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Ethan, every one of you, we're going to go and get our special meeting started. We'll be

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led into a salute for our nation's flag by Councilwoman Merland, our crew. Please stand.

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Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the

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Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice

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for all. Thank you.

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roll

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call please. Council

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Member Noble is absent. All others are present. Thank you. I have a few

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readings I must do.

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Participation is invited.

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If you wish to be heard on any item on the agenda

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including any item on the consent column or please so indicate by filling out a request to speak

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forum and to the city clerk part of the gen item being addressed. The special

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accommodations are required a 48 hour notice must be given to the city clerk.

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Code of Ethics.

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As your elected governing body we will remember the code of ethics

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that we voluntarily and yet actually approved. During this meeting we will

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treat each other and the public with patience, civility and courtesy. The

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sentence is made will be for the benefit of the Barch community and not for

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personal gain.

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Public comment closed session. This is the time and place for

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the general public to address the governing board on matters on the closed

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session agenda and within the city's jurisdiction. Speakers are asked to

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and limit your comments to three minutes or less.

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Our request to speak must be received

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prior to the agenda item being addressed,

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especially how many are required,

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a 40-hour notice was given to the City Clerk.

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City Clerk, do we have any public comments at this time?

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We have no public comment for closed session.

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Thank you.

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Our closed session is an item this evening.

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It's a Commerce and Legal Counsel

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initial initiation of legal obligation, etc. Government code spelled out in the agenda that's

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presented. I will maintain a motion and a second, and we'll vote.

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I'll move to go to closed session.

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All second.

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Motion and a second.

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Call for the vote.

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Motion is passed.

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Okay. It is 435.

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Let's go over to the big conference room.

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From closed session. So, Matthew, so I'm just the city attorney.

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You want anything to report out?

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Thank you, Mr. Mayor. The city council met in closed session to consider one item,

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initiation of litigation, and took no reportable action. Thank you.

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Thank you. So we're out of closed session. This part of our meeting at 6.20 and we're going to

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roll right into our Virgita special meeting.

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So

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in this meeting, we're going to go, it's 6.20.

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We're going to be led, once again,

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by Councilwoman Dyer-Cruz, Super Nations flag,

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and I will then please an invocation.

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Begin.

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I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America

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and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty

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and justice for all.

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You're in standing.

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By your house, please.

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Heavenly Father, we come to you this evening just to say thank you for the many blessings

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that you continue to bestow on our lives and this beautiful community of ours.

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I pray that you continue to give us wisdom and knowledge to be aware as we are aware

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of what's best to move our community forward as well as to lead our families in a direction

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of righteousness as well as remain humble and kind.

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As we embark on our meeting tonight, please let us be led by experience, knowledge,

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and decision making which is invested in all concern.

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We ask this all in a gracious name.

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that.

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Roll call please.

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Councilmember Noble is absent all others are present.

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Thank you.

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It would be appropriate for a motion to excuse.

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Mayor Pro Tem Noble as I'm sitting here I remember there was a discussion I think he had with Christine and the one.

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Fortunately isn't here now where he said this week he may be out of town.

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When we talked about doing the special meeting that must be what occurred.

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Okay.

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So it would be appropriate to excuse him from this meeting.

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I'll move the excuser of the AmeriCorps 10.

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I'll second that.

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So note it.

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One vote to confirm.

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And so let's go on this call for the vote of acceptance.

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Motion is carried.

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Thank you for that update, Dr. Hart.

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A few readings by myself.

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Participation is invited.

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If you wish to be heard on any item on the agenda, including any item on the consent counter,

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please still indicate by fail not a request to speak for them and hand it to the city clerk

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prior to the agenda item being addressed.

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If special accommodations are required, a 48-hour notice must be given to the city

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clerk.

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Code of Ethics.

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As your elected governing board, we will remember the Code of Ethics that we voluntarily

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and actually approved. During this meeting we will treat each other and the

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public with patience, civility, and courtesy. Decisions made tonight will be

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for the benefit of the Barge community and not for personal gain.

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Review and

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approve of the agenda.

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This is a time for members of the governing board to

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call for re-arranging the order of the agenda, add in items or to remove items

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from the agenda or remove items from the consent calendar for discussion and our

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separate action. Anything at this point from the governing board?

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I'll move the

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There's a request for item number six.

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Do you want to move it up?

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Mayor and Council, if I could jump in.

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Yes.

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Item six is not consent.

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Item six is listening to the action item.

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Right.

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The business.

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Right.

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Number two is consent.

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There's only one consent item number two.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for clarification.

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Then I'll second Councilman Silver's.

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OK.

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Motion was to accept the agenda as presented.

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Let's call for the vote.

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Motion is passed unanimously.

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Another reading.

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General non-agenda public item, public comment.

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This is the time and place for the general public to address

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the government board on matters not on agenda

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and within the city's jurisdiction.

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Speakers are asked to limit their comments to three minutes or less.

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Our request to speak must be seen prior to the agenda item

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in address. Special formations are required,

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a 48-hour notice, much to given.

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Madam Cart. Yes we have one public comment. My Hernandez welcome

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Mr. Hernandez. Thank you sir.

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My Hernandez, Barcelona, California. My first item is is there going to be a status report on the

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Marriott. It was requested by Miss Rose and second by Mr. Silver but nothing's been done on it.

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consideration of his vote on the Marriott and I'd like to know when that's supposed to come back to the city

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Now the thing is back to the tax brief

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I'd like to know what the status of Channel 6 is

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Now they said there was gonna be an update and nothing's been done

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I did notice that the Planning Commission was on it

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last Monday

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It had problems static and so forth, but then it was taken off and nothing's on it again

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So, does that mean that you're going to play Miss and Hit, you're only going to play Channel 6 when you have a meeting and nothing else goes on it?

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I thought that was supposed to be a status report on Channel 6, so then I heard no, it's not going to be, it's going to be moved to the next meeting.

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So, I hope all these items that they say are going to be moved to the next meeting are on the next meeting.

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Thank you.

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Thank you, sir.

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The next meeting will be on the Tonya.

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that is all public comment but I do need to make note that we did receive one

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written comment that has been forward to you and will become part of public

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record for tonight's meeting. Thank you. I see a notice in the queue. City

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manager? I was just gonna let Mr. Hernandez know we have an update on

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Channel 6 on the agenda for the 20th. So that report will be given by Tara on the 20th.

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Thank you. So that moves us right into the business of the council, reports, etc. So we're

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going to start with Councilman Tim Sova.

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Yes, thank you, Mayor. I'm going to have

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a question for the city attorney here. There was a post on Facebook by a Joe Jr., and

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And in that post, he had knowledges to how I voted on a closed session item.

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Now I don't have a problem on how I voted on a closed session item, but I-

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I have a problem that somebody at this dais gave information to, and the real name is not

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Joe Jr., it's an alias. So my question for the city attorney is, can the council give

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direction for our law enforcement to inquire and check with Facebook as to whom Joe Jr.

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may be, because that may tie him to a person on this council or this dais.

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Thank you, Mr. Silva. So the city council, as this item is not on tonight's agenda,

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It cannot give formal direction on it, but as is always common or allowable on items

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that arise, the council can ask for a assessment to be made by staff, and in this case that

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would be the police chief to investigate the matter and see what information can be provided

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by Facebook.

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So I would ask not for a vote, but the request alone from one council member sufficient

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for that to be looked at as disclosure of any information from closed session is

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a violation of the Brown Act and is a violation of the penal code, and that can be looked into

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by the police chief and associated law enforcement agencies.

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Okay, so there's no objection for the counsel, I will ask for that from the police chief.

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Now he also posted on there, and this goes back about 14 years regarding the MAP program.

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Now I'm going to be careful here because I've always tried not to disclose my business

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what I do, but the MAP program ties into my business, and he posted there that

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that he knew somebody that knew somebody and more information was coming, we all know what

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that means.

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That means there's nothing more.

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If they had more, they would have put it right there.

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So what I have for Joe Jr.

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is a letter from the attorney December 23rd, 2006.

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Now I was elected November 2006 and I was installed in December and I had this map

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program and my business investigated right away.

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The attorney took it to the FVPC, about a 14, 15 page letter, and basically attorneys'

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legal way of saying nothing to see here, but attorneys do it, so it's a lot longer than

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just saying nothing to see here.

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So whatever document you have, Joe Jr., you said you have it, you said you know somebody

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to know somebody, post it, because this is going to trump that.

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And I got to say something, Joe Jr., you're a coward.

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Mike Hernandez here brought this up in 2006 or 2007, and he came to that microphone,

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I was over there, but he came to that microphone as Mike Hernandez.

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He said who he was, and he didn't come in a nice way.

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He tore into me, didn't you, Mike?

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Yeah, so, and we've got the letter, FVPC attorney, nothing illegal was done.

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And I would ask the city clerk to be sure this is my file.

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I've asked for it to be in my file three times because there's been at least two or three requests

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costing taxpayers money

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So I like for this whenever someone puts in a request for information on the map program in my business

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But they'd be given this and see if we can save the taxpayers the money

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Showing that this has been investigated and again nothing to see here

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That's all mayor

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Thank you

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I'm sorry, so this is time for our business and business and council business of the council and council opinion reports

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Okay, well, I would like to share that on September 9th

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I went with staff to desert hot springs and we toured four

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cannabis facilities. Two were cultivation and two were retail. And the first

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cultivation that we went to, they were not only cultivation, they were

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manufacturing and retail sales and R&B, which is R&D, which is research and

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development. They've been there for about three years, very state-of-the-art,

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A very high, every facility that we looked at was very sophisticated in their security

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systems, their cameras, their safety protocol.

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One of the facilities that we looked at in cultivation was about six years old.

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And the difference between the technology in three years and it's constantly changing

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It was very impressive from how their process worked versus how the first one that we went

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to.

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And these are multi-million dollar facilities that we go to that we went into.

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They have security outside.

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You would never know that it's being in-grown cultivation.

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It just looks like a big nice warehouse.

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house, the facade looked nicer than just warehouse facility.

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So they have security.

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So only the employees can go in, or people that have already

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got pre-approved to enter in their facilities.

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The retail sales was very impressive.

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We went to a smaller, I don't want to say mom and pop,

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but a smaller retail facility.

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And I was able to watch as individuals came in and how they process them, they take their

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license, they're scanned into their computer, picture is taken, all of this is documented

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all for the state, so the state knows exactly who goes in at what facility.

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Not necessarily, I did not watch what they bought, but that is how they're scanned

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into their system and how they're monitored.

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The second facility we went to was, I believe they call it like an Apple kind of store setup.

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We weren't even sure if we were right the location, so actually one went in just to make

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sure we were at the right place.

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That's how nice it was outside.

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You would have never known that you were walking into a retail.

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They were very, they were very sophisticated in their entire setup, their two security

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guards, one inside the lobby, one inside for where they did the sales.

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They walked us through their whole process.

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What I was really impressed with with them is that they say that they start all of their

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employees above minimum wage. They also offer benefits. They also offer education programs.

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So whether just so they are, their employees understand word, excel, anything that's going

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to help them with as an employee as well as moving up into other aspects of the business.

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but they promoted that and they pay for that.

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So we went to some very, very nice facilities,

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very, very high-scale facilities,

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and I have to say I was extremely impressed

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under seeing the whole process,

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the water conservation that they do,

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and they don't actually do,

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of my understanding, what the facility in Atlanta does,

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which was totally repurposes all their water, and Atalanto, my understanding is they also

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take all of the condensation that comes off of their AC and they actually repurpose that.

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So it was really very informative and made me feel much better to know that the cultivation

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part that these buildings that are literally going to be in my front yard, nobody would

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really know. And that's also with any retail, they are going to just look like a regular

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office building. And you're not really going to be aware of that. It has been a great resource

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for Desert Hot Springs. They had to before COVID cut their staff, I think they said

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20%. COVID, what helped them was the cannabis. That's the only thing that saved their city.

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And so now they're prospering very well. They've put everything into their general fund,

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their infrastructure, their streets, all their public services, their economic development

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is what they're really trying to grow now. And they've built a new city hall. So they are,

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And they've managed to hire their people back and expand their services.

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So that's what saved Desert Hot Springs.

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And they were so kind and gracious to set up the tours, go with us on all the tours,

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give us and share all their information, what's worked for them, what hasn't, what

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they see the challenges are, and they were very upfront with us explaining all of that,

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which was which was really very helpful and very appreciative. I sent them an email the next day,

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thanked them for their time, thanked them for all of their just just they're just being helpful

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and they have reached out and said anything that that our staff would need, they are more than

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welcome to welcome to help. They also expressed the fact that where we were telling them where

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where our green zone is going to be, that the opportunity that we are going to have being

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where the green zone is, especially the retail, is going to be huge, much larger than what

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they have, because it's not really on a major freeway.

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So they were very excited to hear that for our community that we were going to have that

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opportunity to help us go down the road.

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But it is the freeway that is going to really benefit us because we are people between

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LA and Vegas are going to be stopping.

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And that's going to be huge.

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And that didn't only come from the city that also came from the two growers that we went to and the two retail

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so the

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Revenue from this is going to be

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Pretty significant when it all gets up and running and it takes a while

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But I really think that it's it was it was so beneficial to see it

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I am so I thank the staff for all their work for setting it all up and going

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because it was it was very enlightening and very encouraging to know that it's not

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going to be I mean I I had visions of things but I'm very thankful that what

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I the visions that I did have were incorrect so that's about all that I

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just I was very I was very encouraged it was a very long day they managed to

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get me back seven minutes before our special meeting that night so we left

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at 7.30 and got back just before six o'clock, so we could get in here for our special meeting

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last Thursday, but again, I think that when they come into the community, we will be,

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I think will be very, I think the community will be very surprised and pleased at the

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outside aesthetic, and they just, they just want to stay low-key, just low-key.

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So that made me feel really good.

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like I said this is literally in my front yard so that's all that I wanted to

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share it was it was very it was very enlightening for sure and so I'm I'm

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hopeful and looking forward to to what it will bring to us thank you thank

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you

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for that council member Rose

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so I'd like to start off by saying that this past

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Saturday, congressman J. Albert Nardi came to Barstow,

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copied with him.

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It was a well-attended event at a local restaurant.

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And he briefed us on a lot of different topics,

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and there was a lot of question and answers.

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And what I loved about him is that he's real.

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He comes to us.

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We don't have to wait to go to him.

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He actually comes to us.

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He has proven over and over again that he cares about his constituents.

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He cares about the people.

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And so I just want to give him a shout out and say thank you for coming to Barstow.

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Thank you for always remembering Barstow and for remembering the concerns and the needs

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that we, that concerns the needs and the wants that we need here in our district.

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I also want to say that he also spoke of illegal marijuana facilities, illegal facilities

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He's in our in our own backyard and he spoke about the problems that come with it, the revenues

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yesterday it could be good, but even our own police chiefs talks about the problems that

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come with it and we have to weigh is the money worth problems that come with it.

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So I just again want to give him a shout, give our congressman a shout out and thank

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him and he will continue to come to us to hear our concerns.

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So I hope that we can get the word out and it can be in a bigger bigger venue next time so that we can get a larger crowd

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because

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Every resident is welcome to come and meet him and to ask questions of him

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He has a large staff and they answer every letter every email every phone call

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And so it's very impressive of a man at that level to come to our area to

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hear us I also

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want to, again, I've talked about this before, I represent a District 3, and we, the committee

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and I will be continuing to do some really good things within District 3. And Leonard

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Williams is going to be the chair of this committee, and somebody had said, and I'm

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I'm going to address this and nip it now.

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And it was Benny Frederick.

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Like he addressed, why would I use people that opposed our mayor? Why would I use our former

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mayor to be part of a coalition, of a positive thing, of a committee that's doing good things

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for our district? It's real simple. They're leaders too. And they can contribute a lot

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of expertise and diversity and everything that a leader can do in a committee. And I

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I have always been a firm believer is that you don't turn people away when they're willing

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to raise their hands and they're willing to bring positive things to our city.

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I believe that Mr. Williams and our former Mayor Julie and everybody else that's going

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to be on this committee is going to bring something really good to Barstow, to my district.

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We have a lot of things planned.

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I'm excited.

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And, you know, I challenge the other council members to do the same in their districts.

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If we all do it in our respective districts, make a better Barstow.

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So I just want to thank those that have raised their hand to want to help make Barstow better

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and what better than to get leaders, people that have heart and people that have passion

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to make it better.

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So I just want to thank them.

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and we will be reporting out as things progress.

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I also want to speak of the concerns that Councilman Silva spoke of.

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So, Joe Jr. has way too much information.

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I also endorse an investigation because I believe that that investigation will confirm who I believe is the rat in closed session.

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And I don't say that loosely.

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We are a team. We're supposed to be a team. And we have specific items that we speak of

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in closed session, personnel, things that are not meant to be put out into the public unless

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there is a vote, until there is a vote. And when there is a leak out of closed session,

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there are ramifications, correct, Mr. Summers?

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Depending on the structure of the leak, yes, there can be.

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Okay, so there can be.

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So we've already had a violation,

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a blatant violation of the Brown Act and nothing happened.

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That was the first time.

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I hope that this time something will happen,

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that the person that is the rat in closed session

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will be held accountable because this type of information

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should never be out on Facebook,

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should never be out anywhere but closed session.

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So whoever it is, please look in the mirror

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And it's not a personal game thing. You're hurting us. You're hurting us as a team

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You're hurting us as a city and I do want to challenge this Joe junior that stopped being a coward

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Come and speak to us about your concerns about what you know

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Don't threaten us. Just come and speak to us. We're pretty reasonable. I want to hear your concerns

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I don't want to hear your threats. I've been I have been a the victim of many threats by somebody on this diocee and

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And I, personally, am very courageous to stand up and speak what I feel, stand up for my rights,

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stand up for your rights.

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So I'm asking for this individual to come and speak to us and tell us who you are.

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And if this person is on this diocese, please stop.

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Please stop, because I do believe it's on this diocese.

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Please stop, because all you're doing is hurting the city, you're hurting us.

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We will never ever be able to be a team. We've talked about team

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Will never be a team until we can trust one of one of each other and personally there's

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There's no trust here

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Until you can prove that we can be a team and we can do our jobs in our roles

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Our roles is to do the best thing for Barstow

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It's in the benefit the best benefit of the residents of Barstow not for me or for anybody else up here

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So again, I hope that whoever the rat is in this council that they are held to the highest standard of whatever

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they can be held to for

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Disclosing things that should not be out in public until the proper time

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And I believe that's all I have to say

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Thank you

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mayor

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So

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Leads me to my comments, and I'll go to the city manager

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Let's see. A couple things. Yeah, the U.S. Congressman, J. L. Bernalty, was here on Tuesday

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morning for a chit chat. He was quite enlightening. He shared a lot. He had to

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start with him along with his wife, Heather. It was wonderful. Prior to the

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congressman coming into Barcelona with the chit chat this past Tuesday, he and

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I made a couple trips out to Newbury to address an issue with

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individual or proposed individuals to be released to our community who has no place in the Chit

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Chat.

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Well, the meet and greet with residents out there, I believe, are quite beneficial.

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And we attended a court session with the presiding judge down in the city of Fullerton.

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again. This was two-thirds years ago, along with several concerned elected officials as

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well as residents. It was quite an adventure, and the turnout from the community was absolutely

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extraordinary. I am looking forward to the findings on that particular case, and hopefully

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there'll be something that will be shared publicly in this upcoming week.

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I attended the AUSA, that's the military committee meeting, which was on Tuesday morning.

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It was a great turnout.

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The AUSA golf tournament is going to be on the 26th down in the Palm Springs area.

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As of yesterday, the Tournament Director, Renita Wicks, is over at local AUSA.

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AUSA is currently looking for additional sponsors as well as two more teams.

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That's to the AUSA.

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Some good news on the infrastructure money from the federal government.

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Many have heard about the infrastructure money that our current POTUS, our President, has

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set aside for the allocation to communities.

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And our U.S. congressman net at Barsh, though, at this point in time, $7 million to aid

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in our bridge completion, actually the bridge construction has actually started in the process.

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You may not see buildings being torn down, anything new, but if you drive over the bridge

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you will see stacks and stacks of concrete foundations, that's a clear indicator that

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they're starting in the process, so I would definitely encourage the next time you drive

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over the bridge you'll see stacks and stacks of these concrete pillar type of things that

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are stacked on the north side of the bridge, which clearly shows that it's starting to

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happen.

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Next week I will actually be traveling to Sacramento on, or actually a red eye on Monday

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early Sunday morning to attend the California League of Cities.

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I'm really looking forward to going there as your elected mayor

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to really embrace and learn all the things that are happening

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throughout Southern California, but more specifically in Barstow.

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I've been asked to do a PSA on Spectrum on Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock

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in support of the Veterans Home here in Barstow.

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So I will actually be doing that at PSA up in Sacramento as part of the conference in

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our complete support of retaining the veterans home here in Barstow.

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Let's see, I'll just look at my notes,

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anything else?

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I don't want to miss anything.

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I will have additional information to report out on Monday the 20th.

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There's nothing else at this time from myself. Thank you

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Dr. Hart

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You

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know, I don't have anything to report tonight other than what I told Mr.

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Hernandez in regard to channel 6 and we have that presentation on the agenda for the 20th

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And I guess the only other thing is that

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The community is probably aware that the council has appointed Willie Hopkins to be the city

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Administrator he's going to be physically here beginning the 27th

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And I'll be setting up meetings with staff and other people

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to try to get him introduced to the community

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and to the things that are going on.

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So I'm looking forward to working with him,

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getting him tuned in and getting him going on the things

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that he needs to be involved with.

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And that concludes my report.

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Thank you.

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Looking at nothing in the queue here.

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OK.

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Consent calendar, public comment.

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This is the time and place for the general public

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to address the governing board on all matters on the consent calendar.

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Speakers will ask to limit their comments on all consent items to three minutes or less.

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Our request to speak must be received prior to the agenda item

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being addressed. Express accommodations are required. A 48-hour notice must be given.

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City Clerk. Yes, we have one. Mike Hernandez.

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Welcome

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again Mr. Hernandez.

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Thank you.

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02:25:46,310 --> 02:25:48,590
I just have one question actually.

467
02:25:50,030 --> 02:25:55,850
Did staff do due diligence on this and was the 501C current?

468
02:25:56,910 --> 02:25:57,930
Those are my questions.

469
02:25:58,770 --> 02:25:59,230
Thank you.

470
02:26:01,510 --> 02:26:02,310
Thank you, sir.

471
02:26:02,770 --> 02:26:08,130
I'd like to say something because we do have the person sitting in our audience that

472
02:26:08,130 --> 02:26:12,210
that coordinated this, and we voted on this,

473
02:26:12,350 --> 02:26:17,750
and can we ask her to speak at any time?

474
02:26:18,670 --> 02:26:20,930
Yes, yes, yes we can.

475
02:26:24,730 --> 02:26:28,190
Yeah, here go, just go ahead and come on up

476
02:26:28,190 --> 02:26:29,470
and speak, no problem.

477
02:26:30,330 --> 02:26:30,810
Hi guys.

478
02:26:31,250 --> 02:26:31,650
Hello.

479
02:26:34,430 --> 02:26:36,330
Okay, little history on me.

480
02:26:37,010 --> 02:26:38,610
I am born and raised in Barso,

481
02:26:38,710 --> 02:26:40,250
my grandparents moved here because of the railroad.

482
02:26:40,250 --> 02:26:50,110
wrote, so I've been here my whole entire life, started a nonprofit back in 2006.

483
02:26:50,450 --> 02:26:56,790
It actually became 5013 status in 2007 and have been current ever since.

484
02:26:58,410 --> 02:27:02,430
We help out families that have disabled children with gas cards, food cards, lodging, whatever

485
02:27:02,430 --> 02:27:03,950
they may need during that journey.

486
02:27:04,970 --> 02:27:09,290
Sometimes it's not even hospitalization, sometimes COVID hits and you may not have money

487
02:27:09,290 --> 02:27:14,750
have Christmas or you may not have money to buy medicine or I don't know maybe your child

488
02:27:14,750 --> 02:27:19,430
dies and you don't have money to bury them. So that's what Baby So Special does. We help

489
02:27:19,430 --> 02:27:27,210
with those things and kind of lost track. But it just really makes me emotional because

490
02:27:27,210 --> 02:27:32,730
my little boy was born with half a heart and that's when I realized back in 2006 how

491
02:27:32,730 --> 02:27:36,170
many disabled children there were in this world and how much help they need during

492
02:27:36,170 --> 02:27:38,810
that journey with different things.

493
02:27:39,310 --> 02:27:40,370
Every window is different.

494
02:27:40,930 --> 02:27:43,450
Some people, it may just be a phone call of support.

495
02:27:43,990 --> 02:27:45,250
It may just be a hug.

496
02:27:45,690 --> 02:27:48,010
It may just be like, you know what, it's going to be okay.

497
02:27:48,710 --> 02:27:55,170
And it may be hundreds of dollars of medical bills or medication or trying to get up to

498
02:27:55,170 --> 02:27:58,950
Stanford or even just to Loma Linda because we don't have a lot of resources in the

499
02:27:58,950 --> 02:28:00,570
high desert for special needs children.

500
02:28:00,570 --> 02:28:07,650
So when we were in the hospital we would leave, I would see these families and I knew some

501
02:28:07,650 --> 02:28:14,670
of these children were never going to leave the hospital and how could I as a mom and someone

502
02:28:14,670 --> 02:28:16,470
with compassion not help them.

503
02:28:17,230 --> 02:28:21,930
And so that's where God kind of put the thing of baby so special in my spirit.

504
02:28:22,350 --> 02:28:29,110
And then I decided because so many nonprofits just help one illness like cancer or spinal

505
02:28:29,110 --> 02:28:34,590
bifida or leukemia or whatever the case may be well baby so special we help

506
02:28:34,590 --> 02:28:41,790
everybody if you need our help we should help you so I raise money I do a lot of

507
02:28:41,790 --> 02:28:46,370
fundraising mostly I don't get grant money I don't I don't do anything like

508
02:28:46,370 --> 02:28:51,810
that I just do stuff like light up the night so we can bring awareness we're

509
02:28:51,810 --> 02:28:56,950
gonna we're giving away tickets to all the special needs kids that can

510
02:28:56,950 --> 02:29:01,370
actually come and attend the event. I talked to Miss Muir which was Caleb's

511
02:29:01,370 --> 02:29:05,650
home hospital teacher so she's kind of talking to all the teachers and figuring

512
02:29:05,650 --> 02:29:09,890
out how many can attend and then the ones that can't we're actually I'm gonna

513
02:29:09,890 --> 02:29:15,590
Skype them in. I know this is kind of a new thing for COVID but back in 2013 I

514
02:29:15,590 --> 02:29:18,730
built Caleb a virtual classroom where he could Skype back and forth into

515
02:29:18,730 --> 02:29:22,930
school. ABC News actually came here and we were on Skype's Facebook page

516
02:29:22,930 --> 02:29:23,970
which was kind of a big thing.

517
02:29:24,670 --> 02:29:26,290
So for the ones that can attend

518
02:29:26,290 --> 02:29:29,150
and the other ones that want to be a part of the event,

519
02:29:29,210 --> 02:29:30,610
we're gonna Skype them in that night.

520
02:29:31,130 --> 02:29:33,170
And then to end the evening off,

521
02:29:33,410 --> 02:29:34,370
Caleb would have been 15.

522
02:29:35,490 --> 02:29:37,750
And so we're gonna let balloons go

523
02:29:37,750 --> 02:29:38,850
and sing them up for a thing.

524
02:29:39,550 --> 02:29:40,650
So it's gonna be fun.

525
02:29:40,870 --> 02:29:43,090
We're asking all the, we need vendors.

526
02:29:43,310 --> 02:29:45,570
We would like all the nonprofits to come out

527
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:05,260
For this group or this group, let's all come together as a community, as a people that

528
02:30:05,260 --> 02:30:10,620
just love each other and put our differences aside, and let's just have a good time.

529
02:30:11,920 --> 02:30:15,580
Okay. Now, this is the flyer, correct?

530
02:30:15,640 --> 02:30:16,160
It is the flyer.

531
02:30:16,160 --> 02:30:19,360
Okay, so I just want to make sure, because it is actually up.

532
02:30:19,580 --> 02:30:20,300
This is the backpack?

533
02:30:20,460 --> 02:30:20,560
Yeah.

534
02:30:20,860 --> 02:30:21,520
We all have this up here.

535
02:30:21,540 --> 02:30:21,780
Shirts.

536
02:30:22,020 --> 02:30:22,240
Okay.

537
02:30:23,180 --> 02:30:25,160
We got water bottles.

538
02:30:26,260 --> 02:30:27,440
We got color.

539
02:30:29,100 --> 02:30:40,150
It's going to be fun. And then Benny's chicken and wings, he donated everybody that does a VIP pack or a premier pack.

540
02:30:40,630 --> 02:30:45,910
He's going to give them a free meal. So I think that's pretty, pretty exciting.

541
02:30:46,350 --> 02:30:49,210
And then American Legion's coming. They're going to do a bear garden.

542
02:30:49,670 --> 02:30:54,230
We're going to have dancing. Scott Figueroa is going to come and do a little skip for us after the thing.

543
02:30:54,230 --> 02:30:57,610
and it's just going to be just a super fun event.

544
02:30:57,810 --> 02:30:59,610
I'm really excited about it.

545
02:31:00,270 --> 02:31:01,010
Thank you.

546
02:31:01,770 --> 02:31:02,390
I appreciate it.

547
02:31:02,550 --> 02:31:05,170
In the queue, I have Councilwoman Barbara Rose.

548
02:31:05,770 --> 02:31:08,350
Yes, I just want to say thank you for everything

549
02:31:08,350 --> 02:31:12,290
that you are doing for so many.

550
02:31:12,670 --> 02:31:16,570
You helped a family that I know during Christmas of last year,

551
02:31:16,950 --> 02:31:20,890
and it's just amazing how many lives you have touched

552
02:31:21,650 --> 02:31:27,770
because you have that compassion and that love, that heart, that heart that you carry with you.

553
02:31:28,190 --> 02:31:35,450
And your little boy did not die in vain. He lives on through this and through so many things that you have done.

554
02:31:35,790 --> 02:31:40,890
I just wanted to share with everybody that I had attended a national conference quite a few years ago,

555
02:31:40,970 --> 02:31:46,790
and this is when you were doing the Skype for your child, for your little boy out of the classroom.

556
02:31:48,030 --> 02:31:48,710
From my house?

557
02:31:48,710 --> 02:31:56,610
Yes, and because you led the way, you were able to help somebody else nationally.

558
02:31:57,350 --> 02:32:07,630
And I know this for a fact because when they presented their situation, I was able to raise

559
02:32:07,630 --> 02:32:10,990
my hand and say, I know how we can help.

560
02:32:11,330 --> 02:32:18,330
I know who we can contact to help this other child, so you have helped children nationally

561
02:32:18,330 --> 02:32:26,390
and I just can't say enough how much we appreciate you and I'm so happy that we

562
02:32:26,390 --> 02:32:30,290
passed this and I look forward to buying that package from you and I hope

563
02:32:30,290 --> 02:32:35,510
everybody else does and just thank you for everything you do for touching so

564
02:32:35,510 --> 02:32:41,250
many lives. Thank you. God bless you. Another thing we're gonna be running

565
02:32:41,250 --> 02:32:45,730
legislation again in the federal government on that IHSS law that

566
02:32:45,730 --> 02:32:47,950
excludes parents and spouses from being included

567
02:32:48,430 --> 02:32:50,650
in collecting unemployment after their loved one dies.

568
02:32:51,390 --> 02:32:52,750
So I'm just waiting for them to,

569
02:32:52,930 --> 02:32:54,110
they're working on the language,

570
02:32:54,150 --> 02:32:55,830
so as soon as they present it,

571
02:32:55,890 --> 02:32:59,410
I'll be traveling again to Washington and advocating.

572
02:32:59,850 --> 02:33:03,070
And we gotta fix that, that's not fair.

573
02:33:03,370 --> 02:33:05,470
I think, you know, in life,

574
02:33:05,690 --> 02:33:07,290
we all anticipate about living our spouse.

575
02:33:07,730 --> 02:33:09,150
I mean, that's something we prepare for.

576
02:33:09,590 --> 02:33:11,350
But how many times, if you're a parent,

577
02:33:11,510 --> 02:33:13,030
have you said, oh, when my kid dies,

578
02:33:13,650 --> 02:33:14,750
this is what I'm gonna do,

579
02:33:14,750 --> 02:33:19,590
and this is how I'm going to prepare for it, that's not something that you might have life

580
02:33:19,590 --> 02:33:23,950
insurance, you might do those things, but it's not something that any of us want to

581
02:33:23,950 --> 02:33:29,430
ever happen or anticipate, but when it happens, shouldn't there be a soft place to fall when

582
02:33:29,430 --> 02:33:29,750
it does?

583
02:33:33,030 --> 02:33:34,570
So, that's what Baby So Special does.

584
02:33:34,710 --> 02:33:39,230
Like I said, we help with final arrangements and, you know, an unfortunate event that

585
02:33:39,230 --> 02:33:42,450
your child does pass away, I don't think you should be out doing bake cells or car

586
02:33:42,450 --> 02:33:45,250
washes to do your final act of love for your child.

587
02:33:46,710 --> 02:33:57,130
So I can do that, I'll cook, I'll clean, I'll car wash, I'll do whatever you need me to do to make sure that you can just stay home and embrace that moment.

588
02:33:58,150 --> 02:34:00,590
Thank you guys so much, I really do appreciate it.

589
02:34:01,070 --> 02:34:01,770
Thank you.

590
02:34:04,570 --> 02:34:12,950
Mayor, I'm going to move the Consent Calendar which is solely the approval of the promotional fund and waiver fees for babies so special.

591
02:34:13,570 --> 02:34:14,170
I second that.

592
02:34:14,290 --> 02:34:14,730
I second that.

593
02:34:14,730 --> 02:34:15,590
We

594
02:34:18,630 --> 02:34:23,430
have a first and the second will call for a vote and then I see the city attorney is

595
02:34:23,430 --> 02:34:24,330
in the queue.

596
02:34:29,580 --> 02:34:36,680
And as the vote is coming and I just wanted to confirm, either yes, the 501C3 non-profit

597
02:34:36,680 --> 02:34:42,120
status with the federal government is current for the baby's so special non-profit and

598
02:34:42,120 --> 02:34:45,620
deductions, any contributions made are federally deductible.

599
02:34:46,120 --> 02:34:46,420
Thank you.

600
02:34:47,000 --> 02:34:47,420
Thank you.

601
02:34:58,360 --> 02:34:59,600
Motion has passed unanimously.

602
02:34:59,600 --> 02:34:59,960
Honestly.

603
02:35:07,020 --> 02:35:09,600
If there's no further discussion on the first item,

604
02:35:09,720 --> 02:35:12,620
we'll go into business action items of the council.

605
02:35:14,950 --> 02:35:15,910
So item number three,

606
02:35:20,960 --> 02:35:22,560
adoption of the 2021,

607
02:35:23,240 --> 02:35:25,140
2025, 26 measure,

608
02:35:26,220 --> 02:35:27,820
measure I capital improvement program.

609
02:35:28,440 --> 02:35:32,160
And the presenter is Domingo Gonzalez.

610
02:35:34,000 --> 02:35:35,420
Thank you, mayor and council members.

611
02:35:36,060 --> 02:35:37,920
Tonight what you have before you is the annual

612
02:35:37,920 --> 02:35:40,440
measure I five year capital improvement program.

613
02:35:40,440 --> 02:35:48,460
program. Every year we have to submit a capital improvement program to Measure I or SB, CTA,

614
02:35:48,820 --> 02:35:58,840
San Bernardino County Transportation Agency. Without this being submitted, we don't get

615
02:35:58,840 --> 02:36:09,180
the funds from them. So I hope that everybody's got the large printout of it because I was

616
02:36:09,180 --> 02:36:14,940
informed that it was very small, so I apologize about that when it was put into the agenda.

617
02:36:15,920 --> 02:36:22,460
But what this is, nothing has really changed from last year except for we included the pedestrian

618
02:36:22,460 --> 02:36:29,380
and bicycle corridors. We received a grant for 6.9 over that, but we were obligated

619
02:36:29,380 --> 02:36:35,900
for $496,000 local match. So that was the only thing that's been included into the

620
02:36:35,900 --> 02:36:46,320
measure I program. Otherwise, pretty much it has the items or the projects is the same

621
02:36:46,320 --> 02:36:52,420
from last year. With that, I'm here to answer any questions about the measure I, and that

622
02:36:52,420 --> 02:36:53,380
concludes my presentation.

623
02:36:59,300 --> 02:37:08,420
I see nothing in the queue. I don't have any questions. I appreciate what you do, as well

624
02:37:08,420 --> 02:37:13,360
provide us with additional information. I actually see in the queue a councilwoman

625
02:37:13,360 --> 02:37:19,740
from Maryland, Dr. Cruz. Well I just want to say that and when I got the agenda

626
02:37:19,740 --> 02:37:24,600
yesterday I came in and talked to Domingo and had him print me off a larger

627
02:37:24,600 --> 02:37:29,820
copy and actually kind of just went over the numbers so any questions that

628
02:37:29,820 --> 02:37:35,160
I had he had already addressed so just so you know I had addressed those with

629
02:37:35,160 --> 02:37:40,460
to Vingo and he did any clarification that I needed. Thank you. Thank you.

630
02:37:45,270 --> 02:37:46,170
Thank you Domingo.

631
02:37:46,630 --> 02:37:46,890
Thank you.

632
02:37:49,770 --> 02:37:54,550
We do have public comment on this item. Mike Hernandez please.

633
02:38:03,720 --> 02:38:04,640
Welcome Mr. Hernandez.

634
02:38:05,280 --> 02:38:09,840
Thank you. I see that we have six hundred and seventeen thousand two hundred ninety six

635
02:38:09,840 --> 02:38:15,180
dollars and eighty cents and that's going to pay for the employees so we have no money to do

636
02:38:15,180 --> 02:38:23,760
any streets again right was the debt paid already or is it still pending I know

637
02:38:23,760 --> 02:38:27,500
it's supposed to be paid this year but when exactly is that debt supposed to be

638
02:38:27,500 --> 02:38:34,860
paid off like you know that and did they ever come up they were holding a

639
02:38:34,860 --> 02:38:39,200
million dollars back they were supposed to put the interest in with that

640
02:38:39,200 --> 02:38:44,080
million dollars to pay the debt off but they've never reported out what it

641
02:38:44,080 --> 02:38:52,040
was. So I'm kind of curious what the status of that is. And according to this paper, we're

642
02:38:52,040 --> 02:38:57,160
not going to have any money until the following year. At that time, I would like the city to

643
02:38:57,160 --> 02:39:05,500
consider for two years under the two-year budget all we had was enough money to pay the employees.

644
02:39:05,800 --> 02:39:11,600
We had no money to do any projects with. So when you get that extra money, I'd like to see

645
02:39:11,600 --> 02:39:18,700
you give some money to the street department so they can get streets fixed because we have

646
02:39:18,700 --> 02:39:24,880
had nothing done in two years. And I know that's part of COVID and what went on and

647
02:39:24,880 --> 02:39:32,540
I can understand that. But if the city is going to get extra windfall, I'd like some

648
02:39:32,540 --> 02:39:38,120
of it come back to the city, streets because they took it all and nothing's been done.

649
02:39:38,120 --> 02:39:44,660
And we need to keep the repair up. We spent too much money putting these streets in to let them

650
02:39:44,660 --> 02:39:51,620
excuse expression go to hell. We need to keep the maintenance on them. Thank you. Thank you.

651
02:39:52,440 --> 02:39:58,000
Michael, would you like to add a little more clarification on this director topic?

652
02:39:58,440 --> 02:40:02,280
Some of those questions I want to refer back to you Mark here at the finance department.

653
02:40:02,280 --> 02:40:08,040
department. The bonds I do know, like Mike says, are paying off this year. I just don't

654
02:40:08,040 --> 02:40:17,000
know if Finance Department has actually submitted a check on that, and the 1.6 that Mike is talking

655
02:40:17,440 --> 02:40:22,040
I did hear about it, but again, I'll have to refer that back to the Finance Department.

656
02:40:22,040 --> 02:40:23,280
all right. Thank you.

657
02:40:27,670 --> 02:40:31,110
So I would all entertain a mark.

658
02:40:33,120 --> 02:40:35,960
Okay. Mark, did you want to come on

659
02:40:35,960 --> 02:40:36,440
that mark?

660
02:40:38,460 --> 02:40:45,420
If you don't have the information, it's fine. Sure. The couple of things. One,

661
02:40:45,820 --> 02:40:51,080
the debt was paid off, the check was paid off for the heart of the Mojave Desert.

662
02:40:51,080 --> 02:40:59,240
The Mojave Desert was recently ranked by National Geographic among the top 100 places to visit worldwide.

663
02:41:00,000 --> 02:41:03,800
So come explore, dine, shop, and stay in the...

664
02:41:04,540 --> 02:41:12,020
Those employees are employed in street repair. They're doing street repair work throughout the course of the year,

665
02:41:12,120 --> 02:41:15,220
and that's an eligible use of the funds.

666
02:41:16,000 --> 02:41:19,200
And it had been included, it previously had been paid out of the general fund.

667
02:41:19,200 --> 02:41:27,940
It was paid out of measure I because it's an eligible use of those funds and there

668
02:41:27,940 --> 02:41:36,800
was a need to utilize those funds because of COVID and those actions have been

669
02:41:36,800 --> 02:41:41,840
budgeted appropriately improved by council for last year and this year and

670
02:41:41,840 --> 02:41:47,680
And it's counsel's prerogative if you desire that change.

671
02:41:48,240 --> 02:41:50,140
However, it's an eligible use of the funds,

672
02:41:50,220 --> 02:41:52,180
and those employees can't appropriately

673
02:41:52,180 --> 02:41:55,880
be paid out of those funding sources in the future

674
02:41:55,880 --> 02:41:56,860
if you choose to do that.

675
02:41:58,700 --> 02:41:59,300
Thank you.

676
02:42:04,710 --> 02:42:13,250
I will entertain a motion and a second on a second call for the vote.

677
02:42:19,910 --> 02:42:21,270
Motion has passed unanimously.

678
02:42:21,270 --> 02:42:21,790
And then this way.

679
02:42:23,410 --> 02:42:26,930
At a number four, Cali Pillar Equipment Purchase,

680
02:42:27,910 --> 02:42:31,930
the presenter is the Environmental Services Manager, Mr. Cody

681
02:42:31,930 --> 02:42:32,630
Tompkins.

682
02:42:34,030 --> 02:42:36,410
Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Council, staff, and community.

683
02:42:37,030 --> 02:42:39,590
This evening, I bring forward a request

684
02:42:40,310 --> 02:42:43,910
to purchase a backhoe out of the ARPA funds.

685
02:42:44,810 --> 02:42:47,190
As previously has gone to council,

686
02:42:47,190 --> 02:42:54,630
The backhoe was listed as an eligible item, and I've come here to request those funds

687
02:42:54,630 --> 02:42:55,430
be appropriated.

688
02:42:56,410 --> 02:43:02,790
About nine months ago, I was put in place as an acting supervisor over Public Works,

689
02:43:03,130 --> 02:43:09,410
and during that time, I had met with the supervisors over the various departments, building

690
02:43:09,410 --> 02:43:15,930
maintenance, fleet maintenance, street maintenance, and I wanted to talk to them and kind of

691
02:43:15,930 --> 02:43:19,650
shake things up, knock the dust off outstanding concerns

692
02:43:19,650 --> 02:43:21,810
and issues that the department was facing.

693
02:43:22,850 --> 02:43:28,590
One of those issues is the outdated and soon

694
02:43:28,590 --> 02:43:31,170
to be non-compliant off-road equipment.

695
02:43:32,050 --> 02:43:37,530
Through the CARB airport, we're required

696
02:43:37,530 --> 02:43:43,210
to report on our fleet through a diesel off-road online

697
02:43:43,210 --> 02:43:44,250
reporting system.

698
02:43:44,250 --> 02:43:49,610
And through that system, we have to put in various information, such as engine size.

699
02:43:50,830 --> 02:43:57,050
And, I mean, it's a pretty complex reporting system that the fleet supervisor puts this data in.

700
02:43:57,690 --> 02:44:01,390
And it calculates at the end our compliance of our fleet.

701
02:44:02,010 --> 02:44:10,230
And the laws are continuing to ratchet down on the city of Barstow and California as a whole.

702
02:44:10,230 --> 02:44:17,830
and is indicated that we have two pieces of equipment of concern and if if not

703
02:44:17,830 --> 02:44:24,450
replaced we will soon have to reduce the running hours down to 200 operating

704
02:44:24,450 --> 02:44:31,530
hours in a calendar year. One of those items is our 1994 backhoe which is the

705
02:44:31,530 --> 02:44:38,430
request for this evening. So the city of Barstow works with a company called

706
02:44:38,430 --> 02:44:43,950
Sourcewell and it's formerly known as the National Joint Powers Alliance and the

707
02:44:43,950 --> 02:44:49,530
Sourcewell provides current member agencies the ability they do the RFP

708
02:44:49,530 --> 02:44:54,030
for us or the city of Barstow so they get the the approved through State of

709
02:44:54,030 --> 02:44:58,910
California the procurement process. We utilized them during this process.

710
02:45:00,000 --> 02:45:04,120
The waste water treatment facility, a crack sewer that was purchased a couple years ago.

711
02:45:04,640 --> 02:45:08,380
I do believe we've also used it to purchase fire engines as well.

712
02:45:09,700 --> 02:45:19,300
And it's an extremely valuable tool. It provides a sense of speed to purchase equipment for staff.

713
02:45:19,480 --> 02:45:22,620
We don't have to go through the procurement process because it's already been done for

714
02:45:22,620 --> 02:45:22,820
us.

715
02:45:22,820 --> 02:45:28,240
So this evening we're requesting that City Council

716
02:45:28,240 --> 02:45:33,020
authorize staff to purchase the John Deere 310SL HL-BACCO

717
02:45:33,410 --> 02:45:39,580
from RDO, which is the local RET for John Deere

718
02:45:40,050 --> 02:45:44,400
for $116,000 from the American Rescue Plan Funds

719
02:45:44,400 --> 02:45:47,800
and authorize myself to execute the necessary agreement.

720
02:45:48,440 --> 02:45:50,240
Yeah, I'm here for any additional questions.

721
02:45:50,240 --> 02:45:59,160
Thank you. I have Councilman Tom Silva. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, Mr. Tompkins. So you mentioned

722
02:45:59,160 --> 02:46:03,960
that we're going to be going down to 200 hours. Do you know about how many hours we put on

723
02:46:03,960 --> 02:46:09,300
that piece of equipment currently? I don't have that in front of me, but I do know that

724
02:46:09,300 --> 02:46:15,960
when staff, when we talked about 200 hours, they kind of chuckled and said, well, so

725
02:46:15,960 --> 02:46:20,120
it's going to be parked there for most of the time. The backhoe, the backhoe and

726
02:46:20,120 --> 02:46:27,700
And again in our workhorse pieces of equipment, the Public Works Department has extremely limited

727
02:46:27,700 --> 02:46:28,180
fleet.

728
02:46:28,620 --> 02:46:32,480
We don't have a large fleet.

729
02:46:32,800 --> 02:46:38,080
So the backhoe, the Ganon, and our dump truck are probably the most used pieces of equipment

730
02:46:38,080 --> 02:46:41,940
for almost everything that Public Works does.

731
02:46:42,200 --> 02:46:46,020
So it would be an extreme hindrance to our operation.

732
02:46:47,020 --> 02:46:50,720
Is this a piece of equipment that could be used by other departments also or just public

733
02:46:50,720 --> 02:46:51,000
works?

734
02:46:51,320 --> 02:46:51,720
Absolutely.

735
02:46:52,060 --> 02:46:57,440
As a matter of fact, the backhoe, I do believe, has just been recently used by both the wastewater

736
02:46:57,440 --> 02:47:00,540
department and open spaces in the last couple weeks.

737
02:47:01,000 --> 02:47:01,280
All right.

738
02:47:01,420 --> 02:47:01,980
Thank you very much.

739
02:47:02,500 --> 02:47:02,900
Thank you, Mayor.

740
02:47:03,340 --> 02:47:03,820
Thank you.

741
02:47:06,820 --> 02:47:08,920
With that, I see no one else in the queue.

742
02:47:10,380 --> 02:47:11,760
Is there public comment on this?

743
02:47:13,160 --> 02:47:13,560
No.

744
02:47:14,160 --> 02:47:15,180
No public comment?

745
02:47:15,180 --> 02:47:15,780
No.

746
02:47:16,400 --> 02:47:16,780
Okay.

747
02:47:17,260 --> 02:47:18,620
Have I moved approval or purchase?

748
02:47:18,900 --> 02:47:19,360
I'll second.

749
02:47:20,000 --> 02:47:21,100
The motion is second.

750
02:47:21,440 --> 02:47:22,080
Call for the vote.

751
02:47:28,750 --> 02:47:30,370
Motion has passed unanimously.

752
02:47:31,010 --> 02:47:32,680
Thank you.

753
02:47:32,680 --> 02:47:36,260
Which it takes us to the agenda item number five.

754
02:47:37,520 --> 02:47:40,440
Approval of a community development inspector one position.

755
02:47:41,400 --> 02:47:47,980
The presenter is our bill unofficial and farm worker Mr. Chris Heldreth.

756
02:47:48,580 --> 02:47:49,320
Thank you.

757
02:47:49,520 --> 02:47:50,840
Good evening, Mayor, council members.

758
02:47:51,220 --> 02:47:59,300
What you have before you tonight is a request for an additional position in our Community Development Department, specifically the Building Department.

759
02:48:00,260 --> 02:48:08,760
What this position is, is we, several years ago, as you've seen in the staff report, we took on fire prevention, we took on engineering inspections,

760
02:48:09,000 --> 02:48:12,700
and so we created the job title of Community Development Inspector.

761
02:48:12,700 --> 02:48:18,480
And what that physician does is it handles engineering inspections, fire inspections,

762
02:48:19,060 --> 02:48:22,580
and also building life safety inspections for the building department.

763
02:48:24,200 --> 02:48:28,540
Over the last few years, whenever we were taking on all these departments,

764
02:48:28,820 --> 02:48:30,480
we never asked for additional staff.

765
02:48:31,680 --> 02:48:36,540
During some of those times, things weren't, I guess you say, super busy.

766
02:48:37,260 --> 02:48:41,600
So I've always had the motto, or I've always asked my staff to do more.

767
02:48:42,460 --> 02:48:49,180
We're a smaller city, so one of the benefits, what we created was it's a one-stop shop.

768
02:48:49,760 --> 02:48:55,360
So if a developer calls us for an inspection of before we took everything,

769
02:48:56,020 --> 02:48:57,660
they would call us for an inspection.

770
02:48:58,280 --> 02:49:00,680
We would always have to ask them, hey, did you call the fire department?

771
02:49:00,860 --> 02:49:02,280
Did you call the engineering department?

772
02:49:02,780 --> 02:49:06,600
We'd always be asking them to schedule additional inspections with other departments.

773
02:49:07,060 --> 02:49:09,060
Now they just schedule the inspection with us.

774
02:49:09,900 --> 02:49:11,720
There's no delays in getting inspections,

775
02:49:12,040 --> 02:49:13,720
and so that's kind of what we created.

776
02:49:14,320 --> 02:49:17,200
In doing so, it created a lot more workload.

777
02:49:18,160 --> 02:49:21,400
And then there was two other engineering inspectors that had retired,

778
02:49:21,700 --> 02:49:25,640
and so now we just continue to take on the workload.

779
02:49:26,920 --> 02:49:30,860
I don't ever want to get in the position to where I have to lay somebody off

780
02:49:30,860 --> 02:49:34,780
or do any of those things, so I've always just put on my boots

781
02:49:34,780 --> 02:49:37,040
and basically made it work.

782
02:49:38,000 --> 02:49:44,860
But at the time, about maybe nine months ago to a year, I had a conversation with the city manager,

783
02:49:45,100 --> 02:49:49,020
the previous city manager, and I explained that a lot of these projects are coming up

784
02:49:49,020 --> 02:49:53,240
and that in order to be able to provide the service to the community and these developers,

785
02:49:53,640 --> 02:49:55,880
we were going to have to potentially hire another inspector.

786
02:49:56,700 --> 02:49:59,720
At that time, I was given the go ahead to go ahead and do that,

787
02:50:00,360 --> 02:50:06,040
but I wasn't comfortable until a lot of these projects pulled their permits and actually started to move forward.

788
02:50:06,560 --> 02:50:11,800
So in the staff report, you see that there's a lot of additional information in there that

789
02:50:11,800 --> 02:50:14,240
talks about the projects that are coming, projects that have pulled their permits,

790
02:50:14,320 --> 02:50:15,920
and projects that we currently have in plan review.

791
02:50:16,540 --> 02:50:20,720
And then the one that's in plan review just we just issued the permits today was KFC

792
02:50:21,360 --> 02:50:23,620
and Dush Brothers, both of those were issued today.

793
02:50:23,840 --> 02:50:27,120
They've been grading over there, but they actually got their building permits and everything today

794
02:50:27,120 --> 02:50:29,560
and they'll be getting started the next week or so.

795
02:50:30,600 --> 02:50:33,860
The same developer, that developer is the same developer that did Raising Canes,

796
02:50:33,860 --> 02:50:38,000
and he has another location that he will be moving to right after this.

797
02:50:38,160 --> 02:50:41,860
We're also getting a panda express over in the Walmart development area.

798
02:50:42,600 --> 02:50:45,140
Also a wienersnitchels and a freddies out in Linwood.

799
02:50:45,680 --> 02:50:51,400
So things are starting to really pick up and start to put a little bit of a damper

800
02:50:51,400 --> 02:50:54,220
on us being able to perform some of our tasks.

801
02:50:55,260 --> 02:50:58,300
As you see in here, I broke down every single department

802
02:50:58,300 --> 02:51:00,840
and I broke down every single dollar amount that we collect.

803
02:51:00,840 --> 02:51:05,560
and what I did was I went back over the last three years and I pulled those

804
02:51:05,560 --> 02:51:11,900
funds so that I can and I use the lowest amount that has come through. So in fire

805
02:51:11,900 --> 02:51:15,680
for example there's a hundred and thirty thousand a year that we collect and in

806
02:51:15,680 --> 02:51:19,080
the engineering department we collect roughly sixty eight thousand dollars and

807
02:51:19,080 --> 02:51:22,780
then in the community development department in 2020 it actually slowed

808
02:51:22,780 --> 02:51:26,560
down just a little bit. The majority of the bigger permits pulled their or

809
02:51:26,560 --> 02:51:31,080
projects pulled their permits in January in moving forward this year so we

810
02:51:31,080 --> 02:51:34,840
didn't actually capture some of the larger projects with some of the permits

811
02:51:34,840 --> 02:51:40,620
but that's a 373,000. The last two years before that we averaged over 400 but I

812
02:51:40,620 --> 02:51:44,500
just used the low number just to be I'm conservative whenever I look at the

813
02:51:44,500 --> 02:51:49,040
money. So if you go to the second part of it with the physical impact and

814
02:51:49,040 --> 02:51:54,540
also right above that in the in the actual staff report the total salary

815
02:51:54,540 --> 02:52:00,200
currently in the building and safety department is right around $425,000 a year with benefits

816
02:52:00,200 --> 02:52:02,760
in everything, and that would be at the F steps of everybody.

817
02:52:04,200 --> 02:52:07,780
The individuals in that department are not at the F step, they're at the lower, but I

818
02:52:07,780 --> 02:52:09,060
always put the worst case scenario.

819
02:52:09,740 --> 02:52:12,760
That department currently brings in $571,000.

820
02:52:12,900 --> 02:52:17,540
So that leaves us roughly for, sorry about that, $373,000.

821
02:52:17,720 --> 02:52:24,320
Adding the additional inspector would put us right around the $425,000 mark, which

822
02:52:24,320 --> 02:52:29,860
which would still leave us with $45,000 left over in the general fund from the current,

823
02:52:30,300 --> 02:52:33,660
that's our normal fees that we collect every year.

824
02:52:34,100 --> 02:52:38,180
This does not take into account any of the new projects that were coming on, so all

825
02:52:38,180 --> 02:52:40,420
that money would just go into the general fund.

826
02:52:40,960 --> 02:52:47,460
So we currently have enough money in our revenue for the last three years to go

827
02:52:47,460 --> 02:52:51,780
ahead and hire that position anyway, but I've just been holding off as long as

828
02:52:51,780 --> 02:52:52,120
I can.

829
02:52:52,760 --> 02:52:57,720
And now I'm here to ask for the consideration to go ahead and hire that position.

830
02:52:59,990 --> 02:53:00,450
Okay.

831
02:53:01,030 --> 02:53:06,210
I have the Q. Councilman Tom Silva followed by Councilman Barbara Rose.

832
02:53:07,150 --> 02:53:07,310
Yes.

833
02:53:07,430 --> 02:53:07,830
Thank you, Mayor.

834
02:53:08,930 --> 02:53:15,030
Sir Hilders, yeah, not on the general position, but just in general actually.

835
02:53:16,450 --> 02:53:20,830
So if any of these inspectors go out on fire inspection, because you mentioned general

836
02:53:20,830 --> 02:53:23,470
fund but that would be paid from fire district, correct?

837
02:53:24,510 --> 02:53:30,430
Well a couple, no, what happened was is whenever we took over fire, whenever the fire district

838
02:53:30,430 --> 02:53:34,010
came in and then the community development department actually took over fire prevention,

839
02:53:34,990 --> 02:53:38,990
for about, it just got corrected I think a year ago, where the funds that we were

840
02:53:38,990 --> 02:53:43,030
collecting, the permits and all those, we were still shipping them up to the fire

841
02:53:43,030 --> 02:53:43,370
district.

842
02:53:43,950 --> 02:53:48,230
We were doing all the work but we were actually giving all the funds to the

843
02:53:48,230 --> 02:53:48,810
fire district.

844
02:53:48,930 --> 02:53:49,170
Okay.

845
02:53:49,170 --> 02:53:56,150
So I believe it was about roughly a year ago miss pro-throwing them they fix that to where it would go into the city's general fund

846
02:53:56,150 --> 02:54:01,130
So that the those numbers have now added to our general fund revenue

847
02:54:01,130 --> 02:54:05,470
And but it's at the city's general the inspections go into general fund and we pay the

848
02:54:06,230 --> 02:54:10,790
Okay, correct. Yeah, that's all. Thank you, ma'am. Thank you councilman Barber Rose

849
02:54:11,870 --> 02:54:18,090
So I just have a question. So I'm reading that there's three positions currently in the building the safety department

850
02:54:19,630 --> 02:54:27,110
they're all filled currently? Yes ma'am. My next question would be it reads that in

851
02:54:27,110 --> 02:54:33,890
2018-2019 that two engineering inspectors retired. He used to have four

852
02:54:33,890 --> 02:54:39,830
employees, currently there is one. So my question is, and it also says no

853
02:54:39,830 --> 02:54:45,930
additional staff was asked for, so my question is the two that retired were

854
02:54:45,930 --> 02:54:49,030
Are those positions frozen if they weren't filled?

855
02:54:49,290 --> 02:54:50,730
What happened to those positions?

856
02:54:51,470 --> 02:54:57,510
So what happened was the building and safety department, my department, there was a little

857
02:54:57,510 --> 02:55:01,630
bit of a transition that was happening over the last three to seven years, I guess you

858
02:55:01,630 --> 02:55:07,090
can say, whenever we took all fire prevention, I went out and got certified and all in the

859
02:55:07,090 --> 02:55:07,970
inspections to do fire.

860
02:55:08,470 --> 02:55:13,570
And then we made it a part of our job descriptions to ask our other staff members to get

861
02:55:13,570 --> 02:55:14,730
those certifications as well.

862
02:55:15,310 --> 02:55:21,290
Then when engineering was getting ready to have those individuals retiring, the first one retired.

863
02:55:21,930 --> 02:55:26,830
The second one wasn't planning on retiring but then had some medical issues, so he went ahead and retired.

864
02:55:27,710 --> 02:55:32,370
At that time what we did was we just absorbed all the engineering inspections.

865
02:55:33,050 --> 02:55:38,610
And the reason why I volunteered, I make the mistake of volunteering for a lot of things,

866
02:55:39,250 --> 02:55:43,810
I volunteered because I wanted to give the developers a one-stop shop.

867
02:55:44,230 --> 02:55:50,350
So that way, if they call for an inspection, I can do their curb gutter, sidewalk, their street improvement, all those things.

868
02:55:50,550 --> 02:55:54,430
And I can also go over there and look at their electrical at the same time.

869
02:55:55,070 --> 02:55:58,690
It saves the city money in not having to have additional people just do one thing.

870
02:55:59,170 --> 02:56:04,610
This way, what I did was I created the department to where one of my guys can do all three trades.

871
02:56:05,130 --> 02:56:10,670
Instead of having it like in larger cities you have, you know, building inspectors, engineering inspectors, fire inspectors.

872
02:56:10,730 --> 02:56:12,490
You have it all separate. I have one guy that can do it.

873
02:56:12,490 --> 02:56:19,050
I have multiple guys now, but they all are getting trained in our train to be able to

874
02:56:19,050 --> 02:56:20,550
do multiple different inspections.

875
02:56:21,090 --> 02:56:28,410
So whenever they retired, I just absorbed the workload, and we did not ask for any additional

876
02:56:28,410 --> 02:56:28,810
staff.

877
02:56:29,510 --> 02:56:34,370
Domingo Gonzalez is the one remaining engineering person that has been there for the longest,

878
02:56:35,030 --> 02:56:39,110
and we took over all the field inspections, and he handles the majority of the paperwork

879
02:56:39,110 --> 02:56:43,870
We're excited to stuff in projects, but my staff and myself took over all the inspections

880
02:56:43,870 --> 02:56:45,650
and we didn't hire any additional staff.

881
02:56:46,410 --> 02:56:52,770
So you absorbed the work, but the funds stayed in the general fund.

882
02:56:53,570 --> 02:57:00,250
So I guess this question would be for you, sir, Mr. Puckett.

883
02:57:01,230 --> 02:57:07,910
Is this ongoing money that's still being built into our budget or were these positions

884
02:57:07,910 --> 02:57:08,290
frozen?

885
02:57:08,290 --> 02:57:16,350
That's what I'm trying to find out where these positions actually frozen so that money was cut out of the budget or they were currently ongoing

886
02:57:16,350 --> 02:57:21,250
monies that we continue to have a vacant position,

887
02:57:26,040 --> 02:57:27,460
unfunded position.

888
02:57:27,720 --> 02:57:28,080
Yes, thank you.

889
02:57:28,080 --> 02:57:29,720
Yes, it's an unfunded position.

890
02:57:30,560 --> 02:57:38,880
So whenever the transition happened, we didn't ask for the body for the replacement and we just said that we'll handle it.

891
02:57:38,880 --> 02:57:47,460
So what ended up happening was finance took the position out of being funded back in 2018 and then also in 2019

892
02:57:47,460 --> 02:57:54,740
And so then if you were nor the your your other staff did not absorb any of the monies from that position

893
02:57:54,740 --> 02:57:59,480
No, just the work. Thank you for doing that more for less, right?

894
02:58:00,080 --> 02:58:06,240
Yeah, my staff's not too happy, but so my question is have you looked at this and

895
02:58:06,240 --> 02:58:12,140
And can we absorb it, ongoing monies for this amount?

896
02:58:14,880 --> 02:58:22,300
The, as Chris had indicated, it's an unfunded position.

897
02:58:22,740 --> 02:58:26,040
The only positions included within the budget are funded.

898
02:58:26,140 --> 02:58:33,940
We do not have any funded vacant positions other than the city manager

899
02:58:33,940 --> 02:58:38,840
and finance position, which are currently filled on an interim basis.

900
02:58:39,860 --> 02:58:45,480
So the position itself is unfunded in the general fund.

901
02:58:46,480 --> 02:58:51,820
Revenue generated from that flows into the general fund and then is closed into fund

902
02:58:51,820 --> 02:58:52,780
balance at the year end.

903
02:58:52,880 --> 02:58:58,820
So any available resources, it would flow into resources in the general fund available

904
02:58:58,820 --> 02:59:02,380
for any purpose as all other revenue in the general fund does.

905
02:59:02,380 --> 02:59:10,040
is, any increase, this is a baseline spending increase when you add a position, so it does

906
02:59:10,040 --> 02:59:16,260
increase the total appropriations in the general fund and would require that the position be

907
02:59:16,260 --> 02:59:18,120
funded in order to fill it.

908
02:59:20,970 --> 02:59:22,130
Maybe I can help.

909
02:59:22,730 --> 02:59:23,070
Thank you.

910
02:59:23,210 --> 02:59:23,490
Thank you.

911
02:59:23,630 --> 02:59:24,810
Did I not answer the question?

912
02:59:25,890 --> 02:59:29,370
It can be absurd if you choose to fund the position.

913
02:59:29,730 --> 02:59:32,150
There is sufficient available funds to fund.

914
02:59:32,150 --> 02:59:32,330
Right.

915
02:59:32,330 --> 02:59:38,350
I think that's what Chris was pointing out in the staff report, is that the current revenues

916
02:59:38,350 --> 02:59:44,210
that are coming into the department would fund this position right now, and we have other

917
02:59:44,210 --> 02:59:51,630
project coming on that would add to that money, which would then sustain for a while those

918
02:59:51,630 --> 02:59:52,090
costs.

919
02:59:52,090 --> 02:59:59,830
us. So assuming, and this doesn't even include the inspection for the apartments and the rental

920
02:59:59,830 --> 02:59:59,970
Thank you.

921
03:00:03,900 --> 03:00:11,340
So you'll have sufficient funding for several years to cover the cost of this person. You

922
03:00:11,340 --> 03:00:16,860
could do it right now at a fund you should have. So for several years, but we don't have

923
03:00:16,860 --> 03:00:21,580
a, we don't know after the several years where potentially it'll have to come be absorbed

924
03:00:21,580 --> 03:00:26,480
from our general fund. Yeah, so for the last two years, I'll clarify

925
03:00:26,480 --> 03:00:34,280
So the last two years, basically, we've been generating over roughly right around $575,000

926
03:00:34,280 --> 03:00:35,860
to $600,000 plus.

927
03:00:36,560 --> 03:00:41,600
The cost of our department towards the revenue that we've been bringing in has only been

928
03:00:42,220 --> 03:00:43,160
$373,000.

929
03:00:43,440 --> 03:00:47,300
It's actually less than that, but that number is with everybody at their F-step.

930
03:00:47,820 --> 03:00:52,560
So whenever people are at their lower steps, I shouldn't say we've been making money,

931
03:00:52,560 --> 03:00:56,440
but we've been we've had a little bit we've been bringing in more revenue than

932
03:00:56,440 --> 03:01:02,440
what we've been using for salaries and things like that in our department. I

933
03:01:02,440 --> 03:01:08,160
never felt comfort even though we had the money to pay for another inspector I

934
03:01:08,160 --> 03:01:13,620
never felt comfortable trying to get that position right it was right when

935
03:01:13,620 --> 03:01:17,460
COVID was starting to happen and then I so I just kind of just dealt with it

936
03:01:17,460 --> 03:01:21,420
and we just started picking up any of the slack and we just we handled it

937
03:01:21,420 --> 03:01:26,380
staff and did the extra work and now that we're kind of turning to come out and all these more

938
03:01:26,380 --> 03:01:31,580
projects are coming now is that that's why we're coming before you but we've always had the money

939
03:01:31,580 --> 03:01:36,060
it's just I've never I never wanted to go lay somebody off or do any of those kinds of things

940
03:01:36,060 --> 03:01:41,940
if for whatever reason COVID made the market go even worse and then we we had that situation so

941
03:01:41,940 --> 03:01:48,740
I just held off and I even spoke with Miss Alice about this previously and she was said

942
03:01:48,740 --> 03:01:52,740
that we go ahead and try to get the job or go to council and I just kept

943
03:01:52,740 --> 03:01:56,320
holding off until everybody started actually pulling all their permits to

944
03:01:56,320 --> 03:01:58,680
to have even more revenue than what we currently have.

945
03:02:02,770 --> 03:02:04,570
Thank you. I'm the Q.

946
03:02:04,990 --> 03:02:12,470
Councilman Silva again. Thank you Mayor. Yes so with the workload and the

947
03:02:13,110 --> 03:02:21,780
positions not you know not a staff one there do you know what our overtime is

948
03:02:21,780 --> 03:02:24,020
for that current department?

949
03:02:24,580 --> 03:02:26,720
And would that be lessened with this position?

950
03:02:27,160 --> 03:02:33,020
So I'm pretty strict on staff using overtime.

951
03:02:33,880 --> 03:02:36,940
So what ends up happening is I would take some of it.

952
03:02:37,500 --> 03:02:40,620
I would work late or I would do whatever I need to do

953
03:02:40,620 --> 03:02:43,460
so that we would not incur cost in overtime.

954
03:02:44,060 --> 03:02:46,700
I believe my overtime budget is $2,000 a year

955
03:02:46,700 --> 03:02:50,280
and we come right around $2,000 a year

956
03:02:50,280 --> 03:02:53,340
Um, with, with different projects and different things that are unforeseen.

957
03:02:53,760 --> 03:02:59,920
Um, but I, yeah, most departments, especially public safety, when we're short over time goes up.

958
03:03:00,060 --> 03:03:05,300
So normally if you're going to go full staff, they're going to supplement some of that expense by reducing the overtime.

959
03:03:05,600 --> 03:03:07,580
But yeah, I'm a little, I'm a little different.

960
03:03:08,160 --> 03:03:09,780
I just don't like spending the money.

961
03:03:10,200 --> 03:03:10,440
Thank you.

962
03:03:11,320 --> 03:03:11,680
That's all.

963
03:03:12,200 --> 03:03:12,720
Thank you.

964
03:03:12,720 --> 03:03:14,900
In the queue, Councilman Merlin, Dara Cruz.

965
03:03:14,900 --> 03:03:22,450
So bottom line is you bring in ample amount and there'll be additional funds coming in

966
03:03:22,450 --> 03:03:28,070
to fund this individual and that's pretty much the bottom line.

967
03:03:28,730 --> 03:03:34,110
And now sitting on, when I was on Planning Commission, having what you're talking about

968
03:03:34,110 --> 03:03:42,050
expedites, the PCUP process, the approval when we can go out and inspect and do all

969
03:03:42,050 --> 03:03:47,030
the entities at one time instead of waiting for reports from each department. Is that correct?

970
03:03:47,530 --> 03:03:53,150
Yes ma'am. Yeah that's what I thought. So basically you bring in plenty and that's even

971
03:03:53,150 --> 03:04:00,030
being conservative and we do, we know we have several projects coming on board so I don't see

972
03:04:00,030 --> 03:04:07,810
that so obviously your department will be able to subsidize this additional person with not a

973
03:04:08,470 --> 03:04:13,090
Yeah, I didn't calculate any of the new projects into the fund or the revenue.

974
03:04:13,370 --> 03:04:15,050
All right, thank you.

975
03:04:17,330 --> 03:04:17,970
Thank you.

976
03:04:18,450 --> 03:04:24,270
With that being no one else in the queue, I will entertain a motion and a second.

977
03:04:24,730 --> 03:04:26,130
Before a motion, is there any public comment?

978
03:04:27,750 --> 03:04:29,710
I do apologize on that.

979
03:04:35,130 --> 03:04:36,230
Welcome Mr. Hernandez.

980
03:04:36,710 --> 03:04:37,210
Thank you, sir.

981
03:04:38,130 --> 03:04:39,530
I got a few questions for you.

982
03:04:40,710 --> 03:04:46,110
First of all, you say that your budget is $373, you're going to $425, which is about $50,000.

983
03:04:47,210 --> 03:04:51,350
Does that mean that the person you're hiring is part-time or full-time?

984
03:04:53,420 --> 03:04:57,240
Which is, well, let me finish my questions if I may.

985
03:04:58,160 --> 03:05:02,920
Another thing is that doesn't your department, like all departments, have a cost allocation

986
03:05:02,920 --> 03:05:08,200
cost where each employee is allocated funding from your own department?

987
03:05:08,200 --> 03:05:11,940
So why would they be any hesitant in doing this?

988
03:05:12,960 --> 03:05:16,460
My primary thing is that if it becomes a full-time position,

989
03:05:16,940 --> 03:05:18,700
that means retirement has to be put in.

990
03:05:19,700 --> 03:05:23,500
What part, how much is the retirement going to be

991
03:05:23,500 --> 03:05:25,980
when you're only calculating $50,000 for the employee?

992
03:05:27,160 --> 03:05:28,720
Where's the retirement come out of it?

993
03:05:28,760 --> 03:05:30,240
How much is that total to?

994
03:05:30,920 --> 03:05:34,300
Because that should be considered in the budget

995
03:05:35,520 --> 03:05:41,540
when you calculate it and that's primary my questions you know I'm just kind of

996
03:05:41,540 --> 03:05:45,300
curious I know you have the money my point is if it's a full-time employee

997
03:05:46,000 --> 03:05:52,100
what happens I mean right now I hope to God the barrister keeps on growing so

998
03:05:52,100 --> 03:05:56,460
money keeps on rolling in but if it doesn't is that person a full-time

999
03:05:56,460 --> 03:06:00,700
employee gonna have to be laid off or found another position for them which

1000
03:06:00,700 --> 03:06:03,300
just my main thing, what actually happens.

1001
03:06:03,760 --> 03:06:04,240
Thank you.

1002
03:06:04,400 --> 03:06:05,020
Thank you, sir.

1003
03:06:06,460 --> 03:06:08,080
Go ahead, Chris Heldreth.

1004
03:06:08,480 --> 03:06:13,660
Yeah, so currently, the cost for myself and the other inspectors

1005
03:06:13,660 --> 03:06:19,200
is $373,000 and $373,187.51 a year.

1006
03:06:19,660 --> 03:06:22,840
That would be at our maximum payout, like our top pay.

1007
03:06:23,480 --> 03:06:27,040
That benefits everything included 100%.

1008
03:06:28,460 --> 03:06:36,120
What we approximately bring in every year is $571,699.24 a year.

1009
03:06:36,740 --> 03:06:44,320
And what I'm asking for is it's a full-time employee and it would be at the entry level.

1010
03:06:45,700 --> 03:06:48,540
I went ahead and I did the maximum and the entry level.

1011
03:06:48,800 --> 03:06:52,380
Entry level is right around $81,489.

1012
03:06:54,020 --> 03:07:02,020
$81,489.88, that's entry level at the A-step, F-step is $100,121.57, and that's with benefits,

1013
03:07:02,240 --> 03:07:03,000
everything included.

1014
03:07:03,680 --> 03:07:07,980
So that's the retirement, everything that's paid for, and that's at the F-step, 100%

1015
03:07:07,980 --> 03:07:09,400
what the maximum will cost the city.

1016
03:07:10,220 --> 03:07:15,520
If you take that $100,000 for the new employee at the F-step, plus all the other F-steps

1017
03:07:15,520 --> 03:07:20,420
of every other employee that's in there, that number totals up to $425,627.

1018
03:07:21,240 --> 03:07:28,560
627, which leaves us $45,949.79 of what our budget is currently.

1019
03:07:33,440 --> 03:07:34,100
I'm pretty sure.

1020
03:07:38,760 --> 03:07:39,140
Okay.

1021
03:07:41,080 --> 03:07:42,280
Excuse me.

1022
03:07:42,280 --> 03:07:42,600
Okay.

1023
03:07:42,800 --> 03:07:43,400
373.

1024
03:07:44,620 --> 03:07:45,220
More.

1025
03:07:45,620 --> 03:07:46,020
Okay.

1026
03:07:46,220 --> 03:07:47,380
Thank you, Mr. Nendez.

1027
03:07:48,860 --> 03:07:54,060
Like Chris, I'll just definitely, so note.

1028
03:07:54,700 --> 03:07:55,560
I will clarify it.

1029
03:07:55,980 --> 03:07:56,200
Okay.

1030
03:07:56,400 --> 03:07:58,380
I've got to clarify it because I misspoke.

1031
03:07:58,380 --> 03:08:05,200
Okay, so I read off a number of what the building department currently brings in which is 373

1032
03:08:05,200 --> 03:08:09,260
That's what the building permits are is 373. So I put that number wrong

1033
03:08:10,360 --> 03:08:12,180
totaling so all permits total

1034
03:08:13,120 --> 03:08:14,520
$571,000 a year

1035
03:08:14,520 --> 03:08:16,940
So that's what every permit totals

1036
03:08:17,700 --> 03:08:18,220
now

1037
03:08:18,220 --> 03:08:21,240
The salary range right now is

1038
03:08:21,240 --> 03:08:26,280
425,000 with fully loaded costs at the top of the salary range would cost the city approximately

1039
03:08:26,280 --> 03:08:36,940
425. I would increase that cost of $525,000, leaving approximately $45,900 left. So I'm sorry

1040
03:08:36,940 --> 03:08:41,720
about that, but that's a clarified. There's still $45,000 left over.

1041
03:08:42,280 --> 03:08:47,660
Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Eldridge. It was really important that you did clarify

1042
03:08:47,660 --> 03:08:50,920
the 88 pennies that were left on the table. Okay.

1043
03:08:53,870 --> 03:08:57,050
With no one else in the queue, I

1044
03:08:57,050 --> 03:08:58,850
Now I will have a motion in the second.

1045
03:08:59,090 --> 03:09:00,250
I will entertain the vote.

1046
03:09:00,450 --> 03:09:02,330
I'll make a motion to approve.

1047
03:09:03,010 --> 03:09:03,590
Second.

1048
03:09:06,530 --> 03:09:07,310
Let's call for the vote.

1049
03:09:12,760 --> 03:09:14,000
Motion has passed unanimously.

1050
03:09:15,260 --> 03:09:19,260
Which moves us to our last item, item number six.

1051
03:09:20,560 --> 03:09:22,640
And that's the cannabis business program.

1052
03:09:23,620 --> 03:09:25,740
Introduction of first reading of the ordinance

1053
03:09:25,740 --> 03:09:28,940
number 977-2021.

1054
03:09:29,880 --> 03:09:31,700
The presenters are as follows.

1055
03:09:32,720 --> 03:09:37,180
Bill and official farm marshal, Mr. Chris Heldreth, general manager and environmental

1056
03:09:37,180 --> 03:09:42,020
services, Mr. Cody Compens, and our city attorney, Matthew Summers.

1057
03:09:43,440 --> 03:09:47,740
Good evening, Mr. Mayor, council, staff, and community.

1058
03:09:48,840 --> 03:09:58,020
As most of you guys know, through a series of workshops, the planning commission, and

1059
03:09:58,020 --> 03:10:04,960
other discussions. Staff has worked tremendously in order to bring this ordinance that is now

1060
03:10:04,960 --> 03:10:12,740
before you. This is a revised and amended ordinance through the learnings and education

1061
03:10:12,740 --> 03:10:18,680
process that staff has gone through, through talking with other cities, trying to learn

1062
03:10:18,680 --> 03:10:24,960
as much of the failures as well as success stories that other communities have gone

1063
03:10:24,960 --> 03:10:32,580
through to bring the best possible revised ordinance to the council for consideration.

1064
03:10:33,620 --> 03:10:38,340
The revised and amended ordinance that is now before you is the first reading in the

1065
03:10:38,340 --> 03:10:45,800
introduction and the addition to the ordinance we've brought to council for resolution.

1066
03:10:46,620 --> 03:10:52,920
In June of this year we brought our first revision and through the workshops and discussions

1067
03:10:53,560 --> 03:10:59,740
staff kind of took a step back spent additional time talked to additional

1068
03:10:59,740 --> 03:11:04,460
cities and made some revisions to our ordinance before we brought it back to

1069
03:11:04,460 --> 03:11:08,140
you guys we've gone to the Planning Commission and through the recommendation

1070
03:11:09,200 --> 03:11:15,460
they they agree with our past workshop of the thousand foot rule and it is

1071
03:11:15,460 --> 03:11:20,040
here for your guys's consideration review well one thing I'd like to add is

1072
03:11:20,660 --> 03:11:27,200
And then I'll throw it over to Matthew, too, to elaborate a little bit more, is that what

1073
03:11:27,200 --> 03:11:34,240
we've done is listening to the comments and concerns of everybody, we, as you guys would

1074
03:11:34,240 --> 03:11:37,580
recall, we were trying to beat CEQA with our first ordinance.

1075
03:11:38,240 --> 03:11:41,740
That was an important thing to reiterate here is that we were trying to beat CEQA

1076
03:11:41,740 --> 03:11:45,940
and that's why we did it in June, and that's why we were trying to get it passed

1077
03:11:45,940 --> 03:11:50,400
and we basically counter the books of what we have on the ordinances now.

1078
03:11:51,260 --> 03:11:55,540
After that, doing that, we reevaluated, went through, went through other cities.

1079
03:11:56,160 --> 03:11:58,700
Matthew and them have worked on this diligently as well.

1080
03:11:59,300 --> 03:12:03,100
We've had a lot of meetings going back and forth with this, and we believe now that

1081
03:12:03,100 --> 03:12:06,220
we have a more solid ordinance.

1082
03:12:06,840 --> 03:12:10,480
The one thing to reiterate is that whenever we are speaking with Desert Hot Springs,

1083
03:12:10,480 --> 03:12:16,740
For example, they were one of the first cities to go into the cannabis business, and the

1084
03:12:17,380 --> 03:12:23,020
assistant city manager said that he would love to advise everyone that it continues

1085
03:12:23,020 --> 03:12:23,620
to grow.

1086
03:12:24,020 --> 03:12:27,860
And what he means by that is that you are never going to have a perfect document.

1087
03:12:28,700 --> 03:12:31,940
He goes, the one thing is that you always have to be able to come back to council

1088
03:12:31,940 --> 03:12:36,320
and speak with them and address issues that come up along the way.

1089
03:12:36,500 --> 03:12:39,600
They've been doing it for over five years, and they just changed their ordinance

1090
03:12:39,600 --> 03:12:43,100
again, I believe it was three weeks ago. He said that they've been through their

1091
03:12:43,100 --> 03:12:47,180
ordinance multiple times and made different changes and so that's the

1092
03:12:47,180 --> 03:12:50,720
one thing that he wanted to have us reiterate is that it's always changing.

1093
03:12:51,160 --> 03:12:56,000
We will always find flaws and we'll fix them and that's the one thing but the

1094
03:12:56,000 --> 03:12:58,420
main reason why we had to change a lot of this because we were trying to beat

1095
03:12:58,420 --> 03:13:03,020
Sequa and then I'll go ahead and throw it over to Matthew. And before

1096
03:13:03,020 --> 03:13:07,220
Matthew jumps in, the other thing that was that was stressed to a staff

1097
03:13:07,220 --> 03:13:14,220
staff is to ensure that we expect high standards for the city of Barstow through this process.

1098
03:13:15,540 --> 03:13:22,280
And as Mr. Heldruth mentioned, the industry does change and having that communication

1099
03:13:22,280 --> 03:13:26,780
and that collaboration with any business owners that do come to the city of Barstow

1100
03:13:26,780 --> 03:13:36,060
so we can ensure that our ordinance is friendly to the customer as well as protecting the

1101
03:13:36,060 --> 03:13:43,200
City of Barstow, so we expect to bring revisions back as we move through this process.

1102
03:13:45,340 --> 03:13:45,980
Thank you.

1103
03:13:46,760 --> 03:13:51,600
Before we go to Council, I see Councilman Tom Sullivan in the queue.

1104
03:13:52,040 --> 03:13:53,500
Mr. Mayor, I actually had a couple further comments.

1105
03:13:53,880 --> 03:13:54,040
Okay.

1106
03:13:54,420 --> 03:13:54,860
No, go ahead.

1107
03:13:55,080 --> 03:13:55,180
Okay.

1108
03:13:55,480 --> 03:13:55,780
Thank you.

1109
03:13:56,380 --> 03:14:00,640
So just to provide a brief overview of what's before you and what you requested to take

1110
03:14:00,640 --> 03:14:04,380
on two documents, three documents, an ordinance, a resolution, and a resolution.

1111
03:14:05,040 --> 03:14:12,000
The ordinance is intended to make a series of changes, largely administrative, governance-focused,

1112
03:14:12,180 --> 03:14:18,140
clarifying the permanent requirements, writing in expressly the requirement, as discussed at the workshop a couple of times ago,

1113
03:14:18,780 --> 03:14:22,500
that cannabis operations will need a cannabis permit under the cannabis ordinance,

1114
03:14:23,140 --> 03:14:27,720
a conditional use permit under the regular conditional use permit zoning ordinance, and a development agreement.

1115
03:14:28,360 --> 03:14:33,580
The development agreement, of course, is what creates the ability to require direct financial contributions

1116
03:14:33,580 --> 03:14:40,220
revisions to the city, offsetting their impacts without going to the people as the tax, and

1117
03:14:40,220 --> 03:14:47,740
without them as a legal requirement. The ordinance revisions also modify the original

1118
03:14:47,740 --> 03:14:53,440
sort of quick default language regarding application process and fees, dropping the default fees

1119
03:14:53,440 --> 03:14:55,700
that were listed in the ordinance, originally creating the ability for the council to

1120
03:14:55,700 --> 03:14:59,240
set fees by resolution. That resolution is not before you tonight.

1121
03:15:00,000 --> 03:15:03,680
If the council, who's the ordinance, then, will work with the consultant, Mr. Puckett and

1122
03:15:03,680 --> 03:15:10,840
Mr. Hoda and Mr. Tompkins to develop a suite of recommended fees. The ordinance also includes

1123
03:15:10,840 --> 03:15:17,540
provision for the zoning resolution and bakes in the buffers as discussed before, which

1124
03:15:17,540 --> 03:15:23,440
are roughly a thousand feet from residential churches, other houses of worship, schools,

1125
03:15:24,080 --> 03:15:28,740
daycare, public daycares, public parks, things like that. And it also bakes in the requirement

1126
03:15:28,740 --> 03:15:34,800
for any applicant to follow the forthcoming security and operating regulations and design

1127
03:15:34,800 --> 03:15:41,140
guidelines. The resolution, the first of the two is the zoning resolution that adopts

1128
03:15:41,790 --> 03:15:46,900
the green zone, which is a useful moniker but not a term we're using in the legal

1129
03:15:46,900 --> 03:15:51,420
documents. The legal documents is the portions of the industrial and commercial zones that

1130
03:15:51,420 --> 03:15:57,300
will allow cannabis. And on that front, I don't know if we have the maps to

1131
03:15:57,300 --> 03:16:01,000
pop up on the screen. But if we don't, that's okay. The maps are in the packet.

1132
03:16:01,480 --> 03:16:04,640
And they could be generally summarized as the areas

1133
03:16:05,240 --> 03:16:08,740
south of the 57 and west

1134
03:16:09,200 --> 03:16:12,340
of the 15 freeway for the

1135
03:16:13,100 --> 03:16:17,320
industrial zone types of cannabis uses, which is essentially all the cannabis uses.

1136
03:16:17,540 --> 03:16:21,020
So manufacturing dispensaries, I'm sorry, not dispensaries,

1137
03:16:21,160 --> 03:16:23,960
manufacturing, commercial, testing,

1138
03:16:25,220 --> 03:16:32,000
cultivation that is indoor only, not outdoor. And then to the east of the 15 Freeway, south

1139
03:16:32,000 --> 03:16:42,980
of the juncture with the 57, roughly, that area, 58, thank you, that area is the commercial

1140
03:16:42,980 --> 03:16:49,860
cannabis portion which would allow the same uses as the industrial plus dispensaries.

1141
03:16:49,860 --> 03:16:55,900
So that would be dispensaries in the Lennardwood area and South, South Outlet Center Drive

1142
03:16:55,900 --> 03:17:00,660
on the east side of the freeway and not dispensaries on the west side.

1143
03:17:01,440 --> 03:17:06,620
The last resolution is the application process resolution or the permit processing resolution

1144
03:17:07,080 --> 03:17:08,580
and that has two key components.

1145
03:17:09,180 --> 03:17:12,820
One is it bakes in the process that will be a three-step process.

1146
03:17:12,980 --> 03:17:18,040
Step one, staff will review the applications as they come in, sort out which ones do

1147
03:17:18,040 --> 03:17:21,280
not meet minimum qualifications and those will get a rejection letter.

1148
03:17:21,820 --> 03:17:23,840
The incomplete ones, of course, will be deemed incomplete.

1149
03:17:24,600 --> 03:17:27,460
Then the ones that meet minimum qualifications and are complete will go to the Planning

1150
03:17:27,460 --> 03:17:31,580
Commission for the first round of review because there's a development agreement involved

1151
03:17:32,120 --> 03:17:36,360
and review and hearing and confirmation that the requirements have been met, including

1152
03:17:36,360 --> 03:17:41,920
that will look for the most of these projects we will expect will include a design build

1153
03:17:41,920 --> 03:17:45,420
component for new buildings because much of the area that we're looking that we

1154
03:17:45,420 --> 03:17:50,600
have proposed for zoning for cannabis is undeveloped area. And the Planning Commission will also

1155
03:17:50,600 --> 03:17:56,600
look at the design components and the building, the usual site planning and zoning elements.

1156
03:17:57,240 --> 03:18:01,780
And then the Council will hear them and review and approve them, again, because there's

1157
03:18:01,780 --> 03:18:05,340
a development agreement. Council approves required. The intention is to depoliticize

1158
03:18:05,340 --> 03:18:09,660
the process by requiring those first two steps to make sure that it's not a picking

1159
03:18:09,660 --> 03:18:13,160
winners and losers, but it's a reviewing and approving applications that meet the

1160
03:18:13,160 --> 03:18:17,320
city standards and as Chris noted, one of the emphasis points that was emphasized in

1161
03:18:17,320 --> 03:18:22,140
the recent site visits is high standards. They can be met by this industry. It is extremely

1162
03:18:22,140 --> 03:18:26,760
well funded and they will meet exactly as high of a standard as we require. So if we

1163
03:18:26,760 --> 03:18:31,880
require higher standards, we will get higher standards out. And the last key component

1164
03:18:31,880 --> 03:18:36,240
of the application process is that it also creates what we're proposing to be a series

1165
03:18:36,240 --> 03:18:40,820
of windows for applications. The reason for that is that because we don't have

1166
03:18:40,820 --> 03:18:42,140
of a hard numeric limit.

1167
03:18:42,280 --> 03:18:44,100
Instead, the limit is baked into the zoning,

1168
03:18:44,280 --> 03:18:45,860
the areas that are allowed for cannabis.

1169
03:18:46,540 --> 03:18:50,160
We wouldn't want to have drip, drip, drip of applications

1170
03:18:50,680 --> 03:18:54,600
being forced to be decided in a vacuum,

1171
03:18:54,740 --> 03:18:56,020
where we're not comparing them to each other.

1172
03:18:56,120 --> 03:18:57,920
Instead, what we're proposing is to create

1173
03:18:58,480 --> 03:18:59,700
a series of windows.

1174
03:19:00,040 --> 03:19:02,760
Two months open, the first one will be December in January.

1175
03:19:02,920 --> 03:19:06,340
December 2021, January 2022, apply.

1176
03:19:07,140 --> 03:19:08,920
Anybody who wants to apply, apply in that window,

1177
03:19:08,920 --> 03:19:15,240
Then we review those as a batch go through the process take out those up that are the meet the minimal qualifications

1178
03:19:15,240 --> 03:19:18,100
And can be approved and then wait four months

1179
03:19:18,100 --> 03:19:23,520
Which provides time to go through that process and then reopen the window four months hence and rinse and repeat from there and

1180
03:19:24,540 --> 03:19:29,960
With that I'm available for any questions so to staff. I'm also joined by Nikhil Donnelly who you were familiar with

1181
03:19:30,520 --> 03:19:32,820
one of our cannabis experts and

1182
03:19:33,380 --> 03:19:34,740
With that we're available for any questions

1183
03:19:35,580 --> 03:19:38,060
And Nikhil do you have anything to add to my commentary?

1184
03:19:42,860 --> 03:19:43,440
You're on mute.

1185
03:19:50,320 --> 03:19:51,420
We still can't hear you.

1186
03:19:58,750 --> 03:20:01,550
We'll let the tech folks sort that out for a moment.

1187
03:20:02,610 --> 03:20:03,390
We'll take you.

1188
03:20:05,430 --> 03:20:06,850
Kaufman-Thompson, you're in the queue.

1189
03:20:07,390 --> 03:20:08,130
Yes, thank you, Mayor.

1190
03:20:08,870 --> 03:20:11,890
OK, so my original vote, because I'm very hesitant on this,

1191
03:20:12,770 --> 03:20:13,870
was to beat CEQA.

1192
03:20:13,970 --> 03:20:15,370
So have we beaten CEQA?

1193
03:20:15,450 --> 03:20:16,890
Or are there other steps, dates we

1194
03:20:16,890 --> 03:20:19,810
have to be at to still beat CEQA?

1195
03:20:20,170 --> 03:20:21,030
We beat it.

1196
03:20:21,210 --> 03:20:22,390
And what we're at right now is

1197
03:20:22,390 --> 03:20:24,870
that we're just amending the current ordinance

1198
03:20:24,870 --> 03:20:27,350
to be more friendly for the city.

1199
03:20:27,350 --> 03:20:31,590
So now we can take our time and do it right. There's no dates to beats. Okay, very good

1200
03:20:32,230 --> 03:20:34,270
my concern was when

1201
03:20:35,730 --> 03:20:40,550
The last time we put this out for vote and it failed but it failed by majority

1202
03:20:41,450 --> 03:20:46,910
We had 50% of funding for public safety. So I want to keep this the way

1203
03:20:46,910 --> 03:20:53,150
The majority wanted it so can that still be done when you bring this back the funding how we're going to fund it

1204
03:20:53,150 --> 03:20:55,050
Or does it need to be in this resolution now?

1205
03:20:55,050 --> 03:20:59,390
No, it is so right now what this is just we will bring back

1206
03:21:00,370 --> 03:21:05,710
We will bring back the fee structure, and we will then that's at that point correct me if I'm wrong Matthew

1207
03:21:05,710 --> 03:21:12,150
But that at that point that's when you would designate the revenue will go to you whichever count you want it to go to or council wants it to go

1208
03:21:12,150 --> 03:21:17,650
And I need to clarify with legal counsel development agreement would cover that okay, and we can do that without going to vote

1209
03:21:18,570 --> 03:21:23,890
Yes, the council can choose to designate the revenue that comes in from the development agreements for any particular purpose

1210
03:21:23,890 --> 03:21:25,890
so yes, council could do that by resolution.

1211
03:21:27,250 --> 03:21:28,490
And we can bring, if there's support,

1212
03:21:29,130 --> 03:21:32,310
we'll bring that back as part of the next round.

1213
03:21:33,090 --> 03:21:36,130
Now in section 19-27-040,

1214
03:21:36,430 --> 03:21:37,190
and you don't have to look it up,

1215
03:21:37,310 --> 03:21:39,790
but it just states in section D

1216
03:21:40,330 --> 03:21:43,110
that the council will approve the development agreement

1217
03:21:43,110 --> 03:21:44,590
in the conditional use permit,

1218
03:21:45,050 --> 03:21:46,910
and then it's again in section,

1219
03:21:50,770 --> 03:21:51,990
I gotta go back to many pages,

1220
03:21:52,070 --> 03:21:53,050
but it's in there again,

1221
03:21:53,050 --> 03:21:54,590
maybe section 5.

1222
03:21:58,190 --> 03:22:01,270
Aren't CUP's usually approved at the planning department?

1223
03:22:02,070 --> 03:22:04,370
Both of them will go to Planning Commission still.

1224
03:22:04,790 --> 03:22:05,790
Okay, so they're going to go both.

1225
03:22:06,330 --> 03:22:07,950
They'll go to Planning Commission first,

1226
03:22:08,130 --> 03:22:11,230
and then it'll go to Council for the final.

1227
03:22:11,710 --> 03:22:11,910
Okay.

1228
03:22:12,250 --> 03:22:14,670
And then it's in the cannabis permit application also.

1229
03:22:15,290 --> 03:22:18,950
So if you go to page 153 on the application,

1230
03:22:19,630 --> 03:22:21,450
number 9, I just need clarification.

1231
03:22:21,450 --> 03:22:27,030
It says council will approve, disapprove, or approve each permit.

1232
03:22:28,310 --> 03:22:33,250
That's a straight typo, and that should say approve, disapprove, or conditionally approve.

1233
03:22:33,750 --> 03:22:34,830
Okay. That makes more sense.

1234
03:22:34,830 --> 03:22:35,070
Thank you.

1235
03:22:35,390 --> 03:22:35,450
Okay.

1236
03:22:41,080 --> 03:22:46,120
Now, we're going to open a window for application December 21st.

1237
03:22:46,120 --> 03:22:55,540
21st, it will close of 2021, it will close January 31st of 2022, and then it's going to

1238
03:22:55,540 --> 03:23:02,460
reopen and then close permanently, so after July 31st of 2022, we'll never take applications

1239
03:23:02,460 --> 03:23:02,820
again.

1240
03:23:03,120 --> 03:23:06,760
We made a, so what happened, and I don't know what, maybe-

1241
03:23:06,760 --> 03:23:07,580
Yeah, I thought we had fixed that one.

1242
03:23:07,720 --> 03:23:09,160
I thought we fixed that.

1243
03:23:09,480 --> 03:23:14,200
So what we did was is we changed that verbiage to where it says it remains closed

1244
03:23:14,200 --> 03:23:19,180
after that, we've changed it to at the direction of council. So we're not we're

1245
03:23:19,180 --> 03:23:23,100
not locking ourselves out but we're basically going to be seeking council's

1246
03:23:23,100 --> 03:23:27,820
direction after that second round to basically say hey yeah go ahead and open

1247
03:23:27,820 --> 03:23:31,940
it up again or we will seek council's direction at that time. Yeah I never

1248
03:23:31,940 --> 03:23:36,220
like anything that limits business where you say okay we're gonna let so many in

1249
03:23:36,220 --> 03:23:40,300
and then we're closed and that brings me up to my next question we're not

1250
03:23:40,300 --> 03:23:43,460
going to there is a clause in there I've got it marked I won't go back to

1251
03:23:43,460 --> 03:23:47,360
It says we're not going to limit it, but basically it would be limited by the land once.

1252
03:23:48,200 --> 03:23:51,120
Absolutely. 100%. Yeah, it's limited by the land, and I apologize.

1253
03:23:51,380 --> 03:23:54,720
That revision was given in the clerk's office. I'm not sure.

1254
03:23:55,900 --> 03:23:57,400
We thought we fixed it. Yeah.

1255
03:23:59,890 --> 03:24:02,670
Let me just go through my highlights here.

1256
03:24:02,970 --> 03:24:04,270
I'm sure I didn't miss anything.

1257
03:24:07,270 --> 03:24:10,790
My cell phone, if you guys want to ask me a question, I would put it on the microphone.

1258
03:24:14,370 --> 03:24:18,390
Oh, he just, yeah, I was going to say, he just texted me that he, it says he's muted

1259
03:24:18,390 --> 03:24:19,950
by the host on his system.

1260
03:24:24,950 --> 03:24:29,530
I think staff can answer my questions.

1261
03:24:29,950 --> 03:24:30,170
Yeah, yeah.

1262
03:24:30,790 --> 03:24:49,990
So in section 5, 19-27-0-9-0, number 6, if I approve this, I'm going to motion, I'm going to remove the sentence in number 6, where if a background check can be obtained, then they can go get a notarized letter.

1263
03:24:50,550 --> 03:24:54,390
I want background checks on everybody. If they can't get it, they can't get a permit.

1264
03:24:54,510 --> 03:24:56,090
Can you tell me what page that one is?

1265
03:24:56,130 --> 03:24:58,170
That is on page 133.

1266
03:24:59,350 --> 03:25:02,230
And I'll add, I have no objection to that deletion.

1267
03:25:03,530 --> 03:25:11,090
Look, it would be up to the council, but that's, if I motion or if I have to subsequent motion, I will be removing that.

1268
03:25:11,210 --> 03:25:15,310
If you cannot get a background check, you've got no business in this business.

1269
03:25:16,670 --> 03:25:17,730
Yeah, I would second that.

1270
03:25:18,030 --> 03:25:18,530
Number six.

1271
03:25:19,070 --> 03:25:19,110
Okay.

1272
03:25:26,890 --> 03:25:42,210
Now on the calculation of time, and this is in 1927, 17.0, it's 30 days and of course if it falls on a holiday, it's not going to be that day, it's going to be the next day or prior.

1273
03:25:42,610 --> 03:25:45,650
Aren't all of these going to be brought to council at regular council meetings?

1274
03:25:46,750 --> 03:25:50,790
Yes, so the idea behind this is that this is the application process.

1275
03:25:50,790 --> 03:25:56,050
So if they submit paperwork all to us,

1276
03:25:56,090 --> 03:26:01,510
our idea is that we were going to work with Matthew and Nikhil and create a checklist.

1277
03:26:02,950 --> 03:26:06,490
Because the city manager is not going to be sitting here going through all these applications.

1278
03:26:06,770 --> 03:26:08,830
So staff will be assigned to do this.

1279
03:26:09,230 --> 03:26:11,830
And our idea is we'll have a checklist and we'll go down the checklist.

1280
03:26:12,110 --> 03:26:14,030
And if they don't have something on that checklist,

1281
03:26:14,430 --> 03:26:18,950
the city manager will then turn around and give them a letter saying that they've been denied

1282
03:26:18,950 --> 03:26:23,170
based on not having whatever they're missing, basically.

1283
03:26:23,630 --> 03:26:24,790
And I didn't see it.

1284
03:26:24,970 --> 03:26:26,070
I think I read the whole thing.

1285
03:26:26,330 --> 03:26:28,910
But what are the stage, not only the whole stage,

1286
03:26:29,070 --> 03:26:33,530
but as far as coming to council for development agreement and CUP,

1287
03:26:34,410 --> 03:26:36,130
is that the final step?

1288
03:26:36,430 --> 03:26:37,830
So we're going to be seeing everything.

1289
03:26:38,030 --> 03:26:39,390
There's not something else to come.

1290
03:26:40,030 --> 03:26:41,030
Yeah, you will be seeing.

1291
03:26:41,430 --> 03:26:43,910
So what would happen is the process will be

1292
03:26:43,910 --> 03:26:47,450
is that somebody will submit an application or other paperwork.

1293
03:26:47,450 --> 03:26:52,370
staff will review. We also have it baked in here. Let me keep going. The staff will

1294
03:26:52,370 --> 03:26:56,030
review the first wave of the application to see if everything's there. If

1295
03:26:56,030 --> 03:27:00,970
everything's good, we will take that paperwork and we will give it to the

1296
03:27:00,970 --> 03:27:04,410
city manager say, hey, our recommendation is that this is good. Let's go

1297
03:27:04,410 --> 03:27:08,290
ahead and go to the next level, which then they will be going to the Planning

1298
03:27:08,290 --> 03:27:11,930
Commission. They'll be having to create their DDA, all those types of

1299
03:27:11,930 --> 03:27:15,230
things, which I believe Matthew and them will have a sheet or

1300
03:27:15,230 --> 03:27:19,750
Yeah, like a template to where they would fill things in and and then we would take that to planning commission

1301
03:27:19,750 --> 03:27:25,710
They would approve that with the CUP and and put in whatever they wanted to put in

1302
03:27:25,710 --> 03:27:27,690
You know the color of the building or whatever else

1303
03:27:27,690 --> 03:27:31,610
Then we would bring that back and then they would all come to council at that time

1304
03:27:31,610 --> 03:27:35,710
And then council would make the final decision if they didn't like any of the terms

1305
03:27:35,710 --> 03:27:39,610
They would change it at that time because planning commission is not going to be approving it

1306
03:27:39,610 --> 03:27:42,270
So to speak they're going to be a recommending council approves it.

1307
03:27:44,810 --> 03:27:45,210
Yes

1308
03:27:46,620 --> 03:27:47,420
Thank you.

1309
03:27:50,020 --> 03:27:53,680
Okay, I see no one else in the queue. Public comment.

1310
03:28:07,030 --> 03:28:08,610
Welcome, Mr. Hernandez.

1311
03:28:09,310 --> 03:28:16,990
Hello. Question very simple. I know that the zoning went to the Planning Commission.

1312
03:28:17,690 --> 03:28:25,030
But I didn't see anything on the procedure to go forward with this, and I see it's on the adoption for tonight.

1313
03:28:25,030 --> 03:28:27,870
And I presume it went to rules and policy.

1314
03:28:28,570 --> 03:28:31,110
I don't know when it went, but I'm presuming it did.

1315
03:28:31,390 --> 03:28:36,670
And if it did, I'd like to know when exactly are you going to be holding these meetings

1316
03:28:36,670 --> 03:28:38,590
because I would like to attend them.

1317
03:28:39,250 --> 03:28:45,090
Now I've requested your employees to find out when a cannabis was coming in front of

1318
03:28:45,090 --> 03:28:50,070
rules and policy because I wanted to attend them to find out in more detail what's

1319
03:28:50,070 --> 03:28:50,590
going on.

1320
03:28:51,910 --> 03:28:57,330
And I would just like to know if there's a list so a person could submit their name,

1321
03:28:57,450 --> 03:29:00,770
if the rules and policies are having a meeting that we can attend.

1322
03:29:01,650 --> 03:29:02,250
Thank you.

1323
03:29:03,910 --> 03:29:05,090
Thank you, Mr. Hernandez.

1324
03:29:06,070 --> 03:29:08,410
I see in the queue staff seat number six.

1325
03:29:09,110 --> 03:29:10,410
I can answer that if you.

1326
03:29:11,150 --> 03:29:11,790
Go ahead, Mike.

1327
03:29:12,490 --> 03:29:18,110
So cannabis did not go in front of rules and policies because rules and policies is comprised of two council members.

1328
03:29:18,110 --> 03:29:24,010
We brought it to workshops in order to gain the direction of all council. So we brought it to two

1329
03:29:24,010 --> 03:29:27,070
workshops to and to clarify a little bit

1330
03:29:28,030 --> 03:29:30,610
We took the ordinance itself to rules and policy

1331
03:29:30,610 --> 03:29:38,270
They they looked at the ordinance itself now zoning and which is the maps of the restrictions and all that that is a land

1332
03:29:38,270 --> 03:29:45,430
Use so what we wanted to do and that does not go to rules and policy the land use stuff is 100%

1333
03:29:45,950 --> 03:29:46,710
planning commission

1334
03:29:47,250 --> 03:29:56,250
So what we did was we had the workshop so that we can get direction from council to make sure we're on the right path before we took it to Planning Commission.

1335
03:29:56,710 --> 03:29:59,930
Then after we got our direction from council during that workshop.

1336
03:30:00,000 --> 03:30:04,360
We put the maps together, finalized them, and then we took them to the planning commission.

1337
03:30:04,800 --> 03:30:09,840
But that doesn't, the maps and the zoning stuff does not go to rules and policy because it's a land use,

1338
03:30:10,000 --> 03:30:18,000
so it's strictly planning commission. With now they have recommended approval of their decision to council now.

1339
03:30:18,680 --> 03:30:26,680
I'd also like to add that the rules and policy has been meeting Zoom that we've met one live, I believe.

1340
03:30:26,680 --> 03:30:31,700
So would somebody be able to get Mr. Hernandez to the east schedule?

1341
03:30:32,120 --> 03:30:37,860
Yeah, so what we'll do is we'll go ahead and just all have Genesis. She'll just add you to the email chain.

1342
03:30:38,380 --> 03:30:40,340
So you'll get, you'll get the notification.

1343
03:30:41,260 --> 03:30:47,320
But it's, I believe it's the last Tuesday of every month. So last Tuesday of every month at nine.

1344
03:30:47,840 --> 03:30:54,680
And we will future be meeting either in this room or the large conference room depending on how COVID and all that stuff goes.

1345
03:30:54,680 --> 03:30:58,360
But we'll either we're gonna start meeting in person so it'll be in this room or in the large conference room

1346
03:30:58,760 --> 03:31:04,140
But it's the last Tuesday of the month and nine o'clock and I'll but I will send you the agendas

1347
03:31:04,620 --> 03:31:10,220
Moving forward and I assume those are available some on the website, too. Although I confess. I'm not sure entirely where I believe

1348
03:31:10,220 --> 03:31:16,680
I believe so. Yeah, okay. Thank you and the Q. I have a councilman Rowan dark who's

1349
03:31:17,880 --> 03:31:23,080
Well, I wanted to say that I went to the planning commission and just sat back in the corner to listen to what see what

1350
03:31:23,080 --> 03:31:25,280
Their concerns were going to be for the cannabis

1351
03:31:27,180 --> 03:31:33,520
Basically, they like the idea of 1,000 feet for the zoning.

1352
03:31:34,620 --> 03:31:36,240
Can I have orders or a question here?

1353
03:31:36,740 --> 03:31:37,560
Excuse me.

1354
03:31:38,240 --> 03:31:38,620
Continue.

1355
03:31:39,180 --> 03:31:39,600
Round our cruise.

1356
03:31:40,020 --> 03:31:43,840
Just go ahead and share and we'll address that.

1357
03:31:46,100 --> 03:31:46,560
Sorry.

1358
03:31:46,920 --> 03:31:48,980
I believe we're in council comment session.

1359
03:31:49,320 --> 03:31:49,580
Yes, we are.

1360
03:31:50,040 --> 03:31:51,500
Because we did questions in public comment.

1361
03:31:52,040 --> 03:31:52,340
Okay.

1362
03:31:53,520 --> 03:31:53,980
Right.

1363
03:31:53,980 --> 03:31:59,520
And so, Mellon, our crew was in the, was in the acute to make her, her comments.

1364
03:31:59,940 --> 03:32:01,620
So if you could just go ahead and continue, please.

1365
03:32:02,040 --> 03:32:07,480
I just wanted to share that I was at the planning commission so I could hear what their concerns were be.

1366
03:32:07,880 --> 03:32:12,440
I made no comment. I just wanted to know what their, what, what they saw.

1367
03:32:12,560 --> 03:32:14,300
Did they see something that we didn't see?

1368
03:32:14,760 --> 03:32:23,300
And they brought up some very good points and they wanted to see that the facilities were going to be

1369
03:32:23,300 --> 03:32:27,740
recycle all of their water so they brought up some very good concerns and

1370
03:32:27,740 --> 03:32:34,600
they also were concerned about the outside exterior the look of the

1371
03:32:34,600 --> 03:32:38,800
buildings and they made recommendations on that and that's why I went just to

1372
03:32:38,800 --> 03:32:43,440
go see what their concerns were and if we had missed something and just more

1373
03:32:43,440 --> 03:32:49,560
input that was all. Thank you. Okay I see no one else in the comment I will

1374
03:32:49,560 --> 03:32:51,200
I'll entertain a motion in a second.

1375
03:32:51,840 --> 03:32:55,400
If you have public, just not a problem.

1376
03:33:03,890 --> 03:33:04,970
Welcome, Lucille.

1377
03:33:05,310 --> 03:33:05,690
Thank you.

1378
03:33:07,930 --> 03:33:11,530
I could not hear very well the whole meeting

1379
03:33:11,530 --> 03:33:12,850
except for Mr. Summers.

1380
03:33:13,810 --> 03:33:18,640
But I've been living in the high desert since 2003.

1381
03:33:19,810 --> 03:33:23,210
And I ran a business in Henkley.

1382
03:33:24,150 --> 03:33:27,590
Now I live in Barstow for 10 years, 11 years.

1383
03:33:27,590 --> 03:33:34,410
and it saddens me to see the sad state of affairs I have been visiting in

1384
03:33:34,410 --> 03:33:39,310
Barstow for many many years before I lived here and it's very sad for me to

1385
03:33:39,310 --> 03:33:46,630
see the decline of the city and I wonder if someone here can

1386
03:33:46,630 --> 03:33:55,070
tell me who is profiting from the influx of the bad element that we are

1387
03:33:55,070 --> 03:34:05,630
receiving and it's very sad to see that Barstow wants to grow. There are businesses that come

1388
03:34:05,630 --> 03:34:11,710
in. I see businesses that come in and they open two or three days later, their windows

1389
03:34:11,710 --> 03:34:17,750
are broken up and it's very sad for me because I ran a business for six years and I know

1390
03:34:17,750 --> 03:34:26,070
that every little penny that we spend in the business counts terribly. And it's very sad

1391
03:34:26,070 --> 03:34:33,130
to see that other cities with so many people that we have in this world are progressing

1392
03:34:33,790 --> 03:34:38,630
and Barstow is regressing because of what has happened.

1393
03:34:40,750 --> 03:34:43,010
It's very sad for me to see

1394
03:34:43,010 --> 03:34:51,790
A lady that was born, raised and educated in Barstow, but then moved to Henderson one time

1395
03:34:51,790 --> 03:34:52,450
asked me.

1396
03:34:52,870 --> 03:34:59,690
She said, why is it that Henderson has grown so much and progressed and is doing so well

1397
03:34:59,690 --> 03:35:04,190
when Barstow has a lot of people but is not doing well?

1398
03:35:04,490 --> 03:35:12,110
I remember, she told me, how it was when Barstow was a great city to live in and

1399
03:35:12,110 --> 03:35:21,850
it was progressing. But in the last three years, we have declined. We have there is crime galore.

1400
03:35:22,430 --> 03:35:34,520
There is vagrants just dirtying the city. And to me, I wonder who can I address because

1401
03:35:34,520 --> 03:35:40,280
I don't I don't have a problem speaking up and asking who is profiting from the decline

1402
03:35:40,280 --> 03:35:45,460
of Barstow and allowing all the influx of people that are coming.

1403
03:35:47,710 --> 03:35:51,410
A philosopher said a home

1404
03:35:51,410 --> 03:35:58,210
is made by the people that live in it. A town is made by the people that live in it. A nation

1405
03:35:58,630 --> 03:36:06,470
is made by the people that live in it. And we are just allowing the city to be broken

1406
03:36:06,470 --> 03:36:13,910
and down by the people that live in it and it's unfortunate because like I said I have

1407
03:36:13,910 --> 03:36:20,130
lived here long enough to see that Barstow was progressing about four years ago.

1408
03:36:20,510 --> 03:36:24,210
It was progressing but then I don't know what happened.

1409
03:36:24,690 --> 03:36:30,210
I would like to know who is profiting from the bad influx that we have of the element

1410
03:36:30,210 --> 03:36:34,230
that is bringing the city down to a terrible decline.

1411
03:36:34,230 --> 03:36:51,950
If anyone can answer and can tell me where I can go to complain about who is allowing the bad element that we are receiving to bring Barstow down.

1412
03:36:52,630 --> 03:36:55,630
If anybody could answer me, I would really appreciate that.

1413
03:36:55,770 --> 03:36:57,990
And like I said, I live in Barstow.

1414
03:36:57,990 --> 03:37:03,710
I am the neighborhood watch of where I live. I ran a business in Hinckley and

1415
03:37:04,230 --> 03:37:06,410
pretty much everything was I

1416
03:37:07,910 --> 03:37:10,430
Can say somewhat of a gracious living

1417
03:37:11,190 --> 03:37:18,850
but not anymore and I would like to know if somebody can tell me where I can go and speak up and

1418
03:37:18,850 --> 03:37:23,190
Say stop what you are doing. Your profit is not

1419
03:37:23,790 --> 03:37:25,870
taking you anywhere good and

1420
03:37:26,850 --> 03:37:30,490
And if anyone can answer that, I would be all ears.

1421
03:37:33,400 --> 03:37:34,140
Thank you.

1422
03:37:34,680 --> 03:37:35,820
We have John Miller.

1423
03:37:36,440 --> 03:37:36,580
You

1424
03:37:42,980 --> 03:37:43,740
have three minutes.

1425
03:37:46,330 --> 03:37:46,730
Good evening.

1426
03:37:48,370 --> 03:37:49,150
Good evening.

1427
03:37:49,630 --> 03:37:50,370
Sorry for my appearance.

1428
03:37:50,870 --> 03:37:52,370
Just came from Aloncha.

1429
03:37:53,510 --> 03:38:03,910
At first I wanted to thank the council for considering the proposal for this new district.

1430
03:38:04,610 --> 03:38:09,130
I've worked as a real estate appraiser in the high desert region for the past 20 years

1431
03:38:09,130 --> 03:38:10,610
to specialize in the valuation of land.

1432
03:38:11,350 --> 03:38:17,030
I've appraised numerous projects that are significant to the city for outside entities

1433
03:38:17,030 --> 03:38:24,010
and I can tell you without hesitation having done numerous land appraisals in desert hot

1434
03:38:24,010 --> 03:38:30,270
springs prior to the cannabis ordinance being passed and having been in my previous

1435
03:38:30,270 --> 03:38:36,310
career of having been a law enforcement agent, excuse me, a deputy sheriff, very familiar

1436
03:38:36,310 --> 03:38:41,750
with what happened in Desert Hot Springs prior to cannabis coming in and after cannabis coming

1437
03:38:41,750 --> 03:38:41,910
in.

1438
03:38:41,970 --> 03:38:47,990
If you actually follow the crime stats for Desert Hot Springs in 2014, there was a decline

1439
03:38:47,990 --> 03:38:51,590
of almost 15% going forward to 2017.

1440
03:38:52,290 --> 03:38:57,830
So the crime level actually has gone down in Desert Hot Springs after cannabis has

1441
03:38:57,830 --> 03:38:58,830
come into the community.

1442
03:38:58,830 --> 03:39:04,250
This is not these illegal pot growers that you see out and out and about that are bringing in,

1443
03:39:04,510 --> 03:39:09,910
they're illegal primarily, bringing in all kinds of negative elements, dumping crap across my desert,

1444
03:39:10,090 --> 03:39:15,110
excuse my French. This is not who these people are. This is not at all what you're talking about.

1445
03:39:15,510 --> 03:39:23,310
You're talking about a very, very sophisticated operation and by, unfortunately, a lot of people

1446
03:39:23,310 --> 03:39:29,570
will automatically assume that cannabis is just people selling buds and joints and such

1447
03:39:29,570 --> 03:39:35,310
as that. That is not it at all. There is now drugs that are being used to treat pancreatic

1448
03:39:35,310 --> 03:39:39,010
cancer that have been approved by the FDA to treat pancreatic cancer that comes from

1449
03:39:39,010 --> 03:39:43,670
cannabis, one in particular is called cathlonon, which comes from a flavonoid, which is

1450
03:39:43,670 --> 03:39:51,390
a polyphenol that is found only in cannabis. It comes from a particular flavonoid

1451
03:39:51,390 --> 03:39:57,470
called Can Flavin B. I would strongly encourage, having been approached by the City College

1452
03:39:57,470 --> 03:40:02,090
and I've worked with the City College behind the scenes prior to COVID, which actually then

1453
03:40:02,090 --> 03:40:07,230
shut it down, I would strongly encourage that if you put this district in that you work

1454
03:40:07,230 --> 03:40:14,310
with the community college, with our workforce development department and do the training

1455
03:40:14,310 --> 03:40:18,570
necessary to get these people on board. These people are literally your training

1456
03:40:18,570 --> 03:40:26,210
scientists. This is no small, like we're going to go smoke some pot and make it a great time.

1457
03:40:26,890 --> 03:40:34,030
From a financial standpoint, I will tell you, you will see a dramatic increase in revenue.

1458
03:40:34,490 --> 03:40:38,130
If you guys put that retail where you guys are talking about putting it, it will put

1459
03:40:38,130 --> 03:40:44,330
barstow on the map, period. You guys will own the industry simply because of your

1460
03:40:44,330 --> 03:40:48,390
access the 15 freeway that that will put us a tremendous amount of

1461
03:40:48,390 --> 03:40:54,550
responsibility on you but I do think that if you handle it appropriately you

1462
03:40:54,550 --> 03:41:00,150
will benefit dramatically from it and I can appreciate your concerns as to the

1463
03:41:00,150 --> 03:41:04,230
crime and the criminal element for sure I live in Lucerne Valley we've been

1464
03:41:04,230 --> 03:41:11,030
overrun by it by illegal pot grows I spoke in 2000 in 2018 I told the sheriff

1465
03:41:11,030 --> 03:41:14,910
At the time, in public comment, exactly what was going to happen.

1466
03:41:14,990 --> 03:41:16,430
I speak all over the state of California.

1467
03:41:17,050 --> 03:41:19,470
They bring me to speak at conventions and such as that.

1468
03:41:19,510 --> 03:41:20,810
I'm usually the keynote speaker there.

1469
03:41:20,950 --> 03:41:23,650
You can't tell if I'm address now, but I assure you I am.

1470
03:41:24,330 --> 03:41:27,470
I told them what was going to happen because of the legalization of hemp.

1471
03:41:28,110 --> 03:41:33,830
And because hemp is also another form of cannabis minus the THC effectively,

1472
03:41:34,450 --> 03:41:37,990
it's going to make it very difficult to differentiate between the two

1473
03:41:37,990 --> 03:41:40,810
and it's going to encourage what we have now brought on.

1474
03:41:41,330 --> 03:41:45,110
So the other thing that I would ask you specifically to do.

1475
03:41:45,110 --> 03:41:46,450
Mr. Miller, you're at your three minutes.

1476
03:41:46,810 --> 03:41:50,210
I'm sorry, just to end it off, I would strongly

1477
03:41:50,210 --> 03:41:52,630
encourage you to talk to the police department in Desert

1478
03:41:52,630 --> 03:41:55,170
Hot Springs and see how they're dealing with,

1479
03:41:55,550 --> 03:41:57,990
see how many illegal potgrows they have in their city,

1480
03:41:58,130 --> 03:42:01,850
versus, for instance, Yucca Valley or 29 Palms.

1481
03:42:02,150 --> 03:42:04,630
My bet is that it's going to be significantly less.

1482
03:42:05,410 --> 03:42:10,850
Lastly, there is $100 million that Governor Newsom signed in so you guys can help streamline

1483
03:42:10,850 --> 03:42:11,610
your process.

1484
03:42:11,870 --> 03:42:15,530
I would strongly encourage you guys to take advantage of that money and thank you for

1485
03:42:15,530 --> 03:42:15,930
letting me comment.

1486
03:42:16,470 --> 03:42:17,090
Thank you.

1487
03:42:17,490 --> 03:42:21,790
Thank you, City Clerk, for the timer because there's no timer on our screens, okay.

1488
03:42:22,350 --> 03:42:24,390
And that was some great information that was shared.

1489
03:42:24,890 --> 03:42:25,850
My computer's down.

1490
03:42:26,010 --> 03:42:26,370
I'm sorry.

1491
03:42:26,590 --> 03:42:27,110
Not a problem.

1492
03:42:27,550 --> 03:42:30,210
Well, I see no one else in the queue.

1493
03:42:30,350 --> 03:42:31,770
Any other public comment?

1494
03:42:31,910 --> 03:42:32,530
We have no more.

1495
03:42:33,250 --> 03:42:33,490
Okay.

1496
03:42:33,490 --> 03:42:39,490
With no one in the queue, I would entertain a motion in a second, and you can also call for the vote.

1497
03:42:39,650 --> 03:42:47,410
I'm on a motion, and I'm going to ask that in Section 51927, 090G6,

1498
03:42:47,870 --> 03:42:53,790
we strike the second sentence that allows a path around getting the background check.

1499
03:42:54,890 --> 03:42:59,490
I will second that, because a background check is essential,

1500
03:42:59,490 --> 03:43:03,790
and I think that is definitely appropriate and necessary so

1501
03:43:06,510 --> 03:43:06,790
we have a

1502
03:43:06,790 --> 03:43:11,810
motion and a second any further comment if not it's called for the vote we are

1503
03:43:11,810 --> 03:43:17,290
going to do a voice vote because our computer is down okay so we'll start

1504
03:43:17,290 --> 03:43:21,850
with a councilman's silver and and I will conclude with myself councilman

1505
03:43:26,530 --> 03:43:36,670
Councilmember Silva? Yes. Councilmember Rose? Councilmember Cruz? Yes. Mayor Courtney?

1506
03:43:37,170 --> 03:43:39,230
Yes. The motion is passed.

1507
03:43:41,980 --> 03:43:44,400
With that being done and the motion is passed,

1508
03:43:44,620 --> 03:43:52,800
I'm looking at my agenda. It is a time to adjourn. I would like to adjourn this meeting at 812 with no objection.

1509
03:43:53,280 --> 03:43:55,960
If there's any injection, please speak at this time.

1510
03:43:58,660 --> 03:43:59,960
If not, meeting is adjourned.

1511
03:45:07,600 --> 03:45:08,340
Exhibition.