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a
meeting of the Hawthorne City Council is
called to order at 6:08
p.m. okay let's
see who um who would like to do the
invocation on Council would you do the
invocation Please Mr treasure or let
let's pass it on to the city clerk
because I did a call on you previously
Miss city clerk can you do the
invocation and Miss City Treasurer can
you do the Pledge of
Allegiance
everyone bow your
heads thank you Lord for this evening
thank you so much for keeping everyone
safe and bringing one everyone here
safely thank you for the new year and
everything that it promises to be for
all of us here uh and we're looking
forward to a fantastic meeting and
thanks everyone for coming out
amen everyone please
stand put your right hand over your
heart ready begin
to the United States of America to the
for it
stands God indivisible liberty and
justice for
all all right thank you all for being
here very excited to be back I know the
rest of my colleagues are uh excited to
be back I had three weeks of vacation
myself from my day job and my night job
so uh I'm back to work as well so uh I
hope you guys all were able to uh either
uh be close with your family or get
close to them in thought if they've
passed if they're no longer with us U
and establishing good memories and
renewing ourselves this new year so
Reinventing we shouldn't always wait for
the new year to be able to have all
those uh what do they call them the uh
resolutions and you know doing all these
things we should constantly being uh be
improving ourselves and doing best with
ourselves but you know it is kind of a
big milestone to hear that 2024 how am I
going to do things different so good
luck to you guys in pursuit of those uh
positive changes in your lives uh we
have a lot we have a short meeting today
promises hopefully it'll be a short
meeting because it's only like three or
four pages long so let's see if we can
keep to uh an efficient meeting the
topics are not uh intense they're not
controversial uh or anything where
there's a high
debate and I have like about five uh
speakers so if you're ready to speak
make sure that you uh once we call on
the speakers make sure you line up so
that we can see how many speakers we
have because as soon as I don't see
anybody I'm going to close the oral
communication but uh let's start off by
doing the roll call please council
member Manning here council member
Montero council member Patterson here
mayor prottimus English here mayor
Vargas
here okay U and council member Montero
is is
a all
right okay we have a new speaker system
up here which in so for the residents of
Hawthorne uh we just want to let you
know that we have a new uh speaker uh
microphone system that's integrated with
the with the voting system on board okay
right here there's like a little voting
system we can press some buttons I don't
get to see what he's voting I don't get
what she's voting they don't get to see
what I'm voting because there's a
privacy screen um your option for a yes
A no abstain is right here on this
little panel so uh it's pretty Hightech
and it didn't even cost a lot of money
we're just uh modernizing our city
council uh uh equipment uh very with
very simple things one thing that you
guys are noticing is are the bright
lights up here okay energy efficient LED
lights most likely right LEDs the most
efficient lighting uh Source right now
that's out there they're laid out in a
manner in which they're lighting up the
whole room and we're saving money on uh
on uh electricity to power those up so
just wanting to let you know what's
going oh we also have two screens
outside so if there was ever a very uh
uh important topic that a lot of
residents come to the city council
meeting residents would be able to stand
outside and look at our two screens that
are out there I think there might even
be a third one in the main lobby right
possibly but there is at Le two screens
outside so just letting you know what we
have here on the city council small
uh but very
powerful uh improvements so we're using
the city's money the people's money for
good things too and making sure that our
meetings run
smoothly kaana
Buie
um Community this is a community
services manager kuab Buie uh who will
introduce our first presentation which
is the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation
community Community Services
Department um like the mayor said um
good evening mayor and city council my
name is kanana buy and I am the
community services manager uh the
community services department would like
to do a briefe presentation on our
partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Foundation we started this partnership
with the Dodgers in 2018 at this time at
that time we had eight teams and less
than 100 Kids registered every year
after that we rece receive more and more
participation from the community tonight
Gerardo iate our Recreation supervisor
who oversees Our Youth Sports will
update you on what we're currently doing
and what we would like to do in the near
future with the Los Angeles Dodgers
Foundation good
evening so I'm going to go ahead and uh
give a small uh presentation on the
Dodger Foundation the work that we do in
conjunction with them uh present the
potential partnership on a project to
bring it here to the city of Hawthorne
and also what it would move uh mean
moving
forward okay uh so before I get started
with the actual program and what it
entails I'm going to give a small a
little uh background information on who
the Los Angeles Dodgers Foundation is
that's the primary foundation for the
Los Angeles uh Dodgers baseball team um
our partnership with them encompasses
the Dodgers dream team which is one of
the branches that the foundation
oversees in conjunction with Dodgers
dream team they over they also oversee
the Dodgers dream Fields the LA reads
program college and uh careers uh
accelerator science of baseball and end
this together uh below that you'll see
some of the contributions that they have
done since the Inception of the
program and to just give you guys a
small uh detail about it I'm going to
just play this short video for you
guys dear La we are more than just a
city the Dodgers are more than just a
team and the Dodgers Foundation is
bigger than baseball we are tackling the
most pressing problems facing our city
with a mission to improve education
healthc care homelessness and social
justice for all of us we launched our
Dodgers RBI program in 2014 to provide
an inclusive sports program that
addresses basic needs in our most
challenged communities today a new
chapter be begins we're excited to share
with you our new program name Dodgers
dream
team we invited our kids parents coaches
and partners to help us determine how to
better serve the community we are so
passionate about we felt it was
important to convey a greater sense of
future Focus reflect on the
comprehensive nature of the program and
double down on our impactful vision for
our neighborhoods we want you to know
that the Dodgers Dream Team program will
continue to use the power of sport to
provide critical resources and services
to our neighbors experiencing social
injustices our partnership with
Recreation departments and nonprofit
organizations will help us increase
capacity and scale achieving even
greater impact for more than 12,000 kids
and families each year applying key
learnings from the pandemic we will
intentionally reach our goal of serving
25,000 kids by
2030 this work is possible because of
you the countless Co coaches parents and
partners serving as unsung heroes for
LA's most vulnerable youth Dodgers dream
team is more than just Sports we build
confidence strategies for success and
hope for a brighter future we can
continue to uplift the Next Generation
LA's very own it takes all of us join
our Dodgers dream team
today sincerely your Los Angeles Dodgers
Foundation
so that was uh Nicole Whitman she's the
chief executive officer for the Los
Angeles Dodger
Foundation um we've built a very strong
relationship with her and the program
over the last uh six years uh since we
brought Dodgers Dream Team program to
the city of hawthor we've seen some
amazing things uh basically to Summit
and short we' made baseball programming
affordable for fam amilies um everybody
knows with time going by everything's
getting more and more expensive uh what
basically the Dodgers Foundation has
done for the city of Hawthorne and its
residents is basically remove any
obstacle so that everybody can
participate in uh Recreational
Sports so this means that part of that
includes uh being able to play for a
small fee which is $15 in our city uh
providing the kids with multiple
uniforms and also the equipment to
participate in these
Sports um they also uh provide the
coaching trainings for all of our
volunteers because this is 100% driven
by
volunteers uh they give us a uh a SC
basically a a position for us to fill
they give us $30,000 to hire a program
coordinator to assist us with the
program um this is a few of the things
that I have mentioned that they all also
provide such as skill clinics Dodger
days which is a big Dodger festival at
one of our
locations um attendance to Dodger games
and they also provide us with what is
called the field Champion which is aasm
between the foundation and the city of
Hawthorne and we're lucky enough to
receive three where a lot of the
partners only get one
person uh as uh the manager uh mentioned
at the beginning we started this program
back in 2018 with just about aund
approximately 100 Kids uh I arrived in
the city of haor at the tail end of the
program and ever I've been working with
it ever since and then this now uh 2023
was our sixth year and we grew to 18
teams four different divisions and
serving 300
kids uh these are some of the stories
that our cable department has covered
throughout the years uh with us being
one of the 14 affiliate Partners not all
Affiliates get an opportunity to host
programming with the Dodgers uh our
first one was back in 2019 at Holly Park
we hosted a fitness Clinic uh one of the
good things about the Dodgers is that
because of who they are and what their
name uh the weight that their name
carries they also bring a lot of
stakeholders into play so with that
Fitness club CLC we were able to also
bring um have the Los Angeles uh Lakers
Foundation come in and they brought all
the coaches to train the kids uh in 2020
was a difficult year because we were
planning to have our uh our program but
because of Co we had to restructure the
way we did things so uh the event here
was a partnership between the Dodgers
Foundation Uber Eats where we were able
to send out food packages to a lot of
the family amilies in the city uh Dodger
day in 2021 that Holly Park has been one
of the most successful Dodger days that
the program has had uh is it was the
most highly attended event at Holly Park
and they belonged to the city of
Hawthorne uh that day we distributed uh
about nine tons of food to our families
and some of the things that come with
the Dodgers day because you guys might
be asking so what what's even the Dodger
Day uh the Dodgers come they bring some
of their uh alumni previous players do
autographs we have clinics for kids uh
Vision to learn comes out we do free ice
screenings uh for kids who need
glasses uh just about anything that the
kids can receive from food to services
to goodies they all get this on these
days and then again following with uh
Dodger Day 2022 and Dodger 23 this past
year which I'm going to be showing a
clip um towards the end of the
presentation uh not only has the program
has been very impactful to our community
here's a few of the things that we've
been able to provide to our community
members uh along with some of the
programming uh the their manager um Dave
Roberts
also uh chooses coaches to be coaches of
the year since we started our program
we've had five coaches of the year um
again so there's hundreds of coaches and
these all these different Affiliates and
only five get selected every year and
we've had five in the span that we've
had this
program uh at the right we've had kids
who have been participating in
ceremonies on the
field um below you'll see another one of
our uh coaches of the year who is also
now uh Comm commissioner in our youth
commission uh one of the other things
that I can't show because it hasn't been
um brought out it hasn't it hasn't gone
live is we were able to se have three
kids be selected by Nike to be uh part
of their new campaign for youth so
that's three kids in Hawthorne are
representing uh the city of Hawthorne
with Nike uh to do uh photo shoots for
baseball and their new apparel
everything that they have that's coming
out in their division so these are
different activities and opportunities
that kids would otherwise would never
get a chance to so these are things that
are making an impact in these kids'
lives uh that are definitely going to
make uh help them become contribute uh
successful contributors of the
world so that leads me to the actual
presentation Focus uh the dream field so
every year the Dodger dream team from
ation works with different
municipalities and programs to create a
dream field this is basically revamping
the uh baseball facilities that a city
has to make it more usable for their
program uh
participants uh over the years the city
uh the Dodgers Dream Team Foundation has
a goal of 75 Fields by the year of
2033 uh right now they're currently at
63 uh three being in the city of San
Bernardino uh that that just the did the
groundbreaking last November and are set
to reopen this uh
spring so they've invested $19.6 million
on these uh Fields as of
date and uh the city of Hawthorne is
actually being considered for a Dodger
dream field so on the board you all
notice some of the surrounding cities
lanx Englewood
uh several at Englewood both for their
city and then the county part and the
latest one was uh done at Edward Vincent
Jr
Park so some of the benefits uh for
these Dodger dream Fields everybody
knows that with the increasing uh
population here in the County of Los
Angeles and the city of Los Angeles
we're kind of we're running out of uh
park space for our um all of our
community members so uh these are just
some of the the percentages of the
things of why we it's important for us
to have space for kids to participate in
Ro uh recreational programming not just
baseball uh so we really want to focus
on giving kids an opportunity to um to
improve their lives on the social and
emotional uh
side uh why Hawthorne uh we do use our
our Parks free frequently and highly uh
not just from a department standpoint
but for also from the local high schools
in the area uh and also the little
leagues uh our Park facilities are in
dire need of uh Renovations we also want
to create a safer Park the everybody
knows that the nicer a park is the more
people are going to want to go to
it um and also this is going to have an
increase in our programming because
people want to go
where Dodger dream fields are being
built um also the opportunity for
additional prog programming is always a
key Focus everybody knows that the
Dodgers uh franchise is not just a local
uh known team this is this team has
become a u International known team uh
just be with the recent signings that
they've had they just the impact that
they have on a global uh scale is going
to be very important and to be able to
have a
a just a partnership with such team is
going to bring a lot of benefits to the
city uh some of the things I would
happen if if the city does support this
uh motion is uh our Fields will receive
all proper leveling for safety reasons
uh the base anchors uh at multiple links
upgraded back stops uh these are all
safety precautions so that our kids are
able to place the sport in the safe
Manner and not get
hurt so with the support of council uh
back in 2022 conversations did start of
hawthor being one of those selected
cities uh for the Dodger dream Fields
specifically at gy Thor Park
uh last year contractors uh were sent to
the the actual Park to survey the
facilities uh and then we're looking at
2024 being uh where the Dodgers
Foundation secures the majority of the
funding for this project uh it would be
it would include both fields at gy Thor
Park uh so next we we just also ask for
the support of city council to back this
up uh last L I can show just a quick
little video of a Dodger uh day at the
park here in the city of
Hawthorne the city of Hawthorne reporter
Eric J Dockery has all the
details the Dodgers Dream Team invited
children of all ages to come out to
Holly Park for Dodger Day this is their
fifth stop of their 2023 season the
event was presented by Arco and WSS
carers they had at food games and a
training camp our Dream Team program
this is our 10th season we are serving
11,000 boys and girls across Los Angeles
in Long Beach at 80 different locations
and you walk into these Dodger days and
I have chills I have chills because um
we've come so far in 10 years with the
level of resources we're we're providing
for families the quality of resources
that we're providing for families and to
see the smiles on faces and the level of
participation from our partners um
throughout Los Angeles it's just a
really awesome feeling the Los Angeles
Dodgers Foundation partnered with UCLA
health to bring the coach for good
program which allow kids and parents to
work on their Sprints agility power
footwork and jump it's good to get the
family out here to uh and always like to
get the parents out here to let's run
with the kids I think one of my biggest
and most inspirational moments was
having my mom run with me having my dad
train with me so if I can do that with
these kids here with these families here
that's that's to uh it'll last forever
that moment to last forever yeah it got
me
active got me breathing and ready for
the rest of the day while the Dodger's
day was going on the Dream Team was also
celebrating MLB playball weekend I had
to uh uh hit the bat and then I ran to
first base I did it again but then I was
I got a little distracted then somebody
took the base from me then well I got
out I was out so across the country in
various forms throughout the weekend
there's youth baseball and softball um
and amazing things like the skills
Clinic that we have here to make sure
that the game of baseball and softball
is on display um and that families
realize like they can participate too
the playball event had three games for
the kids home run derby softball and a
Ball Toss sh so just in short um not
every affiliate of the Dodgers gets to
host a Dodger Day the Dodger Day is a
pretty big deal um as I mentioned before
there's 14 affiliate partners and they
only have five that they do in a year
and Hawthorn is always is one of the
five that always gets to host because
the uh Dodger Foundation constantly
comes to us because we get the job done
whe whatever it is so with your guys'
support uh know that we're not just
attaching ourselves with a a global team
but we're bringing recreational
programming to families that need it
because because uh I mean it resonates a
lot with me I'm the second oldest of
five kids and my parents couldn't afford
programming because of how expensive it
was so uh I had a volunteer to cover
those costs and that led me to working
at a park to finding what I wanted to do
in life and giving back to the community
so this is something that uh you guys
are giving other kids an opportunity to
have meet a mentor and connect them with
the necessary service services and
programs that they need so that they can
become good human
beings all right thank you so much let's
give him a round of
applause Community Services
Department we'll talk after the meeting
Josh about this stuff but thank you so
much are there any questions any
comments from our uh City
go
ahead can you hear me okay um first of
all Jerry thank you for the presentation
you look very handsome tonight thank you
um I really appreciate the enthusiasm uh
of our community services and recken
Parks um all of us to together uh making
obviously this um Endeavor possible for
our youth here in Hawthorne uh I lived
for a long time across the street from
Jim Thor Park I know how busy that Park
can get I was a baseball player at one
time co-ed and uh other and uh I enjoyed
my time in the park as a child as many
others will uh the improvements of our
parks are very important uh throughout
the years here in our city we've been
providing funding to ensure that our 10
parks are getting the upgrades that they
need and it's a great partnership
through the foundation of the Dodgers to
be able to provide additional funding uh
you know whenever we want to make
improvements it takes money and often
times our money is already being used in
other capacities however um kudos to
your department kudos to your efforts
and everyone involved uh I look forward
to seeing what the park brings and how
it's going to provide for more uh in the
future uh kids using the park to do
exactly what they'd like to do not just
in baseball but use of the park for
their benefit thank you thank
you okay do we have somebody else okay
uh let's give a big round of applause
once more to
our our staff
well connected to these big uh teams
here in the LA County area so uh we also
have what we had a connection with the
LA Galaxy with the Lakers with all those
major teams that we have here in in this
in the LA County uh Basin
so all right so let's move on to the
next item which is Southern California
Edison ab25 James
Peterson uh introduction
Dian well James Peterson will be the uh
presenter Diane
Forte so please let's uh we try to limit
these to 10 minutes see if let's see
what you got for
us good evening good evening mayor and
members of the council and best wishes
for a Happy New Year I know it's saw you
a few months ago and thank you for
having us back I'm Diane Forte I'm the
interim government relations manager
covering the city of of Hawthorne um I
had listened to the last city council
presentation about ab25 and when I
talked with the city manager we thought
it might be a good idea to come back
because we heard some uh information uh
that wasn't totally correct um so I
brought with me tonight Ron gailes
unfortunately James Peterson uh has as
yet many people has gotten the flu so my
colleague has decided to appropriately
to pinch pinch hit pinch hit as they uh
Dodgers presentation was was so uh set
us up for that so thank you so much I'm
gonna turn to my colleague Ron gailes
and we'll be happy to take
questions thank you very much um Mr
Mayor uh mayor protm council members
really grateful for the opportunity to
address some of the concerns
specifically about uh the proposed fixed
charge on electricity bills that's the
uh Downstream effect of of ab 205 which
was passed in Sacramento and with your
permission I'd like to speak more about
Southern California Edison's proposal
and how it would benefit the residents
of not just Hawthorne the city of
Hawthorne but all Southern California uh
residents um if that's all right uh
there is a presentation on the screen uh
but rather than take the time to go
through that I'd really like to address
some concerns and and there has been a
great deal of misinformation spread on
social media and other um media Outlet
about the fixed charge that I'd like to
address um one of those uh that I see
used a great deal by opponents of the
fixed charge is calling it a utility tax
this is a um really false
characterization this is no is in no way
a tax and I'll and I'll explain why the
fixed charge that is being proposed
first of all I a little background this
as as I said as a result of the passage
of ab25 in Sacramento uh there are a
number of of participants in this
proceeding by the California Public
Utilities Commission scce uh pg& up
north San Diego Gas and Electric down
south there were just some of the
participants there are others that are
making proposals as well our proposal
for this fixed charge um the benefit for
all residential customers is that it
would lower the cost of using
electricity uh pardon me for being
simplistic but uh you hear the term
cents per kilowatt hour it's similar to
hearing about dollars per gallon in gas
cents per kilowatt hour is what
customers pay that's what they see on
their bill what the fixed charge would
do the structure that's being proposed
by Southern California Edison is it
would reduce the rates that customers
pay to use electricity and our we we see
that if our authorization I'm sorry our
proposal is approved those rates those
rates would drop by
25% now what does that mean for people
who uh during the hot times of year when
they are turning up their air
conditioning to deal with the uh
increasing numbers of very hot days
that's going to cost less if you use the
same amount of electricity before you're
going to be paying less for using that
electricity um there are people who um
they may in the future now either now or
in the future want to make use of
electric vehicles one out of four cars
being sold in California right now is an
electric vehicle um today a lot lot of
people are uh not in position to
purchase one or lease one but they may
be in the future and by lowering that
cents per kilowatt hour rate what that
means is the fuel that you're using to
to power that vehicle costs less so the
idea of the fixed charge is on a
customer's
Bill the uh the costs of energy would be
separated out there's no additional uh
markup to that it is solely the cost of
providing that energy and that depends
on how much a customer uses the other
part of the bill would be a standard
charge just like this seen on cable
bills on phone service bills on Water
Service bills
um the it has also been said that this
uh proposal would be income based in the
sense that you wouldn't be paying based
on your usage you'd be paying based on
your household income that too is
incorrect the only thing that would be
affected by the um a household income is
the amount of the fixed charge in
general what scce is proposing and there
are different proposals from different
groups is that there would be a standard
fixed charge for all residential
customers that would be the same on the
bill every
month the exception would be customers
who qualify based on their household
income for discounts on their bill they
would get a lower fixed charge and for
clarification what SE is proposing is
that those customers they are enrolled
in programs known as care or Farah and
by the way um we found that about 30% of
Hawthorne's residents are in those in
income qualified
programs their their fixed charge would
be lower either 10 or $15 a month the
fixed charge for all other residential
customers and that would just be
throughout the state would be $51 and
that's what we're proposing but again
not a tax on top of existing charg
what would happen is a reduction in
using electricity the idea is paying
less for for using electricity that's
what that is about so I just want to
address those concerns about it being a
tax or it being U requiring some income
verification there would be no need in
our most current proposal for anyone uh
who is not enrolled in car and Farah
there wouldn't be no need for income
verification for those customers
customers who are enrolled in those
programs they already undergo a a
verification process to make sure that
they're qualifying for those 30 and 18%
discounts and by the way for the
attendees if people here believe that
they are um qualified for those rates we
encourage as many customers as possible
who qualify to sign up for this because
they do provide really needed discounts
for for households that um are in the uh
below the federal poverty
line um
oh sure sorry I get a little carried
away with this
um one other thing I want to address
here that a lot of people like to accuse
the utility of using this as a way to
earn uh more money um the way the uh
fixed charge is structured is that
utilities would not receive any more
money than they receiving now what
happened is the amount of money that
comes in would be paid uh by different
customers I'll be and I'll be direct
here uh customers with um large families
who use a lot of electricity they will
benefit from the lower cents per
kilowatt hour um if someone is if you're
a customer who uses a lot of electricity
who does crank up their AC during those
very hot years hot times of year these
lower cents per kilowatt hour rates will
benefit you by the way I didn't even
mention about the care and fair
customers the way this is structured is
those customers who are enrolled in
those income qualified programs they
would see their bill go down we see we
estimate by between 5% and 18% so there
are benefits for low-income customers
but there are benefits for all
residential customers as well and cost
in less cost for using
electricity I another thing I want to
address really briefly I know we have a
short amount of time is that California
is going to be using using more and more
electricity californ going to be using
more and more electricity that's why
it's important and we're very cognizant
to get that sense per kilowatt hour rate
down and this is one of the ways we're
looking to do that
um I'm going to stop there and I would
like to open it up to any questions from
U council members thanks very much for
the
opportunity uh quick question could you
repeat what those fixed charges are
certainly
the standard charge and this would be
for all residential customers would be
$51 customers who qualify for income
qualified programs uh known as care or
Farah their fixed charge would be1 or
$15 depending on where they fall in the
um household income
Spectrum anybody
else thank you thank you Edison for
being here for your presentation
um as you are aware we're part of an
aggregation with clean power Alliance of
Southern California I would like to see
uh Southern California um California our
not our aggregation actually com and
present also so that we could truly
understand because we have two sets of
customers here customers that are with
Edison and customers that are with clean
power Alliance and they have to buy in
obviously to clean power Alliance who is
perring at a lower cost energy to the
residents of Hawthorne so having said
that I would like to see that happen
city manager in bringing clean power
Alliance to help us understand a little
bit more on what this means uh on uh top
of that
um not all the communities here in
Southern California in my opinion and
listening to what's occurring currently
with the Pu and they have to have a
response back by July one on what
selection they're all going to make with
regards to how uh residents are paying
for their electricity right um some
communities will benefit where others
might not we're talking about Sacramento
Fresno other areas and then you have
Southern
California um I understand that there's
uh an incentive program that some
receive right for using lesser energy at
least from clean plow Alliance I have
yet to hear whether Edison has an
incentive such as that as well for
residents that are using less energy
however um I I want to know more on for
instance the um pay schedule that folks
that from what I understand is the based
income that they receive what that looks
like for for our residents in Hawthorne
right so there's a proposal for how it's
revamped electricity rates based on
income right and you're saying that
they're not going to be looking into
personal data or information on how
residents what their annual income is or
how they're going to be charged based
off of that income okay that that's
that's some of the stuff that's
obviously being said right how they're
they're going to be um build differently
because of their income I know the Care
Act is basically for those that are
lower income have special needs have um
families with special needs and how they
could apply to receive a lower cost uh
bill um however I think there still
needs to be um more Community discussion
and more Community input so that there's
a real understanding of who and how is
it's being benefited
um your discussion tonight is basically
saying if you lose if use lower energy
you're going to get a lower bill right
if you lose if you use less energy your
bill will be less let me be clear the
energy part of the bill will be lower
depending if you if year-over-year use
the the same
amount that part of the bill like I said
they would be split into two parts of
the bill the part that covers the cost
of energy and that other part that fixed
charge and that would cover the cost of
things such as the infrastructure that
uh Southern California Edison builds
operates and maintains all the steel and
wires and poles and and vaults Etc and
all the customer service people all the
parts of our business operation that
would be contained in the fixed chart so
a customer who sees their bill they'll
say oh I'm paying $51 if our proposal is
accepted um for all that and then my
energy use I'm paying for what I
use did that clar did that clarify at
all so there's two charges it's one bill
but the bill is separated into those two
charges right now it's all in one cents
per kilowatt hour but there's two
charges there are two categories of
charges and they're put together yes two
charges yes and some people will pay
more and and some people will pay less
we as we say people with who are on the
lower end of the income Spectrum will
have lower um bills total bills um but
it's going to depend a lot on usage I
think the people who are less likely to
benefit for example are people who are
let's say one or two people living in a
household and they don't use much
electricity they don't turn up their uh
um their air conditioning when it gets
hot um that kind of there are not going
to be immediate beneficiaries but as
people use more and more
electricity having a lower cost per
kilowatt hour is going to benefit not
just lower income households it's people
who use electricity and we believe
Southern California Edison does that
there's going to be more and more
electrification and important to keep
the cost of those of using electricity
down I hope that was helpful you know it
was helpful okay it was helpful and you
know you you're it kind of spoke to me
because I'm only one in a household just
myself
I don't use air conditioning and I don't
use
heat okay and still my bills high so
that's just an example of myself yes and
I could show you my build but I'm with
I'm with also clean power Alliance right
yes and I just want to make sure that
again the community
understands prior to the first so there
could be more Buy in and more
understanding on what your bill is going
to look like moving forward with two
cost
basically yes okay absolutely agree and
Diane has a point which you'd like to
introduce um so if you were part of the
clean power Alliance it those customers
would are also included in this
proceeding and you know there you can
you know of course invite them to
present um there's no problem with that
U the the legislation itself one of the
primary drivers was to try to make the
total bill less for those who can least
afford it the care and fairer customers
and at the same time recognizing that as
Ron had said you know electricity is
going to be used more and more so trying
to reach the clean energy goals to have
that variable rate be less so and then
they're receiving all these different
proposals and it is a a public Forum
that you know comment could be taken
sure um you know like the Pu just to
make that meeting alone is is hard for
difficults to get to provide you know
public comment so again it's it's it's
important uh for the residents of
Hawthorne and what this might mean to
them uh with regards to the changes but
I appreciate Edison making the time to
come out and give a presentation to
council look forward for additional
dialogue with your your agency and more
importantly advocating for the residents
of Hawthorne to Ure that they understand
what exactly this
means we are very appreciative of of
that opportunity and would really we
believe as well we would like
to make sure that the residents of
Hawthorne are well informed and can make
a decision based on um all sides of the
argument so that's thank you very much
for the opportunity thank you so you
yeah all right real quick question so
essentially um if I'm gone for a month
from my house and if right currently I'm
not using I use zero watts per hour my
should technically be paying zero
right well um what the electric grid
even when you're not at at your home is
still operating so yes your usage would
be zero but uh all people who are
connected to the grid are have
a it's in everyone's interest that
everyone who is benefiting from the
electric grid takes part in the building
operations and upkeep of it because it's
some it's a system that serves all of us
so yet but your energy charge for that
month yes would be Zero Energy charge
the energy charge would I'm talking
about the existing you're saying that
we're moving into a system where we're
going to have two piles one to cover
infrastructure and one that is uh
proportional to the use cost the cost is
proportional to the amount of that we
use that is the proposal for the fixed
charge and that is to um yeah to make
sure that the costs of maintaining that
infrastructure continue and are as
equitably shared as possible okay but so
currently you're saying what I'm hearing
you saying is that we already have
something like that in
place or if I get my bill I'm out of
town I'm often like a on a business trip
to like Europe or something mhm and I
don't get to use everything's off yeah
sure the electric Grid's on surrounding
me what should I approximately be be
paying so um let me see if I understand
your question when you're right now
there is the rate you pay for I'm going
to give you the average rate for
residential customer is 36 cents per
kilowatt hour okay included in that is
all the infrastructure and included in
that is all the the amount of the energy
you're using you're getting paid uh
you're getting charged 6 cents for each
kilowatt hour that you're using this
breaks it out so that um customers who
are using less they're not going to pay
like you
said I'm sorry that I misunderstood I
apologize I turn off all my appliances
in my house I turn off all the lights
there's nothing's on everything's
disconnected so I should pay zero dollar
well let me ask you this if you don't
use your cell phone for a month and you
don't make any text and you don't call
you will likely get a bill from the cell
phone company for your usage of that no
I don't care about the cell phone
company I'm not talking about you I want
to find out from you right but but what
I'm saying is the fixed charge is
something that's not just in electricity
it's used by a utilities all kinds of
utilities for water service for um like
I said cell phone or for cable companies
that you still get the charge for that
so for the charge for the infrastructure
that's there to make the delivery of
electricity or water or whatever
possible I know sir but like if I'm not
using anything and everything's
disconnected what's the current charge
that I'm getting paid that I'm getting
charged for the infrastructure if you're
saying that currently everything's just
directly connected what part of what
part of the 36 cents per kilowatt hour
is being charged for the Kil especially
if I'm there's zero kilowatt hours that
I'm using I don't want to misspeak I
don't want to give you the wrong
information but I would say I'm going to
and Dian correct me if I'm wrong I
believe that um about I believe it's
about 70% is has to do with more of the
infrastructure is what you're paying for
okay so if it's correlated to then I
shouldn't be paying anything so if I
have everything disconnected as is I
shouldn't be paying anything right now
and that's not true so my concern is
that um so for the residents so you can
understand my thinking is what's the
current rate for
usage and now that we're move the
proposal says that it's going to be like
50 bucks that we're going to have for a
fixed infrastructure charge is that uh
usage rate going to be the same or is it
going to decrease the usage rate yes the
usage rate will decrease by 25% the
cents per kilowatt hour will decrease by
25% that's what we're planning to do
yeah the math doesn't seem to be uh
really providing for much savings on the
contrary I think it might be an increase
with that uh $50 that you're uh that you
guys are proposing but it it doesn't
matter we'll just take a look at it
certainly um and uh if we need you to
come back for any more questions we'll
bring you back certainly I and I I agree
for some people it will um for other um
for customers who use more and more
electricity it will over time it will
become more beneficial to them okay I'm
sorry did I miss anything ma'am go ahead
oh sorry I just I just want to point
people to some resources on the screen
for more information that's all but
thank you very much to the chair I think
I understand what you're trying to say I
think you're saying he's saying that the
standard rate is $51 no matter what and
you're saying that if you don't use your
services is zero down is zero dollars it
should be zero dollar but you would pay
$51 because it's the standard rate is
that what you were okay yes and that
money and those um charges would be for
um maintaining the poles the wires the
everything that makes it possible to
deliver electricity as well as the cust
customer service aspect so it's it would
be in his instance it would be
$51 plus if he used any
usage but if he doesn't use any usage
it's just a standard
51 yes that's what's being
proposed so typically the people that
are not using their energy like
councilwoman uh Mar protim Rees she
would be paying the the $51 even though
she doesn't
use Services she would not benefit as
much as others she would benefit so
neither one of you would benefit in
contrast now this is not Hawthorn at all
and so it may not be of your interest
but uh customers who live in the Inland
Empire who have to use their air
conditioning throughout much more of the
year than the hot season it would
benefit them as well and also as I said
customers who are interested Ed in using
more electrification in vehicles in
electric heat pumps Etc so but yes there
are definitely people who won't benefit
in in the near term I'm not going to
deny that can I can I ask one last
question um can I just
finish very simple mathematics uh
equation here you guys will see what I'm
talking about I pay $100 right now for
my uh electricity bill let's say and
that's the current usage charge all
right gentleman says that it's going to
De the usage rate is going to decrease
by
25% right so I'm going to be paying $75
but on top of that I have to pay
$50 for the uh the infrastructure rate
so instead of paying a 100 bucks I'm
going to be paying 125 that's actual
increase for the average resident at
least people that I know of 25 bucks so
there's just no decrease there simple
math right go
ahead I just wanted to ask real quickly
um with the increases that are um
proposed what is going to be done uh or
what is going to be what is it going to
be used for is it for
additional um perhaps
underground uh utilities um
infrastructure uh new
repairs
um investor benefits uh H how is the
money going to be used that money is not
um that additional money is not going to
be generating any more re any more
profit so this is not going to uh
investors okay the the bill is
structured so this all has to do with uh
money that's going to be covering the
costs of of operations and that is
infrastructure and that is people who
come out and make repairs and who do the
maintenance and the people who answer
the phones and print the bills and and
all that and all that work all the work
that goes to um providing the electric
service that's that's what it's for yeah
all right thank you sir um if you could
just take the comments that I said and
if you have something
to say anything additional to what I had
mentioned a little while ago just please
let us know happy to thanks very much
for the opportunity thank
you oral Communications please pursuant
to government code section 549 54.3 all
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recommendation okay thank you de stent
love Beyond autism
Deborah
hi right here no you come up to the
podium you get the microphone and the
the the what do you call the lights on
you can you please speak into the
microphone so we can hear you nice and
clearly good afternoon mayor and Council
my name is Deborah
stent I'm a proud resident of hethorn
for over three
decades today I stand before you not
just as an
individual but as a representative of a
cause that holds a special place in my
heart for our city the city of hethorn
an initiative that transcends barriers
and fosters love Beyond
autism April is National autism month
and I believe it's the perfect time for
our community to come together and
support those affected by autism spec
spectum disorders I am excited to
propose an Autism Walk an event that
aims to raise awareness promote
inclusivity and provide much needed
support for individuals and families
facing challenges of
autism why an Autism Walk because it's
more just a stroll it's a step towards
more compassionate and understanding
Community by walking side by side we can
bridge the gap in our understanding and
showcase the strength that lives and our
diversity as a representative of our
licensed business here in hethor I want
to assure you that we are in good
standing with our city and that our
commitment to the community is
unwavering the purpose of the proposed
event will take place um once we get
more information um how to go by it um
we envision a route that not only
transver transverses our streets but
also touches the hearts of our residents
leaving a lasting impression of unity
and empathy but we cannot make this
Vision a reality without the support of
hethorn today I humbly request your
assistance in three key areas firstly we
would like to we would like to seek your
support in obtaining necessary permits
or to ensure a smooth and safe event for
all participants with your help we can
navigate the administrative process
efficiently secondly we would like to
invite you to join us in securing maybe
donations both monetary and in kind to
make this event impactful whether is
through financial contributions or
Community Resources every bid will
contribute to the success of our cause
last we kindly ask for your assistance
in advertising the event your support in
promoting the autism walk through the
city Channel such as social media
newsletters and local announcements will
significantly enhance our Outreach the
benefits of this event extends Beyond a
one- day Gathering it's an opportunity
to show to Showcase hethorn as a
compassionate and supportive Community
one that understands the importance of
standing together for a shared cost in
closing I am confident that with the
backing of hethorn we can make this
Autism Walk of resounding success
together we can create a ripple effect
of understanding compassion and unity
that would resonate far beyond the
boundaries of our city the city of
hethor I am open to any questions or
discussions yes no thank you ma'am for
being here this is uh just kind of
directed towards us so we can't respond
but what you can do for us is just
provide um your information and the
information of your organization okay to
our city manager so he could uh so we
can take a look uh to see about your
organization and uh what what you've
been doing on our own also okay but and
see in which ways we can help you okay
okay thank
you thank you for uh stepping up for
that cause that's uh really important of
a great concern right now all over the
all over the
world I'm going to do it myself I'm
going to do it myself thank you ma'am
thank you I'm going to do it right now
algebra Nat Aus centinella Youth
Services he used algebra
okay hi good evening thank you for your
time um my name is Nat Aus and I work
for centinella use Services also known
as CYS as the systems transformation
specialist we offer free services to the
hawthor community at no cost to the city
thanks to the Department of Youth
develop development and we work with the
community local schools and police
department to address community and
youth safety through mediation peaceful
conflict resolution and community- based
service linkage um widespread and
long-term Community safety is possible
by addressing underlying needs by
approaching Behavior as an unmet need we
as adults can offer more well-rounded
and impactful support to our youth our
families and our community CYS Works
closely with schools in and around
Hawthorne to offer comprehensive
training and Empower School staff anyone
from school security to school
counselors to work with youth and
families to address underlying needs and
subsequently know how to offer
appropriate
supports um we thank the Hawthorne
Police Department Hawthorne's official
diversion partners for the important
work done in collaboration with CIS this
essential partnership enables our
organization to literally divert kids
from being booked into the juvenile
justice system or expelled from schools
and this option can be the difference
between a young person having a
productive life that benefits Society
versus versus a life that is forever
damaged by a criminal record and I'm to
here today on behalf of CYS to spread
awareness of our free services within
Hawthorne and invite anyone who's
interested in learning more partnering
with us or volunteering with us to reach
out our work can't be done without the
input Voice or participation of this
community thank
you okay thank you so much for being
here thank you for uh stepping up and uh
working with the youth through the
sentinella youth Services over there at
the South Bay whip
right yeah absolutely with the whip so
thank
you feel free to come back um and let us
know any projects that you're working on
or any successes Fay Johnson chair for
the Veterans Affairs
commission hello and thank you city
council for this opportunity to share
tonight my name is Fay Johnson I'm the
chair of the Veterans Affairs Commission
and I wanted to report out on our
progress of the military um Banner
recognition program this project was
created by the Hawthorne's Veterans
Affairs commission to recognize and
honor the military men and women of
Hawthorne who are currently serving or
who have served in the past to include
those who are now deceased these banners
will be displayed on Hawthorne Boulevard
between 12th Street and Rose cray during
Memorial Day and Veteran day's holidays
these banners can be produced and hung
for a total of $300 per Banner which
includes the hardware necessary for the
pole installation and again I want to
thank city council for the uh budget
contribution of
$33,000 that was previously authorized
at um previous council meeting I would
also like to thank councilwoman Katrina
Manning for her generous uh contribution
of
$300 and councilman Alex Montero who's
absent for his generous contribution of
$500 These funds will be Pro um will be
used to provide sponsorships for our
military honores tonight I um I have
available a trifold that basically tells
you about the program what the
eligibility is and it also has an
application with it this is what we're
going to use to advertise the program
and I'm respectfully asking the council
and the audience if they would um help
me spread the news share it with
veterans that you know in our community
and get the word out the deadline for
our submission so we can get the banners
made and put up in time would be
February 15
2024 I also want to take this moment
since I have a few more minutes or
seconds to thank the chief of police for
letting us use uh sergeant salana and
I'd also like to thank the city manager
for letting us have Erica lampin she's
definitely an asset to our team both of
them are so thank you ma'am real quick
what's your target how many banners do
you want to get so you're waiting for
applicants to equal a total of how many
um there is no limit on how many we can
do it just depends upon how many flag
poles we have which we have a lot so I I
have a feeling we're going to have far
more flag poles this year than we do um
veterans that step forward but there is
no limit maybe we could choose a segment
of hawthor Boulevard to do it and uh
just figure out how many flag polls you
have and then uh if you need to wait
till you get that number of of
applicants then that's when you submit
that so you don't so you can order in
bulk and one hit yeah the only challenge
is the printer okay if we want them up
in time okay ma'am thank you thank you
thank you for your service thank
you Gordon Mike Gordon Michael
Migo
hello everyone uh Happy New Year hope
you all had a good
Christmas uh on December 12th U 2023 the
haon city council had presentation by
office Untitled about the Civic Center
over the past uh month I spoke with
residents business owners and other
people about
it our viws range from Curious to dismay
on the proposal for the new city hall in
hathor
they questioned the need and the cost
for what is essentially a second City
Hall that will be connected to the ex
existing one by an elevated walkway the
object to the overall design of the
building especially the idea of a
council chamber being on the third floor
instead of having two structures it
makes sense to add extra floors to
either add extra floors uh on the
existing City Hall which has the council
chamber on the first floor ideally
the new city hall would actually uh be
located along Hawthorne Boulevard uh
fronting along the boulevard itself uh
that will give it a prominent stature it
would be constructed on parking lot as
adjacent to the Bank of America in front
there would be a uh of the city hall
that is a water fountain and a clock
tower as a result the entire parking lot
in the Civic Center must be opened up to
the customers of Bank of America
uh which is an important Financial
entity for people of Haw and the region
obviously parking structures uh above
ground need to be built in the Civic
Center to accommodate the people hoffin
City Hall Bank America and new park in
the downtown
area uh the proposal for an underground
parking structure on the North End of
the city lot is a terrible idea for many
reasons uh with an above ground
structure the South facing
part uh of the structure could serve as
a backdrop for showing movies
Outdoors 26 street is an important
roadway in the Civic Center it must
remain a two-way street for convenience
of Vehicle drivers and efficient flow of
vehicle traffic further 126th Street
between hon Boulevard and Birch Avenue
uh needs to be converted into an actual
street with sidewalks lamp poost trees
and so forth in regards to the Bank of
America the building uh which would
still remain but it would uh actually
need architectural face lift uh to
improve its looks and it would also
include windows installed on the sides
that will uh as I said improve the
appearance and function of the structure
it has been suggested that retail Cafe
public hall be placed in the Civic
Center instead a revitalized mall in the
downtown town area that is named or that
should be named Ha Renaissance
Plaza uh ha denoted in the city
Renaissance rebirth renewal and Plaza uh
would be a perfect location for retail
stores restaurants entertainment venues
community events SpaceX Welcome Center
Tesla dealership and so on so let us
work together to make it become a
reality so that hon can be that shining
City on the hill during the 21st
century thank you thank you sir
yeah Rosa
Ortiz oh she's not here oh okay okay
she's there right in the
back thank you mayor council members um
I would like to pass this out can you
hear me okay my name is Roso I have a
small business here in uh 139th in
Prairie oh can you get just closer and
kind of stay there just so we could hear
it hear it okay there we go oh let me
take this off um my name is Rosa Ortiz I
have a small business on 139th in
Prairie and I want to talk about the
small business grant that was approved
on November 14th meeting that was the
last meeting that was held on it the
program was initiated back in February
of
23 there was several more than several
uh approvals of The
Proposal um stating that this was a
service um type of Grant but when the
grant was advertised it was advertised
as money I have copies if I can pass
them
along
so through I went back um after
reviewing the November 14th meeting I
went back all the way to the beginning
of February and the proposal was for
services but somewhere around the line
it went from services to Grant to um the
one that I applied for was the employee
retention um and at the end it was just
uh
training um I included the advertising
that we saw as business owners which was
English and Spanish that would be page
two and it clearly says especially in
Spanish one it clearly says
5,000 uh to businesses that qualify as
dollars there is nothing in there that
says Services I also included on page
three one of the Flyers that was in the
website for restaurants they also so had
a $5,000 Grant but they specifically
stated uh Kitchen Equipment Technology
upgrades employee training bonuses unfor
hardships um I also
included uh I'm sorry I don't publicly
speak the proposed um budget of the $1
million that was allocated from the $32
million that was received from the co
money and I included the breakdown of
that $1
million okay um you guys obviously have
seen this because you guys obviously
approved that but
my what I would like would be to figure
out or find out why to the public was it
addressed as a grant of
dollars and within the city meetings it
was
Services if we do not come to the city
meetings or we don't see see them on the
web then we're not informed so
we're counting on what's presented to us
as the public on the website and on the
Flyers that were all over the city to be
what is fact so I would just for like
for the city council city manager to
kind of investigate and maybe rectify
the uh the outcome of this thank you uh
Mr city manager can you provide her the
form just
or how should we approach
this um giving me direction to study
your case I think would be the first
step okay and then I would need the
packet that she provideed to council to
take a look at I did not have receive
one I think she might have one for you
um could you just take a look at the
situation yes we'll do and yes thank you
thank you mayor I just wanted to make
reference that um I know SoCal Gas and
some other I think County offered other
services other uh
grants or whatnot so uh that's on page
three that's on page three are we
done no so city manager um yes if you
could just look into Co SoCal Gas with
Mike Carol Mike harell uh I know that
they were offering um assistance too so
look at the other County at the county
also I just want to make sure that
everyone's on one Accord on who's
offering what okay notice thank you
thank you for being here and sharing
that uh thank you
yeah anybody else wishing to address the
city council form a
line I only see one
person let the lady go first
okay commissioner
Orman all right you
sure I don't want to fall
down uh good my name is James Ric 3822
West 144 Street
Roger Park uh read the articles in the
paper and online about the building
being built on the County section of
Inglewood
Avenue
and they they according to the Articles
in the
paper they said that it's with the they
didn't have to use any of the like the
building and saf uh building planning
department or have any uh building
planning the uh meetings with the public
because of the new state laws that was
passed by our great legislators and
senators and Governor that takes these
rights
away are we losing did it is is that
able to affect us here
now because I see on the agenda it talks
about the changing the standards for
residential and mixed
commercial in the city so will we be
doing when the developers come in and
they buy the properties if they want to
put multi-units there we won't have any
say so at all because they could go
through the the state and get the
permission to do the
work is that how it's going to be
working
now thank
you
next please
commissioner good evening Mr Mayor mayor
proem city council members and City
staff and neighbors um I would like to
bring your attention to some legislation
that is pending in Congress right now
that I am asking for your support on
right now um in the 118th Congress and
this is federal not not State um there
is a Senate bill number 414 and the
house bill is HR
1083 and I have cop copies for you of
some of this basically what this comes
down to is a deals with dependence
indemnity compensation so starting after
the Revolutionary War the surviving
spouses of veterans who died in battle
or as a result of their injuries or
illnesses um acquired during battle um
they have been getting what's called
diic and is Comfortably known as
survivors benefits up until
1993 those survivor benefits were
predicated on the rank of the veteran
who passed away so in other words if you
were a general your surviving spouse got
a higher percentage of what your pay had
been than if you were a private for
example after 1993 they did a change to
that and they have it as a flat rate so
right now if a veteran um passes away uh
from a service connected disability that
they have a service connected disability
rate in for or they have been totally
and completely disabled for 10
years the current payment um is 44% of
what their disability payment had been
so in 199 or excuse me in 2023 that flat
Indemnity payment um where the
disability payment had been 36
2195 if that veteran passes away and
their spouse qualifies because there are
conditions for it to get Survivor
benefit they would get a total of
$1,627 which obviously um won't even pay
the rent at this point and so what this
bill is doing is trying to increase the
survivor benefits so it is the same
percentage as for all other federal
employees so the only difference is that
right now veteran surviving spouses if
they meet all of the qualifications are
getting 43% of what the veterans
disability pay pay it was where a
federal employee in any other capacity
other than a military capacity gets
55% so basically this bill would do two
different things it would increase it so
that the base rate is the same
55% and then also subject to Cola as all
of these are and the other thing it
would do is if your veteran is currently
100% service connected for 10 years or
more they can pass away from from
anything and the surviving spouse if
they know about it and apply may be
granted diic one of the other things
that this bill would do is it would
lower that threshold to five years or
more and it would be a sliding scale up
to 10 years so the reason I'm bringing
this up right now I have a copy of the
bill and everything there's going
there's already right now um 58
co-sponsors in the house and 20
co-sponsors in the Senate there's going
to be a hearing in the house Veteran
Affairs committee the end of this month
and what we need is to get as many
co-sponsors before that hearing as
possible sorry man your time is up our
congresswoman is not signed on as a
co-sponsor if you can um contact her and
Advocate to get her to co-sponsor this
that's what we need I'll pass out copies
is this a request uh from you
individually or is it coming from the
veterans commission um I just got back
in town so I was not at the commission
meeting yesterday so I'm putting it out
on my own at the moment because if going
to take action at the next meeting to
put something in favor of this it would
need to be agendized um yeah if you
could pass that on to our city clerk
she's the keeper of
Records thank you maam anybody else
wishing to speak and address the city
council if not I declare oral
communication close so
order right let's get on with
our business
here Madam Madam Clerk you have three
items Mr Mayor I have three items on the
consent calendar they're items three
through five for your consideration and
approval item three approval of waiver
of full readings of resolutions and
ordinances on tonight's agenda item Four
City treasur requests approval of the
warrants for January 9th
2024 item five resolution number 8448 a
resolution of the city council of the
city of Hawthorne California approving
an exception to the 180-day waiting
period to hire a Calpers retired Anu
attent in accordance with government
code section 5
7522 56 and 21224 for
adoption do the chair I'd like to uh
pull five
uh of
course I make a motion on all other
items three and four
second four second
got to keep this butt
in okay I make a motion on three and
four
second see
it are we
fancy all right waiting for
the screens no no not yet and not not
everyone's voted waiting for you to vote
I can't see anything here is it push
your button
which
I don't see
anything I really don't guys I'm not to
did you enter the
meeting that a setup or something or
what all right so what do I need to
do oh a motion was made motion was made
here and the seconded Y the votes are
in yes should
be the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes all right this is a first use
of our voting system
yay that was
exciting it was exciting actually
for me I don't
know council
member uh city manager could you help me
understand resolution 5 I have a general
idea what it is but I just wanted to
make sure I was clear so if I may um
this affects this from the city
attorney's office um basically what
happened is we had an assistant City
attorney that is in charge of all the
civil litigation matters she also
handles uh Complex public records
requests she announced her retirement
she was going to set her retirement date
at the end of January but she visited
you know before the
retirees actually go through the
retirement they have make an appointment
with Cal Pur in city of Glendale and
they give advice and the advice that she
was given and I don't know the details
of it was that she should retire by end
of the year now um that this is this
year or or last year last year okay so
um and there is a rule with Cal Purge
that once you retire you cannot do any
work with the city for 180 days for 6
months you have to sit out you know they
have rulle that you could work part time
up to 900 some hours a year but you
can't do anything for 180 days um the
problem is that the the recruitment to
replace her is going to take some time
so uh this is kind of a unique
situations where if a council approves
by resolution we can bypass that 180
days waiting period so she could
continue to work part-time and help with
the city until her replacement is hired
does that apply to part would would that
be as an employee or as an independent
contractor does it matter it's a
part-time employee I don't think it can
be as a contract attorney it's it's uh
what she told me was that it has to be a
part-time
employee uh you're saying she wouldn't
be able to work with the city as a as an
independent contractor as a contractor I
don't think she can I think it has to be
as a part-time employee Calpers has some
unique rules on that I could look into
further but um she basically she told me
that she will do it as a part-time
employee the the problem with a contract
attorney is that they're required to get
um business license and I can't there
cannot be any supervision it has to be
completely
independent versus versus part-time
employee Works under the supervision of
the city of attorney uh okay got it and
is there let me I ask question is there
a difference
in cost to the city hiring somebody as a
part-time employee versus an independent
contractor um part-time employee gets
some uh parttime uh benefits it's not
equal as uh the full-time employees
whereas independent contractors get zero
any type of benefit they get so
part-time employees get was it's called
pars but um independent contractors do
not get any benefits from the
city is there a
um difference in liability between one
versus the other to the city um no not
necessarily especially when we're
dealing with someone that's been
handling her job
for I think it's she's been working for
about 17 years with the city well I'm
just talking about just the different
types of employment
no there's no liability in terms of
liability we have um we're self-insured
through icma things of that nature I
don't know if that's what you're
asking um I'm just just a question I'm
not leading to anything in particular
and and then is there
um
different
um I guess rights to employment are
being able to ret you know being able to
trer dismiss uh a part-time employee
versus independent
contractor no they um I think part-time
employees may be covered under different
mou but she she would not as an attorney
she would not be a become a civil
servant that's what you're asking it's
same as at will as any other attorneys
so the difference between the two is one
she had to get a a business
license uh to work as a or contract
attorney the other hand she wouldn't
have to get a business license and she
would also get uh extra a little bit of
extra money going into a different
pension um that's correct that is
correct to the chair so my questions are
this
um she just retired in December M she
knew she was going to be retired in
December she knew she was going to be
retiring in December if there was a
discussion in advance of knowing that
she was going to retire why didn't we
start doing the recruitment for a new
person at that time so as soon as she
announced her retirement and she gave
the initial date of end of January we
started
recruitment um we did that
immediately uh but after visiting
Cal's office she came back and said she
would have to retire earlier based on
their recommendation and I don't know
exactly what the details of yeah what
was the far advanced notice that she
provided you in your office that she's
going to be re
that must have been close to two
months two months that she was going to
be retiring in December and end of
January yeah so she I think she I don't
know the exact date but she let me know
that she was going to retire in December
yeah I know that it normally takes about
three months and you have to fall within
the age range so that you could be able
to retire but in this case she's worked
for the city nearly what 20 years about
17 years I okay and then at a high
salary I'm I'm sure retired with great
benefits I I would be more willing to
see an employee come on board that's
probably new to the city um I understand
the importance however there is an
advance here notice that should have
been provided so that we could have
already been making those recruitments
and are we recruiting now we are how
long have you been recruiting um that's
a question for HR I don't know if she's
here
we have been we got noticed December 7th
I believe that she was going to be
retiring January uh 26 and then after
her meeting with calp she came back and
changed the date to December 30th um her
meeting um was maybe the second or third
right before we went on
vacation and um I am recruiting and the
recruitment started also right before we
left so we can't do a 1099 um contract
employee can't look to another um
attorney's office for part-time person
in all the attorneys that you work with
I'm sure you have someone in there that
we could find
part-time um the attorneys that we work
with on the Civil side are all law firms
and it would be a lot more costly than
this yeah we
can't um we actually were short-handed
in the criminal prosecution side as well
as civil right now so I know there's a
revolving door policy that the council
did uh several years back which said
basically says that if an employee um um
leaves they're not um back until after
six months right so you're basically
saying you're waving
the the six month to provide this one
individual to come back correct because
um that that's the rule the city had
policy that City had is following the uh
the Cal Pur Rule and the government code
um this they do make an exception
through resolution it's because she's
been handling these multiple cases and
it's an ongoing case these are all
pending cases so she's familiar with
these cases that she's been working on I
just don't understand why she retired if
I mean there's obviously communication
happening in your office because you're
telling me now there's an urgency and
that she's the only person that could do
it but what happened to our cross
training and people that supposed to
know uh you know all aspects especially
for the city attorney's office I would
be I would rather see a 1099 contract
employee versus changing the whole
ordinance over one individual it's it's
just a resolution it's not a I
understand but that's what you're asking
it's for us to make a vote today to um
provide preference to this one person
that's correct
actually I
move is there a
second okay there's in a sec a little
bit
longer okay the motion dies
okay bids openings and results next we
have a bid opening Madam clerk item six
item six now is the time in place to
declare publicly receive seal bids for
Alley Improvement project cdbg funds
project number
24-6 there were two bids received all
were accompanied by biders bonds the
prices are as follows Martinez Lance
scape Company Incorporated
$398,500
SQL Contractors Incorporated
$749,500
is there a
motion you're motion to move is there a
second is there
a okay please
vote
okay the votes are
the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes okay thank
you now we have
ordinances Madam clerk item seven
ordinance number
2247 second reading an ordinance of the
city council of the city of Hawthorne
California amending Section 1 17.
29-40 development standard of chapters
1729 CM mixed commercial classification
to be in compliance with the housing
element by removing constraints to
residential and mixed use developments
and approving an addendum to the
Hawthorne General plan environmental
impact report for adoption um
discussion sure thank you city manager
excuse me thank you uh mayor city
manager and maybe Greg are you
here uh real quick question um is do we
currently have any um issued um issued
prop any properties with issues in the
department in which um have yet to be
processed that are either relying on
this one item uh to be passed or are we
current or is this something new moving
forward no this is this is um no there's
not any applications that are dependent
upon this this is the second um stage in
um complying with the housing element if
you'll recall a couple of months ago
there was I noticed an error in the
ordinance that you were passing um and
we had to pull a part of it out so you
approved everything but that part this
is that part completed now and this is
um this is the second reading so um we
did have a public hearing the last time
we
met okay and you're satisfied with the
the the verbiage yeah I wrote it okay
and we didn't miss anything this time
okay okay thank
you is there a
motion oh you had a question I'm sorry
go
ahead is there a
question not is
there okay is there a motion going on
with this thing is there a
motion yes second
please please
vote the votes are
in the vote reflects mayor and Council
voting
yes thank you
Council okay so we now we have the city
manager's consent calendar Madam Clerk 9
through
11 do we need to read item 8
again uh items 9 through 11 right um you
missed number eight didn't you oh did I
okay item eight please ma'am ordinance
number 2248 first reading and ordinance
of the city council of the city of
Hawthorne California establishing
regulations and requirements for
municipal message center Network
amending the hawthor municipal code
regarding the same and making a finding
of exemption from squa in connection
therewith for
introduction I move to introduce and I
just uh FYI on this matter it's going to
be brought back for second reading for
adoption we typically do it at the next
council meeting but this will be
followed um as a second reading and for
adoption on the meeting of February 13
2024 so we're going to skip a meeting
for
adoption mayor
yes um this thing keeps going off and on
so we sound like idiots it's okay not um
here we go again what exactly is a
municipal message center Network
please um that's basically a place where
you could have messaging through
electronic billboard
system and this is going to be for our
um our electric Billboards correct in
cor collaboration
with a private
entity that um that's why we need to uh
have the second reading when they will
can be present because they can't make
this the January 24th
meeting so they could answer your
questions at that
time but we've never had an ordinance
with regards to regulations and or
requirements um not necessarily this is
kind of little different um these are um
I think when they're here they could
present more information to you but it's
in collaboration with the city it's the
same company that built um electronic
Billboards in downtown Los Angeles
around right on the 110 near the 10
freeway and on in for the city of
Englewood okay I'll I'll have I'll do an
outside um defer with you all thank you
okay where we
at sorry about that um next we have yeah
there's just
we I did done
yeah uh mam clerk can you please recite
the city manager's consent calendar we
have items 9 through 11 item nine
progress payment number two in the
amount of
$267,600 due to gerbon Incorporated of
Balwin Park California for sewer and
Maine miscellaneous storm drain
Improvement project
20123 project number 23- 04 item 10
annexation of unincorp unincorporated
regions within Hawthorne Region 2 item
11 Food Services agreement between the
city of Hawthorne and the County of Los
Angeles to provide prepared meals to
feed jail inmates for the Hawthorne
Police Department Mr Mayor that
concludes the city manager's consent
calendar
I move I'm trying to keep this thing up
second there's dis we'd like
dis discussion for 10 I want discussion
10 and
11 I feel bad for pressing this button
because it almost seems like you think
I'm doing it to you I'm just trying to
say something
okay yeah so I don't know
so I had only heard a discussion for 10
11 I
make 10 and 11 for the
chair I make a motion on
nine
second please
vote the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting
yes thank you
Council discussion on
10 can you hear
me city manager uh I'd like to ask you
for 10 um I think this is a great idea
that we're finally doing this but I
wanted to know how many
people um will that include when we do
this okay no problem that information I
don't have yet this is just approval for
the city manager this is under my
approval Authority actually I brought it
to council for transparency uh what I'm
asking for permission is to file the
paperwork with the county to start
negotiations with the county regarding
this area what I intend to do once we
start negotiations is have a surveyor go
out in the area and calculate the impact
that it would have to the city as far as
residents Public Safety and those items
so this is very early in the stage this
area too if you look at your map and
your agenda is 76 anre Acres which
allows us to move forward without public
Community input from that area it's the
one of the only areas within the spears
that we can do this to I think this
would set us up to set a trend for other
Incorporated areas to add to the city so
this is very early and I would like to
come back within 90 days to provide that
information after I obtain a surveyor to
look into the
area
uh just a real quick comment on my
end okay I
just uh that area right there is uh
single family residences majority is
it's between khaw 132nd to
135th I think it is and it's in the
midst with of uh Monita Gardens which we
know is is not single family residence
is high density a very high
concentration of high density there so I
hope that the council keeps in mind the
situation and that we try to preserve
that uh element there as much as
possible that's all and I'm willing to
support this
absolutely to the chair thank you um
with regards to item number 10 there's
an estimated Financial impact of 23,000
what is that incompass uh that's just a
fing fee so once we negotiate with the
county uh with the city attorney's
office on what it would cost or the loss
of Revenue that the county would lose we
would negotiate a price bring it back to
council to move forward with an
annexation of this area have we done a
full Financial um feasibility study on
uh taking anex an annexation such as
this to include Services programs and
those that are going to be needed to the
residents that reside in that area no
that's the next step that I would like
to move forward with okay and you're
working with finance department on that
yes I will okay okay okay I
move second is this only for item 10 are
we going to discuss 11 first and vote
both 10 please vote on 10 please please
vote on
10 the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes discussion
on discussion on
11 thank you mayor um just a real quick
question because I I I I continuously
see County of Los Angeles County of Los
Angeles always providing uh for our
jails and whatnot is there another
entity that we could maybe perhaps look
into that could provide lunches to those
that are um inmates in our haam Police
Department I mean is there has there
been a research of potential um
commissaries or those alike that can
provide a lunch
um weever done that uh council member
there are other companies that are
private entities that could potentially
provide the same service but for
purposes of uh continuity uh getting
those meals from the County of Los
Angeles satisfies a lot of potential
concerns for individual dietary
restrictions that our inmate population
might
experience so that's a that's a way for
me to say like if we um have somebody
that is temporarily in custody at the
Hawthorne Police Department jail who has
a religious belief that has dietary
restrictions the County of Los Angeles
has pretty much every single one of
those categories taken care of and we
can just tell them that we need a
specified meal for a specified period of
days so there really isn't a choice it's
like we have to use them I I think that
this is by by far going to be the most
uh costeffective choice and the most
convenient for our city
staff okay I'm sure that uh you know we
could we could potentially get um those
same types of dietary restrictions taken
into by going to uh a public restaurant
here in the city of Hawthorne but it is
certainly going to be at a more
expensive cost and it will require more
extra staff hours to try and take care
of that okay thank you
Chief anyone else
I make a
motion
second please
vote just right
now please vote
case the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes okay Jesus what do we have
here
all right folks um we really thank you
guys for being here today uh as you can
see we have uh this wonderful
technological tool just needs a little
bit of uh uh setting up further setting
up but we were able to make it through
the
meeting uh as best
as possible without uh
too many hiccups so I think we did good
thanks Council so this is the
opportunity for elected officials to
make uh to give a report we'll start off
with our city
treasure
my good evening everyone happy New Year
again glad to see you all again glad to
be back
um let's see um last last week I don't
know if any of you heard that uh
congresswoman Maxine Waters did a
telephone Town Hall last week um it was
very informative um she was talked about
uh upcoming
legislation and things that she
spearheading this up and coming year uh
she spoke on student loan forgiveness
debate of course and issues with for
propit
schools
um Alan forgiveness um issues with with
the government so overall uh it was very
informative um and to hear about some of
the upcoming legislation that's coming
up this year that she Speare
heading um we have three CDs rolling
over into some great rats this month uh
seven rolling over later in the
year um I would like to say I look
forward to working with Council and the
city staff this year and the many great
things that Hawthorne um um has going on
in the upcoming year
um please see me afterwards Miss deor
regarding your uh autism organization
I'd love to work with you okay thank
you city
clerk I want to thank everyone for
coming out tonight and wish everyone a
Happy New Year um I also was moved by
the uh talk about autism I I don't think
there are enough like resources to help
people who are dealing with children
with autism and even some of the teens
and adults who have autism um so I would
like to offer any help that I can from
the clerk's office as
well councilwoman Katrina Manning
please
good evening everyone happy New Year um
I too um would like to participate and
uh your autism uh foundation and uh I
actually have a check for you tonight so
um see me afterwards as well um I think
it's a great program and um I've been a
part of um autism other programs uh
called special needs Network and they
have a
new facility um state of the Ark um for
folks out there that have kids that have
um um kids with autism um but I look
forward to um celebrating and
participating and walking um with your
organization also I'd like to say um I
appreciate the Dodgers um
presentation um I think is so important
and when he mentioned that he was uh the
oldest of five kids and that he had to
volunteer in order to be able to
participate I just think about with Co
what it's done to a lot of our folks so
being able to support that type of
program and see our kids um be able to
play and it be affordable I'm really on
board with that and I think they do uh
really great things so I really look
forward um to us um having that Dodger
day here in the city of
hathorne um also I'd like to
say I got a email from uh supervisor
Holly Mitchell's office uh urging the
city of
hethor um landlords to participate in
the rent relief program um I know that
again Co had an effect on a lot of folk
um and this program uh will assist the
the the landlords who um suffered and
were unable to uh receive payment for
rent so going to supervisor Mitchell
website um and sign up for their rent
relief program the deadline to sign up
for that is January the 12th so that
date is fastly approaching so you want
to make sure uh that you sign up and and
uh apply for those funds that are
available the other thing that I'd like
to talk
about um is the business expo we are
having a business expo uh March 14th
2024 uh this will be my first year um
hosting uh this business expo and I'm
really excited and I can't wait and so
if you have a business please make sure
that you go to our City website and sign
up to sponsor or be exhibitor um at
our uh business
expo also um last night I had an
opportunity to attend the business
connect uh which I encourage businesses
to go on to our website to attend um our
business connect but it was extremely
informative um Greg from our planning
department gave a
presentation and when I tell you I
learned so much within that time I was
extremely extremely um felt like a kid a
5-year-old kid sponging everything and I
learned so much from him and it prompt
me to think about some of the things
that
we haven't done and so I would encourage
or I'm giving a directive to the city
manager
to um
create and a a a process to update our
ordinances that focuses on our priority
commercial
districts to address our vacant
storefronts um some of the things that
he talked about in his
presentation um in 30 days if you could
come up with a plan of action and
identify those priority
areas um to update our zoning
codes the second thing that I want to
talk about is the budget um as I was
going through budgets of other
cities um and comparing it to ours one
of the things that I noticed is that we
didn't have a budget message page in our
budget and so I am asking moving forward
if we can include a budget page message
in our budget so that it
explains
the condition of our
city and that's it thank
you thank you councilwoman
councilman uh David Patterson please sir
thank you Mr Mayor appreciate it first
want to say happy New Year it's good to
see everybody this year um and good to
see everybody just come to participate
in this process uh it's always great to
have your feedback uh appreciate
everybody who came and spoke up uh and
just want to thank uh staff and our
Police Department um for to all your
hard work and and your contribution to
our city uh Miss Orman I just want to
ask if you can reach out to me maybe
send me an email of specifically your
ask in terms of that particular Bill uh
how I can support
um Chief did I see you with a
mustache Chief got a mustache is that is
that
allow Mo it's not member
anymore we got uh anyways guess you know
make some criminals laugh is that what
it is
is
um uh few things though um trying to be
serious Mr city
manager um could you provide a report of
the mixtur development that's happening
in cover City
specifically um and you include any
other neighboring cities if you like and
the feasibility of um that happening on
Hawthorne um maybe specifically focusing
on hathorne Boulevard or CAW Boulevard I
don't know if everybody's seen in city
of C City and their main boulevards they
are doing a lot of mixed use development
in their residential areas they keep it
very residential but on the main th the
thorough fars boulevards they're they're
constructing a lot of new development a
lot of new mixu development so I'm just
curious to see if something like that
would make sense in the city of
Hawthorne um I would also like to recom
commend I don't know if we should put
this on a discussion uh action item or
whatever is most appropriate for the
council to discuss but um I would like
to have our
commissioners uh attend the commissioner
AC academy uh in Long Beach March 6
through the 8th I think it's put
together by the California League of
cities and uh I think that might be
something that are our new Commissioners
could benefit from and really being able
to understand the rle in and um you know
do a good job in our
city uh Mr city manager I also like to
ask for some followup on um director of
gay I gave some time last year about
ping the community uh about a potential
new Charter and
what um what the community may be
interested in seeing and and if you can
kind of report back as to kind of um you
know how that research is gone and help
give us some guides us to what might
make sense to go to do next and
lastly if we can bring back to I don't
know if the right term is going to be an
ordinance um to um adjust the city
council's compensation consistent with
the with Cola uh consistent with s SP
329 which is something that the governor
passed
recently um state wide so that elected
officials can um have their compensation
keep up with inflation also uh a
ordinance that might also do the same
thing for the treasurer and the clerk as
well and um outside of laughing at the
chief's
mustache I think that's it thanks a
lot thank you council member uh mayor
protm thank you I hope that this stays
on the mic that is um just want to thank
Jerry again and recken parks and the
community um development uh I say
community because it's it's it's all
combined together when it comes to these
types of programs and services that
we're bringing to the Hawthorne
residents thank you so much um for uh
all that you're doing to bring um
services to our families here in
Hawthorne and your Partnerships not only
with the Dodgers but others alike and uh
we'll continue to Champion uh to assure
that uh we're partnering and receiving
funding to do so so thank you for that
um I want to talk a little bit about um
April being autism uh month if we could
include that city manager in a
resolution that we declare April the
month of autism and
awareness um thank you Cella youth for
your reporting out on services and what
you're doing to our veterans commission
thank you for reporting
out
um for the business
expo thank you for your reporting
out for legislation whether state
federal otherwise we'll look into that
I'd like to know more about it myself
and what exactly that means
for our
veterans
um I have a real concern with regards to
California Edison and their presentation
today
um with regards to history here in the
city of Hawthorne if you remember a few
years ago we became an aggregate city
which basically said that we want to be
able to uh procr energy energy
electricity for our residents here in
Hawthorne at a lower cost and when we
did that we became an aggregate in
partnership with the County of Los
Angeles where there's roughly 33 to
35 uh cities that are also partners with
this with the county uh procur procuring
lower energy whether it's 1% 2% 3% we're
still um you know in Partnership to
assure the same which is at lower cost
uh energy through procument um
the reason we did that is because many
residents and many communities and
cities um know that California Edison uh
other uh
PGE uh San Diego GE all these other
utilities are
investor um
owned and all these utilities um have
investors that are paid
um basically uh
we pay them right we pay those uh
investors and um we do this on a regular
basis and unlike California uh excuse me
unlike uh clean power Alliance it's a
nonprofit organization it's a nonprofit
organization it's not investor to own
and it's a nonprofit organization that
provides back its revenues it's
generating revenues or whatnot back to
the community whether it be at a lower
rate whether it be Investments whether
it be the same uh lower costs for those
that have a need special needs uh
seniors Etc and while the time that I
sat on the board um I was charged was
with looking at how uh we could benefit
the community Through additional
Investments and more importantly uh
assuring that the community of Hawthorne
was procuring energy at a lower cost so
having said that um it sounds like we
are now going to to be uh leveraged an
additional uh charge I know tonight they
were saying $50 $51 I don't remember
exactly but I'm reading and it's being
proposed uh Southern California um
provide a $49 charge so already there's
you know discrepancies whether it's 49
whether it's 50 or 51 so my whole effort
is basically to assure the community the
city the residents of Hawthorne that pay
utilities and everything's uh very high
these days including gas um that we know
exactly what's happening here and we
truly understand um where our money is
going in spite of how they might say
that we will pay less if we use less
well again I don't use any and I'm
hardly home because I'm work most of the
time and I don't turn anything on at
night okay so I'm still having to pay a
big a big
bill um I'm concerned because it's being
proposed and the puc it will pretty much
have a choice to be made come
July so I had made a uh proposal to the
council back in December or November if
I remember correctly just basically
sending a letter saying that the city of
Hawthorne is not in agreement with an
additional
charge and that's still my stance but I
need the community's help to understand
that come July you can't be coming here
or telling us later that this is not
fair and this is something that you
didn't want you need to start speaking
up
now so having said that how can you do
that you have to be able to go to
Southern California Edison uh website uh
the Pu its proposal uh see what is
exactly being proposed to the residents
and um you know make your stance
um they might paint a pretty picture and
say basically you're really not going to
get um hit too hard but there's two
costs and they said that there's an
infrastructure cost and then there's a
utility cost which is your kilowatts
that you're using so there is two
cost so when they said that and they
verified that what do you think's going
to come next there's going to be an
additional cost added for
infrastructure that's what's going to
come next
because what they're trying to do is now
say basically that all the pose all the
the lines everything that they have to
keep up with it's become uh a little bit
too much and you've heard about the wild
fire the fires happening up in the
mountains infrastructure and whatnot
being uh
destroyed that comes back to us the rate
payer to have to build that back up that
infrastructure it's not going to come
from the
investors they're going to want to be
paid
back so I say that to say this again
please join in reading and and and
researching and looking up more
information on how the proposals to the
Pu will ultimately affect you the pay
rate the the residents of
Hawthorne and um you know go a little
step further look into uh SoCal
Gas because it's always a trickling
effect um but I will continue to
Champion to assure that um you know
every um information that's brought here
to us is correct and if we have
additional information or requests for
for additional information that that be
brought to us and I don't see a problem
with bringing clean power Alliance to us
also um ask um the executive director to
to assist us and you know they they they
might be able to proiv provide a little
bit more information as well but it's
all all on the internet you could pull
it up at any given given time what I'm
reading is uh California revamps
electricity rates based on income how
are you going to be verified your
income there's going to be personal
information that's going to be asked of
you how else are they verifying what you
make to give you that charge there's
personal information that's going to be
gathered it's not just you know like he
said you know no we don't need that yes
they're going to need that he said that
basically that care doesn't provide that
no care provides that too if you're
looking to uh get assistance for paying
your utility bill you fill out an
application for care you provide your
income you provide where you're
receiving that income from and whether
it's Social Security whether it's
Medicare medical whether it's any other
source of income and then they base your
rate based off of your personal
information that you completed on an
application so if they're saying that no
they don't need to know what your annual
income is that's not true they need to
know how much you're making so they
could charge you based off of your
income again um please please do all you
can to learn more and to hear hear more
and ask for more
information um I want to make mention
the landlord walk-in uh tenant Clinic uh
that's on Monday February 5th free
Consulting here from 2 to 4 o'clock at
Hawthorne City Hall uh LA County also
has a landlord application that is now
open and it's for landlords landlords
not tenants landlords so if you own
property and need assistance look into
LA County rent relief program for
landlords um thank you to our wrecken
Parks again and thank you to Public
Works there's a lot of Christmas trees
out there there's a lot of debris and
things that I know uh is being picked up
and I thank you for your hard work uh to
assure our streets uh look clean with
regards to dumping mattresses and
anything else I really appreciate that
um we have our Hawthorne wck and Park
Foundation golf tournament coming up
Monday March 18th at riondo thank you so
much for the information there's great
Partnerships in that anyone interested
in that I'm sure we'll have literature
out in the lobby
um what else I really love our spring uh
Hawthorne guide Community Services
winter spring uh magazine uh I really
like everything that's in there and
again thank you uh to all that provided
a Christmas card a greeting uh who
reached out to me through text email uh
just wishing me a Merry Christmas a
happy New Year uh the same to you and
thank you for um the Partnerships and
all that we're doing um appreciate every
Department every city department head
and um looking forward to building out
Hawthorne and seeing what that looks
like uh through a new Civic Center so
thank
you thank you is everybody good
okay thank you ma'am when once more for
your efforts with the autism I know that
there's uh there's people that are close
to me and people that I've seen uh you
know that are affected by this with
their families and such so thank you for
stepping up to be able to address it
it's a very important issue that we need
to figure out solve or find a cure if
Poss if there is one right so thank
you um great idea for the veterans uh
banners I'm really excited about it I
already started filling out one for my
dad who uh served uh in the army during
the Vietnam war so uh I'm signing him up
um and I I believe the mayor protm
possibly has uh one person for sure and
possibly a second person that she might
be able to sign up uh and uh Council
Manning I think you mentioned that your
husband is a veteran so it's uh so let's
uh let's start filling these out let's
start uh putting them up submitting them
um I do have a really cool picture of my
dad and his uh dress uniforms when he
was at where was he at uh Fort Sam
Houston for a little bit and uh and up
in Wake what was the other location
second Army division right so I'm
excited but um a piece of feedback and
uh I really hope that you guys take uh
take uh this uh uh very importantly is
that if you put these banners up on
Hawthorne Boulevard North of elsag gundo
the poles are too widespread to the left
to the left on the other side to the
right it's it's it's not going to be
very it's not going to be Poss and and
the traffic runs faster so you're not
going to be able to see these you know
the uh the banners and what they say
when you're speed uh moving along
quickly and when when you look to the
right look to the left these Banners are
going to be smaller than you anticipated
we need to stay off of anything north of
uh hawthor Boulevard uh uh Elsa Gunda
Boulevard let's try to focus on keeping
this um south of Elsa between Elsa gundo
on haor Boulevard between Elsa gundo
Boulevard and Rose CR Avenue that way
you know traffic runs slower the poles
are closer to the people who are driving
you can easily look up without
distraction and get to you know see your
loved ones isn't that what we want so
let's just try let's try to do that this
you know
okay thank you for your
efforts
um again with the issue with the
Southern California Edison we did the
calculations up here just remember they
said that the uh current rate is is what
it is there's a 25 there's going to be a
proposed 25% de decrease but a f fixed
$50 cost so with that new change you
would have to uh your bill would have
your current bill that you spend you
guys know what you spend I spend a 100
bucks um a lot of you 150 maybe at the
you know higher okay well maybe even if
it's 200 but anybody in the $100 AG 150
Etc
okay if you you it would need to be $200
or more to even
out okay for you to experience a benefit
and there are a lot of people here who
like are in in apartments rent uh small
apartments well condos that don't
require energy like the homes that you
might live in so this really it's it's
kind of a what wolf and sheep's
clothing this is not what you think it
is a majority of Hawthorne residents are
going to be impacted negatively by this
with the uh uh higher cost it's very
clear the math we did the math council
member Patterson and myself we did it we
did it really quickly up here and that's
what it ended up so be uh be aware of
that and uh be cautious and uh speak up
if you don't like it if you want to pay
more that's up to you but I think uh the
residents don't want to pay more for
this
stuff okay thank
you
uh of of great concern to me and uh I
this is going to be a formal directive
and we need to see something uh a
meeting of a type I'm suggesting a brown
act type
meeting when you're driving on the
freeway haven't you seen people riding
their bicycles along the uh the the
on-ramps
exits pushing
carts uh you know just uh walking across
while you're exiting it's walking on the
freeway guys on the
freeway I almost hit somebody
today okay let me press this button
again on the 105 you know I'm I'm sorry
if it's going to take a little bit
longer to make my points but well the
point is that should not be
allowed why are these people not getting
sighted why are they allowed to just
walk around it's a matter of time before
somebody might see hit
them if you drive along the freeway you
have little tents houses in the in the
bush area people just made their like
little homes right there when I come
down the 710 and make go on the on wrap
at the
105 it's there's like a little home
that's right like from here to there
what if there's somebody in there and
they they're sleeping and they just kind
of roll down and run into my path is it
going to be my fault is it going to be
her fault your fault why is that allowed
why is the state of California that runs
calr the state of California Senator
Steve Bradford uh assembly member Tina
McKinna who are our local
representatives and all the other state
officials who are responsible for calr
as an agency they can tell them what to
do we need to invoke you know our
relationships with them to tell them
that this cannot be allowed but the
thing is the problem though is with it
happens along the 105 you're right mayor
PM why it was poorly it was not
anticipated that we would have a
homeless situation unhoused situation
where people would be setting up shop
right there and how many times you guys
heard me that I said these bushes need
to be trimmed or eliminated because
there's people that are making their
homes they're hiding out in there and
setting up little tents and there's
there's this one guy that has a Mexican
flag right there an American flag on on
the side and outside his little home
coming down to 105 if you haven't
noticed so I mean they could do you
could do whatever you want right right
post whatever you want but um so that
cannot be allowed we need to take that
uh get the bull by the horns and we need
to have a meeting with our state
officials I know they have
Representatives the ladies who attend
but we just got to have more than that
man they come they give us like lip
service oh yeah well we'll talk to the
member and the senator and all this no
we need to we need to uh figure out what
we want to say and then have a meeting
where we have our state represent res
atives here who run calr because we need
to make a have a major o overhaul
strategy on how to deal with this so I'm
proposing that we have so that
everybody's in that meeting on Council
uh a uh Brown act type of brown act
meeting where we're here at a council
meeting at a special meeting that deals
with this where we're engaging with our
state
officials would you guys be okay with
that well how about this let's t the
city that's a director for the city
manager to take a look on the logistics
for that type of
meeting I think it's better to just let
him to figure out how we approach it as
opposed to kind of fashion
it okay do you guys all understand what
I'm talking
about yeah I mean Jesus Christ man I got
this guy on a car this people riding a
bicycle coming towards me when I'm
exiting the you know just like all it
takes is a little mistake on their part
right mayor
I've been seeing
lately but I've been seeing a lot of
people walking on the freeway and it's
it's been recent like I never noticed
this in previous years but recently I've
been seeing a lot of folks walk on a
freeway and I'm trying to figure out
where they coming from where are they
going it's not like they're in the
middle like towards the end when you're
getting off the freeway it's like in the
middle so
it's like four or five miles either way
so I'm trying to figure out how do they
end up on the
freeway thank you so there needs to be
penalties there we everybody we're just
removing the responsibility from those
PE from the people who are doing that
and we're just totally removing it and
just assuming that it's you know not
everything's a mental health
issue a lot of it is but not everything
I don't want to tie it into those
smashing grabs that we've been
experiencing all over Ellie County
but that's also a lack of responsibility
that's being given
uh given to those perpetrators
okay when do you think would be a
reasonable amount of time at this point
I'm going hitting you up maybe by the
end with it before the next meeting well
may Mr Mayor tomorrow I will reach out
to our elected officials and get a
timeline from
them maybe maybe tomorrow you can't do
that tonight
what
[Laughter]
maybe to the
chair that's very
important not it I know we had a
representative from Bradford's office
but um you know that they're not here
Monday through Thursday they have to fly
back Thursday night for events on
weekends so how we're going to make this
meeting I'd like you know just to so
that you know it'll have to be a Friday
or something I think we might have to
fly up to
Sacramento we can use our new technology
and do a zoom call course the last thing
guys the last thing on my end okay thank
you thank you um I believe that uh we
touched on a lot of different things
actually uh the mixed use taking a look
at that and uh focusing on certain parts
of our city I like to specifically like
to focus on the uh stretch of Hawthorn
Boulevard from 120th Street down to
Broadway which is right here on the
western side
okay I think that that's a great
opportunity where we can at least
attempt to have a restaurant District it
might be small but it's uh there's a
sufficient enough space that if we have
the proper zoning that allows it
facilitates it the proper infrastructure
that widens the U sidewalks to allow for
uh sidewalk dining as was talked about
before um I think uh that could be a
good opportunity um I talked to the city
manager and uh he has some ideas and I
think uh as a directive I would like for
you just to pursue
that we got a focused area and we
already identified something there are
restaurants there
now but if we do the proper zoning then
maybe there could be some new
tenants
Greg had a great
plan yeah no but the thing is we might
need to do a little bit of more
adjusting on the
zoning like Chop Chop like a little bit
a
little all right thank you
guys thank thank you mayor I think this
is very important for our residents to
know that under the leadership of vaugh
and and City department heads 2023
economic summary we received 24 million
in Grants 24 million plus we had a
revenue of 88 million plus and we had
600 plus new businesses um the
projections for 2024 is to reach a 100
100% completion or in progress uh rate
of you know not only all of that but uh
overall efficiency and productivity so
again we'd like to give kudos to our
city manager and our city department
heads I think they'll
applaud I also just want to make mention
that our California um water services is
uh announcing their 10th Annual youth
Water Conservation education program if
we could pass this on to our schools um
they are going to have um they're
spreading the word with regards to
encouraging students and teachers to
participate in water programs the Aqua
Adventure free water and nature-based
field trips for four to sixth graders
that cwat will support and send
classrooms and teachers um with the
chance for a fi trip the Splash and
creativity for kids K22 12 and water
smarts grants $100 grants to teachers
proposing classroom projects and uh H2O
in which students uh commit to a pledge
uh and learn more about about water
conservation and I know that our city
was doing our best efforts here too to
assure that we conserve water and not
only that use rain water to do some of
our um you know watering for vegetation
and and water needs outside of our home
and we had barrels for that I don't know
if we still do we might uh however I'll
have vau uh work with the public works
department to uh see if we could maybe
provide barrels so that you could
collect uh rainwater and use that uh
recycled water thank
you okay uh meeting's almost over so I'd
like for us to just have a moment of
silence for all those people who have
passed away in the Middle East uh
conflict that's taking place right
now okay may they may they all rest in
peace um this meeting is adjourned at
8:31
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