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[0:10] Good evening, Carson. Today is November 3, Wednesday. We're calling together to order the City of

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[0:51] That's 169, 938, 33.

[0:56] In order in the meeting ID code number, 310, 233, 488, 888.

[1:01] using payouts for 7777 on the day to the meeting.

[1:08] Roll call, madam clerk.

[1:14] I also remember said that it hits.

[1:16] Thanks, I'll never do one hookin.

[1:18] Present.

[1:19] Here, quote him, Kim Beer.

[1:21] Present.

[1:22] Here, know the Davis home.

[1:23] Present.

[1:24] The record to all our presents.

[1:28] We'll have a flag suit led by MPG.

[1:33] If anyone would please stand and face the flag,

[1:37] if you have one in your room or you can face a flag on the screen.

[1:43] Put your right hand over your heart please and repeat together.

[1:50] Ready begin.

[1:51] I put your face and serve as a high.

[1:54] I'm the United States of America.

[1:57] And the two of you public, before we just stand one more piece under the guh.

[2:02] In the invisible, the real liberty on justice for all.

[2:06] Thank you very much.

[2:09] You may be seated,

[2:18] but after noon, my name is Pastor Hector Hernandez. I want to make a clarification.

[2:24] I'm Pastor Emeritus, so inspired church. I recently submitted my apartment and I'm glad to be here to say this prayer.

[2:41] our health, close our eyes, and the name of our Lord Jesus as we come together for this

[2:47] special meeting. I pray your blessings, Lord on this meeting and future meeting.

[2:59] That's what we recognize your presence, Lord, and we have knowledge, our shortcomings,

[3:04] false incentives, we ask for your forgiveness and repentance. It is difficult times

[3:09] was uncertain in divisions and fear we ask for guidance, wisdom and humility upon the mayor,

[3:15] the council members, and all of the leaders, but all we thank you for all that you have done,

[3:20] and we will do in behalf of the citizens of Carson, regardless of political beliefs or

[3:25] color we will be allowed to serve them, and we ask the leaders to provide grace and wisdom upon them

[3:35] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.

[3:44] Thank you.

[3:52] At a million youth.

[3:59] Amen.

[4:00] Pastor, I want to congratulate you on your retirement.

[4:04] Twenty-seven years. And thank you. I turn over the church to my son.

[4:09] And I hope someday you might invite him. So thank you.

[4:13] Of course we will. Thank you so much. Enjoy your retirement.

[4:18] Yes, I'm still I'm still have life left and if I can be a service to anybody and the community will be glad to help

[4:27] Okay, thank you so much. Thank you

[4:33] Close session items to the five

[4:36] Maniproc or any

[4:37] comments on closed session items

[4:42] in none at this time

[4:44] Okay

[4:45] Madam City Attorney, a report on closed session items waste.

[4:49] Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[4:51] A closed session will be held pursuant to government code section 54956.91.

[4:57] To consider with legal counsel, to confer with legal counsel regarding pending litigation

[5:02] in the matter of Thomson versus City of Carson, LA Superior Court case number 20

[5:10] STCB21039.

[5:11] A co-session will be held pursuant to the same co-section in the matter of a Lexi

[5:16] versus City of Carson, Workers' Com, Case, WCAV, Case Number, ABJ 9163423.

[5:26] A co-session will be held pursuant to government co-session 54957.6 to allow the Council to

[5:33] to discuss labor negotiations regarding AIM, CPSA,

[5:42] affiliated with SERU, local 721,

[5:45] 1 1 1 0 1 7, and absolutely local 809.

[5:49] Lastly, the Council will meet a close session

[5:51] for soon-to-government code section 54956.94,

[5:55] because the city is considering weather

[5:57] to initiate litigation at 2

[6:03] .5.

[6:03] To the part of our recess to close session,

[6:06] I hope we will be back about six or so five.

[6:10] We will recess the closed session.

[6:30] Item's please.

[6:31] Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[6:32] Councilman, in close session,

[6:34] presented up in my close session,

[6:36] 54956.9V1, to confer with Leader Gold Council

[6:38] in the matter of Thompson versus City of Carson.

[6:41] At least a period of close case number,

[6:44] 20, STCV21039, no reportable action was taken.

[6:49] The Council has not taken up item number three yet

[6:52] we'll do so at a later time.

[6:54] We also met pursuant to government code section 54957.6.

[6:59] Two can go.

[7:00] They were negotiating negotiations with AIM,

[7:04] CPSA, affiliated with S-E-I-U-L-P-7-2-1.

[7:08] Asked me 1117, asked me local 8 or not,

[7:10] no report of blackshinal was taken.

[7:12] We also met in closed session pursuant to government code

[7:15] section 54956.9B4, because the cities

[7:19] considering whether to initiate litigation in two cases.

[7:22] In one matter, no reportable action was taken.

[7:25] In the second matter, the Council authorized litigation against the

[7:29] County of Los Angeles due to their lack of urgent reaction to the public

[7:35] emergency related to the Dominion's channel.

[7:39] And the Council has instructed staff to work with neighboring cities to

[7:46] to provide a coalition that deals with this public emergency.

[7:53] Thank you.

[7:59] I'll close my report, Mayor.

[8:04] Mayor, you're on mute.

[8:11] Ma'am, should we manage with our board item number six?

[8:14] Thank you, Mayor.

[8:16] I would like to be introduced for us right in.

[8:18] Is here with us tonight from the Department of Public Works.

[8:22] Here is the incident commander who are the

[8:25] this channel incident and will be able to provide a brief

[8:29] thing to us on kind of status of efforts and

[8:33] going forward.

[8:37] Thank you very much. Can you hear me?

[8:39] Yes. Thank you. So good evening,

[8:42] Madam Mayor, Madam Mayor and council members. I am

[8:45] Russ Brighton and the Incident Commander for the

[8:48] Dominguez Channel Leader Incident. County is prepared to

[8:51] record on our activities, which I'll be sharing with you

[8:54] tonight. So public works along with our response partners, public health,

[8:59] self-coast air quality management district, county fire has

[9:03] met. We continue to work to mitigate the impacts of the

[9:06] odor associated with the Dominguez channel in Carson. Yesterday,

[9:11] Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, unanimously approved the

[9:15] proclamation of local emergency for this incident. We're making

[9:19] progress and the downward trend and hydrogen sulfate

[9:22] readings continue. We remain fully deployed and continue to apply the odor neutralizer at

[9:28] six locations using spray rigs, water trucks, and a boat. We're also using nanobublers

[9:34] which remain fully operational and are operating around the clock. Our science team continues

[9:39] to look for other sources of the odor and is focusing on remediation. We've been assisting

[9:45] in the community with their needs and have relocated over 2,100 families at local hotels distributed

[9:52] over 10,500 portable air filters, and responded to over 6,400 telephone calls that our community

[9:59] outreach vehicle remains at the Carson Community Center and is assisted over 2,200 residents.

[10:06] Additionally, the South Coast Air Quality Management District remains fully deployed and continues

[10:11] to use all available tools, including mobile monitors, handheld devices, air samplers,

[10:17] And their robust fixed air monitoring network spread throughout the community.

[10:23] The agency has responded to over 4,000 public complaints since the beginning of the incident.

[10:28] South Coast AQMD has also been conducting monitoring and sampling for other air toxins that would typically be associated with direct petroleum omission sources, such as oil pipelines or refineries.

[10:40] The findings at this point do not indicate the presence of petroleum or petroleum related products from refineries.

[10:46] So in terms of public health, in consultation with the South Coast Air Quality Management District,

[10:52] County Fire Health Asmet and State and Federal Advisors, including in the California Department of Public Health,

[10:58] the US EPA and California EPA, continue to reassess both the situation and the actions recommended

[11:05] for the public to mitigate and prevent any health impacts. Public Health does not see in levels the

[11:10] hydrogen sulfide that would pose an immediate threat to health. And as a reminder, hydrogen sulfate

[11:16] is immediately dangerous to life and help at or above 100,000 parts per billion.

[11:21] That's the equivalent of 100 parts per million.

[11:24] The Department of Public Health continues to engage in outreach to the Carson community.

[11:29] They have team members, canvassing Carson neighborhoods, businesses, and schools to share

[11:33] our latest health recommendations.

[11:35] They share information on the county's claims and reimbursement process, and they answer

[11:39] questions and provide technical assistance on how to reduce or reduce when they occur indoors.

[11:44] So far, they visited more than 10,000 homes and more than 200 businesses, all of the schools

[11:50] in local community and more than 2,000 homes visits to residents identified as homebound.

[11:57] Public health has also been staffing a community hotline and public works as community

[12:01] outreach events at the Carson Community Center and Victoria Park.

[12:05] Today, staff have consulted and provided technical assistance to over 4,000 visitors

[12:10] and responded to over 460 hotline calls.

[12:15] Public health has been coordinating with public works

[12:17] to deliver county issued portable filtration devices

[12:20] to elderly residents that do not have the means to pick up

[12:23] that device in person.

[12:25] And to date public health has made deliveries

[12:26] to more than 100 homes.

[12:29] Public health will continue to address the situation closely

[12:32] or will assess the situation closely

[12:34] and work with the county state and federal partners

[12:36] to determine when the nuisance directive can be listed.

[12:40] So, that's going to complete my update for this evening, and I ask that if you have any further questions that you direct them to our Joint Information Center, and then we will be happy to reroute them to the appropriate agency and provide you with answers shortly.

[12:55] for your benefits that joint information center, where we'd like you to address your questions,

[13:01] can be reached at PIO at pw.lycounty.gov. Additionally, your city manager has been very active,

[13:09] participating closely with county leaders, and has been an excellent conduit for information

[13:13] both from the city and I believe back to the city on the ways to dance.

[13:18] That completes my report. If you have questions, we request that you wrote them to your

[13:27] I'm asking that you route them through our joint information setting.

[13:30] Thank you.

[13:30] Providing a big.

[13:31] You can't answer any questions.

[13:33] Yes, ma'am.

[13:35] Okay.

[13:35] I'm not rust.

[13:38] We requested you route them through our joint information setting.

[13:41] I'm just asking.

[13:42] Why have you been directed not to ask questions?

[13:45] Not to record.

[13:46] Not to record.

[13:47] I is the incident commander involved in detailed.

[13:50] On the ground operations.

[13:53] questions coming from your council. I think would better be addressed through our joint information center.

[13:59] Is that that 211 number?

[14:01] No, man. It is a best way to get a hold of them.

[14:05] And your city band, your city band, your landers, is able to route questions as well.

[14:09] The best way is through that you know.

[14:11] PIO at pw.laccountee.gov.

[14:14] That's just a few minutes.

[14:17] We have the city manager at the number?

[14:20] She does.

[14:23] She's been fantastic conduit at him for me.

[14:25] So no questions you can ask in regards to how long

[14:28] is it going to take to get the smell of the city?

[14:30] No, we're part of this incident is responding to our joint

[14:34] information center, make sure that information is centralized

[14:36] that standardized and everyone's getting access to the same information.

[14:42] Yeah, no relief from the smell.

[14:45] That pumps.

[14:48] Well, we can't ask any questions.

[14:50] So the report seems like it's kind of redundant.

[14:53] We've heard it before.

[14:54] So it's just redundant and okay.

[15:01] Mayer and Russ know, whatever we got to reroute them to you. I want to point out to the residents, this is the same information that's been available to us. We got to reroute it somewhere. We're unable to get answers for you.

[15:16] And as elected officials, we're particularly frustrated, and this is why the city is instituted or gave direction to go ahead and file this multi-judicial lawsuit tonight, because these are the same type of answers.

[15:29] we're getting all the time. And we don't have answers for our resident and it's unacceptable.

[15:34] So I appreciate you getting on and give us an update, but we've heard it before and we need

[15:38] better answers than that. Yeah. Yes, we do. We're playing with the lives of the residents in the

[15:43] city of Carson. For me, it's unacceptable, my residents are unacceptable in the process.

[15:48] And the urgency of not being urgent is what has been the biggest issue that we are not

[15:54] clearly knowing what's going on. The same rhetoric is over and over again.

[15:58] The report hasn't changed, so I understand that you can't give answers, but we as elected officials, we need some more concrete answers as to when there's going to be a resolution or remediation and a complete renovation of that canal and who is responsible and what action is going to be taken.

[16:16] that's what we're looking for. How happy to take that that's for you. Let's go and that's what we're

[16:21] looking for, the who work when we're in Hawaii. This has been going on for 30 days and it's like

[16:26] we're telling our residents, oh we don't know, they won't know, they sometimes they won't know more than we do.

[16:33] Okay, so that's how we're going to make a reaction. Yeah. Ross, thank you for the report. I think it's

[16:39] important to keep communication going all the time on this constantly. I do have a request that you could

[16:45] back to your department. And it is that the 1030 meetings with the EPA include the city of

[16:58] Carson. If you please bring that back I'm sure the city's requested already, but I think that

[17:04] would be helpful. Thank you very much. The 1030 meetings you're referring to that's with the EPA.

[17:09] the county and the county. Yes, I'm also the city's included with that unless you have other information that you clarify it. Sure. So I'm not available of the 10 or not not aware of it. 10 30 meeting. Perhaps I can follow up with a city manager afterwards to make sure I get the precise details happy to have the time wrong, but I understand that he is in communicating with the county. And I think this if the county were to make the request that the city be included, I think the federal government will

[17:39] be offered to that idea. Thank you. If I could just provide some clarification to help out in

[17:44] Pentea, what's what's been referred to as are the technical meetings that are occurring

[17:50] and that's what the time is either one point at might of intent 30, but it's the technical meetings

[17:56] that the county, the state and the federal government are working together in. We've made that request twice.

[18:15] Thank

[18:19] you so much.

[18:27] I'm next item is proclamation recognizing November as national diabetes awareness month.

[18:32] Mayor, I'm sorry, but do you want to just take tabs and Jones for us? I know that we

[18:39] I'd like to list him, but I know that you always like to have him at the beginning.

[18:43] Oh yes, please.

[18:45] Captain, are you here?

[18:49] I'm here, Ram.

[18:51] I can't have to.

[18:53] I'm sorry.

[18:53] I'm sorry, my video part isn't coming up.

[18:56] OK.

[18:58] How are you guys doing this evening?

[19:00] We're hanging there.

[19:01] Good.

[19:02] I have a shortly-port to see you.

[19:06] You had a virtual town hall meeting last week on a 26th.

[19:09] The different thing about this virtual town hall meeting

[19:12] is, you know, normally they're doing a daytime and a lot of our residents have reached out to us and they ask us that

[19:18] Captain Jones can you and your team have one in the evening, so we switched it and we have one at 530 in the evening and a great turnout.

[19:27] A lot of good questions, we were able to share a lot of crime and safety information.

[19:32] So, we will be doing another evening one, sometimes soon also, but it was a very good virtual town, all of me.

[19:39] Um, this past week on the last Friday, we had a talk or treaty event that went real well.

[19:46] A lot of families and a lot of kids came out.

[19:48] Got a lot of candy, a lot of stickers, color and books and different things.

[19:52] And what we're just happy about is after the people got their candy and everything.

[19:56] They just kind of muddled around and everyone just started meaning like to see.

[20:01] They were happy just to see one another and remember that the great community that we are.

[20:05] So it was real good and we're happy about that.

[20:08] Well, we're just happy to see a bunch of the kids.

[20:13] As you know, we've had some, we've been doing our safe driving traffic campaign

[20:17] as well as trying to address some of our areas that we've had some commercial vehicle

[20:22] and unintended trailer issues.

[20:25] I'm happy to report over the last week or so.

[20:28] We've issued a high number of citation and told 17 trailers.

[20:33] So we'll continue our stay on top of that and keep what our efforts

[20:36] regarding that matter.

[20:39] A positive story I want to share with you guys, and as you guys know, we have our homeless

[20:42] deputies out there who are constantly trying to either move some of the homeless along

[20:47] or get them services in it, and last week they came across a older woman who had moved

[20:54] up here with her husband, husband, and a dying, and so she was pretty much kind of destitute

[20:59] living in a tent.

[21:00] They have been talking with her, and like most of the homeless, she was reluctant to take

[21:05] some of the services, some customers embarrassed for whatever, but they finally got a reconnected

[21:09] with her family last week. And with the help of St. Joseph Center, they were able to have

[21:15] her get some transportation and a range for her to be reunited with her family. And what we found

[21:20] that was the reunited couldn't be a better time. There's actually a granddaughter or a grandson

[21:25] that's expected any day now. So we're happy about that last week. Lastly, I know as I was talking

[21:33] our detective division. I noticed we had a high number of reports and alleged crimes during

[21:39] some dating. And we don't know if that's because people are getting back out of school

[21:42] started back up or college or whatever, but we've had a different lot of issues with on dates.

[21:47] So I'm just going to go over some safe dating information. Number one, you know, I know a lot of times

[21:55] people are meeting online or friends, but we do suggest please get a photo of the person, maybe

[22:01] video or FaceTime or something see what they actually look like. They're actually who they say they are.

[22:07] Number two, please meet in a public place. First, second, third dates. This is trying not to

[22:13] invite individuals to their own home or private place or even go to their home. Let's try to

[22:17] stay, keep it in a public place. Number three, you know a lot of times, you know the guys,

[22:22] it's just to be a gentleman, you know, you try to court the young lady or whatever maybe, but

[22:26] we're suggesting for those first few dates, you control your own transportation. Don't

[22:31] depend on anyone for your transportation to pick you up or whatever. So that you can feel free to leave when you feel comfortable.

[22:39] For please limit your alcohol consumption on your own dates.

[22:44] And also keep an eye on your food and drinks. If you walk away from that food or those drinks, it's all over with. Please just buy new one, but don't go back to drinking that same drink that you left unattended.

[22:57] don't share personal information, financial information, please don't share personal private

[23:03] photos and it would suggest also tell a friend or someone where you would be at who you

[23:09] would be with. And lastly, please trust your instincts. If you feel uncomfortable, there's

[23:15] nothing wrong with you leaving, nothing wrong with you removing yourself or going somewhere else.

[23:21] So that's that on the dating aspect, and just remember if you do think that some type of crime

[23:28] has done to you, please do not hesitate to report it to us and we'll investigate.

[23:34] Thank you all for your support of the hard work of human and human and the hard research

[23:38] station that concludes my report this evening.

[23:42] Thank you, Captain.

[23:42] Any questions for our captain?

[23:47] Yeah, Madam, I'm almost seeing a captain,

[23:53] I appreciate that type of information that's really good for the schools.

[23:59] Maybe we could have deputies that are working in line with your dating etiquette, your practical and common sense approach to meeting people online into the schools.

[24:14] Maybe you're doing that already, so that's my question.

[24:18] Are you doing that into our school system now,

[24:21] our high school, particularly?

[24:24] Yes, our school resource deputy,

[24:26] as well as a community relations office,

[24:28] I wouldn't say this there, I'm regular basis,

[24:30] but when they are attending some of the classrooms,

[24:33] somebody had been practicing with that,

[24:35] or somebody else mentioned that they are sharing.

[24:37] And they've got to come to the high school,

[24:39] who's the other thing that they're sharing,

[24:41] is the whole sex thing,

[24:42] because I think a lot of the kids still unfortunately are sharing private things that they shouldn't

[24:49] not knowing that that's actually a crime. So child pornography will be sharing the photos that I

[24:57] nature. Yeah, if you think the degree of education that's usually level for the students needs to be

[25:03] increased because that point you're taking is so, so, very important now it's actually a crime

[25:08] really committed when and not even realizing it. So that's our

[25:12] information. I know that it's that I teach. I'm kind of amazed that

[25:18] they don't know about things like that, especially after watching

[25:22] certain television programs, they should know that there are lots of dangers

[25:26] out there on the internet. Yes sir. Thank you Captain.

[25:32] Thank you.

[25:33] Madam Mayor.

[25:35] Yes.

[25:36] Captain Jones.

[25:38] Yes, sir.

[25:39] Can you bring back, I guess, our next meeting, our new replacement of four Garamander?

[25:45] Oh, yes.

[25:45] Sergeant Amando Hernandez?

[25:47] Yes.

[25:48] I met him a couple of weeks back, but I bring it back before Councilor Biden knows who

[25:53] was our new liaison now.

[25:55] Yes, sir.

[25:56] Don't be here.

[25:57] Thank you.

[25:59] Okay.

[26:00] Thank you.

[26:01] Thank you.

[26:01] Thank you. I'm good night. Thank you. Have a good night. Next is item number 6. No item number 7. 7.

[26:14] Proclamation recognizing November as National Beaties Awareness Month. GMD or mayor 14.

[26:25] You're muted. Oh, I'm muted. He's muted. Yeah.

[26:29] Yeah, this is a approximation of recognizing the month of November 2021 as national diabetes

[26:37] arrest month. Whereas an estimated 30.3 million Americans have diabetes, which is 9.4% of

[26:46] the entire US population, and another 84.1 million Americans have free diabetes, and our risk

[26:53] developing Type II diabetes. And whereas an estimated 7.2 million Americans who have

[27:00] diabetes, which is actually 23.8% of people with diabetes, do not know they have the disease,

[27:07] and may experience damage to the heart, eyes, kidneys, and limbs without producing any symptoms

[27:12] until it's too late. Whereas Type I diabetes affects 5% of all adults and is characterized

[27:19] as an insulin deficiency, occurring when the immune system attacks and destroys the insulin

[27:24] producing beta cells of the pancreas, and whereas diet and lifestyle have it's do not

[27:29] cause type 1 diabetes, and whereas type 2 by diabetes, the most common form is characterized

[27:36] by a rising blood glucose, also known as sugar, a level in the body, resulting in the body's misuse

[27:43] of insulin. And whereas the seriousness of diabetes is often underestimated because diabetes

[27:50] is rarely listed as a cause of death, but rather the complications caused by diabetes

[27:55] are listed instead. And whereas diabetes can lead to increased risk for heart attack or

[28:01] stroke, kidney failure, amputations and advanced diabetic retrooprophy greatly increase in

[28:09] risk of severe vision loss, which is as well as nerve damage, and whereas the healthy lifestyle

[28:15] is important for individuals with diabetes and excludes exercising, not smoking. Of

[28:22] it includes exercising, not smoking and maintaining a balanced diet and proper insulin levels.

[28:29] Whereas diabetes awareness month is an opportunity to increase awareness of risk factors and

[28:35] and the importance of a healthy lifestyle in diabetes prevention and care.

[28:41] Now, therefore, the Mayor and City Council members of Carson, California,

[28:45] do here by proclaim the month of November 2021 as National Diabetes Awareness Month in the City of Carson.

[28:51] And we remind our citizens of the vital importance for eating healthy and to support education programs to help fight against developing diabetes.

[29:00] The third day of November 2021. Thank you.

[29:03] Mr. No Board here to accept that MPT. I have to ask for the staff.

[29:11] Okay.

[29:11] There are garlanders or your staff might know if the citizen was available to accept it

[29:16] into online. Michael, I'm going to ask you, I'll respond to that please.

[29:22] Good evening, everybody. It does not look like they're a civilian. It was available

[29:27] to attend tonight.

[29:29] Okay. What about Valerie Preston for the next one?

[29:35] Let's see. Valerie is online.

[29:44] Ms. Valerie Preston is not sure to be available tonight.

[29:48] Okay, and I'm next meeting is one.

[29:53] Okay, I want to clear this over to the 16th then.

[30:00] There is it because she wanted to be here to accept it. Okay. Just just number eight, mayor, we're both seven, any. No, number,

[30:10] number, number, number eight. Okay.

[30:16] Okay. The next one is proclamation recognized November as indigenous people's month. Councilman Hilton.

[30:23] Thank you, Madam Mayor. This is a proclamation recognized in November as an indigenous people month.

[30:28] Whereas in the month of November is a time to celebrate rich in diverse culture, traditions,

[30:34] and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of indigenous people and whereas

[30:39] the early inhabitants of this great land, the indigenous people of North America played a unique role

[30:45] in shaping our nation's history and culture.

[30:48] Whereas during the month of November, when we celebrate Thanksgiving, we especially celebrate their heritage

[30:54] and the contribution of indigenous people of this nation.

[30:58] Whereas indigenous people, month is an opportune time

[31:02] to educate the general public about tribes,

[31:05] to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges

[31:07] and indigenous people have faced both historically and in the present

[31:11] and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked

[31:15] to conquer these challenges and whereas since our nation's birth,

[31:20] pluralism and diversity have been hallmarks

[31:22] of the American experience and success. In 1782, the founding fathers chose, as our national

[31:30] motto, e-plommetion, which means out of many, one, and whereas today's American unity

[31:37] derived from a mix of many diverse cultures and people, grandly embodies the vision expressed by

[31:43] our founders. Indigenous culture have made remarkable contributions to our national identity.

[31:48] They're unique spiritual art tickets and literary contribution together, their vibrant

[31:55] custom and celebrations, Elevant and Rich, Ireland, and whereas as we move into the 21st

[32:04] century, indigenous people will play a vital role in maintaining our nation's strength

[32:09] and prosperity.

[32:11] Almost half of American indigenous tribal leaders have served in the United States on

[32:15] Forces, following in the footsteps of their forebears and distinguished themselves during the

[32:21] world wars and the conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, and Persian Gulf, and whereas their

[32:28] patriotism, again, appeared after the September 11 attacks, and indigenous law enforcement

[32:34] officers volunteered to serve in air marshal programs on the local level.

[32:40] Indigenous people are strengthening their communities through education and business development,

[32:45] opening the door to opportunity and contributing to a brighter future for all.

[32:49] And, whereas during Indigenous people month, we call on the community to learn more about

[32:54] the history and heritage of the Indigenous people of the Great Land, such actions reaffirm

[33:00] our appreciation and respect for their traditions and way of life and can help to preserve

[33:05] an important part of our culture for generations yet to come.

[33:08] Now for the mayor and the city council of Carson, California hereby proclaim this month of November

[33:14] as Indigenous people month and call up on the citizens to observe this month when a

[33:20] appropriate programs and activities date at this third day of November 2021.

[33:26] Madam Mayor, we have sought out an organization to give this that recognizes and

[33:35] groups Indigenous people and we will be forwarding them this certificate.

[33:40] Thank you so much, Madam Mayor.

[33:41] Thank you so much. The next one is item there. I'm so sorry that I just have learned that Valerie

[33:49] Preston is now here. Oh, she is. Yeah. Okay. I'll just text her. Kevin, are you letting her in?

[33:58] She's in Valerie. Can you hear us? Yes. Hi. Good evening. Hi, Dad Valerie. I'm glad you were able to make it.

[34:05] And I want to read this proclamation in recognition of November as prematurity awareness month.

[34:11] I know this is very important, and I want to make sure you get to receive it and say a few words.

[34:18] For the City of Carson recognizes an honest amount of November as prematurity awareness

[34:22] month on this occasion, it is appropriate to raise awareness by recognizing the prevalence

[34:27] of premature births and the packs that they have, that it has on our communities and around the world.

[34:35] For as premature premature birth is the leading cause of newborn death in the United States.

[34:42] particularly baby's ward to black women, and the United States black ladies are more than one and one half times as black women to be born to early comparative babies born to white women.

[34:56] The premature birth rate for black infants was 16.8% compared to the national average of 11.8%.

[35:03] And for us, the March of Dines, the leading non-profit organization, the process of pregnancy,

[35:09] and baby health is committed to finding solutions to the problems that threatened babies.

[35:15] Since 2003, the March of Dines has led prematurely a word is among activities in November,

[35:22] as part of the prematurely campaign, the March of Dines achieved a major campaign milestone

[35:28] with the P-P-P-P-P-P-L-109-S45 was starting to

[35:36] to law in December 2006.

[35:40] Congress approved the measures before it expanded research

[35:44] education and services pertaining to the growth problem of three

[35:48] mature birds. Since then, the March of Dines has advocated for

[35:52] increased appropriations for federal agents for

[35:55] to relate it research and whereas prematurely word is not events are scheduled nationwide

[36:03] during November. Commoned buildings and landmarks of several states including the Empire State

[36:08] Building in New York City was shown in purple light to symbolize hope for a healthy start

[36:13] for more babies.

[36:16] Whereas the city of course and values importance of educating the community

[36:20] in order to create a more inclusive environment for our product, diverse neighborhoods

[36:25] Understanding the diverse narratives that make up our neighborhoods and

[36:29] uplifting the people that live in them is a value hell with utmost importance.

[36:34] On World Pre-Matured Day in November 17th, the city

[36:37] will close to June light, your office, lobbies, homes, or the outside of your

[36:42] workplace purple, or where purpose to show support in the fight for the

[36:47] health for every mom, every baby in communities like ours and across the

[36:52] Now, therefore, the mayor in the City Council Carson, California, proclaim the month of November,

[36:58] 21st, as prematurity awareness months and calls upon the citizens of Carson to recognize and

[37:04] celebrate its importance with appropriate ceremonies programs and activities.

[37:09] Today, the third of November 2021, and I want to present this to Ms. Valerie Preston,

[37:15] and I'll allow you an opportunity to have a few words.

[37:18] Thank you, thank you so much Madam Mayor.

[37:22] My name is Valerie Preston and I am a member of the Lambda Pazeta Chapter of Zedified

[37:28] Beta Sorority Incorporated, the cost in chapter, and on behalf of our President, this

[37:35] Stephanie Matoya and our entire executive board and membership, we are thankful, so thankful

[37:43] that you, the city of Carson, acknowledge our efforts in raising awareness toward premium maturity of babies and its effects on the communities of color.

[37:54] Our principles, our scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finite womenhood.

[38:01] During the month of November, Zative High Bay to Surgery, Lens is services to premium maturity awareness and education all over the city.

[38:09] Please note that it is our hope that at any time our organization can be available to you to serve in terms of water canal,

[38:19] a subsequent order as well, or a safe dating and diabetes, please give us a call that we will be doing a very best to serve you and the community.

[38:29] Thank you so very much.

[38:32] Thank you, Val, and don't tell me about volunteer, because I know our city manager, I've

[38:36] said to reach out to some of the sororities to ask them to come to volunteer and you'll

[38:41] see.

[38:42] Well, you have my personal phone number.

[38:46] So, do we have the address for this to be nailed on how do you want me to get it to you?

[38:50] Yes.

[38:51] Someone by the name of, I think it was an event seal or something like that, but she contacted me

[38:56] and received and she gave her the address.

[38:59] Okay. Thank you so much. So our city manager, our staff, our GR, our Raymond will be reaching out to you because we would like volunteers down with our staff.

[39:10] Speaking to our residents about, you know, air filters, monitors and hotel accommodations.

[39:16] This older is still with us today.

[39:18] And we have been proactive in getting our residents moved out of the city that's so bizarre or with air filters also in fear of fires.

[39:27] Thank you, man, for coming.

[39:32] The next two

[39:35] Proximations will be presented by

[39:37] Councilman Cedric Hicks.

[39:39] The first one is recognize

[39:40] Small Business Saturday.

[39:44] Councilman Hicks.

[39:45] Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[39:47] Small Business Saturday.

[39:48] We're asked to city of cars and

[39:49] California celebrates our local small businesses

[39:51] and the contributions they make to our

[39:53] local economy and community.

[39:55] And whereas according to the United States Small Business Administration, there are currently 31.7 million small businesses in the United States, and they represent 99.7% of all firms with paid employees.

[40:08] And they are responsible for 65.1% of net new jobs created from 2000 to 2019.

[40:15] Where as small businesses employ 47.1% of the employees in the private sector in the United

[40:21] States, 80% of U.S. consumers feel a personal commitment to support small businesses

[40:27] in the wake of the pandemic. And 90% of small businesses owners have pivoted the way they do

[40:33] business to stay open during the pandemic. Whereas 90% of small businesses, Saturday, shoppers

[40:39] to recognize the impact that they make by shopping small.

[40:43] 85% of them also encourage a friend's and family to do so too.

[40:48] And whereas 56% of shoppers reported they shop online with a small business on small business

[40:54] salary in 2020, and more than 50% of consumers who reported shopping small endorsed a local business

[41:01] on social media on shopping at a local business because they social media recommendation.

[41:06] Where is the City of Carson? California supports our local businesses and create jobs.

[41:12] Most our local economy and preserve our community.

[41:15] In where advocacy groups and public and private organizations across the county have endorsed the Saturday

[41:20] after Thanksgiving as small business Saturday.

[41:23] Now, therefore, the mayor and the City Council City of Carson California hereby proclaim November 27, 2021

[41:30] at Small Business Atterry in her as a resident of our community to

[41:34] and communities around the county to support small businesses and

[41:38] merchants on small business atterry and throughout the year.

[41:42] Data today, the third day of November 2021.

[41:45] And two businesses that are small business in our city of Carson that have been

[41:49] asked to come and receive this one being Jeep Brothers promotional products

[41:53] and services by Jeanette Gonzalez and our own fresh and

[42:00] And I think each one I want to say a few words they're here as well.

[42:08] Jeanette

[42:13] Kevin is Jeanette Sillin.

[42:16] Jeanette Gonzalez.

[42:17] Jeanette Gonzalez.

[42:20] Walter Gonzalez for husband.

[42:23] Okay.

[42:25] I'm here.

[42:27] Sillie is okay.

[42:28] Sorry.

[42:28] I just want to give my cameras and I'm not sure if I'm going to control that.

[42:37] I'm working on it.

[42:42] Uh, je nece.

[42:43] Oh, there we go.

[42:47] There you go.

[42:49] Oh, this is the whole family.

[42:52] Yes, and here with my team.

[42:55] Yeah.

[42:56] Here for sure, me with my fiance John Paul, who's this guy.

[42:59] and you guys all know my mother?

[43:02] Yes, we do.

[43:04] So, we are extremely excited to receive this award.

[43:08] Thank you to Councilmember Sajra Kates for bringing us

[43:11] to the attention of receiving this award.

[43:15] Thank you to Mayor,

[43:18] a Madam Mayor, Lula Githome,

[43:21] and Jim Vier,

[43:23] who has been a faithful, dedicated customer

[43:28] of ours and we appreciate your support as well.

[43:31] Do you want my classmate over there?

[43:35] Thank you for everybody that's part of the city of Carson.

[43:41] All the council members, we work very hard to keep.

[43:47] We're very happy to be in the city of Carson and let's just say that.

[43:50] Very proud to be in the city of Carson and we're very hard working to keep it going.

[43:57] Unfortunately, you guys definitely have this stitch going on right now, and we just want to

[44:04] basically give you encouraging words on, we know that you all have been working hard to

[44:12] let's just say tackle this problem and get rid of it and everything, and I know your efforts

[44:19] are very tiresome, you've been working hard at it, and we just want to commend you for everything that's

[44:28] It hasn't affected our business, you know, because of where we're located as much, but

[44:34] definitely we definitely feel for the residents, a person, for you guys to live in

[44:38] Carson, who's going through this and we just want to give you some encouraging words that

[44:42] this two show pass, this two show pass. So just being encouraged on getting that second

[44:47] pair. But again, I'm not going to take up so much time, but we are very excited to be

[44:53] We have you here, thank you for recognizing us for supporting us since day one since we came across.

[45:00] And we just look forward to this our third year of business in Carson next year before, we just look forward to many more years of being

[45:11] a restaurant here, a small business in Carson area. We love the community in the city. So just thank you for this acknowledgement and recognition. We really appreciate it.

[45:23] Thank you, guys. Thank you for what you guys do for the community.

[45:26] Since what you did.

[45:27] Good question. That's my film book last year.

[45:29] Go on, Mom.

[45:30] Yes.

[45:32] Yes, I did.

[45:34] So long, Thursday.

[45:35] Okay.

[45:37] Thank you very much.

[45:38] Now, Mayor, I want to mention also the food is fantastic.

[45:42] And it's not fast food.

[45:44] It's really healthy.

[45:45] Not at all.

[45:46] They make the food fresh and everything fresh.

[45:50] Everything fresh, it's an order.

[45:52] We can't have Russians thinking you're going to get a pre-made hamburger. It's not going to happen.

[45:56] You're going to order something. They're going to make the food for you fresh on the spot.

[46:00] So be patient because it's worth it.

[46:03] Thank you. Thank you so much for that.

[46:05] Thank you.

[46:06] Everything is excellent. I definitely have to say that.

[46:09] And we want to congratulate J.P. and Schleer for their engagement.

[46:15] Thank you.

[46:17] Thank you.

[46:20] make that's what I'm talking about. Yes. Thank you very much for that. Thank you keep doing what

[46:30] you doing you guys always. Thank you, Sadie. And that's you guys know that also, Juan Hilton is also going

[46:38] to be our the assistant of our marriage at June 10 2022. All right. Yeah, that's our classmate in

[46:46] so we appreciate that as well.

[46:48] That's fantastic.

[46:51] Thank you.

[46:52] And next would be Jeanette.

[46:55] Where's Walter Jeanette?

[47:00] Jeanette?

[47:03] Jeanette?

[47:07] Jeanette?

[47:09] There she is on her iPad.

[47:11] She's gonna have her sound of a councilman.

[47:15] Okay.

[47:18] And we're probably to move on.

[47:20] She's not able to hear us.

[47:21] She'll come back.

[47:23] She'll come back and get back on.

[47:24] if you can get in contact with Kevin.

[47:27] I will counsel.

[47:28] All right.

[47:30] For a time sake, let me go to the...

[47:32] Proclamation, recognize, and LA versus hate,

[47:34] United against hate week.

[47:37] Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[47:37] Where's the dangers of hate, racism, and bigotry

[47:40] grows more apparent every day,

[47:43] and the need for local action could not be more urgent.

[47:46] And whereas LA versus hate,

[47:48] United against hate week, LA versus hate,

[47:50] was created in direct response to the rise

[47:53] and hate crimes and bias incidents that poses a dangerous threat to the safety and

[47:58] civility of our neighborhoods.

[48:01] Whereas local government public servants and politicians have a unique opportunity and responsibility

[48:06] to uplift message of hope and unity in these difficult times.

[48:10] Whereas LA versus hate is committed to supporting residents of LA County with in community

[48:16] support and materials in whereas LA versus hate teams up with community partners representing

[48:21] a diverse coalition of voices committed to ending hate.

[48:25] Whereas by tracking and reporting hate, we can ensure the resources are allocated appropriately

[48:30] that those targeted by hate received the support they need, that offenders are held accountable

[48:35] and that together we can build respectful and resilient communities.

[48:40] Whereas in September of 2019, LA versus hate started accepting reports of hate acts through

[48:46] through the 211 LA providing help from experience,

[48:51] empathetic case managers and multi-disciplinary teams of advocates,

[48:55] mental health professionals, mentors, and legal professionals,

[48:58] whereas thousands have reached out for help and thousands have worked

[49:01] with the case managers from LA versus hate to heal from the traumas of hate,

[49:06] whereas the city of Carson is dedicated to preventing and opposing hate

[49:09] and intolerance in our community. The city of Carson endorses their

[49:16] 21 and city activities to stop hate, intolerance and bullying and promote safe, inclusive and equitable neighborhoods.

[49:24] Whereas education, compassion and cooperation are key to unlocking the understanding and embracing differences between people.

[49:31] Whereas we seek to join other communities in California and cities across the county in the second annual,

[49:37] Elliott versus hate united against hate week as an important step in bridging divisions and strictly

[49:42] in our communities. Now therefore the city of Carson for the city of Carson hereby declares

[49:47] it's enthusiastic support of Elliott versus hate united against hate week activities in our

[49:53] county starting November the 14th of the 20th, 2021 and each and every day beyond dated today

[49:59] the third day of November 2021 and who we have that's going to be accepting this proclamation

[50:06] is from Cal State University of Vegas Hills and also from Christine Cardenas who's a member of the

[50:12] LA hate versus hate is also on board and the chair person of conflict management negotiation peace

[50:17] keeping is Dr. Brian Durett who is one of where I got my message degree from CSUDH will be accepting

[50:24] both of these on the behalf of the city. So who wants to go first? Christine? Sure, let's start. Thank you,

[50:32] Drunkling Hicks, we are so thankful for the City of Carson's partnership and support for the

[50:37] LA versus Hate Initiative, especially shout out to you, Councilman Hicks, for your, you're

[50:43] such a committed partner and you've been attending our meetings and is always through to see you.

[50:49] You know, LA versus Hate is a community center program, really designed to support all

[50:53] registered residents across LA County by, you know, representing a diverse coalition of

[51:00] voices in the business sector and the nonprofit sector and local government, as you all know

[51:06] the rise in inequality and hate crimes towards minorities and seeking the sharp rise in recent

[51:12] years and COVID has really just exceeded it. But this population really allows government officials

[51:19] to express your commitment to combat actions of intolerance and strengthening your communities.

[51:26] It'll encourage your residents and organizations to feel safe and supported by you and we really appreciate

[51:33] again your partnership and support.

[51:35] So congratulations to the seat of Christ in the future for your partnership.

[51:40] Thank you, Raphina.

[51:42] Dr. Gier.

[51:43] Thank you, sir.

[51:44] Thank you, sir.

[51:44] I met a mayor, program, mayor, council members.

[51:47] We very much appreciate this.

[51:49] We really think we live in our universities in a terrific city.

[51:53] I'm Canadian person.

[51:54] that came down to be part director of this program.

[51:58] So we have at the University, we teach mediation,

[52:00] arbitration, fact-fighting.

[52:02] We do transformative dialogue.

[52:03] We teach transformative dialogue in the classroom

[52:05] so that we can get people to work together.

[52:08] We can end, hey, we can build civil society.

[52:11] We're very much committed to that.

[52:13] And we really see our members here at this meeting tonight.

[52:17] You are also committed to it.

[52:19] Means a great deal to us.

[52:20] Our president, President of the University,

[52:22] that is a President Parman, our Provost, Michael Spania,

[52:26] a very much supportive of our program,

[52:28] our program and negotiation, negotiation,

[52:31] conflict resolution, and peace building,

[52:34] and also supportive of the efforts of the city

[52:36] and the members here.

[52:39] It's a terrific partnership.

[52:41] We want to continue going forward to address this work.

[52:44] You know, my own expression, it takes all of us

[52:47] to make the future work.

[52:48] It's going to take all of us coming together.

[52:50] And so to see this work happening in Carson, it's just so terrific.

[52:55] And I should tell you, we have a terrific number of faculty doing this work.

[53:00] I just want to give a quick appreciation to Professor Reneta Valerie, who's doing transformative

[53:05] dialed right now and around the county of Los Angeles, in Antelope Valley in different states.

[53:12] But we're really centered here doing this work.

[53:14] And right at our university, so folks who are interested in our program, we have a terrific program

[53:19] here and happy to tell you all about it if you give us a call at the University.

[53:23] Let's continue forward for every work you can.

[53:30] Thank you.

[53:31] Thank you.

[53:32] Thank you.

[53:33] Thank you.

[53:33] You muted, Madam Mayor.

[53:39] Still muted.

[53:45] Thank you.

[53:47] You're excited.

[53:48] You're excited.

[53:49] You're excited.

[53:49] Okay.

[53:51] Next, we have a legislative update from the Senator Steve Raffett

[53:55] to see if he available.

[53:57] I'm terrible sorry, but he advised us that he had a conflict at the last minute and he's going to try to come back at one of our next meetings. Sorry about that.

[54:10] Item number 13 is a presentation from Carol Ward regarding water conservation activities in the city of Carson.

[54:17] And I know for that we have Tammy Myers here and I believe possibly about Felix who shows up whenever he can to be with the city of Carson.

[54:27] And then we deal with your presentation.

[54:30] For the medium screen.

[54:41] Okay.

[54:42] Thanks for my screen.

[54:44] Yes.

[54:45] Okay.

[54:46] Okay.

[54:46] Thank you.

[54:47] Well, thank you very much, Madam Mayor, and Council members.

[54:51] This is a great opportunity.

[54:53] I'm really looking forward to being able to share this brief presentation with you.

[54:57] Also, in partnership with Eliza J. Public Works Director and some great projects that we have.

[55:04] that we've been working on and moving forward

[55:06] to be able to set the example with these dire water needs

[55:10] going on currently.

[55:13] So I'm going to go ahead and jump into it.

[55:15] I won't take too long.

[55:16] I promise.

[55:17] But I just wanted to give a quick overview

[55:18] as to who we are, California Water Service.

[55:22] And the map right here just gives you an idea of the areas

[55:26] that's covered within our gymnasist system.

[55:29] This is our carton area over here.

[55:32] And then we also have our Francesco's 30s and our Beach City, which is the

[55:37] her most ever known of each area that's come to a part of the city council.

[55:44] As you all are aware, we are in emergency drought declaration, as of July 8th,

[55:50] you know, the governor's signed an executive order, asking for all Californians to voluntarily

[55:55] reduce their water usage by 15 percent from their 2020 levels of water use.

[56:02] On August 17th, Metropolitan Water District issued a water supply alert and response to this

[56:09] diverge route that is happening as you can see in the photos of Lake Horrible and Lake

[56:14] Shasta and on October 19th, all of California counties have been included in the emergency

[56:22] drought situation.

[56:26] So here I wanted to just remind everybody that there are items of our habits that we need to

[56:32] that we are not doing. And one of those, to make sure that we are not using a hose, you know,

[56:37] to wash off our driveways. We want to make sure that everybody is using a shut off

[56:41] non-pull over to washing your vehicles. Make sure that you're not washing the sidewalk as well,

[56:48] which is the hose. And then also keeping in mind that when there is a rain, it's not to have

[56:55] this great stabilization on.

[57:00] A lot of people forget to check their irrigation controllers

[57:03] that if they do not have a little bit of your irrigation controller, don't tend to go off

[57:07] then we would rather not have that water wasted and going into the ground and saturating

[57:13] our landscape area. The other thing that we would like to also be able to note is that the

[57:18] outdoor irrigation, you know, the hours of irrigation is prohibited between 8 a.m. and 6 a.m.

[57:25] That allows for the irrigation for your landscape areas to be able to penetrate the

[57:31] The water is being applied to the area and not so much has the evaporation and where the

[57:38] wind transfer has been used, you know, was being applied to their landscape area.

[57:42] And then we'd also like to just remind you that fresh runes are also required to ask

[57:46] for, you know, if you would like to water, they're not automatically providing it

[57:51] if they're asked or giving it to you upon.

[57:57] So conservation, here to help you say water every getting.

[58:01] Here I just want to really outline the programs that we have, and as well as the resources

[58:07] that we have available to the community and our constituents, so we have updated information

[58:12] on the time, but as you can see, we have increased our reagates to promote water conservation,

[58:18] and hopefully incentivize the people who have high water wasteing to ice us currently

[58:23] as our homes.

[58:24] We want to be able to offer that greater incentive to get rid of this water wasteing devices.

[58:30] So, we have increased our high-visual fee finance from $50 for $200 to $100.

[58:36] And then we've also increased our high-visual fee closed clusters from $150 to $300.

[58:41] So, we really hope that this is an opportunity for people to take advantage of being able to change out those waterways these devices.

[58:49] We also have all of our programs and the rebates that's right here.

[58:54] You can save your click on it and you can keep all the information.

[58:56] and then we've also added the latest drought news, report weeks, and water waves as well as

[59:02] conservation resources for those who are interested in finding out about redoing their landscape

[59:07] or just wanting to really find out about the water supply and concerns in their immediate area.

[59:15] One of the things that I am very happy to bring to you is that we have launched two programs.

[59:21] One of them is our logic cards that we gave for them.

[59:23] This rebate is for both our residential and smaller commercial customers, it is $3 per

[59:28] square foot for the area of church that is removed, for our residential customers, it's a minimum

[59:34] area of $250 square feet with a maximum of $4,500 for $1,500 for $1,500 square foot area.

[59:44] This rebate does not include the coverage of artificial church, so what we are asking is that

[59:50] we're putting white back into place, 50% of drop-to-art plant material, and then for our commercial

[59:56] customers, we are also, we have the 200...

[1:00:00] 50 square foot minimum converted areas, but with the maximum,

[1:00:07] if you have areas that

[1:00:13] are churches and the public authority

[1:00:16] of archery

[1:00:37] areas from start to drop toll.

[1:00:42] We also do is to be able to put in a drip system that will allow them to actually

[1:00:46] apply the necessary

[1:00:50] lipstick state and then

[1:01:00] in a rebate. That's

[1:01:05] all what you can't do. There's a section in it that

[1:01:07] will allow you to click to

[1:01:20] say it's now the exciting part. So I'm very happy that

[1:01:35] a particular process will let you

[1:01:39] Thank you, but Tammy's done all the hard work working with the staff. She's done a great job, really.

[1:01:47] One of the things that Tammy and our landscaping parking proposed is that we kick off almost like a pilot.

[1:01:57] of sorts with some of our smaller parks.

[1:02:02] They went through to the long time to really go through all the

[1:02:07] all the parks determine what type of equipment we have to determine what kind of

[1:02:12] re-date we might be able to get. And so we're calling this phase one something that we hope to

[1:02:18] get accomplished by Q1 of 2022 and these are the three parks that we're proposing and we're placing

[1:02:25] with various type of equipment that tell water provides and so on the far right side is

[1:02:32] the estimated total rebate that the city of Carson would get and right now we're in the

[1:02:37] process of figuring out how long and who actually would be doing the work but it's quite a bit

[1:02:44] of money and that's just the rebate money it doesn't necessarily present the money that we would

[1:02:52] for water. But this slide actually presents the rest of the parts. And again, it was our staff,

[1:03:00] who went through and figured out all the different equipment that we have, and how much rebate

[1:03:07] Tammy's program per closes. And we're looking at almost 70,000 or over 70,000 actually. So

[1:03:15] pretty exciting just to see this and what it actually means. So that's, we think we're looking

[1:03:24] at Q2 and 3, 2022. And then finally I just wanted to put a little bit of context and again

[1:03:34] this is standing in her team helping us put this all together. So this is really what is on the

[1:03:40] side is where we just forgot our parks and it's just interesting to know it doesn't

[1:03:47] include city hall and to many other places but just our parks we spend $1.2 million

[1:03:54] or we did spend $1.2 million over five years. So there's money there that we can

[1:04:00] say by putting this in and at a minimum we do want to meet the governor's goal to decrease

[1:04:07] 15 percent. I'll turn it back to you. Thank you, Eliza. So one thing I would like to know is on this

[1:04:15] particular side of the sea that says non-residential water consumption. And I just want to

[1:04:19] make sure that everybody is aware of what one CF on the water bill equates to. So one CF is actually

[1:04:27] one hundred cubic feet of water and it's seven hundred and forty eight gallons per one cubic,

[1:04:37] you know, one can

[1:04:40] actually utilize.

[1:04:44] So if you just, depending on the number of

[1:04:47] assumptions that you have, or the units, like I just went up here for Anderson Park,

[1:04:52] if you were to say 121 units that was built just times that by 748 and that tells you how many

[1:04:58] gallons were used during that period. So we just really wanted to give you a perspective on

[1:05:04] how much water that is. Now mind you, these parks are large. They use a lot of water. So

[1:05:09] by no means for not trying to highlight that as a negative, we just want to make sure

[1:05:13] that everybody is aware of what it takes to be able to understand the billing as well

[1:05:18] as what these parks actually.

[1:05:24] And so here we have a life and I have kind of been working on a little idea that we are

[1:05:29] kind of proposing.

[1:05:31] You have a great deal of area that is over at the city hall.

[1:05:37] And so this is an overview of the city hall and the city hall and the city hall and the

[1:05:42] that's on this side as you lead over to the community center.

[1:05:46] But what we wanted to highlight was just that there's some IREs opportunity for improvement

[1:05:51] in this particular area and really be able to showcase, you know, you guys put your best

[1:05:56] foot forward and show it.

[1:05:57] One of the residents, you know, what it takes to be able to have a drop-tolerant landscape as

[1:06:02] well as the efficient and still has something that you, you know, that's nice to look

[1:06:06] at as well, because we know a lot of people are concerned with not wanting cacti and things

[1:06:10] like that, just in their yard or gravel and dirt.

[1:06:14] So one of the things that allows,

[1:06:16] and I have been working on is, you know,

[1:06:17] just making sure that we are offering our programs

[1:06:21] to offset costs for the installation

[1:06:23] of whether we have irrigation controllers.

[1:06:26] I'm setting why, consistency making sure

[1:06:28] that all of your facilities have the ability

[1:06:30] to turn off when there's rain, make sure that it, you know,

[1:06:34] will turn off or give a notification if there is a leak

[1:06:37] of some sort.

[1:06:38] Also give you the ability of turning off the system remotely

[1:06:40] if for some reason, there's an issue or a break or something is happening, it gives you the

[1:06:46] ability to you have a little bit more control over the water and you suggest those locations

[1:06:50] by adding these types of controllers. The other thing is, it's just really looking at upgrading

[1:06:55] the inefficient devices, parks, they get very heavy use from your residents and then sometimes

[1:07:02] you know, the items we're installed a long time ago, I know I personally don't think to change

[1:07:07] things out if they're not broken, so one of the things that aligns when I look at it is

[1:07:11] kind of what can we do? How can we utilize our programs to be more water-wise in the city?

[1:07:18] And so this is just kind of an idea that it's from an iron tent, so I'm really, really hope

[1:07:23] that this is something that can move forward. But I wanted to give you some ideas of photos

[1:07:29] of what that potentially looks like.

[1:07:33] So this area right here, these pictures are provided

[1:07:35] by Eliza, which we're great.

[1:07:37] I have never even seen this area.

[1:07:38] This is actually located over at LAX.

[1:07:42] And they've actually retrofitted an area

[1:07:44] that looks really great.

[1:07:46] And very low water use, but also

[1:07:48] allows for walking paths and lots of different colors,

[1:07:51] which is very unique.

[1:07:53] A lot, like I said, a lot of people think

[1:07:55] that it's all about tactile.

[1:07:56] And it's not.

[1:07:57] There's a lot of great materials

[1:07:58] that you can put out there to add that

[1:08:00] three-dimensional in the colors that you're writing for.

[1:08:05] This here is also just another example of some other areas that were designed and put

[1:08:12] in the place that that way you can kind of visually get an idea of what those particular

[1:08:16] areas are that are very large photographs that really just aren't being used.

[1:08:21] And how there's the possibility of maybe even doing a demonstration garden to really

[1:08:25] set the example for your residence.

[1:08:28] And this is just another fun for us.

[1:08:30] Well, you can see here this is a DGN gravel that they put in here as like a walking town.

[1:08:36] So those are areas that you would also be able to do over there at the city health.

[1:08:39] But like I said, it was just something we're kind of throwing out there and the, you know,

[1:08:45] the partnership has been great and a lives and I really looking forward to making a difference

[1:08:50] and really being able to help your residents understand, you know, water-wide landscaping.

[1:08:57] And this is my contact information as well as Angie Gilbright and Ralph Bailey, who I'm

[1:09:03] for you all that we're aware of.

[1:09:05] Thank you again for allowing me to come back

[1:09:10] and from our last time that we were here

[1:09:12] and to give us an July, we've been doing really good work

[1:09:16] with partnering with you guys.

[1:09:17] And we look forward to being able to do a lot more presentations

[1:09:20] like this to be able to show the residents

[1:09:22] to know what we're doing to make the difference together.

[1:09:27] I have a question, Madam Mayor, for time.

[1:09:30] OK.

[1:09:31] Yeah, Tammy, thanks for the presentations.

[1:09:32] that very, very interesting and educational, that dog looks like he's cooperating there.

[1:09:40] So, I know that Southern California gas company has a program where if people have an issue

[1:09:49] with their home or even a business with their gas line, they'll come out for free and if utilities,

[1:09:59] Yes, yes, utilities turned off, they'll come and make sure it's turned back on safely by that lights are safe and so forth

[1:10:07] So along that that line that principle applying it to water. I've noticed so over the years

[1:10:13] I've often visited either people's homes or a business where they have a dripping faucet

[1:10:21] and it seems to me that a faucet that's dripping

[1:10:24] 24-7

[1:10:26] could be a little waste of a lot of water because it's constant, it doesn't stop.

[1:10:33] Yeah, so do you have any programs with your company that could help residents that maybe have that issue?

[1:10:44] I know that I had a different faucet and I kept changing the washers.

[1:10:49] And eventually, even though I've put new washers in,

[1:10:53] maybe after the third time, it started leaking again,

[1:10:57] I just bought a new faucet.

[1:11:00] And you place the whole thing.

[1:11:02] So do you have any programs to intervene in either homes or businesses

[1:11:06] in Carson or throughout your area?

[1:11:09] That could help along the line of these rebates.

[1:11:13] And I see you have something about report leaks and waste.

[1:11:16] But how about actually replacing the the valves themselves?

[1:11:24] So currently we have conservation kits that are available for all of our customers.

[1:11:30] And what those conservation kits and tailors say have a shower head as well.

[1:11:34] And it's about the mariner, a teaching narrator and a shut-off hose nozzle as well.

[1:11:40] So our customers are able to go online and they would just go to the conservation kits section.

[1:11:45] So a lot of the application and then we will actually mail them a box with all of those items in there.

[1:11:52] At this time, we do not have a direct install where we would go out and actually do the installation,

[1:11:57] but we do have several videos that are available on YouTube of how to do those types of minor plumbing items.

[1:12:06] If a customer has an irrigation system that is problematic,

[1:12:12] We do have a smart landscape tuna program, and what that entails is if they sign up for that program,

[1:12:19] we will actually send out a contractor to come out and evaluate their current landscape irrigation system,

[1:12:25] as well as their controller and really be able to identify if there's any problematic areas

[1:12:31] and what are we seeing and things that they can address.

[1:12:35] Once the evaluator goes out and does study evaluation, see come back to us with the recommendations

[1:12:40] And with those recommendations, we contact the customer to let them know.

[1:12:45] Here's what the recommendations are.

[1:12:46] Do you approve for us to come back out there and to install these devices free of charge?

[1:12:51] And then we would go out there and wait for some coverage for them.

[1:12:54] A lot of times what it is, this matter of changing the irrigation novels.

[1:12:58] They may be older and inefficient or broken, and so that we would install new efficient items as well.

[1:13:05] if you have an old outfit, a controller,

[1:13:07] we're also offering the Ratchee of 3,

[1:13:11] whether based irrigation controllers,

[1:13:12] which will allow customers to really have hands on a billet gift,

[1:13:17] adjusting and knowing what their controller is doing,

[1:13:20] have a tip of their fingers.

[1:13:21] So just again to reiterate, we iterated.

[1:13:27] The residents can go to your website

[1:13:28] and get all this information that you presented tonight.

[1:13:32] Okay, I can confirm that. Thank you very much. Very good presentation.

[1:13:37] Absolutely. Thank you very much for your time.

[1:13:40] Thank you very much. Any questions from anyone else?

[1:13:44] Madam Mayor. Yes.

[1:13:46] I did have a question.

[1:13:48] Probably for Tammy and maybe to realize it changed through the city manager in regards to our

[1:13:53] meetings in our city.

[1:13:55] Where are we at and doing the reclaimed water?

[1:13:57] And I saw they had some reclaimed water in your presentation, Tammy?

[1:14:01] You know, I did not have to claim well actually that's not true, yes, but we're a few line items where there's some parts that were changed over to reclaim, so yes, I needed to step back a little bit.

[1:14:13] But I'll defer to Sharon on the particular medium and.

[1:14:18] Well, I was straight up by saying that we're very interested in partnering with Cal Water on getting those.

[1:14:26] We cycles pipes in our meetings and I will have to say that it's something I took up

[1:14:33] pre-early on before even Eliza Jenga here and how water has not been open to partnering

[1:14:42] with us on that.

[1:14:44] So maybe they'll take another look based on the drought that we've been having and we continue

[1:14:50] year after year, the amount of money that can be saved and water. The amount of water that

[1:14:57] can be saved through a program that will help us.

[1:15:00] Those kinds of pipes recycling would be enormously helpful to us. I'm not obliged to do that. I don't know if you when it's anything since you've been here.

[1:15:10] The other thing I would add is in our current CIP, we have a plan to do a recycled water master plan, when we look at the possibilities for putting recycled water. Tim, I believe you can't water works with west basin.

[1:15:24] And what's best is the premiere of the Recycle Water I believe for this region.

[1:15:30] So we would have to work with them and figure out how that might occur.

[1:15:36] You know, Eliza Jane, through the City Manager of Sharon Landers,

[1:15:40] what's best and minutes for Water District has worked with the city previously before Eliza

[1:15:45] you came on board.

[1:15:48] Unfortunately, the previous city manager didn't pay very well, he really fumbled the wall

[1:15:57] amount when and it became a big financial disaster for the city and they actually went to

[1:16:03] the West Basin wanted them to save them at the city's mistake. This was really odd thing on

[1:16:09] thing I know you're not going to do something like that but it is West Basin also that working with

[1:16:13] water to help with reclaimed water, the purple pipes, and in fact, in a

[1:16:19] characteristic order, we had the purple pipes installed, and that's where the

[1:16:23] mistake was made. Essentially, the contract that bit on the project was not

[1:16:28] given the proper information by the city government, the city of Carson, and so

[1:16:33] they bit on the project, given the information that they had, and then found out

[1:16:38] across the car's and street. There were pipelines not told. And so instead of

[1:16:45] varying the purple pipe, three feet down, it had the very, the purple pipe

[1:16:49] six to eight feet down caused a lot more money to do something like that. Not just

[1:16:55] because of the trench depth, but also because I understand when you're very

[1:16:59] pipe steeper, you have a different engineering process and configuration of the

[1:17:08] I really am a believer in avoiding problems like that, preventing them and so I think a better

[1:17:15] communication like you do is much more appropriate than the mistakes the city made in the past.

[1:17:22] Thank you, didn't we just cut that off?

[1:17:25] That would do.

[1:17:27] Yeah, you're right.

[1:17:28] What happened?

[1:17:29] This was a purple pipe all the way, the whole length, but they got to mainstream and stop.

[1:17:36] to stop because it's all about money, you know, you recall, you were on the city council,

[1:17:44] when the city manager tried to blame the water company.

[1:17:48] Right, right.

[1:17:49] You're his own mistakes.

[1:17:51] And we don't do that anymore.

[1:17:53] Yeah.

[1:17:54] They wanted to chair up the street.

[1:17:55] We'd lay it.

[1:17:56] We said no.

[1:17:57] I'll do that.

[1:17:59] Actually, I will make sure that I will be in contact with you so that we can tickle

[1:18:04] to that as well. And I do want to let you know that with our removal program for the

[1:18:09] one, we are looking with a lens on areas with an amenias where you would be removing

[1:18:14] that and not necessarily needing to put in that 50% plant material because we know that in

[1:18:20] amenias it's not really necessary to have that much plant space. So I look forward to being able

[1:18:27] to set up a meeting with you in a row and we can plant space in and see what we can do to move

[1:18:32] this over did I in a positive manner?

[1:18:34] Thank you.

[1:18:35] Madam Mayor, picking back on that, my concern and my request

[1:18:39] is that I talked about this before,

[1:18:42] that I think is out of Indian wells,

[1:18:44] whether they have their medians done at a certain plant base,

[1:18:47] but it's a certain look that they have.

[1:18:48] And I think I talked just to the city manager sometime back,

[1:18:52] that that is the look I was looking for

[1:18:53] for us to have within our medians

[1:18:55] if we're going through this drought tolerant look.

[1:18:58] And I don't want us to get to the point

[1:19:00] we look real skimpy but I wanted to look beefy enough that you were in a beautiful city with

[1:19:07] because I said your median dictates the rest of your city. And if your median is a shabby,

[1:19:12] your city looks shabby. So I just want to make sure that we keep that in mind.

[1:19:17] You certainly mentioned that and Elizen Jna and I are very well aware and this will be a good time

[1:19:23] potentially to get something moving forward in that regard. Elizen Jna says Disneyland.

[1:19:30] I'm not going to forget that.

[1:19:32] You can go out, Hilton.

[1:19:33] That's a lot of honor.

[1:19:34] I want to Disneyland too.

[1:19:37] We also have an expert on our staff, not only

[1:19:40] with the Elijah James,

[1:19:45] but his name just

[1:19:46] fills me just for, oh no, Robert Linux.

[1:19:49] He did a project in Minifey.

[1:19:54] What reclaimed water when he was working in Minifey

[1:19:58] that helped, you know, with the medians and all of those things, and we have someone on our

[1:20:04] staff that possibly get to talk to you, Elijah Jane and Sharon, and let's try to see how we

[1:20:09] can work it out, and we want that we want Disneyland and Carson, though. We need some attractions

[1:20:15] at this present moment, you know? I'm going to put Robert Linux on the spot since he is in the meeting.

[1:20:20] Robert is in accurate that you have an expertise that we want to call upon?

[1:20:26] Yeah, I'd be happy to help.

[1:20:28] I did do a project through what was Eastern Ministers,

[1:20:31] which are Western Ministers of Water Districts,

[1:20:33] and in an empire, about $2 million worth in.

[1:20:37] It was a mix of converting non-functional turf and mediums and parks,

[1:20:42] as well as a purple pipe, non-potable irrigation for different areas of the city.

[1:20:47] So yeah, I'd be happy to help.

[1:20:48] Perfect, thank you.

[1:20:51] You guys are all under one department.

[1:20:56] Okay, any more comments or questions?

[1:21:01] Thank you for that wonderful presentation.

[1:21:05] Our next is item number 14.

[1:21:06] Recognition from various industries and agencies in the city of course,

[1:21:10] compliance with the law-centered locality, sanitation,

[1:21:14] water waste, discharge requirements for 20, 20.

[1:21:18] And for this one Mayor and council, I believe we have Basil Hewitt, who is a PIO over the Los Angeles County Sanitation District.

[1:21:27] Basil, I see you who is going to help us out with this.

[1:21:31] And you may have some other people that you want to be introduced, but I know that we,

[1:21:37] the mayor was very interested in giving recognition to companies in the city that have been working with you.

[1:21:42] So if you can't introduce the item and introduce your colleague, that would be terrific.

[1:21:47] Good evening, Madam Mayor and City Council members.

[1:21:52] Yeah, I'm going to be brief.

[1:21:53] The real expert, Basil Hewitt with the Sanitation Districts.

[1:21:57] The real expert on this item is Jody Banaji.

[1:22:00] She's an engineer in our industrial waste department.

[1:22:05] She doesn't look at, but she's pretty tough.

[1:22:07] She makes sure people follow the appropriate permit requirements

[1:22:11] to make sure our treatment plans keep functioning.

[1:22:13] And so she's here to recognize some of the best actors in terms of industry and the

[1:22:19] city of Carson.

[1:22:20] So I'll turn it over to Joty to talk about the corporate good citizens award.

[1:22:27] Thank you very much, Lou.

[1:22:30] I'm a multivariate group.

[1:22:32] Yes, you are.

[1:22:33] We're going to hear you.

[1:22:34] Great.

[1:22:35] Good evening.

[1:22:35] Madam Mayor and security council members.

[1:22:37] The Los Angeles Southeast Sanitation District have a special certificate of recognition program for the industrial waste dischargers.

[1:22:46] Each calendar year, this program honors industries that have been improved compliance with the Sanitation District's industrial waste requirements.

[1:22:56] This is the 25th year of the program and it has served to encourage industries to need or exceed regulatory requirements while protecting the environment.

[1:23:06] over 30 of these companies located in the city of Carson to see if this certificate in 2020.

[1:23:14] I believe there was a slight that shows the names of these companies.

[1:23:22] And I think the city of Carson is also planning to send additional certificates in addition to the ones sent by Los Angeles Foundation districts to these companies.

[1:23:34] Approximately 10 of these facilities have received this certificate for five or more consecutive years which is commendable because it's not easy to maintain a permit with all local state and federal requirements.

[1:23:50] All these companies have worked diligently and cooperatively with sanitation districts in protecting the public health and environment.

[1:23:58] I thank these companies for their commitment and look forward to working with them in the future.

[1:24:05] The sanitation districts also hope that in the coming years many more industries in the city of Carson will be receiving this certificate.

[1:24:13] Thank you.

[1:24:16] Yeah, Jote, there were so many great companies and thank you for displaying them right now.

[1:24:24] Yes, that's nice to see you. It's light.

[1:24:28] Yeah, that's a lot of companies, thank you.

[1:24:31] You're welcome.

[1:24:35] Any comments for my colleagues?

[1:24:38] Beth, did you have anything else to add?

[1:24:41] No, we at your request, we wanted to highlight the 30 companies and introduce the one in charge of that program

[1:24:48] in our industrial way, section, and Jochi works closely

[1:24:52] with industries to make sure they're doing the right thing

[1:24:56] and they want to do the right thing.

[1:24:58] And it's great of the city to recognize these folks.

[1:25:02] Yeah, Sharon, did we send anything to these companies?

[1:25:07] Here I believe that it is their intent is just

[1:25:10] said to get something to them.

[1:25:14] I don't know if they've gotten to them already.

[1:25:16] Michael can answer that.

[1:25:18] But I know that we do plans to do that.

[1:25:19] Okay, that's fine. Okay. Thank you so much. Any comments from my colleagues?

[1:25:27] Okay. Well, thank you very much for that presentation and it's always good seeing you.

[1:25:32] Good to see you so much. Have a great evening. Thank you.

[1:25:37] That concludes our presentation. We will go to all communications for matters listed on the agenda.

[1:25:46] Kevin, do we have any queue up for matters listed on the agenda?

[1:25:49] We have two mayor or those like the third just came in, but we have two Rick Toledo, but it was the council for public comments.

[1:26:02] If there's only a low, hi.

[1:26:05] Yes, hello, hello city council and great city of Carson Rick Toledo, long time I was here for the environment.

[1:26:14] I have just been elected to the Commissioner of the Environmental Commission, so I'm very happy to

[1:26:20] say that we are working on our priorities, and some of them have to deal with the city projects

[1:26:25] for item 17.

[1:26:27] Specifically, we want to see the beautification project in full comprehensive mode.

[1:26:33] And by that I mean all the mediums that you've addressed tonight to talk about a drop

[1:26:38] friendly, we need to do more than that.

[1:26:40] We need to actually plant native plants and attractive plants like they have another beautiful

[1:26:45] cities like in Hermosa and Manhattan if you've been to their mediums you'll see they

[1:26:49] cultivate and they're drought-friendly.

[1:26:52] We also would like to suggest and remind that the city manager ends to Elijah that, you

[1:27:00] know, as of today, we have not heard.

[1:27:02] I have not heard on my emails and on my follow-up request regarding the slurries and district

[1:27:07] two and district four, as well as the pavements and also the potholes. If you look at all the

[1:27:14] main veins, two, 20 is from figure out, all the way to Avalon, two, 23rd, all the way to what

[1:27:20] from figure out the Avalon, you'll see what I'm talking about and we're very neglectful in that

[1:27:25] respect. We should have that a top priority, along with planting of trees. I know we're going to

[1:27:30] be doing good at the occasion, so on everybody's minds, well let's get busy and let's start playing

[1:27:34] trees now. Also on the street sweeping issue when it comes to your projects, if trees are

[1:27:43] overhanging, street sweepers are missing and not being able to switch street sweep properly

[1:27:48] the residents home. So we've got to be cognizant in cut those trees. We also have the

[1:27:54] ticketing staff have given tickets to members. The street sweeper has not even come by yet.

[1:28:00] So we've got to remind them not to take it residents until after the street sweeper has passed their house.

[1:28:07] Also, I'd like to remind you, you know, on the, on the projects,

[1:28:12] AQ and D has a meeting on the level of 9-1, a letter from the city's carship,

[1:28:18] our commission of discuss this, and we all concur that we have to get a response in by this week.

[1:28:24] and soldiers of the city manager. I hope and pray that they have gotten this

[1:28:29] point and they have worked on it. It's been out there for a while now. We're doing

[1:28:33] our individuals, but we do want something coming from the city because it does affect our

[1:28:36] refineries. When it comes to that rule, which is the catalytic converters that can bring out

[1:28:41] more pollution. I'd be, I'd be remiss if I didn't say congratulations to our new

[1:28:48] Council member Arlene Rojas, who has just been elected duly yesterday. We're so proud of that and we

[1:28:55] looked proud we look forward to having her served with the city. I know she'll do a great job regarding all issues.

[1:29:02] It's specifically the city projects that have been neglected too long and too too much in the south area.

[1:29:08] We should be top priority throughout the city and I'm saying this because our street right here is pitiful.

[1:29:13] Please second.

[1:29:14] Madam.

[1:29:15] Madam.

[1:29:15] It's all big.

[1:29:17] Pardon.

[1:29:18] Pardon?

[1:29:19] Pardon?

[1:29:19] It's fine.

[1:29:20] It's fine.

[1:29:22] Thank you.

[1:29:24] Who's next in the queue?

[1:29:26] Next we have William Cones.

[1:29:29] Please, it starts six in the dressing room.

[1:29:33] Hello.

[1:29:34] Can you hear me?

[1:29:35] Yes.

[1:29:35] We can.

[1:29:37] Hi.

[1:29:38] I'd like to speak on item six, which is the polluted.

[1:29:43] being a panel. Firstly,

[1:29:48] we had a press conference today, not we, but Jesse Mark has

[1:29:54] group, and his opinion is.

[1:30:00] And what he's doing is he's asking the National Environmental Protection Agency EPA to step in and help us out in that regard.

[1:30:12] I wish the city would do the same. We need more help than this regard for the state and especially the county is not going to work this out. I think it's going to take more than that to help us out.

[1:30:25] Now, the second thing I have is there's a water sample that was taken by ESA Polito.

[1:30:32] He was given to Wallace Laboratories. Dr. Wallace is a noted chemist in this area.

[1:30:42] He says, this water we have contains sulfate from the C.C. water.

[1:30:48] And when it hits organic matter, the sulfate becomes sulfide.

[1:30:53] So the real solution, when there's no oxygen there, or whether it's low in oxygen.

[1:31:00] So our real solution is too full.

[1:31:02] Remove the organic matter or whatever is in there, that's combining with and putting

[1:31:08] in more oxygen.

[1:31:10] So how do we do that?

[1:31:11] First of all, the oxidation or what the county is doing, spraying the chemical on the layer

[1:31:23] top layer of the water is very short term effect. That's what Eden says in here. It's a short

[1:31:29] term effect. It's not going to last very long. So that water's going to move along and now you

[1:31:34] have a new top layer. So that is not a good solution in this case. It's a temporary solution

[1:31:41] last a couple days. And then it goes away. And that's what we really see. We had a low amount

[1:31:47] now it's getting you going back again. So what what can we do? Okay. What what what what

[1:31:54] the fish fonds use farmers with fish fonds use a paddle wheel it's called a paddle wheel

[1:32:02] turns the water around like like the the Mississippi coast they were you know one with paddle

[1:32:10] We're at Terry's parking list.

[1:32:12] They're just in the zone.

[1:32:20] Did he go wrong?

[1:32:21] It looks like we lost him there.

[1:32:24] Okay.

[1:32:25] Speaking of cue.

[1:32:26] Hey Liz Foisia.

[1:32:28] Are you there?

[1:32:29] This is Star 6.

[1:32:31] If you want to give a public comment.

[1:32:33] Okay.

[1:32:34] Okay.

[1:32:35] Hello.

[1:32:35] Hi.

[1:32:36] Oh hi.

[1:32:38] Okay.

[1:32:38] I wish to speak on item number six.

[1:32:42] Yeah, you know, the county that county public works rep came across very pompous and rude.

[1:32:52] I think you just wasted council's time and insulted the residents.

[1:32:56] You know, we've been getting the same thing over and over from the county and you know,

[1:33:03] issue wonder are Carson residents top liver. What happens to the independent investigation that

[1:33:10] Councilman Nilson requested? And I feel that we need that because the county obviously thinks

[1:33:17] we're not a priority even though we're in an emergency crisis. So, and I really think Mayor

[1:33:24] that you should have managed that public works rep. I think he was rude in the way he answered

[1:33:30] you and the council, especially when he keeps saying, oh, just, you know, just refer to this

[1:33:37] number or whatever.

[1:33:38] I mean, that's why he came on, you know, to give us some answers, not to just, you know,

[1:33:43] sweep it under the rug so to speak.

[1:33:46] So I think he should be admonished for giving such a poor presentation and, and I want to ask

[1:33:53] him what, what is the excellent conduit that he's referring to from the city manager.

[1:33:58] Residents have been given the run around, they get instructions.

[1:34:03] Thousands have already been helped. Okay, well what about the other thousands? Like myself.

[1:34:07] I know firsthand the hoops. We have had to jump through just to get some decent info.

[1:34:13] So I want to ask is there a system in place to determine who gets help first?

[1:34:17] Or is it who you know or who likes you? I mean, you know, this is really bad.

[1:34:22] The city of Carson residents are getting too little too late.

[1:34:26] So, maybe the city manager should move to Carson and live by the Mingus Channel so she can experience first hand what we're going through.

[1:34:34] Thank you.

[1:34:35] Well, Liz, we have, we've instructed our city manager just to let you know if he didn't hear us.

[1:34:41] A lawsuit, a civil lawsuit, and we've been moving forward because we didn't like the answers either.

[1:34:47] You know, I really, I grew to hold hardly, we've also had instructed staff to hire an outside investigator, and also we will be as a part of the states and environmental protection agency.

[1:34:59] So we've been getting the honor of what we're tired of being, you know, given the same old store or over and over again.

[1:35:06] So thank you.

[1:35:06] Thank you.

[1:35:07] Thank you.

[1:35:07] We have to do our own thing right now.

[1:35:10] Yes.

[1:35:11] Thank you.

[1:35:12] Thank you.

[1:35:13] Next to the queue.

[1:35:16] That's all, man.

[1:35:17] Okay.

[1:35:18] Madam Mayor?

[1:35:19] Yes.

[1:35:20] I'm going to step aside from the day as for a moment and it's because of private

[1:35:24] citizen Mary briefly.

[1:35:27] First, I'd like to congratulate Rick Toledo on being selected as a chairperson of the

[1:35:33] Environmental Commission and Bill Coons.

[1:35:37] Congratulations on being selected as a vice chair.

[1:35:40] I'm sure that commission will work together to help improve the quality of life of our residents.

[1:35:46] Secondly, I want to publicly congratulate our councilwoman, E-Lact, Arlene Bogotia, Rojas,

[1:35:55] for a job well done in a campaign.

[1:35:59] I want to congratulate all the candidates, the ones, the ones, the ones that did not win the elections,

[1:36:04] for participating in civic engagement.

[1:36:06] That's really, really important. It's something important to me and it should be important to all of us and I just want to say that

[1:36:14] Everyone that puts themselves out there to become a candidate, congratulations to you because to me,

[1:36:20] You know all winners in the sense that you participated and helped make democracy work.

[1:36:25] Thirdly, my point is that

[1:36:29] or our all communications. I think should be restored to both telephone calls as we have it now

[1:36:37] and email messages as we had at previous several council meetings. If we could have a hybrid

[1:36:44] system, I think that would engage more citizens. Thank you very much. Thank you. And while you're

[1:36:50] stepping aside, we forgot to because this was not the agenda to think I'm newly elected to the

[1:36:57] Myla Rockman and congratulations, Jawa Dhan.

[1:37:00] This is not on the agenda, but I want to include that all in the same motion and that's a good idea and to myla

[1:37:08] Ramen great pitch up and congratulations to you.

[1:37:11] Thank you.

[1:37:13] So the next item on the agenda is approval of the minutes from the March 4 City Council meeting.

[1:37:24] Special meeting and watch 11 special meeting. I move approval madam mayor both cities second

[1:37:30] Okay, all the same was sick of that by saying I

[1:37:36] Concent items. Oh madam city clerk will vote out please

[1:37:41] Motion approving anonymously. Thank you

[1:37:45] The next is our consent calendar item 16 through 27

[1:37:50] I'm going to take a motion to approve the consent calendar.

[1:37:55] All in favor.

[1:37:56] Sign the Bob by saying aye.

[1:37:59] Who would like to pull a night on?

[1:38:01] On the out of air on the vote for the record on item number 21.

[1:38:06] I'm going to be accused myself because I own property.

[1:38:11] Actually it's more than 500 feet away, but for the.

[1:38:14] You know avoid the appearance of impropriety. I'm going to establish a non-vote. I'm not voting on that. I don't know am I discussing it.

[1:38:25] Okay. Well, the record. Thank you.

[1:38:28] Who would like to pull on item anyone else?

[1:38:30] I would. Item number 18.

[1:38:32] Number 18.

[1:38:36] That's it.

[1:38:37] That's it.

[1:38:38] approval of the consent calendar with the exception of item number 18 and

[1:38:43] April 10 will be reducing the self of item number 21. All if they were

[1:38:47] signified by saying I accept 21 in the VT. Yes, that's correct.

[1:38:56] Okay. Could you report out Madame Cri. Motion approved unanimously.

[1:39:02] with their refusal from a male Pokemon gift for item number one.

[1:39:09] And so now we will do the best.

[1:39:10] Take a bite of number 18.

[1:39:14] I'm there. I'm going to ask to make a brief report on this our finance director.

[1:39:23] Let me first start by saying that this is an idea that's come up as results of the

[1:39:30] Right?

[1:39:31] The thing is channel incident where, at the beginning of it, although the council had authorized

[1:39:37] the city to stand up to $300,000, we found that when we were booking hotel rooms,

[1:39:45] we were having difficulty making sure that we had the means to do that initially, and so

[1:39:54] The idea through conversations with you, primarily and others, came up that we really

[1:40:00] need to, for emergencies, have credit cards and open peos to deal specifically with

[1:40:06] emergencies.

[1:40:07] So, I'm going to let you make the brief report with an explanation of the recommendation.

[1:40:15] Thank you.

[1:40:16] Thank you.

[1:40:17] Thank you.

[1:40:18] Honorable Mayor and Council members, this item in front of you is a request to issue additional

[1:40:25] credit card. We currently have five credit card issued by the Resolution, that was adopted

[1:40:33] by the City Council 2018. The end of it was that the staff members currently have credit cards

[1:40:41] of the city manager, the deputy executive manager of Purchasing Manager, who is the position

[1:40:46] now vacant, the emergency manager as well as two buyers. We're asking Council to approve

[1:40:53] the issue of additional three credit card, one for the senior buyer and two for the

[1:40:59] SSNC managers to help, what they're responsible for the biggest channel, other local emergency.

[1:41:06] That concludes my report.

[1:41:10] Okay, so, um, the senior buyer needs one because he, that person's charged my purchasing.

[1:41:17] Gothel and Hilton, you pulled this.

[1:41:19] Yes, Madam Mayor, I know the city treasure wanted to speak to it. I wanted to give her an opportunity to speak to it.

[1:41:25] Okay.

[1:41:26] Hello, Madam Mayor. Hi.

[1:41:29] Okay, this item is a big concerning for me because of the continual challenges.

[1:41:37] that both the finance department and the Treasury Department have with those who hold the

[1:41:46] P cards. The guidelines are simply not being followed. So what is happening is the credit

[1:41:52] issuer holds the credit. They put a hold on our credit and then there's this mad dash to get

[1:42:00] paperwork in, and then at the night hour, I'm summoned to issue a check without being able

[1:42:08] to review the paperwork. And this has been an ongoing issue. So to increase the credit limit

[1:42:17] on these peagards when individuals aren't being responsible, I don't think that's the

[1:42:26] that we should travel. What I suggest to, and let me correct something, I don't have a

[1:42:33] peacard. My deputy treasure doesn't have a peacard. I didn't want to have a credit card

[1:42:38] in my department anymore because of how it worked out before because we were in charge. The

[1:42:45] treasury department was in charge of the credit cards. At that time we never had holds on the

[1:42:51] cards we never had from just problems with certain staff. But nevertheless, what I want to suggest

[1:42:59] is that for emergencies that we have one card that perhaps I can hold in my department with a credit

[1:43:09] limit of 200, 300,000 or whatever. And that credit card be used only for designated emergencies

[1:43:17] these that are designated by the mayor and the council.

[1:43:23] So I'm complete mayor council.

[1:43:25] And okay.

[1:43:28] Councilman Hilton.

[1:43:32] I wanted to give the treasure the opportunity to speak to that.

[1:43:35] And whatever her issue was to bring you on the floor so that it will be in the open for us to make the decision on which way we should go.

[1:43:46] of Madam City Manager. This is only doing an emergency. I know I was on the phone with our city

[1:43:55] deputy city treasure about a credit check. What is the problem? Soundmark is to me as a staff

[1:44:03] issued a needs to be corrected. Well, I don't know if that problem is, but I don't have a problem

[1:44:09] with the treasure of being the one that's been given a credit card during emergencies. I would just

[1:44:14] concerned that it's only with one person because if there is an earthquake and Monica's

[1:44:21] not around at the time she may not be able to get back to the city to be able to help us with

[1:44:28] that I would just want it to be too but I absolutely am comfortable with the you have a

[1:44:33] critical I do mine is up to I think it's 25 I don't even know what the limit is to

[1:44:41] I think we have to tell me what it is, but the credit limit is $40,000, the credit limit can be increased.

[1:44:48] Up to, I think, the city entire city has about $400,000 on all the credit cards we have.

[1:44:56] I want to also say that, yeah.

[1:45:00] Yes, the city is critical resolution that adopts the way to city council in 18. Authorize the deputy

[1:45:07] city president to have a card, but the deputy president does not have one. They chose not to have one.

[1:45:14] But it's stated in the resolution.

[1:45:16] The second thing that I would mention is, in terms of declaration of emergency, a population of emergency,

[1:45:23] as you might recall, I actually declared or the plan the emergency and the council had

[1:45:30] six days to ratify, but because we coordinated advance, because of the nature of this

[1:45:35] event, we were able to actually have the council ratify literally an hour later, but again

[1:45:42] in the events of an earthquake, I may not be possible for the council to convene so quickly,

[1:45:48] maybe else in the end within the six-day period but the

[1:45:53] the declaration or proclamation of the emergency is what should trigger the use to

[1:45:57] not be available for any other occasion.

[1:46:00] Well, I think that the city manager in this city

[1:46:03] transition have one. My other concern also is this

[1:46:06] that we should have open peels at all of these companies that are around here

[1:46:11] that has a dollar amount that's used for an emergency because

[1:46:15] and council on his can remember when we had to activate not only well if you will too

[1:46:21] when we had to activate activate our EOC for emergency we needed to be able to get supplies

[1:46:28] and equipment and everything else and open fields I don't know if to reach as discussed this

[1:46:34] but all of our supply suppliers we should have open fields with them just for an emergency

[1:46:40] that is part of the recommendation mayor. Okay. So I personally don't mind for me the city

[1:46:49] manager in the city treasure, then you don't have full running around, but you have two people

[1:46:55] that's able to step up the land and merge that, might be from Mayor for Tim.

[1:47:03] I have a question for our city treasurer, Monica Cooper. Monica, can you still in line?

[1:47:10] Yes, sir. Okay. So, you know, I had opposed this when it was before the council two weeks ago for

[1:47:20] various reasons, but now it's back on the agenda. What would you recommend as a

[1:47:29] a modification or amendment or a change in this proposal by the city manager.

[1:47:39] For instance, you said that you prefer not to have a city credit card in your department

[1:47:45] in the Treasurer's office, but the mayor mentions that maybe the city treasurer should

[1:47:50] have it.

[1:47:51] So you are the city treasurer, and I'd like to know based on your expertise in this field,

[1:47:57] But you recommend to us as far as handling this particular agenda item tonight.

[1:48:06] You just speak on it, but you really weren't definitive on whether it should be modified in a certain way,

[1:48:13] a specific way, or brought back, or approved, as is, could you elaborate, please?

[1:48:20] I'd like to get some guidance from you.

[1:48:22] Okay. No problem, Mayor Pro Temp. As the mayor has suggested that credit card for emergency purposes,

[1:48:35] be issued to myself and perhaps the city manager, I don't have an issue with that.

[1:48:41] As long as the credit card is only used for emergency, as far as increasing the credit limit,

[1:48:49] absolutely not. We have to get control of our guidelines on how we process our credit

[1:48:58] and car payments monthly. I don't believe that we need to expand the credit. I think we have

[1:49:04] enough credit before these credit card holders. I see. Okay. I understand your position. Thank you.

[1:49:13] You're welcome. So madam city trader, one for you and one for the city manager with

[1:49:18] And how much on these, oh, except $40,000, you can go up to $100 each car or whatever.

[1:49:24] I'm very close with you about.

[1:49:26] So, it sounds like we have three, if the treasure doesn't have one, and may I help it?

[1:49:31] We're not talking about reducing it further from the three.

[1:49:35] So, it's no larger, the buyer and three coalescers.

[1:49:39] No, no, the city, the city has four credit cards.

[1:49:44] Two for serial buyers.

[1:49:45] have two buyers, two cars, and one for the emergency manager, Mr. Raymond Chog, and one for the city manager.

[1:49:52] Okay.

[1:49:52] Two little four.

[1:49:55] So, so what I was requesting was that the city manager had one.

[1:50:01] So maybe you could take that one from your senior buyer and give it to the treasure.

[1:50:07] There we need that.

[1:50:08] We're not emergency.

[1:50:09] We have two.

[1:50:10] You have two.

[1:50:11] Right.

[1:50:12] Okay.

[1:50:13] Well, I'm going to let you address that.

[1:50:17] Okay, spirit.

[1:50:18] Yes, that is, I mean, either way,

[1:50:21] I think the City Council and the City Mayor's

[1:50:23] can decide.

[1:50:25] I think I do conquer with Monica that.

[1:50:29] The policy is very clear.

[1:50:31] I think one credit card holder has any activities

[1:50:35] on the card the next day or two days

[1:50:37] have to report these documents to the City

[1:50:40] measure immediately. So they can be paid immediately. It was they are paid. There won't be any

[1:50:45] hold of the card. So I think it's the timing is that we continue the expenditures and

[1:50:50] sometimes it takes some time to put the city to measure it to make the payment and the rushing

[1:50:55] to make the payment without a complete review of the documents sometimes can be challenged. So I think

[1:51:01] if we can do both, emphasize the critical holders responsibilities as well as issuing another

[1:51:08] to. I think that would help you have four. We have four correct. Okay, that's you. You're

[1:51:14] just trying to keep before America is that problems you haven't one because I, you know,

[1:51:19] I went back to this with you when I talked to you on the weekend. No, I don't have a problem with

[1:51:24] having one, man. But I was thinking to have a separate credit card from the P cards.

[1:51:37] What we have

[1:51:38] on separate with a very large balance on it. I mean, a very large credit limit of some credit

[1:51:43] limits. Yes. So that's two cards, one for you and one for the city manager. Yes. Okay. That

[1:51:51] makes sense. But only if you've studied emergency. Only for an emergency. That's a very emergency. Yeah.

[1:51:58] So I mean, we should bring this resolution back in the in the formulation that we can all

[1:52:06] comparison. Yeah, that's your motion. Yes. Yes. One second. I don't know if you're going to be

[1:52:12] caught in a quite a cough. But I just want to make sure also that you address in your deliberation,

[1:52:18] the purchase order issue. Well, and you want to go in and get into this matter.

[1:52:24] Matter, matter may I shouldn't be an internal process that should be in place. And if memory serves

[1:52:30] me, if a person does a purchase order, there should always be backup in place, whenever it's put

[1:52:35] the system. I think we're talking that an open purchase order that would be available again in

[1:52:41] emergency or emergency. Are we able to do that? I know there was problems with that in the past

[1:52:45] and we couldn't get over the purpose of it. Certain vendors weren't accepting them anymore.

[1:52:50] Because of one pandemic. Yes. Is that the case to reach? That was before, but we don't have that issue anymore.

[1:52:59] I think we've carried out the P, yes.

[1:53:01] We do really pay attention into the POs in relationship

[1:53:05] to invoices and right now, since the city council

[1:53:10] declared an emergency, we will be able to issue POs

[1:53:14] that even exceed the $25,000 during this emergency.

[1:53:19] So the request is to bring it back.

[1:53:21] Would you put the credit card in the P card

[1:53:23] and do we need to include, would this purchase

[1:53:25] audit tied into this?

[1:53:28] I would.

[1:53:28] Okay, so without objection we will you guys bring a back tweak it and we'll talk about

[1:53:36] Credit card a credit card for a city man in our city treasure in the big cards. What do you have right now?

[1:53:42] Yes, and I'm sorry. I just didn't hear council member. Did you say you would or you wouldn't sign the purchase water?

[1:53:48] He would. I would. Okay. Thank you. Okay, so we will be brought back at our next council meeting in two weeks. Okay. Thank you

[1:54:00] Okay, thank you.

[1:54:02] You're very welcome, please.

[1:54:06] Next item is a discussion item number 28

[1:54:08] of data on emergency notification process

[1:54:11] for community members.

[1:54:13] Thank you, Jesus.

[1:54:17] All of that in city manager.

[1:54:19] Thank you there.

[1:54:21] On, we're, our theme is emergencies right now

[1:54:26] for this council meeting.

[1:54:28] Mostly, I don't avoid that in my hope,

[1:54:30] but I ask our emergency services manager

[1:54:33] Green and Chung to do a brief presentation on what our emergency management, notification processes to make sure that everybody is aware of what tools we now have available, because this is real, this particular tool is a new one.

[1:54:49] So, Greenman, if you would, please make a presentation to the council and the public.

[1:54:56] Yes, thank you, Madam City Manager. Good evening, Madam Mayor and all the seats.

[1:55:04] Today, I'm going to talk to you about emergency notifications.

[1:55:08] We recently, this year, started with a system called Everbridge.

[1:55:14] Now, the system is paid for by the refineries,

[1:55:18] through to some state legislation, and we started this summer,

[1:55:23] and the vendor of the past transportation service we use is called Everbridge.

[1:55:27] And we also are part of a regional effort for public outreach called Alert South Bay.

[1:55:36] And I'm going to have a brief video for you to show you what that's all about.

[1:55:57] Health emergencies.

[1:55:58] Now you can get critical information from a new regional integrated public alert and warning system called Alert South Bay.

[1:56:04] aimed at sending targeted messages to those areas that are impacted by a disaster or emergency.

[1:56:11] The regional system allows a fire, police, emergency management, and city officials to send alerts in the event of an emergency.

[1:56:19] Alerts of Bay allows you to customize your settings, determine the information you want, and how you want to receive it.

[1:56:24] Alerts of Bay is a free service for residents, businesses, and visitors.

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[1:57:04] So I do want to mention AlertSouthBake.com that is the primary way for folks to register in the system.

[1:57:11] There are a couple other ways to or over on our ReadyCarsan.com website.

[1:57:16] There's a link directly to the AlertSouthBake as well.

[1:57:20] Folks you can also use their cell phone and text AlertSB to the number 888777.

[1:57:29] And that will send them a link to register.

[1:57:32] Or is it also download the effort for a job that's

[1:57:35] fillable both on the Apple and Google stores?

[1:57:40] Alerts South Bay is our regional partner for getting folks to get registered.

[1:57:47] But they also function as our regional partner in creating templates and, you know,

[1:57:53] standardizing the messaging that goes out.

[1:57:55] This is especially important for things like the refinery in our backyard, so messages that go out

[1:58:02] obviously something at a refinery could happen and it would affect a regional area outside of

[1:58:10] Carson.

[1:58:11] So it's important to standardize those messages and alert South Bay helps us with that.

[1:58:17] I don't know if this is appropriate time to ask, but one of the residents, the experience

[1:58:22] is I experienced the text. One of the persons who was living in her house got the message,

[1:58:27] but she didn't get the message. How do we make sure that everyone is included for those,

[1:58:32] is there a list that we're operating off of? Can we add this to our website for people to opt in?

[1:58:38] Can we have this flyer posted on our social media accounts for everybody to opt into this feature?

[1:58:45] So everybody will be included.

[1:58:49] Yes, sir.

[1:58:49] It is on on the website on our city website.

[1:58:53] And this graphic is also included in the Carson Report.

[1:58:56] We have currently about 14,000 people who have registered for the system, which is actually pretty good considering we really just started this summer.

[1:59:05] But we really would like more people to register.

[1:59:09] A lot of folks don't have landlines anymore.

[1:59:12] They only have cell phones.

[1:59:13] So we really need those folks to register.

[1:59:18] I do want to relay that part of Everbridge also gets this access into what's called the wireless

[1:59:25] emergency alert system.

[1:59:27] And that does not require folks to register.

[1:59:30] That's included in most modern mobile phones.

[1:59:34] However, the use of that system is very restricted.

[1:59:37] You can really only use for immediate threat effect of regional area.

[1:59:42] That's because although you can geolocate those messages to the immediate area around a

[1:59:52] sub-one tower, due to some of the fires of north, the mobile providers have up that to a.

[2:00:00] 10-mile radius. So it would actually be notifying a very, very large area here in LA County. You're talking about probably a million people easily. So we're very restricted in using that. So we do ask people to register that's the best way to get the notifications. We did use the system during the recent earthquake during the fires. And, of course, the recent families channel situation.

[2:00:30] Madam Mayor.

[2:00:33] To Raymond Chung, my concern is, everyone was not notified of this, the biggest channel

[2:00:40] that was one of the concerns that the residents told me, how are we getting this information

[2:00:44] out to them?

[2:00:45] No one knew and I keep telling everybody, everyone is not connected to a computer that can

[2:00:51] go and look at the website, they are not connected to any of the new technology.

[2:00:56] so many of our residents are old school and that how do we get to them and that was one of the

[2:01:02] main reason why I wanted this to be brought before this council for discussion. We need to put

[2:01:07] something in place that encompassed everybody in the city, not just those that electronic savvy

[2:01:13] and are connected because again, many of my residents had no idea what was going on how to get help

[2:01:20] where to go to, and it just didn't work.

[2:01:24] And if you have to register to be with the alert

[2:01:27] south bay, that, and we've had, as you said,

[2:01:30] this summer we implemented, how was this marketed,

[2:01:33] how did it get out to the residents to actually sign up for?

[2:01:36] Because again, I have two cell phones,

[2:01:38] and I'd get not one alert at all for nothing.

[2:01:45] Stay.

[2:01:45] Ladies, would you please address that?

[2:01:49] I think that's partially why we did the walking man

[2:01:54] to get some of those, some of that information out the folks.

[2:01:59] You know, it definitely agree with the idea that, you know,

[2:02:04] not everyone is on the computer or, you know, it's very tech savvy.

[2:02:08] So, you know, things like the Walking Man probably are the best that.

[2:02:13] And we can definitely do more publicity around, around alert South Bay.

[2:02:21] That was what the reason why we did the walk cause I requested the walk in man to be done.

[2:02:27] So I would request the walk in man to be done to notify the community about a lurks out of the bay.

[2:02:31] So we can get more regionia 14,000 residents are registered.

[2:02:36] And I think we're at 98,000 residents in our city.

[2:02:39] We're not, we're just hitting the ice, the tip of the iceberg and notifying our residents.

[2:02:44] God forbid we have an emergency tomorrow.

[2:02:46] We are still not able to notify our residents, and I want to make sure we have something in place to notify our residents of an emergency in our city and how to get help.

[2:02:56] So I think I'm going to ask Greenman to clarify that because Greenman's there are two levels of use for that that alert system.

[2:03:07] And would you explain the emergency and who that would go to when it's an emergency, which is a different from the sign-up system?

[2:03:18] He said it's regional, what do you talk about earlier?

[2:03:20] No, I know that I know that but I don't think you, I'm sorry, I'm canceling the ride.

[2:03:26] I don't think that Raymond was as clear as he could be about that, because I'd ask this question also.

[2:03:32] And there are the sister works in two ways, and maybe I would like you to explain that, please.

[2:03:41] So there is, so within Everbridge, there's actually more, there's a lot of different ways to make folks,

[2:03:49] there's the ones that require opt-ins where we encourage folks to register.

[2:03:54] There are landlines, so we do have listing of landlines in the system,

[2:03:59] Because of FCC regulations, we can only access those using when there's an immediate threat to life safety.

[2:04:10] So, you know, that restriction does make it a little bit harder for us to use that database.

[2:04:17] We didn't use it right after the Avalon Fire for the area surrounding that property to notify them of what's happening.

[2:04:27] And then there's also the the wireless emergency alerts I mentioned early that's standard.

[2:04:33] Oh, excuse me on cell phones.

[2:04:36] So there are varying levels of ability to send messages out.

[2:04:42] But we do we do encourage the the opt-ins because those are the ones that are most flexible for us to send messages out to people.

[2:04:51] So, if there, let's just to be clear, if there is what would be considered a life threatening danger, then in that circumstance, we would be able to use utilized both the rotary phones and also the alert system to cell phones, and that would reach hundreds of thousands of people, I mean, give us a little bit of an idea about that.

[2:05:16] If we used a wireless emergency alerts, we could easily reach a half of LA County, so you're looking at, you know, depending on what we purposely to locate, you could be between one and five million people.

[2:05:30] Okay, so the, I think council member, the frustration for me anyway, is that, um,

[2:05:38] what, the stance in it that we're going through right now has not been defined as a life-threatening emergency.

[2:05:45] And so we weren't able to utilize those, um, particular systems that Raymond is currently speaking about,

[2:05:52] that would be for a life-threatening emergency, which is why we would like people to sign up

[2:05:58] We're on alert cell thing now, your point still valid that not everybody has access to

[2:06:05] a smart phone or that type of technology, but for those that do, this sign-up system gives

[2:06:12] us more flexibility that what we put out.

[2:06:16] We can't invite them to a special event, but we can invite, we can give them an update on

[2:06:22] a situation like the Dominguez Channel incident.

[2:06:24] So that's why it's important, but your correct is more that we should be striving to do for residents that don't have access to computers or cell phones.

[2:06:36] Yeah, you made a statement that this wasn't a life threatening event. Individuals had to go to the hospital, people were taken by ambulance, people had asthma attacks.

[2:06:45] all of these are to me a life-threatening situation where again the urgency, I guess unless you are

[2:06:53] in the midst of it and you're smelling this and it is causing you problems in your breathing,

[2:06:59] heart conditions, it's life-threatening and our residents are feeling that pain and I just need

[2:07:04] for us to have that same urgency because I don't want to go off again like I did the last meeting

[2:07:08] because I've seen this up, I don't want to get frustrated to that point anymore but I just want to

[2:07:12] sure that we got something in place that will address in getting this information to our residents

[2:07:18] and that I understand that Mr. Trong was on vacation, it to me. It didn't seem as if we had

[2:07:24] someone who knew what to do next to get this out there in an expeditious manner to our residents.

[2:07:31] Yeah, so I'm going to ask for an answer to address again, what is it? We don't control the definition

[2:07:37] emergency and so Raymond would you please talk about that because I would have liked to have

[2:07:42] stand out of notifications everybody but we don't we don't control when that happens and I

[2:07:49] understand and agree with Council Member Hicks's point that individuals certainly had huge health

[2:07:56] issues as resulted this by bringing them if you could explain what the trigger is for that emergency

[2:08:05] We actually asked about using the system to reach landlines fairly early on and the Lertsoth Bay administrator advised that that would not be within the FCC regulations really looking at the immediate life threat meeting really what you want to do is

[2:08:27] that the message would have some kind of called action that to direct them to take a

[2:08:33] immediate action within the next few minutes to protect their life for property.

[2:08:40] So that's generally what they're looking for for using that database, the landline database.

[2:08:48] Now, remember not everyone has landlines, so even even using that system is limited, most folks

[2:08:57] In fact, don't have line lines, most people use cell phones, so even as a primary communication device.

[2:09:05] So had the ability to use that for this situation, there's a good chance we still wouldn't miss a great amount of folks, unfortunately.

[2:09:15] I echo the sentiments of Councilman Hicks, I was about to say the same thing you took

[2:09:23] the words right out of my mouth tonight that this was life threatening, while I appreciate

[2:09:29] a ready South Bay Alert System, maybe Carson needs to look into their additional alert

[2:09:37] system for us, because who is the Alert South Bay to determine the level of life-threatening

[2:09:45] emergency that we have here in the city of Carson.

[2:09:49] And I think this is what we've been talking about.

[2:09:52] Manhattan Beach, they would have gotten a large South Bay

[2:09:55] if H2S was in their community.

[2:09:58] Huntington Beach would have gotten a large South Bay

[2:10:00] if it was in their community.

[2:10:01] They wouldn't have took a second thought in determining

[2:10:05] could they send that alert.

[2:10:07] So maybe Carson needs to explore where we can do that

[2:10:11] to alert our residents, because in times like these,

[2:10:15] We can't let people who live up the freeway, we can't let people who don't live in our community, define to us what is an emergency to us and what is not urgent to us.

[2:10:32] Some of these people go home even even in the gentleman who from from from the county who was on who evaded our questions

[2:10:40] But weeks ago. I asked the same gentleman, you know what they were doing in

[2:10:45] El Sagando his comment to me was oh, they are more a fluent community. I meant none of that

[2:10:51] No one knows the urgency of what's happening now, but us

[2:10:55] So it but who's us to look into another program to see where we can have?

[2:11:00] I mean, a large South Bay is cool for now,

[2:11:03] but it booves us that if another disaster comes up

[2:11:06] that we need to categorize it as a disaster

[2:11:09] or an emergency that we're able to communicate

[2:11:11] with our residents.

[2:11:13] Thank you.

[2:11:14] Madam City, Manager, I think I've shared this with you before.

[2:11:20] This was a test.

[2:11:22] It's a test that's going on as how responsive we are

[2:11:25] to the residents.

[2:11:27] And I have said before, I don't think we

[2:11:28] very, we responded later. But my concern is if we get a major major earthquake how we go

[2:11:36] on to respond. And that was my question, you know, because it just seems like on a major

[2:11:43] webinar to the city manager on a major earthquake, it goes out, how does it go? On people's phones,

[2:11:51] people's, you know, there's a, there's a refinery, there's something that's hooked up to say what?

[2:11:56] What do we, you know, we say we have to evacuate?

[2:12:00] How am I told that?

[2:12:04] With the city has to evacuate.

[2:12:07] So if we had a call to actually like that for immediate threat,

[2:12:11] we could use every avenue that alert South Bay offers,

[2:12:16] including cell phone registered cell phones,

[2:12:19] landlines, and the wireless emergency alert system.

[2:12:23] While is the emergency alert system doing

[2:12:25] what it goes throughout the city?

[2:12:28] So, it is kind of like Amber Lerts, so you know, in terms of your phone or mail.

[2:12:34] You're obtaining noise.

[2:12:35] Oh, my TV.

[2:12:36] Yes, exactly now.

[2:12:38] Okay.

[2:12:39] Well, that was my concern.

[2:12:40] I've had this conversation with our city manager.

[2:12:42] You know, we love one thing when we go to an emergency.

[2:12:46] Our weaknesses.

[2:12:48] And then we also learned that how we need to correct the situation.

[2:12:51] I think that's what we are right now.

[2:12:53] we're going to correct this situation and come over with something that's uh that's

[2:12:58] palatable for this entire city council. And right now 14,000 people is not.

[2:13:05] So we're going to send you guys back to the drawing board. This is a good start, but it also shows

[2:13:12] a weakness as a city. I don't know what

[2:13:23] else we have on that laden.

[2:13:25] I believe that we've included that item.

[2:13:28] We'll see if we'll see number one.

[2:13:31] We want to know that.

[2:13:33] Your camera's not on metamere.

[2:13:35] Was that?

[2:13:35] Can you see me hear me?

[2:13:37] You can't hear me.

[2:13:38] Oh, I don't know.

[2:13:41] Metamere, if you want to motion and we can take

[2:13:43] Stedrick's comment as a motion and I'll second it.

[2:13:47] Did you come back?

[2:13:48] Yes, you can.

[2:13:49] There are all complete, guys.

[2:13:51] Me, too.

[2:13:52] Well, it was a receiving file, but a direction was given for

[2:13:56] come back with a new plan of action on how we're going to address and normalizing our community

[2:14:00] of any disaster and how that would be disseminated amongst our residents. To bring that back,

[2:14:07] that's my motion. And I'm second in the motion that counts in Hicks. All in favor of

[2:14:13] signify by saying aye. Aye. Aye. Madam City Clerk report that we vote.

[2:14:20] Motion approved in Adam's seat. Okay.

[2:14:25] Item number 29, consider introduction and first reading

[2:14:28] of an order's number 2121 and orders of the City Council of the City of Parks and California

[2:14:34] at in chapter 11 to the Oracle Commitory section, 5111, 011, ETE sequence of the course municipal

[2:14:43] code and title specific regulations for organic waste disposable reduction, recycling and

[2:14:50] of waste collection to enact regulation and compliance of the Senate Bill SB 1383 for the implementation of food and organic recycling.

[2:15:00] And related solid ways, and resides in processing and reporting, adoption of exemptions on the California

[2:15:06] Environment Quality Act, Madam City Manager.

[2:15:11] Thank you, Mayor. We have on this item, our city attorney staff, minor layman, and also our

[2:15:19] Director of Public Works, Eliza Jane, to report on this, this has to do with state legislation

[2:15:26] that requires certain implementation as of the beginning of the year, and this legislation

[2:15:34] that we are proposing would put the city in compliance with those requirements, so that I'm

[2:15:40] going to turn it over to Lana to make a brief presentation on this item.

[2:15:44] Good evening, Madam Mayor and City Council.

[2:15:48] Can everybody hear me okay?

[2:15:50] Yes.

[2:15:53] I want to laymen, I'll try and winder.

[2:15:55] And we are presenting to you tonight an ordinance to enact regulations and compliance with

[2:15:59] New Senate Bill 1383 for the implementation of food and organics recycling and related solid waste recycling and processing and reporting.

[2:16:11] What we are proposing is a new municipal code section, Chapter 11 to Article 5, which addresses the mandate of organic waste generators, haulers and other entities, subject to the requirements of SB 1383, to comply with those state regulatory requirements.

[2:16:28] Model language for mandatory SB 1383 ordinance was provided by Calercycle in January 2021 and cities were advised to adjust the language based on their individual needs such adjustments have been made for Carson and he dropped the proposed new chapter was shared with the city's franchise waste color waste resources.

[2:16:51] SB 1383 takes effect on January 1, 2022.

[2:16:56] By January 1, 2022, all jurisdictions must have passed a mandatory organic waste disposal reduction ordinance with the ultimate target of reducing organic waste disposal by 75% and increasing edible food recovery by 20% by the year 2025.

[2:17:14] Now, this does not, as you can see from the graphic here, this does not all happen at once.

[2:17:21] What you see here is that once adopted the ordinances implementation and enforcement measures take effect over

[2:17:29] in any staggered fashion from January 1, 2022 through January 1, 2025.

[2:17:36] In 2024, enforcement becomes very key.

[2:17:40] Between 2022 and December 2023, the city will need to identify regulated entities that are in violation of the regulations and the ordinance and they will have to provide educational materials with the goal of ensuring that all trash generators and organic generators have the opportunity to comply before city enforcement comes into effect.

[2:18:04] After January 2024, jurisdictions have to take progressive enforcement against organic waste generators that are not in compliance.

[2:18:14] The progressive approach over this two year period basically allows for notification to the generators and provides time for generators to comply before penalties would be imposed or issued by the city.

[2:18:30] For compliance with 1383, the city will be responsible for implementing a number of programs.

[2:18:38] The following practices include providing organic waste collection services to all residents and businesses, adopting the ordinance to inspect and enforce compliance with SB 1383, which is what is for you now.

[2:18:51] Establishing an edible food recovery program for local food generators, conducting annual

[2:18:58] education and outreach for all generators, procuring certain levels of recovered organic waste

[2:19:04] products such as compost, mulch, could be electricity from anaerobic digestion or renewable

[2:19:10] natural fast, and new requirements for maintaining records for SB 1383 compliance for annual

[2:19:17] reporting. On the first point, the collection services for all residents and businesses, the

[2:19:26] ordinance proposes to utilize a standard, what's called a standard compliance three-stream

[2:19:31] collection system to comply with 1383. As dictated by the, by the new law, this compliance

[2:19:40] program will basically ramp up to a collection system with great containers or solid waste,

[2:19:49] rain containers for green waste, food waste and other organics, and blue containers for your

[2:19:56] nonorganic recyclables, so what you would consider recyclables classic.

[2:20:01] With respect to food recovery, 1383 requires that we implement new or we strengthen our existing

[2:20:09] programs to recover edible food from commercial food generators like grocery stores with inventory

[2:20:16] overstock and see that it is distributed to the food insecure. This basically means that commercial

[2:20:23] food generators will enter into contracts with food distribution organizations like charitable

[2:20:29] pantries and community kitchens. To do this we will need to assess how many commercial edible

[2:20:38] food generators do we have in the city? How much edible food could they donate? How many food recovery

[2:20:45] organizations exist? And what is their capacity to receive the available food and distribute it?

[2:20:52] The other point that's worth explaining a bit more is procurement. For procurement,

[2:20:58] carcing will be required to procure certain levels of compost or renewable gas for fuels or electricity

[2:21:07] produced from organic waste and we also need to as a city purchase recycled content paper

[2:21:15] and paper products procurement does not necessarily mean that we are making purchases we

[2:21:22] may for example get free delivery of compost from WR and then subsequently host community

[2:21:29] compost giveaways or as another alternative a hauler that uses fuel from organic based

[2:21:37] Renewable gas to fuel their trucks could also count towards the city's procurement target.

[2:21:46] So, as an overview of the ordinance, it hits those prior points that were previously listed.

[2:21:53] It mandates waste generators haulers and all entities to comply with the regulations.

[2:22:00] It includes the recycling requirements for single-family generators and commercial businesses, including multi-family.

[2:22:06] It includes recovery requirements for commercial edible food generators and their cooperation

[2:22:13] with food recovery organizations.

[2:22:16] It contains service requirements for the haulers, waivers for generators who can demonstrate

[2:22:22] that they are unable to comply with the regulatory scheme, the procurement requirements for

[2:22:28] both the city departments and service vendors and service providers, as well as the inspections

[2:22:36] investigations and enforcement system.

[2:22:41] There will be additional actions coming in the future.

[2:22:45] 1383 requires that the city have ordinances, as I've already mentioned, and what and other

[2:22:50] enforceable mechanisms in place for compliance with Cal Green building standards and model water

[2:22:57] efficient landscaping ordinance standards or wheelo.

[2:23:03] The Calgary and wheelo standard, the Calgary and wheelo provisions that are specific to solid

[2:23:08] waste and recycling programs has recommended by Calversycle are included in the ordinance

[2:23:13] presented before you.

[2:23:16] We will also, in the coming year or so, have to process amendments with our current franchise

[2:23:25] agreement with WR. And also I want to note that there is someone's certainty as to how

[2:23:31] the program's function and actual practice, and the city council should expect some minor

[2:23:36] ordinance revisions in the future and revisiting the implementation of some of these other programs.

[2:23:43] This is the most comprehensive legislation relating to landfill, solid waste recycling,

[2:23:52] inorganic ways that has easily come about in the last 30 years.

[2:23:59] So finally, in the interest of internal municipal code consistency, the city will be required

[2:24:04] to significantly revise its current solid ways code, which is at chapter 2 of Article 5.

[2:24:12] And all of these actions will be discussions that you can expect to see coming down to the

[2:24:19] city council in the future.

[2:24:22] With regard to fiscal impact, again, I want to really emphasize the newness and

[2:24:29] comprehensiveness of this legislation.

[2:24:32] 1383 implementation will entail additional staffing and administrative costs of both the city

[2:24:38] and WR, as well as capital outweighs by WR.

[2:24:44] So at this time, it's really an accurate account of the additional cost is not known

[2:24:50] and will likely be known until we start to move down the path of actual program implementation.

[2:24:59] The cost of 1383 implementation are most likely to be recovered through a refuse and recycling

[2:25:06] service rate adjustment to be proposed by WR in the coming year or so.

[2:25:11] And or the recovery of city and current cost for administrative fees that would be paid

[2:25:16] by WR through the city's franchise agreement.

[2:25:22] Finally, I would like to note that, I mean, it really does bear emphasis that a robust

[2:25:27] public education program is not only practically needed to accomplish all of this.

[2:25:34] It is actually mandated by the state law.

[2:25:37] The city and coordination with WR will conduct education and outreach to all businesses

[2:25:43] Residents regarding collection service requirements, contaminations, standards, cell

[2:25:49] fall requirements, and overall compliance with SB 1383. Also outreach to the commercial

[2:25:58] edible food generators, regarding edible food donation requirements, and a list of available

[2:26:05] edible food recovery organizations. I note that educational material must be linguistically

[2:26:13] accessible to our non-English speaking residents.

[2:26:21] The city's, the city's franchise hall,

[2:26:24] representative from the city's franchise hall,

[2:26:26] or WR has reviewed the ordinance,

[2:26:31] WR's staff and management is also reviewed the ordinance,

[2:26:35] and Michelle Nichols with WR is present tonight for further

[2:26:38] comments and questions if any.

[2:26:42] Michelle, I wasn't sure if you wanted to introduce yourself.

[2:26:45] Good evening, everyone. Michelle Nichelle Nichols with waste resources.

[2:26:50] Hi.

[2:26:51] Hello.

[2:26:53] Madam Mayor.

[2:26:54] Yes.

[2:26:55] And we do.

[2:26:55] You know, this idea of a food that's been going to waste.

[2:27:00] You know, I've read statistics about how the millions of tons of food every year goes to waste in America.

[2:27:09] And in Carson, we do have some businesses that are already implementing on their own.

[2:27:15] such as Panera Bread and others, where at the end of the day, the food they did not sell,

[2:27:21] they were donate. I've been as the sell paper very, where I've seen the car pull up,

[2:27:27] maybe from a church or from other entity that's really helping others.

[2:27:33] The food, this is the soul,

[2:27:34] is then given the free and not growing in the track. And I think that's a great, it's a great idea.

[2:27:42] it's really important. It's just a good thing in general. And this, of course,

[2:27:48] codifies it and makes it required, which is fine too. So that being the case, I will

[2:27:56] support staff recommendation on this. And I'll make a motion that we wait for the reading and

[2:28:02] adopt an ordinance of the city council, the city of Carson, California, adding chapter 11 to

[2:28:08] of five sanitation and health of the course of municipal code, which new chapters and

[2:28:14] title codes for specific regulations for organic waste disposal reduction, recycling and

[2:28:20] solid waste collecting and recycling programs, unquote, to enact regulations and

[2:28:25] compliance with Senate Bill 1383 for the implementation of food and organic recycling

[2:28:31] and related solid waste and recycling processing and reporting an option of an exemption

[2:28:37] from the California Environmental Quality Act.

[2:28:44] Conversation.

[2:28:45] You mentioned outreach.

[2:28:47] I know that your eyes are working on something.

[2:28:52] But he's going to be running weed on this outreach to our residents.

[2:28:55] And I know this has to be implemented by the first of the year.

[2:28:58] So I have to come over with a plan as to how they're going to address this community outreach

[2:29:03] and educate our residents because this is going to be a big change for them.

[2:29:07] in the businesses.

[2:29:09] Mm-hmm.

[2:29:12] Who's that representative?

[2:29:14] That's Michelle.

[2:29:17] Yeah.

[2:29:17] We are still working out the details of who's going to do what.

[2:29:21] But as Lana said it, it will be a collaborative effort between PIO and WR.

[2:29:26] Mm-hmm.

[2:29:27] I mean, are we, uh, and I know it's said something about fees.

[2:29:31] Uh, prospering.

[2:29:33] Increase the fees for our residents.

[2:29:37] Yeah, again, it gets to be determined because, functionally, we have a good system in place,

[2:29:45] because you have your three-card system for residents, that the issue then is really,

[2:29:51] it's a matter of making sure that the green bin is now, the green part now includes the mixed organics.

[2:30:00] Food waste, your wet cardboard, the piece of ox that's, excuse me, that's greasy, that that goes in the right place.

[2:30:07] And so there will be, we expect there will be a shift in processing costs just because the food is moving out of the trash and into the great into the mixed organics container, but we don't know.

[2:30:21] And so once we get a little more experience, and it's new for everybody, there have been

[2:30:27] some pilot projects around the state the last couple of years.

[2:30:30] A few cities have started servicing already with this revised, recart system in residential

[2:30:36] communities, but there isn't a lot of data to support, you know, how much does this cost,

[2:30:43] you know, perhaps hold or per account.

[2:30:46] I mean, so that's as long to say that, well, we'll work that out as we kind of as we roll

[2:30:49] out. And if we need to make some equipment changes, that also would bear a cost and so that's why it's

[2:30:57] a little nebulous at this point. Okay, thank you. Well, I'm going to

[2:31:01] under discussion on the motion, uh, question for Michelle. Um, just for clarification. You're saying

[2:31:08] that the current green-waste containers, the cart that our resident have, uh, which usually has, um,

[2:31:15] You know, grass and other branches leave from the gardener typically, or the person cleaning up the yard.

[2:31:26] That re-waste container of curly is restricted only to that type of disposal.

[2:31:36] Refuge.

[2:31:37] You're saying now that food waste without the paper, other than what you mentioned,

[2:31:45] maybe that the greasy cardboard from the pizza, which happens quite often in cartoons,

[2:31:49] because we like pizza in person,

[2:31:54] that container is going to get pretty full, and we may

[2:32:00] to bring out two in some situations, because I can imagine a lot of food waste mixed with the

[2:32:08] cuttings is going to be overwhelming that one part. So what are the logistics plans for that

[2:32:14] to Michelle? Well again, we will see thank you, Councilman Deer, our mayor of Rotem Deer.

[2:32:20] It's again, it's to be determined that I was on a call with another city that they said it's only

[2:32:26] three pounds per household per week. So that's maybe a couple of bags that will now go from

[2:32:31] trash to the green. We'll see, I think it's a little low, but we'll see. So what we will be asking

[2:32:36] because you're right, the green waste, the grass and the branches and the twigs, do you still

[2:32:42] kind of have to stay separate from the food and then we see paper? We will be asking people to

[2:32:49] as much as possible, that the food waste, paper towels, napkins,

[2:32:57] that kind of stuff will be allowed in the mixed organics.

[2:33:01] Again, if we can bag it and put it in the green, that would be best so that when it gets to our facility where we separate it out, we can separate the food and the organic from the green waste from the rest of the organics.

[2:33:13] And it doesn't file either system.

[2:33:16] And so we don't expect having to increase routing or at another truck, but we may have some instances where either you need a bigger green cart or a second when it will depend on the customers and how much, you know, how much food waste they have.

[2:33:32] but a plastic bag would be acceptable to throw into this.

[2:33:37] I think like you do now, we often use plastic bags.

[2:33:40] Hopefully something biodegradable, but often not, unfortunately.

[2:33:47] It's actually a great, great, great container,

[2:33:52] and or a black-lit container.

[2:33:57] So you would imagine the food waste mixing with the other way.

[2:34:02] in the container labeled track, is that, as opposed to the green, the food waste we're

[2:34:12] doing in the green lid, and so the bags, you're right, it doesn't, the technology that

[2:34:19] we have separates the food from the packaging, so it'll take the food away from the bag,

[2:34:24] so that's why we're okay with a bag, so it could be produce bags, it could be, because I know

[2:34:29] Nobody uses grocery, you know, plastic grocery bags anymore, right?

[2:34:33] We all bring home reusable bags, but there are still bags that exist in our lives.

[2:34:37] We have the produce bags, bread bags, other shopping bags that come from another from

[2:34:43] some other store department stores, perhaps.

[2:34:46] So to the extent that you still get bags in your house, use those up, and those, again,

[2:34:52] will go in the green cart, because it will now be a mixed organic cart versus just a green

[2:34:58] waste cart.

[2:34:58] And we have a list of what is a mixed organic, you know, what goes in the green car.

[2:35:04] There's an education curve that has to be back forward. I'm not sure your company will do that.

[2:35:10] Oh yeah, yeah, and there are, there are, uh,

[2:35:15] Project procedures, wait, we are the city, the city, but through this, us through the city,

[2:35:21] have to go and check on contamination and argue properly separating the three materials and the state

[2:35:29] is pushing down finds and flaps on the hand for not following the three container system.

[2:35:38] And again, the three containers will translate to the commercial sector as well.

[2:35:43] So businesses that generate a certain amount of material, of total solid waste per week,

[2:35:51] and multi-families now have to do the food waste.

[2:35:53] Also, whereas before they didn't have to, on your other legislation, but it's the same

[2:36:00] three colors throughout the state.

[2:36:02] So there is some consistency statewide.

[2:36:05] Wherever you go, you know that a blue container is for dry bottles and cans.

[2:36:09] The green container would be for food and the napkin and you're biodegradable fork if you have it

[2:36:16] Okay, thank you. That's very clear. I appreciate that that too much

[2:36:20] No, no, that's enough detail

[2:36:22] Okay, yeah, madam man. Yes, my question to Michelle would be what goes into the black trash can

[2:36:30] There won't be much left. It will be in organic material

[2:36:35] carpet can technically carpet is organic but it would go in the black if you have broken

[2:36:41] dishes that you cannot donate old clothing that you cannot donate because it's just too

[2:36:46] tattered things like that it gets actually pretty limited chip bag you know your bag of

[2:36:53] Doritos not recyclable not organic sorry it's gonna have to go in the black diapers kitty litter

[2:37:00] Um, if you are our website, we have updates of our the labeling and so it shows you what's left in the black and it's not a whole lot.

[2:37:09] And that's the purpose of 1383 is really, it's really a focus on removing organics from land cells.

[2:37:21] Thank you.

[2:37:22] any more questions?

[2:37:27] There's been moved and properly

[2:37:28] session on and saved for signify by saying

[2:37:32] I.

[2:37:33] Madam City Clerk.

[2:37:36] Madam.

[2:37:38] Thank you.

[2:37:40] Item number 30 is COVID-19

[2:37:42] update from City.

[2:37:46] Thank you.

[2:37:47] Madam Mayor, I'm giving it

[2:37:48] ring, ring and song hour.

[2:37:51] Emergency services manager

[2:37:52] back to make a brief report

[2:37:55] on where we always COVID-19.

[2:38:17] We don't hear you. We see the chart.

[2:38:19] Oh, sorry about that. Thank you Madam City Manager. Good evening again. These are our latest

[2:38:25] numbers. If you look at the chart, it's still looking like a downward trend. Obviously, it has

[2:38:33] slowed since the summer. We're approximately looking at 50 cases per week per 100,000.

[2:38:43] which takes us roughly around to where we were in April.

[2:38:48] The vaccination rate, we are up to 82.8%

[2:38:53] which is really good.

[2:38:56] And on the vaccinations, there are some news.

[2:39:01] The COVID-19 vaccine boosters,

[2:39:05] mix and match were approved by the FDA and the CDC.

[2:39:09] And depending on which one you had you had taken,

[2:39:15] there are different eligibility guidelines.

[2:39:20] So if you had taken the Pfizer or the Moderna shot,

[2:39:24] your eligible if you're 65 or older,

[2:39:27] 18 plus if you live in long-term care settings,

[2:39:31] have underlying medical conditions or work

[2:39:32] or live in high-risk settings.

[2:39:36] When you get a booster,

[2:39:36] It would be six months after the second shot and again, it's mixing match now. So if you got Pfizer

[2:39:42] You can get Menter. You can get Johnson and Johnson. If you got Johnson and Johnson, you can get a booster if you are 18 or older

[2:39:51] Two months after you got your last shot and again any of the any of the booster shots

[2:39:56] You're allowed to get

[2:39:59] Raymond too much after you get your red wish at your take a booster

[2:40:03] if if you received the Johnson and Johnson one. Oh, okay. I've received it. So, I received the

[2:40:10] Moderna and I'm saying, we should not get a boost in a year instead of six months, I haven't seen that.

[2:40:16] Yes, you are eligible to receive one after six months, so you could wait a year, but they recommend

[2:40:24] after six months, you can get a booster. Okay.

[2:40:30] Also, just yesterday, the Food and Drug Administration

[2:40:33] authorized emergency use of Pfizer for children ages 5 through 11. They found that the vaccine was

[2:40:42] both safe and effective for this group, 5 through 11, and there are places that are currently

[2:40:50] vaccinating those ages today. For both the booster and this vaccination for 5 through 11,

[2:40:57] folks can go to vaccinatelakecounty.com and that's the best way to find a place to

[2:41:05] vaccinate it. It can also go to their personal doctor and I get the shot that way as

[2:41:11] well.

[2:41:16] And just to read comment, my understanding, I mean, maybe you know, we're definitely the

[2:41:23] value of the vaccination for children is half a dose. So that's the change that they're

[2:41:28] It's not the same as in adultos.

[2:41:31] Correct.

[2:41:31] It is a smaller dose for the Pfizer, normally for adults is 30 milligrams and for the kids

[2:41:41] one it's 10.

[2:41:43] So it is a smaller dose.

[2:41:47] Do we have any plans for doing our own booster clinics?

[2:41:53] The clinics that we have include our third shots.

[2:41:57] We're second shots if you're a danger.

[2:41:59] And

[2:42:03] we have a date for them coming up soon. Any dates?

[2:42:07] Raymond, do you have a fire with those dates? I know that it's in the staff report.

[2:42:13] Yeah, not on this one. We shared it the last time. It's every other Wednesday.

[2:42:21] Let me, let me grab that slide and while I direct your Linux finishes off this.

[2:42:31] Thank you.

[2:42:32] Thank you.

[2:42:33] Thank you, Raymond.

[2:42:34] Good evening.

[2:42:35] Madam Mayor and Council.

[2:42:36] This is just a quick update on the last event that occurred this past week.

[2:42:42] For those that had the opportunity to drop by, we did have a Halloween drive through.

[2:42:46] Very similar structure and format to last year during the height of the dependemic.

[2:42:51] We continue that successful program.

[2:42:53] And as you can see, we had really about 360 vehicles that did pass through that were registered for the event, and in addition to that 927 kids were part of that.

[2:43:06] I'm sorry, excuse me, Raymond, I think we're seeing your computer screen.

[2:43:11] Sorry about that.

[2:43:13] Okay, sorry, Robert, go ahead.

[2:43:17] Thank you.

[2:43:18] And also, like last year, we did benefit from partnerships with some of our local businesses,

[2:43:26] including the double-tree norms restaurant Phillips 66 and Chick-fil-A, who all contributed

[2:43:32] to the goody bags that we get out to families and kids.

[2:43:36] Next slide, please.

[2:43:49] Well, there's some technical difficulties.

[2:44:19] Madam, did you manage her?

[2:44:21] Yes, Councilman.

[2:44:22] Just want to make sure that you've got Phillips 66, the spill it wrong, and Chick-fil-A is wrong

[2:44:27] on the track.

[2:44:30] Those businesses may be wrong.

[2:44:33] No, didn't.

[2:44:36] And the rest of the slides are just highlighting some of the settings that staff put together

[2:44:42] against Park Head a role in constructing some of the scenery and obviously staff in those

[2:44:49] greeting all of the patrons as they drove through, if you can see on the screen.

[2:44:54] Um, next slide.

[2:44:58] And a few more pictures.

[2:45:00] A lot of creative ideas from staff to really make the experience festive and try to still maintain our social distancing.

[2:45:09] It's sort of unique about the Halloween season. It's a very tactile experience.

[2:45:15] This is the best I think we should be doing during the Halloween time, which is a little different from other season movements. Next slide.

[2:45:25] And just to highlight, like last year, this event did get sold out or registered out, meaning we had no vacant slots in each of the time slots.

[2:45:36] So, very popular, just like it was last year. And so, once we were fully out of the pandemic, it would be interesting to see what elements of this format we tried to maintain and keep and what we expanded upon and trying to reestute some of the traditional holiday,

[2:45:51] I just had Halloween experience, so without on complete.

[2:45:57] Well, thank you.

[2:45:59] I want to thank you, Robert, you and your staff, because your staff has been taxed.

[2:46:04] It has worked the EOC around the clock seven days a week, and then to come back and do this event.

[2:46:13] It's just a lot of work, and it shows the dedication that they have to the city,

[2:46:18] because it takes a lot to put on these events and be there that many hours and then also

[2:46:24] going well with the ELC. So just extend my this year's appreciation to them for all

[2:46:29] that they do. I call them the ageing. Absolutely. We appreciate it. Any more comments or questions?

[2:46:41] This is just that flyer for me and the booster that's not been ever the other Wednesday.

[2:46:45] Just

[2:46:52] to address again, I think with Councilman Hicks, your point is to say the vaccine and

[2:46:59] booster.

[2:47:02] So not everybody is eligible for that booster.

[2:47:06] I just want to just make sure the public is aware.

[2:47:08] It's for 65 and older or folks with underlying health issues.

[2:47:15] So, for the vaccine itself, at this point, starting with age five and up, and the booster

[2:47:25] is restricted for the moment.

[2:47:29] And my correct answer, we have the Banderna and I am not the advisor.

[2:47:35] Johnson and Johnson.

[2:47:38] We only have the one booster, advisor.

[2:47:42] Well, that's a really good question, because the booster from the journey was only recently

[2:47:48] approved.

[2:47:49] So, remaining would you confirm whether or not we're able to now have both available or for

[2:47:56] some reason, as you as health care is only providing the Pfizer one?

[2:48:00] You may not know right now, but if that's changed, we need to update our information and get

[2:48:07] new information to everybody including the council.

[2:48:13] Yeah, we got the check with you as health

[2:48:15] bears on that. Oh, not a mayor. If your health bears is not able to obtain Moderna and

[2:48:24] or Johnson and Johnson, we may want to go with another organization because a lot of the

[2:48:31] residents are questioning whether or not they can mix different manufacturers products.

[2:48:38] I thought the question came up some time ago, but you know, I don't think there's a definitive answer that's

[2:48:44] it was.

[2:48:44] Yeah.

[2:48:45] Could you give it?

[2:48:46] Can you give it?

[2:48:47] Yeah.

[2:48:47] Thank you for asking that.

[2:48:49] You're welcome.

[2:48:50] So the Johnson and Johnson boost our one shot, it's recommended by, yes it's the CTC, that you

[2:49:01] could follow it with, and I think Raymond said two months later, that you could follow

[2:49:05] either the Pfizer or the Moderna. And then for the other two, the Pfizer and Moderna, when you've

[2:49:11] gotten the two shots, you can follow either one of them with the other, not the J&J, but with

[2:49:19] the other. So if you got your Pfizer shots six months later, if you were in the category that

[2:49:25] qualifies for a booster, you can get a Pfizer or Moderna. If you got Moderna, you can get six months

[2:49:32] later, either the Pfizer or the McGregor.

[2:49:36] Okay, that answers the question, because that is a big question for our residents.

[2:49:41] I appreciate that public information, I'm sure they do as well.

[2:49:45] I appreciate it.

[2:49:47] I, you know, mix and mix that, I'll wait and get some Moderna.

[2:49:53] Okay.

[2:49:54] I'm going to wait too.

[2:49:54] I don't want to mix them.

[2:49:56] You want it all in the same family.

[2:49:59] That's right.

[2:50:00] I don't know.

[2:50:00] I think the council members ought to be the first ones to experiment with the mixing.

[2:50:04] I'm just kidding, no.

[2:50:07] Which one did you have, Jim?

[2:50:09] Oh, Moderna.

[2:50:10] Well, you're waiting on like me.

[2:50:12] Okay, anything else?

[2:50:14] Man, I'm pretty mad.

[2:50:15] No, I believe on that item.

[2:50:17] That we can clear that item.

[2:50:21] So the next item is item number 31.

[2:50:26] And on this one, Madam Mayor and Council,

[2:50:28] I'm going to ask,

[2:50:29] on the our community development director is saying to say to make a brief presentation on

[2:50:36] something that we've discussed previously related to conditional use of this particular property

[2:50:42] and say if you can go ahead and make your presentation.

[2:50:46] Thank you Madam City Manager. Good evening Madam Mayor, Members of City Council.

[2:50:53] The proposed resolution extends to Council's previous approval to October 31,

[2:50:59] of 2022 and allows the property owner to store cars and vans on the property located at

[2:51:06] 2.0151 South Main Street. The resolution also allows staff and city attorney to extend

[2:51:13] the period for an additional six months. Percent to this resolution, the property owner is required

[2:51:20] to pay the city a heavy vehicle transit fee of $10416 per acre portion of the site that are used for

[2:51:29] vehicle storage. That concludes my report and this is an extension.

[2:51:38] Yes. Yeah. Okay. I'll

[2:51:41] entertain any conversation. I'll make motion manner. I'll move the agenda forward. I

[2:51:49] know that's what you're interested in doing. We are all are interested in that. So I

[2:51:53] move I move that we wait for the reading adopt resolution number 21-142. A resolution of the

[2:52:03] city council of the city of Carson, California. Setting a timeline for the compliance on the

[2:52:09] part of South Bay Carson LLC and SkyWrest Development LLC for the terms and conditions of conditional

[2:52:15] We use permit number 940-13, relocation of view number 3047-13 and resolution number 13-099.

[2:52:28] Regarding vehicle storage facilities located on that certain real property at 20151,

[2:52:35] South Main Street in the city of Carson, California.

[2:52:37] So I can.

[2:52:40] All in favor of signify by saying aye.

[2:52:45] Motion.

[2:52:46] Approving.

[2:52:47] Madam City.

[2:52:51] What's in approve it?

[2:52:51] I'm a seat.

[2:52:53] Okay.

[2:52:55] Commission committee's appointments.

[2:52:57] So you guys have any tonight and we'll go down the list.

[2:52:59] I have to remove someone because I'm looking at economic development and I need to make room for the new person.

[2:53:04] So I am going to remove two so I can move one to an alternate and I'm going to remove

[2:53:09] a check card over and 30 minutes, so we can make room for a new pointy and I can have

[2:53:15] an alternate.

[2:53:18] One of the so that's my motion for that item.

[2:53:23] Madam Mayor, I have a use of point make commission, but I want to go on it.

[2:53:28] I want to go on one at a time.

[2:53:30] That's fine.

[2:53:31] That's fine.

[2:53:31] Then the next one is Madam Mayor, do you want to go on it one at a time?

[2:53:36] I was just going to do this removal first, and then I was going to be in childless and make one joint motion, but we can do it like a normal do

[2:53:44] Okay, well, I'll make the motion for you if you want

[2:53:47] Okay

[2:53:48] I move

[2:53:51] approval of the mayor's motion

[2:53:54] Second

[2:53:56] Thank you

[2:53:57] So that those two positions will become a break, and then we can rebuild them in 10 days

[2:54:01] There's a net cleaning.

[2:54:03] Environmental commission.

[2:54:06] Anyone?

[2:54:06] Jim, do you?

[2:54:07] I haven't been already on that.

[2:54:10] No, let's see.

[2:54:11] He's a vice chairman.

[2:54:14] I'm not available to do them tonight.

[2:54:16] I'm here.

[2:54:17] I'm going to ask.

[2:54:19] Next one is public works.

[2:54:24] You don't have any job.

[2:54:26] I'm going to ask.

[2:54:27] No, not tonight.

[2:54:28] I'm going to ask.

[2:54:29] Okay.

[2:54:30] Take your hand.

[2:54:31] they can you say you have use commission yes Miguel Domingo is my

[2:54:42] appointment to the Carson City Carson Youth Commission on that's the

[2:54:47] appointment classified as unchallengeable okay and then on the

[2:54:54] you see I will appoint Rochelle Hall.

[2:55:02] The measure see you have to be a resident?

[2:55:05] She's not a resident anymore. No, no, no, no. I'm asking. I was just saying question.

[2:55:09] It could be, it could be, yeah, or a business.

[2:55:15] Can't be a business.

[2:55:16] Can't be a business.

[2:55:19] I'm a resident of the city of course. Yes, it must be a resident city.

[2:55:24] Okay. Okay. Thank you. Okay.

[2:55:28] Let's see, the next one is relocation appeals board, nothing,

[2:55:39] that's my motion.

[2:55:43] Second. Second.

[2:55:47] All in favor, signify by saying aye.

[2:55:50] Off the passes.

[2:55:52] Madam City Clerk.

[2:55:55] Motion improving anonymously. Okay,

[2:56:01] then on Madam City Clerk, is there something that you needed to make a correction on in terms of final docs for this settlement agreement?

[2:56:11] Um regarding consent item number 26, there was a resolution number 21-149 with a company

[2:56:22] by a tentative agreement, which we received for the record, um it was actually, um, you know,

[2:56:31] you see from, uh, the director of the meeting. So we'd like to make sure that's part of

[2:56:39] the record to that the updated version was received.

[2:56:44] All right, 21, 149? Yes.

[2:56:47] Yeah, I have it. Okay.

[2:56:50] Did everyone else receive it?

[2:56:53] There, I said something the day before.

[2:56:55] This is even after that.

[2:56:57] I received this today.

[2:57:03] And so is that all you need in the matter of city clearance?

[2:57:07] Yes, matter.

[2:57:08] Okay.

[2:57:09] Thank you.

[2:57:11] Okay, the next is, do we have any memorial adjournments?

[2:57:18] Somebody just came through and the margin just announced.

[2:57:24] Yes. Yes.

[2:57:26] Carol King.

[2:57:28] Oh, yeah.

[2:57:29] Do you have a list of let's hear what she has first,

[2:57:33] and then I'll go to each one of you guys.

[2:57:37] Madam City Clerk memorial adjournments.

[2:57:48] But first we'd like to offer our Persian condolences to the families who have lost their loved ones.

[2:57:54] And we question that this means evenings meeting be a journey memory of the following.

[2:58:00] Christopher Smith, Edith Medina, Vera Thompson,

[2:58:08] and if there are other things that may have counted it like to add,

[2:58:11] You should have Kalki on there.

[2:58:14] Oh, Kalki.

[2:58:19] Hmm.

[2:58:19] I'll call some members.

[2:58:20] Do you have any additional?

[2:58:23] Have one.

[2:58:24] Nothing hit.

[2:58:25] Uh, Kalki now Alexander.

[2:58:27] He was the owner of the smoking pot.

[2:58:29] That was in our city on Abalan.

[2:58:30] Pass away.

[2:58:32] Kalki.

[2:58:32] From Kalki.

[2:58:37] Okay.

[2:58:38] Is that it?

[2:58:42] Kalki was the hilton?

[2:58:44] Bishop?

[2:58:45] Yes, fuck.

[2:58:46] Father, you've heard all the names that we've read tonight.

[2:58:48] We pray for these families, we pray for our community, we pray that you would just hold this closer as we suffer this time of bereadment, bless the families in Jesus name. Amen.

[2:59:03] Yeah.

[2:59:06] Um, councilman, I'm not councilman, Kevin, there are only all communication for matters

[2:59:10] not listed on the agenda.

[2:59:12] Does anyone keep that?

[2:59:13] I don't see anybody keep that there.

[2:59:16] Okay.

[2:59:16] Council reports for future items.

[2:59:19] Madam Mayor, I have two.

[2:59:22] One, I request that the mobile home park is only ordinance that I've been advocating to be

[2:59:28] put on the agenda.

[2:59:29] Second, I'm requesting that the ordinance to rescind the two thirds

[2:59:36] supermajority to our agenda ordinance be added to the agenda as well.

[2:59:42] Thank you.

[2:59:43] Any more items in more requests?

[2:59:45] Madam.

[2:59:46] Oh.

[2:59:48] I don't have a request, Madam Mayor.

[2:59:50] I just want to take knowledge.

[2:59:51] training humanists for today. He dropped off a check from Watsonland for

[3:00:00] $10,000 to the treasurer. He also dropped off a check from a knowledge, watch some land, would like to acknowledge

[3:00:08] Carson companies for dropping off a $10,000 check and acknowledge output and output for dropping off

[3:00:15] a $5,000 check to help us get residents and to hotels, to get purifiers. This is to help with the

[3:00:29] just want to take knowledge them and dropping off these checks. He hand delivered these checks

[3:00:36] to our treasure today in the total amount of $25,000 to help us in the efforts of relief.

[3:00:43] So I wanted to make sure that Watson Land Carson Company's an album and an album was acknowledged.

[3:00:49] Thank you. They came through. Thank you Madam City Manager and the conference was reporting.

[3:00:58] Okay. Any other comments?

[3:01:00] Madam Mayor.

[3:01:01] Yes.

[3:01:02] I do have two one and I may have missed it.

[3:01:06] Do we have to the City Manager a homeless plan?

[3:01:09] What do we have in place for our homeless people in our city?

[3:01:13] And if we had a homeless plan,

[3:01:15] When is it being executed or the process number two?

[3:01:20] We need to look at doing a website update to our website. It needs to be updated. It's outdated and it's process and

[3:01:29] Hopefully we can get a

[3:01:31] Cup in can come in or maybe we have someone on staff that can do some upgrades to our website

[3:01:38] So on that may I address

[3:01:41] May I address council member?

[3:01:43] Yeah, on the home is an issue, I would like you to bring back a report on that without trying to address it.

[3:01:48] Then I also want to look at the ordinance that was passed by LA recently on a dress in the home.

[3:01:54] So I like a report back instead of you winged it tonight, but I'm not sure.

[3:01:59] I was going to suggest that exact thing.

[3:02:01] I would like to bring back a report at our next council meeting.

[3:02:06] That was a request to bring it back.

[3:02:09] Okay.

[3:02:09] I mean, Madam Mayor, again, I guess I do want to congratulate Mila for an election well done,

[3:02:22] and also want to congratulate Arlene, and also as Mayor Pro Tempset, all those who kind

[3:02:29] of put themselves out to run, so congratulations, look forward to working with this new team.

[3:02:39] And I like to congratulate them all run for City Council as a open book.

[3:02:43] I mean, any like it off or so, when you're sick, just have there you have to be ready to fight and fight

[3:02:49] with a battle.

[3:02:50] And you got to have a thick skin.

[3:02:54] So that's for sure.

[3:02:56] Yeah.

[3:02:56] Under all, I mean, interrupt the announcement or you.

[3:03:00] Can I just, I'm sorry, wait a second, Sharon.

[3:03:03] Wait a second.

[3:03:05] Wait a second.

[3:03:07] he said he wanted to come back and report I'm sorry in a report you had a second

[3:03:12] question sir about the website bring back what about our website update we are

[3:03:17] doing that having is working on that and you bring that as an information items of

[3:03:22] the entire council when that was happening so under all communications I just want

[3:03:28] to commend the staff and I'll call these my city attorney for taking this next step

[3:03:33] And filing a lawsuit against everybody that's involved in this Mingus Channel, I think that the city of Carson has been patient.

[3:03:41] Some of them said we didn't react immediately.

[3:03:45] Some say, you know, we all in this together.

[3:03:49] So if I didn't react immediately, that means none of us reacted immediately.

[3:03:52] Because at any given time, any person on this city council will make a request to do anything.

[3:03:56] It's not a one stop.

[3:03:58] So, I'll be waiting on the mayor, we wait on each other to make a recommendation on how we want to proceed.

[3:04:04] One mind doesn't know all the answers, that's why it's called five member city council.

[3:04:10] I think we did this when we went through the COVID-19 update.

[3:04:15] It was all finalists working together to get information to our residents and services.

[3:04:19] So never say that we did and I know that there was a request to go to the State Environmental Protection Agency.

[3:04:28] Did not hear that earlier in our request as a part of the recommendation of how a consultant and outside person to investigate but with all our findings of Sharon.

[3:04:42] I'm sorry, well, did you hear what you said?

[3:04:45] I'm in a protection agency to get involved in helping us solve this problem.

[3:04:49] I believe they've already been asked.

[3:04:53] That's what I thought.

[3:04:57] And so, together we will get through this.

[3:05:02] And I want to say to our residents, if you're having trouble

[3:05:06] standing your homes at a 307-600 number. Still available. The 211 number, I don't know how effective that is to public

[3:05:14] works. I've gotten a lot of complaints about that. And to the staff is working the ELC, my hat builds off

[3:05:22] of you because you have been working around the clock. But we're going to move forward and we're going to do

[3:05:28] we have to do. From say we moved a little slower, but we're going to make it happen. Thank you. MPT.

[3:05:34] Yes, thank you.

[3:05:36] Under all communications from council members, two things I have tonight, one is, I did make the request at the press conference today on behalf of this people of the city of Carson that the federal EPA, not just the state, the federal EPA do a thorough and precise investigation as to the real cause of this, this stench that's affecting our city.

[3:06:03] so negatively the situation is it's got to be cured as soon as possible and we all agree

[3:06:12] with that.

[3:06:14] A second point I'd like to make under the Oral Communications is that again, congratulations

[3:06:19] to Mila Romain and to Arlene Rojas for their election and I think as a city we out of

[3:06:31] move forward with certifying the election, as soon as the county board of supervisors receives

[3:06:37] the document from the LA County Registrar Recorder County Clerk's office. As soon as they

[3:06:43] approve it, we should approve it and get Mila Raman into the city clerk's position as soon as possible.

[3:06:52] We don't have a city clerk. We don't have a chief deputy city clerk. So I think that's essential.

[3:06:57] and of course bringing Arlene Rojas forward on to the City Council as soon as possible would be the wisest decision for us as a city hall.

[3:07:07] Thank you.

[3:07:08] Yes, and I think it has been done at our regular meeting.

[3:07:10] It will be certified and we have a meeting on December 3rd, I think.

[3:07:14] So that's why we did in Cancel because we don't want to wait for January 3rd December 3rd.

[3:07:20] Yes, probably. Usually the county certified in the beginning of December and our first meeting is on the

[3:07:30] 7 last if they certified by then we'll be able to do that otherwise it would be at our next meeting, which is the 21st and that will be the only thing on the agenda

[3:07:41] We have to wait. That's your if that's your wish. Okay

[3:07:47] Okay, so we need to go back and to close the session.

[3:07:54] There's a couple of two items that need to be completed.

[3:07:57] Do you want my health again, you see?

[3:08:00] Madam Mayor, fortunately, I'm sure everybody sees what's going on.

[3:08:06] It's very sensitive to light.

[3:08:08] That's why I have to turn the camera off a couple of times.

[3:08:10] I'm not sure if it's the reaction of being in this environment, but it's very sensitive to light.

[3:08:18] So no, I barely can see.

[3:08:20] So I'm pushing my way down.

[3:08:22] I thought you were waking at me.

[3:08:24] No.

[3:08:25] You do look well at little mostly, but I wasn't waking at you.

[3:08:28] I'm sure Harry got that under control.

[3:08:31] We want to recess the closed session.

[3:08:33] We should be back in about 20 minutes.

[3:09:14] Come on, Mayor.

[3:09:15] Okay.

[3:09:16] Okay.

[3:09:16] or reconvenient to open session, Madam G.

[3:09:20] Attorney, could you report out on the close session please.

[3:09:23] Thank you, Madam Mayor.

[3:09:24] The Council met in close session to finish up item number three.

[3:09:29] Pursune Development Consection 54956.91.

[3:09:33] To confer legal counsel and the pending matter of RAPPL,

[3:09:37] her Cecilia Carson, workers combat fields board.

[3:09:40] Case number AEDJ-9163423.

[3:09:45] that there was no report of election that concludes my report.

[3:09:49] Okay, well, there's no further questions or answers or comments.

[3:09:54] I will request if this meeting be adjourned.

[3:09:58] Thank you.

[3:09:58] Good night everyone.

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