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YOU'RE GOOD TO GO, SIR. LET'S CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT SIX THIRTY ONE P.M.
[1. CALL TO ORDER 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 3. ROLL CALL: Council Member Davis, Council Member Crosby, Council Member Lau, Mayor Pro Tem Carder and Mayor Hepburn]
AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, IF YOU COULD LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.ALL RISE. PUT YOUR OVER YOUR HEART.
. THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS. WE SHALL GO TO ROLL CALL, PLEASE.
PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM CARDER.
[4. PRESENTATIONS Presentation on the Foothill Gold Line Parking Management Plan by the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority.]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. I'LL JUST DO A BRIEF INTRO.AS PART OF THE PREPARATION FOR THE GOLD LINE COMING IN OPERATION ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS OBVIOUSLY OF CONCERN AND INTEREST TO THE CITIES ALONG THIS NEXT EXTENSION IS THE IMPACT OF PARKING, NOT JUST AS IT RELATES TO THE PARKING THAT'S GOING TO BE PROVIDED, BUT THEN WHAT'S GOING TO BE DISPERSED OR MAY BE DISPERSED OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOODS SURROUNDING IT. SO AS PART OF THEIR WORK, THE GOLD LINE TOOK ON DOING SOME ANALYSIS AND PUTTING TOGETHER I'LL CALL IT A TOOLKIT, IF YOU WILL, ON WHAT ARE SOME STRATEGIES THAT THE AGENCIES MIGHT BE ABLE TO LOOK AT AND LOOK AT AND AREAS THAT MIGHT BE OF CONCERN ONCE IT COMES ONLINE. SO WITH THAT, HABIB WAS GOING TO WAS GOING TO DO AN OVERVIEW, AND THEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE TECHNICAL SUPPORTERS THAT HELPED PUT IT TOGETHER.
AND THANK YOU, MAYOR, FOR INCLUDING US IN TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION.
I THINK BOB GAVE A GREAT INTRODUCTION TO WHY WE'RE HERE, THIS EFFORT STARTED ABOUT SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS AGO WHERE WE LOOKED AT METRO'S CHANGES AND WHAT THEY'RE HOW THEY'RE OPERATING THEIR PARKING FACILITIES NOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO START CHARGING FOR PARKING ALONG THE FOOTHILL GOLD LINE.
WE UNDERSTOOD A LOT OF THE FEARS AND THAT THE CITIES HAVE SOME OF THEM FOUNDED SOME MISCONCEPTIONS. AND WE SAID, LET'S DO A STUDY ON THAT.
AND WE BROUGHT ON GIBSON TRANSPORTATION.
RICHARD AND PATRICK GIBSON ARE HERE TONIGHT.
AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE CHRIS BURNER FROM MY TEAM, WHO IS THE HEAD OF CONSTRUCTION FOR THE AUTHORITY, AND HE'LL INTRODUCE THE GIBSONS.
AND WE'RE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AFTER THE PRESENTATION.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL INTRODUCE CHRIS BURNER AND HE'LL INTRODUCE THE GIBSONS.
THERE YOU GO, CHRIS. THANK YOU, HABIB.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO PRESENT TODAY.
WE HIRED GIBSON TRANSPORTATION TO CONDUCT THIS STUDY PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH THE GOLD LINE ON THE EXISTING GOLD LINE AT ARCADY AND MONROVIA.
AND SO THEY KNOW THE AREA WELL AND THEY HAVE DIRECT EXPERIENCE WITH THE GOLD LINE PARKING. THEY'VE DONE STUDIES FOR ARCADIA AND FOR MONROVIA.
SO THEY WERE THE PERFECT CONSULTANT FOR US TO BRING ON TO TO DO THIS STUDY FOR IT FOR THE CITY. AND IT IS THE CITY STUDY.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONED THEM TO DO IT.
BUT THE STUDY IS THE PLAN THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS STUDY IS WILL BE THE CITY'S PLAN.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH IT.
SO I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE RICH GIBSON.
HE DID MOST OF THE WORK OVERSEEING THE THE PLAN AND HE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH IT.
RICH. THANK YOU, CHRIS AND HABIB.
I ALWAYS FEEL WAY TOO IMPORTANT WHEN I'M GETTING A DOUBLE INTRODUCTION.
BUT THAT'S VERY NICE OF YOU GUYS.
AND THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, FOR YOUR TIME.
WE WILL KEEP THIS RELATIVELY BRIEF TODAY.
I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE STUDY AND HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THIS BEFORE ALREADY.
SO WE'LL JUST GO THROUGH THIS REAL QUICK.
AND THEN CHRIS, HABIB AND PAT GIBSON ARE HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END, IF YOU IF YOU WANT ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THE STUFF WE KIND OF GO OVER TODAY.
SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS OK WITH ME.
SO WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS STUDY? I'M NOT CONTROLLING.
PERFECT. THERE WE GO. PERFECT.
THANK YOU. SO THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THIS STUDY IS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THERE IS GOING TO BE VULNERABLE PARKING AND HOW WE PROTECT THAT PARKING FROM GOLD LINE RIDERS, ESSENTIALLY.
SO WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT ANY SORT OF ON STREET OR OFF STREET LOCATIONS WHERE IT MIGHT BE CONVENIENT OR CHEAPER OR WHATEVER TO PARK THERE THAN IT IS IN THE GOLD LINE FACILITY AND
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HOW WE FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE NOT DO THAT AND PARK WHERE WE WANT THEM TO.SO THAT INVOLVES A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES TO ACTUALLY PROTECT PARKING, AS WELL AS STRATEGIES TO GET PEOPLE TO THE STATION FROM ALTERNATIVE METHODS OTHER THAN JUST BEING IN A SINGLE CAR OR A CARPOOL VEHICLE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LEAVE AT THE STATION.
THE BEST TRIP WE CAN GET TO THESE GOLD LINE STATIONS IS ONE THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE A CAR.
IT'S A CARPOOL THAT DROPS YOU OFF THERE, AN UBER, A LYFT, BIKE, WALKING.
HOWEVER, WE CAN GET TO THE STATION.
OTHER THAN BEING IN THE CAR, THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT WE KNOW IT'S UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT EVERYBODY TO DO THAT.
SO WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO SUPPORT THOSE RIDERS PARKING IN THE PLACES THAT WE WANT THEM TO. AND THEN WE WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME GUIDANCE FOR HOW TO IMPLEMENT ALL OF THESE STRATEGIES.
SO THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A TWO PHASE STUDY, TWO TWO PHASES THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY FAR APART. BUT IT IS TWO PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY FINISHING NOW, WE'VE DONE ALL OF OUR FIELD RESEARCH.
WE'VE MET WITH YOUR STAFF TO GET INPUT ON THE STUDY AREA.
WE'VE COME UP WITH THE PROTECTION STRATEGIES THAT WE THINK ARE GOING TO WORK IN THE LONG TERM. AND WE HAVE OUR PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATION SET.
SO THE PRESENTATION OF THE STUDY IS KIND OF THE LAST STEP OF PHASE ONE HERE TONIGHT.
PHASE TWO IS GOING TO START MUCH CLOSER TO THE STATION ACTUALLY BEING OPEN.
OUR PARKING OCCUPANCY COUNTS ARE GOING TO BE DONE A FEW MONTHS BEFORE PASSENGER SERVICE STARTS AND THEN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AFTER PASSENGER SERVICE HAS STARTED.
SO WE HAVE A GOOD COMPARISON OF BEFORE AND AFTER AND WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE SEEN IMPACTS ON OUR PRIVATE AND PUBLIC STREETS A LOT BECAUSE OF THE GOLD LINE STARTING THEIR OPERATION.
AND AFTER WE'VE GOT ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS, WE'LL KNOW WHERE THE IMPACT AREAS ARE AND WE'LL COME UP WITH OUR FINAL SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW WE PROTECT THOSE AREAS OR GET MORE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CAR AND INTO OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO WHAT DO WE LOOK AT? WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE CITY, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A RELATIVELY FOCUSED STUDY AREA.
STUDIES SHOW THAT IT'S ABOUT A HALF A MILE IS WHAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO WALK TO TAKE TRANSIT. SO WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT STREETS AND PARKING LOTS THAT ARE A MILE AWAY FROM OUR STATION. IF SOMEBODY IS WILLING TO WALK THAT FAR ANYWAY, THEY'RE ALREADY GOING TO WALK OR TAKE A BIKE OR SOME OTHER OTHER METHOD.
SO WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THAT HALF MILE CIRCLE.
SO WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU NOW, THE RED BOX IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GRAPHIC IS THE ACTUAL STATION PLATFORM WHERE PEOPLE WILL GET ON AND OFF THE TRAIN.
THE BLUE BOX IS THE CURRENTLY ENVIRONMENTALLY CLEARED AREA FOR THE PARKING FACILITY.
WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS PEOPLE WHO AREN'T GOING TO PARK IN THAT BLUE BOX.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE PARKING ELSEWHERE AND GOING TO WALK TO THAT RED BOX.
SO WE DRAW OUR QUARTER MILE AN HOUR HALF MILE CIRCLE AROUND THE RED BOX AND THAT'S GOING TO SET OUR STUDY AREA.
AND I WENT OUT AND WE DID ALL OF THE FIELD SURVEYING WE COULD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SORT OF EXISTING PARKING RESTRICTIONS EXISTED ON THE STREET TODAY AND WHAT SORT OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LOTS WE WOULD REALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND FORTUNATELY, IN LA VERNE, THERE'S NOT A LOT TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
SOME OF THE OTHER CITIES HAVE A LOT MORE BIG PARKING FACILITIES RIGHT NEXT TO THE GOLD LINE THAT ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE VULNERABLE.
THEY HAVE MORE PUBLIC STREETS WITH FEWER RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE VULNERABLE.
BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THERE IS A RELATIVELY FOCUSED STUDY AREA FOR LA VERNE.
THE ONE LOT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IS THAT PRIVATE LOTS WITH THE NUMBER ONE OVER IT.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE HACKER EQUIPMENT LOT.
SO PEOPLE COULD USE THAT FOR GOLD LINE PARKING IF THEY GET THERE BEFORE THOSE FOLKS WHO WORK THERE DO. AND THEN ALL OF THE GREEN LINES YOU SEE ARE THE STREETS, THE ON STREET PARKING WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
THOSE ARE ALL CURRENTLY UNRESTRICTED PARKING.
SO YOU COULD PARK IN THE SAME SPOT FOR 72 HOURS IF YOU WANTED TO RIGHT NOW AND NOT HAVE ANY TROUBLE WHATSOEVER.
ALL OF THE OTHER STREETS THAT ARE IN THESE TWO CIRCLES ALREADY HAVE SOME SORT OF ON-STREET PARKING RESTRICTION, EITHER NO PARKING ALLOWED A THREE HOUR TIME LIMIT, A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT SYSTEM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE REALLY NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKING THERE AT ALL.
AND THERE ARE ALREADY MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO TO PUNISH PEOPLE WHO DO THAT ILLEGALLY.
SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR STUDY AREA.
THOSE ARE THE STREETS AND THAT'S THE LOT WE'RE GOING TO COUNT BEFORE AND AFTER THE SERVICE STARTS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE OUR IMPACT MIGHT BE OCCURRING.
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SO NEXT SLIDE IS GOOD.SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AS PART OF THE FINAL PLAN ON STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS AND OFF STREET PARKING PROTECTIONS.
SO THE ON-STREET PARKING RESTRICTIONS ARE THINGS LIKE THREE HOUR TIME LIMIT.
THEN WE CAN HAVE THOSE END AT 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO THEY REALLY ONLY AFFECT THE GOLD LINE RIDERS WHO ARE TRYING TO COMMUTE TO WORK EARLY IN THE MORNING. THEY DON'T AFFECT OUR RETAIL EMPLOYEES OR CUSTOMERS OR OUR BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY CAN GET THERE AFTER THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE REALLY A PROBLEM FOR THEM.
OFF STREET PARKING PROTECTION IS IN THIS CASE MOSTLY FOR THAT ONE HACKER EQUIPMENT.
WE'LL LET THEM KNOW WHAT SORT OF SIGNAGE THEY CAN PUT UP AND AND HOW THEY CAN ENFORCE AND TOW AWAY GOLD LINE RIDERS AND IDENTIFY FOLKS WHO AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE IN THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME IDEAS FOR MOBILITY ENHANCEMENTS AND FIRST AND LAST MILE STRATEGIES. AGAIN, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CAR AND TO THE STATION IN A DIFFERENT METHOD. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT CAMPAIGNS TO TEACH EVERYBODY WHAT ALL OF THEIR OPTIONS ARE AND TEACH THEM WHAT SORT OF THINGS WE'RE GOING TO DO IF THEY DO SOME NASTY STUFF AND DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO US.
AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO SOME BIGGER SYSTEMS LIKE ONDEMAND OR SHUTTLE SYSTEMS. THE MONROVIA GOLD MONROVIA PROGRAM, THAT'S A LYFT SUBSIDY PROGRAM, IS WILDLY SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S NOT THE CHEAPEST THING IN THE WORLD, BUT IT REALLY REDUCED PARKING DEMAND AROUND THE GOLD LINE AREA MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WE COULD HAVE DONE.
SO IF THAT BECOMES THE MAJOR CONCERN, MAYBE THAT'S A REALLY GOOD PROGRAM TO WORK WITH.
AND THEN WE'LL START TO TELL YOU BASED ON USAGE PATTERNS WHEN WE START TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THESE STRATEGIES IF WE NEED THEM.
SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT THE ACTION PLAN LOOKS LIKE.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE STRATEGIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
AND REALLY THE ONLY THINGS WE HAVE TO BE THINKING ABOUT NOW, MOST OF THE STUFF WE'RE GOING TO START THINKING ABOUT SIX TO NINE MONTHS BEFORE THE STATION IS CONSTRUCTED.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT WHAT SORT OF PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN WE CAN START TO MAKE, BECAUSE THOSE TAKE FOREVER TO MAKE.
THEY TAKE FOREVER TO GET OUR COMMUNITY ON BOARD WITH.
SO IF WE START NOW, WE MIGHT HAVE THOSE READY WHEN THE GOLD LINE STATION IS OPEN.
AND IT REALLY WORKS BETTER IF WE HAVE THOSE SERVICES AND FACILITIES IN PLACE WITH THE GOLD LINE IS OPEN AND TEACH PEOPLE TO USE THOSE RIGHT OFF THE BAT RATHER THAN GETTING THEM OPEN SIX, NINE MONTHS LATER AND TRYING TO RETRAIN PEOPLE HOW TO HOW TO REACH THE GOLD LINE.
THEN WE'VE GOT SOME STUFF THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WHEN THE SITE PLAN IS FINALIZED AND RIGHT BEFORE PASSENGER SERVICE STARTS LIKE OUR MARKETING AND EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
THE ONLY PROACTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'RE GOING TO COME UP WITH ARE PROBABLY BASED ON THE SITE PLAN AND THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE PARKING FACILITY.
SO WHATEVER STREET IS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THAT PARKING FACILITY, IF IT HAS UNRESTRICTED PARKING, WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO RECOMMEND WE PROTECT THAT AHEAD OF TIME AND NOT TEACH PEOPLE THAT THEY CAN PARK RIGHT OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR OF THAT PARKING FACILITY FOR FREE.
WE JUST WANT TO CHASE THEM OUT THERE EARLY SO THAT THAT ISN'T A PROBLEM.
THOSE ARE THOSE WERE THE ONLY MAJOR PROBLEMS IN ARCADIA AND MONROVIA, WHERE THE STREETS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THOSE PARKING GARAGES THAT JUST GOT HAMMERED BY SEVEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. SO EVERYTHING ELSE, WE WANT TO REALLY FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PROBLEMS ARE AND IMPLEMENT STRATEGIES AFTER, BECAUSE ANYTHING WE DO IS GOING TO AFFECT THE RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES MORE THAN IT DOES THE GOLD LINE RIDERS.
SO WE WANT TO BE SENSITIVE TO THAT AND PUT IN THE SMALLEST THINGS WE CAN DO TO ACTUALLY SOLVE THE PROBLEMS. PREOPENING A SERVICE.
THAT'S AGAIN, WHEN WE START TO DO OUR BASE CONDITION COUNTS, WE WILL AGAIN MEET WITH CITY STAFF, MAKE SURE OUR STUDY AREA IS STILL ADEQUATE, PICK A DAY AND A TIME TO COUNT THAT THEY THINK IS GOING TO BE ADEQUATE.
DO OUR BEFORE CONDITION COUNTS, AFTER WE GET OPEN WE'LL DO OUR AFTER CONDITION COUNTS, DO OUR COMPARISONS AND COME UP WITH THE REST OF THE PLAN.
AND AGAIN, ALL OF THAT REALLY STARTS IN 2024 OR SO AND WE GET CLOSER TO OPENING THIS STATION. SO THE NEXT SLIDE IS GOOD, I THINK.
SO THE NEXT STEPS, AGAIN, SITE PLAN REVIEW, THAT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WHAT DRIVES OUR PROACTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE PREOPENING RECOMMENDATIONS, THEN WE DO OUR DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS.
AND SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT ON DAY ONE AND TELL US ABOUT SOME OF THEM WE'RE GOING TO IDENTIFY THROUGH DATA COLLECTION ANALYSIS.
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THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. THAT'S A BRIEF OVERVIEW.THERE'S A LOT MORE DETAILS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING, SHOOT THEM AT US NOW OR IF YOU THINK ABOUT THEM LATER.
IS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER, ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR MR. HABIB'S STAFF. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
YEAH, NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, I GUESS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THIS CORRECTLY, THAT WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE QUARTER MILE AND A HALF MILE CONCENTRIC CIRCLES, YOU'D HIGHLIGHTED HACKER EQUIPMENT AND AND THAT STRUCTURE AND THE PARKING AROUND IT. MOSTLY IT WAS AROUND IT, I IMAGINE.
AND WHEREAS THE ULV PARKING STRUCTURE WAS NOT HIGHLIGHTED.
AND THAT'S PRIMARILY BECAUSE ULVALREADY HAS PARKING RESTRICTIONS OR A METHOD FOR PARKING FOR THAT FACILITY, WHEREAS HACKER DOESN'T HAVE IT AND PROHIBIT RESIDENTS FROM JUST PARKING ON THE STREET.
AND IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT AS FAR AS HOW YOU WOULD MANAGE THAT, THAT THAT PARKING BEHAVIOR, IS THAT IN MY IN MY UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY? YES, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THANK YOU. YES, I JUST WANTED CLARIFICATION.
HI, RICH AND PAT, I JUST WANTED SO THAT THE PUBLIC THAT'S WATCHING THIS UNDERSTANDS THAT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, WILL GOLD LINE BE WORKING WITH OUR STAFF WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT THE IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDATION OR THE RESTRICTIONS? CAN YOU EXPAND ON THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT? NO, ABSOLUTELY, AS PART OF THE STRATEGY TABLE AT THE END OF THE REPORT, THERE'S AN IDENTIFICATION OF WHICH PARTY IS RESPONSIBLE AND A LOT OF THEM, METRO OR THE CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY, IS GOING TO HELP ON THOSE FOR SURE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL? SEEING NONE.
MR. RUSSI, ANY QUESTIONS? NO STAFF HAS ALREADY SEEN THIS REPORT, SO THIS WAS FOR COUNCIL.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF, HABIB, YOU HAD ANYTHING THAT YOU WANTED TO CLOSE WITH.
NO, I APPRECIATE THE TIME, AS I MENTIONED, MAYOR/ WE'VE WORKED WITH THE STAFF FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS AND TO COUNCILWOMAN CARDER'S QUESTION AS SHE SITS ON THE GOLD LINE BOARD.
WE ARE IN THIS FOR THE LONG HAUL WITH THE CITY.
WE WANT TO GET THIS WORK DONE EARLY.
THIS IS JUST THE INITIAL PHASE OF THE EFFORT AND WILL BE ALONGSIDE WITH THE CITY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS AND THROUGH OPENING.
AND METRO'S COMMITTED TO BEING THERE AS WELL TO MAKE A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO OPENING AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND I APPRECIATE THE GIBSON FAMILY, I CAN CALL YOU GUYS A FAMILY I THINK SAME LAST NAME I WOULD ASSUME.
MR. BURNER, ALWAYS A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU.
SWIFT TRAVELS TO GET THAT GOLD LINE GOING.
AND THANK YOU FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER ALSO FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH THAT.
SO IT'S GOING TO TURN OUT REALLY GREAT.
WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
WE DO APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, MR. RUSSI? I CHECKED AND THERE WERE NONE.
IF YOU WANT TO WAIT A MINUTE AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS, BUT WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY AT THIS TIME. AND WE'LL WAIT A MINUTE.
J.R. AND LUPE ARE MONITORING THE EMAIL.
ANYTHING COME IN? STILL NOTHING THAT HAS COME THROUGH THE EMAILS, SIR.
OK, WE SHOULD MOVE ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
[6. CONSENT CALENDAR]
WE HAVE A COUPLE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE REMOVED BY MR BOWEN, ITEM A1 AND THE 15TH AND THE 22ND OF THE WARRANTS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SO WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS REVIEW THE OTHER CALENDAR ITEMS. WE'LL PULL THOSE IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE OTHER ITEMS AND THEN WE'LL MOVE BACK TO THOSE.YEAH. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION CARRIES. WE MOVE BACK TO A1 AND THE 15 22ND WARRANTS.
[Items 6A 1 & 6B]
AND I HAVE I HAVE.ARE WE TAKING THEM TOGETHER OR ONE AT A TIME? WHAT SHOULD WE DO? LET'S SEE.
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I SEE IT'S TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. SO WE'LL TAKE THEM AS TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS. AND I HAVE MR BOWEN ON THE LINE READY TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT.YES, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHICH ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAD ASKED FOR SOME OF THE DEMANDS TO BE EXPLAINED.
I DID GET AN EXPLANATION FROM LUPE, BUT I'M WONDERING IF YOU'RE GOING TO DISCUSS IT.
MOST OF THEM SEEM TO BE LAWYERS BILLS.
AND THE OTHER ONE WAS A QUESTION REGARDING THE THE NEW JPIA 2.2 MILLION DOLLAR PAYMENT THAT WE JUST MADE AND HOW THAT AFFECTS, IF IT'S HIGHER, IF THE EXPLANATION WAS NOT REALLY COMPLETE. SO I WONDERED IF YOU GUYS HAD ANY COMMENTS ON IT.
I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE QUESTION ACTUALLY IS, THE INFORMATION WAS SHARED, SO IF COUNCIL HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT INFORMATION, I KNOW THAT WAS SHARED OUT WITH COUNCIL AS WELL. I THINK THE QUESTION WAS, WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT WASN'T HIGHER THAN NORMAL ON THE PAYMENTS? I GUESS THAT WAS THE QUESTION. IS THAT CORRECT, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. IT WAS TO MY RECOLLECTION, IT WAS TWO POINT TWO MILLION, BELIEVE LAST YEAR THERE WAS TWO INCREMENTAL PAYMENTS OF ABOUT A MILLION APIECE.
SO IS THE ENTIRE PAYMENT FOR THE YEAR OR IS THIS THE FIRST HALF OF THE PAYMENT? HAS IT GONE UP FROM LAST YEAR? WHAT IS A YEAR TO DATE? OR WHAT IS A YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON? SO I DON'T KNOW IF CHRISTY CHRISTY LOPEZ WAS GOING TO STICK AROUND TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE THERE WAS NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE.
THERE WAS AN INCREASE, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT'S FOR THE FULL YEAR.
BUT, CHRISTY, IF YOU'RE THERE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD ON THAT? YOU MAY HAVE TO REPEAT THE QUESTION, BECAUSE I WAS BRINGING HER IN.
SORRY, THE QUESTION IS, CHRISTY, THE PAYMENT THAT WE MADE A TWO POINT TWO MILLION TO JPIA, THAT WAS FOR THE FULL YEAR, I GUESS, LAST YEAR WE MADE IT IN TWO INCREMENTAL PAYMENTS.
THAT WAS FOR THE FULL YEAR AND THE INFORMATION THAT I PROVIDED WAS THAT THERE WAS AN INCREASE ROUGHLY ABOUT SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR WORKER'S COMP LIABILITY.
THANK YOU. SO THAT'S [INAUDIBLE].
AND THEN THE MINUTES WERE PULLED AS WELL.
WE'RE DISCUSSING THE MINUTES NOW.
YES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ON MAY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY YOU'RE NOW EITHER NOT PUBLISHING THE MINUTES OR I MEAN THE EMAILS, IT SEEMS TO CHANGE MEETING BY MEETING AT LEAST THIS MONTH HAVE CHANGED VERSUS LAST MONTH.
SO THE MINUTES I WAS HOPING WOULD REFLECT FOR MAY FOURTH THAT MY SUGGESTION TO OPEN THE CITY RESTAURANTS AND BRING THEM OUT IN THE STREETS AND USE THE PARKING AND POTENTIALLY CLOSE D STREET, I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AT LEAST LISTED.
AND I GUESS WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A RECOGNITION FOR THE FACT THAT THAT WAS MY IDEA.
MINUTE THIRTY NINE OF THE MAY 4TH MEETING AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT WAS PRETTY MUCH ADOPTED ACROSS THE BOARD IN THE JUNE MEETING.
SO IT WOULD BE NICE TO GIVE CITIZENS A RECOMMENDATION OR RECOGNITION FOR WHEN THEY MAKE VERY POSITIVE SUGGESTIONS THAT THE CITY ADOPTS.
I WILL SAY THAT I DO RECALL THAT, AND IT WAS AN EXCELLENT IDEA.
WE'VE GOT NOTHING BUT ACCOLADES OVER THE D STREET BEING CLOSED.
I WAS TALKING TO SOME PEOPLE TODAY AT OUR [INAUDIBLE] MEETING AND THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT ARE COMING TO OURS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A GREAT RESTAURANT WITH THE PLANTS AND EVERYTHING. SO KUDOSTO YOU.
MR. BOWEN, YOU DIDN'T SAY THAT AND IT WAS YOUR SUGGESTION.
THANK YOU. GREAT, APPRECIATE IT.
I DO HAVE A COMMENT REAL QUICK JUST ON THAT.
AND I DID NOTICE THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR PHONE IN STUFF, WHEN PEOPLE ARE PHONING IN,
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THAT ALL IT SAYS IS A PHONE CALL ON THE MINUTES.AND MR. RUSSI AND I HAD A COUPLE COMMENTS ON THIS AS FAR AS READING THE EMAILS, BUT I DID GET A COMMENT TODAY REGARDING THAT.
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE MINUTES IT JUST SAYS A PHONE IN CONVERSATION, I THINK IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE WHATEVER THAT CONVERSATION WAS, EVEN IN A CONDENSED VERSION IN THE MINUTES WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT PERSON WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND YOU MIGHT HAVE THE OPTION AT THE ZOOM.
RIGHT. REMEMBER, WE DID HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AS A GROUP GOING BACK.
I WANT TO SAY MAYBE THREE OR FOUR MONTHS AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT NOW THAT WE HAVE THE ACTUAL VIDEO, WE WENT TO ACTION MINUTES BECAUSE RATHER THAN MISINTERPRET HOW PEOPLE WHAT WAS BEING SAID, WE WERE JUST GOING TO GO TO WHO SPOKE, IF THEY SPOKE UNDER PUBLIC COMMENT OR THEY SPOKE UNDER AN ITEM, IF PEOPLE WANTED TO GET TO THE POINT OF WHAT WAS BEING SAID, THEY COULD GO TO THE ACTUAL TRANSCRIPT ITSELF AND PULL IT UP.
SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE DISCUSSED WITH COUNCIL.
AND IT WAS AT THAT POINT DECIDED THIS WOULD BE A MORE EFFICIENT WAY FOR US TO HANDLE THE MINUTES. NOW THAT WE HAVE THE TRANSCRIPT THAT WE HAVE.
AND IT'S ARCHIVED AND IT WILL ALWAYS EXIST AS THE OFFICIAL RECORD.
I WAS CONCERNED THAT THE ARCHIVE WASN'T AVAILABLE IF IT DROPPED OFF.
IF THEY TOOK IT OUT OF ARCHIVE OR PUSHED IT OFF, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THAT.
WE WILL EVEN IF THERE'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, FOR WHATEVER REASON THAT DATA WILL, THAT THAT WILL EXIST. [INAUDIBLE].
I KNOW THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS RAISED ABOUT GETTING THE MINUTES DONE, AND THIS OBVIOUSLY ENABLES US TO GET THE MINUTES DONE IN A VERY EXPEDIENT MANNER, WHICH I KNOW IS SOMETHING YOU'VE EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH, MR. MAYOR. SO WE ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE THAT GOAL AS WELL.
AND THIS IS A WAY FOR STAFF TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OCCUR.
UNDERSTOOD. I JUST THINK THAT COVID IS CHANGING THE WAY WE DO BUSINESS, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO NOW. AND IT'S MORPHING.
AND EVERY TIME IT MORPHS, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT FALLS ASIDE.
AND I THINK THE MORE TRANSPARENCY WE HAVE, THE MORE ACCESS WE HAVE.
IT'S IMPORTANT. SO THAT WAS MY THOUGHT.
SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND THOSE ARE, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE PULLED ITEMS. AND WE WOULD CLOSE THAT AND WE WOULD GO BACK.
WE HAVE TO MOVE TO APPROVE BOTH ITEMS. I'M JUST CLOSING IF THERE'S NOBODY ELSE TO SPEAK ON THAT.
WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR AND WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION TO.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE TWO MOTIONS, MR. KRESS.
ONE FOR THE OR JUST BOTH IN ONE.
JUST ONE. WE'LL GO WITH ONE MOTION FOR BOTH ITEMS. IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR RAISE YOUR HAND.
MOTION CARRIES. OK, IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR, BEFORE WE MOVE INTO OTHER MATTERS.
YES, THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE AS FAR AS ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS ON YOUR CONSENT ABOUT DAYCARE AND MAYBE EXPANDING THAT TO A RESIDENT, ALLOWING RESIDENTS.
AND I JUST WANT IT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE THAT WERE KIND OF FOLLOWING THAT TO KNOW THAT THAT'S REALLY THE LICENSING REQUIREMENT IS REALLY A SHIFT WHEN YOU GO FROM AN EMPLOYER DAYCARE ON TO OFFERING IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THE CITY IS IN A POSITION, NOR DO WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO REALLY TAKE THAT ON. AND SECOND IS THE FACT THAT OUR OUR INSURANCE WOULD NOT PERMIT THAT TO BE ALLOWED. SO IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEED IS OUT THERE.
I DID REACH OUT TO OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT AS WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY PROVIDE DAYCARE IN THE AREA TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME WAY WE COULD COLLABORATE TO EXPAND ON WHAT THEIR LIMITED ABILITY IS. AND WE WILL IF THAT OPPORTUNITY PRESENTS ITSELF, WE ARE CERTAINLY WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM. SO I WANTED TO PASS THAT ON.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE SHOULD MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN OTHER MATTERS, AGREEMENT
[7. a. Agreement for Temporary Employment - Resolution No. 20-69 ]
FOR TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20-69.MR. RUSSI. YES, MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A INTERIM AGREEMENT FOR A FIRE CHIEF, AS I SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL PROBABLY A MONTH OR SO AGO.
DEVON LEONARD, WHO'S DONE AN INCREDIBLE JOB SINCE HE CAME AND STARTED WORKING FOR US RIGHT ABOUT THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, HAS EXPRESSED THAT HIS HIS TERM HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT CEASE. HE HAS HE HAS DECIDED AND WILLING TO STAY ON UNTIL WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION. I HAD WORKED WITH MIKE MESSINA, WHO WAS A CONSULTANT WE'VE BEEN USING AS IT
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RELATES TO FIRE ISSUES ON SELECTING AND MEETING WITH VARIOUS CANDIDATES.AND I AM FORTUNATE THAT AND HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I HAVE IDENTIFIED SOMEBODY WHO IS WILLING TO COME IN AND SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
HE IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE STARTING THE MIDDLE OF THIS MONTH AND SOME OF THE COUNCIL HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT AND TALK WITH HIM PREVIOUSLY COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS TOOK ME UP ON THAT OFFER.
AND I THINK HE COMES TO US IS HIS RESUME IS IN HERE.
HE IS A RETIRED FIRE CHIEF FROM HUNTINGTON BEACH, WHERE HE SERVED THERE.
AND THEN BEFORE THAT WAS LONG BEACH.
SO I THINK HE'S VERY WELL CREDENTIALED AND HE'S HE'S DONE SOME INITIAL INTRO WITH CHIEF LEONARD'S HELP.
AND SO HE'S GOING TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ONCE HE'S AVAILABLE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO [INAUDIBLE].
STILL CAN'T HEAR ME? WHERE DID I LOSE YOU? BETWEEN THE BLOOD RUNNING OUT OF OUR EARS? OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE FINE. DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
SORRY. HE WAS TRANSITIONING WITH CHIEF LEONARD.
AND JUST SAYING HE'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HOPEFULLY HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WHEN THE 12TH AND 13TH WHEN THAT DAY COMES.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING FOR COUNCIL'S SUPPORT TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT AND ALLOW ME TO EXECUTE. WE OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WHY DON'T WE OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FIRST AND SEE IF ANYBODY'S FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND IF NOT WE'LL BRING IT BACK FOR COUNCIL DISCUSSION MOTION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I HAVE JIM MURPHY ON THE LINE.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MURPHY. MR. MURPHY, CAN YOU HEAR THEM? I CAN.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COUNCIL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN.
I WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT YOU JUST MADE TONIGHT, WHICH SIGNALS THAT OUR CITY WILL BE ON IT'S FOURTH FIRE CHIEF IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
AND I AGREE THAT DEVON LEONARD HAS DONE QUITE A JOB TRYING TO DO HIS BEST.
BUT ACCORDING TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS UNION LAWSUIT, A MANAGEMENT CHANGE WAS SUPPOSED TO CHANGE THE POOR ENVIRONMENT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND WE CAN SEE THAT THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.
JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND TO GO BACK TO THE NEGATIVE IMPACT THAT WE HAVE AS RESIDENTS HAVE RECEIVED SINCE THIS UNPRECEDENTED ACTION.
LAWSUITS OF OVER FIVE POINT EIGHT MILLION JUST HEARD TONIGHT THAT INSURANCE INCREASED BY SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
OUR NINETY FOUR YEAR TRANSITION TO SANTA CLAUS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING WAS SHIFTED FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OUR CITY MANAGEMENT.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGEMENT, FOR CONTINUING THAT. WE OUTSOURCED OUR DISPATCH TO A THIRD PARTY PROVIDER FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE HAVE UNPRECEDENTED PERSONNEL LOSSES DUE TO THIS TOXIC WORKPLACE THAT'S INSIDE THE DEPARTMENT. IT'S NOT THE CITY.
CLOSURE OF STATION THREE INDEFINITELY.
WE OUTSOURCED OUR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT TO THIRD PARTY PROVIDERS.
AND STAFFING AND RECRUITING CHALLENGES CONTINUE TO IMPACT OUR CITY'S RESPONSE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE [INAUDIBLE] FIRE DEPARTMENT JUST HIRED FIFTY SEVEN FIREFIGHTERS AND STAFF IN 2020, BUT THEY'RE NOT HAVING A PROBLEM.
WE CONTINUE TO HAVE A PROBLEM.
SO WHEN I SAW THE ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? [INAUDIBLE] WHO DID A HELL OF A JOB.
WE HAD THREE NEW FIRE CHIEFS, INTERIMS. WE'VE HAD A NEW MAYOR. WE HAD TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO EVERYBODY THAT WAS BEING POINTED OUT BY THE FIRE UNION HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED OVER THE LAST, THE COURSE OF LAST YEAR.
THE ONLY CONSTANT IN THIS TWO YEAR PERIOD IS THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS UNION.
SO I THOUGHT I'D SPEAK TONIGHT AND ASK THE CITY TO PLEASE ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM.
IT'S TIME FOR OUR CITY LEADERSHIP.
THAT'S YOU GUYS LISTENING TO ME TONIGHT.
STOP KICKING THE CAN DOWN THE ROAD.
RESIDENTS DON'T WANT TOWN SERVICE AND UNION LEADERSHIP WON'T RELENT UNTIL THEY GET IT.
SO I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER SEVERANCE PACKAGES FOR THESE UNION LEADERS THAT CONTINUE TO EMBRACE A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT IN THE LA VERNE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
IT'S GOING TO BE EXPENSIVE IN THE BEGINNING, BUT IN THE LONG RUN, IT'LL PROBABLY SAVE THE CITY SOME MONEY AND ALLOW THEM TO PERSONALLY GO COUNTY AND BRING IN A CHIEF WITH A NEW CULTURE THAT CARES ABOUT LA VERNE MORE THAN THEY CARE ABOUT THE FIREFIGHTERS THEMSELVES.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE CITY OF LA VERNE.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, CHAIR?
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NONE HAS BEEN RECEIVED THUS FAR, SIR.THEN I WILL PROBABLY CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND YES, MR. RUSSI.
WAIT TILL THAT'S DONE. I'M SORRY. NOTHING ELSE, JR? NOTHING THAT I SEE THAT THAT HAS COME THROUGH.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC COMMENT AND COME BACK TO COUNCIL, MR. RUSSI, YOU HAD A COMMENT. YEAH, SORRY, THERE WAS IN YOUR EMAILS, THERE WAS A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED AND I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.
AND THAT IS AND IT'S A FAIR QUESTION ABOUT THE RECRUITMENT OF A PERMANENT CHIEF, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY TO MR. MURPHY'S COMMENT TO THIS IS IN FACT OUR THIRD INTERIM.
AND WHILE WE WERE, WE ARE OUT THERE RECRUITING.
ONE OF THE THINGS AS COUNCIL KNOWS I SHARED WITH THEM IS THE THE THE QUESTION OR THE FIRE STUDY THAT'S OUT THERE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND WE EXPECT TO PURSUE A PERMANENT CHIEF.
BUT THAT QUESTION, OR AT LEAST LOOKING AT THAT INFORMATION, THAT STUDY IS PART OF THE FIRST STEP BEFORE WE CAN KNOW WHERE THE FORWARD PATH IS FOR SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT.
RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO DETERMINE THE QUALITY OF CANDIDATE AND THE LEVEL OF CANDIDATE WE NEED. AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, NEXT MONTH, HOPEFULLY COUNCIL WILL BE ABLE TO EVALUATE THAT STUDY.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME INITIAL MEETINGS AND THEN HAVE A PUBLIC STUDY SESSION SOMETIME DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST.
ONCE WE GET A DATE SET AFTER THAT, I WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD MORE AGGRESSIVELY WITH THE RECRUITMENT OF A PERMANENT CHIEF.
YES, AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT THANKS TO DEVON LEONARD FOR GIVING UP HIS TIME AFTER RETIREMENT TO COME TO OUR CITY TO TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
HE HAS MET WITH US AS COUNCIL, KEPT US UP TO DATE, HIS CONSTANT REPORTS TO US OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AND THEN COMING TO OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS TO GIVE REPORTS TO THE PUBLIC.
I WISH WE COULD KEEP THEM AND I WISH HIM WELL.
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, YOU HAVE BEEN A BREATH OF FRESH AIR, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISH TO COMMENT, COUNCIL MEMBER CROSBY? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO THANK CHIEF LEONARD MY BRIEF TIME HERE ON THE COUNCIL.
ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, HE GAVE ABOUT THREE HOURS OF HIS TIME AFTER WORK TO SIT DOWN WITH ME AND JUST HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT OUR FIRE.
AND I JUST REALLY APPRECIATE HIS OPENNESS AND REALLY WANTING THE BEST FOR LA VERNE AND FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND GOOD LUCK TO HIS IS RIGHTFULLY RETIREMENT NOW.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE SERVICE TO OUR CITY.
OTHER COMMENTS. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, I JUST WANT TO JOIN MY VOICE TO MY COUNCIL MEMBERS VOICES AND CONCUR AND CONCUR AND SAY THANK YOU, CHIEF LEONARD, FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE THE THE BATON THAT YOU CARRIED FOR A WHILE.
WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THIS PROCESS IS A VERY SLOW PROCESS AND REQUIRING MUCH PATIENCE FROM EVERYONE. BUT YOUR YOUR CANDOR IS APPRECIATED AND ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT.
THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER LAU.
I JUST WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS MADE, AND I DO WANT TO THANK CHIEF LEONARD FOR THE EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HE TOOK TO SPEAK TO EACH OF US ABOUT EVERYTHING GOING ON AND EVERYTHING THAT HE'S DONE THUS FAR.
IT WAS DEFINITELY NOT AN EASY ROAD TO HOE AND SO VERY APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE. AND WE WILL MISS HIM AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING AND HOPE THAT HE GETS TO ENJOY HIS RETIREMENT AND GET TO SPEND TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
I WILL ALSO JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS OF ALL THE COUNCIL THAT A GREAT JOB.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT WAS NOT AN EASY JOB TO STEP INTO A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION AFTER A LAWSUIT AND AFTER ANOTHER INTERIM.
IT'S IT WAS A DIFFICULT JOB TO SAY IT BEST.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO COMMENT ON MR. MURPHY'S COMMENTS. WE HAVE DONE A LOT.
WE DO HAVE A FIREFIGHTERS CONTRACT WHICH WE SAW AND SETTLED, WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
NUMBER TWO, WE DO HAVE AN EFFICIENCY EXPERT IN THE FIRE FIELD THAT'S WORKING WITH US ON THE FIRE STUDY TO GIVE US THE COUNCIL AND THE IDEAS OF HOW TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND SO THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.
SO I WILL SAY AND THANK YOU, MR. RUSSI, FOR THAT THAT WORKED OUT REAL WELL.
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AND I THINK WE'RE MOVING FORWARD IS JUST IT IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION WE'RE IN AND IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE. BUT MANY OTHER FIRE AGENCIES ARE FACING THE SAME SITUATION, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO HIRE PEOPLE AND TRYING TO HIRE AT THE SAME TIME.SO WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF THE CITY TO TRY TO HELP THIS SITUATION MOVE FORWARD.
SO, AGAIN, MR. LEONARD, CONGRATULATIONS.
ENJOY YOUR RETIREMENT AND YOU'VE EARNED IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEN WE MOVE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MADE A MOTION ON THAT ITEM. I'M SORRY I GOT SO, SO INVOLVED.
THANK YOU. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
ACTUALLY COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER. THANK YOU.
MR. COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION AND SAY THAT I THINK THIS IS A POSITIVE STEP MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK CANDIDATE CHIEF SEGURO IS A HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATE, AS MR. RUSSI HAD SAID. BOTH COUNCIL MEMBER LAU AND I GOT TO MEET WITH HIM AT A VERY WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE A SHORT INTRODUCTORY MEETING TURNED INTO A PRETTY MUCH A FULL MORNING MEETING. BUT IT WAS LIVELY.
IT WAS INTERESTING. IT WAS VERY CANDID.
BUT I, TOO, WANTED TO THANK OUR OUR RESIDENTS FOR CONTINUING TO TOSS OUT IDEAS THAT MAY BE CHAMPIONED IN THE FUTURE AS BEING ONE OF THEIR IDEAS THAT THAT WE TAKE ROOT WITH IN THE FUTURE. SO WHO KNOWS WHERE THE BEST IDEAS COME FROM.
SO RESIDENTS PLEASE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE.
THANK YOU. OPEN EARS, BELIEVE ME.
THANK YOU ON THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS, YOU MADE THE SECOND AND WE WILL ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE.
MOTION CARRIES. OTHER COMMENTS.
COMMUNICATION. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS.
DO WE NEED TO MAKE A STATEMENT ABOUT THE WHERE'S BOB HE WENT OFF CAMERA.
THE APPEAL HAS BEEN POSTPONED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DIRECTOR.
SO WE WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT A FUTURE TIME THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE APPELLANT.
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JR. JUST HOLD ON ONE SECOND WHILE I BRING ON MR. BOWEN. MR. MAYOR, I HAVE MR. BOWEN. MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL, I WANT TO SAY I AGREE WITH MR. MURPHY ON A COUPLE OF POINTS, TOXIC ENVIRONMENT, IT SEEMS THAT WE CANNOT KEEP WE CANNOT FIND A DIRECTOR OF FINANCE.WE HAVE AN INTERIM. WE NOW HAVE OUR THIRD INTERIM FIRE CHIEF AND BOTH THOSE POSITIONS REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER, SO PERHAPS THE TOXIC ENVIRONMENT IS NOT WANTING TO WORK FOR OUR CURRENT CITY MANAGER.
BUT THAT'S JUST ONE OBSERVATION.
WHAT I CALLED ABOUT WAS THE STATEMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEREST EVERY YEAR THERE'S A FORM 700 THERE'S FILLED OUT BY CITY EMPLOYEES AND COUNCIL PEOPLE.
LAST YEAR BROUGHT THIS TO THE COUNCIL'S ATTENTION BECAUSE THESE ARE FILED IN EARLY OF THE YEAR. SO, IN OTHER WORDS, LAST YEAR WAS MARCH THIS YEAR IS MARCH.
LAST YEAR, COUNCILPERSON DAVIS, THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, ALL ACCEPTED GIFTS FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES.
THE THREE CONSTANT IS WASTE MANAGEMENT, ACCEPTING GIFTS FROM EACH ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE, ACCEPTING GIFTS FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT.
AND THEN THERE WAS A TENURE, NO BID CONTRACT EXTENSION FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT THIS YEAR, IN ADDITION TO WASTE MANAGEMENT, MR. DAVIS ACCEPTED CHARITY TICKETS FROM RKA CONSULTING, ANOTHER GROUP THAT IS A NO BID CONTRACT, MR. RUSSI ACCEPTED TICKETS IN THE FORM OF GREEN FEES FROM RKA ENGINEERING ALSO.
IN ADDITION, MR. RUSSI ACCEPTS FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS IN BASEBALL TICKET COSTS FROM HUB INTERNATIONAL, AN INSURANCE BROKER. SO THE LAST ONE IS THE STRANGEST OF THEM ALL, I THINK.
IS THAT MR. OR MR. DAVIS LIST AS ONE OF THE GIFTS HE RECEIVED FROM BOB RUSSI.
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HUNDRED AND TWENTY FIVE DOLLARS IN GIFTS, TICKETS TO PLAY IN THE POA GOLF TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR. BUT WHAT I'M WONDERING IS THE CITY CHARTER SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT MR. DAVIS OVERSEES, AS PART OF THE COUNCIL, MR. RUSSI OVERSEES HIS REVIEW AND OVERSEES HIS CONTRACT.SO HOW CAN AN EMPLOYEE ACCEPT MONEY OR FREE GOODS FROM ONE OF THEIR EMPLOYEES.
THIS SEEMS LIKE A CLASSIC CONFLICT OF INTEREST, SO WHAT I WOULD ASK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE ASK ALL COUNCIL PEOPLE AND ALL CITY EMPLOYEES TO STOP TAKING GIFTS FROM VENDORS.
IT IT MIGHT BE ILLEGAL, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
THANK YOU, MR. BOWEN. DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR.
I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND WE'LL MOVE TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE MEETING REPORTS.
BEFORE YOU DO. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A RESPONSE TO PART OF WHAT WAS A COUCHED AS AN INAPPROPRIATE ACT.
AND THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE DONATION THAT I MADE TO THE PLAY AS PART OF THEIR GOLF TOURNAMENT. IT WAS THEIR I THINK THEIR DONATION WAS EITHER TWO FIFTY OR FIVE HUNDRED.
I DON'T REMEMBER THE AMOUNT, BUT NONETHELESS, THAT CAME WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY GOLF. AND MR. DAVIS WAS PLAYING IN THAT TOURNAMENT AS WELL, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVIS.
AND RATHER THAN JUST USING IT AS A DONATION, HE PLAYED WITH UNDER THAT AND CHOSE TO PUT IT DOWN. SO I FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT TO CLARIFY WHAT THAT WAS AND WHAT IT WASN'T.
NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE WILL MOVE TO COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE MEETING REPORTS.
[9. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS]
WHO WOULD LIKE TO START? COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER, PLEASE.I HAVE TO SAY, I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING MORE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN SO QUIET, NOT MANY MEETINGS RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING.
I TAKE REAL PRIDE THAT WE AS COUNCIL OVERSEE CITY MANAGER AND POLICE CHIEF.
THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR, MOSTLY THE CITY MANAGER.
ONCE WE HIRE THE POLICE CHIEF, IT'S TURNED OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
I HAVE ALWAYS SAID OUR CITY MANAGER IS OUR CEO OF OUR CITY, I HAVE SEEN SUCH LEADERSHIP FROM THIS MAN DURING THIS COVID SITUATION SINCE MARCH AND TRY HIRING ANYBODY DURING THIS TIME PERIOD IS VERY DIFFICULT.
YOU CAN INTERVIEW AND BUT HE'S GOT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
CHRISTY LOPEZ HAS BEEN EXCEPTIONAL IN HER ROLE.
MARK, COMING BACK AFTER HE WORKED WITH US WITH THE BOND IS EXCEPTIONAL.
EVERY DEPARTMENT HAS PEOPLE IN PLACE TO DO THEIR JOB.
SO I WILL DEFEND AN EMPLOYEE OF OURS, OUR CITY MANAGER, TO THE VERY END.
HE IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, PLUS OUR CITIZENS.
I HAD A CITIZEN CALL ME TODAY AND THAT I SPOKE WITH AND I TOLD HER BECAUSE IT'S TRUE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL CITY HALL, TALK TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
SHE IS AVAILABLE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
THAT'S MY FINAL STATEMENT ON THAT.
THANK YOU. WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK NEXT.
I'M UNMUTED. I WAS MUTING MYSELF EARLIER.
LIKE I SAID EARLIER, I JUST WANT TO THANK OUR CHIEF LEONARD, FOR HIS SERVICE AND THAT WE CAN OUR NEXT INTERIM CHIEF.
I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS ABOUT HIM AND WANT TO SEE HIS SUCCESS.
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CAN'T WAIT TILL THE THE PLAN FIRE PLAN CAN COME OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND HAVE PUBLIC DISCUSSIONS ON THAT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE REALLY ON OUR LA VERNE FIRE.THE REST OF THE THINGS IS IS REALLY APPRECIATE OUR CITY BUSINESSES WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR OUR RESTAURANTS IN THE PARKING LOTS AND ON THIRD STREET.
I MEAN ON D STREET AND DOWNTOWN REALLY WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I HAVE VISITED MANY RESTAURANTS AND WEARING MASKS AND MAKING SURE ALL THE PROTOCOLS ARE BEING PLACED AND THEY'RE DOING A FINE, FINE JOB.
AND JUST WAIT UNTIL WE CAN ALL BE DOING THE SAME THING SO THAT WE CAN MOVE THIS CURVE BACK IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION SO THAT WE CAN OPEN UP FOR EVERYONE TO.
I BELIEVE WHAT OUR CITY HAS BEEN DOING IS WORKING FOR ALL OF OUR CITIZENS AND OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES, AND THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
SO I APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, MR. CROSBY. MEMBER LAU. YES, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON. I ALSO WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT OUR NEW INTERIM CHIEF COMING IN, DAVID SEGURA. I THINK HE'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION TO THE TEAM AND I THINK HE'S GOING TO BUILD WELL ON THE FOUNDATION THAT'S BEEN LAID BY CHIEF LEONARD.
AND SO I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ONGOING PROCESS OF MAKING THE RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN OUR CITY AND WITHIN OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT BETTER SO THAT WE CAN BETTER SERVE OUR RESIDENTS.
IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, I'D DEFINITELY URGE YOU TO TO GO AND SAY HELLO.
I'M ALSO GOING TO, AGAIN, SHAMELESSLY PLUG THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE'S EVENT FOR NEXT THURSDAY THAT THEY'RE HOSTING WITH THE COLLEGE OF LAW.
AND THEY ARE PUTTING ON A COVID-19 FORUM ON AUGUST 13TH AT 2:00 P.M., YOU CAN SIGN UP THROUGH THE CHAMBER FOR ANY SMALL BUSINESSES OR BUSINESSES IN OUR CITY THAT HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF COVID-19 ON THEIR BUSINESS PRACTICES GOING FORWARD.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO ATTEND.
THERE WILL BE SOME PANEL OF ATTORNEYS THAT WILL BE THERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON EVERYTHING FROM WORKERS COMP TO EMPLOYMENT LIABILITY TO LANDLORD TENANT ISSUES.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN AWESOME RESOURCE THAT THE CHAMBER HAS PUT FORTH.
AND SO I URGE OUR BUSINESS FOLKS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
THE LAST THING I WILL ALSO SAY TO TRAIL A LITTLE BIT ON COUNCIL MEMBER COSBY'S COMMENTS ABOUT SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR RESTAURANTS, I WILL AGAIN SHOUT OUT EAT LA VERNE ON FACEBOOK, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE SHARED COMMUNICATIONS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THERE AMONG THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY HAS BEEN AMAZING.
I'VE LEARNED ABOUT SO MANY MORE NEW RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN TO BEFORE, EVEN THOUGH I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 13 YEARS.
I THINK WE ALL KIND OF GET INTO OUR RUT OF OUR FAVORITE RESTAURANTS AND DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES OUT THERE.
SO I APPRECIATE GETTING A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT OTHER RESTAURANTS CAN BE FREQUENTED, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME.
I ALSO THINK IT'S A GREAT WAY TO COMMUNICATE MAYBE WHICH BUSINESSES ARE PERHAPS SUFFERING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN OTHERS AND BEING ABLE TO THROW THAT EXTRA SUPPORT THEIR WAY IS CERTAINLY APPRECIATED.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE CITIZENS THAT PARTICIPATE IN THAT GROUP AND THAT HAVE REALLY MADE IT SUCCESSFUL.
THANK YOU. IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME SOMETIMES GET THAT MUTE BUTTON HIT JUST RIGHT.
MENTIONING OF GOLF REMINDED ME THAT THE LA VERNE SAN DIMAS EDUCATION FOUNDATION, WHICH I'M A MEMBER OF, WAS UNFORTUNATE AND NOT BEING ABLE TO HOST ITS ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS ITS LARGEST FUNDRAISING EVENT OF THE YEAR, WHICH I PROUDLY PARTICIPATE IN, AND I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. IT'S RIGHT NOW THE LVSD.
I GET STUCK BETWEEN SAYING THE WHOLE NAME AND ACRONYMS BECAUSE AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EVERYTHING HAS BEEN TURNED INTO AN ACRONYM.
AND SO I MY HEAD STOPS ME SOMETIMES.
SO THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING MY FAUX PAS THERE.
BUT PLEASE REACH OUT THERE WORKING ON A WELLNESS FUND FOR STUDENTS AND OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND AND AS OTHERS HAVE MENTIONED, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS COVID-19 IS STILL A STRAIN ON ALL OF US. IT'S IT'S TAXING OUR PATIENTS.
IT'S TAXING OUR OUR OUR STAMINA AND OUR FORTITUDE.
LA VERNE HAS EXCEEDED THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY COVID CASES, WHEREAS IN JUST A FEW SHORT MONTHS AGO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS 16 OR 20.
SO IT'S REAL AND IT'S PERVASIVE AND IT'S IT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS WE'VE SEEN WITH THE NBA, THEIR NOTION OF ISOLATING TEAMS AND PLAYING GAMES MAY BE WORKING, WHEREAS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL HAS HAD TO POSTPONE ANOTHER SERIES
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BECAUSE OF IT, AN INVASION OF THE VIRUS TO TEAM MEMBERS AND STAFF.I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE NFL IS GOING TO GO THIS FALL BECAUSE OF THE PHYSICAL CONTACT INVOLVED IN THAT SPORT.
I MEAN, MANY OF THE MANY OF THE COMMITTEES THAT WE ALL ARE PART OF HAVE BEEN MEETING LESS FREQUENTLY SIMPLY BECAUSE IT HAS STOPPED US.
ONE EFFORT THAT THAT I'VE BEEN PART OF THAT'S BEEN GOING ON HAS BEEN THIS PUBLIC BANKING STUDY GROUP. WE'VE CHANGED OUR NAME TO PUBLIC BANK POMONA VALLEY.
WE HAD A TOWN HALL ON THE TWENTY SECOND.
SO REACH OUT TO POMONA VALLEY, OUR PUBLIC BANK, POMONA VALLEY, TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW OUR COMMUNITIES ARE THINKING ABOUT PUBLIC BANKING AS A WAY TO HELP OUR COMMUNITIES.
NORTH DAKOTA IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF HOW THAT PUBLIC BANK OF NEW YORK BANK OF NORTH DAKOTA HELPED TO FACILITATE THE FUNDS AND THE CARE FUNDS FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OUT TO ITS RESIDENTS. SO PUBLIC BANKING IS AN IMPORTANT PROCESS AND POTENTIALLY A VERY POSITIVE STEP FORWARD. THANK YOU.
MR. DAVIS, I ALSO WANT TO WELCOME MR. SEGURA, OUR NEW FIRE CHIEF, AND WE WILL BE MEETING WITH YOU, I'M SURE, SOON.
AND ALSO I DO WANT TO THANK ON COUNCIL MEMBER CARDER'S STATEMENT THAT MR. RUSSI HAS DONE A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THIS COVID AND SO IS ALL THE STAFF.
I JUST THINK THAT WE'RE WE'RE BEING REALISTIC AND IT'S GOING VERY WELL.
AND I WANT TO SAY ON THE BUSINESS ASPECT OF IT, I'VE BEEN WORKING HARD WITH THE BUSINESSES, CALLING THEM ALONG WITH STAFF AND ALL OF US AS COUNCIL.
WE ALL TAKE CARE OF OUR BUSINESSES, BUT THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE DOING WELL.
AND MORE AND MORE INFORMATION IS GETTING OUT TO THEM OR THEY'RE TAKING MORE DINING OUTSIDE, FOLLOWING THE RULES AND GETTING THE PERMITS AND GETTING THEIR ABC.
IT'S BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL.
AND I KUDOS TO ALL THE STAFF, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OTHER CITIES THAT COME TO US BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A GREAT DOWNTOWN, WE'VE GOT A GREAT FOOTHILL CORRIDOR, WE'VE GOT GREAT SHOPS.
SO AND COUNCIL MEMBER LAU'S, YOU KNOW, EAT LA VERNE IS DOING AWESOME.
WE'VE GOT LA VERNE MARKETPLACE, WHICH IS DOING EXTREMELY WELL.
AND I JUST IT'S DOING WONDERFUL.
WE JUST HAVE TO REALLY BE THANKFUL THAT THAT OUR CITY IS DOING SOMETHING AND SO OPEN WITH THE BUSINESSES TO MAKE THEM SURVIVE, BUT ALSO FLOURISH.
SOME OF THEM ARE FLOURISHING RIGHT NOW.
AND AND THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AND EVERYONE FOR DOING SUCH A GREAT JOB.
I'VE HEARD BUSINESSES CALLED THE CITY AND THEY WITHIN MINUTES, THEY WERE NO PROBLEM.
AND THEY GAVE ME THE INFORMATION FOR THE ABC.
AND IT'S JUST LIKE THEY'VE TALKED TO THEIR LANDLORDS.
SO IT'S BEEN WORKING REALLY WELL.
WE NEED TO WORK THIS AS A TEAM THAT'S WORKING WELL.
SO THAT'S KUDOS TO ERIC AND HIS TEAM.
I GOT TO ADMIT, THAT'S EVERYBODY OVER THERE.
AND I'VE HEARD NOTHING BUT POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM EVERYBODY.
I GIVE THEM NAMES TO CALL AND IT'S LIKE, OH, THAT WAS GREAT.
AND THEY, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH MY LANDOWNER, YOU KNOW MY LANDLORDS.
SO BUT I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT THIS COVID IS REAL.
YOU NEED TO DISTANCE YOURSELF.
YOU NEED TO WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY.
IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW SOMEBODY BEFORE, I GUARANTEE YOU EVERY ONE OF YOU KNOWS SOMEBODY NOW, HOPEFULLY NOT AS SEVERE AS SOME OF THE ONES ARE, BUT THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT I KNOW PERSONALLY THAT HAVE GOTTEN IT.
SO THIS IS REAL AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANY TIME SOON.
SO BE SAFE AND BE CAREFUL AND ALSO REACH OUT TO YOUR LOVED ONES.
JUST REACH OUT, MAKE A FRIEND OUT THERE, FIND SOMEBODY THAT YOU KNOW THAT'S BY THEMSELVES, MAKE A PHONE CALL, DO GROCERY SHOPPING, DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO HELP.
THAT'S ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON TO HELP.
AND IT'S IT'S BEEN EXTREMELY REWARDING JUST TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE'S OUT THERE.
AND IF THERE'S AN ISSUE THEY CALL.
ALL THEY WANT TO DO SOMETIMES IS JUST LISTEN.
SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS.
ON THAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR I THINK WE'RE DONE WITH THAT, WE DO HAVE A CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO AND JUMP AHEAD TO OUR CHAIRMAN.
[11. ADJOURNMENT in memory of Charles E. Davis, long-time La Verne resident]
WE HAVE A COUPLE, COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT MR. DAVIS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.HIS UNCLE PASSED AWAY, CHARLES E.
DAVIS. AND I'LL BE TALKING IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH LIZ MARIA HERNANDEZ, WHICH IS RALPH HERNANDEZ, WHICH IS IN OUR CITY, AND A NUMBER OF OTHER FAMILY THAT I KNOW THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT. AND THEN WE'LL STEP BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A CLOSED SESSION. WE WILL NOT BE RETURNING BACK TO THE NORMAL MEETING.
SO IF WE'LL GO TO ADJOURNMENT, MR. DAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO START, SIR?
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YOU'RE MUTED. THAT WAS BEAUTIFUL.I APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE A DOCUMENT TO READ AND HAVE COVERED THE MUTE BUTTON, SO THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME KNOW.
AS MAYOR SAID, CHARLES ERNEST DAVIS WAS MY UNCLE.
HE WAS MY DAD'S SECOND OLDEST BROTHER.
HE UNCLE CHUCK PASSED AWAY ON JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, UNCLE CHUCK WAS A PRINTER, A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR, A PROFESSIONAL GRAPHIC ARTS MANAGER, BUSINESS OWNER AND ADULT SCHOOL TEACHER. HE WAS BORN IN LA VERNE IN 1923, GRADUATED FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL IN NINETEEN FORTY ONE AFTER MOVING AWAY AS MY FATHER LIKE ME, I'M NOT A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN NEITHER WAS MY DAD.
MY DAD WAS BORN IN WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, BUT UNCLE CHUCK WAS BORN HERE IN LA VERNE AS AS WAS MY SISTER AND MY MOTHER.
[INAUDIBLE] WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED HIS WIFE OF 74 YEARS, MILDRED [INAUDIBLE], AUNT MILLIE. A STORY I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT REALLY EXEMPLIFIES WHO MY UNCLE IS WITH, SHARED WITH ME BY FORMER MAYOR DON KENDRICK.
IN THE LATE IN THE LATE 1980S [INAUDIBLE] TO LA VERNE, WRITTEN BY EVELYN HOLLINGER, ENTITLED LA VERNE THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE A DIFFERENCE.
WHILE THE BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY MS. HOLLINGER, THE BOOK WAS PRODUCED BOUND UNDER THE CAREFUL HANDS AND DIRECTION OF MY UNCLE CHUCK. AT THE TIME, MAYOR KENDRICK WAS THE PRESIDENT OF SAVE OLD LA VERNE'S ENVIRONMENT, PART OF LA VERNE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, EVELYN, HER MANUSCRIPT AND TYPE WRITTEN FORM.
BUT THEN CHUCK TOOK OVER AND COMPLETED THE WORK OF BINDING THIS WONDERFUL HARDBOUND BOOK THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
CHUCK TYPES THE PAGES, MOST LIKELY WITH THE STUDENTS OF L.A.
TRADE TECH'S HELP AND GROUPS OF PAGES WERE THEN PRINTED AND THEN THEY NEEDED TO BE COLLATED AND BOUND THE OLD FASHIONED WAY.
THE COLLATING TOOK PLACE IN A LARGE ROOM CALLED THE EAST ROOM AND THE CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN, WHERE UNCLE CHUCK AND I ARE BOTH MEMBERS WHERE GROUPS OF PAGES WERE THEN SORTED OVER THESE LONG TABLE AND COLLATED INTO COLLECTIONS.
MAYOR KENDRICK'S 70 FORD PICKUP WITH A CAMPER SHELL WAS THEN LOADED WITH ALL THESE BOXES AND DRIVEN BACK TO L.A.
TRADE TECH TO COMPLETE THE BINDING.
ALL OF THIS WORK WAS COORDINATED BY CHUCK DAVIS, MY UNCLE.
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY DIDN'T HAVE MUCH MONEY, BUT THE LACK OF MONEY NEVER STOPPED CHUCK DAVIS FROM SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
PRODUCING THIS WONDERFUL BOOK IS JUST ONE OF THE EXAMPLES OF HIS ENDURING CONTRIBUTIONS.
AT THE AGE OF 60, HE RETIRED FROM TEACHING AND STARTED A BUSINESS WITH HIS SONS IN GRAPHIC ARTS AND TYPESETTING.
HE THEN CONTINUED TO TEACH CLOCK REPAIR THROUGH THE POMONA ADULT SCHOOL FOR ANOTHER TWENTY SEVEN YEARS, HE LIVED HIS PHILOSOPHY OF THE SIMPLE LIFE, PROMOTING PEACE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
AND THIS WAS SUPPORTED BY HIS ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP IN OUR CHURCH.
HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, BROTHER, UNCLE AND COUSIN.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, MILLIE, SISTER VIRGINIA, BROTHERS IN LAW GEORGE AND DAVID STREET CHILDREN ALAN, KATHERINE AND ROBBIE.
HE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY AS MANY GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
THANK YOU, MR. DAVIS, CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
IT HAPPENS. IN MEMORY OF ELIZABETH, LIZ MARIE HERNANDEZ, LONGTIME LA VERNE RESIDENT WHO PASSED AWAY ON JULY 14TH, 20 20, LIZ SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IN DUERTE, CALIFORNIA, AND HER FAMILY MOVED TO THE CITY OF LA VERNE IN 1973.
SHE GRADUATED FROM BONITA HIGH SCHOOL.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WORKED FOR A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY AND LATER WAS EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE AS A MAIL CARRIER FOR 20 PLUS YEARS.
SHE WAS GOOD, A GOOD FRIEND TO ALL, AND SHE LOVED HER FAMILY IS IS SURVIVED BY HER SISTER TRISH, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THAT NAME.
ALL I KNOW IS PATTY, AND THAT'S ALL I'VE EVER CALLED HER FOR THIRTY FIVE YEARS SINCE I'VE KNOWN HER. BUT IT'S TRISH, BROTHER RALPH, THREE NEPHEWS, FOUR NIECES AND 13 GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS. SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS.
WE WILL GO AHEAD AND THE NEXT SCHEDULED COUNCIL MEETING IS AUGUST 17TH, 6:30 P.M., WE ARE
[Closed Session The City Council will meet in a closed session, pursuant to Government Code §54957.6, for the following purpose: CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS]
GOING TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION, BUT WE WILL NOT COME BACK OF A CLOSED SESSION.WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THAT? WELL, THERE ARE TWO.
ONE IS UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6.
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AND THAT IS WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS.AND THAT'S THE CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY, UNREPRESENTED EMPLOYEE, WHICH THE PERSONNEL OFFICER.
THE OTHER IS THE SEPARATE ITEM WOULD BE A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNCIL, ANTICIPATED LITIGATION, AND THAT'S UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9.
AND THERE IS ONE POTENTIAL CASE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD CALL THE MEETING ADJOURNED AND RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION.
WE ARE RECESSING INTO CLOSED SESSION.
AND THEN WE'LL JUST WAIT A MINUTE UNTIL WE MOVE THE LIVE STREAM OUT AND THEN TRANSITION INTO THAT.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.