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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING TONIGHT, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3RD AT 6:34PM.
[CALL TO ORDER]
LET'S GO HERE. WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION PREVIOUSLY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT.CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, MR. MAYOR. THERE WERE DIRECTION WAS GIVEN, BUT NO ACTION WAS TAKEN.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PER THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM, ALL SPEAKERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DECORUM AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT INTERRUPTS THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
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 AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME. TONIGHT WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE LIFE SCOUT, EVERARDO PADILLA TO CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US TONIGHT.
MR. PADILLA, PLEASE COME VETERANS AND ALL THOSE IN UNIFORM RENDER SALUTE ALL OTHERS.
PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD STAY STANDING. THANK YOU.
FINE. EVERARDO, IS IT ? NICE TO MEET YOU? HOW YOU DOING? IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME HERE IN FRONT OF US.
GOT THE JITTERS OUT. HOPEFULLY GET YOU BACK NEXT TIME. GOOD FOR YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN TELLING US. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT A LIFE SCOUT IS.
OKAY. A LIFE SCOUT IS THE SECOND HIGHEST RANK IN BOY SCOUTS.
IT'S RIGHT BEFORE EAGLE. IT IS. WHAT'S IT CALLED? THE SECOND HARDEST RANK TO ACHIEVE AND IT REQUIRES, I THINK, TWO AND A HALF YEARS IN SCOUTS TO ACHIEVE.
AND IT'S BEEN A LOT OF FUN GETTING TO IT. YEAH, I'VE BEEN IN SCOUTS FOR, I BELIEVE, SEVEN YEARS NOW.
YES, I AM. THAT'S COMING UP HOPEFULLY IN ABOUT A MONTH OR TWO.
I GO TO SCHOOL AT WALNUT HIGH. I LIVE IN POMONA, TWO MILES AWAY.
THAT'S RIGHT. NICE HAIR. THANK YOU. WHAT ABOUT YOU? YES. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN STATIONS OF THE CROSS RIGHT AT SAINT PAUL'S, POMONA.
MY CHURCH [INAUDIBLE] A LOT OF FUN [INAUDIBLE] . THANK YOU. NEXT MONTH, MR. LOPEZ. RIGHT. THANK YOU.
MR. DOMER. ROLL CALL PLEASE. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
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SIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION.[PRESENTATIONS]
OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS FROM OUR OWN LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT INTRODUCING ITS FIRST FIRE AND ARSON INVESTIGATION PROGRAM.FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS ARE HERE. AND FOR ALL OF YOU THAT WERE ON THESE ASSIGNMENTS, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO ANOTHER ASSIGNMENT, WHICH IS THE SEARCH AND RESCUE, BECAUSE OF THE POSSIBLE FLOODS UP IN THE ALTADENA AREA.
IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'LL BE A PART OF A PRE-STAGE RESCUE TASK FORCE OR I'M SORRY, REGIONAL TASK FORCE WHICH IS A SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM THAT'S PRE-DEPLOYED IN CASE THERE IS ANY TYPE OF EXTREME MUD AND DEBRIS FLOW FROM THE RAINS. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU THAT WERE ON THESE FIRE DEPLOYMENTS.
THESE WERE JUST SOME OF THE MOST, I DON'T KNOW, HELLACIOUS.
I'M JUST GOING TO CALL THEM HELLACIOUS FIRES THAT WE'VE PROBABLY SEEN IN A LONG TIME AND WE'VE HAD COMMUNITIES THAT WERE JUST DECIMATED OVER THIS AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THESE SITUATIONS AND WHY IT HAPPENED LIKE THIS.
BUT I JUST FOR I'M BESIDE MYSELF AND COUNCIL AND OUR CITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
YOU GUYS JUST DID AN AMAZING JOB AND YOU CAME BACK SAFELY.
WE'VE HAD CREWS OUT THERE. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF MYSELF ALSO, ALL OF US THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF ALL OF YOU, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT OVER.
AND WE CONTINUE. SO PLEASE, ALL OF YOU, BE SAFE OUT THERE.
CHIEF NIGG, YOU HAVE THE MIC, SIR. WONDERFUL.
THANK YOU. THAT'S A FAIRLY GOOD SEGUE INTO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE.
IT'S NOT JUST THEM. IT'S ALSO THE ONES THAT ARE COMING IN AND BACKFILLING AND BY AND LARGE, FOR THE LAST, NOT ONLY LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, BUT SEVERAL MONTHS. I MEAN, THIS WHOLE FIRE SEASON HAS BEEN ATROCIOUS, AND IT'S BEEN A LOT FOR EVERY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE.
BUT WITH THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO HAVE THESE LARGE FIRES AND CATASTROPHES RELATED TO WILDFIRES, ETC., SOMEONE'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY START THEM, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT.
BUT ULTIMATELY, FOR ME AS THE FIRE CHIEF I CONSIDER THIS ANOTHER HUGE VICTORY.
FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS TO IDENTIFY CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR.
TO DETECT PATTERNS, AND TO ACCORDINGLY EDUCATE AND ENSURE THAT WE CAN REDUCE THE INSTANCES, INSTANCES OF THOSE FIRES STARTING FOR WHATEVER THOSE REASONS MAY BE.
IN ADDITION TO A NATIONWIDE DATA COLLECTION CENTER, OUR FIRST PROGRAM THAT KEEPS TRACK OF HOW THESE FIRES ARE STARTING AND AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS IT AT THAT LEVEL. SO WITH THAT, THE CITY OF LA VERNE, LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HISTORICALLY AT LEAST NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HAD ITS OWN FIRE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM. AND I'M GOING TO USE FIRE AND ARSON INVESTIGATION SYNONYMOUSLY BECAUSE AS WE APPROACH THE CAUSE AND ORIGIN OF THESE FIRES WE OBVIOUSLY WILL DO OUR BEST TO RULE OUT IF THERE IS ANY NEFARIOUS BEHAVIOR OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THAT'S WHEN WE GET TO HOW THE FIRE STARTED, IF IT WAS ACCIDENTAL.
OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ARE HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF OUR EFFORT, AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WAY THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITHOUT OUR LOSS OF OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS. SO WE DEFINITELY THANK LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF GONZALEZ, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN ABOUT AT LEAST A YEAR COMING, IF NOT LONGER. BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME VERY STRICT STANDARDS THAT WE HAVE TO GO BY.
NOT TO MENTION FRED'S ONGOING TRAINING AND HIS QUALIFICATION AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INVITE UP, INVITE UP FIRE MARSHAL FRED SAINTONGE TO GO AHEAD AND GET INTO THE DETAILS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF OUR BRAND NEW FIRE INVESTIGATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS NOT ONLY GOING TO BENEFIT US, BUT THIS ENTIRE FOOTHILL AND VERDUGO REGION.
THANK YOU CHIEF. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, ATTORNEYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME UP HERE AND SHARE MY PROGRAM WITH YOU.
I DO ALSO THANK PD. THEY'VE BEEN HUGE ROLE IN HELPING ME GET THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
SO I'LL START WITH THAT. MY SLIDE FIRST OF ALL.
NEXT SLIDE IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROGRAM. OKAY.
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BASICALLY OFF OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS. SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS OR SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT THIS WILL ENHANCE, WILL BE ENHANCED IN PUBLIC SAFETY. WHY DOES IT ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY IS THAT IF I HAVE A FIRE THAT HAS LITHIUM ION BATTERIES INVOLVED, AND I HAVE ANOTHER FIRE WITH THE SAME THING. WELL, WE CAN PUSH OUT SOCIAL MEDIA.WE CAN HELP EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ON WHY ARE THESE THINGS BAD OR WHAT WE COULD DO TO FIX THAT PROBLEM.
REDUCING THE RISK FOR FIRES. THAT'S KIND OF SELF EXPLANATORY AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS.
AND WE WORK WITH THEM TO FOLLOW UP, TO PUT THAT PERSON AWAY.
WHAT GIVES ME THE AUTHORITY? THE AUTHORITY COMES FROM THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE.
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, THE PCA 33. 7A IS WHAT GIVES ME THAT AUTHORITY.
SO THAT WILL GIVE ME THE ABILITY TO DO MY JOB AND FINISH IT AT THE COMPLETION OF IT.
MY IN-ROLE MY ROLE AS THE INVESTIGATOR IS PART DETECTIVE, SCIENTIST, LAW ENFORCEMENT.
EVERYONE THAT I MET AND INCLUDING SOME OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED ME, HOW DO YOU GO INTO A BUILDING AND FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSES FIRE? SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE QUICK SNAPSHOT. SO IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A FIRE OVER THE WEEKEND AND IT'S TAKEN ME SEVEN HOURS TO DO THE INVESTIGATION. START WITH ON SATURDAY. GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
THAT'S ME IN THE PICTURE THERE. I HAVE TO USE WHAT'S CALLED THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD.
AND THIS IS ON THE SIDE HERE. IT TELLS ME I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM.
I GOT TO TEST IT TO COME TO THE ULTIMATE CONCLUSION OF WHAT STARTED THIS FIRE.
WHETHER IT'S CRIMINAL, WHETHER IT'S ACCIDENTAL, NATURALLY CAUSED.
I MEAN, I'M SEVEN HOURS INTO THIS FIRE THIS WEEKEND, AND I'VE ALREADY WORKED TWO HOURS TODAY ON IT.
AND I STILL HAVE TO WRITE A REPORT THAT TAKES 4 TO 6 HOURS BEHIND IT.
SO ON THAT NEXT SLIDE IS THE WHAT WHAT IT TAKES TO DO THE PROCESS.
I ARRIVE ON SCENE AND I HAVE THE EXTERIOR OF THE HOUSE.
I HAVE TO DO A FULL 360. I GOT TO DOCUMENT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD.
I GOT TO LOOK FOR SIGNS, THINGS THAT COULD BE IN THE BUSHES, THINGS ON THE WALLS, THE BURN PATTERNS ON THE WINDOWS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. AND THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE INTO WHAT'S CALLED THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THAT FIRE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I'LL START FROM THE UNBURNED TO THE BURNED, AND THEN I'LL WALK INTO ALL THESE DIFFERENT ROOMS. AND I DOCUMENT THAT ANYWHERE FROM SMOKE PATTERNS TO BURN PATTERNS, JUST TO GET THE PATTERNS OF WHERE THAT FIRE ORIGINATED FROM.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT HERE, THERE'S A PICTURE OF A BACKYARD.
AND IT HAD LIKE A TRELLIS. IT HAD A PATIO COVER.
IT WAS ALL, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MANGLED, BEAT UP, YOU NAME IT.
RIGHT. ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF IT, YOU SEE IT ALL DUG OUT.
THAT TOOK OVER SIX HOURS JUST TO DUG OUT THAT PARTICULAR FIRE.
SO I HAVE TO RECREATE THE SCENE. SO YOU SEE THE MESS ON THE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
I HAVE TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CAUSED THAT FIRE.
IT WAS IN MY CITY. WE FOUND ON THE ROAD AT 4:00 IN THE MORNING AT AN OLD CITY I USED TO WORK FOR.
AND IT WAS TORCHED FROM THE BACK SIDE OF THE CAR.
SO IT WASN'T AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. IT WAS TORCHED.
SO WE LOOKED FOR BURN PATTERNS THAT WILL INDICATE THAT.
AND THAT WILL HELP ME FIGURE OUT WHETHER THIS FIRE AND HOW THIS FIRE STARTED.
SO JUST IN THE PROCESS OF ALL THIS, I MEAN, I'VE SHOWED YOU GUYS THE PICTURES OF ONE ON THE INSIDE, THE OUTSIDE. AND THEN THIS PART DOESN'T SHOW YOU THAT I HAVE TO DO ALL THE WITNESS STATEMENTS THAT CORRESPOND WITH THIS IN DIFFERENT THINGS IN THAT SENSE.
SOMETIMES I HAVE VIDEO FOOTAGE, SOMETIMES I DON'T.
SO AND THEN THAT'S THE ANALOGY FOR THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRE.
ALL FIRES HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND ARTICULATED.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE CONDITIONS OF THE AGENCY. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN PLACE.
OTHERWISE, THEY DON'T HAVE A FIRE. SO ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT IS. EVERYBODY SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE.
MAYBE I'M OUTDATING MYSELF HERE TOO. OH. SO, BACKDRAFT.
AND THEN I ALSO LIKE TO THANK A SPECIAL PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY.
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NAME IS CHRIS BENNETT. HE BASICALLY BEEN THE ARSON INVESTIGATOR FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.SO PRIOR TO ME COMING ON BOARD HERE, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THE PROCESS WAS, BUT VERY QUICKLY, INVESTIGATOR BENNETT WAS KIND ENOUGH TO COME OVER AND DO A BASIC FIRE INVESTIGATION OR CAUSE AND ORIGIN TRAINING WITH ALL OF OUR CAPTAINS. SO, IF IT'S NOT A COMPLEX FIRE, SOMETHING DOESN'T INVOLVE INJURY OR FATALITY OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT.
TYPICALLY, OUR COMPANY CAPTAINS WILL DO THEIR BEST TO DETERMINE CAUSE AND ORIGIN.
UNLESS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS MORE SERIOUS AND THAT'S WHY WE ENGAGE OUR INVESTIGATOR. AT THE END OF THE DAY WHATEVER IS DETERMINED FROM THESE FIRES GETS PUT INTO REPORTS. RIGHT. AND WHETHER THAT LEADS TO CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OR SOME TYPE OF CIVIL CASE YOU KNOW, THE FIRE THAT WE HAD OVER THE WEEKEND THERE WAS INJURIES INVOLVED AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMPLEXITIES THAT ARE GOING TO COME OUT FROM THE YEARS TO COME ARE PRETTY INTENSE, RIGHT? SO THIS JUST FURTHER PROFESSIONALIZES OUR DEPARTMENT AND IT'S ANOTHER VALUE THAT WE BROUGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.
SO PRIOR TO THAT WHEN WE DID HAVE COMPLEX CASES, WE WERE ENGAGING WEST COVINA FIRE.
SO I DO WANT TO ARTICULATE MY APPRECIATION FOR WEST COVINA FIRE AND INVESTIGATOR BENNETT.
WE WERE USING HIM HEAVILY AND FORTUNATELY, THEY DID NOT SEND US THE BILL FOR THAT.
BUT WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO THAT POINT, SO WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT WE HAVE OUR OWN INVESTIGATOR NOW.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU GUYS WOULDN'T MIND, WE'D LIKE TO CAPTURE ONE LARGE PHOTO WITH OUR DEPARTMENT, AND THE FIRST TIME THE PUBLIC HAS SEEN OUR BRAND NEW PROGRAM.
THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. STAY SAFE.
[INAUDIBLE]. I LIKE IT. THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. REMEMBER WHAT I SAID? ANY ISSUES, LET ME KNOW. WE KNOW THEM ALL OVER THERE.
WASN'T JUST OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, BUT IT WAS ALSO OUR PUBLIC WORKS.
IT WAS ALSO OUR POLICE. IT WAS ALSO ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
WE HAD TO CLOSE PARKS DOWN. IT WAS ALSO OUR FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
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AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF PAPERWORK FOR CHRISTIE'S DEPARTMENT.BUT AGAIN, ALL HANDS ON DECK. EVERYBODY DID AN AMAZING JOB.
WE ADDRESSED OUR FIRE STATIONS BEING UP STAFFED.
WE ADDRESSED OUR WATER STORAGE FACILITIES BEING PREPARED.
WE ADDRESSED OUR LIVE OAK RESERVOIR WITH MWD AND THREE VALLEYS TO PUT WATER IN OUR RESERVOIR, JUST IN CASE THERE WAS A PROBLEM IN NORTH LA VERNE, LA VERNE AND ALL OF LA VERNE BUT NORTH LA VERNE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THE FACT IT'S A HIGH FIRE ZONE. SO WE'RE NOT OUT OF THE WOODS. THIS IS GOING TO CONTINUE, AND WE NEED TO PREPARE.
SO ANYWAY, WITH THAT, I THANK YOU AGAIN. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY, MR. AUSTIN. BLESSED. I DID IT RIGHT. YEAH. IS THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY.
WAS UNABLE TO BE WITH US TONIGHT, BUT WE WILL INTRODUCE HIM AT ONE OF OUR NEXT MEETINGS.
I WAS ON A PLANE FROM SACRAMENTO, AND REMY WAS ON THE PLANE.
YEAH, YEAH. HE WAS. HE'S GOT A QUITE A BIG JOB.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]
BEFORE WE DIVE INTO UPCOMING EVENTS, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO RECOGNIZE THAT FEBRUARY IS NATIONALLY OBSERVED AS AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH, A TIME TO HONOR THE INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS TO OUR NATION.THE LA VERNE LIBRARY IS HOSTING A VARIETY OF VARIETY OF PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, AND WILL FORMALLY COMMEMORATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH A PROCLAMATION AT THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'D LIKE TO SPEAKING OF THAT, WE WILL CALL UP ADRIAN ROMERO, OUR LA VERNE LIBRARIAN.
HI. HE'S ON FIRE TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW EVENTS. AND LIKE YOU SAID, FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, WE'RE HOLDING EVENTS CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACK HISTORY MONTH. FOR ADULTS. WE'LL BE HOLDING AN EVENT ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH AT 12 TO LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY AND IMPACT OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF SLEEPING CAR PORTERS, WHICH SHEDS LIGHT ON THE WAY LABOR UNIONS AND POLITICIANS WORK TOGETHER AND HOW WORKERS ARE TREATED AND VIEWED.
AND FOR CHILDREN AGES 6 TO 12, WE HAVE A PROGRAM ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH AT FIVE CELEBRATING THE INVENTION OF AUTOMATIC ELEVATOR DOORS BY ALEXANDER MYLES. DURING THIS PROGRAM, CHILDREN WILL LEARN ABOUT ALEXANDER MYLES AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO SAFETY, AND THEN KIDS WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR OWN PULLEY SYSTEM.
AND FOR AGES 13 TO 17, WE HAVE A PROGRAM ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20TH 20TH AT 4:00 WHERE TEENS CAN LEARN ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT OTHER TEENS MADE DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT OF THE 50S AND 60S.
AFTER THE PRESENTATION, TEENS CAN ALSO MAKE A POSTER CELEBRATING A CAUSE THEY FEEL STRONGLY ABOUT AND AS PART OF OUR SMART START PROGRAM, WE'LL BE HOLDING A PROGRAM FOR TODDLERS AGES 1 TO 5 ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND AT 11.
DURING THIS PROGRAM, A PERFORMER BY THE NAME OF IWALANI I HOPE I PRONOUNCED THAT RIGHT WILL TEACH ABOUT SNARE DRUMS, BUCKET DRUMMING, AND INDIGENOUS INDIGENOUS DRUMMING TECHNIQUES AND SO THAT'S HOW WE'LL BE CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN AND BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. WE ALSO HAVE IT'S THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF LA VERNE LIBRARY COMING UP.
IS THAT CORRECT, MR. DAHMER, OR WAS THAT GOOD INFORMATION OR.
WE HAD SENT THAT TO KATHRYN BARGER'S OFFICE. I THINK IT WAS 40TH.
YEAH, WELL, I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AS WELL. I, A RESIDENT, HAD CALLED ME UP AND THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY PUSHED THE LIBRARY, BUT.
AND BROUGHT IT IN AND THEY BUILT THE LIBRARY HERE.
BUT IT'S BEEN I THINK IT'S THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY.
PROBABLY THIS ONE AT THIS ONE. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW.
KATHY KULUSIC LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. YEAH, THAT'S COOL. OH, YEAH. I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT TOO.
THEN EVERYTHING SHE HAS IS FOR SALE. YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
BUT REMEMBER ANYTHING? WELL, IT'S ALL DONATIONS BECAUSE WE ARE ALL VOLUNTEER.
ART LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
AND ALL PROCEEDS GO INTO OUR REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING.
NEXT PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON IS GETTING A BED ON THAT TRUCK, SO IT'S READY.
WE CAN HAVE PEOPLE IN IT FOR 4TH OF JULY. THE GOAL IS TO GET IT DONE BEFORE 4TH OF JULY.
SO ANYTHING WE DO, THE JAMS AND JELLIES THAT SHERRY MAKES.
I HAVE TO TRY THE PLUM JELLY. I JUST BOUGHT SOME, SO THAT'S TOMORROW MORNING. IT'S FANTASTIC.
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YOU WILL LOVE IT. I LOVE PLUMS AND. WELL, I'LL START WITH.SO THE JACKETS I MADE, THESE, THEY ARE MADE TO ORDER.
SO I HAVE TO ORDER THE JACKETS. AND THEN WE GET THE LOGOS ON THEM.
OH, THERE YOU GO. SO IF IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, COME SEE ME.
IT'S 30, $35 ALTOGETHER. AND IF WE CAN DO, LIKE, A DEPOSIT OF 15 IS GOOD, SO I CAN GET THE JACKET ORDERED, AND THEN I GET IT OVER TO THE PRINTER, AND I WENT WITH BLACK, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PROBABLY ORDER ALMOST ANY COLOR YOU WANT TO DO LIKE THAT.
THAT'S GOOD. SO SHOWS. THAT SHOWS THE EMBLEMS. NICE. EXACTLY, I AGREE. ANYWAYS, WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP SATURDAY STARTING AT THREE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SCREENING WAYNE'S WORLD TWO.
YOU MAY ASK, WHY ARE WE SCREENING WAYNE'S WORLD TWO? BECAUSE MANY OF THE PIVOTAL SCENES WERE FILMED HERE IN LA VERNE.
AND THERE'S A REALLY FUN NOD TO THE GRADUATE.
FROM BEFORE. BECAUSE AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.
SO COME JOIN US. IT'S SILLY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO THINK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE SEEN WAYNE'S WORLD ONE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT THAT COMPLEX.
BUT BUT YES, IT IS. DEPENDING IF YOU HAVE ALCOHOL ON BOARD.
WELL, WE WON'T HAVE THAT, YOU KNOW. BRING YOUR FLASK, YOU KNOW.
NICE BIG POCKETS HERE. NO. JUST KIDDING. BUT ANYWAY, SO IT WILL BE AT THE UNLV ARTS AND COMMUNICATION BUILDING WHICH IS ON THE CORNER OF D AND ARROW, KIND OF AROUND THAT AREA AND THERE'S STREET PARKING OR YOU CAN PARK IN THE PARKING STRUCTURE FOR $4. THE FILM IS RATED PG 13, SO ACT ACCORDINGLY.
BUT IT IS FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. WE MAY HAVE SOME JAMS AND JELLY THERE THAT YOU KNOW, YOU CAN MIGHT BE OBTAIN FOR YOU KNOW, DONATION. WHAT ABOUT THOSE MEMBERSHIPS AND THAT THAT WAS THE NEXT THING.
SO WE ARE IT IS MEMBERS. THANK YOU. IT IS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE TIME BECAUSE IT IS 2025.
SO RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP, JOIN. SHERRY DOES MAGNIFICENT NEWSLETTERS.
ARE JUST WONDERFUL NEWSLETTERS. IT'S JUST SO MUCH IT IS.
SO THE LIFETIME IS 200, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THAT'S TOO MUCH AND YOU'D RATHER DO BITE SIZE, THEY'RE ONLY 20 AND 25 FOR A FAMILY, 20 FOR INDIVIDUAL AND TEN FOR STUDENTS. SO I THINK THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THAT. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YVONNE. TOMORROW NIGHT. NO. GOOD EVENING. YEAH.
CATHY'S SWEATSHIRT IS PRETTY COOL. I GOTTA GET ME ONE, TOO.
I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE WILL BE HAVING A CULTURAL AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION MEETING TOMORROW, 5PM AT THE CITRUS ROOM AT HILLCREST. I INVITE ANYONE AND EVERYONE TO COME.
WE ARE ALL WELCOMING. I ALSO FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO REMEMBER AND KEEP IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR MINDS THAT WE ARE A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY AND THAT WE SHOULD BE ALL WELCOMING AND REALLY YOU KNOW, AMPLIFY THAT BY BECOMING A PART OF. CASSIE AND MAKING SURE THAT WE KEEP EVERYBODY RESPONSIBLE AND KIND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE? ANNOUNCEMENTS. I'M JUST GOING TO DO A REAL QUICK ONE.
AND BASICALLY IT JUST BASICALLY GOES OVER CITY MANAGER'S MESSAGES.
ALSO CITY NUMBERS AS FAR AS THE NUMBERS OF THE, OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS AND WHAT WE DO.
WE DID A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA OVER THIS. I KNOW THAT CHIEF NIGG IS, YOU KNOW, THE READY, SET, GO PROGRAM. WE ARE IN A HIGH FIRE ZONE. SO AND WITH EMERGENCIES AND ALL THESE THINGS GOING ON THAT YOU SHOULD BE READY.
I MEAN, WE WERE HOOKING UP GENERATORS AND OUR NEIGHBORS THAT HAD THEY WERE IN BOXES.
YOU WANT TO HAVE THOSE GENERATORS READY TO GO? YOU WANT TO HAVE THEM GASSED UP WITH THE OIL IN THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY'RE RUNNING. YOU WANT TO TEST THEM ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH OUTSIDE IN A WELL VENTILATED AREA. MAKE SURE YOUR EXTENSION CORDS ARE THICK AND BIG AND NOT CUT, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE WATER RESOURCES. FOOD.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FLASHLIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT. WE THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN.
OUR POWER OUTAGES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, ESPECIALLY WITH EDISON ON THIS LAST ONE.
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WHAT'S THE OTHER CIRCUIT THROUGH? AVENIDA YEAH.AND SO AVENIDA IS FIRST, WHICH IS WHICH [INAUDIBLE].
FOX GLEN. THAT FOX GLEN IN SAN DIMAS, THAT'S THE FIRST ONE TO GO OFF.
SECOND ONE IS BRYDEN, WHICH IS US IN NORTH LA VERNE, BASICALLY SOUTH AND NORTH ON GOLDEN HILLS, BASICALLY ALL THE WAY AROUND TO THE TIP OF THE DOWNWARD SLIDE OF ESPERANZA.
JUST SEEMS JUST A OUTLANDERS, [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S WHY LAST TIME I PARKED THE RV IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE, WE'LL JUST STAY THE NIGHT. BUT I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, THIS IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO GO AWAY, AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED FOR. SO ANYWAY, THIS MONTHLY NEWSLETTER IT'S VERY IMPORTANT YOU CAN FIND IT.
IT'S GOT TONS OF INFORMATION ON IT, BUT IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE, SO FEEL FREE AND THERE'S ALWAYS, I THINK, COPIES HERE AT THE CITY. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. DOMER? IS THIS ALWAYS COPIES HERE IF YOU STOP BY.
BUT IT'S ONLINE FOR SURE. SO COUNCIL ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS SAY TO THE OKAY WITH THAT.
[CONSENT CALENDAR]
REQUEST. SEPARATE DISCUSSION. COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY REQUESTS TO PULL AN ITEM FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR? WE NO? THE CITY MANAGER DOMER? ANY REQUEST? THERE WERE NONE, SIR.DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND VOTE, PLEASE? THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS APPROVED FOUR ZERO. MOVED BY COUNCIL.
KASHFALGHITA. SECONDED BY LAU WITH CROSBY AS ABSENT.
THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS]
TONIGHT THERE IS ONLY ONE PUBLIC HEARING AND IS A DETERMINATION OF THE CEQA EXEMPTION AND ADOPTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO IMPLEMENT HOUSING ELEMENT POLICIES, GENERAL PLAN UPDATES AND OTHER CHANGES. CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER REPORTING ON THIS ITEM.HE GOT IT RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL FORMALLY ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS TO THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN AND TITLE 18 OF OUR MUNICIPAL CODE CHANGES THAT WERE INITIALLY IMPLEMENTED THROUGH THE URGENCY ORDINANCE THAT WAS ADOPTED A FEW MONTHS AGO.
THESE UPDATES ARE CRITICAL TO ENSURING OUR CONTINUED COMPLIANCE WITH VARIOUS STATE HOUSING LAWS, SUPPORTING OUR HOUSING ELEMENT PROGRAMS, AND ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN AREA.
ASHLEY AND HER TEAM HAVE BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN PREPARING THESE UPDATES, AND SHE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH ALL OF THE COMPONENTS OF THESE, THIS ORDINANCE. WELCOME, ASHLEY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME THIS EVENING. SO, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AND CANDICE MENTIONED, WE, THE CITY OF LA VERNE, ADOPTED THEIR HOUSING ELEMENT NOVEMBER 2022.
THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE EIR ACTUALLY WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL THIS MONTH.
EARLIER OR I'M SORRY, IN JANUARY OF 2024. STATE LAW DOES REQUIRE THAT CITIES ADOPT A ZONING ORDINANCE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH ITS GENERAL PLAN. AND THIS IS THE FIRST OF SEVERAL ORDINANCES THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BEFORE YOU TO IMPLEMENT KEY HOUSING PROGRAMS AND GENERAL PLAN ACTIONS.
SO THE HOUSING ELEMENT WAS CERTIFIED BY HCD IN 2022.
THE HOUSING ELEMENT IMPLEMENTATION INCLUDED ADDING NEW DEFINITIONS TO THE ZONING CODE, INCLUDING BOTH EMPLOYEE AS WELL AS EMPLOYEE HOUSING IN AN AGRICULTURAL ZONE. FAMILY, LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTER AND UNLICENSED GROUP HOMES.
IT ALSO ADDS AN EXEMPTION FROM PRECISE PLAN REVIEW FOR MULTIFAMILY AND MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WHICH MUST STILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS IN THE AG ZONE.
THE REASON WE SEPARATED OUT EMPLOYEE HOUSING AND AG ZONE AND EMPLOYEE HOUSING IS THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS AND PERMITTING PROCEDURES, SO THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE DEFINITIONS AND TWO SEPARATE USES IN THE ZONING CODE.
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THE ZONING CODE UPDATE ALSO CHANGES GUEST HOUSES, SECOND UNITS AND HOUSING FOR AGRICULTURAL UNITS TO NO LONGER NEED A CUP, AND IT AMENDS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN MULTIFAMILY AND CLUSTERED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOR BUILDING HEIGHT AND LOT COVERAGE.ADDITIONALLY, IT ADDS LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSINGS TO PERMITTED USES IN THE CBD ZONE AND WITHIN CERTAIN SPECIFIC PLAN AREAS. IT PROVIDES PROVISIONS FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AS WELL AS LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTERS, AND AMENDS PARKING REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICALLY FOR EMERGENCY SHELTERS.
THE ADDS SEVERAL NEW CHAPTERS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE FIRST ONE IS A HOUSING ELEMENT SITES OVERLAY ZONE.
THIS WAS PREVIOUSLY ADOPTED AS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE BY CITY COUNCIL.
IT ALSO INCLUDES A NEW CHAPTER FOR THE DENSITY BONUS.
IT ACTUALLY REPEALED THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER AND INCORPORATES AND ADOPTS IT TO UPDATE IT TO STATE LAW.
IT CREATED A NEW CHAPTER FOR SPECIAL HOUSING APPLICATIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR PRELIMINARY APPLICATIONS AND MINISTERIAL STREAMLINED APPROVAL PROCESSES, AND THEN ADOPTS AN OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT ARE USED FOR MULTIFAMILY AND RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE PROJECTS ONLY.
THE GENERAL FOR GENERAL PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. IT AMENDED THE PRECISE PLAN FINDINGS SPECIFICALLY TO CONSIDER PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ACCESS AND AMENITIES, AND AMENDS THE CHAPTER 18.74 RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT AND TRIP REDUCTION MEASURES.
IT ENSURED THAT THERE ARE SUFFICIENT SITES TO MEET CITY'S ARENA AND THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS.
JUST RE-ADOPTS THIS PROVISION THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE URGENCY ORDINANCE.
PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED CERTIFICATION AND THE CITY COUNCIL LAST MONTH CERTIFIED THE EIR.
THIS IS ALSO EXEMPT UNDER CEQA AS A COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION.
THIS IS ALL PROCEDURES AND POLICY AND WILL NOT CHANGE ANYTHING IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND IN FACT, THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT. PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS ITEM AND HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON JANUARY 8TH LAST MONTH AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL. I WILL LET CANDACE CLOSE THIS UP.
SECTION ONE FIVE, 061, SECTION B THREE AND TWO INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF THE ORDINANCE TITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE SPECIFIC PLAN AND AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSING ELEMENT POLICIES AND OTHER UPDATES TO COMPLY WITH STATE LAW AND TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?
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ITEM SEVEN WAS APPROVED FOUR ZERO, WITH CROSBY BEING ABSENT.JOHNSON MAKING THE MOTION AND SECONDED BY LAU.
MAN. SORRY, GUYS. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO START THE MEETING OVER COMPLETELY.
HERE'S ONE. BRING THE FLAGS TO THE BACK, PLEASE.
[OTHER MATTERS]
RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS NATURAL GAS FURNACES AND WATER HEATERS.CITY MANAGER, WOULD YOU PLEASE GIVE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THIS RESOLUTION? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO AHEAD. I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY FOR YOU TO GIVE IT.
OKAY. WE RECEIVED WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO THAT THE AQMD WAS PASSING THESE TWO RESOLUTIONS, WHICH BASICALLY HAD RESIDENTIAL WATER HEATERS, FURNACES TO GO ALL ELECTRIC.
AND SO WITH THAT AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER RESOLUTION WAS DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH WOULD BE ALL ELECTRIC COOKING APPLIANCES, ELECTRIC POOL HEATERS. ALL OF THESE. AND THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENT.
WE GOT A HOLD OF THIS. I ALSO GOT A HOLD OF A NUMBER OF PEOPLE TALK TO MR. DOMER, AND WE DECIDED THAT AND ALSO I GOT ON THE MEETING WITH THE AQMD, AND THEY PUSHED IT OUT TILL MAY OR JUNE BECAUSE THEY HAD SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO THIS. AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS IS, IS THAT AFTER OUR LAST POWER OUTAGES, THE ONLY THING WE HAD THAT WORKED WAS GAS. NOW THE BASIS OF THIS IS THE TOXICITY OF GAS.
BUT IT'S SO MINUTE WITH THE GAS THAT GIVES OFF BY OUR STOVES AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND OUR FURNACES.
SO WE, ALONG WITH THE COG, DECIDED THAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY PUT A LETTER OF OPPOSITION.
I SPOKE AT THE MEETING ON THE COMMITTEE AND TOLD THEM THAT THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT THE LOWER SOCIO ECONOMIC COMMUNITY TREMENDOUSLY FOR THE SIMPLE FACT THAT ONE ELECTRIC WATER HEATER AND ONE ELECTRIC FORCED AIR UNIT.
YOUR PANELS, YOUR ELECTRICAL PANELS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO UPGRADE THEM. YOU'RE TALKING 3 TO $5000 FOR PANEL UPGRADES.
YOU'RE TALKING THE APPLIANCES ARE ASTRONOMICALLY MORE EXPENSIVE AND THEY HAVE THESE INCENTIVES.
AQMD AND ALL THIS, WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS AND THAT AND IT'S LIKE, NO, HOW ABOUT YOU? YOU KNOW, MY STANCE IS AS WE GO FORWARD, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS TONIGHT.
PASSED TO SAY NO, YOU NEED TO RECALCULATE THIS.
MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE IF YOU WANT TO GO TO ELECTRIC, THAT'S FINE.
OTHERWISE YOU KEEP GAS. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST TRYING TO TELL US TO DO SOMETHING WITH REALLY NOT THINKING OUT WHAT THE IMPLICATIONS AND ALL THE RAMIFICATIONS ARE TO THE RESIDENTIAL USER. I MEAN, IT'S GREAT.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THE SIERRA CLUB, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT WE NEED TOLEAVE A CLEAN LIFE.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S LIKE TELLING EVERYBODY YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTRIC CAR.
WELL, NO YOU DON'T. FIRST OF ALL, THE GRID WON'T SUPPORT IT.
SO IT'S LIKE ANYWAY, DID THAT. IS THAT A LONG STORY SHORT? SO WE'RE PUTTING THIS RESOLUTION FORWARD TO SAY WE OPPOSE THIS.
AND IF YOU WANT TO DO THIS, THAT'S FINE. IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A MORE CLEAN USER, THE PROBLEM IS WITH ELECTRIFICATION AND OUR GRID RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH POWER IN THE GRID TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING SO THAT.
MR. DOMER? ANY OTHER. EXCELLENT JOB SIR. THAT'S IT.
OKAY. I'M COMING. THAT'S NEXT. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
SURE. PLEASE. OKAY. JUST A. I BELIEVE THAT THE BEST THING TO DO WOULD BE AS PEOPLE NEED TO REPLACE THEIR WATER OR NEED TO REPLACE A CERTAIN ITEM. THAT'S THE TIME.
I'VE OVER THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS. TEN YEARS AGO, I PUT IN A NEW 200 AMP PANEL PUT IN SOLAR.
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A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I'VE GONE PRETTY MUCH ELECTRIC WITH EVERYTHING.MY GAS BILL IS NOW $5 A MONTH. ON THE AVERAGE PLAN.
I ALMOST USE NO GAS, BUT I HAVE IT. I HAVE THE BATTERY BACKUP AND IT WORKS OUT GREAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE WAY TO DO IT. I AGREE WITH THAT 100%.
I THINK NEW HOMES SHOULD MAYBE HAVE TO DO IT.
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME. AND YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING SNOWBALL WHEN IT'S NOT READY TO GO, YOU KNOW? SO I AGREE THAT THERE SHOULD BE A DELAY IN THAT, AND THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THAT FOR MOST OF THE NEW HOMES NOW HAVE REGULATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE SOLAR, THE ABILITY TO HAVE ELECTRIC VEHICLES, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE CONDUITS, ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE FOR THAT FUTURE PURPOSE.
BUT THE TIME WILL COME, BUT IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO OVERNIGHT AND SAY, THAT'S IT.
AGREED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, YOU CAN COME ON UP, SIR.
WITH REGARD TO THE POWER ADEQUACY THING, HAS ANYBODY ADDRESSED THIS CONCERN TO THE CALIFORNIA INDEPENDENT SYSTEM OPERATOR UP IN FOLSOM? THAT'S HIS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AMPLE ELECTRICITY.
SO THERE'S SOME MANAGEMENT ISSUES THAT ARE AT ISSUE HERE.
AND YOU COULD PROBABLY ENLIGHTEN THEM A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH I APPRECIATE THAT. PROPANE GENERATOR. NO.
NATURAL GAS GENERATOR. THAT'S EVEN BETTER. [INAUDIBLE].
I'VE GOT A BETTER ONE. A TRI FUEL GENERATOR. IT GIVES GAS, PROPANE OR NATURAL.
AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT. AND I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.
THAT IS AMAZING. YOU KNOW, WE GOT. OKAY. WE'RE DONE.
WE'RE DONE. I'M SORRY. WHO'S GOT THE BIGGER GENERATOR? THANK YOU. OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS. ANY COMMENTS? I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
I THINK YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S THE FACT OF, YOU KNOW, INTENTIONS AND EXECUTION, RIGHT? I THINK THE INTENTION IS A GOOD ONE. THE EXECUTION IS NOT WELL THOUGHT OUT IN TERMS OF HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THE LOCAL RESIDENT? HOW IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES, ETC..
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION AND PUTTING IT ON THE AGENDA.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, MR. JOHNSON? I'M FOR THIS MOTION.
I THINK THAT RESIDENTS SHOULD BE ABLE TO DECIDE IF THEY WANT AN ELECTRIC STOVE TOP.
THAT'S FINE. IF THEY WANT A GAS STOVE TOP, THAT SHOULD BE THEIR CHOICE.
I LIKE THE IDEA THAT NOTHING IS BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US.
THE ABILITY TO HAVE A GUEST. [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU. OKAY? WITH THAT. I THINK THAT I NEED A MOTION.
MOTION? SECOND. VOTE, PLEASE. MOTION BY COUNCIL KASHIFALGHITA, SECONDED BY LAU IS APPROVED.
FOUR ZERO, WITH CROSBY BEING ABSENT. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION TOO.
[PUBLIC COMMENTS]
COUNCIL ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.HOWEVER, YOUR CONCERNS MAY REFER TO STAFF OR PLACE FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.
I HAVE ONE FOR JIM. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MR. MAYOR. COMMISSIONERS. THANKS FOR LENDING YOUR HERE FOR A FEW SECONDS.
I WANTED TO BRING UP A SPECIFIC INTERCONNECTION INTERSECTION.
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WHEELER AVENUE AND VARIETY OF ROAD. I'VE LIVED THERE SINCE 1993, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE TRAFFIC HAS EVOLVED. THERE'S A THING IN TRAFFIC REFERRED TO AS OVERDRIVING. YOUR HEADLIGHTS WHEN YOU'RE, YOU CAN'T SEE FAR ENOUGH AHEAD TO STOP IN THAT DISTANCE AT THE SPEED, YOUR SPEED, YOU'RE TRAVELING SOMEWHAT ANALOGOUS WITH PEOPLE COMING UP WHEELER AROUND THE CURVE BY THE OAKS SCHOOL THERE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT PERSONALLY, I'VE HAD A COUPLE CLOSE CALLS TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN OFF OF VILLA ARROYO WHEN THE WHEELER GOING SOUTH.PEOPLE ARE COMING UP THERE. YOU PUT POLICE CARS OUT AND THINGS IN THE PAST TO TRY AND SLOW THEM DOWN, BUT IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK AND THEY'RE GOING SO FAST.
I CAN'T GET AROUND THE CORNER ON THE WHEELER IN TIME, AND I'M AFRAID WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A T-BONE, A T INTERSECTION, A T, I'M SORRY. WITH SOMEBODY COMING UP THERE HITTING A VEHICLE COMING ACROSS THE STREET.
ALSO, I WOULD POINT OUT THAT ANYBODY LIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHATEVER THAT'S ON FOOT THAT WANTS TO GO TO MILLS PARK HAS TO GO. IF THEY'RE ON FOOT WITH CHILDREN, THEY WILL HAVE TO WALK ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SCHOOL, CROSS AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, WALK BACK UP TO THE PARK AND REVERSE THAT.
THEY DON'T DO IT. THEY RUN ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH ADDS TO THE HAZARD AND RISK THERE.
I'VE DONE IT MYSELF. SO YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS.
MAYBE A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WHICH NOBODY WOULD REALLY LIKE, I'M SURE.
THE OTHER THING, IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO MENTION, IS WE'RE BEING OVERRUN BY ELECTRIC BIKES, AND THESE THINGS GO 20, 25 MILES AN HOUR. I'VE SEEN THEM DO IT ON THE SIDEWALK COMING UP.
AND THEY DON'T FOLLOW TRAFFIC RULES. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO.
NOW, I CAN ALSO. FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, I'LL MENTION THE CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH HAS LONG HAD RULES AND TICKETS FOR REGULAR BICYCLES DOWN THERE? PERHAPS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO SEND A MESSAGE.
YOU GOT TO FOLLOW TRAFFIC LAWS . YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO.
SOMEDAY. THEY SHOULD HAVE A LICENSE TO DRIVE THOSE THINGS AT THAT SPEED ANYWAY.
SO I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD REQUEST THE COMMISSION TO THE COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO, CONSIDER TRAFFIC LIGHT OR SOMETHING BETTER IF YOU HAVE IT.
AND SOME DEALING WITH THOSE ELECTRIC BIKES, THEY JUST ARE TOTALLY OUT OF CONTROL.
AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE RIDING THEM THAT TALL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? KATHY CUSACK, THIRD STREET.
SO LAST COUNCIL MEETING WAS SUPER LONG, SO I HAD SOME COMMENTS TO MAKE, BUT I WAS LIKE, YEAH, I'M NOT MAKING ANY. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT.
I'M WONDERING IF WE CAN MAKE A FEW CHANGES. WE CAN TALK ABOUT THIS OVER THE YEAR.
AND A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE, LIKE, MY HUSBAND HAD TO WORK CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE CHURCH.
HE GOT HOME ABOUT 12:30. I WAS UP WITH, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY WENT TO BED AT 1:30 THAT 7AM.
WAKE UP CALL. JUST WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH THAT FOREVER.
SO COUPLE IDEAS AND I KNOW THIS ONE'S A HARD ONE, BUT IF WE COULD START NOW OR LATER.
BUT WE, YOU KNOW, COULD WE START AN HOUR LATER OR COULD WE POSSIBLY ROTATE, YOU KNOW, HOW WE HAD THE SECTION THAT WE WERE IN AND WE WERE THE SEVEN EIGHT? WE'RE ALWAYS THE 7AM FOR 32 YEARS.
IT'S LIKE NO. BUT ANYWAY, IF WE ROTATE, YOU KNOW, NEXT YEAR WE STARTED EIGHT AND THE OTHER PEOPLE START AT SEVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK WITH SANTA. SO YES.
SO WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT AND I KNOW FOR ME, YOU KNOW, I WAS, YOU KNOW, OLD LADY OUT THERE, WHATEVER, YOU KNOW. SO I GOT A MERRY CHRISTMAS.
THAT WAS COOL. THE GUY WITH THE SUN, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN REALLY NICE IF THEY WOULD HAVE JUST STOPPED.
SO THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN A QUICK SNAP AND THEN MOVED ON.
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I KNOW IT'S HARD BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE CRAMMING A LOT IN.SO ANYWAY, JUST JUST SOME, SOME TWEAKS ON THAT.
MY ONLY OTHER COMMENT LAST MEETING, WE HAD THREE PEOPLE THAT SPOKE IN PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEY TALKED ABOUT ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, AND IT WAS ALREADY AN EXCRUCIATING LONG MEETING, AND I WANTED TO STAND UP AND GO.
SO IF WE COULD JUST MAKE SURE WE REIN THAT IN NEXT TIME, BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT ANYWAY? SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.
CATHY. ANYONE ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? COME ON UP.
THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IN A YEAR THAT I'VE COME HERE TO DISCUSS THE TRAIN NOISE THAT WE HAVE WITH THE HORNS BLOWING 4:30 IN THE MORNING, 11:30 AT NIGHT AND ALL THE TIME.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS SOMETHING WAS BEING DONE ABOUT MY NEW UNDERSTANDING IS NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE.
NOT A SINGLE PIECE OF PAPER HAS BEEN MOVED TO GET THIS DONE AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED ACCORDING TO THE TRAINS SYSTEM, THAT YOU CAN HAVE A QUIET ZONE IF YOU HAVE ARMS THAT COME DOWN, THE LIGHTS THAT FLASH, AND THE RINGING BELLS WHICH WE HAVE AT EVERY NEW INTERSECTION ON THE NEW RAILROAD TRAIN, PLUS THE EXISTING TRACK HAS ALL THAT.
SO WHEN THE NEW TRAINS START TO COME AND WE HAVE TWO TIMES MORE TRAINS GOING DOWN ALL THE TIME, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE UP HERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE KIND OF ANGRY ABOUT THAT, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT THEY COULD HAVE STARTED IT NOW AND HAD IT SOLVED BEFORE THE NEW TRAINS EVEN STARTED.
INSTEAD OF WAITING, AND I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT GOING OUT AND STARTING PETITIONS.
I MEAN, I COULD GO DOWNTOWN LA VERNE OLD DOWNTOWN.
I'M SURE I COULD GET 10,000 SIGNATURES REAL EASY.
THAT'S HELL ON THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE DOWN THERE. AND SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE. I MEAN, WE NO LONGER HAVE CATTLE CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS, AND THERE'S NO WAY FOR KIDS TO REALLY GET ON THERE.
THANK YOU. YOU'VE GOT EARS ON IT. SO. HOPE SO.
WE'LL CHECK IT OUT. ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. IF YOU COULD PROVIDE ME YOUR NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS AFTERWARDS.
THERE YOU GO. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
BRING IT UP TO PAZ. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. I'M GOING FAST.
[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
JUST REALLY QUICKLY JUST WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE CAPTAIN TIBBETTS HAD HIS BADGE PINNING LAST WEEK.AND SO ALTHOUGH HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR A LITTLE BIT, JUST WANTED TO OFFICIALLY, OFFICIALLY, OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT MET HIM, PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO GET TO KNOW HIM.
HIM AND HIS FAMILY ARE AWESOME MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO WELCOME. AND THEN JUST A COUPLE THINGS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT YOU KNOW, TAKE THE TIME TO EDUCATE YOURSELVES ABOUT DIFFERENT POPULATIONS IN OUR SOCIETY THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED.
THERE ARE SOME REALLY AMAZING HUMANS OUT THERE.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY. PAY SOME HOMAGE TO THAT.
AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST LUNAR NEW YEAR STARTED LAST WEEK.
SO HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAVE A GOOD WEEK. THIS IS A MUCH SHORTER MEETING SO FAR THAN LAST WEEK, SO YAY! SO. BUT THANK YOU. AND BE KIND TO EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL OUR AMAZING STAFF THAT CONTINUE TO SEE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WORKING DAY IN AND DAY OUT, NOT TO ONLY HAVE PROVIDE PUBLIC SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT THOSE PUBLIC WORKS FOLKS THAT YOU SEE TAKING BRANCHES OFF OR WORKING DOWN ON ESPERANZA, YOU KNOW, CLEANING AND SWEEPING OUT THAT AREA.
THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AS THE RAIN IS COMING DOWN, LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING BE COMING DOWN PRETTY HARD AND I KNOW WE NEED THE RAIN. IT'S JUST NOT ALL AT ONCE. SO JUST FOR THOSE WHO REALLY BE CAUTIOUS IN AND AROUND CERTAIN FLOOD AREAS THERE COULD BE A POTENTIAL.
BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE LAST TIME I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY WAS MENTIONING, IT'S ON FEBRUARY 14TH.
THAT'S GOING TO BE ON FEBRUARY 14TH. AND THEN AT FEBRUARY 10TH, WE HAVE THAT SENIOR MATINEE,
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SENIOR MOVIE MATINEE AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER AT 12:30. SO LOOKS LIKE A GREAT TIME FOR OUR COMMUNITY.SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU CAN FIND THOSE AT THE BACK OF THE AGENDA. ABSOLUTELY.
THE PACKET COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. YOU FORGOT SOMETHING.
YES. I'M SORRY. JUST A SHAMELESS PLUG. IT IS GIRL SCOUT COOKIE TIME.
SO IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE GIRL SCOUT COOKIE, I WILL ALSO PLUG SHAMELESSLY PRINCIPAL PLANNER CANDACE'S CHILDREN WHO CAN BE YOUR COOKIE DEALERS. IF YOU THINK THAT WAS SHAMELESS, I THINK IT WAS JUST A PLUG. OKAY.
CAN YOU HAVE YOU HAVE LIKE, CAN YOU SCAN CREDIT CARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? TOMORROW. TOMORROW. OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE NOTHING TO ADD TONIGHT.
OH, THE LAST MEETING YOU, YOU ALL HAD SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT EVERYTHING.
I'M DYING OVER HERE, AND YOU GUYS ARE JUST HAVING A GREAT OLD TIME.
I'D LIKE TO DO. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS MIGHT BE A LONG TIME, SO HOLD BACK IN YOUR CHAIRS HERE.
NO. ACTUALLY, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO PUBLIC WORKS.
I'VE BEEN THROUGH MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOODS LATELY, AND THEY'RE STILL FALLEN TREES AND DEBRIS AND STUFF THAT THEY HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO, SO I JUST SAY THAT KUDOS TO OUR DEPARTMENT AND HOW QUICKLY THEY CLEANED UP OUR STREETS.
CLEANED UP THE TREES THAT FELL. THEY DID AN AMAZING JOB.
SO KUDOS TO THAT. ALSO KUDOS TO COUNCIL MEMBER CASH.
I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE SWEARING IN OF CAPTAIN TIBBETTS.
I WAS IN SACRAMENTO WITH THE VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
BUT YOU DIDN'T. I HEARD NOTHING BUT ACCOLADES OF A GREAT JOB.
YOU DID SO. AND DON'T TALK ANYMORE ABOUT IT. OKAY, WE'RE DONE WITH THAT.
AND SPEAKING ABOUT SACRAMENTO, I WAS IN SACRAMENTO.
WE VISITED PROBABLY EIGHT OUT OF THE NINE BETWEEN SENATORS AND ASSEMBLY MEMBERS.
THROUGH THAT ENCOMPASSED THE WHOLE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, THROUGH ALL THE CITIES.
AND THE THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE RECEPTION OF ART AS FAR AS THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS IS TREMENDOUS BECAUSE WE DO SUCH A GREAT JOB WITH THE HOMELESS OUTREACH. BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THE CITIES LIKE US AND LIKE OUR DEPARTMENTS WORK SO WELL WITH THEM.
AND THEY'VE GOT AN UNBELIEVABLE REPUTATION, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN SECURE FUNDING FOR THAT.
ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT WE DID WAS TALK ABOUT CONTINUING THE FUNDING FOR THE FIRE PROGRAMS. THE COG PUTS THEM ON, BUT ALSO WITH CHIEF NIG AND FIREWISE PROGRAMS AND DEFENSIBLE SPACE AND BEING READY.
AND THEIR EARS WERE VERY PERKED UP AND A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THAT, BECAUSE THIS LAST DEVASTATION THAT HAPPENED IS IT'S REALLY ECHOING LOUDLY ON EVERYWHERE. AND I WILL BE GOING IN MARCH TO DC TO VISIT OUR FEDERAL ELECTEDS. SO AND AGAIN, OUR REPUTATION WITH OUR POLICE, OUR FIRE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE REGION, THROUGH THE COG AND ALL THESE OTHER ONES IS WELL RESPECTED.
AND ALREADY THEY'RE ALREADY JUST LOVING WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND AGAIN, KEEP YOUR MONEY. LOCAL SHOP, LOCAL.
EAT LOCAL. GAS UP LOCAL. JUST KEEP YOUR TAX DOLLARS HERE.
WITH THAT, OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING IS WE DON'T HAVE ONE.
SO IT'S NOT ON HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH AT 6:30 P.M.
OR 5:30, PROBABLY 5:30PM. WE'LL HAVE A CLOSED SESSION.
THE MEETING WILL BE AT 6:30PM FOR A STUDY SESSION.
WITH THAT WE ARE ADJOURNING AT 7:38PM. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.