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All righty. Welcome, welcome, everybody, to our agenda and our regular meeting of the

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other lentil city council, the other lump to public financing authority, the other

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lump to public utility authority, the other lump can be benefit corporation and a

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successor's agency board. Today is August 27th, 2025, getting started here at 1101,

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Brenda, can you get us started with a roll call please? Yes, Your Honor, Councillor

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gary's here with us.

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Captain Revin?

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President, Councillor Mesa.

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I'm here.

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Councillor Ephraim?

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President Mayer Portemrama?

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President?

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In Mayer Reyes.

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Here.

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In occasion, Councilwoman Up the Grove, King Lee's in Evocation, and MPT, King Lee's in the

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flag?

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Thank you for this opportunity to gather here today.

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We ask that you get part of all of our decisions and to help our council make the decisions

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on behalf of our city.

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We ask that you watch over all of our residents, all of the electives, our mayor, mayor proxies, and of course all of our first responders and Jesus' name we pray.

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Amen.

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I push your right hand on your heart, repeat after me.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God, in the visible or the third seed of justice for all of them.

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All right,

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there's no closed session reports and Todd you're not you are now not the voice in the sky. I know it is more well always so good.

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Yes, always so good to see you, man. I know that's wrong.

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City manager.

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He's real.

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Right. He's real.

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City manager.

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Turn that over to you for announcing the reports.

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Yes. Good afternoon. Mayor Reyes. Mayor Pro Temeramo City Council staff and members of the public.

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Mayor Reyes, under your leadership and this amazing, amazing City Council, we continue

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to work nonstop for the residents of Adelanto.

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I am pleased to announce that the city recently hosted its first of two scheduled workshops

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for the Adelanto Safe Streets for All Action Plan.

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The purpose of this initiative is to create a safer, more connected environment for our residents.

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A safer and more connected environment for our residents.

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Whether our residents are walking, biking, leveraging motorized scooters, or using other forms of transportation.

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By adopting, by adopting this action plan, we are not only prioritizing public safety, but also positioning the city to qualify, positioning the city to qualify for significant state and federal grant funding opportunities.

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These grants can help us implement improvements our community desperately needs such as safer intersections,

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wider and well lit pathways, and infrastructure that encourages healthy and sustainable mobility.

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We ask our residents to get involved and provide your comments for your and provide your comments

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and highlight the roads and sidewalk safety concerns you have, sign up for receiving project

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updates and complete our online survey. We will be hosting one more workshop this coming

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fall and we highly encourage you to participate by filling out the survey online. So we ask

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ask you to visit our website as soon as possible.

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For example, I took the liberty of taking the survey and indicated the following.

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Mr. Mayor and members of the council, before I read the remarks I made in the survey,

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I would like to remind you that this is a project you initiated back in 2018,

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which was to connect, which was to connect the north end of town, the north end of the city with the south end of the city.

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All right, so we're going to move to the end of the city. However, it was for several reasons, one being COVID, which caused the delay of us not moving forward. Nevertheless, we are dusting off the plans. And moving forward with your idea. The following is the response I initiated as a resident of the city. And I quote, the city of Adelante

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So needs to be better connected through the creation of a wide accessible walk path along

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Highway 395, linking the north and the south end of the city with a well lit, thoughtfully

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designed pathway which would serve multiple purposes, providing safe spaces for jogging,

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biking, scooters, and walking. Beyond recreation, such a pathway would improve

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mobility, promote healthier lifestyles, enhance pedestrian safety, and create a

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more attractive corridor for both the residents and visitors. This investment

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would not only connect the neighborhoods and businesses, but also help strengthen

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Adelante's identity, identity as a forward-thinking people-centered city. Those

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Those were my remarks in the survey and again I encourage the residents to log on and take

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that survey as well because our grand dollars are predicated on taking this survey.

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Carlos or Adam will you please bring up a brief look at an aerial Google map shot and

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this way the council can have the members of the city and the council can have an understanding

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and we're trying to accomplish.

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So City Hall is right up here under the red dot,

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and this is Eric's press way in Highway 395.

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The idea is to create this path,

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this walking path on the west side of 395,

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adjacent to 395 from City Hall,

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all the way down to Holly,

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and then from Holly, all the way down

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to the State of Brothers Shopping Center.

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This would be a phase one wide walkable path.

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As you know, we have a lot of Edison easements

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and I think as well as other utilities.

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And so we would be leveraging that easement

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all the way down from the city hall all the way down

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to State of Brothers as a phase one.

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Then we would eventually, as you recall, Mr. Mayor,

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we would be coming and members of the council,

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we would be going west from the State of Brothers Shopping Center

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all the way to, what is it, aster, aster, aster, and then heading north.

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So eventually we would be going north and then cutting across on the expressway, making

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this a full circle.

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But right now the top priority is connecting the north end of town with the south end of

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town, where if a resident wants to pay their bills here at City Hall or visit City Hall

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for whatever reason, they can walk, jog, ride their bicycle to City Hall, and those folks

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in the north end of town can do the same thing, connecting the city.

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That was the idea and the vision back in 2018, so we're dusting off the plans in moving

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forward with that vision, Mr. Mayor and members of the council.

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Moving on, let's go ahead and proceed with the next item.

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Again, I encourage the residents to take the survey and share not only, don't only share

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your concerns but also provide solutions while you're taking that survey, please.

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very, very much needed.

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The Adelante Safe Streets for All Action Plan Task Force includes, the task force includes

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Mayor Gabriel Reyes, Mayor Pro Tem Daniel Ramos, representatives from the local school district,

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San Bernardino County agencies and other community leaders that are committed to safe streets

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in Adelante.

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So this transformative road safety plan is a partnership between the residents, community organizers and local governments.

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Thanks in advance to the participants for the much needed state and federal funding grants that we are looking forward to secure in order to connect the north and the south end of town.

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Moving on. Moving on, excuse me. Moving on to another announcement. I'm pleased to

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announce Mayor Reyes, members of the council, another project, another project

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that I believe you will be pleased to know is back on the books, is the long awaited

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Seneca Road Repaving Rehabilitation Project from Highway 395 all the way to

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If you can bring the map just one more time,

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Item, sorry about that, folks, and want to be able to highlight for our residents the other

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project that you can zoom in just a little bit into Seneca down down here somewhere right

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here. It's a Seneca down here. So we will be paving Mr. Mayor Reyes and

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members of this council. From Highway 395 Seneca, this section here, we're going to repave

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Brand new this entire road that definitely needs to be repaved all the way down to believe

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Aster is this Aster here next one next one okay so we're gonna be paving from here Aster

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Road all the way to 395 and that's a brand new road on Seneca we're already starting or

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have initiated the design work and we anticipate this entire project to be completed by the end

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of this year, we will be making a much broader announcement and letting the residents know

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the impact, the positive impact actually the closures are going to have for the city.

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So we're going to try to pull this off in less than four months and we'll move as quickly

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as we can.

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So that's another major victory, Mr. Mayor, members of the council, that you are bringing

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to your residents.

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right, moving on to another project, another initiative, Mayor Reyes,

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Mayor of the Council, that you have championed that has now come to fruition is the generous donation.

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The generous donation of the Victor Valley Transit Authority bus, Mr. Mayor, that you took the lead on to the city of Adelanto.

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So we recently were donated by the Victor Valley Transit Authority, a bus.

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This vehicle will provide vital transportation services for our seniors, ensuring they

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have reliable access to and from the senior center.

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In closing, yes, yes, in closing, I would like to commend our public works department under

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the leadership of Mr. Ricardo Ochoa for successfully completing the city's community garden project.

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This was a significant effort that required the dedication and teamwork of several public

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work staff members, and their commitment is truly appreciated.

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With this project now completed, our public works team will now refocus, refocus their efforts

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on addressing city sidewalk improvements and ongoing road maintenance, continuing to enhance the quality of life for our residents.

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Councilwoman Evans, thank you also very much for assisting and for securing the much needed funds and resources to bring this community garden to fruition.

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Thank you, thank you very much, Councilwoman Evans.

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This concludes my report.

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Thank you.

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Thank you.

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I'm going to go ahead and turn it over to Councilman Evans.

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Thank you.

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Yes.

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I'll just piggyback on the community garden.

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Thank you, city manager and staff.

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Council for allowing me to take the lead on that, the vision that, again, going back to

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2018, right?

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It's crazy that it takes so long for things to come to fruition but it's just the way government

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works.

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Not just us guys everywhere.

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So I'm happy that to see.

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I went out actually yesterday and just to make sure it.

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into check spacing for boxes and all of those things.

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And after speaking with City Manager Flores,

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we've decided that it would be best for us

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to push the grant opening for that back to spring.

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There's no point in us coming out and planting now,

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and then everything freezes, because this is the high desert.

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So we're gonna go ahead and wait.

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So thank you guys for the hurry up.

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We got a hurry up and wait situation,

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but the plot is there, the gate is there,

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the foundation is there,

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and public works is eager to build a box

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So we will have 28 boxes, 28 plots that y'all can rent and grow any fruits and vegetables

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that you'd like to grow there.

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So we're super excited to roll that out.

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We'll be working with staff and our PIO and marketing team to roll out next steps and

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how you guys sign up.

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You can all wait, listen, all of those things.

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So thank you, City Manager and Council for trusting me with that project.

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Happy to count on me.

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Can I step in for one second?

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Just so you know, we want Bertik to drop off a lot of the mulch.

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This would be a good time in the fall for that to get mulch, so it's ready for the spring.

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So just keep that in mind if you want to be out there for that to happen.

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Perfect.

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Okay.

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Next, some of the things, the two major things that I did this in the last two weeks.

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I think Mayor Pro Temmer almost for bringing to my attention.

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Councilwoman Cindy Allen from Long Beach. She hosted an amazing, an amazing tour of their green port, right? I don't know if you all have been down to Long Beach port lately, but the things are doing there are phenomenal. And why that matter? I was like, why are we going to that? I didn't do it as we don't have no water, right? But we learned so much about the inland porting that's happening now. I don't know if you guys are aware of the huge part of the taking place in Barstow. So thank you, Mayor Pro Temeramos for bringing this email to my attention. And again, huge shout out to Councilwoman Cindy.

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Cindy Allen for posting not only us but all of her district were able to go on this boat tour it was it was amazing

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So if y'all haven't been to Long Beach you should go check it out. It's very green there. I guess they're not spilling oil anymore

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It's great

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Next just yesterday we had or I'm sorry on Monday my hot Mojave desert air quality management district meeting

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Happy to report the EPA has finally agreed to

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the stuff right and so it's a whole complicated process but it was gonna put so

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many regulations and costs on so many of us here in the high desert so thank you

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Mayor Reyes for your time on the board when you guys started pushing this stuff

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through and now to see it come to fruition as of Monday we were waiting for the

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timeframe they have a 30-day window for to sit on the desk for people to

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complain and put in their appeals and all of that jazz as of Monday it had not

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happened Tuesday was the cutoff I haven't got an email from Brad it didn't get

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appealed so it looks like we're good and we're gonna be able to move forward with

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that so super excited was there any changes no so everything yes yes super

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excited and and I'll see if I can get Brad to come over and try I wouldn't be

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able to explain it properly so I'll see if we can get Brad who is our executive

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director of Mojave to come over and give a full report so that and maybe like

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I don't want to say dumb it down, but like,

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elementary five, because it's hard for me to understand

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and I've been on the board for a long time.

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So, to try to make it easy to digest,

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I would not do a justice, okay?

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But those are the two major things,

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and so that's all I got, thank you.

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Councilor, enough to go for it.

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Good morning, Stone.

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Good morning, everybody.

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It's good to see everyone here.

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I have short announcements,

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but I'm gonna start with a fun one for me.

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I started school at Victor Valley College.

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I'm so excited, and now I have a lot of homework, so these meetings have to go, no, I'm just

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Extended meetings.

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No, shorter meetings.

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No, I'm super excited and actually to begin with your huge success with the

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Community Garden, it just so happens that we received a large, ridiculously large

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donation of seeds from color greens to cucumbers to I know it's me and the

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color greens again and I'm saying it wrong apparently so so we we got tens of

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seeds so we would like to make that donation and contribution. Our closing

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closet was a great success and I want to also think I see Anita here from

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and also from ACRC, we have just been really grateful to be able to distribute the bread

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from Journey Force Square and just having that partnership has been a blessing for so

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many people who struggle with transportation.

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So to be able to bring the bread drive to a more central location is good.

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And also, I just want to remind, we have a lot of youth that are looking currently for employment

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And so ICR staffing has some really great first-time opportunities.

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They are posting it on their websites.

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They're posting it through social media on Facebook and Instagram.

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So if you have a youth in your life that is looking for opportunities, maybe go check out

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ICR staffing services here in the high desert because they have some really good opportunities.

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I want to thank little lambs and community action partners for allowing us to have one of

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of our largest distribution of free diapers and wipes

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yesterday here in the city of Adelanto.

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We actually had our largest distribution that we've ever had.

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So we were able to help many, many children and families

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with free diapers, free wipes.

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And I think little lambs also added some bottles

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and pacifiers and all sorts of other fun things.

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Just as a reminder, the city is hosting there

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or we're not hosting

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but the citywide yard sale is this week and so hopefully if you are going to be

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participating in the citywide yard sale please either share that you know on

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social media so other neighbors will know to stop by your yard sale. As you all

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know new leaf ministries will be participating in the citywide yard sale and if

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you've ever been to our

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So you definitely want to come again because everything is new and everything is really, really good stuff. The last thing I have, I know that there was scheduled a blood drive over at the senior center for post-229 and I know that the scorching heat came through and it really hindered the ability to continue that project on so.

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So I'm just excited about our post-229 reopening soon.

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I've been super happy to see all of the participation from post-229, the women's

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auxiliary over at the senior center and the great work that they've done throughout

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this summer and throughout this heat.

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So I'm excited for them to reopen and hopefully our community can come out and support them

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that the way that they have supported all of us.

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So I'm excited for those things.

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another than that I am good. Thank you so much Councilmember Mason. Good morning as well.

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I want to start off with,

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I've been working a lot within the city the last few weeks.

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Part partially was an issue with my youngest son starting school. He's in this one of the

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bed programs and he went to school and it just wasn't the right classes for him and they

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didn't have them in the right classes.

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So I got with the school board, they were amazing, they jumped on it, worked on it, classes

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were switched over on Monday, everything went perfect.

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The reason I bring it up is as parents, we got to make sure our kids are in the right classes

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that they're supposed to go to and listen to your kids and if they're tiny, they're having

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a hard time.

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the school are open. They're the school board drill open. They've been real

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communicated with me. So please get involved with the kids because my kid was

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coming home crying bad right. So luckily my son and me have a good relationship

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to open up. So now I'm working with the school board more hand and hand and talking

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about hey if these kind of programs we should be doing an audit right to make

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sure that these kids are supposed to be in the programs are also in the right

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classes for these programs, right? So they've been real receptive and real wanting to work with

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me. So I want to build a relationship with the school board on that kind of basis that way

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these are our kids these are our babies right that are in Atlanta. These are our school districts

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and I really want to get involved working hand in hand. I don't want to do their job there.

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They have an amazing job and they do a great job but just so they have some feedback from parents.

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And so I don't want to be the only one because unfortunately for me it's like they call me

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councilman as soon as they call me back and I appreciate the quick service, but I don't

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want to be the only one because of my councilman where they jump on this, right?

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So if you need any help, contact me and I'll help me, yeah, I'll give you my number right

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away.

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That way we can help our kids make sure they're in the right classes and make sure everything's

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going good.

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It's the beginning of the year.

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So a lot of things just go computer wise and get sent out.

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These are your classes.

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So it's not that no one to blame, but they got to get checked, right?

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So it's us for us to kind of look back into that saying so with the schools going to all the schools.

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Jesse, I just want to say thank you to your staff and the whole team for cleaning up all the walking area is going into the schools.

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There was some over the over the winter over the summer.

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You get a bunch of brush and the school does a good job of cleaning up in front of the schools,

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but then it becomes our property going to the schools, right?

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So our staff went out there.

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I saw a resident kind of email me, but we already had done it the day before at our last city council.

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member so it was a great everyone's out there watching and I appreciate the

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residents who send the emails to keep us notifying what they see because without

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that extra little push you know we can just get things a lot done faster if we

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work as a team in other words you know so send us emails message us however you

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want to get to us if you feel you're not getting heard come in here and say hey

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I've emailed you guys what's going on but the staff went out there probably took

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about a week I noticed they did some bus stops and then they went so they were

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all around the city going good. So thank you for staff for that. Another big

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announcement that Coach Stokes, Coach Stokes and the Adalanta High School

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football team got their first win this last week. I mean, they went 0 and 10 last

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year. It was a bad, it was one of those seasons, you know, but like you never get

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the ship when it's going right. I always say that, you know, you don't get it when

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it's going perfect because no one gives up the captain when the ship is going

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perfect. So he got a ship that had some holes in it. They were bucketing the

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water out got all the water out and finally he got that bucket dumped on him

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forgetting his first win so you like how I put it all around right there right so

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shout out to coach Stokes his family has been involved in the high desert for

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years his name's a staple up here his father did a lot of amazing work with the

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football organizations at the college the name is gold up here for us to have a

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in our, in our high school 8.

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It's a great thing. The kids motivated. They're excited. They had a game called White Out. Everyone wore white. It was a beautiful atmosphere in the city of Adelaide. So again, I encourage you. You don't like outdoors. There's indoors. The volleyball teams are going right now. So just get involved with the high school. It's a great family thing because it's safe. It's in the schools and we're supporting them with the $3 and buying the chips and it's just going to a good cause. So please go check out a score. Go to a sport. Go check out a play. They have drama classes.

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just invest in our kids just by going to go watch them play. It's not a big

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investment but if you go weekly it's it's a fun time believe me all right she

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got scared she got scared. I also have the pleasure of welcoming Juan

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Carrillo to our city to meet me at Clark Pacific. Yes I work for Clark

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Pacific right but that's 90 jobs that we have there right now in the city

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And we want to make it, we have room for, I've seen up to 250 employees at that plant right so what can we do to drive business to bring more companies to use our companies within our city.

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So partner with Assemblyman Juan Carrillo and came up with some ideas and making, making contacts and making relationships.

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You never know what kind of business he hears when he's on a meeting is I, hey, I know somebody that can do that right.

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So, me and Councilman Mayor Pro Temps, sorry, Daniel, we're talking about that, hey, if

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we're going to do that for here, maybe I would take the lead on kind of going to other

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companies and kind of seeing what they would do and what can I help to kind of promote them

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as well, seeing what kind of employment they have, do they have any openings, what can I

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do to help drive business to them, because I really want to be local and helping our local

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community when we got Daniel going out to L.A. and bringing money in from over there.

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Mayor Zuin is doing a lot. So I'm trying to stay local and working with our local companies

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and seeing what we can do to drive business into here. Oh, okay. Amanda wants it. Amanda wants

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a mic back when I'm done. So it was a great meeting with Assemblyman Juan Carrillo and just

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building the bridge is stronger here within the city. Thank you again to Mayor Pro Temp

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For, I don't know if anybody knows any seniors or anybody that just need diapers at the adult level.

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Now, Amanda handles the kid ones.

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Mayor Pro Tem has a lot of extra adult ones.

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I was able to give them to a lot of residents, I'm sorry, residents in the city.

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That's what I was doing yesterday, so thank you for working with me.

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If we have smaller sizes, that's, I got asked on that, that'd be cool.

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So we'll get with this right after and we'll take care of whatever you guys are looking for.

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So that's why I kind of bring it up.

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Just so you guys know that's why it's good to come or at least watch us and hear what we're saying that way you guys get a lot

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Of the resources that we have to offer everybody so if someone can't get it someone can go get it for you

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And that's what we're trying to do to build the stronger community, and that's all I got sir

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Oh back to you like

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Is that okay? I just because as councilman Mesa was speaking about the youth and being engaged in the companies here in Atlanta

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So I just wanted to briefly make a shout out to Clark Pacific.

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We recently, we have Tifa Griffin here and I'm very grateful because, although she is not here for this purpose, I want to thank you because as the instructor who helps facilitate our heartworks program, I want to thank artists of the high desert and I want to thank Clark Pacific for making it possible to really bring another form of healing for our youth.

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We have an incredible arts program that, because of Clark Pacific, we do have an opportunity

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quarterly, and we hope to grow that art program.

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And because of TFA Griffin, we have the opportunity to bring amazing classes and opportunities

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for our youth to be exposed to different kinds of art projects that they may not have exposure

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to at their schools or at their homes or in their neighborhoods or even in this community.

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And so because she's creating these spaces and places, our youth have the opportunity

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to engage and be a part of something very special.

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And this last Saturday, that's exactly what happened.

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Parents, to my understanding, we're pulling their kids to come out from the event.

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And so that is a huge success.

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And so I just want to thank you, T. Fein, for the work that you did with our youth.

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And I want to thank Clark Pacific for the generous donation to make it possible.

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Thank you, thank you very much, sorry, okay, I'm done.

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor, great morning, great morning, great morning to everyone in attendance

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and online, before I get into my announcements, Councilman Mesa brought up coaches and

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Gatorade Baths and all that.

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And I need to ask, first of all, why we don't have the red carpet and the roses and the trumpets rolled out. For our favorite coach, our championship coach, our forever coach, who's no stranger to Gatorade Baths, please help him. Please help me and help us welcome back our favorite coach, coach Wiley. Coach God, let's start Wiley, coach Wiley. Yes, sir. All right, so really quick guys. Thursday, August 14th was at our Metro Valley.

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study session for SBCTA, nothing major to report back on that one, as well.

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I attended our Mojave Desert and Mountain Recycling JPA Board meeting.

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Nothing major to report back to there.

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There was the chair elections for chair and vice chair, MPT from Mr. Kuzat, from Apple

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Valley.

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Larry is our chair, our current chair and then the vice chair position is currently vacant.

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On Monday, August 18th, attended our Measure I-3.0 ad hoc meeting, and the only thing to report back from that is that the committee, the ad hoc, agreed that we will not be moving forward with asking for an additional half cent on the upcoming ballot, we're going to keep it the same so it'll still be a half cent, but we are going to ask for an extension, right?

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And you're going to hear MPT talk a lot about measure I from here on out every meeting.

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Keeping my city manager just made a lot of announcements about road work that's happening here in the near future.

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A lot of the funding is coming from measure I guys, right?

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So I can't tell you how to vote, but just keep in mind that a lot of the rehabilitation of our roads,

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the new paving, and not just roads, other economic projects that are happening.

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meeting, a lot of that funding, a lot of that support we get from the current measure

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I. So keep a lookout on that one for the next, for the next ballot. Tuesday, August 19th

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attended a SPCTA meeting again, concerning our access agreement. And I was hoping that

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my shipmate Ms. Magna was going to be here since she asked about it last, last meeting, but

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she's not. That meeting was to focus on the strategy on how we're going to attack Cal

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Trans at the state level right and I'll have another update from that from that meeting that I had yesterday

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Had that meeting and then August 21st

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As Councilwoman Evans mentioned we had an amazing

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Tour of the port down in Long Beach and city manager if we can just please have staff really just do a little bit of research and keep our ears

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Open for any type of inland port opportunities that are out there, right?

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Barcell's right down the street from us, they're not too far.

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We have railroad that's near here, so I have a feeling that we are going to have some opportunities to potentially tap into that funding source in the near future.

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So if we can please do our due diligence on that, I would appreciate it.

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And again, thank you, Councilwoman Cindy Ellen and President Cindy Ellen for the invitation and the tour.

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Saturday, August 23rd, I attended the SBCTA Mount Vernon Avenue Bridge reopening project

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down in San Bernardino. Amazing bridge, amazing project. They had all the bells and whistles

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and the ponies and the fire trucks out there so it was great to be able to network out there

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with our supervisors and other elected officials from the IE.

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Let's see, yesterday had the meeting, the update, the follow-up meeting with SBCTA and Mr. Jim Hirsch.

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There is a meeting scheduled for early next week that's going to take place with the director from SBCTA,

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CalTrans District 8, and the CalTrans deputy director, Mr. Michael Keaver.

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We're hoping and we're keeping our fingers crossed and we're praying that this is going to be the final meeting before we get the green light, right?

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However, you never know what's going to happen, but I just want to send a special thank you to

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SBCTA Director Carrie and Deputy Director Otis for the support that we continue to get from that organization.

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Lastly, happy early, safe, happy and safe early Labor Day for next Monday coming up.

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And then lastly, ladies and gentlemen, Friday, please put this on your calendar.

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Friday September 12th, we will be having our movies in the park over by desert trails.

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I believe the city just posted asking for input on what movies, what movie we would like

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to see, and keep in mind it's going to be in conjunction with our bicycle and traffic safety

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expo where we're going to have a bunch of demonstrations out there for two days.

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We are going to be giving away a hundred helmets to the kids first come first serve, so try

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get there early. I believe it starts at four o'clock mayor. And again, thank you to Skag,

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and thank you to GoHuman for the donation that we got to them.

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From them to host this event. With that, that wraps up my report. Thank you. And I'll be quick. Welcome, welcome, everybody. Thank you for being here. Just in regards to some announcements, I had my VVTA meeting in Barshto, real quick meeting, nothing too crazy to report out. It was another approval, a couple of RFPs, but nothing that would affect us here directly. I was able to do a mayor minute with their PIO, Chris Ackerman, which is up on the social media platforms.

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But specifically there, I wanted just to have him highlight how the bus covers work, how the seats work, how ridership of the buses really determines which locations have the covers, which locations have a bench and which locations just have a poll, right?

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So all of that is based off of ridership because that ridership is what allows them to pull as data

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Saying that hey, we need to buy

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A hundred more of these covers for the victor valley 30 of them are going on the long term, right?

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So I know it's probably going to be quite uncomfortable right now if some of the bus stops that you're using don't have the covers

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But that that ridership is what will give us more covers

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He also talked about the direct link feature that's going to be coming to the city of

418
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,460
Abelanto in the next physical year.

419
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,780
What direct link is, it's a almost like a sprinter van, right?

420
00:36:27,300 --> 00:36:32,340
That will pick you up at your home and it will take you directly to your doctor's appointment

421
00:36:32,340 --> 00:36:37,940
or anywhere that you want to go in the Victor Valley as long as it's, I think, two or three

422
00:36:37,940 --> 00:36:41,360
miles from one of their bus stops, right?

423
00:36:41,360 --> 00:36:50,460
So like, let's say, you're the bus stoppers of a highway 18 and central, but your doctor's office is about a mile down the

424
00:36:50,460 --> 00:36:55,920
way and you would normally have to walk. Well, with this feature, they can pick you up at home and they can take you

425
00:36:55,920 --> 00:37:02,020
directly to that doctor's office and then pick you up from the doctor's office and bring you home. They started this

426
00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:10,260
in Victorville, then added on his spare year. Last year, they added on Apple Valley. This year, so at the end of this

427
00:37:10,260 --> 00:37:12,580
physical year, then they're going to add on all of our

428
00:37:12,580 --> 00:37:17,240
the lanto to the map and then we'll have full access to the region.

429
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:21,080
So a lot of great updates there with with with VVTA and

430
00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:21,760
grateful for that.

431
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:26,740
Then that Thursday, the 21st, like City Manager made mentioned,

432
00:37:26,740 --> 00:37:30,520
we were able to deliver and present the the bus for our senior

433
00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:34,160
community that will be up and running here very, very shortly for

434
00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:35,800
your activities and services.

435
00:37:36,120 --> 00:37:39,040
And you know, just thank you, molding hearts for all that you guys have

436
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:49,930
done continuously do and do hopefully this is a this solves one of the many hurdles that you guys

437
00:37:49,930 --> 00:37:56,170
have hit on head on right and it was just really that there's I remember in the beginning of it

438
00:37:56,950 --> 00:38:03,530
right away maybe a week or two in 15 20 people wanting to come but either the vision is too bad

439
00:38:03,530 --> 00:38:08,910
or they don't have means of transportation and and and and the bus stop it was it was a lot of issues

440
00:38:08,910 --> 00:38:12,790
on a day-to-day base took us a few months but grateful that we got to

441
00:38:12,790 --> 00:38:18,630
situated for your seniors let me know when your first sizzler trip is and when

442
00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:23,030
your first Vegas trip is because I have no problem in joining y'all with that

443
00:38:23,030 --> 00:38:29,610
okay then so I know that we are going to be going don't play with me now

444
00:38:29,610 --> 00:38:30,170
Don't play.

445
00:38:31,710 --> 00:38:33,250
Mayor, are there still sizzlers?

446
00:38:33,450 --> 00:38:33,630
Yeah.

447
00:38:34,090 --> 00:38:34,790
And they sound beer.

448
00:38:35,370 --> 00:38:35,530
Yeah.

449
00:38:36,870 --> 00:38:37,350
Yeah.

450
00:38:41,180 --> 00:38:43,500
And then yeah, we have one here in the spare.

451
00:38:43,580 --> 00:38:43,860
We'll go.

452
00:38:45,260 --> 00:38:48,200
And then that following Friday, the day after,

453
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:52,760
Councilmember Mesa made mention of the victory for coach

454
00:38:52,760 --> 00:38:55,600
dogs, you know, and just to show love, just to show

455
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:56,360
love to my brother.

456
00:38:57,300 --> 00:39:00,880
Because everybody knows, you know, we had

457
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:02,260
We climbed some mountains together.

458
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:06,440
It was a new day, finally in Al-Al-Alaonteau.

459
00:39:07,620 --> 00:39:11,380
Coach Wadu, Mr. Wadu, Godly Wadu, however you want to call him,

460
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,440
Dorsi legend, whatever name you got for him.

461
00:39:18,690 --> 00:39:23,250
He created some big shoes that needed to be filled.

462
00:39:23,370 --> 00:39:24,450
He created a culture.

463
00:39:24,970 --> 00:39:27,530
He created a camaraderie at Al-Al-Alaonteau high

464
00:39:27,530 --> 00:39:34,010
that since his vacancy hasn't been able to give Matt or even come close, right?

465
00:39:34,330 --> 00:39:42,490
So on Friday, no shout out to Coach Stokes, he met some and coach knows he had some crazy

466
00:39:43,150 --> 00:39:49,030
politics when he got the position, you know, people didn't allow kids to transfer.

467
00:39:49,770 --> 00:39:54,830
So here comes the coach with half a team and has to recruit kids from the high school that

468
00:39:54,830 --> 00:39:57,390
and never played football before to be on the team.

469
00:39:57,850 --> 00:39:59,390
So it was very first year he went all in 10.

470
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:29,840
And it wasn't 0 and 10, like close games, it was 0 and 10, like 40 to nothing games. But the beautiful thing is this. All the home games are still packed with the kids. Like the school spirit is something that never left from, you know, 2018 days. But for this Saturday, for it to be packed out stand, amazing energy for them to be in control from beginning to end and for the frame to walk away with his first victory. It was, it was a new day.

471
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:38,240
for Alilanto football and coach thank you so much for everything that you've invested into that school, into that community, the culture that you've built,

472
00:40:38,720 --> 00:40:45,100
your name still rings through those doors heavily because we know that we will give back to that promise land that you took us to.

473
00:40:45,780 --> 00:40:56,920
That was just that and then the last thing that I had was a great meeting with some of our members staff and other developers that are going on.

474
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:02,080
So they just redid a zoning and a redistricting, specifically for

475
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:04,340
the opportunities on turn all the long term, right?

476
00:41:04,740 --> 00:41:09,900
It got a lot better, the investment opportunities to invest in two

477
00:41:09,900 --> 00:41:15,340
opportunities zones increased, and there's one more tier that they haven't voted on.

478
00:41:15,340 --> 00:41:23,900
But there is a rural communities opportunity zone that even increases more benefits and

479
00:41:23,900 --> 00:41:28,480
services right where with the help of our assemblyman and his team, hopefully the house

480
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:34,920
speaker can get to the governor, but the government ultimately decides if it would be a

481
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,320
role category or not.

482
00:41:36,800 --> 00:41:42,600
All the rental meets all checks off all the boxes, but that's just something that just happened

483
00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:45,120
here in the beginning of July.

484
00:41:45,480 --> 00:41:49,220
So that's a great incident I'm there and we'll continue to support that and try to get

485
00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:50,000
things done here.

486
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,680
to continue to increase the quality of life city manager.

487
00:41:52,860 --> 00:41:54,180
Thank you for all your amazing updates.

488
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:58,200
But with that being said, we're gonna move on to our next agenda item

489
00:41:59,260 --> 00:42:01,060
and move on to our presentations.

490
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:04,900
And if we can have molding hearts, please come forward and present.

491
00:42:12,610 --> 00:42:16,310
And there should be a base on the microphone right on the bottom of the base.

492
00:42:16,630 --> 00:42:17,350
You can hit that.

493
00:42:17,470 --> 00:42:18,070
It's on.

494
00:42:18,310 --> 00:42:18,390
Okay.

495
00:42:21,110 --> 00:42:22,610
Good morning, Mayor and Council.

496
00:42:23,530 --> 00:42:28,010
My name is Angelique Miller and I represent molding heart as well as the

497
00:42:28,010 --> 00:42:33,570
Senior Center of Atlanta. We're here today just to give you guys an update of what's been

498
00:42:33,570 --> 00:42:39,190
transpiring in the last couple of months. And I have my seniors with me. Can I get a woo?

499
00:42:44,170 --> 00:42:51,330
So just the background, we launched the first week of April with about 15 to 20 seniors.

500
00:42:51,630 --> 00:42:57,670
And as of today, we service between 60 and 75 seniors daily and growing. We just had five new

501
00:42:57,670 --> 00:43:01,390
people came in right before we left. That's what we came in short of 11 a.m.

502
00:43:02,910 --> 00:43:08,590
And at the senior center, we provide breakfast lunch activities and health and wellness as

503
00:43:08,590 --> 00:43:15,730
well as resource navigation. I want to thank the city of Atlanta for their partnership,

504
00:43:15,950 --> 00:43:22,230
but also I want to give, I want to say personally again, thank you for the transportation because

505
00:43:22,230 --> 00:43:26,810
it's so needed. We get calls. I don't know if the city gets calls directly, but we get

506
00:43:26,810 --> 00:43:32,290
calls at least once or twice a week of seniors that want to come. The bus will be able not only

507
00:43:32,290 --> 00:43:38,270
for us to be able to pick them up but it would also allow us opportunity to take meals to them.

508
00:43:39,430 --> 00:43:43,270
The ones that's that's bed ridden so again thank you that was a big hurdle that we were

509
00:43:43,270 --> 00:43:52,050
praying about and you guys didn't meet that. Also one of the tasks that we have been struggling with

510
00:43:52,050 --> 00:43:54,590
issues that we've been struggling with is we're self-funded.

511
00:43:55,190 --> 00:43:57,370
A mode in heart is a nonprofit organization

512
00:43:57,370 --> 00:43:59,510
and we do a lot of things in the community

513
00:43:59,510 --> 00:44:02,170
with provide housing and nutrition and things like that.

514
00:44:02,750 --> 00:44:06,250
But with the senior senior, we jumped in to do the work.

515
00:44:06,650 --> 00:44:09,070
We came in to provide the service, never came in to take.

516
00:44:10,110 --> 00:44:12,370
But one of our goals was to make sure

517
00:44:12,370 --> 00:44:13,490
that we had a permitted kitchen.

518
00:44:14,410 --> 00:44:17,730
And we are running into a little snacks

519
00:44:18,750 --> 00:44:21,070
with getting our kitchen permitted.

520
00:44:21,070 --> 00:44:28,370
There's some things that need to be done in order for us to have environmental health to come in to give us the right permit in which we need.

521
00:44:29,130 --> 00:44:37,150
So we're asking the city to allow us to expand to partner with us to be able to help us get the kitchen and compliance.

522
00:44:38,330 --> 00:44:45,030
Some of the things that we need is for the upgrade of the hood the exhaust system.

523
00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:56,230
the refrigeration and also the HVAC, I HVAC system and I see is or here that

524
00:44:56,230 --> 00:44:59,970
could test you guys don't have to say anything but it gets

525
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:29,920
It's really hot in there. I mean, I know it's air condition in there, but it's just not working to the capacity of the seniors. I mean, we, you know, try to do what we could do, but it's just not meeting that. So our ask is that if the city could help us meet that. So we will be able to get these things. So when the environmental health come in, I could get permitted and then I could get funding coming in because one of the requirements for one of our fund is nutrition meals. I will be able

526
00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:32,160
to be reimbursed for the meals that we service.

527
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:35,940
The seniors, I cannot apply for that grant

528
00:45:35,940 --> 00:45:37,920
until the kitchen gets up to part.

529
00:45:40,800 --> 00:45:41,600
Anything else?

530
00:45:43,140 --> 00:45:43,760
Any questions?

531
00:45:44,620 --> 00:45:45,760
Thank you so much.

532
00:45:45,860 --> 00:45:47,000
Thank you so much, council and questions.

533
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:50,340
I don't think I have questions for y'all.

534
00:45:50,460 --> 00:45:53,160
I want to thank you for the service that you're providing.

535
00:45:56,530 --> 00:45:59,790
I was invited out by one of our everybody

536
00:45:59,790 --> 00:46:02,610
knows Mr. Justified, right?

537
00:46:02,610 --> 00:46:06,550
So just flies like you got to get over there and I'm like I'm trying but dang they hours is crazy

538
00:46:06,550 --> 00:46:13,790
So I had the privilege of coming one day and during it was like the transition time between breakfast and lunch

539
00:46:13,790 --> 00:46:19,450
And so I got to see folks leaving and then folks coming in and it does it it is doing what we intended it to do

540
00:46:19,950 --> 00:46:22,650
Right the tables filled up the games were happening

541
00:46:23,490 --> 00:46:24,890
activities were taking place

542
00:46:25,690 --> 00:46:26,610
the the

543
00:46:27,210 --> 00:46:27,690
relationships

544
00:46:28,910 --> 00:46:32,170
that I got to witness, you've built with different seniors, right?

545
00:46:32,270 --> 00:46:33,450
They're walking up and they're telling you a whole lot.

546
00:46:33,510 --> 00:46:36,730
And I said, bless you, because I would have been like,

547
00:46:36,990 --> 00:46:38,430
ah, that's nice.

548
00:46:38,850 --> 00:46:39,990
Go on and do your thing, right?

549
00:46:41,590 --> 00:46:45,390
So the patience and the heart that you have for that group

550
00:46:45,390 --> 00:46:47,730
of people is something I've never witnessed before.

551
00:46:47,890 --> 00:46:48,790
So thank you for that.

552
00:46:49,270 --> 00:46:51,770
And being the light that the seniors need in that place,

553
00:46:51,770 --> 00:46:57,010
it's long overdue that we have organization

554
00:46:57,470 --> 00:47:04,530
That is providing the service that the senior center was initially intended to do and to be so thank you for that

555
00:47:05,130 --> 00:47:05,490
I

556
00:47:06,550 --> 00:47:09,590
Did get to witness what happens when the hood does not work

557
00:47:10,470 --> 00:47:10,830
right

558
00:47:12,350 --> 00:47:16,890
While the chicken was amazing. I told you guys about it. Remember I told you I tried to chicken. It's great

559
00:47:17,510 --> 00:47:20,350
It got smoky. It's all get out in there and I'm like

560
00:47:21,290 --> 00:47:26,270
I'm gonna go home because I just watched my hair and I want that in my hair for the rest of the week, right?

561
00:47:26,270 --> 00:47:36,650
So definitely got to witness the side effects of the downside of not having the proper kitchen appliances and things there.

562
00:47:37,710 --> 00:47:41,750
But my questions are not for molding hearts.

563
00:47:47,110 --> 00:47:49,390
Do you want me to ask my questions now or you want me to pull the consent calendar?

564
00:47:50,110 --> 00:47:51,290
What do you want me to do?

565
00:47:51,290 --> 00:47:52,630
Let's do the presentation, I'll pull it.

566
00:47:52,850 --> 00:47:53,530
Yeah, we'll find the question.

567
00:47:53,530 --> 00:47:53,830
That's fine.

568
00:47:54,050 --> 00:47:56,350
So I'll let you all have your moment because you're amazing.

569
00:47:56,750 --> 00:47:56,810
Thank you.

570
00:47:56,890 --> 00:47:57,690
I love what you're doing.

571
00:47:57,910 --> 00:47:58,710
Keep up the great work.

572
00:47:58,710 --> 00:47:59,390
Thank you.

573
00:48:00,390 --> 00:48:01,250
Thank you.

574
00:48:01,310 --> 00:48:03,010
Oh, Councilwoman up there.

575
00:48:03,790 --> 00:48:04,150
I'll say.

576
00:48:04,690 --> 00:48:05,290
Any other questions?

577
00:48:06,170 --> 00:48:06,290
Yep.

578
00:48:06,390 --> 00:48:07,090
I got some comments.

579
00:48:07,490 --> 00:48:08,090
Thank you.

580
00:48:08,770 --> 00:48:16,170
I think, and as you all know, being next door, I get to see firsthand how early you all come

581
00:48:16,170 --> 00:48:16,430
in.

582
00:48:17,110 --> 00:48:22,630
I get to see the dedication that you put into the work that you do with our seniors.

583
00:48:23,830 --> 00:48:26,250
And I have seen you serve not just seniors.

584
00:48:26,990 --> 00:48:36,570
one of the things that I think is heartwarming is when I see you serve people you

585
00:48:36,570 --> 00:48:42,990
don't have to serve I see that a lot I see that a lot and it's not just me

586
00:48:42,990 --> 00:48:48,830
who sees it the whole community in fact I think I shared the story with you

587
00:48:48,830 --> 00:48:53,710
Angie that I was in I was in Apple Valley I say all the way right all the way in

588
00:48:53,710 --> 00:49:00,510
Apple Valley and and I'm ear-hustling this this I'm at Mama Carpino's first of

589
00:49:00,510 --> 00:49:05,330
all and I'm listening to these ladies talking about did you go did you did you

590
00:49:05,330 --> 00:49:09,110
try the food at the senior center over there in Atlanta and I'm over here

591
00:49:09,110 --> 00:49:13,330
like oh I know I know who I want to see I want to hear and they're talking about

592
00:49:13,330 --> 00:49:18,250
you need to go the food and I jumped out I was like the food is great like it is

593
00:49:18,250 --> 00:49:22,650
and they're just gonna be like how rude of you to jump into my come yeah I don't

594
00:49:22,650 --> 00:49:28,530
Okay. It's great. I tell everybody it is great. I told the mayor once I said I'm going

595
00:49:28,530 --> 00:49:34,770
to snatch my neighbors AARP card just so I can get in there and get some food. But you're

596
00:49:34,770 --> 00:49:43,730
so gracious that even our volunteers at the food bank you have served. And none of them

597
00:49:43,730 --> 00:49:50,530
have an AARP card. So we are grateful. We are so grateful that you're in our city and

598
00:49:50,530 --> 00:49:52,270
in our communities and in our lives.

599
00:49:53,090 --> 00:49:55,590
I have a question about what exactly you need

600
00:49:55,590 --> 00:49:59,050
done with the refrigeration and the HVAC system.

601
00:49:59,310 --> 00:49:59,950
So can you give me more?

602
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:19,160
Any details about what exactly the refrigeration needs are and the HVC? So let's start with the refrigeration. Um, the refrigeration. Can you hear me? Can we get rid of them or maybe the hand help? Can you hear me now? There you go. What did you do? The hand help?

603
00:50:23,740 --> 00:50:33,560
Okay. Thank you. Let's start with the refrigeration. Um, the refrigeration has went out like three or four times and we had to, um, get it fixed.

604
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:36,860
outside with of course with our own funding what's happening is dropping

605
00:50:36,860 --> 00:50:44,520
temperature. What the technician that we called in said is that he recommended

606
00:50:44,520 --> 00:50:49,580
that a cover be covered outside I guess where the fan is in the back he said

607
00:50:49,580 --> 00:50:55,160
that would help but it's not helping. I don't know if they covered they tried to do

608
00:50:55,160 --> 00:51:00,380
a makeshift to try to because it gets so hot it cools down the heat and then it

609
00:51:00,380 --> 00:51:06,920
freezes on the inside. So again, I have replaced call for service like three or four times and it costs

610
00:51:07,700 --> 00:51:10,640
What is the cost of that each time? Yes minimum

611
00:51:11,620 --> 00:51:15,240
First time I spent 2100 okay, and then it went

612
00:51:16,620 --> 00:51:19,060
A thousand eight hundred and seven

613
00:51:19,580 --> 00:51:21,720
So I fixed it several times

614
00:51:21,720 --> 00:51:24,180
um, and that's not something that

615
00:51:25,120 --> 00:51:30,220
Again, I'm in there just to do the work, you know, it's not something that I'm a buggy guys about because at the end

616
00:51:30,220 --> 00:51:33,080
is a day. I still have to make sure the food is at the right

617
00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:36,420
temperature for the seniors. Right. It went out on Friday and we

618
00:51:36,420 --> 00:51:39,840
lost all the food over the weekend. So we had to, you know,

619
00:51:40,180 --> 00:51:44,380
replace that. So that's with refrigeration in regards to the

620
00:51:44,380 --> 00:51:48,960
exhaust system. I think it's not blowing heavy heavy enough.

621
00:51:49,020 --> 00:51:53,860
The BTU is not sucking up. So we can't use the flat grill on the

622
00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:58,120
stove. Because when we use the flat grill, it's staying at a

623
00:51:58,120 --> 00:52:00,880
high temperature, I think it's over 400 degrees

624
00:52:00,880 --> 00:52:03,120
and it's only getting hot in the certain area.

625
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:08,780
So it comes out and it filters into the area

626
00:52:08,780 --> 00:52:10,740
where the seniors are and they chokes out.

627
00:52:10,840 --> 00:52:12,380
Miss Cynthia, yeah.

628
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:16,060
Miss Cynthia, she was like, you gotta get me out of here.

629
00:52:16,300 --> 00:52:19,080
It's, you know, so we have to be careful

630
00:52:19,080 --> 00:52:20,300
on what we're able to prepare.

631
00:52:20,540 --> 00:52:22,280
So we limited on some of the things

632
00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,040
that we could prepare for the seniors.

633
00:52:26,980 --> 00:52:30,800
and the HVAC. The HVAC is not getting hot at all.

634
00:52:31,720 --> 00:52:34,300
If I'm not, cold cold it all, I'm sorry, cold it all.

635
00:52:35,020 --> 00:52:38,960
Yeah, so what I'm thinking, I think is it two correct me from, is it two or three?

636
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:41,120
Is two systems?

637
00:52:41,360 --> 00:52:48,880
Yes, systems there, but I don't know if they're not positioned in the right part, but it's not hitting the full area of the center.

638
00:52:49,420 --> 00:52:52,460
And, and have you had people come out and look at that?

639
00:52:52,460 --> 00:52:55,220
Well, the public works came out several times.

640
00:52:55,320 --> 00:52:56,640
They came out every time I called.

641
00:52:58,360 --> 00:53:00,040
I mean, I think I called you one time.

642
00:53:00,320 --> 00:53:00,680
Yeah.

643
00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:03,860
You were next door, and I was like, can you get them out here?

644
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:04,460
They come out.

645
00:53:04,820 --> 00:53:06,880
They try to adjust it, but it does not.

646
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:11,620
It has not hit yet the right temperature as of yet.

647
00:53:11,660 --> 00:53:13,580
And it's hot for the seniors.

648
00:53:15,960 --> 00:53:17,280
So I'm just thinking of that.

649
00:53:17,360 --> 00:53:20,400
It might be a thermostat, which maybe the other 501C3

650
00:53:20,400 --> 00:53:24,460
was here last week and replace our thermostats. I did that. We got the brand new ones.

651
00:53:25,060 --> 00:53:30,440
They're all changed. Yeah, I changed them. Three many action partners. No, I changed them.

652
00:53:30,620 --> 00:53:37,700
I had the same company that did the refrigeration to do the thermostat in it. Okay, we can work on those kind of things. Thank you.

653
00:53:37,880 --> 00:53:38,480
Thank you.

654
00:53:39,520 --> 00:53:40,400
Hold on.

655
00:53:41,160 --> 00:53:43,400
Amanda wasn't done so I asked her if I could just go.

656
00:53:52,560 --> 00:54:00,620
I have a full flesh restaurant in Ontario, so I know the cost, so I haven't measured

657
00:54:00,620 --> 00:54:12,240
the size of the hood, but the one that I replaced in my business down, it was over $20,000

658
00:54:12,240 --> 00:54:13,760
for just the hood itself.

659
00:54:15,300 --> 00:54:16,440
That's just the hood.

660
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:21,360
Refrigeration, depending on the size of the refrigeration

661
00:54:21,360 --> 00:54:27,460
that we need to walk in, that could be another 10 to 13,000.

662
00:54:27,620 --> 00:54:29,940
You know, it all depends on, you know,

663
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:34,340
again, if we could get it working, the refrigeration by all means.

664
00:54:34,920 --> 00:54:36,780
But it doesn't make sense if you do the math.

665
00:54:37,020 --> 00:54:39,240
The amount of time that I, excuse my French, I damn

666
00:54:39,240 --> 00:54:46,420
they're paid for half one half of one already so and I don't know if the exhaust system the

667
00:54:46,420 --> 00:54:51,480
fire system worked because they helped I mean the fire came but the exhaust that's different

668
00:54:51,480 --> 00:54:55,060
So, it can be a little pricey.

669
00:54:57,280 --> 00:54:58,580
Okay. What?

670
00:55:01,680 --> 00:55:26,020
And in the air conditioning units, I'm sorry, I was trying to need your question. Oh, no, yeah, yeah. So one other cross-emitted list of everything that was needed from environmental health to the city manager. It's just a way that contract was rated and stated and some of those things that we haven't really been able to fully partner and come into assist, right?

671
00:55:26,020 --> 00:55:33,360
So all those costs and analysis things that environmental health has requested, it's different, right?

672
00:55:33,680 --> 00:55:37,760
So it's different than public health and what type of kitchen it is that we have, right?

673
00:55:37,920 --> 00:55:46,460
So all of those questions, city manager where he has a list of what would be needed for us to be able to partner and assist with.

674
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,980
Well, I will end with this for my comments.

675
00:55:49,980 --> 00:55:55,740
It is such a blessing to have you in our community and serving our seniors and everyone

676
00:55:55,740 --> 00:55:56,400
else you serve.

677
00:55:57,820 --> 00:56:06,260
I am hopeful that we will have a long and prosperous relationship and I am hoping that, you know,

678
00:56:06,380 --> 00:56:12,440
once these issues get resolved, that you'll be able to continue to do the work and grow

679
00:56:13,500 --> 00:56:16,980
what you've already started and I'm looking forward to that.

680
00:56:17,340 --> 00:56:17,720
Thank you.

681
00:56:17,720 --> 00:56:18,960
Thank you for having us in your city.

682
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:22,020
And I just want to say public, I tell my seniors all the time.

683
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:24,400
I absolutely love you guys.

684
00:56:27,120 --> 00:56:31,700
And I cannot go without my right-hand girl right here.

685
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:38,800
Miss T-Fa, and when I'm not there, T-Fa is there five days

686
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:41,700
a week, volunteering, making sure they have.

687
00:56:42,160 --> 00:56:42,940
She's sending me notes.

688
00:56:43,100 --> 00:56:45,080
She was like, did you get this presentation together?

689
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:47,580
We've got to do this this morning.

690
00:56:47,580 --> 00:56:54,040
Oh, and for the record, our first trip is to Yamavas September 16th.

691
00:56:54,880 --> 00:56:56,680
Drowfot, did you get the solid dressings?

692
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:57,240
Yes.

693
00:56:57,460 --> 00:56:57,760
Thank you.

694
00:56:57,980 --> 00:56:58,680
Thank you for the donation.

695
00:56:59,380 --> 00:57:02,060
So I thank you guys for allowing us to come up and speak.

696
00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:03,820
We have a few more.

697
00:57:04,040 --> 00:57:04,400
Okay, go ahead.

698
00:57:04,540 --> 00:57:04,700
Go ahead.

699
00:57:05,180 --> 00:57:08,160
Well, we were on our campaign show.

700
00:57:08,260 --> 00:57:09,440
We met with a lot of the seniors.

701
00:57:09,900 --> 00:57:12,860
A lot of them aren't really in here that we met with.

702
00:57:13,500 --> 00:57:17,320
But one of the commitments was to build and bring a senior center to them.

703
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:25,040
And I was talking to the mayor at the time and I'm like, it's got to be nice, man, like, because if I can't bring my grandpa or my dad

704
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:32,520
And be like, check it out, you know, and I don't want it. I don't want it. I rather not have nothing until we have something

705
00:57:32,520 --> 00:57:39,340
And what you brought was more than something, right? And I appreciate you. My dad sends me photos. He lives in Arizona. He sends me photos of his

706
00:57:40,460 --> 00:57:43,860
Little senior centers, little whatever it is over there, you know?

707
00:57:43,860 --> 00:57:47,100
And then I sent him photos of when I've had meals there.

708
00:57:47,180 --> 00:57:48,600
I'm like, this is what we get over here, bro.

709
00:57:48,860 --> 00:57:50,740
And he's like, I mean, you need to check it out.

710
00:57:50,740 --> 00:57:52,000
So when he comes in, I'm definitely

711
00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:53,540
going to bring more just to rub it in.

712
00:57:53,860 --> 00:57:56,820
You know, you shouldn't have moved to Arizona, you know.

713
00:57:57,180 --> 00:57:59,380
But that's all proud I am of what this is.

714
00:57:59,480 --> 00:58:00,700
So, you know, but that's from the outside.

715
00:58:00,800 --> 00:58:02,420
Now we hear what's going on in the inside.

716
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:04,160
We got to work together and figure this out.

717
00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:06,520
So we're going to do as much as we can as a diast for the city.

718
00:58:07,100 --> 00:58:09,320
And then I know I already can see some of the wills

719
00:58:09,320 --> 00:58:13,180
turning on us personally on what we can do to start making

720
00:58:13,180 --> 00:58:17,160
some of our contacts. But I want to look right at the camera and challenge our

721
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:21,360
residents in Adelaide. So we have an HVAC guy here in the city. We have a

722
00:58:21,360 --> 00:58:25,540
refrigerator guy that works here within the city. Where are you at? Come please

723
00:58:25,540 --> 00:58:30,000
help. The seniors show that you're a resident of the city and come donate your

724
00:58:30,000 --> 00:58:35,020
time and just come take a look of what we got going on. So if you're an HVAC guy, a

725
00:58:35,020 --> 00:58:40,580
hood guy, a refrigerator guy, or woman, please come out to the senior center and

726
00:58:40,580 --> 00:58:47,620
And donate a little bit of time and effort just to keep these seniors going in the senior center, and that's all I have there

727
00:58:47,620 --> 00:58:48,300
MPT

728
00:58:49,420 --> 00:58:55,220
Thank you Mr. Mayor. I don't have any questions. I do have some comments and you're right councilman Mesa. We will

729
00:58:55,940 --> 00:59:01,680
With the amount of resources and knowledge and with the city manager, you know back here

730
00:59:01,680 --> 00:59:06,860
It'll it'll get figured out right and our seniors do deserve better always seniors and our kids

731
00:59:06,860 --> 00:59:09,140
Thank you. Thank you guys for being

732
00:59:10,580 --> 00:59:14,360
an organization that is doing what you said you were going to do, right?

733
00:59:14,600 --> 00:59:16,940
Because we've seen our share of organizations coming to the city

734
00:59:16,940 --> 00:59:22,140
and promise us the world and they give us absolutely nothing, right?

735
00:59:22,260 --> 00:59:25,420
So thank you for stepping up and being that model organization.

736
00:59:27,800 --> 00:59:30,800
Take a turn around for a second and take a look, right?

737
00:59:31,060 --> 00:59:31,520
Take that in.

738
00:59:32,080 --> 00:59:32,200
Yeah.

739
00:59:36,860 --> 00:59:40,600
My dad's 88 years old and there's one thing that I know about seniors is

740
00:59:40,600 --> 00:59:44,000
they only show up to places where they want to show up to and

741
00:59:44,000 --> 00:59:48,980
know it right so for you to get these seniors out here it just speaks

742
00:59:48,980 --> 00:59:53,980
volumes on what you guys are doing senior centers and you know I visit a

743
00:59:53,980 --> 00:59:57,780
lot of them in Fontana shout-outs Aquila Mayor Warren who's doing an amazing

744
00:59:57,780 --> 00:59:59,400
job with her senior centers down there

745
01:00:01,080 --> 01:00:26,100
They keep our seniors living longer, right? My dad has made that comment to me as I wouldn't be alive right now if I didn't have 20 years of going to the senior centers in Fontana, right? So thank you guys. It's not just a place where people come and eat and play games and hang out, right? It's somewhere where they can come and they can live a little bit longer. So it means a lot. Again, thank you guys for what you guys are doing. If this guy is involved in anything, we know it's going to work. So thanks again.

746
01:00:27,040 --> 01:00:55,720
So Council, it was it was it was hard to get them to come and share, right, some of the hurdles that they were, but they were taken on because the first thing that they said was what we said we'll take it as is and they didn't want to fuss and they didn't want to make mention of this one out and that one out and that one out, but it was just one day where my wife ended up going to the senior center and she was able to talk to you know to Darrell to go lead to and to some of the seniors.

747
01:00:55,720 --> 01:01:00,840
and they start sharing with her the cheese man, like, you know, oh, this happened, the gossip.

748
01:01:01,000 --> 01:01:06,540
Not the gossip, but like the day-to-day is what you guys are encountering, and I go back to my phone,

749
01:01:07,180 --> 01:01:13,540
and I looked up, this has been something she's been making mention of since March, April,

750
01:01:14,080 --> 01:01:19,840
but she didn't want to make it seem like it was going to stop them from filling the mission,

751
01:01:19,840 --> 01:01:29,620
Then taking on all the cost for the last eight months, six months, you know, it's where we're grateful, right, but also at the same time there has to be an equal exchange.

752
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:36,840
And, and I thank you guys for really championing it financially, because I know that's never easy with everything else that you guys are doing.

753
01:01:37,260 --> 01:01:46,000
Food going away. And this, then the third, you know, it has to be a lot when you're the one that's paying for it.

754
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:48,680
Right? Like she said, there's no grants that she's getting for this.

755
01:01:48,800 --> 01:01:50,360
She's not getting help from the county.

756
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:52,380
She's not getting help from public aid.

757
01:01:52,440 --> 01:01:55,260
Like if this is something that they've picked up all on the wrong.

758
01:01:55,520 --> 01:02:00,220
So I thank you for sharing that vulnerability of what it is because it is that love

759
01:02:00,220 --> 01:02:03,100
that you have for the seniors, for your seniors, right?

760
01:02:03,480 --> 01:02:06,420
That you're stepping outside of your comfort zone and being like, hey, look at city.

761
01:02:06,980 --> 01:02:09,120
We're happy we're going to keep on doing it.

762
01:02:09,300 --> 01:02:13,220
But we're not asking for a hand out, you know what I mean?

763
01:02:13,260 --> 01:02:14,600
We're just asking for a hand up.

764
01:02:14,600 --> 01:02:20,340
This allows us to put us in a position to survive and to keep this going, you know, so I just thank you guys.

765
01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:34,160
I was able to spend about a good month and a half, two or three times a week going in, taking my mom and, you know, eating the meals and I heard people coming in from Apple Valley, from his

766
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:38,640
this area and honestly the food at our senior center is the talk of the region.

767
01:02:39,040 --> 01:02:44,820
So great job for all the love that you put into that and the care that you do for our community.

768
01:02:45,600 --> 01:02:52,080
City manager, I know you could figure this out.

769
01:02:52,160 --> 01:02:57,800
What recommendation or what action plan do you recommend that we take with this?

770
01:02:58,500 --> 01:03:03,180
Sure, thank you, Mayor Reyes, members of the council, and thank you for all the continued

771
01:03:03,180 --> 01:03:07,280
support that you provide to our amazing seniors and some of them who are here with us today.

772
01:03:08,040 --> 01:03:12,400
You do not go unrecognized, so thank you for taking also the time to be here with us today.

773
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:18,580
Mr. Mayor and members of the council, I think let's brief history.

774
01:03:19,620 --> 01:03:23,000
I don't think molding hearts knew what they were getting themselves into and there was

775
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:25,880
a reason why the senior center was shut down for quite some time.

776
01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:29,740
the mayor thought it was very, the mayor and the council thought at the time was pretty

777
01:03:29,740 --> 01:03:37,960
on that substandard at the time, right? And you were very adamant, very motivated and

778
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:43,720
the mayor was also anxious to open up the senior center. And so when we signed that agreement

779
01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:48,880
we signed it as an as-is condition if you recall. At the same time though, with that said,

780
01:03:48,880 --> 01:03:55,860
We were in a different place back then where we had no type of funding, any kind of set

781
01:03:55,860 --> 01:03:57,480
aside funds at the time.

782
01:03:58,360 --> 01:04:04,860
But thankfully, thanks to our staff, our dedicated staff, our finance department, our auditors

783
01:04:04,860 --> 01:04:06,960
who are here with us are amazing.

784
01:04:07,340 --> 01:04:09,740
Thank you, Dr. Canon, for taking the time to join us today.

785
01:04:09,920 --> 01:04:13,260
Appreciate that, who is also our previous city treasure.

786
01:04:13,260 --> 01:04:18,540
Dr. Kane on hat the opportunity to take a look under our financial hood and take a look

787
01:04:18,540 --> 01:04:27,320
at our books as a city treasurer at the time and he was able to not only identify cost savings

788
01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:34,520
and assisting the city in reducing cost, reducing redundancies where we were double paying bills

789
01:04:34,520 --> 01:04:40,240
when we could have all consolidated into one and identified cost savings there and all of that has

790
01:04:40,240 --> 01:04:48,700
added up. In addition to that, Dr. Canon has also been able to be successful in securing

791
01:04:48,700 --> 01:04:55,660
community benefits for our city. I won't at this moment talk about those amounts, but

792
01:04:55,660 --> 01:04:59,820
I can assure you that we now have with the direction

793
01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:08,280
Mayor Reyes and this council, we now have those funding resources to help you or help rehabilitate

794
01:05:08,280 --> 01:05:14,340
the community center by replacing all of the outdated appliances, okay, because those

795
01:05:14,340 --> 01:05:21,700
appliances have been there since its inception. So there's no reason to continue to fix

796
01:05:21,700 --> 01:05:28,920
what's broken and it's just money not well spent. So with the council's direction, I would

797
01:05:28,920 --> 01:05:31,760
You like to replace all of the appliances,

798
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:42,620
replace the HVACs, plural, more than one, air conditioning

799
01:05:42,620 --> 01:05:53,660
unit and the systems, reimburse you for the expenses you have made, and Dr. Kanna and

800
01:05:53,660 --> 01:05:57,920
I will get together and find out where we're going to pull these funds, which are available

801
01:05:57,920 --> 01:05:58,260
now.

802
01:05:58,580 --> 01:06:02,340
Again, at the time they were not available, you didn't know what you were getting yourself

803
01:06:02,340 --> 01:06:02,760
into.

804
01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:10,980
We try to warn you, you were too persistent, too motivated, but you're here, we're here today.

805
01:06:11,340 --> 01:06:15,260
And again, under Mayor Reyes's leadership in this amazing City Council,

806
01:06:15,840 --> 01:06:17,880
we will be able to pull this off together.

807
01:06:19,160 --> 01:06:19,460
Thank you.

808
01:06:20,620 --> 01:06:28,360
And Todd, I do have a question for you, just for the sake of transparency, right?

809
01:06:28,360 --> 01:06:28,420
right.

810
01:06:32,030 --> 01:06:36,470
My mom does actively go to the senior center. She is a member of the senior center.

811
01:06:37,150 --> 01:06:42,810
And I will never deny or hide my relationship with my brother right here at Galiwadu.

812
01:06:43,070 --> 01:06:48,930
There is no benefit to me. There is no financial. There is nothing. Mayor Reyes, Gabel Reyes,

813
01:06:49,090 --> 01:06:54,350
my household. We don't get anything from any of this. But again, for transparency sakes,

814
01:06:54,350 --> 01:06:59,230
America, the nigh, a person who I do life, people who I do life with, right?

815
01:06:59,870 --> 01:07:08,310
With this coming to be a pretty big financial vote, money-wise, do you recommend that

816
01:07:08,310 --> 01:07:11,830
I recuse myself, or would it be a problem in me voting on it?

817
01:07:12,470 --> 01:07:14,910
So legally you have no conflict of interest?

818
01:07:15,030 --> 01:07:15,330
Zero.

819
01:07:16,110 --> 01:07:19,830
Zero, you have no financial interest, so it is not a legal problem.

820
01:07:19,830 --> 01:07:26,910
If you want to for perception purposes, recuse yourself, you're always allowed to that's your decision

821
01:07:26,910 --> 01:07:33,190
It's not legally required. Okay, unless now does your mom still claim you as a tax deduction?

822
01:07:35,450 --> 01:07:36,450
Well good

823
01:07:36,450 --> 01:07:44,350
Well, that's a different issue. She only claims you when she only claims you when her friends are happy me being there

824
01:07:45,490 --> 01:07:47,350
Well, I'm a lawyer not a priest

825
01:07:47,350 --> 01:07:50,330
So I can't deal with that, but so you're good.

826
01:07:50,630 --> 01:07:52,110
Okay, and then it's just a reason, right?

827
01:07:52,570 --> 01:07:59,130
You know, in us growing and doing these things and the willingness, you know what I mean?

828
01:07:59,130 --> 01:08:00,510
I'm like, no, I got the people.

829
01:08:00,750 --> 01:08:05,110
I know the people who really, it was just like cool as running, you know, but now here

830
01:08:05,110 --> 01:08:06,770
and then we're going to make a substantial investment.

831
01:08:07,350 --> 01:08:11,590
You know, we have a couple gapflies, we got a couple haters, you know, I always want to be,

832
01:08:11,590 --> 01:08:13,590
I always want to be transparent in it.

833
01:08:14,030 --> 01:08:16,810
I'm never going to hide relationships, right?

834
01:08:16,810 --> 01:08:21,550
So, um, and especially with, you know, campaign season coming in here.

835
01:08:21,730 --> 01:08:26,790
I just want to throw this out there that they held the line for us, right?

836
01:08:27,010 --> 01:08:27,830
They held the line down.

837
01:08:27,830 --> 01:08:33,150
And what I mean by that is they took a chance for our residents, giving us enough time.

838
01:08:33,270 --> 01:08:36,890
This, this council right here to make, to prove you right.

839
01:08:37,370 --> 01:08:39,650
We always talk about, I'm not proving anybody wrong.

840
01:08:39,930 --> 01:08:42,070
I'm proving everybody right who voted for us.

841
01:08:42,310 --> 01:08:45,890
And this, this council has stuck together and seniors was the top priority

842
01:08:45,890 --> 01:08:49,890
because you're our seniors, right? And they took a chance on us to say we're

843
01:08:49,890 --> 01:08:52,950
not going to let them down. They held the line to say, we'll hold it as far as

844
01:08:52,950 --> 01:08:56,690
you guys can, but get your stuff together. And you can see we got it together,

845
01:08:56,910 --> 01:08:59,770
right? So this is a big team effort, big win for Adelanto,

846
01:09:00,290 --> 01:09:02,010
and all of our seniors and all of our residents.

847
01:09:05,110 --> 01:09:10,070
Thank you, I just want to add that Dr. Canon is already reaching out to

848
01:09:10,070 --> 01:09:13,290
I-E-H-P, I-E-H-P, excuse me.

849
01:09:14,210 --> 01:09:16,690
And I send Manuel who has a really good relationship

850
01:09:17,210 --> 01:09:19,210
with the board members of both agencies.

851
01:09:19,630 --> 01:09:22,810
I send Manuel Casino, as well as I-E-H-P's,

852
01:09:22,810 --> 01:09:26,090
to bring additional resources to the senior center.

853
01:09:26,270 --> 01:09:26,930
Thank you, Dr. Cana.

854
01:09:27,330 --> 01:09:28,370
Thank you, Dr. Cana.

855
01:09:29,390 --> 01:09:31,890
I'm just a real quick mayor, council,

856
01:09:32,410 --> 01:09:33,470
city manager, everyone.

857
01:09:34,010 --> 01:09:35,930
I just came in support of my sister for those

858
01:09:35,930 --> 01:09:36,990
who don't know the history.

859
01:09:36,990 --> 01:09:42,270
this is my older sister I was trying to get her and my older brother up here

860
01:09:42,270 --> 01:09:47,210
back when I was coaching at Adolante High School they came and supported and

861
01:09:47,210 --> 01:09:53,070
they fed our team for free several times they were part of the whole mission

862
01:09:53,070 --> 01:09:58,910
that we were on and it's just amazing to see them how it all comes back full

863
01:09:58,910 --> 01:09:59,350
circle.

864
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:29,920
Just recently retired from the Los Angeles Rams in March to come back here to the high desert where I now reside again, have property still here, and to be a part of the mode and heart staff, and back in the presence of all of you guys against the Von I seen you in many years. This is just really feels good, and I didn't come here to cry today, Mr. Ramos and Mayor, but you guys got me a little teary eyed, to be honest, and these seniors who we all love and have relationships,

865
01:10:36,720 --> 01:10:44,480
And I'm thankful for all of the flowers you guys gave me for what we did on the football field, but this is the same mission, same blueprint.

866
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:46,420
It was rough at the beginning.

867
01:10:47,160 --> 01:10:47,960
We're not quitting.

868
01:10:48,620 --> 01:10:50,320
I asked for help at the coaching.

869
01:10:50,620 --> 01:10:52,600
This is asking for help here with the funding.

870
01:10:53,280 --> 01:10:54,960
You guys provided for the football.

871
01:10:54,960 --> 01:11:01,840
you guys are providing here today and I promise you I promise you and she is

872
01:11:01,840 --> 01:11:07,140
better in this space that I am in the football space and I'm just her

873
01:11:07,140 --> 01:11:12,680
assistant coach in this matter and this team we have back here is gonna be

874
01:11:12,680 --> 01:11:17,960
great so I just wanted to I wasn't gonna say nothing but it just touched me

875
01:11:17,960 --> 01:11:22,880
God is good thank you for the prayer at the very beginning Jesse Dr. K. I

876
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:24,820
I believe that's what you said, his name was, man.

877
01:11:24,920 --> 01:11:25,620
God, thank you.

878
01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:27,400
From the bottom of my heart, thank you guys.

879
01:11:27,480 --> 01:11:28,260
And it's only the beginning.

880
01:11:28,900 --> 01:11:32,360
This is something we are invested in.

881
01:11:32,720 --> 01:11:33,940
We're going to go hard, and we're

882
01:11:33,940 --> 01:11:37,640
going to go hard for the seniors and for the city of Adelaide

883
01:11:37,640 --> 01:11:37,880
Toll.

884
01:11:37,940 --> 01:11:40,620
So I hope that the work that we do makes the line

885
01:11:40,620 --> 01:11:43,520
shine bright on all of you guys, because we can't do it

886
01:11:43,520 --> 01:11:44,080
without you guys.

887
01:11:44,080 --> 01:11:45,080
It's a full team effort.

888
01:11:45,260 --> 01:11:47,840
So from the bottom of my heart, thank you guys again.

889
01:11:48,060 --> 01:11:48,260
OK.

890
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:49,040
Thank you.

891
01:11:55,100 --> 01:11:57,360
The full circle isn't complete yet.

892
01:11:57,360 --> 01:12:01,740
Wadu, you know what I mean? We need, you know, we, we need another, all right?

893
01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:03,320
That's full circle.

894
01:12:04,340 --> 01:12:06,960
All right, here at 12-12, we're gonna go ahead and open up public comments.

895
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:13,100
Members of the audience are online who like to adjust to council on non-agentized items.

896
01:12:13,680 --> 01:12:16,540
Feel free to grab a yellow speaker card, fill it out, or bring it down here to Brenda.

897
01:12:17,140 --> 01:12:19,360
But we're gonna open up public comment here at 12-12.

898
01:12:24,980 --> 01:12:26,140
The senior off the lunch.

899
01:12:27,060 --> 01:12:27,360
Good lunch.

900
01:12:28,080 --> 01:12:28,500
Go to lunch.

901
01:12:35,620 --> 01:12:38,840
We have one comment that we have

902
01:12:47,610 --> 01:12:53,750
Yeah, I want to thank the Council and everybody this

903
01:12:55,910 --> 01:13:00,500
Senior Center when it opened it made a new life for me

904
01:13:02,680 --> 01:13:07,180
Like just had you know what sorry sir, we're gonna just take a quick little five minute recess let everybody

905
01:13:07,180 --> 01:13:11,120
ready. Oh, okay. Situated and then we'll open the public comment. Let's come back. What the 20.

906
01:13:13,620 --> 01:13:19,340
Right. You can wait. You'll wait. Yeah. You can wait a few minutes. Yeah. We'll just take a quick little five minute recess.

907
01:15:55,840 --> 01:15:58,660
All these are low. I don't know. Do they just stay on?

908
01:16:01,720 --> 01:16:02,240
So they are. So they are. So they are

909
01:16:02,240 --> 01:16:04,240
No, so you know for next time

910
01:16:04,240 --> 01:16:10,040
That one's on so yeah, so these are

911
01:16:13,480 --> 01:16:20,400
Anything we have better okay, do you clean these because they put these in their ear do you have like the okay

912
01:16:20,400 --> 01:16:23,280
So we got to get maybe some wipes and we can clean them

913
01:16:27,860 --> 01:16:28,820
Thank you

914
01:16:40,530 --> 01:16:44,090
I'm not sure what all it's going to do, but I guess I'm going to get served on the

915
01:16:44,090 --> 01:16:47,410
use of the food and purchase in the spot for all of that.

916
01:16:47,810 --> 01:16:49,210
We'll just say, I'm not going to trust you.

917
01:16:50,450 --> 01:16:50,810
Yes.

918
01:16:52,210 --> 01:16:53,250
Thanks for building it for us.

919
01:16:53,430 --> 01:16:53,910
Okay, good.

920
01:16:54,490 --> 01:16:55,950
We're going to have to get back on that.

921
01:16:56,730 --> 01:16:57,190
Got it.

922
01:16:57,330 --> 01:16:57,650
I like that.

923
01:17:16,650 --> 01:17:23,470
I don't want to say any of the things that I don't wish to do, but I have, which is a

924
01:17:54,130 --> 01:17:57,490
I have to do.

925
01:17:58,170 --> 01:18:00,210
If I leave a tool for extra

926
01:18:00,210 --> 01:18:00,910
you can add this.

927
01:18:01,450 --> 01:18:02,590
So this is.

928
01:18:03,670 --> 01:18:04,310
Oh, oh.

929
01:18:06,710 --> 01:18:07,130
Oh.

930
01:18:08,030 --> 01:18:08,870
Yes.

931
01:18:09,370 --> 01:18:09,670
Yes.

932
01:18:10,170 --> 01:18:10,830
Yes.

933
01:18:10,830 --> 01:18:11,670
Yes.

934
01:18:11,910 --> 01:18:12,330
Yes.

935
01:18:12,690 --> 01:18:13,530
Yes.

936
01:18:13,670 --> 01:18:14,510
Yes.

937
01:18:17,150 --> 01:18:17,350
Yes.

938
01:18:24,440 --> 01:18:25,160
Yes.

939
01:18:25,160 --> 01:18:32,180
story I'll buy yeah yeah yeah is

940
01:18:39,410 --> 01:18:46,350
this your friend said it's famous famous you said you want

941
01:18:46,350 --> 01:19:03,240
to comedy show and they all know her yeah have I met her she could get your house one time yeah yeah yeah

942
01:19:36,670 --> 01:19:39,530
We're going ahead and get started here again at 1220. Open the public comment.

943
01:19:39,690 --> 01:19:43,610
Mayor, before we go with public comment, can I just make a quick statement, please, sir?

944
01:19:44,810 --> 01:19:54,070
For the record, if we can add the proper language to the contract, whether it's purchase, or whatever telling us it's a U-question, whatever language needs to be added to move.

945
01:19:54,390 --> 01:19:57,350
The items on the contained calendar, see if guys can hold it.

946
01:19:57,350 --> 01:19:58,650
Yeah, guys, we're gonna follow it.

947
01:19:58,690 --> 01:19:59,930
Okay, we are going to have someone say I'm going to follow it.

948
01:20:00,590 --> 01:20:01,830
David, come on up.

949
01:20:14,740 --> 01:20:41,900
Thank you for having me. Yeah, I've been coming to Senior Center. I wanted to just open and I just want to thank you guys for having that Senior Center for us. And I just recently had the hip replacement. And basically, being at the Senior Center has helped me a lot. Basically, we have all the people in

950
01:20:41,900 --> 01:20:46,580
you know, in line that do the exercise programs and stuff like that.

951
01:20:47,320 --> 01:20:51,900
So basically, I have been able to do my exercise at home.

952
01:20:52,420 --> 01:20:58,040
So basically, when I come to the senior center, I'm using that program.

953
01:20:58,760 --> 01:21:02,460
And basically, I can actually stand on my feet.

954
01:21:02,640 --> 01:21:03,160
Let's go.

955
01:21:03,600 --> 01:21:04,220
It's only been.

956
01:21:05,220 --> 01:21:06,260
It's only been.

957
01:21:06,500 --> 01:21:07,460
It's only been a month.

958
01:21:07,760 --> 01:21:08,040
Nice.

959
01:21:08,040 --> 01:21:18,900
that since the surgery, but what the ladies and the people I've been doing, you know,

960
01:21:19,060 --> 01:21:21,280
the exercise programs and stuff like that.

961
01:21:21,740 --> 01:21:31,180
So you know, that's why I wanted to be sure that this program is very important, and there's

962
01:21:31,180 --> 01:21:39,120
a lot of, a lot of them that were here do that same exercise program and without the exercise

963
01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:43,280
program, we'd probably be rotten or the leg wouldn't be getting better.

964
01:21:44,120 --> 01:21:52,640
So I just wanted to praise you guys, praise all the people in their positions that, you

965
01:21:52,640 --> 01:21:59,120
know, between the food, the exercise program, the games that we're playing in interaction.

966
01:21:59,120 --> 01:22:11,580
The interaction is, even though we have the center there, there is text that we text each other.

967
01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:16,860
So you know the community, that's how it's so important.

968
01:22:17,320 --> 01:22:20,180
This community is hard to heart.

969
01:22:21,300 --> 01:22:23,820
And that's why I just can't tell you enough about it.

970
01:22:24,840 --> 01:22:33,260
You know, I have Brian as a friend, I have Dave as a friend that is evaluating all these

971
01:22:33,260 --> 01:22:41,440
different people that are in places that we can go to for, you know, I'm having a bad

972
01:22:41,440 --> 01:22:47,980
day and situations are happening, you know, I'm really down on this and that, basically.

973
01:22:47,980 --> 01:22:52,920
We have access to even more than what you guys think of.

974
01:22:53,500 --> 01:22:58,960
We have interaction with all the people that are working in the program.

975
01:22:59,820 --> 01:23:02,240
And so I just wanted to thank you guys, there's not enough.

976
01:23:02,800 --> 01:23:08,800
Thanks that I can even give to you guys between the food and all that.

977
01:23:10,820 --> 01:23:14,420
Yeah, so I just wanted to praise the program.

978
01:23:15,660 --> 01:23:20,120
I don't know how to add a lot to this by home, no matter what the situation goes.

979
01:23:22,180 --> 01:23:24,380
You know, that's where I'll stay.

980
01:23:25,320 --> 01:23:26,320
I just wanted to thank you.

981
01:23:26,660 --> 01:23:29,080
The greatest city I've ever lived in.

982
01:23:29,320 --> 01:23:29,520
Awesome.

983
01:23:30,120 --> 01:23:31,240
Okay, and I can tell you that.

984
01:23:34,240 --> 01:23:35,240
Thank you guys.

985
01:23:35,560 --> 01:23:35,860
Thank you.

986
01:23:36,180 --> 01:23:36,860
Thank you so much.

987
01:23:38,560 --> 01:23:39,220
Ms. Ronda.

988
01:23:50,180 --> 01:23:51,680
The city manager while she's coming up.

989
01:23:52,380 --> 01:23:53,340
I heard he said his name was David.

990
01:23:53,620 --> 01:23:53,800
Mayor.

991
01:23:53,800 --> 01:23:56,520
I heard him say he's going to walk to the senior center.

992
01:23:56,660 --> 01:24:00,020
Is there a staff member that can at least walk with him over?

993
01:24:00,920 --> 01:24:01,240
I know.

994
01:24:01,500 --> 01:24:02,200
Look what Todd is here.

995
01:24:02,220 --> 01:24:02,740
I'm like, what the hell?

996
01:24:03,060 --> 01:24:05,420
But thank you.

997
01:24:05,500 --> 01:24:06,260
Thank you.

998
01:24:06,700 --> 01:24:06,760
Thank you.

999
01:24:08,080 --> 01:24:08,960
Thank you.

1000
01:24:13,570 --> 01:24:14,250
All right.

1001
01:24:14,450 --> 01:24:15,550
Good afternoon.

1002
01:24:16,390 --> 01:24:16,830
Council.

1003
01:24:17,690 --> 01:24:18,730
All of you guys.

1004
01:24:20,270 --> 01:24:25,050
I'm just standing here just to get some kudos and praise to you guys.

1005
01:24:26,010 --> 01:24:30,230
I've been a resident of the high desert for 21 years.

1006
01:24:30,430 --> 01:24:35,370
We moved here in 2004 and from South Central LA.

1007
01:24:35,690 --> 01:24:38,010
So I've born and raised down in the hood.

1008
01:24:41,530 --> 01:24:48,090
But honestly, when I came up to the high desert, I had a stipulation about Adelanto.

1009
01:24:48,090 --> 01:24:56,770
So, I, you know, at Atlanta was not the greatest place, it was, you know, so I had this stipulation

1010
01:24:56,770 --> 01:24:59,890
or I had this vision in my head that, and-

1011
01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:07,660
And I even said, I will never live in Atlanta. Six years ago, me and my husband moved to Adolanto.

1012
01:25:08,560 --> 01:25:19,040
And it was, yes, and it really was from a vision that God had given me when we were looking

1013
01:25:19,040 --> 01:25:26,000
for a house, and the Lord woke me up in the middle of the night, and when we put an offer

1014
01:25:26,000 --> 01:25:31,620
on our house here in Adolanto and he said I need you to go to Nineveh. If anybody knows

1015
01:25:31,620 --> 01:25:37,920
the story of Jonah and Jonah was told to go to Nineveh and preach to the people in Nineveh

1016
01:25:37,920 --> 01:25:43,020
and he was like I'm not going there. He ended up going somewhere else and where did the

1017
01:25:43,020 --> 01:25:49,100
whales fit him up? Nineveh. So when the Lord came to me and said I need you to go to Nineveh,

1018
01:25:49,220 --> 01:25:53,140
I have worked for you to do there. I knew exactly what he meant. I knew he meant Adolanto.

1019
01:25:57,360 --> 01:26:03,040
So I knew we meant Adolanto and so that's why I'm here and so ever since we've been here,

1020
01:26:03,240 --> 01:26:07,880
my husband and I have you know we say well since we're here in Adolanto we're going

1021
01:26:07,880 --> 01:26:12,120
to make this our city and we're going to do everything that we can to be a part of

1022
01:26:12,120 --> 01:26:12,760
the city.

1023
01:26:13,140 --> 01:26:18,460
All of the things that I've heard about the council and the mayor's in the past coming

1024
01:26:18,460 --> 01:26:24,900
here and just watching you guys all work and work together to build this city has been

1025
01:26:24,900 --> 01:26:33,540
so inspirational for me so I'm so proud of this city. I'm so proud of you guys and I'm

1026
01:26:33,540 --> 01:26:41,140
so proud of the work that has been the okay I'm not supposed to get emotional but I'm so proud

1027
01:26:41,140 --> 01:26:47,720
of this city, I tell everybody, I proudly say, I live in Atlanta, I'm from

1028
01:26:47,720 --> 01:26:57,280
Atlanta, so I just thank you. I just wanted to, I just wanted to just come

1029
01:26:57,280 --> 01:27:02,920
and just give you guys my gratitude and my thanks for making Nineveh a place

1030
01:27:02,920 --> 01:27:09,880
for me and my family to be able to thrive and to just be proud of. I'm the work

1031
01:27:09,880 --> 01:27:14,720
that you guys are doing and I go back and I try and get people to come to the council meetings all

1032
01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:19,880
the time and come to all of the things that we have going on and I share things with people and

1033
01:27:19,880 --> 01:27:26,000
I'm like you got to come to the meetings so that you know what's going on and why and people are

1034
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:30,800
been talking about the corridor to 395 and why we aren't building. I was like if you came to the

1035
01:27:30,800 --> 01:27:37,600
meetings you know why but so I just want to give you guys your props. I know being on a council

1036
01:27:37,600 --> 01:27:43,760
So being in politics that you get a lot of naysayers, you get a lot of haters, and you

1037
01:27:43,760 --> 01:27:46,300
don't get your flowers as much as you deserve.

1038
01:27:46,900 --> 01:27:50,640
And I'm here to give you guys your flowers, each and every one of you, because you all

1039
01:27:50,640 --> 01:27:51,300
deserve it.

1040
01:27:51,620 --> 01:27:57,020
So just keep up the good work, and no matter what anyone else said, just know the dentist

1041
01:27:57,020 --> 01:28:00,100
household loves you guys, every single one of you.

1042
01:28:00,380 --> 01:28:01,840
So that's all I wanted to say.

1043
01:28:02,580 --> 01:28:03,220
Thank you.

1044
01:28:07,090 --> 01:28:08,010
Is there anyone on my phone?

1045
01:28:10,090 --> 01:28:22,410
We're going to go ahead and close up the comment here at 1228 and move on with our consent calendar items in a consent calendar considered routine in nature and non-controversial and they require no further discussion by the council.

1046
01:28:23,110 --> 01:28:27,470
They can be acted upon in one motion unless we got some items to pull.

1047
01:28:28,410 --> 01:28:31,950
Thank you, sir. I felt like that was directed at me.

1048
01:28:31,950 --> 01:28:37,150
I heard your voice come this way. I'd like to pull item three and seven, please.

1049
01:28:37,750 --> 01:28:39,970
Three and seven? Any other items?

1050
01:28:42,240 --> 01:28:45,700
Oh, it comes one over here. No? Mesa? No? I'm good.

1051
01:28:46,900 --> 01:28:54,560
And then I'll pull five, because it comes one in Evans, port three. I was in port three, too.

1052
01:28:55,560 --> 01:28:59,140
All righty. We'll go ahead and we'll just do it now instead of waiting to the end.

1053
01:28:59,660 --> 01:29:06,600
We'll just handle your two and then we'll do thank you. We'll just go on order. So number three. Yep, so number three

1054
01:29:06,600 --> 01:29:09,840
I have a few questions and mayor pro Tim kind of touched on them already

1055
01:29:10,800 --> 01:29:12,220
when it comes to

1056
01:29:15,490 --> 01:29:20,130
The contract and the the verbiage of the contract, right? If we look at

1057
01:29:21,870 --> 01:29:22,610
The report

1058
01:29:24,470 --> 01:29:25,830
Here we go again with the

1059
01:29:26,570 --> 01:29:26,990
84

1060
01:29:26,990 --> 01:29:34,150
84 yeah 82 actually so if we're looking at the report right it says in here under

1061
01:29:34,150 --> 01:29:38,050
the least terms and for some reason it's blacked out like I try to redact my own stuff

1062
01:29:38,050 --> 01:29:41,570
I don't know what's happening here. Mutual agreement.

1063
01:29:46,740 --> 01:29:48,240
Mutual agreement multi-harsh

1064
01:29:48,240 --> 01:29:55,720
will have no obligation to pay rent for the term right but if we go down to I'm sorry

1065
01:29:56,760 --> 01:29:57,480
Yep.

1066
01:29:57,960 --> 01:29:59,960
If you go down to the payments...

1067
01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:28,960
In the actual amended contract, it lists that their rent will be $1500 a month. So, I don't know which is the plan, but the contracts with they'll sign. So if the intent is for them to not pay rent, then we need to amend that and the council needs to agree on that and then change it in the contract before it's signed. In addition to that, as Mayor Bruton mentioned, it says that their response, it still says that they're responsible, which I think is from the original contract.

1068
01:30:28,960 --> 01:30:51,900
The amendment, if what City Manager just reported out, is what we are to do, then the contract needs to be amended to reflect what we will and will not be purchasing and or paying for, what will belong to the city and the facility not to the organization so the kind of it's really basically clean up language for me in the in the contract.

1069
01:30:51,900 --> 01:31:00,780
But last thing there is, there's somewhere in the contract that states they cannot do other events, right?

1070
01:31:00,900 --> 01:31:03,300
They can't sublease, they can't host other events.

1071
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:14,820
I am in agreements that there should not be activities, I don't know how we word this in a way that still allows them because I witness,

1072
01:31:14,980 --> 01:31:20,500
and I'm sure others have, them doing the lunch program for the summer, which I don't have an issue with them doing out of that building.

1073
01:31:20,500 --> 01:31:26,820
I do however take issue with it being rented out for especially events like we have listed the city can still do that on the weekends

1074
01:31:26,820 --> 01:31:29,100
I don't think that they should be allowed to do that

1075
01:31:30,280 --> 01:31:35,320
So I don't know where where y'all sit with that, but that's some more language. I think these to be cleaned up in the contract

1076
01:31:36,160 --> 01:31:42,100
Because right now it says no extra events. So nothing that does not provide for seniors or vets doing the school lunch program

1077
01:31:42,100 --> 01:31:46,120
Is in a senior or a vet program, right? So however y'all

1078
01:31:47,060 --> 01:31:48,200
see fit in those

1079
01:31:49,480 --> 01:31:55,260
I mean, I would ask, I agree with that, maybe it's something that can be left to city

1080
01:31:55,260 --> 01:32:03,180
managers' discretion on what is determined to be allowed there, because at that point

1081
01:32:03,760 --> 01:32:05,720
you take the responsibility.

1082
01:32:09,100 --> 01:32:13,600
Respectfully, and not that I don't trust city manager to do what he needs to do, the contract

1083
01:32:13,600 --> 01:32:18,140
needs to reflect so that when those naysayers come, the contract, so when I show up and I say

1084
01:32:18,140 --> 01:32:34,140
Well, it says vets and seniors and you're feeding 300 students how dare you there's there's no backup for that for us because legally we have sign that they are only to do these things right so maybe we again find some

1085
01:32:34,140 --> 01:32:46,460
verbiage that can add the student component. I would open it up even more just because it could be Valentine's Day on a Saturday and they want to have a Valentine's dinner or whatever kind of event they want or even

1086
01:32:46,460 --> 01:32:54,240
how host something to raise money on a weekend. So I don't know why why we would limit them. I would

1087
01:32:54,240 --> 01:32:59,220
open it up a little bit, as long as they're not leasing it to somebody else to do something.

1088
01:33:00,100 --> 01:33:05,060
Yeah, you can do a Kingston out of there and take the funds from that weekend, but they can't,

1089
01:33:05,080 --> 01:33:09,840
right? But I'm open for them to use it as much as they can to raise money for themselves as

1090
01:33:09,840 --> 01:33:15,340
too. I don't want to. Yeah, for fundraising purposes on a weekend. So that's kind of what I was looking

1091
01:33:15,340 --> 01:33:19,620
that with this and I also saw it says under repairs and equipment the city

1092
01:33:19,620 --> 01:33:24,440
shall be responsible for repairs upgrades and equipment so I don't know yeah that's

1093
01:33:24,440 --> 01:33:28,640
what it says in the report but if you read in the actual agreement yeah yeah it

1094
01:33:28,640 --> 01:33:33,660
doesn't correct yeah yep so we can get that same verbiage and I would still open

1095
01:33:33,660 --> 01:33:37,000
it up further like I said for them to be able to do something on the weekend to

1096
01:33:37,000 --> 01:33:43,800
raise money so I feel yeah but how do we justify or how do we how do we

1097
01:33:43,800 --> 01:33:49,180
separates. This is a fundraiser. I'm having a gala. I'm doing a valentines event on Saturday

1098
01:33:49,180 --> 01:33:55,660
and I'm host. I'm allowing other organizations to come in and do their events in my space.

1099
01:33:56,180 --> 01:34:02,780
Well, maybe the way that we do it is it always has to be a molding hearts event. Like

1100
01:34:02,780 --> 01:34:12,080
if a molding hearts does a turkey drive or a factor school day, right? The whatever event happens

1101
01:34:12,080 --> 01:34:20,060
on a fundraising aspect or even an aspect like molding heart isn't going to go and do a bunch of kids get us right that we we know that's

1102
01:34:20,860 --> 01:34:26,200
Trying to blur a line, right, but like let's say the molding heart is doing a

1103
01:34:28,860 --> 01:34:33,740
Gala right it's under the molding heart's brand so then that way it's not being

1104
01:34:34,660 --> 01:34:35,700
sublies to

1105
01:34:41,120 --> 01:34:42,160
You know

1106
01:34:42,160 --> 01:34:48,940
ABC incorporated to throw a line dancing event like you and I'm saying or a bingo event like those type of things

1107
01:34:48,940 --> 01:34:51,360
Like in that aspect. There has to be

1108
01:34:51,980 --> 01:34:55,480
molding hearts has to be the entity that is

1109
01:34:56,180 --> 01:34:57,220
hosting and doing

1110
01:34:57,920 --> 01:34:59,980
Everything right it can't be a

1111
01:35:00,000 --> 01:35:08,860
Okay, they're partnering with. Right, I just let my logo on the flyer. Right, it's a molding hearts. They're doing it all, right?

1112
01:35:09,200 --> 01:35:29,840
Regulates that you seem to say now that it just how much work I would throw in. I mean, I'm sitting here thinking and all of this sounds good, but let's not lose focus of what this building is for and senior center. Right, it's senior center for our seniors. And I would say, for time's sake, and for everybody's sake, draft up the agreement to focus.

1113
01:35:29,840 --> 01:35:59,640
just on the seniors right now, and then in a later date, a year from now or six months from now when we've finally got everything going and flowing, then maybe come back with some additional verbiage and rewrite the contract, but if we say here we start getting into all this ABCDE like it's now shifting from what this thing was supposed to be and what it's for, and I think it'd be easier if we just for right now, just focus on taking care of our seniors, taking care of only hearts, and then in a later date,

1114
01:35:59,640 --> 01:36:02,080
that we can add on amendment or something.

1115
01:36:02,440 --> 01:36:03,660
Okay, just lock this in.

1116
01:36:04,400 --> 01:36:04,480
Good.

1117
01:36:05,200 --> 01:36:09,120
I think that including the verbiage that they can use the building to fundraise for their

1118
01:36:09,120 --> 01:36:12,240
own efforts, I think that's a way we can support their current business.

1119
01:36:13,020 --> 01:36:17,800
So if they wanted to host, not that they would, I don't foresee them doing that, but if they

1120
01:36:17,800 --> 01:36:21,300
had an idea or if they had something, especially during the holidays or when people are more

1121
01:36:21,300 --> 01:36:26,780
giving, if they wanted to host their own fundraising event, I don't think that we should tie their

1122
01:36:26,780 --> 01:36:28,740
hands and not allow them to.

1123
01:36:28,740 --> 01:36:33,600
So I think that that verb which needs to be in there and to councilwoman Evans as she said

1124
01:36:34,100 --> 01:36:38,500
They were out there, you know, they did do those meals and I think that

1125
01:36:39,740 --> 01:36:44,380
Not having to come back and get that right paperwork to say that they can do that

1126
01:36:44,380 --> 01:36:49,800
I mean we can focus on I mean the language is there but adding in a snippet about them being able to do

1127
01:36:50,600 --> 01:36:57,200
Other events without saying what those events are specifically to you know like as long as they are within the parameters of whatever

1128
01:36:57,200 --> 01:37:13,220
However, right, they should be able to do those things because I will tell you right now within our own community several students because they did not have any other meal programs that there was one actually, but there were very few is the point and we have many students.

1129
01:37:13,660 --> 01:37:23,680
And so for them to be able to do that was a huge blessing and I would hate for them to be unable to do it because we could have just settled it right now.

1130
01:37:24,380 --> 01:37:31,780
I like where you're going at it with MPT in regards to not getting away that this is the senior center, right?

1131
01:37:32,140 --> 01:37:37,960
And we understand the fundraising purposes, I think that's very, and they're professionals, right?

1132
01:37:38,220 --> 01:37:45,740
So they're not going to try to blur bleed or lose the facility on blurring the fundraising aspect.

1133
01:37:46,080 --> 01:37:52,080
What I would say is if they do try to do something outside of the scope of work, right?

1134
01:37:52,080 --> 01:38:12,820
they got to get staff approval, like if they're trying to do a gala, right, or if they're trying to do a fish fry or like bingo nights every Friday, something like that sort, like that should be a staff approval and the staff doesn't approve of that directly, then it's special event falls under that, right?

1135
01:38:12,820 --> 01:38:14,520
Mr. Mayor May I?

1136
01:38:14,780 --> 01:38:14,920
Yes.

1137
01:38:15,420 --> 01:38:19,840
Mr. Mayor I remember so the Council I just want to remind you all that going back to

1138
01:38:19,840 --> 01:38:29,220
the weekends just as a reminder the idea was to make sure that the weekends were made

1139
01:38:29,220 --> 01:38:35,300
available to the city right so the senior center would be open Monday through Friday then

1140
01:38:35,300 --> 01:38:41,420
the senior center would automatically revert over to the city so that we the city can lease

1141
01:38:41,420 --> 01:38:45,080
out the facilities for whatever purposes could be a birthday party,

1142
01:38:45,300 --> 01:38:50,720
quinceigneta or whatever it may be. The proceeds of that rental would go to the 501

1143
01:38:50,720 --> 01:38:56,000
CNOM profit at a long to benefit court. We would then use those dollars to

1144
01:38:56,000 --> 01:39:02,180
what support our Christmas parade to movies in the park and we can go on and on,

1145
01:39:02,180 --> 01:39:05,820
right? So just want to make sure we don't lose focus of making sure that we

1146
01:39:05,820 --> 01:39:09,580
don't commit the the senior center on the weekends, right?

1147
01:39:09,580 --> 01:39:13,920
So that way you can come down to a special event for me with staff approval.

1148
01:39:13,960 --> 01:39:16,100
Yeah, so anything outside of their typical Monday through Friday.

1149
01:39:16,280 --> 01:39:16,500
Exactly.

1150
01:39:16,500 --> 01:39:17,540
The special event permit.

1151
01:39:17,540 --> 01:39:19,260
Special event permit with staff approval.

1152
01:39:19,520 --> 01:39:19,640
Yep.

1153
01:39:19,800 --> 01:39:20,420
Then that's it.

1154
01:39:20,780 --> 01:39:23,560
And then add the student some way that they can still serve the students.

1155
01:39:25,220 --> 01:39:25,660
Yep.

1156
01:39:25,860 --> 01:39:26,300
I'm for that.

1157
01:39:26,920 --> 01:39:27,900
I'll second that.

1158
01:39:28,460 --> 01:39:35,580
Mayor, so what I'm here and what I would propose is that the agreement would be modified to allow.

1159
01:39:35,580 --> 01:39:47,660
not only their senior service, senior services, but anything for the general benefit of the community that would catch in the kids and then including fundraising specifically for their organization, right?

1160
01:39:48,180 --> 01:39:48,480
Is that right?

1161
01:39:49,320 --> 01:39:50,540
Is that too broad?

1162
01:39:51,120 --> 01:39:51,660
Is that too broad?

1163
01:39:51,660 --> 01:39:55,300
He said yes, he said general public, no, not general public.

1164
01:39:55,300 --> 01:39:57,300
Yeah

1165
01:39:58,060 --> 01:39:58,520
Yes

1166
01:40:16,980 --> 01:40:29,980
And then in the last paragraph we added, because we weren't entirely sure what y'all were going to authorize. So in the last sentence, we added that the city's going to be responsible for the all equipment.

1167
01:40:29,980 --> 01:40:58,800
repairs and maintenance, so it'll be purchase of the equipment, repairs and maintenance, and I was going to add at the end of that at the discretion of the city because I don't want them to argue you got to buy a viking super ultra 5000, right? It's going to be within the, yeah, the goals for the purchases that they're looking for and I didn't know this, so there's environmental health services and then there's public health and it's two different requirements and approvals.

1168
01:40:58,800 --> 01:41:04,080
So our kitchen is public health but not environmental, right?

1169
01:41:04,320 --> 01:41:09,980
So the purchases that they were seeking and asking for was to make it environmental

1170
01:41:10,700 --> 01:41:11,540
permittable, right?

1171
01:41:11,720 --> 01:41:19,960
So that may be a hundred pound ice maker that may be a whatever environmental health

1172
01:41:20,300 --> 01:41:24,220
is requiring it to be permittable, I think is what it is at their seat.

1173
01:41:24,240 --> 01:41:25,000
The harder permit?

1174
01:41:25,220 --> 01:41:25,340
Yeah.

1175
01:41:26,440 --> 01:41:27,640
What are the hard to put in there?

1176
01:41:27,660 --> 01:41:29,380
Which just benefits us in the long run, right?

1177
01:41:29,760 --> 01:41:32,100
Because heaven forbids for whatever reason they decided they don't do anymore.

1178
01:41:32,180 --> 01:41:34,320
We're still equipped for whoever else wants to come in.

1179
01:41:34,440 --> 01:41:39,140
So just making sure that that's stated and then that that those new

1180
01:41:39,140 --> 01:41:41,980
requirements to whatever belong to the city, not to them.

1181
01:41:42,500 --> 01:41:42,680
Yes.

1182
01:41:42,780 --> 01:41:44,800
Because right now it says everything they would take with them when they leave.

1183
01:41:45,100 --> 01:41:46,160
I agree with you.

1184
01:41:46,300 --> 01:41:51,200
And let's just rest assured that we will bring that building into compliance number one and number two.

1185
01:41:51,820 --> 01:42:02,080
If you allow us for reimbursement from Olding Hearts that would also do we need to add that into the content? No, not in the contract. It would just be council direction.

1186
01:42:02,660 --> 01:42:03,680
Okay. Thank you.

1187
01:42:03,680 --> 01:42:12,920
And then I was maybe Brenda. You know we have we did have his councilman pointed out says they paid 1500 a month. I think that was just a mistake. Right. We didn't we say they don't pay anything.

1188
01:42:13,840 --> 01:42:16,020
We had been going back and forth on that.

1189
01:42:16,900 --> 01:42:30,260
So, ultimately, it would be the council's decision at this time, you know, they just opened up in April, so we hadn't been collecting rent, because the contract expired in April, so that's why we're bringing it to them.

1190
01:42:30,280 --> 01:42:33,920
Yeah, I can't remember. And then utilities, who do you want to pay utilities?

1191
01:42:34,580 --> 01:42:35,980
I think utilities should be.

1192
01:42:36,420 --> 01:42:41,260
Currently, we are paying water, and we say that they pay gas and electric.

1193
01:42:41,820 --> 01:42:42,580
I think you're just there.

1194
01:42:42,980 --> 01:42:43,660
You still like that?

1195
01:42:43,660 --> 01:42:47,000
Okay, Mr. Mayor, I'd just like to make a comment again, please, sorry.

1196
01:42:48,180 --> 01:42:48,740
No?

1197
01:42:49,260 --> 01:42:50,340
Okay, thank you.

1198
01:42:52,000 --> 01:43:00,340
I say we remain generously consistent with that of the community center.

1199
01:43:01,340 --> 01:43:11,100
I don't think that this is just a statement and totally up to the council's discretion that I don't believe that the community center is paying rent.

1200
01:43:14,440 --> 01:43:18,580
So that's where the whole consistency recommendation comes in.

1201
01:43:18,700 --> 01:43:21,260
However, you decide.

1202
01:43:21,480 --> 01:43:21,820
Thank you.

1203
01:43:22,960 --> 01:43:23,520
I'm sorry.

1204
01:43:23,620 --> 01:43:26,660
Do they pay the dollar a year, which I do agree is what it is?

1205
01:43:26,820 --> 01:43:29,340
And then also the utilities are we cover the utilities?

1206
01:43:31,130 --> 01:43:32,250
I'd have to look at that.

1207
01:43:32,310 --> 01:43:32,510
Okay.

1208
01:43:32,910 --> 01:43:35,510
If we are currently covering utilities, we should not.

1209
01:43:36,270 --> 01:43:39,390
I think that's if we go going back to uniformity,

1210
01:43:39,390 --> 01:43:43,670
the contract that I remember with the stadium was a dollar a year and they

1211
01:43:43,670 --> 01:43:46,810
cover the utilities or whatever you know whatever the situation is so every

1212
01:43:46,810 --> 01:43:50,930
everybody that's renting needs to be paying their own utility. Yeah so noted.

1213
01:43:51,370 --> 01:43:53,270
Yeah. Good.

1214
01:43:57,250 --> 01:44:01,110
I think that's that's most definitely fair. Thank you for Council

1215
01:44:01,110 --> 01:44:06,310
for even considering the reimbursement aspect right because if you guys do want to

1216
01:44:06,310 --> 01:44:12,590
know for free to call Angie and ask her what they've done and you'll be

1217
01:44:12,590 --> 01:44:14,410
very grateful.

1218
01:44:14,850 --> 01:44:16,210
I have a comment on this utility.

1219
01:44:16,570 --> 01:44:19,670
So just in the last few months,

1220
01:44:21,270 --> 01:44:23,470
their HVAC system wasn't working.

1221
01:44:24,650 --> 01:44:26,510
And so if they were paying for

1222
01:44:26,510 --> 01:44:28,410
those utilities, let's say electric,

1223
01:44:28,670 --> 01:44:29,990
right, because they're trying to run

1224
01:44:30,390 --> 01:44:32,530
the AC units and it's not working.

1225
01:44:33,130 --> 01:44:34,430
And so they're getting billed.

1226
01:44:34,510 --> 01:44:35,790
Or however that works.

1227
01:44:36,030 --> 01:44:38,010
I just don't know if you have a building

1228
01:44:38,010 --> 01:44:39,590
that you're paying for a service

1229
01:44:39,590 --> 01:44:42,310
and the service isn't working, but you're still getting billed.

1230
01:44:42,710 --> 01:44:44,970
I don't think that's a good idea, either.

1231
01:44:45,830 --> 01:44:48,610
Just FYI, at this time, we haven't billed them at all.

1232
01:44:49,350 --> 01:44:52,010
And I'll be the bad guy on this one.

1233
01:44:52,170 --> 01:44:55,950
I think that they signed a contract to pay for everything, including their upgrades.

1234
01:44:56,930 --> 01:44:59,970
We're now reimbursing them for their service call.

1235
01:45:04,480 --> 01:45:15,640
I think that they can eat those. I think, hey, utilities is not a big 500 bucks maybe a month. I think they can manage.

1236
01:45:17,520 --> 01:45:24,060
It also just keeps the integrity of the use of the building. It makes them a little bit responsible for how they're running it.

1237
01:45:24,060 --> 01:45:27,860
Because if you tell me I don't have to pay for utilities, I'm not even turning the AC off.

1238
01:45:28,940 --> 01:45:39,500
Well, they can't turn it on, so when the new one comes in, when the Viking 5,000 comes in, so they're responsible for paying all utilities.

1239
01:45:39,840 --> 01:45:41,440
Yes, and that's for both.

1240
01:45:42,620 --> 01:45:43,100
Yes.

1241
01:45:43,520 --> 01:45:44,160
Water, yeah.

1242
01:45:44,520 --> 01:45:44,840
Okay.

1243
01:45:45,100 --> 01:45:45,540
Thank you.

1244
01:45:46,140 --> 01:45:47,960
All right, I pulled item number five.

1245
01:45:48,860 --> 01:45:50,620
I don't think we get a motion and approval.

1246
01:45:51,080 --> 01:45:53,800
I'm motioned. I know. I'll second it.

1247
01:45:56,000 --> 01:45:58,020
You've motioned it because we've pulled it. So I'm

1248
01:45:58,020 --> 01:46:01,780
motioning it with the changes. Correct. Yes. With the changes discussed and do you have everything?

1249
01:46:02,200 --> 01:46:06,960
I tried to write it. You think. I'll get everything. I don't know. All in favor? Aye.

1250
01:46:08,180 --> 01:46:16,000
And then I pulled number five just as I was going through it. A lot of our receipts were from

1251
01:46:16,000 --> 01:46:21,160
Home Depot in regards to cement, X, Y, Z, and other things.

1252
01:46:21,620 --> 01:46:29,660
City manager, the only question I had for this was I remember that when we originally

1253
01:46:30,510 --> 01:46:40,620
were exploring everything, the hydroponic 3000 container, right?

1254
01:46:40,620 --> 01:46:44,820
that was just the cost

1255
01:46:46,900 --> 01:46:48,300
to $250,000.

1256
01:46:48,300 --> 01:46:49,580
We would have already had carrots.

1257
01:46:50,240 --> 01:46:50,760
Yeah.

1258
01:46:51,680 --> 01:46:52,980
$250,000 carrots.

1259
01:46:53,460 --> 01:46:55,060
You would have had mulch right now.

1260
01:46:56,800 --> 01:46:59,940
I know there's conversations with regards to fundraising,

1261
01:47:00,440 --> 01:47:04,120
and raising some funds to kind of meet that.

1262
01:47:04,380 --> 01:47:06,020
I know that it wasn't a lot of expenses.

1263
01:47:06,020 --> 01:47:10,660
It was only $6,200, but what were we able to raise

1264
01:47:10,660 --> 01:47:13,700
is for the community garden expenditures

1265
01:47:13,700 --> 01:47:16,300
that when this original conversation started,

1266
01:47:16,540 --> 01:47:18,200
we said that we're gonna be able to raise.

1267
01:47:18,400 --> 01:47:20,720
I know we're talking about the $250,000.

1268
01:47:21,080 --> 01:47:22,840
We're talking about we're able to raise $50,000.

1269
01:47:23,440 --> 01:47:25,460
So I'll just kind of curious what was raised.

1270
01:47:25,800 --> 01:47:27,220
Yes, thank you, Mr. Mayor, for the question.

1271
01:47:27,800 --> 01:47:33,360
Our entire fundraising effort shifted.

1272
01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:36,920
We know longer we're gonna move forward

1273
01:47:36,920 --> 01:47:49,120
with that 250,000 freight farm project, and moved in the direction of building our own community garden at the new park, which we have accomplished minus the beds.

1274
01:47:50,540 --> 01:47:58,220
That came in at a cost, I believe, at about close to $6,000, but let's keep in mind also that Burntake played a role.

1275
01:47:58,220 --> 01:48:05,280
the Councilwoman Emmett's approach to them and was able to secure something like $3,000

1276
01:48:05,280 --> 01:48:08,780
I believe, maybe a little less, maybe a little more.

1277
01:48:10,220 --> 01:48:17,400
In addition to that, the mulch, we were able to secure mulch forever indefinitely.

1278
01:48:18,840 --> 01:48:20,520
But that's as far as we went.

1279
01:48:20,820 --> 01:48:24,820
Am I hearing from you, Mr. Mayor, and the Council that you want us to pursue the firm?

1280
01:48:24,820 --> 01:48:36,520
So I just remember when we talked about it, now I just remember when we originally talked about this one of the things that we were saying was that we didn't want this to have an impact in regards to like our funding, right?

1281
01:48:36,680 --> 01:48:54,800
So the way it is right now is and the reason why I was asking was because it cost $6,219.98 and that came out of our benefit court, right?

1282
01:48:54,800 --> 01:49:00,700
And that's why I'm asking them like if there is originally in the process of doing this community garden.

1283
01:49:01,100 --> 01:49:08,240
It was said by multiple members of the council that they were going to fund raise money for this effort, right?

1284
01:49:08,460 --> 01:49:12,600
So that's all I was just asking, seeing that there's $6,200 coming out of the benefit court.

1285
01:49:13,120 --> 01:49:18,460
One, that wasn't something that we voted upon to come out of the benefit court, but it is what it is.

1286
01:49:18,860 --> 01:49:23,480
And two, that's $6,200 less in our benefit court that we have to give away.

1287
01:49:23,480 --> 01:49:25,840
and now we have another agenda as item.

1288
01:49:26,180 --> 01:49:29,180
So I was just trying to see what was,

1289
01:49:29,460 --> 01:49:31,080
and it's great that there was a donation,

1290
01:49:31,400 --> 01:49:35,000
so let's call it $1,500, whatever it was.

1291
01:49:35,120 --> 01:49:36,240
Yeah, I'm not going to answer.

1292
01:49:36,340 --> 01:49:37,540
I'm sorry, go ahead, so I don't know.

1293
01:49:37,620 --> 01:49:39,040
So that was just a clarity of it

1294
01:49:39,040 --> 01:49:41,380
to see to offset this, right?

1295
01:49:41,480 --> 01:49:42,320
It was $60 to $200.

1296
01:49:42,680 --> 01:49:44,000
They came out of a benefit court

1297
01:49:44,780 --> 01:49:47,280
from the members of the audience that were here.

1298
01:49:47,620 --> 01:49:49,140
They were saying they were going to donate

1299
01:49:49,140 --> 01:49:52,580
and the efforts made by members of the council to raise money.

1300
01:49:52,580 --> 01:49:58,780
I was just trying to see what was that number so we can see what really is coming out of our benefit court.

1301
01:49:59,280 --> 01:49:59,880
Sure, Mr. Mayor.

1302
01:50:00,000 --> 01:50:29,980
I think also what I'm hearing is maybe we need to reimburse whatever offset that may be. So if we pulled, say, $5,000 out of the benefit corp and minus the thousand or whatever number that was from Burntech. So now we owe the benefit corp 5,000, we need to raise that. Is that what I'm hearing? No, no, it was just, there was just, there was conversations when we did all of this, whether it was, there was just fundraising conversations that money wasn't going to be raised for this community.

1303
01:50:30,740 --> 01:50:38,700
I'm just trying to see what funds was raised towards this effort and offset what it was that was paid.

1304
01:50:38,960 --> 01:50:47,000
So if we raised $3,000, cool, I want to say thank you such and such for the $500, the $1,500.

1305
01:50:47,220 --> 01:50:54,160
Like I want to, in getting to where it is that we are, I also want to give thanks to the members that did donate to this effort.

1306
01:50:54,260 --> 01:50:56,980
That's the only reason I'm asking to offset.

1307
01:50:56,980 --> 01:51:02,360
Hey, it really was only a $3,000 right so I'll say I'll take the heat off you just you over there

1308
01:51:02,360 --> 01:51:07,940
So it's a little bit. I think that I to be honest mayor. I don't know the total. Okay, that was brought in

1309
01:51:07,940 --> 01:51:13,080
I know that for sure at least two donors be born Burtek being one and the Pinkerton's being the other

1310
01:51:13,760 --> 01:51:18,280
Those did come in that I I played a role in getting those so I don't know what came in after that

1311
01:51:18,280 --> 01:51:22,640
What I will say is that if there is a difference in

1312
01:51:22,640 --> 01:51:26,920
and what was already spent and what we brought in,

1313
01:51:27,460 --> 01:51:30,080
the rental fees will eat that up, right?

1314
01:51:30,180 --> 01:51:31,600
So we are going to be charging for those beds.

1315
01:51:31,600 --> 01:51:34,780
So it will balance back out if there is a difference.

1316
01:51:34,880 --> 01:51:37,080
So we can definitely sit down with finance and mayor

1317
01:51:37,080 --> 01:51:39,900
and city manager to figure out what that is.

1318
01:51:40,580 --> 01:51:41,780
And then play the game as well.

1319
01:51:41,780 --> 01:51:44,140
So shout out, Bertack, for always being a community partner

1320
01:51:44,140 --> 01:51:47,240
and shout out the Pinkerton's for assisting

1321
01:51:47,240 --> 01:51:49,220
in this community garden.

1322
01:51:49,520 --> 01:51:51,440
Because it's going to be great, as we've seen the work,

1323
01:51:51,440 --> 01:52:06,840
We're grateful for all of that, not making a fuss in that, but also this was an effort that we reached out to the community, so I wanted to thank you, you know, so outside of that, I'm good, no other comments. And then I don't know, number seven comes on that one tonight, oh, sorry, slow down a little bit.

1324
01:52:06,840 --> 01:52:12,280
I like the renting out part. Are we renting out sections and saying it's the

1325
01:52:12,280 --> 01:52:16,700
messa garden. It's the up to grow garden kind of the section. That's kind of

1326
01:52:16,700 --> 01:52:23,620
cool. The only thing I would just be, she's donating seeds to talk about, there's

1327
01:52:23,620 --> 01:52:27,660
only certain things that grow in our climate and everything. So just that we're

1328
01:52:27,660 --> 01:52:31,640
not giving residents. Here's a pumpkin and it's never gonna grow or whatever it is.

1329
01:52:31,640 --> 01:52:38,580
So there is some. Yeah, I know she's gonna just give me the head. So the vision isn't for us to give them anything, right?

1330
01:52:38,680 --> 01:52:45,820
So anything that that new leaf donates will be in addition to yeah, the vision is take most liability off the city

1331
01:52:45,820 --> 01:52:50,000
We're not providing gardening tools. We're not we're providing water and a plot. That's it

1332
01:52:51,280 --> 01:52:54,720
So it's up to them to grow and or kill whatever they choose to do

1333
01:52:55,840 --> 01:52:59,160
We were this that's not what's on the agenda today

1334
01:53:03,820 --> 01:53:07,800
And then shout out to Newleaf for the seeds, if you're going to be donating.

1335
01:53:08,560 --> 01:53:08,700
Awesome.

1336
01:53:10,600 --> 01:53:11,000
Okay.

1337
01:53:11,500 --> 01:53:11,640
I don't know.

1338
01:53:11,840 --> 01:53:12,740
We get a motion on that one.

1339
01:53:13,280 --> 01:53:13,680
All motion?

1340
01:53:14,180 --> 01:53:14,620
All second.

1341
01:53:15,260 --> 01:53:15,720
All in favor?

1342
01:53:16,060 --> 01:53:16,160
Hi.

1343
01:53:19,020 --> 01:53:23,140
For item seven, I want to first think Dr. K for sitting down before the meeting today.

1344
01:53:23,260 --> 01:53:25,060
So a lot of my questions were answered there.

1345
01:53:26,700 --> 01:53:31,460
But I did want to bring my concerns to the council just so if you can hear me.

1346
01:53:35,570 --> 01:53:43,650
My hesitation, use that word, in this contract is simply the same that I shared with Dr. K.

1347
01:53:47,840 --> 01:53:52,060
I don't like any organization that polices itself.

1348
01:53:53,400 --> 01:53:55,300
I don't think that the councilor's police itself.

1349
01:53:55,520 --> 01:53:58,100
I don't think that the city managers should police themselves.

1350
01:53:58,240 --> 01:53:59,580
I don't think the police should police themselves.

1351
01:53:59,860 --> 01:54:01,540
You all know, I'll speak on them all the time.

1352
01:54:01,540 --> 01:54:05,540
I get in trouble from the big sheriff guy about speaking on them all the time about policing themselves, right?

1353
01:54:05,700 --> 01:54:14,740
And so this contract to me on face value looks like we're bringing in an organization

1354
01:54:14,740 --> 01:54:18,760
that's already here doing a form of economic development.

1355
01:54:18,920 --> 01:54:24,260
What granted they have not touched on cannabis thus far.

1356
01:54:24,740 --> 01:54:29,920
We're bringing in another part of that same organization to then run cannabis not only.

1357
01:54:29,920 --> 01:54:38,440
let me scroll down. Not only are they going to be doing the economic development for cannabis,

1358
01:54:38,480 --> 01:54:44,080
right? Marketing and bringing in the new leases. They're then going to be tasked with making

1359
01:54:44,080 --> 01:54:46,480
sure those same people that they brought in are compliant.

1360
01:54:48,620 --> 01:54:50,840
That gives me cause for concern.

1361
01:54:52,680 --> 01:54:59,360
And only because of what was implied took place and some people have been convicted of what took

1362
01:54:59,360 --> 01:54:59,600
please.

1363
01:55:00,530 --> 01:55:30,370
Well, a long time ago, right? If we're not, if the same people, and I've said it before, so I'll just say it here publicly. I don't think I've ever said it publicly. I've said it to city manager. I've now said it to Dr. K. I'm pretty sure I've said it to at least two of you on this council. I never took issue with any economic and I do not take issue with any contracted economic developer taking money from wherever they get their money. As long as you bring the businesses in here, that's your job.

1364
01:55:30,890 --> 01:55:36,230
That's what we pay you to do. If a business then pays you to find them a city, I don't have

1365
01:55:36,230 --> 01:55:38,290
issue with that. You're a contractor.

1366
01:55:42,050 --> 01:55:44,510
What should happen then? The economic developer

1367
01:55:44,510 --> 01:55:49,270
brings in the business. Then the city has staff and or another contractor or whomever

1368
01:55:49,770 --> 01:55:54,010
that then ensures that this business that comes in is running properly, is compliant, is paying

1369
01:55:54,010 --> 01:56:01,290
their taxes, is building correctly all of those things. This contract reads to me that

1370
01:56:01,290 --> 01:56:05,830
That one organization, one contractor, is going to do all of those things.

1371
01:56:08,260 --> 01:56:09,620
And that, to me, is not safe.

1372
01:56:10,820 --> 01:56:16,080
While I think that Dr. K is an upstanding person, he's never giving me a read.

1373
01:56:16,180 --> 01:56:18,820
I don't have any, like, sometimes I'll be feeling something about people like, I don't

1374
01:56:18,820 --> 01:56:20,500
know why I don't like that person, but something, right?

1375
01:56:21,000 --> 01:56:22,420
I've never had that feeling with him.

1376
01:56:22,540 --> 01:56:27,440
I feel like he's always been straightforward, even when we disagreed today, right?

1377
01:56:27,600 --> 01:56:30,480
We were able to have that disagreement and move on, and life goes on.

1378
01:56:30,480 --> 01:56:32,540
And I mean, if you want to go to where we going,

1379
01:56:32,640 --> 01:56:33,820
Sizzlers later, I'm down, right?

1380
01:56:34,080 --> 01:56:39,240
But like, it just doesn't sit well with me

1381
01:56:39,240 --> 01:56:42,760
to have the people that are bringing in the,

1382
01:56:43,000 --> 01:56:44,080
maybe because it's cannabis.

1383
01:56:44,360 --> 01:56:45,920
Maybe it's the stigma of cannabis.

1384
01:56:46,140 --> 01:56:47,560
Maybe that's, you know, where it starts.

1385
01:56:48,660 --> 01:56:51,600
But it's already a complex, and then y'all have listed

1386
01:56:51,600 --> 01:56:53,580
that they're the only people anywhere near us

1387
01:56:53,580 --> 01:56:56,260
that can do the cool, they have the certification.

1388
01:56:56,260 --> 01:56:56,380
question,

1389
01:56:58,470 --> 01:57:05,930
it just doesn't seem like the safest thing to do in having then be the economic

1390
01:57:05,930 --> 01:57:10,650
developer for cannabis and then then be the compliance for cannabis and then be the

1391
01:57:10,650 --> 01:57:14,890
auditors for cannabis is just not a good look in my opinion.

1392
01:57:17,520 --> 01:57:18,080
Question.

1393
01:57:18,780 --> 01:57:19,000
Yes.

1394
01:57:19,400 --> 01:57:21,680
Dr. Gill, this would be for you.

1395
01:57:21,680 --> 01:57:24,160
So yes,

1396
01:57:26,870 --> 01:57:33,010
this company is doing according to what Councilwoman Evans was saying, the auditing,

1397
01:57:33,270 --> 01:57:38,070
the compliance, and so forth for the cannabis compliance.

1398
01:57:38,750 --> 01:57:44,390
But at the end of the day, all of that is still being audited by that third party firm,

1399
01:57:44,530 --> 01:57:44,790
correct?

1400
01:57:46,250 --> 01:57:53,950
So, good morning. First of all, thank you. It's good afternoon. And thank you for assigning

1401
01:57:53,950 --> 01:58:04,530
me with purchasing new albums for the Senior Centre. I do want to congratulate Taylor Swift

1402
01:58:04,530 --> 01:58:05,850
for getting engaged.

1403
01:58:11,510 --> 01:58:21,490
I want to start by saying that, you know, I recognize your concern.

1404
01:58:21,690 --> 01:58:31,630
I got to tell you this effort on the cannabis side is one that kind of has been lingering

1405
01:58:31,630 --> 01:58:37,290
honoring for a while the city has been trying, we had in house resources that have been trying

1406
01:58:37,290 --> 01:58:42,770
to do that and so on. A couple of times we got, the city got reached out to by the Department

1407
01:58:42,770 --> 01:58:48,010
of Cannabis Control because it wasn't, and I'm quoting a little bit the Wild West.

1408
01:58:50,290 --> 01:58:50,850
Now

1409
01:58:50,850 --> 01:58:59,610
within city code, what is described, is that there is a person that is called a cannabis

1410
01:58:59,610 --> 01:59:05,710
administrator. The cannabis administrator within city code is none other than the

1411
01:59:05,710 --> 01:59:12,210
director of finance of this city, okay? And so anything and everything that

1412
01:59:12,210 --> 01:59:18,370
happens within cannabis and its auditing and all of the revenue collection and

1413
01:59:18,370 --> 01:59:24,130
all of that falls at the department of finance. This contract assigns additional

1414
01:59:24,130 --> 01:59:34,590
labor to help that individual. Now, similar to bringing in, let's say, a hotel to the

1415
01:59:34,590 --> 01:59:40,890
city of Adelanto that would promise or to create a certain number of jobs that would

1416
01:59:40,890 --> 01:59:47,190
promise to bring a certain amount of taxes to the city and so on and so forth, that economic

1417
01:59:47,190 --> 01:59:52,330
development work should not stop the moment that the person is there. We need to continue

1418
01:59:52,330 --> 01:59:58,230
need to make sure that that hotel created the jobs and delivered the taxes and delivered

1419
01:59:58,230 --> 01:59:59,290
the community benefited.

1420
02:00:00,000 --> 02:00:02,080
And that's what this scope is about.

1421
02:00:04,600 --> 02:00:29,720
Any cash that gets collected, any revenue that gets collected, never touches the contractor, any delivery of reports all go through the finance department, and the city continues to be audited by the Poon Group, or whoever the third part of auditor is that this council ends up choosing, which we may have to choose one in the near future anyway.

1422
02:00:29,720 --> 02:00:32,800
because every couple of years you need to switch it by law.

1423
02:00:33,340 --> 02:00:35,680
And so I hope that answers the question.

1424
02:00:36,340 --> 02:00:40,960
Yes, this contract essentially assigns additional resources

1425
02:00:41,410 --> 02:00:43,080
to help the cannabis administrator.

1426
02:00:43,700 --> 02:00:47,320
Anything gets audited by a third-party company, as always.

1427
02:00:48,040 --> 02:00:51,000
And so the intent of this, it's really a project.

1428
02:00:51,720 --> 02:00:54,800
We have, and I pulled it out a while and we were at the end.

1429
02:00:55,040 --> 02:00:56,860
So let's see if it recognizes my face.

1430
02:00:56,860 --> 02:01:03,920
I took some sun while I was walking to the center center, there was, I apologize, there

1431
02:01:03,920 --> 02:01:13,500
are 782 permits that have been aggregated already, there are around 118 operators in

1432
02:01:13,500 --> 02:01:19,840
the city, each operator averages around 2.5 permits, some have 4 permits, some have just

1433
02:01:19,840 --> 02:01:24,220
a single permit in house, and all of that happens on an annual basis.

1434
02:01:24,220 --> 02:01:28,300
is clearly a city that has 28 employees struggling to do that.

1435
02:01:28,440 --> 02:01:29,540
But I understand you're concerned.

1436
02:01:30,320 --> 02:01:32,540
And however, this needs to be divided,

1437
02:01:33,000 --> 02:01:35,380
this, you know, I have no comments on it said

1438
02:01:35,380 --> 02:01:36,720
at the Council's leisure.

1439
02:01:38,880 --> 02:01:39,700
Thank you for that explanation.

1440
02:01:40,580 --> 02:01:42,080
That was, this is my question.

1441
02:01:42,180 --> 02:01:43,220
Is this, at the end of the day,

1442
02:01:44,180 --> 02:01:48,360
the auditing and compliance is still being overseen

1443
02:01:48,740 --> 02:01:49,940
and approved by the Pong Group?

1444
02:01:50,500 --> 02:01:50,920
Yes, sir.

1445
02:01:51,260 --> 02:01:51,760
Yeah, yeah.

1446
02:01:51,980 --> 02:01:54,500
We have, the city has in house, what's called,

1447
02:01:54,500 --> 02:02:01,460
In-house auditors which are currently rams, there's another company that is getting more involved now

1448
02:02:01,460 --> 02:02:07,800
And then we have external auditors which is the Poon Group. So you met Gardinia and the Rams Group, and then there is the Poon Group

1449
02:02:07,800 --> 02:02:12,920
So what this is going to be is this is going to be the quote-unquote auditors

1450
02:02:13,520 --> 02:02:19,060
For the cannabis section of a just so we have rams or the other auditors do the rest of the city

1451
02:02:19,060 --> 02:02:23,100
I think what we really get hung up on here is the word audit.

1452
02:02:23,880 --> 02:02:31,820
It's really paperwork collection and storage that can be audited if needed, right?

1453
02:02:32,940 --> 02:02:38,080
And so maybe the use of audit is what triggers at Councilwoman Evans, and maybe we should use

1454
02:02:38,080 --> 02:02:39,980
a different word to spread that word.

1455
02:02:40,160 --> 02:02:40,940
Audit's a great word for me.

1456
02:02:41,160 --> 02:02:41,680
Okay, very good.

1457
02:02:41,820 --> 02:02:42,220
Audit at all.

1458
02:02:42,380 --> 02:02:42,920
Yes, ma'am.

1459
02:02:43,940 --> 02:02:46,280
I think that good point, right?

1460
02:02:46,280 --> 02:02:51,800
But if we're being real my understanding is that our cannabis audits are three years behind

1461
02:02:53,480 --> 02:02:59,300
So it doesn't do us any I mean like that's great that some a third party is gonna audit it at some point

1462
02:02:59,300 --> 02:03:04,840
But as we saw when we first came in and we got our first audit finally done is we're gonna write off three million dollars

1463
02:03:04,840 --> 02:03:06,280
Like what do you mean write it off to what?

1464
02:03:07,500 --> 02:03:13,260
Right so we we can that's great. It's wonderful that we have a third party auditor. That's awesome

1465
02:03:14,340 --> 02:03:18,260
But at what point, and again, to our conversation earlier, I appreciate the fact that there's

1466
02:03:18,260 --> 02:03:23,140
going to be reports coming back to us every month, just like a water report and the permit

1467
02:03:23,140 --> 02:03:26,400
report and all of those reports, which is beneficial, right?

1468
02:03:27,620 --> 02:03:37,110
It just, I mean, it just, I don't like the look of it, I don't like people policing themselves.

1469
02:03:37,530 --> 02:03:39,090
I don't like any organization policing themselves.

1470
02:03:40,010 --> 02:03:46,170
and outside of and so it's going to take them four years or however long it takes them to get to this year

1471
02:03:46,170 --> 02:03:51,030
because we got three years to still catch up on before we can even look at what this new contractor is doing.

1472
02:03:52,730 --> 02:03:54,450
You see what I'm saying? It's going to be a meme.

1473
02:03:55,750 --> 02:03:56,530
He says no.

1474
02:03:56,930 --> 02:04:08,010
The intent is that we catch up on historical audits which means saving all of the paperwork that is needed

1475
02:04:08,010 --> 02:04:12,970
from every contractor within the next few months comes a woman.

1476
02:04:13,270 --> 02:04:16,750
And then thereafter, it's ongoing compliance,

1477
02:04:17,730 --> 02:04:19,590
it's support of the businesses.

1478
02:04:20,110 --> 02:04:27,290
Look, the reality is that the cannabis department brings this city a lot of money, right?

1479
02:04:28,130 --> 02:04:32,470
And we need that money in order to survive, if nothing else.

1480
02:04:33,030 --> 02:04:36,830
The market is tough right now, and those operators are struggling.

1481
02:04:36,830 --> 02:04:44,370
What we're seeing is that other municipalities are lowering their taxes and their fees in order to retain those operators.

1482
02:04:44,730 --> 02:04:54,670
In the city of Long Beach, they were only able, they had to write off to your point, they had to write off something like two thirds of overdue fees.

1483
02:04:55,310 --> 02:04:59,970
Because the cannabis operators just say, hey, you want to collect? I'm just closing. I'm walking.

1484
02:05:00,760 --> 02:05:29,140
That's the marketplace that we have right now. We have a lot of illegal growth that the sheriff is fighting with. And so, I think if nothing else, there's a need to hand hold it. I will parallel, if I may, another department, which is our business license department outsourced to a company called HDL that does that all around the state. And they do all of the auditing and reporting for our business licenses.

1485
02:05:29,140 --> 02:05:35,380
All of the outreach, all of the licensing, all of the balancing, just providing and

1486
02:05:35,380 --> 02:05:39,120
month and report, and actually they collect the money, too, which in this case wouldn't

1487
02:05:39,120 --> 02:05:39,400
happen.

1488
02:05:39,680 --> 02:05:42,320
There's a separation of church and state here.

1489
02:05:42,820 --> 02:05:50,020
And so here's another parallel of another company which are currently in place and are

1490
02:05:50,020 --> 02:05:50,780
doing it very successfully.

1491
02:05:51,600 --> 02:05:51,760
Awesome.

1492
02:05:52,180 --> 02:05:55,660
Last question for me is how many other cities have you guys already started since you got

1493
02:05:55,660 --> 02:05:56,180
your certificate?

1494
02:05:56,180 --> 02:05:59,540
How many other cities have you guys started working with their cannabis department?

1495
02:05:59,800 --> 02:06:06,100
We have two other cities that there's two other cities where that is in place but not

1496
02:06:06,100 --> 02:06:06,700
to that degree.

1497
02:06:07,080 --> 02:06:07,280
Okay.

1498
02:06:07,740 --> 02:06:08,220
Thank you.

1499
02:06:08,640 --> 02:06:13,040
And mainly because most cities don't have as many licensees as you have.

1500
02:06:13,540 --> 02:06:17,680
It's kind of, it could be handled, but not to that degree.

1501
02:06:24,080 --> 02:06:30,880
We got to change what we're doing right now, right, because we're three years behind.

1502
02:06:31,500 --> 02:06:35,900
We need to invest in this team to get us caught up, just like our audits for everything

1503
02:06:35,900 --> 02:06:37,500
else have been caught up in the last few years.

1504
02:06:39,640 --> 02:06:41,880
And if they do something wrong, it's totally on them.

1505
02:06:43,700 --> 02:06:44,720
There's no liability.

1506
02:06:44,720 --> 02:06:55,360
So whatever shady people are out there here before or whatever this doesn't come back on our cities so much where it's our employees. It's someone else and I rather them

1507
02:06:56,640 --> 02:07:06,000
Take the burden of that on and we'll pay them to take that burden on and get us out. It's done. So that's kind of how I read this contract is cool. Get it done

1508
02:07:06,000 --> 02:07:08,380
And if you do something wrong, you're gonna get hammered, but I

1509
02:07:09,560 --> 02:07:15,420
I see nothing wrong with this, and again, it's a cut in pace of what we're doing, and it's working everywhere else, so thank you.

1510
02:07:17,140 --> 02:07:18,220
Thank you, Mr. Mayor.

1511
02:07:21,760 --> 02:07:31,080
So I agree with a lot of what was said, and one thing that I do appreciate about this council is the honesty, right?

1512
02:07:31,780 --> 02:07:34,100
That's not holding anything back. Let's put it out there on the table.

1513
02:07:35,940 --> 02:07:45,600
Councilwoman Evans, there's two things that I feel that you said that I 100% agree with and is the reason why I'm going to lean and I'm okay with this.

1514
02:07:46,160 --> 02:07:52,460
Absolutely right when you've said about the stigma. Right 100% there's a stigma when it comes to like that cannabis realm.

1515
02:07:53,080 --> 02:07:58,300
I feel we've been doing an amazing job at erasing that stigma with the steps that we've been taking.

1516
02:07:58,300 --> 02:08:03,180
And I know for a fact that previous administration served for

1517
02:08:03,180 --> 02:08:07,440
what maybe two and a half, three years before they went away very quickly.

1518
02:08:07,820 --> 02:08:09,280
And we all know where they went away to.

1519
02:08:12,290 --> 02:08:15,770
The City of Alonanto has been under amazing leadership since 2018.

1520
02:08:16,210 --> 02:08:18,850
And has been on nothing but an uptrend.

1521
02:08:20,330 --> 02:08:25,310
Whatever's being done, whatever moves are being made behind closed doors,

1522
02:08:25,590 --> 02:08:29,510
in front of the closed doors, it's working, right?

1523
02:08:29,510 --> 02:08:39,050
It's working the people that city manager that you're choosing to bring in whether it's you know through the direction of the council or not

1524
02:08:41,230 --> 02:08:50,450
It's working, man. You're choosing the right people that really excuse my language give a damn about our city and want to see our city succeed

1525
02:08:52,030 --> 02:08:57,590
Especially when you're taking consideration what we've been through and the the crap that was

1526
02:08:57,590 --> 02:09:03,410
is the plate of crap that was handed over to this council back in 2018.

1527
02:09:04,910 --> 02:09:10,970
Then you also mentioned which I'm leaning more on is the feeling that you get about

1528
02:09:10,970 --> 02:09:11,710
certain people, right?

1529
02:09:11,890 --> 02:09:19,450
Until today, Dr. Gill has not given you a reason to distrust, and that's huge because we've

1530
02:09:19,450 --> 02:09:22,670
been colleagues and friends for a long time, and I know you've met people within a day

1531
02:09:23,910 --> 02:09:29,870
And you've been, and you've been right, you know, for that reason alone,

1532
02:09:32,170 --> 02:09:40,550
I want to give you this, I want to continue to give you the trust because you haven't done anything, and he's been on board with us what three years now.

1533
02:09:41,330 --> 02:09:54,110
I don't know exactly more, you know, it feels like a long time, but you have not given me any reason to not believe you with handing over my baby.

1534
02:09:54,530 --> 02:09:59,970
Right? Handing you my baby and taking care of it. So, I trust in you.

1535
02:10:00,500 --> 02:10:11,000
I trust that you will continue to make the moves of integrity, right? If you decide to do some dirty, you're going to jail. I'm not going to jail, right time.

1536
02:10:13,900 --> 02:10:15,200
Yeah, I have no comment.

1537
02:10:20,350 --> 02:10:29,950
You're already invested and you got skin in the game when it comes to the city of Adelante, right? You know what needs to be done. You've been in the books, you've been in the numbers, you've been in everything, right?

1538
02:10:31,770 --> 02:10:36,890
I'm going to continue to lean on that and I'm going to continue to go on my gut and I'm going to let the results speak for themselves.

1539
02:10:37,630 --> 02:10:47,050
And if you're continuing to deliver results that continue keeping us on that uptrend, the man, take it.

1540
02:10:47,050 --> 02:10:55,150
Right, but please continue to treat I don't like your baby because we're still fragile we're still sensitive. We're still in a very

1541
02:10:58,190 --> 02:10:58,990
growing phase

1542
02:10:59,750 --> 02:11:05,550
Right, but I am confident and I feel good and I trust that two years from now, three years from now, four years from now

1543
02:11:05,550 --> 02:11:11,090
We're going to be able to look back and we're going to be like we gave this guy the shot even though we didn't maybe feel like it

1544
02:11:11,090 --> 02:11:16,550
But we gave this guy the shot and he continued to do the right thing and continued to go upwards. So

1545
02:11:17,690 --> 02:11:24,430
because of those two things I'm okay but I always know that there's people in

1546
02:11:24,430 --> 02:11:29,850
the background watching so we will be policing you're being policed right

1547
02:11:30,950 --> 02:11:32,870
that's all got me thank

1548
02:11:35,650 --> 02:11:39,590
you for answering all the questions you want to say

1549
02:11:39,590 --> 02:11:44,250
motion or I look for motion motion member T can I give you can we get a second

1550
02:11:44,250 --> 02:11:55,230
I'll second all in favor. No, but little hate me and I still think you're great. And unlike Councilman Maysa said, prove me wrong.

1551
02:11:56,630 --> 02:11:59,330
Prove us right, doctor. Prove them right. Prove me wrong.

1552
02:11:59,910 --> 02:12:08,330
I was right. All righty. All along to public until the authority consent calendar. Again, routine and nature non-controversial.

1553
02:12:08,990 --> 02:12:09,350
All right.

1554
02:12:09,350 --> 02:12:10,330
All right.

1555
02:12:12,820 --> 02:12:13,140
All right.

1556
02:12:14,200 --> 02:12:14,520
All right.

1557
02:12:14,520 --> 02:12:17,760
Madam City Court, did we get, did we approve the consent calendar, the rest of it?

1558
02:12:17,880 --> 02:12:18,080
All right.

1559
02:12:18,120 --> 02:12:18,920
That's what he just did right now.

1560
02:12:19,180 --> 02:12:21,160
Well, he did, I think the first one and then we did.

1561
02:12:21,260 --> 02:12:22,380
Oh, you already did the first, okay.

1562
02:12:22,580 --> 02:12:22,780
Yeah.

1563
02:12:22,960 --> 02:12:24,660
And then very beginning and then they pulled them.

1564
02:12:24,940 --> 02:12:25,200
No.

1565
02:12:25,460 --> 02:12:25,640
No.

1566
02:12:25,720 --> 02:12:26,180
I thought we approved.

1567
02:12:26,520 --> 02:12:26,760
No.

1568
02:12:26,860 --> 02:12:27,380
The project.

1569
02:12:27,820 --> 02:12:29,180
I thought you were just approving the regular consent.

1570
02:12:29,300 --> 02:12:30,920
We did not approve the everything else.

1571
02:12:31,280 --> 02:12:31,440
Yeah.

1572
02:12:31,620 --> 02:12:32,260
We didn't approve it.

1573
02:12:33,320 --> 02:12:33,900
My father.

1574
02:12:34,000 --> 02:12:36,220
That's what I pulled and discussed before approving.

1575
02:12:36,400 --> 02:12:36,640
Yes.

1576
02:12:36,640 --> 02:12:42,740
Yes. All right. So I'm motion. I'm motion that we approve the consent calendar. All in favor. All right.

1577
02:12:42,740 --> 02:12:49,180
All right. Usually we approve. I know, but you didn't. You may want to make sure that you want to get. You guys are going to be quick.

1578
02:12:49,480 --> 02:12:54,160
I'm tripping. Yeah. They got me confused as being quick. Now moving on to the APUA.

1579
02:12:55,280 --> 02:12:57,520
Items again are reaching in nature. Now come to the restaurant.

1580
02:12:58,980 --> 02:13:04,560
No, can we not? Because I apologize. So if you all want to do that, then I'll have to vote no on an item.

1581
02:13:04,560 --> 02:13:09,220
Or if you would wouldn't mind rescinding that whole transaction and redoing that

1582
02:13:10,760 --> 02:13:13,000
I know because I thought we were voting for the first

1583
02:13:14,680 --> 02:13:18,220
Reflect for the record that you're a no on which one the sewer well

1584
02:13:18,220 --> 02:13:20,160
I might not be how you know what I'm going to see

1585
02:13:20,160 --> 02:13:23,020
You already you'll see the issue. I'm seeing

1586
02:13:24,160 --> 02:13:26,960
It wasn't even too. So I look y'all doing to

1587
02:13:26,960 --> 02:13:30,320
You want to do APU is he want to point item on APU? Oh, yes, please

1588
02:13:30,320 --> 02:13:35,240
please. What are you going to say, why not? Well, I know, but because we already

1589
02:13:35,240 --> 02:13:40,280
voted like Mayor Potomac. Well, we went back. I got you. Okay. Okay. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.

1590
02:13:40,400 --> 02:13:40,400
Hold on.

1591
02:13:42,750 --> 02:13:50,030
So yes, Brenda. Thank you. I am definitely a no on two. No. I'm sorry on

1592
02:13:50,590 --> 02:13:58,370
yes, two, but I need to pull four. Please for discussion. So no one to pull four for

1593
02:13:58,370 --> 02:13:58,790
discussion. Yes.

1594
02:14:01,410 --> 02:14:06,570
Number four. Finance should be on the line. Diana, are you on the line?

1595
02:14:07,810 --> 02:14:11,910
And I apologize city manager. I spent too much time with Dr. K this morning. I didn't get to you

1596
02:14:11,910 --> 02:14:18,350
to ask these questions. She's not. Diana, can you come down here? And I don't. Yeah.

1597
02:14:24,110 --> 02:14:27,910
If Diana is coming down, do you want to approve the rest of the APUA consent?

1598
02:14:28,430 --> 02:14:34,870
I'm motion that we approve APUA. Second. All in favor? Hi. We'll just pull that for discussion

1599
02:14:34,870 --> 02:14:39,130
forward and move on and you know what I'm sorry mayor we don't even do that I'll just I'll just vote

1600
02:14:39,130 --> 02:14:44,450
no on four vote no on for yeah we can move on so you know on two and four correct got it got it

1601
02:14:44,450 --> 02:14:52,390
new business community action partnership uh San Bernardino County 60th anniversary gala sponsorship

1602
02:14:52,950 --> 02:14:59,970
real quick um Todd for the record because I am a board member for and can be action partners but I am not

1603
02:15:00,000 --> 02:15:29,920
I don't receive any kind of financial contributions from them, but because I am a board member, would this be a good time to reduce myself? It would, and like we discussed, you likely don't have a conflict, but I think just given the perception in this case, you should be careful yourself. We'll sit in the corner. City manager, turn it over to you, sir. Thank you. Mayor Ray is on the council. Last at the last regular schedule, city council meeting, we have the community action.

1604
02:15:29,920 --> 02:15:34,540
in partnership, members or a member show up

1605
02:15:34,540 --> 02:15:35,840
and provide us with a presentation,

1606
02:15:36,400 --> 02:15:39,260
explained all the benefits that they provide

1607
02:15:40,120 --> 02:15:42,380
our residents, but not only our residents,

1608
02:15:43,160 --> 02:15:45,340
on a statewide level.

1609
02:15:46,220 --> 02:15:51,160
And so councilwoman up to Grove is requesting,

1610
02:15:52,820 --> 02:15:54,260
the council's support a donation

1611
02:15:54,260 --> 02:15:57,660
in the amount above, I believe $10,000

1612
02:15:57,660 --> 02:16:02,380
for one of their upcoming events.

1613
02:16:03,480 --> 02:16:12,060
And so we heard a day to see if the council is open to that suggestion of a $10,000 donation for their upcoming.

1614
02:16:12,220 --> 02:16:14,960
I'm going to call it Gala, or a-

1615
02:16:14,960 --> 02:16:20,180
It is a Gala, and they do have the item attached, the sponsorship deck.

1616
02:16:20,780 --> 02:16:21,440
Thank you, Brenda.

1617
02:16:22,820 --> 02:16:24,320
That concludes my report.

1618
02:16:24,540 --> 02:16:25,740
All righty, council questions.

1619
02:16:26,800 --> 02:16:33,720
I don't have any questions. Actually, I was before hearing what the specific ask was. I was

1620
02:16:33,720 --> 02:16:38,700
looking between the five and 10,000 sponsorship. I think that what it boils down to is what

1621
02:16:38,700 --> 02:16:45,600
we get out of it, right? And what we feel is worth the quote-unquote name recognition we

1622
02:16:45,600 --> 02:16:48,660
would get, right? So in the $10,000 sponsorship, we would get four tickets. I don't know if

1623
02:16:48,660 --> 02:16:51,680
all of y'all want to go, but I'm assuming her ticket is comped, right? So that would get

1624
02:16:51,680 --> 02:16:57,780
all of us in, the Entry Recognition and Signage at their event, the full-page Gala Program

1625
02:16:57,780 --> 02:17:04,940
booklet ad, recognition on their social media platform, the sponsor's name engraved

1626
02:17:04,940 --> 02:17:08,540
on a friendship T-leaf, right, that's going to be displayed at their office.

1627
02:17:09,120 --> 02:17:12,640
And then for the next six months, we would have our logo on their website.

1628
02:17:12,640 --> 02:17:17,880
So I think that's worth $10,000, I think we've given $10,000 for less return.

1629
02:17:19,000 --> 02:17:22,120
and so I would be in support of her ask.

1630
02:17:23,080 --> 02:17:23,900
That's what makes them.

1631
02:17:24,920 --> 02:17:28,320
I think $10,000 is cool, even if we got nothing back,

1632
02:17:28,500 --> 02:17:29,520
they already give so much.

1633
02:17:30,100 --> 02:17:33,660
And so this is a bonus on what they already do

1634
02:17:33,660 --> 02:17:34,280
for our community.

1635
02:17:34,980 --> 02:17:37,680
I mean, the only one competing them with them right now is,

1636
02:17:37,780 --> 02:17:38,700
well, there's two.

1637
02:17:38,840 --> 02:17:43,280
There's the one that was just in here and new leaves.

1638
02:17:43,620 --> 02:17:47,180
So those, they're right there killing it

1639
02:17:47,180 --> 02:17:51,840
And in our city, so, um, yes, for me, so, yep.

1640
02:17:52,240 --> 02:17:52,540
In between.

1641
02:17:53,040 --> 02:17:53,220
Hey,

1642
02:18:00,410 --> 02:18:01,310
I'm not going to be a hater.

1643
02:18:01,990 --> 02:18:02,550
I'm not.

1644
02:18:03,490 --> 02:18:04,930
But I'm not going to think of my heart.

1645
02:18:05,010 --> 02:18:07,470
And I'm going to ask the bank, first of all.

1646
02:18:07,530 --> 02:18:10,110
If, um, do we, do we?

1647
02:18:16,350 --> 02:18:19,930
So I know we have, we have the Christmas parade coming up.

1648
02:18:20,130 --> 02:18:21,790
We've got movies in the park coming up.

1649
02:18:23,250 --> 02:18:25,090
What is our balance looking like?

1650
02:18:25,090 --> 02:18:30,750
Is it before we just agreed to $10,000 is something that we're can we afford it?

1651
02:18:31,310 --> 02:18:35,730
I don't know if there's another if we talked about a we talked about a harvest festival as well.

1652
02:18:36,970 --> 02:18:41,830
I want to say at this time we probably have about $25,000 in there.

1653
02:18:43,450 --> 02:18:47,730
Then we'll deduct the items for the community garden.

1654
02:18:48,190 --> 02:18:53,430
So we are getting low in that and that fund we do ask for donations,

1655
02:18:53,430 --> 02:18:55,710
questions, you know, for the Christmas parade and such.

1656
02:18:57,130 --> 02:19:00,150
So we need to get those letters out, the sponsorship letters out.

1657
02:19:01,370 --> 02:19:08,390
Yes, Mr. Mayor Maye, members of the council, I want to remind you that we recently had

1658
02:19:08,390 --> 02:19:11,330
an auction, okay, and it hasn't been brought to you.

1659
02:19:12,110 --> 02:19:20,170
We will be bringing that total amount that was that we raised correction.

1660
02:19:20,350 --> 02:19:20,690
Thank you.

1661
02:19:20,690 --> 02:19:26,470
That we raised at our next Raider Schedule Council meeting where you'll be able to move those monies around an

1662
02:19:27,190 --> 02:19:36,770
Estimate the estimated amount that was raised was approximately 70 between 70 and $75,000 total to the city

1663
02:19:43,020 --> 02:19:48,840
So just wanted to remind you of that

1664
02:19:49,880 --> 02:19:55,920
So even looking at right now, even if we gave the 10 and took the five out for the

1665
02:19:55,920 --> 02:19:59,980
SSA, the Community Garden, then the five out for movies in the park. I know it's not that much.

1666
02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:29,800
Thank you very much, but I should say five, then the ten, that leads us to the five. And you know what? I'm going to agree to it because I'm going to come back and ask for some money for some artwork. So, so that, so just render 19 and then put 10, then put the nine, um, how much is the movies in the park? Can you get my dogger thing? We'd like to ask them if so. Can I, can I marry our Brenna? So it's safe to estimate five mayor, right? It's on a, it's on a high side because the, the amount for the licensing

1667
02:20:30,300 --> 02:20:32,220
and then the waters and the candies.

1668
02:20:35,870 --> 02:20:37,750
So we're at four, right?

1669
02:20:38,310 --> 02:20:40,570
If, and it's not included in our crisis parade.

1670
02:20:40,570 --> 02:20:42,090
It's not including Chris Spray, correct?

1671
02:20:42,290 --> 02:20:47,170
So with the 25 taking away the six for the community garden,

1672
02:20:47,590 --> 02:20:48,650
puts us down to 19.

1673
02:20:48,910 --> 02:20:52,450
We do this 10 for this that puts down a nine,

1674
02:20:53,050 --> 02:20:55,570
five for the movies in the park that was done at four

1675
02:20:56,550 --> 02:20:58,330
and typical Chris is prayed.

1676
02:20:58,330 --> 02:21:03,890
If we were to move it back to Seneca this year, what are we looking at?

1677
02:21:04,070 --> 02:21:04,850
40,000.

1678
02:21:05,010 --> 02:21:05,850
40,000 dollars.

1679
02:21:06,430 --> 02:21:13,210
So a typical crisis period costs about 40 grand, and we're at $4,000 right now.

1680
02:21:14,030 --> 02:21:14,130
So.

1681
02:21:15,030 --> 02:21:17,270
Do we normally get most of that sponsored?

1682
02:21:18,810 --> 02:21:21,590
We'll probably get about 2,500 sponsored for the day.

1683
02:21:21,590 --> 02:21:22,130
2,500?

1684
02:21:22,470 --> 02:21:22,850
Yes.

1685
02:21:23,190 --> 02:21:24,530
After sending out all our letters.

1686
02:21:28,180 --> 02:21:32,380
But again, as the city manager stated that we could move the auction money.

1687
02:21:33,140 --> 02:21:39,780
Right, for the crisis parade, and I hear, and I hear us on that, but you already said that you're forward.

1688
02:21:40,160 --> 02:21:47,400
So, community action partners, this is a gala, so they're raising money,

1689
02:21:49,560 --> 02:21:50,980
they're raising money.

1690
02:21:55,210 --> 02:21:57,770
To continue to provide the services they provide to our residents.

1691
02:22:03,110 --> 02:22:06,110
Mr. Mayor, members of the council, may I?

1692
02:22:06,110 --> 02:22:06,250
Yeah.

1693
02:22:06,970 --> 02:22:10,730
I want to remind the council back in 2018, 19,

1694
02:22:11,010 --> 02:22:14,930
or actually when COVID hit, that was what, 1920?

1695
02:22:16,270 --> 02:22:19,670
Mr. Mayor, you reached out and you reached out

1696
02:22:19,670 --> 02:22:22,090
and the Community Action Partnership showed up

1697
02:22:22,090 --> 02:22:27,110
to the stadium and provided very much needed food bank

1698
02:22:27,110 --> 02:22:31,210
for our residents that were heavily negatively impacted

1699
02:22:31,210 --> 02:22:33,690
by the COVID pandemic.

1700
02:22:34,130 --> 02:22:36,810
A lot of folks were out of employment,

1701
02:22:39,190 --> 02:22:42,230
and they showed up at your request, Mr. Mayor,

1702
02:22:42,390 --> 02:22:44,790
and you fed not only did you feed the residents

1703
02:22:44,790 --> 02:22:46,890
of Adalanta, but you fed also residents

1704
02:22:46,890 --> 02:22:48,950
of the neighboring cities.

1705
02:22:50,050 --> 02:22:54,230
And I don't think my issue is necessarily giving

1706
02:22:54,950 --> 02:22:58,030
community action partners the sponsorship, right?

1707
02:22:58,030 --> 02:23:02,610
because like you made mentioned councilman Evans earlier and your statements

1708
02:23:02,610 --> 02:23:12,630
with this like we've gotten less from more from who well when we gave the

1709
02:23:12,630 --> 02:23:16,650
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce he does nothing for us can I finish before you

1710
02:23:16,650 --> 02:23:21,430
can I yeah let me finish like I just want to hear no what I'm actually agreeing

1711
02:23:21,430 --> 02:23:27,470
with her statement in regards to I am saying we gave $10,000 we gave $10,000 to

1712
02:23:30,950 --> 02:23:38,370
No, not the chamber. I'm talking the highest of the VVC thing. Ms. Bell, what is she?

1713
02:23:38,770 --> 02:23:45,710
The DVL. DVL and they've done nothing for our community. They don't even visit our

1714
02:23:45,710 --> 02:23:52,910
community. Thank you. So, like, I'm a green with with that, but it's just like only reason

1715
02:23:52,910 --> 02:23:59,930
why I'm being hesitant, council, is I'm a hesitant on giving them this money, but we need to be

1716
02:23:59,930 --> 02:24:07,550
hesitant and just how quickly we just give money away to other organizations when like we have

1717
02:24:07,550 --> 02:24:15,110
limited amount of funds, right? I'm trying to stress the fact that it's hard work to raise

1718
02:24:15,110 --> 02:24:21,270
money to our benefit court as a collective and we have a lot of ambitions and things in this

1719
02:24:21,270 --> 02:24:27,710
and the third, we had Mayor Pro Tem jokingly but very seriously say, well I'll support this because I want to go and pay more boxes like

1720
02:24:28,270 --> 02:24:34,350
We all want to do a lot of things but no one is collectively putting money back into that account if it's not for

1721
02:24:35,350 --> 02:24:38,210
And of course it's your job city manager, but like

1722
02:24:39,810 --> 02:24:45,130
I'm just saying let's be more cautious on just how quickly we're trying to give away

1723
02:24:45,130 --> 02:24:55,110
10 grand and 10 grand and 5 grand to things that are not directly like benefiting our community that's that's my point in this.

1724
02:24:55,410 --> 02:24:59,710
I agree with you 100% I think we just said two organizations right now that.

1725
02:25:00,000 --> 02:25:28,660
We could be in agreement in that don't do anything for our city. So I just think community action partners has done this for years without us giving them anything or them even asking for anything. And they should be part of our also our other. The other fun we talked about when they were here as well. If the CBDG funding, right, those should be, like I said, we got three organizations right now that are really doing something in our city.

1726
02:25:29,520 --> 02:25:34,980
at a top-notch level. There's other little ones and they're doing what they can do, but there's three

1727
02:25:35,400 --> 02:25:41,840
that are deserving of these kind of rewards. All right, with that being said, I'll go ahead and

1728
02:25:41,840 --> 02:25:48,680
avoid. Can you repeat what comes with that sponsorship real quick, please? Yes, sir. And if you have

1729
02:25:48,680 --> 02:25:55,100
your agenda, it's all with the bottom. So in the silver advocate sponsorship, $10,000, you get four

1730
02:25:55,100 --> 02:26:02,600
For tickets for guests, on-screen recognition and signage at the event, full page ad in

1731
02:26:02,600 --> 02:26:09,180
Gala program booklet, recognition on social media platforms, sponsors name engraved on

1732
02:26:09,180 --> 02:26:18,420
a friendship T-leaf displayed at the CAPSBC office, website recognition, dash logo displayed

1733
02:26:18,420 --> 02:26:22,000
on CAPSBC website for six months.

1734
02:26:22,000 --> 02:26:22,860
All

1735
02:26:29,580 --> 02:26:31,780
right, I'm going to go ahead and open up public comment here at 127.

1736
02:26:37,430 --> 02:26:38,930
I'm going to go ahead and close it at 127.

1737
02:26:39,310 --> 02:26:40,490
Councilor needed further comments.

1738
02:26:42,050 --> 02:26:48,010
No, I just want to say just to throw it out there just so we're on the same page,

1739
02:26:48,010 --> 02:26:52,970
what I'm thinking is the bar boxes are cool.

1740
02:26:54,630 --> 02:26:59,590
Even the parade's fun, but this is feeding our community, right?

1741
02:26:59,590 --> 02:27:13,650
So all those other things are always things are like, the last touch of a city that oh, and we're going to paint the boxes, you know, but if we're not feeding our residents, what are we doing painting boxes, right?

1742
02:27:13,970 --> 02:27:21,730
And that's kind of where I want to make sure we take care of people who are actually and they are doing this for years. I just want to throw that one more time.

1743
02:27:21,730 --> 02:27:33,060
So I'll move that we approve the sponsorship for $10,000 to the S, I'm sorry to the CAP, SBC, Galis, 60th anniversary.

1744
02:27:33,840 --> 02:27:35,600
I'll second. All in favor?

1745
02:27:36,160 --> 02:27:36,240
Aye.

1746
02:27:37,660 --> 02:27:37,840
Aye.

1747
02:27:39,100 --> 02:27:39,960
No, I'm ready.

1748
02:27:40,520 --> 02:27:41,980
And that is all.

1749
02:27:43,020 --> 02:27:44,060
Future agenda.

1750
02:27:44,420 --> 02:27:46,580
You want to cross on the bridge?

1751
02:27:53,070 --> 02:27:55,950
I don't think of necessarily your motion.

1752
02:27:55,950 --> 02:28:00,890
I think it was the item for sure

1753
02:28:03,690 --> 02:28:06,730
And painting the boxes is mentally feeding okay

1754
02:28:07,790 --> 02:28:10,710
Bro, it mentally drained me when I didn't see my Dodger one up

1755
02:28:11,710 --> 02:28:16,550
Okay, when I hold around I saw there was like somebody sliding but it wasn't Dodger. I was like that. I can do it

1756
02:28:16,550 --> 02:28:18,430
I'll put it down. I'll put a Dodger sticker

1757
02:28:18,430 --> 02:28:19,470
I can keep the mine coming.

1758
02:28:19,650 --> 02:28:21,170
You could, graffiti it with Dodgers.

1759
02:28:21,730 --> 02:28:23,870
All right, Councilor Nevins, featuring Nevins.

1760
02:28:24,170 --> 02:28:27,570
Yes, I've brought this item before council before it hasn't

1761
02:28:27,570 --> 02:28:29,530
been brought back, so now I'm going to put a time stamp on it.

1762
02:28:29,590 --> 02:28:33,710
Please, city manager, I do believe after I've actually

1763
02:28:33,710 --> 02:28:40,630
had some great council from people that we have come up

1764
02:28:40,630 --> 02:28:46,150
with the proper, perfect solution to not

1765
02:28:46,150 --> 02:28:51,110
have to put up another measure for a vacant land, but still accomplish the

1766
02:28:51,110 --> 02:28:57,570
mission. So I would ask that's brought back on the next agenda. Please can

1767
02:28:57,570 --> 02:29:00,930
I get a say? You might want to repeat it. I remember what it was but it was

1768
02:29:00,930 --> 02:29:04,970
about finding or something with the vacant lands already. Yeah so we had brought

1769
02:29:04,970 --> 02:29:10,700
that up before it's been on the agenda. I'm sorry can we clarify what we're

1770
02:29:10,700 --> 02:29:15,020
trying to accomplish. Yeah, I was like an action item, discussion and action.

1771
02:29:15,100 --> 02:29:22,280
Yep, discussion and action on a policy. I'm learning good words, Ty, which

1772
02:29:22,280 --> 02:29:31,420
will be in trouble. A policy that will put in place to address vacant land

1773
02:29:31,420 --> 02:29:34,260
properties. That's how I would like to work. I'll second.

1774
02:29:37,610 --> 02:29:40,290
All the favorite side. And

1775
02:29:40,290 --> 02:29:46,310
And then the only other one that I have is I'd like to bring back for discussion are vehicle policy, please.

1776
02:29:50,740 --> 02:29:51,100
Second.

1777
02:29:55,790 --> 02:29:56,570
No, we got anything to say.

1778
02:29:56,910 --> 02:29:57,470
There you go.

1779
02:29:57,610 --> 02:29:57,670
Second.

1780
02:29:58,030 --> 02:29:59,610
All in favor.

1781
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:00,120
All right.

1782
02:30:03,120 --> 02:30:07,920
Thank you. Councilwoman of the Grove. I'm nothing. Nesa,

1783
02:30:10,470 --> 02:30:11,990
I did have one.

1784
02:30:14,760 --> 02:30:16,040
No, we kind of

1785
02:30:16,040 --> 02:30:19,860
Jesse stole the thunder making us talk about it when he said he was going to pay for everything

1786
02:30:19,860 --> 02:30:25,240
for the center. I was all like, who's out there? Well, we're going to pay for it. Thanks.

1787
02:30:26,440 --> 02:30:31,740
But it was yeah, I gave it was cool. All right. That's all that's all I have right now.

1788
02:30:33,700 --> 02:30:40,300
All righty, well that being said, I move that we go to a journey and our next

1789
02:30:40,300 --> 02:30:44,440
River City Council meeting will be held September 10th at 11 a.m. or 10

1790
02:30:44,440 --> 02:30:45,140
might as 1.31.

1791
02:30:45,640 --> 02:30:46,360
Can I get a second?

1792
02:30:46,680 --> 02:30:47,140
A second?

1793
02:30:47,760 --> 02:30:48,300
A lot of favor?

1794
02:30:48,760 --> 02:30:48,900
Aye.

1795
02:30:49,520 --> 02:30:50,320
Have a great day.

1796
02:30:50,540 --> 02:30:50,960
Let's go eat.

1797
02:30:55,000 --> 02:30:55,880
Senior Center.