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YOU'RE LIVE. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE, IF WE COULD ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
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AND PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.PRESENT. MAYOR PRO-TEM CARDER.
PRESENT. J.R., DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR UPCOMING EVENTS BY ANYBODY? WE DID NOT GET ANY REQUESTS FOR THAT.
SO WE WILL HOLD FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, SAY 30 SECONDS TO SEE IF ANYBODY EMAILS J.R.
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WE SHOULD MOVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.DO WE HAVE. DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED OFF THE CONSENT CALENDAR? WE DO NOT NOT NOT MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
I'LL SECOND IT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO. MOVE ON TO.
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WELL, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR FIRE CHIEF.INTERIM FIRE CHIEF, AND HE'S GOING TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR CURRENT FIRE SITUATION, WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CARE AMBULANCE.
AND THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS OUT THERE FROM RESIDENTS AND I THINK COUNTS ALSO THAT HE'S GOING TO ADDRESS RIGHT NOW.
READY TO COME ON TO THE SCREEN, IS THAT CORRECT? I'M READY, ARE YOU READY? YES, WE'RE READY FOR YOU.
DEVON, YOU GUYS HEAR ME AND SEE ME? YES. THANKS, DEVON.
BUT WE CAN HEAR YOU. YES, I CAN HEAR.
EVERYBODY CAN HEAR. SOME CAN SEE.
SORRY. YOU ARE BEING SEEN AND HEARD RIGHT NOW.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPDATE YOU ON THE CHANGES WITHIN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE PREPARED THIS BRIEFING BASED ON A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC MONITOR MONITORING SOCIAL MEDIA EMAILS WE'VE RECEIVED DIRECTLY AT THE CITY LEVEL FROM RESIDENTS AND SPECIFIC INQUIRIES FROM THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THEMSELVES.
SO I'VE TRIED TO ENCAPSULATE THIS INTO A ON COMPENSATED PRESENTATION.
SO IF YOU BEAR WITH ME FOR A FEW MINUTES, LET ME HIT THE SPECIFICS OF MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL CERTAINLY HAVE TIME FOR QUESTIONS THAT THE.
SO THE FIRST AND MOST OBVIOUS QUESTION IS THAT BACK IN JANUARY 17TH OF THIS YEAR, WHEN I BROWNED OUT A RESCUE UNIT SIXTY THREE BECAUSE OF OUR MANPOWER SHORTAGES.
WHY DIDN'T I IMPLEMENT THE PARAMEDIC ENGINE CONCEPT BACK THEN AND WHY AM I DOING IT NOW? WELL, A FEW THINGS. HINDSIGHT, AS WE KNOW, IS 20/20.
BACK IN JANUARY, WE DIDN'T KNOW THE IMPACTS OF THAT COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
OBVIOUSLY, I HAD NO FORESIGHT THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE TWO ADDITIONAL PERSON FIREFIGHTER OR FIREFIGHTERS WITHIN THE AGENCY THAT RECEIVED ON DUTY INJURIES WHICH REQUIRE SURGERY TO GET THEM TO THEIR REHABILITATION AND GET THEM BACK TO WORK.
UNFORTUNATELY, ELECTIVE SURGERIES CAN'T BE DONE.
AND THESE INJURIES REQUIRE SURGERY, WHICH ARE UNFORTUNATELY CONSIDERED ELECTIVE.
SO UNTIL WE CAN GET THEM THROUGH SURGERY AND REHAB AND BACK TO WORK, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A I HAVE AN EXTENDED E.T.A.
BEFORE THEY COME BACK. SO THAT CERTAINLY WASN'T ANTICIPATED.
I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE LOSS OF ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTERS TO OTHER FIRE AGENCIES.
I HOPED IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN, BUT IT DID OCCUR OVER THE LAST TWELVE WEEKS.
I HAD HOPED THAT OUR CURRENT HIRING EFFORTS WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN MORE OF THE HIRING OF
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MORE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.WE DID RUN TWO ACADEMIES OVER THE PAST 12 WEEKS.
THE FIRST ONE NETTED US ONE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC.
WE OFFERED JOBS TO THREE INDIVIDUALS, BUT THE END RESULT WAS ONLY ONE ACCEPTED THE JOB AND WE WERE.
OTHERS CHOSE TO GO TO OTHER AGENCIES RATHER THAN COME WITH US.
OUR SECOND ACADEMY RESULTED IN, AGAIN, ONE INDIVIDUAL AND HE STARTED THIS MORNING.
SO WE'VE NET RESULT IS TWO INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUR HIRING PROCESS OVER THE LAST TWELVE WEEKS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A THIRD HIRING PROCESS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AND WE HOPE TO BE MAKING JOB OFFERS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS BY THE END OF APRIL.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THAT, TRYING TO CATCH UP TO THE LOSSES WE'VE HAD SINCE WE CLOSED. I MEAN, SIXTY THREE.
HAD I KNOWN THESE THINGS WERE ALL GOING TO BE IN PLACE.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I WOULD HAVE IMPLEMENTED THE PARAMEDIC ENGINE CONCEPT AT THAT POINT BECAUSE IT MAKES MORE SENSE.
AND I WILL FURTHER EXPLAIN THAT IN A MOMENT.
BUT BASED ON THE CURRENT CONDITIONS AND THE INABILITY TO FILL THE 11:00 OPEN POSITIONS THAT I HAVE, MY EFFORTS MUST FOCUS ON THE REALIZATION THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE STAFFING SHORTAGES FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS AND IT'S NOT A SHORT TERM ISSUE.
NOW, SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF OUR PERSONNEL, HOW DO WE PICK WHAT I'VE TRIED TO COMPILE UNDER THIS HEADING WERE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY OR OUR COUNCIL.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS HOW DO WE FIX THE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION ISSUES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? I CAN TELL YOU, I BELIEVE THERE'S SEVERAL ISSUES THAT ARE A HINDRANCE TO OUR RECRUITMENT AND LACK OF RETENTION OF OUR FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.
MOST OF WHICH I STATED AT PREVIOUS PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS.
BUT THEY ALL WARRANT REPEATING AT THIS TIME.
ONE OF THEM IS OPERATING OFF OF AN AMBULANCE BASE, AMBULANCE BASE, PARAMEDIC SERVICE DELIVERY SYSTEM IS A DETERRENT TO FOLKS COMING HERE.
OUR FIRE PARAMEDICS DON'T WANT TO BE AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS.
VERY FEW FIRE DEPARTMENTS UTILIZE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS AS AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS AND THOSE THAT DO ARE MIGRATING AWAY FROM IT TO INCREASE THEIR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION EFFORTS. THE MOST RECENT ONE THAT I'VE BECOME AWARE OF IS THE CITY OF OCEANSIDE, WHICH HAS DONE EXACTLY THAT.
ANOTHER OFFER, ANOTHER REASON WE'RE HAVING DIFFICULTIES IN RECRUITING AND RETAINING IS BECAUSE ORGANIZATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH LARGER OR REGIONAL FIRE FIRE DEPARTMENTS, THEY PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR AN INDIVIDUAL GROWTH AND FOR PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THE NEXT ISSUE IS SPECIFICALLY DEPARTMENT SIZE, WHERE A SMALL AGENCY WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND NOT HAVING THE ABILITY TO RESPOND WITH THE RECOMMENDED INDUSTRY STANDARD OF 17 PERSONNEL TO BUILDING FIRES.
THE FIREFIGHTERS CONSISTENTLY FEAR NOT HAVING THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO SAVE THE LIVES THEY'RE DEDICATED TO SAVE.
NOT TO MENTION THE ADDED CONCERN.
THAT THE BACKUP THEY NEED TO RESCUE THEM IF THEY GET OVEREXTENDED INSIDE OF A BUILDING FIRE IS UNPREDICTABLE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF MANPOWER ON THE INITIAL DISPATCH.
AND LASTLY, IT IS GOING TO BE I'M GOING TO STATE THE OBVIOUS.
IT'S TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGES.
ONE OF THE OBVIOUS ATTRACTIONS TO THE OTHER FIRE AGENCIES IS A TOTAL COMPENSATION PACKAGE. THE PRIMARY REASON FOR PERSONNEL TO CHANGE EMPLOYERS IN MANY INDUSTRIES IS A TOTAL HIGHER COMPENSATION THAT OTHER AGENCIES PROVIDE.
I REALIZE THE FIREFIGHTERS HAVE BEEN IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS AND I AM NOT DIRECTLY INVOLVED WITH THOSE NEGOTIATIONS AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO IT, BUT IT'S THE OBVIOUS THAT'S THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM AND IT DOES AFFECT OUR RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. THE NEXT GROUP OF QUESTIONS THAT TALK SPECIFICALLY TO THE CHANGES OF OUR DEPLOYMENT MODEL, AND THAT IS RAISED A LOT OF CONCERN UP AT THE COMMUNITY LEVEL.
AND I HOPE BY THE TIME I'M DONE MAKING THIS PRESENTATION, THEY'RE GOING TO BE REASSURED THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS PROVIDING BETTER RESOURCES AND MORE EFFECTIVE RESOURCES FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THOSE ARE THE TWO PRIMARY MOTIVATIONS FOR PUTTING IN SERVICE.
THE CHANGE OF DELIVERY OR CHANGE AND DEPLOYMENT THAT I'VE PUT IN PLACE.
NUMBER ONE, INCREASING THE PARAMEDIC LEVEL OF CARE WITHIN THE CITY BY MOVING THE TWO FIREFIGHTER MEDICS OFF A RESCUE AMBULANCE 61 AND PLACING THEM ON THE TWO ENGINE COMPANIES. WE BASICALLY TURN THOSE TWO ENGINE COMPANIES INTO PARAMEDIC UNITS.
SO THEY'RE BOTH AN ENGINE COMPANY AND A PARAMEDIC UNIT.
WE NOW HAVE TWO PARAMEDIC UNITS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THIS IS THAT WAS THE TYPES OF RESOURCES WE HAD IN PLACE WHEN WE HAD TO RESCUE AMBULANCES.
BY DOING THIS, IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR FIREFIGHTER SAFETY IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID LOSING
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ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL TO ILLNESS OR INJURY.OPERATING ON A PARAMEDIC ENGINE PROVIDES PERSONNEL, DIRECT SUPERVISION AND ACCOUNTABILITY WHILE WORKING ON THE EMERGENCY SCENE.
THIS PROVIDES A SAFER ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR PERSONNEL, ESPECIALLY FOR THE MOST INEXPERIENCED MEMBERS OF OUR WORKFORCE.
AND OPERATING OUT OF PARAMEDIC ENGINE ONLY EXPOSES FOUR PERSONNEL TO A POTENTIAL COVID 19 PATIENT RATHER THAN FIVE, WHICH ARE PREVIOUS DEPLOYMENT MODEL WOULD HAVE POTENTIALLY EXPOSED, THIS FURTHER REDUCES THE EXPOSURE AND POTENTIAL QUARANTINING OF OUR PERSONNEL SHOULD THEY BE NEED QUARANTINING AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE.
SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHY NOT STAFF A PARAMEDIC ENGINE WITH THREE PERSONNEL RESPONDING WITH FOUR PERSONNEL, A MINIMUM MANPOWER NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY PROVIDE PATIENT CARE WHILE ALSO PROVIDING FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AND THE FIREFIGHTERS? A THREE PERSON PARAMEDIC ENGINE IS INEFFECTIVE, REDUCES THE LEVEL OF CARE TO THE PUBLIC AND JEOPARDIZES THE SAFETY OF YOUR FIREFIGHTERS.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS WHY DON'T WE LOWER OUR STANDARDS AND HIRE EMPLOYEES RATHER THAN PARAMEDICS, IF WE HIRE EMPLOYEES, WE'LL BE FILLING THE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC POSITIONS TO FILL THE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC POSITIONS.
WE'LL BE PUTTING CAPTAINS WERE ENGINEERS INTO THE PRIMARY PARAMEDIC ROLE.
THIS IS PROBLEMATIC AND SCENE MANAGEMENT AND SCENE SAFETY AS IT REMOVES THOSE INDIVIDUALS FROM THEIR PRIMARY DUTIES.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE HAVE A PLAN AND WE ARE ADAPTING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL BASED ON PROVEN SERVICE DELIVERY MODELS.
PARAMEDICS ARE AN EFFECTIVE AND PROVEN SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL THROUGHOUT MANY FIRE AGENCIES IN CALIFORNIA.
THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHY DON'T WE ESTABLISH A FORMAL AGREEMENT WITH NEIGHBORING FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE PARAMEDIC UNITS WHEN WE NEED THEM? WELL, THE ONLY NEIGHBORING FIREFIGHTING WE HAVE IS THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. THEY'RE DEALING WITH THE SAME TYPE PANDEMIC THAT WE ARE.
AND THEY ALSO ARE LOOKING AT WAYS AT MAXIMIZING THEIR WORKFORCE TO MEET THE CURRENT COVID 19 EMERGENCY MEDICAL NEEDS.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT IS ALSO DEALING WITH A DEPLETED WORKFORCE.
THEY CURRENTLY HAVE OVER A 16 PERCENT OF THE WORKFORCE ARE EITHER SICK OR INJURED.
THEY DON'T HAVE EXTRA RESOURCES TO LIMIT LABOR TO LAND THE NEIGHBORS RIGHT NOW.
IN FACT, SINCE WE BROWNED OUT RESCUE UNIT ON SIXTY THREE, L.A.
COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT'S RESPONSE INTO THE CITY OF LA VERNE INCREASED BY THIRTY FIVE PERCENT. MUTUAL AID ONLY EXISTS AS LONG AS ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED ARE CONTRIBUTING EQUALLY . LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT RARELY GOES INTO NEIGHBORING CITIES TO ASSIST L.A.
COUNTY. WE CANNOT CONTINUE TO LEAN THAT HEAVY ON OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH L.A.
COUNTY. BUT WE COULD JEOPARDIZE FUTURE MUTUAL AID.
ANOTHER CONCERN RAISED BY MANY, AND IT WAS BECAUSE I DIDN'T MARKET THIS CORRECTLY AND WE DIDN'T GET THE INFORMATION OUT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE COST OF AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION.
LIVE VERY FAR APART. WHEN WE PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION WITH OUR RESCUE AMBULANCES, WE CHARGE FOR TRANSPORTATION JUST LIKE CARRY AMBULANCE DOES.
BOTH LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND CARE AMBULANCE BILL THE PATIENT'S INSURANCE COMPANY.
THE DEDUCTIBLE IS COVERED BY THE CITY OF LA VERNE UNDER EITHER SCENARIO.
HAVING SEEN THAT OR HEARD AND TALK TO SOME INDIVIDUALS THAT I HAD RECEIVED A BILL FROM CARE AMBULANCE, WE CIRCLED BACK WITH CARE E-MAILS TODAY AND WE FORMALIZED THE PROCESS WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE ANY PORTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION COSTS THAT ARE NOT COVERED BY THE PATIENT'S INSURANCE COMPANY WILL BE BILLED DIRECTLY TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE INSTEAD OF THE RESIDENTS. HOWEVER, IF A RESIDENT SHOULD RECEIVE A BILL FROM CARE, THEY SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY. AND WE WILL WORK DIRECTLY WITH KAREN MILLS TO COVER THAT COST BASED ON THE RESIDENTS PARTICIPATION, THE PARAMEDIC SERVICE FEE PROGRAM.
THE NEXT OBVIOUS QUESTION IS HOW MUCH REVENUE ARE WE LOSING AS A CITY BY NOT PROVIDING THE TRANSPORTATION? THERE IS REDUCED REVENUE TO THE CITY AS A RESULT OF LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT TRANSPORTING PATIENTS.
WE ARE LOSING ON AN AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME OF EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THESE REVENUE LOSSES ARE CURRENTLY OFFSET BY THE SEVEN VACANT FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS WE HAVE WITHIN THE LIVER AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
QUITE FRANKLY, I'D RATHER HAVE ALL THE POSITIONS FILLED AND BE MAKING THE MONEY, BUT WE DON'T. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH IT.
THE OTHER. AND NOW I'VE GOT SOME QUICK QUESTIONS WITH PRETTY SHORT ANSWERS, BUT IT'S KIND OF A ROUNDTABLE AT THE END.
FIRST QUESTION, IS THE LA VERNE'S FIRE DEPARTMENT PARAMEDICS STILL PROVIDE OR DO THE LA VERNE FIRE FIGHTERS STILL PROVIDE PARAMEDIC LEVEL CARE TO OUR RESIDENTS? YES, THEY DO. THE AMBULANCE IS ONLY PROVIDING THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE PATIENTS.
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IF THE PATIENTS REQUIRE A PARAMEDIC LEVEL CARE ON SCENE OREN ROUTE TO THE HOSPITAL, LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT, PARAMEDICS WILL CONTINUE THAT CARE ALL THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL WITH THE PATIENT. NEXT QUESTION IS CARE AMBULANCE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OR IN OUR FIRE STATIONS? THE ANSWER IS NO, CARE AMBULANCE HAS OVER 100 UNITS ASSIGNED TO THIS OPERATIONAL REGION.BASICALLY, THE GREATER THIS PART OF LOS ANGELES CARE AMBULANCE CONSISTENTLY MOVES UNITS AROUND THE REGION BASED ON CALLER ACTIVITY TO ENSURE ADEQUATE COVERAGE FOR ALL THE AREAS THEY SERVE. I WOULD BE REMISS IN NOT STATING THAT CARE AMBULANCE HAS BEEN AN OUTSTANDING PARTNER IN SUPPORTING OUR EFFORTS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY OVER THE LAST TWELVE WEEKS, EVERY TIME I CALL AND ASK, THEY SAY, YES, THEY'VE BEEN OUTSTANDING.
DO WE HAVE THE NEXT QUESTION? DO WE HAVE A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC AND FIREFIGHTER SAFETY? WELL, THE SHORT ANSWER IS NO.
BUT LET ME EXPLAIN IT. THE CURRENT CITY EMERGENCY THAT I'M DEALING WITH IS TRYING TO BETTER PREPARE THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND OUR RESIDENTS FOR A RESPONSE.
THE NATIONAL COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
ADDING AN ADDITIONAL PARAMEDIC UNIT TO THE CITY AT THIS TIME WILL HELP MANAGE THAT EMERGENCY AND PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
CAN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT OPERATE PROPERLY WITH EIGHT FIREFIGHTERS? WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE EMERGENCY AT HAND.
WE NOW HAVE TO FORM AN ENGINE COMPANIES.
THAT'S SUFFICIENT. IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD SERVICE DELIVERY PLATFORMS FOR MEDICALLY, IT'S FOR VEHICLE FIRES, FOR TRASH FIRES AND THOSE SMALLER WHAT WE CALL SINGLE UNIT RESPONSES.
HOWEVER, RESPONDING TO A BUILDING FIRE BEFORE MAIN ENGINE COMPANY PROVIDES LIMITED OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CREW TO ENGAGE IN INITIAL FIREFIGHTING EFFORTS WHILE STILL PROVIDING FOR THEIR OWN FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.
WITHOUT THE TIMELY BACKUP OF ADDITIONAL FIREFIGHTING RESOURCES, FIREFIGHTERS ARE LIMITED IN WHAT THEY CAN DO AS FAR AS EXTENDED ATTACK OR GETTING DEEPLY INVOLVED INVOLVED INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE STRUCTURE.
THEY'RE BASICALLY PUT ON HOLD UNTIL WE CAN GET RESOURCES ON SCENE SO THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO RESCUE THE FIREFIGHTERS SHOULD THEY BECOME ENTRAPPED.
INDUSTRY STANDARDS, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, RECOMMENDS THAT BUILDING FIRES GET A MINIMUM OF 17 PERSONNEL.
IF BOTH OF OUR ENGINE COMPANIES ARE AVAILABLE, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DISPATCH PERSONNEL AID ON THE ENGINES AND ON TO BATTALION CHIEF.
WE HAVE ONE MEDICAL AID IN THE CITY AT THE SAME TIME.
WE HAVE TWO MEDICAL AIDES, WHICH WE'LL JUST BE SENDING A BATTALION CHIEF.
AND LEANING ON MUTUAL AID TO FILL OUT THE ASSIGNMENT.
IF WE CONTINUE TO LOSE FIREFIGHTERS, WE NEXT QUESTION, SORRY.
IF WE CONTINUE TO LOSE FIREFIGHTERS, ARE WE PREPARED TO ENGAGE THE COUNTY WITH A TEMPORARY PAIN? MUTUAL AID AGREEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC SERVICE WHEN NEEDED FOR OUR RESIDENTS? BUT FIRST, LET ME STATE THAT MY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON RECRUITING FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS TO MAINTAIN OUR ABILITY TO PROVIDE PARAMEDIC SERVICES FOR OUR CITIZENS. ADAPTING OUR SERVICE DELIVERY MODEL TO PARAMEDIC ENGINES WILL HELP THOSE RECRUITMENT EFFORTS AND CURRENTLY PROVIDES US TO PARAMEDIC UNITS TO MAINTAIN THAT SERVICE DELIVERY. I'VE NOT SPECIFICALLY ASKED L.A.
COUNTY TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC RESOURCES WHEN NEEDED SPACES.
HISTORICALLY, FIRE AGENCY TO ENGAGE IN AUTOMATIC OR MUTUAL AID DO SO BASED ON THE ABILITY OF EACH AGENCY BEING ABLE TO EQUALLY SHARE RESOURCES BACK AND FORTH.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES OTHER THAN ON OCCASION MAYBE TO SEND ONE UNIT OUT, BUT ON A REGULAR BASIS WE'RE GOING TO BE HITTING ON THEM MORE THAN THEY'RE GOING TO BE HITTING ON US. LAST QUESTION HERE WAS SHOULD WE SEE A FURTHER REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL? OUR LAST STATEMENT, I SHOULD SAY, IS SHOULD WE SEE A FURTHER REDUCTION OF PERSONNEL? I WILL LOOK AT EXPLORING OTHER STAFFING OR MUTUAL AID OPTIONS.
WELL, TO SUMMARIZE ALL THE INFORMATION I JUST TALKED ABOUT, AND HOPEFULLY IF NOTHING ELSE BRINGS HOME THIS WELL, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A GOOD OVERVIEW, MY OPINION, THIS PLAN ALLOWS THE CITY TO TWO PARAMEDIC IT'S AVAILABLE AT ALL TIME.
THE DIFFERENT TRAIN. THIS IN OUR TRADITIONAL DEPLOYMENT MODEL IS THE PARAMEDIC SERVICE IS BEING PROVIDED BY PARAMEDIC ENGINE PLATFORM RATHER THAN A RESCUE AMBULANCE PLATFORM.
WE STILL HAVE TWO PARAMEDIC UNITS IN THE CITY.
PATIENT TRANSPORTATION IS BEING PROVIDED BY CARE AMBULANCE.
THERE'S NO EXPENSE, NO ADDED EXPENSE TO THE RESIDENTS.
THIS DELIVERY SERVICE MODEL WAS PUT IN PLACE FOUR DAYS AGO.
SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN NO ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE OR QUARANTINING OF OUR PERSONNEL DUE TO THE COVID 19 EXPOSURE TO COVID 19 PATIENTS, WE HAVE DEALT WITH SEVERAL OF THOSE IN THE WEEKS PRIOR LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ANSWERED EVERY CALL FOR SERVICE IN THE CITY.
ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS OVER THE WEEKEND, THERE WERE SIMULTANEOUS CALLS FOR SERVICE WITHIN THE CITY ON EACH INSTANCE, THOSE CALLS WERE HANDLED BY THE LA VERNE FIRE
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DEPARTMENT RESOURCES. THIS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THE CASE IN OUR PREVIOUS DEPLOYMENT MODEL.WE WOULD HAVE NEEDED THE ASSISTANCE FROM L.A.
COUNTY AT LEAST TWICE OVER THE WEEKEND.
THERE IS ONE. THERE WAS ONE FIRE WITHIN THE CITY ON FRIDAY, WHICH RESULTED IN BOTH ENGINES. BOTH ENGINES AND THE BATTALION CHIEF BEING COMMITTED FOR 30 TO 60 MINUTES.
OVER THE PAST FOUR DAYS, THERE WERE THREE PERIODS OF TIME WHERE ALL DELIVER AND FIRE DEPARTMENT RESOURCES WERE COMMITTED AND WE HAD NO RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE CITY.
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE DID NOT BOOK OFFICERS AT THAT TIME.
AND IF WE HAD WE HAD HAD AN INCIDENT, WE WOULD HAVE RELIED ON L.A.
THE PAST FOUR DAYS, ALTHOUGH A BRIEF PERIOD OF TIME RESULTED IN THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT HANDLING EMERGENCIES WITHIN OUR CITY AND NOT UTILIZING THE NEED FOR MUTUAL AID. I WANT TO END BY SAYING THAT YOUR LA VERNE FIREFIGHTERS REMAIN ON THE FRONTLINE AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADAPT AND MEET THE CHALLENGES WE'RE FACED WITH EVERY DAY.
PLEASE HELP US HELP YOU STAY HOME AND STAY SAFE.
AND WITH THAT, IF THE COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THEM.
YOU SAID YOU'RE IN A THIRD STAGE OF THE HIRING PROCESS.
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE IN THAT HIRING PROCESS? WE STARTED WITH TWELVE AND WE GOT THROUGH THE FIRST ROUND OF TESTING, WHICH ONLY INCLUDED 10. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO THE INTERVIEWS, WHICH WILL INCLUDE SIX.
WELL, THAT SOUNDS VERY OPTIMISTIC.
OUR EXPERIENCES, WE'D BE LUCKY TO GET ONE, TWO, MAYBE THREE OUT OF THAT GROUP.
BUT THEN LET'S SO I MEAN, A QUESTION YOU TALKED ABOUT.
PART OF OUR OUR ISSUES IN LA VERNE HIRING IS THAT THE 17 FIREFIGHTER FIREFIGHTERS A WHEN'S THE LAST TIME LA VERNE HAD 17 FIREFIGHTERS ON IT? ONE TIME. I'M SORRY, SIR, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.
YOU SAID. PART OF OUR RECRUITING ISSUES IS THAT YOU NEED 17 FIREFIGHTERS ON DURING ONE ONE ONE SHIFT.
AND SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN'S THE LAST TIME LA VERNE HAS HAD THE 17TH SINCE THAT IS ONE OF YOUR ISSUES ABOUT HIRING ROUTINE POLICE, THAT THE ISSUE WAS NOT SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT LA VERNE HAD 17 FIREFIGHTERS ON BOARD AT ANY TIME.
I DON'T BELIEVE THEY EVER HAVE. MAYBE BACK IN THE VOLUNTEER DAYS, THE THE EXAMPLE WAS GIVEN WHAT BASICALLY WHAT MAKES OTHER DEPARTMENTS ATTRACTIVE AND LA VERNE LESS ATTRACTIVE? IT'S THE ABILITY TO MUSTER A FIRST TERM ASSIGNMENT OUT OF YOUR OWN AGENCY.
AND KNOWING THAT YOU CAN PUSH A BUTTON, YOUR UNITS ARE GOING YOU HAVE 17 PEOPLE THERE.
AND THAT REASSURANCE THAT YOU HAVE WHAT INDUSTRY, WHY WE REFER TO AS AN EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING FORCE IN ROUTE WITH YOU.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE AND WHAT MAKES IT LESS DESIRABLE TO SOME CANDIDATES IS THAT THEY FEAR FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THEY KNOW THAT INDUSTRY STANDARDS 17 AND WE'RE GOING OUT THE DOOR WITH 9.
SO WHAT WHAT HAS BEEN OUR MODEL AS THE MOST WHEN WE ARE FULLY STAFFED? AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE, IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN ELEVEN WHEN WE HAD BOTH ENGINES AND BOTH FULL STAFF.
I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S BEEN FURTHER STAFFING OR BETTER STAFFING THAN THAT DURING THE LIFE OF THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BUT I'M JUST SPEAKING WITH MY EXPOSURE TO IT, NOT NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT SMALL TOWN LIKE LA VERNE. WE WOULD NEVER BE AT AND NEVER HAVE BEEN AT THAT MODEL OF THE 17 THAT WE PRIOR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GAIN AND EMPLOY FIREMEN JUST RIGHT NOW.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND THEM.
THAT WAS MY QUESTION BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT UP THAT 17 NUMBER WAS HOLDING BACK.
LA VERNE. BUT LA VERNE, IT'S NEVER BEEN THAT WAY EVER BEFORE.
NO, BUT LITTLE CITIES AND LITTLE CITIES THAT PARTICIPATED IN REGIONAL FIRE PROTECTION GET THOSE RESOURCES AVAILABLE AT THE PUSH OF A BUTTON BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST PART OF THAT REGIONAL SYSTEM. THAT'S WHERE SMALL TOWNS, MANY SMALL TOWNS GET AN INITIAL INITIAL DISPATCH OF 17 FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF A BIGGER SYSTEM.
DEVON, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME FROM THE TIME THAT RECRUITMENT STARTS TO THE TIME WE HIRE? HOW LONG IS THE PROCESS? NO, BASICALLY, WE LET WE HAVE A CONTINUOUS RECRUITMENT PROCESS GOING ON ONCE WE CLOSE IT.
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THEN WE OPEN UP THE NEXT DAY AND WE'RE ALWAYS RECRUITING.WE TRAIN YOU AS YOU GO ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS.
FOR WE GET ABOUT A DOZEN OR SO APPLICANTS.
AND AT THAT POINT, KNOWING THAT OUR HISTORY IS, WE'RE LUCKY TO NET ONE OR TWO OUT OF THAT, BUT AT LEAST WE WERE AGGRESSIVE AND WE'RE TRYING.
SO WE'LL WAIT TILL WE GET ABOUT A DOZEN APPLICANTS, USUALLY SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT THE HISTORY HAS BEEN WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE.
AND THEN WE'LL START THE TESTING PROCESS OR LET'S SAY IT TAKES SIX WEEKS TO BE OPTIMISTIC FOR THE APPLICANTS TO COME IN.
THEN BETWEEN OUR TESTING PROCESS, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND THEN THE BACKGROUND AND THE HIRING PROCESS TAKES SIX WEEKS AND THEN THE RECRUIT ACADEMY PICKS ONE WEEK AND THEN THEY'RE ON THE FLOOR. SO BASICALLY FROM THE TIME SOMEBODY TURNED IN THE APPLICATION UNTIL THE TIME WE GET THEM ON THE FLOOR IS PROBABLY ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS VERY FAST COMPARED TO OTHER LARGER ORGANIZATIONS WHERE IT COULD TAKE SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.
THE TIME THEY START HIRING PROCESS UNTIL THE INDIVIDUALS ARE OUT IN THE FIELD.
OK. AND THEN THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS OBVIOUSLY I WANT FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE OPEN AGAIN. WE HAD SINCE MARCH, BUT WITH THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.
SO THAT IS STILL SOMETHING I'M GOING TO KEEP PUSHING FOR.
I WANT STATION NUMBER THREE OPEN.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS RETENTION IS VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU KEEP SAYING THAT I DO NOT TRUST YOU.
WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PACKAGE IS NOT DESIRABLE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY AFTER THEY'RE HIRED.
THE ON THEY GO ELSEWHERE FOR A BETTER PACKAGE.
WE FIND THAT WE'RE IN THE MEDIAN PAY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A CONCERN FOR MINE.
IT'S MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN IT IS A QUESTION FOR YOU.
DEVON, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I REALLY FIND THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY WE ARE NOT RETAINING THEM. DO WE EVER DO EVALUATIONS WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING AND ASK THEM WHY ARE YOU FEEL WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO LEAVE? IT SAID IT WAS A STATEMENT, NOT A QUESTION, BUT DID YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT? I DO. SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH AN ANALYSIS IN THE NEXT COME NEXT FEW WEEKS AND MONTHS.
AND WHAT ARE THE THINGS WE WILL BE DOING IS REACHING OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LEFT THE ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, 12 MONTHS.
ANYBODY WE CAN TALK TO AND GET THEIR OPINION, I WANT TO GET I'VE GOT A A A THIRD PARTY CONSULTANT THAT I'M WORKING WITH, AND I WANT THOSE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
I WANT IT FROM SOMEBODY THAT CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL GIVING THE ANSWER DON'T FEEL LIKE THERE'S PRESSURE TO GIVE THE ANSWERS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, IT'S IT IS ABOUT TOTAL COMPENSATION.
THAT'S ANYBODY TRYING TO RAISE A FAMILY IS GOING TO LOOK FOR BEST COMPENSATION.
WE ALL KNOW THAT. BUT I'D MENTIONED SEVERAL OTHER THINGS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO DO THOSE RECRUITMENT AND THEY ALL COME INTO PLAY.
AND YET, IF WE'RE THE MEDIAN, THE MEDIAN MAY NOT OVERRIDE THOSE OTHER ISSUES THAT CAUSE PEOPLE NOT TO WANT TO COME OR NOT TO WANT TO STAY HERE.
BUT WE ARE EVALUATING THAT GOING FORWARD AND WE ARE GOING TO GET ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. OKAY.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE? I HAVE A COUPLE THANK YOU FOR SHARING THAT CHIEF INFORMATION.
SO THE QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE YOU HAD SAID, I THINK YOU I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY THAT YOU SAID A MUTUAL AID WITH THE COUNTY IS UP 35 PERCENT.
THAT WAS CORRECT. AFTER WE CLOSE THE RESCUE.
AND I MENTIONED THIS AND ONE OF MY PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS AFTER WE WERE IN IT FOR ONE.
I WANT TO SAY SIX, EIGHT WEEKS OR SO, I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM L.A.
COUNTY, MY COUNTERPART OVER THERE, NOT THE FIRE CHIEF, BUT THE LOCAL ASSISTANT CHIEF.
AND HE WANTED TO DO WHAT HE REFERRED TO AS A PULSE CHECK.
SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO GET SIXTY THREE BACK OPEN? DO YOU REALIZE THAT OUR RESPONSE IN YOUR CITY IS THAT IT IS UP 35 PERCENT? HOW MANY CALLS WAS THAT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. OK, OK.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN WHEN WE ONLY HAVE ONE PARAMEDIC IN THE CITY, THAT L.A. COUNTY WAS COMING IN HERE JUST ABOUT EVERY DAY.
IF THEY WEREN'T IF THEY MISSED A DAY OR TWO, THEN THEY WERE COMING IN TWO OR THREE TIMES THE NEXT DAY, AT LEAST ONCE A DAY.
THEY WERE COMING IN WHEN WE DIDN'T HAVE TWO PARAMEDIC UNITS IN THE CITY.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU SAID THAT THERE WAS ONE FIRE EVENT AND THAT BOTH UNITS WENT OUT, SO WE HAD NINE PEOPLE ON.
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WHAT'S THAT CALL SATISFACTORY WITH THE NINE OR DID WE NEED WHERE WE LACKING EIGHT AND WE JUST FAILED TO CALL MUTUAL AID OR WHAT WAS THE SITUATION OF THAT EVENT? THAT WAS A COMMERCIAL TRUCK, A GARDENING TRUCK WITH A COMMERCIAL TRUCK FIRE THAT OCCURRED UP OFF OF THE ESPERANZA.AND IT FORTUNATELY, IT WAS CONTAINED TO THE FRONT AREA, A TRUCK, THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT IN THE CAB AND THEN TO THE BRUSH AROUND IT.
WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE WITH THE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON FRIDAY AND THE THE MOISTURE AND OUR LOCAL VEGETATION THAT IT OCCURRED ON THAT DAY AND NOT TWO MONTHS FROM NOW FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. WE'RE ALSO WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THE BAR FIREFIGHTERS STOPPED THE SPREAD OF THE FIRE FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE BEFORE IT GOT INTO THE MULCH IN THE BACK, WHICH WOULD HAVE KEPT US WE WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE IT, BUT WE WOULD HAVE BEEN COMMITTED FOR HOURS ON THAT INCIDENT, PROVIDE THE OVERHAUL.
SO THAT'S SORT OF WHY THERE'S A LARGE COMMERCIAL TRUCK FIRE UP OFF ESPERANZA.
INITIAL KNOCK DOWN WAS PRETTY QUICK.
BUT BOTH ENGINES WERE ASSIGNED OUT OF FEAR FOR IT, SPREADING FURTHER INTO THE BRUSH AND THEN SPREADING INTO THE LARGE BULK CARGO THAT IT HAD ON BOARD.
THANK YOU, SIR. SO WHILE YOU TALK ABOUT THE BUILDING MODEL BEING 17, IT WASN'T A CASE WHERE WE HAD DEFICIENT RESOURCES RESPONDING TO THIS.
WE HAD ADEQUATE RESOURCES FOR THIS EVENT IS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY FOR THIS ONE.
YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FIREFIGHTERS WEREN'T FEELING VULNERABLE IN THIS EVENT BECAUSE THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT OUT A FIRE WITH LESS THAN ADEQUATE RESOURCES.
NOW, THE PERSON I FELT MOST VULNERABLE AT THAT POINT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, WAS ME KNOWING THAT WE HAD NO RESOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE STATE.
I MEAN, GOING TO GET A THIRD CALL OR THAT CASE OF SECOND.
ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSES.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT TONIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WENDY? YES. I JUST WANTED A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
YOU HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR REPORT THAT LOS ANGELES COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS ARE ALSO SUFFERING FROM A DEPLETED WORKFORCE.
ARE WE SEEING A DECREASE OR A DECLINE IN OVERALL FIREFIGHTERS ACROSS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA? OR IS IT SPECIFIC TO CERTAIN AGENCIES? SO THE NUMBERS ARE NOT.
BE CAREFUL WHAT NUMBERS YOU ASKED FOR.
RIGHT. BECAUSE THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET A SPECIFIC ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, BUT MAYBE NOT WHAT YOU MEANT TO ASK.
SO WHEN I SAY THEY'RE DOWN 16 PERCENT, THAT'S IN INJURED EMPLOYEES, ENGINEERS, SICK EMPLOYEES. WE ARE DOWN ABOUT THE SAME, ABOUT 13, 14 PERCENT INJURED AND SICK EMPLOYEES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT OVERALL VACANCIES WERE OVER 30 PERCENT BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH NO VACANCIES WE HAVE.
BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, I WOULD SAY THAT OUR NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY ARE CONSISTENT WITH LOS ANGELES COUNTY OF THE NUMBER OF INJURED OR ILL PERSONNEL.
AND THAT'S JUST AN INDUSTRY THAT JUST HASN'T DO THE JOB.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT'S TRUE.
THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION, I'M SURE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS IT? I WAS JUST ASKING IF THAT WAS AN OVERALL DECREASE OR PERCENTAGE ACROSS ALL AGENCIES OR YOU WERE JUST DRAWING A CORRELATION TO L.A.
COUNTY. IT'S IT'S A PRETTY GOOD CORRELATION.
DID HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, CHIEF.
AS IT RELATES TO WITH CARE AMBULANCE NOW COMING IN.
WOULD THE OPERATIONALLY EXPECT TO SEE ANY DELAY OR LAG WITH CARE COMING IN COMPARISON TO OUR UNITS? OR WILL IT BE SIMULTANEOUS? THEY'LL BE THE CARE AMBULANCES DISPATCHED BY L.A.
COUNTY FIRE AT THE EXACT SAME TIME THAT THEY'RE DISPATCHING OUR UNITS.
KEEP IN MIND THAT CARE AMBULANCE PROVIDES SERVICE FOR ALL OF THE CITIES AROUND US.
AND IT'S NOT JUST TODAY RETURNING THE FIRE STATION.
I HEARD A SIREN AND I LOOKED UP AND THERE WAS A CARE AMBULANCE ROLLING DOWN BONITA, THROUGH OUR CITY, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A CALL ON THE CITY, BUT THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE RIGHT THERE. THEY MOVED THEIR UNITS AROUND TO MEET THE NEEDS THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SIGNIFICANT DELAYS.
BUT THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR CARE BECAUSE THEY'RE USUALLY VERY AGGRESSIVE WITH THEIR MOVE UP MODELS. IT'S ALL BASICALLY COMPUTER GENERATED, COMPUTER DRIVEN WHEN AND WHERE THEY MOVE UNITS. IT'S VERY, VERY EFFICIENT SYSTEM.
A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE.
I'M SURE OUR RESIDENTS FEEL A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE, BUT STILL WE'RE NOT OUT THE WOODS, OBVIOUSLY. SO CARE AMBULANCE JUST TO GO BACK JUST TO UP THERE AT OUR BORDERS.
I HAD TALKED TO SOME RESIDENTS.
WHY DON'T WE OUTFIT THEM IN STATION THREE TO HAVE THEM LOCAL AT ALL TIMES? ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE'VE GOT THEM ON OUR BORDERS RIGHT NOW TO SUPPLY THE SERVICE TO FULL AMBULANCE SERVICE WITH THEM? THERE'S DIFFERENT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT YOU CAN GO INTO WITH CARE
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AMBULANCE. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM.IF THEY COME INTO THE CITY, THEY CAN CHARGE FOR A RESPONSE.
THAT'S TYPICAL FOR MOST, MOST CITIES.
THEN THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DEDICATE A UNIT SPECIFICALLY TO OUR CITY AND PUT ONE IN USE FIRE STATION. SIXTY THREE AS AN EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COMMITTEE. OR IF THEY CAN USE THAT UNIT TO GO OUT IN OTHER CITIES AND PROVIDE BACKUP, THEN THEY'LL DO THAT. THE NEXT LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WE CAN ENTER INTO WITH CARE AMBULANCE WOULD BE IN A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT TO TO PAY THEM TO DEDICATE ONE UNIT TO THE CITY AND IT WOULD NEVER LEAVE THE CITY.
THE OTHER THING THAT THIS I'VE DEALT WITH THIS IN MY PREVIOUS CAREER AND THIS IS A TYPE OF AGREEMENT WE HAD IN PLACE IN THE CITY OF SANTA ANA.
I'VE WORKED WITH THEM FOR A LONG TIME.
CARE AMBULANCE HAD EIGHT UNITS DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF SANTA ANA.
WE COULD GET AWAY WITH ONE DEDICATED TO THE CITY, LA VERNE, BUT THEY ALSO A PART OF THAT CONTRACT IS THEY PROVIDE YOU UNLIMITED BACKUP.
SO IF YOU IF YOU HAVE YOU NEED TO AMBULANCE FOR AMBULANCE OR 12AM, YOU'RE GONNA GET THEM AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANY INCREASE IN COST.
BUT THAT COMES WITH A SIGNIFICANT COST.
YOU'RE BASICALLY BUYING THAT AMBULANCE AND PARKING THEM IN YOUR CITY AND THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE ELSE. THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THAT IS THEN WHEN WE DO BILLING FOR TRANSPORTATION, WE GET THOSE MONEY, THOSE MONEYS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION, NOT CARE AMBULANCE. SO THE CITY IS BECAUSE AS PER THE STATE, BASICALLY, THEY BECOME A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER FOR OUR AMBULANCE SERVICE.
AND NOT EVERY CITY CAN DO THAT.
IT GOES BACK TO NINETEEN EIGHTY FIVE AND SOME LEGISLATIVE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE THEN.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO SOME RESEARCH THAT'S REFERRED TO US TO A ONE AND TO TWENTY FOUR RIGHTS. AND AS LONG AS THE CITY MAINTAINS THERE 201 RIGHTS, THEY CAN PROVIDE AMBULANCE SERVICES FOR THEIR CITY EITHER BY THEMSELVES OR THROUGH A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.
WE WERE DOING IT THROUGH BY OURSELVES.
WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING IT THROUGH A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER, BUT WE CAN DO IT THROUGH A VARIETY OF CONTRACTS WITH THAT THIRD PARTY PROVIDER.
IS YOUR SUGGESTION IS THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED RIGHT NOW, OR ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH THE SERVICES WE HAVE FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS? WHAT'S THE MODEL WE'RE DOING NOW? I THINK WE NEED TO FINISH DOING THE ASSESSMENTS THAT I'M ABOUT TO ENDEAVOR INTO AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT OUR OPTIONS GOING FORWARD.
BUT MY EXPERIENCE TELLS ME THAT THAT'S A MUCH BETTER MODEL BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT AND YOU'VE GOT A DEDICATED UNIT TO YOUR CITY AND YOU GET YOUR FIREFIGHTERS OFF OF THE AMBULANCE AND IT ELIMINATES THAT DETERRENT OF HIRING AND RETENTION OF PERSONNEL.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE ISSUES WE NEED TO DEAL WITH BECAUSE IT'S TEMPORARY, OBVIOUSLY.
BUT YET AGAIN, THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS WITH SERVICES AND STAFF RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW TO TO WORK IN HARMONY WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
SO, MR. CROSBY, YOU GOT A QUESTION JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, THAT ONE, CHIEF, THAT YOU JUST SAID, IF WE WEIGH INTO THAT MODEL OF THEM COVERING US SOLELY, WOULD THAT ALLEVIATE US HIRING TWO FIREFIGHTERS? COULD THEY JUST REALLY THE PLACE OF THAT THAT USED TO BE ON STATION THREE? WELL, NOW WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO OUR EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING FORCE THAT THAT HELPS DEAL WITH OUR NEEDS TO DEAL WITH OUR DAILY MEDICAL EMERGENCIES.
BUT NOT HAVING THOSE AS WHAT WE CALL A DUAL FUNCTION PERSON, BOTH AN AMBULANCE ATTENDANT AND A PARAMEDIC AND A FIREFIGHTER.
SO WE USED TO HAVE 11 PEOPLE ON DUTY.
WE COULD RESPOND TO A FIRE. WE'RE DOWN RIGHT NOW TO NINE.
IF WE WERE TO ENTER INTO THAT CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR CURRENT STAFFING PATTERN, WE ARE THEN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE ARE GOING TO DROP OUR EFFECTIVE FIREFIGHTING FORCE FROM 11 TO NINE FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S A DECISION THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF DEBATE ABOUT.
ANOTHER QUESTION IS. I'M VERY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA DO SOME TYPE OF FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL SCRAMBLING TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN REPAIR THIS ISSUE.
AND THIS ISN'T AN ISSUE THAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
IT'S BEEN ON FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS.
WE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PRE COVID 19 AND THE CURRENT COVID 19.
AND IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WE'RE BRINGING SOMEONE ON BOARD.
BOB AND CHIEF LEONARD, THAT TO HELP US TO SEE WHERE WE'RE LACKING, WHERE OUR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES ARE. AND IF WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR MODEL OF HOW WE DO BUSINESS TO IN ORDER TO HIRE THE PROPER FIREFIGHTER, PARAMEDICS OR EMT FIREFIGHTERS, SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'VE STATED. BUT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOON, IT SOUNDS LIKE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WE'RE MEETING WITH THAT CONSULTANT TOMORROW.
SO WHEN A FIRE CREW AT AN ENGINE ROLLS UP, YOU'VE GOT CARE AMBULANCE THERE, YOU'VE GOT A
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LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.DO THE TO DO THE PARAMEDICS JUMP OFF THE RIG AND GO WITH CARE AMBULANCE TO THE HOSPITAL? ONLY ONE OR TWO HOURS DEPEND ON THE SITUATION.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT? SO IT DEPENDS ON THE SEVERITY OF THE PATIENT AND THE AMOUNT OF HELP THAT IS NEEDED TO MANAGE THAT PATIENT TO GET HIM TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.
THE NORMAL SCENARIO, YOU WOULD PROBABLY JUST HAVE ONE PARAMEDIC IN THE BACK OF THE AMBULANCE ALONG WITH ONE OF THE EMT FROM THE AMBULANCE.
SO THERE'D BE TWO PERSONNEL IN THE BACK PROVIDING CARE.
AGAIN, WHEN WE HAD OUR OWN LA VERNE PA DEPARTMENT RESCUE AMBULANCES, TYPICALLY THERE WAS ONE PERSON IN THE BACK WITH THAT PATIENT GOING TO THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE ONE PARAMEDIC HAD TO DRIVE INTO THE PARAMEDIC WAS IN THE BACK.
SO THIS NEWS WORKING WITH CARE AMBULANCE, THEY COME WITH TWO ATTENDANTS.
ONE IS A DRIVER, ONE IS IN THE BACK WITH OUR PARAMEDIC.
SO ON ANY PARAMEDIC FOLLOW UP TO THE HOSPITAL, YOU'D HAVE A MINIMUM OF TWO PERSONNEL IN THE BACK. IF IT WAS AN ACUTE RESPIRATORY AND ACUTE CARDIAC OR ANY OTHER ACUTE PATIENT WHERE THEY NEEDED MORE HANDS TO EITHER PROVIDE FOR MEDICATIONS OR PROCEDURES, THEY WOULD LOAD UP THE BACK WITH AS MANY AS THEY NEED IN TODAY'S DAY AND AGE.
WE WE TRY NOT TO PUT ANY MORE PEOPLE IN THE BACK THAN WE NEED TO FOR OBVIOUS EXPOSURE REASONS. SO THEN WHEN THAT WHEN THAT INDIVIDUAL, LET'S SAY ONE INDIVIDUAL PARAMEDIC FIREFIGHTER JUMPS IN THE AIR, AMBULANCE GOES TO THE HOSPITAL.
AT THAT POINT WE'RE DOWN TO ONE PERSON ON THE ENGINE WHO'S GONNA GO PICK UP THAT INDIVIDUAL FROM THE HOSPITAL WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED FROM THAT PATIENT.
ONCE THE HOSPITAL TAKES THEM IN, IS THAT I KNOW WE KIND OF YOU MENTIONED ON THAT A LITTLE BIT HOW THAT'S GOING TO FUNCTION HERE.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS HERE.
SO ON YOUR BASIC CALL, THE AMBULANCE IS GONNA TRANSPORT TO THE HOSPITAL, THE ENGINE COMPANY. ONE OF THE PARAMEDICS WOULD GO IN THE BACK.
THEY WOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
THE ENGINE COMPANY WOULD FOLLOW TO THE HOSPITAL.
BUT IF YOU REMEMBER, ONE OF THE BIG PROBLEMS WE HAD WITH OUR OWN AMBULANCES IS THEY GET TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY'RE STUCK DOING WHAT WE CALL WALL TIME BECAUSE WE LITERALLY COULDN'T GET OUR GURNEY BACK, EVEN THOUGH WE COULD TRANSFER CARE TO THE HOSPITAL.
THEY KNOW WHERE TO PUT THE PATIENT IN THE WITH THE PARAMEDIC ENGINE CONCEPT.
THAT PATIENT COULD STAND THE GURNEY IN THE HALLWAY AS LONG AS THE NURSE ACCEPTS CARE FOR THE PATIENT. AND WE GO BACK IN SERVICE.
WE'RE NOT STUCK WITH THE WALL TIME.
SO THE HOUR WE'RE LUCKY THAT WE HAVE POMONA VALLEY PRETTY PRETTY CLOSE TO THOSE.
SO THE TURNAROUND TIME IS FAIRLY SHORT.
I COULD TELL YOU THAT ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES TO HAVING A DEDICATED AMBULANCE IN THE CITY THROUGH CARE, IF WE GO TO THAT NEXT LEVEL OF CONTRACT WITH CARE IS BECAUSE THAT AMBULANCE LIVES IN THE CITY AND IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PULLED AWAY TO A CALL AND SAN DIMAS OR POMONA.
WE CAN KEEP THAT ENGINE COMPANY BACK IN THE CITY AND NOT HAVE TO GO TO POMONA VALLEY.
AND WHEN CARE AMBULANCE COMES BACK INTO THE CITY.
YOU CAN DROP THAT PARAMEDIC OFF AT THE FIRE STATION.
THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN PORTIONS OF ORANGE COUNTY DOWN IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS ALL OF US AS THE RESIDENTS SAFETY AND THE RESPONSE TIMES AND THE AMBULANCE SERVICE.
WE NEED TO SERIOUSLY LOOK OUT. I'M LOOKING VERY FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT THIS ANALYST HAS TO SAY REGARDING IF WE DO NEED TO HAVE A CARE AMBULANCE IN OUR CITY AND PAY FOR THAT, WE'D HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS.
BUT JUST FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS AGAIN, SO DID IT ANYWAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHIEF LEONARD? THANK YOU, CHIEF LEONARD, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ENOUGH.
IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU AGAIN.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
[a. Urgency Ordinance No. 1094 - Repealing Urgency Ordinance No. 1093 Which Temporarily Prohibited the Eviction of Residential and Commercial Tenants for NonPayment of Rent Caused by the Coronavirus ]
FOR NOW, TO URGENCY ORDINANCE.IS THAT CORRECT? YES, MR. MAYOR. SO WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS URGENCY ORDINANCE 1094.
AND JUST FOR A REMINDER OF MYSELF, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM THAT WILL BE CALLED IN.
SO WE'LL BE TESTING OUT THAT NEW FUNCTION TONIGHT.
I'LL CALL IT, OF AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE THAT COUNCIL ADOPTED BACK ON MARCH 24TH.
AND IT IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS PUT IN THE TIME REGARDING PREVENTING A VIXENS AS A RESULT ON COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AS A RESULT OF THE RESPONSE TO THE EMERGENCY OF THE CORONAVIRUS AT THE TIME THAT THE COUNCIL WAS ASKED TO ADOPT THE URGENCY ORDINANCE.
THERE WAS NOTHING IN PLACE AT THE STATE OR AT ANY LEVEL THAT WOULD GIVE THAT PROTECTION TO OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESSES.
SINCE THAT TIME, THE STATE AS WELL AS THE COURTS HAVE COME IN AND MADE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT PROVIDE THE PROTECTIONS THAT ESSENTIALLY THE CITY CAN REMOVE ITSELF FROM BEING IN
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THE MIDDLE OF THIS PROCESS.AND PROBABLY ONE THAT WE'D PREFER NOT BEING AND IF WE DON'T, DIDN'T HAVE TO.
AND SO NOW THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS EXIST AND EXTEND TO THE RESIDENTS OF COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL REPEAL THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS IN PLACE AND ALLOW THE COURTS AND THE STATES TO BE THE ONE THAT THAT SUPERSEDE AND REGULATE THE NON EVICTION COMPONENT.
DURING THIS TIME AND I DO FEEL IT'S IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT BECAUSE I'VE HAD SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME COMMENTS I'M AT LEAST MADE TO ME THROUGH LANDLORDS AS WELL AS OTHERS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS DOESN'T LIMIT THE OBLIGATION TO PAY THOSE RENTS.
IT PROTECTS RESIDENTS FROM BEING FEARING THAT THEY WILL BE EVICTED IF THEY DON'T HAVE PAYMENT AND JUST SIMPLY WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO PAY IT OVER A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME, WHETHER THAT BE OVER A SIX MONTH OR TWELVE MONTH PERIOD.
THERE IS SOME QUESTION ON THAT, DEPENDING ON WHERE WHERE THAT FINALIZES OUT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND STATE. BUT OTHERWISE, IT DOESN'T ELIMINATE THE OBLIGATION.
IT JUST GIVES THE PROTECTION THAT THEY COULDN'T BE KICKED OUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PAY IT AT THE TIME. SO WITH THAT, I WILL SEE IF BOB KRESS HAS ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON IT.
BUT GENERALLY, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR REPEAL.
JUST IN THE PAST WEEK, IN ADDITION TO THE STATE, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR AND THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL ADOPTING COURT RULES IN THIS PAST WEEK, THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ENACTED ANOTHER EVICTION PROHIBITION. THAT'S POTENTIALLY EVEN MORE WIDE RANGING.
AND THEY HAVE STATED THAT IT APPLIES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, INCLUDING INCORPORATED CITIES LIKE LA VERNE. SO MY CITY ATTORNEY COLLEAGUES ARE RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTY CAN ACTUALLY DO THAT.
BUT THUS FAR, AGAIN, WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, THEY HAVE DONE THAT.
SO WE HAVE THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE JUDICIAL COUNCIL.
THERE THERE SIMPLY IS NO NEED FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE TO HAVE ITS OWN STANDALONE ORDINANCE. OK.
WE'RE WAITING FOR MR. RUSSI LEFT HIS ROOM THERE, YEAH, HE SAID THAT HE HAS A CALL COMING THROUGH THIS TOPIC.
SORRY, I WENT TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE SPEAKER ON THE PHONE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
WAS THERE A QUESTION FOR ME? NO, NO, NO. WE WERE JUST MR. KRESS HAD FINISHED AND WE WERE JUST WAITING TO BRING THAT PERSON ON THE TUBE.
DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. KRESS AT ALL? YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, I HAVE MR. FELIX SCOTT FELIX WITH HUTTON.
BASICALLY, I ECHO THE POINTS THAT CITY MANAGER BOB RUSSI AND CITY ATTORNEY BOB KRESS JUST MADE. WE GENERALLY AGREE WITH THAT DIRECTION WHERE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL LANDLORD IN TOWN AND THERE THERE ARE COLLECTION PROBLEMS. WE DON'T DESIRE TO EVICT ANYBODY.
WE WANT TO WORK WITH PEOPLE, BUT WE NEED PEOPLE TO BE RESPONSIVE AND COMMUNICATIVE.
I THINK THIS IS A GOOD STEP TO REPAIRING AND RESTORING ALL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CITY BETWEEN LANDLORDS AND TENANTS AND THEN GETTING EVERYBODY BACK TO WORK IN BUSINESS.
UNLESS ANYBODY HAS ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR ME.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. BACK TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS COMING IN? WE HAVE ANYTHING, BOB? J.R., DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT YOU RECEIVED VIA EMAIL? NO, NOT ON THIS TOPIC.
YEAH. MOVED TO COUNCIL, COMMENTS FROM OUR COUNCIL.
I GUESS I'LL LEAD OFF ON THIS ONE.
I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT WE PUT THE ORDINANCE IN PLACE AT THE BEGINNING, I THINK.
CITY STAFF DID A MARVELOUS JOB.
BOB AND HIS TEAM AND OUR CITY ATTORNEY DRAFTED AN ORDINANCE THAT WAS VERY RELEVANT AND I
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THINK IT WAS A SOLID PIECE OF WORK THAT ALLOWED SOME COMFORT TO OUR RENTERS, BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.I'M HAPPY TO NOW GET OUT OF THE WAY SINCE SOUNDS LIKE THE STATE, THE JUDICIARY AND SOUNDS LIKE EVEN OUR COUNTY ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE PLACE.
SO I DON'T I THINK THEY REMOVING OURSELVES WITH THE ORDINANCE NUMBER TEN NINETY FOUR WILL HELP TO SIMPLIFY THE PLAYING FIELD RATHER THAN HAVING ANOTHER LAYER OF PROTECTION.
SO I'M BOTH HAPPY THAT WE DID IT AND I'M HAPPY THAT WE CAN RESCIND OURS FIRST.
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BECAUSE THE CITY WE WERE PROACTIVE AT THE TIME WHEN IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE COUNCIL. BEING PROACTIVE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
THAT'S WHERE OUR STAFF'S CONCERN WAS.
SO BRINGING THAT TO US, WE ALL JUMPED ON THE TOPIC AT THAT TIME.
RIGHT NOW, HAVING THE COUNTY IN THE STATE, YOU KNOW, HAVING THESE RULES IN PLACE THAT WE DON'T NEED TO DO IT TO.
MR. CROSBY, YES, I ALSO I BELIEVE THAT THE COUNCIL, THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL HAD THE FORETHOUGHT, ESPECIALLY THAT THIS AUDIT WAS GOING TO NEED TO MEET UP ON APRIL 30TH.
BUT AT THIS TIME NOW, IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO REPEAL IT, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR STATE HAS STEPPED UP AND OUR COUNTY IS STEPPING UP TO PROTECT OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR BUSINESS OWNERS AS WELL.
AND THIS IS REALLY REPEALING IT ONLY A HALF A MONTH EARLIER THAN FOR US TO TO RESPOND TO IT. BUT I THINK IT'S THE RIGHT MOVE TO DO TODAY.
THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO, NO.
I REITERATE WHAT MY OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS SAID.
ALSO, MY ONLY CAUTION IS, IS THAT IN THIS COVID 19 ENVIRONMENT WHEN WE NEED TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS HOW FAST WE MOVE ON THINGS.
YOU MUST FOLLOW OUR LOS ANGELES COUNTY.
IN THESE THINGS. WE MUST PROTECT OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR AND OUR OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
BUT WE MUST ALSO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO WHAT'S GOING ON SO THAT WE BE VERY CAREFUL HOW WE GET INVOLVED WITH THE LANDLORD TENANT ISSUE.
IT GETS VERY DICEY AND IT'S VERY MUDDIED ALL WATERS.
BUT AGAIN, I DO COME IN THAT WE DID IT AND I AM IN FAVOR OF REPEALING THIS ORDINANCE ALSO. SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT.
I GUESS I GUESS IF I COULD MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT.
I MEAN, WE DID STATE WHEN WE INITIATED THE EMERGENCY ORDINANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THIS WASN'T MEANT TO BE AN EFFORT TO GIVE TENANTS ENOUGH THAT TO GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD. IT WAS MEANT TO BE INSTIGATION OR A HELP, A PLATFORM TO ENCOURAGE LANDLORDS AND TENANTS TO TALK TO EACH OTHER, TO FIND OUT HOW WE WERE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THIS NEXT PHASE. IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ONE SIDED OR AS A SLEDGEHAMMER.
IT WAS SIMPLY TO ABIDE IN OR INVITE AN ARENA BY WHICH PARTIES COULD DISCUSS PROACTIVELY AND TOGETHER ON HOW WE WOULD SHARE THIS PAIN.
BECAUSE, AS YOU SAID, THE CORONA VIRUS IS IT IS A PANDEMIC AND IT'S HITTING ALL OF US.
SO WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
MR. ATTORNEY? YES. OK. EXCUSE ME FOR A SECOND WHILE I GO THROUGH THE FORMALITIES OUR ORDINANCE NUMBER 1094 AN UNCODIFIED URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LA VERNE. REPEALING ORDINANCE TEN NINETY THREE.
PROHIBITING THE EVICTION TEMPORARILY OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL TENANTS FOR NONPAYMENT OF RENT CAUSED BY THE CORONA VIRUS.
THANK YOU. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE AGAIN.
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WE MOVE ON TO COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS.YES. IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO AT LEAST TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS ONE AND THEN YOU GUYS CAN JUMP IN HERE. AND AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS THAT WERE IN YOUR PACKET.
THE FIRST IS WHAT WAS THE SUMMARY OF ALL THE COMMITTEES? I THEN SENT COUNCIL A SEPARATE DOCUMENT THAT HAD WHAT WERE THE VACANT REQUESTS.
SO I'M SHOWING IT. WE'LL WORK OFF OF THIS SHEET.
THIS WILL BE THE EASIEST ONE TO WORK OFF OF.
AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WOULD BE THE MULTIPLE REQUEST LIST, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT WE'LL PROBABLY NEED TO SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME ON.
SO MY SUGGESTION AND I'LL CERTAINLY DEFER TO THE COUNCIL IF THEY HAVE A PREFERENCE
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OTHERWISE, IS TO FOCUS ON THE FIRST SHEET THAT HAS WHERE I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED MOST OF WHERE I THINK I'VE GOT MOST OF THE CONCERNS ADDRESSED OR I HAVE A COUPLE OF VACANCIES WHERE I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANYBODY TO SELECT TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE.AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO WHERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE REQUESTS FOR ONE DELEGATE OR TWO DELEGATE SPOTS. DOES THAT WORK FOR THE COUNCIL? I WAS HOPING WE COULD LOOK THE OTHER WAY AROUND, BUT I'M HAPPY TO GO ALONG.
WELL, THEY. THE ONE THING THAT THE ONLY AD THAT I HAVE AND CERTAINLY COUNCIL CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE ON THIS FIRST SHEET.
SO ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF THE WAY DOWN RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE MAYOR HEPBURN, WHO'S TAKING ONE WISHES TO TAKE ONE OF THE VACANT SPOTS AND COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY HAS OFFERED TO TAKE BECAUSE THEY STILL NEED A SECOND APP FOR THAT.
AND THAT IS BASICALLY THE SUBCOMMITTEE THAT WOULD MEET WITH OUR STATE LEGISLATORS OR WITH OUR COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES RATHER THAN CONVENING THE ENTIRE COUNCIL.
THEY WOULD REPRESENT THE COUNCIL IN THOSE MEETINGS WHEN WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM. SO THAT WAS THE ONLY AD THAT I HAVE.
AND I WILL JUST TELL YOU, FOR THE SAKE OF THE GROUP, THE ALTERNATES AREN'T AS CRITICAL FOR ME. BUT THERE ARE THREE THAT I REALLY FEEL TOO NOW THAT I REALLY FEEL THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE IT'S REPRESENTATION WITH OTHER BOARDS TO GET OUR VOICE HEARD.
AND THE FIRST IS THE FOOTHILL TRANSIT ZONE LIAISON.
AND THE SECOND IS THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, FOOTHILL TRANSIT MEETS ONCE A QUARTER AT 7:30 IN THE MORNING ON A FRIDAY AND THEY DO WITH AND BREAKFAST.
SO, YOU KNOW, BEFORE THE MEETING THAT SWEETENS THE POT A LITTLE BIT.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSIT AUTHORITY, WHICH IS OUR REPRESENTATIVE FOR OUR LOCAL GET ABOUT.
BUT AS A JOINT POWERS THAT WE HAVE A SEAT ON AND THAT MEETS EVERY OTHER MONTH AT FIVE O'CLOCK HERE AT LA VERNE CITY.
AND THE SECOND ONE, SORRY TO JUMP IN.
THE SECOND ONE, THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
THAT USED TO BE CHARLIE ROSALES.
OK. AS I REMEMBER JUST BEFORE, I GUESS IT WAS THE LAST MEETING OF THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
CHARLIE REMINDED OR TOLD ME AT THAT TIME THAT I WAS COMMITTED TO THAT.
SO I'LL TAKE THAT ONE AT LEAST.
LIVE UP TO MY COMMITMENTS TO MR. RPSALES. SO IF YOU LIKE, I CAN DO THE THE OTHER ONE THAT I WANT TO CALL HER AT 7:30.
WELL, I CAN BE HIS BACKUP SINCE I'M DOING THE POMONA VALLEY, SO I'LL BE AS HEALTHY AS ALTERNATE. OK.
WE NEED AN ALTERNATE ON THE POMONA VALLEY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
WE REALLY DON'T BECAUSE STAFF SERVES AS THAT ALLEGATION.
OK. SO WE'RE GOOD ON THOSE TWO.
IS THAT CORRECT? EVERY AGREEMENT THAT NOW.
SO SHALL WE GO FROM THE TOP DOWN? BOB, YOU GO FOR THE [INAUDIBLE] EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THOSE THOSE TWO ITEMS. YES. YES.
SURE. SO ON THE FIRST ONE, LET'S SEE.
FOR THAT, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE NECESSARILY NEED AN ALTERNATE ON ALL THESE, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. WE DON'T HAVE TO IDENTIFY SOMEBODY IN ALL OF THESE SPOTS.
SO AND THE EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION ISN'T REALLY AN ACTION GROUP.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT IF THE COUNCIL WANTS THAT WHEN WE CAN.
WELL, AS AS AS BOB STATED, RATHER, I HAVE BEEN ON COUNCIL FOR A WHILE NOW.
WE'VE BEEN ALTERNATES AND CERTAIN AND IT'S BEEN NOT UNLESS NECESSITY TO HAVE IT SO.
BUT THE POINT IS WE SHOULD HAVE A BACKUP JUST IN CASE FOR REPRESENTATIONS.
KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS NOT THE VIEW AS THE AD HOC COMMITTEE, NO EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, WHICH IS DIFFERENT.
THIS ISN'T WHAT I'VE BEEN ON SINCE THEN.
DO YOU WANT TO STAY ON THAT ONE? YEAH, YEAH. YEAH. NO, I'M STAYING ON IT.
NO, YOU'RE GOOD. THAT ONE IS COOL.
SO UNLESS WE WANT TO FILL A VACANT THE ALTERNATE.
WE DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING ON THIS ONE.
SO GOOD. I KNOW I COULD BE THE ALTERNATE CASE.
THE NEXT ONE IS TAKEN CARE OF UNLESS WE NEED A LEAGUE LIAISON FOR THE FAIRPLEX LIAISON COMMITTEE. THAT COMMITTEE ONLY MEETS TWICE A YEAR AND IT'S GENERALLY IN THE SPRING AND THEN IN THE FALL AROUND THE FAIR AND THEN THE DRAGS.
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SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER, LAU AND DAVIS THAT ARE GONNA BE SERVING.NEVER HAD A NEED FOR AN ALTERNATE.
OK. WE'RE ALL GOOD WITH THAT AND MOVE ON, BUT GO DOWN TO GOLDLINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE MUIR.
YOU'RE GOING TO SERVE WITH ROBIN AS A ALTERNATE.
YES. OK. IS EVERY OK WITH THAT? YES. YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO DO MUCH.
YEAH. I'M THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR FOR THE TWO COMMITTEES, SO.
WELL, IF YOU IF YOU NEED TO STAND IN AND LET ME KNOW, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR DON'T FALL SHORT.
HEY, THAT'S THE ONE AT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
DID WE DISCUSS THIS ONE YET? NO, NO. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THAT ON THE OTHER THREE.
WE'RE ALL WORKING OFF A DIFFERENT LIST, BUT THAT'S.
YOU KNOW, NOT THAT LIST OF THE OTHER LISTS.
SO LIKE COUNTY SELECTION COMMITTEE AND MTA CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE.
THAT IS A TOUGH ONE, BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER, THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THEY CONVENE MEETINGS WHENEVER THEY NEED TO FILL A THEY REPRESENT A REPRESENTATIVE OF AT A COUNTY LEVEL.
AND THEY HAVE TO GET A QUORUM OF 88 CITIES.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU'VE HAD THIS EXPERIENCE, MAYOR, WHERE THEY DON'T GET ALL THE CITIES TO SHOW.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE? WE DO LIKE WE DID BEFORE.
JUST CALL EVERYBODY AND SAY, ARE YOU AVAILABLE BECAUSE ONE OF US WILL BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE IT IS. ROBIN WILL ATTEST TO IT.
I'VE BEEN AT ONES DOWN IN L.A.
WHERE THEY CANCEL. I'VE BEEN TO SOUTH PASADENA.
WHERE I HAD A CALL, ONE OF THE MEMBERS TO GET OUT OF A JAM TO GET OVER TO THE PLACE TO MAKE A CALL. SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASY TO BE STUCK WITH MISSING ME.
AS WE'VE BEEN DOING KIND OF ROUND ROBIN, RUNNER UP, LOOK AT.
WHAT'S THE NEXT ONE? BY VIRTUE OF THE STATE CODE, IT HAS TO BE THE MAYOR THAT SERVES AS THE REPRESENTATIVE.
BUT THEN THE THE ALTERNATE WOULD BE MUIR IN THAT CASE, YOU'RE GOOD FOR THAT MUIR? FOR THE ALTERNATE? L.A. COUNTY SANITATION.
OK. SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PLACE LIKE COUNTY SANITATION, DISTRICT 21 AND 22.
ALL RIGHT. IF YOU'RE NOT YOU LOOKING AT THE LIST THAT BOB MOST RECENTLY TALKED ABOUT IT, THE ORDER IS DIFFERENT. SO.
WELL, CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION TOO IS, MUIR, YOU'RE TAKING MORE TIM YOU'RE TAKING MORE.
IT IS IN THE LIST. SO I JUST WANT TO STOP RIGHT THERE.
MY NAME SHOWS UP A TON OF TIMES.
REMEMBER, LAU IS COMING UP REAL QUICK.
OK. SO, LA VERNE, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
ALL RIGHT. SO WE NEED ONE MORE PERSON TO SIT.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAU IS THE ONE WHO WAS ASKED TO TAKE THAT ONE.
YOU WANT TO CONTINUE THAT, ROBIN? YES, I REALLY DO.
I'VE MADE A GOOD RAPPORT WITH THEM AND I USED TO BE THE DIRECTOR AT THE CHAMBER.
SO I HAVE A GOOD FEEL OF WHAT THE CHAMBER'S SUPPOSED TO DO.
COUNCIL MEMBER LAU, YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT.
THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD COMMITTEE.
IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY.
SO, OK. THE NEXT ONE IS THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES L.A.
DIVISION. YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE THAT IT KIND OF DOVETAILS WITH THE SELECTION COMMITTEE BECAUSE YOU KIND OF FALL TOGETHER.
SO I WOULD JUST AS SOON LEAVE THAT TO CALL.
MAKE A CALL. WHO IS EVER'S AVAILABLE? YEAH. OKAY.
WE'LL PARTICIPATE BY COMMITTEE.
WE'RE GOOD TO THAT. WE'RE GOOD TO GO. LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
I'D LIKE TO DO THAT ONE, RICK.
THAT'S WHAT I'VE ALREADY EXPRESSED TO MR. RUSSI. OH, YOU'RE DONE. YOU'RE GOOD.
I ACTUALLY HAD PUT MY NAME IN THERE.
NOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO BE ON, BOB.
AS A MAYOR, IT DOESN'T MATTER.
ROBIN? DID YOU WANT TO DO THAT, ROBIN? I COULD DO THE LEGISLATIVE.
THAT'S TWO SPOTS, SO THAT WOULD BE RICK AND ROBIN THEN, CORRECT? YES. PERFECT.
WE'RE GOOD THERE. WE'RE OK WITH THAT, EVERYBODY.
OK. I'M ON A VALLEY TRANSPORTATION.
WE GOT THAT DONE. THAT'S MUIR.
WE DON'T HAVE SOMEBODY THERE, I WILL TELL YOU.
WE ONLY RECENTLY INSTITUTED A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FROM THAT.
BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE IN IT, THAT'S FINE.
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THEY MEET ONCE A MONTH. THAT'S USUALLY LIKE 10:00 IN THE MORNING.MR. DAVIS, YOU EVER NAME DOWN THERE MIGHT BE AN ALTERNATIVE.
IF AND IF WE NEEDED SOMEBODY TO TAKE THE SPOT, BUT I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT BY COMMITTEE.
IT'S A TOUGH TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, IF IT MAKES IT EASIER IF I DON'T WORK.
I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE JOBS AT 10:00 IN THE MORNING, IF THAT WOULD HELP.
I CAN TAKE THE POSITION IN THERE.
YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
I THINK YOU FEEL WE NEED TO BE THERE MONTHLY.
I WILL CERTAINLY. IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF IF THEY NEEDED SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE, WHO WOULD WE BE REACHING OUT TO TO MAYBE COME TO A MEETING TO HEAR OR TO BE PART OF WHATEVER.
OKAY. NEXT IS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATE OF GOVERNMENT SCAG, MR. DAVIS. IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU WANT TO DO THAT, BUT AGAIN, IT WAS [INAUDIBLE] THAT WHERE I SAW IT WAS AN EMPTY SPOT.
BUT I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH ESPECIALLY WITH COVID AND THINGS GOING ON, WE SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION THERE.
SO I WAS HAPPY TO FILL IT IN LIKE SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE IT.
I WOULD SAY IF YOU WANT TO DO THE IF YOU WANT TO BE THE PRIMARY AND I DO THE ALTERNATE, I'LL BE FINE. OK.
I'VE ALREADY GOT THAT. I UNDERSTAND WE'RE GOING TO GET TO SAN GABRIEL, ALL ACCOUNTS OF GOVERNMENTS. I'D LIKE TO STILL FOCUS ON THAT.
SO. BUT YEAH, IF THAT IF THAT'S GOOD, WHAT DO WE NEED AN ALTERNATE ON THAT ONE? WE HAD A VIEW AS THE ALTERNATE JUST IN CASE.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S SOME CRITICAL.
BECAUSE WE WE CROSS LAP WITH SAN GABRIEL COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS, SO.
YOUTH SPORTS NOW, MR. DAVIS, YOU'VE PUT IN A LOT ALREADY AND YOU SAID HERE THE ALTERNATE JUST DOES THAT FROM VACANCY. IF YOU WANT ME TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF YOU, SINCE YOU'VE ALREADY BEEN PUTTING YOUR NAME ALL YOU WANTED.
YOU GOT IT, MAN. I WAS YOUR PLACE HOLDER, MAN.
WE'VE HAD A GO ROUND ROBIN AND ASK EVERYBODY.
I APOLOGIZE. YO. SO YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT? MR. CROSBY? YES.
YOUTH SPORTS. THAT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT, THE ALTERNATE FOR YOUTH SPORTS. YEAH. OH, OK.
GOTCHA. WILL BE THE ULTIMATE ON SPORTS.
RIGHT. SO YOU NOW SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME ON YOUR SPORTS.
WILL BE THE ALTERNATE ON YOUTH SPORTS.
WELL, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THIS ALL OUT ANYWAY.
IT'S FINE. OK. LIKE ROBIN NOW.
SO WE'RE DONE WITH THAT LIST NOW.
CORRECT. PAGE ONE, MULTIPLE REQUESTS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE MINE? THERE YOU GO. YEAH, WE'RE ON THAT FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE.
YES. AND WE NEED ONE DELEGATE.
WE HAVE TO REQUEST WE'VE GOT YOU, MR. MAYOR, AND WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
I WOULD. I KNOW THAT DON HAD THIS FOR MANY YEARS AND I WOULD FEEL THAT AS A MAYOR, I'D BE NICE TO DO THIS ALSO.
IT'S IT'S A REALLY GREAT COMMITTEE THAT'S DONE WONDERFUL FOR THE CITY.
ALTHOUGH THIS YEAR IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
I THINK WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT.
I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S WHAT'S THE THOUGHTS.
LET ME GET YOUR FEEDBACK ON THIS.
WHAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT OUR FOURTH OF JULY COMMITTEE EVERY PERSON THAT COMES KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING. THEY'RE GIVING REPORTS ON WHAT AREA THAT THEY ARE COVERING, WHETHER IT'S THE TRANSPORTATION, RATHER, IT'S A PARADE, THE CARNIVAL.
AND SO I WAS THINKING I'D MOVE UP TO THE CHAIR IN THIS TIM, HONESTLY.
YOU'VE GOT SO MUCH OF THE BIG COMMITTEES.
THIS WOULD BE REALLY NICE FOR WENDY.
I THINK SO THAT TIM, YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE SOMETHING ON THAT'S, YOU KNOW, RUNNING REALLY BY ITSELF ALREADY.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD STILL OPEN UP ON THE FOURTH OF JULY.
YOU KNOW, AT THE FOURTH OF JULY FIREWORKS SHOW, YOU WOULD STILL OPEN UP AS MAYOR AND GIVE THE SPEECH, YOU KNOW, IN THE WELCOMING AND EVERYTHING.
BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO STICK WITH A COUPLE OTHER COMMITTEES, BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT A LOT HERE, TOO, AND YOU'RE GONNA BE SO BUSY IN THE CITY DOING YOUR MAYORAL POSITION THAT I THINK THIS WOULD BE A SIMPLER ONE FOR WENDY.
I DO LOVE ME THE FOURTH OF JULY.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU REALLY WANT TO DO.
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I LOVE IT. I'M THE FOURTH OF JULY PARADE EVERY YEAR, SO I'M ALWAYS IN THE PARADE.OH, NO PROBLEM. HEY, WE WANT ENERGY.
THAT'S GOOD. OK, SO BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
WE HAD BOTH ROBIN AND RICK THAT WANTED TO AND I THINK YOUR SERVING ON THAT CURRENTLY TIM, CORRECT? YES. YES.
YEAH, I THINK SO, YES. YES, I DO.
OK. RICK, IF YOU WANT THAT POSITION, I'LL TAKE STAY WITH ALTERNATE, I'M ALREADY THE ALTERNATE OR IF YOU WANT TO BE ALTERNATE, I'LL MOVE UP.
SO YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU'D LIKE.
EITHER ONE, YOU KNOW, BOTH OF US WORK WELL WITH WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY.
WE BOTH WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ALREADY.
SO EITHER ONE IS FINE WITH ME.
OK. AND IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO TAKE IT BECAUSE I HAVE A BIG PROJECT.
I'M WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT NOW FOR LIFE AT THE GYM.
AND I'LL BE THE ALTERNATIVE. CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY.
THEY DON'T MEET VERY OFTEN, DO THEY, BOB? THEY REALLY. IT'S JUST ONCE A YEAR THAT THEY HAVE THEIR ANNUAL MEETING IN ROUGHLY JUNE, JULY MAYBE THAT WE HAVE A DELEGATE THAT GOES DOWN TO LA PALMA AND VOTES ON THEIR ANNUAL BUDGET AND HERE'S THEIR ANNUAL REPORT AND THEN OTHERWISE WOULD BE CONNECTED.
AND IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT COME UP VERY RARELY.
OTHER THAN THAT. I'VE BEEN THE ALTERNATE, I'VE BEEN A COUPLE TIMES.
CARLY WAS ON THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YEAH. SO.
SO IF I MAY INTERJECT JUST AS A POINT OF ORDER THAT THE REQUESTING OR THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT CAUSE. EXACTLY. THAT'S ASSUMING THAT THE INCUMBENT IS IS ALSO IN CONSIDERATION.
AND WHAT I HAD PUT OUT THE ASK IS, IS TO THE THREE OF YOU IS ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMITTEE, ANY COMMITTEES THAT YOU'RE ON THAT YOU'D OTHERWISE WANT TO GIVE UP SO THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL VACANCIES? AND YOU ALL KIND OF INDICATED, NO, I'M HAPPY WITH WHAT I HAVE.
IT'S JUST WHAT ADDITIONAL WITH THE VACANCIES ARE WE GONNA NEED TO FILL? SO IT ASSUMES THAT EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD STAY THE SAME AS FAR AS THE REPRESENTATIVE.
AND ON THIS ONE, IT'S WENDY AND MYSELF THAT PUT IT IN FOR IT.
EITHER WAY, I'M I'M ON MY JPA FOR MY DISTRICT AS WELL.
BUT IT'S WHATEVER, YOU KNOW, THIS COULD BE IN YOUR WHEEL HOUSE AS WELL.
SO, YEAH, I'M I'M HAPPY EITHER WAY ABOUT IT, TOO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE OTHER COMMITTEES DOWN THE ROAD THAT YOU ARE.
YEAH, WE COULD TOTALLY DO THAT.
YOUR NAME IS ACTUALLY QUITE A BIT FARTHER DOWN IF YOU WANT ME TO TAKE THIS ONE FOR YOU.
BOB, WILL WE DISCUSS? YEAH, I'M FINE WITH THAT.
WELL, CAN WE GO BACK UP ON I MIGHT HAVE DONE A FULL POT OF MONEY TO FIGHT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT. I WAS ON THAT PREVIOUSLY.
CORRECT. YOU'RE STILL ON IT? I'M STILL ON IT. GOOD FOR JUST TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATES.
ROBIN AND I'LL DO THAT TOGETHER NOW.
SO THAT SO JUST WE'RE ALL CLEAR THE COLUMN.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S LABELED NEED.
SO IT'S ONE DELEGATE. SO WHOEVER AS MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALREADY SITTING.
WHETHER WE GET INCUMBENT ALTERNATE OR THE INCUMBENT DELEGATE.
AND SO YOU'LL SEE LIKE THERE'S A FOR INSTANCE IN THE TRI CITY.
WE NEED ONE ALTERNATE. SO THAT HELPS.
IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE INCUMBENT TO SAY I DON'T NEED TO BE MUCH LONGER.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE.
WENDY, IF YOU'D LIKE IT, YOU CAN HAVE IT.
ALL GOOD WITH THAT? GO TO THE NEXT FINANCIAL COMMITTEE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A GROUP ON DEVELOPING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC BANKING AND I'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO PROMOTE THAT.
I KIND OF LIKE. I JUST NEED TO KNOW WHO WILL TAKE THAT OTHER SPOT.
ROBIN, YOU HAD ASKED TO STEP INTO IT AS WELL.
AND THEN I KNOW, TIM, YOU ALSO REQUESTED THAT ONE.
DO THEY MEET ON THIS ONE? IT'S ON ITS AS NEEDED.
THAT'S WHEN WHEN WE WERE DOING THE PENSION OBLIGATION BOND, WE MET A LOT MORE REGULARLY WHEN WE RESTRUCTURED THE FISCAL OR THE FINANCIAL POLICY TO ALLOW US TO DO A LITTLE BIT WISER INVESTING WITH OUR OVERNIGHT MONIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO ROBIN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT.
SURE. WE ALSO NEED AN ALTERNATE ON THAT.
SO, ROBIN, IF YOU WANT TO BE THE ALTERNATE, BECAUSE PRIOR IT WAS KENDRICK AND DAVIS AND
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RESULTS AS ALTERNATE.OK. THE ODDS ARE GOOD THAT WE'D LEAVE IT LIKE IT IS HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION LIAISON.
BETWEEN YOU AND WENDY? WELL, I WILL TELL YOU, WE'VE ONLY MAIL ONCE OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS WITH ONE WE OFFER TO THE HUAC, BUT WE HAVE NEVER BEEN INVITED TO COME TO SPEAK.
BUT WE'RE AVAILABLE IF THEY NEED US.
SO I'LL SAY IT'S NOT A BIG COMMITMENT RIGHT NOW.
I'M HAPPY EITHER WAY. SO, YEAH, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, IT'S NOT.
I DON'T MIND IF I'D STAY ON THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND.
WELL, I THINK I LIKE THEY'D GO WITH THE NEXT ONE.
THE NEXT ONE WAS THE MOBILE HOME PARK ONE WHERE YOU MR. HEPBURN AND LAU. SO YOU TAKE THE HOMEOWNERS AND WENDY TAKES THE MOBILE HOME PARK AND THEN IT'S I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO DO THE REVERSE IF THAT WAS IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOOK FURTHER AHEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE MOBILE HOME PARK LIAISON.
AND IF COUNCIL MEMBER LAU DOESN'T MIND DOING THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION LIAISON, THAT'S FINE. OK. THANK YOU FOR POINTING THAT OUT, MR. CROSBY. I WASN'T GETTING THAT FAR AHEAD.
I WAS MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAND IT OVER TO YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT, I'LL TAKE IT.
OK. I'LL BE WATCHING ON FRIDAY MORNINGS.
I'LL BE WATCHING OVER THE HILL.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW OFTEN THEY MEET, BUT I'M INTERESTED IN STAYING ENGAGED IN THAT.
IT'S ACTUALLY EVERY EVERY FRIDAY AT 6:30 WITH A GOLF CART.
[INAUDIBLE]. NOT QUITE THAT FREQUENTLY.
I THINK AS A REPRESENTATIVE, I CAN ARRANGE SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON A WEEKLY BASIS.
OK. SO YOU'RE GOOD WITH THAT? OK. SO TRI-CITY MENTAL HEALTH LIAISON.
THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT THE LIAISON.
THIS IS JUST THE ALTERNATE, THE LIAISON.
I'VE GOT YOU. WE'RE ALREADY THERE. OK.
SO MR. DAVIS OR MS. LAU. YOU WANT IT? YOU GOT IT. OK.
THAT WORKS. MY DAD USED TO BE THE CLINICAL SUPERVISOR THERE FOR PSYCHOLOGIST.
WHICH IS WHY THIS HAS A SOFT PLACE IN MY HEART, BUT I TRUST YOU'LL DO WONDERFUL WORK WITH THEM. SO I'M HAPPY TO HAVE YOU REPRESENT US.
ALL RIGHT. YES. WE'RE NOT TRYING TO GET RID OF YOU.
OK. BECAUSE I LOVE MY TRI CITY MENTAL HEALTH.
RIGHT. UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE LIAISON.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THAT JUST FOR THE FACT OF.
I'M SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
IS THERE A CONFLICT OF IT ALL BY YOU BEING ON THE BOARD ON THAT? JUST A QUESTION. NO, NO, NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
BOB IS SHAKING HIS HEAD, I CAN SEE IN THE CORNER.
NO DECISIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE. THIS IS JUST MORE OF A LIAISON ROLE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT RIGHT.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION. NO, GOOD QUESTION.
SO BUT I HAD LOOKED INTO THAT AND WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT.
SO SINCE THERE'S NO DECISION MAKING HAPPENING, IT'S JUST RELATIONSHIP BUILDING.
I'D LIKE TO BE ON IT JUST TO HELP CONTINUE BUILDING THOSE BRIDGES AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE INSTITUTION. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO I WOULD LIKE TO BE ON THE UNIVERSITY.
YOU'D LIKE TO DO THAT? I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, MARY, YOU'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.
I KNOW YOU GOT A LOT GOING ON.
YOU KNOW WHAT? IF I'M OK WITH THAT.
IF IF IF THAT'S THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
IF SOMEONE REALLY WANTS TO TAKE THAT.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO WITH WHITNEY.
I WORKED THERE FOR 17 YEARS AND THE UNIVERSITY IS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.
LET'S NOT GO TOO FAR THERE, JUST KIDDING.
I'M HAPPY TO BE AN INVITED GUEST.
WHENEVER YOU'D LIKE ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION.
OK. WE'VE GOT YOUTH AND FAMILY ACTION COMMITTEE.
I WOULD ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE TO DO THIS WHEN I WAS AT RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I WAS ACTUALLY ON THIS COMMITTEE AS A STAFF REPRESENTATIVE.
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AND SO I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY GO BACK ON IT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER IF THAT WAS OK WITH EVERYONE. I ACTUALLY THINK YOU'RE THE BEST PERSON FOR IT.SO I THINK YOU WOULD THINK YOU'D BE GREAT FOR IT.
SO I'M HAPPY TO STEP OUT OF YOUR WAY.
WELL, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE CHILDREN AND THE YOUNG ADULTS AT OUR SCHOOLS. AND HE'S GOT YOU'VE GOT THE YOU'VE GOT A HEARTBEAT TO IT.
AGREE. WELL, AND I'M THE I'M THE THE ALTERNATE.
SO IF WENDY, YOU WANTED TO BE THE ALTERNATIVE, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAND THAT TO YOU.
I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. I HEARD TIM SAY, I'LL DO IT, TOO, WITH RICK.
NO, I DID NOT. BUT I DON'T SPEAK FOR RICK.
NO, I THINK I THINK MR. CROSBY IS A GOOD. I HAVE NO PROBLEM BEING AN ALTERNATE IN CASE UNLESS MS. LAU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. WELL, NO, I'M HAPPY TO REMAIN THE ALTERNATE.
OK. OK. WENDY, IF SHE WANTED TO TO YOU TO ASK TO BE THE REP, THAT I WOULD BE HAPPY TO HAND THAT OVER TO HER.
YEAH. I MEAN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D LIKE TO BE INVOLVED WITH IT, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK RICK SHOULD BE THE DELEGATE.
YEAH. OH, YEAH. NO, I'M I'M JUST HAPPY TO RECEIVE TO GIVE YOU MY SEAT AS THE ALTERNATE.
ROBIN, YOU AND I. SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
MR. DAVIS, APPARENTLY YOU HAD ASKED TO LOOK AT THAT.
YEAH, I WAS HOPING TO STEP INTO THAT ROLE.
IS THERE. IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE THERE? THERE IS AN ALTERNATE POSITION ON THAT, BOB.
I MEAN, I. I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT IT KIND OF IN COMBINATION WITH SCAG.
AND SO. SO I GUESS I'M TAKING SCAG AND I'M HAPPY TO BE THE SCAG ALTERNATE.
YEAH, THAT'LL WORK OUT REAL GOOD BECAUSE I'M RIGHT NOW.
THIRD VICE PRESIDENT, WE HAVE ELECTIONS COMING.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA STEP UP AND I'M JUST NOT SURE IT DEPENDS ON WHAT THE BODY ELECTS.
BUT [INAUDIBLE], GOLDLINE, A LOT OF THESE COMMISSIONERS IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR FACES OUT THERE. THAT MEANS ALL OF US.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE REPRESENTATION, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH COVID 19 AND HOPEFULLY REOPENING SOON, SOMEDAY TO SOME NORMALCY.
WE REALLY NEED OUR WE NEED ALL OF US OUT THERE WITH BOB, WITH OUR ATTORNEYS, WITH ALL OF OUR STAFF TO REALLY WORK WELL WITH THESE OTHER CITIES, BECAUSE WE'RE ONE OF MANY THEY'RE FACED WITH SOME SERIOUS DECISIONS COMING DOWN THE ROAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE AND KEEP OUR BUSINESSES OPEN.
SO, OKAY, I'M GOING WITH THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE GOOD WITH EVERYTHING? NO. NO QUESTIONS, NO CONCERNS.
WE MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YOU DON'T GET TO VOTE ON THIS. WE JUST AGREED.
OH, YEAH. IF WE WANT TO TAKE A MOTION WITH THE CHANGES AND THEN WE'LL PUT TOGETHER A FINAL LIST. THAT'LL BE OK.
WELL, I HAVE A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR CHANGES OF THE COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS AS WE'VE DESCRIBED. SECOND.
AYE. MOTION IS PASSED AND HE'S LEAVING THE ROOM AGAIN.
WE WE HAD SIX APPROVALS ON THAT.
NO, JUST KIDDING. EACH ONE SEPARATELY, PLEASE.
LET'S GO GET THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YES. I'LL BE WAITING AND READY.
OH, IT'S WEIRD TO HEAR YOU, J.R..
YOU KNOW, I COULD TURN ON MY CAMERA, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE MUCH BETTER.
[INAUDIBLE]. WELL, I DO HAVE A HANDFUL OF PUBLIC COMMENTS, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ
[7. PUBLIC COMMENTS/ORAL COMMUNICATIONS]
THROUGH THOSE AND THEN OBVIOUSLY KEEPING TRACK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO ONES THAT ARE COMING IN LINE.SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH THOSE.
GOOD EVENING. HONORABLE MAYOR.
COUNCIL CITY MANAGER AND FIRE CHIEF.
I'M A BUSINESS OWNER AND CITY RESIDENT.
I READ ON THE FIRE FACEBOOK PAGE THAT BEGINNING APRIL 20TH, 2020 CITY FIRE AMBULANCE SERVICE WILL BE DISCONTINUED AND REPLACED WITH CONTRACT CARE AMBULANCE.
I AM PLEASED TO SEE THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX TO SOLVE ISSUES.
HOWEVER, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
FIRST, IS THIS A PERMANENT DECISION? WILL THE AMBULANCE PARAMEDIC FIRE SERVICE TAX BE DISCONTINUED? WILL RESIDENTS PAY THE PRIVATE AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR TRANSPORT NEXT? WILL THIS ENHANCE OUR FIRE ENGINE STAFFING? AND FINALLY, OVER SECTION 3.
FINALLY, DOES THE LA VERNE FIRE CHIEFS SEE THIS AS A HIRING BENEFIT OR DETRIMENT FOR RETAINING, FILLING, HIRING OPEN POSITIONS? WHAT DOES THE EMPLOYEE AND UNION POSITION ON THIS ISSUE? I LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE SUBJECT FROM YOU.
KIMBERLY. THIS IS FROM JACKSON SALINAS.
HELLO, I AM JACKSON SALINAS, LA VERNE RESIDENT, I'M SPEAKING OUT TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S DECISION TO NOT HAVE LA VERNE FIRE
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AMBULANCES IN OUR CITY, WHICH I DO NOT AGREE BECAUSE I WANT TO KEEP THOSE SERVICES IN OUR CITY. THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT AT PROVIDING THEIR SERVICES.I HAVE ALREADY EMAILE MAYOR TIM HEPBURN ABOUT THIS, BUT I AM ASKING ALL OF THE COUNCIL TO STAND UP FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY KEEP OUR FIRE AMBULANCES AND LA VERNE.
THIS IS FROM FRED [INAUDIBLE].
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, MR. RUSSI. THE OVERALL SAFETY OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND THE CITIZENS OF LA VERNE SHOULD BE YOUR TOP PRIORITY. NOTHING ELSE.
DEPARTMENT, IT'S ALMOST DOWN APPROXIMATELY 25 PERCENT FROM 2017 18.
THIS IN ITSELF HAS BEEN A HUGE COST SAVINGS TO THE CITY.
THE RHETORIC FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS WAS THAT IT WOULD BE REOPENED AGAIN IN SIX WEEKS.
STILL BLACKED OUT. NOW THE PROPOSAL TO RUN CARE AMBULANCES BECAUSE OF STAFF SHORTAGES.
LET'S STOP THE BLAME GAME AND SOLVE THE ISSUES OF FIREFIGHTERS LEAVING THE CITY.
RESOLVE THE CONTRACT ISSUES IMMEDIATELY PAY THE MEDIAN TO THE FD SO THAT WE CAN RETAIN THE FIREFIGHTERS WE HAVE LEFT.
IN ADDITION, THIS WILL SOLIDIFY NEW HIRES, SET ASIDE THE HIRING AND RETENTION FUND OF ONE MILLION PLUS. YOU ASK WHERE TO GET THIS MONEY FROM WHEN OUR TAX DOLLARS ARE SPIRALING DOWNWARDS AT THIS TIME.
FIND PLACES TO CUT SALARIES AND JOBS OTHER THAN POLICE AND FIRE.
TAKE A POLL FROM CITIZENS ON WHAT THEY THINK THE BUDGET SHOULD BE SPENT ON.
I THINK THAT POLICE AND FIRE WOULD BE ONE AND TWO OR TWO AND ONE ON EVERYONE'S LIST.
THE PREVIOUS REGIME HAD BEEN KICKING THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD FOR WAY TOO LONG.
NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS. YOU WILL HAVE TO INITIATE CHANGE TO RECTIFY THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL'S DECISIONS. COUNCIL MEMBERS DAVIS AND CARDER.
YOU NEED TO STOP THIS DESTRUCTION OF THE L.V.
F.D. IF THE CITY KEEPS TELLING THE L.V.
F.D. THAT THEY CAN'T AFFORD THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF SERVICES THEY DO BY ACTIONS, NOT WORDS, YOU WILL END UP WITH THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT.
BY DEFAULT, ALL FIVE OF YOU HAVE SAID YOU WILL DO WHAT THE CITIZENS WANT.
I THINK YOU KNOW THAT MOST CITIZENS WANT TO RETAIN A CITY F.D.
THE DECISION TO SUSPEND AMBULANCE SERVICE THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SURELY TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE FUNDING THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES THROUGH MEASURE G&G AND PARAMEDIC TRANSPORT FEES THAT GENERATE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY.
THE UNION REPRESENTING THIS DEPARTMENT HAS CLAIMED THAT THEY ARE LOSING GOOD FIREFIGHTERS TO SURROUNDING AGENCIES WHO HAVE BETTER COMPENSATION.
YET THEY HAVEN'T SIGNED A NEW CONTRACT FOR THEIR RANK AND FILE MEMBERS SINCE JUNE 2017.
THIS HAS AFFECTED THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING LA VERNE.
YET THERE IS A CONTRACT ON THE TABLE AND THE UNION WON'T RATIFY IT.
POLICE, PUBLIC WORKS AND ALL OTHER EMPLOYEE UNIONS IN LA VERNE HAVE SIGNED SIMILAR CONTRACTS. SO WHO REALLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UNCOMPETITIVE COMPENSATION THAN UNION HAS REPEATEDLY CITED FOR THE MASS EXODUS? THE CITY OF PLACENTIA, JUST 20 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF US, IS PULLING FROM THE SAME POOL OF POTENTIAL NEW HIRES.
THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THE COUNTY FIRE AND IS GOING BACK TO A CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN JULY. THEIR NEW FIRE CHIEF NEEDED TO FILL NEEDED A STAFF OF 53 ALL AND PART TIME STAFF FIREFIGHTERS TO RESTART THIS DEPARTMENT AFTER THEY LEAVE.
COUNTY FIRE. HE RECEIVED OVER 350 APPLICATIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS WHO WANTED TO WORK IN A SMALL CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT LIKE LA VERNE.
WHY AREN'T WE ATTRACTING THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY APPLICANTS FOR OUR POSITIONS? WHY DON'T WE HAVE A PERMANENT FIRE CHIEF TO INITIATE THE SEARCH LIKE THEY DID IN PLACENTIA? HOW ARE THEY PULLING IN SO MUCH INTEREST AS THEY MOVE AWAY FROM COUNTY FIRE? AND THE LAST POINT ABOUT PLACENTIA, THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDED THEY COULD NO LONGER AFFORD TO HAVE THEIR FIRE SERVICE THROUGH THE COUNTY.
THEY WILL PAY A SIGNIFICANT COST TO REINSTATE THEIR OWN FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE PURCHASE OF NEW ASSETS. BUT THEY HAD SEEN THE ANNUAL INCREASES RISING AT A RATE THE CITY COULD NOT AFFORD. THE COUNTY THOUGHT THE UNION WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO HOLD THIS LITTLE CITY OF FIFTY ONE THOUSAND, BUT THEY ARE BREAKING FROM COUNTY AND DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I ASK OUR CITY COUNCIL TO RECOGNIZE THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS ISSUE.
A RANDOM SURVEY LAST YEAR SHOWED 77 PERCENT OF RESIDENTS HERE WANT TO KEEP OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT IN LA VERNE AND NOT L.A.
COUNTY. LET'S PUT THAT REFERENDUM ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT AND TAKE THE DECISION THAT THIS FIREFIGHTERS UNION IS TRYING TO PUSH THE CITY INTO.
ANY MOVE TO L.A. COUNTY NEEDS TO BE APPROVED BY THE RESIDENTS, NOT THE UNION OR EVEN CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT I HAVE.
AND THEN WE JUST GOT ANOTHER ONE, SO I'VE GOT TWO MORE.
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THIS ONE IS FROM RICK BOWEN.IT SAYS, WHAT IS THE STATUS OF THE COUNTY STUDY REQUESTED BY DAVIS AND VOTED FOR LAST JULY? AND HE WAS JUST CONFIRMING IT WAS ALSO THE ONE I JUST GOT WAS FROM MR BOWEN, JUST CONFIRMING IF I GOT THAT QUESTION THAT I JUST READ.
THAT'S IT. THAT IS ALL I HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE JUST TO SEE IF ANYTHING ELSE COMES THROUGH.
IF WHILE HE'S WAITING, MR. MAYOR, I CAN AT LEAST TRY AND GIVE SOME RESPONSE TO AT LEAST THE LAST ONE.
THE RESPONSE ON THE STUDY IS THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY PART OF WHAT THE CHIEF WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER ON.
AND I EXPECT THAT SOMETIME IN THE NEXT I'D SAY 60 DAYS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT WE WILL BE ABLE TO BRING BACK TO COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN DO SOME TYPE OF STUDY SESSIONS.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TIMEFRAME WE'RE LOOKING AT.
I THINK IT'S SOMETHING TO HAVE A PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSION.
WE WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BE BACK IN SOME TYPE OF GATHERING SITUATION VERSUS THIS VIRTUAL MEETING. BUT WE WILL JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT WE'RE WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO RELEASE REMOVING SOME OF THE RESTRICTIONS.
SO MAYBE ALLOW THAT TYPE OF A FORMAT TO OCCUR.
CERTAINLY GET DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL.
AND NOTHING ELSE HAS COME THROUGH AT THIS POINT.
NO. JUST GET THAT, WOULD YOU, PLEASE? THANK YOU. THERE YOU GO. BYE.
ALMOST MADE IT THE WHOLE MEETING.
YOU WEREN'T YOU WEREN'T IN THE REST OF THE CITY WASN'T HERE FOR MY TOUR OF MY LITTLE WORKING SPACE. WELL, THE UPSTAIRS LANDING WITH THE TOWELS AND SHEETS INSTEAD OF FILE CABINETS. WE DID SEE YOUR DAUGHTER, TOO, BUT THAT'S.
WELL, LET'S MOVE TO COUNCIL COMMENTS.
[8. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMENTS.I JUST WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE STORY AND SAY A BIG THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, IN THIS TIME, THAT WEIRD TIME THAT WE'RE IN.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ARE SEEING SOME INTERESTING THINGS HAPPEN.
I WILL TELL YOU, I HAD SOMEONE SHOW UP AT MY HOUSE AT 1:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND RING THE DOORBELL. I SLEPT THROUGH IT.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE HAD SOMEONE RANDOM SORT OF WANDERING THROUGH.
BUT I DID CALL DISPATCH JUST TO ADVISE OF THE SITUATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY THANK YOU TO DISPATCH FOR BEING SO KIND.
AND TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR, YOU KNOW, SENDING FOLKS OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PROTECTED. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT OUR FOLKS DO ON A DAILY BASIS, NOT JUST DURING, OBVIOUSLY, THE TIME OF COVID 19, BUT ALL THE TIME.
AND I OBVIOUSLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR PARAMEDICS FOR THE GREAT WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING. BUT I ALSO WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR UNSUNG HEROES, THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE BEHIND THE SCENES OFTENTIMES AND DON'T GET THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT THEY DESERVE OUR PUBLIC WORKS.
OUR MAINTENANCE, OUR CITY STAFF, OUR FOLKS WHO ARE CONTINUING TO HELP MAKE SURE OUR CITY RUNS EVEN IN THESE VERY DIFFICULT TIMES WHEN BUSINESS IS NOT BUSINESS AS USUAL.
AND SO THAT OBVIOUSLY ADDS AN ADDITIONAL LAYER OF COMPLICATIONS TO A REGULAR WORKDAY, LIKE MOST OF US KNOW.
SO I WANT TO JUST MAKE SURE TO LET EVERY ONE KNOW.
YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOUR WORK.
AND I APPRECIATE YOUR DILIGENCE IN HELPING TO MAKE SURE OUR CITY CONTINUES TO BE AMAZING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, TOO, THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THIS KEEPS GOING ON AND FOLKS ARE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN CAN WE COME BACK? AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING TO, YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNOR AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.
JUST TO BE PATIENT AND TO, YOU KNOW, HANG ON.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER, WHETHER IT'S YOUR NEIGHBOR, YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR FAMILY OR THE BUSINESSES IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I THINK NOW, MORE THAN EVER, WE HAVE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT WHAT BRINGS US TOGETHER AND HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD AND AND BE UNIFIED SO THAT WHEN WE DO GET OUT OF THIS ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE CAN ACTUALLY HUG PEOPLE AGAIN AND MOVE ABOUT FREELY THAT WE'RE DOING SO WITH, I THINK, A BETTER SENSE OF COMPASSION AND GENEROSITY FOR ONE ANOTHER. SO THANKS FOR BEARING WITH THROUGH WITH US THROUGH THIS FIRST ZOOM CITY COUNCIL MEETING. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY HISTORICAL.
I HOPE SOMEONE'S TAKING THIS DOWN.
SO 50 YEARS FROM NOW THEY CAN MARK US AS THE FIRST ZOOM MEETING FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE AND IT CAN BE PART OF OUR CITY'S LORE.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAD ROUGHLY THE HIGH POINT FORTY VIEWERS, SO THERE WAS A PACKED ROOM.
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THAT'S PRETTY GOOD. CARDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO NEXT? YES, I WOULD. I'VE HAD A LOT OF PHONE CALLS AND EMAILS FROM SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE COMMUNITY. SO I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO WRITE TO OUR REPRESENTATIVE.THAT IS IN SAN DIMAS FOR CATHERINE [INAUDIBLE], WHO IS OUR COUNTY SUPERVISOR.
AND I ASKED HER TO TALK TO ME ABOUT WHAT IS THE COUNTY DOING AT THIS POINT, LOOKING FOR THE FUTURE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHAT IS THE PLAN? DOES THE COUNTY HAVE A PLAN TO WORK WITH OUR SMALL CITIES OUTSIDE OF L.A. AREA? AND SHE ACTUALLY IS GOING TO CALL ME TOMORROW.
WE HAVE A SET APPOINTMENT AND SHE SAID SHE CAN SHARE WITH ME AT THIS TIME THAT THE BOARD IS ALREADY IN TALKS ABOUT THE RECOVERY AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT SMALL BUSINESSES.
SO I WILL SHARE THAT WITH ALL OF YOU ONCE I TALK TO THEM AND I'LL KEEP THE COMMUNICATION GOING, BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY A CONCERN FOR, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE OUR BUSINESSES IN TOWN.
WE HAVE SO MANY RESTAURANTS, SO MANY SMALL NAIL HAIR APPOINTMENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE MISSING AND WANT TO GET THEM BACK UP AND RUNNING IN ALL THE LITTLE STORES, TOO.
SO THIS IS A REAL CONCERN, I KNOW, FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
SO I'LL KEEP YOU POSTED ON THAT.
THE OTHER ITEM I WANT TO SAY IS I WANT TO CLOSE WITH I WANT TO SAY THE COMMUNITY, AS WE ALWAYS SAY, AS OUR COMMUNITY, IS JUST WONDERFUL.
BUT THE VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE STEPPED UP OUR CHURCHES THAT I HAVE ASSIGNED TO ALL THE MOBILE HOME PARKS OR THE SENIOR APARTMENTS HAS JUST BEEN OUTSTANDING.
AND THEY THEMSELVES FEEL SO REWARDED HELPING THEM.
THIS PAST WEDNESDAY, WE HELPED SOWING SEEDS FOR LIFE AND TWENTY THREE HUNDRED CARS CAME THROUGH THE PARKING LOT OF L.A.
COUNTY FAIR. BUT BECAUSE OF SOWING SEEDS IS A LA VERNE BUSINESS, THEY ASKED LA VERNE TO HELP. SO WITH THE HELP OF BILL GAREY IN HIS DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, WE WORKED ON GETTING VOLUNTEERS AND IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE HELPING, SOWING SEEDS.
AND I JUST WANT TO PUT A BIG THANK YOU OUT THERE TO OUR COMMUNITY, EVERYBODY.
YOU ARE JUST SO OPEN HEARTED TO SHARE AND HELP ONE ANOTHER.
WARMING TO EVERYBODY'S HEARTS.
THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
I WANT TO CONCUR AND REITERATE BOTH WERE COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER SAID, AND THAT IS THAT I WANT TO THANK ALL OF THE CITY EMPLOYEES AND I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES THAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH.
THIS IS THIS IS A CHALLENGE LIKE SOME HAVE SAID HAVE BEEN IT'S BEEN OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
I REMEMBER HEARING STORIES FROM MY SISTER WHEN SHE WAS GOING TO COLLEGE IN CHICAGO THAT CHICAGO WINTERS WOULD LAST SOMETIMES IN APRIL AND MAY, AND THEY'D START IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AND USUALLY AROUND APRIL OR MAY 6, 7 MONTHS IN CABIN FEVER AND WINTER FEVER WAS JUST HITTING PEOPLE TO TWO CRAZY LEVELS TO WHERE THE RESPONSE TO ONE LITTLE THING COULD BE EXTRAORDINARY AND QUITE EXAGGERATED.
IT FEELS LIKE EVEN THOUGH IT'S ONLY BEEN A MONTH AND A HALF OR SO THAT WE'VE BEEN IN THIS FOR MANY MONTHS AND AND CABIN FEVER IS RUNNING AMOK.
AND I'VE HEARD IT, TOO, THAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WHEN CAN WE BE DONE WITH THIS? I WOULD SIMPLY SAY WE NEED TO BE PATIENT AND AND BE CAUTIOUS AS AS THE MAYOR WAS SAYING ABOUT WHAT STEPS WE TAKE MOVING FORWARD, BECAUSE THIS IS A.
IS THIS A PANDEMIC THAT THAT NOBODY ALIVE HAS INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF? SO WE'RE ALL SUFFERING THROUGH THIS TOGETHER.
AND LET'S JUST KEEP ON HANGING IN THERE AND LET'S REJOICE AND AND BE WITH OUR SMALL BUSINESSES WHEN WE CAN WHEN WE HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER AND LET'S GATHER AND LET'S SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN ANY WAY, IN EVERY WAY WE CAN.
AND SOME OF YOU MAY MIGRATE TO NEW BEHAVIORS WHERE A WAVE IS SIMPLE ENOUGH.
OTHERS WILL WANT TO SHAKE HANDS AND HUG.
I'VE BEEN A HUGGER ALL MY LIFE, SO I'LL I'LL I'LL I'LL SEPTET IF YOU TELL ME.
NO, ALL YOU WANT IS A WAY FROM NOW ON.
LET'S MOVE TOGETHER AND LET'S MAINTAIN OUR ARE OUR NEIGHBORS AND OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE AND WE'RE SUFFERING THROUGH A DEEPLY STRESSFUL TIME AND WE CAN MAKE IT. WE JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, MR. CROSBY. THANK YOU, MAYOR.
AND I WANT TO FOLLOW UP WITH COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, CARDER AND LAU TODAY.
I'M NOT USUALLY HOME, BUT I GOT TO MEET OUR WATER METER READER.
EUGENE, WALKING AROUND HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM AND ABOUT HIS DUTIES AND WHAT HOW HE STAYED SAFE AND WORKING PARTIAL DAYS AND HOW THE CITY IS REALLY HELPING OUT THEIR
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EMPLOYEES TO TO TO NOT BE AT WORK.ONLY THE ESSENTIAL TIMES, TOO.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE CITY WORKING WITH OUR EMPLOYEES AND TRYING TO KEEP THEM SAFE.
TO FOLLOW UP WITH CHIEF LEONARD'S MESSAGE TODAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT WE DON'T WANT TO WE HAVE TO HEAR THE MESSAGE.
AND WHAT STATE WE'RE IN, WE DON'T HAVE TO LIKE WHAT THE STATE WE'RE IN WITH THE FIREFIGHTERS. AND WE REALLY NEED THAT THE RECRUITMENT PIECE.
THAT IS THAT PIECE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE.
I KNOW ONE OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS SPOKE ABOUT THAT.
AND WE NEED TO GET MAYBE A BROADER BASE OF OUR RECRUITMENT AND WE NEED TO REALLY FIND OUT HOW WE CAN GET MORE PEOPLE.
BUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE, OF COURSE, WE DON'T WANT TO HIRE JUST A BODY.
WE WANT TO HIRE THE RIGHT BODY TO HELP AND PROTECT US AND TAKE ALL OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS AND OUR POLICEMEN THAT ARE OUT THERE PROTECTING ALL OF US DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
I'M GONNA SAY IT EVERY TIME AND TELL THIS TO YOUR CENSUS.
OUR CENSUS IS SO IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY THAT WE NEED TO BE COUNTED.
SO MAKE SURE THAT YOU COMPLETE IT.
THEY EXTENDED THE DATE THROUGH AUGUST NOW.
BUT DON'T WAIT TILL LAST MINUTE.
IT ONLY TAKES YOU FIVE MINUTES.
AND THE LAST PIECE THAT'S TO ITEM SORRY IS IF YOU CAN A WILLING TO GIVE BLOOD.
I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT THIS WEEK AT NEW HOPE.
IT IS. IT'S EASY TO GO ONLINE AND THEY DON'T JUST TAKE WALK UPS ANYMORE.
BUT YOU HAVE TO REGISTER AND HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.
THERE'S ALSO DISTANCES AND GO IN AND AND GIVE BLOOD BECAUSE REALLY THE HOSPITALS REALLY DO NEED NOT NEED THAT.
AND LAST IS, IS SHOP LA VERNE.
MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING MONEY IN LA VERNE AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
IF YOU HAVE THE MEANS, MAKE SURE AND HELPING OUT THE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.
WE HAVE A GREAT ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE CITY OR THE CHAMBER REALLY SHOWS WHAT BUSINESSES ARE OPEN. SO FOLLOW UP AND MAKE SURE OUR MONEY COUNTS THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR TO US. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO REITERATE WHAT ALL MY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SAID.
I WANT TO FIRST THANK BOB ROSSI, OUR CITY MANAGER AND ALL THE DEPARTMENT HEADS.
AS I WALK INTO CITY HALL TODAY.
WE ARE CONFORMING TO COVID 19.
AND THANK YOU, BOB. ALL THE STAFF ARE FIRST RESPONDERS OR INTERNAL STAFF, PEOPLE THAT CAN WORK FROM HOME. THIS IS A THIS IS DIFFICULT FOR EVERYONE AT THE CITY LEVEL.
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT OUR STAFF IS SAFE.
WE TRY TO KEEP OUR NUMBERS EXTREMELY DOWN TO BE ABLE TO START THIS DISPLACED BACK UP.
THE SECOND IS THANK YOU FOR A CHIEF LEONARD.
AS MR. CROSBY STATED, IT'S NOT PERFECT, BUT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING THE ASSET ASSESSMENT DONE SO THAT WE CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE AT.
WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHETHER WE CHANGE OUR MODEL, HOW WE RECRUIT OR JUST.
BUT WE'RE LACKING SEE WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DO TO GET TO OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BACK UP AND RUNNING. THE LAST ONE.
MRS. CARDER, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
WITH CATHERINE BARDER, SHE DID SEND A LETTER TO MR. RUSSI, ADDRESSED TO MR. RUSSI AND MYSELF, JUST THANKING US AS A CITY.
WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR COVID 19 AND HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH IT AND FOLLOWING THE GUIDELINES, STATE STATE GUIDELINES AND REALLY KEEP AN EAR TO THE RAIL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING ALL THE NECESSARY STEPS TO KEEP OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES SAFE.
THE LAST ITEM IS, IS WHAT MR. CROSBY AND ALSO YOU BOTH REITERATED.
I TALKED TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER HOLDEN TODAY AND MATT LYONS REGARDING I'D LIKE TO START SOMETHING. AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THIS AND TO REOPEN LA VERNE, MAYBE A MAYORAL TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT THIS LIKE RIGHT AWAY, TO PUT OUR CHAMBER TOGETHER, PEOPLE FROM OUR CHAMBER, OUR BUSINESSES, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF TO THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN. AND HOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WE DON'T KNOW.
BUT WE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE NAIL SALONS OR THE HAIR PLACES OR RESTAURANTS, HOW WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THIS.
HOW ARE THE RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO OPERATE? HOW WE CAN STILL STAY SAFE WHILE WE'RE STILL IN THAT PANDEMIC.
OBVIOUSLY NOT TILL AFTER APRIL 15TH.
AND OBVIOUSLY TO FOLLOW OUR OUR STATE GUIDELINES, OUR CDC GUIDELINES, LOS ANGELES COUNTY, TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO LOOK AT BECAUSE OUR BUSINESSES, ALL OF THEM ARE LIFEBLOOD FOR THE STABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
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SO WE'D LOVE TO MAYBE LOOK INTO THAT AND COUNCIL.OUR ASSEMBLYMEMBER HOLDEN WAS VERY, VERY, VERY ATTUNED TO THAT.
AND IT'S A BIG TOPIC THAT THE STATE, GOVERNOR NEWSOM HAS FORMED A TASK FORCE ON, NONE THAT SIMILAR THING WITH JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE LIST OF PEOPLE FROM COMPANIES AND UNIONS AND CEOS. AND I MEAN, ACROSS THE BOARD, THERE MUST BE A HUNDRED ON THERE THAT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN SOON AND WE NEED TO BE AHEAD OF THE GAME.
ALL THE STAFF AND EVERYONE AND PLEASE, EVERYONE OUT THERE.
DON'T FORGET TO WEAR YOUR MASK, PLEASE.
IT'S WORKING. YOU PEOPLE ARE GETTING OUT.
YOU'RE SEEING PEOPLE ON RIDING BIKES.
PLEASE KEEP IN TOUCH WITH YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT. AND HELP IF YOU CAN HELP, PLEASE.
IS THERE ANY OTHER BUSINESS, MR. RUSSI? JUST THAT WE ARE ADJOURNED TO THE TWENTY THIRD.
THURSDAY. YES. THERE'S THE 23RD.
WE'LL HAVE A MEETING WITH REGARDING THE OVERSIGHT APPLICANTS.
VERBAL PRESENTATIONS OF CITY COUNCIL.
YEAH. AND THAT'S SORT OF THE FORMAT WE WILL USE AS IS THERE 20 MINUTES.
THEY WILL EACH GET THREE MINUTES.
YOU WILL JUST HEAR STATEMENT OF THEIR QUALIFICATIONS, I'LL CALL IT, AND THEN WE'LL NARROW THAT DOWN TO 10 FROM THERE AND WE'LL DISCUSS THAT MORE ON THURSDAY.
YES. THAT IS THE BUSINESS AT HAND.
THERE'S NO OTHER BUSINESS. I CALL THIS MEETING ADJOURNED.
LIKE THAT? THAT'S MY SANITIZER BOTTLE.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.