BE, FIRST WEEK OF APRIL.
THEN THAT WOULD BE GETTING SUPPLIES AND ORDERING APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST CLOSE OUT.
CODY, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE CLOSE OUT?
>> I DON'T SEE ANY TIME FRAME TO. LET'S JUST SAY BASED ON THAT OCTOBER, NOW, IF WE CONTINUE OUR MISSION AND GO RIGHT NOW, HOW SOON CAN WE GET THESE CAMERA SYSTEMS THAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING CHIEF AS WELL TO GET IMPLEMENTED?
>> THERE'S THE EQUIPMENT YOU'RE GOING TO BUY IS AVAILABLE.
>> ONCE THE CAMERAS ARE IN PLACE, THERE'S STILL THE SYSTEM INTEGRATION WHERE THEY BASICALLY MAKE THEM ALL CONNECT AND TALK AND GET THAT FUNCTION GOING.
I WOULD HAVE TO RELY ON THE IT FOLKS FOR MORE SPECIFICS OF HOW LONG THAT TAKES, BUT MY ASSUMPTION BASED ON THE CURRENT INFORMATION THAT WE HAD ON THIS PROJECT WOULD BE A MONTH TO TWO OR SO TO RUNNING THEM UP AND RUNNING AFTER THE CAMERAS HAVE BEEN INSTALLED, WHICH THERE IS A LEAD TIME ON EVEN ORDERING THOSE CAMERAS AND GETTING THEM INSTALLED.
THERE'S A PROCESS THERE AND IT WILL SLOWLY COME TO FRUITION ONCE THOSE ARE UP AND RUNNING.
A HANDFUL OF MONTHS FROM THAT POINT.
>> I WOULD SAY IF IT'S AWARDED TONIGHT, AND THEN WE COULD HAVE THE VENDOR START ORDERING EVERYTHING, OR IF IT'S CANCELED TONIGHT, WE GO BACK OUT, PUT IT OUT AS DESCRIBED.
>> DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE FUNDING NOT BEING THERE? [OVERLAPPING]
>> FORTUNATELY, THAT $500,000 BY NAPOLITANO WAS IN THE I THINK 23,24 OR 22-24.
WE HAVE RECEIVED THE EXTENSION.
WE'RE GETTING TO BE GOOD FRIENDS WITH THE PEOPLE THERE.
AT THIS TIME, NO, BUT IT IS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I EVEN SAY THAT ABOUT THE STATE GOVERNMENT.
>> WE DON'T REALLY HAVE IT ANYWAY.
>> I REMEMBER YOU TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE RFI PROCESS IS BULLETPROOF.
AS COUNCIL MEMBER LAO SAID, I MUST HAVE A TIME FRAME TO RESPOND.
IF THEY DON'T RESPOND IN THAT TIME FRAME, JUST LIKE I DO, YOU'RE DONE.
YOU ACCEPT IT IN YOUR BID, AND THAT'S IT.
IF YOU DIDN'T COVER THE RFI AND YOU TAKE THE BID, TOUGH LUCK. THAT'S WHAT'S CALLED THE BIDDING.
>> I WOULD WELCOME BETTER PRICING.
>> WELL, WE'VE GOT THE MOTION. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER GOT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
REJECT ALL BIDS. I HAVE A SECOND FROM MR. JOHNSON. CAN WE VOTE, PLEASE?
>> A MOTION BY HEPBURN, A SECOND BY JOHNSON TO REJECT ALL BIDS.
>> AGAIN, NOTHING AGAINST HOW IT WAS DONE AT THIS THING.
WE NEED TO MAKE IT BETTER THIS TIME.
I APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK, BUT GET A SYSTEM THAT WORKS WELL.
NEXT ITEM IS THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM UPGRADE.
MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL REPORTING.
>> FOR THAT I'M GOING TO CHRISTI LOPEZ OR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND SHE'LL BE ASSISTED BY AARON IF NEED BE.
ONLY IF NEED BE, BACKUP SINGER.
>> HE'S HAD ENOUGH. HE'S RUNNING.
>> HE'S GOOD. HE CAN WALK IN AND LISTEN TO THE SAME THE BOTTLE OF WATER.
>> GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF.
[02:55:03]
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT STAFF'S PROPOSAL TO UPGRADE OUR ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING OR ERP SYSTEM FROM NAVIN TO FINANCE ENTERPRISE, WHICH ARE BOTH CENTRAL SQUARE SYSTEMS. THIS RECOMMENDATION COMES AFTER A THOROUGH EVALUATION OF AVAILABLE OPTIONS AND REPRESENTS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE EFFICIENT AND IMPACTFUL APPROACH TO MODERNIZE OUR CITY'S OPERATIONAL CAPABILITIES.THE CITY HAS RELIED ON ERP SYSTEMS SINCE THE YEAR 2000 TO SUPPORT ESSENTIAL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES, PAYABLES, BUSINESS LICENSING, AND HUMAN RESOURCES TO NAME A FEW.
WHILE THE LAST UPGRADE IN 2021 TRANSITIONED US TO A CLOUD BASED PLATFORM FROM A PREMISE PLATFORM.
IT DID NOT PROVIDE THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE MODERN SYSTEMS PROVIDE.
WE'LL IMPROVE OUR CURRENT OPERATIONAL PROCESSES IN MULTIPLE AREAS, INCLUDING DECENTRALIZED TIME KEEPING, REDUNDANT PROCESSES, AND LIMITED TOOLS SUCH AS A LACK OF BENEFIT, MANAGEMENT AND FUNCTIONS LIKE EMPLOYEE CELL SERVICE.
THE PROPOSED SYSTEM WILL COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESS THESE LIMITATIONS, ALLOWING US TO CONSOLIDATE WORKFLOWS, INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY, AND ULTIMATELY DELIVER BETTER SERVICE BOTH INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
THE CITY IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR THIS UPGRADE IN THE 2020-2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, ALLOCATING 1.2 MILLION TOWARDS THIS EFFORT.
OVER 750,000 IS ALREADY BUDGETED TO COVER IMPLEMENTATION.
THE FINANCE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM EMERGED AS THE BEST OPTION DUE TO COST SAVINGS.
IMPLEMENTING THIS UPGRADE AVOIDS THE EXPENSE AND DELAY OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL PROCESS OR RFP, SAVING UP TO $150,000 IN CONSULTANT FEES.
INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION COSTS ARE 164,000 929,000, WHICH IS FAR LESS THAN COMPARABLE SYSTEMS IN OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.
ADDITIONALLY, INTEGRATE AND FUNCTIONALITY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL CONSOLIDATE MULTIPLE PLATFORMS ELIMINATING REDUNDANT SYSTEMS LIKE PAPER TIME KEEPING, AND INVOICE TRACKING WITH DOCUMENT STORAGE.
FINANCE ENTERPRISE OFFERS ESSENTIAL MODULES, INCLUDING CONTRACT AND GRANT MANAGEMENT, HR SELF SERVICE, AND CENTRALIZED TIME KEEPING.
SOME OF THE KEY BENEFITS OF FINANCE ENTERPRISE ARE STREAMLINED PROCESSES, FULLY INTEGRATED BUSINESS PROCESS, WHICH CONNECTS PURCHASE ORDERS, CONTRACTS, AND INVOICES WITH ELECTRONIC APPROVALS, AND DOCUMENT STORAGE, COST EFFICIENCY, YEAR 1 COSTS TOTALED $206,775, WHICH IS $28,000 ABOVE THE CURRENT COSTS.
THIS INCLUDES FUNCTIONALITY THAT ELIMINATES SEPARATE SYSTEM RESULTING IN LONG TERM SAVINGS.
IMPROVED EMPLOYEE MORALE, MODERNIZED TOOLS, REDUCE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS, AND INCREASE EFFICIENCY, BOOSTING PRODUCTIVITY, AND SATISFACTION ACROSS THE DEPARTMENT, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE ABILITY FOR EMPLOYEES TO ACCESS THEIR OWN DOCUMENTS CURRENTLY.
IF SOMEONE LOSES THEIR PAYSTUB, WE HAVE TO REPRINT THAT FOR THEM.
AND SO THAT CREATES SOME ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAS TO GO THROUGH.
SEAMLESS TRANSITION, LEVERAGING OUR STRONG PARTNERSHIP WITH CENTRAL SQUARE MINIMIZES RISKS TYPICALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SYSTEM UPGRADES.
THE CITY CONDUCTED COMPARISONS WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES TO ENSURE FINANCIAL PRUDENCE AND SPOKE TO CURRENT USERS OF FINANCE ENTERPRISE, AS WELL AS OTHER COMPETITOR SYSTEMS TO UNDERSTAND THE CAPABILITIES OF THE SYSTEMS, IMPLEMENTATION, AND THE SERVICE LEVELS.
CENTRAL SQUARE'S FINANCE ENTERPRISE SYSTEM TAILORED TO OUR NEEDS, OFFERS EQUIVALENT CAPABILITIES AT A SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER COST.
IMPLEMENTATION IS ANTICIPATED TO BE CONDUCTED OVER A PERIOD OF 6-12 MONTHS, INVOLVING 7-10 HOURS OF WORK PER DEPARTMENT PER WEEK.
A DEDICATED TEAM OF CITY STAFF AND CENTRAL SQUARE EXPERTS WILL OVERSEE THE MIGRATION.
WHILE SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION FOR STAFF MAY BE REQUIRED, THIS APPROACH REMAINS MORE COST EFFECTIVE THAN HIRING THIRD PARTY CONSULTANTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN MY FULL REPORT, WE HAD A LOT OF DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT WE SPOKE TO.
WE SPOKE TO MONA, AARON SPOKE TO ST. GABRIEL, I BELIEVE, ALHAMBRA, WE SPOKE TO ARCADIA.
WE LOOKED UP MULTIPLE RFP PROCESSES THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETED TO TRY AND LOOK AT WHAT WAS BEING DONE OUT THERE BECAUSE THE PROCESS WAS GOING TO BE 12-18 MONTHS JUST FOR US TO WRITE THE RFP, WHICH WAS GOING TO COST US MONEY GOING THROUGH A CONSULTANT.
FUNDING WILL DRAW FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET AND ENSURES NO ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN BEYOND ALREADY ALLOCATED RESOURCES.
IN CONCLUSION, UPGRADING TO CENTRAL SQUARE'S FINANCE ENTERPRISE IS A NECESSARY STEP TO MODERNIZE CITY OPERATION.
IT PROVIDES AN INTEGRATED, COST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT SOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE GOAL OF MOVING TOWARDS
[03:00:02]
UPDATED AND STREAMLINED PROCESSES AND ENHANCES BOTH EMPLOYEE AND RESIDENT EXPERIENCES.WHILE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO WAIVE THE FORMAL BID REQUIREMENTS, IT'S OUTSIDE OF THE CITY'S NORMAL PROCESS.
WE WANT TO ASSURE COUNSEL THAT WHILE WE DID NOT COMPLETE A FORMAL BID PROCESS, WE DID COMPLETE AN INFORMAL PROCESS, WHEREAS WE COLLECTED MULTIPLE BIDS FROM AGENCIES TO COMPARE THE IMPLEMENTATION AND SOFTWARE COSTS FOR BOTH FINANCE ENTERPRISE AND COMPARABLE COMPANIES.
THIS INVESTMENT POSITIONS LA VERNE FOR A MORE SUSTAINABLE, PRODUCTIVE AND SERVICE ORIENTED FUTURE.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OR IF AARON HAS ANYTHING TO ADD, SHE CAN DO THAT AS WELL SHE'S AN EXPERT ON PROCESS IMPROVEMENT.
I THINK WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, THOUGH, BUT THANK YOU.
WE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THAT WOULD BE A NO.
WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK WITH DS.
THAT'S GREAT WORK, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS, BUT YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT EXTREMELY WELL.
I OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAK, BUT YOU'VE EXPLAINED IT EXTREMELY WELL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT OUR CITY EFFICIENCY EMPLOYEES AND AARON SMILING.
THAT MEANS THAT'S A GOOD THING, TOO.
IF IT'S GOOD FOR AARON, IT'S GOOD FOR KRISTI I GUESS IT'S GOOD FOR US. ANYWAY, COUNSEL?
>> I JUST THINK IT'S BE GOOD FOR OUR EMPLOYEES TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT INFORMATION RATHER THAN PAPER AND PENCIL AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF THAT PROBABLY IS BEING DONE.
>> UPDATING THEIR OWN DIRECT DEPOSIT INFORMATION, ALL OF THAT IS BEING.
>> I THINK WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A MOTION, IT LOOKS LIKE. CAN I GET A MOTION?
>> IF I HEARD THAT CORRECTLY, IT WAS MOTION BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY CROSBY AND APPROVED 5-0
>> AARON, CHRISTY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE READ THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE DID APPROVE IT, SO WE BASICALLY APPROVE AND WAIVE THE FORM OF BID REQUIREMENTS AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT.
IMPLEMENTATION OF A FIVE YEAR AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTRAL SQUARE FOR THE PURCHASE OF UPGRADED ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM CALLED FINANCE ENTERPRISE, AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE CONTRACT FOR THE NAVIN SYSTEM OF UTILITY BILLING AND BUSINESS LICENSE MODULES.
THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. FINAL ITEM IS THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH CITY MANAGER.
CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE PROVIDING A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM. PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU. AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS THAT YOU ANNUALLY CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, AND ANY AMENDMENT TO THE EMPLOYMENT AS PART OF THE REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MATTER FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE CITY COUNCIL HELD PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE CITY MANAGER IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER LAST YEAR, 2024.
BASED ON THAT EVALUATION, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WAS DIRECTED TO BRING BACK A RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING CHANGES.
IN A SIMILAR FASHION TO STEP INCREASES FOR OTHER CITY EMPLOYEES, THE CITY MANAGER WOULD BE PROVIDED A STANDARD MERIT INCREASE OF 5% FOR PERFORMANCE DURING THIS EVALUATION PERIOD.
GOING FORWARD, THE MERIT INCREASE STEP WOULD BE 2.5% IF IT'S APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL FUTURE ANNUAL EVALUATION REVIEWS.
THERE'S AN ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION ALLOWANCE FOR PARTICIPATION IN A DOCTORAL STUDIES PROGRAM RELEVANT TO MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE, AND AUTHORIZE AND YOU'RE AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO TEACH A PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COURSE DURING.
SIMILAR TO A BENEFIT RECENTLY ESTABLISHED FOR MEMBERS OF THE POA.
THE CITY MANAGER WILL BE ENROLLED IN A MEDICAL SAVINGS TRUST THROUGH $100 PER MONTH CONTRIBUTION IN LIEU OF ANY OTHER RETIREE MEDICAL POST EMPLOYMENT BENEFIT.
THIS WILL EXTEND THE CITY MANAGER'S AGREEMENT UNTIL DECEMBER 19TH, 2028.
FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THE SALARY INCREASE IN MEDICAL SAVINGS TRUST IS APPROXIMATELY 5,730.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MISS BOTHAM. [LAUGHTER]
>> GET TIME FOR THAT. I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THIS.
KEN HAS BEEN A GODSEND TO OUR CITY.
WE ALL HAVE OUR ISSUES WITH PAST CITY MANAGER, AND KEN HAS BEEN TRANSPARENT FROM DAY 1.
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HE HAS E MAILED AFTER BUSINESS HOURS JUST BECAUSE THAT'S THE KIND OF PERSON HE IS.HE'S ALWAYS ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE ASKED OF HIM WITH NOT JUST AN ANSWER, BUT ABOVE AND BEYOND AND GIVING EVEN MORE DETAIL AND CLARIFYING THINGS.
I'M SURE AS YOU'VE NOTICED, I HAVE LESS THINGS BEING PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I FEEL LIKE HE IS A GOOD FIT FOR A CITY AND YOU GUYS WOULD BE CRAZY NOT TO EXTEND HIS CONTRACT, SO THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MISS BOHAM. ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ORGS.
>> MY NAME IS LILY BREN. EVERYBODY STAY HERE FOR A REASON, EVEN THOUGH IT'S TIRED.
I'M NOT VERY POSITIVE ABOUT THE SMALL TOWN CHARM.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SO MANY YEARS.
BUT SINCE MORE RESIDENTS COME IN AND THEN AFTER THE FIRE, THE WHOLE LOS ANGELES WE'RE LIKE, WE SHOT OF A NEW HOUSE FOR RENT, SO THAT'S MORE REASON TO BUILD MORE HOUSE.
ACTUALLY, I RECENTLY KNEW SOME NEW RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY CHINESE FAMILY MOVING.
>> LILY, THIS ISN'T PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> BUT I SAID WHAT I NEED TO SAY. I WILL COME BACK FOR THIS.
>> THANK YOU. WITH THAT, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
BRING IT UP TO THE DESK. I'LL REFER TO COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY BECAUSE HE AND I ARE ACTUALLY ON THE COMMITTEE TO REVIEW AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNSEL.
MR. CROSBY. REGARDING HIS CONTRACT.
>> TONIGHT, JUST THE COMMENTS FROM CONSENT CALENDAR OF TWO RESIDENTS OF HOW MUCH YOU REACHED OUT TO THEM THIS WEEKEND ABOUT AN ITEM AND REALLY WENT FORWARD AND TRYING TO GET THAT BACK.
ALSO BRING IN THIS, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A GREAT CITY MANAGER.
I BELIEVE HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB FOR US.
THERE ARE CITY MANAGER POSITIONS OPENING UP AROUND THE COUNTY AND JUST IN TOWNS NEARBY, AND WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE ONE WE HAVE.
BY DOING THIS AGREEMENT, WE SIGN HIM UP FOR A WHILE AND MAKE SURE HE HAS TO STAY WITH US AS WELL.
DOING INCENTIVE PROGRAM OF GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND GETTING HIS DOCTORATE IN GOVERNMENTAL, IT'S JUST ENHANCES WHAT HE BRINGS TO OUR CITY AS WELL.
THINKING OF THINGS OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TRYING TO GIVE HIM TO THAT DOESN'T COST A LOT, BUT IT MEANS A LOT MORE COMING BACK TO US.
THESE WERE PIECES THAT WE THOUGHT OF LOOKING AT AND WHEN WE REPOSED THIS CONTRACT FOR MR. DOMER, AND I APPROVE THIS CONTRACT TO FULL.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY, AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S BEEN A BIG CHANGE SINCE YOU'VE COME ON, KEN AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
I THINK WE ALSO HAVE A COUNCIL THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THINGS AND WE CAN BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
EVEN SOMETIMES IF IT HURTS, IT'S HONEST.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOU JUST CALL A PENNY PINCHING.
YOU'RE VERY GOOD AT THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
EVEN WITH YOUR OWN CONTRACT, IT'S LIKE YOU'RE VERY CONSERVATIVE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU STAY ON AND LEAD US THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS TO GET US AHEAD OF THIS ECONOMY WE'RE IN AND THE SITUATION.
BUT I PERSONALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE, WE COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OUR RESIDENTS, COMMUNICATE WITH ALL OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND THE STAFF IT'S JUST A MUCH HAPPIER PLACE IN THE CITY HALL, AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE.
IT'S JUST A BETTER PLACE AND IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU AND YOUR LEADERSHIP AND LETTING PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS IN THEIR OWN TEAMS AND A DEPARTMENT AND REALLY WORKING AS A TEAM, BUT WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT. COUNSEL.
>> I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
WE'LL BE AUDITING YOUR CLASS [LAUGHTER].
YOU'RE LOOKING AT FIVE STUDENTS HERE.
>> BUT THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE.
I THINK YOU'VE DEFINITELY BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, AND SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT FOR CITY MANAGER, PROVIDING THE CITY MANAGER CERTAIN BENEFITS BASED ON A POSITIVE PERFORMANCE.
>> HAVE A SECOND. HOPEFULLY, HE'S GET ME NOW.
[03:10:12]
>> THAT ITEM WAS APPROVED 5-0 AFTER BEING MOTIONED BY LAU, SECONDED BY KASHIFALGHITA.
THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT, SO WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
THIS IS THE TIME SET ASIDE FOR ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WITH THE BROWN ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEM NOT APPEARING ON THE POSTED AGENDA.
HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE REFERRED TO STAFF OR PLACED FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.
[NOISE] I WILL TRY TO KEEP TO A THREE-MINUTE TIME FRAME TONIGHT AS IT IS GETTING LATE FOR ALL OF US.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK? [LAUGHTER]
>> I CAN HEAR THE TOPIC JUST NOW.
I SUPPORT THE RACE IF THEY'RE WORKING FOR THE CITY.
DEFINITELY SUPPORT. THEN ALSO IN THE FUTURE, I'M STILL COMING UP FOR TWO CONCERNS.
OLD TOWN, WE CLOSE THE GO LIGHT.
OPENING, I'M NOT VERY POSITIVE FOR THAT BECAUSE THE CRIME GOING TO INCREASE. I COULD SEE THAT.
I'M THINKING ABOUT TO DO THE ALARM FOR THE CAMERA FOR MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW SINCE TOO CLOSE.
THEN ABOVE 210, THE WI-FI ARE A BIG CONCERN.
I HAVE A NEW FRIEND I KNOW ABOUT, THEY BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE.
OLD TOWN CHARM, ALL THE ADVERTISING IS REALLY GOOD.
BUT I REALLY TELL HIM IT'S A LITTLE DANGER BECAUSE THEY EASILY CAUGHT FIRE.
AFTER I SHOW THEM THE PICTURE, THE LAKE, THE RESERVOIR.
IT'S NOT REALLY THAT MUCH WATER.
ONE WEEK AGO, I TOOK A PICTURE, SHOW ME.
WHERE DOES THE WATER GO? THEN I WAS TOLD IT'S TO FILL MORE WATER RIGHT NOW SINCE THE MAYOR REALLY DID SOME WORK.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF WE HAVE MORE RESIDENTS MOVE IN, I STILL REALLY THINK IT'S NOT THAT POSITIVE IN THAT AREA.
THE FIRE IS CRAZY, HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE FRIENDS IN [INAUDIBLE] LOST HER HOUSE.
HER HOUSE IS STILL THERE. SHE DIDN'T GET BACK.
SHE'S STILL CRYING TODAY AND THEN ALL HER NEIGHBORS' HOUSES ARE GONE, SO IT'S REALITY.
THEN MY FRIEND IN SAN DIEGO AND THEN GET A BIG ALARM THREE MILES CLOSE TO HIS HOUSE AND THEN SPREAD SAN DIEGO RIGHT NOW.
IT COULD HAPPEN ANYTIME JUST NORTH OF OUR CITY.
IT'S A VERY BIG CONCERN IN THE FUTURE.
I WILL STILL KEEP COMING BACK.
I HOPE ANYTHING, LIKE A GENERAL PLAN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REALLY HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT THE FIRE RESOURCE.
DO WE HAVE ENOUGH FIREMEN, ALL THE RESOURCES FOR THE FIRE WHEN IT HAPPENS AT THE SAME TIME? ENOUGH WATER HYDRANT? EVERYTHING WE NEED TO CONCERN SERIOUSLY, IT'S REALLY A BIG DEAL.
I'M NOT VERY POSITIVE FOR THAT.
JUST LET'S PRAY FOR ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, LILY. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? YVONNE, COME ON UP.
>> GOOD EVENING. I JUST WANTED TO PROMOTE, BUT ALSO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT CASI, OUR CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION GROUP DID OVER THE MLK WEEKEND, DOING COMMUNITY SERVICE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID WAS, WE DID CONTRIBUTIONS AND DONATIONS TO THE LA VERNE PARENT PARTICIPATION PRESCHOOL.
THEY WERE ACCEPTING DONATIONS OF PRESCHOOL-AGE AND NEWBORN-AGE TYPES OF ITEMS. ANYWHERE FROM BABY WIPES TO DIAPERS TO SHAMPOOS, TOOTHBRUSHES, TOOTHPASTE, ETC.
WE DID DO OUR BEST AND MADE A DONATION TO THE LVPPP.
SECONDLY, ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR DAY INITIATIVES WAS TO COLLECT DONATIONS FOR THE LEO PANTRY.
IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LEO PANTRY, THAT IS FOR THE STUDENTS TO TAKE THINGS THAT THEY NEED.
THEY'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR DONATIONS OF NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID IS WE PUT TOGETHER A DRIVE TO MAKE THOSE DONATIONS.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN OR MAYBE DIDN'T SEE, BUT I HAVE A BUNCH OF BAGS NEAR ME BECAUSE PEOPLE DID COME THROUGH AND I TOLD THEM TO MEET ME HERE AT TODAY'S COUNCIL MEETING TO MAKE THEIR DONATIONS.
I DO HAVE A FEW BAGS, AND I'M EXPECTING TO HAVE A FEW MORE BAGS OF THINGS OF NON-PERISHABLE ITEMS, PERSONAL HYGIENE ITEMS, ETC SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THAT DONATION TO THE LEO PANTRY.
I WOULD SAY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN MAKING A DONATION TO THE LEO PANTRY THROUGH CASI, TO JUST PLEASE EMAIL US AT CASI.LAVERNE.ORG,
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AND WE'LL HAPPILY COORDINATE A PICK-UP OR A DROP-OFF SO THAT WE CAN TAKE YOUR DONATIONS TO THE LEO PANTRY. THANK YOU.>> THANK YOU, YVONNE, APPRECIATE THAT.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WISH TO SPEAK? RAYMOND. EVENING.
I WASN'T REALLY GOING TO SPEAK, BUT THERE'S BEEN ENOUGH TALK TONIGHT ABOUT SAFETY, FIRE, AND THOSE THINGS SO THIS IS A LITTLE PREMATURE, BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON WHAT WE CALL OUR RUSTIC CANYON FIREWISE COMMUNITY.
THEN I'M THINKING 6-8 WEEKS FROM NOW, WE WOULD REALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE TO THE COUNCIL ON WHAT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO DO.
BUT AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A DEFINED GEOGRAPHY THAT THE COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATION THAT FOLLOWS A CERTAIN SET OF REQUIREMENTS TO DO ASSESSMENTS OF OUR OWN COMMUNITY AND THEN PUT TOGETHER A THREE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO MITIGATE WILDFIRES.
THEN WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO HARDEN OUR OWN HOMES AT SOME PERCENTAGE, MEANING AT LEAST 60% OF OUR COMMUNITY MOVE FROM HERE TO HERE TO HERE? WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BEFORE.
I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PROCESS IS MOVING ALONG, HARD WITHOUT AN HOA, TO GET 150 HOUSEHOLDS TOGETHER, SO GETTING THAT COMMUNICATION BASE HAS TAKEN THE TIME TO GET US TO WHERE WE'RE AT.
BUT THINGS ARE MOVING ALONG AND I HOPE TO COME BACK IN 68 WEEKS AND REALLY GIVE YOU SOMETHING GOOD TO TALK ABOUT, BUT IT'S ALL IN SUPPORT OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE FACING US RIGHT NOW WITH WILDFIRES AND JUST FIRE IN GENERAL, AND OUR COLLECTIVE CHALLENGES WITH INSURANCE, THE CALIFORNIA FAIR PLAN, AND THAT STUFF.
>> THANK YOU, RAYMOND. APPRECIATE IT.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. GABALDON.
>> A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM TONIGHT, JUST LISTENING.
I WASN'T REALLY PLANNING TO SPEAK BUT I THINK THERE'S A BIG MISS IN APPROVING THE GENERAL PLAN.
I'M GOING TO RESTATE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT MY WIFE SAID THAT HAS BEEN STATED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A DEADLINE AND EVERYBODY'S GOT TO PLAY BY THE RULES THAT THEY HAVE TO PLAY WITH BUT THAT FAIRPLEX DEVELOPMENT IS SERIOUS.
I DON'T FEEL THE COUNCIL HAS PROVIDED THE GUIDANCE TO ANYBODY ON STAFF TO REALLY SERIOUSLY CONSIDER, WHAT IF THAT HAPPENED.
IF 10,000 UNITS DO GO IN THERE, WHICH WAS STATED BY THEM, NOT JUST PEOPLE COMING UP WITH A NUMBER, WHAT DOES THAT REALLY DO TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN LA VERNE? IT NOT BEING CONSIDERED IN THE GENERAL PLAN OR EVEN CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE CALCULUS FOR THE OUTCOMES, IT SEEMS NEGLIGENT.
NEGLIGENT FOR THE COUNCIL, QUITE FRANKLY, ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS, THAT YOU HAVEN'T REALLY CONSIDERED THAT THE MAIN CORRIDOR THAT GOES THROUGH THE CITY, THROUGH TWO MAJOR FREEWAYS, THE 210 AND THE 10, WHAT THAT IMPACT IS.
IT JUST TO ME SEEMS TO BE A GLARING OVERSIGHT CONSIDERING THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE ALONG THAT AREA AND FOOTHILL AT THE INTERSECTION OF FOOTHILL AND WHITE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PART THAT STRUCK ME TONIGHT THE MOST WAS THE RFP.
I DO A LOT OF THAT AND IT'S NOT THE Q&A, WENDY, IT'S THE QUALITY OF THE RFP YOU PUT OUT BECAUSE IT'S DEPENDING ON THE VENDORS TO SOLICIT A BID BASED ON WHAT THEY'RE BEING ASKED TO PROVIDE.
BUT WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IF YOU DIDN'T POSTPONE IT TONIGHT, WAS YOU WOULD JUST GET A WHOLE BUNCH OF OVERRUNS, A WHOLE BUNCH OF UNFORESEEN EXPENSES AND COMPLICATIONS THAT WILL HAVE DELAYED THE IMPLEMENTATION ANYWAY.
I APPRECIATE YOU, TIM AND STEVE FOR YOUR BUSINESS ACUMEN, IN THAT THE QUALITY OF THAT RFP HAS TO BE THERE, OTHERWISE, TRYING TO PUT IN A CAMERA SYSTEM THAT ISN'T GOING TO WORK FOR SOME OTHER REASON, WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN A WASTE OF MONEY.
ADDITIONALLY, I HEARD IN THAT COMMENT THAT CELL TECHNOLOGY IS BEING CONSIDERED IN OTHERS.
IN THE SCENARIO WHERE THERE'S AN EARTHQUAKE, CAMERAS AREN'T GOING TO WORK IF WI-FI GOES DOWN IF CELLULAR GOES DOWN.
IT'S COMMON SENSE STUFF, AND I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNDER CRUNCHES TO GET THAT DONE BUT I REALLY STRESS TO KEN,
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WHO I ALSO AGREE DOES A GOOD JOB AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN VERY OPEN AND TRANSPARENT AND RESPONSIVE TO ME WHEN I DID ASK QUESTIONS.I HAVEN'T BEEN AS MUCH OF A BUSYBODY LATELY, BUT I REALLY FEEL THAT THE QUALITY OF THAT RFP IS GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON THE OUTCOMES THAT YOU GET.
I THINK I'D LIKE TO REITERATE THAT I FEEL THE COMMUNITY DESERVES MAYBE AN UPDATE FROM THE FIRE CHIEF TO THE COMMUNITY ON HOW IT IS THAT WE ARE PREPARED OR NOT PREPARED.
BECAUSE PACIFIC PALISADES AND ALTADENA, AND ALL THOSE POOR PEOPLE, WHATEVER 12,000-13,000 HOMES, PEOPLE COMPLETELY DISPLACED, WE ARE IN AN EQUALLY, IF NOT MORE DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT.
AT LEAST A LOT OF THE FOLKS, MY FRIENDS, NORTH OF BASELINE. IT CAN HAPPEN.
IT'S NOT A JOKE, AND I FEEL LIKE THE FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING PROACTIVELY, I FEEL LIKE THEY NEED THE COMMUNITY TO BE A LITTLE MORE SELF-AWARE OF WHERE WE SIT IN OUR TOPOGRAPHY, OUR GEOGRAPHY, OUR RISK.
WHAT WOULD WE DO AS A COMMUNITY? WHEN YOU MENTIONED GENERATORS EARLIER, I KNOW I WAS OFFERING MY EXTRA GENERATORS TO PEOPLE UP THERE IF THEY WANTED THEM, SOME PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW.
BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT REALLY, AS A COMMUNITY, AS WELL PREPARED AS WE SHOULD BE FOR WHAT THAT DISASTER REVEALED IS WHOLLY POSSIBLE UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS.
ANYWAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? [NOISE] CYNTHIA.
>> JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE ANALYSIS ON THE RFP THAT A FEW OF YOU SAID, THAT IS EXACTLY THE SAME ANALYSIS THAT WE DESERVE AS RESIDENTS ON THE EIR AND THIS GENERAL PLAN.
I'M ALSO GOING TO SAY, AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHO IT IS, BUT THERE'S VARIOUS STAFF AND CONSULTING STAFF THAT HAVE BEEN VERY DISMISSIVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WHEN I ACTUALLY WENT THROUGH ALL THE COMMENT LETTERS, IT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT THE RESIDENTS WHO SPOKE UP, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM, IT SAID, THERE IS NO ISSUE.
YOU GUYS KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING THIS STUFF A LONG TIME.
THAT REALLY IS UNACCEPTABLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THESE CONSULTANTS, THEY DON'T LIVE HERE.
LEGAL DOESN'T LIVE HERE, SOME OF THE STAFF DOESN'T LIVE HERE.
WE LIVE HERE. IN PARTICULAR FOR THAT NOISE ISSUE, AND I ASKED THEM AGAIN.
THEY SHINED IT ON AGAIN, BUT THAT LOCATION NUMBER 3 IS ON THE OTHER END OF TOWN.
THERE IS NOTHING IN THE AMHERST NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONLY THE AMHERST NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AT THIS TIME HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY THREE DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT THE FREEWAYS AND WHATEVER'S EXISTING.
WE NEED TO BE TAKEN MUCH MORE SERIOUSLY, AND IT'S VERY INTERESTING THAT THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE FOR THIS RFP, WHICH I ABSOLUTELY AGREE, IT'S A BIG ISSUE AND YOU'VE GOT TO DO THAT RIGHT.
BUT THAT'S THE TYPE OF QUESTIONING THAT YOU AS THE ELECTED, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AS APPOINTED BY YOU, SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
IT WOULD NOT HAVE HURT ANYBODY TO POSTPONE THIS ONE MORE MONTH AND WE COULD HAVE HAD SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE AFFECTED ANYTHING. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MS. GABALDON. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANITA?
>> WHEN THE RFP PROCESS IS BEING CONDUCTED, THAT IF THE NECESSARY PARTIES ARE ALL IN ATTENDANCE.
AS CODY ATTESTS THAT HE CANNOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF IT, HE'S AN ENGINEER, WELL, THEN WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHOEVER IS IN CHARGE OF IT IS ALSO IN THAT MEETING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PROCESSING THE BID FOR IF AND WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THE PROPER PEOPLE ARE PRESENT TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS TO MAKE IT FAIR. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING UP THE DAIS. COUNCILMEMBER LAU.
[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
>> IT'S BEEN A LONG NIGHT, SO BEAR WITH ME.
JUST REAL QUICK, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT WITH THE BEGINNING OF EACH NEW YEAR, WE HAVE NEW LAWS THAT GO INTO EFFECT.
IF YOU ARE NOT FOLLOWING LVPD ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA OR IN OTHER PLACES, THEY DID HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR NEW LAWS THAT WENT INTO EFFECT, JANUARY 1, WHICH IS DAY-LIGHTING, WHICH IS BASICALLY NO PARKING WITHIN 20 FEET OF ANY CROSSWALK OR 15 FEET AT CROSSWALKS WITH CURB EXTENSIONS.
THERE WILL BE WARNINGS INITIALLY AND THEN CITATIONS, BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD REMINDER THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH NEW YEAR, THERE'S ALWAYS NEW THINGS THAT COME ABOUT.
LVPD IS A SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR SOME OF THAT, SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE TAKING A LOOK.
I KNOW THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT CAME UP DURING OUR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MEETING THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEK RIGHT BEFORE I GOT REALLY SICK.
[LAUGHTER] FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN WITH US FOR THE LONG HAUL SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING,
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YOU DID HEAR FROM TRI-CITY, THERE IS A COMMUNITY FORUM THAT IS TAKING PLACE NEXT WEDNESDAY.THIS IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE THIS DOES TALK ABOUT HOW OUR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE PROVIDED NOT ONLY TO LA VERNE BUT TO CLAREMONT AND POMONA.
I WOULD URGE THAT RESIDENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED, PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING.
YOU CAN EITHER ATTEND IN PERSON FROM 5:30-7:00 PM.
AT THE ALEXANDER HUGHES COMMUNITY CENTER IN CLAREMONT, BUT THERE'S ALSO AVAILABILITY VIA ZOOM IF YOU'D LIKE TO PARTICIPATE.
AS WAS MENTIONED REALLY BRIEFLY BY OUR TRI-CITY REPRESENTATIVE, IT IS TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR MHSA MONIES WILL BE USED.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, I WOULD URGE YOU TO ATTEND.
>> GETTING ON DAY OF SERVICE AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SOME OF THEIR FOLKS HAVE BROUGHT UP.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR ASKED, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR OTHERS? THAT'S ONE OF LIFE'S MOST PERSISTENT AND URGENT QUESTIONS".
I'M REALLY PROUD TO BE IN A COMMUNITY WHERE I THINK OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ASK THAT ROUTINELY.
I KNOW THAT ULV DID THEIR DAY OF SERVICE OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL, AND DEDICATED TIME AT THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY GARDEN, WHICH SUPPORTS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE.
THE LUGWOD CENTER FOR SPIRITUALITY, CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT DID A LOT OF REFLECTIVE EXERCISES ABOUT MLK AND HIS WORKS.
DID A ROCK PAINTING. THEY DID AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY OF MLK, WISDOM, AND THEY ALSO DID A CANDLE LIGHTING TODAY.
I WILL ALSO PIGGYBACK A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YVONNE BROUGHT UP EARLIER, AND CASSIE OVER THE WEEKEND IN ON MLK DAY ALSO DONATED BOOKS TO THE LITTLE LIBRARIES THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
I CANNOT BE DISCOUNTED HOW MUCH READING IS A VITAL PART OF LEARNING AND EXPERIENCING SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
I REALLY APPLAUD, I THINK THE 15 OR SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT CAME TOGETHER, TO WALK THROUGH THE CITY STREETS TO FILL UP THESE LITTLE LIBRARIES.
I LOVE ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUTTING THE LITTLE LIBRARIES OUT BECAUSE IT'S ON YOUR PROPERTY OR IT'S ON YOUR STREET AND YOU'VE GOT EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT, EVERYONE'S CUTE, SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST IN LIGHT OF ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE WILDFIRES.
I MEAN, YOU'VE HEARD FROM SO MANY PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WHILE WE WERE LUCKY THIS TIME TO BE INCONVENIENCED AND NOT DISPLACED.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT JUST TO REMEMBER, HOW QUICKLY THINGS CAN CHANGE.
THINKING ABOUT PREPAREDNESS, BUT ALSO JUST WANTING TO BE VERY THANKFUL AND GRATEFUL TO OUR STAFF, FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS, EVERYBODY, FOR ALL OF YOUR PATIENTS AND ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU. I KNOW MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE THAT WE ARE IN MUTUAL AID AGREEMENTS AND WE SEND OUT OUR FIREFIGHTERS OUT TO THESE DIFFERENT FIRES.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE SEND OUT OUR POLICE TO HELP EVACUATE PEOPLE OUT OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT NEED EVACUATION.
THAT'S ON TOP OF THE NORMAL DAY JOBS THAT THESE PEOPLE DO FOR US EVERY DAY WITHIN OUR CITY, TAKING MEDICAL CALLS, TAKING CALLS ON CRIME OR WHATEVER ELSE IS HAPPENING HERE.
I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THAT.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR CITY STAFF.
WHEN PEOPLE ARE SCARED AND WHEN PEOPLE ARE FREAKED OUT, SOMETIMES THOSE EMOTIONS COME OUT IN A NEGATIVE WAY, AND OUR STAFF HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT KIND.
I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE INTO THE CITY ASKING FOR THEIR POWER TO BE TURNED BACK ON OR FOR THIS AND THAT TO HAPPEN, AND FOR OUR STAFF TO BE SO POLITE, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THEIR OWN FAMILIES LOSING HOMES, EVEN IN THE FACE OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL TRAUMAS, I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO.
THANK YOU. I ALSO WANTED TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO A COUPLE OF OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, IF YOU AREN'T AWARE.
AGAIN, I AM JUST REALLY MOVED BY THE PEOPLE ON OUR COMMUNITY.
IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH LA VERNE BREWING COMPANY, THEY ARE ONE OF THE BREWERIES THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO WE LOVE LA BEER.
A NUMBER OF BREWERIES ARE BREWING A SPECIAL BEER TO BENEFIT THE UNITED WAY OF GREATER LA FOR THE WILDFIRE RELIEF FUND.
EASY WAY TO BUILD COMMUNITY, GO HAVE A BEER AND RAISE SOME MONEY FOR SOME VICTIMS. RECOVERY LAB, IF YOU AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH WHERE RECOVERY LAB IS, IT'S OVER IN THE SHOW GUN PARKING LOT.
IT'S BY WHERE THE STARBUCKS USED TO BE, BUT THEY ARE OFFERING FREE HYPERBARIC OXYGEN TREATMENTS TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THROUGH THE END OF THIS MONTH.
AS I THANK YOU FOR THEIR WORK.
>> YES, BUT THEY'RE RIGHT BY THE STARBUCKS.
>> WHERE THE COLORING MINE OR WHAT I. SO RIGHT THERE.
CROSSFERN ALSO COLLECTED DONATIONS FROM JANUARY 10TH THROUGH JANUARY 17TH TO AFFECT THOSE THAT WERE DISPLACED BY THE FIRE.
OUR OWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS OFFERED RESOURCES AND INFORMATION FOR FOLKS WHO NEED EXTRA INFORMATION.
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AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO BE REALLY COGNIZANT OF WE LIVE IN A GOOD PLACE WITH GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.AS ALWAYS BE KIND, I HOPE YOU DO NOT GET WHATEVER THE HELL I GOT THAT MAKES ME SOUND LIKE I SMOKE THREE PACKS A DAY.
STAY HEALTHY, STAY SAFE, BE KIND.
>> THANK YOU, COUNSELMAN CROSBY.
>> YES. I WANT TO START FROM TIMING.
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING, I WANT TO THANK CHAD PETERSON.
HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE OUT TO HELP US, AND THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT DIDN'T MAKE IT, AND SO HE WAS CALLED, AND SO HE LEFT HIS HOUSE TO COME DOWN AND HELP OUT AND JUST HIM COMING DOWN AND JUST GIVING BACK TO OUR CITY WHEN WASN'T EXPECTING TO.
I REALLY APPRECIATE CHAD FOR THAT. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS SHOT OUT.
LAST WEEK, COUNCIL MEMBER LOU MYSELF AND MR. DOMER, WE'RE ON THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CALL, AND I KNOW KEN SAID ABOUT IT TODAY.
IF YOU LIVE IN THOSE HIGH AREAS AND THAT YOUR POWER IS GOING TO BE SHUT OFF, BE PREPARED TO BE SHUT OFF.
SOUTHERN EDISON IS GOING TO BE, WATCHING THEIR RISK ASSESSMENT AND SHUTTING THE POWER OFF SO THAT FIRES DON'T HAPPEN.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AREAS AND THOSE LINES THAT THEY MIGHT NOT BE IN THE WINDIEST AREA OR THEY MIGHT NOT BE ALL THE WAY UP ON THE HILL, BUT YOUR LINE IS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SHUTTING OFF.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS CLEAR AND SAID TO EVERYONE.
ON FEBRUARY 14TH, IT'S COMING UP, VALENTINE'S DAY.
THERE IS AN INCLUSION SPECIAL NEEDS, SWEETHEART DANCE.
GO OUT AND YVONNE HAS A GREAT PROGRAM. MAKE SURE YOU OUT THERE.
SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DURING THE WINDSTORM.
THEY WERE THE ONES OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
REALLY CLEANING UP BEFORE THAT MORNING CAME.
OUR POLICE AND FIRE DID A GREAT JOB, A PUBLIC WORKS STEPPED UP AND MADE SURE, BEFORE EVERY ONE WOKE UP THAT THINGS IF A TREE FELL DOWN, IT WAS ALREADY BEING CLEARED AWAY.
REALLY ESPECIALLY THANKS OUT TO THEM.
THEN THIS PAST WEEKEND, I GOT QUITE A FEW PHONE CALLS, I JUST WANT TO BRING UP AN ITEM THAT WAS STARTED FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS FIRST RUNNING FOR CITY COUNCIL.
THAT WAS THE SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE.
SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE WAS REALLY SAID, WOULD YOU EVER CHANGE THE ZONING? AND MY COMMENT WAS NO.
BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE COMING UP WITH THE LA VERNE LUTHERAN, AND IT'S A FOREGONE CONCLUSION THAT ZONING WOULD BE CHANGED.
MY ARGUMENT IS, WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT SIERRA LA VERNE, THAT LA VERNE LUTHERAN IS NOT.
I FEEL IN OUR DISTRICT, DISTRICT 2, THAT WE HAVE BEEN BOMBARDED BY MORE HOMES.
WHY SHOULD WE CHANGE THE ZONING? LEWIS HOLMES BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, AND WHEN THEY FIRST PUT UP FOR SALE, IT WAS SOLD ON THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ZONING WOULD CHANGE.
THEY DIDN'T PRICE IT OUT WITH THE ZONING WHAT IT IS NOW.
IF WE DON'T CHANGE THE ZONING, AND THAT IS A THING THAT WE CAN DO, THEN THEIR PROPERTY VALUE GOES DOWN AND A SCHOOL CAN ACTUALLY GO BACK THERE AND BE THERE.
IT COULD BE PROPERLY PRICED FOR THAT.
MY CALL TO ARMS IS THAT ALL OF OUR PROPERTY AND OPEN SPACES IS WORTH A LOT TO ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
IF WE FEEL THAT ONE PROPERTY, IS SO SPECIAL, WE SHOULD FEEL ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE THAT SPECIAL AND CHANGING OUR ZONING, IT NOT BE A FOREGONE CONCLUSION AND THAT WE SHOULD FIGHT FOR THE ZONING WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. COUNCIL MEMBER, CASSIE.
>> WHAT CAN I SAY ALREADY BEEN SAID BY MY AMAZING COLLEAGUES? YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE GO BACK TO THAT DAY ON CHRISTMAS, I HEARD CHAD WAS RIGHT THERE.
I WAS RIGHT THERE WITH HIM RIGHT WHEN THE AMBULANCE BROKE DOWN.
THANK YOU TALENT CHIEF RUSSELL, WHO CAME TO THE RESCUE MAN.
HE GOT IT BACK UP AND RUNNING.
WE CONTINUED OUR MISSION, HAD A GREAT TIME.
MIGUEL MY OTHER PARTNER WAS IN THE VEHICLE WITH ME.
I PROBABLY JUST THEY WERE GOING TO QUIT BECAUSE I WAS JUST ON THAT MIC SO MUCH.
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BUT WE HAD A GREAT TIME, I LOVE SEEING ALL THE FAMILIES COME OUT AND I JUST REALLY WARMED MY HEART SEE ALL GREAT CITIZENS.OUR NEW YEAR, STARTED OFF A LITTLE ROCKY.
I'M GLAD THAT I WAS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT OUR CITIZENS UP HERE IN NORTH LA VERNE BECAUSE THE WIND I FELT LIKE, IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN ALMOST SAND BLASTED, WHICH I HAVE BEEN SEVERAL TIMES IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
AGAIN, HINT WITH THAT SAND JUST REALLY JUST TOOK ME BACK.
BUT THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU TO THE FIRE.
OUR FIRE CHIEF WAS ON IT, NOTIFYING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, ALL THE INFORMATION WE CAN GET OUT THERE.
WE HAD FIRE CREWS AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW BUT WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT FIRE CREWS OUT THERE.
BOTH HERE PROTECTING OUR HOMETOWN AND GOING OUT THERE.
OUR POLICE OFFICERS THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO MAKE SURE LOOTERS DON'T GET OUT THERE.
SEEING OUR COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER.
I HAVE ONE GENERATOR, SMALL AS IT WAS WITH TWO OUTLETS AND WANT TO SHARE WITH MY ELDERLY NEIGHBORS.
WE HAVE A NEW COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEE WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO FOR OUR GREAT MILITARY.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT SEE, HOPEFULLY WE CAN DO REALLY WELL.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. LOOK FORWARD TO OUR GOOD CITY.
NEW YEAR, NEW US, WE CONTINUE TO PUSH AND WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE OUR CITY, JUST THAT MUCH BETTER.
I LOOK FORWARD TO ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY COMES OUR WAY THAT WE CAN GET SOME FUNDING TO OUR CITY AND I'D LOVE TO GIVE RAISES OUT.
I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MORE, BUDDY.
I GOT YOU FOUR MORE YEARS, GUESS WHAT? THE JOKES KEEP COMING HERE.
FOUR MORE YEARS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE IT, 28?
>> I'LL THINK A 24 AND FOUR MORE.
HOPEFULLY WE GET SOME MORE MONEY FOR OUR CITY. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
>> I KNOW IT'S WAY PAST MY BEDSIDE, TOO. BUT HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? GOD BLESS AMERICA, GOD BLESS CITY ON GOD BLESS ALL YOU GUYS.
>> IT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I APPRECIATE EVERY DEPARTMENT HERE, HELP WITH THE FIRES, HELP WITH CLEANING UP LA VERNE AFTER THE WIND.
CHIEF NICK, REPRESENTED THE CITY SO WELL.
AMAZING. THE CHRISTMAS MORNING AND EXCELLENT DAY.
TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT OFF DIDN'T HAVE THE BAGS OF CANDY.
BUT I THINK BEING ABLE TO GET DOWN EVERY STREET, HAVE SANTA CLAUS COME THROUGH, CONTINUED THE TRADITION.
ALL THE FAMILIES COME OUT, PICKED TOKENS.
IT'S JUST SUCH A LA VERNE, AND I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE CONTINUING IT.
I'M ALSO GLAD CHIEF TO KNOW THAT THE FIRE WISE PROGRAM IS STILL IN PROCESS.
WE MAY NOT HAVE THE DESIGNATION YET.
BUT I'M HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN.
GOING FROM ONE EMERGENCY TO ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IN LA VERNE FOR QUITE SOME TIME?
>> EVERYTHING ELSE BUT LOCUST.
>> BUT FOR OLDER HOMES, LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE NOT BOLTED DOWN TO A FOUNDATION.
THE CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY HAS A PROGRAM TO BOLT THOSE DOWN, AND THEY'RE PROVIDING UP TO $3,000 TO DO THAT.
WE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT PROGRAM ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO.
MY HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1928, AND CONCRETE PILLARS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET IT BOLTED TO THE CONCRETE FOUNDATION. THANKFUL FOR IT.
BUT IT'S A PROGRAM THAT'S STILL IN EFFECT, AND IT'S OPEN RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE EARTHQUAKE RACE AND PROGRAM THROUGH EARTHQUAKE AUTHORITY IN CALIFORNIA, AND THIS GOES AND IT IS OPEN THROUGH FEBRUARY 26TH, 2020 TO GET AN APPLICATION PROCESS.
DISTRICT 1 WHO HAS AN OLDER HOME IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY BOLTED DOWN TO GET THAT TAKEN CARE OF.
BLESS YOU ALL FOR ALL THE WORK YOU'VE DONE FOR
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US THROUGH THIS EMERGENCY SITUATION FOR YOU PEOPLE.>> THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.
I WANT TO SAY TOO THAT I KNOW THERE'S BEEN COMMENTS ABOUT NOT PREPARED.
WE HAVE BASICALLY PUT EMPLOYEES ON IN PLACE.
WE HAVE UP STAFFED OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE MADE SURE THAT OUR WATER STORAGE, HAS UP TO CAPACITY WITH ELECTRIC WITH GENERATORS TO BACKUP.
WE HAD MWD, FILL UP THE RESERVOIR ENOUGH TO GET SNORKELS THROUGH THERE IN CASE WE HAD FIRES IN NORTH LA VERNE, AND THAT T VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT WILL BUY THAT WATER, NO MATTER WHAT'S IN THERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF KEN DOM, THAT'S BECAUSE OF FIRE CHIEF NEG, ALSO, POLICE CHIEF SAM GONZALES.
WE WERE PREPARED FOR WHAT WE COULD HAVE AND WITH OUR MUTUAL AID AUTOMATIC AID AGREEMENTS, THAT WE WOULD HAVE RESOURCES HERE IF WE NEEDED TO, AND WE WOULD BE IN THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO BE.
UTTER DEVASTATION ON THESE OTHER COMMUNITIES, THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THAT.
I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY SAYS, THERE'S NO EXCUSE.
THERE'S PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
PEOPLE LOST ENTIRE GENERATIONS AND LIVES IN AND ALSO BUSINESSES THAT LORD KNOWS HOW WE'RE GOING TO EVER GET OVER THAT AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO REBUILD THAT.
I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF AND THEY'VE DONE AN AMAZING JOB FOR AS PREPARED AS WE CAN BE, AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT IF IT DOES HAPPEN, WE'LL BE PREPARED AS WE CAN WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS.
I THANK THAT TO OUR STAFF FOR HAVING GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH ALL THESE OTHER CITIES.
IT IS TIME TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING.
I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURN. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.