Dec 02, 2019 City Council

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I'D IKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. IF YOU CAN ALL

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN. HERE. YOU'RE NOT WASTING ANY TIME. NO.

MAYOR PRO TEM ROSALES. HERE. AND MAYOR KENDRICK. HERE. ONE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT WE STARTED LATE. MOVE INTO ITEM 4 PRESENTATIONS. OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS 

[4. PRESENTATIONS Old Town La Verne Business Improvement District Presentation of Check to RSVP.]

WONDERFUL. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS DISTRICT AND THE OLD TOWN LA VERNE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION. THEY'RE ALMOST ONE IN THE SAME BUT TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES THAT PROMOTE AND HELP PUT ON EVENTS IN OLD TOWN LA VERNE. THIS PAST FALL WE HAD OUR SECOND BEER WALK AND IT WAS ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL EVENT. WE HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUPPORT. AND AS WE HAVE DONE IN ALL OF THE THE BEER AND WINE WALKS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR WE FEEL THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A COMMUNITY CHARITY PARTNER A NONPROFIT GROUP THAT WE CAN SHARE SOME OF THE PROCEEDS WITH. AND SO THIS YEAR THE GROUP THAT WE DECIDED TO PARTNER WITH IS THE RSVP PROGRAM. LONGTIME PART OF LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'VE BEEN HELPING WITH MANY EVENTS THAT WE'VE HAD IN OLD TOWN LA VERNE AS WELL AS THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY FOR MANY MANY YEARS. AND WE FELT IT WAS FITTING. BEFORE WE ASKED THEM TO COME UP I THOUGHT ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN TO OLD TOWN IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO IN THE EVENING WILL NOTICE THAT THERE'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT DOWNTOWN AND IT'S THE TREE LIGHTS. THE FIRST TIME I SAW THEM ALL ALONG I THOUGHT WOW THIS CAN'T BE LA VERNE IT'S PRETTY MAGICAL DOWN THERE. AND THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THE FUNDS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED THROUGH THE EVENTS THE BEER AND WINE WALKS ARE BEING PUT BACK INTO THE DISTRICT. AND SO TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OF THE COST OF THOSE INITIAL PHASE ONE OF THE LIGHTS CAME FROM THESE EVENTS.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT WE PLAN TO ALLOCATE AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER PHASE OR TWO TO BRING LIGHTS TO OTHER AREAS ON BONITA AVENUE RUN ELECTRICAL. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LIMITED BY THE TREE WELLS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE ELECTRICITY IN THEM BUT THE PLAN IS TO EXTEND THAT ALONG BONITA AVENUE ON THE NORTH SIDE AS WELL AS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND PICK UP SOME OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT AREN'T BEING LIT.

BUT FOR A FIRST START YOU KNOW I THINK THIS IS AWESOME. WE'VE GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE LIGHTS OVER THE LAST 15-20 YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE.

THESE ARE MEANT TO LAST. THEY COST A LITTLE BIT MORE UPFRONT BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY GOING TO PAY OFF IN THE LONG RUN. AND AGAIN YOU KNOW I'D SAY THIS EVERY TIME BUT WE COULDN'T DO ANY OF THIS WITHOUT THE SOLID SUPPORT OF THE CITY YOURSELVES BUT IN PARTICULAR THE STAFF AND FROM TOP MANAGEMENT ON DOWN ERIC IS OUR LIAISON. AND YOU KNOW WE GIVE HIM SOME IDEAS AND DIRECTION AND HE FOLLOWS UP WITH IT. PUBLIC WORKS AS FAR AS THE LIGHTS IS CONCERNED PUBLIC WORKS REALLY LED THE WAY ON MAKING THIS HAPPEN. WE HAD A LITTLE PRESSURE ON IT TO TRY TO GET IT DONE IN TIME FOR THE FALL AND WINTER EVENTS. AND IT JUST LOOKS SPECTACULAR. SO I'D LIKE TO THANK CITY STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS PLANNING.  [APPLAUSE] AND BEFORE WE FORGET WE'VE GOT A LITTLE MONEY TO GIVE AWAY. [LAUGHTER] YAY.  WE HAVE SOME MEMBERS OF RSVP HERE AS I SAW EARLIER. FRONT ROW.

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YOU KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THE CITY CAN'T AFFORD. SO IT IS NICKEL AND DIME HERE AND THERE BUT THAT'S WHAT OUR FUND IS FOR. AND WE DECIDED TO BE SANTA CLAUS AND HAVE LEFT IN OUR TREASURER. AND WE DONATED FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HELP THEM BUY A NEW POLICE DOG. AND THAT'S SOMEBODY THAT THE COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT IS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING. AS A LOT OF YOU KNOW OUR PREVIOUS K9 WE HAD PASSED AWAY AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG HELP ESPECIALLY HELP IN FIGHTING CRIME. SO AGAIN I'M SURE THIS THANK YOU AGAIN.   [APPLAUSE] IT IS MY BELIEF TONIGHT THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AGAIN A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SPEAKING SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TRY AND KEEP EVERYTHING ON POINT AND EFFICIENT USE OF THE MIC. PLEASE KEEP YOUR COMMENTS CONCISE CIVIL AND RESPECTFUL. ALSO WE ARE NOW ON LIVESTREAM SO OTHER PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT THIS AND FORM OPINIONS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DO A GOOD JOB. APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO COMPLETE YOUR FINAL THOUGHTS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IF YOU CARRY ALONG A

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[5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A VINTAGE GIFTS AND MUSIC EVENT ON 3RD STREET. THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 2600 BLOCK OF THIRD STREET ON THE CORNER OF 3RD AND G.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FROM THREE TO FIVE WITH A COUPLE TABLES OF VINTAGE TREASURES SOME BAKE SALE GOODS AND THEN AT 4:30 WE HAVE THE BONITA HIGH SCHOOL BAND.

AND THEY'LL BE COMING BY AND PLAYING SOME CHRISTMAS SONGS AND GETTING EVERYBODY IN THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT SO COME BY AND CONSIDER A VINTAGE KEEPSAKE OR STOCKING STUFFER AT OUR TREASURE TABLE BUY SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT AND HAVE SOME HOT SPICED CIDER AND A COUPLE OF COOKIES ON THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. I'LL PUT OUR FLYERS OUT ON THE TABLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SHERRY. SHERRY HAS LED THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT KEEPS GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AND MORE EVENTS. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYBODY TO PARTICIPATE. I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY IT AND HAVE A LOT OF FUN. SOMEBODY IS POINTING AT SOMEBODY AND MAKE SURE CHARLIE GOOD EVENING COUNCIL I WANTED TO ALERT EVERYBODY THAT THIS SATURDAY IS THE DOWNTOWN ANNUAL HOLIDAY STROLL. RAIN OR SHINE. AND IT ENDS UP IN MONARO SQUARE WITH THE LIGHTING OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE THE READING OF OH HOLY NIGHT AND LOTS OF GREAT BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES THAT NIGHT THAT'LL BE ANNOUNCED BY THE MUSIC THAT WE HAVE WE HAVE CAROLERS STROLLING AND IT'S JUST A GREAT [INAUDIBLE]. LAST YEAR I THINK WE HAD OVER A THOUSAND PEOPLE COME DOWNTOWN. IT IS A RAIN OR SHINE EVENT IF IT HAPPENS TO BE PARTICULARLY STORMY WE'RE GOING TO MOVE SANTA CLAUS TO THE VOYEUR BETWEEN CACTUS COFFEE AND PAPA'S RIGHT THERE WITH THE STAIRWELL IS SO THEY CAN GET ALL THE RAIN SO THE KIDS DON'T GET DISAPPOINTED THAT SANTA IS NOT THERE. BUT IT'S A GREAT TIME IN DOWNTOWN AND IT'S FESTIVE AND YOU GET TO PUT YOUR SANTA CLAUS CLOTHES ON AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. SO PLEASE HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS ALL DOWNTOWN THIS SATURDAY. STARTING I THINK AROUND 4:00 WE'LL START GATHERING AND THE LIGHTING OF THE TREE IS RIGHT AT 6:00 OR SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHRIS. AND I GET TO SAY THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS POEM. SO THAT'LL BE COOL. OKAY.

GEORGE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY STAFF LA VERNE RESIDENTS. WE'RE IN THE LAST MONTH OF THE YEAR AND WE GOT SOME PRETTY GOOD LINEUP PROGRAMS AT THE LIBRARY. WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR CHILDREN FOR TEENS FOR ADULTS AND ALSO FAMILY FAMILY AS A WHOLE. SO ON TUESDAYS DECEMBER 3RD 10TH AND 17TH FROM 3 TO 4 WE ARE HAVING AFTERSCHOOL ADVENTURES. THERE IS GOING TO BE GAMES CRAFTS AND STEAM ACTIVITIES AND THAT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR AGE OF GRADES ONE THROUGH SIX. WE'RE CONTINUING WITH OUR SMARTY PANTS STORY TIME SESSIONS AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE ON WEDNESDAYS DECEMBER 4TH 11TH 18TH FROM 11:30 TO 12. THERE'S GONNA BE

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A PORTION WILL DEAL WITH FINANCIAL SKILLS AND DEALS WITH TEENS WILL BE PERSONALIZING PIGGY BANKS. AND THAT'S GOOD FOR AGES 12 THROUGH 17. ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 20TH FROM 3 TO 4 WE ARE HOSTING WITH AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION A PROGRAM THAT DEALS WITH VAPING RISKS. THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION STAFF WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE DIFFERENT RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC TOBACCO PRODUCTS. FOR ADULTS FRIDAY DECEMBER 13TH FROM 3 TO 4 WE ARE HAVING A [INAUDIBLE] GREETING CARD CRAFT [INAUDIBLE] STAFF WILL PRODUCE 3-D POP OUT HOLIDAY CARDS AND THIS IS GOOD FOR AGES 18 AND UP. THEN ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH FROM 6 TO 7:30 AND AGAIN ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 21ST FROM 10 TO 12 WE ARE HAVE A HOLIDAY GIFT WRAPPING PROGRAM.

PEOPLE WHO WILL PARTICIPATE WILL LEARN ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GIFT GIVING AND ALSO WHILE ENJOYING HOLIDAY MUSING HOT COCOA AND WHILE THEY WRAP THEIR PRESENTS. WE WILL PROVIDE THE PAPER THE BOWLS THE THINGS THAT CUSTOMERS CAN WRAP THEIR PRESENTS SO IF YOU GOT YOUR PRESENTS FOR THE HOLIDAYS AND YOU HAVEN'T WRAPPED THEM AND YOU WANT TO GET IT OFF YOUR TO DO LIST COME ON TO THE LIBRARY WILL LET YOU HANDLE THAT. WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S GOOD FOR AGES 18 AND UP. ALSO THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF DECEMBER. DECEMBER 2ND THROUGH 20TH ACTUALLY STARTING TODAY THE L.A. COUNTY REGISTRAR RECORDS OFFICE IS DISPLAYING THEIR NEW ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES THAT WILL BE USED STARTING NEXT YEAR AT THE MARCH MAY ELECTIONS. THEY HAVE A DEMO MACHINE IN THE LOBBY. THEY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL LITERATURE TO HAND OUT. STAFF WILL BE ON HAND TO KIND OF LEAD YOU THROUGH IT. SO IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT HOW THESE MACHINES ARE GOING TO BE WORKING NEXT YEAR PLEASE COME OUT TO THE LIBRARY AND HAVE ONE OF THE STAFF KIND OF GUIDE YOU THROUGH IT. THAT'S GOOD FOR AGES 18 AND UP. AND LASTLY FOR EVERYONE ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 21ST FROM 2 TO 3 WE'RE HAVING A HOLIDAY CELTIC MUSIC. PEGGY SKOMAL ON THE HARPS AND SUSAN WINSBERG ON FLUTES WILL BE FEATURING SOUNDS OF THE WINTER SEASON SO IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY CELTIC CLASSICAL AND HOLIDAY MUSIC AND ALSO ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS PLEASE COME BY TO THE LIBRARY. THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE HERE. WE ASK YOU COME AND SUPPORT US AND ALSO BY ALL MEANS IF YOU SEE IF YOU WANT SOMETHING AT THE LIBRARY WHETHER IT'S A PARTICULAR PERFORMER OR A PROGRAM OR TOPIC MATTER THAT WE HAVEN'T PRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE PAST PLEASE LET US KNOW. WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN GET IT ON THE SCHEDULE. THANK YOU. YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB GEORGE. THANK YOU VERY VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT. OK WE'LL MOVE INTO CONSENT

[6. CONSENT CALENDAR]

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THERE THEY ARE. YOU GOT A LOT OF WORK CUT OUT FOR YOU. BECAUSE I'VE READ THE LIST.

DON'T GET DISCOURAGED IT'S WONDERFUL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THIS ON.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THE OTHER HOUSE IS IS ON BONITA ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF WHITE IN THE 2400 BLOCK. IT IS A HOUSE THAT FOR PROBABLY 40 YEARS HAD THE MOST RESPECTED CITIZEN LIVE IN IT AND THAT WAS OSCAR MARSHALL. OSCAR MARSHALL CAME STARTING THE BANKING BUSINESS IN TENNESSEE CAME OUT TO CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY  LA VERNE AND REALLY NEVER LEFT THE COMMUNITY. HE WAS AN AVID MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AND IT WAS PROBABLY BECAUSE OF OSCAR MARSHALL THAT THE GRADUATE CHURCH WAS ACTUALLY BUILT. HE WAS THE ONE THAT PUT TOGETHER SCOTT [INAUDIBLE] WHO IT'S [INAUDIBLE] CHAPEL AND WHO WAS THE LARGEST BENEFACTOR AND BECAUSE OF THAT PART OF THE BUILDINGS ARE NAMED MARSHALL HALL SUNDAY SCHOOL ROOMS A CHURCH OFFICE AND SO FORTH. IF YOU ARE DOWNTOWN AND YOU LOOK AT CHASE'S. I KNOW CHRIS YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS BUT WHEN HE TOOK IT OVER THERE WAS A HUGE VAULT IN IT. THAT VAULT WAS LEFT OVER FROM THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF LA VERNE. I CAN SEE SOMEBODY IN HERE THAT I KNOW WAS IN THAT BANK. AND HE WAS A CITIZEN OF THE YEAR IN 1955 THE UNIVERSITY HAD A SPECIAL APPRECIATION FOR HIM. HE WAS GIVEN A DAY AN OSCAR MARSHALL DAY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED PEOPLE I THINK IN THE HISTORY OF THIS TOWN AND THAT BANK THAT HE BUILT THAT BRICK BUILDING WAS KNOWN AS OSCAR'S BANK. NOT CHASE'S NOT THE BOOKSTORE NOT WELLS FARGO THAT WAS OSCAR'S BANK AND ANYBODY THAT'S BEEN HERE A LONG TIME WILL TELL YOU THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY THE NAME SO I ATE LUNCH TODAY AT OSCAR'S BANK TODAY. SO ANYWAY WHO'S THE OWNERS OF THIS HOUSE.  GREAT YOU GOT A GREAT HOUSE AND A GREAT HERITAGE. THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE TWO OF THE PEOPLE ARE. WELL SARAH [INAUDIBLE] WAS OSCAR'S DAUGHTER AS YOU KNOW. SHE WAS A BANKER SHE STAYED IN LA VERNE AND WORKED IN THE BANK HER WHOLE CAREER AND STAYED THERE AFTER OSCAR RETIRED. SO SHE NEVER LEFT LA VERNE I'M NOT SURE SHE LIVED HERE BUT I THINK SO.

CHARLES RETIRED AS A CITY EMPLOYEE AND HIS HOUSE HE LIVED OUT ON BONITA IN 1700  BLOCK JUST THIS SIDE IT WAS ACROSS THE STREET  FROM THE UNIVERSITY. SO THAT'S WHERE HIS HOUSE HIS TWO DAUGHTERS STILL LIVE IN THAT HOUSE. SO CHUCK WAS HIS FIRST NAME NOT CHARLES. SO NOW YOU KNOW WE'RE ALL 4 OF THEM WERE RIGHT.

GOOD JOB. SO CONGRATULATIONS ON BOTH FOR BUYING THIS HOUSE AND I LOVE THIS BECAUSE THESE HOUSES ARE GOING TO LOOK SPECTACULAR HERE PRETTY SOON AND WE'LL BE VERY PROUD OF THAT. THANK YOU.  OK. WE'LL MOVE TO ITEM 7 UNDER OTHER MATTERS

[Adoption of Ordinance No. 1087, Establishment of Oversight Committee and Adoption of Spending Guidelines for 0.75% Sales Tax Measure]

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COMPRISED IS EXPECTED TO MEET AT LEAST A MINIMUM OF THREE TIMES ONCE AT THE TIME OF THE BUDGET PREPARATION BEFORE THE BUDGET IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO COUNCIL. SECONDLY AT THE MID-YEAR PRIOR TO COUNCIL GETTING THEIR MID-YEAR REPORT TO REVIEW THE DOLLARS THAT HAD COME IN VERSUS PROJECTIONS AND THEN THE LAST TIME WOULD BE ONCE THE BOOKS ARE CLOSED FOR THE YEAR TO DETERMINE THAT THE DOLLARS WERE USED AS PRESCRIBED IN ANY OF THE LEFTOVER DOLLARS THAT MAY BE WERE ANTICIPATED TO BE USED THAT OTHERWISE DIDN'T THAT CAN BE DIRECTED INTO A SPECIFIED RESERVE FUND. SO THE  ADOPTION OF THIS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WOULD BE ANTICIPATED SHOULD THE TAX MEASURE PASS TO GIVE IT SHAPE NOW SO THAT ONCE IT DOES WE CAN BEGIN ADVERTISING FOR THE POSITION IN THE FIRST PART OF MARCH SO WE CAN GET A BOARD UP AND RUNNING. OF COURSE THE SELECTION OF THE INDIVIDUALS WOULD BE SIMILAR TO THAT OF ANY OTHER COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION. IT WOULD BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL THE FULL COUNCIL TO INTERVIEW THE CANDIDATES AND SELECT THE TOP FIVE THAT SHOULD FIT INTO THAT POSITION. THE SECOND PART IS THE SPENDING GUIDELINES AND REALLY THE SPENDING GUIDELINES FALL INTO TWO TIERS IF YOU WILL. THERE'S WHAT IS THE FIRST TIER WHICH IS THE PREDOMINANT AMOUNT OF THE ADDITIONAL THREE MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE EXPECT TO GENERATE THAT WILL BE DIRECTED TOWARDS SUPPORTING THE COMPENSATION PRACTICE THAT WE'VE HAD IN PAST AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE. AND THAT AS WELL AS THEN WHATEVER ADDITIONAL AMOUNT WHICH WE ANTICIPATE TO BE BETWEEN FIVE AND SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. THE COUNCIL WILL ESTABLISH THE GUIDELINES WHICH WE'VE LISTED WHAT STAFF SUGGESTS THAT THEY SHOULD BE. CERTAINLY COUNCIL CAN PROVIDE SOME DIRECTION ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AS THE SPENDING GUIDELINES BECAUSE THEY ARE ULTIMATELY THE COUNCIL'S DIRECTION TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD. WITH THAT THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW ON AN ANNUAL BASIS HOW THE SPENDING GUIDELINES HOW THE DOLLARS FIT WITHIN THAT THE COUNCIL'S INTENT MAKING A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT. AND ALSO IDENTIFIES THAT THE DOLLARS WILL BE HELD INTO A SEPARATE IDENTIFIED FUND WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND BUT THEY WILL BE CALLED OUT SEPARATELY SO THAT THEY CAN BE CLEARLY FOUND EACH YEAR HOW MUCH IS REMAINING OF RESERVES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT WAS ACTUALLY USED. SO I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AT THIS POINT REGARDING THE TWO RESOLUTIONS BUT WE WOULD ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE SECOND READING AS WELL AS THE TWO RESOLUTIONS. QUESTIONS.GOOD EVENING MY NAME IS HEATHER HILLS I RESIDE AT 2729 THIRD STREET. I'M HERE OFFICIALLY TO IF THE SALES TAX DOES INDEED PASS BY THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE I'M TOSSING MY HAT IN TO BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT MEMBERS. SOME OF YOU KNOW I WORKED FOR 25 YEARS FOR METRO THE COUNTY WIDE AUTHORITY FOR L.A. COUNTY AND I HAVE HAD EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE OF MEASURE R AND MEASURE M. I KNOW ABOUT GUIDELINES AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES AND I WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN ALL THOSE I KNOW ABOUT THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY AND I DEALT WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. AND BESIDES THAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. I CARE ABOUT LA VERNE. AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MY EXPERIENCE AND MY HEART INTO THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HEATHER. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS. OKAY. WE WILL MOVE IT BACK.

ANY THOUGHTS COMMENTS. TIM. NO LIKE I SAID BEFORE TAX IS NOT AN EASY THING TO DO. BUT I THINK IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR CITY AS IT IS IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE PASS THIS AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AND I'M IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF THIS MEASURE. THANK YOU TIM.  CHARLIE. I WOULD VOICE THE SAME OPINION. THE REQUIRED AMOUNTS  OF MONEY WE NEED TO KEEP THE CITY SOLVENT AND KEEP THE CITY IN THE SAME STATUS AS WE HAVE NOW WOULD REQUIRE AN INCREASE IN TAXES. AGAIN AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF

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[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL CITY STAFF IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TONIGHT I THINK JUST TO HEAR THE CAROLERS. WE TALKED THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND WE COULD HAVE CALLED IT AT THAT. BUT AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS ASKED BY COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN TO KNOW THE TRUTH. SO MR. HEPBURN THAT'S WHAT I BROUGHT TONIGHT WAS THE TRUTH. YOU ASKED FOR IT AND I'M BRINGING IT TO YOU. SO I WANTED TO GO BACK ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAD SAID TIM AT THE LAST MEETING. AFTER A COUPLE OF US SPOKE YOU CALLED US OUT BY NAME AND YOU SAID KNOW THE FACTS KNOW THE TRUTH. SO I BROUGHT THAT TONIGHT. I'LL TRY TO BE BRIEF AND GET THROUGH THIS BECAUSE SOME OF IT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME BUT I'M GOING TO LEAVE YOU WITH JUST WHAT YOU ASKED ME FOR AND THAT STARTS WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE IN THIS CITY 2.04.110 AND THAT REALLY STATES THAT THIS GENTLEMAN RIGHT HERE THE CITY MANAGER HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR CITY STAFF NOT THE CITY COUNCIL. IT ALSO GOES FURTHER TO SAY STATE THAT NO ORDERS SHOULD BE GIVEN TO ANY OF HIS SUBORDINATES INCLUDING THE FIRE CHIEF AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IN NOVEMBER THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL DEMAND THE REMOVAL OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE CITY MANAGER SO REST ON THAT FOR A SECOND BECAUSE THERE'S MORE TO FOLLOW ON THAT. YOU HAD STATED AT THE LAST MEETING THAT AS IT RELATES TO THE BROWN

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FURTHER ON IN THE MINUTES OUR CITY ATTORNEY MR. KRESS MADE THESE COMMENTS STATED THAT THERE WAS NO FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN WHICH WAS STATED AT THE LAST MEETING ASKING WHY THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION. BUT THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION BECAUSE MR. HEPBURN STATED THAT HE WAS I'M SORRY MR. KRESS STATED THAT HE WAS IN THE ROOM WHEN COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN CONFESSED TO COUNSEL THAT HE DISCLOSED CLOSED SESSION INFORMATION AND APOLOGIZED TO THEM. SO THIS IS CITY RECORD YOU WANTED THE FACTS. I BROUGHT THEM TONIGHT. THAT'S THE CITY RECORD FROM JANUARY 22ND OF THIS YEAR. AND I WANT TO GO ON FURTHER. I'LL TRY TO BE REAL BRIEF WITH THESE WHAT I BROUGHT TO LIGHT WAS ALSO THE TEXT MESSAGES FROM THE LAWSUIT BETWEEN YOU AND THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE AND I'LL TRY TO READ THESE QUICKLY SO WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS. THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE STATES IN FEBRUARY 6 2018. THIS IS BEFORE THEY FILED A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE AGAINST THE CHIEF AND THIS WAS DURING LABOR NEGOTIATIONS. SO THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

UNION SAYS GOOD MORNING. CRAZY NIGHT. GUYS THANK YOU FOR THE FIGHT. I HOPE THE CLOSED MEETING WENT BETTER. WE ARE CONFUSED ON THE 10 PERCENT THING. WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT VOTE AND MR. HEPBURN RESPONDS THE 10 PERCENT IS GONE AND THEY ARE ENFORCING THE MOU, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. COUPLE WEEKS LATER ON FEBRUARY 28 THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE SAYS TO MR. HEPBURN. GOOD MORNING. ANY BEHIND THE SCENES COMMENTS ABOUT FRIDAY'S MEETING MR. HEPBURN. YES I WILL CALL YOU SOON. COUPLE WEEKS LATER ON MARCH 21ST AND THIS IS KIND OF IN MY OPINION, I'VE GIVEN YOU FACTUAL FORM TO GIVE YOU MY OPINION. THIS IS THE MOST DISGUSTING TEXT MESSAGE THAT I'M GOING TO READ TONIGHT BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE LAWSUIT IN DOWNEY WHICH I REFERENCED ON THIS PODIUM MANY MANY TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS. THIS IS THE UNION REP TO MR. HEPBURN. HELLO. SO DOWNEY DID END UP PAYING ALMOST 10 MILLION. THIS CITY HIRED THREE DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS TO REPRESENT PEOPLE, JPIA WHICH IS THE INSURER PAID A LARGE PORTION. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DOWNEY PAID, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH A LITTLE MISTAKE IN THEIR TEXT BUT IT SAYS HERE HOW MUCH DOWNEY HAD TO PAY THEM INSURANCE KICKED IN. I GUESS IT WAS THEN INSURANCE KICKED IN. BUT JPIA WAS PISSED THAT DOWNEY USED THREE DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS. I BELIEVE I HEARD LV,  LAVERNE HAS ONE MILLION IN COVERAGE AND THEN THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR THE REST DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE. I KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ACCESS TO JPIA AND WHAT THEY PAID OVER IN DOWNEY I JUST HEARD THREE AND I JUST DELIVERED 350 FLYERS TO THIRTY EIGHT HUNDRED BRADFORD. THEY LOVE US THERE. YOU ALSO KNOW THEY CAME UP TO THE OFFICE NOT [INAUDIBLE] APRIL 25TH JUST BEFORE THE MAY 8TH VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE. UNION REP GOOD MORNING. ANYTHING GOOD LEAK OUT OF YOUR MEETING. COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN CALL ME. COUPLE OF DAYS AFTER THEY FILED THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE AGAINST THE FIRE CHIEF THE UNION REPRESENTATIVE. I WILL ASK FOR A RECEIPT. COUNCIL DIDN'T DIRECT THE OFFER GIVE GIVEN ON NUMBER THREE WHICH IS IN REFERENCE TO THE INFORMATION GOING ON IN CLOSED SESSION. DON'T REMEMBER. WAS MORE CONCERNED ABOUT NEW HIRES OVER ACTIVE EMPLOYEES. IN REGARDS TO LEAVING ALL ALONE WITH ACTIVE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYEES UNION REP. HI TIM,  JUST CURIOUS DID YOU EVEN SEE OUR LIST FOR THE NEGOTIATION. I KNOW THEY WERE CRAZY JUST A PART OF THE GAME. THANKS. SO THOSE ARE TEXT

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MUNICIPAL CODE VIOLATION. JIM CAN YOU WRAP IT UP. YES I WILL. ABSOLUTELY. IN THE LET ME JUST I'LL END HERE. I'LL SKIP OVER SOME OF THIS OTHER STUFF. UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS VERY GOOD. BUT THESE ARE THE VIOLATIONS IN THE CLAIM BY CHIEF JANKOWSKI. THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS REPORTED BACK IN TO THE CITY IN MAY ON MAY 2ND OF THIS YEAR AND NEVER ONCE BROUGHT UP BY ANYBODY IN THESE CHAMBERS. NEVER. NEVER ONCE DID WE TALK ABOUT THIS YET WE TALKED ABOUT 18 MONTHS ABOUT THE LAWSUIT THAT WAS BROUGHT BY THE FIREFIGHTERS. THE FIRE CHIEF HAD HIS RIGHTS AS THE SAME AS THAT AS THE ONES THAT YOU FOUGHT FOR. AND NOW WHAT THIS HAS COST US BECAUSE IN HERE IT NAMES THE CITY BUT YOU SPECIFICALLY COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN AND IT LOOKS LIKE ME. THIS IS NOT PUBLIC YET BUT BASED ON WHAT HE HAS WRITTEN HERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS. HE'S ASKING FOR THREE YEARS SEVERANCE WHICH IS PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH. IF YOU LOOK AT TRANSPARENT CALIFORNIA WHICH I ALSO HAVE HERE THAT WOULD COME TO ABOUT FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS I COUNT ELEVEN VIOLATIONS AT LEAST IN THIS CLAIM AT TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND APIECE. THAT'S TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND. SO ABOUT NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND ADDITIONALLY ON TOP OF THE 5.5 MILLION PLUS LEGAL FEES. OK.

NOW AT THE NOVEMBER THIS IS MY LAST STATEMENT I'LL CLOSE. AT NOVEMBER 18TH AT THE COUNCIL MEETING. YOU CALLED MY COMMENTS A CHARACTER ASSASSINATION AND I HOPE I'VE DEMONSTRATED TO YOU TONIGHT THAT THIS IS REALLY A CHARACTER REVIEW AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE FACTS. OKAY. [APPLAUSE] YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP TO COME UP DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? THE LADY IN THE. OH WE DON'T HAVE TIME LIMITS. NO THERE IS NO TIME. WE'VE NEVER HAD TIME LIMITS. WE'VE. NO. WE DON'T HAVE TIME LIMITS. YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ONCE ON AN ISSUE BUT YOU CAN SPEAK FOR. IF YOU WANT TO COME UP AND SPEAK. I'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE YOU. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT.

RICK BOWEN. I DID NOT WANT TO SPEAK TONIGHT. I WAS HOPING WE COULD CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY SEASON WITHOUT THIS CONTINUAL CHARACTER ASSASSINATION. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS. THOSE TEXTS I READ THEM. THEY'RE IN THE LAWSUIT. THEY'RE PART OF MR. HEPBURN'S DEPOSITION. NOTHING WAS SHARED. YOU KNOW IT. MR. MURPHY KNOWS IT.

AND IF YOU READ IT IT NEVER SAYS HE SHARED ONE THING. CALL ME. SO FAR AS I KNOW THAT'S STILL A FREEDOM THAT EVERYONE IS ALLOWED EVEN IN THIS CITY. AND SHAME ON ALL OF YOU FOR ALLOWING THIS MAN TO CONTINUE THIS. AND I'M SURE IT WILL GO ON FOR A LONG TIME BECAUSE YOU GUYS CONDONE IT. SHAME ON YOU AGAIN. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. THANK YOU RICK MCGURN. I WOULD REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DISCUSS CONSIDER SETTING THE TIME LIMIT SO PEOPLE CAN'T GET UP AND JUST RAMBLE ON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU RICK. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL OK. CHRIS. COUNCIL

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AND I'M HERE WITH THE DOCUMENT SIGNED BY MISS WILKINSON DROPPING THE LAWSUIT. THERE WAS NO SETTLEMENT OF OUR CASE. SHE DROPPED IT FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE COURT DATE WAS TO TO OCCUR. SO IN ORDER TO PUT THIS TO BED ONE LAST TIME CHASES DID NOTHING WRONG.

CHRIS AND SUSAN DID NOTHING WRONG. WE ARE A BUSINESS THAT'S TRYING TO HELP THE CITY GROW GROW WITH ITS SALES TAX REVENUE EVEN THOUGH THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS DISCUSSION ONGOING BY PEOPLE WHO KEEP BRINGING UP THE NEGATIVITY OF CHASES. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE TO EXPLORE THE ORIGINS OF WHERE THIS CAME FROM AND HOW SOME OF THESE CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE VOTED AGAINST THE LOAN FOR CHASE'S THEN THAT'S WHY IT KEEPS COMING UP. BUT AS THE PROCESS CONTINUES TO GO ON THE FACTS NEED TO BE BROUGHT FORTH. HOW THIS FINANCIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHASE'S OF THE CITY HAS NOW BEEN FORMALIZED INTO A LOAN PROGRAM THAT THE CITY OFFERS ALL BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR AND YET IT'S STILL PERCEIVED IN SOME OF THESE CIRCLES AS A NEGATIVE. IT IS NOT A NEGATIVE IT'S A POSITIVE THING. IT'S A POSITIVE THING WHAT THIS CITY DID AND CHASE'S IS THRIVING AND IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT PROGRAM WORKS. SO ONCE AGAIN MISS WILKINSON SUED US IMPROPERLY FOR WHAT THE REASONS WERE. WE STILL DON'T KNOW NO OTHER [INAUDIBLE] AND SHE DROPPED THE LAWSUIT. THERE WAS NO SETTLEMENT. HERE'S THE FACTS AND I WOULD INVITE MR BOWEN TO COME TALK TO ME ABOUT IT IF HE'D LIKE TO. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS. KATHY. KATHY [INAUDIBLE]. THIRD STREET. I WAS ALSO CALLED OUT AT THE LAST MEETING BY NAME AS NEEDING TO AS DOING A CHARACTER ASSASSINATION AND NEEDING TO HAVE THE FACTS AND MY FACTS ARE THE SAME AS WHAT JIM PRESENTED. BUT THE REASON WHY BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SAID OH GET OVER IT GET OVER IT. THE REASON WHY WE'RE TALKING NOW IS FOR OVER 18 MONTHS WE WATCHED PEOPLE PEOPLE LIKE MR BOWEN STAND UP AND SAY SHAME ON YOU TO THE COUNCIL. EVERYBODY ELSE I SAW ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE ACTUAL CHARACTER ASSASSINATION WHERE THEY WERE CALLED THE GANG OF FOUR AGAINST OUR YOU KNOW THEIR PERSON THAT THEY ADMIRED AND I ADMIRE THESE OTHER PEOPLE. I ADMIRE A LOT OF THINGS. ALSO THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN DOES BUT A LOT OF THE THINGS I FELT WERE INAPPROPRIATE. SO LAST MEETING I SPOKE TO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE THOSE WERE ON THE AGENDA BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT WHEN WE TELL OUR SIDE OF THE STORY ARE THE OTHER FOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS OH WE'RE BAD.

IT'S A CHARACTER ASSASSINATION. THEY GET HEATED AND ANGRY STORM OUT OF THE ROOM AND WE WANT OUR SAY. I'D LIKE TO GET OVER THIS BUT I THINK UNTIL WE CLEAR THE AIR AND EVERYBODY GETS TO TELL THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY I DON'T THINK WE CAN SHAKE HANDS AND FORGIVE EACH OTHER AND MOVE FORWARD. I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THIS UNDERLINING RESENTMENT FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS. LAST MEETING PEOPLE TALKED OF THE TEXT MESSAGES THAT SAID SOME VERY UNFLATTERING THINGS ABOUT THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT THE UNION LEADERS HAD TO SAY ABOUT OUR OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS. AND I JUST THINK THAT SOMEHOW WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT BOTH SIDES. WE NEED TO SHAKE HANDS AND WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO THAT UNTIL WE CLEAR THE AIR. THE OTHER THING JUST TO CLARIFY. THEY SET TIME LIMITS WHEN WE'RE IN THE BIG ROOM BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OFFICIAL TIME LIMIT IN HERE. SO ANYWAY THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. GILBERT.  GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. GILBERT IVY 5430 EDGEWOOD DRIVE LA VERNE CALIFORNIA. I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A DEFINITION OF CHARACTER ASSASSINATION. THE MALICIOUS AND UNJUSTIFIED HARMING OF A PERSON'S GOOD REPUTATION. THAT MEANS PEOPLE WERE LYING

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WELL I DIDN'T EVEN ANSWER IT BECAUSE I KNEW NOTHING ABOUT IT. WHY DOES MY NAME COME UP. I DON'T KNOW. ANYWAYS THIS IS I ASKED YOU GUYS THIS TIME LAST LAST MEETING. ARE WE GOING TO RUN THE ELECTION HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO. WE'RE GOING TO JUST START TEARING, TEARING THE MAYOR APART TEARING HIM APART AND RUN EVERYTHING HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I MEAN ISN'T THIS SHOULD BE DONE OUTSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL. ISN'T THIS FOR BUSINESS THE CITY BUSINESS. THE CITY IS NEVER GONNA HEAL LIKE THIS IT'S NEVER GOING TO HEAL.

HAVING THIS COME UP THE CITY COUNCIL ALL THE TIME THIS SHOULD BE DONE WHEREVER THE CAMPAIGNS ARE DONE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I KNOW THESE I MEAN IT'S OBVIOUS. LET'S JUST CALL IT WHAT IT IS. IT'S A IT'S A TEAR DOWN OF TIM'S CHARACTER AND A BUILD UP OF THE MAYORS. THAT'S ALL IT IS. AND I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST EITHER OF THEM I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST ANY OF YOU BUT THIS HAS TO BE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IT'S THE CITY'S BUSINESS HERE NOT WHAT'S HAPPENED. I'VE HEARD ALL THIS STUFF A

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SO LET'S HAVE THE CAMPAIGN OUTSIDE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HAVE CITY BUSINESS HERE. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO BE HERE ALL NIGHT AND HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. OK. THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE] LIKE RICK I WAS PLANNING [INAUDIBLE] TONIGHT. FIRST NAME. HUGH KELLY. WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. I KEEP FORGETTING. NOT EVERYBODY DOES. I KNOW YOU'RE MY SILENT SERVICE VETERAN FRIEND. IN ANY EVENT MERRY MUDSLINGING SEASON BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL. AND IT REALLY IS EMBARRASSING TO THIS GREAT CITY. THE ONLY THING I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH IS I HEAR THE WORD FACT THROWN OUT BUT ALL I HEAR IS INNUENDO OPINION AND MALARKEY. I CLEANED IT UP. THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS WELL WRAP IT UP THIS WAY IN GILBERT'S WORDS THIS IS LA VERNE WE ONLY WORRY ABOUT COYOTES. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL? JERRY. JERRY [INAUDIBLE]  LA VERNE. [INAUDIBLE] ST. GOOD EVENING MEMBERS MAYOR HEPBURN AND [INAUDIBLE]  AND OUR CITY STAFF. LAST WEEK THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA. AND I LISTENED TO A LOT OF IT AND I WALKED AWAY WITH SOME UNANSWERED CONCERNS. I UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS WHAT WAS WHAT WAS PLACED ON THE AGENDA AND HOW IT'S WORDED. I UNDERSTAND HOW IT WAS CHANGED AND IT HAD TO DO WITH NOT WHO THE FIRE CHIEF IS GOING TO REPORT TO IT WASN'T A REPORT. IT WASN'T ABOUT HIM REPORTING TO THE CITY MANAGER BUT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

BUT THEN THAT GOT CHANGED TO WHERE THE PERSON WAS GOING TO BE HIRED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND OUR PROBLEM WITH THAT. BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS IF A PERSON A DEPARTMENT HEAD IS GOING TO REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND NOT TO THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR CITY MANAGER THAT REALLY REALLY DISTORTS THE ORGANIZATIONAL INTEGRITY IT DESTROYS IT ORDINATION OF INTEGRITY THAT IT RESULTS IN ORGANIZATIONAL DYSFUNCTION AND CHAOS. BECAUSE YOU HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT A COUNCIL MEMBER IS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLED THINGS LIKE WORKER'S COMPENSATION STATE DISABILITY PERSONNEL ISSUES INSURANCE CAPITAL CAPITAL BUDGET ITEMS AND THE BUDGET ITSELF HAS TO WORK THROUGH THE HAS TO WORK THROUGH THE NORMAL PROCESS OR YOU DESTROY IT. AND I HOPE IT WAS NOT A THINLY VEILED ATTACK UPON OUR VERY FINE CITY MANAGER. I'VE HAD PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH WITH MR. RUSSI AND I FOUND HIM TO BE VERY PROFESSIONAL IN EVERYTHING'S DOES. AND I THINK THAT YOU'RE A MARK OF A OF A CITY MANAGER AS A STAFF THAT THEY HAVE ASSEMBLED AND WE HAVE A FINE STAFF.

I'VE HAD AN INTERCHANGE WITH CHIEF [INAUDIBLE] EVERYTHING HAS ALWAYS BEEN PROFESSIONAL AND ALL THAT. AND IF IT WAS AN ATTACK UPON HIM I WOULD JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE A NEIGHBORING CITY UPLAND WHO HAS GONE THROUGH FOUR OR FIVE CITY MANAGERS IN THE LAST HALF A DOZEN YEARS. NOW MY OLDEST DAUGHTER HER FAMILY LIVES IN UPLAND AND WE HAVE FRIENDS IN UPLAND. AND ACCORDING TO THEM IT IS ALL POLITICAL ATTACKS AND WHY THEY CANNOT KEEP A CITY MANGER. I HOPE THAT'S NOT TRUE HERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHEN WE. MY WIFE AND I FIRST CAME TO LA VERNE IN THE EARLY 60S. WE LIVED HERE A YEAR AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES TOOK ME ELSEWHERE AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME BACK IN 1970 AND BEEN HERE SINCE THEN. AND I'VE ALWAYS BEEN HAD A SENSE OF COMFORT KNOWING THAT WE HAD A GOOD CITY GOVERNMENT WHEN THE DAYS OF GEORGE CASWELL TO PRESENT. WE'VE  HAD A CITY GOVERNMENT THAT MADE GOOD PRUDENT FINANCIAL DECISIONS AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE IN A POSITION THAT WE ARE TODAY WITH A CREDIT RATING THAT WE HAVE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A WAS WHETHER THAT WAS SOMEBODY THAT CONVINCED COUNCILMAN HEPBURN TO BRING THAT UP AS ATTACK ON THE

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A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO WE HAD THE CAR SHOW WHICH THERE WAS A FEW I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE WENT.

BUT THERE WAS A FEW CARS THAT I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY LIFE. THEY WERE CUSTOM CUSTOM CUSTOM AND I WAS LIKE I WAS IN AWE. IT WAS IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL DAY. AMAZING WEATHER. AND BEFORE THE CAR SHOW IT WAS THE HISTORICAL BIKE RIDE. SO WE WENT AND I WAS ABLE TO WATCH THEM GO OFF AND THEN I HAD TO GET OVER TO THE CAR SHOW BUT THERE WAS THERE WAS A GOOD DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE THAT WENT ON THE BIKE RIDE. AND WAS IT WHEN THE 14TH IS WINTER WONDERLAND. WINTER WONDERLAND THE 14TH. 9 TO 1, 9 TO 1. GOT IT. I GOT IT. THAT'S AMAZING. BRING YOUR YOUR KIDS YOUR GRANDKIDS. IT'S SO MUCH FUN. I'VE BEEN GOING TO THIS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND THE KIDS HAVE A GREAT TIME JUST AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT TIME. AND MR. [INAUDIBLE] ON YOUR COMMENT ON THE SENIORS ROTARY IT WAS THE WEEK BEFORE THANKSGIVING WE PUT TOGETHER 75 BAGS OF THANKSGIVING WITH A TEN DOLLAR GIFT CARD FOR VONS TO GET A TURKEY AND FOR EACH FAMILY AND WE WENT AROUND TO THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES ESPECIALLY AND THEN THERE WAS I THINK [INAUDIBLE] TO SOME SENIOR APARTMENTS AND BROUGHT THEM TO THE WENT TO THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES AND PEOPLE THAT WERE IN NEED OF FOOD AND THINGS THAT DIDN'T COULDN'T COULDN'T QUITE MAKE ENDS MEET. SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT ALONG WITH I THINK THERE WAS LIKE TWELVE OR 15 ROTARIANS AND WE ALL HIT OUR AREA AND BROUGHT THE BASKETS AND

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PLEASE KEEP THEM IN YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND LET THEM COME HOME SAFE. THANK YOU CHARLIE. ROBIN. I WANT TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS TONIGHT. I WANT US ALL TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING. FOR THE LAST TWENTY FIVE YEARS MY FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY I SERVE THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND THAT WAS TRULY ONE OF THE GREATEST TIMES OF MY LIFE BECAUSE YOU'RE IMPACTING KIDS ALL THAT'S GOING ON IN THIS COMMUNITY AND WITH  FACEBOOK NEXT DOOR. THESE NASTY COMMENTS ALL I CAN THINK OF IS A YOUNG YOUTH THAT ARE READING THESE COMMENTS AND THEY GET DISGUSTED OR IT BRINGS OUT THE MEANNESS IN OTHERS. LET'S STOP THAT NEXT DOOR. I'VE READ A COUPLE AND IT'S JUST IT IS AND I DON'T LIKE THE WORD CHARACTER ASSASSINATION BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT ANYONE'S TRYING TO DO WE'RE GROWN ADULTS BUT I THINK THE MUDSLINGING, HUGH, I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD WORD. THE MUDSLINGING.

IT'S NOT NECESSARY. OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS EVERY ONE OF US HAVE BEEN HIT WITH MUDSLINGING. WHETHER IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA OR IF IT'S FACE TO FACE I HAD BROUGHT UP LAST MONTH THAT I WANT THE FACTS TO COME OUT BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE ASKED. AND THAT'S ALL THIS IS NOW. AND YOU WERE HEARD FOR 18 MONTHS. THE OTHERS WANT TO BE HEARD NOW SO PEOPLE CAN EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS GET THE INFORMATION OUT. BUT FROM THIS MOMENT ON LET'S STOP THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ON NEXT DOOR. LET'S TRY TO BE POSITIVE. THINK EVERY TIME YOU WRITE SOMETHING WHAT CHILDREN OR YOUNG ADULTS ARE READING THIS TO AND WHAT THEY THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE JUST TUNING YOU OUT BECAUSE IT'S DISGUSTING. AND AS FAR AS OUR FIREFIGHTERS GETTING INVOLVED IN NEXT DOOR I READ A COUPLE AND THAT'S DISGUSTING. THERE ARE CITY EMPLOYEES AND I RESPECT EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE. BUT I DON'T RESPECT WHEN THEY START INSULTING COUNCIL MEMBERS WHERE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WHICH I RESPECT EVERYBODY UP HERE IS GIVING THEIR OWN TIME AND ENERGY TO MAKE THIS A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY. SO I ASK EVERYBODY PLEASE JUST REALLY GIVE IT SOME THOUGHT WHAT COMES OUT OF YOUR MOUTH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

LAST TUESDAY WE HAD OUR MONTHLY YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING AND I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT BECAUSE I WAS ASKED TO WRITE SOME STUFF AND I WAS SHOCKED AT ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. BUT I'D LIKE TO START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT AN EXECUTIVE BOARD EXECUTIVE MEMBER OF THE YOUTH AND FAMILY DENISE FISHER HAS AND SHE'S A PAST JACK HUNTINGTON AWARD WINNER WHICH MEANS SHE'S A CITIZEN OF THE YEAR AND A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO SHE STARTED A PROGRAM TO HELP LEROY [INAUDIBLE] AND DAVID [INAUDIBLE] HAVE A BETTER CHRISTMAS. AND SO SHE HAS REACHED OUT AND PROBABLY HAS A HUNDRED PEOPLE THAT ARE HELPING DONATE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS EACH OR MORE TO GIVE GIFTS TO DAVID MARGARET HOME RESIDENTS AND [INAUDIBLE]. WELL RECENTLY THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN DAVID MARGARET AND THE GIRLS HAD ALREADY FILLED OUT THEIR REQUESTS AND THEN ALMOST WITHIN A FEW DAYS THERE WAS A CHANGE AND A LOT OF THOSE GIRLS WERE RELOCATED. NOT THIS WEEKEND BUT THE WEEKEND BEFORE AND I DON'T THINK SHE SLEPT BUT EVERY ONE OF THOSE GIRLS THAT WERE RELOCATED RECEIVED THEIR CHRISTMAS PACKAGES OF THEIR REQUESTED

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