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[8:28] a

[8:31] meeting of the Hawthorne City Council is

[8:34] called to order at 6:08

[8:37] p.m. okay let's

[8:41] see who um who would like to do the

[8:44] invocation on Council would you do the

[8:46] invocation Please Mr treasure or let

[8:49] let's pass it on to the city clerk

[8:51] because I did a call on you previously

[8:53] Miss city clerk can you do the

[8:54] invocation and Miss City Treasurer can

[8:56] you do the Pledge of

[8:58] Allegiance

[8:59] everyone bow your

[9:01] heads thank you Lord for this evening

[9:04] thank you so much for keeping everyone

[9:06] safe and bringing one everyone here

[9:08] safely thank you for the new year and

[9:10] everything that it promises to be for

[9:12] all of us here uh and we're looking

[9:15] forward to a fantastic meeting and

[9:16] thanks everyone for coming out

[9:19] amen everyone please

[9:24] stand put your right hand over your

[9:26] heart ready begin

[9:30] to the United States of America to the

[9:34] for it

[9:36] stands God indivisible liberty and

[9:40] justice for

[9:43] all all right thank you all for being

[9:46] here very excited to be back I know the

[9:49] rest of my colleagues are uh excited to

[9:51] be back I had three weeks of vacation

[9:53] myself from my day job and my night job

[9:56] so uh I'm back to work as well so uh I

[10:00] hope you guys all were able to uh either

[10:04] uh be close with your family or get

[10:06] close to them in thought if they've

[10:07] passed if they're no longer with us U

[10:10] and establishing good memories and

[10:12] renewing ourselves this new year so

[10:15] Reinventing we shouldn't always wait for

[10:17] the new year to be able to have all

[10:19] those uh what do they call them the uh

[10:22] resolutions and you know doing all these

[10:25] things we should constantly being uh be

[10:27] improving ourselves and doing best with

[10:29] ourselves but you know it is kind of a

[10:31] big milestone to hear that 2024 how am I

[10:34] going to do things different so good

[10:35] luck to you guys in pursuit of those uh

[10:39] positive changes in your lives uh we

[10:41] have a lot we have a short meeting today

[10:43] promises hopefully it'll be a short

[10:46] meeting because it's only like three or

[10:48] four pages long so let's see if we can

[10:50] keep to uh an efficient meeting the

[10:53] topics are not uh intense they're not

[10:57] controversial uh or anything where

[10:59] there's a high

[11:01] debate and I have like about five uh

[11:04] speakers so if you're ready to speak

[11:06] make sure that you uh once we call on

[11:08] the speakers make sure you line up so

[11:10] that we can see how many speakers we

[11:11] have because as soon as I don't see

[11:13] anybody I'm going to close the oral

[11:16] communication but uh let's start off by

[11:19] doing the roll call please council

[11:20] member Manning here council member

[11:23] Montero council member Patterson here

[11:26] mayor prottimus English here mayor

[11:28] Vargas

[11:31] here okay U and council member Montero

[11:35] is is

[11:44] a all

[11:50] right okay we have a new speaker system

[11:53] up here which in so for the residents of

[11:57] Hawthorne uh we just want to let you

[11:59] know that we have a new uh speaker uh

[12:02] microphone system that's integrated with

[12:04] the with the voting system on board okay

[12:08] right here there's like a little voting

[12:10] system we can press some buttons I don't

[12:12] get to see what he's voting I don't get

[12:13] what she's voting they don't get to see

[12:15] what I'm voting because there's a

[12:16] privacy screen um your option for a yes

[12:19] A no abstain is right here on this

[12:22] little panel so uh it's pretty Hightech

[12:26] and it didn't even cost a lot of money

[12:28] we're just uh modernizing our city

[12:31] council uh uh equipment uh very with

[12:35] very simple things one thing that you

[12:37] guys are noticing is are the bright

[12:39] lights up here okay energy efficient LED

[12:43] lights most likely right LEDs the most

[12:45] efficient lighting uh Source right now

[12:48] that's out there they're laid out in a

[12:50] manner in which they're lighting up the

[12:52] whole room and we're saving money on uh

[12:55] on uh electricity to power those up so

[12:59] just wanting to let you know what's

[13:00] going oh we also have two screens

[13:02] outside so if there was ever a very uh

[13:06] uh important topic that a lot of

[13:08] residents come to the city council

[13:10] meeting residents would be able to stand

[13:13] outside and look at our two screens that

[13:15] are out there I think there might even

[13:17] be a third one in the main lobby right

[13:20] possibly but there is at Le two screens

[13:23] outside so just letting you know what we

[13:26] have here on the city council small

[13:29] uh but very

[13:30] powerful uh improvements so we're using

[13:35] the city's money the people's money for

[13:37] good things too and making sure that our

[13:39] meetings run

[13:42] smoothly kaana

[13:47] Buie

[13:49] um Community this is a community

[13:52] services manager kuab Buie uh who will

[13:54] introduce our first presentation which

[13:56] is the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation

[13:58] community Community Services

[14:01] Department um like the mayor said um

[14:03] good evening mayor and city council my

[14:06] name is kanana buy and I am the

[14:07] community services manager uh the

[14:10] community services department would like

[14:12] to do a briefe presentation on our

[14:14] partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers

[14:16] Foundation we started this partnership

[14:19] with the Dodgers in 2018 at this time at

[14:23] that time we had eight teams and less

[14:25] than 100 Kids registered every year

[14:27] after that we rece receive more and more

[14:29] participation from the community tonight

[14:32] Gerardo iate our Recreation supervisor

[14:35] who oversees Our Youth Sports will

[14:37] update you on what we're currently doing

[14:40] and what we would like to do in the near

[14:42] future with the Los Angeles Dodgers

[14:49] Foundation good

[14:52] evening so I'm going to go ahead and uh

[14:55] give a small uh presentation on the

[14:57] Dodger Foundation the work that we do in

[15:00] conjunction with them uh present the

[15:02] potential partnership on a project to

[15:04] bring it here to the city of Hawthorne

[15:07] and also what it would move uh mean

[15:09] moving

[15:22] forward okay uh so before I get started

[15:25] with the actual program and what it

[15:27] entails I'm going to give a small a

[15:28] little uh background information on who

[15:31] the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation is

[15:33] that's the primary foundation for the

[15:36] Los Angeles uh Dodgers baseball team um

[15:41] our partnership with them encompasses

[15:43] the Dodgers dream team which is one of

[15:45] the branches that the foundation

[15:48] oversees in conjunction with Dodgers

[15:50] dream team they over they also oversee

[15:52] the Dodgers dream Fields the LA reads

[15:55] program college and uh careers uh

[15:57] accelerator science of baseball and end

[16:00] this together uh below that you'll see

[16:03] some of the contributions that they have

[16:05] done since the Inception of the

[16:11] program and to just give you guys a

[16:13] small uh detail about it I'm going to

[16:16] just play this short video for you

[16:27] guys dear La we are more than just a

[16:31] city the Dodgers are more than just a

[16:33] team and the Dodgers Foundation is

[16:36] bigger than baseball we are tackling the

[16:39] most pressing problems facing our city

[16:41] with a mission to improve education

[16:43] healthc care homelessness and social

[16:45] justice for all of us we launched our

[16:48] Dodgers RBI program in 2014 to provide

[16:51] an inclusive sports program that

[16:53] addresses basic needs in our most

[16:55] challenged communities today a new

[16:57] chapter be begins we're excited to share

[17:00] with you our new program name Dodgers

[17:03] dream

[17:04] team we invited our kids parents coaches

[17:08] and partners to help us determine how to

[17:10] better serve the community we are so

[17:12] passionate about we felt it was

[17:14] important to convey a greater sense of

[17:16] future Focus reflect on the

[17:18] comprehensive nature of the program and

[17:20] double down on our impactful vision for

[17:22] our neighborhoods we want you to know

[17:25] that the Dodgers Dream Team program will

[17:27] continue to use the power of sport to

[17:29] provide critical resources and services

[17:32] to our neighbors experiencing social

[17:34] injustices our partnership with

[17:36] Recreation departments and nonprofit

[17:38] organizations will help us increase

[17:40] capacity and scale achieving even

[17:42] greater impact for more than 12,000 kids

[17:45] and families each year applying key

[17:48] learnings from the pandemic we will

[17:49] intentionally reach our goal of serving

[17:51] 25,000 kids by

[17:54] 2030 this work is possible because of

[17:56] you the countless Co coaches parents and

[17:59] partners serving as unsung heroes for

[18:01] LA's most vulnerable youth Dodgers dream

[18:04] team is more than just Sports we build

[18:07] confidence strategies for success and

[18:09] hope for a brighter future we can

[18:11] continue to uplift the Next Generation

[18:13] LA's very own it takes all of us join

[18:17] our Dodgers dream team

[18:20] today sincerely your Los Angeles Dodgers

[18:27] Foundation

[18:33] so that was uh Nicole Whitman she's the

[18:35] chief executive officer for the Los

[18:37] Angeles Dodger

[18:38] Foundation um we've built a very strong

[18:42] relationship with her and the program

[18:43] over the last uh six years uh since we

[18:48] brought Dodgers Dream Team program to

[18:50] the city of hawthor we've seen some

[18:51] amazing things uh basically to Summit

[18:54] and short we' made baseball programming

[18:57] affordable for fam amilies um everybody

[19:00] knows with time going by everything's

[19:02] getting more and more expensive uh what

[19:05] basically the Dodgers Foundation has

[19:06] done for the city of Hawthorne and its

[19:08] residents is basically remove any

[19:11] obstacle so that everybody can

[19:13] participate in uh Recreational

[19:17] Sports so this means that part of that

[19:20] includes uh being able to play for a

[19:24] small fee which is $15 in our city uh

[19:27] providing the kids with multiple

[19:29] uniforms and also the equipment to

[19:32] participate in these

[19:33] Sports um they also uh provide the

[19:37] coaching trainings for all of our

[19:39] volunteers because this is 100% driven

[19:41] by

[19:41] volunteers uh they give us a uh a SC

[19:47] basically a a position for us to fill

[19:49] they give us $30,000 to hire a program

[19:52] coordinator to assist us with the

[19:54] program um this is a few of the things

[19:56] that I have mentioned that they all also

[19:58] provide such as skill clinics Dodger

[20:01] days which is a big Dodger festival at

[20:03] one of our

[20:04] locations um attendance to Dodger games

[20:08] and they also provide us with what is

[20:10] called the field Champion which is aasm

[20:12] between the foundation and the city of

[20:14] Hawthorne and we're lucky enough to

[20:17] receive three where a lot of the

[20:18] partners only get one

[20:20] person uh as uh the manager uh mentioned

[20:24] at the beginning we started this program

[20:26] back in 2018 with just about aund

[20:29] approximately 100 Kids uh I arrived in

[20:32] the city of haor at the tail end of the

[20:35] program and ever I've been working with

[20:37] it ever since and then this now uh 2023

[20:41] was our sixth year and we grew to 18

[20:44] teams four different divisions and

[20:47] serving 300

[20:52] kids uh these are some of the stories

[20:55] that our cable department has covered

[20:57] throughout the years uh with us being

[21:01] one of the 14 affiliate Partners not all

[21:03] Affiliates get an opportunity to host

[21:05] programming with the Dodgers uh our

[21:09] first one was back in 2019 at Holly Park

[21:12] we hosted a fitness Clinic uh one of the

[21:15] good things about the Dodgers is that

[21:18] because of who they are and what their

[21:20] name uh the weight that their name

[21:22] carries they also bring a lot of

[21:24] stakeholders into play so with that

[21:27] Fitness club CLC we were able to also

[21:29] bring um have the Los Angeles uh Lakers

[21:33] Foundation come in and they brought all

[21:35] the coaches to train the kids uh in 2020

[21:39] was a difficult year because we were

[21:41] planning to have our uh our program but

[21:43] because of Co we had to restructure the

[21:46] way we did things so uh the event here

[21:50] was a partnership between the Dodgers

[21:52] Foundation Uber Eats where we were able

[21:54] to send out food packages to a lot of

[21:57] the family amilies in the city uh Dodger

[22:00] day in 2021 that Holly Park has been one

[22:03] of the most successful Dodger days that

[22:07] the program has had uh is it was the

[22:10] most highly attended event at Holly Park

[22:13] and they belonged to the city of

[22:16] Hawthorne uh that day we distributed uh

[22:19] about nine tons of food to our families

[22:23] and some of the things that come with

[22:25] the Dodgers day because you guys might

[22:26] be asking so what what's even the Dodger

[22:28] Day uh the Dodgers come they bring some

[22:31] of their uh alumni previous players do

[22:34] autographs we have clinics for kids uh

[22:38] Vision to learn comes out we do free ice

[22:41] screenings uh for kids who need

[22:43] glasses uh just about anything that the

[22:46] kids can receive from food to services

[22:50] to goodies they all get this on these

[22:53] days and then again following with uh

[22:56] Dodger Day 2022 and Dodger 23 this past

[23:00] year which I'm going to be showing a

[23:01] clip um towards the end of the

[23:06] presentation uh not only has the program

[23:09] has been very impactful to our community

[23:12] here's a few of the things that we've

[23:14] been able to provide to our community

[23:17] members uh along with some of the

[23:20] programming uh the their manager um Dave

[23:24] Roberts

[23:25] also uh chooses coaches to be coaches of

[23:28] the year since we started our program

[23:31] we've had five coaches of the year um

[23:34] again so there's hundreds of coaches and

[23:36] these all these different Affiliates and

[23:38] only five get selected every year and

[23:40] we've had five in the span that we've

[23:43] had this

[23:44] program uh at the right we've had kids

[23:47] who have been participating in

[23:48] ceremonies on the

[23:50] field um below you'll see another one of

[23:54] our uh coaches of the year who is also

[23:56] now uh Comm commissioner in our youth

[23:59] commission uh one of the other things

[24:01] that I can't show because it hasn't been

[24:05] um brought out it hasn't it hasn't gone

[24:07] live is we were able to se have three

[24:10] kids be selected by Nike to be uh part

[24:14] of their new campaign for youth so

[24:16] that's three kids in Hawthorne are

[24:18] representing uh the city of Hawthorne

[24:20] with Nike uh to do uh photo shoots for

[24:24] baseball and their new apparel

[24:26] everything that they have that's coming

[24:28] out in their division so these are

[24:31] different activities and opportunities

[24:33] that kids would otherwise would never

[24:35] get a chance to so these are things that

[24:37] are making an impact in these kids'

[24:39] lives uh that are definitely going to

[24:41] make uh help them become contribute uh

[24:44] successful contributors of the

[24:49] world so that leads me to the actual

[24:52] presentation Focus uh the dream field so

[24:56] every year the Dodger dream team from

[24:57] ation works with different

[24:59] municipalities and programs to create a

[25:02] dream field this is basically revamping

[25:05] the uh baseball facilities that a city

[25:07] has to make it more usable for their

[25:11] program uh

[25:13] participants uh over the years the city

[25:16] uh the Dodgers Dream Team Foundation has

[25:18] a goal of 75 Fields by the year of

[25:22] 2033 uh right now they're currently at

[25:25] 63 uh three being in the city of San

[25:29] Bernardino uh that that just the did the

[25:32] groundbreaking last November and are set

[25:34] to reopen this uh

[25:37] spring so they've invested $19.6 million

[25:41] on these uh Fields as of

[25:45] date and uh the city of Hawthorne is

[25:48] actually being considered for a Dodger

[25:50] dream field so on the board you all

[25:53] notice some of the surrounding cities

[25:56] lanx Englewood

[25:58] uh several at Englewood both for their

[26:00] city and then the county part and the

[26:03] latest one was uh done at Edward Vincent

[26:06] Jr

[26:09] Park so some of the benefits uh for

[26:14] these Dodger dream Fields everybody

[26:16] knows that with the increasing uh

[26:18] population here in the County of Los

[26:20] Angeles and the city of Los Angeles

[26:21] we're kind of we're running out of uh

[26:23] park space for our um all of our

[26:28] community members so uh these are just

[26:30] some of the the percentages of the

[26:32] things of why we it's important for us

[26:35] to have space for kids to participate in

[26:38] Ro uh recreational programming not just

[26:41] baseball uh so we really want to focus

[26:44] on giving kids an opportunity to um to

[26:47] improve their lives on the social and

[26:50] emotional uh

[26:53] side uh why Hawthorne uh we do use our

[26:56] our Parks free frequently and highly uh

[27:00] not just from a department standpoint

[27:02] but for also from the local high schools

[27:04] in the area uh and also the little

[27:07] leagues uh our Park facilities are in

[27:11] dire need of uh Renovations we also want

[27:14] to create a safer Park the everybody

[27:17] knows that the nicer a park is the more

[27:19] people are going to want to go to

[27:21] it um and also this is going to have an

[27:24] increase in our programming because

[27:26] people want to go

[27:28] where Dodger dream fields are being

[27:30] built um also the opportunity for

[27:33] additional prog programming is always a

[27:36] key Focus everybody knows that the

[27:39] Dodgers uh franchise is not just a local

[27:43] uh known team this is this team has

[27:45] become a u International known team uh

[27:50] just be with the recent signings that

[27:52] they've had they just the impact that

[27:54] they have on a global uh scale is going

[27:57] to be very important and to be able to

[28:01] have a

[28:02] a just a partnership with such team is

[28:05] going to bring a lot of benefits to the

[28:11] city uh some of the things I would

[28:13] happen if if the city does support this

[28:17] uh motion is uh our Fields will receive

[28:21] all proper leveling for safety reasons

[28:24] uh the base anchors uh at multiple links

[28:28] upgraded back stops uh these are all

[28:31] safety precautions so that our kids are

[28:33] able to place the sport in the safe

[28:35] Manner and not get

[28:42] hurt so with the support of council uh

[28:45] back in 2022 conversations did start of

[28:50] hawthor being one of those selected

[28:52] cities uh for the Dodger dream Fields

[28:55] specifically at gy Thor Park

[28:58] uh last year contractors uh were sent to

[29:02] the the actual Park to survey the

[29:05] facilities uh and then we're looking at

[29:07] 2024 being uh where the Dodgers

[29:10] Foundation secures the majority of the

[29:12] funding for this project uh it would be

[29:14] it would include both fields at gy Thor

[29:16] Park uh so next we we just also ask for

[29:20] the support of city council to back this

[29:25] up uh last L I can show just a quick

[29:29] little video of a Dodger uh day at the

[29:32] park here in the city of

[29:38] Hawthorne the city of Hawthorne reporter

[29:41] Eric J Dockery has all the

[29:44] details the Dodgers Dream Team invited

[29:47] children of all ages to come out to

[29:48] Holly Park for Dodger Day this is their

[29:51] fifth stop of their 2023 season the

[29:53] event was presented by Arco and WSS

[29:56] carers they had at food games and a

[29:58] training camp our Dream Team program

[30:00] this is our 10th season we are serving

[30:03] 11,000 boys and girls across Los Angeles

[30:05] in Long Beach at 80 different locations

[30:08] and you walk into these Dodger days and

[30:10] I have chills I have chills because um

[30:12] we've come so far in 10 years with the

[30:15] level of resources we're we're providing

[30:16] for families the quality of resources

[30:18] that we're providing for families and to

[30:20] see the smiles on faces and the level of

[30:22] participation from our partners um

[30:24] throughout Los Angeles it's just a

[30:25] really awesome feeling the Los Angeles

[30:28] Dodgers Foundation partnered with UCLA

[30:30] health to bring the coach for good

[30:32] program which allow kids and parents to

[30:34] work on their Sprints agility power

[30:37] footwork and jump it's good to get the

[30:40] family out here to uh and always like to

[30:42] get the parents out here to let's run

[30:45] with the kids I think one of my biggest

[30:47] and most inspirational moments was

[30:49] having my mom run with me having my dad

[30:52] train with me so if I can do that with

[30:54] these kids here with these families here

[30:56] that's that's to uh it'll last forever

[30:58] that moment to last forever yeah it got

[31:00] me

[31:01] active got me breathing and ready for

[31:03] the rest of the day while the Dodger's

[31:05] day was going on the Dream Team was also

[31:07] celebrating MLB playball weekend I had

[31:10] to uh uh hit the bat and then I ran to

[31:15] first base I did it again but then I was

[31:19] I got a little distracted then somebody

[31:22] took the base from me then well I got

[31:26] out I was out so across the country in

[31:29] various forms throughout the weekend

[31:30] there's youth baseball and softball um

[31:32] and amazing things like the skills

[31:34] Clinic that we have here to make sure

[31:35] that the game of baseball and softball

[31:37] is on display um and that families

[31:39] realize like they can participate too

[31:41] the playball event had three games for

[31:43] the kids home run derby softball and a

[31:46] Ball Toss sh so just in short um not

[31:50] every affiliate of the Dodgers gets to

[31:52] host a Dodger Day the Dodger Day is a

[31:55] pretty big deal um as I mentioned before

[31:58] there's 14 affiliate partners and they

[32:00] only have five that they do in a year

[32:02] and Hawthorn is always is one of the

[32:04] five that always gets to host because

[32:07] the uh Dodger Foundation constantly

[32:10] comes to us because we get the job done

[32:12] whe whatever it is so with your guys'

[32:16] support uh know that we're not just

[32:20] attaching ourselves with a a global team

[32:23] but we're bringing recreational

[32:25] programming to families that need it

[32:26] because because uh I mean it resonates a

[32:29] lot with me I'm the second oldest of

[32:32] five kids and my parents couldn't afford

[32:34] programming because of how expensive it

[32:36] was so uh I had a volunteer to cover

[32:39] those costs and that led me to working

[32:42] at a park to finding what I wanted to do

[32:45] in life and giving back to the community

[32:47] so this is something that uh you guys

[32:49] are giving other kids an opportunity to

[32:52] have meet a mentor and connect them with

[32:55] the necessary service services and

[32:58] programs that they need so that they can

[32:59] become good human

[33:03] beings all right thank you so much let's

[33:06] give him a round of

[33:11] applause Community Services

[33:19] Department we'll talk after the meeting

[33:21] Josh about this stuff but thank you so

[33:23] much are there any questions any

[33:25] comments from our uh City

[33:28] go

[33:29] ahead can you hear me okay um first of

[33:33] all Jerry thank you for the presentation

[33:34] you look very handsome tonight thank you

[33:37] um I really appreciate the enthusiasm uh

[33:40] of our community services and recken

[33:42] Parks um all of us to together uh making

[33:45] obviously this um Endeavor possible for

[33:48] our youth here in Hawthorne uh I lived

[33:51] for a long time across the street from

[33:53] Jim Thor Park I know how busy that Park

[33:55] can get I was a baseball player at one

[33:57] time co-ed and uh other and uh I enjoyed

[34:02] my time in the park as a child as many

[34:04] others will uh the improvements of our

[34:07] parks are very important uh throughout

[34:09] the years here in our city we've been

[34:10] providing funding to ensure that our 10

[34:12] parks are getting the upgrades that they

[34:14] need and it's a great partnership

[34:16] through the foundation of the Dodgers to

[34:18] be able to provide additional funding uh

[34:21] you know whenever we want to make

[34:22] improvements it takes money and often

[34:24] times our money is already being used in

[34:26] other capacities however um kudos to

[34:29] your department kudos to your efforts

[34:31] and everyone involved uh I look forward

[34:33] to seeing what the park brings and how

[34:35] it's going to provide for more uh in the

[34:38] future uh kids using the park to do

[34:40] exactly what they'd like to do not just

[34:42] in baseball but use of the park for

[34:44] their benefit thank you thank

[34:47] you okay do we have somebody else okay

[34:51] uh let's give a big round of applause

[34:52] once more to

[34:54] our our staff

[34:57] well connected to these big uh teams

[35:00] here in the LA County area so uh we also

[35:04] have what we had a connection with the

[35:05] LA Galaxy with the Lakers with all those

[35:08] major teams that we have here in in this

[35:11] in the LA County uh Basin

[35:14] so all right so let's move on to the

[35:16] next item which is Southern California

[35:18] Edison ab25 James

[35:21] Peterson uh introduction

[35:25] Dian well James Peterson will be the uh

[35:28] presenter Diane

[35:35] Forte so please let's uh we try to limit

[35:38] these to 10 minutes see if let's see

[35:41] what you got for

[35:43] us good evening good evening mayor and

[35:46] members of the council and best wishes

[35:48] for a Happy New Year I know it's saw you

[35:50] a few months ago and thank you for

[35:51] having us back I'm Diane Forte I'm the

[35:54] interim government relations manager

[35:55] covering the city of of Hawthorne um I

[35:58] had listened to the last city council

[36:01] presentation about ab25 and when I

[36:04] talked with the city manager we thought

[36:06] it might be a good idea to come back

[36:08] because we heard some uh information uh

[36:11] that wasn't totally correct um so I

[36:13] brought with me tonight Ron gailes

[36:15] unfortunately James Peterson uh has as

[36:19] yet many people has gotten the flu so my

[36:21] colleague has decided to appropriately

[36:24] to pinch pinch hit pinch hit as they uh

[36:26] Dodgers presentation was was so uh set

[36:30] us up for that so thank you so much I'm

[36:32] gonna turn to my colleague Ron gailes

[36:34] and we'll be happy to take

[36:39] questions thank you very much um Mr

[36:42] Mayor uh mayor protm council members

[36:45] really grateful for the opportunity to

[36:47] address some of the concerns

[36:49] specifically about uh the proposed fixed

[36:52] charge on electricity bills that's the

[36:55] uh Downstream effect of of ab 205 which

[36:58] was passed in Sacramento and with your

[37:00] permission I'd like to speak more about

[37:01] Southern California Edison's proposal

[37:03] and how it would benefit the residents

[37:06] of not just Hawthorne the city of

[37:07] Hawthorne but all Southern California uh

[37:10] residents um if that's all right uh

[37:13] there is a presentation on the screen uh

[37:16] but rather than take the time to go

[37:18] through that I'd really like to address

[37:19] some concerns and and there has been a

[37:21] great deal of misinformation spread on

[37:23] social media and other um media Outlet

[37:27] about the fixed charge that I'd like to

[37:29] address um one of those uh that I see

[37:32] used a great deal by opponents of the

[37:34] fixed charge is calling it a utility tax

[37:38] this is a um really false

[37:40] characterization this is no is in no way

[37:43] a tax and I'll and I'll explain why the

[37:45] fixed charge that is being proposed

[37:48] first of all I a little background this

[37:50] as as I said as a result of the passage

[37:52] of ab25 in Sacramento uh there are a

[37:56] number of of participants in this

[37:57] proceeding by the California Public

[37:59] Utilities Commission scce uh pg& up

[38:03] north San Diego Gas and Electric down

[38:04] south there were just some of the

[38:06] participants there are others that are

[38:07] making proposals as well our proposal

[38:10] for this fixed charge um the benefit for

[38:13] all residential customers is that it

[38:15] would lower the cost of using

[38:17] electricity uh pardon me for being

[38:19] simplistic but uh you hear the term

[38:22] cents per kilowatt hour it's similar to

[38:25] hearing about dollars per gallon in gas

[38:27] cents per kilowatt hour is what

[38:29] customers pay that's what they see on

[38:31] their bill what the fixed charge would

[38:33] do the structure that's being proposed

[38:35] by Southern California Edison is it

[38:37] would reduce the rates that customers

[38:41] pay to use electricity and our we we see

[38:44] that if our authorization I'm sorry our

[38:47] proposal is approved those rates those

[38:49] rates would drop by

[38:51] 25% now what does that mean for people

[38:54] who uh during the hot times of year when

[38:57] they are turning up their air

[38:59] conditioning to deal with the uh

[39:00] increasing numbers of very hot days

[39:04] that's going to cost less if you use the

[39:05] same amount of electricity before you're

[39:07] going to be paying less for using that

[39:09] electricity um there are people who um

[39:14] they may in the future now either now or

[39:16] in the future want to make use of

[39:18] electric vehicles one out of four cars

[39:21] being sold in California right now is an

[39:23] electric vehicle um today a lot lot of

[39:26] people are uh not in position to

[39:29] purchase one or lease one but they may

[39:31] be in the future and by lowering that

[39:33] cents per kilowatt hour rate what that

[39:35] means is the fuel that you're using to

[39:39] to power that vehicle costs less so the

[39:43] idea of the fixed charge is on a

[39:45] customer's

[39:47] Bill the uh the costs of energy would be

[39:51] separated out there's no additional uh

[39:54] markup to that it is solely the cost of

[39:56] providing that energy and that depends

[39:58] on how much a customer uses the other

[40:01] part of the bill would be a standard

[40:03] charge just like this seen on cable

[40:06] bills on phone service bills on Water

[40:09] Service bills

[40:12] um the it has also been said that this

[40:16] uh proposal would be income based in the

[40:18] sense that you wouldn't be paying based

[40:19] on your usage you'd be paying based on

[40:21] your household income that too is

[40:23] incorrect the only thing that would be

[40:25] affected by the um a household income is

[40:30] the amount of the fixed charge in

[40:32] general what scce is proposing and there

[40:34] are different proposals from different

[40:36] groups is that there would be a standard

[40:38] fixed charge for all residential

[40:40] customers that would be the same on the

[40:41] bill every

[40:43] month the exception would be customers

[40:46] who qualify based on their household

[40:49] income for discounts on their bill they

[40:52] would get a lower fixed charge and for

[40:55] clarification what SE is proposing is

[40:57] that those customers they are enrolled

[40:58] in programs known as care or Farah and

[41:01] by the way um we found that about 30% of

[41:05] Hawthorne's residents are in those in

[41:07] income qualified

[41:09] programs their their fixed charge would

[41:11] be lower either 10 or $15 a month the

[41:15] fixed charge for all other residential

[41:17] customers and that would just be

[41:18] throughout the state would be $51 and

[41:21] that's what we're proposing but again

[41:23] not a tax on top of existing charg

[41:26] what would happen is a reduction in

[41:28] using electricity the idea is paying

[41:31] less for for using electricity that's

[41:33] what that is about so I just want to

[41:35] address those concerns about it being a

[41:37] tax or it being U requiring some income

[41:40] verification there would be no need in

[41:44] our most current proposal for anyone uh

[41:47] who is not enrolled in car and Farah

[41:49] there wouldn't be no need for income

[41:51] verification for those customers

[41:53] customers who are enrolled in those

[41:55] programs they already undergo a a

[41:58] verification process to make sure that

[42:00] they're qualifying for those 30 and 18%

[42:03] discounts and by the way for the

[42:05] attendees if people here believe that

[42:07] they are um qualified for those rates we

[42:11] encourage as many customers as possible

[42:13] who qualify to sign up for this because

[42:15] they do provide really needed discounts

[42:18] for for households that um are in the uh

[42:22] below the federal poverty

[42:24] line um

[42:27] oh sure sorry I get a little carried

[42:29] away with this

[42:32] um one other thing I want to address

[42:35] here that a lot of people like to accuse

[42:37] the utility of using this as a way to

[42:40] earn uh more money um the way the uh

[42:45] fixed charge is structured is that

[42:47] utilities would not receive any more

[42:49] money than they receiving now what

[42:51] happened is the amount of money that

[42:53] comes in would be paid uh by different

[42:55] customers I'll be and I'll be direct

[42:57] here uh customers with um large families

[43:02] who use a lot of electricity they will

[43:04] benefit from the lower cents per

[43:06] kilowatt hour um if someone is if you're

[43:10] a customer who uses a lot of electricity

[43:14] who does crank up their AC during those

[43:16] very hot years hot times of year these

[43:19] lower cents per kilowatt hour rates will

[43:21] benefit you by the way I didn't even

[43:23] mention about the care and fair

[43:25] customers the way this is structured is

[43:27] those customers who are enrolled in

[43:29] those income qualified programs they

[43:31] would see their bill go down we see we

[43:34] estimate by between 5% and 18% so there

[43:38] are benefits for low-income customers

[43:40] but there are benefits for all

[43:41] residential customers as well and cost

[43:44] in less cost for using

[43:47] electricity I another thing I want to

[43:50] address really briefly I know we have a

[43:52] short amount of time is that California

[43:55] is going to be using using more and more

[43:56] electricity californ going to be using

[43:58] more and more electricity that's why

[44:01] it's important and we're very cognizant

[44:03] to get that sense per kilowatt hour rate

[44:06] down and this is one of the ways we're

[44:08] looking to do that

[44:11] um I'm going to stop there and I would

[44:13] like to open it up to any questions from

[44:16] U council members thanks very much for

[44:19] the

[44:21] opportunity uh quick question could you

[44:23] repeat what those fixed charges are

[44:25] certainly

[44:26] the standard charge and this would be

[44:28] for all residential customers would be

[44:31] $51 customers who qualify for income

[44:34] qualified programs uh known as care or

[44:37] Farah their fixed charge would be1 or

[44:40] $15 depending on where they fall in the

[44:44] um household income

[44:48] Spectrum anybody

[44:51] else thank you thank you Edison for

[44:54] being here for your presentation

[44:57] um as you are aware we're part of an

[44:58] aggregation with clean power Alliance of

[45:01] Southern California I would like to see

[45:03] uh Southern California um California our

[45:07] not our aggregation actually com and

[45:09] present also so that we could truly

[45:11] understand because we have two sets of

[45:12] customers here customers that are with

[45:14] Edison and customers that are with clean

[45:17] power Alliance and they have to buy in

[45:19] obviously to clean power Alliance who is

[45:21] perring at a lower cost energy to the

[45:23] residents of Hawthorne so having said

[45:26] that I would like to see that happen

[45:28] city manager in bringing clean power

[45:31] Alliance to help us understand a little

[45:33] bit more on what this means uh on uh top

[45:36] of that

[45:38] um not all the communities here in

[45:41] Southern California in my opinion and

[45:43] listening to what's occurring currently

[45:45] with the Pu and they have to have a

[45:47] response back by July one on what

[45:49] selection they're all going to make with

[45:51] regards to how uh residents are paying

[45:53] for their electricity right um some

[45:57] communities will benefit where others

[45:58] might not we're talking about Sacramento

[46:01] Fresno other areas and then you have

[46:04] Southern

[46:05] California um I understand that there's

[46:09] uh an incentive program that some

[46:12] receive right for using lesser energy at

[46:15] least from clean plow Alliance I have

[46:17] yet to hear whether Edison has an

[46:19] incentive such as that as well for

[46:20] residents that are using less energy

[46:23] however um I I want to know more on for

[46:29] instance the um pay schedule that folks

[46:33] that from what I understand is the based

[46:37] income that they receive what that looks

[46:39] like for for our residents in Hawthorne

[46:41] right so there's a proposal for how it's

[46:46] revamped electricity rates based on

[46:49] income right and you're saying that

[46:52] they're not going to be looking into

[46:54] personal data or information on how

[46:56] residents what their annual income is or

[46:58] how they're going to be charged based

[47:00] off of that income okay that that's

[47:03] that's some of the stuff that's

[47:04] obviously being said right how they're

[47:08] they're going to be um build differently

[47:10] because of their income I know the Care

[47:13] Act is basically for those that are

[47:15] lower income have special needs have um

[47:19] families with special needs and how they

[47:21] could apply to receive a lower cost uh

[47:24] bill um however I think there still

[47:27] needs to be um more Community discussion

[47:31] and more Community input so that there's

[47:33] a real understanding of who and how is

[47:35] it's being benefited

[47:38] um your discussion tonight is basically

[47:40] saying if you lose if use lower energy

[47:43] you're going to get a lower bill right

[47:45] if you lose if you use less energy your

[47:47] bill will be less let me be clear the

[47:51] energy part of the bill will be lower

[47:53] depending if you if year-over-year use

[47:55] the the same

[47:56] amount that part of the bill like I said

[47:59] they would be split into two parts of

[48:01] the bill the part that covers the cost

[48:02] of energy and that other part that fixed

[48:04] charge and that would cover the cost of

[48:06] things such as the infrastructure that

[48:09] uh Southern California Edison builds

[48:12] operates and maintains all the steel and

[48:14] wires and poles and and vaults Etc and

[48:18] all the customer service people all the

[48:20] parts of our business operation that

[48:21] would be contained in the fixed chart so

[48:24] a customer who sees their bill they'll

[48:25] say oh I'm paying $51 if our proposal is

[48:29] accepted um for all that and then my

[48:32] energy use I'm paying for what I

[48:35] use did that clar did that clarify at

[48:37] all so there's two charges it's one bill

[48:40] but the bill is separated into those two

[48:42] charges right now it's all in one cents

[48:45] per kilowatt hour but there's two

[48:47] charges there are two categories of

[48:49] charges and they're put together yes two

[48:51] charges yes and some people will pay

[48:54] more and and some people will pay less

[48:56] we as we say people with who are on the

[48:59] lower end of the income Spectrum will

[49:01] have lower um bills total bills um but

[49:05] it's going to depend a lot on usage I

[49:08] think the people who are less likely to

[49:10] benefit for example are people who are

[49:12] let's say one or two people living in a

[49:14] household and they don't use much

[49:16] electricity they don't turn up their uh

[49:18] um their air conditioning when it gets

[49:21] hot um that kind of there are not going

[49:23] to be immediate beneficiaries but as

[49:26] people use more and more

[49:28] electricity having a lower cost per

[49:30] kilowatt hour is going to benefit not

[49:32] just lower income households it's people

[49:34] who use electricity and we believe

[49:36] Southern California Edison does that

[49:38] there's going to be more and more

[49:39] electrification and important to keep

[49:41] the cost of those of using electricity

[49:44] down I hope that was helpful you know it

[49:46] was helpful okay it was helpful and you

[49:49] know you you're it kind of spoke to me

[49:51] because I'm only one in a household just

[49:54] myself

[49:56] I don't use air conditioning and I don't

[49:58] use

[49:59] heat okay and still my bills high so

[50:03] that's just an example of myself yes and

[50:05] I could show you my build but I'm with

[50:08] I'm with also clean power Alliance right

[50:10] yes and I just want to make sure that

[50:14] again the community

[50:18] understands prior to the first so there

[50:21] could be more Buy in and more

[50:23] understanding on what your bill is going

[50:24] to look like moving forward with two

[50:28] cost

[50:29] basically yes okay absolutely agree and

[50:32] Diane has a point which you'd like to

[50:34] introduce um so if you were part of the

[50:37] clean power Alliance it those customers

[50:41] would are also included in this

[50:43] proceeding and you know there you can

[50:45] you know of course invite them to

[50:47] present um there's no problem with that

[50:50] U the the legislation itself one of the

[50:54] primary drivers was to try to make the

[50:57] total bill less for those who can least

[51:01] afford it the care and fairer customers

[51:04] and at the same time recognizing that as

[51:08] Ron had said you know electricity is

[51:10] going to be used more and more so trying

[51:14] to reach the clean energy goals to have

[51:17] that variable rate be less so and then

[51:21] they're receiving all these different

[51:23] proposals and it is a a public Forum

[51:26] that you know comment could be taken

[51:29] sure um you know like the Pu just to

[51:33] make that meeting alone is is hard for

[51:36] difficults to get to provide you know

[51:39] public comment so again it's it's it's

[51:41] important uh for the residents of

[51:43] Hawthorne and what this might mean to

[51:46] them uh with regards to the changes but

[51:48] I appreciate Edison making the time to

[51:50] come out and give a presentation to

[51:52] council look forward for additional

[51:54] dialogue with your your agency and more

[51:56] importantly advocating for the residents

[51:59] of Hawthorne to Ure that they understand

[52:01] what exactly this

[52:02] means we are very appreciative of of

[52:05] that opportunity and would really we

[52:07] believe as well we would like

[52:09] to make sure that the residents of

[52:12] Hawthorne are well informed and can make

[52:14] a decision based on um all sides of the

[52:18] argument so that's thank you very much

[52:20] for the opportunity thank you so you

[52:24] yeah all right real quick question so

[52:27] essentially um if I'm gone for a month

[52:29] from my house and if right currently I'm

[52:33] not using I use zero watts per hour my

[52:36] should technically be paying zero

[52:39] right well um what the electric grid

[52:44] even when you're not at at your home is

[52:47] still operating so yes your usage would

[52:50] be zero but uh all people who are

[52:53] connected to the grid are have

[52:56] a it's in everyone's interest that

[52:59] everyone who is benefiting from the

[53:02] electric grid takes part in the building

[53:06] operations and upkeep of it because it's

[53:07] some it's a system that serves all of us

[53:10] so yet but your energy charge for that

[53:12] month yes would be Zero Energy charge

[53:15] the energy charge would I'm talking

[53:16] about the existing you're saying that

[53:17] we're moving into a system where we're

[53:19] going to have two piles one to cover

[53:22] infrastructure and one that is uh

[53:24] proportional to the use cost the cost is

[53:28] proportional to the amount of that we

[53:30] use that is the proposal for the fixed

[53:32] charge and that is to um yeah to make

[53:35] sure that the costs of maintaining that

[53:38] infrastructure continue and are as

[53:40] equitably shared as possible okay but so

[53:42] currently you're saying what I'm hearing

[53:44] you saying is that we already have

[53:45] something like that in

[53:48] place or if I get my bill I'm out of

[53:51] town I'm often like a on a business trip

[53:54] to like Europe or something mhm and I

[53:56] don't get to use everything's off yeah

[53:58] sure the electric Grid's on surrounding

[54:00] me what should I approximately be be

[54:03] paying so um let me see if I understand

[54:06] your question when you're right now

[54:08] there is the rate you pay for I'm going

[54:10] to give you the average rate for

[54:11] residential customer is 36 cents per

[54:14] kilowatt hour okay included in that is

[54:17] all the infrastructure and included in

[54:19] that is all the the amount of the energy

[54:22] you're using you're getting paid uh

[54:24] you're getting charged 6 cents for each

[54:26] kilowatt hour that you're using this

[54:28] breaks it out so that um customers who

[54:32] are using less they're not going to pay

[54:34] like you

[54:35] said I'm sorry that I misunderstood I

[54:37] apologize I turn off all my appliances

[54:39] in my house I turn off all the lights

[54:42] there's nothing's on everything's

[54:45] disconnected so I should pay zero dollar

[54:47] well let me ask you this if you don't

[54:49] use your cell phone for a month and you

[54:51] don't make any text and you don't call

[54:54] you will likely get a bill from the cell

[54:55] phone company for your usage of that no

[54:58] I don't care about the cell phone

[54:59] company I'm not talking about you I want

[55:00] to find out from you right but but what

[55:03] I'm saying is the fixed charge is

[55:04] something that's not just in electricity

[55:06] it's used by a utilities all kinds of

[55:08] utilities for water service for um like

[55:12] I said cell phone or for cable companies

[55:14] that you still get the charge for that

[55:16] so for the charge for the infrastructure

[55:18] that's there to make the delivery of

[55:21] electricity or water or whatever

[55:23] possible I know sir but like if I'm not

[55:25] using anything and everything's

[55:27] disconnected what's the current charge

[55:29] that I'm getting paid that I'm getting

[55:31] charged for the infrastructure if you're

[55:32] saying that currently everything's just

[55:34] directly connected what part of what

[55:36] part of the 36 cents per kilowatt hour

[55:38] is being charged for the Kil especially

[55:40] if I'm there's zero kilowatt hours that

[55:43] I'm using I don't want to misspeak I

[55:44] don't want to give you the wrong

[55:45] information but I would say I'm going to

[55:47] and Dian correct me if I'm wrong I

[55:50] believe that um about I believe it's

[55:54] about 70% is has to do with more of the

[55:56] infrastructure is what you're paying for

[55:58] okay so if it's correlated to then I

[56:01] shouldn't be paying anything so if I

[56:03] have everything disconnected as is I

[56:05] shouldn't be paying anything right now

[56:07] and that's not true so my concern is

[56:09] that um so for the residents so you can

[56:13] understand my thinking is what's the

[56:15] current rate for

[56:18] usage and now that we're move the

[56:20] proposal says that it's going to be like

[56:21] 50 bucks that we're going to have for a

[56:23] fixed infrastructure charge is that uh

[56:27] usage rate going to be the same or is it

[56:31] going to decrease the usage rate yes the

[56:34] usage rate will decrease by 25% the

[56:36] cents per kilowatt hour will decrease by

[56:38] 25% that's what we're planning to do

[56:41] yeah the math doesn't seem to be uh

[56:43] really providing for much savings on the

[56:44] contrary I think it might be an increase

[56:46] with that uh $50 that you're uh that you

[56:49] guys are proposing but it it doesn't

[56:51] matter we'll just take a look at it

[56:53] certainly um and uh if we need you to

[56:56] come back for any more questions we'll

[56:57] bring you back certainly I and I I agree

[56:59] for some people it will um for other um

[57:03] for customers who use more and more

[57:06] electricity it will over time it will

[57:08] become more beneficial to them okay I'm

[57:11] sorry did I miss anything ma'am go ahead

[57:13] oh sorry I just I just want to point

[57:15] people to some resources on the screen

[57:17] for more information that's all but

[57:18] thank you very much to the chair I think

[57:21] I understand what you're trying to say I

[57:24] think you're saying he's saying that the

[57:26] standard rate is $51 no matter what and

[57:30] you're saying that if you don't use your

[57:32] services is zero down is zero dollars it

[57:36] should be zero dollar but you would pay

[57:38] $51 because it's the standard rate is

[57:42] that what you were okay yes and that

[57:45] money and those um charges would be for

[57:48] um maintaining the poles the wires the

[57:51] everything that makes it possible to

[57:53] deliver electricity as well as the cust

[57:54] customer service aspect so it's it would

[57:56] be in his instance it would be

[57:59] $51 plus if he used any

[58:04] usage but if he doesn't use any usage

[58:08] it's just a standard

[58:11] 51 yes that's what's being

[58:16] proposed so typically the people that

[58:19] are not using their energy like

[58:23] councilwoman uh Mar protim Rees she

[58:27] would be paying the the $51 even though

[58:31] she doesn't

[58:32] use Services she would not benefit as

[58:35] much as others she would benefit so

[58:37] neither one of you would benefit in

[58:40] contrast now this is not Hawthorn at all

[58:42] and so it may not be of your interest

[58:44] but uh customers who live in the Inland

[58:46] Empire who have to use their air

[58:48] conditioning throughout much more of the

[58:50] year than the hot season it would

[58:51] benefit them as well and also as I said

[58:53] customers who are interested Ed in using

[58:56] more electrification in vehicles in

[58:58] electric heat pumps Etc so but yes there

[59:00] are definitely people who won't benefit

[59:02] in in the near term I'm not going to

[59:05] deny that can I can I ask one last

[59:07] question um can I just

[59:10] finish very simple mathematics uh

[59:13] equation here you guys will see what I'm

[59:14] talking about I pay $100 right now for

[59:17] my uh electricity bill let's say and

[59:21] that's the current usage charge all

[59:23] right gentleman says that it's going to

[59:25] De the usage rate is going to decrease

[59:27] by

[59:28] 25% right so I'm going to be paying $75

[59:32] but on top of that I have to pay

[59:34] $50 for the uh the infrastructure rate

[59:39] so instead of paying a 100 bucks I'm

[59:41] going to be paying 125 that's actual

[59:43] increase for the average resident at

[59:45] least people that I know of 25 bucks so

[59:47] there's just no decrease there simple

[59:50] math right go

[59:52] ahead I just wanted to ask real quickly

[59:57] um with the increases that are um

[1:00:01] proposed what is going to be done uh or

[1:00:04] what is going to be what is it going to

[1:00:05] be used for is it for

[1:00:07] additional um perhaps

[1:00:09] underground uh utilities um

[1:00:13] infrastructure uh new

[1:00:15] repairs

[1:00:17] um investor benefits uh H how is the

[1:00:21] money going to be used that money is not

[1:00:23] um that additional money is not going to

[1:00:25] be generating any more re any more

[1:00:28] profit so this is not going to uh

[1:00:30] investors okay the the bill is

[1:00:32] structured so this all has to do with uh

[1:00:35] money that's going to be covering the

[1:00:37] costs of of operations and that is

[1:00:39] infrastructure and that is people who

[1:00:41] come out and make repairs and who do the

[1:00:44] maintenance and the people who answer

[1:00:46] the phones and print the bills and and

[1:00:48] all that and all that work all the work

[1:00:49] that goes to um providing the electric

[1:00:53] service that's that's what it's for yeah

[1:00:57] all right thank you sir um if you could

[1:00:59] just take the comments that I said and

[1:01:00] if you have something

[1:01:02] to say anything additional to what I had

[1:01:04] mentioned a little while ago just please

[1:01:06] let us know happy to thanks very much

[1:01:08] for the opportunity thank

[1:01:17] you oral Communications please pursuant

[1:01:21] to government code section 549 54.3 all

[1:01:24] remarks should be addressed to the city

[1:01:26] council as a body and not to any

[1:01:28] individual council member during oral

[1:01:31] Communications speakers shall have three

[1:01:32] minutes to State their business the

[1:01:34] brown act prohibits the city council

[1:01:36] from providing a detailed response or

[1:01:38] acting upon any items not contained on

[1:01:40] the agenda the governing bodies as a

[1:01:42] body shall have the discretion at the

[1:01:44] close of oral Communications to refer

[1:01:46] any remarks to the city manager for

[1:01:47] study investigation report and or

[1:01:51] recommendation okay thank you de stent

[1:01:55] love Beyond autism

[1:01:57] Deborah

[1:01:59] hi right here no you come up to the

[1:02:02] podium you get the microphone and the

[1:02:05] the the what do you call the lights on

[1:02:07] you can you please speak into the

[1:02:10] microphone so we can hear you nice and

[1:02:14] clearly good afternoon mayor and Council

[1:02:18] my name is Deborah

[1:02:20] stent I'm a proud resident of hethorn

[1:02:24] for over three

[1:02:26] decades today I stand before you not

[1:02:29] just as an

[1:02:30] individual but as a representative of a

[1:02:32] cause that holds a special place in my

[1:02:35] heart for our city the city of hethorn

[1:02:39] an initiative that transcends barriers

[1:02:41] and fosters love Beyond

[1:02:44] autism April is National autism month

[1:02:47] and I believe it's the perfect time for

[1:02:49] our community to come together and

[1:02:51] support those affected by autism spec

[1:02:54] spectum disorders I am excited to

[1:02:57] propose an Autism Walk an event that

[1:03:00] aims to raise awareness promote

[1:03:03] inclusivity and provide much needed

[1:03:06] support for individuals and families

[1:03:08] facing challenges of

[1:03:10] autism why an Autism Walk because it's

[1:03:13] more just a stroll it's a step towards

[1:03:16] more compassionate and understanding

[1:03:18] Community by walking side by side we can

[1:03:20] bridge the gap in our understanding and

[1:03:23] showcase the strength that lives and our

[1:03:25] diversity as a representative of our

[1:03:27] licensed business here in hethor I want

[1:03:30] to assure you that we are in good

[1:03:31] standing with our city and that our

[1:03:34] commitment to the community is

[1:03:37] unwavering the purpose of the proposed

[1:03:39] event will take place um once we get

[1:03:42] more information um how to go by it um

[1:03:46] we envision a route that not only

[1:03:48] transver transverses our streets but

[1:03:51] also touches the hearts of our residents

[1:03:54] leaving a lasting impression of unity

[1:03:56] and empathy but we cannot make this

[1:03:58] Vision a reality without the support of

[1:04:00] hethorn today I humbly request your

[1:04:03] assistance in three key areas firstly we

[1:04:06] would like to we would like to seek your

[1:04:09] support in obtaining necessary permits

[1:04:12] or to ensure a smooth and safe event for

[1:04:15] all participants with your help we can

[1:04:18] navigate the administrative process

[1:04:21] efficiently secondly we would like to

[1:04:23] invite you to join us in securing maybe

[1:04:26] donations both monetary and in kind to

[1:04:29] make this event impactful whether is

[1:04:32] through financial contributions or

[1:04:34] Community Resources every bid will

[1:04:36] contribute to the success of our cause

[1:04:39] last we kindly ask for your assistance

[1:04:42] in advertising the event your support in

[1:04:45] promoting the autism walk through the

[1:04:47] city Channel such as social media

[1:04:49] newsletters and local announcements will

[1:04:52] significantly enhance our Outreach the

[1:04:55] benefits of this event extends Beyond a

[1:04:58] one- day Gathering it's an opportunity

[1:05:00] to show to Showcase hethorn as a

[1:05:03] compassionate and supportive Community

[1:05:05] one that understands the importance of

[1:05:07] standing together for a shared cost in

[1:05:10] closing I am confident that with the

[1:05:13] backing of hethorn we can make this

[1:05:15] Autism Walk of resounding success

[1:05:18] together we can create a ripple effect

[1:05:20] of understanding compassion and unity

[1:05:23] that would resonate far beyond the

[1:05:25] boundaries of our city the city of

[1:05:27] hethor I am open to any questions or

[1:05:30] discussions yes no thank you ma'am for

[1:05:32] being here this is uh just kind of

[1:05:34] directed towards us so we can't respond

[1:05:37] but what you can do for us is just

[1:05:39] provide um your information and the

[1:05:41] information of your organization okay to

[1:05:44] our city manager so he could uh so we

[1:05:47] can take a look uh to see about your

[1:05:49] organization and uh what what you've

[1:05:51] been doing on our own also okay but and

[1:05:54] see in which ways we can help you okay

[1:05:56] okay thank

[1:05:57] you thank you for uh stepping up for

[1:05:59] that cause that's uh really important of

[1:06:02] a great concern right now all over the

[1:06:04] all over the

[1:06:16] world I'm going to do it myself I'm

[1:06:19] going to do it myself thank you ma'am

[1:06:22] thank you I'm going to do it right now

[1:06:24] algebra Nat Aus centinella Youth

[1:06:27] Services he used algebra

[1:06:31] okay hi good evening thank you for your

[1:06:34] time um my name is Nat Aus and I work

[1:06:37] for centinella use Services also known

[1:06:39] as CYS as the systems transformation

[1:06:42] specialist we offer free services to the

[1:06:44] hawthor community at no cost to the city

[1:06:47] thanks to the Department of Youth

[1:06:48] develop development and we work with the

[1:06:50] community local schools and police

[1:06:52] department to address community and

[1:06:54] youth safety through mediation peaceful

[1:06:57] conflict resolution and community- based

[1:06:59] service linkage um widespread and

[1:07:02] long-term Community safety is possible

[1:07:04] by addressing underlying needs by

[1:07:06] approaching Behavior as an unmet need we

[1:07:09] as adults can offer more well-rounded

[1:07:11] and impactful support to our youth our

[1:07:13] families and our community CYS Works

[1:07:16] closely with schools in and around

[1:07:18] Hawthorne to offer comprehensive

[1:07:19] training and Empower School staff anyone

[1:07:22] from school security to school

[1:07:24] counselors to work with youth and

[1:07:25] families to address underlying needs and

[1:07:28] subsequently know how to offer

[1:07:29] appropriate

[1:07:30] supports um we thank the Hawthorne

[1:07:32] Police Department Hawthorne's official

[1:07:34] diversion partners for the important

[1:07:36] work done in collaboration with CIS this

[1:07:39] essential partnership enables our

[1:07:41] organization to literally divert kids

[1:07:43] from being booked into the juvenile

[1:07:45] justice system or expelled from schools

[1:07:48] and this option can be the difference

[1:07:50] between a young person having a

[1:07:51] productive life that benefits Society

[1:07:53] versus versus a life that is forever

[1:07:55] damaged by a criminal record and I'm to

[1:07:58] here today on behalf of CYS to spread

[1:08:00] awareness of our free services within

[1:08:02] Hawthorne and invite anyone who's

[1:08:04] interested in learning more partnering

[1:08:06] with us or volunteering with us to reach

[1:08:08] out our work can't be done without the

[1:08:11] input Voice or participation of this

[1:08:13] community thank

[1:08:14] you okay thank you so much for being

[1:08:18] here thank you for uh stepping up and uh

[1:08:21] working with the youth through the

[1:08:23] sentinella youth Services over there at

[1:08:24] the South Bay whip

[1:08:28] right yeah absolutely with the whip so

[1:08:30] thank

[1:08:32] you feel free to come back um and let us

[1:08:34] know any projects that you're working on

[1:08:36] or any successes Fay Johnson chair for

[1:08:39] the Veterans Affairs

[1:08:45] commission hello and thank you city

[1:08:47] council for this opportunity to share

[1:08:49] tonight my name is Fay Johnson I'm the

[1:08:51] chair of the Veterans Affairs Commission

[1:08:53] and I wanted to report out on our

[1:08:55] progress of the military um Banner

[1:08:57] recognition program this project was

[1:09:00] created by the Hawthorne's Veterans

[1:09:02] Affairs commission to recognize and

[1:09:04] honor the military men and women of

[1:09:07] Hawthorne who are currently serving or

[1:09:09] who have served in the past to include

[1:09:11] those who are now deceased these banners

[1:09:14] will be displayed on Hawthorne Boulevard

[1:09:16] between 12th Street and Rose cray during

[1:09:19] Memorial Day and Veteran day's holidays

[1:09:22] these banners can be produced and hung

[1:09:24] for a total of $300 per Banner which

[1:09:27] includes the hardware necessary for the

[1:09:29] pole installation and again I want to

[1:09:32] thank city council for the uh budget

[1:09:35] contribution of

[1:09:37] $33,000 that was previously authorized

[1:09:40] at um previous council meeting I would

[1:09:42] also like to thank councilwoman Katrina

[1:09:44] Manning for her generous uh contribution

[1:09:47] of

[1:09:48] $300 and councilman Alex Montero who's

[1:09:52] absent for his generous contribution of

[1:09:55] $500 These funds will be Pro um will be

[1:09:58] used to provide sponsorships for our

[1:10:00] military honores tonight I um I have

[1:10:05] available a trifold that basically tells

[1:10:08] you about the program what the

[1:10:10] eligibility is and it also has an

[1:10:13] application with it this is what we're

[1:10:14] going to use to advertise the program

[1:10:17] and I'm respectfully asking the council

[1:10:19] and the audience if they would um help

[1:10:22] me spread the news share it with

[1:10:24] veterans that you know in our community

[1:10:27] and get the word out the deadline for

[1:10:29] our submission so we can get the banners

[1:10:31] made and put up in time would be

[1:10:34] February 15

[1:10:36] 2024 I also want to take this moment

[1:10:38] since I have a few more minutes or

[1:10:40] seconds to thank the chief of police for

[1:10:43] letting us use uh sergeant salana and

[1:10:47] I'd also like to thank the city manager

[1:10:49] for letting us have Erica lampin she's

[1:10:52] definitely an asset to our team both of

[1:10:55] them are so thank you ma'am real quick

[1:10:58] what's your target how many banners do

[1:10:59] you want to get so you're waiting for

[1:11:01] applicants to equal a total of how many

[1:11:04] um there is no limit on how many we can

[1:11:06] do it just depends upon how many flag

[1:11:07] poles we have which we have a lot so I I

[1:11:10] have a feeling we're going to have far

[1:11:11] more flag poles this year than we do um

[1:11:14] veterans that step forward but there is

[1:11:17] no limit maybe we could choose a segment

[1:11:20] of hawthor Boulevard to do it and uh

[1:11:22] just figure out how many flag polls you

[1:11:24] have and then uh if you need to wait

[1:11:27] till you get that number of of

[1:11:30] applicants then that's when you submit

[1:11:32] that so you don't so you can order in

[1:11:33] bulk and one hit yeah the only challenge

[1:11:36] is the printer okay if we want them up

[1:11:38] in time okay ma'am thank you thank you

[1:11:41] thank you for your service thank

[1:11:45] you Gordon Mike Gordon Michael

[1:11:52] Migo

[1:11:57] hello everyone uh Happy New Year hope

[1:12:01] you all had a good

[1:12:03] Christmas uh on December 12th U 2023 the

[1:12:07] haon city council had presentation by

[1:12:09] office Untitled about the Civic Center

[1:12:12] over the past uh month I spoke with

[1:12:14] residents business owners and other

[1:12:16] people about

[1:12:17] it our viws range from Curious to dismay

[1:12:20] on the proposal for the new city hall in

[1:12:22] hathor

[1:12:24] they questioned the need and the cost

[1:12:25] for what is essentially a second City

[1:12:27] Hall that will be connected to the ex

[1:12:30] existing one by an elevated walkway the

[1:12:33] object to the overall design of the

[1:12:35] building especially the idea of a

[1:12:38] council chamber being on the third floor

[1:12:40] instead of having two structures it

[1:12:42] makes sense to add extra floors to

[1:12:45] either add extra floors uh on the

[1:12:47] existing City Hall which has the council

[1:12:50] chamber on the first floor ideally

[1:12:54] the new city hall would actually uh be

[1:12:58] located along Hawthorne Boulevard uh

[1:13:00] fronting along the boulevard itself uh

[1:13:03] that will give it a prominent stature it

[1:13:06] would be constructed on parking lot as

[1:13:09] adjacent to the Bank of America in front

[1:13:12] there would be a uh of the city hall

[1:13:15] that is a water fountain and a clock

[1:13:17] tower as a result the entire parking lot

[1:13:19] in the Civic Center must be opened up to

[1:13:22] the customers of Bank of America

[1:13:24] uh which is an important Financial

[1:13:26] entity for people of Haw and the region

[1:13:29] obviously parking structures uh above

[1:13:32] ground need to be built in the Civic

[1:13:35] Center to accommodate the people hoffin

[1:13:37] City Hall Bank America and new park in

[1:13:40] the downtown

[1:13:43] area uh the proposal for an underground

[1:13:45] parking structure on the North End of

[1:13:47] the city lot is a terrible idea for many

[1:13:50] reasons uh with an above ground

[1:13:52] structure the South facing

[1:13:54] part uh of the structure could serve as

[1:13:57] a backdrop for showing movies

[1:14:00] Outdoors 26 street is an important

[1:14:02] roadway in the Civic Center it must

[1:14:05] remain a two-way street for convenience

[1:14:08] of Vehicle drivers and efficient flow of

[1:14:11] vehicle traffic further 126th Street

[1:14:14] between hon Boulevard and Birch Avenue

[1:14:17] uh needs to be converted into an actual

[1:14:19] street with sidewalks lamp poost trees

[1:14:22] and so forth in regards to the Bank of

[1:14:24] America the building uh which would

[1:14:28] still remain but it would uh actually

[1:14:30] need architectural face lift uh to

[1:14:34] improve its looks and it would also

[1:14:37] include windows installed on the sides

[1:14:40] that will uh as I said improve the

[1:14:42] appearance and function of the structure

[1:14:44] it has been suggested that retail Cafe

[1:14:48] public hall be placed in the Civic

[1:14:50] Center instead a revitalized mall in the

[1:14:52] downtown town area that is named or that

[1:14:56] should be named Ha Renaissance

[1:14:58] Plaza uh ha denoted in the city

[1:15:01] Renaissance rebirth renewal and Plaza uh

[1:15:05] would be a perfect location for retail

[1:15:07] stores restaurants entertainment venues

[1:15:09] community events SpaceX Welcome Center

[1:15:11] Tesla dealership and so on so let us

[1:15:14] work together to make it become a

[1:15:16] reality so that hon can be that shining

[1:15:18] City on the hill during the 21st

[1:15:22] century thank you thank you sir

[1:15:27] yeah Rosa

[1:15:31] Ortiz oh she's not here oh okay okay

[1:15:34] she's there right in the

[1:15:45] back thank you mayor council members um

[1:15:48] I would like to pass this out can you

[1:15:51] hear me okay my name is Roso I have a

[1:15:54] small business here in uh 139th in

[1:15:57] Prairie oh can you get just closer and

[1:15:59] kind of stay there just so we could hear

[1:16:00] it hear it okay there we go oh let me

[1:16:02] take this off um my name is Rosa Ortiz I

[1:16:05] have a small business on 139th in

[1:16:08] Prairie and I want to talk about the

[1:16:11] small business grant that was approved

[1:16:14] on November 14th meeting that was the

[1:16:17] last meeting that was held on it the

[1:16:19] program was initiated back in February

[1:16:23] of

[1:16:24] 23 there was several more than several

[1:16:28] uh approvals of The

[1:16:30] Proposal um stating that this was a

[1:16:33] service um type of Grant but when the

[1:16:37] grant was advertised it was advertised

[1:16:39] as money I have copies if I can pass

[1:16:42] them

[1:16:52] along

[1:16:53] so through I went back um after

[1:16:56] reviewing the November 14th meeting I

[1:16:59] went back all the way to the beginning

[1:17:01] of February and the proposal was for

[1:17:05] services but somewhere around the line

[1:17:08] it went from services to Grant to um the

[1:17:13] one that I applied for was the employee

[1:17:17] retention um and at the end it was just

[1:17:21] uh

[1:17:21] training um I included the advertising

[1:17:25] that we saw as business owners which was

[1:17:28] English and Spanish that would be page

[1:17:31] two and it clearly says especially in

[1:17:33] Spanish one it clearly says

[1:17:36] 5,000 uh to businesses that qualify as

[1:17:40] dollars there is nothing in there that

[1:17:42] says Services I also included on page

[1:17:47] three one of the Flyers that was in the

[1:17:50] website for restaurants they also so had

[1:17:53] a $5,000 Grant but they specifically

[1:17:56] stated uh Kitchen Equipment Technology

[1:17:59] upgrades employee training bonuses unfor

[1:18:03] hardships um I also

[1:18:05] included uh I'm sorry I don't publicly

[1:18:08] speak the proposed um budget of the $1

[1:18:13] million that was allocated from the $32

[1:18:16] million that was received from the co

[1:18:20] money and I included the breakdown of

[1:18:24] that $1

[1:18:25] million okay um you guys obviously have

[1:18:28] seen this because you guys obviously

[1:18:30] approved that but

[1:18:34] my what I would like would be to figure

[1:18:37] out or find out why to the public was it

[1:18:41] addressed as a grant of

[1:18:43] dollars and within the city meetings it

[1:18:46] was

[1:18:48] Services if we do not come to the city

[1:18:51] meetings or we don't see see them on the

[1:18:53] web then we're not informed so

[1:18:59] we're counting on what's presented to us

[1:19:03] as the public on the website and on the

[1:19:04] Flyers that were all over the city to be

[1:19:07] what is fact so I would just for like

[1:19:10] for the city council city manager to

[1:19:13] kind of investigate and maybe rectify

[1:19:15] the uh the outcome of this thank you uh

[1:19:20] Mr city manager can you provide her the

[1:19:22] form just

[1:19:23] or how should we approach

[1:19:25] this um giving me direction to study

[1:19:28] your case I think would be the first

[1:19:30] step okay and then I would need the

[1:19:32] packet that she provideed to council to

[1:19:33] take a look at I did not have receive

[1:19:35] one I think she might have one for you

[1:19:38] um could you just take a look at the

[1:19:40] situation yes we'll do and yes thank you

[1:19:44] thank you mayor I just wanted to make

[1:19:46] reference that um I know SoCal Gas and

[1:19:49] some other I think County offered other

[1:19:51] services other uh

[1:19:53] grants or whatnot so uh that's on page

[1:19:56] three that's on page three are we

[1:20:01] done no so city manager um yes if you

[1:20:06] could just look into Co SoCal Gas with

[1:20:08] Mike Carol Mike harell uh I know that

[1:20:10] they were offering um assistance too so

[1:20:14] look at the other County at the county

[1:20:16] also I just want to make sure that

[1:20:17] everyone's on one Accord on who's

[1:20:19] offering what okay notice thank you

[1:20:23] thank you for being here and sharing

[1:20:24] that uh thank you

[1:20:26] yeah anybody else wishing to address the

[1:20:28] city council form a

[1:20:31] line I only see one

[1:20:35] person let the lady go first

[1:20:38] okay commissioner

[1:20:40] Orman all right you

[1:20:43] sure I don't want to fall

[1:20:46] down uh good my name is James Ric 3822

[1:20:51] West 144 Street

[1:20:53] Roger Park uh read the articles in the

[1:20:57] paper and online about the building

[1:20:59] being built on the County section of

[1:21:02] Inglewood

[1:21:04] Avenue

[1:21:06] and they they according to the Articles

[1:21:09] in the

[1:21:10] paper they said that it's with the they

[1:21:15] didn't have to use any of the like the

[1:21:18] building and saf uh building planning

[1:21:21] department or have any uh building

[1:21:25] planning the uh meetings with the public

[1:21:29] because of the new state laws that was

[1:21:32] passed by our great legislators and

[1:21:36] senators and Governor that takes these

[1:21:40] rights

[1:21:41] away are we losing did it is is that

[1:21:45] able to affect us here

[1:21:47] now because I see on the agenda it talks

[1:21:51] about the changing the standards for

[1:21:55] residential and mixed

[1:21:57] commercial in the city so will we be

[1:22:02] doing when the developers come in and

[1:22:04] they buy the properties if they want to

[1:22:06] put multi-units there we won't have any

[1:22:09] say so at all because they could go

[1:22:11] through the the state and get the

[1:22:14] permission to do the

[1:22:16] work is that how it's going to be

[1:22:18] working

[1:22:19] now thank

[1:22:21] you

[1:22:24] next please

[1:22:29] commissioner good evening Mr Mayor mayor

[1:22:31] proem city council members and City

[1:22:33] staff and neighbors um I would like to

[1:22:35] bring your attention to some legislation

[1:22:38] that is pending in Congress right now

[1:22:39] that I am asking for your support on

[1:22:42] right now um in the 118th Congress and

[1:22:45] this is federal not not State um there

[1:22:48] is a Senate bill number 414 and the

[1:22:51] house bill is HR

[1:22:54] 1083 and I have cop copies for you of

[1:22:57] some of this basically what this comes

[1:22:59] down to is a deals with dependence

[1:23:01] indemnity compensation so starting after

[1:23:04] the Revolutionary War the surviving

[1:23:07] spouses of veterans who died in battle

[1:23:10] or as a result of their injuries or

[1:23:13] illnesses um acquired during battle um

[1:23:16] they have been getting what's called

[1:23:17] diic and is Comfortably known as

[1:23:20] survivors benefits up until

[1:23:24] 1993 those survivor benefits were

[1:23:26] predicated on the rank of the veteran

[1:23:28] who passed away so in other words if you

[1:23:30] were a general your surviving spouse got

[1:23:33] a higher percentage of what your pay had

[1:23:35] been than if you were a private for

[1:23:37] example after 1993 they did a change to

[1:23:41] that and they have it as a flat rate so

[1:23:43] right now if a veteran um passes away uh

[1:23:47] from a service connected disability that

[1:23:50] they have a service connected disability

[1:23:52] rate in for or they have been totally

[1:23:55] and completely disabled for 10

[1:23:58] years the current payment um is 44% of

[1:24:03] what their disability payment had been

[1:24:05] so in 199 or excuse me in 2023 that flat

[1:24:09] Indemnity payment um where the

[1:24:11] disability payment had been 36

[1:24:14] 2195 if that veteran passes away and

[1:24:17] their spouse qualifies because there are

[1:24:20] conditions for it to get Survivor

[1:24:21] benefit they would get a total of

[1:24:26] $1,627 which obviously um won't even pay

[1:24:29] the rent at this point and so what this

[1:24:33] bill is doing is trying to increase the

[1:24:36] survivor benefits so it is the same

[1:24:38] percentage as for all other federal

[1:24:41] employees so the only difference is that

[1:24:43] right now veteran surviving spouses if

[1:24:46] they meet all of the qualifications are

[1:24:48] getting 43% of what the veterans

[1:24:51] disability pay pay it was where a

[1:24:53] federal employee in any other capacity

[1:24:56] other than a military capacity gets

[1:25:00] 55% so basically this bill would do two

[1:25:03] different things it would increase it so

[1:25:05] that the base rate is the same

[1:25:08] 55% and then also subject to Cola as all

[1:25:11] of these are and the other thing it

[1:25:13] would do is if your veteran is currently

[1:25:16] 100% service connected for 10 years or

[1:25:20] more they can pass away from from

[1:25:22] anything and the surviving spouse if

[1:25:24] they know about it and apply may be

[1:25:27] granted diic one of the other things

[1:25:29] that this bill would do is it would

[1:25:31] lower that threshold to five years or

[1:25:34] more and it would be a sliding scale up

[1:25:36] to 10 years so the reason I'm bringing

[1:25:38] this up right now I have a copy of the

[1:25:40] bill and everything there's going

[1:25:42] there's already right now um 58

[1:25:44] co-sponsors in the house and 20

[1:25:46] co-sponsors in the Senate there's going

[1:25:48] to be a hearing in the house Veteran

[1:25:51] Affairs committee the end of this month

[1:25:54] and what we need is to get as many

[1:25:55] co-sponsors before that hearing as

[1:25:58] possible sorry man your time is up our

[1:26:00] congresswoman is not signed on as a

[1:26:02] co-sponsor if you can um contact her and

[1:26:06] Advocate to get her to co-sponsor this

[1:26:08] that's what we need I'll pass out copies

[1:26:11] is this a request uh from you

[1:26:12] individually or is it coming from the

[1:26:13] veterans commission um I just got back

[1:26:15] in town so I was not at the commission

[1:26:17] meeting yesterday so I'm putting it out

[1:26:19] on my own at the moment because if going

[1:26:22] to take action at the next meeting to

[1:26:25] put something in favor of this it would

[1:26:27] need to be agendized um yeah if you

[1:26:29] could pass that on to our city clerk

[1:26:31] she's the keeper of

[1:26:33] Records thank you maam anybody else

[1:26:35] wishing to speak and address the city

[1:26:37] council if not I declare oral

[1:26:40] communication close so

[1:26:42] order right let's get on with

[1:26:46] our business

[1:26:49] here Madam Madam Clerk you have three

[1:26:53] items Mr Mayor I have three items on the

[1:26:56] consent calendar they're items three

[1:26:58] through five for your consideration and

[1:27:02] approval item three approval of waiver

[1:27:05] of full readings of resolutions and

[1:27:06] ordinances on tonight's agenda item Four

[1:27:09] City treasur requests approval of the

[1:27:11] warrants for January 9th

[1:27:13] 2024 item five resolution number 8448 a

[1:27:17] resolution of the city council of the

[1:27:18] city of Hawthorne California approving

[1:27:21] an exception to the 180-day waiting

[1:27:23] period to hire a Calpers retired Anu

[1:27:26] attent in accordance with government

[1:27:28] code section 5

[1:27:30] 7522 56 and 21224 for

[1:27:36] adoption do the chair I'd like to uh

[1:27:39] pull five

[1:27:42] uh of

[1:27:44] course I make a motion on all other

[1:27:47] items three and four

[1:27:49] second four second

[1:27:53] got to keep this butt

[1:27:55] in okay I make a motion on three and

[1:27:58] four

[1:28:02] second see

[1:28:04] it are we

[1:28:06] fancy all right waiting for

[1:28:10] the screens no no not yet and not not

[1:28:14] everyone's voted waiting for you to vote

[1:28:16] I can't see anything here is it push

[1:28:19] your button

[1:28:21] which

[1:28:26] I don't see

[1:28:27] anything I really don't guys I'm not to

[1:28:31] did you enter the

[1:28:51] meeting that a setup or something or

[1:28:53] what all right so what do I need to

[1:28:58] do oh a motion was made motion was made

[1:29:02] here and the seconded Y the votes are

[1:29:05] in yes should

[1:29:08] be the voting reflects mayor and Council

[1:29:11] voting yes all right this is a first use

[1:29:13] of our voting system

[1:29:17] yay that was

[1:29:19] exciting it was exciting actually

[1:29:22] for me I don't

[1:29:24] know council

[1:29:27] member uh city manager could you help me

[1:29:29] understand resolution 5 I have a general

[1:29:32] idea what it is but I just wanted to

[1:29:34] make sure I was clear so if I may um

[1:29:37] this affects this from the city

[1:29:38] attorney's office um basically what

[1:29:41] happened is we had an assistant City

[1:29:43] attorney that is in charge of all the

[1:29:46] civil litigation matters she also

[1:29:48] handles uh Complex public records

[1:29:50] requests she announced her retirement

[1:29:53] she was going to set her retirement date

[1:29:55] at the end of January but she visited

[1:29:58] you know before the

[1:30:00] retirees actually go through the

[1:30:02] retirement they have make an appointment

[1:30:03] with Cal Pur in city of Glendale and

[1:30:06] they give advice and the advice that she

[1:30:08] was given and I don't know the details

[1:30:10] of it was that she should retire by end

[1:30:12] of the year now um that this is this

[1:30:16] year or or last year last year okay so

[1:30:19] um and there is a rule with Cal Purge

[1:30:21] that once you retire you cannot do any

[1:30:24] work with the city for 180 days for 6

[1:30:26] months you have to sit out you know they

[1:30:28] have rulle that you could work part time

[1:30:30] up to 900 some hours a year but you

[1:30:33] can't do anything for 180 days um the

[1:30:36] problem is that the the recruitment to

[1:30:39] replace her is going to take some time

[1:30:42] so uh this is kind of a unique

[1:30:44] situations where if a council approves

[1:30:48] by resolution we can bypass that 180

[1:30:52] days waiting period so she could

[1:30:53] continue to work part-time and help with

[1:30:56] the city until her replacement is hired

[1:30:59] does that apply to part would would that

[1:31:03] be as an employee or as an independent

[1:31:04] contractor does it matter it's a

[1:31:06] part-time employee I don't think it can

[1:31:08] be as a contract attorney it's it's uh

[1:31:11] what she told me was that it has to be a

[1:31:13] part-time

[1:31:14] employee uh you're saying she wouldn't

[1:31:17] be able to work with the city as a as an

[1:31:18] independent contractor as a contractor I

[1:31:20] don't think she can I think it has to be

[1:31:21] as a part-time employee Calpers has some

[1:31:24] unique rules on that I could look into

[1:31:26] further but um she basically she told me

[1:31:29] that she will do it as a part-time

[1:31:32] employee the the problem with a contract

[1:31:36] attorney is that they're required to get

[1:31:39] um business license and I can't there

[1:31:41] cannot be any supervision it has to be

[1:31:43] completely

[1:31:46] independent versus versus part-time

[1:31:48] employee Works under the supervision of

[1:31:51] the city of attorney uh okay got it and

[1:31:54] is there let me I ask question is there

[1:31:56] a difference

[1:31:57] in cost to the city hiring somebody as a

[1:32:01] part-time employee versus an independent

[1:32:03] contractor um part-time employee gets

[1:32:06] some uh parttime uh benefits it's not

[1:32:11] equal as uh the full-time employees

[1:32:14] whereas independent contractors get zero

[1:32:18] any type of benefit they get so

[1:32:20] part-time employees get was it's called

[1:32:22] pars but um independent contractors do

[1:32:25] not get any benefits from the

[1:32:27] city is there a

[1:32:30] um difference in liability between one

[1:32:33] versus the other to the city um no not

[1:32:37] necessarily especially when we're

[1:32:38] dealing with someone that's been

[1:32:41] handling her job

[1:32:42] for I think it's she's been working for

[1:32:45] about 17 years with the city well I'm

[1:32:49] just talking about just the different

[1:32:50] types of employment

[1:32:52] no there's no liability in terms of

[1:32:54] liability we have um we're self-insured

[1:32:57] through icma things of that nature I

[1:32:59] don't know if that's what you're

[1:33:01] asking um I'm just just a question I'm

[1:33:03] not leading to anything in particular

[1:33:06] and and then is there

[1:33:11] um

[1:33:14] different

[1:33:16] um I guess rights to employment are

[1:33:18] being able to ret you know being able to

[1:33:21] trer dismiss uh a part-time employee

[1:33:24] versus independent

[1:33:26] contractor no they um I think part-time

[1:33:30] employees may be covered under different

[1:33:32] mou but she she would not as an attorney

[1:33:35] she would not be a become a civil

[1:33:37] servant that's what you're asking it's

[1:33:39] same as at will as any other attorneys

[1:33:42] so the difference between the two is one

[1:33:45] she had to get a a business

[1:33:47] license uh to work as a or contract

[1:33:50] attorney the other hand she wouldn't

[1:33:52] have to get a business license and she

[1:33:53] would also get uh extra a little bit of

[1:33:56] extra money going into a different

[1:33:58] pension um that's correct that is

[1:34:02] correct to the chair so my questions are

[1:34:05] this

[1:34:08] um she just retired in December M she

[1:34:12] knew she was going to be retired in

[1:34:13] December she knew she was going to be

[1:34:15] retiring in December if there was a

[1:34:17] discussion in advance of knowing that

[1:34:18] she was going to retire why didn't we

[1:34:20] start doing the recruitment for a new

[1:34:22] person at that time so as soon as she

[1:34:25] announced her retirement and she gave

[1:34:28] the initial date of end of January we

[1:34:30] started

[1:34:31] recruitment um we did that

[1:34:35] immediately uh but after visiting

[1:34:38] Cal's office she came back and said she

[1:34:41] would have to retire earlier based on

[1:34:43] their recommendation and I don't know

[1:34:45] exactly what the details of yeah what

[1:34:47] was the far advanced notice that she

[1:34:49] provided you in your office that she's

[1:34:51] going to be re

[1:34:52] that must have been close to two

[1:34:55] months two months that she was going to

[1:34:57] be retiring in December and end of

[1:35:00] January yeah so she I think she I don't

[1:35:03] know the exact date but she let me know

[1:35:06] that she was going to retire in December

[1:35:08] yeah I know that it normally takes about

[1:35:11] three months and you have to fall within

[1:35:12] the age range so that you could be able

[1:35:13] to retire but in this case she's worked

[1:35:15] for the city nearly what 20 years about

[1:35:19] 17 years I okay and then at a high

[1:35:22] salary I'm I'm sure retired with great

[1:35:24] benefits I I would be more willing to

[1:35:27] see an employee come on board that's

[1:35:31] probably new to the city um I understand

[1:35:35] the importance however there is an

[1:35:37] advance here notice that should have

[1:35:39] been provided so that we could have

[1:35:40] already been making those recruitments

[1:35:42] and are we recruiting now we are how

[1:35:45] long have you been recruiting um that's

[1:35:48] a question for HR I don't know if she's

[1:35:50] here

[1:35:58] we have been we got noticed December 7th

[1:36:01] I believe that she was going to be

[1:36:03] retiring January uh 26 and then after

[1:36:08] her meeting with calp she came back and

[1:36:10] changed the date to December 30th um her

[1:36:13] meeting um was maybe the second or third

[1:36:16] right before we went on

[1:36:18] vacation and um I am recruiting and the

[1:36:22] recruitment started also right before we

[1:36:25] left so we can't do a 1099 um contract

[1:36:28] employee can't look to another um

[1:36:32] attorney's office for part-time person

[1:36:35] in all the attorneys that you work with

[1:36:37] I'm sure you have someone in there that

[1:36:39] we could find

[1:36:41] part-time um the attorneys that we work

[1:36:43] with on the Civil side are all law firms

[1:36:47] and it would be a lot more costly than

[1:36:50] this yeah we

[1:36:54] can't um we actually were short-handed

[1:36:58] in the criminal prosecution side as well

[1:37:01] as civil right now so I know there's a

[1:37:04] revolving door policy that the council

[1:37:06] did uh several years back which said

[1:37:09] basically says that if an employee um um

[1:37:13] leaves they're not um back until after

[1:37:17] six months right so you're basically

[1:37:19] saying you're waving

[1:37:22] the the six month to provide this one

[1:37:25] individual to come back correct because

[1:37:28] um that that's the rule the city had

[1:37:31] policy that City had is following the uh

[1:37:34] the Cal Pur Rule and the government code

[1:37:36] um this they do make an exception

[1:37:39] through resolution it's because she's

[1:37:42] been handling these multiple cases and

[1:37:45] it's an ongoing case these are all

[1:37:46] pending cases so she's familiar with

[1:37:49] these cases that she's been working on I

[1:37:51] just don't understand why she retired if

[1:37:54] I mean there's obviously communication

[1:37:55] happening in your office because you're

[1:37:57] telling me now there's an urgency and

[1:37:59] that she's the only person that could do

[1:38:00] it but what happened to our cross

[1:38:03] training and people that supposed to

[1:38:04] know uh you know all aspects especially

[1:38:07] for the city attorney's office I would

[1:38:09] be I would rather see a 1099 contract

[1:38:13] employee versus changing the whole

[1:38:15] ordinance over one individual it's it's

[1:38:17] just a resolution it's not a I

[1:38:19] understand but that's what you're asking

[1:38:20] it's for us to make a vote today to um

[1:38:24] provide preference to this one person

[1:38:26] that's correct

[1:38:31] actually I

[1:38:38] move is there a

[1:38:42] second okay there's in a sec a little

[1:38:45] bit

[1:38:47] longer okay the motion dies

[1:38:57] okay bids openings and results next we

[1:39:01] have a bid opening Madam clerk item six

[1:39:04] item six now is the time in place to

[1:39:06] declare publicly receive seal bids for

[1:39:08] Alley Improvement project cdbg funds

[1:39:11] project number

[1:39:13] 24-6 there were two bids received all

[1:39:16] were accompanied by biders bonds the

[1:39:19] prices are as follows Martinez Lance

[1:39:21] scape Company Incorporated

[1:39:23] $398,500

[1:39:24] SQL Contractors Incorporated

[1:39:27] $749,500

[1:39:29] is there a

[1:39:36] motion you're motion to move is there a

[1:39:40] second is there

[1:39:41] a okay please

[1:39:44] vote

[1:39:49] okay the votes are

[1:39:54] the voting reflects mayor and Council

[1:39:56] voting yes okay thank

[1:40:02] you now we have

[1:40:05] ordinances Madam clerk item seven

[1:40:08] ordinance number

[1:40:09] 2247 second reading an ordinance of the

[1:40:12] city council of the city of Hawthorne

[1:40:13] California amending Section 1 17.

[1:40:19] 29-40 development standard of chapters

[1:40:23] 1729 CM mixed commercial classification

[1:40:26] to be in compliance with the housing

[1:40:27] element by removing constraints to

[1:40:29] residential and mixed use developments

[1:40:31] and approving an addendum to the

[1:40:33] Hawthorne General plan environmental

[1:40:34] impact report for adoption um

[1:40:38] discussion sure thank you city manager

[1:40:41] excuse me thank you uh mayor city

[1:40:43] manager and maybe Greg are you

[1:40:46] here uh real quick question um is do we

[1:40:51] currently have any um issued um issued

[1:40:56] prop any properties with issues in the

[1:40:58] department in which um have yet to be

[1:41:00] processed that are either relying on

[1:41:02] this one item uh to be passed or are we

[1:41:06] current or is this something new moving

[1:41:10] forward no this is this is um no there's

[1:41:13] not any applications that are dependent

[1:41:16] upon this this is the second um stage in

[1:41:20] um complying with the housing element if

[1:41:22] you'll recall a couple of months ago

[1:41:24] there was I noticed an error in the

[1:41:26] ordinance that you were passing um and

[1:41:29] we had to pull a part of it out so you

[1:41:32] approved everything but that part this

[1:41:33] is that part completed now and this is

[1:41:36] um this is the second reading so um we

[1:41:40] did have a public hearing the last time

[1:41:41] we

[1:41:42] met okay and you're satisfied with the

[1:41:45] the the verbiage yeah I wrote it okay

[1:41:49] and we didn't miss anything this time

[1:41:54] okay okay thank

[1:41:56] you is there a

[1:42:02] motion oh you had a question I'm sorry

[1:42:04] go

[1:42:05] ahead is there a

[1:42:07] question not is

[1:42:12] there okay is there a motion going on

[1:42:16] with this thing is there a

[1:42:17] motion yes second

[1:42:29] please please

[1:42:32] vote the votes are

[1:42:36] in the vote reflects mayor and Council

[1:42:38] voting

[1:42:40] yes thank you

[1:42:44] Council okay so we now we have the city

[1:42:48] manager's consent calendar Madam Clerk 9

[1:42:51] through

[1:42:52] 11 do we need to read item 8

[1:42:55] again uh items 9 through 11 right um you

[1:43:00] missed number eight didn't you oh did I

[1:43:02] okay item eight please ma'am ordinance

[1:43:05] number 2248 first reading and ordinance

[1:43:07] of the city council of the city of

[1:43:08] Hawthorne California establishing

[1:43:10] regulations and requirements for

[1:43:11] municipal message center Network

[1:43:14] amending the hawthor municipal code

[1:43:16] regarding the same and making a finding

[1:43:18] of exemption from squa in connection

[1:43:20] therewith for

[1:43:24] introduction I move to introduce and I

[1:43:27] just uh FYI on this matter it's going to

[1:43:29] be brought back for second reading for

[1:43:32] adoption we typically do it at the next

[1:43:34] council meeting but this will be

[1:43:35] followed um as a second reading and for

[1:43:38] adoption on the meeting of February 13

[1:43:41] 2024 so we're going to skip a meeting

[1:43:43] for

[1:43:45] adoption mayor

[1:43:49] yes um this thing keeps going off and on

[1:43:52] so we sound like idiots it's okay not um

[1:43:56] here we go again what exactly is a

[1:43:59] municipal message center Network

[1:44:04] please um that's basically a place where

[1:44:08] you could have messaging through

[1:44:10] electronic billboard

[1:44:13] system and this is going to be for our

[1:44:16] um our electric Billboards correct in

[1:44:19] cor collaboration

[1:44:21] with a private

[1:44:23] entity that um that's why we need to uh

[1:44:27] have the second reading when they will

[1:44:30] can be present because they can't make

[1:44:31] this the January 24th

[1:44:36] meeting so they could answer your

[1:44:38] questions at that

[1:44:40] time but we've never had an ordinance

[1:44:43] with regards to regulations and or

[1:44:46] requirements um not necessarily this is

[1:44:49] kind of little different um these are um

[1:44:52] I think when they're here they could

[1:44:53] present more information to you but it's

[1:44:56] in collaboration with the city it's the

[1:44:59] same company that built um electronic

[1:45:02] Billboards in downtown Los Angeles

[1:45:05] around right on the 110 near the 10

[1:45:07] freeway and on in for the city of

[1:45:13] Englewood okay I'll I'll have I'll do an

[1:45:15] outside um defer with you all thank you

[1:45:25] okay where we

[1:45:27] at sorry about that um next we have yeah

[1:45:31] there's just

[1:45:32] we I did done

[1:45:36] yeah uh mam clerk can you please recite

[1:45:40] the city manager's consent calendar we

[1:45:42] have items 9 through 11 item nine

[1:45:44] progress payment number two in the

[1:45:45] amount of

[1:45:49] $267,600 due to gerbon Incorporated of

[1:45:53] Balwin Park California for sewer and

[1:45:54] Maine miscellaneous storm drain

[1:45:56] Improvement project

[1:45:58] 20123 project number 23- 04 item 10

[1:46:02] annexation of unincorp unincorporated

[1:46:04] regions within Hawthorne Region 2 item

[1:46:08] 11 Food Services agreement between the

[1:46:10] city of Hawthorne and the County of Los

[1:46:12] Angeles to provide prepared meals to

[1:46:14] feed jail inmates for the Hawthorne

[1:46:16] Police Department Mr Mayor that

[1:46:18] concludes the city manager's consent

[1:46:19] calendar

[1:46:24] I move I'm trying to keep this thing up

[1:46:29] second there's dis we'd like

[1:46:37] dis discussion for 10 I want discussion

[1:46:42] 10 and

[1:46:45] 11 I feel bad for pressing this button

[1:46:47] because it almost seems like you think

[1:46:49] I'm doing it to you I'm just trying to

[1:46:50] say something

[1:46:52] okay yeah so I don't know

[1:46:57] so I had only heard a discussion for 10

[1:47:02] 11 I

[1:47:05] make 10 and 11 for the

[1:47:08] chair I make a motion on

[1:47:12] nine

[1:47:15] second please

[1:47:19] vote the votes are

[1:47:25] in the voting reflects mayor and Council

[1:47:28] voting

[1:47:29] yes thank you

[1:47:33] Council discussion on

[1:47:36] 10 can you hear

[1:47:39] me city manager uh I'd like to ask you

[1:47:43] for 10 um I think this is a great idea

[1:47:46] that we're finally doing this but I

[1:47:49] wanted to know how many

[1:47:51] people um will that include when we do

[1:47:54] this okay no problem that information I

[1:47:57] don't have yet this is just approval for

[1:47:59] the city manager this is under my

[1:48:01] approval Authority actually I brought it

[1:48:03] to council for transparency uh what I'm

[1:48:06] asking for permission is to file the

[1:48:07] paperwork with the county to start

[1:48:09] negotiations with the county regarding

[1:48:11] this area what I intend to do once we

[1:48:13] start negotiations is have a surveyor go

[1:48:15] out in the area and calculate the impact

[1:48:19] that it would have to the city as far as

[1:48:21] residents Public Safety and those items

[1:48:23] so this is very early in the stage this

[1:48:25] area too if you look at your map and

[1:48:27] your agenda is 76 anre Acres which

[1:48:31] allows us to move forward without public

[1:48:34] Community input from that area it's the

[1:48:36] one of the only areas within the spears

[1:48:38] that we can do this to I think this

[1:48:40] would set us up to set a trend for other

[1:48:43] Incorporated areas to add to the city so

[1:48:45] this is very early and I would like to

[1:48:47] come back within 90 days to provide that

[1:48:48] information after I obtain a surveyor to

[1:48:52] look into the

[1:48:55] area

[1:48:57] uh just a real quick comment on my

[1:49:02] end okay I

[1:49:04] just uh that area right there is uh

[1:49:07] single family residences majority is

[1:49:09] it's between khaw 132nd to

[1:49:12] 135th I think it is and it's in the

[1:49:14] midst with of uh Monita Gardens which we

[1:49:17] know is is not single family residence

[1:49:19] is high density a very high

[1:49:22] concentration of high density there so I

[1:49:25] hope that the council keeps in mind the

[1:49:28] situation and that we try to preserve

[1:49:30] that uh element there as much as

[1:49:33] possible that's all and I'm willing to

[1:49:34] support this

[1:49:36] absolutely to the chair thank you um

[1:49:39] with regards to item number 10 there's

[1:49:40] an estimated Financial impact of 23,000

[1:49:43] what is that incompass uh that's just a

[1:49:45] fing fee so once we negotiate with the

[1:49:48] county uh with the city attorney's

[1:49:49] office on what it would cost or the loss

[1:49:52] of Revenue that the county would lose we

[1:49:54] would negotiate a price bring it back to

[1:49:55] council to move forward with an

[1:49:57] annexation of this area have we done a

[1:50:00] full Financial um feasibility study on

[1:50:05] uh taking anex an annexation such as

[1:50:07] this to include Services programs and

[1:50:10] those that are going to be needed to the

[1:50:11] residents that reside in that area no

[1:50:12] that's the next step that I would like

[1:50:14] to move forward with okay and you're

[1:50:15] working with finance department on that

[1:50:17] yes I will okay okay okay I

[1:50:22] move second is this only for item 10 are

[1:50:26] we going to discuss 11 first and vote

[1:50:27] both 10 please vote on 10 please please

[1:50:30] vote on

[1:50:38] 10 the votes are

[1:50:45] in the voting reflects mayor and Council

[1:50:48] voting yes discussion

[1:50:54] on discussion on

[1:50:57] 11 thank you mayor um just a real quick

[1:51:01] question because I I I I continuously

[1:51:03] see County of Los Angeles County of Los

[1:51:05] Angeles always providing uh for our

[1:51:08] jails and whatnot is there another

[1:51:10] entity that we could maybe perhaps look

[1:51:13] into that could provide lunches to those

[1:51:15] that are um inmates in our haam Police

[1:51:18] Department I mean is there has there

[1:51:20] been a research of potential um

[1:51:23] commissaries or those alike that can

[1:51:25] provide a lunch

[1:51:27] um weever done that uh council member

[1:51:30] there are other companies that are

[1:51:31] private entities that could potentially

[1:51:33] provide the same service but for

[1:51:35] purposes of uh continuity uh getting

[1:51:40] those meals from the County of Los

[1:51:42] Angeles satisfies a lot of potential

[1:51:45] concerns for individual dietary

[1:51:47] restrictions that our inmate population

[1:51:49] might

[1:51:51] experience so that's a that's a way for

[1:51:53] me to say like if we um have somebody

[1:51:56] that is temporarily in custody at the

[1:51:58] Hawthorne Police Department jail who has

[1:52:00] a religious belief that has dietary

[1:52:02] restrictions the County of Los Angeles

[1:52:04] has pretty much every single one of

[1:52:05] those categories taken care of and we

[1:52:07] can just tell them that we need a

[1:52:08] specified meal for a specified period of

[1:52:14] days so there really isn't a choice it's

[1:52:16] like we have to use them I I think that

[1:52:19] this is by by far going to be the most

[1:52:21] uh costeffective choice and the most

[1:52:23] convenient for our city

[1:52:26] staff okay I'm sure that uh you know we

[1:52:29] could we could potentially get um those

[1:52:32] same types of dietary restrictions taken

[1:52:34] into by going to uh a public restaurant

[1:52:37] here in the city of Hawthorne but it is

[1:52:38] certainly going to be at a more

[1:52:39] expensive cost and it will require more

[1:52:41] extra staff hours to try and take care

[1:52:44] of that okay thank you

[1:52:48] Chief anyone else

[1:52:54] I make a

[1:52:56] motion

[1:53:01] second please

[1:53:03] vote just right

[1:53:06] now please vote

[1:53:09] case the votes are

[1:53:12] in the voting reflects mayor and Council

[1:53:14] voting yes okay Jesus what do we have

[1:53:18] here

[1:53:25] all right folks um we really thank you

[1:53:27] guys for being here today uh as you can

[1:53:31] see we have uh this wonderful

[1:53:33] technological tool just needs a little

[1:53:35] bit of uh uh setting up further setting

[1:53:39] up but we were able to make it through

[1:53:41] the

[1:53:43] meeting uh as best

[1:53:46] as possible without uh

[1:53:50] too many hiccups so I think we did good

[1:53:52] thanks Council so this is the

[1:53:55] opportunity for elected officials to

[1:53:58] make uh to give a report we'll start off

[1:54:01] with our city

[1:54:05] treasure

[1:54:08] my good evening everyone happy New Year

[1:54:11] again glad to see you all again glad to

[1:54:14] be back

[1:54:17] um let's see um last last week I don't

[1:54:20] know if any of you heard that uh

[1:54:22] congresswoman Maxine Waters did a

[1:54:24] telephone Town Hall last week um it was

[1:54:28] very informative um she was talked about

[1:54:31] uh upcoming

[1:54:33] legislation and things that she

[1:54:35] spearheading this up and coming year uh

[1:54:38] she spoke on student loan forgiveness

[1:54:41] debate of course and issues with for

[1:54:43] propit

[1:54:44] schools

[1:54:46] um Alan forgiveness um issues with with

[1:54:49] the government so overall uh it was very

[1:54:53] informative um and to hear about some of

[1:54:56] the upcoming legislation that's coming

[1:54:58] up this year that she Speare

[1:55:00] heading um we have three CDs rolling

[1:55:03] over into some great rats this month uh

[1:55:06] seven rolling over later in the

[1:55:09] year um I would like to say I look

[1:55:12] forward to working with Council and the

[1:55:14] city staff this year and the many great

[1:55:17] things that Hawthorne um um has going on

[1:55:21] in the upcoming year

[1:55:23] um please see me afterwards Miss deor

[1:55:27] regarding your uh autism organization

[1:55:31] I'd love to work with you okay thank

[1:55:39] you city

[1:55:41] clerk I want to thank everyone for

[1:55:43] coming out tonight and wish everyone a

[1:55:45] Happy New Year um I also was moved by

[1:55:48] the uh talk about autism I I don't think

[1:55:51] there are enough like resources to help

[1:55:53] people who are dealing with children

[1:55:55] with autism and even some of the teens

[1:55:57] and adults who have autism um so I would

[1:56:00] like to offer any help that I can from

[1:56:02] the clerk's office as

[1:56:09] well councilwoman Katrina Manning

[1:56:18] please

[1:56:20] good evening everyone happy New Year um

[1:56:23] I too um would like to participate and

[1:56:28] uh your autism uh foundation and uh I

[1:56:32] actually have a check for you tonight so

[1:56:35] um see me afterwards as well um I think

[1:56:38] it's a great program and um I've been a

[1:56:42] part of um autism other programs uh

[1:56:46] called special needs Network and they

[1:56:48] have a

[1:56:50] new facility um state of the Ark um for

[1:56:54] folks out there that have kids that have

[1:56:57] um um kids with autism um but I look

[1:57:01] forward to um celebrating and

[1:57:05] participating and walking um with your

[1:57:09] organization also I'd like to say um I

[1:57:13] appreciate the Dodgers um

[1:57:17] presentation um I think is so important

[1:57:19] and when he mentioned that he was uh the

[1:57:22] oldest of five kids and that he had to

[1:57:25] volunteer in order to be able to

[1:57:28] participate I just think about with Co

[1:57:31] what it's done to a lot of our folks so

[1:57:34] being able to support that type of

[1:57:37] program and see our kids um be able to

[1:57:41] play and it be affordable I'm really on

[1:57:44] board with that and I think they do uh

[1:57:47] really great things so I really look

[1:57:48] forward um to us um having that Dodger

[1:57:53] day here in the city of

[1:57:55] hathorne um also I'd like to

[1:57:58] say I got a email from uh supervisor

[1:58:02] Holly Mitchell's office uh urging the

[1:58:06] city of

[1:58:07] hethor um landlords to participate in

[1:58:12] the rent relief program um I know that

[1:58:16] again Co had an effect on a lot of folk

[1:58:21] um and this program uh will assist the

[1:58:26] the the landlords who um suffered and

[1:58:30] were unable to uh receive payment for

[1:58:34] rent so going to supervisor Mitchell

[1:58:38] website um and sign up for their rent

[1:58:42] relief program the deadline to sign up

[1:58:45] for that is January the 12th so that

[1:58:48] date is fastly approaching so you want

[1:58:50] to make sure uh that you sign up and and

[1:58:54] uh apply for those funds that are

[1:58:57] available the other thing that I'd like

[1:58:59] to talk

[1:59:01] about um is the business expo we are

[1:59:06] having a business expo uh March 14th

[1:59:11] 2024 uh this will be my first year um

[1:59:14] hosting uh this business expo and I'm

[1:59:18] really excited and I can't wait and so

[1:59:21] if you have a business please make sure

[1:59:23] that you go to our City website and sign

[1:59:27] up to sponsor or be exhibitor um at

[1:59:32] our uh business

[1:59:34] expo also um last night I had an

[1:59:39] opportunity to attend the business

[1:59:43] connect uh which I encourage businesses

[1:59:46] to go on to our website to attend um our

[1:59:49] business connect but it was extremely

[1:59:52] informative um Greg from our planning

[1:59:55] department gave a

[1:59:56] presentation and when I tell you I

[1:59:59] learned so much within that time I was

[2:00:02] extremely extremely um felt like a kid a

[2:00:09] 5-year-old kid sponging everything and I

[2:00:12] learned so much from him and it prompt

[2:00:15] me to think about some of the things

[2:00:18] that

[2:00:20] we haven't done and so I would encourage

[2:00:24] or I'm giving a directive to the city

[2:00:28] manager

[2:00:30] to um

[2:00:34] create and a a a process to update our

[2:00:39] ordinances that focuses on our priority

[2:00:43] commercial

[2:00:44] districts to address our vacant

[2:00:47] storefronts um some of the things that

[2:00:50] he talked about in his

[2:00:52] presentation um in 30 days if you could

[2:00:54] come up with a plan of action and

[2:00:57] identify those priority

[2:01:00] areas um to update our zoning

[2:01:03] codes the second thing that I want to

[2:01:06] talk about is the budget um as I was

[2:01:10] going through budgets of other

[2:01:14] cities um and comparing it to ours one

[2:01:17] of the things that I noticed is that we

[2:01:19] didn't have a budget message page in our

[2:01:23] budget and so I am asking moving forward

[2:01:28] if we can include a budget page message

[2:01:32] in our budget so that it

[2:01:36] explains

[2:01:38] the condition of our

[2:01:42] city and that's it thank

[2:01:47] you thank you councilwoman

[2:01:50] councilman uh David Patterson please sir

[2:01:53] thank you Mr Mayor appreciate it first

[2:01:55] want to say happy New Year it's good to

[2:01:57] see everybody this year um and good to

[2:02:01] see everybody just come to participate

[2:02:03] in this process uh it's always great to

[2:02:06] have your feedback uh appreciate

[2:02:07] everybody who came and spoke up uh and

[2:02:10] just want to thank uh staff and our

[2:02:12] Police Department um for to all your

[2:02:15] hard work and and your contribution to

[2:02:17] our city uh Miss Orman I just want to

[2:02:20] ask if you can reach out to me maybe

[2:02:22] send me an email of specifically your

[2:02:25] ask in terms of that particular Bill uh

[2:02:27] how I can support

[2:02:30] um Chief did I see you with a

[2:02:33] mustache Chief got a mustache is that is

[2:02:36] that

[2:02:38] allow Mo it's not member

[2:02:42] anymore we got uh anyways guess you know

[2:02:46] make some criminals laugh is that what

[2:02:48] it is

[2:02:49] is

[2:02:52] um uh few things though um trying to be

[2:02:57] serious Mr city

[2:03:01] manager um could you provide a report of

[2:03:05] the mixtur development that's happening

[2:03:08] in cover City

[2:03:10] specifically um and you include any

[2:03:12] other neighboring cities if you like and

[2:03:14] the feasibility of um that happening on

[2:03:17] Hawthorne um maybe specifically focusing

[2:03:20] on hathorne Boulevard or CAW Boulevard I

[2:03:22] don't know if everybody's seen in city

[2:03:24] of C City and their main boulevards they

[2:03:27] are doing a lot of mixed use development

[2:03:30] in their residential areas they keep it

[2:03:32] very residential but on the main th the

[2:03:35] thorough fars boulevards they're they're

[2:03:39] constructing a lot of new development a

[2:03:41] lot of new mixu development so I'm just

[2:03:43] curious to see if something like that

[2:03:44] would make sense in the city of

[2:03:46] Hawthorne um I would also like to recom

[2:03:48] commend I don't know if we should put

[2:03:50] this on a discussion uh action item or

[2:03:53] whatever is most appropriate for the

[2:03:55] council to discuss but um I would like

[2:03:58] to have our

[2:04:00] commissioners uh attend the commissioner

[2:04:02] AC academy uh in Long Beach March 6

[2:04:05] through the 8th I think it's put

[2:04:07] together by the California League of

[2:04:09] cities and uh I think that might be

[2:04:12] something that are our new Commissioners

[2:04:14] could benefit from and really being able

[2:04:15] to understand the rle in and um you know

[2:04:19] do a good job in our

[2:04:20] city uh Mr city manager I also like to

[2:04:25] ask for some followup on um director of

[2:04:30] gay I gave some time last year about

[2:04:32] ping the community uh about a potential

[2:04:35] new Charter and

[2:04:38] what um what the community may be

[2:04:41] interested in seeing and and if you can

[2:04:43] kind of report back as to kind of um you

[2:04:46] know how that research is gone and help

[2:04:48] give us some guides us to what might

[2:04:49] make sense to go to do next and

[2:04:54] lastly if we can bring back to I don't

[2:04:58] know if the right term is going to be an

[2:05:00] ordinance um to um adjust the city

[2:05:05] council's compensation consistent with

[2:05:08] the with Cola uh consistent with s SP

[2:05:12] 329 which is something that the governor

[2:05:15] passed

[2:05:16] recently um state wide so that elected

[2:05:20] officials can um have their compensation

[2:05:25] keep up with inflation also uh a

[2:05:28] ordinance that might also do the same

[2:05:31] thing for the treasurer and the clerk as

[2:05:34] well and um outside of laughing at the

[2:05:39] chief's

[2:05:41] mustache I think that's it thanks a

[2:05:46] lot thank you council member uh mayor

[2:05:50] protm thank you I hope that this stays

[2:05:53] on the mic that is um just want to thank

[2:05:56] Jerry again and recken parks and the

[2:06:00] community um development uh I say

[2:06:02] community because it's it's it's all

[2:06:04] combined together when it comes to these

[2:06:06] types of programs and services that

[2:06:08] we're bringing to the Hawthorne

[2:06:09] residents thank you so much um for uh

[2:06:12] all that you're doing to bring um

[2:06:14] services to our families here in

[2:06:16] Hawthorne and your Partnerships not only

[2:06:18] with the Dodgers but others alike and uh

[2:06:21] we'll continue to Champion uh to assure

[2:06:24] that uh we're partnering and receiving

[2:06:27] funding to do so so thank you for that

[2:06:32] um I want to talk a little bit about um

[2:06:35] April being autism uh month if we could

[2:06:38] include that city manager in a

[2:06:41] resolution that we declare April the

[2:06:44] month of autism and

[2:06:47] awareness um thank you Cella youth for

[2:06:50] your reporting out on services and what

[2:06:53] you're doing to our veterans commission

[2:06:56] thank you for reporting

[2:06:58] out

[2:07:03] um for the business

[2:07:05] expo thank you for your reporting

[2:07:09] out for legislation whether state

[2:07:12] federal otherwise we'll look into that

[2:07:15] I'd like to know more about it myself

[2:07:17] and what exactly that means

[2:07:19] for our

[2:07:21] veterans

[2:07:23] um I have a real concern with regards to

[2:07:28] California Edison and their presentation

[2:07:32] today

[2:07:36] um with regards to history here in the

[2:07:38] city of Hawthorne if you remember a few

[2:07:40] years ago we became an aggregate city

[2:07:43] which basically said that we want to be

[2:07:46] able to uh procr energy energy

[2:07:49] electricity for our residents here in

[2:07:51] Hawthorne at a lower cost and when we

[2:07:53] did that we became an aggregate in

[2:07:55] partnership with the County of Los

[2:07:57] Angeles where there's roughly 33 to

[2:07:59] 35 uh cities that are also partners with

[2:08:02] this with the county uh procur procuring

[2:08:05] lower energy whether it's 1% 2% 3% we're

[2:08:09] still um you know in Partnership to

[2:08:12] assure the same which is at lower cost

[2:08:15] uh energy through procument um

[2:08:19] the reason we did that is because many

[2:08:22] residents and many communities and

[2:08:24] cities um know that California Edison uh

[2:08:29] other uh

[2:08:31] PGE uh San Diego GE all these other

[2:08:34] utilities are

[2:08:36] investor um

[2:08:38] owned and all these utilities um have

[2:08:43] investors that are paid

[2:08:46] um basically uh

[2:08:50] we pay them right we pay those uh

[2:08:53] investors and um we do this on a regular

[2:08:57] basis and unlike California uh excuse me

[2:09:02] unlike uh clean power Alliance it's a

[2:09:04] nonprofit organization it's a nonprofit

[2:09:07] organization it's not investor to own

[2:09:10] and it's a nonprofit organization that

[2:09:11] provides back its revenues it's

[2:09:14] generating revenues or whatnot back to

[2:09:16] the community whether it be at a lower

[2:09:18] rate whether it be Investments whether

[2:09:20] it be the same uh lower costs for those

[2:09:23] that have a need special needs uh

[2:09:25] seniors Etc and while the time that I

[2:09:28] sat on the board um I was charged was

[2:09:31] with looking at how uh we could benefit

[2:09:34] the community Through additional

[2:09:36] Investments and more importantly uh

[2:09:38] assuring that the community of Hawthorne

[2:09:40] was procuring energy at a lower cost so

[2:09:43] having said that um it sounds like we

[2:09:47] are now going to to be uh leveraged an

[2:09:50] additional uh charge I know tonight they

[2:09:53] were saying $50 $51 I don't remember

[2:09:56] exactly but I'm reading and it's being

[2:09:58] proposed uh Southern California um

[2:10:02] provide a $49 charge so already there's

[2:10:05] you know discrepancies whether it's 49

[2:10:08] whether it's 50 or 51 so my whole effort

[2:10:12] is basically to assure the community the

[2:10:15] city the residents of Hawthorne that pay

[2:10:17] utilities and everything's uh very high

[2:10:20] these days including gas um that we know

[2:10:24] exactly what's happening here and we

[2:10:26] truly understand um where our money is

[2:10:30] going in spite of how they might say

[2:10:33] that we will pay less if we use less

[2:10:37] well again I don't use any and I'm

[2:10:40] hardly home because I'm work most of the

[2:10:42] time and I don't turn anything on at

[2:10:44] night okay so I'm still having to pay a

[2:10:48] big a big

[2:10:49] bill um I'm concerned because it's being

[2:10:53] proposed and the puc it will pretty much

[2:10:58] have a choice to be made come

[2:11:01] July so I had made a uh proposal to the

[2:11:05] council back in December or November if

[2:11:07] I remember correctly just basically

[2:11:09] sending a letter saying that the city of

[2:11:11] Hawthorne is not in agreement with an

[2:11:14] additional

[2:11:16] charge and that's still my stance but I

[2:11:19] need the community's help to understand

[2:11:21] that come July you can't be coming here

[2:11:24] or telling us later that this is not

[2:11:27] fair and this is something that you

[2:11:28] didn't want you need to start speaking

[2:11:29] up

[2:11:31] now so having said that how can you do

[2:11:33] that you have to be able to go to

[2:11:36] Southern California Edison uh website uh

[2:11:39] the Pu its proposal uh see what is

[2:11:42] exactly being proposed to the residents

[2:11:45] and um you know make your stance

[2:11:50] um they might paint a pretty picture and

[2:11:52] say basically you're really not going to

[2:11:54] get um hit too hard but there's two

[2:11:56] costs and they said that there's an

[2:11:59] infrastructure cost and then there's a

[2:12:01] utility cost which is your kilowatts

[2:12:03] that you're using so there is two

[2:12:05] cost so when they said that and they

[2:12:08] verified that what do you think's going

[2:12:10] to come next there's going to be an

[2:12:12] additional cost added for

[2:12:15] infrastructure that's what's going to

[2:12:17] come next

[2:12:18] because what they're trying to do is now

[2:12:20] say basically that all the pose all the

[2:12:23] the lines everything that they have to

[2:12:25] keep up with it's become uh a little bit

[2:12:28] too much and you've heard about the wild

[2:12:30] fire the fires happening up in the

[2:12:31] mountains infrastructure and whatnot

[2:12:33] being uh

[2:12:35] destroyed that comes back to us the rate

[2:12:38] payer to have to build that back up that

[2:12:41] infrastructure it's not going to come

[2:12:42] from the

[2:12:43] investors they're going to want to be

[2:12:45] paid

[2:12:46] back so I say that to say this again

[2:12:50] please join in reading and and and

[2:12:53] researching and looking up more

[2:12:55] information on how the proposals to the

[2:12:57] Pu will ultimately affect you the pay

[2:13:01] rate the the residents of

[2:13:03] Hawthorne and um you know go a little

[2:13:06] step further look into uh SoCal

[2:13:10] Gas because it's always a trickling

[2:13:13] effect um but I will continue to

[2:13:16] Champion to assure that um you know

[2:13:20] every um information that's brought here

[2:13:22] to us is correct and if we have

[2:13:25] additional information or requests for

[2:13:27] for additional information that that be

[2:13:29] brought to us and I don't see a problem

[2:13:32] with bringing clean power Alliance to us

[2:13:34] also um ask um the executive director to

[2:13:38] to assist us and you know they they they

[2:13:40] might be able to proiv provide a little

[2:13:42] bit more information as well but it's

[2:13:45] all all on the internet you could pull

[2:13:47] it up at any given given time what I'm

[2:13:49] reading is uh California revamps

[2:13:51] electricity rates based on income how

[2:13:53] are you going to be verified your

[2:13:55] income there's going to be personal

[2:13:57] information that's going to be asked of

[2:13:58] you how else are they verifying what you

[2:14:02] make to give you that charge there's

[2:14:04] personal information that's going to be

[2:14:06] gathered it's not just you know like he

[2:14:08] said you know no we don't need that yes

[2:14:11] they're going to need that he said that

[2:14:13] basically that care doesn't provide that

[2:14:16] no care provides that too if you're

[2:14:18] looking to uh get assistance for paying

[2:14:20] your utility bill you fill out an

[2:14:22] application for care you provide your

[2:14:24] income you provide where you're

[2:14:26] receiving that income from and whether

[2:14:28] it's Social Security whether it's

[2:14:29] Medicare medical whether it's any other

[2:14:31] source of income and then they base your

[2:14:34] rate based off of your personal

[2:14:36] information that you completed on an

[2:14:38] application so if they're saying that no

[2:14:41] they don't need to know what your annual

[2:14:43] income is that's not true they need to

[2:14:46] know how much you're making so they

[2:14:47] could charge you based off of your

[2:14:49] income again um please please do all you

[2:14:54] can to learn more and to hear hear more

[2:14:56] and ask for more

[2:14:58] information um I want to make mention

[2:15:00] the landlord walk-in uh tenant Clinic uh

[2:15:03] that's on Monday February 5th free

[2:15:05] Consulting here from 2 to 4 o'clock at

[2:15:07] Hawthorne City Hall uh LA County also

[2:15:10] has a landlord application that is now

[2:15:12] open and it's for landlords landlords

[2:15:17] not tenants landlords so if you own

[2:15:19] property and need assistance look into

[2:15:21] LA County rent relief program for

[2:15:24] landlords um thank you to our wrecken

[2:15:27] Parks again and thank you to Public

[2:15:29] Works there's a lot of Christmas trees

[2:15:30] out there there's a lot of debris and

[2:15:32] things that I know uh is being picked up

[2:15:34] and I thank you for your hard work uh to

[2:15:36] assure our streets uh look clean with

[2:15:39] regards to dumping mattresses and

[2:15:41] anything else I really appreciate that

[2:15:45] um we have our Hawthorne wck and Park

[2:15:47] Foundation golf tournament coming up

[2:15:49] Monday March 18th at riondo thank you so

[2:15:52] much for the information there's great

[2:15:54] Partnerships in that anyone interested

[2:15:56] in that I'm sure we'll have literature

[2:15:57] out in the lobby

[2:16:00] um what else I really love our spring uh

[2:16:05] Hawthorne guide Community Services

[2:16:07] winter spring uh magazine uh I really

[2:16:10] like everything that's in there and

[2:16:12] again thank you uh to all that provided

[2:16:15] a Christmas card a greeting uh who

[2:16:17] reached out to me through text email uh

[2:16:20] just wishing me a Merry Christmas a

[2:16:22] happy New Year uh the same to you and

[2:16:24] thank you for um the Partnerships and

[2:16:27] all that we're doing um appreciate every

[2:16:30] Department every city department head

[2:16:32] and um looking forward to building out

[2:16:34] Hawthorne and seeing what that looks

[2:16:36] like uh through a new Civic Center so

[2:16:38] thank

[2:16:41] you thank you is everybody good

[2:16:45] okay thank you ma'am when once more for

[2:16:48] your efforts with the autism I know that

[2:16:50] there's uh there's people that are close

[2:16:52] to me and people that I've seen uh you

[2:16:55] know that are affected by this with

[2:16:58] their families and such so thank you for

[2:17:01] stepping up to be able to address it

[2:17:04] it's a very important issue that we need

[2:17:07] to figure out solve or find a cure if

[2:17:10] Poss if there is one right so thank

[2:17:15] you um great idea for the veterans uh

[2:17:18] banners I'm really excited about it I

[2:17:22] already started filling out one for my

[2:17:24] dad who uh served uh in the army during

[2:17:27] the Vietnam war so uh I'm signing him up

[2:17:32] um and I I believe the mayor protm

[2:17:35] possibly has uh one person for sure and

[2:17:37] possibly a second person that she might

[2:17:39] be able to sign up uh and uh Council

[2:17:43] Manning I think you mentioned that your

[2:17:45] husband is a veteran so it's uh so let's

[2:17:49] uh let's start filling these out let's

[2:17:51] start uh putting them up submitting them

[2:17:55] um I do have a really cool picture of my

[2:17:57] dad and his uh dress uniforms when he

[2:18:00] was at where was he at uh Fort Sam

[2:18:02] Houston for a little bit and uh and up

[2:18:06] in Wake what was the other location

[2:18:08] second Army division right so I'm

[2:18:11] excited but um a piece of feedback and

[2:18:14] uh I really hope that you guys take uh

[2:18:16] take uh this uh uh very importantly is

[2:18:20] that if you put these banners up on

[2:18:22] Hawthorne Boulevard North of elsag gundo

[2:18:26] the poles are too widespread to the left

[2:18:29] to the left on the other side to the

[2:18:31] right it's it's it's not going to be

[2:18:33] very it's not going to be Poss and and

[2:18:35] the traffic runs faster so you're not

[2:18:38] going to be able to see these you know

[2:18:40] the uh the banners and what they say

[2:18:42] when you're speed uh moving along

[2:18:45] quickly and when when you look to the

[2:18:48] right look to the left these Banners are

[2:18:49] going to be smaller than you anticipated

[2:18:53] we need to stay off of anything north of

[2:18:55] uh hawthor Boulevard uh uh Elsa Gunda

[2:18:57] Boulevard let's try to focus on keeping

[2:19:00] this um south of Elsa between Elsa gundo

[2:19:03] on haor Boulevard between Elsa gundo

[2:19:06] Boulevard and Rose CR Avenue that way

[2:19:09] you know traffic runs slower the poles

[2:19:11] are closer to the people who are driving

[2:19:14] you can easily look up without

[2:19:16] distraction and get to you know see your

[2:19:18] loved ones isn't that what we want so

[2:19:21] let's just try let's try to do that this

[2:19:24] you know

[2:19:25] okay thank you for your

[2:19:30] efforts

[2:19:32] um again with the issue with the

[2:19:34] Southern California Edison we did the

[2:19:37] calculations up here just remember they

[2:19:40] said that the uh current rate is is what

[2:19:43] it is there's a 25 there's going to be a

[2:19:45] proposed 25% de decrease but a f fixed

[2:19:50] $50 cost so with that new change you

[2:19:54] would have to uh your bill would have

[2:19:57] your current bill that you spend you

[2:19:59] guys know what you spend I spend a 100

[2:20:01] bucks um a lot of you 150 maybe at the

[2:20:05] you know higher okay well maybe even if

[2:20:08] it's 200 but anybody in the $100 AG 150

[2:20:12] Etc

[2:20:14] okay if you you it would need to be $200

[2:20:19] or more to even

[2:20:20] out okay for you to experience a benefit

[2:20:24] and there are a lot of people here who

[2:20:26] like are in in apartments rent uh small

[2:20:29] apartments well condos that don't

[2:20:31] require energy like the homes that you

[2:20:33] might live in so this really it's it's

[2:20:36] kind of a what wolf and sheep's

[2:20:40] clothing this is not what you think it

[2:20:42] is a majority of Hawthorne residents are

[2:20:44] going to be impacted negatively by this

[2:20:46] with the uh uh higher cost it's very

[2:20:49] clear the math we did the math council

[2:20:51] member Patterson and myself we did it we

[2:20:53] did it really quickly up here and that's

[2:20:54] what it ended up so be uh be aware of

[2:20:58] that and uh be cautious and uh speak up

[2:21:02] if you don't like it if you want to pay

[2:21:04] more that's up to you but I think uh the

[2:21:05] residents don't want to pay more for

[2:21:07] this

[2:21:08] stuff okay thank

[2:21:12] you

[2:21:16] uh of of great concern to me and uh I

[2:21:20] this is going to be a formal directive

[2:21:22] and we need to see something uh a

[2:21:24] meeting of a type I'm suggesting a brown

[2:21:28] act type

[2:21:30] meeting when you're driving on the

[2:21:32] freeway haven't you seen people riding

[2:21:34] their bicycles along the uh the the

[2:21:37] on-ramps

[2:21:38] exits pushing

[2:21:41] carts uh you know just uh walking across

[2:21:44] while you're exiting it's walking on the

[2:21:48] freeway guys on the

[2:21:51] freeway I almost hit somebody

[2:21:55] today okay let me press this button

[2:21:58] again on the 105 you know I'm I'm sorry

[2:22:01] if it's going to take a little bit

[2:22:02] longer to make my points but well the

[2:22:04] point is that should not be

[2:22:06] allowed why are these people not getting

[2:22:09] sighted why are they allowed to just

[2:22:10] walk around it's a matter of time before

[2:22:13] somebody might see hit

[2:22:16] them if you drive along the freeway you

[2:22:19] have little tents houses in the in the

[2:22:23] bush area people just made their like

[2:22:25] little homes right there when I come

[2:22:28] down the 710 and make go on the on wrap

[2:22:31] at the

[2:22:32] 105 it's there's like a little home

[2:22:34] that's right like from here to there

[2:22:37] what if there's somebody in there and

[2:22:38] they they're sleeping and they just kind

[2:22:40] of roll down and run into my path is it

[2:22:43] going to be my fault is it going to be

[2:22:44] her fault your fault why is that allowed

[2:22:47] why is the state of California that runs

[2:22:49] calr the state of California Senator

[2:22:52] Steve Bradford uh assembly member Tina

[2:22:55] McKinna who are our local

[2:22:56] representatives and all the other state

[2:22:58] officials who are responsible for calr

[2:23:01] as an agency they can tell them what to

[2:23:02] do we need to invoke you know our

[2:23:05] relationships with them to tell them

[2:23:07] that this cannot be allowed but the

[2:23:09] thing is the problem though is with it

[2:23:11] happens along the 105 you're right mayor

[2:23:13] PM why it was poorly it was not

[2:23:16] anticipated that we would have a

[2:23:17] homeless situation unhoused situation

[2:23:21] where people would be setting up shop

[2:23:22] right there and how many times you guys

[2:23:25] heard me that I said these bushes need

[2:23:27] to be trimmed or eliminated because

[2:23:29] there's people that are making their

[2:23:30] homes they're hiding out in there and

[2:23:32] setting up little tents and there's

[2:23:35] there's this one guy that has a Mexican

[2:23:37] flag right there an American flag on on

[2:23:39] the side and outside his little home

[2:23:42] coming down to 105 if you haven't

[2:23:44] noticed so I mean they could do you

[2:23:46] could do whatever you want right right

[2:23:47] post whatever you want but um so that

[2:23:51] cannot be allowed we need to take that

[2:23:54] uh get the bull by the horns and we need

[2:23:57] to have a meeting with our state

[2:23:58] officials I know they have

[2:23:59] Representatives the ladies who attend

[2:24:01] but we just got to have more than that

[2:24:02] man they come they give us like lip

[2:24:05] service oh yeah well we'll talk to the

[2:24:07] member and the senator and all this no

[2:24:09] we need to we need to uh figure out what

[2:24:13] we want to say and then have a meeting

[2:24:15] where we have our state represent res

[2:24:17] atives here who run calr because we need

[2:24:20] to make a have a major o overhaul

[2:24:23] strategy on how to deal with this so I'm

[2:24:26] proposing that we have so that

[2:24:28] everybody's in that meeting on Council

[2:24:31] uh a uh Brown act type of brown act

[2:24:34] meeting where we're here at a council

[2:24:35] meeting at a special meeting that deals

[2:24:37] with this where we're engaging with our

[2:24:39] state

[2:24:40] officials would you guys be okay with

[2:24:43] that well how about this let's t the

[2:24:47] city that's a director for the city

[2:24:48] manager to take a look on the logistics

[2:24:50] for that type of

[2:24:52] meeting I think it's better to just let

[2:24:54] him to figure out how we approach it as

[2:24:56] opposed to kind of fashion

[2:24:58] it okay do you guys all understand what

[2:25:01] I'm talking

[2:25:03] about yeah I mean Jesus Christ man I got

[2:25:05] this guy on a car this people riding a

[2:25:09] bicycle coming towards me when I'm

[2:25:11] exiting the you know just like all it

[2:25:13] takes is a little mistake on their part

[2:25:15] right mayor

[2:25:17] I've been seeing

[2:25:20] lately but I've been seeing a lot of

[2:25:23] people walking on the freeway and it's

[2:25:26] it's been recent like I never noticed

[2:25:29] this in previous years but recently I've

[2:25:33] been seeing a lot of folks walk on a

[2:25:35] freeway and I'm trying to figure out

[2:25:37] where they coming from where are they

[2:25:40] going it's not like they're in the

[2:25:41] middle like towards the end when you're

[2:25:43] getting off the freeway it's like in the

[2:25:46] middle so

[2:25:47] it's like four or five miles either way

[2:25:50] so I'm trying to figure out how do they

[2:25:52] end up on the

[2:25:57] freeway thank you so there needs to be

[2:26:00] penalties there we everybody we're just

[2:26:01] removing the responsibility from those

[2:26:03] PE from the people who are doing that

[2:26:05] and we're just totally removing it and

[2:26:07] just assuming that it's you know not

[2:26:10] everything's a mental health

[2:26:11] issue a lot of it is but not everything

[2:26:15] I don't want to tie it into those

[2:26:16] smashing grabs that we've been

[2:26:17] experiencing all over Ellie County

[2:26:19] but that's also a lack of responsibility

[2:26:23] that's being given

[2:26:25] uh given to those perpetrators

[2:26:29] okay when do you think would be a

[2:26:31] reasonable amount of time at this point

[2:26:33] I'm going hitting you up maybe by the

[2:26:36] end with it before the next meeting well

[2:26:38] may Mr Mayor tomorrow I will reach out

[2:26:40] to our elected officials and get a

[2:26:42] timeline from

[2:26:44] them maybe maybe tomorrow you can't do

[2:26:46] that tonight

[2:26:47] what

[2:26:48] [Laughter]

[2:26:50] maybe to the

[2:26:53] chair that's very

[2:26:55] important not it I know we had a

[2:26:58] representative from Bradford's office

[2:27:00] but um you know that they're not here

[2:27:02] Monday through Thursday they have to fly

[2:27:04] back Thursday night for events on

[2:27:06] weekends so how we're going to make this

[2:27:10] meeting I'd like you know just to so

[2:27:12] that you know it'll have to be a Friday

[2:27:14] or something I think we might have to

[2:27:16] fly up to

[2:27:20] Sacramento we can use our new technology

[2:27:23] and do a zoom call course the last thing

[2:27:26] guys the last thing on my end okay thank

[2:27:28] you thank you um I believe that uh we

[2:27:32] touched on a lot of different things

[2:27:33] actually uh the mixed use taking a look

[2:27:36] at that and uh focusing on certain parts

[2:27:39] of our city I like to specifically like

[2:27:42] to focus on the uh stretch of Hawthorn

[2:27:46] Boulevard from 120th Street down to

[2:27:51] Broadway which is right here on the

[2:27:53] western side

[2:27:55] okay I think that that's a great

[2:27:57] opportunity where we can at least

[2:27:59] attempt to have a restaurant District it

[2:28:02] might be small but it's uh there's a

[2:28:05] sufficient enough space that if we have

[2:28:07] the proper zoning that allows it

[2:28:09] facilitates it the proper infrastructure

[2:28:13] that widens the U sidewalks to allow for

[2:28:17] uh sidewalk dining as was talked about

[2:28:20] before um I think uh that could be a

[2:28:24] good opportunity um I talked to the city

[2:28:27] manager and uh he has some ideas and I

[2:28:31] think uh as a directive I would like for

[2:28:33] you just to pursue

[2:28:35] that we got a focused area and we

[2:28:38] already identified something there are

[2:28:39] restaurants there

[2:28:41] now but if we do the proper zoning then

[2:28:43] maybe there could be some new

[2:28:45] tenants

[2:28:47] Greg had a great

[2:28:51] plan yeah no but the thing is we might

[2:28:54] need to do a little bit of more

[2:28:55] adjusting on the

[2:28:56] zoning like Chop Chop like a little bit

[2:29:00] a

[2:29:02] little all right thank you

[2:29:09] guys thank thank you mayor I think this

[2:29:11] is very important for our residents to

[2:29:13] know that under the leadership of vaugh

[2:29:15] and and City department heads 2023

[2:29:18] economic summary we received 24 million

[2:29:21] in Grants 24 million plus we had a

[2:29:24] revenue of 88 million plus and we had

[2:29:28] 600 plus new businesses um the

[2:29:31] projections for 2024 is to reach a 100

[2:29:33] 100% completion or in progress uh rate

[2:29:36] of you know not only all of that but uh

[2:29:40] overall efficiency and productivity so

[2:29:42] again we'd like to give kudos to our

[2:29:44] city manager and our city department

[2:29:46] heads I think they'll

[2:29:50] applaud I also just want to make mention

[2:29:53] that our California um water services is

[2:29:56] uh announcing their 10th Annual youth

[2:29:58] Water Conservation education program if

[2:30:01] we could pass this on to our schools um

[2:30:04] they are going to have um they're

[2:30:06] spreading the word with regards to

[2:30:07] encouraging students and teachers to

[2:30:09] participate in water programs the Aqua

[2:30:11] Adventure free water and nature-based

[2:30:13] field trips for four to sixth graders

[2:30:16] that cwat will support and send

[2:30:19] classrooms and teachers um with the

[2:30:21] chance for a fi trip the Splash and

[2:30:24] creativity for kids K22 12 and water

[2:30:27] smarts grants $100 grants to teachers

[2:30:30] proposing classroom projects and uh H2O

[2:30:33] in which students uh commit to a pledge

[2:30:36] uh and learn more about about water

[2:30:38] conservation and I know that our city

[2:30:40] was doing our best efforts here too to

[2:30:42] assure that we conserve water and not

[2:30:44] only that use rain water to do some of

[2:30:47] our um you know watering for vegetation

[2:30:50] and and water needs outside of our home

[2:30:53] and we had barrels for that I don't know

[2:30:55] if we still do we might uh however I'll

[2:30:57] have vau uh work with the public works

[2:30:59] department to uh see if we could maybe

[2:31:02] provide barrels so that you could

[2:31:04] collect uh rainwater and use that uh

[2:31:06] recycled water thank

[2:31:10] you okay uh meeting's almost over so I'd

[2:31:13] like for us to just have a moment of

[2:31:15] silence for all those people who have

[2:31:17] passed away in the Middle East uh

[2:31:20] conflict that's taking place right

[2:31:34] now okay may they may they all rest in

[2:31:37] peace um this meeting is adjourned at

[2:31:45] 8:31

[2:32:03] than

City Council Regular Meeting 1/9/24

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