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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 3:31 P.M.
[1. CALL TO ORDER]
ON JUNE 6TH, COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE . YES, SIR.EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND IF YOU CAN.
WE HAVE A ROLL CALL. MR. CITY MANAGER. YES, WE CAN.
IS NOT HERE HE WILL BE ABSENT.
PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM CARDER.
PRESENT. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, MR.
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RUSSI? I WILL DEFER TO J.R., WHO IS MONITORING OUR WEB SITE.WE DID ASK PEOPLE [INAUDIBLE] EMAIL AT THREE O'CLOCK, BUT WE DO STILL HAVE IT ACTIVE IN CASE THERE IS SOMEBODY WHO HAD A LAST MINUTE REQUEST.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY TO THIS POINT.
OK. THEN WE CAN [INAUDIBLE] WAIT A FEW MORE SECONDS OR SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO THE MEETING.
I MEAN, IT'S IUNUSUAL TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS KIND OF MEETING.
WE'LL GIVE THEM 10 SECONDS AND I WILL MOVE FORWARD.
AND I JUST REFRESHED THAT NOTHING ELSE CAME THROUGH.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO THE MEETING.
MR. RUSSI, WE'RE GOING TO DISCUSS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2049 CONFIRMING EXISTANCE OF A LOCAL
[5. Resolution No. 20-49 - Confirming the Existence of a Local Emergency in Response to Civil Unrest - On May 31, 2020, the City Manager acting as the Emergency Services Director as authorized by the La Verne Municipal Code proclaimed the existence of a local emergency in response to civil unrest. Government Code provides for the continuation of the proclaimed local emergency by an official designated by City ordinance. The local emergency must be ratified by City Council within seven (7) days. Staff is requesting that the City Council ratify the proclamation by approving Resolution No. 20-49, confirming the existence of a local emergency.]
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CIVIL UNREST.MR. KRESS WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THIS.
YEAH. WHAT STAFF IS REQUESTING IS FOR YOU TO CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY, WHICH IS A ACTION I PROCLAIM AS THE EMERGENCY SERVICE DIRECTOR LAST SUNDAY.
AS COUNCIL IS AWARE, WE ARE CURRENTLY UNDER DESIGNATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AS IT RELATES TO OUR RESPONSE TO COVID.
BUT THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STATE, AS WELL AS OUR AREA COORDINATOR FOR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS AND RESPONSE, HAD RECOMMENDED THAT WE TAKE AN ACTION SEPARATE AS IT RELATED TO THE PROTESTS AND CIVIL UNREST.
AND THE REASON THAT WE DID THIS WAS PRIMARILY FOR TWO FOCUS, TWO PURPOSES.
ONE, WHEN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WENT ON TACTICAL STAFFING, IT REQUIRED AN ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF OVERTIME AND STAFFING FOR HIS DEPLOYMENT IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THIS EMERGENCY.
WE WE FELT IT WAS MORE APPROPRIATE AND RECOMMENDED THAT WE ADOPT A LOCAL EMERGENCY RELATIVE TO THAT. INITIALLY, IT WAS THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE THE DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE WOULD END BEFORE THE SEVEN DAYS.
AND I PROCLAIMED IT GOING BACK TO LAST SUNDAY WHEN HE WENT ON THAT SCHEDULE.
BUT HE ASSURED THAT HE WILL STAY ON THIS TACTICAL SCHEDULING THROUGH THE WEEKEND, NOT SIMPLY BECAUSE OF OUR CITY, BUT BECAUSE OF OTHER CITIES AND OUR ASSISTANCE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING TO THEM TOMORROW.
THERE IS A A LARGER PROTEST DEMONSTRATION THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR POMONA AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE THERE.
SO IT'S MORE OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION.
AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO BE REIMBURSED TO WHATEVER DEGREE THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE AVAILABLE.
I WILL SHARE. AND THEN THE OTHER REASON IS WHEN WE WE ENACTED A LOCAL CURFEW TO HAVE THAT ABILITY TO DO IT. HAVING A LOCAL EMERGENCY JUST SUBSTANTIATES THE REASON FOR DECLARING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY TWO REASONS WHY WE DECLARED THE LOCAL EMERGENCY IN THE FIRST PLACE AND WHY, AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, I'M JUST ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN EXTENDING IT.
I DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT IT'LL BE IN PLACE MUCH MORE THROUGH THAN THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
WE CAN TAKE AN ACTION WHEN IT'S DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND AT PROBABLY AT YOUR NEXT MEETING TO THEN WITHDRAW THIS LOCAL EMERGENCY, LEAVING THE COVID ONE STILL IN PLACE.
SO THE THE ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP BEFORE WE STARTED THE MEETING IS THE YOU KNOW, THE THE THE WAY THAT THE LOCAL EMERGENCY IS KIND OF STATED AS FAR AS CIVIL UNREST, THAT IS,
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YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THESE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES.YOU'VE GOT A NATURAL DISASTER.
YOU'VE GOT IN RESPONSE TO SOME TYPE OF THREAT.
AND THEN THERE'S CIVIL UNREST IS ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF THERE'S A BROADER CATEGORY OF WHAT YOU'RE DECLARING A LOCAL EMERGENCY FOR. AND IT KIND OF CHECKS THE BOXES WITHIN WHAT THE STATE DEFINES AS SUFFICIENT IN THE STATE. HAS THE STATE IN THE COUNTY HAS TO HAVE DEFINED THIS AS THE REASON FOR THE LOCAL EMERGENCY SO WE'RE JUST FALLING IN LINE WITH THAT SAME NOMENCLATURE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? NO, NO, NO, NO.
LOOKS LIKE THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND MAKE SURE IT STAYS IN TACT. WE NEED A MOTION FOR THIS, MR. KRESS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES PLEASE.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION. COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MR. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS SECOND.
IT LOOKS LIKE. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT FOR THE RECORD, I GUESS.
AND I AND I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS, THIS MOTION SO THAT WE CAN BE FISCALLY PRUDENT IN PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITIES AROUND US AS OUR RESIDENTS PROTEST. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THEM AS WELL AS EVERYONE ELSE.
AS WE'VE SEEN ELSEWHERE IN THE COUNTRY, THE PROTESTS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.
BUT LOCALLY, WE'VE HAD VERY POSITIVE PROTESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS THAT HAVEN'T ALLOWED OTHERS TO HARASS OR OTHER INCIDENTS OF ILL BEHAVIOR.
SO I'M THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS CONTINUE OR AT LEAST THAT WE CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR OUR LOCAL POLICE SO THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT SAME TYPE OF SERVICE TO OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I'M GOING TO GO ALONG WITH MR. DAVIS, HIS COMMENTS AFTER THE DEMONSTRATION, A PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION WE HAD AND THE COMBINED EFFORTS BETWEEN OUR POLICE MANAGEMENT AND THE PROTESTERS.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY A PERFECT, PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HOW THINGS GO WELL AND BE ABLE TO PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATE FOR SUCH A HORRIFIC SITUATION THAT HAPPENED IN MINNESOTA.
I THINK THAT I HAVE TALKED TO ALL STAFF AND AND [INAUDIBLE] BOB.
EVERYONE HANDLED IT EXTREMELY WELL.
AND LIKE I SAY, I WANT TO SAY PERFECT.
IT WAS A WELL ORCHESTRATED FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS, PEOPLE, PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA WERE ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE PEACEFULLY AND KNOW THEY WOULD BE PROTECTED PEACEFULLY.
AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS AMAZING.
SO, AGAIN, I'M GLAD WE PASSED THIS RESOLUTION.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT TOO MANY TIMES.
WE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE ON FROM THIS.
BUT BEING THAT, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER? DO WE HAVE ANY PEOPLE ON THE LINE J.R., DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS BEFORE WE CLOSE? NONE RECEIVED. AND I SAY THAT WE'D GO AHEAD A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
WE WILL COME BACK ON WHAT WAS IT, JUNE 15TH? MR. RUSSI.
THIS TUESDAY FOR INTERVIEWS. OTHER THEN THAT WE ADJOURN AT 3:39 P.M..
THANK YOU ALL. APPRECIATE IT. HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND.
BE WELL.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.