Dec 01, 2025 City Council

[CALL TO ORDER ]

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WE'RE GOING TO START THIS MEETING TO ORDER TONIGHT AT.

I CAN'T EVEN READ MY PHONE. WHAT TIME IS IT, GUYS? 06:37 P.M. OH, THERE IT IS 6:37 P.M. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

WHAT A WONDERFUL TREE LIGHTING CEREMONY AGAIN.

ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR CHAMBER SINGERS AGAIN [APPLAUSE]. WE'RE CALLING THE MEETING ORDER ON DECEMBER 1ST, 2025. MR. DOMER ROLL CALL, PLEASE. GOOD WHAT? YEAH PERFECT. FOLLOWING THE SCRIPT GUYS, THEY MADE THIS FORMAT THIS IS GOOD. COUNCIL CROSBY. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON.

[LAUGHTER]. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. MAYOR PRO TEM KASHIFALGHITA.

HERE. AND MAYOR HEPBURN. I DON'T KNOW, I HAD TWO COOKIES, SO I'M FLYING RIGHT NOW.

ALL PRESENT CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I'VE HAD TWO. I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE FOR THE FOR THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM.

ALL SPEAKERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DECORUM AND NOT TO ENGAGE IN CONDUCT THAT INTERRUPTS THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. ALSO, PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH ZOOM MAY BE ACCEPTED FOR THE AGENDA ITEMS LISTED WITHIN THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION CALENDAR SECTIONS THE AGENDA. GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THE MEETING BY THOSE PHYSICALLY IN ATTENDANCE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

TONIGHT WE HAVE A VERY SPECIAL GUEST WHO WOULD LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND THAT WOULD BE ASSEMBLYMAN JOHN HARABEDIAN.

ALL RIGHT PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU, ASSEMBLY MEMBER. REMEMBER, TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.

[PRESENTATIONS ]

OH. YOU HAVE THE MIC. RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO THAT? [LAUGHTER] WE HAVE A TIME LIMIT.

NO, IT'S ALL YOURS. YOU'VE GOT THE LIST OF NAMES.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAND OUT CERTIFICATES. YOU CAN CALL THEM UP. AND PERFECT. DID YOU GUYS HEAR THAT KIDS WE'RE CALLING YOUR NAME.

YOU'RE COMING UP ONE AT A TIME. AND THEN JUST KIND OF HANG OVER TO THE SIDE AFTER YOU GET THROUGH THE LINE, BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT YOU ALL TO COME BACK AND TAKE A PICTURE. ALRIGHT? AND I HOPE AFTER FOUR YEARS I'VE GOTTEN ALL THESE KIDS NAMES.

OH, GOODNESS. ALRIGHT, TYLER BENSON, NATHANIEL BOWMAN, GET MOVING KIDS.

KEEP COMING DOWN! HUNTER CHO, GRANT CUNNINGHAM, IAN EGGIE, ISABEL FLORES, ISABELLA GONZALES, MADDIE HAAS, ACE HARRISON, ERIC HERNAN, ALEXANDER HILL. KATIE LYNCH, MEREDITH MAKAZA, DANIEL MATTHEW, RILEY MCCARTNEY, ZOE MARINO, LIZZIE NAVARRO, SERENITY ING, PAUL PADILLA, MITCHELL PATTERSON, XAVIER PEREZ, ARABELA SANTANA, EVA SIERRA, JADEN SILVA, AVERY SMITH, ZOE TUCKER, FRANCINE TARRAGON, ANDREW WALKER, AND BAILEY ZYLSTRA.

DID I FORGET? I DID NOT FORGET. OH, VALERIA GARIN.

I'M SORRY VALERIA, I WAS READING TOO FAST.

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YOU WANT TO DO THE SENATE ONE? ONE HALF THE SENATORS ON THE CALIFORNIA STATE SENATE.

YOU WITH A CERTIFICATE. THE DIRECTOR OF [APPLAUSE]. CITY LA VERNE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO RYAN YODER AND HIS CREW WITHOUT HIS CREW.

YOU KNOW, THIS CERTIFICATE IS. YEAH IT'S LIKE.

THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL TO CHAMBER DIRECTOR RYAN YODER, IN RECOGNITION OF YOUR DEDICATION TO OUR COMMUNITY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[APPLAUSE] AND YOU AND I'LL JUST ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS.

AND WHAT A WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE. AND YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN THEM PERFORM A FEW TIMES AND WELL, WELL RUN AND CONGRATULATIONS. HERE'S A CERTIFICATE FOR ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] WHAT? YEAH, ALL OF YOU GUYS RIGHT HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO GET UP ON THE DAIS AND ABOVE, AND THEN EVERYBODY ELSE.

ALL YOU GUYS OVER HERE. OKAY LET THE BOSS TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.

HEY, HEY! GUYS DOWN HERE, TALL IN THE BACK YEAH. WHAT? WE'RE NOT TALL ENOUGH. DO WE HAVE TO STAY UP ON THE LEFT? YEAH OKAY, WHERE AM I? MR. HARABEDIAN IN THE CENTER RIGHT HERE RIGHT HERE, COME ON.

COME ON. GET IN HERE! WE MADE IT. YEAH. THAT'S THE MOST SIGNIFICANT [LAUGHTER] BY FAR. WE LOVE CERTIFICATES. THAT'S GREAT.

IT TOOK LONGER TO GET THEM ARRANGED FOR THEM TO SING.

I KNOW, LOOK AT ADRIANA, ANDREA, ADRIANA AND ANDREA LOOK AT THEM, LOOK AT THEM.

ANDREA AND ADRIANA HOW ARE WE LOOKING? NO, THEM NOT US.

YOU GUYS ACTUALLY HAVE FUN. ALL RIGHT.

THEY'RE GOOD. YEAH PARENTS, YOU WANT TO GET A PICTURE? COME ON. COME ON. COME ON. DON'T BE SHY AROUND HERE.

LORD KNOWS WE'RE NOT. COME ON. MOM! COME ON THEY GOT IN AND OUT CERTIFICATES THEY'RE READY TO EAT.

COME ON THANK YOU.

YEAH.

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ANOTHER GREAT YEAR, BUDDY THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE YOU BEEN? I DON'T KNOW. THEY SAY CASH NEEDS TO BE DRESSED UP AS THE ELF NEXT YEAR.

I'LL DO IT. I SAY THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. 100%. OKAY I NEED MINE.

NOW, FOR OUR SECOND PRESENTATION TONIGHT WILL BE FROM ASSEMBLY MEMBER HARABEDIAN, WHO WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE 2025 LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND HIS PRIORITIES FOR THE 2026 SEASON. WELCOME, SIR IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU IN OUR HOUSE.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND STAFF. IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

AND THAT IS BY FAR THE MOST CERTIFICATES I'VE EVER GIVEN [LAUGHTER] AWAY.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT? IN OUR TOWN AND MY TOWN, I'LL SAY WITH ALL OF US, WE LIKE TO DO IT BIG.

YOU DO IT BIG, YOU DO IT BIG. AND THAT WAS A GREAT THAT WAS A GREAT CEREMONY.

SO I HAVE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF PRESENTATION [LAUGHTER].

THAT'S GOING TO CLEAR THE ROOM. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.

I'M YOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR COMING TO THE MEETING. THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING A GREAT CITY COUNCIL.

I WILL SAY, AND THIS IS REALLY TO KIND OF BUILD YOU UP IN FRONT OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND YOUR RESIDENTS.

YOU GUYS ARE A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH. AND I THINK I SEE THE MAYOR MORE THAN SOME OF MY COLLEAGUES IN SACRAMENTO.

BUT YOU GUYS DO A GREAT JOB, AND IT'S REALLY AN HONOR TO REPRESENT YOU.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN 1841.

I WAS ON THE CITY COUNCIL THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.

GO EASY ON THESE GUYS. I WILL TELL YOU LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOT EASY.

BUT I ACTUALLY LOVED IT. AND IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I MISS BEING A COUNCIL MEMBER QUITE A BIT.

I'M ALSO AN ATTORNEY, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE.

IS THAT ALSO AN ATTORNEY AND I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO.

SO THE DISTRICT, IT'S A BIG DISTRICT AS FAR WEST AS LA CAÑADA, AS FAR EAST AS THE HIGH DESERT.

HALF A MILLION PEOPLE. SO THE CITY OF LA VERNE, 31,000 32,000 PEOPLE YOU KNOW, WE I WISH I COULD BE HERE ALL THE TIME. AND I WISH I COULD BE WITH ALL OF YOU INCESSANTLY.

BUT WHEN YOU REPRESENT HALF A MILLION PEOPLE IN 12 CITIES, UNINCORPORATED AREAS, IT'S A BIG IT'S A BIG STRETCH.

AND THERE'S 80 OF US IN THE IN THE ASSEMBLY, AND YOU KNOW, MY CITY'S RAGES AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, PASADENA, WHICH IS 140,000, AND BRADBURY, WHICH IS OUR SMALLEST.

BUT THE DISTRICT IS KNOWN FOR A LOT. NOT ONLY IS IT KNOWN FOR BEING YOU KNOW, HOME TO LA VERNE AND OTHER GREAT CITIES, BUT IT'S REALLY A HUB OF HIGHER EDUCATION. YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE KNOWN FOR A LOT OF THINGS, ONE OF WHICH IS DOING EDUCATION REALLY WELL, HIGHER EDUCATION BEING, I THINK, A REAL FOCUS AND UNIVERSITY LA VERNE IS OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW, OUR PRIDE AND JOY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALLOWING ME TO REPRESENT YOU AND FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT CITY.

I SERVE ON MANY DIFFERENT STANDING COMMITTEES AND SELECT COMMITTEES, AND HERE ARE SOME OF THEM.

I WON'T GO DOWN AND NAME ALL OF THEM, BUT A LOT OF THE WORK OF AN ASSEMBLY MEMBER IS COMMITTEE WORK.

WE DO THOUSANDS OF BILLS A YEAR. AND A LOT OF THOSE ARE CONSTANTLY MOVING THROUGH COMMITTEES.

AND HERE ARE SOME OF THEM THAT THAT I SERVE ON.

I'M THE CHAIR OF THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COMMITTEE, WHICH IS REALLY THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE STATE. AND SO THAT'S A LOT OF FUN BECAUSE WE GET TO DO A LOT OF WORK THAT I THINK THE STATE SHOULD BE DOING MORE OF, WHICH IS NOT NECESSARILY PASSING NEW BILLS, BUT ACTUALLY LOOKING TO SEE WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, WHAT'S WORKING, WHAT'S NOT WORKING.

AND TO THE EXTENT THAT ANYTHING IN THE STATE ISN'T WORKING WE, WE AUDIT THEM AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD SUCCESS AND OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK TO BE DONE.

MY SECOND DAY IN SACRAMENTO THE EATON FIRE HAPPENED.

AND SO I DO REPRESENT ALTADENA, PASADENA, SIERRA MADRE, WHERE THE FIRE HIT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, A LOT OF OUR FOCUS AFTER THE EATON FIRE HAS BEEN ON REBUILDING THE COMMUNITY.

OBVIOUSLY, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE DISPLACED. 19 LIVES WERE LOST JUST IN THE EATON FIRE.

MORE IN THE PALISADES FIRE AS WELL. BUT THIS HAS BEEN OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN.

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AND IT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO WORK ON. BUT I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT.

I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITIES AROUND THE AREAS THAT WERE AFFECTED BY THE EATON FIRE REALLY HAVE RALLIED THEIR SUPPORT AND NOT ONLY FINANCIAL SUPPORT, BUT IN OTHER WAYS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU TO THE WHOLE CITY FOR HELPING THE VICTIMS. THIS PAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WE HAD A FEW BILLS THAT THAT GOT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

I ALWAYS, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, REMEMBER WHEN OUR STATE LEGISLATORS WOULD COME IN FRONT OF US AND TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY DID.

AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT IT WAS COUNTERINTUITIVE, LIKE THEY WOULD COME AND SAY, LOOK AT ALL THE WORK I DID. I DID, YOU KNOW, 10 BILLS OR 6 BILLS. AND I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THAT REALLY WASN'T A GREAT METRIC OF SUCCESS.

I STILL DON'T REALLY SO I INCLUDE THIS BECAUSE I THINK THESE WERE IMPORTANT BILLS, AND THESE ARE THINGS THAT I'M VERY GLAD THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAME LAW, LIKE OUR MORTGAGE FORBEARANCE ACT FOR THE FIRE VICTIMS SO THAT THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AND HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LEEWAY.

AND THE INSURANCE PAYOUTS FOR INSURANCE, THE INTEREST ON INSURANCE PAYOUTS ON INSURANCE CLAIMS. AGAIN, THESE ARE WILDFIRE VICTIM RELATED MEASURES THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF.

AND THEN THE FIREFIGHTER SAFETY EQUIPMENT BILL, WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT PFAS ISN'T ACTUALLY IN THE EQUIPMENT THAT OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE WHICH ARE CAUSING CANCER.

BUT THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT BILLS AND GETTING BILLS SIGNED IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE STATE SHOULD FOCUS A LOT MORE ON THINGS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE BILL PACKAGE. I THINK IN SOME WAYS WE DO TOO MANY BILLS.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE BILLS THAT WE DID. BUT YOU PROBABLY WON'T HEAR ME AS MUCH AS MAYBE MY PREDECESSORS OR OTHER LEGISLATORS TALK ABOUT MY BILLS, BECAUSE I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT DON'T NECESSARILY REQUIRE A BILL.

MY BIG ISSUES THAT I'VE WORKED ON THIS PAST YEAR, OTHER THAN WILDFIRE AND THOSE BILLS WERE HEALTHCARE ACCESS.

YOU KNOW, I DO THINK THAT ANYONE WHO DEALS IN CALIFORNIA OR THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY REALLY WITH OUR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, WE NEED TO DO BETTER. WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE BETTER SERVICE QUICKER, AND IT NEEDS TO BE CHEAPER.

UNFORTUNATELY, A COUPLE OF MY BILLS THAT I INTRODUCED THAT WOULD HAVE SPED UP PRIOR AUTHORIZATIONS INCLUDED PARITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DIDN'T GET SIGNED.

BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THOSE ISSUES. OUR ENERGY BILLS EVERYONE TALKS ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.

I THINK THAT THAT IS OBVIOUSLY THE TOPIC DU JOUR HERE IN CALIFORNIA, BUT PROBABLY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AS WELL.

YOU SEE A LOT OF FOLKS TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, AFFORDABILITY.

WELL, OUR ENERGY BILLS ARE SECOND HIGHEST USUALLY COST POINT.

AND SO I INTRODUCED A BILL THAT WOULD HAVE MADE OUR, OUR ENERGY SYSTEM CLEANER, BUT ALSO WOULD HAVE REDUCED OUR ENERGY BILLS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS VETOED AS WELL. BEAR MANAGEMENT YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND WILDLIFE IS A BIG PART OF OUR EXISTENCE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY WE STILL HAVEN'T REALLY FIGURED OUT HOW TO COEXIST REALLY WELL WITH OUR BEAR POPULATION.

AND IT'S GETTING WORSE. AND IN MANY OF THE CITIES THAT I REPRESENT THE HUMAN BEAR INTERACTIONS HAVE NEVER BEEN HIGHER.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT, HOW TO BILL THAT.

THAT DIDN'T GET ACROSS THE FINISH LINE. BUT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THAT. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY STAFF AND COUNCIL AND I HAVE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT HOUSING.

HOUSING WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US ARE TALKING ABOUT AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.

I'M NOT SURE WE'RE DOING IT QUITE WELL AT THE STATE LEVEL.

I MEAN, I THINK SACRAMENTO POLICY GENERALLY CAN BE IMPROVED.

I THINK ON HOUSING IT CERTAINLY CAN BE IMPROVED.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD OVER THE NEXT NUMBER OF YEARS WORKING WITH YOU GUYS AND CONTINUING TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION AND GET FEEDBACK ON HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY BUILD HOUSING IN A WAY THAT REALLY INCLUDES CITIES AND DOESN'T OVERSTEP AND IMPOSE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT.

WE HAVE A PRETTY BAD BUDGET SITUATION. WE HAVE A WE'RE LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY A $20 BILLION DEFICIT LEADING INTO NEXT YEAR.

WE JUST GOT THROUGH A $10 TO $11 BILLION DEFICIT.

EVEN WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING MONEY BACK TO THE DISTRICT.

A LOT OF IT WAS WILDFIRE RECOVERY, BUT THERE WAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE FOUGHT FOR.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID FIGHT FOR WAS GETTING ACTUAL MONEY INTO OUR HOUSING PROGRAMS. THAT WAS AT ZERO WHEN THE ORIGINAL BUDGET CAME OUT FROM THE GOVERNOR.

WE HAD NO MONEY FOR HOUSING, WHICH WAS SHOCKING.

AND SO A COALITION OF US FOUGHT TO ACTUALLY GET A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT BACK IN THERE.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY FOR, FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND ORGANIZATIONS IN OUR DISTRICT WE GOT THEM SOME HELP.

AND REALLY, THE YEARS PAST, YOU KNOW, WHEN I WAS A COUNCIL MEMBER AND I KNOW FOR THE LAST 12 OR SO YEARS WE'VE HAD BUDGET SURPLUSES, AND IT'S BEEN ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE YOU WAKE UP AND SNEEZE AND SOMEONE GIVES YOU $1 MILLION CHECK TO BRING BACK TO THE DISTRICT.

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WE PLAY BY THE RULES, AND SOMEHOW WE HAVE A $300 BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET AND NO ONE KNOWS WHERE THE MONEY GOES, RIGHT? SO I DO THINK THAT ONE OF MY PRIORITIES IS GOING TO BE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M DELIVERING EVERY DAY FOR YOU GUYS.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS JOKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DID I BRING MY CHECKBOOK? YOU KNOW, THAT IS THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT I DO.

SO NEVER, NEVER STOP ASKING ME FOR MONEY BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU GUYS DESERVE IT.

SO DID YOU BRING YOUR CHECKBOOK? I MY PRIORITIES GOING FORWARD ARE GOING TO BE SOME OF THE SAME ISSUES THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT. OBVIOUSLY, THE INSURANCE MARKET IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GET RIGHT.

AND I THINK THE WILDFIRES EXACERBATED THAT, BUT IT ACTUALLY JUST HIGHLIGHTED AN EXISTING PROBLEM WHERE WE DON'T HAVE A FUNCTIONAL INSURANCE MARKET WHERE FOLKS CAN GO OUT AND GET REAL COMPETITION FOR THEIR POLICIES.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GETTING KICKED OFF THEIR POLICIES, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THE FAIR PLAN, WHICH IS THE INSURER OF LAST RESORT, HAS NOW REALLY BECOME IN SOME WAYS THE INSURER OF FIRST RESORT FOR MANY COMMUNITIES.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M VERY FOCUSED ON, NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF ALTADENA AND MANY OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE TRYING TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES NOT HAVING INSURANCE, BUT CITIES LIKE LA VERNE ARE GOING TO BE FACING THE SAME THING BECAUSE THE MARKET HAS NOT KEPT UP WITH THE TRENDS.

AND I DO THINK THAT THAT IS THESE ARE GOING TO BE TOUGH CONVERSATIONS.

I THINK OUR INSURANCE RATES WILL PROBABLY BE GOING UP UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN IN ORDER TO HAVE A SUSTAINABLE MARKET. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, ON THE HEELS OF PROP 50, I THINK A LOT OF WHAT FOLKS ARE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW IS JUST WHAT DOES OUR DEMOCRACY LOOK LIKE? HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN A DIVIDED COUNTRY AND A DIVIDED STATE? AND HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, VOTERS ARE BEING LISTENED TO AND THE WILL OF THE VOTER IS PREVAILING AT ALL TIMES? THIS IS REALLY THE LAST SLIDE. I DO A LOT OF THINGS AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF LEGISLATION, AND REALLY IT'S JUST SERVING YOU GUYS.

AND IF YOU EVER NEED HELP WITH ANY DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S A FEDERAL STATE OR A LOCAL DEPARTMENT, YOU CAN COME TO OUR OFFICE. OBVIOUSLY, OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICES FOCUS ON STATE DEPARTMENTS, SO GOD BLESS YOU IF YOU EVER NEED SOMETHING FROM THE DMV.

BUT IF YOU EVER DO, YOU CAN COME TO US AND ASK A LOT OF OUR CONSTITUENT SERVICE WORK DEALS WITH UNEMPLOYMENT AND DISABILITY INSURANCE.

I MEAN, THAT'S UNFORTUNATELY, THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH EDD IS NOT GOOD.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE GET CAUGHT UP IN TRYING TO GET BENEFITS THAT ARE RIGHTFULLY THEIRS, AND WE NEED TO HELP THEM QUITE A BIT.

SO ANYTHING ANYONE NEEDS, HERE'S HOW YOU FIND ME.

THESE ARE MY SOCIAL MEDIA HANDLES. BUT ALSO THAT'S OUR NEW OFFICE AS OF A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO AND AN EMAIL WHERE YOU CAN FIND ME.

SO THAT WAS LONGER THAN I WANTED. AND I'M SORRY THAT I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL AGENDA, BUT WHENEVER IT'S WHENEVER I HAD THESE PRESENTATIONS AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'D ALWAYS JUST BE, LET'S, LET'S GET TO IT SO THAT WE CAN GET TO THE CITY'S BUSINESS.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR GOING A LITTLE BIT OVER AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE.

AND THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS, FOR DOING WHAT YOU GUYS DO. NO, I JUST I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU KNOW, YOU BRUSHED OVER IT LIGHTLY WHEN YOU TOOK OFFICE ON JANUARY 2ND AND UTTER CHAOS HAPPENED AND YOU JUMPED RIGHT IN BOOTS, BOOTS FIRST AND HEAD FIRST. AND YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A CHAMPION FOR THE RESIDENTS IN ALTADENA, BUT ALSO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOR ALL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

BUT I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU, BECAUSE EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, YOU'RE VERY PERSONABLE. SOME AREN'T, AS YOU KNOW, SOME ARE, YOU KNOW, NOT APPROACHABLE, YOU ARE.

AND YOU'LL TAKE A QUESTION. YOU KNOW, WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY, ALL KIDDING ASIDE.

BUT WE'RE DOING SOME TOUGH TIMES NOW, AND WE APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION.

BUT I THINK ALSO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE OUR LOCAL CONTROL.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE BIGGEST THING THAT UNMANDATED REQUESTS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES THAT WITH NO FINANCIAL BACKING IS TOUGH FOR US, ESPECIALLY OUR SMALL COMMUNITIES LIKE US. YOU KNOW, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, 31,000 PEOPLE.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, SB 79, YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH THAT THEY'RE NOT SURE HOW TO WORK IT YET.

BUT I APPRECIATE TO HAVE A VOICE ALONG WITH OUR SENATE AND OUR CONGRESS THAT YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THE AREAS. AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, ESPECIALLY DURING THE ALTADENA FIRE SITUATION.

YOU REALLY ARE A CHAMPION FOR THOSE PEOPLE. AND ANOTHER ONE'S INSURANCE.

IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER. IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO GET IT. YEAH.

INSURANCE IS SO IMPORTANT FOR US, ESPECIALLY IN OUR AS YOU KNOW, YOU, SAN MARINO, THIS WHOLE MOUNTAIN RANGE HERE, IF YOU'RE EVEN, YOU KNOW, DOWN ON FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, THEY CAN STILL CANCEL YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE OF FOOTHILL BOULEVARD BECAUSE OF THE FACT

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YEAH. AND WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND WE'LL HELP YOU ANY WAY WE CAN. OUR STAFF IS GREAT.

WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE FOR US. AND ANYTIME YOU'RE WELCOME IN OUR HOUSE, ANYTIME. WE DO APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU THANK YOU, YOU GUYS. I'VE SAID IT BEFORE IT'S A IT'S A RARITY TO FIND A CITY COUNCIL LIKE THIS WITH THE STAFF AND OUR, OUR STAFFS WORK QUITE A BIT TOGETHER. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU GUYS ARE.

I MEAN, IT'S REALLY AN HONOR AND IT'S A PRIVILEGE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK SO THANK. YOUR STAFF IS AN EXTENSION OF YOU EVERY TIME WE'RE TOGETHER IT'S JUST A FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT. IT HAS A GOOD TIME. AND ONE OTHER THING THAT I DON'T THINK YOU'VE EVEN BEEN SWORN IN YET.

AS FAR AS OFFICIAL SWEARING IN. WELL, WE HAVEN'T DONE WE DID NOT DO DISTRICT SWEARING.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT BECAUSE THAT GOT SIDELINED BY THE FIRE SO IN OUR HOUSE ANYTIME. WE APPRECIATE YOUR GENEROSITY. OUR STAFF IS WONDERFUL.

YOUR STAFF IS WONDERFUL. SO PLEASE WELCOME ANYTIME.

THANK YOU APPRECIATE IT. AND TELL YOUNG‑GI I SAID HI.

I WILL OF COURSE THANK YOU YOU KNOW I GOTTA GET BACK TO THE GOTTA GET BACK TO THE NORTH POLE.

THANK YOU SANTA, THANK YOU HE'S BEEN NICE ALL YEAR, SIR. [LAUGHTER] YOU'RE GETTING A RUSTY NAIL AND A BAG OF COAL.

OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS.

[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.

I LIKE INTRODUCED A FEW EVENTS THAT WERE TAKING PLACE AT LA VERNE LIBRARY THIS MONTH. ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH AT 2:00, WE'LL BE HOLDING A PROGRAM TITLED VIOLIN MELODIES AND HOLIDAY HARMONIES.

DURING THIS PERFORMANCE, MUSICIANS FROM THE LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC NAMED PAUL STEIN WILL PERFORM AND TELL STORIES ABOUT MUSICIANS AND COMPOSERS.

FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS PROVIDED BY FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY. AND ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, WE'LL BE HOLDING A PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN AGES 6 TO 12.

DURING THIS ART ACTIVITY, CHILDREN CAN DESIGN A WINTER THEMED ORNAMENT FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND THERE'LL ALSO BE SOME HOLIDAY BOOKS FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE.

AND FROM DECEMBER 15TH TO JANUARY 12TH, L.A. COUNTY LIBRARY WILL BE HOLDING AN ONLINE WINTER READING CLUB FOR ALL AGES TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM READERS WILL BE CHALLENGED TO READ 400 MINUTES FOR PRIZES. CHILDREN AND TEENS WILL RECEIVE A GIVEAWAY BOOK OF THEIR CHOOSING, AND ADULTS WILL BE ENTERED IN A DRAWING FOR A KINDLE FIRE.

TO ENTER, PLEASE VISIT LACOUNTYLIBRARY.ORG/WINTERREADING.

ALSO, LA VERNE LIBRARY WILL BE OPEN CHRISTMAS EVE AND NEW YEAR'S EVE FROM 12 TO 5 AND WILL BE CLOSED ON CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S DAY.

OKAY THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ADRIAN, VERY MUCH.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES COME ON, MS. KALOUSEK.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. KATHY KALOUSEK, VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOU CAN SEE US THIS MONTH.

DECEMBER 13TH WILL BE THE DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY STROLL.

WE WILL HAVE THE 1938 INTERNATIONAL THERE ALL DECKED OUT.

WE'LL, OF COURSE, HAVE SHERRY'S FABULOUS JAMS AND JELLIES FOR SALE.

ALL OF THAT OF COURSE ALL THE PROCEEDS GO FOR OUR PROGRAMS, MAINTENANCE OF THE TRUCK, ETC.

ETC. SO YOU KNOW, COME SEE US THERE. I'M ALSO INFORMED THAT WE WILL BE PARTICIPATING CHRISTMAS MORNING, I GUESS. NOT A NOT A MORNING PERSON. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE IT OUT.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, SHERRY GOT YOU INVOLVED. [LAUGHTER] EXACTLY SO THAT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

WE'LL HAVE THE TRUCK AROUND. I DON'T KNOW WHAT AREA WE'LL BE IN, BUT, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR US AND EVERYBODY ELSE.

AND OF COURSE, IT IS THE END OF THE YEAR SO IT'S TIME TO RENEW OR BECOME A MEMBER WITH OUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

YOU GET SIX FABULOUS NEWSLETTERS THAT SHERRY DOES ALL KINDS OF GREAT INFORMATION.

THERE ARE WE DO HAVE SOMETIMES MEMBERS ONLY EVENTS, ALTHOUGH MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT WE'RE KEEPING IT AT $20 FOR A PERSON. $25 FOR A FAMILY, $200 FOR LIFETIME.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BOTHER. THE JOHNSON FAMILY JUST BECAME LIFETIME MEMBERS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT. SO AS ALWAYS, COME SEE US.

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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU KATHY, APPRECIATE IT.

ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? CHAMBER NO MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS? OKAY I'VE GOT SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS. WE GOT THIS IS A PACKED MONTH WITH STUFF GOING ON, SO ONE OF THE BIG ONES IS HERITAGE PARK.

WINTER WONDERLAND THAT'S DECEMBER 13TH FROM 9:00 TO 1:00.

ALL THIS STUFF IS ON OUR WEBSITE IN THE CITY.

ALSO ONE OF THE BIG ONES THIS WEEK ON THE 4TH IS THE LA VERNE ALL STAR SOFTBALL GAME, WHICH IS THE LVFA LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. ENTRY IS LIKE UNWRAPPED TOY TO HELP THE LIGHTS AND SIRENS TOY DRIVE.

AND THAT'S AT WHEELER PARK THAT'S THIS WEEK. THAT'S THURSDAY BRUNCH WITH SANTA AND FRIENDS.

WE STILL HAVE SPOTS AVAILABLE. WE DO. THIS IS REALLY FUN IT REALLY WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.

THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME LAST YEAR, WASN'T IT? WITH BRUNCH WITH SANTA, WHICH IS A GREAT IDEA.

I THINK THERE'S SPECIAL PANCAKES AND FUN STUFF.

IT'S ONLY $10 PER PERSON, BUT YOU DO NEED TO SIGN UP.

THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE TOO. SO VERY IMPORTANT.

WE'VE GOT, LET'S SEE, OLD TOWN LA VERNE HOLIDAY STROLL.

THAT'S THE BIG ONE RIGHT HERE. WHAT THEY JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT IS ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13TH.

NEXT, NOT THIS WEEKEND, BUT THE NEXT WEEKEND.

LOTS OF GREAT STUFF THERE. THE SENIOR HOLIDAY LUNCHEON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16TH.

THESE ARE ALL AGAIN. THESE ARE ALL ON THE WEBSITE SO PLEASE.

AND THEN ALSO THE HOLIDAY COLORING CONTEST CITY LA VERNE MONDAY, DECEMBER 8TH AT 5:30 P.M.

YOU TURN THEM IN BUT THIS IS FOR THE KIDS, REALLY CUTE.

AND THEN WE JUDGE THEM WELL, MAYBE FOR CASH. OH, HERE WE GO COLORS [LAUGHTER].

ALREADY IN ON THE STUFF THERE. WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[CONSENT CALENDAR ]

YOU HAVE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION THANK YOU. 3, 4 AND 5. SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEMS 1, 6 AND 7? I'LL MOVE. SECOND? IT'S 1, 2. 1, 2 I'M SORRY JUST. 1, 2 AND 6. 1, 2 AND 6 SORRY.

I'LL MOVE. SECOND. VOTE, PLEASE. ITEMS 1, 2 AND 6 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR MOVED BY LAU SECONDED BY KASHIFALGHITA APPROVED 5-0.

I DID PULL ITEM 4 MR. BOWEN IF YOU'D LIKE TO DO.

YOU HAD 2 AND 3. IS THAT CORRECT? OR 3 AND 5? AND I'LL DO I WANT YOU I'M GOING TO DO 4 REAL QUICK.

[4. Resolution Authorizing the City Engineer to Exercise Discretionary Approval of Public Works and Improvement Project Designs. Resolution authorizing the City Engineer to exercise discretionary approval of designs for public works and public improvement projects. This action will support the City’s ability to establish design immunity for eligible projects. ]

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.

THAT'S CORRECT. THE ACTION BEFORE YOU RELATES TO ASSERTING DESIGN IMMUNITY WHICH IS GRANTED UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 830.6. SO ESSENTIALLY THE ITEM ALLOWS CITIES TO EXERCISE THE IMMUNITY PER STATE LAW AND DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO THE CITY ENGINEER FOR APPROVING TECHNICAL ENGINEERING DESIGNS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.

CITIES MUST ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE OFFICIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SIGNING OFF ON ENGINEERING DESIGN PLANS FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS ROADS, SIDEWALKS, AND DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS BEFORE CONSTRUCTION.

THIS ACTION SIMPLY FORMALIZES THAT RESPONSIBILITY BY ASSIGNING IT TO THE CITY ENGINEER WHO HISTORICALLY HAS PERFORMED THIS TYPE OF FUNCTION FOR THE CITY.

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IT DOES NOT GIVE STAFF ANY ADDITIONAL AUTHORITY FOR SPENDING OR CONTRACT AWARDS.

BEYOND THE CITY'S PURCHASING POLICY. IT DOES NOT OVERRIDE CEQA OR ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW PROCESSES, AND IT DOES NOT PREVENT THE COUNCIL FROM REVIEWING, QUESTIONING OR REJECTING A PROJECT AT ANY STAGE.

THANK YOU DIRECTOR WU WE APPRECIATE THAT. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THAT ITEM, MR. BOWEN? MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CITY ENGINEER DOES NOT WORK FOR THE CITY.

AND WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AND IT'S STILL QUITE CONFUSING.

HE WORKS FOR RKA CONSULTING. CORRECT? OKAY THAT'S PART OF THE PROBLEM WE NEVER GET DIALOG BACK AND FORTH. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS HE DOESN'T WORK FOR THE CITY.

SO NOW WE HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, BRAND NEW PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR THAT WANTS TO GIVE OUR OVERVIEW TO A GUY THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR THE CITY.

IN FACT, HE WORKS FOR AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND, HE WORKS FOR A CONSULTING COMPANY THAT WE PAY HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IF NOT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS EVERY YEAR FOR CONSULTING.

SO MY QUESTION IS WHY? WHY CAN'T THE PUBLIC OR THE PUBLIC WORKS SUPERVISOR HANDLE SOMETHING LIKE THIS VERSUS THE PERSON THAT DOESN'T EVEN WORK FOR THE CITY? AND, YOU KNOW, I'VE ASKED NUMEROUS TIMES, CAN'T SEEM TO GET A GOOD, CLEAR ANSWER.

BUT IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE ANYTHING THIS IMPORTANT TO ANYONE, I BELIEVE THEY SHOULD WORK FOR THE CITY.

NOW, DO I GET TO LISTEN ANY ANSWER? AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER THE QUESTION. OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ANSWER THIS ONE FIRST? MR. MAYOR, WE CAN ANSWER THIS AND THEN TAKE AN ACTION ON THE ITEM.

I'M JUST WAITING IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC OR IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTION COMMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY. YEAH, I ALSO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO THIS IS OUR, OUR JPA RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS AS WELL. AND THAT JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE AND POINT THAT THAT OUT TO OUR OVERALL INSURANCE COMPANIES, AS IS RECOMMENDING THAT WE DO THAT, I KNOW.

MR. HOWING WORKS FOR RKA. BUT HE'S ALSO THAT UNDER A CONSULTANT IS STILL UNDER OUR OWN OUR OWN EMPLOYEE THROUGH THAT OTHER COMPANY AS WELL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL, I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT AND THIS WAS AN INSURANCE.

THE JPI WAS AN INSURANCE REQUIREMENT THAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, WHICH PROTECTS OUR CITY.

AND MR. HOWING IS A OUTSIDE CONTRACTOR THAT WE DO PAY.

AND THAT'S HOW IT WORKS HERE HAS BEEN FOR SOME TIME, MR. DOMER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND I WAS GOING TO BRING UP THE CJPIA ON MY OWN, BUT APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY BRINGING THAT UP.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING, AND THIS WON'T BE THE LAST OF THESE TYPE OF ITEMS THAT WE BRING BEFORE YOU, BUT WE'RE KIND OF GOING THROUGH AND WORKING WITH THE CJPIA ON A CHECKLIST OF HOW WE REDUCE AND MANAGE BETTER OUR RISK MANAGEMENT.

SO WE HAD A FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD A SOCIAL MEDIA POST SEVERAL WEEKS AGO ABOUT CJPIA WAS OUT HERE AND WE WERE DEMONSTRATING THE ABILITY OF AN AUTOMATED ROBOT ASSESSING THE SIDEWALKS. ONE OF THE BIG THINGS IS, YOU KNOW, ASSESSING OUR SIDEWALKS AND MAKING IMPROVEMENTS SO THERE'S NO TRIP AND FALLS.

SO THIS HAS BEEN ON THE DESIGN IMMUNITY, A CHECKLIST ITEM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH CJPIA TO UNDERSTAND AS WE GO FORWARD ON ALL OF OUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVEN GOING FORWARD IN OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, THAT THERE'LL BE A RECOMMENDED ACTION ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVING THE PLANS AND SPECS FOR A PROJECT COMING FORWARD. SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE CHECKLISTS.

GOING BACK TO MR. BOWEN'S QUESTION ABOUT THE CITY ENGINEER.

THE CITY ENGINEER WORKS FOR THE CITY THROUGH A CONTRACT.

AND SO A CITY OUR SIZE GENERALLY DOES NOT HAVE A CITY ENGINEER ON STAFF.

WHEN WE LOST OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR LAST YEAR THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED, ACTUALLY, TWO SPECIFICATIONS.

ONE WAS FOR A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THE OTHER ONE WAS FOR A PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR/CITY ENGINEER.

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SO FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, THE CITY ENGINEER WORKS FOR US, BUT THROUGH A CONTRACT, IT'S A VERY COMMON APPROACH FOR MANY CITIES BOTH IN LA COUNTY AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE, BECAUSE CITIES OUR SIZE JUST CANNOT SUPPORT CITY ENGINEER FUNCTION.

NOT JUST THAT, BUT FOR ALL THE SERVICES THAT GO BELOW IT ON A REGULAR BASIS.

SO THE CITY ENGINEER IS PART OF OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

HE'S AT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS. HE IS AT OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM MEETINGS ON FOLLOW UP AFTER CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

HE'S IN THE OFFICE TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, BUT AVAILABLE ALL OTHER TIMES.

AND SO MUCH LIKE THE CITY ATTORNEY WHO'S A WORKS FOR THE CITY THROUGH A CONTRACT AND SEVERAL OTHER POSITIONS, LIKE OUR BUILDING INSPECTORS AND ALL THAT STUFF. AND THEY HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED.

AND THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS THAT HE HAS A CERTIFICATION TO APPROVE THE DESIGN AND SPECS.

ALL THESE PLANS THAT WE WOULD BE BRINGING FORWARD. SO IT IS UNDER THE GENERAL CONTEXT OF THE DESIGN IMMUNITY, BUT IT IS ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CJPIA, AND WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OTHER THINGS.

IN FACT EARLIER TODAY, I HAD FORWARDED ON TO THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR ABOUT TRAIL IMMUNITY ISSUES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL THOSE THINGS BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME TRAIL COMPONENTS, AND THAT JUST INCLUDES LIKE A DECOMPOSED GRANITE PATH IN A PARK.

SO IT'S ALL ABOUT RISK MANAGEMENT. ALSO A GOOD PORTION OF THE RKA, WHICH IS CODY HOWING SERVICES ARE CHARGED TO JOBS AND PARTS OF THE PROJECT. SO IT'S NOT JUST A ONE TIME CHARGE.

A LOT OF THOSE GO TO THE DEVELOPER COMES IN, WHETHER IT BE GILEAD OR WHETHER IT BE A HOUSING CONTRACTOR.

HIS TIME IS CHARGED TO THAT PERSON FOR THE PERMITS AND FEES.

CORRECT YEAH SO THE RETAINER IS A GENERAL FUND, BUT ALL OF THE OTHER DESIGN SERVICES AND EVERYTHING ARE BASED ON THE PROJECT SCOPE, AND THEY'RE QUOTED TO THOSE PROJECTS. RIGHT VERY GOOD I SAY SO TOO. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 4? SECOND. OH, PLEASE. ITEM 4 MOVED BY COUNCIL MEMBER LAU SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER KASHIFALGHITA AND APPROVED BY VOTE. THANK YOU APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WU YES.

[3. Approving a Class Specification for Community Engagement Supervisor and Community Engagement Officer. Updates to the Community Services Officer and Community Services Supervisor classifications are being proposed. These updates involve title and job description changes only, with no changes to compensation or organizational structur]

AND THIS ONE I GUESS I'M JUST LOOKING FOR SOME CLARIFICATION.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE JUST CHANGING TITLES AROUND AND WE SPENT TEN MINUTES ON IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT.

SO IT SAYS THERE'S NO ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CHANGE OR COMPENSATION.

SO I GUESS I JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHY. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, WE'LL CLOSE THAT BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.

ANY COMMENTS ON THIS BEFORE WE GO TO EXPLANATION? MR. DOMER.

THIS IS A STANDARD PROCESS. THE COUNCIL PROBABLY SEES THIS AT LEAST A HANDFUL OF TIMES A YEAR WHERE IF A POSITION BECOMES VACANT, THE DEPARTMENT THAT POSITION VACANCY HAPPENS IN GOES IN REVIEWS THE JOB CLASSIFICATION AND TRIES TO UPDATE IT.

SO IT STAYS WITH CURRENT STANDARDS AND LANGUAGE STAYS THE SAME.

THE MAIN DRIVER FOR THIS CHANGE NOW IS THE NOT THE SUPERVISOR POSITION, BUT THE OFFICER POSITION BECAME VACANT.

SO THEY DID LOOK AT IT. THEY WANTED TO UPDATE THE LANGUAGE, UPDATE THE NAME TO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BETTER REPRESENT WHAT THE ACTUAL POSITION IS COMMUNITY SERVICES, WHICH THE PREVIOUS POSITION HAD KIND OF BLEEDS INTO SOME OTHER FUNCTIONS.

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AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET A GOOD CANDIDATE APPLYING FOR IT ON TOP OF REPRESENTING THE SUPERVISOR, WHICH IS STILL FILLED TODAY. AND ON THE ONE THAT'S NON-SUPERVISOR, IT IS A UNION POSITION.

SO IT IS NEGOTIATED WITH THE UNION AS WELL OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

CORRECT? YEAH WE CERTAINLY LOVE THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR EMPLOYEE GROUPS AND HAVE SHARED THE JOB DESCRIPTION THAT IMPACTS THEIR, THEIR UNIT AND SOLICITED THEIR FEEDBACK AS WELL AS PART OF THE PROCESS.

BUT THIS IS ALSO BRINGING IN LINE WITH OTHER AGENCIES WITH THE JOB DESCRIPTION.

IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH I THINK MORE SPECIFICALLY IT IT'S WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT THE WHAT CHIEF GONZALEZ HAS REQUESTED AND REVIEWED, AS WELL AS OTHER DEPARTMENT ADMIN STAFF. VERY GOOD.

MR. MAYOR. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AS A GENERAL, FYI, WHEN ANYTIME THERE'S A VACANCY IN ANY OF THE DEPARTMENT I ALWAYS TALK TO THE DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND SAY REVIEW THE POSITION DO WE NEED IT? DO WE NEED TO LOOK AT AND UPDATE THE CLASSIFICATIONS? SO IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO KIND OF LOOK THESE THINGS AND DO WE NEED TO MAKE CHANGES OR DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT? SO AS WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE LAST YEAR, OTHER AGENCIES.

MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 3. THE CLASS SPECIFICATION FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SUPERVISOR AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OFFICER.

SECOND. VOTE PLEASE. ITEM 3 OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR MOVED BY CROSBY SECONDED BY LAU APPROVED BY VOTE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. MR.

[5. Mills Tract Well Pump Rehabilitation Purchase Order. In July 2025, Tri-County Pump Company completed a full tear down and inspection of the Mills Tract Well pump assembly and the evaluation showed extensive wear and deterioration throughout the bowl assembly, column pipe, tube and shaft, and motor components. The full replacement, including all required materials, shop labor, field installation, and start-up testing is $190,039.03 and exceeds the current Purchase Order, thereby requiring City Council approval.]

I READ THIS AND I WAS ON THE WATER COMMITTEE, AND THIS TALKS ABOUT JULY 25TH, THAT A COMPLETED TEARDOWN WAS TAKEN PLACE. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF NUMBERS IN HERE.

SO MAYBE IT'S JUST THE NUMBERS ISSUE, BUT IT SAYS FULL REPLACEMENT, ALL MATERIALS, ETC.

START UP. THE $190,000 EXCEEDS THE CURRENT PURCHASE ORDER.

HOW MUCH IS THE CURRENT PURCHASE ORDER? AND THEN, UNDER RECOMMENDATION, AUTHORIZE THE CITY TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR $146,935.48. SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT WAS THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE ORDER? WHY DID THIS TAKE FOUR MONTHS TO COME TO ANYBODY'S ATTENTION? BECAUSE IT SAYS IT WAS BASICALLY BROKEN IF I READ THIS RIGHT.

AND IS THE ADDITIONAL $146,935 A A GENERAL FUND OR IS IT A RESERVE EXPENDITURE? AND WITHOUT KNOWING WELL ENOUGH, I GUESS THAT'S THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK WE REFER FOR THIS TO DIRECTOR WU.

HE'S RIGHT THERE WHERE'D YOU GO? THE ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION.

I BELIEVE THE CURRENT PURCHASE ORDER AMOUNTS TO ABOUT $44,000 OF THE $190,000.

SO THAT WAS APPROVED UNDER STAFF'S APPROVAL AUTHORITY UNDER EXISTING PURCHASING POLICY.

SO THE $146,000 IS OBVIOUSLY ABOVE THAT THRESHOLD.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEKING COUNCIL APPROVAL.

SO THE SECOND QUESTION, THE PROJECT WAS FUNDED OUT OF THE CURRENT CIP PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED IN THE 2025-26 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT BUDGET.

SO THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE CAPITAL RESERVE FUND IN THE WATER ENTERPRISE FUND.

AND THIS THIS PARTICULAR THING IS BASICALLY REPLACING ALMOST EVERYTHING SLEEVE, CALF, MOTOR AND THE ENTIRE THING THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN A LONG TIME. CORRECT? CORRECT TRI-COUNTY, WENT INTO THE SYSTEM TO INVESTIGATE THE CONDITION OF THE SYSTEM, THEY NOTICED THAT IT WAS A MUCH WORSE SHAPE THAN THEY ORIGINALLY THOUGHT.

SO FULL REPLACEMENT WAS RECOMMENDED. AND THAT'S WHY IT TOOK A LITTLE LONGER FOR THE FACT THAT WE DID SHUT IT DOWN,

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NICE OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR WU? I JUST APPRECIATE MR. WU AND MR. BOWEN FOR BEING PART OF THE WATER STUDY BECAUSE THIS IS WHY WE REALLY NEED THAT WATER STUDY. BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF OLD WATER ISSUES WHERE IF WE DON'T HAVE THESE PUMPS OR THESE LINES, THEN WE HAVE A LOT OF ISSUES WITH WATER GOING TO OUR RESIDENTS.

SO JUST APPRECIATE THAT THAT REPRESENTATIVE PANEL THAT SUGGESTED THAT AND US GOING THROUGH THAT, THOSE WHOLE PIECES TO APPROVE THOSE WATER RATES AT THAT TIME.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTING US JANUARY 1ST. BUT THIS IS WHERE THAT MONEY GOES RIGHT BACK INTO FIXING THE LINE.

HENCE WHY WE DID SUCH A STUDY ON OUR SEWER AND WATER RATES THAT WE DID CURTAIL A LITTLE BIT.

BUT THEY WILL BE REVISITED BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, OUR SYSTEMS ARE AGING OR HAS AGED OVER 100 YEARS OLD AND SOME OF THE STUFF.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE REPLACEMENT, NOT REPAIR, COMPLETE REPLACEMENT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND. VOTE PLEASE. ITEM 5 OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR.

MOVED BY JOHNSON SECONDED BY LAU APPROVED 5-0.

THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU DIRECTOR WU WE APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY WITH THAT WE WILL MOVE ON TO.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON THE AGENDA. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.

[DISCUSSION CALENDAR ]

MR. DOMER CAN YOU CALL FOR THE PERSON WHO WILL SPEAK ON THIS? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR I'D LIKE TO CALL FOR CAPTAIN TRAVIS TIBBETTS.

ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO ONE ABOVE HIM [LAUGHTER].

AND CHIEF SAM GONZALEZ. AND NOW FOR SOMETHING WOW. YES GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO INTRODUCE SERGEANT CARLOS FLORES HERE IN A MINUTE. BUT IF YOU ALLOW ME TO PROVIDE JUST A BRIEF HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

IF YOU RECALL OVER THE SUMMER, WE LOOKED AT OUR TRAFFIC SAFETY AND SPECIFICALLY OUR BIKE AND E-BIKE SAFETY, AND WE STARTED A SAFETY CAMPAIGN. IT STARTED WITH AN EDUCATION COMPONENT.

WITH THAT SERGEANT FLORES JUMPED IN HEAD FIRST AND CREATED SOME FLYERS.

AND WE SHARED THEM WITH THE WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS PARENTS TO EDUCATE THEM ON E-BIKE SAFETY AND THE RISKS OF SOME OF THESE BIKES.

AND WE LOOKED AT SOME OF THE STATISTICAL DATA.

SINCE 2023, WE'VE HAD 34 BICYCLE RELATED ACCIDENTS.

TEN OF THOSE WERE E-BIKE RELATED. AND WE SAW A BIT OF AN INCREASE.

AND AS I MENTIONED, WE INITIALLY STARTED WITH AN EDUCATION COMPONENT.

AND WE WENT THROUGH THE ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT OF THAT, WHICH KIND OF PROVIDED US WITH A DECREASE.

WE DID THAT WHILE WAITING FOR LAW TO BE UPDATED WHICH WAS DONE.

SO OCTOBER OF 2025 OF THIS YEAR. BUT WE SAW THAT THE LAW WASN'T SUFFICIENT ENOUGH TO REALLY HAVE THE TEETH THAT WE NEED TO REALLY REDUCE THOSE NUMBERS. AND REALLY OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS RELATING TO E-BIKES.

SO WITH THAT WE SAW THE NEED TO ENHANCE ACTUALLY CREATE AN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE OR LAYER TO PROVIDE THAT ENFORCEMENT COMPONENT OF IT. SO AS I MENTIONED, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE SERGEANT CARLOS FLORES TO COME UP HERE TO DISCUSS KIND OF OUR GOAL TO INTRODUCE AN ORDINANCE TO KIND OF ENHANCE THAT.

WE'RE WE'VE LOOKED AT WHAT OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE, AND HE'LL KIND OF TALK ABOUT THAT TO REALLY STRENGTHEN THAT AND OUR ABILITY TO NOT ONLY EDUCATE BUT EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BUT ALSO CREATE AN ENFORCEMENT ASPECT THROUGH AN ORDINANCE, THROUGH THE CREATION OF AN ORDINANCE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL BRING UP SERGEANT. THANK YOU CHIEF.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THIS ITEM. MY NAME IS SERGEANT CARLOS FLORES WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING COUNCIL DIRECTION ON WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOCAL ORDINANCE GOVERNING THE OPERATION OF ELECTRIC BICYCLES AND OTHER MOTORIZED MOBILITY

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SO, AS THE CHIEF SAID, OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN THE USE OF THESE DEVICES, WHICH IS WHY I KIND OF DOVE HEADFIRST INTO DEVELOPING THE EDUCATION.

AND THAT WAS THE MAIN THING THAT WAS KIND OF POINTED OUT, WAS THAT THAT THE COMMUNITY JUST WASN'T EDUCATED ON THESE E-BIKES.

THEY'RE NEW. THEY'RE BRAND NEW PARTICULARLY AMONG MINORS.

WHILE MANY RIDERS OPERATE RESPONSIBLY, THE VOLUME AND NATURE OF COMPLAINTS HAVE RISEN TO A LEVEL THAT WARRANTS COUNCIL'S ATTENTION.

STAFF, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESS OWNERS IN OUR LOCAL SCHOOLS HAVE ALL REPORTED CONCERNING BEHAVIORS, INCLUDING HIGH SPEED RIDING ON SIDEWALKS, MINORS OPERATING HIGH POWERED OR MODIFIED DEVICES WELL BEYOND LEGAL LIMITS, STUNT RIDING SUCH AS WHEELIES, AND UNSAFE MANEUVERING AROUND SCHOOLS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND COMMERCIAL AREAS.

NIGHTTIME RIDING WITHOUT REQUIRED LIGHTING AND CONSISTENT HELMET NONUSE.

WE'VE ALSO DOCUMENTED THE COLLISIONS, AS THE CHIEF HAD SAID, AND GROWING NUMBER OF NEAR-MISS INCIDENTS INVOLVING PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES. THESE PATTERNS PRESENT A CLEAR AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERN THAT IS NOT FULLY ADDRESSED UNDER THE CURRENT CALIFORNIA LAW.

STATE LAW PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR DEFINING E-BIKE CLASSES AND ESTABLISHING BASIC REQUIREMENTS, BUT IT DOES NOT REGULATE SEVERAL CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY.

IT DOES NOT ADDRESS SIDEWALK WALK RESTRICTIONS, TRAIL USE STUNT RIDING, MODIFIED HIGH SPEED DEVICES OR EQUIPMENT AND LIGHTING STANDARDS AFTER DARK. WHILE VARIOUS STATEWIDE PROPOSALS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED, NONE HAVE RESULTED IN MEANINGFUL, COMPREHENSIVE REGULATION. AS A RESULT, IT FALLS ON LOCAL JURISDICTIONS LIKE OURS TO DETERMINE HOW TO BEST PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND ESTABLISH A CLEAR OPERATIONAL EXPECTATIONS OF THESE E-BIKES. MANY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CITIES HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THIS STEP.

MANY OF THEM HAVE BEEN BEACH CITIES BECAUSE OF THE USAGE OF E-BIKES AND BIKES IN GENERAL.

AND BEACH CITIES CARLSBAD, HUNTINGTON BEACH AND LAGUNA BEACH HAVE IMPLEMENTED ORDINANCES THAT PROHIBIT UNSAFE BEHAVIORS, CREATE AGE AND EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS, RESTRICT HIGHER CLASS DEVICES FROM PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND HIGHER CLASS DEVICES, MEANING THESE CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING POSITIVE OUTCOMES IN THEIR EXAMPLES DEMONSTRATE A REGIONAL SHIFT TOWARDS STRONGER LOCAL OVERSIGHT OF E-BIKES TO SUPPORT COUNCIL'S DISCUSSION.

STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED FIVE KEY POLICY AREAS FOR YOUR DIRECTION.

THE FIRST IS ESTABLISHING A CLEAR DEFINITION FOR E-BIKE CLASSIFICATIONS MOTORIZED SCOOTERS, ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES, MOBILITY DEVICES AND STUNT RIDING BEHAVIORS.

THE SECOND WOULD BE CREATING ENFORCEABLE OPERATIONAL RULES SUCH AS PROHIBITING RECKLESS RIDING, REQUIRING HELMETS FOR MINORS, REGULATING NIGHTTIME EQUIPMENT, BANNING MOBILE DEVICE USE WHILE RIDING, SETTING SIDEWALK AND TRAIL RESTRICTIONS, AND ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL SAFETY STANDARDS.

THIRD DISTINGUISHING ELECTRIC BICYCLE. I'M SORRY, ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES FROM E-BIKES.

AS YOU KNOW, E-BIKES HAVE PEDALS. THERE'S THREE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THEM.

THEY ARE YOU ARE ABLE TO USE THEM ON ROADWAYS.

AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE IS CONSIDERED A MOTORCYCLE IT'S JUST THAT LIKE A SAURON IT IS FOR OFF ROAD USE.

IT IS IT IS GOVERNED BY INSURANCE, REGISTRATION, DRIVER'S LICENSE.

YOU NEED AN M1 MOTORCYCLE DRIVER'S LICENSE TO ACTUALLY RIDE ONE OF THOSE.

SO THESE DEVICES EXCEEDING 750W OR LACKING PEDALS ARE NOT BICYCLES.

THEY REQUIRE A MOTORCYCLE LICENSE, REGISTRATION, INSURANCE, AND DOT APPROVED HELMETS.

CLARIFYING THIS DISTINCTION FROM THE REGULAR E-BIKES WILL STRENGTHEN ENFORCEMENT AND REDUCE UNSAFE OPERATION BY MINORS.

4TH, DEVELOPING A PENALTY STRUCTURE THAT MAY INCLUDE CIVIL CITATIONS AND PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MINORS.

TIERED FINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR IF THERE ARE RETAILERS IN OUR CITY TO PROVIDE OR ORDINANCE INFORMATION TO PURCHASERS AT THE POINT OF SALE.

THE PENALTY STRUCTURE IN THE PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY IS PARAMOUNT AS IT MAKES PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE IRRESPONSIBLE RIDING THAT THE MINORS ARE DOING WITH THESE E-BIKES.

SO AN ADMINISTRATIVE SITE OR MUNICIPAL SITE FOR MINOR WOULD BE THE SAME THING FOR A PARENT.

AND FIFTH LASTLY, ESTABLISHING NECESSARY EXEMPTIONS FOR POLICE, FIRE AND CITY PERSONNEL PERFORMING OFFICIAL DUTIES USING UTILIZING OUR OWN E-BIKES AS WELL AS ADA MOBILITY DEVICES. IN TERMS OF THE FISCAL IMPACT, THERE IS NO IMMEDIATE COST ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISCUSSION.

HOWEVER, IF AN ORDINANCE IS DEVELOPED AND ADOPTED, THE CITY SHOULD ANTICIPATE FUTURE COST FOR JUST SIGNAGE ESPECIALLY IN TRAILS OR PARKS TO DISPLAY THE NEW MUNICIPAL CODE SECTIONS IN AREAS WHERE RESTRICTIONS APPLY.

IN CLOSING STAFF RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION ON WHETHER TO PROCEED WITH DRAFTING A LOCAL ELECTRIC BICYCLE ORDINANCE BASED ON THE POLICY AREAS WE PRESENTED TONIGHT. IF AUTHORIZED, STAFF WILL RETURN IN EARLY 26 WITH A DRAFT ORDINANCE FOR FIRST READING AND COUNCIL REVIEW.

I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

GO AHEAD. REGARDING HELMETS FOR MINORS WHY ARE NOT ADULTS?

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IF WE WERE TO ESTABLISH A MUNICIPAL CODE THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HELMET FOR MINOR FOR E-BIKES.

YOU COULD PUT IN THERE FOR ANYBODY RIDING AN E-BIKE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S YOU'RE BASICALLY GOING AT MOTORCYCLE SPEEDS ON THE ROADWAY.

AND IN THE, IN THE CHANCE OF A COLLISION, YOU POTENTIALLY COULD GET HURT.

I WOULD THINK WE WOULD WANT IT FOR ADULTS AS WELL AS MINOR.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION. REALLY GOOD REPORT. SO I WANTED TO COMMEND YOU ON, ON THAT POINT AS WELL.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR AND I SAT ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND THIS CAME UP QUITE A BIT IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE THE DANGERS THAT WE CAN FORESEE HAPPENING AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MITIGATE THOSE DANGERS AND REALLY EDUCATE THE PUBLIC. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO YOU FOR PUTTING OUT THAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE THERE WAS I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT CONSTITUTES AN E-BIKE, WHAT DOESN'T CONSTITUTE AN E-BIKE. YOU KNOW, WHAT MODIFICATIONS ARE APPROPRIATE OR NOT APPROPRIATE.

AND SO I THINK THAT EDUCATION PIECE IS A HUGE PART OF THIS.

AND I, FOR ONE, FULLY SUPPORT PUTTING FORWARD AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE USE OF E-BIKES AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, WHETHER THEY'RE ON E-BIKES OR NOT, ON THE BECAUSE I DO HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS.

SO WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP IN JUST A MINUTE, IF YOU DON'T MIND. WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM DOREEN LAMONT.

OH HEY, DOREEN, HOW ARE YOU? [LAUGHTER] WE GREW UP TOGETHER IN ARCADIA YES, GOOD TO SEE YOU.

YOU TOO. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY ACTIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND WE LOVE THIS COMMUNITY.

AT NIGHT, WE TAKE OUR WALKS. AND DURING THE DAY, WE'RE IN THE PARK PLAYING PICKLEBALL.

BUT, MAN, THOSE E-BIKES. ARE YOU LOUD WHEN YOU PLAY PICKLEBALL? WHICH PICKLEBALL DO YOU? [LAUGHTER] WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT.

I'M SORRY. NORMALLY WE PLAY IN CLAREMONT BECAUSE IT'S OH, WE WANT YOU TO STAY IN LA VERNE. IT'S HOT WE NEED SHADE OVER THERE.

ANYWAY AND NOW IT'S REALLY HOT BECAUSE OF THOSE SOUNDPROOFING DEVICES.

OH, YEAH. THE AIR DOESN'T GET IN AT ALL. BUT WE UNDERSTAND, WE UNDERSTAND.

WE DON'T WANT TO BE KICKED OUT. WE DON'T WANT OUR PICKLEBALL CLOTHES DOWN.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? BUT ANYWAY AT NIGHT WE'RE WALKING BASICALLY FOOTHILL AND BELOW.

SO IT'S THE BUSINESS AREAS AND THEN THE PARKS AND WE HAVE PEDAL ASSIST BIKES OURSELVES, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THROTTLES.

WE DON'T GET THE ASSIST UNLESS WE'RE PEDALING.

AND I THINK WE'RE THE LOWEST CLASS OF E-BIKES SO THAT WE CAN RIDE IN PARKS AND NATIONAL PARKS, AND OUR BIKES ONLY GET UP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR, AND THAT'S GOING DOWNHILL.

AND MAN, THAT'S SCARY AT 20 MILES SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THESE KIDS DO IT AT WHATEVER SPEED THEY'RE GOING.

BUT SO ANYWAY, WE'RE TAKING OUR WALKS AT NIGHT.

WE'RE, WE'RE AROUND TOWN AT ALL DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY.

AND THE SUMMER WAS THE WORST. AND NOW THAT EITHER THE WORD'S GETTING OUT OR THE KIDS ARE IN SCHOOL, BUT IT'S CALMED DOWN SOMEWHAT. BUT THE SUMMER WAS WICKED.

IMAGINE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, GOING TO VONS AT NIGHT FROM D STREET, AND YOU'VE GOT AN E-BIKE COMING HEAD ON ON THE SIDEWALK.

THEY DON'T EVEN SEE YOU. I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE HAD MY LIGHTS ON.

I DON'T KNOW IF I HAD NOT JUMPED OUT OF THE WAY, I WOULD HAVE BEEN HIT.

THE KID NEVER EVEN STOPPED. BUT IT HASN'T HAPPENED TO US JUST ONCE, BUT TWICE AT NIGHT.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT SCARY. AND WHEN THEY COME UP BEHIND YOU, YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM.

AND THEN THEY'RE LIKE, WATCH OUT. SO WHICH WAY ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO JUMP? OH, NO. BUT ANYWAY, THE AND THEN THE WHEELIES UP AND DOWN THE STREET THE POSSE'S GOING THROUGH THE PARKS, THERE'S LITTLE KIDS PLAYING, AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE THE E-BIKE RIDERS GET HURT EITHER.

CHANCES ARE THEIR PARENTS DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

I WAS A PARENT. I'M A PARENT. PROBABLY. OH, YES.

MOM, I'M RIDING SAFELY. WELL, JUST ON SATURDAY IT IS MAINLY THE MINORS THAT HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE POWER THAT THEY'RE RIDING WITH.

THREE, I ESTIMATE 12 YEAR OLD GIRLS, THREE ON A BIKE.

THE DRIVER HAS A HELMET, BUT HER TWO FRIENDS DON'T, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET.

WELL, RIGHT WHEN I SNAPPED MY PICTURE, BECAUSE I DO HAVE IT ON MY PHONE, THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION COMES TWO GUYS WITHOUT HELMETS ON THEIR E-BIKE, AND ONE OF THEM IS ON THEIR CELL PHONE ON THE BACK.

WELL, LUCKILY IT WASN'T DRIVING, BUT ANYWAY, IT'S OUT OF CONTROL, IT'S SCARY.

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I DON'T WANT A PARENT TO RECEIVE A CALL. WE CAN ALL HAVE FUN.

WE JUST RESPECT THAT THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL MACHINES THAT I THINK THE MOTORCYCLES, PROBABLY EVERYONE REALIZES THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED ON THE STREETS ANYMORE, AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE. BUT I KNEW THEY WENT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY FAST.

SO MY QUESTION IS IF I'M RUN DOWN ON THE SIDEWALK, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE? THE KID MOST LIKELY SCARED TO DEATH WILL KEEP ON DRIVING.

I DON'T HAVE A LICENSE PLATE THAT I CAN GET. AM I JUST LEFT THERE FOR DEAD? I DON'T KNOW. AND WILL THE KID GET HURT? AND LIKE I SAID, THE PARENTS. I DON'T THINK THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE DOING BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BELIEVE THEIR CHILDREN.

BUT THOSE BOYS AND I HAVEN'T SEEN A GIRL DO A WHEELIE YET.

BUT I'M WAITING. MAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY DO IT FROM, YOU KNOW, NINTH STREET ALL THE WAY UP TO FOOTHILL [LAUGHTER].

KEEP ON GOING AND NO LIGHTS AT NIGHT. LIKE THEY SAID, THERE ARE NO LIGHTS.

IT'S VERY SCARY. SO ARE THERE ANY RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT ARE MAYBE ON THE WEBSITE? BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING WAS BEING YOU KNOW, DISCUSSED THAT EDUCATION WAS TAKING PLACE, AND I'M ON FACEBOOK. I THINK MORE WORD NEEDS TO GET OUT OF HAVING EVERYBODY REALIZE THAT WE'RE IN IT TOGETHER TO HAVE A POSITIVE OUTCOME.

AND I DON'T WANT ACCIDENTALLY, YOU KNOW, HURT SOMEBODY.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WILL KEEP US ALL SAFE.

AND I THINK WE CAN DO IT. AND THIS IS A WONDERFUL TOWN RUN BY VERY CARING PEOPLE.

AND IT'S A VERY FAMILY ORIENTED COMMUNITY, WHICH I LOVE.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHTY.

THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE. IT'S GOOD SERMON. SO, REGULATIONS SOMETHING WE COULD SEND TO HER. AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE REGULATIONS REALLY NEED OUGHT TO BE DONE ON THE STATE LEVEL.

IT'S A SHAME THAT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. THEY ACTUALLY ARE, THEY ARE DOING THAT YEAH, IT'S KIND OF OUT OF CONTROL. I HAD A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WHERE I WAS PULLING AWAY FROM A STOP SIGN.

LOOKED BOTH DIRECTIONS, IT'S CLEAR. AND HERE COMES A KID ON A E-MOTORCYCLE.

NOT A NOT AN E-BIKE, BUT AN E-MOTORCYCLE RACING OFF THE SIDEWALK AS I'M PULLING, AS I'M STARTING TO PULL AWAY FROM THE STOP SIGN.

ALMOST TURNED HIM INTO A HOOD ORNAMENT. NOT SOMETHING I REALLY WANT TO DO.

I DON'T WANT TO BE A WITNESS TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY OF MY OWN MAKING.

OR HIS MAKING ON MY OWN HOOD. SO YEAH, IT'S PAST DUE.

ONE THING I HAVE SEEN, I HAVE KIND OF FOLLOWED THIS FROM VARIOUS COMMUNITIES.

A LOT OF COMMUNITIES ARE, ARE BANNING KIDS UNDER THE AGE OF 18 FROM RIDING ANYTHING MORE THAN A CLASS ONE E-BIKE. WHICH I THINK IS REALLY A GOOD IDEA. I HAVE TWO 10 YEAR OLDS WHO ARE PLAYING SOCCER IN THE FALL, AND I SPENT A LOT OF TIME AT THE HIGH SCHOOL, EVEN AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE AFTERNOONS AND IN THE EVENINGS, IT'S LIKE SEVEN UP TO 8:00 AT NIGHT. I WAS WATCHING KIDS ON THEIR CLASS, TWO E-BIKES THAT GO UP TO 28MPH WITHOUT PEDALING AT ALL RACING UP AND DOWN THE SIDEWALKS AROUND THE HIGH SCHOOL, YOU KNOW, AND IN THE HIGH SCHOOL IT'S JUST LIKE I IT'S NOT SAFE.

IT IT'S KIND OF OUT OF CONTROL. WE NEED BETTER REGULATIONS.

WE NEED THEY NEED TO BITE HARDER. AND THANK YOU FOR THE EDUCATION, BUT THE POLICE ARE DOING.

WE NEED MORE OF IT TOO. WE NEED MORE OF IT BECAUSE I JUST WITHOUT REGULATIONS, IT.

WELL, IT'S JUST IT WILL GET WORSE YEAR BY YEAR.

THEY'RE GETTING MORE POPULAR. AND I WAS THE ONE THAT SENT AN EMAIL THAT AS WELL TO EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER HERE AND THE KID HAD AN INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT WITH HE'S RACING UP AND DOWN DURWARD HERE RIGHT NEXT TO CITY HALL IN THE HIGH SCHOOL, DOING HIS WHEELIES AND STUNTS ON HIS E-MOTORCYCLE [LAUGHTER]. IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS HAPPENING.

BUT ANYWAYS WE NEED MORE TOUGHER REGULATIONS.

THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. MAKE IT BITE.

I KNOW IN SOME CITIES ON ESPECIALLY E-MOTORCYCLES THEY'RE NOT JUST IMPOUNDING, BUT THEY'RE CONFISCATING VEHICLES THAT ARE NOT STREET LEGAL.

AND I REALLY AGREE WITH THAT, THAT IT SHOULD JUST BE TAKEN AWAY.

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AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE KIDS RACING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, INCLUDING DRIVING THE WRONG WAY AGAINST TRAFFIC, EVEN. AND IT'S JUST IT'S OUT OF CONTROL. SO WE NEED MORE AND TOUGHER REGULATION ON THIS MATTER SO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? LILY. GOOD EVENING. MERRY CHRISTMAS I AM SO HAPPY TODAY TO SEE THE TRADITION. SO I LOVE OUR TOWN SO DEFINITELY IS VERY SWEET TOWN.

SO THIS E-BIKE REGULATION I STRONGLY SUPPORT.

[LAUGHTER] OF COURSE I HAVE TWO SONS. ONE IS ON SKATEBOARD, ONE IS ON REGULAR BIKE, NOT E-BIKE YET.

THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO MOM OF COURSE THEY SAY.

BUT EVERY DAY I'M SO WORRIED. EVEN TODAY I SAY, HEY, I'M GOING TO CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE SOME COMMENT.

MY SON JUST WHATEVER. BUT SAY, LOOK AT THIS. I SEE THE I SAY, DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT I MENTIONED? MANY, MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO? BECAUSE THE BIKE LANE, THE GREEN ICON IS ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IS A INTERSECTION AS A DISTRICT AND BONITA. RIGHT? SO I NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW COULD THE BIKE STAY IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE CAR? AND THEN I SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TOWN, SO IT JUST SHOULD BE JUST LIKE THIS.

SO HE HAS HIS REASON. SO I COULDN'T REALLY ARGUE WITH THEM.

SO BUT I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE REGULATION FOR THE KIDS, TEENAGER HOW THEY SHOULD REALLY FOLLOW THE LAW, NOT SPEED UP, NOT HAVE A PHONE WHEN BIKE.

RIDING A BIKE WITH PHONE IT'S JUST SCARY. THAT'S THE THING ABOUT IT.

AND ALSO HELMET, WHATEVER, HOW OLD YOU ARE. SO I THINK IF YOU RIDE A BIKE AFTER UP TO 20 MILES, YOU NEED HELMET IT'S JUST TOO SCARY. AND THEN E-BIKES SO QUIET, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENED JUST NEXT TO YOU [LAUGHTER].

OH MY GOD, SO SCARY. SO AND SO MANY THINGS I COULDN'T THINK ABOUT, BUT SOME OTHER PEOPLE MIGHT KNOW.

SO I STRONGLY RECOMMEND HAVE A PUBLIC INPUT AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN I WOULD LOVE TO HELP MAKE THIS SOUND LOUD ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TO CALL OUT ALL THE PARENTS THAT HAS TO INPUT FOR THEIR KIDS SAFETY ISSUE.

SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I'M SO HAPPY THIS ISSUE BROUGHT UP BY A POLICEMAN.

I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR OLD TOWN.

SO NOBODY WANTS TO LISTEN TO ANY CHARITY. BAD NEWS FROM THE PEOPLE WE KNOW IN THIS SMALL TOWN SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MERRY CHRISTMAS. THANK YOU LILY. ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? HI SO ONE OF MY FIRST QUESTIONS WILL BE, WHAT ABOUT ALL THE UNREGULATED CAR DRIVING PEOPLE ON THEIR CELL PHONES, PEOPLE NOT STOPPING AT STOP SIGNS, PEOPLE RUNNING RED LIGHTS.

THAT'S A MUCH LARGER RISK TO HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR KIDS AND OUR TEENS IN OUR CITY THAN KIDS ON BICYCLES.

TEEN CAR DRIVING IS A MUCH HIGHER RISK THAN E-BIKES, AS THE MEMBERS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT MENTIONED, THERE ARE ONLY TEN E-BIKE ACCIDENTS AND 30 TOTAL BIKE ACCIDENTS.

SO PERCENTAGE WISE IT'S NOT THAT LARGE. ENCOURAGING STATE REGULATED CLASS ONE, TWO AND THREE E-BIKES IS THE GOAL. A LOT OF THESE BIKES ARE UNREGULATED ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES, SO THIS SHOULD BE REGULATED AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH LAWS THAT ALREADY EXIST.

WELL-INTENTIONED LOCAL REGULATIONS COULD CAUSE MORE HARM AND DISCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION.

SO THIS SHOULD ALL BE REVIEWED BY THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE.

FOR EXAMPLE, EVEN SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS REASONABLE, LIKE SIDEWALK BANS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRESENT PROBLEMS THAT IN PLACES LIKE THE HIGH SCHOOL WHERE THE BIKE ACCESS HAS TO CROSS THE SIDEWALK, OR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE BIKING FOR TRANSPORTATION.

LIKE I SAID, THE UNREGULATED ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES ARE ALREADY ILLEGAL AT THE STATE LEVEL AND NOVEL LOCAL REGULATIONS.

EXPOSE THE CITY TO LEGAL LIABILITY AND REPUTATIONAL RISK THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YEAH GOOD

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SO I HAVE ONLY ONE QUESTION. DOES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WORK WITH THE SCHOOL TO HAVE AN EDUCATION CAMPAIGN? I THINK NOT ONLY FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BECAUSE I DID SEE LOTS OF KIDS RIDING THE ELECTRONIC BIKES WHEN, YOU KNOW, I THINK TO THE SCHOOL, AND THEN THERE'S LOTS OF LIKE TRAFFIC, LIKE IN THE PARKING LOT, AND THEY'RE JUST RUNNING VERY FAST.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THE YOUNG, YOUNGER GENERATION, LIKE INFLUENCED BY THE OLDER BROTHER OR THE OLDER SISTER, THEY THINK IT'S VERY COOL. AND THEN THEY JUST TRY TO RUN VERY FAST.

I THINK IT WILL BE BETTER TO HAVE SOME EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALSO, SO IT WILL BE KIND OF LIKE PREVENTING THEM AND THEN JUST, YOU KNOW, LET THEM KNOW YOU HAVE TO WEAR THE HELMET AND THEN YOU HAVE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DON'T PASS LIKE CERTAIN LIMIT.

I THINK IT WILL BE BETTER TO HAVE SOMETHING BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, MY KIDS IS FROM OAK MESA.

AND THEN WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION BETWEEN PARENTS AND THEN TALK ABOUT ALL THE E-BIKE THINGS.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT THEIR, YOU KNOW, THE YOUNGER KIDS GET, YOU KNOW, INFLUENCED BY THE OLDER KIDS TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COOL THING TO RIDE A E-BIKE AND DO ALL LOTS OF FANCY THINGS.

I DON'T MIND DOING THE FANCY THING, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE IT'S SAFETY RELATED.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE BETTER TO HAVE SOMETHING. EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES. HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I AM A MOTORCYCLE RIDER AND I GOT MY M1 LICENSE.

AND I'VE BEEN WRITING FOR MANY YEARS. AND THE SAFETY IN REGARDS TO E-BIKES, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE YOUNGER KIDS WOULD GET THE SAME EDUCATION THAT I DID WHEN I FIRST BEGAN.

THEY JUST NEED TO KNOW THE SAFETY OF THE RULES, MAKE SURE IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE RIDING AT NIGHT, THEY USE GOOD REFLECTIVE GEAR, HELMETS GOOD PROTECTIVE ON THE ELBOWS, WHATEVER.

AND IF IT'S GOING TO BE ALLOWED AT NIGHT, THEN YES, THESE BIKES WILL NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF REFLECTOR OR SOME KIND OF LIGHT IN THE FRONT LETTING THEM KNOW, BUT THEY HAVE TO OBEY THE RULES.

JUST LIKE A CAR. THEY WANT TO BE ON THE ROAD. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE ABIDE BY THE LAWS JUST AS ANY VEHICLE DRIVER LICENSE OPERATING ON THE ROAD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION, THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE LAWS OF THE RULES AND BE RESPECTFUL FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITIES AS WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? PLEASE.

I'M LIVE OFF OF AND WALK EVERY DAY OFF OF THE HIGHWAY KNOWN AS GOLDEN HILLS [LAUGHTER].

AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS ON GOLDEN HILLS, AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SPEAKING ABOUT IT, BUT ON THE SIDEWALKS, I MEAN, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST TWICE A WEEK, ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER.

BUT WHEN THERE'S KIDS ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, THERE'S KIDS RIDING ON THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN AFTER THEY ALMOST RUN YOU DOWN BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HEAR THEM COMING UP BEHIND YOU, THEY GO UP TO THE PARK AND RIDE AROUND ON THE GRASS.

AND THE GRASS UP THERE LOOKS HORRIBLE. I MEAN, IT JUST IS LOOKING VERY MUCH RIDDEN ON BY BICYCLES AND OTHER, OR I GUESS, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, BUT I HOPE THAT THAT WOULD BE ALSO PART OF WHATEVER YOUR THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE.

IS THAT ESPECIALLY AT THE PARKS, NOT RIDING ON THE GRASSY AREAS, BECAUSE THAT JUST KILLS THE GRASS AND IT LOOKS HORRIBLE, BUT FOR SURE ON THE SIDEWALKS, PLEASE, BECAUSE IT IS SO DANGEROUS AND WE HAVE SO MANY ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT WALK ALONG GOLDEN HILLS.

I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THEM AT THIS POINT [LAUGHTER]. BUT WHY IS SHE LOOKING AT ME? I LIVE UP THERE YOU MUST SEE ME UP THERE WITH Y'ALL.

BUT YOU KNOW, THE REFLEXES AREN'T AS QUICK AS WHEN YOU'RE YOUNGER TO WHEN YOU HEAR IT TO MOVE OFF TO THE SIDE.

SO YES, PLEASE. MAKE IT SO THAT THEY CANNOT WALK, RIDE ON THE SIDEWALKS, WHICH I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T EVEN WRITE A REGULAR BIKE ON THE SIDEWALK, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY THINK THEY CAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? PLEASE. HOW ARE YOU, MS. BERRY? HE WAS TALKING MY LANGUAGE [LAUGHTER].

NOT ONLY AM I GETTING A LITTLE OLDER, BUT I HAVE MS, AND I HAVE TO WALK VERY CAREFULLY.

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THOSE NEED TO BE NOT WHERE PEOPLE ARE WALKING BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET HURT.

THANK YOU, MS. BERRY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS, MR. CROSBY. YEAH WHEN I, WHEN I WAS A KID, WE HAD WE HAD DIRT BIKES, AND I CONSIDER THESE A LOT LIKE THE DIRT BIKES, MOTORCYCLES THAT WE, THAT WE HAD, THAT WE HAD BACK THEN.

AND I KNOW I WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO RIDE THEM ON THE STREETS IT WAS ILLEGAL.

WE WERE NEVER YOU COULDN'T EVER DO THAT. AND THE ONE PIECE ABOUT HOW THESE ARE MORE DANGEROUS IS THAT THE LACK OF SOUND YOU CAN HEAR DIRT BIKE COMING BY ONE OF THE MOTOR, AND EVERYBODY AROUND WOULD HEAR THE MOTOR AND LOOK, I GO, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE THOSE ON THE STREETS.

BUT THESE HAVE BECOME ACCEPTABLE IN SOME SORTS, BECAUSE THE TECHNOLOGY AND RUNNING BEHIND THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF TECHNOLOGY IS MOVING A LOT FASTER THAN THE LEGISLATORS CAN.

I THINK OUR LOCAL CITIES NEEDS TO PUT THINGS IN PLACE AND THEN AS WHAT WE CAN DO WHEN THE STATE MAKES A LAW IF IT FITS OURS, OR WE CAN ADAPT AND MAKE CHANGES TO WE WANT. THAT'S WHAT LOCAL GOVERNMENT IS REALLY FOR.

SO I AM FOR MAKING THESE THIS MORE RESTRICTIVE JUST LIKE JUST ON SATURDAY.

IT HAPPENS MORE TIMES WHEN, WHEN THE WEATHER'S NICE AND THE PEOPLE ARE OUT OF SCHOOL, BUT ON BOWDOIN MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. RIGHT? RIGHT BY MY HOUSE, TWO KIDS ON THE MOTORCYCLE TYPE ONES DOING WHEELIES ALL THE WAY DOWN THE STREET.

AND THAT THAT'S FEARFUL. NOW, I KNOW WHEN I WAS A KID, MY PARENTS DID NOT KNOW HALF THE THINGS I WAS DOING.

I WAS HAVING A LOT MORE FUN THAN THEY WOULD HAVE ALLOWED [LAUGHTER].

SO I'M NOT SAYING THAT THEY'RE PROBABLY STILL DOING THINGS I'M NOT ALLOWED TO THAT THEIR PARENTS AREN'T GIVING THEM PERMISSION, BUT THEY STILL HAVE GIVEN THEM THIS THIS PRODUCT WHERE IT SHOULD NOT BE WRITTEN ON OUR CITY STREETS OR IN OUR PARKS.

IF THEY WANT TO, YOU TAKE THEM OUT TO THE DESERT AND DO WHAT THEY'RE FOR.

THAT'S WHAT OUR DIRT BIKES WERE, WERE PLACED FOR WHERE WE WOULD GO, BUT NOT WHERE PEOPLE GET HURT.

AND LIKE, THE GENTLEMAN SPOKE ABOUT TURNING AT A STOP SIGN, NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR THEM, AND GOING SO FAST THAT KIDS DON'T THINK OF WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE.

THEY'RE THINKING OF WHAT FUN THEY CAN HAVE. AND AGAIN, I GREW UP WITH WITH THREE BROTHERS, AND WE GOT IN A LOT OF FUN. BUT WE HAD A LOT OF RISK AS WELL.

SO I THINK MAKING OUR CITY SAFER BECAUSE IF SOMEONE DOES FALL AND GET HURT, THEN WHO IS TO BLAME? IS IT OUR CITY NOT HAVING THESE REGULATIONS? AT LEAST WE PUT THEM IN PLACE WHERE THAT WE CAN.

I ALSO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO CRACK DOWN ON CELL PHONE USE AND DRIVING AND AND ALL THAT.

ALL THOSE THINGS OF WE HAVE THOSE LAWS AND REGULATION AND THAT WE NEED TO ENFORCE THOSE AS WELL.

BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T NOT PUT THESE REGULATIONS IN PLACE AS WELL SO MY THOUGHTS I WOULD ASK STAFF IF WE'VE HAD ANY INPUT FROM JPIA REGARDING THIS ISSUE AS FAR AS INSURANCE AND LIABILITY? YEAH, IT'S STILL EARLY. WE WANTED TO GET KIND OF DIRECTION FROM YOU, AND THEN THAT'S THE NEXT STEP, BOTH FROM A LEGAL BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY'S BEEN WORKING ON STUFF TO MESA AND I KNOW THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEKING COMMENTS FROM OTHER PEOPLE WHO MAY BE HERE TONIGHT.

THEY CAN SEND IN THOSE COMMENTS TO CITY CLERK AT LAVERNECA.GOV AND WE'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND JUST FOR THE UNDERSTANDING IS WHEN THERE IS KIND OF A DRAFT ORDINANCE, COME BACK FOR A FIRST READING, IT WILL BE THE FIRST READING IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, ARE THERE GOING TO BE ANY CHANGES? AND SO THEN WE'LL MAKE THOSE CHANGES. IT'LL COME BACK FOR A FIRST READING AGAIN.

OR IF IT'S LOCK STOCK AND EVERYTHING'S GOOD, THEN IT CAN COME BACK FOR A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION.

SO THERE STILL IS A PROCESS AND THAT THE CJPIA IS ONE THAT WE'LL MAKE.

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I KNOW THE MAYOR AND I ARE ON THE AD HOC COMMITTEE WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING OUT THINGS WITH AND PEACHJAR TO OUR SCHOOLS.

WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY UP THAT AGAIN AND WE PUT THEM OUT.

I KNOW THEY WERE DOING THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. AND WITH THE YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE WORKING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE HAD THIS DISCUSSION AS WELL, WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BY PUTTING INFORMATION OUT THERE, TOO. SO BUT WE CAN ALWAYS DO MORE INFORMATION IF WE'RE NOT SEEING IT ON THE WEBSITE OR NOT GETTING IT FROM YOUR SCHOOL.

I KNOW IT WAS GOING THROUGH PEACHJAR. THAT'S DONE.

PEACHJAR IS A AVENUE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT USES TO HELP SPREAD INFORMATION FROM LOCAL AGENCIES TO THEIR FAMILIES. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. THANK YOU HE'S ALWAYS GO AHEAD. SORRY. ARE YOU DONE? I DO AGREE THAT WE DO NEED TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.

AND NOT DRAG OUR FEET ON THIS. I JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE A LOT OF KIDS GETTING HURT.

OKAY WE CAN'T WAIT FOR THE STATE TO DO ALL THE THINGS.

THEN I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE MIGHT SEE BAD THINGS HAPPEN.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT TIME COMES, WHEN THE STATE LAW IS OR REGULATIONS ARE PUT INTO PLACE AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS THE ABILITY FOR THIS COUNCIL OR FOR ANY COUNCIL AFTER US TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO OUR ORDINANCE.

I DON'T THINK THAT THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS, WHETHER THEY'RE ON THE E-BIKES OR WALKING OR USING, YOU KNOW, OUR FACILITIES OR WHATNOT, SHOULD BE JEOPARDIZED BECAUSE WE DECIDED NOT TO DO SOMETHING.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THE ORDINANCE. I ALSO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY THAT THE, YOU KNOW, ITEMS THAT WERE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF CARS DRIVING RECKLESSLY OR PEOPLE TEXTING, THERE ARE RULES FOR THAT ALREADY, AND THE POLICE ARE ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR THOSE THINGS.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE THEY'RE NOT DOING THEIR JOB IN THAT RESPECT.

I THINK THIS IS JUST AN ADDED SAFEGUARD FOR OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, PARTICULARLY AGAIN, YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DON'T DRIVE AND MAYBE ARE NOT AS FAMILIAR WITH THE RULES OF THE ROAD OR WHAT THEY SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T BE DOING. AND WE CAN'T ALWAYS GUARANTEE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BEHAVE IN THE MOST YOU KNOW ADULT OR MATURE MANNER BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THEIR BRAINS ARE NOT FULLY FORMED YET. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE THE EDUCATION PART OF IT REALLY COMES INTO PLAY. AND I WOULD ASK THAT YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE SOME SOCIAL MEDIA GO OUT PREVIOUSLY EDUCATING ON E-BIKES IN ADDITION TO THE WORK WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, IN ADDITION TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT GOING IN AND SPEAKING TO DIFFERENT GROUPS.

BUT I WOULD SAY IN LIGHT OF THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP AND FOLKS STARTING THEIR HOLIDAY SHOPPING AND MAYBE LOOKING AT BUYING E-BIKES FOR THEIR KIDS, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO DO A REFRESH AND REMIND PEOPLE, IF YOU ARE INTENDING TO BUY THESE ITEMS FOR YOUR CHILDREN, FOR YOUR FRIENDS CHILDREN, FOR YOUR NIECES OR NEPHEWS, WHATEVER, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW, BECAUSE THAT MAY THAT MAY PLAY A PART IN EITHER THEM BUYING A DIFFERENT GIFT OR REALLY TAKING TO HEART WHAT IT IS NECESSARY TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT THE GIFT IS GOING TO BE PRACTICAL AND SAFE.

SO I WOULD ASK THAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, IF WE CAN MAYBE PULL THAT BACK UP ON EVERYBODY'S EVERYONE'S SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, EVEN IF IT'S THE SAME YOU KNOW, THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE DID BEFORE.

LET'S PUSH IT OUT AGAIN. AND IF WE CAN PUSH IT OUT ON THE WEBSITE AS WELL.

AND I WOULD ASK THAT ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE CITY OF LA VERNE SOCIAL MEDIA REPOST IT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOT EVERYBODY FOLLOWS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

NOT EVERYBODY FOLLOWS THE SOCIAL MEDIA FOR THE CITY.

BUT YOU ALL HAVE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE FRIENDS WITH. YOU ALL HAVE PEOPLE THAT FOLLOW YOU AND WILL LOOK AT YOUR CONTENT BEFORE THEY MIGHT LOOK AT OUR CONTENT.

SO HELP US IN DOING THAT. SO AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE MY ASK FOR STAFF AND FOR THE POLICE IF WE CAN JUST IN THE MEANTIME JUST REFRESH THAT EDUCATION PIECE.

BUT I TOO AM IN FAVOR OF CREATING SOMETHING, AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A DRAFT OF WHAT WHAT COMES BACK.

AND SO YOU'VE HEARD SOME INPUT FROM FOLKS HERE TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.

I THINK THIS WAS A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, AND I THINK YOU HIT ON A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE CONCERNED WITH, INCLUDING ADA, ACCESSIBILITY, MOBILITY ISSUES. WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SAFE. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR PRO TEM KASHIFALGHITA.

THANK YOU MAYOR MY COLLEAGUES HIT IT, SAID IT BEST.

YOU KNOW, I'M 100% IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. AND WHEN YOU'RE PREPARED.

I KNOW I TALKED TO THE CHIEF ABOUT THIS SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND HE'S. HE MENTIONED TO ME THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH THE EDUCATION PHASE OF IT, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE, TO CONTINUE TO LET OUR COMMUNITY KNOW. I'VE HAD SEVERAL, SEVERAL THESE AMAZING YOUNG KIDS OUT THERE, MAN, TRUE WARRIORS HAVING A GREAT TIME.

AND JUST HAVE TO JUST KIND OF TELL THEM, JUST BE SAFE, KID.

THAT'S ALL I KEPT TELLING THEM. THERE'S A KID OUT THERE THAT OWES ME A PAIR OF GLASSES. I SAW HIM JAMMING ON THE BIKE, AND I WAS LIKE, HEY, MAN, I SAW HIM. I WAS DRIVING AND HE WAS

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I WAS LIKE, OH MAN, WE GOTTA BE SAFE. AND ALL I CAN REMEMBER AND ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS, MAN, IF I DIDN'T, I WANTED TO GIVE THIS KID ALL I COULD WAS A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION.

I GAVE HIM MY GLASSES AND I SAID, JUST BE RIGHT, SAFE.

I WAS HOPING HE MADE HOME SAFE THAT NIGHT. SEVERAL OTHER KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY HEADING UP ESPERANZA I'VE SEEN THEM.

THEY'RE JUST KIDS HAVING A GREAT TIME. AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE I ENJOY IN LIFE THAN SEEING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER.

OR WHETHER WE HAVE OUR TREE LIGHTING EVENT OR WE'RE AT THE PARK AND I SEE OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER, OR JUST SEEING KIDS HAVING A GREAT TIME, THAT WARMS MY HEART.

AND IT'S STILL AMERICA OUT THERE THAT PEOPLE CAN STILL ENJOY AND BE SAFE IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WANT THEM TO BE SAFE, RIGHT? NOT JUST FOR THEM, BUT FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE WALKING IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE LAST THING I EVER WOULD EVER WANT TO HEAR OR SEE IS ON CHANNEL 5, 07, 9 OR 11 WHERE YOU SEE A KID WAS INJURED OR AS A RESULT, I DIDN'T SEE TOO. OH, THAT'S IT FOR? DID I MENTION FOX NEWS? OKAY. 5, 7, 9 11. OKAY, WE GOT 2 WE GOT 5 OKAY.

OKAY. WELL, I MENTIONED THOSE GUYS TOO. HAVING SAID ALL THAT, [LAUGHTER] MY COLLEAGUES PAY REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION.

I REALLY I LOVE YOU GUYS. ALSO, ONE THING THAT OTHER CITIES DO AND MAYBE WE COULD DO, I KNOW THEY WHEN THEY IMPOUND THESE BIKES IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF TIME FOR TIME AND RESOURCES FROM OFFICERS. AND I KNOW THE OTHER AMAZING LADY TALKED ABOUT THE FOLKS THAT ARE OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, DRIVING WITH THEIR CELL PHONES EVERY TIME YOU STOP AT THE LIGHT, IF YOU LOOK LEFT, IF YOU LOOK RIGHT, THERE'S SOMEONE, EVERYBODY'S ON THE PHONE AND IT'S SO SAD.

BUT BEST WE COULD DO WITH THE AMOUNT OF RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE CONTINUE ENFORCING THIS.

I KNOW THAT SOME CITIES, LIKE I SAID, DO THEY CHARGE $100 A DAY FOR IMPOUNDING BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF BIKES [LAUGHTER] OVER THERE, A LOT OF SIRENS. AND IT'S AT LEAST GOOD TO KNOW AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I DO NOT WANT TO EVER GET ON THIS SIREN BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY FAST. AND I'M OLDER NOW, AND IT REALLY HURTS WHEN YOU FALL.

I'M TRYING TO SAVE MY SIXTH GOOD LITTLE EDUCATION PIECE BETWEEN THE PEDALS AND NON-PEDALS. SO THAT AT LEAST I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND I KNOW THE MESSAGE IS OUT BECAUSE I'VE. I HEARD IT FROM MY SON TODAY. HE SAID, HEY, ARE YOU GOING OUT TODAY CITY COUNCIL MEETING THOSE BAND THOSE BIKES? I GO YEP. [LAUGHTER] I SAID, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT DUDE [LAUGHTER]. BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST WANT THE KIDS TO BE SAFE. AND I DON'T WANT A FAMILY MEMBER TO GET A WORD OF THEIR TRAGEDY. THAT'S ALL THAT BEST WE COULD DO AS A CITY.

AND THAT'S WHAT BEING ELECTED HERE AS CITY, LOCAL, LOCAL LEVEL, FOR LOCAL LEVEL POLITICS IS WE CAN AFFECT CHANGE.

WHY NOT? THANK YOU. WITH THAT? I'M GOOD. ALRIGHT, I WON'T SEE YOU.

ALRIGHT GO, PEDALS? I SEEN YOU, JIM. I HAVE PEDALS. ALRIGHT.

YES NOT THE MOTORCYCLE. UNDER WHICH I DO HAVE AN M1 MOTORCYCLE LICENSE ALSO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT COMMENTS. I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD IDEA.

I'M GOING TO REFER KIND OF THE CARLSBAD. THEY'RE ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES THAT REALLY INSTITUTED AND HAVE BEING IN CARLSBAD A LOT.

LATELY YOU REALLY SEE THE ISSUES OF E-BIKES, BUT I'M SEEING IT MORE AND MORE HERE AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S BECOMING VERY DANGEROUS. AND I DO AGREE WITH ALL YOUR COMMENTS.

WE DON'T WANT TO RESTRICT PEOPLE FROM HAVING A GREAT TIME.

I THINK EDUCATION IS WHERE IT STARTS AT. A LOT OF THIS IS JUST E-BIKE RULES.

THIS IS FROM THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. CITY OF CARLSBAD WAS THE FIRST CITY IN THE REGION TO PASS LOCAL LAWS THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO ENFORCE A SAFE AND CONSIDERATE USE OF E-BIKES.

SCOOTERS. THAT'S ANOTHER ONE. SCOOTERS IS ANOTHER ISSUE.

ANOTHER SIMILAR WAYS OF GETTING AROUND TOWN CHANGES ALLOW POLICE TO ISSUE CITATIONS, BUT ALSO ALLOW FIRST TIME VIOLATORS TO AVOID PENALTY.

THEY AGREE TO TAKE A SAFETY COURSE PUT ON BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

OVERALL, BICYCLES AND E-BIKE RIDERS ARE SUBJECT TO ALL THE SAME RULES OF THE ROAD AS DRIVERS.

RIDERS WHO DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES ARE SUBJECT TO TICKETING AND FINES AND DEFINED BY THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE OR CARLSBAD MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH WOULD BE LA VERNE. ALSO ASSEMBLY BILL 2234, WHICH MINIMUM AGE OF E-BIKE RIDERS IS 12 AND THEN ASSEMBLY BILL 1778, A PILOT PROGRAM IN MARIN COUNTY IS PROHIBITED ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 16 FROM RIDING E-BIKES.

EXTREME BUT I THINK WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THESE ARE.

YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY ON THE RIGHT TRACK. YOU ALREADY MENTIONED THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. WE CARLSBAD RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH THIS TO REVAMP THEIRS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT CLASS THREE AND E-MOTORCYCLES NOW, WHICH ARE ABSOLUTELY ROCKET SHIPS.

AND WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS, BUT WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR YOUTH.

I THINK IT WAS RANCHO CUCAMONGA JUST RECENTLY TWO DEATHS, HUNTING BIKES.

SO IT HAPPENS, AND IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. WE JUST HAVE TO WHATEVER TOOLS WE NEED TO GIVE YOU GUYS TO WRITE UP AN ORDINANCE THAT'S KIND OF ASKED WHETHER IT BE BIKE SAFETY PROGRAMS THROUGH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S GOT THE SAME, YOU KNOW, EDUCATION, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HELMETS, MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW THE RULES, AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET CITED IF THEY DON'T. AND MULTIPLE RIDING, YOU KNOW,

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I THINK YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF NO. THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS AN INTERESTING ONE TO ME WAS CARLSBAD WAS BATTERY FIRE SAFETY.

THE PROBLEM WITH LITHIUM BATTERIES ON THESE BIKES ARE VERY, VERY DANGEROUS AND THEY CAN CAUSE EXTREME AND HORRENDOUS FIRES.

SO SOMETHING WE NEED TO MAYBE PUT IN THAT WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO THE RESEARCH ON THAT, CHARGING THEM WHERE YOU CHARGE THEM. THE SIGNS OF OVERHEATING BATTERY BECAUSE THEY DO GET HOT.

AND SO ALL THIS IS GREAT. I THINK WE'RE ON THE FIRST ONE.

LET'S BRING IT BACK LET'S REALLY DO SOME RESEARCH.

LET'S PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, BUT ALSO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN'S PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE GIVING THEIR CHILDREN WHEN THEY GIVE THEM A ROCKET SHIP.

SO AS COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY SAID, WE ALL DID CRAZY STUFF WHEN WE WERE KIDS, BUT WE DIDN'T NEARLY HAVE WHAT THEY HAVE NOW.

AND THIS STUFF IS SO ADVANCED AND YEAH. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE A MOTION TO ADVANCE THIS, IS THAT CORRECT? SO WE NEED A MOTION TO. DO I HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR NO? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO DIRECT STAFF TO PREPARE A DRAFT ELECTRIC BICYCLE ORDINANCE FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATION? PROVIDING FOR DIRECTION PROVIDING DIRECTION. SO WE HAVE YOUR DIRECTION AND WE WILL BRING BACK.

YOU DON'T WANT TO VOTE? WE DON'T NEED A VOTE.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO VOTE, THAT YOU GUYS ALL WANT US TO GO FORWARD.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK WE'VE BEEN UNANIMOUS ABOUT OUR I THINK WE HAVE UNANIMOUS DECISION THAT WE WANT YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS THEN I DON'T NEED TO VOTE. OKAY THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. THIS IS THE TIME SET ASIDE FOR ANYONE WISHING TO

[PUBLIC COMMENTS ]

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

AT THIS TIME, THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM.

COME ON CHARM. GOOD EVENING AGAIN. I HAVE THREE QUICK THINGS.

MR. CROSBY. IF I WAS 60 YEARS YOUNGER, I'D HAVE ONE OF THOSE THINGS IN A HEARTBEAT [LAUGHTER].

ALTHOUGH MY PARENTS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAD THE MONEY TO BUY ONE.

THAT'S. WE MADE EVERYTHING WHEN WE WERE KIDS.

YEAH, I DIDN'T SO YES, I AGREE, BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE THE ONE THAT IS ON THE NEWS EITHER.

SECONDARY A LITTLE MORE. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE THE FIRES, AND AT THAT TIME I BROUGHT UP RIGHT AFTER THAT THE LACK OF MOBILE IN NORTHERN LA VERNE. WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WOULD BE ADDRESSED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A COMPANY CELL, I'M SORRY CELL. WHEN THE CELLS WERE DOWN, THE INTERNET WAS DOWN.

WE DISCOVERED HOW VULNERABLE WE WERE. AND IT WAS A TIM, YOU LIVE IN THAT AREA.

THERE'S ABOUT A TWO MILE AREA WE BROUGHT IT UP MANY TIMES THAT IS JUST DEAD.

AND THE CITY MANAGER SAID, GO TO VERIZON, GO HERE, GO THERE.

WELL, I HAVE AND IT FALLS ON DEAF EARS. I WAS ALSO REMEMBER THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT THIS UP THAT IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, YOU HAD A PROBLEM HERE AND YOU WENT TO STARLINK OR WHATEVER, AND I SUGGESTED, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THAT? HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD. BUT WE ALSO WERE TOLD THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE CABLES THAT WERE GOING TO BE TRENCHED AND PUT IN AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S BEEN, LIKE I SAID, ALMOST A YEAR, NOT A DAMN THING'S DONE.

SO THE NEXT FIRE OR THE NEXT EMERGENCY WHEN PEOPLE CANNOT COMMUNICATE IS GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM.

WE TALK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS. THAT'S GOING TO BE A HUGE ISSUE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED OR HOW, BUT BOY, I'LL TELL YOU, IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND IT HAS NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED NOW FOR ONGOING TEN YEARS ALONG THOSE LINES. I'M NICE TO SEE A LADY THAT TALKS ABOUT GOLDEN HILLS.

I LIVE RIGHT OFF OF GOLDEN HILLS. THE STREETS ARE A MESS THE.

YEAH, SUPPOSEDLY THE RESURFACING AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS A DISASTER.

AND IT WAS STARTED BACK IN OCTOBER. IT'S STILL NOT PAINTED IT'S STILL NOT FINISHED.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE STATUS IS, BUT IF THE COUNCIL AND THE CITY THINKS IT'S FINISHED, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN UP THERE. TIM, YOU'VE BEEN UP THERE YOU LIVE UP THERE.

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AND IT'S NOT PAINTED IT'S NOT STRIPED. IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING IT WAS DONE UP THERE WAS DUMB CURBS THAT YOU HAD TO PUT UP EXISTING GOOD ADA CURBS AND PUT IN THE NEW LITTLE BUBBLE ONE.

IT'S THE ONLY THING IT WAS DONE. OTHERWISE, THE ENTIRE LENGTH FROM ESPERANZA TO WHEELER IS A MESS.

SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET UP THERE. MAYBE OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND DRIVE HIS CAR ON THAT STREET AND LOOK AT YOU TALK ABOUT ACCIDENTS WAITING TO HAPPEN. WAIT TILL SOMEBODY CROSSES THE LINE THAT DOESN'T EXIST AND HAS A WRECK.

SO I'M ASKING, WHAT'S THE STATUS ON IT? WHEN'S IT GOING TO BE FINISHED? WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET IT DONE SO THAT WE HAVE A DECENT ROAD TO DRIVE ON_ ON GOLDEN HILLS, ONE OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES IN NORTHERN LA VERNE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM? WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND, SIR? I'D LIKE TO BRING UP DANNY OR CODY TO JUST GIVE AN UPDATE, BECAUSE, YES, THE PROJECT IS NOT DONE,

[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS ]

AND I KNOW THEY WERE UP THERE TODAY LOOKING AT SOME OTHER STRIPING AND POTENTIAL REDESIGN.

I WAS UP THERE WITH DIRECTOR WU AND ALSO CODY HOWING TODAY, LOOKING AT STRIPING AND LOOKING BASICALLY LOOKING AT THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROAD.

SO GOOD EVENING, MR. HOWING. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

YES SO WE DID HAVE KIND OF A WHAT ARE THE NORMAL NOVEMBER WHICH SET US BACK.

THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE WITH RESPECT TO THE SLURRY SEAL.

SLURRY SEAL IS A MIXTURE OF AGGREGATE BASICALLY SAND AND ASPHALT.

AND SO USUALLY THERE'S A CURE TIME THAT WE WANT TO LET THAT SIT SO THAT, THAT FRESH STRIPING DOESN'T GET TORN UP AND MOVED AROUND, KIND OF A DYNAMIC AND FLEXIBLE MATERIAL. SO ANYWAYS, LIKE I SAID, WITH THE WET WEATHER AND SOME OF THE PUNCH LIST ITEMS TO CORRECT, SOME OF THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES AND ISSUES THAT COME UP WHENEVER YOU DO ANY CONSTRUCTION, OF COURSE. WE'RE WE'RE WRAPPING UP THOSE THINGS AND LOOKING TO GET STRIPING DONE SOON.

I HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN AN ABSOLUTE CONCRETE DATE, BUT I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON FRIDAY THIS WEEK TO REALLY GET STARTED ON THAT. I KNOW, YES MAYOR WE MET UP THERE TO TALK ABOUT SOME DETAILS AND KIND OF JUST MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S BUTTONED UP AND READY TO GO AND SO CONFIDENT THAT WE'LL BE DONE WITH IT VERY SOON AND APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY'S PATIENCE AS WE WORK THROUGH THIS.

AND HOPEFULLY AT THE END OF THIS, IT WILL BE A BETTER STREET, A STREET THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE CHEAPER TO MAINTAIN IN THE LONG RUN.

AND CERTAINLY ACHIEVED OUR GOALS UP THERE. THANK YOU, MR. HOLLING. I WILL SAY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND MYSELF WERE ON THE ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, AND THE DISCUSSION WAS ON GOLDEN HILLS AND THE STRIPING AND MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS FOR CARS BECAUSE IT'S A VERY WIDE STREET.

IT'S LIKE PROBABLY THE SECOND WIDEST STREET I'VE COMPOSED TO BASELINE, WHICH IS MASSIVE, BUT THAT THE STRIPING IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC GOES WELL. AND THAT WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH AT OUR TRANSPORTATION THANK YOU.

SO QUICK QUESTION. IS THERE SOMETHING WE CAN GET AS FAR AS, LIKE A BLINKING STOP SIGN ON STEVENS RANCH AND ESPERANZA? STEVENS RANCH AND GOLDEN HILLS AND RIGHT AROUND THAT AREA? BECAUSE THE LINES YOU CAN'T TELL WHERE YOU AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE. OFFLINE I'LL GO OFFLINE. YEAH WE CAN YEAH. WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

LOOK AT IT THANK YOU WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. YES, PLEASE. NO, NO NOT DONE FIBER.

THE FIBER ON. YEAH CASTLE TO DO THEIR RAPID CONNECT FIBER. THE ISSUE, AS WAS EXPLAINED THEN, IS THEY NEED TO HAVE A CUSTOMER THAT WILL LOCATE IN ORDER TO PUT THE FIBER IN. SO UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT A THEY WILL BUILD IT AT THEIR COST AND THEN SOMEBODY WILL COME IN.

THEY NEED TO ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WILL BE LOCATING SOME OF THE SMALL CELL WIRELESS ON THE STREETLIGHTS.

THAT HELPS THEM PUT IN THE LINE. I COULD ALWAYS IF THE COUNCIL SO DIRECTS AND WE COULD ADD IT IN AS A CIP PROJECT, I COULD FIND OUT WHAT IS THE ACTUAL COST OF THAT AND APPROACH HEY, IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING A VERIZON OR A T-MOBILE OR SOMEBODY TO PUT ON THE SMALL CELL WIRELESS,

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SO IF THAT'S THE DIRECTION, I'D BE HAPPY TO, YOU KNOW, FIND OUT WHAT THAT COST IS AND SEE IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SEVERAL HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT SOME PRIORITIZATION. IF IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, $50,000 OR LESS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO LOOK AT WHAT SOME OF OUR FUNDING IS AVAILABLE FOR THAT AND MAYBE REDIRECT SOME STUFF SO HOW MUCH CAN WE TALK ON THIS? REALLY NOT MUCH, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO MAYBE AGENDIZE THAT.

AND THE ISSUE IS TOO, AS I WOULD LIKE TO LOOK INTO THE GOLF COURSE TO FIND OUT WHAT'S OPERATING THERE STILL, THEY HAVE MULTIPLE ANTENNAS ON THAT PROPERTY, AND EVER SINCE THAT GOLF COURSE CLOSED, IT SEEMS LIKE WE LOST ALL OF OUR CAPABILITIES AND I WILL AGREE WITH MR. BOWEN. IT'S NOT BAD IT'S HORRIFIC.

OH IT IS. YEAH AND SO I THINK WE SHOULD AGENDIZE THIS, BUT WE NEED TO DO IT POSTHASTE.

WE ARE IN THE RAINY SEASON, THANK GOODNESS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF A CATASTROPHE HAPPENS.

YOU JUST YOU HAVE NO COVERAGE UP THERE. IT'S JUST ODD.

AND IN MY WORRY IS THAT WHEN THE WINDS PICK UP, WHICH THEY DO.

TOMORROW. THEY WILL THEY WILL SHUT OFF THE POWER.

BECAUSE AFTER LAST YEAR'S FIRESTORMS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON TOLD US AND THEN WE PRESENTED THAT LAST SPRING THAT ANYTIME THE WINDS PICK UP, THEY ARE PURPOSELY SHUTTING OFF THE POWER SO FIRES WON'T START AND THAT WILL BECOME A NECESSITY, AN ISSUE NO MATTER WHAT. AND IT'S THEM PUSHING THE BUTTON, NOT US.

AND WE HAVE ZERO CONTROL OVER THAT. EVEN THOUGH WE CALL THEM TO ASK THEM, THEY WILL NOT PUT IT BACK ON.

AND THAT THIS WILL BE OUR, OUR NEXT SEASON AFTER THE LAST YEAR OF THAT, THOSE HORRIFIC WINDS COMING.

WE'RE EXPECTING SANTA ANA'S WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AND THAT'S MOUNTAIN SPRINGS AND THEN US ON GOLDEN HILLS.

IT'S FIRST AND SECOND. OH, THAT'D BE A GOOD IDEA MAYOR IF WE COULD AGENDIZE THIS TO TALK ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN MAYBE CONSIDER USING. YEAH, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT. IF WE COULD AGENDIZE THAT. OH, ABSOLUTELY YEAH SO IT WOULD BE JANUARY 19TH AND THAT WOULD GIVE US OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO SEVERAL OF THE CARRIERS.

THEY'RE NOT EASY TO GET A HOLD OF. AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I'M ALWAYS TELLING PEOPLE AND RESIDENTS TO CALL YOUR CARRIER.

COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN, COMPLAIN BECAUSE IT'S THAT DEMAND FOR THE SERVICE THAT GETS THEM TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS SO INSTEAD OF A CARRIER SORT OF CATCH UP INSTEAD OF A CARRIER, I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT OVERALL LIKE STARLINK IT CAME TO THE FIRES, AND I KNOW THEY'RE OUT THERE DEPLOYED HEAVILY SPEAKERS]. WHAT WE'LL LOOK AT IS AGENDIZE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES? BECAUSE HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE THING TO TALK ABOUT STARLINK FOR THIS BUILDING HERE, BUT STARLINK FOR YEAH, SMALL CELL WIRELESS AND STUFF.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT HOW THAT AND IF WE CAN GET SOME ASSISTANCE OH, ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S DANGEROUS. AND MOSTLY, YOU KNOW, THE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS GOING ON AT SIERRA LA VERNE.

AND IF THERE WERE SOME CELL TOWERS THAT WERE THAT WAS THERE, WE HAD GREAT COVERAGE ANYWAY.

[LAUGHTER] HEY, YOU TWO. LIKE WE ARE. ANYWAY WAS THERE ANOTHER ITEM THAT WE WERE DISCUSSION? I THINK WAS THAT IT? THAT COVERS? CORRECT THAT'S IT OKAY, LET'S COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY. THANK YOU.

I WANT TO THANK BONITA HIGH SCHOOL CHAMBER SINGERS ONE MORE TIME.

THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT SEEING THOSE YOUNG ADULTS.

AND WHAT THEY CAN PERFORM AND DO IS JUST AMAZING.

MR. YODER DOES A GREAT JOB. HE DID ANNOUNCE THAT THEY'RE HAVING THEIR CONCERT TOMORROW.

AT THE CHURCH. IT'S A FREE CONCERT THAT THEY HAVE.

IT'S NORMALLY FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST.

IT'S ONE OF THE BEST CONCERTS RIGHT THERE AT THE METHODIST CHURCH.

SO THAT WOULD BE TOMORROW NIGHT. MONDAY, DECEMBER 8TH SENIOR MOVIE MATINEE AT CHRISTMAS STORIES PLAYING, AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER. THE CAR SHOW WAS AMAZING.

THIS LAST OVER THE OVER THANKSGIVING BREAK. AND YOU KNOW, WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT

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A LOT OF DINING OPPORTUNITIES. LIKE THE MAYOR ALWAYS SAYS, STAY LOCAL, SHOP LOCAL KEEP IT ALL IN HOUSE.

APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY COMING OUT AND REALLY HELPING US WITH THE E-BIKE.

I THINK WE HAD A ROOM WITH A LOT OF LIKE MINDS TONIGHT AND REALLY TRYING TO LOOK OUT FOR NOT ONLY OUR KIDS SAFETY, BUT OUR OWN SAFETY OUT THERE AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.

AND BEING A PART OF OUR DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. I'D LIKE TO HAVE A GREAT SHOUT OUT FOR DAMIEN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MACY'S PARADE.

I THINK THAT WAS A THAT WAS A HUGE. THEY MADE IT.

YEAH, THEY MADE IT. THEY RAISED ENOUGH MONEY YEAH YEAH LAURIE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CONCERTS AT THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN.

YOU CALL THOSE DATES? 13,21ST AT THE CHURCH CHRISTMAS. 5:00? 5:00? 6:00? HE LIVES WITH HER [LAUGHTER]. YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT A SCHEDULE HE JUST TAKES HER FOR THE SCHEDULE. [LAUGHTER] THANK GOD SHE'S AT THE MEETING.

YEAH. IS THAT IT, MR. JOHNSON? THAT'S IT THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER LAU. SO A COUPLE OF THINGS. THE TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH AUTHORITY BOARD ON WHICH I SIT IS REPRESENTED BY THE THREE CITIES OF LA VERNE, CLAREMONT AND POMONA. SO IN ADDITION TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS FROM EACH OF THOSE CITIES, WE ALSO HAVE A GOVERNING BOARD REPRESENTATIVE FOR EACH OF THE CITIES.

WE HAVE AN OPENING FOR THE LA VERNE POSITION BECAUSE CAROLYN COCKRELL, WHO HAS SERVED IN THIS POSITION SINCE 2011 RECENTLY RETIRED BECAUSE OR FROM THE POSITION BECAUSE SHE WOULD LIKE TO REST, [LAUGHTER] SHE WOULD LIKE TO DO OTHER THINGS.

SO SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE'S GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL.

BUT THIS IS A GREAT POSITION FOR ANYONE WHO IS, YOU KNOW, HAS MAYBE EXPERIENCE IN THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD OR AN INTEREST IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FIELD AND THE ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS NECESSARY.

SO WE'RE ENCOURAGING FOLKS IN LA VERNE TO APPLY.

IDEAL CANDIDATES ARE PASSIONATE ABOUT STRENGTHENING MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND REPRESENTING OUR CITY IN THIS IMPORTANT REGIONAL LEADERSHIP ROLE.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, THE POSITION HAS AN APPLICATION THAT IS DUE JANUARY 12TH, 2026 AT 5:00 P.M.

AND YOU CAN GO TO THE WEBSITE, THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND APPLY THERE.

AND IF YOU'VE GOT MAYBE THIS ISN'T FOR YOU, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE FRIENDS OR FAMILY OR SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. IN THIS ROLE WE MEET ONCE A MONTH.

AND SO IT WOULD BE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE THAT REPRESENTATION FROM OUR CITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WE BELIEVE IS NECESSARY IN TERMS OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITY. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN EITHER LIVE IN LA VERNE OR WORK IN LA VERNE.

SO AS LONG AS YOU ARE ABLE TO REPRESENT. SO MAYBE YOU HAVE A COLLEAGUE THAT YOU WORK WITH IN THE CITY, MAYBE DOESN'T LIVE HERE, BUT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THIS POSITION.

PLEASE LET THEM KNOW. AND I JUST WANTED TO EXTEND MY THANKS TO CAROLYN BECAUSE SHE SERVED IN THE ROLE, LIKE I SAID, SINCE 2011. SO THAT WAS A REALLY BIG LIFT.

SHE DID A LOT OF GREAT WORK AND DID A LOT OF GREAT ADVOCACY.

SO WE WILL MISS HER AND AGAIN, BIG SHOES TO FILL.

I ALSO WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO CHIEF GONZALEZ FOR MEETING WITH EACH AND EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER INDEPENDENTLY TO GIVE US A STATE OF BASICALLY A STATE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE SUCCESSES AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ACHIEVED AND HIS GOALS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THE COMING YEARS.

AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE WHAT A GREAT POLICE DEPARTMENT WE DO HAVE.

AND I THANK YOU, SAM, FOR TAKING THAT TIME TO MEET WITH EACH OF US.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A WRANGLING ALL OF OUR SCHEDULES IS NOT EASY, AND HAVING TO MEET WITH US ONE ON ONE [LAUGHTER] IS NOT EASY. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, I APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN SOME OTHER GOOD NEWS.

THE ULV WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL TEAM HAS AGAIN MADE IT TO THE ELITE EIGHT FOR VOLLEYBALL.

AND IT'S THEY'RE PLAYING IN THE ELITE EIGHT ON DECEMBER 3RD, AND THEY WILL BE PLAYING AGAINST WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE.

AND SO IT'S A REALLY BIG DEAL. WHAT'S THAT? IT WILL BE AT EAU CLAIRE.

OH, ACTUALLY, IT'S IN BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS. SO BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NCAA WEBSITE, YOU CAN LIVE STREAM IT AND WATCH IT, BUT IT IS INCREDIBLE. IF YOU'VE NEVER WATCHED THESE WOMEN PLAY.

THEY ARE THEY ARE SO GOOD. I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST AMAZING.

SO I THINK IT'S REALLY GREAT. THESE ARE ALL SCHOLAR ATHLETES.

THEY HAVE GREAT GPAS. THEY'RE DOING GOOD THINGS, YOU KNOW, IN THE COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE JUST PLAYING SOME REALLY EXCITING VOLLEYBALL.

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IT WAS GREAT. WE WERE, YOU KNOW, TIED 2-2. AND IN THE FIFTH MATCH THEY CAME BACK AND THERE WAS NO.

YEAH SLAMMED THEM. AND SO JUST A REALLY AMAZING TEAM.

SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE PLEASE TAKE A LOOK. PLEASE SUPPORT.

THERE ARE SOME GREAT FOLKS. AND THEN THE LAST THING I'LL SAY, BECAUSE WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY MENTIONED DECEMBER 8TH, IT REMINDED ME THAT NOT ONLY IS IT MY DAD'S BIRTHDAY, BUT IT'S ALSO RICK'S BIRTHDAY SO [LAUGHTER].

SO FOR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO WISH HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

THAT'S NEXT MONDAY. BUT AS WE GO INTO THE HOLIDAY SEASON, I KNOW IT CAN BE A STRESSFUL TIME.

IT'S A FUN TIME, BUT IT'S A STRESSFUL TIME, SO JUST BE SURE TO LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO GIVE BACK DURING THIS TIME.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE SHOULD BE GIVING BACK ALL YEAR ROUND, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR CAN BE REALLY SAD FOR SOME FOLKS.

AND IF YOU CAN BRING A LITTLE BIT OF JOY AND LIGHT INTO PEOPLE'S LIVES BY DONATING A TOY, SPONSORING SOME FOOD DRIVES, ETC. THAT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. SO AS ALWAYS, BE KIND TO EACH OTHER AND WE WILL SEE YOU SOON.

THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER. MAYOR PRO TEM KASHIFALGHITA.

ALL RIGHT BEEN DONATES THEIR TIME AND BUILDING THESE BIKES THAT WE DONATE TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU AGAIN, AND I HOPE WE REACHED OUR GOAL.

IF NOT, I'M GOING TO BE THERE THIS FRIDAY. MAKE SURE THAT WE DO, BECAUSE I KNOW NEXT WEEK WE'LL BE PRESENTING THEM.

WE'LL BRING THEM OUT TO THE FIRE STATION. I WANT TO THANK LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION AS WELL.

TO THIS GREAT CAUSE THAT WE STARTED LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

NOW THIS IS OUR WE'RE ON OUR THIRD YEAR. AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.

AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU AND JUST AWESOME THANK YOU.

HAVE A CHANCE TO GET A BIKE? OH YEAH. ANYBODY CAN CONTRIBUTE A BIKE.

CAN WE JUST GO IN TO THE STORE? YEAH, THEY GOTTA COME DOWN AND GET THEIR BIKES FIXED.

YOU NEED A BIKE? COME DOWN A CRAZY BEAR BIKES ARE THEY'RE DOING GOOD THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS SATURDAY, I'LL BE THERE AT TARGET LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION WILL BE THERE FOR THEIR STUFF SO I'LL BE THERE BE THERE TO SUPPORT THE DATE? THAT WOULD BE DECEMBER THE 6TH. FROM 8:00 A.M.

TO 1:00 P.M. AGAIN, 8:00 A.M. 8:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M.

AT THE LA VERNE TARGET. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

I APPRECIATE YOU ALL AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY RICK.

I'LL BE THERE. [LAUGHTER] KNOCKING ON YOUR DOOR.

OH HE WILL. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM KASHIFALGHITA.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A BOARD MEETING THAT NIGHT, SO COME LATE AGAIN AGAIN AS MY COUNCIL SO ELOQUENTLY STATED, THIS IS A TIME OF YEAR WHEN IT'S REALLY REACH OUT TO THOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

BUT ALSO PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN. PAY ATTENTION WHAT'S ON THE ROAD.

A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OUT A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T PAYING ATTENTION. LET'S JUST ENJOY IT AND NOT HAVE ANY INJURIES AND GO INTO THE SEASON WITH A NICE, HAPPY TIME AND WITH THIS GREAT WEATHER. I ALSO WANTED TO REPORT OUT ON THE WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA.

THANK YOU ALL. THEY ARE WAY OVER THEIR PERCENTAGE IS 380.

VETERANS ARE INTERNED AT THE LA VERNE CEMETERY.

I THINK WE HAVE A CIVIL WAR. I THINK WE ARE WAY, WAY.

THERE'S SOME VERY HONORED PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE CEMETERY, VETERANS THAT I WANT TO SEE, A CIVIL WAR VETERAN, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. BUT IT GOES BACK. IT GOES BACK.

BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL THE DOING THAT. IT'S ONLY $17, AND THERE'S A COUPLE FEES IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT, BUT THERE THIS WAS THIS WAS A NUMBER OF DAYS AGO THAT WAS OVER 102% THAT GOT WHICH IS GREAT, BUT YOU CAN STILL KEEP DONATING. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE DECEMBER 13TH AT 9:00, WHERE THEY DO A CEREMONY OVER AT LA VERNE CEMETERY, AND THEN THEY WILL LAY THE WREATHS OUT. SO THANK YOU ALL.

AND WE'LL POST THAT AGAIN. I'VE BEEN DOING A MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE THERE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY A LOT OF FUN AND A LOT OF BOY SCOUTS, GIRL SCOUTS, AND SO IT'S GREAT. THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

REALLY JUST THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO GET THIS E-BIKE THING IN.

I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND PROTECT OUR KIDS AND PROTECT THEIR PARENTS WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE DOING SOMETIMES WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. OTHER THAN THAT WE JUST BE CAREFUL THIS HOLIDAY.

ENJOY YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER MEETING ON THE 15TH.

YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? JUST WANT TO.

I DID FORGET THIS. IT WAS MS. BARLOW'S BIRTHDAY YESTERDAY.

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ONE, TWO, THREE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY KIM. AND ARE WE GOING TO SING IT? NO, NO, NO, WE'RE GOING TO SAVOR THAT. WITH THAT, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS TO MEET IN CLOSED SESSION.

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YES, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 NEGOTIATORS, CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.

THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE LA VERNE CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE FIRE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, LA VERNE POLICE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, AND ALL UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. I DO NOT EXPECT A REPORT OUT THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS CLOSED SESSION ITEM? WITH THAT, NO, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.

BEFORE WE GO PRIOR TO RECESS IN CLOSED SESSION, I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 15TH AT 6:30 P.M. AT 5:30 THAT'S CLOSED SESSION.

06:30 P.M. THANK YOU ALL AND BE SAFE OUT THERE THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.