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[8:36] 2024 regular meeting of the Hawthorne
City Council is called to order at 6:08
[8:42] p.m. U I'll be
asking uh councilwoman Katrina Manning
[8:49] councilwoman Katrina Manning could you
do the invoc the uh Pledge of Allegiance
[8:53] today and uh I'm going to ask the
council member or our City attorney to
[8:58] do the prayer today thank you we got a
pass know yeah but I'd like for you to
[9:04] do it thanks it's
okay for you to work give a sh my friend
[9:11] can we all bow our
heads um we ask that we have a very
[9:17] productive meeting um we ask that we
think of the residents of the Hawthorne
[9:22] City first um we ask for peace in the
world and um and many good things to
[9:29] come from for the city amen amen
[9:38] amen allegiance to the flag of United
States of America and to the Republic
[9:44] which stand One Nation God indivisible
liy and
[9:55] Justice
okay Madam clerk the roll please council
[10:00] member
Manning here council member Montero pres
[10:05] council member Patterson here mayor
proas English here mayor Vargas here all
[10:12] present the first presentation we have
DJ torado please
[10:28] come
[10:32] good evening honorable mayor mayor protm
council members and city of hawthor
[10:37] residents my name is DJ torado and I
will be presenting on the my Civic 311
[10:45] application um so a lot of ask what is
the my Civic 311 app it's a
[10:50] non-emergency online request service
system so again it's for non-emergencies
[10:55] for emergencies please call 911 request
services such graffiti removal pothole
[11:01] repair and illegal dumping can be um
requested on the app and you do not need
[11:06] to provide any information it can be
anonymous and requests get sent directly
[11:11] to City
staff um so how can you access to my
[11:16] Civic 311 app um there's two ways one is
through our website at cityof
[11:24] hawthorne.ca on a smartphone on your
iPhone through the Apple App Store and
[11:28] on Android through the Google Play Store
and I will be demonstrating um both
[11:34] methods so again if you want to access
it by PC you can go to the website City
[11:39] OFW thorne. um underneath the video
playing um you see the six buttons one
[11:45] of them says Virtual City Hall so you
can click on that
[11:48] one and it'll take you to this page um
Virtual City Hall in the middle it says
[11:54] you can access it by PC or phone by
visiting Hawthorne citizen selfservice
[12:00] and it'll take you to this page and then
at the top it says my Hawthorne
[12:06] 311 and then it'll take you to this page
where it'll have a list of um requests
[12:12] that you can submit to city um to city
employees so the sample one I have is
[12:18] for potholes um there's some questions
that you need to answer in order for
[12:23] your request to go through such as the
nearest cross um cross streets or
[12:27] intersection of where the pothole is a
description of the pothole and also the
[12:32] map specifically for potholes if it is
um on a freeway you would contact celr
[12:38] and if it is in unincorporated LA County
you would contact LA County so if it's
[12:43] anywhere outside of city of Hawthorne
boundaries you will not be able to
[12:47] submit a request those would have to go
to those respective
[12:51] agencies and then so um after you fill
out the form and click submit um City
[12:57] staff gets an email that a request has
been submitted and then we will um go
[13:02] through the appropriate measures to make
sure that the request is
[13:06] fulfilled um in terms of the mobile app
you can download it again um from your
[13:11] smartphone the my Civic 311 app and then
um once you get to the homepage there's
[13:17] a report and issue button and again same
thing there's a list of um requests that
[13:23] you can select to report an issue um
depending on the issue there'll be a
[13:28] popup this says if it's not applicable
um for the city of Hawthorne then you
[13:33] need to access a different
website and then again you can fill out
[13:38] your information if you want to it is
better if you do just because um some of
[13:42] the requests are vague and it's better
if we have um at least your contact
[13:46] information maybe an email or your phone
number so that we can contact you if we
[13:50] have any additional questions regarding
your
[13:55] issue um and then um you can also submit
photos photos are also really good just
[14:00] because it gives us a clear picture of
what the issue is sometimes you can't
[14:04] really describe it clearly um so a
picture is worth a thousand
[14:09] words um so I would like to do the
mobile access
[14:14] demonstration um if you can see
from the
[14:28] TV
[14:40] so you can see the app there's um
different things that you can do um so
[14:45] I'm going to click on report and issue
and then I can scroll down to where it
[14:49] says potholes for example again if a
pothole is located outside excuse me of
[14:55] of city of haon jurisdiction like calr
or unincorporated um you would have to
[15:00] contact them
directly um again if you want to put in
[15:04] your contact info like your name or your
email address it would help just in case
[15:08] City staff has any questions regarding
um your
[15:11] request and then so I'm just going to
put a random street just say Elsa
[15:18] gundo and
Hawthorne and then I'm just going to say
[15:23] in the
[15:26] middle of the street
[15:31] and then you click next and then again
there's a map so you can U zoom in with
[15:36] your phone directly to the
location so in this case I zoom in
[15:41] directly to Elsa gundo and
[15:45] Hawthorne um if someone has already
requested um a pothole to be fixed here
[15:52] sometimes there'll be a popup that says
um are you sure you want to submit
[15:55] another request um you can submit
another request if you want want to or
[15:59] you can um just cancel but in this case
I'm going to
[16:04] continue and then if you want to add
additional notes or photos um that would
[16:08] be helpful as well and then you would
click
[16:18] submit so you should get this popup that
says your report has been submitted um
[16:23] if you have any questions please contact
public
[16:26] works so that is the the the app version
and then um I'm going to go back and do
[16:32] the browser version on your
[16:38] PC so on the homepage city of.org under
the video there's Virtual City
[16:47] Hall and then you scroll down and it
says you can access it by PC or phone by
[16:52] visiting hawthor citizen
[16:57] self-service
[17:04] and then at the top it says my hotor 311
so you click on
[17:09] that and then you can do your request
here so I can do a pothole
[17:16] again and then I can say
Alo
[17:22] and
Ramona uh pothole on North side
[17:29] of Elsa
[17:34] gundo and then on the map you can zoom
in to Elsa gundo and
[17:42] Ramona and then if you have any photos
you can include that in there and again
[17:47] your name and your phone number or your
email if if you want to provide that and
[17:51] then you click
submit and it says report submitted
[17:56] successfully
um
[17:59] on our on the city staff end we get this
page we get an email um for when
[18:05] requests come in and we also have a list
of all pending or completed requests um
[18:10] so this is what we see and then if we
have any questions we'll contact the
[18:13] resident directly or we'll go directly
and um resolve the
[18:22] issue um so that is it from me um I will
take any questions thank you any
[18:28] comments questions I do no okay goad to
the chair thank you first of all for
[18:34] your presentation um 311 is being used
in Los Angeles and I believe 211 is used
[18:40] through LA County but you're absolutely
right it's a good way to uh know that
[18:45] you submitted it because it's on your
phone it's um you know gives you I think
[18:49] a a case number or a reference number
and then if you have the photo that even
[18:53] expedites it uh further I just uh drove
through um nor rep way in between
[19:00] Prairie and caw and there's a huge potho
in the middle of the street so I'm going
[19:04] to make that request using the 311 and I
didn't take a picture because it was
[19:09] dark it was night time but I felt it so
um thank you so much city of Hawthorne I
[19:16] love how we're getting uh innovated and
especially utilizing um these types of
[19:22] uh tools and I hope the city of hawthor
will take will take advantage of it I'm
[19:27] always reporting dumping along the
railroad um bulky items um couches beds
[19:34] um dresser drawers things like this and
it's important to give direction like
[19:38] you know southeast northwest corner uh
at or in front of or the rear of in the
[19:44] alley Etc so these types of ident
identifiers are important and um I
[19:49] highly suggest that uh we get the the
support of the city to report whatever
[19:54] you see instantly that's very important
we're not going to know about it unless
[19:59] um you know you report it you could do
it now you don't have to call Council
[20:03] city council you don't have to you know
we love your emails we love you know
[20:07] being able to support you in in getting
your requests made but look you have now
[20:12] 311 to help you too so that's great work
thank
[20:16] you yeah uh thank you for the
presentation uh the 311 when did we
[20:23] launch this we launched This I Believe
last July July yeah yeah 2023 so so how
[20:31] many people that you said have utilized
that so far did do you have a number in
[20:35] mind um I know there's around like a 100
users at the minimum um not everyone
[20:42] obviously makes an account um but the
ones that I've seen from the back end at
[20:46] least there's at least 100 accounts on
there um but there are a lot of
[20:50] anonymous um requests okay yeah because
I think you know because I know you know
[20:54] we launched this a year ago so uh it's
not new so I just want to if maybe we
[20:59] could uh find a way to promote it more
you know to put in our Billboards
[21:04] somewhere you know so social media so
people can get to it because uh it's a
[21:09] good tool so um and I think it would be
uh much better utilized if people know
[21:15] about it because now the I believe about
two meetings ago we got a a young lady
[21:20] coming to us for an app and then here we
are we have this and know a year ago so
[21:25] uh I appreciate you to come back to us
and and promote it again so maybe we
[21:29] have to remind people almost every day
311 311 all right thank
[21:36] you okay thank you very much thank
you Erica Lampkin
[21:43] please Good Neighbor award
[21:54] presentation good evening mayor mayor
proam and remaining council members
[21:58] tonight I'm going to present to you
excuse me three employees who um
[22:04] provided Stellar work in the month of
March when not when I call your name
[22:08] nominees please stand up first candidate
or first nominee is Samuel
[22:14] English
[Applause]
[22:19] Sam Sam works in the city attorney's
office he wears many hats for the office
[22:25] he accomplishes them all with a smile he
handles voluminous amounts of work in
[22:30] the area of workers compensation claims
disability retirement claims and small
[22:34] claims through the city's thirdparty
Insurance administrator he assists with
[22:39] budgeting supervises the administrative
staff in the office and is currently the
[22:44] temporary emergency preparedness
coordinator even with his numerous task
[22:49] Sam takes the time to have pleasant
conversations with staff and shows
[22:53] sincere care for others at work he is
always professional he shows great team
[22:59] effort and is friendly to all the city
attorney's office is heavily dependent
[23:04] upon Sam's Hands-On approach as the
office manager he carries heavy duties
[23:09] and task he is thorough in his
investigative skills and collecting
[23:13] evidence for all of our claims Sam's
appreciation is not limited to the city
[23:18] attorney's office and all who deal with
him appreciate him although given the
[23:23] number of tasks that most would complain
about Sam always does his work while
[23:28] smiling or laughing and he is always
respectful it would not be an
[23:33] exaggeration to say that he is
well-liked by everyone at City
[23:43] Hall our next nominee is Ebony Johnson
of the public works
[23:53] department ebony is nominated because of
her exemplary attitude and diligent work
[23:59] that she displays every day in the
office her bright personality and
[24:03] willingness to help makes her not only a
dedicated worker in our in the
[24:07] department but a wonderful person to be
around when planning for team meetings
[24:12] she exemplifies teamwork and
communication as she plans for what
[24:16] materials are needed while lighting up
the atmosphere in the
[24:21] process her impact on the department is
reflected by the uh culture displayed in
[24:27] the team d Dynamic everyone enjoys being
around her and can count on her for
[24:32] additional assistance whether it be for
projects or light-hearted conversation
[24:38] as the city contrib ask for the city
contribution she works diligently to
[24:43] handle complaints and request from
citizens making sure the voices of our
[24:48] community are
heard ebony has made great strides in
[24:53] her assistance with citizens of the
community and making sure to follow up
[24:57] on every assignment that is handed to
her she makes sure to check up on her
[25:02] fellow colleagues and surpasses all
expectations through her
[25:10] work and our final candidate or nominee
is Officer Michael
[25:17] [Applause]
greda officer Michael grea is nominated
[25:23] for the good neb award in recognition of
his exceptional contributions and
[25:27] commitment to serving service within the
hethor police department officer graa
[25:31] joined the Department in May of 2009 and
since then he has consistently
[25:37] demonstrated qualities that exemplify
what it means to be an outstanding
[25:41] member of our team and an ambassador of
the hethor police culture he is not only
[25:47] dedicated to his duties but also goes
above and beyond to foster a positive
[25:51] and supportive environment for his
colleagues one of his remarkable
[25:56] qualities is his ability to uplift the
spirits of those around him he his sense
[26:01] of humor and Char charismatic
personality make him a valuable asset to
[26:05] our department or to the department
additionally he possesses exceptional
[26:10] skills in latent print lifting crucial
as a crucial aspect of investigative
[26:15] work his Proficiency in this area has
significantly contributed to the
[26:20] Department's success in solving cases
furthermore he has taken on the role of
[26:25] the shift DJ bringing a sense of
camaraderie and unity among his peers
[26:31] his passion for music and his
willingness to create a lively
[26:35] atmosphere during shifts have greatly
enhanced the morale within the
[26:39] department besides being a San Francisco
Giants fan officer graa embodies the
[26:45] values of collaboration professionalism
camaraderie and service Excellence that
[26:51] the good neighbor award seeks to honor
his contributions to the hethon police
[26:56] department make him a deserving
candidate of this prestigious
[27:05] recognition as always we have such
amazing workers for the city of hethon
[27:11] the committee could not make a decision
so they are all winners
[27:15] [Applause]
tonight you guys can come up and get
[27:25] your award and take a picture with the
[27:38] they want to say a few words any want to
say a few words take
[27:57] pictures
[28:27] fr
[28:31] all right
Perfect all right just go ahead and look
[28:35] at me
and two one and two
[28:42] one thank
[Applause]
[28:57] you
[29:07] congratulations to all the winners today
uh thank you for all your dedication so
[29:12] many comments and nice things be uh to
say about all of the employees that were
[29:16] nominated and that won uh so many
experiences and we're thankful to for
[29:21] their service thank
you
[29:24] okay Greg mlan rebranding new city logo
[29:32] congratulations you guys good
[29:45] work okay good evening mayor mayor prot
time Council and to the citizens of the
[29:50] city who are here and watching um I'm
going to be talking to you about the uh
[29:55] the effort to Rebrand the city with a
new logo and I'm start going to start
[29:59] with a little bit of historic um
information um here's an example of a
[30:04] logo that I found that was used in
1960 um I'm not sure how much earlier
[30:09] before that it was used or if it was
used for a long time or not but um this
[30:13] represents Hawthorne at a time when
Northrop and Aviation dominated the
[30:17] city's
identity then for about 18 years maybe a
[30:22] little less the city used this logo
which features the city hall at the time
[30:27] which became the police station which
then got torn down to build a hotel so
[30:30] this was a time when the city was
growing into its own
[30:34] identity and then the one we're all
familiar with was adopted in
[30:39] 1978 this is reflecting a city trying to
reinvent itself there was a lot of
[30:43] Redevelopment activity going on then and
we got a new city hall and a new mall
[30:47] during this
[30:50] period but we just we're looking at um
we put together a committee to study new
[30:56] logo ideas because we feel like this is
a turning point in the city's history
[31:01] and we'd like to we'd like to um honor
that with a new logo so starting with a
[31:06] vision of a dynamic and bright future
and building on the city's assets and
[31:10] strengths but creating a break with the
past but acknowledgement of of key
[31:17] values so this is the final version of
the logo that was
[31:22] presented um this incorporates the the
vision of the committee as well as is
[31:28] comments and recommendations from the
city
[31:32] council I'd like to go into a little bit
of the development of this we have a lot
[31:37] of borrowed elements from our current
logo for example there's the airplane
[31:42] only we made it look kind of like a
rocket but kind of like an airplane so
[31:45] we get the both best of
both there's the sun um the difference
[31:50] is though it's it's rising on the right
and it's setting on the left okay just
[31:54] so you know um this is the Tower of the
airport report iconic structure of the
[32:00] city um 1922 we figured uh we didn't
need the Incorporated but we definitely
[32:06] want that 1922 in there and the City of
good neighbors was the uh final addition
[32:10] from the
council I'd like to also uh address some
[32:14] of the ISS or some of the items that are
shown here so dawn of a bright
[32:20] future here we have a very strong
unifying ring around the entire thing we
[32:26] have key assets of the city are
represented these were chosen for their
[32:32] recognizability but also different
aspects of the city's uh you know the
[32:37] city's
offerings um the plane deliberately
[32:41] breaks through the ring that's breaking
with uh breaking the boundaries of
[32:44] possibilities we got a dynamic solution
here adds a lot of uh motion to the
[32:50] whole logo um nod to the iconic Water
Tower and also a nod to the a good
[32:58] climate we got to palm tree we think
this covers just about everything and
[33:02] it's straightforward it's not
overcrowded it's uh rather attractive I
[33:08] think the logo also comes with
variations for example we have a simpler
[33:14] variation and a monocolor um variation
these will be used in different cases
[33:20] where
say um you have a small version of it
[33:26] like on a pen and you can't get all that
detail you pick one of these you could
[33:30] use one of these on a business card
although we could probably get all the
[33:33] detail there um there's notepads and all
kinds of other things that we can use it
[33:36] for um we also have the designer also
came up with a a letterhead that
[33:42] incorporates the the logo as the O in
Hawthorne which we was nice yeah we
[33:47] thought that was nice yeah very nice
yeah so here's some of the ways that
[33:51] logo would be used we've I you know we
see the police car branding using it um
[33:58] web
page notepads business cards pens all
[34:03] kinds of things stationary and it looks
good in many different formats but you
[34:07] can see what different ones are used
some are the monotone some are the
[34:11] colorful ones some are the simple
ones so that concludes the presentation
[34:17] and I'm happy to answer any questions
you
[34:20] have thank you so much and thanks for uh
I have to admit I I like to keep things
[34:26] the same but uh sometimes for some
things but this is definitely
[34:32] uh it's it's a good way of imagining
ourselves and how we're progressing into
[34:36] the future so you took the group took
our recommendations into account and
[34:41] it's very evident it's nice it's clean
and solid I I think uh we're going to be
[34:46] envied by many cities around when they
see the this logo either on our shirts
[34:53] where we're representing the city or
when they take a look at our website or
[34:57] anything that we do so thank you so much
for your guys' efforts
[35:02] chair yes Mr mlan yes thank you thank
you thank you very much because um you
[35:09] just show us that hoton is moving in the
right direction and with this new logo
[35:16] with the spirit of Adventure and and
potentially new business coming to
[35:22] hotone and I think that that logo now it
stand for what we is all about like you
[35:29] said you know the city of good neighbors
the aviation the rocket right because
[35:35] now every day SpaceX is launching a a
falcon night uh from VAB Bell we can see
[35:41] the whole you know stail of the hot
rocket so it is beautiful so I want to
[35:47] say thank you for the committee thank
you Mr City manage thank you for all the
[35:53] commed that work on that and took our
advice and it made it perfect so thank
[35:59] you through the chair yes sir uh I
wanted to say that I think the logo is
[36:05] gorgeous um I don't remember what the
previous presentation looked like but it
[36:11] sounds like you guys took that and made
it even better or it looks like you you
[36:15] know took it and made it even better
because it's just really stands out love
[36:18] the colors I like
the how it includes so many valuable
[36:24] assets of the city but very simple and
clean and actually I want to commen
[36:28] on making a great presentation uh it's
hard putting together good PowerPoint
[36:32] you all the
animation that you included and and
[36:36] pointing things out I I think you did it
whoever made that PowerPoint did a
[36:39] really really really good job I'll be
sure to thank them and um but yeah thank
[36:43] you for the presentation love it to the
chair yes thank you thanks uh Greg can
[36:50] you go back to that slide that showed
the two together uh our old and our
[36:56] new
[37:00] yeah instantly when I saw this I uh I
thought wow how bright the uh the one we
[37:07] have right to the left uh I like just
the crisp colors and how bright it is
[37:12] and if maybe we could enhance a little
bit more brightness to the new logo um
[37:18] and I'm like me too it's kind of hard to
let go of something that we've had for
[37:22] so long and uh you're absolutely right
uh our Council here here on um on the
[37:28] Das that with a new city hall with a new
Civic Center how better than to
[37:34] introduce and Implement a new logo so
that's my only uh my only spill maybe
[37:40] maybe when we see it uh put on on
letterhead and more we could have some
[37:47] fine uh gold or something more uh right
that could be a little bit more brighter
[37:53] um I just hope that uh whatever we
Implement um
[37:58] um folk folks don't steal
it you know I don't know if you know but
[38:03] there's a lot of cities that have been
um you know copper is a big thing and
[38:07] they've been stealing a lot of copper
they've stole from our city hall here we
[38:11] had our uh our our
our yeah all of our plaques have been
[38:17] taken you know stolen so you know I just
you know I hopes that that will come to
[38:24] the stop but good work truly uh
impressed uh with all of it so thank you
[38:30] so much to the chair yes I love it I
love it thank
[38:39] you let me ask do we need to make a
motion to move forward with the with
[38:44] Implement with the logo or
yeah or what do we
[38:50] need
[38:53] resolution technically it's not on the
agenda for an action so so we could
[38:58] bring it back yeah we we should bring it
back yeah bring it back as a resolution
[39:02] or an ordance so we can vote on it
please sure thank
[39:06] you okay thank you let's give him a big
round of applause and I thank
[39:15] you um do we have a presentation from
the PD or is that we
[39:21] we're yes yes yes yes our new is it
Lieutenant distracted driving awareness
[39:27] money
you're gonna talk to us about that thank
[39:31] you yeah I think she's new Traffic
Division looking
[39:37] at good evening mayor mayor protm
esteemed Council elected officials city
[39:42] manager thank you for having us here
April is National distracted driving
[39:47] month so that is why we're here
[Music]
[39:53] tonight there's a quick video that was
uh put on by the office of Traffic
[39:58] Safety in California and that will
explain distracted
[40:07] [Music]
[40:19] [Music]
driving
[40:32] [Music]
[41:13] [Music]
[41:31] oops there we goes since April 3D
through tomorrow night it's distracted
[41:37] driving National enforcement
mobilization so basically that means
[41:42] we're definitely targeting people who
are driving while distracted since last
[41:48] Wednesday within less than a 12-hour
period we've already issued over 30
[41:52] citations for distracted driving and
it's not they're not weak they are fully
[41:58] enforceable fully recorded
[42:05] violations the national highway traffic
safety administration also called Nitsa
[42:12] started this campaign this month of put
the phone away or pay because basically
[42:17] using your phone while you're driving
can kill
[42:20] someone oor Santos gimenez will explain
the
[42:25] fines good evening neor everyone yeah if
you get a citation for the first offense
[42:31] it is $20 plus the penalties and
assessments by the court so it ends up
[42:36] being about
$148 for the second offense you'll have
[42:40] to pay $50 plus penalties and
assessments it's close to $300 in
[42:46] addition if you're involved in a traffic
collision because of this and because
[42:50] you were distracted the the only issue
with it is the fact that your insurance
[42:55] is going to go up and more than likely
you're going to be found at fault if you
[42:59] uh get a citation within three a second
citation within 3 years then that will
[43:06] be a point on your driver's license
which in essence means you have to go to
[43:10] traffic school in order to get rid of
that point on your
[43:18] license distracted driving is dangerous
but some people just can't seem to help
[43:23] themselves there's the steering wheel
proper the sneaker peer the fast roller
[43:30] the
nightlighter and it's not long until
[43:33] they become the fender bender the got a
ticketer the veering off the road the
[43:41] driver who kills
someone enough with the phones already
[43:47] just put them
[43:50] down
[43:53] distract in the year 2022 3 , 308 people
were killed with an additional estimated
[44:01] amount of
289,000 people injured in motor vehicle
[44:06] traffic crashes all involving distracted
[44:16] drivers the bottom line to all this
distracted driving is
[44:23] preventable and just to piggy back on
that I've been a traffic officer for the
[44:28] for 10 years and responded to so many
traffic collisions at which point a lot
[44:33] of the drivers involved were actually
telling me that yeah they were using the
[44:38] cell phone it took one second to look at
the phone as they looked up the car was
[44:43] in front of them and they couldn't
prevent the Collision so a lot of times
[44:47] what when drivers are involved in
accidents they won't tell you that they
[44:51] were using the phone so the numbers are
pretty skewed even though there's
[44:55] there's still thousands of numbers in
traffic collisions that were caused by
[44:59] uh a distracted
[45:03] driver thank you and drive safely
California yeah all right yeah thank you
[45:10] for the
presentation um but I have some
[45:13] questions and oh you guys are not going
to like me after this
[45:18] Santos um this is a serious uh serious
question um you have the many people who
[45:24] pick up the phone those ones I saw right
there were people that have their phone
[45:27] in their hand but then you also have the
people who have it mounted here Uber
[45:32] drivers you constantly see them when
you're driving and your in their cars
[45:36] and they're looking at this accepting a
ride while they're driving Etc what's
[45:41] the
difference we need to Define it why are
[45:45] those not as dangerous I find I
personally think they're equally as
[45:48] dangerous sometimes even more because
you have to lean in to access that yes
[45:54] they are so the section basically covers
there's different sections that the
[45:58] vehicle code applies to so most of the
sections cover you holding the cell
[46:04] phone when it's not hands-free so let's
just say for example if you put it on a
[46:08] little pedestal and you tap it once in a
while per legislation that's not so bad
[46:15] as you holding the cell phone the reason
being is if the phone's on a holder and
[46:21] you're looking at it more than likely
you're going to be looking in a
[46:24] straightforward direction towards the uh
front of the vehicle versus looking down
[46:28] at the cell phone so what a lot of
drivers do because of the fact that they
[46:32] know it's against a lot of use of cell
phone while they're driving most of them
[46:36] when I when I see the violations they're
looking down at the phone that's what
[46:41] creates the biggest problem not by the
phone being on a holder even though it
[46:45] should still be if you're looking put it
this way if you're looking at a at the
[46:50] phone and you're FaceTiming someone
that's a violation that's just looking
[46:53] at a TV on your on your stereo system so
no in essence if it's not handsfree
[47:00] that's that creates a violation for you
but the simple fact that you have it on
[47:04] the holder allows for the possibility of
that to happen shouldn't that be banned
[47:09] in
itself they pitched it to legislation
[47:12] and so far they haven't changed it so
hopefully at at some point every
[47:17] violation that you get on your cell
phone and that's me hoping will be a
[47:21] point on your license so that deters
people from using the phone while
[47:24] driving yeah okay no I just I just kind
I've always wondered that because it's
[47:29] like it just seems a it's equally or
it's not it increases the risk by
[47:34] dramatically for being able to do that
so and you know I've seen my driver
[47:38] swerve and to do certain things and so I
just is I guess it's something to be
[47:43] aware of as well just be safe out there
yes sir through the chair yeah thank
[47:52] you because through you know some times
all of us do that right so it's good to
[47:59] bring us to our attention because uh we
see that all the time on on on on on our
[48:05] streets so it's good to bring it up to
attention to the people because when
[48:10] when you talk about 3,000 lives loss
that's that's a lot of lives loss um so
[48:17] distractive driver it is a problem to
tell you the truth so uh I'm glad that I
[48:21] see some penalty you know some some uh
even uh the other day we have uh a
[48:27] workshop at the mor Center that uh some
of the ladies are saying that $50 is not
[48:31] enough it's it's not enough because it
is much more addict with because of the
[48:38] cellones uh and it's much more accidents
happen that can potential kill someone
[48:44] uh and they said $50 and they're going
to be lobing Sacramento to change for
[48:50] even more uh more fines than $50 so and
I agree with that because we see that
[48:56] every day
people on the cell phone I know the
[48:59] people honking you know they just very
distracted so thank you to bring to our
[49:03] attention because um I think we should
put this on our um website for people to
[49:08] click on it and learn about the
distracting drivers yeah thank you oh
[49:12] real quick I I'd like to make even a
bigger suggestion is that we have the
[49:16] digital Billboards could we do something
even if it's pasted this uh week can we
[49:21] do it at least for a week's worth of
time where we flashed this warning
[49:25] somebody designs that and puts set up
how you guys feel about that yes yeah
[49:29] because I think yeah okay that's awesome
prevents prevents you know loss of lives
[49:34] yes we're also going to have the press
release put on the city website as well
[49:37] as our social media so we are trying to
get the word out as much as possible
[49:41] throughout April yeah to the chair yes
um thank you so much for your
[49:45] presentation and I just want to um uh
make mention that um I I I uh was hit
[49:53] from behind on the Harbor 110 freeway
and we were at had a standstill so it
[49:58] was a pretty hard hit and um thank
goodness that the folks surrounding me
[50:03] pulled pulled to the side and they were
Witnesses and said he was on his cell
[50:07] phone and it was a hard hit because it
was like you said before you know it
[50:11] you're up on a car and the worst thing
about that is not only are you driving
[50:17] while texting no motor vehicle insurance
right you have no no insurance and
[50:24] you're in a big car accident you know I
I was left to have to pay for all of
[50:28] that at the end of the day so um un
uninsured motor vehicle insurance is
[50:33] important too but uh I've been watching
the uh advertisement on TV the same one
[50:39] you're showing uh it's been playing um
on TV regularly so thank you for
[50:45] acknowledging um it is April awareness
month and um if there's something that
[50:50] we could do to help um prevent this
we're all for it and uh good good good
[50:56] suggestions
anything you use our jumbo electron you
[51:01] know electronic signs and things like
this but yeah even at the coming into
[51:05] the city warning them that we're we're
watching you yeah
[51:10] awesome thank you
[51:16] guys okay thank you um I have a last
presentation for the evening uh we have
[51:21] the national DMV uh donate it's n the
national BMV Donate Life month so um we
[51:29] do have a proclamation are the members
here oh there she is there they are come
[51:35] come on up to the
[51:38] podium just if you kind of can quickly
summarize like what what the what this
[51:44] means and how important it is what does
it mean that's a full loaded thing um
[51:49] I'm sorry I'm nervous but good evening
mayor mayor proem council member and the
[51:56] rest of the committee why is it so
[52:01] important my dad I wrote myself a note
not to cry but obviously I'm not
[52:07] following my own advice don't cry don't
cry we support you go ahead so my dad
[52:12] passed away four years
ago but right before he passed away um
[52:19] my dad was a kind of person who wouldn't
leave things for last minute and he was
[52:24] afraid of the cops he was like no I need
to so my parents had just moved and my
[52:30] dad was the kind of person he's like no
I moved I need to change my address I
[52:34] need to update my information because
I'm going to get in trouble so there I
[52:38] am with the U-Haul truck with my Dad we
pull into the
[52:41] DMV and the DMV employee asked if he
would like to donate his organs so my
[52:48] dad says no that's not for me so I told
him real quick forget the 30-second
[52:53] elevator pitch it was more like a two
second can get them back in line what
[52:58] are you going to do with the organs once
you pass
[53:00] away so he agreed then the DMV lady said
would you like to make the $2 donation
[53:05] for administrative fees and my dad said
wait a minute you want my money and my
[53:10] organs pick
one so I told the lady I like you know
[53:14] what I'll pay for the administrative
fees I'll pay for his license let's just
[53:17] get him signed
up that was in
[53:23] October fast forward to December
[53:29] 29th
[53:32] 2019 I told myself not to
cry my dad had a stroke and a heart
[53:38] attack in my car I had to take him out
of my car give them
[53:43] CPR call EMS do all
that finally EMS showed up took him to
[53:51] the emergency room he was sent to
critical care but my dad wasn't going to
[53:55] make it and he was is not going to
forgive us for keeping him around on
[53:58] artificial
means so since my dad and I had already
[54:02] made the decision to put him on the
organ donation list the decision was
[54:08] made to donate his
organs and on January 2nd 2020 good old
[54:16] 2020 my dad was able to donate both his
kidneys and his
[54:21] liver his pancreas went to lomalinda
University for
[54:25] research and
so
[54:29] the before this I mean organ donation
was in the back of my mind yes the pink
[54:33] dot in my license as soon as I got my
driver's license but it never I never
[54:38] really thought about the ripple effect
and so as now as an ambassador for one
[54:43] Legacy for Donate Life I get to meet
people that have received organs
[54:49] families that are waiting for that hope
for that miracle for that organ
[54:57] saving um phone call and so it kind of
validates and it kind of gives me a
[55:03] sense of peace knowing that yes my dad
did pass away but at the same time he
[55:09] saved three lives and because of that
one life three families didn't have to
[55:15] go through what we were going through
so thank you city of
[55:20] Hawthorne thank
you for acknowledging the importance of
[55:27] organ donation and to piggy back from
them if you're going to drive and be on
[55:32] your cell phone make sure you sign up to
be an organ donor
[55:35] CU wow someone's GNA need you one day so
thank
[55:42] you thank you thank
[55:47] you I have a proclamation on behalf of
the city council signed by all my
[55:51] colleagues and myself um and it has a
lot of information about uh National DMV
[55:57] Donate Life months so I'll just go ahead
and read it um organ ey organ eye tissue
[56:02] marrow and blood donation are lifegiving
acts recognized worldwide as expressions
[56:09] of compassion for those in need uh more
than 110,000 individuals Nationwide and
[56:15] more than 23,000 in California are
currently on the national organ
[56:19] transplant waiting list and on average
22 people die each day while waiting the
[56:26] need for donated organs is especially
urgent in Hispanic Latino and
[56:30] African-American communities a singled
individuals
[56:34] donation of the heart lungs liver
kidneys pancreas and small intestine can
[56:40] save up to eight lives donations of
tissue can save and heal the lives of
[56:46] more than 75 others of course you know
all these things right in fact organ
[56:51] donors saved more than 46,000 lives last
year the most ever
[56:57] 46,000 any person can register to be an
organ eye and tissue donor regardless of
[57:02] age or medical condition being a
registered donor does not impact the
[57:07] quality of life-saving Medical Care a
person receives in an
[57:12] emergency whereas California residents
can sign up with donate live California
[57:17] donor registry online at any time by
visiting
[57:24] www.at california.org or or for Spanish
speakers
[57:32] www.d vaa
California
[57:36] org California residents can sign up to
be an organ ey and tissue donor when
[57:41] applying for renewing their driver's
license or ID cards at the California
[57:45] Department of Motor Vehicles California
residents uh are interested in Saving a
[57:50] life through living kidney do through a
kidney donation May visit at
[57:57] www.living donation. california.org so
you know all this stuff and all of it's
[58:02] true right it is true and there's an
easier way to I tell us yes so if you're
[58:07] an
iPhone owner and you go to the health
[58:12] app you can just click on organ donation
awesome so this is the fancy part on
[58:18] behalf of the city council therefore be
it resolved that in recognition of
[58:22] national Donate Life month the month of
April 2024 is is hereby Proclaim DMV
[58:28] Donate Life month in the city of
Hawthorne in memory of your father and
[58:32] all those who have donated and all those
who have been blessed with a a gift of
[58:36] an Oregan donation that has saved their
lives in doing so we encourage all
[58:40] Californians to check yes online or when
applying for renewing or renewing their
[58:45] driver's license or ID card at the DMV
this has been proclaimed the 9th day of
[58:51] April
2024 thank
[58:55] you
[58:58] we would like to join you if you could
join us to take a picture and then there
[59:01] might be some comments from my Council
colleagues sure is that
[59:08] fine don't cry don't cry don't
[59:25] cry
[59:55] make
[1:00:14] thank
[1:00:24] you
[1:00:35] to the chair
yes well I just want to acknowledge um
[1:00:40] you being here on behalf of uh the
organization National DMV donate donate
[1:00:46] life uh condolences to you and your
family and great to meet your daughter
[1:00:51] um no that's that's a very telling story
that you gave it's a personal story um
[1:00:57] thank you for giving us that
information uh makes makes us want to
[1:01:01] want to think about it right definitely
but uh so yes and unfortunately it's
[1:01:06] something that we don't think about
until we're on the waiting list end so
[1:01:11] hopefully nobody has to be on that list
before the decision is made right um and
[1:01:16] hopefully your grieving family doesn't
have to make that decision for you in
[1:01:20] critical care so exciting I hear you I I
I am part of that I I do have the pink
[1:01:26] dot I I can't even remember when that
dot was on there you know considering
[1:01:31] the 40 years I've lived here in
Hawthorne so it it goes back very very
[1:01:35] far but thank you for your presentation
thank you for coming today thank you
[1:01:39] thank you all right thank you man for
being here thank
[1:01:47] you
okay uh oral Communications
[1:01:53] please pursuant to government code
section 5
[1:01:56] 49543 all remarks should be addressed to
the city council as a body and not to
[1:02:00] any individual council member during
oral Communications speakers shall have
[1:02:05] three minutes to State their business
the brown act prohibits the city council
[1:02:09] from providing a detailed response or
acting upon any items not contained on
[1:02:13] the agenda the governing bodies as a
body shall have the discretion at the
[1:02:17] close of oral Communications to refer
any remarks to the city manager for
[1:02:21] study investigation report and our
recommendation okay Mr city manager do
[1:02:27] you have some of those forms available
in case we need them yes I do yes I do
[1:02:31] Sergeant arms has those available in the
back of thank you just in case anybody
[1:02:35] comes to Dana and Andrew Wilkey
neighbors
[1:02:41] 11818
wilky regarding that property um can I
[1:02:47] get this right good evening Mr Mayor
mayor protim and city council members uh
[1:02:54] we were here earlier
last month giving or two months ago
[1:02:59] giving gratitude to our city
councilwoman Katrina Manning and we also
[1:03:04] want to continue that um the property at
11 1818 is a vacant property uh there is
[1:03:12] a woman that owns it but we're having an
issue with her um doing whatever she
[1:03:18] needs to do to get rid of the property
we recently were to was told that cars
[1:03:24] will be removed from from the property
there's three abandoned cars that's a
[1:03:29] big eyesore and one car was removed
today we found out so they had until
[1:03:35] yesterday to remove and then the city
would get more involved starting
[1:03:41] today uh it's more than just the the
cars that need to be moved it's uh a big
[1:03:47] eyesore for our community we're afraid
for the homeless to come there uh but
[1:03:53] we'll continue to um work with our city
councilwoman and the City attorney
[1:04:00] assistant of city attorney's uh office
but we need it to vent that most
[1:04:05] recently though was uh one of the second
issues our concerns on that paper and
[1:04:11] that is the speeding on
119th
[1:04:15] Street and one of our neighbors who
isn't here but Dario is here also
[1:04:19] representing the video that I didn't get
a chance to show you where someone must
[1:04:25] have been doing about 50 60 M an hour
turned on wilky and hit for the for the
[1:04:32] second time the neighbor's van that is
parked on that corner she has children
[1:04:39] thank God there's a fence around her
house because if her children were
[1:04:43] playing then they would have been hit
there's a daycare house right there as
[1:04:49] well and if children are outside those
children would have been hit it's a easy
[1:04:55] fix maybe maybe not speed bumps like on
116th that were implemented and I think
[1:05:04] Katrina Manning did that uh herself
before becoming a city council woman so
[1:05:09] we're asking we're begging we're
pleading they're doing donuts on that
[1:05:14] street now we're pleading for Speed
bumps on 119th
[1:05:19] Street and something that isn't as it
it's a concern but not as drastic as the
[1:05:26] speeding is the trash in our community
Andrew and his wife and their dog walked
[1:05:32] the community daily and he sees it
constantly so that's all I have okay
[1:05:40] thank you ma'am the light is on Sir can
you reset that if you want to speak sir
[1:05:45] you could continue on your own time are
you
[1:05:48] good you just have to join you have to
he's going to she's going to reset it
[1:05:51] you get time you can just line up right
there I also Echo what Dana said is a
[1:05:56] member of the community um I appreciate
everything you guys are doing um but I
[1:06:02] have noticed other cities have
uh a city representative I mean someone
[1:06:09] who would be able to pick up the trash
in the neighborhoods I can't tell you
[1:06:13] every day I'm driving around whether
it's inle wood or Hawthorne and you just
[1:06:17] see people throwing the trash out the
window living in other cities in my life
[1:06:22] people actually get tickets for f
lettering throwing things out the w the
[1:06:26] fine was actually pretty
significant um and I just like that to
[1:06:31] be monitored a little bit better but
also um the speed bumps I think are are
[1:06:36] a danger to the community and I would
like those to be put in awesome thank
[1:06:40] you thanks I mean also we invite the
community members if you know that
[1:06:44] there's some perpetrators in your own
neighborhood who are doing this please
[1:06:48] let us know and then we'll take whatever
investigations we have to do to find out
[1:06:52] more information and uh hold them live
for
[1:06:57] that yeah that's the trash yeah but
thank
[1:07:03] you sometimes we don't want to call like
on our neighbors but you know we have to
[1:07:07] just do it discreetly so that the
problems will stop right okay erminia
[1:07:12] baloa park and rec commission archo can
you please pass this
[1:07:18] on good evening City Council Members
staff citizens I just came to remind you
[1:07:25] about the the our show that is this
coming Thursday at 6 p.m. at the
[1:07:29] memorial Center we have a lot of the
schools from the uh haon School District
[1:07:34] participating uh we have dancers we have
music uh we invite the kids to um
[1:07:42] participate uh we have a table and we'll
have crayons and we'll have things for
[1:07:46] them to express themselves we're really
happy if you can make it and um we're
[1:07:52] really uh honored to have your uh
support
[1:07:56] thank you y thank
you anybody else wishing to address the
[1:08:01] city
council please line up at this moment
[1:08:07] thank you hi good evening honorable
mayor mayor protm city council members
[1:08:13] and the residents of Hawthorne I just
wanted to share that uh the senator uh
[1:08:17] Senator Bradford and his office are
celebrating Earth Day by hosting his
[1:08:22] annual Earth Day cleanup event so that's
going to be April 26 that's a Friday so
[1:08:27] that's three Fridays from now from 9:00
am to 12: noon and um it's going to be
[1:08:33] on the I 105 on and off ramp at kensaw
Boulevard so we just wanted to invite
[1:08:38] the residents of Hawthorne I know some
have issues with uh the trash so
[1:08:42] hopefully we'd see you out there to help
uh the senator and his office help pick
[1:08:46] up trash and make Hawthorne uh a cleaner
and safer place um and just we
[1:08:51] appreciate if you could RSVP with us so
that our partners in Cal trans will know
[1:08:56] how many um uh equipment and uh safety
vests and tools and what not to to
[1:09:01] supply for the event so we hope to see
you there and kindly call our office at
[1:09:06] 31412 6120 we'll make sure RSVP for you
again uh my name is Jasmine Leon
[1:09:12] Guerrero and if anybody has any other
issues in the community uh with anything
[1:09:16] please feel free to call our office and
we would be of assistance to you thank
[1:09:19] you so much thank you ma'am our
greetings to the senator
[1:09:24] please
so is that it or do we have somebody
[1:09:28] else okay I thought you I thought I
thought we were going outside man but
[1:09:33] okay yeah sounds good thank you
ma'am good evening Mr Mayor city council
[1:09:40] City staff and neighbors I just have a
really quick question um on item 16 the
[1:09:44] Housing Authority U housing Choice
Voucher Program annual plan I would like
[1:09:50] to know um who makes those decisions as
it a commission and also I wanted to
[1:09:54] know spefic specifically what is the
percentage of Ami required in the city
[1:09:59] of Hawthorne in order to be able to get
a voucher um I found out relatively
[1:10:03] recently that all of the city housing
authorities set their own Ami limits and
[1:10:09] this is the first time I've known that
um the reason it's particularly
[1:10:12] important right now you may have been
listening to the news today and know
[1:10:16] that La May uh bass is going to be
leading a delegation of 40 plus Mayors I
[1:10:21] don't know if you're involved in that or
not at the end of the month to go to DC
[1:10:24] and Lobby
because one of the problems that um
[1:10:27] homeless veterans have is that their
disability payments frequently put them
[1:10:32] above the limit the ceiling limit on the
Ami and they're not able to get into
[1:10:38] housing as a result so if that's
something that we can change in the city
[1:10:41] of Hawthorne I would like to urge you to
look into that and see if you can work
[1:10:46] it so that disability payments for
disabled veterans are not counted as
[1:10:51] income in figuring Ami eligibility for
vouches thank you very
[1:10:57] much
okay anybody else if not i' declare oral
[1:11:03] Communications close
ordered your consent calendar Madam
[1:11:08] clerk Mr Mayor I have five items on the
consent calendar they're items 6 through
[1:11:13] 10 for your consideration and approval
item six approval of waiver of full
[1:11:17] readings of resolutions and ordinances
on tonight's agenda item seven City
[1:11:22] treasur request approval of the warrants
for April 9th
[1:11:26] 24 item 8 resolution number 8455 a
resolution of the city council of the
[1:11:31] city of Hawthorne California supporting
assembly Bill
[1:11:35] 1869 item 9 resolution number 8456 a
resolution of the city council of the
[1:11:40] city of Hawthorne California calling and
giving notice of a general mun municipal
[1:11:45] election to be held in the city of
Hawthorne for the election of certain
[1:11:48] officers Consolidated with the Statewide
general election scheduled for Tuesday
[1:11:53] November 5th 202 4 and requesting that
the Board of Supervisors issue
[1:11:58] instructions to the registar recorder to
take any and all steps necessary for the
[1:12:02] holding of the Consolidated election
item 10 resolution number
[1:12:07] 8457 a resolution of the city council of
the city of Hawthorne California
[1:12:11] proclaiming April
2024 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month
[1:12:16] and Wednesday April 24th 2024 as denim
day and Hawthorne for adoption I make a
[1:12:22] motion second please
vote
[1:12:27] [Music]
[1:12:40] the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council
[1:12:45] voting yes the city manager consent
calendar uh Madam clerk can you read
[1:12:50] items 11 through 17
[1:12:54] please
item 11 progress payment number 10 in
[1:12:59] the amount of
[1:13:02] 393,000 50 I'm sorry
[1:13:08] $393,500 due to elor bco Electric of
Chino California for Highway Safety
[1:13:14] Improvement project traffic signal
upgrade and reconstruction 120th Street
[1:13:18] Improvement project Prairie Avenue to
Felton Avenue project number
[1:13:24] 21-6 item 12 progress payment number
five in the amount of
[1:13:42] $625,500 4 item 13 progress payment
number two in the amount of
[1:13:48] $494,000
65656 due to SQL contractors of Santa Fe
[1:13:53] Springs California for Northeast
Hawthorne Mobility Improvement project
[1:13:58] project number
21-05 item 14 progress payment number
[1:14:04] three in the amount of
$39,988 due to Classic engineering and
[1:14:10] Construction Inc of Orange California
for Hawthorne housing Rehabilitation of
[1:14:15] city-owned properties
2023 project number
[1:14:20] 23-9 item 15 progress payment number one
in the amount of 31,6
[1:14:25] $82.50 due to Martinez landscape item 16
Housing Authority housing Choice Voucher
[1:14:32] Program 2024 2025 annual plan item 17
agreement between the city of Hawthorne
[1:14:39] and Kaufman Associates Incorporated for
providing on call planning consulting
[1:14:43] services at the hawthor municipal
airport Mr Mayor that concludes the city
[1:14:47] manager's consent calendar May I have a
motion to approve items 11 through 17
[1:14:52] can we to the chair yes can we we pull
16 and 17 for
[1:14:57] discussion all right I move on the
others second on item 11 through
[1:15:05] 15 is that consistent all right please
vote on items 11 through
[1:15:19] 15 the votes are in okay the voting
reflects mayor and Council voting yes
[1:15:26] okay discussion 16 so for 16 I noticed
that it says the approval of uh 20
[1:15:34] vouchers and I wanted to know
um how can we get more vouchers and I
[1:15:41] know it says the agency decides the
vouchers but can you tell me um how is
[1:15:47] that decided that we only get uh 20
vouchers which program are you referring
[1:15:53] to I'm sorry uh
number 16 the housing um Authority
[1:15:59] housing Choice voucher program for
2425 is said that we were approved for
[1:16:05] only 20 vouchers so I'm just
wondering how can we get more vouchers
[1:16:12] or how is it decided that we only get 20
vouchers um so I have to check on the 20
[1:16:17] vouchers the Housing Authority has 726
vouchers uh we recently received an
[1:16:22] additional 23 vouchers from HUD when
when they had additional vouchers
[1:16:25] available that they spread out over all
phas of public housing authorities
[1:16:30] within the state of California so HUD
determines how many vouchers you receive
[1:16:34] and based on how they're used is based
on the funding that they provide us with
[1:16:38] uh it's either use all the funding or
use all of the vouchers so if your
[1:16:42] funding exceeds the number of vouchers
that you have then generally you can use
[1:16:46] all of your vouchers however if it's the
opposite and your vouchers exceed more
[1:16:51] than the funding you have then you use
less than the vouchers that you're
[1:16:53] allotted so we so we already used up our
vouchers and we have 20 additional
[1:17:01] vouchers is there's no 20 additional
vouchers that's why I'm trying to get an
[1:17:05] understanding of the the 20 vouchers
that you're referring to well in the
[1:17:10] packet that was with number 16 it says
approval of 20 vouchers so I'm trying to
[1:17:18] understand how many vouchers do we have
and did we get 20 additional vouchers
[1:17:24] did we get approv for just only 20
vouchers or we had 700 vouchers I'm
[1:17:28] trying to understand how can we have
more than 20 vouchers so are you telling
[1:17:34] me we have more than 20 vouchers please
explain cuz I'm again we have 726
[1:17:40] vouches in the PHA program if you're
referring to the annual plan then you're
[1:17:44] probably referring to the note that I
made about housing 20 families for this
[1:17:50] upcoming fiscal year pulling from the
wait list to assist potentially 20 to 40
[1:17:55] families for this year based on the
funding that's available that's the
[1:17:59] Section 8 right correct that's housing
Choice vouer program so that's the 20
[1:18:03] families that you were able to uh house
correct that's and that's our goal right
[1:18:08] okay okay so we have 726 vouchers in the
program so
[1:18:14] 726 um um and then and then aside to
that is the anly that you recognize the
[1:18:21] 20 families that were eligible for the
Section 8 so it's not eligible for
[1:18:25] Section 8 it's the goal to pull them
from our weit list how long is the weit
[1:18:28] list the weit list has been going on
since 2007 yeah yeah I know in Los
[1:18:34] Angeles it's over 20 years yeah
[1:18:40] yeah um so in here it says the agency
has approved 20 new owners for the
[1:18:47] Section 8 program during this reporting
period so that's separate from vouchers
[1:18:52] those are new owners who have opted into
the program to house our families so
[1:18:57] those are people who own the apartment
buildings and own the houses that we um
[1:19:01] sign leases for oh
okay okay thank you sir thank you um we
[1:19:10] had had some conversations with
affordable housing developers over the
[1:19:14] years and all of them have talked about
wanting Project based vouchers is that
[1:19:18] possible um to use these 20 or whatever
new allotment we have towards potential
[1:19:24] Project based voucher program so there's
no new allotment just to be very clear
[1:19:28] about it it's the same allotment that
we've had for years you can pull uh
[1:19:32] vouchers from your allotted amount your
allocated amount for PBB but you get no
[1:19:37] additional funding from it from HUD so
it's what you have um so you separating
[1:19:41] or you're taking funding from the
Section 8 program to create a new
[1:19:44] program and assist for a project based
building where the assistance is only at
[1:19:48] that building not with the individuals
where they can take it with them
[1:19:51] wherever they go it only stays at that
that building and yes it's possible to
[1:19:55] do and you're were saying we have 726
vouchers vouchers and are are we were we
[1:20:01] allotted any new ones recently or this
is just talking about what we're doing
[1:20:05] with the 726 this is just talking about
what we're doing with the 726 do we get
[1:20:08] uh more at any given time it's very rare
that HUD has the funding to provide more
[1:20:14] because the federal government doesn't
generally give uh HUD more funding any
[1:20:18] year um so it's it's rare we did get
like I said 23 vouchers last year but
[1:20:23] before that it was 20 years before they
gave new vouchers 23 additional yes got
[1:20:29] it and how many usually come
in are turned over where we could choose
[1:20:35] to hold and apply to a project on an
annual basis like how how often well
[1:20:40] it's based on your availability like I
said so if you have
[1:20:44] 726 vouchers however you're leasing up
568 families and you used all your
[1:20:49] funding then those vouchers are
available if there's no funding to house
[1:20:52] them so they're there but you don't want
your your project or your PHA to go into
[1:20:56] a shortfall because you've over leased
so you have to be mindful of that
[1:21:00] balance of where you're at with your um
assistance to your tenants and your your
[1:21:05] H assistance to the owners um and you
have to plan ahead for that so if you're
[1:21:09] going to do a a pbv building then you
need to plan for that at least two years
[1:21:13] ahead of time so that you can make sure
there's enough funding in the pot for it
[1:21:16] so you're saying that although we may
have 726 vouchers uh able to give out we
[1:21:20] may not be using all of them because of
the funding may be um encumbered by less
[1:21:28] vouchers right we may only need 300
vouchers to spend all the money that we
[1:21:31] that we get for the program well that
would be a stretch but yesing exactly
[1:21:37] that's what I'm saying um and and you're
saying if we wanted to do a project
[1:21:41] based Voucher Program something we need
to plan that in advance a few years in
[1:21:45] advance to kind of do that strategically
right because you also have the
[1:21:49] administrative aspect of having to deal
with that project that's a whole another
[1:21:53] project so you need Staffing to deal
with the case load of the management of
[1:21:56] the pvv awesome okay thank
you that's a lot of information
[1:22:03] Kimberly but but what's good to know
what we're good what's good to know here
[1:22:07] is that there are 20 new owners that
have property that have opted in to
[1:22:14] leasing out rening out their units for
Section 8 families so there's other in
[1:22:20] other words 20 new properties are in
agreement to rece receive Section 8 to
[1:22:25] House people at residents of hawor
that's that's a plus thank
[1:22:30] you and the other the other thing to
keep in mind so the the way that we
[1:22:36] receive money from Hut cdbg and home
funds is based on census right so census
[1:22:44] is coming 2030 and they already start
sending emails because if we don't count
[1:22:50] 100% of our population then they have
the formula the only give us money based
[1:22:55] on 56% of the people that was counted in
hot T so that's the that is why we don't
[1:23:02] have a lot of money to give up because
it's based on the census that was done
[1:23:07] in 2020 and I think it was about 67% of
people of hon answer the survey of so we
[1:23:15] we losing 43% in a sense of funding
because we didn't got a 100%
[1:23:21] count yeah you'd be surprised amilies
don't want to give their personal
[1:23:27] information and they're intimidated by
you know filling out a form someone
[1:23:32] knocking at your door and asking how
many people live in your home and that's
[1:23:35] basically what happens and a lot of
folks don't want to provide that
[1:23:38] information but it hurts us as a an
agency thank you
[1:23:44] Kimberly
yeah
[1:23:49] right I make a mo thank you on 16 oh we
still have 17 too second motion second
[1:23:57] 16 motion by council member mono second
by myself please vote on
[1:24:08] 16 the votes are
[1:24:12] in the voting reflects mayor and Council
voting yes okay 17
[1:24:20] discussion so for 17 I just wanted to
find out the Consulting Services um it
[1:24:27] says the master plan exactly what will
the conser um Consulting Services
[1:24:33] provide for
[1:24:38] us good evening mayor and mayor p and
council meeting uh this cons consultant
[1:24:45] is prepare us environmental category
exemption and no study and basically
[1:24:52] when we apply for Grant to FAA to help
us for benef evaluate the
[1:25:00] project thank
you
[1:25:04] okay I make a motion a second please
[1:25:17] vote the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council
[1:25:23] voting yes
okay City attorney's calendar city
[1:25:31] clerk item 18 claim for damages from
Jessica nves recommended motion deny the
[1:25:37] claim of Jessica
nves item 19 claim of Juan Razo
[1:25:44] recommended motion deny the claim of
Juan Razo Mr Mayor that concludes the
[1:25:48] city's attorney consent calendar May
have a motion to approve items 18 and 19
[1:25:53] I make a
motion please
[1:26:08] vote the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council
[1:26:13] voting yes thank you discussion action
items Charter Provisions timeline for
[1:26:18] ballot measure uh council member Alex
Montero uh thank you Mr Mayor uh
[1:26:25] um the reason that I brought this item
up is for us to decide if we want to put
[1:26:32] this manage on a ballot again in
2024 or Del lay until future date
[1:26:40] um I understand you know you know the
people of haton did vote no on the chter
[1:26:44] in
[1:26:47] 2020 because of the
salary that that was put on that
[1:26:55] provision right and I heavily campaign
against it to vote no because of the
[1:27:02] salary because I didn't believe that the
part-time council member should be
[1:27:06] getting $75,000 a
year now the charter when you become a
[1:27:12] charter City there is some benefit to
the whole Community it's not just the
[1:27:18] council member okay uh we talking about
uh issues that deals with economic
[1:27:24] develop and some other potential benefit
because as you know uh for this past
[1:27:31] four
years uh we have a a governor and the
[1:27:35] legislative in Sacramento that are
passing a lot of laws to intervene with
[1:27:40] our local Authority especially on
housing issues like for example that
[1:27:48] they passing laws
that we could build buildings on Holly
[1:27:53] Park uh apartment in Holly gland uh so
all of those type of provision that we
[1:28:00] as a general law City cannot stop the
state and we would have to abide on it
[1:28:07] let let's say if a develop comes and say
okay I have this property in Holly Glenn
[1:28:12] or Holly Park I want to build uh you
know 20 apartment
[1:28:18] unit the planning department and the
city could say no but then it can sue us
[1:28:23] and they say the state have allow us to
do
[1:28:26] it and then it's out of our hands so
that is why the kind of things that we
[1:28:32] try to prevent if you become a Char C we
can stop we do not have to abide by this
[1:28:39] General law city that is dictated by
California law and the
[1:28:44] legisl I understand that the people vote
know but like again the charter city is
[1:28:51] a good things for any City to become a
charter City so I just want to find out
[1:28:59] to my colleagues if we have the majority
to go
[1:29:04] ahead to get the an attorney or
consultan to read what we wrote in 2020
[1:29:14] and maybe
rewrite the new ballot language that
[1:29:19] maybe the people hon can vote uh yes but
we need to decide here on this diets if
[1:29:26] that's what we want to go forward or we
want to postpone it or we want to wait
[1:29:30] until later day so because time is
running short so I'll stop by there and
[1:29:35] ask my colleagues say their peace uh
through the chair I understand that we
[1:29:41] have a limited amount of time to agree
on a provision and so definitely the
[1:29:48] interest of time I would support working
with a consultant to help put something
[1:29:53] together for for the city for the
council to vote on um and I think it's a
[1:29:57] good idea to listen to the people
and um not include the uh the
[1:30:05] compensation which you know was the
reason why it got uh voted
[1:30:22] down anybody else
you know the only way there could be a
[1:30:26] proposition on any ballot is that you
get a majority vote and majority vote is
[1:30:31] three um it would be good to see a full
Council support with regards to moving
[1:30:37] the city forward in a direction in which
we're trying to do uh we have a new city
[1:30:41] hall we have uh new Endeavors uh our
city is growing out there are things
[1:30:47] that uh we are tied hands on that uh we
have no you know no no Leverage
[1:30:55] um there are um local control trying to
be uh you know unfortunately we don't
[1:31:02] necessarily have local control in in in
the predicament that we're in today as a
[1:31:07] general law City uh Charter city has
many different uh
[1:31:12] benefits um we had a list that was
provided to us that showed uh many South
[1:31:17] Bay cities and cities in California in
general that showed that their General
[1:31:22] um law cities have change to Charter
City for those reasons so um I had a
[1:31:29] little conversation with a few
constituents um on on uh you know
[1:31:35] Charter versus General law and the only
reason um that it went on the ballot in
[1:31:41] 2020 was to uh for it to see what the
people said you know there's things in
[1:31:47] there that uh some folks might not agree
to but at the end of the day they are
[1:31:50] the voter and they do their civic you
know um engagement and and get
[1:31:57] knowledgeable however um you know
there's a lot of naysayers and there's a
[1:32:01] lot of uh misrepresented information
that is put out there that uh you know
[1:32:07] is is is targeted to individuals which
is not fair because if you really want
[1:32:12] to know um more you could go to any city
that has the language for a charter City
[1:32:20] and see how some of those cities have
been able to do things that uh otherwise
[1:32:24] we're not able to do
so um I would like to see
[1:32:31] ultimately um a charter City so that we
could um you know get a hold of our city
[1:32:38] and not be tied to some of the things
that we're not allowed to do currently
[1:32:42] that's that's one of my
reasons um and if uh again the majority
[1:32:49] of the council sees sees it the same way
I I don't see why it couldn't move
[1:32:59] forward so uh to the chair yeah so
therefore since um it seems that we
[1:33:07] might have an agreement so should uh Mr
can we put this to a vote please should
[1:33:13] we
vote to move forward sure um let's be
[1:33:17] very specific as to what we're proposing
to vote on I understand there's U three
[1:33:24] at least three council members in
support of uh putting a charter measure
[1:33:30] on the next election ballot measure um
but I've also heard hiring a consultant
[1:33:36] for that purpose so is that included on
what you're all agreeing to um let's put
[1:33:42] this to a vote that people can see up on
the
[1:33:46] screen okay so that's what I'm asking
can we be clear on what we're voting for
[1:33:51] because for me it's too different
things you want to go ahead what's the
[1:33:58] well he said to get a consult let me
restate it so what what I what I what my
[1:34:05] purpose is is is to make sure that we
have a vote to move forward for for
[1:34:09] balance measure for November 5th
2024 if so I would love to for us to uh
[1:34:19] hire a
consultant uh and it's attorney that
[1:34:25] would guide us on that ballot measure
language so that we could have a future
[1:34:33] study session city council study session
where the the people in hon can come in
[1:34:39] and votes their opinion and then we'd
have to have a second public hearing to
[1:34:44] approve that language so that is what my
motion is about before we can finally
[1:34:49] say we're going to put on the ballot to
the chair um I'm just wondering the
[1:34:54] language that we previously had was what
you said to use a previous language and
[1:34:59] I'm wondering why our City attorney
can't draft that language with the
[1:35:05] previous language as opposed to hiring a
consultant it has to be rised it sorry
[1:35:11] it have to be revised because the
language was not acceptable to the
[1:35:15] people of hotor so we want to make sure
that the language is clear and what
[1:35:20] exactly what is going to say so people
will have a much better understanding so
[1:35:27] uh so we do not want to put the same
thing in there so we want to be Revis
[1:35:32] because going to be a new language and
and we like I said in the past you know
[1:35:37] I oppose it but then this this time I'm
going to support it right to make sure
[1:35:41] that the language is correct and make
sure that it's going to be a civil right
[1:35:45] or or or is a a power to the people not
to these council members sure so uh we
[1:35:51] have our City attorney why don't we just
have him do it you you guys are going to
[1:35:54] instruct him anyway depending on your sh
no no hold on just that I mean that she
[1:35:58] makes a good point that he's very well
incapable uh you guys can instruct them
[1:36:03] on what you guys want why would we have
to pay someone else that's just extra
[1:36:07] money he's not an expert our City
attorney is not capable and competent to
[1:36:12] do this tell you go
ahead he's going to say anything you
[1:36:16] want at this point so go ahead okay no
no let's let's have him answer so the
[1:36:23] the issue is this I so if I've heard and
I did a presentation we had somebody
[1:36:29] else come and do the same presentation
the bottom line
[1:36:33] is is the count does the council have
specific language that they want in the
[1:36:40] charter
provision it seems that you're seeking a
[1:36:44] consultant to give you recommendation a
suggestion as to what language you want
[1:36:50] I can't figure out if it's if it's if
we're going to adop and put on the
[1:36:54] ballot measure the same language as the
last Charter provision with the
[1:36:59] exception of the salary that can be done
simply but it to me I I don't I don't
[1:37:05] have an understanding of what council
wants there is there seems to be a
[1:37:10] consensus that we want to limit the the
state's control of local issues that's
[1:37:17] legal issue and that's not that clear
it's just because you're a charter City
[1:37:21] doesn't mean that the local local cities
will have control over housing issues
[1:37:27] because California Supreme Court has
already ruled that housing is a
[1:37:31] Statewide concern so it doesn't matter
if you're Charter city or a general law
[1:37:35] City I think the question is and what
I'm what I'm confused about is what
[1:37:41] specific language is the the council
that seeking Charter want as a provision
[1:37:48] other than the salary the one thing that
uh the the the thing that kind of uh I
[1:37:54] was kind of a bit I don't know was just
confused and kind of stunned was that
[1:37:59] you gave a pres you gave a presentation
on the pros and cons of being a charter
[1:38:04] City to the council yet it seems like
somebody at least on the council
[1:38:09] instructed you to bring somebody else to
do an alternate uh presentation on the
[1:38:15] pros and cons I mean does do the council
trust our City attorney to be able to
[1:38:19] give us this information do this or not
I mean is hiring a
[1:38:24] consultant uh a a result of maybe you're
not trusting our City attorney it's not
[1:38:28] about trust Mr Mayor We Trust I have
110% Trust on on Mr Robert King is the
[1:38:34] thing is uh we need to make sure that
and that is what I I I want him and and
[1:38:42] somebody else to come up with the
language and bring it to us on a study
[1:38:46] session of the city council to present
that to the US and to the public so the
[1:38:53] public can put input on that so uh he if
if he told me he can do it I'll say fine
[1:39:01] but I know that the you know the stot
have some other duties to do so I don't
[1:39:06] want to put all this into his plate uh
and I think maybe there is
[1:39:13] some language there that could be
improved and I and that's what I'm
[1:39:18] looking for to the chair one one more
last thing one more last thing would it
[1:39:22] be that it's the uh you're suggesting
the
[1:39:25] consultant that was uh that was here
that did the presentation no no no the
[1:39:31] one that suggesting not nobody could it
be magically he's going to appear the
[1:39:34] one that has done work for the city of
Carson I didn't say nobody okay somebody
[1:39:39] I said go ahead consult to the chair um
I suggest that we further discuss this
[1:39:46] in a Clos session no we cannot can we do
that no cannot um it has to be you know
[1:39:52] open session I and let me just say this
cuz you know I'm not I've been a City
[1:39:58] attorney for 3 years and I I don't
profess to be an expert on every topic
[1:40:03] there are topics that I am very familiar
with uh ballot measure and Charter is is
[1:40:09] a is a new area so I'm not going to say
and represent to you in fact when we
[1:40:14] first brought that ballot measure two
years ago we used a law firm a reputable
[1:40:18] Law Firm Richard won Gan that the city
has always relied on from Municipal law
[1:40:23] to to give guidance to the council and
basically we approach with a simple
[1:40:29] Charter it appears that whoever that and
it really doesn't matter to me if the
[1:40:35] city council wants to select another
consultant to help us with the charter
[1:40:40] provision this isn't I don't have
personal stake in this um however I
[1:40:44] think whoever it may be I don't think
the consultant should recommend this is
[1:40:51] what city of Hawthorne should adopt in
the charter provision because this
[1:40:56] Charter is a restriction it's a
constitution a restriction of authority
[1:40:59] on city council itself okay because it's
above the ordinance it's like the city's
[1:41:05] Constitution so this should be something
in my personal opinion if I if I may it
[1:41:11] should be something that the council has
an certain idea and concept of what we
[1:41:17] want in the charter before we hire a
consultant that's going to dictate to us
[1:41:22] to the Council as to what should be in
the charter that's that's I mean that's
[1:41:27] my opinion on things so if you know it
doesn't matter if you want to hire a
[1:41:31] consultant to give you recommendations
but there should be some idea from the
[1:41:36] Council of what kind of Charter
provision you want you we did have fused
[1:41:40] a simple Charter from two years ago
there were Provisions in there so I
[1:41:44] think uh council members should already
have an idea what they would like to
[1:41:47] place on the charter so why not discuss
that today so to the chair yes so what
[1:41:53] are we asking for right now to vote on
well you see the thing is that that is
[1:41:58] what I want a study session I don't know
if you guys understand what this a study
[1:42:03] session is a study session is for
because we cannot do this in the close
[1:42:08] session we have to do a study session
where all of us will be present open to
[1:42:13] the public to come and and do uh public
comments and then that is where we would
[1:42:20] you know whatever going to give us
advice
[1:42:23] it could be Mr Kim it could be somebody
else and then we can say no we do as a
[1:42:27] council member we don't agree on this so
then we would discuss what is going to
[1:42:32] be that language on a on an open study
session of a city council meeting that
[1:42:38] will have all of us here present with
the public comes to put the input that
[1:42:43] we would begin to draft the language so
to the chair so I'm saying my question
[1:42:50] is what are we voting on tonight like
right now to move forward can I please
[1:42:55] through the chair I'm sorry I was going
to say Can council member Patterson
[1:42:58] please I'm like poor guy he's been
sitting there for a minute be patient
[1:43:02] thank you okay
um whenever we ask uh our city manager
[1:43:07] any questions uh he's sometimes the one
that answers those questions sometimes
[1:43:12] he's not the one that answers those
questions the usually the the route that
[1:43:15] we take is the subject matter expert
will advise the council and give us our
[1:43:20] options and then we'll make a decision
based upon that right right Mr Kim is uh
[1:43:25] indicated this not his area expertise he
he hired a outside firm last time who
[1:43:32] it's debatable with their area expertise
the presentations that we saw about the
[1:43:35] charter made it very evident about areas
of expertise um on this particular topic
[1:43:42] I think it's a great idea to find a
subject matter expert who were this is
[1:43:46] what they do as opposed to somebody that
does a lot of stuff right you know when
[1:43:51] it comes to um
our health you want to get our foot
[1:43:56] operated on you're probably not going to
depend solely on a general practitioner
[1:44:00] but you're go to a patress and so I
think it's a good idea to get a subject
[1:44:04] matter expert to provide guidance to the
council so the council can make the
[1:44:09] decisions and and vote and move forward
so I I support uh Mr montero's council
[1:44:14] member montero's suggestion of moving
forward with a
[1:44:18] charter proposal for the council to vote
on utilizing study sessions utilizing a
[1:44:22] professional
consultant to help us do so to the
[1:44:26] chair thank you mayor um so I would like
uh to just uh add to that with regards
[1:44:34] to uh finding a consultant I'd like the
city manager and instruct the city
[1:44:39] manager to do that um my reasoning for
not so much um supporting or uh having
[1:44:47] the current City attorney do it is for
the same you know reason there's you
[1:44:51] know there could be bias there could be
you know things that maybe again not
[1:44:56] familiar with uh not quite uh um
experienced okay um I know he's a great
[1:45:06] prosecutor but at the end of the day I
think Independence is very important and
[1:45:11] some of the attorneys that we've had
suggested from uh the attorney's office
[1:45:17] are ongoing recommendations that have
long longevity here I mean it I mean
[1:45:24] it's like the same name over and over
and over and over again I I I enjoy that
[1:45:30] entity working with those entities but
for as long as I've been here and as
[1:45:35] long as some of these recommended um you
know councils outside Council it's it's
[1:45:41] just good to have new fresh information
especially if there's cities that are
[1:45:47] Charters and they've used certain
Consultants or they've um implemented
[1:45:52] certain things I would like for the
study session to take place absolutely
[1:45:56] but more importantly I want to do a a
feasibility or a study from all of the
[1:46:01] charter cities to see what languages are
in their uh current LA uh Charter uh
[1:46:07] what types of uh things that were
implemented in in their language so
[1:46:11] that's a lot of work and that's a lot of
time and I really doubt that you know
[1:46:16] there's that time available to do
that um currently so I I would agree um
[1:46:23] um and and a further just uh support
going
[1:46:30] forward so um so I made the motion
so uh Mr parison second right I'll
[1:46:38] second I'll second
[1:46:43] it I'll please
[1:46:49] vote the votes are
in
[1:46:54] the voting reflects Council voting yes
Mr Mayor votes no right thank you so I
[1:47:00] guess now it's the appropriate moment
for me to make my councel because uh my
[1:47:04] comments I guess the community and the
residents saw that uh we already had a
[1:47:07] majority that was willing to support
this it was very clear and that's pretty
[1:47:12] concerning to me uh and you the
residents uh comments were made today
[1:47:18] that there were
naysayers uh that there was naysayers
[1:47:23] who have been uh putting information out
there 18 months ago 61% of the residents
[1:47:30] voted against this 61% to
[1:47:34] 39 we're we're we're we're coming up
with this fox idea of having a study
[1:47:40] session the study session that you
needed took place 18 months ago it was
[1:47:45] voted down I mean there's uh and then
kind of some faults that you saw when
[1:47:51] some of uh my colleagues are arguments
today our City attorney can't do it he's
[1:47:56] too busy no he can't do it so let's hire
a consultant so he can massage the
[1:48:03] language a little bit more so it can
pass so you guys will be able to vote
[1:48:08] for it and deceive you with all these
hidden uh things that they that the
[1:48:13] council colleagues my Council colleagues
may have it didn't pass guys and it's
[1:48:18] it's it's fule to do things over and
over and expect different result I think
[1:48:23] Albert Einstein mentioned that right I
think I referred to it the the
[1:48:27] definition of insanity is trying things
over and over and expecting a different
[1:48:32] results and that's what I see Happening
Here one other thing why should we have
[1:48:38] sessions why should we get get a
consultant shouldn't my Council
[1:48:42] colleagues be fully convinced as to how
this is going to benefit and already be
[1:48:47] aware of all the things that they like
to include in a charter that would
[1:48:51] benefit the city so let's hire a
consultant let's have a study session
[1:48:54] let's see what else we can throw in
there I think that's uh pretty
[1:49:00] flawed so it's false this will not help
us protect us from the Statewide
[1:49:06] mandates that have uh that they've put
forth with SP sp9 with sp9 SP
[1:49:11] sp10 if you look at the news you guys
already hear over and over that U
[1:49:16] there's been challenges to Huntington
beaches uh uh trying to uh push against
[1:49:22] the state
and other cities have been forced
[1:49:26] into uh
opposing other cities have been forced
[1:49:30] to feel the wrath of the state coming
down on them imposing all these things
[1:49:34] to do that's a false statement I don't
need to convince you guys uh come
[1:49:38] November you guys would know what to do
uh this is uh not a good idea for the
[1:49:43] city
so I want to go on the record today to
[1:49:47] all the residents in Hawthorne that I'm
completely and 100 opposed 100% opposed
[1:49:53] to the city Charter being placed on the
ballot again in any shape or
[1:49:59] form and I'm going to stand with you
guys who voted not only 60% to 40 uh to
[1:50:04] 39 it's going to be even
more of a defeat this time because you
[1:50:09] are smart you don't need to be fooled by
a consultant massaging a words to try to
[1:50:14] make it digestible and taking away power
from you
[1:50:19] actually and giving it to the council do
I need to remind you of Charter cities
[1:50:24] like the City of Bell do I need to
remind you of the charter uh cities like
[1:50:28] San berardino and so many others that
have gone down the road of punition I
[1:50:32] don't need to do that so instead of
wasting the resident's money put on
[1:50:37] putting this on the ballot again and
wasting valuable time and laughing at
[1:50:43] our City attorney saying that he can't
do the job we should be focused on
[1:50:47] issues that matter like solving the
homelessness issue the uh parking
[1:50:51] situation
uh policing issues and housing issues
[1:50:56] isn't that what we're all concerned
about so I'm
[1:50:59] completely 100% opposed to this and I
want to let my colleagues know that I
[1:51:07] will make sure that the residents know
who exactly put this on the ballot I
[1:51:11] will remind this and I will hang this
over your neck with a sign saying that
[1:51:16] you're the ones that were responsible
for putting this on their on the ballot
[1:51:21] once more
that's all I have to
[1:51:28] [Applause]
say let's move on to the next item
[1:51:32] Council M Montero please proceed with
item 21 thank you Mr Mayor before like
[1:51:37] actually this is going to give you a
clear
[1:51:40] example of our mayor
leadership because talking
[1:51:48] about 19 months ago this talk about this
the ch
[1:51:53] right but he voted to put on a
ballot he was all in favor of it was
[1:52:01] myself Alex Montero and Miss Valentine
was the only one who opposed this
[1:52:07] Charter in 2022 Mr Mayor voted to put on
the
[1:52:12] ballot he put it on the ballot for
75,000 salary a year when he only show
[1:52:20] up in City Hall two meetings a
month
[1:52:26] $75,000 that was that child was
defeated it was not because he's trying
[1:52:31] to protect the city no he's doing harm
to the
[1:52:36] city let me tell you the reason that the
next item they were we were supposed to
[1:52:42] do this in
January now we are in April four months
[1:52:48] we supposed to do reorganization of this
Council who represent us in outside
[1:52:54] board who will become the mayor proam we
supposed to be done the first meeting in
[1:52:59] January now we on the first meee in
April it has not been done that is why I
[1:53:06] brought it up and we don't need to
change nothing at this point because
[1:53:09] it's been already four months already
and then the second one we do not have
[1:53:17] full
Commissioners because Mr Mayor refused
[1:53:21] to nominate some people we have people
that have applied for commission and
[1:53:27] he's deciding who and who not have to be
appointed and he knows because some of
[1:53:33] the people that he has appoint was his
friends and this Council
[1:53:38] rejected but if you become a charter
City it's not just the mayor who
[1:53:43] appoint all the council members will be
able to appoint commission then right
[1:53:47] now we have project sto at the planning
department at the Planning Commission
[1:53:53] because we do not have the
corn and I want to give a director to
[1:53:58] the city manage that if the if the plans
from the planning department are not
[1:54:02] moving forward just bring it to the city
council and we vote for without the
[1:54:07] Planning Commission because Mr May
refusing to appoint
[1:54:12] Commissioners so that is why I said we
need to char
[1:54:18] City because there is no
leadership 4 months to do
[1:54:24] reorganization Commissioners we don't
have full five Commissioners in a lot of
[1:54:30] our
commissioners so he's talking about
[1:54:34] hanging people out there on the election
so then people of should think about it
[1:54:40] do we want to vote also for the for the
next mayor that have not have shown
[1:54:47] leadership since 2009 has he been
sitting in this
[1:54:51] Council
so do not stop with me Mr Mayor because
[1:54:57] if you're going to attack us and I was
the one who has been protecting the city
[1:55:01] for 25
years and I've been there on the street
[1:55:05] seven seven days seven you know almost
247 protecting the
[1:55:12] city so when you talk about truth be
honest because you voted to put the
[1:55:19] ballot in
2020 because they had a salary of
[1:55:24] $75,000 okay so I will so again this
list of appointed I'm not asking I'm not
[1:55:30] finish that's my it's my discussion it's
my discussion you were discussing you
[1:55:35] were discussing the previous item I'm
going back to my discuss you were
[1:55:39] discussing the previous item City
attorney was he referring and all his
[1:55:42] comments directed towards the previous
item com it's all combined I I think we
[1:55:46] should move on to the next item which is
I'll respond to everything gave us the
[1:55:51] list uh and I I'm not proposing for us
to do any changes because it's 4 months
[1:55:56] already in in the year uh I'm glad to
represent the city in all these
[1:56:00] committees but if anybody wants to make
some changes and but this was supposed
[1:56:05] to be done in January now is April nine
through the chair I stopped through the
[1:56:11] chair yes I'm fine with uh my current
committee
[1:56:18] assignments are we in a position to
rotate this we said we were going to
[1:56:22] rotating the mayor prm's position every
year uh so if there's a natural
[1:56:28] selection I think Council woman Katrina
Manny should be receiving that is that
[1:56:33] something we can move
on can we agendize that Mr City Mr city
[1:56:39] manager or Mr City attorney I think
that's on the agenda as a discussion
[1:56:43] action is I believe the mayor proem as a
discussion action I but we can't vote on
[1:56:48] that specific discussion action action
is something that you could vote on so
[1:56:53] I'd just like to uh pass on the
uh the duties to councilwoman Katrina
[1:56:59] Manning on the uh mayor prot
position I ha okay please vote on that
[1:57:07] specific
[1:57:21] item
[1:57:24] the votes are the votes are
in the voting reflects mayor and Council
[1:57:29] voting
yes congratulations
[1:57:33] goodin thank
you all right folks so uh I'm going to
[1:57:39] address the comments that my colleague
uh council member Montero made uh they
[1:57:43] were related to the previous item 20 and
I thank you actually for bringing up the
[1:57:48] fact that yeah I dis support putting
that item on the charter of Charter at
[1:57:53] the last
election and it was a
[1:57:57] mistake it was a mistake to have put it
on there so now if we continue making
[1:58:05] the same mistakes I think that there's a
problem and we've learned with this that
[1:58:11] the community is against the charter and
I simply support the community on this
[1:58:18] and it's going to be a unfortunately
you're going to have a lot of people
[1:58:22] people and I'm going to make sure that I
if we hire a consultant to massage the
[1:58:27] language I'll let you guys know exactly
what's being going I I'll let you guys
[1:58:31] know what's being hidden I'll let you
know exactly what the repercussions
[1:58:34] could be we learned from that and we
learned that the community doesn't want
[1:58:39] it so that's a big learning uh
opportunity and we
[1:58:45] learned and you're right actually the
commissions we wouldn't have been in
[1:58:51] this predict if my Council colleagues
would have called for removing our
[1:58:55] commissioners in the first place when we
had a great operating
[1:59:00] commissions so now uh the claims are
made that it's heavily on me that I
[1:59:06] haven't n i nominated people I nominate
many people and you know what M uh Mr M
[1:59:13] Actually I don't even want to address
you I know a lot of people in the
[1:59:17] community it's inevitable that I will
know people I know Miss Ruby Co
[1:59:22] I know for her for a very long time I
know Jennifer hon for a very long time
[1:59:27] and there were two people that you guys
voted for they're my
[1:59:30] friends so I think perpetuating the
issue with the commission and the
[1:59:35] Planning Commission issues is something
that was initiated by individuals like
[1:59:40] yourself council member Montero and
others on this Council so um I think we
[1:59:45] need to be careful so I'll be looking at
the applications and I'll and I'll be
[1:59:49] suggesting people very soon so don't
worry we'll take care of that we'll see
[1:59:53] where you guys lie when it comes to
that so
[1:59:58] uh so no on the charter make sure you
guys tell your friends uh we have
[2:00:02] elected officials reports and
recommendations City
[2:00:07] treasur Marie poex
[2:00:15] hornbach that was tough to follow
um take a deep breath um good evening
[2:00:23] everyone thank you for coming out this
evening
[2:00:27] um wow okay um I wanted to say I had a
great time at the women's um history um
[2:00:35] luncheon um it was great panelist and
great discussion so hats off to um Miss
[2:00:41] Reyes English and Miss Manning on such a
good job it was a great event um and I
[2:00:47] was glad to attend um we also had the
first annual autism walk
[2:00:53] um delbr Alex Montero did a fantastic
job it was a great turnout it was a lot
[2:01:00] of fun and I wanted to uh give a special
thank you to the LA Rams for showing up
[2:01:06] and cheering everybody on um and helping
with the warmup I had an awesome time it
[2:01:11] was great walking with the you know
residents and the families there um I
[2:01:16] want to say congratulations to all three
winners of The Good Neighbor award and I
[2:01:22] wanted to point out um and give a a
really big hats off to the city staff um
[2:01:30] I've seen them at several events in the
last few weeks and I give a hats off to
[2:01:38] a lot of them for having worked the last
few weekends and giving up their
[2:01:43] weekends to be at the events on the
weekend um man you guys I don't know how
[2:01:50] you do it but my hat goes to hats off to
you all um and these events couldn't
[2:01:58] happen without you so I thank you and
appreciate your attendance and giving up
[2:02:03] your personal time and your personal
weekends um the tax deadline is April
[2:02:08] 15th just in case you didn't
know and congratulations to council
[2:02:13] woman Manning on being the new mayor
protim so congratulations thank you
[2:02:19] everybody have a good night
Miss city
[2:02:24] clerk just would like to thank everyone
for coming out and staying for the
[2:02:29] entire uh council meeting today uh had a
great time at the women's uh event this
[2:02:35] past weekend with mayor protm uh Katrina
Manning and uh councilwoman Angie Rees
[2:02:40] English um we have a a plethora of uh
other things going on uh coming up soon
[2:02:46] if anybody wants to know about them I
have mostly everything posted in the
[2:02:50] office uh as well well as notary
services want to remind everyone if you
[2:02:54] need any notaries if you need anything
notorized please don't hesitate to call
[2:02:59] uh the clerk's office and make an
appointment thank you all so much for
[2:03:02] coming and please travel home
[2:03:07] safely uh Council
[2:03:11] Monto thank you Mr Mayor um again good
evening everyone thank you again for
[2:03:17] joining us tonight and at home and right
here um
[2:03:23] just want to tell you that uh this is
democracy in action right because this
[2:03:26] is the uh United States of America it's
a great country we can speak our mind we
[2:03:31] can agree to disagree but at the end of
the day uh we got elected to do business
[2:03:36] to protect the city of hon and that is
that is the key is we are the servant of
[2:03:41] the people and we need to respect that
uh again I just want to say thank you
[2:03:47] again uh for the uh Good Neighbor award
that was tremendous the three uh
[2:03:53] individual uh Samuel Ebony and Michael
uh so show that uh our employee does
[2:04:01] care about their job and and also
protect uh each other um like Maurice
[2:04:08] said you know uh my head goes off to the
staff because yes they've been working
[2:04:12] weekends uh weekend after weekend after
weekend so it's like a it never stop um
[2:04:18] and I have to say you know thank you
again because they did an outstanding
[2:04:22] job for the uh first annual Autism
Awareness walk uh and I have to say you
[2:04:27] know my head goes to the uh Miss delbra
from the Beyond autism because she did
[2:04:33] most of the work uh we just give her a a
hand and I want to say thank you to the
[2:04:39] parks and re Department the community
service the Public Works uh to help uh
[2:04:44] with the logistics uh but the the autism
walk went beyond my expectation so uh it
[2:04:51] was well done well organized and the
families were happy uh people came from
[2:04:58] far away as a app
um you know like they drove for 50 50
[2:05:05] minutes you know up Landing or something
you know so they came from San
[2:05:09] Bernardino County to just to participate
in that autism walk so it was good and
[2:05:14] thank you Marie for bringing the uh the
ram CH leaders uh so the the walk was a
[2:05:20] fantastic and I think uh eventually you
know next year we'll do it again and my
[2:05:26] plan is maybe to move them to the uh uh
centinella Valley you know hot on high
[2:05:31] tracking field uh when that tracker
field is finished because I think that
[2:05:35] will be the the right place to do it um
I want to say thank you to the housing
[2:05:41] department and the the hoton business
connect uh because yesterday uh they did
[2:05:46] a fantastic job uh putting a workshop at
the marot across the street for uh small
[2:05:52] business administration uh the guy named
Caesar Estrada did a fantastic job uh
[2:05:58] talking to people about small loans uh
dealing business with the federal
[2:06:03] government uh and they have you know
some specific business there that uh
[2:06:08] people can apply in know women's uh
veterans so it's a was a very good
[2:06:13] information given um just what is coming
up uh our day is uh on April 20th
[2:06:22] uh um councilwoman English and myself
are part of the committee that are
[2:06:26] putting the Earth Day and providers Fair
together so uh make sure you come out on
[2:06:31] that day from 10 to 2 um again also
on April 28th is a Sunday the hotton
[2:06:41] president's council is going to be
honored to all the volunteers that who
[2:06:45] volunteer for so many
organizations um in the community in
[2:06:50] 2023 so we're going to honor them on
April 28th at 2 p.m. at the Memorial
[2:06:56] center and uh also just put on your
calendar the huton president's Council
[2:07:01] K9 dinner uh the the spaghetti dinner is
going to be on May 16 that raise money
[2:07:08] for our hoton Police Department K9 unit
uh and you know that we raise money for
[2:07:14] them maybe to buy a dog or for the
training program um just a reminder this
[2:07:20] sun Saturday day the 133 from 8: to
11:30 uh the hoton St Society is going
[2:07:26] to have their pancake breakfast at the
gym tour park uh so make sure you just
[2:07:33] show up for 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 at the
gym tour park on 14100 Prairie
[2:07:40] Avenue and of course the Art Festival
I'll be there thank you very much um and
[2:07:46] at this point like I said you know just
keep in your mind and then put on your
[2:07:50] calendar more events are coming June
22nd we're going to celebrate June 10
[2:07:55] June celebration so put on your calendar
again thank you for all of you coming
[2:08:00] tonight and thank you uh this has been a
great meeting a great democracy in
[2:08:04] action so God Bless America God bless
hoton thank
[2:08:09] you
um council member David Patterson please
[2:08:13] oh thank you uh Mr mon when was the can9
dinner again May
[2:08:18] 16th at 500 P P.M
[2:08:23] all right thank you Mr Mayor uh I want
to thank the community for coming out
[2:08:27] and partic participating in the process
and making your voices heard that is a
[2:08:31] valuable part of this whole process and
definitely appreciate you guys and your
[2:08:35] your uh contribution uh to our city uh
those of you that that really speak up
[2:08:42] um have the opportunity
to um implant ideas and suggestions in
[2:08:48] um staff's minds and council's Minds to
get things done so you guys are playing
[2:08:52] a great role um in the direction of our
city as well as our commissioners as
[2:08:57] well want to thank you guys for your
contribution want to thank our city
[2:09:00] staff for your hard work and dedication
and our Police Department as well
[2:09:06] um yeah we got we got a lot of great
things happening um in our
[2:09:11] city got a few things I want to say
before we're
[2:09:15] out I want to thank uh DJ for his
presentation about the uh uh the 311 app
[2:09:22] that was a great presentation as well
well put together see DJ you know is um
[2:09:27] sharp right and and playing a great role
in our city definitely appreciate
[2:09:32] appreciate your contribution uh good
neighbors a work good neighbors Awards I
[2:09:37] want to congratulate congratulate Sam
English ebony Johnson and officer uh
[2:09:41] graa Michael
graa you guys uh you know our city
[2:09:46] wouldn't be what it is without your
contributions I love the new city logo
[2:09:52] uh looking forward to sporting that
around town um I definitely agree we
[2:09:57] should uh have some speed humps on 11
19th Street that looks like a perfect
[2:10:01] opportunity to just floor it and um hurt
somebody and that is not what we want in
[2:10:06] our city um so definitely hope that we
can we can get that done sooner versus
[2:10:12] later we had a solar eclipse um Across
America on Monday hope you guys had an
[2:10:18] opportunity to see it got your special
eclipse glasses and see see kind of the
[2:10:21] Moon getting in front of the sun uh it
was uh I I find that stuff kind of cool
[2:10:26] bit of a nerd I went and found a
location where there was uh not in
[2:10:31] California I think our La was like 57%
coverage of the sun um I went to Porto
[2:10:36] viarta and it was like 95% coverage of
the sun which was really really cool but
[2:10:41] I wish I would have went I was able to
make it to Dallas or or somewhere over
[2:10:45] there where was 100% coverage know in
those areas it went from day to night in
[2:10:50] the middle of the day and I think it's
just a
[2:10:53] spectacular reminder of our place in the
universe uh when things like that align
[2:10:59] and um I I'm sure our schools took that
as opportunity to teach our youth more
[2:11:05] about you know our world and where we're
at in the
[2:11:08] universe um I'd like to make a directive
to staff give me a moment I have some
[2:11:11] notes in my
[2:11:15] phone I want to ask the staff to bring
in ordinance concerning the handling of
[2:11:20] policy Val violations within City within
the city excuse me whether it be staff
[2:11:25] or elected
officials um and
[2:11:31] definitely uh look forward to have an
opportunity to uh welcome some new
[2:11:35] Commissioners to our commissions I
understand our um Planning Commission
[2:11:41] has not been meeting very often I think
over the last 12 scheduled meetings that
[2:11:45] we only had four uh meetings where
there's a quorum So I myself see the
[2:11:50] value of having uh five people on that
on that commission instead of just a
[2:11:55] bare minimum of three is obviously not
working for us so looking forward to uh
[2:12:01] rounding out uh these
commissions and I want to encourage our
[2:12:06] community to apply to these commissions
right our city literally cannot run
[2:12:10] effectively without your contribution
and your
[2:12:14] volunteerism and uh representing your
community on these commissions and
[2:12:18] Boards so um I want to thank you guys
again for uh coming out hope you guys
[2:12:23] have a great rest of your
[2:12:27] week councilwoman Andie radius
English thank you mayor and
[2:12:32] congratulations Katrina thank you um let
me just make uh a few
[2:12:40] observations so I've been really
championing um and providing information
[2:12:45] with regards to the California Utilities
Commission uh
[2:12:49] Edison um there was not very many people
that signed up to take the bus so that
[2:12:54] we could go and speak against the uh
rate payer increases on Wednesday the
[2:13:00] 10th coming up at uh the CPU starting at
2m in Long Beach however I um I appeal
[2:13:08] to you as a resident as a constituent
more importantly a rate payer of
[2:13:13] utilities to speak your voice um the
legislatures in Sacramento have
[2:13:18] authorized the cpuc to enact an income
based fix fixed El uh electric utility
[2:13:23] charge the income base fixed charges the
first globally was voted through
[2:13:28] Sacramento legislators with an assembly
Bill
[2:13:31] 205 now the CPU is considering a monthly
charge of 20 to 34 and if you remember
[2:13:38] they wanted to give us charges
[2:13:42] $51 uh but let me give you some more
information the 20 to $34 for households
[2:13:47] making uh income less of
69,000 um to
[2:13:52] $51 and and and up to $73 for households
making
[2:13:58] $69,000 or uh up to1 180 and
$85 to
[2:14:05] $128 for households over incomes of
180,000 you know um and this is
[2:14:13] something recently the public utilities
uh commission uh has offered less but at
[2:14:17] the end of the day um it's not good
enough you know we have we're in a
[2:14:22] recession there's there's inflation
there's people losing their jobs there's
[2:14:26] people losing their housing people can't
afford uh even milk or eggs or groceries
[2:14:31] um people can't even afford the gas and
gas continues to increase and here
[2:14:36] you've got the the utilities um entities
wanting to increase your utility bills
[2:14:42] we have vulnerable indiv individuals
that are housebound with um equipment
[2:14:47] that requires their utilities um you
have individuals that are are vulnerable
[2:14:51] don't speak English or other languages
not going to know what's coming you have
[2:14:56] people fixed on Social Security and
other disability income so you know at
[2:15:01] the end of the day this is not the time
to make increases to the people of
[2:15:05] California little loan Hawthorne
residents and so I really want to appeal
[2:15:09] to those that can make the commission um
hearing the cup commission hearing to
[2:15:14] please go make a
stance um I'm a voice and I'm a voice
[2:15:19] for all but I'm only one individual ual
you could really make a difference when
[2:15:23] you go in numbers and uh this is coming
and they want to do this 25 through 28
[2:15:30] 2025 through 2028 what are they going to
do in 2028 they're going to do it again
[2:15:36] and again you have to remember the
utilities commissions uh CPU here's all
[2:15:42] utilities and telephone and anything
having to do with utilities how you're
[2:15:46] receiving either energy how you're
receiving your your phone calls if you
[2:15:50] still have a landline etc etc and um
this is not the time and uh I really
[2:15:56] think that um there's a disconnect but
more importantly it's very um
[2:16:01] disheartening to know that this went
through the legislature and where we're
[2:16:05] at today and I do have people calling me
and asking me questions and i i r i
[2:16:10] don't have those answers unfortunately
I'm just providing information as I'm
[2:16:14] getting information so I'm using this
platform to speak to the people of
[2:16:18] Hawthorne that your utilities are going
to be increased and and and you know
[2:16:24] maybe coming out in numbers will make a
difference and they could hold off to
[2:16:27] give you time to um to know that and to
to give you time to make your
[2:16:32] adjustments uh as needed but um
2025 um you know I'm going to say it
[2:16:38] again
um it's it's it's it's it's something
[2:16:42] that we just need to really um you know
speak against and and I'm going to be
[2:16:48] going out there I'm not going to be on
the bus because we cancel the bus
[2:16:50] because there wasn't any U individuals
we had less than maybe you know 10 and
[2:16:55] so please look at the proposed decision
that uh the CPU there's a fact sheet I
[2:17:00] don't know if it's outside in the lobby
but we'll make that available to you uh
[2:17:04] moving on I just want to thank um
business connect yesterday we had a
[2:17:08] business connect at the Marriott hotel
across the street if you're a small
[2:17:12] business if you're an entrepreneur if
you're a micro business um Caesar um
[2:17:17] Estrada one of the small business um bu
uh the SBA small business administration
[2:17:24] representative was in here uh was here
yesterday and spoke to how you could um
[2:17:29] inquire money if you're a small business
and provided great information and I
[2:17:34] asked him to um come uh to city council
so that he could provide uh the the
[2:17:39] council and those attending additional
information but if you're interested in
[2:17:43] that we have his information and his
contact phone number thank you to the
[2:17:46] ladies and those that helped uh city
manager put on another great um business
[2:17:50] connect for the residents of Hawthorne
and more importantly the businesses I
[2:17:54] also want to make mention uh c c is uh
the training that's offered through LA
[2:17:59] County fire if you are interested on how
to become a c member the classes are
[2:18:04] going to start here in Hawthorne at the
Hawthorne Memorial center the first uh
[2:18:08] three classes are going to start October
26 November 2nd and November 9th I'd
[2:18:13] like to thank um El County Fire for
helping us uh with the training and for
[2:18:18] their partnership and uh Mr Sam English
who is the lead for our c training uh
[2:18:24] and those uh those courses here in the
city of haam for its residents thank you
[2:18:28] Katrina Manny for the women's event that
we hosted it was a great turnout it was
[2:18:32] a great um um way of connecting to uh
not only our women but General uh
[2:18:38] individuals um that you know often times
think that um council members are robots
[2:18:44] you know uh we're we're we're human too
we have uh you know great Passion we
[2:18:49] have you know were were wives were were
you know grandmothers were sisters aunts
[2:18:55] and uh sometimes you know politics being
a council member can be a little lonely
[2:19:00] so it was good to just have that
discussion in uh General discussion with
[2:19:03] all those that attended and I'm glad to
receive even Texas today saying that
[2:19:08] they enjoyed it and uh most importantly
they enjoyed the discussion and being um
[2:19:13] truthful on how we manage um all of this
as a as an elected and more importantly
[2:19:19] how we engage with with people um I
enjoyed that thank you for that um our
[2:19:24] service provider Fair as council member
um onaro mentioned uh we're going to be
[2:19:29] U doing that on Saturday April 20th
please bring out your family be able to
[2:19:33] connect to the to the tables all the
tabling that's going to be there they're
[2:19:36] going to be providing services and goods
referrals information general
[2:19:40] information um so all of this is
information that could be beneficial to
[2:19:44] you or maybe to your family or your
loved ones so if you have an opportunity
[2:19:48] please stop in from 10: to 2: on
Saturday April 20th I'd like to
[2:19:52] acknowledge our uh groundbreaking today
that we had which is a sewer sewer
[2:19:56] Improvement project for our new Main and
Sur lines uh here at the corner of 126
[2:20:01] in hawthor Boulevard just right outside
uh Bank of America there's going to be
[2:20:06] new lines being dropped and that's the
segue to our new underground parking and
[2:20:11] our new Civic Center that's going to be
coming so um if you see some of the
[2:20:15] cones coming up if you see some uh
deterrents there for you to you know
[2:20:19] drive somewhere else go around etc etc
be patient uh as you can see City Hall
[2:20:25] uh has a new uh Street 126 is a oneway
now we have sideway parking and I just
[2:20:31] say you know if you're traveling our
streets to be safe and be aware that
[2:20:34] there are employees working on the
street and we need to be cautious
[2:20:38] whenever we're uh driving and we see um
um individuals that are um building out
[2:20:43] our city because of how we're coming
along in moving forward and having all
[2:20:48] these new uh synergy bringing along
projects a new city hall and those alike
[2:20:54] I'm excited I'm excited to know that I'm
a part of that I'm excited to know that
[2:20:58] you're going to be a part of that and I
just love the fact that um the
[2:21:02] brainstorming that has come from a new
city council member a new City attorney
[2:21:07] uh department heads is one in one Accord
and we're going to be able to um really
[2:21:12] make a difference when it comes to um a
new city hall and bringing uh a city
[2:21:17] hall to the people and being able to use
its resour ources in those rooms that
[2:21:21] are going to be available to do just
that um I'm still championing solar so
[2:21:27] um you know I know folks say you know
whether or not solar is making a
[2:21:31] difference in their utility bills I
think any alternative is is making a
[2:21:34] difference to any utility bill and so um
I'm champine and and I belong to the
[2:21:41] solar Association and I get regular
information from them and so I thank
[2:21:45] those that are uh looking to do uh green
and how we became green um to thank
[2:21:50] Senator Bradford for his uh Earth Day
cleanup uh I used to participate in that
[2:21:54] with calr along the parking ride on 1
20th and CAW Boulevard and yes we could
[2:21:59] do a lot more when it comes to um
cleanup especially our roadways our
[2:22:04] exits our freeways our on-ramps and
off-ramps so anything that anyone is
[2:22:08] ever doing to address uh the needs for
cleanup is important and if your
[2:22:13] community or group would like to uh
submit a request to do a cleanup in
[2:22:16] their Community please do so I'll be
more than happy to support that as our
[2:22:20] Council will and we'll be able to
provide some supplies for you to do that
[2:22:24] I look forward to working with the N uh
the 311 app it's very beneficial to the
[2:22:29] residents of Hawthorne uh it's very
beneficial just again to report out as
[2:22:33] as you see it and engage with the
department so that we could have that
[2:22:37] taken care of immediately and um thank
you to uh again the some of the
[2:22:43] commissioner Commissioners that were out
to at our our women's event I have to
[2:22:46] acknowledge Miss bboa thank you for
coming and I know Ruby was there too and
[2:22:50] I wanted thank uh um um I have it I know
I have it Jasmine thank you thank you
[2:22:57] for coming and providing us our
certificates of recognition along with
[2:23:01] uh uh um Holly Mitchell's office ARA
thank you so much but to our department
[2:23:08] heads um all of you if you see our
renderings out in the lobby take a look
[2:23:13] at that look forward to the pancake
breakfast look forward uh I saw pictures
[2:23:17] Mr uh dickun of our golf tournament that
you had congratulations on that uh and
[2:23:23] uh our police thank you for what you're
doing to bring awareness to uh driving
[2:23:28] and uh not texting so have a great week
guys thank
[2:23:35] you thank you thank you uh councilwoman
Andy race English uh mayor
[2:23:42] protm
Manning can you say that again Pro
[2:23:49] Manny uh thank you so much uh mayor I'd
like to say thank you to my colleagues
[2:23:54] for um allowing me to have such a
privilege um I also want to say um
[2:24:02] congratulations to all of the good
neighbors uh Award winners I appreciate
[2:24:07] all of you and uh keep up the good work
also I wanted to say um Debra did a
[2:24:16] fantastic job for the autism walk it was
beautiful and so many people showed up
[2:24:22] I'm so glad that I had an opportunity to
attend the first one and I think it's a
[2:24:27] great idea um uh council member Montero
for it to be at the other location next
[2:24:35] year I'd look forward to that and I'll
definitely be supporting that as well um
[2:24:41] also um Robert if you can give a quick
update on the 11808 wiie I know I spoke
[2:24:49] with you and my neighbors are here so I
just wanted um you to give them an
[2:24:54] update that we talked
about yes
[2:24:58] please so we um the assistant City
attorney Sean Las was on this task and I
[2:25:05] don't want to get into too much detail
because there are certain options that
[2:25:09] the city has in terms of nuisance that's
created there um in terms of the removal
[2:25:14] of the vehicles we were trying to have
them voluntarily REM remove them first
[2:25:20] which they did um at the same time we
they I think they're aware that we're
[2:25:25] also seeking a warrant the city can't
just go in there and start you know
[2:25:29] taking things out of uh people's private
property we got to have court orders to
[2:25:33] do so so that's uh being s
simultaneously being taken we were told
[2:25:39] by the um I guess the person that uh is
responsible for the property that they
[2:25:45] would have certain they would go through
certain uh procedure with the DMV so
[2:25:49] that the vehicles could be removed I
understand I saw the photographs of the
[2:25:53] three vehicles I think one of the
vehicles is not really a nuisance type
[2:25:59] that um the SUV that seems like in a
better shape right it's the I think the
[2:26:04] problem is the two vehicles in the
driveway and maybe the condition of the
[2:26:07] house itself but the out of those two
vehicles I understand that uh one of
[2:26:12] them has been removed and there is one
left and you know we we prefer to work
[2:26:18] with the owners to try to have it
removed but I understand there's you
[2:26:22] know times been taken up um so we do
have another option of getting a court
[2:26:27] order to do so um but um if if at all
possible I I we prefer to have the
[2:26:36] property owners cooperate with the city
and take care of the issues okay so um
[2:26:42] because the otherwise the legal
procedures takes
[2:26:46] time so that's the current status right
now thank thank you um I have two more
[2:26:52] things
um
[2:26:56] so
um city manager i' like to give you a
[2:27:01] directive to
um look into getting speed humps for um
[2:27:09] what 119 Street the address that was
given to me um of the person that's had
[2:27:16] their car hit twice is
2615 West 119th Street so that's the
[2:27:23] house and so if you could look into
getting uh speed bumps for that and then
[2:27:28] the second directive um that I wanted to
talk about is prop one prop one
[2:27:34] authorized $6.3 billion in bonds to
build mental health treatment facilities
[2:27:40] for those with mental health and
substance use challenges it provides
[2:27:45] housing for the homeless um so I've been
talking about us getting a urgent care
[2:27:52] facility and I'd like for you to um look
into applying for a grant that could
[2:28:00] assist us with mental health and urgent
care facility and then if there's any
[2:28:07] other opportunities for us to get
additional funding outside of that if
[2:28:13] you can apply for those grants as well
also I'd like to remind everybody that
[2:28:19] Mother's Day
uh councilwoman um Reyes and I are
[2:28:25] hosting Mother's Day May 11 from 11 a.m.
to 2: p.m. um so please bring your
[2:28:32] mother your daughter it's a celebration
and even if you don't um have a
[2:28:39] babysitter bring your daughter with you
even if she's like five or six uh we
[2:28:45] want to celebrate all of the moms so
make sure that you uh show up
[2:28:50] and again I just want to say thank you
to my colleagues for uh giving me this
[2:28:56] opportunity thank
you yep all right thank you mayor
[2:29:04] proam okay and uh that being said we
have a new mayor protm but I also want
[2:29:09] to thank our recent mayor protm Angie
race English uh for helping me out uh as
[2:29:14] uh my second command ping me up whenever
I'm not available to attend something on
[2:29:19] the DI if I'm not here I have to step
out and uh you know youve you served us
[2:29:24] honorable any role so this is not this
not the first time you've done it before
[2:29:27] so um you know we could always uh look
for you look to you for uh your support
[2:29:33] and commitment on that so thank you so
much thank you can we give her a big
[2:29:36] round of
applause thank
[2:29:41] you and of course uh we have our new
mayor proen uh councilwoman Katrina
[2:29:46] Manning and like I say uh mayor proen
Katrina Manning uh I'll said it again
[2:29:52] right or I hope I did it and you know
like I said and I told my friends you
[2:29:56] know what she has eight years or nine
years worth of ideas ready to put them
[2:30:01] into effect that's why you seen so many
events coming from her and a lot of
[2:30:04] different things activities um so I
think it's fitting at this moment that
[2:30:09] she helps us out with this role in
backing me up and supporting the city as
[2:30:14] a mayor poent right you're good with
that all right
[2:30:17] good um Miss city clerk the uh the
minutes didn't appear is uh what on this
[2:30:23] agenda can you tell us is it going to
appear on the next agenda it should yes
[2:30:26] definitely okay so we'll be okay right
yeah absolutely to the chair um I need
[2:30:31] to be excused for the next council
meeting which is I believe the 23rd and
[2:30:35] since I won't be here on the 23rd I need
to abstain from the meeting that I
[2:30:39] wasn't here on the minutes do we just
keep that on the record yeah I need to
[2:30:43] because I'm not going to be here so I
want to make note Mr City attorney is
[2:30:47] there any thing that we can do as to her
comments right now of her abstaining
[2:30:51] she's not going to vote but it just
we'll take it on for the record that her
[2:30:55] intention was to abstain right no not
from the okay well there's a two Me In
[2:30:59] terms the minutes which item so I wasn't
here on one of those meetings I don't I
[2:31:04] think it was back in March the end of
March the 26 I wasn't here how about we
[2:31:08] mention it at the next meeting that you
weren't here for that spef reminded of
[2:31:11] it yes and then we'll acknowledge that
at that time yeah thank you okay
[2:31:18] uh to we have a new Public Works uh
effort that we is being very visible in
[2:31:24] the city we're seeing all the light
poles Akbar right all the light poles
[2:31:28] they kind of seem taller right you guys
have noticed them they're uh I saw them
[2:31:32] on 120 they're my parents house but
they're all elsewhere so they're taller
[2:31:37] um it's using uh more energy they're
taller they're taller than the previous
[2:31:41] ones right
akar yes the the traffic signal right
[2:31:47] now is taller and uh safety light is
like three four feet taller they're
[2:31:54] taller and so the the light's efficient
and it covers a lot of uh area so it's
[2:31:58] like you go outside and it's no longer
dark it's brighter but it's not like
[2:32:04] bright in the sense that it's going to
distract any drivers or or distract you
[2:32:10] if you're walking or it's it's a
comfortable and it's a regulated light
[2:32:14] that's uh well intentioned right yes sir
they are LED and they are lighter right
[2:32:20] yeah so this is good thank you thank you
for that effort and seeking the funding
[2:32:26] together with our city manager and staff
that put and yourself and your staff for
[2:32:31] putting all the grants in for those
those upgrades so definitely we're
[2:32:36] improving our city uh we're changing our
logo and then we're just changing even
[2:32:41] some of the technology within our city
so I think that's a very
[2:32:45] important uh the eclipse everybody saw
the eclipse or heard about about the
[2:32:50] eclipse and everybody was talking about
it oh the eclipse the eclipse all the
[2:32:53] total everybody all of a sudden
everybody's so familiar with the new
[2:32:56] word totality all the totality the bth
of totality so everybody's a scientist
[2:33:02] all I I kind of put on my Facebook hey
whatever happened to uh whatever
[2:33:06] happened to the phrase total
eclipse right but then I got a lot of my
[2:33:12] friends that say oh you're thinking of
the song Total Eclipse of the Heart
[2:33:15] right so they were kind of being goofy
but uh it was like Eclipse fever you
[2:33:20] know and everybody was excited about it
my sister who lives in uh
[2:33:24] Texas uh was able to see it with her
with my nephew and they sent us video so
[2:33:28] it's like it's kind of
spooky it is spooky and I actually had
[2:33:34] people that were that were calling me
and saying hey maybe we should like
[2:33:39] already like uh get your all your
Provisions ready something's going to
[2:33:43] change everything's going to things are
going to go down you know put fuel in
[2:33:46] your car be ready to drive out into the
country or I don't know it seemed like
[2:33:51] it was going to be like like uh what the
Yeah like like the demise of the world
[2:33:58] but it wasn't
so oh this one's important the
[2:34:03] uh the 99 set Only Stores everybody
heard about that and uh it was it's kind
[2:34:10] of sad hearing about that but it seems
It's symptomatic about what's going
[2:34:14] on uh just the price of doing business
but a big factor that the owner ERS of
[2:34:20] the chain
mentioned were that uh there's just a
[2:34:25] lot of
[2:34:29] shoplifting I mean right shoplifting I
work in a jail guys I mean I'm not don't
[2:34:33] throw it in there just to throw it in
there in this case but we don't get
[2:34:36] people who are shoplifting coming in
through through through the jail being
[2:34:40] prosecuted for that because they're
getting away with it they're getting
[2:34:45] away with it if you steal less than
$950 well at the at 99 Only Store that'd
[2:34:52] be like 950 items
right but come on man if you're like
[2:34:57] stealing every P every dollar every
penny every it starts adding up and it's
[2:35:02] becomes hard for people to do business
and when we have our we have our uh our
[2:35:09] district attorney not being able to
either choosing not to prosecute it or
[2:35:12] not having the tools because the uh
threshold is
[2:35:16] $950 that's pretty sad we have our
targets remember we referred to the
[2:35:21] targets having like the glass counters
over there your near your neighborhood
[2:35:25] right that's sad it's all result of the
$950 threshold and I'm sorry we have our
[2:35:33] state senator oh he's already on his way
out so we'll have to talk to the next
[2:35:37] state senator that comes to place our uh
assembly woman our uh new state senator
[2:35:43] and all those people in the state need
to get their act together and start
[2:35:47] thinking about what we need to do
because there need to be some uh
[2:35:50] repercussions for taking stuff that's
not
[2:35:52] yours things have changed so much that
now it's okay to steal and you got the
[2:35:57] same repeat offenders same repeat
offenders they come in the morning and
[2:36:01] then they come at night and no because
it's under the threshold it's under the
[2:36:06] threshold and why don't why don't things
happen be why don't we get involved
[2:36:11] because they don't want to call anymore
because they're afraid of that that
[2:36:14] we're not going to be prosecuting
because we don't have any teeth to do
[2:36:18] anything so I think we need to be very
careful we need to push our state
[2:36:21] officials to get their act
together and reduce that threshold and
[2:36:26] give the tools and the ability for our
uh Pro prosecution within the county
[2:36:31] within the city the tools to be able to
go after this stuff because it's when
[2:36:36] something's not yours it's not yours
pretty
[2:36:39] simple all right this whole little covid
excuse thing that oh everybody's going
[2:36:43] through covid and why are prices going
up because it's harder for businesses to
[2:36:48] keep you the stay afloat because people
are stealing getting away with
[2:36:53] stuff it's like a cycle so once you just
cap that off when it comes to the uh
[2:36:59] thresholds you watch things start coming
back and people able a are able to make
[2:37:04] ends meet and keep their businesses
afloat okay so we need to be smart on
[2:37:09] who we vote in because the pendulum is
going to swing in the other direction on
[2:37:13] some of the stuff at the state level all
right people are going to get frustrated
[2:37:16] unfortunately you guys some people might
think that that's going to happen at the
[2:37:19] federal level too we were you
know uh we just I think we just need to
[2:37:25] be conscious of who we elect and who's
going to step up for us and just do the
[2:37:29] right thing and just have some
uh um energy to be able to counter these
[2:37:36] things okay uh thank you to my Council
colleagues for being here today uh good
[2:37:42] discussions today and uh let's move
forward
[2:37:47] um oh with the big lot with the 99 cent
only store there is hope for the 99 cent
[2:37:53] only store because we've been hearing
that the Big Lots owner might buy uh the
[2:37:58] 99 Cent Only uh brand and and properties
and get that back going so if there's
[2:38:05] something we could is uh Mr City
attorney Mr city manager is there
[2:38:09] something we can do on behalf of the
city to U send a letter you know uh just
[2:38:14] encouraging the Big Lots finding out
where who the Big Lots uh owner is and
[2:38:19] tell them that they have since we have
what 99 all these stores we would love
[2:38:22] to see them do follow through with this
can you fashion a letter on our behalf
[2:38:26] and if everybody's okay we
just just uh just show that we're in uh
[2:38:32] in agreement and we hope that they will
follow through absolutely yes we can do
[2:38:36] that okay
thanks thank you all for being here uh
[2:38:41] have a great evening this meeting is
adjourned at
[2:38:48] 8:38
[2:39:04] for