[00:00:01] >> IT'S THREE O'CLOCK. [1. CALL TO ORDER] >> [INAUDIBLE] >> BOB. >> YEAH. >> DANIELA NAVI. WE ONLY HAVE ONE WOMAN ON, WHICH IS MARLENE CARNEY; IS THAT CORRECT? >> I DON'T KNOW. >> I BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE. >> YEAH. >> YEAH, I THINK DANIEL IS A MALE. >> OKAY. THAT'S JUST LOOKING GOOD. LET'S START TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT THREE O'CLOCK OR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE APPLICANT PRESENTATIONS. IF WE COULD ALL RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, AND READY, BEGIN. THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] MR. RUSSI, WOULD YOU LIKE TO BEGIN? [4. Oversight Committee (Measure LV) Applicants Presentations] >> YES. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CANDIDATES THAT WE HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION FOR THE TAX OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THERE ARE FIVE THAT NEED TO SELECTED, YOU RECEIVED THE APPLICATIONS FROM 20 INDIVIDUALS. THE SUGGESTED PROCESS THAT COUNCIL WILL FOLLOW IS TO NARROW THAT DOWN TO 10, THAT WILL THEN BE BROUGHT BACK FOR INTERVIEWS WITH THE PANEL OF COUNCIL AND THEN DISCUSSION BACK AND FORTH, IN A TRADITIONAL INTERVIEW SETTING. [NOISE] WE'RE GOING TO USE THE PROCESS HERE SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE DID WHEN WE HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICANTS, AND THAT WAS TO GIVE EACH APPLICANT THREE MINUTES TO TELL MORE ABOUT THEMSELVES, THEIR RESPECTIVE EXPERIENCE, AND WHAT WOULD MAKE THEM A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR THIS. THERE WILL BE NO QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT AGAIN, WE WILL BE TAKING THIS THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS ON HOW TO NARROW IT DOWN, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PART OR ARE THERE CLARIFICATIONS FROM COUNCIL? WHAT I PROVIDED COUNCIL WITH, AND I'M HOLDING THIS UP AS BEST I CAN, IS A FORCED RATING SHEET. THIS HAVE BEEN PROVED TO BE HELPFUL WHEN WE HAVE SELECTIONS LIKE THIS. ALL 20 CANDIDATES ARE LISTED DOWN ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE AND THEN ACROSS THE TOP WOULD BE HOW WHEN YOU INTERVIEW OR GET COMMENTS FROM EACH ONE. THE WAY THIS FORM WORKS IS, YOUR FORCED, OBVIOUSLY, DANIEL IS YOU'RE FIRST ONE, SO HE WILL BE YOUR NUMBER ONE CHOICE. AS YOU MOVE DOWN, YOU WILL THEN DECIDE IF HE OR MR. BARTELL ARE YOUR NUMBER ONE. SO IT'LL BE ONE, TWO AND SO ON, AND SO FORTH. SO EACH TIME YOU'LL BE FORCED TO DECIDE WHO YOUR ONE THROUGH WHATEVER NUMBER CANDIDATE YOU'RE ON IS. SO WHEN YOU GET TO THE END, YOU'LL HAVE YOUR ONE THROUGH 20 ALREADY SELECTED. THAT MAKES SENSE? SO BEFORE WE BRING IN THE FIRST CANDIDATE, ONE OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO DECIDE IS WHAT SELECTION PROCESS WE WANT TO TAKE. I HAD SHARED WITH COUNCIL TWO APPROACHES AND WE CAN CERTAINLY OPEN UP FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION. THE ONE APPROACH IS THE ONE THAT WE HAD USED LAST TIME, WHICH WAS ESSENTIALLY ASKING COUNCIL TO SELECT TWO OR THREE OF THEIR TOP CANDIDATES, WHICH WOULD THEN BE ADDED TO THE LIST AND THOSE WOULD BE SEEING IF THERE WERE MATCHES AND THEN WE WOULD GET TO 10 INDIVIDUAL CANDIDATES. THE OTHER SUGGESTION IS, EACH COUNCIL IDENTIFY THEIR TOP FIVE, I WILL BE KEEPING A TALLY OF HOW MANY TIMES A CANDIDATE'S NAME MULTIPLE TIMES THEIR NAME IS SELECTED. A CANDIDATE WHO HAS MORE MULTIPLE SELECTIONS WILL OBVIOUSLY BE GIVEN PRIORITY. SO IF WE HAVE A CANDIDATE THAT GETS THREE AND THEN THE REST ARE TWO, THAT ONE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY BE INCLUDED AND THEN WE WOULD SEE HOW MANY HAD TWO, AND THEN WE WOULD ADD THOSE TO THE LIST. IF AT THE END OF THAT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO 10, WE WILL TAKE THE REMAINING CANDIDATES THAT WERE ON THE COUNCIL'S TOP FIVE AND RE-RATE JUST THOSE, NOT THE ONES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SELECTED IN. SO THAT WOULD BECOME THE UNIVERSE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CHOOSE AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THE MULTIPLE SELECTIONS UNTIL WE GOT TO 10. SO THAT WOULD BE MY OTHER SUGGESTION OF HOW TO DO IT, BUT I AM OPEN FOR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OR MODIFICATIONS SO THAT, THAT WOULD SUIT THE COUNCIL. [00:05:03] >> [OVERLAPPING] COUNCIL IS GOING TO BE A TOTAL OF FIVE? >> YES. >> OKAY. >> YES. THE INDIVIDUAL THAT IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT ON, THEY'RE NOT ALL LISTING. JUST THE ONE INDIVIDUAL, CORRECT? >> THEY COULD BE LISTENING BECAUSE IT IS LIVE. >> OKAY. IT'S LIVE. THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT WE'RE GIVING TO THEM FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION FOR THE AMOUNT OF TIME THEY HAVE WHICH IS THE TWO MEN, 45 SECOND WARNING. THREE MINUTES TOTAL, IS THAT? >> THE CITY CLERK HAS ALREADY GIVEN THAT, BUT I WILL REMAIN IN THE BACK AND THEN THEY ALREADY GOT THAT WHEN THEY GOT THE E-MAIL OF WHAT THIS PROCESS WAS GOING TO BE EARLIER THIS WEEK. SO THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT. >> SORRY, IF I INTRODUCE, SO YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE START. >> I WILL LET THEM KNOW THAT I HAVE THE TIMER RESET FOR TWO MINUTES, 45 SECONDS THAT WILL GO OFF. ALL OF THAT. >> BOB, YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE WILL PICK A TOTAL OF 10 TODAY, AND THEN INTERVIEW THEM DOWN TO THE TOP FIVE, CORRECT? >> YES. THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE WHEN WE DO A TRADITIONAL INTERVIEW SETTING WHERE THE COUNCIL, WHETHER IT WOULD BE IN A LARGER ROOM WITH THE CANDIDATE OR IN THIS FORUM HERE, WE WILL HAVE TO DECIDE THAT. WE'LL HAVE EACH CANDIDATE INDIVIDUALLY, THAT YOU'LL HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS, THE SAME QUESTIONS FOR EACH CANDIDATE THAT YOU WILL ASK, AND THEN YOU'LL BE RATING THEM INDIVIDUALLY. THEN THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO MAKE A SELECTION, CONSENSUS WISE IS HOW WE'VE DONE IT BEFORE OF WHO ARE THE TOP FIVE CANDIDATES FROM THERE. >> OKAY. >> IS EVERYTHING CLEAR? >> YEAH. I THINK WE CAN DECIDE OPTION A OR OPTION B AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, RATHER THAN RIGHT NOW. UNLESS YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW. >> I THINK, JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO COUNCIL. IT MAY BE HELPFUL FOR THE COUNCIL TO KNOW WHAT TARGET THEY'RE SHOOTING FOR, WHETHER IT IS THE TOP THREE OR THE TOP FIVE AND THAT'S SO. THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION, BUT CERTAINLY WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO. >> OKAY. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION AND THAT WE DECIDE THAT NOW, BECAUSE THAT SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE APPROACH. I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT OPTION B WHICH IS, GIVE OUR TOP FIVE AT THE END OF THE ROUND. >> I LIKE THAT TOO, I'LL SECOND THAT. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> OKAY. SO TOP FIVE. >> PERFECT. OKAY. I WILL GO AHEAD AND I THINK YOU ALL HAD, SORRY. MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? >> NO, I WAS JUST SAYING I'LL BE GOING ON MUTE. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU HAD ALL DECIDED, OTHER THAN THE MAYOR TO BE ON MUTE TO NOT DISRUPT THE CANDIDATE WHEN THEY CAME IN. SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR THE FIRST CANDIDATE TO BE TRANSFERRED IN. LUPE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HE'S NOT. EXCUSE ME. [NOISE] LUPE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? [BACKGROUND] ALL RIGHT, WE'RE OFF TO A SLUGGISH START. SO SHE'S GETTING HIM ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW [BACKGROUND] 228 [BACKGROUND] YES. WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO TURN OFF MY VIDEO [NOISE] HELLO. THANK YOU. MR. ANAVI? HELLO, MR. ANAVI? HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. YOU'RE NOT ON SPEAKER YET BUT I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKER RIGHT NOW TO GIVE A THREE MINUTE OVERVIEW OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I WILL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS AT WHICH TIME YOU'LL HAVE 15 SECONDS, THEN I WILL REMIND YOU WHEN THE TIME IS UP. ALL RIGHT? >> ALL RIGHT. >> MR. ANAVI, ARE YOU THERE? >> YES, I'M HERE. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? >> YES. >> OKAY. YOU MAY GO AHEAD. >> HI, MY NAME IS DANNY ANAVI AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND OF MY EDUCATION EXPERIENCE. I HAVE A BA DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION WITH A CONCENTRATION IN ACCOUNTING FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON AS OF MAY OF 1999. UPON GRADUATION, I BEGAN WORKING WITH THE FRANCHISE TAX BOARD AND REMAINED THERE FOR NEARLY 14 YEARS AS AN AUDITOR OF CORPORATE AND INDIVIDUAL TAX MATTERS. AS AN AUDITOR, I REVIEWED TAXING RECORDS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL AND STATE INCOME TAX LAWS. I WORKED AS A FORENSIC AUDITOR IN THEIR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION BUREAU, [00:10:01] WHERE I WORKED WITH VARIOUS INVESTIGATORS IN THE OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF TAX LOSS FROM CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. AS OF AUGUST OF 2013, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS AN INVESTIGATIVE AUDITOR. AS AN INVESTIGATIVE AUDITOR, I'VE WORKED WITH INVESTIGATORS AND DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS TO PERFORM FINANCIAL AUDIT OF SUSPECT'S FINANCIAL RECORDS AND ISSUE A REPORT BASED ON MY FINDINGS. I'M ALSO CALLED UPON TO TESTIFYING COURT PROCEEDINGS REGARDING MY WORK PERFORMANCE. SOME OF THE CASES THAT I WORKED ON INCLUDE WHITE-COLLAR CASES SUCH AS MONEY LAUNDERING, ELDER ABUSE CASES, INSURANCE FRAUD, AND PUBLIC INTEGRITY WHICH FIELDS A VARIOUS GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL. I ALSO OPERATE MY OWN ACCOUNTING FIRM IN AUCKLAND WHERE WE PERFORM ACCOUNTING AND TAX SERVICES FOR BUSINESS AND INDIVIDUAL CLIENTS. I AM A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT SINCE JUNE OF 2004, AND A CERTIFIED FRAUD SPECIALIST SINCE JULY OF 2014. [NOISE] I'M ALSO ACTIVE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AS I'VE SERVED AS A CHAIRPERSON OR A MEMBER OF VARIOUS COMMITTEES AT HOLY NAME OF MARY CHURCH. SOME OF THESE INCLUDE THE CHAIRPERSON OF SAFEGUARD THE CHILDREN COMMITTEE, CO-CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD'S FINANCE COMMITTEE, TREASURER OF THE PARENT-TEACHER BOARD COMMITTEE, AND ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SAFETY COMMITTEE. JUST WITH THESE BACKGROUND OF WHY I WOULD LIKE TO JOIN THIS COMMITTEE. I FEEL THAT MY 20 YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE CAN REALLY HELP THIS COMMITTEE DEVELOP THE GUIDELINES AND SAFEGUARD TO ENSURE THE FUNDS ARE PROPERLY SPENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GUIDELINES. AS A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE FOR NEARLY 36 YEARS, I WOULD LIKE THE CITY TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND GROW. SO ANY WAY I COULD USE MY SKILLS TO HELP, I'M MORE THAN WILLING TO PROVIDE MY TIME AND SKILLS. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. ANAVI. >> WE WILL COUNT AND WE'LL MAKING A SELECTION, AND I'LL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH YOU PROBABLY THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT? >> THAT'S GREAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. >> MR. RUSSI? >> GO AHEAD. >> I THINK YOU SHOULD INTRODUCE BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING ON THE PHONE AND STUFF. SO YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD. I THINK IT'S EASIER AND IT FLOWS BETTER. >> SORRY. OKAY. I WILL DO THAT. >> YEAH. >> LUPE? >> OKAY. JUST A MOMENT WHILE I TRANSFER YOU. >> THANK YOU. IS THIS MR. BARTELL? BARTELL? YES. HI, THIS BOB RUSSI. I WILL BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKER WITH THE COUNCIL IN A MOMENT. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS. YOU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF THREE MINUTES. YOU'LL JUST KNOW THAT YOU WILL HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT AT THAT TIME, OKAY? >> THANK YOU. >> YES. HI, ARE YOU THERE? >> YEAH, I AM. >> OKAY. COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR HIM? >> ALL GOOD? >> YES. >> ALL GOOD? >> YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY COULD HEAR YOU. YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. >> NO WORRIES. GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT EACH OF YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE LA VERNE COMMUNITY NOW FOR 32 YEARS, AND I RECALL VIVIDLY WHEN I ANNOUNCED TO MY FAMILY THAT I WAS MOVING TO LA VERNE FROM THE ARCADIA AREA. THEY ALL THOUGHT THAT I WAS COMPLETELY OUT OF MY MIND, AND THAT THEY WOULD NEVER SEE ME AGAIN. AS FOR TODAY, I HAVE SEVEN FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE MOVED TO LA VERNE AND RAISED THEIR FAMILIES HERE JUST AS I HAVE. I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT LA VERNE, LOVE LA VERNE. I APPRECIATE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU IN REGARD TO THE CITIZENS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'VE BEEN WITH MY CURRENT EMPLOYER NOW FOR 23 YEARS AND HAVE GROWN FROM A DIRECTOR OF SALES INTO THE CURRENT POSITION, AND HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM A BUSINESS CLIMATE PERSPECTIVE SINCE I WORKED FOR A PRIVATE COMPANY. THAT ALONG WITH JUST GENERAL BUSINESS ACUMEN, MY PASSION FOR LA VERNE, MY ETHICS, MY INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, CANDOR, I FEEL BRINGING CHARACTERISTICS TO THE POTENTIAL POSITION THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL NOT ONLY FOR THE COMMITTEE ITSELF, BUT FOR THE CITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU, TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS, EXPECT US TO PROVIDE. THE RESULTS YOU EXPECT US TO PROVIDE. THAT IS REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY ASIDE FROM [00:15:02] WHAT'S ON MY APPLICATION BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO BE REDUNDANT, BUT I DO WANT TO BE SINCERELY APPRECIATIVE AND RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME AS WELL. I'M HAPPY TO FILL ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> THANK YOU, MR. BARTELL. IN DIFFERENCE OF TIME, THE COUNCIL ISN'T ASKING ANY QUESTIONS NOW. THEY'LL BE MAKING A SELECTION OF THEIR TOP 10 WHO WILL THEN BE [NOISE] BROUGHT BACK FOR QUESTIONING WITH EACH OF THE CANDIDATES. MY PLAN IS TO, I GET ONCE I NARROW THAT DOWN TODAY, IS TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUALS COME MONDAY ON WHO WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR THAT NEXT ROUND. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. >> THANK YOU. >> I APPRECIATE YOUR [OVERLAPPING]. >> THANKS, MR. BARTELL. [NOISE] >> LUPE? LUPE, DO WE HAVE JEFF ON THE PHONE? [BACKGROUND] HELLO? HELLO, IS THIS JEFF? >> HI, THIS IS BOB. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU ON THE PHONE WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS IN A MINUTE. I'M SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS. ONCE THAT GOES OFF, IT WILL JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL 15 SECONDS, OKAY? OKAY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] JEFF, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM. >> MR. BASLER, COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? >> YES. >> OKAY. VERY GOOD. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> OKAY. I'VE GOT A BA IN MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCES FROM POMONA, CALIFORNIA WITH BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION EMPHASIS. I WAS A MERCHANDISING MANAGER FOR JC PENNEY, WHICH INCLUDED ASSORTMENT PLANNING, HAVING THE RIGHT STUFF AT THE STORE AT THE RIGHT TIME ON A BUDGET. I RUN MY OWN BUSINESS FOR 28 YEARS, AND A TREASURER FOR SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH EVENT PLANNING, WHICH INVOLVES RESOURCE PLANNING FOR MANY THINGS FROM LA VERNE HEIGHTS FALL CARNIVAL, TO SOCIETY FOR ADVANCEMENT OF MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE. I RUN A METAL FACTORY, WHICH INCLUDES MATERIAL PLANNING, HAVING WHAT'S NEEDED WHEN YOU NEED IT, AND I OVERSAW SPECIAL PROJECTS. I GOT SOME WORKING FAMILIARITY WITH THE CITY AND SOME OF THE PEOPLE IN IT, AND I'M INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THE CITIZENS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE GETTING THEIR VALUE OUT OF THE TAX, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING I DON'T UNDERSTAND FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT, MY WIFE IS IN HIGH-LEVEL FINANCE FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION. I'M SURE SHE CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND IT. >> OKAY. SO COUNCIL, THIS POINT, WE'VE ELECTED THAT THERE WON'T BE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THERE WILL BE COUNCIL WHO WILL BE MAKING SELECTIONS OF THEIR TOP 10, AND AT ADVANCING THAT GROUP ON FOR QUESTIONS NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER. I'LL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE CANDIDATES THAT ARE SELECTED TO GO ON BY MONDAY AND TAKE IT FROM THERE. >> OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. BASLER. >> [INAUDIBLE] , DO YOU HAVE BRUCE? >> YES, PLEASE. HELLO, THANK YOU. HELLO, MR. BECKER? HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. I'LL BE PUTTING YOU ON WITH THE CITY COUNCIL IN JUST A SECOND. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE. THEN I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT. NOW, PLEASE NOTE, THE COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ASKING YOU FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS TODAY, THEY WILL BE ADVANCING THE TOP 10 FOR QUESTIONS AT A LATER TIME, OKAY? I WILL BE PUTTING YOU ON RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU. MR. BECKER, ARE YOU THERE? >> YES, I'M HERE. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? >> I CAN HEAR YOU. >> NO, COUNCIL? >> YES. >> YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. YOU CAN START. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M BRUCE BECKER. I'M A 42 YEAR RESIDENT OF LA VERNE, AND I LOVE LIVING HERE. I GREW UP IN THE PASADENA AREA. GRADUATED FROM LA SALLE HIGH SCHOOL. I RECEIVED AN ECONOMICS DEGREE FROM ILLINOIS WESTERN UNIVERSITY. I'M AN ARMY VETERAN. I WORKED FOR ALL-STATE INSURANCE FOR 32 YEARS, MOSTLY IN OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. I SUPERVISED OVER A 100 EMPLOYEES IN RATING CUSTOMER SERVICE AND UNDERWRITING. AS AN OPERATIONS MANAGER, I WAS RESPONSIBLE TO PREPARE THE ANNUAL PLANS FOR EMPLOYEE COUNTS, [00:20:04] EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, COMPANY BUILDINGS, AND LEASES FOR OVER A 100 AGENT OFFICES. I WAS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR MONTHLY LEDGER REVIEW OF SEVERAL DIFFERENT LEDGERS. MY COMPENSATION AND PROMOTABILITY WERE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RESULTS FOR THE LEDGERS THAT I'VE MANAGED. SO I THINK I'M QUALIFIED TO REVIEW, AND HOW THIS NEW MONEY IS GOING TO BE SPENT. >> OKAY. >> I'VE READ THE SPENDING GUIDELINES FOR MEASURE HEALTHY, AND FRANKLY, I THINK WE NEED TO RETHINK THIS. I THINK WE NEED TO THINK THIS OUT-OF-THE-BOX. I THINK THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD DELAY IMPLEMENTATION FOR BOTH TIER 1 AND TIER 2 AT LEAST TILL 2021, WHICH REDUCE REVENUES FOR THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY MANAGER ARE BEST ONES TO MANAGE THESE NEW FUNDS. IT'S BETTER TO DELAY THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE SO ALL FUNDS CAN BE SPENT BY YOU GUYS IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY. IT IS BETTER TO DELAY TIER 1 AND TIER 2 THAN TO HAVE TO LAYOFF OR FURLOUGH ANY EMPLOYEES. THE COMMITTEE'S JOB THIS YEAR IS TO SHOW THAT WE FULLY SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE CITY COUNCIL TO THE STATISTICAL PERIOD. AS A CITIZEN OF LA VERNE, I'VE BEEN ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN NUMEROUS VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES. I CO-MANAGER YOUTH SPORTS AND LITTLE LEAGUE: AYSL CLUB SOCCER, CITY BASKETBALL. I'M THE PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERNE LAZERS SOCCER CLUB. FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS, I VOLUNTEER AT BONITA HIGH SCHOOL. I COACH BASKETBALL AT BONITA FOR 18 SEASONS, ONLY ONE LOSING SEASON. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL ANALYSIS IS 30-WEEK AMENDMENT, 15-20 HOURS A WEEK. I'M ALSO THE MEET MANAGER FOR THE BONITA TRACK MEETS. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE FOOTBALL CHAIN GANG FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I'VE ALSO BROUGHT INTO LA VERNE SIX OTHER VOLUNTEERS AT BONITA. THESE ARE FORMALLY PAYING JOBS, BUT ARE NOW VOLUNTEER JOBS SO THAT MONEY CAN BE SPENT AT OTHER PLACES. I RECEIVED THE JIM SCRANTON AWARD IN 2007. >> MR. BECKER, YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS. SORRY, GO AHEAD. >> I'VE RECEIVED A JIM SCRANTON AWARD IN 2007 AND SERVED ON THE YOUTH SPORTS COMMITTEE FOR TWO YEARS. IN CONCLUSION, I FEEL I'M QUALIFIED TO REVIEW BUDGETS, ANALYZE EXPENDITURES, AND MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY MANAGER TO ENSURE THAT THE SALE TAX MONEY IS PROBABLY SPENT WHERE IT'S NEEDED THE MOST. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. >> THANK YOU, MR. BECKER. >> THANK YOU, MR. BECKER. >> AS I SAID, COUNCIL WILL BE MAKING A SELECTION TODAY [NOISE] AND THEN I'LL BE MAKING CONTACT EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THOSE THAT HAD BEEN ASKED FOR SECOND INTERVIEW. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. >> YOU'RE WELCOME. >> LUPE? >> YES? >> NEXT ONE PLEASE? >> JUST A MOMENT. >> HELLO? >> MR. BLOZENSKI? HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI, CITY MANAGER. I'M DOING FINE HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE IN A MINUTE FOR THE COUNCIL, AND YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO GIVE YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND EXPERTISE THAT YOU THINK WILL BE RELEVANT FOR THEM TO CONSIDER YOU FOR THE NEXT PHASE. GIVEN THE TIME, COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS NOW, BUT THE GROUP OF THE INDIVIDUALS THEY WILL BE NARROWING DOWN TO 10, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR A QUESTION AND ANSWER PHASE NEXT. SO I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKER, AND I'LL JUST MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU, AND THEN I WILL HAVE A TIMER GOES OFF AT 2:45 LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE 15 SECOND ]S LEFT. >> OKAY. >> WELL, HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. MR. BLOZENSKI? >> YES. THIS IS HE. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> YES, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MICHAEL BLOZENSKI, I BELIEVE THAT I AM VERY WELL QUALIFIED TO BE ON YOUR COMMITTEE. I'VE LIVED IN LA VERNE FOR 16 YEARS. YEARS AGO, I WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN MAMMOTH LAKES. BUT MY LAST 25 YEARS, I WORKED IN MUNICIPAL FINANCE. I'M CALIFORNIA CPA RETIRED. I ALSO RETIRED AS FINANCE DIRECTOR IN 2006, AND SINCE THAT TIME I'VE BEEN A MUNICIPAL FINANCE CONSULTANT, AND I'VE WORKED IN CITIES SUCH AS, LARGE ONES, OCEANSIDE, PASADENA, AND SMALL ONES AS SMALL AS ROSCOE AND [INAUDIBLE] BUT YOU MAY NOT HAVE HEARD OFF. I'VE ALSO WORKED IN GLENDORA, AND I HAVE WORKED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS. I'VE WORKED ON CREATING THE BUDGET, [00:25:02] I HAVE DONE ANNUAL REPORTS. I HAVE DONE ACCOUNTING, AND I UNDERSTAND ALL THESE THINGS. I THINK I WILL BE THE GREAT ADDITION TO THIS SINCE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND MUNICIPAL FINANCE, I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE GUIDELINES THAT YOU HAVE, AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I BELIEVE THAT CITY COUNCIL'S POLICY-MAKERS WE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU MAKE FINAL DECISIONS. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. BLOZENSKI. AS I SAID, THEY'LL MAKE THE SELECTION TODAY, AND THEN I WILL MAKE CONTACTS EARLY NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU. >> OKAY. LUPE? MR. MAYOR, AND IF YOU WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING AT THE END I'LL CERTAINLY STAY QUIET SO YOU CAN, IF YOU WANTED TO THANK THEM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WHATEVER YOU FEEL APPROPRIATE. >> YEAH. THAT'S FINE. >> LUPE? >> HELLO. MR. BOWEN. HI. THIS IS BOB RUSSI. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I WANT TO BE PUTTING YOU THROUGH TO THE COUNCIL IN JUST A MINUTE. I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE GIVEN A THREE-MINUTE, TIME-FRAME WHICH WITH TO SHARE WITH COUNCIL YOUR EXPERIENCE WHICH YOU FEEL THEY WILL BE RELEVANT FOR THEM TO CONSIDER YOU FOR THE PHASE. GIVEN THE TIME, THE COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS TODAY. THEY WILL BE IDENTIFYING 10 INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BE BRINGING BACK FOR THE NEXT ROUND, AND THEN THAT WILL BE QUESTION AND ANSWER OPPORTUNITY. I HAVE A TIMER THAT'S SET FOR TWO MINUTES 45 SECONDS, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE 15 SECOND LEFT WHEN IT GOES OFF, OKAY? I WILL BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKER RIGHT NOW, AND MAKING SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU, AND THEN LETTING YOU KNOW WHEN YOU CAN START. HOLD ON. MR. BOWEN ARE YOU THERE? >> YEAH. >> COUNCIL CAN YOU HEAR? >> YES. >> YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR HEPBURN AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M VOLUNTEERING TO BE PART OF THIS COMMITTEE [NOISE] [INAUDIBLE] I'VE ROUTINELY ATTENDED CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, VARIOUS SPECIAL MEETINGS, AND NUMEROUS STUDY SESSIONS INCLUDING THE LAST THREE BUDGETS STUDY SESSIONS. I BEGUN ATTENDING THESE MEETINGS BASED ON TWO MAIN TOPICS. ONE, THE PROPOSED TAX INCREASED IN 2016. THE OTHER IS POTENTIAL LAND SWAP AT XERO VERNE GOLF COURSE, FOR MARTIAL CANYON. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS ISSUES TO THAT. THE POINT BEING, I'VE BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN MANY ISSUES, AND CONCERNS REGARD OUR GREAT CITY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. SO MY CREDENTIALS ARE, I WAS A PRESIDENT OF A $30 MILLION JOINT VENTURE WITH A 1.6 BILLION COMPANY. WE EMPLOYED OVER 75 EMPLOYEES ACROSS COUNTRY. I'VE HIRED. I'VE FIRED. I'VE NEGOTIATED AND I'VE WORKED WITH NUMEROUS TEAMS OVER THE LAST 35 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN LEADER, AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE TEAM. I PERSONALLY NEGOTIATED MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR NATIONAL CONTRACTS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. DURING MY CAREER, I ALWAYS HAD TO DO THE MATH. COSTS OF GOODS, SELLING EXPENSE, OVERHEAD, SHIPPING COSTS ETC. ALL IDENTIFIED ON THE P&L. IN DIFFICULT TIMES LIKE THE LAST GREAT FINANCIAL CRISIS, WE HAD TO MAKE DIFFICULT DECISION. ALL EXPENSES WERE REVIEWED. PERSONNEL, OVERHEAD, SALARIES, BENEFITS, SERVICES, EVEN I OWE A CONTRIBUTION TO EXAMINE. EVERYTHING WAS ON THE TABLE. WE SURVIVED, AND WE PROSPERED. NOW, I'M SEMI-RETIREMENT AND, STILL CONSULTING IN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY TRYING TO IMPROVE LIVES EVERYDAY. OUR GREAT CITY NOW FACES THE SAME POSSIBLE TYPE OF CRISIS. I WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO RECOMMEND A CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO BEGIN WITH. WITH THE CURRENT SITUATION, IT APPEARS THAT LA VERNE MEASURE, ADDITIONAL REVENUE WILL BE DELAYED FOR SOMETIME, POSSIBLY A LONG TIME ESTIMATED SEVEN MILLION IN TAX REVENUE MIGHT BE REDUCED AS MUCH AS 30 TO 40 PERCENT. THE OVERSIGHT IS NEW MONEY MUST BE CLOSELY REVIEWED ASAP, OR THE REVENUE MIGHT DELAYED FOR SOMETIME THE OVERSIGHT NEEDS TO START NOW. THIS IS NOT A POSITION THAT SHOULD BE GIVEN TO A STATE OR CITY EMPLOYEE, PUBLIC PENSIONERS OR RELATIVES OF CITY COUNCILS. IT CLEARLY IS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST. I HAVE NO SUCH CONFLICTS. THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD BE MADE UP OF FIVE CITIZENS WHO WILL INDEPENDENTLY REVIEW OR REVIEW ALL REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. NO SECRET PALS. NO QUICKLY DETERMINING EXPENSIVE. I'VE READ THE EXHIBIT A, AND FULLY UNDERSTAND THE DUTIES OF THIS CITY. >> MR. BOWEN HAS YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS, SO. [00:30:01] >> I SHOULD BE A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE, I WILL PROUDLY SERVED THE GREAT CITY OF LA VERNE. RICHARD BOWEN, 35-YEAR RESIDENT. >> THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. >> THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. >> COUNCIL WILL MAKE A SELECTION, THERE ARE TOP 10 SELECTION TODAY, I WILL THEN FOLLOW UP PROBABLY EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH WHEN THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE, AND SETUP THOSE INTERVIEWS AT THAT TIME. >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE GET INTO, THE NEXT CANDIDATE IS COUNCIL MEMBER CARTER'S HUSBAND, AND JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP, SINCE THIS IS AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, NOT A STATUTORY REQUIREMENT OR SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE APPEALED IF THEIR DECISION IS TO BE OVERTURNED. IT DOES NOT PRECLUDE THEM OR CONFLICT THEM FROM BEING PART OF THIS COMMITTEE AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP. LUPE? THANK YOU. MR. CARTER? I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU WITH THE COUNCIL IN A MINUTE. I JUST WANTED TO INSTRUCT YOU THAT I'LL BE GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES. DURING THAT TIME, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE THE COUNCIL YOUR EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE, AND THINGS THAT YOU FEEL MAKE YOU ONE OF THE MOST QUALIFIED APPLICANTS TO BE CONSIDERED. THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING YOU ANY QUESTIONS OUT OF RESPECT OF TIME. THEY WILL BE RESERVING THAT FOR THE NEXT ROUND WHERE THEY WILL BE SELECTING 10 CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE BROUGHT BACK FOR THE Q&A PERIOD. I WILL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR TWO MINUTE, 45 SECONDS. ONCE THAT GOES OFF, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS LEFT. OKAY, I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKER RIGHT NOW. ROBERT, CAN YOU HEAR ME? >> YES, I CAN. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? OKAY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> YES. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE. I'M AN OVER 40 YEAR RESIDENT OF OUR WONDERFUL CITY AND I'VE SERVED IN VARIOUS POSITIONS. THIS INCLUDES THE PARKS AND HUMANS SERVICES COMMISSION CHAIRMAN, AND MEMBER OF THE FISCAL REVIEW COMMITTEE. I'M ALSO A RECENT GRADUATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN 2018. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW MY CREDENTIALS ON THIS APPLICATION. SO I WILL ONLY COVER A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS. I HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH FINANCIAL ISSUES FOR OVER 45 YEARS. THIS IS INCLUDING OPERATING A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR FIRM AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER AND OWNER. I AM CURRENTLY SERVING AS A TRUSTEE FOR THE AIR CONDITIONING & REFRIGERATION TRUST FUNDS. THESE FUNDS ARE DESIGNATED FOR INVESTMENTS FOR THE RETIREMENT PENSION PROGRAM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY IN THE GREEN ZONE FOR THE PENSION PROTECTION ACT. I'VE WORKED FOR THE BENEFITS COMMITTEE TO FUND OUR HEALTHCARE PLAN, WHICH HAS OVER 12 MONTHS OF RESERVES AND OTHERS. WHEN I SAY SERVE ON, I MEAN ACTUALLY WORKING. I ACTUALLY WORK WITH RISING ACTUARIAL PROFESSIONALS, KERRY FRANKLIN AND MARK CHARLES, AND OTHERS. THESE ARE THE MEN THAT GO BACK TO WASHINGTON, DC TO FIGURE WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS HOW TO IMPLEMENT REGULATIONS. THIS IS ONE OF THE LEADING ACTUARIAL FIRMS. IT WAS FORMERLY A PART OF WATSON WYATT. AS A TRUSTEE, WE WORK ON HOW TO DEVELOP NEW CRITERIA FOR OUR HEALTH PLANS, HOW TO ADDRESS POTENTIAL FUNDING ISSUES OF A PENSION PLAN, DETERMINING AN INVESTMENT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION, REVIEW OF RESULTS, AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS AS NEEDED. I AM ALSO A MEMBER OF THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS OR MORE COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE [INAUDIBLE] THIS HAS OVER 31,000 MEMBERS WORKING ON THESE ISSUES. WITH ALL THAT, I BELIEVE THE MOST IMPORTANT EXPERIENCE IS HAVING SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE TWO BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THE BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS A VICE CHAIRMAN FOR THE MT. SAC BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I BELIEVE THE TRAINING RECEIVED BY THE DIFFERENT ATTORNEYS FIRMS THAT HAVE TRAINING COMMITTEES AND ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A DEEPER INSIGHT AS TO WHAT EXPECTED OF THE CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THESE TRAININGS INCLUDED THE EXPECTATIONS AND THE LIMITS THAT ARE PLACED ON THESE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES. I WAS ONE OF THE SUPPORTERS OF MEASURE LV BY ACT OF CAMPAIGNING, AND ALSO FINANCIAL SUPPORT. MEASURE LV PROVIDED FOR MANY OF THE SAME TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS TO BE PLACED ON THIS CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. IN REVIEWING THE SUPPORTING RESOLUTIONS, THIS CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WILL BE REQUIRED TO PERFORM VARIOUS DUTIES FOR OVERSIGHT. HOWEVER, THERE'S A TWIST THAT WAS INCORPORATED WITH THIS MEASURE LV. THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE REVIEW THE ESTIMATED 500,000-600,000 OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR MEASURE LV TO ARRIVE AT OUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF HOW THESE RESTRICTION FUNDS ARE TO BE UTILIZED. THIS REQUIREMENT IS NOT JUST FOR ONETIME FUNDS THAT WILL REQUIRE [00:35:03] FORECASTING ONGOING COSTS FOR OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. [NOISE] THESE ARE [OVERLAPPING] >> MR. CARTER, YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS. >> [OVERLAPPING] PRIORITIZATION AND REQUIRE THE CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH A METHODOLOGY TO ARRIVE AT A RECOMMENDATION. I BELIEVE THE LEADERSHIP ROLES WITH THE DEPTH OF EXPERIENCE I HAVE WITH CITIZENS' OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. >> THANK YOU AGAIN, MR. CARTER. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. COUNCIL WILL BE MAKING THEIR SELECTION AND I'LL BE MAKING CONTACT EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THE TOP 10 FOR NEXT ROUND. >> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. RUSSI. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. CARTER. >> LUPE? [NOISE] >> HELLO? >> MARLENE CARNEY. >> THANK YOU. HELLO, MS. CARNEY, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. I'M FINE, HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU ON IN A MINUTE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU'LL BE ON SPEAKERPHONE AND THEY WILL BE LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION. YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SHARE WITH THEM YOUR EXPERTISE AND WHAT MAKES YOU A GOOD CANDIDATE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT NEXT AROUND. IN RESPECT FOR TIME, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ASKING ANY FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS TODAY, BUT THEY WILL BE USING THIS TO SELECT WHO WILL BE THE TOP 10 THAT WILL THEN BE BROUGHT BACK FOR A QUESTION AND ANSWER INTERVIEW TO CONSIDER FOR THE REMAINING FIVE THAT WILL BE BROUGHT ONTO THE BOARD. ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE? OKAY. I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES, 45 SECONDS. THEN THAT'LL INDICATE THAT YOU OF COURSE HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT. HOLD ON. I WILL DO THAT, YEAH. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM HERE. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? OKAY. YOU MAY START. >> ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT MYSELF, MY EXPERIENCE, AND MY REASON FOR APPLYING TO SERVE ON THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO LA VERNE IN 2003 HAVING PREVIOUSLY LIVED IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, AS WELL AS ORANGE AND SAN DIEGO COUNTY. I GREW UP IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IN THE EAST LA, MONTEBELLO AREA. AT THE TIME WE MOVED TO LA VERNE, IT WAS TO BE CLOSER TO MY ELDERLY PARENTS AND MY HUSBAND HAD ACCEPTED A JOB IN THE AREA. WE LOVED THE LOCATION. A NICE COMMUNITY FEEL THAT LA VERNE POSSESS, AND WE FOUND A HOME WE LOVED. I'M CURRENTLY SEMI-RETIRED, HAVING BEEN IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 35 YEARS. I MANAGED TWO LOCAL CHAMBERS: TURLOCK FOR SIX YEARS, AND IRWINDALE FOR FIVE YEARS. I WAS WITH THE SACRAMENTO-BASED CALIFORNIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR 22 YEARS SERVING AS A RESOURCE FOR LOCAL CHAMBERS THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND MANAGING THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION IN EACH FIVE ACCOUNT CHAMBER. TODAY, I'M SEMI-RETIRED AND I CURRENTLY SERVE AS VOLUNTEER FOR SEVERAL ORGANIZATIONS INCLUDING THE LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE LA VERNE-SAN DIMAS WOMAN'S CLUB, SHEPHERD'S PANTRY IN GLENDORA, AND THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY, ART MUSEUM, AND BOTANICAL GARDENS. I ALSO DO OCCASIONAL FREELANCE CONSULTING FOR NONPROFITS AND CHAMBERS. I HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE FROM CAL STATE LA IN BUSINESS. MY PRIMARY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN IN THE CHAMBER INDUSTRY. BUT I WORKED IN THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING INDUSTRY EARLY IN MY CAREER. AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TWO ORGANIZATIONS, I MANAGE THE FINANCES, FUNDRAISING, MARKETING, AND OPERATIONS OF THOSE ORGANIZATION. MY EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH LOCAL CHAMBERS PROVIDED ME A TREMENDOUS UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE FOR DRIVING A CITY. AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL, I ADVOCATED FOR POLICIES FOR THE FISCAL AND [INAUDIBLE] CONTRIBUTED TO A CITY'S HEALTHY BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND ATTRACTIVE QUALITY OF LIFE. THE REASON I APPLIED FOR THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS BECAUSE I FEEL L CAN PROVIDE RELATIVE PERSPECTIVE. I WAS A HUGE PROPONENT OF THE SALES TAX MEASURE AND I WANT TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS THAT ENSURES THAT THE MONIES ARE SPENT APPROPRIATELY. I WAS UNABLE TO BE FULLY INVOLVED IN LA VERNE UNTIL 2018 WHEN I RETIRED. NOW, I'M ABLE AND WANT TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION OF MY TIME AND EXPERTISE. THESE ARE CHALLENGING TIMES IN THE FISCAL HEALTH AND THE FINANCIAL DECISIONS MADE BY THE CITY WILL REQUIRE THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION SO THAT LA VERNE CAN CONTINUE TO BE AN ECONOMICALLY HEALTHY CITY AND A PLACE THAT PEOPLE FEEL SAFE, AND WANT TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF MY APPLICATION. [00:40:02] >> THANK YOU, MS. CARNEY. AS I SAID, THE COUNCIL WILL BE MAKING A SELECTION TODAY, AND I'LL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH YOU ALL ON MONDAY. MR. MAYOR, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? >> OKAY. >> NO, JUST THANK YOU MS. CARNEY FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. >> ALL RIGHT. BYE-BYE. >> I'LL JUST STOP FOR A SECOND AND ASK COUNCIL IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE PROCESS. WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH. WORKING WELL? OKAY. VERY GOOD. >> PRETTY MUCH SO, YEAH. >> LUPE. [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] >> HELLO? THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU. MR. CHANG? HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. IN A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKER WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SHARE WITH THEM YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE THAT YOU FEEL MAKES YOU ONE OF THE CANDIDATES TO BE CONSIDERED FURTHER. IN THE DIFFERENCE OF TIME, THE COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS NOW, BUT THEY WILL RESERVING THOSE FOR, THEY'RE GOING TO SELECT THE TOP 10. THAT'LL BE THEN MOVED ONTO THAT NEXT PHASE WHEN THERE WILL BE A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD. I WILL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES 45 SECONDS, AND WHEN THAT GOES OFF, THAT'LL JUST INDICATE, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT. I'LL PUT YOU ON HOLD RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU. HANG ON A SECOND. MR.CHANG, ARE YOU THERE? >> YEAH, I'M HERE. >> COUNCIL? VERY GOOD. GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> HELLO. HI, EVERYBODY. THIS IS KENY CHANG. CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? >> YES THEY CAN. THEY ARE ON MUTE, BUT THEY GAVE ME THUMBS UP. [LAUGHTER]. >> OKAY. GREAT. THIS POSITION IS FOR THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT WHICH I APPLIED FOR. MY THREE MINUTE HITCH BACKGROUND, I'VE BEEN A BANKER FOR OVER 20 YEARS. [NOISE] MY LAST POSITION AS A BANKER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF A SMALL BANK IN PASADENA. NOW, I OWN A BUSINESS OF MY OWN. SO I'VE BEEN 20 YEARS IN THE FINANCE INDUSTRY SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FINANCIALS AND WHICH THE POSITIONS REQUIRE. I THINK AS AN OWNER, I UNDERSTAND THE EXPENSES AND THE INCOMES ON THE ACCOUNTING SIDE TO REALLY HELP THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THE PROPER EXPENSES AND THE REVENUES ARE COLLECTED, AND ISSUED SO THAT WITH THIS PANDEMIC GOING NOW WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REALLY CONSERVE SOME FUNDINGS FOR THE FUTURE AND BE ABLE TO BE POSITIVE IN THE FINANCIAL SIDE OF THE CITY, TO BE STRONG ENOUGH SO THAT AFTER THIS WE SHOULD HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMS THAT COULD HELP CITIZENS OF LA VERNE OR BUSINESSES TO GO BACK. I THINK THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU. MR. MAYOR, YOUR [INAUDIBLE]. >> YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHANG. APPRECIATE IT. >> MR. CHANG, AS I SAID, ONCE THE COUNCIL MAKES A SELECTION TODAY OF THE 10, I'LL BE MAKING CONTACT FIRST THING NEXT WEEK WITH THOSE 10 TO SETUP THE NEXT ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. >> SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. >> THANK YOU. >> LUPE? YES? THANK YOU. SHE GOT DISCONNECTED, LUPE. TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY, WE'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU. >> WE'LL CALL BACK. [BACKGROUND]. >> THANK YOU. MRS. [INAUDIBLE] , HI. SORRY ABOUT THAT. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED. THIS IS BOB RUSSI, I'LL BE PUTTING YOU ON WITH THE COUNCIL IN A MINUTE ON SPEAKERPHONE. [00:45:03] JUST WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT OF PROCEDURES WITH YOU. I'LL BE GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES TO GIVE THE COUNCIL YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERTISE THAT YOU BELIEVE MAKE YOU A CANDIDATE THAT THEY SHOULD CONSIDER FOR THE NEXT ROUND. GIVEN THE TIME LIMIT, THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS TODAY. THEY WILL BE RESERVING THOSE FOR THOSE THAT THEY ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND, WHICH THEY WILL NARROW IT TO 10 CANDIDATES. I WILL BE SETTING THE TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES 45 SECONDS SO WHEN IT GOES OFF, YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS LEFT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE BEFORE I PUT YOU ON? YOU THERE? MRS. [INAUDIBLE] , ARE YOU THERE? HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MRS. [INAUDIBLE] , ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM, YEAH. >> COUNCIL? THEY CAN HEAR YOU, PLEASE START WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. >> HI, EVERYONE. MY MAME IS BARBARA [INAUDIBLE] AND I'M INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE LA VERNE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'M 66 YEARS OLD, BUT I STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LIFE LEFT IN ME. I'M NEWLY RETIRED. I'VE LIVED IN LA VERNE FOR OVER 10 YEARS, AND CURRENTLY RESIDE WITH MY HUSBAND, TED. HE IS A 29-YEAR RESIDENT AND HE IS A CPA AND WORKS LOCALLY IN THE CITY OF [INAUDIBLE]. MY QUALIFICATIONS ARE, I HAVE EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND IN FINANCE INCLUDING ALL AREAS OF BANKING AND LENDING. I WORKED FOR 22 YEARS IN BANKING AND HELD VARIOUS POSITIONS STARTING AT BOOKKEEPING, OPERATIONS OFFICER, INSTALLMENT, COMMERCIAL LOAN OFFICER, MORTGAGE LENDING, AND FINALLY AS A BANK MANAGER. IN MY POSITION AS BANK MANAGER AT RANCHO BANK IN [INAUDIBLE] , I SERVED ON THE BOARD OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MY DUTIES WERE ORGANIZING AND FUNDRAISING FOR THE ANNUAL BARBECUE AND OTHER EVENTS. I ALSO ATTENDED MONTHLY MEETINGS AND COLLABORATED WITH OTHER CHAMBER MEMBERS TO WORK WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND FUNDRAISING. AFTER I LEFT BANKING, I WENT TO WORK FOR A FRIEND WHO WAS OPENING A START UP BUSINESS IN ANAHEIM, IT WAS A CONSTRUCTION [INAUDIBLE] LITIGATION COMPANY WHICH EMPLOYED ARCHITECTS, CIVIL ENGINEERS AND LAWYERS. I HELPED SET UP THE BUSINESS AND WORKED IN THE ADMINISTRATION FOR 19 YEARS. MY RESPONSIBILITIES WERE VARIOUS DEPENDING ON THE DAY AND THE NEED. ONE OF MY MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES WAS TO CREATE AND MAINTAIN THE BILLING PLATFORM, A LEGAL BILLING RESOURCE. I UTILIZED MY REAL ESTATE LICENSE BY MANAGING THE OWNERS APARTMENT COMPLEXES. I QUALIFIED POTENTIAL TENANTS BY CREDIT CHECKING, [INAUDIBLE] SERVICING, AND PREPARING ALL LEASES DISCLOSURES, AND ATTENDED ANY SMALL [INAUDIBLE] ACTIONS ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER. AFTER LEAVING CONSTRUCTION LITIGATION, I MAINTAINED MY REAL ESTATE LICENSE AND RETURNED TO WORKING WITH A LOCAL BROKER IN [INAUDIBLE] AS A MORTGAGE [INAUDIBLE] OFFICER AND AN OCCASIONAL REALTOR. THIS LAST YEAR, I DID RENEW MY MORTGAGE LENDING LICENSE AND MY REAL ESTATE LICENSE IS STILL VALID FOR ANOTHER TWO YEARS. I CURRENTLY DON'T INTEND ON ACTIVELY WORKING IN REAL ESTATE UNLESS A FRIEND OR A RELATIVE NEEDS ASSISTANCE. I HAVE SLOWLY FALLEN IN LOVE WITH THE WHOLE TOWN OF LA VERNE. I DIDN'T THINK ANY TOWN COULD SURPASS [INAUDIBLE] THERE FOR SO LONG, BUT I WAS WRONG. I'VE ATTENDED COUNCIL MEETINGS AND ENJOYED BEING A MEMBER OF THE LA VERNE COALITION OF CONCERNED CITIZENS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE MORE INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY. MY HUSBAND AND I MEET AT LOCAL RESIDENCES AND TRY [INAUDIBLE] THE BUSINESS OF LA VERNE FIRST BEFORE GOING TO ANY OTHER CITY. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE REASON FOR THIS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS TO MONITOR THE REVENUES, TO KEEP THEM [INAUDIBLE] >> MRS. [INAUDIBLE] , YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS. >> TO ENSURE THAT THIS REVENUE IS PLANNED IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROVED SET GUIDELINES THAT FOLLOW THE INTENT OF THE VOTERS AND CITY COUNCIL. I ENJOY WORKING WITH OTHERS TO ACHIEVE A COMMON GOAL. I HOPE THAT I'M CHOSEN TO BE ONE OF THE FIVE MEMBERS OF THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THE COUNCIL, AS I SAID, WILL BE MAKING A SELECTION, AND I WILL BE MAKING CONTACT BACK WITH THE TOP 10 TO SCHEDULE THOSE NEXT MEETINGS EARLY NEXT WEEK. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. >> OKAY. THANKS. BYE-BYE. >> LUPE? >> READY? >> YES. [NOISE] HELLO. THANK YOU. [BACKGROUND] MR. GABALDON. HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. I'M FINE. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU [00:50:02] THROUGH ON SPEAKERPHONE TO THE COUNCIL IN JUST A MINUTE. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THE PROCESS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES YOU ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO BE NARROWED TO THE TOP 10. [INAUDIBLE] WHATEVER YOU FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. ABSOLUTELY. THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS OUT OF RESPECT TO TIME. THEY WILL BE ADVANCING THE 10 ONTO A Q&A OPPORTUNITY FROM HERE. I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOU, OF COURSE, HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT. OKAY? YEAH. IN JUST A SECOND, I'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN THEY CAN HEAR YOU. I'M GOING TO PUT YOU ON SPEAKER RIGHT NOW. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND. [NOISE] ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? >> YES. >> OKAY. ANYTIME YOU'RE READY. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY FOR MAKING THE TIME TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF AND WHY I'M INTERESTED IN THIS OPPORTUNITY. MY NAME IS JOSEPH GABALDON. I RESIDE IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR ABOUT 25 YEARS NOW. I HAVE BEEN A PARTICIPANT IN THE COMMUNITY TO THE BEST OF MY ABILITY TO THIS POINT, SERVING AS A SCOUT MASTER MOST RECENTLY, THE TROOPS SERVING THE COMMUNITY OF SAN DIMAS AND LA VERNE. BUT MY LIFE, IN GENERAL, IS IN LA VERNE, AND ALL ABOUT LA VERNE. MY WIFE IS A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE CITY. MY DAUGHTER AND SON HAVE ATTENDED THE SCHOOLS IN THE CITY OVER THE YEARS. MY DAUGHTER WENT TO LA VERNE HEIGHTS AND TO BONITA. MY SON, LA VERNE HEIGHTS, RAMONA, AND THEN ON TO DAMIEN. WE DO EVERYTHING IN THE CITY. I LOVE THE CITY, AND I'M HERE TO HELP THE CITY IN ANYWAY I CAN. THE THINGS THAT I THINK ARE OF PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO WHY I THINK I'M QUALIFIED TO PARTICIPATE AS A MEMBER OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS THAT I HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN BUSINESS, FINANCE, OPERATIONS, EVERYTHING DOWN AND INTO HR FROM LARGE PUBLICLY TRADED COMPANIES UPWARD TO $500 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE, DOWN TO SMALLER STARTUPS SERVING IN POSITIONS OF VP OF OPERATIONS GLOBALLY AND COO CURRENTLY. I HAVE A PARTICULAR ACUMEN IN FINANCES AND IN BUSINESS INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT GO INTO IT. SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD PARTICULAR EXPERIENCE THAT I THINK THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO WHAT THIS ROLE WOULD REQUIRE IS OVERSEEING SARBANES-OXLEY COMPLIANCE. THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT A FEW YEARS AGO, BAD THINGS HAPPENED AND THE WORLD CHANGED A LITTLE BIT. COMPANIES WERE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN INTEGRITY AND PROCEDURAL CONTROL FOR HOW THEY CONDUCTED THEIR BUSINESS. OUTSIDE FIRMS WOULD COME IN LIKE GRANT THORNTON, PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, ETC., TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY WAS LIVING UP TO THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE STOCKHOLDER, THE SHAREHOLDER AT THE TIME. SO I SEE THAT THIS RELATES TO TAXPAYER IN THE CITY OF LA VERNE. AS A TAXPAYER AND A FELLOW MEMBER OF THE CITY, I FEEL THAT THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LOVE TO DO AND ENSURE ARE SINCERELY CONSIDERED IN ALL THE DECISION-MAKING IS TO ENSURE THE USE OF THE MONEY, THE BURDEN OF THE TAXPAYER THAT'S TAKEN ON GOES TO THE THINGS THAT THE TAXPAYER- >> FIFTEEN SECONDS. >> -THAT ADDITIONAL BURDEN. ADDITIONALLY, I THINK, JUST LEAVING THIS ON A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXPLANATION OF HOW I SEE THAT FINANCIALLY IS, THE $3.1 MILLION THAT IS EXPECTED PER ANNUM, THAT IS PRE-COVID. I THINK THAT FROM THIS CRISIS THAT WE'RE IN, THAT WE'RE ALL SHARING IN TOGETHER, I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL FISCAL STRAIN ON OUR- >> MR. GABALDON, YOUR TIME IS UP. >> EXCUSE ME? >> YOUR TIME IS UP, IF YOU COULD CLOSE. >> I'M SORRY. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND I APPRECIATE IT AND I HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SHARE MORE TIME WITH YOU SOON. >> THANK YOU. I'M SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF. I WILL BE SURE TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CANDIDATES THAT MOVE ON EARLY NEXT WEEK TO SCHEDULE THE NEXT ROUND. >> GREAT. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY FOR GOING OVER THE TIME. BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. >> THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. >> THANK YOU, MR. GABALDON. >> LUPE. [NOISE] YES. [00:55:09] [BACKGROUND] OKAY. MR. HEBERT? HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE IN A MINUTE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW A COUPLE OF THINGS. YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO GIVE THEM AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE THAT MAKE YOU ONE OF CANDIDATES TO BE CONSIDERED TO GO ON TO THE NEXT ROUND. DUE TO THE LIMITED TIME, THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING QUESTIONS NOW. THE NEXT ROUND IS WHEN WILL BE THE QUESTION AND ANSWER OPPORTUNITY WITH THE COUNCILS. I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS. THEN, AFTER THAT, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT TO WRAP UP. I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKER RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU BEFORE YOU START. >> VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. >> ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR MR. HEBERT? >> YES. >> OKAY. VERY GOOD. WHENEVER YOU'RE READY. >> OKAY. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS RAYMOND HEBERT. I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN LA VERNE FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS. MARRIED FOR ABOUT 30 AND BOTH OF MY GIRLS WENT TO BONITA UNIFIED SCHOOL SYSTEM. I AM CURRENTLY A SENIOR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WITH MERRILL LYNCH WEALTH MANAGEMENT, THAT'S MY CURRENT JOB OCCUPATION WHERE I WORK WITH A LOT OF CLIENTS WITH BUDGET AND FINANCIAL PLANNING. I HAVE AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE IN FINANCE FROM CAL POLY POMONA, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE REALLY GOOD FOR THIS ROLE, THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. A COUPLE OF MY VOLUNTEER STUFF THAT I'M DOING RIGHT NOW, I'M CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF LA VERNE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE THE LAST FIVE YEARS. FOR THE LAST 18, I'VE BEEN A RESERVED DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND A MEMBER OF THE SAN DIMAS MOUNTAIN RESCUE TEAM FOR THAT SAME 18-YEAR PERIOD. SO IN TERMS OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE A [NOISE] VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE FOR THE CITY TO HAVE WITH THE NEW SALES TAX INCREASE THAT WAS VOTED ON BY ITS CITIZENS. I GUESS THEY'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A $3.1 MILLION ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION TO THE CITY BECAUSE OF THAT 0.75 PERCENT INCREASE. HOWEVER, I THINK WE ALL KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE WITH THIS CORONAVIRUS DROP AND HOW THAT'S AFFECTING ALL THE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY FROM RESTAURANTS, TO COLES, TO EVERYBODY ELSE, AND EVERYTHING. SO DEFINITELY, AS PART OF MY FINANCE BACKGROUND, I THINK WORKING WITH THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS ADDITIONAL SALES TAX REVENUE IS SPENT APPROPRIATELY IN TERMS OF USING THE GUIDELINES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, AND EVERYTHING. I WAS FORMALLY ALSO A BUSINESS OWNER, SO I ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM A BUSINESS OWNER'S PERSPECTIVE, THE SALES TAX REPORTS THAT GETS SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION FROM ALL THE SMALL MOM-AND-POP, AND OTHER COMPANIES THAT ARE AROUND THE CITY AND THEN, OF COURSE, THAT EVENTUALLY GETS FILTERED BACK TO THE CITY FOR SALES TAX REVENUES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING ME TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS. HOPEFULLY, YOU GUYS WILL MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DECISION. I WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THIS COMMITTEE. I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE CITY HAS THIS SINCE THE CITIZENS VOTED FOR IT AND WE DEFINITELY GOT TO BUDGET THIS MONEY APPROPRIATELY. OKAY. >> PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, I WILL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH THOSE THAT WILL BE MOVED ON, PROBABLY MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK WITH WHAT THAT NEXT ROUND WILL BE. >> OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME EVERYBODY. >> THANK YOU, MR. HEBERT. >> OKAY. THANK YOU. >> LUPE. [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] THANK YOU. MR. INGELS, THIS IS BOB RUSSI, HOW ARE YOU DOING? HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU ON WITH THE COUNCIL IN JUST A MINUTE ON SPEAKERPHONE. JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. YOU'RE GOING TO BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD ADVANCE YOU TO THE NEXT ROUND OF 10 CANDIDATES TO BE CONSIDERED. CONSIDERING THE TIMING, THE COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS, THE NEXT ROUND WILL INVOLVE A TRADITIONAL QUESTION AND ANSWER INTERVIEW PROCESS. [01:00:04] I WILL BE PUTTING A TIMER FOR TWO MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS AND THEN YOU'LL KNOW YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT. I'LL PUT YOU ON HOLD RIGHT NOW AND MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL CAN HEAR YOU. >> YOU GOT IT. >> RON, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM. >> CAN THE COUNCIL HEAR? >> YES. >> FEEL FREE TO START [OVERLAPPING]. >> YES, SIR. >> OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU, AND FIRST I WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE THREE NEW COUNCILMEMBERS ON YOUR ELECTION. ALSO LET YOU KNOW I THINK IT'S A REAL SHAME YOU HAD TO ASSUME OFFICE UNDER THESE DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY CAREER, I THINK SOME OF YOU KNOW THIS, BUT I WORKED 33 YEARS WITH THE LA VERNE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THE LAST 13, I HAD THE HONOR OF BEING THE POLICE CHIEF, AND THEN AFTER THAT, I SERVED 10 YEARS WITH THE LOS ANGELES POLICE OFFICE LAW ENFORCEMENT LIASON. ONE THING YOU PROBABLY DO NOT KNOW IS EARLY IN MY CAREER, I WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE LA VERNE POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND DID THAT FOR OVER FIVE YEARS. DURING THAT TIME, I NEGOTIATED CONTRACTS WITH THEN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, MARTY LOMELI. DURING THAT TIME, WE CREATED THE SYSTEM THAT'S STILL IN PLACE TODAY OF THE MEDIAN SALARY SURVEY MECHANISM TO ESTABLISH SALARIES DURING NEGOTIATION. I THINK IT'S SERVED THE CITY WELL FOR NOW MANY DECADES. WE ALSO AGREED TO THE FIRST MULTI-YEAR CONTRACT OF ANY EMPLOYEE GROUP. MY EXPERIENCE IN BUDGETING OBVIOUSLY AS MY 13 YEARS AS A CHIEF. I PREPARED AND PRESENTED THE POLICE BUDGET AND OF COURSE WHILE ON THE CITY COUNCIL, I APPROVED AND WORKED ON THE BUDGET. I THINK THIS GIVES ME SOMEWHAT A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS AND KNOWLEDGE OF RESTRICTED FUNDS AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE CITY BUDGET. I ALWAYS TRY AND THINK LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF THE BOX, SOME EXAMPLES OF THAT IS CHAIR OF LA IMPACT, I ARRANGED FOR LA VERNE TO BE THE FIDUCIARY OF LA IMPACT WHICH I THINK HAS WORKED OUT WELL FOR THE CITY. ALSO AS CHIEF, I PARTICIPATED IN A LOT OF TASK FORCE AND BROUGHT IN OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSET FORFEITURE FUND THAT ALLOWED ME TO BUY EQUIPMENT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITHOUT ACCESSING THE GENERALS FUND. I KNOW YOUR TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE AND I KNOW THAT THIS COMMITTEE IS GOING TO BE HARD-PRESSED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE SALES TAX REVENUE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING AS PROJECTED. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE HERE [INAUDIBLE] REGARDING USE OF FUNDS THAT ARE IN RESERVE AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. I THINK THIS COMMITTEE SHOULD LOOK AT ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW PUBLIC SAFETY IS A PRIORITY AND OBVIOUSLY AS YOUR CHIEF I UNDERSTAND THAT AND AGREE WITH THAT, BUT PARKS AND REC AND PUBLIC WORKS ARE ALSO VERY IMPORTANT AND I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT SPENDING THIS MONEY ONCE WE FINALLY ARE ABLE TO GET OUR HANDS ON IT IN A FAIR AND EQUITABLE MANNER TO HELP ALL THE DEPARTMENTS. I KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS OBVIOUSLY A BIG ISSUE AND I'VE DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH REGARDING RECRUITMENT AND OBVIOUSLY THE TOTAL COMPENSATION IS THE BIG ISSUE, [NOISE] BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHY THEY COULDN'T RECRUIT BECAUSE WHEN I WAS CHIEF, [OVERLAPPING] >> FIFTEEN SECONDS. >> -BUT THEY WERE ABLE TO GET HUNDREDS OF APPLICANTS ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHEN IT OPEN UP IN JUST ONE OR TWO SPOTS. SO WHAT'S CHANGED? ONE THING THAT I SEE HAS CHANGED OTHER THAN JUST COMPENSATION, IS OUR REQUIREMENT TO HAVE ALL NEW HIRES BE PARAMEDICALLY CERTIFIED BY THE COUNTY AND BE PARAMEDICS. I CHECKED AROUND IN SEVERAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS. >> RON. >> THEY DO NOT HAVE THE REQUIREMENT AND HAVE NO TROUBLE RECRUITING LIKE CITIES OF PASADENA, CULVER CITY [OVERLAPPING]. >> MR. INGELS, YOU'VE HIT THREE MINUTES. >> I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU, BOB. >> YOU'VE HIT THREE MINUTES. >> OKAY. SO IN CLOSING, THANKS FOR LISTENING TO ME AND I WISH YOU GUYS THE BEST OF LUCK UNDER THIS DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. [BACKGROUND] >> THANK YOU. LIKE I SAID, I WILL MAKE CONTACT WITH YOU EARLY NEXT WEEK AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN THE NEXT. [NOISE] OOPS, I ACCIDENTALLY HANG UP ON HIM ON THAT. [LAUGHTER] >> WELL, THANK YOU, MR. INGELS. THERE YOU GO. >> [LAUGHTER] SORRY. PUSHING THE PHONE BACK AND THE CRADLE WENT UP. I WILL BE CAREFUL WITH THAT NEXT TIME. I OWE HIM AN APOLOGY. ALL RIGHT, LET ME GO BACK HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? THE AIR-CONDITIONER JUST KICKED ON, IS THAT CREATING A PROBLEM WITH SOUND IN HERE. COUNCIL? >> NO. >> OKAY. >> NO. >> LUPE. [NOISE] >> YES. THANK YOU. MR. MOSHER. HI THIS IS BOB RUSSI. [01:05:02] IN A MINUTE, I'LL BE PUTTING THROUGH ON SPEAKERPHONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW A COUPLE THINGS. I'LL BE GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES TO TRY AND GIVE THE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES YOU QUALIFIED OR MAKES YOU QUALIFIED TO GO ON TO THE NEXT ROUND OF SELECTION OF 10. GIVEN THE TIMING, THE COUNCIL WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS TODAY, THAT'S WHAT THE NEXT ROUND WILL BE RESERVED FOR WITH THE TOP 10. I WILL BE SETTING THE TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS AND AT THE END OF THAT, YOU HAVE ANOTHER ENTIRE 15 SECONDS OR SO LEFT. GREAT. I'LL PUT YOU ON YOUR SPEAKER, MAKE SURE THEY CAN HERE YOU AND THEN YOU CAN START AFTER THAT. MR. MOSHER, ARE YOU THERE? >> YES, I AM. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HERE? >> YES. >> ANYTIME YOU ARE READY. >> ALL RIGHT, WELL, GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS MIKE MOSHER AND I HAVE APPLIED TO SERVE ON THE CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR RECENTLY APPROVED MEASURE LV. MY WIFE DARLENE AND I, WE'VE LIVED AND RAISED OUR TWO DAUGHTERS IN LA VERNE FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS. WE MOVED IN THE SPRING OF '87 WHEN I WAS TRANSFERRED INTO OUR NESTLE USA CORPORATE OFFICE. I'VE RECENTLY RETIRED FROM, [NOISE] EXCUSE ME, NESTLE USA AFTER 37 YEARS IN MARKETING AND SALES MANAGEMENT. IN THIS ROLE, I TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY FOR BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS, MANAGING EMPLOYEE TEAMS WITH SALES RESPONSIBILITY UP TO $400 MILLION. CURRENTLY IN MY RETIREMENT, I'M TEACHING AS THE ADJUNCT VISITING PROFESSOR OVER AT THE FULLERTON COLLEGE. FROM AN EDUCATION STANDPOINT, I RECEIVED MY BA IN MARKETING FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON AND MY MBA FROM UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE. FROM A TRADING STANDPOINT, I HAD THE LUXURY OF WORKING FOR THE LARGEST FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY IN THE WORLD, AND SO I WAS ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE AND PUT THROUGH MANY OF THEIR TRAINING PROGRAMS WHICH INCLUDED HR, SALES AND MARKETING, LOGISTICS AND FINANCE. FROM A COMMUNITY ACTIVITY STANDPOINT, I WAS EXTENSIVELY ON THE ROAD IN NATIONAL TRAVEL, WHICH MADE PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL EVENTS DIFFICULT FOR MYSELF, HOWEVER, MY FAMILY WAS VERY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY. MY WIFE DARLENE WAS PTA PRESIDENT AT OAK MESA ELEMENTARY AND RAMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL. SHE SERVED THREE YEARS IN BOTH POSITION, AND AFTER WAS A MEMBER OF THE LA VERNE/SAN DIMAS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION. OUR DAUGHTERS WERE INVOLVED IN JUNIOR HIGH AND HIGH SCHOOL [INAUDIBLE] IN LA VERNE, AND MY YOUNGER DAUGHTER WITH THE LA VERNE LAZERS. IN THE BUSINESS SECTOR, I WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN SEVERAL ASSOCIATION AND SERVED AS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AS WELL. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, MY TRAVEL REALLY PREVENTED ME FROM PARTICIPATING IN LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS BUT NOW THAT I'M RETIRED, I'VE GOT TIME AND ENERGY TO SPEND ON THE COMMUNITY. I FEEL THAT MY 33 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A RESIDENT OF LA VERNE, I KNOW LA VERNE VERY WELL, COMBINED WITH MY BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE THAT I'VE LEARNED OVER 37 YEARS WORKING AT NESTLE. I FEEL I CAN ADD VALUE TO MY COMMUNITY, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION TO LET ME SERVE. >> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WILL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH CANDIDATES EARLY NEXT WEEK ONCE COUNCIL MAKES SELECTIONS AND COORDINATE THAT NEXT ROUND OF INTERVIEWS. >> VERY GOOD. >> THANK YOU, MR. MOSHER. >> THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. >> THANK YOU. GOOD BYE >> HAVE A GOOD DAY. >> YOU TOO. >> BYE. >> LUPE? >> [NOISE] MR. MURPHY. >> THANK YOU. MR. MURPHY? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS BOB RUSSI. I'M GOOD. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GREAT. IN A MINUTE, I WILL BE PUTTING YOU ON A SPEAKER PHONE WITH THE CITY COUNCIL. JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE THAT YOU FEEL WOULD MAKE YOU ONE OF THE CANDIDATES THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR THE NEXT ROUND. COUNCIL WILL MAKE ANOTHER SELECTION OF 10 INDIVIDUALS TO BE MOVED ON. AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THE TIME, THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING YOU ANY QUESTIONS, BUT THAT WILL BE RESERVED FOR THE NEXT ROUND FOR THE 10 CANDIDATES THAT THEY WILL BE CHOOSING THAT POINT. [01:10:03] I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES 45 SECONDS, LETTING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS LEFT WHICH TO WRAP UP. I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKER RIGHT NOW, MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU BEFORE YOU GOT STARTED. MR. MURPHY, ARE YOU THERE? >> I'M HERE. >> COUNCIL CAN HEAR YOU, SO ANYTIME YOU ARE READY. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL AND STAFF. I WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY FIRST FOR HAVING ME HERE INTERVIEWED FOR THE ROLES AND PROVIDE OVERSIGHTS FROM THIS NEW REVENUE STREAM THAT'S BEEN ADDED TO ADDRESS THE GROWING NEED OF OUR CITY. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW ME, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN LA VERNE FOR 23 YEARS ALONG WITH MY WIFE OF 31 YEARS. I'VE BEEN ACTIVE IN THE CITY FOR ABOUT THE LAST FOUR YEARS, ATTENDING MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR SHORT PROGRAM HERE IN LA VERNE. ALSO ACTIVE IN THE LAST ELECTION ON SEVERAL CAMPAIGNS. ALLOW ME TO START BY EXPLAINING WHY THIS IMPORTANT TO ME. THIS TASK INCREASE FOR GROWTH IN GENERAL FUND APPROXIMATELY $7.5 MILLION, INCREASING RESIDENTS SCRUTINY OF THE MANNER IN WHICH IT SPENT. THE UNDERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THIS ACTION BY ONLY 54 PERCENT OF VOTING PUBLIC WILL ENSURE THAT THERE'S A LOUD VOICE IN OUR COMMUNITY REGARDING THE ALLOCATION OF THESE NEW FUNDS. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE CONTEXT OF MEASURED LV REMAIN CONSTANT IN THE SPENDING OF THESE TAX DOLLARS, THAT IS TO BENEFIT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF TAXPAYERS. WHILE I DON'T HOLD A DEGREE IN FINANCE OR ACCOUNTING. I HAVE MANAGED MY OWN FINANCES THROUGH BUDGETING, INVESTING IN RETIREMENT PLANNING, AND THAT WILL ENABLE ME TO RETIRE THIS YEAR AT THE AGE OF 59, WITH NO PENSION I MIGHT ADD. AT FOUR DIFFERENT COMPANIES, I'VE HAD PHYSICAL RESPONSIBILITY TO MANAGE AT P&L LARGER THAN THE CURRENT OPERATING BUDGET OF LA VERNE. ONE OF THOSE WAS AN EXCESS OF 250 MILLION. SO I UNDERSTAND BUSINESS FINANCE AND HOW TO EVALUATE PROJECT COSTS. I'VE SERVED AS A MEMBER ON FOUR DIFFERENT BOARDS, AND PROVIDED GUIDANCE TO COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS SIMILAR TO THE ROLE OF THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND AT LEAST AS I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMITTEE TODAY. I BELIEVE ANOTHER IMPORTANT SKILL FOR THIS COMMITTEE IS DECISION-MAKING, WHICH WILL ENCOURAGE THESE FIVE CITIZENS TO EVALUATE ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROPOSED PROGRAMS THAT WILL TARGET THESE NEW FUNDS. THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS IN CORPORATE BUSINESS HAVE HONE MY ABILITY TO BE DECISIVE, AND A CONSTANT DEMANDS DURING MY 26 YEARS AS A COMMERCIAL PILOT, [NOISE] DICTATE IMMEDIATE DECISIONS DURING EACH AND EVERY FLIGHT. FURTHER, MY CRITICAL THINKING IS CHALLENGED EACH WEEKEND THAT I SERVE ON SKI-PATROL IN [INAUDIBLE]. OVER THE PAST 11 SEASONS, I'VE HAD SEVERAL INSTANCES WHEN SOMEONE'S LIFE DEPENDED ON MY DECISION. WHILE THIS ROLE IN LA VERNE MAY NOT BE THAT DRAMATIC, IT WILL NO DOUBT BE HIGHLY SCRUTINIZED BY 54 PERCENT OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO VOTED TO APPROVE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE BY PAYING A LITTLE BIT MORE TAX. CONVERSELY, IT WILL BE WIDELY CRITICIZE THAT THEY HAVE RETURNED BY THOSE 46 WHO DID NOT SEE THE BENEFIT OF THIS NEW TAX. WE NEED AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WILL WORK WITH YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND STAFF TO BEST MANAGE THE EXPECTATIONS OF ALL 332,000 RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE TAXPAYERS. I GENUINELY HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER ME, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THAT YOU'LL FIND FIVE CAPABLE INDIVIDUALS TO FACILITATE THIS PROCESS. [NOISE] THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I DON'T NEED MY 15 SECOND CALL, AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR SEARCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. >> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU, MR. MURPHY. >> WE WILL BE IN CONTACT EARLY NEXT WEEK ON THE NEXT ROUND OF INTERVIEWS, AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW THEN IF YOU WERE SELECTED. [NOISE]. >> THAT WAS GOOD. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL. >> ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE. BYE. >> HAVE A GOOD DAY. BYE-BYE. >> [NOISE] LUPE? READY [NOISE] YES? HELLO? [NOISE] HELLO? THANK YOU. MR. SMITH? HI. THIS IS BOB RUSSI, HOW ARE YOU? GREAT. IN A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU THROUGH ON SPEAKERPHONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT I WANTED TO GO OVER JUST A COUPLE THINGS QUICKLY WITH YOU. I'LL BE GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE, AND QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU FEEL WARRANT ADVANCING YOU TO THE NEXT ROUND WHICH THE COUNCIL WILL BE SELECTING 10 FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION. AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THE RESTRICTIONS ON TIME, THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS. THOSE ARE RESERVED FOR THE NEXT ROUND. I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS, LETTING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS, AND THEN WE WILL TAKE IT [NOISE] FROM THERE. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS BEFORE I PUT YOU TO THE COUNCIL? OKAY. WELL, I WILL MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU. I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKER AND MAKE SURE THEY CAN HERE YOU [01:15:01] BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, SO HOLD ON ONE SECOND. >> I'M GOOD. >> OKAY. [NOISE] MR. SMITH? >> YES. >> COUNCIL, CAN HEAR? >> YES. >> COUNCIL CAN HEAR YOU TOO, SO ANYTIME YOU'RE READY. >> MY NAME IS ROBERT SMITH, AND I GO BY JOHN. SO IF YOU CALL MY HOUSE, THEN ASK FOR ROBERT. MY KIDS WILL SAY IT'S [INAUDIBLE]. I'VE LIVED IN LA VERNE FOR 40 YEARS, IN THE SAME HOUSE, MARRIED WITH THE SAME WIFE. I HAVE 40 YEARS [NOISE] WORKING IN PUBLIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION, FOR EMF FIRE EMPLOYEES. I'VE DONE BUDGETS ALL THOSE YEARS, ONE YEAR, TWO YEARS, THREE YEARS, AND EVEN DID A FIVE-YEAR BUDGET. I KNOW ABOUT THE TIER SYSTEM. WHEN WE HAD UTILITY [INAUDIBLE] TASKS, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD THE DEAL WITH. SOME YEARS, IT WAS GREAT AND SOME YEARS IT WASN'T. WHAT I SEE IN THE FUTURE IS WITH THIS COVID VIRUS, IT'S REALLY GOING TO TAKE A HIT ON THE FINDING IT TO THE CITY, NOT TO JUST LA VERNE BUT ALL OF THEM. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE REAL SCHOOL GO, AND REAL ASPIRE, AND VERY, VERY TRANSPARENT ON HOW YOU TAX FOR THEM. THAT'S GOOD. >> OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LIKE I SAID, THE COUNCIL WILL BE MAKING THAT SELECTION TODAY, AND THEN I WILL BE MAKING CONTACT EARLY NEXT WEEK TO COORDINATE NEXT ROUNDS FOR INDIVIDUALS. >> OKAY. THAT SOUNDS GOOD. >> THANK YOU. >> HAVE A GOOD DAY EVERYONE. BYE. >> THANK YOU. YOU TOO. BYE. [NOISE] HANG ON ONE SECOND. YEAH. GO AHEAD. DO YOU HEAR ME, LUPE? >> YES. [NOISE] >> THANK YOU. MR. WAGNER? HI. THIS IS BOB RUSSI. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU THROUGH TO THE COUNCIL ON A MINUTE ON SPEAKERPHONE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A COUPLE OF LOGISTICAL THINGS BEFORE I DO. I'LL BE GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES TO ALLOW YOU TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERTISE, QUALIFICATION, AND BACKGROUND THAT YOU BELIEVE WOULD MAKE YOU ONE OF THE CANDIDATES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THE NEXT ROUND. COUNCIL WILL BE SELECTING 10 OF THE 20 TO BE ADVANCED TO ACTUAL INTERVIEWS. IN CONSIDERATION OF TIME, THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS NOW, THAT'LL BE RESERVED FOR THE NEXT ROUND. SO I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS, INDICATING THAT YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT, ALL RIGHT? I'M GOING TO PUTTING ON THE SPEAKER RIGHT NOW, MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU BEFORE I HAVE YOU GET STARTED. SO HOLD ON ONE SECOND. >> FINE. >> MR. WAGNER, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR HIM? OKAY. ANYTIME YOU'RE READY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> FIRST I WANT TO THANK YOU MAYOR HEPBURN AND MEMBERS OF LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL FOR TAKING A FEW MOMENTS OF YOUR TIME TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT ME AND HOW I MIGHT BE USEFUL IN BECOMING PART OF THE CITIZENS OVERSIGHTS COMMITTEE THAT IS ASSOCIATED WITH MEASURING LA VERNE. I WANT TO START IT WITH A LITTLE BACKGROUND ABOUT MYSELF. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS DRIVEN ME FOR A GREAT DEAL OF TIME NOW IS THIS NOTION OF MAKING AN IMPACT THAT MATTERS. IN FACT, I CAN'T REALLY TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT, IT'S SOMETHING THAT MY FIRM HAD AS A PRIMARY PURPOSE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT RESONATED WELL WITH ME. IT ALSO FIT NICELY WITH ONE OF MY PRIMARY PERSONAL GOALS, WHICH IS ALWAYS TO PROVIDE MORE VALUE TO THE ENTITY THAT I'M WORKING WITH AND I'M ACTUALLY ATTAINED FROM THAT IDENTITY ITSELF. I'M TRYING TO PUT IN MORE VALUE THAN, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN I WAS GETTING PAID BY THE FIRM THAT I WAS WORKING FOR. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN TRUE, IT'S BEEN TRUE IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER, DURING MY CAREER, AND THE ENGAGEMENTS THAT I LED, THE TEAMS THAT I WORKED WITH AND EVEN IN MY VOLUNTEER ROLES. BUT NOW, I FEEL LIKE SINCE I HAVE BEEN RETIRED FOR ALMOST A YEAR, COMING UP ON MAY 31ST WILL BE MY FIRST ANNIVERSARY, IT'S TIME TO ACTUALLY APPLY THOSE GOALS, THOSE OBJECTIVES THROUGH THE COMMUNITY TO WHICH, REALLY THAT I'VE BEEN VERY FOND OF FOR ALMOST 40 YEARS NOW AND WHERE I RAISED MY FAMILY. I'M GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME AGAIN, [01:20:02] AND WHY I WANT TO BE ON THE COMMITTEE. I'M HOPING THAT MY RESUME IS COMPLETE ENOUGH, IT WILL ANSWER MOST OF MY EXPERIENCE QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. IT'S A BIT LENGTHY, BUT I JUST FELT LIKE ONE OF THE THINGS I REALLY WANTED TO GET ACROSS WAS HOW INTERESTED THAT I AM IN SERVING LA VERNE. LA VERNE IS AGAIN, WHERE I'VE BEEN FOR SO MANY YEARS AND I FEEL LIKE THIS IS A GREAT COMMUNITY, ACTUALLY, I'VE MOVED FOUR TIMES, NEVER LEFT LA VERNE, IT KEEPS DRAWING ME BACK, TO BE HONEST, I'VE NOT LIVED OUTSIDE OF LA VERNE EXCEPT ONCE THAT I LIVED IN CLAREMONT BUT I FEEL THE STRONG SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT'S HERE IS REALLY THE REASON I KEEP COMING BACK AND THE REASON I'VE DECIDED I WILL NEVER REALLY MOVE UNLESS SOMEBODY FORCES ME TO DO SO. I'VE LOOKED AT THE APPLICATION, THAT I FILLED OUT, I ALSO LOOKED AT THE RESOLUTION 1991 AND 1992 THAT MRS. [INAUDIBLE] WAS KIND ENOUGH TO FORWARD TO ME AND I FEEL LIKE AGAIN, MY EXPERIENCE AND MY EDUCATION FITS, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT [INAUDIBLE] FINANCIAL ANALYSIS REALLY IS, TO ME, MORE THAN EDUCATION AND MORE THAN A PROFESSION. IT REALLY IS MY AVOCATION, SOMETHING I'VE TRULY ENJOYED [NOISE] AND IT'S SOMETHING, I BELIEVE, CAN HELP IN MAKING GOOD DECISIONS. I ALWAYS BELIEVE [OVERLAPPING]. >> YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS. -- BETTER BUT NOT ALWAYS APPROPRIATE. AGAIN, MY GOAL IS REALLY TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS TREATED ME SO WELL. IT HAS TREATED ME SO WELL FOR SO LONG AND I'M HOPING YOU'LL GIVE ME THAT OPPORTUNITY. [NOISE] >> OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAD THE TIMER GOING AT THE SAME TIME TOO. THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> I DO WANT TO RESPECT THAT YOU'VE GOT MORE THINGS ON YOUR AGENDA. >> WELL, THANK YOU. I WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THE TOP TEN CANDIDATES AS WELL AS THE OTHERS EARLY NEXT WEEK TO COORDINATE THAT NEXT ROUND OF THE INTERVIEW WITH THE COUNCIL. SO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT CONTACT. >> LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> THANK YOU, MR. WAGNER. >> BYE. >> GOODBYE. [NOISE] >> LUPE? >> NEXT? >> YES, PLEASE. [BACKGROUND] [NOISE] >> THANK YOU. MR. WESTON? HI. THIS IS BOB RUSSI. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? IN A MINUTE, I'M GOING TO BE PUTTING YOU THROUGH TO THE COUNCIL ON SPEAKERPHONE, BUT I WANTED TO GO OVER JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO GO THROUGH AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS WHICH YOU BELIEVE WILL MAKE YOU A CANDIDATE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT NEXT ROUND. COUNCIL WILL BE NARROWING THIS DOWN TO 10 CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE BOUGHT BACK FOR FURTHER INTERVIEW. OKAY. BECAUSE OF TIME, THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS. AT THIS MOMENT, THEY WILL BE RESERVING THAT FOR THE NEXT ROUND WHEN THEY GET TO 10. I WILL BE SETTING A TIMER OR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS, LETTING YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS LEFT TO WRAP UP YOU'RE THOUGHTS. OKAY? >> [INAUDIBLE] >> YES. ALL THE COUNCIL IS ON ZOOM AND I WILL BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE WHERE THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HEAR YOU FROM WHERE THEY RESIDE. OKAY. I'LL MAKE SURE THEY CAN HEAR YOU BEFORE WE GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MARV, ARE YOU THERE? >> I'M HERE. >> COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR HIM? >> YES. >> CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? >> THEY CAN HEAR YOU JUST FINE. >> YES, SIR. >> GO RIGHT AHEAD. >> GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR HEPBURN, AND LA VERNE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND A SPECIAL WELCOME TO RICK AND WENDY. I'D LIKE TO FOCUS, FIRST OF ALL, ON MY COMMUNITY SERVICE. THREE YEARS AGO, I WAS AWARDED THE JACK HUNTINGTON PRIDE OF LA VERNE AWARD, FOR VOLUNTEERISM AND MY EFFORTS DIDN'T STOP THERE. GOING BACK OVER 12 YEARS, MY WIFE SANDY AND I JOINED THE RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PATROL GROUP AND FROM THAT TIME, WE HAVE GONE FROM BEING RESIDENTS OF LA VERNE TO PARTICIPANTS IN THE LIFE OF THE CITY. I'M CURRENTLY AN RSVP BOARD MEMBER AND FINANCE COORDINATOR, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS TREASURER. ALONG WITH SANDY, WE INTRODUCED AND BROUGHT THE YANA PROGRAM INTO ACTION WITH OUR GROUP TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE JUST ADDED TWO MORE PARTICIPANTS THIS WEEK. I'M ALSO A BOARD MEMBER WITH LA VERNE'S HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND RECENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE 2019 CEMETERY TOUR, PLAYING THE ROLE OF JACOB [INAUDIBLE] , A LA VERNE PIONEER. [01:25:02] IN ADDITION, MY ADJOINMENT PHOTOGRAPHY CAPTURED MANY CIVIC AND HEALTHY PD EVENTS. THESE PHOTOS CAN BE SEEN IN MANY PLACES, FOR EXAMPLE, AT HILLCREST, WHERE THE PANELS ARE DISPLAYED, SHOWING THE HISTORY OF LA VERNE, IN THE HALLWAY OF THE VETERAN'S HALL SHOWING THE BAND OF BROTHERS TOGETHER DURING A MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY AND ON A NIGHTSTAND THAT OFFICER FRANKIE CAMBERO HAS A PICTURE OF HIM TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE. I REALLY ENJOY DOING SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR OTHERS IN OUR COMMUNITY. REGARDING THE TAX MEASURE, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP FOR THE COMMUNITY TO APPROVE OF. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE FOLLOWED THE NEWS ABOUT OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH AND HOW THE RISING COST OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS HAVE BEEN TAKING A TOLL ON OTHER CITY SERVICES. THIS TOLL IS GOING TO EVEN BE GREATER WITH EFFECTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS. WHEN THE TAX REVENUES COME IN, THE CHALLENGE WILL DETERMINE HOW IT WILL HELP HEAL SOME OF THE AREA'S HARDEST HIT. I PICTURE LOOK IT AS WHAT WE MIGHT BE THINKING OF AS A SMORGASBORD OF CHOICES, PRIORITIZING THEM AND COLLECTIVELY DECIDING WHERE TO START. DO I HAVE AN AGENDA? WELL, MANY VOTERS EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THE TAX MEASURE FUND SHOULD BE EARMARKED FOR PUBLIC SERVICE ONLY. I FEEL THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AREA BUT I DO NOT FEEL THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSTRAINED TO ONE AREA WHEN THERE ARE OTHER AREAS OF CRITICAL NEED TO BE WEIGHED IN. AGAIN, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE OUR NEEDS AND DECIDE WHERE WE WILL GET THE BEST RESULTS. I AM A PERSON KNOWN TO MANY IN THE COMMUNITY AND NOT ONLY THE POLICE AND FIRE [NOISE] BUT IN THE DOWNTOWN BERTRAM, MOBILE HOME MANAGERS, THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE [OVERLAPPING]. >> MARV, 15 SECONDS. >> [INAUDIBLE] CONTACT WITH THEM OVER THE MANY YEARS. I FEEL LIKE I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORT IN ACTING AS A MEMBER OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, APPRECIATE IT. I WILL BE MAKING CONTACT EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH THOSE CANDIDATES THAT ARE BEING MOVED ON AND COORDINATE A TIME TO MEET WITH COUNCIL. >> OKAY. >> THANK YOU, MR. WESTON. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. >> GOOD TALK WITH ALL OF YOU. STAY SAFE. >> TAKE CARE. YOU TOO. >> BYE-BYE. [NOISE] >> LUPE? [BACKGROUND] YES. I THINK SHE LOST THE NEXT ONE, WE'LL BE RIGHT WITH YOU. THAT WENT TOO BAD. I WAS PREDICTING AN HOUR AND A HALF RIGHT IN THAT RANGE. LUPE? HERE WE GO. YES. THANK YOU. MR. WHITE? HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. HOW ARE YOU? GOOD. IN A MINUTE, I AM GOING TO PUTTING YOU THROUGH TO COUNCIL ON SPEAKERPHONE. I JUST WANTED TO OVER A COUPLE OF LOGISTICAL THINGS BEFORE I DO. YOU'LL BE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO GIVE COUNCIL AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS THAT YOU FEEL WOULD MAKE YOU ONE OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THEM TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE 10, THAT WOULD THEN BE BROUGHT BACK FOR A TRADITIONAL INTERVIEW. GIVEN THE CONSIDERATION OF TIME, THEY WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS OF YOU NOW, THAT WOULD BE RESERVED FOR THE NEXT ROUND. I WILL GO AHEAD AND SET A TIMER FOR 2 MINUTES AND 45 SECONDS, JUST LETTING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE ROUGHLY 15 SECONDS LEFT. OKAY. I'M GOING TO PUT ON SPEAKERPHONE NOW, MAKE SURE THEY CAN HERE YOU BEFORE YOU GET STARTED. ALL RIGHT. HANG ON. >> MR. WHITE, ARE YOU THERE? >> I AM. >> COUNCIL, YOU CAN HEAR? YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD AT AN TIME. >> OKAY. WELL, I'M GLAD TO BE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. I WISH I COULD SEE YOU IN PERSON. BUT HERE WE ARE. MY NAME IS RON WHITE. I'VE BEEN SERVING IN THE PAST IN MANY CAPACITIES IN THE COMMUNITY. IN AN ELECTIVE CAPACITY, I SERVE ON A SCHOOL BOARD. I THINK MY EXPERIENCE THERE HAS PROVIDED ME WITH SOME BACKGROUND WITH AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL BE HELPFUL TO THIS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY BOND MEASURES HAVE EVER BEEN PASSED, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO PASS A BOND MEASURE AT THAT TIME IN THE MUCH OF [01:30:06] THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE LAST 10-15 YEAR HAS BEEN AS RESULT OF THAT FIRST BOND MEASURE. SO WE HAD OVERSIGHT RESPONSIBILITIES AND STUDIED THE ESTIMATES AND THE COSTS. I THINK THAT PERSPECTIVE IS HELPFUL TO ME TODAY IN THIS POSITION OF AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR THIS FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO BE GENERATED FROM THE MEASURE THAT IN WILL HAVE. THAT WILL BE UPON ME. MY WORK FOR 35 YEARS WORKING AS AN ATTORNEY. MUCH OF THAT TIME SINCE 1996 ANYWAY HAS BEEN SPENT ALSO WORKING AS A MEDIATOR. SO I FEEL LIKE IN TERMS OF A TEAM PLAYER AND THE COUNCIL THAT I'VE HAD MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND WORKING TOGETHER WITH PEOPLE TO THE END OF SOME GOAL, SOME MISSION THAT WE TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER. I THINK, ULTIMATELY, JUST PERSONALITY-WISE, I'M A TEAM PLAYER. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR ANY CREDIT OR GLORY OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S JUST MY GENERAL OUTLOOK ON LIFE AND THE WAY I TRY TO LIVE. I'VE GIVEN YOU SOME EXPERIENCE FOR AS ELECTED OFFICIAL, MY PROFESSION, I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF EXPERIENCES OVER THE YEARS SERVING AS A LAY LEADER IN MY CHURCH. WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO WORK ON COUPLE IMPROVEMENT ISSUES, AND BEING RESPONSIBLE FOR LARGE CHURCH MEETING HOUSES AND THEIR MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP, WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND THEIR OWN FINANCES IN TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE STRUGGLING FINANCIALLY AND IN NEED. THAT'S GIVEN ME A GREAT PERSPECTIVE. [NOISE] DEFINITELY A HEART AND DESIRE TO HELP OTHERS. THOSE ARE THE THREE AREAS THAT I THINK [OVERLAPPING]. >> FIFTEEN SECONDS. >> MY EXPERIENCE WILL HELP ME IN THIS AREA IN SERVING ON THIS COMMITTEE. >> GREAT. THANK MR. WHITE? >> OKAY? >> YES. THEY ALL HEARD YOU VERY WELL. THE SPEAKER COMING BACK ISN'T THE BEST. SO I WILL CERTAINLY BE CONTACTING EVERYBODY EARLY NEXT WEEK AND LETTING KNOW WHO WILL BE COORDINATING THE NEXT ROUND WITH THE TOP 10. >> OKAY. IN FAIRNESS, IF I CAN SPEND A COUPLE OF SECONDS TALKING ABOUT, IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS MY WIFE AND I HAVE CONSIDERED MOVING. WE HAVE CHILDREN OUT OF STATE WITH LOTS OF GRANDCHILDREN OUT OF STATE. THAT'S STILL A POSSIBILITY. WE DON'T HAVE ANY IMMINENT PLANS TO DO SO, BUT I WOULDN'T WANT TO TAKE POSITION WITHOUT YOU KNOWING THAT. THAT THERE ARE OTHER CANDIDATES THAT ARE FIRMLY ESTABLISHED HERE IN THE COMING YEARS THAT MAYBE A PREFERRED CHOICE FOR YOU. SO LONG AS I'M HERE, IF WOULD WANT ME I WOULD BE PLEASED TO BE ABLE TO SERVE. >> VERY GOOD. >> I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT. >> GOOD TO HEAR THAT. SO THANK YOU. WE'LL BE IN TOUCH. >> THANK YOU MR. WHITE. >> ALL RIGHT. BYE. >> OKAY. BRINGING UP THE LAST CANDIDATE. GO AHEAD. [NOISE] YES. THANK YOU. MR. ZYLSTRA? HI, THIS IS BOB RUSSI. HOW ARE YOU TODAY? GOOD. MEANWHILE, I'LL BE PUTTING YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE TO THE CITY COUNCIL. JUST WANTED TO OVER A COUPLE THINGS WITH YOU. I'M GIVING YOU THREE MINUTES TO GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, THINGS THAT YOU THINK WOULD MAKE YOU A CANDIDATE THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED TO GO ON TO THE NEXT ROUND OF THE 10. GIVEN THE TIME, COUNSEL WILL NOT BE ASKING ANY QUESTIONS TODAY. THEY'LL BE HOLDING THAT FOR THE NEXT ROUND WHEN IT'LL BE A TRADITIONAL INTERVIEWING IN A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD. I'LL BE SETTING A TIMER FOR ROUGHLY TWO MINUTES, 45 SECONDS, LETTING YOU KNOW YOU HAVE 15 SECONDS LEFT, THEN IN WHICH TO WRAP-UP ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY. I'LL PUT YOU ON SPEAKERPHONE RIGHT NOW. MAKE SURE THE COUNCIL CAN HEAR YOU BEFORE WE GET YOU STARTED. YEAH. IT'S ALL THE COUNCIL AND MYSELF. THEY ARE ON ZOOM, SO YOU'LL JUST BE SPEAKING TO THEM THROUGH THAT. ALL RIGHT. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. [01:35:01] ARE YOU THERE? >> I'M HERE. >> OKAY. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL, CAN YOU HEAR? OKAY. ANYTIME YOU'RE READY. >> OKAY. FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THIS CITY. I LOVE THIS CITY AND I HOPE YOUR FAMILIES ARE ALL HEALTHY. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF, MY FAMILY. I MOVED TO LA VERNE ABOUT 32 YEARS AGO AND SIMULTANEOUS MOVED MY WHOLESALE NURSERY BUSINESS HERE. I HAVE OVER 100 EMPLOYEES IN THE [INAUDIBLE]. I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WITH RESPECT TO FINANCE, BUDGETS AND BUSINESS IN GENERAL. DON'T KNOW IT ALL, BUT NONE OF US DO. MY FAMILY HAS ALWAYS ENJOYED SUPPORTING WITH OUR BUSINESS WHENEVER POSSIBLE. OVER THE YEARS, I'VE BEEN INVOLVED AS PARTICIPANT IN THE 4TH OF JULY PARADE, THE CANDY PAR ON CHRISTMAS AND BALLS AND ATHLETICS IN LA VERNE. I'VE DONE A LOT WITH THE CITY SUPPORTED PROGRAMS THROUGH COACHING AND ADVISORY ROLE TO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. AT THE HIGH-SCHOOL, I COACH GIRLS AND BOYS. AT THE VARSITY LEVEL, I COACHED THERE. BEEN BOARD MEMBER FOR THE [INAUDIBLE]. MEMBER OF THE LA VERNE YOUTH AND SPORTS COMMITTEE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. I AM CURRENTLY SERVING AS A BOARD MEMBER TREASURER. LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE TEAM AND COMMITTEE, WE RAISED $30,000 IN LESS THAN A YEAR. WE PRESENTLY OBVIOUSLY A LITTLE DERAILED BY THE PANDEMIC, BUT WE'RE STILL ALL COMMUNICATING. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SUPPORTED AND VOTED, YES [INAUDIBLE] IN ORDER TO GENERATE A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY TO ME WAS A NO BRAINER. HOPEFULLY, WHEN THEY INCREASE IT TILL NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE BACK TO NORMAL, IF WE CAN CALL IT THAT. BUT I IMAGINE WE CAN ALL RAISE A LOT OF MONEY THAT WAY. I WANT TO INSURE THAT REVENUES FROM [INAUDIBLE] ARE SPENT ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED SPENDING GUIDELINES. I FEEL LIKE THE MISSION OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS VERY CLEAR. REVIEWING AND RECOMMENDING IS THE PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO IMPROVING EMERGENCY RESPONSE, SUPPORT NEW TEAM CENTER WHICH I THINK IS BEEN MENTIONED. IMPROVE LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE OF STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND THE LIKES. AS THEY EXISTING SHORT CALL ON SCHEDULE, BUT UNFUNDED GENERAL FUND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT. I THINK I WILL BE A GREAT ASSET TO THE COMMITTEE. [NOISE] JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING ME AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR COMMITTEE. >> THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. >> OKAY. >> ALL RIGHT. I'LL BE MAKING CONTACT WITH THE CANDIDATES NEXT WEEK. COUNCIL WILL MAKE THEIR SELECTIONS TODAY OF THE TOP 10 AND I WILL COORDINATE THE NEXT ROUND OF MEETINGS FROM THERE. >> OKAY, BOB. THANKS FOR ALL YOU ARE DOING. >> THANKS, MR. ZYLSTRA. >> ALL RIGHT. >> TAKE CARE. >> THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. OKAY. SO NOW, THAT'S ALL THE CANDIDATES, OF COURSE, I'VE CHECKED AT THIS POINT, THERE WASN'T ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE NEEDED FOR THIS, BUT WE'LL CHECK PUBLIC COMMENT BEFORE WE CLOSE IN GENERAL. BUT I WILL NOW THROW IT TO YOU MR. MAYOR, AND ASK HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED? >> LET'S GO AHEAD WITH SHOWING EACH PERSON MAKE THEIR SELECTION OF FIVE, WE AGREED UPON THAT, CORRECT? >> YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENT. IS THERE ANY COMMENTS? >> ANY COMMENTS? [OVERLAPPING] >> I GUESS THE QUESTION I HAVE IS BECAUSE YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NOTIFY NEXT WEEK, ARE WE LIVE STREAMING THE DISCUSSION NOW? ARE WE GOING TO [OVERLAPPING]. >> YES, THIS DISCUSSION IS LIVE STREAM. >> OKAY. SO SOMEBODY MAY NOT NEED TO WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK. >> TRUE, BUT WE ARE NOT GOING TO ASSUME THAT EVERYBODY WOULD BE WATCHING. >> GOT YOU. OKAY. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN LAST TIME BECAUSE LAST TIME NOT VERY REALLY PEOPLE SHOWED UP APPARENTLY. [LAUGHTER] >> NO. I THINK WHEN WE WERE IN THIS ROUND LAST TIME WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, I THINK EVERYBODY WAS IN THE ROOM IF YOU REMEMBER. THE NEXT ROUND THAT WE GO TO THE INTERVIEWS, THERE WAS NOBODY THAT WAS THERE SO THERE WERE THOSE DIFFERENT STAGES. >> WELL, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT THE DELIBERATION OF THE TOP THREE IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE. >> YES, IN PLANNING COMMISSION. >> OKAY. >> YOU'RE THINKING THERE WERE TWO ROUNDS. THERE WAS THIS ROUND AND THEN I CHECKED BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS IN THE ROOM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, [01:40:03] AND THEN THE NEXT ROUND, WHICH WERE THE Q&A. >> [OVERLAPPING] RIGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR REFRESHING MY MEMORY. >> OKAY. SO WITH THAT. >> ARE THERE NO QUESTIONS TO ANYONE OR ANYTHING ELSE? >> ARE WE JUST GOING TO LIST OFF OUR TOP FIVE BASED ON THIS RANKING SHEET BECAUSE THAT SHOULD GO PRETTY QUICKLY, I WOULD THINK. >> I WOULD KEEP TABS OF IT HERE IF YOU'D LIKE UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER WAY YOU WANT TO DO IT. >> QUESTION. ARE WE GOING TO SEND IN THE FIVE NAMES OR WE GIVE IN THE COMMENT, I'D SEE THE COMMENT COLUMN. ARE WE GOING TO READ THE COMMENTS OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO GIVE- >> THAT'S MORE FOR YOUR BENEFIT. I DON'T THINK YOU NECESSARILY HAVE TO [OVERLAPPING] YOUR TOP FIVE ARE. >> I THINK OUR TOP FIVE. WE'RE JUST GOING WITH OUR TOP FIVE AND MOVE ON. [OVERLAPPING] >> YEAH. >> OKAY. I CAN GO FIRST. >> OKAY. NOT NECESSARILY IN THE ORDER. I'M NOT READING TOP TO BOTTOM AS FAR AS MY RANKING. >> OKAY. >> I'M GOING ALONG THE SHEET BECAUSE IT MAKES LIFE EASIER. [LAUGHTER] SO I HAVE MR. ANAVI, MR. CARTER, MS. CARNEY, MR. GABALDON, AND MR. INGELS. >> OKAY. WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE NEXT? >> I'LL GO NEXT. >> OKAY. >> I HAVE ANAVI, BLOZENSKI, CARNEY, WHITE, AND WAGNER. >> OKAY. >> COUNCILMEMBER CARDER, DO YOU LIKE TO GO? >> STILL WRITING DOWN. CAN SOMEBODY ELSE GO? >> SURE. MR. CROSBY, GO AHEAD. >> YEAH, I'LL GO. I KNOW YOU MAY COMMENT BUT THIS WAS A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH. >> [LAUGHTER] HERE HERE. IT WASN'T EASY. >> IT WAS A VERY GOOD GROUP, YES. >> I HAD AND AGAIN, NO ORDER. JUST DOWN THE LIST WAS MR. ANAVI, MR. BLOZENSKI, MR. CHANG, MR. WAGNER, AND MR. ZYLSTRA. >> OKAY. >> ROBIN, YOU WANT ME TO GO OR YOU WANT TO GO? >> YEAH, I CAN GO. OKAY. >> OKAY. >> I AGREE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT. THERE'S SO MANY WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT WANT TO VOLUNTEER ON OUR COMMUNITY AND I APPRECIATE THAT. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. MY NO PARTICULAR ORDER IS DAVE ZYLSTRA, RON INGELS, RON WHITE, JIM MURPHY, AND ROBERT CARTER. [NOISE] >> OKAY. [NOISE] >> I'M GOING TO GO WITH CHANG, BLOZENSKI, BARTELL, BOWEN, AND MOSER. MOSER? OKAY. [NOISE] SO JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE HERE. LET'S SEE, I HAVE MR. ANAVI. I'M JUST GOING TO GO THE TOP RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN COME BACK AND SEE WHAT WE NEED. SO I HAVE MR. ANAVI WITH THREE, MR. BLOZENSKI WITH THREE, AND THEN, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE WITH THREE. SO MY TWO'S, I HAVE MR. CARTER, MS. CARNEY, MR. CHANG, MR. INGELS, MR. WAGNER, MR. WHITE, AND MR. ZYLSTRA. SO THAT'S 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. THAT GIVES YOU NINE RIGHT NOW. MAKE SURE I GOT THAT RIGHT. SO THEN THAT. YES. SO THEN THAT LEAVES WITH ONE SELECTION, MR. BARTELL, BOWEN, GABALDON, MOSER, AND MURPHY. [01:45:01] MY NEXT TIE IS RANKED AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT THE OTHERS HAVE SAID. THIS IS A VERY TIGHT BUNCH. SO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN 1 AND 20 WAS SMALL AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN 1 AND 10 IS SMALL. BUT MY NEXT HIGHEST CANDIDATE WITH A SINGLE VOTE ON RIGHT NOW IS MR. MURPHY. REAL QUICK. WHAT'S THE POOL OF ONES AT ONCE JUST MAKE A SEPARATE LIST SO I CAN FOLLOW IT VISUALLY? WELL, COUNCIL CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT. MY SUGGESTION WAS IS THAT YOU WERE TO TAKE THAT UNIVERSAL WHO WAS LEFT THAT WERE GIVEN ONE AND THEN RE-RANK THOSE JUST TO YOURSELF. BUT YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. RIGHT NOW WERE-. [OVERLAPPING] WENDY IS ASKING WHO HAD ONE VOTE? [OVERLAPPING] OH, I'M SORRY. OKAY. WHO HAD ONE VOTE? MR. BARTELL. OKAY. MR. BOWEN, MR. GABALDON, AND MR. MOSER. [OVERLAPPING] MR. MOSER AND MR. MURPHY. OKAY. SO THOSE ARE ALL ARE ONES? YES. OKAY. MY NEXT HIGHEST WAS MR. MURPHY. WE SHOULD JUST PROBABLY GO BACK TO THE GROUP AND MAKE THE SAME THING, CORRECT? SO WE SHOULD START THE SAME ORDER WHO IS FIRST AGAIN, MR. DAVIS YOU ALREADY SAID THAT IT WAS MR. MURPHY? RIGHT. SO IF WE GO ON ORDER, COUNCILMEMBER LAU. HOLD ON. I'M GOING THROUGH MY FUN LIST RIGHT NOW SO IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME [OVERLAPPING] SURE, THAT'S FINE. I WILL GO AS FAST AS I CAN THOUGH, PROMISE. NO RUSH. [LAUGHTER] NO RUSH. [NOISE] I SEE WE DO IT LIKE GOLF, READY, PLAY. SO WHOEVER'S READY WITH THE NEXT CALL CAN MAKE. OKAY. MY NEXT HIGHEST IS MOSER. OKAY. OKAY, MY NEXT HIGHER IS DASSLER [OVERLAPPING]. MY NEXT QUESTION IS THE ONE'S WHO HAD ONE VOTE. YEAH. OH, THE ONE'S THAT YOU'VE SAID? YEAH. THAT'S WHY I'M TAKING A MINUTE. OKAY. YES, EXACTLY. SO THEN, OKAY. THEN, FOR MINE IT WOULD BE BARTELL, [OVERLAPPING]. BUT ROBIN, MR. MURPHY WAS ON YOUR LIST. HE WAS YOUR ONE. RIGHT, I UNDERSTAND. CAN I SAY THEM AGAIN? NO [INAUDIBLE] IN PERSON. OH, OKAY. NO? [OVERLAPPING] MY SIXTH CHOICE WAS THE ONE I OFFERED. ON THE LIST. AFTER FIVE, YOU WENT TO NUMBER 6. [OVERLAPPING]. RIGHT. BECAUSE MR. GABALDON WAS ONE OF MINE AND HE ONLY HAD ONE AND MS. CARNEY ALSO ONLY HAD ONE. BUT I DID [OVERLAPPING]. OH, SHE WAS A TWO. I'M SORRY, SHE'S IN. MY BAD. CAN I STOP EVERYBODY FOR A SECOND? YES, PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE THE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO WERE LEFT THAT ALL GOT ONE VOTE. IT'S BARTELL, BOWEN, GALBADON, MOSER, AND MURPHY. SO IF YOU GO DOWN YOUR LAST COLUMN WHERE YOU RANKED 1 THROUGH 20, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE RANKS AND WHO IS THE HIGHEST OF THOSE WITH THE ONE. THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. MINE WOULD BE MURPHY THEN. YEAH. NO, YOU- [OVERLAPPING]. HE'S ON YOUR FIVE. [OVERLAPPING] IN YOUR LIST. HE WAS ALREADY ON YOUR FIVE. RIGHT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GO BASICALLY NUMBER 6 WHICH IS YOUR HIGHEST AFTER YOUR FIVE. OKAY. ONLY IF IT'S ONE OF THOSE LEFT. I SAID IT, IT WAS A BARTELL. [OVERLAPPING] OKAY, THERE YOU GO. YOU CONFUSE ME. [LAUGHTER]. IT'S A SIMPLE PROCESS BUT VERY CONFUSING AT THE SAME TIME. [INAUDIBLE] I NEED VISUALS. I NEED CHARTS. [LAUGHTER] [OVERLAPPING]. PUT UP WHITEBOARDS. [OVERLAPPING] IF YOU'RE LIKE ME. I HAVE CHIP AND SCRATCHED. IT'S SCRATCHED EVERYWHERE NOW. I KNOW. I FEEL LIKE TRYING TO WRITE IT [INAUDIBLE] WHAT DID I JUST WRITE? OKAY. RICK? I'M STILL WORKING IT OUT. I'M SORRY. >> OKAY. NO PROBLEM. >> MINE WAS MR. MOSHER, SORRY. >> MR. MOSHER. OKAY. >> COUNCIL M. LAU, DID YOU DO ONE ALREADY? >> YES, IT'S MOSHER ON MINE. THANK YOU. >> SO THAT LEAVES ME. >> YES. >> MOSHER. >> HE WAS IN ALREADY, TIM. >> I'M SORRY. >> NO WORRIES. >> [INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE HELPFUL. [LAUGHTER] >> YEAH. THANK YOU. >> YOU WOULD BE PICKING FROM [OVERLAPPING] [01:50:03] >> THE OTHERS. [NOISE] >> WOW, WAIT. HOLD ON. >> NOW, WAIT A MINUTE HERE. >> YEAH, YOU WILL BE PICKING FROM BARTELL AND BOWEN, SO WHOEVER WAS HIGHER OF THE TWO FOR YOU. >> HE ALREADY HAD BOWEN. >> HE ALREADY HAD BOWEN. HE'D ALREADY PICKED FOR THE FIRST-TIME THROUGH. >> I ALREADY HAVE BARTELL, I HAVE BOWEN. [NOISE] >> SO GABALDON AND MURPHY WOULD BE THE TWO YOU WOULD PICK BETWEEN. RIGHT? >> YES. >> WHICH ONE OF THOSE IS HIGHER? >> THAT WOULD BE GABALDON. >> OKAY. >> HOW DOES THAT COME OUT BOB? [LAUGHTER] >> THE WAY THAT COMES OUT, IS IF WE WENT STRICTLY ON NUMBERS, THE ONE THAT HAD THREE FROM WHAT WAS LEFT WAS MOSHER, BECAUSE WE ADDED RICK AND WENDY TO THE ONE THAT TIM HAD ALREADY PUT IN. >> OKAY. >> HE MAKES 10. >> HE MAKES 10. >> MOSHER MAKES 10. >> SO YOUR TOP 10 WILL THEN BE GOING BACK ANAVI, BLAZENSKI, CARDER, CARNEY, CHANG, INGLES, MOSHER, WAGNER, WHITE, ZYLSTRA. >> YES. >> OKAY. DOES THAT SUIT THE COUNCIL AND GO FROM THERE? >> YEAH. >> YEAH. >> YES. >> DO WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION OR DO WE JUST SAY YES, THUMBS UP? >> WHATEVER [OVERLAPPING] >> BOB, READ THOSE AGAIN WOULD YOU, PLEASE? >> ANAVI, BLAZENSKI, CARDER, CARNEY, CHANG, INGLES, MOSHER, WAGNER, WHITE, ZYLSTRA. >> OKAY. EVERYBODY'S GOOD WITH THAT? >> YEAH. >> SO WE HAVE A MOTION. >> [INAUDIBLE] >> SECOND. >> ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> AYE. >> PERFECT. MOTION CARRIED. THAT WORKS. I GUESS JUST WRAP UP AS FAR AS IF WE WERE TO TRY AND COORDINATE SOMETHING FOR THE MAYBE NEXT WEEK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE QUICK FOR EVERYBODY'S SCHEDULE UNLESS PEOPLE ARE OTHERWISE NOT BUSY. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THE 10:15 NEXT THURSDAY, IS THE ONLY REASON I'M TRYING TO BE SENSITIVE TO DOING SOMETHING ELSE ON THAT DAY. >> WELL, AND IF WE'RE DOING INTERVIEWS THAT ARE GOING TO ALLOW FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER, WHAT'S THE TIME LIMIT ON EACH INTERVIEW? >> WE TYPICALLY DO IT ABOUT A HALF-HOUR WITH THE 10 MINUTES OR 40 MINUTES OF INTERVIEWS, SO YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A COUPLE OF THREE HOURS OF TIME HERE. >> TWO DAYS, RIGHT? >> YEAH. >> WE CAN DO IT TWO DAYS IF YOU'D LIKE, THAT PROBABLY IS BETTER. >> WHAT ARE WE THINKING AS A START? DO YOU HAVE A PREFERENCE FOR TIME OF DAY? I'M ASKING ONLY BECAUSE IT'S A CHUNK OF TIME THAT I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT MY SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF MEETINGS FOR WORK. >> WHAT'S BETTER, LATER OR EARLIER? >> LATER IS BETTER IN THE DAY, BECAUSE IF I SAY EARLY, I'M GOING TO SAY REALLY EARLY AND NONE OF YOU ARE GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH ME AND NEITHER ANY OF THESE PEOPLE. [LAUGHTER] >> YOU CAN TEST ME ON THAT, BUT I THINK I'LL BEAT YOU. [LAUGHTER] >> I'D ACTUALLY BE HAPPY TO TRY. [OVERLAPPING] >> I'M A FIVE O'CLOKER, SO YEAH. [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER] SO THE ONE THING I WILL ASK TO NOODLE A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT IS, YOU'RE DOING THIS ROUND OF INTERVIEW AND I KNOW WE DID THIS OVER THE PHONE, BUT THERE IS SOME VALUE IN SOME DISTANT FACE-TO-FACE. WE COULD DO SOME SOCIAL DISTANCING, DO IT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AND HAVE COUNCIL SPREAD OUT AND THE CANDIDATE THERE TO HAVE EVERYBODY IN THE SAME ROOM IF YOU WANTED TO. I JUST OFFER THAT UP AS A SUGGESTION TO NOT DO IT REMOTELY, BUT I'LL LET YOU GIVE THAT SOME THOUGHT AND JUGGLE SOME TIMES AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE OPTIONS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANT TO NECESSARILY SAY WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT JUST THERE'S SOME FORMATTING THINGS WE NEED TO CLARIFY. [NOISE] GO AHEAD. >> THE INTERVIEWS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL, IS THAT CORRECT OR NO? >> YEAH. >> YES, RIGHT. SO ONE OF MY CONCERN ABOUT HAVING IT IN-PERSON IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN. YOU'RE ALSO NOT JUST HAVING US THERE, YOU'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN UNLESS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING AN AUDIENCE VIA ZOOM >> WELL, THIS IS TYPICALLY, THE ATTENDANTS HAVE RESPECTED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE [01:55:01] THAT DIALOGUE WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS EVEN THOUGH IT'S BEEN OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC HAS GENERALLY COME THROUGH, BECAUSE THEY UNDERSTAND [OVERLAPPING] >> I THINK WE NEED TO FOLLOW OUR GUIDELINES, BOB, WITH THE ZOOM MEETINGS. ACTUALLY, HOW WE CAN DO THAT, I THINK WE NEED TO STICK WITH, IF WE'RE IN THERE, WE HAVE TO WEAR MASK, WE HAVE TO SANITIZE, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE WALKING NEXT TO EACH OTHER. [NOISE] UNTIL MAY 15, WE NEED TO FOLLOW [OVERLAPPING]. I THINK WE SHOULD DO IT GUYS. I DON'T WANT TO RISK IT. I THINK IT'S UNSAFE RIGHT NOW. [NOISE] WE'RE ALL GOING DOWN OUR HOMES RIGHT NOW. >> WE WILL COORDINATE SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO THIS WAY. WE'LL INVITE IN THE INDIVIDUAL THROUGH A ZOOM AND THEN REMOVE THEM AND BRING THE OTHER ONE IN SO THEY'RE DOING IT ONE AT A TIME. WE CAN GET THAT WORKED OUT, IT'S NOT LOGISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. SO I WAS JUST OFFERING THAT OTHER OPTION THAT COULD WORK. >> I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH MAYOR HEPBURN JUST BECAUSE WE'RE TELLING OUR CITY AND OUR BUSINESSES WE CAN'T DO IT, WE SHOULD BE THE MODEL. >> I AGREE. >> AGREE. >> AGREED. [NOISE] >> TWO DAYS YOU SAID? >> PROBABLY TWO DAYS. SO IF WE WERE TO DO THAT, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO-HOUR CHUNKS EACH DAY. >> I THINK IT'S LONGER THAN TWO HOURS IF YOU'RE [OVERLAPPING] >> HALF HOUR PER PERSON AND THERE'S 10. >> [OVERLAPPING] THAT'S THREE, OKAY. >> ROBIN AND MUIR, DO WE NEED THAT KIND OF TIME? I KNOW WE'VE DONE THIS BEFORE. HONESTLY, [INAUDIBLE] DO WE NEED THAT KIND OF TIME? DO WE NEED TO REDUCE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT OR DO YOU THINK THAT TIME IS SUFFICIENT? >> I'D SAY, TIM, GOOD POINT. NO. WE END UP SITTING THERE, AND THEY FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE TOO. I THINK WE COULD ACTUALLY DO A 15-MINUTE INTERVIEW. WE'VE TALKED TO THEM, WE HAVE THEIR RESUME. THERE'S NOT MUCH MORE THEY CAN GIVE OTHER THAN WHATEVER THEY MIGHT WANT TO ADD OR WHAT OUR QUESTIONS WILL BE. BUT WE NEED TO LOWER IT DOWN. >> I AGREE. THE RATINGS WE ALREADY HAVE HERE SHOW A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE A HIGHER NUMBER ALREADY, SO WE'RE REALLY HONING DOWN TO A FEW PEOPLE. IT JUST SEEMS, I KNOW MUIR AND ROBIN AS YOU STATED, YOU GUYS HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE MAYBE ON A DIFFERENT FORUM, BUT HONESTLY, I THINK 15 MINUTES IS MORE THAN AMPLE. YES, COUNCIL LAU. >> I AGREE. I THINK IT WOULD MAYBE EASIEST IF WE COULD COME UP WITH MAYBE A LIST AND I DON'T KNOW BOB HOW WE COULD FACILITATE THAT. A LIST OF STANDARD QUESTIONS SO THAT NOBODY'S GETTING A DIFFERENT QUESTION THAT WE HAVE, MAYBE THE POINTS WE WANT TO HIT. THAT WAY WE GET THE SAME INTEL FROM EVERYBODY SO NO ONE'S BEING DISADVANTAGED BY BEING ASKED A MORE COMPLEX QUESTION TOWARDS THE END OF THE INTERVIEW PROCESS VERSUS THE BEGINNING. >> WENDY, [OVERLAPPING] >> ACTUALLY, WE'VE DONE THAT. >> OKAY, [OVERLAPPING] DO WE HAVE A SET OF QUESTIONS OR DO WE HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC FOR THIS? NO. IT DEFINITELY SKIPPED BOB. WE PUT THEM TOGETHER AND LOOK AT THEM, REVIEW THEM AND WE FILE AND BASICALLY THIS PERSON COMES IN, GETS THE SAME. WE MIGHT ROTATE BETWEEN US AS COUNCIL MEMBERS. WE HAVE SOMETHING SET. THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT. YES. WE DIDN'T EXPLAIN THAT. OKAY. I WOULD EVEN OFFER THE SUGGESTION IF YOU HAVE PARTICULAR QUESTIONS THAT WE'VE USED, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WE HAVE CONSISTENT THAT WE KNOW WHAT YOU'D WANT TO ASK. THIS NEW IS A NEW COMMITTEE. RIGHT. THERE MAYBE A PARTICULAR QUESTION THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE EACH OF THE CANDIDATES' BEEN ASKED, PLEASE SHARE THEM WITH ME AND I WILL GIVE THEM TO THE COUNCIL. I MAY GIVE YOU MORE QUESTIONS THAN YOU WANT TO ASK BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE A LISTS TO CHOOSE FROM. WE'LL THEN DECIDE WHAT THE CONSISTENT QUESTIONS ARE BUT AT LEAST YOU'LL HAVE A LIST OF QUESTIONS TO SAY, "WELL, I THINK THESE ARE THE ONES WE SHOULD DESCRIBE." LET'S SAY THERE'S 10 AND WE ONLY WANT TO ASK FIVE BUT WE'LL DECIDE WHAT THOSE FIVE ARE. SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE THOUGHTS OR PREFERENCES, SHARE IT WITH ME AND I'LL MAKE SURE IT GETS CONVEYED TO THE REST OF THE COUNCIL. AWESOME. [OVERLAPPING] WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT ON A 15-MINUTE FORMAT. YOU'LL ONLY TAKE A FEW MINUTES. THE QUICKER THE BETTER AND IF WE SPLIT A DAY FOR AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF AND AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF ON ANOTHER DAY OR SOMETHING. LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BETTER. [OVERLAPPING] SORRY, THANK YOU. I DON'T LIKE SPLITTING THEM UP BECAUSE I LIKE IT FRESH IN YOUR MIND WHO YOU'RE TALKING TO AND TALKING ABOUT. SO SPLITTING IT UP, IT JUST BECOMES OVERWHELMING OF TRYING TO REMEMBER THE FIRST DAY OF WHO THE CANDIDATES WERE COMPARED TO THE SECOND DAY. THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION. SO PUT THEM ALL ON ONE DAY. I KNOW IT'S A LONG DAY. YEAH, BUT WE'D GET IT OVER WITH AND GET IT DONE AND WE MOVE ON AND GET THE SELECTED. [OVERLAPPING] IN THREE HOURS INCLUDING THE DELIBERATION, YOU COULD BE DONE. THAT'S ON THE SHORT END ASSUMING, BECAUSE LOOK AT TODAY, WE ARE AT TWO HOURS, [02:00:02] A LITTLE OVER TWO HOURS. JUST GOING OVER THE 3-MINUTE JUST BECAUSE OF THE LAG BETWEEN. SO I'D SAY TO BE SAFE, IT'D PROBABLY BE A THREE-AND-A-HALF HOUR BLOCK TO ALLOW FOR ANY LAG IN THE ZOOM OR WHATEVER. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, ESSENTIALLY SETTING ASIDE THREE-AND-A-HALF HOURS. JUST TO BE SAFE. THREE AT THE MINIMUM, THREE-AND-A-HALF, I THINK TO BE SAFE. IF EVERYBODY'S OKAY I'M GOOD WITH IT. IT'S JUST THAT I AGREE WITH MR. CROSBY THAT IT'S FRESH, EVERYBODY IS THERE, WE'RE RIGHT THERE IN MAKING THE DECISIONS, IT'S ALL RIGHT IN FRONT OF US. SO I'M GOOD IF EVERYBODY ELSE IS. SO ONE OF THE NUANCES THAT I WANTED TO DISCUSS SINCE WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS VIA ZOOM. HISTORICALLY, WHEN THE CANDIDATES HAVE COME IN, THE COUNSEL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED QUESTIONS AND NONE OF THE OTHER CANDIDATES WERE IN THE ROOM TO HEAR THE QUESTION. WITH ZOOM AND LIVE STREAMING, IF THAT'S THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, THE CANDIDATES WHO WERE LATER COULD BE LISTENING TO THE QUESTIONS TO THE EARLY CANDIDATES. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL CANDIDATES, I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE DETERMINE WHAT OUR QUESTIONS ARE, AND THEN GIVE THEM TO ALL THE CANDIDATES BEFORE THEM, BEFORE WE HAVE THE INTERVIEWS. THAT WAY IT MAY EVEN SHORTEN THE 15 MINUTES TO FEWER MINUTES BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE THE TIME THAT IT TAKES TO EVEN ASK THE QUESTIONS, WHICH IN A ZOOM ENVIRONMENT, COULD BE REALLY LONG. BECAUSE COMMUNICATING VIA ZOOM IS CHALLENGING, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE ARE TALKING AT THE SAME TIME. SO THAT'S JUST A THOUGHT. WE MAY WANT TO GO AHEAD AND LET ALL THE CANDIDATES SEE WHAT THE QUESTIONS ARE FIRST, AND HAVE THEM COME IN PREPARED TO ANSWER THEM. MR. CROSBY. COUNCILMAN DAVIS, I DO AGREE. ANY INTERVIEWS I DO, I TRY TO GIVE THE CANDIDATES QUESTIONS PRIOR BECAUSE I WANT TO HEAR THE BEST ANSWERS. I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THEY GOT YOU. BUT A QUESTION TO MR. RUSSI, IS THAT WE ARE BEING TRANSPARENT, WE ARE PUTTING UP FORWARD. BUT DOES IT HAVE TO BE LIVE-STREAMED OR COULD IT BE TAPED AND THEN PRESENTED AFTERWARDS JUST FOR THAT CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE PEOPLE DURING THE TIME. IF IT'S TAPED AND THEN SENT OUT I DON'T KNOW, THAT'S JUST QUESTIONS BEING ASKED. I WILL HAVE TO CHECK WITH MR. CHRIS. I KNOW HE'S BEEN MONITORING THIS SO I CAN TEXT HIM AND SEE IF HE CAN JUMP ON. COUNCILWOMAN LAU, YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION? NOT A QUESTION BUT A COMMENT. IF THE RULE OR IF THE PRACTICE HAS BEEN THAT IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO PARTICIPATE, THEN I DON'T THINK YOU CAN RECORD IT AND LET PEOPLE HEAR IT LATER BECAUSE THEN IT'S ALREADY DONE. SO EVEN THOUGH THE CUSTOM HAS BEEN NOBODY HAS REALLY PARTICIPATED, YOU DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ISN'T SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT'S GOING TO WANT TO. YEAH. I CAN CERTAINLY ASK THE QUESTION, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, WENDY. LET ME CONFIRM THAT WOULD BE A STRETCH. YEAH. PLEASE, LET US KNOW. OKAY. SO WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT TO THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO FINALIZE IT AND THEN WE'LL PICK A TIME THAT'S GOOD FOR ALL. IS THAT CORRECT? IT SOUNDS LIKE THE, I WANT TO GET A SCHEDULE THAT NEEDS TO BE PUBLIC IS WHAT I GOT BACK FROM BOB. OKAY. ON WENDY'S SCHEDULE, A LITTLE BIT, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY. SO IF WE CAN FIND A COUPLE OF DATES. I KNOW YOURS A LITTLE SQUISHY TOO THERE. BUT IF I CAN GET A COUPLE DATES AND TIMES FROM WENDY'S TIME FRAMES AND THEN I'LL PUT IT UP. YOU TELL ME, WOULD IT BE INAPPROPRIATE TO SCHEDULE IT FOR AN EVENING. MAYBE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN WHEN WE WOULD START A CITY COUNCIL MEETING BUT IF WE DID FIVE OR FOUR AND WENT FOR THREE HOURS AND THEN EVERYBODY BREAKS, WHEN WE'RE DONE, EVERYBODY GOES FOR DINNER, WHATEVER. I THINK FOUR IS A GOOD TIME. FIVE MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO LATE BECAUSE IT'LL RUN LATE IN THE EVENING. BUT FOUR O'CLOCK, 3:30 OR 4:00 IS GOOD. IS IT GOOD WITH EVERYBODY ELSE? YEAH, AND I WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE WOULD, SINCE IT NEEDS TO BE PUBLIC AND LIVE-STREAMED, THAT WE CREATE THE QUESTIONS AND THEN SEND THEM OUT TO ALL THE CANDIDATES THEN THAT MAY EXPEDITE THINGS. THE KEY PIECE THERE IS WHETHER WE'LL BE ABLE TO QUEUE THEM UP SIMILARLY LIKE WE DID TODAY BECAUSE IF SOMEBODY'S READING THE QUESTION AND ANSWERING THEM, THEY MAY NOT EVEN NEED 15 MINUTES. SO ALL I GUESS I'M SAYING IS THAT, ONCE WE KNOW OUR SLATTED QUESTIONS, LET'S FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH TIME WEE WANT TO GIVE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF QUESTIONS WE ASK, AND THEN JUST A FEW MINUTES IN-BETWEEN EACH TO RECONNOITER. [02:05:01] I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT'S HELPFUL. NEXT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, THE 28TH AND THE 29TH, IF WE WERE TO DO IT FROM 4 TO 7, THAT WOULD WORK ON MY CALENDAR. I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE HILLCREST THAT SAME WEEK. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW PEOPLE FEEL ABOUT THAT. WELL, BOB TYPICALLY WILL TALK TO YOU AS INDIVIDUALLY. LET'S NOT DO IT OVER ZOOM. THEN IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE AND HE WILL LET US ALL KNOW WHAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. OKAY. I'M GOOD EITHER WAY. IT'S FINE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL COORDINATE TIME IF WE CAN GET IT NEXT WEEK. I GOT TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE LETTING THE CANDIDATES KNOW THAT'S PRETTY SHORT ORDER FOR THEM SO WE MAY HAVE TO PUSH THE ACTIVITY. YOU'VE BEEN PICKED. CAN YOU BE AVAILABLE TOMORROW AT 4:15? CONGRATULATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE TO VET THE QUESTIONS. YEAH. IF WE ALL HAVE A SUGGESTION, WE NEED TO PUT THOSE QUESTIONS PRETTY QUICKLY AND THROW THEM TO BOB AND THEN BOB HAS SOME QUESTIONS AND THEY CAN'T BE TWO TOO MANY BUT YET IT CAN BE PRETTY DARN GOOD QUESTIONS BECAUSE WERE TALKING ABOUT MONEY AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SAVING FINANCES AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A POOL OF CANDIDATES THAT ARE OUT THERE. OKAY. SO WE'LL WORK ON THAT, BOB? OKAY. I ALSO WANT TO THANK ALL THE APPLICANTS. AS MR. DAVIS SAID AND EVERYONE ELSE. AN UNBELIEVABLE POOL OF CANDIDATES WITH MANY, MANY YEARS OF LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY. BUT ALSO SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN SO MANY DIFFERENT ROLES AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT AND IF YOU WANT TO BE SELECTED ON THIS, WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION COMING UP AND AN ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, A POSITION OPEN. SO PLEASE, THERE'S SO MANY THINGS TO DO IN THIS CITY AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE APPLICATIONS AND ALL THE APPLICANTS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO INSTALLING THE NEXT 10. BUT THANK YOU ALL. YOU'RE ALL SO QUALIFIED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. IF THERE'S ANYMORE BUSINESS, ANY MORE COMMENTS? [OVERLAPPING] COMMENT BUT I DON'T THINK THERE WAS. MY ONLY COMMENT WAS, MIRRORING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE'S SAID IT'S REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT TO APPLY. I THINK THAT'S AWESOME. I LOVE THE LEVEL OF INVOLVEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT. BUT I WILL ASK, WHERE MY LADIES AT? I'M SO GLAD THERE WERE TWO. I KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BRILLIANT WOMEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU STRONGLY, THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING. COME OUT. PARTICIPATE. I HOPE [OVERLAPPING] AGREED. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OUTSIDE BOB? THERE'S NO PUBLIC HERE. NO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM FROM COUNCIL? THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE ADJOURN TO THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH AT 10:15 AM FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCING AUTHORITIES. FOR THE BENEFIT OF BRETHREN HILLCREST HOMES. OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE ADJOURNED AT 5:08 PM. THANK YOU-ALL. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT. HAVE A GREAT NIGHT EVERYBODY. BYE-BYE. THERE'S AN IPHONE ON MY DESK. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. BYE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.