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2024 regular meeting of the Hawthorne City Council is called to order at 6:08
p.m. U I'll be asking uh councilwoman Katrina Manning
councilwoman Katrina Manning could you do the invoc the uh Pledge of Allegiance
today and uh I'm going to ask the council member or our City attorney to
do the prayer today thank you we got a pass know yeah but I'd like for you to
do it thanks it's okay for you to work give a sh my friend
can we all bow our heads um we ask that we have a very
productive meeting um we ask that we think of the residents of the Hawthorne
City first um we ask for peace in the world and um and many good things to
come from for the city amen amen
amen allegiance to the flag of United States of America and to the Republic
which stand One Nation God indivisible liy and
Justice okay Madam clerk the roll please council
member Manning here council member Montero pres
council member Patterson here mayor proas English here mayor Vargas here all
present the first presentation we have DJ torado please
come
good evening honorable mayor mayor protm council members and city of hawthor
residents my name is DJ torado and I will be presenting on the my Civic 311
application um so a lot of ask what is the my Civic 311 app it's a
non-emergency online request service system so again it's for non-emergencies
for emergencies please call 911 request services such graffiti removal pothole
repair and illegal dumping can be um requested on the app and you do not need
to provide any information it can be anonymous and requests get sent directly
to City staff um so how can you access to my
Civic 311 app um there's two ways one is through our website at cityof
hawthorne.ca on a smartphone on your iPhone through the Apple App Store and
on Android through the Google Play Store and I will be demonstrating um both
methods so again if you want to access it by PC you can go to the website City
OFW thorne. um underneath the video playing um you see the six buttons one
of them says Virtual City Hall so you can click on that
one and it'll take you to this page um Virtual City Hall in the middle it says
you can access it by PC or phone by visiting Hawthorne citizen selfservice
and it'll take you to this page and then at the top it says my Hawthorne
311 and then it'll take you to this page where it'll have a list of um requests
that you can submit to city um to city employees so the sample one I have is
for potholes um there's some questions that you need to answer in order for
your request to go through such as the nearest cross um cross streets or
intersection of where the pothole is a description of the pothole and also the
map specifically for potholes if it is um on a freeway you would contact celr
and if it is in unincorporated LA County you would contact LA County so if it's
anywhere outside of city of Hawthorne boundaries you will not be able to
submit a request those would have to go to those respective
agencies and then so um after you fill out the form and click submit um City
staff gets an email that a request has been submitted and then we will um go
through the appropriate measures to make sure that the request is
fulfilled um in terms of the mobile app you can download it again um from your
smartphone the my Civic 311 app and then um once you get to the homepage there's
a report and issue button and again same thing there's a list of um requests that
you can select to report an issue um depending on the issue there'll be a
popup this says if it's not applicable um for the city of Hawthorne then you
need to access a different website and then again you can fill out
your information if you want to it is better if you do just because um some of
the requests are vague and it's better if we have um at least your contact
information maybe an email or your phone number so that we can contact you if we
have any additional questions regarding your
issue um and then um you can also submit photos photos are also really good just
because it gives us a clear picture of what the issue is sometimes you can't
really describe it clearly um so a picture is worth a thousand
words um so I would like to do the mobile access
demonstration um if you can see from the
TV
so you can see the app there's um different things that you can do um so
I'm going to click on report and issue and then I can scroll down to where it
says potholes for example again if a pothole is located outside excuse me of
of city of haon jurisdiction like calr or unincorporated um you would have to
contact them directly um again if you want to put in
your contact info like your name or your email address it would help just in case
City staff has any questions regarding um your
request and then so I'm just going to put a random street just say Elsa
gundo and Hawthorne and then I'm just going to say
in the
middle of the street
and then you click next and then again there's a map so you can U zoom in with
your phone directly to the location so in this case I zoom in
directly to Elsa gundo and
Hawthorne um if someone has already requested um a pothole to be fixed here
sometimes there'll be a popup that says um are you sure you want to submit
another request um you can submit another request if you want want to or
you can um just cancel but in this case I'm going to
continue and then if you want to add additional notes or photos um that would
be helpful as well and then you would click
submit so you should get this popup that says your report has been submitted um
if you have any questions please contact public
works so that is the the the app version and then um I'm going to go back and do
the browser version on your
PC so on the homepage city of.org under the video there's Virtual City
Hall and then you scroll down and it says you can access it by PC or phone by
visiting hawthor citizen
self-service
and then at the top it says my hotor 311 so you click on
that and then you can do your request here so I can do a pothole
again and then I can say Alo
and Ramona uh pothole on North side
of Elsa
gundo and then on the map you can zoom in to Elsa gundo and
Ramona and then if you have any photos you can include that in there and again
your name and your phone number or your email if if you want to provide that and
then you click submit and it says report submitted
successfully um
on our on the city staff end we get this page we get an email um for when
requests come in and we also have a list of all pending or completed requests um
so this is what we see and then if we have any questions we'll contact the
resident directly or we'll go directly and um resolve the
issue um so that is it from me um I will take any questions thank you any
comments questions I do no okay goad to the chair thank you first of all for
your presentation um 311 is being used in Los Angeles and I believe 211 is used
through LA County but you're absolutely right it's a good way to uh know that
you submitted it because it's on your phone it's um you know gives you I think
a a case number or a reference number and then if you have the photo that even
expedites it uh further I just uh drove through um nor rep way in between
Prairie and caw and there's a huge potho in the middle of the street so I'm going
to make that request using the 311 and I didn't take a picture because it was
dark it was night time but I felt it so um thank you so much city of Hawthorne I
love how we're getting uh innovated and especially utilizing um these types of
uh tools and I hope the city of hawthor will take will take advantage of it I'm
always reporting dumping along the railroad um bulky items um couches beds
um dresser drawers things like this and it's important to give direction like
you know southeast northwest corner uh at or in front of or the rear of in the
alley Etc so these types of ident identifiers are important and um I
highly suggest that uh we get the the support of the city to report whatever
you see instantly that's very important we're not going to know about it unless
um you know you report it you could do it now you don't have to call Council
city council you don't have to you know we love your emails we love you know
being able to support you in in getting your requests made but look you have now
311 to help you too so that's great work thank
you yeah uh thank you for the presentation uh the 311 when did we
launch this we launched This I Believe last July July yeah yeah 2023 so so how
many people that you said have utilized that so far did do you have a number in
mind um I know there's around like a 100 users at the minimum um not everyone
obviously makes an account um but the ones that I've seen from the back end at
least there's at least 100 accounts on there um but there are a lot of
anonymous um requests okay yeah because I think you know because I know you know
we launched this a year ago so uh it's not new so I just want to if maybe we
could uh find a way to promote it more you know to put in our Billboards
somewhere you know so social media so people can get to it because uh it's a
good tool so um and I think it would be uh much better utilized if people know
about it because now the I believe about two meetings ago we got a a young lady
coming to us for an app and then here we are we have this and know a year ago so
uh I appreciate you to come back to us and and promote it again so maybe we
have to remind people almost every day 311 311 all right thank
you okay thank you very much thank you Erica Lampkin
please Good Neighbor award
presentation good evening mayor mayor proam and remaining council members
tonight I'm going to present to you excuse me three employees who um
provided Stellar work in the month of March when not when I call your name
nominees please stand up first candidate or first nominee is Samuel
English [Applause]
Sam Sam works in the city attorney's office he wears many hats for the office
he accomplishes them all with a smile he handles voluminous amounts of work in
the area of workers compensation claims disability retirement claims and small
claims through the city's thirdparty Insurance administrator he assists with
budgeting supervises the administrative staff in the office and is currently the
temporary emergency preparedness coordinator even with his numerous task
Sam takes the time to have pleasant conversations with staff and shows
sincere care for others at work he is always professional he shows great team
effort and is friendly to all the city attorney's office is heavily dependent
upon Sam's Hands-On approach as the office manager he carries heavy duties
and task he is thorough in his investigative skills and collecting
evidence for all of our claims Sam's appreciation is not limited to the city
attorney's office and all who deal with him appreciate him although given the
number of tasks that most would complain about Sam always does his work while
smiling or laughing and he is always respectful it would not be an
exaggeration to say that he is well-liked by everyone at City
Hall our next nominee is Ebony Johnson of the public works
department ebony is nominated because of her exemplary attitude and diligent work
that she displays every day in the office her bright personality and
willingness to help makes her not only a dedicated worker in our in the
department but a wonderful person to be around when planning for team meetings
she exemplifies teamwork and communication as she plans for what
materials are needed while lighting up the atmosphere in the
process her impact on the department is reflected by the uh culture displayed in
the team d Dynamic everyone enjoys being around her and can count on her for
additional assistance whether it be for projects or light-hearted conversation
as the city contrib ask for the city contribution she works diligently to
handle complaints and request from citizens making sure the voices of our
community are heard ebony has made great strides in
her assistance with citizens of the community and making sure to follow up
on every assignment that is handed to her she makes sure to check up on her
fellow colleagues and surpasses all expectations through her
work and our final candidate or nominee is Officer Michael
[Applause] greda officer Michael grea is nominated
for the good neb award in recognition of his exceptional contributions and
commitment to serving service within the hethor police department officer graa
joined the Department in May of 2009 and since then he has consistently
demonstrated qualities that exemplify what it means to be an outstanding
member of our team and an ambassador of the hethor police culture he is not only
dedicated to his duties but also goes above and beyond to foster a positive
and supportive environment for his colleagues one of his remarkable
qualities is his ability to uplift the spirits of those around him he his sense
of humor and Char charismatic personality make him a valuable asset to
our department or to the department additionally he possesses exceptional
skills in latent print lifting crucial as a crucial aspect of investigative
work his Proficiency in this area has significantly contributed to the
Department's success in solving cases furthermore he has taken on the role of
the shift DJ bringing a sense of camaraderie and unity among his peers
his passion for music and his willingness to create a lively
atmosphere during shifts have greatly enhanced the morale within the
department besides being a San Francisco Giants fan officer graa embodies the
values of collaboration professionalism camaraderie and service Excellence that
the good neighbor award seeks to honor his contributions to the hethon police
department make him a deserving candidate of this prestigious
recognition as always we have such amazing workers for the city of hethon
the committee could not make a decision so they are all winners
[Applause] tonight you guys can come up and get
your award and take a picture with the
they want to say a few words any want to say a few words take
pictures
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all right Perfect all right just go ahead and look
at me and two one and two
one thank [Applause]
you
congratulations to all the winners today uh thank you for all your dedication so
many comments and nice things be uh to say about all of the employees that were
nominated and that won uh so many experiences and we're thankful to for
their service thank you
okay Greg mlan rebranding new city logo
congratulations you guys good
work okay good evening mayor mayor prot time Council and to the citizens of the
city who are here and watching um I'm going to be talking to you about the uh
the effort to Rebrand the city with a new logo and I'm start going to start
with a little bit of historic um information um here's an example of a
logo that I found that was used in 1960 um I'm not sure how much earlier
before that it was used or if it was used for a long time or not but um this
represents Hawthorne at a time when Northrop and Aviation dominated the
city's identity then for about 18 years maybe a
little less the city used this logo which features the city hall at the time
which became the police station which then got torn down to build a hotel so
this was a time when the city was growing into its own
identity and then the one we're all familiar with was adopted in
1978 this is reflecting a city trying to reinvent itself there was a lot of
Redevelopment activity going on then and we got a new city hall and a new mall
during this
period but we just we're looking at um we put together a committee to study new
logo ideas because we feel like this is a turning point in the city's history
and we'd like to we'd like to um honor that with a new logo so starting with a
vision of a dynamic and bright future and building on the city's assets and
strengths but creating a break with the past but acknowledgement of of key
values so this is the final version of the logo that was
presented um this incorporates the the vision of the committee as well as is
comments and recommendations from the city
council I'd like to go into a little bit of the development of this we have a lot
of borrowed elements from our current logo for example there's the airplane
only we made it look kind of like a rocket but kind of like an airplane so
we get the both best of both there's the sun um the difference
is though it's it's rising on the right and it's setting on the left okay just
so you know um this is the Tower of the airport report iconic structure of the
city um 1922 we figured uh we didn't need the Incorporated but we definitely
want that 1922 in there and the City of good neighbors was the uh final addition
from the council I'd like to also uh address some
of the ISS or some of the items that are shown here so dawn of a bright
future here we have a very strong unifying ring around the entire thing we
have key assets of the city are represented these were chosen for their
recognizability but also different aspects of the city's uh you know the
city's offerings um the plane deliberately
breaks through the ring that's breaking with uh breaking the boundaries of
possibilities we got a dynamic solution here adds a lot of uh motion to the
whole logo um nod to the iconic Water Tower and also a nod to the a good
climate we got to palm tree we think this covers just about everything and
it's straightforward it's not overcrowded it's uh rather attractive I
think the logo also comes with variations for example we have a simpler
variation and a monocolor um variation these will be used in different cases
where say um you have a small version of it
like on a pen and you can't get all that detail you pick one of these you could
use one of these on a business card although we could probably get all the
detail there um there's notepads and all kinds of other things that we can use it
for um we also have the designer also came up with a a letterhead that
incorporates the the logo as the O in Hawthorne which we was nice yeah we
thought that was nice yeah very nice yeah so here's some of the ways that
logo would be used we've I you know we see the police car branding using it um
web page notepads business cards pens all
kinds of things stationary and it looks good in many different formats but you
can see what different ones are used some are the monotone some are the
colorful ones some are the simple ones so that concludes the presentation
and I'm happy to answer any questions you
have thank you so much and thanks for uh I have to admit I I like to keep things
the same but uh sometimes for some things but this is definitely
uh it's it's a good way of imagining ourselves and how we're progressing into
the future so you took the group took our recommendations into account and
it's very evident it's nice it's clean and solid I I think uh we're going to be
envied by many cities around when they see the this logo either on our shirts
where we're representing the city or when they take a look at our website or
anything that we do so thank you so much for your guys' efforts
chair yes Mr mlan yes thank you thank you thank you very much because um you
just show us that hoton is moving in the right direction and with this new logo
with the spirit of Adventure and and potentially new business coming to
hotone and I think that that logo now it stand for what we is all about like you
said you know the city of good neighbors the aviation the rocket right because
now every day SpaceX is launching a a falcon night uh from VAB Bell we can see
the whole you know stail of the hot rocket so it is beautiful so I want to
say thank you for the committee thank you Mr City manage thank you for all the
commed that work on that and took our advice and it made it perfect so thank
you through the chair yes sir uh I wanted to say that I think the logo is
gorgeous um I don't remember what the previous presentation looked like but it
sounds like you guys took that and made it even better or it looks like you you
know took it and made it even better because it's just really stands out love
the colors I like the how it includes so many valuable
assets of the city but very simple and clean and actually I want to commen
on making a great presentation uh it's hard putting together good PowerPoint
you all the animation that you included and and
pointing things out I I think you did it whoever made that PowerPoint did a
really really really good job I'll be sure to thank them and um but yeah thank
you for the presentation love it to the chair yes thank you thanks uh Greg can
you go back to that slide that showed the two together uh our old and our
new
yeah instantly when I saw this I uh I thought wow how bright the uh the one we
have right to the left uh I like just the crisp colors and how bright it is
and if maybe we could enhance a little bit more brightness to the new logo um
and I'm like me too it's kind of hard to let go of something that we've had for
so long and uh you're absolutely right uh our Council here here on um on the
Das that with a new city hall with a new Civic Center how better than to
introduce and Implement a new logo so that's my only uh my only spill maybe
maybe when we see it uh put on on letterhead and more we could have some
fine uh gold or something more uh right that could be a little bit more brighter
um I just hope that uh whatever we Implement um
um folk folks don't steal it you know I don't know if you know but
there's a lot of cities that have been um you know copper is a big thing and
they've been stealing a lot of copper they've stole from our city hall here we
had our uh our our our yeah all of our plaques have been
taken you know stolen so you know I just you know I hopes that that will come to
the stop but good work truly uh impressed uh with all of it so thank you
so much to the chair yes I love it I love it thank
you let me ask do we need to make a motion to move forward with the with
Implement with the logo or yeah or what do we
need
resolution technically it's not on the agenda for an action so so we could
bring it back yeah we we should bring it back yeah bring it back as a resolution
or an ordance so we can vote on it please sure thank
you okay thank you let's give him a big round of applause and I thank
you um do we have a presentation from the PD or is that we
we're yes yes yes yes our new is it Lieutenant distracted driving awareness
money you're gonna talk to us about that thank
you yeah I think she's new Traffic Division looking
at good evening mayor mayor protm esteemed Council elected officials city
manager thank you for having us here April is National distracted driving
month so that is why we're here [Music]
tonight there's a quick video that was uh put on by the office of Traffic
Safety in California and that will explain distracted
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driving
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oops there we goes since April 3D through tomorrow night it's distracted
driving National enforcement mobilization so basically that means
we're definitely targeting people who are driving while distracted since last
Wednesday within less than a 12-hour period we've already issued over 30
citations for distracted driving and it's not they're not weak they are fully
enforceable fully recorded
violations the national highway traffic safety administration also called Nitsa
started this campaign this month of put the phone away or pay because basically
using your phone while you're driving can kill
someone oor Santos gimenez will explain the
fines good evening neor everyone yeah if you get a citation for the first offense
it is $20 plus the penalties and assessments by the court so it ends up
being about $148 for the second offense you'll have
to pay $50 plus penalties and assessments it's close to $300 in
addition if you're involved in a traffic collision because of this and because
you were distracted the the only issue with it is the fact that your insurance
is going to go up and more than likely you're going to be found at fault if you
uh get a citation within three a second citation within 3 years then that will
be a point on your driver's license which in essence means you have to go to
traffic school in order to get rid of that point on your
license distracted driving is dangerous but some people just can't seem to help
themselves there's the steering wheel proper the sneaker peer the fast roller
the nightlighter and it's not long until
they become the fender bender the got a ticketer the veering off the road the
driver who kills someone enough with the phones already
just put them
down
distract in the year 2022 3 , 308 people were killed with an additional estimated
amount of 289,000 people injured in motor vehicle
traffic crashes all involving distracted
drivers the bottom line to all this distracted driving is
preventable and just to piggy back on that I've been a traffic officer for the
for 10 years and responded to so many traffic collisions at which point a lot
of the drivers involved were actually telling me that yeah they were using the
cell phone it took one second to look at the phone as they looked up the car was
in front of them and they couldn't prevent the Collision so a lot of times
what when drivers are involved in accidents they won't tell you that they
were using the phone so the numbers are pretty skewed even though there's
there's still thousands of numbers in traffic collisions that were caused by
uh a distracted
driver thank you and drive safely California yeah all right yeah thank you
for the presentation um but I have some
questions and oh you guys are not going to like me after this
Santos um this is a serious uh serious question um you have the many people who
pick up the phone those ones I saw right there were people that have their phone
in their hand but then you also have the people who have it mounted here Uber
drivers you constantly see them when you're driving and your in their cars
and they're looking at this accepting a ride while they're driving Etc what's
the difference we need to Define it why are
those not as dangerous I find I personally think they're equally as
dangerous sometimes even more because you have to lean in to access that yes
they are so the section basically covers there's different sections that the
vehicle code applies to so most of the sections cover you holding the cell
phone when it's not hands-free so let's just say for example if you put it on a
little pedestal and you tap it once in a while per legislation that's not so bad
as you holding the cell phone the reason being is if the phone's on a holder and
you're looking at it more than likely you're going to be looking in a
straightforward direction towards the uh front of the vehicle versus looking down
at the cell phone so what a lot of drivers do because of the fact that they
know it's against a lot of use of cell phone while they're driving most of them
when I when I see the violations they're looking down at the phone that's what
creates the biggest problem not by the phone being on a holder even though it
should still be if you're looking put it this way if you're looking at a at the
phone and you're FaceTiming someone that's a violation that's just looking
at a TV on your on your stereo system so no in essence if it's not handsfree
that's that creates a violation for you but the simple fact that you have it on
the holder allows for the possibility of that to happen shouldn't that be banned
in itself they pitched it to legislation
and so far they haven't changed it so hopefully at at some point every
violation that you get on your cell phone and that's me hoping will be a
point on your license so that deters people from using the phone while
driving yeah okay no I just I just kind I've always wondered that because it's
like it just seems a it's equally or it's not it increases the risk by
dramatically for being able to do that so and you know I've seen my driver
swerve and to do certain things and so I just is I guess it's something to be
aware of as well just be safe out there yes sir through the chair yeah thank
you because through you know some times all of us do that right so it's good to
bring us to our attention because uh we see that all the time on on on on on our
streets so it's good to bring it up to attention to the people because when
when you talk about 3,000 lives loss that's that's a lot of lives loss um so
distractive driver it is a problem to tell you the truth so uh I'm glad that I
see some penalty you know some some uh even uh the other day we have uh a
workshop at the mor Center that uh some of the ladies are saying that $50 is not
enough it's it's not enough because it is much more addict with because of the
cellones uh and it's much more accidents happen that can potential kill someone
uh and they said $50 and they're going to be lobing Sacramento to change for
even more uh more fines than $50 so and I agree with that because we see that
every day people on the cell phone I know the
people honking you know they just very distracted so thank you to bring to our
attention because um I think we should put this on our um website for people to
click on it and learn about the distracting drivers yeah thank you oh
real quick I I'd like to make even a bigger suggestion is that we have the
digital Billboards could we do something even if it's pasted this uh week can we
do it at least for a week's worth of time where we flashed this warning
somebody designs that and puts set up how you guys feel about that yes yeah
because I think yeah okay that's awesome prevents prevents you know loss of lives
yes we're also going to have the press release put on the city website as well
as our social media so we are trying to get the word out as much as possible
throughout April yeah to the chair yes um thank you so much for your
presentation and I just want to um uh make mention that um I I I uh was hit
from behind on the Harbor 110 freeway and we were at had a standstill so it
was a pretty hard hit and um thank goodness that the folks surrounding me
pulled pulled to the side and they were Witnesses and said he was on his cell
phone and it was a hard hit because it was like you said before you know it
you're up on a car and the worst thing about that is not only are you driving
while texting no motor vehicle insurance right you have no no insurance and
you're in a big car accident you know I I was left to have to pay for all of
that at the end of the day so um un uninsured motor vehicle insurance is
important too but uh I've been watching the uh advertisement on TV the same one
you're showing uh it's been playing um on TV regularly so thank you for
acknowledging um it is April awareness month and um if there's something that
we could do to help um prevent this we're all for it and uh good good good
suggestions anything you use our jumbo electron you
know electronic signs and things like this but yeah even at the coming into
the city warning them that we're we're watching you yeah
awesome thank you
guys okay thank you um I have a last presentation for the evening uh we have
the national DMV uh donate it's n the national BMV Donate Life month so um we
do have a proclamation are the members here oh there she is there they are come
come on up to the
podium just if you kind of can quickly summarize like what what the what this
means and how important it is what does it mean that's a full loaded thing um
I'm sorry I'm nervous but good evening mayor mayor proem council member and the
rest of the committee why is it so
important my dad I wrote myself a note not to cry but obviously I'm not
following my own advice don't cry don't cry we support you go ahead so my dad
passed away four years ago but right before he passed away um
my dad was a kind of person who wouldn't leave things for last minute and he was
afraid of the cops he was like no I need to so my parents had just moved and my
dad was the kind of person he's like no I moved I need to change my address I
need to update my information because I'm going to get in trouble so there I
am with the U-Haul truck with my Dad we pull into the
DMV and the DMV employee asked if he would like to donate his organs so my
dad says no that's not for me so I told him real quick forget the 30-second
elevator pitch it was more like a two second can get them back in line what
are you going to do with the organs once you pass
away so he agreed then the DMV lady said would you like to make the $2 donation
for administrative fees and my dad said wait a minute you want my money and my
organs pick one so I told the lady I like you know
what I'll pay for the administrative fees I'll pay for his license let's just
get him signed up that was in
October fast forward to December
29th
2019 I told myself not to cry my dad had a stroke and a heart
attack in my car I had to take him out of my car give them
CPR call EMS do all that finally EMS showed up took him to
the emergency room he was sent to critical care but my dad wasn't going to
make it and he was is not going to forgive us for keeping him around on
artificial means so since my dad and I had already
made the decision to put him on the organ donation list the decision was
made to donate his organs and on January 2nd 2020 good old
2020 my dad was able to donate both his kidneys and his
liver his pancreas went to lomalinda University for
research and so
the before this I mean organ donation was in the back of my mind yes the pink
dot in my license as soon as I got my driver's license but it never I never
really thought about the ripple effect and so as now as an ambassador for one
Legacy for Donate Life I get to meet people that have received organs
families that are waiting for that hope for that miracle for that organ
saving um phone call and so it kind of validates and it kind of gives me a
sense of peace knowing that yes my dad did pass away but at the same time he
saved three lives and because of that one life three families didn't have to
go through what we were going through so thank you city of
Hawthorne thank you for acknowledging the importance of
organ donation and to piggy back from them if you're going to drive and be on
your cell phone make sure you sign up to be an organ donor
CU wow someone's GNA need you one day so thank
you thank you thank
you I have a proclamation on behalf of the city council signed by all my
colleagues and myself um and it has a lot of information about uh National DMV
Donate Life months so I'll just go ahead and read it um organ ey organ eye tissue
marrow and blood donation are lifegiving acts recognized worldwide as expressions
of compassion for those in need uh more than 110,000 individuals Nationwide and
more than 23,000 in California are currently on the national organ
transplant waiting list and on average 22 people die each day while waiting the
need for donated organs is especially urgent in Hispanic Latino and
African-American communities a singled individuals
donation of the heart lungs liver kidneys pancreas and small intestine can
save up to eight lives donations of tissue can save and heal the lives of
more than 75 others of course you know all these things right in fact organ
donors saved more than 46,000 lives last year the most ever
46,000 any person can register to be an organ eye and tissue donor regardless of
age or medical condition being a registered donor does not impact the
quality of life-saving Medical Care a person receives in an
emergency whereas California residents can sign up with donate live California
donor registry online at any time by visiting
www.at california.org or or for Spanish speakers
www.d vaa California
org California residents can sign up to be an organ ey and tissue donor when
applying for renewing their driver's license or ID cards at the California
Department of Motor Vehicles California residents uh are interested in Saving a
life through living kidney do through a kidney donation May visit at
www.living donation. california.org so you know all this stuff and all of it's
true right it is true and there's an easier way to I tell us yes so if you're
an iPhone owner and you go to the health
app you can just click on organ donation awesome so this is the fancy part on
behalf of the city council therefore be it resolved that in recognition of
national Donate Life month the month of April 2024 is is hereby Proclaim DMV
Donate Life month in the city of Hawthorne in memory of your father and
all those who have donated and all those who have been blessed with a a gift of
an Oregan donation that has saved their lives in doing so we encourage all
Californians to check yes online or when applying for renewing or renewing their
driver's license or ID card at the DMV this has been proclaimed the 9th day of
April 2024 thank
you
we would like to join you if you could join us to take a picture and then there
might be some comments from my Council colleagues sure is that
fine don't cry don't cry don't
cry
make
thank
you
to the chair yes well I just want to acknowledge um
you being here on behalf of uh the organization National DMV donate donate
life uh condolences to you and your family and great to meet your daughter
um no that's that's a very telling story that you gave it's a personal story um
thank you for giving us that information uh makes makes us want to
want to think about it right definitely but uh so yes and unfortunately it's
something that we don't think about until we're on the waiting list end so
hopefully nobody has to be on that list before the decision is made right um and
hopefully your grieving family doesn't have to make that decision for you in
critical care so exciting I hear you I I I am part of that I I do have the pink
dot I I can't even remember when that dot was on there you know considering
the 40 years I've lived here in Hawthorne so it it goes back very very
far but thank you for your presentation thank you for coming today thank you
thank you all right thank you man for being here thank
you okay uh oral Communications
please pursuant to government code section 5
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any individual council member during oral Communications speakers shall have
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close of oral Communications to refer any remarks to the city manager for
study investigation report and our recommendation okay Mr city manager do
you have some of those forms available in case we need them yes I do yes I do
Sergeant arms has those available in the back of thank you just in case anybody
comes to Dana and Andrew Wilkey neighbors
11818 wilky regarding that property um can I
get this right good evening Mr Mayor mayor protim and city council members uh
we were here earlier last month giving or two months ago
giving gratitude to our city councilwoman Katrina Manning and we also
want to continue that um the property at 11 1818 is a vacant property uh there is
a woman that owns it but we're having an issue with her um doing whatever she
needs to do to get rid of the property we recently were to was told that cars
will be removed from from the property there's three abandoned cars that's a
big eyesore and one car was removed today we found out so they had until
yesterday to remove and then the city would get more involved starting
today uh it's more than just the the cars that need to be moved it's uh a big
eyesore for our community we're afraid for the homeless to come there uh but
we'll continue to um work with our city councilwoman and the City attorney
assistant of city attorney's uh office but we need it to vent that most
recently though was uh one of the second issues our concerns on that paper and
that is the speeding on 119th
Street and one of our neighbors who isn't here but Dario is here also
representing the video that I didn't get a chance to show you where someone must
have been doing about 50 60 M an hour turned on wilky and hit for the for the
second time the neighbor's van that is parked on that corner she has children
thank God there's a fence around her house because if her children were
playing then they would have been hit there's a daycare house right there as
well and if children are outside those children would have been hit it's a easy
fix maybe maybe not speed bumps like on 116th that were implemented and I think
Katrina Manning did that uh herself before becoming a city council woman so
we're asking we're begging we're pleading they're doing donuts on that
street now we're pleading for Speed bumps on 119th
Street and something that isn't as it it's a concern but not as drastic as the
speeding is the trash in our community Andrew and his wife and their dog walked
the community daily and he sees it constantly so that's all I have okay
thank you ma'am the light is on Sir can you reset that if you want to speak sir
you could continue on your own time are you
good you just have to join you have to he's going to she's going to reset it
you get time you can just line up right there I also Echo what Dana said is a
member of the community um I appreciate everything you guys are doing um but I
have noticed other cities have uh a city representative I mean someone
who would be able to pick up the trash in the neighborhoods I can't tell you
every day I'm driving around whether it's inle wood or Hawthorne and you just
see people throwing the trash out the window living in other cities in my life
people actually get tickets for f lettering throwing things out the w the
fine was actually pretty significant um and I just like that to
be monitored a little bit better but also um the speed bumps I think are are
a danger to the community and I would like those to be put in awesome thank
you thanks I mean also we invite the community members if you know that
there's some perpetrators in your own neighborhood who are doing this please
let us know and then we'll take whatever investigations we have to do to find out
more information and uh hold them live for
that yeah that's the trash yeah but thank
you sometimes we don't want to call like on our neighbors but you know we have to
just do it discreetly so that the problems will stop right okay erminia
baloa park and rec commission archo can you please pass this
on good evening City Council Members staff citizens I just came to remind you
about the the our show that is this coming Thursday at 6 p.m. at the
memorial Center we have a lot of the schools from the uh haon School District
participating uh we have dancers we have music uh we invite the kids to um
participate uh we have a table and we'll have crayons and we'll have things for
them to express themselves we're really happy if you can make it and um we're
really uh honored to have your uh support
thank you y thank you anybody else wishing to address the
city council please line up at this moment
thank you hi good evening honorable mayor mayor protm city council members
and the residents of Hawthorne I just wanted to share that uh the senator uh
Senator Bradford and his office are celebrating Earth Day by hosting his
annual Earth Day cleanup event so that's going to be April 26 that's a Friday so
that's three Fridays from now from 9:00 am to 12: noon and um it's going to be
on the I 105 on and off ramp at kensaw Boulevard so we just wanted to invite
the residents of Hawthorne I know some have issues with uh the trash so
hopefully we'd see you out there to help uh the senator and his office help pick
up trash and make Hawthorne uh a cleaner and safer place um and just we
appreciate if you could RSVP with us so that our partners in Cal trans will know
how many um uh equipment and uh safety vests and tools and what not to to
supply for the event so we hope to see you there and kindly call our office at
31412 6120 we'll make sure RSVP for you again uh my name is Jasmine Leon
Guerrero and if anybody has any other issues in the community uh with anything
please feel free to call our office and we would be of assistance to you thank
you so much thank you ma'am our greetings to the senator
please so is that it or do we have somebody
else okay I thought you I thought I thought we were going outside man but
okay yeah sounds good thank you ma'am good evening Mr Mayor city council
City staff and neighbors I just have a really quick question um on item 16 the
Housing Authority U housing Choice Voucher Program annual plan I would like
to know um who makes those decisions as it a commission and also I wanted to
know spefic specifically what is the percentage of Ami required in the city
of Hawthorne in order to be able to get a voucher um I found out relatively
recently that all of the city housing authorities set their own Ami limits and
this is the first time I've known that um the reason it's particularly
important right now you may have been listening to the news today and know
that La May uh bass is going to be leading a delegation of 40 plus Mayors I
don't know if you're involved in that or not at the end of the month to go to DC
and Lobby because one of the problems that um
homeless veterans have is that their disability payments frequently put them
above the limit the ceiling limit on the Ami and they're not able to get into
housing as a result so if that's something that we can change in the city
of Hawthorne I would like to urge you to look into that and see if you can work
it so that disability payments for disabled veterans are not counted as
income in figuring Ami eligibility for vouches thank you very
much okay anybody else if not i' declare oral
Communications close ordered your consent calendar Madam
clerk Mr Mayor I have five items on the consent calendar they're items 6 through
10 for your consideration and approval item six approval of waiver of full
readings of resolutions and ordinances on tonight's agenda item seven City
treasur request approval of the warrants for April 9th
24 item 8 resolution number 8455 a resolution of the city council of the
city of Hawthorne California supporting assembly Bill
1869 item 9 resolution number 8456 a resolution of the city council of the
city of Hawthorne California calling and giving notice of a general mun municipal
election to be held in the city of Hawthorne for the election of certain
officers Consolidated with the Statewide general election scheduled for Tuesday
November 5th 202 4 and requesting that the Board of Supervisors issue
instructions to the registar recorder to take any and all steps necessary for the
holding of the Consolidated election item 10 resolution number
8457 a resolution of the city council of the city of Hawthorne California
proclaiming April 2024 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month
and Wednesday April 24th 2024 as denim day and Hawthorne for adoption I make a
motion second please vote
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the votes are in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes the city manager consent calendar uh Madam clerk can you read
items 11 through 17
please item 11 progress payment number 10 in
the amount of
393,000 50 I'm sorry
$393,500 due to elor bco Electric of Chino California for Highway Safety
Improvement project traffic signal upgrade and reconstruction 120th Street
Improvement project Prairie Avenue to Felton Avenue project number
21-6 item 12 progress payment number five in the amount of
$625,500 4 item 13 progress payment number two in the amount of
$494,000 65656 due to SQL contractors of Santa Fe
Springs California for Northeast Hawthorne Mobility Improvement project
project number 21-05 item 14 progress payment number
three in the amount of $39,988 due to Classic engineering and
Construction Inc of Orange California for Hawthorne housing Rehabilitation of
city-owned properties 2023 project number
23-9 item 15 progress payment number one in the amount of 31,6
$82.50 due to Martinez landscape item 16 Housing Authority housing Choice Voucher
Program 2024 2025 annual plan item 17 agreement between the city of Hawthorne
and Kaufman Associates Incorporated for providing on call planning consulting
services at the hawthor municipal airport Mr Mayor that concludes the city
manager's consent calendar May I have a motion to approve items 11 through 17
can we to the chair yes can we we pull 16 and 17 for
discussion all right I move on the others second on item 11 through
15 is that consistent all right please vote on items 11 through
15 the votes are in okay the voting reflects mayor and Council voting yes
okay discussion 16 so for 16 I noticed that it says the approval of uh 20
vouchers and I wanted to know um how can we get more vouchers and I
know it says the agency decides the vouchers but can you tell me um how is
that decided that we only get uh 20 vouchers which program are you referring
to I'm sorry uh number 16 the housing um Authority
housing Choice voucher program for 2425 is said that we were approved for
only 20 vouchers so I'm just wondering how can we get more vouchers
or how is it decided that we only get 20 vouchers um so I have to check on the 20
vouchers the Housing Authority has 726 vouchers uh we recently received an
additional 23 vouchers from HUD when when they had additional vouchers
available that they spread out over all phas of public housing authorities
within the state of California so HUD determines how many vouchers you receive
and based on how they're used is based on the funding that they provide us with
uh it's either use all the funding or use all of the vouchers so if your
funding exceeds the number of vouchers that you have then generally you can use
all of your vouchers however if it's the opposite and your vouchers exceed more
than the funding you have then you use less than the vouchers that you're
allotted so we so we already used up our vouchers and we have 20 additional
vouchers is there's no 20 additional vouchers that's why I'm trying to get an
understanding of the the 20 vouchers that you're referring to well in the
packet that was with number 16 it says approval of 20 vouchers so I'm trying to
understand how many vouchers do we have and did we get 20 additional vouchers
did we get approv for just only 20 vouchers or we had 700 vouchers I'm
trying to understand how can we have more than 20 vouchers so are you telling
me we have more than 20 vouchers please explain cuz I'm again we have 726
vouches in the PHA program if you're referring to the annual plan then you're
probably referring to the note that I made about housing 20 families for this
upcoming fiscal year pulling from the wait list to assist potentially 20 to 40
families for this year based on the funding that's available that's the
Section 8 right correct that's housing Choice vouer program so that's the 20
families that you were able to uh house correct that's and that's our goal right
okay okay so we have 726 vouchers in the program so
726 um um and then and then aside to that is the anly that you recognize the
20 families that were eligible for the Section 8 so it's not eligible for
Section 8 it's the goal to pull them from our weit list how long is the weit
list the weit list has been going on since 2007 yeah yeah I know in Los
Angeles it's over 20 years yeah
yeah um so in here it says the agency has approved 20 new owners for the
Section 8 program during this reporting period so that's separate from vouchers
those are new owners who have opted into the program to house our families so
those are people who own the apartment buildings and own the houses that we um
sign leases for oh okay okay thank you sir thank you um we
had had some conversations with affordable housing developers over the
years and all of them have talked about wanting Project based vouchers is that
possible um to use these 20 or whatever new allotment we have towards potential
Project based voucher program so there's no new allotment just to be very clear
about it it's the same allotment that we've had for years you can pull uh
vouchers from your allotted amount your allocated amount for PBB but you get no
additional funding from it from HUD so it's what you have um so you separating
or you're taking funding from the Section 8 program to create a new
program and assist for a project based building where the assistance is only at
that building not with the individuals where they can take it with them
wherever they go it only stays at that that building and yes it's possible to
do and you're were saying we have 726 vouchers vouchers and are are we were we
allotted any new ones recently or this is just talking about what we're doing
with the 726 this is just talking about what we're doing with the 726 do we get
uh more at any given time it's very rare that HUD has the funding to provide more
because the federal government doesn't generally give uh HUD more funding any
year um so it's it's rare we did get like I said 23 vouchers last year but
before that it was 20 years before they gave new vouchers 23 additional yes got
it and how many usually come in are turned over where we could choose
to hold and apply to a project on an annual basis like how how often well
it's based on your availability like I said so if you have
726 vouchers however you're leasing up 568 families and you used all your
funding then those vouchers are available if there's no funding to house
them so they're there but you don't want your your project or your PHA to go into
a shortfall because you've over leased so you have to be mindful of that
balance of where you're at with your um assistance to your tenants and your your
H assistance to the owners um and you have to plan ahead for that so if you're
going to do a a pbv building then you need to plan for that at least two years
ahead of time so that you can make sure there's enough funding in the pot for it
so you're saying that although we may have 726 vouchers uh able to give out we
may not be using all of them because of the funding may be um encumbered by less
vouchers right we may only need 300 vouchers to spend all the money that we
that we get for the program well that would be a stretch but yesing exactly
that's what I'm saying um and and you're saying if we wanted to do a project
based Voucher Program something we need to plan that in advance a few years in
advance to kind of do that strategically right because you also have the
administrative aspect of having to deal with that project that's a whole another
project so you need Staffing to deal with the case load of the management of
the pvv awesome okay thank you that's a lot of information
Kimberly but but what's good to know what we're good what's good to know here
is that there are 20 new owners that have property that have opted in to
leasing out rening out their units for Section 8 families so there's other in
other words 20 new properties are in agreement to rece receive Section 8 to
House people at residents of hawor that's that's a plus thank
you and the other the other thing to keep in mind so the the way that we
receive money from Hut cdbg and home funds is based on census right so census
is coming 2030 and they already start sending emails because if we don't count
100% of our population then they have the formula the only give us money based
on 56% of the people that was counted in hot T so that's the that is why we don't
have a lot of money to give up because it's based on the census that was done
in 2020 and I think it was about 67% of people of hon answer the survey of so we
we losing 43% in a sense of funding because we didn't got a 100%
count yeah you'd be surprised amilies don't want to give their personal
information and they're intimidated by you know filling out a form someone
knocking at your door and asking how many people live in your home and that's
basically what happens and a lot of folks don't want to provide that
information but it hurts us as a an agency thank you
Kimberly yeah
right I make a mo thank you on 16 oh we still have 17 too second motion second
16 motion by council member mono second by myself please vote on
16 the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council voting yes okay 17
discussion so for 17 I just wanted to find out the Consulting Services um it
says the master plan exactly what will the conser um Consulting Services
provide for
us good evening mayor and mayor p and council meeting uh this cons consultant
is prepare us environmental category exemption and no study and basically
when we apply for Grant to FAA to help us for benef evaluate the
project thank you
okay I make a motion a second please
vote the votes are in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes okay City attorney's calendar city
clerk item 18 claim for damages from Jessica nves recommended motion deny the
claim of Jessica nves item 19 claim of Juan Razo
recommended motion deny the claim of Juan Razo Mr Mayor that concludes the
city's attorney consent calendar May have a motion to approve items 18 and 19
I make a motion please
vote the votes are in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes thank you discussion action items Charter Provisions timeline for
ballot measure uh council member Alex Montero uh thank you Mr Mayor uh
um the reason that I brought this item up is for us to decide if we want to put
this manage on a ballot again in 2024 or Del lay until future date
um I understand you know you know the people of haton did vote no on the chter
in
2020 because of the salary that that was put on that
provision right and I heavily campaign against it to vote no because of the
salary because I didn't believe that the part-time council member should be
getting $75,000 a year now the charter when you become a
charter City there is some benefit to the whole Community it's not just the
council member okay uh we talking about uh issues that deals with economic
develop and some other potential benefit because as you know uh for this past
four years uh we have a a governor and the
legislative in Sacramento that are passing a lot of laws to intervene with
our local Authority especially on housing issues like for example that
they passing laws that we could build buildings on Holly
Park uh apartment in Holly gland uh so all of those type of provision that we
as a general law City cannot stop the state and we would have to abide on it
let let's say if a develop comes and say okay I have this property in Holly Glenn
or Holly Park I want to build uh you know 20 apartment
unit the planning department and the city could say no but then it can sue us
and they say the state have allow us to do
it and then it's out of our hands so that is why the kind of things that we
try to prevent if you become a Char C we can stop we do not have to abide by this
General law city that is dictated by California law and the
legisl I understand that the people vote know but like again the charter city is
a good things for any City to become a charter City so I just want to find out
to my colleagues if we have the majority to go
ahead to get the an attorney or consultan to read what we wrote in 2020
and maybe rewrite the new ballot language that
maybe the people hon can vote uh yes but we need to decide here on this diets if
that's what we want to go forward or we want to postpone it or we want to wait
until later day so because time is running short so I'll stop by there and
ask my colleagues say their peace uh through the chair I understand that we
have a limited amount of time to agree on a provision and so definitely the
interest of time I would support working with a consultant to help put something
together for for the city for the council to vote on um and I think it's a
good idea to listen to the people and um not include the uh the
compensation which you know was the reason why it got uh voted
down anybody else you know the only way there could be a
proposition on any ballot is that you get a majority vote and majority vote is
three um it would be good to see a full Council support with regards to moving
the city forward in a direction in which we're trying to do uh we have a new city
hall we have uh new Endeavors uh our city is growing out there are things
that uh we are tied hands on that uh we have no you know no no Leverage
um there are um local control trying to be uh you know unfortunately we don't
necessarily have local control in in in the predicament that we're in today as a
general law City uh Charter city has many different uh
benefits um we had a list that was provided to us that showed uh many South
Bay cities and cities in California in general that showed that their General
um law cities have change to Charter City for those reasons so um I had a
little conversation with a few constituents um on on uh you know
Charter versus General law and the only reason um that it went on the ballot in
2020 was to uh for it to see what the people said you know there's things in
there that uh some folks might not agree to but at the end of the day they are
the voter and they do their civic you know um engagement and and get
knowledgeable however um you know there's a lot of naysayers and there's a
lot of uh misrepresented information that is put out there that uh you know
is is is targeted to individuals which is not fair because if you really want
to know um more you could go to any city that has the language for a charter City
and see how some of those cities have been able to do things that uh otherwise
we're not able to do so um I would like to see
ultimately um a charter City so that we could um you know get a hold of our city
and not be tied to some of the things that we're not allowed to do currently
that's that's one of my reasons um and if uh again the majority
of the council sees sees it the same way I I don't see why it couldn't move
forward so uh to the chair yeah so therefore since um it seems that we
might have an agreement so should uh Mr can we put this to a vote please should
we vote to move forward sure um let's be
very specific as to what we're proposing to vote on I understand there's U three
at least three council members in support of uh putting a charter measure
on the next election ballot measure um but I've also heard hiring a consultant
for that purpose so is that included on what you're all agreeing to um let's put
this to a vote that people can see up on the
screen okay so that's what I'm asking can we be clear on what we're voting for
because for me it's too different things you want to go ahead what's the
well he said to get a consult let me restate it so what what I what I what my
purpose is is is to make sure that we have a vote to move forward for for
balance measure for November 5th 2024 if so I would love to for us to uh
hire a consultant uh and it's attorney that
would guide us on that ballot measure language so that we could have a future
study session city council study session where the the people in hon can come in
and votes their opinion and then we'd have to have a second public hearing to
approve that language so that is what my motion is about before we can finally
say we're going to put on the ballot to the chair um I'm just wondering the
language that we previously had was what you said to use a previous language and
I'm wondering why our City attorney can't draft that language with the
previous language as opposed to hiring a consultant it has to be rised it sorry
it have to be revised because the language was not acceptable to the
people of hotor so we want to make sure that the language is clear and what
exactly what is going to say so people will have a much better understanding so
uh so we do not want to put the same thing in there so we want to be Revis
because going to be a new language and and we like I said in the past you know
I oppose it but then this this time I'm going to support it right to make sure
that the language is correct and make sure that it's going to be a civil right
or or or is a a power to the people not to these council members sure so uh we
have our City attorney why don't we just have him do it you you guys are going to
instruct him anyway depending on your sh no no hold on just that I mean that she
makes a good point that he's very well incapable uh you guys can instruct them
on what you guys want why would we have to pay someone else that's just extra
money he's not an expert our City attorney is not capable and competent to
do this tell you go ahead he's going to say anything you
want at this point so go ahead okay no no let's let's have him answer so the
the issue is this I so if I've heard and I did a presentation we had somebody
else come and do the same presentation the bottom line
is is the count does the council have specific language that they want in the
charter provision it seems that you're seeking a
consultant to give you recommendation a suggestion as to what language you want
I can't figure out if it's if it's if we're going to adop and put on the
ballot measure the same language as the last Charter provision with the
exception of the salary that can be done simply but it to me I I don't I don't
have an understanding of what council wants there is there seems to be a
consensus that we want to limit the the state's control of local issues that's
legal issue and that's not that clear it's just because you're a charter City
doesn't mean that the local local cities will have control over housing issues
because California Supreme Court has already ruled that housing is a
Statewide concern so it doesn't matter if you're Charter city or a general law
City I think the question is and what I'm what I'm confused about is what
specific language is the the council that seeking Charter want as a provision
other than the salary the one thing that uh the the the thing that kind of uh I
was kind of a bit I don't know was just confused and kind of stunned was that
you gave a pres you gave a presentation on the pros and cons of being a charter
City to the council yet it seems like somebody at least on the council
instructed you to bring somebody else to do an alternate uh presentation on the
pros and cons I mean does do the council trust our City attorney to be able to
give us this information do this or not I mean is hiring a
consultant uh a a result of maybe you're not trusting our City attorney it's not
about trust Mr Mayor We Trust I have 110% Trust on on Mr Robert King is the
thing is uh we need to make sure that and that is what I I I want him and and
somebody else to come up with the language and bring it to us on a study
session of the city council to present that to the US and to the public so the
public can put input on that so uh he if if he told me he can do it I'll say fine
but I know that the you know the stot have some other duties to do so I don't
want to put all this into his plate uh and I think maybe there is
some language there that could be improved and I and that's what I'm
looking for to the chair one one more last thing one more last thing would it
be that it's the uh you're suggesting the
consultant that was uh that was here that did the presentation no no no the
one that suggesting not nobody could it be magically he's going to appear the
one that has done work for the city of Carson I didn't say nobody okay somebody
I said go ahead consult to the chair um I suggest that we further discuss this
in a Clos session no we cannot can we do that no cannot um it has to be you know
open session I and let me just say this cuz you know I'm not I've been a City
attorney for 3 years and I I don't profess to be an expert on every topic
there are topics that I am very familiar with uh ballot measure and Charter is is
a is a new area so I'm not going to say and represent to you in fact when we
first brought that ballot measure two years ago we used a law firm a reputable
Law Firm Richard won Gan that the city has always relied on from Municipal law
to to give guidance to the council and basically we approach with a simple
Charter it appears that whoever that and it really doesn't matter to me if the
city council wants to select another consultant to help us with the charter
provision this isn't I don't have personal stake in this um however I
think whoever it may be I don't think the consultant should recommend this is
what city of Hawthorne should adopt in the charter provision because this
Charter is a restriction it's a constitution a restriction of authority
on city council itself okay because it's above the ordinance it's like the city's
Constitution so this should be something in my personal opinion if I if I may it
should be something that the council has an certain idea and concept of what we
want in the charter before we hire a consultant that's going to dictate to us
to the Council as to what should be in the charter that's that's I mean that's
my opinion on things so if you know it doesn't matter if you want to hire a
consultant to give you recommendations but there should be some idea from the
Council of what kind of Charter provision you want you we did have fused
a simple Charter from two years ago there were Provisions in there so I
think uh council members should already have an idea what they would like to
place on the charter so why not discuss that today so to the chair yes so what
are we asking for right now to vote on well you see the thing is that that is
what I want a study session I don't know if you guys understand what this a study
session is a study session is for because we cannot do this in the close
session we have to do a study session where all of us will be present open to
the public to come and and do uh public comments and then that is where we would
you know whatever going to give us advice
it could be Mr Kim it could be somebody else and then we can say no we do as a
council member we don't agree on this so then we would discuss what is going to
be that language on a on an open study session of a city council meeting that
will have all of us here present with the public comes to put the input that
we would begin to draft the language so to the chair so I'm saying my question
is what are we voting on tonight like right now to move forward can I please
through the chair I'm sorry I was going to say Can council member Patterson
please I'm like poor guy he's been sitting there for a minute be patient
thank you okay um whenever we ask uh our city manager
any questions uh he's sometimes the one that answers those questions sometimes
he's not the one that answers those questions the usually the the route that
we take is the subject matter expert will advise the council and give us our
options and then we'll make a decision based upon that right right Mr Kim is uh
indicated this not his area expertise he he hired a outside firm last time who
it's debatable with their area expertise the presentations that we saw about the
charter made it very evident about areas of expertise um on this particular topic
I think it's a great idea to find a subject matter expert who were this is
what they do as opposed to somebody that does a lot of stuff right you know when
it comes to um our health you want to get our foot
operated on you're probably not going to depend solely on a general practitioner
but you're go to a patress and so I think it's a good idea to get a subject
matter expert to provide guidance to the council so the council can make the
decisions and and vote and move forward so I I support uh Mr montero's council
member montero's suggestion of moving forward with a
charter proposal for the council to vote on utilizing study sessions utilizing a
professional consultant to help us do so to the
chair thank you mayor um so I would like uh to just uh add to that with regards
to uh finding a consultant I'd like the city manager and instruct the city
manager to do that um my reasoning for not so much um supporting or uh having
the current City attorney do it is for the same you know reason there's you
know there could be bias there could be you know things that maybe again not
familiar with uh not quite uh um experienced okay um I know he's a great
prosecutor but at the end of the day I think Independence is very important and
some of the attorneys that we've had suggested from uh the attorney's office
are ongoing recommendations that have long longevity here I mean it I mean
it's like the same name over and over and over and over again I I I enjoy that
entity working with those entities but for as long as I've been here and as
long as some of these recommended um you know councils outside Council it's it's
just good to have new fresh information especially if there's cities that are
Charters and they've used certain Consultants or they've um implemented
certain things I would like for the study session to take place absolutely
but more importantly I want to do a a feasibility or a study from all of the
charter cities to see what languages are in their uh current LA uh Charter uh
what types of uh things that were implemented in in their language so
that's a lot of work and that's a lot of time and I really doubt that you know
there's that time available to do that um currently so I I would agree um
um and and a further just uh support going
forward so um so I made the motion so uh Mr parison second right I'll
second I'll second
it I'll please
vote the votes are in
the voting reflects Council voting yes Mr Mayor votes no right thank you so I
guess now it's the appropriate moment for me to make my councel because uh my
comments I guess the community and the residents saw that uh we already had a
majority that was willing to support this it was very clear and that's pretty
concerning to me uh and you the residents uh comments were made today
that there were naysayers uh that there was naysayers
who have been uh putting information out there 18 months ago 61% of the residents
voted against this 61% to
39 we're we're we're we're coming up with this fox idea of having a study
session the study session that you needed took place 18 months ago it was
voted down I mean there's uh and then kind of some faults that you saw when
some of uh my colleagues are arguments today our City attorney can't do it he's
too busy no he can't do it so let's hire a consultant so he can massage the
language a little bit more so it can pass so you guys will be able to vote
for it and deceive you with all these hidden uh things that they that the
council colleagues my Council colleagues may have it didn't pass guys and it's
it's it's fule to do things over and over and expect different result I think
Albert Einstein mentioned that right I think I referred to it the the
definition of insanity is trying things over and over and expecting a different
results and that's what I see Happening Here one other thing why should we have
sessions why should we get get a consultant shouldn't my Council
colleagues be fully convinced as to how this is going to benefit and already be
aware of all the things that they like to include in a charter that would
benefit the city so let's hire a consultant let's have a study session
let's see what else we can throw in there I think that's uh pretty
flawed so it's false this will not help us protect us from the Statewide
mandates that have uh that they've put forth with SP sp9 with sp9 SP
sp10 if you look at the news you guys already hear over and over that U
there's been challenges to Huntington beaches uh uh trying to uh push against
the state and other cities have been forced
into uh opposing other cities have been forced
to feel the wrath of the state coming down on them imposing all these things
to do that's a false statement I don't need to convince you guys uh come
November you guys would know what to do uh this is uh not a good idea for the
city so I want to go on the record today to
all the residents in Hawthorne that I'm completely and 100 opposed 100% opposed
to the city Charter being placed on the ballot again in any shape or
form and I'm going to stand with you guys who voted not only 60% to 40 uh to
39 it's going to be even more of a defeat this time because you
are smart you don't need to be fooled by a consultant massaging a words to try to
make it digestible and taking away power from you
actually and giving it to the council do I need to remind you of Charter cities
like the City of Bell do I need to remind you of the charter uh cities like
San berardino and so many others that have gone down the road of punition I
don't need to do that so instead of wasting the resident's money put on
putting this on the ballot again and wasting valuable time and laughing at
our City attorney saying that he can't do the job we should be focused on
issues that matter like solving the homelessness issue the uh parking
situation uh policing issues and housing issues
isn't that what we're all concerned about so I'm
completely 100% opposed to this and I want to let my colleagues know that I
will make sure that the residents know who exactly put this on the ballot I
will remind this and I will hang this over your neck with a sign saying that
you're the ones that were responsible for putting this on their on the ballot
once more that's all I have to
[Applause] say let's move on to the next item
Council M Montero please proceed with item 21 thank you Mr Mayor before like
actually this is going to give you a clear
example of our mayor leadership because talking
about 19 months ago this talk about this the ch
right but he voted to put on a ballot he was all in favor of it was
myself Alex Montero and Miss Valentine was the only one who opposed this
Charter in 2022 Mr Mayor voted to put on the
ballot he put it on the ballot for 75,000 salary a year when he only show
up in City Hall two meetings a month
$75,000 that was that child was defeated it was not because he's trying
to protect the city no he's doing harm to the
city let me tell you the reason that the next item they were we were supposed to
do this in January now we are in April four months
we supposed to do reorganization of this Council who represent us in outside
board who will become the mayor proam we supposed to be done the first meeting in
January now we on the first meee in April it has not been done that is why I
brought it up and we don't need to change nothing at this point because
it's been already four months already and then the second one we do not have
full Commissioners because Mr Mayor refused
to nominate some people we have people that have applied for commission and
he's deciding who and who not have to be appointed and he knows because some of
the people that he has appoint was his friends and this Council
rejected but if you become a charter City it's not just the mayor who
appoint all the council members will be able to appoint commission then right
now we have project sto at the planning department at the Planning Commission
because we do not have the corn and I want to give a director to
the city manage that if the if the plans from the planning department are not
moving forward just bring it to the city council and we vote for without the
Planning Commission because Mr May refusing to appoint
Commissioners so that is why I said we need to char
City because there is no leadership 4 months to do
reorganization Commissioners we don't have full five Commissioners in a lot of
our commissioners so he's talking about
hanging people out there on the election so then people of should think about it
do we want to vote also for the for the next mayor that have not have shown
leadership since 2009 has he been sitting in this
Council so do not stop with me Mr Mayor because
if you're going to attack us and I was the one who has been protecting the city
for 25 years and I've been there on the street
seven seven days seven you know almost 247 protecting the
city so when you talk about truth be honest because you voted to put the
ballot in 2020 because they had a salary of
$75,000 okay so I will so again this list of appointed I'm not asking I'm not
finish that's my it's my discussion it's my discussion you were discussing you
were discussing the previous item I'm going back to my discuss you were
discussing the previous item City attorney was he referring and all his
comments directed towards the previous item com it's all combined I I think we
should move on to the next item which is I'll respond to everything gave us the
list uh and I I'm not proposing for us to do any changes because it's 4 months
already in in the year uh I'm glad to represent the city in all these
committees but if anybody wants to make some changes and but this was supposed
to be done in January now is April nine through the chair I stopped through the
chair yes I'm fine with uh my current committee
assignments are we in a position to rotate this we said we were going to
rotating the mayor prm's position every year uh so if there's a natural
selection I think Council woman Katrina Manny should be receiving that is that
something we can move on can we agendize that Mr City Mr city
manager or Mr City attorney I think that's on the agenda as a discussion
action is I believe the mayor proem as a discussion action I but we can't vote on
that specific discussion action action is something that you could vote on so
I'd just like to uh pass on the uh the duties to councilwoman Katrina
Manning on the uh mayor prot position I ha okay please vote on that
specific
item
the votes are the votes are in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes congratulations
goodin thank you all right folks so uh I'm going to
address the comments that my colleague uh council member Montero made uh they
were related to the previous item 20 and I thank you actually for bringing up the
fact that yeah I dis support putting that item on the charter of Charter at
the last election and it was a
mistake it was a mistake to have put it on there so now if we continue making
the same mistakes I think that there's a problem and we've learned with this that
the community is against the charter and I simply support the community on this
and it's going to be a unfortunately you're going to have a lot of people
people and I'm going to make sure that I if we hire a consultant to massage the
language I'll let you guys know exactly what's being going I I'll let you guys
know what's being hidden I'll let you know exactly what the repercussions
could be we learned from that and we learned that the community doesn't want
it so that's a big learning uh opportunity and we
learned and you're right actually the commissions we wouldn't have been in
this predict if my Council colleagues would have called for removing our
commissioners in the first place when we had a great operating
commissions so now uh the claims are made that it's heavily on me that I
haven't n i nominated people I nominate many people and you know what M uh Mr M
Actually I don't even want to address you I know a lot of people in the
community it's inevitable that I will know people I know Miss Ruby Co
I know for her for a very long time I know Jennifer hon for a very long time
and there were two people that you guys voted for they're my
friends so I think perpetuating the issue with the commission and the
Planning Commission issues is something that was initiated by individuals like
yourself council member Montero and others on this Council so um I think we
need to be careful so I'll be looking at the applications and I'll and I'll be
suggesting people very soon so don't worry we'll take care of that we'll see
where you guys lie when it comes to that so
uh so no on the charter make sure you guys tell your friends uh we have
elected officials reports and recommendations City
treasur Marie poex
hornbach that was tough to follow um take a deep breath um good evening
everyone thank you for coming out this evening
um wow okay um I wanted to say I had a great time at the women's um history um
luncheon um it was great panelist and great discussion so hats off to um Miss
Reyes English and Miss Manning on such a good job it was a great event um and I
was glad to attend um we also had the first annual autism walk
um delbr Alex Montero did a fantastic job it was a great turnout it was a lot
of fun and I wanted to uh give a special thank you to the LA Rams for showing up
and cheering everybody on um and helping with the warmup I had an awesome time it
was great walking with the you know residents and the families there um I
want to say congratulations to all three winners of The Good Neighbor award and I
wanted to point out um and give a a really big hats off to the city staff um
I've seen them at several events in the last few weeks and I give a hats off to
a lot of them for having worked the last few weekends and giving up their
weekends to be at the events on the weekend um man you guys I don't know how
you do it but my hat goes to hats off to you all um and these events couldn't
happen without you so I thank you and appreciate your attendance and giving up
your personal time and your personal weekends um the tax deadline is April
15th just in case you didn't know and congratulations to council
woman Manning on being the new mayor protim so congratulations thank you
everybody have a good night Miss city
clerk just would like to thank everyone for coming out and staying for the
entire uh council meeting today uh had a great time at the women's uh event this
past weekend with mayor protm uh Katrina Manning and uh councilwoman Angie Rees
English um we have a a plethora of uh other things going on uh coming up soon
if anybody wants to know about them I have mostly everything posted in the
office uh as well well as notary services want to remind everyone if you
need any notaries if you need anything notorized please don't hesitate to call
uh the clerk's office and make an appointment thank you all so much for
coming and please travel home
safely uh Council
Monto thank you Mr Mayor um again good evening everyone thank you again for
joining us tonight and at home and right here um
just want to tell you that uh this is democracy in action right because this
is the uh United States of America it's a great country we can speak our mind we
can agree to disagree but at the end of the day uh we got elected to do business
to protect the city of hon and that is that is the key is we are the servant of
the people and we need to respect that uh again I just want to say thank you
again uh for the uh Good Neighbor award that was tremendous the three uh
individual uh Samuel Ebony and Michael uh so show that uh our employee does
care about their job and and also protect uh each other um like Maurice
said you know uh my head goes off to the staff because yes they've been working
weekends uh weekend after weekend after weekend so it's like a it never stop um
and I have to say you know thank you again because they did an outstanding
job for the uh first annual Autism Awareness walk uh and I have to say you
know my head goes to the uh Miss delbra from the Beyond autism because she did
most of the work uh we just give her a a hand and I want to say thank you to the
parks and re Department the community service the Public Works uh to help uh
with the logistics uh but the the autism walk went beyond my expectation so uh it
was well done well organized and the families were happy uh people came from
far away as a app um you know like they drove for 50 50
minutes you know up Landing or something you know so they came from San
Bernardino County to just to participate in that autism walk so it was good and
thank you Marie for bringing the uh the ram CH leaders uh so the the walk was a
fantastic and I think uh eventually you know next year we'll do it again and my
plan is maybe to move them to the uh uh centinella Valley you know hot on high
tracking field uh when that tracker field is finished because I think that
will be the the right place to do it um I want to say thank you to the housing
department and the the hoton business connect uh because yesterday uh they did
a fantastic job uh putting a workshop at the marot across the street for uh small
business administration uh the guy named Caesar Estrada did a fantastic job uh
talking to people about small loans uh dealing business with the federal
government uh and they have you know some specific business there that uh
people can apply in know women's uh veterans so it's a was a very good
information given um just what is coming up uh our day is uh on April 20th
uh um councilwoman English and myself are part of the committee that are
putting the Earth Day and providers Fair together so uh make sure you come out on
that day from 10 to 2 um again also on April 28th is a Sunday the hotton
president's council is going to be honored to all the volunteers that who
volunteer for so many organizations um in the community in
2023 so we're going to honor them on April 28th at 2 p.m. at the Memorial
center and uh also just put on your calendar the huton president's Council
K9 dinner uh the the spaghetti dinner is going to be on May 16 that raise money
for our hoton Police Department K9 unit uh and you know that we raise money for
them maybe to buy a dog or for the training program um just a reminder this
sun Saturday day the 133 from 8: to 11:30 uh the hoton St Society is going
to have their pancake breakfast at the gym tour park uh so make sure you just
show up for 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 at the gym tour park on 14100 Prairie
Avenue and of course the Art Festival I'll be there thank you very much um and
at this point like I said you know just keep in your mind and then put on your
calendar more events are coming June 22nd we're going to celebrate June 10
June celebration so put on your calendar again thank you for all of you coming
tonight and thank you uh this has been a great meeting a great democracy in
action so God Bless America God bless hoton thank
you um council member David Patterson please
oh thank you uh Mr mon when was the can9 dinner again May
16th at 500 P P.M
all right thank you Mr Mayor uh I want to thank the community for coming out
and partic participating in the process and making your voices heard that is a
valuable part of this whole process and definitely appreciate you guys and your
your uh contribution uh to our city uh those of you that that really speak up
um have the opportunity to um implant ideas and suggestions in
um staff's minds and council's Minds to get things done so you guys are playing
a great role um in the direction of our city as well as our commissioners as
well want to thank you guys for your contribution want to thank our city
staff for your hard work and dedication and our Police Department as well
um yeah we got we got a lot of great things happening um in our
city got a few things I want to say before we're
out I want to thank uh DJ for his presentation about the uh uh the 311 app
that was a great presentation as well well put together see DJ you know is um
sharp right and and playing a great role in our city definitely appreciate
appreciate your contribution uh good neighbors a work good neighbors Awards I
want to congratulate congratulate Sam English ebony Johnson and officer uh
graa Michael graa you guys uh you know our city
wouldn't be what it is without your contributions I love the new city logo
uh looking forward to sporting that around town um I definitely agree we
should uh have some speed humps on 11 19th Street that looks like a perfect
opportunity to just floor it and um hurt somebody and that is not what we want in
our city um so definitely hope that we can we can get that done sooner versus
later we had a solar eclipse um Across America on Monday hope you guys had an
opportunity to see it got your special eclipse glasses and see see kind of the
Moon getting in front of the sun uh it was uh I I find that stuff kind of cool
bit of a nerd I went and found a location where there was uh not in
California I think our La was like 57% coverage of the sun um I went to Porto
viarta and it was like 95% coverage of the sun which was really really cool but
I wish I would have went I was able to make it to Dallas or or somewhere over
there where was 100% coverage know in those areas it went from day to night in
the middle of the day and I think it's just a
spectacular reminder of our place in the universe uh when things like that align
and um I I'm sure our schools took that as opportunity to teach our youth more
about you know our world and where we're at in the
universe um I'd like to make a directive to staff give me a moment I have some
notes in my
phone I want to ask the staff to bring in ordinance concerning the handling of
policy Val violations within City within the city excuse me whether it be staff
or elected officials um and
definitely uh look forward to have an opportunity to uh welcome some new
Commissioners to our commissions I understand our um Planning Commission
has not been meeting very often I think over the last 12 scheduled meetings that
we only had four uh meetings where there's a quorum So I myself see the
value of having uh five people on that on that commission instead of just a
bare minimum of three is obviously not working for us so looking forward to uh
rounding out uh these commissions and I want to encourage our
community to apply to these commissions right our city literally cannot run
effectively without your contribution and your
volunteerism and uh representing your community on these commissions and
Boards so um I want to thank you guys again for uh coming out hope you guys
have a great rest of your
week councilwoman Andie radius English thank you mayor and
congratulations Katrina thank you um let me just make uh a few
observations so I've been really championing um and providing information
with regards to the California Utilities Commission uh
Edison um there was not very many people that signed up to take the bus so that
we could go and speak against the uh rate payer increases on Wednesday the
10th coming up at uh the CPU starting at 2m in Long Beach however I um I appeal
to you as a resident as a constituent more importantly a rate payer of
utilities to speak your voice um the legislatures in Sacramento have
authorized the cpuc to enact an income based fix fixed El uh electric utility
charge the income base fixed charges the first globally was voted through
Sacramento legislators with an assembly Bill
205 now the CPU is considering a monthly charge of 20 to 34 and if you remember
they wanted to give us charges
$51 uh but let me give you some more information the 20 to $34 for households
making uh income less of 69,000 um to
$51 and and and up to $73 for households making
$69,000 or uh up to1 180 and $85 to
$128 for households over incomes of 180,000 you know um and this is
something recently the public utilities uh commission uh has offered less but at
the end of the day um it's not good enough you know we have we're in a
recession there's there's inflation there's people losing their jobs there's
people losing their housing people can't afford uh even milk or eggs or groceries
um people can't even afford the gas and gas continues to increase and here
you've got the the utilities um entities wanting to increase your utility bills
we have vulnerable indiv individuals that are housebound with um equipment
that requires their utilities um you have individuals that are are vulnerable
don't speak English or other languages not going to know what's coming you have
people fixed on Social Security and other disability income so you know at
the end of the day this is not the time to make increases to the people of
California little loan Hawthorne residents and so I really want to appeal
to those that can make the commission um hearing the cup commission hearing to
please go make a stance um I'm a voice and I'm a voice
for all but I'm only one individual ual you could really make a difference when
you go in numbers and uh this is coming and they want to do this 25 through 28
2025 through 2028 what are they going to do in 2028 they're going to do it again
and again you have to remember the utilities commissions uh CPU here's all
utilities and telephone and anything having to do with utilities how you're
receiving either energy how you're receiving your your phone calls if you
still have a landline etc etc and um this is not the time and uh I really
think that um there's a disconnect but more importantly it's very um
disheartening to know that this went through the legislature and where we're
at today and I do have people calling me and asking me questions and i i r i
don't have those answers unfortunately I'm just providing information as I'm
getting information so I'm using this platform to speak to the people of
Hawthorne that your utilities are going to be increased and and and you know
maybe coming out in numbers will make a difference and they could hold off to
give you time to um to know that and to to give you time to make your
adjustments uh as needed but um 2025 um you know I'm going to say it
again um it's it's it's it's it's something
that we just need to really um you know speak against and and I'm going to be
going out there I'm not going to be on the bus because we cancel the bus
because there wasn't any U individuals we had less than maybe you know 10 and
so please look at the proposed decision that uh the CPU there's a fact sheet I
don't know if it's outside in the lobby but we'll make that available to you uh
moving on I just want to thank um business connect yesterday we had a
business connect at the Marriott hotel across the street if you're a small
business if you're an entrepreneur if you're a micro business um Caesar um
Estrada one of the small business um bu uh the SBA small business administration
representative was in here uh was here yesterday and spoke to how you could um
inquire money if you're a small business and provided great information and I
asked him to um come uh to city council so that he could provide uh the the
council and those attending additional information but if you're interested in
that we have his information and his contact phone number thank you to the
ladies and those that helped uh city manager put on another great um business
connect for the residents of Hawthorne and more importantly the businesses I
also want to make mention uh c c is uh the training that's offered through LA
County fire if you are interested on how to become a c member the classes are
going to start here in Hawthorne at the Hawthorne Memorial center the first uh
three classes are going to start October 26 November 2nd and November 9th I'd
like to thank um El County Fire for helping us uh with the training and for
their partnership and uh Mr Sam English who is the lead for our c training uh
and those uh those courses here in the city of haam for its residents thank you
Katrina Manny for the women's event that we hosted it was a great turnout it was
a great um um way of connecting to uh not only our women but General uh
individuals um that you know often times think that um council members are robots
you know uh we're we're we're human too we have uh you know great Passion we
have you know were were wives were were you know grandmothers were sisters aunts
and uh sometimes you know politics being a council member can be a little lonely
so it was good to just have that discussion in uh General discussion with
all those that attended and I'm glad to receive even Texas today saying that
they enjoyed it and uh most importantly they enjoyed the discussion and being um
truthful on how we manage um all of this as a as an elected and more importantly
how we engage with with people um I enjoyed that thank you for that um our
service provider Fair as council member um onaro mentioned uh we're going to be
U doing that on Saturday April 20th please bring out your family be able to
connect to the to the tables all the tabling that's going to be there they're
going to be providing services and goods referrals information general
information um so all of this is information that could be beneficial to
you or maybe to your family or your loved ones so if you have an opportunity
please stop in from 10: to 2: on Saturday April 20th I'd like to
acknowledge our uh groundbreaking today that we had which is a sewer sewer
Improvement project for our new Main and Sur lines uh here at the corner of 126
in hawthor Boulevard just right outside uh Bank of America there's going to be
new lines being dropped and that's the segue to our new underground parking and
our new Civic Center that's going to be coming so um if you see some of the
cones coming up if you see some uh deterrents there for you to you know
drive somewhere else go around etc etc be patient uh as you can see City Hall
uh has a new uh Street 126 is a oneway now we have sideway parking and I just
say you know if you're traveling our streets to be safe and be aware that
there are employees working on the street and we need to be cautious
whenever we're uh driving and we see um um individuals that are um building out
our city because of how we're coming along in moving forward and having all
these new uh synergy bringing along projects a new city hall and those alike
I'm excited I'm excited to know that I'm a part of that I'm excited to know that
you're going to be a part of that and I just love the fact that um the
brainstorming that has come from a new city council member a new City attorney
uh department heads is one in one Accord and we're going to be able to um really
make a difference when it comes to um a new city hall and bringing uh a city
hall to the people and being able to use its resour ources in those rooms that
are going to be available to do just that um I'm still championing solar so
um you know I know folks say you know whether or not solar is making a
difference in their utility bills I think any alternative is is making a
difference to any utility bill and so um I'm champine and and I belong to the
solar Association and I get regular information from them and so I thank
those that are uh looking to do uh green and how we became green um to thank
Senator Bradford for his uh Earth Day cleanup uh I used to participate in that
with calr along the parking ride on 1 20th and CAW Boulevard and yes we could
do a lot more when it comes to um cleanup especially our roadways our
exits our freeways our on-ramps and off-ramps so anything that anyone is
ever doing to address uh the needs for cleanup is important and if your
community or group would like to uh submit a request to do a cleanup in
their Community please do so I'll be more than happy to support that as our
Council will and we'll be able to provide some supplies for you to do that
I look forward to working with the N uh the 311 app it's very beneficial to the
residents of Hawthorne uh it's very beneficial just again to report out as
as you see it and engage with the department so that we could have that
taken care of immediately and um thank you to uh again the some of the
commissioner Commissioners that were out to at our our women's event I have to
acknowledge Miss bboa thank you for coming and I know Ruby was there too and
I wanted thank uh um um I have it I know I have it Jasmine thank you thank you
for coming and providing us our certificates of recognition along with
uh uh um Holly Mitchell's office ARA thank you so much but to our department
heads um all of you if you see our renderings out in the lobby take a look
at that look forward to the pancake breakfast look forward uh I saw pictures
Mr uh dickun of our golf tournament that you had congratulations on that uh and
uh our police thank you for what you're doing to bring awareness to uh driving
and uh not texting so have a great week guys thank
you thank you thank you uh councilwoman Andy race English uh mayor
protm Manning can you say that again Pro
Manny uh thank you so much uh mayor I'd like to say thank you to my colleagues
for um allowing me to have such a privilege um I also want to say um
congratulations to all of the good neighbors uh Award winners I appreciate
all of you and uh keep up the good work also I wanted to say um Debra did a
fantastic job for the autism walk it was beautiful and so many people showed up
I'm so glad that I had an opportunity to attend the first one and I think it's a
great idea um uh council member Montero for it to be at the other location next
year I'd look forward to that and I'll definitely be supporting that as well um
also um Robert if you can give a quick update on the 11808 wiie I know I spoke
with you and my neighbors are here so I just wanted um you to give them an
update that we talked about yes
please so we um the assistant City attorney Sean Las was on this task and I
don't want to get into too much detail because there are certain options that
the city has in terms of nuisance that's created there um in terms of the removal
of the vehicles we were trying to have them voluntarily REM remove them first
which they did um at the same time we they I think they're aware that we're
also seeking a warrant the city can't just go in there and start you know
taking things out of uh people's private property we got to have court orders to
do so so that's uh being s simultaneously being taken we were told
by the um I guess the person that uh is responsible for the property that they
would have certain they would go through certain uh procedure with the DMV so
that the vehicles could be removed I understand I saw the photographs of the
three vehicles I think one of the vehicles is not really a nuisance type
that um the SUV that seems like in a better shape right it's the I think the
problem is the two vehicles in the driveway and maybe the condition of the
house itself but the out of those two vehicles I understand that uh one of
them has been removed and there is one left and you know we we prefer to work
with the owners to try to have it removed but I understand there's you
know times been taken up um so we do have another option of getting a court
order to do so um but um if if at all possible I I we prefer to have the
property owners cooperate with the city and take care of the issues okay so um
because the otherwise the legal procedures takes
time so that's the current status right now thank thank you um I have two more
things um
so um city manager i' like to give you a
directive to um look into getting speed humps for um
what 119 Street the address that was given to me um of the person that's had
their car hit twice is 2615 West 119th Street so that's the
house and so if you could look into getting uh speed bumps for that and then
the second directive um that I wanted to talk about is prop one prop one
authorized $6.3 billion in bonds to build mental health treatment facilities
for those with mental health and substance use challenges it provides
housing for the homeless um so I've been talking about us getting a urgent care
facility and I'd like for you to um look into applying for a grant that could
assist us with mental health and urgent care facility and then if there's any
other opportunities for us to get additional funding outside of that if
you can apply for those grants as well also I'd like to remind everybody that
Mother's Day uh councilwoman um Reyes and I are
hosting Mother's Day May 11 from 11 a.m. to 2: p.m. um so please bring your
mother your daughter it's a celebration and even if you don't um have a
babysitter bring your daughter with you even if she's like five or six uh we
want to celebrate all of the moms so make sure that you uh show up
and again I just want to say thank you to my colleagues for uh giving me this
opportunity thank you yep all right thank you mayor
proam okay and uh that being said we have a new mayor protm but I also want
to thank our recent mayor protm Angie race English uh for helping me out uh as
uh my second command ping me up whenever I'm not available to attend something on
the DI if I'm not here I have to step out and uh you know youve you served us
honorable any role so this is not this not the first time you've done it before
so um you know we could always uh look for you look to you for uh your support
and commitment on that so thank you so much thank you can we give her a big
round of applause thank
you and of course uh we have our new mayor proen uh councilwoman Katrina
Manning and like I say uh mayor proen Katrina Manning uh I'll said it again
right or I hope I did it and you know like I said and I told my friends you
know what she has eight years or nine years worth of ideas ready to put them
into effect that's why you seen so many events coming from her and a lot of
different things activities um so I think it's fitting at this moment that
she helps us out with this role in backing me up and supporting the city as
a mayor poent right you're good with that all right
good um Miss city clerk the uh the minutes didn't appear is uh what on this
agenda can you tell us is it going to appear on the next agenda it should yes
definitely okay so we'll be okay right yeah absolutely to the chair um I need
to be excused for the next council meeting which is I believe the 23rd and
since I won't be here on the 23rd I need to abstain from the meeting that I
wasn't here on the minutes do we just keep that on the record yeah I need to
because I'm not going to be here so I want to make note Mr City attorney is
there any thing that we can do as to her comments right now of her abstaining
she's not going to vote but it just we'll take it on for the record that her
intention was to abstain right no not from the okay well there's a two Me In
terms the minutes which item so I wasn't here on one of those meetings I don't I
think it was back in March the end of March the 26 I wasn't here how about we
mention it at the next meeting that you weren't here for that spef reminded of
it yes and then we'll acknowledge that at that time yeah thank you okay
uh to we have a new Public Works uh effort that we is being very visible in
the city we're seeing all the light poles Akbar right all the light poles
they kind of seem taller right you guys have noticed them they're uh I saw them
on 120 they're my parents house but they're all elsewhere so they're taller
um it's using uh more energy they're taller they're taller than the previous
ones right akar yes the the traffic signal right
now is taller and uh safety light is like three four feet taller they're
taller and so the the light's efficient and it covers a lot of uh area so it's
like you go outside and it's no longer dark it's brighter but it's not like
bright in the sense that it's going to distract any drivers or or distract you
if you're walking or it's it's a comfortable and it's a regulated light
that's uh well intentioned right yes sir they are LED and they are lighter right
yeah so this is good thank you thank you for that effort and seeking the funding
together with our city manager and staff that put and yourself and your staff for
putting all the grants in for those those upgrades so definitely we're
improving our city uh we're changing our logo and then we're just changing even
some of the technology within our city so I think that's a very
important uh the eclipse everybody saw the eclipse or heard about about the
eclipse and everybody was talking about it oh the eclipse the eclipse all the
total everybody all of a sudden everybody's so familiar with the new
word totality all the totality the bth of totality so everybody's a scientist
all I I kind of put on my Facebook hey whatever happened to uh whatever
happened to the phrase total eclipse right but then I got a lot of my
friends that say oh you're thinking of the song Total Eclipse of the Heart
right so they were kind of being goofy but uh it was like Eclipse fever you
know and everybody was excited about it my sister who lives in uh
Texas uh was able to see it with her with my nephew and they sent us video so
it's like it's kind of spooky it is spooky and I actually had
people that were that were calling me and saying hey maybe we should like
already like uh get your all your Provisions ready something's going to
change everything's going to things are going to go down you know put fuel in
your car be ready to drive out into the country or I don't know it seemed like
it was going to be like like uh what the Yeah like like the demise of the world
but it wasn't so oh this one's important the
uh the 99 set Only Stores everybody heard about that and uh it was it's kind
of sad hearing about that but it seems It's symptomatic about what's going
on uh just the price of doing business but a big factor that the owner ERS of
the chain mentioned were that uh there's just a
lot of
shoplifting I mean right shoplifting I work in a jail guys I mean I'm not don't
throw it in there just to throw it in there in this case but we don't get
people who are shoplifting coming in through through through the jail being
prosecuted for that because they're getting away with it they're getting
away with it if you steal less than $950 well at the at 99 Only Store that'd
be like 950 items right but come on man if you're like
stealing every P every dollar every penny every it starts adding up and it's
becomes hard for people to do business and when we have our we have our uh our
district attorney not being able to either choosing not to prosecute it or
not having the tools because the uh threshold is
$950 that's pretty sad we have our targets remember we referred to the
targets having like the glass counters over there your near your neighborhood
right that's sad it's all result of the $950 threshold and I'm sorry we have our
state senator oh he's already on his way out so we'll have to talk to the next
state senator that comes to place our uh assembly woman our uh new state senator
and all those people in the state need to get their act together and start
thinking about what we need to do because there need to be some uh
repercussions for taking stuff that's not
yours things have changed so much that now it's okay to steal and you got the
same repeat offenders same repeat offenders they come in the morning and
then they come at night and no because it's under the threshold it's under the
threshold and why don't why don't things happen be why don't we get involved
because they don't want to call anymore because they're afraid of that that
we're not going to be prosecuting because we don't have any teeth to do
anything so I think we need to be very careful we need to push our state
officials to get their act together and reduce that threshold and
give the tools and the ability for our uh Pro prosecution within the county
within the city the tools to be able to go after this stuff because it's when
something's not yours it's not yours pretty
simple all right this whole little covid excuse thing that oh everybody's going
through covid and why are prices going up because it's harder for businesses to
keep you the stay afloat because people are stealing getting away with
stuff it's like a cycle so once you just cap that off when it comes to the uh
thresholds you watch things start coming back and people able a are able to make
ends meet and keep their businesses afloat okay so we need to be smart on
who we vote in because the pendulum is going to swing in the other direction on
some of the stuff at the state level all right people are going to get frustrated
unfortunately you guys some people might think that that's going to happen at the
federal level too we were you know uh we just I think we just need to
be conscious of who we elect and who's going to step up for us and just do the
right thing and just have some uh um energy to be able to counter these
things okay uh thank you to my Council colleagues for being here today uh good
discussions today and uh let's move forward
um oh with the big lot with the 99 cent only store there is hope for the 99 cent
only store because we've been hearing that the Big Lots owner might buy uh the
99 Cent Only uh brand and and properties and get that back going so if there's
something we could is uh Mr City attorney Mr city manager is there
something we can do on behalf of the city to U send a letter you know uh just
encouraging the Big Lots finding out where who the Big Lots uh owner is and
tell them that they have since we have what 99 all these stores we would love
to see them do follow through with this can you fashion a letter on our behalf
and if everybody's okay we just just uh just show that we're in uh
in agreement and we hope that they will follow through absolutely yes we can do
that okay thanks thank you all for being here uh
have a great evening this meeting is adjourned at
8:38
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