Feb 18, 2020 City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

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LIKE TO CALL LA VERNA CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER.

BEFORE YOU STAND, I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO US KATELYN RONEY, WHO IS GOING TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE. RONEY, OR KATELYN ? [APPLAUSE].

MIC].

[a. Presentation to Girl Scout Katelyn Roney]

OH, IT'S MUIR'S FAVORITE , MY SECOND FAVORITE, HAS A PICTURE OF A GIRL SCOUT.

AND THIS GIRL SCOUT WAS CHOSEN OUT OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND GIRLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SHE'S A LA VERNE RESIDENT AND A FRESHMAN AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE KATELYN COME UP HERE.

[APPLAUSE].

SO I HAVE SOME STUFF WRITTEN DOWN, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE BETTER TO HEAR IT FROM [INAUDIBLE]. SO WHY DON'T YOU TELL US YOUR STORY ABOUT HOW THIS HAPPENED AND KIND OF A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF , WOULD YOU PLEASE? SO HI, EVERYONE , MY NAME'S KATELYN RONEY.

I'M A 14 YEAR OLD.

I'M A FRESHMAN AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT NOW.

I WROTE DOWN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I'M VERY SCATTERBRAINED.

[LAUGHTER]. I'M VERY THANKFUL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

THIS IS VERY COOL. I WASN'T REALLY EXPECTING THIS.

I WASN'T EXPECTING ANY OF THIS, REALLY, WHEN I APPLIED.

AS OUR MAYO SAID, OUT OF TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND GIRLS IN THE NATION, I WAS ONE OF THE GIRLS CHOSEN. ONLY SIX OF US WERE CHOSEN , SO IT WAS VERY SELECTIVE , VERY COOL.

IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE SO FAR.

I'VE BEEN ABLE TO BE, THROUGH THIS , A SPOKESPERSON FOR GIRL SCOUTS THROUGH MY FACE BEING ON THE TREFOIL BOX.

I WAS ABLE TO TRAVEL TO NEW YORK TO MEET WITH FEMALE EXECUTIVES FROM ALL THESE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT GAVE US BUSINESS TIPS AND ALL ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES ON HOW THEY BECAME AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY ARE NOW.

TO SAY I WAS AMAZED IS, I DON'T KNOW, WHEN I FIRST FOUND OUT, SO MANY EMOTIONS WENT THROUGH MY HEAD AND SO MANY EMOTIONS ARE GOING THROUGH NOW.

LIKE IT'S JUST BEEN AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE SO FAR, AND I'M RANTING A LITTLE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

[LAUGHTER].

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

ABOUT THIS FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS, SO I HAD TO SIGN A, YEAH.

I KNOW I COULD KEEP A SECRET. YOU COULD TRUST ME.

[LAUGHTER].

FOR TWO YEAR S AT LEAST, YEAH.

YEAH, SO I COULDN'T TELL ANYBODY.

I COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

GIRL SCOUTS HAS SLOWLY BEEN DOING THE RELEASE FOR THE BOXES THAT YOU SEE NOW WITH MY FACE ON IT. [LAUGHTER]. TH ROUGH GIRL SCOUTS I'VE GOT TO LEARN LIKE SO MANY DIFFERENT SKILLS, ESPECIALLY THROUGH WINNING THIS.

WE HAVE THE FIVE BASIC SKILLS OF BUSINESS FROM YOUR GIRL SCOUT COOKIES THAT YOU BUY FROM US, DECISION MAKING, GOAL SETTING, BUSINESS ETHICS, PEOPLE SKILLS AND MONEY MANAGEMENT.

THAT'S LIKE THE MOST IMPORTANT .

THROUGHOUT MY JOURNEY I'VE DEFINITELY BEEN ABLE TO DEVELOP MY SKILLS AS A LEADER.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW AT BONITA, I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT FOR OUR FRESHMAN CLASS COUNCIL.

I'VE BEEN IN LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS EVER SINCE I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY HELPED ME FURTHER A PERSON AND BE THE SPOKESPERSON I AM NOW.

I MEAN, I'M USING MY PEOPLE SKILLS TALKING TO ALL OF YOU.

[LAUGHTER].

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I ALSO HAVE MY LEADERSHIP TORCH.

I KNOW NOT ALL OF YOU CAN SEE IT.

IT'S A TINY LITTLE SILVER THING.

BUT THAT SHOWS THAT I'M ABLE TO PRESENT MYSELF TO PEOPLE AND BE ABLE TO VOICE AND TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE I AM NOW.

THIS HAS ALSO ALLOWED ME TO BE IN SOMETHING CALLED THE GIRLS ADVISORY BUREAU, WHICH IS ANOTHER SELECTIVE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM THROUGH GIRL SCOUTS.

THROUGH THAT, I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ON AN INTERVIEW WITH ABC 7 NEWS, KTLA 5, I'VE BEEN ON BUZZFEED WITH LADYLIKE AND I'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO AMAZING THINGS LIKE THIS, LIKE MEETING WITH OUR MAYOR. WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE ABLE TO DO ANY OF THIS , BUT HERE I AM TALKING TO EVERYONE AND TALKING TO OUR MAYOR, LIKE WOW.

[LAUGHTER]. SO OVER MY YEARS OF BEING A GIRL SCOUT, I'VE ACTUALLY SOLD A TOTAL OF SEVEN THOUSAND BOXES OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.

[APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU. LAST YEAR, I SOLD A TOTAL OF THREE THOUSAND. AND THIS YEAR I'M HOPING TO SELL TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED.

I'M EXTREMELY BUSY WITH MY SCHEDULING.

SO FAR AT SCHOOL, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN OUR DEBATE TEAM, MY MARCHING BAND, COLOR GUARD, CHOIR, ASB LEADERSHIP, RECYCLING CLUB , A LOT OF THINGS.

SO I LIMITED MY GOAL THIS YEAR.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME TALK TO EVERYONE TODAY ABOUT THAT.

I'M SELLING COOKIES, TOO.

[LAUGHTER]. SO FEEL FREE TO BUY FROM YOUR LOCAL GIRL SCOUT.

YEAH, T HANK YOU EVERYONE. [APPLAUSE].

OK, SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING TONIGHT I DON'T REMEMBER EVER DOING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME FUN WITH IT .

FIRST OF ALL, S HE HAS A CARD READER WITH HER, A CREDIT CARD CARD READER WITH HER.

THAT'S WHAT I GREW UP LEARNING IN BOY SCOUTS.

AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MY WIFE AND I DO IS WE BUY CASES OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIES AND WE SEND THEM OVERSEAS.

SO IF YOU THINK, BOY, I DON'T NEED TO EAT, YOU KNOW, A CASE OF COOKIES OR EVEN A BOX OF COOKIES, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.

BUT IF YOU CAN BUY ONE, THEY WILL SEND IT OVERSEAS.

AND KATELYN WOULD BE THRILLED TO DEATH TO HELP YOU WITH THAT VENTURE.

AND SO AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE HERE WITH THE PRESENTATIONS, BECAUSE WE HAVE SOME OTHER ONES , AND THEN SO KATELYN WILL BE OUTSIDE WITH HER PLATE READER MAKING SURE THAT YOU DON'T LEAVE WITHOUT GETTING THE COOKIES THAT YOU SO DESERVEDLY WANT.

SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, I WOULD LIKE WE'RE GONNA DO A LITTLE EXERCISE RIGHT HERE.

AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU GET UP AND LOOK UNDERNEATH YOUR CHAIR BECAUSE THERE'S POST-ITS, ONE THROUGH EIGHT UNDERNEATH YOUR CHAIR.

SO IF YOU CAN, PLEASE LOOK UNDER YOUR CHAIR AND SEE IF YOU HAVE A POST-IT.

YES. NOBODY'S CLAIMING 'EM YET.

WE DON'T HAVE IT DO WE? OH, I SEE SOME NUMBERS OUT THERE.

OK, SO I'M GONNA ASK KATELYN TO PLEASE DRAW A NUMBER AND THAT NUMBER, SHE WILL BRING YOU A BOX OF HER GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.

LOOK AT ALL THE BADGES ON THE BACK.

HOLY MACKEREL. YOU GOING TO NEED A BIGGER VEST.

[LAUGHTER]. NUMBER FIVE, WHO'S GOT NUMBER FIVE? [APPLAUSE].

NUMBER SIX , YEAH.

[LAUGHTER].

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NUMBER EIGHT, WHO'S GOT NUMBER EIGHT? UH OH. IS AN EMPTY CHAIR THAT SOMEBODY THAT NEEDS TO? OK. NUMBER ONE, WHO'S GOT NUMBER ONE? [LAUGHTER]. [INAUDIBLE] W HICH NUMBER DO YOU HAVE? COME ON UP. [APPLAUSE].

NUMBER SEVEN. WHO HAS NUMBER SEVEN? THERE SHE IS. [APPLAUSE].

NUMBER THREE. NUMBER THRE E, AHA! [APPLAUSE].

NUMBER TWO, WHO HAS NUMBER TWO? [APPLAUSE]. OK, SO THE TICKET THAT DID NOT GE T, NUMBER 8.

DID WE FIND NUMBER EIGHT? WELL, I GUESS OUR CITY CLERK GOT A BOX OF COOKIES.

WE ALSO HAVE A CERTIFICATE AND WE HAVE A IN-N-OUT GIFT CERTIFICATE FOR $10.

AND THIS IS TO KATELYN RONEY IN RECOGNITION OF BEING SELECTED AS THE FACE OF TREFOIL'S GIRL SCOUT COOKIES.

CITY OF LA VERNE APPRECIATES YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE GIRL SCOUTS OF AMERICA .

IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

CONGRATULATIONS KATELYN.

[APPLAUSE].

[b. Recognition and Presentation of 2020 “Pride of La Verne Award” Recipients]

EACH RECIPIENT RECEIVES AN INDIVIDUAL PRIDE OF LA VERNE PLAQUE AND THEIR NAMES ARE PLACED ON A PERPETUAL PLAQUE DISPLAYED INSIDE CITY HALL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE JACK HUNTINGTON AWARD.

IT'S NAMED AFTER JACK HUNTINGTON, WHO MOVED TO LA VERNE IN 1970, DESPITE HEAVY PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND TIME COMMITMENTS TO THE U.S.

NAVAL RESERVES, JACK BECAME ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY AS A VOLUNTEER.

HE WAS ACTIVE IN VARIOUS LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE LA VERNE JAYCEES, LA VERNE LITTLE LEAGUE, AND THE YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM.

JACK ALSO SERVED AS A CITY LA VERNE'S COMMISSIONER FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS, COMPLETING TWO TERMS ON THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, AS WELL AS TWO TERMS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION. JACK HUNTINGTON WAS A CITIZEN VOLUNTEER WHO EXEMPLIFIED THE PRIDE OF LA VERNE AND IS NAME IN HIS HONOR.

AND AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK DENNY SHARPE TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.

[APPLAUSE].

I'M NOT SURE I'VE EVER SEEN YOU WITH A COAT ON DENNY.

[LAUGHTER]. I AM THE CHAIR , AND I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AND THE FRIENDS OF THE FOURTH. HE HAS BEEN THE TREASURER TO THE PENNY FOR 40 YEARS ON THE FRIENDS OF THE

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[APPLAUSE]. HE'S A LONG, LONG TIME RESIDENT .

MOVED TO LA VERNE, I BELIEVE, IN THE LATE 60S.

HE HAS SERVED ON LA VERNE ROTARY CLUB FOR YEARS.

LA VERNE CHAMBER COMMERCE, THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT, VOLUNTEERED FOR RSVP WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT SINCE 2005.

SO FOR 15 YEARS AND YOU SEE THE BLUE SHIRTS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED, DENNY.

I'M LOOKING AROUND SAYING, WHERE IS HE? AND I SEE THE BLUE SHIRTS WITH THE BADGES ON IT THAT HELP US BE AS SAFE AS WE CAN BE.

HE COMES IN WITH A COAT AND TIE.

WELL, HE GOT THE COLOR RIGHT ON THE SHIRT.

YEAH, YOU'RE DRESSED FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY.

IS AN AVID CYCLIST AND HAS BEEN KNOWN TO LOG IN FORTY THOUSAND MILES IN FOUR YEARS SO WE CAN NAME THE BIKE LANES AFTER YOU.

[LAUGHTER]. IN 2013 HE HELPED FORM THE LA VERNE BICYCLE COALITION.

IN ADDITION TO HIS SERVICE LOCALLY, DENNY ALSO SERVED THE UNITED STATES NAVY.

ATTA BOY, DENNY EXEMPLIFIES THE PRIDE OF LA VERNE WITH HIS COMMITMENT AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE ARE PROUD TO HONOR YOU WITH THIS AWARD, DENNY, AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE.

AS ALL RECIPIENTS SAY, THEY GET THE HONOR OF TELLING US WHO THEY ARE AND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEMSELVES. DENNY? I'M MY WIFE'S HUSBAND.

[LAUGHTER]. [APPLAUSE]. I GREW UP IN SOUTH PASADENA , AND WHEN I MOVED TO LA VERNE, I FELL IN LOVE WITH IT.

AND IT'S REALLY BEEN A WONDERFUL THING TO BE ABLE TO VOLUNTEER.

I STARTED MY COMPANY AND ONE OF MY FIRST CUSTOMERS WAS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE AND HE GOT ME INTO THE PARADE , AND IT'S BEEN GOING ON EVER SINCE.

BUT I'VE ALWAYS TAKEN GREAT PRIDE IN WORKING WITH THE PEOPLE IN LA VERNE, IT'S WONDERFUL.

[LAUGHTER]. COME HERE BOBBY.

[INAUDIBLE] SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO COME UP HERE.

[LAUGHTER].

GOTTA GET BETWEEN THE TWO. THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE].

THE SECOND AWARD THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IS THE JIM SCRANTON AWARD WAS NAMED AFTER LONGTIME RESIDENT JIM SCRANTON, WHO 'S A MEMBER OF THE YOUTH SPORTS COMMITTEE SINCE ITS INCEPTION . IN 1986 HE FORMED THE LA VERNE LAZERS SOCCER CLUB ORGANIZATION THAT PROVIDED YOUNGSTERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY SOCCER AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.

JIM ALSO SPENT FIVE YEARS ON THE CITY SPORTS PARK COMMITTEE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIRTY FIVE ACRES OF SPORTS FIELDS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND IT WAS PART OF THIS, PART OF HIM A ND A FEW OTHERS, THAT CREATED A SPORTS PARK AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL. THAT I T'S AMAZING , SO WE SHARE THAT FACILITY WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL.

OK. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY'S WOMEN'S SOCCER PROGRAM AS A COACH.

JIM IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE SUSAN AND THEIR CHILDREN.

THE YOUTH SPORTS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRIDE OF LA VERNE YOUTH SPORTS VOLUNTEER AWARD BE NAMED IN THE HONOR OF JIM SCRANTON.

HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY HONORED WITH INAUGURAL AWARD.

THIS YEAR. THE JIM SCRANTON PRIDE OF LA VERNE AWARD IS BEING PRESENTED TO CAROLINA COPPOLO. [APPLAUSE].

WHEN I READ WHAT SHE'S DONE, EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM WILL SAY SHE 'S NOT OLD ENOUGH TO DO ALL THAT STUFF , AND SHE'S NOT .

BUT I AM GONNA GO AHEAD AND READ IT.

SHE HAS VOLUNTEERED FOR A AYSO FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS AND HAS CONTINUED TO MAKE A LASTING IMPACT ON THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.

CAROLINA FIRST JOINED AYSO AS A VOLUNTEER COACH FOR HER SON ANDREW'S UNDER 6 SOCCER TEAM

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SHE HAS SERVED AS TREASURER AND ASSISTANT REGIONAL COMMISSIONER BEFORE ACCEPTING THE POSITION OF REGIONAL COMMISSIONER.

SHE IS A STAPLE IN THE REGION AND COULD BE FOUND UNLOCKING GATES EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNINGS, OVERSEEING TEAM DISTRIBUTION AND RATINGS NIGHTS, LINING UP TEAMS AT PICTURE DAY, ACCEPTING PLAYER FORMS , ALL OF THIS WHILE HAVING A SMILE ON HER FACE AND A CUP OF COFFEE NOT TOO FAR AWAY.

[LAUGHTER]. CONGRATULATIONS.

[APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU, MAYOR KENDRICK AND CITY COUNCIL FOR THIS AWARD.

THERE IS NO POSSIBLE WAY I COULD ACCEPT THIS AWARD WITHOUT THE LOVE, SUPPORT AND HARD WORK OF MY FAMILY, MY FOUR CHILDREN AND MY HUSBAND.

THE [INAUDIBLE] PLAYER THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT IS NOW A COACH OF THE LA VERNE LAZERS WITH JIM SCRANTON. [APPLAUSE]. IF THERE'S ONE THING I CAN LEAVE YOU WITH TONIGHT, IT IS PLEASE , NO ONE HAS A PROBLEM INVESTING IN E-TRADE, AMERITRADE , 401K 457, AND ALL THE LIKE.

PLEASE INVEST IN THE YOUTH BECAUSE YOU WON'T GET PAID, BUT I GUARANTEE YOU WILL BE COMPENSATED BEYOND BELIEF.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY HUSBAND MARK TO COME UP.

[APPLAUSE]. AS THE AS THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME SAID, I AM MY HUSBAND'S WIFE AND I AM MY CHILDREN'S MOTHER AND I AM PROUD OF THAT , SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

[APPLAUSE]. THIS IS YOUR PLAQUE, AND THEN YOUR NAME WILL BE ON THE PERPETUAL PLAQUE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

BOY, DO I THINK WE HIT A JACKPOT TONIGHT.

BEFORE WE TAKE A BREAK, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS.

[5. ANNOUNCEMENTS OF UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS]

SO IF WE CAN HAVE OK, WE WILL...

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTE BREAK.

WE'VE HAD SOME HONOREES AND FAMILY AND SO FORTH , SO WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.

WE HAVE A GREAT MEETING COMING UP , BUT I THINK YOU'LL PROBABLY WANT TO LEAVE.

BUT REMEMBER, THERE'S GIRL SCOUT COOKIES TO BUY , SO GET YOUR CREDIT CARD OUT OF YOUR WALLET ON THE WAY OUT.

AND KATELYN WILL MAKE SURE THAT SHE TAKES GOOD CARE OF YOU.

OH, AND SHE TAKES CASH, TOO, IF YOU WANT.

[LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU.

WE'LL RECESS FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES.

CONSENT CALENDAR.

ROLL CALL.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER TIM HEPBURN.

HERE. MAYOR DON KINDRED.

HERE. YOU'LL NOTICE THERE IS AN EMPTY SEAT.

NORMALLY, CHARLIE ROSALES SITS BETWEEN MUIR DAVIS AND ROBIN CARTER.

MUIR IS, I'M SORRY, CHARLIE IS RECOVERING FROM A HIP REPLACEMENT SURGERY.

DOING WELL, BUT HE'S RESTING AND SO HE WON'T BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHOULD BE BACK NEXT WEEK. ON THE CONSENT THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT'S ASKED A CONCERN ON ITEM D,

[6. CONSENT CALENDAR]

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DANITA? YES. GOOD EVENING, LA VERNE RESIDENTS AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I HAVE NUMEROUS QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO RESOLUTION 20 -10.

IF THE CITY DECIDES TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, WHAT ARE GOING TO BE THE TRUE BENEFITS TO THE CITY OTHER THAN ASSISTING THOSE WITH HOUSING ISSUES? OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW THERE'S A HOMELESS PROBLEM HERE AND WE HAVE TO ADDRESS IT , BUT I CAN SAY PERSONALLY, NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A HOMELESS HOUSING PROJECT.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE CITY IS PROPOSING THAT THESE HOUSING UNITS BE CONSTRUCTED, AND HAS ANY OF THE NECESSARY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS, TRAFFIC UTILITY USAGE REPORTS BEEN CONDUCTED? IF SO, WHAT ARE THE FINDINGS AND WHY HAVEN'T THEY BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENTS.

AND EXACTLY WHAT WOULD BE THE COST TO THE CITY? ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA REPORT, IT SAYS THAT PRIVATE FUNDING AND MEASURE BONDS WOULD BE PART OF THE FINANCING.

IF BOTH OF THOSE FAIL , WHAT WOULD BE THE COST TO THE CITY.

AS EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM KNOWS THAT THE CITY HAS INCURRED LIABILITIES OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, SO INCURRING MORE DEBT TO THE CITY I THINK WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL, EVEN THOUGH THIS WOULD BE A PROJECT FOR THE POSITIVE.

FINANCIALLY, IT WOULD BE FOR THE NEGATIVE.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE CITY IS GOING TO ADDRESS THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE? CAN WE ANSWER ANY OF HER QUESTIONS? Y EAH, I THINK I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER MOST OF THOSE MYSELF.

I DO HAVE OTHERS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT IF I MESS UP, JUST SAY, HOP UP.

I'VE GOT SOMEBODY , CAITLIN, FROM THE COG, AS WELL AS MAYA, WHO HAS BEEN OUR IN-HOUSE PERSON THAT HAS BEEN HANDLING IT.

BUT NONETHELESS, THERE IS REALLY NO PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED.

SO THAT IS WHY THERE IS NOT AN EIR OR ANYTHING, AND THERE'S NOT A PROJECT THAT IS EVEN BEING CONTEMPLATED AT THIS POINT.

THIS REGIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND THAT IS STARTING A JOINT POWERS WITH THE, I THINK IT'S 20 CITIES IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TO HELP COLLABORATE AND GIVE ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY FOR FUNDS SHOULD PROJECTS SOMEWHERE IN THE AREA, SOMEWHERE WITHIN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY , BUT EVEN SOMETHING MORE READ SUBREGIONAL THAT WE COULD THEN TAP INTO.

IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT WOULD BE REVIEWING THOSE APPLICATIONS WHEN THEY COME FORWARD. SO THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US IS TO PARTICIPATE AND TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER PROJECTS OR FUNDING FOR PROJECTS SHOULD WE HAVE THEM AND THEY GO THROUGH THE PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS DOWN THE ROAD.

AS FAR AS THE COST TO THE CITY, LA VERNE, THIS CURRENT YEAR, BECAUSE WE PURSUED GRANTS THROUGH MEASURE H , ONE OF THE GOALS WITHIN THAT GRANT WAS TO PURSUE FUNDING FOR ALTERNATIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THIS MEETS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF ONE OF THOSE GRANTS , SO WE'RE ABLE TO USE THAT GRANT FUNDING TO PAY FOR OUR FIRST YEAR MEMBERSHIP IN IT.

AFTER THAT, IT'LL BE UP TO THE DISCRETION OF THE COUNCIL TO DECIDE WHETHER CONTINUE ON OR NOT. OK.

WE HAVE MOTION TO ACCEPT.

I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM SEVEN AND THAT'S THE WEED ABATEMENT

[Weed Abatement Protest Hearing]

YOU ACTUALLY NOTICE THIS AT YOUR LAST MEETING, IF YOU REMEMBER, THAT THIS WOULD BE THE TIME AND OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND SHARE IF THEY HAD ANY CONCERNS.

THERE WERE, I THINK, 80 PLUS PROPERTIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THESE ARE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES THAT WOULD BE INSPECTED BY THE COUNTY FOR WHAT MIGHT BE THE POTENTIAL FOR NEED OF WEED ABATEMENT.

THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE BEEN SENT NOTICES THAT EITHER SAID THAT THERE WAS JUST AN INSPECTION DONE OR THAT FURTHER WORK IS REQUIRED BY THEM.

THIS IS THE OPPORTUNITY, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO PROTEST THAT REVIEW, I GUESS.

FOLLOWING THIS, THERE WILL BE A ADDITIONAL ACTION ON PUTTING WHATEVER THE CHARGES WERE

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I SHOULD POINT OUT WHAT IS INCLUDED HERE ARE THREE OF THE PARCELS THAT ARE PART OF THE SIERRA LA VERNE NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOW CONSIDERED UNDEVELOPED.

THE FOURTH PARCEL WHICH IS CONSIDERED DEVELOPED IS BECAUSE OF WHERE THE BANQUET FACILITY RESIDES. THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T GET INSPECTED BY THE COUNTY, BUT IT GETS INSPECTED SEPARATELY BY THE CITY.

SO ALL THOSE PARCELS ARE IDENTIFIED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME FORWARD. OK, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS ACCEPT A MOTION .

VOTE, PLEASE. THANK YOU.

MR. MAYOR? YES.

[Additional Item 1]

NOT NECESSARILY A REPORT, BUT I DID ONE INVOLVING SIERRA LA VERNE AND THEN ANOTHER INVOLVING STATION 3 AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO I'VE ASKED ERIC SCHERER AND THEN CHIEF LEONARD TO GIVE JUST A BRIEF REVIEW OR SOME INPUT FOR THE COUNCIL'S BENEFIT AND FOR THE COMMUNITY JUST TO AVOID WHAT MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

AS THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THERE HAVE BEEN [INAUDIBLE] COMMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE STATUS OF SIERRA LA VERNE AND WHETHER OR NOT IT ACTUALLY CAN BE BUILT UPON BASED ON THE CITY'S ZONING.

SO JUST REAL BRIEFLY, THERE ARE TWO OVERLAYING DOCUMENTS THAT KIND OF CONTROL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY. FIRST AND FOREMOST IS THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH IS OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR BASICALLY 20 YEAR PERIOD.

AS THE COUNCIL'S AWARE, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR GENERAL PLAN WITH HOPES THAT IN THE NEXT SIX MONTHS THAT'S COMPLETED, THE GENERAL PLAN'S DESIGNATION OF THE SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE IS OPEN SPACE.

THAT DOES NOT ALLOW THOSE PARCELS TO BE DEVELOPED ON REGARDLESS OF THE UNDERLINING ZONING. THE UNDERLINING ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED A1 OR AGRICULTURAL.

WHILE THE ZONING CODE DOES ALLOW ONE HOME PER PARCEL IN A1 ZONE, THE OVERLYING GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION OF OPEN SPACE WOULD ACTUALLY PRECLUDE EVEN THAT FROM OCCURRING.

SO AS STATED PREVIOUSLY IN THESE CHAMBERS AND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, WHICH IS STILL ACCESSIBLE UNDER THE KNOW THE FACTS PAGE, THE SIERRA LA VERNE COUNTRY CLUB IS NOT DEVELOPABLE TODAY. THAT DOES NOT MEAN AN APPLICANT CAN COME IN AND REQUEST A CHANGE OF THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION TO ALLOW IT TO BE DEVELOPED, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER TYPES OF APPLICATIONS, INCLUDING A FULL ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO ALONG WITH THAT.

TO DATE, STAFF HAS BEEN CLEAR TO ANY DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE BEEN INTERESTED IN THE PROPERTY THAT STAFF CANNOT SUPPORT IT.

THE COUNCIL ALSO HAS MADE THAT CLEAR ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS THAT THERE'S NO CITY SUPPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT. THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTIVITY RECENTLY FROM DEVELOPERS OR INQUIRIES FROM DEVELOPERS ABOUT INTEREST IN DEVELOPING THE COURSE.

WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WORD HAS BEEN SENT OUT CLEARLY , SO THERE'S NO NEW UPDATES.

WE HAVE A GOOD PERSON THAT WORKS WITH [INAUDIBLE] GOLF WHO IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, WHO IS IN CONSTANT CONTACT WITH STAFF AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

ANY TIME ANYBODY IS SUPPOSED TO BE ON SITE TO DO ANY KIND OF REPAIR WORK OR REMOVE ALL OF PREVIOUS EQUIPMENT, SO THAT'S ALL BEEN VERY WELL COMMUNICATED.

ANY TIME THE CITY'S HAD AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED, IT'S RESOLVED WITHIN THE SAME DAY, TYPICALLY. SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE PERSON THAT'S CURRENTLY WORKING WITH US ON ANY OUTSTANDING ISSUES WHEN THEY DO COME UP.

BUT AGAIN, THE ZONING DOES NOT ALLOW DEVELOPMENT OF THE COURSE, AND THERE'S NO RECENT ACTIVITY BY ANY DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY TO EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE. ERIC, I'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER RESIDENTS, AND ON COUNTRY CLUB AS YOU COME DOWN AND JUST BEFORE YOU MAKE THE TURN AS THE TWO GATES APPROACHES ON THE SIDE APPROACH THAT WE COULD MAYBE HAVE THE DEVELOPER OR THE PEOPLE THAT OWN IT CLEAN IT UP A BIT.

ALSO, THE COURSE IS STARTING LOOK A LITTLE SHABBY.

I MEAN, IT'S STARTING TO GET OVERGROWN.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAD RAIN, BUT IT'S KIND OF STARTING TO GET HIGH NOW IN SOME SPOTS.

MAYBE TO CHECK IT OUT AND CLEAN UP A BIT.

OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, YOU SAID COUNTRY CLUB , BUT DID YOU MEAN BIRDIE ON THE CURVE? [INAUDIBLE] NO. ACTUALLY, NO.

WELL THAT TOO , YES. OK. ACTUALLY THAT TOO.

BIRDIE, BUT ALSO COUNTRY CLUB WHERE YOU HAVE THE TWO APPROACHES WHERE THE CARTS GO ACROSS. OH, OKAY, WHERE THE CART PASSES. AND THEN THE JOGGERS ARE ON THE BIRDIE PORTION,

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JUST KIND OF CLEAN IT UP AND APPROACH JUST, YOU KNOW.

SO WE'LL MAKE THAT MENTIONED TO THEM.

THE PROPERTIES OFF BIRDIE, THOUGH, ARE NOT OWNED BY THE OWNERSHIP OF THE SIERRA LA VERNE COUNTRY CLUB. IT IS EITHER DEPARTMENT OF WATER POWER PROPERTY .

THEY'VE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THEY ARE NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING THAT AREA AS THE LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS EXPIRED.

SO WE HAVE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS THAT DO HAVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THE GENERAL AREA, BUT THE GOLF CART PATHS WOULD BE THE MAIN PROPERTY OWNER'S, SO WE'LL MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, ERIC.

OK. CHIEF? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR

[Additional Item 2]

A S YOU RECALL, ABOUT ONE MONTH AGO, I STOOD IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL AND ADVISED YOU THAT BECAUSE OF OUR MANPOWER SHORTAGE, WE WERE GONNA BE BROWNING OUT RESCUE AMBULANCE 63.

IT IS PRUDENT AT THIS TIME FOR ME TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON MITIGATION EFFORTS WE PUT IN PLACE AND THE EFFECTS THAT THEY'VE HAD ON OUR DEPLOYMENTS PROGRAM WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT .

SPECIFICALLY, JANUARY 17TH, WE BROWNED OUT RESCUE AMBULANCE 63.

WHAT THAT MEANS IN LAYMAN'S TERMS IS WE CLOSED ONE PARAMEDIC UNIT IN THE CITY, WHICH WAS ALSO AN AMBULANCE. THE MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE WERE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP LESSEN ANY IMPACT TO OUR CITIZENS AND MAKE SURE WE CONTINUED TO RESPOND TO ALL THE MEDICAL AND FIRE EMERGENCIES WITHIN THE CITY WITHIN THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TIMES.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE SINCE THE 17TH OF JANUARY, SPECIFICALLY ON JANUARY 21ST, WE STARTED GOING THROUGH THE L.A.

COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR OUR DISPATCHING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT ALLOWED US TO DO IS TO PARTICIPATE IN WHAT THEY CALLED TIERED DISPATCHING. IN OUR PREVIOUS DISPATCH AND PROCEDURES WITHIN THE CITY EVERY MEDICAL AIDE GOT A FIRE ENGINE AND A PARAMEDIC UNIT.

THROUGH THE TIERED DISPATCHING THERE'S SOME MORE OF A TRIAGE THAT'S DONE , AND WE DON'T SEND A PARAMEDIC UNIT TO EVERY MEDICAL AID IF THE DISPATCHER DOESN'T FIELDS WARRANT ED.

THAT'S WORKED OUT TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE FOR US AND KEEPING THE ONE PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE WE HAVE AVAILABLE IN THE CITY AVAILABLE FOR THE MORE CRITICAL CALLS.

SO THE CHANGES WE'VE DONE IS FOR THE MITIGATION THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE WAS RESCUE AMBULANCE 61 THAT REMAINS IN SERVICE RESPONDS TO ALL THE MEDICALS AIDES REQUIRING A PARAMEDIC IN THE CITY.

ON CRITICAL PATIENTS THEY WILL ESCORT THAT PATIENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON THE L ESS SEVERE PATIENTS WE'RE UTILIZING A THIRD PARTY OR CARRIER AMBULANCE TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSPORTATION. AGAIN, THAT HELPS KEEP OUR ONE PARAMEDIC UNIT THAT WE HAVE LEFT IN THE CITY AVAILABLE FOR THE OTHER CALLS.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT NO CALLS OR SERVICE HAVE GONE UNANSWERED SINCE WE'VE BROWNED OUT R ESCUE AMBULANCE 63.

W E HAVE HAD NO DELAY IN DISPATCHING BECAUSE RESOURCES WEREN'T AVAILABLE .

WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER EVERY CALL WHEN THE ALARM HAS COME IN , NOT ALWAYS BY OURSELVES, SOMETIMES WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROVIDING A PARAMEDIC UNIT INTO OUR CITY TO ASSIST.

THAT'S HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH THE MEDICAL AID COMPONENT OF IT.

WITH THE FIRE COMPONENT OF IT THAT RISK STILL EXISTS WITHIN OUR CITY, STILL EXIST TO OUR EMPLOYEES. WE HAD ELEVEN PERSONNEL ON DUTY PRIOR TO THE BROWNING OUT OF RESCUE AMBULANCE 63. NOW WE HAVE EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING FORCE OF NINE PERSONNEL ON DUTY.

THAT COMES INTO PLAY WHEN WE GO TO MAJOR EMERGENCIES WITHIN THE CITY, WHETHER IT'S A BUILDING FIRE, A GRASS FIRE , TRAFFIC ACCIDENT WITH MULTIPLE PATIENTS , THOSE TYPES OF INCIDENTS WHERE WE MAY NEED TO LEAN ON ALL OF OUR RESOURCES AND ALL THOSE RESOURCES NOW MEANS THE TOTAL OF NINE PEOPLE.

TO MITIGATE THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE RESOURCES IF WE NEED THEM FOR OTHER MAJOR EMERGENCIES.

WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ISSUE OVER THE PAST MONTH WHERE THAT HASN'T OCCURRED.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO FIX THIS AND GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE WITH HAVING ALL OF OUR RESOURCES STAFFED? I MADE TWO JOB OFFERS TO INDIVIDUALS LAST THURSDAY TO START ON MARCH 2ND.

UNFORTUNATELY, ON SATURDAY WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM ONE OF THEM STATING THAT HE TOOK A JOB WITH ANOTHER AGENCY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH GOING FORWARD.

AND IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S MOST OF THE FIRE AGENCIES THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

I'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MOMENT.

BUT WE'VE GOT ONE IN THE HOPPER , WE'VE MADE A JOB OFFER TO HIM.

HE'S STARTING THE ACADEMY ON MARCH 2ND.

WE HOPE TO GET HIM ON THE FLOOR, OR WE WILL GET HIM ON THE FLOOR TWO WEEKS AFTER THAT.

WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL FOUR CANDIDATES OR FOR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS GOING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

WE HOPE TO MAKE THEM JOB OFFERS IN APRIL WITH ANOTHER MINI ACADEMY TO BE CONDUCTED DURING APRIL AND HAVE THOSE FOLKS ON BOARD BEFORE THE END OF APRIL.

WE CURRENTLY STILL HAVE NINE OPEN OR VACANT POSITIONS WITH IN THE LA VERNE FIRE

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SMALLER FIRE AGENCIES SIMILAR TO LA VERNE WERE STRUGGLING WITH NOT ONLY RETAINING THE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS, BUT THEN THE LARGER AGENCIES ARE USING US AS THEIR FARMING GROUND TO FILL THEIR RESOURCE NEEDS.

SO IT GETS VERY FRUSTRATING.

IN SUMMARY, THE CHANGES IN EMPLOYMENT MODEL, ALONG WITH OUR MITIGATION EFFORTS THAT WE'VE PUT IN PLACE TO DEAL WITH THE FIRE AND E.M.S.

RESPONSE IN THE CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE RETENTION OF EXISTING FIRE FIGHTER PARAMEDICS AND RECRUITMENT OF NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS REMAINS OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

ANY QUESTIONS? I GUES S THE ONE QUESTION I HAVE IS COULD YOU GO INTO THE TIERED DISPATCHING PROCESS A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE IN SOME CASES SOME CALLS ONLY AN ENGINE WOULD GO OUT AND THEN IN OTHER CALLS AN ENGINE AND A PARAMEDIC UNIT WOULD GO OUT AND THEN IN OTHER SITUATIONS WE MIGHT BE CALLING FOR MUTUAL AID AT THE SAME TIME.

IS THAT ROUGHLY WHAT I'M HEARING? ROUGHLY, BUT L ET ME GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES TO HOPEFULLY MAKE IT MORE CLEAR.

SO IF A 9-1-1 CALLER CALLED AND SPOKE TO A DISPATCHER AND THEY WERE DESCRIBING SOMEBODY HAD FALLEN OFF A BICYCLE AND HAD CUTS TO THEIR KNEE OR THEIR ARM AND THEY FELT THAT THEY NEEDED AN ASSESSMENT. THE DISPATCHER, BASED ON THE ASSESSMENT AND TALKING TO THE 9-1-1 CALLER WOULD MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHAT LEVEL OF RESPONS E TO SEND.

THAT MAY JUST BE A FIRE ENGINE WITH A B LS AMBULANCE.

WE'RE FORTUNATE IN LA VERNE THAT EVEN IF IT'S JUST THE FIRE ENGINE GOING OUT THERE, IT ALWAYS HAS A PARAMEDIC ON IT.

BUT WHEN THEY FIRE ENGINE GETS ON SCENE, IF THEY FEEL THAT THAT PATIENT WARRANTS FURTHER CARE, THEY CAN ALWAYS REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL PARAMEDIC UNIT.

SAME SCENARIO IF THE CALLER SAYS AN INDIVIDUAL HAD FALLEN OFF THE BICYCLE AND THEY'RE UNCONSCIOUS IN THE STREET, THAT'S AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO GET A FIRE ENGINE AND THEN A PARAMEDIC UNIT RESPONSE TO IT.

NOW, AS FAR AS LEANING ON OTHER RESOURCES, OTHER AGENCIES FOR RESOURCES, THOSE WOULD TYPICALLY BE ON MULTIPLE CALLS AT SAME TIME IN THE CITY OR FOR CALLS THAT REQUIRE WHAT WE WOULD CALL AN EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING FORCE.

TYPICAL BUILDING FIRE RESPONSE WE'RE TRYING TO GET A MINIMUM OF 15 PEOPLE ON SCENE.

SO JUST OUT OF THE GATE ON THOSE RESPONSES, WE'D REQUEST RESOURCES FROM ADJOINING AGENCIES, WHICH IN OUR CASE IS ALWAYS L.A.

COUNTY, TO ASSIST US ON THOSE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION.

I HEARD YOU SAY THAT OUR P ARAMEDIC TRANSPORT UNIT THAT WE HAVE ONE , AND THEN YOU CALLED FOR EXTRA THROUGH CARE? CORRECT. OKAY , SO DON'T WE HAVE T WO PARAMEDIC TRUCKS? WE DO. WE HAVE RESCUE AMBULANCE 61 AND RESCU E AMBULANCE 63, BUT 63 IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN BROWNED OUT OR TEMPORARILY CLOSED BECAUSE OF OUR PERSONNEL SHORTAGE.

[INAUDIBLE]. YEAH. NOW, A POINT OF CONFUSION YOU MAY SEE RESCUE AMBULANCE 63 DRIVING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT IS CURRENTLY THE VEHICLE ITSELF IS IN SERVICE BECAUSE 61 IS DOWN FOR REPAIR. SO THERE'S ONE PARAMEDIC AMBULANCE AND IT'S HOUSED OUT OF FIRE STATION 61.

CHIEF, I HAVE A QUESTION.

YOU MENTIONED THAT IF THERE'S SOMEBODY THAT FALLS OFF A BIKE AND THEY'RE CONSCIOUS AND YOU JUST SEND A A TRUCK, A N ENGINE, BUT ISN'T IT TRUE THAT THE CAPTAIN AND THE ENGINEER AND THE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC ARE ALL PARAMEDIC CERTIFIED? ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY T HAT IS TRUE .

NOT EVERYBODY IS PARAMEDIC CERTIFIED.

MOST EVERYBODY IS. SO THE CHANCES, EVEN WITHOUT THE AMBULANCE, THAT WE'VE GOT THREE CERTIFIED PARAMEDICS ARE GOING OUT ON THAT CALL, AT LEAST TWO.

GREAT. THE BIG PROBLEM , WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEM? AND I UNDERSTAND WE'RE HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE VACUUM FROM ALL THE OTHER AGENCIES PULLING EXPERIENCED PEOPLE.

AND GIVEN WHAT WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OVER THE LAST TWO OR THREE YEARS, IS THERE A PAY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND OTHER AGENCIES THAT, I MEAN OBVIOUSLY, WE'VE GOT TALENTED PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN THAT CAN FILL THE GAP, B UT I S IT THE PAY DIFFERENCE , THE BENEFITS?

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YOU JUST WANT TO START SOMEWHERE. I STARTED WITH A COUPLE LITTLE CITIES BEFORE I ENDED UP WITH A LARGER AGENCY. THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT PUTTING APPLICATIONS IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS YOU LOOK FOR. YOU LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THAT ORGANIZATION.

WE'VE GOT OPPORTUNITY WITHIN THE CITY OF LA VERNE, NO DOUBT, LARGER AGENCIES, LARGER CITY FIRE DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE HAZMAT UNITS, URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TEAMS, LARGER CITY, COUNTY OR STATE AGENCIES MAY HAVE HELICOPTER PROGRAMS WHERE PARAMEDICS ARE RESPONDING IN THE HELICOPTERS, THOSE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY COOL TO DO AND THAT MIGHT BE WHAT GETS YOUR ATTENTION . IT MIGHT MIGHT BE THE AREA THAT YOU'RE LIVING.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK TO SPECIFICS OF DOLLARS AND CENTS.

WE COULD PROVIDE THE MOST MONEY OUT THERE, THE BEST BENEFITS OUT THERE, AND THAT MAY HELP US WITH RETENTION. I ALSO BELIEVE THAT ONE OF THE UNFORTUNATE PARTS OF OUR CURRENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITHIN LA VERNE IS THAT OUR PARAMEDICS OPERATE OFF OF RESCUE AMBULANCES.

THAT'S NOT A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS.

MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THE PARAMEDICS OPERATE OFF OF SQUADS OR ENGINE COMPANIES OR EVEN TRUCK COMPANIES. SO WHEN TO COME TO WORK FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE, AS A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC AND YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASSIGNED TO AN AMBULANCE, IT'S NOT VERY APPEALING TO PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY'RE BASICALLY IF YOU LOOK AT THE CARE AMBULANCE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE STREET, LOOK AT THE TWO INDIVIDUALS IN THE FRONT SEAT YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS ARE GOING TO BE, ARE THEY OLD ENOUGH TO BE SITTING UP THERE BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST YOUNG KIDS. THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE START T HEIR EMERGENCY SERVICES EDUCATION OR EXPERIENCE IN FIRST RESPONDERS. THANK YOU.

JUST A COUPLE CLARIFYING THINGS THAT I HAVE HEARD, SO TO CONFIRM STATION 3 IS NOT BEING BROWNED DUE TO FUNDING.

IT'S DUE TO STAFFING AVAILABILITY AT THIS POINT.

CORRECT. AND THEN DO YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH OUR EQUIPMENT READINESS OR THE STATUS OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT? I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN ONGOING EFFORT TO IMPROVE OUR APPARATUS.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A NEW TYPE 1 ENGINE THAT'S ON ORDER TO REPLACE SOME OF OUR AGING FLEET.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT I DON'T KNOW OF SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT ISSUES, NO.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU, CHIEF.

THANK YOU. OK, WE ARE GOING TO ITEM EIGHT , THAT'S PUBLIC

[8. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]

IF YOU'VE SPOKEN ONCE LET SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE THEIR TURN.

IF SOMEBODY HAS GOTTEN UP AND TALKED ABOUT THINGS THAT EXACTLY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT BRIEF, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

WE WANT EVERYBODY TO SPEAK.

THERE MAY BE A LOT OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY THAT WANTS TO SPEAK HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK , AND SO WE'LL GET STARTED. I HAVE SPEAKER CARDS.

IF YOU HAVE A DESIRE TO SPEAK THE RE'S SPEAKER CARDS RIGHT UP HERE THAT OUR CITY CLERK HAS AND THEY'RE ALSO AT THE PODIUM.

YOU DON'T NEED A CARD TO SPEAK, BUT WE'D SURE LIKE TO HAVE YOU FILL ONE OUT AFTER YOU DO SPEAK, PLEASE. SO WE'LL START WITH [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL , CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD EVENING. JUST WANT TO COME IN REAL QUICK AND JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TIME FOR HEALING IS COMING. MARCH 3RD WILL BE BEHIND US AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MOVE ON , BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT AS I COME UP HERE AND SPEAK AND SHARED WITH SO MANY PEOPLE MY HISTORY WITH THIS CITY, MY PAST, AND THE FACT THAT I'VE HAD SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES, BROUGHT UP A FAMILY THAT IS WONDERFUL, AND I HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS.

AND I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANNA , SHE AND I BECOME FRIENDS.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, WE'VE BECOME FRIENDS.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT AS SHE TOUCHED MY HEART BECAUSE SOMEONE OUT IN THE ATMOSPHERE DECIDED THAT WHATEVER IT IS THAT I'M DOING I NEED TO TAKE IT BACK TO THE GHETTO , AND THAT WAS THE COMMENT THAT WAS MADE.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT ANNA AND I HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT.

NOW, THAT STATEMENT GIVEN TO SOMEONE OTHER THAN SOMEONE LIKE ME OF ANOTHER RACE WOULD HAVE REALLY GARNERED A LOT OF DISCUSSION.

BUT I WAS SURPRISED TO FIND ON [INAUDIBLE] LA VERNE AND THE OTHER COMMENTS, THAT WAS ONLY LESS THAN A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT REACTED TO THAT COMMENT.

AND IT WAS QUITE SURPRISING TO ME, GIVEN HOW MUCH I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY AND THIS CITY.

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I DIDN'T SAY I WASN'T PROUD THAT I WAS FROM COMPTON.

I SAID I WAS FROM COMPTON.

IT WAS MY UPBRINGING THAT MAKES ME WHAT I AM TODAY , AND SO I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

AND I WEAR COMPTON PROUDLY ON MY VEST.

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS WHOLE ISSUE OF ATTACKING PEOPLE AND ATTACKING CHASE'S, A VERY FINE RESTAURANT, THAT WE FINALLY GOT INTO THE CITY, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT KIND OF CONSUMING ALL ACTIVITY IN THIS CITY AND EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND THAT COMMENTS THAT ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH THAT'S GOT TO STOP.

IN THE WORDS OF MY 96 YEAR OLD MOTHER-IN-LAW, SHE SAYS, STOP THE FOOLISHNESS.

WE'VE GOT TO MOVE ON.

AND I'M LOOKING FOR A LEADER GOING FORWARD.

AND I'VE ALWAYS FOUND THAT DON KENDRICK HAS BEEN A LEADER FOR US IN THIS CITY , AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, INCLUDING TIM, HAVE BEEN WONDERFUL WORKING TOGETHER AND GETTING THINGS DONE.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I'M JUST QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE COUNCIL TO SAY WE'RE GOOD LISTENERS, WE LIKE TO LISTEN.

I NEED SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO BE THE NEW MAYOR TO BE ABLE TO GIVE ME THE VISION AND WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE TAKING THE CITY.

NOT THAT I JUST LISTEN AND I'LL DO WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU GUYS WANT ME TO DO.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO.

YOU'RE THE LEADER , YOU TAKE US THERE.

AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I LOVE THIS CITY.

I WANT THE COMMENTS TO STOP, SUCH AS TELLING ME I WAS WALLOWING IN THE MUD.

THAT WAS ANOTHER COMMENT.

AND I'M JUST AMUSED BY THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL DEALING IN ELEMENTARY TYPES OF KINDERGARTEN COMMENTS.

LET'S BE REAL. LET'S BE GROWN UP.

LET'S BE PROFESSIONAL.

AND ANNA AND I WE'RE GOING GONNA WORK TOGETHER.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE CITY AROUND.

THANK YOU ANNA. THANK YOU.

THANK S [INAUDIBLE]. [APPLAUSE]. PATTI LATOURELLE. GOOD EVENING, I AM HERE FOR I HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT I THINK I WANT TO MAKE.

I'VE HEARD IN THE COMMUNITY THERE WAS A RUMOR THAT T HIS IS WITH REGARDS TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT T HAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS SUPPORTING A CANDIDATE.

I CALLED THE DISTRICT TODAY , TALKED TO CARL.

HE SAID ABSOLUTELY NOT.

AS ALWAYS, THEY SUPPORT NO ONE IN PARTICULAR.

THEY WISH EVERYONE THE BEST AND HE WANTED TO GO ON TO SAY THAT , AS ALWAYS, WHOEVER DOES COME OUT ON TOP IN THIS RACE, THAT HE AND THE DISTRICT WILL SUPPORT.

INDIVIDUAL BOARD MEMBERS, AS IS THEIR RIGHT, HAVE SUPPORTED CANDIDATE S.

ACTUALLY THEY'VE SUPPORTED BOTH CANDIDATES WANTING, AGAIN, TO LET THE THE COMMITTEE OR THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT AT THE END OF THE RACE AND AT THE END OF THE ELECTION THAT WHOEVER IS ELECTED, THEY WILL SUPPORT.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS UNDERSTOOD BY THE COMMUNITY, THAT THE DISTRICT ITSELF HAS NOT MADE A RESOLUTION.

THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS NOT TAKEN OUT A RESOLUTION.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS ARE SUPPORTING CANDIDATES, WHICH IS THEIR RIGHT.

AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I NEVER DID, BECAUSE I THINK IT MUDDIES THE WATERS BECAUSE IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S THE DISTRICT DOING IT WHEN IT'S INDIVIDUALS.

BUT ANYWAY, I DIGRESS.

THE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE IS THAT THEY DO NOT INDIVIDUALLY OR AS A DISTRICT, A BOARD OR DISTRICT, SUPPORT ANY ONE CANDIDATE , BUT THEY DO WISH YOU ALL THE BEST.

THANK YOU, PATTY. [APPLAUSE]. JOHN WILSON.

GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL.

I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE TAX INITIATIVE THAT'S ON OUR BALLOT THIS MARCH 3RD. I JUST WANTED TO SAY WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT IT, I WAS ONE OF THOSE GOING OH, CRAP HERE WE GO AGAIN. WE'RE GOING TO RAISE TAXES.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PAY. BUT THEN I DECIDED TO DO YOU KNOW, WHAT WE SHOULD ALL BE DOING WHEN WE'RE VOTING IN ELECTIONS IS DO YOUR HOMEWORK, FIND OUT WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

AND FORTUNATELY FOR ME, I RAN INTO SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE.

I ALSO HAVE A VERY GOOD FRIEND, DAVID MCELWAIN, WHO IS LIKE A DICTIONARY OF THE CITY.

HE'S ALSO DICTIONARY ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO KNOW.

AND SO I REALLY STARTED TO LOOK INTO THIS, AND I DID START TO SEE WHAT THIS WAS REALLY ABOUT. AND WHAT THIS REALLY IS ABOUT IS TO KEEP LA VERNE RUNNING FROM WHAT I CAN TELL,

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BUT THE MONEY WOULD BE HERE , STAY HERE IN LA VERNE, AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THE MONEY TO CONTINUE TO RUN THE CITY.

AND SO THESE ARE THINGS THAT I REALLY HAD TO LOOK INTO TO SAY, OK, NOW WHAT DOES THIS REALLY MEAN FOR US? AND IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE SANTA CLAUS ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THANK YOU GUYS FOR DOING THAT.

IF WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR CITY INDEPENDENTLY OF THE COUNTY AND OF THE STATE, WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING EXACTLY LIKE THIS.

SO I DID ALSO DO SOME FURTHER HOMEWORK , AND I WENT TO A MEETING LAST NIGHT SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THIS TAX AND I WAS ABLE TO FIND OUT A LOT MORE , SO I'M ABLE TO MAKE A MUCH BETTER INFORMED DECISION AND SUPPORT THIS TAX.

BUT WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND IS IF YOU DON'T TAKE THE TIME AND EFFORT TO GO FIGURE OUT WHAT IT IS YOU'RE VOTING FOR AND GET THAT INFORMATION, YOU MAY MAKE A DECISION THAT WILL IMPACT YOU IN THE FUTURE .

I.E. CLAREMONT VOTED THAT TAX DOWN IN NOVEMBER, I BELIEVE IT WAS.

YES. I BELIEVE A FEW WEEKS AGO THE CITY COUNCIL OF CLAREMONT DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO TRY AND CONTRACT OUT THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT.

LACK OF FUNDS, RIGHT? SO NOW THE CITY RESIDENTS ARE UP IN ARMS AND THEY MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID THAT HAD THEY PASSED THAT TAX. DO WE WANT TO BE SITTING HERE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW UP IN ARMS AGAINST CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO DO SOMETHING TO PAY FOR SERVICES THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER AFFORD.

SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THE TAX.

I URGE EVERYBODY THAT'S GOING TO BE VOTING ON THE THIRD TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT IT'S REALLY ABOUT AND MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION.

NOT LIKE WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT AND WENT, OH, CRAP, ANOTHER TAX.

OK? THAT'S NOT THE WAY TO VOTE.

THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, JOHN.

[APPLAUSE]. NENA HERNANDEZ.

GOOD EVENING, NENA HERNANDEZ.

I'M WITH THE FAIR PLEX.

AS WE'RE TALKING HERE TONIGHT ABOUT VOTING AND ABOUT THE ELECTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO COME AND PROVIDE A REMINDER TO EVERYONE THAT THE FAIRPLEX HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS AN L.A.

COUNTY VOTE CENTER.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY AN ELEVEN DAY VOTE CENTER, WHICH IS THE LONGEST, STARTING ON FEBRUARY 22ND, GOING THROUGH MARCH 3RD.

SO WE WILL BE OPEN FROM FEBRUARY 22ND TO MARCH 2ND, 8:00 TO 5:00, MARCH 3RD, FROM 7:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M.

ALL L.A. COUNTY RESIDENTS COULD VOTE AT THE FAIRPLEX.

THERE ARE NO LONGER THE DESIGNATED PRECINCTS.

YOU CAN NOW VOTE AT ANY OF THE VOTE CENTERS.

SO WE INVITE YOU TO COME OUT AND VISIT US TO CAST YOUR VOTE.

YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ENTER OUR GATES THROUGH GATE ONE OFF OF MCKINLEY.

THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR PARKING , SO PLEASE DON'T LET THEM CHARGE YOU.

AND THEN ANY RESIDENTS OUTSIDE OF L.A.

COUNTY, YOU UNFORTUNATELY ARE NOT ABLE TO VOTE THERE, B UT WE ARE A DESIGNATED DROP OFF AREA SO YOU ARE ABLE TO DROP OFF YOUR BALLOT THERE AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU NENA. YOU'RE WELCOME.

[APPLAUSE]. CAN I ASK A QUESTION? YES.

YOU SAID USE G ATE 1, B UT WHICH BUILDING? SO IT'S GOING TO BE UNDER THE GRANDSTAND, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL CLUB 1 RIGHT NEXT TO AVALON. SO IF YOU'VE EVER GONE TO FAIR, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO DIY.

OK. THANK YOU. ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TACOS? WE ARE ACTUALLY NOT , BUT WE WILL HAVE COFFEE AND COOKIES.

ONLY ON TUESDAYS. [LAUGHTER].

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, NENA.

[APPLAUSE]. BRUCE BECKER.

OH, CRAP. NOT ANOTHER TAX HIKE.

[LAUGHTER]. ALL RIGHT.

LAST MONTH, I TRIED TO INFORM THE CITY OF LA VERNE THREE WAYS THAT THIS WAS [INAUDIBLE].

SIR, IF YOU'D PLEASE ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.

OK. THANK YOU. I WILL.

AND I TALKED ABOUT VALUE AND I TALKED ABOUT THE NEXT 40 YEARS, THE SALES TAX WILL BE 15 PERCENT OR WHATEVER. I GOT SOME MORE TONIGHT.

THERE ARE 58 COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA.

26 DOESN'T HAVE A SALES TAX RATE OF 7.5%.

TWENTY FOUR OTHERS HAVE A RATE IN THE 7 % RANGE.

L.A. ALONE IS ALL ALONE AT 9.5.

EVEN SAN FRANCISCO IS EIGHT POINT FIVE.

OK? NOW, IF YOU PASS A SALES TAX, LA VERNE WILL HAVE THE HIGHEST SALES TAX RATE IN THE UNITED STATES. EVERYBODY HEARD THAT?

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THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE PROUD OF. SO I URGE EVERYONE THAT VOTES FOR THIS TO GET ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, THOSE FOAM NUMBER ONE SIGNS LIKE AT FOOTBALL GAMES , AND YOU CAN GO SAY, HEY, WE'RE NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT IT.

OK. HERE'S SOME OTHER SALES TAX FOR OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA.

BAKERSFIELD 8.5, HANFORD 7.5, BUENA PARK 7.75, SAN DIEGO, 7.7 5, SAN FRANCISCO 8.5.

SO LA VERNE, IF THIS PASSES, 10.25.

WHERE DOES IT STOP? I HAVE NO IDEA.

SO I TOLD YOU THERE WAS NO VALUE TO THIS.

THERE IS LITTLE VALUE TO THIS HIKE.

THERE IS NO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

IT'S NOT CREATING NEW JOBS.

IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING OF VALUE TO ME.

IT'S NOT DOING ANYTHING OF VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY.

NOW, I LIKE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OK? I TRUST THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET VALUE FROM OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THE THING THAT BOTHERS ME ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HOW MANY FIREMEN LIVE IN LA VERNE? TWO. TWO FIREMEN LIVE IN THE LA VERNE, OKAY? SO W HERE ARE THOSE FIREMEN ? WHERE ARE THEY SPENDING THEIR MONEY? NOT IN LA VERNE. THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY LIVE.

THEY'RE NOT SPENDING PROPERTY TAX MONEY.

OK? THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY WHERE THEY LIVE.

SO WE'RE GETTING NO BENEFIT.

NOT ONLY WE'RE NOT GETTING THEIR SALES TAX, BUT BUSINESSES ARE NOT GETTING THEIR SPENDABLE INCOME, WHICH GENERATES JOBS OR GENERATES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS.

OK? ALL THOSE THINGS.

OK. I SAID THERE'S TWO FIREMEN LIVING IN LA VERNE.

HOW MANY WOMEN FIREFIGHTERS ARE THERE? 0. 0 WOMEN.

I DIDN'T HEAR THE FIRE CHIEF MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S A LAWSUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN RIGHT THERE.

OK? YOU HAVE TO HIRE WOMEN FIRE FIGHTERS.

I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A CHOICE.

YOU HAVE TO STOP EVERYTHING ELSE AND AND BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EVERY COMMUNITY AROUND HERE. SO BY SPENDING MONEY, IF FIREMEN SPEND MONEY IN LA VERNE, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT.

FOR THOSE THAT, ANOTHER ONE OF MY PERSONAL HEROES , YOU CALL IT REAGANOMICS, TRICKLE DOWN. OK, NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT PARAMEDICS.

THE AVERAGE PARAMEDIC IN LA VERNE, SALARY, BENEFITS, OVERTIME, $204,000 A YEAR.

OK? THAT'S $2 MILLION A YEAR.

NONE OF IT'S BEING SPENT IN LA VERNE, HARDLY ANY OF IT.

MAYBE LUNCHES. THAT MONEY IS NOT GENERATING A NYTHING FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

OK? ALL RIGHT.

SO I JUST CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHY ANYBODY 'S FOR THIS.

CLAREMONT DIDN'T APPROVE IT.

SO IF YOU CAN GO TO CLAREMONT AND BUY A CAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SAVE FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS THAN GOING TO A CITY THA T'S A $50,000 CAR THAN IF YOU BUY A CAR IN SOME CITY THAT'S GOING TO PASS THIS. AND I DON'T I TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER LAST YEAR, AND I DON'T THINK HE WAS TRYING TO CONVINCE ME THAT THERE WAS A KICKBACK TO CITIES.

AND I'VE RESEARCH THAT AND I DON'T THINK THERE IS A KICKBACK ON SALES TAX IF YOU BUY A CAR IN ANOTHER CITY.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A KICKBACK TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE.

IF HE CAN STEER ME RIGHT , BUT I'VE LOOKED AND LOOKED ON THE INTERNET, SO I CAN'T FIND ANY KICKBACK. OK.

THEN THE LAST THING ON THE CITY TAX, I MADE SURE THAT WHEN YOU GO THE MOBILE HOME PARKS AND YOU TALK TO PEOPLE ON LIMITED INCOME, THAT YOU'RE TELLING THEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE PROBABLY SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PAY MORE SALES TAX AND THEY ARE ON LIMITED INCOME, THEY CAN'T AFFORD THAT.

ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S ALL ON THE SALES TAX.

THAT'S REALLY NOT THE REASON I'M HERE TONIGHT.

[LAUGHTER]. WOW.

I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THE LAST FIVE MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE MAYOR MADE A POLITICAL STUMP SPEECH.

THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT IT WAS A POLITICAL SPEECH.

HE HAD NOTES THAT HE WENT THROUGH , SO HE WAS ALL PRE-PLANNED.

OK? HERE ARE SOME THINGS HE SAID.

HE SAID HE LOVED THE FIRE AND THE POLICE.

HE TOLD US HE WAS A SUBMARINE R IN HAWAII AND HE WAS A BARTENDER FOR ADMIRALS AND GENERALS. HE TOLD US HE WAS A BARTENDER AT CASK 'N CLEAVER, YOU GOT A GOOD DEGREE IN HOSPITALITY. YOU SAID ONE THIRD OF THE SALES TAX REVENUE COMES FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF LA VERNE. HE DIDN'T MENTION THAT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CAR DEALERS, COSTCO, GLENDORA MARKETPLACE, THOSE BIG BOX STORES THAT LA VERNE SPENDS MORE THAN ONE THIRD OF THEIR MONEY

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HE TOLD US THAT EVEN THOUGH HE FIRED HIS EMPLOYEES HE GAVE A NICE SEVERANCE PAY.

HE TOLD US IT'S OKAY TO WORK OUT OF HIS HOUSE BECAUSE TWO GUYS NAMED NICK AND CARL DO.

I DON'T KNOW WHO NICK AND CARL ARE , BUT I GUESS HE MUST KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

SO THEN AFTER HE MADE THIS 4 MINUTE AND 55 SPEECH, HE GAVELED THE MEETING TO A CLOSE WITH HIS OPPONENT SITTING THREE FEET TO HIS LEFT.

OK? THE CITY MAYOR CODE OF CONDUCT ENACTED IN 2003, MAYOR SHOULD NEVER USE A POSITION TO SECURE AN UNWARRANTED ADVANTAGE FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY SHOULD NEVER USE A POSITION WHERE PERSONAL STATEMENTS MIGHT BE REASONABLY EXPECTED TO SHOW PARTIALITY IN THEIR ACTIONS.

NOW, I'M NOT THAT MAD AT THE MAYOR .

WHAT I'M MAD AT, ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER, ANY PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE, WRITTEN OR UNWRITTEN, REQUIRES THAT IF SOMEBODY IS MAKING INAPPROPRIATE OR IMPROPER SPEECH WHILE ARE THEY RUNNING FOR OFFICE THAT COUNCILWOMAN CARDER HAS TO SAY POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. COUNCILMAN ROSALES HAS TO SAY POINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. MR. DAVIS, WHO SUPPOSEDLY THE SMART MAN IN THE ROOM , P OINT OF ORDER, MR. MAYOR. THIS IS NOT A POLITICAL FORUM.

SO I JUST , THAT WAS UNCONSCIONABLE I THOUGHT WHAT HE DID.

SO I'M DONE. [APPLAUSE].

JIM MURPHY.

NOT A POLITICAL , YEAH, I DON'T THINK THAT GENTLEMAN'S BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST TWO AND HALF YEARS. I DID WANT TO CORRECT MR. [INAUDIBLE]. UNFORTUNATELY, HE DROPPED THE MIC AND LEFT THE BUILDING, BUT ON THAT NEXTDOOR POST THAT CONTACTED HIM AND SAID TAKE IT BACK TO THE GHETTO.

I DID RESPOND TO THAT. I CALLED THE PEOPLE THAT SAID IT AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIKED IT RACIST, WHICH IT WAS VERY MUCH A RACIST COMMENT.

AND I WAS BLOCKED FROM NEXTDOOR FOR FOUR DAYS.

HOW'S THAT? SO THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE THE COMMENT, IT'S OKAY.

THE PEOPLE THAT DEFEND IT, NOT SO MUCH.

SO ANYWAY, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

I'M GONNA TRY TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT SWEETER THAN THAT LAST ONE , BUT I DID WANT TO BRING A COUPLE OF THINGS UP BECAUSE BETWEEN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING AND THIS ONE, MOST EVERYBODY HAD RECEIVED THIS.

SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS TONIGHT.

KIND OF LIKE THE SAME THING AS THIS WAS WHEN I RECEIVED THIS, JUST A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. SO BASICALLY WHAT IT SAYS IS HERE'S MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND BASICALLY WANTED TO POINT OUT THE REST OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WEREN'T INCLUDED IN THAT , AND THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT IT WAS. SIMPLY THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONVEY.

SO I FORMED THIS PAC BACK IN LATE DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HELP EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT .

WE CALLED IT VERY SPECIFICALLY TRANSPARENT LA VERNE OPPOSING TIM HEPBURN FOR MAYOR , SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, TIM.

YOU KNOW THAT. THERE'S CAMPAIGNS FOR AN OPPONENT AND THERE'S CAMPAIGNS AGAINST.

THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE THAT'S AGAINST, BUT IT'S RIGHT IN THE NAME.

SO WE'RE NOT HIDING FROM ANYTHING, HENCE BEING TRANSPARENT.

I LEFT DON KENDRICK'S CAMPAIGN BACK AT THAT TIME BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, NO QUESTION ABOUT IT.

I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT TONIGHT.

AND DON REALLY WOULDN'T BE HAPPY IF HE KNEW I TOOK ABOUT $7,000 IN DONATIONS FOR THIS OPPOSING PAC THAT PROBABLY WOULD'VE WENT TO HIS CAMPAIGN TO SUPPORT HIM.

SO, DON, I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING I FELT I HAD TO DO.

AND THE REASON I FELT THAT WAY, TIM, IS BECAUSE I SAT HERE IN NOVEMBER 18TH AND YOU MENTIONED TO ME, YOU CALLED ME OUT BY NAME FROM THE DAIS, AND YOU SAID SPECIFICALLY, YOU SAID, I HAVEN'T BEEN INVESTIGATED AND IF YOU WANT TO DO ONE, GO AHEAD.

AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS WAS ABOUT.

THIS WAS ABOUT SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE LAST TWO AND HALF YEARS.

I THINK YOU'RE A GREAT GUY.

I'VE HEARD ALL THE THINGS YOU'VE DONE IN LA VERNE, HELPED LITTLE LEAGUE, GIVEN TO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE PERSON.

I JUST DON'T LIKE WHERE YOU SIT.

AND SO THAT'S THE COMMENTS THAT CAME IN THE BROCHURE, AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT. I WILL TRY TO GET THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICK BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THEM.

YOU KNOW, I'VE HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A HIT JOB.

THIS WAS A SMEAR CAMPAIGN, B UT I'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR THE LAST TWO AND HALF YEARS RIGHT HERE IN THIS DAIS.

I'VE ADDRESSED EVERY SINGLE ISSUE THAT WAS IN THIS BROCHURE.

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SO I HOPE YOU TAKE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.

I'LL POINT SOME OF THOSE OUT REAL QUICK BECAUSE ON NOVEMBER 18TH YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT I HAD PRIVATE INFORMATION BETWEEN YOU AND BOB RUSSI IN THE CONVERSATION.

I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, AD NAUSEUM, ALL I'VE GIVEN OUT IS PUBLIC DOCUMENT.

IT'S ALL THERE ON FACEBOOK.COM /TRANSPARENT LAVERNE. IT'S ALL THERE.

IT'S ALL RECORDED. I DON'T KNOW THAT BOB'S EVER TALKED TO ME ABOUT ANY CONVERSATION HE HAD WITH YOU, BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU EVERYTHING THAT'S IN THIS IS PUBLIC RECORD.

SO ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM CAN GET A COPY OF IT AND YOU CAN GET IT AGAIN AT THAT FACEBOOK SITE. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT JUST LISTENING TO THIS TRANSPARENT LA VERNE GROUP BECAUSE JUST LIKE LV 3C, WE HAVE OUR OPINIONS.

WE UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WE FEEL.

WE KNOW WHO WE'RE FOR. WE KNOW WE'RE AGAINST.

WE KNOW WHAT WE LIKE. WE KNOW WHAT WE DON'T LIKE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES LA VERNE GREAT.

SO LET ME SHARE WITH YOU SOME COMMENTS FROM OTHERS THAT FELT THE SAME WAY.

AND SO THAT DOESN'T PUT THE SPOTLIGHT ON JIM MURPHY, BUT RATHER SHOWS THAT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT WIDER THAN WHAT IT'S BEING PORTRAYED.

SO LET'S START WITH THE COMMENTS OF COUNCIL STAFF.

BACK ON JANUARY 22ND IN THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT LUPE HAD RECORDED THEY WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT CLOSED SESSION.

SO IF YOU GO BACK TO IT, MR. DAVIS SAID THAT YOU HAD GIVEN THAT INFORMATION OUT.

MR. ROSALES WHO IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, I'M SORRY, I DID NOT MEAN THAT.

HE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT, DIDN'T FOLLOW THE RULES AND DID ADMIT TO US THAT HE HAD DISCLOSED CLOSED SESSION MEETING INFORMATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER DID ADMIT THAT HE DID DISCLOSE THE INFORMATION.

MAYOR SAID THE SAME THING.

CITY MANAGER SAID THAT THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION.

I'M SORRY , THAT WAS BOB RUSSI, OR MR. KRESS HAD SAID THERE WAS NO INVESTIGATION BECAUSE YOU ADMITTED IT.

SO THERE ARE SIX PEOPLE SITTING UP HERE THAT ALL SAID THE SAME THING ON CLOSED SESSION.

AND YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE SAYING THAT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

SO LET ME TAKE IT ONE STEP FURTHER , AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST DAMNING THING, WHEN SOMEBODY THAT, AND I TOLD YOU I VOTED FOR YOU FOUR YEARS AGO AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, AND THIS IS THE TRUST THAT I GAVE YOU TO SHARE TEXT MESSAGES BACK AND FORTH WITH DAVE BONANNO, WHO'S THE LABOR NEGOTIATOR FOR THE LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS UNION AND ALSO ON THEIR EXECUTIVE BOARD. HE SAYS TO YOU, HE SAYS, I HOPE THE CLOSED MEETING WENT BETTER.

WE WERE ALL CONFUSED ON THE 10 PERCENT THING.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT VOTE FROM CLOSED SESSION? YOUR RESPONSE IS THE 10 %'S GONE AND THEY'RE ENFORCING THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.

IT'S RIGHT HERE IN A TEXT MESSAGE.

THAT'S DIVULGING CLOSED SESSION INFORMATION.

T HERE'S NO IFS, ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT.

I WANT TO SHARE THIS ONE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK WE'VE PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO THIS.

WE'VE TALKED A LONG TIME ABOUT DOWNEY, MANHATTAN BEACH, WEST COVINA, AND NOW LA VERNE BEING ALL CAUGHT UP IN THIS FIREFIGHTER LAWSUIT , VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE , SAME PLAYBOOK, SAME LAWYER , ALL THIS NOISE.

AND HERE'S THE MESSAGE THAT CAME TO YOU FROM THE UNION.

SO DOWNEY DID END UP PAYING ALMOST $10 MILLION.

JPIA, WHO'S OUR INSURER, PAID A LARGE PORTION OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH DOWNEY HAD TO PAY THEM AFTER INSURANCE KICKED IN.

I BELIEVE I HEARD LA VERNE HAS ONE MILLION IN COVERAGE, AND THIS IS THE PART THAT HURTS THE MOST , AND THEN THE CITY IS ON THE HOOK FOR THE REST.

MAN, I DON'T KNOW , BUT WHERE I COME FROM, THAT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ACCESS , TIM, TO THE JPIA AND WHAT THEY PAID OVER AT DOWNEY.

I MEAN, THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD TAKE PLACE BETWEEN A SITTING COUNCIL MEMBER AND SOMEBODY FROM A LABOR NEGOTIATING EMPLOYEE UNION , SORRY.

I GOT TO SPEED THIS UP , SORRY.

JPIA COMMENTS ON YOUR BEHAVIOR ARE-- EVERYBODY WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEA K.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU DON'T GET IT. EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO SPEAK TONIGHT , SO IF YOU'LL JUST PLEASE HOLD YOUR COMMENTS, THEN YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE LISTENED TO WHEN YOU'RE AT THE PODIUM. THANK YOU. THAT JUDGE DID IT RIGHT THE OTHER NIGHT.

CAN WE SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT RIGHT ABOUT NOW? [LAUGHTER]. SO IN THE JPIA, COMMENTS ON THE BEHAVIOR THAT FURTHER SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY'S INSURANCE IS IN JEOPARDY.

SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE VIOLATION OF BOTH THE COVERAGE AND THE FIREFIGHTER'S BILL OF RIGHTS.

MR. HEPBURN'S PUBLIC COMMENTARY REGARDING CHIEF JANKOWSKI MAY VIOLATE THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS ABOVE, PUTTING THE CITY'S COVERAGE IN JEOPARDY.

MR. HEPBURN'S PUBLIC CALLS FOR CHIEF JANKOWSKI'S TERMINATION SHOULD BE CONFERRED DIRECTLY WITH A QUALIFIED LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL .

CAN YOU? I'LL SPEED IT UP.

THANK YOU. LASTLY, THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE CLAIM, S O IN HERE, THE CLAIM, FOUR DIFFERENT

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FIREFIGHTER'S BILL OF RIGHTS , THE MUNICIPAL CODE IN LA VERNE.

YOU'RE HERE TO BE A LAW MAKER, NOT A LAW BREAKER.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE PUT THIS OUT.

WE JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND THE OTHER NOTES THAT ARE HERE.

I HAVE THE CITY MANAGER'S NOTE TO YOU.

BUT LET ME JUST CLOSE WITH THIS SO THAT WE CAN MOVE ON AND LET OTHER PEOPLE GET UP HERE AND MAKE SOME MORE COMMENTS.

THE CANDIDATE'S FORUM, THERE WAS A THEME THAT WAS OUT THERE THE OTHER NIGHT ON LAST MONDAY NIGHT, LISTENING AND TRANSPARENCY.

BEEN LISTENING FOR A LONG TIME , AND NOW YOU'VE HEARD SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF OTHERS AROUND OUR CITY .

FOR THE PAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS W E'VE HEARD FROM LV3C, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION.

VERY RARELY DID THIS MESSAGE GET OUT ONLY BY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE.

I WISH THE CITY, BOB, WOULD PUT THIS MESSAGE OUT A LONG TIME AGO.

WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO HEAR THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS ARGUMENT WHEN IT CAME TO THE LAWSUIT, WHEN IT CAME TO THE CLAIM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

W OULD HAVE REALLY BENEFITED THE CITIZENS TO UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THAT INSTEAD OF SHROUDING IT IN THE SECRECY UNDER LEGAL ADVICE .

THAT HURT THE CITY. THAT'S BEEN A ONE SIDED NARRATIVE.

WE BROUGHT THE OTHER SIDE TO LIGHT BY POSTING THIS OUT THERE.

WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

YOU CLOSED YOUR REMARKS AT THE FORUM THE OTHER NIGHT BY CALLING ME OUT IN A POLICE INVESTIGATION. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, IS THAT REALLY THE BEST WAY TO CLOSE A CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR'S SPEECH IS BY CALLING OUT A RESIDENT SAYING HE'S UNDER INVESTIGATION FOR THREATENING FIREFIGHTERS.

PRETTY, PRETTY AMAZING. ANYWAY, I'LL JUST ASK YOU LASTLY TO GO TO FACEBOOK .COM/TRANSPARENTLAVERNE. IT'S ALL THERE.

ALL THE DOCUMENTS ARE THERE FOR ANYBODY TO PERUSE.

AND I'D SAY YOU BE THE JUDGE , AND ON MARCH 3RD YOU BE THE JURY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. [APPLAUSE]. I NO LONGER HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS, BUT I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

JOYCE. HI.

JOYCE KELLY .

GOOD MORNING, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL PEOPLE, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY, AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM.

[APPLAUSE]. FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW [INAUDIBLE] NOT HERE, BUT I MIGHT NOT HAVE GROWN UP IN COMPTON, BUT I GREW UP IN DOMINGUEZ, WHICH WAS JUST RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AH, SORRY.

AND SO I GREW UP IN THOSE SAME AREAS AND WENT TO THE [INAUDILBE] SCHOOLS AND DID EVERYTHING ELSE. SO I'M NOT A, YOU KNOW, SILVER SPOON GIRL THAT GREW UP IN LA VERNE OR IN ORANGE COUNTY. I SHOPPED FOR MY BACK TO SCHOOL CLOTHES AT THE GOODWILL.

SO WHAT I'VE LEARNED IN LIFE IS MY STREET SMARTS.

TO ANSWER THE QUESTION REGARDING THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT DON'T LIVE HERE THUS THEY'RE NOT SPENDING THE MONEY HERE , OUR CITY MANAGER MAKES OVER TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND A YEAR AND HE DOES NOT LIVE IN LA VERNE. [APPLAUSE].

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY CITY EMPLOYEES DO NOT LIVE IN LA VERNE, SO THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PREREQUISITE FOR BEING A FIREMAN IN LA VERNE.

AND I HAPPENED TO KNOW SOME OF THE FIREMEN, AND I KNOW SOME OF 'EM ACTUALLY GREW UP IN LA VERNE, BUT, YOU KNOW, COULDN'T AFFORD TO BUY A HOUSE HERE , SO BE REALISTIC ABOUT THAT.

SECONDARY, I WANT TO SAY THAT NO ONE SIDE, NO ONE PERSON HERE, HAS SAID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BACKING THEM.

THEY HAVE SAID INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE ON THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE BACKING THEM , AND BOTH CANDIDATES HAVE SAID THAT.

NEITHER ONE HAS SAID THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS BACKING THEM.

IT'S THE INDIVIDUALS.

SO LET'S CLEAR THAT UP.

SO THESE ARE JUST OH, BY THE WAY, CLAREMONT, THEY DIDN'T VOTE IN THE TAX.

THEY NEED MONEY , SO THEY MAY GO COUNTY FOR THE SHERIFFS OR THE, I MEAN, FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. HOWEVER, THEY GAVE EVERY CITY EMPLOYEE A BONUS THE MONTH AFTER THE NO TAX WAS VOTED IN. I'VE ALSO DONE MY HOMEWORK, WHICH I HAVE ALWAYS DONE WHEN I CAME TO THIS ROOM.

SO HERE IS MY ORIGINAL STATEMENT , THE OTHERS I'VE ADDED ON SINCE BEING HERE TONIGHT.

I HAVE NOT ATTENDED A CITY COUNCIL MEETING SINCE MARCH OF 2019, WHEN COUNCILMAN ROSALES WAS ALLOWED TO SAY DEROGATORY MARKS TO ME FROM THE DAIS, WHEN MYSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HAD MADE SOME COMMENTS, AND NOBODY STOPPED HIM.

SO I CHOSE NOT TO COME BACK TO A CITY COUNCIL MEETING UNTIL TONIGHT BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE MYSELF VULNERABLE.

AND FORGIVE ME, JIM MURPHY, BUT WHEN THAT GENTLEMAN THAT TALKED ABOUT ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HE DID AND HE WALKED AWAY FROM THIS DAIS, YOU MADE NASTY COMMENTS ABOUT HIM, JUST LIKE SOMEONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE DID TO ME THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING JUST BEFORE

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SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL ME? IF WE DON'T AGREE WITH WHAT YOU SAY, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT AS RESIDENTS OR AS COUNCIL TO READ US THE RIOT ACT? WE ARE LA VERNE.

I HAVE SAID SINCE I STARTED COMING TO THESE MEETINGS, IN 20 18 SPECIFICALLY, BUT I STARTED COMING TO THESE MEETINGS BACK IN 2015.

LIKE MOST RESIDENTS, I DIDN'T INVOLVE MYSELF IN THE POLITICS OF THE CITY UNTIL IT AFFECTED ME. IN 2015, THERE WAS A MEETING REGARDING THE POTENTIAL SALE OF MARSHALL CANYON GOLF COURSE TO THE LEWIS COMPANY.

THE CITY COUNCIL ROOM WAS FULL OF LA VERNE RESIDENTS WHO DID NOT WANT MORE HOMES BUILT IN THAT AREA. BY THE WAY, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GUYS HAVE, I MEAN IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW, BUT I WAS DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THIS.

DID YOU GUYS KNOW THAT LEWIS COMPANY, WHO WANTED TO BUILD THE HOMES UP THERE AND WANTED TO SWAP AND HAVE SIERRA LA VERNE BE THE PUBLIC GOLF COURSE, THAT AT LEAST THIS IS WHAT IS ACCORDING TO THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE PUT OUT, LEWIS COMPANY WAS A PARTIAL OWNER OF SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE.

I DON'T KNOW IN WHAT INVESTMENT STATE, BUT THAT WAS IN THE NEWSPAPER, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. THE CITY COUNCIL ROOM WAS FULL OF LA VERNE RESIDENTS WHO DIDN'T WANT TO BUILD THE HOMES IN THE AREA.

DURING THIS MEETING, THE MAYOR DIDN'T TAKE A STAND.

TIM HEPBURN DID AND CALLED FOR A VOTE.

THE NEXT WEEK I WANT TO SAY, AND I THINK THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER WOMAN ON CITY COUNCIL THAT ACTUALLY CALLED US OUT AS BEING, WHAT WAS THAT? THIS IS THE WAY WE AS RESIDENTS WHO ARE SPEAKING OUR MIND ARE BEING TREATED.

I VOTED FOR TIM IN 2017 AND I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THE MAN.

AS I REALIZED I WANTED CHANGE, I WANTED A MAYOR THAT ACTUALLY LISTENED TO MY CONCERNS AND THOSE OF THE RESIDENTS.

TIM LOST BY SEVEN VOTES.

I SPOKE UP AT BOTH CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS ON THE WILDERNESS AREA OFF OF GOLDEN HILLS AND MONTEREY, ANOTHER TIME I GOT INVOLVED.

CONTRARY TO STATEMENTS MADE ABOUT ME FROM PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT SAID I AM A PROPONENT OF A FURTHER BIKING TRAIL ON THIS PROPERTY, AND THEN I BECAME RUDE AND UNRULY FIGHTING FOR A BIKING TRAIL THERE.

NOT WHAT I FOUGHT FOR , AND YOU COULD ASK WENDY LAU.

I ASKED PLANNING COMMISSION IF WE HAD MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPACE THAT'S BACK THERE ACCORDING TO THE GRANT , AND WE HAD.

I DON'T WANT A BIKING TRAIL BACK THERE , NOBODY DOES.

NOT TRUE. BIKERS DO, RESIDENTS DON'T.

I SPOKE AGAINST THE FURTHER ACCESS.

ON THAT SAME NOTE, SINCE I'VE BEEN MISQUOTED MANY TIMES, I NEVER SAID I OWN MY OWN BUSINESS. I SAID I OWNED MY OWN BUSINESS.

OVER THE PERIOD OF TIME WHEN I CAME UP HERE AND SPOKE WITH CITY COUNCIL I GAVE YOU EXAMPLES OF WHAT I'D BEEN THROUGH, AND I SPOKE ABOUT OWNING MY OWN BUSINESS PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE I HAD 40 EMPLOYEES AND I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES , THUS, THE FIREMEN.

AND WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO EMPLOYEES.

I SAID I OWNED MY OWN BUSINESS BEFORE AND I HAD 40 EMPLOYEES, T HUS, I KNOW THAT EMPLOYEES ARE YOUR BIGGEST ASSET.

AND YES, I DID SAY THAT IF I HAD RUN MY BUSINESS LIKE THE CITY DID, IT WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED. BY THE WAY, I DID SELL THAT BUSINESS YEARS AGO FOR A PROFIT.

I STAYED OUT OF THINGS.

SEPTEMBER 2018 WHEN THERE WAS THE BIG CITY COUNCIL MEETING OVER IN THE COMMUNITY CENTER THERE WERE TWO VOTES. THERE WERE VOTES MADE OR WHATEVER YOU GUYS CALL THESE WHAT ARE THEY CALLED? RESOLUTIONS TO START TWO NEW COMMITTEES, TWO PEOPLE ON EACH COMMITTEE LEAVING TIM OUT OF THE PROCESS UNTIL THE VOTE CAME UP, WHICH MEANT HE KNEW NO INFORMATION WAS GOING ON IN , AND THERE WAS A LITIGATION ONE AND I FORGET THE OTHER ONE.

THE SAME THING WITH THOSE THAT ARE ON THE LITIGATION COMMITTEE AND THOSE THAT ARE ON THERE ON THE OTHER, DON'T HAVE THE BEHIND THE SCENES INFORMATION.

THEY ONLY GET TO VOTE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID WITH TIM WITH EVERYTHING.

I UNDERSTOOD THIS WAS BASED ON SOMETHING THAT TIM DID OR DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT WAS OUT OF CLOSED SESSION.

IN EARLY 2019 THE FIREFIGHTER'S LAWSUITS RELATING TO RETALIATION WERE SETTLED.

WHY ARE THERE STILL TWO COMMITTEES THAT KEEP HIM OUT OF DISCUSSIONS AS THIS IS APPARENT PUNISHMENT FOR HIM BECAUSE IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS? YOU GUYS HAVE SAT HERE, JIM MURPHY SAT HERE AND SAID IT WAS SOMETHING TIM DID AND IT WAS ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS.

THAT IS BEHIND US.

WHY IS TIM NOT PART OF WHAT'S GOING ON? INSTEAD, YOU CONTINUE TO EXCLUDE HIM FROM EVERYTHING, EFFECTIVELY DISMISSING THE RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE THAT VOTED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF THE PROCESS, ALONG WITH THE THREE

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IN 2019, CITY COUNCIL WAS ASKED AGAIN TO RESCIND THESE COMMITTEES.

THEY VOTED ONCE AGAIN 4 TO 1 TO KEEP THEM IN PLACE.

WHY? IT'S O NEROUS TO HAVE THESE TWO SEPARATE COMMITTEES CONTINUE.

YOU ARE CENSORING TIM.

NEXT, I WANT TO KNOW, HOW DID THE PAC THAT WAS STARTED BY JIM MURPHY AND OTHERS GAIN ACCESS TO THE FEBRUARY 2ND EMAIL BETWEEN TIM AND BOB RUSSI REGARDING FMLA LEAVE? MAYBE IT WAS PUBLIC INFORMATION.

I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT, BUT IT WAS IN THAT FLYER THAT THEY HAVE THAT SAYS THAT TIM WAS VIOLATING HIPAA LAWS.

THE SAME THING WAS SAID IN THE LETTER FROM [INAUDIBLE] ATTORNEY TO THE CITY THAT TIM HAD VIOLATED HIPAA LAWS BECAUSE HE ASKED FOR MEDICAL RECORDS .

PULL UP FROM TRANSPARENT LA VERNE, PULL UP THAT EMAIL AND PRINT IT OUT.

ALL THAT WAS ASKED WAS DID WE HAVE DOCTOR CERTIFICATION FOR HIS LEAVE? I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE QUESTIONS ASKED BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY ASKING ABOUT ONE PERSON.

AND ANYBODY THAT'S EVER BEEN IN H.R., WHICH I HAVE BEEN FOR 40 YEARS, KNOWS THAT HAVING DOCTOR CERTIFICATION FOR FMLA IS A REQUIREMENT. SO HOW DID THE PAC GET THAT? THE JPIA LETTER THAT WAS DATED OCTOBER 9TH, THAT MR. MURPHY ALSO SPOKE ABOUT, WAS SENT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND MARKED AS CONFIDENTIAL.

HOWEVER, IT ALSO MADE ITS WAY TO THE HANDS OF THE OUTSIDE OF CITY GOVERNMENT, TO THE HANDS OF PAC. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? THAT LETTER, IF AGAIN, YOU PULL IT UP AND READ IT, IS NOT IN FULL BECAUSE THE SIGNATURE PAGES ARE NOT THERE, OR ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT THE KEY WORDS, AND MURPHY READ THEM WHEN HE WAS STANDING UP HERE, THAT T HE COMMENTS THAT TIM MADE WERE POTENTIALLY IN VIOLATION, NOT IN VIOLATION , BUT THEY WANT YOU TO BELIEVE IT'S IN VIOLATION.

IT WAS POTENTIALLY IN VIOLATION.

THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAID THE RETALIATION CLAIM, AND IT WAS A RETALIATION CLAIM.

WE STILL HAVE COVERAGE CONTRARY TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID WOULD HAPPEN.

THAT CLAIM WAS PAID OUT IN 2019, IT WAS MADE IN 2018.

ANYWHERE ALONG THE WAY THEY COULD HAVE CANCELED THE COVERAGE.

THEY COULD HAVE DENIED PAYING THAT CLAIM.

THEY HAD THE RIGHT TO IF THERE WAS A LEGAL CAUSE TO DENY THAT CLAIM.

INSURANCE COMPANIES LOOK FOR A LOOPHOLE ALL THE TIME.

NOT SURE HOW MANY RESIDENTS LIVE IN NORTHERN LA VERNE, BUT FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS ON NEXTDOOR LA VERNE, PEOPLE HAVE SAID, OH MY GOD, MY INSURANCE COMPANY DROPPED ME BECAUSE THEY SAID WE'RE IN A FIRE ZONE.

WE HAVEN'T HAD A FIRE.

THAT INDIVIDUAL HADN'T HAD A FIRE, HADN'T HAD A CLAIM.

YET, T HE INSURANCE COMPANY HAD THE ABILITY TO DROP THEIR INSURANCE.

THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN TO US.

THE INSURANCE COMPANY PAID.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE A JUSTIFIABLE REASON NOT TO , AND TRUST ME , HAD THEY HAD A REASON NOT TO INSURANCE COMPANIES DO THAT ALL THE TIME.

I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY OF YOU KNOW WHAT INSURANCE BAD FAITH IS.

THAT'S WHEN AN INSURANCE COMPANY WON'T PAY.

OK. SO WHAT IS THE PATTERN HERE? TAKING A GRAIN OF SALT AND MAKING IT A SHAKER OF SALT TO SATISFY A GRUDGE.

WHEN YOU MAKE UP OR EMBELLISH FACTS TO HURT PEOPLE AND FULFILL YOUR OWN AGENDA, IT IS YOUR MORALS AND ETHICS THAT ARE CALLED INTO QUESTION.

WHAT WAS DONE TO MATT LYONS WHEN HE RAN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND SOMEONE GOING TO HIS EMPLOYER SHOWS THAT THIS BEHAVIOR ISN'T A ONE TIME OCCURRENCE FOR SOME IN THIS CITY.

TALKING TO EMPLOYERS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, NEIGHBORS AND VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION ABOUT CITY RESIDENTS WHEN THEY SPEAK THEIR VOICE, RUN FOR OFFICE, OR JUST PARTICIPATE AS A RESIDENT IN THIS CITY IS TANTAMOUNT TO SLANDER WHEN IT IS BASED ON FALSE INFORMATION.

I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING MEAN, RUDE AND DISRESPECTFUL.

HOWEVER, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PREPARED WITH FACTS WHEN SPEAKING AT CITY COUNCIL OR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. I HAVE NOT MADE UP STORIES TO FULFILL MY OWN AGENDA, AS OTHERS DO.

THIS CITY NEEDS CHANGE, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY.

AND FOR THOSE CHRISTIANS SITTING ON THE DAIS , SHAME ON YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK?

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I WON'T BE TOO LONG.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO TO ANSWER SOMETHING TO WHAT WAS JUST LAST SPOKEN.

ALL THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF OUR GROUP ON TRANSPARENT LA VERNE ARE PUBLIC RECORD , AND THEY HAVE BEEN OBTAINED THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS.

JUST SO WE WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR WITH EVERYBODY, WE DON'T HAVE SOME SECRET INSIDER INFORMATION. SO [INAUDIBLE], 52 YEAR RESIDENCE.

I AM PART OF A GROUP CALLED TRANSPARENT LA VERNE.

WE'RE BEING ACCUSED OF RUNNING A SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN.

WE ARE NOT. [LAUGHTER]. I GOT INVOLVED.

CALM DOWN, FOLKS.

PLEASE.

COUNCIL MEMBER THAT I FEEL ARE DAMAGING TO OUR CITY.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO THESE CONCERNS A FEW TIMES AT COUNCIL MEETINGS.

THE LAST TIME I SPOKE ABOUT IT WAS NOVEMBER 18TH, 2019 WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN'S RESPONSE WAS, HAVE THE FACTS.

HE CALLED ME OUT MY NAME.

THE INFO THAT WE HAVE SENT OUT TO LA VERNE VOTERS IS THE FACTS AND THEREFORE IT'S NOT A SMEAR CAMPAIGN.

I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS THAT I PUT OUT ON NEXTDOOR.

I'M GOING TO ASK THEM HERE TONIGHT.

I KNOW NOBODY CAN RESPOND, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL GIVE A LITTLE FOOD FOR THOUGHT TO PEOPLE. IT'S BEEN SAID THAT COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN FOUND OUT ABOUT THE EXPIRED BREATHING APPARATUS BOTTLES AT A FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION MEETING WHEN THE UNION WAS CONSIDERING CANDIDATES TO SUPPORT FOR THE ELECTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WAS THE DATE OF THIS MEETING AND IF ALL THESE UNION MEMBERS WERE AWARE OF THE EXPIRED BOTTLES WHY WOULD THEY TELL A COUNCIL MEMBER /MAYORAL CANDIDATE INSTEAD OF TELLING THE CHIEF? I NEVER READ ANYWHERE WHERE THE CHIEF WAS TOLD AND REFUSED TO MAKE THE REPAIRS.

I SAW E-MAILS WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED BUT NOT PRESENTED TO HIM AS A LIFE AND DEATH ISSUE. SO I ALSO WANT TO KNOW D YOU THINK THAT ONCE THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION HIRED A LAW FIRM THAT HAS MADE LOTS OF MONEY SUING CITIES ON BEHALF OF FIREFIGHTERS UNIONS, THAT THERE WAS ANY POSSIBILITY OF COMING TO TERMS AND JUST SITTING DOWN AND WORKING THINGS OUT TOGETHER? NEXT QUESTION.

DO YOU THINK THAT PUBLICLY DECLARING THAT THE FIRE CHIEF SHOULD BE FIRED WAS BENEFICIAL TO THE DEFENSE OF OUR CITY IN THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION'S LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY OF LA VERNE? AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS, DO YOU THINK THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR A COUNCIL PERSON TO BE TEXTING INFO TO A UNION MEMBER SHORTLY AFTER LEAVING CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS HERE DISCUSSIONS OF OUR CITY'S DEFENSE WERE TAKING PLACE WHEN THE UNION MEMBER WAS PART OF THE GROUP THAT WAS SUING OUR CITY? I'VE DRAWN MY CONCLUSIONS TO THESE QUESTIONS.

I WANT TO GIVE OTHER CITIZENS SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT , AND IF ANYONE HAS ANSWERS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO GIVE ME, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE]. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WENDY LAU, I'M A 13 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY.

I LIVE AT 1765 LORDSBURG COURT, AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TONIGHT TO TRY TO BRING THIS BACK TO A POSITIVE PLACE.

AND I HOPE THAT I CAN BE THE LAST COMMENT, OR AT LEAST A POSITIVE ONE WHERE WE CAN TRY TO LEAVE TONIGHT IN A GOOD PLACE BECAUSE I THINK WE STARTED IN A VERY GOOD PLACE.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS IN THE CITY TO BE PROUD OF.

YOU KNOW, I THINK WE STARTED TONIGHT HONORING A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL FROM THIS CITY WHO'S DOING AMAZING THINGS. SHE'S A PRODUCT OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WE HONORED SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS DOING BEAUTIFUL THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY , AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF WHERE WE LIVE AND WHO WE LIVE WITH AND HOW WE COMPORT OURSELVES. AND SO I SAID THIS THE OTHER NIGHT AT THE CANDIDATE'S FORUM, AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN TONIGHT FOR ALL OF YOU TO HEAR AGAIN.

THAT WE CANNOT GO BACK.

WE CANNOT CHANGE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED.

ALL WE CAN DO IS DECIDE WHO WE WILL BE TODAY AND HOW WE WILL BEHAVE TODAY.

AND SO I ASK F OR THOSE OF YOU SITTING UP AT THE DAIS TO BE THOSE EXAMPLES AND TO SAY WE'RE NOT GOING TO ENGAGE IN THIS BACK AND FORTH.

AND I WOULD LIKE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM TO TAKE THAT TO HEART AS WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE SAID THAT, BUT DON'T LOOK THEMSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND SAY THAT IT APPLIES TO ME, TOO. AND IT DOES APPLY TO ME, TOO.

RIGHT? SO I'M NOT GOING TO GET UP HERE AND SAY SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT WILLING TO STAND BEHIND ON MY OWN.

W E ARE ALL FALLIBLE PEOPLE.

WE'RE HUMANS. SO HOW DO WE MOVE FORWARD? I WOULD LIKE IT TO END WITH THIS COMMENT.

AND REMEMBER, ALL THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT ARE PART OF THIS CITY AND HOW LONG SOME OF US HAVE BEEN FRIENDS AND LIVE NEXT TO EACH OTHER OR HAVE GOTTEN TO KNOW EACH OTHER.

I'VE MET PEOPLE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT I APPRECIATE AND LIKE BEING ABLE TO CALL MY FRIEND. AND SO I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD IN THAT VEIN.

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AND SO LET'S ALL TRY TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH TOGETHER.

SO IF YOU'LL JUST BEAR WITH ME.

HUMOR ME. JUST ONE DEEP BREATH.

EVERYBODY. LET IT OUT.

OK. SO IF WE CAN, PLEASE JUST REMEMBER ALL THE GOOD THAT'S HERE AND ALL THE GOOD THAT CAN BE I THINK THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.

SO THANK YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR BEING HERE.

LIKE I'VE SAID BEFORE, IT WARMS MY HEART THAT PEOPLE DO CARE AND ARE ENGAGED.

LET'S TRY TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT POSITIVELY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU WENDY. [APPLAUSE].

MARK. MARK GUTIERREZ, PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERN POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION.

MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL CITY STAFF.

I WASN'T GOING TO TALK TONIGHT.

I'M TIRED. WE'RE IN THE HOMESTRETCH OF THIS CAMPAIGN AND WE'RE WORKING HARD TO PUSH.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU GUYS HEAR ME TALK ABOUT THE TAX MEASURE A LOT.

I'M TIRED. I WASN'T GOING TO TALK TONIGHT, BUT THANK YOU, BRUCE, FOR GIVING ME A LITTLE BIT OF ENERGY TONIGHT. [LAUGHTER]. SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE ENERGY AND I APPRECIATE PEOPLE'S CONCERNS WITH A TAX INCREASE , AND I GET IT.

WHAT I ASK YOU FOLKS TO DO WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS, BRUCE, YOU BROUGHT UP A NUMBER OF CITIES AND THE AMOUNT OF TAXES THAT THOSE FOLKS PAY , AND IF THIS INCREASE HAPPENS, WE'LL BE ONE OF THE HIGHEST CITIES.

I ENCOURAGE YOU FOLKS TO DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND LOOK AT HOW MUCH MONEY COMES BACK TO YOUR CITY IN THAT TAXES Y OU PAY, THAT SALES TAX.

LOOK AT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT COMES BACK TO YOUR CITY IN THE CURRENT SALES TAX YOU PAY. THIS SALES TAX THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WAS CREATED BY THE CITY FOR THE CITY.

IF THIS TAX MEASURE PASSES, 100 PERCENT OF EVERY PENNY EARNED IN THAT TAX MEASURE WILL STAY IN THE CITY THAT ALL OF US LIVE IN.

IT WILL STAY HERE. IT WON'T GO TO L.A.

COUNTY. IT WON'T GO TO MEASURE M, MEASURE H, MEASURE R.

IT MAY YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? THERE MAY BE A MEASURE THAT COMES OUT LATER TO HELP OF SOME RARE PLATYPUS.

[LAUGHTER]. I DON'T KNOW .

THIS MONEY WILL STAY HERE FOR YOU PEOPLE, FOR ALL OF US WHO LIVE HERE AND CARE ABOUT THIS CITY. IT'S NOT THE CURE TO OUR SITUATION.

IF WE DIDN'T NEED IT, WE WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR IT.

IF THIS PASSES, OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS WILL COME TO THIS CITY THAT IT HASN'T .

AND THAT OVER THAT THAT $3 MILLION WILL STAY HERE FOREVER, FOREVER.

WE, TOO, HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIRING.

IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE RIGHT NOW, TRYING TO BRING IN QUALIFIED CANDIDATES.

PEOPLE ARE GOING WHERE THE MONEY'S AT.

WE'RE NOT THE HIGHEST PAID POLICE DEPARTMENT.

BUT WE ARE GOOD. WE ARE A GOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT , AND WE TAKE PRIDE IN WHO WE ATTRACT.

PASSING A TAX MEASURE LIKE THIS WILL HELP US ATTRACT GOOD PEOPLE.

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR YOUR CITY.

THIS TAX MEASURE IS HUGE.

IF THIS DOES NOT PASS T HERE WILL BE, THIS IS, IT'S SOMEONE BROUGHT UP CLAREMONT EARLIER.

SO CLAREMONT DIDN'T PASS IT, RIGHT? SO THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTES TO START A CITY SURVEY TO CONTRACT WITH THE SHERIFFS TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD COST BECAUSE THEY REALIZE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEIR POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY CURRENTLY CAN'T AFFORD IT.

THE VERY NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.

ALL THE CITIZENS ARE UP IN ARMS SAYING, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? WE CAN'T GO COUNTY SHERIFF.

WELL, YOU CAN'T HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT, TOO.

THE MONEY NEEDS TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE AND WE'RE NOT MAKING IT.

SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU VOTE.

VOTE YES ON MEASURE LV.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

I WILL BE BRIEF.

I'M [INAUDIBLE]. I LIVE IN FOOTHILL TERRACE MOBILE HOME PARK.

I RECENTLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF WALKING ANOTHER MOBILE HOME PARK WITH A FIREFIGHTER, HIS WIFE AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN.

AND WE WERE WALKING ON BEHALF OF OUR CANDIDATE, TRYING TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, HAND OUT INFORMATION. I WAS APPALLED.

THESE ARE ALL SENIOR PARKS AND SOME OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE W ERE SCARED TO DEATH BECAUSE

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NOW, WE KNOW THAT IS NOT TRUE , AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

[APPLAUSE].

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M LINDA WILKINSON , 31 YEAR RESIDENT AND OWNER OF FIVE PROPERTIES IN LA VERNE.

I'M THE CREATOR AND ORIGINAL OWNER OF CHASE'S RESTAURANT AND THE PROPERTY OWNER OF THE ORIGINAL LOCATION ON 3RD STREET.

I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ABOUT MY LAWSUIT AGAINST MAYOR KENDRICK AND THE CITY OF LA VERNE. I WAS FORCED TO SUE AFTER THE CITY OFFERED TO PAY MY TENANTS, CHRIS GENDREAU AND SUSAN WICKMAN, UP TO $79,000 OF TAXPAYER MONEY TO BREAK THEIR LEASE WITH ME ALMOST TWO YEARS EARLY AND MOVE CHASE'S INTO ITS NEW LOCATION DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM MAYOR KENDRICK'S REAL ESTATE OFFICE.

THE CITY INTENTIONALLY AND WRONGFULLY INTERFERED IN MY CONTRACT WITH MY TENANTS, AND DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES TO ME.

AND MAYOR KENDRICK WAS PROHIBITED FROM VOTING UNDER THE BROWN ACT BECAUSE HIS BUSINESS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET , BUT HE DID IT ANYWAY.

THE CITY DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES TO ME.

THE MAIN CONSEQUENCE WAS THAT WHEN CHRIS AND SUSAN ABANDONED THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY WENT FOR MORE THAN 90 DAYS WITHOUT A RESTAURANT IN IT.

I LOST MY HEALTH DEPARTMENT CERTIFICATION.

THAT'S MADE IT INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO FIND A NEW TENANT , AND WHEN I DID, I HAD TO RENT THE PROPERTY AT A STEEP DISCOUNT WITH SEVERE LIMITS ON ITS USE.

I'VE LOST HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE THE CITY DECIDED TO SPEND OUR TAX DOLLARS TO INSERT ITSELF BETWEEN A LANDLORD AND A TENANT.

JURY TRIAL IS SET FOR THIS NOVEMBER 17TH.

THE CASE IS STILL IN DISCOVERY AND WE'VE DEPOSED MAYOR KENDRICK, CITY MANAGER RUSSI, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.

WE HAVE MOTIONS TO COMPEL PENDING BEFORE THE COURT BECAUSE MAYOR KENDRICK AND THE CITY REFUSE TO PRODUCE INFORMATION ABOUT MAYOR KENDRICK'S FINANCES , ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE BASIS FOR THE CITY'S MULTIPLE PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT MAYOR KENDRICK WAS ADVISED BY CITY ATTORNEY BOB KRESS THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A CONFLICT AND ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNCIL'S DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE CHASE'S DEAL IN CLOSED SESSION, DISCUSSIONS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TAKEN PLACE BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T AGENDIZED.

AS YOU KNOW, AND WE'VE HEARD YOU SAY MANY TIMES, CLOSED SESSIONS ARE LIMITED TO THE ISSUES STATED ON THE AGENDA AND DISCUSSIONS OF OTHER MATTERS ARE A BROWN ACT VIOLATION.

BEFORE I FILED SUIT, I SERVED THE CITY WITH A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES TO GIVE THE CITY A CHANCE TO TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO REMEDY THE HARM THEY CAUSED ME.

INSTEAD, THEY IGNORED MY CLAIM , AND THEN WHEN I SUED THEY DITCHED THEIR LONGTIME LEGAL COUNSEL AND HIRED AN EXPENSIVE DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES FIRM TO TAKE OVER.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED.

SEPTEMBER OF 2017 CITY MANAGER RUSSI WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF COUNCIL MEMBER MUIR DAVIS, WHO HAPPENS TO BE RELATED BY MARRIAGE TO THE OWNERS OF CHASE'S, PROPOSED LENDING MY THEN-TENANTS CHRISTOPHER GENDREAU AND SUSAN WICKMAN UP TO $79,000 OF OUR PUBLIC MONEY TO MOVE CHASE'S TO A NEW LOCATION ON BONITA.

THE BONITA LOCATION IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MAYOR KENDRICK'S B USINESS, AND HE SHOULD HAVE RECUSED HIMSELF FROM VOTING BECAUSE OF A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AS WE'VE ALL HEARD HIM DO MANY TIMES BEFORE, BUT NOT THIS TIME.

WHY DID THE CITY HAND OUT TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO CHASE'S, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, TO PAY RENT ON THE 3RD STREET PROPERTY, WHICH WAS THE PERSONAL OBLIGATION OF CHRISTOPHER GENDREAU AND SUSAN WICKMAN? THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL VETTING, NO APPLICATION, NO BANK STATEMENTS, ET CETERA.

BOB RUSSI MET WITH CHRIS AND ASKED, WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET YOU TO MOVE? CHRIS SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO PAY DOUBLE RENT AND PRESTO, THE CITY HANDED HIM OVER

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THEN BOB RUSSI ASKED MUIR DAVIS TO HELP HIM WRITE THE CONTRACT.

WHY? MUIR DAVIS TESTIFIED HE'S NEVER WORKED ON A CONTRACT FOR THE CITY BEFORE OR SINCE.

HE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER, NOT A CLERK OR AN ATTORNEY.

IS IT JUST A COINCIDENCE THAT THE CONTRACT WAS FOR CHRIS GENDREAU, HIS FAMILY MEMBER BY MARRIAGE? AND IS IT A COINCIDENCE THAT CHRIS IS NOW GIVING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO DON KENDRICK'S REELECTION CAMPAIGN? [LAUGHTER]. THE CITY MADE THIS BACKDOOR DEAL BEHIND MY BACK WITHOUT ANY COMMUNICATION WITH ME, NOT CARING THAT IT WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DETRIMENT TO MY PROPERTY.

NO ONE CONSULTED ME OR INVITED ME INTO THE NEGOTIATIONS.

NONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS EVER TALKED TO ME EXCEPT FOR COUNCIL MEMBER HEPBURN.

BOB RUSSI, MUIR DAVIS, ROBIN CARDER, CHARLIE ROSALES AND DON KENDRICK NEVER TALKED TO ME.

I'M A LONGTIME LA VERNE RESIDENT AND BUSINESS OWNER, A ND THEY DESTROYED MY BUSINESS WITHOUT SO MUCH AS A PHONE CALL.

MY PROPERTY HAS BEEN SEVERELY HARMED BECAUSE ONCE THE RESTAURANT IS CLOSED FOR 90 DAYS, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT IS REVOKED, ALL GRANDFATHER RIGHTS ARE LOST, AND TO REOPEN AS A RESTAURANT, THE PREMISES MUST BE BROUGHT UP TO THE CURRENT CODE.

AFTER SUSAN AND CHRIS ABANDONED IT IT DID NOT MEET THE THRESHOLD OF BEING A RESTAURANT, AND I LOST THE PERMIT.

HAD THE CITY REQUIRED CHRIS AND SUSAN TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A RESTAURANT WITH EVEN MINIMAL HOURS OF OPERATION DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE ALMOST TWO-YEAR LEASE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REVOKED AND I COULD HAVE FOUND NEW LESSEES WITH A SIMPLE NAME CHANGE ON THE PERMIT.

INSTEAD, I HAD TO TRY TO FIND A TENANT WILLING TO RENT THE PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PERMIT.

DURING MUIR DAVIS'S DEPOSITION UNDER OATH HE WAS ASKED IF, QUOTE, HE EVER CONSIDERED THE CONSEQUENCES FOR MS. WILKINSON'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S CERTIFICATION.

COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS'S RESPONSE WAS I WAS TOLD THERE WERE GOING TO BE NO RISKS ON THAT.

ATTORNEY MASON ASKED, WHO TOLD YOU THAT? RESPONSE FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MUIR DAVIS, ERIC SCHERER.

ERIC SCHERER IS THE HEAD OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

I ASK YOU NOW, HOW COULD YOU NOT DO BASIC RESEARCH ON SUCH A SIMPLE ISSUE BEFORE PAYING MY TENANT TO MOVE OUT? IT RIGHT. WHEN THE NEW TENANTS AT MY 3RD STREET PROPERTY APPLIED FOR A HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT, IN ORDER TO KEEP THE EXISTING HEAT PRODUCING KITCHEN EQUIPMENT , THE CURRENT CODES APPLIED AND REQUIRED A GREASE TRAP , HOOD AND OTHER EXPENSIVE PROPERTY CHANGES EASILY OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND.

THE NEW TENANT DID NOT HAVE SUCH FUNDS AND IS OPERATING RIGHT NOW WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO EVEN COOK A HAMBURGER PATTY OR BAKE A COOKIE.

WE TRIED TO TAKE COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER'S DEPOSITION, BUT HAD TO STOP ALMOST IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE SHE HADN'T BROUGHT ANY OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND ADMITTED SHE HADN'T MADE ATTEMPT TO LOOK FOR THEM.

THEN WHEN WE TRIED TO SHOW HER DOCUMENTS, SHE COULDN'T READ THEM BECAUSE SHE FORGOT HER GLASSES. THAT'S THE LEVEL OF RESPECT SHE SHOWED ME AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS .

SHE DID SAY THAT SHE NEVER CHECKED ALL OF THE EMAILS SENT TO HER CITY OF LA VERNE EMAIL ADDRESS BECAUSE BILL [INAUDIBLE] IN I.T.

SCREENS ALL EMAILS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND DECIDES IF THE RECIPIENTS WILL RECEIVE THEM OR NOT. SO IF YOU SEND AN EMAIL TO COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER, SHE MAY OR MAY NOT EVER SEE IT AND APPARENTLY PREFERS IT THAT WAY.

IN FACT, WE LEARNED IN THE DEPOSITIONS THAT ALL CITIZENS' EMAILS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE FIRST ROUTED TO CITY MANAGER RUSSI'S OFFICE, AND HE AND HIS EMPLOYEES DECIDE WHAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS GET TO SEE.

SOMETIMES RUSSI INTERCEPTS CITIZENS' EMAILS TO COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ANSWERS THEM BEFORE THE COUNCIL MEMBER EVEN KNOWS THE E-MAIL WAS SENT.

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ANSWER, NO.

BOB RUSSI JUST DIDN'T CARE.

RUSSI SAID IN HIS DEPOSITION THAT HE PREPARED THE CHASE'S DEAL WITH GENDREAU, QUOTE, BASED ON GENERAL DIRECTION THAT I WAS GIVEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

LINDA, CAN YOU SPEED IT UP, PLEASE? YES. I'M ALMOST DONE. THANK YOU.

BUT HOW COULD THAT BE? THAT CHASE'S AGREEMENT WAS NEVER LISTED IN ANY AGENDA AS A CLOSED SESSION TOPIC.

THIS COUNCIL, UNDER THE CONTROL OF BOB RUSSI AND DON KENDRICK, FLAUNTS THE BROWN ACT RULES ON CLOSED SESSIONS JUST AS DON KENDRICK FLAUNTS THE RULES ON CONFLICT OF INTEREST.

DON KENDRICK WAS OBLIGATED TO RECUSE HIMSELF AND ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THE LINE OF CREDIT TO CHASE'S TO MOVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS OFFICE.

DON KENDRICK HAD RECUSED HIMSELF AT LEAST 20 TIMES IN THE FEW YEARS PRIOR TO THE CHASE'S ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT VOTE, AND MANY TIMES SINCE THEN FOR EXACTLY THAT REASON.

QUESTION TO DON KENDRICK , SO THERE WERE MANY OCCASIONS PRIOR TO THE CHASE'S, EXCUSE ME, THE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT FOR CHASE'S IN OCTOBER OF 2017 WHEN YOU RECUSED YOURSELF BASED ON THE LOCATION OF YOUR BUSINESS, CORRECT? YES. WHEN PLACED UNDER OATH.

EVERYONE POINTS THE FINGER AT SOMEONE ELSE.

WHOSE IDEA WAS THIS? WHO DRAFTED IT? WHO DECIDED NOT TO BOTHER TO EVEN TELL ME, LET ALONE ASKED MY OPINION? CITY MANAGER RUSSI'S EMAILS SHOW THAT HE DRAFTED IT TOGETHER WITH MUIR DAVIS, WHO EDITED IT. RUSSI SAYS HE WAS ACTING AT THE DIRECTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MAYOR KENDRICK, CITY MANAGER RUSSI AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS CANNOT EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS OKAY FOR THE MAYOR TO VOTE ON APPROVAL OF THE CHASE'S AGREEMENT WITH HIS REAL ESTATE OFFICE ACROSS THE STREET OVER 20 TIMES IN THE YEARS PRIOR.

MAYOR KENDRICK DECLARED A CONFLICT OF INTEREST FOR V ARIOUS REASONS.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE END.

CHASE HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED THEIR SALES AT THE NEW LOCATION , BUT AS CHRIS GENDREAU HAS STATED, HE WILL NEVER PAY BACK A PENNY BECAUSE OF THE TERMS OF THE DEAL.

IT WAS A GREAT DEAL FOR HIM.

AND NOW HE'S PAYING BACK DON KENDRICK.

THE DOLLARS HE HAS SAVED FROM OUR CITY, HE' NOW SPENDING ON POLITICAL PROPAGANDA, ALTHOUGH HE DOESN'T LIVE IN LA VERNE.

LAST MONTH, CHRISTOPHER GENDREAU WAS ONE OF THREE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE PRO-KENDRICK POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE THAT PUT OUT DISGUSTING SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST TIM HEPBURN.

MR. GENDREAU DONATED $3,575, JIM AND ROSE MURPHY DONATED $3,852, AND COUNCIL MEMBER ROBIN CARDER'S HUSBAND DONATED $2,500.

THE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE IS TRANSPARENT LA VERNE PAC OPPOSING TIM HEPBURN FOR MAYOR. THIS PAC PAID TO HAVE A FLYER SENT TO OUR HOMES AND WAS LEFT ON MOST WINDSHIELDS DURING THE CANDIDATE'S FORUM LAST WEEK.

THE FLYER WAS BEST DESCRIBED BY ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS AS VILE, SLANDEROUS AND HATEFUL AND WAS FUNDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF MAYOR DON KENDRICK.

QUID PRO QUO? THE CITY LENDS MONEY THAT THE BORROWER WILL NEVER PAY BACK BECAUSE OF TAX CREDITS? THE MAYOR FAILS TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM VOTING, ALTHOUGH HIS REAL ESTATE OFFICE IS ACROSS THE STREET? SEVEN MONTHS AFTER CHASE'S RECEIVED ITS FINAL PAYMENT OF $4,300 FROM THE CITY, THE OWNER OF CHASE'S MAKES A SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO OPPOSE THE CANDIDATE RUNNING AGAINST MAYOR DON KENDRICK.

SURE LOOKS LIKE QUID PRO QUO OR BY WEBSTER'S DEFINITION, FAVOR OR ADVANTAGE FROM OR EXPECTED IN RETURN FOR SOMETHING.

LINDA. THIS IS UGLY POLITICAL CORRUPTION.

IT'S WRONG. I LOOK FORWARD TO PUTTING ON MY CASE IN FRONT OF A JURY.

THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS TIME AND FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

GOOD NIGHT. [APPLAUSE].

MAYOR . MR. MAYOR.

OK, LET'S. THAT'S ENOUGH ? SHOULD WE END IT ON LINDA? NO NO NO. NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO END IT ON THAT.

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OK. HANG ON.

COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE STATED AND WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAWSUIT , SO THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT CAN BE SAID ON THAT.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO POINT THAT WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CHASE'S LOAN AND ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES BEHIND IT ON KNOW THE FACTS , SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO GO CHECK THE INFORMATION THAT IS THERE AND ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS AVAILABLE ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WERE SPOKEN .

SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN CIRCLING ABOUT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND A LOT OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE ARE ACCURATELY REFLECTED ON WHAT OCCURRED IN THE TIMELINE.

SO IT'S UNDER KNOW THE FACTS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN GOING LOOKING FOR IT. LINDA WILKINSON IS WRONG ON ABOUT 95 PERCENT OF WHAT SHE JUST SAID AND IT'S VERIFIABLE.

I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE.

I ONLY OWN A BUSINESS HERE THAT EMPLOYS 57 EMPLOYEES AND IS A TOP 25 SALES TAX REVENUE GENERATOR. I HAVE A VOICE IN THIS CITY BECAUSE THE SALES TAX THAT I GENERATE HELPS PAY FOR PUBLIC SERVICE.

YES, I AM A MEMBER OF TRANSPARANT LA VERNE BECAUSE IN THE LAST THREE AND A HALF YEARS I'VE BEEN AT MORE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT YOU HAVE MR. HEPBURN. YOU'VE M ISED FOUR, I'VE MISSED THREE.

BECAUSE OF VACATIONS , THAT'S LEGITIMATE.

BUT I'VE WATCHED EVERY FACIAL EXPRESSION AND EVERY COMMENT HAS BEEN MADE ON YOUR B EHALF AND BY YOU.

AND I WAS APPROACHED TO SAY, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT? I'M NOT A DON KENDRICK LOVER AS MUCH AS I WANT THE FACTS TO COME OUT ABOUT A MAN WHO MAKES DECISIONS POORLY BY FOLLOWING PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

SHE HAS SUED THE CITY THREE OR FOUR TIMES NOW.

RAISE YOUR HAND IN THIS ROOM IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN IN A LAWSUIT.

SHE IS LAWSUIT HAPPY.

THAT ALONE STANDS FOR HER INABILITY TO EVER HAVE A JOB.

AND FURTHERMORE, SHE WANTS TO BE A LAWYER , SO SHE TALKS IN LEGAL ESE , BUT SHE COULD NEVER PASS THE BAR.

LINDA DROPPED THE CASE SHE HAD AGAINST US, NOT SETTLED.

IT WAS DROPPED WITH PREJUDICE FOUR DAYS BEFORE THE LAWSUIT BECAUSE SHE HAD NO CASE.

MARK MY WORDS RIGHT HERE, BY NOVEMBER THE CASE WILL BE DROPPED AGAINST THE CITY OR SETTLED FOR NO MONEY BECAUSE IT HAS NO MERIT.

THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND MANY OTHER CITIES SUPPORT BUSINESSES IN THEIR TOWN.

THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTROLLABLE THING A CITY CAN DO IS BRING BUSINESS TO TOWN THAT GENERATES SALES TAX.

THE PROPERTY TAX IS ALMOST A WASH.

THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE OF THE TAX IS A LITTLE BIT OF A GAIN.

AND THE BIG THING IS SALES TAX.

AND YOU WANT GOOD BUSINESSES HERE.

AFTER TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATION, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT KIND OF A PERSON SHE IS, I WAS TOLD IN AN E-MAIL SEVERAL TIMES, NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ENDED AND I HAD TO LOOK ELSEWHERE.

WE MET WITH THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS.

WE HAD CALLS INTO THE CITY OF UPLAND.

I WAS OFFERED THE CASK 'N CLEAVER BUILDING ON THE 57.

I WAS THEN TOLD AT A DOWNTOWN BUSINESS DISTRICT MEETING THAT I WAS NEEDING TO LEAVE AND LIKE A GOOD CITY MANAGER DID, IT GOT BACK TO HIM, A ND HE CALLED ME AND SAID, HEY, BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING, LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP YOU OUT.

THAT'S WHAT CITIES DO.

AND IF YOU'RE NOT FOR THAT, MR. HEPBURN, YOU SHOULDN'T BE MAYOR.

BECAUSE I WAS A GOOD BUSINESS YOU HAD EATEN AT MY PLACE SEVERAL TIMES AND TOLD ME WHAT A GREAT JOB IT WAS.

AND SUDDENLY, BECAUSE OF A FRIENDSHIP YOU'VE HAD IN THE PAST, YOU TURN COAT, REALLY? AND THEN YOU ALLOW YOUR WIFE TO PUT A .GIF ON ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT SHOWED THAT CHASE'S TOOK $50,000 FROM THE FIREMEN? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? THAT'S WHY YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET MY VOTE OR THE 24 EMPLOYEES THAT I HAVE THAT WORK AT CHASE'S WHO ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU EITHER.

I WOULD ASK YOU NOT TO HAVE A GUERRILLA CAMPAIGN IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANTS IN THE TOP 25 IN THIS CITY AND HAVE YOUR FANS OUT THERE, OF WHICH IS DAVE BONANNO, THE GUY THAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH, THE NEGOTIATOR ON THE, YOU KNOW, THE UNION, STANDING OUT IN FRONT OF MY RESTAURANT ON PRESIDENT'S DAY YELLING, DOWN WITH KENDRICK.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO ME? AND IT'S RECORDED ON VIDEOTAPE.

I WENT OUT THERE AND ASKED HIM NICELY TO LEAVE.

UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.

THIS IS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS AND CHASE'S.

I LOVE THE FIREFIGHTERS, I'M PRO-FIREFIGHTER, I'M PRO-LA VERNE FIREFIGHTER, BUT THEY'VE BOYCOTTED CHASE'S BECAUSE OF YOU MR. HEPBURN AND BECAUSE OF YOUR WIFE , AND THEY FOLLOWED YOU DILIGENTLY.

[LAUGHTER]. THAT'S RIGHT , AND I HAVE PROOF OF THAT.

NOW, HERE'S THE OTHER THING THAT BUGS ME THE MOST.

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YOU KNOW WHAT HE SAID TO ME, TIM? HE SAID, HOW DO YOU NOT SUPPORT LA VERNE FIRE? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE ABOUT TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO YOU.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

THAT'S THE KIND OF DISCOURSE YOU'VE CREATED IN THIS CITY.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT , YOU HAVE.

SHOW THE VIDEO. THAT'S RIGHT.

[APPLAUSE]. THIS WOMAN HERE ALONE TO ALLOW HER TO HAVE PUBLIC FORUM AND GO TO HER HOUSE AT A CHRISTMAS PARTY WHEN SHE'S SUING THE CITY THAT YOU REPRESENT IS A LITTLE BIT BEYOND THE PALE TO SAY THE LEAST.

THE BUSINESS WAS SOLD TO SUSAN, JEFF, AND CHRIS, CHASE'S LLC .

SHE HAD NO CONNECTION TO IT.

WE WERE RENTING FROM HER BUILDING.

THE FACT IS, AND I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP AND I'M GOING TO CARRY THIS OVER , THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT TOLD ME MANY DIFFERENT TIMES ALL SHE NEEDS IS A HOOD.

PUT A HOOD IN AND SHE CAN DO THE SAME THING THERE.

SHE'S TOO CHEAP AND SHE DOESN'T WANT TO PUT A HOOD IN.

NOW, JIM REED, WHO OWNS THE RESTAURANT NOW, OR RATHER OWNS TABERNA THAT'S THERE, SAYS, I WANT TO PUT A HOOD IN, CHRIS.

SHE WON'T LET ME. AND THEN SHE HAS THE AUDACITY TO STAND IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP AND LET THIS CCC GROUP SAY, OH, LINDA'S THE GREATEST PERSON ON THE PLANET WHEN THEY DON'T KNOW THE FACTS. BY THE WAY, THE CITY OF MONROVIA, LENT METRO NISSAN $950,000 ON AN EXACT TEN YEAR PAY PACK WITH INCREASED SALES TAX REVENUE.

IT'S HAPPENED IN CLAREMONT 50 TIMES.

OH, BY THE WAY, IT'S HAPPENED IN LA VERNE EIGHTY FOUR TIMES IN THE LAST 15 YEARS.

AND WE KEEP ALLOWING THIS WOMAN TO CONVINCE YOU GUYS THAT THAT'S A BAD THING.

IT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S A GOOD THING THAT CITIES LOOK FOR GOOD PEOPLE WHO WORK HARD.

AND BY THE WAY, TRUST ME, THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WHO WORKS HARDER THAN I DO IT TRYING TO MAKE THAT BUSINESS GO.

AND YET ALL I GET IS CRAP FROM THE FIREFIGHTERS AND THIS MAN.

AND NOT SUPPORTING CHASE'S IS A BIG, HUGE MISTAKE.

AND I THINK AND I BELIEVE IT WHOLEHEARTEDLY.

MY WIFE CAN'T COME TO THESE MEETINGS AND WE CAN NO LONGER RUN CHASE'S AND WE'RE SELLING CHASE'S TO OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THAT'S THE STRESS THAT'S BEEN CAUSED BY THIS CITY.

AND THIS ACTIONS AND THAT WOMAN.

AND YOU HAVE RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT TOO MR. HEPBURN.

YEAH , BOO ALL YOU WANT. HERE'S THE OTHER LAST THING.

AND I'LL CUT OFF THE 16 MINUTES.

AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM, YOU WERE ASKED VERY POINTEDLY, DO YOU BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS AND WITHOUT HESITATION, YOU SAID ABSOLUTELY I BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS.

NOT NOW, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO VIOLATE THE BROWN ACT , BUT WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME TO TALK, WHEN THIS IS OVER, I'D LIKE YOU TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

IF THE FAIR CITIZENS OF THIS CITY DECIDE TO ELECT YOU ON MARCH 3RD, YOU WILL THEN HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL FIVE YEARS AND A MAYOR FOR TWO MORE YEARS.

THAT'S SEVEN YEARS. THAT'S A TERM LIMIT.

WILL YOU SAY PUBLICLY YOU WILL NOT RUN AGAIN AFTER THE TWO YEARS BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE IN TERM LIMITS? BECAUSE MR. KENDRICK ANSWERED THE QUESTION, SAYING, I BELIEVE TERM LIMITS ARE BY THE PEOPLE'S VOTE.

WHEN WE DO I DECIDE TO RUN AND YOU WANT TO KEEP THE CITY THE WAY IT IS, YOU VOTE FOR THAT. SO PLEASE ANSWER US TONIGHT LIKE YOU DIDN'T ANSWER ME LAST TIME.

AND IF THERE'S ANYONE, PLEASE, PLEASE MISUNDERSTANDS ME, I'LL GIVE YOU HUGH KELLY, MY DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER, MY SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, BECAUSE I'M A BIG SECOND AMENDMENT GUY MYSELF. AND I'VE HAD PEOPLE DRIVING BY MY HOUSE RECENTLY IN WEIRD CARS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M THINKING, HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? OH, BECAUSE MR. KELLY AND CCC DECIDED TO PRINT MY ADDRESS FOR ALL TO SEE.

THAT'S FINE. I DON'T MIND IF YOU KNOW ALL MY ADDRESS.

I WASN'T HIDING BEHIND A COMPANY OR ORGANIZATION THAT'S CALLED TRANSPARENT LA VERNE.

SO, LINDA, YOU DIDN'T EXPOSE ANYONE TONIGHT BY YOUR LITTLE FALLACY , AND THE REALITY OF LINDA WILKINSON IS SHE'S BEEN A WRECK FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND CREATED THIS PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE CITY COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.

LINDA WILKINSON IS THE PROBLEM HERE.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE]. OK.

WE'LL GET BACK AT AT 5 'TIL, SIX MINUTES.

I'D LIKE TO CALL A MEETING BACK TO ORDER AND TURN IT OVER TO ROBIN CARDER FOR A FEW COMMENTS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER WITH PUBLIC COMMENT. WHAT WENDY HAD TO SAY IS SO TRUE.

LET'S NOT DO THIS.

THE TEARING DOWN OF EACH OTHERS.

ALL OF US HAVE FAULTS AND ALL OF US LOVE LA VERNE.

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LET'S NOT DO THIS.

I SEE A REPORTER RIGHT HERE UP FRONT, ONLY MEETING ME HE'S BEEN TO IN A LONG TIME FROM THE DAILY BULLETIN.

AND I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, WHEN I WAS FIRST ELECTED IN 2009, I ONLY BEAT CHARLIE ROS ALES BY 57 VOTES , AND HE WAS HERE WHEN THEY DID THE FINAL COUNT.

AND CHARLIE CAME OVER, GAVE ME A BIG HUG, AND HE WROTE IN THE PAPER AT THAT TIME.

WOW , YOU KNOW, ONLY IN LA VERNE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THIS HAPPEN THAT PEOPLE WOULD CONGRATULATE SOMEBODY ELSE WHEN THEY LOSE.

AND THAT'S WHAT LA VERNE'S ABOUT.

LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND .

OPEN COMMENT STILL. LYNN YOU CAN COME ON UP.

I'M JUST SAYING, LET'S TRY TO KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES SO WE CAN GET GOING.

IT'S 9:00 NOW.

AND IF SOMEBODY SAID SOMETHING, YOU ALREADY DID, B UT PLEASE REMEMBER HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT LA VERNE , THE PEOPLE WE HAVE TO WORK WITH ONCE AFTER THIS IS DONE AND CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER AND MOVE ON.

THANK YOU, LYNN. [APPLAUSE]. WELL, I LOVE LA VERNE.

I AGREE WITH WENDY SAID, BUT I CANNOT AGREE WITH COUNCILWOMAN CARDER BECAUSE OF HER HUSBAND'S DONATION TO TRANSP ARENT LA VERNE.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT YOU CAN HAVE COFFEE WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS THIS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY FROM 9 TO 11 A.M.

AT SAL'S BAGELRY , AND THE ONLY THING REQUIRED IS PROPER BEHAVIOR, PLEASE .

OVER A MONTH AGO, ANNA, WHO SEEMS TO BE DOING HER JOB AS OUR RESIDENT KEEPER, OVER A MONTH AGO ANNA MADE A VERY GOOD SUGGESTION TO LEAVE CAMPAIGN POLITICS OUT OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I KEPT THAT PROMISE BY SPEAKING TO YOU, MAYOR KENDRICK, AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, ONE ON ONE, AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE.

I DID THE RIGHT THING BY HAVING A PRIVATE DISCUSSION WITH YOU.

I TOLD YOU OF MY CONCERN FOR THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY RESIDENTS REGARDING THE REAL FEAR AND ANXIETY THEY HAVE UPON THEM.

THEY ARE BEING TOLD COUNCILMAN HEPBURN WANTS TO GET RID OF RENT CONTROL AND CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE PARKS.

THIS IS NOT A RUMOR I HEARD , THESE ARE ACTUAL RESIDENTS TELLING ME THEIR FEARS.

THIS IS UNDUE STRESS PUT UPON ON SENIORS OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THIS IS WRONG AND THE TRUTH MUST BE CONVEYED.

I CAME TO MAYOR KENDRICK WITH A SOLUTION.

ALL THREE CANDIDATES SHOULD VISIT THE MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES TOGETHER TO CLEAR THIS FALLACY , BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE.

MY OTHER TOPIC OF CONVERSATION I HAD WITH YOU, MAYOR KENDRICK, AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE WAS OVER THE FACT THAT VANDALISM IN AN ATTEMPT TO WIN AN ELECTION IS A BLEMISH ON OUR COMMUNITY. CERTAINLY WE DO NOT WANT OUR CHILDREN TO REGARD THIS AS A TACTIC FOR WINNING.

COUNCILMAN HEPBURN AND HIS CAMPAIGN TREASURER ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS HAD PERMISSION BY THE MANAGER OF THE DAIRY ON WHITE AVENUE TO INSTALL A LARGE SIGN.

ON JANUARY 4TH, THE SIGN WAS INSTALLED.

ON THAT VERY DAY, THE MANAGER RECEIVED THREATENING PHONE CALLS THAT THERE WOULD BE FINANCIAL REPERCUSSIONS TO HAVING COUNCILMAN HE PBURN'S SIGN UP.

BY THE NEXT MORNING , THE SIGN HAD BEEN TORN FROM THE FRAME AND NOWHERE IN SIGHT.

BEING TOLD OF THE MISSING SIGN AND BEING THE MAN OF CHARACTER HE IS, COUNCILMAN HEPBURN IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THE DAIRY AND WAS APOLOGETIC TO THE MANAGER FOR THIS THREATENING EXPERIENCE TO THE BUSINESS.

MR. KENDRICK, YOU TOLD ME COUNCILMAN HEPBURN DID NOT HAVE PERMISSION TO INSTALL THE SIGN.

AND I INFORMED YOU THAT IS NOT TRUE.

AND I INVITED YOU TO MEET ME AT THE DAIRY SO WE CAN CLEAN UP THIS ISSUE.

ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, I PERSONALLY SPOKE TO THE MANAGER AT THE DAIRY.

HE TOLD ME THE SAME EXACT SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

HE GAVE PERMISSION FOR THE SIGN, HE DID HIMSELF.

THE THREATS CAME. THE SIGN WAS STOLEN.

ONE OF MY CONVERSATION WITH THE DAIRY MANAGERS WAS AFTER THE INSTALLATION OF YOUR SIGN, MR. KENDRICK. I INQUIRED IF ANY THREATS HAD OCCURRED SINCE YOUR SIGN WAS INSTALLED.

TO WHICH THE MANAGER'S ANSWER WAS NO.

ONLY THREATS WHEN COUNCILMAN HEPBURN'S SIGN IS UP, NOT YOURS.

I WANT TO MAKE THIS PERFECTLY CLEAR.

I AM NOT BLAMING MAYOR KENDRICK FOR PERSONALLY ORDERING OR BEING INVOLVED IN THIS INCIDENT. BUT WHAT I WILL SAY, IF THIS HAD HAPPENED TO MY OPPONENT, I WOULD BE TOO ASHAMED TO INSTALL MY SIGN AFTER A THREAT TO A BUSINESS OWNER AND SUCH A MALICIOUS ACT HAD OCCURRED. AFTER THAT CONVERSATION AND NOT SEEING ANY CONCERN FOR THE ISSUES I DISCUSSED, OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY, OUR CHILDREN, EVERY HOUSEHOLD HAVE WITNESSED AN ALL TIME LOW. THEREFORE, INSTEAD OF SPEAKING ONE ON ONE, THIS AFFECTS ALL OF LA VERNE.

SO I AM NOW SPEAKING FROM THE MICROPHONE.

MAYOR KENDRICK, AT THE CANDIDATE FORUM LAST WEEK, YOU SPOKE HIGHLY OF YOUR OPEN DOOR

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RESIDENTS ARE WELCOME TO STOP IN ANYTIME TO TALK WITH YOU.

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WAS DIFFERENT.

AT THE TIME, THE COUNTY WAS AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH LEWIS HOMES TO SWAP MARSHALL CANYON GOLF COURSE WITH SIERRA LA VERNE GOLF COURSE.

I CAME TO YOUR OFFICE.

I ASKED YOUR SECRETARY, DOES THE MAYOR TAKE CITY BUSINESS QUESTIONS AT HIS WORKPLACE? SHE ASKED MY NAME AND SAID SHE WOULD INQUIRE WITH YOU.

SHE WENT UPSTAIRS. SHE CAME BACK DOWN WITH A NO.

YOU DO NOT DISCUSS CITY BUSINESS WITH RESIDENTS AT YOUR WORKPLACE.

MAYOR KENDRICK, YOU ASKED COUNCILMAN HEPBURN IN YOUR OPENING STATEMENT AT THE FORUM TO APOLOGIZE TO THE RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE.

I S HE TO APOLOGIZE FOR HELPING US SAVE MARSHALL CANYON GOLF COURSE? IS HE TO APOLOGIZE FOR GETTING SPROUTS INSTEAD OF WAL-MART? IS HE TO APOLOGIZE FOR EFFECTIVELY ASSISTING RESIDENTS ULTIMATELY WIDENING OF WHITE AVENUE? IS HE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE SAFETY AND MORALE OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS? IS HE TO APOLOGIZE FOR THE REMODELING OF THE SNACK BAR AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL? APOLOGIZE FOR SUPPLYING AND INSTALLING TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND FEET OF CONDUIT FOR THE NEW TURF AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL? IS HE TO APOLOGIZE FOR SUPPLYING THE LABOR AND MATERIAL FOR THE ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION AT THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY HOME? SHOULD HE APOLOGIZE FOR ALL FIVE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY ENDORSING HIM? WE HAD TWO OUTSTANDING FORUMS LAST WEEK AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK LV3 C FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL EVENT AND BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR OFFERING THE FACILITY.

I WOULD LIKE TO PERSONALLY THANK OUR CITY CLERK LUPE FOR HER PROFESSIONAL ATTENTION AND EFFORT ALONG WITH ALL OF VOLUNTEERS.

LUPE IS A GOOD COMMUNICATOR AND SHE ALWAYS DOES IT WITH A SMILE.

SHE PROVIDED CLEAR INFORMATION TO EACH CANDIDATE AS TO HOW THE EVENT WOULD TRANSPIRE.

SHE INFORMED ALL CANDIDATES OF THE REGULATIONS REGARDING CAMPAIGN MATERIALS.

THE LETTER STATED NO CAMPAIGN LITERATURE IS PERMITTED OUTSIDE THE BUILDING.

YET THIS VULGAR DISPLAY OF CHARACTER ASSASSINATION WAS PLACED ON EVERY CAR.

HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO YOUR OWN CITY EMPLOYEE? WE ALL KNOW WHY IT'S A PAC AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE.

WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM THE MAYOR.

I HAVE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS GROUP AND REFERRING TO THIS FLYER.

BUT RESIDENTS KNOW WHO THE DONORS ARE.

IN THIS ROOM , WE HAVE A FEW.

COUNCILWOMAN CARDER'S HUSBAND AND CHRIS GENDREAU, THE OWNER OF CHASE'S.

ALL I ASK IS THAT YOU REMEMBER YOUR FRIENDS ARE A REFLECTION OF YOU.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THANK YOU. THERE'S BEEN.

YOUR NAME, PLEASE. RICK [INAUDIBLE].

THERE'S BEEN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPOKEN AT LENGTH ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT TOPICS TONIGHT.

SO THIS ISN'T INTENDED AT ANY ONE OF THEM OR ANY ONE TOPIC.

I'VE BEEN TO QUITE A FEW COUNCIL MEETINGS.

THIS IS BY FAR THE UGLIEST THAT IT'S EVER BEEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT THE TOPICS THAT PEOPLE CAN GET UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT.

MAYBE NOTHING, BUT IT WOULD SEEM THAT THE LEAST YOU COULD DO.

YOU SAID PLEASE LIMIT TO FIVE MINUTES.

YOU SAID PLEASE LIMIT TO THREE MINUTES.

THAT DOESN'T WORK. IT HAS TO BE.

THIS IS THE WAY IT'S GONNA BE.

HERE'S THE RULES. YOU GET FIVE MINUTES AT THE END OF FIVE MINUTES , YOU SIT DOWN.

I THINK IT'S TIME. YOU GUYS NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO CUT THIS STUFF SHORT.

THANK YOU. [APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU, I LIKE THAT I'LL KEEP IT TO HOPEFULLY THREE.

I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THE TOPIC.

YOUR NAME PLEASE. SORRY.

ANNIE WILLIAMS. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT SOME TREES.

I LIVE ON RAMONA AND THE TREES ARE ON MAJELLA AVENUE AND THEY'VE BEEN UNKEMPT.

THEY'RE NOT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN TRIMMED FOR A LONG TIME.

AND SO LONG STORY SHORT, WE'RE NEW.

WE HAVE A NEW YARD.

ARMSTRONG DESIGNED IT.

I KNEW THOSE TREES WOULD NOT ALLOW MY GARDEN TO GROW.

SO I ASKED PERMISSION FROM THE CITY TO TRIM OUR TREES.

I GOT THAT. THEN THE OTHER NEIGHBORS WERE SAYING, WOW, HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

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THEY'VE RUINED MY NEW DRIVEWAY AND JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF.

LONG STORY SHORT, A VERY KIND GENTLEMEN OKAY I'LL LEAVE NAMES OUT.

BUT TOLD ME I NEEDED I MADE A CALL AND SAID WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THE TREES? I WAS GIVEN A LONG STORY.

I COULD FEEL LIKE I WAS JUST BEING PUSHED ASIDE.

AND SO THEN I STARTED A PETITION, FOUND OUT I NEEDED 40 SIGNATURES.

THAT WAS A RED FLAG TO ME BECAUSE I'M THINKING MY VOICE.

I GET NO ANSWERS. I GET PUSHED ASIDE.

I'M TOLD ONE PERSON IS GOING TO CALL ME, THEN ANOTHER PERSON CALLS ME AND I SAID, I'M WAITING FOR THIS GUY. WELL, HE TOLD ME HE'S TOO BUSY AND HE HAD ME CALL YOU.

SO I'M LIKE WHAT? ANOTHER RED FLAG.

I GOT THE PETITION DONE.

FORTY SIGNATURES BECAUSE I SAID, OK, YOU DON'T KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO.

YOU WANT 40. YOU WANT 40 SIGNATURES? I'LL GIVE YOU 40. SO GOT TO KNOW MORE NEIGHBORS AND GOT A VISIT FROM THE CITY MAYBE TWO DAYS AFTER I SUBMITTED THAT.

AND THEY TOLD ME IT'S GONNA BE DONE IN MARCH BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE 30TH.

I THINK FISCAL YEAR.

SO LONG STORY SHORT, A LOT OF RED FLAGS.

AND I'M THINKING, WHO'S IN CHARGE? I'M HEARING THIS IS ONLY MY SECOND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND HEARING ALL THIS STUFF.

I'M LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, WHO'S RUNNING THE SHOW HERE? SO WITH MEASURE LA VERNE, IT'S LIKE, OK, YOU WANT ME TO SAY YES TO THIS, BUT YOU DON'T TAKE CARE OF OUR TREES. AND I DRIVE THROUGH LA VERNE AND I DON'T SEE ANYBODY ELSE'S TREES LOOKING LIKE OUR TREES.

AND WE HAVE A NEW NEIGHBOR JUST PUT A NEW DRIVEWAY.

ALL THE STAIN FROM THE SAP IS JUST NOT GOOD.

SO I WANT TO END WITH THIS.

THIS IS WHAT I KEEP COMING BACK TO WHEN THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN AUTHORITY, THE PEOPLE REJOICE. BUT WHEN THE WICKED MAN RULES, THE PEOPLE GROAN.

AND I'VE JUST HEARD NOTHING BUT GROANING.

AND WE CAN WE CAN WE TURN THE PAGE? I'M THINKING, I DON'T KNOW ALL THIS STUFF, BUT THIS SEEMS LIKE THIS WAS A WHILE AGO.

SO CAN WE. I'M IN AGREEMENT.

LET'S MOVE FORWARD. LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME TREES.

I PROPOSE THAT MAYBE YOU MAYBE YOU GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADOPT THE TREES.

I MEAN, IF THE TREE IF IT'S AN ISSUE OF GETTING BEING CONSISTENT WITH TRIMMING THOSE TREES, THE Y CAN BE BEAUTIFUL TREES.

AND THE WAY IT LIVES UP THE STREET, AS I SAY, THAT AREA IS A DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH.

IT'S REALLY BEAUTIFUL. BUT THOSE TREES JUST TAKE A LOT FROM THAT AREA.

SO SO, YES, I WOULD LIKE TO TABLE A PROPOSAL ABOUT ADOPTING THOSE TREES TO LET US DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

AND IT FREES THE CITY FROM THE MONEY.

YES. YOU KNOW, THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE TALKED ABOUT.

MORE YOU KNOW WHAT WE CAN DO WHAT YOU CAN'T DO.

YOU CAN'T CHOP THEM OFF.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN'T REPLACE THEM.

TAKE CARE OF THEM. I'VE INCORPORATED THAT.

ARMSTRONG INCORPORATED THOSE TREES AND IT LOOKS SPECTACULAR.

AND EVERYONE IN THE CITY IS ALWAYS COMING AND CHECKING.

AND I HAVE SOME FRIENDS THERE.

SO I LOVE TONY [INAUDIBLE].

SO HE'S HE'S AMAZING.

SO HE LOVES WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THE NEIGHBORS DO, TOO.

SO THAT'S WHY I LIKE TO SAY LET'S JUST CHANGE.

TURN THE PAGE. TALK ABOUT SOME TREES.

GET SOMETHING DONE . LET'S MAKE OUR AREA EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S LA VERNE, RIGHT? THANK YOU.

SOMEBODY.

GOOD EVENING, FRED FORD.

THIRTY SIX YEAR LA VERNE RESIDENT, MOST OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYBODY WHO'S CUTTING IT SHORT FOR ME.

THERE IS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, WENDY.

LET'S LOOK THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD, NOT THE REARVIEW MIRROR.

WE NEED TO DO THAT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO GET THROUGH THIS.

I WANT TO THANK CHIEF LEONARD.

IS HE STILL HERE? NO.

HE LEFT ANYWAYS.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND B ATTALION CHIEF RUSSELL WAS THE PROPONENT TO GET THE DISPATCH TO COUNTY.

THAT WASN'T MENTIONED. BUT I WANT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT.

LEO. I MEAN, I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY FIRE PERSON HERE. BUT IS THAT CORRECT? SO I'M SAYING IT RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO CHIEF RUSSELL.

OK. BECAUSE THAT'S MAKING THINGS A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY.

[02:20:01]

I THINK THEY WERE ALL GOOD AND INFORMATIVE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE.

IT WAS REALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT.

AND I DON'T WANT TO GO INTO THE DETAILS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT, MAYOR, YOU DID SAY ONE THING THAT STUCK WITH ME AND I GOT TO ADDRESS THAT, WHICH IS IN BOTH MAYORIAL SPEECHES, YOU SAID AND TOOK CREDIT FOR IT, THAT 94 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE TOOK A SURVEY, WHICH ALSO THE CITY PAID FOR.

YOU GUYS PAID FOR THE SURVEY, BUT IT CAME BACK.

NINETY FOUR PERCENT FAVORABLE, WHICH IS WONDERFUL.

THAT'S GREAT. BUT AS BRUCE MENTIONED, ALSO THAT THE HALF TRUTH IS MISSING, WHICH IS.

AND YOU SAID THAT THAT HAPPENED ON YOUR WATCH.

GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE VIDEO.

I'M NOT MAKING ANY OF THAT UP.

HAPPENED ON YOUR WATCH WHILE ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT CAME UP TONIGHT ALSO HAPPENED ON YOUR WATCH. SO YOU'VE GOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT, TOO.

YES. YOU CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR SOMETHING AND NOT SAY I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERYTHING ELSE.

SO EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN GOING ON HERE FOR THE LAST THREE HOURS HAPPENED ON YOUR WATCH. OK.

SO I'LL READ A LITTLE LIMERICK AND TRY AND LIGHTEN IT UP.

AND HOPEFULLY I'M THE LAST ONE.

NEXT DOOR MADE A SMEARBERRY.

THE COYOTES ARE RA MPANT AND SCARY.

PACS, CRONYISM, LIES, THREATS AND LOANS ENOUGH TO MAKE ALL OF US MOAN.

VOTE T HE THIRD WILL NO LONGER BE WARY.

TIM, HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

HUNDRED THIRTY SIX OF YOUR MOST CLOSE FAVORITE FRIENDS.

ENJOY IT WITH YOU. THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE].

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROBERT CARTER, I'M A 40 YEAR RESIDENT AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE TRANSPARENT LA VERNE POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE.

I AM SURE THAT SOME OF THE CITIZENS HERE WANT TO PLACE RESPONSIBILITY ON THE COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR THE INFORMATIONAL PIECE THAT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO A LIMITED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS. THIS IS NOT TRUE AS THE PAC OPERATED INDEPENDENT OF ANY KNOWLEDGE OR INFLUENCE FROM ANY OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR MAYOR.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PAC, PLEASE SEE ONE OF US OR LEAVE US A COMMENT ON THE WEB SITE. I HAVE HEARD OBJECTIONS TONIGHT TO THE AMOUNT I AND THAT'S ME CONTRIBUTED. I THINK IT UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS WHEN WE WHEN WE LENT MORE THAN 15 TIMES AS MUCH IN ORDER TO GET THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILT EARLIER OR THE DONATIONS WE MADE TO THE UNIVERSITY LA VERNE OR TO THE CANINE PROGRAM AND MANY OTHERS AND TO MANY CAMPAIGNS.

I HOPE THERE'S NOBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT IS GOING TO JUDGE ME BY THIS ONE ACTION AND COMPLETELY DISAVOW ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR THIS COMMUNITY.

WHEN ANOTHER GROUP OF CONCERNED CITIZENS BEGIN DISTRIBUTING INFORMATION REGARDING THE ISSUES OUR CITY AND THE COUNCIL IS FACING REGARDING THE FIREFIGHTERS UNION AND THE LAWSUITS, I HAD HOPED THAT BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUES WOULD BE DISTRIBUTED.

UNFORTUNATELY THAT DID NOT HAPPEN, EVEN THOUGH ALL THE INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE AND OBTAINABLE THROUGH THE PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ACT AND THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

AS NOTHING HAD BEEN DISTRIBUTED, I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE ON MY OWN AND DISCOVER THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER SIDE TO THE STORY YET TO BE TOLD.

THIS INFORMATION SHED A WHOLE NEW LIGHT ON THE LAWSUITS AND SURROUNDING ISSUES.

I WAS APPROACHED BY A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT HAD ALSO BEEN LOOKING INTO THE SAME FACTS AND WE GOT TOGETHER AND DECIDED THE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE PRESENTED TO ALL OF OUR FELLOW CITIZENS. THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT FACEBOOK.COM/ TRANSPARENTLAVERNE AND HAS POSTED SO THE MORE CITIZENS CAN HAVE ACCESS TO THE INFORMATION FROM THE LAWSUIT, THE FIRE CHIEFS CLAIM THE CLOSED SESSION IS DISCREPENCIES, POWER STRUGGLES AND SUCH.

ALL OF THESE ARE NOW AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR OWN REVIEW.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE ONLY ABLE TO DO A LIMITED MAILING TO HOUSEHOLDS.

SO IF YOU DID NOT RECEIVE ONE, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEB SITE AND WE WILL TRY AND GET ONE OUT TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE OFTEN HEAR THE WORD TRANSPARENCY IN GOVERNMENT.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT HERE IN LA VERNE THAT RESPECTS THAT BELIEF.

HOWEVER, TRANSPARENCY DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CITIZENS HAVE NO OBLIGATIONS.

THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE THE EFFORT TO BE INFORMED ON BOTH SIDES OF ANY ISSUE OR CANDIDATE. THE CITIZENS ARE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE CITIZENS HIRE, BY VOTING, THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND IN TURN, THE CITY COUNCIL RETAIN THE SERVICES OF THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY.

THE CITY MANAGER MANAGES BY UTILIZING COMPETENT AND EXPERIENCED DEPARTMENT HEADS, INCLUDING THE POLICE CHIEF ADMINISTRATION, FIRE CHIEF, PUBLIC WORKS, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICE, AMONG OTHERS.

PLEASE NOTICE, THOUGH, THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN THIS AREA IS THE RESPONSIBLE

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I NOTICED A COMMENT ON NEXTDOOR.

IT WAS FROM EMERALD RICKOVER OF THE US NAVY.

RESPONSIBILITY IS A UNIQUE CONCEPT.

YOU MAY SHARE WITH OTHERS, BUT YOUR PORTION IS NOT DISMISSED.

EXCUSE ME. YOUR PORTION IS NOT DIMINISHED.

YOU MAY DELEGATED, BUT IT IS STILL WITH YOU.

IF RESPONSIBILITY IS RIGHTFULLY URGED, NO EVASION OR IGNORANCE OR PASSING THE BLAME CAN SHIFT THE BURDEN TO SOMEONE ELSE.

UNLESS YOU CAN POINT YOUR FINGER AT THE MAN WHO IS RESPONSIBLE WHEN SOMETHING GOES WRONG, THEN YOU HAVE NEVER HAD ANYONE REALLY RESPONSIBLE.

I'M ASKING THAT YOU PLEASE TAKE A FEW MINUTES.

IT WILL TAKE TO READ A REVIEW THE INFORMATION AT OUR WEB SITE.

THESE DOCUMENTS ARE ALL PRODUCED FROM LEGAL SOURCES.

PLEASE READ THE TEXT MESSAGES BETWEEN THE TWO LITIGATION PARTIES.

THE JOINT POWER INSURANCE AGENCY JPIA LETTER, JOINT WITNESS LIST, EMAILS SHOWING VIOLATIONS OF EMPLOYEE HIPPA AND PRIVACY RIGHTS.

PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT AFTER READING THE INFORMATION TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS WERE. PLEASE SEE THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS OF OCTOBER 15TH, 2018.

THE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF JANUARY 22ND 2019.

THE C OUNCIL AMENDMENTS ARE ON THE CITY WEBSITE.

AND PLEASE WATCH THE MEET THE CANDIDATES FORUM FROM FEB.

13, 2020 THAT WAS HELD AT THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY CENTER FOR MORE CANDIDATE INFORMATION.

REVIEW THE COMMENTS AND DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSION AND THEN VOTE.

ALL THIS INFORMATION IS THERE TO HELP YOU BECOME INFORMED AND TO MAKE A RESPONSIBLE DECISION. PLEASE DO NOT RELINQUISH THE PRIVILEGE TO BE INFORMED AND RESPONSIBLE AS THE DECISION WILL AFFECT THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF LA VERNE IN AN A MOST IMPORTANT TIME AS WE PREPARE FOR THE CHANGES COMING FROM GOLDLINE AND ADDITIONAL STATE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS. DO THIS FOR YOURSELF, FOR YOUR FAMILY, AND ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHILDREN OF THIS WONDERFUL CITY. THANK YOU.

OH, WAIT, WAIT. SORRY.

JOYCE. JOYCE, YOU CAN YOU CAN TALK TO HIM AFTERWARDS.

THAT'S OK. SORRY.

ANYBODY ELSE? OK.

WE WILL GO TO ITEM NINE COUNCIL COMMENTS.

[9. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION NAMES, BUT THAT ARE PART OF THE CAMPAIGN THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH. AND HOW WONDERFUL THEY ARE AND HOW I COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT THEM.

BUT I REALLY WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT'S BEEN THE MOST WONDERFUL THING IS WALKING DOOR TO DOOR, KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND JUST INTERACTING WITH OUR RESIDENTS.

IT'S PROBABLY THE MOST SOBERING, BUT A REALLY GOOD GAUGE OF WHO LIVES IN THIS CITY.

AND WE'RE TALKING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE TALKING MIDDLE, CENTER, LEFT, RIGHT OF LA VERNE.

THERE'S SOME GREAT PEOPLE LIVE HERE.

AND IT'S TRULY AN HONOR.

AND I DO I DO REALLY MEAN IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH ALL THIS OTHER STUFF GOING ON. YOU KNOW, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO VOTE YOUR HEART, VOTE REALITY.

AND MARCH 3RD.

YOU HAVE TILL MARCH 3RD, BUT YOU CAN START VOTING ON FEBRUARY 22ND.

AND ABSENTEES ARE ALREADY GOING IN.

BUT WE TRULY DO LIVE IN A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS ARE AWESOME.

IT'S JUST THEY ROCK.

THEY'RE ROCK STARS. THANK YOU.

WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO JOIN THE OTHERS IN SAYING HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TIM.

14? NO, I'M TEASING.

TWENTY ONE. YOU'RE TWENTY ONE.

I DO WANT TO I ALSO STATE THAT VOTING STARTS THIS SATURDAY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO IT IN PERSON. IF YOU IF YOU'RE VOTE BY MAIL PERSON, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR BALLOT IF YOU HAVEN'T.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK WITH THE COUNTY REGISTRAR.

VOTING ENDS ON MARCH 3RD.

AND SO PLEASE GET DO YOUR CIVIC DUTY AND VOTE.

I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATED COMMENTS ON THE LA VERNE L.V.

MEASURE. I AM A PROPONENT OF YES ON L.V.

I THINK IT'S THE SERVICES THAT WE WANT AND THE SERVICES THAT WE DESIRE THAT DRIVE THAT DECISION. THANK YOU.

AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM.

I TOLD YOU EARLIER TONIGHT, BUT SO MUCH ATTENTION WAS GIVEN TONIGHT TO THE MAYOR'S RACE.

BUT WE HAVE SO MANY CANDIDATES IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE FOR COUNCIL AND SO REALLY TAKE THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW THEM.

AND LET'S NOT FORGET THEM.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE QUITE A FEW CANDIDATES.

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AND THEN ONE WRITE IN. SO GET A CHANCE TO WATCH THE FORUM IF YOU DIDN'T SEE IT.

AND THEN YOU'LL GET THAT YOU HAVE TIME TO MEET WITH THEM.

AND THERE'S TWO RIGHT BACK THERE.

WENDY'S HERE. RICK'S OVER THERE.

ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE? KENNY'S BACK THERE.

YEAH. OH, YES.

YES, JEREMY. SO GET A CHANCE TO TALK TO HIM .

WALLY AND THEN RICH.

RICHARD. SO EVERYBODY IS IN THE ROOM.

SO IF YOU GET A CHANCE, TALK TO THEM.

THEY ALL HAVE THINGS TO SAY AND WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE FOR THE CITY.

A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS WHAT'S COMING UP HERE.

THE GOLDLINE, WE HAVE A MEETING COMING UP.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN OPEN HOUSE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ON MARCH 10TH, TUESDAY NIGHT AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AT THAT TIME THE OUR STATION ARTIST THAT WILL BE HERE WITH THE DESIGN OF WHAT THE STATION'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, WANT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, C OME TO THAT MEETING AND THAT WILL BE FROM 5:30 TO 7:30.

AND THAT'S THAT.

AND THEN FOR THE COUNCIL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD AND ANYONE THAT'S INTERESTED IS SOFTBALL GRAND OPENING IS SATURDAY AT 1:00.

THIS SATURDAY. NO, IT IS FEBRUARY 22ND THIS SATURDAY.

OK. HE TOLD ME HE WROTE ME TONIGHT AND SAID IT WAS 1 O'CLOCK.

SO I'LL GET BACK TO YOU I'LL CALL HIM.

BUT JUST PUT IT ON YOUR CALENDAR FOR SATURDAY BECAUSE WE ALL LIKE TO BE THE THAT AND LAST. MARK, I KNOW YOU'RE TIRED.

YOU'VE WORKED SO HARD.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS WORKED VERY HARD ON L.V.

AND I APPRECIATE IT.

WE ALL APPRECIATE IT.

AND WE'LL KEEP WORKING HARD TO GET THIS PASSED AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.

THANKS FOR CARING.

A FABULOUS CITY. AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE STARTING SATURDAY ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE THIRD 5:00 OR 8:00 IN THE MORNING TILL 5 AT NIGHT ON THE 3RD AT 7 :00 UNTIL 8:00.

SO BIG DAYS, BUT HOPEFULLY DON'T WAIT TILL THE FOURTH.

THERE'S GONNA BE ONE FIFTH OF THE POLLING PLACES OPEN ON THE LAST DAY.

SO IT'S YOU DON'T YOU'RE GOING TO STAND IN LINE IF YOU WAIT TILL THE LAST DAY.

SO. AND THE LAST THING IS HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIM.

MARK, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT MARK'S BEEN WORKING TIRELESSLY REGARDING MEASURE L.V.

AND I DO ALSO SUPPORT MEASURE L.V.

WE NEED THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M 100 PERCENT BEHIND IT.

I THINK IT'S JUST A GREAT WAY TO GRAB SOME MONEY.

AND I UNDERSTAND BRUCE AND I RESPECT BRUCE TREMENDOUSLY, BUT.

I WOULD HAVE TO SAY WE NEED THIS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE CAN KEEP IT RUNNING.

FOR OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS.

RIGHT. BOY, THEY'RE GROWING.

SO ONE POSTSCRIPT ALSO AT THE FAIR PLEX ISN'T THE ONLY PLACE TO VOTE .

THE LIBRARY IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR VOTING FOR THE WHOLE ELEVEN DAYS.

IT'S CLOSE TO IN-N-OUT BURGER.

AND THEY HAVE BURGERS IT IN AND OUT.

OKAY. AND THEN HILLCREST IS ALSO ANOTHER POLL LOCATION FOR THE WHOLE WINDOW.

EIGHT TO FIVE. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, HILLCREST SOMETIMES HAS TACOS.

THEY DO HAVE GREAT FOOD THEY'RE BEYOND TACOS.

LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY, NORTH OF THE BORDER.

OUR NEXT SCHEDULING SCHEDULE MEETING IS MARCH 1ST AT 6:30 IN THESE CHAMBERS.

MARCH 2ND, SORRY, MARCH 2ND.

THANK YOU FOR COMING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.