Oct 07, 2019 City Council

LET'S CALL LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER IF WE CAN ALL PLEASE RISE TOGETHER

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[4. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

YEAH. HI. I'M LOOKING AT THE CAMERA NOW. BUT IF YOU LOOK RIGHT AT THE CAMERA YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO THAT EITHER RIGHT. JUST KIND OF OFF TO THE SIDE. I WOULDN'T KNOW. SO TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. THE FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER WITH A PRESENTATION BY MICHAEL RED CARS IN LOS ANGELES AND HOPEFULLY OUT TO THE EAST IN THE LA VERNE AREA. MICHAEL'S A WONDERFUL SPEAKER SHOULD BE A GREAT PRESENTATION AND THEN FOR THE FIRST TIME WE ARE SPONSORING AN HISTORICAL SOCIETY CEMETERY TOUR. SO WE'RE GONNA BE AT LA VERNE CEMETERY ON OCTOBER THE 20TH. THAT'S A SUNDAY FROM 1 UNTIL 3:00 IN THE AFTERNOON. AND WE WOULD LOVE YOU TO COME GET SOME HISTORY ON THE VARIOUS PEOPLE BURIED AT THE LA VERNE CEMETERY. THIS WILL BE A FUN EVENT. WE HAVE DOCENTS FOR REPRESENTING ALL THE CONSTITUENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE DOCENTS WILL BE COSTUMED AND THEY'RE GOING TO TELL THE STORY SO COME GET A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON AT THE LA VERNE CEMETERY ENJOY SOME APPLE CIDER AND DONUTS AND ENJOY JUST ENJOY A LITTLE HISTORY LESSON ON US. IT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN. I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT SEE YOU LATER. THANK YOU SHERRY. I THINK I'VE KNOCKED EVERYTHING OFF THE PODIUM. SHERRY.

YES. THE RED CAR TALK IS GOING TO BE AT HILLCREST IN THE MAIN ROOM? NO IT'LL BE AT THE MAURY SMELTZER LOUNGE WHICH IS TO THE SIDE AND IF YOU NEED DIRECTIONS ABOUT THAT I'M HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT IT. THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT AT THE MEETING HOUSE BECAUSE HILLCREST IS HAVING ITS COUNTRY FAIR ON THE 12TH AND I DON'T THINK THEY THINK THEY CAN GET IT ALL PUT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN BY THE 14TH. SO THAT'S WHY THEY MOVED US BUT THERE WE WILL BE AT I'LL LET YOU KNOW I'LL PUT SOME HANDOUTS ON THE SIDE FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED HANDOUTS. THANK YOU. THE PACIFIC RED CAR WHICH WENT OUT IN THE EARLY 50S AND THEY'RE SPENDING BILLIONS TO RECREATE IT TODAY CALLED THE GOLD LINE. SO OK NEXT IS TOM NOLAN. TOM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE I'M TOM NOLAN FROM HOLY NAME OF MARY PARISH OVER IN SAN DIMAS. I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN TWIN OAKS PARK OF LA VERNE. WE HAVE AN EVENT COMING UP AND WE'RE INVITING EVERYONE TO IT'S CALLED CELEBRATE CREATION DAY AND I HAVE THE CITY HAVE ALL BEEN INVITED I HAVE NASA, JPL SPEAKERS COMING CLIMATE SCIENTISTS. I HAVE SEVERAL CHURCHES INVOLVED I HAVE SEVERAL ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS INVOLVED SCHOOL CHILDREN WE'LL BE DOING PROJECTS IT'S GOING TO BE A FULL DAY AT HOLY NAME OF OR HALF DAY AT HOLY NAME OF MARY PARISH IN THE  MORNING FROM 8:00 UNTIL 12:00 AND I THINK YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS IF NOT I CAN GET THE ADDRESS TO YOU BUT I'VE ASKED THE CITY THAT TO HELP AND THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL.

I'VE SPOKEN TO SEVERAL OF YOU ABOUT IT ALREADY AND WE'RE NOT. I WAS HOPING TO GET A SPEAKER BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO. BUT IF WE COULD PROMOTE IT AND HELP HELP TO GET THE WORD OUT TO PEOPLE AND I CAN HAVE A BOOTH THERE AT THE CITY EVEN THOUGH IT'S UNMANNED I'D BE GLAD TO DISPLAY WHAT THE CITY IS DOING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ON THE CITY WEB SITE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT ALSO. BUT IF THERE'S A WAY TO HELP POPULARIZE IT THAT'S MY PROBLEM RIGHT NOW IS HOW DO I GET PEOPLE TO COME TO IT. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE CITY CAN DO ABOUT THAT IF ANYTHING BUT I'M TRYING MY HARDEST TO GET IT GOING IF I CAN. THANK YOU TOM VERY MUCH WE'LL DO EVERYTHING WE CAN. TOM THERE'S A OR FOR   ANYBODY THAT DOESN'T KNOW TOM IS A LA VERNE RESIDENT AND WORKS FOR JPL SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? THANK YOU MAYOR. HUGH KELLY

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YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEB SITE LAVERNECANINEFOUNDATION.ORG. WE ARE A 501C3 AND I WOULD PUBLICLY LIKE TO THANK ROBIN THE MAYOR AND TIM FOR HELPING US AT THE 4TH OF JULY. WE KICKED OFF A NICE LITTLE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO START THE KITTY BUT WE NEED ABOUT 80 THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A CAR AND DOG WITH TRAINING. SO FOR TWO DOGS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS. AND IF BECAUSE THEN OFFICERS PAIRED WITH THE DOG AND THEY WORK AS A TEAM YOU CAN'T PUT THE DOG WITH SOMEBODY ELSE. SO IF YOU HAVE ONE DOG YOU HAVE ONE SHIFT SO YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT AN OFFICER AND OVER TIME LUCKILY YOU DON'T PAY THE DOG. BUT THAT'S THE DEAL WITH THAT. SECONDLY, I HAVE A SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT FIELD OF VALOR IS COMING AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU REMEMBER THAT COVINA ROTARY DOES A FIELD OF VALOR. THIS IS OUR EIGHTH YEAR AND HOW WE'RE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER FLAG FIELDS IN OUR VALLEY IS WE RAISE MONEY SOLELY SOLELY FOR THE SUPPORT OF OUR MILITARY. SO EVERY PENNY WE RAISE HELPS OUR MILITARY OR OUR VETERANS AND OUR VETERANS I SHOULD SAY WE HAVE TAKEN FIVE VETERANS OUT OF THE [INAUDIBLE]CANYON WITH THE HELP WITH THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION. YOU PROBABLY READ IN THAT PAPER COVINA HAD A RESET. WE TOOK TWO VETERANS OFF THE STREET DURING THAT RESET. SO WE ARE VERY EFFECTIVE. WE WORK WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOCAL CITIES WE'VE HELPED MANY MANY VETERANS FROM LA VERNE AND I DID BRING FLIERS. SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT BENEFITS THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION WILL BE ON THE FIELD ON VETERANS DAY AND THEY WILL HAVE THEIR VETERAN COORDINATORS, VETERAN BENEFIT COORDINATORS ON THE FIELD WITH THEIR LAPTOPS. SO ANYBODY THAT NEEDS HELP OR HAS A QUESTION OF WHAT TO DO OR WHERE TO GO THEY CAN HELP YOU. THANK YOU LINDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. LINDA. WHAT'S THE FOUNDATION LA VERNE CANINE. CANINE WITHOUT A DASH FOUNDATION. LAVERNECANINEFOUNDATION.ORG AND IF YOU WANT TO DO A CHECK DONATION YOU CAN DELIVER IT TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A MAILBOX THERE. EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT AFFILIATED THEY WERE ALLOWED US TO DO THAT. GOOD.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE A CANINE OFFICER. JOSH YOU HAD A CANINE. YES. SO WITH MAVERICK.

SO THIS IS RIGHT UP YOUR ALLEY. THANK YOU LINDA FOR LEADING THIS CHARGE. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? OK WE'LL MOVE TO CONSENT. I AM FIVE. A MOTION PLEASE.

[5. CONSENT CALENDAR]

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LET'S GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THE REMAINDER. VOTE PLEASE. OKAY. ITEM A CITY COUNCIL MINUTES.

[Items 5A - 5C & 5E 1]

[a. City Council Minutes]

[b. Register of Audited Demands]

[c. Approval of Assignment of Agreement for City Attorney Legal Services]

[e. Resolution (s) passage and adoption recommended as follows:]

OKAY. OKAY. ITEM B THE [INAUDIBLE] AND BASICALLY IT'S QUESTIONS THAT HOPEFULLY I DON'T HAVE TO ASK IN THE FUTURE WHICH I'M SURE WOULD BE GREAT. ITEM NUMBER OR EXCUSE ME CHECK NUMBER 1 4 8 1 3 1. SO IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE A LIST OF THESE AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU LATER. I JUST HAVE 3. OK GOOD. SO IF SOMEBODY CAN JUST TELL ME WHO IS CDCE, HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR ONE. YEAH. IT JUST LETS US GIVE US THE THE DEMANDS AND THEN. OK. ITEM NUMBER 18 OR  EXCUSE ME 1 4 8 1 3 1 AMOUNT IS ONE HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY SEVEN DOLLARS NINETY ONE CENTS TO A COMPANY CALLED CDCE. HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. ITEM NUMBER CHECK NUMBER 1 4 8 2 8 9 FOR ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO [INAUDIBLE]  HOMES OF CALIFORNIA. THAT'S SURPRISING I THOUGHT WE HAD A LAWSUIT PENDING WITH THEM. AND THEN LASTLY I'VE SEEN SMALL AMOUNTS TO THIS COMPANY ITEM CHECK NUMBER 1 4 8 3 2 9 FOR ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN THOUSAND SEVENTY DOLLARS TO LAI  ENFORCEMENT AND I'VE SEEN MANY CHECKS GOING TO THEM FOR RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNTS BUT THIS ONE'S A PRETTY GOOD SIZED ONE.

ANYBODY CAN YOU SHARE WHO LAI IS? WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU. I CAN GET BACK ON ONE OF THEM BECAUSE I KNOW IT, BUT THE OTHER TWO I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU. THAT'S ON THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS ASSOCIATED TO A DEPOSIT THAT THEY PAID FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE OLD ROAD SHOULD WE HAVE NEEDED IT WHILE THE  CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW [INAUDIBLE] HOW AND WHEN. IT'LL BE SOON. AND IF YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE WARNING WE CAN GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. SO WHEN YOU. WELL QUITE FRANKLY I'M SURPRISED SOMEBODY DOESN'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO A HUNDRED AND SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLAR CHECK. I WANT TO CONFIRM THE ACCURACY OF THE ANSWER AND NOT GUESS SO I WILL GET YOU AN ACCURATE ANSWER AND I PROBABLY WILL BE ABLE TO  GET BACK TO YOU TOMORROW. OK. THANK YOU. ITEM C.

ADDRESSED HERE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS AND YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S FOR. SO I'M SORRY THAT.

WELL IF YOU DO KNOW WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER.

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HOUSING APPROVALS? THE ACTUAL PROJECT IS TO ALLOW FOR ONLINE APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS AND TO DIGITIZE THE RECORDS THAT WE HAVE. SO IT'S NOT ABOUT CREATING A LOT OF HOUSING WHICH IF YOU READ. THAT'S THE PART THAT THREW ME. UNDERSTANDABLE. OK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ANYBODY ELSE WISHED TO ADDRESS THESE FOUR ITEMS? OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE PLEASE. SECOND. VOTE PLEASE THANK YOU.

OK. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SIX. PUBLIC HEARING. MR. MAYOR DID YOU WANT TO STOP FOR

[d. Designation of City Historian]

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THANK YOU LINDA. 

[6. PUBLIC HEARINGS Community Development Block Grant Housing Rehabilitation Program in the Fiscal Year 2019-2020]

WE WILL COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE GUIDELINES. ONCE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THE SPECIFIC THIRD PARTY THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD WITH ANY IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. BUT JUST THIS IS THE NEXT STEP. WE NEED TO TAKE IN THAT APPROVAL PROCESS.

ANYBODY HAS ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS. PLEASE COME FORWARD. YES SIR YEAH. JUST WAIT JUST A MINUTE JUST PAT. JUST A MINUTE. YOU'RE SECOND. HI RICK MCGURN. FIRST I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU KNOW CITIZENS CAN COME TO THE MEETING AND ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW OUR MONEY IS BEING SPENT. I MEAN TONIGHT SOMEBODY QUESTIONED OVER THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WHICH TO ME IS A LOT OF MONEY. JUST A MINUTE IS THIS IS THIS ON THIS ITEM OR ARE YOU ONE. I THOUGHT IT WAS PUBLIC. NO NO NO YOU'LL BE FIRST ON PUBLIC COMMENT. OKAY. SORRY. I'M SORRY. THANKS RICK. PAT. OK.

MR. MAYOR ON A BRIGHTER NOTE WE COULD USE BRIGHTER NOTES. I VOLUNTEER AT THE CROWN JEWEL OF LA VERNE. I VOLUNTEER AT HERITAGE PARK IN LA VERNE CURRENTLY OPEN WITH PUMPKIN PATCH. AND HOW DO WE GET HERE. ALREADY TALKED TO, IS THIS PUBLIC COMMENT? ARE YOU PUBLIC COMMENT AS A COMMENT. MY COMMENT IS THANK YOU. THE CITY THANKS YOU. I THANK YOU. WE HAVE HAD HELP FROM THE CITY ITSELF. I WANT YOU TO SIT RIGHT THERE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE SPEAKER NUMBER TWO IN JUST A MINUTE. YOU SURE. I PROMISE. YOU CAN'T LET ME DOWN NOW. YOU'RE GONNA FOLLOW RICK AGAIN. FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO SPEAK UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT WE'RE GONNA GET TO THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. THIS IS REGARDING COMMENTS ON THE MONEY THAT'S BEING, A PROGRAM THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH THE CBDG MONEY WHICH IS A FEDERAL PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS ON THAT. OKAY WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS. ANYBODY. I

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[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

YEAH. SO SO ANYWAY IT'S YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S GOOD. IT'S I MEAN THAT'S WHY WE COME TO FIGURE OUT YOU KNOW AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CITY AND BECAUSE IT'S IT'S OUR MONEY AND YOUR MONEY TOO. AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE IT'S GOING. SO TO ME  YOU KNOW OVER THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT SOMEBODY IS SAYING HEY YOU KNOW I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS IS FOR. CAN SOMEONE TELL ME. AND UNLESS I'M WRONG IT KIND OF SEEMED LIKE YOU WERE ALL CAUGHT BY SURPRISE IT'S LIKE WELL WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WE WEREN'T PREPARED MAYBE YOU COULD TELL US FURTHER IN ADVANCE BUT IF YOU'RE VOTING FOR THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR. YOU SHOULDN'T NEED ADVANCE. YOU SHOULD DO YOUR RESEARCH KNOW WHAT THE MONEY'S GOING FOR SO YOU CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. SO YOU SAID YOU WOULD LET HIM KNOW. BUT HOW WILL YOU LET ALL OF US KNOW WHAT THAT MONEY IS FOR. WE WILL ANNOUNCE AT THE NEXT MEETING WHAT THE THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS WAS FOR. OK. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. YOU WELCOME. THANKS. COME ON DOWN PAT. OKAY. AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER CROWN JEWEL PARK HERITAGE PARK. WE THANK YOU FOR HAVING IT UP THERE. I WORKED MY REAR END OFF BUT IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO DO IT. I'VE TALKED TO BILLY GARY TELLING HIM THAT I APPRECIATED THE GROUNDS PEOPLE THAT HELPED US SO GREATLY THIS PAST MONTH. THERE WERE ALSO STREET PEOPLE THAT CAME IN AND PUT DOWN A BASE AROUND THE ROAD FOR US AND THEY WERE ALL JUST GREATLY DONE.

BEAUTIFULLY DONE. WE WERE PINCHED BY SOMEBODY WHO REFURBISHED A TRACTOR FOR US WOW WAS THAT SOMETHING ELSE. AND ALSO A TRAIL THAT WAS REFURBISHED FOR US PLUS THE FACT THAT WE HAD A DONATION OF ALL THE STRAW THAT IS THERE AT HERITAGE PARK. THAT WAS A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN DONE BY LARRY BELL OF CITRUS FEED. I WANT TO THANK THEM PUBLICLY. VERY GOOD PEOPLE. SO NOW I KNOW YOU KNOW SOMEBODY THAT TAKES PICTURES OK. SHE HAS NOT BEEN BY THE PARK YET BUT IF SHE DOESN'T GO BY SOON I'M GOING TO GO DOWN AND GET HER. OK. OK. SO SHE'S HERE. NO SHE'S NOT HERE. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. JUST JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ABOUT HERITAGE AND WE HAD AT A YOUNG COUNCIL MEMBER BACK IN THE LATE 70S EARLY 80S. I THINK HE GOT ON THE COUNCIL WHEN HE WAS ABOUT 22, 23 YEARS OLD. HIS FATHER WAS WORKED FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS A BATTALION CHIEF. DICK WALTERS AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS CRAIG WALTERS. HE'S NOW A HEAD OF THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND DOES AMAZING JOB. BUT HE SAID ON THIS DAY AND INSISTED ON PRESERVING THAT LAND AND THOSE ORANGE TREES AND CREATING HERITAGE PARK BOTH SIDES BOTH THE THE PART THAT WE ENJOY THE CONCERTS AND ALSO THE

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OKAY WE HAVE, I'M GOING TO GET THIS WRONG, [INAUDIBLE] HI I'M SORRY I HAVE A DIFFICULT NAME. I'M HERE TO DISCUSS A PROPOSAL FOR A FOUR WAY TRAFFIC LIGHT AND TRAFFIC SIGN PROPOSAL. MAY I APPROACH YOUR HONOR MAY I APPROACH THE BENCH? YES. WE CAN SHARE. OK.

I DON'T WANT TO BORE EVERYBODY OR KEEP THEM HERE WITH THE DETAILS BUT THERE'S NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AT COLLEGE LANE AND WHITE AND I'M JUST GOING TO READ THE OVERVIEW OF MY CONCLUSION AND IF YOU WANT TO HEAR THE DETAILS I'D BE HAPPY TO GO OVER WITH YOU THEM. OK. THE POPULATION IS EXPLODING AND MORE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING TO AND THROUGH LA VERNE. THIS WILL RESULT IN INCREASED STRAIN ON WHITE AVENUE. MANY OF THE HOME OWNERS ON BOTH SIDES OF WHITE EAST AND WEST ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS WILL IMPACT THEIR DAILY LIVES. THERE ALREADY EXISTS NUMEROUS OBSTACLES TO FREE AND SAFE FLOWING TRAFFIC. MOST RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A FATAL ACCIDENT INVOLVING SOME OF THESE SAME OBSTACLES. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS AND TRY TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS. ONE OF THE LARGEST CONCERNS AT THIS AT THE COMPLICATED INTERSECTION OF COLLEGE LANE AND WHITE IS THE ENTRANCE AND THE EXITS FOR BOTH HOAS ON EACH SIDE. THIS INVOLVES A LOT OF PEOPLE. FOR THE PEOPLE OF EAST COLLEGE GREEN HOA, I KNOW  THIS GETS CONFUSING. ON THE EAST COLLEGE GREEN HOA ON EAST COLLEGE LANE. THIS IS THEIR ONLY WAY OF IN AND OUT TO THE REST OF THE CITY. SO THEN I GO THROUGH THE PROBLEMS THE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS THAT DRIVERS FACE MAKING A RIGHT TURN AND MAKING A LEFT TURN ON THIS STREET ON BOTH SIDES AND ALSO THE PROBLEMS THAT WHEN DRIVERS GO INTO THE TURNING LANE GOING FROM NORTH TOWARDS SOUTH THEY GO INTO A TURNING LANE AND THEN THEY HAVE DIFFICULT WE HAVE DIFFICULTIES UNDERSTANDING IF THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A U-TURN. OR A LEFT TURN OR RIGHT TURN. SO IT'S IT'S VERY CONFUSING AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. SO I PROPOSED SOME SOLUTIONS ONE ON PAGE THREE INSTALL A FOUR WAY TRAFFIC LIGHT THAT ACCOMMODATES LEFT TURNS AND U TURNS INSTALLATION OF THE TRAFFIC LIGHT WILL ALLOW COLLEGE LANE DRIVERS TO ENTER WHITE IN A SAFE AND SECURE MANNER. THIS WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF THOSE CITIZENS GOING NORTH ON WHITE THAT ARE PUSHED WHILE TRYING TO TURN RIGHT AND GO HOME. NUMBER 2 PAINT CURBS RED AT THE AREA ON WHITE THAT OBSTRUCTS BOTH EAST AND WEST COLLEGE LANE DRIVERS TRYING TO ENTER WHITE SPECIFICALLY. THIS WOULD ENTAIL PAINTING RED THE AREA ON EAST WHITE FROM KENDALL TO COLLEGE LANE. ALSO PAINT RED CURBS FOR THE WEST COLLEGE LANE DRIVERS IN AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION TO ENSURE THEIR SAFETY. THREE, PLACE SIGNS THAT SHOW THAT EAST COLLEGE LANE IS A PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL STREET AND IT HAS A DEAD END. PLEASE PLACE FOUR SIGNS WITH THE INFORMATION NEEDED ON IT FOR THE ALREADY UNSUSPECTING DRIVERS THAT COME ON WHITE AVENUE. TWO SIGNS FACING NORTH AND TWO SIGNS  FACING SOUTH ARE MANDATORY. THIS WILL DECREASE THE DANGEROUS U-TURNS FROM BEING PUSHED FROM WHITE WHILE TURNING INTO OUR HOMES AT COLLEGE GREEN. HOMEOWNERS ON BOTH SIDES OF WHITE, EAST AND WEST ARE MAKING THESE ABOVE REQUESTS. A PETITION COULD BE GATHERED FOR THIS AS FAST AS THE INK ON THEIR SIGNATURES CAN DRY TO SUPPORT THIS. I SPEAK FOR MANY PEOPLE AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE DEVASTATED FAMILIES

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THAT IN CONSIDERATION OF THE FATALITY HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT INTERSECTION. I DON'T  KNOW THAT ANY CONCLUSIONS BEEN DRAWN BUT I'LL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THIS GETS PASSED ON TO HIM AS WELL.

COUNCIL IN PUBLIC COMMENT? MR. MAYOR. CITY COUNCIL STAFF I JUST WANTED TO COME FORWARD TONIGHT AND SAY THANK YOU. HAD A LITTLE  EXCUSE ME. A LITTLE CONVERSATION ON NEXT DOOR THIS WEEK REGARDING THE BIKE LANES THAT WERE RECENTLY PUT IN OR RECENTLY ARE RECENTLY SCHEDULED TO BE PUT IN BACK IN 2002 I KNOW THE CITY WENT AFTER AND SECURED A GRANT FOR $1.5 MILLION THAT WOULD ENHANCE OUR  TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR THROUGH OUR GENERAL PLAN. AND FINALLY LA VERNE AS HAS BEEN DONE IN UPLAND AND CLAREMONT, SAN DIMAS, GLENDORA NOW [INAUDIBLE] THE FOOTHILLS WITH A BICYCLE PATH THAT RUNS EAST AND WEST AND NORTH AND SOUTH. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANT IT TO BE NOTED BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH ON NEXT DOOR WERE PEOPLE THAT DIDN'T RIDE. I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OF US THAT DO RIDE AND FELT A LITTLE BIT UNSAFE COMING THROUGH THE CITY OF LA VERNE AFTER NEGOTIATING THESE BIKE LANES THAT WERE IN CITIES TO OUR EAST AND CITIES TO OUR WEST. AND NOW WE'VE GOT THIS CORRIDOR THAT ACTUALLY COMPLETES THAT BOTH EAST AND WEST NORTH AND SOUTH ON BASELINE, BONITA AND PUTTING STONE, FRUIT, WHEELER AND WHITE. SO WE GOT IT COVERED AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A MENTION ONE OF THINGS I THINK THAT IS MISSED, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF STUDENTS THAT ARE OUT THERE RIDING AND I THINK A COUPLE A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO YOU GUYS WERE APPLAUDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY FOR SLOWING DOWN RECOGNIZING PEOPLE BACK TO SCHOOL NOBODY SLOWING DOWN FOR US CYCLISTS I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT. SO THESE BIKE LANES WILL DO MORE THAN JUST HELP CYCLISTS. THEY'RE GONNA HELP KEEP THE TRAFFIC AWAY FROM US AND US AWAY FROM THE TRAFFIC. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT 1.5 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT I THINK IT'S MONEY WELL SPENT. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? ANNA. OH. IT'S ME IT'S [INAUDIBLE] ANDERSON. IT'S ME HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

FIGHT WITH ME. ANYWAYS I HATE THOSE BIKE LANES. I THINK THEY'RE A WASTE OF MONEY. I KNOW WE'RE GETTING A GRANT BUT HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE GOING TO SPEND AS A CITY FOR THOSE THINGS. I THINK THAT THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT ON MUCH BETTER THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY. NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE RIDE BIKES AND AS MR. MURPHY SAID IN AT NEXT DOOR HE SAID EVERYONE SHOULD GET OUT OF THEIR CARS ON AND GET ON THEIR BIKES SO WE CAN HAVE CLEANER AIR. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. THIS IS ABOUT PROGRESSIVE CITIES AND PUTTING BIKE LANES IN AND MAKING US LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU RODE A BIKE ON THE STREET. HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE IN LA VERNE RIDING A BIKE ON THE STREET. AND I DO RIDE BIKES BUT I RIDE MOUNTAIN BIKES. IT'S FUNNER THAN RIDING ON THE STREET. SO I'M JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I DON'T LIKE THE BIKE LANES. AND I'D LIKE TO FIND OUT HOW I CAN FIND OUT HOW MUCH THE CITY IS GOING TO ACTUALLY PUT INTO THIS PROJECT. I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS AND ONTO BIKES BECAUSE WE HAVE SENIOR CITIZENS ARE NEVER GOING TO GO UP WHEELER, UP ESPERANZA AND COME BACK DOWN. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP THEIR CARS AND THIS IS JUST A PLOY TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS. AND I SAW A MAP THAT  SOMEBODY DID LAST YEAR. I THINK YOU HIRED SOMEBODY TO DO SOME KIND OF MAP AND I SAW ARROW HIGHWAY. THERE'S GONNA BE A ROAD DIET AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A ROAD DIET IS THAT MEANS THEY'RE

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IT'S GOOD EXERCISE, GOOD FOR ME. I ENJOY THOSE BIKE LANES WHENEVER THEY GET PUT IN HERE. I WISH THEY'D HURRY UP AND GET MORE DONE. BUT RIDING A BIKE IS GREAT. SOME  PEOPLE ARE TOO LAZY TO DO IT. THAT'S OKAY. I LIKE RIDING A BIKE AND TRYING TO BE SAFE. THANK YOU. THANKS GARY. RICK. RICK. MIKE. MIKE [INAUDIBLE], THIRD STREET. AS FAIRLY NEAR FUTURE SENIOR CITIZEN I COMMUTE ON A BIKE. ON A MOUNTAIN BIKE ACTUALLY THAT I RIDE ON THE STREET AND IN THE DIRT. AND I WOULD AGREE THAT RIDING IN THE DIRT IS MORE FUN THAN ON THE STREET. BUT I WAS ALSO NEARLY HIT FOUR TIMES LAST WEEK WHILE RIDING MY BIKE. NOW BEING AN EXPERIENCED BIKE RIDER, I EXPECT PEOPLE NOT TO  SEE ME SO I WASN'T HIT BUT OBVIOUSLY BIKE LANES AND DESIGNATED SPACES FOR BIKES WOULD MAKE US MUCH SAFER. AND AS FAR AS CLEANING THE AIR DOES THAT YOU NEED TO BE ADDRESSED? THANK YOU. YES. JUST A MINUTE SHERRY. PAT MCGURN THE OTHER HALF. I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST BIKE LANES I THINK IT'S GREAT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE BIKE RIDER. MY ONLY COMPLAINT IS THEY NEED TO STAY IN THE BIKE LANE AND NOT FOUR A CROSS MAKING IT VERY UNSAFE FOR THEM AND THE DRIVER. THANK YOU. OK. SOMEBODY, IT'S SHERRY. SO WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BICYCLES ON THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER THE LAVERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS SPONSORING A BIKE TOUR. THAT A GIRL. [LAUGHTER] ALONG WITH BIKE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND LA VERNE BIKE COALITION. AND WE'RE YOU KNOW I COULDN'T HELP IT. I HAD TO HOP ON THIS AND THAT WE WILL BE TOURING THE HOMES OF THE FAMILIES OF THE PEOPLE WE'RE GOING TO BE VISITING IN THE CEMETERY TOUR. SO IF YOU WANT THE NEXT CHAPTER COME ON THE BIKE TOUR AND YOU CAN FIND OUT WHERE THOSE FOLKS LIVED. AND WE'LL TRY TO SAY IN ONE LINE WE'RE GOING TO BE BIKING WE'RE GOING TO BE BIKING ALL AROUND DOWNTOWN LA VERNE THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] THE 23RD OF NOVEMBER. I'LL BE SENDING OUT A FLYER. YES. JOE [INAUDIBLE]  LA VERNE. I JUST NEED TO BRING A LITTLE BIT OF REALITY AND LEVITY TO THIS. I JUST GOT A TEXT FROM MY DAUGHTER WHO IS VISITING IN SAN FRANCISCO WHO GOT A TEXT FROM MY GRANDSON IN LAW WHO LIVES IN D.C. THAT THERE'S A FIRE UP FRUIT STREET IN THE FOOTHILLS. HE'S ON [INAUDIBLE] THING. SO I FOUND OUT FROM SOMEONE IN DC THAT WE HAVE A FIRE UP HERE. JUST A MINUTE OR TWO. BOB? I WAS GOING TO HOLD THAT ONE BECAUSE I GOT THE TEXT WHEN I WAS SITTING HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY IN [INAUDIBLE] CANYON IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA.

WE ARE ASSISTING WITH EVACUATIONS. COUNTY RESIDENTS AT THIS POINT CAME IN ABOUT 15

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PROBABLY IN TWO TO THREE WEEKS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO COULDN'T HEAR THAT.

AND THEN SECONDLY AS IT RELATED TO THE ROAD DIET MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S NOT ANY MORE DUE TO THE BIKE LANES BUT WE'LL BE ASSOCIATED TO THE GOLD LINE PROJECT FOR ROOM THAT THEY'LL NEED FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WILL NEED TO BE PUT IN IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH. YOU WANT TO  ADDRESS THE ARROW HIGHWAY ISSUE. OH YEAH.

THE ARROW HIGHWAY GUIDES FOR THE GOLD LINE NOT FOR BICYCLISTS. YES.

THAT WAS THE INITIAL WHEN WE PUT IN THE APPLICATION THAT WAS INITIALLY WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO WE HAVE SINCE MOVED AWAY FROM THAT AS WE STARTED TO LOOK AT THE GOLD LINE PROJECT AND THEIR NEEDS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY WE WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO SATISFY BOTH. SO WE LOST THOSE DEDICATED BIKE LANES IN THAT AREA. THE TIMING OF TACO BELL. ERIC WOULD YOU MIND GIVING AN UPDATE AS BEST YOU HAVE IT?  COOL. SO BUILDING WE CAN EXPECT ACTIVITY WITHIN THE MIDDLE TO LATTER PART OF OCTOBER IS WHAT WE'RE HOPING FOR. SO THE DOG ATE THE PLANS? OKAY.

ONE MORE I'D LIKE TO GO BACK TO AND THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE QUESTION IN KIND OF THE PURCHASING AND THE CHECK WARRANTS AND JUST SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THE INNER WORKINGS THOSE CHECKS THAT GET PROCESSED. I MEAN THERE'S OVER 400 CHECKS THAT ARE LISTED ON HERE FOR APPROVAL TONIGHT.

THAT'S JUST A MINISTERIAL STEP. THOSE CHECKS HAVE TECHNICALLY ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. THIS IS JUST KIND OF APPROVAL OF WARRANTS. BUT I CAN ASSURE THAT THE PROCESS THAT THOSE CHECKS GO THROUGH THEY'VE EITHER BEEN INVOICES THAT HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT AND SUBMITTED TO FINANCE FOR COMPLIANCE BEFORE THERE'S ANY CHECK THAT'S ACTUALLY ISSUED. BUT IF THERE IS A QUESTION AND THE REASON I BRING UP THE NUMBER IT'S VERY HARD FOR US TO SHOW UP AT THE MEETING AND TO HAVE AN ANSWER TO EACH ONE OF THOSE THAT'S WHY WE WERE MORE THAN WELCOME THE QUESTION AND IF COUNCIL HAS THE QUESTION THEY TYPICALLY WILL ASK IT AHEAD OF TIME AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO RESEARCH IT IT'S JUST HARD FOR US TO PINPOINT AN ANSWER AT THE MEETING ITSELF. AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WE ASK IF YOU HAVE THOSE QUESTIONS AND  RICK I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE YOU MUST HAVE SENT AN EMAIL THAT WE DIDN'T SEE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION AHEAD OF TIME BUT OTHERWISE WE'LL  HAPPILY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE MEETING WHEN WE HAVE TIME TO PULL THE PAPERWORK AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. WE JUST DON'T WANT TO GUESS AT AN ANSWER AND BE WRONG. OKAY. LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM EIGHT COUNCIL COMMENTS. SO, 

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THEY WERE PROACTIVE. THE CITY JUMPED ON A GRANT THAT THEY COULD APPLY FOR. BUT YOU KNOW HOW GRANT SYSTEMS ARE IN THE STATE GOVERNMENT THAT IT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THE GRANT APPROVED AND APPOINTED BUT NO THESE BIKE LANES ARE SO NEEDED AND I AGREE THEY SHOULD RIDE SINGLE FILE BUT UP ON BASELINE THIS IS GONNA BE WONDERFUL. JUST LAST WEEK GARY HERE AS AN AVID BIKE RIDER HE WAS IN THE HE WANTED TO MAKE A LEFT HAND TURN FROM D STREET BUT HE THERE WAS NO BIKE LANES FOR HIM TO EVEN TURN INTO OR BE IN HE HAD TO BE IN ONE OF THE LANES WITH CARS. AND SO I PULLED UP RIGHT NEXT TO HIM AND YOU KNOW I WAS TALKING FOR A FEW SECONDS REALIZING WHO IT WAS. AND SO YOU KNOW FOR HIS SAFETY TOO I WAS CONCERNED. HOW IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TURN WITH ALL THESE CARS MOVING AROUND SO BIKE LANES WILL KEEP THE BIKERS SAFER. AND IT'S A NEEDED PROCESS. THEY MAKE DESIGNATED TURN SIGNAL LANES FOR THEM. ALSO SO WITH OUR NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE THIS IS GOING TO ALL BE WORKED OUT TOGETHER IN A GROUP. BUT THE OTHER REALLY GOOD NEWS IS ON FRIDAY WE HAD A CONTRACT SIGNING OVER IN POMONA AT THE POMONA CITY HALL WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY A BEAUTIFUL SITE. WE HAD ALL THE DIGNITARIES SENATORS CONGRESSMEN L.A.

SUPERVISOR THE L.A. MAYOR EVEN CAME OUT TO IT AND IT WAS A CONTRACT SIGNING WITH THE FIRM [INAUDIBLE] WHO HAS HAD PHASE A  DOING THE TRACKS. AND SO WE SIGNED THE CONTRACT WE'RE RIGHT THERE READY TO GO NOW AND THEY DID GIVE ME SOME PINS TO SHARE WITH OUR CITY. SO I'D LIKE TO PASS THEM ON TO EACH ONE OF YOU AND IF ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE A PIN IT SAYS, LET THE JOURNEY CONTINUES WITH GOLD LINE. I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TAKE ONE.

WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO PAY PROBABLY SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 14 AND 16 HUNDRED DOLLARS MORE A YEAR ON OUR PROPERTY TAX AN ORANGE COUNTY JUDGE HAS FOUND SANITY IN THIS STATE THAT PERMIT. SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ON THE HOOK FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BUT SOMETHING ELSE SACRAMENTO SAID TO US SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD HAVE COST SO MUCH SO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO FOR THE TIME BEING. BECAUSE IT IS SUBJECT TO APPEAL I JUST WOULD LIKE TO POINT THAT OUT.

EXCUSE ME. GOOD NEWS FIRST. I MEAN  DREAM SMASHER. [LAUGHTER] IT IS IT IS SUBJECT TO APPEAL BUT I THINK AS SANITY GOES WE HAVE SOME IN A COURTROOM TODAY. [APPLAUSE] TOM YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR EIGHT YEARS SO. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK CHARLIE. HE HAS BEEN OUR ADVOCATE TO OUR CITY WORKING WITH OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN OTHER CITIES AND THE FOOTHILL AREA WORKING WITH FOR A LONG TIME. AND CHARLIE HAS BEEN RIGHT THERE MONTHLY MEETINGS WEEKLY MEETINGS SOMETIMES TO WORK ON HELPING LA VARNE RESIDENTS ON THIS AND CHARLIE IS THE RIGHT PERSON TO SAY THANK YOU TOO AND WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. [APPLAUSE] COUPLE OF THINGS WE'VE HAD TWO RIBBON CUTTINGS. ONE IS [INAUDIBLE] OF LAVERNE AND SPLASH AND DASH RIBBON CUTTING. THAT WAS A REOPENED BUSINESS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP AND WE HAD AN EAGLE SCOUT AWARD AN EAGLE SCOUT COURT OF HONOR WHERE AN EAGLE SCOUT KNOT OF LA VERNE RECEIVED HIS EAGLE BADGE. BUT WHAT HE DID FOR HIS EAGLE PROJECT WAS HE PUT A FLAG POLE IN FRONT OF VETERANS CENTER FOR VETERANS STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE. AND IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT AND FLAGPOLE IS ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. SO THAT WAS ROBIN AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THAT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION MONEY THE 1.5 MILLION THAT ARROW HIGHWAY WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNATED BECAUSE OF THE GOLD LINE THAT

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