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GOOD EVENING, LADIES, AND GENTLEMEN. I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE ORDER OF THE CLOSED SESSION MEETING FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2026 AT 5:30 P.M. MR.DILLMER, ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
MAYOR PRO TEM KASHIFALGHITA IS ABSENT.
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THE CITY COUNCIL WILL MEET IN CLOSED SESSION FOR THE FOLLOWING. CITY ATTORNEY HALL BARLOW, PLEASE READ THE CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR THE RECORD AND LET US KNOW IF THERE WILL BE ANY REPORT OUT AFTERWARDS. YES, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WE HAVE CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6. NEGOTIATORS ARE THE CITY MANAGER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND CITY ATTORNEY.EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS INVOLVED ARE LAVERNE GENERAL UNIT, LAVERNE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LAVERNE FIRE MIDDLE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, AND ALL UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEES. WE ALSO HAVE CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
COUNSEL, EXISTING LITIGATION PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.91, CITY OF WHITTIER ET AL. V. LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT ET AL., LOS ANGELES SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ATTORNEY PAUL BARLOW. COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? NO.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME, WE'LL RECESS AT 5:31 P.M.
AND RECONVENE AT 6 O'CLOCK FOR THE STUDY SESSION.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
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THE STUDY SESSION MEETING FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD, 2026 AT 06:06 P.M.AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO CALL RACHEL BURNAPP FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER OF WEIGHTS AND MEASURES TO COME FORWARD AND REPORT ON THE GOLD-SPOTTED OAK BORER, OR GSOB, ISSUE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, I WON'T SAY IT.
YOU'RE LAUGHING AND I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT.
SO, SO, LIKE, WHEN YOU SAID IT OUT LOUD, I WAS LIKE.
IT REALLY SHOULD BE GSOB, BUT IT'S CALLED GSOB. GSOB.
RACHEL, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
AND I THINK BY THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND WHY IT SHOULD BE CALLED GSOB.
OKAY, WELL GOOD EVENING, MAYOR HEPBURN.
I WAS PREPARED TO INTRODUCE MAYOR PRO TEM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY HE'S...
WE DON'T HAVE HIS FIGURINE, HE IS ON VACATION.
AND THEN ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY, COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON, AND...
WE ARE HONORED HERE TONIGHT TO PRESENT BEFORE YOU A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
FIRST, FIRST OF ALL, THE CITY OF LA VERNE IS A BEAUTIFUL CITY.
THOSE WHO LIVE HERE ARE SO LUCKY.
AND WHILE I'M NOT TOO FAMILIAR WITH THE ENTIRE CITY, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE HERE THAT MARSHALL CANYON IS TRULY A MAGICAL PLACE BECAUSE OF ITS INTACT, PROTECTED, CLOSE-LIFE OAK WOODLANDS.
IT'S A TREMENDOUS GEM TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE WILDLIFE THAT LIVE THERE, AND ALSO THE NATIVE PLANTS THAT CALL IT HOME.
SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR PROTECTING IT.
I ALSO WANT TO TELL YOU THANK YOU BECAUSE MARSHALL CANYON, WELL, BECAUSE YOU ALSO ARE HELPING TO PROTECT THE REST OF THE OAKS IN THE COUNTY AND BEYOND, AS MARSHALL CANYON IS THE PERFECT TRAINING GROUND.
AND WE ARE BRINGING OTHERS HERE TO LEARN ABOUT IT, SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, SO THEN THEY CAN ALSO GO OUT TO THEIR OTHER OAK TREES AND LOOK FOR IT THERE AS WELL.
SO TONIGHT WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT A TRUE TREE KILLER UNFORTUNATELY.
IT'S AN INVASIVE NON-NATIVE BEETLE CALLED THE GOLD-SLOTTED SPOTTED OAK BORER, OR G-SOB, AND TO GIVE YOU A STATUS ON THE LAVERNE INFESTATION FOUND HERE.
SO FROM NOW ON, I'LL SAY G-SOB, BUT THINK IN YOUR MIND THE GOLD-SPOTTED OAK BORER.
OKAY, SO TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TEACH YOU THE GOLD-SPOTTED OAK BORER BASIN, THE HISTORY, WHAT IT ATTACKS, WHAT IT DOES TO THE TREE.
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF A TREE IS INFESTED? ITS CURRENT INFESTATION LEVEL HERE IN THE CITY OF LA
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VERNE.WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT? AND SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR MANAGEMENT GOALS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION PACKED ONTO THIS POWERPOINT, SO I'M GOING TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY.
LET ME KNOW IF I'M MOVING TOO QUICKLY.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
OKAY, SO GOLD-SPOTTED OAK BORER BASICS.
WHAT IS G-SOB? WELL, IT'S A SMALL BEETLE, LESS THAN HALF AN INCH LONG, THAT'S NATIVE TO ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO, WHERE THERE IT COEXISTS WITH THE NATIVE...
RED OAKS BECAUSE IT EXISTS THERE BECAUSE THEY EVOLVE TOGETHER.
AND THERE AS WELL, IT DOES NOT CAUSE OAK TREE MORTALITY BECAUSE NOT ONLY HAS THE OAK AND THE BEETLE EVOLVED WITH EACH OTHER, THERE'S ALSO NATURAL ENEMIES.
THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE PARASITOID WASPS THAT MAY INFEST THE LARVA.
AS WELL AS ARIZONA HAS DIFFERENT PRECIPITATION PATTERNS THAN WE DO.
IN ARIZONA, IN THE SUMMER, THEY GET MONSOONAL RAIN, AND THAT'S THE TIME IN THE G-SUB LARVA'S LIFE CYCLE THAT IT'S IMPACTING THE TREE THE MOST.
SO THERE, THE TREE IS ABLE TO SURVIVE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE OAKS ARE DRY IN THE SUMMER BECAUSE WE RECEIVE ANY PRECIPITATION USUALLY, AND AS THE G-SUB BEETLE IS HITTING IT THE HARDEST AT THAT TIME, THE TREE SIMPLY CANNOT SURVIVE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE KNOW THAT IT IS AN OAK TREE KILLER, KILLING OAK TREES WITHIN ABOUT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
THIS PHOTO, OH, I'M SORRY? SHE WAS JUST ASKING HOW IT CAME HERE.
DID IT COME FROM ARIZONA AND JUST GRAVITATED TOWARDS HERE? OR PEOPLE BRINGING WOOD, PEOPLE BRINGING PRODUCTS, AND BASICALLY INFECTING OUR...
THAT'S RINGING IN SOMETHING FOREIGN THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN HERE, BUT IT DID INDEED AND WE'RE GONNA COVER THAT IN DETAIL HERE IN JUST A MINUTE SO THIS PHOTO ACTUALLY SHOWS WHAT A G-SUB ADULT BEETLE LOOKS LIKE THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN BY DEPUTY FORRESTER WING WHEN HE WAS AT MARSHALL CANYON.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE LEAF IS POISON OAK.
ADULT BEETLES ARE ACTUALLY RARE TO SEE.
AND BECAUSE THEY USUALLY EMERGE FROM THE TREE, AND THEY'LL FLY TO THE TOP OF THE TREE AND EAT ON THE LEAVES, SO RARELY YOU SEE AN ADULT BEETLE.
THE ADULT BEETLE THAT I HAVE SHOWN ON MY COVER SLIDES, THAT'S ACTUALLY A FAKE PHOTO.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.
THEY ALSO CAN'T FLY VERY WELL.
FAR AS THEY'RE A VERY SMALL BEETLE.
THEY FLY ABOUT A MILE IF THAT ON THEIR OWN.
SO HOW DOES THIS BEETLE EXIST IN ITS TREE AND WHAT IS THE LIFE CYCLE? SO TO SHOW THIS WE HAVE TWO PHOTOS OF WOOD SLICES.
THE PHOTO IN THE UPPER LEFT SHOWS KIND OF A STRAIGHT SLICE.
OF THE TREE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE EDGE CONTAINS THE BARK AND THEN THE PHOTO IN THE LOWER LEFT IS THE SAPWOOD SO THE BARK HAS BEEN SHAVED OFF OF THAT PIECE OF TREE.
SO THE ADULT FEMALE BEETLE WILL LAY EXTREMELY TINY LITTLE EGGS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BARK.
AND WHEN THESE EGGS HATCH, LITTLE TEENY TINY LARVAE OR WORM-LIKE CRITTERS WILL THEN CHEW THEIR WAY THROUGH THE BARK.
TO GET TO THE XYLEM AND CAMBIUM.
IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH TREE ANATOMY, THE XYLEM AND CAMBIUM AREA, WHICH EXISTS BETWEEN THE SAPWOOD AND THE BARK, IS THE LIVE TISSUE THAT THE TREE NEEDS TO MOVE NUTRIENTS AND WATER UP.
AND DOWN THE TREE AS WELL AS THE TISSUE THAT EXPANDS THE DIAMETER OF THE TREE SO IT MAKES THE TREE BIGGER.
WHEN THIS AREA IS COMPROMISED THE TREE DECLINES AND WILL EVENTUALLY DIE.
SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE TERM GIRDLED, GIRDLING A TREE BEFORE AS A WAY TO KILL A TREE.
SO WHEN THE LARVA REACHES THE CAMBIUM XYLEM AREA THERE IT WILL FEED AND IT'LL GROW AND IT'LL FEAST AND IT'LL FEAST AND IT'LL PEACE.
SOME MORE AND KEEP GROWING AND YOU CAN SEE THE PHOTO ON THE RIGHT SHOWS TWO DIFFERENT SIZES OF THE LARVAE THEY'RE KIND OF GROSS ACTUALLY AND I CAN SHOW YOU WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THOSE IN A VIAL OVER THERE AS WELL AS AN ADULT BEETLE SO THEN WHEN THE LARVA GETS BIG ENOUGH, IT WILL CRAWL BACK UP THROUGH THE TOP OF THE BARK, WHERE THERE IT WILL PUPATE, MEANING IT WILL START TURNING ITSELF INTO AN ADULT BEETLE.
AND ONCE IT'S AN ADULT BEETLE, IT'LL CHEW ITS WAY OUT OF THE BARK AND EMERGE.
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BECAUSE THIS BEETLE SPECIES HAS A FLAT BOTTOM AND A ROUND BACK, WHEN IT EMERGES, ITS HOLE IS A D-SHAPED HOLE.NOW YOU NEED TO REMEMBER THE D-SHAPED HOLE.
THE HISTORY OF THE GOLD-SPOTTED OAK BORER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT IS NOT A NEW PEST.
IT'S BEEN HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FOR ABOUT 20 YEARS.
AND IT WAS FIRST DETECTED IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY IN 2004 IN A CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURAL EXOTIC WOOD BORING SURVEY.
OFFICIALLY FIGURED OUT TO BE A TREE KILLER OR LINKED TO OAK TREE MORTALITY UNTIL 2008.
SO IN JUST 20 YEARS, GSOB HAS SPREAD THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA WITH IT NOW BEING FOUND IN VENTURA COUNTY.
AND THIS MAP IS KEPT BY KIM CORELLA, WHO IS CAL FIRE'S GSOB EXPERT.
IT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR ANYONE TO LOOK AT AND CHECK THEM AND YOU CAN LOOK FOR THE WEBSITE WITH THIS CURE QR CODE.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? QUESTION.
SINCE LOOKING WHERE WE ARE, JUST EAST OF PASADENA, AND THERE'S NOT A BIG SPOT, IS THAT THAT RED DOT IS KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT? OKAY.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE IT HERE SO THAT IT'S WHERE THE TRAINS ARE FOR.
WELL, IT'S ALSO WHAT LOW PRECIPITATION IS, TOO.
YOU CAN SEE, LIKE, BORREGO SPRINGS AND DESERT STATE PARK, MY GOSH, THE CLUSTER IS A LOT.
THOSE ARE VERY DRY, DRY AREAS.
THESE ARE ALL AREAS WHERE HOST TREE SPECIES EXIST.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT HOST SPECIES IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT KIM CURL HAS GREEN SPOTS THERE OR NEGATIVE LINES.
SO THAT'S WHERE SHE'S CHECKED, AND SHE FOUND NOTHING THERE.
AND AGAIN, THIS MAP IS ONLINE, AND SHE'S ALWAYS UPDATING IT.
SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK IT UP EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.
SO CAL FIRE ALSO CREATES ZONES OF INFESTATION.
HERE IS THEIR GSOB ZONE OF INFESTATION.
AND FOR THEIR PURPOSES, WHEN ONE TREE IS FOUND IN A COUNTY, THE WHOLE COUNTY IS DEEMED INFESTED.
THAT'S JUST A WAY TO CREATE A NICE BOUNDARY.
SO WHERE HAS IT BEEN FOUND OR WHERE IS IT CURRENTLY FOUND IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY? WELL, THE FIRST FINDING WAS IN GREEN VALLEY IN 2016, BUT NOTHING REALLY WAS FOUND UNTIL YEARS LATER, UNTIL IT WAS FOUND AROUND THE SANTA CLARITA WOODLANDS.
SO WHITNEY CANYON, PLACERITA CANYON, AS WELL AS MRCA PROPERTY, EASTON RICE CANYON, AND NEW HALL.
THOSE WERE ALL FOUND IN 2023-2024, WITH VENTURA COUNTY BEING FOUND IN 2024, AND THEN MARSHALL CANYON IN APRIL OF 2025. THE STORY BEHIND HOW IT WAS FOUND HERE GOES...
SO THERE WAS SOMEONE WITH LA COUNTY FIRE FORESTRY DIVISION WHO HAD MENTIONED TO MY DEPARTMENT THAT HE WAS A LOCAL AND HE WAS FAMILIAR WITH MARSHALL CANYON AND HAD HIKED IT OVER THE YEARS.
HE HAD NOTICED OAK TREES DECLINING AND HE BROUGHT IT UP TO MY DEPARTMENT.
SO WHEN FAYEK AND I WAS ABLE TO GO OUT AND TAKE A LOOK I'M SORRY, I JUST REALIZED I TOTALLY WENT PAST MY INTRODUCTION, DIDN'T I? BUT THAT'S OKAY.
BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO INTRODUCE FIAC AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE SPIEL ABOUT MY APARTMENT.
WE'LL SKIP TO THE IMPORTANT STUFF.
SO ANYWAY, HOW IT WAS FOUND IN MARSHALL CANYON IS THAT SOMEONE TOLD US KIND OF THE TREES WERE DECLINING AND ALSO WHERE TO FIND THE TRAIL, WHICH WAS KEY.
I THINK IF SOMEONE WASN'T LOCAL AND THEY DIDN'T REALLY KNOW THE TRAIL SYSTEM,
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THEY WOULDN'T HAVE.SO FAYEK AND I WENT OUT AND TOOK A LOOK, AND WE DID SEE D-SHAPED HOLES THERE.
THIS FINDING WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY KIM CORELLA WITH CAL FIRE, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ON HER MAP, AND THEN ALSO CONFIRMED BY DEPUTY FORRESTER WYNN.
ALL RIGHT, HERE'S BACK TO YOUR QUESTION, MAYOR HEMPERIN.
SO IF THESE LITTLE BEETLES CAN'T FLY VERY FAR, HOW DID THEY GET TO CALIFORNIA? AND ONCE ESTABLISHED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, HOW ARE THEY SPREADING HERE? WELL...
WE BROUGHT IT HERE AND WE ARE SPREADING IT THROUGH INFESTED OAK FIREWOOD.
INSIDE CALIFORNIA, FIREWOOD IS NOT A REGULATED COMMODITY.
IT FREELY MOVES WITHOUT ANY REGULATION WHATSOEVER.
AND OAK FIREWOOD IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE...
EXPENSIVE, MOST DESIRABLE FIREWOOD OUT THERE.
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW IT MAKES THE GREATEST PIZZAS, RIGHT? AND AS WELL AS AMAZING BARBECUE.
SO IT IS HIGHLY DESIRED AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
WHAT OAK SPECIES ARE AT RISK HERE? WELL, HOST SPECIES INCLUDE, WELL, HERE IN CALIFORNIA, THEY INCLUDE THE CALIFORNIA BLACK OAK, THE CANYON LIVE OAK.
SOMETIMES ENGELMANN OAKS ARE IMPACTED, BUT NOT SO MUCH.
BUT PRIMARILY THE COAST LIVE OAKS.
AND OF COURSE, HERE IN LA VERNE AND IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY, WE ALL KNOW THAT COAST LIVE OAKS DO DOMINATE OUR LANDSCAPE AND THEY ARE THE ONES MOST AT RISK.
DOES GSOB ATTACK HEALTHY OR JUST DYING TREES? AND ALSO WHAT SIZE OF AGE CLASS DOES IT ATTACK? WELL, WHILE MOST PESTS ARE SECONDARY, MEANING THAT THEY ATTACK DEAD DYING TREES AND HELP DECOMPOSE AS PART OF NATURE, GSOB IS A PRIMARY PEST, MEANING IT WILL ATTACK AND KILL EVEN HEALTHY TREES.
IT WILL ALSO ATTACK SMALLER YOUNG OAKS AS LOW AS 5 INCH DBH AS WELL AS THE VERY OLD AND THE VERY LARGE OAKS.
AND IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A COAST LIVE OAK LOOKS LIKE, HERE'S A PHOTO OF ONE.
AND THE LEAVES ARE VERY SMALL, USUALLY.
THEY'RE DARK, WAXY GREEN, AND THE EDGES HAVE KIND OF A SERRATED TIP TO IT.
WHAT ARE THE SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM DAMAGES TO AN INFESTED OAK WOODLANDS? AT OUR LEVEL, IT COULD MEAN A LOSS OF RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES AS THE TRAIL BECOMES HOT.
FEWER HIKERS ARE WANTING TO HIKE IT, AS WELL AS AN ECONOMIC LOSS, BECAUSE MITIGATION REQUIRES RESOURCES, AND IT'S QUITE EXPENSIVE.
ALSO, DEAD, DYING TREES COULD ALSO MEAN A HAZARD ISSUE IF IT'S...
FOUND IN AN AREA WHERE IT CAN FALL ON SOMEONE OR A TARGET.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, ALSO DEAD DYING TREES CONTRIBUTES TO WILDFIRE FUEL LOADING WHEN IT'S FOUND NEAR A COMMUNITY.
AND LONGER TERM IMPACTS TO OUR ECOSYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT COULD BE HABITAT CONVERSION, MEANING THE OAKS AND MARSHALL CANYON DIE, WHICH REDUCES THE SHADE UNDER THE CREEK.
AND THIS, IN TURN, COULD LEAD TO IMPACTS LIKE NON-NATIVE INVASIVE SPECIES FLOORING UP AS WELL AS A, AS A INCREASED WATER TEMPERATURE IN THE CREEKS, WHICH WOULD IMPACT OUR, SENSITIVE AQUATIC SPECIES LIKE CALIFORNIA NEWTS AND ALSO OUR CALIFORNIA, TREE FROGS.
SO IT ALSO IMPACTS WILDLIFE AS WELL AS A LOSS OF WATERSHED AND SOIL EROSION PROTECTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DEPUTY FOREST NGUYEN AND HE CAN GO AHEAD AND INTRODUCE HIMSELF.
MY NAME IS WEN, DEPUTY FORESTER WITH THE AYOHE COUNTY FIRE FORESTRY DIVISION INVASIVE PEST MANAGEMENT UNIT.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO PRESENT SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING OUR OAK HEALTH.
THANK YOU, RACHEL, FOR YOUR INTRODUCTION.
I THINK I'M GOING TO THE WRONG PLACE.
SO RACHEL MENTIONED THAT GSAP.
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IT'S A PRIMARY STRESSOR THAT CAN KILL OAK TREES WITHIN THREE TO SIX YEARS.BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE LAKE OF NATURAL ENEMIES, PARASITES HERE, SO THE POPULATION CANNOT BE CONTROLLED.
THAT'S WHY IT'S DOING SO MUCH DAMAGE AND CONTINUE TO SPRAY, BECAUSE OF THE LAKE OF NATURAL ENEMIES.
SO THAT'S HOW HUMANS, WE ARE STEPPING IN AND TRYING TO...
PROVIDE SOME MITIGATION, HOPEFULLY TO SLOW DOWN THE SPREAD AND REDUCE THE POPULATION.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO HERE.
SO OUR GSARP COUNTY, GSARP TEAM, SO WHEN WE GO OUT, SO MOSTLY WE HAVE CLOSE LIVE ORCS WITHIN L.A.
THAT'S OUR NUMBER ONE ORC TREE NATIVE, ORC TREE SPECIES.
THE CITY OF LA VERNE, ALSO COAST LIVE OAK.
THE RANGE IS ALL THROUGHOUT ST.
GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, FOO HEELS, AND ALSO SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH EVERYWHERE, YOU KNOW.
SO IT CAN BECOME A BIG, HUGE PROBLEM.
NOT JUST CREATING MORE FUEL LOAD, ALSO IT'S GOING TO BE INCREASING ECONOMIC LOSS DUE TO REQUIRED TREE REMOVAL AND ALSO MITIGATION.
SO IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG PROBLEM.
SO WHEN WE GO OUT THERE, HOW DO WE KNOW ALL TREES HAVE G-SUB INFESTATION? WE KNOW THAT TREES CAN GET SICK FROM VARIOUS CAUSES, RIGHT? DROUGHT OR SOMETHING ELSE.
SO WHEN WE GO OUT, WE NEED TO SEE IF G-SUB IS PRESENT.
SO THERE, THAT'S WHY I GO OUT TO DO VERIFICATION AND TO CONFIRM IF IT'S G-SUB OR SOMETHING ELSE.
YEAH, SO THERE ARE CERTAIN VERY SPECIFIC SIGNS THAT WE ARE CHECKING ON OAK TREES.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS, SO WHEN A G-SUB, OR THOSE WHEN THEY EMERGE, THEY CREATE SOME D SHAPE.
HOLES ON THE SURFACE OF THE TRUNK.
SO THAT'S A SIGN OF PRESENCE OF G-SUB INFESTATION.
SO IT'S VERY DISTINCT TO THE G-SUB SPECIES.
NO OTHER NATIVE INSECTS THAT CAUSE THAT KIND OF EXIT HOLES ARE OAK TREES, SO ONLY G-SUB.
SO THAT'S A VERY CRITICAL SIGN TO LOOK FOR.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE ALSO SOME NATIVE INSECT PESTS OR SOME NATIVE INSECTS THAT ALSO CREATE EXIT HOLES.
BUT USUALLY THEY ARE OVAL OR ROUNDED, SO THEY ARE NOT D-SHAPED.
SO WHEN WE DO THE VERIFICATION, WE KIND OF TRY TO MAKE SURE THEY FIT THE DESCRIPTION OF A D-SHAPED EXIT HOLE.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT SIGN THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO VERIFY THE PRESENCE OF GSARP, IT'S BY LOOKING FOR THE LARVAE THAT ARE ALREADY COMING OUT, READY TO PUPATE AND BECOME ADULT.
SO WE TRY TO LOOK FOR TINY WET SPOTS ON THE BARK SURFACE, AND WE TRY TO LOOK FOR THE LARVAE THAT ARE COMING OUT TO PUPATE.
YEAH, SO HERE THE PICTURE SHOWS A TUNNEL CREATED BY G-SUB LAVA, READY TO PUPATE.
SO THEY'LL COME UP TO THE BARK SURFACE AND CREATE A CHAMBER TO PUPATE.
AND THEN THEY'LL BECOME ADULT AND MAKING A HOLE TO EXIT.
YEAH, OKAY, SO THESE TWO PICTURES HERE SHOWS THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT.
SO THAT'S A LARVA IN WE SO-CALLED A HAIR PIN STAGE.
SO WHEN, BY THE TIME THEY ARE READY TO PUPATE, SO THEY ARE FOR THEMSELVES IN HALF.
SO ENTOMOLOGIES, WE CALL THIS HAIRPIN STAGE BECAUSE THE SHAPE OF THE LAVA.
AND THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT, SO ONE HAIRPIN LAVA WAS EXPOSED.
SO THAT'S THE CHAMBER, AND YOU SEE JUST RIGHT UNDER THE BARK SURFACE.
SO THIS IS ALL THE IMPORTANT SIGNS THAT WE USE TO VERIFY IF WE HAVE G-SUB.
YEAH, SO THE D-SHAPED EMERGENCE HOLES AND ALSO THE G-SUB LARVAE, AND SOMETIMES YOU MIGHT FIND G-SUB ADULTS IN THE BARK.
SO WE LOOK FOR THESE SIGNS TO CONFIRM THE INFESTATION.
YEAH, SO AS RACHEL MENTIONED, SO UNFORTUNATELY, G-SUB WAS CONFIRMED AT MARSHALL CANYON LAST APRIL.
SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN DOING CONTINUOUS SURVEY AT MARSHALL CANYON
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FOR THE PAST YEAR OR SO.YEAH, ALSO OUR TEAM AND ALSO COUNTY AG, WE HAVE BEEN DOING SOME SURVEY ALSO AT THE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN ST.
DEMAS, LA VERNE, ALSO CLAREMONT AREAS.
BUT SO FAR, ONLY MARSHALL CANYON HAS VERY ACTIVE INFESTATION.
OKAY, SO THIS MARSHALL CANYON AREA IS APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES LENGTH.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT ONE-THIRD ARE COUNTY PARCELS, AND THE OTHER TWO-THIRDS BELONG TO THE CITY.
BUT ALSO A FEW TREES ARE LOCATED WITHIN PRIVATE PARCELS.
YEAH, SO IT'S AFFECTING THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AND ALSO SOME PRIVATE PARCELS.
SURVEYED APPROXIMATELY 320 POST-LYBOX IN THE KENYAN AREA, AND THE INFESTATION RATE IS ABOUT 48 PERCENT, SO IT'S PRETTY HIGH.
MR. WANG, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUNCIL MEETING STARTING, BUT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, SO WE JUST KIND OF CRUISE THROUGH.
SO JUST SOME SATELLITE IMAGES SHOWING THE MORTALITY PROGRESSION.
YOU CAN START TO SEE DEAD ORCS.
YEAH, JUST ANOTHER DIFFERENT LOCATION, BUT MARSHALL CANYON.
YEAH, SO G-SUB CAN KILL TREES QUITE QUICKLY.
OKAY, SO I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GO THROUGH SO MUCH DETAIL.
I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERALL.
SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING, SINCE LAST APRIL, SO WE HAVE BEEN DOING DATA COLLECTION.
ANALYSIS, AND THEN WE ARE INTO OF COURSE COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITIES.
AND SINCE THIS IS INTERAGENCY, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATION EFFORT, COMMUNICATION IS A BIG DEAL.
AND ALSO WE ARE MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH IS IMPLEMENTATION.
THAT INCLUDES SECURING A FOUNTAIN TO PROVIDE SOME MITIGATION WORKS THAT CAN HOPEFULLY SLOW DOWN THE SPRAY AND ALSO SUPPRESS THE G-SUB POPULATION.
YEAH, SO WE ARE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE NOW.
YEAH, SO THAT COMES TO, SO WE HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENT, COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE CURRENTLY APPLY FOR A $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE CAEL FIRE.
IT'S CALLED A FOREST HEALTH GRANT.
SO THAT CAN BE POTENTIALLY USED TO ASSIST.
CITY OF LA VERNE, IN TERMS OF MITIGATION.
AND ALSO SOME OF THE PROJECT SITES INCLUDE GREEN VALLEY, WHICH WE SPENT ABOUT $3 MILLION JUST ON HELPING THE RESIDENTS REMOVING DEAD OAKS KILLED BY G-SAN.
SO, YEAH, WE REMOVED ABOUT LIKE 1,000 OAK TREES.
ALSO, WE DO SOME SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE INJECTION AT GREEN VALLEY.
SO WE TREAT IT UP TO LIKE 01,000 TREES.
YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE MONEY JUST WASN'T ENOUGH.
SO WE ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AND SECURE FOR FUNDING AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PROVIDE TO HELP THE RESIDENTS AND ASSIST IN OTHER CITIES WHO MIGHT NEED IT.
YEAH, SO IF WE DO AWARDING WITH THE GRANT MONEY, SO FOR MARSHALL CANYON, WE ARE ALLOCATING ABOUT ENOUGH FUNDING TO TREAT UP TO 200 TO 400 ORCS.
TREATING MEANS INSECTICIDE TREATMENTS LIKE TRUNK SPRAY AND ALSO TRUNK INJECTION.
CURRENTLY, THE PROVEN MITIGATION METHOD THAT CAN HELP SUPPRESS G-SUB POPULATION, BUT IT'S EXPENSIVE.
ALSO, WE WILL BE ALLOCATING SOME FUNDS TO REMOVE UP TO 200 DEAD AND DYING ORCS AT THE MARSHALL CANYON.
SINCE WE ARE ASSISTING THE AGENCY, THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE UP TO THE CITY WHICH TREE, WHICH OAK TO REMOVE.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO SECURE THE FUNDING TO HELP ASSIST THE CITY AND ALSO SOME OTHER AREAS.
OKAY, SHORT-TERM AND LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.
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WE CONTINUE TO DO OUR EDUCATION OUTREACH, TRY TO INFORM THE RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, AND MORE PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BECAUSE NOT, I THINK MOST PEOPLE ARE STILL NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SO MANY COASTAL LIGHT BULBS.AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TURN AROUND, YOU SEE SO MANY GREEN TREES.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO PROBLEM, RIGHT, UNTIL IF YOU GO TO MARSHALL CANYON TO PAY A VISIT.
THEN YOU CAN SEE THE DEVASTATION.
SO BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MANY COASTAL LIVE OAKS, AND THE PEST STILL HAS PLENTY OF HOT TREES TO GO AROUND.
BUT EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO SPREAD.
IT'S GOING TO BECOME MORE COSTLY TO MANAGE.
SO LONG-TERM, YEAH, SO IT'S GOING TO BE SELECTIVELY REMOVING TREES, ALSO DO SOME TREATMENT TO SUPPRESS THE POPULATION, AND ALSO TRY TO PROTECT WHATEVER REGENERATION.
SO NATURALLY, YOU KNOW, THEY ALREADY...
EVEN AT THE MARSHALL CANYON, YOU GO THERE, YOU SEE A LOT OF BABY OAKS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALREADY COMING OUT.
SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS, YOU KNOW, TO IDENTIFY THEM, YOU KNOW, TRY TO PROTECT THEM, AND THEY'LL BE THE NEXT GENERATION OF OAK TREES.
SO IT'S A LONG-TERM PROCESS, YEAH.
IT'S FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS OF PEOPLE, YEAH, ALSO FOR THE OAK TREES.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION TODAY.
AND THEN ANYTIME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, JUST SEND US A NOTICE AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO REPLY.
WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU GUYS DO FOR US.
WE WANT TO HELP IN ANY WAY WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS.
I MEAN, TRYING TO SEEK THE FUNDING, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU TO SEEK THE FUNDING.
BUT THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A SERIOUS PROBLEM.
AND THE TREATMENTS YOU'RE PUTTING ON THERE, HAS IT BEEN HELPING? THE TREATMENTS ON THE TREES THAT YOU'VE BEEN ON THE INFECTED AREAS? OBVIOUSLY THE ONES YOU HAVE TO REMOVE, THEY HAVE TO GO.
YEAH, SO GREEN VALLEY, SO AGAIN, WE TREATED ABOUT 1,000 TREES WITH A SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE TREATMENT.
SO THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTS REPORTING, YOU KNOW, THE TREES ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, GROWING.
BUT FOR SURE, YOU KNOW, SOME TREES ALREADY ARE BEYOND RECOVERY.
SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO, YOU KNOW, IT WON'T HELP.
BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE ANOTHER DIFFERENT PROCESS, AND IT'S GOING TO BE COSTLY, YOU KNOW, THE REMOVAL ITSELF.
AND, MR. MAYOR, I WANT TO JUST THANK BOTH WANG AND RACHEL FOR ALL OF THEIR EFFORT AND COORDINATION WITH CITY STAFF.
REALLY, WE'RE NOT THE EXPERTS.
TO US AND THE ENTIRE COUNTY STAFF HAVE BEEN SO WONDERFUL AND INFORMATIVE ON THIS.
AND WE ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THE FUNDING.
SO OUR STAFF HAS ACCOMPANIED THEM OUT, LOOKED AT THE MSI TREATMENT AND HOW IT'S DONE.
WE'RE STILL NOT ABLE TO DO IT YET, BUT THAT'S PART OF THAT LONG-TERM AND I THINK THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE WILL HAVE WITH LA COUNTY FIRE IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I THINK ALSO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THAT WE EDUCATE, ESPECIALLY A LOT OF US THAT LIVE IN NORTHERN LA VERNE AND ALL THE AREAS THAT ARE TRAILS THAT WE HAVE SO MANY HERE, EDUCATE THEM AND KNOW HOW WE CAN HELP YOU GUYS.
IF WE SEE IT, WE SHOULD REPORT IT.
LET US KNOW WHAT IT IS SO THAT WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND TREAT IT.
YEAH, I WAS JUST WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ARBORIST THAT THE CITY USES IS AWARE OF THIS TEST AND IS ALSO KEEPING A CHECK ON THE OAKS THAT ARE IN TOWN.
YES, THEY'VE BEEN ACCOMPANYING US.
AND ALSO JUST FOR OUR RESIDENTS, IF YOU GO TO LAVERNECA.GOV SLASH GSOB, YOU'LL GET MORE INFORMATION ON IT.
IF IT'S BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT YOU NOTIFY EVEN THE PEOPLE THAT IT'S ON THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY, DO YOU GO AND TRY TO TREAT THOSE TREES AS WELL IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, OR IS IT UP TO THE OWNER? YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
YEAH, IT'S A GOVERNMENT AGENCY.
BUT WE CAN ASSIST ANOTHER PUBLIC AGENCY.
SO IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT SCENARIO.
BUT YOU NOTIFY THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP THERE THAT YOU'VE SEEN IT MAYBE ON THEIR TREES AS WELL.
YEAH, I THINK RACHEL HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO SOME OF THE HOA.
SO WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, LET THEM KNOW, OKAY, HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
YEAH, BUT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, FOR G-SUB, IT'S VERY SPECIAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU CUT DEAD TREES, SO IN THE BARK, THERE STILL MIGHT BE A VIABLE PUPAE THAT CAN EMERGE.
SO IT'S VERY CRITICAL THAT, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER TREE GOT REMOVED, ALL THE CHIP MATERIAL, EVEN IF THEY GOT THROUGH THE CHIPPER.
THEY SHOULD BE LEFT ON SITE IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
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TO A DIFFERENT LOCATION.THAT MIGHT START A NEW INFESTATION.
WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO RECAP THIS IN A FEW MONTHS AND COME BACK AND LET US KNOW HOW WE'RE DOING, HOW WE CAN HELP.
WE ALSO WANT TO GET IT MORE OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE.
I THINK I PROBABLY NEED TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
YOU'RE WELCOME ANYTIME IN OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO.
WE HAVE A CHERISHED OAKS THAT ARE THE BASIS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND WE HAVE LOST MANY.
AND SO LET US KNOW HOW WE CAN WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS, WITH OUR CITY MANAGEMENT.
LET'S WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM.
WE REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO A FIVE-MINUTE BREAK, AND THEN WE WILL RECONVENE BACK INTO OUR CITY MEETING.
WE ARE RECONVENING NOW AT 6:47 P.M.
TO START OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
[REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING - 6:30 PM ]
ANYWAY, WELCOME EVERYBODY.I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT PER THE CITY'S RULES OF DECORUM, ALL SPEAKERS, MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES WITH DECORUM, NOT ENGAGE IN THE CONDUCT THAT INTERRUPTS THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AND THAT EVERYONE TREATS EVERYONE RESPECTFULLY AT ALL TIMES.
ALSO, PUBLIC COMMENT THROUGH ZOOM MAY BE ACCEPTED FOR ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA.
TONIGHT, WE ARE VERY PLEASED TO HAVE MARINE LANCE CORPORAL RICHARD MUNOZ TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
RICHARD, WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? THANK YOU.
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.
MR. MUNOZ, IF YOU COULD STAY THERE FOR A SECOND.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT, AND THANK YOU FOR DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR US.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE OUR VETERANS COMING IN AND JOINING US FOR THIS, AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WITH THAT, THE CITY OF LA VERNE CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION PRESENTED TO RICHARD MUNOZ.
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL MARINE LANCE CORPORAL RICHARD MUNOZ WITH SINCERE GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION FOR THE DEDICATED SERVICE TO OUR COUNTRY.
DO YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE FOR THE PAST 30 YEARS.
ACTUALLY, DURING THAT TIME AND PRIOR, I WAS AN OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES.
AND PREVIOUS TO BEING A POLICEMAN, I WAS A MARINE AND SERVED IN VIETNAM.
COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON? PRESENT.
[PRESENTATIONS ]
ABSENT, AND MAYOR HEPBURN? PRESENT.TONIGHT, WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION, 2026 FIRE RISK REDUCTION COMMUNITY LIST RECOGNITION.
THE CITY OF LA VERNE WAS ADDED TO THE BOARD OF FORESTRY'S FIRE RISK REDUCTION COMMUNITY
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LIST, RECOGNIZING THE CITY'S CONTINUED EFFORTS TO STRENGTHEN WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS, REDUCE LOCAL FIRE RISK, AND PROTECT RESIDENTS, PROPERTY, AND CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.ANG PLEASE COME FORWARD? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCILMEMBERS, CITY MANAGER.
I AM VERY PLEASED TO REPORT THAT I HAVE SUCCESSFULLY GOT THE CITY ACROSS THE BOARD FOR A DESIGNATION FOR THE CALIFORNIA RISK REDUCTION FOR THE CITY.
DO WE HAVE A POWERPOINT? SHE THREW IT AGAINST THE WINDOW.
WHERE'S JR? ALL RIGHT, SO AS I WAS SAYING, I WAS ABLE TO GET THIS THING ACROSS THE BOARD HERE AND BE DESIGNATED FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
IT GOES INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST FOR TWO YEARS.
ONLY 42 CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA GOT THIS DESIGNATION HERE, AND ONLY FOUR IN THE L.A.
SO I'M REALLY PLEASED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU GUYS.
SO WHAT IS THE FRUCAL? IT IS THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FORESTRY DESIGNATION RECOGNITION COMMUNITIES THAT EXCEED THE STATE WILDFIRE PLANNING STANDARD.
IT MEASURES THE WILDFIRE PREPAREDNESS AND LAND USE PLANNING, FIRE PREVENTION, AND COMMUNITY RISK REDUCTION.
SO THIS TIMELINE, I STARTED THIS PROJECT LAST MAY OF 2025.
WE SUBMITTED APPLICATION JULY 2025.
WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION OCTOBER.
25 THROUGH THE 26TH OF JUNE WAS THE REVIEW PROCESS AND THE APPROVAL PROCESS, AND WE GOT APPROVED TO OFFICIALLY START THIS JULY 1ST OF 2026.
HOW ARE WE QUALIFIED? SO THERE'S A LIST THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, AND PART OF IT WAS TO ADOPT THE MAPS, WHICH WE DID LAST APRIL, MAY WITH ME.
WE HAVE TO DO A SAFETY ELEMENT COMPLIANCE.
WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH CODE ADOPTION.
WE HAVE TO ADOPT THE MAPS, LIKE I SAID, SUBDIVISION REVIEW, AND TO BASICALLY ENHANCE THE STATE MINIMUM WILDFIRE PLANNING REQUIREMENTS.
THE BENEFITS ARE, AS OF JULY 1ST, WERE DESIGNATED THROUGH JUNE 30TH OF 2028.
WE SUPPORT FUTURE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY.
THE SECOND THING IS IT HELPS THE CITIZENS OF LA VERNE.
POSSIBLY WITH AN INSURANCE DISCOUNT, AND THEN HOPEFULLY GIVES US THE SUPPORT FOR THOSE GRANTS.
SO THE TWO THINGS THAT HAPPENS WITH THE INSURANCE PIECE OF IT, ONE IS IF YOU'RE A FIREWISE COMMUNITY OR YOU'RE RECOGNIZED AS A FIREWISE COMMUNITY, A FRUGAL, AND WE ARE THAT.
SO NOW THAT WE'VE ALSO DONE BOTH OF THOSE, IT DOES HELP WITH THE INSURANCE PIECE.
I HAD ONE NEIGHBOR REPORT TO US THAT I THINK THEY SAVED CLOSE TO $100 OFF THEIR INSURANCE ALREADY BY THIS PIECE.
THE NEXT STEPS ARE MAINTAINING THIS DESIGNATION HERE FOR THE CITY, PURSUING ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDINGS FOR THE CITY FOR WEED ABATEMENT, FUEL MODS, ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
THIS IS WHAT THIS IS DESIGNED FOR.
EXPANDING THE COMMUNITY WILDFIRE EDUCATION ACROSS THE BOARD IS THE NEXT CRITICAL THING.
IN CLOSING, I'D LIKE TO THANK ANDREA.
SHE'S THE ONE THAT ALSO HELPED ME WITH THIS PROJECT HERE TO GET THIS THING ACROSS THE BOARD AND TO GET DESIGNATED AS THE FRUICAL FOR THE CITY, TOO.
ANY QUESTIONS? THE ACRONYM FRUCAL? FRUCAL IS THE FIRE RISK REDUCTION COMMUNITY LIST. SO THEY CALL IT AS THE, IT'S LIKE SAYING ERCLE, BUT FRUCAL.
I WAS THINKING OF FARCAL LIKE FROM THE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE, THE FARCAL FAMILY.
BUT I WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, YOU KNOW.
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OH, TOTALLY.I DON'T KNOW IF I RECALL THAT ONE, MAYOR.
THESE DESIGNATIONS, THOUGH, THEY'RE TYPICALLY FOR OUR HILLSIDE AREAS WHERE THERE'S...
SO ANYWHERE THAT'S IN THE HIGH FIRE ZONE AREAS, YES.
SO THIS HAS BEEN LIKE THE BIGGEST THING WHERE THE INSURANCE PIECE, EVEN FOR MY HOUSE IN FONTANA, I GOT ASKED IF I WAS PART OF A FERCL AND A FIREWISE, AND MY CITY DOESN'T HAVE THAT YET.
AND THEN WE'RE HEARING THAT ACROSS THE BOARD.
I KNOW RAYMOND'S GOT THE FIREWISE RIGHT NOW, AND SO HE'S DONE WELL WITH IT.
AND THEN THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PIECE OF THAT PIE.
SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE A FIREWISE RIGHT NOW, YOU COULD USE THIS.
YOU COULD GO ON OUR CITY'S WEBSITE.
IT'S ALL PLASTERED THERE TO GET THE CERTIFICATIONS.
I WILL LEAVE SOME CERTS AT THE FRONT DESK OVER HERE BEFORE I LEAVE TONIGHT.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT TO GRAB THEM, THAT'S FINE.
AND LIKE I SAID, IF THERE'S ANYTHING I COULD DO TO HELP YOU GUYS WITH THIS, THEN LET ME KNOW.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET.
AND IT'LL BE HERE FOR TWO YEARS.
AND THEN EVERY TWO YEARS, WE HAVE TO REAPPLY.
SO FOR THE REAPPLICATION PROCESS, IS IT DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED, OR IS THE PROCESS AS IF YOU WERE GOING THROUGH IT ALL OVER AGAIN? SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IT'S SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR THAT PROCESS FOR US.
SO WE STILL HAVE TO HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS COME INTO PLAY WITH THE CODE.
CODE ADOPTION, GENERAL PLAN, THE ADOPTION OF THE MAPS, EVERYTHING.
AS LONG AS THINGS DON'T CHANGE, THEN WE COULD RESUBMIT AND BE GOOD FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS AFTER THAT TOO.
I WANT TO PERSONALLY THANK YOU.
RAYMOND SWAIN AND HIS GROUP FOR THE FIREWISE.
AND OUR COMMUNITY, I WILL SAY, I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER BEEN, I DON'T WANT TO, LET'S JUST KNOCK ON WOOD HERE.
I DON'T WANT TO EVER SAY YOU'RE ALWAYS PREPARED, BUT I THINK OUR COMMUNITY BETWEEN OUR CONTRACTORS, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR PUBLIC WORKS HAVE CLEARED SO MUCH BRUSH IN ALL OF THE HIGH FIRE ZONES AND ALSO THE UNDERBRUSH OF THE TREES.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT, AND I'VE LIVED HERE 40-PLUS YEARS, AND TO PREPARE OURSELVES FOR, YOU KNOW, NOT IF, IT'S WHEN, AND ALSO TO HAVE OUR FIRE STORAGE AREAS WITH GENERATORS TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE BACKUP, TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE PRESSURE IN OUR LINES WHEN IT DOES COME.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE FIRES HAVE BEEN HITTING IN SOME...
PLACES THAT HAVE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE BETWEEN FRANCE AND IDAHO.
WASHINGTON HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED.
IN OREGON, WE HAVE A LOT OF OUR RESOURCES, OUR RETIRED ANNUITANTS, HAVE BEEN OUT TO THESE FIRE CENTERS THAT THEY'VE BEEN CALLED.
I THANK THE ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF COATNEY, OUR RESIDENTS.
IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO DO THIS.
AND RAYMOND AND I ARE BOTH IN THE SAME HIGH FIRE ZONE.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO STAY AWARE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND WHAT'S AROUND YOU.
AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
IT'S A LOT OF HARD WORK AND IT TAKES A LONG PROCESS, BUT I'M REALLY PROUD THAT WE ARE BOTH OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO WHATEVER YOU NEED FROM US, WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU TOO.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL.
I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR DOING THIS WORK.
I KNOW WE'VE BEEN FORTUNATE THIS YEAR COMPARED TO OTHER AREAS IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER STATES OF HOW BAD THE FIRES.
AND SO I KNOW IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND A LONG PROCESS.
LIKE HE SAID, HE STARTED THIS, YOU KNOW, SPRING OF LAST YEAR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY, YOU KNOW, CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT INSURANCE DISCOUNT BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS HOW EXPENSIVE THAT REALLY IS.
AND THAT'S IF YOU CAN EVEN GET INSURANCE.
THESE ARE THE PROGRAMS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE MORE FOR THE CITY, YOU KNOW, AND GETTING SOME OF THESE GRANTS TO OFFSET THAT TO THE RESIDENTS.
SO THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY THAT WAS INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HARD WORK.
ANYONE ELSE SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MR.SWAIN.
MAYOR, COUNCIL, CITIZENS, I WANT TO THANK FRED FOR HIS WORK.
AND WE DO A LOT OF WORK TOGETHER.
I MEAN, FIREWISE WOULDN'T HAVE COME TOGETHER WITHOUT THE STRONG SUPPORT OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO START OFF WITH.
AND WE ARE JUST COMING UP, MAYBE TWO MONTHS FROM NOW, TO OUR ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR OURSELVES.
ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A THREE-YEAR DEAL, BUT WE HAVE TO PUT A...
PRESENTATION TOGETHER ON WHAT WE'VE DONE IN OUR FIRST YEAR.
AND WASN'T QUITE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT JUST, THE MOMENTUM WAS HERE.
SO AS OF LAST WEEK, WE NOW HAVE A WEBSITE.
AND WE HAD A LETTER THAT WENT OUT TO OUR COMMUNITY LAST FRIDAY.
SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN YOUR MAILBOX ON SATURDAY FOR THE RUSSET CANYON COMMUNITY EXPLAINING WHAT, AGAIN, WHAT FIREWORKS.
OURWISE IS, HOW TO ACCESS US ON SOCIAL MEDIA,
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AND GETTING THIS WHOLE THING ON SOCIAL MEDIA UP AND GOING HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE, WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER POINT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.SO TOMORROW NIGHT WE HAVE THE NATIONAL LIGHTS OUT.
I'M SURE SOMEBODY'S GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT.
AND OUR ADVERTISING FOR THAT WENT OUT ON THE VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIAS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
NEWSPAPER, OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER FOR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
AND THE HIGHLIGHT IS NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT EVENT THIS WEEK.
AND ON THE NEXT PAGE, IT LISTS 24 COMMUNITIES THAT ARE SPONSORING NATIONAL NIGHTS OUT.
AND WE DIDN'T MAKE THE PRINT PIECE OF THIS COMMUNICATION.
WE'LL WORK ON THAT ONE, WON'T WE? SOME OF US STILL READ NEWSPAPERS LIKE A PRINT NOW AND THEN.
RAYMOND, IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR CITY, WE CAN PUT THAT ON THE WEBSITE, TOO, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS THE NEW WEBSITE PAGES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
LET'S GET THAT TO THEM AND GIVE IT TO ALL OF US SO WE CAN PUSH THAT OUT ALSO.
YEAH, I HAVE A GREAT SUPPORT TEAM NOW THAT JUST KIND OF FELL INTO PLACE THE LAST THREE WEEKS.
AND YOU LOOK AT OUR GROUP, IT'S A SUPPORT TEAM BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE THE GENERATIONAL GAP.
WE APPRECIATE THE YOUTH WITH THEIR NEW TECHNOLOGY.
YES, AND THAT HAS HELPED DRAMATICALLY.
ANY OTHER WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MR. MAYOR, THERE'S A CALL-IN OH, I DIDN'T SEE THAT.
WE'LL GIVE YOU A THREE-MINUTE TIME FRAME.
DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YEAH, HELLO, MY NAME IS GORE ARMISEN, AND I HATE FRAMING.
THEY BEAT OUR WOMEN IN SPORTS.
YOU CAN CALL BACK DURING PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THIS TIME IS FOR THE FIREWISE AND THE FIRE COMMUNITY.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MUTE YOU, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY TO THE END OF THE MEETING.
HAVE YOUR CONVERSATION AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
HEY, MR. MAYOR I JUST WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF THAT WERE INVOLVED, YOU KNOW, SO LONNIE AND FRED, ANDREA, YOU KNOW, EVEN FORMER CHIEF NIGG, CURRENT CHIEF COATNEY, AND EVERYBODY WHO PUT IN.
BROWN WAS PART OF THIS, PUTTING TOGETHER ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT ALSO GOING BACK MANY YEARS, IT'S ACCUMULATION, AS FRED WAS TALKING ABOUT, OF DIFFERENT MATERIAL BEING PRESENTED TO THE STATE, ALL THE ACTIONS THAT THE CITY HAS TAKEN TO BE BETTER ON THE FIRE PREVENTION.
IT DOESN'T STOP WITH ANY OF THE RENEWALS COMING UP.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PROPERTIES ARE PROTECTED, THAT THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE.
FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION UP THERE.
FRED AND LONNIE ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND TO POINT OUT TO HOAS OR TO ANY OTHER PLACE TO TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT THIS COMMUNITY IS SO PREPARED FOR ANY POTENTIAL FIRE.
THAT'S WHY THE CITY GOES THROUGH AND DOES ALL THEIR FIRE REDUCTION, FUEL MODIFICATION.
THE BEST THING ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT ALLOWS US TO...
THAT IT ALLOWS US TO SEEK BETTER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES AND SO IT PUTS US AHEAD OF SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES.
SO I JUST WANT TO APPLAUD THE COMMUNITY FOR BEING SUPPORTIVE AND ALL STAFF WHO ARE PARTICIPATING.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON
[ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS ]
TO OUR NEXT ONE.OKAY, NOW ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING EVENTS.
THIS ISN'T PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT ANNOUNCEMENTS THAT ARE COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
I HAVE HALEY FLORES, YWCA, STV.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, MAYOR, AND CITIZENS OF LA VERNE.
MY NAME IS HALEY FLORES, AND I'M THE REGIONAL COORDINATOR FOR SENIOR SERVICES WITH THE YWCA SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME A FEW MOMENTS TO MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT.
I'M HERE TO PERSONALLY INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO OUR 2026 CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE AWARDS GALA THIS THURSDAY, AUGUST 27TH AT THE HILTON IN SAN GABRIEL.
THIS ANNUAL EVENT FOR THE YWCA IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US FOR OUR FUNDRAISERS.
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THE PROCEEDS HELP SUSTAIN CRITICAL PROGRAMS THAT PROVIDE FOOD, HYGIENE PRODUCTS, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL RESOURCES FOR NOT ONLY THE WHOLE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY BUT THE CITY OF LA VERNE.YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER IN THIS MISSION.
WE'RE TRULY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR CONTINUED COLLABORATION THROUGH OUR SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM AT THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND THIS YEAR WE PROUDLY SERVED 06,408 NUTRITIOUS MEALS TO LOCAL SENIORS DURING THE 2025 AND 2026 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
WE'RE SPECIFICALLY INVITING YOU GUYS TO RECOGNIZE ONE OF LA VERNE'S VERY OWN AND THE YWCA'S VERY OWN MARIA COHN.
SHE HAS BEEN SELECTED AS OUR 2026 SENIOR SERVICE VOLUNTEER FOR THE YEAR FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
MARIA'S COMPASSION, DEDICATION, AND COMMITMENT TO SERVING OUR LOCAL SENIORS HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT AND IT WOULD MEAN SO MUCH TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF JOIN US IN CELEBRATING HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS I PROVIDED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITH AN INFORMATION PACKET THAT INCLUDES SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS WAYS TO PURCHASE TICKETS OR RESERVE A TABLE IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND AND SUPPORT MARIA THIS SPECIAL EVENING THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US ALL A FLYER SO THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, COUNCIL, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I WANTED TO JUST VERY SHORTLY BRING UP AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A VERY CRITICAL CALL THAT WE HAD THIS WEEKEND.
A CRITICAL INCIDENT WHERE A PERSON HAD GONE INTO A CARDIAC ARREST, BUT THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF COLLABORATION ALL THE WAY FROM THE START OF THE CALL WITH THE PERSON THAT DISCOVERED THE VICTIM WAS DOWN, ALL THE WAY THROUGH OUR POLICE AND FIRE RESPONSE AND WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY.
SO THIS PAST SATURDAY AT ABOUT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON, UM, WE HAD A VISITOR TO OUR CITY THAT WAS VISITING ONE OF OUR BUSINESSES THAT DURING THAT TIME WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST.
ONE OF THE EMPLOYEES AT THAT FACILITY IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 AND STARTED CPR.
WITHIN TWO MINUTES, LAVERNE PD OFFICERS ARRIVED ON SCENE, HOOKED THE PATIENT UP TO AN AED, WHICH IT RECOGNIZED THAT THERE NEEDED A SHOCK.
DELIVERED A DEFIBRILLATION, AT LEAST ONE, FOLLOWED BY ABOUT TWO MINUTES LATER, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED ON SCENE, CONTINUED THE ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT, STARTED AN IV, ADMINISTERED MEDICATIONS, AND IT STARTED AN ADVANCED AIRWAY.
UPON ARRIVAL AT THE HOSPITAL, THE PATIENT HAD A PULSE AND BLOOD PRESSURE, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT WE JUST HAD ONE OF OUR CREWS THAT WAS ON DUTY TODAY, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE CAP.
THEY WERE AT THE HOSPITAL AND WENT TO SEE THE PATIENT, AND HE IS AWAKE AND TALKING.
SO THE HIGHLIGHT OF THAT IS THE COLLABORATION ALL THE WAY FROM THE PERSON THAT HAS DONE THE HANDS-ONLY CPR, DID THE BASICS TO START OUT WITH, FROM OUR PD GETTING ON SCENE, APPLYING THAT AED RIGHT AWAY, AND THE COLLABORATION THERE.
AND EVERYONE I'VE TALKED TO ON THE CALL SAID THAT ALL OF THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN PEOPLE, IT WAS SEAMLESS.
THAT'S THE KIND OF OUTCOME THAT YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.
IS TO HAVE HIM TALKING ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER THIS INCIDENT WOULD BE AMAZING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT.
GREAT COLLABORATION BOTH FROM THE CITIZEN AS WELL AS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT FORWARD MAYBE IN A MEETING, ESPECIALLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AT THE RESTAURANT WHO HAD THE WHYS ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO START THAT, WHICH OBVIOUSLY SAVED THEIR LIFE ALONG WITH PD SHOWING UP IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AGAIN, THEY HAVE GREAT COLLABORATION.
THAT'S JUST A TESTAMENT TO HOW WE ALL COMMUNICATE.
WELL WITHIN ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS.
ONCE WE GET MORE INFORMATION, EVERYBODY CAN ACKNOWLEDGE EVERYBODY AND WE'LL DO THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS THEY WISH TO SPEAK ON RIGHT NOW? WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BRING IT UP TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
CITY MANAGER DOMER, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS YOURSELF? THERE HE GOES.
BESIDES, TOMORROW IS NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
AND ALSO, IT'S HOT OUT, SO PEOPLE, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STAY COOL AND HYDRATED.
OH, I'M GOING TO JUST REAL QUICK.
ANIMALS ALSO, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE WATER.
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MAKE SURE THEY'RE INDOORS.I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A HARP CONSTANTLY, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF IT'S 95 DEGREES OR 100 DEGREES OUTSIDE, DO YOUR EXERCISES EARLY IN THE MORNING, LATE IN THE EVENING.
AND BE VERY CAREFUL OUT THERE I KNOW THAT WE ACTIVATE OUR COMMUNITY CENTER TILL FIVE O'CLOCK 5:30 ON DAYS THAT IT EXCEEDS 95 DEGREES SO WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVATING THAT AND SO UH UM BUT ALSO IT IS NATIONALLY OUT IT'S A GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY TO COME IT'S UH OVER AT UH PLUS FLORIST PARK UH ON THE UPPER SIDE BY THE POOL IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY A LOT OF OUR WONDERFUL SUPPORT PERSONNEL OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IT'S JUST A GREAT TIME SO MR. CROSBY SORRY ONE QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.
HAVE YOU GOT YOUR TICKETS? THE LUAU DANCE I KNOW I GOT UH MY DAUGHTER GOT HERS TODAY IT'S ONLY EIGHT DOLLARS THIS FRIDAY FROM FIVE TO EIGHT P.M.
FOR THOSE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES LUAU DANCE RIGHT HERE THIS FRIDAY AND ALSO THIS UH SUNDAY IS THE LAST OF THE CONCERT SERIES WHICH IS THE ANSWER WHICH EVERYBODY LOVES UH AT HERITAGE PARK SO UM 6:30 P.M. UH IT'S GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL EVENING IT'LL BE WARM, BUT IT'S GOING
[CONSENT CALENDAR ]
TO BE NICE.SO THAT'S OUR LAST CONCERT SERIES.
WITH THAT, WE MOVE TO A CONSENT CALENDAR.
ALL ITEMS IN THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR ROUTINE WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION UNLESS THE MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR A MEMBER OF THE AUDIENCE REQUESTS SEPARATE DISCUSSION OR JUST WANTS TO MAKE A STATEMENT ON ONE OF THE ITEMS. COUNCIL, IS THERE ANY REQUEST TO PULL ANY ITEM ON THE COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? JUST TO CONFIRM, DO I NEED TO PULL IT OR CAN I JUST MAKE THE COMMENT? OKAY, THANK YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING TO YOUR AWARENESS ITEM NUMBER FIVE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE PHOTOGRAPHY PERMIT REQUEST FROM MORE MEDIA.
THE CONTRACT REFERENCED NORTH 6 INC., WHICH WAS A TYPO, SO THAT HAS BEEN CORRECTED TO MOVE MEDIA.
I'M GOING TO READ MY OWN HANDWRITING.
CITY MANAGER DOMER, WAS ANYTHING PULLED BY A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? NO, SIR.
WITH THAT, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL OR DO WE NEED A VOTE? ROLL CALL? NO.
THIS ITEM WAS MOVED BY LAU, SECONDED BY JOHNSON, AND APPROVED 4-0 WITH MAYOR PRO TEM KACHAPALAGITA ABSENT.
[7. First Reading of an Ordinance Amending the Gilead Sciences Development Agreement. ]
TONIGHT THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS.THE FIRST ONE IS THE ORDINANCE AMENDING THE GILEAD SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SENIOR MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FORWARD THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING ON THIS ITEM.
OH, THAT WOULD BE OUR PLANNING MANAGER.
PLANNING MANAGER, CANDICE BOCOCK, FOR THIS ITEM.
EVERY MONTH, PRESIDENT BOCOCK.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND GILEAD SCIENCES FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1800 WHEELER AVENUE.
WITHIN THE ARROW CORRIDOR-SPECIFIC PLAN.
THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON MAY 5TH OF 2016 UNDER CASE NUMBER 79-14DA. THE AGREEMENT ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED AN INITIAL 10-YEAR TERM AND INCLUDED A PROVISION ALLOWING FOR A ONE-TIME FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION UPON MUTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY AND GILEAD SCIENCES.
GILEAD SUBMITTED ITS REQUEST TO EXERCISE THAT FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT ON MAY 5, 2026.
THE PROPOSED FIRST AMENDMENT WOULD THEREFORE EXTEND THE TERM OF THE AGREEMENT FROM MAY 6, 2026 THROUGH MAY 5, 2031.
ALTHOUGH THE CITY COUNCIL IS CONSIDERING THE AMENDMENT AFTER THE ORIGINAL EXPIRATION DATE, THE EXTENSION REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED IN A TIMELY MANNER PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE AGREEMENT.
THE AMENDMENT ALSO PROPOSES TO REVISE THE IMPACT FEE PROVISION IN SECTION 7A. THE REVISED LANGUAGE CLARIFIES THAT IMPACT FEES APPLICABLE DURING THE EXTENDED TERM WILL BE THOSE IN EFFECT AS OF JANUARY 1, 2027.
IT'S IMPORTANT TO ALSO NOTE THAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT DOES NOT MODIFY THE APPROVED PROJECT OR AUTHORIZE ANY ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE APPROVED LAND USES, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY, BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE, OR PROJECT FOOTPRINT.
ALL OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WOULD REMAIN UNCHANGED.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AT ITS JUNE 10TH MEETING AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
FROM A FISCAL STANDPOINT, APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT WILL HAVE NO IMMEDIATE IMPACT ON THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND.
ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE AGREEMENT WILL REMAIN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE IMPACT FEES AS WELL AS OTHER TAXES FEES AND REVENUES WITH RESPECT
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TO CEQA THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT HAS BEEN REVIEWED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS ADOPTED INITIAL STUDY MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND ADDENDUM BECAUSE THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT INVOLVE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE PROJECT STAFF HAS DETERMINED THAT THE AMENDMENT REMAINS WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THE PRIOR ENVIRONMENT ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND THAT NO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES.THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS ALSO REVIEWED THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINE THAT NO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED AND CONDUCT THE FIRST READING AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS OF THE ORDINANCE APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE GILEAD SCIENCES DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ME AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE, RICHARD AMON WITH GILEAD IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
THANK YOU, PLANNING MANAGER BOCOCK.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE MOVE TO A PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.
GILEAD'S ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER.
IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT WE CAN EXTEND THIS ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.
THEY BRING A LOT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE NICE DEVELOPMENT THEY DID OVER THERE.
GOOD BUSINESS OWNERS AND GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONDUCT A FIRST READING AND WAIT FOR THE READINGS OF THE ORDINANCE TITLED AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, PROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND GILEAD SCIENCES, IN INC.
FROM PROPERLY LOCATED 1800 WHEELER AVENUE WITHIN THE AIR CORRIDOR SPECIFIC PLAN CASE NO.
CAN I JUST MAKE A CLARIFYING? I'M SORRY.
I BET ALL THAT I HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN? NO, YOU DON'T.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO REFER BACK.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO KNOW FOR ANYONE ELSE WHO IS READING ALL THE PAGES AND ALL THE FUN, THE ORIGINAL AGREEMENT HAS A NOTICE PROVISION WHICH REQUIRES NOTICE TO OUR PRIOR COUNSEL AND TO OUR PRIOR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT STAFF HAS ALREADY BEEN ON TOP OF IT AND IT HAS BEEN CHANGED, SO EVEN THOUGH THIS AMENDMENT JUST AMENDS THE TERM, THAT HAS ALSO BEEN UPDATED, SO THAT IS ACCURATE.
SO THAT'S JUST MY POINT OF COMMENT.
AND OUR PLANNING MANAGER IS NODDING HER HEAD YES.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO APPROVE.
THIS ITEM WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY JOHNSON, APPROVED 4-0 WITH MAYOR PRO TEM KASHIWAGI TO ABSENT.
[8. First Reading of a Zoning Ordinance Amendment for Nonconforming Lot Development Standards.]
WITH THAT, WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING IS THE ZONING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT FOR THE NON- NON-CONFORMING LOT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FOR THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING ON THIS.
I AM GOING TO ONCE AGAIN CALL FOR CANDACE BURCOCK, OUR PLANNING MANAGER.
NOW, THE CITY COUNCIL IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY'S NON-CONFORMING LOT REGULATIONS TO HELP FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
CURRENTLY, THE CODE REQUIRES CONTINUOUS...
CONTIGUOUS, NON-CONFORMING LOTS UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP TO MERGE INTO ONE PARCEL.
WHILE THIS REQUIREMENT GENERALLY PROMOTES ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT, STAFF IDENTIFIED THAT IT COULD CREATE A BARRIER TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES BY PREVENTING INDIVIDUAL LOTS FROM BEING DEVELOPED SEPARATELY.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD CREATE A LIMITED EXCEPTION TO THE LOT MERGER REQUIREMENTS WHEN THE MERGER WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A QUALIFYING AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT SERVING LOW- OR MODERATE-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS EXCEPTION WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT WHILE MAINTAINING THE CITY'S EXISTING LOT MERGER REQUIREMENTS AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN ALL OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES.
THE AMENDMENT ALSO SUPPORTS THE GOALS OF THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT BY HELPING TO REMOVE POTENTIAL REGULATORY CONSTRAINTS.
TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AT ITS JUNE 10TH MEETING AND IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL THE ORDINANCE WOULD HAVE NO IMMEDIATE FISCAL IMPACT ON THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND AS IT'S A REGULATORY CHANGE AND DOES NOT AUTHORIZE A SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECT OR REQUIRE ANY CITY EXPENDITURES THE ORDINANCE IS ALSO EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER THE COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION BECAUSE IT DOES NOT APPROVE A SPECIFIC PROJECT, AUTHORIZE NEW CONSTRUCTION, OR MODIFY ALLOWABLE LAND USES, DENSITIES, OR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE HAS BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY.
THEREFORE, FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DETERMINE THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA AND INTRODUCED BY TITLE ONLY AND WAY FURTHER READINGS OF THE ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 181060.
TO FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
I AM AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF.
WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT, PUBLIC HEARING, I SHOULD SAY.
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ON THIS ITEM? WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, BRING IT UP TO THE DAIS.CANDACE, ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE THAT THIS WOULD AFFECT? IT WILL AFFECT THE FIRST STREET PROPERTY.
THAT IS AFFILIATED WITH THE LUTHERAN HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY TWO LOTS THAT ARE UNDER THE MINIMUM STANDARD.
UNDER TODAY'S ZONING, IT WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO BE MERGED.
SO, YES, IT WOULD AFFECT THAT PROPERTY.
OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S JUST CLEANUP.
CLEANUP TO MAKING SURE THAT WE COVER OURSELVES BUT ALSO COVER WHAT THE STATE'S REQUIRING.
WITH THAT, NO OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO CONDUCT THE FIRST READING AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS OF THE ORDINANCE TITLE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND GILA...
IS THERE A MOTION TO DETERMINE THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15061...
DASH B, DASH 3, COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION AND INTRODUCED BY TITLE ONLY, AND WAIVE FURTHER READING OF THE ORDINANCE TITLE AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 18.10.060 OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE TO FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AMENDING SECTION 18.10.060 OF THE LA VERNE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO NON-CONFORMING LAW DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO FACILITATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS ITEM WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY LAU, APPROVED 4-0 WITH CASUAL
[9. Award of One-Year Maintenance Services Agreement to CMAX Commercial Maintenance, Inc. for Citywide Street Sweeping Service.]
LIGITA ABSENT.TONIGHT, THERE ARE FOUR ITEMS ON THE DISCUSSION CALENDAR.
THE FIRST ITEM IS THE AWARD OF ONE-YEAR MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENTS TO CMAX COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE, INC., FOR CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING SERVICE.
TEAM MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FORWARD THE STAFF MEMBER WHO WILL BE REPORTING ON THIS ITEM.
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR DANNY WU.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
TONIGHT, STAFF IS REQUESTING APPROVAL OF A ONE-YEAR INTERIM MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CMAS COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED FOR CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES.
THIS IS A ONE-YEAR INTERIM MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CMAS COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED FOR CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES.
THIS IS AN INTERIM AGREEMENT INTENDED TO ENSURE UNINTERRUPTED STREET SWEEPING SERVICE WHILE STAFF DEVELOPS UPDATED SERVICE SPECS AND COMPLETES A FORMAL COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A LONGER-TERM MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT.
BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, THE CITY'S PREVIOUS ANNUAL STREET SWEEPING AGREEMENT WITH ATHENS SERVICES HAD EXPIRED ON JUNE 30TH.
DURING THE RENEWAL DISCUSSIONS, ATHENS HAD PROPOSED AN APPROXIMATELY 18% RATE INCREASE.
AFTER EVALUATING THAT PROPOSAL, STAFF DETERMINED THAT RENEWING THE AGREEMENT AT THAT INCREASED COST WAS NOT FINANCIALLY PRUDENT OR IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST.
AT THE SAME TIME, ALLOWING STREET SWEEPING SERVICE TO CONTINUE.
TO LAPSE WAS NOT A VIABLE OPTION.
STREET SWEEPING IS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S OVERALL STREET MAINTENANCE AND STORMWATER COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS, AND REGULAR STREET SWEEPING REMOVES TRASH, SEDIMENT, AND OTHER POLLUTANTS BEFORE THEY ENTER THE STORM DRAIN SYSTEM AND HELPS THE CITY COMPLY WITH ITS NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM, OR MPDS SHORT, AND STORMWATER PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
GIVEN THE NEED TO MAINTAIN UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE.
STAFF EVALUATED CMAX BASED ON ITS ABILITY TO MEET THE CITY'S IMMEDIATE OPERATIONAL NEEDS.
THIS INCLUDED ITS MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY, STAFFING CAPACITY.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPABILITIES, AND IMPORTANTLY, ITS ABILITY TO MOBILIZE IMMEDIATELY.
CMAX WAS ABLE TO BEGIN PROVIDING SERVICE ON JULY 1ST, IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE EXPIRATION OF THE ATHENS AGREEMENT, SO THERE WAS NO INTERRUPTION IN CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING.
FROM A COST STANDPOINT, CMAX HAS AGREED TO MAINTAIN THE CITY'S PREVIOUS RATE OF $39.14 PER MILE, WHICH IS THE SAME RATE THAT THE CITY WAS PAYING UNDER THE PRIOR AGREEMENT WITH ATHENS.
THE PROPOSED ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT IS FOR A NOC TO EXCEED PRICE OF $173,000, INCLUDING $13,000 CONTINGENCY AVAILABLE FOR CITY-AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY OR
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SUPPLEMENTAL STREET SWEEPING SERVICES.FUNDS HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS OPERATING BUDGET AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR 26-27 BUDGET.
REQUESTING THAT THE COUNCIL WAIVE THE FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENT FOR THIS ONE-YEAR INTERIM AGREEMENT.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR THAT RECOMMENDATION.
FIRST, STREET SWEEPING IS AN ESSENTIAL AND ONGOING CITY SERVICE, AND AN UNINTERRUPTED SERVICE WAS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
SECOND, CMAX WAS ABLE TO IMMEDIATELY ASSUME THE WORK WHILE MAINTAINING THE CITY'S EXISTING CURB MODEL RATE.
AND THIRD, LIMITING THIS AGREEMENT TO ONE YEAR.
ONE YEAR GIVES STAFF SUFFICIENT TIME TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS AND CONDUCT A FULL COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT OF THE CITY'S LONG-TERM NEEDS.
I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT THIS ONE-YEAR AGREEMENT IS NOT INTENDED TO REPLACE THAT COMPETITIVE PROCESS.
STAFF WILL DEVELOP UPDATED SPECS AND ISSUE A FORMAL COMPETITIVE RFP TO ESTABLISH A MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT LATER THIS YEAR.
AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WILL EVALUATE PROPOSALS BASED ON QUALIFICATIONS, MUNICIPAL EXPERIENCE, EQUIPMENT, SERVICE APPROACH, TECHNOLOGY, PRICING, AND OVERALL VALUE TO THE CITY.
ONCE THAT PROCESS IS COMPLETED, STAFF WILL RETURN TO THE COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION FOR A LONGER-TERM STREET SWEEPING CONTRACT.
WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL WAIVE THE FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENT FOR THIS ONE-YEAR INTERIM AGREEMENT, APPROVING THE MAINTENANCE SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH CMAX COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE INCORPORATED OR A NOT-TO-EXCEED AMOUNT OF $178 MILLION.
03,000 AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND RELATED DOCUMENTS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I HAVE ROMERO NUNEZ, MY MAINTENANCE MANAGER AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM CMAX HERE TO HELP ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. I JUST WANT TO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU WERE VERY DETAILED ON THIS.
YOU EXPLAINED EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS BECAUSE I'M ALL ABOUT COMPETITIVE BIDDING, BUT THIS IS THE SAME COST FOR A YEAR AND THEN WE GO OUT TO AN RFP PROCESS.
EXPLAINED IT VERY WELL, AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT.
AND STREET SWEEPING IS NOT A REAL FUN THING AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NECESSARY THING, AND WE DO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE LARGE AREAS IN LA VERNE THAT NEED TO BE SWEPT.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK ON THIS AND GETTING A COST THAT WAS THE SAME AS THE OTHER, PUSH IT OUT OF HERE, AND LET IT GO TO A COMPETITIVE BIDDING PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
THANK YOU. AND WE WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MS. BEAUCHAMP.
GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL. I HAVE QUESTIONS. WHY WASN'T THE KNOWING THAT THE CONTRACT WOULD END AT JUNE 30, 2026, WHY WEREN'T WE EXAMINING THE BIDDING PROCESS BACK IN 2025 SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO HAVE THIS EMERGENCY ONE YEAR? WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST THE PROBLEMS THAT ARISE FROM NO BIDS.
I KNOW HE SAID WE'RE DOING THIS FOR ONE YEAR TO GIVE YOU ENOUGH TIME TO DO IT PROPERLY, BUT IT'S LIKE WE'RE PUSHING THE GOALPOSTS THERE.
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING IT WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE EXISTING CONTRACT, NOT WAITING UNTIL THAT EXPIRES BEFORE WE START THE PROCESS.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT HE WAS ABLE TO NEGOTIATE THE SAME PRICE AND NOT HAVE AN INCREASE, BUT...
EVERYTHING GOES UP, SO I'M SURE THEY'RE DOING US A FAVOR NOW, BUT IT'LL EXPONENTIALLY GO UP NEXT TIME AROUND.
SO NUMBER ONE, THAT NEEDS TO BE EXAMINED.
NUMBER TWO WAS, I MEAN, IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN, I MEAN, HE EXPLAINED WHY THIS PROCESS IS TAKING PLACE, BUT IT DOESN'T EXPLAIN IF THE SAME SERVICES ARE BEING COVERED.
I KNOW ATHENS DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND THAT'S AFTER I HOSED DOWN THE POOP THAT'S IN MY YARD THAT PEOPLE LEAVE.
SO THAT'S HOW GOOD OF A JOB THEY REALLY DID, AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING.
ARE WE GETTING OUR SAME BANG FOR OUR BUCK? WE NEED TO ASK THAT OURSELVES.
OR THE DEPARTMENT NEEDS TO ASK THAT.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME KIND OF A COMPARISON IN THE FUTURE.
IT DIDN'T REALLY COMPARE WHAT WE WERE GETTING.
IT JUST TALKED ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE, I MEAN, GOING FORWARD IN THE MAPS AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY DO A SIDE-BY-SIDE COMPARISON.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE FUTURE WHEN YOU...
GET THE BIDS FOR THE NEXT TIME AROUND.
I WILL SAY THAT I THINK IT WAS APPLES FOR APPLES AS FAR AS WHAT WAS STREET SWEEPING ON THE EXACT PAVEMENT, THE EXACT SQUARE FOOTAGE.
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ALSO, THE FACT THAT ATHENS CAME UP WITH AN 18 PERCENT INCREASE, IT DIDN'T GIVE US ENOUGH TIME BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH US.THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE MAX CAME ALONG WITH THE SAME PRICE, SAME INFRASTRUCTURE.
OBVIOUSLY, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WILL BE MONITORING OUR SWEEPING TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COVER, WHICH I'M SURE THEY'RE GOING TO DO JUST AS GOOD A JOB.
SO HENCE THE ONE-YEAR CONTRACT THAT'S IDENTICAL, SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THEY'LL COVER THE SAME AREA BEFORE.
AM I NOT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THE SCOPE OF SERVICES IS COMPARABLE TO THE LAST SCOPE OF SERVICES FOR MEDICINES.
MR. MAYOR, THIS WAS NOT PLANNED.
THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE AGREEMENTS ON A ANNUAL BASIS ANYWAY, IN THAT WE HAD LOOKED AT IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BE IT NEXT YEAR OR THE YEAR AFTER, GOING TO A COMPETITIVE BID.
WE'VE HAD SOME STAFFING TURNOVER.
AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO KIND OF SPACE OUT THE BIG RFPS THAT WE'RE DOING.
BUT I WANT TO SHOUT OUT TO CMAX FOR JUMPING UP, DOING BASICALLY THE SAME SERVICE THAT ATHENS WAS DOING.
IN FACT, SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR ATHENS, THE PERSON WHO I WORKED WITH INITIALLY, JUST TO KIND OF SEE HOW THIS WAS GOING TO GO, CREATED THE ORIGINAL MAPS AND PLAN OF ACTION FOR ATHENS WAY BACK WHEN.
I THINK IN 2020. SO, YEAH, WE WILL BE WATCHING THEM.
WE KNOW THAT OUR RESIDENTS WATCHED OUR STREET PAPERS.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW HOW THE CALLS HAVE BEEN COMING, BUT I HAVEN'T HAD ANY CALLS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MIST BRUSHES OR SPRING WATER OR MIST CURB OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT YET.
BUT WE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THEM.
THEY WERE VERY UPFRONT WITH US THAT, YEAH, THEY WILL RESPOND.
THEY ARE LOOKING TO DO A REALLY GOOD JOB.
AND JUST TO ADD, ADD ON THE ANNUAL AGREEMENT FOR ATHENS, THE TERMS OF THAT AGREEMENT ONLY ALLOWED FOR A CPI INCREASE.
SO WITH THE OTHER ANNUAL AGREEMENTS THAT WERE BOUGHT BEFORE CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, ALL THE OTHER VENDORS HAD AGREED TO THE CPI INCREASE.
THIS WAS THE ONE VENDOR THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO NEGOTIATE A FAIR PRICE AND THEY WANTED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN THE OTHER ALLOWANCES.
I DO AGREE WITH DANITA, MS. BEAUCHAMP.
WHEN WE DO HAVE AGREEMENTS COMING UP, WE SHOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THOSE PRIOR.
BUT I DID ALSO SPEAK TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM CMAX.
AND ONE PART WHAT I LIKED HEARING WAS THAT THEIR STREET CLEANING FOR LAVERNE IS GOING TO BE ON FRIDAYS.
YOU KNOW, CLEAN UP MY STREETS BEFORE MY FRIENDS AND STUFF COME OVER TO MY HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CLEAN TOO.
SO PICKING CERTAIN DAYS ARE ALWAYS A LITTLE MORE BENEFICIAL FOR BEAUTY OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
APPRECIATE CMAX FOR COMING FORWARD AND GIVING US THOSE QUOTES, AND WE WILL GO OUT FOR AN RFP DURING THIS YEAR TIME FRAME.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY HELLO TO PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER.
SHE'S SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE.
AND ALSO MARLENE CARNEY, OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONER MEMBER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO WAIVE THE FORMAL BIDDING REQUIREMENT? AND APPROVE A ONE-YEAR MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND CMAX COMMERCIAL MAINTENANCE, INC.
FOR THE CITYWIDE STREET SWEEPING SERVICES FOR A NOT-TO-EXCEED PRICE OF $173,000, INCLUDING $13,000 CONTINGENCY FOR THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2026 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2027, AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND ANY NON-SUBSTANTIVE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO ADMINISTER AND IMPLEMENT THE AGREEMENT.
THIS ITEM WAS MOVED BY JOHNSON, SECONDED BY CROSBY, APPROVED 4-0 WITH CASH
[10. 2026 Christmas Morning Community Partnership Agreement.]
OF THE DEED TO ABSENT.THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS THE 2026 CHRISTMAS MORNING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
YES, MR. MAYOR. I'M GOING TO TELL ANDREA, PLEASE COME UP.
SO THIS IS ON THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT.
WE'VE HEARD FROM A LOT OF FOLKS BASED ON WHAT THE CITY STAFF.
HAD TO DO IN SOME OF THE REDUCTIONS. COMMUNITY MEMBERS CAME UP AND WANTED TO TAKE IT ON THEMSELVES. THIS ITEM, THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, IS BASED ON RECENTLY AN ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 129. AND I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH INTO ANDREA'S PRESENTATION.
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SO SHE WILL BE PROVIDING THAT.I KNOW THAT SCOTT DILLEY WILL BE HERE TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE EVENT FROM THE COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, ANDREA, PLEASE PUT IT AWAY.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND RESIDENTS. THIS EVENING I WILL BE PRESENTING ON THE 2026 CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT, AND AS KEN SAID, OUR PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT WITH THE CHRISTMAS MORNING IN LAVERNE COMMITTEE. THE REPRESENTATIVE HERE TONIGHT IS SCOTT DILLEY, WHO WILL BE ASSISTING ME WITH TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
JUST FOR SOME GENERAL ORGANIZATION ON HOW THIS PRESENTATION IS GOING TO FLOW, WE'RE GOING TO RECOVER WHAT KEN JUST SAID ABOUT BACKGROUND AND ABOUT THE ADMIN REG 129.
YEAH, BUT YOU'RE SAYING IT WHEN HE'S NOT.
BEFORE INVITING SCOTT UP TO TALK ABOUT THEIR PROPOSAL IN THE CHRISTMAS MORNING.
MORNING IN LA VERNE COMMITTEE, AND THEIR NEEDED FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THIS EVENT.
FROM THERE, WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT BUDGET AND THEN FUNDING SCENARIOS AND CLOSE WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL AT TONIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, SO QUICKLY, BECAUSE KEN JUST SAID IT AS WELL. THIS CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT IS A LONG CHERISHED TRADITION IN LA VERNE, OVER A HUNDRED YEARS. AND SOME LONG TIME VOLUNTEERS ARE IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
THE EVENT STRUCTURE HAS MODIFIED THROUGHOUT THOSE HUNDRED YEARS AS LA VERNE GROWS AND THEN THE OPERATION CHANGES.
BUT OVERALL IT'S MAINTAINED A VERY SIMILAR STRUCTURE WHERE THERE IS A LEAD VEHICLE WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS GUIDING A SANTA VEHICLE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WISHING EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. IN EARLY 2026, A COMMUNITY... GROUP CAME TO OUR ATTENTION OFFERING TO TAKE OVER AND BASICALLY LEAD THIS EVENT. WE HAD A VARIETY OF MEETINGS WITH THEM TO DISCUSS FEASIBILITY AND LOGISTICS TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS PROCEED IN AN EFFECTIVE WAY. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED A PATH THAT WE'RE PRESENTING HERE TONIGHT AND THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT WOULD BE LED BY AGAIN THE CHRISTMAS MORNING IN LA VERNE COMMITTEE.
I WILL CALL THEM COMMITTEE MOVING FORWARD JUST TO SAVE SOME BREATH AND THE CITY WOULD CONTINUE TO OVERSEE AND COORDINATE WITH THAT COMMITTEE. SO, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE NEWLY ADOPTED ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 129, WE NEED TO PRESENT THIS BEFORE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL, AS THIS IS A COORDINATED EVENT WITH THE COMMUNITY THAT REQUIRES STAFF TIME, EQUIPMENT, AND COSTS FROM THE COMMUNITY. THE CITY TO HELP MAKE THIS EVENT BE A SUCCESS IT ALSO REQUIRES PER THAT ADMIN REG THAT WE ENTER INTO A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COMMITTEE BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH ANY PLANNING AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE EVENT HENCE WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS IN EARLY AUGUST AT THIS TIME I WILL INVITE SCOTT UP TO DISCUSS THE COMMITTEE AND THE PROPOSED PROJECT SCOPE SORRY, I HAVE ALL THESE FILES. THANK YOU.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
YEAH, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CHRISTMAS ALREADY.
WE THINK WE'VE PUT A GOOD COMMITTEE TOGETHER.
WE'RE LISTENING TO THE CONCERNS OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE VOICED, AND THAT WAS THAT SANTA DROVE BY TOO FAST.
WE COULD NOT SEE SANTA BECAUSE HE WAS INSIDE OF A VEHICLE.
ONLY THE CLUBHOUSE IS BEING VISITED AT THE MOBILE HOME PARKS INSTEAD OF EVERY STREET.
AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, TO BRING THE CANDY BAGS BACK.
SO, THOSE ARE THE ITEMS THAT WE WILL BE FOCUSING ON.
WITH THE CANDY BAGS RETURNING, THAT SLOWS THE PACE DOWN OF THE ROUTE.
YOU KNOW, BEING A SANTA PARADE, IT CAN MOVE AT A FASTER PACE.
AND SO BRINGING THE CANDY BAGS WILL SLOW THAT DOWN.
AND OUR PLAN IS TO DISTRIBUTE THOSE VIA GOLF CART.
AND TO DECORATE THE GOLF CARTS IN A HOLIDAY THEME AND TO DRIVE CURBSIDE AND BE ABLE TO EASILY HAND OUT THE BAGS.
AND IN THAT MODEL, WITH HAVING THE RSVPS FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT LEADING THE ROUTES AND THE GOLF CARTS AND NOT HAVING THE RUNNERS, IT'S GOING TO IMPROVE OUR SAFETY OF PEOPLE JUMPING ON AND OFF VEHICLES AND RUNNING DOWN THE CURBSIDE.
AND IT'S GOING TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR THE WHOLE EVENT BY LESS THAN HALF.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A MUCH MORE SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR YEARS TO COME THAN HAVING UP TO 80 VOLUNTEERS AS RUNNERS.
SO THAT KIND OF COVERS THE SLIDE.
WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE TIME FRAME, 7 TO 2.
IN THE PAST, WE'VE DONE A PARADE ROUTE FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
OUR GOAL IS TO FINISH THE WHOLE ROUTE WELL BEFORE.
NOON TO MAKE THIS ABOUT A FOUR AND A HALF TO FIVE HOUR ROUTE WOULD BE INCORPORATING NEW SLEIGHS MUSIC PA SYSTEMS AND FOLLOWING THE SAME ROUTES AND TIMEFRAMES THAT
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WERE DONE WITH THE SIX ROUTE FORMAT IN THE PAST.WE HAVE A ROUGH BUDGET OF $25,000 WITH THE ITEMIZATION UP THAT'S ON THE BOARD THERE.
SOME OF THESE WOULD BE ONE-TIME COSTS.
GOING FORWARD, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOWER THAT DOWN.
I HAVE FLYERS HERE FOR ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED.
AND WE PROBABLY ARE CLOSER TO $5,000 AT THIS POINT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
SHE'S GOT MORE TO TALK ABOUT, SCOTT.
OKAY, SO THE SLIDE THAT SCOTT DISCUSSED REFLECTED THE COST FOR THE COMMITTEE, BUT THIS DID NOT COVER COSTS FOR THE CITY TO HELP WITH ORGANIZATION AND COORDINATING FOR THIS EVENT.
SO BACK WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE BUDGET FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, BUDGETED ACCORDINGLY WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CITY WOULD BE LEADING THE EVENT.
THIS WAS BEFORE WE MET AND HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE COMMITTEE.
SO FOR THIS BUDGET YEAR, WE DID ALLOCATE $16,000 TO COVER OPERATIONS AND PERSONNEL OF CITY STAFF THAT WOULD BE VOLUNTEERING FOR THE EVENT.
NOW, WITH THE COMMITTEE LEADING THE EVENT, WE DEVELOPED THE ESTIMATE THAT'S LISTED ON THE BOARD TO HELP UNDERSTAND THE COST FOR THE CITY TO HELP MAINTAIN A SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT.
THE FIRST ONE BEING, WELL, LET ME ACTUALLY STEP BACK FOR A SECOND.
IT'S BROKEN DOWN WITH REQUIRED COSTS VERSUS SUPPLEMENTAL COSTS.
SO THE FIRST SECTION, THOSE REQUIRED COSTS ARE COSTS WE NEED TO COVER.
FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL COSTS, WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION IF WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT.
SO FIRST, UNDER REQUIRED COSTS IS SPECIAL EVENT INSURANCE.
WHEN WE FIRST MET WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP.
WE WENT, OKAY, HOW IS THIS GOING TO IMPACT OUR INSURANCE AND OUR LIABILITY? SO WE SPOKE WITH OUR INSURERS, AND THE SPECIAL EVENT INSURANCE DIDN'T CHANGE.
SO THAT AMOUNT STILL REFLECTS THE AMOUNT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, BUT WE WERE GIVEN DIRECTION THAT FOR ALL LEAD VEHICLES, IT STILL MUST BE DRIVEN BY A CITY STAFF PERSON OR AN RSVP OR A CERT MEMBER.
AS THEY ARE AUTHORIZED TO DRIVE THE LIGHTS AND SIREN VEHICLES.
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND.
THAT SECOND LIGHT ITEM, STAFF TIME FOR EVENT COORDINATION, IS ALL TIME FOR CITY EMPLOYEES LEADING UP TO THE DAY OF.
SO THAT IS ATTENDING COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THE COMMITTEE, CONDUCTING OUTREACH, LEADING THE MANDATORY SAFETY TRAINING MEETING, AS WELL AS DOING FLEET MAINTENANCE AND STAGING THE FLEET SO THAT IT IS READY ON THE MORNING OF CHRISTMAS TO THE EVENT.
THAT LET THAT NEXT LINE ITEM YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A RANGE AND THAT RANGE IS COVERING THE COST FOR THOSE THOSE WHO WOULD DRIVE THE LEAD VEHICLE.
SO THE REASON THERE'S A RANGE IS BECAUSE WE'RE FAIRLY EARLY ON IN THE PLANNING.
WE HAVEN'T LOCKED IN WHO WILL BE DRIVING THE LEAD VEHICLES.
SO IF EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE DROVE ON ALL THE ROUTES, WE WOULD GIVE A STIPEND PER PERSON.
HOWEVER, IF IT WAS SIR OR RSVP MEMBERS, WE WOULD GIVE A DONATION TO THEIR FUND.
AND SO THAT CHANGES THE AMOUNT THAT WE WOULD DONATE FOR THE LEAD VEHICLE POSITION.
AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE A RANGE LISTED ON THERE.
WE GIVE A LOW AND A HIGH SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE GENERAL COST FOR THAT COMPONENT.
THAT LAST BULLET UNDER REQUIRED COST IS JUST EQUIPMENT COSTS FOR THE USE OF OUR FLEET ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT.
NOW, THE SUPPLEMENTAL COST LISTED THERE IS FOR THE COMMUNITY MAILER THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS INFORMING RESIDENTS ABOUT THE EVENT AND OTHER HOLIDAY FUN THAT THEY CAN HAVE IN LA VERNE.
SO THAT'S NOT A REQUIRED COST, BUT WE FIND THE VALUE IN CONDUCTING THAT OUTREACH AND NOTIFYING THEM ABOUT THE EVENT.
SO YOU MAY BE ASKING, WHY DID I GO INTO THAT MUCH DETAIL? THAT IS BECAUSE FOR DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL TONIGHT, THERE'S A VARIETY OF SCENARIOS THAT WE LEAVE TO YOUR DISCRETION AS LISTED WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION.
SO WITHIN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION IT IDENTIFIES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN EITHER REQUIRE THAT THE COMMUNITY GROUP FULLY REIMBURSE THE CITY FOR CITY COSTS TO HELP WITH THE EVENT, OR WE CAN WAIVE CITY COSTS.
AND THEN WE COULD ALSO PROVIDE SEED MONEY TO THE COMMUNITY GROUP.
AND SO THOSE ARE ALL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER.
SO ON THE SLIDE, WE HAVE THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS LISTED THERE.
BUT IT RANGES FROM PROVIDING SEED FUNDING TO THE GROUP AND WAIVING CITY STAFF COSTS, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO NOT WAIVING ANY CITY STAFF COSTS AND NOT PROVIDING ANY SEED FUNDING.
SO WE CAN READ THROUGH IT IF WE'D LIKE, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU GUYS.
SO THE FINAL SLIDE IS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COUNCIL TONIGHT.
THE FIRST IS PROVIDING FEEDBACK BASED ON THE PROPOSAL WE'VE OFFERED HERE TONIGHT WITH THE COMMITTEE AND CITY STAFF INVOLVEMENT.
AND THEN AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO FINALIZE THE AGREEMENT BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT.
AND THEN THIRD IS IDENTIFYING THE FUNDING SCENARIO, AND I WILL LEAVE THIS SLIDE UP BECAUSE IT LISTS THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.
SO SCOTT AND I ARE HERE IF YOU
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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.I THINK WE'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THE DAY.
I KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF QUESTIONS HERE, SO ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ONLINE? FOR A MOMENT, I'VE BEEN A LEAD VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS.
I'VE NEVER BEEN ASKED FOR ANY MONEY.
AND THE OTHER FIVE PEOPLE THAT HAD LEAD VEHICLES, WE JUST VOLUNTEERED TO DO IT.
THERE'S NO REASON WHY WE JUST CAN'T DO IT THE SAME WAY.
THAT'LL SAVE A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR PARTICIPATION OVER THE MANY YEARS.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO ONE'S GOING TO RAISE HAND.
I'M GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING IT UP ON THE DESK.
I WOULD LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION.
I TALKED TO OUR ATTORNEY EARLIER ABOUT THE INSURANCE PORTION OF IT BECAUSE LIKE THE 4TH OF JULY IN OUR PARADE, THERE ARE CONSIDERATIONS WITH INSURANCE AND I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO ARTICULATE TO THE PUBLIC WHAT THOSE CONSIDERATIONS MIGHT BE AND WHAT METHODS WE'RE LOOKING AT MITIGATING ANY POTENTIAL LIABILITY OR RISKS.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AND TALKING TO THE CGPIA, ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INSURANCE THAT WE WOULD REQUIRE.
WHEN WE ESTABLISH THE INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS, THAT IT BE A BROKER WHO OR A COMPANY THAT IS LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA THAT IS OF A CERTAIN RANKING AND THAT WE'VE ASSURED THAT...
THE RIGHT COVERAGES ARE IN PLACE TO PROVIDE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION, LIABILITY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, GENERAL LIABILITY AND SO ON.
AND WE WILL BE LOOKING VERY CAREFULLY AT THE AMOUNT OF INSURANCE THAT WE THINK IS NECESSARY TO FULLY PROTECT BOTH THE ORGANIZATION AND THE CITY WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD.
YES, I THINK CHRISTMAS IN LA VERNE IS A VERY SPECIAL DAY.
THIS EVENT ACTUALLY HITS EVERY STREET IN LA VERNE.
I'VE BEEN PARTICIPATING IN IT SINCE 2019.
I WAS FIRST A RUNNER FOR THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS.
LET ME TELL YOU, THAT IS A LOT.
THEN I BECAME A SANTA BECAUSE I CAN'T RUN ANYMORE.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND THE QUICKNESS OF GOING THROUGH COMMUNITIES AND WHERE PEOPLE ARE HEARING THE SIRENS AND PEOPLE ARE NOT COMING OUT IN TIME BECAUSE THE TRUCK'S GOING FAST.
I LIKE THE NEW IDEAS THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BROUGHT UP.
I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE CITY HAS SOME COSTS.
AS WELL IF EMPLOYEES ARE DOING IT.
NOT ALL EMPLOYEES, I'M SORRY, DON'T DONATE THEIR TIME AND ENERGY, ESPECIALLY ON CHRISTMAS MORNING.
I DO TALK TO MY FAMILY ABOUT WHY I'M LEAVING THE HOUSE UNTIL 12, 2 O'CLOCK, AND I KNOW WHEN I WAS RUNNING I WENT HOME AND TOOK A LONG NAP BECAUSE I WAS SO TIRED.
I MISSED MOST OF THE CHRISTMAS DAYTIME.
SO I DO BELIEVE IN MAKING SURE THE COSTS ARE COVERED, BUT ANY EXTRA MONEY THAT WE'VE BUDGETED, I THINK WE SHOULD PUT IT BACK INTO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS SO THAT THEY ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE GOAL OF EVERYTHING TOO.
I ALSO REMEMBER IN 2019 WHEN THAT WAS THE YEAR IT WAS TAKEN BACK.
FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT BACK TO THE CITY WHERE WE HAD A GREAT PARTY IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE WE WERE BOXING AND BAGGING UP ALL THE APPLES AND PEANUTS AND STUFF AND IT WAS A FUN NIGHT AND IT WAS ONE NIGHT SO THE VOLUNTEERS REALLY CAME OUT THAT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO COME OUT AND DO SOMETHING WHEN THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO DO IT ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE THEY HAD TO BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
SO SOMETHING LIKE THAT MIGHT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF DOING THAT AND THAT COST.
BUT I THINK BRINGING THAT NIGHT ALSO BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT BACK AS WELL.
I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF GOLF CARTS AND DROPPING THEM OFF BECAUSE, AGAIN, THE VOLUNTEERS AND RUNNING,
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THEY ALL RAN THE FIRST HOUR.AFTERWARDS IT WAS REALLY REALLY TIRING AND TO KEEP ASKING OUR HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT'S WE'RE DOING IT THE MOST AND RUNNING THE MOST. OUT THERE WAS, IT WAS A LOT. SO, I DO LIKE OUR COACHES. WERE FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS WERE REALLY BRINGING THE TEAMS OUT TOGETHER.
AND NOT ALL KIDS CAN PARTICIPATE ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE THEY HAVE FAMILY COMMITMENTS AS WELL.
SO MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE TO LEFTOVERS IS MAKING SURE GOING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS SO THAT IT'S HELPING EVERYBODY GET ACROSS THAT FINISH LINE.
I HAVE VERY FOND MEMORIES OF BEING IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THE NIGHTS THAT WE WOULD PACK THOSE BAGS OF CANDY AND APPLE AND PEANUTS.
I REALLY LIKE THIS IDEA OF THIS PROPOSAL.
I KNOW WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT THE PRIOR COUPLE YEARS WHEN I WAS RUNNING ALONGSIDE THE TRUCK TRYING TO KEEP UP.
YEAH, THE GOLF CARTS SOUND LIKE A GREAT IDEA.
ARE YOU GUYS PULLING DIBS ON THE GOLF CARTS? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE SHARING THOSE WITH US.
BUT I DO LIKE THIS IDEA SO FAR.
I WONDER, I KNOW WITH THE ROTARY CLUB, WE CAN OFTEN GET LIABILITY COVERAGE.
THIS ISN'T NECESSARILY TIED INTO THE ROTARY CLUB AT THIS POINT, SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT, IF ANYTHING, I COULD BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THAT PART OF IT.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY HAS BUDGETED $16,000 FROM BEFORE THIS WAS TAKEN OVER AS A COMMUNITY-LED EVENT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND SO THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS THAT ARE PUT UP AS POTENTIAL OPTIONS FOR US TO PURSUE, I WOULD LIKE US TO BE CAUTIOUS AND I WILL LEAVE IT FOR DIALOGUE AMONGST THOSE ON THIS DAIS, THAT AS THE $16,000 WAS ALREADY ALLOCATED, I'M NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO THAT BEING SEED MONEY HERE.
HOWEVER, MY CONCERN IS THAT WE ARE DOING THIS UNDER OUR NEW ADMIN REGULATION, 129, DUE TO SOME CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED BY RESIDENTS ABOUT HOW OTHER EVENTS WERE PUT FORTH AND HOW THEY WERE FUNDED AND OR OR SUPPORTED BY THE CITY.
I WILL DRAW THE CORRELATION AGAIN WITH THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE.
I THINK WHEN WE WERE IN TIMES WHEN WE HAD MORE MONEY TO ALLOW FOR THINGS, WE WERE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE DIFFERENT AMOUNTS TO THESE EVENTS TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN.
I THINK THE REALITY OF THIS BEING ON CHRISTMAS DAY HAS CAUSED SOME DIFFERENT ISSUES HERE AND THERE, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A HOLIDAY THAT WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO WORK.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW OR AT LEAST HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT ARE THE GROUP'S ANTICIPATED STRATEGIES GOING FORWARD AFTER THIS $16,000 SEED MONEY, BECAUSE I CAN'T GUARANTEE, NOBODY ON THIS DAIS CAN GUARANTEE WHAT AMOUNT COULD OR WOULD BE CONTRIBUTED IN FUTURE YEARS FOR THIS EVENT.
AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT.
I WANT THIS EVENT TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS TALKED ABOUT THAT I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME FOR.
BUT I THINK I'M LOOKING AT THE PERPETUITY OF IT.
THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF A PLAN FOR HOW DOES THIS GO FORWARD EFFECTIVELY.
I KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE SOME COMPETING INTERESTS IN THE FOLKS THAT WE ASK ALL THE TIME FOR MONEY FOR CONCERTS IN THE PARK, FOURTH OF JULY, FOR WINTER WONDERLAND, FOR ALL OF THESE EVENTS THAT I THINK ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT WE ARE GOING BACK TO THE SAME.
FOLKS A LOT OF TIMES FOR THAT.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF A STRATEGY FOR WHAT DO WE REALLY NEED? AND I APPRECIATE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE BUDGET AS WHAT IS REQUIRED AND WHAT IS SUPPLEMENTAL.
I THINK THAT GIVES SOME GUIDANCE AS TO HOW THIS GROUP MAY WANT TO MOVE FORWARD.
BUT I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT WHILE THIS MONEY WAS
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BUDGETED, THE $16,000, AND THIS COUNCIL MAY DECIDE THAT, YES, YOU CAN TAKE THE $16,000 AND WE CAN THINK WHAT TO DO, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT YOU WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WE'RE CALLING IT SEED FUNDING, SO IS THAT A ONE-TIME THIS YEAR AND THERE'S A PLAN FOR NEXT YEAR? I KNOW SOME OF THOSE COSTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED WERE IDENTIFIED AS ONE-TIME COSTS.I'M ASSUMING LIKE THE SLEIGH WILL BE, HEY, WE'VE GOT TO BUILD A SLEIGH ONE TIME.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP BUILDING SLEIGHS EVERY YEAR.
BUT I THINK THOSE ARE SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ANSWER.
I DON'T WANT TO SOUND LIKE I'M A DEBBIE DOWNER ABOUT IT.
I'M BEING VERY PRACTICAL ABOUT IT.
I'M BEING VERY PRACTICAL ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S REALLY EASY TO SAY.
I WANT TO SUPPORT SOMETHING BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS REAL GUNG-HO ABOUT IT, BUT I WANT TO SUPPORT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE SUSTAINABLE LONG-TERM, AND I WANT TO KNOW THAT THERE'S A PLAN FOR THAT AND THAT WE'RE NOT STRETCHING OUT OUR STAFF AND OTHERWISE COMPROMISING.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S READY TO BE SPOKEN ABOUT OR IF ANYONE HAS TO.
IF I CAN JUMP IN, I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I KNOW THAT JASON SIMISON AND ALSO SCOTT DILLARD ARE WORKING ON A LAVERNE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, AND THE FOUNDATION IS NOT JUST FOR, AS YOU'RE STATING, WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS.
IF THE FOUNDATION IS SET UP, THE FOUNDATION IS SET UP FOR MANY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS, SO THEY CAN DO OTHER THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY JUST BESIDES THE CHRISTMAS DAY OR WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WISHES TO WORK ON.
I KNOW THAT MR. DOMER HAS BEEN WORKING ON THAT WITH THEM, SO IT'S A 501C3, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AND YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW, WHICH I THINK, AND THAT'S GOING TO CARRY IT THROUGH ONCE YOU START GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED, GET THE FOUNDATION SET UP, THAT THAT WILL BE THE SEED MONEY FOR FURTHER ENGAGEMENT.
IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S ACTUALLY IN FRUITION.
IT'S MOVING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
I KNOW THAT YOU AND JASON ARE WORKING ON THAT.
SO THEN MY ASK, AND AGAIN, PLEASE CLARIFY FOR ME OR HELP ME OUT HERE.
I THINK ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE, FOR INSTANCE, THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THEM DOES REQUIRE SOME SORT OF REPORTING BACK OR SOME SORT OF ASSESSMENT SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE CONTINUALLY HOW DO WE GET BETTER EACH YEAR.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S CONTEMPLATED FOR THIS? AND I WOULD SAY THE SAME FOR 4TH OF JULY.
4TH OF JULY, WE'RE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR.
YOU KNOW, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE BEST USE OF OUR LIMITED DOLLARS TO THE MAXIMUM BENEFIT OF OUR RESIDENTS? YES, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND AGAIN, WITH EVERY HOLIDAY SEASON AND THE CHRISTMAS, THERE'S ALWAYS THE GRINCH.
YEAH, SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT SCOTT AND HIS GROUP HAVE JUMPED UP, HAVE TAKEN THIS ON, THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB, UNDERSTAND THAT A LOT OF THE COSTS OR A GOOD PERCENTAGE ARE, YOU KNOW, UPFRONT AND ALL THAT STUFF.
REAL QUICK, GETTING BACK TO THE INSURANCE ISSUE STUFF.
WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST A SPECIAL EVENT INSURANCE STATE, CJPIA.
I THINK THE ISSUE RIGHT NOW IS GIVEN TODAY'S ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, OUR STANDARD IS A $1 MILLION, $2 MILLION POLICY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S NOT A LOT.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'LL LOOK AT AS IDENTIFIED IN THE...
REQUIRED COSTS, THAT WAS $697 FOR SPECIAL EVENT INSURANCE.
THAT'S A $1 MILLION, $2 MILLION.
SO WE'LL GO BACK TO THE APIA AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT LEVELS ARE.
I DO BELIEVE THAT, YES, WE BUDGETED $16,000.
AND GIVEN THAT WE WERE BALANCED AT ZERO, YOU KNOW, IF WE PROVIDE ALL $16,000 OF SEED MONEY, BUT THEN HAVE TO COVER CITY COSTS, THEN THAT'S GOING TO COST BACK IN SEQUENCE.
SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, SCENARIO NUMBER TWO, WHERE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE CITY COSTS DOWN AS GREAT AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT INCLUDES, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN UTILIZE THE CERTS AND THE RCP DRIVERS HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
SO REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THEIR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP IN THIS.
I THINK THE EXTENDED HOURS MAY BE A QUESTION, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST YEAR WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THE GOLF CARTS HELP OUT AND SEE WHERE THAT GOES.
BUT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE GREATEST AMOUNT OF SEED MONEY TO GET TO DO THE SLEDS TO CREATE SEED MONEY FOR THE CANDY AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GREAT.
RELATIONSHIP, BUT I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD CAUSE.
THERE IS A REPORT-BACK FUNCTION.
IT WAS A COMPONENT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATION 129 WHERE THE GROUP ASKED TO GET BACK TO US ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT COSTS.
AND MUCH LIKE WE'VE BEEN DOING THE LAST FOUR YEARS IN OUR BUDGET, WE REALLY NEED TO KNOW THE COSTS.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING THAT.AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING PRETTY MUCH HAND-IN-HAND WITH THEM FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A CITY EVENT, A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND FOR 101 YEARS QUOTED ON THAT.
YEAH. BUT NO, SO I THINK IT'S ALSO THE FIRST TIME DOING THIS, AND IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'RE COMING BACK WITH A COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LEARN, BUT IT'S A GREAT GROUP TO LEARN WITH.
WE BROUGHT UP CANDY PACKING AND THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
IT WILL VERY LIKELY BE TWO DAYS AHEAD OF TIME ON THE 23RD. WE HAVE A ROTATION OF CHURCHES THAT WOULD LIKE TO HOST THEM IN THEIR COMMUNITY CENTERS.
OUR PLAN WOULD BE TO SPREAD THAT OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR TO DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND INVITE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE LOOKING OBVIOUSLY FOR SPONSORS, BUT ALSO FOR VOLUNTEERS.
OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER ON THE 23RD FOR CANDY PACKING AND AS WELL ON CHRISTMAS.
I JUST, I HAVE A REAL QUICK COMMENT AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS COMING FORWARD TO DO THIS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A REAL MODIFICATION OVER THE YEARS.
WE REALLY HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY THEY REALLY WANT IT.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW SCOTT'S COMPANY HAS GIVEN SO MUCH TO SO MANY OF THESE FUNCTIONS THAT WE HAVE.
HEY SCOTT, HEY SCOTT, AND I DO FEEL THAT WE NEED TO GIVE YOUR COMMITTEE AS MUCH LEEWAY AS POSSIBLE.
AND I DO AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LAU THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE CITY.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER'S SPENT IS DONE CORRECTLY UNDER THE GUISE OF OUR CITY MANAGEMENT.
BUT I TRUST YOU GUYS EXPLICITLY.
I KNOW THAT COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER, HE'LL MAKE A PENNY SQUEAL, AND I KNOW SHE'S THE TREASURER.
SO, YEAH, SHE LEFT YOUR COMMITTEE TO DO THIS, BUT I DO THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THE INVOLVEMENT, SCOTT, THAT YOU, THE SAUNDERS TOWING HAS GIVEN OVER THE YEARS, I KNOW YOU'RE A CONTRACTOR, BUT YOU'VE GONE WAY ABOVE AND BEYOND.
AND I KNOW JASON ALSO, SIMISON, AND ALSO YOUR WONDERFUL WIFE IN THE CORNER OVER THERE, YOU GUYS HAVE GIVEN SO MUCH.
YOU DO ROTARY, YOU DO ALL THESE THINGS.
SO I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THEM THE CATALYST TO GET THIS GOING.
YOU GUYS GET YOUR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION GOING.
WE MAKE SURE WE CROSS OUR T'S AND DOT OUR I'S, MAKE SURE THE INSURANCE COVERS IT.
BUT I BELIEVE IN THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT FOR YOU GUYS TO GET THIS GOING.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.
IT'S GOING TO ROLL REALLY WELL.
AND I KNOW SCOTT AND HIS WIFE HAS BEEN GIVING UP A LOT OF THEIR TIME ON CHRISTMAS EVERY YEAR AS WELL.
THEY PUT THE FIRST SLEIGH ON THE BACK OF HIS TOW TRUCK AND WAS GOING AROUND THE COMMUNITY TOO.
YEP. SO I KNOW THEIR DEDICATED TIME THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE TOO.
THE ONE PIECE I QUESTION ABOUT THE COSTS, THE REQUIRED COSTS, IS THE EQUIPMENT COSTS.
RENTAL OF THE TRUCKS AND STUFF BEING OUT THERE.
I JUST SEE THAT'S A PLACE WHERE THE ONE DAY, I KNOW IT'S $900 OR $800 AND SOME, BUT THAT'S THE ONE PIECE I SEE THAT I UNDERSTAND PAYING MONEY FOR STAFF AND STUFF, THOSE STUFF, THAT'S WHERE I SEE THERE'S A LITTLE WIGGLE ROOM.
AND ON THAT, MR. COUNCIL MEMBER AND COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL COOL.
PER THE POLICY HAS THE ABILITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN THINGS AND MAYBE THAT'S THE ONE IF THAT DIRECTION IS GIVEN THAT HELPS AT LEAST INSURANCE AND THAT'S WHERE WE CAN GET THAT ADDITIONAL BUT AGAIN YOU HAVE 900.7 YEAH, I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.
I THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AND PIECE AND PART THOSE THINGS APART THAT WE DON'T REALLY NEED TO DO.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S RIGHT HERE.
IT'S LIKE, COME ON, FORGET THAT.
SO MY, I THINK WHERE I'M LEANING IN TERMS OF DIRECTION WOULD BE LOOKING AT FOR THE COST ARRANGEMENT SCENARIO IS DOING THE PARTIAL.
SEED FUNDING IN AN AMOUNT DETERMINED NOT TO EXCEED WHATEVER THE BALANCE IS OF THAT $16,000 AFTER OUR CITY COSTS ARE INCURRED.
AND I WOULD, I MEAN, AND AGAIN, SERIOUSLY, NO PRESSURE, BUT ALSO KIND OF PRESSURE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK FOR US TO BE SUCCESSFUL, THEN PLEASE LEAN ON THE RESOURCES THAT YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF LIKE IF YOU ARE STUMBLING OR IF YOU ARE LIKE, OH, CRAP, WE DIDN'T THINK OF THIS.
LIKE, I THINK WE'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY AHEAD OF TIME TO TRY TO HELP MOVE IT FORWARD.
AND I DO THINK IT WILL REQUIRE
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AT SOME POINT MAYBE A CONCERTED CONVERSATION AMONGST THE VARIOUS GROUPS THAT ARE DOING AND HELPING OUT WITH THESE GREAT HOLIDAY EVENTS ABOUT HOW DO WE GET LEANER AND MEANER AND FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE EFFICIENT IN WAYS.TO THE POINT ABOUT LOOKING AT WHATEVER IS BEING BUDGETED.
YOU KNOW, WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE COULD WAIVE AS A COUNCIL? WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT ABLE TO BE WAIVED JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PRESERVE MUCH OF OUR BUDGET AS POSSIBLE? BUT THAT'S WHERE I'M LEANING AS OPTION NUMBER TWO.
AND THEN REALLY LOOKING FOR CONTINUED COLLABORATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE IT'S GOING SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL.
I'M LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE NUMBER ONE.
GIVE THEM THE ENTIRE $16,000, PERSONALLY.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN GREAT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I REALLY THINK THAT WE NEED TO SUPPORT THEM AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
ACTUALLY, IT'S WE ALREADY TOOK PUBLIC COMMENT.
BUT SHE'S PART OF THE COMMITTEE.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS BEEN LED BY SCOTT.
SCOTT HAS LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY, HAS SEEN EVERY YEAR OF SANTA.
THE LOVE THAT THIS MAN HAS BROUGHT AND GOT OUR COMMITTEE TOGETHER IS ALL ABOUT WHAT LAVERNE'S ABOUT.
AND HE JUST WANTS IT TO BE FOR EVERY CHILD, EVERY ADULT.
SOMETHING THAT HE DID LEAVE OUT, TOO, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONTEST THAT THE FAMILY THAT HAS THE BIGGEST CHRISTMAS PARTY THAT MORNING AS WE'RE GOING AROUND WILL GET A PRIZE.
WE'RE DOING LITTLE THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT SCOTT.
HIS LEADERSHIP, HIS LOVE FOR THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT'S JUST LIKE YOU JUST FEEL IT WHEN YOU HEAR HIM AT EVERY ONE OF OUR MEETINGS.
AND WE HEARD SO MANY TIMES THAT KIDS JUST...
MISS THE CANDY AND ONE THING THAT WE ARE DOING TOO IS THIS IS NOT WHAT I'M PERSONALLY BEING THE TREASURER WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU WAVE IT THIS YEAR.
I KNOW MANY TIMES WHEN I WAS ON COUNCIL WE DID THAT AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE NEED THE SEED MONEY.
WE HAVE WE'RE BUILDING THE SLEIGHS RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO PAY FOR THAT THE PAINTING OF THEM BANNERS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING IT COSTS MONEY THIS FIRST YEAR WE'RE HOPING TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AFTER THIS YEAR WHAT'S BEAUTIFUL IS THAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE EACH ONE OF YOU A FLYER, IF YOU WOULD JUST PASS THEM ON, RICK.
THESE ARE OUR FUNDRAISER FORMS. OUR CHILDREN ARE EVEN DONATING.
TODAY, MY GRANDSON WAS OVER AT MY HOUSE, AND HE'S 20.
HE CAME TO EVERY ONE OF THE PACKINGS AND HAS COME OVER IN TIME FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE DON'T CARE THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
OUR GOAL IS FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T WANT TO HIT ALL THE BUSINESSES EVERY YEAR.
WE KNOW THAT THESE BUSINESSES IN TOWN.
WE WANT THE COMMUNITY, WHATEVER THEY CAN AFFORD TO, BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE LOVES.
THE MOBILE HOMES WILL BE ECSTATIC BECAUSE THEY CAN'T COME TOO FAR.
AND LAST COUPLE YEARS, SOMEBODY WOULD BE OUT FRONT BY THE CLUBHOUSE AND THEY'D BE TOLD, COME SEE US.
THIS YEAR, THEY'RE GOING TO GO COMPLETELY AROUND EVERY STREET OF THE MOBILE HOMES.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT MESSAGE.
WE WOULD LOVE IF YOU COULD WAVE THE FEES THIS YEAR, GIVE US THE $16,000 WOULD BE MY WISH, AND LET US HAVE A SUCCESSFUL FIRST YEAR, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
AND WE'LL KEEP COMMUNICATING WITH YOU OF HOW THINGS GO.
I THINK THE COST, THOUGH, OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE HAVE TO PAY, THAT'S MY ONLY WORRISOME ABOUT THAT.
I WANT TO GIVE THEM AS MUCH MONEY AS WE CAN, BUT MY WORRY IS ABOUT THE COST OF OUR EMPLOYEES.
AND SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES OR SOME OF THE PEOPLE I KNOW OVER THE YEARS HAVE VOLUNTEERED THEIR TIME.
I KNOW I HAVE NEVER BEEN PAID, AND I DON'T WISH TO BE PAID SINCE 2019 I'VE DONE IT.
AND I'M STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING THIS YEAR AS WELL.
BUT THERE ARE EMPLOYEES THAT HAVE TO DO IT BECAUSE THEY NEED THEIR END.
THAT IS JUST THINGS THAT THE CITY HAS TO THEN TAKE ON AS WELL.
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WITH THE GUISE OF THAT AND PAYING OUR EMPLOYEES ABOVE AND BEYOND THAT.I THINK FOR THE FIRST YEAR TO GET THIS GOING, I THINK IT'S KICKSTARTED.
SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT, THOUGH.
WITH THE $16,000 THAT WAS INITIALLY ALLOCATED FOR CHRISTMAS MORNING WAS CONTEMPLATING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE ALL CITY-LED, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THAT $16,000 ENCOMPASSED STAFF FEES AND COSTS, CORRECT? YES.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M GOING WITH NUMBER TWO, BECAUSE ALL THAT SAYS IS WE ARE PROCEEDING UNDER THE SAME BUDGET.
CONSTRAINTS EXCEPT THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE WOULD BE THAT A COMMUNITY GROUP WOULD BE LEADING THE EFFORTS FOR THAT REMAINING AMOUNT TO PAY FOR.
THERE IS A SLIGHT VARIANCE BETWEEN THE CITY LEADING THE EVENT IN COST VERSUS THE COMMUNITY GROUP BEING IN CHARGE.
SO UNDER THE CITY LED STRUCTURE, WE PAID FOR EVERY SEAT.
AND SO THE EMPLOYEE COST WAS A LITTLE OVER $10,000.
WHERE UNDER THE COMMUNITY-LED STRUCTURE, IT'S A LOT LESS.
AND THEN FOR FULL UNDERSTANDING, THE BREAKDOWN ON THE SCREEN YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND FULL COST.
BUT IF WE PROCEED, LIKE STAFF TIME COULD EASILY BE ABSORBED.
AND THEN AS WE DISCUSSED, EQUIPMENT COSTS CAN EASILY BE WAIVED.
AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS SO THAT YOU CAN FULLY UNDERSTAND OUR TIME.
BUT, LIKE, EVEN LAST YEAR, WE WEREN'T PROJECT CODING OUR TIME FOR COORDINATION LEADING UP TO THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT.
SO IF THAT HELPS PAINT A PICTURE, TOO, OF THE BUDGET LISTED THERE.
WE WERE ABSORBING THE TIME INTERNALLY.
BECAUSE YOU WERE DOING OTHER THINGS AND YOU WERE...
SO GOING FORWARD FOR THIS EVENT, FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE WERE TO GO MORE AT WHAT...
THE STAFF TIME FOR EVENT COORDINATION IS BASICALLY...
WE'VE MET DURING THEIR REGULAR WORK HOURS.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE EQUIPMENT COSTS WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT WE COULD SAY, OKAY, WELL, LET'S NOT DO THAT.
ALSO LOOK AT LET'S SEE WHAT THE SPECIAL INSURANCE IS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS TO PAY UP TO $1,000 THE CITY WOULD COVER.
THAT MAY BE SOME TYPE OF SAVINGS THAT DOWN THE ROAD WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE FROM CJPIA ON SOMETHING WE DON'T DO OR SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SUPPORT THAT.
BUT THE BIGGEST COSTS HAVE BEEN THE EMPLOYEES ON THE DAY OF BECAUSE IT'S CHRISTMAS MORNING.
WE WILL MINIMIZE THAT GREATLY AND THEN WE ALSO MINIMIZE IT EVEN MORE THROUGH THE USE OF THE VOLUNTEER.
INSERT, WHO ARE CONTRIBUTING ON TIME.
BUT THE CITY IS STILL PROVIDING EACH ORGANIZATION $700,000.
THEN TO THE SEARCH ORGANIZATION, THE RCC ORGANIZATION, HELP THEM.
IF THAT'S THE LOW END OF $50,000, THAT WOULD BE THE BEST CASE SCENARIO ON THAT.
SO, YEAH, WE COULD WHITTLE THAT COST SO THAT $16,000 REALLY IS GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW.
OH, THE OTHER THING IS THE COMMUNITY MAIL.
IT'S BEEN THAT HALF-PAID POSTCARD.
IT TALKS ABOUT CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT.
DO WE NEED TO DO THAT, THOUGH? CAN'T WE GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA? WE CAN, YEAH.
SO ON THE FLIP SIDE, FLIP SIDE OF IT, WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER PROGRAMS AND OTHER THINGS.
SO WE TRY TO USE IT AS A GOOD...
I'M TRYING TO KEEP HER DOWN FOR RIGHT NOW.
WE USE IT FOR MULTIPLE DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE SIDE IS CHRISTMAS MORNING AND OTHER CHRISTMAS EVENTS.
THE OTHER SIDE IS WATER RELATED.
SO REALLY IT'S NOT THE $2,700 COMMUNITY MAILER.
SO $2,700 IS THE CHRISTMAS MORNING PORTION.
SO YES, SO THE COMMUNITY MAILER.
SO WE DO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, BUT THE COMMON PIECE OF FEEDBACK IS OUR RESIDENTS AREN'T ALWAYS PLUGGED IN, SO THE MAILER GETS IT DIRECTLY TO THE RESIDENTS.
BUT I WILL SAY IT ALSO IS PUT IN THE RECREATION GUIDE, THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT, WHICH IS REACHED BY EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT.
SO THAT COMMUNITY MAILER IS ALSO VARIABLE IN COST BECAUSE THAT'S A REALLY NICE QUALITY MAILER.
WE COULD MAKE IT A QUARTER PAGE THAT'S JUST ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS MORNING EVENT BECAUSE I THINK IF WE PERSONALLY, IF WE DO NOT INFORM THE COMMUNITY THAT THIS EVENT IS CHANGING IN STRUCTURE.
THEN IT'S NOT SET UP FOR SUCCESS.
AND SO WE SHOULD INFORM THEM IN SOME WAY THAT THE GOODY BAGS MAY BE THERE, THAT THEIR ROUTE ARRIVAL TIME IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT FROM THE LAST THREE YEARS BECAUSE OF THE ELONGATED TIME FRAME.
SO I THINK JUST TO CLARIFY, MY POINT IN ASKING THAT QUESTION ABOUT THE $16,000 AND THE STAFF COSTS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE IT IS COMMUNITY-LED, IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE TAKING $8,000 OF IT AND THE COMMITTEE WOULD ONLY GET $8,000.
IT WOULD BE IF WE'RE ABSORBING.
THE SPECIAL EVENT INSURANCE OR IF WE'RE ABSORBING UM THE EQUIPMENT COSTS AND SOME OF THE STAFF TIME IS INCORPORATED INTO UM THEIR DAILY WORK THE ONLY THING WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT IS
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THAT ACTUAL MORNING YEAH SO I JUST DON'T WANT THE CITY TO EXPEND MORE THAN THE 16TH THOUSAND THAT WAS ALLOCATED WHEN WE SAID THAT WE WERE DOING IT BECAUSE THAT DID INCLUDE STAFF TIME THAT DID INCLUDE YOU KNOW THE DAY OF ETC SO I THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S FAIR TO SAY WHATEVER WE CAN BE SMART ABOUT IN TERMS OF KEEPING THOSE COSTS DOWN WE'LL DO THAT AND THEN THE REMAINDER OF IT CAN GO AS SEED MONEY THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN GET IT OFF THE GROUND AND RUNNING QUESTION.I REALLY DIDN'T HEAR AS FAR AS...
WHEN THE FLOATS CAME DOWN OR SANTA CAME AROUND, TYPICALLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS A PART OF IT AND THEY'D HAVE THE SIRENS GOING.
IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME SORT OF A NOTICE LIKE THE SIRENS THAT PEOPLE WILL BE BROUGHT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, KNOW WHEN TO COME OUT? YEAH, SO THE PLAN IS TO PUT THE POLICE VOLUNTEER RSVPS LEADING THE ROUTES IN POLICE, THEIR POLICE UNITS WITH LIGHTS AND SIRENS.
AND THAT KIND OF LEADS BACK TO THE MONEY PART OF IT.
WE FEEL PRETTY STRONGLY THAT WE HAVE SIX VOLUNTEERS IN THE RSVP PROGRAM THAT ARE WILLING TO VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME ON CHRISTMAS MORNING, WHICH LEADS INTO THE STIPEND AMOUNT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SEE A DONATION MADE TO THE RSVP PROGRAM IN LIEU OF THAT.
SO REALLY WE'RE TALKING JUST ROUGHLY, THE INSURANCE IS THE ONE THAT WE REALLY DON'T KNOW.
IT COULD BE $2,000. WE HAVE NO IDEA.
BUT THE EQUIPMENT COSTS AND REALLY STAFF TIME HAS BEEN REDUCED TREMENDOUSLY.
YOU'RE LOOKING AT A COUPLE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR STAFF TIME PROBABLY.
INTERNALLY IT'S ABSORBED ANYWAY YOU'RE HAVING MEETINGS YOU HAVE MEETINGS ON THIS RIGHT SO YOU HAVE ANOTHER 25 MINUTES FOR MEETINGS THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH THE CHRISTMAS MORNING WITH SCOTT AND FAMILY AND WHOEVER'S AND ROBIN AND UH YOU KNOW UH AS FAR AS IF THEY WERE MEETING WITH THEM TO DISCUSS CHRISTMAS MORNING.
SO REALLY, WE'RE JUST TALKING MONEY, GUYS.
OKAY, IT'S EITHER THE FULL $16,000 OR YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
HOW MUCH IS IT IF YOU GO TO LEVEL TWO? WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? BASED ON SOME OF WHAT I HEARD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE...
THE 1884, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE AROUND 12,500.
WOULD BE TO COVER STIPEND AMOUNTS, INSURANCE, AND WE WOULD COVER, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF TIME WE WOULD ABSORB, THE EQUIPMENT COSTS WE WOULD ALSO ABSORB.
AND BECAUSE WE'RE ABSORBING COSTS, IT'S A GOOD THING THAT WE'RE INCREASING THE INSURANCE.
MAY BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT YOU KNOW LIKE SEED MONEY OF THIRTEEN FIVE HUNDRED AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE COULD ALWAYS COME BACK WE WANTED TO GET THIS AGREEMENT GOING SO WE COULD HAVE THIS AND START IDENTIFYING AND SO THAT THAT WE CAN GET MORE PUBLIC INTEREST THERE, THE COMMUNITY THAT IT'S COMING, THAT THERE'S SOME DONATIONS.
SO WE CAN COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER OR SO WITH THAT DEFINITIVE AMOUNT, AND IT COULD EVEN BE BASED ON HOW THEY'RE DOING ON FUNDRAISING, WHAT THE ACTUAL INSURANCE AMOUNT IS GOING TO BE.
SO WE COULD APPROVE THE AGREEMENT TONIGHT, OR THE COUNCIL COULD APPROVE THE AGREEMENT TONIGHT, AND WE CAN COME BACK WITH THAT FINAL AMOUNT MONEY AT ANOTHER MEETING.
YOU KIND OF ASKED A NUMBER OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT, AND I THREW OUT A NUMBER OF HALF OF OUR BUDGET OF $12,500.
I THOUGHT THAT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CITIES SOME WIGGLE ROOM TO COVER THE INSURANCE AND EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS WELL.
SO THE $12,500, THAT WOULD LEAVE US ABOUT $3,500 ON WHAT WE'RE NOT GOING OVER THE $6,000.
IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.
OPTION NUMBER TWO, SO WE'RE ALL CLEAR NOW.
OKAY. I STILL LIKE THE $16,000, BUT LET'S STAY WITHIN OUR BUDGET.
SO WE WOULD DO A MOTION TO PROVIDE $12,500 OF SEED MONEY FOR...
WELL, PARTIAL SEED FUNDING IS PROVIDED TO THE COMMITTEE AMOUNT DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL NOT TO STATE.
SO WE WOULD GIVE THEM $12,000.
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OKAY. PARTIAL SEED FUNDING IS...WE ARE GOING TO SEED FUND FOR $13,000 TO THE COMMITTEE.
AND THE REMAINING $30,000 WILL BE FOR THE CITY FOR COSTS INCURRED.
HOW'S THAT? AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTRACT WITH THE FINALIZED AGREEMENT WITH THE CHRISTMAS DAY CELEBRATION COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S IT, FOR $13,000.
$13,000? YEAH. IS THAT IT? UNLESS YOU MAKE AN ALTERNATE MOTION.
JUST TRYING TO GET THEM SOME MONEY RIGHT NOW.
I DO. YOU KNOW WHAT? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE.
ALWAYS MAINTAINING OUR BUDGET AND REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING THE RIGHT WAY.
THIS IS A GREAT THING FOR OUR CITY.
IT IS THE ACTUALLY ONLY EVENT THAT HITS EVERY CORNER OF OUR CITY.
AND IT'S ONE OF MY STREET'S FAVORITE THING TO DO.
RUNNING IT AROUND THERE WHERE YOU SEE YOU LOOK BACK AFTER THE SANTA GOES THROUGH, YOU SEE FAMILIES COMING TOGETHER.
IT REALLY BRINGS THE CITIES TOGETHER.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WATCH OUR COSTS AS ALWAYS.
AND BUT I DO AGREE WITH THE 13,000 AND I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A CITY MANAGER IN EBENEZER SCROOGE HE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS GOES TO REALLY GOOD.
OH, OKAY THE GRINCH WAS THAT A SECOND I MADE THE MOTION.
MY ONLY COMMENT IS THAT ON OUR END, I THINK WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO KEEP OUR COSTS MINIMAL.
BUT I WOULD ASK, OBVIOUSLY, THAT THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDER THAT TOO.
LIKE WHAT IS NECESSARY WHAT IS AN EXTRA WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HIT SOMEONE ELSE OUT FOR FOR A DONATION BUT I JUST WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THESE ARE TOUGH FISCAL TIMES FOR INDIVIDUALS AS WELL AS FOR THE CITY BUT I WILL SUPPORT AND I TRUST THE DILLY FAMILY I TRUST ROBIN CARTER MR BEAUMONT YOU DON'T LOOK AT NO PRESSURE 60.
NO PRESSURE WE'RE DOING THIS FOR 101 YEARS, MR. BEAUMONT.
$100,000 SPONSOR PREMIER RECOGNITION ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND NAME PRINTED ON THE CANDY BAGS.
$500 SPONSOR SOCIAL MEDIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND NAME PRINTED ON THE CANDY BAGS.
OR A $250 SPONSOR YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AS WELL.
WE WILL BE POSTING AS WE WILL BE PUSHING THIS OUT AGAIN WE'LL BE DOING SOME MINUTE WITH THE MAYOR AND THE MINUTE WITH THE COUNCIL.
SO WITH THAT I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND CAN WE VOTE PLEASE? VOTE, PLEASE VOTE VOTE THIS ITEM WAS MOVED BY MAYOR HEPPER AND SECONDED BY CROSBY.
APPROVED 4-0 WITH CATHOLICISM. SCOTT AND ANDREA, GREAT JOB.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS DAY CELEBRATION.
[11. Declaration of School Zone Prima Facie Speed Limit from 25 Miles Per Hour (MPH) to 20 MPH in the City of La Verne.]
OKAY. I'M GOING TO WRANGLE YOU GUYS.THIRD ITEM IS THE DECLARATION OF A SCHOOL ZONE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT FROM 25 MILES PER HOUR TO 20 MILES PER HOUR IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
CITY MANAGER DOMER, PLEASE CALL FORWARD THE STAFF MEMBER, CODY HOWLING, WHO WILL BE REPORTING.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS EVENING ON THIS ITEM IS THAT CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT IN SCHOOL ZONES WITHIN WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT AS 20 MILES PER HOUR.
SO, EVERY TIME I COME UP IN FRONT OF ANY COUNCIL TO DISCUSS SPEED LIMITS, I LIKE TO ALWAYS RECITE THE SPEED LAW AS JUST A REMINDER OF KIND OF THE BASIS OF HOW WE COME UP WITH SPEED LIMITS.
SO, STRAIGHT OUT OF THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE, I'LL JUST READ IT HERE.
NO PERSON SHALL DRIVE A VEHICLE UPON A HIGHWAY AT A SPEED GREATER THAN REASONABLE OR PRUDENT, HAVING DUE REGARD FOR WEATHER, VISIBILITY, THE TRAFFIC ON.
AND THE SURFACE AND WIDTH OF THE HIGHWAY, AND IN NO EVENT AT A SPEED WHICH ENDANGERS THE SAFETY
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OF PERSONS OR PROPERTY.SO HOW DO WE COME UP WITH SPEED LIMITS? A PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT, BASICALLY IT TRANSLATES AS ON THE FACE OF.
THERE'S TWO GROUPS THAT CATEGORIZE.
ONE IS BASED ON AN ENGINEERING TRAFFIC STUDY THAT IS STATISTICALLY DERIVED FROM THE 85TH PERCENTILE OF FIELD DATA GATHERED ON THAT ROADWAY.
AND THE OTHER IS THE SORT OF DEFAULT STANDARDIZED SPEED LIMIT, WHICH IS MORE OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT.
STREETS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT CATEGORY ARE RESIDENTIAL STREETS, BUSINESS DISTRICTS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY TONIGHT, MARKED SCHOOL ZONES.
SO BRINGING TO, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THE SPEED LIMIT'S BEEN 25 MILES PER HOUR IN SCHOOL ZONES AS FAR AS ANY OF US CAN REMEMBER.
WHAT'S CHANGED? ASSEMBLY BILL 38...
WAS SIGNED INTO LAW ON OCTOBER 10TH, 2025.
AND WHAT THAT LAW ALLOWS IS THE, WELL, FIRST BY DEFAULT, ON JANUARY 1ST, 2031, THE SPEED LIMIT ACROSS THE STATE FOR SCHOOL ZONES WILL DROP TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
ALSO WITHIN THAT LAW, IT ALSO GAVE THE AUTHORITY TO AGENCIES TO SPEED THAT PROCESS UP AND DECLARE THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT FOR SCHOOL ZONES WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT AS 20 MILES AN HOUR.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION THIS EVENING.
CITY STAFF DID WORK WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS AT THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT AND GOT THEIR INPUT AS WELL.
I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH CHIEF GONZALEZ TO REVIEW, WELL, BASICALLY, OBVIOUSLY THE CHANGE FROM 25 TO 20 IS GOING TO BE AN UNDERTAKING IN TERMS OF EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT.
AND TALKING WITH THE CHIEF, WE BELIEVE THAT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IS WELL POSITIONED TO TAKE ON THAT ROLE WITH ASSISTING IN THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT DIVISION AND MOVING ON TO COSTS.
SO WE DID AN INVENTORY OF ALL THE SPEED LIMIT, SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY, ASSESS THEIR CONDITION.
THERE'S A HYBRID APPROACH THAT WE MAY BE TAKING, ALTHOUGH WE DID GET A MUCH BETTER COSTING ON MATERIALS JUST LATE LAST WEEK.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT FOR APPROXIMATELY $5,000 OR LESS, WE CAN REPLACE ALL THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO IF COUNCIL CONSIDERS THIS AND ADOPTS THIS RESOLUTION, SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING'S IN PLACE, AND WE'RE PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING THESE SIGNS UP IN TIME BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
I'VE BEEN TALKING TO SUPERINTENDENT MATT WIEN ABOUT THIS.
THEY'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, SUPPORTIVE.
UM WE WILL UH UPON CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL WE WILL CHECK WITH THAT UM OR UM WE WILL UH THIS MORNING INITIATE ALL THE COMMUNICATIONS SOCIAL MEDIA AND SO WILL THE SCHOOL DISTRICT THROUGH THEIR YOU KNOW TAKE HOME TAKE HOME I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT REAL QUICK.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? MS. BEAUCHAMP.
BECAUSE THIS IS SPECIFICALLY AFFECTING THE SCHOOL ZONE AREAS, HAVE WE TALKED TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT SOME KIND OF GRANT OR MONEY THAT CAN BE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS? DENISE, THAT'S WHY I WAS DOING THIS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL PAYING ON THOSE LAST TWO BONDS, SO THERE SHOULD BE MONEY AVAILABLE TO IT.
BUT THANK YOU TO CODY BECAUSE HE KNOWS I WOULD HAVE ASKED THIS QUESTION ABOUT THE COST.
SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING THAT INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
ANYBODY ELSE SUPPOSED TO SPEAK ON THIS? RAYMOND, NO.
WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND BRING UP THE DESK.
BILL? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CODY.
THE ACTUAL LEVEL OR SIZE OF A SCHOOL ZONE, HOW FAR IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, HOW FAR AFTER THE SCHOOL DEFINES A SCHOOL ZONE? SO THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT CRITERIA THERE, BUT GENERALLY THE STANDARD IS WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SCHOOL THAT FRONT THAT STREET WOULD BE CATEGORIZED AS THE SCHOOL ZONE.
IT DOES TAKE ANOTHER ACTION OF COUNCIL TO LOOK AT THAT, BUT 500 FOOT.
SO GOING UP ALONG D STREET, YOU WOULD COUNT ROYNAN, ALL OF BONITA, UP TO DUNFORD.
THERE'S A SMALL GAP, I THINK IT'S AROUND 10TH OR SO, WHERE FOR A FEW FEET YOU'RE NOT IN A SCHOOL ZONE, BUT YOU'RE INTO ONE, OUT OF ONE, BACK INTO ONE. YES.
AND CODY, THAT INCLUDES NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS ALSO? CORRECT.
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THAT'S ALL PRIMARY THROUGH K THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.ARE IN ON THAT, BUT PRIVATE PRESCHOOLS, I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK.
IF THEY ARE PRESCHOOL PROGRAMS TIED TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL, I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.
WE WOULDN'T CREATE A SCHOOL ZONE FOR, SAY, IF YOU'RE RUNNING A PRESCHOOL OUT OF A RESIDENT.
BY DEFAULT, YOU'RE PROBABLY 24 YEARS.
THERE'S A PRESCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS FROM MR. D'S.
IT'S NOT CURRENTLY A DESIGNATED SCHOOL ZONE FROM MY RECOLLECTION.
AND IT DOESN'T THERE'S NOT A SIGN THERE EITHER.
IT'S JUST ENTER, EXIT, BUT IT COMES ON TO ONE OF THE BUSIEST ROADS AROUND.
BUT ANYWAY, MY BIGGEST OH, YOU GO AHEAD, STEVE.
WELL, I SAT IN ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT E-BIKES AND THE ACCIDENTS THAT WERE HAPPENING, MAINLY ON WHEELER AND BASELINE, THAT AREA.
IT KIND OF SURPRISED ME THAT THERE WERE ACCIDENTS WITH THE BIKES AS THERE WERE.
IT WAS BOTH THE VEHICLES AND THE E-BIKES THEMSELVES.
WITH A COMBINATION OF FAULT OR LIABILITY.
BUT THIS WOULD INCLUDE E-BIKES IN THOSE SCHOOL ZONES AS FAR AS A SPEED LIMIT? I BELIEVE SO.
I MEAN, YOUR TYPICAL BIKE PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE A SPEED LIMIT.
DOESN'T HAVE A SPEEDOMETER ON IT, BUT IF SOMEBODY'S MOVING THROUGH QUITE QUICKLY, I COULD IMAGINE THAT PD WOULD REMIND THEM OF THE SCHOOLS.
I THINK THERE WILL BE AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH.
PD SHOULD BE CITING PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING OVER THE SPEED LIMIT, WHETHER IT'S ON A BICYCLE OR AN AVIA.
WE'RE STILL IN THAT TIME FRAME WHERE THEY'RE STILL MONITORING AND GIVING WARNINGS, NOT CITATIONS, BUT AT SOME POINT, CHIEF.
THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE SITUATION REAL QUICK.
YEAH. JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, BICYCLISTS ARE SUPPOSED TO STOP AT STOP SIGNS, STOP AT RED LIGHTS, ALSO OBEY TRAFFIC LAWS.
SO IT DOESN'T EXCUSE THEM FROM THAT.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, BICYCLISTS.
LISTS ARE TO OBEY THE RULES OF THE ROAD.
IT SAYS IT IN THE VEHICLE CODE.
I THINK MY BIGGEST THING WAS THE STICKERS.
I WAS NOT A FOND OF THE STICKERS, PUTTING STICKERS OVER THE SIGNS, BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THESE STOP SIGNS NOW THAT ARE THERE.
AND ALL THE LAMINATES, THE PLASTICS ARE PULLING OFF.
SO I'D REALLY LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOT A GREAT PRICE FOR JUST CHANGE THE SIGNS AND DO IT ONCE AND BE DONE WITH IT.
I THINK WE SHOULD, OBVIOUSLY, WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT.
BECAUSE WE DID HAVE IT AT THE MEETING WE HAD.
KEITH WAS THERE WITH BENITA, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET SOME COMPENSATION FOR WHAT WE'RE PUTTING OUT THERE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE SCHOOL ZONES IF WE CAN.
BUT THEY WERE IN FAVOR OF IT, AND IT CAME WITH A COST.
AND I MENTIONED AT THAT TIME I THINK THAT IF WE FAVOR THE COST.
OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? TITLE OF RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE, CALIFORNIA DECLARING THE PRIMA FACIE SPEED LIMIT IN THE SCHOOL ZONES WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT AS 20 MILES PER HOUR FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING THE SCHOOL ZONE SPEED LIMIT FROM 25 MILES TO 20 MILES PER HOUR PER AB382.
[12. Consideration of First Amendment to Agreement Regarding Design and Construction of the Goldline Transit Oriented Development Pedestrian Bridge by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments and the City of La Verne.]
THAT ITEM WAS MOVED BY LAU, SECONDED BY CROSBY, APPROVED 4-0 WITH KASHIFALGHITA ABSENT.WE'LL TAKE THAT FINAL ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT REGARDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOLD LINE TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BY THE SANGRE VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
MR. HOWLING, I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REPORT ON THAT ITEM.
NOW, I KNOW THAT WE HAD A CONVERSATION REGARDING THIS.
DOES IT CHANGE ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS WHAT WE DISCUSSED AS FAR AS THE BID BEING PUSHED OUT? I'LL DEFER TO MR. DOMER ON THAT ONE.
THAT DISCUSSION WAS THAT TECHNICALLY AT 2 O'CLOCK TODAY, THE COG WAS SUPPOSED TO OPEN THE BIDS FOR THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, THE MODAL PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
WEDNESDAY AND TODAY WE HEARD THAT IT'S PUSHED OFF FOR ANOTHER THREE WEEKS TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME AND ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS FROM BIDDERS ON THE PROJECT.
SO I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD CONFLICT WITH TODAY'S ACTION.
SO WHAT I'VE TOLD THE COG AND JOHN BECHET IS ON ALSO CONSTRUCTION MANAGER.
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OVER BID, THEN WE NEED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS GOING, THAT WOULD NOW WITH THIS ACTION GO TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF IT, MEANS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEIR ACTION FROM LAST YEAR.
WITH THE MODIFICATIONS WE WERE LOOKING AT.
YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, THE LAVERNE SIGNAGE ACROSS, ADDITIONAL OF THE ORANGE HILLS, SOME UPLIGHTING AND ALL THAT STUFF.
THAT MONEY IS THE MONEY THAT WE'D BE GIVING TOWARDS THE EXTRA COST.
OF COURSE, YOU COULD ARGUE THAT THE UPLIGHTING AND THE BURN ACROSS THE SPAN, YOU COULDN'T DO IT IF YOU CAN'T BUILD IT ANYWAY.
BUT MY COMMENTS BACK TO JOHN AND THE COG WAS THAT IF THESE COME IN HIGHER AND THERE'S NO OTHER FUNDING, WE NEED TO HAVE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION.
THE UPGRADE PROCESS IS A VERY VITAL...
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY CONCERN.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COST OF JOHN FEELS.
AND HE, IN MY MIND, FEELS VERY CONFIDENT IN THEIR ESTIMATION AND IN EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S HIS FIELD OF EXPERIENCE, NOT MINE.
BUT IT'S GOING TO BE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS ARE.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE CODY DO HIS REPORT REAL QUICK, GOD BLESS YOU.
YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE JOHN DO HIS REPORT.
I MEAN, CODY DO HIS REPORT, AND THEN WE CAN GET THE QUESTIONS.
WE CAN HAVE MR. BECHET COME ONLINE.
SO THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL GOVERNANCE AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE REGARDING THE BRIDGE.
OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT.
THE FEATURE OF THE AMENDMENT IS IDENTIFIED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EXISTING FUNDING.
TO CONTRIBUTE ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED FUNDS I MUST UNDERLINE THAT UH RESTRICTED FUNDS THAT THE COG HAS UH BEEN AWARDED WITH THE INTENT OF WORKING ON FIRST MILE LAST MILE IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE CITY NOT EXCLUSIVE TO THE BRIDGE BUT CAN BE USED TOWARDS THE BRIDGE UH IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS SO THAT ADDITIONAL TWO MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE ADDED TO THE FUNDS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN IDENTIFIED BRINGING THE TOTAL AMOUNT TO JUST UNDER, WELL, YEAH, JUST OVER $28 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT, EVERYTHING THAT IT TAKES TO PRODUCE THE PROCESS TO BUILD THIS BRIDGE.
OUR REQUESTS AND OUR ASKS WITH THE LIGHTING AND THE SIGNAGE AND STUFF.
AS MR. DOMER MENTIONED, WE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THE BID NUMBERS.
NO, BUT THIS PRICE IS INCLUSIVE OF THAT, BUT WE HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT THE BID IS.
ULTIMATELY, WE ARE BEHOLDEN TO THE CONTRACT THAT WOULD BE AWARDED.
AND SO WHAT FITS WITHIN THAT BUDGET IS TRULY KIND OF THE BOTTOM LINE ON THAT ONE, SIR.
YES. SO, BUT, YEAH,THAT'S THE TOTAL PICTURE.
IDEALLY, WE GET COMPETITIVE BIDS, YOU KNOW, AND WE CAN AFFORD ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED IN TERMS OF THE ENHANCED LIGHTING, THE ARCHITECTURAL FEATURES AND SO ON, AND MAYBE SOME OTHER FEATURES WITH FIRST MILE, LAST MILE IN THE AREA.
BUT FOR NOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALSO HAVE THE MINIMUM COVERAGE.
OF A BUDGET TO BUILD THE BRIDGE.
I'D LIKE TO BRING MR. VACHET ONLINE BECAUSE I THINK HE CAN CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS AS FAR AS THE BIDDING PROCESS.
DID I HEAR YOU SAY SOMETHING ABOUT AT GRADE? NO, THAT WAS ME.
AT-GRADE IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONCEPT, TOTALLY DIFFERENT DESIGN.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO REALLY SEE WHAT THE COSTS COME IN.
WE'VE GOT CERTAIN MONIES THAT ARE GIVEN TO US THAT, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'VE GOT AN ADDITIONAL $2 MILLION.
IF IT DOES GO HIGHER, I THINK THAT WE MIGHT HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF DISCUSSING IT WITH THE COG, WITH SCAG, AND SOME OTHER ENTITIES HOPEFULLY TO GET IT FUNDED.
MR. MAYOR, MAYBE THAT'S ONE QUESTION TO JOHN. IS BASED ON THE DELAY OF THREE WEEKS, NOW WHEN WOULD THEY LOOK, AND SO IS OUR SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING STILL WITHIN THE TIME THAT WE COULD MAKE THIS DECISION.
BEFORE, WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT EVEN HAVING IT TODAY OR ON WEDNESDAY, THEY WANTED TO GO OUT TO BID OR THEY WANTED TO START THE CONTRACT PROCESS AND REPORT IT, BUT NOW THAT MAY BE POSTPONED.
I POSE THAT QUESTION TODAY IS CAN WE WAIT FOR OUR NEXT MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 8TH, BASED ON THEIR...
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DELAY OF THREE WEEKS.AND ALSO THE THING IS WE HAVE TO, IF THIS GOES TO FRUITION, THIS NEEDS TO BE BUILT BEFORE THE OLYMPICS.
YES, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR DELIVERANCE TRADITION BRIDGE.
YES, WE HAVE EXTENDED THE BID OPENING BY THREE WEEKS.
THIS IS MAINLY TO ALLOW MORE OF THE BIDDERS TO BID ON THE PROJECT AND ALSO ALLIANCE WITH THE UPCOMING BOARD MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE.
SO BASICALLY TO GIVE THEM MORE TIME TO STUDY THE PLANS AND BID ON IT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL DO A GREAT JOB.
I KNOW YOU GOT SOME GREAT, HOW MANY RIGHT NOW, WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR BIDDERS? HOW MANY? WE HAVE MORE THAN 60 PROSPECTIVE BIDDERS ON THE PLAN HOLDERS LIST.
AND THAT INCLUDES SUBS AND PRIMES IS MY DISCUSSION.
THE NICE THING ABOUT THIS, JOHN, IS THE FACT THAT IT'S A SPAN BRIDGE, SO IT COMES PRE-MADE.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE PILLARS IN AND GET THE INFRASTRUCTURE DONE, THEN YOU LAY THE BRIDGE IN PLACE BASICALLY IN SPANS OF CONCRETE.
IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT, YES.
YEAH. SO A LOT OF IT WILL BE PREFABRICATED AND THEN BE INSTALLED.
THERE ARE MORE EXPENSIVE OPTIONS, I'LL SAY THAT.
IF IT WAS A STEEL SPAN BRIDGE, NO, WE WOULDN'T BE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BOUCHER, MR. CROSBY, MR. JOHNSON? JOHN, THANK YOU.
WE'LL BE TALKING AND JUST KEEP US POSTED ON WHAT'S GOING ON.
APPRECIATE ALL YOUR HELP AND WORK.
YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB AND BRING US IN A REALLY GOOD PRICE THAT WE CAN MAYBE PUT BALLOONS ON IT OR SOMETHING PERMANENTLY ON THE BRIDGE AND SOME OTHER NEAT STUFF.
SO, REALLY, WITH THAT, WE'RE PUBLIC.
I THINK, DIDN'T I DO A PUBLIC COMMENT ALREADY? OH, PUBLIC COMMENT.
I KNOW, CITY MANAGER DOMER, YOU WERE MENTIONING IF IT WERE TO COME BACK HIGHER THAN, LIKE, ARE WE SETTING A THRESHOLD? ARE WE SAYING IF IT COMES BACK AT X, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT, OR WHAT ARE WE CONSIDERING? NO, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A GOOD DISCUSSION WITH THE DOG BECAUSE, AGAIN, THEY KNOW BETTER.
THEY'RE IN CONNECTION WITH THE DAG AND THE STATE'S FEDS.
I DO KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD SOME PROTECTION DOWN BEHIND TO IT, SOME ENHANCEMENT, SOME FINANCE.
THAT'S STILL A STRONG DESIRE, AND I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THAT COME.
SO. YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE EASY TO SAY, OPEN UP A BID.
WE'LL HAVE SOME GOOD DISCUSSION.
WE'RE HOPING, DO WE THINK WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA BY THE 8TH, OR DO WE? THREE WEEKS AND TWO HOURS.
WELL, IF YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO POSTPONE IT FOR HOW MANY, WHAT WAS IT, HOW MANY WEEKS ARE YOU GOING TO POSTPONE IT? SO THE COG IS PUSHING BACK THE BID OPENING THREE WEEKS.
SO, YES, WE SHOULD HAVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION AT THAT POINT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
60 BIDS, THEY'RE GOING TO CLEAR THOSE OUT REAL FAST.
THAT MEANS THERE'S COMPETITIVE OUT THERE.
YEAH, AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, POSTPONE THEM, BECAUSE I KNOW ONCE THEY GET THAT BID, THEY WANT TO START MOVING FORWARD.
NO, NO, WE NEED TO BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO START.
AND SO I THINK THE ACTION TONIGHT IS NECESSARY.
BUT WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO KIND OF GO BACK TO THEM AND SAY, CAN WE TALK? WELL, AND I'LL SAY ON MY PART.
THIS HAS BEEN A LONG HAUL, AND I REALLY DO WANT TO SEE THIS BRIDGE GO IN.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ADDITION, AND WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD ON THAT.
WE'VE HAD PARTNERS THAT HAVE GRACIOUSLY GIVEN MONEY, AND I THINK WE CAN HOPEFULLY TAP THOSE RESOURCES TO ASSIST US IN FURTHERING THAT IF WE DO COME TO A PRICE THAT'S A LITTLE BEYOND OUR REACH.
BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT BRIDGE BUILT, PERSONALLY.
I BELIEVE IF THE BRIDGE IS BUILT, IT REALLY NEEDS TO HAVE SOME SIGNAGE OF LAVERNE ON IT.
BECAUSE JUST THIS FIRST TIME THE FAIR WITH THE TRAIN COMING THROUGH, IT WAS A QUESTION
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OF WHERE DO YOU GET OFF TO GO TO THE FAIR.THEY FIRST PROPOSED THE LAVERNE SLASH FAIRPLEX STOP WASN'T GOING TO STOP FOR THE FAIR.
AND THAT THE BUS LINES COULDN'T SO A QUESTION OF MINE AS WELL IS HOW MANY PEOPLE USED THAT BUT A TRAIN SLASH BUS TO GET TO THE FAIR BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP US GET THERE AND OR HOW MANY PEOPLE USE THE TRAIN TO GET TO THE DRAG RACES? BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY GOING TO HOW MANY PEOPLE WILL USE THE TRAIN TO GET TO THE FAIRGROUNDS? IF IT DOES HAVE AN EXTREME COST, THEN LOOKING AT A GROUND LEVEL, IT'S NOT SOMETHING I WANT BECAUSE OF THE STOP AND THE DANGERS OF THAT.
BUT IT ALSO DEPENDS ON THE USAGE.
IS IT? PER CAPITA GOING THROUGH, HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING IN TO USE IT TOO.
BUT IF WE DO HAVE IT, IT HAS TO HAVE LAVERNE ON IT BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE TRAIN STOP, LAVERNE WASN'T THE AND THE FAIRPLEX WASN'T THE STOP THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO PROPOSE.
NO. AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT CONTINUES THAT WAY.
MAKE SURE WE BLAST IT WITH SOME LIGHTS AND A BIG THING ON IT.
NO, I WILL SAY THAT ONCE THEY FIGURED OUT THE BUS LINE, AND THAT WAS KEN DOMER AND DORAN.
WARREN BARNES, FIGURING THAT THEIR, WELL, ACTUALLY THE HYDROGEN BUSES HAD A SHORTER WHEELBASE AND THEY COULD TURN IT.
AND IT WAS LIKE AN OLD NINTH HOUR BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE EVERYBODY GO TO THE POMONA STATION AND WE WERE JUST GOING TO GET PASSED BY.
BUT ANYWAY, SO WITH THAT, ANY OTHER CONVERSATION? I THINK OUR DIRECTION IS TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
KEEP MOVING FORWARD IS MY DIRECTION, BUT ALSO LET'S LOOK AT SOME DATA.
OF WHAT IS THERE ASKING PLUTO TRANSIT, HOW MANY USERS WERE USED DURING THAT TIME TOO, JUST SO THAT WE HAVE SOME DATA WHEN WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS.
SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT REGARDING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE GOLD LINE TRANSIT ORIENT AND DEVELOPMENT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT AND RELATED? MOTION.
THIS ITEM WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY LAU, APPROVED 4-0 WITH KASHIFALGHITA ABSENT.
[Additional Item]
THANK YOU, CODY.MR. MAYOR, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT YOU ADD AN ITEM TO THE AGENDA ON THE BASIS THAT IT AROSE AFTER THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA.
AND WE ARE REQUIRED TO TAKE ACTION BEFORE YOUR NEXT REGULAR MEETING.
AND IT IS AN ITEM RELATING TO COMMUNICATION WITH THE MEASURE G TASK FORCE.
I NEED A UNANIMOUS VOTE TO BRING THAT ONTO THE AGENDA.
I'M JUST, SORRY, JUST ASKING A QUESTION, THOUGH, FOR THIS.
SHOULDN'T WE OR COULD WE HAVE DONE THAT IN THE VERY BEGINNING SO THAT MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE, IF THEY REALLY WANTED, WOULD HAVE STAYED FOR THIS DISCUSSION? NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE DONE THAT.
I THINK THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERSIGHT DUE TO THE PRESENTATION.
NORMALLY WE WOULD DO THAT AT THE BEGINNING.
NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE THIS IN ADVANCE, PUT IT ON THE AGENDA SO PEOPLE COULD REVIEW IT.
TODAY, WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE IT AT THE VERY BEGINNING.
TODAY, BECAUSE WE HAD AUDIENCE HERE AS WELL.
ANYBODY? WHO IS WATCHING AND WANTS TO COMMENT ON IT CAN CALL IT.
SO WE CAN OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO WE NEED A PUBLIC COMMENT ON IT RIGHT NOW? NO, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE TO ADD THIS TO THE AGENDA.
YEAH, THAT ITEM WAS ADDED TO THE AGENDA ON MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LAU, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER CROSBY, APPROVED 4-0 WITH MAYOR PRO KASHIFALGHITA ABSENT.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
THIS ITEM WAS SENT OVER BY A GROUP OF CITY MANAGERS TODAY, THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION.
MEASURE G WAS VOTED INTO BY THE RESIDENTS OF...
LA COUNTY AND IT REGARDS KIND OF RESTRUCTURING OF THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE INCREASING
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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM FIVE TO NINE TO CREATE AN ETHICAL COMMISSION, WHICH THEY ALREADY KIND OF HAD AND THEY COULD DO OTHERWISE, BUT ONE OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS THAT'S MOST CONCERNING IS IT WOULD CREATE AN ELECTED CEO POSITION, COUNTYWIDE MAYOR, SO THIS WOULD BECOME THE SECOND MOST POWERFUL ELECTED POSITION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AFTER THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.BUT IT'S GOING FORWARD REGARDLESS, BUT ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
THE GATEWAY CITIES COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS, THE SOUTH BAY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
SO OVER 60 CITIES OF THE 88 IN L.A.
COUNTY REPRESENTED BY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS SENT A LETTER TO THE MEASURE D COMMITTEE SAYING, HEY, BEFORE YOU PROVIDE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION AND THE SETUP OF THE ELECTED CEO, AND PLEASE TALK TO THE THE CITIES.
TAKE OUR COMMENTS, TALK TO US, HAVE US AT THE MEASURE G OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO.
AND SO TODAY'S LETTER CAME THROUGH SAYING, HEY, THESE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE BY THE END OF THE WEEK, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S ON THE AGENDA TO WALK ON, THEY'RE GOING TO BE SENDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WITHOUT TALKING TO THE CITIES.
THE CITIES REPRESENT OVER I THINK IT'S 9.8 OR 8.
8.7 MILLION RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTIES.
SO CITIES HAVE THE MOST INTERACTION WITH RESIDENTS AND THIS COMMITTEE IS PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS WITHOUT TALKING TO CITIES, TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TO CITY MANAGERS, OR TO ANYBODY.
SO THIS LETTER BASICALLY, AND THERE'S A COPY OVER HERE, IS A DRAFT.
I'VE MODIFIED IT SLIGHTLY, A TEMPLATE THAT HAS GONE AROUND TO ALL THE CITIES.
UNDER OUR LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM, WE WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO IT UNDER THE MAYOR'S SIGNATURE BECAUSE IT DOES TALK ABOUT GOVERNANCE IMPACTING THE CITY.
BUT I THOUGHT WALKING IT ON TO, AGAIN, APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING IT IN THE FIRST PART OF THE MEETING, BUT WALKING IT ON WOULD PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENCY AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN ON IT.
IT WOULD BE SIGNED BY THE MAYOR AND SENT BY THE COUNCIL IF APPROVED.
AND THEN WE WOULD LET THEM KNOW THAT IT WAS A GOOD GUY.
ONE CHANGE, THOUGH, IT SAYS ONLY CC SUPERVISOR CATHERINE BARGER.
WE HAVE TWO SUPERVISORS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR CITY.
SO IF WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE CC'D.
YEP, FOR A LITTLE WEDGE, TINY WEDGE.
OKAY. IS THAT IT? THAT IS IT, SIR.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, I APPRECIATE THE EXPLANATION.
I'M GOING TO OPEN UP PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? SO IS CITY OF LA VERNE IN FAVOR OF THIS ADDITIONAL FOUR-PERSON ADDING TO THE COUNTY? IS THIS LETTER IN, I MEAN, IS IT JUST IN CONJUNCTION WITH COGS AND SCAG AND OTHER CITIES, OR ARE WE GOING OUT ON OUR OWN AND SAYING, HEY, WE'RE NOT, WE DON'T WANT THIS, WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS? WELL, YEAH, THE RESIDENTS ALREADY PASSED IT.
IT WAS VOTED AND APPROVED ON IN THE LAST ELECTION.
THIS IS, THEY'RE GOING FORWARD WITHOUT ACCEPTING ANY INPUT FROM THE CITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS LETTER WOULD OBJECT TO.
TO CLARIFY, I THINK JUST, SO IT'S FOR THE.
THE POSITION OF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
TO SAY THAT BEFORE THEY MAKE ANY DECISIONS ON IT, THEY SHOULD BE SOLICITING INPUT FROM ALL OF THESE MEMBER CITIES TO SAY, DO WE THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA? DO WE THINK IT'S A CRAP IDEA? BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE NOT ACCEPTED ANY INPUT WHATSOEVER.
HAS ANYBODY REACHED OUT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO FIND OUT WHY THAT HASN'T HAPPENED? I WILL.
THAT'S WHY THIS LETTER'S GOING OUT.
WELL, I MEAN, I'M JUST SAYING.
IT'S A VALID QUESTION, BUT THE THING IS, YOU KNOW WHAT OUR COUNTY SUPERVISORS DO.
THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY DOES ANYTHING IS CATHERINE BARGER.
AND SHE VOTES DOWN STUFF WHEN SHE THINKS IT'S NOT RIGHT.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE PUTTING THIS OUT
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TO SAY.YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE A VOICE.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE.
MAYOR, MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, AND THE RESIDENTS.
YES, SO BARGER, FIRST OF ALL, NOT SUPPORTIVE.
AND THEN THE THREE COGS ON BEHALF OF THEIR CITY DID SEND IT TO THE MEASURE G TASK FORCE WITH COPIES TO THE SUPERVISORS.
AND THE MEASURE G TASK FORCE NEVER RESPONDED TO LETTERS OR WELCOMED THE PROCESS.
THIS IS JUST AN EFFORT THAT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S A WEEK AWAY FROM ACTUALLY PACKAGING UP THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
OKAY, BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT.
ON THEIR AGENDA FOR TOMORROW SO I ALREADY LOOKED AT THE GYM NO THEY HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED IT BUT UH THEY WILL OKAY UM DO YOU HAVE BECAUSE THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN PASSED BY THE VOTERS THOUGH IS THERE A I DON'T KNOW, A DRAFT OF THE MAP OF HOW THE REDISTRICTING IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE? NO, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE ELECTED CEO WOULD BE PUT IN PLACE WITH THE 2028 ELECTION.
AND THEN AFTER 2030, WITH THE REDRAWING BASED ON CENSUS, THAT'S WHEN THE NEXT FOUR WOULD BE ADDED TO THE FIVE.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? WE'LL CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL? THAT WOULD BE A NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE ENGAGEMENT OF INCORPORATED CITIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COUNTY EXECUTIVE OFFER RECOMMENDATIONS AGAINST MEASURE G AND TO HAVE, HOW DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY IT? THE RECOMMENDATION, WE SEND A LETTER.
THEY'RE SENDING A LETTER TO HAVE ENGAGEMENT FROM OUR CITIES TO BE ABLE TO DISCUSS THE NEW CEO POSITION FOR THE COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
I MOVE FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ADDED ON THE DICE AS WELL.
THE ITEM WAS MOVED BY CROSBY, SECONDED BY LAU, APPROVED 4-0 WITH KASHIFALGHITA ABSENT.
THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS TONIGHT, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
THIS IS A TIME SET ASIDE FOR ANYONE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE ITEM IS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA, BUT WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE BROWN ACT PROHIBITS THE CITY COUNCIL FROM ENGAGING IN A DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEM NOT IN A POST-AGENDA.
YOUR CONCERNS MAY BE REFERRED TO STAFF OR PLACED FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.
THERE'S A THREE-MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ZOOM PARTICIPANTS WHO VIOLATE THE DECORUM PROTOCOLS WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER BY THE PRESIDING OFFICER, AND IF A VIOLATION CONTINUES, WILL BE MUTED BY DIRECTION OF THE PRESIDING OFFICER.
IF A CALL ON A SPEAKER GOES DOWN IN A BAD PATH, QUICKLY CALL THEM TO ORDER, AND IF THEY CONTINUE, THEN WE WILL ASK THEM TO LEAVE.
WELL, WE CAUGHT IT REAL QUICK, THOUGH, SO.
OH, OH, WAIT, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I'M SORRY. I'M LIKE, MS. BEAUCHAMP.
I WAS DOING OUR COUNCIL COMMENTS.
I WANT TO SAY HOW DISAPPOINTED I AM IN THE COUNCIL AT THE LAST MEETING, ALTHOUGH I WAS NOT IN PERSON ATTENDING.
MR. DOMER REVAMPED ALL OF THE COMMITTEES BASED ON THE INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL AND TOOK THE TIME TO, YOU KNOW, THEY REALLY GOT COMMITTED VOLUNTEERS TO BE IN THESE COMMITTEES AND THEY PROPERLY, YOU KNOW, ADVERTISED THE POSITION FOR THE EIFD AND YOU HAD TWO VERY QUALIFIED PEOPLE AND BECAUSE FOR WHATEVER REASON IT ALMOST, FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THAT'S HOW THE OUTCOME LOOKS, TO JUST SAY, WELL, WE NEED MORE TIME TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE APPLY.
IF YOU HAVE QUALIFIED APPLICANTS, WHAT WARRANTS THAT EXTENSION OF TIME? WHICH THEN LENDS TO THE THEORY THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, YOU DON'T LIKE THOSE PEOPLE.
BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T MATTER RACE, ETHNICITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT FOR SOME REASON, NEITHER OF THOSE GENTLEMEN WERE CHOSEN.
AND A MOTION WASN'T EVEN MADE.
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DISAPPOINTING.BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO GET PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED INTO THE MEETINGS AND THE COMMITTEES AND FOR THESE PEOPLE TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO IT BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE AN OPEN BOOK.
THEY HAVE TO PUT ALL OF THIS PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THEMSELVES AND THEIR EXPERIENCE TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE QUALIFIED FOR THIS POSITION, AND YOU'VE COMPLETELY NEGATED THEM.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE THEM.
SO I WISH THAT WHATEVER ISSUES ARE, YOU KNOW, BEING HAD BETWEEN CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS GETS RESOLVED BECAUSE IT'S VERY APPARENT ON THE VIDEO.
AND I'M JUST DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.
SO GOING FORWARD, HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY QUALIFIED.
BUT I JUST, I WAS REALLY KIND OF TAKEN ABACK BY THAT.
I REALLY, ESPECIALLY COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, BECAUSE YOU SIT UP THERE AT THE END OF YOUR MEETINGS AND YOUR COMMENTS, YOU ALWAYS ASK EVERYBODY TO BE KIND.
AND THE LAST COUPLE OF MEETINGS, YOU HAVEN'T EXPRESSED THAT PHYSICALLY.
GOING BACK TO THE PRIOR MEETING WHEN YOU TURNED OFF MAYOR HEPBURN'S MIC TO MAKE A COMMENT SO THAT IT WOULDN'T BE PART OF PUBLIC RECORD, BUT YOUR BODY LANGUAGE SAID EVERYTHING.
AND SO, I THINK YOU'RE HAVING A DECORUM SHOULD ALSO APPLY TO THIS COUNCIL.
IT'S NOT JUST THE RESIDENTS AND THE ATTENDEES AND THE PEOPLE ON ZOOM.
THIS COUNCIL NEEDS TO BE REMINDED OF WHAT THEY SHOULD BE SETTING AN EXAMPLE OF.
[COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
SO A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T GET TO ATTEND.I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER STEVE AND MAYOR HEPBURN AND I ATTENDED THE SHELL STATION REOPENING ON JULY 29TH.
PUMP 5 AT THE SHELL STATION CONTRIBUTES A PORTION OF ITS PROCEEDS TO LOCAL CHARITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO GET GAS AND SUPPORT OUR LOCAL GAS STATION, IT'S THE SHELL ON ARROW AND WHITE.
AND PUMP 5 IS THE ONE THAT REDIRECTS SOME OF ITS FUNDS TO COMMUNITY CHARITIES.
WELL, I DON'T THINK IT'S 50 CENTS.
BUT IT IS STILL CHEAPER THAN A LOT OF PLACES.
SO I KNOW NATIONAL NIGHT OUT WAS ALREADY BROUGHT UP EARLIER, BUT I JUST WANTED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT IT IS AN EVENT THAT WE HOST, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FOLKS HOST EVERY YEAR ON AUGUST 4TH.
IT'S TAKING PLACE TOMORROW NIGHT AT LAS FLORES FROM 4:30 TO 7:30.
IT'S ALWAYS A LOT OF FUN, A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO MEET YOUR PUBLIC SAFETY PROFESSIONALS AS WELL AS OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR CITY STAFF IN A WAY TO BUILD COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY AS THERE ARE LOTS OF FUN EVENTS OUT THERE.
THERE'S BOUNCE HOUSES AND ALL SORTS OF GOOD THINGS.
SO, AND TUPELO, I BELIEVE, SHOULD BE OUT THERE IF IT'S NOT TOO HOT.
SO IF YOU'RE A DOG PERSON LIKE I AM, YOU CAN GO SEE TUPELO.
REVVED UP COFFEE IS HAVING ITS RIBBON CUTTING ON THURSDAY. SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN GOING TO THAT, THAT'S TAKING PLACE FROM 4 TO 6 ON THURSDAY.
THERE IS A 50TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT FOR THE TENDERLOIN, WHICH IS HAPPENING ON AUGUST 12TH FROM 4 TO 6.
AND THERE'S A MULTI-CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MIXER HAPPENING ON AUGUST 13TH. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO ANDREA, WHEREVER SHE RAN OFF TO.
FOR ANY OF YOU THAT PARTICIPATED, SHE WAS THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE PASSPORT TO LAVERNE, WHICH DID GREAT.
THE DATA PULLED AND I'M EXCITED TO HEAR WHAT HER FINAL REPORT IS BUT IT REALLY ENGENDERED A LOT OF TRAFFIC INTO BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NOT OTHERWISE HAVE GOTTEN IT.
I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ENDED UP BUYING STUFF OR AT LEAST FINDING OUT NEW BUSINESSES THAT EXIST IN THE CITY OR MAYBE AN OLD.
BUSINESS THAT THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXISTED.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS.
AND I THINK THERE WERE ALSO FAMILIES THAT COMMENTED THIS WAS A FUN AND RELATIVELY EASY SCAVENGER HUNTING KIND OF THING TO KEEP THE KIDS ENTERTAINED DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.
SO THANK YOU, ANDREW, FOR COMING UP WITH THAT GREAT IDEA AND FOR PUTTING IT INTO EFFECT.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE THIS TIME AROUND, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL BE REVISITING THIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY. THANKS EVERYBODY.
HAVE A GREAT WEEK. STAY COOL BECAUSE IT IS REAL HOT. I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED TONIGHT.
BEAUCHAMP, MS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AS ALWAYS.
REALLY DO APPRECIATE THE INSIGHTS YOU HAVE. AND HOPEFULLY SEE PEOPLE TOMORROW NIGHT. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT.
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HOT NIGHT. IT WILL BE TOMORROW NIGHT AS WELL. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF OUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND OUR PARKS AND REC FOR WHAT THEY DO AND OUR OTHER COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WILL BE OUT THERE CELEBRATING JUST LAVERNE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY.COUNCIL MEMBER JOHNSON. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO THANK THE CITY STAFF FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. IT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED.
BUT I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR STAFF FOR ALL THE STUFF THEY'VE DONE THIS WEEK. IT'S BEEN A LOT. I DO APPRECIATE OUR TIME. COMMENTS FROM OUR RESIDENTS.
IT TAKES A LOT TO PUT THESE MEETINGS TOGETHER.
EVEN IF WE HAVE TO ADD THINGS, THINGS CHANGE AND WE DO IT GRACEFULLY AS BEST WE CAN. WITH THAT EVERYBODY ENJOY THE WEEKEND. NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. AND REMEMBER, THE ANSWER IS SUNDAY, THE GROUP, 6:30 P.M. AT HERITAGE PARK. AND WITH THAT, THE AUGUST 17TH COUNCIL MEETING IS CANCELED. THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING WILL BE ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH, DUE TO THE LABOR DAY HOLIDAY.
CLOSED STUDY SESSION WILL START AT 5:30 P.M., AND THE REGULAR MEETING WILL BE AT 6:30 P.M. AND WE ARE ADJOURNED AT 9:07 P.M. THANK YOU ALL. YOU LIKE THAT?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.