Aug 18, 2025 City Council

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THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

[CALL TO ORDER]

MAYOR HEPBURN. HERE AND DIED. ALL PRESENT. SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THERE WILL BE TWO ITEMS.

[CLOSED SESSION TOPIC(S) ]

NEGOTIATOR, CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.

EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS, LA VERNE CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION. LA VERNE POLICE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE FIRE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9, SUBSECTION D(1). GONZALEZ V. CITY OF LA VERNE, LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT CASE NUMBER 24STCV34625.

AND DO NOT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ANY REPORTING OUT.

VERY GOOD COUNCIL. DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. SEEING NONE, I CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. AS THAT, THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL RECESS AT 5:31 P.M.

AND RECONVENE AT 6:30 P.M. FOR A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THANK YOU ALL.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO START IN ABOUT TWO SECONDS HERE. I WANT TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TONIGHT AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

[REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 6:30 PM ]

GOOD EVENING. WELCOME AGAIN TO THE CITY, TONIGHT'S CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT, PER THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM, WE ARE ACTUALLY RECONVENING INTO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING. WE HAD A CLOSED SESSION. DO WE? BEFORE WE START, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT ON OUR CLOSED SESSION? THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT OUT, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU AGAIN.

I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THE CITY'S RULES FOR DECORUM, ALL SPEAKERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DECORUM AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT INTERRUPTS THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

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

PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION CALENDAR SECTIONS 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 ARMY VETERAN JUAN RODRIGUEZ TO CONDUCT THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

MR. RODRIGUEZ, PLEASE COME FORWARD, SIR.

THANK YOU. IF YOU COULD STAY THERE, SIR. SIR.

GREAT. GREAT. GREAT. THANK YOU. HONOR.

YES. [INAUDIBLE] OH, YEAH. THAT WAS WORTH IT. I DIDN'T CARE FOR THE MONEY.

[INAUDIBLE] THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY.

YES. FEBRUARY 1951. [INAUDIBLE]

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[INAUDIBLE] PEPPA.

[INAUDIBLE] PIG PARTY. [INAUDIBLE] COMPANY COMMANDER DINGLEBERRY. YEAH. LET ME COME [INAUDIBLE].

OVER THERE. WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT TO DO? WAIT UNTIL NUMBER.

[INAUDIBLE] 15 GUYS, LET'S GO. [INAUDIBLE] LATER.

BACK LATER. COMPANY. CAN WE.

[INAUDIBLE].

LAUGHING.

I LAUGH ALL THE, EVERY TIME I REMEMBER, AND LEFT.

THAT HAPPENED FOR FIVE YEARS. [INAUDIBLE] FROM US.

WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE ARMY? WHAT WAS YOUR MOS? RIFLEMAN. RIFLE? ALL THE WAY. RIGHT. CRAZY COMPANY.

[INAUDIBLE] ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL. I'M A FIRST CLASS [INAUDIBLE].

[APPLAUSE] I'LL SEE IF I LIKE THAT STORY.

OH, LOOK AT THIS. OH. THANK YOU, MR. RODRIGUEZ.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. MR. DOMER, ROLL CALL PLEASE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY. HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. PRESENT.

MAYOR PRO TEM KASHIFALGHITA. HERE. MAYOR HEPBURN.

HERE. ALL PRESENT SIR. THANK YOU SIR. TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION.

[PRESENTATION]

MR. SHIPMAN, PLEASE COME ON UP. ALL RIGHT. HONEY.

WELCOME. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

SO. SO YEAH, I'M HERE TO DISCUSS BRIEFLY, GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF OUR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.

AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, AT THIS STAGE IN THE IN THE PROCESS.

JUST REALLY TRY TO ENCOURAGE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR SURVEY.

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AND OUR LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IS REALLY A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL FOR THIS CITY TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS RISKS FROM NATURAL AND MAN MADE HAZARDS AND OUTLINED LONG TERM, SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING THE IMPACTS OF THOSE HAZARDS.

AND WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE AND SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING A GRANT TO ASSIST US WITH UPDATING THIS PLAN.

THEY'RE NOT CHEAP. WE HAVE A CONSULTANT, A CONSULTING FIRM THAT WE HAVE HIRED, BLACK AND VEATCH.

AND THIS PROCESS GOES THROUGH NOT ONLY CAL OES APPROVAL, BUT THEN FEMA APPROVAL.

AND THIS CONSULTANT IS ASSISTING US IN GETTING THIS PLAN ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

SO WE'RE IN THE VERY EARLY INFANCY STAGES, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHAT THESE RISKS ARE AND REALLY TRY TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON FOR THIS PLAN AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO LA VERNE.

SO WE DO HAVE A GRANT THAT IS COVERED. IT COVERS UP TO 75% OF THE TOTAL COST OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING WE'RE VERY HAPPY AND PROUD OF.

SO THE LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

OBVIOUSLY JUST KIND OF STATED BRIEFLY WHAT THOSE ARE ABOUT IDENTIFYING AND ASSESSING THESE RISKS.

BUT THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE A PLAN THAT IS ACTUALLY EXPIRED.

SO WE ARE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S CRITICAL FOR HAVING THIS PLAN IS THAT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR GRANTS AND WITHOUT HAVING AN UPDATED PLAN, WE CANNOT DO THAT. SO OUR PLANS EXPIRED. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF OBVIOUSLY GETTING THAT BACK UP TO BEING CURRENT, AND THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY GO AHEAD AND CHASE DOWN FUNDS THAT COULD BE UTILIZED FOR A NUMBER OF THINGS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO LOCAL HAZARD MITIGATION.

IT DOES HELP REDUCE, AGAIN, NATURAL HAZARDS, IMPACTS ON PEOPLE, PROPERTY, INFRASTRUCTURE, SERVICES. IT COVERS A WIDE RANGE OF THINGS WILDFIRE, EARTHQUAKES, DROUGHT, FLOODS, YOU NAME IT.

SO WE CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO COVER EVERYTHING THAT AGAIN, THAT IS CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN LA VERNE.

AS I MENTIONED, IT ESTABLISHES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GRANT FUNDING, AND IT DEFINITELY DOES TAKE AN ENTIRE CITY.

WE'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT TEAMS THAT ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.

WE HAVE A CORE PLANNING TEAM, WHICH IS MADE UP OF INDIVIDUALS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY.

AND THEN WE HAVE A STEERING COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MADE UP FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT, WE HAVE ULV REPRESENTED, WE HAVE THE AIRPORT REPRESENTED, WE HAVE HILLCREST REPRESENTED, WE HAVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT REPRESENTED.

I'M PROBABLY FORGETTING QUITE A FEW OTHERS. POMONA VALLEY MEDICAL HEALTH, WE HAVE THEM, THEY'RE REPRESENTED.

SO WE REALLY REACHED OUT. WE HAVE OUR MOBILE HOME PARKS REPRESENTED.

SO IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE TRY TO GET A GOOD SWATH OF THE COMMUNITY IN THIS PARTICULAR UPDATE.

SO WHERE WE ARE AT IN THE PROCESS, THERE'S ESSENTIALLY SIX PHASES.

AND WE'RE AT PHASE NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY.

SO WE'RE STILL WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY PAST PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO.

THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE AS WE ARE MOVING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT PHASE THREE IS OUR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. AND SO THIS IS WHERE TONIGHT'S UPDATE COMES INTO PLAY.

AND THIS IS WHERE I'M HERE TO ASK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND HELP.

WE HAVE A SURVEY CURRENTLY THAT IS LIVE. WE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET IT LIVE ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WE PRESENTED IT OUT AT THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT.

AND THAT THAT PHOTO UP THERE IS OUR CONSULTANT WHO FLEW INTO TOWN TO ASSIST WITH GETTING THE SURVEY OUT.

WE COLLECTED 49 SURVEYS THAT EVENING, AND THEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT LIVE, NOT ONLY ON THE CITY OF LA VERNE WEB PAGE, BUT ALSO ON THE LA VERNE FIRE OF EXCUSE ME, THE LA VERNE FACEBOOK AND LA VERNE INSTAGRAM PAGE AS WELL.

THERE'S A LINK THERE THAT YOU CAN ACCESS THE SURVEY.

I DID ALSO BRING SURVEYS OLD SCHOOL PAPER. SO I WILL LEAVE THEM ON THE TABLE OVER HERE.

AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GRAB SOME PLEASE, IF YOU COULD FILL THEM OUT, IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE THEM HERE OR TAKE THEM WITH YOU AND THEN YOU CAN RETURN THEM BACK TO CITY HALL, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. BUT WE, THIS SURVEY IS ABOUT 13 QUESTIONS, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE BASED ON THOSE THAT LIVE HERE, THOSE THAT WORK HERE, THOSE THAT SHOP HERE, JUST REALLY GETTING THE FEEDBACK OF WHAT ARE YOUR CONCERNS AND ARE WE ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS AS BEST AS POSSIBLE.

AND THE OTHER QUESTIONS, THEY ARE GEARED TOWARDS JUST DETERMINING YOUR PREPAREDNESS LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU TAKEN ANY PREPAREDNESS CLASSES OR HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT THIS? AND IT'S BY NO MEANS TO DO ANYTHING BUT TO HELP US GET AN UNDERSTANDING AND KNOW WHERE WE HAVE TO MEET THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE DEVELOP THIS PLAN AND GET THIS PLAN ROLLED OUT.

SO THERE THERE IS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY IN COLLECTING, A LOT OF REALLY GOOD RAW DATA FROM THIS THAT WILL HELP US EVEN AS, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A QUESTION THERE THAT SAYS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT A COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM, WE OFFER TWO TRAININGS A YEAR FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, FREE OF CHARGE TO RESIDENTS AND EVEN FOLKS THAT ARE NOT RESIDENTS THAT WORK HERE OR VISIT.

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SO WITH THAT SAID, WE HAVE AGAIN, WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE ARE PROMOTING THE SURVEY AGAIN ON OUR WEBSITE, THE CITY, THE CITY'S WEBSITE. YOU CAN CLICK DIRECTLY ON THE LINK AND IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE SURVEY, YOU FILL IT OUT. WE'VE ALSO BEEN PERIODICALLY SENDING OUT INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK POSTS THAT I KNOW THE CITY HAS SHARED AS WELL ON THEIR PLATFORM THAT HAS A QR CODE THAT WILL ALSO TAKE ANYBODY DIRECTLY TO THE SURVEY.

AND IT'S VERY QUICK AND EASY TO FILL OUT ON YOUR PHONE, ON A LAPTOP.

OR AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, YOU PREFER PAPER. I'VE GOT SOME AND I'LL LEAVE SOME HERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ACCEPT SURVEYS THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS PARTICULAR PROCESS.

THERE'S NO DEADLINE PER SE. THIS PROCESS COULD TAKE US ANOTHER 6 OR 8 MONTHS, POSSIBLY.

AGAIN, AS I SAID, IT'S GOT TO GO THROUGH CAL OES APPROVAL AND THEN THROUGH FEMA APPROVAL.

SO IT MAY TAKE A BIT OF TIME, BUT WE ARE, WE WANT THE FEEDBACK.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD. AND AND WE ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TO TAKE THE SURVEY.

AND WE WOULD LOVE YOUR SUPPORT AND HELPING US GET THE WORD OUT.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.

I THINK I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT GIVE US SOME UPDATES ON NUMBERS AS WE GO ALONG, BECAUSE WE CAN ALL PUSH IT OUT ALSO.

BUT YOU'VE GOT IT PRETTY MUCH AS SIMPLE AS YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE IT, WHICH IS THE QR CODE SCAN THAT, BUT LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP. I KNOW THE WEBSITE.

WHAT, WHERE ARE WE AT RIGHT NOW? YOU KNOW, THE 49 FOR THE NIGHT OF THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT'S WHAT'S WHAT DO WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THAT'S BEEN COMING IN? WE JUST RECENTLY GOT A REPORT FROM THE CONSULTANT.

WE ARE UP TO 104 SURVEYS TOTAL. SO I THINK WE RECEIVED PROBABLY 55 OR SO ONLINE.

SO WE CAN DO BETTER. YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE NEED TO REALLY PUSH THAT OUT. AND YOU'RE DOING YOUR INSTAGRAM SOCIAL MEDIA AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. YEP. ABSOLUTELY. SO YEAH WHATEVER, AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY IDEAS. WELL LET US KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO. I KNOW WE DID THE MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR, WITH ALL OF US THERE, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THAT OUT ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS. LET'S PUSH IT OUT.

SIMPLE THING TO FILL OUT. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

AND LONNIE, WHERE ARE WE. EVERYBODY SITTING IN HERE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE SCAN THE QR CODE AND DO IT RIGHT NOW PLEASE. YEP. AND AGAIN.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES ON THE TABLE. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHERE WE ARE WITH THE FIREWISE PROGRAM.

SURE. SO WE ACTUALLY SUCCESSFULLY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO THAT ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES IN TOWN WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR FIREWISE DESIGNATION, SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED. WE'LL BE BACK HERE, I THINK IT'S SEPTEMBER 15TH WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE GROUP UP.

AND AS A MATTER OF FACT, I THINK THAT DAY IS ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO DO A PROCLAMATION FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS MONTH, WHICH WILL BE PERFECT BECAUSE WE'LL KIND OF HAVE BOTH.

BUT WE DO HAVE, AGAIN, OUR FIRST FIREWISE COMMUNITY.

SO WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. THEY WORKED EXTREMELY HARD.

MR. RAYMOND SWAIN AND HIS TEAM REALLY JUST WERE PERSISTENT ABOUT GETTING THAT ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

AND SO, I ACTUALLY HAD A PHONE CALL TODAY FROM ANOTHER RESIDENT WHO LIVES CLOSER TO HERITAGE PARK.

AND SHE HAD SOME INTEREST, AND I LET HER KNOW.

IT'S POSSIBLE. I MEAN, I KNOW THE THING THAT WE RUN INTO A LOT WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT FIREWISE, IF NOT PUTTING SOMEBODY TO SLEEP, IS THAT THEY REALIZE THERE'S A LOT OF EFFORT ON THEIR PART TO HAVE TO TO HAVE TO GET THIS, THIS, THIS PROCESS THROUGH. AND BUT I TELL THEM WE ARE WE'RE THERE TO ASSIST EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, WHEN WHEN AN INTERESTED GROUP APPLIES, THERE'S A PORTAL THAT THEY HAVE TO CREATE.

THEY HAVE TO CREATE AND FILL OUT APPLICATION AND THEY CREATE THEIR OWN LIKE USERNAME, IF YOU WILL.

AND THAT'S HOW THEY CREATE THEIR THEIR COMMUNITY. THERE IS A REGIONAL COORDINATOR FROM CAL FIRE THAT ACTUALLY IS ASSIGNED TO THAT INDIVIDUAL.

AND THEN I WORK WITH THAT REGIONAL COORDINATOR TO TRY TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED TO HELP GET THAT GROUP ACROSS THE FINISH LINE WITH THEIR APPLICATION.

SO THIS INDIVIDUAL AND I THINK HE MIGHT AT SOME POINT, MAYBE HE MIGHT HAVE AN INTEREST TO COME IN AND AND TALK ABOUT FIREWISE AS WELL, WHICH IS GREAT. HE IS A FANTASTIC RESOURCE FOR US TO HAVE.

AND SO YEAH, WE ARE WORKING HARD. WE SENT OUT, OBVIOUSLY, SOME SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT OUR RUSTIC CANYON FIREWISE GROUP THAT JUST RECEIVED THEIR DESIGNATION. LIVE OAK CANYON IS A IS A GROUP THAT IS KIND OF UNINCORPORATED BUT ON THE BORDER OF LA VERNE.

SO I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, THEY'RE A VERY ENGAGED COMMUNITY.

I HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS TODAY, SETTING UP A TIME TO COME OUT AND MEET WITH THEM, WHICH WILL PROBABLY BE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK IN SEPTEMBER. SO WE'VE GOT A FEW OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND WE CERTAINLY ARE STILL CONTINUING TO PUSH IT.

WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE IF THEY'RE READY, WE'RE READY.

YOU KNOW SO WELL AS THE STATE'S MANDATING THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE IN OUR HOMES AND STUFF, BUT NOT LIKE THAT FOR INSURANCE REASONS.

ABSOLUTELY. IT HELPS A LOT, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE CANCELLATIONS. AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE NORTH LA VERNE IT'S ALL OVER LA VERNE IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE. THEY'LL CANCEL YOU JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S REALLY SAD. SO, YOU KNOW, FIREWISE COMMUNITY IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO HEDGE THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. AT LEAST SAY, HEY, WE'VE DONE IT.

SO YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THE MORE INFORMATION WE CAN GET ON, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. ABSOLUTELY.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS. I DO HAVE A COUPLE CARDS HERE.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS ]

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WE SLOW DOWN AND WATCH THE NEW FAMILIES BRINGING THEIR KIDS, DROPPING THEM OFF AND DOING THINGS THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE, DOUBLE STACKING CARS AND DOING ALL THAT WONDERFUL STUFF. I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEING CAREFUL AROUND ALL THE SCHOOLS, BUT IT IS CHAOS FOR THE FIRST WEEK BETWEEN THE HIGH SCHOOLS, THE GRADE SCHOOLS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOLS.

IT IS CRAZY. SO IF YOU CAN GO AROUND AND GO THROUGH SAN DIMAS CANYON AND GO AROUND THERE OR GO EARL HIGHWAY, EVEN WITH THE TRAINS AND THE ARMS AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GOING ON.

JUST BE CAREFUL. THAT'S ANOTHER THING. THEY ARE STILL DOING THEIR PRE REVENUE TESTING ON THE TRAINS.

WE HAD SOME ISSUES AND I WOULD APPRECIATE IF ANYBODY SEES AN ISSUE.

WE GAVE YOU AN 800 NUMBER TO CALL AND THEY WERE WORKING ON THE SIGNALS.

WE HAD SOME SIGNAL PROBLEMS AT A COUPLE OF THE MAIN AREAS BEING WHITE, BEING WHEELER, BEING SAN DIMAS CANYON, AND THEY WERE OUT MAKING ADJUSTMENTS. SO IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WE'LL PUSH THAT OUT.

CAN WE PUSH THAT NUMBER OUT AGAIN ON OUR PAGE? IT'S AN 800 NUMBER. AND IT'S BASICALLY, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.

IT'S THE COUNTY AND IT'S METRO. AND THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS, HE DID RECEIVE THAT WHEN I DID THE MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR.

AND I TOLD YOU ABOUT IT. HE WAS VERY HAPPY TO ANYBODY THAT HAS AN ISSUE, CALL HIM AND LET HIM KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE CROSS ARMS OR THE TRAINS OR THE SIGNALS. SO WITH THAT.

LOCAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. YES. YOU HAVE ONE, MR. JOHNSON.

YEAH. IT WAS INTERESTING. A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE HAD SOME OF THE MEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE KNOCKING DOOR TO DOOR, HANDING OUT THEIR SCHEDULE. AUGUST 20TH AT 8 P.M.

IS THEIR FIRST GAME ARE AVAILABLE. THEY'D LOVE TO SEE YOU.

THE GAME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. AND HAVE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT.

YEAH. IF FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE LOOKING TO CLEAN OUT YOUR CLOSETS AND DO A GOOD DEED.

THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR IS HOSTING A CLOTHING DRIVE THIS SATURDAY FROM 9 TO 11 AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO IF YOU HAVE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DROP OFF, THEY ARE ACCEPTING CLOTHES, SHOES HANDBAGS, TOWELS, SHEETS. BLANKETS, BED LINENS, ETC.. SO PLEASE MAKE A, YOU KNOW, MAKE A DONATION IF YOU'RE ABLE OR IF YOU'RE JUST LOOKING TO MARIE KONDO, YOUR HOUSE. AND THEN ULV FOOTBALL AND WOMEN'S SOCCER ARE CURRENTLY HOSTING FUNDRAISERS.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, I WOULD URGE YOU TO GO FIND THEIR INSTAGRAMS. THEY ARE LINK TREES. THEY ARE LOOKING FOR FUNDS TO HELP THEM HAVE A GREAT SEASON.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. MAYOR PRO TEM KASH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES. THANK YOU. JUST REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THOSE THAT ATTENDED, THAT GREAT EVENT THAT WE HAD AT DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL TO SUPPORT THE DAMIEN BAND, GETTING OUT THERE TO THE MACY'S DAY PARADE. THEY'RE STILL LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, SO IF YOU CAN'T CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT HELPING OUR COMMUNITY TO GET THERE AND REPRESENT CITY OF LAVERNE AND THEIR HIGH SCHOOL OVER THERE IN NEW YORK.

SO THAT'S ALL, THANK YOU. HOW'D THEY DO? REALLY WELL, THERE WAS MANY CARS.

WE, MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES WERE THERE, AND WE DID A LITTLE VIDEO, WE EVEN POSTED THE VIDEO FOR YOU, LIKE A LITTLE OVER THERE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? YES. GREAT CARS. CARS OVER HERE. HEY! GREAT CARS.

IT'S REALLY HOT, BUT. PROBABLY CLOSER TO $100,000, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY NEED $100,000 TO GET TO THE MACY'S PARADE.

THAT'S TOTAL. TOTAL. TOTAL. TOTAL. BECAUSE IT'S THE THREE SCHOOLS.

IT'S DAMIEN. RIGHT. SAINT LUCY'S AND POMONA CATHOLIC.

YEAH, SO. I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT FIGURES YET, BUT I'M SURE THEY CAN ALWAYS USE IT.

BUT THEY CAN STILL USE DONATIONS. ABSOLUTELY.

LET'S GET THEM THERE. GREAT. ANY OTHER? WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE LA VERNE LIBRARIAN, ADRIAN ROMERO, PLEASE. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE A FEW EVENTS THAT BE TAKING PLACE AT LA VERNE LIBRARY THIS MONTH.

THIS THURSDAY, THE LIBRARY WILL BE HOSTING A TODDLER PLAYED AT 11 A.M.

DURING THIS PROGRAM TODDLERS AGES 2 TO 5 CAN PARTICIPATE IN ACTIVITIES AND PLAY WITH AN ASSORTMENT OF TOYS.

CAREGIVERS CAN INTERACT WITH OTHERS AND BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS FROM A HEALTH EDUCATOR WHO FOCUSES ON ORAL HEALTH.

AND ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH AT 5 P.M., WE'LL BE HOSTING A BILINGUAL INTERACTIVE CONCERT PERFORMED BY NATALIA IN CELEBRATION OF HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH FOR AGES 6 TO 12. NATALIA WILL BE PERFORMING HER ORIGINAL BILINGUAL MUSIC, WHERE CHILDREN CAN DANCE AND SING AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT OF SPANISH.

AND BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2ND AND RUNNING THROUGH OCTOBER 18TH.

WE'LL BE TAKING ENTRIES FOR LA COUNTY LIBRARY'S 46TH ANNUAL BOOKMARK CONTEST.

PARTICIPANTS CAN DESIGN THEIR OWN BOOKMARK AND COMPETE WITH OTHERS IN THEIR AGE GROUP TO SEE HOW THEY CAN DESIGN THE BEST LOOKING AND ORIGINAL BOOKMARK.

THEIR BOOKMARKS WILL BE DISPLAYED AT OUR LOCAL LIBRARY, AND THE WINNERS FROM THE FOUR AGE GROUPS AT OUR LIBRARY WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE L.A.

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COUNTY. ENTRY FORMS CAN BE PICKED UP AT LA VERNE LIBRARY OR DOWNLOADED FROM LACOUNTYLIBRARY.ORG.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ADRIAN. APPRECIATE THAT.

JOSH GOLDMAN, LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. BRING HIM UP.

JOSH. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND COUNCILMEMBER LAU, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

NOTICE ABOUT THE CLOTHING DRIVE. MY GIRLFRIEND IS CLEANING OUT CLOSETS RIGHT NOW.

[LAUGHTER] YEAH, I GOT IT. SHE'S GOT TO APPROVE THAT.

SHE DOESN'T LIKE THAT. YES. SO BASICALLY, JOSH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE NOTHING LEFT BUT UNDERWEAR AND MAYBE A PAIR OF SHORTS.

MAYBE THIS JACKET. SO DON'T GIVE ME TOO MUCH SLACK.

HAVE YOU SEEN ME WEARING THIS ALL THE TIME. BUT GOOD EVENING.

GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. WE'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MATT. SO I'LL JUST, TELL THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT YOURSELF.

WELL. MY NAME IS MATT. I'M INTO MY THIRD WEEK BEING THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE CHAMBER.

A LOT OF BIG CHANGES ARE DUE TO COME IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE THE, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST EVENTS COMING UP, TASTE OF LA VERNE, NOVEMBER 5TH AT THE METROPOLITAN IN POMONA.

I GREW UP GOING TO SCHOOL HERE. I GRADUATED FROM COLLEGE FROM ULV, SO IT'S NICE TO COME BACK AND ACTUALLY WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO WITH THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE A NEW ERA FOR THE CHAMBER.

WE'RE EXCITED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

WE'RE EXCITED FOR THE TASTE OF LA VERNE. THAT'S AT THE SAME PLACE, THAT'S STUMPS, RIGHT NEXT TO STUMPS, RIGHT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. IT'LL BE. YEAH. AT THE SAME TIME IT IS. IT'S STUMPS, BUT IT'S THERE.

I THINK THE PLANNING COMMITTEE THOUGHT METROPOLITAN JUST HAD MORE.

WELL, YOU'VE CONFIRMED. I'M LOOKING AT IT, WHAT'S THE METROPOLITAN? I KNOW STUMPS.

YEAH, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE A LOT MORE ADVERTISEMENT, A LOT MORE PUBLICITY ABOUT IT, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ANYBODY WHO SEES IT AS AWARE AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT'S GOING TO BE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY A LOT. HE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO THE COUNCIL TO GO VISIT SOME BUSINESSES.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED. MATT BRINGS A LOT OF ENERGY, A LOT OF FRESH IDEAS.

SO AS HE SAID, A LOT OF THINGS, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS ARE TO COME.

THAT WAS GREAT LAST YEAR. IT'LL BE EVEN BETTER THIS YEAR. SO THAT'S ONE. AND THEN EVEN BETTER THE YEAR AFTER THAT. AND THERE YOU GO. 25TH ANNIVERSARY THIS.

AH, VERY GOOD. WE'RE EXCITED. WE'RE EXCITED. THANK YOU AND WELCOME.

WELCOME, WELCOME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY? THAT WOULD BE NO. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR. ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR ARE ROUTINE CAN BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION,

[CONSENT CALENDAR ]

SECOND. VOTE PLEASE. THE CONSENT CALENDAR WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY LAU, AND APPROVED 5-0. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. TONIGHT, ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM TONIGHT RELATED TO THE ZONING AMENDMENTS.

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MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY. IT'S ONE STAFF REPORT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FOUR SEPARATE ITEMS THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING.

SO WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING WILL BE HOLDING A VOTE OPENING AND HOLDING A VOTE ON EACH ONE.

EACH ONE SEPARATELY. YEAH. SO WE HAVE A CLEAN RECORD.

VERY GOOD. AND WITH THAT, MR. MAYOR, I'LL BRING FORWARD CANDICE BOWCOCK, OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING THE PRESENTATION AND EACH ITEM.

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

TONIGHT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD FOUR ORDINANCES RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TONIGHT.

THESE UPDATES ARE NECESSARY TO HELP BRING THE CITY OF LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE INTO COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW, AND IMPLEMENT OUR RECENTLY UPDATED GENERAL PLAN.

THE AMENDED ORDINANCES INCLUDE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, HISTORIC STRUCTURES, NOISE REGULATIONS, REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND TWO-UNIT HOUSING PROJECTS AND URBAN LOT SPLITS UNDER SB 9.

EACH OF THESE ORDINANCES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, AND ARE EITHER EXEMPT OR, EXEMPT FROM CEQA OR ALREADY COVERED UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.

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I WILL COME BACK FOR THE RECOMMENDATION AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE.

COME IN. MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO NOTE CANDICE IS ALSO OUR ABOVE AND BEYOND RECIPIENT.

OH YES, SHE'S OUR ABOVE AND BEYOND. AND ALSO THERE IS A FAMILY MEMBER HERE.

THERE WAS A PREVIOUS, I THINK, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MR. BRIAN BOWCOCK. WELCOME AGAIN, SIR. WELCOME TO THE CHAMBERS.

YOU'RE NOT A STRANGER. THAT'S A GOOD THING. THANK YOU.

HOW ARE YOU? I'M DOING WELL. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR HAVING ME BACK.

EXCITED TO BE HERE ONE MORE TIME. SO I DO HAVE JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION.

AND AS CANDICE MENTIONED, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

SO AS A REMINDER OF WHAT HAS BROUGHT US HERE THIS EVENING, THE CITY ADOPTED ITS HOUSING ELEMENT IN NOVEMBER OF 2022 AND SUBSEQUENTLY ADOPTED A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO ITS GENERAL PLAN AND CERTIFIED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT FOR THAT PROJECT IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT CITIES MAINTAIN COMPLIANCE AND CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THEIR GENERAL PLAN AND OTHER IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS, INCLUDING YOUR ZONING CODE AND SEVERAL OF THE ORDINANCES BROUGHT FORWARD TONIGHT ARE JUST THE FIRST TIP OF MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THROUGH ON THOSE IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN BOTH THE HOUSING ELEMENT AND THE GENERAL PLAN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AGAIN, ABOUT THAT COMPLIANCE WITH THE HOUSING ELEMENT. AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE THE CITY WORKED SO DILIGENTLY TO COMPLETE THAT UPDATE AND RECEIVE CERTIFICATION FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE MADE IN THAT HOUSING ELEMENT.

OTHERWISE, THEY COME BACK AND ASK US WHAT'S GOING ON AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DO.

SO PART OF THE WORK TONIGHT IS TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIONS THAT WERE OUTLINED IN BOTH THE GENERAL PLAN AND HOUSING ELEMENT.

THE HOUSING ELEMENT INCLUDED 29 PROGRAMS TO IMPLEMENT YOUR HOUSING SPECIFIC GOALS.

A LOT OF THOSE, IF YOU WERE A MEMBER, WERE TO ENSURE THAT YOUR ZONING CODE AND OTHER IMPLEMENTATION DOCUMENTS WERE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW, CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN.

SO THE FIRST TOPIC I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IS THE PROTECTION TO PRESERVE AND REGULATE HISTORIC STRUCTURES.

I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS UNIQUE AND SPECIFIC TO EVENTS OF NATURAL DISASTER OR EMERGENCY.

THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT LIVES IN THE CODE. SO WITHOUT SEEING THE HIERARCHY, IT COULD SEEM A LITTLE AMBIGUOUS.

BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY WHAT HAPPENS TO HISTORIC STRUCTURES WHEN THEY ARE DAMAGED DURING A NATURAL DISASTER OR EMERGENCY EVENT.

SO A HISTORIC STRUCTURE IS DEFINED IN A VARIOUS WAY, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT MAY BE LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.

IT COULD BE CERTIFIED OR PRELIMINARY, DETERMINED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, AS CONTRIBUTING TO THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF A RESOURCE OR DISTRICT.

COULD BE LISTED ON A STATE INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PLACES.

COULD BE LISTED ON AN INDIVIDUAL INVENTORY OF HISTORIC PLACES THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED AND DETERMINED TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.

SO THIS IS ALL TO SAY THAT PLACES THAT ARE HISTORIC ARE SPECIFIC.

THEY ARE DESIGNATED AS SUCH AND AFFORDED CERTAIN PROTECTIONS GIVEN THAT DESIGNATION.

THIS IS A NEW SECTION, AGAIN, TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE HISTORIC STRUCTURES IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY, AND IT RESTRICTS THE DEMOLITION OR ALTERATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS DAMAGED BY NATURAL DISASTERS, EXCEPT IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, WHEN IT POSES A RISK TO THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY OR OTHER SORTS OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THAT STRUCTURE, THAT WOULD NEGATE THE THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE AREA.

QUESTION. DO WE HAVE A LIST OF THOSE STRUCTURES WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS? WE. SO HISTORIC STRUCTURES. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ACTUAL INVENTORY, A LIST OF WHAT WOULD QUALIFY AS A HISTORIC STRUCTURE UNDER THIS DEFINITION, BECAUSE NOT ALL MILLS ACT HOMES QUALIFY UNDER THIS.

WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A CEQA PROCEDURE, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN YOU'RE DOING AN ACTUAL ANALYSIS OF HOMES THAT ARE MORE THAN 45 YEARS OLD. AND. BUT FOR. WE DO HAVE. YOU LOOK AT 45 YEARS, GENERALLY BECAUSE ANYTHING OVER 50 IS CONSIDERED, COULD, IS POSSIBLY CONSIDERED HISTORIC. THIS WOULD NOT COVER THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING, THIS NEW ORDINANCE THAT REGULATES HISTORIC STRUCTURES AS SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED BY ITS DEFINITION. SO AGAIN, NOT EVERYTHING IN THE MILLS ACT IS COVERED.

YOU DO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MILLS ACT HOME THAT WOULD BE COVERED, AND THAT'S THE CARRIÓN, CARRIÓN STRUCTURE,

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AND WE DO HAVE SOME OF THESE OTHER, NOT ALL FOUR OF THOSE QUALIFYING FACTORS, BUT SOME OF THE TOP TIER FACTORS ARE LISTED IN THE PALEO AND CULTURAL RESOURCES REPORT ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS PREPARED BACK IN 2018, SO IT'S NOT BROUGHT UP TO 2025 REGISTRATION, ANYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE PAST SEVEN YEARS. BUT WE DO HAVE A PARTIAL LIST THAT COVERS THE FIRST TWO ITEMS OF THAT LIST.

ONE OF MY CONCERNS IS THE DEFINITION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURE.

IT'S NOT FOUND IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, BUT IT TO BE INCLUDED SOMEWHERE.

SO WE CAN REFER TO IT. COUNCIL MEMBER THE ORDINANCE ACTUALLY REFERENCES THE DEFINITION OF A HISTORIC STRUCTURE, WHICH THEY HAVE UP ON THE POWERPOINT, WHICH IS CONTAINED IN OUR FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE.

WE COULD ADD IT INTO, WE COULD MOVE THE DEFINITION INTO THIS ORDINANCE ITSELF.

SO IT WAS RIGHT IN THE ORDINANCE. YEAH, I MEAN, IT HARDLY MAKES ANY SENSE TO HAVE IT IN THE FLOODPLAIN.

IT CROSS-REFERENCES IT. I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHY.

I'M SURE IT'S USED IN THE FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE TO FOR FEMA.

YOU CAN BELIEVE IT, FEMA CAME UP WITH THIS DEFINITION, SO IT ENDED UP LIVING IN THE FLOODPLAIN ORDINANCE.

BUT I THINK TO THIS POINT, WE CAN CERTAINLY HAVE.

COPY AND PASTE. COPY AND PASTE AND MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR, BECAUSE WITHOUT IT IT'S DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT IS CONSIDERED A HISTORIC STRUCTURE.

IF WE USE THE DATA 45 YEARS, I TAKE OFFENSE OF ANYTHING, HISTORICALLY 45 YEARS.

YOU KNOW, I'M THERE WITH YOU. YEAH, JOIN THE CLUB.

YEAH. I WAS LIKE, WE'RE ALL HISTORIC. YEAH. SO WE CAN WE CAN ADD THAT.

ABSOLUTELY. SO IT IS CONTAINED WITHIN THE CODE.

BUT IN A SEPARATE LOCATION, WE CAN CROSS-REFERENCE IT AND COPY IT HERE.

IF THE COUNCIL WANTS IT'S A CHANGE THAT HAS NO SUBSTANTIVE DIFFERENCE.

WE COULD SIMPLY AMEND THE ORDINANCE TONIGHT. COULD WE DO THAT ON A MOTION WITH ONE [INAUDIBLE]? WHEN YOU INTRODUCE THE ORDINANCE. YES. IF YOU SO DESIRE UNDER, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE ON, RELATING TO STORE STRUCTURES AND ADDING THE NOISE, AND SECTION 2.56.090 SAYS MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A HISTORIC STRUCTURE PER 15.40.030 OF THIS CODE, WE COULD JUST SAY, MEETS THE DEFINITION OF A HISTORIC STRUCTURE AS DEFINED BELOW.

AND THEN ADD A NEW SUBSECTION B TO SAY, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ORDINANCE, HISTORIC STRUCTURE MEANS, AND THEN JUST COPY THE EXACT SAME DEFINITION.

I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE MEANT. RIGHT. DOES THAT SOUND GOOD, MR. JOHNSON? YEAH. JUST SO WE HAVE SOME SORT OF A REFERENCE TO IT.

PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO GO CROSS-REFERENCE IT WITH THE FLOOD PLAIN. WE CAN DO THAT WITHOUT NEEDING TO GO BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. OKAY.

NEXT, SPECIFIC TO THE NOISE ORDINANCE. THIS IS TO ENSURE CONSISTENCY WITH THE NOISE ELEMENT, WHICH IS EMBEDDED AS PART OF YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN.

NOISE ELEMENT IS ONE OF YOUR REQUIRED ELEMENTS IN A GENERAL PLAN, AS I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER ME DESCRIBING IT FOR YEARS ON END.

THESE REPLACE THE PRIOR NOISE ORDINANCE STANDARDS, WHICH WERE REALLY A RELIC OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES STANDARDS WHEN LA VERNE INCORPORATED AND ADOPTED THEIR FIRST CODE. THEY REALLY RELIED ON COUNTY OF L.A.

STANDARDS. SO THIS ALLOWS THE CITY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BETTER DEFINE NOISE LIMITS BY THE TYPE OF USE AND TIME OF DAY.

IT CREATES CUSTOMIZED NOISE STANDARDS RELATIVE TO NOISE IMPACTS.

BY SENSITIVE USES, THESE ARE THINGS LIKE SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS, RESIDENCES.

IT ALSO CREATES STANDARDS FOR VIBRATION IMPACTS AND MOBILE CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, AND LOOKS AT SPECIFIC EXEMPTIONS TO STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES.

THIS IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOUD PLAYGROUNDS OUT OF SCHOOL.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MITIGATE THE SOUND OF CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PLAYGROUND, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND IT PROVIDES SOME ENFORCEMENT STANDARDS TO ENHANCE THE CITY'S ABILITY TO ENFORCE THE STANDARDS THAT IT SETS FORTH IN THIS ORDINANCE.

HOW ABOUT THE TRAIN? DOES PROVIDE STANDARDS AND PROVIDES THE CITY THE POWER TO DETERMINE WHETHER THOSE STANDARDS ARE MET.

THIS JUST GENERALLY SHOWS THE COMPARISON OF THOSE TIME STANDARDS FOR THE PRIOR LOS ANGELES NOISE ORDINANCE COMPARED TO THE PROPOSED NOICE ORDINANCE.

I'D LIKE TO STRESS THAT THESE ARE THE EXACT SAME STANDARDS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN. THEY JUST HAVE TO EXIST IN BOTH PLACES.

SO YOU'VE SEEN THESE STANDARDS BEFORE. THEY'RE BEING IMPLEMENTED HERE IN THAT CODE.

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PRIOR EXEMPTIONS TALKED ABOUT LIKE AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT AND THINGS THAT JUST OVER TIME HAVEN'T BEEN AS RELEVANT HERE.

IT DOES NOT INCLUDE INTERIOR NOISE STANDARDS.

THAT'S TO SAY THAT YOUR OTHER COMPONENTS OF YOUR CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND OTHER STRUCTURAL REQUIREMENTS DESCRIBE WHAT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS USED TO CONSTRUCT BUILDINGS, AND BY REGULATING NOISES THAT ARE HAPPENING OUTSIDE OF THOSE BUILDINGS AND THEN BUILDING THE BUILDING CORRECTLY, YOU'RE INHERENTLY CREATING THOSE MORE ACCEPTABLE INTERIOR STANDARDS.

AND WE'RE SIMPLIFYING THE NOISE ORDINANCE, AGAIN, TO EXCLUDE OR REMOVE PROCEDURES OR USES THAT ARE JUST NO LONGER RELEVANT TO LA VERNE.

WOULD THAT INCLUDE BARKING DOGS OR LOUD MUSIC PARTIES.

THE CITY DOES HAVE OTHER NUISANCE, NOISE COMPLAINT ISSUES.

IT'S NOT BASED ON DECIBEL LEVELS, BUT THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES WHERE CODE ENFORCEMENT DOES TAKE ACTION AND THERE'S A PROCESS FOR IMPLEMENTING THAT.

THESE WOULD ONLY BE FOR DECIBEL. RIGHT. EQUIPMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AS WAS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE CITY PREPARED AND CERTIFIED AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AS PART OF YOUR GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.

GIVEN THAT THESE MUNICIPAL CODE REVISIONS IMPLEMENT THE GOALS AND POLICIES CONSISTENT WITH THAT GENERAL PLAN AND THAT GENERAL PLAN, EIR WAS CERTIFIED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

THESE ORDINANCES ARE COVERED IN PART BY THAT ANALYSIS CONDUCTED.

MEANING THERE'S NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE OR DAYLIGHT BETWEEN THOSE TWO YOU DOCUMENTS.

ADDITIONALLY, WE FIND THAT SOME OF THESE ARE EXEMPT FROM CEQA BY THE COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION, SIMPLY MEANING THAT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT ORDINANCE CAN'T POSSIBLY HAVE AN EFFECT, A PHYSICAL EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT, AND THEREFORE WOULD BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, AND THEY DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL ALLOW MISS BOWCOCK TO COME BACK FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE JEREMY CONRAD.

HE'S ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION BACK THERE. IN THE BACK THERE. HELLO, JEREMY. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK DONE. OKAY.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT CITY COUNCIL, BASED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION, IS TO INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY AND WAY FURTHER READINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCES.

NOW, DO WE NEED TO READ EACH ONE, OR HOW DO WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT ON THE OTHER THREE ORDINANCES? NO, THIS WAS JUST. THIS IS FOR THE FLOOR. OKAY.

OKAY. SINCE THERE ARE FOUR ORDINANCES, AS OUR ATTORNEY HAD STATED, WE WERE GOING BACK TO ASK IF THERE ARE ANY CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS ON STAFF ON ANY OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS. IF NOT, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THE AMENDMENTS ONE AT A TIME, ALLOWING PUBLIC COMMENTS FIRST AND THEN AFTER COUNCIL COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL ASK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND BEFORE CONDUCTING THE VOTE AND MOVING UP TO THE NEXT ORDINANCE. MR. MAYOR, CAN I JUST GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE OTHER ORDINANCES THIS WAS ON.

I THINK AMANDA'S PRESENTATION VERY WELL COVERED THE ORDINANCE TO IMPLEMENT THE LA VERNE GENERAL PLAN.

I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON THE ADU, THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND THE SB 9 ORDINANCES.

I'M GOING IN ORDER THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET. THE ADU ORDINANCE AND THE SB 9 ORDINANCE, BUT THEY'RE DRAFTED SEPARATELY. THE ADU ORDINANCE IMPLEMENTS THE MOST CURRENT VERSION OF STATE LAW.

AS YOU KNOW, THEY CHANGE IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR ON US.

AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP TO IMPLEMENT THOSE CHANGES.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING IN HERE REALLY THAT ISN'T REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, WITH THE ONE EXCEPTION THAT WE DID ADD A PROVISION ON HISTORIC PROPERTIES THAT IF THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY SUBJECT TO A MILLS ACT CONTRACT WITH THE CITY, CONSTRUCTION HAS TO COMPLY WITH THE CONTRACT STANDARDS, INCLUDING DESIGN CONFORMANCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF INTERIOR STANDARDS, AND THE MILLS CONTRACT WOULD NEED TO BE AMENDED TO AUTHORIZE THE ADU ON THE SITE, BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE IN THIS IS STATE LAW. THE BIGGEST CHANGE TO THIS IS THEY'VE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ADUS THAT CAN BE DONE ON A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.

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SO THAT IS THE ADU ORDINANCE. BUT YOU CAN HAVE A TOTAL OF EIGHT UNITS ON THE LOT.

8. EXCUSE ME, 8 ADUS ON A MULTIFAMILY LOT. AND THE ACTUAL MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNIT. OF COURSE, IT STILL HAS TO ACTUALLY FIT ON THE LOT.

IT HAS TO GO BY OTHER CRITERIA AND SETBACKS IN THE PAST.

BUT THAT'S NOTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT.

THAT IS THE STATE SHOVING IT DOWN OUR THROATS.

IT'S REALLY WITH LARGE SPLITS. ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, THE LOT CLEARANCES, THE HEIGHT. I KNOW IT'S SB 9 AND SCOTT WIENER FROM STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

AND I THINK TO CLARIFY IS THAT EIGHT IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED.

BUT AGAIN BACK TO THERE ARE STILL OTHER PORTIONS THAT HAVE TO BE COMPLIED WITH THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY THERE ARE VERY FEW OTHER REQUIREMENTS, BUT YES, THERE IS STILL SOME. I MEAN, THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET YOUR FOUR FOOT SIDE AND REAR YARD SETBACKS.

THEY STILL HAVE TO MEET MINIMUMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PROPERTIES ACTUALLY HAVE, THAT IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY. YEAH. THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT IF THEY MEET THE CRITERIA, WE CANNOT RESTRICT THEM.

THAT'S THE SAD REALITY, YOU KNOW. BUT WE HAVEN'T SEEN TOO MANY OF THOSE.

WE'VE SEEN A FEW ADUS THAT PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT, BUT NOT AS MANY AS I THOUGHT.

BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE TO BUILD. OKAY, SO. THE NEXT ORDINANCE WAS COVERED BY AMANDA, THE HISTORIC, OH. VOTE. SHOWED YOU. I'D LIKE IF WE GO THROUGH THEM ALL AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ALL OF THEM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO DO ONE AT A TIME. OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. SO OUR FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS GOING TO BE, YOU WANT TO FINISH WHAT YOU WERE DOING? EITHER WAY. WELL, SHE'S SHE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE ENTIRETY OF THE STAFF REPORT WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK IN EACH ZONING ORDINANCE, GOING TO THEN OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, GET PUBLIC COMMENTS, CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

TAKE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS. VOTE ON IT. MOVE TO THE NEXT.

IT'S THAT'S FINE. WELL, BUT IT'S FINE. BUT I GUESS MY THOUGHT IS, WHILE IT'S TOP OF MIND AND SHE JUST WENT THROUGH THE ADUS, WHY DON'T WE DO THE COMMENTS ON THE ADUS, VOTE ON THE ADUS.

I AGREE. LET'S DO THAT. LET'S LOOK. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON THE AD USE BEFORE WE GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT ON AD USE AND THE ACCESSORY ADUS, JUST THE ADUS AND THE WHOLE WITH LOT SPLITS. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT? YES. YES. INTRODUCTION. WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

BACK UP TO THE DAIS. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THE ADUS SEGMENT? NOPE. JUST MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. THIS WOULD BE MOVED TO INTRODUCE.

INTRODUCE. OKAY. YES. YES. SECOND. PAM.

ITEM 7, RECOMMENDATION 1 WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY LAU APPROVED 5-0.

OKAY. THE NEXT ORDINANCE IN YOUR PACKET IS THE ONE THAT AMANDA JUST WENT OVER, THE HISTORIC AND NOISE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT ONE, THEN.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE? THAT WOULD BE NO. I'M GOING TO BRING IT BACK TO THE DAIS. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL ON THE NOISE ORDINANCE? IF NOT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. NOISE AND HISTORIC.

YEAH, I DO HAVE ONE, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE WE'VE HAD A RESIDENT COME UP MULTIPLE TIMES, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND.

RIGHT LIVES ON THE HOMES RIGHT THERE. DOES THIS AFFECT THAT OR DOES IT MAKE IT LESS OR BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A SPECIAL ACTIVITY OF BEING PART OF A PARK, THAT IT MIGHT BE EXEMPT FROM THAT? SO PARK NOISE AND NOISE ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT FROM THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

HERE WE GO. SO THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT IT ON SEPARATELY ON THAT ISSUE.

YEAH WE ARE LOOKING AT NOISE ATTENUATION BOARDS AND STUFF, BUT YEAH.

SILENCERS ON THE PADDLES. BUT TO BE CLEAR THERE ARE NO ORDINANCES IN REGARDS TO THE PARK NOISE.

NO NOISE GENERALLY AT THOSE PARKS IN THE SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT.

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HOURS AND. HOURS AND ALL THAT, BUT IT IS EXEMPT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. YES. AND THEN THE MOTION FOR THIS ONE WOULD BE TO INTRODUCE THIS ORDINANCE WITH THE AMENDMENT TO SECTION 2.56.090 TO MAKE THE EXISTING PARAGRAPH, SUBSECTION A JUST SAY THAT MEETS THE DEFINITION OF HISTORIC STRUCTURE AND DELETE THE CROSS REFERENCE AND MAKE A NEW SUBSECTION B THAT SAYS HISTORIC STRUCTURE MEANS.

AND THEN WE WILL DROP IN THE LANGUAGE FROM 15.40.030 OF THE CODE DIRECTLY, RATHER THAN INCLUDING THE CROSS-REFERENCE.

IT WILL BE OUT OF FLOOD CONTROL. IT WILL REMAIN IN THE FLOOD CONTROL, BUT IT WILL ALSO BE HERE VERBATIM.

WE NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THE. SO THAT WOULD BE SO TO MOVE AS AMENDED.

OKAY. INTRODUCE AS AMENDED I WILL MOVE AS AMENDED BY OUR ATTORNEY.

STILL HAVE A [INAUDIBLE]. SECOND. VOTE. THANK YOU.

ITEM 7, RECOMMENDATION 2, AS AMENDED, WAS APPROVED 5-0.

IT WAS MOVED BY LAU AND SECONDED BY JOHNSON. THE NEXT ORDINANCE IN YOUR PACKET IS A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION ORDINANCE. I BELIEVE THIS WAS ONE OF YOUR HOUSING ELEMENT POLICIES.

TO UPDATE THE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION, EVEN IF IT WASN'T THE CITY'S ORDINANCE WAS OUT OF DATE.

THIS ORDINANCE IS A MODEL THAT WAS BASED ON, I THINK, THE CITY OF OAKLAND.

THEY HAD COME UP WITH A NEW DRAFT. THEY WERE CHALLENGED BY A DISABILITY RIGHTS GROUP.

THIS WAS THE ORDINANCE THAT CAME OUT OF THE NEGOTIATIONS.

SO WE KIND OF FEEL IT HAS THE BLESSING OF THE DISABILITY RIGHTS GROUPS, AND IT JUST SETS FORTH NEW POLICY.

AND THIS ONE WOULD BE EXEMPT UNDER 15061 B3 OF CEQA OF THE COMMON CENSUS EXCEPTION THAT IT'S NOT A PROJECT, IT'S JUST SETTING FORTH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES.

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO.

IT'S EXCITING. DON'T JUMP OUT OF YOUR CHAIR. OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ON THE DAIS? ANY COUNCIL COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION? [INAUDIBLE] DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. THAT'S AN INTRODUCE.

MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE WAIVER OF THE READING.

INTRODUCE THE WAY FOR THE READING. SECOND. THANK YOU.

VOTE PLEASE. MA'AM. ITEM 7. RECOMMENDATION 3.

MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA. SECONDED BY CROSBY.

APPROVED 5-0. OKAY. YOUR FINAL ORDINANCE TONIGHT.

IS AGAIN STATE LAW CHANGES THAT WERE MADE IN THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION RELATING TO TWO-UNIT HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ON A SINGLE LOT AND THE URBAN LOT SPLITS.

THIS IS WHAT ESSENTIALLY ALLOWS FOR UNITS TO BE BUILT ON ONE LOT TO PRIMARY UNITS, AND TO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, OR AN ADU AND THE JADU OR TWO ON EACH LOT. THESE CHANGES JUST PARALLEL STATE LAW AS TO WHAT HAS TO BE DONE.

IF SOMEBODY DIVIDES A LOT BY AN SB9, THEY CANNOT FURTHER SPLIT THE LOT.

IT'S A ONE TIME ONLY PROCEDURE THAT YOU GET TO USE.

AND IF YOU ARE A DEVELOPER, YOU CAN'T REALLY USE AN SB 9 BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BE LIVING IN ONE OF THE UNITS ON THE LOT. SO YOU COULDN'T DO A LOT SPLIT AND LIVE ON BOTH LOTS.

THE BIGGEST CHANGE IN THE STATE LEGISLATION WAS THAT THE CITY COULD NOT IMPOSE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT WERE NOT BEING IMPOSED ON THE MAIN UNIT. SO A LOT OF CITIES AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHETHER LA VERNE DID THIS OR NOT.

I DON'T THINK WE DID. BUT THEY'D SAY YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO SIZE LIMITS IN LA VERNE ON OUR PRIMARY UNITS, BUT THEY'D SAY YOUR SECONDARY UNIT COULD ONLY BE 800FT².

STATE SAID NO. NO DIFFERENT REGULATIONS ON ONE PRIMARY UNIT FROM ANOTHER PRIMARY UNIT.

AND THEY JUST CLARIFIED WHAT WE KIND OF ALL KNEW THAT YOU HAD TO DO 60 DAY APPROVAL.

AND IF YOU DENY IT, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THEM REASONS IN WRITING.

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VERY GOOD. I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ONE.

ANOTHER EXCITING ITEM. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE THIS AND ANY COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL.

AND I WOULD ASK, THERE WOULD BE A MOTION TO INTRODUCE BY TITLE ONLY AND WAY FOR THE READING.

I MOVE INTRODUCED BY TITLE ONLY AND WAY FOR THE READING OF THE FOURTH AND LAST ORDINANCE.

SECOND. SECOND. VOTE PLEASE. ITEM 7, RECOMMENDATION FOUR WAS MOVED BY LAU, SECONDED BY JOHNSON, AND WAS APPROVED 5-0. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LISA. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT WAS INTERESTING.

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THANK YOU. BRING UP CODY HOWING. CODY. GOOD EVENING.

MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. YES. THIS EVENING WE HAVE MEMBERS OF METRO HERE WITH US, AS WELL AS THEIR CONSULTANT STAFF TO GIVE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW OF THE THE LA METRO LONE HILL TO WHITE AVENUE DOUBLE TRACK PROJECT.

IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR SINCE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN BROUGHT BEFORE COUNCIL, AND SO THE POINT IS TO BRING AN UPDATE TO COUNCIL AND ALSO HIGHLIGHT A PARTICULAR DETAIL THAT INVOLVES A POTENTIAL SIGNAL OF A U-TURN POCKET ON ARROW HIGHWAY.

AS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT MIGHT COME FROM THIS PROJECT ON SAN DIMAS CANYON.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL PASS THE PRESENTATION ON TO MR. J.C. MONTENEGRO, AND AT THE CONCLUSION OF HIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MONTENEGRO. AGAIN WE SEE EACH OTHER.

YES. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL.

GOOD EVENING, STAFF AND CITY OF LA VERNE. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TONIGHT.

AGAIN. MY NAME IS J.C. MONTENEGRO. I'M THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AREA MANAGER FOR L.A.

METRO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS.

JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE LONE HILL-WHITE PROJECT.

IT'S METRO'S PLAN, METRO'S TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT PLAN INCLUDES ADDING A SECOND MAINLINE TRACK ALONG A 3.9 MILE SEGMENT BETWEEN LONE HILL AVENUE AND SAN DIMAS AND WHITE AVENUE IN LA VERNE.

THE PROJECT INCLUDES QUIET ZONE READY UPGRADES TO ROADWAYS AND SIDEWALKS, NEW AND UPGRADED TRACK AND PEDESTRIAN CROSSING, EQUIPMENT, AND AND IMPROVEMENTS TO DRAINAGE AND LANDSCAPING.

THE SECOND MAINLINE TRACK WILL ALLOW OPPOSING TRAINS TO OPERATE ON SEPARATE AND SEPARATE TRACKS, ENHANCING THE FLOW OF BOTH METROLINK AND UNION PACIFIC TRAINS WHILE IMPROVING ON TIME PERFORMANCE AND SCHEDULE RELIABILITY.

THE EXISTING RAILWAY, OWNED BY METRO, IS PART OF THE SAN GABRIEL SUBDIVISION AND SERVES BOTH METROLINK COMMUTER RAIL, APPROXIMATELY 38 TRAINS DAILY, AND UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD FREIGHT SERVICE UP TO FOUR TRAINS DAILY.

THE PROJECT IS NEARING THE 100% DESIGN COMPLETION MILESTONE STATUS AND CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY SEEK CONSTRUCTION FUNDING.

IN MID-APRIL, A STUDY SESSION WAS FILED WITH CITY COUNCIL THAT PROPOSED PROJECT FEATURES AT THE RAIL CROSSING AT SAN DIMAS CANYON ROAD.

THE FEATURES OF LIGHT BLUE HERE IN THE IMAGE SHOW THE MODIFIED FEATURES.

THE ONES IN GREEN SHOW REPRESENT NO CHANGE AND THE ORANGE SHOWS THE NEW FEATURES.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES CREATED A MANDATORY FREE RIDE CONDITION FOR NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC APPROACHING THE INTERSECTION AND ARROW HIGHWAY.

MY COLLEAGUE BRIAN VALDERRAMA WILL TAKE US INTO MORE DETAIL ON THESE FEATURES AND MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT.

GREAT. THANK YOU. BRIAN VALDERRAMA, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER FOR REGIONAL RAIL AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE LONE HILL TO WHITE DOUBLE TRACK.

SO WHEN WE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST YEAR, WE HAD TO BRING SOME BAD NEWS, AS WELL AS GOOD NEWS FROM THE PROJECT TEAM.

THE BAD NEWS AT THAT TIME, BACK IN APRIL, WAS TO LET YOU KNOW, NOW THAT THE GOLD LINE PROJECT WAS ALREADY COMPLETED IN THE SAN DIMAS CANYON AVENUE AREA FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION WAS TREATING THE LONE HILL TO WHITE PROJECT NOT AS AN ADDITION OR ENHANCEMENT TO THAT PROJECT, BUT COMPLETELY SEPARATE.

SO THEIR RULING AT THAT TIME WAS TO CLOSE SAN DIMAS CANYON AVENUE AND WITH, WE WENT THROUGH EVERY POSSIBLE OPTION WITH THEM

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WITH ALL OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT AND CONTINUED SUPPORT AT OUR LAST MEETING, WE GOT YOUR APPROVAL.

THE UPDATE IS SINCE THAT TIME WE TOOK IT FROM CONCEPT.

WE'VE BROUGHT IT TO A 90% DRAFT SUBMITTAL. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH THE TEAM TO TAKE IT TO A DRAFT 100% SUBMITTAL.

THE ITEM THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN FRONT OF YOU IS BASED ON SOME NEW INFORMATION.

IT'S NOT AS BAD AS THE LAST TIME. THE UPDATE IS, AS WE'RE BEING INFORMED OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ON FROM THE COUNTY WITH THEIR SYNCHRONIZATION PROJECT ALONG ARROW HIGHWAY.

IT MADE US AND YOUR STAFF LOOK AT THIS U-TURN THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED AT THE SOLUTION BROUGHT TO A YEAR AGO.

AND ONE OF THE OUTCOMES THAT WE DID WAS TAKE IT THROUGH A WARRANT ANALYSIS, WHICH IS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, TO SEE WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION. DO WE LEAVE IT SIGNALIZED OR DO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE SIGNAL IZATION? AFTER WE WENT THROUGH OUR WARRANT ANALYSIS, IT WAS PROVEN THAT THIS SPECIFIC PROPOSED U-TURN WOULD BE WARRANTED FOR A TRAFFIC SIGNAL IN COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY AND THEIR TEAM.

ONCE ALL OF OUR DESIGN IMPROVEMENTS ARE ONLINE AND THIS PROJECT GOES INTO CONSTRUCTION, IT CAN FOLD IN AS AN ADDITIONAL MODIFICATION TO THE COUNTY'S SIGNALIZED SYSTEM SO THAT THIS ONE SIGNAL IS NOT OUT OF SYNC FROM THE ENTIRE INNER INTERCHANGES OR INTERSECTIONS ALONG YOUR ARROW.

HIGHWAY SAFETY CONCERN IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN FOR METRO AND ALL OF OUR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE WHAT WE PUT OUT THERE FOR YOU IS BETTER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE, AS WELL AS WHY WE LOOKED INTO IT IN SO MUCH DETAIL.

WITH YOUR TEAM, LEFT TURN ANALYSIS DOES ACCOMMODATE ENOUGH STORAGE FOR ALL OF YOUR TRAFFIC COMING OUT OF SAN DIMAS CANYON ROAD. OUR TEAM WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE IF IF ADDITIONAL STORAGE IS NEEDED AT THAT LOCATION BEFORE WE GO TO SIGNATURE. IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT WE'RE PUTTING FOR YOU TODAY FOR YOUR APPROVAL IS TO ADD THE SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT THERE.

WE STUDIED IT AS A DESIGN AND AND ANALYSIS PART, BUT OUR PLANS CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT ELEMENT FOLDED INTO IT.

AND BEFORE WE AS METRO TOOK ACTION TO MODIFY OUR CONSULTANT'S SCOPE OF WORK.

WE WANTED TO PRESENT THAT CHANGE FOR YOUR FULL CONCURRENCE OR DEFINITELY YOUR CONSIDERATION.

YOUR CONCURRENCE IS GREAT, BUT WE WANTED TO TAKE THAT UP IN FRONT OF YOU.

NEXT STEPS. LIKE I SAID, WITH YOUR APPROVAL, WE CAN MODIFY OUR DESIGN CONTRACT, PULL THAT INTO OUR OUR NEXT SUBMITTAL, WHICH IS COMING UP THIS FALL FOR A DRAFT 100%.

WE CONTINUE TO SEEK EVERY OPPORTUNITY FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT.

WE ARE MEETING WITH ASSEMBLY MEMBERS NOT ONLY ON THE LOCAL BUT ON THE STATE LEVEL AS WELL.

EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT'S POSSIBLE, EVERY NEW GRANT CYCLE THAT COMES UP, WE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROJECT IS TOP OF MIND FOR CONSIDERATION. WE WILL BE REPORTING BACK TO OUR BOARD BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

AT THE SAME TIME, WE WANTED TO HAVE OUR DRAFT 100% READY LEVEL TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THEIR FULL SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT TO KEEP PUSHING THIS PROJECT TO A SIGNATURE LEVEL READY AND GET IT INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS? I'M LOOKING AT THIS DRAWING SIGNAL VISUALIZATION OF THE PROPOSED ARROW HIGHWAY.

AND. THIS IS JUST NOT CLEAR TO ME HOW THAT U-TURN IS.

OKAY. EAST OF SAN DIMAS. YES. IT'S ABOUT 14FT

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YEAH. OKAY. YES. SO THE U-TURN IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED OR IS NOT? THE U-TURN WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR LAST YEAR'S RECOMMENDATION.

AFTER LEARNING MORE ABOUT WHAT THE COUNTY WAS DOING WITH THEIR SIGNAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ALONG ARROW HIGHWAY.

DID, WE START LOOKING AT. IS JUST LEAVING IT SIGNALIZED THE BEST SOLUTION.

SO NOW WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU. WE DID THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, A SIGNAL.

TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS WARRANTED FOR THAT PROPOSED U-TURN.

BUT WE WANTED YOUR APPROVAL BEFORE WE WENT THROUGH OUR CONTRACTS ON OUR SIDE.

OKAY. AND WE DON'T HAVE A DRAWING NECESSARILY YET.

NO, WE DON'T HAVE. SO THIS WOULD BE LIKE A CONCEPT OF THAT SPECIFIC LOCATION OF WHERE YOUR U-TURN TURN IS, THE, AND THEN WE WOULD ADD ALL OF OUR SIGNALS THERE FOR, FOR.

IF YOU FLIP BACK ABOUT THREE PAGE TWO. IT IS AT THE VERY END FROM THE, THE FAR RIGHT.

THE FAR RIGHT ARROW. YES. WHERE THAT 14 IS GOING TO BE? YEAH, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE 1400 FEET, AND I'LL LET THEM TALK ABOUT IT, IS JUST THE ABILITY TO EVENTUALLY GET OVER THREE LANES, SO THE SAFETY FACTOR AND ALL THAT. CORRECT. YEAH, SO THE RIGHT TURN ISOLATED FROM THE THROUGH MOVEMENT COMING ON TO ARROW HIGHWAY ALLOWS FOR TRAFFIC TO FREELY MAKE THAT RIGHT TURN.

BUT THE DECISIONS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE TO GET THEM OVER TO THAT LEFT LANE IS WHERE THE 14FT, 1400 FEET COME FROM. I APPRECIATE THESE CHANGES BEING MADE AND THE SIGNAL.

I KNOW WHEN YOU CAME LAST, WE HAD AT LEAST ONE RESIDENT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THAT COMMUNITY, THOUGH NOT HAPPY MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN ONLY, BUT MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE OF A U-TURN.

BUT A LIGHT NEEDS TO BE THAT FOR THE U-TURN BECAUSE OF HOW MUCH TRAFFIC IS COMING DOWN ARROW.

NO, WE COMPLETELY REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERN.

WHAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE CHANGES. BUT WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE CAN KEEP THAT OPEN FOR THEM.

BUT THERE WAS A. QUESTION.

FROM OUR AREA, YES, OUR RESIDENTS THERE, PLUS THE RESIDENTS THAT THE SAN DIMAS SIDE AND COUNTY SIDE ALL COMING THROUGH, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. AND THAT SAN DIMAS SIDE IS THEIR OWN HOA, WHICH THEY HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEIR ROADS.

SO CONCERN OF OUR RESIDENT HAVING TO ALWAYS DRIVE THROUGH THAT COMMUNITY, SO IT REALLY ADDRESSES THAT TOO.

SO WE'RE BASICALLY YOU HAVE A U-TURN. WE WANT THE SIGNALIZATION THERE AT THE 1400 FOOT MARK OVER HERE.

ON THIS SIDE HERE COMING IN, YOU STILL HAVE THE QUEUE TO TURN RIGHT? CORRECT. COMING INTO SAN DIMAS CANYON. YES. BUT YOU CANNOT TURN LEFT ON THE SAN DIMAS CANYON.

YEAH, THAT TURN LEFT OUT OF SAN. YOU CANNOT TURN LEFT OUT OF SAN DIMAS ONTO.

ONTO ARROW. WEST BOUND GOLD. THAT'S WHY YOU GOT TO COME THIS WAY AND DO A U-TURN.

OKAY, I'M UP TO SPEED NOW. YEAH. THERE WAS THE BIG CONCERN ABOUT THE QUEUING AND HOW MANY CARS WOULD STACKING.

RIGHT. AND THE OTHER PROBLEM IS, NOW THAT YOU'VE GOT THE A LINE GOLD LINE.

YEAH. THAT'S GOING TO BE LIKE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THEIR QUEUING AND THEY'RE STACKING ON THAT TOO.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO DO ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, THE COUNTY ALREADY IS DOING THEIR TRAFFIC.

THEY'RE DOING IT NOW. THEY'RE DOING IT NOW. I THINK RIGHT NOW, PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT, WHEN SEPTEMBER 19TH COMES UP AND THEY OPEN UP THAT STATION AND THE WE'RE PRE REVENUE TESTING RIGHT NOW TO SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS WITH THE SIGNALIZATION AND THOSE TRAINS COMING.

YES. EVERY 5 TO 8 MINUTE INTERVALS TO SEE HOW THAT QUEUING IS.

PAY VERY CLOSE ATTENTION. AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH MIDDAY.

IT'S THE MORNING IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE TRAFFIC REALLY HITS.

PEOPLE ARE COMING HOME, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE COMING DOWN SANDY CANYON AND YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE GOING OUT.

BUT THE SIGNALIZATION AND THE CROSS ARMS ON THE TRACKS ON THE A LINE AREA IS GOING TO BE REAL CRITICAL TO PAY ATTENTION, TO KNOW. AND AND THIS IS GOOD. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT THE BEST OF THE SOLUTIONS, BUT YOU DEFINITELY NEED A SIGNAL OVER THERE.

YEAH. IT WINDS UP BEING THE LEAST IMPACTFUL CONSTRUCTION RISE TO YOUR RESIDENCE.

A YEAR AGO THE CONSIDERATION WAS CLOSURE AND REPLACEMENT, PUT A GRADE SEPARATED STRUCTURE IN THIS TINY THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF

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DO YOU PUT IT? WELL, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT. AND NOT ONLY THAT, YOU GOT THE TRACKS UP THERE, SO IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. IT'S TOO SHORT OF A TIME, TOO SHORT OF AN AREA.

CORRECT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSEL, WE'RE GOING TO.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GIVE A HEADS UP AS TO WHERE THAT U-TURN IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE.

IT'S RIGHT WHERE [INAUDIBLE], AROUND GRANDSTAND PROPERTY WAS AND PROPERTY [INAUDIBLE] AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT IT LATER. HOW THAT'S GOING [INAUDIBLE] TO THAT DEVELOPMENT WHEN AN EVENT HAPPENS.

SO WITH THAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT UNIVERSITY HAS TO CONSIDER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE TO THAT NEXT ADVANCED DECORATIVE CROSSING.

ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE COMING OUT IN THAT AREA.

IF THEY BUILD 100 OR 200 HOMES OR A COMMERCIAL, YOU'RE GOING TO THINK ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE COMING OUT THERE AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REALIGN IT, JUST LIKE, THEY'LL HAVE TO REALIGN IT. YEAH.

YEAH. YEAH. SO RIGHT NOW, IT'S DESIGNATED FOR THEIR PRIVATE ACCESS RIGHT NOW FOR ALL OF THEIR NEEDS.

AND YES, THEY'RE ALREADY ON NOTICE. WELL, WE IF YOU KNEW YOU HAD A CRYSTAL BALL, YOU KNOW THAT ANSWER STEVE? THAT CLEARS IT UP FOR ME REALLY WELL. IT'S NOT THE BEST, BUT IT'S GOOD.

AT LEAST WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE'RE KIND OF ADDRESSING EVERYTHING FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO GET IT OUT. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT OR CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

SO IN MODIFYING THE CONTRACT TO INCORPORATE THIS NEW SCOPE.

WHAT ARE WE ANTICIPATING IN COST? I KNOW YOU'RE SEEKING ADDITIONAL FUNDS, BUT WHAT'S.

THE FUNDS THAT I'M SEEKING AT THIS TIME ARE FOR CONSTRUCTION WITH MY BOARD MOTION WHEN WE CAME TO YOU LAST YEAR, WE ALREADY INCLUDED CONTINGENCY INTO OUR BUDGET APPROVAL PROCESS.

SO METRO HAS LOCAL FUNDS, WE HAVE THE FUNDS NECESSARY TO MODIFY THOSE CHANGES.

WE JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR CONCURRENCE BEFORE WE WENT THROUGH A CONTRACTUAL ISSUE.

OH. THAT'S GOOD. SO THERE'S ENOUGH CONTINGENCY TO TAKE CARE OF THAT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO YOU HAVE FULL FUNDING ON THE SIGNALIZATION AND THE REALIGNMENTS AND EVERYTHING? YES. WONDERFUL. THAT'S NICE TO HEAR. THANK YOU.

WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO PROVIDE CONCURRENCE WITH THE PROPOSED DESIGN UPDATES PRESENTED, INCLUDING SIGNALIZATION OF A U-TURN POCKET ON ARROW HIGHWAY THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED AS PART OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.

SO MOVE. SECOND. SECOND. VOTE PLEASE. I WON. SOMETIMES YOU GUYS COME OUT SO CLOSE. I KNOW, SO CLOSE, RIGHT THERE. THAT ITEM WAS MOVED BY JOHNSTON, SECONDED BY LAU AND APPROVED 5-0.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LOOK FORWARD TO THE, AND YOU'LL BE IN CONTACT WITH OUR STAFF AND LETTING US KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND OUTREACH. PLEASE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT ITEM IS THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS FOR 2025-2026.

WHO'S REPORTING ON THIS, MR. DOMER? I CAN DO THAT.

OH, I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD IDEA. WHAT WAS THAT? YEAH. GO AHEAD. A GOOD IDEA. OKAY, WELL, THIS IS THE, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS.

HELLO. ON A REGULAR BASIS, THOUGH, WE HAVEN'T DONE IT IN TWO YEARS OR SO THE CITY COUNCIL APPOINTS DESIGNATED DELEGATES AND LIAISONS OF VARIOUS REGIONAL AGENCIES LOCAL COMMITTEES, LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT FOR REPRESENTATION PURPOSES AND FOR SERVING YOU KNOW, LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS AND REGIONAL BOARDS. SO THIS IS THE ITEM.

WE'RE UPDATING IT AT THIS POINT. WE'VE ADDED A COUPLE ONES WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING IS ON THERE.

AS PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM WAS THE LISTING. AND THERE ARE ABOUT, I BELIEVE, 20 OR 30 ACTUAL DIFFERENT ASSIGNMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE. SO AGAIN, SOME OF THESE ARE COMMITTEES AND THESE WOULD BE LIAISONS TO THOSE COMMITTEES THAT YOU WILL BE APPOINTING PEOPLE TO.

THERE ARE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES, SO THERE WOULD BE A DELEGATE OR TWO.

THERE ARE REGIONAL AGENCIES, MUCH LIKE THE CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY, THE VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT OTHER ITEMS LIKE THAT, SCAG, THERE WOULD BE A DELEGATE IN AN ALTERNATE OR JUST THE DELEGATE, DEPENDING ON THEIR CRITERIA.

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SO AT THIS TIME, WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU ALL FIVE TO LOOK THROUGH THE LIST AND GO THROUGH IT.

I DO HAVE A BLANK SO THAT I CAN WRITE DOWN SO WE UNDERSTAND WHO YOU ARE APPOINTING.

BUT IF WE CAN START GOING BY THE NUMBERS AND THEY ARE NUMBERED ON THE FAR LEFT STARTING WITH THE LIAISON TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE GETTING A LIAISON AND AN ALTERNATE. CURRENTLY THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE ALREADY IN RED.

WE DID KIND OF SEEK SOME, IF YOU WANTED TO BE ON THESE COMMITTEES.

AND SO IF THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON IN THERE, THAT ONE PERSON REALLY WANTED IT.

IF THERE'S NONE, WE NEED SOMEBODY TO BE DESIGNATED.

AND IF THERE'S A MULTIPLE, IT WAS KIND OF A TIE BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WANTED IT, AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE DECISION MAKING COMES IN.

SO AT THAT I WILL LEAVE IT TO YOU ALL. OKAY. OKAY.

WE JUST WANT TO GO ONE BY ONE. SO I KNOW YOU AND I WERE ON THE ORIGINAL ONE.

WE WERE BOTH, BUT IT'S ONLY ONE PERSON THAT CORRECT.

ALTERNATE ALSO. BUT DO THEY BOTH GO TO THE MEETINGS? NO, JUST ONE. OKAY, SO WE CHANGE. WE USED TO DO.

UNLESS THE FOOD IS GOOD. YEAH. THERE'S NO FOOD.

NO FOOD. SO YOU'RE. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. WENDY.

IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT, I'M GOOD WITH THAT. 1, ARE WE GOOD? MOVE ON TO 2. I WILL TAKE MYSELF OFF THE ALTERNATE LIST, BECAUSE THIS SEEMS TO BE OTHER PEOPLE WITH A BURNING DESIRE.

SO I'M FINE WITH TAKING MYSELF OFF AS ALTERNATE FOR FINANCE.

ANYBODY ELSE? CROSBY? NO, BUT I LEFT MY LIST AT HOME.

CAN WE PUT IT UP SO THAT THE RESIDENTS SEE AS WELL.

WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE. SORRY. WHAT DO YOU. HERE.

OH, WHERE DO I GET. OH. OKAY, NUMBER 2.

RICK, ARE YOU INTERESTED IN THAT? NO. OKAY, SO THAT LEAVES ME.

OKAY. OKAY. JOHNSON, HEPBURN. WE GOOD? NUMBER 3.

I DO TOO, BUT I THINK THAT, I DO LIKE PARKS AND REC, THOUGH, LIKE YOU.

BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD, AND THEN WE CAN JUMP AROUND IF WE WANT TO.

[INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. EVERYBODY ELSE. [INAUDIBLE] I DON'T KNOW WHO IS INTERESTED.

ANYBODY ELSE INTERESTED? GUYS WHO, WHO? GO FORTH AND DO GOOD THINGS.

THAT MEANS YOU'RE OUT. OKAY. JOHNSON. NEXT. [INAUDIBLE] I LOVE PARKING.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? OKAY. PARKS AND REC, I'LL DO THAT.

OKAY. SO STEVE. LAU, JOHNSON. OKAY. OKAY. PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY.

JOHNSON OR HEPBURN. SO YOU JUST NEED TO PICK WHICH ONE IS THE LIAISON AND WHICH ONE'S THE ALTERNATE.

I'VE BEEN ON THAT FOR A WHILE. IT'S UP TO YOU, STEVE.

WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. OKAY. AND I'LL BE THE, I'LL BE THE ALTERNATE GUYS.

YEP. OKAY. AWESOME. WE'LL GET THERE. WE'LL GET THIS.

LET'S JUST GET THERE. NOPE. OH, YOU MEAN LIKE THAT? YEAH. WE'LL GO. IS IT THE SAME. SCRATCH TWENTY, YOU GOT IT, IT'S A DUPLICATION. YES. BECAUSE I WAS ON THAT, AND I NEEDED TO TAKE MYSELF OFF. OKAY. SENIOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE JUST HAVE TO SHOW UP AT ONCE WHILE IT'S FINE.

OKAY, GOOD WITH THAT? ETHAN FAMILY. RICK, YOUR IN.

STEVE OR WENDY? I'M FINE EITHER WAY. STEVE, DO YOU WANT IT? THE ALTERNATE, DOESN'T MATTER TO ME. WELL, USUALLY IT'S BOTH OF US.

WELL, NOW IT'S LIAISON AND THEN AN ALTERNATE. SO IT'S YOU, UNLESS YOU'RE NOT THERE.

YEAH. YOU WANT WENDY, ARE YOU STEVIE? WENDY! YOU'RE DOWN.

STEVE, YOU'RE OFF. OKAY. CITY'S COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE. HEPBURN AND LAU.

WE'RE ON NUMBER 7. I'M FINE WITH IT. WE NEED TO MAKE AN ALTERNATE, OR WE JUST DO IT LIKE THIS, WE JUST LEAVE IT ALONE. SINCE IT'S A SUBCOMMITTEE, IT'S THE TWO OF YOU. THAT'S FINE.

ARE YOU GUYS OKAY WITH THAT? MOVE ON. NUMBER 8, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, KASH AND CROSBY.

YES. ARE YOU GOOD? OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, CROSBY AND KASH.

YES, YOU GO WITH THAT, STEVE. OR DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT? DO YOU WANT IT? YOU ENJOYED IT LAST TIME. YEAH.

YOU WANT TO BE ON THE KASH OUT AS ALTERNATE AND PUT STEVE.

YEAH, STEVE, YOUR ALTERNATE. THAT'S COOL. EAT THE FOOD.

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WE'RE ON NUMBER 10. WE HAVE FAIRPLEX LIAISON.

LAU OR KASH? I'D LIKE TO KEEP IT BECAUSE, IT'S RIGHT NEXT.

AND KASH ALTERNATE, SURE. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? EVERYBODY GOOD? FOOTHILL TRANSIT, CROSBY OR HEPBURN? CROSBY? YES, I'VE BEEN ON THAT. CROSBY. I DON'T KNOW.

WHO WANTS TO BE AN ALTERNATE? I'VE BEEN AN ALTERNATE, AND HE ALWAYS GOES.

SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, BUT UP TO YOU GUYS. DO YOU WANT TO BE AN ALTERNATE? A WEEK FROM THIS NEXT FRIDAY, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS THERE.

YOU WANT TO KEEP ME ON THERE? GOOD FOOD KASH.

GOOD FOOD. GOOD FOOD. FOOTHILL TRAVEL. WOW. I'M A ARMY GUY.

SO, BASICALLY, YOU'RE LEAVING ME ON, IS THAT CORRECT? WENDY? THAT'S. I'LL. I'LL GO AS ALTERNATE. THAT'S FINE. IT'S A MISDEMEANOR.

THEY'RE GOOD PEOPLE. THEY'RE REAL GOOD PEOPLE.

THEY'RE A LOT OF FUN. GOLD LINE PHASE 2, JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY.

I KIND OF HAVE TO STAY ON THAT, GUYS, BECAUSE I'M APPOINTED BY THE CITY OF PASADENA.

AND YES, IT IS STILL ONGOING. AND IT IS STILL ONGOING.

SO THEY INCLUDE THE PHASE THREE. NOW, DO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE FOR THAT? NO. I MEAN, IS THERE REALLY AN ALTERNATE BECAUSE IT'S AN APPOINTED POSITION? AS SAME AS THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENT? YEAH. LET'S PUT ONE AND IF NOT, I WILL CONFIRM IT.

I DON'T. YEAH. YEAH. KASH? SURE. THOSE ARE GENERALLY 11:00, AND SOMETIMES I BELONG TO TWO OF THEM. SO THAT'S 11:00 AND 12:00, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WHATEVER.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN ALTERNATE ON THAT. BUT L.A.

COUNTY SELECT CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE, KASH YOU WERE THERE LAST TIME, I WAS DOING IT? ANYBODY WANT TO DO THAT? IT'S. I'M GOING TO WARN YOU GUYS, IT'S A REAL PAIN.

A LOT OF TIMES THEY DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. YOU HAVE TO BE IN LA. YOU HAVE TO BE JUST DEPENDING. TRYING TO CHANGE THE MATRIX TO DO IT ON THAT.

YOU CAN DO THIS. I KNOW I WAS LIKE, OH, SO FAR IT'S NOT GUYS, I'VE BEEN TO LA AND THEY CANCEL IT.

SO YOU KNOW IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN ROUGH. SO WHERE IS IT IN L.A? I THINK. YEAH I THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ALTERNATE SITES NOW SO MORE PEOPLE CAN.

WELL THEY ALSO TRY TO DO IT WITH ZOOM. YEAH. SO I MEAN KASH YOU WENT LAST TIME.

YES. WHO WANTS TO BE THE ALTERNATE? YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN AS ALTERNATE.

IF IT'S IN LA, I CAN GO INTO THE OFFICE. OKAY.

THERE YOU GO. L.A. COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICT.

THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE ME AND KASH. IT'S A MAYOR AND A MAYOR PRO TEM, SO.

THEY'RE GOOD, THAT'S FINE. I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN STILL FLUSH.

OKAY. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES. L.A. DIVISION.

YEAH. STEVIE, THAT'S A GOOD ONE. IT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.

WHO WANTS TO BE AN ALTERNATE ON THAT ONE? THEY MEET, LIKE, EVERY THREE MONTHS OR EVERY QUARTER. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EACH.

NO, NO, NO, NO. IT'S KIND OF A NEAT WHEN YOU GET TO SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM THE DIFFERENT CITIES.

IT'S KIND OF COOL. YEAH. IF IT'S. YEAH, THAT'S FINE, YOU PUT ME AS THE ALTERNATIVE.

I THINK THEY FEED YOU TO, AS KASH WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW.

DO YOU WANT TO DO. THAT'S FINE. YOU CAN PUT ME AS ALTERNATE. OKAY, LAU. POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

CROSBY. YES, I'M THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO STAY.

YOU MAY HAVE TO STAY. YEAH. WHO WANTS TO BE AN ALTERNATE? LAU OR JOHNSON? LAU, YOU'RE GO WITH THAT? YEAH.

I'M GOOD. I'M GOING TO L.A. TWICE, SO WE'RE FINE.

OKAY. SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE. THAT'S EASY.

WE'RE GOING TO DO. THERE'S REALLY NO ALTERNATE, BUT.

OH THERE'S NOT? NO. IF YOU WANT. WELL, I WAS A PRESIDENT, SO YOU DON'T ALTERNATE THE PRESIDENT, SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO DO THAT. BUT I WOULD SAY YOU CAN HAVE AN ALTERNATE NOW BECAUSE I'M NOW I'M ON A PAST PRESIDENT.

SO. YEAH, IT'S IN CASE YOU CAN'T GO JUST TO STAY.

STEVE? THANK YOU EVERYBODY, COUNCIL OF GOVERNANCE.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION, OH, SCAG. STEVE, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT? I'M GOOD WITH IT. YOU GUYS GOOD WITH THAT? YEP.

YEAH. YEP. YEAH. TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH, LAU AND JOHNSON.

YES. YOU GUYS ARE GOOD WITH THAT? PERFECT. GOLF.

CROSBY. CROSBY. WONDER WHY? IT IS 7:30 THOUGH.

OH. YOU WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE? OKAY THEN WHY ARE THESE OKAY? BUT THE FOOD IS GOOD. THE FOOD IS GOOD. YOU NEVER MISSED THE MEETING.

NEVER MISSED A MEETING. OKAY. OH, YEAH. I WAS LIKE, WAIT. I WAS LIKE, WHAT TIME IS IT? KASH? OKAY, ONE MORE NIGHT.

YEAH. GRAB THAT CLUB OUT OF HIS HAND. SAN GABRIEL VALLEY MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL.

KASH, YOU'RE STAYING ON THERE. WHO WANTS TO BE AN ALTERNATE ON THAT?

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THAT'S WHERE YOU SAID NONE. BUT NONE MEANS THAT THERE WAS NONE APPLIED, SO THERE WAS NONE AVAILABLE.

YOU DON'T HAVE ONE. OH, NONE IS MEAN. SO YOU HAVE ONE THERE? NONE. OKAY. OKAY. PUBLIC FINANCING EIFD. WE NEED ONE.

WE'RE OUT OF THAT ONE. COMMUNITY GROUPS. 4TH OF JULY.

OH. IT'S LAU, AND WE HAVE A VACANT POSITION. IS THAT CORRECT? WHO WANTS TO BE 4TH OF JULY? CHEERLEADER KASH.

NOBODY WANTS TO COME WITH ME. RIGHT? NO. OKAY, KOSH.

BONITA EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WE ALREADY GOT THAT.

YOU GUYS GOOD WITH THAT? YEP. THE BUSD AD HOC COMMITTEE.

GOOD, HAVE FUN. CROSBY. YEAH, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT.

WHAT'S THAT? TWO OF US IS JUST BOTH. TWO, BOTH OF US HAVE BEEN.

I'M OKAY TO KEEP THAT ON THERE LIKE IT WAS. ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? ARE YOU OKAY WITH THAT? IF WE STAY ON THAT AND THEN KASH COULD BE AN ALTERNATE.

IF WE CAN'T, ONE OF US CAN'T SHOW. OKAY, WELL, UNLESS YOU'D LIKE.

I KNOW YOU'VE GOT KIDS IN THE SYSTEM. UNLESS YOU'D LIKE TO BE.

IN THE SYSTEM. SCHOOL. MY KIDS ARE SO GONE, I GOT GRANDKIDS.

NEVER MIND. YOU'RE AN ALTERNATE. YOU UPSET ME.

SO CROSBY AND KASH. KASH, YOU'RE AN ALTERNATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. CHRISTMAS MORNING. IT'S ALL YOU KASH.

OKAY. NICE. NICE JOB. AND DO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE? NONE. I MEAN REALLY ALL OF US ARE INVOLVED JUST.

I MEAN, WE DON'T NEED IT. WE DON'T NEED THAT TO BE OFFICIAL. WOW.

SERIOUSLY? RIGHT. I MEAN, WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE INVOLVED ANYWAY.

HI, EVERYBODY OUT THERE. I KNOW THIS IS. JUST ENJOY US MAKING OUR ASSIGNMENTS.

CULTURE AWARENESS AND SOCIAL INCLUSION COMMITTEE.

THE MEETING TIME IS WRONG. IT'S THE FIRST TUESDAY.

THE FIRST TUESDAY. I KNOW I'VE BEEN DOING THAT WITH YOU, WENDY.

I HAVEN'T BEEN AVAILABLE. OH, GOOD. DO WE HAVE SOMEONE WITH OH, IS IT JUST ONE PERSON NOW? NO. IT'S VACANT. OKAY. IT'S FUN. IT'S GOOD PEOPLE.

OKAY KASH AND ALTERNATE, AS AN ALTERNATE. THAT'S BECAUSE I USUALLY BRING SNACKS.

THERE'S TWO PEOPLE. DO WE NEED AN ALTERNATE? OKAY.

MOBILE HOME PARK. I'D LIKE TO STAY ON THAT. JOHNSON, YOU WANT TO BE AN ALTERNATE ON THAT? OR HEPBURN A CROSBY ON THE MOBILE HOME PARK LIAISON.

I DON'T THINK SO. YOU KNOW WHAT I WOULD SAY? YES.

YEAH, YOU'RE OUT. AND I LIKE TO STAY ON IT, THOUGH, TOO.

I WOULD JUST DISAPPEAR RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A LOT OF THINGS.

SO WE KEEP THE TWO OF YOU. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, SO WE DON'T NEED.

BECAUSE ONE OF US SHOWS ONE. OKAY. UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE LIAISON.

HEPBURN, LAU. I'M GOOD WITH THAT. AM I A CONFLICT? IF IT'S INFORMATIONAL. IF I AM, THEN I'LL REMOVE MYSELF.

AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION. SURE. ALL RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I HATE TO HAVE THAT HAPPEN, BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL.

YEAH. NO, TOO. DO WE NEED AN ALTERNATE FOR THAT? WELL, I THINK THERE'S TWO PEOPLE. CORRECT. IS WHENEVER, AS NEEDED. IS THAT TWO PEOPLE CAN. IT'S. IT CAN BE TWO PEOPLE.

IT'S A LIAISON. IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE HAVE TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT.

STEVE. WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONS. JOHNSON. PERFECT.

YOUTH SPORTS WORKING GROUP. OH I THINK THAT'S FINE THE WAY IT IS.

ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT, WENDY? YEAH, THAT'S FINE. YOU'RE GOING TO FILL THIS IN THE PARKS, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT. OKAY.

WE'RE GOOD AS IS. THERE YOU GO. AND SO IF THERE WAS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE LIST, AS SO NOTED.

DON'T I HAVE TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS FIRST? OH, YES YOU DO. YES. JUST EXPLAINING. KASH, CLOSE YOUR BUTTON OFF.

I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS. ANYBODY WISHES TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS WITH OUR ASSIGNMENTS. IF ANYONE WANTS TO COMPLAIN ABOUT IT, PLEASE COME ON UP. I DIDN'T THINK SO.

WHO WANTS ME ON THERE, COMMANDER? NO. WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. I BRING SASS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE IT OFF THE DAIS. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CHANGES TO THIS? YEAH.

LORI. LORI SAYS STEVE GOT PUT TOO MUCH OF ALL OF THEM.

LET'S READ. WHAT TIME ARE THIS? LORI, I'M NOT BUYING YOU DINNER.

IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL 30 OF THESE AGAIN, PLEASE. WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE NEW ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE COUNCIL. SIMON'S FOR ALL THE COMMITTEES. AND WE WILL CHANGE THESE AS WE HAVE MORE COMMITTEES COMING UP AS WE DO SOME REALIGNMENTS.

BUT RIGHT NOW THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE. I HAVE A MOTION.

I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. VOTE PLEASE.

MOTION BY LAU. SECONDED BY KASHIFALGHITA. APPROVE 5-0.

VERY GOOD. JUST A COMMENT ON THESE TWO. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE LOOKED AT THESE.

CAN WE JUST MAKE SURE THAT THESE ARE JUST LOOKED AT EVERY YEAR SO THAT IN CASE THERE ARE CHANGES.

I WOULD SAY, AND THEN UPDATE US NOW TO LET US KNOW WITH A CALENDAR, A POSTING ON THE CALENDAR WITH BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THE TIMES AND THE DATES

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SO MAKE SURE THAT WE SEND IT OUT AND SOMEONE SAYS, YES, I'LL BE THERE.

A LOT OF TIMES I'LL GO BECAUSE IT'S EASY FOR ME IN THE MORNING I CAN GO BEFORE I GO TO WORK, BUT.

OKAY, AND GENERALLY GOING FORWARD NOW THAT WE WILL HAVE THE CONSISTENT NOVEMBER ELECTION, WITH THE NEW COUNCIL COMING IN IN DECEMBER AND MAKING A, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM DECISION AT THAT TIME.

GENERALLY IN JANUARY, FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY, WE'LL BRING THESE BACK TO YOU.

STARTING IN WHAT WOULD BE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY 2027, AFTER THE NOVEMBER 26TH ELECTION, IF THERE'S A NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE PRIOR TO THAT, WE COULD ALWAYS BRING IT BACK, THAT CERTAIN ITEM OR DO WHATEVER.

YEAH. WHY CAN'T THEY BE DONE THE SAME TIME AS THE MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM? BECAUSE WE'RE DOING ALL JOBS, TO DO ALL JOBS.

CORRECT. BUT GENERALLY AT THAT TIME, IF THERE'S A NEW MEMBER ON COUNCIL, THAT'S THEIR FIRST MEETING.

WE PILE THEM ON. SO. GET THEM, GET THEM SIGNED.

THEY MAY NOT KNOW WHERE THE GOOD FOOD IS. AND SO WE WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY.

OH, EXCUSE ME. NO ELECTION LAST TIME. YEAH. SHALL WE? YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THAT IS TRUE. AS THERE IS NO OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT.

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

BROWN ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM ENGAGING IN DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEM NOT ON THE POSTED AGENDA.

YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE REFERRED TO STAFF OR PLACED ON DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.

THERE IS A TIME LIMIT IF WE HAVE TO USE THAT.

AT THIS TIME YOU'RE WISHING TO SPEAK, COME ON UP TO THE PODIUM. MISS KALOUSEK.

SHE'S EXHAUSTED. WE WERE OUT WITH THE COMMITTEES.

OH, THIS WAS AN EASY MEETING. I MISSED THE THE BAD ONE LAST TIME.

IT WASN'T BAD, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. WELL, THE LONG ONE, YES, BUT I WATCHED IT AFTER, SO.

OH MY GOD. ANYWAYS. WELL, YOU KNOW, I GOT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

KATHY KALOUSEK, 3RD STREET. HEY, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

COULD YOU TALK ABOUT APPLY FOR CITY COMMITTEE? I MEAN, I'M CONFUSED. IT SAYS PLANNING COMMISSION, FIVE VACANCIES AND ALL OF THAT.

I KNOW SOME OF THESE ARE NEW, SO I CAN SEE THAT, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT.

ARE THEY ACTUALLY FIVE? THAT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. ANYWAY, THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE THE CITY MANAGER ONCE WE'RE ALL DONE. WHILE THE CITY MANAGER COMMENT ON THAT ONE. HE'S GOT. WE'VE ALL THAT SAME QUESTION.

ANYBODY ELSE ON PUBLIC COMMENT? ARCHIE, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

COME ON.

ARCHIE. HE WAS OUT IN THE FRONT WHEN KASH AND I WERE DOING THE NEW COMMISSION.

AND HAVE YOU APPLIED? AND ARCHIE WAS SO GRACIOUS TO BE IN THE VIDEO.

SO HE'LL BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA BLASTING ALL OVER.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MILLION HITS. ARCHIE. THERE YOU GO. WELL, I FEEL LIKE A FISH OUT OF WATER RIGHT NOW, BUT. YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE. YEAH, PLEASE.

AND I HATE TO BRING UP A NEGATIVE. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE.

YES, IT IS. FORUM FOR. YES IT IS, SIR. OKAY. WHAT I'M DEALING WITH IS.

I LIVE ON 7TH AND E. OKAY. AND IT'S A NICE FAMILY STREET AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT'S, I LOVE IT, BUT A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE HAD A BUST NEXT DOOR TO ME.

OKAY. AND IT TURNS OUT THE GUY IS A SEXUAL CHILD MOLESTER, OKAY. AND IT'S MADE THE WHOLE STREET VERY UNCOMFORTABLE.

AND WE GOT A PETITION UP. AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU GUYS CAN DO ABOUT IT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU GUYS AWARE OF IT, YOU KNOW? SO. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S MY STORY, AND I'M STICKING TO IT.

WE KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT I'LL LET THE CITY MANAGER TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.

OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS FULLY AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING.

OKAY. MARK'S HERE TOO, BUT I THINK I'LL LET THE CITY MANAGER.

BUT MARK GUTIERREZ ARE. YEAH, I KNOW THEY TOOK HIM.

CAPTAIN TIBBETTS AND CHIEF GONZALEZ, CAN YOU COME UP ONCE WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENT? THEY TOOK HIM AWAY, AND THEN THEY BROUGHT HIM BACK.

AND HE'S VERY COMFORTABLE. AND LIKE I SAID, IF YOU NEED OUR PETITION, MANNY HAS IT.

THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

LET YOU KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. MAYOR? AFTERWARDS I'LL ALSO ASK FOR CHIEF GONZALES.

I THINK. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. I THINK WE.

YVONNE. HI. GALLEGOS. YES. GALLEGOS. I'M GOING BACK TO THE COMMITTEES.

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SO IS IT TRUE THAT THERE ARE NO OPENINGS ON YFAC? SO THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. AND THEN AGAIN FROM THE WEBSITE, WHEN IT GOES INTO THE DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF COMMITTEES. SO ONE OF THE NEWER ONES, RIGHT, IS THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

IT READS THE COMMITTEE PROVIDES ADVISORY INPUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON PROGRAMS, EVENTS AND FUTURE PLANNING EFFORTS SUPPORTING COMMUNITY NEEDS, COST RECOVERY, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PARKS AND CULTURAL INITIATIVES.

SO WHEN I GO INTO THAT, RIGHT, AND IT SAYS, OKAY, LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MEMBERS PENDING, PENDING, PENDING. RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY, BECAUSE IT'S A NEW COMMISSION.

BUT THE DESCRIPTION IS DIFFERENT, LEAVING OUT CULTURAL INITIATIVES.

SO I WANT TO GET A YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHETHER OR NOT CULTURAL INITIATIVES IS INDEED A PART OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. BRING IT UP THE DAIS.

SO WE HAVE REGARDING THE YOU WANT TO HAVE CHIEF, TALK ABOUT 7TH AND E.

WELL, WE CAN DO THAT BECAUSE THERE'S MULTIPLE QUESTIONS ON THAT. SO WE'LL.

CHIEF, DO YOU MIND COMING UP AND SPEAKING ON THE ISSUE WITH THE INDIVIDUAL ON 7TH AND E, 7TH STREET.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. FORGIVE ME IF I SPEAK IN GENERALITIES.

THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT I CAN SHARE AND SOME INFORMATION THAT I CANNOT SHARE.

AS MR. ARCHIE, I DON'T KNOW HIS LAST NAME, BUT AS HE MENTIONED, THAT THERE WAS AN ARREST ON 7TH STREET.

AND I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC'S INFORMATION THAT THAT ARREST CAME THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE OF OUR DETECTIVES AND THAT WAS DISCOVERED.

WE DID MAKE AN ARREST. AND ONCE THAT SUBJECT WAS ARRESTED, HE DID APPEAR IN COURT DUE TO ZERO BAIL POLICIES, HE WAS RELEASED. SO WHEN, IT WASN'T THE POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT BROUGHT HIM BACK.

BUT ZERO BAIL POLICIES ALLOWED HIM TO COME BACK.

ONE OF THE CONDITIONS WAS THAT HE WAS TO REGISTER WITH THE LOCAL AGENCY, WHICH HE HAS.

AND WE'VE DONE OUR REVIEW OF HIS FILE. WE'VE INDICATED OR WE'VE ALERTED THE COMMUNITY OF THE RIGHTS THAT THOSE HAVE.

AND IN 2015, THE, OF COURSE, REMOVED THAT BLANKET CONDITIONING WHERE ANYONE WHO FALLS UNDER MEGAN'S LAW, THAT 2000 FOOT RULE OR THAT 100 YARDS NO LONGER APPLIES TO EVERYONE.

SO IN CERTAIN COURT CASES, IF THE JUDGE MANDATES SOMEONE TO BE 100 YARDS AWAY.

THAT WOULD BE IN SOME OF THE CONDITIONS. AND IN THIS MATTER IT WAS NOT.

BUT THERE IS, THE CASE HAS BEEN FILED BY OUR DETECTIVES.

THERE IS A COURT CASE PENDING ON THE MATTER, AND WE WILL AWAIT TO SEE WHAT THE JUDGE IS, BASED ON THE ARREST THAT WE MADE FOR FAILING TO REGISTER. WE HAVE A TIME FRAME ON THAT COURT CASE? I BELIEVE IT'S 60 DAYS FROM THE ARREST, 60 DAYS FROM THE ARREST.

SO WE'RE COMING CLOSE TO THAT 60, 60 DAYS MARK.

BUT WE'RE WELL AWARE OF OF WHO THEY ARE. AND AGAIN, IT'S THROUGH THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT OUR DETECTIVES HAVE.

WE'VE HAVE SPECIALIZED TRAINING IN LOCATING SOME OF THESE FOLKS WHICH I WON'T GO INTO JUST TO PREVENT FROM LETTING OUT THE SECRETS.

BUT WE ARE WELL AWARE OF WHERE, I WON'T TO SEE 100%, AT LEAST 99% OF THEM RESIDE.

AND I THINK OUR COMMENT SHOULD BE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WELL AWARE OF WHO'S LIVING THERE, AND WHY. AND IT'S UNDER A COURT SITUATION RIGHT NOW.

HOPEFULLY IT GETS TO THE COURT AND MAKE A DECISION.

THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. THAT IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. CHIEF. APPRECIATE THAT. NOT A PROBLEM.

MR. DORMER ASSIGNMENTS, AND. YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. ON THE.

WITH THE REORGANIZATION OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES, COMMISSIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

A LOT OF THINGS WERE SET. SO A LOT OF THE TERMS ACTUALLY EXPIRED MANY, MANY MONTHS AGO, AND EVERYBODY'S BEEN KIND OF HOLDING OVER FOR A WHILE. BUT WITH THE MASSIVE CHANGE, BUT MORE SO THE SWITCH TO THE BI DISTRICT APPOINTMENT PROCESS.

SO PRIOR, THERE WAS AN APPLICATION PROCESS, MUCH LIKE THERE IS TODAY WHERE EVERYBODY HAS TO PUT IN AN APPLICATION.

AND THEN AT THAT POINT THERE WAS SOME TYPE OF INTERVIEW PROCESS WITH GOING TO ELECTIONS BY DISTRICTS.

[01:40:01]

AND NOW THAT TERM ACTUALLY GOES WITH THE TERM OF THE COUNCIL.

AND SO THAT'S WHY PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THESE, THE MAJOR COMMISSIONS, COMMISSION COMMITTEES WERE RESET.

SO YES, THERE ARE TECHNICALLY ALL FIVE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

ALL THEIR SEATS ARE OPEN. BUT ALL THOSE MEMBERS CAN BE REAPPOINTED.

AND JUST LIKE ANY MEMBER WHO HAS BEEN SERVING ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, WHICH DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE, CAN BE APPOINTED. IF A COUNCIL MEMBER WANTS TO APPOINT THEM TO THE NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH KIND OF OVERSEES THE PUBLIC WORKS AREA.

SO THAT'S WHY THERE ARE LISTED AS VACANCIES. AND AGAIN, WE'VE ASKED ALL CURRENT COMMISSIONERS OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO REAPPLY OR TO APPLY FOR A DIFFERENT COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION, IF THAT IS THEIR DESIRE TO. AS FAR AS THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.

YEAH. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE WANTED TO BE OPEN AND INCLUSIVE OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS REGARDING OUR PARKS, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES. WE DO A LOT OF CULTURAL EVENTS OR WE SHOULD DO MORE CULTURAL EVENTS.

SO THAT'S WHY THE CULTURAL EVENTS OR CULTURAL, THE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY, INITIATIVES WOULD BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION EITHER BY OUTSIDE GROUPS OR BY INDIVIDUALS, OR JUST IF THERE'S EVER IN THE FUTURE YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AND STAFF IS TALKING TO THEM ABOUT SOME OF THE CURRENT EVENTS THAT WE DO CITYWIDE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING WE'LL TAKE RECOMMENDATION, ADVICE FROM THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION.

AND THEN EVENTUALLY THAT WOULD MAKE ITS WAY UP TO THE CITY COUNCIL IF THERE NEEDED TO BE A DECISION.

SO BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO PRECLUDE ANYTHING CULTURALLY RELATED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS THE CASI GROUP, AND WE HOPE THAT THEY WORK STRONGLY WITH THE PARKS AND REC COMMISSION, BUT WE DIDN'T WANT TO NOT INCLUDE ANYTHING CULTURAL AT OUR PARKS AND RECREATION.

IF I CAN JUST COMMENT ON THAT REAL QUICK, I THINK THE QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED WAS BECAUSE THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN WHAT IS IDENTIFIED AS THE JOB, AS THE COMMITTEE DESCRIPTION ON TWO DIFFERENT, IN TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.

AND I KNOW THAT I HAD ANOTHER RESIDENT ASK ME ABOUT THE APPLICATION FORM.

THERE'S SOME SORT OF A GLITCH OR SOME SORT OF, IT TAKES THEM TO AN OLD FORM.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THE LANGUAGE IS ALIGNED, THAT THE CORRECT FORMS ARE BEING USED AND THAT EVERYBODY'S GETTING THE SAME INFORMATION.

OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO CAUSE THAT TYPE OF CONFUSION.

AND I THINK FOR CLARITY SAKE. YOU KNOW, MAYBE EXPLAINING IF IT'S NOT ALREADY EXPLAINED SOMEWHERE, WHY ARE THERE, YOU KNOW, WHY ARE THERE FIVE VACANCIES IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE THEIR TERMS ARE NOT UP YET. YOU KNOW, JUST PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY SO PEOPLE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO APPLY FOR.

WELL, MAYBE MAKE A DRY RUN. ALSO A DRY RUN ON A STAFF TO DRY RUN TO GO THROUGH IT.

SAY, IF YOU'RE GONNA APPLY FOR ONE OF THESE AND SEE IF IT IF IT'S DOING THAT POPULATING ON AN OLD SCREEN OR WHAT YOU SEE AT THE FIRST IS NOT SEEING AT THE LAST, OR YOU'RE ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR WHERE IT'S NOT CONTINUING ON THAT EXPLANATION. YEAH. AND THAT'S ALL GOOD INFORMATION TO KNOW BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE BEEN SUCCESSFUL ON GETTING APPLICATIONS. SO CLEARLY IT'S WORKING. WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT AVENUES.

AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE DIFFERENT WAYS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.

SO CLEARLY THERE'S A LINK OR SOMETHING. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE WEBSITE WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AND CHANGE TOMORROW.

ALL RIGHT. AND I AND I THINK THE RESIDENT DID SEND A DETAILED EMAIL TO STAFF ABOUT THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TWO LINKS AND WHAT APPLICATIONS ARE BEING PULLED UP.

OKAY. SO I THINK WHATEVER APPLICATIONS ARE BEING SUBMITTED, I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT WE'RE ASKING THE PEOPLE THE SAME QUESTIONS BECAUSE IF IT'S TWO DIFFERENT APPLICATION FORMS OR IF THERE'S SOME, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S FILLING OUT THE SAME THING.

ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. ALSO MENTION OF THE YOUTH AND FAMILY COMMITTEE WAS PRIOR THE RED ROCK, RED RIBBON COMMITTEE. IS THAT COMMITTEE GONE AWAY? YEAH.

NO, I'LL ANSWER THAT. SO THE WITH THE RESTRUCTURING, THE YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE ACTUALLY FALLS UNDER THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION. AND SO ONCE THAT BODY IS SEATED BY COUNCIL, YFAC BACK WILL BE AN ADVISORY BODY TO THAT GROUP.

AND SO THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION WILL ACTUALLY APPROVE THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF YFAC.

BUT AS YFAC AND IT'S HOW IT ACTS AND PROCEEDS HAS BEEN OUTSIDE OF LIKE CITY'S GENERAL FUNDS.

BASICALLY WE GET OUR FUNDING THROUGH DONATIONS.

SO ALL THAT PROCESS AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING NEXT TUESDAY.

SO THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO PLUG THAT IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT GROUP? OUR NEXT MEETING IS NEXT TUESDAY AT 5:00, RIGHT IN THESE CHAMBERS.

[01:45:04]

I KNOW WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE KINKS OF CHANGING ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, BUT IF WE YFAC IS FALLING UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION AND WE'RE WAITING FOR THEM TO BE SEATED, I CAN SEE POTENTIALLY SOME OF THESE MEETING TIMES, NOT.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, IT MAY NOT BE ON THE SAME CADENCE BECAUSE IT'S A SUBGROUP.

SO I JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT TOO, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, LIKE HOW OFTEN ARE THESE PEOPLE MEETING WHO'S ON WHAT.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ON YFAC. I'M ON BOTH YFAC AND PARKS AND REC, WHICH IS FINE BECAUSE THEY FLOW INTO EACH OTHER, BUT WE MAY HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. YEAH, I KNOW WE ALREADY LOOKED AT SCHEDULING OUT WHEN PARKS AND RECREATION WOULD BE, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE OUR YFAC MEETINGS TO EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER, DEPENDING ON WHAT ENDS UP MAKING SENSE. AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE YFAC MEETINGS FROM MEETING MONTHLY TO QUARTERLY, SO HOPEFULLY THAT ALSO HELPS FREE UP SOME TIME.

OKAY. ONE OTHER COMMENT. MR. DORMER, YOU SAID WE ALL WE MOVED TO DISTRICTS AND THAT REPRESENTATIVES, WE WILL MAKE APPOINTMENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, BUT WE CAN MAKE APPOINTMENTS FROM ANYBODY THAT APPLIES.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO PARTICULARLY BE WITH INSIDE, LIVE INSIDE YOUR DISTRICT.

CORRECT. YEAH. A CLARIFICATION, AND I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. YES. SO FROM WITHIN.

SO YOU WILL, AS YOUR DISTRICT NUMBER, MAKE APPOINTMENTS.

BUT THE PERSON THAT YOU APPOINT DOES NOT NECESSARILY NEED TO LIVE WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT.

THEY CAN LIVE ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY. IT'S ALWAYS GREAT IF IT ALIGNS.

BUT FOR WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM PAST FOLKS AND WHO HAVE SERVED AND ALSO SOME OF THOSE THAT ARE COMING IN THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT WEIGHTED HEAVIER TOWARDS THE DISTRICTS FOR WHATEVER REASON. SO. GOOD.

QUITE A FEW. AND MANY OF THE CURRENT PLANNING COMMISSIONS ARE FROM SIMILAR DISTRICTS.

YEAH. SO. WITH THAT WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL COMMENTS, MR.

[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS ]

WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS. YES. LAST WEEK I REPRESENTED LA VERNE AT THE SAN DIMAS CANYON GOLF COMMITTEE.

I JUST WANT TO STATE THAT MANY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE HAPPENED TO THE FACILITIES, ESPECIALLY THEIR WEDDING FACILITIES.

WHO WORKS THERE? I, THERE IS A PERSON IN MY FAMILY THAT WORKS THERE.

MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY. SHE'S LOVELY, BY THE WAY.

IT SERVES FOOD THERE. MUCH BETTER. BUT THE VENUE HAS BEEN UPDATED, AND SO MAKE SURE YOU GO OUT AND SEE THAT UPDATED. AND WHY LA VERNE IS PART OF THE GOLF COURSE IS BECAUSE THERE ARE FOUR HOLES THAT ARE, RESIDE IN LA VERNE. AND SO WE OVERSEE THEM AS WELL.

THE NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS. SO THANK YOU FOR ALL.

PUT ON THANK YOU FOR POLICE AND FIRE AND ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES OUT THERE REALLY REPRESENT OUR CITY VERY WELL.

AND THANK GOODNESS IT WAS A LITTLE COOLER THAN LAST YEAR.

AND THEN A GREAT JOB FOR PARKS AND REC FOR LAST WEEK'S ABILITY DANCE.

OVER 200 PEOPLE ATTENDED. THEIR NEXT DANCE IS THE HALLOWEEN HOP.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. JOHNSON. WELL, I WOULD SAY THAT THE GOLD LINE SHOULD BE UP AND RUNNING BY THE TIME THAT WE MEET AGAIN HERE. YES IT WILL.

IT'S A HARD DATE. IT'S GOING TO BE THE 19TH. SO THAT'S WHAT METRO SAID THE DAY BEFORE OUR NEXT MEETING.

THEY MIGHT BE DOING SOME KIND OF A JUST LOCAL CELEBRATION AT EACH STATION, BUT NOTHING LIKE WE DID WHEN THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BASICALLY OF THE CHRISTENING OF THE STATION.

BUT THERE'LL BE FESTIVITIES AND STUFF THEY'RE WORKING ON.

THEY'LL LET MR. DOMER KNOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN HEARING. IT'LL BE FUN.

COUNCIL MEMBER LOUD. I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO CONTRIBUTED TO NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.

IT WAS A GREAT NIGHT WITH THE POLICE AND EVERYBODY ELSE THAT SHOWED UP, AND THE COMMUNITY WAS OUT IN FULL FORCE, PROBABLY BECAUSE, AS MR. CROSBY SAID, IT WAS NICELY COOLER THIS YEAR, BUT IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.

SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT. I KNOW CASI WAS OUT THERE.

WE HAD CERT OUT THERE. WE HAD THE WILDLIFE FOLKS AND THE LADY PETTING, THE STUFFED COYOTE.

SO IT WAS A IT WAS AN INTERESTING AND FUN NIGHT.

SO IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO A NATIONAL NIGHT OUT, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME BY NEXT TIME.

[01:50:01]

OUR NEW STUDENTS THAT MOVED IN TO CAMPUS RESIDENCE HALLS THIS PAST WEEKEND COME FROM 25 NATIONS AS WELL AS 31 DIFFERENT U.S.

STATES. IT'S ALSO ONE OF OUR LARGEST GROUPS OF TRANSFER STUDENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY.

SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR FOR THE UNIVERSITY.

AND HOPEFULLY YOU ALL COME OUT AND SEE SOME OF OUR STELLAR ATHLETES AND PARTICIPATE IN SOME OF OUR AWESOME EVENTS.

SPEAKING OF WHICH, ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, FOR ANYONE WHO GOLFS.

ULV IS HOSTING THEIR GOLF TOURNAMENT AT VILLA VERDE IN SAN DIMAS, AND THAT IS A MONDAY.

AND SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON INDICATED BEFORE WE HAVE A MEN'S SOCCER TOURNAMENT OR GAME ON AUGUST 20TH AT 8 P.M., SO UNDER THE LIGHTS. SO IF YOU'RE AVAILABLE, THEY'LL BE PLAYING THAT DAY.

AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST THERE IS THE VERY FIRST COUNCIL FORUM COMING UP THIS MONDAY AT HILLCREST, THIS NEXT MONDAY AT HILLCREST. SO FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE INTERESTED, I THINK KASH AND I WILL BE REPRESENTING IT THAT ONE.

AND SO, AS ALWAYS, BE KIND. BE SAFE OUT THERE.

NEW DRIVERS AND ALL THAT KIND OF FUN STUFF. THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. MAYOR PRO TEM, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. THANK YOU. COLLEAGUES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, STAFF.

THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR AN AMAZING NIGHT FOR THE NATIONAL AND OUR THANK LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND ALL THOSE FOLKS THAT MADE THAT HAPPEN.

IT WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS. ANOTHER ANOTHER GREAT, GREAT TIME.

I REITERATED AGAIN FOR THE DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL BAND.

PLEASE GET GET WHAT YOU CAN TO HELP THEM OUT.

TO GET THEM. REPRESENT OUR CITY. AND LAST, BUT NEVERTHELESS.

I, WE HAD THE MOSQUITO VECTOR CONTROL BOARD. I WAS THE ACTING PRESIDENT.

IT WAS A GOOD A GREAT DAY. IT WAS SUCH A GOOD TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN ANNOUNCE THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT MANY MOSQUITO ISSUES HERE IN LA VERNE.

SO YES, FIGHT ON. WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME.

YOU KNOW, IT'S THIS OUR BATTLE WITH THESE MOSQUITOES, MAN, IT'S A BATTLE OF SKINS. YEAH, MAN. IT'S KILLING ME. MOQUITO VECTOR.

YEP. AND THEN IN OUR DISTRICT AGAIN, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.

WILDLIFE IS OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WILDLIFE IS OUT THERE, WHICH.

I GOTTA GO SAY HI TO THE FAMILY. MAKE SURE THEY'RE OKAY.

BE COGNIZANT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE. SO THANKS AGAIN.

AND I LOOK FORWARD FOR ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO COME REPRESENT OUR CITY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM KASH. MAYOR PRO TEM KASH WAS SAYING, IF YOU ARE IN ANYWHERE BASELINE NORTH, BE VERY CAREFUL OF THE WILD ANIMALS. I KNOW THAT THE SIMPSON PROPERTY.

THERE'S NOT ONE DAY THAT DOESN'T GO BY, WHICH IS ON GOLDEN HILLS ROAD, PROBABLY ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 20 DEER THAT ARE JUST GRAZING, AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, BUT ALSO ESPERANZA AND GOLDEN HILLS AT NIGHT.

BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL. THEY DO JUMP THE ROADS AND IT'S JUST CATASTROPHIC.

IF YOU HIT ONE ANOTHER, THAT'S CATASTROPHIC IF PEOPLE HIT THEM BECAUSE IT DOES A LOT OF DAMAGE. SO JUST BE AWARE OF THAT.

IT'S BEEN A FEW YEARS, BUT WE HAD A BEAR ON 2ND STREET.

WOW, WOW, WOW. WE HAD MOUNTAIN LIONS RUNNING THROUGH PEOPLE'S HOMES.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE. AND NOW THAT WITH THE TERRAIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE MOVING CLOSER TO US, AND I KNOW OUR NEIGHBOR THAT LIVES IN, IT'S L.A.

COUNTY, BUT IT'S THE HOMES JUST ABOVE IN NORTH LA VERNE, BEAR TORE OFF THE UNDERGROUND SCREEN, LITERALLY RIPPED IT OFF TO GET UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE, RIPPED OFF THE VENTS BY THEIR KITCHEN.

THE WILLIAMS, JIM AND JOHN WILLIAMS FOR THE THE VENTS OFF WAS GETTING UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE.

AND SO THEY, THEY'RE THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, BE CAREFUL, BE CAREFUL.

I KNOW AND I APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS. EVERYTHING YOU GUYS SAID.

KUDOS AND DITTO. WE WANT TO ALSO A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL THAT ARE ON FIRE ASSIGNMENTS.

I KNOW SOME HAVE RETURNED. I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ALSO SOME PERSONNEL.

I THINK JOE RIVERA, WHO IS A FLEET MANAGEMENT I THINK IS OUT ALSO.

BUT I KNOW BC RUSSELL, A NUMBER OF THESE ANNUITIES AND RETIREES ARE JUST GIVING SOME AMAZING YOU KNOW, DIRECTION TO THESE FIRES AND SOME OF THESE REALLY HORRIFIC FIRES.

AND I APPRECIATE OUR DIRECTION FROM CHIEF CRAIG AND ALSO OUR CITY MANAGER, DELMAR.

BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. AND EVERY TIME I GET ONE FROM BC RUSSELL OR BC DOMINIC, THAT THEY MAY ARRIVE SAFELY WORK SAFELY AND RETURN SAFELY.

SO PLEASE LET THEM KNOW THAT, CHIEF. THAT WE'RE ALWAYS THINKING ABOUT THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR THE WONDERFUL COMMUNITIES THAT THEY'RE SERVING, AND JUST THE AMAZING AMOUNT OF TALENT THEY HAVE TO BE OUT THERE TO HELP THESE OTHER AGENCIES.

SO AND ALSO MAKE SURE WE BILL. OKAY. JUST BILL, BILL, BILL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL JUST THROW THAT OUT THERE. I JUST GOT TO SAY IT, BUT NO, WE'RE REALLY TICKLED TO DEATH.

AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RETURN SAFELY. AND THANK YOU.

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WE ARE FULLY STAFFED. OUR STAFF. THAT WAS THE LAST COMMENT. EVERYONE THAT WE ARE FULLY STAFFED AT ALL TIMES, NO MATTER WHO. BECAUSE LIKE I SAY, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF RETIRED NEW ATTENDANTS THAT GO OUT AND ARE VERY TALENTED AND IT DOESN'T PULL FROM OUR NORMAL LABOR FORCE.

THE SEPTEMBER 2ND CITY COUNCIL MEETING IS CANCELED.

THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH AT 5:30 P.M.

AS A REMINDER, ALL THE UPCOMING EVENTS AND MEETINGS ARE POSTED ON THE LAST PAGE OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA.

WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 8:31 P.M. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.

AGAIN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.